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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK MEETING TO ORDER FOR JUNE 11TH, 2026.
AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, REMEMBER TO USE YOUR MICROPHONES AND THE BUTTON IS UP HERE BY THE BENDY THING.
IT'S A TECHNICAL TERM, EVERYBODY.
THE BENDY THING, UH, IT'S NOT ON THE BOTTOM ON THE PLATFORM.
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MEMBER CARTER.
PRESENT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
I THINK THAT WAS MEMBER THOMAS WHO GAVE US THE, HERE FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
AND FOR THE RECORD MEMBERS, CARTER GORDON, PETERSON RUIZ AND TESS VA ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM.
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
MEETING OF THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2026.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SECOND.
MEMBER FAVE, UH, MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHEN IS THIS COMMISSIONER ABSENT? IS THAT ABSENT OR BEING EXCUSE? LET CONFIRM THAT NUMBER.
UM, WHERE ARE WE NOW? UH, OKAY.
WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE LINE UP IN FRONT THE MICROPHONE, WHICH I'M GUESSING WOULD BE THAT ONE UP AT THE PODIUM.
IF ANYBODY IS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'LL WALK UP TO THAT VERY BEAUTIFUL PORT OF LONG BEACH LECTER, AND YOU'LL SPEAK FROM THERE.
UM, SEEING NONE, UH, CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE IF I MAY.
MR. WHAT? CAN YOU CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION FOR ME? ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS IN A CONFERENCE AND I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT AT THE MEETING DUE TO WORK, UH, COMMIT MEN AND I SEE MYSELF AS ANINE INSTEAD OF AN EXCUSE.
WOULD YOU HAVE YOU AS EXCUSED FOR THAT MEETING? THANK YOU.
SO, SO FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, IF IT'S ABSENT, IT COULD BE EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED ABSENCE.
YOU JUST PUT EVERYBODY AS ABSENT OR DO WE MARK IT AS EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED? WE MARK IT AS EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED IN THE ALSO PRESENT SECTION OF THE MINUTES.
CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
DID YOU RECEIVE THE, DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? IF YOU DID, YOU CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE THAT BE, YEAH, IF YOU REVIEW THEM, IF YOU REVIEW THE MINUTES, YOU ARE FINE TOO.
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE REMOVAL OF MEMBER MADRID, WHO NO LONGER MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THEIR CATEGORICAL C DUE TO CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT.
AND WHO HAS ACCUMULATED THREE CONSECUTIVE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES.
AND JUST A PUBLIC SERVICE REMINDER.
PLEASE SILENCE ALL YOUR CELL PHONES.
SO WE HAVE A DECORUM IN THE MEETING.
UM, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO, MOTION BY MEMBER COLE RUBIUS.
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BY MEMBER RUSSELL.UM, MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, I'M SORRY, I'M ON THE WRONG ITEM.
UH, I A DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
UH, NO DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
UNLESS MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, PLEASE COME TO THE BEAUTIFUL PORT OF LONG BEACH, TER AMERICA'S BEST BOARD.
UH, SEEING NONE, UM, MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? THIRD, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
JUST A QUICK REMINDER TO USE YOUR MICROPHONES PLEASE SO THE AUDIO CAN PICK UP.
MEMBER GOMEZ, MEMBER HALL, MEMBER OT MEMBER RUSSELL MEMBER HALL IS NOW HERE.
APPROVED MEMBER THOMAS APPROVED VICE CHAIR QUO APPROVED CHARLA BAR APPROVED.
UH, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.
RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW PLAN OPTIONS FOR THE 2026 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
AND IF APPROPRIATE, APPROVE THE 2026 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GOALS PLAN.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION OF A SECOND.
SORRY, I DIDN'T ASK FOR, BUT, UM, STAFF MAY.
MAY WE PLEASE HAVE A PRESENTATION? THANK YOU CHAIR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING WRONG HERE.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, JOSEPH RENOS.
HE IS ONE OF OUR FELLOWS HERE, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOWS HERE AT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND HE'S ACTUALLY AS A YOUTH MEMBER, HE'S ACTUALLY GONNA PROVIDE THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.
MY NAME IS JOSEPH MOR GOZA, AS I MENTIONED, I'M LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOW.
I AM PLACED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, SPECIFICALLY IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND TODAY I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING A PROPOSAL ABOUT THE YOUTH VOICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT ABOUT THE PRESENTATION, UH, IT IS FOCUSED ON THE COMMITTEE TYPE.
UH, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK, BUT THE MAIN POINT OF THE PRESENTATION IS THE COMMITTEE TYPE, AN OVERVIEW.
I'LL BE GIVING SOME BACKGROUND HOW THIS ALIGNS WITH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
UM, THE, I'LL BE PROPOSING THE THREE OPTIONS.
UH, SEQUENTIAL BOARD ACTION, THE BYLAW AMENDMENTS, UH, FOLLOWED BY SUN RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, BY OTHER LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOWS.
AND THEN I'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS.
UH, FOR BACKGROUND, UH, THE CURRENT LEGISLATION IS RE OA, WHICH IS THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT.
UH, AND THAT CURRENTLY DOES NOT, UM, REQUIRE, UH, LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD TO HAVE A YOUTH FOCUS COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT THE, UH, PROCEEDING LEGISLATION, THE WIA WORKFORCE INNOVATION ACT, IT DID REQUIRE IT.
SO, UM, NONETHELESS, THERE IS A GROWING NEED TO INCORPORATE YOUTH PERSPECTIVES, UH, IN DECISION MAKING.
IT LEADS TO AUTHENTIC INSIGHT, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTION, AS WELL AS LONG-TERM IMPACTS, BOTH ON PROGRAM SIDE AND FOR THE YOUTH.
UH, THE GOALS OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE YOUTH INFORMED OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENT, STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT, AND, UH, PROGRAM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION AND FEEDBACK LOOP.
UH, NEXT, MOVING INTO HOW THIS ALIGNS WITH THE LOCAL BOARD, UH, UM, I'VE OUTLINED IT ACCORDING, UH, TO THE BYLAW.
SO IN RECITAL IT TALKS ABOUT THE LOCAL BOARD AND HOW IT SHOULD PROMOTE EFFECTIVE OUTCOMES.
BY INCORPORATING YOUTH VOICES, IT'S GONNA HELP LEAD TO MORE EFFECTIVE OUTCOMES BECAUSE IT IS CREATING A SPACE FOR THE BOARD IS PRIORITIZED AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE A PART OF THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
AND THE MISSION, IT TALKS ABOUT DEVELOPING STRATEGIES AND BEING INNOVATIVE.
UH, YOUTH ARE KNOWN TO BE INNOVATIVE.
UH, THEY QUESTION OUTDATED SYSTEMS, CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO AND JUST BRING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
UH, IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH GOAL NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS TO MAKE THE SYSTEM MORE RESPONSIVE TO LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
UH, YOUTH ARE BOTH, UH, CURRENT AND FUTURE WORKFORCE.
SO INCORPORATING THEIR PERSPECTIVE ALLOWS MORE EQUITABLE AND ROBUST PROGRAMS. UH, NEXT THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST OPTION, WHICH IS TO CREATE A STANDING
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COMMITTEE.THIS WOULD BE A FORMAL ADVISORY BODY, WHICH WOULD INSTITUTIONALIZE THE YOUTH VOICES.
UH, YOUTH WOULD BE REC, UH, FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UH, THAT ALSO ALLOWS FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND JUST INCORPORATING YOUTH VOICES BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A FORMAL BODY, UM, WHICH, UH, AVOIDS TOKENISM OF THE YOUTH.
IT ALSO IS GONNA HAVE STRUCTURED PROCEDURES AND IT WILL EXPOSE YOU TO CIVIC PROCEDURES.
SOME DRAWBACKS IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE BROWN ACT AND THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS WITH ADDITIONAL STAFFING.
UH, THE SECOND OPTION IS TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND JUST IN CASE ANYONE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS, IT'S BASICALLY A COMMITTEE THAT IS CHARTERED FOR A SPECIFIC OR TAILORED PURPOSE AND IS DISSOLVED ONCE THAT PURPOSE IS MET.
SO SUPPOSED OF THIS IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITH MEETING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THEY COULD BE ON ZOOM PHONE CALLS IN PERSON.
UM, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THE BROWN APP.
UM, AS MENTIONED, IT WOULD HAVE A TAILORED PURPOSE.
SO FOR EACH TIME IT'S UM, CHARTERED, IT'S GONNA HAVE THAT SAT PURPOSE WITH A FOCUS ON YOU.
AND THEN IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEMBERS TO ROTATE, UH, THROUGH THE COMMITTEE.
UM, SOME DRAWBACKS OF IT IS THERE'S NO FORMAL RECOGNITION FOR YOU.
UM, AND BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE IS CONTINUOUSLY DISSOLVING AFTER IT'S MET THE PURPOSE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY
SO THAT COULD CREATE SOME PROBLEMS WITH CONTINUITY AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MEANT FOR LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS.
UH, THE THIRD OPTION IS TO NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE, BUT TO TRY AND INCORPORATE OURSELVES INTO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT'S HELD IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE INFO ON THAT SLIDE IS WRONG, BUT, UH, BASICALLY THE PROS OF IT IS THAT THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL DOES HAVE A DIVERSE PERSPECTIVE.
THERE'S ABOUT ONE, UH, YOUTH SERVING PER COUNCIL DISTRICT WITH SOME DISTRICT HAVING UP TO TWO BECAUSE THERE'S 11, UH, YOUTH RIGHT NOW ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, ANOTHER PRO IS THAT IT WOULDN'T NEED ANY STAFFING ON LB WINS PARK BECAUSE IT IS HELD IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SOME DROP BACKS OF IT IS THAT THE YOUTH AREN'T PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, AND THERE ARE JUST POTENTIAL COORDINATION PROBLEMS BECAUSE IT IS HELD IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, UP NEXT I WOULD HAVE THE SEQUENTIAL BYLAW AMENDMENTS, DEPENDING ON WHICH COMMITTEE IS ESTABLISHED.
UM, FOLLOWED WITH BOARD ACTIONS.
SO IF OPTION ONE WAS APPROVED, IT WOULD BE THE SANDY YOUTH VOICE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
UH, SECTION 12 OF THE BYLAWS COMMITTEES ONE A.
YOU WOULD RENAME THAT COMMITTEE TO YOUTH VOICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THE CHAIR WOULD HAVE TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE CHAIR, FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTION, AND ALSO A VICE CHAIR.
AND THEN AN OFFICIAL CHARTER WOULD NEED TO BE DEVELOPED, UM, FOR OPTION TWO, WHICH IS TO ESTABLISH YOUTH VOICE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, THE SECTION 12 COMMITTEES.
THERE'S A CURRENTLY A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT'S ON THERE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND THEN NO OTHER BYLAW AMENDMENTS WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE BOARD ALREADY HAS THE NECESSARY POWER TO ESTABLISH AD HOC COMMITTEES.
UH, FOR THE THIRD OPTION, VERY SIMILAR TO THE AD HOC OPTION, UH, JUST YOU WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THAT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FROM SECTION 12 COMMITTEES OF THE BYLAWS.
UH, NEXT, UH, NEXT I'M GONNA, UH, HAVE SOME OF MY OTHER LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE SCORE FELLOWS GIVE THIRD PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS.
SO FIRST I'LL BE ASKING ASHLEY RICHARDS TO COME UP.
SHE'LL INTRODUCE HERSELF, GIVE, HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN I'LL HAVE THE NEXT FELLOW COME UP.
MY NAME IS ASHLEY RICHARDS ELLO FOR THE, JUST, JUST SORRY FOR CLARIFICATION.
OR IS THIS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT OR IS THIS PART OF THE STAFF PRESENTATION? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE PROPER PROTOCOL.
ADAM CLERK, I BELIEVE THIS IS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
I WASN'T SURE, BUT KEEP GOING.
AND JOSEPH, FANTASTIC JOB BY THE WAY.
I AM A MEET PUBLIC SERVICE COURT FELLOW IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE OPTION ONE.
UH, THE NEXT FELLOW I'LL BE HAVING COME UP TO GIVE THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS FRANCISCO LOPEZ MOREOS AND THEN FOLLOWED BY CARLOS LOPEZ.
SO YOU GUYS COME UP HERE PLEASE.
MY NAME IS FRANCISCO LOPEZ MORELOS.
I'M ALSO AL WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND MY, UM, WIFE WITH, UH, ASHLEY'S TO APPROVE OPTION ONE.
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GOOD MORNING.I'M WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT
THANK YOU TO THE OTHER FELLOWS.
UH, ALONG WITH THEM, MY OPTION IS ALSO TO APPROVE OPTION ONE.
I JUST LIKE THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE I THINK IT ALLOWS FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF HAVING YOUTH INCORPORATED BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A FORMAL ADVISORY BODY.
BUT IN TERMS OF MY PRESENTATION, THAT DOES CONCLUDE IT.
AND I'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS IF THERE.
UH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE SUCH, SUCH A, UH, HOW DO I PUT THIS? QUALIFIED AND CAPABLE YOUNG LEADERS COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, SO MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR STAFF ON THE PRESENTATION? UM, I KNOW WITH THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT W ONE OPERATES, THE AGE RANGE CHANGES SLIGHTLY.
WHAT ARE WE THINKING FOR THE AGE RANGE OF ANY OF THESE OPTIONS? IS IT THE 14 TO 24? IS JUST WONDERING ABOUT LIKE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EACH AGE RANGE? THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, YEAH, SO BECAUSE WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE UNDER WEA, IT WOULD FALL INTO THE WEA AGE RANGE PRIMARILY, WHICH IS 14 TO 24.
AND THEN JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, WHAT WOULD THE, LIKE WHAT AUTHORITY WOULD THEY HAVE, IF ANY? WOULD IT JUST BE ADVISING OUR GROUP OR OUR BOARD ON DIFFERENT ITEMS OR WOULD THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AUTHORITY GIVEN TO THEM THROUGH THE S WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS, AS WE DECIDE, AS THE BOARD DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION AROUND THAT.
UM, IT, THE INITIAL THOUGHT I BELIEVE WAS JUST, IT WOULD BE MORE OF AN ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH SUPPORT FROM BOARD MEMBERS HERE, THAT'S PART OF THE FIRST, UM, AND THE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY, AS WE DEVELOP THIS COUNCIL, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE PARAMETERS AROUND WHAT AUTHORITY WE MAY PROVIDE.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY IT'S IN THE NAME ADVISORY IS RIGHT IN THE NAME.
AND TYPICALLY ADVISORY MEANS THEY WOULD BE BRINGING THINGS BACK TO THE FULL BOARD, UM, TO MAKE ANY FORMAL, UH, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION OR, OR, OR VOTE ON THINGS TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE MY TAKEAWAY.
I THINK THAT'S HOW ALL OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND STANDING COMMITTEES OPERATE.
EVERYTHING HAS TO COME BACK TO THE FULL BOARD.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SINGLE COMMITTEE THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE BOARD I MADE THAT HAS UNILATERAL AUTHORITY TO JUST, TO JUST MAKE A DECISION.
EVERYTHING COMES TO THE BOARD FOR RATIFICATION IF NOTHING ELSE, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, THE WAY I READ A LITTLE BIT OF THE BYLAWS THOUGH, ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS SET UP, THERE WAS SOME LEVEL OF AUTHORITY, I BELIEVE PROVIDED TO THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING THERE'S, IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN THIS BOARD SAYING WE WANNA GIVE SOME LEVEL OF AUTHORITY, WE CAN DO IT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UM, THE YOUTH COMMITTEE AS WELL.
BUT, UM, TO YOUR POINT CHAIR, YES, UH, THE INTENT IS FOR IT TO BE AN ADVISORY BOARD.
SO IF WHAT WE WANT IS JUST TO CREATE THE COUNCIL SO THAT IT COMES BACK AND PROVIDES US RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT IS THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? SEEING NONE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO.
SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, MEMBERS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, THIS IS WHERE I TAKE CHAIR'S PREROGATIVE THEN.
UM, FIRST I THINK IT'S AWESOME THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR YOUTH ENGAGED.
UH, I THINK WE TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT IN OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT I KNOW SEVERAL OF US AROUND THE TABLE WERE AT THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, WORKFORCE ASSOCIATE, WHATEVER, THE ONE WE WENT TO BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND, AND A BIG PART OF THE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT YOUTH AND TRAINING AND WHAT THE WORLD LOOKS LIKE IN FIVE YEARS AND 10 YEARS AND SO ON.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY ADMIRABLE THAT A, WE HAVE YOUTH, UH, IN THE CITY WHO ARE COMING THROUGH THESE CHANNELS LIKE THE MAYOR REX RECORD, RE, REX RICHARDSON, PUBLIC SERVICE CORE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
UH, AND I ALSO THINK IT'S GREAT TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE MANY OF US CAN SIT HERE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK THE WORLD SHOULD LOOK LIKE FOR TOMORROW'S WORKFORCE.
BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THEIR INPUT.
'CAUSE IT ALSO HELPS CREATE UNDERSTANDING ON OUR
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SIDE AND BUY-IN AND MY OPINION FOR A DIRECTION FORWARD.SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING AGAIN.
JOSEPH, YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB UP THERE.
UH, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU DO THAT EVERY DAY BECAUSE YOU SEEM SO CALM AND COLLECTED.
UM, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAD A SLIDE THAT WASN'T PERFECT, THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO ADAPT TO IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU YOUR KUDOS 'CAUSE YOU'VE EARNED THEM AND I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD GIVE AROUND APPLAUSE.
AND I WANNA THANK ALL THE OTHER YOUTH THAT SHOWED UP AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GAVE YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR FUTURE.
UM, I'LL OPEN IT BACK UP FOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS.
OKAY, MEMBER RUSSELL, I JUST WANT TO SECOND THAT.
AND I, I WANNA POINT OUT I'M CONNECTED WITH ASHLEY, UH, RICHARDSON.
HER DAD ALSO HAS THE COOLEST NAME FOR A GUY, COURTNEY AS WELL.
SO
I'M ASKING MADAM CLERK WHAT WE ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REVIEW THE PLAN OPTIONS.
SO THEN, SO THEN FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE REVIEWING THEM AND RECEIVING AND FILING AND COMING BACK WITH A FORMAL OR
UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN, UM, APPROVE THE FOLDS.
IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR CHOOSE ANYTHING, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION.
I THINK I JUST GOT CONFUSED AS OPPOSED TO CLARITY, SIR.
SO THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION AS IT IS, IS TO APPROVE, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CHANGES OR CHOOSE ONE, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION.
SO IF I HEAR CORRECTLY, THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS THAT WE ARE APPROVING THE STRUCTURE FRAMEWORK OPTIONS THAT CAME TO US, BUT NOT ANY SPECIFIC ONE.
AND IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SPECIFIC ONE, WE CAN DO THAT HERE SINCE IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM.
BUT WE'D HAVE TO RE MAKE A MOTION.
YES, YOU THE MO UH, MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW IS TO REVIEW THE OPTIONS AND THEN APPROVE.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEVIATE FROM THAT, THEN WE WOULD NEED AN AMENDED MOTION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE COULD, BECAUSE BROWN ACT SOMETIMES LETS YOU MOVE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND OTHER TIMES MAKES YOU COME BACK A WHOLE MEETING LATER AND DO THAT STUFF.
SO, UM, THE CURRENT MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO ESSENTIALLY, UM, RECEIVE AND FILE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REVIEW OF THIS FRAMEWORK.
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING SPECIFIC, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN, EITHER RIGHT NOW WITH AN AMENDED MOTION OR AT A MEETING IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT COMES DOWN TO YOU AS THE BOARD AGAIN.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE A MOTION AS CHAIR, BUT WE CAN EITHER TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN NEXT MONTH AND, AND COME BACK WITH A FORMAL ONE.
AGREE WITH THE
WE CAN PROBABLY SORT THIS OUT RIGHT NOW AND MOVE FORWARD WITH OPTIONS ONE, TWO, OR THREE.
IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION, I'D, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMEND MOTION.
AND WHO MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION? MEMBER THOMAS.
SO, SO CAN WE DO THIS AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION OF MEMBER THOMAS? WE'LL ACCEPT IT OR DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND THEN, UH, HAVE A, I'M THINKING ABOUT ROBERT'S RULES HERE, BUT WE DO, WE DO SOME VARIATIONS.
SO YOU CAN, IF IT IS TO APPROVE, THEN WE CAN MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
MEMBER THOMAS, WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FROM MEMBER FAVE? YES.
AND THEN DO WE NEED THE SECONDER TO ALSO AGREE TO IT? OKAY, PERFECT.
SO THERE'S A NEW MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FRAMEWORK AROUND OPTION ONE.
SO THIS WOULD THEN GO BACK TO STAFF, RIGHT? AND YOU COME FORWARD WITH THAT FRAMEWORK AND SO ON, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO TO SEE IT FORWARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE NEW MOTION SEEING ON MADAM CLERK? TAKE THE VOTE.
MEMBER
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APPROVED.APPROVED MEMBER RUSSELL APPROVAL MEMBER SAVAGE, APPROVED MEMBER SMITH, MEMBER THOMAS VICE CHAIR QUO APPROVED.
AND CHARLOTTE LAB BAR APPROVED MOTION IS APPROVED AS A METHOD, RIGHT? AND WE'RE DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM SIX AND THEN COME BACK TO FOUR AND FIVE.
UM, WE FIGURE OUT SOME PRESENTATION THINGS.
SO, UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE NEXT THREE.
ITEM SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION ON THE PRO PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES, INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES PROVIDING ACCESS TO ADULT DISLOCATED WORKER AND YOUTH WITH EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION TRAINING, PAID WORKFORCE CORRECTION, PAID WORK EXPERIENCE, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND CAREER PATHWAY ACTIVITIES.
ELI, I THINK YOU HAVE THE STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS CHAIR.
BARR, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION? OH YEAH, I'M SORRY, I JUMPED RIGHT TO ELI.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX? SO MOTION BY MEMBER FORD.
WE HAVE A VERY, UH, IMPACT REPORT HERE, BUT I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AS YOU WILL ALL NOTICE THAT THE, THE FOCUS TODAY IS PRIMARILY ON OUR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS OR YOUTH WORKFORCE PROGRAMS THAT IS INTENTIONAL.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, UH, TAKING PLACE AND WRAPPING UP, ESPECIALLY AS WE ENTER THE SUMMER PERIOD.
SO, UH, THE FIRST UPDATE IS ONE THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU, AND THAT IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR NEW CAREER SERVICES SUPERVISOR.
UH, WE ARE HERE TO, UH, ANNOUNCE THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF YEE EDWARDS AS A NEW CAREER SERVICES SUPERVISOR STAND UP.
SO, UH, YME HAS, UM, JOINED US AFTER, UH, 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ADVANCED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING, UH, SOME YEARS HERE AT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ACROSS A FEW OTHER DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING PARKS OF REC, AND MOST RECENTLY WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MORE SPECIFICALLY THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, WHERE A FEW OF US GOT A CHANCE TO WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH HER IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUTURES.
FIRST, UH, SHE COMES WITH A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE, UH, LOTS OF ENERGY OR FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND, UH, EXCITEMENT ON, UH, WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO TAKE NEXT WITH OUR, UH, YOUTH WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. I DO WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO, IF THAT'S OKAY, Y TO SHARE, UH, A FEW WORDS.
WE DO THE NEXT MEETING WE GET WALKUP MUSIC,
I KNOW THERE'S A BIO IN THE AGENDA ALREADY, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WESTON, YOU SAID EARLIER SOMETHING THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THE CHANNELS AND MOVING THROUGH PATHWAYS INTO LEADERSHIP.
AND I JUST WANNA SHARE, ELI MENTIONED ALREADY WHEN I DID START IN 2014 AT THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, INITIALLY WORKING IN PROGRAMS, THEN DIRECTING AND LEADING PROGRAMS. AND MOST RECENTLY I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED, AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM AND TO BE JOINING, UM, THE NETWORK AND THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING TO, UH, WORKING WITH YOU ALL CLOSER.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU TOO.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SERVICE FOR, BUT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE KEN GONZALEZ AND OUR TEAM OF PUBLIC, UH, SERVICE CORE FELLOWS, I DO WANT SHARE THAT WE ARE, UH, THE APPLICATION FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE FOUR, COHORT FOUR JUST WAS ANY CLOSE THIS WEEK.
WE GOT OVER 250 APPLICATIONS, SO LOTS OF, UH, EXCITEMENT AND INTEREST FOR THAT PROGRAM.
ALSO, BEHIND THE SCENES, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY FOUR SHIFTS IN THE WAY THAT WE IMPLEMENT AND, UH, FORTE THE PROGRAM.
UM, MOST, UH, NOTABLY WE HAVE MOVED THE PROGRAM FROM BEING A, UM, KIND OF INTERNAL PARTICIPANT BASED PROJECT.
WE'RE NOW THE PARTICIPANTS, FORMER PARTICIPANTS NOW
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COULD BE, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES WILL BE, THEY HAD TO APPLY USING THE CITY'S NEO GOVTHEY WILL BE ONBOARDED USING THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN CLASSIFICATION AND LOTS OF BENEFITS AROUND THAT, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THEY, UH, WILL NOW BE ABLE TO, UH, COMPETE FOR INTERNAL, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WORK, UH, AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF HOURS BEFORE THEY WERE LIMITED OR RESTRICTED TO THE A DP, UH, RESTRICTIONS, WHICH WAS AROUND OR NO MORE THAN 900.
UM, NOW THEY COULD, UH, BY DESIGN WILL LIKELY GO UP TO A THOUSAND HOURS, WHICH WILL THEN ALSO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR SEVERAL, UM, LOCAL HIRE BENEFITS THROUGH THE, UH, JOS FIRST, JOS FIRST, SORRY, THE WHATEVER BECAME OF MEASURE JB AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UH, DIRECTION AND THE SUPPORT AND THE COORDINATION THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING THROUGH OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE BEEN VERY CRITICAL IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
UH, WITH THAT SAID, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CANDY TO, UM, UH, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR FELLOWS FROM COHORT THREE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY INTRODUCE YOU TO, UH, THEM DIRECTLY AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THEIR, UH, I WAS JUST BUYING TIME HERE UNTIL CANDY MADE UP HERE.
AS ELI SAID, MY NAME IS CANDY GONZALEZ.
I AM A YOUTH CAREER SPECIALIST AT THE LBY YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER AND LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND I HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.
SO I'M VERY, UM, PROUD TO SEE ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR YOUTH WORKFORCE.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE SOME FELLOWS IN COHORT THREE OF LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS HERE TODAY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP TO THE PODIUM TO SHARE THEIR, UM, EXPERIENCES, SUCCESS, AND HOW LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED THEM.
AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START FIRST WITH JOSEPH WHO, UH, PRESENTED EARLIER TODAY.
JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT, MY NAME IS JOSEPH ZA.
I AM A PART OF LAW REPUBLIC SERVICE CORPS.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M ALSO A RECENT GRADUATE FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH, WHERE I GOT MY BACHELOR'S IN BUSINESS ECONOMICS WITH A MINOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.
UH, THERE I WAS ABLE TO BECOME A CO-FOUNDER OF THE COCB SALSA CLUB, AND I ALSO, WHERE I SERVED AS TREASURER AND PRESIDENT OF IT.
UH, BEING PART OF LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS HAS HELPED ME GROW MY NETWORK, PUSHED MYSELF TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES AND MAKE ME REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT COMMUNITY IS.
RECENTLY I STARTED TEACHING SALSA, UH, A NEW ART CENTER THAT'S OPENING UP ON FOURTH STREET AND LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS HELPED PREPARE ME FOR THIS THROUGH LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS, INCREASING MY ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND BUILDING MY COMFORTABILITY WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING.
UH, NEXT STEPS FOR ME ARE STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAIN.
I DO LOVE SCHOOL, BUT I AM TAKING A GAP YEAR AS I FOCUS IN ON HONING WHAT I WANT FOR MY FUTURE EDUCATION.
UH, HOWEVER, I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO PROGRAMS SUCH AS, UH, A MASTER'S IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, OR A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC POLICY.
ALL IN ALL, THIS EXPERIENCE IS INVALUABLE AND HAS TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTED MY LIFE.
AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S HELPED WORK TO CREATE THIS PROGRAM.
AND NOW I'LL HAVE ASHLEY RICHARDS COME TO THE STAND.
I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU TO MR.
I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT THE AMI PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOWSHIP COHORT THREE.
AS WE APPROACH 11 MONTHS INTO THE FELLOWSHIP, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT THIS EXPERIENCE HAS IMPACTED AND SHAPED MY LIFE IN MORE WAYS THAN I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.
I RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH LAST SPRING WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
DURING MY SENIOR YEAR, I INTERNED WITH LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTWIDE, FOLLOWED BY AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
AND THESE EXPERIENCES LED ME DIRECTLY TO THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOWSHIP, WHERE I WAS CHOSEN TO SERVE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
FROM MY VERY FIRST WEEK, I WAS TRUSTED WITH MEANINGFUL RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING CREATING A PRESENTATION FOR THE 2026 WINTER OF OLYMPICS WATCH PARTY.
I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 1984 US OLYMPIC TORCH, WHERE I PASSED IT ACROSS MOTON BEACH.
THROUGHOUT THIS FELLOWSHIP, MY PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE HAS CONTINUED TO GROW.
I'VE TAKEN THE LEAD ON CREATING PROCLAMATIONS AND CERTIFICATES FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, POST GOVERNMENT DAYS FOR LOCAL, LOCAL STUDENTS, AND HELP PLAN MAJOR COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS YOUTH DAY AND THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD SUMMIT.
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MATERIALS, DRAFTED LETTERS, INCLUDING ONE FOR FIRSTTHIS FELLOWSHIP HAS NOT ONLY STRENGTHENED MY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, BUT IT HAS ALSO PREPARED ME FOR THE WORKFORCE AND MEANINGFUL WAYS.
I'VE DEVELOPED STRONGER COMMUNICATION SKILLS, LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKING, ENHANCED MY PROFESSIONAL PRESENCE AND VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE WORKPLACE ETIQUETTE.
AND ADDITIONALLY, I LEARNED HOW TO NAVIGATE PLATFORMS SUCH AS LINKEDIN AND BUILD A STRONG COMPETITIVE RESUME.
AS I LOOK AHEAD, I'M WORKING TOWARD MY GOAL, BECOMING A LAWYER.
I'M INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR THE VISION, DEDICATION, AND SUPPORT THAT MADE THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE.
IT HAS CREATED OPPORTUNITIES NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR SO MANY OTHERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE, PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS LIKE THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE SUPPORT FELLOWSHIP.
AND NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO FRANCISCO.
UH, AS A FELLOW, I DO MY WORK WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT, UH, AS A WEB ADMIN INTERN, JUST TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME HISTORY BY MYSELF.
UH, I FIRST STARTED WORKING, UH, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE PART OF THE WORKFORCE.
I, YOU KNOW, MADE MY MONEY AND REALLY GET THINGS STARTED.
UM, EVENTUALLY I TRANSFERRED OVER TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY WHERE I DID HAVE TO STOP WORKING FOR A BRIEF PERIOD JUST TO KIND OF CATCH UP ON THINGS.
UM, AND WHAT I DECIDED TO FOCUS ON WHEN GOING TO UNIVERSITY WAS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
IN MAY, 2025, I ENDED UP GRADUATING WITH MY DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
AND AT FIRST I WASN'T REALLY TOO SURE WHAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON, BUT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE GRADUATING, I EVENTUALLY CAME THROUGH THE CONCLUSION THAT I REALLY, UH, APPRECIATED WEBSITES AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON.
UM, SO WITH THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, UH, A PART OF THE CITY WEBSITE, UM, LIKE ACCESSIBILITY, UH, REMEDIATION FORCE IN ORDER TO, UH, COMPLETE THE, UM, A DA COMPLIANCE DEADLINE SET BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
UM, THAT COMPLETELY CHANGED MY ENTIRE PERSPECTIVE ON THE WAY WEBSITES WORK AND THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD BE OPTIMIZED.
UH, WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY I REALLY DID APPRECIATE LIKE THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, UM, STRATEGIES THAT CAME INTO PLACE.
UH, NOW I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW, UH, MAYBE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, USING LIKE A SCREEN READER, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT BEFORE WAS HOW PEOPLE WOULD LIKE GET THAT CONTENT AND RECEIVE THAT CONTENT.
UM, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING.
AND IT REALLY OPENED, UM, REALLY NEW LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT, UH, COMES NEXT AND HOPEFULLY, UM, IT ALIGNS WITH, UM, WITH MY DEGREE IN MY CAREER.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE CARLA.
UH, MY NAME IS CARLA LOPEZ AND I RECENTLY GRADUATED MY MASTER'S IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
MY JOURNEY TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE COMMITMENT TO SERVE IN THE COMMUNITY BEGAN DECADES AGO, THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY IN THE SMALL CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY OF EL SALVADOR, WHERE MY FAMILY WAS FORCED TO MAKE A DIFFICULT DECISION TO PLAY THE COUNTRY.
THEY WERE FORCED TO LEAVE BEHIND THEIR FAMILY, THEIR FRIENDS, AND THE FUTURE THEY ONCE THOUGHT AWAITED THEM.
GROWING UP, THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS SHAPED A PERSPECTIVE IN WHICH I VIEW LIFE AND SHAPED THE EXPERIENCES OF THE WORLD AROUND ME.
IT OPENED MY EYES TO THE STRUGGLES OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND THE SACRIFICES THEY HAD TO ENDURE IN ORDER TO GIVE THEIR FAMILIES WHERE THE FUTURE.
IT'S WHY WHEN I TRANSFERRED TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH, I TOOK AS MANY CLASSES ONLINE IN AMERICA AS I COULD IN ORDER TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THE REGION AND WHAT LED TO THE THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE ENGAGED IN THE UNITED STATES LIKE MINE.
DURING MY LAST SEMESTER, MY SENIOR YEAR, I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERN WITH THE
AND DURING MY TIME WITH THEM, I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT SURVEY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.
I WANTED TO GIVE A VOICE TO THOSE WHO FELT UNSEEN AND UNHEARD.
WHEN I GRADUATED WITH MY BA IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, I DECIDED TO ONCE AGAIN RETURN TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH FOR MY MASTER'S IN POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH A CONCENTRATION IN GLOBAL POLITICS AND A MINOR IN LAW
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POLICY AND POLITICS.IT WAS IN GRAD SCHOOL, THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC FOR A MY
AND I'VE BEEN PLACED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY, I THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
AND NOT ONLY DO I GET TO SERVE THE GREATER COMMUNITY OF LONG BEACH, BUT ALONG WITH MY AMAZING SUPERVISOR
IN MY TIME AS A FELLOW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST EOP
AND MOST RECENTLY FACILITATING A, A SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN SPANISH.
SO THANKFUL TO BE INCLUDED AND CONTINUE TO LEARN ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
BACK IN FAVOR, I ATTENDED THE FUNDERS BRIEFING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH L BW AND A CHANGE THEIR FOUNDATION.
AND HEARING SUCCESS STORIES AND OUTCOMES SERVED DOESN'T REALLY MATTER OF HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK AT LBW IS.
IT'S ALSO REWARDING TO BE ABLE TO USE MY VOICE AND MY SKILLS TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND BE PART OF A TEAM THAT IS BOOTS ON THE GROUND DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
I WITNESS FIRSTHAND HOW THE TEAM AT LB ONE WORKS HARD TO HELP, HELP AND SUPPORT THE FELLOW HAS GROW, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY.
I'LL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL TO MAYOR RUS RICHARDSON AND EVERYONE AT THE LB AT LB W BOTH ON THE YOUTH SIDE AND THE ADULT SIDE WHO HAVE MADE THIS OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE FOR ME.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF, UH, EXCITEMENT, CONFIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK HERE AT THE PODIUM, SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
UM, AND AS YOU ALL HEARD, THESE WERE JUST OF SOME SUCCESS STORIES, UM, INSPIRATION STORIES FROM A COHORT THREE OF LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS, AND WE ARE INVITED TO, UH, CONTINUE THIS LEGACY PROGRAM.
JUST, JUST QUICKLY BEFORE YOU GO, ELI, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THE YOUTH THAT, AND IT SUPER IMPRESSIVE, RIGHT? AND, AND IT GOES BACK TO A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED, UM, AROUND THE TABLE.
BUT LONG BEACH DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB OF CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THE ONLY REASON THAT WE CREATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES, WE'VE GOT SUCH AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BENEFITS OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THE ROI AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF THE YOUTH COMING THROUGH ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO CONTINUE TO BACK AND TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA FOLLOW BEHIND THEM.
SO, I MEAN, AS WELL KNOW, I LOVE THESE PARTS OF, OF THE PROGRAM.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY FANTASTIC JOB AND GREAT JOB BY ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO ISSUE NOTHING BUT THE BEST.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT STRANGERS HERE AROUND THE LP WIN NETWORK.
I I BELIEVE YOU REALLY EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF THIS PROGRAM AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
I THINK WHAT YOU, THE PASSION THAT YOU SEE HERE REFLECTED IN OUR FELLOWS AND OUR PARTICIPANTS IS A REFLECTION OF, OF CANDY'S DEDICATION, YOU KNOW, MIAMI FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I'LL MOVE, UH, MOVE ON WITH THE OTHER END QUITE QUICKLY.
BUT I DID WANT TO UPDATE FOLKS ON SOME OF OUR SUMMER RELATED, UH, ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
THE NEXT ITEM THAT YOU SEE HERE IS A IT'S SPACE SPEECH, UH, CAREER EXPERIENCE.
THIS EXPEDITION, THIS IS A NEW ITERATION OF OUR SPACE SPEECH CAMP, UH, THIS YEAR IS ELI, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THAT? I, UH, I THINK THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SAME ITEM.
UM, SO THAT THIS INITIATIVE IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH BE ALL YOUTH IN SCHOOL.
UH, WE WILL SERVE, UH, AROUND 25 IN SCHOOL YOUTH PARTICIPANTS THIS UPCOMING SUMMER.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO PARTNER WITH LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO, UH, COORDINATE SOME OUTREACH EFFORTS, SUSPECT TO BEING OUT OF SCHOOL ALREADY.
UH, BUT WE ARE GOING TO OFFER ACTIVITIES TO YOUNG PEOPLE STARTING JULY 21ST.
UH, OVER THE COURSE OF SIX DAYS FOR ACROSS TWO WEEKS, UM, THE PARTICIPANTS WILL GET AN INCENTIVE THAT IS WORTH UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION APPLICATION FOR THAT SHOULD OPEN UP VERY SOON.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE PRESS RELEASE TO BE APPROVED.
UM, THE APPLICATIONS ARE SLATED TO JULY 3RD.
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SOIF YOU'RE LOOKING TO, UH, MENTOR AND INSPIRE A YOUNG PERSON, YOU'LL SEE MY COLLEAGUE JENNIFER ANGELA'S CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE REPORT.
BUT WE CAN ALSO SHARE WITH YOU VIA EMAIL WE'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR SITE SUPPORT THIS WITH THIS EFFORT.
UM, ANOTHER ITEM HERE ALSO, IF YOU ISSUE WITH OUR CAN, CAN YOU JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S AN EMAIL SENT TO THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY ON THAT SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ALL TRY TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS ALSO FAST.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT AND IF YOU NEED HELP RALLYING OTHER AEROSPACE COMPANIES, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THE BUILDING SPAN CAREER EXPLORATION EFFORTS AS WELL.
UM, IN CONTINUATION WITH OUR
UH, THIS OF COURSE INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE WORTH UP TO $7,500 PER PERSON.
WE'RE LOOKING TO OFFER AT LEAST, UM, 70 YOUTH ACCESS TO THOSE, UH, TO THOSE TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND OF COURSE, A COMBINATION OF THAT AND EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ARE, UH, STRATEGICALLY COORDINATING WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS LONG CITY COLLEGE OF PHOENIX SCHOLARS, THE CONSERVATION FOR LONG BEACH WELCOME HOME, OASIS, UH, E EXP, AND OF COURSE OUR, OUR WHITE NETWORK OF WE ALL OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, INCLUDING OPTIONS FOR YOUTH AND LEARN PRO LIFE AND OUR INTERNAL, UH, UH, SISTER DEPARTMENT, THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE FUTURE.
FIRST, UH, IN THE OFFICE OF
WE'VE BEEN HOSTING, I THINK, TWO ACTIVITIES PER WEEK.
UH, THEY'VE ALL ATTENDED ACTUALLY.
SO BUNCH SUPPORT TO OUR PARTIES WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING WITH OUTREACH, INCLUDING THE ONES I JUST MENTIONED.
AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN HELPING GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO SERVE A GOOD NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE, SO WE'RE STILL OPEN.
UH, IF YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE WORKSHOPS AND, UM, MOST OF 'EM ARE, ARE DROP-INS.
SO YOU CAN JUST COME IN, JOIN US AND, UH, LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR, OUR SUMMER OFFERINGS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE, UM, MOVING TO THE YOU, UM, REHAB PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, PARTNERS AT CAMEO, UH, WHICH IS AN INITIATIVE UNDER THE ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH, WHICH CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTERNSHIPS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UH, INDUSTRY SECTORS, BUT MOSTLY FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
WE'RE ALSO OFFERING INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH, UH, PARTNERS WITH THE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS YOU'LL GET MORE DETAILS IN THE REPORT THERE.
BUT THOSE, UH, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS HAVE BEEN REALLY CRITICAL IN ENACTING UNDER, EXPOSING YOUNG PEOPLE TO OTHER, UH, AREAS OF PUBLIC SERVICE
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THINK COLLECTIVELY, UH, THROUGH THESE EFFORTS.
WE'LL SERVE IN UPWARD OF 350 TO 400 YOUNG PEOPLE OVER THE SUMMER, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATED AGREE ON THAT KIND OF FUTURE MEETING.
MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON REPORT? SEEING NONE, SORRY.
SAY, I CONNECTED WITH ONE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS, KYLIE YANG, AND SHE WAS A PUBLIC SERVICE, ATE THIS YEAR.
AND THIS IS A, A PERSON WHO CAME THROUGH STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM THE WEST SIDE, WENT TO CABRILLO AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM FOR HER AND FOR HER.
SHE'S AMAZINGLY TALENTED YOUNG WOMAN.
AND THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND KEEPING OUR HOMEGROWN TALENT HERE.
SO JUST THANK YOU TO THE TEAM, UH, FOR PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? SEEING NONE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, THE USUAL, UH, MEMBERS, ANY FURTHER? SEEING NONE, ADAM CLERK, PLEASE GO FOR THE VOTE.
APPROVED MEMBER HALL APPROVED.
APPROVED MEMBER SMITH, APPROVED MEMBER THOMAS, VICE CHAIR COLE APPROVE CHAIR.
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IF WE CAN NOW READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, WE'LL GET BACK INTO THE REGULAR FLOW OF THINGS.ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH REGARDING ITS COLLABORATION WITH LB WYNN ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER RUSSELL AND I, SECOND BY MEMBER FORD STAFF.
IS THERE A PRESENTATION?
GEEZ, I GAVE YOU THE WHOLE COMPANY.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THIS HICCUP.
UH, GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND BE
MY NAME IS ALEJANDRA
IT'S A PLEASURE TO, TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY, UM, OPENING OUR DOORS TO HOST YOU ALL.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TEMPLATE, UH, CHANGE ON SCREEN, SO IT MAY BE BETTER IF YOU FOLLOW ALONG ON THE PATH.
TODAY WE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THOSE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT WE PARTNER WITH, WITH LB WIN.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE, AS YOU HAVE
ALRIGHT, SO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH HAS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE THAT BEGINS AT KINDERGARTEN AND EXTENDS TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND CAREER PLACEMENT.
OUR GOAL IS TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES EARLY, BUILD INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT SKILLS THROUGHOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY, AND CREATE CLEAR PATHWAYS INTO CAREERS CONNECTED TO THE GOODS, MOVEMENT, TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS, AND MARITIME INDUSTRIES.
OUR EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVES ARE SUPPORTED BY TWO TEAMS HERE AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.
THE EDUCATION TEAM, UH, IS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION AND THEY HANDLE OUR PA PROGRAMS AND OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT'S UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS HANDLES ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT I'M GOING TO BE BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHTING TODAY.
SO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH IS IMPACTING THE FUTURE OF WORKFORCE BY SUPPORTING MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES AND GLOBAL LOGISTICS, BUSINESS ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS WITH VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS.
TODAY WE HAVE NEARLY, UH, A THOUSAND STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
ENROLLING HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AS STUDENTS' INTEREST IN INDUSTRY ENGAGE TO INCREASE, AND WE ANTICIPATE A STUDY GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS AS WE EXPAND ACCESS TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND STRENGTH THEM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDERS.
SO CURRENTLY THE PORT SUPPORTS THREE INDIVIDUAL CTE PATHWAYS AT THREE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS.
THE FIRST THAT WE LAUNCHED 10 YEARS AGO, IT'S ACTUALLY OUR 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, IS THE ACADEMY OF GLOBAL LOGISTICS AT CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL, THAT UNDER THE BUSINESS SECTOR, WE ALSO HAVE ACE ACADEMY, WHICH IS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AT JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND OUR NEWEST AND WAS LAUNCHED THIS PAST ACADEMIC YEAR IS NOVA AT POLY HIGH SCHOOL.
NOVA STANDS FOR NEXT GEN OPPORTUNITIES AND VEHICLES AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY.
EACH PATHWAY PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH INDUSTRY FOCUSED CURRICULUM, HANDS ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE, EXPOSURE TO PROFESSIONALS AND FIELDS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE CAREERS CONNECTED TO THE PORT AND THE BROADER GOODS MOVEMENT INDUSTRY.
AS YOU SEE HERE, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF THE LP ONE STAFF PARTICIPATING IN THE MENTORING SESSIONS AND ALSO ADVISORY BOARD.
WE OFFER PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS, UM, FIELD TRIPS, PROJECT FEEDBACK, AND WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, EITHER THROUGH THE WORKSHOPS IN THE FREE ACADEMY.
OUR SCHOLARSHIPS ARE NOW $400,000 ANNUALLY, AND THIS YEAR, 165 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
UH, WERE PRESENTED AWARDS DURING OUR CELEBRATING EDUCATION EVENT AND WE WERE GLAD TO HAVE A LOT OF LB ONE STAFF ATTEND THE, UH, SCHOOLS THAT WE SUPPORT.
OUR LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, CAL STATE, LONG BEACH, ORANGE POST COLLEGE, AND CAL POLY MARITIME BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST THAT THEY PROVIDE.
OUR CENTER HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR PROGRAMS HERE IN
IT'S A SIX WEEK PAID INTERNSHIP THAT PROVIDES, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER EXPLORATION
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FOR 30 NOW, UH, HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS.THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH L WINN AND THIS YEAR WE ARE SO HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THAT LD WINN WOULD BE SUPPORTING THE EARN AND LEARN PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM.
THEY ALSO ASSIST WITH BEING THE ACTUAL, UH, PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND WE ARE THE JOBS SOCIETY.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP THAT CONTINUES TO EXPAND.
WHEN THE PROGRAM FIRST LAUNCHED OVER A DECADE AGO, THERE WERE ONLY 10 STUDENTS, WE SUDDENLY INCREASED AT 25.
AND THIS YEAR WE ARE A OF 30 STUDENTS COMPLETING THIS PROGRAM.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, THE DETAILS ARE NOT YET FINALIZED AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING TO BOARD, BUT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH LOOKING OUT FOR AN ELECTRICAL PILOT PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW 25 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO COMPLETE TRAINING DURING THEIR ACADEMIC YEAR SCHEDULE.
AND THIS AS WELL WOULD ALSO BE AN EARN AND LEARN COMPONENT.
ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT PARTNERING WITH LV WIN IS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PRO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT A LOT OF THESE STUDENTS MAY NEED, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION OR, UM,
SO OVERALL, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPORTANT THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS, UM, BEEN FOR.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, BUT WE WORK VERY MUCH WORK CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR GENERATIONS.
UM, THE SUPPORT OF LONG BEACH THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS, INDUSTRY LEADERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS LIKE LD WIN ARE HELPING STUDENTS EXPLORE CAREER PATHWAYS, DEVELOP IN DEMAND SKILLS, AND PREPARE FOR THE JOBS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW.
WE VALUE OUR COLLABORATION WITH LD WIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF LONG BEACH YOUTH AND THE REGION'S WORKFORCE NEEDS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES IN THESE ELEMENTS AS WE KNOW, IT'S AN ECOSYSTEM AND WE SEE TERMINAL, SO WE SEE THE, THE SHIPS AND EVERYTHING, BUT MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT HAPPENS ONCE KIDS LEAVE THE PORT.
UM, AND, AND AS WE KNOW, OUR FREIGHT THAT COMES THROUGH OUR PORTS SERVICE EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY OUR SUPPLY CHAIN GOES BEYOND THE SHORES OF LONG BEACH.
AND IT'S GREAT TO START SHOWING PEOPLE HOW THE DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAREERS IMPACTS AND, AND WHY WE'RE A SYSTEM SYSTEM.
SO I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH WHOMEVER ON HOSTING TOURS OF OUR FACILITY WITH YOUTH TO SEE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF OF THE CAREER CHARITIES.
WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT, NOT ONLY FOR SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A CAREER EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
IT'S A 12 WEEK PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORE.
ANY OTHER, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? SORRY, FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CHAIR, NO QUESTIONS, BUT A COMMENT, UM, JUST SIMPLY TO SAY, I, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AND THEIR OUTSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS BOARD.
UH, IT'S AN AMAZING, AMAZING COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH THAT LB WIN HAS.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE IT AND ALEJANDRA SPECIFICALLY, SHE'S BEEN AMAZING.
SHE'S BEEN A FANTASTIC PARTNER AND ALWAYS WILLING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO HELP US AND SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP THEM.
SO JUST WANT TO AGAIN, EMPHASIZE THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND APPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COLLABORATION WITH THE PORT.
UM, WE'LL NOT TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? FANTASTIC.
TO THAT BEAUTIFUL PORT OF LONG BEACH LECTERN, THE NATION'S NUMBER ONE PORT, PORT OF CHOICE,
IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU ALL.
I AM THE AFRICAN PA DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION.
I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU KNEW OUR PREVIOUS, UH, DA EI, HER REPLACEMENT FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR
BUT REGARDING ALEJANDRA GREAT PARTICIPATION.
UH, WE LIKE TO PARTNER UP WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES, PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND FRIENDSHIP PROGRAMS. THERE IS A LACK OF, LACK OF, UH, THE CONNECTION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITION FROM ELECTRICAL PROGRAMS, UNION PROGRAMS INTO THE UNION, INTO THE COMMUNITY.
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SO THE ELECTRICAL PROGRAM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.DO WE HAVE THE HANDS-ON TOOLS? ONE THAT'S PROBABLY MANDATED.
WE'VE HAD PARTNER UP WITH OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT AND THEY'VE EXPOSED THE STUDENTS TO, UM, HANDS-ON TOOLS.
WE DO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO TOOLS TO ANYTHING.
THERE NEEDS TO BE THE FEDERAL CODE COVERAGE.
SO THE HANDS-ON TOOLS, IT'S CRITICAL.
HOW MANY HIGH SCHOOLS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM? IS IT JUST CERTAIN PARTICULAR HIGH SCHOOLS OR IS IT ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE LONG BEACH AREA? SO WE SERVE, UH, THE LONG BEACH.
SO PROCEDURALLY I APPRECIATE ALL THIS, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE A BACK AND FORTH, SO, SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS HEAR ALL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN AFTERWARDS, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO CHAT RIGHT OUT THERE, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE A BACK AND FORTH.
OH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU AND ALEJANDRA TO GET TOGETHER TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE FINER POINTS AND DETAILS.
SO ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE MEMBERS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? RIGHT.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MEMBER FAVE MEMBER FAYE APPROVE.
ARU MEMBER ANA, APPROVE MEMBER RUSSELL ARU.
APPROVED MEMBER THOMAS, VICE CHAIR QUO.
UH, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY FIVE, WE'RE GOING IN ORDER NOW.
SO, ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE ON FILE AND UPDATE FROM THE BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM REGARDING WORK SITE DEVELOPMENT, ON THE JOB TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, SUPPORT, AND RAPID RESPONSE TO LOCAL LAYOFF EVENTS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM MEMBER SAVAGE AND A SECOND FROM MEMBER THOMAS STAFF.
MY NAME IS CARA ANGUIANO AND I AM THE INTERIM BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT OFFICER IN THE LONG BEACH WIND.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR THREE MONTHS AND IT'S LIKE COMING HOME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN A PART OF WORKFORCE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
I WON'T HATE MYSELF, BUT I HAVE BEEN SO IT'S LIKE COMING HOME AND IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY FUN.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, WORK SITE DEVELOPMENT.
SO FAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON, UH, WORK SITES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT WORK SITES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS THAT DO THE YOUTH PROGRAM.
ONE THING THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON NOW IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE RECERTIFICATION OF THESE WORK SITES FOR THE SUMMER.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 152 WORK SITE TOTAL AGREEMENTS, UM, AND, UM, 96 EMPLOYERS THAT ARE THERE.
SO THE TOTAL AGREEMENTS ARE 152, BUT WE MAY HAVE SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE AT THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN BEING WORK SITES, IF YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY A WORK SITE, YOU CAN TALK TO ME AFTER AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SET UP TO BE A WORK SITE.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM, FROM OUR WORK, FROM OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE, UM, WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM AS WE WERE DOING WORK SITE VISITS.
ONE OF THE WORK SITES WAS SALVATION ARMY.
THEY LET US KNOW ABOUT SOME SUCCESS, SUCCESS STORIES.
SO THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE WORK EXPERIENCE PARTICIPANTS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SKILLS, BUT WHEN THE WORK SITE REALLY IS ENCOURAGED TO, TO ACTUALLY HIRE THEM AND LET US KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN HIRED, THAT'S A SUCCESS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SO THAT YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO THEN TAKE ON PARTICIPANTS.
SO ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE SITES SALVATION ARMY.
LET US KNOW ABOUT ZENIA COSTA AND JACOB SIMPSON.
AND I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT ZENIA WORKS IN THE PANTRY IN DONATIONS AND THAT JACOB WORKS IN MAINTENANCE.
I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT THE OTHER ONE IS SNOW CORNER.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF PARTAKING A SNOW CORNER AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY NICE LITTLE PLACE RIGHT ACROSS FROM POLY HIGH SCHOOL.
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A RECENTLY HIRED INDIVIDUAL, ANTHONY TORRES THERE, AND HE HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, HELPING THEM MAKE THE DELICIOUS ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE THERE, AS WELL AS GOING AND DOING OUTREACH.WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, HOW WE ARE ALSO, UH, SUPPORTING THE YOUTH BY HAVING BUSINESSES COME IN AND PROVIDING WORKSHOPS.
UH, IT WAS HELD AT THE YOUTH CENTER ON JUNE 9TH, AND THE, THE EMPLOYERS WERE INVITED TO SPEAK TO THE YOUTH AND SHARE THE EXPERIENCES.
THAT'S ALWAYS, UH, WE ENCOURAGE THAT FROM BUSINESSES BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU HAVE A CAREER SPECIALIST, YOUR COUNSELOR THAT TELLS YOU, BUT HEARING DIRECTLY FROM BUSINESSES IS, IT'S JUST THE MOST, THE BEST TYPE OF EXPERIENCE THAT, THAT A YOUTH, A YOUTH PARTICIPANT CAN, CAN PARTICIPATE IN.
SO WE HAD SWEETGRASS, SUGAR CANE JUICES.
JOHNNY CAME AND SPOKE AND WE HAD LOVE BEYOND LIVING MA BELIEF THAT CAME AND SPOKE TO THE BUSINESS, TO THE YOUTH.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE JOB FAIRS AND RECRUITMENTS.
SO THESE ARE TOTALS FROM THE ENTIRE PROGRAM YEAR, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, AND I HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THAT HAVE HAPPENED JUST WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE PARTNERED WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE TGI TWO S JOB FAIR.
WE ACTUALLY HAD 17 EMPLOYERS AND WE HAD 104 ATTENDEES DURING THAT JOB FAIR.
WE ACTUALLY HAD ULTA THAT WAS THERE, AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWING PARTICIPANTS AND HIRING ON THE SPOT.
SO WE, WE LOVED, WE ABSOLUTELY LOVED WHEN EMPLOYERS COME OUT, BUT WHEN THEY HIRE ON THE SPOT AND THEY'RE ENCOURAGED TO EVEN PARTICIPATE IN OTHER EVENTS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE, THEY WERE ASKING US, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN? SO WE LOVE HAVING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE INCLUDE ALL OF THE, UH, PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE WORKING WITH WITHIN OUR ADULT AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
THE OTHER ONE THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT JUST HAPPENED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
WE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES AND AT OUR LONG BEACH WIND LOCATION, WE ACTUALLY HAD 37 BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT OUR ROSY ROOM OUTSIDE.
IT WAS ORGANIZED REALLY WELL, AND WE HAD 180 PARTICIPANTS TO PARTICIPATE AT THAT TIME.
WE ACTUALLY, ONE THING THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ABOUT WORKFORCE IS REALLY CONNECTING WITH THE BUSINESS AND CONNECTING THE BUSINESS WITH PARTICIPANTS.
I LOVE TO SAY HOW MUCH FUN I HAVE AT WORK, AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE FUN.
IT'S ACTUALLY FUN WHEN YOU WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU BELIEVE IN THE PARTICIPANTS AND YOU BELIEVE IN THE BUSINESSES, AND YOU WANNA CONNECT THE TWO.
UNFORTUNATELY, PART OF OUR JOB IS ALSO RAPID RESPONSE, RIGHT? AND RAPID RESPONSE IS PROVIDED TO COMPANIES THAT ARE UNFORTUNATELY LAYING OFF.
WE RECEIVE WARN NOTICES FOR 25 OR MORE, UM, AFFECTED EMPLOYEES, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET A WARNING.
WE JUST HEAR FROM SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY, PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THEM, TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AT LONG BEACH WIND, AND ALSO TO CONNECT THEM, TO TELL THEM, COME IN, WE'LL HELP YOU WITH YOUR RESUME.
WE'LL HELP YOU WITH YOUR INTERVIEW SKILLS.
WE WANNA CONNECT YOU WITH BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE HIRING.
SO WE, THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ONCE THEY'RE LAYING OFF, THAT WE CONNECT WITH THEM AND TELL 'EM ABOUT THOSE SERVICES.
UNFORTUNATELY, CITY OF CITY OF OF LONG BEACH RECENTLY WAS AFFECTED AND WE ARE CONNECTING WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND, AND PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO CONNECT WITH OUR SERVICES AS WELL.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY ARE 13 AFFECTED THAT WE KNOW FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.
UM, AND AS WE HEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS, AGAIN, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THERE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES, UM, THAT TO JUST, AND WITH THAT, ONE THING THAT WE, WE ASK FROM BUSINESSES OR THAT WE TELL BUSINESSES THAT WE CAN OFFER TO THEM IS ON THE JOB TRAINING.
WE TELL THEM ON THE JOB TRAINING IS A SERVICE TO YOU WHERE YOU, DURING THE, THE TIME THAT SOMEONE IS TRAINING, WE CAN HELP PAY FOR THE TRAINING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRAIN AND THEN HIRE PARTICIPANT.
SO WE SUBSIDIZE THAT PORTION, FEDERAL SUBSIDY OF THAT, AND
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THEN HOPEFULLY AFTER THAT, YOU'RE ABLE TO HIRE THAT PERSON ON.SO WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE OJT THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONNECT YOU WITH ONE OF THE MEMBERS HERE THAT HAS PARTICIPATED WITH THAT.
AND SO CURRENTLY, UH, WE HAVE, UH, TWO O JTS IN PROCESS.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, UM, WE ARE FULLY, UH, ACCEPTING THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO EXECUTE THOSE O JTS.
UH, WE CURRENTLY SERVED 16 TOTAL O JTS THIS YEAR, UH, SINCE JULY, 2025.
AND WE SERVED A TOTAL OF NINE BUSINESSES.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE, UM, FAIRMONT BREAKERS, ALSO KNOWN AS BREAKERS OPERATIONS.
AND JULIE, IF YOU CAN GO ON THAT.
OH, UM, YEAH, SO, UH, I OBVIOUSLY, SINCE JOINING THE BOARD, DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, BUT, UH, HAD JAIME ACTUALLY COME SPEAK TO THE HOTELS IN THE AREA.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL HE CAME TO SPEAK TO THE GROUP OF HOTELS THAT WE SAID AT OUR HOTEL, WHY DON'T WE TRY THE PROGRAM, USE IT.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE HAVE A FEW DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO SINCE OPENING STRUGGLE WITH KEEPING PEOPLE ON BOARD.
SO WE HAVE, UM, STEWARDS IN SOME OF OUR HOUSEKEEPING ROLES WHILE WE WERE GETTING PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE.
UM, THEY WOULD COME AND MAYBE WORK FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS, WHICH IS OF COURSE, QUITE A BIT WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, ALL OF THOSE EXCESSIVE COSTS AND THE EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND SO THE OJT PROGRAM SEEMED PERFECT TO TRY OUT FOR SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS.
UH, AND SO NOW WE'VE, WE'VE HAD BARRY, WE'VE HAD MARIA, WE'VE HAD KEVIN, WE HAVE DEANDRE STARTING ON MONDAY.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY BEEN A GREAT WAY TO FIND PEOPLE WHO CAN FILL THESE ROLES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YES, WE CAN FIND PEOPLE WITH THE EXPERIENCE, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED TO THE ROLE, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THERE, IT CAN BE HARD TO GET THAT COMMITMENT OUT OF IT.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND VERY SUCCESSFUL, IS FINDING PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSIONATE, EXCITED TO TRY THE ROLE AND SEE IF IT'S THE RIGHT FIT FOR THEM.
UM, BUT SEE THAT THERE'S THIS OPPORTUNITY AND PATH FORWARD TOO.
SO WHILE STEWARDS AND DISHWASHERS ARE KIND OF OUR ENTRY POSITION, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN GROWTH.
AND, UH, WE ASKED FOR SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE NEXT POSITION.
SO SAYING, OH, I WANNA TRY SECURITY ONCE I'VE FINISHED, OR MAYBE GO INTO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.
UM, I DIDN'T SHARE, BUT MARIA SPECIFICALLY HAS ALREADY STARTED PARTICIPATING IN A BUNCH OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. SO SHE JUMPED INTO OUR BLOOD DRIVE ALREADY AND VOLUNTEERED WITH, UH, THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN.
SO NOT ONLY HAVE THEY COME AND DONE THAT JOB, BUT WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUMPED RIGHT INTO BEING A PART OF OUR HOTEL AND TEAM.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY FANTASTIC.
AND ONE THING I WILL HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THE TEAM'S REALLY HELPFUL TOO.
SO I THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN POSITIONS WHERE NOT ONLY WILL THEY SEND RESUMES AND SAY, THIS COULD BE A GOOD FIT, BUT THEN TISH WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ME AND SAY, I ACTUALLY REALLY THINK THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY LIKE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR YOU.
OR, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TOO.
SO I THINK THAT PART'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
AND AGAIN, I MEAN, GET 50% OF THEIR HOURLY FOR WHATEVER AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE TWO MONTHS TO GET THEM ONBOARDED INTO THE ROLE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT'S BEEN EASY ON THE BUSINESS ASPECT TO EXPLAIN TO MY TEAM, LET'S GIVE THESE PEOPLE A SHOT.
THEY HAVE THE PASSION, THEY, THE, THE DRIVE AND DETERMINATION AND UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WE KNOW HOW WHEN THERE'S TURNOVER QUICKLY IT COMES HELPFUL.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AND PROVIDING THAT TESTIMONY.
SO AT THIS TIME IT WOULD BE, UM, GIVE IT BACK OVER TO THE CHAIR.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, TAKE IT TO THE CHAIR.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
SEEING NONE MEMBERS, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, YOU CAN CALL THE VOTE.
APPROVED MEMBER POSANA APPROVED MEMBER RUSSELL APPROVED MEMBER SAVAGE.
APPROVED MEMBER SMITH APPROVED MEMBER THOMAS VICE CHAIR.
I JUST QUICKLY, SINCE WE LITERALLY, IF ONE PERSON LEAVES THE TABLE FOR EVEN TWO MINUTES, WE DON'T, WE LOSE QUORUM.
WE CAN TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO USE THE RESTROOM, GRAB A REFRESHMENT, ET CETERA, DO IT NOW, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND POWER THROUGH THE REST OF THE AGENDA.
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IF YOU WANT TO RETAKE THE ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE PROPER QUORUM.PRESENT MEMBER GORDON PETERSON.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN.
ITEM SEVEN, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND UPDATE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FISCAL UPDATES.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MOTION.
AND MR. BEAU MARTINEZ IS HERE TODAY TO GIVE US THIS UPDATE.
WE ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN YOU CAN COME CHAIRMAN TON.
UH, AND AGAIN, I'M, UH, BILL MARTINEZ.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT.
SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE.
SO, UM, THIS PAST TWO WEEKS HAS BEEN REALLY A MAGICAL TIME FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
WE'VE HAD SO MATCHED ACTIVITY, EVENTS, CONFERENCES, AND IT JUST REALLY SET OUR, UH, CITY NOT ONLY ON THE REGIONAL AND STATE STAGE, BUT ALSO THE NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL STAGE.
AND I'M SO PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, NOT ONLY BY THE DEPARTMENT, BY THE CITY, AND ALL OUR PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS.
AND SO, UM, THIS PAST 10 DAYS, WE WELCOMED AND, UH, THE LONG BEACH COAST, OUR FIRST, UH, PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TEAM IN A, IN A LONG TIME.
UH, THEY HAD THEIR SEASON OPENER AT THE, UH, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONG BEACH PLAYER FIELD, AND THEY WON.
AND I HEARD THEY'RE ON A 10 GAME WINNING STREAK.
AND SO THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY, COLB AND THE LONG BEACH BASEBALL CLUB.
AND THEN WE HOSTED US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT, BUT WE WELCOME OVER 300 MAYORS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, THEIR GUESTS, AS WELL AS MANY OF, UH, OUR PUBLIC SEC, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS TO LONG BEACH.
UM, WE SHARE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND SHOWCASE OUR CITY AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING FROM SPACE BEACH TO DOWNTOWN, TO SMALL BUSINESS TO BIG BUSINESS, TO SHARING BEST PRACTICES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING, NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
FROM PUBLIC SAFETY TO HOUSING, TO BEYOND HOUSE, TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
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KNOWI HEARD THAT THEY HAD A HOME RUN.
LOTS OF GOOD QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF, UH, UM, ENGAGEMENT AT THAT WORKSHOP.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE OPENED UP THE, UH, NAN BANK LONG, UH, AMPHITHEATER OF LONG BEACH, THE 11,000 SEAT OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER, WHICH IS THE LARGEST OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER ON THE WEST COAST.
AND SNOOP DOGG AND FRIENDS OPENED UP THE, UH, UH, THE LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A LOT ALONG WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE.
I MEAN, HE WENT THROUGH ALL HIS SONGS.
HE, YOU KNOW, GOT THE KEY TO THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE WALKED IN, YOU KNOW, OVER 11,000 PEOPLE TO THE AMPHITHEATER.
WE FOCUSED A LOT ON TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY.
WE HAD SOME EVENTS ON THE QUEEN MARY, AND IT WAS JUST ANOTHER MAGICAL MOMENT FOR THE CITY.
WELL, SO LOT HAPPENING WITH OUR CITY OVER THE LAST, UH, TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO HOST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LA GALAXY SOCCER CLUB, AS WELL AS THE CITY METRO, AS WELL AS THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE HOSTING 55 EVENTS OVER THE NEXT 70 DAYS RELATED TO THE WORLD CUP.
AND SO THERE'S GONNA BE ACTIVATION STARTING IN DOWNTOWN AND ACROSS THE CITY.
SO IT'S A REALLY EXCITING TIME.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL BE HOSTING SOME CONCERTS, RIGHT? WE'LL BE HOSTING, UH, ANOTHER COUPLE OF CONCERTS OVER AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
I KNOW THE QUEEN MARY'S GONNA BE DOING SOME COOL STUFF.
AND SO A LOT HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
BUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT ALL THESE EVENTS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVATION AND THINGS WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE CITY, IT REALLY SETS THE STAGE FOR US IS WE LEAD UP TO THE LA 28 OLYMPICS.
AND SO WE HAVE 24 MONTHS UNTIL THE OLYMPICS COME TO OUR CITY AND TO THE LA REGION.
AND WE ARE THE LARGEST, UH, VENUE CITY OUTSIDE OF LA.
WE'RE GONNA BE HOSTING 11 OLYMPIC GAMES AND SEVEN PARALYMPIC GAMES.
AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE GAMES THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD AS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS ARE ENGAGED, BUT MAKING SURE THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT ONLY PARTICIPATING, BUT ALSO LEVERAGE THE, THE GAMES FOR, FOR, FOR ESPECIALLY OUR SMALL BUSINESS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, UH, SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFICATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKING ON SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND REALLY JUST LOOKING AT WAYS HOW WE CAN SHOWCASE NOT ONLY OUR BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO OUR, OUR UNIQUE AND AUTHENTIC COMMERCIAL QUARTERS FROM DOWNTOWN AND ALL THE WAY UP TO NORTH LONG BEACH AND WEST LONG BEACH.
SO A LOT HAPPENING ON THAT FRONT.
AND WE ALSO CONTINUE OUR WORK AROUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GROWING LONG BEACH INITIATIVE AND THE TARGETED BUSINESS AND INJURY SECTORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW.
WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING THE, UH, BLUEPRINT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PART OF, OF THAT EFFORT.
BUT WHEN YOU TALK WITH OUR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, SMALL BUSINESSES, FAST GROWING COMPANIES, AS WELL AS OUR BIG BUSINESS, AND YOU ASK THEM WHY LONG BEACH? AND THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TALENT, TALENT AND TALENT.
AND SO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE AS A WORKFORCE INVESTMENT FOR LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITIES.
AND I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT SUCCESSFUL CITIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO SAY IT, ARE GONNA FOCUS ON TALENT RETENTION, TALENT RECRUITMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, GROWING OUR OWN.
AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, RIGHT? OUR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE GONNA REALLY SET OUR CITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND I LIKE TO ALWAYS SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA POSITION OUR CITY AS A MAGNET OR 21ST CENTURY TALENT.
IT'S HAPPENING TODAY, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON HOW WE LEVERAGE BUSINESS INDUSTRY, SMALL, BIG BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS TO BIG BUSINESS AS I WORKING WITH ENTREPRENEURS.
AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE GOING FORWARD IS WHAT WE CALL AN ANCHOR LB.
I KNOW THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THIS, UH, AT ITS LEAST, UH, LAST STATE OF THE CITY.
AND THAT'S GONNA REALLY BE A PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH ON HOW DO WE DRIVE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT? HOW DO WE JOB DRIVE JOBS? MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW DO WE JOB DRIVE MORE BUSINESS TO OUR CITY FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE? AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING AND LEAN ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO HELP US GET THERE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NONE OF THIS COMES OUT WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT, FROM, FROM A CITY OF LONG BEACH PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE LEVERAGE OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES.
AND SO YOU PROBABLY ALL READ IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT WE DO HAVE SOME BUDGET CHALLENGES THIS COMING YEAR.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN THE CITY ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THE SHORTFALL, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF ALL, WHICH MEANS OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GOING BEHIND THE SCENES AS WE SPEAK.
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IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN IMPACTED THIS CITY.AND, UH, CARLA MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE IMPACT TO WHERE OUR HEALTH AND NEW SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF FEDERAL, UH, FUNDING CUTS.
AND WE HAD TO REPOSITION A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT OF OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT WE ALSO HAD TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, TAKE THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE IMPACTED, NOT LAY THEM UP, BUT FIND NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN CITY AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY CLOSE TO HEART FOR US AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD AS NEEDED.
BUT ANOTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALSO HEARD THAT WE'RE ALSO, UM, MOVING AWAY FROM OUR RELIANCE ON OIL.
AND SO ONE OF THE BIG EFFORTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON NOW AND GOING FORWARD IS, UM, HOW DO WE DIVERSIFY OUR LOCAL ECONOMY? HOW DO WE DIVERSIFY THE CITY
AND SO ONE OF THE, PART OF THOSE, PART OF THAT OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE LEVERAGE CITY OWNED ASSETS? HOW DO WE LOOK AT ADVERTISING? HOW DO WE LOOK AT GENERATING NEW REVENUE FOR THE CITY? AND ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS CALLED THE IKE SMART CITIES.
AND THEY'RE A KIOSK PROGRAM THAT'S, UH, NATIONALLY AND WE'RE BRINGING HERE TO LONG BEACH WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO PUT THOSE KIOS, I DUNNO IF YOU'VE BEEN TO LIKE THE MALLS.
YOU SEE THESE BIG KIOSKS AND THEY, THEY'RE LIKE VERY INFORMATIONAL.
THEY SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MALL.
THERE'S ADVERTISING WHILE WE'RE TAKING A STEP FURTHER, WE'RE GONNA DO IT NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND IT ALSO IS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
SO THOSE ARE STRATEGIC WAYS THAT, WITH THE WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RATE RAISE REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND GIVE YOU A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PARTNER WITH ALL OF OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS.
BUT WE ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT P THREE, RIGHT? OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS, P THREE, BUT I CALL IT P FOUR 'CAUSE NONE OF IT HAPPENS WITHOUT HAVING GREAT PEOPLE LIKE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AROUND THIS ROOM.
AND SO, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR NOT ONLY VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME, BUT ALSO INVESTING YOUR TIME IN LONG BEACH AND MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US.
AND SO WITH THAT, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.
AND AGAIN, AS PART OF THE ALLEY 28 OLYMPICS, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL PART OF THE DREAM TEAM.
I I'M GONNA RESERVE 'CAUSE YOU'VE PERFECTLY TEED ME UP FOR THE CHAIRS REPORT, WHICH IS THE NEXT ITEM.
SO I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
ANY ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FOR, UH, BEAU MARTINEZ? YOU SURE? THERE'S LOTS OF COOL STUFF GOING ON IN LONG BEACH.
I JUST WANNA THANK BOW AND HIS TEAM, AND ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR FOR THEIR VISION.
THEY REALLY HAVE A GREAT WAY OF ARTICULATING IT AND BRINGING IT TO LIFE.
SO KUDOS TO ALL THE WORK WITH ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN A EVEN A BIT AWARE OF, BUT WE KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF PASSION, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS THAT WENT INTO THIS.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS.
ANYTHING ELSE? LIKE I SAID, I'LL GET, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN MY REPORT.
SO, UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE REPORT? SEEING NONE MEMBERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE MAD CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE VOTE.
MEMBER FAITH APPROVED MEMBER GOMEZ.
APPROVED MEMBER AL APPROVED MEMBER RUSSELL MEMBER SAVAGE, APPROVED MEMBER SMITH, APPROVED MEMBER THOMAS VICE CHAIR, QUOTE, APPROVED CHAIR, LAVAR APPROVED.
AND YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SPOIL WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN A STORY OR A MOVIE, BUT I MIGHT HAVE DONE THAT.
BUT IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, ITEM EIGHT, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE CHAIR'S REPORT.
MAY PLEASE HAVE A MOTION, A MOVE, A MOTION BY MEMBER RUSSELL SECOND, SECOND BY VICE CHAIR QUO.
UM, YEAH, SO, UH, ALMOST EVERYTHING.
I DID NOT GET TO SEE THE LONG BEACH COAST, ALTHOUGH I DID GO ONLINE AND WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, FOR THEIR OPENER.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
I DID, HOWEVER, GET TO PARTICIPATE.
THANK YOU MEMBER RUSSELL FOR THE INVITATION IN THE OPENING OF THE F AND M AMPHITHEATER.
MY GOODNESS, WHAT A GREAT ASSET FOR THE CITY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I, I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN TO A TRUE JUST RAP CONCERT BEFORE.
I'VE BEEN TO CONCERTS THAT HAVE PERFORMERS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT MY PLAYLISTS, I LOVE HIP HOP, BUT I, I WAS BLOWN AWAY, NOT JUST BY THE VENUE.
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OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATERS, BEEN TO HOLLYWOOD BOWL.I I WAS AT THE PREDECESSOR OF THIS IN IRVINE WHEN THEY WERE DOING IT.
YOU WILL NOT FIND AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS.
THE BACKDROP IS THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE, THE WATER, THE QUEEN MARY.
UM, IT IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
IT REMINDS ME OF SO MANY GREAT STADIUMS AND EXPERIENCES YOU SEE THROUGHOUT PROFESSIONAL SPORTS WHERE YOU CAN LITERALLY GET THERE BY BOAT AND WATER TAXI.
IT'S AN EXPERIENCE UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, PLEASE GO LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, LOOK AT THE SHOWS, GET SOME TICKETS.
IT IS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A CROWN JEWEL FOR THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE HAVE IN LONG BEACH.
AND AGAIN, ATTRACTING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR CITY.
AND, AND REALLY, UH, I THINK THE BIG UPDATE WAS, UH, JAIME AND I, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS, AND I KNOW KEVIN AND DR. SAVAGE WERE THERE, WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE PANEL AND PRESENT AT THE US CONFERENCE OF MERITS FOR THE WORKFORCE COUNCIL.
AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE BO AND I WRITE EACH OTHER'S MATERIAL.
'CAUSE IT WAS ALL ABOUT, UM, TALENT AND ALIGNMENT, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT WE'VE CREATED HERE IN LONG BEACH, AND I'LL TELL YOU IT WAS A LIVELY DISCUSSION FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE FROM PLACES LIKE WHERE I GREW UP, PHILADELPHIA, UM, LAS VEGAS, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE YOU COULD IMAGINE WERE REPRESENTED BOSTON, WERE VERY ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION AND WANTED TO KNOW HOW YOU DO IT SO WELL IN LONG BEACH.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FLYWHEEL OF ALIGNMENT WE'VE CREATED.
IT STARTED WITH A VISION, THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.
EVEN OUR BOARD, WHETHER YOU ALL REALIZE OR NOT, IT WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO ALIGN OUR BOARD AND THE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD WITH WHAT THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE IS AND THE INDUSTRY CLUSTERS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.
TALENT ATTRACTS INDUSTRY, BUT INDUSTRY ATTRACTS TALENT.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE ARE ATTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES HERE BECAUSE OF THE TALENT BASE THAT WE HAVE, AND WE'RE A BIG PART OF THAT HERE AT LB WIN.
BUT THEN ALSO THOSE INDUSTRIES ATTACKED OTHER GREAT TALENT, WHICH, UH, AS BO MENTIONED, WE WANT TO NOT JUST, UH, BE THE TA MOST TALENTED AND HA HAVE BUSINESS COME HERE, BUT THEN ATTRACT TALENT TO LONG BEACH TO MAKE IT THAT MUCH BETTER OF A CITY.
AND THEN WHAT'S GREAT IS WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH AND WE'RE FINDING CAREER PATHWAYS.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE.
THIS IS A UNIQUE BUT AMAZING EXPERIENCE THAT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER CITY THAT HAS SOMETHING EXACTLY LIKE IT.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MAYOR RICKS RICHARDSON, LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOWSHIP, AND WE JUST SAW, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM COHORT THREE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS REALLY UNIQUE AND COMING OUT OF IT, I THINK THE REST OF A REALLY HIGH MAZE COUNTERPARTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, WERE SAYING, HOW CAN WE BEG, BORROW AND STEAL A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE? AND SO I KNOW HIGH MAIL TALKED MORE ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, I I, I THINK IN THE INTERACTIONS I HAD WITH MAYORS, THEY LOVED LONG BEACH.
THERE WAS A LOT OF, HOW DO WE DO THIS? MAYOR OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, APPARENTLY MY AUNT WAS HIS BUS DRIVER GROWING UP, WHICH WAS ALSO VERY INTERESTING.
AND HE JUST GOT A TATTOO OF THE QUEEN MARY AT THE OLDEST TATTOO SHOP IN LONG BEACH.
MAYOR REX RICHARDSON HAD IT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS JUST LIKE A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE, BUT AT THE EPICENTER OF IT WAS, WOW, LONG BEACH HAD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON.
AND SO FOR ANY OF YOU, WHEN WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE, WHETHER THEY'RE SOMETHING BROADER LIKE THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, BUT WHETHER YOU GET THE CHANCE TO GO TO YOUR OWN INDUSTRY CONFERENCES, TALKING ABOUT THE WORK WE DO HERE AND ENCOURAGING YOUR COLLEAGUES, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GET INVOLVED IN THEIR WORKFORCE BOARDS AND THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES ONLY BOLSTERS WHAT RESOURCES WE WILL HAVE WHEN WE START GOING THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIONS, WHICH HIGH MAY GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE, BUT WE NEED TO NOT ONLY DO GOOD WORK, BUT TO BE SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTERS OF THE GOOD WORK WE DO AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED BECAUSE THE DOLLARS THAT GET SPENT ON WHAT WE DO DIRECTLY IMPACT HOW WE CAN GET UNDERSERVED, UM, BOTH YOUTH AND ADULTS INTO THESE CAREER PATHWAYS, HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH CAREER TRANSITIONS AND HELP ABSORB SOME OF THE BLOWS WHEN WE SEE, UH, COMPANIES DOWNSIZING, WHICH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAVE BIG CONCERNS ABOUT WITH, UM, THE PROLIFERATION OF, OF AI AND AI TOOLS.
HOW DO WE USE IT AS A WAY TO UPLIFT TALENT AS OPPOSED TO REPLACE IT? SO, UM, WITH THAT, I GUESS I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT.
UM, RIGHT, SEEING NONE
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT CAN BE LONG-WINDED.
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AS MY PARTNER IN THE BACK KNOWS, UH, WE DID NOT EXPECT TO COME AND TALK, BUT WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.I'M A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE DO GOOD DANS FAMILY FOUNDATION.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NOW FOR OVER ABOUT 10 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT ALL OF MY LIFE.
UM, I THINK I COACHED MY FIRST BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE FOURTH GRADE.
I WAS COACHING FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS.
SO SINCE THEN I'VE COME UP, UH, I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO WORK WITH ROBERT DANIELS WHO'S IN THE BACK.
UH, WE JUST HAD A QUICK CHUCKLE BECAUSE HE WAS AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
WAS IT LAST FRIDAY YOU WENT? SO THERE WAS A VIRAL MOMENT OF A MAN BEING HANDED A MICROPHONE, AND HE STARTED SINGING GOSPEL MUSIC.
UM, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY ROBERT WHO DID THAT
UM, HE SENT ME THE VIDEO AND I WAS LIKE, YOU, THEY, THEY, I'M SURPRISED YOU GAVE HIM THE MICROPHONE BACK AFTER YOU FINISHED SINGING.
BUT HIM BEING A GOSPEL ARTIST, UH, YOU KNOW, A MAN OF FAITH, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.
SO WHAT WE DO AT THE DO GOOD DANIEL FOUNDATION, WE ACTUALLY, UH, OUR NEW LONG BEACH, WE JUST OPENED UP OUR FACILITY IN OCTOBER.
UM, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT, WE'RE ON PCH AND MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD RIGHT NEXT TO LONG BEACH POLY.
SINCE BEING HERE, UM, THE OOD DANIEL FOUNDATION, WE HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER WHERE WE TAKE IN WOMEN WHO HAVE, UH, SEX TRAFFICK OR, UH, DOMESTIC, UH, VIOLENCE.
WE TAKE THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN IN, UH, WE ALSO DO OUR DO GOOD PATHWAYS, WHICH IS WHERE I'M AT IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND WE ALSO DO RENTAL SUPPORT AND BILL PAY AND KIND OF LIKE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
FINALLY HERE IN LONG BEACH, WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN SAN PEDRO WHERE WE'VE ALREADY PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
AND AS WE SIT HERE COMING INTO LONG BEACH, OUR GOAL IS TO DO GOOD, BE GOOD, AND SPREAD GOOD.
AND SO ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW, ENCOMPASSING, I THINK FIVE, FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE LAST MONTH, WE'VE ALREADY PUT THEM INTO A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY OF LA WE ACTUALLY ARE APPROVED WORK SITE ALREADY WITH THE CITY OF LA SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IT HERE AT LONG BEACH.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DID WANT TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND JUST THANK THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FOR THE AMAZING WORK YOU'RE ALREADY DOING.
WE LOOKED FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN HERE AS BEST AS WE CAN.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY ARE WORKING IN LONG BEACH POLY CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL, MILLIGAN, UH, WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE? LONG BEACH JORDAN AND LINDSEY PERRY, WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY PRODUCED CLOSE TO ABOUT 50 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRODUCED THEIR OWN BOOK THROUGH OUR REWRITE YOUR STORY PROGRAM.
SO THESE ARE ACTUALLY TANGIBLE BOOKS WHERE WE TEACH THEM HOW TO BECOME AUTHORS, AND WE EVEN GIVE THEM THE ISBN WHERE THEY CAN SELL IT ON AMAZON.
A LOT OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THROUGH THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS IN, IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COULD HIDE.
WELL REPORT SHOW THAT THEY CAN MORE LIKELY TO BE INCARCERATED.
THAT'S THE WAY THE TERMINOLOGY'S BEING USED.
SO I LIKE TO USE THE TERM WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF LIKE THEM KIDS OVER THERE.
SO THOSE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH.
UM, BUT WE WORK WITH THOSE ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR YOUTH VOLUNTEERS THAT COME FROM ALL OVER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO EVERYBODY SOON AND GO FIND THAT VIDEO OF ROBERT SING.
AND I KNOW YOU BLESSED EVERYBODY.
UH, I SAW ROBERT CROSSING THE STREET AND I WAS LIKE, HE LOOKS LIKE A MAN WITH A GREAT SINGING VOICE.
UM, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, UH, MEMBERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MEMBER POINTS AND NOT MEMBER RUSSELL APPROVED.
APPROVED MEMBER THOMAS APPROVED VICE CHAIR QUO.
APPROVED CHAIR LEBAR, I GUESS I GAVE IT SO I'LL APPROVE IT.
UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA.
ITEM, ITEM NINE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
I HAVE A MOTION, SO THANK OKAY.
MOTION BY MEMBER HALL NOT FORWARD.
I MAY PLEASE GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION.
OBVIOUSLY DOING SOMETHING WRONG HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT MAYBE TURN THAT ONE OFF, SEE IF THIS WILL, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BETTER.
NOT THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS GONNA BE BAD NEWS, BUT JUST SOMEONE GOOD NEWS.
UH, WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR RICK RICHARDSON ON TUESDAY.
THEY APPROVED, UH, THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF THE $2.1 MILLION FROM CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS, THE CORE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOWSHIP THAT WAS IDENTIFIED TODAY.
SO MY APPRECIATION TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR, UH,
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THEIR AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR APPROVING THAT AND ALLOWING US ANOTHER ROUND, UH, OF THAT FUNDING TO SUPPORT ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.UM, NEXT UP, FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.
UH, JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
UM, AT LEAST THINGS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED.
UM, SO THAT, UH, WE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
UH, FIRST OFF IS CHANGES RELATED TO PROGRAM YEAR 27, 28.
UM, SO THE WAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SET UP WITH THEIR FUNDING IS THEY DO THE FUNDING AND THEN IT'S OBVIOUSLY SET UP, UH, ALMOST LIKE A YEAR AHEAD, IS THE WAY IT'S SET UP FOR, FOR US ON OUR FEDERAL DOL FUNDING.
SO THE HOUSE LABOR, UH, THE HOUSE LABOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CREATIONS.
UH, SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVED FISCAL YEAR 27 SPENDING ON JUNE 5TH.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, AS PART OF THAT, UM, ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING IS EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATING THE YOUTH ACTIVITIES PROGRAM UNDER WE OA.
UM, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR CALIFORNIA IS ABOUT $156 MILLION TOTAL THAT WOULD NO LONGER COME AS PART OF THE YOUTH PROGRAMS TO CALIFORNIA, SPECIFICALLY TO LONG BEACH.
UH, WE GET ABOUT $2 MILLION IN WE OA YOUTH FUNDING.
SO THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE BILL THAT'S CURRENTLY MOVING FORWARD AND THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THAT BILL, THERE IS A POTENTIAL REDUCTION TO ADULT PROGRAMS. SO THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS TO WE OA ADULT.
THERE'S A STANDARD ADULT PROGRAMS, AND THEN THE, WHAT'S CALLED DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAMS, DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAMS. THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN, IN FUNDING A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE ADULT PROGRAMS, THERE WAS ESSENTIALLY A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION.
IT WAS ABOUT A SEVEN 70% REDUCTION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO THE ADULT PROGRAM.
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR CALIFORNIA IS ON THE ADULT PROGRAM, IT'S ABOUT $149 MILLION THAT WOULD NORMALLY COME TO CALIFORNIA AS PART OF THAT, THAT IF THIS GETS APPROVED, IF THIS GETS APPROVED IN THIS MANNER, IN THIS WAY, UH, THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, FOR LONG BEACH, UH, I THINK WE GET A LITTLE ABOUT, UH, $1.5 MILLION IN ADULT FUNDING, UH, THAT COMES TO US.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY REDUCED DOWN TO, UM, WELL SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT WOULD BE.
SO FROM A SERVICES PERSPECTIVE, THE IMPACT TO CALIFORNIA AND 75,000 POTENTIAL PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE SERVED BY THESE TWO PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THAT SERVICE.
SO IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, UM, IF IT GOES THROUGH IN THAT MANNER.
UH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS BEING HAD AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, OBVIOUSLY FROM A, UH, WORKFORCE ASSOCIATION.
UM, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS AT THOSE LEVELS ARE TO, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, BE AGAINST THOSE CHANGES.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF POLICY THAT'S BEING WORKED ON ADVOCACY THAT'S BEING WORKED ON TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DON'T GO THROUGH IN THAT WAY.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
UH, THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, THE TWO, THE WE OA, UM, COMPONENT OF REAUTHORIZATION, IT HAS NOT BEEN REAUTHORIZED YET, STILL IN PROCESS, BUT ONE OF THE CHANGES AROUND THAT I THINK I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, IS INCREASING THE, UM, INCREASING THE ENROLLMENT INTO TRAINING PROGRAMS. IT'S CURRENTLY SET FOR US IN CALIFORNIA AT 30% IT WOULD INCREASE TO 50%.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT 50 50% OF THE WHEELA FUNDING WOULD HAVE TO BE, UH, CONNECTED TO OR GO TOWARDS TRAINING PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY.
SO THAT'S ALSO A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE 'CAUSE IT CHANGES HOW WE FUND THINGS, RIGHT? EVERYTHING WOULD GO TOWARDS 50% OF THE FUNDS WOULD GO TOWARDS TRAINING PROGRAMS. UH, THE NEXT ONE IS A CHANGE, MULTIPLE CHANGES WITHIN THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROPOSED CHANGES THERE.
ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONES IS HOW WE HAVE A FUNDING IS SPENT AS IT RELATES TO, UM, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS.
UH, SO THINGS LIKE THE WORKFORCE ASSOCIATION THAT WE ARE A PART OF, CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE ASSOCIATION THAT WE ARE A PART OF.
UM, AND THE, UM, SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY PUT IN PLACE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ANYMORE.
SO AS SOME OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COVER AS PART OF THIS.
SO SOME OF THOSE CHANGES ARE MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, THESE ARE PROPOSED CHANGES IN LEGISLATION,
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SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SIGNIFICANT, UH, CHANGES TO THAT AND THAT IT DOESN'T ALL STAY IN PLACE.UH, I WANTED TO WELCOME YUNI ALSO, AND EDWARDS OUR NEW CAREER SERVICES SUPERVISOR ON THE YOUTH SIDE.
MY THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO HER FOR ACCEPTING THE POSITION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE'S GONNA BE DOING AS PART OF THAT TEAM.
UH, THERE ARE ALSO THREE OTHER POSITIONS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVELY RECRUITING FOR.
SO I WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS THOSE MOVE FORWARD, INCLUDING, UH, ONE OF THE OFFICER POSITIONS THAT'S IN COLLABORATION WITH, UM, THE, UH, WITH JULIAN AND HIS BUREAU.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO, UH, THANK MAYOR RICK, RICK RICHARDSON, UM, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, AGAIN FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE BEING ADDED.
THERE'S TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE APPROVED ON TUESDAY TO BE A PART OF THIS BOARD.
UM, THAT BRINGS US UP TO A TOTAL OF 18.
SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE BOARD SEAT TO FILL, AND THAT'S, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BY, UH, THROWING THROUGH ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE ONLY REMAINING SEAT NOW WILL BE OUR DOR DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SEAT.
UM, SO THAT'S THE ONLY SEAT THAT WE STILL HAVE AND WE'RE WAITING FOR A NAME FROM THEM ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THEIR RECRUITMENT PROCESS.
BUT I'D LIKE TO WELCOME JOHN EDMONDS.
HE'S ONE OF THE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES FOR US.
UM, FOR THOSE OF KNOW IF JOHN IS HERE, I HAD, OKAY.
UM, SO FOR THOSE THAT, UH, KNOW JOHN, LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JOHN.
UM, JOHN EDMONDS IS MANAGING PARTNER OF EDMOND GROUP, LLC, A LONG BEACH BASED PUBLIC AFFAIRS FIRM.
HE HAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, LAND USE AND REGULATORY ISSUES.
JOHN LIVES IN LONG BEACH WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, LIVES AND WORKS IN LONG BEACH WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN.
UM, WE ARE ALSO BECAUSE WE, UH, SEE ARE REMOVING, UH, UH, KENDRA MADRID AS PART AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF LBCC.
UM, WE ARE ADDING A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LBCC AND THAT'S, UH, GITA RUNKEL.
GITA RUNKEL SERVES AS ACTING VICE PRESIDENT OF WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, WHERE SHE BUILDS PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, INDUSTRY EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
SHE HAS OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND HER CURRENT WORK FOCUS ON ALIGNMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WITH WORKFORCE NEEDS AND EXPANDING EQUITABLE CAREER PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS.
SO THOSE ARE, UM, OUR TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
AGAIN, THAT BRINGS US UP TO 18 OUT OF 19.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM FOR ME, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS FOR ATTENDING AND REPRESENTING LB WYNN AT THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYOR'S, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AS CHAIR LAVAR MENTIONED EARLIER.
SO FIRST OFF, CHAIR WEST LAVAR, UH, MEMBER KEVIN SMITH, MEMBER, UH, DR.
UM, ALSO NOW MEMBER GITA RUNKEL ALSO PARTICIPATED.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, CARRIE WILEY FROM L-B-U-S-D, AS WELL AS KIND OF RERA FROM THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD WHO ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THAT PRESENTATION.
I THINK, UH, CHAIR LAVAR MENTIONED IT ALREADY, SO I WON'T GET INTO DETAILS OF IT.
BUT OTHER THAN TO SIMPLY SAY IT WAS A A FANTASTIC EVENT, FANTASTIC PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST.
AND IN FACT, UH, BOTH HE AND I HAVE GOTTEN QUESTIONS SEPARATELY FROM FOLKS THAT WERE THERE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, TRY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I DID WANNA SHARE THAT THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD SPECIFICALLY KIND OF, AND MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD, UH, WILL BE JOINING US ON JULY 14TH.
UH, MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL BE A, A MORNING MEETING, UH, PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE 9:00 AM TO NOON.
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GAINING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, AROUND ALL OF THE GREAT STUFF WE'RE DOING.
I THINK KIND OF HEARD A LOT OF THE GOOD STUFF AT THE, THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS MEETING, UM, AND WANTS TO GAIN MORE, BUT ALSO WANTS TO BRING, UH, THE STATE BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR ALL OF THE INFORMATION AS WELL.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE ALL OF THAT OUT WITH THEM.
BUT, UH, IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION AS PART OF BOARD MEMBERS.
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UH, PLEASE JUST LET, UH, CARLA AND I KNOW AND WE'D BE HAPPY, HAPPY TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU AS PART OF THAT AS WELL.UM, AND THEN THE LAST, OH, TWO MORE ITEMS FOR ME, SORRY.
BUT THE LAST PRIMARY ONE, THANK YOU FOR, UM, APPROVING THE BOARD ACTION SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE YOUTH VOICE, UH, ADVISORY COUNCIL TODAY.
UM, I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A YOUTH VOICE.
AND SPECIFICALLY, MY, MY THOUGHTS AROUND IT IS THAT THE MORE WE CAN EMPOWER THE YOUTH, SO IT'S NOT JUST US TELLING THEM, BUT THEM ACTUALLY ENGAGING IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES DIRECT GUIDANCE, THAT GOES TO DIRECT CHANGES, UM, I THINK THE BETTER.
SO I WELCOME THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS WOULD WORK, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEM.
UH, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE OBVIOUSLY, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AS PART OF THAT.
UH, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF AUTHORITY TO THEM, UH, IN SOME CHANGES AT CERTAIN LEVELS, UH, I WELCOME THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE MAKING AS PART OF THE YOUTH VOICE.
I ALSO DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THOUGH, THAT THERE IS A NEED, AND NOT ONLY ON THE YOUTH SIDE, BUT ON THE ADULT SIDE AS WELL.
AND SPECIFICALLY AROUND, UM, THIS WAS A TOPIC AT THE WORKFORCE COUNCIL, SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY 55 AND OVER COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY, WITH ALL OF THE AI CHANGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I THINK THAT'S A GROUP THAT I WANT TO START LOOKING AT HOW WE PROVIDE A GREATER LEVEL OF FOCUS ON AS WELL TO HELP AND SUPPORT THAT THAT PARTICULAR GROUP.
UM, IF THESE FEDERAL CHANGES THAT REDUCE THE BUDGET CHANGES THAT REDUCE THE FUNDING GO AWAY, IT WILL CERTAINLY MAKE IT A LOT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO THAT.
BUT I'M HOPING THAT THEY DON'T.
AND SO WE CAN TRY TO PUT SOME LEVEL OF FOCUS AROUND, UH, ADULT SERVICES ALONG WITH 55 AND OVER.
UM, 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA STAY OLDER.
SO ALONG WITH 55 AND OVER, UM, ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE STARTING TO DO SOME WORK, UM, WITH ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TRANS COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS, UM, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I ENGAGED WITH SOME FOLKS AT C-S-U-L-V AND WOULD LIKE TO START LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES AT THE ADULT LEVEL BETTER.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
AND THE LAST THING FOR ME IS, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED TODAY, THE WORLD CUP STARTS.
I AM A HUGE SOCCER FAN, SO, UH, ALL I CAN SAY IS LET'S GO ON.
AND WITH THAT, THAT ENDS MY REPORT.
UH, ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS ON THE REPORT? NO, I, I DO HAVE A COUPLE.
JUST QUICKLY, UH, ONE, YOU TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGING OF FUNDING.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN CWA AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION WORKFORCE BOARDS.
UH, THESE I THINK ARE VERY, I THINK IN ANY INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS CONVENING OF PEOPLE TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES, UH, HOW WE ALL CAN, UH, MOVE FORWARD TO ADVANCE WHAT WE RESPECTIVELY DO IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
ALSO, THESE ARE THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATE FOR WORKFORCE AS A PROFESSIONAL, A COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAKE THE LEAD ON THE REAUTHORIZATION BILLS AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF, OF THE WORKFORCE BOARDS AND, AND HOW WE, HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE DEPLOYED AND HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THEM.
SO I'M SURE YOU'RE WORKING ON OR HAVE A PLAN, BUT HOW WOULD WE STILL BE ABLE TO REMAIN ACTIVE IN THESE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS? AND IS THERE ALSO A, A FEAR THAT SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE WEAKENED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF BUDGET FOR MAYBE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY? UH, YES.
UM, SO YES, UH, WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED WITH THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE ASSOCIATION.
THEY HAVE A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
I HAVE NOW BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE ASSOCIATION.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING MORE WITH THEM TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ITEMS. UM, WE ALSO HAVE ENGAGED IN OUR PART OF THE NATIONAL WORKFORCE BOARDS.
UM, AND SO THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THEM AND WE SHARE OUT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE, UH, LETTERS THAT WE SENT TO, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE SENT OVER AND ON OUR, UM, LEGISLATIVE TEAM TO, UH, PROVIDE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, IN SUPPORT OF TRYING TO RE UH, REMOVE
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SOME OF THE CHANGES, UM, THAT ARE THERE.SO WE'RE DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, NOW THAT WE'RE A PART OF THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, SPECIFICALLY THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THEY'VE ASKED, THEY'VE ASKED US TO BE A, UH, A MEMBER AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WILL LIKELY PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY ENGAGED GROUP.
THEY ARE ALSO MOVING FORWARD LETTERS, UM, IDENTIFYING THE NEED TO KEEP THE FUNDING IN PLACE FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, ADVOCACY FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS GOING ON BOTH AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THE LOCAL, THE STATE LEVEL.
UM, AND LOCALLY, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL, AS MEMBERS OF LB WIN CAN DO FOR US AS PART OF THIS IS, UM, ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR ELECTED SPECIFIC ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SHARE THE BENEFITS OF WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT HERE, THE PROGRAMS, THE SERVICES, UM, ALL OF THE GREAT WORK BEING DONE, UM, THAT GOES A LONG WAY TO BEING ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE WHY THESE PROGRAMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED AND SHOULD BE KEPT.
SO, UM, AND IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION FROM ME TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE THAT, THAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK TO THEM, HAPPY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SHARE IT WITH YOU.
SO, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT HAVING SOME SORT OF, UH, AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEE ON POLICY TO HELP INFORM THIS.
ONE OF THE BIG DISCUSSIONS AS YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE HAD, UH, WITH THE WORKFORCE, UH, DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WAS ABOUT GETTING THE FOLKS THAT USE THE SYSTEM MORE ENGAGED IN THE ADVOCACY.
IT'S ONE THING FOR, JAIME DOES A GREAT JOB TO GO AND TALK ABOUT HOW HE SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE MONEY SO HE CAN PAY HIS OWN SALARY.
SO I, I'D SAY LIKE, THAT'S HOW IT COMES OFF WHEN YOU GO TO WASHINGTON DC AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT ON THINGS.
HOWEVER, EMPLOYERS WHO ARE USING THE PROGRAM AND, UH, WORKERS WHO'VE GONE THROUGH THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, I THINK THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT NEED TO GO AND TALK ABOUT UNION EMPLOYERS, HOW YOU CAN, LIKE, WE NEED TO TALK, TALK ABOUT HOW POWERFUL THIS SYSTEM IS AND HOW WE USE IT.
AND I THINK ALSO, BO THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD STAY VERY CLOSE WITH THE CITY ON, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THESE, THIS IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO DO THE WORK WE DO TO DO THE TALENT, TALENT, TALENT, UH, THAT YOU TALK ABOUT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT, UH, BACKUP PLANS, BUT ALSO I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE AN OFFENSIVE GAME PLAN TOO.
UM, SO YOU MENTIONED, UH, WORKING MORE WITH THE INDIGENOUS, UH, TRANS AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN, IN LONG BEACH.
DO WE HAVE A TARGET, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO MAYBE PARTNER WITH TO HELP WITH THAT EFFORT? SO WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY, YES.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE, UH, LOS ANGELES BLACK WORKERS CENTER, UM, TO HELP SUPPORT WITH THAT OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE 55, UH, PLUS COMMUNITY, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, GOODWILL THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THERE AS IT RELATES TO THE TRANS COMMUNITY.
UM, ELI, HELP ME OUT WITH THE NAME OF THAT ONE, PLEASE.
UM, IS THE ORGANIZATION AS IT RELATES TO THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY, WE DON'T HAVE ONE YET.
UM, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE, I'VE STARTED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH C-S-U-L-B BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UM, THEY HAVE A, A GREAT GROUP THERE.
UM, AND PART OF IT IS IDENTIFYING THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES HERE LOCALLY AND BEING ABLE TO PUT A FOCUS ON, ON THOSE COMMUNITIES HERE.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE.
I MEAN, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO SHARE THE MEET AND GREET THAT THEY'RE HOSTING ON THE 23RD? YES, PLEASE.
SO ON THE 23RD, I ACTUALLY NEED TO CONFIRM THE DATE.
AND THEY'RE HOSTING A SERIES OF DISCOVERY SESSIONS, FOCUS GROUPS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
UH, OUR MEETING, OUR THREE PARTNERS.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE HOSTED BY TRANS CAMP WORK AT A, AT OUR ADULT CENTER.
AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, UH, HOST A BIT OF A NETWORKING MEET AND GREET, UH, ACROSS THE WAY AT THE MARRIOTT.
UH, WE REALLY WANT TO MEET OUR, OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS.
SO, UH, WE COULD INCLUDE THAT AS A FORMAL INVITE TO THE REST OF Y'ALL, BUT THEY HAVE A FLYER THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE.
UM, AND I'LL ALSO ADD THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ASKED THE TEAM TO START DOING MORE OF AND WE WILL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT
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IS HAPPENING MORE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD HERE, IS THAT, UH, YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS WORK ARE GOING TO START GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON RELATED TO THE PROGRAM.SO AS AN EXAMPLE, I THINK, UH, LATER THIS MONTH, THERE'S THE CULMINATION FOR THE FIRE CORE.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL ALL, YOU WILL ALL GET INFORMATION AND AN INVITE FOR THAT IN CASE YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
AGAIN, IT JUST SHOWCASES THE GREAT WORK THAT'S GOING ON, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UM, AND IT'S GREAT FOR ALL OF YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
SO, AND, AND THEY CAN ALSO SHARE THEIR APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF YOU.
THIS, THIS, ALL THIS WORK IS, IS CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT YOU AS THE BOARD.
UH, THE, THIS IS A MANDATED, FEDERALLY MANDATED BOARD, UH, AND YOUR, UH, ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT IN THIS BOARD ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE CAN DO THAT WE DO HERE.
MY QUESTION SLASH COMMENTS KIND OF RELATED TO THE OLYMPICS AND THINKING ABOUT OUR ROLE IN REALLY DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EMBEDDED INTO THE OLYMPIC PLANNING.
UM, I KNOW LA 28 IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE LOGISTICAL STUFF, BUT I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ENGAGING BOTH YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS, ADULTS IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE STUFF IN THE WORKS, BUT AS A BOARD, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT EARLY AND HAVE INPUT ON IT.
UH, SO WE COULD SUPPORT AS NEEDED.
UM, SO I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE GOOD IS 'CAUSE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DOES HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT DOES PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THOSE, UM, ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE OLYMPICS.
SO I, I THINK WHAT WE WILL DO IS AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE WILL ASK FOR THEM TO PROVIDE, UH, US A PRESENTATION ON ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON.
AND SO THAT WAY WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO, THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH, WITH NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON IN LA AS IT RELATES TO THE OLYMPICS.
AND ALSO FOR LIKE THE LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER OR OTHER INITIATIVES GOING ON IN THE CITY, I THINK IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO ENGAGE.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE ON THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS AND HOW THAT COULD BE, UM, ACTIVATED TO SUPPORT GROWING OUR OWN THROUGH THESE AWESOME EVENTS AND UM, UH, EVENT VENUES THAT ARE ARE GROWING.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE? UM, CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MEMBER.
MEMBER THOMAS, APPROVE VICE CHAIR QUOTE, APPROVE CHAIR.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE ANY NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN IS NOELLE
UH, JOHN FAYE WITH MEMORIAL HERE.
WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT GRANT PROGRAM THAT IS OFFERED TO NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
THE PROGRAM LAUNCHES TODAY AND WE HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH AUGUST 6TH, SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH HYUNDAI TO DISTRIBUTE THAT OUT WIDE LEAGUE.
BUT JUST, UH, FOR YOUR AWARENESS FOR, UH, BOTH LONG BEACH MEDICAL CENTER, MILLER CHILDREN'S AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL EACH HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE GRANT PROGRAMS FOR SMALL NON-PROFITS.
AND I'LL JUST BRING TO, UH, THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE OF CAREER EXPO IS BEING PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 13TH.
I'LL PROBABLY PROBABLY BRING IT UP AT EVERY MEETING JUST AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO REMIND PEOPLE WE LOVE THE INVOLVEMENT OF EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE REGION.
UM, I'LL CONNECT, REFINE TO ALSO GET INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING.