* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] I WOULD LIKE [CALL TO ORDER] TO CALL THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING TO ORDER FOR MAY 27TH, 2026. MADAM [ROLL CALL] CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER ALAN HARPER. YES, COMMISSIONER AN YES. COMMISSIONER DONATO STAFF? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA? YES. VICE CHAIR ULTA? YES. AND CHAIR MELLINGER? YES. WE HAVE QUORUM. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM. ITEM NUMBER ONE [1. 26-55181 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Commission for Women and Girls meeting of Wednesday, April 22, 2026.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2026. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO MOVE. OKAY, SECOND. SECOND FROM OUR VICE CHAIR. COMMISSIONER, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, TABLETS FOR TODAY. SO, UM, OH, SOMEONE CLICKED ON. OR COMMISSIONER KEL. AND THEN COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ SECONDED. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, IN THAT CASE, DO YOU MIND GIVING US A LITTLE BRIEF EXPLAINER ON THESE? 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE. YES, OF COURSE. SO FOR THE TABLETS, ANYTIME I OPEN THE VOTE OR I OPEN FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND, IT'LL POP UP, UM, AS A POPUP SCREEN AND YOU'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND EITHER CLICK THE TABLET, UH, 'CAUSE IT'S TOUCHSCREEN, OR YOU CAN USE YOUR MOUSE TO SELECT, UH, YOUR SELECTION. SO, UH, FOR THIS FIRST ITEM, COMMISSIONER ENGEL, UH, MOTIONED. AND THEN COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. SECONDED. OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES FOR OUR LAST MEETING? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MINUTES IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE MICROPHONE. AND THEN, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU CAN ALSO CHECK FOR ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS, SEEING NO PARTICIPANTS IN THE ZOOM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. SO THEY SHOULD BE POPPING UP ON YOUR SCREENS RIGHT NOW. IF THERE'S ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES, I'LL TAKE A VERBAL. COOL. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER [2. 26-55182 Recommendation to discuss and approve the Commission for Women and Girls 2025-2026 Annual Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS 2025 TO 2026 ANNUAL REPORT. OKAY, THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? GREAT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, DOES STAFF WANNA PROVIDE ANY, UM, SUMMARY OF, OF, OF THE ANNUAL REPORT HERE? YES, I'VE PUT TOGETHER A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND I AM HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE CONTENTS OF THE ANNUAL REPORT. OKAY. SO GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN FOR US TO, UH, SUBMIT OUR ANNUAL REPORT TO THE MARON CITY COUNCIL, UH, WHICH PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE COMMISSION YEAR. AND SO, AS A REMINDER FOR THE COMMISSION, UM, THE COMMISSION YEAR STARTS JULY ONE AND GOES THROUGH JUNE 30TH, UM, EACH YEAR. ALL RIGHT. AND SO PER THE MUNICIPAL CODE, IT OUTLINES, UH, SPECIFICATIONS AROUND ALL THE, THE INFORMATION THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE COMMISSIONS. AND SO THAT INCLUDES THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION, BODY COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, UH, THE OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS, WHICH ARE OUTLINED IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE. UM, A REFERENCE TO ANY REPORTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS ANY, UM, ITEMS THAT WERE REFERRED, UH, TO THE COMMISSION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEETINGS HELD. UM, IT ALSO SAYS HEARINGS, SO WE DO INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. UM, THE NUMBER OF, UH, THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS AND THEN ANY, UM, EXPEND EXPENDITURES FOR THE COMMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE BODY. UM, IT ALSO REQUESTS A LIST OF THE CITY PERSONNEL WHO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHETHER THE COMMISSION SHOULD, UH, BE ABOLISHED, MODIFIED, OR CONTINUED. AND SO THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS IS SUBMITTED TO THE, UH, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BY JUNE 30TH, TO, UM, ENSURE THAT THIS IS, UH, RESOLVED AHEAD OF THAT TIME. GIVEN OUR MEETINGS ARE ON THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, WE ARE, UH, REVIEWING THE CONTENT A MONTH IN ADVANCE, AND WE'LL MAKE THE FINAL REVISIONS TO THE, UM, THE ANNUAL [00:05:01] REPORT, SUCH AS YOUR, UH, ATTENDANCE RECORDS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. AND WE'LL RELEASE THAT IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THAT WE CAN STILL COMPLY WITH THAT, UH, REQUEST. ALL RIGHT, SO FOR THE MISSION STATEMENTS, UH, YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, YOU ALL DRAFTED IT AND APPROVED IT LAST YEAR. UM, BUT, UH, THE COMMISSIONER FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ILLUMINATES AND ADDRESSES ISSUES AFFECTING WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THROUGH RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, AND OUTREACH, AS WELL AS POLICY, PROGRAMMATIC AND PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL. THE COMMISSION ADVOCATES FOR IMPROVED AND EQUITABLE SAFETY, REPRESENTATION, OPPORTUNITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FEMALE IDENTIFIED PERSONS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE WITH INTENTIONAL INCLUSION OF ALL AGES, ETHNICITIES, INCOMES, ABILITIES, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, RELIGIONS, MARITAL STATUS, IMMIGRANT STATUS, AND CLASSES. THROUGH ITS WORK, THE COMMISSION ASPIRES TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE CITY FOR ALL GENDERS. ALRIGHT, AND THIS IS A LIST OF OUR, UH, MEMBERSHIP ROSTER FOR THE 20 25, 20 26 YEAR. AS YOU WILL SEE, IT HAS ALL OF THE CURRENT ACTIVE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE PROVIDE THE VACANT OR INACTIVE SEATS AS WELL. AND SO FOR THE MOST PART, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE OPERATED WITH, UM, NINE OF OUR 11 SEATS FILLED. AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, UM, FOLLOWING COMMISSIONER CHI'S RESIGNATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE CON CONTINUED ACTIVITY WITH EIGHT OF OUR 11 SEATS OCCUPIED. I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS, BUT THESE, UH, THE NEXT SECTION IS, COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHES THE COMMISSION. IT IS, UH, A LIST OF THE OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OR THE DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. AND SO THIS IS COPIED VERBATIM FROM THE ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED THIS BODY. ALRIGHT, AND SO TO REMIND YOU ALL OF THE REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, ON AUGUST 12TH, YOU ALL SUBMITTED OR APPROVED A LETTER, UM, REGARDING THE, UH, WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY AND LOCAL RECOGNITION OF THAT. UM, THERE WAS A LETTER APPROVED ON MARCH 25TH, UM, REGARDING, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE REVIEW AND RENAMING OF ANY FACILITIES, UH, FORMERLY, UH, OR CURRENTLY NAMED AFTER CESAR CHAVEZ. AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, AT YOUR LAST MEETING, YOU, UH, APPROVED A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR A LETTER THAT, UH, OUTLINED MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT IN SUPPORT OF THE JUSTICE FUND CO COALITION'S ADVOCACY. ALL RIGHT. UM, IN ADDITION TO INCLUDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, WE ALSO LIKE TO PROVIDE A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE COMMISSION'S, UH, ADVOCACY OR RESEARCH, UH, WORK THAT IS HAPPENING. AND SO WE, UH, HAVE BROKEN DOWN A TABLE OF THE, OUR CURRENT ACTIVE AND, UM, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEES. AND SO THIS INCLUDES CURRENT ACTIVE AND FORMERLY ACTIVE AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT WERE FORMED THROUGHOUT THIS COMMISSION YEAR. UM, AND SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS, UH, GIVEN YOU ALL ARE FAM VERY FAMILIAR, BUT WHAT THE, WHAT INFORMATION WE PROVIDE IS THE NAME OF THE COMMITTEE, THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT COMMITTEE, WHICH YOU ALL ESTABLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, THE DATE THAT IT WAS START FORMED, AND, UH, THE DATE THAT IT WAS DISSOLVED, IF, UM, IT IS CURRENTLY DISSOLVED. AND THEN THE MEMBERS, UH, SO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO SERVE ON EACH OF THOSE BODIES. AND SO THIS FIRST PAGE PROVIDES, UH, THE DETAILS ON COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, MENTORSHIP, AND EDUCATION AND SAFETY. AND THIS NEXT PAGE PROVIDES, UH, THE INFORMATION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING, THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER WOMEN, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND THE LONG BEACH VALUES ACT. ALL RIGHT, MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS YOUR ATTENDANCE. AND SO BY THE TIME THIS REPORT IS RELEASED, WE WILL HAVE HELD 10 MEETINGS WITHIN THE, UH, PERIOD OF JUNE, JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE, UH, 30TH, 2026. THIS WILL INCLUDE ALL OF THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, EXC STANDS FOR EXCUSED, MEANING THAT THESE COMMISSIONERS NOTIFIED CITY STAFF IN ADVANCE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND A COMMISSION MEETING. WE HAVE NO, UM, UNEXCUSED ABSENCES. AND THEN THE EXES ON HERE, UH, ARE TO CONFIRM THAT THAT COMMISSIONER WAS PRESENT DURING THOSE MEETINGS. THE PURPLE SHADED BOXES ON HERE MEANS THAT, UH, THERE WAS EITHER NO MEETING OR THAT COMMISSIONER WAS INACTIVE AT THE TIME. AND SO, UM, I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE ZERO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, OVER THIS PERIOD. UM, AND THEN WE HAD TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS THAT OCCURRED, UM, IN JUNE, UM, SEPTEMBER, WHICH WAS OUR, UH, RETREAT, AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WHICH WAS IN LIEU OF THE HOLIDAY. [00:10:02] ALL RIGHT. AND SO THE MONEY, UM, EACH YEAR THE COMMISSION RECEIVES $26,786 IN STRUCTURAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO RESEARCH AND OTHER COMMISSION ALIGNED ACTIVITIES. UM, THIS IS THE BREAK DO BREAKDOWN OF THOSE EXPENSES. AND SO THIS WAS A REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED BY, UH, THE COMMISSION TREASURER, UM, IN OCTOBER, I BELIEVE. AND TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT SPENT ANY OTHER FUNDS, THOUGH WE HAVE LIKE ALLOCATED FUNDS TO A SPECIFIC USE, WE HAVE NOT PURCHASED OR, UM, UTILIZED THOSE FUNDS FOR ANYTHING ELSE. SO THIS IS YOUR CURRENT, UH, EXPENSE REPORT FOR THE 2025 THROUGH 2026, UM, COMMISSION YEAR. ALL RIGHT? AND SO STAFF IS ASKED TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT, UM, OR A RECOMMENDATION ON WHETHER THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE ABOLISHED, MODIFIED, OR CONTINUED. AND SO OUR OFFICE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS CONTINUE ITS WORK AS ESTABLISHED BY THE ORDINANCE. WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A STATEMENT, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN IN, UM, IN, HAS BEEN ACTIVE, UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD ALL 11 SEATS OPERATIONAL AT ONE TIME. AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND REEVALUATING THE COMMISSION SIZE, UM, POSSIBLY REDUCING IT SO THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO THE QUORUM ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT, VERY TOUGH ON MANY OF YOU ALL. UM, AND SO THAT IS THE ONE SUGGESTION WE ARE RECOMMENDING SHOULD ANY MODIFICATIONS BE MADE TO THE COMMISSION. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, CITY PERSONNEL. THESE ARE ALL THE LOVELY FOLKS IN THE ROOM, UM, AND MANY WHO ARE BEHIND THE SCENES HELPING TO MAKE THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS POSSIBLE. UM, IT INCLUDES, UH, REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UM, OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OF EQUITY. UM, THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT, UH, HELP PRODUCE THE AGENDAS, UH, VET THE, THE PRESENTATIONS, UM, DRAFT YOUR REPORTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU ALL, UH, IN YOUR VARIOUS AD HOC COMMITTEES ON A MONTHLY BASIS. AND SO THIS IS THE LIST OF STAFF THAT SUPPORT THIS ONE BODY. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THIS, THERE IS A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE EMAIL YOU ALL RECEIVED EARLIER TODAY. THAT'S ALSO ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, THAT, UH, PROVIDES A BRIEF, UH, SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE TOOK SOME PICTURES TODAY THAT WILL BE FOLDED INTO THE NICE GLOSSY VERSION OF THE REPORT. HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A ROUGH DRAFT OF THE CONTENT THAT WOULD BE ENCLOSED IF THERE ARE ANY REVISIONS, ADDITIONS, ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE RECCO, UM, INCLUDED INTO THIS ANNUAL REPORT. UM, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMISSION DISCUSSION, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO MAKE THOSE SUGGESTIONS. AND I WILL, UH, MAKE NOTE AND, UH, PLUG THOSE ITEMS INTO THE, THE FINAL VERSION OF YOUR REPORT. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, ALANA, AND THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK OF STAFF ON COMPILING THE ANNUAL REPORT. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANNUAL REPORT? OKAY, WE ARE WELL INFORMED. UH, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE. ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS SEEING NO PARTICIPANTS IN ZOOM? THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ANNUAL REPORT? OKAY, FANTASTIC. UM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. AND AS A REMINDER, WE'RE USING OUR TABLETS. AND IF YOU'VE SWITCHED TO THE MAIN SCREEN, GO TO VOTE CAST. COMMISSIONER MOZA, I CAN TAKE A VERBAL YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM. [3. 26-55183 Recommendation to discuss potential future agenda items and areas of focus aligned with the Commission’s 2026 strategic priorities.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND AREAS FOCUS, A FOCUS ALIGNED WITH THE COMMISSION'S 2026 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? OKAY, . UM, THANK YOU. SO IF WE COULD HAND IT OVER [00:15:01] TO STAFF TO KICK OFF THE DISCUSSION, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. HELLO. OKAY. IT'S ON. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S ON. UM, YEAH, JUST WANTED TO, GIVEN WE'RE APPROACHING THE MIDPOINT OF, UM, THE CALENDAR YEAR, WANTED TO HOLD SPACE FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE MORE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, PRESENTATIONS. I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, UM, MANY OF WHOM HAVE MADE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH CITY STAFF AS WELL AS THE CHAIR. SO, UM, GIVEN YOUR TWO STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WERE AROUND IGN IGNITING PROGRAMS, AND, UM, I'M BLANKING ON THE SECOND. UM, WANTED TO SEE IF WE HAD ANY NEW OR FUTURE PRESENTATIONS OR TOPICS THAT YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS IN THE, UM, NEAR FUTURE. SO, UM, REALLY THIS IS AN OPEN CALL FOR POTENTIAL DISCUSSION ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN, UM, PLAN AHEAD. UM, THE BURDEN OF, OR RESPONSIBILITY, I SHALL SAY, UM, OF PLANNING THESE AGENDAS OFTEN FALLS ON THE CHAIR AND CITY STAFF. AND SO WE WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE SHARED OWNERSHIP IN, UM, BRINGING IN SOME GUEST SPEAKERS. UM, THE MANY OF OUR RICHEST MEETINGS HAVE BEEN THE ONES IN WHICH YOU ALL HAVE INVITED IN COMMUNITY. AND SO, UH, REALLY THIS IS AN INVITATION TO CO-CREATE SOME FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MASADA. YES. SO BEFORE I START, I, I THINK I HAVE TWO QUESTION, A QUESTION AND A COMMENT, BUT BEFORE I SAY THAT, I JUST WANTED TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR THE REPORT, UM, AND FOR EVERYONE'S REALLY THOROUGH WORK TO SUPPORT US. UM, SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE REPORT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL UPDATE ON THAT IN OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE UPDATES. OH, PERFECT. BUT ISN'T THAT, BUT WASN'T THAT, UM, THAT WAS AD HOC WORK? YEAH, IT WASN'T LIKE FULL COMMISSION. OKAY. IT'S AD HOC WORK. OKAY. AND THEN MY COMMENT IS THAT I, SO I REPRESENT DISTRICT FIVE, BUT I NOW LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, BUT I FOLLOW KIND OF CLOSELY ALL THE HAPPENINGS OF DISTRICT NINE. DISTRICT NINE HAS A LOT OF GREAT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE DISTRICT THAT IS, UM, AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR US FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. SO I WAS THINKING, UM, INVITING DISTRICT NINE TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING TO EXPRESS, UM, NEEDS AS THEY PERTAIN TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THAT DISTRICT. SOME THAT WE ALREADY KNOW, MAYBE SOME THAT WE DON'T KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN FURTHER THAT, UH, UM, RELATIONSHIP AND HOPEFULLY, UM, BE ABLE TO POP UP AT SOMEONE, SOME OF THEIR EVENTS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT I SEE HAPPENING THAT MIGHT BE GOOD TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP WITH. OKAY. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS HERE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS OR COMMENTS ABOUT VANESSA'S SUGGESTION? OKAY. WELL, TO ADD TO THAT, CINDY ALLEN SAID THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABIDED. I THINK SHE'S IN DISTRICT FOUR TOO. OKAY. WELL, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS I, IT'S I THINK UNCOMMON TO INVITE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE TO, UM, SPEAK AT COMMISSION MEETINGS, WHICH DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE CAN'T, 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT PRACTICE AND WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF WOMEN ON THE COUNCIL. SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE INTEREST POINT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD, IF WE'RE GONNA INVITE A COUPLE, HAVE SOME SORT OF FORMAL COMMUNICATION OUT TO ALL OF THEM, UM, TO BE, UM, EQUAL ABOUT IT. SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. AND THEN WE CAN JUST SEE WHAT WORKS WITH THEIR SCHEDULES. 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY'RE PRETTY BUSY. PRETTY BUSY. AND THEY MIGHT SEND STAFF OR SOMETHING, OR THEY MIGHT WANNA MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONER WHO REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMISSIONER COULD REPORT BACK. THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION ALSO, WELL, RIGHT NOW, BUT YEAH. OKAY. AND MY SECOND PART IS THAT, IS THAT I'LL GET YOU AFTER COMMISSIONER DONATO. OH, COME ON. GO ON SWEETIE. YOU CAN GO. I DIDN'T THOUGHT. GO AHEAD. CONTINUE COMMISSIONER. AND THEN WE'LL, OKAY, WE'VE GOT OUR NEXT, UM, MY SECOND, MY SECOND SUGGESTION IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US INVITE LOCAL, UM, LOCAL COMMISSIONERS FROM OTHER CITIES SUCH AS CARSON BELLFLOWER TO OUR, UM, TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND SEE HOW WE CAN CREATE GREAT, UM, GREATER PARTNERSHIPS, WOMEN'S COMMISSIONS. WOMEN'S COMMISSIONS. YES. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER DONATO, SAP, UM, [00:20:01] I'M JUST, UH, ONE SUGGESTION I HAVE IS, UM, HEARING FROM THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND FROM TRANS WOMEN, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THE MOTHER OF A TRANS WHO HAS A TRANS DAUGHTER, UM, I THINK WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THE, TO THE COMMISSION BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THEY'RE NERVOUS ABOUT SPEAKING, UM, TO THE PUBLIC. SO I FEEL LIKE, UM, THEY MAY FEEL COMFORT IN SPEAKING TO OUR COMMISSION. SO I SUGGEST THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN COMMISSIONER, IF YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MYSELF AND STAFF WITH THAT PERSON'S CONTACT INFORMATION, OR IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM, JUST CONFIRM THEY'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT, THEN WE'LL MOVE IT ALONG. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER, UM, I HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER APPROACH ME WITH TWO DIFFERENT TOPICS. ONE WAS, UH, THE ORGANIZATION'S CALLED UNITE 11, I THINK. AND IT'S, UH, THEY WORK WITH HOSPITALITY WORKERS HERE IN LONG BEACH, PREDOMINANTLY A WOMEN'S FIELD. AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH SOME, UH, CHALLENGING WORK CONDITIONS. SO THEY WANTED TO PRESENT, I REACHED OUT TO THEM TWICE NOW AND HAVEN'T HEARD BACK, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEIR CAPACITY, BUT I DO THINK THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL PRESENTATION. AND THEN, UM, THE SAME COMMUNITY MEMBER RECOMMENDED, THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP IN DISTRICT NINE WORKING ON, UM, SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION, AND THEY'RE DOING LIKE, LOCAL WORK OF SOME KIND. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER INTERESTING PRESENTATION TO BRING, JUST TO HEAR LIKE ANOTHER SIDE OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON. UM, AND THEN ALONGSIDE WITH THAT, I HAD ALREADY RECOMMENDED HAVING ANNIE FARMER AND KIND OF A MORE, SHE'S MORE OF LIKE A NATIONAL, UH, SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION PIECE. BUT I THOUGHT THAT COULD BE A GOOD TIE IN IF WE HAD LIKE A LOCAL GROUP TO SPEAK. UM, SO THERE ARE OPTIONS AS WELL. ALL GREAT OPTIONS. I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO UNITE HERE, LOCAL 11 ON THE LABOR UNION FRONT. UM, WHAT I WOULD JUST SAY IS IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT TIMING AND TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO US, LIKE WELL IN ADVANCE. 'CAUSE WHEN IT'S THE SAME MONTH, IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THEM AND TO, SOMETIMES WE HAVE LAST MINUTE CANCELLATIONS AND STUFF, SO JUST CALENDARING IT OUT WOULD BE GREAT. UM, COMMISSIONER LEVIT, I WAS THINKING SOMEONE FROM LINK HOUSING, UM, AND THERE'S UM, A WOMAN THAT I KNOW WHO'S WORKING FOR JD PRITZKER ON HOUSING AND, AND BUT ALSO WORK WITH LINK HOUSING. AND SO I'VE CONTACTED HER, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A SPEAKER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE FROM A A UW OR, OR IF NOW'S AROUND ANYMORE OR WHATEVER TO SPEAK ON THE ERA, UH, FOR CITY, UM, CITY ORDINANCE ON THE, ON THE ERA. SO THE, THOSE ARE TWO THINGS I WAS THINKING OF. OKAY. IF YOU CAN, I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN AND I THINK YOU'D MENTIONED, UM, PREVIOUSLY SOMEBODY FROM LINK, BUT YEAH, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY A SOURCE FOR THE ERA ONE, THEN WE CAN TRY TO SCHEDULE THAT. OKAY. MM-HMM . GREAT. I'LL, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT WITH THE WORLD CUP AND THE OLYMPICS COMING UP, I'M WONDERING IF THERE COULD, WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM LIKE A WOMEN'S SPORTS LIKE ORGANIZATION PROMOTING SPORTS WITH YOUNG GIRLS. I KNOW THERE'S SOME IN LONG BEACH, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM. I, I KNOW SOMEBODY WAS KIND OF LOOSELY INVOLVED WITH YOUTH SPORTS, SO JUST TOSSING THAT OUT, JUST KIND OF, BECAUSE IT'S COMING UP. AND THEN SECONDLY, ALL FINANCE , UM, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LIKE DOING WORKSHOPS OR, OR HAVING, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY AND IN WOMEN'S LIVES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. GREAT. AND I CAN PROVIDE THE NAME OF SOMEBODY THAT I, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PRESENT. WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE MAKING SUGGESTIONS, IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO YOUR CONTACTS AND TRY TO ARRANGE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN IN ADVANCE. 'CAUSE IT DOES BECOME A BIT MUCH FOR STAFF AND, AND THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TO ARRANGE. SO IF YOU CAN REACH OUT AND TRY TO GET IT MOVING ALONG, THEN WE CAN PICK IT UP. I HAVE A CONTACT WITH THE WOMAN WHO RUNS THE OLYMPIC FOUNDATION IN LONG BEACH, AND I'VE ALREADY CONNECTED HER WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LA UM, BUT SHE'S VERY ACTIVE AND IS IN CHARGE OF THE OLYMPIC FOUNDATION. SHE'S A YOUNG WOMAN AND I COULD REACH OUT TO HER IF YOU, IF THAT WOULD BE SOMEBODY YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN OR YOU'D RATHER HAVE AN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE THINKING, MARIA. EXACTLY. BUT, UM, LET'S TALK, [00:25:01] LET'S TALK, WE'LL TALK, WE'LL DISCUSS AMONGST OURSELVES. OKAY. AND I WOULD SAY, WHAT WOULD I SAY? WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY TO THAT? UM, JUST DO SOME FACT FINDING TO, LIKE WITH THIS PERSON, CAN SHE SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, ACTIVATIONS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS RELATED TO THE OLYMPICS? I MEAN, IT HAS TO BE IN OUR AREA. YEAH, SHE DEFINITELY, SHE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONER DONATO, SAP, UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FOLLOW UP REPORT FROM THE, UM, WOMEN FROM THE LONG BEACH FIREFIGHTER. UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, YES. WE TRIED TO GET THEM HERE THIS MONTH, BUT IT'S A BIT OF A TIME CRUNCH. SO YES, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL IN JUNE. THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND AS WELL. ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANTED TO SAY I MET ONE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS IN THE AMBULANCE I WAS IN. OH. AND, UH, WE HAD QUITE A GOOD TALK AND I TOLD HER WE'D GOTTEN HER A DRESSING ROOM, , SHE WAS VERY EXCITED. OKAY. JUST POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR OUR COMMISSION. WONDERFUL. OKAY. LET ME ALIGN MYSELF UP HERE WITH WHERE I'M AT. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? DID WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? OKAY. UM, IN THAT CASE, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO TAKE A VOTE. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CALL FOR THAT. RIGHT. DID WE NOT DO PUBLIC COMMENT? I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL IT JUST IN CASE. OKAY. LET'S DO THAT. UM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS IN PUBLIC, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IF ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE. SEEING NONE ON BOTH ENDS, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM THREE. OKAY, WONDERFUL. AND NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY OKAY, THEN MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE, UH, READ THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER FOUR [4. 26-55184 Recommendation to receive and file a report from current Ad Hoc Committees; discuss anticipated Ad Hoc Committees for upcoming projects; and, if appropriate, take action to dissolve or create Ad Hoc Committees.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES. DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION. WE NEED A SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE THAT. UM, SO NOW I NEED TO MOVE THROUGH THE VARIOUS AD HOCS FOR REPORTS. UM, WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? YOU CAN START THERE. MENTORSHIP. YEAH, BUT LET ME SAY I'M, THERE WAS PROBABLY A REPORT LAST TIME, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MIGHT BE REDUNDANT. I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TO ADD. YEAH. OKAY. WELL I'LL ADD IN. YEAH, FILL IN. OKAY. FILL IN STEPHANIE TOO IF YOU KNOW IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING. BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSE AFTER TWO YEARS, THE MENTORSHIP, UH, AND EDUCATION AD HOC IS VERY CLOSE TO HAVING A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN LONG BEACH. NOT, UM, IT'S NOT EXHAUSTIVE, BUT IT IS A LIST, UM, THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING WITH A, WHAT IS IT? WEBSITE DESCRIPTION AND, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. YEAH, WE, UM, HAD A PRETTY LONG LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS AND WE'RE NARROWING IT DOWN TO SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE MENTORSHIP TO, YOU KNOW, BOYS AS WELL, OR THEY'RE MORE BOY FOCUSED. WE GOT LIKE A REALLY BIG LIST. SO WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THOSE THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN LONG BEACH. AND, UM, WE'RE ALL TAKING A CHUNK OF THAT TO PUT LIKE SOME BASIC DESCRIPTIONS, CONTACT INFORMATION, ALL OF THAT. UM, WHICH WE WILL THEN PROVIDE TO STAFF AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA PUBLISH THAT AND THEN WE HOPE IT GROWS FROM THERE. YES. AND THEN JUST TO ADD TO THAT IN THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, UM, THAT MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT THEN WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OUT TO PRESENT TO OUR COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. UM, LET'S [00:30:01] SEE. WE HAVE THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AD HOC, I GUESS I CAN PROVIDE THAT UPDATE. UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE INITIAL DRAFT OF THE REPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED OR THEY'RE READY TO DISCUSS IT WITH US. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND A DATE AND ALIGNMENT TO HAVE THAT MEETING. SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS, I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROBABLY WAITING FOR US ON OUR AVAILABILITY, SO IF WE WANNA JUMP BACK INTO THAT THREAD, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT OR IS IT MM-HMM . NOT TIME FOR. OH, SO I THINK WE HAD KIND OF, I THINK WE HAD TOUCHED UPON THE IDEA OF HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE WORKING ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN LONG BEACH COMING TOGETHER. AND I'M WONDERING IF OUR COMMISSION COULD BE THE HOST FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS SAME GOAL. AND SO I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER TO, WELL, THAT IS WHAT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE IS. SO WHAT WE HAVE SORT OF SPONSORED AND ARE, OR SUGGESTED TO THEM, WHICH THEY'RE NOW WORKING ON WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH, RIGHT. IS THEY'RE ALL PULLING THEIR COLLECTIVE DATA SO THAT THEY CAN REPORT BACK ON, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT THE LANDSCAPE IS LIKE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE CITY. BUT IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING LIKE A, A FAIR OR SOMETHING ELSE. WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE THEY, I I, I'M PRETTY SURE WE'VE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE GROUPS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE, NOT TO MENTION THE, UM, COUNCILWOMEN IN DISTRICTS EIGHT AND NINE. SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THE GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER AND KIND OF TRIANGULATE THIS, THESE EFFORTS. MAYBE SOMETHING TO KIND OF WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE TASK FORCE IS. SO THE TASK FORCE IS, IT'S ALL THOSE GROUPS AND THEY MEET MONTHLY EVERY COUPLE MONTHS. YEAH. SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE DOING THAT WORK. YEAH. YEAH. SO OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE IS HOPING TO ELEVATE THEIR WORK BY, YOU KNOW, SPONSORING THIS REPORT AND THEN MAYBE, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT SAYS, WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT WOULD HELP UPLIFT THEIR WORK TOO. YEAH. UH, WHICH AD HOCS AM I MISSING THAT I NEED TO ASK FOR REPORTS FROM? I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. SAFETY. SAFETY, OKAY. CAN WE GET AN UPDATE FROM SAFETY, UM, FROM OUR LAST MEETING? UM, I BELIEVE WE, UH, DECIDED AS A GROUP TO SUNSET OUR, UM, CONFERENCE, I BELIEVE. UM, SORRY. YES. UH, TO TEMPORARILY SUNSET, OUR COMMITTEE IS, UH, LAST WEEK WE HAD A MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A, A TEMPORARY SUN SUNSET OF, OF OUR COMMITTEE. YOU WANNA DISCUSS, UH, THE REASONS BEHIND THAT, HELENA, YOU WANNA MENTION? UM, UM, I, I DON'T REALLY RECALL. SORRY. I'M SORRY. SHE DOESN'T RECALL. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT, WELL I'LL, YOU KNOW, JUMP IN MARIA. I MEAN, BUT, UH, PART OF THE REASON FOR, UH, THE SUNSET OF, UH, THIS COMMISSION OR THIS COMMITTEE IS TO HAVE, UM, WELL THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. PART OF IT IS, IS THE TRANSITION THAT IS HAPPENING, UH, WITHIN THE CITY. AND WE KNOW THAT OUR, OUR COMMITTEE MAY NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINITION IN TERMS, WE KNOW THAT THE FOCUS OF OUR, UH, UH, THE SAFETY, UH, AD HOC HAS BEEN THE, UH, CONFERENCE AND, AND WE STARTED OUT GUNGHO IN, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. I THINK WE TOOK ON JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE COULD CHEW. AND THAT TWO DAYS WAS JUST GONNA BE A, A BIT TOO MUCH. UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK, UM, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO MAYBE, UM, BETTER DEFINE, UM, THE, THE SAFETY AD HOC WHAT IT IS THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH WITHIN THE CONFERENCE ITSELF SO THAT WHEN WE BEGIN TO PLAN AND WE'RE, WE TALKED ABOUT JUST DOING A ONE DAY AS OPPOSED TO A, A TWO DAY, UH, CONFERENCE, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A, I GUESS A BETTER, UH, DIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHAT TO FOCUS IN TERMS OF SAFETY. 'CAUSE SAFETY IS A VERY BROAD ISSUE. AND SO, UM, SO THAT WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION. AND [00:35:01] I THINK WE WANT TO, UH, AWAIT ALSO WHILE THE TRANSITION IS HAPPENING ALSO WITH THE CITY BECAUSE, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES WITHIN THE CITY AND, UM, WE'RE NOT CERTAIN, UH, AS TO WHO IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, STAFFING SITUATION THAT, THAT, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE A CITY PERSON ON STAFF. SO, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S MULTIPLE REASONS I GUESS WHY WE'RE GONNA TEMPORARILY, UH, SUNSET THIS COMMITTEE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING ELSE, ALICE AND MARIA OR ALANA, I DUNNO IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S, I I THINK YOU HIT ALL THE POINTS. YEAH, ALICE, WELL, I KNOW YOU WERE NOT AT THE MEETING. I, I WASN'T, I WASN'T THERE. YEAH. . YEAH. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, I, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, UM, SOME OF THE, THE CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK AT OUR MEETING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA THANK ALANA FOR ALL HER WORK. 'CAUSE REALLY SHE, UH, PROVIDED A LOT OF GUIDANCE. AND PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE NEED TO CLARIFY WHEN WE TAKE ON AN ACTIVITY SUCH AS PUTTING ON TOGETHER A CONFERENCE, UH, WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF STAFF. UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE WERE, UM, TAKING ON A BIT TOO MUCH AND, AND OUR ROLE IS PRETTY MUCH TO COME UP WITH THE IDEAS, PRESENT THEM TO STAFF. AND STAFF IS THE ONE THAT, UH, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY CARRYING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTACTING INDIVIDUALS, CONTACTING FACILITIES, ALL OF THAT. SO THAT HAD TO BE CLARIFIED AND, AND THAT WAS PART OF, OF, UH, UM, THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD IN, IN DOING THIS. SO I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY, UM, ONCE WE, WE START OVER AGAIN, WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. AND SO FOR THE TIME BEING, UM, I AM RECOMMENDING AT LEAST A FOUR MONTH PAUSE ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE SO THAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY CAN GET THEIR BEARINGS, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE HAVING NEW STAFF LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT A COMMISSION. UM, I WILL LEAVE THAT TO OUR STAFF TO ALSO CONFIRM CAPACITY GIVEN THEY ARE GONNA BE ONE PERSON SHORT AND ALL OF OUR WORKLOAD WILL CONTINUE. UM, SO THAT IS PART OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SUNSET. AND I THINK JUST TO ADD ON TO THE CLARIFICATION AROUND ROLES, THE COMMITTEE ITSELF IS SHAPING THE VISION. THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTING AND, AND PLANNING, UH, THE DETAILS, THE LOGISTICS, ALL OF THAT. AND SO, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS NEXT TIME THAT THE GROUP RESUMES IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MAKING THIS, BRINGING THIS, UM, ACTIVITY TO LIFE. AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A VERY GOOD AND SOLID ROADMAP. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT ONE COME, COME TO FRUITION. GREAT. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS? WE HAVE ONE MORE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REPORT OUT, AND THAT WOULD BE RANK CHOICE VOTING. OH YES. RANK CHOICE VOTING. HOW'S THAT GOING? WELL, THANK YOU FOR ASKING . UM, IT'S, IT IS GOING VERY WELL AND WE'RE MEETING, AND WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW WITH, UM, THE, WHICH PERSON IS IT? WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM, JUST US AND CREATE OUR PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS MEETING WITH US. I COULD BE TOTALLY WRONG. OKAY. SO JEN AND I ARE MEETING FOR SURE TOMORROW. AND, UH, WE, WE ALREADY HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, THE WOMAN FROM, UH, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. AND SO NOW WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE COMMISSION. AND, UH, WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND, AND FEELING GOOD ABOUT, UH, PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT A SLIDE SHOW TOGETHER OR WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE DOING, OR A FEATURE LENGTH FILM, UH, WE'RE NOT SURE. I THINK STAFF ACTUALLY HAS A TEMPLATE FROM WOMEN'S, LIKE WHAT THEY DID FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT THEY CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE YOU WITH TO WORK OFF OF. OKAY. ARE YOU LOOKING AT PRESENTING IN JUNE OR JULY? JUNE. JUNE, FANTASTIC. OKAY. YEAH, I KNOW . UM, ANY OTHER, ANY, OKAY, WE'RE THROUGH ALL OF OUR AD HOCS. ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. I WAS JUST LOOKING BACK, I THINK THE LONG BEACH HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE IS HOLDING THEIR MEETING ON JUNE 5TH AT 9:30 AM SO THEY, I THINK THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR US TO CONFIRM. MAYBE WE SHOULD SAVE THE DATE WHILE WE'RE HERE. JUNE. YES. I DON'T KNOW IF MYSELF, IF I CAN MAKE IT BECAUSE OF WORK DURING WORK HOURS, BUT IF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN MAKE IT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO JUST SAY, LET'S DO IT. AND THEN, UM, IF A MAJORITY OF US ARE THERE, THAT'S OKAY. WAS THERE AN INVITATION OR [00:40:01] THERE WAS SENT TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? HUMAN TRAFFICKING. OKAY. YES. BUT THE ENTIRE COMMISSION IS INVITED. NO, NO, THIS IS OH, FOR THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE A QUORUM AND IT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT THE AD HOC COMMITTEES WORKING ON IT. YES. COURSE. SO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL GET THE INFORMATION AND THEN RELAY IT BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION. ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? NO. OKAY. . ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I, I JUST HAVE A THOUGHT AND THIS, I'M JUST TOSSING THIS OUT SINCE THE SAFETY AD HOC IS, YOU KNOW, ON PAUSE FOR THE TIME BEING, UM, WHEN IT RESUMES, I WONDER, JUST TOSSING THIS OUT, IF THE COMMISSION WOULD CONSIDER REPURPOSING INSTEAD OF DOING LIKE ONE CONFERENCE DOING PERIODIC WORKSHOPS OR TRAININGS ACROSS THE CITY, MY CONCERN WITH DOING A ONE DAY CONFERENCE AND MAKING IT AN ANNUAL AS THAT'S WHAT OUR HOPE IS, PEOPLE, NOT EVERYONE CAN MAKE IT. THERE'S A LOT OF LIMITATIONS WITH HAVING A SINGLE DAY AND I THINK IT, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE THE ENTIRE CITY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING PERIODICALLY, LIKE EVERY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, BUT HAVE IT ACROSS THE CITY. THAT WAY IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE MORE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING ON. SO JUST TOSSING THAT OUT. SOMETHING TO THINK OVER OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SAY I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WANT TO PUT MORE TIME AND THOUGHT INTO THAT SUGGESTION, MAYBE YOU COULD BRING IT BACK AND, AND SUGGEST A DIFFERENT AD HOC OR, OR MAKE A FIRMER RECOMMENDATION TO OR PRESENTATION. UM, BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL. GOT IT. CAN I, CAN I ASK ABOUT THAT? MM-HMM . I KNOW WE'RE ON SUNSET. UM, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THAT COMMITTEE TO MEET AND JUST, AND JUST DISCUSS WHAT MARIA, UM, TALKED ABOUT? IS THAT POSSIBLE OR IS IT NOT? SO IF YOU ALL VOTE TO DISSOLVE THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE TONIGHT, THEN NO, THAT GROUP SHOULD NOT BE MEETING. OKAY. IF YOU DECIDE TO FORM ANOTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THIS SCOPE OF QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY, THEN THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT VENUE, DIFFERENT DIALOGUE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE SPACE IN WHICH YOU COULD HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU. THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I MEANT BY MY SUGGESTION TOO, IS IF YOU MAYBE GO AWAY AND COME BACK NEXT MEETING FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, IF YOU WANNA SUGGEST A NEW AD HOC THAT IS SOMEHOW AROUND WORKSHOPS OR WHETHER IT'S QUARTERLY OR WHATEVER, JUST SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE, HAS A LITTLE MORE MM-HMM . HAS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL TO IT, THEN WE CAN MAYBE ESTABLISH A NEW AD HOC. COOL. OKAY. ANY FURTHER, DISCUSS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS? SEEING NONE IN THE ZOOM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FOUR. OKAY. IN WHICH CASE, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. SO BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE VOTE, I JUST WANTED TO FORMALLY OH YES, DO THE AMENDED MOTION TO DISSOLVE THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE. UM, DOES COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE AND COMMISSIONER MOSQUEDA AGREE WITH THIS AMENDMENT? YES. YES. THANK YOU. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE VOTE AS AMENDED. OKAY. YOU MISSING ANYBODY? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY IF, UM, TWO OF THE MEMBERS MEANT TO ABSTAIN OR DID YOU WANNA UPDATE YOUR VOTE AT THIS MOMENT? I, I WANT TO ABSTAIN. OKAY. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO NOW WE'RE MOVING TO NON-AG AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENT, I BELIEVE. IS THAT RIGHT MADAM CLERK? YES. OKAY. YES. SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL NOW TAKE UH, [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Commission for Women and Girls on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN PERSON ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE [00:45:01] LINE UP IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE. OKAY. SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTERS SEEING NO PARTICIPANTS IN THE ZOOM? THAT CONCLUDES NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE NOW MOVING [ANNOUNCEMENTS] TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS? OH, I THOUGHT YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD ONE. OKAY, . ALRIGHT, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH IS IN JUNE. WE'RE HAVING OUR ELECTIONS AGAIN FOR TREASURER AND CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND I AM TERMED OUT AS CHAIR. SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF NEXT TIME EVERYBODY, OR IF YOU TAKE THE NEXT MONTH TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LEADERSHIP POSITION ON THE COMMISSION. UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PREPARED TO VOTE. IT'S NOT SORT OF A FREE FOR ALL. AND THEN IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN, UM, THE POSITION OF CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR OR TREASURER, I'M SURE THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT THAT ENTAILS. SO THAT'S THE ANNOUNCEMENT. UH, AND SEEING NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS IF THERE IS NO, UH, OBJECTION, [ADJOURNMENT] I DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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