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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING TO ORDER FOR APRIL 22ND, 2026.
ALLEN CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE TIME.
CALL ROLL COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARFORD.
COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA, VICE CHAIR ULTA AND CHAIR MILLI.
HERE WE HAVE QUORA FOR THE RECORD.
OUR VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER ULTA AND ATTORNEY MOSQUEDA ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS TODAY IN THE DISCUSSION ITEM.
UH, SO I'M GONNA KEEP MY REMARKS SHORT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, UM, TO ENSURE THAT INCLUDED AND OF ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS, I GOING TO PERIODICALLY REMIND FOLKS TO SPEAK UP AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROJECT YOUR VOICE WHEN MAKING COMMENTS OR ASKING QUESTIONS.
MADAM, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ITEM.
NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2026.
ENGLE AND SECOND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? OKAY.
WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM ONE.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE SEND FEATURED NOW SEEING DONE BOTH IN PERSON AND IN THE ZOOM.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM ONE.
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARFORD.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FOR THE LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION IN LONG BEACH, INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON THE CITYWIDE EARLY EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN AND ITS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
SO WELCOME TO HOST, SPEAKER, WELCOME TO PRESENT FOR WHEREVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE COMMISSIONER ALLEN FARBER TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AS IT WAS HER SUGGESTION.
SO THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS HAS PCE AS A STRATEGIC PRIORITY, SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BRING IN THESE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO SPEAK TO US.
UM, AND THEY'RE DOING BACK TO BACK PRESENTATIONS.
LAST NIGHT AT CITY COUNCIL, THE LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE WAS AWARDED A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY.
AND NOW I'M HEARING TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU.
UM, SO SARAH SONO, UH, IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF YOUNG HORIZONS, ANOTHER CHILDCARE PROVIDER HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SHE SERVES AS THE CHAIR OF THE LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE AS THE FOURTH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE TO LA COUNTY CHILDCARE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
ALSO ON THE STATE BOARD OF EVERY CHILD, CALIFORNIA.
A VERY LENGTHY RESUME AT THE DR.
MOSES IS CURRENTLY THE EARLY CHILDHOOD STRATEGIC INITIATIVE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AND, UM, LEADS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THE CITY'S EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INITIATIVES.
SHE SERVES AS A FOURTH YEAR AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY POLICY ROUND TABLE, CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE CHAIR AND IS THE ADVOCACY POLICY REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
AND I WOULD SAY MOSTLY THAT THESE, UM, WOMEN IN THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THE LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS WHAT KIND OF WHAT KEEPS ME IN THE FIELD AND KEEP ME, UH, AWARE AND PARTNERSHIP AND THE COLLABORATION IS REALLY, UH, COMMENDABLE.
UM, AS JEN SAID, I AM SARAH, I'M SO SORRY.
AND NOW WE MAY HAVE PRESENTATION.
I I KNOW THE, I KNOW THE PROCESS.
AND THE P I'LL START OFF, I I'LL SKIP OUR INTRODUCTIONS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD THEM.
UM, I'LL START OFF WITH OUR FIRST SLIDE IF YOU HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
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LET'S GO.WE CAN GO ADVANCE WITH SLIDE THREE.
SO, LET'S START WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION IS WHY EARLY CHILDHOOD? WE KNOW THAT THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF A CHILD'S LIFE ARE THE MOST CRITICAL YEAR IN NIRVANA.
THAT 95% OF THE BRAIN DEVELOPED BEFORE THE AGE OF FIVE.
AND MAKING SURE THAT CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION IS CRITICAL FOR CHILDREN'S SUCCESS.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN A CHILD HAS ACCESS TO EARLY EDUCATION, THEIR COGNITIVE AND ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT IS INCREASED TENFOLD.
THIS IS AN INDICATOR WHEN CHILDREN HAVE EARLY EDUCATION EXPERIENCES, THAT THEY WILL GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, THAT THEY'LL GO ON TO COLLEGE AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER LIFE, A MUCH, UM, BETTER INCOME LEVEL WHEN THEY HAVE THAT FOUNDATION OF EARLY EDUCATION.
WE KNOW THAT EARLY EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT FOR THAT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH.
YOU DON'T GO TO PRESCHOOL TO LEARN YOUR ABCS AND ONE, TWO THREES, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THAT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH, LEARNING HOW TO GET ALONG, LEARNING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SHOVE SOMEONE, AND IT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO DO.
LEARNING HOW TO USE OUR WORDS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT CHILD KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS.
WE KNOW THAT BEING IN A, A SETTING WHERE THEY'RE AROUND PEOPLE WHO LOVE AND CARE FOR THEM, NOT ONLY THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH, BUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ACCESS TO CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION SERVICES REALLY SUPPORTS OUR FAMILIES, OUR PARENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THAT JOB, GO TO SCHOOL, GET THAT EDUCATION TO PROVIDE BETTER FOR THEIR FAMILY, AND THAT IN TURN CREATES GREATER ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME BACK.
SO JUST SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND KIND OF WHAT BRINGS US, UM, TO THE TABLE.
WE KNOW THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, UM, HAS A TRIBAL IMPACT ON WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR WORKFORCE IS PREDOMINANTLY WOMEN, PREDOMINANTLY WOMEN OF COLOR.
UM, WE KNOW THAT, UH, HAVING SPACE WHERE YOUR CHILD IS CARED FOR AND BEING SUPPORTED IN THEIR LEARNING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, TO CONTINUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK.
UM, AND ULTIMATELY, THOSE IN THE FIELD, WE'RE REALLY JUST CARING ABOUT, UM, OUR LITTLE WOMEN EVERY DAY, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE AS STRONG OF A START AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR, OUR BIG FOCUS.
UM, SOME OF THE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM RESEARCH, UM, IS THAT EACH DOLLAR INVESTED HAS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT ABOUT 10 TO 13%.
UM, AND THIS LEADS TO HIGHER GRADUATION RATES, UM, HIGHER COLLEGE, UH, ATTENDANCE, UH, LIFE HIGHER LIFETIME EARNING, SO THEIR INCOME AS WELL AS DECREASED INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO CHILDREN WHO HAVE HAD THESE EARLY LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND THE SOCIALIZATION SKILLS AND ALL OF THOSE KEY FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF LEARNING, UM, HAVE A, A HIGHER CHANCE OF REALLY HAVING THE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY THRIVE AS THEY GET OLDER.
UM, AND WE SEE THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND WE HAVE, UM, LONG HISTORY OF, OF DOING RESEARCH AND REALLY SEEING THAT WHOLE PERIOD OF THIS, UM, AGE OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT TOO IS, UM, IS THAT BECAUSE THIS STAGE IS CRITICAL AS, UM, FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE DELAYS, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA JUMP IN FASTER.
SO, UM, ABOUT ONE IN SEVEN CHILDREN, OR SORRY, ONE IN SIX, UH, CHILDREN, THREE TO 17 HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY.
AND SO THE SOONER WE CAN GET THEM INTO AN EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTING, THE SOONER THEY CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS THE POTENTIAL NEED.
UH, HOPEFULLY THE SOONER THEY CAN GET SUPPORT TO ADDRESS THOSE POTENTIAL NEEDS, ULTIMATELY TO DECREASE THE NEED MAYBE, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES.
WHAT ARE, UH, ACADEMIC SERVICES WHEN THEY GET TO AN EDUCATION SETTING? AGAIN, GIVING THEM ALL THOSE POINTERS OF, UH, POTENTIAL IN THEIR, THE NEXT ONE IS OKAY.
UH, NO, ISN'T IT'S, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
SO WE START WITH THE BIG PICTURE.
MOVING A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCALLY.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ABOUT OVER 32,000 CHILDREN HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WHO ARE 0 2 5.
UH, 27% OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN HOMES AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE, UM, IN POVERTY.
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SO UNDER-RESOURCED.UH, AND ABOUT 91% OF THEM ARE CHILDREN OF COLOR.
SO WE REALLY THINK ABOUT, UM, WHO ADDITIONALLY WERE SUPPORTING IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
IT'S REALLY THOSE WHO ARE CONSISTENTLY MOST VULNERABLE.
RIGHT? SO, IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, SORRY.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP UPLIFTING, UM, THIS GROUP OF CHILDREN REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT FROM ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE.
UM, WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, ABOUT 25, OR SORRY, 23% OF OUR CHILDREN ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED ECE SERVICES.
SO THESE ARE STATE FUNDED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
BOTH JEN AND SARAH RUN, UM, PROGRAMS THAT HAVE SUBSIDIZED CARE THROUGH THE STATE.
UM, AND WHILE WE SEE CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF, UH, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN, WE STILL KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT SERVING IT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE 87 LICENSED CHILDCARE CENTERS AND THE MANY, MANY OF HOME PROVIDERS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REACH NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN ORDER TO TRULY SERVE ALL OF THE CHILDREN IN THE CITY LONG BEACH.
SO, WHO IS THE LONGEST REGIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE? WE STARTED ACTUALLY MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, BUT OUR OFFICIAL DATE WAS 22 YEARS AGO, UM, AS THE LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, IN OTHER SPACES THAT I HAVE BEEN IN, PEOPLE AREN'T AMAZED AT WHAT LONG BEACH CAN DO BECAUSE LONG BEACH HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER EDUCATORS, ADVOCATES, PROVIDERS, FAMILY, CHILDCARE, THE LIBRARY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SPECIAL EDUCATION, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH.
ALL OF US COLLABORATE TOGETHER AND WE COME TO A TABLE AND FIND A WAY TO SERVE OUR FAMILIES BETTER.
HOW ARE WE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES, OUR CHILDREN, OUR WORKFORCE IN LONG BEACH, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD IS, UH, OUR, OUR MISSION IS EVERY CHILD IN LONG BEACH IS HEALTHY, SAFE, AND EDUCATED.
OUR BOARD STRUCTURES, YOU CAN SEE WE JUST KIND OF SHARED THAT FOR INFORMATION.
THIS IS SOME OF THE LOGOS OF OUR MEMBERSHIP.
UH, THE, THE, UM, PARTNERS OF THE LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A BOARD STRUCTURE OF WORK GROUPS AND THEN VICE CHAIRS, WORK GROUP CHAIRS, AND THEN VOLUNTEER MEMBERSHIP.
ALL OF OUR, UM, ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND ALL OF OUR BOARD, WE ALL WORK AS A VOLUNTEER BASIS BECAUSE WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER, WHAT NORMALLY PEOPLE THINK.
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET SOMEONE ASKING ME, BUT AREN'T YOU COMPETITORS? I SAID, NO, NO, NO.
COMPETITION ISN'T A THING BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY FAMILIES TO SERVE.
WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO THE FAMILIES THAT NEED US.
IF A CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE OR A CENTER ON THE WEST SIDE MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR A FAMILY, I'M GONNA HELP YOU.
JEN WILL REFER THEM TO ME, RIGHT? SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS.
BUT WE DON'T ONLY PROVIDE THAT FOR OUR FAMILIES, WE ALSO PROVIDE IT FOR OUR WORKFORCE.
SO WE HAVE, I THINK I'M JUMPING AHEAD.
WE HAVE, UM, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE SYMPOSIUMS, WE HAVE, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR WORKFORCE FEELS VALUED, FEELS APPRECIATED, AND HAS THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AS WELL.
UM, I THINK I AM, I DID JUMP MY HEAD.
AND IF I, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT, IT'S, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO ALEJANDRA, UM, TO, YEAH.
UM, SO THAT, UH, BONNIE, THAT SARAH MENTIONED, UM, HAVE REALLY BEEN ADVOCATES, ADVOCATES FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, EARLY CHILDHOOD, UM, ACROSS THE CITY, ACTUALLY, WERE THE ONES WHO MADE A POSITION AVAILABLE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BY SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE EDUCATION WE NEED, TALK ABOUT EDUCATION, STARTING NETWORK FREE.
UM, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN THE WORK THAT WE, THEY THEY DO, AND WE GET TO PARTNER WITH THEM.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S FUNNY THAT WE PUT THESE, THESE FIRST STATEMENTS IN HERE.
'CAUSE ACTUALLY THE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT, UH, AT THE GET COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY, UM, THAT THE CITY'S BUDGET IS A VALUE STATEMENT, RIGHT? REALLY CAPTURING THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE INVESTING IN, REALLY SPEAK TO THE THINGS THAT YOU CARE ABOUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY THE CITY HAS PUT FORTH FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE WORK, UM, AND CONTINUES TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT I THINK IS REALLY, UM, IMPACTFUL.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME OUT OF THE PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE, WITH THE CITY
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IS OUR LONG BEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD STRATEGIC PLAN.AND HOPEFULLY YOU REMEMBER I PRESENTED ON THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
UM, SO AGAIN, HAPPY TO SHARE ANYS ON ALL THE DETAILS OF THE UPDATES ON THAT.
BUT HERE, REALLY THE IDEA IS JUST TO FOCUS ON LIKE, BECAUSE OF THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SO INVOLVED, THEY HAD A SIGNIFICANT HAND IN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEY HAVE ALL AGREED AND SPEAK TO THAT PLAN AS IF IT BELONGS TO EACH OF THEM, RIGHT? THAT THERE'S REALLY THIS SHARED INVESTMENT ACROSS ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS THAT SARAH MENTIONED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE SIX GOALS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN ARE THE HEART OF, UH, WHAT WE ARE DOING, NO MATTER OUR LOCATION, NO MATTER OUR ORGANIZATION.
UM, I DID WRITE THEM DOWN JUST SO I MAKE SURE I GET MY MY OWN GOALS.
BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR, OUR, UH, SIX GOALS ARE TO SUPPORT STRONG AND RESILIENT FAMILIES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SERVICES VIA A MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM.
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRONG EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVING WORKFORCE, STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY, SUPPORT SAFE, HEALTHY, AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, AND TO PROMOTE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ALIGN WITH EC SERVICES AND INTEGRATE VOICES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HAVING US SAY AND COMMIT TO AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE CAN THAT ARE WITHIN OUR SCOPE FROM OUR DIFFERENT PLACES OF REPRESENTATION, HAS ALLOWED US TO REALLY HAVE, UH, BIG IMPACTS, SYSTEMS IMPACTS.
UM, AND SO SOME OF THOSE ARE LISTED IN HERE, INCLUDED OUR EARLY LEARNING HUB, WHICH I THINK I SHARED ABOUT, IS AN ONLINE PLATFORM, UH, FOR ENROLLMENT AND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO FAMILIES CAN GO AND THEY CAN EXPLORE THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ACROSS MANY OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ACROSS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND ENROLL DIRECTLY THERE.
OR, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THE SYSTEM IS ALSO, UH, FAMILIES CAN PUT IN THEIR INFORMATION, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND IT WILL TELL 'EM WHETHER OR NOT THEY LIKELY QUALIFY FOR SUBSIDIZED SUPPORT.
AND WE HAVE FOUND, UM, THAT SOME FAMILIES DON'T.
THEY DO QUALIFY, BUT DIDN'T KNOW TO QUALIFY.
AND SO HAVING THIS TOOL AVAILABLE TO THEM HAS MADE, UM, ACCESS MORE ACCESS.
UM, SIMILARLY, OUR EARLY LEARNING IN KINDERGARTEN FESTIVALS LIKE THAT WE DO IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH, UH, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO, UM, THESE, I THINK WE DO ABOUT THREE A YEAR, VARIOUS YEAR TO YEAR.
UH, BUT WHERE WE COME IN, WE TELL FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, HERE ARE THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO TO PREPARE YOUR CHILD FOR ECE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PREPARE YOUR CHILD FOR KINDERGARTEN.
BUT HONESTLY, MORE THAN THAT, PARENTS CAN COME AND ASK QUESTIONS OR YOU ENROLL YOUR CHILD IN THE, UH, EARLY LEARNING SETTING, OR DEFINITELY BEFORE YOU, UM, ENROLL YOUR CHILD IN KINDERGARTEN.
IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME, YOU HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS,
SO, UM, BEING ABLE TO COME THERE AND ASK DIRECTLY, HEY, HOW, HOW DO WE DO THIS? WHAT ARE THE THINGS I NEED TO THINK ABOUT? AND IT IS, I THINK, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
IN ADDITION, AT THE EVENT, UM, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF RESOURCES THERE.
I THINK WE HAVE LIKE 40 40 THIS PAST YEAR OF LOCAL RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES.
THEY CAN GET IMMEDIATE, UM, ACCESS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
UM, NEXT IS OUR CELEBRATION OF THE YOUNG CHILD, AND THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A FLYER FOR, BECAUSE THAT IS HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY.
UM, THIS IS OUR, WE CALL IT OUR LARGE CAPACITY RESOURCE FAIR.
WE ARE EXPECTING OVER A THOUSAND, UM, ATTENDEES, UM, SIMILAR RESOURCE FAIRS.
SO WITH THIS ONE, WE HAVE ABOUT 80, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UH, NONPROFITS, UH, PEOPLE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO ARE COMING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.
THAT'S BROAD DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE, VISION, DENTAL.
SO, UM, NO REGISTRATION NEEDED.
FAMILIES CONDUCTING, GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO SERVICES IN THE EVENT THAT A CHILD DOES, UM, OR IS IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE SERVICES THERE TOO, SO THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY GET, UM, THAT ACCESS.
UH, AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE HAVE JUST FUN STUFF.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THOSE, UH, FLYERS IS THE FUN STUFF.
AND THE OTHER ONE, UM, ARE THE, UM, OH, ACTUALLY, JEN, I THINK YOU GOT THE SAME, UH,
BUT THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, THE PERFORMANCES.
SO WE WILL HAVE LOCAL, UH, DANCE PERFORMANCES, MUSIC PERFORMANCES, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL, UM, COME OUT.
AND THEN ONE OF OUR OTHER THINGS IS OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM.
THIS YEAR WE SAW 553, UM, UH, PEOPLE REGISTERED AND WHO ATTENDED, WHO CAME OUT HERE TO, UM, I CALL IT THE MARRIOTT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT IS A DAY FULL OF,
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UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL PROVIDERS.WE'VE ALSO HAD QUITE THE REACH BEYOND LONG BEACH AT THIS EVENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS PUT ON THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMITTEE, UM, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO WE, UH, WORK WITH.
AND THIS IS JUST A SMALL SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE CAN LEAN ON, THAT WE CAN REFERENCE, UM, THAT WE CAN POINT TO WHEN IT COMES TO SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR WHEN IT COMES TO SEEKING ADDITIONAL, UM, IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING FURTHER TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND NOW YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE TASK.
SO ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS COLLABORATIVE IS A WORKFORCE TASK FORCE.
AND THIS IS A GROUP OF SIX NONPROFITS HERE IN LONG BEACH THAT HAVE STAFF.
WE WERE NOTICING YEARS AGO THAT THERE WERE SO MANY BARRIERS FOR OUR STAFF TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION, TO GET THEIR AA DEGREE, THEIR BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND NOW EVEN SOME ARE GOING FOR THEIR MASTER'S DEGREE.
SO WITH FUNDING FROM A LOCAL FOUNDATION, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS SO OUR STAFF CAN GO TO SCHOOL.
AND THIS PAYS FOR ALL OF THEIR NEEDS.
IT PAYS FOR THEIR SCHOOL, UM, THEIR BOOKS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND GET THEIR EDUCATION.
IT ALSO PAYS FOR RELEASE TIME.
SO IF ONE OF MY STAFF IS RECEIVING THAT SCHOLARSHIP, WE COULD HAVE SUBSTITUTES PAID FOR BY THE, BY THE FOUNDATION FUNDING.
UM, AND, UH, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE THESE
AND IN, IN INCREASING THAT PREFACE PROFESSIONALIZATION, I KNEW AS THE SYMBOL ON THAT WORD, PROFESSIONALIZATION OF ECE TEACHERS IMPACTS OVER 1800 CHILDREN.
IF YOU'RE HELPING THAT TEACHER TO SUCCEED AND TO LEARN HER CRAFT BETTER, THAT'S GONNA HAVE A, A, A RIPPLE EFFECT IMPACT ON THAT MANY CHILDREN.
AND IT'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO OUR TEACHERS KNOW AND ARE VALUED AS PROFESSIONALS.
WE'RE NOT BABYSITTERS, I'D LIKE TO SAY.
WE DON'T SIT ON BABIES, WE DON'T CARE FOR DAYS.
UM, WE DO CARE FOR CHILDREN, BUT, UM, TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN IS A PRO IS NOT THAT PROFESSION OF A LOT OF GLAMOR, BUT IT HAS SUCH IMPACT.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU REMEMBERS THAT TEACHER THAT MADE AN IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE.
CAN YOU JUST RIGHT NOW JUST THINK, WHAT WAS HER NAME RIGHT? I SAID HER, WHY DID I SAY HER? BECAUSE WHAT IS MAINLY RIGHT, THE GENDER IN THIS FIELD, IN THE EDUCATION FIELD, IT IS WOMEN.
SO THAT IS THE IMPACT THAT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAS HAD ON OUR CITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US TO COME TO OUR COMMITTEE, EVEN IF YOU COME.
SO I'M GONNA JUMP AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE ON TIME, BUT, UM, WE MEET THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, EXCEPT JULY AND AUGUST WHEN WE'RE DARK AND WE DO THIS WORK TOGETHER.
AND I THINK A MEMBER FROM THE COMMISSION, ELIMINATING GIRLS WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
YES, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE, BUT WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN HAVE FOUR.
UM, BECAUSE THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING IS HAVING A RIPPLE EFFECT, NOT ONLY ON THE CHILDREN, ON THE, THE, THE PROGRAMS, BUT ON THE CHILDREN, ON THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN UP YOU DO THE CELEBRATION.
SO JUST AGAIN, INVITING YOU ALL TO NOT ONLY JOIN US ON, UH, SATURDAY FOR THE CELEBRATION AND COME CHECK IT OUT.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS OF THE YEAR, AND IT'S LOTS OF FUN, UM, IN THAT SPACE.
UM, BUT ALSO TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEOPLE, WE ARE, WE ARE TRYING TO BRING, UM, UH, INCREASE ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME AND GET US
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME, WE HAVE BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH BACK THERE.
SO EVERY YEAR WHAT I DECIDED, I I, AND IT'S REALLY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THERE ARE SUCH PHENOMENAL, FANTASTIC, PASSIONATE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THIS WORK, ON THIS COMMITTEE AND DO THIS WORK.
AND SO WE DECIDED TWO YEARS AGO THAT JUNE WOULD BE A CELEBRATION OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO.
IT'S EXTRA MEETINGS, IT'S RIGHT, IT'S TIME AWAY FROM HOME, BACK TO THAT
BUT THE WORK THAT WE DO IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO CRITICAL.
AND I THOUGHT THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR SHOULD BE CELEBRATORY AND HIGHLIGHT ALL OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO OFFER A PERSONAL LIMITATION TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO JOIN US AT THE MILLER FAMILY HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER.
THAT'S LONG MOUTHFUL, THAT 38 20 CHERRY.
AND THAT WILL BE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH FROM 1130 TO ONE.
AND WE WILL JUST BE CELEBRATING AND TALKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND I AM GONNA ONCE AGAIN EXTEND THAT IN INVITATION TO BECOME A MEMBER.
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INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER, WE HAVE ONE PAID STEP THREE QUARTER TIME.SHE'S AVAILABLE AT JHAN AT LCE ORG.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, FIRST I, WE ACTUALLY ARE GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND BACK TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS.
MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND STAND.
LIKE, AND THEN IF IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE RAISE HAND BEING IN PERSON.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A PERSONAL QUESTION.
UM, IS, IS YOUR MOTHER OR A RELATIVE, UM, MS. ANO WHO USED TO TEACH AT, UM, THE DAY NURSE THE, UH, CAL HEIGHTS METHODIST? YEAH.
BECAUSE SHE WAS MY KIDS' PRESCHOOL.
MY MOM HASN'T BEEN WITH US FOR 10 YEARS NOW.
SHE WAS A TEACHER IN THE CONTINU MED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR IMPORTANT WORK.
UM, I AM HERE REALLY AS, AS A TESTIMONY OF THE WORK OF EARLY INTERVENTION.
UM, I WAS BORN AT A 27 WEEK PREGNANCY AND HAD A TRAUMATIC BIRTH, UM, AND HAD HEART SURGERY AT 10 DAYS OLD.
UM, BUT SEVERAL OF YOUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WERE IMPORTANT DURING MY EARLY LIFE.
UM, LIKE THE HARBOR REGIONAL CENTER, THE LONG BEACH LIBRARIES, AND THE CAL STATE SYSTEM.
I AM WHO I AM TODAY AND GETTING TO WATCH YOU PRESENT TONIGHT AS A CITY COMMISSIONER.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE A DEEP LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOU BOTH BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK.
UM, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY LIFE CHANGING.
AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU VERY, GONZALEZ.
I THINK I JUST, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I, I COMMENTED LIKE I KNOW THAT IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE TO RAISE CHILD, AND I SEE THAT THE COMMITTEE, UM, EXPERIE ON WOMEN, WHICH OBVIOUSLY, AND A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS TEND TO BE WOMEN.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, GIVEN THAT IT DOES TAKE A BILL, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE CHILD, I WAS WONDERING, ARE THERE ANY EFFORTS TO TRY TO RECRUITMENT OR TO INCLUDE MEN IN THE PROCESS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM TO BECOME LIKE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS? YEAH.
SO WE DO HAVE NAILS ON OUR COMMITTEE.
UM, IN FACT, OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UH, LIBRARIES AS MALE, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNER FROM, UH, LAKE SHORE LEARNING WHO IS MALE
BUT, UM, YES, IT JUST GONNA BE MY OTHER ANSWER.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS A FIELD THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY, YOU KNOW, LED BY WOMEN.
I THINK WE HAVE, AND WOMEN OF COLOR.
UM, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS MANAGED FUND FOR, UH, LONG BEACH DOES A LOT OF, UM, WORK WITH LIKE OUR LOCAL BUSINESS PARTNERS, UM, TO SHARE, LIKE, YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN.
UM, AND SO THERE'S SOME OF THAT WORK THAT HAPPENS WITH WHAT WE CALL OUR NON-TRADITIONAL PARTNERS, BUT IT'S OFTEN KIND OF ONSITE.
DO WE CONSTANTLY INVITE PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR MEMBERSHIP? MM-HMM.
DO WE TRULY WANT YOU THERE? MOST DEFINITELY.
UM, BUT I IS HARDER TO FIND MEALS AND PROFESSIONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO BEING IN THOSE SPACES IN YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY LIKE IN KIND OF IN THE CAPACITY OF SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CHILDREN OR OVERSEES PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING MORE DIRECTLY WITH CHILDREN.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD YEAH.
I MEAN, EVEN IN THE FIELD TO TRY TO RECRUIT MALES TO FIELD MM-HMM
THERE'S, THEY, THEY, THEY ARE NON-EXISTENT.
I, I'LL NEVER FORGET THE ONE THAT SAID, YEAH, SARAH, BUT I NEED TO MAKE MONEY.
SO WE WENT TO GO WORK FOR AT ATT, YOU KNOW, SO JUST RECRUITING MEN INTO THIS FIELD IS, IS ALMOST I POSSIBLE.
AND WHEN YOU DO GET, YOU KNOW, THE ONE OR TWO THAT COME, THEY'RE FANTASTIC, AND THEN THEY GET A REAL, REAL, REAL, REALLY GOOD JOB OFFER SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO, BUT ON OUR COMMITTEE, IT IS BEEN VERY GREAT TO SEE.
I KNOW WE HAD A, A WONDERFUL DEPART FROM THE LIBRARY.
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DIFFERENT LIBRARY.BUT JUST SEEING THAT AND SEEING THE PASSION FOR EARLY EDUCATION AS WELL IS, AND, AND THINGS DO BRING A DIFFERENT ELEMENT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS IS WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S FATHERHOOD PROJECT.
UM, BUT HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF FATHER TO, TO OUR MEETINGS.
BUT THAT'S A FANTASTIC QUESTION BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR COMING AND PRESENTING.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, IS HOW ARE YOU REACHING OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF LONG BEACH? I DO SEE THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF SPANISH ENGLISH, BILINGUAL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE
AND THE COMMITTEE TEACH THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU PRESENT IN, WHICH IS YEAH.
AND OUR RIGHT, OUR MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE DID HAVE, LIKE, THE PACIFIC IS THE PACIFIC ISLAND.
THE, ANYWAY, THAT USED TO BE ON OUR CO IT USED TO BE ON OUR COMMITTEE YEARS AGO.
AND WHEN THE PERSON THAT WAS, IT'LL COME TO ME AS SOON AS I DRIVE AWAY, UM, THE PERSON THAT WAS ON OUR COMMITTEE LEFT THAT POSITION AND THEY DIDN'T BACKWARDS EMAILS.
UH, WE, WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST FROM, UH, THE CAMBODIA ASSOCIATION AND THE COM, THE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE KA MY GIRLS OF ACTION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY, THEY MAYBE UNDERSTOOD THE, THE, THE RELATIONSHIP OR WHAT THE WORK IS.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, BECAUSE IT IS DURING THE DAY, SOME PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE MEETINGS.
WE'VE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO, LIKE OUR FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND, UM, DURING THE DAY, IT'S HARD FOR THEM.
SO WE'VE OFFERED VIRTUAL HYBRID MEETINGS AND AS ABLE, THEY'RE ABLE TO ATTEND DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS REALLY EASY TO HAVE THEM JOIN US.
BUT THE, THE INVITATION IS OPEN TO EVERYONE.
WE HAVEN'T DONE TARGETED OUTREACH PER SE, BUT YOU, I'M GONNA TAKE THAT AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PART OF OUR NEXT YEARS MM-HMM
UM, GOALS IS TO REACH OUT TO OUR CAMBODIA ASSOCIATION.
UM, THE OTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THE OTHER PACIFIC ASIAN COUNSELING CENTER, PACIFIC ASIAN COUNSELING CENTER YEARS AGO WAS PART OF OUR GROUP.
AND JUST BRINGING THEM BACK INTO THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND SOMETIMES IF THEY DON'T SEE THAT CONNECTION, 'CAUSE IF THEY'RE LIKE IN THE COUNSELING, THEY'RE NOT REALLY SEEING HOW THEY TYPE WITH EARLY EDUCATION.
AND THEN I'LL JUST ADD, UM, FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TEAM, WE HAVE A RACIAL HEALTH EQUITY TEAM, UM, WITH OUR LGBTQ I TWO PLUS COORDINATOR, OUR, UH, BLACK HEALTH COORDINATOR, YOU KNOW, HEALTH, HEALTH COORDINATOR, OUR, UM, MY HEALTH COORDINATOR AS WELL AS OUR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COORDINATOR.
IT'S A LONGER, UM, TITLE BOOKS.
UM, BUT, SO ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, EVERYTHING, WE ENSURE THAT THEY GET ACCESS, THAT THEY PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SEEING, HEY, INVITE US TO THESE SPACES AND THAT WE'LL GO INTO THESE SPACES.
UM, AND THEN FOR SURE, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE GIVEN WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR TABLES, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS, IS TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND MY DEVELOP.
UM, AND SO I CAN'T GET YOU THOSE OTHER PLAYERS.
UM, BUT, SO WE TRY TO HAVE ACCESS IN THAT WAY.
UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY GREAT POINT.
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.
UM, IN THAT CASE MATTER, CLERK KING, PLEASE CALL A VOTE COMMISSIONER ALLEN PARKER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM NUMBER THREE.
IT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND ON CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 2 0 0 6 AND ASSEMBLY BILL 1 9 1 4.
AND THE LEGISLATION IMPACT ON LIMITING GROWTH IN LONG.
UM, WELCOME TO WORK TEACHERS THERE.
UM, I'M ALSO NOTICING A THEME IN THE CONTENT BECAUSE COMMISSIONER ALLEN REFERRAL ALSO SUGGESTED THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK FIRST TO INTRODUCE THIS ONE AS WELL.
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ESMERALDA MARTIN THING IS ONLINE COMES TO US FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.SHE IS THE ECE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR POLICY AND ADVISORY FOR THE LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND.
I WORK WITH HER THROUGH BUILDUP, CALIFORNIA AND ADVOCACY INITIATIVE, ADVANCE POLICY EDUCATION, BEST PRACTICES TO EXPAND HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE FACILITIES, AND ALSO THROUGH THE NATIONAL EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PRACTITIONERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO I'M SO DELIGHTED THAT ALDA, THAT YOU COULD BE HERE WITH US THIS TODAY, UM, AND WE COULD LEARN ABOUT THESE TWO IMPORTANT FAMILY BILL.
AND NOW BEFORE WE BEGIN, I NEED, MAY I ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOTION? SECOND.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE NOW WE MAY MOVE TO OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS ESMERALDA MARTIN SINGH.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD EVENING, WELCOMING FOR THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING ME INTO THIS ONLINE, UM, SPACE AND ALSO INTO YOUR ROOM.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ACCOMMODATING US, AND THANK YOU TO JEN FOR THINKING OF US, UM, FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
UH, IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT SARAH AND JEN ARE BOTH THERE, WHO ARE BOTH OUR PAC PROVIDERS.
UM, SO REALLY EXCITED TO BUILD ON THE WORK OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION THROUGH MY PRESENTATION TODAY.
SO, UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL, WE CAN MOVE IT TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO I WORK AT LF, UM, LF STANDS FOR THE LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND.
WE ARE A NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
AND OUR MISSION AND VISION IS THAT FOLKS, UM, CAN LIVE IN COMMUNITIES OF OPPORTUNITY, EQUITY, AND WELLBEING.
AND WE HAVE TWO FOCUS AREAS EARLY HERE IN EDUCATION AND HOUSING AND BUILDUP.
CALIFORNIA IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE LOW-INCOME INVESTMENT FUND THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT, AND PRESERVATION OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO TODAY I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE US ALONG TO OUR NEXT SLIDE, WHICH KIND OF SHOWS A LOT ABOUT OUR WORK AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.
SO, WHILE I AM BASED IN CALIFORNIA, AND A LOT OF MY WORK FOCUSES ON THE WORK OF BUILDUP CALIFORNIA, WE DO HAVE A NATIONAL REACH, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
WE'VE PROVIDED $660 MILLION, UM, TO FO FOLKS NATIONALLY TO PRESERVE OVER 430,000 SPACES TO CHILDREN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
UM, IN THIS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN CALIFORNIA.
UM, WE HAVE MANAGED THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ENDING IN THE PAST.
UM, WE HAVE FEW MONTHS LEFT AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THE LONG BEACH, UH, CHILDCARE CENTER WHERE JEN IS LO LOCATED WITH, WHERE ONE OF OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS.
WE ALSO, UM, HAVE WORKED IN OREGON AND ARE WORKING IN OREGON.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH NEW MEXICO ON UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE.
UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND DOES.
WE ALSO SUPPORT RESEARCH, POLICY ANALYSIS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVOCACY ACROSS THE STATE.
AND WE'VE WORKED WITH COMMUNITIES INCLUDING ORANGE COUNTY, WHICH IS NEIGHBORING AND, UM, LOS ANGELES.
AND WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY EXPLORING WORK WITH SANTA MONICA.
SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK THERE.
WE'VE ALSO HAVE A VERY WELL ESTABLISHED FACILITIES FUND IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ALAMEDA.
WE'RE ALSO MANAGING THE FACILITIES FUND IN ALAMEDA, WHICH HAS CURRENTLY HAPPENED.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SUPPORTING PROVIDERS AND REALLY SUP, UM, SUPPORTING THE WORK OF FACILITIES.
I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO OF OUR BILLS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AB 2006 AND AB 1914.
UM, BOTH OF THESE BILLS ARE TO EASE THE CREATION OF CHILDCARE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UM, WE KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, AND THERE'S OVER 2 MILLION FAMILIES THAT NEED CHILDCARE.
ONE OF THEM IS IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR PLAYING HER NINTENDO SWITCH.
SHE GOT THE BLUEY GAME GOING AND
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO
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DO WITH OUR TWO BILLS IS TO REALLY EASE AND STREAMLINE PROCESSES FOR FOLKS AND CREATE POLICIES THAT SUPPORT CITIES AND COUNTIES ACROSS THE STREET, THE STATE, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS.SO OUR FIRST BILL, AB 2006, UM, CHILDCARE AND STATE BUILDINGS, IS CARRIED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ.
AND THIS BILL, UM, WILL REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS THAT CURRENTLY MAKE IT CHALLENGING FOR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS TO BE ABLE TO CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES.
AND IT WOULD MAKE IT FOR, MAKE IT SO THAT PROVIDERS CAN CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND USE STATE BUILDINGS.
IT IS CO-AUTHORED BY THE CHAIR OF SOME ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES, ALEX LEE.
AND THIS BILL HAS BEEN PLACED ON CONSENT EVERY TIME THAT IT'S BEEN HEARD IN COMMITTEE.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND IT'S CURRENT, IT'S BEING GOING TO BE HEARD IN APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE NEXT.
SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT DATE, WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL.
AND THE NEXT, THE NEXT BILL AB 1914, OUR GENERAL PLANS BILL IS BEING CARRIED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SHIAVO.
AND THIS BILL IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE IT RECOGNIZES CHILDCARE IS ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND WOULD MAKE IT SO THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES NEED TO PLAN FOR CHILDCARE RATHER THAN IT BEING SOMETHING THAT'S OPTIONAL.
IT WOULD REQUIRE CITIES TO INCLUDE CHILDCARE WITHIN A GENERAL PLAN.
AND IT IS ACTUALLY CO-AUTHORED BY THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
SO WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SUPPORTED STATEWIDE.
UM, AND IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY BE HEARD IN COMMITTEE TOMORROW ON IN HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT IT MAKES IT OUT.
UM, AND THIS BILL, UM, WOULD MAKE CHILDCARE A PRIORITY FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES.
SO THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE BILLS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
THIS IS MY EMAIL ADDRESS, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I OPENED THE SPACE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON OUR BILLS.
FIRST, WE'RE GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS IN THIS DISCUSSION.
MADAM CLERK, MAY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IF THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON, I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM THREE.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND STAND, AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE DO SO.
ANY HAND NOW? NONE, BOTH IN PERSON AND IN ZOOM, THAT GROUP WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVE? COMMISSIONER GONZALES? A QUICK QUESTION.
DOES, UH, THE REQUIRED PLANS OF THE, THEIR, UH,
I THINK WHAT YOU WERE ASKING WAS IF THERE'S FUNDING ATTACHED TO THE BILL.
SO CURRENTLY THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN IS THERE IS NO FUNDING ATTACHED TO THE BILL THAT IT, WHAT IT WOULD DO.
IT'S NOT LANDING ON THE, IT'S NOT GONNA LAND ON THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
I HEARD THAT PART OF THE QUESTION.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE CITIES TO PLAN FOR CHILDCARE TO PLAN PAPER.
IS THAT MIND I CORRECTLY, SO THAT IT WOULD BE THE CITIES AND THE, THAT WOULD PAY FOR IT FOR CHILDCARE? THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE PLANNING OF IT.
THE, THE CITIES WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THAT? YES.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO PRIORITIZE IT, CORRECT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? I THINK THE QUESTION THERE WAS ABOUT IF WE ARE, OR IF THIS BILL IS GOING TO REQUIRE CITIES TO IMPLEMENT A, UH, CHILDCARE ELEMENT TO THEIR GENERAL PLAN, UH, SO WOULD, AND THAT CREATES PROGRAMMING OR A REQUIREMENT FOR CHILDCARE, THEN IS THERE SOME STIPULATION IN THE BILL THAT IF CITIES ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR THAT, THAT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE FUNDING OR
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CAN'T FORCE RESIDENTS TO PAY SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? COMMISSION.THERE, THERE IS CURRENTLY AMENDMENT LANGUAGE THAT IS HAPPENING TO GIVE CITIES THE FLEXIBILITY TO CHOOSE BETWEEN, UM, ADDING IT AS ITS OWN ELEMENT OR MAKING IT SO THAT IT'S INCLUDED WITHIN CERTAIN ELEMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFIED WITHIN THE BILL.
SO TYPICALLY WHEN, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I RECALL WITH CITY'S PLAN, PORTIONS OF THEIR GENERAL ELEMENTS, IT'S SORT OF LIKE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO CREATE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME SUGGESTED PRO PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY ALL FLESHED OUT IN THERE YET.
IT'S A BLUEPRINT FOR THE CITY'S, UM, PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IF WE WANNA BUILD SOMETHING IN THE PARK, IF IT'S IN OUR GENERAL PLAN, WE CAN POINT TO IT AND SAY, THAT'S IN OUR GENERAL PLAN IN TERMS OF ADVANCING THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, IT'S, IT IS, IT OPENS THE DOOR TO CREATE AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CHILDCARE.
THIS IS MY DISCUSSION POINT FOR, YEAH.
SO DUSTIN HAS REMOVED THE RESPONSIBILITY FROM LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WHO ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IN CHILDCARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PLANS.
I PROBABLY NEED TO SPEAK UP AND REPEAT THAT.
I'M GONNA HAVE THEM REPEAT THAT FOR YOU.
UH, HOW DOES, HOW DOES PUTTING THIS INTO THE CITY PLAN IMPACT LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WHO ARE CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING AND LEGISLATING THE NEEDS OF THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY? THIS, SO BY INCLUDING IT AS THIS INSIDE OF THE GENERAL PLAN, THE HOPE IS THAT IT WILL ONLY SUPPLEMENT THAT WORK.
IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE, LIKE, IT WOULDN'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM, FROM THOSE AGENCIES.
HER AND THEN I THINK ALDA IT, WOULD IT, WHEN IN THE PLAN THEN THE CITY OR CHILDCARE PROVIDER COULD BE LIKE CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES? YES.
AND I WILL SAY THAT REDWOOD CITY HAS INCLUDED CHILDCARE WITHIN THEIR GENERAL PLAN.
AND THERE HAS BEEN, THERE, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF CHILDCARE SPACES WITHIN REDWOOD CITY.
AND REDWOOD CITY IS NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS DONE THIS.
IF YOU, UM, THERE'S A DATABASE THAT UC DAVIS HAS CREATED WITH ALL GENERAL PLANS ACROSS THE STATE WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHICH, WHAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN GENERAL PLANS.
SO THERE ARE CITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DOING THIS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CHILDCARE HAS BEEN PRIORITIZED AND HAS MADE STRIDES IN THOSE CITIES AND COUNTIES.
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I CERTAINLY THINK THE, THE BILL AB 2006 THAT'S SUGGESTING USING STATE BUILDINGS FOR CHILDCARE IS CERTAINLY INTERESTING.
UM, SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE PROGRESS OF THESE BILLS.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 'EM TO OUR ATTENTION.
I THINK THEY CERTAINLY ALIGN WITH OUR INTEREST ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
I THINK WE'RE CONCLUDED WITH DISCUSSION.
SO IN THAT CASE, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE COMMISSIONER ALAN HARPER? YEAH.
COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR PRESENTER, MS. MARTIN SING.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE WILL NOW, UM, ASK IF YOU READ THE NEXT ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE TRANSMITTAL OF A LETTER TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL REGARDING MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN THE LONG BEACH VALLEY ACT ALIGNED WITH ADVOCACY OF THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND COALITION.
SO, AS A REMINDER, AT OUR LAST MEETING, THAT COMMISSION ESTABLISHED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL REGARDING A PROPOSAL TO STRENGTHEN THE LONG BEACH CHILD ABUSE ACT.
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WOULD ASK COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, WHO'S SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE TO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANY OTHER FREE REMARKS, I WILL JUST, I'LL BE, I'LL BE BRAVE.UM, SO JUST A REMINDER, THE AD HOC, UH, GROUP CONSISTED OF, UH, VICE, UM, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER AND MYSELF.
UM, WE MET ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES TO DEVELOP THE LETTER THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL READ.
UM, AND WE ALSO, UH, CONSULTED WITH, UM, WELL, NOT WITH WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SEPARATELY WITH FERNANDO
UM, WE PUT, UM, A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF CONSIDERATION INTO THIS LETTER.
WE REALLY WANTED TO BE, UM, MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT EACH REQUEST MEANT.
AND, UM, WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, UM, HOLDING TRUE TO THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF LONG BEACH.
AND, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE LETTER, UM, REFERS THE SUPPORT FOR THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT, AND, BUT OFFERS LIKE TARGETED KINDNESS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH OUR, UM, WITH OUR VALUES.
AND SO, ON BEHALF OF THE F GROUP, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE MOTION APPROVE AND FORWARD, PRESENT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO I NEED A MOTION OF A SECOND ON THIS ITEM.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? NO.
ARE THERE THEN ANY OTHER REMARKS FROM THE COMMUNITY? WHICH ONE? OKAY.
UM, IN THAT CASE, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PROVIDE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM FOUR IN PERSON, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SEND IF LIKE, AND THEN IF THERE THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.
MY NAME IS
NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND, UH, COALITION WHO CAME TOGETHER TO DRAFT AND ADVOCATE FOR THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE YOU, FOR YOU AND STATE.
UM, I JUST WANT THANK THE COMMISSION FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR FROM US, UM, AND TO CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, SPECIFICALLY VOLUNTEER TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, FOR YOUR WORK ON DRAFT THOSE LETTER YOU MENTIONED IT TOOK A LOT OF MEETINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT IT WENT INTO IT.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, I EXPRESS THAT I TRULY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF THE LETTER.
UM, AND IN SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR DEMANDS, WHICH ARE INFORMED BY OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, UM, THESE ASKS AND OUR ADVOCACY ARE REALLY DEVELOPED AND INFORMED, UM, THROUGH OUR COALITION AS WE HAVE, UH, BASE THAT, UH, ARE PROPOSED OF A DIVERSE LOCAL COLLECTIVE OF AMERICAN COMMUNITIES HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN FOR DOING YOUR PART TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY, UH, DOES WHAT IT CAN STAND UP AGAINST IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND I THINK THE COMMISSION DOES BOTH IN SUPPORTING THE LETTER AND HAVING A SENSE OF MAYOR.
AND SEEING THE, THAT CONCLUDES OF A COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
IN THAT CASE, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE, WE HAVE DISCUSSION, OH, SORRY, COMMISSIONER VIOLET.
UM, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE LETTER, WHICH BY THE WAY, I THOUGHT THE LETTER WAS TRUE.
UM, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS ADDITIONALLY DUE TO, FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE AS TO HOW THE TECHNOLOGY CONTRIBUTES TO SOLVING CRIMES OR LOCATING CRIMINALS, UH, AS WELL AS AN EXCESSIVE COST TO THE CITY.
I, I'M WONDERING, DO WE NEED TO FIND OUT, DO WE NEED TO GET EVIDENCE ABOUT THAT OR NOT? AND WE, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE AT LANG, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE, I THINK, UM, CONTRADICTION THAT THEY CAN, THE TRAFFICKING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING MM-HMM
UM, AND I THINK IN TALKING WITH, WE HAVE TO TAKE A RECESS BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE ARE WITHOUT A LACK OF BOTH.
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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SAY, AND THEN JUST RECESS.UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN PARKER.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE EXACTLY FORM TODAY, SO IT'S OKAY.
UM, IF ANYBODY STEPS OUT, WE HAVE TO TAKE WHAT? RECESS? UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER, THINK COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER WASN'T, I WAS TRYING TO, I WAS GONNA TRY TO ANSWER ELSE.
COMMISSIONER, I, LET'S QUESTION.
UH, AND I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT SHOULD YOU, THAT BREAK TO
UM, BUT WE DID SPEAK ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH AND IT REALLY WAS LIKE THERE, WE COULDN'T FIND CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS CONTRIBUTING TO EVEN SOLVING CRIME.
UM, THE STATISTICS WERE VERY, VERY SMALL IN TERMS OF LIKE SUCCESS OR HOW THEY'RE USING THAT TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE CRIMES MUCH LESS SPECIFICALLY FOR TRAFFICKING.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE FELT COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING THEIR SUGGESTIONS TO TOGETHER LACK OF EVIDENCE THAT IT ACTUALLY, THANK YOU.
UM, I DID, I HIGHLIGHTED THE SAME PORTION OF THAT LETTER AND I DID SOME RESEARCH MYSELF AND FOUND MULTIPLE STUDIES THAT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO CRIME SOLVING SPECIFICALLY IN SAN DIEGO AND SAN FRANCISCO AS WELL AS A NATIONAL STUDY.
UM, I ALSO, SO I LIKE, I WOULD QUESTION USING THE PHRASING, DO WE DO A LACK OF EVIDENCE? BECAUSE AT LEAST IN MY LITTLE SEARCH THAT I DID, I, I FOUND EVIDENCE.
BUT, UM, I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THIS SECTION SPECIFICALLY.
I MEAN, I SUPPORT THE VALUES ACT AND I SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT JULY OR EARLIER.
UM, BUT THIS SPECIFICALLY THE BAN ON LOCUS SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, I HAVE PROBLEM BECAUSE I JUST, I FEEL LIKE IT REMOVES A POLICING STRATEGY TO HELP WOMEN IN GIRLS.
I MEAN, AMBER ALERTS, LIKE THE FIRST THING THAT THEY WOULD DEPLOY IS LICENSE
SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT DATA USAGE OF BUREAU AVERAGE CITIZENS AND HOW IT'S COLLECTED ON EVERYONE AND WHERE THE USES AND STUFF.
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE WE HAVE AN IMPERFECT SOCIETY, AND I WOULD HATE FOR VICTIMS TO SUFFER BECAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
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DATA.SO, UM, I WOULD SUPPORT THIS LETTER IF THAT PORTION WERE NOT IN IT.
THE BANNING WILL SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, SO I WOULD MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT.
HOWEVER, THE MOTION AND THE SECOND MAYOR WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WOULD ALSO HAVE TO APPROVE.
SO I WOULD RESPECT IT IF MY COLLEAGUES DID NOT AGREE.
SO THE MAKER WAS KOSHER AND COMMISSIONER, DO YOU THAT'S CHAIRMAN'S FRIENDLY? YES.
AND WHAT IS THE FRIENDLY EXACTLY TO REMOVE THE COMMEND TO REMOVE THAT RECOMMENDATION IN PRIVATELY OR YES, THE BANNER ON SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.
UH, COMMISSIONER
AND IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ITEM, CORRECT? YEAH.
WELL, I'M WONDERING, WELL, CAN I SPEAK? YEAH, REALLY, COULD WE THEN TAKE OUT THAT SENTENCE AROUND ADDITIONAL DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE? WOULD PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE IF WE LEFT IT AT AN END? AT WE URGE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY'S PERSONAL DATA, LIKE LEAVING OUR CONCERN ABOUT HARM THAT CAUSED THROUGH THE, THAT TO ME IS, IS KIND OF SEMANTICS.
I MEAN, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DUE LACK OF EVIDENCE JUST 'CAUSE I, I DON'T WANT US TO STATE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE INCORRECT.
MY MAIN CONCERN WAS OF SUGGESTING A BALANCE TECHNOLOGY.
SO THAT WAS REALLY SOLVE THAT FOR ME, ALTHOUGH I WOULD SUPPORT DOING A, MM-HMM.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO POSE THAT REMOVAL OF THE SENTENCE AS A COMPLAINT? COMMISSIONER ADAM? YES.
COMMISSIONER KEL, DO YOU ACCEPT? YES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO EXPLAIN THE VAN ON SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT'S USED, UM, HOW IT'S BENEFICIAL TO SEEING WHO IS IN CARS WHEN THEY'RE USUALLY HUMANS.
UM, DISPROPORTIONATELY HUMANS WITHOUT IT BEING AN ICE.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THAT, WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER AS WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT WE ARE ALSO, UH, AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING AND ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT GO ALONG WITH, UM, THAT ARE STOPPED WHEN WE ARE, WHEN THE USE AND THE PRACTICES OF LOCAL TECH, UH, SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY IS IMPLEMENTED IN USE.
SO JUST KIND OF THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT IT WHERE I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS DRIVEN TO TIJUANA, MEXICO, THE BORDER.
UM, THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE IN THOSE PLACES AND YOU SEE PEOPLE MOVING AROUND THE CARS.
AND THAT IS, THINK ABOUT THOSE EXAMPLES AND HOW THAT HAS PREVENTED, UM, ILLEGAL SMUGGLING OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN TRAFFICKING AS PART WHICH WAS OUR FIRST AND IS A STRONG PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS, OF THIS, UM, OF THIS COMMISSION.
I DON'T THINK I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE A SPEECH RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER DID NOT ACCEPT, DO YOU ACCEPT, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER FROM YES.
SO YEAH, NOW WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE, A AMENDED MOTION OR WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT VOTE.
CAN WE READ OUT THE AMENDED MOTION PLEASE? UM, IT WOULD BE THE SPECIFIC SENTENCE THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE.
CAN YOU JUST READ THAT COMMISSIONER TO REMOVE THE LAST SENTENCE? UH, ADDITIONALLY, DUE TO A LACK OF EVIDENCE AS TO HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY CONTRIBUTES TO LOCATING CRIMINALS AS WELL AS AN EXCESSIVE COST OF THE CITY BUDGET, WE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? YEAH, I'M THINKING ABOUT, SO IF WE REMOVE THAT SENTENCE, IS THAT EFFECTIVELY REMOVING THE RECOMMENDATION TO PAN OR IS IT NOT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK.
I JUST WANNA CLEAR, I WAS, I WAS READING, I WAS READING.
I DON'T HAVE FURTHER COMMENT, BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER, UM, DISCUSSION OR COMMENT QUESTIONS? NO.
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UH, SO MAD CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? YEAH.ARE WE VOTING OR ALREADY MOVING? NO, WE'RE VOTING ON APPROVING.
UM, THIS LETTER WITH ONE SENTENCE REMOVED AT THE END.
THE ADDITIONALLY DUE LACK EVIDENCE SENTENCE.
COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES.
UM, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE, A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES, DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECT AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE.
MAY HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
UM, LET'S START WITH THE REPORT FROM OUR CRIMINAL TRAFFICKING OFF.
AND SINCE I SAW I'M ON IT AND I SAW BOTH RECENT ATION FROM
WE HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD FROM THAT THERE, WE ANTICIPATED IN MARCH WE'VE WOULD'VE GOTTEN HEARING BACK ABOUT THE STUDY AND THE CITY BEING FINALIZED, HEARING FROM WHAT I GATHERED CLOSE.
SO FOR REFRESHER, WE'RE WORKING WITH
AND WE'VE JUST GONNA REACH OUT SOMEBODY ON THE TIMELINE FOR ANALYSIS OF THAT DATA REPORT, WHICH WE HEARD WAS GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN APRIL.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE NOT BACK YET.
SO AS KIND DEPENDS ON THAT, UH, INFORMATION WE HAVE.
EVEN IF I'M NOT ON A COMMITTEE, IT'S THERE.
AM I ALLOWED TO MAKE A PROPOSAL? NOT YET.
WE'RE GETTING THE UPDATES SESSION LATER.
UM, CAN I GET A REPORT ON MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION? I DON'T KNOW.
SO THE MENTORSHIP IN EDUCATION, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS AND DISCUSS DEFINING OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE MENTORING EDUCATIONAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PARTNER WITH, IDENTIFY FOR THEM TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY ADDRESS WOMEN AND GIRLS AND WHAT SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE TO UH, WHAT SPECIFIC AREAS THEY WE CAN PARTNER WITH OR HELP THEM ADDRESS.
UH, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER REPORT, DR.
UM, A LONG LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THEY ALIGN WITH WOMEN ROLES SPECIFICALLY.
UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON SOME OUTREACH.
UNFORTUNATELY IT HASN'T GONE AS WELL AS WE WOULD LIKE, SO WE ARE STILL, UM, WORKING ON GATHERING SOME MORE INFORMATION.
UM, DO WE WANNA HAVE AN UPDATE ON SAFETY OR, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECONVENE THAT YET, I BELIEVE JUST UPDATE.
AND THEN IS, IS THERE, UM, A TIME LIMIT OR ANYTHING IN TERMS OF US RECONVENING THE SAFETY COMMITTEE? SO TO ME, ELSE YOU ALL FIRST MEETING, UH, EVERYONE NEED TO HAVE YOU MEET.
UH, I DO RECOMMEND, UH, TAKING A BREAK, CROSSING THAT ADD COMMITTEE FOR A WHILE AS WE HAVE SOME STAFFING TRANSITIONS THAT WE'RE NAVIGATING AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT EVERYTHING THIS COMMISSION IS DOING RIGHT NOW.
KIM, WE GET A REPORT FROM THE RANK CHOICE VOTING.
UM, JENNA AND I MET WITH THE, THE WOMAN FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, AND WE HEARD PRETTY MUCH THE SAME POSITIVE INFORMATION THAT WE GOTTEN FROM THE RANK CHOICE VOTING, UH, PRESENTATION.
THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COST, THE, UH, EXPEDITED, UM, ELECTION PROCESS, THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR FIRST CHOICE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR SECOND CHOICE.
I MEAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF POSITIVES.
UM, SHE SAID THAT THE ONLY NEGATIVE THING SHE COULD FIND
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ACTUALLY CAME FROM, UH, OLOGY GROUPS AND THAT, AND IT WASN'T, SHE SAID THEY WEREN'T FACT BASED OR I THINK, AND THE LEAGUE IS PRETTY, I MEAN, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT, UM, DOING EVEN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.SO I'VE HEARD THEM DO IT BEFORE AND, AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT, UM, WAS EVIDENCE-BASED OR ANYTHING THAT WAS NEGATIVE.
THAT PRETTY MUCH, AND I THINK WE'RE WONDERING, WE FEEL LIKE WE WOULD BE READY TO DRAFT A LETTER THAT WE COULD BRING WITH THE COMMISSION TO ASK FOR SUPPORT TO SEND IT THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE RANK CHOICE VOTING THAT IN LONG BEACH.
SO KIND OF WANTED TO GET A FEEL FOR THAT OF INTEREST.
I THINK WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH OUR REPORTS AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO THE DISCUSSION ON THAT.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY, TO CLARIFY, I BELIEVE THE CURRENT OBJECTIVE IS THAT YOU WOULD PRESENT YOUR FINDINGS TO THE A TO THE COMMISSION AND THEN END THAT AGENDA ITEM.
WE ALSO REQUEST APPROVALS TO DRAFT A LETTER.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED A REPORT FROM THE, UH, COMMITTEE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT, SINCE WE OKAY.
UH, IN THAT CASE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORTS? WELL, JUST ONE COMMENT FROM ME.
I'M GOING TO DROP OFF THE HUMAN TRAFFIC.
UM, LET MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, YES.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON, I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM ONE.
PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND OR, OR STAND IF YOU'D LIKE, AND IF THERE ARE ANY, THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE TIME FEATURE.
NOW BEING DONE BOTH IN PERSON AND IN ZOOM.
THAT BECOMES A COMMENT DRIVING FIVE.
THEN IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE, A HOC COMMITTEE OR THE REPORTS COMMISSIONER AND DR.
UH, ONE SUGGESTION IS MORE THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMITTEE.
IF WE DO NOT GIVE A RESPONSE FROM, UH, FROM MS. VEDA IN A TIMELY MANNER, I CAN, I, I THINK WE SHOULD FIND ANOTHER GROUP TO DO THE DATA FOR US OVER SUMMER AND SO THAT THIS COULD BE EXPEDITED, UH, THROUGH ELIZABETH.
I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR, I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO HEAR FROM THEM.
SO, UM, BUT I, TO YOUR POINT, IF YOU, IF THAT WORK HASN'T BEEN DONE, THEN SHOULD MAKE SURE SOMEONE'S DOING IT AND IF IT YES, WE, MY, I WONDER WHEN THEY SAID THAT THEY CAN HAVE IT BY APRIL, BUT IT WASN'T PROPOSED IN, IN GUESS FOR GIRLS C NOVEMBER.
IT WASN'T EVEN SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY FOR APPROVAL.
UM, I AM NOT SURE HOW THE TIMELINE WORKS.
WERE THEY BEEN ABLE TO HAVE IT THROUGH IRP AT A MAJOR UNIVERSITY TO BY APRIL? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH STUFF.
I, THEY'RE WORKING WITH NFW STUDENTS WHO HAVE TO DO FIELD WORK.
AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GETTING IT DONE.
SO THAT'S WITH REGARD TO YOUR RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S THEIR PROJECT.
SO IF ANYTHING, IT MIGHT BE THAT THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE CHOOSES A DIFFERENT SCOPE, UH, TO FOCUS ON OR, UH, YOU KNOW, FIGURES A NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT HOW ELSE THEY CAN SUPPORT THE TASK FORCE WITH THEIR PROJECT.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
AND I THINK MADAM CLERK, LET'S CALL FOR VOTE.
ARE WE JUST THE COMMITTEE? YES.
SO WE'RE GONNA AMEND THE MOTION TO DISSOLVE THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT AD HOC COMMITTEE AND TO ALSO REMOVE COMMISSIONER FROM THEC COMMITTEE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THOSE AMENDED MOTIONS? SECOND.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER.
YOU MAKE SURE I'M NOT ANYTHING.
SO AT THIS TIME THEN WE'LL TAKE NON-AG AGENDA.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CONNECTION FORM.
DRAW ON THE NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE
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MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS.MAD CLERK CAN PLEASE CALL THE CALL? YES.
IF THERE ARE ANY IN PERSON, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE NON-AG AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY OF THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE TO RAISE YOU NOW BEING DONE BOTH IN PERSON AND IN THE ZOOM.
THEN MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONERS MAY REPORT ON ANY PREVIOUS OR UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS, SHARE RELEVANT INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION OR RECOMMEND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCE, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? PLEASE REMEMBER TO SPEAK UP.
I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
JUST THINKING QUESTION I HAVE IN MY HEAD IS KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, SPRING SUMMER'S COMING UP, THERE'S NUMEROUS EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
I'M WONDERING IF THE COMMISSION PLANS TO HAVE TABLE THE NUMEROUS EVENTS HAPPEN ACROSS THE CITY.
WE DID ALLOCATE SOME FUNDS FOR TABLING MATERIALS.
THROUGH OUR, UM, I THINK MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND I KNOW, UM, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS OR EVENTS, THEN SEND 'EM TO STAFF AND THEN WE CALL, YEAH.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LAW.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT VIRGINIA LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH WILL BE HOSTED A YOUNG GIRL SUMMIT THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH FROM NINE O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
FOR ANYONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT IS FROM THE EIGHTH, THAT IS NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE, THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME AND DROP IN AND ATTEND AND LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND DROP OPPORTUNITIES WITH, UM, THAT THE, UH, IN PATHWAYS EDUCATION, CAREER AND COMMUNITY PATHWAYS FROM CITY.
ONE OF OUR MAJOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE HERE, UH, STACY MONGO, WHO WOULD TALK ABOUT HOW TO, UM, HOW TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, ALONG WITH, UH, MANY OTHER PEOPLE, UH, UH, INCLUDING TAYLOR COHEN, WHO IS THE COUNT.
UM, THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, UM, TO COME IN AND SHARE, PLEASE.
AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE THE MEETING.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE TIME.