* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THAT'S ALRIGHT. [00:00:02] OKAY. WELL IT'S, I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER MASS FUND SUBCOMMITTEE ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND. OKAY. AND, UH, THE FIRST, LET ME DO ROLL CALL. ROLL. I, I DO THE ROLL CALL . JIM HOWETT? YES. UH, STEVEN WOOD. YES. JULIE LEE HERE. OKAY. WE HAVE QUORUM. OKAY. GOOD. OKAY. AND FIRST ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MASS FUND SUBCOMMITTEE OF JULY 28TH. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE. AND SECOND. SECOND? YEAH. ALL, UH, VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO COMMENT? NO. . OKAY. UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGES FUND UPDATE FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS THE STATUS OF OUR FUND. I THINK EVERYBODY SAID THAT. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT? WELL, I GOT A MOTION TO, OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. SO WHO, SECOND. SECOND? YEAH. OKAY. COULD I HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. UM, THIS THING, JENNIFER? YES. WHICH I THINK I GOT FROM A WEBSITE. OUR WEBSITE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . YEAH. SO IT, I NOTICED IT WAS MISSING, UM, DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER ON OUR 2024 LIST. OKAY. SO IF WE COULD ADD THAT, THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE I SAW MISSING. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN, UM, DO I HAVE A QUESTION? YES. NO, I, I WANT, WELL, NO, I WAS GONNA SAY, ALRIGHT, SO YOU WANT THAT ADDED? I, I WAS GONNA, OUR NEXT STATEMENT WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS AMENDED BY YOU. OH, WELL THAT'S JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE THING, I DON'T THINK. OKAY. I THINK THE MOTION WE'RE JUST ADDING. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN ON THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, THE FIRST THREE ARE ON THEIR LAST PHASES, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO PREP AND, UH, URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES, THEY, UM, THEY'RE MOU EXPIRED ON 8 31. RIGHT. UM, I AM LEAVING IT OPEN UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH JUST FOR THEM TO GIVE ME ANY OTHER INVOICES THAT ARE ON OR BEFORE 8 31. UM, AFTER THIS MONTH WE'LL CLOSE OUT AND THEN HIS LITTLE FEED STILL HAS UNTIL 11, NO, SORRY, 10 31. UM, AND THEY ONLY HAVE 5 36 LEFT. MM-HMM . REMAINING, UH, DISABLED RESOURCES STILL HASN'T GIVEN US ANY INVOICES, BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM. UM, SO I'M GONNA DO ANOTHER FOLLOW UP, BUT THEIR MOU DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH, SO THEY STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. YEAH. AND THEN, UM, WHEN DO YOU ASK FOR THEIR REPORTS? UM, SO I HAVE PREPS, I BELIEVE I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES. I BELIEVE THEY HAVEN'T SENT ONE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T ISSUED A FINAL PAYMENT FOR THEM. MM-HMM . UM, SINCE THEY STILL HAVE A BALANCE PREP, DID ALREADY SEND ME THEIRS, EVEN THOUGH THEY STILL HAVE A BALANCE IN THEIR OKAY. UM, 'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA REQUEST IT RIGHT BEFORE THE LAST PAYMENT. YEAH, WE, WE DID. SO I ALREADY REQUESTED IT FROM BOTH OF THEM. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, PREP ALREADY ISSUED THAT, UH, HIS LITTLE FEE, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED AS WELL, SO THEY WOULDN'T RECEIVE THEIR FINAL PAYMENT UNTIL WE GET THERE. YEAH. NOW I'M GONNA BRING THIS UP AGAIN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, BUT WHO DOES THAT FINAL REPORT CODE? IS IT DISTRIBUTED? IS, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANY. THANK YOU. YEAH. UH, IS THAT REPORT SHOULD COME TO US AND ALSO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TOO? UH, THE, THE FINAL REPORT? YEAH. WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE WHOLE COMMITTEE. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING 'CAUSE I HONESTLY CAN'T REMEMBER SEEING ANY OF THEM. YEAH. OKAY. WELL I THINK THE LAST ONE WE HAD WAS, UH, PACK, UH, YEAH. THAT CARE PACKAGES. RIGHT. I DO REMEMBER SEEING IT. I DUNNO WHERE SAW. OKAY. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, SO THESE WOULD BE THE TWO MOST RECENT THREE MOST THAT'S PART OF THE DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE TO THE COMMITTEE? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE DO THAT. OKAY. SO, ALRIGHT. I THINK WE'VE GOT THAT ONE CANCELED OUT. UH, I GUESS WE'LL VOTE TO THE, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? NO. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK? NO. OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. [00:05:01] AYE. I OPPOSED. OKAY. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS TO APPROVE THE MAYORS FUND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AND I THINK IF DONE A NICE JOB OF LAYING THEM OUT, UH, I HAD A, OH, I GUESS THE FIRST THING I NEED IS AS A MOTION TO APPROVE. SO MOVE SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THEN JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, RIGHT, WE ADDED THE SECTION, THE CRITERIA SECTION THAT YOU YEAH, I SIGNED OFF, WHICH IS GOOD. EXCELLENT. UH, OKAY. ANY COMMENTS BY ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I START? I DID, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS DOCUMENT FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW, DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF IT, BUT I DID WANT TO KNOW IF, UM, AND I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, SHOWING MY AGE HERE, BUT BECAUSE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, UM, THE STAFF AND THE WHOLE COMMITTEE, UM, DID ALL THIS TOGETHER. YEAH. UH, THE FIRST SITE OF THE, OF, OF AN APPLICATION WAS PRESENTED IN THE WHOLE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH THE STAFF. UH, AND, AND DISCUSSION WOULD, AND THE PERSON APPLYING OR THE ORGANIZATION APPLYING WOULD ALSO BE PRESENT. SO IT WAS A VERY, UH, FLUID DIALOGUE AND SORT OF HAPPENED ORGANICALLY SO THAT, UH, THE INFORMATION CAME TO US IN OUR PACKET FOR THE MEETING AND THE STAFF HAD IT AND WE ALL HAD QUESTIONS AND THE PERSON WHO WAS APPLYING ANSWERED THEM. AND THEN IF THERE WAS ENOUGH INFORMATION, UM, TO WARRANT IT AND SOMEBODY WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT SAID, WE APPROVE, WE, WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SO AND SO FOR WHATEVER FUNDING THEY WERE ASKING. SO IT, IT HAPPENED, UM, RATHER, UH, EFFICIENTLY BECAUSE WE DID IT. AND IF THERE WAS, THERE WERE INSTANCES SOMETIMES WHERE PEOPLE WERE ASKED TO COME BACK IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT, IT HAPPENED PRETTY ORGANICALLY AND, AND, UM, FAIRLY EFFICIENTLY. SO THERE WASN'T THIS BACK AND FORTH. AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE, UH, APPLICANT SUBMITTED THIS ONE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE NOW WE CAN, WE SORT OF DO IT MONTHS, YOU KNOW, INTO IT. AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF, AND, AND THIS IS ALL GOOD AND, AND IT'S FINE AS FAR AS PROCEDURES, BUT IF WE COULD, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE, IF WE COULD DO THAT, JUST HAVE THE APPLICANT AND THE, THE APPLICATION COME TO US AS IT IS PRESENTED AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT AS NEEDED OR AS APPROPRIATE. UM, WITHOUT, 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA WASTE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA WASTE YOUR TIME, JENNIFER, AND TRYING TO READ OUR MINDS. RIGHT. AND THEN, AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET TO READ IT UNTIL, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE O'CLOCK. SO, SO, UM, THIS IS FINE. IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD DO THE APPLICATION RECEIPT AND THE INITIAL REVIEW IN THIS BODY, WE COULD IT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND WITH, WITH THE APPLICANT AND, AND THAT WAY AND, AND WE COULD WRITE THE, WRITE THE AGENDA ITEM AS, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND EVALUATE AND THEN, UM, POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION FROM IT, UM, TO, TO APPROVE. SO, UM, WOULD IT BE DOING THE SAME MEETING? YEAH. YEAH. IF IT'S WARRANTED, IF NOT, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT MEETING. BUT, UM, AS I RECALL RIGHT, IT SOMETIMES WOULD JUST HAPPEN ORGANIC AND IT WAS JUST NICE BECAUSE THEN WE ARE ALL SORT OF STARTING AT THE SAME PAGE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'RE ALL LEARNING TOGETHER. UM, YEAH. MY, MY MEMORY OF THE PREVIOUS READ WITH YOUR FACT, THE ONE I REMEMBER US DOING WAS ONE FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH APPEAL MM-HMM . WHERE WE ASSISTANT BUYING A TRUCK AND SOMETHING. WOW. AND EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID WAS HOW IT WORKED AND WE GOT THROUGH IT AND IT WAS A FAIRLY LARGE PASS AMOUNT MM-HMM . BUT IT TOOK THE COOPERATION OF THE, THE COMMITTEE. AND I THINK SOMEHOW WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OFF TRACK WHEN WE GOT INTO THE THRESHOLD REVIEW AS TO WHAT THAT IS. AND I THINK IN ALL VERY RESPECTS TO STAFF, I THINK THEY DID MORE THAN NECESSARY. AND I WAS, TO ME, THE THRESHOLD REVIEW WAS DOES IT QUALIFY UNDER THE BASIC TERMS? BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES BEYOND THAT. DO THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY, THEY HAVE THE STAFFING TO HANDLE IT? DO THEY HAVE THOSE THINGS? WHICH IS REALLY, I CONSIDERED THAT PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO BE ABLE [00:10:01] TO INVESTIGATE THOSE AND LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND TALK TO THE APPLICANT. AND AS I SAY, IT BECAME WHERE STAFF WAS MAKING THIS LONG REPORT, WHICH REALLY I THINK WAS PROBABLY UNNECESSARY THAT THEY WENT INTO THE DETAIL BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GOING INTO THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE ASKING AS MUCH AS THE FACT THAT THEY JUST QUALIFIED UNDER THE BASIC TERMS. SO I THINK YOU NEED TO REDEFINE WHAT WE MEAN BY THE THRESHOLD REVIEW. WELL, BUT IF, IF, IF WE DO IT WITH THE COMMITTEE, I THINK WE, AND, AND THE THRESHOLD AND THE UM, GUIDELINES FOR THE MAYOR SITE, IT HASN'T CHANGED FOR UM, 30 YEARS. RIGHT. , YOU KNOW, WE ARE BOUND BY WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED. SO, UM, ANYWAY, SO YEAH, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS IF WE COULD MAYBE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO SAY THAT UM, THE INITIAL REVIEW WILL OCCUR AT THIS COMMITTEE WITH STAFF AND YEAH. AND THE APPLICANT. I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, TO ME WE NEED TO REDEFINE WHAT WE NEED BY THRESHOLD REVIEW. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS THE STAFF REWRITING THE NO. RIGHT. BUT IF WE DID IT AT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE LEVEL OH YEAH. RIGHT THEN YEAH. WE DON'T NEED THAT. YOU KNOW, THE STAFF IS GREAT ABOUT, 'CAUSE IT'S ALL ONLINE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . WHAT THEY SAID IS ONLINE. SO YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING. AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SINCE I CAME ON THIS WAS THAT WE GET SENT THE APPLICATION AS SOON AS THE COMMITTEE, AS SOON AS STAFF GETS IT, THAT WE CAN START LOOKING AT IT IMMEDIATELY AT THAT POINT. AND WE CAN, AND IT WOULD SPEED THINGS UP A BIT AND WE COULD ASK THE QUESTIONS BACK OR SEND THE QUESTIONS BACK TO STAFF TO APPROACH THE PEOPLE WITH THEM. BECAUSE HOW ELSE WOULD WE NORMALLY GET OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED? WOULD IT BE AT THIS MEETING? AT THIS MEETING? OR JULIE, FOR EXAMPLE, SENT THEM AHEAD AND I SENT THEM OVER TO KIMBERLY, UM, SO THAT SHE WOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE MEETING. UM, BUT YEAH, OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE HERE DURING THE MEETING. YEAH. YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE IT THAT FAR IN ADVANCE BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR OR AGAINST OR ANYTHING UNTIL THIS BODY MEETS. RIGHT. SO AS LONG AS IT'S INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE MEETING PACKET, IT'S SUFFICIENT. 'CAUSE WE, YEAH, I MEAN IT DEFINITELY, UH, IT'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BUY-IN. YEAH. I THINK EVERYBODY, LITTLE BIT, MAYBE IF I GO BACK TO SAY THAT WE DEFINE WHAT WE MEAN BY THRESHOLD REVIEW AND TO ME THAT MEANS THAT IT JUST COMPLIES WITH THE RIGHT PURPOSE. CORRECT. THAT IT BEATS THE RIGHT PURPOSE. YEAH. I THINK IF WE JUST TAKE OUT THE WORD THRESHOLD. YEAH. INITIAL REVIEW. OKAY. WE CAN JUST DO THAT. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK THAT WORKS. YEAH. JUST SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WOULD DO THRESHOLD YEAH. REVIEW. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN REMOVING THRESHOLDS FROM THAT INITIAL PART ONE. MM-HMM . AND COULD WE, I GUESS I'M STILL THINKING, COULD WE JUST SAY INITIAL REVIEW TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS? WELL, I THINK WE COULD JUST DO THE INITIAL REVIEW. I THINK THAT'S IMPLIED. YEAH. YEAH, IT'S IMPLIED. OKAY. OKAY. AND PLUS IF IT DOESN'T WE HAVE A STANDARD REVIEW. YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR ONE MODIFICATION TO THAT. YEAH. UH, I'M GOING BACK TO WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE FINAL GRANT REPORT, ENSURE THAT THAT DAYS ARE SUBMITTED. SUBMITTED TO BOTH THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE. YEAH. WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVED BY STAFF. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED? SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? OH WAIT. SHE HAS TO DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE SHOULD SPEAK ON THIS. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE GOT THROUGH THAT ONE? AND I PUT NOW , IT'S ALL IN FAVOR. I'M SO EXCITED IF I CAME THROUGH IT AND I DO COMMEND YOU ON ADDING THAT THIS LITTLE CHART. YES. WHICH TELLS HOW WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT, WHICH I THINK IS AN EXCELLENT ADDITION. AGREE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. OUR NEXT ONE IS OUR [00:15:03] REQUEST FOR FUNDING BY PRICELESS INVESTORS. UM, NOT YET. JIM. NUMBER FOUR WOULD BE RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS. YEAH, IT SIMILAR GRANT APPLICATION WEBSITE VERBIAGE. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE SAME. OH YEAH. I THINK WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF THAT'S EVEN A POSSIBILITY. I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WITH EMILY. SHE UNFORTUNATELY IS OUT SICK TODAY, SO SHE COULDN'T BE HERE, BUT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO PRESENT UPDATES FOR IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE A KIND OF A BIG DEAL TO EVEN GET PAID. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE TECH BIG DEAL . SO WE CAN ADD THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA. OKAY. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. OKAY. ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO FIVE. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND BE A SUBCOMMITTEE GRANT APPLICATION BY PRICES INVESTORS. OKAY. I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE. SO MOVE SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALRIGHT, COMMENTS? UH, WE DO HAVE, I GUESS WHAT FIRST THING WE COULD ASK YOU ARE HERE TO DISCUSS IT, RIGHT? ? THAT'S GREAT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A LITTLE, YOU CAN JOIN, YOU CAN COME OVER ON THIS IN YEAH. WHERE WHOEVER MAKES YOU COMFORTABLE. IF YOU WANT TO SIT HERE AND PLEASE. I'LL SIT BY WHO MATTERS. YOU . I'M JIM. HOW? HI KIMBERLY. OKAY. AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION PRICES, INVESTORS AND, UH, DID YOU WANT MAKE A LITTLE STATEMENT ABOUT IT FIRST AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF RUNDOWN? SO PRICES, INVESTORS, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED. WHEN I FIRST STARTED IT WAS VIRTUAL, UM, KIND OF DURING COVID. SO I KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION THAT I PUT ON MY IRS AND SECRETARY OF STATE IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, SO I DIDN'T WANT MY HOME ADDRESS. SO I USED THE MAILING ADDRESS AND THAT'S THE CYPRESS ADDRESS. AND THEN LATER ON I DEVELOPED MY ADDRESS HERE IN LONG BEACH RIGHT OFF OF OCEAN 1 1, 1 WEST OCEAN BOULEVARD. SO THAT'S IN THAT SHARED OFFICE? YES. I HAVE AN ACTUAL OFFICE THAT WE WORK. UHHUH? ? YES. MM-HMM . UM, BUT PRICELESS INVESTORS IS DEALING WITH REENTRY. UM, WE HELP WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, REENTRY SUPPORT, WHATEVER THEY NEED AS FAR AS GETTING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, UM, HELPING WITH JOB SKILLS, ACTUALLY JOB PLACEMENT AS WELL. UM, I HAVE FUNDED PEOPLE RENT UP TO SIX MONTHS. I PAY UTILITY BILLS. I, UM, PROVIDED FURNITURE. I PARTNERED WITH HOME DEPOT AS WELL TO HELP ASSIST WITH SOME OF THAT, UM, FURNITURE AND ALSO INCLUDED SOME VETERANS. UM, AND THEY ACTUALLY REMODELED THEIR KITCHEN AND THEIR BATHROOM AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. AND MY TARGET POPULATION IS LONG BEACH AND I HAVE THE EXACT ZIP CODES HERE. YEAH. NOW WHAT THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE STATE PRISON OR FOR THE REENTRY OR WHAT WAS IT? AB 1 0 9. AB 1 0 9. UM, I ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY, UM, PARTNERED WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT. OKAY. UM, HER NAME IS JEWEL SHAW BOWING. SHE'S OVER THE REENTRY DEPARTMENT AND YEAH. OKAY. AND IS WITH THE LA SHERIFF'S. LOS ANGELES COUNTY. OH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY. YEAH. OKAY. SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF COUNTY FACILITIES. COUNTY AND PRISON. AND PRISON AND STATE. ANYONE? MM-HMM . ANYONE JUSTICE IMPACTED? HOW ARE THEY MANDATED? HOW LONG THEY STAY IN THE REENTRY AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO. OKAY. AND ARE YOU LOOKING UP LIKE PRIVATE PROGRAM? YES. SO WE HAVE RESOURCES. UM, WE DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE THE HOUSING, BUT WE, WE CAN DO HOUSING NAVIGATION AND WE PARTNER UP WITH SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN LONG BEACH, LIKE UNITE THE PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HEARD OF THEM. YEAH. THEY HAVE A SOBER LIVING FACILITY. I JUST REFER ONE OF MY PARTICIPANTS THERE. [00:20:01] UM, AND WE BASICALLY DO WARM HANDS OFF AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN CONTACT WITH THEIR CASE MANAGERS WHEREVER WE SEND THEM. LIKE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YEAH. AND THEY CAN COME BACK TO US AND WHENEVER THEY NEED TO. EXCELLENT. UM, MY QUESTION IS, IS MORE BROAD AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER MET 'CAUSE YOU LOOK FAMILIAR, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK. I WORKED AT THE, UM, OLD FIRE STATION IN NORTH LONG BEACH DURING COVID. I OKAY. WERE YOU IN A DIFFERENT POSITION? NO. OH, OKAY. NO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS. I, ANYWAY, SO, UM, MY QUESTION IS MORE GENERAL. UM, I I, I KNOW I, UM, VOLUNTEER AT ST. LUKE'S AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND I'VE CERTAINLY CROSSED PATHS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN VARIOUS REENTRY PROGRAMS. LIKE I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WHO RUN SOBER LIVING HOMES AND, AND, UM, OTHER, UM, PILOT PROGRAM FACILITIES. AND MY THING IS WHEN, WHEN THE REENTRY PIPELINE IS, IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE HOME, THE BROADER HOMELESS POPULATION. LIKE WHEN YOU'RE RELEASED THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOUR PROBATION OFFICER OR SOME OTHER COUNTY PERSON WHO TELLS YOU, OKAY, WELL YOU GOT TO CONNECT WITH THE, WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM OR SOMETHING, OR YOU'RE GONNA END UP HOMELESS. AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, EITHER THEY DO SOME A PROGRAM OR THEY'RE GONNA BE HOMELESS RIGHT FROM JAIL. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT THIS FUND IS SET UP TO, TO HELP. BECAUSE THIS FUND IS PARTICULARLY FOR PE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO GET COUNTED DURING THE HOMELESS COUNT AND, AND ARE IN THE SHELTER AND, AND, UM, OTHER SERVICES, UM, FOR THE HOMELESS. SO, UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IN MY HEAD. IF, IF, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE TARGETING SOME ZIP CODES AND THERE'S, WE HAVE A, A LOT OF SOBER LIVING PLACES. I MEAN, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN TO MANY, MANY SOBER, UH, DIFFERENT PARTS OF, OF THE CITY. UM, AND SO YES, THEY, THEY ARE LIVING IN THOSE PLACES. HOWEVER, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE COUNTY PROGRAM, THEY COULD BE IN TORRANCE OR THEY COULD BE IN LA YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT EXACTLY THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH. THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN HOUSING IN LONG BEACH AND THEY WOULD BE HOMELESS IF THEY WEREN'T. BUT NOT NECESSARILY, AT LEAST IN MY HEAD IN LONG BEACH. YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE HAVE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE, OR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH HAVE A CONNECTION TO LONG BEACH. THEY EITHER WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH OR THEIR MOTHER LIVES IN LONG BEACH, OR THEIR BROTHER LIVES IN LONG BEACH, OR THEIR GIRLFRIEND LIVES IN LONG, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S SOME OTHER CONNECTION. NOT EXACTLY THE REENTRY. UM, IS THERE A WAY TO RESERVE IT FOR, UH, LONG BEACH RESIDENT THAT WERE THAT'S MY QUESTION. HARD TO RUN BACKGROUND, RIGHT? THAT'S MY QUESTION. RIGHT. SO SOME OF OF MY PARTICIPANTS WENT TO LONG BEACH POLY MM-HMM . UM, PARENTS STAY IN LONG BEACH AND IF THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO MOM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BASICALLY RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. AND WHEN YOU'RE A CERTAIN AGE AND MM-HMM . MOM IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA FIGURE IT OUT. YEAH. AND THEN, UM, YOUR BUDGET HERE THAT, THAT WAS SUBMITTED, THE $10,000 SECURITY DEPOSITS, FIRST MONTH'S RENT, THOSE ARE ALL VERY GOOD THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S $10,000. AND AS, AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOUR SOBER LIVING PLACES ARE $800 A MONTH FOR A BED IN A SHARED ROOM. SO IF YOU DIVIDE THAT BY $10,000 AND YOU'RE DOING SIX MONTHS, THAT'S TWO PEOPLE. RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. SO I IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE? IT, IT, SO I HAVE FUNDING. I ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE A CONTRACT WITH J COD AND I WON A MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH THEM. HELP WITH WHAT IS WITH J COD? J COD IS THE JUSTICE CARE OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT OVER AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY. OKAY. OKAY. I GUESS I AND THAT'S FOR HOUSING? AND THAT'S FOR HOUSING. OKAY. YEAH. AND SO THIS $10,000 WAS JUST TO HELP COVER THOSE COSTS. UM, IF I, PROBABLY YOU RIGHT. I COULDN'T PAY SIX MONTHS OF NO ONE'S RENT FOR $10,000 MORE JUST TO STOP LIKE A GAP JUST IN CASE. YEAH. IT'LL, IT'LL HELP WHEN THOSE FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED, IT'LL HELP MM-HMM . YEAH. AT LEAST STILL [00:25:01] HELP PEOPLE. YEAH. I MEAN I, I'VE KNOWN PLENTY OF REENTRY PEOPLE AFTER THEIR EITHER 90 DAYS OR OR SIX MONTHS THEY'RE IN THE HOMELESS SHELTER OR OUT ON THE STREETS. RIGHT. YEAH. I GUESS MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE REENTRY IS BACK TO MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO AND, UH, WITH VOLUNTEERS, , WHAT WE HAD WERE PROGRAMS THAT WERE THE PEOPLE WERE TECHNICALLY SO INCARCERATED WHILE THEY WERE IN THE REENTRY PROGRAM. OH. AND I WAS, IT WAS AN EARLY RELEASE TYPE PROGRAM. OH, OKAY. WHEN THEY CAME AND WE HOUSED THEM. SO THAT IS NOT WHAT JERSEYS IS. THIS IS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SERVED THE ENTIRE SENTENCE AND THEY'RE ON PROBATION AND THEY'RE JUST WALKING OUT OF PRISON. OKAY. AND, AND THEN IT'S WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, NOT NECESSARILY STRAIGHT OUT, IT'S JUST THAT OKAY. SINCE THEY'VE BEEN RELEASED, THEY STILL CAN'T FIND, ARE YOU NOT EVEN AWARE OF THE RESOURCES? SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SUFFERING TIME IN PRISON AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THEIR HOMELESS. YES. SO THAT WOULD MM-HMM . THAT IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. NO QUESTIONING. I AGREE. AND, UH, WELL SERVED. I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION. YOU KNOW, IN FACT PEOPLE GET SOME AMUSEMENT OUTTA THAT. WHO IS A, A HOMELESS PERSON, WHERE ARE THEY RESIDENT? I KNOW IT'S HARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T BE, THERE WOULDN'T BE THIS DISCUSSION IF WE WERE PART OF, YOU KNOW, COUNTY. BUT I KNOW WE USED TO RUN INTO THAT A LOT, PARTICULARLY WITH ORANGE COUNTY. WE'D GET VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT, YEAH. MM-HMM . HAVING OUR PEOPLE IN. DO YOU DO ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY? I DO NOT. . SO YOU'RE JUST WITH THE, WITH THE, THE JCOD. YEAH. MM-HMM . FOR ALL COUNTY. OKAY. UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION NOW YOU'RE USING A LUMP SUM OF 10,000, WHICH IS OUR MAX IS, WELL TECHNICALLY ISN'T REALLY OUR MAX. BUT, UM, HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT LASTING? UM, WITH THE WAY TODAY'S WORLD IS, PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS. OKAY. MAYBE, MAYBE SIX MONTHS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL REIMBURSEMENT. YES. NOW WHO IS MONEY BEING GIVEN TO YOU? IS IT TO THE LANDLORDS OR IS IT TO THE INDIVIDUAL? IT IS STRICTLY TO THE LANDLORD. TO THE LANDLORDS. MM-HMM . SO YOU, AND THEY PROVIDE SO YOU CAN GET A RECEIPT FROM THE LANDLORD YES. WITH THE TENANT'S PERMISSION. YEAH. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND. CLARIFIES THAT. AND THEN DO YOU, YOU SERVE OTHER AREAS THAT RIGHT. IN DON COUNTY, YOU'RE NOT JUST WORKING IN LONG BEACH. RIGHT. RIGHT NOW MY FOCUS IS LONG BEACH. I WANT TO BROADEN MY RESOURCES IN LONG BEACH. YES. OKAY. NOW WHEN YOU SAY INCARCERATION, I MEAN AN ANYTHING FROM AN OVERNIGHT STAY AT LA AT LONG BEACH JAIL? NO. NO. NOT, NOT JUST 'CAUSE YOU GOT PICKED UP ON A-A-D-U-I AND WERE RELEASED THE NEXT DAY. SOME TYPE OF TIME WHERE IT COULD HAVE IMPACTED YOU TO LOSE YOUR HOME, YOUR JOB SOME TIME. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR, FOR SOME OF THOSE REENTRY PROGRAMS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU SERVING NOW? UM, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW I HAVE 15 PEOPLE THAT I'M SERVING RIGHT NOW. OPEN ACTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES EVERY DAY. AND THEY'RE LIVING IN SOBER LIVING PLACES? NOT, NOT ALL OF THEM. YEAH. SOME OF THEM, UM, IS AT THE POINT WHERE THEY NEED TO LIKE, ID SEE AND START LOOKING FOR APPOINTMENT. SO WE'RE JUST HELPING THEM AT THOSE STEPS THAT VERY BEGINNING. SOME DON'T HAVE THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. SOME OF DON'T KNOW THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. ARE THEY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SNAP RIGHT NOW? YES. OKAY. AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE REENTRY ON PROBATION. MM-HMM . OH. SO LA COUNTY WAS ACTUALLY HAPPY THAT I REACHED OUT BECAUSE THESE DEPARTMENTS ALSO HAVE HARD TIMES FINDING RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE THAT COME TO THEM. SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING MORE TO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO COME AND SHOWCASE WHAT THEY OFFER SO THEY CAN START REALLY HAVING THE RESOURCES TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE TO. AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START THIS ORGANIZATION? UM, SO I HAD A, I WENT TO SCHOOL FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE. I WANTED TO GO INTO PROBATION AND PAROLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK INTO LIFE. MM-HMM . [00:30:01] UM, AND THEN I GUESS GOD BLESSED ME A DIFFERENT WAY AND AFFORDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN MY OWN BUSINESS. SO I DID MM-HMM . AND SO AT FIRST IT WAS ALL MY MONEY UNTIL I LEARNED LIKE, UHUH, YOU GOTTA ASK . SO. YEAH. AND YOUR CONNECTION TO LONG BEACH IS? I LIVED IN LONG BEACH. I STAYED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LONG BEACH. MM-HMM . UM, YEAH. GOOD. OKAY. ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. YEAH. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. UH, SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? OH, LEMME JUST GET ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK. UH, I'LL HEAR FROM THAT WHILE I GET HOME. YEAH. UM, OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. UH, ANY, ANY OPPOSED MY LANGUAGE BE SO IN FAVOR? WE'RE ALL SET. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE TOPIC SO WE CAN PUSH THIS FORWARD AND PRESENT IT AT THE NEXT HAYSTACK MEETING. MM-HMM . WHICH WOULD BE OCTOBER 1ST. OKAY. OKAY. UM, AT FOUR 30. I CAN SEND YOU THE INVITE HERE. IT WON'T BE HERE. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE A CHANGE OF LOCATION . OKAY. OKAY. WE, WE'LL TALK . YEAH. BUT I'LL SEND YOU THE INFORMATION, UM, AND THE CALENDAR INVITE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, UH, REENTRY IS ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. I THINK IT'S AN AREA WE STILL DON'T DO ENOUGH. AND THEN, RIGHT. LIKE THANK, LIKE, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY OR IF YOU HAVE TO GO, GO AHEAD. NO, I WANNA STAY 'CAUSE I NEED TO BE IN THESE SPACES , SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT IF YOU WANT. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S THE PACKET. THE, UH, OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SIX. UH, DISCUSSION ON THE FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES. WE, EMILY, LIKE I MENTIONED, UM, WAS OUT SICK TODAY SO SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PRESENT ON THIS UNTIL THE NEXT, SO WHAT I GOTTA DO NUMBER SIX. YEAH. I CAN BRING IT BACK TO NEXT MEETING. SO NUMBER SEVEN IS RECOMMENDATION. DISCUSS THE GROUP'S FUTURE AGENDA. CAN WE JUST GET A, UH, VOTE FOR NUMBER SIX TO MOVE FORWARD FOR NE THE NEXT MEETING, MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR AGENDA ITEM. I'M SORRY. NO, YOU'RE FINE. YEAH. CAN I GET A, SO MOVE? YEAH, SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. AND THEN ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. ANY OF US SEND OUT, WE'VE HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? YEAH. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. , YOUR WIFE IS GOOD JUDGE. SO I THINK WE'RE NUMBER SEVEN. MOTION TO THERE IS A NUMBER SEVEN. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. YEAH. ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? WEBSITES? YEAH, WE'RE DOING VERBIAGE NUMBER FOUR AND SIX. SIX. YEAH. YEAH. NOW YOU SAID THERE IS A APPLICATION WHICH IS IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. YES. SO I'LL ALSO BRING, I'LL ALSO SEND OUT A LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TABLE APPLIED AGAIN. UM, STAFF HAD A BIT OF CONCERN REGARDING THAT APPLICATION, BUT WE WILL PUSH IT FORWARD TO YOU GUYS, UM, TO MAKE THE DECISION. YEAH. KEEP IT SIMPLE. YEAH. SO FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, YEAH, WE HAVE THOSE TWO. SO THAT'S GONNA BE QUITE A BIT ACTUALLY. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH. OKAY. CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR THAT? SO MOVE. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY. GOT A MOTION ADD. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE DONE. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH THE PUBLIC AGAIN TO SPEAK ON THAT? ANY COMMENTS? NOT BEST , NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. WE ARE GOOD. IF, IF YOU GOOD TO ADJOURN? OKAY. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO. AND UH, A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YEP. OKAY, GOOD. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.