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WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
TODAY IS APRIL 14TH, 3:00 PM THE LONG BEACH CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD.
OKAY, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
JUST FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT, UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AFTER EACH AGENDA ITEM.
UM, YOU ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES AND WE DO HAVE A TIMER SET FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COMMENT, SO YOUR QUESTIONS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ANSWERED AT THIS MOMENT, BUT, UM, YOU CAN SEE A STAFF MEMBER AFTER OR EMAIL US AT HOMELESS SERVICES, UH, BUREAU ADMIN.
AND THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH ROLL CALL.
WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR FIRST REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CONTINUUM CARE BOARD MEETINGS OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 13TH, 2026 AND THIRD, 2026.
CAN WE GET A MOTION PLEASE? UH, I'LL
ANY COMMENTS? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEE NONE.
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA NUMBER TWO IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE EVALUATION RESULTS.
SORRY, CAN WE GET A MOTION FIRST? I'LL, SORRY.
UH, JOSEPH PATELLO, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR AT CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING THE 2025 COC PROGRAM PERFORMANCE EVALUATION RESULTS.
UH, I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE, UH, IN ADVANCE TODAY IF A COUPLE OF TIMES I'D MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY.
WE GOT A REALLY PACKED AGENDA, SO I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT THINGS AND WE'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE, UH, TIME FOR QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD.
UH, TODAY I'M GONNA JUST PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF THE SCORING POLICY.
SHARE A SUMMARY OF RESULTS FROM OUR 2025 PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, DO SOME DATA, UH, REVIEW SOME DATA ANALYSIS ON SOME METRICS, AND THEN ALSO SUMMARIZE THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE 26 COMPETITION.
UH, FIRST, UH, BACKGROUND ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.
SO, HUD REQUIRES CONTINUUM OF CARE, C CS TO REVIEW, ASSESS, AND SCORE PROJECT APPLICATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE AS PART OF THE ANNUAL COC PROGRAM COMPETITION.
UH, TWO THINGS THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE CALLED OUT.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE COST EFFECTIVENESS, PERFORMANCE DATA, POPULATION SERVED.
AND IN 20 24, 20 25 COCS WERE SCORED.
UH, IF THEY USED AT LEAST 33% OF POINTS AVAILABLE ON THOSE TYPES OF METRICS.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS SUCH AS RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS, UH, EMPLOYMENT AND INCREASED INCOME.
AND IN 24, 25 COCS WERE SCORED ON THE EXTENT OF THE USE OF THOSE AT 20% OR MORE.
UH, PROJECTS FUNDED, UH, PROJECTS IN THE 2025 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS WERE FUNDED IN 2023.
SO PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED IN 2023 THEN START IN 2024.
SO THIS SHOULD ACTUALLY SAY JULY 1ST, 2024.
UM, AND THOSE, THOSE ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2025.
UM, SO SCORES GENERALLY FACTOR IN, UH, FACTOR IN 60% OF THE MOST RECENT REPORTING RANGE, 30% OF THE PREVIOUS, AND THEN 10% OF TWO PREVIOUS, AS YOU'LL SEE OUTLINED HERE.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS A LOT OF PROJECTS ARE VERY SMALL.
SO USING JUST ONE, UH, ONE YEAR OF DATA CAN CAUSE, UH, THE SMALLER PROJECTS TO REALLY BE AFFECTED BY BRIEF FLUCTUATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE ONLY ENROLLING EIGHT FOLKS,
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IF ONE PERSON IS NOT ENROLLED IN YOUR PROJECT, THAT'S OVER 10%, 15% ON ENROLLMENT RATE.SO USING THREE YEARS OF DATA HELPS BALANCE THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, PROJECTS THAT SERVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, UM, SUBMIT A PR DATA FOR REVIEW.
UH, FINANCIAL DATA IS USED FROM SUBMITTED INVOICES THROUGH THE END OF THE TERM.
AND THEN PROJECT SCORES ARE APPROVED THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF PRIORITY LISTING.
UH, HERE YOU'LL SEE, UM, JUST HOW SCORES ARE WEIGHTED.
SO THE WAY THAT THESE LONG BEACH COC WEIGH SCORES, UH, AND PUTS HEAVIER WEIGHT ON PERMANENT HOUSING IS BY MAKING MORE POINTS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO YOU'LL SEE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECTS CAN ONLY SCORE A MAXIMUM OF 163 POINTS, UH, WHILE PERMANENT HOUSING CAN SCORE UP TO 180.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS WITH A EMPHASIS ON PERMANENT HOUSING, IF THEY CAN SCORE MORE, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE RANKED HIGHER.
UH, AND THAT WAY WE CAN PRESERVE THE PERMANENT HOUSING IN THE PORTFOLIO.
UM, ALSO SHOWING HERE THAT IN ADDITION TO SCORES BEING USED TO RANK PROJECTS, THEY'RE ALSO USED TO DETERMINE, UH, PARTIAL OR FULL REALLOCATION AND ALIGNMENT WITH OUR COC REALLOCATION POLICY.
UH, HERE JUST SHOWING WHAT OUR PORTFOLIO COC FUNDED PORTFOLIO LOOKS LIKE.
THIS INCLUDES ALL COC PROJECTS HERE, INCLUDING THOSE THAT WERE FUNDED UNDER THE SPECIAL AND SHELTERED NOFO.
HOWEVER, THOSE WEREN'T EVALUATED AS PART OF THE COMPETITION 'CAUSE THOSE WERE THREE YEAR CONTRACTS.
UM, THOSE ITALICIZED ROWS ARE BASICALLY HOW MANY IN THE LARGER.
SO LOOKING AT THE TOP PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE HAVE PROJECT BASED.
SO THAT'S A BUILDING THAT THE SUBSIDY IS ATTACHED TO SPONSOR BASE, THAT'S GENERALLY IF AN AGENCY IS MANAGING THE SUBSIDY.
AND SO THEY'RE THE SPONSOR OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN TENANT BASE, WHICH IS MOBILE VOUCHERS, WHEN THE PARTICIPANT THEMSELVES RECEIVES THE VOUCHER AND THEY CAN FIND AN APARTMENT ANYWHERE.
SO THERE YOU'LL SEE ANNUAL RENEWAL DEMAND, LITTLE OVER 7 MILLION FOR PSH, UH, 10 PROJECTS.
EIGHT OF THOSE ARE SPONSOR BASE TWO OR TENANT BASE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU CAN READ THIS, UH, CHART RIGHT HERE.
JUST AS A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UH, HERE, JUST SHOWING HOW SCORES WERE BY PROJECT TYPE, I WANNA JUST NOTE AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF PROJECTS HERE.
SO, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS SCORED AN AVERAGE OF 69.8% OF POINTS AVAILABLE.
RAPID REHOUSING A LITTLE MORE.
77.7 OUT OF THREE, AND THEN 81.8 FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
UH, IMPORTANT TO KNOW, UM, THAT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY PROJECT, WHICH OUR COORDINATED ENTRY WAS EVALUATED, BUT IT'S EXEMPT FROM RING, SO IT'S NOT HERE.
AND OUR ONE TRANSITIONAL, UH, SORRY, JOINT COMPONENT PROJECT, WHICH IS A PROJECT THAT SERVES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS THAT HAS A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND RAPID REHOUSING COMPONENT.
WE SEPARATE THOSE OUT WHEN WE SCORE THEM.
SO YOU DON'T SEE JOINT COMPONENT ONE OF THOSE.
SO ONE OF THOSE RAPID REHOUSING AND ONE OF THOSE TRANSITIONAL OR ACTUALLY ONE PROJECT WITH TWO SEPARATE COMPONENTS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE NUMBERS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.
OKAY, A FEW OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT METRIC POINTS.
POINTS ARE EARNED BY PASSING A THRESHOLD.
THEY'RE NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED BASED ON SCORES.
SO LET'S SAY OUR THRESHOLD IS AT THE LOW END, 80%, AND AT THE HIGH END 90%.
IF YOU SCORE 80.1%, YOU GET HALF POINTS.
IF YOU SCORE 89.9%, YOU GET HALF POINTS.
IF YOU SCORE 90, YOU THEN GET FULL POINTS.
SO THAT'S HOW POINTS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN OUR SCORING SYSTEM.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.
PROJECT PERFORMANCE IS THE HEAVY, HEAVIEST WEIGHTED.
UM, ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECTS, DESPITE HAVING THE HIGHEST SCORING PROJECT, THEY ALSO HAD THE LOWEST SCORING PROJECT.
SO 97 POINT 0.5% OF POINTS AVAILABLE ON THE HIGHEST SCORING IN 48.8% OF POINTS AVAILABLE ON THE LOWEST SCORING.
UH, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF PSH IS THE LARGEST OPPORTUNITY OF IMPROVEMENT.
GENERALLY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND A LOT OF THE TIMES THAT'S BECAUSE OF, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO, TO LEASE FOLKS UP.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DATA HERE.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO COMB THROUGH.
I'M JUST GONNA GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
BUT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE AVERAGES HERE.
YOU'LL SEE THE MAIN COMPONENTS THERE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
WITHIN EACH COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE THE AVERAGE SCORE, UH, OUT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS AVAILABLE.
SO IN THAT FIRST ROW, YOU'LL SEE 18.9 OUT OF 20, WHICH REPRESENTS 94.4%.
UH, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE AVERAGES ACROSS ALL THE PROJECTS WITHIN THAT PORTFOLIO.
YOU'LL SEE HOUSING STABILITY FOR PSH IS 86.7%.
STABILITY, MEANING FOLKS RETAINING THEIR HOUSING EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING FROM RAPID REHOUSING IS 94.6%.
SO AGAIN, RAPID REHOUSING, 'CAUSE IT'S TEMPORARY, WE'LL WANT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS UP AS WELL.
YOU'RE EXITING RAPID REHOUSING
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TO CONTINUE I PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH IS GOOD.SAME THING WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING 'CAUSE IT'S TEMPORARY.
UM, I DID HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN HERE.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE LOWER SCORING METRICS.
UM, HERE YOU'LL SEE FOR, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, 44.4% OF POINTS EARNED FOR EARNED INCOME.
WE'RE GONNA EXPECT THAT BECAUSE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS MEANT FOR PEOPLE THAT, UM, HAVE SOME KIND OF DOCUMENTED, UH, DISABILITY, LONG-TERM DISABILITY.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT LIKELY THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE EARNING, UH, INCOME RATHER THAN OTHER INCOME, WHICH IS RIGHT BELOW THERE.
UH, YOU'LL ALSO SEE, AGAIN, FOR RAPID REHOUSING AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, INCREASING OTHER INCOME IS LOW BECAUSE TYPICALLY WITH RAPID REHOUSING, YOU'RE GONNA WANNA SEE FOLKS BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT APARTMENT OR MOVE INTO SOMEWHERE ELSE AFTER THEY'VE EXITED RAPID REHOUSING.
AND ALSO SEEING TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
FOLKS IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, YOU'RE GONNA WANT THEM TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME, UH, EARN INCOME TO TRY TO OBTAIN AN APARTMENT OUTSIDE OF THAT.
SO AGAIN, JUST HIGHLIGHTING A COUPLE OF THOSE AREAS THERE WHERE THERE ARE, UH, LOWER SCORES AND SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THOSE.
MOVING ON TO FISCAL PERFORMANCE, UM, HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, DLI OBLIGATED FUNDS.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THESE ARE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE SENT BACK TO HUD.
NOW THIS ISN'T 38% WAS SENT BACK TO HUD, THIS IS JUST HOW THEY SCORED.
UM, SO THE AVERAGE, UH, IS 16.7% OF FUNDS FOR PSH.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE COST PER PLACEMENT FOR RAPID REHOUSING RANGING BETWEEN 3,500 TO 30,000 IN PER PLACEMENT IN TRANSITIONAL FROM 87 TO TO 22 WIDE RANGE.
UM, HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REALLY DIG INTO THE DATA YET TO TRY TO EXAMINE THE ACTUAL PROJECTS AND SOME OF THEIR METHODS AND, AND WHY SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE 3,500 COMPARED TO 30,000.
UM, 30, 3500 ALSO SEEMS VERY LOW FOR RAPID REHOUSING PROJECTS.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS SOMETHING WE IDENTIFIED AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, MOVING ON TO HMIS AND NEUTRALITY.
I'M GONNA MOVE THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK.
UM, HMIS IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, DATA QUALITY RATE SUBMITTING, UH, REPORTS.
SERVING THE COC NEUTRALITY IS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, WHAT WE HAVE CHANGED OUR RACIAL EQUITY METRICS TO.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT PROJECTS END UP SCORING PRETTY LOW, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S STANDARD DEVIATION.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS BEING COMPARED TO ALL PROJECTS THAT OPERATE IN LONG BEACH BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING MATCHED THROUGH HMIS PRIMARILY, THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THE REFERRALS THEY'RE RECEIVING.
THIS ALSO DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY'RE SERVING ONE RACE MORE THAN ANOTHER.
UH, THEY WOULD SCORE LOW ON THIS IF THEY HAD ALL WHITE ENROLLMENTS, JUST LIKE IF THEY HAD ALL HISPANIC ENROLLMENTS OR ALL, UH, BLACK ENROLLMENTS OR WHATEVER.
UM, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE NOTICED THAT IS PRETTY INTERESTING.
UM, NOT A MAJOR CONCERN UNTIL WE KIND OF DIG IN 'CAUSE IT COULD JUST BE BASED ON NEED.
BUT DID WANNA JUST CLARIFY, ONE SEEMED LIKE PROJECTS DID SCORE PRETTY LOW ON SOME OF THOSE METRICS.
AND TWO, THESE ARE COMPARISONS ACROSS ALL PROJECTS.
AND IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY ONE RACE.
IT'S JUST TAKING THE DEMOGRAPHICS, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AND JUST SEEING HOW COMPARABLE THEY ARE TO THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS.
UM, SO NEXT IS OUR ILLUSTRATIVE PRIORITY LIST.
SO WE DID NOT SUBMIT A PRIORITY LIST TO HUD FOR THIS COMPETITION BECAUSE WE REQUESTED ALL BE RENEWED 'CAUSE HUD DID NOT HOLD A FORMAL COMPETITION.
HOWEVER, WE DID CREATE AND ACTUALLY DISSEMINATED TO ALL COC FUNDED PROVIDERS, THIS ILLUSTRATED PRIORITY LIST.
UM, SO WE NOT ONLY SENT THEM THIS LIST TO SHOW THEM WHERE THEY WOULD'VE FALLEN DURING AN ACTUAL COMPETITION, UH, WE ALSO SENT THEM THEIR SCORE REPORTS AND WE ALSO ASKED 'EM TO REPORT OUT ON ANY METRICS THAT THEY SCORED ZERO ON.
SO ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, WE'RE HOPING TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SEE MAYBE WHAT SOME OF THE BARRIERS ARE TO PROJECTS THAT HAD LOWER PERFORMANCE, UH, IN SOME METRIC AREAS AND TRY TO USE THAT TO PERHAPS TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND THEN ALSO PERHAPS, UH, PROVIDE SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SEE LIKE WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THOSE PROJECTS AND THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK OUT, UH, OUT ON THAT, UH, IN A FUTURE MEETING.
SO, UM, I'M NOT GONNA CALL ANYONE OUT, I AM JUST GONNA SHOW WHERE FOLKS LANDED AND JUST EXPLAIN A COUPLE OF THINGS AND THEN QUICKLY MOVE ON.
UM, WE DID TAKE OUR REALLOCATION POLICY AND APPLIED IT.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE REALLOCATED FUNDING.
SOME PERHAPS WOULD'VE BEEN FULLY REALLOCATED.
YOU'LL SEE SOME THAT ARE EXEMPT.
AND I'M JUST GONNA EXPLAIN WHAT THE EXEMPTION MEANS.
UH, PROJECT COULD BE EXEMPT FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
UH, THE TOP ONE IS BECAUSE IT'S OUR COORDINATED ENTRY GRANT.
SO COORDINATED ENTRY IS A NECESSARY PART OF THE SYSTEM
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IT SUPPORTS IN MATCHING AND OUTREACHING PEOPLE.UM, SO WE ALWAYS EXEMPT OUR COORDINATED ENTRY AS PART OF THE POLICY BECAUSE, UH, THAT PROJECT AGAIN, IS KIND OF ONE OF THE BACKBONES OF THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS HMIS.
UM, THE OTHERS COULD BE EXEMPT FOR A FEW REASONS, INCLUDING IF THEY WERE RECENTLY CONSOLIDATED, TRANSITIONED OR EXPANDED.
SO IF YOU WERE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES FOR ANY GIVEN PROJECT, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN EXPANSION.
AND SO IN OUR POLICY, WE EXEMPT THOSE PROJECTS SIMPLY BECAUSE CAN COME SOMETIMES TAKE A LITTLE BIT WHILE TO, TO KIND OF GET THAT PROJECT UP TO FULL CAPACITY.
UM, AND SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THAT PROJECT AS IF THOUGH IT HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR 15 YEARS WITHOUT BEING EXPANDED, WOULDN'T REALLY BE FAIR TO COMPARE IT.
IT'S NOT AN TO APPLES COMPARISON.
THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO EXPAND THE PROJECT AND THEY NEED THAT RAMP UP PERIOD SIMILAR TO A NEW PROJECT.
UM, SO HERE ARE A FEW THINGS I JUST WANT FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT AND CONSIDER.
SO ONE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENJOYING 2025 NOFO.
THIS IS THE ONE HUD WAS NOT ABLE TO IMPLEMENT.
AND SO THEY WOULD'VE SCORED, UH, THINGS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY THAN I EXPLAINED EARLIER ON.
THEY WOULD'VE PROVIDED AT LEAST 50%.
WELL, THEY WOULD'VE LOOKED AND SEE SEEN IF WE HAD PROVIDED AT LEAST 50% OF POINTS BASED ON COST EFFECTIVENESS, UH, POPULATION DATA, UH, POPULATION SERVED OR PERFORMANCE DATA POPULATION SERVED.
UM, SO THOSE KINDS OF OBJECTIVE CRITERIA.
BUT THEN ALSO 25% OF AVAILABLE POINTS SHOULD BE BASED SPECIFICALLY ON RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS, EMPLOYMENT INCOME BEING INCREASED IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.
WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING HUD IS LOOKING FOR IN THE FUTURE.
SO IF YOU HAVE A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECT, THEY WANNA KNOW, ARE YOU PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH AND FROM THE LAST NOFO 40 HOURS OF INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES IS WHAT IT SAID.
NO CLARITY ON WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANT.
BUT HUD IS LOOKING, UH, LIKE THE EXTENT OF WHAT THAT MEANT.
BUT HUD WILL BE ASKING US TO MEASURE PROJECTS ON SUPPORTIVE SERVICE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEY WILL BE SCORING COCS AS WELL ON THAT.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE ANTICIPATE.
OBVIOUSLY THE NOTEBOOK'S NOT OUT YET, BUT WE DO BELIEVE THEY'LL CONTINUE TO TO REQUEST THOSE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT LATER, UH, IS BETTER ALIGNING OUR POLICY WITH HUD SCORING FACTORS TO INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS.
SO BECAUSE HUD IS NARROWING THEIR RANGE ON HOW THEY'RE SCORING PROJECTS, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF AND ME IN PARTICULAR IS GONNA BE THAT WE NARROW SOME OF OUR METRICS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH HUD.
AND EVEN IF NO ONE'S EARNING POINTS ON SUPPORTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE AT LEAST MEASURING THEM THAT WAY.
WE'RE SAYING WE'RE AT LEAST BEING COMPLIANT WITH THAT.
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE SHOULD, OR I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD MOVE, UM, IN THE DIRECTION OF, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALLOWING PROJECTS TO BE BETTER MEASURED FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE IS IMPLEMENTING A SLIDING SCALE SCORING.
SO IF YOU ALL REMEMBER I DESCRIBED THE SCENARIO OF YOU'RE SCORING HALF POINTS.
IF YOU HAVE A RANGE OF 80% ON THE LOW END, 90% ON THE HIGH END, YOU'RE SCORING HALF POINTS IF YOU SCORE 80.1% OR 89.9%.
AND THEN ONCE YOU TIP OVER TO THAT 90%, YOU'RE SCORING FULL POINTS.
THE RECOMMENDATION ONCE WE START DISCUSSING THE POLICY THAT I'M GONNA BRING FORTH IS THAT WE HAVE A SLIDING SCALE.
AND SO I HAVE AN EXAMPLE HERE.
IF YOU HAVE A 20 POINT METRIC WITH THAT 80% MEANING HALF POINTS AND 90% MEANING FULL POINTS, EACH OF THOSE PERCENTAGES IS GONNA EARN AN EXTRA POINT.
SO IF YOU HAVE 82%, YOU WOULD GET 12 POINTS INSTEAD OF 10 POINTS.
AND THEN IF YOU HAD 87%, YOU WOULD GET 17 INSTEAD OF 10.
THE PURPOSE OF THAT WOULD BE TO DIFFERENTIATE PROJECT PERFORMANCE BETWEEN PROJECTS THAT ARE FALLING WITHIN, AROUND THE SAME RANGE.
SINCE WE'RE USING FEWER METRICS, THIS'LL SUPPORT TO KIND OF ALLOW THOSE THAT HAVE EVEN INCREMENTALLY BETTER PERFORMANCE TO KIND OF RISE TO THE TOP.
SO THAT'LL BE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DISCUSS LIKELY NEXT MONTH.
UM, I'M GONNA CLOSE THINGS OUT HERE.
UM, SO NEXT STEPS, AND THIS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON FEDERAL TIMELINE.
UM, ONE WILL BE RE REQUESTING AN AD HOC WORK GROUP SPECIFICALLY FOR SCORING AND RANKING.
UM, THAT WORK GROUP WOULD DEVELOP POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT WOULD THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO REVIEW.
WE DEVELOPED THE FINAL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN THE BOARD WOULD REVIEW AND APPROVE THE, UM, SCORING AND RANKING POLICY WHEN COMPLETE.
UM, SO SCORING AND RANKING, UH, AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION RESULTS, UH, THAT IS THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, HAPPY TO BRING THINGS BACK TO THE BOARD AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?
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ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THOUGH WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? IF YOU CAN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.SEEING NONE, CAN WE CHECK THE SIGN AND SEE IF THE 2025 CC PROGRAM PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE NORTH BEACH COC.
DID WE GET A, DID WE GET OUR MOTION? A MOTION? WHO WAS FIRST? WHO WAS FIRST? SORRY.
UM, AND UH, FOR THE RECORD, 3 23, UH, CONNOR LOCK ACT, PLEASE.
UM, OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
UH, JOSEPH PATELLO, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR.
UM, NEXT I'LL BE DISCUSSING, UH, UPDATES TO THE GOVERNANCE, CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
UH, I'M GONNA START OUT JUST PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UM, WITH THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER.
SUMMARIZE OUR PROPOSED UPDATES.
UH, DO A SMALL BRIEF, UM, REVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY REVISIONS, AND THEN IDENTIFY NEXT STEPS FOR ADOPTION.
SO, UH, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM INTERIM ROLE, UM, REQUIRES CONTINUUMS OF CARE IN CONSULTATION, UM, WITH COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT AND HMIS LEAD TO DEVELOP, FOLLOW AND ANNUALLY UPDATE A GOVERNANCE CHARTER.
UM, SO OUR GOVERNANCE CHARTER WAS LAST UPDATED AND APPROVED IN APRIL, 2025.
UH, WE UPDATE THE CHARTER AT LEAST ANNUALLY.
UM, THE COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP DELEGATES AUTHORITY TO THE BOARD TO APPROVE THOSE AMENDMENTS.
UM, AND AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL JUST SEE SOME OF THE FEW THINGS THAT WE HAD UPDATED, UH, LAST APRIL.
UM, THE REVISION, HIS, UH, REVISION OVERVIEW APOLOGIES.
UH, ONE IS ADDITIONS TO ALIGN WITH HUD REQUIREMENTS.
SO JUST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE COC PROGRAM.
INTERIM ROLE CLARIFYING SOME ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, FORMALIZING THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP'S DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO THE BOARD, UH, AS WELL AS FORMALIZING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S ROLE AS ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL LEAD.
UM, INCREASING TRANSPARENCY FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS BY JUST CLARIFYING MEETING FREQUENCY, MEETING NOTICES AND ALIGNING, UH, GENDER POSTING WITH THE BROWN ACT.
UM, DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE ADVISORY BOARD WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING, UH, ADVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ALSO CLARIFYING THE REGIONAL HMIS HOMELESS MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION SYSTEM GOVERNANCE, AND LONG BEACH'S PARTICIPATION IN THE LA HMIS COLLABORATIVE.
UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT FOR THOSE INTERESTED, UH, THE COC PROGRAM INTERIM RULE.
SO THE FEDERAL RULE, UH, ESSENTIALLY REQUIRES COCS TO DO FOUR PRIMARY THINGS, UH, WITH A WHOLE LIST OF, UH, UH, SUB ACTIVITIES UNDER THOSE.
THAT INCLUDES OPERATING THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, DESIGNATING AND OPERATING A HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, PLANNING FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND APPLYING FOR COC FUNDS, WHICH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ON THE, THE LAST AGENDA ITEM.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH SOME UPDATES.
UM, IF THOSE OF YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE RED LINE VERSION, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE.
SO, UH, ONE IS EXPAND APPROVAL AUTHORITY TO THE COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
SO, UH, THE COC PROGRAM INTO A RULE DOES ALLOW THE CONTINUUM OF CARE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, MEANING EVERYONE IN THE REGION IN IN LONG BEACH THAT'S INTERESTED IN HOMELESSNESS IS A, IS A GENERAL MEMBER.
UM, SO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP IS ALLOWED TO, UM, DELEGATE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER TO THE COC BOARD, UH, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE.
UH, HOWEVER WE FELT AS IF THOUGH IT WOULD BE, UH, IT'D BE GOOD TO MAKE A COUPLE OF BRIEF UPDATES THERE JUST TO KIND OF REALLY EXPAND, UH, THE OPENNESS.
SO ONE IS, RATHER THAN STATING THAT THE BOARD COULD HOLD A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, UH, NOW STATING THAT WE ARE MANDATING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
UH, SO STARTING TOMORROW MORNING, 9:00 AM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, THE CITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER X IS GONNA SEND OUT A COMMUNICATION SAYING THAT WE ARE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER.
IT'S CURRENTLY PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S HOMELESSNESS PAGE AS WELL FOR THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER.
AND SO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WANNA PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THE REVISIONS OR
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ANYTHING ELSE CAN SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 10 DAYS, 10 BUSINESS DAYS.AT THE END OF THE MONTH WHEN THE BOARD COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON REVIEWING THE UPDATES MEETS, UM, I'LL BE SENDING OUT A COMMUNICATION REQUESTING FOLKS AVAILABILITY.
IF WE GET ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL REVIEW THOSE DURING THOSE MEETING AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE FULL BOARD, UH, WITH THAT INFORMATION AS WELL AS ANY POTENTIALLY FINAL UPDATES WE MAY HAVE, UH, FOR THE BOARD TO VOTE ON THAT NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND THEN ALSO INCLUDING THE ABILITY FOR THAT DELEGATION TO BE MODIFIED OR RESCINDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE CHARTER BASICALLY SAYS THAT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP GIVES THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER.
UM, BUT IT DOES NOT STATE THAT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP COULD RESCIND THAT AUTHORITY.
SO ADDING IN THAT LANGUAGE, SO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MAINTAINS THAT POWER OF BEING ABLE TO SAY, WE WANT TO PROVE THAT.
AND FOR THE FOLKS ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY BRING THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER TO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE THEM, UH, APPROVE IT FORMALLY.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, JUST SOME FUTURE AND PRESENT CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, NOT HAVING A CLEAR, UM, PATHWAY FOR THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP TO, TO MODIFY THAT.
AND THEN THE IDEA THAT WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT IN OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING.
SECOND IS COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
UM, SO AGAIN, GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH THESE RELATIVELY QUICKLY 'CAUSE THE UPDATES AREN'T, AREN'T MAJOR ONE IS JUST REORGANIZING ROLE MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE INCREASE TRANSPARENCY FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS.
SO INSTEAD OF SAYING, WE'RE GONNA MEET IN THIS MONTH AT THIS SITE, WE'RE INSTEAD SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PUBLISH THE MEETING INFORMATION IN ADVANCE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT ONLINE, WE'RE GONNA POST IT AT THE SITE, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA ADHERE TO THE BROWN ACT FOR THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, WHICH INCREASES TRANSPARENCY.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THE COMMITTEE'S ALSO GONNA SPEAK ABOUT AND FOLKS CAN SPEAK ABOUT HERE, IS POTENTIALLY FORMALIZING AGENCY REGISTRATION.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR VOTING PROCESS.
UM, AND ALSO ALLOWING MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE ON GOVERNANCE CHARTER OR SOME COC BOARD CANDIDATES.
SO THINGS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BRINGING BACK TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS MORE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, JUST ROLE COMPOSITION RESPONSIBILITIES.
REALLY JUST ALIGNING WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE AGAIN, REMOVED SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO ELECTION PERIODS BECAUSE THEY CAN SOMETIMES FLUCTUATE, UM, EXPANDED THE, OR UPDATED THE DEFINITION OF THE SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE AMBIGUITY THERE.
UM, AND THEN SOME CONSIDERATION IS, UH, MANDATING ATTENDANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO ALIGN WITH CITY STANDARDS.
SO THE BOARD AND THE CITY HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR WHAT MANDATED ATTENDANCE IS, UM, AND ALSO WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD WANNA EXPAND THE BOARD AND INCLUDE MORE DEDICATED OR EX OFFICIO SEATS.
UM, HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU, ESSENTIALLY SAME THING.
REORGANIZED ROLE MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, NOT TOO MUCH NEW, JUST AGAIN, CLARIFYING INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, REVISIONS.
UM, SO THE STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES WE INCLUDED, UH, WE REVISED THE LANGUAGE TO NOT MANDATE THAT APPOINTMENTS ARE FROM THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
UH, AS IT READ PREVIOUSLY, SUBCOMMITTEES WOULD BE APPOINTED FROM THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, BUT WE JUST LEFT IT OPEN.
THAT WAY THE BOARD COULD DECIDE HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS, HOW MANY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEMBERS, UM, THE ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LIVED EXPERIENCE TO NOT HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE DESCRIPTION.
AND WHILE WE'D LOVE TO RECONVENE THAT BOARD, UM, OR RECONVENE THAT, YEAH, THAT BOARD, UM, AND ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INPUT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER NOW, WHAT I DID WAS INCLUDED SOME LANGUAGE THAT I FELT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT BODY UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO RECONVENE.
UH, THIS I WILL READ OUT LOUD JUST SO FOLKS CAN HEAR.
SO THE DESCRIPTION, WE INCLUDED FOUR POINTS.
ONE IS PROVIDING ADVICE, EXPERTISE, AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU IN LONG BEACH, COC GOVERNANCE BODIES.
ADVANCING BALANCE REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE CONTINUUM TO PROMOTE INNOVATION IN RESPONSIVE SYSTEM DESIGN, SUPPORTING SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS BY ELEVATING LIVED EXPERIENCE PERSPECTIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT INTO PROVIDER CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND MAINTAINING A FORUM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO SHARE FEEDBACK ON THE HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM, INCLUDING STRENGTHS, GAPS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
SO THIS HAS PLACEHOLDER LANGUAGE, UM, THAT I DEVELOPED THAT WE FELT WAS APPROPRIATE TO, UM, INCLUDE UNTIL THE POINT THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO BETTER REFINE IT, BETTER REFINE THEIR ROLE.
UM, AGAIN, SOME CONSIDERATIONS.
HOW MANY SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE FROM THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP VERSUS THE COC BOARD AND SHOULD THERE BE SOME KIND OF PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE ON A SUBCOMMITTEE? SIMILAR TO THERE IS ON THE BOARD WHERE YOU WOULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.
UM, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REPLACE FIX
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DATES AND TIMES OF THE MINIMUM MEETING REQUIREMENT.UM, AND THEN ALSO ADDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE LA HMIS COLLABORATIVE.
SO THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT KNOW LONG BEACH USED TO HAVE OUR OWN HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
UH, OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, WE'VE INTEGRATED INTO LOS ANGELES'S SYSTEM TO BETTER SUPPORT COORDINATION AND MATCHING ACROSS THE REGION.
UM, AND THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IN LA IS CALLED THE LA HMIS COLLABORATIVE.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SOME INFORMATION IS STILL KIND OF BEING IRONED OUT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNANCE OF THAT BODY.
UH, HOWEVER, WE DID WANNA INCLUDE SOME INFORMATION IN OUR CHARTER.
SO WE INCLUDED A GENERAL DEFINITION, UH, AND GENERAL INFORMATION THERE.
UM, SO NEXT STEPS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, UH, AGAIN, BAD ON DATES TODAY.
UM, IT'LL ACTUALLY OPEN TOMORROW AND CLOSE ON THE 28TH.
UH, THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER AD HOC WORK GROUP WILL RECONVENE, REVIEW ANY PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND FINALIZE REVISIONS.
I'LL ALSO SUMMARIZE THOSE THROUGH, UH, A MEMO TO THE BOARD AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT THAT FOR APPROVAL AT OUR MAY COC BOARD MEETING, UH, NEXT MONTH.
IF THE WORK GROUP RECOMMENDS THAT, UH, IT'S READY TO, TO BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.
UH, AND THAT IS ALL ON THE GOVERNANCE CHART AND BYLAWS UPDATES.
HAPPY TO TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I WAS JUST NOTICING SIGNIFICANT SECTIONS THAT HAVE LINES OUT CROSSED OUT WALK.
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GOTTA REGIONAL COORDINATION.
IS THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE BLEND INTO THE, LET ME, LET ME OPEN IT UP.
AND SOME THINGS WERE REORGANIZED AS WELL.
I'M GONNA SAY THAT WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT YET.
SO SOME THINGS WERE SIMPLY CROSSED OUT 'CAUSE THEY WERE REORGANIZED.
UM, BUT COULD YOU, COULD, IS THERE A PAGE NUMBER? YOU COULD, PAGE FOUR IS THE FIRST ONE THAT'S I WAS, OKAY.
UH, AND WHAT'S THE, THE TITLE ON THAT ONE SECTION IS REGIONAL COORDINATION.
UM, DO, ARE YOU, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION OR THE, UH, RED LINES, RED LINE DOCUMENT.
AND IT SAYS REGIONAL COORDINATION.
UM, OH YEAH, SO THIS WAS A RESTRUCTURING.
UM, SO IT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE DOING TRACK CHANGE EDITS, UM, IT, IT, LIKE WHEN YOU, YOU CAN'T REALLY MOVE A SECTION WITHOUT DELETING THE SECTION.
SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GO DOWN, UM, TO THE PORTION, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A BOARD FACILITATE A, A FORMAL CALL TO INVITE NEW MEMBERS.
SO THESE ARE ALL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE OUTLINED A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP UNDER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND THEN SOME OF THOSE, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, IN TERMS OF SUBCOMMITTEES WERE ALSO REALIGNED INTO THE, UM, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU SECTION.
SO IF WE DON'T SAY AS A RED LINE, THAT MEANS THERE WERE AREAS THAT WE JUST REORGANIZED? NO, WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS MULTIPLE PEOPLE, UH, EDITING.
SO, UH, YEAH, SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE HAD AN INITIAL EDIT THAT I, I BELIEVE YOU ALL REVIEWED AT THE END OF 2025.
UM, AND THAT WAS WHEN I WAS COMING ON.
I CAME ON, I WENT BACK IN, I MADE SOME ADDITIONAL EDITS AND REORGANIZING.
AND SO THE RED AND THE BLUE, THE, THE, I BELIEVE THE BLUE EDITS ARE THE, UH, ARE THE NEWER, UH, I'M SORRY, ARE THE OLDER EDITS AND THE RED EDITS ARE THE NEWER EDITS.
SO YOU WOULD'VE SEEN ALL THE BLUE EDITS IN YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING, 2025 MEETING.
AND ALL THE RED EDITS WERE ADDITIONAL EDITS AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE RESTRUCTURING.
AND THERE WERE SOME DUPLICATION, LIKE, SO WE LISTED, UM, EX OFFICIO SEATS LIKE TWICE OF THE BOARD.
UM, I MOVED SOME INFORMATION ON, UM, THE COMMITTEES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE LISTED THEM TWICE.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE JUST RESTRUCTURING SECTIONS.
SO THEY WEREN'T JUST LIKE, HERE'S EVERYTHING THE CC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HERE'S THE FULL LIST.
THEY WERE ORGANIZED INTO MORE SPECIFIC SUB LISTS, SIMILAR TO, UM, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PLANNING, UH, DESIGNATING HMIS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, REAL QUICKLY, THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH COPIES PRINTED FOR EVERYBODY, IT SOUNDS LIKE JUST THE BOARD MEMBERS.
IF YOU'RE IN THE PUBLIC AND YOU WANT A COPY BEFORE IT'S RELEASED TOMORROW ONLINE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE CAN MAKE ADDITIONAL COPIES.
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TWO.THREE, WE'LL MAKE A FEW ADDITIONAL COPIES AND CORRECT IF PEOPLE WANT TO REVIEW IT.
I WAS GONNA SAY AND TO CLARIFY.
YEAH, SORRY, WE DIDN'T, WE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE COPIES.
IT IS, IT IS ONLINE CURRENTLY.
THE THING THAT'S NOT THE EMAIL OPEN YET IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK.
BUT IT IS, IT IS THERE AS WELL.
OUR FIRST MEETING WE SPENT A LOT OF, UH, IT WAS A LOT OF BACKGROUND REVIEW.
UH, SO THERE WASN'T A LOT OF, UM, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
SO ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO, UH, THAT ONE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE HAD.
UM, BUT A LOT OF IT WAS ESSENTIALLY WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF THIS, UH, AS WE DID HERE AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? NO.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THE SITE? GO AHEAD.
IT'S MY FIRST TIME AT A MEETING LIKE THIS AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M AT THE RIGHT MEETING, BUT, UH, I'M, UH, SOMEONE THAT IS A HOUSING JUSTICE ADVOCATE.
UH, I'M A LITTLE MORE DIRECT SERVICES.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE HIGHLINE STUFF THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, BUT REALLY WHAT I'M, I'M SHOPPING FOR, WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO ARE THE MOST DEDICATED TO HELPING WITH HOUSING JUSTICE? BECAUSE I GO TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WHAT I HEAR MOST RECENTLY, UH, I WAS EXCITED IN 2023 WHEN THEY MADE UP A, A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MORE THINGS WERE GONNA BE GOING TO, UH, HUMAN SERVICES, BUT MOST RECENTLY ALL THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MORE ENFORCEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, INVOLVING MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, PUN USING PUNITIVE STUFF AGAINST HOMELESS PEOPLE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RIGHT PLACES, I'M SENSING THAT THIS IS MORE OF A FUNDING SPOT AND UM, MAYBE I'M NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT IF SOMEONE I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T LIKE TALK BACK TO ME OR WHATEVER, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHERE ARE THE CITY PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY WORKING HARD TO BETTER THE LIVES OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S MY PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M, I'M DESPERATELY SEEKING LONG BEACH PEOPLE ON COMMISSIONS WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN THE FIGHT TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOU ARE HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL BASED ON ALL THIS STUFF.
WE DO, DID YOU SIGN IN ON THE
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE OF SEEING NONE? THANK YOU.
CAN WE DO A VOTE? ANY OPPOSED, MOVE TO OUR NEXT AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CONDUCT AND APPROVE THE ELECTION OF ONE DEDICATED AND TWO AT LARGE CARE BOARD MEMBERS PURSUANT TO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
WE WILL HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
CAN WE DO A MOTION? I'M SORRY.
JOSEPH PATELLO, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR.
I'M JUST GONNA BRIEFLY, UH, TALK ABOUT, UH, ELIGIBILITY AND OPEN SEATS.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ALLOW, UM, CANDIDATES THAT ARE PRESENT TO PROVIDE STATEMENTS.
UM, SO APPLICANTS MUST HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST ONE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
UH, CANDIDATES ARE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE TWO THREE YEAR TERMS CONSECUTIVELY WITH A TWO YEAR, UH, IN INELIGIBLE
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PERIOD BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR REELECTION.AND MEMBERS MUST ATTEND AT LEAST 70%, UH, 75% OF BOARD MEETINGS AND ONE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING ANNUALLY.
WE HAVE ONE OPEN SEAT FOR CITY OF LONG BEACH, C-O-C-E-S-G SUB-RECIPIENT.
UH, AND THEN TWO OPEN SEATS FOR AT LARGE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AFFILIATIONS.
AND THAT INCLUDES A WHOLE LIST OF, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND INDIVIDUALS AS WELL THAT I HAVE LISTED THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA START WITH CANDIDATES.
UM, SO IF THE CANDIDATES ARE PRESENT, UH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRING THEM UP AND, UM, ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT.
UH, THEIR, UM, RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS AND THEIR RESUMES WERE POSTED BEFORE THIS MEETING.
WE ALSO HAVE THEIR, UH, RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS POSTED ON OUR COC PAGE AS WELL.
UM, SO THE FIRST CANDIDATE THAT WE HAVE, UH, IS TRIVION CHAMBERLAIN.
HOPEFULLY I PRONOUNCED YOUR NAME CORRECTLY.
UH, WELL, T TRAYVON, HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU ALL WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW, UH, T TRAYVON'S INFORMATION.
UH, WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO, UH, AND I SHOULD HAVE STATED, UH, TRAYVON WAS AN OUT AT LARGE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP CANDIDATE.
UH, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR SECOND AT LARGE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP CANDIDATE.
UH, AGAIN, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, UH, ORDER OF LAST NAME ALPHABETICALLY, UH, KIMBERLY HALL, WHO I DO NOT BELIEVE IS HERE EITHER.
UM, AGAIN, THEIR INFORMATION WAS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND PROVIDED, UM, WITH THE, UH, OUR ONE MEETING INFORMATION.
OUR THIRD AT LARGE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP CANDIDATE IS DR. GERALD JOHNSON.
UH, OUR FOURTH CANDIDATE IS OUR ONLY COC AND OR ESG SUB-RECIPIENT CANDIDATE.
UH, AND THAT IS JACOB, UH, MUNOZ, HOPEFULLY I PRONOUNCE.
IS THAT CORRECT? MUNOZ? MUNOZ.
JACOB, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO READER, CANDIDATE STATEMENT, WHEREVER YOU WANT.
YOU CAN GO UP IN FRONT, YOU CAN GO HERE.
UM, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT I GUESS ON THE FIRST ONE UP.
MY NAME IS JACOB OZ, I'M THE SENIOR.
CURRENTLY SERVE AS A SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HOUSING PROGRAM AND SERVICES FOR MHLA.
MY CURRENT ROLE IS BASICALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND REAL WORLD, UM, REALITIES LIKE MICHAEL WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UM, I'VE BEEN BASICALLY SERVING AND BUILDING COMMUNITIES AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, IS MY PASSION.
I'VE BEEN DOING IT ON THE HOUSING SIDE FOR A COUPLE WORKING COMBINED YEARS, STARTING AFTER I SERVED IN THE MILITARY.
I CAME BACK FROM EUROPE, UM, IN RURAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH AIR H CV, SECTION EIGHT PROGRAMS. THEN AT LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE US AND IS LITERALLY AT THE DOORSTEP OF TODD.
AND HERE AT MHLA, UH, BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
PRIOR TO THAT I WAS WORKING WITH, UH, NON-PROFIT VISTA DELMAR, UM, INTERFACING WITH D-M-H-D-C-F-S, PROBATION AND LA COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS WITH THE WRAPAROUND PROGRAM, WHICH WORKS AS A WHOLE FAMILY SYSTEM.
SO I HAVE A DEEP PASSION FOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY, AGAIN, BUILDING AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.
AND I BELIEVE MY FOCUS BOTH ON THE REAL WORLD, UH, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE, PLUS NOW AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FROM HUD AND, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE, HOW THAT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AFFECTS OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND, UM, REGARDLESS OF THE DECISION, I'LL STILL BE PLANNING TO ATTEND SO I CAN, UH, UH, RESPOND BACK AND GIVE MY, UM, OPINIONS, UM, OF HOW OUR POLICY AND THE WONDERFUL WORK THE COC IS DOING TO BUILD UP THAT LONG BEACH AND THE COMMUNITY OF OUR THANK YOU.
AND THEN OUR, OUR, UH, LAST WHOOPS, I GOT WAS THAT ME? THAT WAS ME.
UH, OUR LAST CANDIDATE WHO IS AN AT LARGE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP CANDIDATE AND OUR ONLY AT LARGE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP CANDIDATE WHO IS PRESENT TODAY.
UH, VALERIE WILLIAMS. HI VALERIE.
UM, YOU CAN HAVE TWO, UH, TWO MINUTES TO PROVIDE THE SAME.
YOU CAN COME UP HERE, WHATEVER YOU LIKE.
MY NAME'S HOWARD WILLIAMS. UM, I, UM,
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HAVE OVER 40 SOMETHING YEARS OF SERVICE AND YOUTH AND FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN MARGINAL COMMUNITIES.UM, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH BEEN IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR.
SO FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PROBATION, UH, HEAD START FROM DIRECT SERVICE TO PROGRAMS. I, UM, ALSO AM, UM, BEEN LIVING IN LONG BEACH NOW FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
UM, I STARTED DATING MY HUSBAND IN 1983.
WE JUST CELEBRATED, UH, LAST WEEK, OUR 36 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
OUR CHILDREN ARE BORN AND RAISED, LONG BEACH SCHOOLS, COLLEGE, YOU NAME IT.
UM, AND, UM, BECAUSE OF MY BACKGROUND, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES THAT I'VE, UM, ASSISTED IN VOLUNTEERING, UM, AT THE SCHOOLS IN LONG BEACH, UM, AND ATTENDING OUR HEALTH NEIGHBORHOOD, I MEAN OUR, I MEAN DISTRICT NINE
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH NOW FOR 14 YEARS.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN SERVICE AREA EIGHT, UH, OUR CLINIC, BUT, UH, DIRECTLY BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
SO FROM, I WAS LIKE A ONE WOMAN TEAM.
UM, THE PERSON BEFORE ME SAYING A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BEFORE COMMUNITY, I WAS WRAPPED AROUND.
UM, AND OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, I JUST MOVED INTO ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOUSING LIAISON IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, OF COURSE, BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS BOARD NOW INSTEAD OF DIRECT CLIENTS.
MY CLIENTS ARE THE CASE MANAGERS, AND BEING ABLE TO ADD, PROVIDE YOU PRACTICAL, REAL TIME, UH, NEEDS AND STRATEGIES IS WHAT I HAVE YOU DO.
UM, SO WE CAN, UH, WE'LL BE OUT JUST QUICK PROCEDURAL, UH, WE'LL START WITH THE C-O-C-E-S-G SUB-RECIPIENT SEAT.
UM, BUT BEFORE WE, UH, HAVE ANY KIND OF MOTION, UH, FOR THAT, UH, I BELIEVE WE WOULD TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ITEM OF, UH, NEW BOARD CANDIDATES? NONE.
UM, SO THIS SEAT FIRST WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR A-C-O-C-E-S-G SUB-RECIPIENT CATEGORY.
UM, SO THE MOTION BEFORE THE BOARD, UH, WILL BE, UH, THIS WILL BE A YES OR NO, UH, 'CAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE CANDIDATE.
SO IT'LL BE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT TO ELECT, UH, JACOB, UH, MUNOZ TO THE, UH, COC UH, ESG SUB-RECIPIENT SEAT.
SO A MOTION FOR VOTE, AND THEN WE'LL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.
UH, WE'LL GO AROUND AND THIS WILL JUST BE A SIMPLE YES OR NO.
UM, MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT VOTING AND THE AFFIRMATIVE ARE REQUIRED TO PASS.
SO JUST LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
AND, UH, JENNIFER, COULD YOU, UH, HELP US, UH, GO THROUGH A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
WE WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO YOU, UH, WITH MORE INFORMATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU SERVING HUNDRED POINTS.
UH, SO, UH, NEXT WE WILL BE MOVING ONTO THE, UM, UH, THE NEXT AVAILABLE SEAT.
SO BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPEN SEAT AND WE HAVE FOUR CAN, WELL, WE TECHNICALLY HAVE TWO SEATS.
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SO WE'LL BE DOING ONE SEAT AT A TIME.UM, SO WHEN, UH, WE'LL FIRST GET A MOTION AND THEN WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, WHAT I'D LIKE EACH BOARD MEMBER TO DO IS STATE THE NAME OF ONE ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE, UH, THAT THEY'D LIKE TO VOTE FOR FOR THE SEAT.
UM, OR, UH, YOU MAY VOTE NO IF YOU HAVE NO CANDIDATE THAT YOU WISH TO VOTE FOR OR YOU MAY ABSTAIN.
UH, AT THIS POINT WITH OUR CURRENT GOVERNANCE CHARTER AND BYLAWS, UM, AN AN ABSTENTION WILL ACTUALLY REDUCE IT.
IT WON'T COUNT AS A VOTE AT ALL.
SO IT'LL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WOULD NEED TO APPROVE.
A NO VOTE WOULD MAINTAIN THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WOULD NEED IT TO BE APPROVED.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OR? OKAY.
UM, SO, UH, MOTION TO CONDUCT, UH, AN ELECTION FOR THE FIRST AT LARGE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP SEAT IS BEING REQUESTED.
SORRY, WHO WAS THAT? WHO WAS FIRST? TAMIKA AND SECOND MARK.
UH, AND REAL QUICK, DO ALL BOARD MEMBERS, LET ME MOVE THIS SO WE DON'T, UH, JUST HAVE ONE PERSON'S NAME ON THE SCREEN, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THE PERSON HERE.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD KEEP IT UP THERE.
UM, DO ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE CANDIDATE INFORMATION JUST FOR CLARITY? DO THEY KNOW? YES.
UM, IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL.
VOTE FOR THE, OH, IT WON'T, IT WON'T GO.
SO I'LL DO ROLL CALL AND THEN YOU CAN LET ME KNOW.
JUST STATE THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL YOU WISH TO VOTE FOR.
SO, CLAUDE DIAL, DIAL, VALERIE WILLIAMS. VALERIE, TAMIKA BOY, VALERIE WILLIAMS, KIMBERLY WEE, VALERIE WILLIAMS, JAMIE SCHEUER, UH, MS. VALERIE WILLIAMS, ANNA POLUSKI, VALERIE WILLIAMS, POP MCFEE, VALERIE WILLIAMS, CONNOR LOCKE, VALERIE WILLIAMS, NIKKI AMICK, VALERIE WILLIAMS, PATRICIA SCOTT, VALERIE WILLIAMS, STEVEN
SO THAT'S 11 ON VALERIE WILLIAMS. VALERIE, CONGRATULATIONS.
WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU AS WELL.
SO WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE ADDITIONAL SEAT.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE SAME MOTION.
I'M JUST GONNA REMIND FOLKS, UM, UH, WHAT WE'LL DO IS, WE'LL FIRST, UH, REQUEST A, UM, UH, A, UH, MOTION TO HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, UH, FOR THE NEXT SEAT.
UH, AS A REMINDER, UM, YOU, YOU MAY VOTE ON A CANDIDATE YOU MAY ABSTAIN, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER REQUIRED TO PASS.
SO, RIGHT, LET'S SAY OUT OF THERE'S 10 PEOPLE, NINE PEOPLE ABSTAIN, THAT LAST PERSON WOULD DECIDE ON THEIR OWN RIGHT.
UM, OR DOES IT, DOES IT CURRENTLY COUNT AGAINST, I'M SORRY.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT WOULD JUST CASE TO A LATER.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE THE OPEN SEAT.
UH, HOWEVER, NO ONE NEEDS TO VOTE FOR ANYONE IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO.
UH, THE CANDIDATES ARE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT THEY CAN STILL BE SEATED.
SO JUST 'CAUSE A CANDIDATE'S NOT HERE DOES NOT MEAN YOU CANNOT VOTE FOR THEM.
UH, IF NO ONE IS UM, SELECTED, THEN UH, WE WOULD REOPEN THE, THE NOMINATION PERIOD.
UM, AS A REMINDER, I'M NOT SURE.
WE DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL WHO STEPPED DOWN FROM THEIR SEAT.
UH, THAT SPECIFICALLY WAS FOR A REPRESENTATIVE FOR LGBT, UH, QA, UH, IA PLUS.
UM, SO WE WILL BE OPENING A NOMINATION PERIOD AGAIN SOMETIME THIS YEAR FOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THERE.
UM, SO JUST FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY AND CLARITY SO FOLKS KNOW WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE.
UM, SO, UH, AND ABSENT A, UM, ABSENT A MOTION TO HOLD THE VOTE, THEN WE WILL NOT HOLD THE VOTE AS WELL.
CAN YOU CLARIFY? UM, CONNOR ASKED ABOUT IF I ABSTAIN.
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QUORUM AND'CAUSE WE'RE NOT TECHNICALLY SEATED YET.
THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE BODY FOR TODAY.
SO FOUR, IF FOUR PEOPLE WERE TO, IS THIS 11 HERE, RIGHT? YEAH, 11.
UH, IF FOUR PEOPLE WERE TO ABSTAIN, UH, THEN THE REMAINING SEVEN OR FOUR PEOPLE WOULD TO VOTE NO, THE REMAINING SEVEN WOULD THEN HAVE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR THE SAME CANDIDATE.
IF THERE WERE FOUR ABSTENTIONS, THEN A VOTE OF FOUR TO THREE OF THOSE SEVEN REMAINING QUORUM WOULD BE A PASSING VOTE.
UM, ABSTENTIONS TAKE YOU OUT ENTIRELY, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
WELL, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR GOVERNANCE CHART AND BYLAWS.
I'M CHANGING MY OR I'M CHANGING THE HOURS WE'RE PROPOSING IT, PROPOSING IT.
LIKE HAS IT ALREADY TAKEN IN EFFECT TO CHANGE? NO, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T APPROVED IT.
SO CURRENTLY ABSTENTIONS COUNT, UH, AGAINST QUORUM.
SORRY, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE GOVERNANCE CHARTER FOR TOO LONG.
RIGHT? SO LIKE WE'RE NOT EVEN HERE, WE'RE NOT AT THE MEETING.
SO THEN YOUR, YOUR GOVERNING QUO HAS DROPPED AND SO THEN IT'S A MAJORITY OF WHAT'S LEFT AS LONG AS YOU MET THE COURT TO HAVE MEETING FIRST, CORRECT? YES.
THE GUIDANCE THAT I RECEIVED FROM CITY CLERKS NOT ABSTAINING WAS TRY NOT TO ABSTAIN UNLESS IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OBJECTIVELY.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A MOTION TO HOLD A VOTE ON THIS SEAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION MOTION.
AND NOW WE WILL HAVE A ROLL CALL.
VOTE FOR THE REMAINING CANDIDATES.
TAMIKA BOY, TRIVION CHAMBERLAIN, KIMBERLY, WE TRIVION CHAMBERLAIN.
JAMIE SCHEUER, UH, CHAMBERLAIN ION.
COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY, BUT WE'LL REACH OUT AND LET HIM KNOW WE HAVE ALL OF HIS INFORMATION.
UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS HIM AS WELL.
AND I THOUGHT YOU ALL WERE GONNA TEST US A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THAT VOTE.
YOU TOLD ME EARLIER YOU, YEAH, I THINK I WON'T SPEAK 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE GOT A NOTICE, SO I HE DID SAY HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE, BUT OH, OKAY.
YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS ILL, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
UH, I'M GONNA TURN, I KNOW YOU ALL LOVE LISTENING TO ME SPEAK, BUT I'M GONNA TURN THINGS OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE.
I THOUGHT YOU LEFT FOR A SECOND.
UM, DID YOU, DO YOU WANT TO COME, UH, UP HERE? I CAN JUST GO ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UH, AND THEN THIS IS JUST, UH, A BACK AND FORTH THERE.
DID THEY, THEY HAVEN'T READ THIS RECOMMENDATION? SORRY, THEY DIDN'T READ THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR NO, NO.
TAMIKA, CAN YOU READ THE RECOMMENDATION? I'LL, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE CALIFORNIA ADVANCING AND INNOVATING MEDI-CAL CAL GAIN CAN MOVED? YES.
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SECOND WAS BRANDY.I THINK SHE'S GOT A MAYBE FULL PAGE.
GO A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY SO IT'S NOT TO KEEP YOU OFF TOO LONG.
UM, SO CAL AIM STANDS FOR CALIFORNIA ADVANCING INNOVATIVE MEDI-CAL.
IT WAS A MULTI-YEAR DEMONSTRATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CAL AIM, THERE'S KIND OF FOUR DIFFERENT ARMS THAT THEY MIGHT BE REFERRING TO.
UM, SO THERE'S ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT, WHICH PEOPLE MIGHT BE REFERRING TO AS ECM.
THERE'S COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, WHICH I'M LARGELY GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PAYMENT REFORM AND POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT.
UM, THOSE TWO, I'M NOT REALLY GONNA BE TOUCHING AT ALL.
UM, SO CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAL, TRY TWO THINGS AT ONCE.
CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAID PROGRAM, UM, IS CALLED MEDICAL.
UM, IT'S FUNDED 50 50 FROM STATE, FEDERAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
UM, CALLY WAS LARGELY FUNDED THROUGH A MEDICAID WAIVER, THE 1115 WAIVER.
UM, IT WAS CURRENTLY SET TO RUN THROUGH THE END OF 2026.
HOWEVER, THE STATE HAS RECENTLY STRUCTURED OF BOTH COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND ECM ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT AS MEDI-CAL BENEFITS.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE MEDICAID WAIVER WON'T BE NECESSARY TO CONTINUE FUNDING THESE SERVICES.
SO JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, KIND OF AT A GLANCE, UM, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ECM AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS.
SO ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT, IT'S A MEDICARE, UM, MEDI-CAL BENEFIT THAT'S DESIGNED TO PROVIDE WHOLE PERSON CARE, UM, FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING REALLY COMPLEX MEDICAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS.
SO RATHER THAN JUST LIKE TREATING THE PERSON'S SYMPTOMS, IT REALLY GETS TRIES TO GET AT LIKE THE ROOT CAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES AND ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.
UM, AND EVERY PERSON WHO IS ENROLLED IN ECM IS ASSIGNED A LEAD CARE MANAGER THAT HELPS WALK THEM THROUGH THE WHOLE CARE SYSTEM, WHETHER THAT'S PHYSICAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, UM, DENTAL, AS WELL AS LIKE SOCIAL SERVICES.
WHEREAS CAL AIM, UM, UH, COMMUNITY SUPPORTS OFFERS 15 DIFFERENT NONCLINICAL SERVICES.
UM, THEY USED TO BE CALLED IN LIEU OF SERVICES.
AND THESE ARE ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL MEDICAL, UM, SETTINGS.
SO THESE SERVICES, UM, WE OFFER ARE LIKE HOUSING TRANSITION, HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES, HOUSING DEPOSITS, UM, HOUSING NAVIGATION, HOUSING SUSTAINED SERVICES.
UM, OTHER ONES ARE LIKE MEDICALLY TAILORED MEAL MEALS.
I'LL SHOW YOU ON ANOTHER SLIDE ON 15 OF THEM.
BUT, SO ECM AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS REALLY WORK WELL TOGETHER.
UM, SO ECM CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS THE COORDINATOR OR THE PERSON AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS ARE THE RESOURCE OR RESOURCE, UM, OR THE SERVICES.
SO ECM IS THE TEAM THAT IDENTIFIES THE CHALLENGE THAT THE PERSON IS EXPERIENCING AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS ARE THE INTERVENTION.
AND THEN THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT I WAS REFERRING TO THAT HAS ALL 15 OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS.
UM, TRANSITIONAL RENT IS ACTUALLY THE NEWEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY OFFERED, ADDED THIS YEAR.
UM, SO TRANSITIONAL RENT ADDS SIX MONTHS OF, UM, RENT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF PLACES LIKE HOSPITALS OR, OR INCARCERATION, UM, PLACES LIKE THAT TO HELP GET THEM UP ON THEIR FEET.
UM, AND THE THING WITH TRANSITIONAL RENT IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSITIONING OUT OF A SETTING LIKE
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THAT AND THEY HAVE TO BE ATTACHED TO A SUBSIDY OR A VOUCHER.UM, SO IT'S A VERY LIKE, NICHE POPULATION THAT THAT SERVICE IS LOOKING AT.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE ON THIS SLIDE, BUT THE, THE ONES THAT ARE LIKE A, A SLIGHTLY LIGHTER COLOR BLUE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU IS CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE.
UH, SO THOSE SERVICES THAT THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU IS CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE, UM, ARE THE HOUSING TRIO.
UM, SO IT'S HOUSING TRANSITION AND NAVIGATION SERVICES, HOUSING DEPOSITS AND HOUSING ANCY AND SUSTAINING SERVICES AS WELL AS DAY REHABILITATION SERVICES.
SO REHABILITATION SERVICES IS LIKE MENTORSHIP, UM, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL PLANNING, UM, THINGS THAT JUST HELP PEOPLE WITH LIKE THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES OF LIFE.
UM, AND THEN I WON'T READ YOU THIS, BUT THIS IS KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE, LIKE STRENGTHS BASED LIST OF WHAT OUR HOUSING STABILITY SPECIALISTS PROVIDE TO OUR CLIENTS ONCE THEY COME INTO OUR SYSTEM.
SO WHEN WE START WORKING WITH A CLIENT, WE WALK THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH THEM, UM, STARTING FROM IDENTIFYING WHAT THEIR IDEAL HOUSING SITUATION LOOKS LIKE, UM, IDENTIFYING A HOUSING PLACEMENT FOR THEM, GOING THROUGH THE LEASE UP PROCESS, WORKING WITH THE LANDLORD, NEGOTIATING THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND TERMS, UM, GETTING ALL OF THEIR DOCUMENTATIONS AND VITAL DOCUMENTS WITH THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LEASE UP AND MOVE IN PROCESS.
UH, WE HELP THEM WITH THE HOUSING DEPOSITS THE FIRST TIME MOVE IN FEES, UM, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THE APARTMENT TO MAKE IT HABITABLE, UH, IF THEY HAVE ANY LIKE SPECIFIC MEDICAL, UH, DEVICES THAT THEY NEED, UH, TO MAKE, MAKE IT A LIVABLE PLACE FOR THEM IF IT NEEDS PEST PEST REMEDIATION OR IF IT NEEDS AIR CONDITIONING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO COVERED.
UM, AND THEN FROM THEN, ONCE THEY'RE MOVED IN, THEN WE PROVIDE STABILIZATION SERVICES ON THE BACK END, UM, WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY SHOULD BE PAYING THEIR RENT, UM, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, UM, WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LIKE WORKING WELL WITH THEIR LANDLORD AND THEIR NEIGHBORS TRYING TO LIKE PROACTIVELY, UH, MEDIATE ANY SORT OF ISSUES THAT COULD COME UP THAT WOULD LEAD TO THEM BEING UNHOUSED.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WALK THROUGH WITH CLIENTS.
UM, FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, THEY, CLIENTS ARE TYPICALLY IN HOUSING NAVIGATION FOR ABOUT 12 MONTHS CAN BE EXTENDED UP TO 18 MONTHS.
AND THEN AGAIN THEY'RE IN THE STABILIZATION PIECE FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS, AND THAT CAN BE EXTENDED FOR 18 MONTHS.
SO ALTOGETHER THEY CAN BE WITH US FOR THREE YEARS.
UM, AND THEN JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE REIMBURSEMENT MODEL BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS.
A LOT OF MEDI-CAL PROGRAMS ARE A FEE FOR SERVICE, UM, VERY DOCUMENTATION HEAVY.
MOST PROGRAMS ARE, YOU DO ONE SERVICE, YOU DOCUMENT FOR IT, YOU GET PAID FOR THAT SERVICE WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT, IT'S A FEE PER MEMBER PER MONTH.
UM, SO WE JUST HAVE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF LIKE, CONNECTIONS, INTERACTIONS THAT WE WORK WITH THE CLIENT, MAKE SURE WE DOCUMENT THAT.
UM, SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT LESS DOCUMENTATION HEAVY AND IT ALLOWS US TO REALLY FOCUS ON JUST THE CARE AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CLIENT.
UM, AND THAT WAY WE GET TO FOCUS MORE ON THAT THAN THE DOCUMENTATION AND WE GET PAID MONTHLY BASED ON THE PARTICIPANTS THAT WE WORK WITH.
UM, AND ALL OF THAT GETS LOGGED INTO AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS JUST OUR TEAM.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE A PRETTY SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM.
WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TURNOVER RECENTLY.
SO DAYLON AND KENNY ARE TWO AMAZING HOUSING DISABILITY SPECIALISTS, UM, THAT ARE OUT ON THE STREET WORKING WITH CLIENTS AND ENGAGING WITH THEM, UM, OUT THERE FINDING, FINDING HOUSING PLACEMENTS AND UNITS, WORKING WITH LANDLORDS AND FOLKS INTO HOUSING, HELPING THEM STAY THERE.
UM, THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY AMAZING ABOUT WORK THAT THEY DO.
AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE JOINING US HOPEFULLY SOON.
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ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU THAT, UM, I, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS YEAH.AND THEN, UH, UH, COMMENTS AS WELL, BUT I WANTED TO BACK UP TO THE SLIDE.
SO I DID NOTICE, UM, IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT IT SPECIFICALLY, I'M STILL ON THERE WITH SLIDE.
SO, UM, CURRENTLY HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU IS CONTRACTED WITH HEALTH NET AND LA CARE TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING TRIO AND THEY HAVE, UH, HABILITATION SERVICES MM-HMM
UM, WHICH IS, WELL THE DAY HAVE, UH, HABILITATION SERVICES SAYS HEALTH NET ONLY.
ARE THERE ANY PLANS OR, UM, TO EXPAND BEYOND HEALTH NET AND LA CARE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH ANY OF THE OTHER MEDI-CAL, UH, PROVIDERS SUCH AS MOLINA, KAISER, I BELIEVE BLUE CROSS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT ALSO PROVIDES THE C UM, THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS UNDER ACCOUNTING.
SO IN LA COUNTY, I THINK WE HAVE FIVE MAJOR MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS.
UM, I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, EXPANDING, IT'S PRETTY LENGTHY PROCESS TO BRING ON MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS.
SO WE STARTED THIS PROCESS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE JUST RECENTLY GOT CONTRACTED.
UM, WE GOT CONTRACTED LAST JUNE, I WANT SAY FOR HEALTH NET.
AND THEN OCTOBER ONE IS WHEN OUR CONTRACT WAS FULLY EXECUTED WITH CARE.
SO WE ARE, UH, LOOKING AT BRINGING ON OTHER MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS, BUT WE WANTED TO START WITH LA CARE AND HEALTH NET BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST, UM, MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS THAT SERVE OUR PARTICIPANTS.
AND I JUST KNOW, UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE MEDI-CAL SERVICES, A LOT OF THE PARTICIPANTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A CHOICE INTO WHICH PLAN THEY WANT TO GO TO.
AND SO JUST KIND OF RECOGNIZING THAT THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT FRAGMENTED THEN CA BEING ABLE TO CAST THE WIDER NET OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE MUCH NEEDED, UM, HOUSING SERVICES.
I, I SMILE EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT, IT, IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL.
I KNOW, UM, AND I JUST KIND OF COMMENT TALKING TO MY BOARD COLLEAGUES.
I KNOW THE MAJORITY OF OUR MEETINGS IS CENTERED AROUND THE DATA OUTCOMES, UM, THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO WHEN WE START TO, WHEN WE ARE INTRODUCED TO THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS UNDER CAL AIM AND THE DIRECT EFFECTS ON THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING FOR HOMELESS SERVICES AND TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON AND BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE HOUSING, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICE NEEDS, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING IT FROM A WELLNESS AND HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH STANDPOINT, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP TO BRIDGE THE GAP.
THEY'RE NOT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE WELLNESS AND HOUSING STABILITY AREN'T COMPETING PRIORITIES.
THEY REALLY DO GO HAND IN HAND.
AND SO MR. DIALS MYSELF HAD SPOKE ABOUT IT AND ASKED THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS PRESENTATION HAD TO COME OUT FROM THE, UH, KELLY AND A SUPPORTS TEAM TO EXPLAIN TO YOU GUYS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
BECAUSE THIS ALSO HELPS TO CREATE A SHIFT IN HOW SERVICES ARE DELIVERED AND BUDGETING ALLOCATIONS AS WELL AS WE KNOW WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY, UM, 99.999% ARE MEDI-CAL ELIGIBLE AND PROBABLY ALREADY ENROLLED.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, MONEY ALREADY CARVED OUT IN THE BUDGET FOR THINGS LIKE EVICTION PREVENTION, HOUSING DEPOSITS, TRANSITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THIS IS NOW AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE AND POOL FOR ELIGIBLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, WITHOUT DIRECT IMPACTS TO THE CITY'S BUDGET.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE WHY.
SO, SORRY, LET SOMEONE ELSE ASK QUESTIONS.
NOW, WHERE'S THIS MONEY COMING FROM? IS, IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM PROP ONE? NO, IT WAS, UM, UH, VIA MEDICAID WAIVER.
SO THE STATE, UH, RECEIVED A WAIVER FROM, UH, UM, HEALTH HUMAN SERVICE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS FOR, UM, SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO AUGMENT, STABILIZE MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
UM, THE STATE WAIVER, UH, FEDERAL WAIVER IS EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT THE STATE HAS STRUCTURED THE FUNDING TO MAKE THIS A PERMANENT MEDICAL HEALTH BENEFIT.
SO FUNDS GO, UM, FROM GENERAL MEAN, HOW THE FUNDS FLOW IS, UH, STATE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES, UH, PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENT, WELL PROVIDES FUNDING TO MANAGED CARE PLANS, AND THEN THE CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDERS, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY CONTRACT WITH THE MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS, WHO THEN GET FUNDED BY OUR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANAGED
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CARE PLANS WHO ARE GETTING FUNDED BY THE STATE, THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.SECOND THING IS, UM, HOUSING TRANSITION, NAVIGATIVE SERVICES ASSISTING WITH BINDING AND MOVING PEOPLE INTO HOUSING.
WHERE'S THIS HOUSING GONNA BE LOCATED? IS IT GONNA BE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH OR IS IT GONNA BE LIKE, OR WE GONNA OUTSOURCE HOMELESS TO DIFFERENT PARTS? COUNTY? THAT'S, UM, THE MAJORITY OF IT, I THINK MOST OF OUR PARTICIPANTS DO HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR STAYING IN LONG BEACH.
SO THAT'S TENDS TO BE WHERE OUR HOUSING MANAGER LOOK FIRST.
UM, SOME FOLKS WANT TO LIVE IN OTHER PLACES AND IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE VOUCHER BACK IN, UM, OR OUT DO, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT'S LONG BEACH.
WELL, AS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE NO HOUSING HERE LONG BEACH.
SO THE ONES WHO GONNA STAYING HERE ON LONG BEACH OR REMAIN ON THE STREET LONG BEACH, ARE YOU, IS THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE IS THAT THERE'S NO HOUSING
WHAT DOES THE PROVIDER NETWORK LOOK LIKE? SO IF, IF YOU GUYS, IF, IF THE CITY IS ENGAGED WITH HEALTH AND LA CARE RIGHT? AND IT'S COUNTY INITIATIVE, THEN THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S A PROVIDER NETWORK.
SO WHAT DOES THE LA CARE AND THE HEALTH NETWORK LOOK LIKE INSIDE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH? HAVE YOU GUYS MADE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THOSE CONNECTIONS YET TO HAVE PROVIDERS WHO MAY HAVE PROPERTY TO SIT UP HERE AND HAVE YOUR, UH, NAVIGATORS COORDINATE WITH, TO KEEP PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH WITH SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON, AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT ARE LONG TIME PROPERTY OWNERS THAT MAY HELP THE BOTTOM LINE? SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HAS THAT BEEN PLANNED OUT YET? SORRY, SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
DO OUR HOUSING NAVIGATORS LIKE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH, DO YOU HAVE A PROVIDER NETWORK IN PLACE FOR THIS? RIGHT? AND OKAY, SO WHEN IS LAUNCH, RIGHT? SO WHEN IS LAUNCH? BECAUSE THAT WOULD PROBABLY DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE THAT IN PLACE WHEN IS LAUNCH WOULD BE MY FIRST QUESTION.
AND THEN AFTER THAT I WOULD ASK, DO YOU HAVE PROVIDERS IN PLACE FOR THAT LAUNCH TIME? CAN YOU, LEMME KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY PROVIDERS.
LIKE WE PROVIDERS, SO THE HOUSING TRIO, HOUSING NAVIGATORS, HOUSING DEPOSITS WORK IN DIFFERENT WAYS MM-HMM
SO THEY CAN GO TO SHARED LIVING OR THEY CAN GO FIND AN INDEPENDENT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON IN THE CITY, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPERS THAT ARE BUILDING A PROPERTY THAT THERE'S A PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME AND THEY'RE TAKING IN HOMELESS PEOPLE, THEY'RE TAKING IN RECIPIENT.
DOES THE CITY HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THOSE PEOPLE ALREADY? WE DO HAVE, SO OUR HOUSING NAVIGATOR WORKING REALLY HARD, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROPERTY MANAGERS, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE LANDLORDS.
SO THEY HAVE A REALLY STRONG NETWORK.
THEY DO HAVE A NETWORK HOUSING, THEY'VE RELATIONSHIPS THAT GONE A REALLY LONG WAY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS MAYBE YOU GUYS, BUT I KNOW OF AT LEAST THREE TO FIVE NEW PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE STILL IN THE WORKS IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT HAVE OPENED UP OVER THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS AS WELL.
SO I KNOW AT MINIMUM WE'RE TALKING BETWEEN SEVEN 50 TO 12 NEW PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, LOW INCOME BASED UNITS.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, AND I'M GONNA BE STRAIGHT UP HONEST WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MOVE PEOPLE NOW TO, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BE SHELTERS, TRANSITIONAL, AND I I I'LL BE ON THESE STREETS CONSTANTLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA STAND ON THESE RESIDENCE.
YOU SEE THAT PERSON BY THAT BUS STOP CONSTANTLY.
HE HAS SOME TIES TO THE COMMUNITY OTHER THAN DRUGS.
HE LIVED THERE ONCE UPON A TIME OR A FAMILY MEMBER.
YOU KNOW, EVEN LOOKING AT THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE ARE NOT GONNA STILL BE IN THE SAME SITUATION.
THERE BE ENOUGH HOUSING TO OUTSOURCE THING.
WE MIGHT NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION OF SENDING, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING WITH OTHER CITIES WITHIN LA COUNTY TO START MOVING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE ON YOUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW, BUT FUNDS
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ARE ALREADY THERE.CERTAIN MOVES AND THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL OPINION, IT'S NOTHING BUT ANOTHER MONEY PIT.
WELL, I SEE THIS AS AN, AS AN EXPANSION OF MUCH NEEDED SERVICES BECAUSE YOU, THIS, THESE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN, IN BEING PARTIALLY SUPPORTIVE WITH FAMILY.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT A PREFERENCE OF A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND SO AT THE POINT OF NAVIGATION AND MATCHING, WHEN THERE IS A PREFERENCE, THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE LOOKED TOWARDS FIRST.
BUT THEN THE OTHER OPTIONS OF WHAT YOU CALL OUTSOURCING WILL ALSO, AND SHOULD, I BELIEVE STILL BE PRESENTED IF, IF AT THE POINT IN TIME THAT THE PERSON IS ELIGIBLE, THEY'RE ENROLLED, UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOW INCOME WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR MATCH, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE MOMENT, JUST THAT THERE'S NOTHING AVAILABLE IN THIS BUILDING.
IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A STATEWIDE PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY COUNTIES AND CITIES.
UM, I KNOW THAT, AND, AND IT VARIES.
I GUESS THE EFFECTIVENESS VARIES BY LOCATION AND WHAT THEY HAVE BUILT UP.
ORANGE COUNTY HAPPENS TO HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST, UH, PROGRAM FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
I I WAS REFERRED THERE AS I'M NAVIGATING HOUSING INSECURITY RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER LIKE THE LONG BEACH IS TALKING TO OC.
SO, UM, I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I, THIS EXCITES ME.
THIS IS, THIS GETS ME EXCITED, UM, NOT ONLY BECAUSE I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT SEEKING SERVICES, BUT ALSO JUST LIKE THIS IS THE APPROACH THAT I FEEL IS HUMANE AND IS, UM, COMMUNITY MINDED AND COMPREHENSIVE.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING.
LIKE, SO I'M NAVIGATING THIS WHOLE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, UH, AS WE SPEAK AND I GO TO ONE PLACE AND I GET A REFERRAL AND THEN I GO TO THE PLACE, I GET A REFERRAL AND I GET A REFERRAL BACK TO THE OTHER PLACE.
AND IT'S NOT EVEN A REFERRAL, IT'S A LIST OF PHONE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS A REFRESHING, I LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW IT'S GONNA SHAKE OUT, BUT HAVING BETTER RECIPIENT OF KIND OF A SIMILAR THING BEFORE, UM, I KNOW THIS IS EXCITING FOR ME.
AND THEN FOR FROM US, IT WAS THE POTENTIAL OF, UM, FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, AGAIN, WITH A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE AND LOOKING FOR BLOCK GRANT FUNDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, THE NO FOS AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, AN ADDITIONAL NOW FUNDING POOL THAT WILL COVER THE SAME SERVICES WHERE THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE REALLOCATION OF THOSE SPECIFIC FUNDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY COMING OUT OF THE BUDGET TOWARDS OTHER WRAPAROUND SERVICES, SHELTER AND EXPANSION AND JUST SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS AND THE POINT OF VIEW THAT CLAUDE AND I WERE VIEWING THIS FROM AND WHY WE ASKED FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED IN THE BOARD MEETING, UM, FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT AS WELL, WITHOUT ASKING THE TAX DOLLARS FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, I CAN, I'LL TRY ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMENTARY, BUT, UM, I, I THINK FIRST WAS, IS RECOGNIZING IT IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY TECH RENTAL RENTAL MARKET HERE IN LONG BEACH AND REALLY ACROSS THE WALL COUNTY IN THE REGION.
SO GETTING PEOPLE, UH, AVAILABILITY OF UNITS IS A CHALLENGE.
AND THEN THE AFFORDABILITY OF IT IS ALSO A CHALLENGE.
UM, OUR, OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE AND OUR COORDIN INDUSTRY SYSTEM, UM, HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE DO MATCH PARTICIPANTS TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESOURCES, HOUSING RESOURCES, UH, A LOT OF THOSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSING AUTHORITY AND A LOT OF THOSE HOUSING AUTHORITY RESOURCES ARE FREQUENTLY A TENANT, TENANT BASED VOUCHER, WHICH MEANS THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY A PHYSICAL UNIT.
YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND IT AND LOCATE IT, NEGOTIATE WITH THE LANDLORD, UH, TO NE NEGOTIATE A PERSON'S LEASE TO MOVE IN AND ALL OF THAT.
A LOT OF THOSE VOUCHERS DON'T NECESSARILY COME WITH SERVICES ATTACHED.
SO THERE IS A SERVICE GAP, UM, WHEN, WHEN LEASING UP A TENANT BASED VOUCHER.
SO, UH, WITH THE CAL PROGRAMMING THROUGH COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, THERE IS ALSO A FUNDING GAP IN TERMS OF IT'S PROVIDING THE FUNDING FOR THE SERVICES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE HOUSING.
BUT YOU CAN MARRY ESSENTIALLY THE TENANT BASED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE GET THROUGH, YOU KNOW, TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE SERVICES HERE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A SERVICE MATCH WITH THE, UM, THE SUBSIDY, UM, TO THE POINT OF, UM, LOOKING HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY VERSUS MOVING ACROSS THE CITY BORDERS BOUNDARIES.
UM, BECAUSE OUR BUREAU IS IMPLEMENTING THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS DIRECTLY, THEY DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO, UM, PROVIDE THE HOUSING STABILIZATION SERVICES AFTER A MOVE IN.
SO WE CAN, UH, HELP SOMEONE RELOCATE TO, UH, ANOTHER GEOGRAPHY IF IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN FIND A UNIT, IT'S A UNIT THEY CAN AFFORD.
AND SO LONG AS OUR STAFF CAN MAINTAIN THE RELATIONSHIP, WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE SOMEONE TO LIKE LANCASTER BECAUSE OUR STAFF WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TO GO OUT THERE.
UM, BUT WE CAN MOVE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN, WITHIN
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SPOT EIGHT OR SPOT SEVEN, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORING, UM, JURISDICTIONS.UM, AND WE DO ALSO HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH
UM, RENTS ARE VERY SLIGHTLY CHEAPER, UH, IN LIKE WILMINGTON, SAN PEDRO, LIKE THAT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, HELP SOMEONE LOCATE A UNIT, UM, UH, IN A MORE AFFORDABLE REGION TO HAVE THAT VOUCHER GO FURTHER AS WELL.
'CAUSE THERE ARE ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF MARKET RATE LIMITS ON THE VOUCHER, SO YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK POTENTIALLY.
UM, SOMETIMES THE RENTS AREN'T NORMALLY, MIGHT NOT BE CHEAPER EITHER, BUT THEY MIGHT BE LARGER AND THAT MIGHT ALSO BE MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR, FOR THE PARTICIPANT AS WELL.
SO I THINK THIS IS A WAY TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE EXISTING RESOURCES, UM, IS REALLY KIND OF THE, THE BENEFIT THAT LIKE WE'RE SEEING OUT OF THE, THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS.
YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, BUT I NEED TO SEE IT.
I REALLY NEED TO SEE IT WORK HERE.
THAT'S, SO I'M SEEING SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON THESE STREETS, WHAT THE DATA SAYS AND WHAT I'M SEEING ON THE STREET, THEY NEED TO MATCH AND RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO MAKE ADVANTAGE.
UM, IF I COULD, IF I CAN JUST, UM, ADD ANOTHER COMMENT AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE READY TO GET OUT OF HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE IN SPOT SIX AS SERVICE PROVIDER, WE, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF REFERRALS FROM SPOT EIGHT COME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABILITY.
AND THEN LIKEWISE, WHEN IT COMES TO MATCHING, WE GET, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TREAT THE MATCHING THE NAVIGATION FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM A TRAUMA INFORMED AND SENSITIVE STANDPOINT BASED ON PREFERENCE.
BUT WE DO ALSO PROVIDE THAT HOUSING STABILITY SHOULD COME FIRST WHEN MAKING THAT DECISION.
ONE CAN ALWAYS RELOCATE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, WE, WE WANT TO REALLY CONCENTRATE THE FOCUS ON WHERE THE AVAILABILITY IS AT THE TIME.
AND THEN WHEN YOU MENTIONED, UM, LACK OF APARTMENTS, LIKE I LITERALLY HAVE A LISTING HERE WITHIN LONG BEACH.
I KNOW IT'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER, BUT 12 TWO BEDROOM UNITS THAT THE LANDLORD IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THIRD PARTY, UM, CHECKS AND FUNDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THE HOUSING, UH, NAVIGATION, ENROLLMENT AND MATCHING AND THEN THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY CONNECTED UP TO THREE YEARS IS HANNAH MENTIONED IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
I, YES, I'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN THE FIRST MODEL BECAUSE I TELL YOU THAT WITH CASE CASE MANAGEMENT, I'M HERE NOW 'CAUSE OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, BUT WE, WHEN WE USED, UH, THE MEDICAL INSURANCE WITH ME, IT REALLY DON'T.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING BUT EVER REPEAT OF THE UH, HOW FIRST, YOU KNOW, BUT THESE JUST MY OPINIONS ON IT.
MY COMMENT IS THAT I REALLY DO LIKE THE, YOUR APPROACH TO THE SITUATION.
I LIKE THE MULTI, THE MULTIFACETED PART OF IT.
UH, AND ON YOUR, ON YOUR UH, COMMENT, UM, IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU MENTIONED MOVING OVER TO SAN PEDRO IN WILMINGTON BECAUSE THE REASON THAT I ORIGINALLY MOVED TO LONG BEACH, GOD KNOWS IN THE SEVENTIES IS BECAUSE LONG BEACH WAS THE ONLY PLACE I COULD AFFORD TO LIVE AND BUY A HOME.
AND NOW IT'S GOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE ROOF.
UNTIL WE CAN GET DEVELOPERS TO COOPERATE WITH US AND PROVIDE LOW INCOME, THEY'RE, I'M TALKING LOW INCOME, NOT WHAT THEY CONSIDER LOW.
I'M TALKING LOW INCOME PERCENTAGE OF THEIR, OF THESE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS AS LOW INCOME PROPERTIES UNTIL THAT IS MEN MANDATED, WE WILL NEVER SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO, UH, DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE GREED THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LANDLORDS.
CONTACT INFORMATION THAT NO CONTACT.
A LOT OF US ARE PROVIDERS THAT WE'RE ALREADY MEDICAL ESTABLISHED WHEN WERE CONTRACTED.
WE PROBABLY NEED TO WORK WITH YOU TO GET WHAT'S GOING ON.
THIS HAS OPENED UP A REALLY GOOD DIALOGUE, I THINK AMONGST THE BOARD.
UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS
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TOGETHER AND TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND PRESENT.ANY OTHER, JUST, DO YOU KNOW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? HOW ANY, IS IT READY OR, UH, WE HAVEN'T RIGHT NOW.
THE, THE STATE OFFERS TECH, THE STATE OFFERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UM, PATH SIDE I THINK IS THE PROGRAM.
YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND THAT ON THE WEBSITE AND THAT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ON DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND ELIGIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO UM, YEAH.
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
BUT IF YOU DO HAVE ANY JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, I'M HAPPY TO WITH YOUR ANSWER.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD MR. YOU WANNA SPEAK? I DON'T DUNNO HOW PROPERLY I JUST ASKED MY QUESTION.
IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT, BUT YEAH, YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTION.
UM, I'M HEARING, UM, ABOUT TELLING HIM WHAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S DIFFERENT LANGUAGE OR TERMINOLOGY USED THAT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR.
BEING IN DMHI KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING SINCE 2023 OF THE CHANGE OF CERTAIN CLIENTS BEING SENT TO MANAGED CARE AND THAT HOUSING NEEDS WOULD BE MET UP UNDER THIS.
BUT WHEN I SEE YOUR PRESENTATION, IT SAYS DHS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.
I WANT TO ASK, IS THAT THE ONLY, UH, TYPE OF CLIENT THAT BE REFERRED, LIKE THEY HAVE TO HAVE LIKE A PHYSICAL HEALTH OR IS THIS AN UMBRELLA FOR ALL TYPE OF HELP? SO LIKE WORK, I'M HERE FROM MENTAL HEALTH.
I CAN ANSWER ANYONE WITH MEDI-CAL IS ELIGIBLE IF THAT ANSWERS NO, WE CAN CONNECT YOU TOO.
WHEN WE SEND OUT, YOU'LL BE ON THE BOARD EMAIL WITH PERMISSION.
I WAS JUST CLARIFYING THAT WE, WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION TOO.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SEE NONE? CAN WE GET A VOTE SHOW, SHOW HIS NEEDS? ANY OPPOSED? UM, WE ARE AT 4 36.
WE HAVE ONE OTHER AGENDA ITEM.
UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, DOES ANYBODY FROM THE BOARD NEED TO LEAVE OR YOU GUYS CAN STAY GOOD? WELL, JENNIFER GETS US SET UP HOW QUICKLY, UH, GIVE AN A LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE WERE GONNA SEND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE ANTICIPATE THE NO FOE AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS IN A SECOND, UH, TO BE RELEASED ACCORDING TO CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2026 ON JUNE 1ST, WE WERE GONNA SEND OUT, UM, A POLL FOR MEMBERS TO SEE IF FOLKS WOULD BE AVAILABLE EITHER TEMPORARILY OR FOR THE FUTURE FOR AN EXTENDED MEETING TIME FOR TWO HOURS INSTEAD OF AN HOUR AND A HALF, POTENTIALLY HALF, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
CAN YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO READ THE AGENDA ITEM AND THEN GET A MOTION? YES.
OUR FINAL AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER SIX OF AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE SCOPE OF AND ESTABLISH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE SCORING AND RANKING AD HOC COMMITTEE, REALLOCATION AD HOC COMMITTEE AND FUNDING PRIORITIES AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, WORK GROUPS.
AND IF APPROPRIATE, APPOINT MEMBERS.
UM, SO I'LL TRY TO MOVE BRIEFLY 'CAUSE WE DID DISCUSS SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
I'M JUST GONNA START WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE POLICIES DISCUSSING THE SCOPE OF THE WORK GROUPS AND THEN WE CAN CONSIDER APPOINTING MEMBERS.
UM, SO LET'S START OUT WITH THE COC NOFO STATUS UPDATE.
SO, LITIGATION STATUS, SO THE 2025 COC NOFO, THE ONE THAT WE ALL APPROVE SUBMISSION UNCONDITIONAL FOR BACK IN FEBRUARY REMAINS ENJOINED, WHICH MEANS
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THAT HUD CANNOT IMPLEMENT THEIR 2025 NOFO, UH, REVISED SELECTION CRITERIA PENDING FOR THE COURT ORDER.BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HUD IS STILL FIGHTING TO TRY TO GET THEIR NOFO OUT AND NOT FUND 2025 PROJECTS.
THE FIRST CIRCUIT DENIED HUD'S EMERGENCY STAY REQUEST.
SO THE INJUNCTION DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT DURING THEIR APPEAL BECAUSE THEY DID NOT APPEAL CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION.
THEY ARE, IT IS A VERY NARROW SCOPE THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT MOVING FORWARD, UH, WE ARE AWAITING ADDITIONAL COURT ACTION THERE.
THEY HAVE, HOWEVER, STARTED TO, UM, UH, IMPLEMENT REQUIRED NON-COMPETITIVE RENEWALS.
SO QUARTER ONE WAS ANNOUNCED ON, UH, MARCH 31ST.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON HEARING FOR QUARTER TWO.
AND, UH, IF THE AWARDS ARE NOT MADE BY JULY 1ST, APPROPRIATIONS LANGUAGE SAYS THAT HUD SHOULD PROVIDE THAT NON-COMPETITIVE RENEWAL, UH, UH, BY, UH, JULY 1ST IF THAT'S NOT MADE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR FOR, FOR COC PROJECTS, UH, IN LONG BEACH, UM, THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATE APP APPROPRIATIONS ACT, AGAIN REQUIRED TO ISSUE THE 26TH NOFO.
THAT'LL BE FOR THE TERM STARTING IN 27, ENDING IN 28, NO LATER THAN JUNE 1ST, AND TO MAKE AWARDS NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 1ST.
SO IT COULD BE AN ACCELERATED TIMELINE, COULD BE A SHORT AS 60 DAYS.
UM, SO VERY QUICKLY WE DID TALK ABOUT SCORING AND RANKING.
I'M GONNA JUMP TO THE BOTTOM, UH, AND BASICALLY SAY THAT HUD REQUIRES THAT COCS HAVE A COORDINATED, INCLUSIVE, OUTCOME ORIENTED COMMUNITY PROCESS TO SOLICIT REVIEW, RANK AND SELECT PROJECT APPLICATIONS TO SUBMIT TO HUD.
SO THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICIES IS TO, UH, ADHERE TO THE COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS.
UH, AND WE WENT OVER SOME OF THOSE OBJECTIVE AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES EARLIER.
UM, MOVING ON TO REALLOCATION.
WHAT IS REALLOCATION? IT'S WHEN THE CO SHEET SEE SHIFTS.
FUNDS IN WHOLE ARE IN PART FROM PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN RENEWED ALREADY TO CREATE NEW PROJECTS THAT CAN BE VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.
HUD DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT YOU REALLOCATE FUNDING, BUT THEY DO REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE A REALLOCATION PROCESS.
THAT IS WHAT A REALLOCATION POLICY IS, UH, MOVING FORWARD TO, TO FUNDING PRIORITIES.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A COORDINATED PRO PROCESS.
WE GENERALLY SPEAK OF FUNDING PRIORITIES AS NEW PROJECTS BEING EVALUATED AND RANKED, UH, AS WELL AS ELIGIBLE PROJECT TYPES THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR NEW FUNDING FOR.
SO FUNDING PRIORITIES CAN BE FOR EXISTING PROJECT TYPES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE PRIORITIZING PSH BY ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE MORE POINTS COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL HOUSING.
IF EVERYONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION AT THE BEGINNING OF MY LECTURE.
UM, BUT ALSO FOR NEW PROJECTS, PRIORITIZING WHAT KINDS OF NEW PROJECTS ARE WE GONNA APPLY FOR AS WELL.
SO TWO TYPES OF FUNDING PRIORITIES THERE.
UH, LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEES, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE SEPARATE COMMITTEES THAT WOULD CONSIST OF THREE TO SIX BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD MEET VIRTUALLY BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND, UH, THE END OF THE COMPETITION.
UH, IF IT WAS A JUNE 1ST TO JULY 30TH COMPETITION, IF WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD, WE WOULD WANT TO START TALKING ABOUT THOSE POLICIES AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY AND WE WOULD HAVE TO START APPROVING THEM IN JUNE.
SO WE'RE BUMPING UP RIGHT UP TO THE COMPETITION NOW.
UH, WE DID ATTEND A CALL WITH NATIONAL ALLIANCE AND HOMELESSNESS.
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE STARTING OR HAVE JUST STARTED, UH, THEIR COMPETITION REVIEW.
AND SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, THESE COMMITTEES NOW.
UH, BECAUSE WE WAITED TILL MAY, THEN MIDDLE OF MAY, WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE HOLIDAY AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
NEXT THING WE KNOW TWO WEEKS LATER, HUD'S RELEASED IN THE NOFO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POLICIES FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, SCORING AND RANKING, WE WOULD JUST BE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL UPDATES TO PERFORMANCE METRICS AND RANKING STRUCTURE.
WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BEFORE REALLOCATION.
WE'D BE LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT KIND OF STANDARDS AND WHAT KIND OF PLANNING WE WOULD HAVE FOR REALLOCATION AND THEN FOR FUNDING PRIORITIES, HOW WE WOULD ALIGN LOCAL PRIORITIES WITH FEDERAL PRIORITIES.
UM, SO MOVING STRAIGHT TO RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO FOLKS IN BOLD IDENTIFY THE WORK GROUP PREFERENCE.
I ASKED ALL BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY HAD A PREFERENCE, UH, BEFORE THIS MEETING.
UH, THE ITALICIZED FOLKS ARE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED MEMBERS, UH, TO SUPPORT BALANCE AND COVERAGE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THERE ARE SOME, UH, EX OFFICIO SEATS ON THE BOARD.
WE WANTED TO PLACE THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WORK IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ON DIFFERENT, UH, COMMITTEES.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE OUR THREE NEW MEMBERS, UM, SO HAPPY TO PLACE THEM ON THESE AS WELL.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE CAN SAY IS OBVIOUSLY THESE MEETINGS, UM, YOU KNOW,
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WE RESPECT YOUR TIME.I KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY, UH, WE PRESENTED POLICIES.
SO, UH, THIS IS ALSO OPTIONAL FOR THE BOARD.
WE'RE PUTTING THIS OUT HERE, HAVING THESE WORK GROUPS MEETINGS SO WE CAN DISCUSS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, IN LIEU OF THAT, IF THE BOARD WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN INSTEAD JUST PLAN TO HAVE AN EXTENDED MEETING IN MAY.
LIKE I SAID, IF FOLKS ARE AVAILABLE, UH, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRESENTING THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME TO IN MAY.
BUT AGAIN, FOR THE, UH, PURPOSE OF TRANSPARENCY, ENSURING THE BOARD DOES HAVE INPUT IF THEY'D LIKE.
UM, EARLIER ON IN THE PROCESS, UH, HAPPY TO, UH, ACCEPT A RECOMMENDATION TO SEAT THESE COMMITTEES.
AGAIN, THESE WOULD BE ONLINE, UH, NON-PUBLIC, UH, MAXIMUM OF, YOU KNOW, A FEW TIMES THAT WE WOULD MEET.
UM, AND IT'D JUST BE FOCUSING ON THOSE, UM, PRIORITIES.
AND AGAIN, WE CAN ALSO APPOINT OUR NEW MEMBERS, UM, TO, UH, COMMITTEES AS WELL.
UH, TAKE A MOTION, TAKE FEEDBACK IF FOLKS DON'T LIKE THEY REPLACE YOU, WANT TO WHEEL AND DEAL, UH, SWITCH COMMITTEES.
UH, HAPPY TO GO IN WHATEVER DIRECTION THE BOARD WANTS TO GO AT THIS POINT WHERE MY NAME LANDS LOOKS PRETTY ACCURATE TO
SO HOW LONG DID YOU SAY THESE MEETINGS WERE ABOUT? UH, THEY'D BE ABOUT AN HOUR.
SO WE WOULD NOT MEET IN PERSON, IT'D JUST BE ONLINE.
WE WOULDN'T BE ASKING SIX MORE MEETINGS IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
UM, I WOULD AND HOW MANY MEETINGS DO YOU EXPECT? UM, I, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE A LIMITED SCOPE, I PUT TWO TO FOUR, HONESTLY, PRO, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE ABOUT TWO.
IF HUD RELEASES, UH, THE JUNE NOFO, I'M ANTICIPATING, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IF WE RECOMMEND THESE TODAY, TRYING TO GET AT LEAST, UH, ONE SCORING AND RANKING, UM, IN REALLOCATION, UH, MEETING BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, UM, IN MAY.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE GET A REAL, IT IT ALSO, THERE'S ALSO LIKE SOME COMPETITION ASPECTS, RIGHT? THINGS HAPPEN SEQUENTIALLY.
SO, UM, SCORING AND RANKING IS LIKE, RIGHT.
THE FIRST THING WE GOTTA DO, WE GOTTA HAVE A PROCUREMENT.
SO FUNDING PRIORITIES, WE NEED TO KIND OF GET THOSE OUT OF THE WAY.
AND THEN REALLOCATION HAPPENS AFTER, UH, THEY'RE SCORED AND REVIEWED AND WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE LIST.
SO REALLOCATION WOULD HAPPEN PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY REALISTICALLY ONLY LOOKING AT MAYBE TWO MEETINGS PER COMMITTEE.
WHO WILL, WHO WILL CHAIR THE MEETINGS? UM, THERE'S, BECAUSE THE, BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF INFORMATIONAL AND CONVERSATIONAL, THEY'RE GENERALLY NO CHAIRS FOR THESE TYPES OF WORK GROUP COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO WE'LL JUST LEAD, BASICALLY EVERYONE WILL GET ON.
I'LL DISCUSS THE POLICY AND I'LL HAVE DECISION POINTS FOR PEOPLE TO DISCUSS, OKAY.
HOW ARE, HOW ARE, HOW ARE YOU GONNA, HOW ARE YOU GONNA DECIDE WHO GOES WHERE? I MEAN, THE FINAL DECISION IS UP TO THE BOARD.
I, WE LET YOU KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO IT OR NOT.
YOU'D LET ME, YOU'D LET US KNOW RIGHT NOW.
JUST CALL OR EMAIL OR, YEAH, AND I MEAN, HERE'S THE THING.
THERE DOESN'T, THERE'S NO QUORUM.
SO IF PEOPLE NEED TO MISS A MEETING, LIKE AS LONG AS SOMEONE'S THERE, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.
SO THAT'S WHY I RECOMMENDING UP TO SIX.
WE'RE NOT QUITE MEETING A QUORUM.
THERE'S NO OVERLAP BETWEEN COMMITTEES.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT ALL DISCUSSING AMONGST YOURSELVES, THEN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE GENERALLY SAFE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MEET ANY KIND OF GROUND ACT RESTRICTIONS.
UM, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND WE HAVE VALERIE, TRAYVON AND JACOB, UH, IF WE ARE GONNA APPROVE THESE, MAYBE ASSIGNING THEM.
THE ONLY ONE, UH, I THINK IS JACOB.
UM, MHA DOES HAVE CLY FUNDED PROJECTS.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU TECHNICALLY WOULDN'T NEED TO RECUSE YOURSELF IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND, UH, JACOB FOR EITHER REALLOCATION OR FUNDING PRIORITIES JUST TO AVOID ANY KIND OF FACE VALUE TYPE.
NOT THAT I THINK OBVIOUSLY I THINK JACOB WOULD BE VERY FAIR, YOU KNOW,
UM, YEAH, I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND JACOB FOR EITHER REALLOCATION OR OR FUNDING PRIORITIES JUST TO KEEP HIM OUT OF THE SCORING AND RANKINGS SINCE MHHS HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS.
UH, AND THEN MAYBE PLACE LOOKING VERY BRIEFLY, UH, YEAH, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'D PROBABLY PUT TRAYVON ON FUNDING PRIORITIES.
UH, JACOB ON REALLOCATION AND VALERIE AND SCORING AND RANKING WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR NEW THREE BOARD MEMBERS.
SO ADDING VALERIE TO THE SCORING AND RANKING LIST, ADDING JACOB TO OUR REALLOCATION LIST, UM, AND ADDING TRAYVON TO OUR FUNDING PRIORITIES LIST.
UM, AND AGAIN, IF FOLKS WANT TO RECOMMEND OTHER SWITCHES, WE CAN
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DOCUMENT THEM HERE.IF FOLKS ARE HAPPY WITH THIS, IF FOLKS FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING, YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
JUST BRING US THE POLICIES, EXPLAIN 'EM TO US, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SETTLE IT IN THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
WE'RE TOTALLY HAPPY WITH THAT TOO.
I LIKE, I LIKE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
I DON'T LIKE SPENDING COMMITTEE, UH, BOARD TIME DOING NITPICKY THINGS.
WHAT STICKS IN MY HEAD THOUGH IS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE GOT ELECTED TO THIS BOARD, THERE WAS LIKE A ENTRY SUBCOMMITTEE.
THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES ABOUT, AND I KNOW THAT THE WHOLE, THAT WE ARE IN STRATEGY AND STRATEGERY MODE OF LIKE THE, THE GOAL IS TO KEEP EVERYBODY OFF BALANCE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GOT A BUNCH OF SPINNING PLATES IN THE AIR.
BUT THOSE, THOSE COMMITTEES HAVE NEVER LEFT MY MIND BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREAT EXPANSIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO THINK BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST KNOW THAT, THAT, UM, I SIGNED UP TO BE ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES.
I CAN, I CAN REPLY TO THAT SUB.
SO YEAH, SO AS SOON AS THE PLAN IS, THOSE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, SCOPES, EACH COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THE PLAN IS, 'CAUSE WE ANTICIPATE, RIGHT? WE KIND OF COC KIND OF DRAGGED ON UNTIL FEBRUARY.
WE HAVE THE ELECTIONS AND THEN GOVERNOR CHARTER, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT UP AND NOW WE ARE PREPARING FOR, WE ALSO PROBABLY GONNA BRING ONE OF THOSE BUDGET SHIFTS THAT WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, UH, TO PREVENT SPEND DOWN AND ALSO TO KIND OF TRY TO REALIGN SPENDING, UM, PROBABLY TO YOU NEXT MONTH.
UM, SO THE PLAN IS NOFO IS COMPLETE.
WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AND THEN THOSE COMMITTEES ARE RECONVENED WITH THE NEW GOVERNANCE CHARTER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW RESEEDING POTENTIALLY OF EITHER MORE BOARD MEMBERS OR MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT LIKE THE COMPOSITION.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST A TIME SENSITIVE NATURE AND JUST THE, THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME CAPACITY IN WORKING ON NOFO POLICIES.
UH, AND YEAH, THOSE, THE FEDERAL ASPECTS HUNDRED PERCENT VERSUS OUR LOCAL CES AND ACCESS.
BUT BECAUSE I MEAN WE CAME HERE THROUGH THE ANGLE AND THAT WAS DISSOLVED AND THEN IT'S BEEN LIKE, OKAY, OH, WHATEVER, THIS GETS BACK AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, YEAH, THOSE SUB COMMITTEES ARE, YEAH, JUST, YEAH, JUST, I'M STRUGGLING TO CATCH UP ON THE CC
BUT I, THOSE HAVE BEEN, UH, IN THE PLAN TO RECONVENE, UH, UPON SUBMISSION OF THE COC NOFO FOR 2026.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO EXPECTING PROBABLY AUGUST, DEPENDING ON WHEN IT'S DUE, PROBABLY AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SHOW OF HANDS IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED PASS JUSTICE.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO MORE PUBLIC.
THERE'S THERE BETWEEN BOTH WORLDS.
UM, AND THEN OUR GENERAL, OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IS GONNA BE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MAY AND IT'LL BE AT CENTURY VILLAGE.
SO I'LL SEND OUT THE, I THINK I SENT OUT THE CALENDAR, RIGHT, BUT I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND SEND THAT OUT.