* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING TO ORDER FROM FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026. IT IS JUST 1:00 PM UH, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE CALL ROLL BY STATING YOUR NAME, PRONOUNS, TITLE IN THIS BODY, AND FINISH WITH A BRIEF VISUAL DESCRIPTION. I WAS START. I AM GRETCHEN SWANSON. UM, I'M CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. UH, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER. I'M AN OLDER WHITE WOMAN WITH WHITE CURLY HAIR. UH, I WEAR GLASSES. I HAVE SOME DANGLY EARRINGS ON TODAY. AND IN A SUIT JACKET OF DARK GREEN WITH AN UNDER GLASS OF GREEN BREAD. COMMISSIONER . I AM AN ASIAN WOMAN AND I'M WEARING BLUE JEANS JACKET AND UNDERNEATH MY JACKET, IT'S A BLUE AND WHITE SHIRT. HELLO, I'M KATE COD, SECRETARY JULIE DEAN. I'M A CAUCASIAN WOMAN IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER WITH SHE HER HERS PRONOUNS. I HAVE SHORT AUBURN HAIR AND GLASSES, AND I AM WEARING A, I DON'T KNOW, UH, BLUE, GRAY WHITE, TOP WITH DESIGN SIDE. I'M, UH, COMMISSIONER MARISSA GONZALEZ. SHE HER PRONOUNS, UH, WHITE FEMALE, BROWN HAIR PULLED UP INTO A BUN ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND A YELLOW LONG SLEEVE SHIRT ON. AND I HAVE A WELCOME FOR, FOR GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME RANDY COPE, NOUN COMMISSIONER, WHITE BALD HEAD WITH GLASSES, SHIRTS, COMMISSIONER, JUNIOR DARK HAIR MUSTACHE, WEARING LIKELY SHIRT TODAY. RED PANTS. MY NAME IS C GAR. SHE A PRONOUN VICE CHAIR, BLACK SWEATER, DIAMOND UNDER COLOR SHIRT. THANK YOU. UM, I, UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM. UH, RIGHT NOW ABSENT UNEXCUSED IS COMMISSIONER JONES. AND COMMISSIONER ADAMS. THANK YOU. UH, WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? I SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. ITEM ONE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 2026. MAY I HONOR, IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DEAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOPE. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR SWANSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER BONG, A SECRETARY, DEAN AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOL AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO, VICE CHAIR, GARBE AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES. DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE TO TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES. UM, MOTION, UM, MAY HAVE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ SECOND TO DEAN. IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND SECONDED BY SECRETARY DEAN. UM, ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES? PLEASE PRESENT THEM AT THIS TIME. YES. ON BEHALF OF THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY, I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND SHARE THE FOLLOWING, UM, REPORT. UM, IT'S LESS OF A REPORT AND MORE OF WHAT, UM, CHAIR, UH, CHAIR SWANSON AND I HAVE BEEN TAKING AROUND, UH, THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS JUST A BRIEF LOOK AT WHAT, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN THE PUBLIC, UH, AT COMMISSION MEETINGS ON THE AGENDA, WE'VE BEEN ON THE AGENDA OR WE SHOW UP AT PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WHERE WE DELIVER, UM, [00:05:01] UH, JUST A VERBAL, UM, UH, DESCRIPTION OF THE, UH, SURVEY AND POINTS. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THIS VIDEO DURING THE MEETING WITH EVERYBODY. ARE YOU A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY LIVING IN LONG BEACH? GET READY TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. IT'S TIME TO GET COUNTED. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS INVESTED IN DISABILITY COMMITTEE TO RIGHT LEADERS, WE DATA TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS. LET'S GET COUNTED. THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY IS A CHANCE FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON EVERYTHING FROM ACCESSIBILITY TO EMPLOYMENT, HEALTHCARE TO HOUSING, AND MORE GET COUNTED AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS ISN'T JUST ANY SURVEY. IT'S ABOUT COLLECTING OUR STORIES, OUR EXPERIENCE, SO LONG BEACH CAN CONTINUE TO CREATE REAL CHANGE. IT'S VITAL WE ALL GET COUNTED. THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES IS WORKING WITH PARTNERS FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN, TO LEARN, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE VOICES OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY ARE AT THE HEART OF THIS PROCESS. THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY WILL HELP LONG BEACH CREATE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT TRULY WORK FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING PEOPLE LIKE US. LET'S GET COUNTED. YOUR PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL. EVERY VOICE MATTERS. WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET COUNTED. YOUR INPUT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE FUTURE OF SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN LONG BEACH. THIS IS HOW WE BUILD A BARRIER FREE ENVIRONMENT, GET COUNTED AND SHAPE THE FUTURE. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU BECAUSE ENSURING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. BEGINS WITH YOU. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE LONG BEACH A CITY WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS. LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. TAKE THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY TODAY, EMAIL ADA@LONGBEACH.GOV. OR CALL 5 6 2 5 7 6 2 5 7 TO LEARN MORE. YOUR VOICE, YOUR FUTURE, YOUR LONG BEACH. YOU, YOU SHOULD ALL BE SO PROUD OF THAT. YOU ARE SUCH A BRAVE BUNCH. THE CAMERA. UM, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY THE DETAILS ABOUT THE SURVEY. UM, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THIS MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW EVERYBODY THE VIDEO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED. THAT'S DEEPLY APPRECIATED. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, ACTUALLY IT DOESN'T CONCLUDE THE REPORT FOR THE DISABILITY. UM, CHAIR SWANSON. I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS THE TIME. WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THIS TIME AGAIN. SO IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, A CHURCH GROUP, A WORK GROUP, WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT, UH, CALL INTO THE ACCESSIBILITY OFFICE OR, OR ME DIRECTLY. I'M COMMITTING THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO GO OUT AND DO THE CO WHATEVER, THE ROCK SHOW, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. AND HERE'S THE DEAL. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYONE LIVES. WE DON'T KNOW WHO EVERYONE IS. AND SO THERE'S THIS GAP BETWEEN OUR INTENTION TO DO A WONDERFUL THING AND THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT ATTENTION REALIZE. SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED EVERYONE TO JUMP IN. AND WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER YOU ARE, WE MET, I MET SOMEONE YESTERDAY THAT LIVES WITH THREE OLDER ADULTS THAT HAVE DEVELOP DISABILITIES. AND SHE SAID THEY WOULD NOT SEE THIS. HOW DO WE GET, GET TO THEM. SO PLEASE, UM, GET THOSE CREATIVE, UH, CAPS UP. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIR SWANSON. TODAY IN YOUR FOLDERS, UM, YOU HAVE A YELLOW ENVELOPE THAT HAS FLYERS, UM, A FACT SHEET. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE CARDS THAT YOU CAN EASILY HAND OUT TO SOMEBODY THAT YOU SEE, UM, IN THE PUBLIC. PUBLIC, UM, THEY'RE TRANSLATED, UH, FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH KU AL. IF YOU NEED MORE, PLEASE EMAIL THE ADA AT LONG BEACH DOT DOV INBOX AND WE'LL GET YOU TISSUE IT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ARE YOU ASK? UH, YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA, MY REPORT JUST FINISHED. SO, SO NO OTHER AD HOC? NO. THREE OR FOUR. OKAY. UM, ANY INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC? NOPE. I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE DISCUSSION FIRST. UH, DISCUSSION. EXCELLENT. YES. UH, TWO MORE QUESTIONS. UM, DO WE NEED TO BE CONTACTING OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR DO THEY I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT FOR, YEAH, I'VE ALREADY DONE [00:10:01] THAT FOR EVERYBODY. EXCELLENT. AND DO WE, UM, HAVE AN UPDATE AS TO HOW MANY FILLED IT OUT THUS FAR? I HAVEN'T DONE AN UPDATE THIS WEEK, BUT, UM, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS FROM GARY, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY GET AN UPDATED EMAIL ALL OF WEEK. WE'RE, THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON A TRAJECTORY TO REACH 1,500 SURVEYS BY THE END, UH, BY THE END OF THE SURVEY, WHICH IS MAY 1ST. BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS 10% OF THE COMMUNITY AND 10% OF THE COMMUNITY IS FOUR 500. SO BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 1ST, WE REALLY NEED TO, UM, UM, HIT THE PAVEMENT. YES. HI. HI. HI. UM, WE, UM, PARTNERS AT PARKS SENT OUT A SURVEY VIA OUR CONSTANT CONTRACT DISTRIBUTION LIST, LIKE NOW THAT THE BUDGET SURVEYS GONE OUT. SO THAT LIST IS ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE DEEP. GREAT. UM, I WAS GONNA ALSO SUGGEST, UM, I DON'T RECALL OFF TOP WHAT SIDE IT IS, BUT THERE'S A PARTICULAR PARK SITE OR TWO WHERE LOTS OF ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING HAPPENED. SO THESE, THOSE WOULD BE SOME ON YOUR FLOOR OR I'M HAPPY TO GO WITH YOU. YES. UM, SO YEAH, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT IT OUT THROUGH PARK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. PLEASE IDENTIFY, BECAUSE YOU MAY THINK I KNOW OR SOMEBODY KNOWS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES AND PEOPLE AND OPPORTUNITY AND WE REALLY WANNA MAXIMIZE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, ASHLEY. THANKS. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU WORK FOR AN ENTITY OR YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER WITH AN ENTITY THAT HAS, UM, A LIST SERVE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SEND IT OUT. I THINK WE'RE FINDING JUMPING IN HERE THAT THE TABLING IS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE WE GET PEOPLE TO FILL IT OUT THERE RATHER THAN TAKE IT HOME AND FORGET IT. SO WE REALLY WANT THAT ONE-TO-ONE CONNECTION AND WE CAN HELP THEM FILL THAT OUT. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO THAT WAS DISCUSSION AND OTHER THOUGHTS. THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO SHARE THEM. UM, IF NOT, YOU GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. YES. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CHAIR. AND THEN LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR SWANSON. I, COMMISSIONER VONG. AYE. SECRETARY DEAN, I COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER ADAMS? AYE. COMMISSIONER JONES. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE. AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO. AYE. VICE CHAIR GART. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COORDINATOR. MOTION ON THIS SIDE WAS MOVED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER BONG. WE SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOPE. UM, IS THERE A PRESENTATION? YES. LET ME JUST PULL UP THE SCREEN RIGHT HERE. KEVIN, YOU CAN WAIT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. MY NAME IS KEVIN HATCHER, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW. AND I'M YOUR BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COORDINATOR. I WORK IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY, UH, DIVISION. REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO BE PRESENTING TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY. AND TODAY I'M JUST SIMPLY GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. SLIDE. SO, UH, FUN FACT ABOUT ME, UH, I'VE BEEN IN, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE, UM, IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS, SELF SETTINGS, FEDERAL COUNTY, CITY GOVERNMENTS FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. PROUD. GRADUATED MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. RAISED IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, UM, AND, UH, ALSO IN THE LA AREA. UM, PERSONALLY, I'M A NINE-YEAR, UH, CANCER SURVIVOR. AND A FUN FACT ABOUT ME, WHEN I WAS IN ATLANTA, I WITNESSED A HISTORIC REPRESENTATION OF BLACK MEN, UM, STARTING WITH A, A BLACK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, A MAYOR, UM, CONGRESSMAN JOHN, UM, LEWIS, THE LATE, UH, CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS, AND THEN ALL THE WAY UP TO PRESIDENT OBAMA. SO THAT WAS, UH, A MOMENT WHEN THE STARS WERE ALIGNED FOR ME, AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES MY PASSION FOR EQUITY WORK THAT I'M CURRENTLY DOING. EXCELLENT. OKAY. SO, UH, WE ARE, OUR WORK IS GROUNDED IN THE FRAMEWORK FOR RECONCILIATION. UM, THIS FRAMEWORK HOLDS FOUR GOALS, 21 STRATEGIES, AND OVER 120 20 ACTIONS, UM, WHICH SERVE AS A REMINDER. THE REST RACIAL EQUITY IS NOT JUST THE ABSTRACT IDEA, IT'S A STRUCTURED, MEASURABLE, UH, AND URGENT PRIORITY THAT INFORMS PROJECTS THAT WE UNDERTAKE. UM, AND HERE YOU HAVE FOUR GOALS. OUR WORK IS MOSTLY CONNECTED TO GOAL NUMBER ONE AND GOAL NUMBER FOUR. IF YOU WANNA TAKE A DEEPER DIVE, I PUT A LINK, UH, IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU FOR THE FRAMEWORK SLIDE. OUR TEAM, UM, THE RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY TEAM, UM, IS GUIDED BY FOUR VALUES, VAST COMMUNITY ACCESS, PARTNERSHIP [00:15:01] AND SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH SHAPES HOW WE APPROACH EQUITY WORK, UH, IN LONG BEACH. UH, WE VALUE COMMUNITY BY LISTENING TO, UH, INTERCOMMUNAL PERSPECTIVES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF DEPARTMENT SERVICES, UM, WILL BEST HONOR THE COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS. UH, REGARDING EXCESS. WE STRIVE TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS SIMILAR TO THE WORK THAT YOU DO, UM, AND INFORM COMMUNITY OF THE NUMEROUS RESOURCES, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY. I'VE BEEN BLAST OUT THE, UH, UH, DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I AS I CAN. UM, PARTNERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR WORK. WE UTILIZE A COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK, UM, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE ITS EQUITY, UM, AND ALIGNS TO OTHER EFFORTS THAT, UH, WE DO AND, UM, INTERSECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON. COMMON AND LAST, SUSTAINABILITY. WE ARE ALL ABOUT DATA TO HELP IMPLEMENT INITIATIVES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. AND IF I COULD JUST STATE OUR COMMITMENT STATEMENT, AS A RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY TEAM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING AS TRUE PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY WHO CHAMPION COMMUNITY INTERESTS, UPLIFTING COLLECTIVE NEEDS, AND ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS WHILE PROMOTING DATADRIVEN DECISION MAKING AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT LIVE, UH, FOR, UH, FOLKS TO LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE. SO WE ALL KIND OF WORKED ON THAT COMMITMENT STATEMENT TOGETHER. SO IMPORTANT TO STAY. DAVE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR BLACK HEALTH EQUITY PRO PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES. I'D LIKE TO TAKE, TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE BLACK F FA HEALTH PROGRAM HOUSED IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH BUREAU. UM, IT'S THE CITY'S OLDEST BLACK HEALTH PROGRAM. AND, UM, I WAS AT A PRESENTATION WITH THE MAYOR LAST NIGHT, AND, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR VALUES. SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE BEEN ACQUIESCING TO THE CHANGES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE'RE HOLDING TRUE TO OUR VALUES. BLACK F FA HEALTH PROGRAM. UM, THIS, THIS, UH, WAS FUNDED BY THE CARES ACT, UH, WHICH HAPPENED DURING COVID, UM, TO BLACK SERVING, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND MICRO BUSINESSES. UM, OH, SORRY. UH, MOVING ALONG, UH, THE BLACK HEALTH EQUITY FUND, WHICH WAS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS, THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH OUR CARES ACT. UM, AND THAT WAS SET UP TO, UH, SUPPORT OUR BLACK SERVING ORGANIZATIONS AND MICRO BUSINESSES, UM, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE HEALTH EDUCATION OUTREACH CARE PACKAGES TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN LONG BEACH. THE INITIAL FOCUS WAS ON MITIGATING COVID-19, CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THIS FUND HAS HELPED TO ADDRESS ONGOING HEALTH DISPARITIES FACED BY OUR LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, UH, INCLUDING, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF WHAT WE CALL OUR BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COLLABORATIVE. AND THIS IS A NETWORK OF BLACK SERVING ORGANIZATIONS. UM, ALSO FORMED OUR BLACK MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR. I TALKED A LITTLE MORE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. AND, UM, IS LINKED TO, UH, THE CULTURAL EVENTS THAT WE DO. ONE IS CALLED THE KWANZA EXPERIENCE THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LONG BEACH IN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A BLACK HEALTH EQUITY HUB ON OUR WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, GRAN GRANULAR WAY, COMMUNITY SPECIFIC, UH, DATA. AND THEN, UM, OTHER PROJECTS THAT, UH, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON SUCH AS OUR HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITY HEALTH STRENGTH AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR BLACK COMMUNITY HEALTH, UH, ASSESSMENT, UH, THIS WAS DESIGNED, UM, WITH AN APPROACH THAT IS TRAUMA INFORMED AND USES WHAT WE CALL COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH. PHASE ONE WAS ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP. SO WE BEGAN BY ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY WORK GROUP SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU ALL WOULD BE DOING. UM, AND THESE, UH, WERE FOLKS WITH STRONG COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH THOSE THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY COMMUNITY HEALTH, UH, HEALTH DISPARITIES. UH, AND THEN, UM, THIS GROUP GOT TOGETHER. UH, WE HAVE HELD A BIG ORIENTATION SIMILAR TO THE KICKOFF THAT YOU ALL DID, WHERE WE GOT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER, UH, AND WE CAME UP WITH HEALTH PRIORITIES, UH, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. UH, PHASE TWO WAS ALL ABOUT TRAINING. UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY-BASED, UH, WORK GROUP WAS ABLE TO LEAD THE ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT, UH, THE ENTIRE PROCESS. AND SO WE DEVELOPED TOGETHER, UM, THE SURVEY, THE LISTENING AND LEARNING, UM, QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED. AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY, UH, FEEDBACK THAT WAS NEEDED, UM, IN ORDER TO VALIDATE, UM, WHAT WE WERE LEARNING IN COMMUNITY. AND THE THIRD, UH, PHASE, WE HELD COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE, THE ENTIRE TIME WE CALL 'EM COMMUNITY POINT IN TIME CHECK-INS, UM, WHERE WE SHARED PRELIMINARY FINDINGS, UM, AND GAINED INSIGHTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THE VALIDITY OF THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE PHASES THAT KIND OF LED US TO WHERE WE ARE. NEXT SLIDE. OH, WAIT, THE NEXT SLIDE BEFORE IT ACTUALLY SLIDE. OH, OKAY. I GUESS IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO WHY THIS MATTERS IS, UM, [00:20:01] THERE IS STILL, UH, A MAJOR LIFE EXPECTANCY DISPARITY BETWEEN, UM, WHITE RESIDENTS AND BLACK RESIDENTS NINE YEARS. UM, AND FOR BLACK MEN, THAT GAP IS EVEN, UM, UH, GREATER. UH, THE LIVE, THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR BLACK MALES IS 67.5 YEARS, THE LOWEST OF ANY GROUP AND COVID-19, UH, SIMPLY EXASPERATED THAT DISPARITY. AND SO THESE ARE NOT ABOUT BIOLOGY, UH, BUT IT'S ABOUT SYSTEMS. AND SO OUR BLACK COMMUNITY HEALTH STRENGTHS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENTS COMBINES DATA AND LIVED EXPERIENCES TO SHOW WHY THIS NEED, UH, IS SO URGENT TO ADDRESS. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY WORK GROUP. AND, UH, WHAT YOU SEE IS A DIVERSE GROUP OF RESIDENTS ACROSS AGE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SOCIAL STATUS, AND LIVED EXPERIENCES. AGAIN, MEMBERS WERE CHOSE, CHOSEN FOR THEIR, THEIR STRONG CONNECTIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE MOST IMPACTED. THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, GROUP WAS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THIS, UH, ASSESSMENT WAS COMMUNITY DRIVEN. IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT DATA, BUT ABOUT SHARED LEADERSHIP. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS GROUP DID WAS PUT TOGETHER, UM, A COMMUNITY, UH, ORIENTATION DURING JUNETEENTH. UM, WE DID IT AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE. UH, AND WE BROUGHT ABOUT, ABOUT 50 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER, UM, TO DEFINE WHAT MATTERS MOST, UM, TO BLACK THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THEIR HEALTH. SO, 17 HEALTH DOMAINS, UH, WERE IDENTIFIED. AND THREE, THESE THREE THAT ARE LISTED HERE QUICKLY ROSE TO THE TOP. UH, THAT'S ECONOMIC WELLBEING, NO SURPRISE THERE. PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD, MULTIPLE JOBS, BUT STILL NOT MAKING ENDS MEET HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, UH, FAMILIES, FAMILIES FACING THE RISING COSTS AND BARRIERS TO SAFE HOUSING. UM, AND THEN MENTAL HEALTH. UM, MENTAL HEALTH VIOLENCE, UH, WAS DESCRIBED BY RESIDENTS AS STRESS, TRAUMA, AND THE LASTING IMPACT OF INCARCERATION ON FAMILIES. SO, AGAIN, THERE WERE 17. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE STUFF, SOME OF WHAT WE FOUND. UM, THESE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED, UH, INTERCONNECTED AND CRUCIAL FOR THE WELLBEING OF LONG BEACH RESIDENTS. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THESE ARE PROCESS RESULTS. UM, WE HAD SIX, WE HOSTED SIX LISTENING AND LEARN SESSIONS, UH, WITH ABOUT 60 PARTICIPANTS. UM, 336 COMMUNITY SURVEYS WERE ADMINISTERED, 200, UH, PARTICIPATED IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, POINT IN TIME CHECK-INS AT OUR CULTURAL EVENTS. AND THOSE INCLUDED JUNETEENTH, UH, KWANZA EXPERIENCE AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH. UM, AND THEN WE EVALUATED, UM, LOCAL HEALTH RESOURCES. 31 HEALTH PROVIDERS WERE EVALUATED. UM, THE BLACK HEALTH EQUITY EQUITY COLLABORATIVE WAS, UH, OUR, OUR MAPPING FACILITATOR. UM, AND THAT'S THE NETWORK THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, AND THEY EVALUATED THESE RESOURCES, UM, BASED OFF OF QUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY, UH, CAPACITY AND CULTURAL RELEVANT RELEVANCE. AND FROM THE LISTENING, A LISTENING CER UH, OH, OUR LISTENING AND LISTENING. UH, OUR LISTENING SESSIONS WERE, UH, YOUTH AGES, UH, 13 TO 17 UNHOUSED RESIDENTS, LGBTQIA PLUS, UH, INDIVIDUALS, TRANSITION AGE YOUTH, UH, 18 TO 24, AND ADULTS, UH, 25 TO 54, AND THEN OLDER ADULTS, UH, 55 PLUS. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS REALLY ACROSS LONG BEACH. UH, THE ZIP CODES, THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION WERE 9 1 3, 9 0 8 0 2, THE VERY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST RATES OF INEQUITIES. THE MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS WERE THE, UH, BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 54, REPRESENTING WORKING AGE POPULATIONS, MOSTLY IMPACTED BY ECONOMIC AND HOUSING PRESSURES. 31% WERE OVER THE AGE OF 55, WHICH HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE SENIOR HEALTH AND CAREGIVING NEEDS. AND TWO THIRDS IDENTIFIED AS CISGENDER WOMEN, AND NEARLY 11% AS LGBTQ PLUS REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. INCOME LEVELS WERE ALSO DIVERSE WITH 29%, HAVING COMPLETED COLLEGE WHILE ROUGHLY FIVE, UM, HAD VOCATIONAL OR ASSOCIATE DEGREES. THIS HELPS US SEE THAT BOTH EDUCATIONAL STRENGTHS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMIC BARRIERS THAT SHAPED THE OVERALL WELLBEING. IN SHORT, THIS DATA REMINDS US THAT OUR ASSESSMENT IS NOT ABSTRACT. IT REFLECTS REAL VOICES FROM ACROSS LONG BEACH, PROVIDING A GROUNDED, INCLUSIVE, AND INCLUSIVE PICTURE OF BLACK HEALTH IN OUR CITY. NEXT SLIDE. GREAT. SO, UH, THE RESULTS. UH, NOW I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, RESULTS. UH, OVER THE [00:25:01] PAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A SURVEY. UM, WE HELD A SURVEY EVENTS AT THE CITY, LIBRARIES, BARBERSHOPS, FAITH-BASED SPACES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, YOU NAME IT. WE WERE EVERYWHERE, HELPING US UNDERSTAND BOTH THE STRENGTHS AND NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO, FIRST I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE STRENGTHS. UM, SO ONE KEY STRENGTH, UH, IN OUR, UM, SAMPLE WAS SOCIAL COHESION. AND SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS, WHICH IS THE BOND THAT CONNECTS MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY AND OUR COMMUNITY. UM, IT OFTEN IS CALLED WHAT WE CALL LIKE THE SOCIAL GLUE, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT THING THAT FOSTERS THAT SENSE OF BELONGING, MUTUAL TRUST, SHARED VALUES AMONGST, UH, PEOPLE, UH, WITHIN, UM, ALSO WITH NEARLY 40% OF RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH IS CIVIC POWER AS, UH, EVIDENCED BY 63.5% OF RESIDENTS WHO SAY THEY CONNECT. UM, THEY, THEY ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR OLDER ADULTS WHO HAVE DISPLAYED HIGHEST CONFIDENCE. UM, POTENTIAL INITIATIVES INCLUDE ADVOCACY, TRAINING PROGRAMS, MENTORSHIP SCHEMES, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS TO CONNECT OLDER AND YOUNGER RESIDENTS TO BOOST CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. UM, AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER STRENGTH WAS DIVERSE ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THESE DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, INTERSECTION, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS. UM, NEARLY HALF OF THE SURVEY RESPONSE, UH, RESPONDENTS ATTENDED COLLEGE. UM, ASSESSMENT SHOW HIGH VISIBILITY AMONGST THE LGBTQ, UH, TWO IA PLUS, EXCUSE ME, UM, RESIDENTS AND STRONG, UH, ENGAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS. GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE CENTERING, UH, CREATING LEADERSHIP AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS, SPECIFICALLY THAT EMPOWER BLACK LEADERS. FINALLY, THE LAST SCRIPT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO UPLIFT IS OUR RESOURCE OF RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE BLACK HEALTH EQUITY COLLABORATIVE, WHO I NAMED EARLIER, IDENTIFIED 60 CULTURALLY AFFIRMING PROVIDERS OF WHICH 32 HAVE BEEN EVALUATED FOR HIGH SCORES AND CULTURAL RELEVANCE. THIS PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SHARED REFERRAL HUB TO IMPROVE RESIDENT ACCESS ACROSS TRUSTED PROVIDERS. NEXT SLIDE. SO I'M GONNA JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEEDS. SO, UH, UNDER, UM, AGAIN, 600, UH, RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE. AND UNDER ECONOMIC WELLBEING, 54% OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS ARE EMPLOYED, BUT OVER A THIRD WORK, MULTIPLE JOBS, AND NEARLY ONE IN FOUR STILL STRUGGLE TO MEET BASIC NEEDS. HOUSING INSTABILITY, UH, IS ANOTHER MAJOR BARRIER. ABOUT 25% CAN'T AFFORD RENT. AND NEARLY, UH, A THIRD FACE. RECENT HOUSING, HOUSING STRUGGLE STRUGGLES OFTEN PRICE OUT OF, UH, OUT OF HOUSING DESPITE WHAT THEY MAKE AS FAR AS INCOME IS CONCERNED. AND THEN MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENCE ALSO SERVICE SURFACED AS NEEDS. 61% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, ONE IN FOUR, HAVING BEEN IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION. AND, UH, YOUTH FROM OUR LISTENING AND LEARN SESSION, SHARED THEIR IMPACTS OF UNADDRESSED, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS, UM, MENTAL ILLNESS SYMPTOMS. UM, AND, UM, WHAT THEY SAID WAS, I, I WAS SEVERELY DEPRESSED. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. AND ONE OF THE RESPONDENTS FROM OUR, UH, TRANSITION AGE YOUTH LISTENING AND LEARN, UH, SESSIONS, DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE. UM, VIOLENCE IS KIND OF COMES FROM VIOLENCE, KIND OF COMES FROM WHERE I'M FROM. UM, YOU GET OCCASIONAL SHOOTINGS PROBABLY ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS, THEN, UH, FIGHTING EVERY MONTH. YOU KIND OF JUST GET USED TO IT. YOU KIND OF JUST LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH IT. UM, YOU GET DESENSITIZED TO IT. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE YOU ANYMORE. SO FINALLY, OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH, UH, RESOURCE MAP. UM, WE LEARNED, UH, THAT HEALTH RESOURCES, UH, UH, NEED LIVE NAVIGATORS, UM, ADDRESSING HOUSING DISPLACEMENT AND DIGITAL INCLUSION, ESPECIALLY AMONG SENIORS. NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT BEYOND THE ASSESSMENT. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE, UH, RESOURCE MAP, UH, THAT WAS CREATED BY OUR BLACK PANTHER, UH, HEALTH EQUITY COLLABORATIVE. UM, IT SHOWS 60 CULTURAL AFFIRMING, UH, RESOURCES. UM, IT WAS, UM, THE SURVEY WAS, UH, DEVELOPED TO ASSESS THE QUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY, CAPACITY, AND CULTURAL RELEVANCE OF LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS OUT OF 60, TRUSTED RESOURCE, UH, MAP 31 MET THE HIGHEST DES UH, STANDARDS IN THESE AREAS AND RECEIVED WHAT WE CALL THE BHC DESIGNATION. THIS MAP CONNECTS RESIDENTS TO TRUSTED SERVICES IN REAL TIME, [00:30:01] AND IT ALSO GUIDES INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND HEALTH ACCESS. IT'S MORE THAN JUST DIRECTORY. IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT, UM, AND COMMUNITY ROADMAP. SO ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE A PART OF THIS MAPPING PROCESS. AND THERE'S A LINK TO THE MAP FOR YOU, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO GET, UM, FROM THIS, UM, YEAR OF BLACK HEALTH EQUITY WORK THAT WE'VE LED, UM, IS THAT THE CITY DID DECLARE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. UM, IT'S NOT JUST SYMBOLIC. UH, IT IS GUIDED REAL INVESTMENTS INTO PROGRAMS THAT CENTER BLACK HEALTH. SECOND, OUR BLACK HEALTH, UH, INFANT PROGRAM HAS BEEN A LIFELINE FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN. IT CREATES SAFE SPACES WHERE MOTHERS AND FAMILIES CAN SHARE EXPERIENCES, BUILD COMMUNITY, AND GET THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. AND THIRD, OUR BLACK MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, UM, WHICH HAS SUNSETTED, BUT IT REACHED OVER 5,000 RESIDENTS. UM, WE CREATED INDIVIDUAL CARE PLAN PLANS, LINKED HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS TO CULTURALLY AFFIRMING SERVICES, AND SAW INCREASE OF 157% IN SERVICES FOR UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED CLIENTS IN JUST ONE YEAR. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A SPECIAL FOCUS ON BLACK MALES. WE SAW INCREASE OVER THE PROGRAM LIFECYCLE OF 158% RECEIVING THERAPY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT. THAT'S 158%. SO I'M GONNA GIVE MYSELF A HALF FOR THAT. . FINALLY, OUR BLACK COMMUNITY HEALTH STRENGTHS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT HAS ENGAGED 60, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MANY, UH, EDUCATED UNHOUSED AND LOWER INCOME. THE DATA GIVES US A ROADMAP TO HOW WE CAN OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY, STARTING WITH OUR STRENGTHS AND CHARTING THE WAY FORWARD TO COMMUNITY WELLBEING. SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, WE WILL BE FORMING A STEERING COMMITTEE. I'M LOOKING FOR STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UM, PLEASE, UH, REACH OUT. UM, I'LL BE SHARING THE, UH, SOLICITATIONS WITH EVERYONE. AND OUR GOAL OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE IS TO BUILD, UM, A THREE YEAR, UM, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN FOR HOW WE'LL, UH, COMMUNITY WILL WORK WITH THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT, UM, UH, BLACK COMMUNITY GETS WHAT IT IT NEEDS. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR REPORT, UH, OH, THAT'S NEXT SLIDE. WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE STAFF MEMBERS, THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED THIS INITIATIVE HERE. THAT'S US IN THE LIBRARY WITH THE, UH, CITY'S FIRST BLACK, UH, LIBRARIAN. UM, WELL, SENIOR LIBRARIAN. UM, THIS IS THE BLACK HEMP HEALTH, UH, TEAM SERVING, UH, FOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, LISTENING SESSION. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY WORK GROUP HERE. AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR LISTENING AND LEARN SESSION. AND FINALLY, WE PARTNERED WITH OUR, UH, STD CLINIC, UH, TO DO SURVEY OUTREACH AT A HEALTHCARE. AND FINAL SLIDE HERE IS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT . UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING. YEAH. AND SHARING TODAY, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO HAVE PRESENTERS, UM, ESPECIALLY MAYBE LIKE IN AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT LIKE, I'M NOT AS DIALED INTO. SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, LIKE IN ADVANCE OF SEEING THAT PRESENTATION IS WHY THE BLACK MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, UM, IS NO LONGER HAPPENING. AND IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND LIKE, THE 2.0 VERSION HAPPENING, OR, OR, YEAH, JUST, YEAH. WELL, UH, UH, FORTUNATELY THAT FUNDING WAS SPECIFICALLY TIED TO COVID MITIGATION EFFORT. UM, AND SO, UM, WHAT WE DID DO, UH, IS TO ADDRESS THE, UH, UM, EMERGENCY ON, ON PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A, A GRANT, UM, UM, THROUGH THE HOMELESS SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UM, UM, THERAPY SESSIONS IN THE MULTIER CENTER. AND THAT WENT OVER REALLY WELL, ABOUT 30,000, UM, LASTED FOR ABOUT A YEAR, BUT IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT FUNDING. UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN OUR RESOURCE GUIDE IS LISTED SEVERAL BLACK, UM, UM, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, UM, THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE. UH, AND MANY OF THEM, UM, WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH AND JUST LOOKING TO NETWORK, UM, THE PROVIDERS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND JUST SHARE AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE COMMUNITY. BUT WE DO NEED ADVOCACY, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT, HEY, THESE PROGRAMS WORKED, UM, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE 'EM AND FIND A WAY TO CONTINUE TO, UM, FUND IT. YEAH. MY SECOND THING IS MORE OF A COMMENT. SO LIKE I TELL PEOPLE LIKE, A DANCER IS WHO I AM, BUT [00:35:01] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS WHAT I DO. AND SO I HAVE AN ACADEMIC COLLEAGUE THAT KIND OF STUDIES THIS KIND OF LIKE PROMINENT INFORMED, LIKE ARTS, AND THERE'S A WHOLE LIKE, UM, LIKE METHODOLOGY BEHIND LIKE THE PRACTICAL CODE AND LIKE IMPROVING OVERALL BLACK HEALTH. IT'S LIKE CALLED AUDIOLOGY. YOU, IF YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT IT, ADAM WIFE MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. BUT THIS IS A REAL ISSUE, LIKE, UM, IN ALL FORMS OF HEALTH, LIKE SOCIAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH. SO, SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WILL WORK OUT FOR ME TO BE AN HONEST STEERING COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY BLACK, BECAUSE THERE'S KIND OF A LACK OF AWARENESS, I THINK, IN OTHER AREAS ABOUT LIKE, A LOT OF THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND LIKE, RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ASKING THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS AS A, NOT SOMEONE WHO'S NOT, DOESN'T IDENTIFY AS BLACK, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO YOUR HEALTH OFFICE OR IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH MENTAL CARE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. SO, UM, I'M OPEN TO HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT TO YOU AS A CONSIDERATION SO THAT THIS DOESN'T BECOME LIKE A REALLY SILOED THING. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT OTHER ALL KINDS OF GROUPS ARE, ARE AWARE OF, UM, THE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES IN TERMS OF HEALTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS THAT, UM, YOU ALL ARE, UM, BLASTING OUT THE, THE SURVEY OPPORTUNITY TO, WHAT IS IT, 10,000 PEOPLE? WHAT? YEAH, OUR PARK, OUR PARKS LIST. SO I RUN IT, I RUN PARTNERS AT PARKS, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT AFFILIATED WITH LONG BEACH PARKS, REC AND MARINE. SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH, UH, MY LIST, BUT OVER TIME, OREGON HAS EXISTED FOR LIKE 40 YEARS. I MEAN, GRANTED BEFORE WE HAD LIKE COMPUTERS AND STUFF, BUT THAT'S A LIST THAT HAS PROBABLY BUILT OVER THE LAST LIKE 10 YEARS. OH, THAT'S, SO IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME TO BUILD. AWESOME. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS COMMISSION. THANK YOU. QUESTION. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OTHERS? UH, WELL, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE. THIS HAS GROWN AND YOU FILLED IT OUT. I, UM, AND YOU'LL NEED OUR DISABILITY DATA DATA IN A BIG WAY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL FOR US WHO WORKED ON THIS FOR THE LAST YEAR, IS THAT WE CAN SEE A NEED FOR A PROGRAM LIKE YOURS. AND WE'RE BY, BY NEED, LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTIONALITY, WHICH YOU'RE ALREADY PAVING THE WAY FOR. SO I CAN SEE OUR DISABILITY DATA HELPING TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE FOUNDATIONAL, STRUCTURAL PIECES ABSOLUTELY. THAT YOU HAVE. SO I, I THANK YOU AGAIN. AND DO YOU HAVE A CARD, BUSINESS CARD THAT YOU CAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU AND YOUR PROGRAM. YEAH, WELL THE NEXT SLIDE, MY, UH, OH, SORRY. . OH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND I WHO TO THE RESOURCE GUIDE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK, THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER, THAT THAT IS THE GOAL, THIS FOR, TO WORK TOGETHER IN THIS SPACE. SO AGAIN, STEERING COMMITTEE, WE'D LOVE THE LOVE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION AND, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER. THANK, THANK YOU. VERBAL. YES. WE'RE GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENT, SO NO PUBLIC COMMENT, MADAM CHAIR. THEN WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR SWANSON AYE. COMMISSIONER VONG. AYE. SECRETARY DEAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER ADAMS? AYE. COMMISSIONER JONES. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE. COMMISSIONER ROMO, A VICE CHAIR. GARVIN. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NO, WELCOME. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. UM, AND UH, I JUST HAVE TO SAY, IT HAS BEEN, UM, A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU, JENNIFER. YOU HAVE SUPPORTED EVERYTHING THAT I DID. ANYTIME THAT I'VE REACHED OUT TO YOU, UM, TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS COMMUNITY, YOU'VE ALWAYS RESPONDED INSTANTLY, AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN A GREAT PARTNER AND I'M REALLY GONNA MISS YOU. BUT I'M VERY HAPPY FOR YOU FOR THIS NEXT CHAPTER. THANK YOU. AND I HOPE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOU. YES, 100%. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEVIN. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. JUST BEFORE WE GET SET UP, UM, CAN I GET MY, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM BUTTERFLY COME? YOU WANNA COME UP HERE? WE WANNA GET ONE? YEAH, THERE'S NO RECEIPT ON ONE RIGHT THERE TOO. UM, YOUR RECORD, I JUST WANNA STATE THAT, UH, VICE GARBA IS RECUSING HERSELF FROM THIS ITEM. AND GIMME ONE MOMENT TO PULL THE [00:40:01] SLIDE AND READ THE ITEM. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. RECOMMENDATIONS. RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM BUTTERFLY REGARDING AN ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION OPTION. MAY I HAVE ION I WAS MOVED BY A COMMISSIONER, VONG AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JONES. IS THERE A LOUDER FOR THE, I'M SORRY. IS THERE ING NO MORE MUMBLING. IS THERE A PRESENTATION ON THE TITLE? YES, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO BUTTERFLY. THE BUTTERFLY TEAM. OKAY. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU EVERYONE. UM, I WANNA THANK THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES FOR HAVING US HERE AND GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO SHARE ABOUT BUTTERFLY. SO WE HAVE A SHORT, UH, POWERPOINT AND WE CAN GO OVER IT. AND THEN AFTER THAT, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION WE'RE HAPPY TO FOLLOW. YOU CAN JUST TELL ME NEXT SLIDE, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OKAY. SO, UM, FOR NEXT SLIDE. SO BUTTERFLY IS A TECH ENABLE, UM, COMPANY WHERE THROUGH A PORTAL F YOU CAN REQUEST AND SCHEDULE ASSISTED TRANSPORTATION, AMBULATORY OR WHEELCHAIR OR GURNEY IF NEEDED. UM, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO QUALIFY. UM, IT DOES HAVE A FEE. UM, AND, BUT THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT WE CAN WORK THIS. AND, UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THE BUTTERFLY SERVICE IS. SO, NEXT SLIDE. SO WITH THIS SLIDE, THIS KIND OF SHOWS AGAIN, WHAT IS BUTTERFLY? SO BUTTERFLY PROVIDES SAFE, ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION ON DEMAND AND SCHEDULE 24 7, UM, USING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER SIMPLE AND RELATABLE RIDES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO WE PROVIDE, UM, DOOR TO DOOR OF, SO BUSINESS TO CONSUMER SERVICES AND PARTNER WITH EDUCATIONAL MEDICAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. SO WE PROVIDE SERVICES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR MANY MEDICAL FACILITIES, UH, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE DOR, UM, DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND FOR REGIONAL CENTERS. AND, UM, IN ADDITION, OUR BUSINESS TO THE CONSUMER AND CON CONTRACTED SERVICES, WE SUPPORT PUBLIC PROGRAMS SUCH AS ACCESS FOR ALL. AND, UM, LET'S NAVIGATE TOGETHER, WHICH WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER. EXCUSE ME, WHAT'S DR? DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION? NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE, SORRY. UH, WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE DO WE PROVIDE? SO AMBULATORY, DOOR TO DOOR. SO IT'S SAFE, COMFORTABLE RIDE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN WALK WITH OR WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. UM, THE DRIVER STILL WILL OPEN UP THE DOOR TO ASSIST YOU INTO YOUR VEHICLE, HOLD YOUR BAGS WHILE YOU SIT DOWN AND GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE, UH, FULLY EQUIPPED VEHICLES TO ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS USING WHEELCHAIRS. UM, THE LARGER WHEELCHAIRS, ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIRS, ELECTRIC SCOOTER, AND THEN GURNEY TRANSPORT SPECIALIZED VEHICLES FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING GURNEY TRANSPORT. SO, UM, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT IS. DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT GURNEY IS? OKAY. YEAH, I DON'T WANNA ASSUME ANYTHING. NEXT SLIDE. UM, THE BENEFITS OF BUTTERFLY. SO BUTTERFLY DRIVERS, THEY GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECK. THEY'RE FULLY VETTED, THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT A 45 PAGE APPLICATION. WE HAVE A WHOLE APPLIANCE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DRIVER THAT PICK YOU UP IS VETTED. YOU'RE SAFE, YOU'LL GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. UM, RIDERS MAY TRAVEL WITH A COMPANION. SO YOU CAN BRING AN INDIVIDUAL, A FRIEND, EVEN A PET IF NEEDED, IF YOU SO CHOOSE. A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE MALL OR TO OUT TO EAT, YOU MAY WANNA GO WITH A FRIEND. UM, AND BUTTERFLY VEHICLES ARE REGULARLY INSPECT, INSPECTED, UH, KEEPING SAFETY AND COMFORT. THE TOP PRIORITY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US AND, UM, IT'S PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS, CAN, YOU CAN ALSO TRACK RIDES. SO SIMILAR TO AN UBER APP, ONCE THE RIDE HAS, HAS BEEN, UM, SCHEDULED, YOU CAN SEE THE VEHICLE COMING AROUND THE CORNER. OR IF YOU HAVE, UM, IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND THAT IS IN OUR VEHICLE AND YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER WAS SHARED, YOU CAN ALSO TRACK THE RIDE TO KNOW WHEN THAT PERSON WOULD EXPECT AN INDIVIDUAL TO COME. UM, SO THE RECURRING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN BOOK A ROUND TRIP [00:45:01] BUTTERFLY, YOUR MOM, YOU CAN BOOK A ROUND TRIP TRANSPORT SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU GO TO THE HAIR SALON, TO DINNER, MOVIES, MEDICAL OFFICE. YOU CAN BOOK ROUTE TRIP IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A SERIES OF MEDICAL VISITS OR WHATEVER TYPE OF VISITS YOU CAN BOOK FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS AND GET THAT ALL, CHECK THAT OFF YOUR LIST. SO THAT'S, THAT'S DONE. AND, UM, BUTTERFLIES CALL CENTERS AVAILABLE FOR ASSISTANCE. SO WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TECHNOLOGY TEAM, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL APP, THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL WEBSITE, BUT SOME PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU AROUND THE CLOCK. WE CAN'T SPEAK TO A LIVE AGENT THAT CAN ASSIST YOU THROUGH ANY OF THE, UM, THE QUESTIONS, ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR ASSIST YOU WITH GETTING THE, THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION THAT YOU NEED. UM, AND AGAIN, AGAIN, THE PORTAL GIVES YOU ACCESS TO THE RIGHT HISTORY. SO, NEXT SLIDE. WHAT MAKES BUTTERFLY UNIQUE? SO THERE'S EXTRA SUPPORT FOR RIDERS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, HARD OF HEARING OR NEED HANDS ON ASSISTANCE THAT IS AVAILABLE. AND YOU CAN DISCUSS THAT WHEN YOU BOOK THE RIDER. DRIVERS OF VEHICLES ARE MATCHED TO CAT TO EACH RIDER'S SPECIFIC MOBILITY AND SERVICE NEEDS. UH, CONSUMERS CAN COMMUNICATE THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS TO THE AGENT AND OUR CALL CENTER TO ENSURE PROPER SERVICE IS PROVIDED THAT THE RIGHT VEHICLE IS PROVIDED, THE RIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS ARE PROVIDED AND ABLE TO SUPPORT OVERFLOW LAST MINUTE AND NON-ROUTINE TRIPS. SO YOU HAVE A LAST MINUTE CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE THAT WAS ALREADY WORKED OUT. SOMETIMES A FRIEND LAYS OUT ON YOU, YOU CAN CONTACT BUTTERFLY. NEXT SLIDE. UM, OUR SERVICE HAS HELPED SENIORS TRAVEL TOGETHER, STAY CONNECTED AND ENJOY MEANINGFUL GROUP TRIPS WITH EASE. SO BUTTERFLY IS MAINLY ONE-ON-ONE OR ONE WITH A COMPANION LIKE THAT. BUT DEPENDING ON THE NEED, WE CAN, UM, DESIGN AND ACCOMMODATE WHAT NEEDS ARE. IF IT'S A GROUP TRANSPORT, 12 PEOPLE WANNA GO TO THE MUSEUM, WE CAN WORK THAT OUT. IT'S JUST LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE AND WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. NEXT SLIDE. UM, WHAT IS AFA? AND LET'S NAVIGATE TOGETHER. SO I HAVE TWO COLLEAGUES HERE. ONE IS SYDNEY JACKSON AND ONE IS LABATE THAT CROSS , EVERYBODY MIS THE, SO, UH, SYDNEY IS GONNA SHARE WHAT THE A, A PROGRAM IS AND LET'S NAVIGATE SCALE. YES. SO ATLA STANDS FOR ACCESS FOR ALL AND IT IS A STATE FUNDED LA METRO PROGRAM WHERE WE PROVIDE ON DEMAND ASSISTED WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION, UM, FOR A $2 FEE. UM, EACH WAY, UH, LET'S NAVIGATE TOGETHER IS A FREE PROGRAM WHERE YOU PROVIDE RELIABLE FOR ANYBODY EXPERIENCING A MOBILITY ISSUE AND WHO QUALIFIES FOR THE SERVICE FOR, OKAY, SO APA IS UP TO 10 MILES? YES. SO ASFA, YOU CAN RIDE, UM, UP TO 12 MILES WITHIN LA COUNTY. UM, YOU ARE ABOUT SIX ROUND TRIPS PER MONTH AND, UM, AND A WHEELCHAIR. WHEELCHAIR, YES. SO TWO QUALIFY. YOU MUST BE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR HAVE SOME SORT OF MOBILITY DEVICE THAT REQUIRES A WHEELCHAIR VEHICLE, UM, THAT WOULD QUALIFY YOU TO USE OUR SERVICE. UM, OUR APP IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT SERVICE. UM, SO YOU CAN TRACK YOUR RIDES AND, UM, STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR DRIVER. YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR CALL CENTER, LIKE CHRISTIAN MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, AND OUR LA NAVIGATE TOGETHER PROGRAM, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO RIDE UP TO 10 MILES WITHIN LA COUNTY. UM, WE OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THAT PROGRAM. APA IS MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. UM, SO THEY, THEY ARE GREAT PROGRAMS. UM, YEAH, AND IF YOU EVER HAD ANY TYPE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT OUR CALL CENTER. WE ALSO HAVE INFORMATION, INFORMATION WITH ON THE WEBSITE. YOU HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF QUESTIONS, UM, WE WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION. WE'LL LEAVE OUR BUSINESS CARDS, BUT IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND WE ARE, [00:50:02] AND WITH THESE TWO PROGRAMS, THESE, LIKE CINDY SAID, THESE ARE GRANT FUNDED. WE ALL KNOW GRANTS FUNDED, BUT WHILE WE GRANT, UM, BECAUSE WE HOPE THE GRANT NEXT YEAR AGAIN, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S HERE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. UH, NEXT SLIDE. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR A CONSUMER? SO BUTTERFLY, SO SHE JUST SHARED, UM, TWO GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED THAT PROVIDES $2 EACH, $2 EACH WAY, AND ONE IS THREE REGULAR BUTTERFLY DOES HAVE A COST, SO THERE'S A FLAT RATE FOR THE SERVICE, AMBULATORY, WHEELCHAIR OR GURNEY, AND THEN THERE'S A MILEAGE FEE FOR EACH MILE. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS WHAT THE, UM, THE APP LOOKS LIKE. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PLEASE? SURE. SO, UM, TO BOOK A RIDE, UM, FOR OUR STANDARD BUTTERFLY SERVICES, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BOOK BACK ONLINE, EITHER ONLINE OR THROUGH OUR APP. UM, FOR OUR PROGRAMS, AFA AND LA NAVIGATE TOGETHER, YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION OF CALLING IN TO BOOK YOUR RIDE AND SPEAK WITH A LIVE AGENT AND THEY CAN TAILOR YOUR RIDE BASED ON YOUR, UM, MOBILITY NEEDS. UM, YEAH, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO WAYS TO BOOK A RIDE, EITHER ONLINE AND THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR CALLING IN AND SPEAKING WITH AN AGENT. UM, AND OUR APP IS AVAILABLE ON THE APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. QUESTIONS, BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO QUESTIONS, I DID WANNA SAY THAT, UM, WHAT OUR, OUR END GOAL TODAY IS TO, UM, HAVE, HAVE RISE TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH, UM, THE POWERS TO BE AT THE CITY. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 14, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAD A LINE ITEM IN HIS BUDGET, UM, THAT ALLOWED CONSTITUENTS IN HIS DISTRICT TO BE TRANSPORTED, UM, FOR FREE AND WITHIN HIS DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES. NOW, OF COURSE, IF AN INDIVIDUAL HAD A DOCTOR'S VISIT THAT WAS A MILE BEYOND THE BOUNDARY, UM, THAT WAS FINE. WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT DOES MAKE SENSE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE WANTED THE CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY LOOK A TAKE A LOOK AT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN, UM, PROVIDE WITHIN THEIR CITY BUDGET TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, FOR THE CONSTITUENTS. UM, ANOTHER WAY IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS IT, BUT, UH, PROGRAMS LIKE DOWN RIDE, UM, IF IT IS WORKING OUT CURRENTLY, THEN THAT'S WONDERFUL. UM, IF THEY EVER HAVE AN OVERFLOW, OVERFLOW OR NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT. IF THE CONTRACT IS COMING UP TO BE LOOKED AT FOR A SERVICE LIKE DON ONLINE, BUTTERFLY WOULD SERIOUSLY LIKE TO BE CONSIDER CONSIDERED AND GIVEN THE CHANCE TO BE. AND, UM, WE HAVE A BIG, UH, PROGRAM COMING. UM, EXPO COME TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, NEW WILL BE EXPO AND WE WILL BE THERE. AND, UM, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT CINDY MENTIONED TODAY, UH, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN LONG BEACH THAT WANT TO ATTEND THE ABILITY EXPO FULLY AWARE OF IT. WE, WE HAVE BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH THE ABILITY EXPO TO MARKET SO THAT PEOPLE DO KNOW ABOUT IT AND CAN UTILIZE, YOU CAN GET TO THE ABILITY EXPO AND GET TO GET THAT GREAT INFORMATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL BEING TODAY. I DUNNO IF ATE YOU DON'T SHARE ANYTHING. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, QUESTIONS? UM, MR. GONZALEZ? AND YES. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. I AM LEGALLY BLIND, SO I SA A DRIVER'S LICENSE , UM, AND MY MAIN CHAUFFER IS MOM BACK THERE. UM, SO I WANTED TO ASK TWO QUESTIONS. UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S PET FRIENDLY. IS THAT ONLY GUIDE DOG AND SERVICE DOGS OR ARE NON-SERVICE ANIMAL LIKE JUST PET DOG? PET PETS? IT'S ONLY SERVICE. SERVICE. OKAY. YEAH. UM, AND MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, IS IT WHEN YOU BOOK ARRIVE WITH BUTTERFLY, IS IT SIMILAR TO AN UBER WHERE IT WILL GIVE YOU THE PRICE UPFRONT? SO IT'S GONNA BE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND YOU BE WAITING, [00:55:01] YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. WOULD BE THERE IN 12 MINUTES. UM, AND THERE LIKE, IS THE PRICE PER MILE, DOES IT FLUCTUATE KIND OF BASED ON TRAFFIC AND THINGS? SO, UM, SO IT IS SIMILAR TO UBER AND LYFT. THE PRICE IS GENERATED AT THE BEFORE YOU BOOK ARRIVE, CONFIRM. HOWEVER, OUR PRICES DO NOT FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON THE TRACK. SO IT IS A STANDARD RATE PLUS, UM, OUR KNOWLEDGE RATE. SO IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAR YOU'RE GOING AND, UM, YOUR RATE WILL BE CALCULATED. THAT. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE MILEAGE RATE IS? I BELIEVE IT IS 3 25. YEAH, 3 25 PER MILE. UM, YEAH. I'M EXCITED TO GIVE A TRY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IS THERE TOO, DID YOU THAT, OH, SORRY, I DID NOT, IS THERE LISTED HOURS TOO? DOES IT RUN 24 HOURS A DAY? OKAY, SO OUR TWO PROGRAMS, ACCESS FOR ALL AND ELLIE NAVIGATE TOGETHER. WE DO HAVE, UM, CERTAIN SERVICE HOURS. WE DO NOT RUN 24 7, UM, BUT OUR STANDARD BUTTERFLY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE 24 7. UM, SO THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS WITH THAT. UM, BUT OUR PROGRAM HOURS ARE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND OUR AGENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. SO IN GENERAL, LIKE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE APPETITES? SO AFA MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IS FROM 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND ON SATURDAY WE DO HAVE A, UH, WE ARE AVAILABLE FROM 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND THEN WE HAVE A TWILIGHT SERVICE FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM AND SUNDAY WE ARE AVAILABLE FROM EIGHT TO FOUR. AND OUR LA NAVIGATE TOGETHER PROGRAM, WE ARE NOT OPEN ON WEEKENDS, HOWEVER, WE OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 AM TILL FIVE. OKAY. UM, THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ARE GRANT FUNDED. WHEN DOES THE, UH, WHEN DO THE GRANTS RUN OUT? WHEN THE MONEY DO YOU, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR ANTICIPATED? UM, WE ANTICIPATE PROBABLY BY THE, BY THE END OF THE, BY DECEMBER. OKAY. NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MOVING BACK? NO, NO. I TRYING TO SEE. OKAY. I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. 3 25 A MILE. WHAT DOES, WHAT'S THE TAXI COST? THEY'RE GONNA GET A TAXI GAUGE. DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE RATE FOR LIKE A REGULAR ATTACK? UH, I, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY, SO WITH, WITH BUTTERFLY SERVICE, YOU'RE SPECIALTY SERVICE. IF YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE A TAXI OR AN UBER, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE TO TAKE. BUT, UH, SOMETIMES THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, UM, THE DOOR TO DOOR OR SOMEBO A DRIVER THAT'S GONNA GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND HELP YOU GET INTO THE VEHICLE COMFORTABLY AND CLOSE THE DOOR AND DO THE SAME WHEN YOU ARRIVE. OR YOU MAY NEED A DRIVER THAT MAKES SURE THAT WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THEY WALK YOU TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE, UM, THE FACILITY. BUT IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT, THEN UM, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN YOU SHOULD TAKE A TAXI. A LOT OF, SORRY, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO CHOOSE BUTTERFLY OR REQUIRE DOG, BUTTERFLY BECAUSE OF THE RELIABILITY. UM, OUR DRIVERS ARE EXTREMELY RELIABLE. UM, WE DO TRACK THEM, OUR AGENTS ARE ON TOP OF IT AND I MEAN, WE, WE RARELY HAVE ANY ISSUES WHERE SOMEONE IS STRANDED. UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH SOMEONE STRANDED. SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHY PEOPLE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN, IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN UBER. HOWEVER, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, IF I WAS COMING HOME LATE AT NIGHT, I, I WOULD FEEL SAFER HAVING SOMEONE WALKING TO THE FRONT DOOR. I KNOW MY MOM WOULD FEEL SAFER KNOWING THAT KNOW I WAS GUIDED TO GET INTO MY BUILDING. UM, BUT I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT PRICIER. UM, BUT IT'S, BUT I THINK, YEAH, YEAH, FOR THOSE REASONS, FOR SAFETY SHOWING FOR LIKE A TAXI ACCOUNT SPECIFICALLY, IT'S BETWEEN 2 97 [01:00:01] AND THREE 10. CAN YOU SPEAK? YEAH, SORRY. UM, SO I'M SHOWING THE AI, HOW ARE THEY? UM, IT'S BETWEEN 2 97 AND THREE 10 PER MILE OR MOST AREAS IN LA COUNTY. SO THAT'S HARDLY ANY DIFFERENCE FOR LIKE A GREAT SERVICE. AND THEN I KNOW FROM DOING ALL THE PAPERWORK ALL THE TIME, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT RATES RIGHT NOW ARE LIKE 73 CENTS. SO IF YOU DROVE YOURSELF OR HAD SOMEONE ELSE DRIVING YOU, IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT, LIKE AROUND THE SAME. SO, UM, PROBABLY YEAH, KIND OF RIGHT. EXCEPT LIKE YOU'RE GETTING A PERSONALIZED SERVICE. UM, I LOVE THAT YOU COULD BRING THE PETS. I WAS JUST THINKING LIKE A LITTLE BIT JUMPING IN. UM, I WAS JUST THINKING WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS THAT HAVE LIKE CATS AND OTHER PET, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMPANION. UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT MAYBE LIKE, WHILE WE'RE NOT DOING THAT NOW, I THINK A CONSIDERATION FOR THE FUTURE IS LIKE MAYBE FOR AN EXTRA FEE BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, WANNA TAKE THEIR PAST TO VE APPOINTMENTS OR LIKE WHATEVER ELSE THEY HAVE GOING ON AND IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SERVICE THAT'S SEE A LOT OF THAT AT THE PARKS AND THE SENIOR CENTER, IF THAT'S THEIR BUDDY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO THE VET, YOU CAN'T DRIVE DRIVE, BUT I HAVE A PET, I NEED TO GET THE PETS IN THE VET. YEAH. SO JUST SOMETHING. YEAH. BUT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF, IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WERE TO, TO BOOK A RIDE TO SAY THAT THIS IS THEIR SERVICE ANIMAL. YOU JUST SAID LIKE A PET, LIKE THEIR BEST FRIEND. I MEAN, UM, WHAT I, I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO DO ANYTHING WRONG, BUT WE'RE NOT ATION, WE DON'T NEED YOU TO SEND DOCUMENTATION TO US THAT THE PET IS A, YOU KNOW, I'M PICKING UP. YEAH. I WOULD SAY I'M TRAVELING WITH MY SERVICE ANIMAL AND I RIDE MONDAY AT 2:00 AM I MEAN 2:00 AM , THAT'S, YES. UM, COMMISSIONER B, UM, SO YOU SAID THAT MILEAGE RATE WAS 3 25? YEAH. AND THEN WHAT IS THE FLAT RATE? SO FOUR, WE HAVE BLOOD RATES FOR AN AMBULATORY, JUST 24 FOR THE PICKUP. UM, WHEELCHAIR IS 32. SO THAT'S ON TOP OF THE METHOD. YEAH. AND HOW DOES ONE QUALIFY FOR A FA DO? YOU MUST HAVE A MOBILITY DEVICE. UM, WHEELCHAIR, POWER, WHEELCHAIR, MOTORIZED, SCOOTER, A WALKER, UM, ANY APPARATUS THAT REQUIRES A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE. AND THEN DO THEY, UM, HAVE TO HAVE THEIR ACCESS, UM, IN ORDER TO, UH, ACCESS A VERTICAL? NO, WE'RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE REGULAR, THE STANDARD. IT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE SERVICES. SO IT IS, UM, SAY YOU'RE A NEW RIDER AND YOU WANT TO SEE, IF YOU QUALIFY, YOU WOULD JUST CALL IT TO OUR CALL CENTER. THEY WOULD ASK YOU A QUESTION, UM, DO YOU REQUIRE, UM, ASSISTED TRANSPORTATION USING A WHEELCHAIR ACCEPTABLE VEHICLE? AND YOU CONFIRM YES. AND THEN YOU'LL UM, JUST ADVISE THEM WHAT, UM, MOBILITY DEVICE YOU'RE USING AND THAT WOULD QUALIFY YOU TO USE A SERVICE. AND THAT IS, UM, THERE ARE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU GO TO BOOK ONLINE, THOSE SAME QUESTIONS ARE ASKED. SO, UM, IF A WRITER WANTED TO ACCESS THE $2 RIGHTS, HOW WOULD THEY GO ONLINE? SO YOU CAN CALL US, UM, UH, CALL US TO OUR CALL CENTER OR GO ONLINE TO BOOK, UM, AND ALSO DOWNLOAD OUR APP THAT IS AVAILABLE. UM, AND ALL OF OUR PROGRAM DETAILS ARE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. I HAVE, UM, A FEW, UH, OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS, IT IS ALREADY HERE IN LONG BEACH, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE MM-HMM. SOME FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY USING IT. SO IT EXISTS. UM, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN OPERATIONS? IT STARTED IN 2016 AND IT ACTUALLY, WE STARTED OPERATIONS IN 2017. OKAY. OKAY. JUST, UM, DO YOU ALSO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR, UH, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY FOR, UM, GURNEY, UH, TRANSPORT? ARE THERE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE VAN THAT WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE WITH, UM, OXYGEN, RESPIRATORY, YEAH, OXYGEN, THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT'S WHAT IT COVERED. OKAY. UM, AND BUT YOUR LOCATION IS IN LA AND YOU'RE ALWAYS COMING IN. WE HAVE A CORPORATE OFFICE. WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO OUT SOUTHERN, SO IT IT'S ORANGE COUNTY, UM, VENTURA COUNTY. EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. UM, SO IT SEEMS FROM A SUSTAINABILITY, YOU KNOW, [01:05:01] LIFE AFTER THE GRANT THING, WHICH WRONG, UM, ONE YOU'RE HERE AND PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND THERE'S INCREDIBLE FEATURES, UM, I THINK FROM US AND I, UM, IMPLORE THE REST OF THE COMMISSION TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT, UH, LB TRANSIT IS OUR TRANSPORTATION THING HERE IN THE, IN THE CITY. AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, AND I DON'T, YOU DON'T NEED TO VEST ANY, YOU KNOW, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHO WE WOULD START CHIT CHATTING WITH, UM, ABOUT GETTING GREATER SUPPORT THROUGH OUR ELECTIVES BECAUSE THAT'S OUR, OUR TRANSPORTATION ENTITY. MM-HMM . UM, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TRANSIT, MADE A PRESENTATION TO THEIR BOARD, THAT SORT OF THING. WE, WE ACTUALLY ARE ON THE PROCESS OF, UH, NEGOTIATING SOME, UH, SCHEDULE. SO WHERE WE CAN GO TO THE BOARD AND MAKE A PRESENTATION, UH, BUTTERFLY. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE FOR STILL WAITING SOME DAYS, BUT YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S THAT. SO THAT'S IN THE WORK SO THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US 'CAUSE UM, WE'RE KIND OF GOING OUT THERE, RIGHT. AND, UM, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO SHARE THAT VISION. AND, UM, WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THE DISABILITY SURVEY THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY COLLECTING FOR, IF YOU'VE MISSED THAT LITTLE SONG AND DANCE, I'M HAVING TO SHARE THAT AGAIN. BUT THIS IS KIND OF INFORMATION THAT CAN BE, UH, PROVIDED TO SERVICE PROVIDERS MM-HMM . UM, AND, AND HELP EVOLVE THAT. SO I TOO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THIS, UH, RESOURCE COMMISSIONER. I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UM, I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH RECENTLY AGAIN AND, UM, BOTH DIAL LIFT AND ACCESS HAVE MUCH STRICTER REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT'S WHERE BUTTERFLY SEEMS TO BE, UM, MORE YEAH. MORE THAN YOU DID. YEAH. FILLING LIKE A GAP. A MA A MASSIVE GAP. THAT, THAT, THAT'S IT. YEAH. YEAH. I, I THINK WE CAN ALL SEE, YEAH. UM, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF YOU'VE HAD LIKE, SOME KIND OF LIKE FLYER OR LIKE DIGITAL THING BECAUSE I PARKS ARE LINKED TO THE SENIOR CENTERS AND SO IF I HAVE THOSE WE CAN LIKE INTER OFFICE THEM AND PUT THEM UP. I DEFINITELY HEAR FOLKS BEING LIKE, I WOULD'VE CAME TO THIS, BUT YEAH, PUBLIC TRANSPORT DOESN'T TAKE ME TO THAT CENTER WHERE THEY WERE HAVING THE BLACK MOSAIC EVENT SO I COULD MAKE IT. SO, UM, I KNOW THAT EVEN IF THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES, LIKE THEY ARE BEING USED, LIKE THERE'S A HIGHER DEMAND THAN THERE IS A, A SUPPLY. BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING I DON'T EVEN NEED YOU TO COPY OF IT FOR ME, LIKE WE CAN DO THAT. BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'D BE GREAT, GREAT TO, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND EMAIL WITH YOU. THAT'D BE GREAT. SUPPLIERS SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE, UM, THIS INFORMATION. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ALL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE WHAT THEY DO AND WE ALWAYS GET A JOY. AND WHEN WE COME IN MONDAY OR TUESDAY MORNING, THERE'S A LADY WHO IS 105 YEARS OLD THAT WE TRANSFER HER TO CHURCH. THAT FELLOWSHIP IS IMPORTANT TO HER. UM, IT MAKES HER WEAK HER HER WHOLE WEEK. YOU KNOW, SHE'S HAPPY WHEN WE CAN PLAY A ROLE IN GETTING, UH, GRANDMA TO THE WEDDING AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT, UM, OR GRADUATION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MEDICAL, BUT WE'RE LIFESTYLE TOO. SO THE FLI IS FREEDOM LEADING TO INDEPENDENCE. CINDY WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH A, A LUXURY TRAVEL AGENCY AND, UM, THEY SERVICE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS OR HAVE BARRIERS TO MOBILITY. AND WE PICK THEM UP AT THE AIRPORT, WE CAN TRACK A FLIGHT, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT WAITING TWO HOURS FOR THE RIDE. WE TAKE THEIR LUGGAGE. UM, SOMEONE WANTED A SIGHT SCENE TOUR. SOMEONE HAD YOU KNOW, THREE POINTS OF INTEREST THAT THEY NEEDED TO ATTEND WHILE THEY WERE HERE. BUT WE, WE WANTED, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLY COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE AND, UM, AND WE CAN GET YOU THERE. LAST QUESTION, PLEASE. UM, IS IT RECOMMENDED TO TIP WITH THE FLAT RATE FEE? UM, UBER, YOU KNOW, POPS UP A FEE OPTION OR A TIP OPTION, HOWEVER, THERE'S NOT A MORE SIGNIFICANT FEE OF 24 AND $34. SO JUST CURIOUS, BUT THE PROPER PROTOCOL IS WE DO NOT HAVE A TIP OPTION ON OUR APP. HOWEVER, WE DO REQUEST THAT YOU LEAVE US A REVIEW. OKAY. YEAH, JUST TAKE IT BACK. ONE LAST QUESTION. UM, [01:10:02] THIS CITY IS HYPERFOCUSED ON THE OLYMPICS IN PARA. I'VE GIVEN YOU MY BEST THINKING ON THIS. , YOU WANNA MAKE AN IMPACT. IF WE CAN SPEAK TO, UM, TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TWO YEARS FROM NOW, AND EVEN OTHER MAJOR EVENTS BECAUSE OF YOUR EXPERIENCE. I WOULD, I'M JUST THROWING YOU OUT TO BREADCRUMB, YOU KNOW? NO, IT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF MONEY IS COMING IN AND THEY CAN MOBILIZE SPONSORSHIPS AND OTHER THINGS. SO THIS IS THE WAY, UM, OUR LIFE HAS TO BE, UH, UM, MOVING FORWARD. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT PARALYMPICS. MM-HMM . UH, IN PARTICULAR, BUT THE OLYMPICS IN GENERAL AND TRANSPORTATION OF LA, UH, IS EVERYTHING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARE THAT WITH ME WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT, FOR SURE. SO WE'LL SPEAK OF VOTE YES. UH, PUBLIC. OH, PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING THAT ROUND CHAIR RIGHT NOW. WE'LL PICK, VOTE. UH, CHAIR SWANSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER V AYE. SECRETARY DEAN AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? AYE. COMMISSIONER ADAMS? AYE. COMMISSIONER JONES? AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE. COMMISSIONER ROMO. AYE. AND VICE CHAIR? UH, GAR ABSTINE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR WE WERE GONNA GET HERE, BUT NO, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO. THANK YOU ALWAYS. MADAM CHAIR, NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. YES. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YES, SURE. UM, IT'D BE GREAT IF SOMEBODY WAS ZOOMING IN WITH US, UH, TODAY. UM, BUT THERE ARE NO PEOPLE ON ZOOM. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET'S GO GET, UM, THERE ARE NO PEOPLE ON ZOOM. LET'S GO GET, UH, OKAY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND WAIT FOR, UH, VICE SHARE. GAR TO COME BACK. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK, THANK GABRIEL. DON'T GET LOST ON THE WAY. WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE REALLY QUICKLY FOR THE CHAMBERS. I'M NOT SURE. UM, OKAY, WE'RE BACK IN THE MEETING. MADAM CHAIR. NEXT ITEM, PLEASE. OUR ANNOUNCEMENT. NO, IT IS SENT RIGHT HERE. PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, PLEASE READ THAT. YES. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE NOT COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AVAILABLE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CHAIR. FABULOUS. THANK YOU. SO NOW ONTO ANNOUNCEMENT. YES. I THINK WE DO HAVE TO WAIT FOR VANESSA THOUGH. SORRY, EVERYBODY. CAPERS. WE'RE GONNA PAUSE REALLY QUICKLY FOR CITY QUICK STAFF. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME? I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND [01:15:01] WE HAVE A RECOGNITION, SO COMMISSIONER HOPE CAN ASSIST US. UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT JENNIFER'S UH, THIS IS OUR LAST MOMENT WITH JENNIFER IN THIS VENUE. AND, UM, SO WE CAN'T REALLY GIVE HER WHAT SHE DESERVES. WELL, WE'D LIKE TO, UM, AND THEY DON'T HAVE DISABILITY PRIDE BOUQUETS IN THIS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT. SO ALL THE COLORS ARE THERE. UM, BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT TODAY IS THAT, UM, YES, JENNIFER'S LEAVING, BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S SHOWING US HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. UM, AND FRANKLY, IT'S JUST HARD AND DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING. UM, YET I KNOW, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT SHARING JENNIFER WITH THE GREATER WORLD ONLY MEANS AMAZING THINGS AND AMAZING FEATURES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES WITH DISABILITY. NOW, JENNIFER'S LEGACY TWO AND FOUR, LONG BEACH IS STILL BEING WRITTEN. SO I'M NOT GONNA SUMMARIZE ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE THUS FAR BECAUSE SHE'S STILL JUST GETTING STARTED. BUT I DO WANNA SUM UP THAT EACH OF US HERE ON THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY YOU AND THAT WE ARE WHOLEHEARTEDLY, COLLECTIVELY WISHING YOU THE BEST MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU GUYS READY? I DIDN'T EVEN CRY THE WICKED MOVIES, BUT MY EYES ARE LEAKING A LITTLE BIT. UH, I HAVE TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF BEING IN THIS POSITION IS DEFINITELY BEING YOUR STAFF LIAISON. HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH BE ON THE COMMISSION AND BE ON THIS SIDE OF THINGS HAS BEEN VERY EYE-OPENING. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND YOU ALL ARE JUST COMMISSIONED, HAS HISTORICALLY DONE GREAT THINGS, BUT THIS BODY HERE HAS REALLY BEEN THE MOVER AND SHAKER OF ALL THINGS ACCESSIBILITY WITHIN THE CITY. AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN YOUR LIAISON THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS WORK. UM, IT'S SO AMAZING TO WATCH EACH OF YOU COME TO THIS COMMISSION AND GROW, UM, OR CONTINUE TO GROW. AND I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF LONG BEACH AND THE FUTURE OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY FOR OUR CITY. UM, ISN'T GOODBYE. IT'S SEE YOU SOON AND IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY. AND I, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR EACH OF US. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR AND FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FOUQUET OF FLOWERS. UM, UH, I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SO RADICALLY. UM, MY ADVICE TO YOU IS TO FOLLOW THE CHAIR SCRIPT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT OUR, OUR LEADERS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL THINGS ACCESSIBILITY BECAUSE WE ARE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. WOO. MAYBE YOU TAKE THEM BACK AND PRESENT, BUT I FALL. AND WITH THAT, YOU'LL BE IN GREAT HANDS. ALANA IS GOING TO BE YOUR INTERIM 88 COORDINATOR. ALANA IS FANTASTIC. UM, AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, THE ADA AT LONG BEACH GOV EMAIL IS PLACED TO EMAIL AFTER, UM, UH, FEBRUARY 18TH. OKAY. AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE CAN ADJOURN. WE CAN ADJOURN AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PHOTO. SO LET US ADJOURN. YES, THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 2:19 PM TWO 19 ADJOURN. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.