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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING TO ORDER FOR DECEMBER 8TH, 2025.
MATT CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE COMMISSIONER? ALLEN HARPER.
AND THEN I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER CHI AFF NEEDS TO READ THE 2, 4, 4 9 STATEMENT, EVERYONE? YEAH.
I HAVE JUST AUTHORIZING MY REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING.
I HAVE A CAREGIVING NEED OF THE CHILDREN.
UM, AND THEN, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, THIS MEETING WILL FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF AB 2, 4, 4, 9, INCLUDING LIMITED TO PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND, UM, AND ADDRESS THIS BODY VIA A CALL AND OPTION, UH, AN INTERNET BASED SERVICE OPTION AND AN IN PERSON.
UM, AT THIS MEETING AS REFERENCED INSTRUCTIONS OF OKAY.
AND FOR ART AND GONZALES ARE EXCUSED FROM REVIEWING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO POSITION? OKAY.
UM, SO HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY.
I'M SORRY WE'RE A LITTLE, WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS.
WELL, I THINK PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON, AND WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH IS RESCHEDULED TO ACCOMMODATE THE VARIOUS CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH.
NEXT MONTH, WE'LL BE BACK TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE.
SO TO ENSURE THE INCLUSION OF ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS, I'LL PERIODICALLY REMIND COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS OUR SPEAKERS PROJECT YOUR VOICE, MAKING COMMENTS OR ASKING QUESTIONS.
UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE, EXCUSE ME, APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 2025.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? SO MOVED, MOVED BY.
I SAW COMMISSIONER ALLEN FOR SECOND FIRST, SO WE'LL GO WITH THAT.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OR ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES DISCUSSION? UM, SO WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON MINUTES FOR OUR LAST MEETING.
PLEASE CHECK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SEEING NONE, IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICIPANTS IN, IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE USE THE RIGHT SAND FEATURE AT THIS TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON RICH CHOICE VOTING AND ITS EFFECT ON WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FROM THE R CV AND THE LBC STEERING COMMITTEE.
OUR PRESENTERS TODAY WILL BE RENEE HOLIDAY AND ERIC HOOP FROM RCB AND THE LC C.
UM, SO OUR LAST MEETING HAD SOME GREAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING RANK CHOICE VOTING.
OUR CV AND LBC REACHED OUT AND ASKED IF THEY COULD SHARE WITH US HOW THIS FORM OF NOTING, WHICH WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE IN LONG BEACH, HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HELP WOMEN GIRLS GET REPRESENTED IN OTHER CITIES, UM, AND JURISDICTIONS THEY HAVE, UH, PRESENTED
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TO AND I BELIEVE ARE NOW SUPPORTED BY THE OF WOMEN VOTERS IN ADDITION TO OTHER LOCAL ENTITIES SUCH AS LONG BEACH FORWARD.UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING FOR YOUR INTEREST IN ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMISSION.
FIRST MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ITEM? COMMISSIONER, DR.
UM, SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR PRESENTERS UP TO, UM, TALK TO US ABOUT SOY VOTE.
UM, SORRY PACKED YOUR ROOM TODAY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT REALLY EXCITED, UM, ABOUT RANK CHOICE VOTING.
AND, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A STRICTLY INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR YOU TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH WE'D BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO YOU AFTERWARDS ABOUT, UM, WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR LONG BEACH.
BUT, UH, MY NAME IS RENEE HOLIDAY.
UH, I AM A MEMBER OF DSA AND ONE OF THE STEERING MEMBERS OF RC AND LC.
UH, I'M ALSO ONE OF THE SCARY MEMBERS OF RCV AND LVC.
I CAME THROUGH THIS THROUGH CAL RCV, WHICH IS A NONPARTISAN GROUP WORKING FOR RCV ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
AND LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT ABOUT HOW WE CAN PROVE DEMOCRACY FOR WOMEN IN R CITY THROUGH A RANK FOR SYSTEM.
SO WHAT IS RANK CHOICE VOTING? SOME OF YOU HERE MAY KNOW, SOME OF YOU HERE MAY NOT KNOW.
SO WE'RE GONNA COVER THE BASICS AND HOW IT DIFFERS FROM OUR, UH, CURRENT SYSTEM.
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT ISN'T, AND THAT'S OUR CURRENT SYSTEM HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO WE CURRENTLY USE THE TWO ROUND RUNOFF.
I'M SURE MOST OF YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE, BUT AGAIN, TO GO WITH THE BASICS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A PRIMARY AND A GENERAL AND THE PRIMARY A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES CAN RUN AND THAT COULD BE MORE THAN TWO.
UH, AND IF A CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY IN THE PRIMARY THAT'S 50% PLUS ONE VOTES, THEN NO GENERAL ELECTION IS HELD FOR THAT SEAT.
THEY TAKE IT, THEY MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES.
HOWEVER, IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES THEIR TRUE MAJORITY, THEN THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES FROM THAT ELECTION GET TO MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL ELECTION.
UH, THAT'S HOW OUR SYSTEM CURRENTLY WORKS.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE GLARING ISSUES WITH THIS.
FOR ONE, WE HAVE A LONGER CAMPAIGN TIMELINE, AND THAT MEANS HIGHER COSTS, HIGHER BARRIER TO ENTRY FOR, UH, CHALLENGERS TO THE INCUMBENTS WHICH HAVE MORE AND MORE IN THE PAST RECENT YEARS BEEN WOMEN FOR THESE SEATS.
SO WE SEE THAT HERE IN THE CITY.
WE'VE SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE LOWER TURNOUT IN THESE PRIMARY ELECTIONS, AND THAT MEANS LESS VOICE FOR OUR WOMEN, FOR OUR PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF GENDER IN THE CITY.
LET'S SAY 2024, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WHICH WAS HIGHER PARTICIPATION THAN MOST OF OUR ELECTIONS BECAUSE IT WAS A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WE HAD 30% PARTICIPATION IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL SEATS VERSUS 60 PLUS PERCENT PARTICIPATION IN THE GENERAL TAKING.
2024, A REALLY CONTENTIOUS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THIS IS GONNA BE SOME OF THE HIGHER NUMBERS THAT WE SEE FOR OUR CITY.
UH, IN HERE, 98,000 EXTRA PEOPLE VOTED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION THAN DID IN THE PRIMARY, BUT ACCORDING TO THE RULES OF HOW IT WORKS IN LONG BEACH, RIGHT NOW, THREE OF THE FOUR CITY COUNCIL SEATS THAT WERE UP FOR GRABS WERE ALREADY TAKEN.
THAT MEANS OF THE 98,000 PEOPLE THAT VOTED IN THE GENERAL THAT DID NOT VOTE IN THE PRIMARY, ANYBODY WHO BELONGED TO THREE OF THOSE FOUR CITY COUNCIL SEATS, MANY.
IF SO, WOMEN WERE NOT ABLE TO VOICE THEIR OPINION ABOUT WHO THEIR CITY COUNCIL'S PERSON SHOULD BE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE SEEN IN PAST ELECTIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE 2024 THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, PRIMARY WINS ARE BY LESS THAN A THOUSAND VOTES IN A DISTRICT OF 50,000 PEOPLE THAT DOES NOT SPEAK TO THE COMPETITIVENESS BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES, BUT INSTEAD SPEAKS TO THE LOW AMOUNT OF TURNOUT AND THE LESS VOICE THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THESE ELECTIONS.
SO HERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT VOTING IS.
SO RANK CHOICE VOTING IS A SIMPLE UPGRADE TO HOW WE VOTE, WHERE INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR A SINGLE CANDIDATE, YOU'RE VOTING FOR YOUR FIRST CHOICE, SECOND CHOICE, THIRD CHOICE.
AND THEN IF YOUR FIRST CHOICE CAN'T WIN, YOUR VOTE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERS TO YOUR SECOND CHOICE.
IT'S ALSO CALLED INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS EXAMPLE ELECTION HERE IN THE FIRST ROUND, CANDIDATE A GOT 40%, CANDIDATE B GOT 23, AND CANDIDATE C GOT 37.
SINCE NO ONE HAS A MAJORITY OF VOTES, WE TAKE OFF THE PERSON WITH THE FEWEST VOTES.
AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, THEIR VOTE AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THEIR SECOND CHOICE.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE 6% VOTED FOR A AS THEIR SECOND CHOICE, AND 17% VOTED FOR C AS THEIR SECOND CHOICE.
SO THEN AFTER WE REDISTRIBUTE, WE LOOK
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AGAIN TO SEE IF SOMEONE HAS A MAJORITY, AND NOW THEY DO.AND SO THIS WAY THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR CANDIDATE B, THEY DON'T WASTE THEIR VOTE.
IT'S NOT LIKE, OH, YOU VOTED THIRD PARTY SO YOUR VOICE DOESN'T COUNT.
AND THIS SEEMS SIMILAR TO OUR TWO ROUND RUNOFF THING THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, BUT RENEE IS GONNA GO INTO WHY THERE ARE ADVANTAGES TO THIS OVER WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THIS BESIDES THE LOW VOTER, UH, ISSUE THAT WE SEE.
AND THAT THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES OF THE PRIMARY GO TO THE GENERAL, BUT MAYBE IN THE GENERAL, THERE'S A THIRD CANDIDATE IN THERE THAT WOULD'VE HAD MORE VOTES, OFTENTIMES BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD PLACE, THAT DIFFERENCE IS ONLY BY A COUPLE HUNDRED VOTES MAYBE.
SO, UM, OUR DREAM STATE HERE FOR LONG BEACH WOULD BE AN INSTANT RUNOFF WITH BANK CHOICE VOTING.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A JOKE HERE, RIGHT, AND VOTE.
BUT WE WOULD HOPE THAT FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL STATE POSITIONS IN THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT THERE WOULD ONLY BE ONE ELECTION IN THE GENERAL USING A RANK TOWARDS VOTING SYSTEM.
THIS INCREASES OUR VOTER TURNOUT AND SHORTENS CAMPAIGN TIMELINES FOR CHALLENGERS TO THE INCUMBENTS.
UH, AS YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND, THIS WILL BE REALLY GOOD FOR WOMEN.
UH, OUR IDEA HERE IS THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED AS A TRIGGER CAUSE LA CURRENTLY PINS OUR BALLOTS AND THEIR MACHINES CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THE FUNCTIONALITY FOR RCB.
SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT AS SOON AS THEY HAVE THE FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY MAKE THIS THE CASE FOR LONG BEACH.
SO WHY WE NEED IT, I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT AN INSURERS MAJORITY SUPPORT THAT MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY MIGHT VOTE FOR SOMEONE A LITTLE LESS POPULAR AREN'T WASTING THEIR VOTES.
IT INCREASES VOTER PARTICIPATION BY ELIMINATING THE PRIMARY AND ONLY HAVING THE GENERAL PEOPLE THAT DON'T VOTE IN THE PRIMARY FOR A PLETHORA OF REASONS ARE STILL ABLE TO HAVE THEIR VOTES HEARD.
AND ALTHOUGH A BARRIER OF ENTRY FOR CANDIDATES, MAJORITY OF WHOM CHALLENGERS ARE WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE DO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE VOTERS ACROSS THE NATION FOR RANKED TOWARDS VOTING.
THIS IS INSTITUTED IN 50 PLUS MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE NATION.
UH, IT'S IMPLEMENTED STATEWIDE IN PLACES LIKE ALASKA AND MAINE, AND IT'S INCREASINGLY BECOMING POPULAR.
AND SO OVER TIME, 14 LEAGUES HAVE CONDUCTED STUDIES AND DEVELOPED POSITIONS AND ALTERNATIVES TO OUR AL PLURALITY SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA.
I'VE ALSO GOT SOME SCREEN GRABS HERE FROM OUR CHAPTER IN LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COAST, A K ORANGE COUNTY SHOWING THE SUPPORT FROM OUR SYSTEM.
OUR LOCAL CHAPTER HERE IN LONG BEACH IS EXPECTED TO VOTE AND PASS THIS ON WEDNESDAY.
SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT WOMEN SPECIFICALLY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE HERE FOR.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY HOW RANKED TOWARDS VOTING EMPOWERS WOMEN ACCESSIBILITY.
WE HAVE SHORTER AND CHEAPER CAMPAIGN TIMELINES.
SO AS I HINTED AT EARLIER, UH, WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO BECOME CHALLENGERS TO INCUMBENTS IN THESE RACES.
UM, THAT MEANS THAT, UH, WITH A SHORTER AND CHEAPER TIMELINE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND SO MUCH MONEY, BUT THE INSTITUTIONALIZED BACKING THAT INCUMBENTS MIGHT HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RUN AND HAVE THEIR IDEAS BE PITCHED AGAINST.
THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OFFICE INCUMBENTS HAVE, UH, ADVANTAGEOUS, UH, ARE ADVANTAGEOUS IN PARTICULAR WAYS, INCLUDING MONEY.
AND WITHOUT THE INSTITUTIONALIZED BACKING CHALLENGES HAVE A VERY HARD TIME STEPPING INTO THESE ROLES BEFORE INCUMBENTS TURN OUT.
SO, UH, ADDITIONALLY, FAMILY IS, UH, FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES MAKE IT HARDER FOR WOMEN TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
YOU'LL SEE THIS SCREEN GRAB OVER HERE FROM A POLL ABOUT VIEWS OF OBSTACLES FOR WOMEN SEEKING HIGHER POLITICAL OFFICE.
YOU SEE THE NUMBER ONE REASON UP THERE.
WOMEN HAVE TO DO MORE TO PROVE THEMSELVES, UH, THAN MEN.
UH, WOMEN SAID THAT THAT IS MORE THAN OFTEN THAN NOT A MAJOR REASON.
THAT'S THE INCUMBENT THING THAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
BUT THEN ALSO FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, FAMILY IS IMPORTANT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS HERE.
ONE, WITH A SHORTER TIMELINE OF WOMEN THAT HAVE FAMILIES AT HOME GET TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND LESS TIME IN THESE CAMPAIGNS FOR 12 PLUS MONTHS AT A TIME, THEY GET TO FOCUS ON THAT GENERAL ELECTION.
ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE WAY THAT, UM, VOTING SYSTEMS ARE SET UP NOW YOU'RE VY FOR THAT FIRST PLACE.
AND AS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN FEDERALLY AND SOMETIMES LOCALLY AS WELL, THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNS, CAMPAIGNS THAT INCENTIVIZE SOMEONE TO VOTE FOR YOU AND AGAINST SPECIFICALLY SOMEBODY ELSE.
HOWEVER, IN A RANKED CHOICE VOTING SYSTEM, YOU'RE VYING FOR PEOPLE SECOND PLACE.
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THOSE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNS ARE VASTLY DECREASED OVER TIME.WOMEN AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL WITH FAMILIES FEEL A CERTAIN RISK THERE.
WITH MIR CAMPAIGNS, YOU MAY COME AFTER MY FAMILY, YOU MAY SAY CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONAL LIFE THAT INVOLVES THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE IN MY CIRCLES, UH, AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR ME FOR TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
SO IN A RANK CHOICE VOTING SYSTEM, THE IDEA IS IS THAT WITH LESS ME CAMPAIGNS, YOUR FAMILY IS LESS AT RISK, LESS VULNERABLE.
YOU GET TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEM.
OF COURSE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT ALL WOMEN HAVE FAMILIES AND THAT'S THEIR ONLY CONCERN AS THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, BUT IT IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE PERCEIVED NOTIONS ON WHY WOMEN FEEL LIKE IT'S HARDER FOR THEM TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
YOUNG WOMEN PREFER POLICY DRIVEN CAMPAIGNING.
THIS IS FROM A POLL BY KFF.ORG THIS YEAR THAT SHOWS THAT WOMEN AGED 18 TO 29 VASTLY PREFER TO VOTE ON THEIR CANDIDATE BASED ON SPECIFIC ISSUES RATHER THAN, UM, PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OR POLITICAL PARTY.
THE YOUNG WOMEN OF OUR CITY DESERVE TO HAVE ELECTIONS WHERE THEY SEE THEMSELVES AND THEIR GOALS.
UM, IN INSTITUTIONALIZED IN THE WAY THAT VOTING WORKS.
THERE'S REDUCTION IN NEGATIVE GENDER BIAS CAMPAIGNING, AND THERE'S A COST ENDORSEMENT STRATEGY.
UM, LET'S SAY I'M RUNNING AARON'S RUNNING AND WE BOTH HAVE REALLY SIMILAR POLICY IDEAS INSTEAD OF IN OUR NORMAL SYSTEM WHERE I SAY, WELL, YOU DON'T WANNA VOTE FOR HER FOR X, Y, Z REASONS, VOTE FOR ME.
INSTEAD, I CAN SAY, WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR POLICIES.
YOU LIKE BOTH OF OUR POLICIES, VOTE FOR ME FIRST.
VOTE FOR HER SECOND, OR VOTE FOR HER FIRST VOTE FOR ME SECOND.
THAT WAY WE GET TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS MORE ON THE POLICY ISSUES INSTEAD OF WHAT MIGHT YOU NOT LIKE ABOUT THIS PERSON? YEAH, MAYBE SHE STICKY, I DON'T KNOW,
UM, BUT THE COST INVESTMENT STRATEGY, UH, WE ARE, AND WITH THE REDUCTION IN NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING, WE'RE ABLE TO FOCUS MORE ON POLICY DECISIONS, WHICH IS WHAT YOUNG WOMEN PREFER WHEN THEY WANT TO CAST THEIR VOTE.
NEXT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL REASONS WHY WOMEN WOULD PREFER A RANK TOWARDS VOTING SYSTEM.
YOU GUYS KNOW, OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A HISTORIC SUPER MAJORITY OF WOMEN IN LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL.
THAT IS BY FAR NOT THE RULE IN THE CITY.
UM, THIS IS A LIST OF THE PAST 20 YEARS OF ELECTIONS.
WE'VE ALSO HAD A MALE SUPERMAJORITY.
WE'VE HAD A MIX HERE AND THERE WITH RANK CHOICE VOTING.
IT IS MORE BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM THAT THESE ELECTIONS BECOME MUCH MORE EVEN.
THIS, UH, STUDY DONE BY REPRESENT WOMEN LAST YEAR FOUND THAT IN RANK CHOICE VOTING ELECTION, CITY COUNCILS WOMEN WON 52% OF SEATS, UH, VERSUS IN THE LARGEST
MAYORAL ELECTIONS, WOMEN WOULD WIN 38% OF SEATS AND RANK TOWARDS VOTING ELECTED CITIES VERSUS JUST 31% IN, UH, THE LARGEST 100 CITIES.
SO WE SEE THAT FOR ALL THE PRINCIPLED REASONS THAT I TOLD YOU BEFORE, THAT ACTUALLY DOES MANIFEST IN WHAT WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION IN OFFICE.
SO THIS IS A COALITION THAT WE'RE BUILDING TO SUPPORT RANCHES VOTING IN LONG BEACH.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER 700 INDIVIDUAL SIGNATURES AND, UH, 10 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SIGNED ON, UH, TO SUPPORT BUILDING IN LONG BEACH.
AND THIS IS ONLY GROWING AND WE'RE HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE WORD OUT AND TO TEACH MORE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT RCD IS AND HOW IT CAN BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH.
YEAH, YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE COALITION HERE TONIGHT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO PACK THIS ROOM HERE TONIGHT.
UH, IN CONCLUSION, MY CHOICE VOTING CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE EVERY PERSON IS REPRESENTED REGARDLESS OF GENDER.
IT LOWERS BARRIERS OF ENTRY TO NEW CANDIDATES WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE WOMEN AND PROVIDE STRONGER REPRESENTATION FOR WOMEN BY INCREASING TURNOUT AND FOCUSING ON ISSUES RATHER THAN PERSONAL FACTS OR INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT.
THIS WOULD BE ONE STEP TOWARDS A TRUER DEMOCRACY THAT IS NOT BEHOLDEN TO CERTAIN INTERESTS.
IT'S NOT BEHOLDEN TO INSTITUTIONAL MONEY, BUT INSTEAD BASED ON PEOPLE, BASED ON WOMEN MAKING DECISIONS FOR POWER IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS, AND THEN WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ON THIS PRESENTATION? COMMISSIONER?
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OH, COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY.JUST, UM, WANTED TO ASK, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AN INCREASING, YOU KNOW, VOTER TURNOUT, I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF DATA YOU HAVE ON THAT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE BUILD UP, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY BUILD UP FROM THE RIGHT, FROM THE PRIMARY TO THE GENERAL, AND THEY GET MORE INTERESTED.
I'M WONDERING HOW DOES THIS SHORTEN THE TIME? UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSED TIME THAT THAT PEOPLE CAMPAIGN? BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU, I THINK SHORTENING THE CAMPAIGNING TIME WOULD BE TERRIFIC, BUT I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF DATA YOU HAVE ON THAT.
SO THE DATA THAT I'VE SEEN, UH, FOR INCREASING VOTER TURNOUT IS ACTUALLY FOR ELECTIONS OVER MULTIPLE, LIKE YEARS AND CYCLES.
AND THAT SHOWS THERE'S GREATER DESCRIPTION OVERALL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF SEPARATE FROM YOUR SECOND QUESTION, WHICH, UH, FOR SHORTENING THE TIME.
LIKE OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL PEOPLE, OH, YOU CAN'T START YOUR CAMPAIGN WHENEVER YOU WANT, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, BUT IT JUST MAKES IT SO THAT YOU'RE NOT, OH, I'M GONNA START MY CAMPAIGN THREE MONTHS BEFORE, AND THEN YOU END UP THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE PRIMARY AND THEN IT GOES TO A RUNOFF, AND THEN YOU HAVE IT LIKE A SURPRISE EXTRA THREE MONTHS.
SO I, I WOULD SAY LIKE, YOUR CAMPAIGN TIME SHOULD BE SHORTENED BY WHATEVER, MINUS THREE MONTHS.
AND THEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH ELECTIONS, UM, JUST DIGGING THROUGH THE ELECTION DATA IN, UH, LONG BEACH FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES, THAT, UM, HISTORICALLY AND CONSISTENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TURNOUT IN THE GENERAL WHEN THERE IS THE PRIMARY.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT, UM, IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA BUILD ON THOSE CAMPAIGNS, BUT WE'RE SAYING THAT IF THAT'S THE CASE FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERY ELECTION IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, THAT IT'S DOUBLE THE AMOUNT SHOW UP IN GENERAL THAN THE PRIMARY THAT SPEAKS MORE TO PEOPLE JUST EITHER DON'T KNOW OR DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PRIMARY THAT MUCH, YOU KNOW, UM, WHICH IS REALLY BAD FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANNA WIN WITH TRUE MAJORITY SUPPORT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA WIN BY 56 VOTES, SURE, YOU, YOU MIGHT WANNA HAVE THAT PRIMARY, BUT, UH, IF YOU WANT THE PEOPLE OF YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT TO REALLY KNOW YOU, YOU HAVE A BETTER SHOT OF APPEALING TO THAT IN GENERAL.
I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE PASSED INTEREST, AVOIDING VOTING AND WHAT KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN THERE.
UM, SO I HAVE A CASE STUDY HERE FROM NEW YORK CITY.
UM, FAMOUSLY NEW YORK CITY HAD A PRETTY BIG MAYORAL ELECTION THIS YEAR, AND THEY DID USE RANK TOWARDS VOTING FOR THEIR PRIMARIES FOR THE MAYORAL ELECTION.
HOWEVER, LET'S TALK ABOUT SINCE IT WAS IMPLEMENTED.
UH, IN 2017 WHEN BEFORE RANKED TOWARDS VOTING WAS INSTITUTED, ZERO WOMEN WERE ON THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT.
UM, IN 2021, THERE WERE FOUR WOMEN WHO RAN ON THE BALLOT.
UH, AND THAT WAS WHEN RANKED TOWARDS VOTING WAS IMPLEMENTED.
SINCE 20 21, 60 1% OF NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SEATS HAVE BEEN HELD BY WOMEN UP FROM ONLY 28% PRIOR TO THE REFERENDUM.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY, UM, CLEAR CUT CASE STUDY RIGHT THERE.
UM, I'M SURE I CAN PULL UP MULTIPLE EXAMPLES FROM MUNICIPALITIES ALL OVER, BUT NEW YORK'S KIND OF THE HOT AND SEXY TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
SO,
UM, COMMISSIONER ALLEN PARKER.
UM, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I BRINGING A CROWD TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING.
I, I WASN'T AWARE OF HOW THIS WORKS, SO I APPRECIATE THE EDUCATION AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE DISSENTERS SAYING? LIKE, WHAT, WHY, WHY ARE PEOPLE AGAINST THIS OR WHY MIGHT PEOPLE BE HESITANT TO ADOPT THIS? AND THEN WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WOULD YOU BE LOOKING FOR FROM THE COMMISSION? SO DISSENTERS, UH, SOME OF THE MAIN DISSENTERS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND WERE ELECTED THROUGH THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
UM, SO YOU HEARD RENEE SAY THIS ALLOWS A LOT MORE PEOPLE A VIABLE CHANCE TO RUN.
SO PEOPLE WHO THIS, WHO ALREADY LIKED BEING ELECTED, HOW THEY WERE, UH, WOULD BE AGAINST, THERE'S ALSO A SMALL FACTION OF PEOPLE WHO WANT A DIFFERENT ALTERNATE VOTING SYSTEM.
AND FOR US, I THINK OUR MAIN ARGUMENT IS THIS IS AND USED IN A BUNCH OF PLACES ALREADY.
LIKE, LET'S NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL.
LIKE LET'S USE SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TRIED AND TRUE.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, UM,
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OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT IN 25 6.UM, SO FOR US, WE NEED TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE ALSO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, LIKE TALKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE WORD OUT TO GET, UH, TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT AND TO HELP US GET TO CITY COUNCIL AND ASK THEM TO PUT ON BALLOT WHAT WE'VE SEEN, UM, BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS.
UM, BOTH AARON AND I, AND A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN HERE, UM, ARE HAVE BEEN REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
UM, YOU MAY SEE US AT THE BIX STREET FARMERS MARKET OR SOME OTHER PLACES JUST EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT RENT TOWARDS VOTING IS.
UM, 80% OF THE TIME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THEN ONCE THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS, THEY'RE ON BOARD.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR MAIN OBSTACLE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S OUR MAIN DESIGN IS THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS UNTIL THEY FIND OUT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OUR MISSION.
THAT JUST MEANS YOU WERE EXTREMELY THOROUGH.
IT'S NICE TO SEE SO MANY FOLKS SHOW UP AND, AND BE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING AND WANNA ENGAGE WITH THE COMMISSION.
UM, I IMAGINE, UM, MAYBE WOMEN, GIRLS SPECIFICALLY IS NOT THE ONLY REASON THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE YOUR PRIMARY DRIVERS IN YOUR, UM, SO FOR US, FISCAL SKILLED EQUITY FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING WOMEN AND GIRLS, INCLUDING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND INCLUDING EVERYBODY IN LONG BEACH.
AND, UM, I THINK INCREASING REPRESENTATION AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE AND SUPPORT THEM.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT, UH, AS SOMEBODY REALLY INVOLVED IN ADVOCACY, LIKE I KNOW WHO ALL THE COUNSELORS ARE, BUT THEN YOU GO AND YOU TALK TO, YOU KNOW, REGULAR PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH AND THEY'RE LIKE, I DUNNO, LIKE, YOU KNOW.
AND SO I THINK, UM, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR PEOPLE.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, I CAME FROM THE CLER CD SIDE, SO CALLER CD IS A STATEWIDE ORG WHERE THEY WOULD LOVE TO GET RANK CHOICE VOTING FOR ALL OF CALIFORNIA.
UM, BUT IT STARTS ON THE CITY LEVEL, UM, ACROSS CITIES AND STATES, EVERYWHERE.
PEOPLE THAT USE RANK CHOICE VOTING LIKE IT AND WANNA KEEP IT, BUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE IT A LOT OF TIMES DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND SO GETTING IT INTO CITIES FIRST AND LETTING PEOPLE TRY IT AND, AND SEE WHAT IT IS REALLY COULD HELP US ON THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL.
IF I MAY SPEAK, SORRY, IF I MAY SPEAK ANECDOTALLY AS WELL.
UM, I'M A WOMAN, I'M A PERSON OF COLOR.
I THINK THERE'S AN INTERSECTION OF HEALTHY HERE THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, IN MY FAMILY AND MY COMMUNITY IS THAT, UM, AND JUST THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IS THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LOSS IN FAITH, OUR DEMOCRACY RIGHT NOW, UM, AND PEOPLE, UH, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE OF LOCAL ELECTIONS BECAUSE THE FEDERAL IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE ARE MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT.
BUT JUST IN GENERAL, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THAT LOSS OF FAITH IN DEMOCRACY, THEY ESPECIALLY DON'T SEE THEMSELVES BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I'VE BEEN ORGANIZING FOR ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEEPLY PASSIONATE TO ME BECAUSE I JUST DISCOVERED THAT IT, IT'S AN OPTION FOR US.
LIKE THERE'S A BETTER WORLD FOR US, RIGHT? UM, AND I'M SPEAKING TO THAT AS A WOMAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE CONSISTENTLY ELECTED PEOPLE IN OFFICE THAT LOOK LIKE ME, THAT THINK LIKE ME, UM, AND THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY BEHOLDEN TO THE POWERS THAT WE AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.
SO, IT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO WOMEN AND GIRLS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, MANY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN GENERAL.
UM, I THINK WE ALL NOW, SINCE WE WE'RE AT ABOUT HALF AN HOUR TO PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, COULD YOU ALL ENTERTAIN ME JUST FOR A MOMENT AND RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE INTENDING TO COMMENT? OKAY.
UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT? SURE.
IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR TIME.
UM, I'M KAREN P KAREN
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZATIONS TO SIGN ON TO THIS.
I'M ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON
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AGING.OUR LEADERSHIP OVERWHELMINGLY, ONCE THEY LEARNED WHAT IT WAS, WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR IT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS ME PERSONALLY AM ADVOCATING FOR IS MORE INNATE ENGAGEMENT BY OUR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, WHICH ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARTICIPATION IN OUR COMMISSIONS AND WITHIN OUR CITY, WITHIN OUR CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE, BUT IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE FOR PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST BARRIERS.
WE NEED TO GET A POINT WHERE THE CORPORATIONS AREN'T INFLUENCING WHO IS ELECTED FOR OFFICE.
SO WE WANNA BREAK IT UP, WE WANT IT TO BE FAIR.
WE WANT MORE PARTICIPATION BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE BEEN MATURING THROUGH CAL STATE ON SAME THING, YOU WANTED TO MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, I'M IN DISTRICT TWO AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA OF BREAK CHOICE VOTING BECAUSE I AM REALLY TIRED OF HOLDING MY NOSE AND VOTING FOR THE LEAST WORST CANDIDATE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS FEEL AS WELL.
UM, AND I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE COMING INTO MY CITY THAT I LOVE AND RUNNING FOR OFFICE TO FURTHER THEIR POLITICAL CAREERS INSTEAD OF LIVING HERE KNOWING THE COMMUNITY AND CARING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT OPTION.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE BEEN A STUDY OF POLITICS FOR A VERY LONG TIME ABOUT MY DEGREE IN IT, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP REVITALIZE, UH, POLITICAL INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MORE CHOICE IS THE MOST AMERICAN OPTION AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, THE, THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF HAVING TO BE MONEY, HAVING TO BE ENDORSED BY THE PARTY, AND ALL OF THE BIG POLITICS IN CALIFORNIA ESPECIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I I'VE SEEN THE WORKINGS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS AND THAT WE OPEN THE STORE FOR PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO GET IN.
I JUST WANTED TO, YOU ASKED EARLIER, LIKE, WHO IS AGAINST THIS? AND TO BE HONEST, NOBODY'S REALLY AGAINST THIS.
THE ONLY REAL OBSTACLE WE SEEM TO HAVE IS JUST, UH, EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IT IS.
AND AS SOON AS WE GET OVER THAT HOME, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN REALLY WIN THIS THING AND IT'LL BE A HUGE ONE FOR, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
UM, MY NAME'S SEAN MC, AND I'M ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS WITH RENEE AND ERIN AND LIZ, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, POINT OUT WHAT A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY YOU ALL HAVE IN THIS ROOM AND THAT WE ALL HAVE IN LONG BEACH.
AND IT'S SOMETHING I HEAR, YOU KNOW, MAYOR RICHARDSON TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME, BUT IT REALLY IS TRUE.
UH, WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN LONG BEACH IN THAT IT'S SMALL ENOUGH THAT WE CAN EXPERIMENT AND WE CAN TRY THINGS, AND THAT IF THOSE THINGS WORK, WE'RE BIG ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE TAKE NOTICE AND THAT WE CAN SCALE THAT OUT.
SO THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS ROOM, AND MAYBE GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEN MAYBE IT GOES, YOU KNOW, OUT TO LA COUNTY AND THEN TO THE STATE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MAYBE THE WHOLE COUNTRY WOULD SAY, AND MAYBE IT STARTED IN THIS ROOM AND YOU GUYS ALL GOT BE PART OF THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR, IS FOR YOU GUYS TO ALL BE PART OF IT WITH US.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS IN THE ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE SITE.
AND THEN I SAW THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL POINT OF DISCUSSION.
YEAH, BECAUSE I, I LOVE THAT PIONEERING STUFF.
WE COULD BE PIONEERS THAT, I MEAN, YOU GOT US WITH THAT, I THINK, BUT
BUT, UM, I'M ALSO WONDERING, ARE YOU PRESENTING TO OTHER COMMISSIONS? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T, I'M SORRY.
WE DON'T HAVE CROSSTALK ATTORNEY COMMISSIONERS.
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OKAY.I'LL JUST THROW THAT INTO THE, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION POINTS BEFORE? OKAY.
UH, IN THAT CASE, MAD, PLEASE CALL FOR VOTE.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PLANNING FOR THE UPCOMING WOMEN'S SAFETY CONFERENCE, AND DISCUSS ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS TO SUPPORT THE CONFERENCE.
UM, SO OUR SAFETY AT HEALTH COMMITTEE, IT'S BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ON A GOAL.
WE ADOPTED, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, AT THIS COMMISSION'S FIRST VISION MAPPING MEETING IN LATE 2024, SEPTEMBER, I THINK IT WAS, UM, THEIR PERIOD, DATE TO PRESENT THEIR WORK AND INPUT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
SECOND, UM, SECOND MOTION, COMMISSIONER SECOND.
AND THEN MAY PLEASE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION.
I, I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, SHE WAS QUITE, I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER LEVI AND WE ALSO HAVE
UM, DO I NEED TO STAND UP OR COULD I SAY, OKAY, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING.
WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF THEM AND WE'VE DONE IT IN AN HOUR.
AND I, I JUST WANNA, UH, PRAISE ANA BECAUSE SHE KEPT ALL OF US REALLY ON TRACK, BUT SHE ALSO WAS ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER OUR IDEAS AND, AND BE ABLE TO INTERPRET OUR IDEAS.
UM, SO I WANNA REALLY THANK HER FOR THAT.
UM, THE GOALS, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS ON THE, UH, ON THE SLIDE, SECOND SLIDE, I THINK, YEAH.
UM, TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER FIRM, UM, WOMEN AND GIRLS, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO BUILD, DO SKILL BUILDING IN THIS, UH, CONFERENCE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE TIME TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE SORT OF THE PURPOSE AND THE GOALS OF THE CONFERENCE.
UM, AND THEN THE STRUCTURE, TONY, THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A TWO DAY CONFERENCE, AND YOU ALL KNOW, UM, IT'S A TWO DAY CONFERENCE AND WE'VE GOT FOUR PLENARY SESSIONS, UM, SCHEDULED IN THOSE, IN THOSE, UH, TWO DAYS AND 10 BREAKOUT SESSIONS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A REAL YOUTH CENTER, UH, UH, FOCUSED ON THIS, PARTICULARLY ON THE SECOND DAY, UM, THAT WE FELT WE WOULD HAVE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING ON A SECOND DAY.
PLEASE, HELEN, TO JUMP IN ANYTIME YOU WANT TO THERE.
UM, AND, UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO, UM, INCLUDE A YOUTH CENTER PORTION OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, WHILE WE WANNA WEAVE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, A PANEL WITH SURVIVOR STORIES, UM, FROM BOTH I THINK, UM, SEX TRAFFICKING AND, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND THOSE ARE, BY WAY OF INSPIRATION, WE'RE GONNA GET WOMEN WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK, WHO ARE SURVIVORS, WHO HAVE REALLY COME OUT OF A, UH, A TRAUMATIC SITUATION AND HAVE MOVED ALL OF THEIR LIVES AND, UH, DEVELOPED, UM, DEVELOPED THEIR OWN LIVES FROM THIS.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA DO, UM, RESTORATIVE SPACES AND ARTS HEALING IN THIS.
UM, AND WE WANT COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR SO THAT THE, THE FIRST DAY WE LOOKED AT, UM, UM, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AS A PLENARY, AS WELL AS, UM, SEXUAL, UM, SEXUAL ASSAULT
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AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND, UH, SEX TRAFFICKING.UM, THE, THE SECOND DAY WE LOOKED AT, UM, LGBTQ PLUS, UM, SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE SECOND DAY DOING A PLENARY THAT WILL TAKE, UM, UH, HALF OF THE DAY AND THAT THAT WOULD BE ON ARTS AND EVERYBODY WOULD BE ON IT.
AND THAT, AND THAT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PLANARY THAT WIND INVOLVE BRIDGE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE SCROLLING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT, YEAH, LET ME, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THE FIRST ONE ON INCIDENT PARTNER VIOLENCE, WE HAVE THREE, UH, BREAKOUT SESSIONS HAVE, UM, ONE IS FINANCIAL LITERACY, UM, BECAUSE WE CONSIDER FINANCIAL LITERACY A SAFETY ISSUE FOR, FOR WOMEN, UH, SAFETY PLANNING.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, PRACTICAL KINDS OF SKILLS.
AND, UH, IF SOMEBODY'S MOVING THE SITUATION, HOW, HOW TO DO THAT IN THE SAFEST POSSIBLE WAY, AND THEN SELF-DEFENSE AS PART OF THAT AS WELL.
SO WE WOULD'VE THOSE THREE BREAKOUTS IN THE, UH, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
I'M, I'M MOVING THROUGH THESE, UH, TONY, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT.
SO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ASSAULT.
AND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR BREAKOUTS THERE.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE SIGNS OF, UH, UM, TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, UH, GROOMING AND ON ONLINE EXPECTA, UM, EXPLOITATION AND THEN PATHWAYS TO SUPPORT AND, AND A SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOP THERE AS WELL.
UM, THE THINKING WAS NOT EVERYBODY COULD PHYSICALLY PARTICIPATE IN SELF-DEFENSE.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, YOU CAN DO SELF-DEFENSE, UM, WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT.
UM, ON THE SECOND DAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT GENDER AND THE MESSAGES WE CARRY, GENDER IDENTITY AND THAT SORT OF THING.
THIS WE THOUGHT WAS REALLY, IT WOULD FOCUS ON ADULTS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO REALLY FOCUS ON YOUTH.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT REWRITING THE NARRATIVE ON MEDIA, GENDER, AND INTERNALIZED BELIEFS, AND WE HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE HAD, UM, WE DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF THINGS, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE SPECIFIC THERE.
BUT, UM, FOR INSTANCE IS A, UH, REALLY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL LOOKS AT MEDIA AND, AND GENDER WAS, UH, JEAN KILBORN'S WORK KILLING US SOFTLY.
I DUNNO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
SO THERE, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF THINGS THERE.
UM, WE WANTED TO DEAL, UM, WITH L-G-B-T-Q, UH, YOUTH, UH, VISIBILITY AND SAFETY.
AND ALSO WE THOUGHT WOMEN IN SPORTS WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE, UH, BECAUSE WOMEN TEND TO GET MORE EMPOWERED, UM, WOMEN ARE INVOLVED, INVOLVED IN
SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
AND THEN, UH, WE WANTED TO CONCLUDE WITH A REAL INSPIRATIONAL WORKSHOP.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, USING ARTS HEAL TRAUMA AND HAVING SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY COULD TAKE AWAY WITH THEM, SOMETHING THAT THEY DID THAT THEY COULD TAKE AWAY CONFERENCE.
AND, UM, ALSO, UH, PROVIDING COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL, UM, ANYWAY, UH, Y'ALL, WELL, NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION MISSION.
OH MY GOSH, I'M SO EXCITED AND I WANNA OFFER MY SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE THERE.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF THOSE, SO I CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THAT ON IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL NEED.
UM, COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR AS WELL AS VENDORS WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO THAT'S PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED FOR ME AND, UM, FOR THE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE SESSION DAY.
AND THERE, SO A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND THEN BREAKOUT.
YEAH, THAT, THAT WAS MY CLARIFICATION QUESTION.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I ATTENDED THE SUMMIT, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUMMIT AT MICHELLE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
UM, SO POWERFUL JUST TO BE THERE AND TO LEARN FROM SURVIVORS AND TO, UM, JUST BE IN THAT SPACE.
SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THAT WOULD BE, UM,
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GREAT RESOURCE FOR THIS.WHAT DO Y ALL THINK ABOUT WHAT WE PROPOSE? WELL, I THINK, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EX EXCELLENT FRAMEWORK FOR CONFERENCE.
I THINK THE TOPICS MAKE SENSE.
UM, RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WHAT WERE THE DATES OR NOT? UM, IT'S APRIL, UH, IT'S EITHER, I DON'T HAVE TO BRING MY CALENDAR.
I REMEMBER IT'S APRIL 25TH AND 26TH.
IT'S A FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SO WHATEVER THAT IT'S 24TH AND 25TH.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I'M MISSING HERE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF? AND I DO HAVE A NOTE.
UM, SO SHE SAYS THAT IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT AD HOC HAS DONE, UM, THEY ARE WELCOMING COMMISSION FEEDBACK ON, UM, THE THREE CONFERENCE ROLES, THE FOUR, THESE TOPICS, BREAKOUT SESSION IDEAS, AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SPEAKERS, FACILITATORS, AND ENGAGE ACTIVITIES.
THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION WAS IF ANY SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S KIND OF A SHORT RUNWAY TO APRIL FOR A LOT FOLKS TO DO PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT.
SO I WASN'T SURE IF THERE WERE ANY THAT YOU ALL HAD THOUGHT OF ATTACHING TO THIS OR IF YOU WERE LOOKING WELL THERE, UM, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT, THAT HAVE COME UP.
I CERTAINLY RECOMMENDED SOME FOLKS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY, UM, ANYBODY THAT'S RECOMMENDED.
UM, WE, WE HAVE DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED SOME PEOPLE AND FOR THE, THE BREAKOUT SECTIONS AS WELL.
WHO DO YOU HAVE? WHO DO YOU ALREADY HAVE OR NO, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE? WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY YET.
WE, UM, UH, I, I PROBABLY WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ON INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
I WOULD THINK I WOULD PROBABLY DO THAT, UM, SINCE I SORT OF I THE FIELD.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IRMA HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT SHE WAS, UM, SUGGESTING FOR, UM, SEXUAL ASSAULT.
I, UM, WAS LOOKING AT PEACE OVER VIOLENCE FOR SELF-DEFENSE.
UH, LINDA BETWEEN WORLDS WAS GREAT STUFF WITH TRAUMA AND, UM, AND HEALING AND ART, BUT I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO ABSOLUTELY ART.
I DO RECOMMEND, UH, PRI TALKING WITH PRI GARCIA.
SHE'LL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING FROM THE RECORD.
SO DO YOU HAVE A CONDA AND AMY, CHRIS KRISELDA.
IS IT CRG, GRISELDA OR? OH, ILDA FROM THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR LONG BEACH.
DO YOU, DO WE, ARE WE GONNA DO THIS NOW? I, I ALWAYS GET CONFUSED IF WE DO IT NOW OR IF WE SET UP A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT.
SO WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS, UM, GO INTO THE MINUTES.
YOU CAN TAKE THOSE BACK TO THEIR ADC COMMITTEE.
UM, BECAUSE THEY HOSTED, THEY CO-HOSTED THE HUMAN SUMMIT AND HAD SEVERAL SPEAKERS THAT THEY, I'M, AND ALSO I HEAR A TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE, I THINK IN ADDITION TO CONNECTING WITH THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE.
WE'RE ALREADY CONNECTED WITH THEM THROUGH ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES.
AND, UM, THERE STAFF THEY OUT COLLABORATING WITH US
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ON THE REPORT THAT IS COMING UP IN OUR ADC YES.SO WHEN THEY PRESENTED, I, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE SPEAKERS WE GET ARE GOOD SPEAKERS, REALLY SPEAKERS, I THINK PERHAPS.
DID YOU GET THEIR NAMES VANESSA, OR DO YOU KNOW WHAT? UM, I'LL CONNECT WITH YOU.
BECAUSE I DO HAVE IN MY NOTEBOOK.
WE ALSO, WE ALSO HAD A GUEST SPEAKER FROM THE GENE CENTER, WHICH DEALS WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO FIND THAT ORGANIZATION MAY BE ABLE TO FIND, DO YOU KNOW BERNITA BERNITA WALKER? BERNITA IS ONE OF THE FAMILIES OF GENE.
UH, I DUNNO HER, BUT WE DID HAVE A SPEAKER COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, SO YEAH, THAT MAY BE HELPFUL, I THINK.
UM, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WOMEN, WOMEN IN SPORTS, CONFIDENCE, EQUITY, AND LEADERSHIP, AND AT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONFERENCE, WE ALSO SHOULD MAYBE TALK ABOUT THE, SORRY, SHE'S WRITING HER DISSERT.
WHAT IT MAY ALSO BE HELPFUL TO TALK ABOUT THE VIOLENCE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO WOMEN IN ATHLETICS.
UM, AND WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT INSTEAD OF FRAMING IT THIS WAY, THAT A SAFETY PRACTICE ALSO NEEDS TO BE SAFE.
THAT WE KNOW THREE MAJOR, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE NATIONAL WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OR I DON'T KNOW, FEW YEARS HEAD RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER YES, JEN'S UNCOVERED.
DID YOU ALREADY TALK ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION? WHAT'S THAT UNCOVERED? THEY'RE A MEMBER OF THE TRAFFICKING.
SO I WOULD SAY IF WE REACHED OUT TO THEM OKAY.
LEADERSHIP, WHICH WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON.
AND, UH, THERE'S A WHOLE, I MEAN, WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, SO THE GROUP THAT'S, UM, FOCUSED ON THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UM, THERE WAS A REP, UH, HER NAME GRACE, SHE, SO I THINK ON THE CITY SIDE, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.
ALMOST LIKE A PAM ON MY PANTS.
I, I MET A WOMAN AT, AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LADY WHO WAS REALLY COOL AND SHE DOES MEDIA STUFF AND SHE, SHE JUST MADE HER DAUGHTER GET A FLIP PHONE FOR A MONTH BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA STUFF THAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND SHE SAID HER DAUGHTER WAS SO GRATEFUL TO HER, BUT SHE'S REALLY HIGH UP IN THE TECH WORLD.
AND I THOUGHT SHE, I JUST, IN TALKING TO HER, SHE WAS SO ENGAGING.
I SAID TO HER, DO YOU EVER SPEAK ON RECORD? AND SHE SAID, YES.
SO I, I GOT HER, I GOT HER CAR AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS REALLY, SHE WAS REALLY COOL.
AND YOU KNOW, MISTY MAY, MISTY, MAY TRAINER LIVES IN LONG BEACH.
AND WE'VE GOT THE LONG BEACH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY CO OR LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH WOMEN.
I FIGURED WE COULD, YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T, I SHOULDN'T SAY HIT THEM UP, BUT I, I YOU WHAT I MEAN, TALK TO THEM.
I'M GONNA, UM, GIVE IT TO COMMISSIONER DR.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO ALWAYS REMIND YOU THAT THERE ARE OTHER COLLEGES THAT ASSIST OUTSIDE THE LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
AND WE ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE, SO PROFESSIONAL SOCCER, WOMEN SOCCER, UM, AND, UM, WOMEN'S SOCCER AND OTHER ATHLETICS WITH PROFESSIONAL ATHLETICS IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
THAT THIS, WITH THAT, UM, THAT WASN'T A QUESTION THAT WAS IN THE COMMENT.
THE, UM, THE OTHER COMMENT WAS WITH GRACIE THAT THIS WILL ALSO BE BENEFICIAL TO GET JANICE, UH, ON, UM, JANICE'S AUNTS, UM, SPONSOR.
NOT JUST HAVE GRACIE, BUT TO GET HER TO SPONSOR, UH, THIS, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'S, WHO'S JAN HA, OUR SUPERVISOR.
I, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE FROM LONG BEACH AS BEST WE COULD, AND I'M COOL WITH THAT NOT HAPPENING, BUT, UM, WE WERE THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD BRING AS MANY LOCAL RESOURCES AS WE COULD.
I THINK, DID, DID WE SAY THAT OR WAS THAT, HAVE A SUGGESTION JUST BEFORE WE MOVE INTO DISCUSSING FINANCES? I, I THINK THAT'S BETTER
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CONVERSATION TO DISCUSS AT A LATER HAND WHEN WE BRING THAT TO THE TABLE.UH, I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANYBODY HAS MORE SPECIFIC SPEAKER RECOMMENDATIONS, LET'S HEAR THOSE.
AND THEN PERHAPS NOT TO
I LIKE EITHER VOLUNTEER THAT YOU'LL CONTACT THEM OR YOU HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT IF THE COMMITTEE CAN REACH OUT TO, IS THAT OKAY? YEAH.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH WOMEN'S SAFETY CONFERENCE, WILL THEY BE BULLIED TO, UM, NOT JUST CONNECT, CONNECT WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS OR OTHER CITY COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONERS FROM OTHER CITIES SUCH AS CARSON AND SAY, YES, I AM WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM OR JOIN, LET THEM SUPPORT US.
SO IN ANY WAY, AS I REACH OUT, I DON'T WANNA OVERSTEP, YOU KNOW,
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A, UH, A GOOD POINT.
BUT WE, WE DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UM, I, I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAD IS WE SPACE.
AND SO WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE REACH OUT, LIKE, ARE WE GONNA SAY ONLY 20 PEOPLE CAN COME FROM EACH OF THESE HIGH SCHOOLS? OR, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? AND WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
I THINK OUR NEXT MOVE IS TO GET SPEAKERS AND THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE, FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS WITH THE WOMEN.
I MEAN, I THINK, WAS IT 200 PEOPLE THAT WOULD FIT IN THE PLENARY? AND, AND SO WE SORT OF HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS IN TERMS OF LIMITING.
'CAUSE IT'S FREE TO EVERYBODY.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOING OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH FROM THAT REGARD.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA STICK WITH LONG BEACH BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MANY FOLKS HERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW,
I JUST WANTED ASK, UM, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT FEEDBACK ON SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO INCLUDE GIRLS IN THE SATURDAY YEAH.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OUTREACH TO THE, TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, MAYBE THE JUNIOR HIGHS.
YEAH, JUST, JUST SEEING LIKE THE, THE REALLY ROBUST TOPICS.
I'M NOT SURE THERE ARE TOPICS HERE THAT ARE GEARED TOWARD GIRLS AND MAYBE THIS YEAR, MAYBE FOR OUR FIRST YEAR, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND WE GROW FROM THIS YEAR, BUT JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
OKAY, WELL WE THINK, WE THOUGHT THE SECOND DAY WAS GONNA MORE, BUT YOU'RE NOT SEEING IT THAT WAY.
SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING ALSO.
UM, I THINK IN TERMS OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS SEEKING FEEDBACK ON, I PERSONALLY LIKE THE GOALS.
THIS IS, THIS IS A GOOD START.
I THINK, NO, BUT THOSE ARE, THESE ARE REALLY GOOD POINTS.
AND, UH, WHAT TOPICS? I'M JUST A, I DO THIS FOR, I, I WAS PROGRAM CHAIR.
I DO THIS FOR TWO CONFERENCES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND NOW I'M DOING ANOTHER ONE.
I JUST DO THIS ALL THE TIME, SO.
SO IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, UM, JUST WITH IT, IT IS GOOD.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T, BUT I KNOW LETTING YOU JUST KNOW THAT YOU NEED SOMETHING.
WELL, THERE'S, THAT WOULD BE A FORUM ON THE, SO WE CAN'T BURN OUT, BUT IN THIS CASE, WHILE WE'RE DISCUSSING IT, WE CAN'T.
I THINK I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS OR POINTS.
ONE IS JUST, I THINK THIS IS EXCELLENT WORK, BUT FROM THE CONFERENCE WORLD, WE WANT SPEAKERS BOOKED AND IT'S ALREADY IN APRIL.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER RECONSIDER THE DATES.
UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW UNLESS WE ALL, UNLESS YOU DECIDE ON THE SPEAKERS VERY QUICKLY.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK THERE'S OTHER MATTERS THAT HAVE TO BE SORT OF FIGURED OUT AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL TOO.
LIKE FINANCES, HOW MUCH DOES THE COST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE WE LEGALLY ABLE TO TOWARDS THAT AND WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS, UM, FROM THE CITY THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
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AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THAT YET.I THINK IT'S REQUIRE, I WANNA TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PAYING, PAYING THE PLENARY SPEAKERS, UM, DOING MAYBE GIFT CARDS AND THINGS FOR THE, UM, BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS, BUT WE WEREN'T SURE.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW HIGH PROFILE, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET SPEAKERS AND I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY REACH OUT AND GET SPEAKERS.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA JUMP ON, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO BRING BACK THE CONDITIONS, VOTE ON THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
UM, AND THE WHOLE PROGRAM I WOULD ASSUME IS THAT, DO YOU HAVE SOME NOTES THERE? SO, JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, WHAT THE COMMISSION'S BUDGET BE USED FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, A PORTION OF THE COMMISSION'S, UH, ALLOCATED BUDGET MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT THE EVENT IF APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, BUT THE GOAL IS TO SUPPLEMENT FUNDING THROUGH OTHER, UH, SOURCES TO PURSUE COMMISSION FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES.
SAY THAT LAST PART ONE MORE TIME.
SO THE, THE GOAL IS TO, TO, UM, TO SUPPLEMENT FUNDING THROUGH OTHER SOURCES TO PURSUE COMMISSION FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES.
AND, UH, AND, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE, UH, UH, THE COMMISSION OR COMMISSION CANNOT SPONSOR OR EXTERNAL FUNDING.
SO THE OFFICE OF WOULD DETERMINE AND PURSUE APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCES IN ALIGNMENT WITH CITY POLICY AND PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES.
UM, SO COMMISSIONERS MAY SUGGEST POTENTIAL SPONSORS OR PARTNERS OF OFFICIAL REQUESTS MUST COME FROM CITY STAFF.
SO MY, I ACTUALLY, QUICK QUESTION FOR CITY STAFF, JEN, WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE IS OUR NEXT STEP HERE IN TERMS OF VOTING ON FUNDING AND DATES? HOW SHOULD THAT LOOK? WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO APPROACH THIS? UH, WHAT AGENDA? FUTURE.
OKAY, SO WE CAN AGENDA LIKE, HEY, WE'RE ALLOCATING THIS PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET OR MAKING THESE DATES AND A PROGRAM.
DID WE ALREADY APPROVE THE DATES? I THOUGHT WE DID BECAUSE OF THE CITY COLLEGE BOOKED ROOMS OR SOMETHING.
WE, WE'VE GOT ROOMS TO THE CITY COLLEGE AND WE HAVE, AND THEY'RE FREE.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY FOR THAT.
WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR, FOR, UM, MEALS FOR PEOPLE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.
AND, UM, WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEN, UH, SPEAKERS AND, UM, PAULA, DID WE TALK ABOUT ANY, ANYTHING ELSE WITH IN TERMS OF, DO YOU REMEMBER? CAN'T RECALL.
IT'S JUST, JUST THAT, SORRY, JUST ONE QUICK NOTE IN TERMS OF THE, THE LOCATION IS STILL TO BE CONFIRMED, UM, BUT THE OFFICE EQUITY IS LOOKING FOR THE VENUE BASED ON ACCESSIBILITY CAPACITY AND COST CONSIDERATIONS.
WE'LL ALL BE AWARE SERVICE BEEN CONFIRMED.
SO THE COMMISSION WILL BE, WILL BE, UM, YOU'LL BE MADE AWARE OF WHEN A, A VENUE, SO IT HASN'T BEEN, IT'S JUST THEN IF THERE'S SPECIFIC SPEAKERS AND WHO CAN, OR, OR MAYBE A POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO WORK ON.
AND THEN IF YOU ALL AS A COMMITTEE CAN, UM, THE PROGRAM LIKE SPEAKER, SO WE CAN PUT IT ON AN AGENDA WITH ENOUGH TIME TO, SO I, I WOULD NEED SOME OF YOUR, AND UNLESS IF YOU'RE WILLING TO REACH OUT TO, UM, SOMEBODY AT THE ARTS COUNCIL OR WHATEVER AND, AND GIVE THEM MY NUMBER, THIS NUMBER OR WHATEVER, SO WE CAN, I, I MEAN I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THEM SPEAK.
I KNOW ABOUT WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS BECAUSE WE HAVE
UM, I HAVE YOU HEARD PEOPLE FROM THE ARTS COUNCIL SPEAK AND THEY'RE GOOD AND THEY CAN, I THINK SUGGESTIONS THEY CAN RECOMMEND SOME SPEAKERS TOO.
IF WE CAN GET THOSE NAMES, THEN WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM.
I THINK EARLIER BEST SUGGESTION WAS MADE TO DEVELOP, UH,
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AGAIN, ADHERENCE TO BROWN ACT, DEVELOP A, HAVING YOU ALL SHARE THE SPEAKERS.UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IN ALIGNMENT.
UM, SO THE OFFICE OF EQUITY WILL, UH, COORDINATE SPEAKERS, UM, UH, SPEAKER OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT FOLLOWING CITY PROCUREMENT RULES AS NEEDED.
UM, AND COMMISSIONERS WERE WELCOME TO SUGGEST POTENTIAL SPEAKERS AND FOR STAFF, FOR STAFF CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT
SO WE, WE CAN CONTACT THE SPEAKERS AND THEN THE CITY APPROVES THEM.
IS THAT, I THINK IDEALLY YOU WOULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPEAKER TO ALANA AND THEN ALANA AND CITY STAFF WILL REACH OUT TO THE, TO WE'LL COORDINATE WITH THE SPEAKERS.
SO JUST GIVE US LIKE THE NUMBERS AND NAMES AND NUMBERS OF THE PEOPLE YOU, AND THEN WE, WE'LL OUTREACH OUT TO THE YEAH, I, I'VE DONE A LOT OF CONFERENCES TOO AND I I JUST, I'M NOT USED TO THE PROCESS SO THAT, I'M GLAD YOU ME.
SO WE NEED THE, THE NAMES TO GIVE TO ALANA.
ARE WE, UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE FIRST WOULD COMMENT ON ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR YOU, LET'S SEE.
CAMERON, I'M KAREN
GREAT PANTHERS, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THE PLANNING.
DON'T NEGLECT THE OLDER WOMEN.
I, I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF REFERENCES TO HEAR A LOT OF REFERENCES TO OLDER WOMEN.
THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMS OF CRIME AND MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM SOCIAL ISOLATION.
AND, UH, OLDER WOMEN PARTICULARLY THAT ARE IN NURSING HOMES OR IN, UM, JUVENILE DETENTION, YOUNGER WOMEN, UM, DON'T NEGLECT THOSE POPULATIONS 'CAUSE THEY'RE OFTEN LEFT OUT AND WE DON'T WANT THEM LEFT OUT.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION.
SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
SO WE'RE NOW WITH PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.
WE CAN WHY WE MAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THAT OKAY.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S ON TOPIC BUT IT'S ALRIGHT.
UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR VOTE? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES.
DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
WE DO NOT LEAVE THE REPORT FROM OUR SAFETY AD HOC.
I DON'T THINK UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING EITHER OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
I THINK THE MAIN UPDATE PROBABLY FROM OUR, ON THE COMMISSIONER
WE MET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE, UH, HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE.
WE ARE ON BOARD TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO WRITE A REPORT.
I HAVE A REPORT WRITTEN INVESTIGATIVE, UM, AND THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH STUDENTS FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH TO CREATE OUT THE REPORT.
SO WE LEFT OFF, BUT THEY WERE CONNECTING WITH THEM TO GET LIKE A TIMELINE AND SCHEDULE WORK AND THINGS AND THEN THEY WERE GONNA REPORT BACK.
SO WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK AFTER THAT.
THEY HAVE, UM, APPROVED TO REPORT AN INJUNCTION WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH FOR THAT SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THERE, I THINK GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL
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BE WORKING ON IT, I BELIEVE THE TIME THEY WANT IT COMPLETE BY APRIL OR MAY.AND, UM, THEY WANT THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION TO BASICALLY UPLIFT THE REPORT AND PARTNER ON IT AND
UM, AND I, WE ASKED THEM TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S ANY RACE FINANCIAL THAT THEY SUPPORT WANTED TO, UM, OUR MISSION.
SO THEY WERE GONNA COME BACK WITH THAT.
THEY ALSO, WE ASKED AS IF WE WAS FOR THEM TO IMPROVE THIS AND THEIR, UM, WITH THE CAL STATE, AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO SCHEDULE FOR THOSE MEETINGS YET.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT.
JUST DISCUSSING, SOUNDS LIKE THEY MENTIONED THIS PUBLIC THAT THEY'RE WORKING
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A GOAL ADOPTED.
UM, OUR OTHER COMMITTEES, I UNDERSTAND OUR VISION MAPPING MANY NEEDS TO BE DISSOLVED, SO THAT'S WHAT THEY, THIS BOAT, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO MEET.
BUT WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT YOU WANNA SAY? YEAH, WELL I THINK, UM, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UPDATE IN JANUARY, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE SOME, UM, I THINK A, A MORE SOLID IDEA.
WE WERE JUST RESEARCHING DIFFERENT WAYS TO HAVE MORE OF A WEB.
WE'LL HAVE A WEB PRESENCE AND WE'RE COMPARING WHAT OTHER COMMISSIONS HAVE.
SO WE FOUND SOME BASIC KIND OF WEB PAGES, UM, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION WE DISCUSSED, BUT WE DID NOT EXPECT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION.
THE, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UM, CHAPTER WOMEN OF JUNIOR LEAGUE, UH, FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE, WILL HAVE, UH, HAVE A LEADERSHIP SUMMIT, WHICH WE DISCUSSED AT THE, AT OUR RETREAT.
UM, AND I, WE, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US, A PARTNER OR, UM, IN SOME KIND OF WAY TO SUPPORT THEM WITH THE, UM, AS A WAY TO ADDRESS OR TO CONDUCT OUTREACH OR THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WHO LIVE, WORK OR DO OUR CONDUCT BUSINESS IN SOMEBODY.
UM, WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ON THIS DAY, ON THIS DAY, WE ARE ON THE DAY THAT WE'RE AT THE CONFERENCE, WHICH IS APRIL 25TH, UM, WE'RE INVITING A HUNDRED GIRLS, UM, WHO ATTEND SCHOOLS IN LONG BEACH, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
UM, WE WORK IN LONG BEACH, UM, TO COME OUT AND LEARN ABOUT CAREER, CAREER, UM, CAREER PATHWAYS, UM, COLLEGE PATHWAYS, UH, NEW WAYS TO THINK OF LEADERSHIP.
UH, AND ONCE AGAIN, JUST TO ADDRESS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE SAFE, UH, AT THE VISION THAT MATTHEW, OUR RETREAT, I WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO KIND OF OUTREACH AND, AND ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.
AND I THINK JUST TO PIG BACK, WE, SO WE DID VOTE TO PARTNER WITH THIS, AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO HAVE 'EM COME OUT, HOPEFULLY NEXT MEETING.
IF, IF WE'RE GONNA PARTNER WITH THEM, UM, IF THEY COULD COME OUT, UM, TO OUR MEETING, IF THERE'S ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT OH YEAH.
UM, SEND MYSELF AND OUR VICE CHAIR YEAH.
ARE YOU GONNA SAY THE CONFERENCE DATE? I'M GONNA SAY, I'M GONNA SAY TWO THINGS.
ONE IS, UM, I WAS THINKING THAT WE WOULD FEEDBACK WITH COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS IT LOOKS LIKE OUR CONFERENCE DATE IS IN CONFLICT WITH A JUNIOR LEAGUE CON CONFERENCE DATE.
IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT IN CONFLICT.
WE'RE GONNA THINK OF THIS EXAMPLE.
UM, IT IS ON THE CAMPUS OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
IF THEY'RE LIKE THEY, AMY, AMY WILL, OH, I DON'T WANNA SAY, OH, AMY LA NO, AMY ERICKSON.
UM, OR THAT'S ALL LIKE TO SAY AMY AND HERSELF DON'T SAY WE'RE BEING RECORDED.
SHE'S GONNA DO, SHE IS MAY DO VOLUNTEER ART, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AT ONE THAT I'M MEETING, IF THEY'RE DOING ONE AT ONE CONFERENCE AND IT MATCHES THIS, THEN
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ON THE, THE NEXT DAY OR ON THE SAME DAY AFTER THEY FINISH ONE, THEN THEY GO TO THE OTHER.SO LET'S NOT THINK OF IT AS BEING IN CONFLICT.
OH, LET'S THINK OF IT AS BEING INTRA.
WELL BRING IT BACK BECAUSE WE'RE ON ADC C GET OFF ON OFF TOPIC.
NOW KNOW THAT THE AD C BE BE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS.
SO WE HAVE SOME NOTES FROM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONS TO OUR REPORTS FROM OUR COMMITTEES? FROM EXISTING A HUH? I CAN, I CAN, I JUST, CAN I JUST GET CLARIFICATION? CAN PEOPLE, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT RIGHT NOW, CONTACT ME WITH SPEAKERS THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE COMMITTEE AND THEN I CAN GIVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO TONY.
BUT THEY SHOULD BE, SHOULDN'T THEY BE LOOKED AT BY THE COMMITTEE TO BILL BROWN STAFF? BECAUSE IT'S A BROWN ACT ISSUE, OTHERWISE, BECAUSE IF WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMITTEE, THAT'S
BUT SO IF THEY, WE GIVE IT TO THEM AND THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET IT.
WELL, WHAT IF IT, WHAT IF THERE'S MUCH OF THEM? WE, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY SORT, SORT THROUGH ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT PUT ON THE TABLE AND THEN SHOW UP WITH THAT.
SO IN EFFECT, YOU GUYS ARE PICKING THE SPEAKERS? NO, NO.
THEY'RE JUST PROVIDING YOU THE LIST.
THEY'RE COMPILING THE INFORMATION, BUT THEY'RE THE SOURCE, THEY'RE LIKE A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION.
SO ALL THE SPEAKERS GO TO YOU AND THEN YOU GIVE IT TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN, SO, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ALL THE, ALL THE RECOMMENDATION SPEAKERS FROM ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS OUTSIDE OF THE IPOC WILL ORDER DIRECTLY TO CITY STAFF AND THEN CITY STAFF WILL COMPILE THAT SPREADSHEET, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED SPEAKERS.
AND PROBABLY DURING ONE OF THE AD HOC MEETINGS, WE'LL ALL DISCUSS, BUT THEN CITY STAFF WILL REACH OUT AND COORDINATE THE ACTUAL FACILITATION WITH THE SPEAKERS THEMSELVES.
SO, BUT, BUT LEMME, I, I'M STILL NOT CLEAR.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT CITY STAFF IS P IS PICKING THE SPEAKERS? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GIVING IT TO US AND WE GET TO DISCUSS IT AND THEN WE GIVE IT BACK TO YOU.
ARE WE CITY STAFF IS GONNA BE REACHING OUT AND COORDINATING WITH THE SPEAKERS DIRECTLY? NO, I GET THAT.
BUT WHO'S CHOOSING THE ONES THAT YOU ARE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMITTEE? OR IS IT YOU GUYS? I'M JUST TRYING TO, SO MY, SO THIS IS ALL DONE FOR THE BROWN ACTING THAT IF IT BECOMES A SERIAL COMMUNICATION, IF COMMISSIONERS EMAIL YOU AND THEN YOU BRING IT TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, THEN IT BECOMES A SERIAL COMMUNICATION.
I'M JUST SO, SO THE COMMISSION WILL NEED THE SELECT THE SPEAKERS.
ULTIMATELY, I THINK WHAT TONY IS SAYING IS THEY NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE SPEAKERS IF THEY GOT AVAILABILITY, IF WE NEED TO PROCURE 'EM, ET CETERA.
NOT THAT THEY'RE GONNA CHOOSE.
YOU'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION.
THAT'S ALL I, I WAS JUST TRYING CLARIFICATION.
UM, ANY OTHER ADDITIONS FROM AD ATHLETES IN REPORTS? WELL, I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE RANK CHOICE VOTING AND IF WE WANNA THAT IS WEIRD.
PASS I, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR A SUGGESTION TO CREATE THAT.
UM, ARE YOU, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION TO CREATE AN ADC COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS WOMEN AND GIRLS SPECIFICALLY OF ASIAN.
AND WE SAY POLYNESIAN DESCENT THAT ARE IN LONG BEACH AND ARE HARDER TO REACH IN OFTEN UNDER REPRESENTED.
SO THEN I BELIEVE OUR STEPS WOULD BE AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION TO SEE THE COMMISSIONERS WANNA SIGN FOR THOSE.
SOPHIA, LET'S, SO COMMISSIONER ALAN HARPER SUGGESTED ONE FIRST.
LET'S GO FIRST FIRST AND LET SO DESCRIBE IT ONE MORE TIME, COMMISSIONER.
WELL, I WAS WONDERING IF LIKE THE LETTER WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, THE COMMISSION WOULD DRAFT THE LETTER TO MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDING OR IN SUPPORT OF,
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SO I GUESS THE QUESTION AND WANT TO JOIN, CORRECT? YES.THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY TO WRITE A LETTER, UM, WITH RECOMMENDATION ON RACK CHOICE FOR WANNA A RECOMMENDATION ON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER CHI? SHE HAS HER HAND RAISED.
YEAH, YOU CAN SPEAK COMMISSIONER CHI.
OH, UH, I JUST WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO BE PART OF THE RESET HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE RANKED CHOICE VOTING.
UH, WHICH AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN? THE ONE RELATED TO RANK? THE LAST ONE? YEAH, THE LAST ONE.
AND THEN PACIFIC ISLANDER WOMEN AND GIRLS.
I, JEN, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WRITING A LETTER ON 20
YEAH, I, I THINK I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF AN AD HO THAT LIKE, I GUESS I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SUPPORT A LETTER YET, SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE THE AD HOC COULD GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR LONG PROBABLY, BUT MAYBE JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN MAYBE A STEP THAT COULD COME AFTER THAT WOULD BE TOO, RIGHT? WELL, COULD THAT BE PART OF OUR EXPLORATION OF THE TOPIC OF LIKE HOW THE COMMISSION COULD, CAN WE LEAVE IT OPEN ENDED? LIKE, YEAH.
THE PURPOSE OF THE PURPOSE OF THE AD HOC WOULD ALSO BE TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION ON, UM, RANK CHOICE VOTING.
UM, AND THEN PRESENT FINDINGS TO THE COMMISSION.
AND THEN THE POINT CREATE A, SORRY.
I MEAN, NO, I, I'M NOT BEHAVING TODAY.
I JUST, I, IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS, UM, THE INITIAL INFORMATION.
BUT I DUNNO ENOUGH WHERE I WOULD SAY LIKE, OH YEAH, SIGN ME UP FOR A LETTER.
SO THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO EXPLORE THE TOPIC FURTHER, MORE INFORMATION, WE'LL TALK INTERESTED, WE CAN TALK TO, UM, SOMEONE WHO IS HERE.
WE CAN GET HER CARD STOP FROM ONE SENIOR TO ANOTHER.
I ALSO, I ALSO HAVE A NOTE HERE, COMMISSIONER CHI, THAT YOU WANTED TO JOIN THE MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION AD HOC, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, PLEASE.
SO WE'VE GOT TWO NEW COMMITTEES.
DID STAFF GET THE MEMBERS? YES.
AND THEN WE'RE DISSOLVING THE VISION AT AD HOC AND WE ADDING YES.
AM I OFFICIALLY ADDED TO THE MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION? MAYBE NOTES? I DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN MY NOTES, BUT YOU CAN BE NOW.
JUST FOR CLARITY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE PURPOSE STATEMENT OF, UH, AD HOC YOU RECOMMENDED FOR, UM, I PROPOSED CREATING A FOR ASIAN IN PACIFIC ISLAND
BEFORE MOVE ON, CAN YOU GO THE REALLY QUICKLY FOR EACH AD HOC? MM-HMM.
SO I HAVE, FOR THE CHOICE VOTING, I HAVE COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER AND COMMISSIONER LA AND COMMISSIONER MO.
ARE YOU INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL? OKAY.
JUST THE TWO FOR THE RANK CHOICE.
AND THEN FOR ASIAN AND PACIFIC BYLANDER WOMEN, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CHI AND COMMISSIONER KEL.
NO, I'M JUST TRYING, I I HAVE TO MEET THE
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GOALS OF THE OTHER TWO.WE ALSO HAVE, AND THEN COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK WE, WE'VE GOT IT.
UM, THEN CAN WE NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS? IS THAT RIGHT? CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC NOW, I BELIEVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THAT RIGHT? GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE ON THIS TO CLOSE IT UP AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD PLEASE FOR THE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES NOW TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
NOW WE CAN GO AHEAD AND WE CAN START WITH, OKAY.
UM, I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU ALL FOR THE JOB THAT YOU WERE DOING LAST MEETING WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN I WENT TO AND YOU'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS AND I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, I'LL GIVE THE STAFF TO PASS AROUND
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT? NO.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT? PLEASE USE THE RAY SAND FEATURE.
SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
FOR THIS ITEM NOW I BELIEVE WE'LL MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, SEE WHERE COMMISSIONERS MAY REPORT ON ANY PREVIOUS OR UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS, SHARE RELEVANT INFORMATION OR RECOMMEND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? PLEASE REMEMBER TO SPEAK UP WITH PROVIDING YOUR COMMENTS.
I ACTUALLY BROUGHT A QUOTE THAT I HEARD YESTERDAY THAT FELT REALLY RELEVANT.
SAID, REPLYING TO SAFETY AD HOC.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
SO BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT, BUT SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO CENTER THE INTEREST OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
SO WHERE AFTER ALL, DO HUMAN RIGHTS BEGIN IN SMALL PLACES, CLOSE TO HOME, SO CLOSE AND SO SMALL THAT THEY CANNOT EVEN BE SEEN ON ANY MAPS OF THE WORLD UNLESS THESE RIGHTS HAVE MEANING THERE IN THOSE SMALL PLACES.
THEY HAVE LITTLE MEANING ANYWHERE.
SO WITHOUT CONCERTED CITIZEN ACTION TO UPHOLD THOSE RIGHTS CLOSE TO HOME, WE SHALL LOOK IN VAIN FOR PROGRESS IN THE LARGER WORLD.
UM, THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION, UM, ON WOMEN, UH, HAS AWARDED ME ONE OF THE WOMEN OF THE YEAR.
IT'S MARCH 9TH AT THE BILTMORE HOTEL ON
ANYBODY WANTS TO COME? I I DON'T HAVE INVITATION AND STUFF.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT I, UH, COMPLETED A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY.
I THINK THAT PROBABLY BE IN THE SUMMER.
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OKAY.UM, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE THE MEETING AJOUR, OH, GO AHEAD.
UM, I WANTED TO ADD AN AGENDA, AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FUTURE MEETING.
AND THAT IS TO INVITE GENDER LEE TO DISCUSS THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.
DO WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT AS SUBSTITUTE? WE CAN'T DO THAT.
UM, AND WE CAN'T ADD AN ITEM THAT, SO THE NEXT WEEK YOU SAID THAT ITEMS FOR FUTURE, THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS.
SO SUGGESTING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO I'LL AS YOU WANNA SEND ME A REMINDER YES,
UM, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I, I WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.
OH, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL AND I'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.
AND, UH, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT.
AND I DANCED ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE ELEVATOR BECAUSE THEY HAD A GREAT BAND THAT PLAYED AND I, UH, OH MY GOSH.
AND, AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF HUSTLING EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE.
YOU, UM, VISIT LONG BEACH, PUTS ON THE TREE LIGHTING EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S MY JOB TO RUN AROUND AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S IN THEIR PLACES.
UM, SO I DID NOT
IT'S FREE FOR THE COMMUNITY NEXT YEAR.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE IMPLEMENTED TICKETING BECAUSE WE HAD TO FOR CAPACITY REASONS.
BUT, UM, NEXT YEAR I GUESS WOULD BE WORTH LOOKING AT ADJUSTING THAT, GIVEN THE ATTENDANCE WE GOT, RELEASING IT BACK.
SO, SO MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
REX RICHARDSON SAID, WE ARE THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES.
HE SAID THAT ABOUT LONG BEACH, AND I THINK HE'S RIGHT.
AND IT WAS SO REPRESENTATIVE AT THE, AT THE TREE LAYING.
IT WAS JUST SO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, OF THE ETHNIC GROUPS IN LONG BEACH AND RACIAL GROUPS AND THE LIKE.
I DON'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO SOCIOECONOMICS, BUT IT WAS JUST SO LOVELY.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, ATOR 8 0 2.