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          TAMIKA, HOW ARE YOU TODAY DOING? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME, WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. 
          FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2026. 
          SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE. 
          HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT NEW YEAR'S AND HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          SO, JUMPING RIGHT IN, WE'D LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, CLAUDE DIALS. 
          ABSENT. 
          TAMIKA BOY PRESENT. 
          KIMBERLY, WE PRESENT JAMIE S SCHEUER PRESENT. 
          AIKO TAN PRESENT. 
          ANNA TOSKI. 
          HERE. 
          DANIEL BOFF. 
          ABSENT HO MCT HERE. 
          NIKKI AMICK. 
          UH, SHE'S GONNA BE LATE. 
          CONNOR LOCKE. 
          ABSENT. 
          PATRICIA SCOTT. 
          ABSENT. 
          MELANIE MARTINS PRESENT. 
          STEVEN ROCKENBACH. 
          HERE. 
          AMY LOWRY. 
          LUTA PRESENT. 
          AND BRANDY BROWN. 
          SHOCK ABSENT. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE QUORUM. 
          PERFECT. 
          AND THEN, SORRY, JUST A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT. 
          THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER EACH AGENDA ITEM FOR YOU TO, UM, MAKE A COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ITEM. 
          AND AFTER THE AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN, UM, GONE THROUGH, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN YOU ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. 
          UM, AND IF POSSIBLE, IT'S, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT AS A COMMENT AND NOT A QUESTION. 
          IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ABLE TO EMAIL US AT HOMELESS SERVICES ADMIN. 
          UM, OR YOU CAN SEE ONE OF US AT THE AFTER THE MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN CLAUDE HAS JOINED THE MEETING, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD MEETING OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. 
          WE WANNA TAKE A VOTE. 
          UH, SORRY. 
          ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE, TAKE A LOOK. 
          YOU CAN RAISE ALL IN ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES WITH MAJORITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, OUR NEXT AGENDA, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA RATHER, IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE SCORING AND RANKING POLICIES FOR THE LONG BEACH CONTINUUM CARE PORTFOLIO. 
          WHO'S THE PRE, UH, JOSEPH WILL BE MEET JOSEPH. 
          I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA PULL UP. 
          IS IT WORKING? I'LL MOVE IT. 
          DID YOU DO THAT? I DID IT . 
          HOLD ON. 
          IF YOU WANNA WAIT. 
          YEAH. 
          OR YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, CONVERSELY THE ACTUAL , I'LL MOVE IT FOR YOU. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, HI, UH, JOSEPH, INITIATED COORDINATOR, UH, SERVICES BUREAU. 
          UM, SO LAST, LAST TIME WE CONVENED IN NOVEMBER, UH, I PRESENTED SOME UPDATES TO THE 2025 ASSOCIATES FOR A NEW RANKING POLICY, UH, WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR HUD TO, UH, ESSENTIALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO I'LL HAVE UPDATES ON THAT IN A FEW, BUT I'M BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK, UH, BECAUSE AS WE STARTED TO APPLY THE POLICY, WE HAD NOTICED THERE WERE, UH, A FEW MINOR ERRORS AS WELL AS, UM, HAVING THE ABILITY TO KIND OF REORGANIZE SOME CONTENT. 
          SO, GONNA PROVIDE A BRIEF OUTLINE HERE. 
          SO THE MAIN PAGE, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE BOTH A RED LINE VERSION THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, AND THEN A CLEAN VERSION THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. 
          SO I'LL DRAW YOU A, A RED LINE VERSION. 
          UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE, ON THE FRONT PAGE, THERE'S NOTHING, UH, SUBSTANTIVELY 
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DIFFERENT. 
          UM, THERE WERE JUST SOME REORGANIZATION. 
          ONE I WANTED TO CALL OUT THE REPORTING PERIOD. 
          SO, SECTION ONE PROJECT PERFORMANCE IS ACTUALLY A WEIGHTED SCORE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS FOR THE MOST RECENT YEAR BEING WORTH 60%, LAST YEAR BEING WORTH 30%. 
          AND THE PREVIOUS YEAR BEING, UH, 10%, OR I SHOULD SAY THE PREVIOUS REPORTING PERIOD IN TWO REPORTING PERIODS PRIOR, UH, THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY EXPLAINED IN A LOWER PARAGRAPH, WHICH IS CROSSED OUT. 
          UH, WE FELT THAT JUST PLACING THAT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER FOR CLARITY, SO FOLKS LOOKING AT THE POLICY WOULD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THOSE SCORES IN SECTION ONES WERE CALCULATED WOULD JUST MAKE READ A LITTLE BETTER. 
          UH, ASIDE FROM THAT, ON THAT FRONT PAGE, YOU'LL JUST SEE SOME MINOR, UH, SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. 
          UM, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN ABOUT OUR RANKING PROCESS, UH, COC PLANNING GRANTS AND UFA COST GRANTS ARE UNRANKED, THEY'RE FUNDED OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR PORTFOLIO. 
          SO WE JUST INCLUDED THOSE ON THE PROJECTS THAT WERE EXEMPT FROM RANKING, UH, AS WELL AS INCLUDING, UM, CLARIFICATION ON S-S-O-C-E PROJECTS. 
          SO THIS FUNDS, UH, ESSENTIALLY COORDINATED ENTRY. 
          AND SO THAT PREVIOUSLY IS SCORED BUT NOT RANKED. 
          THE WAY IT READ IN THE PREVIOUS VERSION MADE IT A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. 
          IT SAID IT WAS RANKED BUT NOT RANKED SCORED, BUT NOT SCORED. 
          SO JUST KIND OF CLARIFY THAT THE PROJECT IS EVALUATED, THAT THE SCORE ITSELF IS NOT USED TO DETERMINE RANK QUARTER DUE TO THE COORDINATED ENTRY GRANT, ESSENTIALLY FUNCTIONING AS A, A, UH, THE BACKBONE OF THE SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, HMIS MATCHES, UH, THE NSC FOLKS GOING TO THAT SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT. 
          SO JUST CLARIFYING THERE. 
          THEN THE, THE REST ARE ESSENTIALLY MINOR OVERSIGHT. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, A RANGE THAT MAY BE ABOVE 5% OR BELOW 5%, BUT IF A PROJECT IS EXACTLY 5%, WE NEEDED TO ADD THAT AND EQUALS TO. 
          SO CLARIFYING THAT IF YOU'RE RIGHT AT 5%, RIGHT AT 90% GENERALLY, THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF SCORING POINTS. 
          THAT WAS JUST A SMALL GAP. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MINOR REVISIONS, JUST TWO STANDARD DEVIATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, BELOW THE PROJECT TYPE MEAN LOOKING FOR AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT, PREVIOUS LANGUAGE THAT ABOVE, SO A COUPLE OF MINOR OVERSIGHTS, BUT DID WANT TO JUST BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR, UH, REVIEW. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY, UM, LOOKING AT THE REOR REORGANIZED, UH, SCORE METHODOLOGY SECTION, UH, CLARIFYING THOSE RECORDING PERIODS, ALIGNING THOSE NARRATIVES, UM, FOR THE CALCULATIONS AND POLICY APPLICATION, PARTICULARLY FOR US, CE GRANTS, UM, CLARIFYING THOSE THRESHOLDS WITHIN THE SCORING RANGE. 
          UH, CORRECTING THE MISALIGNMENT METRIC CUTOFFS AND CALCULATIONS. 
          AND THEN THERE WERE SOME SECTION POINT TOTALS, UM, WHERE POINTS WERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADJUSTED. 
          AND SO IT STILL INCLUDED THE INCORRECT TOTALS. 
          SO, UH, THE POLICY ITSELF DID NOT CHANGE. 
          THERE WAS JUST SOME CALCULATING, UH, ERRORS IN OVERSIGHTS THAT IF YOU WERE ATTEMPTING TO APPLY IT YOURSELF WOULD'VE BEEN UNCLEAR, ESSENTIALLY. 
          SO MADE THOSE CORRECTION THEN AGAIN, JUST BRINGING IT BACK TO NO QUESTION. 
          UH, PAGE 11, WHERE THE POINT TROUBLES ARE DIFFERENT. 
          YES, BUT RUBRIC STILL HAS ADD UP TO THREE, OH WAIT, NO, JUST KIDDING. 
          THAT'S NOT ADDS UP TO, THAT'S POINTS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? UH, YEAH, POINTS POSSIBLE ON THE RIGHT. 
          SO THIS HAD BEEN BECAUSE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WAS WEIGHED. 
          UH, AND THE SAME THING FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY. 
          UM, WE'RE REFERRING TO METRIC FIVE, SERVING THE COC WITH NEUTRALITY. 
          UH, SO ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT PROGRAM BEING REFLECTIVE OF THE POINT IN TIME COUNT POPULATION AND, UH, EXIT OUTCOMES. 
          SO YEAH, THESE WERE ADJUSTED, UM, WHEN THIS WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL, I BELIEVE IN SEPTEMBER, UH, TO BE TWO POINTS RATHER THAN THREE POINTS EACH, UH, DUE TO THE LOWER WEIGHT, UM, OF THESE METRICS FOR, WELL, HIGHER WEIGHT, I SHOULD SAY, FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES DUE. 
          THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT 17, I BELIEVE POINTS LOWER THAN PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          AND SO WHEN THAT, THOSE METRICS WERE ADJUSTED WAS POINT TOTALS AND WAS NOT ADJUSTED THERE. 
          SO THE PLAN WAS TO SCORE IT AT THE, UH, LOWER WEIGHT. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, THE POINT TOTALS THAT WERE IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN THE MATCHING THERE. 
          SO WE JUST LAID THAT CORRECTION RIGHT ON THERE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA? ITEM? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE SECOND. 
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SORRY, WHO WAS SECOND? NO, THANK YOU. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE BY SHOW OF HANDS. 
          FAVOR. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION ON UPDATES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 CONTINUUM CARE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR . 
          UH, JOSEPH ELLO, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR, CONTINUUM CARE. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BEGIN THE COC PROGRAM FUNDING UPDATES WITH A TIMELINE OF, UM, RECENT, RECENT ACTIVITIES, RECENT ACTIVITIES OF PUT IN THE COURT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THAT TIMELINE, ACTIONS AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS. 
          UH, PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE REOPEN 24 25 SERIOUSLY PROGRAM NOFO, AND THEN DISCUSS, UH, BRIEFLY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS TO RESPOND TO THE NOFO. 
          UH, SO YOU'LL SEE HERE ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025, RELEASE OF FISCAL YEAR 2025, SERIOUSLY NOFO, UH, INTRODUCING MAJOR CHANGES. 
          SOME OF THOSE CHANGES THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE TIME INCLUDED, UH, A CAP ON PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          UH, TIER ONE, WHICH IS CONSIDERED PROTECTIVE FUNDING BEING LOWERED FROM 90% OF THE ANNUAL RENEWAL DEMANDED COCS DOWN TO 30%, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, AREAS, PARTICULARLY SURROUNDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS AND SCORING, UH, PROJECTS ON SUPPORTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS RATHER THAN HOUSING FIRST. 
          UH, BY NOVEMBER 8TH, UH, TWO LAWSUITS THAT HAD MOVED FORWARD, UH, ONE, UH, ESSENTIALLY BY ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE ESSENTIALLY BY, UH, THE STATE, UH, MOVE FORWARD HAD REMOVED AND WITHDREW THE NOFO TO MAKE REVISIONS, UM, AN ISSUE, A MODIFIED VERSION, WHICH THEY DID ON DECEMBER 19TH, THEY PUBLISHED A PUBLIC REVIEW NOFO, WHICH WAS LARGELY THE SAME AS THE ONE THAT THEY RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 13TH. 
          UM, ON DECEMBER 23RD, UH, RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE DISTRICT COURT ORDERED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION FOR HYPER PAUSE OF 2025 NOFO AND TAKE STEPS TO PROCESS RENEWALS UNDER THE 24 25 NOFO WITHOUT ACTUALLY OBLIGATING FUNDS. 
          SO WHAT ESSENTIALLY THAT MEANS IS HUD SAID, IT SEEMS AS IF THOUGH, UM, THESE COMPLAINTS MIGHT HAVE MERIT. 
          AND SO WHAT I'M DOING IS ASKING YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING A PROCESS FOR FOLKS TO RENEW THEIR GRANTS UNDER THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS RELEASED IN 2024, UH, WHILE THE COURT ESSENTIALLY CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, SO HUD DID THAT, UH, AND THEN FRIDAY, UH, WHICH WE'VE BEEN HAVING A, UH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A, I GUESS, A LITTLE DEJAVU BECAUSE I THINK THE LAST TIME WE MET, THEY ALSO RELEASED A NOFO A FEW DAYS BEFORE OUR MEETING, SO THEY DID IT AGAIN. 
          SO IT SEEMS AS IF THOUGH, WE, WE, UH, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HUNT'S DOING. 
          , UH, JANUARY 9TH, THEY REOPENED THE NOFA WITH, UH, GUIDANCE AND PROCESS RENEWALS, UH, INCLUDING OUTLINING SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO RESPOND TO THE COURT ORDER. 
          UH, AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH, THEIR STATING IS A DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION. 
          UH, SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          SO, UH, THE NOFO WAS REOPENED ON JANUARY 9TH, UM, APPROXIMATELY 3.524 MILLION, AVAILABLE 52 MILLION FOR UDB BONUS PROJECTS, 188 FOR NON-COMPETITIVE RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT. 
          UH, YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM GRANTS UP TO 93 MILLION IN RECAPTURING AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL COC FUNDS. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, DECEMBER, 2020, THE DECEMBER, 2025, FISCAL YEAR 2025 NOFO IS IN JOINT, SO THAT WON'T BE IMPLEMENTED DURING FORCE UNLESS THERE'S A THIRD OF COURT ORDER. 
          SO THAT IS HUD'S PREFERRED NOFO THAT INCORPORATES A LOT OF THOSE ELEMENTS, INCLUDING LOWER, UH, GUARANTEED A RD IN TIER ONE 30%. 
          THE PERMANENT HOUSING CAPS OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT ONE'S ON HOLD AND HUD IS PROCESSING ELIGIBLE RENEWABLES, UH, UNDER THE 20 24, 20 25 FRAMEWORK PURSUANT TO THE COURT ORDER, EXCLUDING THE OBLIGATION TO FUND. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY, THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD AS IF THOUGH THEY WERE RENEWING THOSE GRANTS, BUT THEY WILL NOT ACTUALLY FUND THOSE GRANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE CONTINUING TO FIGHT TO TRY TO HELP TO ENACT THEIR OWN NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO WE ARE PLANNING ON RESPONDING TO THE, UH, RENEWAL CYCLE, UM, TWO PATHWAYS UNDER RENEWAL, UH, FOR THE 24 25 NOFO. 
          THE FIRST IS FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED IN 2024. 
          SO, UH, THEY RECEIVED A GRANT PERIOD, UM, FROM 2025 TO 2026. 
          UH, SO TO REMIND FOLKS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, THE WAY IT TYPICALLY WORKS IS HU RELEASES IN NOFO ONE YEAR. 
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THE GRANT STARTS THE NEXT YEAR AND CARRIES OVER TO THE, THE, THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          SO, 2024 APPLICATIONS BEGAN IN 2025 AND THEN WOULD END IN 2026. 
          SO, UH, MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE, UH, THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT REALLOCATED OR REPLACED ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SELECTION, USING THAT SUBMISSION WITH WRITTEN CONFIRMATION. 
          SO THIS MEANS IF ALL OF YOUR PROJECTS ARE JUST BEING RENEWED, YOU'RE NOT PLANNING TO REALLOCATE, THERE WERE NO GRANTS THAT YOU HAD NOT RENEWED, THAT YOU PLANNED TO RENEW, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, OR, YOU KNOW, NOT FROM 2024, BUT IN 2025, ALL WE NEED TO DO IS SUBMIT THOSE APPLICATIONS, TELL HUD WE'RE RENEWING ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE SUBMITTED LAST YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S SEEMINGLY THE END OF THE STORY. 
          UH, THE SECOND PATHWAY IS IF YOU'RE SUBMITTING THOSE RENEWALS THAT YOU DID NOT FUND IN 2024 AND OR NEW PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE CREATING THROUGH REALLOCATION, IN THAT CASE, YOU WOULD COMPLETE PROJECTS TO APPLICATIONS IN EAPS AND YOU'D SUBMIT A PRIORITY LISTING FOR A FUNDING CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, A FEW THINGS ARE UNCLEAR, THE COMPETITIVE NATURE. 
          SO IF YOU WERE TO REALLOCATE PROJECTS IN A GENERAL COMPETITION, UH, THOSE WOULD NOT BE GUARANTEED FUNDING THAT THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW. 
          AND SO SEEMINGLY, UH, THE ASSUMPTION WOULD HAVE TO BE, IF WE CHOSE TO REALLOCATE PROJECTS BASED ON A REALLOCATION POLICY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT WE WOULD CREATE NEW PROJECTS, SUBMIT THEM TO HUD, AND THEY WOULD GO THROUGH A THRESHOLD REVIEW. 
          IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE UNFUNDED, UM, ALSO KIND OF UNCLEAR AS TO THE ADDITIONAL BONUS FUNDING, HOW THAT WOULD WORK. 
          UM, IT MAY BE THAT THAT WOULD COME OUT IN, YOU KNOW, A FUTURE UPDATE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COURT ORDER IS. 
          UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TWO PATHWAYS. 
          ONE JUST SAYING WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, RENEW EVERYTHING. 
          AND THE SECOND ONE BEING WE'RE DOING A REVIEW. 
          WE'RE REALLOCATING, WE'RE PROPOSING NEW PROJECTS, AND WE'RE SUBMITTING EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          UH, TO CLARIFY THE PORTION THAT I'M REFERRING TO, WHERE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED IN 2024 VERSUS RENEWALS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED IN 2024, SOME CONTINU OF CARES HAVE PROJECTS THAT START THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEY MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE AN EXTENDED PERIOD. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, A NEW PROJECT, YOU COULD SAY, WE NEED A RAMP UP PERIOD. 
          SO FOR THIS FIRST YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO DO AN 18 MONTH TERM, UH, LONG BEACH AS A, UH, UFA, UM, A UNIFIED FUNDING AGENCY. 
          UM, WE HAVE ONE, UH, APPLICATION OR ONE GRANT AGREEMENT ENCOMPASSING ALL PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO INDIVIDUALLY RENEW PROJECTS. 
          WE RENEW THEM AS A WHOLE, ESSENTIALLY. 
          SO THAT WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE FOR LONG BEACH. 
          UH, THERE WOULD BE NO PROJECTS THAT WE DID NOT RENEW IN 2024 UNLESS THERE WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE ENTERING THE PORTFOLIO SUCH AS THE UNSHELTERED NOFO, YHCP, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, SO NEXT STEPS, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE GUIDANCE MONITOR LITIGATION. 
          UH, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A TIMELINE FOR KEY NOFO ACTIVITIES. 
          SO FOR THIS, IT'LL BE REVIEWING THE PROJECT APPLICATIONS. 
          WE ANTICIPATE TRYING TO ALIGN SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN OUR PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS WITH SOME OF HU'S NEW PRIORITIES, ESSENTIALLY BY REMOVING SOME LANGUAGE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NO LONGER LIKES TO HEAR. 
          THAT INCLUDES LANGUAGE ON HOUSING FIRST, LOW BARRIER PROGRAM, RACIAL EQUITY, LGBTQ PLUS. 
          SO THE IDEA WOULD NOT BE THE PROGRAM IS WHEN THEY SERVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          IT WOULD BE THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN THOSE TRIGGER WORDS THAT IN FUTURE APPLICATIONS HUD COULD TRY TO USE TO DEFUND THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, STRANGELY IF YOU'VE SEEN THE APPLICATIONS FROM 2024, THEY DO INCLUDE SECTIONS ON HOUSING FIRST AND LOW BARRIER PROGRAMMING. 
          SO IN RESUBMITTING THE APPLICATIONS, THOSE APPLICATIONS WILL CONTAIN SECTIONS THAT AFFIRM HOUSING FIRST AND LOW BARRIER PROGRAMMING 'CAUSE THEY'RE A RESUBMISSION. 
          AND AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT WILL BE IN FUTURE YEARS, CONSIDERING THAT HUD CAN'T SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE LAST YEAR'S NOFO TO CARRY IT FORWARD, THEY HAVE TO JUST RE-IMPLEMENT THE RENEWALS THROUGH THE SAME THRESHOLDS AS LAST YEAR, WHICH INCLUDED SCORING PROJECTS, UH, AT 10% FOR HOUSING FIRST. 
          SO THERE'S SOME UNCERTAINTIES THERE, WHAT THAT'LL MEAN IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, SHORT TERM, WE ARE TAKING IT AS A POSITIVE THING. 
          IT SOUNDS AS IF THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH REALLOCATING PROJECTS FOR ANOTHER, TECHNICALLY ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OR SO, WE'RE ALREADY IN 2026. 
          SO THE HUG WOULD BE RELEASING A NOFO ON SCHEDULE SOMETIME AROUND JULY, UH, WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, WE'LL APPLY COMPETITION POLICIES, UH, AND REVIEW ANY ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WHICH INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON REALLOCATION 
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AND SUBMISSION. 
          WE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO SCHEDULE THE SPECIAL MEETING WITH ALL OF YOU TO APPROVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE WE SUBMIT TO HUD. 
          UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF OUR SUBRECIPIENTS AND PARTNERS. 
          SO WE DID SEND OUT A NOTIFICATION YESTERDAY UPDATING ON THE NOTES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. 
          AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS FOR OUR PARTNERS AND SUB-RECIPIENTS. 
          WE'LL BE REACHING OUT INDIVIDUALLY TO REQUEST UPDATES, UH, WHETHER IT BE UPDATES JUST TO, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM LEADERSHIP AND ADDRESSES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS TO KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED AS TO HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO RESPOND. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, FINALLY SCHEDULING THAT COC BOARD SPECIAL MEETING TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE SUBMISSION TO HUNT. 
          UM, I ALSO INCLUDED A MEMO WHICH BRIEFLY OUTLINES, UM, SOME OF WHICH I SPOKE ABOUT, BUT ALSO HUNT'S, UH, ACTUAL STATEMENTS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE LOOKING THROUGH THE NOCO IN THE PROCESSES. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS UNLESS, UH, EITHER MY COLLEAGUES SAID ANYTHING TO ADD. 
          UM, WE'D LIKE PEOPLE TO PUT ON THE TWO DIFFERENT PATHWAYS. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY, BUT THE TIMEFRAME IS PRETTY SHORT AS WE NEED TO COMPLETE ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER, UM, PRETTY QUICKLY HERE. 
          I THINK FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE LEAST RISKY, AND AT LEAST THAT FEELS LIKE A POTENTIAL TRAP FOR PENALIZING US IN THE FUTURE, IS TO JUST SUBMIT RENEWALS AS IS VERSUS OPENING IT UP AND PUTTING IN A BUNCH OF NEW LANGUAGE THAT THEY CAN. 
          THEN AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR'S NOFO AND THEY'VE SAID, HEY, WE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY COULD PENALIZE PEOPLE FOR HOUSING FIRST FOR, UH, EQUITY RELATED LANGUAGE FOR, UH, GENDER IDENTITY, UH, YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE AND NOT JUST RECOGNIZING TWO GENDERS. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR PREVIOUS APPLICATION. 
          SO RENEWING DOESN'T CHANGE THAT, BUT RESUBMITTING, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT TO GAIN. 
          IT'S SUCH A SHORT TIMEFRAME THAT THE IDEA OF PUTTING IN NEW PROJECTS SEEMS UNLIKELY. 
          SO THE IDEA OF REALLOCATING AN EXISTING PROJECT TO PUT FORWARD A NEW PROJECT WITH ONLY A MONTH TIMEFRAME, I DON'T SEE HOW WE GET THROUGH A PROCESS THAT FEELS FAIR AND OKAY, UM, BASED ON WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THE PATHWAY OF RENEWING PEOPLE AS IS IF WE GET THROUGH THE SCORING AND PERFORMANCE AND WE THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME LEVEL OF REALLOCATION AS A UA, WE CAN STILL DO THAT, THAT OUTSIDE OF THE COMPETITION WITHOUT SUBMITTING A WHOLE LOT OF NEW STUFF TO HUTS. 
          SO THIS DOESN'T PRECLUDE OUR ABILITY OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF OR SO OF POTENTIALLY REALLOCATING FUNDING IF WE THINK THAT ISN'T THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COC. 
          UH, SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, NOT DOING IT WITHIN THE COMPETITION DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE STILL COULDN'T DO IT. 
          UH, IT JUST MEANS THAT WE COULD DO IT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THIS LARGER, LARGER PROCESS WHERE WE'RE RESUBMITTING A BUNCH OF EVENINGS FOR OUR HIKE FOR THEM TO SCRUTINIZE IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO PEOPLE HAVE FEEDBACK. 
          YOU WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD. 
          I AGREE. 
          I THINK IT'S SAFER TO JUST SUBMIT RENEWAL RATHER THAN MAKING CHANGES AND OPENING UP FOR MORE SCRUTINY. 
          THIS, BUT I, BUT I SECOND THAT . 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          THOSE ARE THE GUIDELINES OF SUBMISSION. 
          I DON'T SEE, I MEAN, WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR A POTENTIAL FUTURE WHERE THEY WOULD SAY, OH, YOU SAID FIRST, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS POINT TO, WELL, THE APPLICATION SAYS SOMETHING FIRST. 
          SO THAT'S THE STRATEGY HERE. 
          SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY SLAM DUNK. 
          CAN COORDIN GOES THAT WAY, OR DEPENDING ON THE COURT? YES. 
          I MEAN, PENALIZING US FOR DOING THINGS THAT THEY SAID WE HAVE TO YES. 
          IS SOMETHING THAT WE CHOMP IN, COURTLY, PENALIZE FOR SEEMS, YEAH. 
          AND AS PROJECTS WERE FUNDED UNDER LAST YEAR'S APPLICATION WITH 10% OF THEIR SCORE BEING AT ERIC HOUSING FIRST, WE'RE NOT SURE HOW HUG WOULD RECONCILE. 
          NOT NOT FUNDING PROJECTS THAT MAINTAIN THAT SAME, UH, THAT SAME ESSENTIALLY LANGUAGE OR CONFIRMATION WITHIN THE APPLICATIONS. 
          BECAUSE IF A PRO, IF ANOTHER PROJECT ELSEWHERE HAD SAID NO, THEY WOULD'VE SCORED LOWER UNDER LAST YEAR'S NOFO, WHICH IS WHAT HUD HAS TO ADHERE TO IF THEY PROCESS THESE RENEWALS. 
          UH, UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I, I I HAVE TO REITERATE, HUD DOES NOT WANT TO DO GO DOWN THIS PATH. 
          HUD WANTS TO IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UM, AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO MESSAGE EVERYTHING THAT AS SOON AS THEY'RE ALLOWED, THEY'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN NOVO. 
          SO, UH, DESPITE THIS BEING THE CURRENT PROCESS 
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AND US ADHERING TO IT, UM, IF, IF HUD GETS THE ALLOWANCE, THEY WILL THROW THESE AWAY AND WE'LL BE BACK IN A MONTH TALKING ABOUT A NEW NOFO AND A NEW DEADLINE. 
          IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT NOFO, IT IS STILL POSTED ON THE HUD WEBSITE UNDER THE COC NOFO PAGE. 
          SO THEY HAVE BOTH POSTED RIGHT NOW. 
          SO YOU CAN STILL SEE THE ONE FROM DECEMBER 19TH THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO USE IT. 
          THE COURT DOES NOT SAY NO, YOU HAVE TO PROCESS RENEWALS AS IS. 
          THEY'RE ALLOWED TO RELEASE THE NOFO, IT'S POSTED, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'LL BE. 
          THERE'LL PROBABLY BE SOME CHANGES TO DATES BECAUSE THE DATES ARE NOT GONNA ALIGN TO YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE INJUNCTION. 
          UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TERMS THAT THEY WILL LIKELY BE ALIGNED. 
          UH, AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WOULD BE SOME PRETTY CONSIDERABLE CHANGES AROUND CAPS TO PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          HOWEVER, THEN NEW FUNDING THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE THAT THEY MAKE AVAILABLE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR NEW PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          SO THEY'RE WANTING YOU TO REALLOCATE EXISTING PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE HOUSING PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING WELL TO CREATE NEW PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECTS THAT, UH, SERVE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, FIT INTO THE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO SERVE. 
          UM, SO WE DISPLACED CURRENT PEOPLE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO, TO PROVIDE HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT THEY MORE, YOU KNOW, WORTHY OF, OF RECEIVING HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          SO, SO THE BEST COURSE, COURSE OF ACTION WILL BE THE RENEWAL NUMBER TWO, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE WE BASICALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY, REALLY GOING TO DO. 
          EVERYTHING'S, UH, CRAZY UP IN THE AIR, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, , UH, MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR 2024 WAS BEING SPENT IN 2025 AND BASICALLY 2025. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE CAN, LIKE WHERE UNCERTAINTIES LIES AT AND MOVING FORWARD TO 2026 AND SO FORTH. 
          IT'S CRAZY. 
          ISN'T , I DIDN'T HAD IT DESIGNED PRETTY MUCH HAS IT IN A WAY FOR US TO FAIL DESIGN TO FAIL PROBABLY THIS MORNING HERE IN LONG BEACH BY JOSEPH SCOPE. 
          SO THAT'S THE ISSUE. 
          SHOULD WE TAKE THIS GAMBLE OR NOT? I MEAN, WE GOTTA PICK ONE PATHWAY OR THE OTHER. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME INPUT ON ALSO. 
          I MEAN, KNOWING THAT, WOULD THE RENEWAL PROCESS BE EASIER ON THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE TO APPLY AND THEN POTENTIALLY APPLY AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS? I VOTE FOR THAT . 
          YEAH, THIS WILL BE THE EASIEST ON OUR AGENCIES AS WELL AS TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, AS IS, APPRECIATE ALL DOING YOUR BEST TO NAVIGATE WHAT IS AN UNRATIONAL IRRATIONAL PROCESS. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD? CAN WE, CAN WE GET A MOTION, SORRY, BEFORE OH, OKAY. 
          MOTION BEFORE ASKING. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          SHE GETS SECOND. 
          SORRY, WHO WAS SECOND? EITHER ONE. 
          YEP. 
          SECOND. 
          ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? JUST THAT QUESTION OR A COMMENT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YOU HAD TO, IS THERE A WAY TO PUT THROUGH CURRENT NOVA AND IN THE AREAS WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HARM REDUCTION, HOUSING FIRST, RACIAL EQUALITY, WE SAY AGENCIES WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE USING THE HARM REDUCTION HOUSING, FIRST RACIAL EQUALITY PROCESSES THEY HAVE BEEN USING HISTORICALLY, BUT WE'LL SWITCH THAT WHEN WE'RE FORCED TO. 
          UH, I CAN SPEAK GENERALLY SINCE WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, CAN'T REALLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          I CAN RESPOND GENERALLY ABOUT THE WHOLE APPLICATION PROCESS AND KIND OF DELINEATE WHAT'S DIFFERENT. 
          SO TYPICALLY THE PROJECT APPLICATIONS ARE SCORED, UH, THE CLCS ARE SCORED IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          SO AS A CONTINUUM OF CARE AS A WHOLE, THERE'S, UH, PAGES OF NARRATIVES WHICH INCLUDE, UH, DATA POINTS. 
          UH, COULD BE, UM, AREAS SUCH AS FOLKS INCREASING INCOME, DECREASING RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS, UH, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL, UM, SECTIONS ABOUT, UH, WHO OUR PARTNERS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NOFO DIFFERENCES, SOME OF THE NEW THINGS HUD WANTED US TO SCORE ON, WHERE THINGS LIKE HAVING 
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SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS ON THE COC BOARD, WHICH WAS ADDITIONAL POINTS, SUBMITTING PROGRAM POLICIES THAT, UH, MANDATED 40 HOURS A WEEK OF, UM, SUPPORTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO THE COC AS ITSELF IS SCORED OVERALL, AND THAT'S, UH, KIND OF THE FIRST STEP. 
          THEN THAT, THAT APPLICATION SCORE IS USED TO SCORE 50% OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT APPLICATIONS THAT FALL INTO THAT TIER TWO, WHICH IS THE UNPROTECTED FUNDING. 
          THEN AN ADDITIONAL, UH, 40% IS WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY RANKED IN TIER TWO. 
          AND THEN 10% WERE, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. 
          UH, IN THE, IN THE NEW NOFO, IN THE PREVIOUS NOFO, THAT LAST 10% WAS HOUSING FIRST. 
          IN THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT APPLICATIONS, THERE'S A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AND THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES, AND THEN A SERIES OF CHECK BOXES FOR HOUSING FIRST LOW BARRIER PROGRAMMING. 
          UH, SO OUR STRATEGY WOULD BE BECAUSE THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES ARE SCORED ON HOUSING FIRST, SEEMINGLY THROUGH THOSE CHECK BOXES, 'CAUSE THOSE A PART OF THE APPLICATION AS WELL AS A PORTION OF THE CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION THAT ASKS IF A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PROJECTS IN YOUR CRC SCORE HOUSING FIRST, WE'LL MAINTAIN THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ASKING US DURING THIS RENEWAL PROCESS TO COMPLETE A FULL CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION, THEY'RE ONLY ASKING US TO SUBMIT THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT APPLICATIONS. 
          SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PORTION OF THE APPLICATION THAT SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT HOUSING FIRST AND LOW BARRIER PROGRAMMING, BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS WERE ALREADY SCORED ON HOUSING FIRST, LOW BARRIER PROGRAMMING, AND THEY WERE FUNDED ON THAT. 
          HOWEVER, THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION, WHICH FUNCTIONALLY SERVES LITTLE PURPOSE AFTER A NEW PROJECT APPLICATION, HUD ISN'T REJECTING PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY READ THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION THAT BASICALLY STATES INFORMATION SUCH AS, UH, THIS IS A RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM. 
          WE FOCUS ON, UH, VETERANS, OR WE FOCUS ON SURVIVORS, OR WE FOCUS ON FOLKS WITH CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. 
          UH, WE WILL SERVE 30 PEOPLE OVER THE GRANT TERM. 
          UH, WE'LL PROVIDE UP TO 24, UH, MONTHS OF RAPID REHOUSING ASSISTANCE IN CASE IT, IT KIND OF JUST DESCRIBES THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAM. 
          AND FREQUENTLY IN THOSE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS IS WHEN THERE'S LANGUAGE ON HOUSING FIRST HARM REDUCTION, USUALLY IN ABOUT A SENTENCE OR SO, IT'LL SAY THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVES ALL PARTICIPANTS USING A HOUSING FIRST APPROACH, UTILIZE HARM REDUCTION TECHNIQUES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING INTO MOTIVATIONAL REVIEWING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND PERHAPS EVEN GOING INTO HOW THEY'RE INTERNALLY ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM IN THAT PROJECT DESCRIPTION. 
          BUT HOW DOES IT SCORE ANY OF THAT AFTER THE INITIAL NEW PROJECT APPLICATION? SO IN A RENEWAL, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT. 
          SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE ANY OF THAT LANGUAGE FROM THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION. 
          THE CITY OF LONG BEACH STILL HAS POLICIES IN PLACE WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UPLIFTING AND CHAMPIONING HOUSING FIRST, LOW BARRIER PROGRAMMING, HARM REDUCTION. 
          AND SO, UH, AT THAT POINT, AT THIS POINT I SHOULD SAY, THAT IS NOT CHANGING. 
          HOWEVER, IN THE WAY THAT WE DESCRIBED THE PROGRAM TO HUD, WE CAN PROVIDE A, A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, WHO WILL BE SERVED, HOW MANY FOLKS WILL BE SERVED, AND HOW WE'LL ASSESS THOSE PROJECTS WITHOUT GETTING TOO DEEP INTO THE DESCRIPTION OF HOW THOSE SERVICES WILL BE CARRIED OUT. 
          AND WE FEEL AS IF THOUGH, THAT'LL BE OUR BEST OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO IF HUD DECIDES, YES, IF THEY GO BACK TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, IF THEY GOOGLE CITY OF LONG BEACH HOMELESSNESS, THEY'RE GONNA FIND INFORMATION ON OUR CORE PHILOSOPHIES, UM, OUR POLICIES AND, AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN IN LONG BEACH. 
          UM, BUT IF THEY LOOK IN THE PROJECT APPLICATIONS ALONE, THAT INFORMATION WILL, WILL NOT BE CONTAINED. 
          SO IT'S, UM, I'LL SAY BIO OMISSION, , I'LL SAY, UH, IS, IS THE PLAN TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE REVIEWS OF THOSE PROJECT APPLICATIONS, UH, DO NOT HAVE THAT LANGUAGE IN THEM? WE DO ANTICIPATE IN A NEW NOFO, THOSE SEC THOSE CHECK BOXES WOULD NOT BE PRESENT. 
          UH, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE'LL HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT THE EXPECTATION FROM A HUNT WILL BE IN TERMS OF, FOR EXAMPLE, SUPPORT OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND AT THAT POINT, IT'LL BE UP TO AGENCIES TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN SERVICES. 
          APOLOGIES FOR THE LONG EXPLANATION, BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE PERTINENT TO KIND OF DESCRIBE THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND LIKE, WHAT ARE THE KEY DIFFERENCES, WHICH IS THE LACK OF A CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION THAT TYPICALLY DESCRIBES HOW THE SYSTEM IN THE REGION IS FUNCTIONING AND THE TYPES OF POLICIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          NOT TO 
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BELABOR, BUT THE JUDGE DID OPINE ON ONE PIECE OF THE LAWSUIT THAT GETS INTO EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
          AND WHAT DOES AN EXECUTIVE ORDER MEAN? WHAT DOES IT ALLOW THEM TO DO? AND FROM THE JUDGE'S OPINION ON IT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH CARRIES A FAIR AMOUNT OF WEIGHT, IS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES NOT OVERRIDE A CONTRACT WITH EXISTING TERMS. IT DOES NOT OVERRIDE LEGISLATIVE LAW THAT CONGRESS HAS PASSED. 
          HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED ADMINISTRATIVELY, YOU CAN CHANGE THOSE IN THE FUTURE, BUT YOU CANNOT OVERRIDE AN EXISTING AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER NOTEBOOK PROCESS IF THEY ARE WANTING TO CHANGE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY, BUT IT STILL HAS TO FOLLOW LEGISLATIVE LAW THAT HAS BEEN PASSED. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS BEING DISCUSSED AND THAT KIND OF GETS INTO EXISTING CONTRACTS AND THAT EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT JUST OVERRIDE AN EXISTING CONTRACT. 
          DOES THE POINT IN TIME COUNT HAVE A, UH, HAVE A PLACE WITHIN THIS? ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          IF ANY, IF ANYONE, AND HOW DOES IT, HOW DOES IT FIT IN? ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE QUESTION WAS, IF THE POINT IN TIME COUNT HAS A, HAS A PLACE, SO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AND THE DATA COLLECTED DURING THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, UH, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PROCESSES FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, IMPROVING YOUR, YOUR COUNT IS PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION. 
          SO IN A NORMAL YEAR, IF WE WERE SUBMITTING A ENTIRE FULL APPLICATION, AS I WAS DISCUSSING THE CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION, THERE'D BE MANY DATA POINTS FROM THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF HOW WE CARRY OUT THE COUNT INCLUDED. 
          AND WE'D BE SCORED ON THAT FOR THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY JUST SUBMITTING INDIVIDUAL RENEWAL APPLICATIONS, THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERING. 
          SO THERE'D BE NO REVIEW OF THAT DATA FOR THIS RENEWAL PROCESS. 
          BUT IN A NORMAL COMPETITION, IF HUD ENDS UP BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THEIR NOFO, THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS ON THE POINT IN TIME, COUNT THE DATA FROM THE POINT IN TIME COUNT. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A SHOW OF HANDS. 
          ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, JOSEPH. 
          VERY WELCOME. 
          NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE SCOPE AND ESTABLISH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE GOVERNANCE, UM, THE GOVERNANCE AD HOC WORK GROUP, AND IF APPROPRIATE, APPOINT MEMBERS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          UH, JOSEPH PATELLO. 
          UM, REMEMBER? NO, THAT'S OKAY. 
          IF YOU NEED IT, I CAN PULL IT. 
          YEAH. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, THIS ITEM WILL BE ON THE, UM, CONTINUUM OF CARE GOVERNANCE AD HOC WORK GROUP. 
          UH, I'LL BRIEFLY. 
          AM I GONNA BE OKAY? PERFECT. 
          UM, SO, SO FIRST I'M GONNA REVIEW, UH, FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTINUOUS CARE GOVERNANCE CHARTER. 
          UH, THEN GONNA REVIEW BRIEFLY, UH, COMMITTEE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE BROWN ACT. 
          UH, CONFIRM THE SCOPE AND DELIVERABLES, DELIVERABLES FOR THE AD HOC WORK GROUP. 
          AND THEN, UH, IF, IF A DEGREE, ESTABLISH WORK GROUP MEMBERSHIP TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS. 
          SO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM INTERIM ROLE REQUIRES COC TO MAINTAIN A GOVERNANCE CHARTER. 
          UM, SO WE MUST DEVELOP, FOLLOW AND MAINTAIN, UH, ANNUALLY A GOVERNANCE CHARTER, DEVELOP THE CHARTER AND CONSULTATION WITH THE COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT. 
          NATURE MINUS LEAD, WHICH IS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          UH, IT MUST INCLUDE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES, UH, NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH SUB RB, WHICH IS ESTABLISHING AN OPERATING CONTINUUM OF CARE AND HMIS REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, IT ALSO MUST INCLUDE A CODE OF CONDUCT AND RECUSAL PROCESS FOR THE BOARD, THE CHAIRS, AND ANYONE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. 
          UH, FOR THE BROWN ACT. 
          UM, THE BROWN ACT ESTABLISHES THE RULES FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          SO A STANDING COMMITTEE WOULD BE ANY COMMITTEE OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT HAS A CONTINUING SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OR A FIXED MEETING SCHEDULE, LIKE THE CONTINUUM CARE BOARD, LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, LIKE THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          YOU'RE MEETING IN A FIXED SCHEDULE. 
          YOU'RE CONTINUOUSLY DISCUSSING THE SAME THINGS. 
          THOSE MEETINGS HAVE TO BE OPEN AND PUBLIC, PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, UH, AND IT'S SUBJECT 
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TO BOTH GROUND ACT NOTICE AND MEETING REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, AD HOC COMMITTEES DON'T HAVE CONTINUING SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE A FIXED MEETING SCHEDULE. 
          THEY'RE TYPICALLY COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF THE BODY THAT ARE LESS THAN A QUORUM OF THE BODY. 
          UM, AND THERE IS NO DELEGATED DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY. 
          GENERALLY. 
          THEY'RE MEANT TO PROVIDE, UH, RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESENT TO THE FULL BOARD, UH, IN COLLABORATION WITH STAFF, AND THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THOSE BROWN ACT NOTICE AND POSTING REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO THE REASON WHY I'M DELINEATING HERE IS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, UM, THERE WAS A REVIEW OF THE CC GOVERNANCE CHARTER. 
          UH, WE'VE STILL BEEN MAKING EDITS. 
          ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE DELAYED IS 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE LANGUAGE ON THE HMIS COLLABORATIVE, WHICH YOU ALSO RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON IN SEPTEMBER. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WAS SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE IN THE CHARTER. 
          BUT DURING MY REVIEW, I ALSO NOTICED A FEW GAPS AND I WANTED TO PRESENT THEM TO THE BOARD, BUT I ALSO DID NOT WANT TO CAUSE DELAYS. 
          SO, UM, AFTER CONFERRING, UH, WITH SOME FOLKS, INCLUDING THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD FORM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, I FELT LIKE IT'D BE MOST APPROPRIATE TO FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE PRESENT, ESSENTIALLY, UH, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, GET FEEDBACK ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, INCORPORATE THEM INTO GOVERNANCE, CHARTER, HOLD THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, POSTING THOSE EDITS, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE FULL BOARD FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT I OUTLINED HERE. 
          SO THE SCOPE WOULD BE REVIEWING THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER UPDATES AND REVISIONS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THERE WOULD BE UP TO THREE MEETINGS. 
          THE FIRST WOULD BE REVIEWING INITIAL DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS, PROVIDING FEEDBACK AND IDENTIFYING QUESTIONS. 
          THE SECOND MEETING WOULD BE TO ADDRESS THOSE OPEN QUESTIONS, REVIEW ANY ADDITIONAL REVISIONS, UH, BASED FROM THE FEEDBACK FROM THE FIRST MEETING, AND IDENTIFY FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND THAT THIRD MEETING IF NECESSARY, WOULD BE TO CONFIRM THOSE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GOVERNANCE CHARTER UPDATES. 
          AND THEN, UM, ULTIMATELY DELI THE DELIVERABLE WOULD JUST BE SUPPORTING US TO HAVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR THE UPDATES AND REVISIONS TO BRING BACK TO THE FULL BOARD. 
          UM, SO WE DID, UH, DO A LITTLE, UH, PROACTIVE OUTREACH BEFORE THE MEETING. 
          UH, AGAIN, THIS ANY KIND OF WORK GROUP, IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT, UH, WE NEED LESS THAN A QUORUM. 
          UH, SO IN LOOKING, UH, THROUGH AND SPEAKING TO A FEW FOLKS, UM, CLAUDE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE ASKED IF HE'D BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AS CO-CHAIR. 
          UM, NIKKI IS ANOTHER, UH, DUE TO HER ROLE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIP. 
          UH, HAWK IS ANOTHER AS, UH, HAR HAD PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED FEEDBACK AND UPDATES AND IS ALSO, UH, SITS ON ABLE. 
          AND HANNAH IS FOURTH, UH, IS ANNA'S PARTNER AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND, UH, ALSO ADMINISTERS FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          UM, THOSE ARE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO INCLUDE IN THE WORK GROUP. 
          THAT IS ONLY FOUR. 
          UM, WE RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN FIVE, JUST SO THE MEETINGS DON'T GET TWO UNWIELDY. 
          UM, BUT ALSO HAPPY WITH FOUR, JUST WANT A BODY OF FOLKS THAT CAN MEET. 
          THIS WILL BE THREE MEETINGS VIRTUALLY. 
          UM, SO WE WON'T BE MEETING IN PUBLIC. 
          WE WILL BE POSTING A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE UPDATES AND CHANGES. 
          UH, AND SOME OF THOSE WILL ALSO BE, UM, KIND OF LOOKING AT THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AS WELL, AND APPROVAL PROCESSES FOR THE, FOR THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER ITSELF. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN APPROVING THE FOUR FOLKS THAT I JUST LISTED, POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT FOLKS OR ADDING ON AN EXTRA, UH, INDIVIDUAL OR TWO. 
          WE'LL FIRST SEND OUT AN AVAILABILITY REQUEST FOR MEMBERS, UH, WITH DATE AND TIME OPTIONS FOR THE FIRST MEETING. 
          UH, WE'LL THEN SEND, UH, WORK GROUP MEMBERS HIGHLIGHTED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER TO REVIEW DURING THE WORK GROUP MEETING. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, AT THE END OF THAT MEETING, WE WILL FINALIZE AND INCORPORATE EDITS AND WE WILL IZE A GOVERNANCE CHARTER FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AS WELL AS A, UM, UH, A MEMO SUMMARIZING ANY PUBLIC COMMENT WE MAY HAVE RECEIVED THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT CHOOSE TO INCORPORATE INTO THOSE EDITS. 
          I'D LIKELY TIME THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THAT THIRD MEETING. 
          SO THE, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS ON THAT WORK GROUP COULD ALSO HEAR WHAT ANY PUBLIC COMMENT WE MAY HAVE RECEIVED WAS AS WELL. 
          AND HAPPY TO TURN THINGS OVER TO THE BOARD FOR, UH, QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. 
          CAN WE TAKE A MOTION FOR MOTION TO APPROVE? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? HAD A VERBAL, AYE. 
          THAT WAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          FIRST, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU CAN MOVE TO QUESTION. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? HOW DID YOU, HOW DID YOU EXACTLY, DID YOU CHOOSE THESE MEMBERS YOU'RE SUGGESTING? 
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SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UH, WELL, THESE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO NO SELECTIONS HAVE BEEN, THE SELECTION WOULD BE MADE BY THE BOARD. 
          UM, BUT CLAUDE, AS A, A CO-CHAIR, UM, WE AS WELL AS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE BOARD, WE HAD ASKED SOME DISCUSSION WHETHER OR NOT EITHER THE CO-CHAIRS IN OUR AGENDA PLANNING MEETING WOULD BE WILLING OR INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. 
          CLAUDE STATED THAT HE WOULD, UM, NIKKI DUE TO OUR PARTNERSHIP IN, UH, IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS STARTING FUNDING PASSES THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND WE PARTNERED WITH THEM ON SEVERAL OF THOSE. 
          UM, HAWK HAS HAW HAD PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED FEEDBACK AS WELL AS SITTING ON OUR ADVISORY BOARD, UH, LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND THEN ANNA, DUE TO OUR PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OF, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          SO THAT'S, AGAIN, INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, HAPPY TO HEAR FEEDBACK. 
          MORE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING. 
          AGAIN, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE JUST RUNNING SOME MORE GROUPS, BUT AGAIN, HAPPY TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS FROM THE GROUP. 
          WELL, THIS IS A COMMENT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON FOR THE LAST OVER A YEAR NOW, RIGHT? I'M SORRY. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, RIGHT? NOT SURE WHEN THE LAST GOVERNANCE CHART UPDATE WAS UPDATED. 
          UH, YEAH, WE DID DO GOVERNANCE CHARTER UPDATES. 
          I THINK, UH, I THINK WE DID A FEW ROUNDS IN THE, IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND THEN WE PRESENTED RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UH, IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, THERE HADN'T BEEN ANY VOTE, UH, ON ADOPTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS YET. 
          THEY WERE PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FEEDBACK. 
          AND THE REASON WHY WE HADN'T BEEN TAKEN VOTE AT THAT POINT WAS WE WERE ALSO WAITING ON SOME UNIFYING LANGUAGE FROM LASA AND, UM, ICF BECAUSE SOME OF THE GAPS IN OUR GOVERNANCE LANGUAGE WERE THE, THE, THE RECOGNITION FOR AND, UM, UH, COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, LACS POLICY COUNCIL, THE L-E-H-I-S COLLABORATIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THERE WAS A MOVE FOR THE FOUR LA COUNTY COCS TO JOINTLY OR CONCURRENTLY BE WORKING ON PROVISIONS AND UPDATES TO EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CHARTERS. 
          UM, AND SO WE HADN'T MADE ANY ADJUST THROUGH, UH, WAITING FOR THAT ONE, WHICH TO COME BEFORE WE MADE ANY CHANGES. 
          WE'RE STILL WAKING, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM, WAITING FOR THOSE FINAL UPDATES, BUT WE CAN, UM, ADDRESS ON A FEW DIFFERENT TRACKS. 
          ONE IS ADDRESSING SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT JOSEPH SORT OF FLAGGED FOR INCONSISTENCIES OR DISCREPANCIES IN, IN LANGUAGE AS IT'S NOW AND WORK TO INCORPORATE THAT UNIFYING LANGUAGE AS WELL. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YEAH. 
          HOW WILL THE PUBLIC BE NOTIFIED OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS? WILL IT BE THROUGH A NEWS, UM, WORK ON THE WEBSITE? SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE ASK FOR FEEDBACK, WE'LL SEND IT OUT THROUGH OUR EMAIL LISTSERV, WE'LL POST IT UP ONLINE AS WELL AS WE WILL, UH, POST ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE WILL TRY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND INVITING PEOPLE TO REVIEW WHAT IS POSTED AND PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SO, UH, THAT'LL GO OUT THROUGH MULTIPLE MEETINGS. 
          I'M ALSO GONNA PASS AROUND A SIGN IN SHEET FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT WAY WE CAN ADD YOU TO OUR CONTACT LIST. 
          UM, BUT ANY OTHER MEMBERS THAT PASS, UH, COPY. 
          AMEN. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE A SHOW OF HANDS IN THE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. 
          NEXT, ITEM FIVE. 
          THIS IS RECOMMENDATION TO BOARD MEMBER SOLICITATION. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          JUST ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR CONTINUING. 
          UM, SO JUST GONNA BRIEFLY GO OVER A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, FROM DECEMBER 27TH TO DECEMBER, UH, I'M SORRY, TO NOVEMBER 7TH, NOT DECEMBER 7TH, WE HAD AN OPEN, OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE TWO OPEN SEATS ON THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD. 
          UH, WE DID GET LIMITED ELIGIBLE SUBMISSIONS. 
          SO OUR RECOMMENDATION GONNA BE TO REOPEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD, WHICH IS BROUGHT IN THE CANDIDATE POOL. 
          UH, WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT, UM, DELAYED IN 
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REVIEWING APPLICATIONS AND BRINGING FOLKS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TO A LOT OF, A LOT OF  BEING RELEASED. 
          UM, NOT THAT THAT'S AN EXCUSE, BUT THAT WAS, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE, UH, HAD NOT BROUGHT IT BACK TO YOU YET. 
          WE HAD A COUPLE OF CANCEL MEETINGS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO JUST EXTEND THAT PERIOD, UH, FOR A FEW WEEKS, UH, BE ABLE TO PRESENT ON IT AT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, UH, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL BE SCHEDULED, UM, UH, IN A, A WEEK OR SO. 
          WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE THAT DATE. 
          AND SO, UH, UPON APPROVAL OF THE BOARD, WE'RE LOOKING TO REOPEN TOMORROW AND CLOSE ON FEBRUARY 11TH. 
          UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO FILL, UM, UH, TWO SEATS. 
          UH, AT LEAST ONE SEAT SHOULD BE, UH, FROM AN AGENCY THAT IS A CITY OF LONG BEACH, ESG SUB-RECIPIENT. 
          UH, THERE'S OTHER ELIGIBLE AFFILIATION INCLUDING NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, UH, DB SURVIVOR PROVIDERS, FAITH-BASED PROVIDERS, UH, GOVERNMENT BUSINESS ADVOCATES, SCHOOLS, EDUCATIONAL, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL UNIVERSITIES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND VETERAN SERVING ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, ELIGIBILITY FOR THAT, JUST HAVING ATTENDED ONE COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS. 
          UH, SO FOLKS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED AND PERHAPS HAD NOT ATTENDED, UH, THE PREVIOUS MEETING, UH, KNOW THAT WE WILL BE HAVING, UH, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER MEETING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, SEEMINGLY BEFORE THE APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSING. 
          AND SO AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS JUST TO, UH, REOPEN, UH, SOLICIT SOME MORE APPLICATIONS AND BRING, UM, WHATEVER CANDIDATES WE HAVE AT THAT POINT TO THE BOARD FOR A REVIEW. 
          THE NEXT MEETING, MY PRESENTATIONS ARE SHORT TAKEN, , MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SO MOVED. 
          HAVE A SECOND. 
          I SECOND. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA? ITEM CINA. 
          CINA. 
          MOTION TO OPPOSE WITH SHOW OF HANDS. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          OKAY, NEXT AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE ATION FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMELESS SERVICE COALITION AND THE HOMELESS EQUITY GROUP LEFT BEHIND. 
          POPULATION AT WOMEN'S CENTER IS PRESENT IS, UH, CHA JET. 
          TRAVIS. 
          CHAD, PLEASE BE WITH ME AND CHRISTINA, OR HERE WE GO. 
          HELLO, EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU ALL ARE AN EFFICIENT GROUP. 
          I'M IMPRESSED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO EVERYBODY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, HAPPY TO BE HERE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS GISELLE CHAVEZ. 
          I AM THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REGIONAL COORDINATOR, SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, OUR SERVICE PLANNING AREA EIGHT. 
          UM, I AM AT RINGLE SERVICES. 
          WE ARE A VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE CITY OF SAN PEDRO. 
          WE SERVICE ALL OF LA COUNTY AND EVEN OUTSIDE OF LA UH, WE HAVE SURVIVORS THAT FLEE FROM ALL OVER. 
          UM, THE AREAS. 
          UH, WE, WELL, MY POSITION SPECIFICALLY, I WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF VICTIMIZATION AND HOMELESSNESS, SO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
          UM, AS WELL AS, LIKE I MENTIONED, HOMELESSNESS ARE SURVIVORS WHO ARE FLEEING ABUSED, ARE CATEGORIZED AS HOMELESS AND FOLLOW THEIR CATEGORY FOUR. 
          UM, AND I'LL LET CHRISTINA INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 
          HI EVERYBODY. 
          I'M CHRISTINA . 
          I WORK FOR DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER. 
          I AM THE SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMELESS SERVICES COALITION AND LEGAL. 
          SO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR AGENDA. 
          UM, SO THE D-V-H-S-C WAS FOUNDED 20 16, 20 17, WELL, ALMOST A DECADE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND IT WAS CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER AND, UH, UH, RAINBOW SERVICES. 
          UM, WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE NO INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN STABLE HOUSING AND ALIVE FREE PHONE VIOLENCE. 
          UM, SO OUR WORK IS, WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF, UH, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES WITHIN OUR COALITION. 
          AND OUR SURVIVOR VOICES ARE WHAT LEAD OUR WORK AND ARE WHAT, UH, 
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TELL US, UM, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVED EXPERIENCE, UM, AND WE ARE COMPRISED OF OVER A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS. 
          THIS IS ALL THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY. 
          UH, WE REPRESENT 244 AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, PHILANTHROPIC CIRCLES, UM, AND THIS IS, WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST, UM, CROSS SECTOR COALITIONS IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR, UM, CORE TEAMS, AS YOU CAN SEE, DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER. 
          WE ALSO HAVE HAVEN HILLS, WE HAVE LA CITY AND LA COUNTY. 
          UM, THE LA COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT COUNSELOR I KNOW JUST JOINED, THEY JUST FORMED A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE LASA AS A PARTNER IN THIS, UM, AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL NETWORK AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND, UM, OTHER HOMELESS AGENCIES AS WELL, SUCH AS BEFORE CHILD AND SPA SEVEN, I REALIZE WE FORGOT A PERSON WITH EXPERIENCE ON THAT. 
          UM, THE COURT TEAM, IF YOU WILL, IS LIKE OUR STEERING BODY. 
          UM, THAT KIND OF DICTATES WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND WE FORGOT TO INCLUDE THEM, BUT WE DO HAVE A LIVED EXPERIENCE REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S PART OF THAT. 
          PERFECT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO MOST OF OUR DATA IS DB FOCUSED. 
          IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO INCLUDE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND THAT IS JUST DUE TO, UH, THE UNDERREPORTING OF THESE CRIMES. 
          UM, WE ARE, WE, ME, LIKE WE MENTIONED, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE. 
          WE INCLUDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UH, SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS, UM, ARE REPRESENTED IN ALSO POPULATIONS AND ARE BEING SERVED BY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES, INCLUDING THE HOMELESS SYSTEMS. UM, WHEN SURVIVORS FLEE IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, THEY ARE HOMELESS IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SUPPORT SYSTEMS. AND SO, UM, A SURVIVOR IS NOW ON THE STREET WITH CHILDREN UNACCOMPANIED, WHATEVER MIGHT BE THE SITUATION, UM, ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS HOMELESS SERVICES. 
          UM, BECAUSE OF THIS, THIS ALSO INCREASES THEIR CHILD, THEIR VULNERABILITY. 
          AND SO OPENS THE DOOR FOR UNFORTUNATELY MORE FORMS OF VICTIMIZATION. 
          A SURVIVOR MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE VICTIMIZATIONS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND SO OUT OF THIS NEED, THE D-V-H-S-E WAS CREATED. 
          UM, AND SO VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE ALSO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO SURVIVORS TO STABILIZE THEIR HOUSING. 
          UM, ONE OF THE LARGEST FUNDERS OF VICTIM SERVICES, INCLUDING HOUSING, ARE THE DOJ AND HU. 
          UM, SEE, I NEED TO SPECIFICALLY READ THE NUMBERS, BUT IN CALLO YES. 
          UM, WHO ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR DV SERVICES IN FISCAL YEAR 21 AND 22, UM, THE DV PROGRAMS PROVIDED 354,227 NIGHTS IN SH FOR SHELTER BEDS. 
          UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS ALSO 15,000 UNMET REQUESTS FOR SHELTERS. 
          UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND NATIONALLY, 57% OF WOMEN REPORT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS AN IMMEDIATE CAUSE TO THEIR HOMELESSNESS. 
          NOW, SITTING BACK INTO LONG BEACH, I'M GONNA LOOK AT YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT MY NUMBERS ARE CORRECT. 
          UH, BUT BASED ON THE 2024 COUNT, ABOUT 12% OF THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH AND EXPERIENCING GENDER PARTNER VIOLENCE, OUT OF THAT 65 OF THOSE FOLKS WERE UNHOUSED, UM, TO THE LIVING IN THE STREETS, NOT IN A SHELTER EITHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR HOMELESS SERVICE SHELTER. 
          UM, IN 2025, UH, 10.5%, UH, EXPERIENCED OR WERE FLEEING BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE IN THEIR HOME. 
          DO THOSE NUMBERS RESONATE? DID I, ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YEAH, THE LAST ONE IS PEOPLE THAT HAD SAID THEY ARE THEIR CURRENT EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          THE MAIN CAUSE IS VIOLENCE. 
          SO, AND THEN THE LARGER IS MORE, ARE YOU CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? SO WE HAD CHANGED THE WAY WE ASKED THAT QUESTION. 
          SO YES, IT IS INCREASE ON WHAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY GOTTEN MM-HMM . 
          AND ASKING IT IN A MORE SENSITIVE WAY WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DIRECTLY SAY, I'M CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE. 
          YES. 
          WHICH IS KEY, UH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IF YOU ASK SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE WITH THEIR PARTNER, THEY MIGHT SAY NO. 
          RIGHT? SO THERE'S VARIOUS WAYS TO CAPTURE THE DATA, UM, IN A SAFE WAY, UH, FOR BOTH SURVIVORS AND THE PERSON ASKING THE QUESTION. 
          UH, BUT AS WE KNOW, AND THAT'S AL MENTIONED, UH, SURVIVORS DON'T STAY WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL BORDERS THAT EXIST. 
          UM, SO LOOKING BROADER, UH, THE ELEGANCY OF CARE, UH, 42% OF THE FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALSO EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE OR INTIMATE OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. 
          AND 10% OF THOSE FOLKS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THEY WERE FLEEING A NEIGHBOR SITUATION. 
          UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE LOCALLY, UH, THIS IMPACTS A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          NOW, WHEN WE LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN AND 
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NOT JUST TAKING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THAT NUMBER JUMPS UP. 
          UH, 19% OF UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN, UH, WERE HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE COMPARED TO THE 10%. 
          UM, AND 65% OF UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN, UH, WERE ALSO EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, AND WE CAN ASSUME THAT THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE FUNDING. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ON SO FAR I SEE FACES DIGESTED THE 15,000 NUMBER. 
          THAT WAS ABOUT TWO SLIDES AGO. 
          IS THAT FROM ALL OF LA COUNTY OR IS THAT JUST THE, UM, AGENCIES THAT YOU LISTED? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY OTHER SHELTERS, RIGHT? 1736 AND OTHER, OTHER SHELTERS. 
          UM, IT IT, WHERE IS THAT NUMBER FROM? BECAUSE I COULD IMAGINE IT BEING THAT OR BIGGER, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS. 
          THAT IS STATEWIDE DEATH. 
          IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          THANK GOD IS THEY LOOK IT UP. 
          UH, JUST FOR FUN, UH, THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IS THE BIGGEST FUNDER ACROSS THE STATE. 
          UM, AND THEY COLLABORATE WITH THE CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE NATIONAL NETWORK AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND THEY DO, UM, LIKE POINT IN TIME COUNTS, UM, EVERY COUPLE YEARS. 
          UM, HENCE FOR THAT NUMBER. 
          YES. 
          354 NIGHTS, 354,000 KNIGHTS. 
          HOW MANY VICTIMS ARE REPRESENTED? THAT I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU IF THAT HELPS. 
          I JUST WANTED KNOW SCOPE, THAT'S ALL. 
          BECAUSE YOU HAVE 50,000 UNMET REQUESTS. 
          I WONDER HOW MANY MET REQUESTS THERE WERE. 
          YEAH. 
          THE QUESTION, AND THEN THE STATE IS 2021 AND 22. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S FAR, THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. 
          . 
          SO IS THERE ANYTHING NOT THAT WE HAVE FOUND, UM, BUT WE WILL GET TO THE FUN PART AS TO WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHY DATA IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS OUTDATED AND JUST I THINK GENERALLY THAT NOT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, VICTIM SERVICE WRITERS ARE WARY OF SHARING DATA, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE, WELL, NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT INFORMATION. 
          AGAIN, THE DATA REPRESENTS MONEY FUNDING. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TRICKY SITUATION YOU HAVE TO BE IN BECAUSE YOU NEED TO PULL THAT DATA OUT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THEM, BUT IT'S NOT COMING UP EASILY. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO LIKE, HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THAT? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LOT OF EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGING AGENCIES TO SHARE AGGREGATE DATA, BECAUSE IF THEY SHARE AGGREGATE DATA, WE CANNOT DRILL DOWN INTO THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LEARNING CURVE FOR A LOT OF US. 
          YES. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ARE THESE NUMBERS GETTING WOMEN OFF THE STREET? WE'LL GET THERE. 
          I WILL SHOW YOU. 
          UM, I THINK WE'VE DONE PROGRESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, I'M GONNA SAY, BUT THERE'S STILL MORE TO DO. 
          UM, AND I THINK THE COOL PART IS THAT WE ALSO NOW HAVE THE STATE, UM, ENCOURAGING MUNICIPALITIES TO THINK OF OTHER CREATIVE WAYS TO HELP SURVIVORS AND UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN, WHICH NOW I'M LOST. 
          I'M GONNA BOUNCE IT BACK TO YOU FOR THE HELP ACT. 
          YES. 
          SO IN 2024, MORE THAN 74,000 CV SURVIVORS, 24,000 CHILDRENS OF SURVIVORS AND 98 UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN, UM, ACCESS HOMELESS SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA. 
          UM, SO WITH, AGAIN, THE DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTERS AND RAINBOW SERVICES COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP, UM, SB 9 4 9 1 4, UH, THE, OR THE HOMELESS EQUITY FOR LEFT BEHIND POPULATIONS FOR HEALTH DECK WAS MEANT TO GATHER THIS DATA AND BRING THIS TOGETHER, UM, TO REDUCE THE HOMELESSNESS BETWEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, THEIR CHILDREN, AND ANY UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN. 
          UM, SO SLIDE. 
          OH YES. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY IT MANDATES MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, WHO ARE CREATING PLANS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, TO ALSO CREATE STRATEGIES SPECIFIC TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          ALTHOUGH I'M GONNA DO A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE TO INCLUDE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS, UM, AND UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN. 
          UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD FOR PAST COUPLE YEARS TO CREATE THIS COOL LOOKING DASHBOARD. 
          UM, IT'S NOT LIVE OR INTERACTIVE, BUT I CAN SEND YOU ALL THE LINK IF IT HELPS, UM, THAT CAPTURES, BREAKS DOWN THE WHOLE STATE BY YEAR. 
          UH, BREAKS IT DOWN BY COC. 
          SO THIS DATA RIGHT HERE IS SPECIFIC TO LONG BEACH, COC, UM, AND YOU CAN FILTER BY DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND ALL THIS OTHER COOL STUFF. 
          THE INFORMATION THAT IS POOLED, UM, TO CREATE THESE CHARTS COMES FROM HDIS, WHICH IS THE HOMELESSNESS. 
          WHAT'S A D FOUR? HOMELESS DATA INFORMATION SYSTEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ALL HMIS, UM, SYSTEMS AND THE STATE AND GENERATES THINGS. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 
          UM, WELL, THE ENTITY BEHIND THIS IS THE, OH GOD, KELLY, CH, THE INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS FOR THE STATE. 
          AND THEY ARE WORKING ON WAYS TO SUPPORT COCS, MUNICIPALITIES AND JURISDICTIONS ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, BEST PRACTICES. 
          UM, WE'RE WORKING ON A LITTLE CHECKLIST FOR YOU ALL AND IN A PERFECT TIME. 
          UH, ONE OF THE WAYS IS TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE A SURVIVOR OR A VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER OR VOICE ON YOUR BOARD. 
          SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AND SEE WHILE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE PEOPLE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HELP ACT OR THIS CHARGE 
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RIGHT NOW? KELLY CH IS, I MEAN, SB NINE 14 DOES SAY LIKE, YOU HAVE TO COLLECT ALL THE THINGS, BUT CAL C IS A LITTLE BEHIND. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE MOSTLY PREPARING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT THIS, UM, SUCCESSFULLY. 
          SO I SUSPECT YOU ALL WILL HEAR FROM THEM IN THE FUTURE. 
          THIS ONE, MINE OR YOURS? YOURS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, GOING BACK TO HOW UNDERSERVED SURVIVORS ARE, THIS IS LOCAL DEBT. 
          THIS IS DATA FROM LA COUNTY, AND AMONGST ALL THE EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEDS, THERE ARE LESS THAN A THOUSAND IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 2025 POINT IN TIME COUNT FOR LA COUNTY INDICATED THAT 3,546 UNSHELTERED ADULTS, UM, NEED ESSENTIALLY, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPECIFIC BED. 
          UM, THAT'S JUST WHEN IT COMES TO INTERIM HOUSING. 
          NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THERE ARE ONLY THREE SITES, UM, THAT ARE MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR SURVIVORS. 
          AND I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A UNIT COUNT, UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UH, FROM THE LAST, FROM THE LAST PSH SITE THAT JUST CAME ONLINE, HOW MANY UNITS THEY HAVE. 
          UM, SO IT'S UNCLEAR, BUT IT'S STILL ONLY THREE SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR . 
          SO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, THE STRATEGIES ARE HELPING, AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE PARAMETERS TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITIES TO DO MORE AND KEEP GOING FORWARD, UM, TO ENSURE THAT SURVIVORS AND UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN, UM, HAVE A PLACE TO STAY. 
          SO, UH, THE HEALTH ACT IS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE WOMEN SURVIVORS IN ALL STATE FUNDED AND BUSINESS PLANS. 
          UM, WE WANNA INCREASE INTERIM HOUSING FUNDING FOR VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          AS CHRISTINA MENTIONED, THERE IS A LACK OF THAT NEED. 
          UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL WORKED WITH PROVIDERS WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THERE'S NO EMERGENCY SHELTER, UM, OR SOMEWHERE THAT THEY CAN STAY SAFELY. 
          UM, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT BEST PRACTICES ARE FUNDED FOR SUPPORT OPTIONS FOR SURVIVORS SUCH AS SURVIVORS FIRST, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO HOUSING FIRST, UM, CRISIS TO SHELTER, WHICH, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SURVIVORS WHO ARE IN CRISIS ARE ACCESSING SHELTERS SUCCESSFULLY AND QUICKLY AS WELL. 
          UM, GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME AND DV REGIONAL COORDINATION. 
          UM, SO THE D-V-H-S-E REQUEST SERVICES DEDICATED TO SURVIVORS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, WELL, BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF PSH. 
          THIS INCLUDE, BUT IT'S NOT LIMITED TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, UM, TRAINING FOR ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          AS THE DV REGIONAL COORDINATOR, I AM CONSISTENTLY MAKING THOSE TRAININGS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. 
          I'M ABLE TO MAKE TRAININGS DEPENDING ON WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS ARE AS WELL. 
          I GOTTA SAY THE BUMMER NOW IS THAT HUD USED TO BE A FUNDING SOURCE THROUGH THE DV BONUS, BUT GIVEN ALL OF THE CHAOS, IT'S HARD TO RELY ON THAT AS A CONTINUOUS FUNDING STREAM, UM, FOR SURVIVOR NEEDS. 
          UH, AND THEN JUST A QUICK NOTE ON SURVIVORS FIRST. 
          THAT'S ESSENTIALLY FLEXIBLE FUNDING, UH, WHICH I KNOW IS HARD TO COME BY. 
          AND THEN CRISIS TO SHELTER IS A CREATIVE WAY TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY, UH, SERVICES, PARTICULARLY EMERGENCY SHELTER, UM, BECAUSE IT RELIES ON MOTELS AND HOTELS. 
          UH, AGENCIES LACK THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, TO CREATE NEW EMERGENCY SHELTERS. 
          SO THAT'S CURRENTLY THE PIVOT THAT WE'RE GOING IN. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE AGENCIES HERE LISTED IN THE SOUTH BAY AREA, SPECIFICALLY LONG BEACH. 
          UM, SO CASA INTERVAL HOUSE, WOMEN'S SHELTER OF LONG BEACH, THE YWCA AND RAINBOW SERVICES. 
          UM, SO OUR GOALS ARE TO DECREASE BARRIERS TO SERVICES PROMOTING CROSS SECTOR, UM, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER AGENCIES WHO, UH, SO THAT SURVIVORS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS, UM, NOT JUST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT, BUT ALSO HOUSING SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR EMPLOYMENT, UM, WHATEVER IT'S THAT A SURVIVOR MAY NEED TO BE, BECOME STABILIZED AND SAFE. 
          UM, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, UM, NEED TO BE ENGAGING WITH SURVIVORS AS PART OF THE REGIONALLY COORDINATED HOMELESS ACTION PLANS. 
          UM, WE ARE ALL WILLING PARTNERS IN THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, WORKING RELATIONSHIPS THAT CAN COME ABOUT THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO QUESTION. 
          I WORK, I'M AT THE VA, LONG BEACH VA. 
          UM, SO IS THERE A COLLABORATION OR WOULD IT MAYBE BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT COLLABORATION WITH VA LONG BEACH? WE DO HAVE AN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE COORDINATOR, AND ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR, UM, INITIATIVES OVER THE LAST YEAR FOR WOMEN'S CLINICS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TO, HAS BEEN TO DO SCREENINGS FOR IPV. 
          UM, INITIALLY IT STARTED OFF AS JUST WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE, BUT, UM, NATIONALLY, IT'S HOW IT ROLLED OUT. 
          BUT IT'S BEEN EXPANDED AT RVA 
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TO INCLUDE, UM, EVERYONE, NOT JUST WOMEN. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S A BIG INITIATIVE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN WE ARE ENCOUNTERING OUR FEMALE VETERANS THAT ARE UNHOUSED THAT ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, IPV OR DV OR FLEEING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR FEMALE VETERANS HERE AT LONG BEACH, BUT IT IS ON THE SITE WITH MALES AND SOMETIMES FEMALES DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE STAYING THERE, SO THEY END UP USING CIVILIAN RESOURCES OFTENTIMES. 
          SO IT MAY BE IT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT COORDINATION. 
          YEAH, DEFINITELY. 
          IF YOU, IF I CAN GIVE YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT AND SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW WE'VE HAD, I DON'T THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN YOUR AGENCY, BUT I KNOW I'VE CONNECTED, UH, WHENEVER WE HAVE A SURVIVOR COME IN WHO IDENTIFIES AS A VETERAN CONNECTING THEM TO THOSE SERVICES IF THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. 
          BUT YEAH, UM, WHEN I WAS, UM, ESCAPING MY OWN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I, I WENT THROUGH RAINBOW SERVICES. 
          SO GOING BACK, SAY THANKS. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          I'M GETTING A DOCTORATE RIGHT NOW, SO THANKS. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, AT THE END, SO I NOTICED THAT THE, LIKE THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WAS INCLUDING HOTELS ON MOTELS, UM, AND MY STAY AT HOTELS WAS NOT, UM, JOYFUL . 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY, THERE WAS, UM, PROBABLY SOME TRAFFICKING GOING ON, GETTING A COUPLE DOORS DOWN. 
          SO I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT LIKE, THE FACILITIES THERE, KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES OF LIKE BEING PUT SOMEWHERE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          UM, AND SECOND POINT IS, I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT LIKE, OH, WE KEPT REFERENCING WOMEN AND WOMEN AND WOMEN, AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, HOWEVER, AS A NON-BINARY PERSON WHO EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, I HOPE THAT THIS SCOPE IS INCLUDING, UM, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE FOR, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF DIFFERENT GENDERS. 
          I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE, I'M ASSUMING THERE IS, BUT I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE WORK. 
          . 
          YEAH, THE, UM, SB NINE 14 SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN. 
          UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVORS, IT'S ALL SURVIVORS. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT CAL CH IS BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST WOMEN FOCUSED. 
          AND I'D SAY THAT'S IT, KNOWING I HAVE THE FREEDOM OF NOT HAVING TO LIKE WATCH MY LANGUAGE, BUT Y'ALL ARE RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING, AND SO YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY I UNDERSTAND. 
          SO, OH, LEMME TELL YOU, FUN LITTLE SNIPPET. 
          THIS OTHER MINUTES, UM, HAD TO BE STRATEGIC THAT TO WOMEN'S CENTER HAD TO REWORD OUR MISSION STATEMENT. 
          SO, YES. 
          UM, AND WE ACTUALLY GOT IN TROUBLE WITH KCH BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL WORK PLAN, AND I SHOULD MENTION, I STARTED THE WORK, THE HELP ACT WORK WITH KELLY CH WHO TOTALLY FORGOT UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE JUST GONNA DO IT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          THEY'RE LIKE, NO, NO, NO, YOU CALL ABOUT, SO I FEEL YOU. 
          UH, BUT GOING BACK TO MOTEL HOTEL QUESTION, UM, THANKFULLY THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PANDEMIC PREPARED US FOR, UH, BECAUSE FOLKS WERE NOT LEAVING SHELTERS. 
          THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT. 
          EVERYBODY WAS STAGNANT. 
          AGENCIES HAD TO PIVOT REAL QUICK, UM, AND CREATE ESSENTIALLY THE MOTEL HOTEL, UM, APPROACH THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING. 
          SO WE SCOPE THEM OUT, MADE SURE THEY WERE SAFE, MADE SURE THE SECURITY, UH, MADE SURE THAT THE STAFF AT THE HOTEL HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAFF, UM, AT THE SERVICE AGENCIES JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENED OR THEY WERE FEELING UNSAFE. 
          UM, THANKFULLY WE GOT, UH, COOL LAPTOP HOOKUPS, UM, SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE TELECOMMUNICATION CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, FOLKS WERE DELIVERING FOOD. 
          SO WE DID OUR, OUR DUE DILIGENCE BACK IN THE DAY. 
          AND I SUSPECT THAT IT'S STILL HAPPENING, BUT I'LL CHECK JUST TO MAKE SURE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, CURIOSITIES? NO. 
          WELL, I HOPE YOU ALL KEEP THE HELP BACK IN MIND OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOME SERVICES COALITION IN MIND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR KEY POINT OF CONTACT IN MIND, UM, AS YOU ALL CONTINUE ALL YOUR FUND COC BOARD DUTIES. 
          THANK YOU FOR MORE INFORMATION. 
          AGAIN, IT'S, UH, DV, HSC, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESS SERVICES COALITION DOT BOARD. 
          SO IF YOU GO THERE, YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AS WELL AS LIST AND, UM, OTHER, OTHER, OTHER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SAME. 
          NEXT. 
          CAN WE GET A MOTION? GIVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE FILE, THE PRESENTATION. 
          WHO WAS SECOND? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE BY SHOW OF HANDS. 
          YEAH. 
          NEXT EXACT AGENDA ITEM IS NUMBER SEVEN. 
          UH, JEFF WILL BE PRESENTING ON, 
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UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          JEFF PROCTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS OFFICER OF CITY OIL BEACH SERVICES BUREAU. 
          I KNOW WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO TIME, SO, UH, THERE MAY BE ITEMS THAT NEED TO GET PUSHED TO THE NEXT, UH, THE NEXT MEETING. 
          BUT, UH, THIS PRESENTATION IS MEANT TO GIVE GENERAL OVERVIEW KIND OF CURRENT FUNDING LANDSCAPE. 
          UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIOS. 
          WE'VE HEARD A LOT TODAY AROUND, UH, COC FUNDING. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE STILL REALLY UP IN THE AIR. 
          WE ARE HAVING CONCURRENT BUDGET FUNDING SEASONS WITH COUNTY, STATE, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHOULD RELEASE THEIR MEASURE A BUDGET OR ALMOST AS BUDGET, UM, SOMETIME MID MONTH NEXT MONTH. 
          UH, THE STATE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE RELEASING THE STATE BUDGET MOMENTARILY, UH, AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          THERE NEEDS TO BE OTHER, UH, APPROPRIATIONS BY JANUARY 30TH, EXTEND FUNDING. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE UP IN THE AIR. 
          SO THIS WON'T BE A VERY DATA, EVERY PRESENTATION IS MEANT TO BE MORE KIND OF STATUS UPDATES AND POSSIBLE CONTINGENCIES. 
          THEY CAN COME BACK WITH A MORE SPECIFIC DATA AROUND, UM, WHAT THE ACTUAL, UH, PROJECTION THE FORECAST WILL LOOK LIKE, PLUS ANY IMPLICATIONS THEREOF. 
          UM, BUT JUST IN THE CONTEXT, I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS TODAY AND PRIOR MEETINGS, UM, SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHILE THE DEMAND FOR SERVICES CONTINUES TO INCREASE, UH, OUR COSTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE, WE ARE, ALL OF THAT IS ALSO IN THE CONTEXT OF A INCREASINGLY VOLATILE CONSTRAINTS FUNDING ENVIRONMENT. 
          UM, DISRUPTIONS AND, UH, FUNDING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL DUE TO YOU FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS, UM, UH, INABILITY TO PASS, UH, LONG TERM FUNDING, FUNDING BILLS, UH, AND ALL THE, THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECTS THAT HAPPEN, UH, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BETWEEN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, UH, BETWEEN LAYOFFS AND, AND, UH, PRODUCTION OF FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          ALL THAT RESULTS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UH, REDUCED LOCAL TAX, UH, REVENUE GENERATED AT THE SAME LEVEL KIND OF LEVEL AT LOCAL LEVEL. 
          UM, SO REALLY KIND OF MAINTAIN IT. 
          PROVIDES, PROVIDES YOU ALL WITH INFORMATION AROUND RISKS AND FACT PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS, UM, HOW LONG BEACH FITS IN AND HOW THIS BOARD AND HOW THE LONG BEACH, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU FITS IN. 
          AND WE HAVE HAD A ROLE AS A COC LEAD, AS A LEAD FOR LONG BEACH CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE LONG BEACH PARTED ENTRY SYSTEM. 
          AND, UH, AND AS  FOR OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT, HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, HIS, UM, OUR COC, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A PROVIDER, A FUNDER, AN ADMINISTRATOR, UM, FOUR FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          BUT WE DO ALSO SERVE A MORE EXPANDED ROLE REGIONALLY SERVING AS A HUB FOR SWATHE AT THE GATEWAY CITIES. 
          UH, SPOT SEVEN AND ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN WHAT PART OF OUR ROLE, PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO PROVIDE THE STEWARDSHIP, UH, FOR FUNDING, BE GOOD STEWARDS OF FUNDS, BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS, AND WE TRY TO DO ALL OF THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNTY LOSS AND OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS. 
          UM, SO WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE JUST, UH, INCREASING VOLATILITY AND INSTABILITY AROUND OUR FUNDING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, PRIOR UNIONS, AND AGAIN, TODAY, UM, UNCERTAINTY OVERHEAD FUNDS RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S SEEMINGLY FOR THIS MOMENT IN TIME AND THEN TEMPORALLY, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE NEXT YEAR, UH, SO LONG AS THERE'S NO FURTHER COURT ACTIONS, FUNDING SHOULD BE REASONABLY CONSISTENT WITH THE LEVELS FOR THIS YEAR, GIVEN THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, DISRUPTIONS IN, IN THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, FROM TODAY, WE HAD ISSUES WITH, UH, HAD SHUTTING DOWN ACCESS TO EOPS AND, UH, OTHER, OTHER SYSTEMS TO DRAW DOWN YOUR FUNDS THAT GOT REOPENED. 
          UM, THERE WERE, UH, GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THE SORT OF THE NEW FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, THOUGH THAT THAT SHUTDOWN HAS RESULTED IN DELAYED DELAYED EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS, WE'VE ACTUALLY NOT RECEIVED OUR HUD COC CONTRACTS FULLY EXECUTED FROM HUD. 
          WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME FINAL, UM, HICCUPS WITH THEM, AND HOPEFULLY THAT GETS RESOLVED SOON WITH THE NOFO ITSELF. 
          IT'S BEEN RELEASED AND PULLED BACK. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LITIGATION, THERE WERE PROPOSED CHANGES IN POLICY, PROPOSED CHANGES IN TIERING AND SCORING AND ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, AND ALL THAT IS FOR THE, THIS MOMENT IN TIME WITH THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, WITH THE, THE INJUNCTION AT LEAST ON PAUSE, BUT IT COULD, YOU KNOW, COULD ESCALATE AND CONTINUE, UH, AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD EXPIRING ROUNDS OF STATE FUNDING PRIOR ROUNDS OF HALF, UH, AND ERF AND HOME KEY FUNDS EXPIRING. 
          THERE IS A HALF SIX, WHICH WE JUST, UM, GOT OUR AWARD FROM THE STATE. 
          UH, WE'LL START TO WORK ON CONTRACTING FOR THAT. 
          HALF SEVEN IS APPROVED, THOUGH HALF SEVEN IS FOR HALF OF THE AMOUNT OF HALF SIX. 
          SO THERE IS STATE FUNDING. 
          IT'S JUST, UM, LESS THAN IT WAS WITH PRIOR ROUNDS, UH, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 
          UH, TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST CHALLENGES WITH, UH, REVENUE GENERATION LOCALLY. 
          UH, FOLKS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS YEAR'S COUNTY MEASURE A FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, A NUMBER OF DRAFTS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED. 
          UM, THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WILL GO TO THE BOARD, UH, FOR A VOTE NEXT MONTH. 
          UM, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CURTAILMENTS PROPOSED, UH, BY THE COUNTY WITHIN, WITHIN MEASURE 
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A, INCLUDING REDUCTIONS FOR FUNDING FOR THE COC CITIES, WHICH INCLUDES GLENDALE, PASADENA, AND LONG BEACH. 
          UH, THAT IS HAPPENING ALSO AT THE SAME TIME THAT OUR MEASURE H FUNDS, UH, MEASURE H IS A REPLACEMENT FOR MEASURE H, BUT WE'RE STILL CARRYING MEASURE H FUNDS. 
          THOSE FUNDS WILL START TO EXHAUST AND WE'LL START TO, UM, CLOSE THAT OUT PROBABLY BY BEFORE THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR STARTS. 
          UH, PHILANTHROPY, YOU KNOW, JUST GENERALLY CHALLENGING WITH ACCESSING THOSE FUNDS AND THE SCALE AND SCOPE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FUNDING, REALLY DOES NOT BEGIN TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NEED. 
          UM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES IN MISSION WITHIN SOME OF OUR LOCAL PHILANTHROPIC ENTITIES. 
          UM, UH,  FOUNDATION BEEN A CONSISTENT FUNDER. 
          THEY'RE CHANGING SCOPE TO FOCUS ON YOUTH. 
          UM, SO THERE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES, ACCESS, ACCESSING NON PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS. 
          UM, THIS IS MEANT TO BE KIND OF A SNAPSHOT FOR SOME POSSIBLE SCENARIOS. 
          AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE LITTLE BIT OF DATA THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY GET INTO. 
          UM, WHEN YOU ADD COUNTY MEASURE A AND HUD COC TOGETHER TO KIND OF CREATE LIKE A-A-C-O-C FUNDING PORTFOLIO. 
          IN, IN, UH, THE, THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, UH, COUNTY MEASURE A MEASURE H ALONG WITH NET COC, UH, ROLLED UP TO ABOUT $18.5 MILLION OR SO IN FUNDING, UH, WITH SOME NEW MEASURE A, UH, UM, THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS IS A, A NEW, UH, LOT OF FUNDS FOR OUR CITY THAT ADDS TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, ABOUT $24 MILLION IN TOTAL FOR OUR COC. 
          UH, IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE FULL FUNDING FROM COUNTY AND, UH, HUD BASED OFF OF OUR PROJECTIONS, WE WOULD EXPECT, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO 26. 
          SO THERE WOULD BE LIKE AN INCREASE OF, UH, IF THERE WERE NO DISRUPTIONS, NO CHANGES, UH, BASED OFF OF SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, AND HEARD FROM, FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE IMPACT TO, UH, DO NO HEAD FUNDING BECAUSE OF, UH, CHANGES IN SCORING, CHANGES IN, UH, EXCLUSIONARY CRITERIA THAT MIGHT, UM, ESSENTIALLY DISQUALIFY US FROM FUNDING. 
          UH, PLUS SOME OF THE COUNTIES PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY UP TO AN $18 MILLION, UM, UH, LOSS OF FUNDING IN THE NEXT YEAR, KIND OF DEPENDING ON THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. 
          UM, SO IN A, IN A PARTIAL RESTORATIONAL WORLD, WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY HALF, AND THEN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, FULL CURTAILMENTS DOWN TO ABOUT 6 MILLION. 
          UM, SO IN THE IMPACTS LOCALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE REALLY IMMEDIATE, UM, UH, IMPACTS TO THE, THE CAPACITY TO DELIVER OUR INTERIM HOUSING AND SHELTER PROGRAMS, UM, ON THE COUNTY MEASURE A MEASURE H SIDE, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDS GET STRATIFIED ACROSS ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT, UM, REALLY IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE SHELTERING ABOUT 35, UH, FAMILIES AT MOTELS AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME. 
          THE FUNDS ARE USED AS A SUPPORT FOR EQUIPMENT, WEATHER, SHELTER, AND THEN IT PROVIDES A LOT OF THE OPERATIONAL, UH, FUNDS FOR THE OTHER SHELTER PROGRAMS WHERE SERVICE DOLLARS LARGELY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED THROUGH WASA AND THE STATE. 
          BUT, UH, UH, THE OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS, UTILITIES, ALL OF THAT IS LARGELY FUNDED BY COUNTY MEASURE REACH, UM, PROPERTY HOUSING PREVENTION SLOTS, UH, WITH REDUCTIONS IN COUNTY MEASURE AND MEASURE AGE FUNDS. 
          WE'D BE LOOKING AT ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR RAPID REHOUSING SLOTS, UM, CONTRACTED. 
          UH, SO, BUT WE'D LOSE ABOUT 55 SLOTS OF REHOUSING PREVENTION. 
          THERE IS A STRATEGY OF SHIFTING THAT ONTO, UH, LA CASA, SO THERE WOULD NOT LIKELY BE ANY IMMEDIATE IMPACT TO THAT. 
          UM, BUT A LOT OF THE SORT OF, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HOW WE SERVE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, SO SEE US ACCESS ASSESSMENT, UH, OUTREACH, HOUSING NAVIGATION, ALL THAT CONNECTIVITY PLUS THE HYS PLANNING, UH, UH, BACKBONE, ALL OF THAT WOULD REALLY BE IMPACTED, UM, WITH, WITH LOSS OF FUNDING, LIKE, UH, LIKE AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, SO THE COUNTY FUNDS, YOU KNOW, REALLY HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY REALLY A STABILIZING SOURCE, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 
          UH, BEEN ABLE, UH, IT, IT'S BEEN CONSIST CONSISTENTLY AVAILABLE FOR ONE, UM, THE COUNTY FUNDS HAVE BEEN FAR MORE FLEXIBLE THAN YOUR FEDERAL SOURCES. 
          YOU'RE ABLE TO USE 'EM IN, IN WAYS WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF RESTRICTIONS 'CAUSE OF THE FEDERAL REGULATION AND STATUTE. 
          UM, SO DISRUPTING THAT, UH, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS FOR THAT, UH, IN THE EVENT OF, UH, OF LOSS OF, UH, THE COUNTY FUNDING. 
          AND SO CONTINUING ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, SOME OF THE IMPACTS WE JUST HEARD FROM CHRISTINA AND EVERYONE AROUND SOME OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEED FOR SERVICES FOR PERSONS, UM, UH, FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO FLEE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, UM, HOW WE'VE USED OUR MEASURING MEASURE H FUNDS. 
          UH, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, OUR RAPID ION PROGRAMS, OUR SUBRECIPIENT, UM, SUBRECIPIENT RAPID REHOUSING AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS HAVE INCLUDED D-V-I-P-D PROGRAMS. SO THOSE 55 SWATS THAT I HAD MENTIONED THAT WOULD INCLUDE UNFORTUNATELY SLOTS TO OUR DV SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          UM, OUR SYSTEM IS LARGELY FOCUSED ON SINGLE ADULTS. 
          UM, AND WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO, UH, PARTNER WITH, WITH COUNTY AND WASA ON, UH, ENSURING ACCESS FOR FAMILIES. 
          BUT THAT, BUT THAT ACCESS IS ALWAYS CHALLENGED AND LIMITED IN THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES ACTUALLY AVAILABLE IN LONG BEACH IS ALSO VERY LIMITED. 
          SO, UM, WE'VE USED OUR, OUR FUNDS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, THOSE 35 FAMILIES IN MOTELS, UM, PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR 'EM. 
          SO ACCESS TO 
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SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WOULD ALSO BE, UM, LARGELY AT RISK HERE. 
          UM, SO REGIONALLY BEYOND JUST OUR CITY. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, ON THE COUNTY SIDE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GLENDALE, LONG BEACH AND PASADENA SPECIFICALLY, WHERE, UM, THESE CURTAILMENTS WERE PROPOSED. 
          UM, AND LIKE LONG BEACH, THOSE OTHER COC CITIES DO SERVE AS LIKE A LARGER, BROADER REGIONAL ROLE. 
          UM, PASADENA, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, REALLY SERVES AS A HUB AND A, AND A, AND A, UM, SUPPORT FOR ALL OF SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOR ALL OF SPOT THREE. 
          AND SO DISRUPTIONS HERE WOULD BE DISRUPTIONS TO SPOT EIGHT, THE GATEWAY CITIES, AND FOR PASADENA, LIKEWISE DISRUPTIONS TO SPOT THREE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. 
          UM, SO, UH, IN THE EVENT OF, OF RESTORATION, SO WE'VE, WE, THE, THE COUNTY INTRODUCED A MORE, A MOTION, UH, LAST WEEK PROPOSING TO RESTORE HALF OF THE ORIGINAL CURTAILMENTS. 
          AND SO THAT $10 MILLION BETWEEN OUR THREE CITIES, UH, THE MOTION WOULD PROPOSE TO RESTORE HALF OF THAT. 
          UM, SO THIS IS SOME OF OUR PROPOSED USE FOR HOW WE WOULD USE THAT. 
          UM, THE MOTION JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, UH, PASSED TODAY BY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EARLIER TODAY. 
          BUT THE WAY THE MOTION'S WRITTEN IS IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT DIRECTING THE, THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING. 
          IT'S A 15 DAY REPORT BACK. 
          SO THE COUNTY HAS 15 DAYS TO REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD ON HOW THEY WOULD PROPOSE TO IDENTIFY, IDENTIFY THE, THE AMOUNTS AND SOURCES AND HOW THEY WOULD, HOW THEY WOULD FUND IT, AND HOW THEY WOULD MAKE IT AVAILABLE BETWEEN OUR THREE CITIES. 
          BUT, UM, IF FUNDED, WE WOULD PRIMARILY USE THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS FOR OUR A, B, C, AND LAND BRIDGE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S ABOUT 85 BEDS THAT ARE UNFUNDED THAT WE'VE BEEN SUPPLEMENTING WITH OUR OWN RESOURCES. 
          SO, UH, THIS WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS COVERING THAT GAP THERE, AND IT WOULD PREVENT THOSE LOSS OF RAPID REHOUSING SLOTS. 
          UM, SO BASICALLY, UH, WE WOULD EX WE WOULD EXPECT PROBABLY 4 MILLION ISH OF THAT 5 MILLION TO COME TOWARDS LONG BEACH. 
          UM, HISTORICALLY, THE DISTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN OUR CITIES HAS BEEN BASED OFF OF HOMELESS COUNT, UH, ALMOST COUNT FOR LONG BEACH IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 3,500 PEOPLE OR SO, CAPACITY OF 500 GLENDALE 200. 
          SO, UH, JUST PROPORTIONALLY BECAUSE OF OUR ACCOUNT, WE'VE RECEIVED MUCH MORE FUNDS, AND THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $4 MILLION IN FUNDING RIGHT NOW, JUST TO PRESERVE THE SHELTER GUYS OF THE REVENUE ASSETS. 
          UM, IN THE EVENT THERE ARE REDUCTIONS, SO WE'LL NEED TO ESTABLISH PLANS TO WORK THROUGH HOW YOU MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS, THOSE DECISIONS. 
          BUT IDEALLY, WE WOULD WORK TOWARDS PRIORITIZING LIFESAVING EMERGENCY, UH, EMERGENT PROGRAMMING, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, AND ALSO HOUSING STABILITY, KEEPING PEOPLE STABILIZED, KEEPING PEOPLE IN HOUSING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, ENSURING WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR FUNDERS AND OUR, OUR REQUIREMENTS, UM, MINIMIZING SERVICE DISRUPTIONS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE CENTERING, UM, EQUITY AND SERVING HIGH RISK POPULATIONS. 
          UH, AND SO THE ROLE FOR BOARD GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, ALL OF YOU, FOR ONE, IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S THIS SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, OF THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE, OF THE RISKS, MAKING SURE WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT ON ADVOCACY AND EXTERNAL MESSAGING, AND THAT WE'RE READY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AROUND PRIORITIZATION IN THE EVENT, UM, ANY OF THESE, UH, CURTAILMENTS DO HAPPEN, OR IF THERE ARE WILDLY DIFFERENT, UH, CHANGES WHERE WE THEN NEED TO AGAIN, UM, REACT AND RESPOND TO. 
          UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. 
          WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED TIMEFRAME FOR THE COUNTY TO MAKE THEIR FINAL DECISION? UH, SO THERE'S SORT OF LIKE, UM, A FEW, SORT OF LIKE A TWO DIFFERENT DECISION POINTS, BUT THE, IN TERMS OF THE, THE FUNDING FOR OUR COC OR FOR THE THREE COC CITIES, IT'S A 15 DAY REPORT BACK PERIOD. 
          SO, UH, UH, A PROBABLY A SECOND MOTION, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD. 
          UM, WELL, I GUESS IT WOULD BE FOR THE, YEAH, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. 
          UM, WITH, WITH, UH, AND LIKELY WOULD HAPPEN WOULD BE PRESENTING A, A RANGE OF SCENARIOS FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION ON HOW, WHICH SCENARIO SCENARIO, UM, UH, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING. 
          UM, SO THAT'S PART ONE. 
          AND THEN THE WHOLE BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY, UH, THE WHOLE COUNTY HOMELESSNESS BUDGET, IT'S EXPECTED TO BE HEARD, I THINK FEBRUARY 13TH IS THE DATE THAT IT'S SCHEDULED. 
          UM, SO, UH, HAPPY TO SHARE THE, THE, UH, UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS ONCE THEY COME THROUGH. 
          IN THE EVENT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVOCACY OR SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL MIGHT WANT. 
          WE DID HAVE, UM, A FEW DIFFERENT SUPPORT LETTERS, UH, FOR THIS CURRENT MOTION. 
          SO, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, UH, INTERVAL HOUSE, UH, AND, UH, GA, UH, GATEWAY CITY'S COG ALL PROVIDED LETTERS THAT TODAY'S A BOARD MEETING, UH, MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND SUPPORT AS WELL AS, UH, THE PEOPLE CONCERNED IN LA LGBT CENTER. 
          ALL SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION HAND. 
          GABRIEL, CAN WE GET A MOTION? YEAH. 
          CAN WE GET A MOTION OF GIVE A FIRST, SECOND. 
          ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? 
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UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO. 
          ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEE NONE. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE BY SHOW OF HANDS? YES. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF AND OPERATIONS UPDATE PRESENTATION FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          GOOD. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          CSC GOLDMAN, PAUL DUNCAN, HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER. 
          UH, WE'LL KEEP IT PRETTY SHORT. 
          I KNOW STATE OF THE CITY IS THE NINTH. 
          UH, IT MIGHT BE WANTING TO GO TO THAT. 
          UH, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          UH, A POSITIVE, UH, THE FORMER LUXURY INN HAS OPENED. 
          SO CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED, UH, PEOPLE HAVE STARTED TO MOVE IN. 
          THERE IS STILL SOME FINAL WORK STILL HAPPENING DATE, BUT PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN. 
          UM, INITIALLY WE HAD ENGAGED AROUND, UH, THE STATE HAD, UH, A FOCUS AREA FOR ONE OF THEIR TASK FORCE. 
          IT ALIGNED WITH OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND THREE PROPOSAL AS WELL, UH, WHERE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PRIORITIZING 20 BEDS AT THE FORMER LUXURY AND SITE, UH, AT 55 59 50 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD. 
          UH, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST, FIRST GROUP TO MOVE IN. 
          UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND THREE. 
          UH, WE HAD INITIALLY PROPOSED MOTEL SIX. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OCCURRED. 
          UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR ANOTHER MOTEL LEASE, UM, THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, SO WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE THAT TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL EITHER NEXT MONTH OR BEGINNING OF MARCH, UH, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATION FOR A SERVICE PROVIDER THAT, UH, WOULD PROVIDE OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES ON SITE. 
          UH, SO THERE'LL BE MORE ON THAT OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. 
          OUR HOPE IS TO START MOVING PEOPLE INTO THAT MOTEL IN MID MARCH. 
          SO THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING WE CAN MAKE SOME QUICK PROGRESS HERE. 
          UM, THERE'S A DUPLICATE SIDE, SORRY. 
          UH, THE, UH, STAFF ARE ALSO WORKING WITH LA CASA, UH, AS A PART OF MEASURE A. 
          THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW DIFFERENT FUNDING AREAS OUTSIDE OF JUST OUR TYPICAL HOMELESS RESPONSE. 
          UH, ONE OF THEM IS, UH, THE NEW HOMELESS, UH, PREVENTION PROGRAM THROUGH GOING THROUGH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS AGENCY. 
          UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITHIN THAT. 
          UH, ONE THING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE, UH, RIGHT TO COUNSEL SERVICES THROUGH LEGAL AID FOUNDATION. 
          UH, THAT WILL CONTINUE ON. 
          UH, AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT SETTING UP RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, THROUGH US, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT LONG TERM. 
          WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH LA CASA ON LONG TERM STRATEGIES. 
          WHAT THE COUNTY IS, UH, WITH LA CASA IS SINKING, UH, AND TRYING TO ALIGN WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE REGION. 
          SO WE ARE, UH, MEETING WITH THE SOUTH BAY HOG AND THE GATEWAY CITIES COG TO DISCUSS PREVENTION AS A COHORT, UM, AND STRATEGIES TO BE ADOPTED AT A COUNTY LEVEL. 
          SO WE ARE DIRECTLY IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN SHAPE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN OUR REGION, UH, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS A CITY GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING ROLLED OUT WHERE WE CAN ASSIST PEOPLE BOTH, UH, LEGALLY AND WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          SO, UH, THERE'S ABOUT $4.8 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE CITY BETWEEN ALL THOSE EFFORTS. 
          SO, UH, THAT IS A NICE AREA OF INCREASE IS ON THE PREVENTION SIDE, WHERE WE ARE SEEING, UNFORTUNATELY, SOME CHALLENGES ON, UH, OUR RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          UH, SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR, OUR BRIGHT SPOTS AT THE MOMENT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, STAFF AND HSB AND THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP ARE WORKING ON SELECTIONS FOR A CONSULTANT, BOTH FOR OUR OVERALL HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, AND THEN, UH, TO CREATE A YOUTH FOCUSED STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, WE'RE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT AND KIND OF LET THE GROUP KNOW A LITTLE MORE ON OUR, OUR NEXT STEPS IN BOTH OF THOSE STRATEGIC PLANS. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UH, 
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HOMELESS COUNT IS NEXT WEEK. 
          I KNOW IT FEELS WELL TO SAY THAT, UH, . 
          SO NEXT THURSDAY WE'LL BE GATHERING AT THE GRAND. 
          WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT 400 VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE UNSHELTERED COUNT AND OUR SHELTER COUNT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THANKFUL FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR IN DOING THIS. 
          UH, PEOPLE WILLING TO GET UP AT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GETTING THERE AT 4:30 AM YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING UP AT, YOU KNOW, THREE 30 , SOME SOMETIME BETWEEN THREE 30 AND FOUR, OR MAYBE FOUR 15, AND YOU'RE JUST ROLLING . 
          UM, BUT NONETHELESS, IT IS WAY EARLIER THAN ANYBODY SHOULD BE GETTING UP TO GET GOING. 
          UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FEELING WELL PREPARED AND WELL SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOUR BOARD MEMBER NOT SIGNED UP, PLEASE STOP BY THE GRAND ON BOARD DURING THE MORNING. 
          IF YOU HAVE FUN JUST TO CHECK IN, SPEAK WITH PEOPLE, WE WILL BE, UH, SETTING UP A SIMILAR TO WHAT THE HOME ROAD SHOW WHERE WE'VE DONE ONE, UH, UP AT THE RON ARIA CENTER, ONE RECENTLY AT VILLAGE AND KING ONE ON THE WEST SIDE FEST. 
          WE'LL BE SETTING UP BOARDS AROUND WHAT OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE, UH, AND OUR HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORK IS WITHIN THE CITY. 
          THAT WAY PEOPLE THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING CAN ENGAGE WITH STAFF MEMBERS, ASK QUESTIONS, SEE OTHER THINGS THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT, UH, FEEL FREE TO STOP BY AS WELL. 
          THAT'LL BE SET TO ENGAGE PEOPLE AS THEY'RE RETURNING FROM THE GAP. 
          SO, UH, EXCITED TO GET THAT COMPLETED. 
          IT IS A MAJOR PROJECT, A MAJOR LOOK, UH, MAJOR SHOUT OFF WITH STEVEN AND ADULT THEM GETTING THROUGH THAT AS, AS A MONUMENTAL OF TEACHING YEAR. 
          I JUST HAVE A C ABOUT THE, UH, SHELTER ON LUNG BEACH, THE PROJECT HOME SHELTER. 
          I ACTUALLY KNOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THERE. 
          WE HAVE SERVICED THAT ENCAMPMENT THAT WAS SWEPT OUT, AND THEY WERE MOVED OVER THERE. 
          AND I RAN INTO ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I USED TO TALK TO, AND HE'S PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH DIRTY DAD. 
          THIS IS A PERSON I NEVER THOUGHT WAS OFF THE STREETS. 
          HE HAS SOME MENTAL ISSUES. 
          HE THINKS HE OWNS THE WORLD. 
          HE THINKS HE'S AN EMPEROR. 
          UM, BUT HE'S A NICE GUY AND HE WILL NOT HURT ANYBODY. 
          SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE OFF THE STREET, AND THEY'RE LIVING THERE NOW, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YES, PAUL. 
          UM, IT'S PSH OR TRANSITIONAL, UH, IT IS A INTERIM HOUSING SITE, SO WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY A, YOU KNOW, LIMIT ON THE STAY. 
          IT'S REALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS HOUSING PROCESS. 
          THE REALITY IS WE TALK ABOUT HU FUNDING, WE TALK ABOUT VOUCHERS, UH, AND ENTAILMENTS. 
          THERE, THERE MAY NOT BE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PERMANENT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. 
          SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE, UNFORTUNATELY, PROBABLY STAYING IN SHELTERS FOR A LONGER, AVERAGE PERIOD THAN WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS NOT TO KICK OUT SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVE A MATCH TO HOUSING. 
          UH, THE GOAL IS REALLY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN THE HOUSING PROCESS. 
          UM, SO PEOPLE MAY BE THERE FOR, FOR A MOMENT, FORESEEABLE FUTURE. 
          CAN WE GET A MOTION? CAN WE GET A MOTION? SECOND. 
          CAN WE HAVE A SECOND? ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEE NONE. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE BY SHOW OF HANDS. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          OKAY. 
          OUR FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          REPRESENTATIVE UPDATES. 
          PAT, THAT WOULD BE YOU, THAT BE YOU, PAT ASAP. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS WORKING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON LATELY IS THIS SHOWER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT, UH, COME INTO FRUITION. 
          AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UM, 
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IT HAS BEEN VOTED ON, AND WE WILL BE HAVING A SHOWER TRUCK, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, A FOUR PERSON SHOWER TRUCK THAT WILL BE, UH, USED THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN UNSPECIFIED LOCATIONS. 
          THIS IS ALL BRAND NEW. 
          THIS IS GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME TO SET UP. 
          UM, THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PROVISIONS FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR ANSWERS ON, SO WE CAN FIND A PLACE TO PUT THESE, UM, TO PUT THE TRUCK ON A REGULAR BASIS AND A SCHEDULE. 
          AND, UH, I BELIEVE WE PROBABLY WILL BE GETTING STAFFING FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO THAT'S A MAJOR, THAT'S A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          YES. 
          IT'S OUR, ON OUR, IN OUR LAST, UM, POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WAS JUST YESTERDAY. 
          WE ALSO ARE CONSIDERING, UM, SUGGEST, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR POLICY WAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BASIC SERVICES LIKE TRASH CANS IN KEY AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED FOR THE HOMELESS OR BATHROOMS WHERE THEY CAN GO TO THE BATHROOM. 
          AND FOR A COUPLE OF OF REASONS, THAT'S, THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO SET OUR PRIORITIES ON WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AND WHAT WE WANT TO RECOMMEND IN HOPES THAT THEY WILL BE A, UH, DOABLE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO FINANCE THESE TYPE OF THINGS AND WHERE TO PUT THEM. 
          ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAD WAS TO HAVE DROP-IN CENTERS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND CHARGE THEIR PHONES AND MAYBE, UM, PICK UP SOME MAIL AND, UM, POSSIBLY DO THEIR LAUNDRY, POSSIBLY, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE A PLACE WHERE IT'S A SAFE PLACE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND AT THESE PLACES WE COULD ALSO HAVE, UM, SOME SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THEY COULD UTILIZE. 
          BUT THIS IS, THIS IS, THAT IS A COMPLICATED PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE , UH, ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, ADDRESS AND LOCATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT AND FUNDING AND EVERYTHING. 
          BUT WE WILL BE WORKING TOWARDS POSSIBLY DOING PART OF THAT AS MAYBE A, UM, PILOT PROJECT, HAVE A LITTLE PART OF WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS A PILOT PROJECT AND LOOKING FOR THE FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE TO ASK THEM, DO THEY HAVE ANY PLACE THEY CAN SUGGEST WHERE THE TRUCKS CAN GO? BECAUSE THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE SEWAGE SERVICES FOR THE GRAY WATER. 
          UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE WATER THAT COMES IN, HOW THAT'S PROVIDED. 
          WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL TRUCKS, SO WE'RE EXPECTING INFORMATION IN THAT AREA SO WE CAN FIND THESE LOCATIONS. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          WE WANT PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL UNHOUSED THE PEOPLES IN THE SHELTERS. 
          THEY HAVE THOSE, THEY HAVE, UM, SOMEPLACE THEY CAN CHARGE THEIR PHONES. 
          THEY HAVE PLACES TO SLEEP. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE. 
          WHERE DO THEY GO TO THE BATHROOM WITHOUT OFFENDING THE PUBLIC? WHERE DO THEY, WHERE DO THEY CHARGE THEIR PHONES? I MEAN, THAT'S A MAJOR THING AND WE RATHER NOT SEE THEM HAVE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR THOSE THINGS, BUT TO HAVE A, A SPECIFIC PLACE WHERE THEY CAN DO THESE TYPE OF BASIC, JUST BASIC STUFF. 
          AND IF WE HAVE THOSE PLACES, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT THAT WOULD LEAD THEM TO COME OVER, CHECK ON THEIR CHECK WITH THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ON HOW THEIR CASE IS GOING, AND 
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MAYBE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM. 
          IT WOULD PROVIDE INCENTIVE TO DO THAT. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          AND THE NEXT HAY SEC MEETING IS FEBRUARY THAT FOURTH, I BELIEVE. 
          THE FIRST, THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF FEBRUARY. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S THE FOURTH. 
          IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, IT'LL BE AT BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY. 
          UM, CAN WE TAKE, UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION? CAN WE GET A MOTION? SO APPROVE SECOND. 
          GREAT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I, I LOVE THAT IDEA. 
          UM, I WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, VISITING LAKEWOOD, COLORADO, AND THEY HAD, UM, A TRUCK LIKE THAT. 
          THE FRONT WAS, UM, FOUR SHOWERS. 
          THE BACK WAS TWO WASHER AND DRYERS SO THEY COULD TAKE A SHOWER AND DO THEIR LAUNDRY. 
          AND I HAD ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD ANY ADVICE OR ANYTHING THEY WISH THEY DID DIFFERENT. 
          AND THEY SAID THAT WHEN THEY BUILT IT, IT MADE SENSE THEN TO THEM TO HAVE ALL THE OPENINGS ON THE SAME OPENING SIDE AS THE DRIVER. 
          BUT THAT CREATED A LOT OF ISSUES BECAUSE THEN THEY HAD TO PARK BACKWARDS IN ALL THE SPOTS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS OR NOT, BUT TO BE AWARE HOW THEY PULL IN. 
          YEAH, I HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY SEEN THE TRUCK, BUT WE DO HAVE THE WEBSITE OF THE, OF THE COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE TRUCK. 
          SO I, I AM GOING TO DO MY RESEARCH AND FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THESE TRUCKS ARE MADE AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE WILL BE ASKING US. 
          I KNOW THEY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS DOWN IN SKID ROW. 
          PARDON? I KNOW THEY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS DOWN IN SKID ROW. 
          THESE SHOWERS, THESE MOBILE SHOWERS, THAT FOOD TO BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL. 
          YEAH, WE USED TO HAVE A TRUCK OVER AT ICK PARK, UH, BUT THE COUNTY PROVIDED THAT TRUCK AND THEY ARE NO LONGER PROVIDING THAT. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY, UH, APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THIS NOT BAD IDEA. 
          AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. 
          WE REALLY ARE. 
          IT'S VERY EXCITING. 
          SO IT'S THE IDEA THAT THE TRACK IS GOING TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME IN ORDER TO BE AVAILABLE. 
          THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCENTRATED AREA. 
          YEAH, THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ON COORDINATING WITH THE, UM, MOBILE ACCESS UNITS TO MAYBE PUT THEM IN THE SAME VICINITY OF EACH OTHER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET SERVICES AFTER THEY GET THEIR SHOWERS. 
          THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS SET UP AT CHITTICK PARK. 
          BUT, UM, THOSE, UH, PLACES I KNOW IN NORTH LONG BEACH WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED BECAUSE, UM, THE MAC UNIT OR THE MOBILE ACCESS UNIT, UH, NORMALLY SETS UP ON ATLANTIC BOULEVARD IN FRONT OF HOW PARK AND THERE ARE NO SEWAGE AREAS THERE. 
          SO, AND NO ACCESS TO ANY WATER. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER THEIR NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          I'M QUITE SURE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN ON A CITY STREET TAKING A SHOWER. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A PERSONAL THING. 
          WELL, THEY USED TO RUN IN ORANGE COUNTY, WE USED TO PARTNER WITH LAUNDRY OF LOVE THEIR LAUNDROMATS, AND THEY WOULD OPEN THE LAUNDROMAT ON A CERTAIN AFTERNOON AND WE WOULD HAVE THE MOBILE VANS GO IN. 
          MEDICAL MOBILE VANS GO THERE. 
          AND ALSO THE SHOWERS GO THERE BECAUSE ONE, IT'S A LAUNDROMAT. 
          SO THERE IS, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES TO CLEAN LAUNDRY. 
          THERE'S A BATHROOM, THERE'S WATER ACCESS, THERE'S A PARKING LOT. 
          SO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU BRING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER HAS SOME KIND OF ELEMENT OF SUPPORT WOULD KIND OF COME TOGETHER ON A CERTAIN DAY. 
          THE COORDINATION WAS TRICKY, BUT IT WAS REALLY THE KEY THING WAS FINDING THAT LAUNDROMAT THAT WAS GONNA BE OPEN TO HAVING, YOU KNOW, A SHOWER NEARBY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANNA CONTINUE. 
          YEAH. 
          THERE IS A SHOWER PROGRAM, UM, THAT THE, UH, THE, UH, CURRENT CHAIR FOR THE HSAC COMMITTEE, ASHLEY, SHE'S THE ONE THAT STARTED IT. 
          IT IS, UH, FUNDED BY ST. 
          LUKE'S AND 
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THEY SPEND A LOT OF MONEY THERE. 
          UM, IN, UM, THE LAST TIME WE WENT THERE WAS AT CHRISTMAS TIME, UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A NONPROFIT. 
          WE HANDED OUT CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS AND THERE WERE, WELL, WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF OUR CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS AND THERE WERE PROBABLY, SHE SAYS ON THE AVERAGE THERE'S 60 TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO COME TO DO THEIR LAUNDRY. 
          AND IT'S A BIG EXPENSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE PROVIDE THE MONEY TO DO THAT. 
          AND THE, THEY ALSO PROVIDES THE, THE, UM, THE SOAP FOR THEM TO DO THAT. 
          BUT THEY, THE HOMELESS LOVE THAT AND THEY LEAVE WITH CLEAN CLOTHES. 
          SO I KNOW A LOT OF THE TIMES IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, A LOT OF THE HOMELESS JUST THROW THEIR CLOTHES AWAY RATHER THAN WASH THEM 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO. 
          SO IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO SEE A LAUNDRY OR SEVERAL LAUNDRY AREAS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF FOCUSED ON THIS SHOWER PROGRAM AT THE HOMELAND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, I'M DELIGHTED THAT, I THINK IT'S JULIE  THAT THE LADY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR  FROM ST. 
          LOUIS WHO'S ON THERE. 
          AND I'VE BEEN THERE AND THE MAIN ASK THEIR PHONE, I MEAN, WE CALL HAVE TO GUEST IS THEY LOCKER. 
          SO I, I KNOW IT'S FOCUSED ON THE SHOWERS, BUT THEY NEED LOCKERS TO, BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME TO BABYSIT THEIR STAFF. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, ANYWAY, THANKS FOR CONSIDERING THAT TOO, RIGHT? WE REALIZE THAT THAT IS AN ISSUE. 
          UM, NOT SURE HOW TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW. 
          HONESTLY, I REALLY JUST DUNNO. 
          IT'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE A MOBILE UNIT TO ADDRESS THAT KIND OF THING. 
          I KNOW OFTENTIMES WHEN THE HOMELESS HAVE USED THE CHI FIELD THING, THEY ASK THEIR HOME OTHER HOMELESS FRIENDS, CAN YOU WATCH MY STUFF WHILE I'M GONE? UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BREAK UP WITH YOU OR RISK LOSING WHATEVER YOU BUY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS AN ISSUE, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OTHER THAN HAUL A TRAILER AROUND, I GUESS YOU U-HAUL. 
          I HAVE A, ANYWAY, I'LL GO TO THE OTHER ONE. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. 
          ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO. 
          SAY NONE. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE BY SHOW OF HANDS. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          CAN YOU ADJOURN? ADJOURN. 
          THANK YOU.
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