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FROM THE FUND RAISING REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY ABOUT OUR USUAL FUNDRAISING FOR THE HOME, FOR THE FUND, UH, WITH THE CHRISTMAS UTILITY BILLS.AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME NOW, SEPTEMBER.
AND THAT USUALLY HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER.
AND THEY HAD PROMISED US THIS TIME THAT NOT ONLY WOULD THEY PUT A FLYER IN THE BILL, WHICH PEOPLE GET BY MAIL, BUT THEY'D ALSO INCLUDE A BLURB ON THE BILL ITSELF.
SO THOSE THAT DON'T GET MAIL, WE'LL ALSO GET THE REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR THE FUND.
SO SHE SAID, UM, JENNIFER, YOU HAD SAID THAT SHE'LL BE AT OUR NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE.
EMILY WILL BE AT THE NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE SHE WANTS TO COME.
I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO TALK TO HER A LITTLE BEFORE I, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE A COUPLE OF TIMES, ONE OUT OF TIME ON THIS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE FAIR TO THE UTILITY COMPANY, THEY HAVE TO HAVE ADVANCE NOTICE TO GET THIS.
I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL THIS WEEK.
I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL THIS WEEK.
COULD WE STILL MOVE FORWARD ON THE UTILITY INSERTS? AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MARKETING PART OF IT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S SORT OF ADJACENT TO THE, I MEAN, WE STILL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE ACTUAL I KNOW.
SO COULD WE DO THAT? YEAH, I CAN TALK TO THEM AND THEN I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
IS THAT IT, JIM? IS THAT IT FOR THE REPORT? THAT WAS REPORT.
UM, SARAH, THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE MET LAST MONDAY, AND WE DISCUSSED OUR FINALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT NEXT STEPS FOR THAT WERE, AND WE DECIDED AS A PRACTICAL STEP, UM, WE WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WERE LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY THAT EITHER, UM, MEMBERS OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE MIGHT VOLUNTEER TO HOST ONE OF THOSE PORTABLE TOILETS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR THE PORTABLE SHOWER SERVICES THAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED PILOTING.
UM, SO WE ASKED OUR COC REPRESENTATIVE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS MONTH'S MEETING TO ASK IF ANY OF THE COC ORGANIZATIONS WOULD AT LEAST BE WILLING TO HOST THOSE SERVICES AS KIND OF A STARTING POINT FOR OUR STAFF.
UM, AND THEN OUR, OUR SECONDARY PLAN IS THAT EVERY YEAR WHEN WE MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, WE ASK EACH K SAC MEMBER TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND TO MEET WITH THEM AND SAY, HEY, THESE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
UM, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE MOST IMPORTANT.
AND SO WE THOUGHT THIS YEAR, DURING YOUR MEETINGS WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY MIGHT BE WILLING, IF THERE'S A HOTSPOT IN YOUR DISTRICT WHERE THERE REALLY NEED TO BE PORTABLE, 24 HOUR TOILET SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED, OR WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A SPOT FOR THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WEEKLY SHOWER SERVICE TO PARK AND OFFER THOSE SERVICES FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
IT'S A CHANCE TO REALLY ENGAGE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAY, THESE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME TANGIBLE SPOTS THAT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO HAVE THESE SERVICES.
AND THEN WE'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION FROM BOTH THE COC AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH OUR HOMELESS SERVICES STAFF, SO THEY HAVE A STARTING POINT OF MAYBE WILLING LOCATIONS TO OFFER THESE SERVICES AND CAN, CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AS WHERE THERE'S NEED IN THE CITY.
SO THAT WAS PRIMARILY WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR, UH, POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE A REPORT YET FROM THE COC, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE LEFT THINGS.
AND WE INVITE EACH OF YOU, UH, ONCE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE OFFICIALLY GONE TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO THEN TAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WE APPROVED SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND INVITE THEM TO BE A PARTNER IN OFFERING THOSE SERVICES.
UM, ON THAT SUBJECT I JUST SPOKE TO, UH, I DID BRING THAT UP AT, WE HAD A MEETING, A GENERAL MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THIS.
AND I DID BRING UP THAT SUBJECT.
SO FAR NOBODY HAS COME UP TO ME, BUT I'VE SPOKEN TO A FEW PEOPLE AND I HAD AN IDEA THAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL.
UM, I HAPPENED TO MEET THE HEAD OF THE BIXBY KNOLL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, AND HE'S A, HE'S A DEVELOPER AND A REALLY NICE GUY.
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SOME ACTION IF WE WERE TO GO TO THESE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND ASK THE BUSINESSES THEMSELF FOR HELP IN FINDING LOCATIONS FOR THESE SERVICES TO SEE IF ANY OF THEY, IF ANY, IF THEY KNOW OF ANY FACILITIES, ANYBODY WHO COULD HELP THAT.UH, CAUSE SO I PLAN ON DOING THAT WITH BIXBY KNOWS AS SOON AS IT GETS OFFICIALLY APPROVED.
'CAUSE I CAN'T BRING IT UP UNTIL THEN.
SO, AS I SAID, WE JUST HAD A GENERAL MEETING AND, UH, I'M STILL ABSORBING ALL OF THAT 'CAUSE UH, IT WAS BASICALLY A RUNDOWN OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE COC, UH, ON THEIR GOVERNING STUFF.
BUT, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, THE COC HOSTED AN ALL DAY RETREAT TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATUS OF PROJECTS, THE STRUCTURE OF THE COC, AND VERY BRIEFLY, THE GOALS OF THE COCA PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN BY THE LA HOUSING AUTHORITY AND, AND EXPLAINED THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S RECENT INCLUSION AS OF FEBRUARY OF 2025, IN A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITIES OF LA GLENDALE AND PASADENA ON SHARING INFORMATION THROUGH THEIR, THE HMIS SYSTEM AND COORDINATING PROCEDURES FOR ITS USE, TRAINING AND SECURITY SO THAT ALL CITIES ARE WORKING IN A COORDINATED MANNER WITH RESULTS THAT ARE RELIABLE AND DO NOT CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER.
ANOTHER TOPIC IS, UH, OF, OF GREAT CONCERN AND GREAT INTEREST WITH THE COC IS THE NOFO RFP RE RENEWAL NOFO, AND I HAD TO LOOK THIS UP, IS A HUD GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CITY IS ACTIVELY SEEKING AND PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR ITS RENEWAL, EVEN THOUGH THE DEADLINE HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.
BUT I THINK THEY EXPECTED IN WHAT JULY WAS THAT? WELL, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TWO YEAR GRANT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED THEY DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS A TWO YEAR AND HONOR A TWO YEAR CYCLE.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO RELEASE IN NOFO.
THEY HAD INDICATED THAT IT WOULD LIKELY BE RELEASED THIS WEEK.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOW IN A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AS OF TODAY.
SO WHETHER THAT NOTEBOOK WILL BE RELEASED OR NOT ANYTIME SOON IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO SAY IT.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CONJECTURE.
UH, THERE ARE STAFF OUTLET THAT HAVE BASICALLY COME OUT AND PUBLICLY SAID, HERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS PROPOSED NOFO THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE COUNTER TO WHAT CONGRESS HAS PASSED AND THE CONCERNS WITH IT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF TAKING IN ALL INFORMATION, BUT UNTIL THAT NOFO IS ACTUALLY RELEASED, WHICH AT THIS POINT, WHO KNOWS WITH GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, THEY COULD STILL RELEASE IT, EVEN IN GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST KIND OF MONITORING AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENS.
JULY 3RD IS WHEN THEY, UM, HAD NOTIFIED COC LEADS, ESSENTIALLY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RELEASE A, A NOFO AFTER LAST YEAR, INDICATING IT WAS GONNA BE A TWO YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHEN THEY, THEY BASICALLY SAID, YES, WE ARE GONNA DO A SEPARATE PROCUREMENT, EVEN THOUGH LAST YEAR WE SAID WE WEREN'T.
ANYWAYS, DUE TO THE MASSIVE EFFORT THAT IT TAKES TO, UH, TO QUALIFY, UH, ALL THESE PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.
UM, I JUST, A DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD, UH, MADE ON, UM, AND PRESENTATION WAS HELD ON THE COC CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
THE BOARD WAS GIVEN A VERY THICK PACKET ON THE GOVERNMENT'S CHARTER AND BYLAWS TO REVIEW AND WILL BE LOADING ON ITS APPROVAL AT THEIR PROBABLY AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS A WEEK, A WEEK AWAY.
AND I'LL REPORT ON THAT LATER.
UM, REGARDING H-M-M-I-S, FEDERAL FEDERALLY FUNDED ENTITIES SUCH AS THE COC ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THEIR DATA QUALITY PLANS ANNUALLY
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TO ENSURE DATA ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, AND CONSISTENCY.THIS DATA IS USED TO SUPPORT DECISION MAKING AND FUNDING STRATEGIES.
IT ALSO STRENGTHENS THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF PROVIDERS TO INDICATE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, LONG BEACH'S DATA IS ALSO COORDINATED WITH OTHER CITIES TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THIS ACT ACCURACY.
TWO AREAS THAT WERE STRESSED WERE THE NEED FOR STRICTER, STRICTER TIMELINESS STANDARDS, TWO DAYS VERSUS SIX DAYS, AND EXPANDED MONITORING AS WELL AS CONSEQUENCES OF CONSISTENT DATA EMISSIONS.
C C'S SCORING AND RANKING POLICIES WERE ALSO REVIEWED.
AND A DRAFT PRESENTED TO THE BODY FOR EVENTUAL RATIFICATION VOTE, A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF QUESTIONS AND THEIR POINT VALUES WAS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW.
THIS SCORING AND RANKING SYSTEM WILL ALLOW ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF CURRENT PROJECTS AND WILL BE CONSIDERED IN EVALUATING FUTURE GRANT APPLICANTS.
HOWEVER, TO BE FAIR, THERE IS ALSO A WAITING FACTOR SO THAT THOSE PROVIDERS THAT ARE NEW AND DO NOT HAVE A HISTORY ARE, ARE GIVEN EQUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND THAT BASICALLY IS MY REPORT.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE FOR JIM, SARAH, OR PAT? YES, DIANA.
ONE OF THEM IS WHEN THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL WE GET NOTICE SO WE CAN ATTEND AND SHOW SUPPORT? IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GO ON THE AGENDA.
IT DOESN'T, IT JUST HAS TO GO.
IT'S SIMPLY, AND IT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, UH, UH, BECAUSE IT, THERE WAS A, UM, A REFERENCE TO IT IN, IN ONE OF THE LOCAL PUBLICATIONS.
AND IT'S ALL, IT'S BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
SO IT'S ALREADY A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, SO IF YOU PRESENT IT YOURSELF, BUT HOW, HOWEVER, TO THAT POINT, JENNIFER, WHERE ARE WE AT? 'CAUSE I KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY REVIEWED THEM, HAD SOME FEEDBACK, AND THEN AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETING WE RESPONDED TO THAT FEEDBACK.
SO KIND OF WHERE ARE WE IN THAT PROCESS? UM, WE DID HAVE FEEDBACK FROM CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, HOWEVER, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAD ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, UM, AS DISCUSSED DURING THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, SO WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO PRESENT TO THEM WHAT YOU GUYS, UM, WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT SPECIFIC SECTION.
UM, SO DO YOU WANNA TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THAT? SURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BASED ON CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATIONS, THE IDEA WAS TO INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL TWO SENTENCES.
IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE, THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY WILL BE ATTACHING ITS CONTEXT WITHIN THE LETTER AS WELL AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT THAT WILL BE GOING FORWARD.
UH, WE'LL WORK TO, YOU KNOW, DRAFT OUR ATTACHMENT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH, UH, THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ON THAT.
THE RECOMMENDATION CAME BACK AND SAID, HEY, UM, HEY SACK, YOU INCLUDED DATA ON WHAT WAS IN THE EVERYONE HOME, A STRATEGIC PLAN FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT COULD YOU ALSO INCLUDE THESE TWO SENTENCES OF WHAT THE CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THAT POINT? AND WE KIND OF SAID, WELL, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND VOTED ON IT.
WE HAVE NO PROBLEM IF THE CITY WANTS TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT ATTACH IT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
BUT WE SAID, YOU KNOW, JULIE KIND OF SAID, WELL, THIS IS OUR VOICE, THIS IS OUR LANGUAGE, WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON IT.
NO PROBLEM WITH THE CITY ATTACHING ANYTHING IT WOULD LIKE TO ATTACH ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT, GREAT.
SO THE, THESE TWO SENTENCES DON'T IMPACT OR AREN'T INFLUENCING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS STAND.
THE TWO SENTENCES ARE, AND THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE? YEAH.
THE CITY HAS SHELTERED SINCE THAT TIME.
WELL, SO AGAIN, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, JULIE, BUT IF, IF IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT SARAH'S OR THE COMMITTEE IS SUGGESTING
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IS THAT EVEN IF THIS IS ALL OFFICIAL, THAT AT SOME POINT IT IS GONNA LAND AGAIN IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR MAYBE IT DOES END UP ON A CONSENT CALENDAR.AND IF THAT IS THE PROCESS, THEN AGAIN I'M ASKING, IS IT POSSIBLE TO LET US KNOW AND THOSE OF US THAT CAN ATTEND DO SO, OR IF THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE PROCESS IS GONNA GO, THAT WE GET NOTICE THAT THE FINAL SUCKER HAS BEEN SENT TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEN THAT TRIGGERS EACH OF US REACHING OUT TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE WILL SEND NOTICE TO THE COMMITTEE ONCE IT'S BEEN SENT OUT.
THE CITY PROCESS FOR COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORTS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS A TFF, YOU KNOW, TO, FOR, FROM THE MEMO.
UH, THAT GOES OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE MAYOR.
IT IS CONTINGENT UPON COUNCIL MEMBERS IDENTIFYING IF THEY WANT TO IZE SOMETHING AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO IF YOU ARE WANTING TO SEE IT AGENDIZED, YOU REALLY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONSIDER.
IF I MAY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, COMMENT.
UM, WE RECENTLY PUB, WE GOT PUBLICIZED THAT THE CITY FINALLY IS GOING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ALMOST 200 VACANT LOTS AND BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALL OVER
AND THERE'S A, THERE WAS A, SOME SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT THE CITY MIGHT ENTERTAIN HIS PROPOSALS ON WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE PROPERTIES.
YOU MENTIONING, PAT, THAT THERE'S A BUSINESS LEADER WHO'S A DEVELOPER A LOT, AT LEAST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, OF THESE VACANT WATTS AND BUILDINGS ARE OWNED BY DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE BEEN SITTING ON SOME OF THEM FOR THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I HAVE LIVED IN LONG BEACH, WHICH IS 2014.
AND SO I AM WONDERING,
I BELIEVE THERE'S AN RFP OUT FOR JUST ONE PILOT.
AND SO ONE PROPERTY, BUT, BUT AN UNNAMED PROPERTY.
SO DID EVERYBODY GET A COPY OF THAT? I, I'M NOT SURE WHERE I READ IT, BUT, UM, IF YOU WANT, YOU, YOU CAN CERTAINLY CAN ACCESS THE RFP THAT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE PARAMETERS OF, OF THE PROPOSAL.
AND YOU COULD, I, I WANNA SAY $75,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS, IS WHAT'S BEING OFFERED.
SO, UM, BUT I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE, THAT'S THE, THE DETAILS.
I'M, BUT THAT'S THE ACTUAL OFFER.
I AM PROPOSING THAT OUR POLICY COMMITTEE RAISED THIS, CONSIDER THIS AND RAISED THIS, THAT SINCE THE CITY, THEN THEY HAVE THE, WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THE RFP FOR ONE PROPOSAL OUT OF 170 SOMETHING VACANT BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES.
I AM PROPOSING THAT WE AS A COMMITTEE CONSIDER HOW TO REACH OUT TO THE STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS EXPERIMENT AND SUGGEST THAT LET'S ALSO OPENED THIS UP TO THE NEED FOR THE PORTABLE TOILETS AND THE PORTABLE SHOWERS.
WE CAN INCLUDE THAT ITEM ON OUR NEXT POLICY SUPPLEMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS MEMBERS ON ANY OF THE OTHER REPORTS? JENNIFER, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.
UH, I THINK THE COMMITTEE WILL DO MUCH BETTER WORK SOME OF THE GROUNDWORK THAT MAYBE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO.
SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING AND HAS SUGGESTION ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THE BUSINESSES, CONNECT THOSE TO CHARITIES, MAYBE THAT MIGHT SUPPLY IT, THE, THE TOILETS AND BASICALLY DELIVER SOMETHING TO
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THE CITY THEY CAN WORK WITH WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE WORK THEMSELVES, BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY'RE LIMITED IN RESOURCES.ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IT IS, UM, I HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT OUR, UM, CHARTER ONLY ALLOWS US TO REVIEW PROGRAMS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, MAKE, MAKE POLICY RECOMMENDATION.
AND WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO, UM, DO TO FUNCTION IN ANY, UM, CAPACITY THAT OVERSEES STAFF ACTIVITIES ANYWAY.
SO THERE'S A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE UPDATES FROM THE MAYOR'S FUND AND THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEES AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I WAS ONLY HERE FOR PART OF IT.
THE PRESENTATIONS OR DO I NOT VOTE? UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ABSTAIN UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE, CAN I VOTE? YEAH, YOU CAN VOTE.
I WAS ONLY HERE FOR PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE MEETINGS.
UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY PRICELESS INVESTORS FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.
UM, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM PRICELESS INVESTORS, AND WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE AN ATTACHMENT HERE, A SUMMARY, UM, THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YEAH, WE, AT OUR MEETING, WE MET WITH THE CEO OF THE NONPROFIT AND, UH, ANSWERED BASICALLY ANY QUESTIONS WE HAD AND BOTH STAFF AND THE COMMITTEE.
UH, I RECOMMENDED THIS FOR GOOD CAUSE THEY DO SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'VE DONE SOME GOOD THINGS TO SPEED UP THEIR PROCESS PEOPLE.
SO WE, AND THE FUNDS WILL BE USED, UM, TO, UM, ASSIST SOME OF THEIR CLIENTS TO MOVE INTO THEIR APARTMENTS FOR RENT ASSISTANCE.
AND WHAT ELSE? JUST ANY RENTAL, UM, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ANY GAP.
THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY ALL OF THEIR RENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SOMETIMES WE OVERLOOK SOME WRITE BASIC THINGS AND PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO PICK UP, BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAVE THIS ONE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? YES, DOUG? I THINK IT SOUNDS GREAT.
UM, I'M CURIOUS TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
SO WE'LL GET FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THE FUNDS ARE USED, HOW MANY, HOW MANY OF THESE BRIDGE BRIDGES OR WHATEVER.
I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT THE NEED IS AND HOW IT'LL BE USED.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET A REPORT OUT? YES.
PRIOR TO THE LAST INVOICE BEING PAID, UM, THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT, UM, A, A SUMMARY OF THE EXPENDITURES? YES.
AND THERE IS A FINAL ONE PAGE SUMMARY REPORT FOR PREP WHO JUST FINISHED THEIR GRANT.
YEAH, IT'S ATTACHED IN THE PACKET.
YEAH, WE DISCUSSED THAT AT OUR MEETING AND MAINTENANCE UP AN AUTOMATIC PROCESS THAT WE DO GET FINAL REPORTS TO THIS COMMITTEE ON ALL THESE GRANTS.
WHEN THEY ARE COMPLETED, THEY GET THE NUMBERS AND WHO THEY SERVE AND SO FORTH.
SO DOES, DOES THIS HAVE, UM, THE COST BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE 10,000? UM, NOT ON THAT PAGE, BUT IT'S POSTED ON MINE.
THIS IS THE, THE SUMMARY REPORT FROM THE PRIOR YEAH, THAT'S FROM, THAT WAS A 5,000 ADVANCE.
SO THIS IS THE PRIOR AND THIS IS ANOTHER 10,000.
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NO DIFFERENT ANGLE.SO THE MOTION IS FOR, UM, PRICELESS INVESTORS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE ACT? SEEING NONE? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY PRICELESS INVESTORS FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.
YOU CAN STAY, YOU CAN WHAT YOU WANT.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO, UM, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR EVERY OTHER MONTH MEETING, AND THEN OUR, OUR SUBCOMMITTEES ARE ALSO MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH.
AND I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, OR IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PROPOSE ADJUSTMENTS OR HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
UM, CAN I HAVE A FIRST, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED TO DISCUSS.
SO ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? HOW'S IT WORKING OUT FOR EVERYBODY? IT'S GREAT.
ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH IT? I LIKE IT.
IS IT, IS IT WORKING OUT WITH THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES? I MEAN, DOES IT BENEFIT US TO HAVE THE SEPARATE MEETING? OH, YEAH.
SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE ALWAYS HAD SEPARATE MEETINGS, BUT, UM, AND PLUS THE SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY.
AND, AND FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEES, WE WE'RE NOT AS RIGID IN OUR SCHEDULE.
SO IF, IF FOR WHATEVER REASON REST SARAH HAS TO GO OUTTA TOWN, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE AS AS APPROPRIATE.
AND PLUS WITH THE EVERY OTHER MONTH WE HAVE MORE LEEWAY IN MOVING THE SUB GOODS.
UM, YES, PAM IS THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE, IS THAT GOING TO BE ON THE SECOND OR THIRD MONDAYS? IT'S USUALLY ON THE SECOND.
THIS MONTH OR THIS PAST MONTH? IT WAS ON THE THIRD BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING.
BUT IT'S, UM, TYPICALLY AT 2:00 PM ON THE SECOND TWO? NO, WE WERE DOING 4 0 4.
I FEEL LIKE I MISSED LAST MONTH BECAUSE I YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS SWITCHED.
THE LAST ONE WAS AT AN ATYPICAL TIME AND DATE.
BUT WE CAN DO A MASTER SCHEDULE.
WE, JULIE, I'M, MAYBE THIS DOESN'T FIT.
DOES SCHEDULING ALSO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF LOCATION? YES.
THEN I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT LOCATION.
WELL, SHOULD I LET YOU GO FIRST AND
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE, EVERY OTHER MONTH, DOUG? I'M ACTUALLY, I LIKE IT.
UM, BUT I REMEMBER WAS IT AT THE LAST MEETING WE WERE, WE DIDN'T GET THROUGH ALL THE AGENDA AND THEN WE KIND OF RUSHED AT THE END.
AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS THE AMOUNT OF TIME WOULD, WOULD WE, I LIKE THE EVERY OTHER MONTH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COVER THE THINGS WE NEED TO COVER MM-HMM
AND IF I DON'T MIND STAYING A LITTLE LATE FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE RUN LATE, BUT IF WE'RE ALWAYS RUNNING LATE, I THINK WE NEED TO EXTEND THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, ADD ANOTHER 30 MINUTES.
WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE AN END TIME, DO WE? BUT WE HAVE AN END TIME.
OH, WE HAD DECIDED IT WOULD BE AN HOUR AND A HALF 'CAUSE IT USED TO BE TWO HOURS.
AND YOU GUYS, I KNOW I, CONSIDERING THAT IT'S EVERY OTHER MONTH NOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD TALKED ABOUT SWITCH BACK TO A FEW HOURS.
THINK I THINK AN HOUR AND A HALF.
I THINK I, ON THAT, ON THAT SUBJECT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DELEGATE THE TIME, UH, SO THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE TIME.
'CAUSE AT THE END IS OUR DISCUSSION.
BASICALLY, WE RARELY HAVE THIS MUCH TIME TO DISCUSS THINGS.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE AT EACH MEETING SO THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE TIME AT THE END.
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SET A SET TIME WHERE BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE ALLOWED FOR? PRESENTATIONS.BUT USUALLY FOR PRESENTATIONS WE DO GIVE THE PEOPLE A SET AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE DON'T, WE TRY NOT TO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME AT THE END TO DISCUSS FUTURE.
WELL, AT THE END, ALL WE'RE DISCUSSING IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WELL, THAT'S IMPORTANT THOUGH.
YEAH, I DON'T WANNA RUSH THROUGH THAT.
AND SOMETIMES WE'RE RUSHED AT THE END.
YEAH, I DON'T WANNA RUSH THROUGH IT.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S GENERALLY HELPFUL.
OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS AMEND IT IF WE HAVE MORE TO TALK ABOUT TO, BUT JUST HAVE A GENERAL AMOUNT OF TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM SO THAT WE KNOW ARE WE ON PACE, ARE WE RUNNING TIME? AND SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTING KIND OF KNOW, OH, THIS IS HOW LONG MY PRESENTATION AND GENERALLY I THINK WE GIVE THEM 15 MINUTES BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MINUTES BECAUSE WE WANT THE DISCUSSION TO OCCUR.
DOUG? MY ONLY FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AN INTEREST IN CONSIDERING TWO HOURS.
SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE DO WE ADD IT TO THE END OR DO WE MOVE IT 30 MINUTES EARLIER AND FOUR TO SIX OR FOUR 30 TO SIX 30? HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT.
I'M JUST, I MEAN, I HAVE A PREFERENCE.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE IT ON THE EARLIER FOUR TO SIX, BUT I DUNNO IF OTHERS DO.
WAS YOUR COMMENT SIMILAR
NO, THE ONLY THING I WAS GONNA SAY THAT SOMETIMES WITH THE FUNDING COMMITTEE, THAT IF WE GET AN APPLICATION IN, IT SEEMS, I, I HATE TO MAKE PEOPLE WAIT TWO TO THREE MONTHS FOR APPROVAL.
BUT WE DO HAVE THE OPTION, I BELIEVE, TO HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS IF WE DO GET A REQUEST IN THAT MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS.
AND SO THAT WE DON'T KEEP, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS TO DO EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR PEOPLE.
SO, BUT I GUESS THAT'S FAIRLY THAT WE CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN ALSO DO IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR MASTER CALENDAR OF MEETINGS, WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN OUR WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHEN OUR MEETINGS ARE.
SARAH, ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO ELECTRONIC VOTES VIA EMAIL OR ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE? WHAT TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA ITEMS. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN PERSON.
AND THAT'S GOTTA BE BE AT A MEETING.
VISIBLE TO PEOPLE TO BE A MEETING.
WHAT IS ALLOWABLE IS IF YOU'RE OUT SICK, WE HAVE SOME UNFORESEEN EMERGENCY AND YOU COMMUNICATE THAT AHEAD OF TIME, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, IF THE SPACE ALLOWS, IT WOULD BE PRETTY DIFFICULT HERE, UM, TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY AND VOTE ONLINE.
THERE ARE SOME GUIDANCES AROUND THAT, BUT THAT IS THE ONE EXCEPTION FOR A VIRTUAL VOTE, FRANKLY.
WELL, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SAY, GOING BACK TO
SO COULD WE HAVE A SPECIAL ZOOM MEETING JUST TO DISCUSS APPLICATIONS TO SEE IF WE WANT TO RECOMMEND IT TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE? SO THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WRITE DOWN.
LIKE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AT ANY REGULAR CADENCE AND YOU EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN MORE THAN FIVE TIMES, THEN IT IS NOT AN AD HOC AND WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.
BUT SAY YOU HAVE SOME SHORT TERM PROJECT THAT, OR POLICY THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THAT NEEDS MORE TIME AND CONVERSATION, YOU CAN REQUEST AN AD HOC GROUP.
THAT AD HOC GROUP DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT.
THE EXPECTATION IS THAT AD HOC NEEDS TO COME BACK WITH ANYTHING THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AT A LARGER SCALE AND HAVE THAT PUBLIC CONVERSATION, UM, IN A BROWN ACT SPACE.
SO THE WHAT'S ON THE TABLE IS, UM, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE ARE GOOD WITH THE EVERY OTHER MM-HMM
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO ALLOCATE, ALLOCATE TWO HOURS, WHICH I THINK IS REASONABLE SINCE WE'RE MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH, UM, IF WE COULD CONSIDER MOVING IT TO FOUR O'CLOCK AND HAVING SIX O'CLOCK AS OUR END TIME, I'D LIKE TO USE ROBERT'S RULES ON THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE INCREASED THE TWO HOURS.
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YEAH, YOU HAVE TO DO A MOTION.MOVE, I MOVE THAT WE INCREASED THE TWO HOURS.
BUT WE'RE ALSO, WE WERE ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION.
OH, WE WANT TO HOLD THESE TILL THE END.
WELL, ONE MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
BECAUSE WE DO YOU WANT TO BUNDLE THEM ALL? IT'S JUST A MEETING TIME.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVEN'T HEARD EVERYBODY JUMP UP AND SAY TWO HOURS IS GREAT.
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW IS IF YOU VOTE FOR THEM.
SO I SUPPOSE WE VOTE, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A BREAK IT UP.
SO DOUG HAS MOTION, MOTION TO GO TO TWO HOURS FOR THE MEETING LATER.
WELL, UH, I THINK WE CAN COMBINE THE, THE TWO HOURS AND THE TIME.
WE COULD DISCUSS AND THEN, THEN THERE'LL BE A VOTE, RIGHT? IT JUST NEEDS TO BE A MOTION.
SO MY MOTION WOULD BE TWO HOURS, FOUR TO SIX.
IS THERE A SECOND? NO, SECOND.
I'D LIKE TO ADD AN AMENDMENT AS NEEDED TO THAT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD INSIST THE MEETING BE TWO HOURS LONG AS NEEDED.
STILL WITH ADEQUATE TIME AT THE END.
IS THERE DISCUSSION MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE SHOULD TO SPEAK ON THAT AGENDA ITEM? OH, WHAT ABOUT THE LS BUSINESS? YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND TOWARDS MAKING, OKAY.
I THINK YOU'RE, I THINK I'M ON THE WRONG PAGE.
YEAH, THE AGENDA IS OVER HERE.
CAN WE GET A VOTE? HAVE WE HAD ADEQUATE DISCUSSIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS READY TO VOTE? OKAY.
SO THE MOTION IS TO HOLD THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UM, EVERY OTHER MONTH.
AND, UM, FOR UP TO TWO HOURS STARTING AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? YOU'RE OPPOSED.
AND, UM, ANYBODY ABSTAIN? OKAY.
UM, SO HANNAH, DO YOU WANNA BRING THAT? I, UM, WELL IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS A NEW MEMBER TO GET TO SEE SORT OF THE OFFICIAL OFFICE LOCATION AT THE, THE LAST FULL MEETING.
IT, TO ME IT FEELS SO ISOLATED, UH, PHYSICALLY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMUNITIES.
PARDON? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HUGHES WAY? YES.
IT'S, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S ACCESSIBLE.
AND SO I WANTED TO, I WAS THRILLED WHEN WE ARRAN THE ARAN, THE STAFF MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR US TO MEET HERE.
AND I AM OF THE OPINION THAT THERE'S, THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION OR THERE'S OTHER LOCATIONS THAT I WOULD THINK ARE AVAILABLE THAT ARE MORE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN AREAS WHERE WE WOULD BE PHYSICALLY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS.
WE USED TO MEET, WE USED TO, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE MET AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
AND THEN, UM, AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND WE STARTED MEETING IN PERSON, WE MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN WE HAD MOST OF OUR MEETINGS AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY, UM, WHICH I THOUGHT WORKED OUT WELL.
UM, WE, WE DID THE OBAMA LIBRARY ALSO.
AND SO WE DID THE TWAIN LIBRARY ALSO.
ALSO, THERE'S OTHER, THERE'S CITY HALL, THERE'S OTHER THINGS.
DO OTHER COMMITTEES MEET IN THE SAME SPOT? I I DO FEEL LIKE WE'RE TYPICALLY, YES.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IT WAS LIKE, I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
AND WE'RE ALIGNED ALMOST CLOSE TO THE SAME TIME AS ONE OTHER COMMITTEE THAT DOES
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USE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT AROUND THE SAME TIME.UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS LIKE, IF IT'S NOT OUR SPACE, IT'S HARD TO NECESSARILY BOOK SOMETHING CONSISTENTLY EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO, LIKE, BILLIE JEAN KING BECAME HARD BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE IS AN EVENT THAT IS BOOKED OUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU KNOW, OUR RESERVATION AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL EVENTS AND MAIN EVENTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA BE FLEXIBLE WITHIN THAT.
UM, THE, THE CHALLENGES, THERE ARE VERY FEW SPACES THAT WE AS LIKE A BUREAU OR DEPARTMENT TRULY CONTROL THAT LIKE, FIT THE SPACE.
LIKE I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT, YOU KNOW, CENTURY WOULD BE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THAT WE'RE SCHEDULED EITHER.
SO, I MEAN, THEREIN LIES THE CHALLENGE.
AND LIKE, PART OF WHY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPACE THAT WE CONTROL, WE WERE MOVING EVERY SO OFTEN BECAUSE THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE'D GO TO BOOK AND THE SPACE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE.
AND THE ISSUE WE HAD WITH LIBRARIES TOO WAS WE COULDN'T CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FOR SOME REASON.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT WAS, SINCE WE'RE SEEING STAFF, HOW DID THE COMMUNITIES DO IT? AND THEY STRICTLY CLOSE ED.
HOW DO THE OTHER COMMITTEES, THEY THEY MEET.
THERE'S, WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES THEY MEET.
UM, LIKE THE SENIOR COMMISSION MEETS AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
THE PARKS COMMISSION MEETS AT SOME PARK DOWN IN, UH, OKAY.
UM, THERE'S SOME, AS THEY SAID, SOME PEOPLE, UH, SOME COMMISSIONS MEET AT THE CITY AT ALL, AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UM, I GUESS NOW THAT WE'RE MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX MEETINGS AND IF WE HAVE A MASTER SCHEDULE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIRM UP AT ONE LOCATION, SIX MEETINGS A YEAR.
I MEAN, I ALMOST ALL TIME, IT WAS HARD WITH 12.
BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE SIX AND YEAH, WE COULD, AND ONCE IN A WHILE IF THERE'S A CONFLICT, WE COULD MOVE RATHER THAN SEEM LIKE WE'RE MOVING ALL OVER THE PLACE ALL THE TIME.
BUT WE DO NEED TO BE, TO BE, TO BE AT ONE LOCATION.
AND I AGREE WITH LEANNE IN THAT IT JUST SEEMED LIKE HUGH'S WAY WAS NOT THE PLACE TO HAVE A BROWN ACT MEETING.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIGNAGE, THERE'S NO ANYTHING THAT TOP SAYS THAT IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING.
UM, SO I CAN GO IDEAS, I COULD GO ANYWHERE.
SO OTHER LIBRARIES WHERE, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS THERE MIGHT BE.
I, I'M, I WOULD BE READY IF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD ENOUGH DISCUSSION THAT TO SUGGEST THAT WE ASK STAFF TO ARRANGE FOR US TO MEET AS IF WE CAN DO IT ALL THE MEETINGS DO A PLACE FAR OUT.
AND THAT THE LOCATIONS THAT WE CONSIDER ARE A COUPLE OF THE PARKS.
MLK, MACARTHUR AND CHAVEZ THAT WE ALSO CONSIDER.
THOSE ARE TOUGH BECAUSE I, I DO KNOW THAT THOSE PARTICULAR, THEY HAVE PROGRAMMING.
YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LIBRARY.
AND THEY HAVE PROGRAMMING AT THIS TIME.
SO I'M GLAD THAT'S NOT A MOTION.
WHAT ABOUT A SUGGESTION THAT WE ASK THE STAFF TO, TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF UTILIZING LIKE THE OBAMA, THE TWAIN AND OTHER LIBRARY LOCATIONS THAT AGAIN, ARE MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE TO, TO BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO HOMELESS THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE THE, UH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ATTEND.
BECAUSE IT'S, IF IT'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO ATTEND.
SO MAYBE WE COULD GET MORE PUBLIC TO COME IF WE DID THAT.
WELL, UM, I HAVE TO SHARE, AND JIM CAN BACK ME UP ON THIS.
WHEN WE MET AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, IT WAS EVERY MONTH, SAME TIME, SAME PLACE.
AND EVERYBODY KNEW THAT WE DIDN'T NEED A MASTER CALENDAR.
EVERYBODY KNEW AND WE HAD ROWS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
'CAUSE PEOPLE KNEW WE WERE ALWAYS THERE.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE VARIOUS PEOPLE JUST COME REGULARLY.
MAYBE THEY DIDN'T STAY THE WHOLE TIME, BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS A GALLERY.
SO, UM, IF WE HAD A MASTER CALENDAR AND IT SHOWED THE LOCATIONS VERY CLEARLY ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, MAYBE WE CAN
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HAVE A LITTLE GALLERY.AND WE HAVE A LITTLE GALLERY TODAY.
YOU WANT GO BACK TO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER? I DO.
I'M HEARING IT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING WE CAN BOOK AT ALL TIMES.
WE DO NOW HAVE 24 HOUR OPERATIONS AT CERTAIN POINTS OF THE YEAR.
I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT IT'S A CONSISTENT LOCATION.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES I GET SHORTAGE OR SHELTER.
SOMETIMES GOT SAFE PARKING THERE.
WE'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION COMING UP.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THE LIBRARIES ARE WHAT? THEY CLOSE CLOSE SIX.
SO IF WE WERE TO SAY FOUR TO SIX, THEN WE'RE OKAY.
THE THING IS, ONCE SIX HITS WE'RE OUT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DISCUSSIONS? LEON, I'LL YOU WANNA DO THE MOTION AGAIN? I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE, WE AS A COMMITTEE ASK THE STAFF TO PLEASE WORK OUT A, A MEETING SCHEDULE WHERE WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE OBAMA LIBRARY, THE TWAIN LIBRARY.
WE COULD STILL DO THE LIBRARY IN OKAY.
I UNDERSTAND THE MAIN LIBRARY CAN BE A CHALLENGE, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE WITH THE INTENT THAT WE WANT TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE BOTH TO NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS AND TO THE UNHOUSED.
THERE'S A MOTION TO, UM, REQUEST THAT STAFF LOOK INTO HAVING OUR MEETINGS AT THE LIBRARY.
UM, AND, UM, WE JUST NEED A SECOND.
SO THAT WOULD BE A DEDICATED WHAT? LIBRARY? EVERY, WELL, THAT'S BE DETERMINED.
INVESTIGATE NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR MASTER CALENDAR.
THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD MEET EVERY TIME.
THERE'S THE ONE DOWNTOWN IS REALLY NICE.
SCHEDULE, TIME AND PLACE ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS, I MEAN, IDEALLY YOU ALL AGREE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN MOST PROCESSES THAT LIKE THE CHAIR CAN LIKE WORK WITH STAFF.
TWO, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED MOTION OF THAT.
IF WE HAVE A DIRECTION OF, WE'D LIKE TO FIND SOMETHING WE CAN WORK AND TRY TO FIND SOMETHING THAT OKAY.
MEETS THE PARAMETERS THAT THE GROUPS KEEP.
AND YOU SEE AT THE NEXT MEETING WHERE WE'RE AT
WELL, I MEAN IF YOU COULD, IF, IF YOU COULD YEAH.
IF AND AND HAVE THAT MEETING AND WE'LL HAVE OUR SCHEDULE AT THE LOCATION.
SO YOU'LL WORK WITH STAFF AND DO THIS, SELECT THE LOCATION AND WE'LL, YEP.
UM, NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND? SORRY.
WHO WAS FIRST? WHAT, WHO WAS FIRST? ALRIGHT, SO I'LL STAND THAT WAY.
I CAN ALSO SEE WHAT IS THAT, THE TV AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, SO I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN REQUESTS TO KIND OF HAVE A CONVERSATION AND LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT ON HOMELESSNESS, WHAT'S BEING DONE AND WHERE ARE WE HEADED.
SO, UM, THIS PRESENTATION IS LOOKING AT THAT AND TAKING SOME, UH, RECENT, RECENT CONVERSATIONS AND ACTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
UH, SO I WANT TO START WITH KIND OF AN OVERVIEW AND GROUNDING US ON WHAT DOES YOUTH HOMELESSNESS LOOK LIKE IN LONG BEACH.
AND I WILL SAY YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IS SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO CAPTURE IN MANY SENSES.
YOU KNOW, HOW IT PRESENTS IDENTIFYING YOUTH THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CAN BE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING, UH, THAN OUR GENERAL ADULT POPULATION ONCE YOU GET, YOU KNOW, 25 AND OVER.
UM, SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, OUR BEST ESTIMATE WITH OUR EFFORTS OF WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE CAL STATE LONG BEACH, UM, AND YOU TO SUPPORT US WITHIN OUR COUNT.
SO BASED ON LAST YEAR'S COUNT, WE SAW,
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UH, OR ESTIMATE THAT ROUGHLY 90 YOUTH WERE EXPERIENCING LITERAL HOMELESSNESS WHERE THEY WERE UNSHELTERED OR IN A SHELTER.THAT DOES, DOES NOT INCLUDE YOUTH THAT ARE COUCH SURFING, THAT ARE IN PRECARIOUS HOUSING SITUATIONS, WHICH WE ESTIMATE IS MUCH HIGHER.
UM, BUT WE HAVE NO GREAT WAY OF FULLY KNOWING WHAT THAT IS.
UH, WE SEE THAT YOUTH ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SHELTERED THAN OUR GENERAL POPULATION.
UH, WE STILL SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE MALE.
HOWEVER, THE DISPARITY BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE IS MUCH SMALLER THAN OUR, UH, GENERAL ADULT POPULATION.
IT IS MORE GENDER EXPANSIVE, WHICH REALLY ISN'T SUPER SURPRISING.
UM, SO WE SEE MORE GENDER NONCONFORMING AS WELL AS PEOPLE IDENTIFYING AS TRANSGENDER.
UH, WE SEE A REPRESENTATION OF EVERY RACE AND ETHNICITY GROUP.
HOWEVER, WE DO SEE THAT OUR YOUTH ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE BLACK THAN OUR GENERAL ADULT POPULATION.
UH, WE DO SEE A HIGHER REPORT OF HAVING EXPERIENCED, UH, FORMER, UH, YOU KNOW, TIME WITHIN FOSTER CARE.
SO 31%, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, ABOUT HALF PERCENT, A HALF PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION, UH, EXPERIENCES SOME SORT OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
SO IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE GENERAL POPULATION, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A HALF PERCENT HERE.
YOU'RE SEEING 31% OF OUR YOUTH, UH, THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS REPORTING SOMETIME IN THE FOSTERING SYSTEM.
UH, WE ARE SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE A STUDENT, BUT IT'S STILL NOT, YOU KNOW, THE PREDOMINANT GROUP OF, OF YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UH, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THROUGH OUR COLLEGES, YOU KNOW, WHICH ARE GREAT.
SO I THINK THAT IS WORKING TO SOME DEGREE.
UM, BUT THE YOUTH THAT WE ARE SEEING ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL.
UH, MORE LIKELY TO HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME SORT OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ABUSE.
PROBABLY NOT THAT SURPRISING WHEN WE ARE SEEING INCREASES IN THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE REPORTING, UH, TIME IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM, MORE LIKELY TO REPORT HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.
WE DON'T SEE A GREAT DIFFERENCE ON THE SUBSTANCE USE SIDE, BUT WE DO SEE, UH, A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER REPORT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
UM, AND THEN SLIGHTLY MORE LIKELY TO REPORT BEING A PART OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS DOES DIFFER QUITE A BIT FROM WHAT WE SEE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, YOUTH HOMELESSNESS TENDS TO REPORT BEING MUCH MORE HIGHLY, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY.
I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MIGHT FACTOR INTO THIS IN CONVERSATIONS, THE OPENNESS AND INCLUSIVENESS OF, YOU KNOW, A CITY LIKE LONG BEACH VERSUS SOMEBODY THAT'S LIVING IN THE MIDWEST WHERE YOU COME OUT, YOUR PARENTS AS YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU CAN NO LONGER LIVE HERE.
WHERE THAT MIGHT BE LESS LIKELY TO HAPPEN HERE.
THERE ARE ALSO MUCH STRONGER SUPPORT NETWORKS, UH, FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND A CITY LIKE LONG BEACH VERSUS ELSEWHERE.
UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOES BRING UP SOME QUESTIONS 'CAUSE IT IS SO DRASTICALLY LOWER THAN WHAT, UH, IS SEEN ON THE NATIONAL.
UH, 18 TO 25 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
SO 18 THROUGH YOUR, YOUR 24TH YEAR.
UM, SO INSIGHTS THAT WE GAIN FROM LOOKING AT OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND THE DATA THAT WE SEE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AMOUNT OF YOUTH OVER THE YEAR VERSUS WHAT WE SEE, UM, AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME.
SO, UH, WE SEE THAT ROUGHLY 5% OF OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENTS DO FALL INTO THE AGE CATEGORY OF BEING TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH.
UM, SO THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DON'T FULLY KNOW HERE.
AND BOTH MAY BE TRUE TO SOME DEGREE AS WE LOOK AT DATA.
UH, TWO THINGS THAT COME TO MIND.
A, WE'RE REALLY STRUGGLING TO, AT A SINGLE POINT IN TIME, IDENTIFY YOUTH AS THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO YOU ENGAGE AND IDENTIFY AT A SINGLE POINT.
UH, OR, AND, AND OR, UH, YOUTH ARE CYCLING IN AND OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AT A
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MUCH FASTER RATE THAN OUR GENERAL POPULATION.SO BOTH MIGHT BE TRUE TO SOME DEGREE, UH, HYPOTHESIS.
UM, SO THROUGH 2025 WE'VE SEEN, UH, 4, 5 59.
SO A SLIGHT INCREASE, 6% OF OUR ENROLLMENTS.
UH, SO AS WE LOOK AT, UM, SOME OF OUR RESOURCES, WE HAVE THEM UP THERE IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER.
WE'LL GET A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THAT IN A BIT.
UH, SO YOUTH OUTCOMES, THESE ARE WHAT WE'RE SEEING OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING A HIGHER EXIT THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR WE SAW, SAW A SLIGHTLY LOWER TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, AND THEN IN COMPARISON TO ALL AGES.
AND THEN, UH, AS WE LOOK AT INTERIM HOUSING AGAIN, UH, SOME LEVEL OF EVENING OFF.
UM, SO IN POINT IN TIME IT LOOKS LIKE YOUTH ARE MUCH HIGHER AT A MUCH HIGHER SHELTER PERCENTAGE.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT HMIS, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY SEEING THE SAME LEVEL.
SO I THINK THAT ACCOUNTS THAT WE ARE LIKELY MISSING SOMETHING.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS EIGHT, WITH THAT EIGHT GROUP IS THAT TRADITIONAL, THEY HAVE TENDED TO LIVE IN, SHALL WE SAY, INFORMAL HOUSING SITUATIONS, CRASH PADS, CROWD SERVING.
AND TECHNICALLY A CRASH PAD WOULD BE, YOU WOULD BE STILL HOMELESS.
MOST OF THEM IN THAT WOULD BE CLASSIFIED UNDER.
IF IT WASN'T, IF IT WASN'T HABITABLE.
LIKE THERE'S NO RUNNING WATER, THERE'S NO I KNOW, I KNOW.
SO HOW DO YOU WORK WITH THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION? BECAUSE I, THAT'S A DIFFICULT ONE.
THOSE ARE REALLY HARD TO IDENTIFY YOU AT A POINT IN TIME.
LIKE WE'RE NOT HAVING VOLUNTEERS GO INTO ABANDONED BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE SKETCHY THAT ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE DIFFICULTY.
HOPEFULLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HMIS OVER A YEAR, WE'RE BETTER CAPTURING THOSE SITUATIONS.
BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO CAPTURE AT A SINGLE POINT.
SO YOU SAID 90 IS OUR COUNT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU SAID INFLOW IS 491 LAST YEAR OR 459.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 359? SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENTS FOR OUR OVERALL POPULATION VERSUS POINT IN TIME, THEY'RE DRASTICALLY HIGHER.
LIKE JUST ALTOGETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, QUADRUPLE WHAT WE'RE SEEING DURING THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
THE FEELING IS THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF LONG BEACH, YOU'VE GOT THE A LINE, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SEE WHERE THEY CAN GET SERVICE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS IN THAT SITUATION.
SO I THINK WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF INCREASES IN PEOPLE THAT LIKE ARE JUST COMING IN.
WE'RE SEEING 1, 2, 3, 4 TIMES AND THEN WE'RE NOT SEEING THEM.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS 5%, THIS IS ROUGHLY THREE-ISH PERCENT OF THE COUNT WOULD BE 90.
SO YES, WE'RE SEEING A HIGHER FLOW, BUT WE'RE SEEING THAT IN ALL POPULATIONS, LIKE OUR ENROLLMENTS OVER A YEAR FAR EXCEED WHAT WE SEE IN THE BOOK, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
WE'RE NOT DOING A GREAT JOB IN CAPTURING DURING THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH I THINK IS QUITE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS THERE IS SOME REASON TO BELIEVE LIKE YOUTH ARE FINDING OTHER HOUSING SOLUTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM AT A FASTER RATE THAN SOMEBODY THAT IS 40 YEARS OLD.
SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO HELP A YOUTH LIKE STAY WITH THEM FOR A LITTLE BIT IN MORE INFORMAL WAYS OF GETTING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL HYPOTHESIS OF WHY YOU SEE DIFFERENCES.
I THINK DF SHOULD BE INVOLVED.
SO GIVEN A LITTLE CONTEXT ON, UH, YOUTH COORDINATED ENTRY WITHIN LA COUNTY.
SO HISTORICALLY WE HAVE FOCUSED IN LONG BEACH AND RCOC PRIMARILY ON SINGLE ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 25.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY WE DON'T SERVE FAMILIES, WE DON'T SERVE YOUTH.
HOWEVER, THE FUNDING THAT SUPPORTS OUR COORDINATED ENTRY FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES IS COORDINATED AT A COUNTY LEVEL.
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SO WE FALL WITHIN, UH, SPOT SERVICE PLANNING AREA EIGHT, THE SOUTH BAY WHERE HARBOR INTERFAITH IS THE LEAD FOR BOTH YOUTH AND, UH, YOUTH AND FAMILIES AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH FOR LEAD FOR SINGLE ADULTS WITHIN SERVICE PLANNING AREA.SO HISTORICALLY WE'VE NOT GOTTEN COUNTY MONEY TO SERVE YOUTH.
SO THAT INCLUDES FUNDING SET ASIDE WITHIN, UH, MEASURE H MINOR A, UH, FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES TO SUPPORT FOSTER YOUTH THAT ARE AGING OUT.
THOSE ALL GO THROUGH LASA WHO PROGRAMS THOSE AND COORDINATES THROUGH THEIR, UM, LEADS WITHIN EACH SERVICE PLANNING AREA.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BOLSTER BOTH ON THE FAMILY SIDE AND THE YOUTH SIDE TO DO MORE LOCALLY HERE IN LONG BEACH SEEING GAPS AND CHALLENGES.
SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN DOING MORE ON THE YOUTH SIDE WITH STATE FUNDING THAT WE'RE GETTING IN, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT USING SOME MEASURE A GOING FORWARD, UH, SPECIFICALLY PROGRAMMED TOWARDS YOU.
SO HISTORICALLY THAT'S ALL BEEN, UH, SINGLE ADULTS AGAIN, TAKE CAN GET SERVED IN THE SINGLE ADULT SYSTEM.
UH, AND WE'VE HAD SOME SERVICES SPECIFICALLY FOR PAY, BUT WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED A SYSTEM LOCALLY FOR THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, WE CAN KIND OF GO OVER THAT.
SO, UH, CHAPIN HALL USING PRIVATE FUNDS.
SO CHAPIN HALL IS AN ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH GROUP OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THAT HAS BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, CONNECTIONS WITH FOSTER CARE, UM, AND TRYING TO REALLY WORK THAT SPACE.
UH, SO THROUGH CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MAYOR, UH, THE PREVIOUS US INTER AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS, UH, DEPARTMENT HEAD, UM, HAD REACHED OUT AND SAID, WE HAVE SOME PRIVATE DONATIONS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AND DO SOME INITIAL ASSESSMENTS IN LONG BEACH AROUND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
UH, SO THEY DID COME OUT IN JULY AND SPENT, UH, THREE DAYS SPEAKING WITH STAFF, UH, SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT WERE YOUTH, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, THERE WAS A GROUP HELD WITH COUNTY DEPARTMENT, UH, LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL LEADERSHIP.
AND THEN ALSO MEETING WITH CITY LEADERSHIP, UH, HAVING CONVERSATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE MAYOR ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING WITHIN THEIR TIME HERE, UH, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS THEY WOULD HAVE.
UM, SO THEY PROVIDED AN INITIAL REPORT, UH, TO THE MAYOR AND HIS OFFICE AROUND, UH, CONSIDERATIONS FOR FUTURE WORK AS WELL AS CONSIDERATIONS WITHIN THE LONG BEACH FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET.
SO, UM, THIS KIND OF HAPPENED RIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, UH, SOME OF THE CHAPIN HALL INITIAL ASSESSMENT FINDINGS, UH, INCLUDED THE NEED FOR MORE DATA SHARING ACROSS SYSTEMS. SO WE HAVE OUR LONG BEACH HMIS DATA.
HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT SEEING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN NOW SEE WHAT'S ALSO HAPPENING THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND HMIS, BUT WE DON'T SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE PROBATION SYSTEM.
WITHIN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
WE'RE NOT SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, FROM DCFS.
THERE ARE AREAS THAT THE COUNTY IS ABLE TO SEE THAT WE ARE HISTORICALLY NOT SO NEED FOR MORE, UH, SHARING OF DATA ACROSS SYSTEMS, UH, PRIMARILY WITH THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO IDEALLY WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL
THE NEED FOR MORE, UH, FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
THIS IS A THEME THAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN A LOT OF OUR ENGAGEMENT, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE YOU SIDE.
AND WE'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE PROGRAMMATICALLY IN A MINUTE HERE.
UM, SO REALLY WANTING TO SEE, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE FLEXIBLE, THAT CAN BE UTILIZED IN A WIDE RANGE OF WAYS.
UH, MORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AND COORDINATION.
SO HOW DO WE BRING IN MORE AND MORE MENTAL HEALTH RELATED SERVICES AS WE SAW, UH, THE REPORT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS MUCH HIGHER FOR OUR YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAN OUR GENERAL POPULATION.
'CAUSE I THINK THE GENERAL SENSE WOULD BE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOMELESS SERVICES SPACE OVERALL, UH, NEED FOR YOUTH SPECIFIC SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT THAT DOES NOT EXIST CURRENTLY WITHIN,
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UH, OUR SYSTEM.IT GOES FROM JUVENILES UNDER 18 TO GENERAL ADULTS.
SO I USE SPECIFIC SUBSTANCE USE, UH, DISORDER TREATMENT, MORE TASTE SPECIFIC SHELTER BEDS NEEDED, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASING COORDINATION WITH THE COLLEGES OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SUCH AS THE YOUTH HOMELESS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, WHICH HAS PUT OUT OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, SO LOOKING AT THAT, AT THAT OPPORTUNITY STILL REMAINS GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING LONG BEACH SPECIFIC YOUTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO GOING IN AND GETTING DEEPER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE DATA THAT WE APPLIED, UH, PROVIDED IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS.
UH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT QUESTION ON THIS.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THIS YOUNG POPULATION IS A HIGHER RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT GENERALLY.
AND, UH, A LOT OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY COLLEGE GRADUATES, BUT NOT JOBS.
ARE WE WORKING ALL WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM TO MAKE IT MORE POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD HAVE MORE, AND I'LL USE THE OLD FASHIONED WORD TRADE SCHOOL SO THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY GIVING TEENAGERS AND YOUNG YOUTH A WAY TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND MAKE A LIMIT AND SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND HAVE HOUSING.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THIS POPULATION.
I THINK THERE'S SOME DEPRESSING
YOU KNOW, GETTING RID OF THE, YOU KNOW, JOB CORPS YOUTH JOB CORPS PROGRAM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TRYING TO DISSOLVE THAT.
THERE'S BEEN LEGAL BATTLES RIGHT NOW AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN INJUNCTION STOPPING, YOU KNOW, A UNILATERAL ENDING OF THE YOUTH JOB CORPS PROGRAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YOUTH JOB TRAINING SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY MORE NEED AROUND LIKE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE TRADE, UM, TRAINING, TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND THE TRADES.
UH, THERE ARE EFFORTS BEING MADE TO BETTER CONNECT WITH THE COLLEGES, UM, CREATING, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZATION FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS, UH, FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES HERE IN, UH, THE LONG BEACH AREA AS WELL AS CAL STATE DOM HILLS.
THIS IS, THAT INCLUDES NORTH LONG BEACH, UH, IS IN THE CAL STATE DO HILLS CATCHMENT.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS THE CITY HAS CREATED LIKE A, UH, COLLEGE JOB CORPS PROGRAM WHERE MM-HMM
UH, PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE COLLEGES CAN GET A PLACEMENT HERE WITH THE CITY TO GAIN EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSURE.
SO THERE'S SOME STUFF BEING DONE.
IS THERE A NEED FOR MORE? YES.
SO I THINK THAT IS A VERY CONCERNING THING, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SERIOUS ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
UH, THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS IF YOU LISTEN TO YOU ECONOMISTS, THERE IS SERIOUS CONCERN.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT HISTORICALLY WHEN THOSE HAVE HAPPENED AND OPPORTUNITY IS LESS, WE SEE LARGE BUBBLES OF COHORTS THAT EXPERIENCE HIGHER RATES OF HOMELESSNESS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIME.
SO I THINK THAT IS, THAT'S A CONCERN.
UM, SO WE DID APPLY IN, UH, 2024 OR 2023 AND WE'RE AWARDED IN 2024 FOR, AND WE'VE APPLIED ALONG WITH LASA AND THE COUNTY OF LA AND WE'RE AWARDED A YOUTH HOMELESS SERVICES IMPROVEMENT, UH, SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT GRANT THROUGH HUD.
UH, THIS WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON CAN YOU CREATE GROUPS THAT LOOK AT POLICIES TO IMPROVE THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
UH, SO WE WORKED ALONG WITH LASA AND THE COUNTY, UH, RECEIVING GUIDANCE FROM A GROUP CALLED THE LA EMISSARY.
UH, THE LA EMISSARY IS BEEN BACKED BY PHILANTHROPY THAT HAS PROVIDED MONEY, UM, TO COMPENSATE YOUTH WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE POLICY AND ADVOCACY RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WILL TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS LA EM NECESSARY.
AND AS LONG AS THERE ISN'T SOMETHING EGREGIOUS, WHICH WE DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE, WE WILL BACK WHATEVER PROPOSAL YOU HAVE.
SO WHAT WAS SUBMITTED, UH, TO HUD WAS LARGELY BASED ON, UH, WHAT THE LA EMISSARY PUT FORWARD.
THEY WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS ON,
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UM, THE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, SO WORKING CLOSELY WITH A MH AND THEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.SO THE COUNTY OF LA IS ACTUALLY THE LEAD ON THIS GRANT WITH SUPPORT AND BACKING FROM LASA AND, UH, THE LONG BEACH CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, AND THAT WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE THE COUNTY OVERSEES D MH AND DCS AND CAN PUT THE PRESSURE.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND MEETING WITH THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS, UH, TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO, UH, THE COUNTY TO WORK ON.
UM, AND THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAVE RECENTLY COME UP THAT THEY'VE BEEN ADVOCATING, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT, AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM OUTSIDE OF THE TYPICAL MEETING SPACE AS WELL.
UH, ONE AREA IS DIRECT CASH GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS. SO AS WE SPEAK ABOUT FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCES, NOTHING'S MORE FLEXIBLE THAN, HEY, HERE'S $500 A MONTH.
YOU MAKE THE DECISION OF WHAT BEST MEETS YOUR NEEDS AND WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT GIVEN, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT COMES UP, UH, IS, OH, THE OTHER THING THAT CAME UP IS, UH, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN A LOT OF EFFORTS AROUND IN THE PREVENTION SPACE FOR YOUTH.
SO IT'S MOSTLY BEEN FOCUSED ON ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 25.
THERE'S BEEN ADVOCACY ON LOOKING AT PILOTING A USE SPECIFIC HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND HAVING CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY AND THEIR ACCESS TO DATA THAT FAR EXCEEDS OUR ACCESS TO DATA.
AND, AND POTENTIALLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY TO DO SOME TARGETED YOUTH PREVENTION.
SO CURRENT YOUTH FOCUSED RESOURCES.
UM, IT JUST GOES BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ONE.
UM, YEARS AGO I HAD TALKED TO, OH, OUR UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT'S NATIONAL, IT'S CALLED THE YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.
AND WE'RE NOT A PART OF THAT, BUT THAT WAS YEARS AGO.
BUT I'VE FOUND, JUST THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE, THAT HAS BEEN A GOOD INDICATOR FOR, TO CREATE PREVENTATIVE SERVICES FOR YOUTH.
BUT I'M NOT SURE IF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN THAT AND IF IT WOULD LIKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD OVERLAP WITH THAT.
WE CAN, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THE CFC BOARD, OR NOT THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WE CAN, IF YOU EMAIL ME AND GIVE ME THE EXACT NAME OF THAT, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA LEAVE HERE AND I'M NOT GONNA REMEMBER IT, SO I'LL EMAIL YOU.
IT'S BEEN PROBABLY LIKE, AND I CAN ASK SIX OR SEVEN YEARS SINCE I INQUIRED ABOUT THAT AND I GOT A NO AT THAT TIME, BUT I HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK ON THAT.
WE CAN, WE CAN REACH OUT AND ASK.
UM, SO YOUTH FOCUS RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY AROUND HOUSING, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT GO BEYOND, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS SERVICES.
UH, SO THE YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER, UH, WHICH CONSTRUCTION HAS COMPLETED SHOULD BE OPENING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, YOUTH FOCUSED RAPID REHOUSING.
SO WE'VE ADDED RAPID REHOUSING THAT IS FOCUSED ON SPECIFICALLY, UH, SURFING YOUTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE LONG BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, FOSTER YOUTH TO INDEPENDENCE, UH, VOUCHERS.
SO THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUTH AIDING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
UM, SO THESE ARE CITY OWNED OR CITY FUNDED, UH, INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
AND THEN NEW YOUTH CITY FOCUSED HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAMMING THAT WILL BE COMING ONLINE IN THIS COMING YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, YOUTH PERMANENT HOUSING, FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS COMING OUT OF THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND, UH, AND 323,000 HAS BEEN SET ASIDE WITHIN THAT, UH, YOUTH HOMELESS PREVENTION, FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
WE'VE SET ASIDE 420,000, UH, THIS COMING YEAR SPECIFICALLY TO DO MORE AROUND YOUTH SPECIFIC HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE IN CONVERSATION.
AGAIN, THE HOMELESS PREVENTION UNIT IS A UNIT THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEM TRYING TO PILOT USING TARGETED DATA, UH, FROM OTHER COUNTY SYSTEMS. SO HISTORICALLY THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING THROUGH IT, UH, AND IDENTIFYING FUNDING AND POTENTIAL OTHER RESOURCES
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BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE TO COME IN AND DO THAT.SO IT MAY INCLUDE A PORTION OF THAT 420,000 ABOVE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND WE'VE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO MAKE, UH, THAT WORK TO DO SOMETHING ALONG WITH THE COUNTY.
UH, OTHER YOUTH FOCUSED RESOURCES.
UH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UH, HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, THE PALACE IS A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUTH.
UH, THAT'S BEEN UP AND GOING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THEY HAVE THE SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT LIVING PLACEMENTS PROGRAM.
THOSE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR FOSTER YOUTH.
IT PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, UM, THAT CAN BE USED TO GO OUT AND RENT AN APARTMENT.
UH, SO THERE, YOU KNOW, IS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THERE.
AND THEN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BRIDGE HOUSING, UH, THERE WAS JUST A NEW PROJECT THAT OPENED UP MM-HMM
AND WE'LL COVER IT IN THE STAFFING REPORT.
AND I THINK I COVERED IT LAST TIME WE MET.
UH, SO THE EXTENDED STAY OF AMERICA OVER BY THE GRAND HAS BEEN CONVERTED, UH, AND 15 BEDS WITHIN, UM, THAT SITE ARE SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE AND DESIGNATED FOR YOUTH, UH, THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE DMH SYSTEM.
SO IT'S 15 NEW YOUTH BEDS THAT JUST CAME ON WITHIN THE LAST, UH, AND THEN COLLEGE AND LOSS, LONG BEACH.
THEY DO OPERATE ACCESS, SO THEIR BASIC NEEDS SUPPORT, THAT'S FRAUD.
IT MAY BE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IT MAY BE SOMEBODY THAT'S FOOD INSECURE AND NEEDS HELP FOR WITH FOOD, BUT THEY CAN OFFER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.
UH, THERE IS ALSO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND RAPID REHOUSING THAT THE COLLEGES ARE DIRECTLY FUNDING AS WELL FOR, FOR STUDENTS.
UM, LBCC DID PASS ALSO, UH, IN THIS LAST, UH, ELECTION CYCLE, UH, A BOND TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COLLEGES TO TRY TO INCREASE THEIR INVESTMENTS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, SO THE HOUSING PROMISE OF LONG BEACH IS REALLY FOCUSED ON COLLEGES AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TRYING TO ENSURE THAT ANYBODY GOING TO SCHOOL HAS OPPORTUNITIES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, WE'RE A WAYS AWAY FROM THAT, BUT IT'S A STRONG COMMITMENT AND ALL OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE AT THE TABLE, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE.
SO AS WE LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET THERE AND STARTING TO LAY OUT A ROADMAP.
WE'VE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD STUFF, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME SERIOUS STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE.
UH, SO INCREASED UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE YOUTH THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THE NEEDS OF THOSE YOUTH.
UH, HOW DO WE CREATE A DATA INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES US TO THOSE INSIGHTS GOING FORWARD? WE HAVE SOME WORK, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME STARTS THERE, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME MORE, UH, SLOWING THE INFLOW.
SO HOW DO WE INCREASE PREVENTATIVE EFFORTS TO ASSIST YOUTH BEFORE THEY BECOME HOMELESS? IF WE DON'T STOP THE INFLOW, IT'S HARD TO EVER GET TO ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
UH, ONE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR HAS BROUGHT UP IS THE FIRST STEP THAT LIKE, FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, YOU KNOW, A GOOD WIN IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY YOUTH THAT ARE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, THERE'S A BED AVAILABLE FOR THEM, UH, UPON IDENTIFYING THEM.
SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET THERE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE YOUTH NAVIGATION BEDS COMING ONLINE.
WE HAVE THE 15 NEW BEDS THERE.
HOW DO WE MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS AND GET TO NOT SEEING, UM, UNSHELTERED YOUTH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY? THEN OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO AN ACTUAL ENDING OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, ALONG WITH HAVING THOSE SHELTER BEDS, WE NEED PERMANENT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW DO WE CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF YOUTH AND THAT ULTIMATELY GETS US TO ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, WHICH MEANS IT'S A RARE, IT'S RARE WHEN A YOUTH BECOMES HOMELESS AND THERE'S A QUICK PATH TO PERMANENT HOUSING WHEN THEY, SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE DEFINING, I DON'T THINK WE CAN EVER SAY WE'RE GONNA GET TO A STATE SPOT WHERE NO YOUTH ARE BECOMING HOMELESS.
BUT THAT WHEN THEY DO, WE HAVE A GOOD PATENT.
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I DON'T SEE MENTIONED IS THE PORT.THE PORT COULD BE A GREAT SOURCE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE PORT AUTHORITY HAS EVER BEEN APPROACHED OF BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR THIS.
I DON'T EITHER, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT, SINCE THAT IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN LONG BEACH THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE LOOKING TO TIE THEM INTO THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS. YEP.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A STRONG EFFORT TO DO SO IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY.
I DO NOT KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN AN EFFORT WITH THE BOARD.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW INTEREST THE COURT IS GONNA BE, BUT WE CAN BRING IT UP.
BUT ALSO WITH THAT THEN THE, THE POINT THAT YOU WERE MAKING EARLIER, JIM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEIR QUALITY JOBS? YEAH.
AND SO I WONDER ABOUT THE TRADE UNIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN, EVEN WHEN OUR ECONOMY CRASHES, WHICH IS PROBABLY ON THE WAY TO DOING THE TRADE, THERE STILL TENDS TO BE LITERALLY PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND SO I, TO ME, ESPECIALLY THE BUILDING TRADES ARE, ARE POTENTIAL SOURCES.
I THINK UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE SEEING SLOW DOWNS AT THE PORT, SO UNFORTUNATELY I THINK JOBS ARE ACTUALLY BEING SOMEWHAT REDUCED THERE.
IN GENERAL, DO YOU COORDINATE YOUR WORK WITH THE COUNTY WORKFORCE READINESS BOARD THAT DOES TRAIN AND PLACE PEOPLE AND EMPLOYMENT? SO LONG BEACH HAS, YOU KNOW, ITS ECONOMIC WORKFORCE OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE DEPART OR BUREAU, I CAN'T REMEMBER I BUNDLE THE ACTUAL NAME.
UM, BUT
AND THEY ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT NOT JUST LONG BEACH, BUT YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES, UH, AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY AND THEIR, UH, EMPLOYMENT EFFORTS.
SO THERE ARE YOUTH SPECIFIC FUNDING SOURCES THAT COME THROUGH.
DO YOU UP THE, DO YOU KNOW THE PERCENT UNSHELTERED IN THE COUNT? MOST RECENTLY FOR THE YOUTH? I, I DON'T REMEMBER THE 90 THAT WAS.
UH, SO IF 40 PER SIX WERE SHELTERED, THAT MEANS BASICALLY 60% WERE SHELTERED.
60, UH, SO 60% 90, IS THAT THE 50%? IT'S A SMALL COUNT, BUT IS IT, IS IT MORE OR LESS OR ABOUT THE SAME AS THE ADULT? I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBERS.
THE ADULT IS BASICALLY, SO IT'S A HIGHER RATE.
IT'S A PROBLEM IF THE SHELTER.
SO, ALRIGHT, LOOKING FORWARD, UH, WE HAVE SET ASIDE $99,000 IN MEASURE EIGHT TO SUPPORT CREATING A SPECIFIC PLAN TO HOMELESSNESS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO WE'D BE LOOKING TO BRING IN EXPERTS AROUND, UH, YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, LEARNING FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, AND WE'RE REALLY CREATING A SOLID PLAN SPECIFIC FOR YOUTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE 50,000 SET ASIDE WITH THE MEASURE A TO SUPPORT THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE LONG BEACH HOUSING PROMISE.
SO STAFF HAVE BEEN ENGAGING, UH, A LOT MORE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS WITH THE COLLEGES AND CREATING PARTNERSHIPS, OUTREACH, GOING OUT TO THE COLLEGE CAMPUSES WHEN, UM, THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY LIKE THEY HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS, BUT WE CAN GO OUT AND GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH MM-HMM
UM, AND REALLY WHEN THERE ISN'T A RESOURCE WITHIN THE COLLEGE, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT.
UH, WE ARE ALSO IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REFOCUSING SOME OF OUR BUILT FOR ZERO WORK.
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IN THAT SPACE.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT SHIFTING AND REFOCUSING SPECIFICALLY AROUND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THERE ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
SO IT IS THE AREA THAT BUILT FOR ZERO HAS SEEN THE MOST SUCCESS IS GETTING TO AN END OF ALMOST, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE REASON SOME PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE IS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THE SPACE.
SO WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE FEEDING THE COMMUNITY HERE AND THEY SET UP HERE.
SO I GUESS THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER MEETING SPACE THAT THEY WERE GONNA USE.
SO THEY NEED TO USE THE SPACE.
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WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO WRAP IT UP AFTER.THAT MEAN, THAT KIND OF CONCLUDES THAT REPORT.
THERE'S SOME GREAT THINGS IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THE HOME, THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS FAULT.
THE WHAT SOUNDS REALLY TO ME EXCITING IS THAT THERE'S TALK AND WORK BEING PLANNED OF THE MONEY, LITERALLY GOING TO THE YOUTH AND TO, TO ME THAT IS PART OF, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO, TO FIGURE OUT IS TO RESPECT THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE CAPACITY AND THE ABILITIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED.
AND SO, AND WHERE DOES THAT MODEL WORK BEST VERSUS MODELS WHERE IT'S RIGHT, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
LIKE IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COLLEGE, MAYBE WE SHOULD TRUST THAT THEY CAN MANAGE THEIR MONEY.
I MEAN THERE'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND EVERYBODY WANTS MAKE THE SAME, UH, GOALS AND OUTCOMES.
UM, HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL COME TOGETHER.
I DO KNOW IN TALKING TO MY FRIENDS WHO WORK AT LBCC, UM, THEY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE PRETTY MUCH A FULL-TIME STUDENT TO ACCESS THE HOUSING THAT THEY'RE WOW.
WHICH IS A PRETTY HIGH BAR FOR A LOT OF THE YOUTH.
SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION.
THERE IS JUST ONE THING I I THOUGHT WE COULD ELECT A VICE CHAIR.
I MEAN, WELL, CAN WE GET TO THE PEOPLE? LOOK AGAIN? CAN WE, OKAY.
CAN WE TAKE A QUICK VOTE ON, UH, ACCEPTANCE BEFORE? OH YES.
SO, UM, THERE'S A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, COMMENTS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, DANA.
THE MOTION PASSES BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
WE GOTTA GET OUR BUTTS OUT OF HERE.
I HAVE SEVERAL SPECIFIC AGENDA SUGGESTIONS.
UM, IS THE, THE CARE COURT MODEL THAT WE ARE USING, I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO GET A REPORT ON HOW, WHAT IT'S ACCOMPLISHING AND WHAT ANY OF THE CHALLENGES ARE.
AND THEN I'M ALSO INTERESTED AND THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE THE STAFF OR SOMEONE SHARE WITH US DIFFERENT MODELS OF UPSTREAM UH, SERVICES AND APPROACHES AND PROGRAMS. OKAY.
I'LL TAKE, SO THOSE ARE TWO SUGGESTIONS, FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS, AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER ONES TOO.
UM, ADJOURN THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.