* 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. [00:15:53] GOOD [00:15:53] TO [00:15:53] BE [00:15:53] HERE IN PERSON. ALL RIGHTY. UH, WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UH, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED SHORTLY HERE. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. IF YOU NEED TO USE THE RESTROOM OR I'LL GET SOME WATER, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. IF YOU GOT PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY, UM, CHECK IN WITH THEM AND SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT. UH, WE SHOULD BE GETTING STARTED WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TV. [00:20:01] ALL RIGHTY. UH, GOOD EVENING [CALL TO ORDER] EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING. UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU NICK, UH, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UM, FOR SURE. I AM GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR MARCH 4TH. MADAM CLERK, MAY WE PLEASE HAVE ROLL [ROLL CALL] CALL. COMMISSIONER BROWN. COMMISSIONER BUTLER HERE. COMMISSIONER DE LEON. HERE. COMMISSIONER DOCKERY. HERE. COMMISSIONER COLE. COMMISSIONER LARA HERE. COMMISSIONER LISETTE FLORES. HERE. COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER EE WEIL. PARDON? HERE. COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE. VICE CHAIR SCHULTZ. PRESENT. CHAIR COVINGTON. HERE WE HAVE CORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, COMMISSIONER BROWN, COMMISSIONER COLE, COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE, UH, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. UM, TONIGHT, UM, COMMISSIONER [CHAIR REMARKS] SAMMY WILD IS GOING TO READ OFF OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, SO I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. TONIGHT I ACKNOWLEDGE I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND UNSEATED TERRITORY OF THE GABRIELINO TONGVA PEOPLES, THE TRADITIONAL CARETAKERS OF THIS LAND, WHO WERE DISPOSSESSED OF THEIR LAND, AND YET CONTINUE TO STEWARD THIS LAND TODAY. SO I JUST WANT TO INVITE FOLKS TO PAUSE AND HONOR THEIR CULTURE, HISTORY, AND IDENTITY AND ANCESTORS AS WELL AS THE LIVING ELDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. INDEED, THEY'RE STILL HERE. AND WHEREVER YOU ARE TODAY, I INVITE YOU TO PAUSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE WHOSE LANDS YOU ARE ON AND LET THEIR ENDURANCE AND STRENGTH INSPIRE YOU. WE ALSO PAUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON THE FREE LABOR OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS AND CONTINUES TO FUNCTION FROM THE LABOR OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EVERY DAY. LET'S TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO PAUSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PAST AND GIVE HONOR TO THOSE WHOSE LANDS AND SHOULDERS WE STAND ON TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, WELCOME TO MARCH EVERYONE. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. UM, I KNOW THAT SPRING IS UPON US AND IT'S APPROACHING, BUT IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE SPRING NOW. UM, AS I DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY, I SEE ALL OF THE, THE YELLOW FLOWERS POPPING OUT. SO WE MAY HAVE SUPER BLOOM, UH, COME EARLY. UH, AND AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THE SPRING, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS, UH, TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY, TO EACH OTHER AND TO YOUR LOVED ONES, AS THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN OUR WORLD. UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES AGAINST SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY. UM, AND SO AS THE NEWEST CHALLENGES COME UP, UH, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO STAY GROUNDED, UM, ENGAGE IN THOSE PRACTICES THAT BRING YOU TO CENTER, UM, AND LEAN INTO, UH, THOSE WHO, UH, YOU TRUST AND THAT BRING YOU COMFORT, UH, DURING THESE TIMES. UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT? ITEM ONE, [1. 26-54487 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Equity and Human Relations Commission meeting of Wednesday, February 4, 2026.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? I MOVE I SECOND, UH, FOR TODAY OUR, ARE WE USING OUR TECH? YES. TODAY WE'RE DOING TABLETS. OH. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY VICE CHAIR SCHULTZ AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SAMME. WE PERFECT. ALRIGHT, UM, WITH THAT, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MISSION? TO THE MINUTES COMMISSIONERS, SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE ON ZOOM, PLEASE RAISE THE, UH, PART IN THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL NUMBER NINE. NOW, IF CALLING IN, SEEING NONE IN PERSON AND IN ZOOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CLERK. UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO A ROLL CALL. VOTE [00:25:01] OR VOTE BY TABLET, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER DOCKERY. I CAN TAKE A VERBAL THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO, UM, MOVE THE AGENDA ITEMS AROUND A BIT. UM, WE'RE GONNA BRING UP ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR ITEM NUMBER TWO AFTERWARDS. UH, MAY WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE, READ PLEASE. UH, CHAIR. SO THE PRESENTER FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE IS NOT ONLINE YET. UM, SO WE MIGHT JUST HAVE TO, SHOULD WE GO WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR NOW? AND THEN WE CAN, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. OKAY. TOTALLY FINE. UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE AS PLANNED WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO. UM, BEFORE WE READ OFF NUMBER TWO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK, UH, ON PUBLIC COMMENT, IS IF YOU CAN PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THE, UM, TO THE LETTER OF THE ITEM, UH, SO THAT, UM, WE CAN HEAR, UM, YOUR COMMENTS. UM, AND AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, STAY ON TOPIC. UH, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. UM, SO WITH THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. ITEM [2. 26-54502 Recommendation to review, discuss, and, if appropriate, approve the transmittal of a letter from the Federal Immigration Enforcement Ad Hoc Committee to the City Council, outlining policy recommendations related to federal immigration enforcement and its impacts on equity and human relations in Long Beach.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW, DISCUSS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, APPROVE THE TRANSMITTAL OF A LETTER FROM THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE TO THE CITY COUNCIL OUT OUTLINE OUTLINING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS IN LONG BEACH. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? ALL RIGHT. SO MOVED BY VICE CHAIR SCHULTZ AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LARA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE PRESENTATION, UH, AND THEN AFTER PRESENTATION WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS. AND I WILL BE LEADING THE PRESENTATION TODAY. UM, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR OUR DISCUSSION. LAST MONTH, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPACTS, UH, THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS HAVING IN REGARDS TO THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, UH, THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND, UH, WE HAD SOME FEEDBACK AS TO HOW WE'RE COMING UP TO THIS POINT OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL. SO, UM, WE FORMED AN AD HOC, AND THE AD HOC TOOK ALL OF THE FEEDBACK INTO CONSIDERATION. UH, WE HAD, UH, UH, SOME SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS, UM, WITH BOTH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO I WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE ICE OUT OF LONG BEACH COALITION. I WANNA SHOUT OUT OUR IMMIGRANT, UM, RIGHTS COALITION, UM, GROUPS THAT WERE COMING OUT, AND ESPECIALLY DERLAND WHO JOINED US, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF OUR MEETINGS, UH, AS WELL AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, FOR HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH US IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, UH, TO REALLY HONE IN AND LEARN, UH, EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY IS DOING AND HOW, UH, WE CAN EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER PROTECTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE A LOT OF THE, THE PER PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS AND TAILOR THEM DOWN. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ONLY HAVE SEVEN IN COMPARISON TO THE MANY THAT WERE LISTED OFF AT OUR LAST MEETING. UH, AND WE DID THAT, UM, WE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AS AN AD HOC, UM, BECAUSE WE REALLY WERE LISTENING TO, UM, THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. UM, SO AS AN OVERVIEW, UH, WE'RE ASKING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO AGENDIZE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, WE ALSO CAME UP WITH A NICE NAME FOR THIS PLAN, AND WE'RE CALLING IT THE SHIELD PLAN, UH, WHICH REPRESENTS STRENGTHENING HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMMIGRANT EQUITY THROUGH LOCAL DIRECTIVES. UH, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, AFTER OUR DISCUSSION TODAY, AND HOPEFULLY THAT IT PASSES, UH, WE'LL AGENDIZE, UM, IT AT THE NEAREST, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CREATE, UM, IMPLEMENT [00:30:01] SOME OF THESE PLANS WITHIN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS, UH, IMPLEMENTED AND VOTED IN, PASSED THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT. UH, IT HAS HAD AMENDMENTS IN 2025. UH, AND FROM THERE, UM, WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING HARDSHIPS, RIGHT? UH, AND THE CITY IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF, UM, WHO ARE ACTUALLY VERY LIMITED AND MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO, UH, WORK ON THIS VERY ISSUE OR IN THIS ROOM TODAY. UM, SO I WANNA APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK, UM, TO HAVE OUR CITY BE THE CITY THAT WELCOMES AND SUPPORTS AND PROTECTS ALL PEOPLE. UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK ON ON THESE INITIATIVES. UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE LONG BEACH VALUE ACT, UH, IN ALSO ITS, UH, AMENDMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS, UH, THE VALUES ACT TODAY IS LIMITING VOLUNTARY COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, IS REQUIRING JUDICIAL WARRANTS TO ACCESS NON-PUBLIC FACILITIES, UM, PROTECTING SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH DATA MINIMIZATION PRACTICES, DECLINING PARTICIPATION IN 2 8 7 G AGREEMENTS OR SIMILAR FEDERAL DEPUTIZATION PROGRAMS, FUNDING DEPORTATION DEFENSE AND ACCESS TO COUNSEL, AFFIRMING CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS UNDER THE FOURTH AND 14TH AMENDMENTS, PROTECTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO PROTEST AND OBSERVED LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY PROHIBITING ON THE USE OF CITY SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING LICENSE PLATE READERS, FACIAL RECOGNITION TOOLS AND DATA, UH, ANALYTIC PLATFORMS FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION ACTIVITIES FOR TARGETING INDIVIDUALS BASED SOLELY ON IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND THEY ARE ALSO HAVING A UNIFORM CITYWIDE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ENCOUNTER PROTOCOL. UH, AND THAT WAS A BIG ONE THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME. WHAT DOES CITY STAFF DO, UH, WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER ICE? WHAT IS THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE AND WHO DO THEY CALL, UM, WHO RESPONDS, ET CETERA. AND THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING THAT. UM, MANY OF THE SPECIFIC, UM, AMENDMENTS ARE STILL IN PROCESS. UM, SO THEY'RE BEING UPDATED IN REAL TIME TODAY. UH, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE HEARING, UM, FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY OR OTHER FOLKS WITHIN THE DEPART, UH, THE CITY'S DEPARTMENTS ON, UH, WHEN THOSE UPDATES ARE AVAILABLE AND BECOME LIVE. UM, AND SO WE THINK THE CITY FOR DOING THAT. UM, BRIEFLY, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THERE ARE SEVEN OF THEM. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL RIGHTS EXPERTS POLICY PACKAGE. THE POLICY PACKAGE WAS AN ATTACHMENT, UH, THAT WAS SENT AT THE VERY END. SO IT'S AT THE END OF YOUR PACKETS, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND MANY OF THAT, MANY OF THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR TO EXPAND THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT IS WITHIN, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE AS A COMMISSION, UM, DISCUSSED AND BROUGHT FORWARD. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE IS SYNERGY AND ALIGNMENT, UM, TO REALLY MEET THE NEEDS AND WALK WITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EXPERTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO THOSE SPECIFIC POLICY PACKAGES INCLUDE CLOSING THE SB UH, 45 EXCLUSIONS, UH, EXPANDING RESTRICTIONS OF IMMIGRANT ENFORCEMENTS TO ALL CITY OWNED SPACES, STRENGTHENING SINUS SIGNAGES, SIGNAGE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT, ONE, AND IT'S LOUD, UH, SO IT, YOU CAN'T MISS IT. UH, COMMITTING TO ENFORCEMENT, UH, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MASK BAN, UH, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A CONTENTIOUS, UM, TOPIC AMONGST THE FEDERAL AND STATE, UM, DISCUSSIONS. AND THEN BAN ON THE USE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS AND FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, ENSURING LBPD HAS NO COOPERATION OR EMPLOYMENT AT OR IMMIGR WITH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND STRENGTHENING CONTRACT VIOLATION LANGUAGES, UH, AND CREATE A PRIVATE RIGHT TO ACTION. SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, UM, WE AS AN AD HOC, WE WERE LIKE, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THIS DONE? UH, THERE'S SO MANY NEW MOVING PIECES, THERE'S SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS, [00:35:01] UH, TO INVOLVE, UH, HOW CAN WE BRING FOCUS AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER IN A VERY PROACTIVE AND INTENTIONAL WAY? UM, SO, UM, RECOMMENDATION TWO, IF IT, THE PURPOSE IS TO MEET THAT GOAL IS, SO IT'S TO ESTABLISH AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL, INTERAGENCY IMMIGRANT PROTECTIONS TASK FORCE. UH, THE TASK FORCE SHOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, CITY AUDITOR, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONS. MAYBE WE HAVE A REP ON THERE. WE DON'T KNOW. UH, COMMUNITY BASED LEGAL AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS. THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, AND UNION ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING CITY LONG BEACH EMPLOYEES. UH, THE TASK FORCE ITSELF, UH, SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO, UH, HAVE COORDINATE CITYWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMMIGRANT PROTECTION POLICIES, REVIEW AND RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVES, UM, PROCLAMATIONS RESOLUTIONS, AS WELL AS UPDATES AND ORDINANCES, ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND ENSURE ONGOING ALIGNMENT WITH THE SHIELD PLAN, UH, THAT IS APPLICABLE TO THE LAW. UH, DEVELOP CONTINGENCY PLANS PROTOCOLS DURING PERIODS OF HIGH EN ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, IDENTIFY GAPS IN TRAINING, COMPLIANCE, AND DATA PROTECTIONS. ENSURE CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF POLICIES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND CONTRACTORS, STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISCIPLINARY STANDARDS, MONITOR BUDGET ALIGNMENT, AND DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE FUNDING STRATEGIES. THAT'S A BIG ONE. 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE FUNDS THAT GO INTO THESE PROTECTIONS ARE ONE-TIME FUNDS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE. UM, WHERE DID I LEAVE OFF? UH, REQUIRE AN OVERSEE MANDATORY LOGGING OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT REQUEST AND INCIDENCES WITHIN THE CITY. UH, REVIEW TRENDS AND FEDERAL REQUESTS, UH, AND RECOMMEND POLICY, ADJUST ADJUSTMENTS, MAINTAIN AND PUBLISH A PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY DASHBOARD. UH, EVALUATE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, OVERSEE EVALUATION OF ONLINE CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANT PRO PROTOCOL PORTAL, OVERSEE EVALUATION OF AN ONLINE CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANT PORTAL. UM, PROVIDE QUARTERLY WRITTEN UPDATES TO CITY COUNCIL, CONVENE A PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY IMPACT FORUM. UM, SO WE REALLY NEED THAT INTERDEPARTMENTAL INTER-AGENCY, UM, TASK FORCE IN ORDER TO MOVE TOGETHER, UH, AS A CITY SO THAT ALL, ALL ASPECTS OF OUR CITY, UM, IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE PROTECTIONS AT HAND. UM, NUMBER THREE IS REALLY STRENGTHENING THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS. I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THOSE 'CAUSE I ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THOSE IN THE PAST. UH, DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE FUNDING AND RESOURCE STRATEGY TO EXPAND THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND, AS WELL AS THE RAPID RESPONSE AND COMMUNITY STABILIZATION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. UH, IT IS ONE THING TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES AND COUNSEL, UH, AND OTHER SUPPORTS. UH, AND IT'S ANOTHER THING TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT ON THOSE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND, WHO ARE FUNDRAISING THEMSELVES, WHO ARE DOING MUTUAL AID AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED, UM, BY, UM, THE RAIDS THEMSELVES. SO IT'S A PROACTIVE, UH, AND IT'S A, UM, WHAT IS IT CALLED? PREVENTION AND, UM, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, RIGHT? SO THE BEFORE AND AFTER, UM, WHEN THE SITUATION, UM, ARISES, WE REALLY WANT THE CITY TO FUND AND SUPPORT THAT WORK. UH, THE FIFTH ONE IS STRENGTHEN DATA MINIMIZATION AND POLICY PROTECTION, UM, PRIVACY PROTECTIONS. AND THEN THE SIXTH ONE, UH, IS FUND A RAPID RESPONSE AND COMMUNITY STABILIZATION FRAMEWORK, UM, WHICH I JUST SHARED. UH, AND THE LAST ONE, WHICH WE HEARD FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS IN THE LAST MEETING WAS CONVENE A CITYWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY IMPACT FORUM. UM, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN REALLY SHARE, UM, WHERE WE'RE AT. IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, UH, REFLECTION POINTS AND EVALUATION POINTS, EVEN WHEN WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IMPLEMENTATION, SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, GO FURTHER, UH, WHAT ARE THE GAPS? UH, WHAT ARE WE MISSING AND HOW CAN WE FILL THOSE GAPS? UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, AND THE CITY HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING THAT, AND I APPRECIATE OUR MAYOR, UH, FOR TESTIFYING IN CONGRESS AROUND THIS, IS UTILIZING THE CITY AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE FEDERAL REFORM. A LOT OF THE FEDERAL REFORM THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM COMMUNITY, UM, IS WITH, IS OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION. UH, AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES IS IF CONGRESS MAKES THOSE CHANGES. UM, AND SO WE WANT TO UTILIZE [00:40:01] THE WEIGHT OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO REALLY HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS NECESSARY, UM, TO SHIFT SOME OF THE LEGAL PROTECTIONS, UH, THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THE WRONGDOING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS TO GO ABOUT THAT. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CITY CAN CONTINUE ITS EFFORT BY STANDING WITH THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT AND ADVOCATING FOR THOSE PROTECTIONS, NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY, BUT OUR STATE, AND ALSO ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. UM, AND THAT IS OUR PLAN. UM, AGAIN, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AFTER RECEIVING THIS PLAN, UH, WILL CONSIDER IT, UH, AGENDIZE IT, AND THEN MOVE IN THE PROCESS TO STRENGTHENING, UH, THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT, UM, BOTH FROM OUR REQUEST, BUT ALSO THE REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHO'S BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES, UH, OUR PRESENTATION. I WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY OTHER AD HOC MEMBERS IF I MISSED ANYTHING OR IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMENTS TO BE MADE. UH, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING TO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE AS WELL. AND SO WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT THEY'LL SHARE. I THINK THAT, UH, FOR CONTEXT, WE AT, ON THIS COMMISSION HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS DISCUSSION, UH, LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, RIGHT? UM, UH, AS, UH, CHAIR COVINGTON MENTIONED, UH, IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF 2025, WE, UH, HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND ADVANCED A SLATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, THAT WERE INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN THE VALUES ACT HAD SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS, SOME OF WHICH, UH, HAVE CONTINUED HERE. UH, AND SO AS WE ENGAGE IN THAT DISCUSSION, WE, UH, KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LONG, UH, YOU KNOW, LINEAGE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THIS SPACE. UH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES TRYING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT WHEN WE WERE MEETING, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CITIES LIKE OAKLAND, LIKE CHICAGO, LIKE NEW YORK, UH, AND REALLY TRIED TO, UH, WIDEN OUR APERTURE BEYOND, UH, HERE IN LONG BEACH TO REALLY EVERY CITY, EVERY MUNICIPALITY THAT IS TRYING TO, UH, BE CREATIVE, UH, IN THE WORK OF DEFENDING OUR COMMUNITY. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, UH, THIS WORK OF DEFENDING THE COMMUNITY IS, UH, ONE THAT IS IN MANY WAYS WITHOUT CURRENT PRECEDENT, RIGHT? WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH A, UH, LEVEL OF OVERREACH, UH, IN MY VIEW AT LEAST, UH, THAT, UH, MAKES IT SO THAT WE ARE IN KIND OF A FRONTIER WHEN IT COMES TO HOW, UH, WE CAN USE MUNICIPAL TOOLS TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE. AND I THINK THE INTENT OF THE AD HOC IS THAT, UH, WE WANT TO GIVE AS MANY TOOLS AS WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX, UH, TO THE CITY, UH, TO DEPLOY, UM, FOR, TO CREATE AS MANY OF THESE SORTS OF SHIELDS, UH, PUN INTENDED, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN DO ALL THAT WE CAN. UH, AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE ALL THOSE GAPS AND LIMITATIONS. AND SO I'M SURE THAT THAT WILL COME UP IN CONVERSATION WITH STAFF AND WILL COME UP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE. BUT, UM, THE INTENT HERE IS THAT WE WANTED TO BE EXPANSIVE. UM, WE WANT IT TO BE AMBITIOUS, UM, AND WE WANT IT TO BE CREATIVE, UM, SO THAT, UH, WE REALLY GIVE OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR LEADERSHIP ALL THE TOOLS WE CAN. WE ARE AN ADVISORY BODY AS A, AS A CITY COMMISSION. AND SO WE WANT TO ADVISE WITH THE FULL WEIGHT OF WHAT WE CAN, UM, WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY THEN TAKE THAT UP, UM, AND, UH, CARRY THAT CALL TO BE, UH, CREATIVE AND TO BE AMBITIOUS, AND TO BE EXPANSIVE, UH, TO DO, UH, EVEN MORE THAN THEY'VE DONE ALREADY. AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT HERE. UM, VERY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. WE'LL HAVE TOGETHER. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DELEON. ALRIGHT. UM, AT THIS POINT WE ARE GONNA MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM TWO IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM TWO AND ZOOM, PLEASE USE A RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE. NOW, IF CALLING IN, STARTING PUBLIC COMMENT, COMMENT WITH, UH, IN PERSON. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. UM, MY NAME IS CARLOS, AND, UM, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, UM, FROM A VERY PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW. UM, WE STARTED THIS MEETING WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, UM, WHO, WHOSE, UH, LAND, UH, THIS WAS TURTLE ISLAND. UM, AND, UH, AND IT'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, IRONIC THAT, UH, NOW WE'RE HAVING TO FIGHT FOR THESE VERY, UH, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE WE'RE FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL TO REQUEST SOME HELP [00:45:01] FROM THE CITY SO THAT WE ARE NOT DEPORTED. I AM AN IMMIGRANT, UH, MOSTLY OF MAYAN ORIGIN. THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE MY DAD NEARLY GAVE HIS LIFE FIGHTING FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS. UM, AND I AM ALSO PART, UH, AFRO-CARIBBEAN. SO THE PART ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING ON STOLEN LAND WITH STOLEN LABOR IS MY STORY. UH, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, I I WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF THE PETITION THE ICE OUT OF LONG BEACH PETITION. UH, THAT PETITION IS WHAT EVENTUALLY BECAME, UM, UH, A, UH, RESOLUTION THAT WE PROPOSED, UH, THAT, UH, WE SENT TO THE COMMISSION. UH, THAT WAS BASED ON, ON, UH, ON EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, NOW A MUCH LARGER GROUP. YOU KNOW, THE, THE PETITION WAS JUST ME. NOW IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE. UM, AND THERE'S SOME THINGS HERE THAT, UH, KIND OF BOTHER ME. UH, ONE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING, WE'RE SENDING A LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL TO, TO IZE THIS DISCUSSION AND TO FORM, UH, AND TO FORM THESE, UH, THESE, UH, UH, COMMITTEES OR WHAT, WHAT DID, WHAT, WHAT WERE THEY CALLED? UH, TASK FORCES. AND I KNOW HOW THESE THINGS GO. I MEAN, THEY LAST FOREVER AND EVER, AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. AND THEN THE TASK FORCE IS GETS FORMED BY PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY, WE DON'T TRUST. THE LBPD UH, VIOLATES OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, EVEN AS, UH, MAYOR GAR, UH, MAYOR, UH, UH, REX RICHARDSON IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, UH, EYES OUT OF LONG BEACH, UH, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, UH, IS IS THERE KEEPING US FROM PROTESTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. SO, I, UM, I'M FRANKLY NOT, NOT, UH, TOO THRILLED ABOUT THIS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO, TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, UH, PAYING ATTENTION A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH TO THE RESOLUTION. THE FINAL VERSION THAT WE HAVE, OR THAT IS YOUR TIME, HAS CONCLUDED IN OUR GROUP, WAS, UH, FORWARDED TO, UH, THANK YOU CARLOS. HI, FOLKS. MY NAME IS FERNANDO, COMMUNITY LAWYER WITH, OR IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL THIS EVENING. UM, ALSO, UH, HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND COALITION. UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR DRAFTING THIS LETTER, UM, AND TO THE COMMISSION FOR AGENDA. AND CONSIDERING THE LETTER SUBMISSION TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, THIS LETTER, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WE ALL KNOW AND ARE AWARE THAT THIS LETTER COMES AT A VITAL MOMENT AS OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE, UH, UNDER ATTACK, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AS WELL WHO ARE KIND OF PLACED INTO THIS GROUP AND ARE CRIMINALIZED. UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, I APPRECIATE THIS COMMISSION'S COMMITMENT AND SENSE OF URGENCY IN CONSIDERING THIS LETTER. UM, I'M ADDITIONALLY GRATEFUL THAT THE LETTER HAS INCLUDED OUR LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND, COALITION'S, LONG BEACH VALUES ACT RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS OUR ONE PAGER, WHICH REALLY IS MORE OF A TWO-PAGER, IF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN IT. UM, AND I ASK THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER, UM, UH, I ASK THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE LETTERS DRAFTING AND LENGTH TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL CONFUSION OUR CITY DECISION MAKERS MAY HAVE. UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE COALITION'S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. UM, I KNOW THERE'S ALSO SOME OVERLAP THAT I'LL NOTE THERE TOO. AND SO, UH, JUST A LITTLE WARY OF, OF THAT. I KNOW OUR CITY COUNCIL CAN GET CONFUSED IF A LOT IS THROWN AT THEM. AND SO JUST NOTING THAT, UH, AS A POTENTIAL CONCERN, UM, AND ALSO FLAGGING, UH, THAT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE OPPOSED TO A SEPARATE LETTER IF THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT TO BE A MORE SUITABLE OPTION GIVEN, UM, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THE LETTER. SO JUST OPENING THAT, THAT UP AS AN OPTION IF THE COMMISSION PREFERS. UM, REGARDING THE GOAL TO AGENDIZE THE, UH, AT THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UM, I JUST HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, UM, THAT OUR COALITION IS HOPING TO AGENDIZE, UM, OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT IN MAY, UM, TO PROVIDE TIME TO MEET WITH CITY DECISION MAKERS AND GARNER THE SUPPORT NEEDED, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ADOPTED INTO THE POLICY. UM, SO JUST, UH, WANTING TO ENSURE STRATEGIC, UH, COORDINATION TO PROVIDE OUR SHARED ADVOCACY, THE BEST PLATFORM TO PUSH THE CHANGE OUR CITY TRULY NEEDS TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. UM, AND I ONCE AGAIN, JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. UM, IT WAS NOTED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A HISTORY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING, AND THAT IS TRULY APPRECIATED. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE LETTERS, UH, SUBMISSION TO THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. [00:50:02] GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK SUPPORTING THIS ISSUE THAT WE KNOW NEEDS A LOT MORE ATTENTION. I REPRESENT THE LONG BEACH AREA PEACE NETWORK. WE'RE ONE OF THE SUPPORTERS OF THIS RES, THE RESOLUTION THAT MANY OF US WORKED ON FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF HOURS. MORE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER HAVE COME TOGETHER IN A UNIQUE WAY TO COME UP WITH SOME VERY SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS. AND WE DIDN'T HEAR SOME OF THEM TODAY THAT WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. I'M WONDERING IF YOU ALL SAW THAT RESOLUTION THAT WE SENT. IT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE RESOLUTION TYPE LANGUAGE, AND IF YOU TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT IT, THE ONE THAT CONCERNS US MOST RIGHT NOW IS, UM, THE NOTIFICATION, THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT IS SO CRITICAL AND JUST A LIFESAVER FOR SO MANY. SO I PLEASE TAKE ANOTHER GOOD LOOK AT THAT. WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE, UH, I THINK WELL-WRITTEN SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. UM, AND AS A REMINDER TO OUR COMMISSIONERS, WE CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, TODAY, UH, BUT, UH, WE'RE NOW GONNA PASS IT OVER TO COMMISSIONERS. SO, UH, NOW IS A COUNT TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS. UH, WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE AND ALSO OUR CITY ATTORNEY WHO SPECIALIZES IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, UH, FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UM, WHO'S HERE AS WELL. UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, REPRESENTATION FROM OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UM, SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS TO BE HAD, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY POSE THEM TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, UH, AND ALSO TO OUR AD HOC MEMBERS, AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE. UM, SO WITH THAT, LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT, UM, I DON'T, I THINK I'M IN THE WRONG SCREEN, BUT DR. LA I WANNA THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR COMING TO SHARE, UH, THEIR THOUGHTS, UH, EXPERIENCES, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THIS IN GENERAL, THE BROADER ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION, UM, IN THIS COUNTRY. I ALSO WANNA THANK THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR PUTTING FORTH SUCH COMPREHENSIVE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT I WANNA UPLIFT FOR, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING THIS BODY IN PARTICULAR, MYSELF OUT. UM, UH, AND I ALSO HAVE, UM, TWO RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK I COUNTED TWO, THERE MIGHT BE THREE. I'LL, I'LL LOOK AT MY NOTES HERE. UM, THEY'RE MINOR, SO I HOPE THEY COULD BE ADOPTED AS FRIENDLYS IF THIS BODY IS OPEN TO SPECIFICALLY IF, UH, THE FOLKS WHO, WELL, I WAS A SECONDER, SO IT WOULD BE THE FIRST, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR SCHULTZ. BUT IN TERMS OF THE AREAS THAT I WANT UPLIFT UNDER CITY EFFORTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES, IT DOES STATE THAT THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION EIGHT DASH THREE THREE ALREADY PLACED THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AMONG JURISDICTIONS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ADOPTING STRONG LAWFUL PROTECTIONS FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHILE MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. UH, SO I WANNA APPLAUD THAT IT REFLECTS THE VALUES OF THE CITIES, AND IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF FROM A CRITICAL STANDPOINT. 'CAUSE I'M A, I'M AN EDUCATOR, ALTHOUGH I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THAT WE CAN DO, AND IT'S ALL RELATIVE. UM, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. THIS RECOMME IS AN EXAMPLE OF MORE THAT WE, WE CAN DO. UM, NUMBER TWO, UH, UNDER THAT SAME SECTION, IT SAYS THE SHIELD PLAN. SIDE NOTE, GOOD JOB IN CREATING AN ACRONYM FOR THIS, AND I'M NOT SURE WHO, WHO CREATED THE ACRONYM, BUT PUT PUTTING ALL OF THE, THE, THE VALUES RESPECTING HERE UNDER AN ACRONYM REFERRED TO AS SHIELD TO PROTECT, UH, IMMIGRANTS, WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT AS IMMIGRANT ALLIES AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE FROM IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE OUR OWN PROTECTING MECHANISMS. SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL. UH, THE PLAN DOES NOT REPRESENT A DEPARTURE FROM EXISTING CITY PO POLICY. RATHER, IT FORMALIZES STANDARDIZES AND STRENGTHENS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM ACCOUNTABILITY TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTATION SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE CONSISTENT APPLICATION ACROSS ALL CITY SYSTEMS. AND I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THAT LAST CLAUSE HERE, APPLICATION ACROSS ALL [00:55:01] CITY SYSTEMS. I'LL GO BACK TO THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. UH, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT IT STRENGTHENS ALREADY EXISTING CITY POLICY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE UPLIFTED. UM, SO MY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND MAYBE I SHOULD FRAME THEM MORE AS QUESTIONS FOR NOW, BUT UNDER THE TASK FORCE SHOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATION FROM, I'M WONDERING IF THE INSTITUTIONS, THEY'RE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, LBCC, SO LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH, COULD ALSO BE PARTNERS, UH, IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN THESE TASK FORCES. UH, SO IT IS A QUESTION OF WHETHER THIS BODY'S OPEN TO, AND SPECIFICALLY THE FOLKS THAT PUT, UH, PUT THESE FORTH, UH, I THINK LBCC, IF WE HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE. I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO, BUT IF WE HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE, LB C'S HAS AN ELECTED BODY. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, UH, FOR ME, A REALLY GOOD FIT. CAL STATE LONG BEACH IS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION, DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN ELECTED BODY, BUT BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC AND IT'S RIGHT IN OUR, IN OUR, IN, IN THE JURISDICTION THAT, UH, IS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, IT WOULD MAKE A, A, A REALLY KEY PARTNER, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND IMMIGRANT ADJACENT. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS MIXED FAMILIES, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP. SO THAT WOULD BE A WONDERING PERHAPS IN A FEW MINUTES, TRANSLATED INTO A FRIENDLY. AND THEN, UM, UNDER ITEM FOUR, LEMME GIVE YOU THE, YEAH, IT'S ITEM FOUR. UM, IT SAYS, DEVELOP A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING AND RESOURCE STRATEGY TO EXPAND THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND, RAPID RESPONSE COMMUNITY STABILIZATION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. I'M WONDERING IF THAT SECTION CAN BENEFIT FOR SPECIFIC GOALS THAT WE, ON A TARGET RATIONALE OR EMPOWER THIS, THESE TASK FORCES, UH, OR FORCE TO COME UP WITH SPECIFIC GOALS AND RATIONALES FOR THOSE GOALS. I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THAT ALL THE MORE STRONGER. AND THEN FINALLY, SOMETHING THAT I, I THINK ACTUALLY, I KNOW THIS COULD BENEFIT FROM UNDER SECTION FIVE, STRENGTHEN DATA MINIMIZATION AND PRIVACY PROTECTIONS. AI IS EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, IT'S A SMALL ADDITION, BUT A POWERFUL ADDITION BUILT UPON THE CITY'S EXISTING DATA PRIVACY GUIDELINES BY ADOPTING ENHANCED CITYWIDE DATA AND AI MINIMIZATION GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS DESIGNED TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY EXPOSURE TO SENSITIVE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND STRENGTHEN LAWFUL DATA STEWARDSHIP. SO THAT, AND I, I, YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE IS POWERFUL. I THINK THAT COVERS THE EMERGENCE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH AI, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF OF IMMIGRATION. SO THOSE ARE, UH, THOSE ARE MY, MY UPLIFTING OF PIECES IN THIS RECOMMENDATION. VERY STRONG AND COMPREHENSIVE. AND THEN, UH, TWO, WHAT DID I, DID I GET THAT NUMBER RIGHT? TWO THREE RECOMMENDATIONS. YEAH. YEAH. THREE RECOMMENDATIONS. CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM FOUR AGAIN? SURE. LEMME GO BACK TO MY NOTES HERE. SO, GOALS AND RATIONALE, LIKE SHOULD, SHOULD WE INCLUDE, AND I COULD, I COULD FINESSE THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT. SO MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION TO THE BODY, UH, FIRST BEFORE WE MOVE FORTH, IF WE MOVE FORTH WITH A, A KEY RECOMMENDATION HERE SHOULD INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT PUTS IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC GOALS. LIKE IT SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, IDENTIFICATION OF ONGOING BUDGET ALLOCATIONS. SHOULD WE INCLUDE WHAT THOSE PROPOSED BUDGET ALLOCATION SHOULD LOOK LIKE? SHOULD WE PUT A LANGUAGE OR SHOULD WE PUT A LITTLE BIT BROADER TO GIVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM, DEPENDING ON A GIVEN BUDGET CYCLE? AND I THINK THE INCLUSION OF KEY GOALS, RIGHT, CAN MAKE THIS STRONGER. RIGHT? IF THIS MOVES FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL TO ENTERTAIN THIS. COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. LARA. MM-HMM . UM, ON ITEM ONE, I SEE COMMISSIONER DOCKERY, UH, YOUR HAND WAS RAISED. IS YOUR HAND RAISED FOR THIS ITEM? YES. YES. OKAY, COOL. SO GO AHEAD. UM, SO I WAS READING THROUGH THIS LETTER, AND I BELIEVE IN THIS IMMENSELY. OUR CITY IS LOOKING AT AN $80 MILLION DEFICIT. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHEN I GO THROUGH THIS, AND IT'S ASKING THE CITY, THE CITY WOULD NOT EVEN GIVE THIS COMMISSION MONEY IN THEIR LAST BUDGET. I WANNA KNOW WHERE WE THINK WHEN WE GO AND ASK FOR THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING ISSUES OR, OR REQUEST IN THIS LETTER THAT WE'RE GONNA SEND TO THEM. I WANT TO KNOW, DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN IDEA WHERE WE MIGHT ASK THEM TO GET THESE FUNDS FROM TO DO THIS? YES. SO FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, IT'S REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT CREATE A FUNDING STRATEGY IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THOSE FUNDS. UM, WE KNOW THAT THE, [01:00:01] THE CITY DOES HAVE A LOOMING $80 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT. THE MONEY IS NOT THERE. UH, THERE'S NOT EXPECTED TO BE ANY ONE-TIME FUNDS THIS YEAR. SO IN ORDER TO WORK AROUND THAT, INSTEAD OF JUST ASKING FOR MORE MONEY, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY TO CREATE A FUNDRAISING STRATEGY, UM, TO IDENTIFY THROUGH WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, UH, AND, UH, THE, A POTENTIAL AVENUE IS THE LONG BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTING NEIGHBORS FUND, UH, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT COULD GO TOWARDS THESE INITIATIVES. SO IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY DON'T HAVE IT, LET'S LOOK OUTSIDE THE CITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN BRING IN ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. NOW, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IF WE'RE GONNA SEND THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, DO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, ARE THEY GOING TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR COUNCIL PEOPLE AND THE MAYOR AND, AND, AND TRY TO, TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS? I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR EVERY SINGLE COMMISSIONER TO ANSWER. UM, BUT I DEFINITELY AM, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR THIS COMMISSION, I BEGGED THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR MONEY FOR THIS COMMISSION. AND I FELT LIKE AT ONE POINT IN TIME, I WAS THE ONLY ONE BEGGING FOR MONEY THAT WE COULD GET FUNDING FOR THIS COMMISSION. I THINK WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE ENGAGED WITH, WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE AND OUR MAYOR. AND IF WE MOVE THIS FORWARD, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THIS, I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS. I HAVE READ THROUGH ALL THIS AND I BELIEVE IN THIS, BUT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, IT'S GONNA TAKE MONEY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THE, THE GENTLE CALL IN. UH, IT IS OUR DUTY TO ADVOCATE, UH, FOR THE SPECIFIC, UH, LETTERS THAT GO TO CITY COUNCIL SO THAT THEY'RE HEARD AND TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND THEN IMPLEMENTED. UM, AND THAT IS THE CALL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CALL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO WOULD LIKE TO, TO SPEAK? COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY? GO FOR IT. IT'S REALLY MINOR AND IT'S JUST FEEDBACK. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY WITH WHAT YOU'VE WRITTEN IN THE LETTER. I THINK THE LETTER'S GREAT AND I SUPPORT IT. THERE'S JUST FORMATTING INCONSISTENCIES. UM, AND IF WE'RE GONNA SEND THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, LIKE I WOULD JUST LIKE IT TO LOOK PROPER. I DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN, BUT I CAN MARK MY PAPER AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE AND YOU GUYS CAN FIX IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 'CAUSE THERE WAS LONG HOURS IN LATE NIGHTS THAT WENT INTO THIS LETTER, SO YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALRIGHTY. UM, I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL COMMISSIONERS, AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK CITY STAFF FOR BEING, UM, READY AND PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UH, WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO A VOTE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE. I WANTED CLARIFICATION IF COMMISSIONER LARA'S SUGGESTIONS WERE CONSIDERED A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, AND IF SO, DOES VICE CHAIR SCHULTZ, UH, PROVE THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS? I CAN FORMALIZE IT INTER FRIENDLY, I THINK I, I, I HEAR. THANK YOU, UH, MADAM CLERK, UH, FOR, FOR THE NUDGE TO FORMALIZE THIS FOR PROCEDURE'S SAKE. SO I WILL FORMALIZE MY FRIENDLIES AND I WELCOME ANY MEMBER OF THE STAFF. I HAVEN'T DONE A FRIENDLY IN A WHILE, SO SOMETIMES YOU FORGET THE PROCESSES. SO IF I MISSPEAK SOMEONE, PLEASE, UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I CAN, I CAN ADJUST MY LANGUAGE ON THE SPOT. UM, SO IF, UH, VICE CHAIR SCHULTZ, IF YOU ARE OPEN TO THESE FRIENDLIES, I RECOMMEND THAT WE INCLUDE AS BULLET POINTS LBCC, SO LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CAL STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH AS TASK FORCE PARTNERS, UM, IN SECTION TWO, OR BEAR WITH ME. SO THAT'S ONE, ONE PIECE. AND IN ITEM FOUR, UNDER THE FIRST BULLET POINT, IDENTIFICATION OF ONGOING BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND GOALS NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN LEGAL DEFENSE, ET CETERA. AND FOR SECTION FIVE WHERE IT SAYS CITYWIDE DATA, I WOULD INCLUDE [01:05:01] AND AI MINIMIZATION. AND MAYBE WE SHOULD SPELL THAT OUT. SO THERE'S NO, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PARENTHESES AI, WE JUST HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL WITH LANGUAGE HERE. OKAY, SO I WOULD DO THAT. UM, DO YOU NEED ME TO REPEAT THIS MADAM CLERK, OR ARE WE, WE WE'RE FINE. WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT. AND, UH, VICE CHAIR, UH, DO YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY? I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ACCEPT THAT, UH, FRIENDLY. AND, UM, IF THE CLERK WOULD'VE AMEN. MY MOTION. OKAY. AND I SECOND IT SO I ACCEPT MY OWN FRIENDLY. OKAY, SO , I MAKE A MOTION, WE APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENTS. OKAY. SO SINCE IT WAS, UH, POSED AS A FRIENDLY AND THIS, UH, ORIGINAL MAKER AND SECONDER APPROVE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE, UM, AS AMENDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CLERK. NOW, ONLY IF IT OKAY. AND THANK YOU IT TEAM FOR GETTING THE TABLETS UP AND RUNNING. COMMISSIONER BUTLER, I CAN TAKE A VERBAL, YEAH, , I'M SORRY. I CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VERBAL INSTEAD FROM YOU. TRAIN IS FLYING TRICK. I WILL TROUBLESHOOT YOUR TABLET AFTER. PERFECT. I SEE YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED AS AMENDED. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR JOINING US, UH, AND, UH, COMING ALONG ON THIS JOURNEY. UM, SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL, UH, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS THIS. AND TO COMMISSIONER DOCKERY'S POINT SINCE THIS PAST CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, Y'ALL, THE ADVOCACY STARTS NOW. UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. ITEM THREE, [3. 26-54503 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Disability Data and Community Survey from the Citizens’ Advisory Commission on Disabilities.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY FROM THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. GOOD EVENING. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? CAN I GET A MOTION? AND SECOND BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRESENTATION, BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER LARA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY. GRETCHEN, WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING A MOMENT WITH, UM, SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS COMMISSION HERE IN THE CITY. I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WORK EFFORT. I'M GONNA TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, UH, FROM OUR COMMISSION ON DISABILITY AND BRING YOU UP TO DATE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, YEAR AND A HALF. UM, AND IT, IT SHOWS SOME OF THE EFFORT THAT YOU ARE, UH, PROCEEDING WITH, UM, WITH YOUR CURRENT EFFORT. SO, UH, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY, OR THE DISABILITY SURVEY. IN SHORT, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ALANA. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS TO DO IT. ONE IS WE HAVE NO DATA ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITY HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. AND WE BELIEVE AT LEAST 10%, IF NOT MORE, OF OUR RESIDENTS, UM, LIVE WITH A DISABILITY. SO IT'S A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND OUR COMMISSION IS TASKED TO SUPPORT POLICY AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR LEADERSHIP. AND IT'S DIFFICULT IF WE DON'T HAVE DATA REGARDING OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S UNUSUAL. CITIES DON'T DO THIS. WE'RE ONE OF TWO HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND OURS IS FAR MORE, UH, IN DEPTH THAN THE ONE THAT WAS DONE IN SAN JOSE A FEW YEARS AGO. SO IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL, UH, FOR US, AND IT'S THE FIRST EVER. AND MAYBE IN MY LIFE, WE'LL BE THE ONLY ONE THAT, UH, WILL BE DONE. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TOUCH AND GET RESPONSES FROM AS WIDE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, AND YOU ALL CAN HELP US DO THAT. UM, OUR GOALS [01:10:01] ARE TO COLLECT PERSON-CENTERED DATA. AND WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME THROUGH CONSENSUS MEETINGS AND THROUGH WORKING WITH STRATEGIC PARTNERS TO COME UP WITH, UM, SIMPLY 30 QUESTIONS. UH, WE STARTED OUT WITH OVER A HUNDRED. WE WANTED EVERYTHING, AND WE SIMPLIFIED IT. IT TAKES ABOUT 12 MINUTES TO DO IT EITHER IN ON PAPER OR ONLINE. AND THROUGH THIS, WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS, THE BARRIERS, AND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY HERE IN LONG BEACH. AND WITH THAT, DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING. THIS IS A CLASSIC SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES LIVING WITH ONE OR MORE DISABILITIES AND HAVE NEVER HAD A WAY TO EXPRESS AND DESCRIBE THAT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. SO WE WANNA INFORM OUR CITY LEADERSHIP, UM, IN A USEFUL, PRODUCTIVE WAY TO AMEND AND CREATE POLICIES, PROGRAMS, UH, THAT ENSURE FULL PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSIVE ACCESS. RIGHT NOW, WE DO IT IN MORE OF A REACTIVE WAY. AS WE SEE THINGS HAPPENING, WE AS A COLLECTIVE BODY OF EXPERTS RESPOND AND TRY TO PROJECT. GRETCHEN, WE'VE LOST YOUR AUDIO. CAN YOU HEAR US? IF WE CAN HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. WE LOST YOU FOR A MINUTE. OKAY. UM, QUESTION IS, WHO SHOULD TAKE IT? ANYONE WHO COMES TO THE CITY, WHETHER YOU LIVE OR WORK, ATTEND SCHOOL OR JUST SPEND TIME HERE, SHOULD TAKE THIS BECAUSE WHOEVER INTERSECTS WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SOCIAL SURROUNDS SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITY. SO THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE AND WE WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS THIS. ALSO, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF DISABILITY GROUPS. SOME PEOPLE JUST THINK OF PHYSICAL OR VISIBLE DISABILITIES, AND THEY ARE HERE AND PRESENT AND IMPORTANT. UH, FOR SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF, AN OLDER ADULT, UH, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE AGING INTO DISABILITY. AND SO THOSE THAT HAVE A FALL RISK, THAT'S A DISABILITY, WE WANNA HEAR FROM THEM. THEY'RE ALSO THE COGNITIVE AND INTELLECTUAL, UM, DISABILITIES, AUTISM, A DHD, THAT TYPE. UM, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL AGES FROM BIRTH UNTIL OLDER THAN ME. UM, WE HAVE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES. AND SO THAT'S THE WHOLE MENTAL HEALTH. UM, EXCUSE ME. UM, MIX THINGS LIKE SOBER LIVING, PEOPLE WHO ARE AGING WITH SOBRIETY AND, UH, THE SENSORY, UH, UH, CONDITIONS LIKE HEARING LOSS AND, UM, VISION. EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO GET A, A, A GLASS OF WATER. I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, DISABILITIES THAT AREN'T VISIBLE, AND THAT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR FOLKS. SO AGAIN, WE THINK OF IT MORE IN PHYSICAL TERMS, AND THAT'S REALLY THE DEFAULT. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AI EARLIER. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITIES IS ALL THE, UH, MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PREJUDICE THAT'S EXISTS IN ALL THE DATA THAT'S BEING, UH, SEARCH. AND AGAIN, THERE'S THIS USUAL, UH, DEFAULT TO VISIBLE AND USUALLY PHYSICAL, UH, DISABILITIES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SHOULD CONSIDER TAKING IT, AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY, UM, BE INVOLVED WITH. SO I HOPE YOU, UH, HELP US WITH THIS NEXT SLIDE. UM, WE'VE USED CITY RESOURCES TO HELP REACH OUT. ONE IS, UH, THE LIBRARY. SO LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY IS [01:15:01] ALREADY READY TO ROCK TO HELP PEOPLE EITHER IN PAPER FORM OR ONLINE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY IN ONE OF OUR FOUR CITY LANGUAGES. IT'S ON ALL THE, OUR LB TRANSIT, UH, BUSES ON THE INSIDE. IT GIVES PEOPLE THE QR CODE AND THE, UH, LINK SO THAT THEY CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE, UM, SURVEY THAT THEY WOULD, UH, LIKE TO TAKE IN THEIR LANGUAGE. ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, UH, INFORMATION THROUGH LONG BEACH PUBLIC UTILITIES. OUR UTILITY BILLS WILL, UH, BE INCLUDING THE INFORMATION ON THE SURVEY. UH, PLUS WE ARE GOING TO, UM, TABLINGS GATHERINGS, UH, PRESENTATIONS JUST LIKE THIS, THIS EVENING AGAIN, UH, TO REACH OUT AND CONNECT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. UH, NEXT SLIDE. UM, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO RESPOND. UM, SO THE MORE RESPONSES WE HAVE, THE BETTER THE SURVEY WILL BE. AND EACH OF YOU MAY HAVE A GREAT IDEA, AND IF YOU WILL LET ALANA KNOW, UM, HOW WE CAN, UM, TOUCH BASE WITH A COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE CONNECTED WITH, THAT WOULD BE OUTSTANDING. NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION. WE HAVE A LITTLE PACKET THAT WE CAN EMAIL YOU. UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT. AND WITH THAT, AH, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS'LL WORK. IT'S POSSIBLE. I, THERE'S A TWO MINUTE VIDEO HERE THAT WE MADE. WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS HERE IN, UH, CITY HALL, IN THE CIVIC CHAMBERS, UH, SHOWING THIS. SO I DON'T THINK IT'LL, I DON'T THINK IT'LL RUN, ALANA, I'M SORRY FOR THAT. IT'S VERY WELL DONE. UH, LBTV CREATED IT FOR US, AND, UM, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW IN THIS VENUE FOR SOME REASON. YEAH, I KNOW. I'M SORRY. SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION, AND, UM, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY, UH, THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS, CONSIDERATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, BEFORE WE GO TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, UM, WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE. NOW, IF CALLING IN, SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, SO WE'LL NOW GO TO COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION. UH, AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A RECEIVING FILE, SO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, UM, FOR GRETCHEN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THEM. COMMISSIONER FLORES, GRETCHEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY. UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SENT THIS, UM, QR CODE TO THE LOCAL CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, MAY WE DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. UM, MY LETTER TO THEM IS GOING OUT TOMORROW, BUT MORE IS BETTER. AWESOME. SO GO FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. COMMISSIONER DOCKERY AND THEN COMMISSIONER BUTLER. I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AND, AND THE WAY, UM, SHE HAS BROKEN THIS DOWN, UH, ABOUT DISABILITIES, AND IT'S NOT JUST PHYSICAL. I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD. I THINK ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO BE, OR WE NEED TO HAVE ON OUR RADAR IS THAT THERE IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IN THE STATE OR IN THE CITY, I THINK IT'S THE STATE OR MAYBE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT MINIMIZING LAWSUITS REGARDING DISABILITY LAWSUITS AND, AND NARROWING IT DOWN WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE, LIKE REALLY PHYSICALLY DISABLED. SO I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP OUR RADAR ON THAT. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, THIS, UM, THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU [01:20:01] SO MUCH. THANK YOU. HI. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, THE INFORMATION, I FOUND IT TO BE VERY HELPFUL. AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I JUST TOOK A PICTURE OF THE QR CODE AND I, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM HOW EASY IT IS TO PULL UP THE SURVEY. I ALREADY HAVE IT ON MY PHONE RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST THAT EASY TO DO. AND SO HOPEFULLY, UM, EVERYONE WILL PULL IT UP AND WE'LL COMPLETE IT SO THAT WE CAN COLLECT ALL OF THE DATA THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DE LEON, AND THEN COMMISSIONER SAMUEL WEILL. YEAH, THANK YOU GRETCHEN FOR JOINING US AND, AND FOR THE PRESENTATION. REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE, I THINK IT'S GREAT WHEN COMMISSIONS TALK TO EACH OTHER, . AND SO WE SHOULD DO MORE OF THIS. UM, ONE, UH, ONE QUESTION AND ONE COMMENT, UM, QUESTION. UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW OFTENTIMES WITH SURVEYS AND WITH DATA, UM, THEY'RE EVEN MORE POWERFUL WHEN IT'S NOT JUST A POINT IN TIME, BUT THAT WE HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR DATA OR OTHER INSTANCES, UH, OF THE DATA BEING COLLECTED. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE, UH, PREVIOUS, UH, SURVEYS, QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE, UM, AROUND DISABILITY DATA THAT, UH, WE HAVE IN THE CITY, UM, THAT WE CAN COMPARE TO WHAT WE GET FROM THIS? UM, OR, UM, IS THERE, UH, A PLAN TO GATHER ADDITIONAL, UH, DATA, UM, WITH THIS AS THE BASELINE IN THE FUTURE? MAYBE I'LL STOP THERE AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT AFTER. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. UH, THIS IS THE FIRST EVER, THERE IS NO DATA IN THE CITY, SO THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP, AND WE'VE CONSTRUCTED IT SO THAT IF THERE WERE, UH, THE WHEREWITHAL, UM, SOME MODEST RESOURCES, WE COULD DO THIS AGAIN. SO IT'S A POSS A STRONG POSSIBILITY. UM, I'M WORKING NOW WITH SOME COMMUNITY GROUPS TO FOLLOW UP WITH ONE OF THE CONCEPTS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND CONSENSUS BUILDING, UH, PROCESS TO FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEWS, UH, AND FOCUS GROUPS TO FLESH OUT MORE OF THE DETAIL, UH, THAT WE COULDN'T ASK IN A 30 ITEM, UH, SURVEY. SO, UM, I GUESS WHAT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE THROES OF TRYING TO GET THE FIRST ONE DONE WELL, UH, AND THEN, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY BE NUDGED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS TO TRY AND REPEAT IT AGAIN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. IF I MAY JUST, UH, EXPOUND ON CHAIR SWANSON'S RESPONSE, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY DOES COLLECT, UM, DISABILITY DATA AS PART OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS. UH, ANYTIME WE DO A, A STAFF SURVEY THAT'S PART OF OUR EQUITABLE DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES, UM, HOWEVER THAT HASN'T BEEN AGGREGATED, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE DOING WITH THIS DISABILITY DATA COMMUNITY SURVEY. UM, AND THEN ALSO CAPE COD RECEIVED $60,000 FROM, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO FUND THIS INITIATIVE. AND SO WHILE THIS IS SOMETHING WE HOPE TO REPEAT, WE DEFINITELY, UH, HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN BE USED, BUT ARE GONNA DEFINITELY NEED RESOURCES TO CONTINUE THIS EFFORT AS, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR DATA WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED AND UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF OUR DISABILITY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. AND FOR MY SECOND PART, I, I SPLIT MY TWO PARTER . SO FOR MY SECOND PART, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS WHERE WE'LL BRING PEOPLE BACK, UM, IN THE FUTURE, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL DATA, ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I'D BE REALLY CURIOUS, UH, WHEN THIS, UH, PROCESS IS DONE, UH, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST GAPS THAT FOLKS ARE FACING? AND MAYBE THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF GAPS BASED ON VISIBLE OR INVISIBLE DISABILITIES. UM, DIFFERENT, UH, LIKE DIFFERENT DISAGGREGATED IDENTITIES MIGHT BE FACING PARTICULAR BARRIERS, UM, IN INTERSECTION WITH THEIR, UH, DISABILITIES. SO I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED FROM AN EQUITY LENS, UH, AS YOU ALL GO FROM RESULTS INTO POTENTIALLY RECOMMENDATIONS IF WE COULD BE A PARTNER AT THAT STAGE AS WELL. SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PURPOSE IS REALLY TO GET AS MANY SURVEY RESPONDENTS AS POSSIBLE, GET AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL DEFINITELY HELP WITH THAT. AND THEN I THINK IN THE COMING MONTHS, UM, I'D BE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR HOW WE CAN THEN AMPLIFY THE MOST IMPACTFUL, UH, CHANGES, UH, THAT MIGHT EMERGE IN THE CITY BASED ON THIS. SO JUST A COMMENT AND, AND A LOT OF APPRECIATION HERE. WELL, I'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, TH THAT'S TERRIFIC. UH, THE INTERSECTIONALITY ISSUES, WE'RE JUST WAITING TO SEE HOW THAT ALL EMERGES. AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS WHERE A NICE, UH, COLLABORATION, UM, WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AND YOU ALL CAN DO SO MUCH OTHER AND MORE THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, TERRIFIC, UM, FROM SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MANY OTHER POINTS OF VIEWS. SO, YEAH. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. [01:25:01] COMMISSIONER SAMUEL WEILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, GRETCHEN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY WHEN I, I HEARD YOUR, UH, THE, THE BEGINNING PART WHEN YOU SAID THERE WAS NO DATA, I WAS KIND OF APPALLED. I WAS LIKE, WAIT, MY GOD, THERE'S NO DATA. YOU KNOW, SO, UH, POTENTIALLY THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS IN OUR, IN OUR CITY THAT ARE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING ANY RESOURCES, UM, IN RELATION TO THEIR DISABILITIES AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY, UH, TYPE OF, UM, UH, DISPARITIES THAT THEY'RE FACING. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY'S COMMENTS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST, UM, BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT THERE ARE, THAT THEY DO CARE AND THAT THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS, UM, SOME RESOLUTION TO, TO THE PROBLEM. UM, I MYSELF AM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY FROM LIVED, UH, WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTIONALITIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAD MENTIONED SOBER LIVING. PEOPLE ARE FACING MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES AS WELL AS ADDICTION. UM, AND THAT IS, UM, ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, A PARENT AND, YOU KNOW, IN OUR, IN OUR, OUR OUR OLDER COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO ARE FACING DISABILITIES. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. UM, BY CHANCE, DO YOU, ARE YOU, UM, FAMILIAR WITH ANY STRATEGIES CURRENTLY THAT, UM, KNOW THAT ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE ANY A DA ACCOMMODATIONS REACH THESE RESIDENTS OR OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE FACING SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONALITY, UM, RELATED, UM, STRUGGLES? WELL, UM, THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND, UM, AND JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, HAS TO DO WITH REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION IN THE PRIVATE HOUSING SECTOR. UM, PEOPLE ARE, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ANECDOTAL, UH, REPEATED ANECDOTAL, LOTS OF ANECDOTES REGARDING PEOPLE'S FEAR OF BRINGING UP THE NEED FOR LIGHTING, UH, RAILS, UM, PROPER STEPS, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, DESIGNATED PARKING, ALL OF THESE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN COMMUNITY, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE INTIMIDATED THAT THEY MAY, UM, HAVE THEIR RENT INCREASE, YOU KNOW, THE HARASSMENT AND SO ON. SO THERE'S A REAL ISSUE THERE. AND THIS IS A FEDERAL, YOU KNOW, AADA A IS UNDER A FEDERAL UMBRELLA, BUT HERE LOCALLY WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO FACE, UM, TREMENDOUS DIFFICULTIES, UM, IN CONTINUING TO REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, LIVING WITH MODEST INCOMES BECAUSE THEY NEED SOME MODIFICATION, UH, NOT JUST FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, BUT THE SENSORY DEFICITS FOR, UM, A VARIETY OF THINGS, UH, UH, CONDITIONS. SO, UM, THAT'S BEEN REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SEE HOW WE CAN CREATE A PATH FORWARD HERE IN THE CITY SO THAT, UM, LANDLORDS ARE INCENTIVIZED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR, UM, OUR FOLKS, UH, WHO LIVE IN THESE PRIVATE RENTAL UNITS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. UM, BY CHANCE, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HOW, UM, OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE FACING DISABILITIES, UM, KNOW ABOUT THEIR A DA RIGHTS? WELL, UM, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS SURVEY PROCESS, UM, AND WHERE FOLLOW UP IS REALLY CRITICAL, UH, AS TO WHETHER PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT OR WHETHER THEY FEEL ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEIR RIGHTS. I, I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S TWO STEPS THERE. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT IN PART, THIS WILL US IDENTIFY. THANK YOU. WELL, I, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, IN THIS INITIATIVE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR COMMISSION. UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I, MYSELF, I COULD SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I, I'M WILLING TO DO AND TO HELP, UM, IN ANY INITIATIVE, UM, TO CREATE A PATH FORWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITIES WHO ARE FACING DISABILITIES. UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE IT. AWESOME. UH, DR. LARA, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, GRETCHEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOUR PRESENTATION AND PUSHING THROUGH. I HOPE YOU GOT THE WATER YOU NEEDED, UH, EARLIER, SO I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT EVEN MORE BECAUSE YOU, YOU POWERED THROUGH THE, THE PRESENTATION. [01:30:01] UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING UP SOME, SOME STATS, UM, THAT I THINK MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR BOTH THE DISCUSSION AND STRATEGY FOR, UM, SURVEY, UH, DISSEMINATION AND COLLECTION. UM, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS BUREAU, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 46,000 RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, WITH A DISABILITY. AND THAT'S ONLY WORKING AGE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS BUREAU. I'M NOT, DON'T, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH HOW IT WAS FRAMED THAT WAY, BUT I'M JUST READING, UH, SOME OF THESE FACTS. UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, DISABILITY FOR THOSE 65 AND OLDER, IT'S ROUGHLY 10% OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. UM, AND FOR THE RECORD, AND SOME ESTIMATES VARY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 450,000 RESIDENTS. SO THAT, UH, FOR THAT FIRST STAT THAT I GAVE, THAT'S ABOUT 7.9% OF RESIDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 65, HALF IS DISABILITY. SO, UH, AND, AND NO WORRIES IF THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. IT'S JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT, LIKE COMING UP, GIVEN THOSE STATS COMING UP WITH A PERCENT A PARTICIPATION RATE, UM, GOAL. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA SURVEY 46,000, BUT, UM, THAT WOULD BE NICE. BUT, UH, HAVING A PARTICIPATION RATE IN LIGHT OF THOSE NUMBERS COULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN FOR FUTURE DISSEMINATION OF SURVEYS, UM, UH, A RANDOM SAMPLE. I KNOW IN THIS PARTICULAR CYCLE WITH SUCH A SMALL WINDOW, WE CAN'T HAVE A RANDOM SAMPLE, BUT GIVEN THE OUTREACH WE'RE DOING, IT'S ANYONE'S GUESS IN TERMS OF WHICH COMMUNITY MIGHT BE OVERLOOKED OR PERHAPS, UH, ONE COMMUNITY WAITED MORE THAN THE OTHERS WHEN IT'S THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR, UH, UH, UH, FORMAT. UH, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START TO HAVE SOME, PERHAPS BENCHMARK DATA, WHATEVER IT MAY YIELD. AND THEN IN FUTURE WITH FUNDING 'CAUSE RANDOM SAMPLE, THOSE, THAT'S HARDER, THAT'S HARDER CHALLENGE. BUT I THINK THE, THAT RANDOM SAMPLE WILL GET INTO MORE ACCURATE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE 46,000 RESIDENTS. AND THEN ONE THING I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THOSE WHO HAVE H-I-V-H-I-V ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT, IS CONSIDERED A DISABILITY. SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND REACHING OUT TO THE CENTER. THE AIDS, I THINK IT'S CALLED AIDS FOOD, UH, LONG BEACH. UH, SOMEONE CORRECT ME IF I GET THAT AIDS FOOD STORE. UH, AND, AND SO MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY THAT CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM, UH, NOT THAT CON, NOT ONLY THE CONNECTION WITH HIV, BUT JUST DISABILITIES IN GENERAL. AND YOU SPOKE MY LOVE LANGUAGE INTERSECTIONALITY. UM, I APPRECIATE YOU UPLIFTING THAT. HAVING THAT INTERSECTIONAL LENS IS SO IMPORTANT, WHICH ALSO SPEAKS TO THE HIV CONNECTION THAT I, I JUST MADE FOR THIS, UH, DISCOURSE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH GRETCHEN. UM, AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE SURVEY. UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR GOING DEEP INTO THAT. YES, WE'RE AWARE THAT THERE'S, UH, OVER, UH, 45,000 PEOPLE. UM, OUR GOAL WAS 4,500 RESPONDENTS. AND, UM, I THINK WE WOKE UP AND REALIZED THAT THAT WAS MAYBE A BIT, UH, MUCH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET, UM, AS MANY AS WE CAN. SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S BIG. AND TO BE, UM, EFFECTIVE AND INFORMATIVE, WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE, UH, ACROSS THIS WIDE SWATH OF INDIVIDUALS AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU DR. RA. ALRIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU GRETCHEN, SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, I FOR ONE, UH, FALL WITHIN, UH, THE POPULATION OF HAVING SOMEONE, BEING A PERSON WHO LIVES WITH A DD. SO I APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL HAVE THAT, UM, HAVE INCORPORATED, UH, NON-VISIBLE DISABILITIES AS WELL. UM, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO, MAYBE, MAYBE THIS IS PREMATURE, BUT I'LL LEAVE THIS UP TO OUR LISTENING SESSION AD HOC. UM, BUT NEXT MONTH WE'RE HAVING A LISTENING SESSION. UH, AND IF YOU HAVE FLYERS OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND TABLE, UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE, UM, FOR Y'ALL TO COME OUT AND DO THAT. UH, 'CAUSE SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE JOINING US, UH, FOR THAT. UH, AND ADDITIONALLY, UH, AFTER YOU RECEIVE ALL OF THE FINDINGS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO SECURE THE DATA, UH, AND MAYBE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOW DO WE FORTIFY THE DATA, UM, BOTH ON A CITY LEVEL, BUT ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL, JUST IN CASE THERE ARE BAD ACTORS, UH, OR, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE ACTIVELY TARGETING THOSE MOST, UM, THOSE MOST VULNERABLE. UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE LIKE OUR, THE DATA IS, IS CORRUPTED, UM, OR GIVEN TO THE WRONG [01:35:01] AGENCY. AND THEN TARGETED, UH, TO, HOW DO YOU SAY, HAVE SERVICES REMOVED, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THIS, THIS COUNTRY IN DIFFERENT STATES. UH, SO I JUST WANT TO THINK ABOUT PROTECTION OF THE PRIVACY OF THE DATA THAT IS BEING COLLECTED. UM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND I, I HOPE THAT WE CAN MEET YOU IN PERSON IN THE FUTURE. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO A VOTE. AND THIS IS A RECEIVING FILE. COMMISSIONER DOCKERY, I CAN TAKE A VERBAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. AND GRETCHEN, IF YOU'RE STILL HERE, THANK YOU AS WELL. UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU, OH, WAIT, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I SEE THERE'S A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HERE. UM, ARE YOU WILLING, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR YOU JUST ATTENDING? OKAY, COOL. COOL. 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, WE CAN MOVE THAT UP. THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. ITEM FOUR, [4. 26-54504 Recommendation to receive and file a report from current Ad Hoc Committees; discuss anticipated Ad Hoc Committees for upcoming projects; and, if appropriate, take action to dissolve or create Ad Hoc Committees.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES. DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, IT'S PRESENTATION TIME. OH, MOTION AND SECOND PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. MOVED BY DR. LAR AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FLORES. UM, SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT, UM, DONE, UH, IT'S GONNA BE PRESENTATION TIME. UM, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE AD HOCS, UH, IF THERE ARE MOTIONS, UH, OR, UM, TO BE MADE. UM, PLEASE MAKE THAT DURING THIS PRESENTATION, UH, AFTERWARDS, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN, UH, WE'LL GO BACK TO DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE OUT. UM, SO, UH, WE, AND I JUST WANNA THANK TONY, UH, FOR GIVING US THE LIST. UH, SO IT'S ALL HERE FOR US. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU. SO , WE, WE'LL GO FIRST WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AD HOC. THANK YOU. UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, UH, MEETING SCHEDULED FOR, UH, THE 20TH OF MARCH, UH, NOON TO ONE WHERE WE'RE INVITING SPEAKERS, UH, AND SUCH MATTER EXPERTS. UH, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME OPEN ASS OUT TO, UH, FOLKS AT THE, UH, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, FOLKS WHO SPECIALIZED IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOLKS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, AS WELL AS BRINGING BACK PROFESSOR MENDEZ. UH, AND SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT ASKS OUT TO JOIN US AT THAT DATE. UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT THE NEXT, UH, KIND OF AD HOC MEETING IS A SPACE FOR US TO, UH, REALLY START TO, UH, KIND OF RUN THROUGH, UM, OUR BATTERY OF QUESTIONS WITH THESE EXPERTS. UM, WE CRAFTED A LIST, UH, DURING OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, UM, ON A SERIES OF QUESTIONS WE WANT TO GO THROUGH WITH EACH OF THE EXPERTS. UM, AND THEN COMING OUTTA THAT, OUR HOPE IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE ENOUGH TO, UM, THEN, UM, ASK FOR AN UPCOMING MEETING, UH, THAT WE CAN PRESENT, UH, THE RESULTS, UM, IF WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED ANOTHER ROUND WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WHO MIGHT ADD ANOTHER MEETING, UM, TO DO THAT. UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO MAKE AT LEAST A SUBSET OF, UH, UH, TAKE A SLICE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LANDSCAPE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL. UM, OUR ORIGINAL TIMELINE WAS, UH, TO DO SO SOME TIME THIS SPRING SO THAT WE CAN GET A RECOMMENDATION OUT, UM, BY THE SUMMER. AND SO I THINK WE'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR THAT. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WITHIN IT IS EXTREME WEATHER, AND WITH A LOT OF THE EXTREME HEAT THAT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH EVERY SUMMER HERE IN LONG BEACH, I THINK IT ALSO MIGHT END UP BEING VERY, UM, UH, SEASONABLY APPROPRIATE, UM, FOR US TO BRING, UH, SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AT THAT TIME. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER FOLKS WANNA SHARE ANYTHING. WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF ASKS OUT AND WE MAY HAVE SOME NEW UPDATES. YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK TO THAT, UH, I MET WITH, UH, CHIEF, UH, JAKE HEFLIN, UM, UH, LAST WEEK. UH, AND HE SAID HE'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, TO SPEAK WITH US AND ATTEND A MEETING, UH, UM, TO, WITH EYE ON THE EQUITY LENS ON, UM, THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE ASPECT. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY BETTER IN THE, IN THE CITY THAN [01:40:01] CHIEF HEFLIN THAT CAN HELP US WITH THAT. AND CAN YOU REMIND US, CHIEF HEIN IS THE CHIEF OF, HE'S A BATTALION CHIEF, UH, WITH THE, THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT. COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GENERALLY IS, UH, HE, HE'S KIND OF THE, THE, UH, UH, NOT THE FOUNDER OF, BUT, UH, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, HE WAS THE OVERSEER OF THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, TEAM, THE CERT CERT, UH, FOR THE CITY AND, UM, RECENTLY PROMOTED TO BATTALION CHIEF. NICE. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD, HE'S A GOOD GUY. THANK YOU ALL. UM, ON THE AD HOC WHO'S WORKING ON THIS, AND I THINK IT'S PERFECT TIMING, UH, BECAUSE, UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD A HURRICANE COME THROUGH. UH, WE HAD SEVERE RAIN, UH, THIS FALL, OR EXCUSE ME, THIS MONTH IN FE FEBRUARY, WHICH CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGE AND FLOOD. UH, AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RECEIVED ITS FIRST, UM, TORNADO WARNING, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT WE RECEIVED. SO, UM, I'M GLAD THAT THIS AD HOC IS LOOKING AT EMERGENCY, UH, RESPONSIVENESS, UH, AND, UH, HAVING ALL THE CORRECT CONVERSATIONS NECESSARY BECAUSE, UH, ALTHOUGH THE EXPERTS ARE DOING IT, IT'S VERY GREAT THAT, UM, AS COMMUNITY, WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD, UH, TO BE EVEN MORE PREPARED. UM, SO THANK YOU ALL. UH, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR AD HOC FROM THE COMMISSION OR, ACTUALLY, NO. UH, THAT WILL BE DURING THE, THE DISCUSSION PORTION. OKAY. UM, SO NEXT, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE BIPOC PRESERVATION AD HOC. OKAY. I'LL TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT ONE. UM, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS MONTH, OUR, OUR, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE DOES. BUT, UM, LAST WEEK I HAD A MEETING WITH ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM, UM, BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY, REALLY CLEAR ON HOW WE COULD EFFECTIVELY IMPACT THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE, UM, RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS OF THE ARTWORK AND THE MURALS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS DETERMINING WHO THE OWNERS OF THE ARTIFACTS ARE. BECAUSE WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THE ACTUAL OWNER IS, THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW WHO'S ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, FOR THE RESTORATION OF THOSE PIECES. AND WE, WE, WE REALLY WANNA DEVELOP SOME DEFINITE PROTOCOLS TO INCLUDE CLARIFICATION OF LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH MURAL AND EACH ARTIFACT. AND, UM, BY DOING THAT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP ESTABLISH A BUDGET FOR THE RESTORATION AND, AND FOR THE RESTORATION OF THESE PIECES WHEN THEY ARE DEFAMED IN THE CITY, THERE IS A PROCESS. RIGHT NOW, INCIDENTS ARE REPORTED TO, UM, HOLD ON JUST A MOMENT. MY CHEAT SHEET. . SO CURRENTLY THE GO LONG BEACH APP IS USED TO REPORT DEFAMATION INCIDENTS, BUT AFTER AN INCIDENT HAS BEEN REPORTED, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO TO ESCALATE THOSE REPORTS TO BECAUSE THERE'S NO CLEAR PROCESS IN PLACE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THEM. OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY WHO THE OWNERS ARE AND ULTIMATELY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THEM. UH, THE, THE ARTS COUNCIL IS WILLING TO SUPPORT ANY EFFORTS BY THE CITY TO RESTORE THE, THE MURALS AND THE ARTIFACTS. BUT ONE CHALLENGE THERE, UM, I I THINK OF ONE INCIDENT IN PARTICULAR. ONE MURAL WAS PAINTED OVER WITHOUT CONSULTING THE ARTS COUNCIL OR THE ARTIST MM-HMM . AND THAT LED TO SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THAT PIECE. AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE THE DAMAGE SITUATION. WE WANNA LOOK FOR A WAY OKAY. TO COUNTERACT THAT. UH, AND THERE ARE SOME MORE RECOMMENDATIONS SUCH AS DEVELOPING AN ADVOCACY COMMITTEE TO, SO THEREFORE, I MEAN, BY THAT WE CAN INTERACT WITH PUBLIC WORKS, [01:45:01] PARKS AND REC, URBAN PLANNERS, CITY GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY ARTS COMMITTEE, AND NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND TALK INSTEAD OF JUST ONE PERSON OR, OR ONE COMMITTEE OR ONE ASSOCIATION GOING OFF TRYING TO HANDLE THIS ON THEIR OWN. WE WANNA SEE A CONCERTED EFFORT MADE. UM, LET'S SEE. AND THEN WE, WE WANT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC SYSTEM, SO WE KNOW WHO AND HOW TO ESCALATE INCIDENTS WHEN THEY OCCUR, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE CHASING OUR TAIL. AND MY POSITION IS THIS, I WANNA MAKE I, AND OUR COMMITTEE, WE WANNA, WE WANNA BE A CHANGE AGENT. MM-HMM . OKAY. BUT OUR HANDS ARE KIND OF TIED UNTIL WE GET ANSWERS TO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. SO OUR COMMITTEE IS GONNA MEET LATER THIS MONTH, AND, UM, THE ARTS COUNCIL IS WILLING TO MEET WITH US ALSO AND WORK WITH US. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. DURING THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE OUR LETTER WITH OUR REC RECOMMENDATIONS PREPARED TO PRESENT IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION AT THAT TIME. AND WE ARE, UM, LIKE I SAY, WE'RE CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATING WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, THE ARTS COUNCIL IN PARTICULAR, 'CAUSE THEY'RE ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. UH, LIZETTE MAY WANT TO ADD SOMETHING. YES. UH, WE WANTED TO, UM, PROPOSE SUBMITTING A DRAFT OF THE LETTER MM-HMM . AT OUR MAY MEETING, BECAUSE NEXT MONTH IS OUR LISTENING SESSION. SO IF THAT WORKS. YEAH. OKAY. IT TOTALLY AGREE. AND I, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE THE LONGER IT TAKES, IT, IT'S BEGINNING TO DECREASE THE COMMUNITY'S MORALE IN THIS AREA, AND IT, IT INCREASES THEIR LEVELS OF FRUSTRATION AND AGGRAVATION. MM-HMM . AND WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A HIGH LEVEL ACROSS THE BOARD OF AGGRAVATION MM-HMM . AND PEOPLE ARE JUST UPSET AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE ANYTHING'S GETTING DONE. AND WE WANNA BE, WE WANNA CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE. WE WANNA BE THE CHANGE AGENT. OKAY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BUTLER AND THE AD HOC. UM, I ALSO JUST NEED TO GIVE Y'ALL YOUR FLOWERS, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE, SEVERAL MONTHS TO LAND THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND COMMISSIONER BUTLER, I APPRECIATE YOUR INITIATIVE, UH, TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE FORMULATED IN THE PAST, UH, HAVE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO BRING FORWARD TO THIS COMMISSION. SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL AND, UH, I'M, I'M STANDING RIGHT WITH YOU WITH THOSE PHONE CALLS. I'M GETTING THE PHONE CALLS, , I'M GETTING THE, THE EAR PULLED BY SOME OF MY ELDERS, UH, ON THIS, ON THIS MATTER. AND SO, UH, I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE, THE HEART WORK, UH, THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO, UM, BRINGING THIS LETTER FORWARD. UM, AND YOU DEFINITELY HAVE MY SUPPORT TO AGENDIZE THE LETTER FOR ME. UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT DOESN'T COME AS A DRAFT, BUT A FINAL DRAFT OR A FINALIZED LETTER. UM, THAT WAY IF WE HAVE ANY, UM, FEEDBACK, UM, IT CAN BE DONE ON THE SPOT AND IF NOT, IF THE FULL COMMISSION DECIDES THAT IT NEEDS TO COME BACK, WE CAN MAKE THAT DEC DECISION. BUT, UM, I DEFINITELY TRUST YOU ALL, UM, IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, THAT YOU BRING FORWARD TO THIS COMMISSION. UM, NEXT IS GOING TO BE THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AD HOC. SO WE, AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, WE DID BRING THAT TODAY . AND SO I THINK VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE, UM, WORK, UH, CHAIR COVINGTON, VICE SCHULTZ, UH, COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE AS WELL, UM, WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WAS VERY INVOLVED AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. UH, WE ARE EXCITED AND ALSO HOPEFUL, UM, BECAUSE THE WORK THEN COMES TO, TO COUNCIL, UM, WHEN WE GET BACK TO WHEN WE FINISH THE REPORT OUTS, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DISSOLVE, UH, ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT. ALRIGHT. UH, NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE THE MOTION AND NOW I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO DISSOLVE THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AD HOC. ALRIGHT. AND WE HAVE TO GO TO COMMISSIONER FLORIS. DO YOU ACCEPT, UH, THE AMENDMENT? YES. ACCEPTED AND DR. LARA? YES, I ACCEPT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION ON THIS. AND IF THERE ARE FURTHER [01:50:01] CONVERSATIONS OR QUESTIONS TO HAVE, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THAT IN A SECOND. UH, AND LAST BUT NOT VERY LEAST, OUR ECONOMIC STABILITY LISTENING SESSION. PLANNING COMMITTEE. YES. AT AD HOC. THANK YOU. WE ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE LISTENING SESSION COMING UP ON ECONOMIC STABILITY AT OUR NEXT MEETING. AND, UH, WANNA THANK TONY, OUR LEADER, OF THE TEAM, UM, AS WE PUT TOGETHER, UM, THE PIECES TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. CONTINUE OUR SUCCESS TRACK RECORD ON THESE LISTENING SESSIONS. UM, WE HAVE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS COMING TO SPEAK TO US FOR 10 MINUTES EACH. THEY WILL, THEIR PRESENTATIONS WILL NOT BE ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, BUT MORE SO ABOUT THE TOPIC. OKAY. THE FIRST ONE BEING LA KATA, WHICH IS, UM, COMMISSIONER NOLAN'S ORGANIZATION, LONG BEACH WIND FOOD FINDERS AND LIBRE LIBRE, UM, PROMOTES HOUSING AND TENANT ISSUES OR THEY SUPPORT THOSE ISSUES. UM, WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING TO FINALIZE THE AGENDA AND FLYER FOR THAT FOR DISTRIBUTION NEXT WEEK. SO STAY TUNED FOR THOSE FLYERS SO THAT YOU CAN SEND THEM OFF TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE PLEASE TO SHARE WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS. THE FLYER WILL BE EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST, LAST LISTENING SESSION, EXCEPT OF COURSE, THE DIFFERENT QR CODE AND TIME AND FRAME, ET CETERA. UM, WHAT'S PENDING IS THE COORDINATION OF LOGISTICS. IF WE CAN ASK YOU ALL TO BE HERE AT 5 5 15, THE LATEST TO HELP SET UP SNACKS AND BE PART OF THE GREETING COMMITTEE, THAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL. UM, THAT GREETING TIMEFRAME IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONCE WE COME IN AT SIX O'CLOCK, OUR MEETING STARTS, WE WILL NOT HAVE, BE ABLE TO HAVE THE 30 MINUTE MIXER THAT WE HAD LAST TIME. UM, WE'RE ALSO FINALIZING THE QUESTIONS, UM, HOPEFULLY ON MONDAY WE'RE MEETING AGAIN AND THE FLYER WILL BE TRANSLATED AND THE, UH, MEETING AGENDA AND FLYERS WILL BE DISSEMINATED ACCORDINGLY. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL SEE IF THE QUESTIONS FOR THE DISCUSSION. GOT IT. BUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR UPDATES AND PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES. I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. UH, AND WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE. NOW, IF CALLING IN, SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, WE'RE NOW GONNA GO TO COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION. SO IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AD HOCS, NOW IS THE TIME. OKAY. UH, SEEING NONE, I HAVE A COMMENT FOR THE ECONOMIC STABILITY, UM, AD HOC, UM, WE STILL, AS A COMMISSION, WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, UH, LIKE $8,000 LEFT. UM, SO IF THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS, UM, UH, FOR LIKE THE OUTREACH AND GETTING THE WORD OUT, UM, PLEASE DO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH TONY. IF I'M NEEDED. UM, LET ME KNOW. UM, BUT PLEASE DO CONSIDER, UH, THERE ARE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT. UH, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY A LINE ITEM IN OUR, UH, REQUEST TO CITY COUNCIL, WHICH THEY ROLLED OVER OUR FUNDS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT THEY DID IT FOR US. UM, AND SO WE CAN UTILIZE THE FUNDS FOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF, OF OUR LISTENING SESSIONS. UM, YEAH, THAT WAS THE ONLY ADDITION THAT I HAD FOR THIS, UH, FOR THE AD HOCS. SEEING NO MORE, UH, WE CAN CONCLUDE AND GO TO A VOTE. COMMISSIONER BUTLER, I CAN TAKE OVER BOTH. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND AS COMMISSIONER FLORES HAS MENTIONED, UM, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK [01:55:01] OUT FOR YOUR EMAILS, UH, SO THAT WHEN THE OUTREACH MATERIALS ARE READY, WE CAN DO OUR ROLE AND SEND IT OUT TO OUR NETWORKS. UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW, UM, THE OFFICE EQUITY IS ALSO GONNA DO THEIR PART, UM, TO PUT OUT THE WORD TOO. AND SO THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT SUPPORT. UM, WHICH TAKES ME TO OUR LAST ITEM, UH, MADAM CLERK. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION [5. 26-54505 Recommendation to receive and file a monthly update from the Office of Equity.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO RECEIVE AND FILE A MONTHLY UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY. ALRIGHT, UM, WAITING ON THE MOVE THEN. SECOND LAURA, DR. LAURA AND MONTGOMERY, THANK YOU FOR MOVING AND SECONDING. , UH, WE ARE GONNA GO TO THE PRESENTATION. TONY. GREAT. HI ALL COMMISSIONERS. GOOD AFTERNOON OR EVENING. UM, I'LL START BY DELIVERING A MESSAGE FROM COMMISSIONER SHA MALONE, WHO HAS ASKED ME, WHO'S ABSENT TODAY, AND HAS ASKED ME TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT THE APRIL MEETING WILL BE HER LAST MEETING AS THE COMMISSIONER, AS SHE WILL BE MOVING TO PORTUGAL. UM, SO I WANTED TO, TO PORTUGAL SO WE CAN, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE A DISCUSSION DURING THE DISCUSSION PART. UM, I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT MARCH 27TH, 29TH IS THE LONG BEACH, UH, UH, THE 2026 ABILITIES EXPO AT THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER. UM, HALLS B AND C, UH, AS WE HEARD FROM OUR PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY, IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO GET ACCOUNTED. SO THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY IS OPEN NOW THROUGH MAY 1ST, 2026. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND, UM, QR CODE WITH ALL OF YOU SO YOU CAN DISSEMINATE THAT THROUGH, UH, WITH YOUR NETWORKS AND SUPPORT THE CAPE COD COMMISSION ON COLLECTING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. UH, ALSO IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SUBMIT YOUR CULTURAL HOLIDAYS AND SERVICES TO OUR CULTURE AND HERITAGE CALENDAR. UM, WE'RE STILL GATHERING INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT CALENDAR MORE ROBUST AND GATHER MORE INFORMATION FROM THE C THE CITY'S, UH, COMMUNITY. AND THEN, UH, QUICK UPDATE. UM, THIS IS FROM OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE INTERPRETATION BOOTHS IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBERS, SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS MAKES US THE FIRST MUNI MUNICIPALITY TO HAVE, UH, INTERPRETATION BOOTHS. UM, HENCE ENFORCING AND REINFORCING OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY DURING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. UM, AND THOSE ARE, ARE UPDATES FOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TONY. UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE A RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL ON STAR NINE. NOW, IF CALLING IN, SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL NOW GO TO COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. NOT YET, SEEING NONE, UM, WE CAN GO TO A VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, WE'RE NOW GONNA GO TO GENERAL [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Equity and Human Relations Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE, ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA, UH, ITEMS, PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE PODIUM. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE A RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE. NOW IF CALLING IN, SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, SO NEXT [ANNOUNCEMENTS] UP WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO IF YOU REMEMBER OUR LAST MEETING, OUR VICE CHAIR CHALLENGED US ALL TO COME PREPARED WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS, UH, AND INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE JOINING US IN PERSON OR JOINING US ONLINE. UH, SO WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BUTLER, GO FOR IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT THE SPEAK UP EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION AND ITS PARTNERS SULLIVAN INTERNATIONAL AND THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE WILL HOST ITS MILESTONE 10TH, MISS SINGLE MOM EMPOWERMENT FORUM ON APRIL THE 18TH AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT MARRIOTT HOTEL IN THE GRAND BALLROOM. UM, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE SPEAK UP EMPOWERMENT [02:00:01] FOUNDATION AND I'M OVER THE MOON HIPPOPOTAMUS. HAPPY AND PEACOCK PROUD TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION. UH, THE REASON THIS EVENT IS SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT IS OUR MO PRE MOTHER'S DAY GIFT TO THE SINGLE MOTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE DO NOT CHARGE THE ATTENDEES, NOT EVEN ONE PENNY, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO GO ONLINE AND REGISTER. AND THE REGISTRATION IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WE FEED THEM LUNCH, NOT A BROWN PAPER SACK SANDWICH LUNCH, BUT AN ACTUAL THREE CHORD SIT DOWN MEAL THERE IN THE GRAND BALLROOM. UH, THE DAY IS COMPLETE WITH SPEAKERS, EXPERT SPEAKERS ON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS DESIGNED TO HELP THEM ELEVATE TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF SUCCESS IN THEIR PROCESS, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. OF COURSE, I HAVE ONE OF THE FLYERS HERE WITH ME TODAY, ONE OF THE FLYER INVITES, AND I WILL BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SHARE THEM, SHARE IT WITH YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME TO POST IT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA BOARDS, TELL ALL OF THE SINGLE MOTHERS THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. AND WELCOME COMMISSIONER NOLAN. HE WILL HAVE ONE OF HIS, HE WILL HAVE HIS GROUP THERE IN ATTENDANCE WITH US THIS YEAR, AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THEY'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR SPONSORS THIS YEAR, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER DOCKERY. WELL, I'LL GO THIS WAY AND THEN COME BACK THIS WAY HERE. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW I ATTENDED A TOWN MEETING WITH OUR CITY COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN, DOUG DUGGAN, UM, THIS WEEK. AND THERE SOME, A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING. AND NOW THAT THE OLYMPICS ARE OVER IN, IN, IN ITALY, UM, IT'S ALL FOCUSED ON HERE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, SOME GAMES IN, IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THE OTHER THING THAT I, AND I I, I APOLOGIZE THAT I DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS, UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF GOING ON WITH THE COLORADO, COLORADO LAGOON, UM, THE SECOND STREET BRIDGE AND, UM, AND STUDEBAKER STREET AND SECOND STREET ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S GONNA AFFECT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. AND, UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO GO TO THE COUNCILMAN'S WEBPAGE BECAUSE SHE'S PUT UP A LOT OF DETAILED INFORMATION AND WHAT THE CITY IS DOING, AND, AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME FRUSTRATION I CAN TELL YOU. BUT THESE ARE PROJECTS. I WORKED FOR COUNCILWOMAN SUSIE PRICE MANY YEARS AGO, AND THESE PROJECTS WERE STARTED THEN, AND NOW THEY'RE KIND OF COMING INTO FRUITION. BUT I JUST WANNA SAY, SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, PUTTING THIS OUT IN THE, IN THE SKY IN THE ATMOSPHERE, MAYBE WE CAN GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE OLYMPICS COMMITTEE SO WE CAN LEARN ABOUT ITS EQUITY, UM, PROCESSES. UM, SO SOMETHING TO MAYBE ASK OUR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I THINK WE HAVE ALL. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. LARA. UH, THANKS FOR CREATING THIS SPACE FOR, FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, WE HAVE, UM, THE TRANSGENDER DATE OF VISIBILITY COMING UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH, SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH. IT'S AT BIXBY PARK, SCHEDULED FOR 12 TO FOUR, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORTING, SPONSORING, CO-SPONSORING THIS EVENT. UH, ALSO OUR MAYOR, ALSO AN INSTITUTION, THE LONG BEACH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UH, RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY TEAM ARE LISTED AS CO-SPONSORS. SO, UH, AND OF COURSE, THE MAIN SPONSOR IS THE LGBTQ CENTER OF LONG BEACH. UH, HOPEFULLY SEE MANY, IF NOT ALL OF US THERE SUPPORTING OUR TRANSGENDER AND BROADER LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, COMMISSIONER BUTLER. I, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT INCLUDE THE FACT THAT OUR EVENT HAS THE SUPPORT OF OUR MAYOR AND MY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHO'S ALSO OUR VICE MAYOR, UH, ROBERTO ORANGA AND THE HONORABLE TONY ORANGA WILL BE THERE TO PROVIDE GREETINGS TO OUR AUDIENCE FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GONNA MOVE ON TO THIS SIDE. SO, UM, I WAS GONNA ANNOUNCE TRANSGENDER VISIBILITY , UM, BUT, UM, SO LONG BEACH PRIDE, UM, UH, IS HAVING THEIR DIVERSITY LGBTQ PLUS JOB FAIR, MARCH 7TH FROM 10:00 AM TO [02:05:01] 2:00 PM UM, AT THE LONG BEACH PRIDE HEADQUARTERS, UM, THAT IS LOCATED OFF OF OBISPO 1 0 1 7 OBISPO AVENUE, UM, SUPPORTED BY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CINDY ALLEN, AS WELL AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. UM, AND ALSO IF YOU, UM, OR ANYBODY THAT YOU KNOW, IS LOOKING TO BECOME A VENDOR OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A CBO THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE PRESENT AT LONG BEACH PRIDE THIS YEAR, THE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW LIVE ON THEIR WEBSITE. UM, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START FILLING THOSE OUT. THERE IS A, UM, EARLY BRIDGE SPECIAL HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO TABLE OVER THE WEEKEND, UM, NOW'S THE TIME TO DO IT. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. UM, THIS IS FOR ALL, UM, DISTRICTS, AND THAT IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A SCREENING, WHICH IS A FUNDRAISER ABOUT THE LIBRARIAN, WHICH IS A, UM, DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE BANNING OF BOOKS IN OUR COUNTRY. AND THANK YOU, TONY, FOR SHARING THAT WITH ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S ON APRIL 16 AT THE ART THEATER FROM FIVE TO NINE, AND ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE 12 LIBRARIES, SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CITY. SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FLORES AND I HAVE SEEN THE DOCUMENTARY, I SAW IT AT Q FILMS THIS YEAR, UH, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT'S A VERY MOVING, UM, DOCUMENTARY AND IT ACTUALLY WON AN AWARD, UH, AT Q FILMS. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS IMPORTANT FILM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER NOLAN. UM, I, I REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND SUPPORT OUR PRIDE COMMUNITY BECAUSE BE THEY HAVE LOST SO MUCH FUNDING, CORPORATE FUNDING IN THIS CITY, AND LAST YEAR WE ALMOST DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A PARADE. AND I JUST WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT COULD HELP, UM, AND SPONSOR OR, OR GET INVOLVED, UM, I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AWESOME. ALRIGHT, VICE CHAIR SCHULTZ. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. . JUST KIDDING. UH, GREAT, GREAT TO HEAR. I'M, I'M GONNA GO SEE A DOCUMENTARY AND, UH, GO GET FREE LUNCH AT THE MARRIOTT. UH, I JUST WANTED PLACES TO GO AND, AND HANG OUT. SO, UM, UH, FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, UH, THE FIGHTING FIVE, THE AWESOME FIVE, THE VERY STRETCHED OUT DISTRICT, UM, UH, I SPOKE WITH, UH, THE COUNCIL OFFICE TODAY, UH, AND, UH, THEY REMINDED ME, UH, AND I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, MEETINGS EVERY LAST THURSDAY. UH, COUNCILMAN KERR HOLDS MEETINGS EVERY, EVERY LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. AND BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG DISTRICT, IT GOES BETWEEN THE EXPO ARTS, UM, UH, UH, ON ATLANTIC, UH, AND, UH, TO THIS MONTH IT'LL BE AT, UH, WARDLOW PARK WHERE HER, UM, SATELLITE OFFICE IS, UH, ACTUALLY IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS FROM HER OFFICE. UH, AND, UM, THESE MEETINGS ARE JUST REALLY A, A FASCINATING LOOK AT, UH, THE BACKSTAGE OF, UM, OF LONG BEACH. UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE A POLICE CHIEF THERE, A FIRE CHIEF, UH, THIS MONTH. IT'S PUBLIC WORKS. IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SOMETIMES THE CITY MANAGER'S THERE, YOU CAN TOUCH, FEEL, SHAKE HANDS AND, AND, AND, AND HAVE FACE TIME WITH, UH, WITH THE LEADERS OF OUR CITY. UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, THE NEXT AGENDA IS, UH, IS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS. SO, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON THE LAST THURSDAY, UH, COME JOIN US IN WARDLOW PARK, I'LL BE THERE. UM, AND THEN, UM, UH, FROM AN EQUITY LENS IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, CONFLUENCE RISING, WHO PRESENTED TO US RECENTLY IS HEADQUARTERED IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT. AND, UM, UH, UH, LOOKING AT THEIR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, CONFLUENCE RISING.ORG, AND THEY'VE GOT A REALLY COOL CALENDAR, UH, SECTION WHERE I JUST, I WANT THIS CALENDAR FOR MY WEBSITE. UM, AND THEY'RE HOLDING TRAININGS, UH, UH, ALMOST EVERY WEEK. UH, UM, UH, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO, UM, VISIT THE CONFLUENCE RISING.ORG, UH, WEBSITE. AND, UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I GOT. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR DANIEL. [02:10:02] YEAH, YEAH. QUICK, QUICK, QUICK UPDATES HERE. UM, THERE'S, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH HAPPENING THIS SPRING. THERE'S A TON OF EVENTS GOING ON, UM, IN THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY. WE, UH, HAVE BEEN HAVING A, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCREENINGS ON, UH, SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF LIKE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND ITS INTERSECTIONS WITH COMMUNITIES HERE. UM, AND SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL FIND A FLYER AND SEND IT TO YOU ALL. UM, I DON'T HAVE EXACT TIME ON MY HANDS, HANDS RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REALLY COOL, UH, UH, INTERSECTIONS OF, UH, ARTISTS WHO ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY FOLKS AND COMMUNITY FOLKS LEARNING HOW TO DO LIKE THE FILM TOOLS THEMSELVES, SO IT'S NOT JUST A DOCUMENTARIAN COMING IN AND DOING IT FOR THEM, BUT ACTUALLY PEOPLE KIND OF SHARING THE TOOLS OF, OF ART, UM, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY COMPELLING AND KIND OF PASSES THE MIC. IT DOESN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, SPEAK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE COOL KIND OF FILM AND ART, UH, SCREENINGS COMING UP. I'LL SHARE THOSE AROUND, UH, TO TONY, YOUR STAFF, AND WE'LL PASS IT TO US. REST OF THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELEON. ALL RIGHT, THE HEART OF LONG BEACH. UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, UH, I AM THE PROUD REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVE OF, UH, WE HAVE AN AMAZING NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP, UM, THAT IS HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, UM, MARCH 7TH FROM EIGHT TO 11:00 AM UH, ME AT 21ST AND ATLANTIC ON THE CORNER. UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. UH, I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING SPRING, UH, AND TYPICALLY WITH SPRING COME SPRING CLEANING. UH, SO IT'S THE PERFECT TIME FOR FOLKS IN THE GENERAL AREA TO BRING OUT THOSE LARGE, BULKY ITEMS. UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE GO LONG BEACH APP TO SUPPORT FOLKS IN HAVING THOSE PICKED UP, BUT THE DUMPSTER IS LITERALLY, LITERALLY GONNA BE THERE. SO, UM, PLEASE DO BRING, UH, THOSE LARGE, BULKY ITEMS OR, UM, ANY OTHER KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO GET RID OF FROM YOUR HOME. UH, AND IF YOU ARE FREE THAT, THAT MORNING, PLEASE DO COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER. UM, IT TAKES EVERYONE TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, CLEAN AND LOOKING NICE, AND SO PLEASE, UH, TO COME OUT, UH, AND SUPPORT. UH, AND OTHER THAN THAT, UH, I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DR. SULI SORO, UH, FOR SUPPORTING AND WORKING WITH OUR, UH, SENATOR AND MAJORITY LEADER LENA GONZALEZ IN ADDRESSING THE FATALITIES THAT HAPPEN ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY. I ACTUALLY LIVE, UH, ONE HOUSE AWAY FROM PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, AND IT IS DEFINITELY DIFFICULT TO HEAR AND SEE THE CRASHES, UM, AND READ ABOUT THOSE LIVES THAT ARE LOST, UM, BECAUSE, UM, THE HIGHWAY IS ACTUALLY, UH, MANAGED BY THE STATE, NOT BY THE CITY. UM, AND SO, UH, BOTH, UM, MY CO COUNCIL MEMBER AND OUR SENATOR HAS WORKED TOGETHER TO ADDRESS, UH, THE CONCERNS OF THE, THE SPEED, UH, AND, UM, HOW CONGESTED AND, UH, THE, THE, UM, THE STREET CAN BE, UH, TO MAKE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, BOTH OF THEIR WORKS IN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FATALITIES, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A DRIVING PROBLEM IN THE CITY, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT COMES AT THE COST OF THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS, UM, BECAUSE FOLKS ARE DRIVING TOO FAST AND, UM, RECKLESSLY OR ON THEIR PHONE. UM, SO I JUST WANNA THANK EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S WORKING ON THAT ISSUE AND SPECIFICALLY ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY. UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY, UM, MY UPDATE. AND, UH, WITH THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY [ADJOURNMENT] ADJOURN THE MEETING, UH, AT, WHAT IS IT, 8 0 4. THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING. * 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.