Mar 10, 2026 City Council - Revised

PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO YOUR, TO YOUR GOD, AND TO WHOEVER YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE.

BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE LOST SEVEN SOLDIERS BECAUSE OF WAR AND .

WHY? WE ALL KNOW THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

IT'S AN ILLEGAL WAR.

PLEASE STAND YOUR ABLE.

PUT YOUR HANDS OVER YOUR HEART.

READY, BEGIN.

HAVE PLEASURE DEGI TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RELIGIOU AND INCLINATION UNDER GOD IN.

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH PRESENTATION, MR. MOKA.

ALRIGHT, WELL, WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, UH, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND NATIONAL PET MONTH KICKOFF.

WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR

[ Employee of the Month]

HE HAS TAKEN ON ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST COMPLEX AND HIGH PROFILE INITIATIVES AS THE LEAD FOR THE PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES.

WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

SO WE TONIGHT ARE RECOGNIZING THE EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF 2026.

SO WE'LL ACTUALLY START, UH, WITH, UH, AN EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

JORGE GODINEZ.

JORGE HERE.

JORGE IS OUR MANAGER OF 2028 GAMES PLANNING, UH, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

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HE'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB COORDINATING A CITYWIDE TEAM OF APPROXIMATELY 90 STAFF NEGOTIATING AGREEMENTS WITH LA 28, AND KEEPING A DIVERSE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS ALIGNED, INFORMED AND MOVING FORWARD.

HIS ABILITY TO MANAGE COMPLEXITY WHILE MAINTAINING MOMENTUM HAS BEEN CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS EFFORT.

HE CONSTANTLY BRINGS CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE THINKING TO HIS WORK, INCLUDING IDENTIFYING NEW WAYS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES, UH, CAN STRENGTHEN PLANNING AND COORDINATION.

JORGE APPROACHES CHALLENGES WITH A POSITIVE SOLUTION ORIENTED MINDSET AND READILY TAKES ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

HE'S ALSO HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIS COLLEAGUES INVESTING IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND FOSTERING COLLABORATION ACROSS TEAMS. IN ADDITION TO HIS 2028 GAMES LEADERSHIP, JORGE HAS SUCCESSFULLY ADVANCING THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO, UH, UPDATE ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS.

WORK THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD FORWARD.

HE'S, UH, PROVIDES ONGOING SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY ON THE ETHICS COMMISSION DEMONSTRATING A STRONG COMMITMENT TO GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE.

WELCOME UP, JORGE.

WOOHOO.

GOOD FOR YOU.

NEXT UP, UH, ANOTHER GREAT EMPLOYEE TO RECOGNIZE NICK ERO, OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SO NICK HAS SERVED AS DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS.

HE BEGAN ON THE LITIGATION TEAM WHERE HE SUCCESSFULLY TRIED NUMEROUS HIGH.

THERE HE IS HIGH, UM, EXPOSURE, EMPLOYMENT AND CIVIL RIGHTS CASES.

IN FALL 2024, HE JOINED THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL TEAM ADVISING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AS LEAD ATTORNEY FOR NUISANCE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS.

HE HAS LED THE OFFICE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S LASER TEAM, WHICH COMBINES CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO ADDRESS CHRONIC, CHRONIC PROBLEM PROPERTIES THAT DRIVE CRIME, DESTABILIZED NEIGHBORHOODS AND STRAIN CITY RESOURCES.

IN 2025, NICK WAS DESIGNATED AS THE LEAD ATTORNEY ADVISING THE CITY ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS, CHANGES TO FEDERAL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AND PROTOCOLS, ENGAGING WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES, WHILE ALSO COORDINATING THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OTHER CITIES TO CHALLENGE FEDERAL ACTIONS IN COURT.

HE HAS MONITORED MORE THAN 500 CASES IN A RAPIDLY INVOLVING LEGAL LANDSCAPE AND HELPED THE CITY JOIN AND SUPPORT CASES AFFECTING LOCAL INTERESTS.

NICK HAS BUILT STRONG PARTNERSHIPS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF TO DEVELOP PROTOCOLS THAT PROTECT CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS WHILE REMAINING OBTAINING ACCESS TO CRITICAL FEDERAL FUNDING.

HE'S ALSO PARTNERED, UH, PARTICIPATED IN CITYWIDE TRAININGS TO HELP STAFF UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE AND THE CITY'S RESPONSE THROUGH HIS HIGH QUALITY WORK PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH AND, UH, AND COLLABORATIVE NATURE.

NICK HAS BUILT TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS DEPARTMENTAL CLIENTS.

WE'RE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE NICK AS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

WAY TO GO.

NICK, YOU BRING THE FAMILY YOU OF THERE WAY.

NEXT EMPLOYEE IS CASEY LICHTER FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER.

FOUR.

FROM DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

CASEY HAS WORKED IN THE CITY'S 9 1 1 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER SINCE APRIL, 2012, AND HAS SERVED AS A PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER FOR AND SHIFT SUPERVISOR SINCE 2021.

CASEY OVERSEES FIRE COMMUNICATION CENTER STAFF WHO PROVIDE FIRE, MEDICAL AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC.

CASEY IS CROSS-TRAINED, CONSOLIDATED DISPATCHER, AND IS A FULLY SKILLED AND POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS EMD, UH, CALL TAKING PROCEDURES.

SHE PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN TRAINING NEW DISPATCHERS AND HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEVERAL SPECIAL PROJECTS OVER THE PAST YEAR.

SHE'S A RELIABLE AND HIGHLY VALUED MEMBER OF THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

ADDITIONALLY, CASEY HAS ASSUMED THE ROLE OF ACTING COMMUNICATION CENTER SUPERVISOR WHERE SHE EXCELS AT MANAGING PROJECTS, PARTICIPATING IN OPERATIONAL MEETINGS WITH FIRE COMMAND STAFF, SUPPORTING THE TRAINING PROGRAM, AND ASSISTING WITH DISPATCHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

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SHE CONSISTENTLY RECOGNIZES HER TEAM AND PEERS FOR OUTSTANDING WORK WITHIN THE COMM CENTER, FOSTERING A POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT.

HER LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONALISM, AND DEDICATION HAVE HAD A MEANINGFUL AND LASTING IMPACT ON THE FIRE COMMUNICATION CENTER.

PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING CASEY ON THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION AND CONTINUED HARD WORK AND OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS.

DISPATCHERS.

THAT'S COOL.

I READ STAND NEXT TO ME, BUT ONLY IF HE'S SHORTER.

, THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO.

NEXT UP, UH, CARLY, UH, HEDY.

AINO.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? AO ANO ANO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CARLA.

CARLA.

CARLA IS OUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY.

CARLA BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN 2007 AS A BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER WITHIN THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT NETWORK IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY.

IN 2014, SHE TRANSITIONED TO THE HARBOR WORKSOURCE CENTER AS CENTER MANAGER OVERSEEING THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WORKFORCE CONTRACT MANAGING CENTER OPERATIONS, AND SUPERVISING A CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT PROVIDED ADULT WORKFORCE SERVICES, SUCH AS JOB SEARCH, SEARCH ASSISTANCE, RESUME, RESUME REVIEW, INTERVIEW PREP, SUPPORTED SERVICES AND INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNTS.

SHE LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUREAU AS A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER, WORKING ON THE CITY'S SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM, SALES TAX SHARING AGREEMENTS, CANNABIS PROGRAM, MANAGING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT.

UH, MOST RECENTLY, CARLA HAS SUPPORTED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND LEADS THE DEPARTMENT'S WEST SIDE PROMISE INITIATIVE AND HELPS ENSURE DEPARTMENT WIDE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GROW LONG BEACH ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT.

I KNOW HOW TO SAY YOUR LAST NAME.

IT'S BO.

YOU WANNA JOIN US? YES.

GET A PICTURE.

COME.

COME ON JULIAN.

YOU HAVE TO COME TOO, JULIAN.

THREE IN THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.

THANK.

NEXT UP WE HAVE IVAN HERNANDEZ, SERGEANT IN THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT.

SERGEANT IVAN HERNANDEZ, A NATIVE ACAPULCO, MEXICO BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE, WITH THE LONG BEACH HARBOR PATROL IN 2011 AND HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR AND RESPECTED LEADERS IN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH SECURITY DIVISION.

SERGEANT HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ WAS APPOINTED BOAT PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE HARBOR PATROL'S MARITIME PROGRAM AND, UH, PATROL BOAT PROGRAM.

THIS CAPABILITY NEVER EXISTED PRIOR TO 2022, AND SERGEANT HERNANDEZ WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTING A VISION ARTICULATING VITAL MISSIONS, UH, THAT COMPLIMENTED PARTNER AGENCIES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OFFICERS THAT HAD NO PREVIOUS MARITIME EXPERIENCE.

HE COORDINATED A TRAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE ORANGE COAST COLLEGE FOR BASIC SEAMANSHIP ENABLED OFFICERS TO OBTAIN CALIFORNIA BOATING CERTIFICATES AND DEVELOPED AN INTERNAL TRAINING PROGRAM TAILORED TO THE PORTS, PATROL BOATS AND MISSIONS THROUGHOUT HIS LEADERSHIP.

24 7 HARBOR PATROL BOAT OPERATORS HAVE BEEN QUAL 24 HARBOR PATROL BOAT OPERATORS HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED SINCE THE PROGRAM'S LAUNCH.

THESE OPERATORS SUPPORT, UH, MAJOR EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE LARGEST JOINT MILITARY OUT LOAD EXERCISE IN US ARMY RESERVE HISTORY AND THE SAFE RESOLUTION OF THE MV MISSISSIPPI CARGO CONTAINER ACCIDENT.

THE PROGRAM'S FLAWLESS SAFETY RECORD STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO HIS LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT IT WAS BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP WITH NEW OFFICERS, NEW TO BOATING, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS BOATS THROUGHOUT THE PORT.

SERGEANT HERNANDEZ EXEMPLIFIES PROFESSIONALISM, TEAMWORK, AND DEDICATION TO THE PORT AND CITY OF LONG BEACH.

LET'S BRING UP BOATS HERNANDEZ, AND OUR LAST EMPLOYEE IS MARTHA PHILLIPS, PROSECUTOR ASSISTANT

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MARTHA PHILLIPS'S JOURNEY WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH STARTED WITH A SIX WEEK TEMP JOB WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

THAT TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT LED TO THREE YEARS WITH THE HEALTH HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TAUGHT HER ABOUT HOUSING, FOOD INSECURITY AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES.

SHE THEN BECAME A RECEPTIONIST IN THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, BUT THAT ONLY LASTED THREE DAYS BECAUSE SHE WAS QUICKLY HIRED AS A PROSECUTOR ASSISTANT.

TWO DECADES LATER, MARTHA HAS WORKED VIRTUALLY EVERY ASSIGNMENT IN THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FROM PREPARING CHARGING DOCUMENTS TO DISCOVERY, TO HANDLING GANG AND ENFORCEMENT CASES.

SHE NOW HANDLES GRANT PROGRAMS AND CASES ASSIGNED TO THE LASER TEAM.

SHE WORKS CLOSELY WITH SUPERVISING DEPUTY CITY, UH, PROSECUTOR JAMES YOUNG ON LEGAL STRATEGIES TARGETING PUBLIC NUISANCE PROPERTIES AND REPEAT OFFENDERS.

CITY PROSECUTOR DOUG HALBERT CALLS HER AN UNSUNG HERO OF THE OFFICE BECAUSE SHE'S UNASSUMING AND QUIET, BUT EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE AND ALWAYS CARRIES A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

LET'S WELCOME UP MARTHA, YOUR THE WHOLE FAMILY OVER HERE.

ONE, TWO, GOOD JOB.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE MONTHS, UH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US DO THIS, UH, THIS GREAT, UH, CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR FAMILIES, ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THIS GROUP, UH, CERTAINLY HAS FAMILIES THAT LOVE THEM.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS MANY FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

LET'S HEAR FOR ALL THE FAMILIES FOR SUPPORTING THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS.

CONGRATULATIONS AND, AND BEHI ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL NOW GO TO, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL NOW GO TO OUR NEXT

[ National Pet Month Kickoff]

PRESENTATION, NATIONAL PET MONTH KICKOFF.

SO I WANT TO INVITE UP, UH, ASHLEY JONES, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARTNERS OF PARKS, AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND ASHLEY HAS BROUGHT A FRIEND MORE THAN A FRIEND.

THIS IS MY SON GUMBO.

UM, ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE I GET GOING, I JUST WANNA SAY SOME, DID YOU, DID YOU SAY GUMBO WITH A G? GUMBO WITH A G.

NICE.

SO HE IS A LITTLE DIG G AND DEFINITELY ALL THE C FLAVOR HE CREOLE.

OF GUMBO.

UM, SO BEFORE YOU GOING, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT SOME MAY RECOGNIZE ME AS A CITY COMMISSIONER, SO I JUST WANNA STATE THAT I'M SPEAKING IN JUST MY CAPACITY AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARTNERS OF PARKS TODAY.

SO, UM, WE ARE A NONPROFIT THAT IS UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT WE SERVE A CITY DEPARTMENT.

SO WE FUNDRAISE FOR ALL THINGS, PARK, RECREATION, MARINE AND ANIMAL CARE.

AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN REALLY OUTSTANDING AT HAVING A LOT OF EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS THAT FOCUS ON PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT NOT AS MUCH ANIMAL CARE AND MARINE.

SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CUE THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS GUMBO.

THIS IS MY SON.

UM, I'VE TURNED INTO KIND OF A STAGE MOM.

UM, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT ADOPTING A PET AFTER ATTENDING A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND BEING HERE FOR ONE OF THE PET DAYS.

UM, COME HERE BABY , HE'S VERY PEOPLE FRIENDLY, UM, BUT HE IS LONG BEACH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, LONGEST RESIDENT.

SO BEFORE I ADOPTED HIM, HE WAS JUST THERE SHY OF TWO YEARS.

UM, HE IS A LOVER.

HE IS BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO MY LIFE.

AND SO WE ENTERED THE AMERICA'S FAVORITE PET COMPETITION.

HE ENDED UP BEING IN THE TOP 1% OF PETS NATIONALLY.

UM, AND KIND OF JUST INSPIRED BY PARTICIPATING IN THAT.

UM, WE DECIDED TO LAUNCH OUR OWN NATIONAL, UM, OUR OWN LONG BEACH'S FAVORITE PET COMPETITION.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

SO NATIONAL PET MONTH TAKES PLACE DURING MAY.

UM, WE HAVE SOME EVENTS ALL KIND OF LOOPED INTO ONE THING.

SO THIS LONG BEACH'S FAVORITE PET COMPETITION IS GOING TO INCLUDE ALL PETS.

WE'LL HAVE A DOG CATEGORY, A CAT CATEGORY, AND OTHER PETS.

UM, AND WITHIN THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND PROMOTE SOME REALLY GREAT DIFFERENT THINGS WEEK BY WEEK.

UM, THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND GOOD FOR OUR PETS AS WELL, LIKE SPAY AND NEUTERING, MICROCHIPPING REGISTRATION.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME WAYS THAT HOPEFULLY CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WILL BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED.

UM, WE WANNA GENERATE INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT OUR LOCAL PETS IN OUR SHELTER.

SO, OUR GOAL PRIMARILY IS TO RAISE MONEY FOR LONG BEACH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.

UM, YOU KNOW, GUMMA WAS THERE TWO YEARS.

THAT'S A VERY UNIQUE THING FOR A SHELTER TO BE WILLING AND ABLE TO DO.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE PROVIDED FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PETS.

SO HE CAME SPAYED, NEUTERED, MICROCHIPPED, UM, WITH ALL THE THINGS RIGHT, REGISTRATION REQUIRED, UM, AND WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

SO WE'RE INTERESTED PRIMARILY IN RAISING FUNDS FOR ANIMAL CARE VIA THIS COMPETITION.

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SO GETTING MORE PETS ADOPTED.

WE WANNA PROMOTE LONG BEACH SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE SOME DIFFERENT BUSINESSES ON BOARD THAT ARE PET FRIENDLY OR THEIR FOCUS AREAS.

OUR MISSION ARE PET DRIVEN.

UM, INCREASE THE LONG STAY, WE CALL 'EM LONG STAY LEGENDS.

NOW THE, THOSE PET ADOPTIONS.

AND THEN ALSO INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL THE THINGS THEY PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, LIKE THE MICROCHIPPING.

OKAY, SO WE ARE LAUNCHING LONG BEACH'S FAVORITE PET.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE PRIMARILY TAKING PLACE IN THE DIGITAL SPACE.

UM, AND WE HAVE, LIKE I MENTIONED, A DOG CATEGORY, A CAT CATEGORY, AND THEN WE WANNA INCLUDE OTHER PETS AS WELL.

SO IF YOU HAVE A LIZARD, HAMSTER FISH, LIKE WHATEVER BELOVED PET, UH, YOU HAVE, WE WANT YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION.

UM, WE WILL OPEN UP APPLICATIONS SHORTLY.

UM, BUT AT THE END THE GOAL IS TO FUNDRAISE FOR LBAS.

SO ONE VOTE WILL EQUAL $1, AND WE, WE ROLLING OUT THIS COMPETITION STARTING AT THE END OF MARCH, COMPLETING IT AT THE END OF MAY.

SO OUR APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN, UM, MONDAY, MARCH 23RD.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

THERE'S A COUPLE PICTURES OF YOUR PET UPLOADS.

SOME QUESTIONS OBVIOUSLY WE WANT, UM, IT TO BE FOCUSED ON THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.

SO PROVING THAT YOU LIVE IN LONG BEACH.

UM, WE WILL HAVE A SEMI-FINALIST ROUND, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SELECTED BY A GROUP OF JUDGES THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY, WHO ARE SOMEHOW RELATED TO THE PET FIELD.

UM, WILL ANNOUNCE FINALISTS, VOTING WILL CONTINUE.

IT WILL ALL BE BASED ON FUNDRAISING AT THAT POINT.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PET PARTY AND AWARD CEREMONY AT EL DORADO ON FRIDAY, MAY 29TH, UM, WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT VENDORS THERE, TROPHIES FOR THE WINNERS.

UM, AND WE HAVE PARENT AND PET PACKAGES.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY, SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR CONFIRMED SPONSORS.

SO LIKE CHEWY IS DONATING THE REPTILE ZOO, WHICH USED TO BE CALLED PREHISTORIC PETS.

UM, WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND PEOPLE WHO ARE DONATING TO US.

SO THERE'LL BE A FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACE WINNER FOR EACH CATEGORY.

AND THEY WILL HAVE PARENT AND PET PRIZE PACKS AS WELL AS CASH PRIZES.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD, UH, VENDORS.

I'M SAD GUMBO CANNOT COMPETE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE RUNNING DIFFERENT PROMOTIONS.

SO WE'LL BE OFFERING SOMETHING LIKE, RIGHT, LIKE RAISING CANES IS ONE OF OUR SPONSORS.

LIKE, WE'LL GIVE YOU A FREE MEAL AT RAISING CANES IF YOU ADOPT A LONG STATE LEGEND THIS WEEK.

UM, WE WILL BE THE ONES WHO ARE FACILITATING THAT, MEANING PARTNERS OF PARKS AND NOT L BOX.

BUT I AM COORDINATING AND WORKING WITH, UM, MELANIE WAGNER ON HOW ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT.

BUT THESE ARE REFERENCING THE WEEKS IN MAY.

SO WEEKS 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.

SO WE'RE OFFERING INCENTIVES FOR THESE THINGS FOR THE FOUR WEEKS WITHIN THE MONTH.

YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED.

IF YOU CAN WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS.

SO THESE ARE WAYS THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THE COUNCIL, I WANNA HEAR ABOUT THIS ONE.

THESE ARE WAYS THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN BE INVOLVED WITHIN NATIONAL PET MONTH AND HAVE NO TIMELINE FOR US.

UM, SO FIRST KITTY HALL USED TO BE A THING PRE COVID WITH MAYOR GARCIA.

WE WOULD LOVE TO FIND A DATE TO BRING THAT BACK.

AND THEN WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, MAYOR RICHARDSON, UM, COME TO L BOX AND KIND OF CREATE A RE EXCEPTIONAL DAY OF PETS WHERE MAYBE YOU TAKE YOUR MEETINGS FROM THERE, FEATURE SOME OF THE LONG STAY LEGENDS.

UM, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO BE THERE.

IT WON'T BE RE EXCEPTIONAL.

UM, SO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

AND YEAH, I JUST, THE NEXT SLIDE JUST HAS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION, HOW YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US.

GUMBO HAS HIS OWN INSTAGRAM IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.

UM, UH, I THINK THAT'S A EXCELLENT IDEA, .

SO HERE'S THE THING WITH KITTY HALL, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS TO TAKE IT ON 'CAUSE I AM LIKE ALLERGIC TO CAT DANDER.

SO AM I.

AND I DIDN'T USED TO BE AS A KID.

I, I HAD CATS AS A KID.

IT'S SOMETHING I DEVELOPED WHEN I TURN LIKE 35.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN TO THE SHELTER A NUMBER OF TIMES.

HAPPY TO, HAPPY TO HELP, HAPPY TO COORDINATE AN EVENT AT CITY HALL AS WELL.

UM, BUT I THINK FIRST OF ALL, I HAVEN'T SEEN PARTNERS OF PARKS DISENGAGED IN, UH, PET FOCUSED, UH, ACTIVITIES.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP FOR OUR PETS IN LONG BEACH.

LET'S HEAR FOR PARTNERS OF PARKS AND OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASHLEY JONES.

I SEE, UH, EIGHT PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

GOOD.

UM, OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE GUMBO AND WE'LL SEE YOU DURING, UH, THE ENTIRE MONTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I, I DO HAVE FLYERS FOR YOU FOR UPCOMING EVENTS THAT'LL BE DISTRIBUTED.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

FANTASTIC.

IF YOU LEAVE IT WITH THE CLERK, WE'LL MAKE SURE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS GET COPIES.

IS THIS, IS THIS IT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES, WE ALREADY GOT IT.

WE'RE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

LET'S TAKE UP THE CONSENT

[CONSENT CALENDAR (1. – 14.)]

CALENDAR, PLEASE.

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WHEN I READ YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

CHRISELLE DUMBROWSKI, DAVE SHUKLA, JOSH DE LEONE, NO, EMMY, UH, MICHAEL AL.

ANYBODY, IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, COME ON FORWARD.

DAVE.

THANKS DAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON, UH, NUMBER 11.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 11.

I OBJECT TO THIS ITEM, UH, AND I OBJECT TO IT BEING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

UM, THIS CONTRACT, UH, WITH LEXINEXIS IS A PROBLEM.

UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE REGULARLY AGENDIZED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE PUBLIC.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC SCRUTINY DIRECTED AT IT.

UH, I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOU YOUR ATTENTION TO A 2024, UH, ARTICLE IN THE COLORADO LAW REVIEW BY LIZZIE BYRD TITLED LEXI NEXUS CONTRACT WITH ICE AS UNJUST ENRICHMENT.

UH, IT'S GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED, BUT IT ALSO NOTES, UH, THAT, UH, IN 2021, THIS CONTRACT SPARKED PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PRECISELY BECAUSE DHS DH S'S USE OF AGGREGATED BULK PERSONAL AND PRIVATIZED DATA WAS BEING USED IN A SWEEPING DRAGNET ACROSS CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS ALIKE.

UH, IN FACT, UH, AN UNREDACTED COPY OF THE 2023 CONTRACT RENEWAL OF LEXINEXIS UHS CONTRACT WITH ICE, UH, STATED CLEARLY THEIR INTENT.

AND I QUOTE, ICE AIMS TO SURVEIL INDIVIDUALS WHERE NO CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED, UNQUOTE.

SO, YOU KNOW, LEXINEXIS HELPS ICE SURVEIL AND DETAIN AND DEPORT PEOPLE, ORDINARY, DECENT, HARDWORKING PEOPLE.

TODAY, IT'S IMMIGRANTS TOMORROW, WHO KNOWS? IT COULD BE ME FOR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS LIKE ONLY CONGRESS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECLARE WAR.

UM, COULD BE ANY OF US.

AND IT'S PRECISELY THIS BULK COLLECTION OF DATA INTO, YOU KNOW, UH, EASILY SEARCHABLE, EASILY MANIPULATABLE, UH, EASILY TO BE MANIPULATED.

SORRY, ANYTHING COULD BE A WORD.

UM, DOSSIERS, UH, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ANY, UH, ACTUAL RELATION TO REALITY, LET ALONE A PERSON'S CRIMINALITY.

AND SINCE WHEN HAS MANY DIFFERENT FORMS OF CRIMINALITY IN THIS COUNTRY.

BUT, UH, SINCE WHEN HAS DOING SOMETHING CRIMINAL AUTOMATICALLY MEANT THAT YOU OUGHT TO BE, AND THAT WE SHOULD DIRECT RESOURCES TOWARDS BEING, UH, DEPORTING PEOPLE.

I THINK THE CITY OF LONG BEACH NEEDS TO DO BETTER.

I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS TO HAVE A SCREENING POLICY FOR THEIR IN INVEST FOR THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY'S CONTRACTS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY.

UH, IT'S, IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE.

HELLO, COUNCIL AND, UH, MAYOR REX.

UM, I'M MICHAEL.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M SPEAKING ON A COUPLE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, ESPECIALLY, UH, NUMBER 11, WHICH, UH, WAS JUST SPOKEN ABOUT MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I WILL.

UM, I JUST REALLY LIKE, WE HAVE A LONG BEACH ICE OUT OF LONG BEACH BANNER UP IN FRONT OF, UH, UP ON CITY HALL.

THAT'S AWESOME.

UH, WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL CA UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR SAY, ICE HAS NO PLACE IN LONG BEACH, AND HERE WE ARE MAKING A CONTRACT WITH, YOU KNOW, REALLY ONE OF THE EVIL DOERS THAT'S HELPING ICE AND DHS DO THEIR DIRT.

SO THERE'S A REAL INCONSISTENCY IN WHAT WE SAY AND WHAT WE DO AS A CITY, AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE, WHY ARE WE SAYING ICE OUT IF WE'RE GIVING THE COMPANIES THAT HELP ICE DO THEIR JOB MONEY? UM, I KNOW CRITICAL, I KNOW THAT THE, THIS DOESN'T REALLY FIT WITH THE EFFORTS TO HAVE THE EQUITY SCREENING THAT'S MORE ABOUT OUR INVESTMENTS, BUT THIS IS JUST A, A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY SOME SORT OF SCREENING, SOME SORT OF GATEKEEPING NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST CONSENT CALENDARIZING ALL THIS MONEY, UH, WITHOUT REALLY MUCH INPUT TO THESE EVIL COMPANIES.

ALRIGHT, THIS SHOULD, YOU GUYS SHOULD VOTE AGAINST THIS DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE RECOMMENDED AN ADOPTION.

OKAY? FAILING TO DO THAT.

EVEN ONE OF YOU, COULD WE AT LEAST NOT HAVE IT BE ANONYMOUS? I KNOW YOU LOVE HAVING NINE OH VOTES, BUT I MEAN, MAYBE THIS IS A TIME WHERE A FEW OF YOU COULD SAY NO.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SECONDLY, UM,

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ON NUMBER FOUR, SPEAKING OF DHS, THEY'RE GIVING US SOME MONEY.

OKAY? WE LIKE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

THEY'RE GIVING US MONEY FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

ARE THEY PREPARING US OR GIVING US MONEY TO PREPARE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE BIGGEST EMERGENCY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

NOT ONE THAT IS ON THE WAY, LIKE THEY'RE A TSUNAMI IN OUR COUNTRY.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A LITTLE MORE QUIET RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH SINCE TERMINAL ISLAND IS NOT BEING USED AT THE MOMENT AS A HIVE OF DHS AGENTS.

BUT I JUST WONDER WHAT ARE THEY GIVING US MONEY TO PREPARE FOR? HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY IS EARMARKED FOR MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS? IF THE EMERGENCY CAUSES, YOU KNOW, DISRUPTIONS OR THEY HAVE TO DECLARE MARTIAL, NOT HAVE TO DECIDE TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW.

IS THIS MONEY GONNA END UP BEING USED AGAINST LONG BEACH RESIDENTS? THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, AND I HOPE SOMEONE WILL VOTE NO ON SOME OF THESE.

HI, GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'M JUST GONNA ECHO WHAT THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS SAID ABOUT, UH, ITEM 11 AND ITEM FOUR.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT LBPD HAS, DOESN'T HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS, OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UH, NOT ONLY HAVE THEY ILLEGALLY SHARED DATA BEFORE WITH ICE AGENTS, DESPITE, UM, DENYING IT, UM, BUT THEY, I MEAN, THE CHIEF OFFICER RECENTLY BASICALLY ADMITTED TO NOT EVEN WANTING TO KEEP HIS CONSTITUENTS SAFE.

HE, HE, UH, ON, ON THE ONE HAND, THEY'RE TELLING US THAT WE CANNOT COLLABORATE WITH THE, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OR THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY'RE WILLING TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE ILLEGAL AND, UM, ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS THAT THEY, UM, RAISE HERE IN OUR CITY.

UM, THAT SAID, UH, LEXINEXIS, UM, I URGE ALL OF YOU TO VOTE AGAINST IT OR TO, YEAH, TO DECLINE IT.

IT'S THE SAME THING WITH, UH, THE DHS FUNDING.

UH, LEXISNEXIS IS, UM, THEY'VE HAD MANY, UH, LAWSUITS AGAINST 'EM, UM, BEING THAT THEY ARE VERY EXTREMELY INVASIVE.

AND THE SOLE PURPOSE OF LEXISNEXIS IS TO BE INVASIVE AND TO CREATE PATTERNS OF SOMEBODY'S MOVEMENTS.

AND, UH, THE MAJORITY OF, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE TARGETS OF THESE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS, UM, THAT ARE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MANY OTHERS THAT ARE, UM, POSED TO BE A THREAT TO OUR, UH, COMMUNITIES ARE TARGETED AGAINST.

UM, I, OUR UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE VERY DAMAGING.

UM, AND FOR EXAMPLE, FACIAL RECOGNITION.

UM, THEY HAVE HAD MORE ERRORS IN THEM THAN THEY HAVE SUCCESSES.

UM, I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO OVER POLICE OUR COMMUNITY BEING THAT CRIME RATES ARE REPORTEDLY LOWER THAN IN PAST YEARS.

SO THIS ABSOLUTELY WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

UM, ALL THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS MONEY SHOULD BE REALLY, SHOULD BE USED TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT TO POLICE 'EM ANY FURTHER OR CRIMINALIZE THEM.

WE NEED YOU TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LAST SPEAKER SAID, WE HAVE A A SIGN OUT THERE AND WE WERE HERE WHEN YOU ALL SAID, YOU KNOW, F**K ICE.

AND EVERY ITERATION OF THAT TYPE OF STATEMENT.

AND WE NEED YOU TO STAND BY YOUR, YOUR STATEMENTS WITH ACTIONS.

UM, THIS TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION NEEDS TO BE IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC.

I DO BELIEVE THAT IF THE PUBLIC WERE AWARE EXACTLY OF WHAT WAS BEING PASSED ALONG, UM, AND, UH, PAID FOR WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS, THAT, UH, THEY WOULD HAVE A SAY IN IT.

BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY LIKE SLIDE THESE TYPES OF THINGS UNDERNEATH AND HOPE THAT EVERYBODY'S NOT GONNA BE PAYING ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY LBPD.

UM, I MEAN, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY OTHER THAN, UH, F**K ICE AND YOU GUYS REALLY HAVE TO DO BETTER.

ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

UH, GOOD EVENING CON, UH, COUNCIL WAN V MAYOR.

UH, MY NAME IS JOSH DE LEON.

I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR LONG BEACH FOR JUST ECONOMY, BUT I AM HERE IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY AS A CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER.

UH, ITEM 11 AS WELL.

LEXISNEXIS, I THINK THE SPEAKER SHARED A LOT OF THE WHY, UH, COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED.

SO I'LL JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTS BREAKING DOWN WHAT IT IS.

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT IT WAS ON CONSENT CALENDAR.

MAYBE FOLKS AREN'T AS AWARE OF WHAT THE COMPANY DOES.

UH, ALEXIS NEXUS IS A FOR-PROFIT DATA BROKER.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THEIR BUSINESS MODEL IS THE AGGREGATION, UH, OF, UH, WIDE AMOUNTS OF CONSUMER DATA.

THAT MEANS THAT WHAT IT DOES IS OFTENTIMES IT'LL PULL DATA FROM PEOPLE'S, UH, DIGITAL ACTIVITIES, UM, FROM THEIR UTILITIES PAYMENTS, UM, FROM THEIR DEBT LOADS, UH, AND THEN THEY AGGREGATE ALL OF IT TOGETHER.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT LEXI NEXUS HAS DONE IS ACTUALLY ALLOWS, UH, SURVEILLANCE ENTITIES TO LOOK AT NOT JUST PEOPLE'S DATA, BUT ALSO THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS.

SO YOU CAN USE LEXINEXIS TO MAP OUT PEOPLE'S RELATIONAL NETWORKS, THEIR FAMILIES.

UH,

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IF SOMEONE'S IN A MIXED STATUS HOUSEHOLD, YOU COULD USE LEXINEXIS TO IDENTIFY A PERSON WHO WITH, UH, AND WITHOUT, UM, BASED ON THE RELATIONAL NETWORK, IT'S A VERY POWERFUL AND CONCERNING TOOL.

AND, UH, ICE AGREES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT WITH ICE, 11,000 ICE OFFICIALS, UH, USED LEXINEXIS WITHIN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF ITS USAGE.

UM, AND OVER A MILLION DIFFERENT SEARCHES WERE PERFORMED BY ICE USING LEXINEXIS TOOLS.

UM, WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS USE, UH, THEY ENTERED A CONTRACT NUMBERING THE TENS OF MILLIONS IN 2021 AND CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ICE.

UH, TO THIS DAY, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ONE TO PULL IT FROM CONSENT CALENDAR TWO TO ASK HARD QUESTIONS FOR WHY THIS MADE IT ONTO THE AGENDA.

AND THEN THREE TO VOTE AGAINST IT TODAY.

DID SOMEBODY FORGET THIS? OR ANYBODY'S? IF YOU CAN PLEASE LEAVE THAT.

THANKS.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS.

UM, I'M ALSO HERE JUST ECHOING EVERYBODY ELSE THAT JUST CAME UP.

UM, JUST A FEW FUN FACTS ABOUT LEXISNEXIS, UH, ICE HOLES CONTRACT WITH LEXINEXIS IN 2023.

AN UNREDACTED 16.8 MILLION CONTRACT BETWEEN LEXISNEXIS AND ICE.

THIS IS IN 2023.

SO THEY OBVIOUSLY KNEW WHAT THE F**K THEY WERE DOING.

UH, LEXISNEXIS AND ICE SHOWED THEIR INTENT WAS MASS SURVEILLANCE.

I'LL REPEAT THAT AGAIN.

MASS SURVEILLANCE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S ALL YOU GUYS WANNA APPROVE ARE THINGS THAT VEIL US AND, UM, DON'T REALLY DO ANYTHING FOR THE COMMUNITY EXCEPT SURVEILLANCE.

UM, AND THIS IS FOR, UH, OR CONSENT ITEM 11, LEXINEXIS AND ALSO FOR THE DHS.

WHY ARE, WHY IS THIS NOT BEING MADE PUBLIC? WHY CAN'T WE FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY ARE YOU DETERMINING WHAT'S APPROVED AND WHAT'S NOT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? AND THEN COMING OUT HERE AND TELLING US THAT, UH, WITH LIMITED INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS WANNA APPROVE THESE THINGS.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, ICE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU, REX HAVE STATED THAT YOU ARE AGAINST ICE, YET YOU ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH COMPANIES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO ICE AND DHS.

UM, AND THE ONE QUESTION I HAD FOR THE, UM, DHS EMERGENCY FUNDING, UM, WHAT EMERGENCY IS IT? WHAT EMERGENCY ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT? LIKE, CAN WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? CAN THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT EMERGENCY? IT'S A QUESTION.

THIS IS, UH, NOT A BACK AND FORTH, SO PLEASE NO, NO.

I KNOW IT'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THESE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED.

THE PUBLIC DOES NOT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU GUYS ARE APPROVING THINGS, MEASURES, AGENDA, ITEMS IN THE BACK AND COMING OUT HERE AND TELLING US THEY'RE APPROVED.

YOU GUYS WANNA TELL US ABOUT IT.

THE REASON WE COME IN HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB PROPERLY AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN DOING YOUR JOB PROPERLY.

ISOC STILL IS STREETS, AND WE DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE MAKING THESE SWEETHEART DEALS IN THE BACK AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM ON THE GROUND.

SO PLEASE STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ICE AND DHS FREE PALESTINE.

ALRIGHT, I HAVE AL BE THERE.

AND ARE YOU AL BE THERE? NO, I'M CHRIS.

OH, YOU WERE UP FIRST.

COME UP CHRIS.

WELL, 'CAUSE I GOT HERE EARLY IN THE YEAH, NO WORRIES.

MY FOOD.

AND THEN AFTER THAT IS I'LL BE THERE AND THAT'LL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.

UH, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID BEFORE ME.

THEY ARE SURVEILLING, UH, AMERICAN CITIZENS.

PEOPLE ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT ICE.

I HAVE NEVER FELT THIS MUCH TENSION SINCE THE LA RIOTS.

BUT YEAH, THE, SO I I TRIED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

STUFF'S GONNA GO DOWN BECAUSE OF ICE.

THE SECOND THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS THAT AGREEING WITH HER, THAT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I WANT TO CITE ONE THING THAT DOESN'T BESIDES THIS, WHICH IS SOMETHING I WROTE DOWN ABOUT HOW I HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY CITY OF LONG BEACH AND GRAY STAR MANAGEMENT.

THE OWNERS OF THE OCEAN AIR FOR HOUSING, WHICH THEY GET A DISCOUNT ON.

UH, WELL, THEY GET, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY ALL OF THEIR RENT.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THEY AREN'T, THEY HAVE BEEN SUED, UH, BECAUSE OF THEIR ALGORITHMS THAT KEEP, UM, HOUSING PRICES UP.

THEY USE, UH, REAL PAGES AI, THEY'VE BEEN, UH, SUED, UH, FOR THAT.

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UH, I KNOW IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT.

I'M NO LONGER IN YOUR DISTRICT.

MARY'S IN DEJAS.

IT WAS FORMERLY IN CHRISTIE ALLEN'S DISTRICT.

I AM IN CHRISTIE ALLEN'S DISTRICT.

I WAS, I WAS NOT GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT TO SAY THIS PRIVATELY.

SO I'M SAYING IT VERY PUBLICLY THAT YEAH, I WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.

UH, THEY WOULD NOT TAKE MY SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW.

THEY, WHICH IS ONLY FOR DISABLED PEOPLE.

THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT, THAT THEY CAN ONLY, UM, THAT THE GUARANTOR, WHICH IS MY LICENSE FI FIDUCIARY, WHICH IS MY EMPLOYEE HAS TO, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE GOOD CREDIT, HE HAS TO BE PUT ON THE LEASE AS LIVING WITH ME.

AND HIS INCOME HAS TO BE ADDED IN TO MINE.

THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

CITY OF LONG BEACH MAY BE LIABLE.

I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH AN ATTORNEY.

NOW I'M GOING TO THE PRESS.

AND I HAVE BEEN TWO OTHER THINGS ABOUT HOUSING, IF I CAN REAL QUICK.

'CAUSE THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT HOUSING AS WELL.

I'VE BEEN THE EDISON.

YEAH, BECAUSE I MENTIONED SECTION EIGHT AND THEY NEED TO CHANGE THE LAW ABOUT NO GOOD CREDIT.

IT'S ONLY FOR IF YOU ARE ON SECTION EIGHT, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE GOOD CREDIT.

THEY CAN DENY SOMEBODY THAT HAS THE MONEY TO RENT THE FREAKING APARTMENT FOR BAD CREDIT, WHICH IS, AND EDISON ISN'T EVEN, THEY NEED A LAW.

EDISON ISN'T EVEN ON THE LIST TO GET HUD.

THEY LIE AND SAY THEY TAKE HUD AND SECTION EIGHT.

'CAUSE I WANTED IT IN WRITING.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT WRITTEN TO ME, HONEY.

YEAH, I WANTED IT IN WRITING.

MA'AM, YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER PLEASE.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ITEM NUMBER 11.

AS MANY MENTIONED BEFORE US, UM, THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH LEXINEXIS.

AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS CONCERNING IS BECAUSE OF THEIR STANDING CONTRACT WITH ICE.

UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, IN 2023, AN UNREDACTED $16.8 MILLION CONTRACT, UM, DEMONSTRATED THAT LEXISNEXIS AND ICE SHOWED THEIR ACTIVE INTENT TO MASS SURVEIL CIVILIANS.

UM, AND AN INDICATION THAT ICE AIMED TO SURVEIL INDIVIDUALS WITH NO CRIME HAD BEEN COMMITTED, DID NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING AS IT RELATES TO ICE AND HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MANY CRITICISMS ABOUT ICE.

IS THAT THE WAY THAT THEY ARE OVER SURVEILLING CITIZENS, UM, UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS.

AND SO THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN THAT THIS COMPANY IS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.

NOW, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CLAIM IS, IS THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD NOT CONTRIBUTE OR BE IN RELATION TO THIS, THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM.

BUT THE CONCERN IS, IS THAT WE ARE STILL ENGAGING IN A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY THAT IS ACTIVELY DOING THIS AND ACTIVELY KNOWS THAT IT'S AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY'VE SECRETLY BEEN TRYING TO SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG EVERY TIME THEY GET SUED OR THERE'S A COURT CASE, THEY TRY TO CLAIM THAT THERE IS NO CONNECTION TO ICE.

UM, BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS CLEAR IS THAT LEXISNEXIS HELPS ICE SURVEIL, DETAIN AND ACTIVELY DEPORT PEOPLE IN AN INHUMANE WAY.

AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO INCREASINGLY SURVEIL CITIZENS.

UM, WE KNOW THAT DHS AND ICE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR MORE TECHNOLOGY TO CONTINUE TO SURVEIL AND LEXISNEXIS IS ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES.

UM, SO I'M GONNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THAT.

THIS COULD BE ANOTHER CONSIDERATION FOR WHY WE NEED THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENING POLICY.

WHILE THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY IN RELATION TO CONTRACTS, IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS INVESTMENTS.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT CONTRACTS BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THIS IS THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW THAT, UH, LONG BEACH IS ENGAGING IN A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY THAT IS ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH ICE.

LAST WEEK IT WAS THREE COMPANIES.

UM, AND THEN TODAY IS ONE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ONES THAT WE ARE AWARE OF.

UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S OTHERS AS WELL.

SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR THE PAST, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE FOUR MONTHS, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ASKING FOR US TO LOOK AT OUR CONTRACTS.

ARE WE CONSIDERING HOW OUR CONTRACTS, UM, WITH THESE COMPANIES, ARE THEY ENGAGING WITH US? ARE THEY ENGAGING WITH DHS? THIS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT ASK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO WE ARE ASKING ONCE MORE BECAUSE WE SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA NOW TWO WEEKS IN A ROW.

UM, SO AGAIN, I JUST ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SINCE WE HAVE ONE REMOTE, UH, PARTICIPANT, WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE.

CORRECT? DISTRICT ONE? AYE.

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WE WILL NOW GO TO ALL RIGHT WITH ICE GUYS.

YOU ARE INTERRUPTING THE MEETING.

CHECK.

ALL RIGHT, TAKE.

[ PUBLIC COMMENT: Obtain speaker card from the City Clerk Opportunity to address the City Council (on non-agenda items) is given to the first 10 persons who submit Speaker Cards to the City Clerk beginning at 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the meeting. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to make their comments. ]

YOU'RE DISTURBING OUR ABILITY TO PURSUE, TO CONTINUE WITH THE MEETINGS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THE MEETING NOW, RIGHT? THANK YOU.

SPEAK OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF YOUR MOUTH.

NEXT IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER ONE.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I WILL READ YOUR NAMES.

RENEE HERNANDEZ, PAUL SHARP, CHRISETTE, UH, ROGELIO MARTINEZ, CHRIS ORDE.

I'LL BE THERE.

RON PALANI AND DAVE SHUKLA.

YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO PRAISE YOU FOR SOMETHING, BUT TONIGHT YOU DON'T DESERVE ANY F*****G PRAISE.

WHAT YOU JUST DID IS BEYOND THE PALE.

YOU DISGUSTED ME.

AS THE NIGHT GETS DARKER, THE LIGHTS NEED TO SHINE BRIGHTER.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU HAVE NO LIGHT.

NOW I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I HAVE COME BEFORE YOU MULTIPLE TIMES.

I AM 71.

I AM HOMELESS.

I AM SEVERELY ILL.

AND OH, I'VE BEEN ASSAULTED MULTIPLE TIMES IN YOUR CITY.

HIT BY CARS.

MOST RECENTLY I WAS ASSAULTED, UH, A WEEK AGO THIS PAST FRIDAY.

HENCEFORTH THIS WOUND, BROKEN HAND, CHEST CONTUSIONS.

LAST NIGHT I WAS ASSAULTED AGAIN.

AND YOUR FREAKING COWARD COPS DO NOTHING.

NOTHING.

THEY DO NOTHING TO HELP THE HOMELESS.

NOTHING.

THEY SHOULD HAVE ARRESTED THESE DRUG ADDICTS THAT ASSAULTED ME.

WHAT DID THEY DO? NOTHING.

A RED MERCEDES, WHICH MAYBE IT'S ONE OF YOU WHO DRIVES A RED MERCEDES THAT TRIED TO RUN ME OVER ON LIVINGSTON AND TOMINO.

IS THAT WHY THE COP SAID, OH, THEY WERE JUST STREET RACING.

THEY DIDN'T REALLY TRY TO RUN YOU OVER B******T.

WELL, FELLAS AND LADIES, THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE ME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA SURVIVE MUCH MORE THIS WEEK.

LOOK AT YOUR PAPERS.

DON'T LOOK AT ME.

YOU CAN'T EVEN FREAKING LOOK AT ME.

YOU, YOU ARE, YOU DISGUSTED ME.

YOU DISGUSTED ME.

OH, BY THE WAY, THERE WAS SOME VICTORIES FOR THE HOMELESS IN LA LA CANNOT FREAKING CONFISCATE THEIR BELONGINGS AND THROW 'EM AWAY LIKE YOUR LOVELY, BELOVED, STUPID KEYSTONE COPS DO CONTINUALLY.

HOW ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE OVER AND OVER WHEN YOU REMOVE THEIR SURVIVAL GEAR FROM THEM? WELL, GUESS WHAT FELLAS? LA NOW HAS TO ITEMIZE EVERY ITEM STORED FOR 90 DAYS.

GIVE EACH HOMELESS PERSON A COPY OF THAT.

OH, ALSO LA IS LESSENING THEIR ZONING LAWS TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS BEING USED FOR HOUSING REMODELING.

WHAT? SAY YOU.

I AM 71 YEARS OLD.

YOU ARE FRICKING JEFF WILLIAMS. OH, HE PROMISED ME WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU.

HE HASN'T DONE A G*****N THING TO HELP ME.

NOT ONE G*****N THING.

YOU ARE BEYOND SICKENING.

SICKENING.

I'D LIKE TO VOMIT YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH.

NEXT SPEAKER IS PAUL SHARP.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON MY HANDOUT, OF THOSE 15,800 VOTERS REMOVED, 6,211 VOTED IN YOUR 2022 ELECTION IMPACTING THE MARGIN OF YOUR VICTORY BY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS EITHER FOR OR AGAINST BUT BOGUS.

DO YOU HAVE MY HANDOUT BY CHANCE, SIR? THANK YOU.

I'M KIND OF A MESSENGER HERE FOR TONIGHT.

AND AS MY NAME IS PAUL SHARP, I'M 50 YEAR RESIDENT OF BELMONT HEIGHTS.

I COME BEFORE YOU ABOUT VOTER ID, BUT PERHAPS NOT THE USUAL ISSUE.

THIS CONCERNS LONG BEACH ELECTION INTEGRITY FROM THE THIS MONTH'S LOS ANGELES REGISTRAR'S MAINTENANCE REPORT.

15,800 LONG BEACH VOTERS WERE REMOVED FROM ELIGIBLE STATUS TO VOTE BECAUSE OF NON-RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES, CONTRARY TO CALIFORNIA'S ELECTIONS CODE 2 1 1 1, THEY USE PO BOXES LIKE U-P-S-U-S-P-S AND FEDEX.

THAT IS GOOD NEWS OF FRAUDSTERS WERE REMOVED.

BUT THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A FOLLOW UP TO THE LOS ANGELES REGISTRAR TO ENSURE THEY CONTINUE MONITORING FOR FRAUDULENT ADDRESSES AS WE ENTER THIS YEAR'S ELECTION.

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IN ANY CASE, WE DON'T KNOW OF THOSE PO BOX VOTERS RESIDED IN YOUR DISTRICT OR EVEN OUR CITY.

I HAVE SUBMITTED A FORMAL ONLINE LETTER TO THE CITY CLERK REQUESTING A FRONT END VALIDATION REPORT.

A COPY OF THAT AS ON THE BACK OF THE HANDOUT.

I HOPE YOU'LL HELP SUPPORT THE REQUEST.

SECOND, I APPEAL TO YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS ON SUPPORTING THIS YEAR'S CALIFORNIA VOTER ID INITIATIVE.

I KNOW IT IS A MOOT POINT IF THE US SAVE ACT HAS PASSED, BUT CONSIDER SUPPORT AMONGST ALL CALIFORNIA VOTERS IS 60%.

WHILE FOR THE SAME, SOME REASON 80% OF CALIFORNIA POLITICIANS OPPOSE IT.

BUT THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, NEXT IS CHRISELLE.

IS CHRISELLE IN? ALL RIGHT.

ROGELIO.

CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

UH, NEXT IS CHRIS ORDAY.

OKAY, ROGELIO.

HELLO EVERYONE.

ROGELIO MARTINEZ.

JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE WRITE-IN CANDIDATE PERIOD, WHICH OPENS ON APRIL 6TH OF THIS YEAR, AND IT'S THROUGH MAY 19TH.

SO I BRING THIS, UH, TO ATTENTION BECAUSE, UH, TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

AND SO THIS APPLIES TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICE.

AND, UM, SO I WOULD URGE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO, AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE, UM, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WITH LONG BEACH AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

THE NEXT THING I'M GONNA READ IS A, UM, PRESS RELEASE.

SO DUMB MONEY SEQUEL TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF THE 2026 CHEVRON, WHICH IS TRADED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, UNDER TICKER SYMBOL CVX SHORT SALE, WHERE ROGELIO MARTINEZ LONG BEACH MAYORAL CANDIDATE RALLIED RETAIL INVESTORS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA TO DRIVE THE PRICE OF THE PRICE DOWN OF AMERICA'S SECOND LARGEST OIL REFINING COMPANY.

THE STOCK PRICE PLUMMETED AS MORE AMERICANS REALIZED THAT THEY COULD MAKE MONEY BY NOT BUYING CHEVRON GASOLINE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SHORT SELLING THE STOCK.

THIS CAUSED MASSIVE LOSSES FOR THE HOUSTON, TEXAS-BASED COMPANY.

PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTEMPTED TO MINIMIZE THE LOSSES OF ONE OF HIS BIGGEST CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS BY ASKING THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TO HALT TRADING OF CHEVRON STOCK.

BUT HIS REQUEST WAS DENIED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

THIS TRIGGERED A SHORT SALE THAT DREW THE STOCK PRICE DOWN BY 23.4% FROM ITS CLOSING STOCK PRICE.

ON MARCH 13TH, 2026, THIS COMING FRIDAY, THE 13TH SIGNIFICANT GAINS WERE REPORTED BY INVESTORS THAT ELECTED TO SHORT SELL THE STOCK.

THE MOVIE FOLLOWS THE DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH BATTLE BETWEEN EVERYDAY PEOPLE AND WALL STREET ELITIST PORTRAYING THE PLUMMETING STOCK AS A MOVEMENT THAT APPENDED THE FINANCIAL ESTABLISHMENT.

THE FILM, A COMIC THRILLER ABOUT THE FINANCIAL FRENZY CLASS.

I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

IS CHRIS HERE? CHRIS, YOU'RE UP NEXT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRIS NDA, AND WHILE I'M THE ESL PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY, I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH DISTRICT SIX AND A MEMBER OF THE

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I'M ASKING YOU TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT LIBRARY BASED ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.

ESL SERVICES FOR ADULTS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

AS A STATE GRANT FOR THESE SERVICES IS SET TO END AFTER JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.

I ASK THIS OF YOU BECAUSE LIBRARIES ARE MEETING A GROWING NEED.

SO ABOUT ONE IN FOUR LA COUNTY RESIDENTS HAS LESS THAN BASIC ENGLISH LITERACY SKILLS.

ESL LEARNERS CURRENTLY MAKE UP 82% OF ADULTS IN OUR LITERACY SERVICES AT LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY.

SO THESE SERVICES BEING CUT IS A HUGE, HUGE CUT TO OUR LITERACY SERVICES.

AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE 61 PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON OUR WAIT LIST FOR SERVICES.

THIS IS A NEEDED RESOURCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IN ADDITION TO SPEAKING FOR MY OWN CONCERN AS A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR CURRENT ESL LEARNERS.

SOME OF THEM ARE JOINING ME TODAY AND, UM, A LOT OF THEM WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT COULD NOT COME OUT OF FEAR FOR LEAVING THEIR HOMES IN OUR CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE.

AND SO ONCE THEY LEARNED THAT THE ESL PROGRAMMING WOULD BE DEFUNDED, MANY OF THEM SUBMITTED PERSONAL IMPACT STORIES, BUT AS TIME IS LIMITED, I WILL READ YOU ONE OF THEM.

OUR LEARNER, VICTOR STATED, THE ESL SERVICES AT LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN MY PROCESS OF ADAPTATION AND PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.

BEFORE ATTENDING THE PROGRAM, I FELT LIMITED WHEN COMMUNICATING IN ENGLISH, ESPECIALLY IN WORK SITUATIONS WHEN I NEED TO EXPRESS MYSELF CLEARLY AND CONFIDENTLY.

THANKS TO THE CLASSES I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE MY VOCABULARY, PRONUNCIATION, AND ABOVE ALL MY CONFIDENCE WHEN SPEAKING, THIS HAS ALLOWED ME TO BE A, TO BE BETTER AT WORK AND UNDERSTAND INSTRUCTIONS, DOCUMENTS, AND EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS MORE EASILY, WHICH PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED A BARRIER.

IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE ASPECTS I VALUE MOST IS THAT THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY OFFERS CLASSES, BUT ALSO PERSONALIZED TUTORING THAT GUIDES A STEP BY STEP WHEN WE ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTIES WITH THE LANGUAGE.

THIS TUTORING HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL FOR ME AS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO BOTH MY PROFESSION AND REAL LIFE SITUATIONS.

THE PATIENT'S DEDICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEACHING STAFF HAS MADE LEARNING MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MOTIVATING.

HE SAYS, I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THAT DEVELOPS WITHIN THE GROUP.

WE SHARE EXPERIENCES, GOALS, AND CHALLENGES, AND THAT MAKES THE LEARNING PROCESS MORE HUMAN AND INTIMATE.

I HAVE MET PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND CULTURES, AND WE HAVE ALL CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO KEEP GOING.

FEELING ACCOMPANIED ON THIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE TO ME.

IN SUMMARY, THE ESL PROGRAM HAS NOT ONLY HELPED ME IMPROVE MY ENGLISH, BUT HAS ALSO EXPANDED MY PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, GIVING ME GREATER CONFIDENCE IN COMMUNICATING AND ALLOWING ME TO BUILD POSITIVE CONNECTIONS THAT HAVE ENRICHED MY LIFE.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS SERVICE AND FOR THEIR COMMITMENT FOR SUPPORTING US IN ACHIEVING OUR GOALS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE PROGRAMS WORK, BUT FUNDING IS RUNNING OUT.

I HAVE A LOT MORE TO READ, BUT ESSENTIALLY I AM ASKING FOR YOU TO COMMIT FUNDING AS OF JULY 1ST BECAUSE THIS ESL PROGRAM WILL GO AWAY.

IT WILL JUST BE CUT.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.

I HAVE PRINTED OUT A PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS, SO I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS AL, BE THERE.

AND THEN RON ANI, MORE MONEY FOR ICE THROUGH LEXUS NEXUS.

JUST MAKING SURE WE GOT THAT CLEAR.

THAT'S YOUR SECOND TIME INTERRUPTING THE MEETING.

ALL I'LL LEAVE.

AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE POLICIES LIKE THIS ONE CAN, UM, LIKE THIS ONE, CAN REDUCE HARM TO THE CITY'S MOST SYSTEMICALLY IMPACTED RESIDENTS, AND CAN ADVANCE CLIMATE JUSTICE AND LABOR EQUITY, WHICH ARE THINGS THAT WE HEAR FROM THE CITY COUNCIL OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF BEING HERE? PLEASE PROCEED.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE TO ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND ADOPT THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTMENT SCREENING POLICY AS RECOMMENDED BY THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

THIS POLICY MATTERS NOW AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE RESIDENTS ARE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN HOW PUBLIC FUNDS REFLECT COMMUNITY AND CITY VALUES.

I THINK THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT FOLKS HAVE COME OUT TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET, THAT HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR FUNDS ARE INVESTED, UM, AND THIS GROWING INTEREST IN, UM, HOW OUR FUNDS ARE USED AND HOW THEY'RE MATCHING OUR VALUES.

UM, I KNOW PERSONALLY I'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE PARTICIPATING EVEN LIKE IN THE BUDGET MEETINGS THAT OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, I THINK IT'S LIKE JANUARY AND SEPTEMBER.

UM, AND I SEE THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THERE, WHICH TO ME IS A, JUST A SMALL INDICATION THAT PEOPLE ARE GENUINELY INTERESTED IN HOW OUR FUNDS ARE USED.

AND WE ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S THIS NEED TO ATTACH THESE FUNDS TO OUR VALUES.

UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GROWING CONCERN OVER, OVER POLICING, OVER SURVEILLANCE STATE VIOLENCE.

UM, OF COURSE, THE VIOLENCE INFLICTED UPON ICE OR INFLICTED UPON OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF ICE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A CITY, A SCREENING POLICY CAN ENSURE THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE NOT, NOT SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND ENSURES THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES.

UM, THIS ALIGNS WITH OTHER INITIATIVES THAT LONG BEACH HAS ALREADY COMMITTED TO, LIKE THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE.

UM, WHERE THEY DECLARE CORE VALUES IS TO OFFER GREAT COMPASSION, EMPATHY, AND HUMILITY, AND THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE INTENT TO A, UH, UM, USE THESE VALUES AND THINK OF THESE VALUES AS WE ARE THINKING INNOVATIVELY ABOUT POLICY.

AND SO BY ADOPTING THIS POLICY, UM, IT ALREADY ALIGNS WITH EXISTING EQUITABLE CITY INITIATIVES, LIKE I SAID, UM, INCLUDING THE GROW LONG BEACH ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT.

THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT, AND LIKE I SAID, THE RACIAL EQUITY

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POLICIES LIKE THIS SAY OUR INVESTMENTS WILL NOT GO, GO TOWARDS ACTS OF STATE VIOLENCE, LABOR VIOLATIONS, GENOCIDE, APARTHEID, OR MILITARY OCCUPATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HARM OR SUPPLY CHAIN AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

SO THIS DEMONSTRATES AGAIN, THAT LONG BEACH RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR POLICIES LIKE THIS ONE BECAUSE THEY REALLY CAME BEHIND LENA GONZALEZ, OUR, UH, CALIFORNIA SENATOR WHEN SHE PRESENTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO THE FACT THAT WE SEE PEOPLE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR FUNDS ARE USED, THAT PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IF WE ARE STAYING TRUE TO OUR VALUES, AND THE FACT THAT THEY SUPPORT LEGISLATION LIKE THE ONE THAT LENA GONZALEZ PRESENTED IS AN INDICATOR THAT RESIDENTS ARE INTERESTED, LIKE POLICIES LIKE THIS ONE.

NEXT IS RON, AND AFTER RON IS DAVE.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'M HERE TODAY ABOUT THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN LONG BEACH ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2026, WHERE SEVERAL YOUNG PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.

THOSE FAMILIES WILL CARRY THAT LOSS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

BUT WHAT I FIND DEEPLY DIS TROUBLING IS THIS, THAT MORE THAN TWO WEEKS HAVE NOW PASSED SINCE THE CRASH.

AND THE BASIC SAFETY PROTECTION THAT WOULD HELP TO PREVENT ANOTHER FATAL IMPACT AT THAT LOCATION HAS STILL NOT BEEN INSTALLED.

I'M TALKING ABOUT WATER FILLED CRASH BARRELS.

THESE BARRELS ARE USED ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA TO PROTECT DRIVERS FROM HITTING THE FIXED OBJECTS, POLES, BARRIERS, STRUCTURES.

THEY ABSORB CRASH ENERGY, THEY REDUCE IMPACT FORCES, AND THEY SAVE LIVES.

AND THEY ARE ALSO SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE TO INSTALL.

SO THE PUBLIC DESERVE A CLEAR, CLEAR ANSWER WHY THEY ARE STILL NOT THERE.

IF THAT LOCATION WAS DANGEROUS ENOUGH THAT A CRASH WOULD KILL MULTIPLE YOUNG PEOPLE, HOW THE SAME HAZARD REMAINS COMPLETELY UNPROTECTED FOR WEEKS LATER, EVERY DAY THAT PASSES WITHOUT PROTECTION MEANS ANOTHER DRIVER COULD HIT THAT SAME OBJECT.

AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT STUDYING THAT TAKES ISSUES THAT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS.

THIS IS ABOUT TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTIONS AFTER A DEADLY CRASH.

THE CITY TALKS ABOUT ROAD SAFETY AND VISION ZERO, BUT THE BUT THE REAL SAFETY MEANS ACTING QUICKLY WHEN WE KNOW THE RISKS EXIST.

I AM ASKING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT TO DIRECT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO IMMEDIATELY INSTALL WATER FILLED BARREL CRASH BARRELS AT THE CRASH SITE, PROVIDE PUBLIC EXPLANATION WHY THIS BASIC SAFETY MEASURES HAS NOT BEEN INSTALLED YET.

ESTABLISH A PUB POLICY THAT FATAL CRASH INVOLVING FIXED ROAD HAZARD TEMPORARY IMPACT PROTECTION INSTALLED IMMEDIATELY, NOT WEEKS LATER.

UM, BECAUSE IF ANOTHER CRASH HAPPENS AT THE SAME LOCATION BEFORE SOMETHING IS INSTALLED, THE QUESTION THE PUBLIC WILL ASK IS SIMPLE.

WHY DIDN'T THE CITY ACT WHEN IT HAD A CHANCE TO DO SO? THE TRAGEDY OF FEBRUARY 21ST CANNOT BE UNDONE, BUT FAILING TO ACT AFTERWARDS WOULD BE A SECOND MISTAKE.

IT'S WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY.

THANK YOU, DAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TODAY IS, UH, DAY 11 OF, UH, US MILITARY AGGRESSION ON IRAN, OR AS THE KIDS HAVE COINED IT, UH, OPERATION EPSTEIN DISTRACTION.

YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT IF, UH, THE YOUTH OF AMERICA, THE, UH, NATIONS OF ULYSSES CALL YOUR OPERATION.

B******T.

IT'S B******T.

UH, THIS WAR, THIS THE ISRAELI US WAR IN IRAN IS A WAR OF CHOICE.

IT'S A WAR OF AGGRESSION.

IT'S IMMORAL.

IT'S COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO, UH, MAKING AMERICANS SAFER.

UH, IN FACT, THE ONLY PRACTICAL,

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UH, KIND OF FORM OF REGIME CHANGE THE US AND THE ISRAELIS HAVE MANAGED TO EFFECT IS TO MAKE IRAN MORE HARD LINE UNDER THE, UNDER CNI, MORE BELLIGERENT AND MORE LIKELY TO, UH, TO SCALE GENERATIONS FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE CAUGHT UP IN THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, NO REASON OF THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HAVE, UH, US BOMBS RAIN DOWN ON THEM.

UH, THEY'RE GONNA REMEMBER AND THEY'RE GONNA REMEMBER THAT, UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THIS COUNTRY JUST DECIDED TO DO.

EITHER WE WERE CAPABLE OF REIGNING OURSELVES IN OR NOT, EITHER CAPABLE OF, OF ACTUALLY FOLLOWING OUR OWN LAWS OR NOT.

UM, VICE MAYOR URANGA, YOU KNOW, I'M A FAN, SIR.

UH, YOU KNOW, I I I WON'T QUIBBLE ABOUT YOU MISSPEAKING OR MINOR, UH, MINOR ERRORS, BUT, UH, YOU DID SAY SOMETHING I, I I DID WANT OBJECT TO, UH, WHEN YOU OPENED THE MEETING, UH, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS OVERSEAS.

THAT'S FINE.

BEEN PUT IN A CRAP SITUATION.

WHY NOT SUPPORT 'EM? THEN YOU SAID FREEDOM ISN'T FREE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT LOCATION'S UTTER PLUM.

I THINK IT HAS NO MEANING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

I THINK THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVER SAID THAT, AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T HEAR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID THAT HAVE BEEN RIGHT WINGERS WHO WANT YOU TO GIVE MORE OF YOUR FREEDOM AWAY TO CORPORATIONS.

UM, I THINK EVERY MOTHER'S CHILD IS FREE FROM THE FIRST BREATH.

YEP.

AND, UH, THE QUESTION OF HOW FREE KIND OF DEPENDS, YOU KNOW, ON VAGARIES OF LUCK, TIMING, RESOURCES, NURTURE A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN ONE'S OWN CONTROL.

BUT WHAT WAS IN THIS COUNTRY'S CONTROL, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IN THE OPENING HOURS OF THIS WAR WAS TO BOMB A SCHOOL AND KILL A HUNDRED SCHOOL CHILDREN.

SHAME, I DON'T WANT THAT ON MY NAME.

I DON'T THINK ANY AMERICAN WANTED THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES AMERICANS SAFER.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

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[19. 26-54465 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending Title 5 of the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 5.35, relating to Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for a final reading. Approval of this ordinance will create a program that permits home-based food facilities to prepare and sell meals directly to consumers. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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PLEASE REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE V OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING AND RESTATING CHAPTER 5.35 RELATING TO MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATIONS.

READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOR FINAL READING CITYWIDE.

ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT THREE ITEMS, I BELIEVE, UH, ARE CONNECTED.

SO, 19, UH, 15.

AND WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE THAT'S CONNECTED TO THIS? OR JUST TWO? SO THESE ARE CONNECTED.

SO IF THIS ORDINANCE, UH, IS ADOPTED TONIGHT, UH, THEN WE MOVE TO THE HEARING.

IF THE ORDINANCE, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE, THE HEARING GETS CONTINUED AND IT COMES BACK IN A FEW MONTHS.

WE'LL GIVE OUT SOME OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL WHEN WE GET THROUGH THE DISCUSSION.

UH, THERE MAY BE A WAY TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE, MAKE BRING SOME, YOU KNOW, STUDY SOME CHANGES, BRING IT BACK TO WHERE YOU CAN GET THE HEARING DONE AS WELL, AND MAKE SOME PROGRESS.

SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR THOSE OPTIONS AS WE GET INTO IT.

SO LET'S, UH, LET'S GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, THIS IS A BIG ITEM THAT WE HAVE A, A PRETTY LENGTHY STAFF REPORT ON.

THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO ITEMS. WE'RE GONNA DO 'EM, UH, TOGETHER AND GO FIRST WITH HEALTH AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ZONING THINGS.

BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, VOTE ON THOSE SEPARATELY.

UH, SO, UM, THE COUNCIL ASKED FOR US TO BRING THIS, UH, UH, THIS ORDINANCE, UH, BACK TO, UH, BACK TO YOU.

AND WE'VE BEEN, UH, DILIGENTLY WORK FOR THE PAST YEAR ON THIS.

UH, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JUDITH LONG, UH, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, OUR HEALTH SERVICES BUREAU IN, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO GET US STARTED.

MIKO OPERATORS MUST FOLLOW BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BY THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO PREVENT OR REDUCE DISCHARGE OF FATS, OIL, OR GREASE.

THANK YOU TOM.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M JUDITH LONG.

I'M THE MANAGER FOR THE BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT MICRO ENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATION, ALSO KNOWN AS MIKO AND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THIS EVENING.

TONIGHT I WILL PROVIDE BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF MIKO, SPEAK ABOUT THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, PRESENT KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

IN 2018, ASSEMBLY BILL 6 2 6 WAS PASSED TO AMANDA, CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE TO INCLUDE MIKO WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF A FOOD FACILITY.

MIKO IS A HOME-BASED FOOD BUSINESS THAT PREPARES AND SELLS MEALS DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMERS TO BE CONSUMED ON SITE, TAKEN TO GO OR DELIVERED.

MIKO IS A MICRO-ENTERPRISE MICRO BUSINESS THAT FUNCTIONS LIKE A MINI RESTAURANT.

IT ENCOURAGES ENTREPRENEURSHIP, PROVIDES LOW COST OPTION TO TEST FOOD CONCEPTS, THE MENU AND ITS CUSTOMERS.

MIKO ALSO ALLOWS FOOD TO BE DONATED TO NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.

LASTLY, MICKOS CAN BE APPROVED TO SERVE AS A COMMISSARY FOR UP TO

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TWO FOOD CARTS.

IN 2024, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE STATE TO STUDY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MIKO IN LONG BEACH COUNCIL APPROVED THAT AWARD AND STAFF DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED THE MIKO FEASIBILITY STUDY.

ON JUNE 10TH, STAFF MADE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL ON THE RESULTS OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND COUNSEL DIRECTED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A MIKO ORDINANCE AND UPDATE THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.

ON DECEMBER 18TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT TO ALLOW ME CODES AS A HOME OCCUPATION BUSINESS AND TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO TITLE V OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, STAFF HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE STATEWIDE MECO ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS TO LEARN ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM MECO PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE.

TO DATE, 17 OUT OF 58 COUNTIES HAVE ADOPTED MICKOS IN CALIFORNIA.

SOME COUNTIES HAVE FORMALLY DECLINED TO ALLOW MECO AND MANY ARE STILL CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF MIKO IN THEIR COUNTIES.

LAST YEAR, WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED AN ONLINE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND CONDUCTED COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON.

THE COMMUNITY SURVEY REVEALED THAT CLOSE TO 74% OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT MECO AND BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC GROWTH.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF ALSO CREATED MECO EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AND THEY ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

MIKO EDUCATION SESSIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN PERSON OVER THE PHONE AND OR THROUGH DIRECT EMAILS.

IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF HELD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS THE SCOPE OF MIKO DEPARTMENTAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND IDENTIFIED CITY REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSES TO ESTABLISH A MECO PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS SERVICES BUREAU, FIRE DEPARTMENT PREVENTION BUREAU, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UTILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PLANNING DIVISIONS HAVE PROVIDED INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROPOSED MECO ORDINANCE.

THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHES UNIFORM HEALTH AND SANITATION STANDARDS FOR RETAIL FOOD FACILITIES.

OUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS ALIGNED WITH THE STATE CODE AND AMECO WILL BE INSPECTED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC FOOD SAFETY SANITATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE HEALTH CODE.

AMECO IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A HEALTH PERMIT IS ISSUED BY THE LONG BEACH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, AND A BUSINESS LICENSE ISSUED BY THE BUSINESS SERVICES BUREAU.

STAFF RECOMMENDS ADDING CHAPTER 5.35 IN TITLE V OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE MCOS.

THE ADOPTION OF THIS AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY TO AUTHORIZE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BUSINESS SERVICES BUREAU TO ESTABLISH DEFINITIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AND BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR MCOS.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ALSO PROVIDES OPERATING CONDITIONS, HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.

ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 21 OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS ARE ALSO NEEDED AND WILL BE FURTHER DISCUSSED AS PART OF TONIGHT'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS HEARING ON MIKO, THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE ALLOWS ONE MIKO PER RESIDENCE, FOOD PREPARED, COOKED, AND SERVED.

MUST BE ON THE SAME DAY.

FOOD MAY ONLY BE SOLD DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS, NOT TO ANY WHOLESALER, CATERER, OR RETAILER.

MCOS ARE LIMITED TO ONE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEE.

FOOD DELIVERY MAY ONLY BE CONDUCTED BY THE OPERATOR, EMPLOYEE, FAMILY, OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, NOT A THIRD PARTY DELIVERY APP.

SO USE OF UBER EATS, DOORDASH, OR GRUBHUB IS NOT ALLOWED.

THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF 30 MEALS PER DAY, OR 90 MEALS PER WEEK IS ALLOWED AND THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GROSS ANNUAL SALES RECORDS OF ALL SALES MUST BE KEPT AND AVAIL, BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUESTS.

THE AREAS OF MICKOS THAT WILL BE APPROVED, PERMITTED, AND INSPECTED ARE THE KITCHEN ONSITE CUSTOMER EATING AREAS, FOOD AND EQUIPMENT, STORAGE AREAS, BATHROOM AND TRASH STORAGE AREAS.

FOOD MAY NOT BE SERVED IN THE FRONT YARD AND HOURS OF OPERATION MAY BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 AM AND 10:00 PM SUBJECT TO ANY RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION.

NO QUEUING ON SITE BEYOND FIVE PATRONS AND NO QUEUING THAT EXTENDS ONTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

A MAISON A MIKO MUST OWN A PROPERLY CHARGED AND MAINTAINED FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND A FIRST AID KIT SHALL BE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE.

AMECO HOME OCCUPATION BUSINESS MAY NOT OFFER ALCOHOL SALES OR CONSUMPTION.

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THEY MUST ALSO FOLLOW ADVER ADVERTISEMENT, RE ADVERTISEMENT REQUIREMENTS AND EMPLOYEES MUST OBTAIN A FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATES.

AMECO MAY SERVE AS A COMMISSARY OR MOBILE SUPPORT UNIT FOR UP TO TWO COMPACT MOBILE FOOD OPERATIONS OWNED BY THE SAME PERMIT HOLDER.

MEALS AND GROSS ANNUAL SALES ARE EXPANDED TO 80 INDIVIDUAL MEALS, 200 MEALS PER WEEK PER DAY, BUT NO MORE THAN $150,000 IN ANNUAL GROSS SALES.

TO ENSURE THE ONGOING SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE AMIGOS, OPERATORS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A ECO APPLICATION WITH AN INITIAL INSPECTION.

THE PROCESS BEGINS WITH AN INITIAL PRE PERMIT INSPECTION, WHICH IS CONDUCTED TO CONFIRM THAT THE KITCHEN MEETS ALL REQUIRED HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS BEFORE THE OPERATOR RECEIVES A PERMIT.

ECOS MUST OBTAIN A PUBLIC HEALTH PERMIT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND A BUSINESS LICENSE FROM BUSINESS SERVICES BUREAU ONCE PERMITTED.

MCOS ARE SUBJECT TO ROUTINE ANNUAL INSPECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE AND UPHOLD PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM MUST INCLUDE PROCEDURES FOR COMPLAINT BASED INSPECTIONS.

THESE ARE TRIGGERED WHEN A CONSUMER REPORTS A CONCERN OR WHEN THERE IS REASONABLE SUSPICION OF A VIOLATION, ALLOWING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND PROMPTLY AND TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION IF NEEDED.

THERE ARE FEES ASSOCIATED ESTABLISHING MECO AND THE FEES AS FEE ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S FEE STUDY AND COSTS OBTAINED FROM MECO PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE.

A ONE-TIME APPLICATION FEE OF $551 AND 45 CENTS COVERS REVIEW OF FOOD, FOOD PREPARATION PROCEDURES, MANUAL EVALUATION CONSULTATIONS AND HEALTH PERMIT APPROVAL AND ISSUANCE.

AN ANNUAL HEALTH PERMIT OF $504 AND 51 CENTS COVERS ROUTINE INSPECTIONS AND ANY POTENTIAL COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS.

DCO PROGRAM WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY NEW OR ADDITIONAL BUSINESS LICENSING FEES AT THIS TIME.

OPERAT OPERATORS WILL CONTINUE TO PAY THE STANDARD HOME BUS HOME BASE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX OF $290 AND 38 CENTS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER IN-HOME BUSINESSES.

THESE FEES WILL BE PART OF THE CITY'S MIDYEAR FEE APPROVAL PROCESS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN APRIL.

MIKO SHOULD COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, FIRE CODE, BUILDING CODE, AND ANY APPLICABLE ZONING OR LAND USE REGULATIONS.

TONIGHT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU APPROVE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE V OF THE LONG BEACH MUNI CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 5.35 MIKO.

THIS CONCLUDES THE REPRESENTATION AND WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE GO TO, UH, QUESTIONS OR PUBLIC COMMENT, WANNA TALK THROUGH PROCEDURE, UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM, THE HEARING, SHOULD WE OPEN THE HEARING AND GET THAT PRESENTATION TO AND DO ONE PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THAT POSSIBLE? I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT.

JESSICA JACQUELINE PEREZ.

TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS.

ALRIGHT, SO LET'S JUMP INTO IT.

WE HAVE, UH, 11 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

I'LL READ YOUR NAMES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

TONY DCO, ROBERT CORN, COLONEL, UH, HER FRANCO.

ERIC GARCIA, DINA A KUNA.

CARLOS V ANGELICA FRANCO MAGALIA PER PERERA, AND GINA CRUZ.

ALL RIGHT, TONY, YOU'RE UP.

WELL, WOW.

JUST ENOUGH TO GET TURNED DOWN TO A MINUTE AND A HALF.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, THANK YOU TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A LONG TIME.

THEIR PRESENTATION DOESN'T INCLUDE, HOWEVER, THE ASPECT OF THE ORDINANCE THAT STIPULATES A WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM A LANDLORD OR HOA BOARD, UM, TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT.

UM, THIS ASPECT OF THE POLICY SHOULD BE LEFT OUT OF THE ORDINANCE, THEN WORKED OUT IN PRACTICE LATER.

IT WILL HAVE AN OBVIOUS CHILLING EFFECT AND WILL LEAD TO MORE FOLKS WORKING IN THE SHADOWS, UM, AND REALLY HOLDING OFF ON THEIR DREAMS TO BECOME PERMITTED HOME FOOD VENDORS.

IN ESSENCE, THE LANDLORD CONSENT REQUIREMENT GIVES THE PROPERTY OWNERS PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS VETO POWER OVER A PUBLIC PERMIT.

IT ALSO BREAKS FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND LA COUNTY.

IN TERMS OF BEST PRACTICES, I, FOR ONE, AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN THIS WORK FOR ABOUT A DECADE, I'M WEARY

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OF A CITY THAT PREACHES INCLUSION IN THEIR RHETORIC THEN PRACTICES EXCLUSION IN THEIR POLICY.

THE CHILLING EFFECT OF THIS STIPULATION IS VERY CONCERNING.

INSTEAD, I MEAN, THERE ARE VIABLE ALTERNATIVES.

I THINK CITY STAFF SHOULD HAVE TO SPEAK TO THOSE ALTERNATIVES AND SHOW THAT A LANDLORD AUTHORIZATION IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO BECAUSE AN APPLICANT COULD BE ASKED TO CERTIFY THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY THEIR LEASE.

AND THE CITY CAN REQUEST ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION ONLY WHEN THERE IS A SPECIFIC EVIDENCE-BASED CONFLICT AND TRULY COMPLAINTS.

I CAN COUNT VALID COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE STATE WITH 900 MICKOS ON ONE, MAYBE TWO HANDS.

UH, THEY'RE ALMOST UNHEARD OF.

SO I THINK A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT MAY COME UP.

UM, THANK YOU.

YOUR TIME HAS CONCLUDED.

ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

OKAY, SO HELLO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO ECHO WAS THE SAME THING.

UH, I THINK MES IS LIFE CHANGING.

UH, AS BEING A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR MYSELF, UH, I REMEMBER BEING YOUNG AND WANTING TO, UH, START MY OWN COOKING.

UH, 'CAUSE I LEARNED HOW TO COOK VERY YOUNG.

UH, PARENTS WERE ALWAYS WORKING.

AND, UH, I REMEMBER SEEING HOW MUCH THE COST WAS TO OPEN A RESTAURANT IS, AND THE FAILURE RATE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS JUST BASICALLY RUINED THAT FOR ME.

AND I THINK THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND ALL ITS RESIDENTS.

UH, IT'LL OBVIOUSLY BRING A LOT MORE, UH, SPOTLIGHT ON CULTURAL FOODS LIKE ETHIOPIAN FOOD, WEST AFRICAN FOOD, AND, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN FOOD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UM, WHAT I WANTED TO ECHO AS WELL WAS THAT, UM, HAVING TO HAVE LANDLORDS SIGN OFF TO, UH, ALLOW US TO USE KITCHENS THAT WE RENT, UH, TO DO WHAT WE PLEASE WITH.

THAT'S WHY WE PAY THAT RENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY CRIPPLE THIS.

UH, 'CAUSE WE HAVE MAJOR, BIG CORPORATIONS THAT OWN SO MANY APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE THESE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE STRIPPED OF THAT DUE TO HAVING TO GET APPROVAL FROM LANDLORDS.

'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH LANDLORDS 'CAUSE THEY WANT TO FIND A WAY TO GET A PIECE OF THE PIE OR THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO PUT POLICIES, REGULATIONS ON TOP OF WHAT THE CITY'S GONNA ALREADY GONNA DO.

BUT I DO AM VERY MUCH A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THIS AND I HOPE THIS PASSES AND I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO TAKE THAT, UM, SERIOUS ABOUT THE LANDLORD'S SIGN OFF BECAUSE, UM, I, I'VE HAD THAT RUINED THE OPPORTUNITY RUINED FOR MYSELF.

AND I'M HAPPY THAT THIS MEASURE IS HERE AND, UH, POTENTIALLY COULD BE APPROVED.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR RICHARDSON.

AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JED FRANCO AND I'M A LONG BEACH RESIDENT.

AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON THE BEHALF OF COOK ALLIANCE.

WE'RE A NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING HOME-BASED ENTREPRENEURS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

WE STRONGLY SUPPORT ESTABLISHING ACO PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WHICH WILL ENHANCE FOOD SAFETY AND MAKE MORE EDUCATION AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY OPERATING IN THE SHADOWS AND INFORMALLY.

UM, THIS PROGRAM WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE PATHWAYS TO CULINARY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FOSTER THE CREATION OF NEW SMALL BUSINESSES.

RECENTLY, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS PARTNERED WITH INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS TO ANALYZE PERMIT DATA AND PUBLIC RECORDS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CODE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, ALONG WITH SURVEY RESULTS AND FOCUS GROUPS.

AND THE DATA CONFIRMS WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN P PRACTICE, THAT THE PROGRAM IS SAFE, INTEGRATING WELL INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND HELPING FAMILIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA LAUNCH NEW BUSINESSES AND MAKE ENDS MEET.

WE ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM IN A WAY THAT KEEPS IT ACCESSIBLE AND AND CONSISTENT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD JU JURISDICTIONS LIKE LA AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES.

THE, UM, THAT INCLUDES RECONSIDERING THE PROPOSED LANDLORD SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT, WHICH CAN CREATE AN UNNECESSARY BARRIER FOR OUR POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY.

UH, OPERATORS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

WHEN I MAG GOOD.

A GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS MAG MAGDA MAGALIA.

PER I REPRESENT LIBRE AND I REPRESENT LIBRE.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE.

I AM, I AM SPEAKING AS PART OF THE COALITION OF HOME COOKS WHO SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR, UM, I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE IMPLEMENT THE MIKO ORDINANCE WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE OWNER OR THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION.

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MY APOLOGIES.

OH, RE AND THE COALITION OF HOME COOKS ASK YOU PLEASE, WITH ALL HEART TO, UM, LEGALIZE MIKO SO THAT WE CAN WORK AND THAT BY THAT METHOD, PAY OUR RENT AND BECOME SOLVENT IN OUR INCOME AND IN OUR EXPENSES.

PLEASE APPROVE MIKO WITHOUT THE NEED FOR COMPANIES OR OWNERS TO APPROVE IT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING.

I IF YOU APPROVE THAT PART, I'M NOT SPEAKING JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT ALL THE OTHER FOLKS WHO COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING.

AS YOU ARE THERE AS A RESULT OF OUR VOTE VOTE, I ALSO ASK FOR YOU TO HELP US SO THAT WE CAN ALSO MOVE FORWARD.

BECAUSE I'LL REPEAT THIS.

YOU ARE THERE BECAUSE OF US.

WE JUST, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT US WITH THIS AS WELL.

THIS IS IN ENGLISH.

YEAH.

GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR UNA.

MY NAME IS DIG UNA BEACH.

I'M A RESIDENT OF NORTH LONG BEACH AND ALSO A MEMBER OF, OR THIS EVENING, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE MIKO PROGRAM SO THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT IT.

I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY SHOULD LIMIT THE SIZE OF THEIR DREAMS IN, FOR MANY, UH, EMERGING ENTREPRENEURS RENTING A KITCHEN IS A DREAM THAT IS UNATTAINABLE, BUT THEIR TALENT IS A VALUE OF WEALTH THAT A CITY CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE.

I ASK YOU THIS EVENING TO APPROVE THIS WITHOUT THE SIGNATURE OF OWNERS OR ASSOCIATIONS.

FREQUENTLY, LANGUAGE BARRIERS OR THE SIMPLE FEAR OF LEGAL COMPLICATIONS OR COMPLEXITIES ARE WHAT STAND IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS.

BY SIMPLIFYING THIS PROCESS AND NOT REQUIRING LANDLORD AUTHORIZATION, YOU AREN'T JUST APPROVING A PERMIT.

YOU ARE OPENING THE DOOR TO SELF-RELIANCE AND SENDING A POWERFUL MESSAGE.

LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH SUPPORTS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GROW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE, BUT MANY WHO HAVE DREAMS. UH, MANY WHO IDENTIFY AS WOMEN, WHO IDENTIFY AS IMMIGRANTS, WHO IDENTIFY AS LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JESSICA CORONADO AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS ECONOMIC JUSTICE COORDINATOR WITH .

I'M HERE TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR MIKO.

I ALSO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE ORDINANCE MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM A LANDLORD OR HOA BOARD.

THROUGH MY WORK, I'VE MET MANY INSPIRING ENTREPRENEURS, MANY WHO COULDN'T BE HERE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF THE

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UM, MANY WHO HAVE DREAMS AGAIN OF STARTING THEIR OWN FOOD BUSINESS, BUT FACE MANY BARRIERS.

UH, MANY INSPIRING FOOD ENTREPRENEURS LIVE IN RENTING HOUSING.

UM, SO REQUIRING LANDLORD PERMISSION WOULD MAKE IT EVEN MUCH HARDER THAN IT IT ALREADY IS, UH, FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND BENEFIT FROM AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS.

UM, COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR NETWORK HAVE ALREADY SHARED THAT THEY OFTEN DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR LANDLORDS DUE TO LANGUAGE BARRIERS DUE TO THEM NOT BEING ACCESSIBLE, ACCESSIBLE, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AROUND.

RIGHT? UM, AND SO MANY FEAR THAT THESE, THIS WILL CAUSE A RENT INCREASE OR THAT IT'LL CAUSE RETALIATION OR THAT IT'LL CAUSE FOR THEM TO NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UM, SO MIKO CAN HELP CREATE REAL PATHWAYS FOR SMALL ENTREPRENEURS, ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN, AND LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS, UM, TO SAFELY AND LEGALLY START A BUSINESS BUSINESS FROM THEIR HOME KITCHENS.

UH, THESE SMALL BUSINESSES STRENGTHEN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, UM, AND ECONOMY, EXPAND ACCESS TO CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD AND BRING CULTURE AND COMMUNITY TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, PASSING MIKO WITHOUT THE LANDLORD OR HOA AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S TRULY SUCCESS.

YOUR TIME IS CONCLUDED TO THE RESIDENTS WHO REALLY NEED IT.

ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I'M ANGELICA FRANCO.

I'VE BEEN WITH YOU GUYS BEFORE.

I'M WITH THE VENDORS JUSTICE COMMITTEE AT LONG BEACH FORD, AND ALSO WITH THE CULTURAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.

WE'VE BEEN CLOSELY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASPECT OF BUILDING THIS ORDINANCE.

UM, I ECHO WHAT A LOT OF MY COALITION MEMBERS HAVE SHARED WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT IN ASKING YOU TO, UM, ELIMINATE THE, UM, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS' RIGHT TO VETO OVER PUBLIC PERMITS THAT LIMITS THE ACCESS THAT OUR, OUR, OUR, UM, HOME ENTREPRENEURS ARE LOOKING TO GAIN.

FOR KOS, WE ARE OVER 60% A RENTER CITY.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS AND YOU PLACE THAT AUTHORITY INTO THE PROPERTY OWNER'S HANDS, YOU ELIMINATE OR YOU REMOVE THE ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE FAMILIES WHO ARE ALREADY, UH, ADVERSELY IMPACTED.

SOME OF THE OTHER NUMBERS I WANTED TO UPLIFT TO YOU, TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE COOK ALLIANCE, UM, STUDY STUDY THAT THEY DID ON THIS ITEM, OVER 97% OF THE MIKO BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY OPERATING IN CALIFORNIA, 97% OF THEM RECEIVED ZERO COMPLAINTS, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE ABLE TO OPERATE WITHOUT HAVING THE, UM, PERMISSION OF THEIR LANDLORD.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I ALSO WANTED TO UPLIFT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING A COMMON CONVERSATION ABOUT SUPPORTING SIDEWALK VENDORS THAT DO NOT HAVE OR HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO COMMISSARY KITCHENS.

MANY OF THEM ARE STILL AWAITING MIKO PERMITTING TO PASS SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.

AND THEY'RE STILL ABOUT 120 THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO.

SO.

THE TIME IS CONCLUDED.

THANKS SO MUCH.

I HAVE CARLOS, JACQUELINE, ERIC, AND MINA.

IS THAT WHO'S LEFT IN LINE? YEAH.

UH, M WHO'S UP FIRST? FIRST, JACQUELINE? YEAH.

MY NAME'S JACQUELINE PEREZ.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I GET TO SERVE AS THE, UM, ECONOMIC JUSTICE MANAGER AT ORLE, AND I'VE WORKED WITH, UM, THE ENTREPRENEURS HERE IN LONG BEACH THAT ARE LOOKING TO FORMALIZE THEIR BUSINESS.

UM, WHEN WE JOINED THE COALITION ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, UH, WITH COOK ALLIANCE TO SUPPORT MIKO, UH, WE WERE REALLY EXCITED AND NOW WE'RE EVEN MORE EXCITED TO SEE IT CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE.

BUT WHAT WE ON, WHAT WE ASK IS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO, UM, LOOK INTO THE DETAILS THAT, UM, THE STUDIES THAT COOK ALLIANCE HAS PUT OUT, UH, US, UH, WITH OUR ENTREPRENEURS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RUN STUDIES WITH THE UCLA LABOR CENTER.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH Y'ALL.

BUT ALL THAT, ALL THOSE DETAILS THAT, UM, MY COALITION MEMBERS ARE, HAVE BEEN SHARING ARE THAT THIS IS NEEDED.

UH, EVEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STUDY SHOWS THAT OVER 70% OF THE COMMUNITY HERE IN LONG BEACH REALLY, UM, WOULD LOVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING, UH, CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD TO OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, TO OUR FAMILY, TO, UM, EVERYONE THAT WORKS HERE.

SO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IT.

UM, AND AS Y'ALL HEARD, UM, WITHOUT SAYING IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT PUT ANY BARRIERS ON THIS, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN, UM, A PROCESS THAT, UH, WE HAVE REALLY THOUGHTFULLY BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT, UH, IT ALLOWS OUR ENTREPRENEURS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND THIS WOULD JUST DERAIL IT.

SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON MICKO.

THANK YOU, MINA.

UH, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY.

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I'M HERE TO SUPPORT FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR MIKO HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION OF OWNERS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD PUT GREATER OBSTACLES TO PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE WANTING TO WORK HONORABLY THIS LAY COULD, THIS LAW COULD STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY AND CREATE OPPORT REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS AND WOMEN WHO WANT TO START A BUSINESS IN A SAFE AND LEGAL MANNER.

THIS IS WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO APPROVE MIKO WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION FROM OWNERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

OF THE REGULATIONS WE HAVE IN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, ADMINISTRATION, WHICH INCLUDES SHORT-TERM RENTALS, WHICH ARE A SIMILAR CONTEXT WHERE YOU'RE USING A RESIDENTIAL UNIT, UH, FOR SOMETHING, UM, PARTICULAR TO SHORT TERM RENTALS, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

THANK YOU, CARLOS.

AND IS ERIC HERE? NO.

CARLOS, UH, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER WITH HERE TO ADD IN MY VOICE TO THOSE THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF MIKO, UH, AS IT'D BE A REALLY GREAT HELP FOR ALLEVIATING, UH, BARRIERS FACED BY A LOT OF LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS, RIGHT? LIKE LOW INCOME FOLKS, IMMIGRANT FOLKS, UM, AND ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN LONG BEACH.

UH, BUT I ALSO WANNA VOICE THAT, UM, WHILE PASSING MIKO IS THE MOVE WE SHOULD DO HERE TONIGHT, WE SHOULD ALSO ELIMINATE THE, UH, STIPULATION THAT REQUIRES LANDLORD OR HOA APPROVAL.

UM, THIS PRESENTS WHAT COULD BE REALLY AN UNNECESSARY HURDLE FOR MANY TENANTS.

WE KNOW THAT NOT ALL LANDLORDS HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR TENANTS, AND THIS WOULD PROVIDE A LANDLORD WITH ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER THING TO WIELD OVER TENANTS, RIGHT? LIKE, THERE'S ALREADY A BIG POWER IMBALANCE THERE.

THIS WOULD JUST ADD TO IT, UM, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO AS FOLKS WHO ARE CLAIMING TO WANT TO BE AN EQUITABLE CITY, RIGHT? AS FOLKS WHO WANT TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL, UM, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE REMOVE THIS STIPULATION FROM THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE, UM, IT WOULD REALLY SUPPORT A LOT OF TENANTS WHO ARE SIMPLY LOOKING TO START THEIR BUSINESSES AND OBTAIN SOME ECONOMIC SECURITY AND STABILITY HERE.

UH, THANKS FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO, LIKE I MENTIONED, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROCESS.

SO IF THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE THE ORDINANCES IN FRONT OF US, THEN IT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK, UH, FOR ADOPTION.

WITH THAT CHANGE.

I'VE TALKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD FROM, FROM EVERYONE ABOUT, UH, THE POTENTIAL EXCLUSION OF, UM, UH, THE LANDLORD'S PIECE.

IF THE COUNCIL HAS THAT DIRECTION, THEN THE PROCESS WOULD BE, WELL, WE'LL NOT HAVE THE HEARING THAT FOLLOWS.

UH, IT'LL COME BACK.

AND THE DATE CERTAIN IS APRIL 14TH.

SO MY COMMENTS HERE, KO'S A GOOD IDEA.

WE'VE SAID IT, UH, A LONG TIME.

I WANNA THANK STAFF, THANK THE COMMUNITY, UH, FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.

I, I, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE SAY I OPPOSE MIKO, BUT I DID HEAR THEM SAY, WE DON'T WANT THE BARRIER OF THE LANDLORD APPROVAL, BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR THAT IN THE PRESENTATION.

SO IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE COUNCIL GOES TO IT, JUST TALK ABOUT THAT ELEMENT.

UH, SO THE COUNCIL ALL HAS THE SAME FACTS, AND WHERE I AM, I, IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT THE LANDLORD APPROVAL, HOA APPROVAL, THEN THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUPPORT.

BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY, UH, WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DECIDE.

SO, WHETHER IT MOVES FORWARD TONIGHT OR IT COMES BACK APRIL 14TH, BUT IF YOU CAN JUST WALK US THROUGH THAT PIECE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

SURE.

UM, SO OUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS ALIGNED WITH THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WILL ENFORCE.

BECAUSE WE ARE A LOCAL JURISDICTION AND NOT A COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH JURISDICTION, OUR COLLEAGUES FROM VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE INCLUDE THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT IN OUR ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR CONSISTENCY WITH OUR LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE LANGUAGE.

AND I WILL REFER TO MY COLLEAGUES WITH THE PLANNING DIVISION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS.

SO FROM THE PLANNING BUREAUS AND, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE BOTH OF US REPRESENTED HERE.

UH, WE, UH, DID WANT TO MIRROR SOME

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SO FROM A PARALLEL PERSPECTIVE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, BUREAU MANAGER FOR RELATIVE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THINGS.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

JUST TO SPECIFY A FEW MORE, UH, FACTORS HERE TO CONSIDER.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SINCE WE ENFORCE STATE LAW, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THEY REC, THEY, THEY ASK OR REQUIRE OF US IS TO ENFORCE, UH, STATE HOUSING LAWS.

NOW, WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO NOTIFY OWNERS, UM, VIA IN WRITING, VIA NOTICES, AND ALSO TO ISSUE ORDERS TO REPAIR AND ABATE.

AND SO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS TYPICALLY THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON PROP PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT WET TYPICALLY ENFORCE AGAINST A PROPERTY OWNER.

SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IS, IS HAVING THE OWNER AWARE UP FRONT OF WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE OCCURRING ON THEIR PROPERTY, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO BE OPEN, UH, ABOUT WHAT IS OCCURRING.

SO WHEN WE HAVE COMPLAINTS, WHICH WE DO GET COMPLAINTS, UH, WE'LL RESPOND TO ASSESS AND, AND CONFIRM THE FACTS OF WHAT'S OCCURRING, AND WE OBSERVE VIOLATIONS AND WE FOLLOW OUR PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES.

UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF, IF FOLKS OPERATE THE MIKO, WE, WE WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED TO ENFORCE AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND SO A WAY TO AVERT ANY ISSUES, UM, AND SOME OF THOSE FACTORS AND SECONDARY EFFECTS THAT MAY OCCUR, IT, IT CAN BE A POSSIBLE EVICTION.

SO FROM TIME TO TIME, WHEN WE HAVE CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, AND THE TENANTS ARE OPERATING OR DOING THINGS AGAINST CODE OR VIOLATING, UM, ACTIVITIES OR VIOLATIONS OF THE ZONING CODE, RUNNING A BUSINESS WITHOUT A LICENSE AND SO, SO FORTH, WE DO SEE FROM TIME TO TIME THAT TENANTS DO GET EVICTED.

SO WE WOULD PREFER THAT WE MITIGATE THAT UPFRONT AND THAT THE OWNER CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE OCCURRING ON THEIR PROPERTY SO THEY CAN GIVE THEIR CONSENT.

UH, SO WHEN SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, WE CAN TRY TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN LEGALIZE, TYPICALLY THE ACTIVITIES ARE OCCURRING WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN ZONING AND OTHER CITY ENTITIES.

UH, SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE WOULD GO AFTER THE OWNER TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, RESPONSIBLE.

AND ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT IS AN EXAMPLE IS THAT SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROGRAM.

UH, WE, WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF TENANTS THAT ARE OPERATORS OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE NUMBERS, IT HASN'T REALLY PREVENTED ANYONE FROM OPERATING A SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

SO WE DON'T FORESEE THAT ISSUE HAPPENING WITH THE ECOS.

UM, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING ENFORCEMENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

I THINK YOU MAY GET SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, BUT, BUT WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK IN WRITING IS DONE THAT SAYS WHAT THE PROS AND THE CONS ARE, AND MAYBE SOME ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ON THE 14TH, BECAUSE IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY A NOTIFICATION THING TO THE LANDLORD OR AN OPT OUT, NOT AN OPT IN.

SO I THINK THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE.

UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, THE COUNCIL DELIBERATION, MAKER OF THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJAS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND A BIG THANKS TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT TO SPEAK.

UH, ANOTHER HUGE THANKS TO A CITY STAFF WHO, UM, HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UM, TOGETHER, UM, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.

AS, UM, STATED IN THE PRESENTATION, ENSURING A PATHWAY TO BEING FULLY PERMITTED FOR HOME KITCHEN OPERATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY.

THIS CITY HAS A DUTY TO ENSURE THIS, AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY DESERVES A STRONG, SAFE AND WELL IMPLEMENTED ORDINANCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MIKO ORDINANCE.

UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS RELAYING TO WHAT, UM, STAFF JUST COMMENTED ON.

UM, FIRST WITH, IN REGARDS TO MANDATING THE LANDLORD'S SIGNATURE, UM, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHERE, WHERE THIS CAME FROM.

I KNOW IT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ARE SEEING IT.

WELL, I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ON WHERE THIS CAME FROM.

UH, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS

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THAT CAME FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIFICALLY, AGAIN, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET INVOLVED WITH ENFORCEMENT, WE TYPICALLY ENFORCE AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDANCE FROM STATE LAW THAT TELLS US THAT THEY'RE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY, THEY HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO MAKE REPAIRS OR TO TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS.

UM, DID YOU LOOK AT ANY, UM, OTHER, OTHER MODELS THAT HAVE THIS OR THAT ARE USING THIS MODEL? YES.

SO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA JUST IS CONDUCTING A SURVEY, AND SO FAR, UM, MOST OF THE RESPONDENTS WHO HAVE MECO PROGRAMS IN THEIR COUNTIES DO REQUIRE A LETTER OF AGREEMENT.

UM, UH, WE HAVE SANTA CLARA COUNTY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, RIVERSIDE, CITY OF BERKELEY, AND SAN MATEO, ALTHOUGH IT'S, IT IS NOT WRITTEN IN THEIR ORDINANCE, IT IS STILL A REQUIREMENT BEFORE A HEALTH PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED.

SO MAYBE THAT CAN BE ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, NOT MAKING IT A REQUIREMENT, BUT HAVING IT, OR NOT BEING IN AN ORDINANCE, BUT HAVING IT AS A REQUIREMENT.

JUST EXPLORING, UM, HA HAS ANY DATA BEEN COLLECTED ON H WHAT, WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK WHEN YOU HAVE, LIKE, IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WERE TO BE IMPLEMENTED, DO WE HAVE DATA SHOWING IN THOSE OTHER AREAS? WHAT HAS WORKED AND, AND WHAT HASN'T? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

UM, MIKO STILL FAIRLY NEW.

UM, THE LA COUNTY JUST PASSED IT LAST YEAR, AND SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA TO, TO LOOK AT AT THIS TIME.

UM, THANK Y'ALL.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES.

COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SODI.

UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I ACTUALLY WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.

SO, UM, YOU MENTIONED FOR SOME OF THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT YOU JUST LISTED, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE LANDLORD'S SIGNATURE IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT IT IS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE HEALTH PERMIT, RIGHT? YES.

AND THEN MIKA WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE WITHOUT THE HEALTH PERMIT.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE EITHER WAY THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE LANDLORD.

YES.

BRINGING THIS BACK AND WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAILS ON THAT.

UM, THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND I'M, I'M, AND THAT IS A, THAT IS A STATE LAW, RIGHT? SO THAT'S REALLY A PART.

'CAUSE OUR HEALTH PERMITS ARE GOVERNED BY THE STATE.

YES.

UNDERSTOOD.

UM, SO I, UM, ULTIMATELY JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE MECO PROGRAM.

A SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFITS INDIVIDUAL MICRO BUSINESSES IN THE BROADER MICRO ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY.

MOREOVER, THE FACTS, UM, THAT FOOD PREPARED AND THE MIKO MAY BE SERVED TO APPROVED COMPACT FOOD MOBILE OPERATIONS HELP SOLVE THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF APPROVED KITCHENS FOR FOOD PREPARATION FOR COMPACT FOOD, FOOD OPERATIONS.

UM, I'M CERTAINLY SENSITIVE OF THE CONCERNS AROUND OUR FOOD JUSTICE ADVOCATES AROUND THE LANDLORD DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.

UM, I DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING UNNECESSARY BURDENS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WANNA BE AS, AS MOST AS SUPPORTIVE AS I POSSIBLY CAN.

UM, COMMENSURATELY I ALSO UNDERSTAND A PROPERTY OWNER'S CONCERNS AROUND A BUSINESS OPERATING AND A PROPERTY THEY OWN, AND THEM NOT BEING AWARE.

UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY NOT TO WANT TO CREATE A SCENARIO WHERE A TENANT PUTS THEIR HOUSING AT RISK OR A PROPERTY OWNER REALIZING TOO LATE, THEY NEEDED TO ADJUST THEIR INSURANCE OR COMMERCIAL RELIABILITY OR ASPECTS.

UM, THUS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE POTENTIALLY OF EMOTION.

UM, THAT BRINGS US BACK WITH OPTIONS ON ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE.

WE COULD USE THAT MINIMIZES BARRIERS, BUT ALSO ALLOWS OWNERS THE REASONABLE NOTIFICATION REGARDING ACTIVITIES HAPPENING ON THEIR PROPERTIES.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'D RECOMMEND TOO.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY PRETTY COMPLICATED.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DONE WITH THE SPIRIT OF, OF NOT PUTTING ANYBODY IN HARM'S WAY, UH, ESPECIALLY THE, THE TENANT WHO MIGHT BE DOING THIS WORK AND THINKING IT'S OKAY.

AND THEN THEIR LANDLORDS SAYING, YOU'RE IN BREACH OF, OF THE, OF THE LEASE.

AND THEN WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION WHERE THE CITY SAYS YOU CAN DO IT, BUT THE LANDLORD SAYS YOU CAN'T.

AND, AND THAT PUTS THEM AT RISK.

AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

IF THIS IS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE DIRECTION ON, LET US GO BACK, COME UP WITH ARE THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE OUT THERE? UH, WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS? UH, AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ON THE, ON THE 14TH, UH, WITH SOME LANGUAGE, UH, TRYING TO BRIDGE THE GAP AS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I WILL SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE STARTED WITH STR AND AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MANY ISSUES.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE PERMISSIVE THAN STR.

'CAUSE ST NOT ONLY, UM, YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED TO HAVE THESE THINGS, BUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNDER ST CAN, UM, CAN HAVE A VOTE AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT IS NOT IN THIS ORDINANCE.

UM, SO THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALLOWED.

UM, IT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THE LANDLORD IS AWARE, UH, AND THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS.

IF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE APARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, OR IN THE AREA ARE HAVING ISSUES, WHO DO WE ENFORCE AGAINST AND HOW DO WE RESOLVE THAT? AND WHO'S ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE? SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND

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EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, JUST TO POINT OUT THAT IF THIS DOES COME BACK WITH OPTIONS, THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE HEARING TO THAT DATE BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE THAT DATE.

YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE DIRECTION FOR THE ORDINANCE TO GO BACK WITH WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE, UNLESS WE GIVE YOU SOME DIRECTION TODAY, AND THEN YOU COME BACK WITH MORE OF THE PROS AND CONS.

CONS OF THAT CHOICE.

YEAH.

THEN YOU CAN AGENDA.

I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE.

I THINK LET US TRY TO BRING SOMETHING BACK ON THE 14TH, UM, THAT ADDRESSES THAT, THAT IS THE DIRECTION AS IF, IF THAT'S THE MOTION I, I'M NOT HEARING AN OBJECTION, BUT, UM, THEN BRINGING BACK SOMETHING ON THE 14TH THAT WE THINK DOES THAT TO THE BEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.

AND THEN IF WE GET IT WRONG, THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND EXTEND THE HEARING AGAIN.

AND WE CAN HAVE THAT DEBATE.

BUT EITHER WAY, WE'LL PROVIDE PROS AND CONS.

WE'LL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.

UH, ONE THING THAT WAS RAISED THAT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON WOULD, WOULD IF, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THAT THERE WAS A, AN ISSUE AND WOULD THIS BE A, JUST CAUSE WOULD THIS ALIGN WITH OUR, JUST CAUSE FOR EVICTION POLICIES? WE DON'T THINK SO.

SO IF THAT, UH, I MEAN THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHY WE WANTED THE LANDLORD, BECAUSE IS IF THE LANDLORD LEASE SAYS YOU CAN'T DO IT, THEN THEY GET, THEY CAN BASICALLY EVICT WITHIN THREE DAYS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU, YOU ARE IN VIOLATION AND THEREFORE YOU'RE EVICTED.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GUARD AGAINST, UM, RIGHT.

UH, AND SO THAT IS WHY WE WANTED TO HAVE, MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO SOMEONE INADVERTENTLY.

SO IF IT WERE POTENTIALLY WRITTEN AS, HEY, IT'S PERMITTED UNLESS IT'S EXPLICIT, EXPLICITLY, LIKE RESTRICTED IN A LEASE, THAT SORT OF THING.

THE OTHER THING, HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR THE LANDLORDS ON THIS? I, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF PEEP, NO.

GOOD TO, GOOD TO KNOW.

UM, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE GOING.

COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.

UM, YEAH, THANKS MAYOR.

I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD A GOOD GOING CON A GOOD, UH, CONVERSATION THAT STARTED.

YOU KNOW, I, I'VE SHARED THAT I'VE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THE MIKO ORDINANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, GREW UP IN A COMMUNITY THAT RELIED ON IT BEFORE IT WAS LEGALIZED JUST BECAUSE THAT'S A WAY OF SURVIVAL, BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC, UH, MOBILITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S ALSO A RENTER, UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT, UM, THOSE WHO MAY WANNA OPERATE AT HOME, UH, THEIR BUSINESS AND NOT WANTING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING IT IMPEDED BY, UM, CONCERNS AROUND THEIR, THE, THE OWN, THE PROPERTY OWNER.

UM, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, I DO ALSO HEAR THAT THERE, IT IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED AROUND THE, THE RANGE IN WAYS THAT WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FILL OUT A RENTAL APPLICATION, THEY WANNA KNOW IF YOU HAVE PETS OR NOT.

UM, NOT TO SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE IT, BUT IT'S ALSO FIGURING OUT HOW TO, HOW, HOW COULD THERE BE A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE IT BASED ON THE LEVEL YOUR BUSINESS AS WELL, RIGHT? UM, AND HOW MUCH SPACE YOU MIGHT NEED.

SO THERE COULD BE PROS AND CONS WITH HAVING CONVERSATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE FEARING AND THE CONCERN THAT IT COULD CAUSE AS WELL.

SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF LOOKING AT THE OPTION.

I HEARD A NUMBER OF, AND THIS IS WHERE I NEED MORE CLARIFICATION.

I'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF TERMS BEING THROWN OUT THERE FROM PROPERTY OWNER AUTHORIZATION, PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATION, PROPERTY OWNER, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, APPROVAL.

SO I, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT IS THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF, UM, NOTIFICATION THAT'S NEEDED AND THEN IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW, UM, CONVERSATION TO OCCUR TO ALLOW, UH, RENTERS, UM, OR THOSE WHO ARE IN HOME, UH, IN HOAS TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS.

SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO CLARIFY BECAUSE THOSE MEAN REALLY DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE AUTHORIZATION SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED APPROVAL VERSUS NOTIFICATION IS JUST, HEY, WE'RE LETTING YOU KNOW, I MIGHT POTENTIALLY DO, UM, YOU KNOW, A HOME BUSINESS OR DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU I WILL.

EXACTLY.

'CAUSE I MAY NOT KNOW WHEN I RENT THIS PROPERTY.

UM, BUT I MIGHT DO IT LATER.

SO DO I STILL HAVE TO TELL YOU? RIGHT.

SO THOSE ARE THE OTHER LEVEL OF, UM, I THINK QUESTIONS I HAVE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND.

AND SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE PASSING IT AND IT'S COMING BEFORE US IN THE STATE AS WELL, OR AT LEAST IN THE COUNTY AS WE'RE LEARNING HOW IT WORKS.

SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH THOSE OPTIONS AND GET MORE CLARIFICATION.

UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN.

HOME-BASED BUSINESSES LIKE THIS WILL HAVE LESS OF AN IMPACT THAN SIDEWALK VENDING BUSINESSES BECAUSE OPERATIONS WILL BE WITHIN SOMEONE'S HOME.

THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS.

I AM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT THIS BACK TONIGHT.

AND, UM, I THINK THE RULES SEEM REASONABLE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THAT, UM, DIFFICULTY WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED AND THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY.

I DO THINK THAT, UM, MOST

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BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES.

I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, HAVING TROUBLE ENFORCING SIMPLE THINGS.

LIKE THERE AREN'T 25 PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE IF WE DO ONE INSPECTION A YEAR, BUT THERE'S CONSISTENTLY 25 PEOPLE WAITING OUT GOOD FOR THEM.

THEY'RE OFFERING GOOD FOOD, BUT THEY'RE ALSO IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE THAT? UM, LET ME START WITH A QUESTION REGARDING A APARTMENT BUILDING AND A, A LANDLORD THAT MAY NOT KNOW THAT A BUSINESS IS AT THE APARTMENT.

WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS A SHARED UTILITY METER, IF EXTENSIVE, UM, COOKING GOES ON IN ONE APARTMENT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT ALL OF THE TENANTS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING ARE HAVING TO SHARE THOSE UTILITY COSTS? UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

UM, HOW ARE WE, UM, GOING TO DEAL WITH, UH, ODORS, FUMES OR EMISSIONS? THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT IF IT CAN BE SMELLED BY A REASONABLE PERSON AT A PROPERTY LINE, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION.

HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE ENFORCED? AND DOES THERE NEED TO BE A COMPLAINANT ON RECORD OR CAN A CITY INSPECTOR MAKE THE DETERMINATION IF THEY CAN SMELL THE ODORS AT A PROPERTY LINE? HOW DID THEY ENFORCE THAT? SO IT WOULD BE A COMPLAINT BASED INVESTIGATION.

SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO CALL OUR OFFICE.

AND SO IF IT'S A, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, WE'LL TAKE THAT COMPLAINT, UM, INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINT, AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE REFERRED TO ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT, WE WILL DO SO TO FOLLOW THROUGH ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES.

AND I THINK THAT WORKS FOR THE, UM, THE ODOR COMPLAINT, BUT ALSO YOU HAD ANOTHER COM ANOTHER QUESTION THAT, UM, UH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LINE OF FOLKS, UH, THAT MAY FALL UNDER THE BUSINESS LICENSE SIDE VERSUS THE HEALTH SIDE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHICH SIDE EVERY TIME A COMPLAINT COMES IN, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH, WHICH SIDE OF THE HOUSE OF THE CITY WILL BE ENFORCING IT.

BUT IN ALL THINGS, IT'LL BE LIKE EVERY OTHER COMPLAINT THAT WE RECEIVE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES.

THE COMPLAINT COMES IN AND THEN WE'D EVALUATE IT ASSIGNED AN INSPECTOR, AND THEN THAT IS INSPECTOR WOULD BE ADDRESSING IT.

THE CITY HAS, UM, ON THE BUSINESS LICENSE SIDE, UH, MULTIPLE TOOLS THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND, UM, UTILIZE BETWEEN ADMINISTER FIRST NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS AND THEN AN ESCALATING ENFORCEMENT PROCESS WHERE WE'D MOVE TO ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND THEN POTENTIALLY MISDEMEANOR CITATIONS.

UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE WITH THE CITY, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN YOU'RE IN VIOLATION OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND THEREFORE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BE ISSUED ANY OF THESE, UM, ENFORCEMENT, UH, TOOLS.

AND THEN WE JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE, UM, THE SITUATION, EVALUATE IT, USE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR APPROPRIATE JUDGMENT FOR THIS SPECIFIC CONDITION.

THANK YOU, TARA.

UH, JUST TO CLARIFY THOUGH, INSPECTORS MUST A ACTUALLY SEE THE INFRACTION TO BE ABLE TO, THEY HAVE TO WITNESS IT PERSONALLY.

IT CAN'T BE BECAUSE A PERSON HAS CALLED, OR MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE CALLED ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE.

I THINK THAT THAT'S THE SAME ANSWER FROM BOTH JUDITH AND I, YEAH.

THAT WE AGREE THAT WE'D, OUR, OUR STAFF TYPICALLY HAS TO SEE IT OR HAVE OTHER INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE.

AND SO THAT INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE CAN COME FROM, UM, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, COMMUNITY OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, IF THEY WERE OUT, IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS OUT AND THEY COLLECTED THE EVIDENCE, OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS LICENSE STAFF CAN USE THAT EVIDENCE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO EACH INDEPENDENTLY SEE IT.

UM, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE, UH, AN INDEPENDENT, YOU KNOW, SOURCE OTHER THAN THE COMPLAINING PARTY.

'CAUSE UNFORTUNATELY NOT EVERYONE IS ACCURATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK ABOUT, UM, WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR GETTING THE FOOD FROM THE HOME KITCHEN TO THE VENDING LOCATION? WHEN WE DISCUSS SIDEWALK VENDING, WE LEARN THAT MOBILE SUPPORT UNITS ARE TIED TO THE COMMISSARY, NOT NECESSARILY THE VENDOR.

IN THIS CASE, IF WE'RE INSPECTING THE VEHICLES OR, OR MOBILE SUPPORT UNITS THAT ARE TRANSPORTING THE FOOD AND EQUIPMENT TO THE VENDING LOCATIONS, WHAT KIND OF RULES DO WE HAVE? UM, HA HAVING A HEALTH INSPECTED KITCHEN AND HEALTH INSPECTED VENDING LOCATION ONLY GOES SO FAR FOR FOOD SAFETY IF

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THE FOOD IS BEING TRANSPORTED WITHOUT TEMPERATURE CONTROL.

SO HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THE TRANSPORT OF FOOD FROM MIKO TO THE OFFSITE LOCATION? SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE A INITIAL INSPECTION.

THIS IS WHY WE DO THE INITIAL INSPECTION TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF, YOU KNOW, THE KITCHEN, THE COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEING USED, THE SPACES THAT THEY HAVE, THE REFRIGERATION, THE MOBILE SUPPORT UNIT, IF THEY HAVE A COMPACT MOBILE FOOD OPERATORS, THAT ALL THOSE THINGS MEET THE HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THAT TYPE OF OPERATION TO OCCUR.

IS THERE A REGISTRATION NUMBER OR AN ATTACHMENT TO THE REGISTRATION THAT THEY ARE A MOBILE SUPPORT UNIT FOR, UH, FOOD TRANSPORTATION? YES.

SO WHEN, UH, LONG BEACH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, A HEALTH PERMIT, WE DO HAVE A DECAL THAT WE PROVIDE FOR MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES.

SO YOU WILL SEE THOSE ON OUR FOOD TRUCKS, ON OUR COMPACT MOBILE FOOD OPERATORS AND ANY TYPES OF FOOD FACILITIES, MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES THAT WE PERMIT.

MY FINAL QUESTION IS ABOUT OPERATING WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE.

UH, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH VENDORS IMPROPERLY DISPOSING OF OIL AND GREASE INTO STORM DRAINS THAT DIRECTLY FLOW INTO THE OCEAN.

RESTAURANTS SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY MAKING SURE THEY DISPOSE OF GREASE, AND THIS IS WHERE SHORTCUTS CAN'T HAPPEN.

WHAT PROTECTIONS OR REQUIREMENTS ARE IN PLACE TO PREVENT, UM, IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF OIL AND GREASE FROM HOME KITCHEN.

SO THEY'RE NOT CREATING ADDITIONAL IMPACTS TO OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM AND THE OCEAN.

SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR INITIAL INSPECTION AND EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT WOULD TAKE PLACE.

AND BEST PRACTICES FROM OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, UM, THEY DO PROVIDE SOME EDUCATIONAL MESSAGES AND BEST PRACTICES AND HOW TO PREVENT, UM, FATS, OIL AND GREASE GOING DOWN THE STORM DRAIN.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER, KURT.

THERE IT GOES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN THERE.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'M NOT GONNA TOUCH IT.

UM, UH, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.

AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, MOST OF THE CONCERNS ARE SHARED AMONGST MY COLLEAGUES.

YOU'VE HEARD A LOT.

I'M NOT GONNA REITERATE THOSE.

UM, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STAFF TO COME BACK WITH OPTIONS OF, I DON'T WANNA SAY APPROVAL, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, LIKE WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT? UM, WE KNOW THAT I THINK THAT PIECE WAS SPECIFICALLY BASED ON TORRANCE BECAUSE IT'S A CITY AND NOT A COUNTY.

WE KNOW THAT TORRANCE IS, UM, MAJORITY HOMEOWNERS, 55% ACCORDING TO MY LATEST LOOKING IT UP.

UM, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM LOOKING TO COME BACK IN APRIL OR WHAT ARE SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITIES, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TRY.

WE KNOW IT'S HAPPENED AROUND THE STATE.

WE KNOW OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE ALLOWED FOR THIS.

UM, ACCORDING TO WHAT WE HEAR, THERE ARE, UM, VERY LOW LEVELS OF CONCERNS THAT ARE RAISED OR COMPLAINTS THAT ARE RAISED.

AND OBVIOUSLY IF PEOPLE HAVE FOLLOWED THE RULES AND THEY HAVE ALL THE PERMITS AND DONE THE THINGS, THEN WE WILL HAVE A WAY TO DO SOME ENFORCEMENT.

BUT I'M, I AM WARY OF GETTING IT TO TOO SPECIFIC WITHIN THE ORDINANCE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE NOT SURE EXISTS YET.

THAT I THINK AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, MAYBE WE SAY SIX MONTHS, UM, OR A YEAR, WE, WE VERY SPECIFICALLY COME BACK TO LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED, WHAT KIND OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RAISED, HOW THEY'VE BEEN ADDRESSED.

AND IF THERE IS NEED FOR, UM, LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE HEALTH PERMIT, THEN, THEN I THINK WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT I WOULD HATE TO OVER-PRESCRIBE A SOLUTION, UM, THAT ISN'T, DOESN'T MATCH THE PROBLEM THAT MIGHT ARISE MOVING FORWARD.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE INFORMATION FROM THE TEAM.

COUNCIL MEMBER SUBINA.

UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION ON A, ON A QUESTION THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP AND THAT WAS, UH, ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE LANDLORD OR LANDLORD ASSOCIATION? THE ANSWER WAS NO.

UH, WELL I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS TODAY.

SO WAS THERE ANY OUTREACH TO THE LANDLORDS TO ALERT HIM THAT THIS WAS COMING UP? THE STAFF KNOW OF ANYTHING? WE DID NOT CONDUCT ANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS REGARDING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, BUT WE HAVE HAD MIKO, UM, RELATED DISCUSSIONS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

HEY, I I, I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT TODAY WAS THE IDEA OF, UH, FOR THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT REQUIREMENT, NO, WE DID NOT DO AVERAGE.

THEREFORE, WE WOULDN'T GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE LANDLORDS.

ALSO, UH, A FOLLOW UP ON, UH, COUNCILMAN DUGGAN'S, UH, QUESTION ABOUT FOG OR FATS AND WALLS IN GREASE.

UM,

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WOULD THERE BE A POSSIBLE SCENARIO WHERE A GREASE TRAP WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR AN OPERATION? THE MECO OPERAT IS LIMITED.

AGAIN, IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE KITCHEN, THE SIZE OF THE STOVE, THE REFRIGERATION, AND SO THAT WOULD DEPEND UPON INSPECTION AND WHAT THE BEST PRACTICES REQUIREMENTS WOULD COME FROM UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.

SO WE WOULD CONSULT WITH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE IF A, IF A GREASE STRAP IS REQUIRED.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR MENU.

NO UNDER UNDERSTOOD.

UM, SO IF THIS IS, IF THE VOTE IS TO BRING THIS BACK ON THE 14TH, I WOULD JUST ASK, UH, A COUPLE THINGS.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS, UH, THE LICENSES WILL BE BASED ON HOME, UH, HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.

UM, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

SO AS SOMEONE WHO ONCE HAD A, A HOME-BASED BUSINESS IN LONG BEACH, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS THERE, SO IT MIGHT BE A GREAT IDEA TO BRING THOSE BACK AND SHOW US EXACTLY, UM, WHAT THE APPLICANTS ARE, ARE, UM, UP AGAINST ON ON THAT, THOSE RESTRICTIONS.

AND, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.

IF IT'S COMING BACK, THAT I'LL, I'LL HOLD MY QUESTIONS FOR THEN.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ZENDEJAS.

AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, AND THANK YOU MAYOR AS WELL.

I THANK THAT AFTER LISTENING TO ALL OF THE COMMENTS, UM, I THINK WE, WE ALL SEE HERE THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF ROOM FOR CLAR CLARITY.

AND SO, UM, WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT, UM, OR MAKE THE OFFICIAL MOTION TO COME BACK WITH THIS AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, UM, BEFORE DECIDING ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT.

IF I CAN ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION TO THAT IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT.

I THINK THE IDEA HERE IS BRING THE ORDINANCE BACK PLACE, THE PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS IN QUESTION INTO THE PROGRAM SIDE, BUT NOT IN THE ORDINANCE STRIKE.

I THINK WE LIMIT OR STRIKE THAT PIECE AROUND THE NOTICE THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS REQUIRED TO THE LANDLORDS.

AND WE WORK THAT ON THE PROGRAM SIDE, NOT THE ORDINANCE SIDE.

SO IF THE COUNCIL LOOKS AT OPTIONS, WEIGHS PROS AND CONS, THEY CAN NEST THOSE IN THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS AND STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORDINANCE ON THE 20, ON THE 14TH SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND MAKE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.

SO, UH, I THINK YOU'RE SAYING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY PART OF THE HEALTH PERMIT, BUT THEN THAT ALLOW US TO PASS AN ORDINANCE, GET IT GOING, UH, AND THEN WE STILL NEED TO WRESTLE WITH THAT QUESTION OF HOW MUCH ARE WE GONNA REQUIRE THAT, UM, THAT NOTE EITHER NOTIFICATION OR, OR OTHERWISE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT DILIGENCE, BUT DON'T BRING IT IN THE EL IN THE ORDINANCE PORTION SO WE CAN BE PREPARED TO ADOPT.

'CAUSE I THINK THE PROGRAM FOR THE MOST PART IS READY TO GO.

IT'S THIS AREA WHERE WE NEED TO DO A BIT MORE DILIGENCE ABOUT WHAT MAKES SENSE, BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND PUT THAT IN THE PROGRAM OR THE PERMIT SIDE, NOT THE ORDINANCE SIDE.

YEAH, LET US LOOK AT THAT.

SO, UM, YEAH, WE'LL CONFER AFTERWARDS WITH THE ATTORNEYS AND STUFF, BUT I THINK THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL APPROACH.

FANTASTIC.

THAT'S THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OPTIONS COUNCILWOMAN.

MM-HMM .

UH, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER THRASH INTO WHO'S, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY SECONDER APPROVES THE MOTION AS WELL.

JOAN, COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SODI.

I APPROVE.

UM, AND THOSE FOLKS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH THEIR OWNER.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THRESH TOOK VIRTUALLY, VIRTUALLY REMOTELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

UM, AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION.

I CERTAINLY WANTED TO GET IN ON THE DISCUSSION.

I'M THRILLED TONIGHT THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS STEP AND LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FORMALIZING HOME THE HOME-BASED FOOD SCENE.

UH, AS WAS STATED, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EMPOWERING LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS TO GROW THEIR TALENT AND BUILD SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES RIGHT IN THEIR HOMES.

UH, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF, UH, EVERY, UH, DIVISION THAT HAS BEEN AND DEPARTMENT AND INVOLVED IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR LOCAL CULINARY ENTREPRENEURS, UH, CAN BUILD A BRIDGE TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO CREATE, UH, MORE FLOURISHING BUSINESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

SO MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT HAS CENTERED AROUND SOME CONCERNS THAT I HAVE HAD AS WELL.

UM, SO LET ME START BY SHARING A COMMENT OR TWO AND THEN, UM, UH, TOWARDS THE END, I'LL ALSO, UH, PROVIDE MY, UH, DIRECTION OR SUPPORT FOR, UH, WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT THAT CONVERSATION MIGHT BE.

UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS CURIOUS TODAY THAT WE WOULD MENTION, UH, SHORT TERM RENTALS AS THE GUIDE OR ANOTHER, UH, POLICY THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.

UM, I JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UM, THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL THEME, UM, THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC, UH, STATUS, POSSIBLY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

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SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE EXPERIENCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE MIKO KITCHENS MIGHT HAVE, UM, THAT TO ME MAY NOT BE OUR STRONGEST, UH, ARGUMENT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT SHORT TERM RENTALS.

I ALSO, UH, WAS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CHARACTERIZE, UM, OTHER HOME-BASED BUSINESSES WITHIN, UH, OUR CITY AND WHETHER A LANDLORD HAS TO BE NOTIFIED IF YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UH, BUSINESS, IF YOU HAVE A CLOTHING BUSINESS, OR EVEN A CHILDCARE, UH, FACILITY IN YOUR HOME, ESPECIALLY A, A SMALL ONE.

SO JUST WANNA BE SENSITIVE ABOUT THE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE ALLOW IN SPACES DON'T THINK TWICE ABOUT, UM, AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO, TO OPERATE THOSE WITHOUT NECESSARILY A LANDLORD'S, UH, INVOLVEMENT.

UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION REGARDING, UH, JUST CAUSE EVICTION.

I GOT REALLY NERVOUS WHEN THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, SOMEONE POTENTIALLY BEING EVICTED, UH, FOR NOT HAVING, UM, A LICENSE IS ONE THING, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT AMCO, UM, YOU KNOW, LICENSE AND, AND PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER, THEN YOU WOULD BE A LICENSED, UH, SMALL BUSINESS WITHIN YOUR HOME.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO BACK AND WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UH, IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, LOOKS AT, UM, HOW, IF, IF IN ANY WAY, UM, OUR JUST CAUSE EVICTION COULD BE IMPACTED BY SOMEONE WHO HAS A MIKO LICENSE, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY.

UM, THAT.

AND THEN, UM, WHEN WE DO COME BACK, UH, I TOO, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I WANNA SEE WHERE IS THE MINIMUM THAT WE CAN DO AND REALLY REFERENCE THE STATE LAW ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, HEALTH LICENSE, UM, THESE BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS.

UM, SO THAT IT IS VERY, VERY CLEAR, UH, WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE ASKING OF THE, UH, POTENTIAL MIKO SMALL BUSINESS, UM, OWNERS.

AND THEN, UM, IN TERMS OF MY DIRECTION AND RECOMMENDATION, UM, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR LANDLORD AND SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME REMAINING HOUSED.

AND A MIKO LICENSE COULD BE SOMETHING THAT HELPS THEM REMAIN HOUSED BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES IN ORDER TO COVER, UH, THEIR RENT ACCORDINGLY.

AND SO, UM, NOT EVERYBODY IS AS FLUID OR COMFORTABLE WITH ENGAGING THEIR LANDLORD.

UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE US IDENTIFY A WAY, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE FOR A LANDLORD TO BE NOTICED POTENTIALLY BY THE CITY AND THEN BE ABLE TO OPT OUT OR OPT IN AS OPPOSED TO HAVING, UM, THE TENANT NECESSARILY BE THE, UM, ONLY, UH, IN PERSON WHO IS INTERACTING WITH THE LANDLORD ACCORDINGLY.

UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THOSE WHO HAVE MECO LICENSES.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT A LANDLORD MAY HAVE, UM, AGREED MAYBE AT THE BEGINNING THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO HAVE A MECO LICENSE.

AND IF THEY MAKE A CHANGE, THAT THAT CHANGE IS REGISTERED NOT ONLY WITH THE TENANT, BUT ALSO WITH THE CITY, SO THAT THE CITY IS AWARE OF THIS CHANGE AS WELL.

AND WE CAN MONITOR, UM, ANY, UM, CHANGES WITHIN THE MARKET, UM, THAT SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH MECO LICENSES AND HOUSING.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION NEXT MONTH.

THANK, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.

YEAH, THANKS, MAYOR.

I, I JUST WANTED A POINT OF CLARIFICATION BECAUSE WHAT YOU REPHRASED WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I HEARD.

COUNCILWOMAN SIN DEJAS MOTION IS.

SO, I, AND THAT'S WHY I'M CLARIFYING, IS I HEARD THAT YOU WERE SAYING TO BRING BACK THE ITEM, BUT NOT BE AN ORDINANCE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT PORTION WAS A PART OF THE ORDINANCE.

SO IF YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT FOR ME.

YEAH.

THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO, UM, TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO, UH, OFTENTIMES WE'LL HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDES A STRUCTURE OF HOW THE PROGRAM'S GONNA WORK, AND THEN, UH, STAFF HAVE THE ABILITY AND ALL THE PAPERWORK AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO TO SIGN OFF ON THE PROGRAM.

WE CAN PUT THAT IN THE POLICY FOR HOW THAT WORKS.

AND SO, UH, EITHER WAY, I, I THINK THIS IS AN AREA THAT NEEDS THE COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN ON, AND HOW, HOW DO YOU WANT TO BALANCE THOSE PROS AND CONS? SO, UH, WE CAN BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE ON THE 14TH THAT IS BASICALLY SILENT ON THAT, BUT THEN HAVE YOU GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ON, BEFORE WE ISSUE A HEALTH PERMIT, WHAT TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS DO WE NEED, DO, ARE WE GONNA REQUIRE, UM, FOR THE LANDLORD? OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE MOTION AND THE SECONDER, UM, ALSO THAT WAS CLEARED AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER OTTI.

UH, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO FOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AND DEJAS TO MAKE SURE, DOES THAT CAPTURE YOUR INTENT?

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UM, OF THE MOTION, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJA, UM, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EXPLORED HERE, UM, I HEAR A LOT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LANDLORD APPROVAL LANDLORD, UM, SIGNATURE.

UM, THERE'S GONNA BE IN A, IN A THE PERFECT WORLD, EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE WITH THIS, AND WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MIKO, UM, ORDINANCE.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I'M REALIZING AS I'M HEARING THESE CONVERSATIONS, UH, IS THAT SOME LANDLORDS MAY ABSOLUTELY BEFORE THIS, UM, AND SOME LANDLORDS MAY NOT EVEN WANT TO EVEN ENTERTAIN THE THOUGHT OF THIS BECAUSE OF IN THEIR HEAD, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE WITH THIS.

I'M WONDERING IF, UM, IF WE COULD PLEASE EXPLORE MAYBE EVEN HAVING SOME KIND OF INCENTIVE PROGRAMS FOR THOSE LANDLORDS THAT DO SUPPORT MIKO.

UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE INCENTIVES ARE.

I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF CREATIVE, UM, MINDS IN CITY STAFF, SO MAYBE WE CAN, UM, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXPLORE THAT OPTION AS WELL.

WE'LL JUST ENTERTAIN, UH, A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS TO APRIL 14TH.

UH, WE'LL NOW GO TO ROLL CALL.

WE'LL NOW GO TO HEARING ITEM 15 AND

[15. 26-54243 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, review and determine that the proposed Zoning Code Amendment and Local Coastal Program Amendment are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the State CEQA Guidelines, as it will not result directly or indirectly in significant environmental impacts (SE-25-142); Declare ordinance approving a Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA25-001), and adopt the proposed findings related thereto, to amend Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) Chapters 21.15 and 21.51 of Title 21 (Zoning) to introduce and establish new regulations for Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOs) to support proposed changes to Title 5 (Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions), read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading; and Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

SO YOU NEED TO READ THE ITEM? YES.

REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD.

CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING REVIEW AND DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE AMENDMENT AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT ARE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.

DECLARED ORDINANCE APPROVING A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS RELATED THERETO.

AMEND THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO INTRODUCE AND ESTABLISH NEW REGULATIONS FOR MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATIONS.

READ THE FIRST TIME AND LATER THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT PROPOSED CHANGES AND SUBMIT THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT AND ASSOCIATED MATERIALS AND FINDINGS TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FOR ITS REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE CERTIFIED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM CITYWIDE.

UH, WE NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE APRIL 5TH, APRIL 14TH.

I, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S MOTION TO MOTION TO APPROVE.

UH, EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT JUST HAPPENED? LET ME JUST RECAP.

AND WE'LL JUST DO A VOICE SECOND.

SO MOVE.

GREAT, MOVE IN SECOND SINCE WE'RE NOT DOING, UH, AND WE'LL, UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO 17.

PLEASE.

[17. 26-54515 Recommendation to request Department of Public Works to provide a comprehensive report back on the City’s street lighting infrastructure, maintenance practices, public safety impacts, and proposed standardized lighting guidelines in 90 days. Office or Department: Suely Saro, Councilwoman, Sixth District; Megan Kerr, Councilwoman, Fifth District; Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, Councilwoman, Eighth District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

IT'S COMING BACK ON THE 14TH.

THAT LANGUAGE WAS STRUCK FROM THE ORDINANCE AND THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS OF THE CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED ON THE PROGRAM AT PERMIT SIDE.

GOOD WORK.

ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM 17, PLEASE.

COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILWOMAN SORROW COUNCILWOMAN KERR, COUNCILWOMAN THRASH OOK RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT BACK ON THE CITY'S STREET, LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTENANCE PRACTICES, PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACTS, AND PROPOSED STANDARDIZED LIGHT LIGHTING GUIDELINES IN 90 DAYS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.

A MOTION TO APPROVE SINCE WE'RE DOING A VOCAL, UH, MOTION.

SECOND.

UM, AND WONDERFUL.

WE RECEIVED THE MOTION OF THE SECOND.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SHARED THAT DARK STREETS AND THE CORRIDORS AFFECT THEIR SENSE OF SAFETY, MAKING IT HARD FOR PE PEDESTRIANS TO BE VISIBLE, AS WELL AS CREATE CHALLENGES FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING AT NIGHT.

SO TONIGHT, UM, I BRING FORWARD AN IMPORTANT ITEM AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THAT IS AROUND OUR STREET LIGHTING.

I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN KERR AS WELL AS COUNCILWOMAN THRASH AND TOOK FOR SIGNING ON AS CO-SPONSOR.

SO THIS AGENDA ITEM ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN 90 DAYS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON OUR CITY'S STREET LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING MAINTENANCE PRACTICES, PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACTS, AND POTENTIAL CITYWIDE LIGHTING GUIDELINES.

SO, YOU KNOW, SINCE I WAS SWORN IN AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT IN 2020, I'VE HEARD CONSISTENTLY FROM RESIDENT LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT LIGHTING IS A MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.

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I HAVE CONDUCTED WHAT I HAVE.

I'VE CALLED LIGHT THE SIX WALKS WITH RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORG LEADERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BUSINESS, UH, BUSINESSES AS WELL, UH, TO DO AN AUDIT ON STREET LIGHTING.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEFT PHOTO THERE, UH, WHILE IT'S SUN, THE SUN IS SET, YOU COULD SEE THAT THE STREETLIGHT, UM, NEXT TO KIND OF THE BUSINESSES ON.

BUT AS YOU'LL SEE NEXT TO THE TREE, IT'S NOT ON, IT'S COMPLETELY OUT.

SO, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PICTURES.

BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, OR YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING 'CAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY DARK, IS A STREET THAT'S COMPLETELY PITCH BLACK.

AND THIS WAS SHARED BY A RESIDENT AT A DIFFERENT DISTRICT TO SHOW HOW DARK THE STREET CAN GET, EVEN WITH SOME LIGHTING.

SO THIS IS REALLY FRIGHTENING FOR ME AS A WOMAN, AND EVEN, EVEN IF I HAD A, MY DAUGHTER AS WELL, WALKING THE STREET, WHICH IS LACKING ANY VISIBILITY.

UM, JUST, AND SO MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE SHARED WIDELY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO ME THROUGH EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, IN PERSON CONVERSATION OBVIOUSLY, AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND I REALLY WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR SHARING THEIR CONCERNS.

AND I THINK WE'LL HEAR, YOU'LL ALSO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS A CITYWIDE ISSUE.

SO I JUST WANNA TAKE A STEP BACK TO ASK AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, WHICH IS, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CITY'S LIGHTING SYSTEM AND WHETHER IT'S MEETING THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES? SO THIS ITEM IS REALLY GETTING A CLEARER PICTURE, UH, OF, SO THAT WE CAN USE DATA TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, I'M SORRY, ON SOLUTIONS FOR OUR PUBLIC LIGHTING SYSTEM.

THERE SEEMS TO BE NOT A UNIFORM, UH, PROCESS, WHICH IS WHY I'M BRINGING THIS.

IT'S STREET LIGHTING IS A CRITICAL PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE HEARD, UM, LAST WEEK'S CONVERSATION ABOUT EVEN TRAFFIC SAFETY, RIGHT? UH, SO LIGHTING IMPACTS, HOW SAFE, HOW SAFE PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY'RE WALKING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, VISITING LOCAL BUSINESSES.

UM, AND, AND AS I SHARED, JUST TRAVELING IN GENERAL.

UM, AND IT PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE BETTER LIGHTING.

WE HAVE THE BETTER VISIBILITY FOR DRIVERS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, ESPECIALLY AT INTERSECTIONS ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING ON, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO ASK PUBLIC WORKS TO COME BACK.

UM, AND AS I SHARED EARLIER, UM, IN 90 DAYS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, IT WOULD ALSO, UM, INCLUDE THE, THE REPORT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A CITYWIDE INVENTORY OF LIGHTING FIXTURES, A MAPPING OF LIGHTING COVERAGE AND IDENTIFICATION OF POORLY LIT AREAS, AND AN EXPLANATION OF HOW LIGHTING LOCATIONS ARE DETERMINED.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

THE REPORT SHOULD ALSO EXPLAIN THE CURRENT BRIGHTNESS STANDARD, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, UNIFORM, HOW, HOW IT'S MEASURED.

UM, UNIFORMITY ARE MEASURED AND IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE BRIGHTNESS.

BRIGHTEST FIXTURES CURRENTLY USE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERY, WE HAVE SOME LIGHTING THAT HAS LED LIGHTS, SOME HAS MORE, UM, THE TRADITIONAL LIGHTING DEPENDING ON WHAT LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE IT IS.

SO OVERALL MAINTENANCE, UM, WE NEED, SO, UM, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ARE, ARE REQUESTS THAT ARE OFTEN MADE FOR RESIDENTS.

AND WHEN STREET LIGHTS ARE BROKEN OR NOT FUNCTIONING, PEOPLE WANNA KNOW, HOW DO WE REPORT THIS ISSUE? AND HOW DOES, HOW DO WE QUICKLY GET IT ADDRESSED? SO THIS REPORT WOULD PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AROUND WHICH DEPARTMENT MANAGES LIGHTING.

WE USED TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT DO IT, BUT NOW IT'S PUBLIC WORKS.

UM, AND HOW DOES THE REPAIR PROCESS GET PROCESSED? WHAT'S THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME? AS WELL AS IF THERE'S EVEN A REPAIR BACKLOG.

SO JUST COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL.

IS, CURRENTLY THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE A FULL PICTURE OF WHERE LIGHTING EXISTS, WHERE GAP EXISTS, UM, MAINTENANCE TIME AS WELL, AS WELL AS LIGHTING STANDARDS.

SO ANOTHER CONCERNING ISSUE THAT HAS COME UP IS VANDALISM OR DAMAGES TO LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THE REPORT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE DATA ON VANDALIZED LIGHTING, UH, REPAIR COSTS, WHETHER THERE ARE GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE AWARE OF AROUND THIS.

AND UNDERSTANDING THESE TRENDS CAN HELP THE CITY DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO BETTER PROTECT OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS REDUCE ONGOING REPAIR COSTS.

SO COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, I, IT CREATES A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING AND, AND IT GIVES A SENSE THAT MAYBE THE CITY ISN'T BEING RESPONSIVE IF WE ARE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENT AND PROVIDING UPDATES.

SO WE WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY, UM, CURRENTLY NOTIFIES RESIDENTS WHEN LIGHTS ARE OUT, HOW MAINTENANCE UPDATES ARE SHARED, AND HOW RESIDENTS CAN REPORT THESE ISSUE.

AND IMPROVING COMMUNICATION CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO REPORT THESE PROBLEMS AND ALSO STAY INFORMED ABOUT REPAIRS AND UPGRADES HAPPENING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO NEXT STEPS

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AND SO, UM, LIGHTING.

AND THEN, SO THE LIGHTING GUIDELINES SHOULD ALSO BE IN TERMS OF, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE DISCUSSION IS THAT I'VE NOTICED IT HASN'T BEEN IN PART OF OUR, UM, INVESTMENT PLANNING DISCUSSION.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE EMBARKING ON THAT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND WHILE WE TALK ABOUT UTILITIES, WE TALK ABOUT OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN US TALK SPECIFIC ABOUT LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE NEED AND WHAT ARE THOSE REPAIR NEEDS, UM, ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE.

SO I'D LIKE FOR US TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE REC IN THE REPORT, IS HOW WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE DISCUSSION.

'CAUSE OVERALL RESIDENTS, UM, HAVING A CLEAR IDEA OF LIGHT, I MEAN, SORRY, RESIDENTS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT LIGHTING IS A PRIORITY FOR THEM WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN VISIBILITY, AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO I ASK, UM, MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM, UM, AND WANNA ALSO MAKE SURE TO, AGAIN, TO CONCLUDE BY, UM, THANKING COUNCILWOMAN CUR AND RA AND TOOK FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS.

UH, THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR.

WHO HAVE RAISED MONEY TO DO THAT, AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

YOU WANNA USE THE MAYOR? YEAH, THERE IT GOES.

I'M HANDS OFF.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, MR. VICE MAYOR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL ZARO FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD, INVITING ME TO SIGN ON TO THIS IMPORTANT ITEM WITH COUNCILMAN THRESH UNTUCK AS WELL.

UH, WE KNOW THIS, IT COMES AT A PERFECT TIME AS THE CITY IS EXPERIENCING STREETLIGHT OUTAGES THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING, UH, THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT.

WHILE WE KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE RELATED TO AGING INFRASTRUCTURES, OTHERS ARE A RESULT, AS YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH VANDALISM AND COPPER WIRE THEFT.

AND KNOWING THE WHY IS IMPORTANT AS WE WORK ON MAINTENANCE PLANS AND PROACTIVE ISSUES TO LIMIT THESE KINDS OF ISSUES.

UM, I APPRECIATE THAT IN THE REPORT BACK, WE COULD GET SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION AROUND UPGRADES AROUND LEDS.

WE KNOW TRANSITIONS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE PAST, UM, ADDITIONS OF ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.

SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE ALREADY INCLUDED WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

WE KNOW MANY RESIDENTS ASK, DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE WHY SOMETIMES.

UM, IT IS HOW SOON CAN IT BE FIXED? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON.

AND AT PRESENT, RESIDENTS ARE FEELING THE STRAIN OF EXTENDED TIMELINES FOR REPAIRS.

WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE REPORTED OUTAGES ACROSS MULTIPLE BLOCKS IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THE STANDARD RESPONSE IS 60 TO 90 DAYS.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE ANSWER.

BUT HAVING TO TALK TO RESIDENTS WHO THINK, WHO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE LIGHTS ON THEIR STREET FOR 60 TO 90 DAYS SEEMS UNSUSTAINABLE.

UM, SO COUNCILWOMAN SORROWS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE, UH, MAINTENANCE, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE GETTING LIGHTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS BACK ON, UM, ALL IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL OF THESE PIECES ARE MARRIED TOGETHER.

UM, AND THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC PIECE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT.

UH, WE KNOW THAT WE RELY ON RESIDENTS TO REPORT.

NOT ALL OF US DRIVE EVERY STREET EVERY DAY.

WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW.

SO WE DO COUNT ON THE PARTNERSHIP OF OUR RESIDENTS, OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO INFORM US SO THAT PUBLIC WORKS, UH, CAN BE NOTIFIED.

WE KNOW THAT THE GO LONG BEACH APP HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE.

WE KNOW THAT WE FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE CASES AS THEY'RE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

AND OFTENTIMES THE REPAIRS ARE WITHIN A WEEK.

WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS OUT THERE RESPONDING THAT THE 60 TO 90 DAYS IS THE STANDARD RESPONSE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE TEAMS ARE OUT THERE WORKING REALLY HARD, UM, IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO I THINK HAVING A BASELINE OF WHAT AN EXPECTATION COULD BE, HOW WE PRIORITIZE STREET LIGHTING IN TERMS OF SAFETY, SO THAT IF WE HAVE TO ANSWER, IT'S NOT GONNA BE 60 DAYS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE CLOSER TO A WEEK OR TWO.

UM, THAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION CAN HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WALKING IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, I DO WANT TO ASK THAT AS THE REPORT COMES TOGETHER, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT AND BRING ATTENTION TO THE CONSIDERATION OF HOW LIGHTING IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS CAN BE FACTORED INTO ANY NEW STANDARDS OR UNIFORMITY CRITERIA.

WE KNOW THAT THERE HISTORICAL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY FROM DISTRICT NINE TO DISTRICT TWO, TO DISTRICT FIVE, I BELIEVE DISTRICT ONE AS WELL.

UM, POSSIBLY THREE.

I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

SOME HAVE HISTORIC LIGHTING, LIGHTING POSTS, GLASS BULBS ON THOSE.

SO WHAT THE CONSIDERATION WOULD BE FOR, UH, HISTORIC DISTRICTS, HISTORIC LAMPPOSTS THAT HAVE BEEN RESTORED, UM, OFTENTIMES AT THE EXPENSE OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS

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SO IF WE COULD PUT THAT INTO THE REPORT AS WELL.

AND ALSO, WHO IN THE DEPARTMENT IS A CONTACT FOR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND HISTORIC LIGHTING SPECIFICALLY? 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE HISTORIC, THEY HAVE UNIQUE CHALLENGES DIFFERENT THAN OUR REGULAR STREET LIGHTING.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT THE STANDARD IS 30 TO 90 DAYS, BUT HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE TIMELINE AND CLEAR THE BACKLOG IN THE MEANTIME WHILE DOING THE REPAIR? SO I APPRECIATE BEING ON THIS ITEM.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE REALLY PRACTICAL ITEMS. UM, IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE NOTICE AND THEY DON'T NOTICE UNTIL AFTER HOURS.

SO THE TEXT MESSAGES, WE GET THE EMAILS THAT WE GET ALL COME AT NIGHT.

AND SO THE RESPONSE COMES THE MORNING OF, AND WE KNOW THAT BY THE TIME WE'VE GONE THROUGH A WHOLE DAY, WE'VE FORGOTTEN POTENTIALLY THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA EXPERIENCE THAT DARKNESS AGAIN.

SO I APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO THIS.

DR.

SORROW, THANK YOU FOR THE ITEM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT BACK.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER THRASH AND TOOK OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

UM, I TOO WANNA START OUT BY THANKING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SORROW FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN KERR FOR HER PARTNERSHIP.

UM, AS YOU'VE, UH, NOTED, I'M A CO-AUTHOR OF THIS REQUEST BECAUSE STREET LIGHTING IS A FUNDAMENTAL PILLAR OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, DARK SPOTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS CAN BE AND LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

AND WHEN WE IMPROVE THESE CONDITIONS, WE AREN'T JUST CHANGING LIGHT BULBS.

WE ARE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IMMENSELY, UH, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORS.

BETTER LIGHTING HAS, UH, HAS BEEN NOTED IS A PROVEN TOOL TO HELP PREVENT CRIME WHILE MAKING RESIDENTS FEEL VISIBLY SAFER WHEN THEY'RE TAKING AN EVENING WALK OR COMING HOME FROM A LATE NIGHT AT WORK.

BUT BEYOND, UH, SAFETY, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BASIC MOBILITY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MOTORISTS HAVE MORE LIGHTS TO NAVIGATE SAFELY, THAT PEDESTRIANS ARE ALSO SAFE AND, UM, VISIBLE AS A RESULT OF HAVING THOSE LIGHTS.

SO THE VISIBILITY GENERATES THE KIND OF POSITIVE NIGHTTIME ACTIVITY THAT COMMUNITIES CAN TRULY BENEFIT FROM AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

UM, THAT'S WHY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS MATTER IS CRITICAL, UM, AS WAS STATED ACROSS THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY IN NORTH LONG BEACH AND ALONG THE NORTH LONG BEACH BOULEVARD WHERE HUMAN TRAFFICKING STILL REMAINS A PREVALENT ISSUE.

AND WHILE ADDRESSING IT WILL REQUIRE A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS LIGHTING IS A DETERRENT TO SUCH ACTIVITY.

AND I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PUBLIC WORK STAFF HAS RECENTLY BEEN OUT EXAMINING THE LIGHTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

UH, I BELIEVE IN BOTH DISTRICTS EIGHT AND NINE.

UM, AND THAT WORK HAS ALREADY MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT FOUNDATION THAT I WANNA CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM UP AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AROUND THE CITY.

SO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED IT, THERE'S A REAL NEED FOR ANALYSIS AROUND OUR LIGHTING SYSTEMS, GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TECHNICAL NUTS AND BOLTS OF HOW, UH, WE ARE, UH, PLANNING FOR AND REPLACING LIGHTS, BUT ALSO PLANNING FOR, UM, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE BRIGHTNESS AND UNIFORMITY, UH, THAT WE HAVE STANDARDS THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES.

AND MAPPING SOME OF THOSE FIXTURES THAT, UM, MIGHT HAVE SOME GAPS IN SOME COMMUNITIES.

UM, AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IMPERATIVE, UM, AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN OUR FIVE-YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING.

UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN AN ACTIVE WAY.

I TOO LOOK FORWARD TO THE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT BACK IN 90 DAYS.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

IT'S A GREAT ITEM.

I THINK WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING WITH THIS.

OUR RESIDENTS ARE PUBLIC SAFETY.

THIS HELPS PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE NEED LIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ZENDEJAS.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, CITYWIDE, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT ONE.

UM, STREET LIGHTING IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO CITY LIFE.

UM, I'VE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT STREET LIGHTS HAVE BEEN OFF AND REPAIRS ARE VERY SLOW.

UM, I KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE CITY DUE TO COPPER THEFTS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING AROUND RIGHT NOW REGIONALLY, IF NOT NATIONALLY.

IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT RESEARCH AND RESEARCH THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFER WALKING IN A WELL LIT AREA THAN WALKING THROUGH A DARK AREA.

SO, UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY CRITICAL

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COMPONENT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE TO HAVE LIGHTING FOR THESE REASONS.

I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM REQUESTING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON OUR CITY STREET LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER KERR FOR MENTIONING THAT I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR I ADVOCATED FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT LIGHTING UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR HISTORIC WILMORE CITY COMMUNITY.

UM, THROUGH THAT PROCESS ALONE, WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN THAT THERE IS SO, SO THAT THERE IS NO STANDARDIZED LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT PROCESS FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

SO THIS MAY BE A, A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT AND, AND KIND OF CAPTURE THAT AND BE ABLE TO, UM, CREATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP US WITH THAT.

UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE, COME BACK, UM, A REPORT COME BACK TO HELP FACILITATE SUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS CITYWIDE, BUT ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, KEEP AN EQUITY LENS COMPONENT TO THE CITY PRACTICES AND POLICIES THAT WE IMPLEMENT.

AGAIN, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERAL.

AND, UM, CONCERNING PUBLIC SAFETY HAS BEEN MENTIONED SO MUCH.

I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP IF THE, UH, MAKER OF THE MOTION WOULD ACCEPT IT.

UM, OUR OFFICE DOES SOMETHING WHEN WE GET ALERTED TO, UM, A, A LIGHTING OUTAGE.

AND THAT IS, WE ALERT, UH, LBPD.

THE, IT'S, IT'S EASY NOW 'CAUSE I HAVE, I'M, IT HAVE ONE DIVISION IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT.

MY, THE FOURTH DISTRICT USED TO, UM, HAVE, UH, THE SIXTH DISTRICT'S INTERSECTION OF CHERRY AND ANAHEIM, WHICH IS THE ONLY SPOT IN THE CITY WHERE THREE POLICE DIVISIONS CONVERGE.

UM, SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE WORK FOR OTHERS FOR THE COUNCIL OFFICE TO ALERT THEM.

BUT I, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT MAYBE INTEGRATING THAT INTO THE REPORTING SYSTEM WHERE PUBLIC WORKS WOULD THEN, UM, SEND A NOTICE TO LBPD OF, OF A, OF A OUTAGE THAT COULD BE LASTING 90 DAYS.

UM, YES, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, EXPLORATION TO SEE THE SOCIAL, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACTS AND CONSIDERING WAYS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW WE CAN, UM, RESPOND TO IT.

AND THAT COULD INCLUDE IN HAVING LBPD PART BE PART OF THAT.

UM, THE OTHER POINT I WANNA MAKE, I, I DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE CITY MANAGER YESTERDAY AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE STOP SHOPPING FOR THE RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF MAYBE THE GO LONG BEACH APP WHERE THEY REPORT A, UH, A POWER OUTAGE, I MEAN A LIGHTING OUTAGE, UH, BE IT ON A, ON A STREET OR, UM, OR IN A PARK.

I SEE OUR STEAM DIRECTOR OF PARKS, REC AND MARINE IS THE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

SO DON'T GET NERVOUS, STEVE.

UH, I REALIZE THE SYSTEMS DON'T MERGE THAT WAY FROM YOUR APPROACH.

BUT TO THE END USER FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, ASPECT, WHAT, UH, WHAT I'D REALLY HATE TO SEE IS SOMEONE REPORTS A LIGHTING OUTAGE IN A PARK BUT REPORTS IT TO PUBLIC WORKS.

'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER THAT MIGHT COME BACK ON THE GO LONG BEACH AS CLOSED BECAUSE IT WASN'T THEIR DEAL.

AND SO WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT ITEMS BEING MARKED AS CLOSED WHEN THEY WEREN'T REALLY ADDRESSED.

SO JUST A THOUGHT THERE.

UM, IF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION MOTION WOULD DETER, WE, SIXTH DISTRICT AND FOURTH DISTRICT HAVE A LOT OF PARKS WITH A LOT OF LIGHTING, UH, ISSUES.

SO, UM, THAT'S JUST KIND OF A CONCEPT.

HOWEVER THEY CAN WORK IT OUT, UH, LOGISTICALLY.

BUT I, I THINK IT'S A VERY GREAT NEED.

WELL, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER SUBINA, THANKS FOR RAISING THAT, AND THAT'S PART OF THIS ITEM IS JUST BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PARKS MAYBE ARE A SEPARATE SYSTEM THAN STREET LIGHTING.

SO IT IS ABOUT LIGHTING.

UM, WHILE I HAVE CALL OUT STREET LIGHTING, IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OTHER PUBLIC LIGHTINGS WE HAVE, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KNOW, UH, WITHIN WHOSE JURISDICTION SHOULD THAT BE? 'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY REQUESTS IN MY ITEM WAS WE DON'T KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REPORT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON ON STREET LIGHTING.

UM, AND THAT ITSELF IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS IN WHO OWNS IT, WHO OPERATES IT, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHOSE JURISDICTION IS IN.

SO I, I'M HAPPY TO INCLUDE AT LEAST THE REPORT BACK ON UNDERSTANDING, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE BETTER STREAMLINE SO THAT RATHER THAN CASES BEING CLOSED, BUT AT LEAST WHAT COULD BE RESPONDED BACK TO REFER OR REDIRECT, UH, THOSE REQUESTS SO THEY GET ADDRESSED.

YEAH, THINK CAN CERTAINLY RESPOND BACK ON THAT.

UM, UH, CURRENTLY WHEN YOU GO TO GO LONG BEACH, YOU PICK, UH, STREET LIGHTING AND IT ASKS YOU PARK, PIER, OR STREET, UM, AND THEN WE CAN HELP GIVE SOME INFORMATION.

IS THAT GETTING TO THE RIGHT SPOT? UM, DO, ARE THE TEAMS RESPONDING BACK? SO, UH, WE CAN LOOK IN THE BACK END TO SEE WHERE THOSE GO AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S NO, UM, THERE'S NO, UH, BREAKING IN COMMUNICATION THERE.

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WE'LL, NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

TATIANA WILLIAMS, HOW THANK YOU.

I AM TATIANA WILLIAMS. I REPRESENT OLIVE COURT OWNERS.

HOA RUBY ARRINGTON IS HERE.

WE BOTH ARE OWNERS AT OLIVE COURT.

SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU HEARING US OUT AND, AND TAKING THE TIME.

AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, DR.

SORO, YOUR YOUR LIGHTING, UM, RESEARCH THAT HITS OUR HEART BECAUSE WE OFTEN EMAIL YOU, CALL YOU, EMAIL YOU AGAIN, CALL YOU, EMAIL YOU AGAIN AND CALL YOU.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE WANT TO ALSO, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, COUNCILMAN SONO FOR HIS IDEAS.

I THINK THAT THOSE IDEAS ARE HELPFUL.

AND WE CAME BEFORE YOU, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN JANUARY OF 2026, JUST TO SPEAK ABOUT DAMON STREET, SPECIFICALLY EAST DAMON STREET AT LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.

UM, IF ANYONE HASN'T WALKED THAT AT NIGHT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND EVERYBODY TRY TO DO.

NOT AT ALONE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT JUST TO SEE HOW, UM, DARK IT IS.

AND THERE'S DATA THAT DOES SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S MORE LIGHT, THERE'S LESS CRIME.

SO IF WE WANNA SUPPORT OUR CITY, IF WE WANNA BE SAFER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE TO HAVE MORE LIGHT AND, UM, BE ABLE TO JUST HAVE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT.

RUBY, I I'LL JUST QUICKLY ADD THAT WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS THAT THE, FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO, TO, UH, US CITY COUNCIL, UH, WOMEN AND MEN NEED, THE LIGHTING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE, UH, DESCRIPTIONS WHEN YOU SIMPLY CANNOT SEE, OR YOU SIMPLY CANNOT, UH, DEPICT OR, OR JUST YOU CAN'T, IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

UH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

ALRIGHT, THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.

COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILMAN SUBINA.

ALRIGHT, WELL NOW GO TO ITEM 16

[16. 26-54514 Recommendation to refer to the Parks and Recreation Commission a request to approve and forward to the Government Operations and Efficiency Committee a proposal to change the name of Los Altos Plaza Park to Park Estates Community Park. Office or Department: Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

PLEASE.

RECOMMENDATION TO REFER TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

A REQUEST TO APPROVE AND FORWARD TO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE.

A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE LOS ALTOS PLAZA PARK TO PARK ESTATE'S COMMUNITY PARK.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO CD FOUR.

CAN I GET A SECONDER CAN? ALL RIGHT.

SECOND.

MOVING TO SECONDED COUNCILMAN SUBLER.

THIS IS A VERY, UH, SIMPLE REQUEST.

WE HAVE, UH, TWO PARKS IN THE FOURTH COUNCIL DISTRICT IN TWO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE VERY SIMILAR NAMES.

WE HAVE LOS ALTOS PARK IN THE HEART OF THE LOS ALTOS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE HAVE LOS ALTOS PLAZA PARK IN THE HEART OF THE PARK ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UH, THE HOA AND PARK ESTATES HAS ASKED THAT WE, UM, CLARIFY THIS FOR A MULTITUDE OF RE REASONS, BUT, UH, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY CALLS THAT, UH, MAY SHOW UP AT THE WRONG PARK.

SO I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IN, UH, SENDING THIS ITEM TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION FOR REVIEW.

ALRIGHT, AND WHO WAS THE SECONDER YOU HAD? UH, I SUPPORT.

OKAY, GREAT.

DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT EIGHT.

UH, SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE AYE.

FOUR.

AYE.

COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AYE.

DISTRICT SIX.

AYE.

[18. 26-54516 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the Harbor Department Amended Salary Resolution HD-26-3345 for Fiscal Year 2026. Office or Department: Harbor Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

PLEASE REPORT FROM HARBOR RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT.

AMENDED SALARY RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.

SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT EIGHT.

WE'LL GO TO ITEM 21, NO 20.

[20. 26-54428 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending Title 10 of the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 10.82 relating to prohibiting spectators at street races, sideshows, and reckless driving exhibitions, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Attorney Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY.

RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10 OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING AND RESTATING CHAPTER 10.82 RELATING TO PROHIBITING SPECTATORS AT STREET RACES, SIDESHOW AND RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITIONS.

RED AND ADOPTED AS RED CITYWIDE.

ALRIGHT, WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SECOND.

I HEAR NINE AND EIGHT.

SEEING NO PUBLIC

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COMMENT.

PLEASE REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT AND ANY NECESSARY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 6,055,518 FOR THE LEAD BASE PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM.

[21. 26-54544 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary subsequent amendments, including amendments to the award amount or period, with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $6,055,518, for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program, for the period of March 15, 2026, to March 14, 2030; and Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $6,055,518, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CITYWIDE MOTION.

AND A SECOND PLEASE.

SO MOVED.

MOTION I HEAR TWO AND EIGHT.

ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

SHUKLA, DAVE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUILDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

GOVERNMENT LATER FINDS, UH, LEAD ITS HIGHLY TOXIC, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN.

OTHER GROWING THINGS.

GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGES, UH, THAT IT USED LEAD-BASED PAINT WITH SET AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDS, GOVERNMENT CREATES PROGRAMS, GRANT PROGRAMS FOR CITIES TO RESPOND TO LEAD AND OTHER HOME HEALTH HAZARDS.

UH, IT'S LATE.

NOT MANY PEOPLE HERE, BUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOVERNMENT WORKS, GOVERNMENT CAN WORK, GOVERNMENT CAN IMPROVE, GOVERNMENT CAN LEARN OVER TIME.

UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD ITEM.

UH, I SUPPORT IT AND, UH, I SUPPORT, UH, STAFF BEING, UH, ON THE BALL.

SO WE DIDN'T LOSE THIS GRANT FUNDING.

I SPECIFICALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE CITY'S EQUITY FOCUS TO QUOTE THE STAFF REPORT.

UH, THIS PROGRAM, UH, FOCUSES ON THE AREAS OF HIGHEST NEED.

UM, GOES ON.

UH, THESE RE REGIONS, THE ZIP CODES LISTED CONTAIN A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN WITH ELEVATED BLOOD LEVELS, OLDER BUILDING STOCK, AND A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

IN, UH, 1992, WHEN CONGRESS PASSED THE LEAD-BASED, UH, RESIDENTIAL LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION ACT, UM, IT ESTIMATED AT THAT TIME THAT THERE WERE OVER 3 MILLION CHILDREN, UH, IN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAD LOW LEVEL LEAD POISONING AND THAT THEY WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

UM, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE LEAD CRIME HYPOTHESIS? UH, ALONG WITH THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS? THIS IS SOMETHING EVERY THINKING ADULT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT, ESPECIALLY IN LONG BEACH.

UM, TAKE THE LEVELS OF VIOLENT CRIME IN ANY SOCIETY, ANY SOCIETY IN THE IN THE WORLD, AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE LEAD, UH, PRIMARY EXPOSURE TO WHICH IS FROM LEAD GASOLINE.

UH, YOU TAKE THE LEAD OUT, YOU SEE THE SAME CURVE WITH A 20 YEAR LAG IN EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY.

UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MEASURE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IMPROVE UPON.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO.

UM, TWO QUICK POINTS.

UM, AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT THE U-S-P-A-U-S-E-P-A DID THIS RESEARCH IN THE SEVENTIES AND WE'RE STILL BENEFITING IT, BENEFITING FROM IT IN, UH, 2026? AND THE SECOND ONE, WHEN OR WHEN CAN WE START DOING THE SAME THING WITH INDOOR GAS APPLIANCES AND, UH, THE RATES OF CHILDHOOD? UH, ASTHMA.

DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT EIGHT.

[22. 26-54561 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute contracts, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with PATH, of Los Angeles, CA, for providing Project Homekey Program site operations and support services at a 99-unit facility located at 1725 Long Beach Boulevard and at a 78-unit facility located at 5950 Long Beach Boulevard, in a total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $5,168,400, for a period of one year beginning March 16, 2026, with the option to renew for one additional three-month period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH PATH FOR PROVIDING PROJECT HOME KEY PROGRAM SITE OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES AT A 99 UNIT FACILITY IN A TOTAL ANNUAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 5,168,400 CITYWIDE.

SLEEP, EAT, AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN A SECOND.

SO MOVE SECOND EIGHT AND NINE.

UH, UH, ONE MEMBER OF PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

EMILY POMERANCE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MY NAME'S EMILY POMERANCE AND I'M A LONG BEACH RESIDENT.

I'M ALSO A PROGRAM MANAGER AT PATH FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

PATH HAS HELPED LA COUNTY RESIDENTS RECOVER FROM HOMELESSNESS THROUGH A PERSON-CENTERED TRAUMA-INFORMED MODEL.

WE OPERATE MANY PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTY, UH, INCLUDING SEVERAL PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS HERE IN LONG BEACH.

THE SHELTER PROGRAMS WE HOPE YOU APPROVE TONIGHT WILL BE LIFE CHANGING FOR SO MANY LONG BEACH RESIDENTS WHO, LIKE ALL OF US NEED A SAFE PLACE TO

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WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORK OF CITY STAFF AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONTRACTS TO FIRST TO SERVE FOR THE OPERATION AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES OF THE YEAR-ROUND SHELTER PROGRAMS AND A TOTAL, A AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 6,315,960 TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO ENTER INTO THESE CONTRACTS.

[23. 26-54562 Recommendation to adopt specifications No. RFP HE-24-500 and award contracts to First to Serve, of Los Angeles, CA, for the operation and supportive services of the Year Round Shelter Programs, in a total aggregate amount not to exceed $6,315,960, from October 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents to enter into the contracts, including any necessary amendments. (Citywide) Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CITYWIDE WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[24. 26-54563 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute contracts, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with PATH, of Los Angeles, CA, for providing operations and supportive services of the Year-Round Shelter Programs, in an annual aggregate amount not to exceed $6,015,200, for a period of one year beginning March 16, 2026, with the option to renew for one additional three-month period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Health and Human Services Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH PATH FOR PROVIDING OPERATIONS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES OF THE YEAR-ROUND SHELTER PROGRAMS IN AN ANNUAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT.

NOT TO EXCEED 6,015,200 CITYWIDE MOTION.

I HEARD FIVE AND EIGHT, UH, ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

EMILY POMERANCE.

IT'S A LONG WALK IN .

I KNOW IT'S REALLY A LONG WALK.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH MORE AND SEEING YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU.

BEST WISHES.

ALRIGHT, UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.

WE'LL NOW GO TO OUR CLOSING GENERAL PUBLIC

[ PUBLIC COMMENT: Immediately prior to adjournment Opportunity is given to those members of the public who have not addressed the City Council on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes unless extended by the City Council. ]

COMMENT.

I SEE FOUR PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

LORDES NOEMI, UH, LOVE LB AND SAM, IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT.

SEEING NONE, WE NOW GO TO

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS QUEUE UP NOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER RICK OTI.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO THE DISTRICT NINE AQUARIUM NIGHT ON MONDAY, MARCH 16TH FROM SIX 30 TO 8:30 PM AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC.

JOIN US FOR COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE AND EXPLORE THE EXHIBITS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7 OR DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO WALK WITH THE BIXBY STROLLERS THIS SATURDAY, UH, THE 14TH FROM WARDLOW PARK.

NORMALLY THEY MEET IN BIXBY NOLLS, BUT THIS TIME THE STROLLERS WILL MEET FOR A THREE MILE STROLL TO EXPLORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND WARDLOW PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF OUR DISTRICT AND CONNECT WITH NEIGHBORS FROM ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

THE WALK BEGINS SHARP AT SEVEN 30 FROM THE CD FIVE FIELD OFFICE AT 3 4 5 7 STAIN BRIDGE AVENUE.

THERE'S ALSO THE MONARCH DAY OF ACTION BEING HOSTED BY THE FRIENDS OF WILLOW SPRINGS PARK IN THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY.

THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH AT 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT WILLOW SPRINGS PARK.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT MONARCH BUTTERFLIES WHILE RESTORING THEIR HABITATS.

YOU CAN HELP PLANT NATIVE FLORA SUCH AS CALIFORNIA SAGE, BUSH, AND NARROW LEAF MILKWEED TO HELP CREATE A NATURAL ECOSYSTEM FOR THESE BUTTERFLIES.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO QUICKLY REMIND YOU THAT SECOND SATURDAY'S BLOCK PARTY IS HAPPENING AT PARKVIEW VILLAGE THIS SATURDAY ON THE 14TH.

AND LASTLY, CONSIDER COMING TO BIXBY MILLS THIS SUNDAY, MARCH 15TH FOR THEIR ALMOST ST.

PATRICK'S DAY EVENT FROM 2:00 PM TO 6:00 PM YOU CAN ENJOY DRINK AND FOOD SPECIALS FROM LOCAL BREWERIES AND RESTAURANTS AS WELL AS LIVE MUSIC.

THERE WILL BE FREE SHUTTLE RIDES TO THE RESTAURANTS AND BREWERIES, UH, PROVIDED.

REMEMBER TO WEAR GREEN AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

OH, IT IS THAT TIME.

MM-HMM .

COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DEJAS.

THE WILMORE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

WILMORE

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CITY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

MONTHLY MEETING WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH, STARTING AT 7:00 PM AT THE HISTORIC BENBRIDGE HOUSE.

UM, THE ABILITIES EXPO LA IS COMING TO OUR VERY OWN LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER FROM MARCH 27TH THROUGH MARCH 29TH.

YOU DON'T WANNA MISS OUT ON THAT.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HAVING THE ABILITIES EXPO HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UM, AND IN THE DISTRICT ONE.

AND I AM ALSO PROUD TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN LEADING CHANGE SYMPOSIUM HOSTED BY CLIMB CENTRAL LB ON SATURDAY MARCH 28TH.

THIS EVENT FOCUSES ON LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION, WELLNESS, AND FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN IN LONG BEACH.

SEE YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS THE, UM, STREET TAKEOVER ORDINANCE WAS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, I WAS REMISS IN NOT MENTIONING THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHOR OF THAT LEGISLATION IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, COMMANDER BENSON FOR, FOR DOING THAT FOR THE CITY.

COUNCIL MEMBER THRASH.

AND TOOK.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, COLLEAGUES.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT DISTRICT EIGHT HAD A BUSY WEEKEND THIS PAST WEEKEND.

UH, THE WOLF PACK A LITTLE LEAGUE HAD THEIR OPENING DAY AND OUR YOUNG ATHLETES SHOWED GREAT TALENT AND EXCITEMENT AS THEY KICKED OFF THE SPRING BASEBALL SEASON.

I WANNA WISH THEM THE VERY BEST IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.

LATER, UH, LATER THAT DAY, WE HAD THE NORTHTOWN FESTIVAL THAT BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH LIVE MUSIC, LOCAL VENDORS, AND PLENTY OF NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE LONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND THE NORTH LONG BEACH COLLABORATIVE FOR ORGANIZING SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT.

AND SUNDAY, THIS PAST SUNDAY MARKED THE SECOND DAY OF CELEBRATIONS OF THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EXHIBIT AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER.

UH, DORIS TOPSY WARD, UH, WHO FORMERLY SENT ON THIS COUNCIL WAS HONORED ALONGSIDE SEVERAL CURRENT BLACK WOMEN, UH, LEADERS, UM, INCLUDING MYSELF AND COUNCILWOMAN RICK OTI.

UH, I WAS DEEPLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN IN LONG BEACH.

AND THEN THIS COMING SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH OFFERS ANOTHER FULL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES.

UH, WE WANNA THANK THE UPTOWN BID FOR THEIR UPCOMING CLEANUP THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

AND WE'LL START AT 6 4 7 5 ATLANTIC AVENUE.

UM, BUT BEFORE WE GET THAT KICKED OFF, THE RIDGEWOOD TRIANGLE COMMUNITY CLEANUP WILL BE OUT IN FORCE AGAIN AT 8:30 AM TO 9:30 AM AND VOLUNTEERS SHOULD MEET AT 4 5 5 5 ORANGE AVENUE.

SO BOTH EVENTS ARE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BEAUTIFY OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO CONNECT WITH NEIGHBORS.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD, GOOD NIGHT.