* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ALRIGHT, TEAM, [00:00:01] I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING TO ORDER FOR JULY 22ND, 2026. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE TIME? THE TIME IS 6:34 PM THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. HERE. COMMISSIONER ULTA? HERE. COMMISSIONER RE HERE. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLLET. HERE. COMMISSIONER MELLINGER. HERE. TREASURER AN KEL HERE. VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA HERE. AND CHAIR GONZALEZ. WE HAVE QUORUM. ALRIGHT. AND FOR THE RECORD, CHAIR GONZALEZ IS EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING TODAY. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? NO. ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. AND WE ALSO, UM, WELL, I'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME, UM, SIT IN AS CHAIR TODAY AS COMMISSIONER, UH, A CHAIR GONZALEZ OUT OF TOWN. AND WE ALSO WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEW, UH, COMMISSIONER AT LARGE. CHRISTINE DELATE. WELCOME. HI EVERYONE. HI. HI. ALRIGHT. SO EVERYONE, TO ENSURE THE INCLUSION OF ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS, I WILL PERIODICALLY REMIND COMMISSIONERS THAT MEMBERS OF PUBLIC TO PROJECT YOUR VOICE WHEN MAKING COMMENTS OR ASKING QUESTIONS. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ITEM? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2026. STILL MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER VALETTE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DR. ENGEL. COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE MINUTES? RIGHT. WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN PERSON. SEEING NONE. AND IF THERE ARE ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE. NOW. SEEING NONE, BOTH IN PERSON AND IN ZOOM. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM ONE. ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YEAH. COMMISSIONER ENGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER LAURE? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MELLINGER? YES. TREASURER ENGEL? YES. VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. OH. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU SAID ME TWICE. OH MY GOD. I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER. AN I MEAN, COMMISSIONER. YES. I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? YES. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE ANNUAL UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY. MOVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOVED BY COMMISSIONER LALA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA. MAY I HAVE THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? HI EVERYBODY. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO MY NAME IS HEATHER WICK. I AM THE ETHICS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UH, I MANAGE THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO DO ANNUALLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE. JUST TOUCHING BASE WITH OF OUR COMMISSIONS, KIND OF GOING OVER AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, SOME ETHICS EXPECTATIONS. AND THAT'S ALSO MY OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT MY OFFICE DOES. NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR MISSION IS PRETTY SIMPLE. UM, IT'S TO BUILD TRUST AMONG THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS AND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY RESOURCES SO WE CAN ALL MAKE IMPARTIAL DECISIONS AS STEWARDS OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. SO AT THE CRUX OF WHAT MY OFFICE DOES IS GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION, AND THIS IS PART OF THAT. WE ALSO MANAGE AN ETHICS HELPLINE OFFER ADVICE WHEN EMPLOYEES COME TO US, USUALLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC TRUST. SO WE ALSO UNDER THE OET MANAGE THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT PROGRAM. SO UNDER THAT PROGRAM WE PROBABLY GET ABOUT 6,000 REQUESTS ANNUALLY FOR RECORDS AND THEN ALWAYS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT INCLUDES OUR CLERK'S OFFICE, HR, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, CITY MANAGER. AGAIN, UM, I CAN'T DO WHAT I DO WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM, UM, ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. NEXT SLIDE. SO, SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, LAST YEAR, WHICH IS KIND OF FUNNY 'CAUSE THIS YEAR IS ALMOST OVER. UM, BUT LAST YEAR, UH, WE LAUNCHED A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC ROADMAP THAT HAS REALLY GUIDED OUR WORK INTO 2026. AND WE'LL DO SO FOR THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS. UH, WE ADVANCED A UNIFIED CITYWIDE ETHICS FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS NOW CALLED THE FAIR ACT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL WANNA KEEP AN EYE ON AS, UM, [00:05:01] APPOINTED OFFICIALS AT THE END OF WHAT WILL PROBABLY BE ANOTHER SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR OR SO, WE'LL BE IN ORDINANCE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER ALL OF OUR CURRENT LAWS, UM, AROUND ETHICS AND GOVERNMENT, UH, BEST PRACTICES AND OTHER PROCESSES. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE THINGS, IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE KIND OF SCATTERED AND NOT VERY ACCESSIBLE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. SO AGAIN, THIS, UM, WHAT IS CALLED THE FAIR ACT, UH, STRIVES TO BRING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER. UH, WE ALSO DEVELOPED A FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING, WHICH IS JUST A PRACTICAL TOOL THAT I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A SECOND. WE BUILT OUT A MASTER COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATION PLAN, AND THEN CONTINUED OUTREACH AND SUPPORT FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND OUR STAFF LIAISONS. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS JUST A, A SNAPSHOT OF THE FRAMEWORK. IT'S A FIVE STEP PRACTICAL TOOL, UH, TO REALLY HELP, UM, GUIDE EMPLOYEES PRIMARILY AND OFFICIALS. UM, WE, WE'D LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO USE IT, BUT IT'S JUST A FIVE STEP TOOL TO HELP GUIDE US THROUGH, UM, SITUATIONS THAT COME UP THAT MAY BE A LITTLE GRAY, WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE TWO KIND OF OKAY ANSWERS OR WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE RIGHT ANSWER, BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THIS PROCESS MAYBE ISN'T THE RIGHT ANSWER. UM, SO DOING A LOT OF PROMOTION AROUND THIS FRAMEWORK OVER THE LAST YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT'S COMING NEXT YEAR OR THIS YEAR? SORRY. UM, WE'VE AGAIN BEEN WORKING ON THE FAIR ACT, UH, BEEN PROMOTING OUR FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING. UH, DONE A LOT OF TARGETED, UH, OUTREACH AND GUIDANCE THIS YEAR. UH, SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS. UM, WE ARE A TEENY TINY LITTLE OFFICE, SO, AND WE BUILD ALL OF OUR OWN MATERIALS. UM, SO A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE PRODUCE, UM, WHICH LEADS US TO TRAINING AND EDUCATION REFRESH. SO WE'RE ALWAYS TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE NEED, UM, AND SEEING HOW WE CAN MAKE WHAT WE HAVE BETTER WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. AND THEN CONCENTRATING ON PLAIN LANGUAGE ETHICS, UM, JUST MAKING IT EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND, UM, USING REAL LIFE EXAMPLES AND THEN PROMOTING OUR HELPLINE. NEXT SLIDE. . SO WHY DO ETHICS MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ADVISORY BODIES? UM, JUST A REMINDER, MOST OF OUR COMMISSIONS, UM, ADVISE, RECOMMEND, INFORM, AND, AND WHAT YOU GUYS REALLY DO AT THE END OF THE DAY IS SHAPE PUBLIC TRUST, WHICH IS REALLY, UM, IS OUR GOAL COLLECTIVELY AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, IS TO GET AND HOLD ONTO THAT PUBLIC TRUST. UM, YOUR DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS INFLUENCE CITY DECISIONS. UM, SO YOUR ROLE MATTERS. YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS, BUT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS INFLUENCE COUNCIL ACTIONS. THEY INFLUENCE CITY STAFF ACTIONS AND AGAIN, PUBLIC PERCEPTION. SO BECAUSE OF THAT INFLUENCE, ETHICAL CONDUCT AND ADHERENCE TO THE CITY'S VALUES AND OUR CODE OF CONDUCT ALWAYS MATTER. YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LITTLE POINTY FINGER FROM TIME TO TIME. THESE ARE JUST FRIENDLY REMINDERS. UM, ANNUAL REPORTS, THOSE WERE DUE ON JUNE 1ST. UM, NOT EVERY COMMISSION HAS TO DO THOSE, BUT I BELIEVE THIS ONE DOES, UH, FORM 700. SO THESE ARE DUE ON APRIL 1ST. HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE ALL IN ON TIME. IF NOT, YOU'VE HEARD QUITE A LOT FROM OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. UM, THEY LIKE TO GIVE FRIENDLY REMINDERS TO NEXT SLIDE. SO COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FAIRNESS AND PROCESS. COMMISSION MEETINGS MUST BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, YOUR BYLAWS AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. MILLICENT HAS, UM, A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT SHE'LL DO RIGHT AFTER MINE. SHE'LL GET MORE INTO THAT WITH YOU. UH, BUT AT THESE RULES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HELP ENSURE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT DELIBERATION, EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AND AGAIN, PUBLIC TRUST IN THE PROCESS. UNBIASED DECISION MAKING. SO THIS HASN'T COME UP WITH THIS COMMISSION, BUT A LOT OF THESE LITTLE FRIENDLY REMINDERS ARE ON THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE THEY'VE COME UP IN OTHER COMMISSIONS. UM, SO UN UNBIASED DECISION MAKINGS. JUST A REMINDER, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO REMAIN IMPARTIAL AND OBJECTIVE. YOUR DECISION SHOULD BE BASED ON THE RECORD FACTS AND ADOPTED CRITERIA. REALLY WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT YOUR DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE BEHIND THE DAAS AND NOT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE DAAS. UM, AND EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF BIAS REALLY DOES UNDERMINE PUBLIC TRUST. PUBLIC CONFIDENCE DEPENDS ON FAIRNESS, NOT JUST OUTCOMES. NEXT [00:10:01] SLIDE. FEW OTHER REMINDERS. ONLY THE CHAIR OR ANOTHER FORMALLY AUTHORIZED MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OR FORMALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSION CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION. SO THIS APPLIES TO ADDRESSING CITY COUNCIL. OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS, EMAILS, OR LETTERS. UM, WE SEE A LOT OF THIS UNINTENTIONALLY IN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. UM, SO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND THEN SIGNATURES, ENDORSEMENTS, OR PUBLIC STATEMENTS. THIS MATTERS WHY? BECAUSE FORMAL APPROVAL PROCESSES HELP ENSURE THAT STATEMENTS MADE OUTSIDE OF YOUR MEETINGS REFLECT YOUR COLLECTIVE POSITION, ALIGN WITH YOUR ADOPTIVE OBJECTIVES, AND DON'T PROMOTE PERSONAL AGENDAS OR BIASES. OF COURSE, YOU CAN SPEAK PERSONALLY AS A RESIDENT, BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AS A COMMISSIONER. AGAIN, WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, MISUSE OF AUTHORITY CAN OCCUR WHEN YOUR PERSONAL ABUSE APPEAR TO BE THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF THE COMMISSION. NEXT SLIDE. SO, JUST A REMINDER, NOT THAT I NEED TO DO THAT. 'CAUSE THE LEARN SYSTEM DOES THAT FOR US. UM, OF YOUR REQUIRED TRAININGS, UM, ANNUALLY WE'VE GOT THE CITY REQUIRED CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS. THIS IS THE 30 MINUTE TRAINING, UH, THE BIENNIAL, STATE AND CITY REQUIRED HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES. UH, BY INLY, YOU ALSO HAVE THE STATE REQUIRED AB 1, 2, 3, 4 ETHICS TRAINING. THAT'S THE TWO HOUR TRAINING. AND THEN WHEN YOU FIRST ASSUME OFFICE AS A NEW COMMISSIONER, UH, YOU'RE TO DO THE MAYOR REQUIRED, UH, TRAININGS WITHIN THE 120 DAYS OF ASSUMING OFFICE. SO THAT STRATEGIC VISION AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, ALL OF THESE TRAININGS LIVE AND LEARN. IF FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE ACCESSING YOUR LEARN ACCOUNT, JUST LET KIMBERLY KNOW AND SHE CAN WORK WITH THE LEARN FOLKS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS OUR HELPLINE I MENTIONED EARLIER. IT'S ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. UH, WE DO GET SOME CALLS, BUT, UH, PRIMARILY OUR CALLS COME FROM CITY EMPLOYEES. IT'S CONFIDENTIAL, ANONYMOUS, AVAILABLE 24 7 AND ALSO AVAILABLE, UH, THROUGH AN ONLINE FORM. NEXT SLIDE. SO SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS AND REMINDERS. AGAIN, YOUR ROLE IS ADVISORY, NOT INDIVIDUAL. BE AWARE OF WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING PERSONALLY VERSUS OFFICIALLY. KEEP IN MIND THAT FORMAL APPROVAL PROCESSES MATTER, REMAIN FAIR, IMPARTIAL, AND UNBIASED. FOLLOW MEETING RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT, AGAIN, MILLICENT'S GONNA GO OVER WITH YOU IN JUST A MINUTE. AND THEN COMPLETE YOUR REQUIRED TRAININGS. UM, FORTUNATELY THE CITY ATTORNEY DID NOT HAVE TO LET GO OF ANY COMMISSIONERS IN 2025. UM, THE YEAR BEFORE, I THINK, UH, SHE HAD TO LET GO OF SEVEN. SO THESE TRAININGS ARE IMPORTANT. AND IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, JUST ASK. NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT C UH, STAFF WORKS REALLY HARD TO KEEP UP TO DATE. THERE'S TWO WITH THE LITTLE POINTY FINGERS THAT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. THERE'S THE ETHICS GUIDE FOR LONG BEACH CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. THIS IS MANAGED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THIS DOCUMENT DOES A GREAT JOB OF, UH, GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS, BUT ALSO, UM, THE STATE, THE STATE LAWS THAT REALLY GOVERN, UH, YOUR ACTIONS AS CITY OFFICIALS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS UP TO DATE. AND THEN THE CITY CLERK'S, UH, COMMISSION BOARD AND COMMITTEE HANDBOOK. CHANCES ARE IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR WORK AS A COMMISSION, THE ANSWER LIES IN THAT HANDBOOK. NEXT SLIDE. AND THAT IS MY ANNUAL PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. THANKS COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR PRESENTER? I WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AND IF THERE ARE ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION. NOW BEING DONE BOTH IN PERSON AND IN ZOOM. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO. COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION TODAY? OKAY, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES. COMMISSIONER ALAN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA? YES. COMMISSIONER DERE? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MELLINGER? YES. TREASURER AN YES. VICE CHAIR MOSQUERA? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. [00:15:02] CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR INSTEAD OF THREE. NEXT, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO MOVED. THANK YOU, . THANK YOU. UH, A MOVED BY COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE AND SECONDED BY TR ENG. MAY PLEASE HAVE THE PRESENTATION HURTS . THANK YOU EVERYONE. UM, DO YOU HAVE THE QUICK OKAY. I DON'T HAVE . OH, YOU'RE JUST DOING IT? YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. UM, THANK AND WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONER. UM, AS HEATHER SAID, WE LIKE TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR TO GIVE YOU ALL A REFRESHER ON THE BROWN ACT. UM, IT'S GOOD TO, UM, HAVE A REMINDER ON WHAT, UM, THE BROWN ACT SAYS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, THE BROWN ACT, UM, WAS ENACTED IN RESPONSE TO A SERIES OF, UH, NEWS REPORTS BY A SAN FRANCISCO REPORTER ABOUT SECRET MEETINGS, UM, UH, OF CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER CITY, UH, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND SO, IN RESPONSE TO STATE LEGISLATURE ENACTED THE BROWN ACT. UM, IT'S ONE OF, UH, CALIFORNIA'S, UH, MAIN SUNSHINE LAWS. THE OTHER ONE IS THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. AND THE IDEA IS THAT SUNSHINE IS, UM, THE BEST DISINFECTED AGAINST, UH, CORRUPTION AND FRAUD AND INEPTITUDE. UM, AND SO A TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE OPEN AND, AND THE OPEN O OPEN LIGHT. UM, WE SHOULD THINK OF OURSELVES AS A GLASS ROOM WHERE WE'RE IN A ROOM, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO, I LIKE TO READ IN THIS PRESENTATION WHAT IS, UM, SOME ARTFULLY DRAFTED LANGUAGE IN THE BROWN ACT, WHICH IS WHERE, 'CAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATOR ISN'T THE BEST AT DRAFTING IT LAW, BUT I THINK IT, IT REALLY FRAMES OUR DISCUSSION. UM, SO THE, UH, INTRODUCTION TO THE BROWN ACT DESCRIBES ITS PURPOSE AND INTENT, WHICH SAYS, IN ENACTING THIS CHAPTER, THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THE PUBLIC COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COUNCILS AND THE OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES IN THE STATE EXISTS TO AID IN THE CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LAW THAT THEIR ACTIONS BE TAKEN OPENLY AND THAT THEIR DELIBERATIONS BE CONDUCTED OPENLY. SO WITH THIS IN MIND, HERE ARE THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE BROWN ACT. UH, FIRST, ALL MEETINGS MUST BE OPEN AND PUBLIC. UM, SECOND, ACTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS MUST BE TAKEN OPENLY. THERE IS NO SECRET VOTING. UM, ALL VOTES HAVE TO HAPPEN IN PUBLIC. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, OF COURSE, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CLOSED SESSION, BUT THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS COMMISSION. UM, ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS AND ONLY MATTERS ON THE AGENDA, UM, CAN BE DISCUSSED. AND THIS IS, UH, THAT, THAT LAST POINT IS, IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH I'LL, UM, GET INTO NEXT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ABIDE BY THE BROWN ACT BECAUSE, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. SO IF THERE IS EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OR SUGGESTION OR INKLING FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE DOING BUSINESS IN SECRET, UM, THAT, UM, CONTRIBUTES THE IDEA THAT WE'RE, UM, NOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING OUR THESIS IN SECRET. AND WE WANT TO APPOINT THAT. UM, THIS, UH, THAT NEXT BULLET DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS COMMISSION, BUT FOR CITY CITY COUNCIL, UH, HEARING, UH, C CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, UM, AVOIDING THIS, UH, APPEARANCE OF MEMBER PARTIES IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROTECTS THE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF PARTIES THAT APPEAR ABOVE COUNCIL AND, UM, OTHER, OTHER PARTIES. SO WHEN COUNCIL HERE HAS HEARINGS, UM, DOING THOSE HEARINGS IN PUBLIC, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROTECTS THE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF THOSE PARTIES, RIGHT? WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE PROCESS IS, AND WE WANNA PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THOSE PARTIES THAT APPEAR, UH, BEFORE COUNCIL. NEXT SLIDE. SO, CITY COUNCIL IS OF COURSE, SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT. THIS, THIS COMMISSION IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT. ESSENTIALLY ANY, UM, UH, COMMISSION, COMMITTEE OR BOARD CREATED BY FORMAL ACTION, UM, BY COUNCIL, IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION, UM, OR, UH, A CHARTER AMENDMENT, WHICH IS VOTED UPON BY THE PEOPLE, BUT THAT IS BROUGHT ON THE BALLOT BY COUNCIL. UM, WHAT'S IMPORTANT, AND, AND YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR, IS THAT, UM, WITHIN THE BROWN ACT, THERE'S A MECHANISM FOR BODIES TO CONDUCT BUSINESS MORE EFFICIENTLY THROUGH TEMPORARY AD HOC COMMITTEES. SO EVERY TIME WE DON'T, UH, IF WE HAVE TO MEET, EVERY TIME WE WANNA DISCUSS SOMETHING, IT BECOMES VERY INEFFICIENT BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME [00:20:01] FOR US TO ALL GATHER AND POST THE AGENDA. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TEMPORARY AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT ARE MADE OF SOLELY OF COMMISSIONERS CONSTITUTING LESS THAN A QUORUM FORM. THESE COMMITTEES AND, UM, ARE, UH, FOCUSED ON A SUBJECT. AND SO THAT, UH, TEMPORARY AD HOC COMMITTEE CAN MEET AND DISCUSS AND PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE FULL COMMISSION TO VOTE ON OR TAKE ACTION ON, RIGHT? SO IT'S A WAY, IT'S A MECHANISM FOR US TO DO SOME OF THE BUSINESS WITHOUT HAVING TO POST AN AGENDA AND NOTICE THE PROBLEM. SO THERE ARE, UM, SEVERAL TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE PROHIBITED BY THE BROWN ACT. AND SO WHENEVER THERE'S A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION THAT NEEDS TO DISCUSS THE BUSINESS OR TAKE ACTION, UM, ON THE BUSINESS OF THE COMMISSION, THAT CONSTITUTES A MEETING AND THAT HAS TO BE NOTICED TO THE PUBLIC AND AGENDIZED. AND SO, UM, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE PROHIBITED UNDER THE BROWN ACT PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THAT MEETING REQUIREMENT. SO ONE IS SERIAL COMMUNICATION. SO THINK OF IT AS, UM, A TO B TO B2C TO C TO D. SO COMMISSIONER A TALKS TO COMMISSIONER B, COMMISSIONER B TALKS TO COMMISSIONER C. AND EVENTUALLY YOU GET INTO A DISCUSSION AMONGST THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION. AND THAT IS A SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS IN WHICH, UH, THAT INVOLVE A, UH, A MAJORITY OF THE THE MEMBERS. AND SO THESE ARE, UM, SORT OF TYPES OF SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS. AND I'LL GO, UM, THROUGH EACH ONE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. SO, HUB AND SPOKE IS EXACTLY WHAT IT, WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. SO, UM, WE SHOULDN'T OF COURSE BE TRYING TO WHIP UP BOATS IN SECRETS. SO WE HAVE A HUB MEMBER, AND THAT PERSON IS TALKING TO THIS COMMISSIONER AND THIS COMMISSIONER AND THIS COMMISSIONER TO ENSURE THEY VOTE YES ON AN ITEM THAT IS PROHIBITED, RIGHT? THAT, THAT, UM, SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS CONSTITUTES A MAJORITY OF, UH, UH, THE COMMISSION AND DISCUSSING AN ITEM WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION. SO NEXT IS DAISY CHAIN COMMUNICATIONS. I HONESTLY, UM, DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S CALLED A DAISY CHAIN COMMUNICATION. UM, AND I'M WONDERING WHY I PUT DAISIES ON THERE. 'CAUSE THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXPLAIN. UH, BUT SO WE HAVE A RAINBOW OF, UH, MEMBERS. SO MEMBER BLUE CONTACTS MEMBER GREEN MEMBER GREEN CONTACTS MEMBER ORANGE MEMBER ORANGE CONTACTS MEMBER PINK. THAT IS LIKE THE ESSENCE, THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A SERIAL COMMUNICATION. AND SO THAT IS PROHIBITED. UM, WE HAVE COMMUNICATION BY REPRESENTATIVE. SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU, YOU TALK TO YOUR PARTNER OR SPOUSE ABOUT, UM, AN ITEM THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA. AND YOUR PARTNER HAPPENS TO RUN INTO A GROUP OF YOU AT KROGER, OR KROGER IS IN, IS IN TEXAS, RALPH, RALPH. UM, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT, UM, YOU SAID TO YOUR PARTNER THAT IS PROHIBITED SIMILARLY TO STAFF. YOU CAN'T TELL US SOMETHING AND WE CANNOT GO AROUND AND TELL THE MAJORITY OF YOU THE SAME THING, BECAUSE THAT, THAT IS COMMUNICATION BY REP, REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE. UM, SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAILS ARE PARTICULARLY TRICKY. UM, THE BROWN ACT DOES ALLOW, UM, YOU TO POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, WHAT, WHEN YOU GET INTO TROUBLE IS WHEN YOU POST ON, ON FACEBOOK AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION START LIKING IT. THAT LIKE IS, UM, IF A MAJORITY OF YOU LIKE A POST, AND THAT POST IS ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION. THAT IS A MEETING AND THAT IS UNCON THAT IS, UH, NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE BROWN ACT. SO, UM, THAT'S ALSO WHY STAFF WILL BLIND COPY. UM, YOU, WHEN, WHEN THEY SEND COMMUNICATIONS TO ALL THE COMMISSION, IT'S BECAUSE YOU GUYS CAN'T REPLY ALL AND, AND THEN CONSTITUTE A MEETING WHEN YOU REPLY. ALL RIGHT? WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE BLIND COPIED AND YOU REPLY, YOU ONLY REPLY TO THOSE ON THE COPY OR IN THE, UM, SENDER LINE. SO WHAT TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS ARE ALLOWED, UM, OBVIOUSLY ONE-ON-ONE COMMUNICATIONS. UM, AND OF, OF COURSE YOU ARE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SPEAK WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO AUTHORIZATION OF THIS COMMISSION AS, AS HEATHER DISCUSSED. UH, SO THESE ARE A SERIES OF, UM, KIND OF EXCEPTIONS IN WHICH A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS CAN MEET. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ALL CAN MEET AT A DOG'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. UM, THAT IS A SOCIAL, PURELY SOCIAL OR CEREMONIAL EVENT. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE COMMISSION BUSINESS. HOWEVER, UM, MEMBERS CANNOT DISCUSS MATTERS OF THE BODY, UM, AMONGST THEMSELVES AT THESE EVENTS. UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S, UM, AGENDA POSTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE BROWN ACT. SO FOR REGULAR MEETINGS, IT'S 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS, IT'S 24 HOURS. AND THE AGENDA IS, IS A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT INCLUDES SEVERAL THINGS, RIGHT? [00:25:01] IT INCLUDES THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF THE MEETING. UM, UH, A BRIEF GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH AGENDA ITEM. UM, AND IT'S ALSO PUBLICLY POSTED. IT'S ON OUR, UM, INTERNET PAGE. AND, AND THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE BROWN ACT. AND WE CAN POST STUFF ON THE INTERNET AND SATISFY THAT REQUIREMENT. SO MEETINGS, UM, CAN ONLY BE HELD WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, THAT IS SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT UNLESS A SPECIFIC EXEMPTION APPLIES, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THE CITY. AND, UM, ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, OF COURSE, ARE ACCESSIBLE UNDER THE A DA. SO THE PUBLIC HAS SEVERAL RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO BROWN ACT MEETINGS. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO COMMENT ON TWO THINGS. THEY CAN COMMENT ON ITEMS WITHIN THE BODY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THEY CAN COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS, UM, THAT ARE BEFORE THE COMMISSION. THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO RECORD, UM, THE MEETING OR TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO REVIEW THE AGENDA AND OTHER, UM, MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED TO THIS BODY. SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW MY PRESENTATION. THEY CAN REVIEW HEATHER'S BECAUSE IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF YOU. THAT MEANS IT'S DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC. SO WHEN, UM, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL THEIR NAMES TO SPEAK. UM, OF COURSE WE ASK FOR THAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO. AND THAT'S MORE OF, UH, JUST FOR OUR CLERK'S OFFICE TO ORGANIZE WHO'S GONNA, UM, COME UP AND SPEAK. BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER. AND ALL VOTES, OF COURSE MUST BE, UM, CAST IN PUBLIC UNLESS ALLOWED UNDER A CLOSED SESSION. SO VIOLATIONS OF THE BROWN ACT, THERE ARE, UM, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES. UM, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE, THE PUBLIC ENFORCES THE BROWN ACT. UM, UH, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN BRING A LAWSUIT, UM, THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HOWEVER DOES, CAN BRING A CRIMINAL CHARGE. UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AND IF THERE ARE ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE. NOW, SEEING NONE, BOTH IN PERSON AND IN ZOOM, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YEAH. COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA. YES. COMMISSIONER LAURE? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MELLINGER? YES. TREASURER AN YES. VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK MAYOR. UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND DESIGNATE COMMISSIONERS TO REPRESENT THE COMMISSION AT THE LONG BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL ON AUGUST 1ST, 2026. AND TO DISCUSS EVENT LOGISTICS INCLUDING BOOTH SETUP, CLEANUP, STAFFING, AND TABLE LEADING SHIFT ASSIGNMENTS. MAY HAVE A MOTION. MOTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOVED BY, UM, TREASURER ANKLE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ARCH. ALRIGHT, SO I WANT TO NOTE, OH, WELL, YEAH, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE TABLING AT THE JAZZ FESTIVAL HASN'T BEEN CONFIRMED. WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE WAIT LIST, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THE JAZZ FESTIVAL HAS A LOT OF, UM, SUPPORT AND, AND, UM, TABLERS, UM, AND STAFF WILL LET US KNOW IF AND WHEN A TABLE BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR THE JAZZ FESTIVAL ON AUGUST 1ST AT H PARK. UM, WE WILL, IN THE EVENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ATTEND, WE WILL, UM, NOW, UM, DISCUSS, UH, PRIMARILY BOOTH SETUP, CLEANUP, STAFFING, UH, TABLE LEADING AND SHIFT ASSIGNMENTS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, ARE THERE COMMISSIONERS HERE WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE JAZZ FESTIVAL IF AND WHEN OUR PARTICIPATION IS AN OPTION? OKAY, SO, UH, TREASURE MYSELF. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME? IT'S, UM, AUGUST 1ST FROM TWO TO 7:00 PM AT TON PARK. UM, I THINK IT'S THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY TOO. OH, THE JAZZ FESTIVAL? YES. I BELIEVE THAT I CAN, SOMETHING CAME UP FOR THAT DATE TODAY. SO LET ME JUST CHECK THE HOURS, BUT TENTATIVELY I CAN BE [00:30:01] THERE. OKAY, GREAT. AND, OH, GO AHEAD. I CAN WORK A MIDDLE SHIFT. OKAY. AND I CAN SET UP AND DO THE OPENING SHIFT. I HAVE ALL THE STUFF. OKAY. SO PUT ME DOWN FOR CLOSING AND THEN I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING CHANGES. YEAH. SO WE'LL DIVIDE IT INTO THIRDS, I SUPPOSE. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN, YEAH, I MEAN, SO IF SOMETHING COMES UP, I WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT ANYTHING, TAKE ANYTHING DOWN BECAUSE I'M GONNA HAVE MY BLANK. SO IF SOMETHING COMES UP WITH, DID YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE SURE? OH, I'LL LET YOU KNOW BEFOREHAND, YEAH. YES. OKAY, THEN I'LL MAKE SURE. I'LL, IN THE EVENT THAT WE ARE THERE AND SAM CAN'T MAKE IT, THEN I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I CAN CLEAN UP. YEAH. I WON'T BE ABLE TO CARRY A TABLE ON MY BACK. YEAH, YEAH, NO PROBLEM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU, YEAH. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN OUR COMMITTEE, UM, A MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE CREATING SOME OUTREACH MATERIALS, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH JESSICA. WE'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE FOLLOWED UP OR MADE PROGRESS OR WHERE WE'RE AT WITH ANY MATERIALS FOR FESTIVAL WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, THOSE REQUESTS. SO YEAH, WE'LL WORK ON THOSE. YEAH, SO THE AD HOC WILL YEAH. FOLLOW UP. YEAH. WE THOUGHT IT WAS PRUDED TO WAIT TO PURCHASE ITEMS UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE MM-HMM . YEAH. MAKES SENSE. AND, UH, WE DID DISCUSS THE MENTORSHIP AND AD HOC COMMITTEE DISCUSSED, UH, GENERATING A QR CODE SO THAT PEOPLE, THE PUBLIC CAN SCAN THE P QR CODE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE ANNUAL REPORT. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES EASY THING TO DO. YEAH. CORRECT. FACE, PAPER AND, UM, CAN BE ACCESSED BY MANY. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON, I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AND IF ANY IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION. NOW, SEEING NONE, BOTH IN PERSON AND ZOOM, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSSION? MAD CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER? YES. COMMISSIONER ATA? YES. COMMISSIONER LAURE? YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER MELLINGER? YES. TREASURER AN YES. VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY. UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES. DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES. ALRIGHT, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU ADVISE, UM, SHOULD I CALL FOR THE MOTION FIRST OR MAKE THIS COMMENT? UH, CALL FOR THE MOTION FIRST. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE? SO MOVE SECOND. MOVE BY COMMISSIONER ARCH. SECONDED BY TREASURER ANKLE. ALRIGHT, SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE REPORTS, I WANT TO NOTE THAT CHAIR GONZALEZ WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE HERSELF FROM THE SAFETY AD HOC. ALRIGHT. AND THEN MAY WE HAVE THE REPORTS? WE CAN START WITH THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AD HOC. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH UPDATE UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW, COMMISSIONERS, UM, 'CAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST MEETING OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE. AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE REGROUPING ON THEIR DATA COLLECTION AND WE'RE GONNA GET BACK TO US. AM I REMEMBERING THAT RIGHT? THEY HAD ASKED TO DO, UH, THEY HAD ASKED TO DO A PRESENTATION. SO I THINK IF WE'RE, IF WE HAVE SPACE, PERHAPS ON THE AUGUST THEY'LL COME AND PRESENT A SUMMARIZED VERSION OF THE DATA. OKAY. THANK YOU. MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION. ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH, UM, I CAN DISCUSS. WE ARE MUCH CLOSER TO FINALIZING [00:35:01] OUR LIST OF MENTORSHIP RESOURCES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. UM, I TOOK A LOOK AND EDITED, WE EACH TOOK A THIRD OF THE CONTENT. I EDITED IT. BASICALLY WE JUST NEED, THERE'S SOME MISSING INFORMATION AND SOME CONSISTENCY STUFF WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS AND THEN WE SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, I THINK. YEAH. WE GIVE IT TO STAFF AND THEY CAN HELP US GETTING IT OUT. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO ENGAGE GIRLS YES. IN OUR MEETINGS BY HAVING THEM COME IN TO THE MEETING, POSSIBLY AS A CITY MUNICIPALITY, UH, PRE, UM, RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UM, AND THEN TALKING ABOUT THEMSELVES. AND WE CAN GET OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS, ESPECIALLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT TO COME IN. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT. EXCITING. UM, ALTHOUGH I WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, MY GIRLS IN ACTION HAS, THE GROUP HAS CONFIRMED TO COME TO OUR AUGUST MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. THE FULL MEETING OR THE AD HOC MEETING? THE FULL MEETING, THE FULL, OUR FULL DOOR MEETING IN AUGUST. MM-HMM . ALL RIGHT. RANK CHOICE VOTING. UH, SO WE ARE WORKING ON, WE GOT IN CONTACT WITH THE COMMITTEE OR THE RANK CHOICE VOTING COMMITTEE HERE IN LONG BEACH, AND THEY SENT US ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF WE WERE UPDATING THE LETTER AND IF WE COULD PRESENT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE MEETING, IF THERE'S, I'LL MAKE IT OUT, POSSIBLY US AND POSSIBLY INVITE IF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT COMMITTEE ARE ABLE TO COME BACK. WE THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THE COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT? I DO, YES. UM, WITH MY FIRST MEETING, I'M NOT, I'M JUST MOSTLY LISTENING TO EVERYTHING, BUT REGARDING THE, THE COMMISSION, I WANTED TO, I HAVE A, I EXPRESS INTEREST IN JOINING THE SAFETY COMMITTEE AT A COMMITTEE AND I JUST, I'M NOT PROCESS OR WHERE IS THE COMMITTEE AT AT THIS POINT? YES. UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU ADVISE ON, UM, ADDING, I'M SORRY, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM. IS THE SAFETY AD HOC STILL? IT'S BEEN DISSOLVED, YEAH. MM-HMM . IT'S BEEN DISSOLVED. SUSPENDED, I THOUGHT. SO WE DISSOLVED IT AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA CREATE A NEW ONE ONCE YOU, UH, COME BACK TO THAT TOPIC. OKAY. SO WHENEVER WE GO BACK TO THAT TOPIC, WE WOULD'VE TO BE INVOLVED. YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER DE ELABORATE. DID YOU MENTION ANOTHER ONE? WAS THAT THE ONLY ONE OR DID I, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU MENTION ANOTHER ONE. THAT'S, IT WAS THE ONLY ONE. THAT'S THE ONE. OKAY. I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY WRITTEN REPORT ABOUT THE OTHER ONES BEFORE JOINING ANY, OR SEE WHAT WAS THE, THE OUTCOME THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR IN THOSE MEETINGS. I GUESS I'M WONDERING WHEN WE CAN BRING UP REVISING THE SAFETY COMMITTEE BECAUSE I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU TO JOIN. BUT, UM, WHEN CAN WE BRING THAT UP? HOW DO WE BRING THAT UP? SO ANYTIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO CREATE THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE, YOU WILL BRING THAT UP, UH, DURING THIS ITEM, SINCE WE HAVE THAT ITEM, UM, AT EVERY MEETING, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CREATE IT ONCE YOU'RE READY TO CREATE THE SAFETY AD HOC, WE READY TO BREAK? WE, WELL, IF I COULD ADD THE AD HOCS HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR TIME, TIME SENSITIVE MATTER THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. SO YOU CAN CREATE ONE, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT IN MIND. SO, WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT IN MIND THAT WE WERE WORKING ON AND HAD GONE WAS SUSPENDED CONFERENCE. YEAH. THAT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY A TWO DAY TRAINING AND A CONFERENCE. AND I THINK WE WOULD BE WILLING TO JUMP BACK INTO THAT AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU JOINED US ON THAT. UM, SO, SO BE SO, UM, REALLY EXCITING TOPICS. AND SO MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD HELP ME OUT HERE, UM, WOULD IT, DO WE NEED A MOTION? DO WE NEED TO, HOW WOULD THAT HAPPEN? UM, SO YOU WOULD AMEND THE, UM, AS A FRIENDLY OKAY. YES, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE OR DISSOLVE FUTURE AD HOC COMMITTEES. AND IT WOULD BE MYSELF OR IT WOULD BE A COMMISSIONER, UM, EITHER OR WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A FRIENDLY TO COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA AND TREASURER AN OKAY. AND THEN, AND THEN BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING ELSE, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT OUR ANNUAL REPORT COMMISSIONER RE INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE AD HOCS HAS BEEN WORKING ON AS [00:40:01] WELL AS THE, THE AD HOC MEETINGS. I'M SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO KIND OF DIP INTO THE AD HOC, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, PAM, THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO JOIN THE AD HOC MEETINGS TO SEE LIKE THE WORK THAT THE AD HOCS ARE DOING SO THAT SHE CAN KIND OF, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LESS THAN A MAJORITY. OKAY. SO IF THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT, UM, THE ADDITION OF, UM, OUR NEW COMMISSIONER WOULD STILL CONSTITUTE LESS THAN A MAJORITY, THEN THAT'S FINE. OKAY. AND I THINK KIM CAN PROBABLY ADVISE US ON, ON, ON THAT, ON WHICH COMMISSIONS HAVE VACANCIES. OKAY. THAT, YEAH. UM, WITH THAT ONE NOTE I WANNA REMIND THE COMMISSION IS PART OF THE REASON WE SUNSET THE SAFETY, UM, AD HOC IS THE TWO DAY LIFT, OR SORRY, THE TWO DAY RETREAT AROUND SAFETY IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE LIFT FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AS WE ARE YOUR CITY STAFF. SO WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE LOGISTICS FOR THAT. UH, AND WE ARE STILL NOT IN A, UM, CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE STILL VERY THIN, UM, WITH OUR TEAM. SO I BELIEVE TONY RECOMMENDED AT OUR LAST MEETING, PERHAPS CIRCLING BACK AFTER THE SUMMER, ONCE WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSITIONS. SO I I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE. THAT, UM, STAFF CAPACITY IS, IS A, IS A REAL ISSUE FOR US. AND BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU SPECIFICALLY WITH THE IDEA AROUND A TWO-DAY RETREAT IS A GOOD POINT. IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO MEET, TO JUST SORT OF GET THINGS GOING AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S LESS THAN TWO DAYS? OR IS IT, DO YOU REALLY WANT US TO WAIT? WOULD YOU RATHER WE WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE SUMMER? UM, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE MORE TO THINK ABOUT IS REALLY CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF FOLKS ON THIS COMMISSION. UM, AND WE REALLY THINK IT'S PRUDENT FOR Y'ALL TO BE ON ONE AD HOC PLUS THE COMMISSION TO REALLY BE ABLE TO DEDICATE TIME. SO ONE, I WOULD THINK ABOUT, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE ON MORE THAN ONE AD HOC, AND IF THIS WOULD BE NOW A SECOND OR THIRD OR A FOURTH AD HOC. UM, THE OTHER PIECE IS, WHILE YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO MEET AND START SOME PLANNING, YOU, WE STILL NEED A CITY STAFF MEMBER AT THOSE AD HOC MEETINGS. SO THAT IS STILL, UM, REQUESTING, UM, STAFF AND THERE ARE ONLY CURRENTLY ABOUT THREE STAFF MEMBERS FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY STAFFING ALL THREE COMMISSIONS AND ATTENDING ALL AD HOCS. UM, SO WE HAVE THREE AD HOCS RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR THIS COMMISSION. AND WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE MORE OTHER COMMISSIONS AS WELL. SO THAT'S ABOUT YOU. I'LL LET YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT ONE. SO I'M NOT GONNA NECESSARILY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT I, I WOULD, UM, PUT THAT OUT AS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE ABLE TO, TO GIVE. SO, KIMBERLY, I'M BAD AT MATH. OKAY. . BUT, BUT I GOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YES. IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY UPWARDS OF 20 TO 31 TO THREE HOUR MEETINGS PER MONTH THAT THREE PEOPLE ARE SHARING AMONG THEIR ALL THE OTHER JOB DUTIES. COMMISSIONER ACTUALLY DOING COMMISSIONER ARCH, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN WAITING TO YES. SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. NO, AND AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS US, REMINDS US WHY WE SUSPEND THAT. IT, IT'S, UH, EASY TO FORGET, BUT YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT THE, MY QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE RANK CHOICE VOTING AD HOC, IS THAT GONNA BE A LONG TERM OR IS THAT A A JUST A NO, IF WE CAN GET A LETTER APPROVED, I THINK IT WILL, IT'LL BE OVER, IT'LL BE OVER NEXT MONTH. . YEAH, BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I MUST HAVE MISSED THE MEETING WHERE WE MADE THAT A AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS IT WAS, YEAH. YEAH, IT HAPPENED QUICKLY. AND WE'LL BE FINISHED QUICKLY, I THINK. YEAH. SO TO THAT NOTE, COULD I ALSO, AND I KNOW WE WERE THE ONES TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT UM, COULD I ALSO SUGGEST THAT, UH, FOR OUR MINUTES, LIKE THE COMMITTEES ARE LISTED IN JUST THE SCRIPT FOR CHAIR, RIGHT? BUT IN OUR REGULAR AGENDA, THERE'S NO MEMBER, I MEAN, THERE'S NO MEN, MEN, EXCUSE ME, MENTION THERE'S NO MENTION OF OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADD TO OUR AGENDA SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES, WHAT THE COMMISSION IS WORKING ON OUTSIDE OF THAT? IS THERE A RECENT YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN DO. WE HAVE COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE SEPARATE AGENDA ITEMS CHANGE. YEAH. BUT JUST TO, TO MENTION IT AS WE WERE GOING TO, THROUGH THE, UH, AS YOU WERE MENTIONING REPORT FROM THE VARIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONS, I REALIZED THAT THERE'S NOTHING MENTIONED ON OUR AGENDA AND IT ONLY ONLY LISTED HERE IN YOUR SCRIPT. MM-HMM . SO THIS IS NOT [00:45:01] PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE, UH, COMMISSION IS WORKING ON IN ADDITION TO JUST OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS. OKAY. AND ON THAT NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOMETHING. IN OUR EDUCATION MEETING WE DISCUSSED, UM, NEW WAYS OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, EITHER BY DISTRICT OR BY REGION, SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTREACH. SO SOMETHING SUCH AS THE SAFETY CONFERENCE, INSTEAD OF HAVING IT FOR TWO DAYS, WE CAN HAVE IT FOR FOUR HOURS IN ONE OF THE DISTRICTS AND WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE COUNCIL PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN, SO THAT THEY, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE AND OUR COUNCIL REPS IN ORDER TO DO OUTREACH WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WAS ACTUALLY IN OUR FIRST REPORT, THAT THEY WANTED MORE OUTREACH. THEY WANT MORE, MORE VISIBILITY, MORE PATHWAYS, AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IN THE, THE REPORT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A, MAKE A PATHWAY OF ACTUALLY REACHING AND DOING BY ACTUALLY GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DOING THESE THINGS WITH PARTNERSHIP FROM THE CITY. WOULD THAT NEED TO BE A NEW, WOULD THAT NEED TO BE A NEW AD HOC, OR WOULD THAT NEED TO BE A NEW AD HOC COMMITTEE? OR CAN WE JUST KEEP, WHICH I DON'T WANT IT TO BE, CAN WE JUST ADD EXTENDED TO THE EDUCATION AND CALL IT MENTOR? ARE WE ALLOWED TO CHANGE A NAME TO A COMMITTEE, AD HOC COMMITTEE AND CALL IT MENTOR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN THE AT THAT TIME? FINE. SO, UM, YOU'RE, YOU, UM, SORRY, I'M JUST HAVING TROUBLE, UM, CONCEPTUALIZING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T WANNA HARM YOU AD HOC. IS THERE AN EXISTING AD HOC THAT WOULD DO THE WORK YOU'RE DESCRIBING? YES. WHAT, WHAT IS THAT A CALLED EDUCATION MENTORSHIP, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION CONCEPT? UM, JUMPING OFF WHAT DR. KEL SAID WAS SORT OF, UM, WE HAVE FUNDING AND PART OF OUR FOCUS IS EDUCATION. SO MUCH LIKE WE INVITED ORALLY MM-HMM . TO COME DO A WORKSHOP. UM, WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD IDENTIFY AREAS OF NEED BASED ON THE REPORT AND GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, DO SOME OF THOSE EDUCATION SERIES, LIKE PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS LIKE THAT BASED ON FINDINGS IN THE REPORT. UM, AND MAYBE ONCE THE SAFETY CONFERENCE ALSO CAME UP AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE LOOSE CONCEPT. UH, I I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO IS, IS UM, MAYBE COMBINE SOME OR OVERLAP WITH, WITH THE, UM, EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP. AND FOR INSTANCE, IF WE GOT SOMEBODY TO DO, UM, A SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOP FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN AND WE TOOK THAT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MOVED IT INTO DIFFERENT AREAS, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE SAFETY COMMITTEE WOULD, WOULD BE PART OF. AND WE COULD BE, WE COULD OVERLAP IN SOME OF THAT, THAT WORK, I THINK. YES. AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH SUPPORT FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE. YEAH. YEAH. SO OUR REGIONS MM-HMM . DISTRICTS ARE REGENTS. SO COMMISSIONER ACTUALLY, YEAH. SO THE QUESTION THEN, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, DOING THAT, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS, UM, WHAT, WHAT TIME WILL IT REQUIRE OF , YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I GUESS IT GOES BACK TO THE ISSUE MM-HMM . OF STAFFING AND DOES THE STAFF HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO THIS? BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HOW MANY DISTRICTS? NINE. SO, SO, AND I KNOW WE WOULDN'T DO 'EM ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IT'S, IT DOES GONNA REQUIRE STAFFING TIME TO ASSIST WITH IT. SO THAT'S, I THINK THE, THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW. YES. AND I COMPLETELY AGREE. LUCKILY WE WOULD NOT, IT WOULD NOT ACTUALLY START UNTIL WE HAVE NINE DISTRICTS AND WE WERE ACTUALLY SAYING, WELL, FOR DISTRICT ONE IT GOES JANUARY FOR DISTRICT TWO, FEBRUARY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, AND DISTRICT EIGHT AND NINE ARE TOGETHER. UM, SO WE WOULD NOT REALLY START THIS UNTIL JANUARY. YEAH. SO ONE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE MENTORSHIP AND HAWK, UM, UM, UH, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION AD HOC MEETING IS COMING TOGETHER WITH LIKE A VERY SUCCINCT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, READY TO GO PROPOSAL FOR THE COMMISSION. SO WE CAN, UM, LOOK AT DOING THAT AS AN AD HOC AND THEN BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION. UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, KIND OF LIKE [00:50:02] BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. WE WERE DISCUSSING AROUND THE STAFFING CONCERN AS IF WE HIRE A NONPROFIT TO DO THESE SO THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING STAFF TO DO THEM. SO IF WE'VE IDENTIFIED, LIKE INFANT HEALTHCARE IS AN ISSUE, SO SOME OF THE ISSUES FROM THE REPORT WE IDENTIFY AND HAVE THE COMMISSION VOTE ON, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A CONVERSATION. WE DIDN'T COME TO LIKE A CONCLUSION, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO STAFFING. AND ANOTHER ONE WAS MAYBE OUTREACH TO OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO SEE WHEN THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING MEETINGS WHERE WE COULD PERFORM THOSE, UM, SERVICES. YEAH. A CLARIFYING QUESTION. MM-HMM . THEY'RE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH COUNCIL DISTRICTS, IF THAT'S FINE. WITH THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICES. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO I THINK, UM, I'M HEARING TWO THINGS THOUGH. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, DOES THE MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION AD HOC WANT TO ABSORB THE SAFETY AD HOC, OR THIS IS A WAY TO GET SOME SAFETY WORK WHILE THE SAFETY AD HOC IS, UH, SUNSET, BUT WE'LL BRING BACK THE SAFETY AD HOC AND BRING BACK THE RETREAT AS A SEPARATE ENTITY. BUT THIS COULD BE AN EXTENSION OR A, A CONTINUED PIECE OF THE SAFETY WHILE IT'S SUNSET THROUGH THE MENTORSHIP AND ED EDUCATION. I THINK THE MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION AD HOC NEEDS TO DISCUSS AT OUR LIKE, UPCOMING MEETING BECAUSE THE, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BIG QUESTIONS. UM, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF REPORT BACK IN AUGUST. AND I THINK THE SAFETY COMMITTEE PROBABLY WANTS TO BE THE SAFETY COMMITTEE. I THINK WE VERY MUCH WANT TO HAVE THAT COMMITTEE AS A STANDALONE. OKAY. I MEAN, SO KEEP THE MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION SEPARATE FROM SAFETY AND WHILE THE SAFETY IS SET, THIS CAN BE A WAY TO CONTINUE SAFETY WORK, BUT SEPARATE FROM THE SAFETY AD HOC. AM I HEARING THAT? YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE IDENTIFIED SAFETY AS LIKE NECESSARY. THERE MIGHT BE SAFETY COMPONENTS, RIGHT. I WOULD SEE THAT. OKAY. WHETHER IT'S SAFETY OR LIKE A FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKSHOP. OKAY. ALL THE THINGS, THE DIFFERENT KIND OF FOCUS AREAS IN THE REPORT. IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT PRIORITIZING WHICH NEED IS HIGHEST IMMEDIATELY AND THEN GOING THROUGH IT. I, I THINK FROM A CAPACITY, IF WE'RE GONNA, I'LL TALK ABOUT CAPACITY FIRST AND THEN ANOTHER IDEA. I THINK FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT, IF YOUR MONTHLY MEETINGS AS AN AD HOC ARE CONTINUING AS IS, WE'RE ALREADY STAFFING THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A, A HUGE, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A CHANGE. UM, I THINK THE OTHER END IS PUTTING ON EVENTS, IF YOU ARE LOOKING MORE TO PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS OR WITH COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE'LL CALL THIRD PARTY SUPPORT SO THAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE LIFTING. I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING I, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SAY YES, THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. I DON'T WANNA SAY NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE CAPACITY. I THINK, UM, FROM THAT I WOULD SAY, I THINK IT, THE MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION AD HOC, IF YOU WANNA COME WITH, LIKE YOU SAID, A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UM, NINE SESSIONS OF SOMETHING AS A CURRICULUM DEVELOPER IS A LIFT, UM, IN AND OF ITSELF EVEN WITH SUPPORT. SO I THINK BRINGING THAT TO YOUR COMMISSION MEMBERS, UM, AS LIKE AN AGENDA ITEM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO THE WE OF SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS AFTER YOU ALL DISCUSS AND THEN HOW WE'LL SUPPORT THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. GREAT. AND KIMBERLY, WHEN WHEN THE RANK CHOICE VOTING, UM, AD HOC SORT OF ENDS, WILL IT BE, WOULD IT BE OKAY AT THAT POINT TO REINSTATE THE SAFETY JUST TO START MEETINGS OR IS THAT UM, I THINK, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD THREE AD HOCS. OKAY. I THINK THAT IS BEARABLE FOR, THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MOST CERTAINLY ACCOMMODATE. UM, WE THINK THREE IS PRETTY, PRETTY, A GOOD NUMBER OF AD HOCS FOR A COMMISSION. I THINK THAT WOULD BE OKAY. I THINK, UM, AGAIN, NOT RUSHING TO SAY WE WANT OUR TWO DAY RETREAT BY THE END OF 2026 MIGHT BE OUR ASK AS AN OFFICE, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE FINE. UM, ONCE, ONCE THE RANK CHOICE VOTING IS, IS READY TO BE DISSOLVED. THANK YOU. FANTASTIC. REALLY RICH DISCUSSIONS. YEAH. SO SORRY. SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, SO RINA, I'M SORRY, TABLE, BUT UM, SO THE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW WERE OPEN UNDER HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THE MENTOR, SHE AND EDUCATION AND IN DIRECT CHOICE VOTING, CORRECT. SORRY, WE DID HAVE A TYPO ON YOUR, YOUR NOTES. THERE ARE TWO INCLUDED COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DISSOLVED. SORRY. OKAY, SO THE OTHER ONE AS WELL? YES. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE THE AD HOCS THAT ARE STANDING AT THE MOMENT. MM-HMM . AND THEN KIM, YOU CAN TELL US WHICH ONES HAVE OPENINGS. YES. AND THEN I WOULD I APPLY TO BE PART OF IT. [00:55:03] OH, SORRY, , SORRY, THERE WERE TWO QUESTIONS THERE. LET'S TO THE, LET'S, I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHICH ONES WERE OPEN. SO HUMAN TRAFFICKING, I THINK WE ARE ALL SET. UM, IS THAT THE ONE THAT, UM, CHAIR GONZALEZ ASKED TO BE REMOVED FROM? OH. OR SAFETY? SAFETY, BUT OH, BUT SAFETY IS NOT, YEAH. SAFETY. THAT'S, UM, SO I THINK HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UM, LET'S NOT ADJUST THAT ONE. MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION, I'M SEEING ONLY THREE, SO I THINK THAT IS FINE. UM, RANK CHOICE VOTING ONLY HAS TWO, BUT I THINK THE CAVEAT THAT THAT ONE IS PROBABLY VERY NEARLY DONE. SO I THINK I, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION. YEAH. GREAT. POTENTIALLY SAFETY IN A, A COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE THAT IS DOWN TO TWO RIGHT NOW. YEAH. LIKE WE SAY, WE CAN INCREASE SOME SAFETY IN A MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION. MM-HMM . SO I IVY TO THAT. YEAH. OKAY. WELL IF THERE ISN'T ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THEN MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? GOING BACK TO THE VOTE, UH, DID COMMISSIONER DEL LARE WANT TO JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW? YES, PLEASE. OKAY. UM, DOES COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA AND COMM, UH, TREASURER ENGEL APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO ADD COMMISSIONER LAURE TO THE MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION AD HOC COMMITTEE? YES. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE. UM, TO AS AMENDED, CAN I ALSO, UM, ASK IN TERMS OF THE SUGGESTION, UM, IF WE COULD THAT ADD THAT TO THE MOTION, UH, REGARDING THE LISTING OF THE ON COMMITTEES ON OUR, UH, AGENDA IS THAT DOESNT NEEDS TO BE A MOTION. YOU CAN JUST DO IT INTERNALLY STUFF. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY, THEN YES, I ACCEPT, UM, COMMISSIONER ALAN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER ARCHULETA. YES. I'M SORRY. DID WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD, I'M SORRY WE DID NOT. NO. OKAY. SO FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO ONE IN THE ZOOM AND THERE'S NO ONE HERE IN PERSON, SO THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FIVE. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE RECORD. UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HARPER. YES. COMMISSIONER ULTA. YES. COMMISSIONER DE LARE. YES. COMMISSIONER LA VIOLETTE. YES. COMMISSIONER MELLINGER? YES. TREASURER ENG? YES. AND VICE CHAIR MOSQUEDA? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED AS AMENDED. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENT. CHRISTINE, NONE IN THE ZOOM AND THEN NONE IN PERSON. THAT CONCLUDES NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. AT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONERS MAY REPORT IN ANY PREVIOUS OR UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS SHARE RELEVANT INFORMATION OR RECOMMEND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR COMMISSIONERS? YES. YES. JULY 25TH IS THE, IS RECOGNIZED AS GLOBALLY, GLOBALLY AS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS OF AFRICAN DESCENT. AND I JUST WANT, ON JULY 25TH, I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE JUST TO KIND OF TAKE A MOMENT OUT TO, UM, TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE MADE TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, THE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE GLOBE. BUT AS WE ALSO, UM, RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MANY, MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WOMEN HAVE MADE TO OUR COUNTRY AND, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY, CITY AND COUNTRY SYSTEM FOUNDING OF LOS ANGELES. LET'S ALSO RECOMMEND, UM, LET'S ALSO RECOGNIZE THE OTHER DISPARITIES THAT BLACK WOMEN FACE, UM, HEALTH WISE, UM, ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL BIAS PRACTICES, UM, ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, UM, IN NOT JUST LONG BEACH, BUT ACROSS THE STATE IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UH, A COMMISSION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEX TRAFFICKING WHERE WE KNOW THAT THE LARGEST POPULATION IN LONG BEACH AND ACROSS THE COUNTY, UM, OF WOMEN WHO ARE TRAFFICKED AND YOUNG GIRLS WHO ARE TRAFFICKED ARE WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT AND CARIBBEAN DESCENT. WE KNOW THAT, UH, WOMEN, UH, IN EDUCATION SPACES AND ACROSS PROFESSIONAL SPACES ARE VULNERABLE TO SEVERAL FORMS OF PHYSICAL AND NON-PHYSICAL VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIME. AND THAT THE PRESSURES OF WORK AND THE TRUE MODULATE THE PRESSURES OF WORK LIFE HAS CREATED A, A DIS UH, UNFORTUNATE DISPARITY FOR BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS. AS WE RECOGNIZE JULY 25TH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SATURDAY AS THE, AS THIS DAY, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE BOTH THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND HOW MUCH MORE WORK THAT BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE TO, UM, HAVE IN ACCOMPLISHING TRUE EQUITY IN OUR COUNTRY ACROSS ALL SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. COOL. [01:00:05] ANNOUNCEMENT? YEAH, I, NOT ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT ABOUT PICTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE WHAT'S, IS THERE THE PROCESS FOR LIKE, SHOULD I REACH OUT? LIKE, WE WANT THE RAIN CHOICE VOTING COMMITTEE AND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMITTEE COME BACK AND PRESENT. DO I REACH OUT TO THEM AND GET THEIR AVAILABILITY OR, OR FIRST, OR DO WE SAY YES WE WANT, OR WAIT AND SEE LIKE THAT I'M, I FEEL LIKE I'M ALWAYS IN THIS LIKE LITTLE BIT OF A WHO GOES FIRST KIND OF SITUATION. YES. GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT. OKAY. AND WE WILL, UH, ADJUST OUR AGENDA. IT'S PROBABLY EASIER TO ADJUST OUR AGENDAS TO THEIR, UM, TO THEIR SCHEDULES. AVAILABILITY. YEAH. THEIR AVAILABILITY, CORRECT? YES. AND THEN JUST COPY. SURE. YES. YOU CAN COPY ME, YES. AND THEN CHAIRS OR JUST ME'S FINE. WE'LL WE'LL GET IT TO THE COMMITTEE. MM-HMM. OKAY. MAYBE, UH, MYSELF AND JESSICA WE CAN OKAY. WE CAN GET IT TO PEOPLE WE NEED TO TO GET IT. YEAH. OKAY. 'CAUSE WE WILL DISCUSS THE AGENDA ITEMS SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK. ALRIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND IF THERE'S NO OB OBJECTION, I DECLARED THE MEETING ADJOURNED. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE TIME? TIME IS 7:35 PM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.