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WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE MEETING OF THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE AT THE BILLY KING LIBRARY.
UM, SO BOTH PAM AND JACKIE WILL BE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES JUST FOR THE RECORD.
THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2025.
AND I HAVE A MOTION, SO MOVE A SECOND.
AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AMONG COMMITTEE MEMBERS? YES, JIM? NO.
ANYBODY, ANY COMMENTS ON THE, UM, MINUTES IN DECEMBER? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEE? NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2025.
OPPOSED? I SUSTAIN THE MOTION PASSES.
THANK, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE DETOUR FROM THE AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA DO ITEM FOUR NEXT BECAUSE, UM, PAUL HAS A, UM, SOON, SO HE'S GONNA DO ITEM FOUR, UM, WHICH IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF OPERATIONS AND UPDATES REPORT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION? A SECOND? SECOND.
BUT THANKS FOR ALLOWED TO MOVE IT UP.
I WAS HOPING TO GET A FLIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING, SACRAMENTO, BUT COULD NOT GET ONE EARLY ENOUGH.
SO DON'T, UM, HERE WE, SO, UH, I WANTED TO PROVIDE A FEW STAFFING UPDATES.
UM, WE'RE STILL IN A SITUATIONAL LOSS OF FUNDING.
WE'RE KIND OF TOWARDS THE END OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT HAD BEEN ON GRANTS FOR OTHER FUNDING THAT HAS EITHER SUNSET COME TO AN END OR THERE'S SOME OTHER REASON.
UM, BUT, SO POSITIONS GOING FAR FROM HERE WILL BE EXTERNALLY POSTED, BUT, UH, POSITIONS UP UNTIL NOW HAVE BEEN INTERNAL.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ONBOARDING Q POSITIONS, OR HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED INTERVIEWS IN OUR BACKGROUND FOR AN ADDITIONAL REACH MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, WHICH HAS FUNDED THROUGH GENERAL FUND.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING COMMITMENT ON THE CITY AND ONE FOR OUR HOUSING NAVIGATION COORDINATOR.
UH, THIS IS TO HELP ALSO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS WITH KLEEN, UM, AND PROVIDERS AND TRYING TO CREATE SOME STANDARDIZATION AROUND, UH, COLLEGE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AS WELL AS OUR OWN HOUSING NAVIGATION WITHIN THE, UH, CITY, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
THIS IS A START, STARTED WITH A GRANT THAT WE ARE GETTING THROUGH, UH, BUILT FOR ZERO.
SO WE HAVE TWO YEARS OF FUNDING AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPACT AND HOW DO WE MOVE THAT FORWARD.
UH, BOTH PLEASE S ARE FULL TIME.
I AM ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED.
UH, THE US DEPART, UH, ON DECEMBER 23RD, THE, JUST KIND OF GIVEN SOME BACKGROUNDS ON WHERE WE ARE WITH HUT AND ON SOME OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING.
WE DID ON DECEMBER 23RD, THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT RELEASED AN UPDATE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, UH, NOFO OR NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS THE LAST TIME WE MET, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME EVEN FURTHER CHANGES.
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SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN RELEASED, BUT ALSO ADDED IN A LOT OF NEW THINGS.REALLOCATING PERMANENT HOUSING, BUT THEN REQUIRING YOU TO CREATE NEW PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECTS.
SO WHETHER THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE GOOD FUNDING OPERATING PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM, IT WAS GONNA ASK YOU TO REALLOCATE AND THEN CREATE NEW PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS. WHY HARD TO FULLY GET THERE.
BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE PUTTING BOARD.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY TWO THINGS.
SO THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY THE MOST UP TO DATE.
'CAUSE SOME STUFF HAPPENED AT THE END OF LAST WEEK THAT UPDATES SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
UH, BUT THE COURT CASE THAT WAS GOING ON, THE MOST RECENT COURT ORDER ON IT HAD LAID OUT THAT HUD NEEDED TO PROVIDE A PROCESS BY WHICH COCS COULD SUBMIT FOR, UH, RENEWALS.
BY FEBRUARY 19TH, THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES YOU COULD TAKE.
WE WERE TAKING THE ONE WHERE WE HAD TO SAY THE LEASE, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS COULD POTENTIALLY BE FLAGGED IN THE NEXT YEAR'S COMPETITION OR IF THEY WERE APPROVED TO RELEASE A COMPETITION THIS YEAR.
SO WE CHOSE, THE BOARD MET YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON PACE.
WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING IN OUR LETTER AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, THE TRANSPORTATION AND HUT BUDGET WAS PASSED THIS LAST WEEK AS PART OF AVERTING THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN.
UH, WITHIN THAT, IT LAID OUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BOTH THE BUDGET FOR COC AND ESG PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF CONTINGENCIES THAT WERE IN CONSIDERATION, UH, WITHIN WHAT HUB WAS PROPOSING.
SO WITHIN THAT, WHERE OUR GRANTS RENEW IN THE YEAR, UH, THIS WILL, BASED ON THAT, THAT IS REQUIRED TO RENEW OUR GRANTS FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD, AS IS WITH NO FUTURE PENALTY OR, YOU KNOW, RAMIFICATIONS.
YOU CAN'T COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, YOU CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE SAME PROGRAMS. AND THOSE HAD HOUSING FIRST OR HARM REDUCTION OR, YOU KNOW, GENDER IDENTITY LANGUAGE IN 'EM.
UM, SO THERE WAS SOME DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS SAYING YOU CAN'T TAKE PUNITIVE MEASURES AND YOU NEED TO RE RENEW THOSE.
SO, UH, THERE STILL IS A COURT CASE, HOWEVER, THERE IS NOW CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION, UH, THAT PROVIDES DIRECTION.
ADDITIONALLY, WHAT THE BILL ALSO DID WAS FOR NEXT YEAR'S NOFO, UH, THEY SAID THAT HUD NEEDS TO RELEASE BY, UH, JUNE AND BE ABLE TO AWARD BY DECEMBER SETTING SOME TARGETS.
SO THEY CAN'T DO A LAST MINUTE RUSH THING, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO DO SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
I THINK CONGRESS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT AHEAD OF IT.
THEY ALSO SET A NEW CAP, WHICH THEY'VE NEVER REALLY FULLY SAID, UH, PREVIOUSLY AROUND TIER ONE.
SO TIER ONE, OUR PROJECTS AND LIKE A PERCENTAGE THAT WE CAN ROUGHLY HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE PRETTY GUARANTEED TO GET BACK.
SO THE NEW LEGISLATION SET THAT TIER ONE HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 60%.
SO IN THE PROPOSED NOFO THAT I WAS PUTTING OUT, THAT WAS 30%, IT MEANT THAT WE COULD LOSE ROUGHLY 70% OF OUR FUNDING PORTFOLIO, THAT WE'D HAVE TO REALLOCATE A LOT OF PERMANENT HOUSING, 60%.
IT STILL MEANS WE COULD LOSE QUITE A BIT.
AND LIKE THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS.
WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POLICIES THAT THEY WILL ADOPT, HOW THEY GO ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE HERE.
UH, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE MORE PROTECTION AND CERTAINTY AT LEAST GOING IN TO THIS NEXT YEAR'S NOFO.
UH, OUR HOPES IS THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT THINGS, AS YOU KNOW, OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATURE GETS TOGETHER THAT THEY MAY TAKE FURTHER ACTION TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL HARM FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING ASSISTED BY PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT SOME GOOD NEWS, SOME FINALIZATION IF IT FINALLY FEELS LIKE AFTER MONTHS OF CHANGES AND UNCERTAINTY.
SO, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AT A FEDERAL LEVEL.
UH, WE'VE SET SEVERAL LETTERS.
WE HAVE TALKED TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN, IN CONGRESS ABOUT OUR NEEDS HERE IN LONG BEACH, AND AS A STATE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UH, THE LAST NOTE ON THERE, THERE IS NO PATH FORWARD FOR HU WINNING THAT, THAT CASE ANYMORE 'CAUSE IT'S NOW A, A LEGAL MATTER THROUGH, UH, OUR, OUR LEGISLATOR, SORRY, I FORGOT TO
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UPDATE THE DATE, UH,UH, HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD A SET ASIDE AS ONE OF THE THREE CITY LEVEL COCS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
SO GLENDALE, LONG BEACH AND PASADENA ARE THE THREE CITY LEVEL COCS.
AND THEN LASA HAS REPRESENTED THE BALANCE.
UM, AND HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD A SET ASIDE FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT EXISTED WITHIN MEASURE H THAT MOVED OVER AND CONTINUED AS IT WAS WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF MEASURE A ALLOCATIONS.
HOWEVER, AS THE BUDGET BEGAN THIS YEAR, UH, THE PROPOSAL WAS TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE FUNDING FOR THE THREE CITY LEVEL COCS AND THAT WE'D ONLY GET LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUNDING GOING FORWARD, AS WELL AS THE OTHER NEW BUCKETS WITHIN THAT JOURNEY.
UH, WE ADVOCATED AND KIND OF SPOKE TO, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS SPECIFICALLY FOR LONG BEACH AS WELL AS CONVERSATION AROUND BETTER COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
THOSE ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK IT'S OPENED UP SOME GOOD LUCK DIALOGUE AS WE GO FORWARD.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY GOING INTO FUTURE YEARS.
UH, BUT LUCKILY THROUGH ADVOCACY, UH, THE BOARD TOOK A VOTE IN ACTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY CEO TO LOOK WITHIN THE BUDGET AND TO IDENTIFY, UH, 5 MILLION TO MEASURE A FUNDING FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THIS REPRESENTS A REDUCTION OF HALF OF WHAT WE HAD.
SO FOR US, THIS WILL BE ROUGHLY 4.1 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
UH, DUE TO DELAYED CONTRACTS FROM THE COUNTY, WE HAVE SOME CARRY OVER FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND IN CONTRACTS.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING DOWN, YOU KNOW, PRETTY CLOSE TO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BUT WE'RE RECEIVING CONTRACTS ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND ON THE
THEY HAVE BEEN PASSED ON SOME OF THE NEW CONTRACTS COMING IN THE CRASH WITH THE NEW DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO MORE TIMELY CONTRACTS GOING FORWARD.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT HAS RESOLVED.
THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE INITIALLY WITHIN IT THAT WOULD'VE CREATED AN ONGOING ANNUAL ALLOCATION.
HOWEVER THAT WAS REMOVED, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE.
SO, UH, THE COUNTY DID CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE FOUND AND IDENTIFIED 5 MILLION.
SO WE WILL RECEIVE THE 4.1 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE RECEIVING ABOUT 4.8 IN LOCAL 8 MILLION IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND.
SO IT KIND OF COMES OUT TO EVEN ON WHERE WE WERE AT.
UM, ALL CITIES AND OR COGS RECEIVED SOME OF THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND.
IT'S 15% OF MEASURE A THIS LAST YEAR THAT WAS ROUGHLY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS THAT WENT OUT TO CITIES AND COSTS.
SO, UH, WE WILL STILL RECEIVE THAT 4.8 MILLION OR SO AND MAY ADJUST OVER TIME.
THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT METRICS IN SETTING THOSE ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS.
UM, BUT MEASURE A HAS SOME UNCERTAINTY.
SO THIS, YOU KNOW, WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE.
THIS NEW ALLOCATION WILL TAKE US THROUGH JUNE OF 2027.
SO THIS IS FUNDING THAT WOULD START ON JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR AND GO THROUGH THEN.
SO WE HAVE TIME TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR NEEDS HERE, UH, AND CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR FURTHER FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIP AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IS A GOOD POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THE TIME BEING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A WHILE IN THE WORK.
SO A HALF ROUND SIX WAS ACTUALLY PASSED WITHIN NOT LAST YEAR'S STATE BUDGET, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO WE ARE TALKING WHEN 2024 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALLOCATIONS.
UM, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY ARDUOUS.
UH, OUR LOS ANGELES REGIONAL COUNTY PLAN SLASH APPLICATION IS IN THE THOUSANDS OF PAGES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WITHIN IT.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS, BUT IT IS VERY BURDENSOME.
SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FROM 2024 AND JUST EARLIER LAST MONTH, UH, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED A WAR FOR THE FIRST THREE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
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THE FAR MAJORITY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT HAS UNAPPROVED, UH, HALF, SIX ALLOCATIONS.SO, YOU KNOW, IN LA REGION THAT'S 328 MILLION.
IT'S THE LARGEST REGION WITHIN THE STATE, RIGHTFULLY SO.
UH, OUR PORTION OF THAT IS, UH, ABOUT 13 MILLION.
SO, UH, A LOT OF THAT GOES TO LOS ANGELES CITY, COUNTY OF LA, UM, AS WELL AS LASA AS THE LARGER COC WITHIN, UM, WITHIN THE REGION.
SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CHALLENGE.
UH, IT COULD BE A WHILE BEFORE SOME COMMUNITIES RECEIVE FUNDING.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SOME NEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN AROUND REQUIREMENTS ON SHOWING THAT YOUR COUNTY AS WELL AS LARGE CITIES HAVE A PRO HOUSING DESIGNATION, THAT THEY HAVE A UP TO DATE HOUSING ELEMENT.
THOSE ARE ALL GOOD AND POSITIVE THINGS.
HOWEVER, IF THEY PREVENT A COMMUNITY FROM GETTING FUNDING, I, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ADVOCATING IN SACRAMENTO IS WHEN OTHER COMMUNITIES DON'T RECEIVE FUNDING AND ONLY CERTAIN COMMUNITIES DO.
AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO SEE THOSE COMMUNITIES DO THINGS WITHHOLDING THE HOMELESS MONEY IS NOT MAYBE THE RIGHT THING, WITHHOLD OTHER MONEY THAT LIKE, GETS THEM TO INCENTIVIZE TO ACTUALLY GET CAUGHT UP AND FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS.
BUT WE WANT TO SEE ALL COMMUNITIES AND THE PEOPLE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, THESE SERVICES.
SO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION ON HOW FUTURE LEGISLATION GETS ADOPTED AND THE IMPACTS THAT IT HAS IN GETTING THAT MONEY IN A TIMELY MANNER AND GETTING TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST IN NEED VERSUS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO USE IT AS A TOOL TO GET COMMUNITIES TO DO OTHER THINGS.
I MEAN, I THINK WE WANT TO SEE SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITIES ADOPT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE ADOPT LOCALLY AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE DRIVING TOWARDS THOSE TARGETS THAT HAVE BEEN SET.
UM, SO IT'S GOOD FOR OUR REGION.
I THINK SOME PRESSURE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
UH, HALF ROUND SEVEN, WHICH WAS PASSED IN LAST YEAR, STATE BUDGET IS HALF OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WAS PASSED IN HALF.
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR HAS NO, UH, HALF FUNDING AND NO OTHER HOMELESS FUNDING PROPOSED WITHIN IT.
UH, WE WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING.
UH, LAST YEAR THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSED ZERO FUNDING AS WELL.
THE LEGISLATURE CAME IN AND PUT HALF OF WHAT, UH, WAS IN HALF ROUND SIX AND HALF ROUND SEVEN.
SO WE'LL ALSO BE ADVOCATING TOMORROW AROUND, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE COMING YEAR.
UH, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN VOCAL ON A FEW POINTS IN COUNCIL, UH, THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO AND PAYS FOR A NUMBER OF OUR SHELTERS.
WITHOUT THAT FUNDING, WE WILL BE IN A TOUGH BUDGET SPOT, SUSTAIN, UH, THE SHELTERS THAT WE DO HAVE.
UM, IT WON'T BE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT.
IT'S MORE, HEY, IF WE DON'T GET THESE ADDITIONAL ROUNDS, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.
SO, GRANT THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING, WE'RE EXCITED, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, FUNDING IS ONGOING AND CONSISTENT.
WE'VE CREATED THESE PROGRAMS, WE'VE INVESTED IN THE SHELTER AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE STATE TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, BRING IN THE FUNDING THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE PROVIDED OVER THE LAST EIGHT OR SEVEN YEARS.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR FUNDING NOW ONTO SOME OPERATIONS THINGS.
UH, PROJECT, OUR PROJECT HOME KIT 59 50 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, FORMERLY THE LUXURY INN, UH, WHICH WAS THE NUMBER ONE NEW NISSAN'S MOTEL IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO.
UH, IT WAS RACKING UP, UH, ABOUT A 1500 CALLS OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING A COUPLE CALLS A DAY.
UH, DRUG TRAFFICKING OR DRUG DRUG SALES, HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL MURDERS THERE, SOME ASSORTED HISTORY TO SAY THE LEAST.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE, UH, MOTEL THAT WAS PURCHASED WITHIN PROJECT HOME.
KEY ROUND TWO HAS FINALIZED IT'S CONVERSION.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE WORK THAN WE THOUGHT GOING IN AS WALLS GOT TORN OUT.
THE AMOUNT OF ROCK, THE AMOUNT OF IMPROPER CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY.
UH, BUT WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE EVERYTHING'S BEEN RE MOST EVERYTHING'S BEEN REDONE AT THIS POINT, UM, AND IS NOW OPEN.
THERE WERE SOME FINAL CONSTRUCTION THINGS AS ONE BUILDING GOT APPROVED.
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UH, WE'RE JUST FINALIZING GETTING, UH, APPROVAL ON TWO OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS.IT'S SPLIT INTO THREE BUILDINGS.
UH, OUR FIRST MOVE INS WERE 20 UNITS THAT WERE PRIORITIZED FOR THE STATE FOCUSED ALONG THE LA RIVERBED NEAR THE 91.
UH, SO 20 UNITS AND ABOUT 25 PEOPLE MOVED INTO THOSE UNITS.
UH, WE'RE STARTING TO MATCH OTHER PEOPLE TO THE OTHER BUILDINGS NOW THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN CLEARED AND UP INTO OPERATIONAL.
SO EXCITED TO FINALLY SEE PEOPLE MOVING INTO THIS PROJECT.
'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE IN THE MAKING.
UH, AND THIS WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
UH, SO MEANING THAT THEY'VE BEEN HOMELESS FOR A YEAR OR LONGER WITH A DISABLING CONDITION.
SO ARE THEY SINGLE OR SOME DOUBLE? IT MEAN 78 OR MORE THAN 78? IT MEANS MORE THAN 78.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE 20 ROOMS, WE HAD A COUPLE, A COUPLE COUPLES.
SO IF SOMEBODY IDENTIFIES AS A COUPLE, THEY CAN GO INTO A ROOM AS A COUPLE.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, HOUSEHOLDS.
IF, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WANT A PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP, THEY WANT TO STAY TOGETHER, THEY CAN STAY TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE PRETTY OPEN TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS AND SUPPORTING THEM, UH, PEOPLE CAN TAKE THEIR PET.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PETS ALREADY THERE.
WE HAVE A DOG ROOM THAT WAS PUT IN AT THE SITE.
I DON'T THINK WE GOT A PICTURE OF THAT.
UM, HOW BIG, SO THEY APPARENTLY SIZE THE UNITS.
IT'S, IT IS A REAL MIXED MATCH THING.
UH, SO THERE WERE SOME RUINS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAT HAD JACUZZI TUBS IN THEM.
THOSE JACUZZI TUBS HAD BEEN REMOVED, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO A DA RESTROOMS WITH UNITS.
UM, SO THEY VARY FROM LIKE A, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 20 BY 15 TO A, UH, A LITTLE BIT NARROWER OF A UNIT THAT IS THE SAME DEPTH.
SO THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT LAYOUTS WITHIN IT.
SOME ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN OTHERS.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THEY WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR T HOUSING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATION AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO LONG TERM AND IS THERE A WAY TO CONVERT PERMANENT HOUSING IN THE FUTURE.
THERE ARE SOME WAYS, UM, AND FLEXIBILITY.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE DOLLAR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FUNDING THAT EXISTS TO PUT IN LIKE KITCHENETTES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS DUE TO ITS LOCATION RIGHT OFF THE FREEWAY.
THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON QUITE A FEW FUNDING SOURCES AROUND, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION OCCUR WITH THOSE DOLLARS RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREEWAY.
THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE COULD DO IT.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT STILL.
AND THERE IS POTENTIALLY SOME PATHWAY FORWARD IN THE FUTURE TO LOOK AT THEM BEING PERMANENT UNITS WHERE SOMEBODY HAS A LEASE.
I HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH THE MANAGER THAT MANAGES THAT BUILDING.
UM, I HAD ASKED HER WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE A TOUR, A SITE VISIT OF THE, OF THAT FACILITY.
SHE TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO CONTACT MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
SHE DID NOT, SHE WOULD NOT WORK WITH ME.
AND SO I TALKED TO MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON ABOUT THIS AND SHE TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT AND FIND OUT HOW THAT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I, I WOULD LIKE TO COME ON PAUL TO SEE IT IN PERSON.
AND I HAVE SOME, A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT IT WITHOUT GOING TOO DEEP INTO IT.
WE ARE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS, UH, WITH THE PROVIDER.
I'M NOT GONNA GO TOO DEEP IN BEYOND THAT.
WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYBODY HERE WOULD LIKE THE, THE SITE VISIT AS WELL.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, NO, LET'S FOLLOW UP A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT AS A, YEAH, I CAN'T GET TOO DEEP INTO THINGS, BUT YEAH, NOW WE CAN HAVE A BETTER CONVERSATION.
IS THIS THE WAY WE DO IT? IS THIS THE PROPER CHANNEL THAT WE GO THROUGH TO WORK WITH YOU? IF, IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME RIGHT NOW JUST SAYING THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES.
I JUST, I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
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WE'RE GETTING TOO DEEP INTO THAT, BUT THAT IS A THING AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP IN OUR NEXT FEED AROUND THAT.UM, SO HAD STARTED PROCESS AND ENGAGEMENT AND SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE SAW, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT AROUND OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION AROUND REPROGRAM, FOCUSED ON THE LA RIVERBED AND IDENTIFYING A MOTEL FOR A LEASE, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THAT.
UM, AND WE'VE INITIALLY DONE SOME ENGAGEMENT AROUND, UH, THE MOTEL SIX ON PCH.
UM, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ONGOING COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, AS WELL AS ENGAGEMENTS WITH SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL AND, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AROUND, UH, NEEDS AND WHAT WE, UH, THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS A PART OF THAT.
SO, UH, THAT HAS LED TO SOME CHANGES AND SOME UPDATES.
UH, SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS HAPPENING ON THAT.
UH, WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A DIFFERENT MOTEL.
WE HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD WITH THE MOTEL SIX.
UM, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT A MOTEL WITHIN, UH, THAT SIMILAR AREA.
UH, BUT BASED ON CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, SWITCHING GEARS AND LOOKING AT ANOTHER MOTEL, UH, AS WE'VE NOT GONE, YOU KNOW, TO COUNCIL OR NOT, YOU KNOW, MADE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, WE WILL BE DOING THAT SOON.
UH, OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE THAT TO CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY MARCH, UH, TO PUT FORWARD A LEASE THAT WOULD BE A YEAR AND A HALF LEASE.
WE ARE ALSO, UH, NEXT WEEK GOING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR SELECTION OF A PROVIDER FOR THE SITE.
SO BOTH ARE KIND OF HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
WE PUT OUT AN RFP ASKING FOR PROPOSALS OF SOMEBODY THAT WANTED TO, UH, OPERATE SERVICES AT THE MOTEL, AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONS SECURITY, UH, PROVIDING FOOD, PROVIDING ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO, UH, STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING PATH AS A SERVICE PROVIDER, UH, BASED ON THE RRFP AT THE ERF PROGRAM.
UH, SO THAT WILL ACTUALLY GO TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALL GO SMOOTH.
WE'LL HAVE A PROVIDER, WE'LL HAVE A MOTEL.
UH, AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH PAT.
THEY'RE WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH US A LITTLE BIT BEFOREHAND ON THE RIVERBED TO KIND OF BUILD SOME RELATIONSHIPS AS, AS WE GO INTO THE PROGRAM.
HOW LONG IS THE LEASE? WELL, IT'LL BE A YEAR AND A HALF.
OUR SERVICE CONTRACT WILL BE A YEAR AND A HALF.
LEASE WILL BE A YEAR AND A HALF.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE HAVE, UH, FUNDING INTERACTION FOR.
AND REMIND GONNA WHICH STRETCH OF THE RIVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF IT.
YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF TAKING CHUNKS.
SO ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, 91 AS YOU OR ATLANTIC AS YOU KIND OF GO UP, CROSSES OVER THE RIVERBED.
THAT'S THE NORTH, YOU KNOW, NORTHERN PEAK OF THE LA RIVERBED WITHIN LONG BEACH DOWN TO, AS IT HITS THE, THE PORT RIGHT THERE.
WE'VE KIND OF DONE A FEW STATEMENT THINGS.
SO THE COUNTY LAST YEAR, UH, DID A PARK UP TOWARDS THE 91 AS WELL, UH, WHERE THEY PRIORITIZED ROUGHLY I THINK 22, 23 PEOPLE.
AND THEN THIS RECENT ONE WITH THE STATE WAS ALSO ON THE LA RIVER BED.
SO WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT ON THAT NORTHERN STRETCH.
SO OUR, WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO PRIORITIZE 12 PEOPLE RECENTLY IN ONE OF THEIR PATHWAY HOME PROJECTS.
UH, THAT WAS KIND OF OVER NEAR THE ANAHEIM BRIDGE AND KIND OF FOCUSING IN THAT AREA.
SO GOING FORWARD, WE'RE JUST KIND OF GONNA GO ACROSS THE THING AND PRIORITIZE BASED ON VULNERABILITY AND LENGTH OF TIME, UM, FOR THIS NEXT EFFORT.
SO TRYING TO REDUCE DOWN THE NUMBERS OVER TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY DID OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT.
I MEAN, ANECDOTALLY, LIKE, CAN'T GIVE YOU EXACT NUMBERS, BUT THE RIVER, LA RIVER BEDROOM SAW, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERABLY LOTS OF PEOPLE THAN WE SAW AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOME CONCERN WITH DISPLACEMENT, BUT THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF PRIORITIZATION AND HOUSING THAT IS ALREADY UP.
REMIND ME OF THE LOCATION AGAIN OF THE, OF THIS AREA.
IS IT ANAHEIM, PCH? WHERE'S THE MOTEL? YEAH, WE'RE THE,
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IT'S NOT THAT FAR FROM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL LOOKING IN THE SAME AREA.SO CROSS ANAHEIM ATLANTIC AREA OR PCH.
OKAY, I QUESTION LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC.
DRIVING DOWN LONG BEACH BOULEVARD OR ATLANTIC, UH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW MOTELS.
IT GOES BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN THOSE WERE THE TWO ROUTES INTO LONG BEACH BEFORE THE FREEWAYS.
I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE THOSE CONSIDERED PART OF OUR PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK IN LONG BEACH ARE, OR YEAH.
I DOUBT IF THERE, THERE ISN'T MUCH TOURIST TRADE COMING DOWN LONG BEACH BOULEVARD OR ATLANTA ANYMORE THERE.
I MEAN, I THINK THE REALITY IS THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MOTELS IN THE AREAS THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING WHERE PEOPLE ARE RENTING LONG TERM.
YEAH, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHORT STAYS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DAYS, A COUPLE WEEKS, PEOPLE STAYING IN THEM LONG TERM.
SO, BUT NO, THEY DO NOT MEET THESE STANDARDS FOR, SO IN THEORY, IF
NOW IF THEY WERE PAYING ON THEIR OWN, THEY WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED HOMELESSNESS UNDER HUD'S RULE, BUT THEY ALSO WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, THE UNITS THEMSELVES WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR HOUSING.
AND IT'S POTENTIALLY POSSIBLE IF THEY'VE BEEN AT THE SAME MOTEL FOR MORE THAN 28 DAYS AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID FOR THROUGH LIKE A, YOU KNOW, SERVICE PROVIDER, THEY'RE CONSIDERED TO HAVE TENANCY.
SO IF THE MOTEL WANTED TO EVICT THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY TRY TO ILLEGALLY EVICT THEM, BUT THE, TO PROPERLY DO IT, YOU WOULD STILL NEED TO GO TO COURT SIMILAR TO IF YOU'RE RENTING TO THEM IN AN APARTMENT.
SO IT SHOULD PROBABLY FALL IN SOMEWHERE UNDER LONG TERM PLANNING FOR.
AND, AND I MEAN THERE ARE IN AN INFORMAL HOUSING SETTING FOR MANY.
UM, WE DID START IMPLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, UH, IN NOVEMBER.
WE'VE HAD A FEW DIFFERENT, UH, ACTIVATION STRETCHES.
I DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS QUITE YET.
WE PULLED THOSE AND PROVIDE THEM NEXT TIME.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S CRUST I WILL FOLLOW UP DIRECTLY WITH THE PERSON THAT REQUESTED, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THAT NEXT TIME.
UH, SO WE PROVIDE 65 BEDS WHEN IT IS, UH, RAINING, UH, AND GONNA BE EITHER RAINING HEAVILY OR OVER MULTIPLE DAYS, SHE'LL SEE A SPRINKLE FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES, THEN WE TYPICALLY ARE NOT ACTIVATING.
SO, UH, WE'RE REGULARLY LOOKING AT THE WEATHER FORECAST.
UH, THE CITY, THE COUNTY CAN ASK US DOES THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH US TO ACTIVATE.
AND WE HAVE ACTIVATED A FEW TIMES ON OUR OWN, UH, WITHOUT THEM ASKING.
SO WHEN THEY ASK US, WE RECEIVE COMPENSATION FROM THE COUNTY WHEN IT'S JUST US ACTIVATING THEM, WE'RE PAYING THROUGH SOME OF OUR OTHER GRANTS.
UM, SO, UH, IT IS, YOU KNOW, A POSITIVE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SOME EXTRA BEDS WHEN WEATHER'S GONNA BE ROUGH.
UM, TYPICALLY THE FIRST COUPLE NIGHTS THAT WE OPEN TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
HOWEVER, ONCE WE'VE BEEN OPEN FOR THREE OR FOUR TIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE PRETTY FULL.
SO, UH, WHEN IT IS ON THE COLD SIDE AND LIKE IT'S CLOSE TO 45, WE SEE A LITTLE LESS PEOPLE WHEN IT'S RAINING.
WE'RE ALMOST CONSISTENTLY AT THE 60 TO 65 RANGE.
SO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY FULL, UH, THROUGH A NUMBER OF STRETCHES.
SOMETIMES WE GO SLIGHTLY OVER, WE TRY NOT TO GO TOO BACK FAR PAST SIX FIVE.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE ACCOMMODATIONS WE MAKE.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT COME ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.
WE'RE OPEN AND THEN SOME PEOPLE THAT COME FOR A COUPLE NIGHTS.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF GIVE SOME BREAKDOWN IN THE FUTURE AROUND, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN ARE ENGAGED AT THE MSC IN SERVICE, UH, DURING THE DAYTIME AS WELL.
UM, THE NEXT ONE, YOU KNOW, WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER OVER OFF OF PCH NEAR SANTA FE, JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, WEST OF THAT, UM, A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO.
AT THIS POINT, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONTRACTUAL ISSUES AS WELL AS SOME, UH, UNFORESEEN CONSTRUC ISSUES THAT HAVE ARISEN WITHIN THAT.
UH, THERE WAS NEW PLUMBING THAT WAS DONE ABOVE GROUND AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL NEW AREAS.
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CHECKING THE FULL PLUMBING.THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE AND BACKUP THAT HAS OCCURRED AT THE SITE.
UH, WE ARE WORKING TO CORRECT THE PLUMBING SLOPE SO THAT THERE IS NOT BACKUP OF, YOU KNOW, WATER AND SEWAGE AS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, USE THE TOILET, USE THE SHOWER.
UH, THOSE WERE MAJOR CONCERNS.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE PORTA POTTIES AND OTHER THINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PROPERTY WHERE THAT'S AT.
UH, SO WE'RE MOVING AS FAST AS WE CAN.
UH, OUR GOAL IS TO BE OPEN SOMETIME AROUND APRIL OR SO.
UH, IT'S A BIT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THAT MEANTIME.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO BREAK AROUND ON GETTING THAT CORRECTION SHORTLY.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY HAS RE-RELEASED, UH, AN RFP TO SELECT SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER.
SO WE'LL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION AND GOING TO CITY COUNCIL SHORTLY.
OUR HOPE IS THAT CONSTRUCTION AND ONBOARDING THAT PROVIDER CAN KIND OF HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
AS SOON AS CONSTRUCTION IS DONE, THE PIPING IS REFIXED OR FIXED THAT WE CAN, UH, MOVE THE PROVIDER IN AND START MATCHING.
SO KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, UH, WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE ALREADY BEEN OPEN, BUT WE WANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A HEALTHY PLACE FOR THE YOUTH PROGRAM.
SO, UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IN CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE EXPECTATIONS AROUND CONSTRUCTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAPPEN CAUGHT AND ADDRESSED WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS HAPPENING.
SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE ONGOING.
WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE RESOLUTION, BUT WE WANT TO GET THE WORK DONE.
UM, WE, WITHIN OUR MEASURE A FUNDING THIS YEAR, THERE WERE A FEW NEW BUCKETS THAT GOT CREATED.
THERE'S A LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND, UH, THROUGH THE LOS ANGELES AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR LOS ANGELES COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS AGENCY, AKA LA CASA WITH A MOUTHFUL.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT NEW BUCKETS OF FUNDING THAT ARE CREATED.
SOME AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PRESERVATION, UH, HOUSING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
UM, AND THEN THERE IS A BUCKET OF FUNDING THAT KIND OF MOVED FROM SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY WAS ADMINISTERING TO NOW WITH FSA, UH, AS AN ENTITY IS ADMINISTERING ON THE HOMELESS PREVENTION SIDE OF THINGS.
UH, SO THIS IS ROUGHLY ALSO A LITTLE OVER FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF NEW FUNDING FOR THE CITY.
UM, ABOUT ONE, A LITTLE UNDER A MILLION AND A HALF OF THAT WE'LL GO TO RIGHT COUNCIL.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY THAT CONTRACT, UH, THROUGH THE COUNTY IS WITH THE, UM, LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES.
UH, AND THEN THE BOSS THAT ALSO PROVIDES SOME LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THOSE THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP AS WELL AS SETTLEMENT FUNDING FOR PEOPLE RECEIVING, UH, LEGAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH LOLO OR BASTA.
SO WE'RE WORKING QUICKLY TO GET THIS SET UP.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT RFP, IT, HOWEVER WE RFP IT, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HIT THE STREET UNTIL NEXT YEAR WITHIN CITY PROCESS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ADMINISTERING DIRECTLY OURSELVES, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE YEARS.
WE MAY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WE ARE IN A COHORT WORKING WITH LA CASA AROUND CREATING AN INTEGRATED SERVICE MODEL.
SO WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE SOUTH BAY COG AS WELL AS THE GATEWAY CITIES COG, WHICH LONG BEACH IS A PART OF LONG GATEWAY CITIES COG, BUT WE HAVE KIND OF OUR OWN SEAT WITHIN THAT GROUP.
UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MODELS FOR THE FUTURE AND POTENTIALLY, UH, POOLED RESOURCES IN SOME AREAS SUCH AS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GOING THROUGH, UH, A CENTRALIZED ENTITY IN THE FUTURE, THE POTENTIAL OF A STANDARDIZED SCREENING AND TARGETING SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE THAT MULTIPLE ENTITIES AROUND THE COUNTY ARE USING AS PART, PARTICIPATING IN THE INTEGRATED SERVICE MODEL, AS WELL AS THOSE PILOT AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY THIS YEAR, SO WE RECEIVED A 5% INCREASE IN OUR LA COSTA FUNDING THIS YEAR TO PARTICIPATE
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IN THE PILOT.AND THE DEVELOPMENT IN FUTURE YEARS, YOU WILL RECEIVE, I THINK IT'S 15%, UH, MORE FUNDING IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE INTEGRATED SERVICE MODEL.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS POTENTIALLY BRINGS IN SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WE ARE AT THE TABLE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT SHAPES AND WORKS FOR US.
SO OUR HOPE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO OPT INTO IN THE NEXT YEAR AND TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UM, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT DEVELOPMENT.
IN THE MEANTIME, UH, WE ARE SETTING UP OUR PROGRAM.
WE ARE HIRING UP STAFF TO DO ELIGIBILITY AND SCREENING.
UH, THEY WILL DO THE PAPERWORK, THEY WILL WORK WITH THE LANDLORDS, UH, DOING INSPECTION, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SCREENING AND WE ARE PRIORITIZING AS WELL.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE AT GREATEST RISK.
UH, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION, SO IT'S BETTER THAN WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
THAT BEING SAID, TWO AND A HALF MILLION IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE, SIX MONTHS BEHIND ON RENT AND THEY NEED SOME RENT GOING FORWARD.
SO, UH, THE LA COSTA FUNDING CAN PAY UP TO $36,000 OR SIX MONTHS OF RENT.
SO, UH, IN THE FUTURE, SO IF SOMEBODY NEEDED 20 GRAND TO GET CAUGHT UP, YOU COULD STILL PAY 30 GRAND, 20 GRAND TO GET CAUGHT UP AND THEN YOU CAN PAY, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS OF RENT GOING FORWARD.
SO THAT WE'RE, UH, HOPING TO ROLL OUT, UH, NEXT MONTH.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH PROCESS WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE AGREEMENT THERE.
THEY WILL BE CUTTING THE CHECKS.
OUR STAFF WILL BE DOING THE SCREENING.
SO WE'RE, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF ONBOARDING ONE PERSON AND WORKING TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER STAFF, UH, TO GET GOING.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OLDER ADULT SHALLOW SUBSIDY TO ROLL OUT SHORTLY BEHIND THAT USING, UH, SIMILAR STAFF AND, UH, HOUSING MODEL.
OUR APPROACH MODEL, WE WERE HOPING TO USE MEASURE A FOR THE OLDER ADULT SHALLOW SUBSIDY.
HOWEVER, THE CAP OF ONLY ALLOWING SIX MONTHS RENT MAKES THAT VERY CHALLENGING IF THE SHALLOW SUBSIDY WE'RE LOOKING AT AT TWO-ISH YEAR WINDOW, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER, UH, IN SOME CASES.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED OTHER FUNDING TO GET GOING ON THE OLDER ADULT SHALLOW SUBSIDY WHILE WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AROUND THE FLEXIBILITY AND UH, POTENTIAL WAYS OF ENSURING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE FORWARD AND WE'LL LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES GOING AS WELL.
UH, AT THE SAME TIME ON THE PREVENTION SIDE, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AROUND PRIORITIZING AND PILOTING A NEW APPROACH AROUND YOUTH.
UH, SO THE COUNTY HAS HAD THEIR HOMELESS PREVENTION UNIT.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN REFER SOMEBODY IN, YOU CAN CONTACT AND SAY, I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
IT IS A PROGRAM THAT USES COUNTY DATA FROM DMH, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, DPSS FROM THE COUNTY JAIL, UH, COUNTY SHERIFFS.
SO IT TAKES THAT DATA TOGETHER AND COMPILES IT IN AN AREA.
UH, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF STAFF HAVE ACCESS TO THAT ACTUAL DATA.
SO IT'S PRETTY TIGHT, TIGHT TO CONTROL.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A SEVEN OR EIGHT YEAR, THEY WERE DOING IT WHEN I WAS AT LOSS.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN FOR CLOSE THAT DECADE NOW, TAKING THAT DATA IN EACH YEAR, LOOKING AT WHO BECOMES HOMELESS AND REFINING THEIR TARGET ON HEY, HERE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT PUT PEOPLE AT GREATEST RISK WITHIN THE COUNTY DATA THAT WE HAVE.
AND BASED ON THAT DATA, WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO THIS PERSON AND OFFER THEM SUPPORT AND INTERVENTION WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, SO THAT HAS ONLY BEEN FOCUSED ON ADULTS AND NOT TRANSITIONAL YOUTH.
TRANSITIONAL YOUTH HAS BEEN A SCREEN OUT WITHIN THAT, UH, AS SOME ENGAGEMENT.
AND THE MAYOR'S INVOLVEMENT, HE SAID, HEY, WE'D LOOKED AT A PILOT AND BE A FIRST ON LOOKING AT THAT FOR YOUTH.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, UH, AND WE HAVE SOME AGREEMENTS TO ROLL OUT A PILOT USING THAT MODEL, LOOKING AT YOUTH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET IN SOME DCFS FOSTER CARE DATA AS WELL, UH, AS WELL AS SOME PROBATION, UH, YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM DATA AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN START TO LOOK AT INTERVENTIONS ON, ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL.
ANY FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO THAT WE HAVEN'T, THAT THAT'S A BIGGER UPHILL BATTLE.
I MEAN, WE ARE IN SOME CONVERSATIONS
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AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER EFFORTS ON THE SCHOOL SIDE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GOOD TO SEE ABOUT FUTURE INTEGRATION OF DATA AT THE BOTH, YOU KNOW, BOTH FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL AS WELL AS THE CITY COLLEGE AND THE CAL STATE.THOSE ARE BOTH STATE
SO DATA CAN BE A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER TO HAVE ACCESS, BUT IT'S A DREAM THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THERE EVENTUALLY.
UM, WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, ALL OF THE STAFF.
UH, YOU KNOW, STEVEN KIND OF LET IT LET, HAS LED IT UP OVER THE COUPLE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND DONE A GREAT JOB.
DALTON ALWAYS SUPPORTS THE DATA, BUT YOU HAVE ALL SORTS OF STAFF BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, PREPARE, PREPARING AND SUPPORTING AND A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING IT MANY YEARS IN A ROW.
WE GET SOME NEW PEOPLE IN EVERY YEAR.
UH, BUT ALWAYS AMAZING HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WE TURN OUT IN LONG BEACH.
YOU WILL SEE OTHER COMMUNITIES, LA COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, UH, RECRUITING THE DAY BEFORE, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE DAY OF TO SHOW UP.
WE'RE GETTING ON A TEAM, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, CALL OUT OTHER COUNTIES, BUT I ALSO DID ANOTHER COUNTY THIS YEAR.
AND LIKE THE AMOUNT OF AREA THAT WE WERE COVERING, YOU KNOW, VERSUS THE MAPS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET HERE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS MAKES A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO GO OUT AND BE CONFIDENT WITH THE NUMBERS.
SO, UM, I THINK WE DO A GREAT, UH, JOB AS A COMMUNITY IN DOING SO.
AND THAT'S LARGELY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT VOLUNTEERING EACH YEAR.
LIKE WE HAD 400 PEOPLE SIGN UP, WE HAD SOME DROPOUTS, BUT THAT'S SOMEWHAT TO BE EXPECTED.
THINK PEOPLE ALSO DON'T REALIZE SINCE THEY'RE SIGNING UP THAT FOUR 30 IS REALLY EARLY.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE WE GET TO SHOW UP AT FOUR 30 IN THE MORNING.
UH, SO I KNOW A COUPLE PEOPLE JOIN THIS YEAR.
UH, AND WHEN THERE'S A VIDEO, WE SHOW UP REAL QUICK.
IT'S TWO MINUTES, SO NOPE, THERE SOUND.
ALRIGHT, I'LL SEND IT OUT TO THE GROUP.
IT'S A NICE CLUB, JUST KIND OF GOOD.
THIS IS AND OVER 300 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN THE 2026 POINT IN TIME COUNT, A YEARLY STREET AND SHELTER CANVASSING OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IT IS OUR HOMELESS COUNT THAT WE'RE MANDATED TO DO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT EACH YEAR.
WE DO THAT SO WE CAN REALLY GET INFORMATION THAT INFORMS OUR POLICY DECISIONS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO EITHER IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS OR BOLSTER EXISTING PROGRAMS. AND ALSO HELPS US AS WE ARE APPLYING FOR FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL FUNDING.
SO OUR VOLUNTEERS, THEY'LL GET CHECKED IN, THEY'LL MEET UP WITH THEIR TEAM, THEY'LL HEAR SOME WORDS FROM THERE, AND THEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY GO TO THE CITY AND START DOING SURVEYS THAT INCLUDES EITHER DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS OR THEY'LL DO A VISUAL ACCOUNT WHERE THEY'LL JUST KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'RE SEEING THIS INITIATIVE INVITED PARTICIPANTS TO CONNECT WITH THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY AND LEARN ABOUT THE CITY'S CURRENT EFFORTS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON SEVENTH AND M TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY HERE.
AND SO, UH, IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START UP OUR MORNING.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR PEOPLE'S STORIES TO KIND OF LEARN HOW THEY FELL INTO HOMELESSNESS.
UH, HOW WE CAN WORK BETTER AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AND HOMELESS SERVICES AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY TO REALLY IMPROVE THE SERVICES THAT WE DO OFFER AND TAILOR THEM TO OUR COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE REALLY ARE SHARING A VERY VULNERABLE PART OF THEIR LIVES AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECEIVE THAT AND WE TRY TO LISTEN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, NOT JUST TO COLLECT DATA, NOT JUST SO THAT THEY'RE ANOTHER NUMBER ON OUR ACCOUNT, BUT ALSO TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR STORIES, FOLLOW UP RESULTS.
BUT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT WILL TRANSFORM EXISTING SERVICES AND GAPS.
WE ALWAYS AIM TO GET OUT RESULTS IN HO COUNT IN APRIL OF POINT YEAR.
IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME TO CLEAN ALL THE DATA AND REALLY RUN STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO KIND OF SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT.
I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP AT FOUR IN THE MORNING TO TAKE PART.
IT'S REALLY INSPIRING HONESTLY TO SEE SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE CITY AND REALLY JUST TAKING OWNERSHIP OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COUNT, VISIT LONG BEACH.GOV/HOMELESS COUNT
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AND WE WILL LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE FOR SOMETIMES GOING OUT IN THE FIELD MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DAUNTING.SO I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION.
UM, IMPROVING OUR OPPORTUNITIES.
WE DID ADD THE SHELTERED COUNT WHERE PEOPLE ARE COUNTING AT THE SHELTER, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL, OR SITUATIONS WHERE IT MIGHT BE SEEM A LITTLE DAUNTING TO MAKE YOUR WAY OUT INTO THE FIELD.
SO, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL ASSESS SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMING YEAR.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS? YES, THIS IS UNRELATED AND A VERY BASIC QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, AFTER HOURS, IF THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THEY SEEM TO BE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, IS IT TRUE WE CAN ONLY CALL THE POLICE, WE CAN'T, UH, GET A CLINICIAN TO COME OUT CORRECT AT THE MOMENT? UM, I KNOW YOU CAN ALSO TRY CALLING 9 8 8.
THERE IS THE PSYCHIATRIC MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM TO THE COUNTY.
SO PMRP THAT HAS EXPANDED HOURS, SO THEY CAN SOMETIMES COME OUT IN THE EVENING.
UM, CCR, YOU KNOW, HAS RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING JUST RECENTLY.
THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND FURTHER, UM, AND LOOKING AT HOURS.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO GET 24 7 COVERAGE ANYTIME SOON.
LIKE WE WOULD NEED QUITE A BIT MORE BUDGET TO DO SO.
BUT TRYING TO GET SOME EXPANDED HOURS, UM, ON ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS BEYOND JUST PD.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN ALSO BRING BROUGHT UP IN BUDGET.
LAST BUDGET MEETING IS TOMORROW NIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE FREE, ALWAYS ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT.
I KNOW, UH, AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN THE ROOM 'CAUSE I WAS AT THAT MEETING.
MAYBE SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MADE IT TO OTHER MEETINGS.
UM, BUT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY BUDGET PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN VOICE, YOU KNOW, DESIRES FOR THOSE KINDS OF ITEMS. PAT, I JUST, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOUR STAFF ON THE, ON THE, UH, THE JOB THAT THEY DID AT THE HOMELESS COUNTY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS EXTREMELY WELL RUN.
UM, IT WAS MY FIRST TIME, SO I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING.
UM, AND I, I JUST THINK HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENT FOR THAT.
UM, WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE, I MEAN, THAT WE MADE, WE WANT TO MAKE IT A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT NEXT YEAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SUPPORT AND GETTING PEOPLE PREPARED GOING IN, BUT ALSO ON THE DAY OF, YOU GOTTA WAIT FOR AN HOUR TO, YOU KNOW, GET THROUGH THE PROCESS AND GET THROUGH THE LINE AND GET CHECKED IN OR YOU'RE STANDING OUTSIDE.
SO WE DO TRY TO MAKE IT AS POSITIVE AS AN EXPERIENCE.
AND, AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS WELL PREPARED.
WE KNEW WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO.
WE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY OUR TEAM, UH, CAPTAIN AND IT, IT RAN VERY SMOOTHLY.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT AS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THAT COUNT, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
IT'S A LITTLE CHAOTIC BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT WE AIM FOR IT TO NOT FEEL LIKE THAT ON THE DAY.
WELL, I KNOW YOU GET A LOT OF FLA, BUT THIS ONE I THINK IT WAS GOOD.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM, UM, IS THERE A, AN A, A QUICK UPDATE ON THE TRAILER? ON THE SHOCK TRAILER? NOT AT THIS POINT.
UH, I WAS STILL WAITING ON FLEET AND WHERE WE'RE AT, SO I'LL CHECK IN WITH THEM.
UH, AND WORKING TO FINALIZE THE COMING YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO IT'S KIND OF STARTING AROUND INTO SHAPE WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME RESOLUTION ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, SOME RESOLUTION ON THE COUNTY SIDE SO WE'RE HAVE A LITTLE BIT CLEAR OF A PICTURE.
SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMATICALLY WHAT CAN WE SUPPORT IN THIS COMING YEAR.
SO, UH, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE TO SHARE WITHIN OUR NEXT MEETING.
THEY CAN BE A LITTLE MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, CONFIDENT IN, IN SPEAKING ABOUT SOME THINGS.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA? ITEM? NONE.
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STEP OUT, SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU GUYS CAN EMAIL US PLEASE.SO THERE'S BE NICE, BUT YES, THERE'S RECOMMENDATION BUREAU, STAFF OPERATIONS AND UPDATES REPORT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OKAY, BACK TO ITEM TWO ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, IT'S TO RECOMMEND THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATES FROM THE MAYOR'S FUND AND POLICY
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE SECOND.
WELL, UH, YES, WE DID HAVE OUR MEETING.
UH, LITTLE DISAPPOINTING IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR FUNDRAISER.
HOW MANY OF YOU GOT A NOTICE IN THE MAIL? UH, IF, IF YOU DO GET YOUR UTILITY BY THE MAIL, DID YOU BRING ONE? I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T EITHER.
IT WAS A, UM, IT WAS A LETTER SIZE CARD.
I SHOULDA BOUGHT MY CARD WITH, UH, WITH A QR CODE AND IT SAID GETTING AN INSERT IN YOUR YOU GOT ONE NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, I SAY SEPARATE.
OR I, AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU SPEAK UP.
I'VE SCREWED UP TODAY WITH MY, UH, PHONE CHARGING HIM.
MY HEARING AIDS AMPLIFIES A BIT FAR, BUT, BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT, WELL, IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS PROBABLY IN OCTOBER, WE HAD A CITY STAFF MEMBER COME AND SPEAK TO US AND SAY THEY WERE GOING TO ASSIST US WITH THE FUNDRAISING THIS YEAR.
AND I HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT TO SAY THAT WE WOULD ALSO GET A MESSAGE PUT ON THE BILL, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW MANY OF THE INSERTS WENT OUT.
AND TO BE HONEST, THE INSERT WAS NOT THE TYPE OF INSERT I WOULD'VE SENT FOR FUNDRAISING.
IT WAS NOT, IT WAS, I'LL PUT IT BLUNTLY, IT WAS TOO BUREAUCRATIC
AND, UH, THE EMAIL, THE ADDRESS YOU HAD TO GO TO TO DONATE THE MONEY WAS A LONG COMPLICATED ONE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE MADE IT SORT OF DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO, WELL IT HAD A QR CODE.
I'M SORRY THAT, THAT THING DID HAVE A QR CODE.
YEAH, WELL IT REALLY, AGAIN, IT JUST WAS NOT A FUNDRAISING ITEM.
AND I WISH IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO US BEFORE IT WAS ACCEPTED AND BROUGHT, PUT INTO THE, UH, APPROVED.
WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT BEFORE.
WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER THIS ONE AREA WHERE WE RAISED FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM.
WHEN THEY STARTED THIS COMMITTEE, THEY GAVE THIS COMMITTEE THE PRIVILEGE OF PUTTING THOSE INSERTS IN THE UTILITY BILL, WHICH WAS A BIG THING THAT DO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH.
BUT OVER THE YEARS IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IT IMPLEMENTED.
AND THIS YEAR WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE FUNDS WERE RAISED.
WE WON'T KNOW FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR SO WHAT THE RESULTS WERE.
OF THE ONES THAT DID GET AN INSERT PODIUM, IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M ANTICIPATING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO VERY WELL.
I'D BE VERY PLEASANTLY BE SURPRISED IF WE DO GET ANY AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR DECEMBER FOR THE FUNDRAISING.
SO AGAIN, THAT WAS, AND AND I WILL SAY THAT, THAT IT WAS BROUGHT UP STARTING IN PROBABLY SEPTEMBER EVERY MEETING ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING AND SOMEHOW IT JUST NEVER HAPPENED.
THEY, TO BE HONEST, THEY PEOPLE IN THE UTILITY, THEY PROBABLY LOOK AT IT AS A GIANT PAIN IN THE NECK DOING IT.
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IT IS WHAT IT'S, AND WE COULD USE THE MONEY.BUT, UH, AGAIN, I'M SORRY, HAVE A REPORT THAT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS DONE EFFECTIVELY AT ALL.
DO WE HAVE THE UPDATE, UM, BALANCE OF THE FUND? YEAH.
UM, ON A NOTE TO AN ADDITION, UH, WE DID DISCUSS THIS IN THE MEETING.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE FINAL REPORT THAT IS PREPARED BY THE ONES WE DO FUND COMES TO THIS COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SEE HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT.
SO I THINK THE FINAL REPORT SHOULD COME TO THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE PREPARED BY THE PERSON THAT WE FUNDED.
I KNOW I'VE DONE A LOT OF GRANTS AND I HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY TIME I FIGURE A GRANT WHERE I SPENT THE MONEY.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE, I AGREE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION IF THAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT FOR WHILE, BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO GET IT DONE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT IT'S A, I WISH I HAD GOOD NEWS, BUT I DON'T.
AND, UH, WELL, WE STILL HAVE OUR BALANCE.
I ALSO, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF WE HAD HAD A REALLY SUBSTANTIAL FUNDRAISING SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HEADING INTO SORT OF DIRE STRAI FINANCIALLY FOR THE HOMELESS.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE MORE BACKUP MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO.
BUT I BELIEVE, UM, WELL I HAVE, I HAVE ASKED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
YEAH, WE DO HAVE THE HUNDRED 30,000 AVAILABLE AND, UM, 146, WELL, LESS THAN 21.
SO WE'LL TRY TO SPEND IT PLAINLY.
AND, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, UH, ANYTHING RECENTLY FOR NO, NO NEW APPLICATIONS AS OF LAST WEEK.
I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT DISCUSS TOO.
WE'VE BEEN PRETTY RESTRICTIVE.
UH, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE INITIAL START OF THE COMMITTEE, THAT THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE SOMEWHAT EMERGENCY FUNDS, SHORTFALL FUNDS FOR SHORT TERM USE.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD ALSO HELP AGENCIES AND PERHAPS WANT TO TRY A NEW APPROACH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND.
THAT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WOULD BE WELL FUNDED BY US TOO.
I KNOW I'VE GONE INTO THAT PROBLEM MYSELF WHERE YOU, YOU FIND THERE'S A NEW APPROACH COME OUT, IT LOOKS SUCCESSFUL, YOU'D LIKE TO TRY IT TO SEE IF IT WORKS WITH YOUR POPULATION, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT RAISING THAT KIND OF MONEY.
SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP EXISTING PROVIDE.
AND SO I WAS, UM, STARTING, STARTING TO SAY, I DID SHARE THAT CARD WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THEY SAID THAT, UM, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME THEY, THEY WOULD HELP US FUNDRAISE.
UM, BUT THEY SORT OF, UM, WANNA WAIT YEAH.
FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS AND ALL.
WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER, I, YOU REMIND ME ANOTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR TOO, THAT WHEN I READ THE ARTICLE ON THE LONG PAPER INDEPENDENT PRESS TELEGRAM, IT WAS SOMEWHAT CONFUSING WHEN THEY EVEN TALKED ABOUT IT.
THERE'S A DIFFERENT MAYOR FUND OR WHAT IT WAS THE MAYOR HAS STARTED A FUND THAT HE ALSO INCLUDES HOME EXAM.
NO, IT'S, IT'S, WELL THAT'S WHAT THE PRESS TELEGRAM, IT'S NOT, IT'S MORE FOR FOOD SECURITY THAN OTHER GENERAL YEAH.
IT GOT A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
IT'S CALLED THE, THE MAYOR'S FUNDS FOR LONG BEACH.
BUT ACTUALLY IT STARTED OUT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND NOW THEY'VE BRANCHED OUT TO FOOD.
WE JUST NEED TO, I GUESS WE, WE COULD DO A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE FUNDRAISING, BUT NOT A 5 0 1 REALLY THERE ONE OPPORTUNITY.
WE ARE A 5 0 1, BUT ALL DONATIONS COMMUNITY FUND.
ALL DONATIONS GO THROUGH BY BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WHICH THEY'RE THE 5 0 1 C WE WE'RE NOT, BUT, SO WE TECHNICALLY CAN'T DO IT JUST BY OURSELVES.
WELL, THE MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TO THAT.
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WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT.I AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS WAY LONGER THAN ME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FRUSTRATION.
MY TAKE OFF OF OUR LAST MEETING OF THE MAYOR'S SUBCOMMITTEE WAS THAT WE REALLY CAME UP WITH FOUR POSITIVE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO DO GOING FORWARD.
THAT ONE OF 'EM WAS THAT WE ARE AS A COMMITTEE ARE GONNA SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE SCHEDULE.
AND NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THE MAYOR'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE FIGURE OUT HOW WE COORDINATE.
AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO START AND HAVE A SCHEDULE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO BETTER AT THE FUNDRAISING.
THE SECOND THING WAS THE, THE POINT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE, RIGHT.
THAT WE, POSITIVE IS A POSITIVE STEP.
WE WANT TO, TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR WHAT THE RESULTS ARE EVERY YEAR FROM THIS FUNDRAISING.
THIRD THING WAS TO TO ACT ON JUST WHAT YOU AGAIN SAID, WHICH WAS TO GET THE FINAL REPORTS FROM THE GRANTEES TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS MONEY AND IS IT EFFECTIVE.
AND THEN THE FINAL THING WAS THAT WE AGREED THAT WE WANTED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS IDEA OF BIGGER CHUNKS OF MONEY GOING TOWARDS PILOT INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. YEAH.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE IT MEANS WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY FIGURE OUT WHO IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
WE NEED TO, TO SIT WITH, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT FROM UTILITIES AND THE CONSULTANT THAT DID THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF.
I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO DO THAT IN SEARCH FOR THE UTILITY BILL.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE, WE CAME UP, OH, WE, WE WITH SOME REAL SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THIS TO, TO DO BETTER.
I DIDN'T STRESS THE, I I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
WE DID DISCUSS ABOUT SALARY REACHING OUT A BIT MORE AS TO WHAT WE DO FOR EXISTING PROVIDERS, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T STRESS THAT IN MY REPORT TODAY BECAUSE WE DUNNO WE ANY MONEY RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE AN EXISTING ONE, BUT WE DUNNO HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL.
BUT UH, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP MOVING AHEAD AND UM, HOPEFULLY
DOUG, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, NO.
I THINK ALL GOOD POINTS TO ME THAT JUST LISTENING TO THIS, IT FEELS KIND OF STAGNANT TO ME.
AND IF IT IS A MAYOR, BY BEING TITLED A MAYOR'S FUND, IT'S IMPORTANT.
OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T CALL IT THE MAYOR'S FARM.
SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, TO HAVE THE FUNDRAISING KIND OF GO OFF THE TRACKS AND THEN TO HAVE KIND OF THIS CONSTANT $140,000 WHEN THAT'S MONEY THAT COULD BE USED, HOW CAN WE DO THINGS WITH IT MORE PROACTIVELY TO USE IT? IT JUST, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S STAGNANT.
MAYBE NEW THINKING AROUND, I DON'T DO DEEPER ANYMORE.
SO EVERY MONTH I GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, CLICK HERE FOR YOU, UTILITY BILL UNDERNEATH IT.
IT COULD SAY, CLICK HERE FOR THE, FOR THE FUND.
YOU KNOW, ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE I COULD GET THAT.
IT COULD BE AN ELECTRONIC THING.
THERE'S, THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THIS.
DID WE DID, THANKS TO JENNIFER, WE DID HAVE THE MAYORS FUND INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH EMPLOYEES, UM, GIVING MEANING, RIGHT, JENNIFER? YEAH.
SO, SO, UH, EMPLOYEES DO HAVE THE OPTION OF DONATING TO THE MAYORS FUND FOR HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND THAT'S A NEW THING THAT, AND SO WE SHOULD SEE SOME RESULTS OF THAT.
I HOPE, UM, MAY MAYBE IF WE, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT MAYBE IF WE ARE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE IN USING THE FUNDS, RIGHT.
AND WE COULD GET THE MAYOR THAT START ASKING THE MAYOR HOW, HOW AGGRESSIVE DO YOU WANNA BE ON THIS? THAT'S THE PLAN.
IS THAT, IS THAT ALL FOR THE BEAR FUND DISCUSSION? BECAUSE
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WE HAVE MORE TO DO.AND ACTUALLY OUR DISCUSSION IN THE POLICY COMMITTEE TOUCHES ON THAT SUBJECT AS WELL.
SO WE MET ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF LAST MONTH, AND WE COVERED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE WAS, WE CHECKED IN WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT HAD WE MET WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SHARE THE, THE LAST POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE EITHER GAVE FEEDBACK ON THAT OR WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WOULD BE MEETING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, SO MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE ON THAT IN OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT COST EFFECTIVE HOMELESS SERVICE MODELS, AND THIS WAS MORE SERVICES THAT AREN'T SHELTER.
UM, WE HAD GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FROM JOSEPH ABOUT DROP-IN CENTERS IN NEW YORK AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE PLUSES AND BENEFITS OF THAT MODEL.
AND THEN WE JUST HAD A BROADER DISCUSSION OF WHAT ARE THE NEEDS THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE? WHAT SERVICES THAT AREN'T SHELTER, AND HOW SHOULD THAT INFORM OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMING YEAR? BECAUSE THIS PAST YEAR WE REALLY EMPHASIZED HYGIENE SERVICES, SHOWERS AND TOILETS, AND WE DECIDED TO HAVE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, ARE THOSE THE TOP NEEDS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND FUNDING AND PROVIDING, OR ARE THERE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL? SO WE'RE CONTINUING THAT DISCUSSION OR WHAT ARE THE TOP SERVICE NEEDS.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD VERY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE, WE SAID THAT THERE SHOULD BE A MOBILE SHOWER TRUCK STAFFING, AND WHICH I UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S PROCURING THE TRUCK, BUT MAYBE THE STAFFING ISN'T ASSIGNED AS OF YET.
OR, UM, AND WE ALSO SAID THAT THERE SHOULD BE 24 HOUR A DA ACCESSIBLE, UM, PORTABLE TOILETS, AT LEAST TWO, UM, AVAILABLE IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT ARE ON SHELTER.
AND SO WHAT WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT ARE POLICY COMMITTEE WAS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A BALANCE OF OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE MAYOR FUND, THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, A, A RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO FUND A PILOT OF WHAT HAYSTACK HAS RECOMMENDED, WHETHER IT'S A STAFF PERSON FOR A SHOWER TRUCK, OR, YOU KNOW, RENTING THOSE PORTABLE TOILETS AND PROVIDING STAFFING FOR 'EM.
AND SO WE HAD AN INITIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT EACH OF THOSE PROPOSALS WOULD BE ABOUT $70,000 FOR ONE YEAR, BUT WE WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU AS A GROUP AND SAY, DO YOU WANT US AS THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS COST THAT WOULD RELATE DIRECTLY TO HAY SACS, MOST RECENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROVIDE PORTABLE SHOWER SERVICES AND, UH, PORTABLE TOILETS 24 HOURS A DAY AT HIGH NEED AREAS.
SO WE WANTED TO COME BACK TO THIS GROUP AND SAY, DO YOU WANT US TO DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS, WHICH WOULD THEN BE IN THE MAYOR'S FUND FUNDING, RIGHT? YES.
PAT, I SPOKE TO MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON ABOUT THIS, ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING THE MAYOR'S FUND.
HER ADVICE TO ME WAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PROJECT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, HOW WE WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY, HOW TO DO IT, GET THAT PLAN IN ORDER SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN PRESENT IT UP THE CHANNELS THROUGH THE, UM, TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO GET APPROVAL FOR THAT.
SHE SAID, FIRST YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR PLAN TOGETHER.
UM, WELL ACTUALLY THE MAYOR'S FUND IS, IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF, THE WAY IT'S SET UP IS IT'S UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF, OF THIS BODY WITH STAFF SUPPORT.
UM, I KNOW IT'S CALLED THE MAYOR'S FUND AND IT'S BECAUSE KEL STARTED IT.
BUT AS FAR AS MECHANICS, UM, WE ARE THE BODY THAT APPROVES THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
UM, AND WE DON'T SO WE DON'T NEED ANY NO, BECAUSE WE CHANGED IT UNDER, WE CHANGED.
NO, 'CAUSE WE CHANGED IT, I WANT TO SAY SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN WE MOVED THE MONEY, REMEMBER TO WHEN WE MOVED THE MONEY TO THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
'CAUSE PRIOR TO HAVING THE MONEY AT THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE MONEY WAS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT SOMEWHERE IN THE DEPTHS OF THE CITY,
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COUNCIL FOR EVERY SINGLE MAYOR'S FUND RECOMMENDATION.AND SO IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TO AGENDIZE EVERY SINGLE RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN IT HAD TO GO THROUGH THE AGREEMENT, UM, PROCESS THROUGH THE CITY FINANCES, WHICH TOOK ANOTHER SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DIVERTED IT INTO THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
SO WE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, THAT PROCEDURE.
SO IT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN, IN, IN THEIR FUND.
THE POINT IS THAT WE DO NEED TO FOCUS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT AND BE CLEAR ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY, REALLY THINK IT OUT.
'CAUSE THIS IS OUR MONEY WE'RE SPENDING NOW.
WELL, THE PUBLIC YEAH, WELL, OUR PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC MONEY, BUT, UM, THE MONEY THAT'S UNDER OUR YES.
AND IF WE DECIDE TO GO AHEAD AND SAVE THE IDEA OF HELPING PROVIDERS DO THAT, OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CONTINUUM CARE IS THE ONE WHO'VE BEEN TALKING THE PROVIDERS THAT'S OUR CONTACT PROVIDERS REPRESENTATIVE.
BUT IF SHE, BUT WHAT SARAH WAS TALKING ABOUT, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PILOT PROJECT, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT A PILOT PROJECT, SAY SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, AND IT'S TO PAY FOR, UM, A PORTABLE TOILET.
AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT TOILET, AND THEN POSSIBLY A SECURITY PERSON TO DO THAT.
THAT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING, UM, THAT HOMELESS SERVICES COULD DO.
THAT WE COULD DO THROUGH THAT.
NOT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE POSSIBILITY.
UM, UM, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE SHOWER PORT POT, TRASH CANS, KIND OF THIS ISSUE OF SANITATION LIVING HUMANELY WHEN YOU ARE HOMELESS.
AND I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND, AND I THINK PAUL'S, PAUL'S BEEN KIND OF INVOLVED HEARING US TALK ABOUT THOSE AND HEARING THAT IN OUR PROPOSAL AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL.
SO I THINK THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE GOOD PLACES TO START LOOKING AND THINKING ABOUT.
UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS I, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE THINK ABOUT ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM, NOT, WE DON'T WANT TO USE ALL, SO I THINK WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM OF A MINIMUM BALANCE.
AND IT FEELS TO ME LIKE WITH THE AMOUNT THAT DEMANDS THAT ARE ON, ON THE MAYOR'S FUND FROM THE COMMUNITY HAD MAYBE $50,000 SETTING THE KIND OF A FLOOR OF $50,000 AND SAYING, WE'RE NOT GONNA USE ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.
BUT ANYTHING ABOVE THAT COULD BE USED FOR THESE PURPOSES WOULD, WOULD KIND OF SATISFY THIS NEED TO USE THE MONEY AND HELP THE HOMELESS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN COME IN.
AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING IF WE DO, UM, IF WE DO FOCUS ON A PROJECT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ASK THE MAYOR TO HELP, UM, AUGMENT THE FUNDS, RIGHT.
UM, WITH THIS, UM, WITH A CALL TO THE PUBLIC TO, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL DONATIONS.
BECAUSE THE HARD THING ABOUT THE INSERT, I WISH I COULD NOT FIND THE INSERT.
IT, IT DIDN'T REALLY COMPEL ANYBODY TO MAKE A DONATION.
YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T TIE DOWN THE HEART.
BECAUSE I THINK WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE HEAR A RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE SANITATION SERVICES, THEY CAN RELATE TO THAT.
AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME PLUMBING, RIGHT? WE ALL HAVE THE SAME BASIC NEEDS.
AND, UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FUNDRAISING TOOL.
JUST WHAT I, JUST TO CLOSE CLARIFY.
SO THE IDEA OF THE FIFTH DEVELOPING SOME SORT OF FLOOR MM-HMM
IS BECAUSE IF WE GO IN THIS DIRECTION, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
AND SO IF, IF WE CAN SORT OF ESTABLISH SOME BASELINE, YOU KNOW, YOU DO, WE GO DOWN TO 50, DO WE GO DOWN TO 75? DO WE GO DOWN TO 30? IF EVERY YEAR IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE? IF WE WERE TO SET SOMETHING UP INITIALLY, THAT SEEMS REASONABLE TO GO CHANGE.
I MEAN, IF, IF THERE'S IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UM, THAT CAN BE USED TO COMPEL OTHERS TO DONATE.
YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T ANY VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF, OF THINGS BEING DONE WITH THE MAYOR'S FUND.
YOU KNOW, WE BOUGHT 60 PAIRS OF SHOES.
WE, WE, I DON'T KNOW, UM, LET ME, LET ME PUT IT ANOTHER ONE.
WE SPEND 70,000, WE'RE NOW AT 70 POUNDS.
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THERE'S VERY LITTLE MONEY COMING IN.AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE AT 70,000 AND WE'RE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ELSE WITH 70,000.
DO WE DO ANOTHER PROJECT OR DO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN SOME FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TAP INTO, LIKE THEY HAVE TO, WE CAN'T USE IT ALL.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE CAN USE IT ALL.
WELL THEN WHY NOT? WHY NOT CHANGE IT TO A PERCENTAGE RATHER THAN US THAT SET JUST SOME FLOOR SO THAT YEAH.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT WHAT I'M SAYING, SAY, SAY THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT'S SET, IT'S, THIS IS HOW MUCH WE GOT AND WE FEEL THAT IT'S SAFE TO SPEND A THIRD OF THAT UP, UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, UP TO A THIRD OF THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND THAT WOULD BE OUR BUDGET FOR THE COMING WHATEVER.
AND THE REST OF IT IS OPEN TO, TO, UH, THE PROJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT GOING FORWARD, THAT'S SOMETHING TO START OUT THE THINKING, THEN IT'S A QUESTION OF WHO DECIDES.
IS IT THE, IS IT YOUR COMMITTEE OR ALL OF US DECIDES THE PERCENTAGE? ULTIMATELY WE WOULD ALSO, WE WOULD, AND ANGELA, WELL, IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE ROLLING SHOWERS, UM, I CALL THEM ROLLING.
WHO'S GONNA SUPPLY THE DISPOSABLE TOWELS? YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN AGENCY TO DO THAT.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, YOU SAY WE HAVE A FIVE ONE, SO CAN ANYBODY OH ONE, CAN THEY REACH OUT TO A, WHO SUPPLY THAT THEY, THEY DONATE? OH, OF COURSE.
BUT AS FAR AS PAYING FOR PERSON, GONNA DRIVE THE DRUGS UP.
WELL, THE CITY HAS, HAS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A CONTRACT YET, BUT YOU HAVE APPROVAL FOR A MOBILE SHOWER VEHICLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT DRIVABLE OR A TRAILER OR HAVEN'T BEEN.
NO, I, AND THEY HOOK UP SOMEWHERE AND THEY HAVE STAFF RIGHT, TOO.
AND THEN WHO'S GOING TO BE A SECURITY IF THAT'S GONNA BE COMING OUT THE BUDGET, IF YOU DO SIX MONTHS, I THINK 7,000.
I THINK, UM, IN, IN PRACTICAL TERMS, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN AT ST.
LUKE SHOWER PROGRAM FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER.
UM, AND I ACTUALLY THINK IF, IF WE COULD DO A PUBLIC RESTROOM, UM, THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THAT THAT WOULD BE IMPACTFUL.
I MEAN, I KNOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN AND COMPLAIN ABOUT HUMAN WASTE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
JULIE, YOUR CHURCH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
BUT IN TERMS OF NEEDS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO, TO GO TO THE BATHROOM EVERY DAY.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY, WE LEARNED IN COVID, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER
SO, UM, I THINK FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR HOMELESS ACTION, THAT MAYBE THAT IS A MORE PRACTICAL APPROACH TO LOOK AT THE SANITATION MEETING.
AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS JUST DOES THIS COMMITTEE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE POLICY COMMITTEE WORKING WITH HOMELESS SERVICES TO COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL, FIGURE OUT ACCURATE COST, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, WHEN I WAS ON THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE, I REMEMBER THAT SARAH HAD PUT TOGETHER REALLY GREAT BUDGETS FOR SOME PROPOSALS.
UM, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE AGAIN, AND THEN WE CAN START THERE TO LOOK AT WHAT ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE COULD AROUND THE
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SARAH? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I THINK WE'VE GONNA HAVE A VERY INTERESTING MEETING OF THE SEVENTH MEETING NEXT MONTH.
AND WE CAN GO OVER SOME OF THIS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME GOOD IDEAS.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP SOME BALANCE TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE WERE INITIALLY FUNDED FOR.
AND THAT WAS THE EMERGENCY TYPE THING.
SMALL GRANTS THROUGH THE YEARS, WE'VE DONE BIG RIGHT THROUGH THE YEARS.
WE'VE DONE BIG THINGS IN SMALL.
SO, SO YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO THE NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
AND, UM, I ALSO SPOKE TO MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING, ABOUT THE BATHROOM PROBLEM.
SHE IS THAT, IS THAT, CAN WE DO THAT IN YOUR COUNCIL NUMBER? OH, OKAY.
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'CAUSE IT IS RELATED TO THIS.SO, UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR SARAH? OKAY, UM, NOW IT'S YOUR TURN FOR THE COC UPDATE.
I WASN'T SURE WE, UM, SO JOSEPH HERE GAVE US QUITE A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION AT, WE JUST, UH, YESTERDAY HAD A, UH, SPECIAL BOARD MEETING FOR THE COC TO DISCUSS THE, UH, THE, UH, NOFO AND WHERE, WHERE WE WERE AT WITH THAT, UH, LONG BEACH WILL BE RELYING ON, UM, THE 2024 APPROVED PROJECTS.
CORRECT ME IF ANY OF THIS IS WRONG, BUT I WENT THROUGH YOUR NOTES THOUGH,
UM, SO THEY'RE RELYING BASICALLY ON WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY SENT IN ON IN THE 2024 FOR THE 2025 APPLICATION.
LARGELY, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, SHORT TIMELINE THAT THEY HAVE TO RESPOND AND THE FACT THAT IT TAKES TOO LONG TO, UH, GEAR UP NEW PROJECTS.
SO THEY WILL, UH, NOT BE REPLACING OR REALLOCATING ANY OF THE, THE 2024 AWARD MONEY AT THIS TIME.
ATTENTION AND LABOR CLOSING IN 30 MINUTES.
THE RESTROOMS WILL CLOSE IN 20 MINUTES.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET A LIBRARY, I THOUGHT THAT'S GONNA GO NOW.
SO, UM, MANY OF THE PROJECTS ARE EXPIRING AS EACH ALREADY SAID IN JULY OF 2026.
SO THE FOCUS IS ON RENEWING THE FUNDING RATHER THAN INTRODUCING NEW PROJECTS.
UM, UH, A LOT OF IT, AS YOU, AS YOU'VE HEARD, THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN ADD TO THIS BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD A LOT OF IT FROM PAUL ALREADY.
AND, UM, UH, THERE IS STILL PENDING LITIGATION THAT AFFECTS THIS.
SO, UH, IT'S, THEY'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME HERE WITH THE FUNDING.
UM, LONG BEACH IS DESIGNATED AS A UNIFIED FUNDING AGENCY AT, WHICH IS SOMETHING I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH, WHICH GIVES IT THE CITY, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO SHIFT FUNDS ACROSS THE RENEWAL PROP RENEWAL PROJECTS, UH, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AND HUD REQUIREMENTS.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO SHIFT THE MONEY AROUND TO FUND SOME THINGS THAT NEED FUNDING WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE HUD REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT THEY HAVE THE LEEWAY TO, UH, MOVE THE MONEY AROUND.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING TO DISSEMINATE, UM, PROJECT SCORING AND NOTIFYING THE OPERATORS OF THEIR SCORE AND HOW THEY MAY IMPROVE THE THREE AREAS OF THEIR SCORING IS PERFORMANCE, CHRONIC UNDER UTILIZATION AND SPEND DOWN.
SO, UH, THEY LOOK TO SEE HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING, UH, IS ONE OF THEIR SCORING AREAS.
UM, IF THEY ARE, UH, CHRONICALLY HAVE, UH, SAY YOU HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, YOU, YOU EXPLAINED IT REALLY WELL.
IF YOU HAVE 10 BEDS AND ONLY SIX OF THEM ARE BEING USED MOST OF THE TIME, THEN YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH UNDER UTILIZING YOUR RESOURCES.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT SORT OF THING TO, UM, DETERMINE WHAT PROGRAMS ARE OP OPERATING AT, UH, MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY.
AND THAT IS WHAT THEY USE FOR THEIR SCORING.
AM I CORRECT IN THIS AND ALL THIS? EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS CORRECT.
YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT YEAH.
UH, I, I DON'T WANNA REDO YOUR WHOLE PRESENTATION.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, IN SUMMARY, ALL THE, ALL THE FACTORS ARE CONSTANTLY IN FLUX AND THE CITY SEEMS TO BE PREPARING WITH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR IF THIS HAPPENS,
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THEN WE'LL DO THIS.IF THIS HAPPENS, WE'LL DO THAT.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, I'M GONNA MOVE THIS AGENDA ALONG 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO VACATE.
UM, I WANT TO GET, I WANT GIVE YOU GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT YOUR MEETINGS WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? WE DIDN'T, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THE MOTION.
WHO WAS FIRST OVER HERE? CAN WE JUST DO, OH, SORRY.
CAN I HAVE AGAIN, A MOTION, UM, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATES, UM, FROM THE MAYOR'S FUND, PO FUND AND POLICY SECTION AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE.
AND THEN ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM REALLY QUICKLY? GO, GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR RAISING UP THE CCR.
WE ARE ASKED THE PUBLIC, WE ARE ASKING FOR DIRECT LINE IN 24 HOURS TO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH 9 1 1 FOR, UM, C CRISIS RESPONSE.
UM, CONSIDER LOCKERS FOR THE HOMELESS AND STORAGE.
UM, WHEN THEY DO GET SHOWERED, THEY ASK ME AS A VOLUNTEER TO WATCH THEIR STUFF.
AND AT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, THEY DID SAY THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE DOING DRUGS AND TYING IT UP ALSO.
UM, WHEN IS THE SUBCOMMITTEE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IS THE PUBLIC INVITED? THE CITY COUNCIL? UH, THE CITY COUNCIL HOMELESS IS UPSET WITH THE SHELTER AND DON'T WANT TO GO, SO IT'S NOT APPARENTLY EFFICIENT AND THEIR STUFF IS BEING TOSSED INSTEAD OF PUTTING IN LOCKED STORAGE, LIKE ALL, SOMETIMES THERE'S, OH, THEY PUT YOUR STUFF IN STORAGE.
THERE'S ONE, I LOVE YOUR IDEA ABOUT CLICKING ON THE ELECTRONIC BILL, BUT WHEN WE GET OUR, OUR UTILITY BILL, IT SEEMS TO BE GOING HIGHER AND I'M NOT IN THE MOOD TO DONATE MORE.
IS THERE WAY YOU CAN GET LIKE AN, AN EBLAST, A SEPARATE, LIKE FROM THE WALK PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH UM, A BEFORE AND AFTER LUNCH PEOPLE'S THINKING ON THE PORCH AND THEN THE NEW PORT POTTY AND LIKE CLICK HERE TO DONATE? I THINK IT'D BE MORE INSPIRING THAN SAY PAY YOUR BILL AND THEN DONATE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY, AYE.
OPPOSED ABSTAIN MOTION PASSES.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS MEETINGS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS CONCERNING THE 2025 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND MOTION.
I HAD A, IN MY OPINION, A VERY GOOD MEETING, NOT JUST WITH ZENDEJAS BUT FOR LEGISLATIVE AID AND HER CHIEF OF STAFF AND WE SET UP A FOLLOW UP MEETING.
UH, SHE'S VERY INTERESTED IN THIS IDEA OF THE MOBILE SHOWERS, UH, AND WAS IMMEDIATELY THINKING OF LOCATIONS WITHIN DISTRICT ONE, BOTH TO DO THAT AND TO HAVE, UH, GARBAGE RE RECEPTACLES AND TO HAVE AN ACCESSIBLE TOILET 24 7.
UM, AND SO SHE REALLY LIKES THIS IDEA AND WANTS TO, TO PLAY A ROLE TO, TO HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT THE TWO THINGS THAT SHE KNEW THAT I DIDN'T WAS THAT THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITS ON THE HOW MUCH AND WHAT THE CITY CAN OUTSOURCE.
SO THAT WORK WITH YOUR THINKING ABOUT TAPPING INTO WORK WITH NONPROFITS OR WHATEVER, THAT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TO GET EDUCATED ABOUT THAT.
AND SHE ALSO, UM, MADE THE COMMENT THAT ON THE, SOME OF THIS EVALUATION WORK THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW PAYING ATTENTION TO, THAT SOME OF IT IS USING AI, UH, LOG RHYTHMS OR WHATEVER THE HELL THE TERMINOLOGY IS.
AND THAT SHE, HER EXPERIENCE IS NOT POSITIVE.
AND SO AGAIN, SHE, SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHATEVER PROPOSAL WE MIGHT PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS PILOT PROJECT THAT US BEING CLEAR ABOUT ALTERNATIVES FOR EVALUATION,
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THAT SHE WOULD SURE THE HECK NOT WANT US TO ONLY BE RELIANT ON SOME AI APPROACH.THE DISTRICT ONE IS, IS A HOTSPOT.
UM, TWO, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY MEETING YET.
IT WAS OFF FOCUSED ON THE SHELTER, UH, THE LACK OF SHELTER DEATH AND UH, YOU KNOW, THE RECENT CONCERN COUNCILS HAD, THREE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD ABOUT BUSINESS BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH COMPLAINING ABOUT SORT OF NOTHING HAPPENING THAT THE HOMELESS ISSUES IMPACTING BUSINESSES.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, I, I SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S THE UNDERLYING CAUSE IS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SHELTER BEDS.
THEY'RE ALL 98% OCCUPANCY SHORTAGE OF SHELTER BEDS.
AND THAT'S THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM.
AND THAT NEEDS TO BE IN PARTICULARLY IN A TIME OF BUDGET CRUNCH AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, YOU NEED MORE SHELF BEDS, THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN SOLVE, BUT THERE'S BASICALLY SHELTER DESK WE WERE UNDER, UNDER SHELTER.
SO THAT WAS IT AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.
I HAVEN'T MADE CONTACT BUT I DID MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO THEM IN NOVEMBER.
CONCERN DISTRICT SIX, THEY ONLY HAVE THE MOTELS.
UH, AS FAR AS THE VE THREE YEARS COMMERCIAL, WELL ACTUALLY IN SIX MAYBE BEFORE YOU CAME ON IN SIX IS 1955 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, WHICH WAS DESIGNED AS A DROP-IN CENTER.
AND IT HAS AN OPEN, IT'S OKAY.
YEAH, IT'S STILL A CITY OWNED BUILDING.
SO, UM, RIDGES PARK OVER DOWN THAT AREA, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TE SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I JUST KIND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND LIKE ALL THESE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE JUST BEEN HERE AT
SO THAT'S, NO, I HAVEN'T MADE ANY CONTACT WITH HER.
WELL I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, CHECK.
THERE'S BIG CONCERN ABOUT THE YES.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A MIX UP WITH THE APPOINTMENT PERSON, SO I'M GONNA HAVE A FIRST WEEK WITH COUNCIL PERSON.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DO PLAN TO THINK OF IS WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THE PROLIFERATION OF MOTELS IN THAT AREA AND BE HOW THEY BEING USED ARE GONNA BE TO HIGHER AND BETTER USE.
AND I CHECKING ZONING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S UH, SHOULD BE A STUDY ON IT.
SO I'M JUST GONNA IMAGINE THAT THE MOTELS IN SIX, SEVEN YEAH.
AND EIGHT ARE PREDOMINANTLY HOMELESS HOUSING.
UH, I ACTUALLY JUST SPOKE WITH HER TODAY.
UM, HER STAFF IS STILL WORKING ON THE SHOWER TRUCK LOCATION.
UH, SHE'S LOOKING AT, SHE ASKED ME IF, UH, PUTTING IT ON A CHURCH GROUND WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
UH, 'CAUSE SHE KNOWS A COUPLE OF CHURCHES THAT SHE MIGHT, UM, HOOK UP WITH AND, UH, MAYBE PUTTING IT IN, UM, KIND OF AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
THERE IS A PLACE ON SOUTH STREET THAT USED TO BE A, UM, FOOD FOR LESS, FOOD FOR LESS.
AND, UH, SHE THOUGHT MAYBE SHE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY WOULD ALLOW THE, THE TRUCK TO, TO GO THERE.
UM, I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT WE DON'T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION ON THE TRUCK AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THAT TRUCK.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, TO MAKE
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THAT KIND OF DECISION, SHE DOES NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION, BUT, UH, HER STAFF IS STILL LOOKING AT IT.UM, WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY PUTTING IT AT THE PARK, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT BIG PARK AT HOW, UM, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT SHE'S ALREADY HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND THEY'VE JUST GOTTEN 'EM ALL OUT AND THEY'RE WORRIED THAT IF THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TO THE VICINITY OF THE PLAYGROUND AREAS OH YEAH.
THAT IT WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM.
SO SHE'S NOT REAL GUNG HO ABOUT THAT IDEA.
UH, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE NEED FOR BATHROOMS. UH, SHE DOES SAY THAT THIS IS A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM, THAT THERE AREN'T PUBLIC RESTROOMS, UH, ANY, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE.
NOT LIKE THERE ARE IN A LOT OF COUNTRIES THERE ARE PUBLIC RESTROOMS THAT ANYBODY COULD USE.
I ACTUALLY, IN AS AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE, I ACTUALLY DID A LITTLE HOMEWORK AFFECT MY PARK.
BUT THAT'S NOT FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE.
A THRONE, WHICH IS NOT SET ASIDE FOR THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, BUT IF YOU HAVE A PHONE, IT IS OPEN TO WHOEVER.
A LOT OF TIMES THAT A PROBLEM.
I, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION SHUT.
WELL, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE AT THE PARK.
IT'S NICE AND CLEAN AND WHATEVER.
BUT I GUESS, UM, AND, AND THERE IT WAS AN INTERESTING THING IS THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY SOME KIND OF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PHONE, THERE IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT'S CALLED A THRONE CARD THAT ALLOWS YOU, IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND IT SAYS YOU COULD USE YOUR THRONE CARD, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, WHETHER YOU GOTTA GET APPROVED FOR THAT OR WHAT, BUT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GO IN IT AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
I I WISH MY BATHROOM WAS THIS PRETTY SEVERAL AROUND THE CITY.
I ALSO SPOKE TO HER ABOUT REFRESH STATE STATIONS AND THE BASIC NEEDS.
UH, AND AGAIN, SHE RECOMMENDED THAT WHENEVER WE DECIDE TO SPONSOR AND PUSH FOR THAT, WE HAVE A SOLID PLAN.
WE DO HAVE TO START WRAPPING UP.
AND SO, UM, I DO WANNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT RELATED TO ALL THIS.
UM, IT IS TIME AGAIN TO DO AN ANNUAL, OUR ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS REQUIRED OF US TO, AND SO THAT'S WHERE OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATION IS.
AND SO MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS TO THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT, 2025, UM, WE SHOULD, SO THAT WE CAN NARROWING OURSELVES.
SO, UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR JENNIFER? HAVE A MOTION.
DO YOU HAVE MEMBERS, UH, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? DANA, CAN WE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? AYE.
UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I KNOW I'VE RECEIVED CALLS AND EMAILS FROM SOME OF YOU.
AND SO, UM, WHY IS THE TIME, COULD WE HAVE THEM JUST EMAIL YOU? YEAH, WE CAN, UH, YOU GUYS CAN EMAIL ME AND THEN I'LL CREATE A POLL AND THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN VOTE ON WHICHEVER THE, OKAY.
AND THEN DO YOU WANNA DO THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE SHOULD SPEAK ON? NON AGENDA ITEM? CAN I SAY ONE? DEAN? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MORE INFORMATION.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU, WHAT WE USED, WE USED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING IT.
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CHANGING.IS THIS THE WHOLE GONNA BE YES.