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OF TUESDAY,[1. 25-57165 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Long Beach Workforce Innovation Network meeting of Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025.MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? IT? NO, I GOTTA WAIT TILL IT'S MOVED.
SO, MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
IS THERE A SECOND? JUST A REMINDER, I KNOW THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME IN THE CHAMBERS.
UM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN CAPTURE YOUR, UM, FOR THE RECORD.
SO, MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 16.
MAY WE HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND.
WE HAVE A, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? CHAIR? LEBAR.
UH, MEMBER FAYE WILL BE, UH, ABSTAINED.
UH, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? GREAT.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY VIRTUAL ABIL, RIGHT? HIGH MAY.
WE MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK? IF WE WEREN'T HERE AT THIS MEETING, OR WE'RE ONLY HERE FOR PART OF IT, SHOULD WE ALSO ABSTAIN OURSELVES? OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UH, I WOULD JUST SAY IT AS PRACTICE, AND THIS IS HOW I HANDLE IT.
IF, IF I'M NOT AT A MEETING AND I CAN'T REFLECT WHETHER THE MINUTES ARE CORRECT, I TYPICALLY ABSTAIN.
UH, MEMBER SMITH WILL ABSTAIN.
THEN I THINK, I THINK SHE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, MEMBERS CAN SAY WHETHER THEY ARE OKAY WITH IT, WHETHER THEY'RE NOT OKAY WITH IT, OR WHETHER THEY'D LIKE TO ABSTAIN.
JUST TO REITERATE, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES, EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T PRESENT AT THE MEETING, THEN YOU CAN ABSTAIN.
HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE ABSENT OR WEREN'T PART OF THE BOARD YET, UM, BUT YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE MINUTES, YOU ARE, UM, UM, SUGGESTED TO THEN VOTE ON THE MINUTES.
[2. 25-57201 Recommendation to review and approve revisions to the Long Beach Workforce Innovation Network Bylaws. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM TWO.RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND APPROVE REVISIONS TO THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
MAY WE HAVE A MOTION? CHARLA BAR, UM, MOVE? YEAH, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
MOTION BY, UH, MEMBER COBA RUBIUS.
AND DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? THERE WE GO.
BOARD MEMBERS, UH, ELISA MUNOZ, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH, UM, LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
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BE PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM, UM, IN JANUARY, IN DECEMBER OF 2024, THE LONG BEACH, OR THE, EXCUSE ME, THE PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD AT THAT TIME, UM, APPROVED THE REBRANDING OF PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE AND INNOVATION NETWORK TO LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.IN JULY OF 2025, THIS RELU RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE BYLAWS ARE BEING UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NAME CHANGE FROM PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
THEY'RE ALSO BEING REVISED TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF THE BOARD MEETINGS FROM QUARTERLY TO BIMONTHLY.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED, UM, TO YOU IN RESPONSE TO THE REVISIONS, TO THE BYLAWS.
MEMBERS, ANY QUESTION ON THE PRESENTATION? SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE, UH, MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOPE.
SO, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ACCEPT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM?
[3. 25-57202 Recommendation to elect two new board members to the non-profit corporation, Pacific Gateway Workforce Partnership, Inc. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO ELECT TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO THE NONPROFIT CORPORATION, PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP INC.UH, MAY I HAVE A, WELL, I SHOULD TURN THIS ONE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MOVE TO ACCEPT MOTION BY MEMBER CORU.
UH, IS THERE A PRESENTATION? GOOD MORNING CHAIR.
UH, NOT A PRESENTATION, BUT I DO HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE IN REGARDS TO THIS.
SO, UM, JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, AND, UH, AT AN EARLIER TIME PERIOD, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE SPECIFIC DATE, BUT, UH, THERE WAS THE PACIFIC PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP NONPROFIT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED.
HOW IT WAS THAT IT DOES HAVE BYLAWS.
THE BYLAWS WERE AMENDED IN FEBRUARY OF 2019.
UH, THE BYLAWS SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT, UH, THE BOARD IS MADE UP OF THREE INDIVIDUALS.
ONE BEING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
THE OTHER TWO BOARD MEMBERS FOR THIS, UM, NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP ARE ESTABLISHED FROM THE LONG BEACH WORK.
WELL, PREVIOUSLY PACIFIC GATEWAY, NOW LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO YOU TODAY TO ASK FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK BOARD TO BE IDENTIFIED AND BE ADDED ON TO THE NONPROFIT BOARD.
IT IS A MAKEUP OF THREE BOARD MEMBERS IN TOTAL SO THAT WE CAN TAKE SOME ACTION ON THAT NONPROFIT.
IT CURRENTLY IS, UH, STAGNANT BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO BOARD MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT NONPROFIT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, I CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT ON THE BYLAWS.
UM, SO I CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE MEETING IS, THE MEETING, UH, IS SOMEWHAT, THERE'S NOT SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT IDENTIFIES HOW OFTEN THE MEETINGS NEED TO OCCUR.
HOWEVER, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE WILL MEET AT LEAST ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE NONPROFIT ARE.
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UM, I DO EXPECT THAT WE WILL NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.THERE IS A, UH, BANK ACCOUNT THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON, ON THIS NONPROFIT.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BECAUSE THE ONLY MEMBER, UH, THAT IS IDENTIFIED ON THAT, UH, BANK ACCOUNT AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE BANK ACCOUNT, UH, IS GOING TO BE RETIRING VERY SOON.
SO WE WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS UPDATED SO THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE BOARD ACTIVELY ABLE TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION.
SO TODAY I AM, I, WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO BE DESIGNATED AND NOT NOMINATED AND DESIGNATED TO BE ON THE PACIFIC.
SORRY, WHAT'S THE NAME? PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP.
AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS GIVEN THAT FANTASTIC VERBAL PRESENTATION? NO, I, I'LL SAY I, I GUESS I FEEL MILDLY OBLIGATED TO PARTICIPATE AS THE CHAIR, SO I GUESS I'LL NOMINATE MYSELF IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
ANYBODY ELSE? IF NOT, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO NOMINATE MYSELF AND MEMBER COBER.
I'LL MOTION WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MEMBER QUO.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST TREAT THIS AS AN AMENDED MOTION.
SO IF THE ORIGINAL MAKER AND MOTION, OR AGREE TO AMEND IT TO NOMINATE BOTH YOURSELF.
AND THEN WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORIGINAL MOTION APPROVED.
AND COVA RUBIA WAS THE FIRST, I BELIEVE, OR I'M THE ONE THAT MOTIONED AT FIRST.
YEAH, I, I I THINK THAT MEMBER QUO ACTUALLY MADE THE FORMAL MOTION.
WE JUST INDICATED WE WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND THEN SHE MADE THE MOTION.
SO I, I I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH THE WAY THAT IT WAS STRUCTURED.
A ANY, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? IF, IF THERE'S NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M SORRY, I SKIPPED THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? SEEING NONE.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SINCE WE ALREADY ASKED THAT? SEEING NONE.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION
[4. 25-57204 Recommendation to approve the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) policy impacting Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO APPROVE THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT POLICY IMPACTING ADULT DISLOCATED WORKER AND YOUTH.UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? SO MOVED.
I DIDN'T SEE, I DIDN'T SEE WHO MADE THE GORDON PETERSON ON.
MEMBER GORDON PETERSON FOR MAKING THE MOTION.
AND WHICH, WHICH ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE SECOND? 'CAUSE I HEARD YOU BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
MEMBER THOMAS WILL GET THE SECOND.
WE'RE GETTING EVERYBODY INVOLVED TODAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? I SEE.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? I UNMUTED YOU.
I FIGURED THAT ONE OUT ALL ON MY OWN.
UM, WELL, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
UH, MY NAME IS CARLA CORONA AND I AM THE QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST.
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UM, SO TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING OUR UPDATED INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING POLICY.UM, THIS IS AN EXISTING POLICY AND IT HAS BEEN REVISED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH THE LATEST, UH, STATE DIRECTIVE.
UH, THERE IS A COPY OF THE POLICY IN YOUR FOLDER.
UM, SO I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MAIN, UM, CHANGES, UH, WITHIN THIS POLICY.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, REGARDING INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING.
UM, THIS POLICY REFERS TO TRAINING PROVIDED TO INCUMBENT WORKERS, SO EXISTING WORKERS, UM, AT AN EMPLOYER RATHER THAN TRAINING NEW HIRES.
UH, THE TRAINING IS DESIGNED TO MEET EMPLOYER BUSINESS NEEDS.
UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, UPGRADED SKILLS, RETENTION WITH THE COMMITMENT THAT THE EMPLOYER RETAINS THE WORKER, UH, POST TRAINING.
SO, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY PROVIDES THE CRITERIA TO DETERMINE WHICH WORKER OR GROUP OF WORKERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR INCOMING WORKER TRAINING SERVICES AND THE COST SHARING REQUIRED FOR INCOMING WORKER TRAINING PROJECTS.
UH, SO THE MAIN CHANGES IN THIS POLICY, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, IN THE DOCUMENT, ALL THE, THE, UM, LANGUAGE THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN READ.
UM, THOSE ARE EITHER, UM, NEW SECTIONS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE POLICY OR JUST, UM, ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO HELP US PROVIDE, UM, MORE GUIDANCE.
UM, SO THE MAIN CHANGE, UH, SECTION OF DEFINITIONS HAS BEEN ADDED TO IMPROVE, UM, CLARITY AND PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE POLICY.
UM, THERE IS ANOTHER SECTION REGARDING THE TRAINING METHODS ON THE TYPES OF, UM, TRAINING METHODS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE UNDER, UM, INCOME WORKER TRAINING.
UM, THERE IS ALSO NOW NEW FLEXIBILITY AROUND CREDENTIALS.
UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS WAS REMOVED, UH, WHICH NOW ALLOWS NON-CREDENTIALED TRAINING AS LONG AS THE TRAINING MEETS THE EMPLOYER NEEDS.
UM, THERE IS ALSO, UH, A NEW SECTION, UH, REGARDING EMPLOYER COST SHARE.
UM, BUSINESS SIZE FLEXIBILITIES.
SO THE EMPLOYER, UM, SHARES TY TYPICALLY DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE BUSINESS.
SO THE POLICY NOW, UH, PROVIDES MORE FLEXIBILITY.
BUSINESS SIZE DETERMINATIONS MAY BE BASED EITHER ON THE ENTIRE, UM, COMPANY OR THE LOCATION WHERE THE TRAINING OCCURS, GIVING EMPLOYERS AN OPTION THAT MAY LOWER THE COST SHARE.
UM, THERE IS ALSO A SECTION REGARDING, UM, REPORTING, UM, PERFORMANCE, UM, TRACKING.
UM, SO THIS PROVIDES MORE CLARITY.
UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE, UM, ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION INTO OUR CAL JOB SYSTEM, UM, PROVIDING, UM, INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING, WHETHER CREDENTIALS WERE ISSUED, UM, FOLLOW UP INFORMATION, WAGES, RETENTION, AND THEN ADVANCEMENT OUTCOMES.
AND THEN JUST VERY, VERY BRIEFLY, UH, WHAT REMAINED THE SAME IN THIS POLICY IS, UH, THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF, UM, INCOMING WORKER TRAINING, WHICH IS TO HELP EMPLOYERS RETAIN SKILLED WORKFORCE TO AVOID LAYOFFS, HELPING INCOMING WORKER, UM, WORKERS UPGRADE THEIR SKILLS OR ADVANCE ALONG A CAREER PATHWAY.
UM, JUST TWO MORE BULLET POINTS.
UM, THE BASIC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR INDIVIDUALS, UM, ALSO REMAIN THE SAME.
UH, SO INDIVIDUALS MUST BE EMPLOYED.
UM, THERE MUST BE AN EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP UNDER THE FEDERAL LAW STANDARDS ACT.
UM, GENERALLY AT LEAST SIX MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY WITH THE EMPLOYER.
FOR COHORTS, NOT EVERY EMPLOYEE MUST MEET THE SIX MONTH REQUIREMENT AS LONG AS THE MAJORITY DO.
AND, UM, AGAIN, THE EMPLOYER COST, UH, SHARING REMAINS THE SAME.
THIS, UH, UM, TRAINING IS, UM, FUNDED, UM, BY THE WORKFORCE GRANT AND THE, THE EMPLOYER DOES PAY A PORTION OF IT.
UM, SO IT'S NOT, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT FAIRLY FUNDED.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UM, MY UPDATES.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MEMBERS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR PRESENTER? I HAVE ONE.
UM, HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE EMPLOYERS CURRENTLY PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM? UH, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE, UM, ANY EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOT USED, UM, INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING IN, IN A FEW YEARS.
SO THIS WILL BE A, A NEW, UM, ALMOST LIKE A NEW POLICY, UM, A NEW TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WILL BE, UM, OFFERED TO, UM, NOW MORE BUSINESSES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE, IS IT ALL BUSINESSES, LIKE INCLUDING HEALTHCARE AND, OKAY.
AND ACTUALLY, WITHIN THIS NEW POLICY, UM, NEW, UM, GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED WITHIN THE INDUSTRIES.
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I SEE THERE SAYS THAT THERE MAY BE INSTANCES OF FOR NON-PROFIT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO, UH, MAY RECEIVE THE FUNDING.UH, ARE THERE ANY EXAMPLES YOU CAN GIVE OF WHAT ENTITIES THAT WOULD FALL UNDER? UM, WE HAVE, UM, UNDER GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFITS, CORRECT? UM, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AS FAR AS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, UM, I BELIEVE, UM, OUR, LIKE LOCAL, I DON'T KNOW IF LOCAL CITY COUNSELORS LIKE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH YEAH.
SO THE, IF I MAY ADD JUST REAL QUICK, UM, SO THE, OBVIOUSLY MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOW INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS AND ARE ELIGIBLE, WHETHER IT'S COUNTY, CITY, UM, THAT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION PRIMARILY.
UM, HOWEVER, THE IN THE INTENT IS OBVIOUSLY TO FOCUS ON THE BUSINESSES AND THE NON-PROFITS, PRIMARILY.
AN EXAMPLE OF A POTENTIAL NONPROFIT, UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF NONPROFITS WE WORK WITH HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, CENTRO CHA IS A NONPROFIT FOR AN EXAMPLE.
RIGHT? WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT IN THAT AREA.
AND FOR THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, WE DO A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CENTRAL CHA, UCC.
I MEAN, WHEN WE PUT OUT PROGRAMS, USUALLY IF THERE'S A SERVICE DELIVERY ELEMENT, WE'RE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH A CBO BECAUSE IT HELPS US, IT HELPS US, UH, BETTER PENETRATE THE COMMUNITY WITH A PARTNER WHO'S ALREADY TRUSTED BY THEM.
SO WE CAN OFFER THAT SERVICE DELIVERY WITH LESS FRICTION.
SO JUST IF YOU, FOR THE NEWER FOLKS LIKE THE, IT'S VERY, IT'S A VERY, YOU'LL SEE THIS O OFTEN IT'S A COMMON THING FOR US TO WORK WITH NONPROFITS TO HELP US HAVE THE BEST SERVICE DELIVERY POSSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NOT.
SO MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MEMBER CARTER, EXCEPT MEMBER COAS.
EXCEPT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM?
[5. 25-57253 Recommendation to approve the list of qualified Subject Matter Experts who can be utilized on an as-needed basis to support LBWIN program planning, performance analysis, compliance, service delivery, and other specialized functions. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE LIST OF QUALIFIED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WHO CAN BE UTILIZED ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS TO SUPPORT LB WIN PROGRAM PLANNING, PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, COMPLIANCE, SERVICE DELIVERY, AND OTHER SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS.MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? SO, MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY MEMBER COBA.
AND I CAN'T SAY EVERYBODY'S NAMES AND I APOLOGIZE.
I I JUST DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY'S LAST NAME.
THAT WAS GONNA BE MY GUESS, BUT SECONDED BY MEMBER SMITH.
UM, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? YES, THAT WILL BE ME.
IN FEBRUARY, 2025, UM, THE BOARD APPROVED THE RELEASE OF A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE RFQ WAS TO ESTABLISH A PRE-QUALIFIED LIST OF SMES TO DELIVER SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF ADULT AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
UM, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE WERE SEEKING, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS INCLUDED CAREER PREPARATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, WORKFORCE ANALYSIS, UM, QUALITY ASSURANCE CONSULTANTS, UM, FOCUSING ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND OVERSIGHT MONITORING, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, GRANT WRITING
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WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS FOR EMPLOYERS, AS WELL AS MEDIA GRAPHIC DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES.ON MAY, UM, 14TH RFP WAS RELEASED AND IT CLOSED ON JUNE 18TH, WE RECEIVED 167 PROPOSALS.
THE RFQ WAS ADVERTISED IN THE PRESS TELEGRAM AS WELL AS IN LONG BEACH.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT PROPO OF THE RECEIVING THOSE PROPOSALS, WE CONVENED A FIVE MEMBER EVALUATION TEAM TO REVIEW, UM, ALL, WELL, EXCUSE ME, LET ME RE REPHRASE THAT.
WE RECEIVED, WELL NOT RESPONDENTS INTERESTS THAT WE OUTREACH TO.
WE RECEIVED 57 PROPOSALS AND OF THE 57 PROPOSALS, UM, THE LBN EVALUATION TEAM, WHICH CONSISTED OF, UM, SOME STAFF AND SOME OUTSIDE MEMBERS REVIEWED THE PROPOSALS.
AND WE IDENTIFIED 44 QUALIFIED VENDORS TO, UM, THAT THEY RECOMMENDED 45 VENDORS TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE AREAS THAT I REFERENCED.
UM, IN THE BOARD REPORT, I WON'T READ ALL OF THE VENDORS, UM, THAT WERE SELECTED OR BEING RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, BUT THEY'RE ALL LISTED.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION AS FAR AS WE WORK WITH NONPROFITS, THERE ARE SEVERAL NONPROFITS WHO ARE APPLIED AND ARE BEING RECOMMENDED TO, TO SERVE AS SUBJECT MATTER, UM, VENDORS AND THE BASIS FOR THE SELECTION OF THE VENDORS.
UM, FROM THIS EVALUATION TEAM, THEY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THEIR EXPERTISE WITH WIOA SERVICES AS WELL AS WORKFORCE SERVICES.
UM, THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY, THEIR COST REASONABLENESS.
SO SEVERAL FACTORS WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN SELECTING THE 44 VENDORS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? I HAVE A QUESTION CHAIR.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, WHAT WAS THE METHODOLOGY IN PROMOTING THE RFQ? IT WAS THROUGH THE PRESS TELEGRAM, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, LONG BEACH BUYS AND WE OUTREACHED, THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE NUMBERS CONFUSED.
I APOLOGIZE THAT TO 167, UM, ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WORKED WITH, CONSULTANTS AND VENDORS THAT WE WORKED WITH AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
MAY, MAY I HAVE A FOLLOW UP? AND WAS, UH, THIS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND OF THE RFQ OR WERE THERE O OTHERS IN THE PAST? AND HOW DID THAT COMPARE? THERE WAS OTHERS IN THE PAST.
UM, IN 2021, WE RELEASED AN RFQ FOR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
SO THIS WAS, AND AS FAR AS COMPARISON, UM, I BELIEVE THIS TIME AROUND WE RECEIVED, UH, MORE PROPOSALS THAN WE HAD IN THE PAST.
WE DID A BETTER JOB AS FAR AS PROMOTING AND OUTREACHING THE RFQ TO TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY MENTIONED THAT WE WORK WITH OR THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH LB WIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MEMBER CARTER, EXCEPT MEMBER COAS.
MEMBER FAYE, ACCEPT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM
[6. 25-57200 Recommendation to receive and file updates on the Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) established by Long Beach Workforce Innovation Network agreements with Western States Regional Council of Carpenters, Laborers' Internation Union of North America (LIUNA), and Merge Opportunities (MERGE). Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATES ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGS ESTABLISHED BY LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK AGREEMENTS WITH WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS, LABORERS, UH, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AND MERGE OPPORTUNITIES.MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SOLE MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY MEMBER COBER.
SECOND BY MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF? YES, WE DO.
UH, ALBI ONE RECENTLY FORMALIZED TWO MAJOR LABOR MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH NEW MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS AND UNA LOCAL 1309,
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AS WELL AS AN MOU WITH NON-PROFIT APPRENTICESHIP PROVIDER MERGE OPPORTUNITY.UH, THESE, UH, THESE AGREEMENTS STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING AND THE LABOR NEEDS OF THE REGION'S CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, BOTH MOUS ESTABLISHED STRUCTURED COLLABORATION BETWEEN LB WIN AND THEIR RESPECTIVE UNIONS, INCLUDING JOINT PLANNING, SHARED TRAINING, RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMMITMENTS TO ADVANCING APPRENTICESHIP ACCESS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED RESIDENTS.
EACH UNION AND INCLUDING, UH, MERGE OPPORTUNITIES WE'LL ADVISE I WE WIN ON INDUSTRY TRENDS PARTICIPATING IN, IN CAREER EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES, SUPPORT DATA TRACKING AND ACCEPT ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS WHO INTO APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AS SPACE ALLOWS.
TOGETHER THESE PARTNERSHIPS BUILD A STRAIGHTFORWARD, MORE COORDINATED PATHWAY FOR RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY YOUTH AND TRANSITIONAL WORKERS INTO HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAREERS.
UH, THESE MOUS ALSO DEEPEN AND OPERATIONALIZE THE GOALS EMBEDDED IN OUR CITY'S PLA BY ENSURING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO LY SUPPORT THE TALENT NEEDS REQUIRED TO MEET LOCAL HIRE AND APPRENTICESHIP OBJECTIVES.
THE PLA CALLS FOR STRONG COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CITY LABOR CONTRACTORS IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED WORKERS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND RELATED PROJECTS, UH, ESPECIALLY AROUND TIER ONE, LONG BEACH ZIP CODES.
BOTH MOUS EXPLICITLY REFERENCE COORDINATION WITH THE P'S HIRING AND PLACEMENT PROCESS, THEREBY TRANSFORMING BROAD POLICY COMMITMENTS INTO PRACTICAL MECHANISMS INTO APPRENTICESHIP READINESS, DIRECT REFERRAL AND JOB PLACEMENT.
UH, THIS ALIGNMENT ENSURES THAT I'LL BE WIN TRAINING PROGRAMS FEED DIRECTLY INTO THE LABOR SUPPLY CHAIN FOR PLA COVERED PROJECTS, WHILE ALSO IMPROVING EQUITY BY TARGETING RESIDENTS WHO FACE THE STEEPEST BARRIERS TO ENTRY
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION? I HAVE A COMMENT.
HOPEFULLY YOUR YOUR GROUP IS NEXT,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM
[7. 25-57199 Recommendation to receive and file an update from the Business Engagement Team including worksite development, on-the-job training, job placement support, and rapid response to local layoff events. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SEVEN, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND UPDATE FROM THE BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM, INCLUDING WORK SITE DEVELOPMENT ON THE JOB TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, SUPPORT, AND RAPID RESPONSE TO LOCAL LAYOFF EVENTS.MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO MOVED.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER TE IS THERE A SECOND? THOMAS SECOND.
THOMAS, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? AND YOUR MIC'S UNMUTED, SO THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I OVERSEE OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM.
AND, UM, I DON'T HAVE A POWERPOINT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFO IN THE REPORT, SO I'M GONNA BE COVERING THAT.
UH, FIRST STEP IS OUR WORK EXPERIENCE EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
EVERY YEAR IN THE SPRING, WE DO A BIG PUSH TO REACH OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS.
THAT INCLUDES BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS, UH, TO TRY TO CREATE NEW PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH IN SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY OF THE YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM.
UM, NORMALLY WE PLACE HUNDREDS OF YOUTH DURING THE SUMMER WHEN YOUTH ARE MOST AVAILABLE TO WORK.
UH, SO WE TRY TO RECRUIT AND THEN RENEW OUR WORK SITE CONTRACTS AHEAD OF THAT.
SO, UM, WE HAD ABOUT 80 WORK SITES THAT WE DID A PUSH FOR RENEWAL WITH.
AND THEN WE ALSO RECRUITED ADDITIONAL, THE WAY WE PROMOTED IT IS THROUGH A PRESS RELEASE AS WELL AS DIRECT OUTREACH THROUGH OUR BIZ CARE TEAM.
AND THEN OF COURSE, DIRECT OUTREACH TO ALL OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WE, UH, ALREADY WERE WORKING WITH FOR THE RENEWALS.
UM, AND THEN ANYONE WHO WE'VE ALSO BEEN HOPING TO RECRUIT, UH, DIRECTLY INTO THE PROGRAM.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 67 WORK SITES ACTIVE IN THE PROGRAM WITH 399 AVAILABLE POSITIONS.
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WE FILLED 180 OF THOSE THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THROUGH BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM.UM, WE DID HAVE REDUCTIONS IN THE YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM, SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
UH, BUT THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN, UH, SUPPORTING THE PUBLIC SERVICE CORE PROGRAM AND RECRUITED 46 CITY WORK SITES FOR 74 POSITIONS FOR THOSE FELLOWS.
UH, AND WE WE'RE PLACING, I BELIEVE IT'S 52, THE YOUTH TEAM WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT 51 51 FELLOWS.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR LOCAL WORK SITES.
IF ANY OF YOU WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, UM, PLEASE REACH OUT.
UM, WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING NEXT YEAR AHEAD OF OUR, OUR BIG SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE PUSH WITH THESE PROGRAMS DO RUN YEAR ROUND, UH, FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS.
UM, THEN THERE'S A SUCCESS STORY HIGHLIGHTED ON HERE.
SNOW CORNER HAS BEEN WITH OUR PROGRAM FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND THEY'VE WORKED WITH MULTIPLE YOUTH.
THEY'VE ALSO HIRED DIRECTLY OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
SO THEY CREDIT THE PROGRAM WITH BRINGING THEM THEIR DREAM TEAM OF STAFF.
AND WE LOVE TO SEE THAT YOUTH ARE ABLE TO FIND LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT AND, UH, HAVE THAT EXTRA INCOME TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS ON THE JOB TRAINING.
UH, SO THIS IS WHERE WE SUPPORT EMPLOYERS WITH NEW HIRES.
THEY CAN RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING TO SUBSIDIZE TRAINING OF NEW HIRES, ESPECIALLY WHERE THAT PERSON ISN'T QUITE QUALIFIED FOR THE ROLE.
WE REVIEW THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, WE REVIEW THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSITION, AND THEN WE DETERMINE HOW MANY HOURS THEY QUALIFY FOR IN TRAINING.
UM, AND THEN THE WAGES ARE SUBSIDIZED 50% OR UP TO 75% IN SOME CASES WHERE IT'S A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS AND THEY'RE HIRING SOMEONE WITH BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT.
SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF OUR OJT ACTIVITY FOR THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY FOUR O JTS IN PROCESS, SO PEOPLE IN TRAINING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UH, 10 INTERESTED EMPLOYERS THAT ARE IN OUR QUEUE AND 20 TOTAL O JTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE IN PROCESS.
IT INCLUDES IN PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S, AND THAT'S ACROSS SEVEN DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE LISTED BELOW.
THIS IS ANOTHER PROGRAM WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN TOO.
UH, WE SUPPORT THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AS WELL, AND WE'D LOVE TO HELP CONNECT OUR CURRENT CUSTOMERS WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND MAKE THOSE MATCHES WITH OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS, UM, TO THEN PROVIDE THAT GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT.
UH, AND THEN THE LE THE NEXT ITEM ON MY LIST IS, UH, SUPPORT FOR JOB PLACEMENT.
UM, WE ARE CONST CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTING OUR CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING AND RECEIVED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
THEY'VE ADDRESSED THE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND NOW THEY'RE READY TO GET HIRED.
WE HOST BIWEEKLY WORKSHOPS THAT ARE ONLY FOR THESE JOB READY CUSTOMERS AS WE CALL THEM.
AND ONCE THEY RECEIVE THAT JOB READY DETERMINATION, THEY GET INVITED.
WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THEIR JOB SEARCH, UM, THEIR RESUME, UH, MAKING SURE IT'S CATERED TO THE JOBS THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, HELPING THEM WITH INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES.
WE ALSO HOST BIWEEKLY WORKSHOPS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR RESUME INTERVIEWING SKILLS.
UM, AND THEN WE PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE EITHER DURING THOSE WORKSHOPS OR AS FOLLOW UP WHEN THAT'S NEEDED TO SUPPORT THEM WITH, UM, IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC JOB OPPORTUNITIES THEY CAN APPLY FOR OR ASSISTANCE WITH THOSE APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ENCOURAGE THESE FOLKS TO INFORM THE, THE EMPLOYERS THEY'RE APPLYING TO ABOUT THE OJT OPPORTUNITY.
'CAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE ENROLLED IN OUR GRANT PROGRAMS AND COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS IN HERE I WANNA HIGHLIGHT.
WE'VE HOSTED 13 NAVIGATING THE JOB MARKET WORKSHOPS THAT ARE JUST FOR OUR JOB READY CUSTOMERS WITH 40 TOTAL ATTENDEES.
AND THEN WE'VE HOSTED 17 WORKSHOPS FOR RESUME AND INTERVIEW, UM, SKILLS WITH 294 TOTAL ATTENDEES.
THOSE ARE THE ONES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE'VE ALSO HOSTED NUMEROUS JOB FAIRS AND RECRUITMENT EVENTS.
THERE'S A SUMMARY CHART OF THE LARGE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HOSTED OR PARTNERED ON.
SO THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR, WE SUPPORTED THE EFFORTS SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE DATA ON THAT AND IN TERMS OF HOW MANY EMPLOYERS WERE ENGAGED AND ATTENDEES.
UM, BUT WE HELPED RECRUIT EMPLOYERS TO THAT EVENT AND STAFF THE EVENT TO SUPPORT.
AND THEN, UH, WE HOSTED AT OUR CENTER, THE OTHER THREE, UH, VETERANS FOCUSED JOB FAIR WITH 25 EMPLOYERS AND 133 ATTENDEES.
UM, A JUSTICE INVOLVED JOB FAIR WITH 15 EMPLOYERS AND 150 ATTENDEES.
AND THEN OUR SPACE SPEECH JOB FAIR IS THE MOST RECENT AND LARGEST EVENT THAT WE'VE HOSTED THIS YEAR FOLLOWING, UM, SIGNIFICANT LAYOFFS.
UH, AND THAT WAS FOR 26 LOCAL EMPLOYERS.
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ON THAT ONE, SO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT ERROR.UM, WE ALSO HOST INDIVIDUAL RECRUITMENT EVENTS.
SO IF THERE IS AN EMPLOYER THAT'S HOST THAT'S RECRUITING FOR MULTIPLE POSITIONS AT ONE TIME, WE SAY 10 OR MORE IS WORTH HOSTING AN EVENT, WE WILL OPEN UP OUR, OUR SPACE, WE'LL PROVIDE STAFF SUPPORT.
WE WILL GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC AND THEN, UM, FACILITATE THAT RECRUITMENT SO THEY CAN MAKE HIRING DECISIONS SOMETIMES ON SITE OR AT LEAST INTERVIEW, UH, ON SITE AND MAKE THEIR DECISIONS SOON AFTER.
UM, WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS GET SUPPORT AHEAD OF THAT EVENT SO THAT THEY ARE READY TO, UM, SHINE DURING THOSE RECRUITMENT EVENTS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THIS IS THE LAST ITEM TO UPDATE YOU ON.
WE, UH, PROVIDE RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES.
THIS IS A SECTION OF THE WE OA GRANT FUNDING THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR RAPID RESPONSE TO D TO, UM, RESPOND WHEN EMPLOYERS ARE FACING SEVERE LAYOFFS.
SO WHENEVER WE HEAR OF A LAYOFF THROUGH A WARN NOTICE, WE REACH OUT TO THE EMPLOYER.
SOMETIMES WE'RE OFTEN WE'RE COORDINATING WITH OTHER BOARDS AS THE, THE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES COME ACROSS BARRIERS OF THE DIFFERENT BOARDS.
AND WE HOST SESSIONS FOR THE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO ACCESS BENEFITS.
UH, THAT'S WITH OUR STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF THAT COME AND JOIN US.
WE ALSO BRING IN OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES ACROSS ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT, UM, BUREAUS OR DEPARTMENTS.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO FACILITATE THEIR ENROLLMENT IN OUR PROGRAM SO THEY CAN RECEIVE SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, RAPID REHIRE ASSISTANCE, UM, ET CETERA.
SO THERE'S A LIST HERE OF THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE, UM, SUPPORTED WITH RAPID RESPONSE.
SEVEN COMPANIES, A TOTAL OF 11 RAPID RESPONSE ORIENTATION SESSIONS HOSTED.
THOSE ARE THE WORKSHOPS WHERE WE PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO IMPACTED EMPLOYEES.
UH, THE NUMBER OF IMPACTED WORKERS ACROSS ALL OF THESE LAYOFF EVENTS IS A TOTAL OF 556 LOCAL EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO THOSE SESSIONS IS 218.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE I, I, THIS ISN'T SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT PROBABLY A REQUEST.
THESE NUMBERS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN OUR ECONOMY, THERE ARE A LOT OF LAYOFFS HAPPENING AT, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
UM, AND IT'S NOT INDUSTRY SPECIFIC AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE IT BOTH 'CAUSE WE'RE IN A DOWNTURN OF THE ECONOMY, BUT ON ALSO THE, THE MASSIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF AI IS CAUSING JOB CUTS.
UM, JUST THE MOVEMENT FROM CALIFORNIA IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF.
AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, UH, AS WE MOVE INTO THIS NEXT PHASE OF THE ECONOMY, HOW CALIFORNIA'S DOING AND HOW LONG BEACH IS DOING IN RELATION TO CALIFORNIA AS IT RELATES TO POTENTIAL LAYOFFS IN JOB LOSSES.
UH, I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THIS BOARD, EVERYTHING WE DID WAS ABOUT LAYOFF AVERSION, AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT RAPID RESPONSE AND HOW CAN WE QUICKLY HELP, UH, PEOPLE FIND NEW OPPORTUNITIES OR EMPLOYMENT OR TRAINING WHEN THEY NO LONGER HAVE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT DUE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
AND, AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT FOR A LOT OF REASONS, WE'RE GOING BACK IN THAT DIRECTION NOW.
AND SO I THINK THAT THESE SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE PARAMOUNT MOVING FORWARD MORE SO THAN THE HIRING FARES FOR A GROWING ECONOMY THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LAST EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.
SO I, I THINK THE TIMING OF THIS IS IMPORTANT AND UH, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO HAVE EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PROVIDING SERVICES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPOSURE IS FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND WITH THAT, I GUESS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE REST OF MY ESTEEM? COLLEAGUES? I HAVE A QUESTION.
JUST WONDERING WHAT IS THE SPAN OF YOUR SERVICE AREA? UH, IT'S THE SAME AS THE BOARD.
SO, UH, LONG BEACH AND SIGNAL HILL, BUT WE DO WORK WITH EMPLOYERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT TERRITORY WHEN THEY'RE HIRING ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, YOUR OUTREACH IN TERMS OF, UM, LOOKING AHEAD FOR THE OLYMPICS, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO ANYBODY IN THAT FORUM TO SEE IF YOU CAN, UM, KIND OF NETWORK WITH THAT, UM, AREA AND SEE IF YOU CAN FACILITATE EMPLOYMENT THAT WAY? SO I AM PART OF THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE OLYMPICS ORGANIZATION ORGANIZING WITHIN THE CITY.
SO I'M PLUGGED IN WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S EFFORTS ON OUR, HOW WE ENGAGE FOR THE OLYMPICS.
AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE RADAR, BUT IT'S, IT'S STILL FAIRLY EARLY DAYS.
WE'RE STILL GETTING OURSELVES FULLY UP AND RUNNING AND I THINK A LOT MORE IS GONNA BE HAPPENING NEXT YEAR.
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QUESTION, HOW DO YOU, DO YOU GUYS GET INVOLVED WITH REMOTE WORKERS IF THERE IS A LAY? SO I SEE NIKOLA UP THERE, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH NIKOLA, THEY'RE IN ARIZONA.I KNOW FOR A FACT THEY HAD WORKERS IN LONG BEACH, ESPECIALLY ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE AND, AND HELPING SERVICE LOGISTICS COMPANIES USING NIKOLA.
SO DO YOU GET INVOLVED IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY MAY HAVE REMOTE WORKERS THAT ARE LOCATED IN LONG BEACH? YEAH, THOSE WILL BE LISTED ON THE WARREN.
UM, AND SO WE WILL REACH OUT TO THE EMPLOYER AND EITHER COORDINATE WITH THE BOARD THAT'S PROVIDING A RAPID RESPONSE FOR THEM SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE INFORMATION FOR OUR BOARD TO THOSE EMPLOYEES OR, UM, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S A SMALL NUMBER.
IF IT'S ONLY FIVE OR SIX LOCAL EMPLOYEES, WE WILL TRY TO GET THEIR DIRECT CONTACTS.
WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY NOW.
IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY MORE COMMONPLACE POST PANDEMIC TO HAVE A LOT MORE REMOTE WORKERS THAN PEOPLE DID PRIOR TO IT.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. CHAIR.
UH, ON YOUR FIRST SLIDE THERE WAS 399 JOBS AVAILABLE.
ONLY 180 HAS BEEN TAKEN AND I SEE THERE WAS A LOT OF LAYOFFS HERE, 556.
HOW, WHAT IS THE REASON WHY THE OTHER ALMOST 200 JOBS ARE NOT FILLED AS OF TODAY? JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE SUPPORT OR, SO THOSE ARE NOT JOBS.
THEY ARE, UM, WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A WORK SITE THAT'S WILLING TO HOST ONE OF OUR INTERNS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOUTH OR ADULT MM-HMM
AND THEY'RE FUNDED THROUGH OUR GRANT FUNDING.
SO THE REASON WHY THE NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS ISN'T HIGHER IS BECAUSE OF THE DRASTIC CUT THAT WAS MADE TO LA COUNTY C THAT WORK PROGRAM.
SO WE WERE PREPARING IN OUR, OUR RECRUITMENT AND OUR OUTREACH TO WORK SITES FOR A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS OVER THE SUMMER.
AND THEN WE GOT THE NEWS THAT IT, IT WAS A MUCH LOWER AMOUNT OF FUNDING, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE A LOT OF THOSE PLACEMENTS.
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TIME SPAN OF THE ACTUAL ON THE JOB TRAINING EXPERIENCE AND IS IT GENERALLY FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME? SO TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ON THE JOB TRAINING, THE POSITION MUST BE FULL-TIME, WHICH WE DEFINE AS AT LEAST 32 HOURS A WEEK, AND IT HAS TO PAY AT LEAST $20 AN HOUR.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD AMOUNT OF LONGER ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PLACEMENTS, UH, RECENTLY WHERE IT'S SOMEONE WITH A, A MUCH LOWER AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS GOING INTO A VERY SKILLED POSITION AND GETTING THE MAXIMUM SIX MONTHS OF OKAY.
BUT, UH, OUR PREVIOUS NORM WAS, WAS MORE LIKE THREE MONTHS.
FOLLOWING UP ON, ON THAT, UH, QUESTION, WHEN YOU SAY $20 AN HOUR MINIMUM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE 100, IF IT WAS 100% IT WOULD BE $20 AN HOUR OR, BECAUSE I SEE THAT YOU WOULD PAY, THEY WOULD GET PAID 50% OR 75% OF THE, OF THE PAYMENT.
SO HOW WOULD THAT WORK? OR I GUESS LIKE WHAT IS THE, IS THE MINIMUM FOR THE TOTAL, LIKE IF THEY GOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, IT'LL BE $20 AN HOUR OR WOULD THE A HUNDRED PERCENT BE 40? SO WE REQUIRE THE MINIMUM WAGE THAT THE EMPLOYER IS PAYING TO BE $20.
SO THEY'RE FULLY HIRING THIS PERSON AND THEN THEY SUBMIT THE PAY STUBS TO US FOR REIMBURSEMENT AT THE MIDPOINT AND AT THE END OF THE TRAINING.
SO, UM, WE PAY THEN IF IT'S $20 AN HOUR AND WE'RE PAYING 50%, WE PAY 10 OF THE 20.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE DUTY TO WARN, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS PLEASE? SURE.
SO, UM, THERE'S A STATE REQUIREMENT THAT ANYTIME AN EMPLOYER IS LAYING OFF 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A WARRANT NOTICE WHICH DETAILS THE IMPACTS TO THE EMPLOYEES AND WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
SO WE GET A NOTIFICATION AS A LOCAL BOARD AND WE'RE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND PROVIDE THOSE RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES.
50 EMPLOYEES OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
MAY I JUMP IN ON THAT PLEASE? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ADD AROUND IT.
SO WARREN STANDS FOR WORKER ADJUSTMENT, ANY AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION.
UM, AS, UH, COURTNEY MENTIONED, IT IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
SO ANY EMPLOYER THAT IS GOING TO LAY OFF, EXCUSE ME, 50 EMPLOYEES OR MORE, IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A WARRANT NOTIFICATION TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THEN DESIGNATES THAT AND THEN PROVIDES ALL THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO EACH OF THE LOCAL BOARDS THAT IS IMPACTED FOR THAT.
BUT THE REQUIREMENT IS ANYTHING OVER 50 EMPLOYEES.
NOW, A LOT OF EMPLOYERS ACTUALLY DO REPORT WARRANT NOTICES EVEN UNDER 50.
SO WE DO RECEIVE SOME WARRANT NOTIFICATIONS THAT HAVE 20 EMPLOYEES, 15 EMPLOYEES EVEN.
UM, BUT THE EXPECTATION OR THE REQUIREMENT I SHOULD SAY IS THAT, UM, IF IT IS OVER 50 EMPLOYEES, THEN THEY ARE
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MANDATED REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO SUBMIT THAT NOTIFICATION TO THE STATE.AND THEN IT ROLLS TO THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL IN EACH OF THE LOCAL AREAS, WHICH IN, IN OUR CASE HAPPENS TO BE MAYOR REX RICHARDSON.
AND THEN IT ALSO GOES TO THE LOCAL BOARD, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS US LB WIN.
AND JAIME, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY AGAIN, THE, THE, THE FRAME OF TIME 50 EMPLOYEES WITHIN WHAT FRAME OF TIME IT IS AT ANY ONE POINT.
SO IF A DESIGNATION IS OKAY, WE ARE GONNA LAY OFF, UH, OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WE'RE LAYING, LAYING OFF 50 EMPLOYEES OR MORE, THEN THAT HAS TO GO INTO EFFECT.
NOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT THEY'RE ALL LAID OFF AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.
IT COULD BE IN PHASES, BUT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE TO LAY OFF 50 EMPLOYEES AS LONG AS YOU'VE DESIGNATED AND IDENTIFIED THAT YOU'RE LAYING OFF 50 EMPLOYEES, THEN YOU'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE WARRANT.
THERE ARE SITUATIONS, I THINK IT, THE QUESTION MAY BE IS BEING ASKED IN THIS WAY, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE MAYBE THROUGH A YEAR SOMEBODY LAYS OFF 15 EMPLOYEES AT ONE POINT AND THEN LAYS OFF ANOTHER 15 EMPLOYEES SIX MONTHS LATER, AND THEN MAYBE ANOTHER 15 EMPLOYEES, ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS LATER.
HOWEVER, IN THOSE CASES, UH, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE STATE USUALLY LOOKS AT THOSE THINGS AND IS ABLE TO ENGAGE.
AND, AND WE DO ALSO, OUR INTENTIONS ALWAYS ARE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR EMPLOYERS.
AND IF WE SEE THAT THERE ARE CURRENT LAYOFFS HAPPENING, THEN OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO GO AND ENGAGE WITH THEM THROUGH OUR RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVITIES AND LAYOFF AVERSION ACTIVITIES TO SEE IF WE CAN ASSIST IN SOME WAY.
SO IN THAT CASE, THEY MAY NOT BE REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT IT IS GOOD PRACTICE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT A WARRANT IN THOSE INSTANCES.
ANYTIME WE HEAR ABOUT LAYOFFS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A WARRANT, WE DO REACH OUT AND DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.
SO IF WE HEAR ABOUT A LOCAL BUSINESS CLOSING AND MAYBE IT'S 10 20 EMPLOYEES IMPACTED, WE TRY TO REACH THEM AND PROVIDE WHATEVER ASSISTANCE WE CAN.
UM, I I'M GONNA JUMP BACK TO THE, YOU YOU MENTIONED THE REDUCTION IN YOUTH AT WORK.
UM, COULD YOU, YOU MAY HAVE DISCUSSED THIS AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
COULD I HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WERE THE REDUCTIONS IN TERMS OF TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND THEN I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE YOUTH, UM, PRESENTATION, SO I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THEM TO COVER.
YEAH, I THINK THESE ARE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND, UH, WE REPRESENT, UH, PHILLIPS 66 AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PHASE.
SO I TOTALLY, UH, WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE CAREER FAIRS, UH, WHAT IS THE CURRENT WAY THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT? 'CAUSE I, I KNOW YOU DID SAY THAT YOU'RE LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT IS, UH, THAT METHOD RIGHT NOW WHEN WE HAVE TIME FOR A PRESS RELEASE? WE DO, WE HAVE BEEN DOING PRESS RELEASES A LOT MORE NOW THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO SHARED OUT THROUGH CAL JOBS WHERE THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO ALL OF THE ENROLLED FOLKS IN THERE.
UM, WE SHARE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH ALL OF OUR OTHER JUST REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS.
UM, WE ALSO SHARE OUT THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LIKE IT DEPENDS ON THE SCOPE AND WHO WE'RE TRYING TO REACH.
UM, FOR A SPACE BEACH FAIR, WE HAVE A LIST OF FOLKS THAT HAVE COME TO PREVIOUS ONES.
WE SHARE OUT THROUGH THE LOCAL EMPLOYERS, UM, THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH LINKEDIN.
UM, AND THEN WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BROADER THAT MAYBE IS MORE GENERAL INTEREST, WE WOULD SEND OUT MORE BROADLY THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CHANNELS.
AND IF I MAY ADD ALSO IN A CASE WHERE THERE IT IS CONNECTED TO A MASS LAYOFF, THEN WE WORK WITH THAT PARTICULAR EMPLOYER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO ALL OF THE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES SO THAT WAY THEY ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION DIRECTLY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN DO THIS OR IF WE CAN'T LET ME KNOW, BUT DO WE, DO WE HAVE, WE EXPLORED PUTTING TOGETHER SOME SORT OF DATABASE WHERE FOLKS CAN VOLUNTARILY MAKE THEIR NAME PUBLIC SO EMPLOYERS COULD POTENTIALLY GET DIRECT CONTACT INFORMATION TO FOLKS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WHO ARE HIRING.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IF, IF I LAID PEOPLE OFF AND THEY SAID, YEP, I'D LIKE MY NAME VISIBLE, AND KAREN'S HIRING PEOPLE AND NEEDS THOSE SIMILAR SKILLSETS.
IF WE HAD A REPOSITORY THAT THEY, OR A DATABASE THAT THEY COULD GO TO AND QUICKLY SEE, OKAY, THERE'S 25 AEROSPACE WORKERS OR, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURING JOBS THAT WERE ELIMINATED, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR HER.
IT WOULD BE, I THINK A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
UH, THE CAL JOB SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY THE SYSTEM WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD GO.
THEY WOULD THEN SUBMIT THEIR RESUME,
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ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION INTO THAT SYSTEM.THE, THE COMPONENT OF THAT THAT I THINK IS, UM, NOT MISSING, BUT UM, CREATES A LITTLE COMPLEXITY IS FOR THOSE EMPLOYERS TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION AND CONNECT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT EMPLOYER ALSO HAS TO GO IN AND REGISTER IN THAT SYSTEM.
UM, AND A LOT OF THE TIMES EMPLOYERS ARE BUSY.
THEY, THEY MAY NOT DO IT, BUT WE DO TRY TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO GO ON THERE.
IF THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN ACCOUNT SET UP, THEY CAN SEARCH THAT DATABASE AND IDENTIFY THE CANDIDATES THAT BEST MEET THEIR PARTICULAR NEEDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? SORRY, I HAVE ONE MORE.
IS THERE A AGE LIMIT? 'CAUSE IT SAYS ADULTS, BUT IS THERE A, A LIKE A A RANGE? UM, YEAH, MOST OF THE YOUTH PROGRAMS ARE 18 TO 24.
THERE IS ONE THAT I BELIEVE GOES UP TO 30 AND THEN THERE THE ADULT STARTS FROM 18 AND OVER.
THE YOUTH PROGRAMS, UM, CAN BE AS YOUNG, OH, SORRY.
14 CAN BE AS YOUNG AS 14 YEARS OLD.
UM, THE ADULT PROGRAMS ARE IDENTIFIED AS 18 AND OVER, BUT YOUTH PROGRAMS CAN BE AS YOUNG AS 14
YOU MENTIONED WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE VARIOUS BARRIERS MM-HMM
AND I WOULD ASSUME THERE'S A NUMBER OF THEM THAT HAVE DISABILITIES.
SO IN YOUR ASSISTANCE, UM, TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU GUYS WORK WITH THE EMPLOYERS TO ENSURE THAT THE ACCOMMODATIONS THEY MAY NEED ARE IN PLACE? OR WHAT IS YOUR MECHANISM FOR THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY BUILD OUT MORE.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, WORK SITES MORE EXTENSIVELY THAN WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH JOB PLACEMENTS.
WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THE EMPLOYER.
UM, AND IT'S MORE ABOUT FINDING JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN WORK WITH THE CUSTOMER'S NEEDS, UH, FOR WORK EXPERIENCE, WORK SITES, IT'S SIMILAR IN MAKING SURE WE HAVE WORK SITES THAT CAN BE, UH, FLEXIBLE AND SENSITIVE TO THOSE NEEDS.
BUT IT HASN'T BEEN A HUGE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED IN THAT WAY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN IMPROVE ON.
YEAH, I'M WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND WE CAN CONNECT.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE WANNA VOLUNTEER WHILE WE'RE AT IT? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE IS ANY SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM,
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MEMBER CARTER ACCEPT MEMBER CO.
ACCEPT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
MEMBER HALL, ACCEPT MEMBER QUO.
THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM EIGHT, RECOMMENDATION
[8. 25-57168 Recommendation to receive and file a discussion on the programmatic activities, initiatives, and strategies providing access to Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth with employment, education, training, and supportive services activities. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO APPROVE AND FIVE OH DISCUSSION ON THE PRO PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES, INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES PROVIDING ACCESS TO ADULT DISLOCATED WORKER AND YOUTH WITH EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ACTIVITIES.MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? SO MOVE MOTION BY MEMBER COAS IS THE, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE? WE DO.
UH, SO THIS MEETING WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A VERY COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF, UH, OUR ADULT AND YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH PROGRAM.
BUT IN THE ADULT SPACE, WE WILL SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT OUR REGIONAL EQUITY AND RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE SUCCESS STORIES THAT ARE STEMMING OUT OF THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
SO SINCE 2022, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UH, THE COLLEGE TO, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES FOR
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INDIVIDUALS THAT THROUGH THIS PROJECT ARE CO-ENROLLED ACROSS BOTH THE COLLEGE AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, MEANING LB WIN.SO THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN SPECIFIC PATHWAYS AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AT THE COLLEGE MORE SPECIFICALLY AND MORE OFTEN CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAYS ARE ABLE TO THEN GET A MYRIAD OF SUPPORT FROM, UH, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY LB WIN.
THAT INCLUDES ACCESS TO OUR SUPPORTIVE SERVICE MATRIX, UH, SUPPORT FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND ACADEMIC SUPPORTS THAT THEY MAY NEED IN THEIR, UH, ACADEMIC JOURNEY.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY GET TO BENEFIT FROM THE WONDERFUL CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING SUPPORT FROM OUR STAFF.
UH, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THAT SUPPORT HAS BEEN DELIVERED BY, UH, RACHEL EY.
AND PRIOR TO THAT HILDA JURADO AGUILAR, UH, THE, THE PROGRAM HAS, UH, EXPERIENCED LOTS OF TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, UH, GREAT ENROLLMENTS, ESPECIALLY MOST RECENTLY.
AND TO FURTHER SHOWCASE THOSE SUCCESS STORIES, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, RACHEL.
I AM A PROGRAM SPECIALIST AT LONG BEACH WORKFORCE, AND I WAS ASKED TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, ONE OF THE SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT I COORDINATE THE RERP PROGRAM.
SO HE GAVE A A GREAT OVERVIEW.
UM, IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, AB 1 32 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARDS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO, THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE JOB QUALITY AND JOB ACCESS TO UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS.
SO, UH, WE WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS.
AND WE HAVE, I HAVE THE ACTUAL DATA THAT WAS INTENDED FOR THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
SO, UM, AT THAT TIME IT WAS 66 STUDENTS THAT WERE ENROLLED.
OUR GOAL WAS 75, SO WE DID EXCEED THAT QUITE A BIT.
AND OF THE 92 LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM, THE TRENDS ARE STILL THE SAME.
SO IT'S FINE THAT IT WASN'T UPDATED BECAUSE IT IS STILL THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS THAT YOU CAN SEE ARE IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY.
UM, IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEY DO HAVE TO BE IN ONE OF THE TARGETED SECTORS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE'S MORE THAN WHAT'S HERE, BUT, BUT HEALTHCARE, IT, CONSTRUCTION, HOSPITALITY, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TARGETED SECTORS.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO FALL UNDER A TARGETED POPULATION.
SO BEING A VETERAN, HAVING A DISABILITY, UH, BEING A RESIDENT OF A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY, A FIRST TIME COLLEGE STUDENT, I MEAN FIRST GENERATION, EXCUSE ME, FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT.
AND THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD QUALIFY THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
LIKE ELI MENTIONED, THEY RECEIVE A LOT OF SUPPORT WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IN OUR MATRIX TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH ANY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES THAT THEY INCUR WHILE THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL AND WHILE THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS THEIR DEGREE OR THEIR CERTIFICATE.
UM, PROBABLY THE, YOU COULD SEE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY QUALIFY AS BEING LOW INCOME, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, A FEW IN EVERY OTHER, EVERY OTHER QUALIFICATION THERE FOR THE TARGETED POPULATIONS.
UM, KIND OF WHAT'S MOST EXCITING, 'CAUSE I DID TAKE OVER THIS PROGRAM JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT HAVING 92 ENROLLMENTS AND WITH THE MAJORITY OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO COMPLETING, UH, THEIR CERTIFICATE OR THEIR DEGREE, THE FOCUS AND US MEETING OUR ENROLLMENT GOAL, THE FOCUS IS ON WORK EXPERIENCE.
SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THIS GRANT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH 400 HOURS PAID AT $22 AN HOUR TO BE ABLE TO GAIN SOME WORK EXPERIENCE RELATED TO WHAT THEY ARE STUDYING, WHAT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR DEGREE OR THEIR CERTIFICATE IN.
AND, UM, TO DATE, WE HAVE SEVEN STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE 400 HOURS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 STUDENTS THAT ARE COMPLETING THEIR 400 HOURS AND I HAVE SIX.
THEY'RE IN PROCESS THAT WILL BE STARTING WITH WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO ONCE THOSE CONTRACTS AND EVERYTHING, THEY'RE ALL SET UP IN A DP.
UM, IT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE IT STUDENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR 400 HOURS RIGHT HERE, UM, IN CITY HALL WITH THE TID DEPARTMENT.
WE JUST RECENTLY HAVE TWO AUTOMOTIVE STUDENTS GETTING THEIR CERTIFICATES ON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT STARTED THEIR 400 HOURS RIGHT.
WITH FLEET SERVICES WORKING ON, ON THE VEHICLES.
AND, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHERS THAT WILL BE STARTING
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OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.AND IN FACT, UH, I HA I JUST GOT AN EMAIL THIS MORNING FROM MERGE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY'RE TAKING AN INTERN AND STARTING THEM IN JANUARY AS WELL FOR A MARKETING ASSISTANT.
SO, UM, ALSO WOULD LOVE TO INVITE ANY OF YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, HAVE A LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE STUDENT COME AND WORK FOR YOU FOR FREE FOR 400 HOURS.
UM, WE HAVE SOCIAL SERVICES ACCOUNTING AND, AND MANY OTHER STUDENTS THAT WOULD, THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
I WILL ALSO TAKE A MARKETING ASSISTANT.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE GREATEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME,
WELL DEFINITELY CONNECT ON THAT.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR SUCCESS STORIES.
HENRY, HENRY DID COMPLETE HIS 400 HOURS.
HE IS, UM, WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DEPARTMENT AND WAS OFFERED TO A JOB TO WORK AS A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY.
SO, UM, HE HAS A STATEMENT THERE IF YOU GUYS WANNA CHECK IT OUT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AND HE'S STILL DOING GREAT.
HE'S VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
HE'S, SO HE'S DONE WITH HIS SCHOOLING AND HE IS WORKING.
UM, OUR NEXT SUCCESS STORY, THIS IS ANDREW.
ANDREW ALSO WAS GOING TO LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
HE GOT HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND HE'S BEEN DOING AWESOME TOO.
I HELPED GET SOME TOOLS AND SOME THINGS FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO, TO SUCCESSFULLY BE ABLE TO WORK, UH, IN THE UNION THAT HE WAS SELECTED FOR.
JUST A COUPLE OF OUR SUCCESS STORIES.
UM, ONE ADDITIONAL THING THAT I WAS ASKED TO SHARE IS WE DO ALSO HAVE AN RERP, UH, STUDENT, EDGAR ROSALES, WHO WAS FEATURED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WASHINGTON POST, UM, FOR, PRIMARILY FOR THE SERVICES THAT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE PROVIDES TO THEIR UNHOUSED STUDENTS BECAUSE HE IS LIVING IN HIS VEHICLE AND HE IS WORKING ON TWO ASSOCIATES DEGREES.
AND, UM, HE'S, HE'S AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL IF YOU WERE TO MEET HIM, BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM IN THE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST HIM IN REACHING HIS GOALS.
HE'S COMPLETING A FELLOWSHIP RIGHT NOW, AND WHEN THAT FELLOWSHIP ENDS, WE WILL BE CONVERTING THAT INTO THE 400 HOUR PAID WORK EXPERIENCE.
SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO STAY AT THE SITE THAT HE'S COMPLETING HIS FELLOWSHIP AND NOW GET PAID $22 AN HOUR FOR AN ADDITIONAL 400 HOURS TO HAVE EVEN MORE EXPERIENCE ON HIS RESUME TO MAKE HIM EVEN MORE MARKETABLE.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT FOR, FOR A FEW PEOPLE.
UH, WE'RE GETTING THAT SET UP WITH THE ENERGY AND WHAT'S THE NEW NAME OF IT? YES, THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THEIR FELLOWSHIP AND WE, WE CONVERTING THEM INTO WORK EXPERIENCE SITES AND WE WORK WITH A LOT OF NONPROFITS AND EMPLOYERS AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW STUDENTS AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO US IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOST A LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE STUDENT FOR YOUR COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM FOR ME? I THINK THAT'S MY, I THINK THAT'S MY LINE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE PRESENTER?
UM, I HAVE A FEW ON THE, IS THERE A CREDIT ENROLLED, LIKE THE ENROLLED NUMBER OF CREDITS THEY NEED TO BE, SORRY, REQUIRED NUMBER OF CREDITS THEY NEED TO BE ENROLLED IN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM? OR HOW DO YOU DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY ON THE LBCC SIDE? IS IT PART-TIME, FULL-TIME STUDENT? SO, SO IT'S, THEY HAVE TO BE ENROLLED AND SHOW PROOF THAT THEY'RE ENROLLED.
SO WE DO HAVE THEIR DEGREE PLANNER.
WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT THE COURSES THEY'RE ENROLLED IN THERE ARE OF COURSE, SOME INSTANCES BECAUSE IT IS LONG TERM.
UM, OUR FUNDING DOES ACTUALLY END, UH, DECEMBER, 2026.
SO FOR EVERYONE THAT IS ENROLLED, IT LEAST HAS THE PLAN TO GRADUATE BEFORE THEN? UM, AS WITH ANY COLLEGE STUDENT, SOMETIMES THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COME UP.
THEY MAY NEED TO TAKE A SEMESTER OFF OR CUT THEIR CLASSES BACK.
THEY ARE STILL ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T REMOVE THEM IF THAT IS THE CASE.
UM, IF THEY'RE, IF THEIR CREDITS DROPPED.
SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE ENROLLED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN OUR PROGRAM.
AND SHOULD THEY, SHOULD THEY DROP OUT OF SCHOOL ENTIRELY? WE WOULD MOST LIKELY CLOSE THEM AS FAR AS THE RERP PROGRAM, BUT THEY WOULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AT LONG BEACH WORKFORCE.
AND IS IT, IS IT 18 OR OVER, OR IS THE REQUIREMENT OF THESE SERVICES? YEAH.
AND THEN THE FELLOWSHIP YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S LB C'S FELLOWSHIP, RIGHT? THAT YOU'RE CONVERTING? RIGHT.
SO LIKE LONG BEACH UNIFIED HOSTS, A COUPLE OF THOSE MM-HMM
SO THAT COULD BE CONVERTED INTO THE LONGER TERM, 400 HOUR OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO CONNECT WITH OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM WITH COURTNEY'S TEAM TO GET THEM SET UP WITH THE CONTRACT.
IF THEY'RE NOT SET UP WITH THE CONTRACT WITH US, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, IN SOME CASES IT WILL BE SEAMLESS, AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE WHERE THEIR FELLOWSHIP WILL END WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY THEY COULD START THEIR WORK
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EXPERIENCE 400 HOURS THROUGH US.I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, SORRY.
UM, IF A STUDENT WAS DUAL ENROLLED, SO SAY WE HAVE, UH, LONG BEACH UNIFIED HAS SENIORS THAT ARE 18 YEARS OLD AND, AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND LONG BEACH UNIFIED HAS A DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.
WOULD THEY QUALIFY FOR SERVICES? SO SAY A, A GRADUATING SENIOR AT THE END OF THEIR YEAR COULD QUALIFY FOR THOSE SERVICES TO BEGIN THEIR LONG BEACH CITY AS LONG AS THEY WERE ENROLLED AND LBCC CLASSES? SO, UM, IDEALLY WE, THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE AND WE WILL HOPEFULLY GET MORE FUNDING BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT GOAL WAS 75.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE AT 92.
WE ARE NOT AT THIS POINT ENROLLING ANY NEW PEOPLE.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE 92 AND REALLY HOPING TO GET THOSE WORK EXPERIENCE IN PLACE AND JOB SERVICES TO GET THEM ALL EMPLOYED.
UM, SO THE, WE WERE MAKING OUR DETERMINATION BASED ON THEIR PLAN.
SO IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE GETTING THEIR DEGREE AND GETTING THEIR CERTIFICATE WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, BECAUSE OUR FUNDING WILL BE ENDING, IS HOW WE DETERMINE THAT.
IF THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I'M NOT GONNA BE GETTING MY DEGREE UNTIL 2028.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE, WE STILL HAVE THE, THEY'RE STILL AVAILABLE FOR OUR ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM, BUT THE FUNDING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE RERP UH, GRANT IS GOING TO BE ENDING.
SO WE MADE OUR DETERMINATION ON ENROLLMENT BASED ON ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED IN THE SERVICES AND THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING A COMPLETION.
'CAUSE WE ARE, WE DO HAVE TO ALSO COLLECT THOSE CERTIFICATES AND THOSE DEGREES, AND THAT'S PART OF THE OUTCOMES THAT WE, THAT WE PRESENT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO I THINK YOU MEAN CONCEPTUALLY, RIGHT? LIKE, SO LET'S, LET'S ASSUME IT GETS REFUNDED.
AND LET'S ASSUME THAT MEMBER SMITH HAS AS PEOPLE THAT FIT THIS CRITERIA.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
THANKS, MEMBER THOMAS, I THINK YOU'RE UP NEXT.
I WAS CURIOUS, UM, TYPICALLY HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO, TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND AFTER THEY COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND GO ON THEIR RESPECTIVE, UH, FIELDS, DO YOU TRACK THEIR SUSTAINABILITY? YES, WE DO.
WE HAVE HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT DID THE LOGISTICS PATHWAYS, CDL, WHICH WAS EIGHT WEEKS LONG, AND THEY WERE IN AND OUT, GOT THEIR, GOT THEIR COMMERCIALS, DRIVER'S LICENSE.
THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ALREADY EMPLOYED AND WORKING.
SO WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A NEED TO DO ANY WORK EXPERIENCE WITH THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY WERE IN AND OUT, GOT A JOB.
UM, AND WHERE THERE'S SOME THAT ARE GETTING ASSOCIATES DEGREES IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES OR, UM, THAT, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER PROGRAM.
AND, UM, SO WE JUST, THERE, EVERYBODY'S KIND OF IN A DIFFERENT PLACE WITH THE MEDICAL ASSISTING, THAT'S VERY, VERY COMMON.
WE HAVE, I HAVE ABOUT 30, OVER 30 STUDENTS THAT ARE IN MEDICAL INSISTING SOME THAT ARE ABOUT TO DO THEIR EXTERNSHIPS, SOME THAT FINISH THEIR EXTERNSHIP AND ARE DONE SOME THAT WILL BE FINISHING NEXT YEAR.
SO EVERYBODY'S KIND OF AT A DIFFERENT RATE AND A DIFFERENT SPACE.
IT'S A UNIQUE CHALLENGE WHEN, UH, WHEN WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT, THAT WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UH, AS OPPOSED TO LIKE A, A PRIVATE TRADE SCHOOL WHERE THEY START ON THIS DAY, THEY END ON THIS DAY, AND THAT'S ALL IT IS.
SO DON KNOWS BECAUSE IT'S A HEADACHE FOR OUR PAPERWORK WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE END DATES AND THESE DATES AND THE STUDENTS ARE LIKE SPRING.
AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO, UM, EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND IT'S MY JOB TO TRY TO TRACK ALL OF THAT.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERED A QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, BUT JUST COMMENTS.
YEAH, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, THIS IS, I THINK A GREAT PROGRAM AND VERY PRACTICAL.
AND MY HOPE IS JUST WE GET MORE FUNDING FOR THIS.
WE ALSO HAVE, I LEFT OUT, WE ALSO HAVE ON THE JOB TRAINING FUNDS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
SO THE VISION AND THE DREAM IS THAT A STUDENT DOES THE 400 HOURS OF WORK EXPERIENCE IS OFFERED A JOB WITH THAT SAME COMPANY.
WE CAN ALSO USE THE FUNDS THAT ARE FROM THIS PROGRAM TO DO AN ON THE JOB TRAINING, SIMILAR TO WHAT, WHAT COURTNEY EXPLAINED, WHERE THEY CAN BE HIRED AND NOW BE AN EMPLOYEE AND BE REIMBURSED A PORTION OF THE WAGES AND JUST STAY AND KEEP ON WORKING.
SO THERE'S THAT, THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THERE IS A, A SYSTEMS ALIGNMENT COMPONENT TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, SOME OF YOU MAY BE QUESTIONING, OH, WHY AREN'T WE USING, WE OWE A DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THIS.
AND OF COURSE, AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE COULD DISCUSS AT A FUTURE MEETING.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH GETTING COMMUNITY COLLEGE LED PROGRAMS ONTO THE ETPL.
UH, SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES HAVE BECOME, UM, INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT.
BUT THIS IS, I THINK, A WAY TO FOSTER THAT PARTNERSHIP ACROSS THE TWO SYSTEMS AND SHOWCASE THE FACT THAT IT CAN WORK IF THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.
SO WE COULD DEFINITELY DISCUSS IT AT SOME
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A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOME OTHER TIME.UM, THANK YOU AGAIN, RACHEL AND AWA.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT.
UH, NOW I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR YOUTH SERVICES, UH, UPDATES.
UH, THIS REPORT WE'RE PRIMARILY FOCUS ON OUR SUMMER RELATED EFFORTS AND THE IMPACT THAT WE MAKE DURING THAT TIME.
AS Y'ALL CAN IMAGINE, THE SUMMER PERIOD IS, UH, VERY BUSY TIME FOR OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS. THIS IS A TIME WHERE YOUTH, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE UNDER 18, HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO ENGAGE IN OUR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. THIS IS ALSO THE TIME OF YEAR, OR THAT IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO ENGAGE, UH, IN SCHOOL YOUTH.
WHERE OF COURSE, MOST OF THE OTHER TIME WE, WE FOCUS ON EITHER DISCONNECTED OR OUR PROMISE YOUTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WE OA AND OUR YOUTH WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS. NOW, BEFORE I, UM, START ON THIS REPORT, UH, I DO WANT TO, UH, FRONT LOAD THIS BY SAYING AND, AND SHOWCASING THAT A LOT OF THE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IN THIS PROGRAM, UM, OVER THE LAST, WELL COLLECTIVELY, UH, YOU COULD SAY MAYBE 15 YEARS, BUT JUST IF WE'RE JUST FOCUSING ON YOUTH PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, 10 YEARS OF THE THAT WORK.
AND THAT IMPACT WAS DONE IN, UH, LEADERSHIP BY OUR, MY COLLEAGUE GUT GUZMAN.
UH, TODAY IS TILA GUZMAN'S LAST DAY.
UH, SHE SERVED A WONDERFUL TIME IN TENURE WITH US AND A LOT OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE REFLECTED IN A PASSION AND A COMMITMENT FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THAT SHE REALLY HAS, HAS BROUGHT TO THIS JOB.
BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE HER TIME THAT SHE HAS SPENT WITH US AND, UH, HER LEGACY WILL LIVE ON THROUGH HER TEAM, INCLUDING, UH, A FEW FOLKS THAT WILL BE HERE PRESENTING ON SOME OF OUR EFFORTS.
SO THANK MANY THANKS TO HER ON OUR YOUTH SERVICES.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, OUR SUMMER KICKOFF EFFORTS, UH, STARTED COMMENCED BACK IN JUNE WHERE WE HOSTED A SUMMER KICKOFF.
UH, WE HOSTED A KICKOFF WHERE WE BROUGHT TOGETHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES, FOOD VENDORS, FREE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH, UM, THOSE PARTNERS, INCLUDING VENDORS AND ALSO, UM, JUST BECOME CONNECTED ON THE SPOT TO THOSE WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO OVERALL, WE HAD MORE THAN 330 YOUTH IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, AND MOST OF THOSE WERE SCREENED FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR OUR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS WITH 180 OF THEM RECEIVING APPOINTMENTS THEN AND THERE TO ENROLL IN OUR PROJECTS THAT WILL CARRY THEM FORWARD TOWARDS MEANINGFUL SUMMER EXPERIENCES.
UP IN THE SCREEN, YOU SEE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STATS AS WELL, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF VENDORS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE, THE, UM, NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WERE THERE AS WELL.
AND, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE APPOINTMENTS AND ALSO THE REGISTRATIONS THAT WE HAD OUT OF THAT EVENT FOR OUR INCREASINGLY POPULAR SPACE BEACH YOUTH WORKFORCE PROGRAM.
NOW, UH, A BIG DRIVER OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT DURING THE SUMMER HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THE COUNTY FUNDED ALLEY COUNTY YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 TO 24, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN JOB SKILLS, EXPLORE CAREER PATHS, WHILE GAINING EXPERIENCE IN THOSE THROUGH THOSE PAID WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES.
I DO WANT TO CALL UP RENA, IF YOU COULD COME UP HERE TO, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND OF COURSE, UH, SHARE THE, THE, THE WONDERFUL SLIDE DECK THAT YOU HAVE READY FOR US.
I AM A PROGRAM SPECIALIST WITH OUR YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER.
I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM.
SO YOUTH AT WORK IS FUNDED BY LA COUNTY AND IT DOES SERVE YOUTH AGE 14 TO 24.
MOST OF THESE YOUTH ARE IN SCHOOL, THANK YOU, ARE IN SCHOOL.
AND THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT ENTRY POINT INTO THE WORKING WORLD.
THEY RECEIVE CASE MANAGEMENT THROUGH PAID WORK EXPERIENCES AND THEY ARE CONNECTED TO LOCAL EMPLOYERS.
THEY'RE ALSO OFFERED A WORK READINESS TRAINING THAT IS PAID FOR BEFORE THEY START THEIR WORK EXPERIENCE.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE EMPLOYER PARTNERS THAT WE DO HAVE ARE LISTED HERE.
SO WE DO HAVE, UM, BARK BARK, DSF WORKS, RADIANCE INFRARED, SAUNA LOUNGE, SNOW CORNER, SWEETGRASS, SUGAR CANE AND JUICE, AND WRIGLEY COFFEE.
SO OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM DOES AN AMAZING JOB, UM, PROVIDING US WITH THESE WORK SITE PARTNERS.
THESE ARE A FEW THAT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED GREAT MENTORSHIP AND THESE WORK SITES ARE ALL OVER.
SO THEY DO TOUCH ON DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES INCLUDING ANIMAL CARE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, HOSPITALITY.
AND WE DO PARTNER WITH, UM, CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
I DID INCLUDE A FEW PICTURES OF SOME OF OUR YOUTH.
UM, I GET REALLY EXCITED WHEN THEY COME IN WITH THEIR UNIFORMS. SO WE DO HAVE SOME YOUTH WITH DSF WORKS, SO THEY ACTUALLY WORK ON AUTOMO AUTOMOTIVE.
SO THEY DO ARE DO, SO THEY ARE DOING LIKE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. SO THEY COME IN TELLING US ABOUT HOW THEY TOOK A CAR APART, PUT AN ENGINE IN, AND IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE.
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WE DO HAVE A DOG UP THERE, OUR YOUTH WORKING AT BARK, BARK DOGGY DAYCARE.IT'S A VERY POPULAR WORK SITE.
YOUTH, OF COURSE, ALWAYS LOVE WORKING WITH PETS AND ANIMALS.
SO JUST A FEW OF THOSE PICTURES.
I'M LIKE A MOM WHEN THEY COME IN, LIKE, LET ME TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU AS THEY PICK UP THEIR CHECK
OKAY, SO I DO WANNA TOUCH ON AS WELL, AS WAS MENTIONED BY COURTNEY, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN OUR YOUTH THOUGHT WORK PROGRAM FUNDING.
SO THIS PROGRAM YEAR, WE DID RECEIVE A CUT BY 58% THAT DID HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OP, OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN SCHOOL YOUTH.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DO HAVE A CHART.
WE DID SEE A REDUCTION OF 228 SLOTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS PROGRAM YEAR THIS SUMMER, WHICH AS COURTNEY MENTIONED, UH, WAS A REASON FOR WHY SOME OF OUR PLACEMENTS WERE NOT FILLED SINCE WE WERE NOT AT CAPACITY.
UM, BUT WE CONTINUE TO KIND OF LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDING AND FIND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE THOSE YOUTH.
THEY HAVE WORKED OVER 10,000 HOURS OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND HAVE EARNED OVER $184,000 IN WAGES.
THE THESE NUMBERS ARE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW FROM WHEN THESE NUMBERS WERE PROVIDED.
THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENTS, BUT WE ARE AROUND THAT SAME, UM, QUANTITY.
ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS EVERYONE'S WRAPPING UP HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND ENROLLING TO WHATEVER CAPACITY WE HAVE COME THE NEW YEAR FOR ADDITIONAL PLACEMENTS.
I DID WANNA PUT UP SOME QUICK LITTLE SHOUT OUTS FOR SOME OF THE YOUTH.
I ACTUALLY BUMPED INTO HIM AT JIMMY JOHN'S.
IT WAS A LITTLE TOO TOASTY, I THINK I MADE HIM NERVOUS, BUT IT WAS STILL DELICIOUS.
HE WORKED WITH OUR YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM.
HE WAS PLACED AT JIMMY JOHN'S.
THEY ACTUALLY HIRED HIM AND HE ENDED UP EARNING $20 AN HOUR.
HE WAS THEIR SHIFT LEAD FOR ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE OR A YEAR, NOT AN HOUR A YEAR
HE IS ACTUALLY ATTENDING CAL POLY POMONA.
HE JUST STARTED THIS FALL AND HE IS STUDYING ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
AND THEN I HAVE EZEKIEL CORRE.
HE WAS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WHO WORKED 140 HOURS WITH BILLIE JEAN KING MAIN LIBRARY.
HE ACTUALLY WAS JUST NAMED THE 2025 LONG BEACH YOUTH POET.
SO SOME OF HIS POETRY HAS BEEN AROUND.
HE'S BEEN DOING AMAZING THINGS.
HE TOLD ME THIS WEEK THAT HE WILL BE ATTENDING COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ON A FULL RIDE.
SO VERY, VERY EXCITING ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND I DID WANNA DO A QUICK SUCCESS STORY FOR MARLENE OCHOA.
SHE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR YOUTH THAT WAS PART OF YOUTH AT WORK, BUT SHE ENDED UP WORKING HER HOURS WITH OUR TEAM DIRECTLY AT THE YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER.
MARLENE IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME, COMES FROM LIVED EXPERIENCES.
SHE WAS VERY UNSURE OF WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO.
VERY LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
AND WHEN WE MET HER, SHE WAS NOT AT THE BEST POINT OF HER LIFE, BUT SHE ACTUALLY HAS A PART-TIME, FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY NOW.
SO SHE IS WORKING, SHE HAS HER OWN APARTMENT NOW.
SHE JUST PASSED HER PHLEBOTOMY COURSE AND SHE HAS BEEN, SHE IS NOW AT A VERY STABLE POINT IN HER LIFE.
AND I DID HAVE A QUOTE THAT SHE SHARED, AND I WILL READ IT TO YOU.
BEING IN THE WORKFORCE PROGRAM PROVIDED ME WITH VAST OPPORTUNITIES.
I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE BOTH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS AND COME OUT OF MY SHY SHELL.
I MET SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I'LL PROBABLY CHERISH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, WHO TAUGHT ME PROFESSIONALISM AND NEW SKILLS.
THANK YOU TRULY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR GIVING A GIRL LIKE ME A CHANCE.
SO I DO WANNA SHARE THAT STORY.
WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH MARLENE, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW FAR THEY'VE COME.
AND THAT IS THAT FOR MY YOUTH ARTWORK UPDATES.
FIRST OF ALL, MARLENE'S MY GRANDMOTHER'S NAME, SO I LIKE HER ALREADY.
BUT ALSO THIS IS PROBABLY FOR, FOR, AGAIN, FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETINGS BECAUSE IT SHOWS AND DISPLAYS THE POWER OF WHAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION CAN DO TO DIRECTLY IMPACT PEOPLE.
AND, AND THAT TO ME IS, IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO I, I APPRECIATE EVERY TIME STAFF HIGHLIGHTS, FOLKS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS IS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
AND I JUST, I WANT, I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.
AND, AND I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT WE GET THIS TYPE OF FEEDBACK 'CAUSE IT MEANS WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
AND IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM, WELL, ELI, ARE YOU DONE? OR, OR WE HAVE MORE? STILL HAVE A LOT MORE.
I'LL MAKE A QUICK, BUT NO, NO, I JUST, I JUST, I KEEP GETTING CONFUSED THAT YOU'RE STILL OVER THERE READY FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS.
SO I HAVE A FEW MORE ITEMS. YOU KEEP GOING.
YOU'RE SO FAR AWAY FROM ME, ACTUALLY.
OH, DID FOLKS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAINA OR ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO, OR DO WE WAIT TILL THE ENTIRE ITEM? WE
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WAIT TILL THE FULL, THE, WE'LL WAIT TILL THE FULL ITEM'S READ AND THEN WE'LL HANDLE IT.AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, ALL YOUTH AT WORK IS TRADITIONALLY THE PROGRAM THAT HAS A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY, UH, TO PROVIDE, UH, WORK EXPERIENCE, FIRST TIME JOBS FOR A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, SO IT DOES, UH, IT'S REALLY PRONOUNCED AND FELT WHENEVER THERE'S REDUCTIONS TO THAT PROGRAM AS, UH, YOU KNOW, RENA JUST SHARED THE NUMBERS.
HOWEVER, IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN AFFORDED SOME FLEXIBILITY, AND I'M JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT HERE, BUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WELL SINCE 2022, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, WE'VE BEEN OBTAINED, WE HAVE OBTAINED DOLLARS FROM THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, MORE SPECIFICALLY HIS CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS OFFICE FOR, UM, IT SAYS IT'S LISTED AS YOUTH JOB CORPS.
THIS FUNDING, WHICH INITIALLY STARTED WITH A, UH, 6.4 MILLION ALLOCATION.
AND SINCE THE FIRST ROUND HAS NOW BEEN, UM, USUALLY AROUND 2.4 AND 2.4 FOR THE LAST TWO ROUNDS.
AND THEN GOING INTO ROUND FOUR, THAT WILL TAKE US INTO 2027 WILL BE 2.1 MILLION.
THAT PROGRAM HAS AFFORDED US A SIMILAR FLEXIBILITY TO SERVE A, A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF YOUTH AND DIVERSE, I MEAN IN TERMS OF, UH, EDUCATIONAL ECONOMIC BACKGROUND AND HAS ALSO, UH, AFFORDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE REALLY CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE IN THE WAY THAT WE ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE.
THIS FUNDING SOURCE HAS PROVIDED THE, THE FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE LAUNCH AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS SUCH AS LONG BEACH YOUTH SERVICE.
LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS.
UM, ALSO, URBAN PLANNING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HAS ALSO FUNDED INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, AND THIS UPCOMING YEAR WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.
UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY WITH, UM, YOUTH SERVICE CORPS IN YOUR REPORT, YOU'LL SEE, UH, SOME NUMBERS FROM OUR, OUR THIRD COHORT, UH, WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 54 INTERNS CHOOSING CHOOSE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES DURING THIS FALL SEMESTER.
THEIR INTERNSHIPS WILL THEN, UM, START AND BEGIN IN JANUARY, 2026.
UH, THE THIRD COHORT, UM, DEMONSTRATES A BROAD INTEREST AND, UH, COMMITMENT TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS IN THE PUBLIC, UH, SECTOR.
UM, DEMOGRAPHICALLY, IN TERMS OF OUR APPLICATION, THE MAJORITY OF APPLICANTS WERE LATINO PARTICIPANTS, UH, WITH 53%.
UH, WE ALSO HAD REPRESENTATION FROM AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK PARTICIPANTS AT 22% THAT ARE PART OF OUR MOST RECENT COHORT, ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER PARTICIPANTS AT 14% OF WHITE PARTICIPANTS AT 8%.
AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME DEMOGRAPHICS ON GENDER REPRESENTATION AND AGE REPRESENTATION AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE THERE.
NOW, IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, HOMETOWN AND, AND RESIDENTS, MOST OF THE YOUTH ARE FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL REPRESENTATION FROM DISTRICT NINE WITH THEN MAKING 25% UP.
THEY MAKE UP 25% OF OUR MOST RECENT COHORT.
UH, FOLLOW NOT TOO FAR BEHIND BY DISTRICT SIX, WITH 19% OF THE APPLICANTS BEING FROM THERE, DISTRICT ONE BEING 14%.
UM, THE STRONG AND HIGH, UH, LEVEL OF REPRESENTATION FROM THOSE COUNCIL DISTRICTS IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
THOSE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE ENGAGEMENT OF, SO WE'RE REALLY, HA WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE 'EM THERE.
UM, NOW IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATION FROM EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, NOT SURPRISINGLY, UH, OF COURSE WE FOCUS OUR ENGAGEMENT ON PRIORITIZING PARTICIPATION FROM STUDENTS AT LONG BEACH STATE, UH, CAL STATE, DOMINGUEZ HILLS AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
SO MOST OF OUR PARTICIPANTS, 39% OF THEM ARE FROM, UM, SORRY, 31% ARE FROM CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH.
UM, 39%, UH, EITHER ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED OR ARE TRANSFER STUDENTS, UH, THAT ORIGINATED FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
I MIGHT BE AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION NOW.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE 17 FROM OTHER CAL, UH, CAL STATES AND UCS, AS YOU SEE REPRESENTED UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.
THIS PROGRAM USUALLY GARNERS A LOT OF ATTENTION AND FOLKS HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM.
BUT, UH, WE COULD DEFINITELY CREATE SPACE OR AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOLKS MAY HAVE, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE COURT.
ACTUALLY, NO, QUITE GENERALLY ABOUT ALL, ALL OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, UM, YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR REPORT.
WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT, UH, OUR EFFORTS WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
ALSO, UM, A PROGRAM THAT WE DID WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT I DO WANNA SHIFT OVER AND ACTUALLY SHOWCASE THE WORK THAT, UH, WE HAVE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AEROSPACE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY OF
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EMPLOYERS THAT HAVE OPENED THEIR DOORS TO OUR YOUNG RESIDENTS NOW FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, AFFORDING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT CAREERS IN AEROSPACE, ENGAGE IN HANDS ON, HANDS ON, IN HANDS ON ACTIVITIES, AND REALLY HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO EXPLORE AND SEE THEMSELVES AS FUTURE LEADERS IN AEROSPACE.UM, THIS WORK, UH, FOR THE MOST PART HAS BEEN FUNDED BY A GENEROUS INVESTMENT FROM THE COMRAD AND HILTON FOUNDATION, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
AND THE SECOND YEAR HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH IN, UH, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED, UH, ALLOCATION FROM, UH, A MOVE THAT WAS FORWARDED.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S A TECHNICAL, TECHNICAL TERM FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT HAS ALSO, UH, SUPPORTED THIS, THIS PROGRAM.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, CARMEN TOVA, WHO WILL SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND HAS A WONDERFUL, UH, SERIES OF PHOTOS AND SLIDES THAT WILL BRING THAT PROJECT TO LIFE.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE, UH, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT OUR OFFICE AND ALSO, UH, THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM.
UM, I'M HERE HIGHLIGHTING OUR SPACE BEACH YOUTH WORKFORCE SUMMER CAMP, BUT IT WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT I COULDN'T DO ALONE.
AND THANKS TO OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR APPROVING A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, ME COMING TO JAIME AND ASKING FOR PLASTIC, UM, ROCKETS BEING LAUNCHED FROM OUR PARKING LOT, UM, AND JUST THINGS THAT, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE.
AND QUITE EXCITING TO, TO BRING A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPLORE AEROSPACE AND, UH, MOTIVATE THEM THAT THERE'S MANY CAREERS HERE IN THEIR CITY.
UM, BUT A BIT MORE ABOUT THE 2025 SPACE SPEECH YOUTH WORKFORCE SUMMER CAMP.
WE SERVED 36, UM, YOUTH THIS SUMMER, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, EXPERIENCE A PAID TWO WEEK IMMERSIVE CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM THAT FOCUSED ALL ON AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY, SPACE AND, UH, STEM RELATED CAREERS.
AND IT WAS VERY HANDS-ON FACILITY TOURS AND GUEST SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD, UM, EVERY DAY.
AND, UM, IT DID INCLUDE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, STUDENTS FROM LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UM, VARIOUS COLLEGES AND ALL YOUTH WERE, UM, LIVING HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATION.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE SPEAKERS AND LEADERS THAT IN PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF OUR CAMP INCLUDED SPACEX, RELATIVITY SPACE, VAST THANK YOU, KAREN, UH, ROCKET LAB, C-S-Y-O-B, AND JUST MANY OTHER PARTNERS THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT IN OUR, UH, SLIDES.
WE ENDED WITH THE REALLY NICE CULMINATION AND JUST EVERY DAY WAS A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.
WE CO-CREATED THE EXPERIENCES WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CURRICULUM WOULD CHANGE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE YOUTH.
UM, SO I WILL COVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GOALS.
SO THE GOALS OF OUR SPACE SPEECH CAMP IS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE IN AEROSPACE CAREERS.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR ALL THE AWESOME NEW COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH ARE AWARE OF ALL THESE COMPANIES.
WE WANT TO CREATE BETTER MENTORSHIP.
WE'RE LEARNING FROM OUR EMPLOYERS THAT, UM, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING JOBS IN AEROSPACE AND TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND NETWORKING.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED INTO AEROSPACE CAREERS AND ULTIMATELY TO STREN, STRENGTHEN ALL THE JOB TRAINING AND ACCESS TO ENTRY LEVEL EMPLOYMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES.
ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMMING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OBCC, CAL STATE LONG BEACH, AND JUST MANY STATE APPROVED, UH, TRAINING PROGRAMS. UM, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH 10 DAYS.
10 DAYS THAT WERE VERY INTENSE.
UM, OUR TEAM WERE DRIVING VANS, WE WERE ON THE GO EVERY DAY, AND WE HAD THE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR SIX HOURS EVERY DAY, AND THEY WOULD SHOW UP TO OUR CENTER.
AND DAY ONE, WE, WE INVITED M FOUR ENGINEERING AND YOUNG PEOPLE WERE INTRODUCED TO DESIGN CHALLENGES.
SO IN INDUSTRY, UH, PITCHING A CHALLENGE IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO INTRODUCE, UH, TEAM CHALLENGES.
AND, UM, THAT WAS VERY EXCITING FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE ALSO HAD A VISIT FROM LUCIUS MARTIN.
SO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WERE ABLE TO COVER A VERY GENERAL SPACE SPEECH 1 0 1, ALL THE AWESOME AIR SPACE BEACH COMPANIES THAT ARE HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND LUCIUS, OUR CHAMPION IN SPACE BEACH, UH, WAS, UH, THE PERSON TO, TO LEAD, UM, THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, DAY TWO, WE, UH, BROUGHT ROCKET LAB AM PAIR AND WE CREATED LINKEDIN PROFILE.
SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS SPACE SPEECH, UH, CAMP WAS ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, LEAVING WITH A LINKEDIN ACCOUNT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKING AND HOW THAT, UH, WE ALSO BROUGHT SOMEONE FROM
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LINKEDIN TO, TO CREATE THESE PROFILES.SO THOSE VERY EXCITING, UH, DAY THREE, WE HAD SPACEX AND WE HAD PAPER AIRPLANE CHALLENGES.
AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT ON THIS DAY WE DID HAVE A FLOOD, OUR CENTER, BUT THAT DID NOT STOP US.
I THINK OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO BRING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO OUR ADULT SERVICES, UM, OFFICES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO STILL MAKE THE EVENT HAPPEN.
AND OUR, UM, SPACE SPEECH CAMP DID NOT STOP.
UM, THE FLOOD WAS NOT STOPPING US.
UM, AND DAY FOUR, WE HAD BOEING, UH, GARVEY SPACECRAFT CORPORATION.
AND, UH, WE HAD OUR LOGO DESIGN CHALLENGE, UH, LED BY ONE OF OUR OWN, UH, CHRIS GALLEGOS ON, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF JUST HOW, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MARKETING THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOGO AND JUST WHAT, UM, UH, IMPORTANCE OF MARKETING.
AND WE HAVE, UM, VERY YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.
ONE OF THE PICTURES IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LOGOS AND HOW THAT REPRESENTS A COMPANY.
AND DAY FIVE, WE HAD ROCKET LAUNCH AND MACHINIST COLLEGE.
AND MACHINIST COLLEGE, THIS IS WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM OUR PARKING LOT.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVER DONE BEFORE.
SO WE HAD TO ASK OUR BUILDING AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, BAKING SODA WAS OKAY TO USE.
UM, SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING TO GET THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THAT.
WE ALSO HAD HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO COME AND TALK TO YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, ABOUT ENTERING CITY JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ALWAYS EXPLORING DIFFERENT CAREERS IN THEIR AREA.
AND I DO, UM, MACHINIST COLLEGE ALSO INTRODUCE YOUNG PEOPLE TO, UM, BUDGETING, KIND OF LIKE, THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT SOMEONE'S MAKING AND THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN KIND OF PURCHASE AND COST OF LIVING.
SO FOR A LOT, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE REALLY KIND OF IN A SNAPSHOT.
THEY, THEY REALLY ANALYZED HOW MUCH A CAREER, UM, CONNECTED WITH THEIR LIFESTYLE AND WHAT THEY WERE, UH, HAD A PASSION.
AND DAY SIX, WE WERE AT VAST SPACE AND WE WERE ABLE TO MEET, UH, REX RICHARDSON, OUR MAYOR AND YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO TOUR, UH, THE SPACE AND, UM, GET AN INTRO OF HAVEN ONE AND ALL THE AWESOME THINGS THAT THE TEAM IS DOING.
UH, DAY SEVEN, WE, UH, VISITED RUBBER CRAFT.
SO AGAIN, OUR TEAMS IN VANS DRIVING ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, TO ALL THESE FACILITY TOURS.
AND WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO, UH, SWING BY SLING PILOT ACADEMY THAT IS RIGHT BY THE, UM, LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
AND YOUNG PEOPLE WERE VERY EXCITED.
AND PART OF THE EXPERIENCE WAS YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR PHONES BEHIND.
SO A LOT OF OUR AEROSPACE COMPANIES DON'T ALLOW, UM, TOP SECURITY THINGS HAPPENING IN THERE, AND YOUNG PEOPLE JUST LEAVING THEIR PHONES BEHIND, THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE, UH, OF ITSELF.
SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW YOUNG PEOPLE WERE SO TIED TO THEIR PHONE AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE IT BEHIND.
AND DAY EIGHT, WE WERE AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH BUILDING, UM, ROCKETS, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE ACTUALLY GOT AN INTRODUCTION FROM ONE OF THE PROFESSORS ON, UH, JUST ROCKET BUILDING 1 0 1 AND SOME OF THE ENGINEERING, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
UH, SOME OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THEIR STRENGTHS.
SOME PREFERRED THE DESIGN, SOME PREFERRED MORE OF THE CONCEPTS AND HOW THE DESIGN WAS GOING TO BE CREATED.
SO, UM, EXPERIENCES, EVERYDAY YOUNG PEOPLE WERE LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE PASSIONATE, SOME OF THE THINGS THEY WERE GOOD AT, AND HOW THEY CAN WORK AS A TEAM.
UH, DAY NINE WE WERE AT RELATIVITY SPACE AND, UM, LBCC, UH, SO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TOURED, UH, TWO DIFFERENT, UH, PLACES ON THE SAME DAY.
AND, UM, OUR TEAM WAS JUST OUT AND ABOUT NONSTOP, UH, MAKING SURE THAT OUR EXPERIENCE, UM, WENT REALLY GREAT.
AND DAY 10, WE, UH, ENDED WITH THE FOUNDERS AND INVESTORS PANEL, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, JUST FOCUS ON ALL OUR ENTREPRENEURS AND HOW WE HAVE GREAT LEADERS HERE CREATING AWESOME THINGS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO AEROSPACE AND SPACE.
UM, SO, UM, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER TO HEAR A PANEL AND HOW EVERY DAY THEY WAKE UP AND THEY HAVE A PASSION AND THEY'RE DOING THIS FOR A LIVING.
AND JUST GETTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE EXCITED AND MAKING SURE THAT MENTORSHIP, UM, IS KEY TO KIND OF GETTING TO THAT NEXT OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE ENDED WITH A REALLY BIG CELEBRATION CULMINATION AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, FELT VERY ACCOMPLISHED.
THEY RECEIVED CERTIFICATES AND WE CONTINUED TO MENTOR ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE CONTINUE TO STRENGTH STRENGTHEN JUST DIFFERENT COLLABORATIONS.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH KEVIN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CAMP IS JUST NOT 10 DAYS OVER THE SUMMER AND EXPLORE HOW WE CAN
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PROVIDE A YEAR LONG AEROSPACE TRAINING PROGRAM AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES.UM, BUT SOME SUCCESS STORIES AND QUOTES.
WE WERE COLLECTING FEEDBACK EVERY DAY FROM YOUNG PEOPLE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT DATA, WE COULD SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE SHARING.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE AT MACHINIST COLLEGE, COLUMBIA CITY COLLEGE, UM, AND THEY'RE PURSUING MASTER'S PROGRAMS AND SOME WHO HAVE ACTUALLY ENTERED AEROSPACE COMPANIES AND MAKING THEIR WAY INTO ALL THE TOP AEROSPACE COMPANIES HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
YEAH, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S MY LINE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY UP HERE? I HAVE A QUESTION.
I'M SURE THIS EXPERIENCE WAS VERY INSPIRING FOR THE YOUTH THAT WERE PARTICIPATING.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WHAT THE SELECTION CRITERIA LOOKS LIKE? YEAH, SO WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO, UM, OUR MARKETING TEAM AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM RELEASED AN APPLICATION, UH, THAT WENT CITYWIDE.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO I THINK SOME PRESS RELEASES, UH, THAT WAS OPEN TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, OUR CRITERIA WERE, UM, WAS, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, I BELIEVE, 16 TO 24.
AND WITH THE PASSION INTEREST IN STEM RELATED CAREERS, FROM THERE WE RECEIVED 186 APPLICATIONS AND WE HAD A RUBRIC.
SO OUR TEAM REVIEWED ALL THESE APPLICATIONS WITH ALL THE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ANSWERED IN THE APPLICATION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SCORE IT.
SO FROM THERE, WE TRANSFERRED INTO A SPREADSHEET AND WHOEVER MADE IT AT THE TOP, UM, GOT, UM, PRIORITY.
AND WE ALSO MADE SURE THAT THERE WAS REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATION ACROSS ALL OF OUR, UH, LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, HIGH SCHOOLS AND REPRESENTATION FROM ALL THE VARIOUS, UH, COLLEGES THAT ALSO, UM, APPLIED THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
IS THERE A GPA REQUIREMENT? UH, THERE WAS NO GPA REQUIREMENT.
UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, INCLUDED IN THEIR APPLICATION, BUT THAT WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
UM, WE WERE JUST MOST INTERESTED THAT THE YOUNG P PERSON WAS PASSIONATE AND JUST INTERESTED IN THE COMMITMENT IN THE 10 DAYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, I JUST WANTED, I, I KNOW ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM AND HE WAS SO ENTHUSIASTIC THAT HE STOOD NEXT TO A ROCK AT OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO AND TALKED TO EVERYBODY THAT HE COULD POSSIBLY MEET ABOUT HOW GREAT THIS PROGRAM WAS.
SO I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE WORK OF THE CITY AND, AND LB WIN, BUT ALSO ALL THE PARTNERS THAT WERE INVOLVED.
SO VAST SPACE AND ALL THE OTHER AEROSPACE COMPANIES.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES IN THE FUTURE, BUT HAD TREMENDOUS IMPACT, AT LEAST AT THE VERY LEAST ON THE ONE STUDENT, BUT I KNOW ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE.
WE'LL, NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? WERE WE ALLOWED TO GO BACK TO SOME OF THE, LIKE THE LA COUNTY YOUTH AT WORK IN THIS CON THAT WAS, I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ON.
WE TALKED ABOUT ADULT YOUTH AND THEN ALSO THE SPACE SPEECH CAMP.
I DID HAVE A, A QUESTION, ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE FROM THE ENTIRE SAGA OF ELI'S REPORT THAT MEANT THAT IN A GOOD WAY, ELI IT MEANS YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD STUFF, BUT ANYBODY WHO, YOU KNOW, PINCH SPOKE FOR HIM, WE CAN.
FOR THE LA COUNTY YOUTH AT WORK, AND ESPECIALLY LIKE THE TERRIBLENESS OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WERE HAPPENING, UM, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A COST PER PLACEMENT? LIKE, OF LIKE, WHAT DOES IT COST PER YOUTH TO PLACE THEM IN THAT, THAT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY? UH, YES.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT, IT'S AROUND EACH YOUTH GETS 130, 150 HOURS, 60, 160 HOURS, WHICH INCLUDES SOME HOURS OF, UH, WORK READINESS TRAINING.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY GET A REALLY NOMINAL AMOUNT FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHICH IS, I THINK NO MORE THAN TWO.
AND THEN WHAT IS THEIR, THEIR WAGES? WHAT IS THAT? WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, SORRY.
SO THEY HAVE 160 HOURS OF WORK EXPERIENCE IN TOTAL 20 HOURS FOR WORK READINESS TRAINING AND CHECK-INS.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE HOURS, WHICH IS 140 FOR THEIR ACTUAL WORK SITE PLACEMENT, THEIR WAGE IS 1787.
THEY RECEIVE AN INCREASE EVERY PROGRAM YEAR, THANKFULLY.
THEY GET $130 OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IF WE SUBMIT WAIVERS, IF THE YOUTH IS
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IN NEED.UM, THEY DO HAVE A PRIORITY POPULATION OF FOSTER YOUTH JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH.
SO IF THERE IS A HIGH NEED, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ALLOCATION OF 300.
BUT IT'S USUALLY JUST $130 FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
AND THEN THE REDUCTION WAS FOR LAST SUMMER AM AM I CORRECT IN THAT OR IS THAT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 20 TOTAL? 25 TOTAL.
SO THIS SUMMER THIS WAS, THAT WAS THE REDUCTION.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW.
LIKE I SAID, ANY FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE'RE GONNA REFLECT ON AND CONTINUE TO PLUG IN ANY YOUTH IF THERE IS CAPACITY AND FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT.
SO IT'S SO GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
OH, I WAS GONNA SAY THE COST PER AROUND 3,200, 3000, 3000 TO 3,200 PER YOUTH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ONE QUICK ONE, REGARDING THE SPACE SPEECH, UH, YOUTH CAMP, I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF IT.
UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE EVOLUTION OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
UM, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW NEXT YEAR WILL UNFOLD.
UM, DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES, I THINK IT COULD BE A REALLY GOOD MODEL FOR OTHER INDUSTRY CAMPS, WHETHER IT BE HEALTHCARE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, UM, YOU COULD DO ONE AROUND LIKE HOW TO BE A CEO AND GET ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS INVOLVED.
I THINK THERE COULD BE QUITE A BIT THERE, UM, TO EXPOSE THE YOUTH NOT ONLY TO HIGH PAYING JOBS IN AEROSPACE, BUT ALSO A LOT OF DIFFERENT VERY, UM, HIGH GROWING INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO I KNOW YOU, UH, EARLIER MENTIONED, UH, JOB LAYOFFS AND, AND AI AND HOW THAT INF IMPACTS, UH, THE CURRENT LAYOFFS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
AND I SEE THESE JOB PROGRAMS, UM, GOING ON.
IS THERE ANY TYPE OF EMPHASIS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IN TERMS OF, UM, TRAINING PEOPLE FOR AI? LIKE, I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF, OF SPACE SPEECH.
I LOVE THAT WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE JOB TRAINING FOR, UM, ALL THESE SMALL BUSINESSES.
UH, BUT IS THERE THAT PROTECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PROTECT PEOPLE WITH THIS GROWING ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY? THE, SORRY, THE QUESTIONS AROUND THE EMERGENCE OF AI AND HOW WE, YEAH.
SO FOR, UH, PROGRAMS LIKE, UH, WE'RE DOING WITH THE SPACE SPEECH PROGRAM, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OF, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TRAINING FOR, UH, UPCOMING AI UH, INVOLVEMENT FOR STUDENTS, UM, JUST AS SIMILAR AS WE HAVE FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SPACE SPEECH PROGRAM? YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF A MUCH BROADER DISCUSSION.
THE, THE, THE PROGRAM THAT WE COORDINATE IS MORE SO FOCUSED ON CAREER EXPLORATION, SO DEMYSTIFYING THE INDUSTRY.
SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TOUCHING ON THAT QUITE YET.
HOWEVER, I THINK AS WE, UH, ENTER THE SPACE, PUN INTENDED, OF UM, APPRENTICESHIPS, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT.
AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE INFORMED BY THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM, INCLUDING SOME FOLKS THAT ARE HERE.
DID YOU WANNA ADD ON TO THAT? YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD ONE, ONE POINT TO THAT.
UM, SO WE, WE HAVE STARTED TO PROVIDE, ONE OF OUR CAREER SPECIALISTS HAS STARTED TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, SOME ALMOST AI 1 0 1, UM, AS A PRESENTATION JUST TO GET FOLKS FAMILIAR WITH WHAT AI IS, HOW IT WORKS, HOW IT CAN BE LEVERAGED AND UTILIZED IN THE WORKSPACE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
UM, SO WE STARTED TO LOOK AT WHAT THE BEST WAYS ARE TO LEVERAGE THAT.
UM, BUT IT, IT VARIES SIGNIFICANTLY BASED ON INDUSTRIES AND WHAT IS GOING ON.
SO WE, WE DO, TO YOUR POINT, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE CLOSER TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC WAYS WE CAN LEVERAGE IT TO ADDRESS PARTICULAR NEEDS IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES.
BUT WE'RE JUST, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON A MORE GENERAL KIND OF APPROACH OF UNDERSTANDING AI AND THE IMPACTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU TOUCHED UPON IT A LITTLE BIT.
IS THERE A FUTURE PLAN TO REALLY INGRAIN FINANCIAL LITERACY IN TERMS OF THE TRAINING? YES.
UM, THROUGH THE EARLIER AGENDA ITEM, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN A LIST OF PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR BENCH.
A LOT OF THEM PROVIDE FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING SERVICES.
UH, YOU SEE POCKETS CHANGE THAT IS THERE.
WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN BOARD MEMBER THAT ALSO HAS VOLUNTEERED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE IN THE PAST.
UM, THERE'S, UH, UH, I THINK IT'S PLAY BLACK WALL STREET AS AS WELL, THAT IS A, A FINANCIAL LITERACY, UH, TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS THERE.
SO WE HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING INTO OUR GENERAL PROGRAM SERVICE DELIVERY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WE OH EIGHT YOUTH PROGRAM APPROACH.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
EXCEPT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
[VICE CHAIR ELECTION]
TIME.AND WE HAVE THREE AGENDA ITEMS LEFT BEFORE WE GET TO ELECTIONS, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
UH, I'M GONNA ASK FOR A LITTLE ADVICE FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
UH, DO WE NEED TO COVER THE NEXT THREE AS RECEIVING FILES OR CAN THEY WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING? BECAUSE I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE I KNOW THAT HAVE TO LEAVE AND I DON'T WANNA LOSE A QUORUM BEFORE WE DO ELECTIONS OF A VICE CHAIR.
UM, YOU CAN DECIDE TO LAY OVER THE LAST THREE ITEMS OR WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VICE CHAIR ELECTION RIGHT NOW AND THEN, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ITEMS IF WE STILL HAVE QUORUM.
UH, THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION THEN.
SO, UM, DO I NEED A MOTION OR A SECOND FOR THAT? NO CHAIR PREROGATIVE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA SKIP AHEAD, UH, IN THE AGENDA TO THE ELECTION OF A VICE CHAIR.
IT COMES RIGHT AFTER AGENDA ITEM 11.
SO I NOW DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE VICE CHAIR OF THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
EACH MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ONE PERSON FOR VICE CHAIR THAT INCLUDES YOURSELF.
UH, AND THESE NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND.
AND I WILL START BY NOMINATING, UH, MEMBER QUO.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION? I WILL NOMINATE MEMBER QUO AS WELL.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO DOUBLE NOMINATIONS THOUGH, WE'LL JUST VOTE AT THE END.
AND THAT'S THE WAY WE CAN DO THAT.
SO, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS AND MEMBER QUOTE? DO YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? YES, I ACCEPT.
UH, THERE BEING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, I DECLARE NOMINATIONS CLOSED FOR VICE CHAIR.
IT'S BEEN A VERY COMPETITIVE ELECTION.
IN THE ORDER NOMINATED, I INVITE EACH NOMINEE TO BRIEFLY SHARE, UH, WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ELECTED.
YOU CAN JUST SAY, 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY NOMINEE.
UM, AND WE WILL FIRST HEAR FROM MEMBER QUO.
UM, I THINK THIS, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED, SO THANK YOU.
I THINK, UM, JUST BEING ABLE TO ALLOW THE ABILITY FOR THIS SPORT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, CHAIR LEBAR AND, UM, SEEING ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT LB WYNN IS DOING, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AND TO ADVANCING SPORT FOR ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US.
UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? MEMBER CARTER.
EXCEPT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
UH, I DIDN'T GET TO VOTE ON THIS ONE.
UH, MEMBER TESFAYE, EXCEPT, THANK YOU.
SHE TOOK THE SECOND AS, UH, AFFIRMATIVE FROM YOU.
YOU ALL RIGHT? UH, SO NOW WE CAN GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.
AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR HUMORING ME.
I WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY UPSET IF WE LEFT HERE WITH NO VICE CHAIR TODAY.
SO, UM, CAN, UH, MADAM CLERK PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
I ALMOST DID YOUR JOB FOR YOU.
[9. 25-57197 Recommendation to receive and file an update on Grants. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND UPDATE ON GRANTS.MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SOLE MOVED.
SECOND BY MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? YES,
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THERE'S A, THERE'S A REPORT.LET'S KEEP IT, LET'S KEEP IT SOMEWHAT BRIEF THOUGH.
UH,
UH, THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH COLLABORATIVE ASTON INSTITUTE THROUGH THE BALMER FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN US 180,000 TO, UH, ONBOARD TWO PEER NAVIGATORS.
THAT WILL BE, UH, THE FACES OF OUR YOUTH CENTER, UH, OPERATIONALIZING THE, UM, THE RESOURCE AREA AT OUR SPACE.
UH, THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE MAYOR'S FUND.
AND WE HAVE INTERVIEWED TWO INDIVIDUALS.
SORRY, NOW I'M GOING TO PROGRAM UPDATES.
SO NOW MOVING OVER TO PENDING.
CAN WE GO TO PENDING, I THINK IT'S A NEXT SLIDE.
DO WE HAVE A NEXT SLIDE? OH, OKAY.
SO THE FUND DEVELOPMENT SPACE HAS BEEN REALLY BUSY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
UM, JUST, UH, I BELIEVE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO WE SUBMITTED A PRE-APPLICATION TO THE GO BZ FOR CALIFORNIA JOBS FIRST ROUND TWO.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UH, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING MUNICIPALITIES AND, UH, POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS TO APPLY FOR A, A, A REQUEST FOR $14.7 MILLION THAT WILL BUILD A, UH, REGIONAL MANUFACTURING, INCREASE OUR MANUFACTURING CAPACITY, EXPAND DEFENSE FOCUSED TESTING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND DEVELOP MISSION READY WORKFORCE ACROSS, NOT ONLY HERE IN LONG BEACH, BUT ALSO IN LOS ANGELES, VENTURA AND THE ALLEN EMPIRE.
WE SUBMITTED A PRE-APPLICATION AND WE RECEIVED THE GOOD NEWS YESTERDAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN MOVED FORWARD ALONG THE PROCESS.
SO WE NOW HAVE A FULL APPLICATION DUE JANUARY 19TH.
NOW, MOVING, UH, ALONG, UH, SORRY.
STILL UNDER PENDING, UH, ON MONDAY WE SUBMITTED A $1 MILLION GRANT APPLICATION TO THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR THE EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PATHWAYS PROGRAM.
THIS IS TO SUPPORT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AND MERGE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND OF COURSE, THE WESTERN STATES CARPENTERS TRAINING FUND TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, TRAINING PROGRAMS IN POOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.
UH, THIS PROJECT, IF FUNDED, WILL SERVE 84 INDIVIDUALS IN TRAINING PROGRAMS, UH, MOST OF THEM BEING IN THE PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM LED BY THE WESTERN TA, WESTERN STATES CARPENTERS TRAINING FUND.
NOW NEXT WEEK WE HAVE ANOTHER GRANT APPLICATION DUE THAT IS TO THE CALIFORNIA, UH, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR, UH, CALIFORNIA'S FOR ALL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS ROUND FOUR.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT FUNDS, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS URBAN PLANNING, UH, AND A FEW OTHER PROJECTS THAT WILL BE AT 2.1 MILLION.
GOOD NEWS, THIS IS NOT, UH, LIKELY NOT A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION.
IT'S MORE OF AN ALLOCATION, BUT THERE IS SOME, UM, SOME PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TO FORMALLY GET THE MONEY.
UH, AND I'LL END WITH THE GOOD NEWS.
YOU GUYS COULD READ THE, THE BAD NEWS UNDER DECLINE THERE ON YOUR OWN.
ELI MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? NO QUESTIONS.
WE'LL NOW TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
SEEING NONE MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
EXCEPT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
DO WHAT? DO WE NEED A MO MO A MOTION ITEM 10.
[10. 25-57166 Recommendation to receive and file Chair’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO RECEIVE AND FILE CHAIR'S REPORT? YEAH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE.SO, UH, WHY DON'T WE JUST SCRAP THAT SINCE THERE'S NO REPORT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WITHDRAW THIS ITEM.
AND WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE WHERE I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A REPORT.
[11. 25-57167 Recommendation to receive and file Executive Director's Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO RECEIVE AND FILE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.[02:00:01]
ON THIS ITEM? MOTION BY MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.MEMBER FAYE SECOND BY MEMBER FAYE.
UH, DO WE HAVE, WELL, PLEASE GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION.
JUST FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE NEW MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED US, UH, REAL QUICK.
FROM LABORERS, UH, LOCAL 1309, UH, ROBERTO RUIZ FROM CARPENTERS, CARPENTERS LOCAL 5 62.
IAN HALL FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY.
KEVIN SMITH FROM LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND JOHN FAYE FROM, UM, MEMORIAL CARE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING THIS BOARD AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES REGARDING FUNDING.
UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING AT THE MOMENT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A, UH, CONTINUING RESOLUTION THROUGH JANUARY 31ST.
UH, SO WE'RE OKAY FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE THERE.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, HOUSING SENATE BILLS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT, UH, THE SENATE BILL KEEPS EVERYTHING FAIRLY STATUS QUO.
HOWEVER, THE HOUSE BILL HAS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN REDUCTIONS TO WORKFORCE PROGRAMS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS, UM, CALFRESH TAN, SO TANF, SNAP, CALFRESH, CALWORKS, AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS. SO, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT ACTUALLY MAKES IT THROUGH, I ANTICIPATE AND EXPECT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE WORKFORCE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST OUR LOCAL SYSTEM, BUT THE SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND OTHER STATES.
IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IF IT GOES THROUGH THAT WAY.
UM, THE OTHER QUICK THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE, UH, FIRST SOME STAFFING UPDATES.
I DID WANT TO CONGRATULATE NICOLE MOORE.
SHE HAS BEEN PROMOTED FROM A, UH, WHAT IS IT, PRO, UH, COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALIST TWO TO A COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR OVERSEEING ALL OUR OF OUR PLA, UH, PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UH, JP ELMA HAS, UH, LEFT THE ORGANIZATION AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECRUITING FOR HIS REPLACEMENT AS WELL.
HE WAS THE FIVE, UM, CPS FIVE OVERSEEING BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT ALONG WITH COURTNEY.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE, JUST AS ELI MENTIONED, THAT, UM, ELIA GUZMAN, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, IS ALSO LEAVING LB WIN.
I WANTED TO ALSO EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO HER FOR HER, ALL HER DEDICATED WORK AND COMMITMENT.
SHE MADE A LOT OF AMAZING CHANGES TO THE YOUTH PROGRAMS AND WE ARE IN GREAT APPRECIATION OF EVERYTHING THAT SHE DID.
AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, AS MOST OF YOU, IF NOT ALL OF YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE, UH, ELISA MUNOZ IS RETIRING AND HER LAST DAY WORKING IS TODAY
THAT'S HER OFFICIAL RETIREMENT DATE IS DECEMBER 31ST, BUT HER LAST DAY WITH US IS TODAY.
THERE IS A CELEBRATION EVENT THIS AFTERNOON FOR HER.
UM, I PERSONALLY JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS BECAUSE, UM, I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE POSITION FOR 11 MONTHS.
UM, AND ELISA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST P PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE WITH.
UM, I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO HAVE COME INTO AN ORGANIZATION AND HER BE ONE OF THE KEY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS ORGANIZATION AND LEADING THIS ORGANIZATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT SHE WAS IN THE ACTING ROLE BEFORE I CAME ON.
UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN IN AN ACTING ROLE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, STEP IN AND HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE STEP INTO THE ROLE.
AND, UH, SHE NOT ONLY WELCOMED ME, BUT SHE REALLY EXPRESSED HOW THANKFUL SHE WAS FOR ME COMING ON BOARD.
UM, AND HOW SHE EXPRESSED HOW MUCH SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE ROLE.
UM, I, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GREAT THINGS ABOUT ELISA I, EXCEPT FOR, I WISH SHE WASN'T RETIRING, BUT
UM, SHE HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OVER THE, DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY HOW MANY YEARS OR NO? UH, ALRIGHT.
28 YEARS OF, UM, OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S MORE THAN 28 YEARS BY THE WAY.
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UM, SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR SO LONG.UH, I PERSONALLY WILL MISS HER.
UM, I, I USE, SHE HAS BEEN A TRUE ADVOCATE AND ALLY AND HAS GREATLY SUPPORTED ME IN THIS ROLE.
I, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GREAT THINGS ABOUT HER, BUT SIMPLY WANT TO WISH HER CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS NEW CHAPTER IN HER LIFE.
UM, AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT SHE'S DONE.
UM, YOU ARE TRULY A BLESSING AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU.
SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT CHAIR.
AND I, AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAIME GUTIERREZ HAS SAID.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PROMOTED.
WE HAVE A GREAT BENCH OF PEOPLE.
AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE FOLKS THAT HAVE WORKED HARD, FIND THEIR WAY INTO NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, HAS HELPED THEM ADVANCE IN THEIR CAREER JOURNEYS.
UH, I WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, TWO OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING THE ORGANIZATION AS OF TODAY, OR TWO PEOPLE I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING EXTREMELY CLOSELY WITH.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE'D BE HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU.
UH, ALYSSA, YOU DID A TREMENDOUS JOB STEADYING THE SHIP, UH, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE TRANSITION FROM ONE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE NEXT.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GAVE DURING THAT TIME AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO GRACIOUSLY WELCOME A NEW EXECUTIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE ROLE AND THAT THE ORGANIZATION WOULD CONTINUE TO BE, UH, SUCCESSFUL AND INNOVATIVE AND BASICALLY ONE OF THE, THE SHINING STARS IN THE WORKFORCE WORLD NATIONALLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND WHILE SHE'S NOT HERE, I WANNA THANK U AS WELL.
'CAUSE UT'S ALWAYS, UH, MADE SURE THAT I GET MY REPORTS IN AND I'M COMPLIANT AND HAS BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND MANY OF THE ROLES TO MAKE SURE THAT BOARD MEMBERS WERE ALWAYS IN GOOD STANDING, UH, AND NOT GETTING FINES,
BUT, UH, WE'RE LOSING TWO AMAZING PEOPLE.
UH, BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT, AGAIN, A STRONG BENCH.
AND THEN FINALLY, WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, WE CAN ESTABLISH A QUORUM AND LOSE A COUPLE PEOPLE AND STILL HAVE ONE.
SO THAT'S A REFRESHING NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR.
BUT, UH, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.
AND AGAIN, WE TRIED TO CREATE A BOARD THAT WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT OUR ECONOMIC, UH, GOALS ARE IN THE CITY AND WHAT IS PUT OUT BY THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS, UH, A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS TO REALLY CONTINUE TO PUT LONG BEACH ON THE MAP.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AND WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING, IT CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA ITEM FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? WELL, IT'S, UH, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE ELISA, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR, FOR US AND FOR, UH, WORKFORCE AND ENJOY WELL DESERVED 28 YEARS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CONTINUE FLOURISHING WHEREVER YOU GO.
GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN A BLESSING AS WELL, SO I WISH HER THE BEST.
AND EVERYBODY THAT IS NEW WELCOME AND, UH, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO AND TO COME ALONGSIDE WITH WATSON AND NOW WITH, AND THE VICE PRESIDENT AS WELL, UH, CURRENT.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS,
UM, ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ONE LAST THING FROM ME.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO EVERYONE ON THE BOARD, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, IWI WELCOME AND APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAD TODAY BECAUSE IT HELPS ALL OF US, AS IN FROM THE ORGANIZATION SIDE OF IT, UM, UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THESE PROCESSES.
SO PLEASE CONTINUE WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, WE WELCOME THEM, AND THAT WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE EVERYTHING FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN, IN, IN CONNECTION AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MAYOR, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT, UH, WELCOME ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, UH, ENGAGEMENT.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Long Beach Workforce Innovation Network on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
NOW WE'LL TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, IF THERE IS ANY.SEEING NONE, UH, MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE, MADAM
[02:10:01]
CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.MEMBER CARTER, EXCEPT MEMBER COVA RUBIO.
ACCEPT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
UH, NOW WE WILL TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS? I LOVE THESE MEETINGS.
UM, SEE, SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
FROM THE MEMBERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? OKAY, SEEING NONE,[ADJOURNMENT]
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.