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WE, UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE COMMENCING THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MEETING.
UH, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, CAN WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR NINE ELEVEN? OKAY.
ALEJANDRA, CAN YOU, UM, HELP US WITH ROLL CALL? YES.
BOARD MEMBER VAN EVEREN? HERE.
UM, WOULD IT BE, UH, ALLOWABLE TO DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS SINCE WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER? IS THAT...
SO, SO, UH, WELCOME COMMISSIONER OR BOARD MEMBER, UH, COVINGTON.
UM, HOW ABOUT WE, WE JUST INTRODUCE OURSELVES WITH OUR, OUR NAME AND, UM, OUR, OUR KIND OF LENS RELATED TO THE BOARD, WHETHER IT'S AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN PUBLIC HEALTH OR IF YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OR ANY OTHER KIND OF ORIENTATION TO THIS, TO THIS BOARD.
UM, I'VE BEEN THE CHAIR SINCE I BELIEVE JANUARY.
AND I'M A SOCIAL WORKER AND I WORK FOR A...
I MANAGE, MANAGE PRO - UH, UH, PROGRAMS FOR AN AGING SERVICES NONPROFIT THAT COVERS LA COUNTY.
AND HOW ABOUT WE'LL JUST GO IN THIS DIRECTION? COOL.
UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS COVINGTON OR CHRISTOPHER COVINGTON, UH, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME CHRIS.
UH, MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY AND HE.
I, UM, HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN LONG BEACH FOR 34 YEARS.
UM, I AM GLAD TO BE ON THIS BOARD.
IT'S BEEN LIKE ONE OF MY NORTH STARS TO BE ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS, UH, ADVOCATING FOR, UH, VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESOURCES, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, UH, TO REDUCE, UH, THE VIOLENCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, AND I'M A LIFELONG PUBLIC SERVANT, UM, FOR THE CITY, UH, AND I REALLY LOVE OUR CITY AS WELL.
SO GLAD TO BE HERE AND LEARN FROM YOU ALL AND DO GREAT WORK.
I'M AND I'M A RETIRED OBGYN AND COSMETIC SURGEON.
AND I HAVE MY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION GLOBAL PEACE FOUNDATION IN.
I'M PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA LONG BEACH CHAPTER.
AND I'M DOING A LOT OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
AND HERE FOR ABOUT, WHAT, FIVE, ALMOST FIVE, SIX YEARS.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN LONG BEACH NOT VERY LONG, LIKE FOUR YEARS.
UM, I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, AND THIS IS A GREAT COMMITTEE TO BE A PART OF, SO WELCOME.
UM, MY ROLE HERE, I AM WITH A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION, MOLINA HEALTHCARE SPECIFICALLY.
I'M, UM, I'M AN ATTORNEY INACTIVE FOR MANY YEARS.
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FOR THE CANCER LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH IS NOW CANCER JUSTICE TO, UM, HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THROUGH CANCER RELATED LEGAL ISSUES, WHICH ARE MANY, MANY, MANY.AND, UM, GOT INVOLVED IN THE NONPROFIT WORLD FROM THAT.
AND I'M ON SEVERAL BOARDS AND KEEP ACTIVE IN LONG BEACH.
WE MOVED HERE ON THE LARK IN 2003 AND WE'RE NOT LEAVING.
I'M A GENERAL DENTIST IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AND JUST HERE TO SERVE.
I'M A NINE YEAR RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH.
I'M A MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGIST, SO I FULFILL OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ROLE, UH, ON THE BOARD.
AND I'M THE, UH, LAB MANAGER AT, UH, GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNTY VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR SERVICING MOSQUITO DISTRICTS HERE.
I WORK FOR LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
STARTED 26 YEARS AGO AS A SCHOOL NURSE AND PROGRAM SPECIALIST IN ADMINISTRATION FOR FIVE YEARS, SO I OVERSEE ALL THE NURSES IN THE DISTRICT.
MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND, UM, OUR LIAISON.
ALISON KING, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HUMAN SERVICES.
I AM A CRNA, SO I PERFORM ANESTHETICS IN, AT THE VA MEDICAL CENTER AND THEN PRIVATE PRACTICE.
SO, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH FOR 18 YEARS NOW, SO WELCOME.
I'M THE FUND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE'LL BE SHARING MORE ABOUT LONG BEACH GIFTS AND PEER FUNDRAISING TODAY.
UM, AND YEAH, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH AND HAPPY TO SERVE.
ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR? OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING TODAY.
WE'LL HAVE A, A MOMENT FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT LATER IN THE AGENDA.
THANKS, UH, AND, AND AGAIN, WELCOME, THANKS FOR, FOR JOINING US.
UM, SO, UH, THE FIRST ITEM ARE ON THE AGENDA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING FROM AUGUST 14TH.
CAN EVERYONE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO REVIEW THOSE MINUTES? OKAY, I MAKE THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 14TH SAY AYE.
WE HAVE ONE ABSTENTION FROM COMMISSIONER COVINGTON.
UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A MONTHLY REPORT FROM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXECUTIVE TEAM.
UM, I'M GONNA BE VERY BRIEF THIS MORNING AND, UH, DEFER MY TIME TO OTHERS, BUT WHAT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT WE, AS A CITY, UH, YOU MAY KNOW, ON TUESDAY, DID INDEED PASS A BUDGET.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE IN THE END SOME ADDITIONAL STRUCTURED FUNDING FOR OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM SAFE PASSAGES THAT SUPPORTS THE SAFE TRANSPORT OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH COMING AND GOING TO SCHOOLS, UH, IN OUR MOST CHALLENGED SCHOOLS.
UM, WHAT WE ALSO, UM, DID LOSE WAS, UM, A PORTION OF OUR OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, ALTHOUGH LAST NIGHT, UM, WE HAD OUR BANNER PROGRAM WHERE WE HONOR 65 VETERANS WITH A BANNER ACROSS THE CITY, AND THERE WAS AN EVENT HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE YACHT CLUB TO HONOR THOSE, UM, MEMBERS, UH, AND/OR THEIR
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FAMILY, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE POSTHUMOUSLY.UH, SO WE ARE MOVING ALONG AND AWAITING WHAT WILL LIKELY BE, WELL, NOT LIKELY WILL BE, UH, IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED, UH, A ORDER OF LAYOFF FOR THOSE PERSONS THAT ARE PART OF THE REDUCTION IN FORCE.
UM, THERE ARE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF STAFF.
UM, THERE ARE CLASSIFIED STAFF AND UNCLASSIFIED.
OUT OF 104 CLASSIFIED STAFF THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, THEY HAVE FOUND PLACEMENTS FOR 99.
SO THEY WILL BE, UM, IMPACTED AT A MUCH LOWER LEVEL, WHICH IS, IS VERY GOOD.
UNCLASSIFIED STAFF DO NOT HAVE BUMPING RIGHTS AND COULD INDEED, UM, END UP WITHOUT A PLACE TO GO.
BUT THERE ARE POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY AND WE HAVE POSITIONS AS WELL THAT WE ARE INTERVIEWING AND MOVING PEOPLE INTO AS THERE HAS BEEN SOME ATTRITION AS A RESULT OF, UM, THE RIFT.
BUT WHAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO IS TO FOLLOW OUR HEALTH STUDY THAT WE SHARED HERE, UM, AND WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE ARE ALIGNING OUR STAFFING MODEL WITH OUR ABILITY TO FUND AND SUSTAIN THEM.
UM, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR MEASURE ER FUNDS WILL HELP US, UH, TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WE WILL ADD AT SUCH POINT THAT WE CAN DETERMINE WHEN WE WILL RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS.
UM, IT DOES NOT BEGIN COLLECTION OF THE NEW HALF CENT HIGHER SALES TAX UNTIL OCTOBER ONE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE COUNTY WILL REMIT THOSE FUNDS TO US, UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NINE MONTH COLLECTION, IT WILL BE LESS THAN THE PROJECTED EIGHT MILLION.
UM, WE WILL SPLIT THE 1% OF THOSE FUNDS WITH PASADENA, UM, AND WE WILL, AGAIN, KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, UM, AS WE ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE FUNDS IN THE BANK TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR.
OKATA WHO IS WITH US TODAY AS OUR ACTING HEALTH OFFICER IS NOW OUR PERMANENT HEALTH OFFICER, SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM AND THANK HIM.
I WANT TO THANK BOARD MEMBER, UM, KARA- KARASI, I'M SORRY, UH, WHO HAS BEEN SUPPORTING, UH, WITH VECTOR FROM A PROFESSIONAL LENS AS WELL AS A BOARD MEMBER IN OUR VECTOR CONTROL.
OKATA WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WEST NILE, UM, TODAY BECAUSE, UH, WE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE VECTOR ISSUES THAT WE SEE AS A RESULT OF THE WEATHER AND CLIMATE ISSUES.
UM, WHAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WAS FRONT AND CENTER SUPPORTING ON THE PENINSULA, UM, THROUGH THE ENTIRE WEEKEND, UM, WITH SANDBAGS AND WATER AND OTHER KINDS OF SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS THERE THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE TROPICAL STORM MARIA.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, AROUND EL NINO, BECAUSE WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT ONE.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO DO A LOT OF EXERCISES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE READY, UH, FOR WHAT IS TO COME TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO PREPARE.
UH, GLAD YOU, GLAD, UH, TO HAVE YOU IN THAT ROLE.
UM, I, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO HIGHLIGHT ANY KIND OF COLLABORATION, UH, ANY WAYS THAT WE AS MEMBERS CAN SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT.
SO THANK YOU, UM, BOARD MEMBER KARANSI.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE IS WE, WE'RE VOLUNTEERING BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE AN INTEREST, UM, AND WANT TO BE OF SERVICE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU AS WELL FOR, FOR REACHING OUT AND, AND SEEING IF WE, THERE'S ANY WAYS THAT WE CAN BE A RESOURCE WITH THINGS THAT COME UP AROUND THE MISSION.
UH, BEFORE WE, WE MOVE ON TO THE HEALTH OFFICER REPORT, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR? WAS THERE A NUMBER OF UNCLASSIFIED? WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UM, WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK THAT WE COUNTED THEM AS CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED, BUT THERE WERE ABOUT 13 POSITIONS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WILL BE DISPLACED.
UM, THERE WERE ONLY, UH, A, A FEW CLASSIFIED STAFF.
WE DID HAVE ONE MANAGEMENT POSITION, UM, BUT THAT IS NOT AS A RESULT OF THE REDUCTION IN FORCE.
IT WAS A RESULT OF A REORGANIZATION
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THAT WAS DICTATED BY THE DIRECTION PROVIDED THROUGH OUR HEALTH FUND STUDY.THERE ARE AREAS OF CLINICAL SERVICES AND OTHERS WHERE WE COULD HA - WE WERE, WE WERE ENCOURAGED TO STREAMLINE, UM, AND IT WAS A WAY OF BEING ABLE TO CREATE SOME, UH, COST EFFICIENCIES.
UM, WE ARE SHUTTERING OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH BUREAU AND WE HAVE SEPARATED IT INTO TWO DIFFERENT BUREAUS, OUR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, AS WELL AS OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT BUREAU, UM, WHERE THOSE TWO WILL SPLIT, WHICH ALLOWED US TO ELIMINATE A BUREAU MANAGER AS WELL AS THE TWO PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND TWO SUPPORT STAFF.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE A STRUCTURAL CHANGE FOR US GOING FORWARD AND THEY WERE EASILY EMBEDDED INTO THESE OTHER AREAS BECAUSE OF THE SYNERGY.
IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, SHALL WE MOVE OVER TO THE HEALTH OFFICER REPORT? OH, MAY I ADD ONE OTHER THING - OH, PLEASE.
WHICH WILL BE IMPORTANT TO YOU, UH, BOARD MEMBER.
UM, ONE, UH, STRUCTURAL CHANGE THAT WAS ALSO ADDED IS A COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UM, THAT WAS, UH, NOTED IN THE BOC CHAIR, DR.
UM, IT WAS THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS STAFFING TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING, UM, REMEDIATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS EIGHT AND NINE.
UH, THAT POSITION WILL NOT REST WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT WITH THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY BE, UM, UH, VERY STRONGLY CONNECTED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF OUR INVOLVEMENT THERE.
IT'S, UM, I KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF HEALTH OFFICER UPDATES, UM, AGAIN, UM, I'M HAPPY THAT, UM, THAT I'M NO LONGER THE ACTING, UH, NOW THE OFFICIAL HEALTH OFFICER.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF WEST NILE STUFF, UM, ACTUALLY SOME OF MY UPDATES, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT WEST NILE, UM, SOME OF THE HEAT RELATED STUFF, SO THE, THE, THE HEAT ALERTS AND THE HEAT EMERGENCIES.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS, UM, CDPH JUST, UM, WANTS, UM, A VACCINE UPDATE THAT WAS JUST GONNA CHAT ABOUT, OR THERE'S NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT.
THE, UM, SO JUST STARTING WITH WEST NILE, UM, AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HEARING THIS IS, UH, WE HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER OF CASES IN LONG BEACH THIS SEASON.
UM, AND THEN JUST, JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND BEHIND WEST NILE, IT'S AN ENDEMIC VIRUS, UM, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SO EVERY YEAR WE SEE, UH, A HANDFUL OF CASES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UM, IT'S A MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS, UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES THE, UH, THE, THE HOST, UM, FOR THE VIRUS, IT'S, TYPICALLY IT SITS IN BIRDS, UM, AND IT TRANSMITS FROM MOSQUITOES AND THE HUMANS ARE CONSIDERED A DEAD-END HOST, MEANING IT DOESN'T TRANSMIT FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN, IT JUST GOES, UM, TYPICALLY MOSQUITOES TO HUMANS, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE IT ENDS.
SO IN LONG BEACH, WE REPORTED THE FIRST HUMAN CASE BACK IN JUNE, AND THEN SINCE THEN WE'VE SEEN, UM, HUMAN CASES KIND OF PICK UP.
UM, SO FAR AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAVE 28 CASES.
UM, THE, THE CONCERNING PART WITH WEST NILE IS A LOT OF TIMES IT CAN BECOME NEUROINVASIVE.
IT, UM, CAN CAUSE SOME NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS THAT CAN BE, UM, SOMETIMES FATAL.
UM, WE HAVE 21 NEURO-INVASIVE CASES, SO OUT OF THE 28, A LARGE PROPORTION OF THEM ARE NEUROINVASIVE.
UM, THERE'S A SAMPLING BIAS HERE.
IT'S, UM, MAYBE BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE'S SICK ENOUGH, UM, THEY WILL GO TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY GET HOSPITALIZED, AND THAT'S WHEN THE TESTING OCCURS.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, MOST PEOPLE WITH WESTNELL AND THEY'RE ASYMPTOMATIC OR THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS. UM, AND THEN JUST IN COMPARISON, UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD ONE CASE IN THE ENTIRE CITY, UM, SO 28 IS A BIG
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JUMP IN THERE.THE LAST TIME WE'VE HAD THIS MANY, UM, CASES IN LONG BEACH WAS BACK IN 2014.
UM, WE'RE PROJECTING TO GET TO THAT NUMBER.
UM, TYPICALLY SEPTEMBER IS WHEN THESE NUMBERS PEAK, UM, AND WE'RE IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE'RE EXPECTING NUMBERS TO GO UP.
UM, AND THEN IN COMPARISON, I WAS JUST TALKING TO, UM, THE HEALTH OFFICERS FROM ORANGE COUNTY AND LA COUNTY LAST NIGHT.
ORANGE COUNTY HAS 11 CASES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
AND THEN LA COUNTY, UM, THEY THINK...
SO LAST WEEK THE NUMBERS WERE IN THE 50S, AND THEN, UM, WE'RE EXPECTING NUMBERS TO GO UP BY ABOUT 20 TO 30 THIS WEEK, SO THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF CASES IN LA COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN I STILL LIKE WHY WE'RE SEEING SUCH HIGH NUMBERS.
I THINK CLIMATE CHANGE HAS A BIG PART TO DO WITH THIS, BUT, UM, I THINK THERE'S ALSO, UM, AND THEN MAYBE YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME INSIGHT ON THIS, BUT, UM, THE MOSQUITO THAT, UM, CARRIES WEST NILE VIRUS, UH, SOMETHING CALLED THE MOSQUITO.
THERE'S TYPICALLY TWO SPECIES, THE IN THE 80S, UM, AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING HAPPENING WITH THE MOSQUITOES MAYBE, UM, DISPLACING THE 80S MOSQUITOES THIS SEASON, BUT, UM, SO CLIMATE CHANGE, THE MOSQUITO THINGS, AND THEN MAYBE OTHER THINGS RELATED TO PEOPLE BEING OUT, UM, AND BEING EXPOSED TO MOSQUITOES MORE SO COMPARED TO OTHERS.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE LONG BEACH, UM, WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR US IS, UM, WE'RE ENHANCING SURVEILLANCE, WHICH MEANS, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE MAPPING OUT A LOT OF THESE CASES AND FIGURING OUT, UM, WHAT ZIP CODES AND THEN, UM, TRYING TO RAMP UP OUR MOSQUITO CONTROL ACTIVITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UM, OTHER PARTNERING, UM, AGENCIES.
UM, AND I THINK YOU GUYS NOTICED THAT LONG BEACH, THE, THE HEALTH JURISDICTION IS COVERED BY, UM, OUR IN-HOUSE VECTOR CONTROL TEAM AND THEN THE GREATER LA COUNTY CONTROL DISTRICT.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, UM, COMPTON CREEK MOSQUITO BAKER DISTRICT.
SO ALL THREE AGENCIES KIND OF GOING OFF TO DO MOSQUITO CONTROL ACTIVITIES.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UM, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, AT LEAST IN-HOUSE IS, UM, WE CALL IT LARGESIDING, WHICH JUST MEANS, UM, UM, UH, TRYING TO GET TO THE BREEDING SITES, UM, WITH INSECTICIDE, AND THEN, UM, ADULTICIDE IS CONSIDERED WHEN, UM, UH, INSECTICIDE IS SPRAYED INTO THE AIR.
UM, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET, BUT I THINK.
I'VE BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS AS TO WHICH ZIP CODES MIGHT BE AT HIGHER CASE RATES.
UM, WE'RE SEEING IT IN ALMOST EVERY ZIP CODE.
UM, 90803 TENDS TO HAVE HIGHER RATES, BUT, UM, THAT'S HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN HIGHER THAN, UM, AND THEN, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, THERE'S BEEN PUBLIC NOTICES, UH, POSTERS BEING PLACED.
UM, THERE IS GONNA BE A WEST NILE VIRUS, UM, BLURB ON THE UTILITY, UM, BILLS COMING UP.
AND THEN, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING OUT HEALTH ALERTS ON, ONTO, UM, ONTO PEOPLE'S PHONES, UM ZIP CODES.
AND THEN, UM, JUST IN GENERAL, JUST TRYING TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES ESPECIALLY DURING AND THEN, UM, DUMPING DRAIN STORMWATER.
UM, SO THAT'S MY WEST NILE STUFF.
THE, UM, THE OTHER TOPICS, UH, I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO UPDATE ON, EXTREME HEAT, UM, WE'RE ALL KILLING IT.
UM, LAST WEEK WE ACTIVATED, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION CENTER, UH, TO, UM, COORDINATE SOME OF THE, UM, THE HEAT, UH, EXTREME HEAT, UM, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.
UM, AND A LOT OF THE RESPONSE IS JUST, UM, COORDINATING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE TO, UM, ACTIVATE COOLING CENTERS AND IT'S JUST PLACES WHERE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S, UM, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY TO GO.
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SO THE, UM, YEAH, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC IN TERMS OF OPENING UP SITES, UM, AND A LOT OF IT IS COORDINATING, LIKE, OVERTIME HOURS FOR STAFF TO, TO DO THAT.UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A HEAT, UH, EXTREME HEAT PLAN IN PLACE, SO...
AND IT'S SPECIFIC CRITERIA IF, UM, THE TEMPERATURE HITS OR THE HEAT INDEX HITS A CERTAIN NUMBER, THEN WE ACTIVATE, UM, UM, MORE COOLING CENTERS AND, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, ACTIVATION IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
UM, THIS WEEK IT IS, UH, IT'S...
OUR, UM, ACTIVATION IS, UM, AT A HIGHER LEVEL, BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL GO DOWN AND, UM, WE WON'T HAVE TO, UM, SEND OUT AS MANY ALERTS.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE LAST UPDATE WAS WITH CDPH, UM, THIS WEEK, AND YOU GUYS MAYBE HAVE HEARD THIS ALREADY, BUT THEY HAD ANNOUNCED, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WEST COAST HEALTH ALLIANCE, UM, THE VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2026 TO 27 RESPIRATORY HOUR SEASON.
UM, AND IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S STUFF I THINK WE ALREADY KNOW, BUT IT'S JUST REAFFIRMING THE REGS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT BY THE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE, UM, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, 85 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND THEN THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS, SO, UM, BASICALLY JUST REAFFIRMING, UH, VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AND NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM THE 2024.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEETH BEHIND THIS IS, UM, THERE WAS AN ASSEMBLY BILL THAT WAS PASSED, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, AB 144, AND THAT, UM, THAT STIPULATES THAT HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT ARE REGULATED IN CALIFORNIA MUST COVER VACCINES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD BY CDPH.
UM, BUT, UM, THAT WAS, UH, I THINK, UH, NOT JUST A SYMBOLIC, UM COVERED BY HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES IN, IN CALIFORNIA.
UM, THAT ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, BUT, UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR, UM.
QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DR.
THANKS, UH, FOR BEING ON THAT CALL YESTERDAY WITH, UH.
I'M GLAD YOU WERE A PART OF IT.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, A- APPROVE THE RECEIVING FILE RECOMMENDATION? MOTION.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UM, OF APPROVING, SAY, UH, SAY AYE.
UH, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, YOU DO HAVE A COPY IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, I PUT THIS TOGETHER, SO LET ME FIND MY COPY.
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN THE PREVIOUS VERSION.
SO THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A SUMMARY UNDER THAT, THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH, REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WE, WE HELD MEETINGS ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS I REVIEWED EVERY MONTH, BUT FEBRUARY, MAY, AND NOVEMBER OF 2025.
AND THIS IS OUR, OUR OPPORTUNITY, IF THERE'S ANY ERRORS ON HERE, WE CAN MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS.
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THE SUMMARY OF, OF ATTENDANCE IS COMING FROM THE, THE MINUTES? I DON'T MIND ISN'T ACCURATE.YEAH, I'M SHOWING ZERO, BUT I WAS HERE EVERY MEETING AFTER JULY.
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'D BE THREE MEETINGS YOU ATTENDED, RIGHT? YES.
AND THE, THE LAST PARAGRAPH, IT'S, UH, THE GENERAL BOARD SUMMARY, THEN MOVING ON TO THE, TO THE LAST PAGE.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, A, A LIST OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND THEN THE TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED, AND THIS IS AGAIN COMING FROM THE, THE MINUTES.
ANY, ANYTHING THAT WE MISSED THAT WE CAN ADD IN HERE? ANY, UM, REVISIONS IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE? SO I, I, I WOULD LIKE US TO...
I, I'D PROPOSE THAT WE, WE APPROVE WITH THE CORRECTION TO BOARD MEMBER OR, OR ATTENDANCE.
UM, AND THAT WAY WE CAN JUST MAKE THAT CORRECTION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FINALIZED ANNUAL REPORT.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD FOR EVERYONE.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IF THERE'S A MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE CORRECTION FOR ATTENDANCE, SAY AYE.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, MOTION PASSES.
UH, SO MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION ON LONG BEACH GIVES.
SO LAST MEETING WE HAD A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT OF LONG BEACH GIVES AND NOW WE'RE IN SEPTEMBER.
IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH HOW TO BUILD YOUR PEER FUNDRAISING PROFILE.
SO I HOPE BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS CAN JOIN US IN SUPPORTING LONG BEACH GIFTS AS PEER FUNDRAISERS AND IT'S VERY QUICK AND EASY TO DO IT IN A FEW MINUTES.
THEY'LL PUT YOU ON YOUR COMPUTER.
UM, WE CAN GET GOING RIGHT NOW.
SO HERE IS THE ABOVE THE FOLD, UH, LOOK OF OUR ORGANIZATION PAGE.
SO I PUT A KEYNOTE FROM HERE AND THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR PRESENTATION PRINTOUT.
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THAT LINKS TO OUR PAGE.SO YOU WOULD FIRST GO HERE, UM, AND SIMPLY CLICK THAT FUNDRAISE BUTTON.
AND AS A REMINDER, WE'RE RAISING FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT INITIATIVE.
SO I'LL WALK THROUGH THAT PAGE ONCE I'M DONE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S ONE, UNDER TWO MINUTES, AND I ACTUALLY CREATED A PEER FUNDRAISING PAGE IN ABOUT THREE MINUTES, BUT VERY QUICK, I PROMISE.
SO YOU CLICK FUNDRAISE AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A POP-UP, UM, THAT WILL COME UP AND YOU WOULD CLICK GET STARTED.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY REGISTERED WITH LONG BEACH GIVES, YOU DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT, IT WILL ASK YOU TO CREATE A REGISTRATION.
SO YOU'LL, YOU KNOW, GET VERIFICATION TO YOUR EMAIL LIKE YOU WOULD WITH ANY OTHER LOGIN SITUATION.
AND THEN, UH, A POP-UP WILL COME UP THAT SAYS SEE REQUIREMENTS.
I'M SORRY THAT'S QUITE SMALL UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT.
UM, BUT IT'LL BE A BAR AT THE TOP OF YOUR PAGE THAT WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE BUILDING.
SO IT WILL MAKE IT QUITE EASY.
UM, AND YOU WOULD FIRST FILL OUT YOUR TITLE.
SO I'VE INCLUDED IN THE SLIDES SOME SUGGESTED BOARD OF HEALTH TITLES THAT MIGHT BE RELEVANT FOR YOUR PEER FUNDRAISING.
SO THOSE WOULD INCLUDE BOARD OF HEALTH SUPPORT SNEAKERS IN NEED, BOARD OF HEALTH UPLIFTS COMMUNITY SUPPORT, YOU COULD SAY COMMUNITY HEALTH, LEADER SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND OR SIMPLY CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTH FUND OR HS FUND.
SO I'VE INCLUDED, UM, QR CODES TO THE FUNDRAISING IMAGES THAT ARE ALREADY FORMATTED TO QUICKLY DROP INTO YOUR PEER FUNDRAISING PAGE.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE SOMETHING ON THE RIGHT WHERE YOUR TITLE IS SHOWN IN BOLD AND THEN YOUR IMAGE WILL APPEAR.
UM, SO GO AHEAD AND IGNORE ANY NOTES ABOUT PIXEL DIMENSIONS AND DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT FORMATTING BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALREADY IN THE FOLDERS THAT ARE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE BUT ACCESSIBLE FOR YOU ALL.
AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE Q - THE GOOGLE DRIVE.
I CAN OPEN THAT UP SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE I GO THROUGH THESE BASIC INSTRUCTIONS.
SO YOU WOULD COMPOSE YOUR DESCRIPTION AND I ALSO HAVE CREATED, UM, TWO DIFFERENT GENERALIZED, UM, TEMPLATE DESCRIPTIONS FOR BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS.
SO ONE, IF YOU ARE A PRACTITIONER YOURSELF, UM, I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PRACTITIONERS IN THE ROOM.
I HAVE ONE THAT'S MORE GEARED TOWARD THAT INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE AND THEN I HAVE ONE THAT'S JUST A GENERAL KIND OF COMMUNITY CENTERED MESSAGE OF A HEALTH LEADER.
AND SO THE SECOND QR CODE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PEER FUNDRAISER TOOLKITS AND TEMPLATES, WHICH INCLUDE PAGE DESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE, THAT I JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU CAN EASILY COPY AND PASTE INTO YOUR PEER FUNDRAISING PAGE.
AND THEN THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
YOU WOULD, UH, SELECT PUBLISH.
SO JUST BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR THE SMALL BLUE SAVE BUTTON AND PUBLISH BUTTONS.
THEY DON'T REALLY LOOK LIKE BUTTONS, BUT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR YOU TO CLICK.
AND OF COURSE, I'M AMANDA FRUDA, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME VIA EMAIL IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO HERE'S OUR, UM, GOOGLE DRIVE.
BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING IT ON THE, ON THE SCREEN.
LET ME TRY TO PLUG BACK IN HERE.
MAYBE IT JUST DIDN'T LIKE TO NOT BE ON POWERPOINT.
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WELL, LET ME SEE IF I GO - YOU DID SEE A PACKET.WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE PACKET.
UM, I JUST, IF YOU SCROLL, IF YOU DO GO TO OUR PAGE AND YOU SCROLL DOWN, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT BUT, UM, IN ANY CASE.
UM, IF YOU DO SCROLL DOWN ON OUR ORGANIZATIONAL PAGE, I DID MAKE A SAMPLE PEER FUNDRAISING PAGE.
SO IT WILL SHOW, UM, A FEATURED CAMPAIGN, UM, AFTER OUR DESCRIPTION.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY USING THE TEMPLATE MATERIALS THAT I SHARED WITH YOU ALL, UM, THAT I MADE IN ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, THREE MINUTES.
UM, AND SO I HOPE WE CAN ALL INTEGRATE OUR, UM, PERSONAL STORIES AND, UM, WE COULD GET SUPPORT OR SHOW OF HAND FOR, FOR PLEDGES OF MAKING PROFILE PAGES.
CAN, CAN I JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE - YEAH, PLEASE.
MORE CONTEXT? UM, SO WE HAD IN, IN, IN THE PAST, UH, COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN BE MORE ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING THE MISSION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE, THE ONSLAUGHT OF BUDGET CUTS WHEN THESE IDEAS AROUND OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR MORE, UH, IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RAISING REVENUE AND, AND FUNDING, UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS REALLY WANTED TO SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, UH, YOU KNOW, A- ALONG THESE LINES.
AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THESE IDEAS THAT SEEMS TO MAKE A LOT OF, A LOT OF SENSE.
UM, SO I, I, I DO EN- EN- ENCOURAGE US ALL, UM, TO, TO, TO TAKE THOSE STEPS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT REQUIRED.
IT'S ALWAYS VOLUNTARY, BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL COMMIT TO, TO CREATING THE, THE PAGE.
UM, AND I, I SAW SOME, SOME, SOME, SOME, SOME NODDING A- A- AS WELL.
UM, I, I, I THINK THAT EVERY, EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY SMALL BIT THAT WE CAN RAISE WILL PROBABLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UM, ESPECIALLY IN, IN THE CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THE CONTEXT.
SO, AND JUST TO, YOU KNOW, RECENTER AROUND THE CAMPAIGN CONTENT ITSELF, SO DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT CAN PROVIDE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN, UM, SUPPORT FOR BASIC NEEDS RESOURCES FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE ESPECIALLY IN NEED, WHETHER THEY ARE, UM, EXPERIENCING, UM, UNFORESEEN HARDSHIP OR THEY'RE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN, LET'S SAY, LIKE, HELP, UH, NUTRITION AND HOUSING, UM, OR THEY'RE REALLY BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL GET IN, IN TOUGH SPOTS, AND SO, UM, THE HHS FUND AND SPECIFICALLY OUR DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE.
I'M DOING THIS FUNDRAISING FOR ABILITY FIRST NONPROFIT - UH-HUH.
WHICH IS LOCATED IN LONG BEACH.
AND THEIR PROGRAM SUPPORT DISABLED CHILDREN AND ADULTS - UH-HUH.
TO BECOME INDEPENDENT AND COME TO THE COMMUNITY.
I ALREADY DONATED ABOUT $350 AND MY GOAL IS TO RAISE 10,000 FOR THEM.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT GOAL.
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FUNCTION ON SEP - ON THIS OCTOBER 4TH.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HONOR THEM AND GIVE THEM THE CHECK.
SO HOW SHOULD I DO THAT? HOW SHOULD YOU...
CAN I USE THIS, THIS PLACE FARM AND RAISE THE MONEY FOR THEM? WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GIVING IT SPECIFIC TO A DIFFERENT NONPROFIT.
SO I WOULD SEE IF THAT NONPROFIT IS PARTICIPATING IN LONG BEACH GIVES, AND SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, BACKING UP ABOUT WHAT LONG BEACH GIVES IS.
SO IT'S A WEEK LONG, LIKE HYPER LOCAL, UH, WEEK OF GENEROSITY FROM SEPTEMBER 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR, UM, FUNCTION IS IN OCTOBER.
IT WOULDN'T BE WITHIN THE TIME SPAN OF LONG BEACH GIVES, BUT - YES, IT WOULD BE WITHIN TIME SPAN.
BUT I ALREADY PUT THAT PROGRAM IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
BUT I WAS THINKING HOW, BECAUSE THOSE, THAT'S THE VERY GOOD CAUSE, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
WE ALL SHOULD HAVE DISABLED CHILDREN.
SO THEY DON'T BE BUR - WILL BE BURDEN ON OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN THEY WILL BE CONFIDENT, YOU KNOW? AND THE PARENTS WILL FEEL GOOD TOO, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I'M FUNDRAISING FOR THEM.
WELL, YEAH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE FUNDRAISING
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THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND I ENCOURAGE, WE CAN HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION AND TALK MORE ABOUT HOW YOUR INTERESTS MIGHT ALIGN WITH, UM, THE INITIATIVES OF THE HHS FUND.SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S VERY ALIGNED WITH OUR, OUR CLIENT SUPPORT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, LET, LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW.
SO IF I - AND THEY'RE LOCATED IN LONG BEACH.
YEAH, WE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE A STRONG NETWORK OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING US OUT.
I THINK DIRECTOR KING, GO AHEAD.
UH, IF I MIGHT ADD ALSO, UM, IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET PROPOSAL, THERE WAS, UM, A RECOMMENDATION TO ELIMINATE ONE DAY OF THE LIBRARIES BEING OPEN.
AND IF YOU FOLLOWED IT ALL, YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTINGENCIES THAT CAME OUT TO EXPRESS, UM, THE CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT ONLY BEING OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
SO THERE IS A LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOUNDATION, AND THAT FOUNDATION, UM, IS, IS VERY, VERY ACTIVE.
AND THEY HOLD A GALA, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THIS MONTH, BUT THEY WERE VERY, UM, FRONT AND CENTER IN HELPING TO STAND UP THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE THAT DAY.
THEY PLEDGED, I BELIEVE, $750,000 - UH-HUH.
UH, TOWARD HAVING THE LIBRARIES BE OPEN FOR SIX DAYS, UH, OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD OF HEALTH HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, ENVISION HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES BEING OF SUPPORT ALSO TO THE DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING HOW YOU DO THAT, BUT JUST WANNA PUT IT OUT THERE AS, UM, A, A WAY IN WHICH TO HELP SUPPORT SERVICES.
UM, THE, THE, THE FUNDS THAT ARE RAISED, UM, ARE, ARE THEY GOING TO, DIRECTLY TO THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, UH, OR ARE THEY GOING TO THE COMMUNITY FUND OR BOTH? THIS IS GOING TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT COMES TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ULTIMATELY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, BUT TO SU- SUPPORT, UM, CLIENTS AND PATIENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
NOT TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY.
YEAH, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THANKS FOR BRINGING UP THAT - YEAH.
SO ALL THE, THE STRUCTURE OF HOW IT WORKS IS ALL OF THE PEER FUNDRAISING PROFILE PAGES, UM, WHEN THEY'RE CREATED FROM THAT ORGANIZATION PAGE, THEY'RE DIRECTLY LINKED TO OUR TOTAL CONTRIBUTION.
SO IT REALLY IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S RAISED, UM, FROM, UH, PEER FUNDRAISING NETWORKS, UM, GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR TOTAL AND HELPS US MEET OUR GOAL.
D- DID YOU SAY YOU HAVE, LIKE, UM, A LIST OF SOME OF THE, THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS AND CLIENTS? LIKE, SO, SO I'M JUST THINKING OF, LIKE, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT REALLY CONNECTS WITH US - UH-HUH.
HOW, HOW WOULD WE FIND, LIKE, IF THAT'S WHAT, HOW WE WANT TO, LIKE, FOCUS OUR, OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, HOW WOULD WE FIND THE LIST OF CURRENT PROGRAMS? UM, WE HAVE THREE IMPACT STORIES ON OUR ORGANIZATIONAL PAGE FROM, ONE'S FROM, UM, BLACK INFANT HEALTH, ONE'S FROM THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER WHERE THE HHS FUND IS, UM, FUNDING MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR, UM, OLDER ADULTS, UM, AND HAVING A TAXI PROGRAM THERE.
UM, AND, UH, THE OTHER IS THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS WITHIN HOMELESS SERVICES.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE ALREADY ON OUR, UH, LONG BEACH GIFTS PAGE, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO, UM, GRAB THOSE.
UM, I CAN ALSO, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, UH, A LIST OF SHORT IMPACT STORIES, I CAN ADD THAT TO THE, THE SPECIFIC, UM, BOARD OF HEALTH TEMPLATES.
BUT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE RECEIVED IS THAT YOU GUYS JUST WANT ONE RESOURCE OR JUST TO MAKE IT EASY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT OF COURSE, I, I CAN ADD THOSE IMPACT STORIES IN AND YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE.
SO THEY WOULD BE IDENTIFIED BY THE PROGRAM, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE, UM, THE IMPACT STORY ITSELF, EITHER FROM THIRD PERSON, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A STAFF MEMBER OR FROM THE CLIENT THEMSELVES THROUGH QUOTES AND TESTIMONIALS.
AND WE'LL, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR HHS FUND WEBPAGE AS WELL.
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UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE DONE, UM, BY THE END OF THE WEEK TODAY.THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO RAISE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THIS YEAR, THIS TIME AROUND.
YOU MIGH REMEMBER AMANDA WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT WAS THE LAST, UH, PUSH THAT WE GAVE, THAT WE DID? THE LAST, UH, CAMPAIGN? PUSH, YEAH.
UM, FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH MONTH OR - FOR PUBLIC HEALTH MONTH, APRIL? WE WERE TRYING TO DO A BIG PUSH FOR PUBLIC HEALTH MONTH.
AND OUR RAISE, FUNDRAISING EFFORTS WERE NOT AS FRUITFUL AS WE HAD HOPED.
I THINK WE RAISED LIKE $100, SO YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT HARD TO BE LAST GIVES YOU, UH, A GOAL IN MIND.
SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO JUST BE ABLE TO RAISE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $100 THIS TIME AROUND.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS THE, REALLY THE...
I KEEP PUSHING MYSELF BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN BIT THREE TIMES AND I DON'T HAVE MOSQUITOES ON IT.
WE, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT, THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME WE'VE KIND OF VENTURED OUT IN THIS KIND OF WAY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUNDRAISE INTERNALLY.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE PROCESS, WHAT MIGHT BE MORE ENGAGING OR WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SPEAK TO AMANDA.
SHE'S REALLY SPEARHEADING THIS AS SHE'S STARTING HER, HER...
I MEAN, SHE'S FAIRLY NEW, RIGHT, TO THE CITY, AND SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR HER THAT SHE'S HERE, UM, IMPLEMENTING SOME STRATEGY AROUND FUNDRAISING, AND WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO FEEDBACK.
SO PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
I KNOW IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TRYING TO FUNDRAISE FOR A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAN SOMETHING LIKE A NONPROFIT.
BUT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE COULD, UM, BRING IN SOME MORE REVENUE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EMPLOY.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO FEEDBACK.
UM, JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS.
UH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND - UH-HUH.
UM, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE COMMUNITY PART OF FUNDING THAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO FILL TO THEN SUPPORT SERVICES WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? IT'S...
SO THERE ARE THREE INITIATIVES WITHIN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND.
SO THE DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT IS...
WELL, ALL THE INITIATIVES ARE COMMUNITY CENTERED IN, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT THE DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT PROVIDES THAT DIRECT, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH, UH, FUNDING THAT IS MORE FLEXIBLE THAN THE GRANT FUNDING THAT MANY PROGRAMS ARE RELIANT ON.
UM, SO BOTH THAT INITIATIVE AND OUR WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENTS INITIATIVE, UM, WORK BY WAY OF STAFF IDENTIFYING A NEED.
UM, AND THEN THE HHS FUND, UH, CAN STEP IN AND PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO ENSURE, UM, THAT MORE FOLKS IN NEED CAN THRIVE.
AND THEN, UH, THE THIRD INITIATIVE IS OUR MINI GRANT PROGRAM, AND WE JUST LAST TIME AROUND, UM, REACHED CONSENSUS ON FOUR AWARDS FOR LOCAL NONPROFITS.
UM, AND, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAUSING THAT BECAUSE THE FUND DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS A, UH, A LITTLE BIT SHORT-STAFFED AT THE MOMENT.
UM, AND RETOOLING, AND WE'LL RELAUNCH, UH, REVIEWING APPLICATIONS OF MINI GRANTS SOMETIME IN 2027.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THREE INITIATIVES.
IT'S DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT, WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENTS, AND THE MINI GRANT PROGRAM.
AND WITH ALL OF THESE INITIATIVES, WE GET MORE RESOURCES THAT ARE TRULY ESSENTIAL OUT TO OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH.
AND THEN - OPEN SOME MORE QUESTIONS TOO.
UM, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HOUSES THE FUND.
SO THEY ACT AS OUR 501 SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE, UM, DONATIONS.
AND, UM, SO WE HAVE A PROFILE ON THEIR PAGE AS WELL, UM, WHERE WE RECEIVE YEAR-ROUND GIVING.
UM, AND WE DID RECEIVE, UH, A $20,000 GIFT, UH, FROM THE GOOD HOPE MEDICAL FOUNDATION SPECIFICALLY FOR DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT.
SO I THINK, UM, GIVEN WHAT ERIC HAS SHARED, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL GIVING, ESPECIALLY IN THE TIMES WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, UM, IS QUITE CHALLENGING.
I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH LONG BEACH GIVES FOR PEER-TO-PEER ASKS AND THOSE, UH, YOU REALLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE YOU'RE 80% MORE SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING WHEN THAT ASK IS COMING FROM A TRUSTED CONTACT OR A FRIEND,
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A FAMILY MEMBER, RATHER THAN AN INSTITUTIONAL VOICE.UM, SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO GALVANIZE AS MUCH ENERGY AROUND THE PEER FUNDRAISING MODEL AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, MAJOR GIVING AND PARTNERSHIP, UM, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH, UM, SPONSORSHIP OR, UM, KIND OF OTHER, UH, MAJOR GIVING AND, AND GRANTING OPPORTUNITIES IS THE WAY WE'LL LIKELY MAKE IT MORE SUSTAINABLE.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE FUND ITSELF IS, IS NEW, SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN RAISE AWARENESS TOGETHER ABOUT IT, UM, THE BETTER.
AND IT'S JUST EXCITING TO HAVE A COLLECTIVE OPPORTUNITY LIKE LONG BEACH GIVES.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, LIKE, FOLLOWING THESE STEPS.
THERE'S, LIKE, A SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT, LIKE, DURATION.
ARE WE, ARE WE PUTTING THIS TIMELINE? YOU CAN PUT, PUT, UM, SEP - ACTUALLY PUT SEPTEMBER 25TH, BECAUSE THAT'S THE GRACE PERIOD.
WHEN YOU SEE
UM, I WOULD PUT SEPTEMBER 25TH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE COUNTDOWN OF HOWEVER MANY DAYS LEFT THERE ARE.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE A MOTIVATING FACTOR FOR FOLKS.
UM, BUT I WILL, I WOULD RATHER IT BE SEPTEMBER 25TH INCLUDING THAT GRACE PERIOD THAN HAVE THE FUNDRAISER, FUNDRAISERS CUT OFF ON THE 24TH, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THE FIREWORKS BIG LONG BEACH GIVES DAY.
AND THEN THAT EARLY GIVING PERIOD STARTS ON THE 18TH.
IS THE IDEA TO HAVE, UM, A PAGE OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE A CENTRALIZED OR HEALTH PAGE? I THINK THE MORE PAGES, THE BETTER, BECAUSE YOU'RE TELLING THE...
IF YOU'RE FUNDRAISING, YOU REALLY WANNA IMPLEMENT YOUR PERSONAL STORYTELLING.
SO YOU CAN ALL SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, HOW GAPS IN ACCESS AND, LIKE, THE BASIC NEEDS, RESOURCES, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE, THE STATE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AS YOU ALL SEE IT, UM, IN YOUR DAILY WORK.
UM, AND THAT WAY, THAT'S WHY I'VE PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, A SELECTION OF IMAGES SO THAT IT CAN REALLY APPEAR, LIKE, UM, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL RALLYING PRIZE ALL TOGETHER, UM, THAT LEAD BACK TO US.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CONNECTION WAS NOT BEING FRIENDLY, BUT WHEN YOU SEARCH HEALTH IN, IN, UH, THE LONG BEACH GIVES, UH, SEARCH, UH, OUR FUND IS THE FIRST ONE THAT SHOWS UP BECAUSE WE HAVE HEALTH IN THE FIRST TITLE.
DO WE HAVE TIME FOR MORE QUESTIONS OR WE...
I THINK EVERYONE'S DONE ASKING QUESTIONS.
UM, SO, UH, ONE OF THE HATS I WEAR, I GUESS MY MAIN HAT, MY PREVIOUS HAT WAS, SO I'M OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR HIV CLINICS.
AND THEN, UM, OVER THE PAST YEAR, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN CUTS - YEAH.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS TO, UM, HIV CARE AND, AND THE THING WITH HIV IS SO IT STAYS IN THESE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? IT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE FRINGES THAT STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE,MIC ISSUES, UM, UH, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY AND ALL THE SUPPORT THAT HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD TO HELP WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION OR THEIR HOUSING ISSUES OR SUBSTANCE USE SUPPORT, UM, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE JUST GOING OUT THE DOOR.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME SUPPORT THAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY HAD.
UM, SO OUR CASE WORKERS, AND THEN EVEN FROM A CLINICAL STANDPOINT, WHEN I SEE THEM IN CLINIC, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MISSING APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THEM.
UM, YEAH, I THINK OUR CLINIC IS LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OF THESE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES TO KIND OF HELP SUPPORT OUR, OUR, OUR PATIENTS AND CLIENTS.
UM, SO I, I THINK, UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING SOME OF THE SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE, BUT, UM, I THINK LOCALLY WE CAN KIND OF HELP BUILD SUPPORT AROUND SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MAY NEED MORE SUPPORT THAN OTHERS.
SO THAT'S MY, JUST MY QUICK PART FOR THE HS - HHS FUND.
AND YOU BRING UP, UM, TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.
SO, UM, AND, AND SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS IN ACCESS AND, YOU KNOW, THE GAPS WHERE WE, WE DID RECEIVE FUNDING.
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THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF AND GET MORE RESOURCES OUT TO PROGRAMS. YEAH.AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS WE ARE A SOCIAL SAFETY NET CLINIC, RIGHT? SO WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS WHETHER IT'S DOCUMENTATION, OR THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE JUST KIND OF BOUNCING BETWEEN INSURANCE PLANS.
UM, YEAH, SO I THINK FROM LIKE ON A GRANULAR LEVEL, I GUESS WE HAVE PATIENT STORIES WHERE LIKE MY, YOU KNOW, MY PATIENT THAT, UM, JUST RETURNING INTO CARE, SHE HAS TWO KIDS, SHE'S A SINGLE MOM, UM, SHE'S GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE AND SHE'S SEVERELY IMMUNOCOMPROMISED BECAUSE OF HIV AND, AND SHE CAN'T GET TO AN APPOINTMENT.
SO LIKE JUST THESE DAY-TO-DAY THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS FUND WOULD HELP.
WELL, AND I'D LOVE TO, I CAN CONNECT WITH YOU, UM, AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN BUILD ADVOCACY.
I, I HAD A, A SIMILAR TESTIMONIAL SAY I WORK WITH THE HEALTHY AGING, HEALTHY AGING CENTER AND WE'VE HAD CLIENTS, THEY GET A LOT OF THEIR REFERRALS FROM ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
AND A LOT OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE JUST VERY, VERY HIGH NEED, HAVEN'T SEEN A DOCTOR IN FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
UM, AND WE, WE WORKED WITH THEM AND THEY, HISTORICALLY THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO BY THE, HISTORICALLY THEY'VE HAD, UM, A NURSE AND A SOCIAL WORKER AS PART OF THEIR TEAM AND GO OUT OF SOMEONE'S HOME AND HELP THEM SEE THEIR, EITHER, EITHER, UH, FIND A, A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN FOR THEM AND HELP THEM SEE THEIR, THEIR PRIMARY THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN FOR, FOR YEARS AND HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THAT CAN MAKE IN THEIR TRAJECTORY TO GET SOME, SOME CARE AND TO SOMETIMES RESTORE SOME OF THE, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CAPACITY, UM, BY, BY RECEIVING SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER ASSESSMENT AND, AND MEDICAL TREATMENT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THAT PROGRAM, THAT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT'S, THAT'S BEING FUNDED BY THIS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THOSE CLIENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE, THE TRANSPORTATION AND ALSO LIKE THE ASSISTANCE WITH APPOINTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMBINATION OF THAT IS, IS REALLY HUGE.
UM, I HAVE ANOTHER, UH, JUST CLARIFYING QUESTION.
I'M REALLY INSPIRED BY THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
I'M ALSO INSPIRED BY PARTNERS OF PARKS.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TODAY'S CONVERSATION IS THE HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES FUND WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE OUR VERSION OF THOSE PROGRAMS FOR THOSE ENTITIES.
UM, AND THEN YOU WOULD SERVE AS LIKE OUR LEAD STAFF FUNDRAISER COORDINATOR OF THAT.
AND THEN US AS THE BOARD, LIKE WE ARE THE FACE ESSENTIALLY OF THIS FUND, UM, FUNDRAISERS OF THIS FUND AND THEN BRINGING IN OTHER PARTNERS AND FOLKS TO ASSIST WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND EFFORT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO LOOK AT IT, UM, IN TERMS OF WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP MAKE THE, UM, HHS FUND SUSTAINABLE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND PARTNERS OF PARKS.
THOSE ARE BOTH NONPROFIT ENTITIES.
UM, SO WE HAVE A QUASI-ENDOWED FUND WITH THE HHS FUND THAT'S HOUSED WITHIN THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
SO STRUCTURALLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, WE MAY NOT HAVE QUITE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY FOR, UM, THE WAYS IN WHICH WE GO OUT AND FUNDRAISE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL, AND WE'RE ALSO A GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
SO WE WRITE A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A FINER LINE, BUT I THINK THE GOALS ARE VERY SIMILAR.
WE'RE STILL, WE CAN STILL GO OUT AND ADVOCATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEER FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS.
UM, AND WE CAN STILL, OF COURSE, ACCEPT FUNDS THROUGH, UM, THE HHS FUND AND IT IS DESIGNED TO BE A MORE FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCE.
IS THERE A GOAL OF - I WOULD SAY LIKE IF WE'RE REALLY SUCCESSFUL AT MAINTAINING OUR HSS FUND, WE COULD LOOK INTO IN THE FUTURE SOMETHING LIKE HAVING FRIENDS OF PARKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, UH, THIS WAS BEFORE MY TIME, BUT I KNOW THEY HAD LONG, LONG BEACH CARES, I THINK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT KIND OF FOLDED ONCE THE LEAD LEFT.
UM, SO OUR TREPIDATION WAS MOSTLY AROUND THAT, NOT HAVING LIKE CHAMPIONS FOR IT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK FOR TO IN THE FUTURE.
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AFTER IT, IT CLOSED, THAT, THOSE FUNDS BECAME THE SEED MONEY FOR THE HHS FUND.SO THE HISTORY OF LONG BEACH CARES AND, AND THE BOARD OF HEALTH EXISTING AS A FUNDRAISING BOARD, UM, IS A PREEXISTING MODEL THAT HAS WORKED IN THE PAST.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GAIN MOMENTUM, LIKE I SAID, AND, AND GET TO THAT POINT.
AND WE COULD EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONING INTO A 501 THAT WOULD JUST BE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION MAKING.
UM, THE GOALS, SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE HYPOTHETICAL TOTALS
SO I'VE SEEN GOALS AS LOW AS, YOU KNOW, $500.
I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, IT CAN GO UP DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU THINK IS A FEASIBLE, UM, GOAL.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, GOFUNDME WHERE IF YOU DON'T MEET THE GOAL, YOU DON'T GET THE MONEY.
LIKE YOU WILL STILL, THE MONEY WILL STILL TRANSFER.
SO I WANTED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, MENTION THAT TOO.
I MADE A COMMITMENT OF, OF GIVING $100, UM, TOWARDS THE COLLECTIVE CASE.
ANY OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS OR, OR, OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR SETTING US UP FOR THIS.
SO ONCE WE PUBLISH OUR PAGE, DO YOU GET LIKE A, A NOTIFICATION? YES.
YEAH, AS LONG AS YOU STARTED AT OUR ORGANIZATION PAGE AND PUSH THAT FUNDRAISING BUTTON, I'LL GET A NOTIFICATION AND THEN I'LL ADD IT TO, UH, OUR FEATURED CAMPAIGN.
SO THAT IT'LL BE CLICKABLE FROM THERE TOO.
CAN I, UM, GET A MOTION TO, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE? MOTION.
A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE, THE MOTION SAY AYE.
UM, CAN I PROPOSE THAT WE TABLE THE LAST ITEM UNTIL NEXT MONTH FOR THE, UM, DISCUSSION OF, OF BOARD AND HEALTH FOCUS AREAS? OH.
IS THERE ANY, ANY DISAGREEMENT ON THAT? JUST TO CLARIFY, WHAT WAS THE DISCUSSION GONNA BE ABOUT? S - UH, SO WE HAVE TABLED THIS A FEW TIMES.
UH, SO THAT'S PART OF THE RATIONALE.
UM, BUT THE, THE, THE IDEA INITIALLY WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, SO WE, WE HAD COMPLETED OUR, UM, OUR STR- STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THEN IT WAS KIND OF LIKE NEXT STEP, LIKE WHAT, WHAT FOCUS, WHAT, WHAT, HOW DO WE WANNA FOCUS OUR TIME MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF ANY TOPICS, ISSUES, LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERMS OF THE BOARD, LIKE THOSE KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, ONBOARDING I THINK IS ONE OF THE IDEAS OF LIKE HOW...
AND WE, WE ACTUALLY DID BEGIN TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK LIKE IN FEBRUARY, JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.
UM, MY, MY, JUST LIKE MY, MY READ IS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A GOOD FOCUS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDING OF SOME OF THE, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE FUND THAT WE, THAT WE VOTED ON? THE, UM.
SO, UM, AND NOW, AND NOW LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT WE CAN MAYBE, HOW WE CAN HELP.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE $100, I'D SAY AT LEAST $200.
WE'LL, UH - MINI GRANTS ARE A PAUSE, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
UM, SO, SO WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL, UM, BUT SO WHAT, WHAT I GUESS MY ASK IS, IS THAT WE ALL REALLY THINK ABOUT, AND WE HAVE, WE, WE, WE'RE, WE'RE PREPARED TO, TO MAYBE BRING SOME OF THESE IDEAS TO OUR DISCUSSION NEXT MONTH.
UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, DO, DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM OR...
SO CAN, CAN I, UM, I'M JUST GONNA, CAN I FIRST THAT SINCE I'M
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THE ONE THAT'S PROPOSING IT AND GET A SECOND? SECOND.AND THEN, UH, WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE, I BELIEVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I THINK, UM, WE, WE HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA
THANK YOU FOR, FOR JOINING US TODAY.
LORENZO ANTONIO GONZALEZ, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I WAS INVITED BY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO REALLY SPEAK ABOUT OUR EXPANSION PROGRAM.
UM, I WORK WITH DHS COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THAT ORGANIZATION HAS A STREET MEDICINE MOBILE CLINIC.
THAT STREET MEDICINE MOBILE CLINIC JUST EXPANDED ITS EFFORTS IN WHAT WE CALL TRANSITION TO CARE OUT OF HARBOR.
AND ONE OF OUR THINGS THAT OUR DATA REALLY SHOWED IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN LONG BEACH.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A STRONG PRESENCE IN LONG BEACH, UM, AND WE WANNA CHANGE THAT.
SO WE WANTED TO COME HERE TO MAKE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH FOLKS WHO ARE CARING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE MARGINALIZED AREAS OF HEALTHCARE, WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCESS.
WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE HIV SPECIALTY CARE ON THE STREETS.
WE HAVE MOBILE CARE UNITS IN THAT WILL BE ABLE TO COME AND PROVIDE AND SEE ABOUT 20 TO 30 PEOPLE AT A TIME.
UM, AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO BRING THE, ALL THE, THE EFFORTS AND RESOURCES OF THE SECOND LARGEST PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS NOW REFERRED TO AS LOS ANGELES HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTH SERVICES.
UH, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE SEPARATE RESOURCES TO LONG BEACH.
SO TODAY I JUST WANNA INTRODUCE MYSELF SHORTLY AND FOR THIS MINUTE, ALMOST TWO MINUTES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO MEET YOU ALL, PEOPLE WHO CARE, PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN LONG BEACH AND SEE IF WE CAN REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE VULNERABLE PEOPLE HEARING THAT IT'S BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER TO PROVIDE THOSE SOURCES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
UM, MAYBE WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK OFFLINE ABOUT MAYBE SEEING IF YOU CAN COME BACK FOR A, A MORE, UH, LIKE A FORMAL PRESENTATION.
ANY OTHER, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, NO.
SO, UM, UH, I'M GONNA ASK FOR, UM...
OH, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? JUST REALLY QUICKLY.
PLEASE WEAR YOUR, SCREEN YOUR WINDOWS.
I KNOW WE LIVE IN A COASTAL COMMUNITY AND WE LOVE THE AIRFLOW AND WE CAN GET IT, BUT IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO SCREEN WINDOWS BECAUSE THESE MOSQUITOES ARE COMING IN AT DUSK.
THEY'RE BITING WHILE WE'RE RELAXING AND WATCHING TV AND WHILE WE'RE SLEEPING.
AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT EXPOSURE HAPPENS.
THIS MOSQUITO UNLIKE THE 80S THAT ARE BITING US IN OUR YARDS ALL DAY, THE THAT, UH, WAS MENTIONED ARE BITING MOSTLY AT DUSK AND A LITTLE BIT AFTER DARK.
SO IT'S REALLY THAT TIMEFRAME.
SO PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES TO SCREEN THEIR WINDOWS AS WELL.
I KNOW I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T LIKE THEM.
I'M HERE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO...
OH, AND IF ANYBODY LIVES IN DISTRICT FOUR, UM, COULD YOU STAY AND CHAT WITH ME FOR A SECOND? I HAVE A REQUEST SPECIFIC REQUEST.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE THESE TWO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND I'M TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR THIS ABILITY FIRST.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FUNCTION ON OCTOBER 4TH.
WE COULDN'T GET ANY GOOD VENUE OVER HERE, SO WE ARE DOING ONE OF THE RESTAURANT IN ORANGE COUNTY IN CITY OF ORANGE.
AND THE FUNCTION WILL BE ON OCTOBER 4TH, SUNDAY FROM 11 TO 20 PM.
FROM 10 TO 11, THERE WILL BE SNACKS AND NETWORKING.
AND THEN AROUND 2:00 WE ARE GOING TO BE LUNCH.
THIS IS A WORLD PEACE DAY AND UNITED NATIONS DAY CELEBRATION.
AND I'M A PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH CHAPTER.
WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR AND WE DO THE WORLD PEACE DAY ALSO.
AND THIS YEAR, WE ARE FUNDRAISING FOR THIS ABILITY FIRST.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME OF FUNDRAISING FOR THEM.
I, I TOLD THEM, OH, MAYBE I CAN DO FOR 10,000, BUT NOW I'M GETTING NERVOUS.
BUT I'M, I'M NOT REACHING THAT GOAL OF 10,000.
THERE WILL BE PC SPEAKERS, PEACE AWARDS.
THERE WILL BE SOME ENTERTAINMENT.
THERE WILL BE SOME, YOU KNOW, POLITICIANS AND EVERYBODY.
SO I WILL SEND THE FLYERS TO, YOU KNOW, LONDRA SHE CAN SEND TO EVERYBODY.
AND WHO'S INTERESTED, PLEASE COME
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AND ATTEND.I'VE HEARD LOTS OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION, SO, SO THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON IT.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, I HAVE ONE.
UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S HOT AND IT'S GONNA POSSIBLY GET EVEN HOTTER.
UM, AND SO TO STAY OUT OF THE HEAT, I INVITE YOU ALL TO THE LONG BEACH LGBTQ CENTER'S Q FILMS SERIES.
UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAPPENING ON THE 17TH THROUGH THE 20TH.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE ARTS THEATER ON 4TH STREET.
UM, SO IF YOU ARE FREE, UH, WE HAVE THE OPENING NIGHT ON THURSDAY AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC FOR THE OPENING NIGHT FOR OUR OPENING FILM.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE AT THE ARTS THEATER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.
SO IF YOU'RE FREE, UH, I'LL SEND THIS OUT, UH, TO ALEJANDRA, UH, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN GET IT AND, UH, HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
LONG BEACH PARK AND RECREATION, THEY'RE HAVING THIS BEACH CLEANING.
AND THIS BEACH CLEANING IS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE, MAYBE AROUND 900 PEOPLE.
WE ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THEM BECAUSE ALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CAN PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR BOOTH ON THIS, UH, BELMONT SHOW HERE.
AND THAT IS FROM 9:00 TO 12:00 PM.
COME HAVE FUN, BRING SOME SNAKES.
WE WILL DO BEACH CLEANING, DO NETWORKING AND WE'LL TAKE OFF.
WE DO BEACH CLEANING EVERY YEAR FROM OUR NONPROFIT.
WE DO THE, YOU KNOW, TOY DONATION EVERY YEAR.
WE DO THE CLOTH DONATION EVERY YEAR FOR LONG BEACH PEOPLE.
SO WE DO A LOT OF NONPROFIT THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, HELP THE COMMUNITY IN LONG BEACH.
ANY, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING? MOTION.