Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WE WELCOME TO YOU OUR REGULARLY SAID 50U8D MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2026. IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE ST. PATRICK'S DAY. WE TAKE NOTE THAT A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT, THE ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, COUNTY COUNSEL, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AND THE SERGEANT AT ARMS ARE ALL HERE TO ASSIST. WE WILL NOW START THE COUNTY'S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES RECOGNIZES THAT WE OCCUPY LAND ORIGINALLY AND STILL INHABITED AND CARED FOR BY THE TONGVA, TATAVIAM, SERRANO, KIZH, AND CHUMASH PEOPLES. WE HONOR AND PAY RESPECT TO THEIR ELDERS AND DESCENDANTS PAST, PRESENT, AND EMERGING AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF THESE LANDS AND WATERS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SETTLER COLONIZATION RESULTED IN LAND SEIZURE, DISEASE, SUBJUGATION, SLAVERY, RELOCATION, BROKEN PROMISES, GENOCIDE, AND MULTIGENERATIONAL TRAUMA. THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT DEMONSTRATES OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT TO TRUTH, HEALING, AND RECONCILIATION AND TO ELEVATING THE STORIES, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND WORK ON THESE ANCESTRAL LANDS. WE ARE DEDICATED TO GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATIVE PEOPLES AND LOCAL TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) FERNANDEÑO TATAVIAM BAND OF MISSION INDIANS GABRIELINO TONGVA INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA TRIBAL COUNCIL GABRIELENO/TONGVA SAN GABRIEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS GABRIELEÑO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, KIZH NATION YUHAAVIATAM OF SAN MANUEL NATION SAN FERNANDO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS COASTAL BAND OF CHUMASH NATION GABRIELINO/TONGVA NATION GABRIELINO TONGVA TRIBE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIRST PEOPLES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY PLEASE VISIT THE LOS ANGELES CITY, COUNTY, NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN COMMISSION WEBSITE AT LANAIC.LACOUNTY.GOV.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. THE INVOCATION THIS MORNING WILL BE LED BY TONY CARCIOPOLO FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTING 1014 FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WHICH WILL BE LED BY GIRCON UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT. ALL PLEASE RISE.

HEAVENLY FATHER WE ASK THIS BLESSING UPON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY. WE PRAY THAT ALL OF THE MANY DECISIONS MADE TODAY ARE MADE WITH YOUR GUIDANCE. WE PRAY THAT A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT BY THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY WILL RESULT FROM THIS MEETING. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THY NAME, AMEN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, PLEASE FACE THE FLAG, RACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, IF ARE YOU A VETERAN YOU MAY RENDER A HAND SALUTE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THIS MORNING I'M HONORED TO HAVE TONY HERE TEED TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION. TONY IS A MEMBER OF THE FIRE UNION 1014 REPRESENTING OUR FIERCE FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OVER SIX YEARS, RESIDENT IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE WITH US TODAY. WOULD I LIKE TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE L.A. TOWN R COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR LEADINGS YOU TOO TODAY IN OUR INVOCATION, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: GOOD EVENING LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND HAPPY SAINT PATTY'S DAY. IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME TODAY'S PLEDGE VETERAN. PRAYED IT THEN HESITATED. MR. CASARES SERVED FROM 2012 TO 2018 ATTAINING THE RANK OF SPECIALIST. DURING HIS SERVICE HE WAS STATIONED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, ARMY ACHIEVEMENT METAL, NATIONAL SERVICE DEFENSE MEDAL AND GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL. TODAY HE SERVES AS A BATTLE BUDDY WITH THE VETERAN PEER ACCESS NETWORK WHERE HE HELPS OTHER VETERANS AND FAMILIES CONNECT TO SERVICES, OVERCOME BARRIERS AND NAVIGATE SYSTEMS LIKE THE V.A. HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT AUDIO ENGINEERING USING HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC TO HELP VETERANS FIND SUPPORT AND REDUCE ISOLATION. IN ADDITION TO WORK WITH VETERANS HE'S DEEPLY COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE. IN 2025 HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FROM THE PALISADES POST 283 FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIRE RELIEF CONTRIBUTION CENTER. PLEASE JOIN ME IN EXPRESSING SINCERE GRATITUDE TO MR MR. CASARCES FOR SERVICE TO YOU ARE COUNTY AND OUR COUNTRY, AND LEADING IN TODAY'S PLEDGE.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: NOW THE PET PRESENTATION BY SUPERVISOR BARGER. BE SAINT PATRICK'S DAY IS HERE AND WE HAVE AN AMAZING DO DOG WHO WILL BRING YOU MUCH LUCK. THIS IS SAHARA, 3-YEAR-OLD GERMAN SHEPHERD MIX, A LITTLE SHY BUT VERY SWEET. SHE CAME IN WITH HER PUPPIES WHO HAVE ALL BEEN ADOPTED. SO SHE IS LOOKING FOR A FOREVER HOME. SHE HAD 8 PUPPIES. NOW'S A TIME FOR HER TO SHINE AND FIND A HOME OF HER OWN. WE DON'T NEED A 4 LEAF CLOVER TO BRING LUCK, WE JUST NEED A HOME FOR SAHARA. KURT, KURT, A HOME FOR SAHARA. CALL THE AGOURA CARE CENTER, 818-991-0071 TO MAKE HER YOURS. SHE'S GOOD WITH OTHER DOGS, CAME FROM THE ANTELOPE VALLEY SHELTER, THE GOOD NEWS ALL 8 OF HER BABIES WERE ADOPTED. AND NOW WE JUST WANTED TO FIND HER A FOREVER HOME. THIS IS SAHARA. NOW OUR PET FROM PALMDALE, A 2-YEAR-OLD CATALOA, NEVER HEARD OF THAT, CATTLE DOG. SHE'S FRIENDLY, HAPPY, AND LOVES PEOPLE. SHE WALKS WELL ON A LEASH, ENJOYS PLAYING, SOCIALIZING AND BE BEING A PET. CALL THE PALMDALE CARE CENTER, 616-575-2888 TO BRING AUSSIE HOME. I THINK CAUSIE IS A CATTLE DOG. THEN THERE'S THIS PROMOTION BEFORE THE CREDITS ROLL, EVEN THOUGH THE OSCARS ARE OVER, OUR PAW-SCARS IS GOING ON, ADOPTION FEES WAVED FOR DOG AND CATS AT LEAST 1 YEAR OLD. FIND A STAR OF YOUR OWN. THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. WITH THAT EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE CALL THE AGENDA.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, AND MEMBERS EFFORT ON BOARD. TODAY'S AGENDA BEGINS ON PAGE 2, SET MATTER 1. ON SET MATTER 1 THIS IS A REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING. THIS ITEM WILL BE HELD FOR REPORT. PAGE, 3 CONSENT CALENDAR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ITEMS 2 THROUGH 33. ITEM 9, THIS INCLUDE AS REVISION AS INDICATED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA. ITEM 11 THIS YOU INCLUDE AS REVISION AS INDICATED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA. ITEM 1 SUPERVISOR MITCH WELLS THIS BE HELD. ITEM 18 SUPERVISOR HORVATH REQUESTS THIS ITEM BE HELD. ITEM 19 SUPERVISOR BARGER REQUESTS THIS BE HELD. ITEM 20 THIS INCLUDE AS REVISION AS INDICATED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA. ITEM 21, SUPERVISOR HORVATH WOULD LIKE TO REVISE HER MOTION TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL PLANNING AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ANALYZE THE CURRENT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PROJECT IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS BY RIGHT SPECKTIVE LANDOWNERS AND AUTHORITIES. PAGE 22, SUPERVISOR HORVATH REQUESTS THIS ITEM BE HELD. ITEM 23, SUPERVISOR HAHN WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS NO. ITEM 26, THIS INCLUDE AS REVISION AS INDICATED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA. ITEM 29, SUPERVISOR SOLIS REQUESTS THIS ITEM BE HELD. ALSO THIS INCLUDES REVISION AS INDICATED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA. ITEM 30, SUPERVISOR BARGER WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO VOTE. ITEM 33, SUPERVISOR HORVATH AND00 WAIVE THE VERBAL PRESENTATION BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE CHILD PROTECTION ON THE SYSTEM OF CARE. PAGEP.5 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 34 THROUGH 90. ITEM 35, THIS ITEM INCLUDE AS REVISION AS INDICATED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL JAECHBLT ITEM 37, THE ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER REQUESTS THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 7, 2026. ITEM 39, SUPERVISOR WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED NO. ITEM 46, SUPERVISOR HORVATH WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS NO VOTE.

ITEM 47, SUPERVISOR HORVATH IS RECUSING HERSELF PURSUANT TO 8430LE BECAUSE SHE RECEIVED A CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $500 WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS FROM NASA SERVICES, PARTY OR PARTICIPANT OR AGENT IN THE PROCEEDING. 47 THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICE WOULDS LIKE TO REVISE 2B OF THE BOARD LETTER TO UPDATE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES TO THE SKIRT SERVICES AGREEMENT TO ADD THE OPTION FOR DHS FACILITIES TO REQUEST ARMED GUARDS ALONG WITH CORRESPONDING RATES EFFECTIVE NO SOONER THAN JULY 1, 2026 AND WITH TWO WEEKS ADVANCE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE BOARD. ITEM 67, SUPERVISOR MITCHELL WHO LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO VOTE. ITEM 68 AND 69, SUPERVISOR BARGER WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO VOTE. PAGE 64, THIS INCLUDES MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA POSTED MORE THAN 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF MEETING AS INDICATED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA. ITEMS 88A THROUGH 88D. ITEM 88C, SUPERVISOR MITCHELL WHO LIKE TO REVISE HER MOTION TO INCREASE THE REWARD PREVIOUSLY OFFERED FROM $10,000 TO $15,000 IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE HEINOUS MURDER OF LANAI DEEDS. PAGE 65, ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION, ITEMS 91 THROUGH 94, ITEM 93, THE ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER REQUESTS THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 7, 2026. PAGE 67, SEPARATE MATTER, ITEM 95, PAGE 68, SPECIAL DISTRICT AGENDA, THIS IS THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ITEMS 1D TO 2D. PAGE 70, NOTICES OF CLOSED SESSION, ITEM CS1 THROUGH CS, 12 ITEM CS1 THROUGH 4, THESE ITEMS ARE TO BE -- COUNTY

COUNSEL REQUESTS THESE ITEMS BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 28, 2026. ITEM CS9, COUNTY COUNSEL REQUESTS ONE CASE BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 28, 2026. ITEM CS11, COUNTY COUNSEL REQUESTS THIS BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 28, 2026. THE REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES THROUGH CS12 ARE BEFORE YOU THAT, COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY SUPERVISOR HAHN, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH TO APPROVE THE ITEMS. THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE CALL THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN MAY I PLEASE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION. THE MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE. A CODE OF CONDUCT WILL NOW BE READ AND WE REQUEST THAT YOU COMPLY WITH IT TO ENSURE THE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEETING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S BOARD HEARING AND THE BOARD ENCOURAGES SUCH PARTICIPATION. HOWEVER, THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST BE BALANCED WITH THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ORDERLY COURSE OF THE BOARD'S BUSINESS. ALL ARE REMINDED TO ABIDE BY THE FOLLOWING RULES. SPEAKERS MUST CEASE SPEAKING IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEIR TIME HAS ENDED. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS MUST RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THAT ITEM. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO SUBJECTS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD. PUBLIC COMMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE WITH BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF. PLEASE REMAIN RESPECTFUL OF THE FORUM AND REFRAIN FROM UTTERING, WRITING, OR DISPLAYING PROFANE, PERSONAL, THREATENING, DEROGATORY, DEMEANING, OR OTHER ABUSIVE STATEMENTS TOWARD THE BOARD, ANY MEMBER THEREOF, STAFF, OR ANY OTHER PERSON. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL OF THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SPEAKERS, STAFF, AND BOARD MEMBERS, AND MAY NOT CLAP, CHEER, WHISTLE, OR OTHERWISE DISRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING. ANY PERSON ENGAGING IN CONDUCT THAT DISRUPTS THE MEETING IS SUBJECT TO BEING REMOVED FROM THE BOARD MEETING. AND FINALLY, IF YOU WITNESS CONDUCT OR BEHAVIOR BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT DISRUPTS YOUR ABILITY TO REMAIN ENGAGED OR PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE NOTIFY THE

SERGEANT AT ARMS OR OTHER COUNTY STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MEETING ORDER IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT HELD FOR DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD INCLUDING THE CLOSED SESSION MATTERS, THEN ITEMS 29 AND SET MATTER 1, THEN ITEMS 18, 14, 19, AND 22 FOLLOWED BY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND FINISHING UP WITH CLOSED SESSION MATTERS. EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE READ THE CALL-IN INFORMATION AND EXPLAIN THE SPEAKING RULES. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT YOU MAY DO SO IN PERSON OR REMOTELY AS INDICATED ON THE AGENDA. TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO REGISTER AND JOIN THE MEETING OR YOU MAY CALL 2133063065 AND USE ACCESS CODE 25345732211, AND MEETING PASSWORD 2672026. YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. FOR ITEMS NOT HELD BY THE BOARD YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE MINUTE FOR ONE ITEM AND UP TO TWO MINUTES FOR TWO OR MORE ITEMS. FOR ITEMS HELD BY SUPERVISORS, YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES FOR THIS MEETING. WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK IF REGISTERED ON A COMPUTER OR DEVICE YOU WILL HEAR A BEEP AND YOUR NAME CALLED. IF JOINING BY TELEPHONE YOU WILL HEAR “YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED,” YOUR AREA CODE AND FIRST THREE DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER CALLED. TO ENSURE WE HEAR FROM IN-PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS, WE WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN THE TWO SPEAKING QUEUES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE WHEN YOU HEAR OR SEE YOUR NAME DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN COME DOWN TO THE FRONT OF THE BOARD ROOM AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. DO NOT APPROACH THE PODIUM UNTIL DIRECTED TO DO SO. ALSO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE, NOTE THAT WE HAVE A CONSTITUENT ASSISTANCE TEAM THAT INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, L.A. HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY AND PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE AUDIENCE.

SHOULD YOU NEED ASSISTANCE FROM THEM. AT THIS TIME WE WILL HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ALL ITEMS NOT HELD FOR DISCUSSION BY SUPERVISORS, INCLUDING CLOSED SESSION MATTERS. CONSENT ITEMS WILL BE ACTED ON WITH ONE MOTION. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REMOTELY, TO COMMENT PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ONLINE OR PRESS STAR 3 ON THE TELEPHONE. PLEASE INDICATE THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS THAT YOU WISH TO ADDRESS IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENT FOR US TO ALLOCATE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME.

WE WILL CALL IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, WHILE THEY COME FORWARD WE WILL TAKE REMOTE SPEAKERS. THIS IS FOR ALL ITEMS NOT HELD BY THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION AND CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. WILL THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. JOSEPH RAMOS, AMADA OTERO, JONATHAN WEEDMAN. [READING NAMES]

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: CALLER PHONE NUMBER 213-471 YOUR LINE IS OPEN, PLEASE STATE THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE YOU ADDRESSING AND YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I AM GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'M AMBER CASTLE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: GO AHEAD. OH, PUBLIC COMMENT IS LATER ON IN THE MEETING. PLEASE GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. 909-997 YOUR LINE IS OPEN, STATE YOUR NAME AND AGENDA ITEMS YOU ARE ADDRESSING AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: THIS IS ROY HUMPHREYS, ITEM IS 17, 18 AND 30 I DON'T BELIEVE IS HELD. ITEM 18 WILL BE HELD LATER IN THE MEETING FOR DISCUSSION, YOU CAN COMMENT ON ONE ITEM, THANK YOU.

ONE ITEM, OKAY. BEST WAY TO IMPROVE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH IS TO STOP THE DEI WOKE GEORGE FLOYD PERVERSIONS. BUT THE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. POSSIBLIER REP RAN. THIS BOARD SHOULD BE -- IRREPARABLE, THIS BOARD SHOULD BE ASHAMED, ESPECIALLY THE 4 DEMOCRATS, A DISAGREES TO THE COUNTRY, STATE, AND COUNTY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER, CALLER 213-747, YOUR LINE IS OPEN, STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: HI, YES, I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THE COUNTY CUSTODY PROCEDURES. DAWYN HARRISON: YOU NEED TO CALL BACK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS IS ITEMS NOT HELD BY THE BOARD. THANK YOU. IT SHOULD BE HELD BY THE BOARD.

NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, REMOTE PARTICIPATION IS NOW CONCLUDED. WE'LL GO TO THEN SPEAKERS, PLEASE BEGIN. IN PERSON SPEAKERS.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M SPEAK AGO ITEM 13, MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS LIKE THE OLYMPICS AND FEE IF A WORLD CUP BRING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOS ANGELES BUT THEY CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF WORKER EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING ESPECIALLY IN INDUSTRIES LIKE HOSPITALITY, CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICE WORK. THAT IS WHY L.A. 28 AND FEE IF A WERE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP HUMAN RIGHTS PLANS THAT EXPLAIN HOW THE RISK ARE PREVENTED AND ADDRESSED. NIECE REPORTS WERE DEUCE THE ENDS OF DECEMBER, 2025 BUT NOT MADE PUBLIC. AS THE COUNTY LOOKS AT HOW THEIR BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES MAY SUPPORT OLYMPICS ACTIVITIES THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT TO MAKE SURE STRONG PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE AND THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT THEY ARE. MAKING THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS PUBLIC WOULD HELP WORKERS AND RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND PROTECTIONS AND POLICIES IN PLACE AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THESE EVENTS LEAVE A POSITIVE LEGACY FOR LOS ANGELES. I WILL NOW SPEAK ON ITEM 17. WE SUPPORT THE COUNTY FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND FAMILY WELL-BEING. THIS MOTION ITEM 17 RECOGNIZES THAT WE SHOULD NOT ONLY RESPOND AFTER CHILDREN ARE HARMED BUT SUPPORT FAMILIES EARLIER SO HARM CAN BE PREVENTED. IT HIGHLIGHTS THAT SUPPORTING FAMILIES IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PROTECT CHILDREN. HUMAN TRAFFICKING OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN FAMILIES ARE UNDER FINANCIAL STRESS, YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE STABLE HOUSING OR SUPPORT SYSTEMS ARE NOT IN PLACE. FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS LIKE HOUSING, CHILDCARE AND STABLE JOBS IT REDUCES THE CONDITIONS THAT TRAFFICKING TAKES ADVANTAGE OF. THAT IS WHY PREVENTION STRATEGIES LIKE THE ONES DESCRIBED IN THE MOTION ARE SO IMPORTANT. ADDRESSING FAMILY STABILITY AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING IS NOT ONLY CHILD PROTECTION POLICY IT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION.

THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: PALOMA BUSTOS, ITEMS NUMBER 13 AND 17. FROM THE LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL. ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ASK FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN FROM L.A. 28 AND FEE A TO BE MADE PUBLIC. THEY WERE DUE THE ENDS OF DECEMBER 2025 HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED, WE HAVE NOT HEARD A CLEAR EXPLANATION FOR DELAY. IF PUBLIC RESOURCES SUPPORT THE EVENTS THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE PLANS TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT WHAT PREVENTION EFFORTS WILL BE IN PLACE TO PROTECT WORKERS OR WHAT FUNDING IS DEDICATED TO THIS WORK. WE UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY IS FACING FUNDING CHALLENGES AND WE'RE NOT ASKING THE COUNTY TO INVEST ITS OWN MONEY. L.A. 28 AND FEE IF A SHOULD USE RESOURCES TO YOU ANOTHER THESE PROTECTIONS -- TO SUPPORT. WE CALL FOR $3 MILLION FROM EACH FOR PREVENTION AND WORKER PROTECTION, A SMALL AMOUNT COMPARED TO THE BILLIONS THAT THESE EVENTS GENERATE FOR ORGANIZERS. WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY AND CALL FOR THE REPORTS TO BE MADE PUBLIC. I WILL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 17 NOW. WE SUPPORT THE MOTION FOCUS ON PREVENTION ON INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND SHAPING THE COUNTY'S WORK TO SUPPORT CHILDREN, YOUTH, FAMILIES. MANY SURVIVORS COME INTO CONTACT WITH THESE SYSTEMS CHILD WELFARE, HOUSING SERVICES, YOUTH PROGRAMS AND OTHER SUPPORT SYSTEMS. TOO OFTEN THEY RECEIVE HELP AFTER THE HARM HAS HAPPENED. BETTER COORDINATION WITH THESE SYSTEMS AND STRONGER PREVENTION EFFORTS HELP IDENTIFY RISK EARLIER AND CONNECT PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO SUPPORT BEFORE EXPLOITATION OCCURS. AS THE COUNTY MOVES FORWARD WITH THIS WORK, WE ENCOURAGE CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH SURVIVORS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK ON TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M JONATHAN WEEDMAN, CHIEF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER FOR VIA CARE COMMUNITY HEALTH IN LOS ANGELES, A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON HIV APPOINTED BY SUPERVISOR BARGER I THANK THE BOARD FOR YEARS OF SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION AND YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO END HIV OPEN DEMIC. I'M OF A VINTAGE THAT RECALLS THE TERRIFYING EARLY DAYS OF HIV WHEN PEOPLE WERE DYING, THERE WAS NO TREATMENT AND LITTLE HOPE. TODAY THE TERROR HAS BEEN REPLACED BY MEDICAL AND POST EXPOSURE THERAPIES, THAT MAKE HAVING HIV NO LONGER A DEATH SENTENCE. BUT THIS FIGHT IS NOT FINISHED. WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION DISMANTLING HEALTHCARE FUNDING EVEN DAUGHTER-IN-LAWINGERING SO MUCH OF THE PROGRESS WE HAVE ACHIEVED. THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION REMAINS CRITICAL. THE ESSENTIAL WORK MUST GO FORWARD UNDETERRED WITHOUT DELAY TO CONTINUE SERVING THE OVER 65,000 IN OUR REGION LIVING WITH HIV. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND DON McCLEAN LON AND THE COMMISSION TEAM.

THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

JOSEPH RAMOS, 68. THIS CAUSES RENTERS TO DROWN IN FINANCIAL DEBT, CAUSING EXTREME DAMAGE TO CREDIT SCORES, MAKING FINDING HOUSING DIFFICULT AND LIMITING JOB OPPORTUNITIES. THE MINIMUM EVICTION THRESHOLD IS TO PREVENT EVICTION GOUGH TO A FEW DOLLARS BEHIND. THIS ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO FALL THOUSANDS BEHIND. THE COUNTY SHOULD PURSUE EARLY INTERVENTION, MEDIATION THAT PROTECTS FINANCES RATHER THAN PUSHING THEM INTO A DEEPER HOLE. THE COUNTY SHOULD USE FUNDS TO REPLENISH THE WORK PROGRAM, PROVIDE REAL HELP TO GET RENTERS BACK ON THEIR FEET. THE ORDINANCE DESTROYS MOM AND POP OWNERS STRUGGLING WITH HUGE INCREASES IN ALL EXPENSE S. MORE AFFORDABLE RENTAL PROPERTY TO BE LOST. PLEASE RETURN THIS TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: WILLIAM LA MONTAGLEONE. I WANT TO THANK THE L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF STATION ALMONTE FOR THE JOB THEY DO OVERWHELMED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. I WOULD TRIPLE YOUR SALARY IF I COULD. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE 2D IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE. ARTICLE 34 OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION REQUIRES VOTER APPROVAL BEFORE DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION OR ACQUISITION OF PUBLICLY ASSISTED HOUSING APPROVED IN 1950. THE OAK AND IVY DEVELOPMENT IS PRIVATELY FUNDED BUT REQUIRES PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, BONUSES, FEE REDUCTIONS. THE OAK AND IVY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FROM L.A. COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TAXPAYER SUPPORTED PROGRAMS ARE INVOLVED, ARTICLE 34 IS IMPLEMENTED. THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SWORE AN OATH TO UPCOLD THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION WITH A NO VOTE YOU COULD BRING THE DEMISE OF ARTICLE 34 PAST 1950. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO PAUSE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M CRYSTAL. I'M A TAXPAYER AND VOTER IN THE L.A. COUNTY. I'M HERETOFORE MALLY PUT THIS BOARD ON NOTICE REGARDING THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RISKS OF ITEM 2D. WE DO NOT OPPOSE THE CONCEPT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE OPPOSE THIS DEVELOPER AFFIRM HOUSING. THE PROJECT WAS SCANDAL IN CARLSBAD. THE MEDIA AND A MONTH LEASE DOCUMENTED A NIGHTMARE 762 POLICE CALLS IN 24 MONTHS AND THE REPORT OF INDECENT EXPOSURE RIGHT ACROSS FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FUNDING A DEVELOPER THAT FAILED IN CARLSBAD YOU CREATE A SECURITY VACUUM NEXT DOOR TO JENNIFER PRESCHOOL. MORE DISTURBING LOOK AT YOUR PUBLIC RECORDS FOR TODAY, THE BUILDER IS ATTEMPTING TO DRAW DOWN NEIGHBORS WITH BOUGHT COMMENTS. LOOK AT THE SECTION. YOU HAVE NAMES LIKE APPLE, BANANA AND APPLE BROWN, DOZENS OF COMMENTS IN PERFECT ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M DARRYL MATERIAL, I'M FROM THE CITY OF -- I'M FROM RIVERSIDE COUN ITEM 26. GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIR, SUPERVISORS, BEHIND HAVE EVERY EVERY STATISTIC IS A HUMAN STORY. JUAN SANCHEZ, JUST LAST MONTH MICHAEL MORE RENO RAN OVER BY CATALYTIC CONVERTER THIEVES FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, THESE ARE REAL LIVES. SUPERVISOR BARGER AND SUPERVISOR HAHN I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. SUPERVISOR HAHN, YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS INSPIRED ME TO FIGHT FOR WORKING PEOPLE AND ADVOCATING THE ADOPTION OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER UNLAWFUL POSSESSION ORDERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FROM RIVERSIDE, ORANGE, VENTURE A, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, TO MOVE IT FORWARD. AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU, YOU INSPIRE ME FOR THESE WORKING PEOPLE. HOPE YOU PUT THIS ORDINANCE IN THERE.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: LOOSE SAY CHANG, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 2D. DEAR HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TODAY YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ARCADIA RESIDENTS ABOUT 50 TO 60 PEOPLE, TOOK A BUS, THEY DRIVE HERE, THEY GIVE UP THEIR WORK DAY TO COME HERE FOR ONE, WE JUST WANT TO STOP THE OAK AND IVY PROJECT. THE ROBE I WANT TO ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH COST PER UNIT FOR 95 UNITS THE AVERAGE COST IS ALMOST $750,000. THAT MEANS YOU CAN BUY A NICE APARTMENT IN PASADENA. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT? THEY WANT TO SET UP 45 UNITS, NOW THEY WANT TO ASK MORE MONEY, AS A PAYER, TAXPAYER AND VOTER, I OPPOSE THIS PROJECT. THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL $8.3 MILLION IN PUBLIC SUBSIDIES FOR OAK AND IVY PROJECT IS DEEPLY CONCERNING.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HONORABLE SUPERVISOR, I'M HUY ANDREWS, REGISTERED VOTER AND TAXPAYER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE PROPOSED OAK AND IVY HOUSING PROJECT 2-D. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING HOUSING HOMELESSNESS, BY PLACING THIS TYPE OF PROJECT IN OUR ARCADIA NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. MANY RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED THAT WITH THE COST AFFECT PUBLIC SAFETY, SANITATION, OVER THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. OAK AND IVY PROJECT MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDING SAFETY CONCERNS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AND PROBLEMS WITH PUBLIC RESOURCES. THIS PRACTICE LACKS TRANSPARENCY.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M AUTRIA McCLELLAND, GOOD MORNING. I LIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATE COULDED ARCADIA AREA JUST MINUTES FROM THE PROPOSED OAK AND IVY DEVELOPMENT SPEAKING ON 2-D. I SERVE AS. THE COUNCIL PTA, CAC BOARD MEMBER, AND DISTRICT ADVISORY MEMBER WHERE I ADVOCATE FOR FAMILIES, THE MOTHER OF A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO ATTENDS SCHOOLS NEARBY. FAMILIES LIKE MAIN SAFETY AND PREDICTABILITY ARE ESSENTIAL. I SUPPORT COMPASSIONATE SOLUTIONS FOR UNHOUSED COMMUNITY BUT THOSE SOLUTIONS MUST BE PLACES WHERE WE SUCCEED WITHOUT UNATTENDED RISKS FOR CHILDREN. THIS IS A DENSE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCKS FROM MULTIPLE SCHOOLS WHERE STAY DENT WALK DAILY, PROTECTING THE SCHOOL ROUTES MUST BE A PROBATION. COMPASSION SHOULD NEVER COME AT THE EXCUSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WE SHOULD PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES AND SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED. RECONSIDER THIS LOCATION AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY A IDENTIFY SAYER MORE APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M RITA CHOW, I'M STANDING HERE FOR ME AND ALSO FOR MY WHOLE FAMILY, I CAN ALSO SAY I REPRESENT -- THEY CANNOT BE HERE, THEY ARE TOO OLD. MOST MORE THAN 70 YEARS OLD. I LIVE IN ARCADIA 26 YEARS. I'M VERY HAPPY IN THIS AREA BUT WHEN WHEN I HEARD THIS PROJECT WOULD BE IN ARCADIA NEAR OUR HOME I FEEL WORRIED AND FRUSTRATED. I DON'T KNOW FOR FUTURE HOW COME IT WILL BE, WHAT KIND OF SITUATION. I THINK MAYBE BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS DECISION CAN YOU THINK, DO YOU LIKE THIS KIND OF PROJECT BUILT IN YOUR BACKYARD. TO BE A MOTHER AND A WIFE, WE KNOW THIS PROJECT IS VERY CLOSE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. VERY HIGH DENSITY POPULATION AREA.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HONORABLE SUPERVISORS, I'M A REGISTERED VOTER AND TAXPAYER. I REQUEST FIVE SUPERVISORS OPPOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT IVY LOCATED AT 2-D, DENY THIS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR OUR KIDS' SAFETY. THIS PROJECT WAS HEADLINED THE NEWS SCANDAL IN CARLSBAD. THE MEDIA AND THE POLICE DOCUMENT A NIGHTMARE, 762 POLICE CALLS IN JUST 24 MONTHS. AND THE REPORTS OF INCIDENT EXPOSE RIGHT ACROSS FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING, DEAR HONORABLE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS, MY COMMENT IS ABOUT 2D. MY NAME IS CHONG LOA, CONDO OWNER OF ARCADIA. JUST OPPOSITE THE PROPOSED'S IVY PROJECT. I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY EXPRESS MY POSITION TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT. I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DENY ADDITIONAL FUNDING, REQUIRE A FULL INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY IMPACT STUDY. STOP ISSUING THE BUILDING PERMITS AND DEMAND ENFORCEABLE COMMITMENT FOR SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DEVELOPER. AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IMPORTANT BUT MUST BE DONE RESPECTFULLY, RESPONSIBLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, I'M BELINDA CHU, I'M HERE TO OPPOSE 2-D. WE TAXPAYERS VOTED TO PAY MORE SALES TAX FOR YOU, OUR GOVERNMENT, TO SOLVE HOMELESS CRISIS. BUT THE CRISIS IS GETTING MORE SERIOUS NOW. WHY? BECAUSE YOU, OUR GOVERNMENT, DOESN'T PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM FROM THE ROOT. WHAT IS THE ROOT? MENTAL ILLNESS, ALCOHOLISM, LACK OF WORKING SKILLS AND SO ON. CAN YOU SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY PROVIDING THEM A SHELTER IN A CROWDED COMMUNITY WITH A COUPLE OF SOCIAL WORKERS. THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE HUGE SAFETY PROBLEMS TO OUR COMM Y COMMUNITY. AT THE INFORMATION LINE, THE DEVELOPER TOLD US THEY WON'T INTERFERE THE BEHAVIOR, THEN WHY YOU BRING THIS HIGH --

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HI, I'M SPEAKING AGENDA 2-D, I OPPOSE THE OAK AND IVY APARTMENT. SOME SUPPORTERS ACCUSE THE RESIDENTS OF PANIC ASSUMPTIONS, THEY BELIEF THAT IS A WILD DEVELOPER PROJECT IN THE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER THE REALITY IS THAT THE PROJECT LACKS THE TRANSPARENCY, ITS BUILDING COST IS WAY TOO HIGH, IT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT IT NEEDS. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO SEE ITS DETAILED BREAKDOWN. THIS TYPE OF PROJECT HAS UNSUCCESSFUL HISTORY JUST LIKE IN CARLSBAD WHICH CAUSED CHAOS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE DEVELOPER AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE NOT COMMUNICATING AND LISTENING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS IN ANSWER TO CONCERNS. IT IS NORMAL THAT DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER WELL. GOVERNMENT JOB IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BRIDGE TO CONCEAL THE DIFFERENCE, NOT EMPHASIZE THE CONFLICT. I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT KNOT BE DEALT WITHOUT FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS WAY TOO BIG FOR THE LOCAL TO ABSORB.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU, I'M DANIEL THORMAN SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF NUMBER 11. LOS ANGELES CLIMATE WEEK IS COMMUNITY READ THAT BRINGS TOGETHER RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS, FADES COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AROUND CLIMATE ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THIS PROCLAMATION SENDS A SIGNAL THAT CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS DON'T STAY IN LOOMS LIKE THIS THEY BELONG IN FRONT LINE COMMUNITIES N LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CLASSROOMS AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO SUPERVISORS SOLIS AND HORVATH FOR THIS MOTION. AND THE FULL BOARD SUPPORT. L.A. CLIMATE WEEK IS APRIL 8 THROUGH 15 WITH EVENTS SPANNING LATE MARCH THROUGH EARLY MAY. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE AND THANK YOU.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HONORABLE SUPERVISORS, I'M JEFF, WITH ARCADIA SAFETY GUARDIANS, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY. WE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE WE NEED MORE HOUSING UNITS. I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO OPPOSE THE APPROVAL OF FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT IN UNINCORPORATED ARCADIA. I BELIEVE THE CITY IS ALREADY ADDRESSING THE HOUSING ISSUES. AS WE ARE HERE, STANDING HERE TODAY, MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROJECT SITE IS BUILDING 277 HOMES AS WE SPEAK. WE HAVE FIVE OTHER PROJECTS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITH 319, 359, 214, 181 AND 278 UNITS. ALL OF THESE ARE APPROVED TO BE BUILT IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS, ALL UNITS INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. PLEASE CONSIDER RELOCATE THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU.

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HONORABLE COUNTY SUPERVISORS, I'M TINA, I'M TALKING ABOUT 2D. THE PROJECT OAK AND IVY IF IT IS APPROVED, THE RESIDENTS ARE HARMED OR INJURED DUE TO SAFETY OR SECURITY INCIDENTS, WHERE WILL THE COUNTY ACCEPT LEGAL AND FINANCIAL LIABILITY FOR ALL RESULTING DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MEDICAL COSTS, LOSS OF INCOME, AND DECLINE IN PROPERTY VALUES. PLEASE REMEMBER THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE ARE VOTERS. IF ANYONE TRULY SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT PLEASE CONSIDER TO BUILD IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD. THANK YOU.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M PAULINE, I LIVE IN ARCADIA 17 YEARS. ONE SECTION 8 AFFORDABLE HOUSE, THIS PERSON COME TO ARCADIA AND HARASS US FOR 17 YEARS. THEY KEEP LOW INCOME, THAT'S MY REAL STORY. EVEN MY CASE IN THE ARCADIA LOS ANGELES COUNTY, I REPORT TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND ARCADIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS CASE STILL ONGOING. THEY COME TO MY HOUSE, THEY ONLY SEE, ONLY THING THEY SAY, HE'S A JERK. THAT'S THE ONLY ANSWER. AMERICAN, THEY SAY THEY CAN GIVE YOU MIDDLE FINGER, THEY CAN GIVE YOU F WORDS ALL THE TIME. WE CHECK THIS PERSON BACKGROUND, HE HAS CRIMINAL RECORD. BUT AFTER 2000 THEY CHECK SECTION 8 BACKGROUND. THIS PERSON, THEY KEEP LOW INCOME, 64 YEARS OLD, AND 35 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER NEVER WORK.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING, I'M KEVIN DONNELLY, I AM RECENT COMMISSIONER ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION ON HIV. I HATTED THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR OVER 10 YEARS. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT HONOR THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON NUMBER 35 AND 91. THE REORGANIZATION OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION ON HIV WHICH SERVES AS THE LOCAL PLANNING COUNCIL FOR THE RYAN WHITE GRANT WHICH BRINGS $45 MILLION INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY EVERY YEAR TO SERVE LOW INCOME PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. AS A PERSON LIVING WITH HIV I NOKNOW THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROGRAM AND I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO HAVE IT CONTINUE. THE PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP IS THE WORK OF A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS THAT RESPONDS TO THE PRESSURES OF FEDERAL GRANT REQUIREMENTS AND BUDGET CUTTING MEASURES OF THE COUNTY. I THINK IT IS A GOOD PLAN I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M KATHY CHAN, I'M SPEAKING TO 2-D PROJECT. I'M A REGISTERED L.A. COUNTY VOTER AND TAXPAYER. HONORABLE SUPERVISOR KATHRYN BARGER, I VOTE FOR YOU WHEN YOU RUN FOR SUPERVISOR OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT. I VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU PROMISED VOTERS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS YOUR FIRST CONCERN. 2D OAK AND IVY HOUSING PROJECT IS IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY. MANY OF US ARE CONCERNED IT WOULD AFFECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY SANITATION AND CONDUCT OF LIFE OVERALL. IF THE LEADERS OF GOVERNMENT CONSIDER TO DEMONSTRATE PROMISE, LEADERSHIP, SUCH HOUSING PROJECTS SHOULD BE ALSO CONSIDERED NEAR THE LEADERS AND DECISION MAKERS. THANK YOU.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HELLO, SUPERVISOR, I'M MIN MING, I'M HERE ON 2-D. THE REA I'M HERE I SPEAK OUT FOR MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS. MY HOME IS NEARBY THE PROJECT IVY AND OAK. AS A MOTHER, I KNOW ALL FIVE OF YOU ARE MOTHERS. CAN YOU BELIEVE IF YOU CAN RAISE UP YOUR CASE ESPECIALLY IF IT IS A GIRL RIGHT NEXT TO 95 HOUSING JUST FOR HOMELESS WITHOUT CHECKING THEIR BACKGROUND, IF THEY ARE DRINKING, IF THEY TAKE DRUGS. WE SPEND OUR MONEY ON A HOUSE, WE PICTURE OUR FUTURE, BUT IT HAS COME OUT LIKE THAT. RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH ALL OF MY KIDS. AS A MOTHER I APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS CAN RECONSIDER RELOCATING THIS PROJECT.

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IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M CLAUDIA JEREZ, DPSS, DWC. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ITEM 24. WOULD I LIKE TO ADDRESS ITEM 24, AND WOULD LIKE TO OFFER REAL SOLUTIONS TO THE REFLOW AND TRASH FLOW STAGNATION, THE RIVER BEDS, AND RIVER MILES OF L.A. COUNTY RIVER IS LIKE A REAL RIVER. I WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE THE YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE AND ENGAGE AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT TRASH AND DEBRIS, TO STAGNATE OUR RIVER BEDS. I WOULD LIKE TO GAIN COMMITTEE OF VOLUNTEER RESIDENTS THAT CAN APPROACH THIS PROBLEM IN A WAY THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTIVE WITH REAL SOLUTIONS THAT MAKE SENSE IN ORDER TO ELEVATE AND IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. I BELIEVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS BEING IMPACTED BY THESE DEBREE FLOWS OF TRASH AND STAGNATION AND I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD OFFER YOU GOOD SOLUTIONS FOR IT. AND I CAN. THANK YOU.

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GOOD MORNING, I'M CHAO YIN, RESIDENT OF ARCADIA, TAXPAYER AND PARENT OF THREE BOYS. I'M HERE TO OPPOSE OAK AND IVY DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROPOSES 95 UNITS WITHOUT A CLEAR PLAN FOR 24/7 SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT. WHICH RAISES CONCERNS FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE. I'M ALSO WORRIED ABOUT LIMITED PARKING AND THE INCREASED TRAFFIC, WHICH COULD CREATE A SAFETY ISSUE AND EFFECT EMERGENCY ACCESS. I'M CONCERNED SPENDING OVER $60 MILLION IN TAXPAYER FUNDS A PROJECT THAT DOES NOTHING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I ASK THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER AND DENY THIS FUNDING. INNING YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: AS A REGISTERED TAXPAYER AND VOTER I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE OAK AND IVY PROJECT. IT MAY COST SIGNIFICANT -- CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDING SAFETY CONCERNS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND STRING OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. WE OFFER SUPPORTS OH HIGH MAN TEARIAN GROUNDS BUT CANNOT DO SO IN A MANNER THAT LACKS RESPONSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY, SAFETY OR EXPOSES OUR HOME AND INTEREST INFORM UNDEW RISK. ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: MADAM CHAIR? SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: YES.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO TESTIFY IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF ARCADIA, THE PROJECT. THE DEVELOPER HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTUALLY OUT OF COURTESY WENT TO THE CITY OF ARCADIA WHO HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER THIS AND HELD A HEARING THERE AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS RAISED BUT I DO FEEL THIS WAS -- I'M ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, AND THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY, I TALKED TO COUNTY COUNSEL ABOUT THE LEGAL QUESTIONS RAISED EARLY ON. AM CONFIDENT AND SATISFIED THAT THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING AND MET ALL THE CRITERIA THAT WE PUT FORTH. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU SUPERVISOR BARGER. MEMBERS, THESE ITEMS ARE MOVED BY SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR BARGER TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTIONS NOTED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER. EXECUTIVE OFFICER RUN CALL THE ROLL.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: MADAM CHAIR LET ME READ OUT THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE BEFORE YOU. 2 THROUGH 13, 15 THROUGH 17, 20, 21 AS REVISED, 23 WITH SUPERVISOR HAHN VOTING NO, 24 THROUGH 28, 30 WITH SUPERVISOR BARGER VOTING NO, 31 THROUGH 36, 38, 39 WITH SUPERVISOR MITCHELL VOTING NO, 40 THROUGH 45, 46 WITH SUPERVISOR HORVATH VOTING NO, 47 AS REVISED WITH SUPERVISOR HORVATH RECUSING HER SELF FROM THE VOTE, 48 THROUGH 66, 67 WITH SUPERVISOR MITCHELL VOTE NOTHING, 68 AND 69 SUPERVISOR BARGER VOTING NO, 70 THROUGH 87, 88A AND 88B, 88C AS REVISED, 88D AS REVISED, 91 AND 92, 94 AND 95, 1D AND 2D. THESE ARE BEFORE YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN MOVED, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR BARGER. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: MOTION CARRIES 5-0. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 29, PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESS AND STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC RESILIENCY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHICH IS HELD BY SUPERVISOR SOLIS. MEMBERS OF THE OPINION JOINING US REMOTELY TO COMMENT, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ONLINE OR PRESS STAR 3 ON THE TELEPHONE. RAFAEL CARBAJAL DIRECTOR OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS, AND KELLY LoBIANCO DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MITCHELL FOR CO-ORRING THE MOTION BEFORE US -- CO-AUTHORING. I WANT TO MAKE AN OPENING STATEMENT AND ALLOW FOR THE CO-AUTHOR TO MAKE HER STATEMENT, THEN I'LL ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR PANEL. FIRST OF ALL, TODAY I BRING THE MOTION TO UPLI THE ONGOING NEED TO HAVE STANDING GRANT PROGRAM THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO BUSINESSES FACING ECONOMIC DIGS REPORTIONS. SEVERAL EMERGENCIES HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT HAVE PUT A STRAIN ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING. COVID, THE FIRES, IMMIGRATION RAIDS, MASS TRANSPORTATION DISRUPTIONS, AND MORE HAVE LED TO A TOTAL AT LEAST 13 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES INTERRUPTION FUNDS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. 13 IS THE NUMBER OF INTERRUPTION FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ALONE SINCE THEIR INCEPTION JUST THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE OUR ENTREPRENEURS IN THE BACKBONE OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. CLEARLY EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES SEE THIS BECAUSE EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS OF HAD BUSINESS BENEFIT FROM THESE INTERRUPTION FUNDS. BUT SADLY OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STILL OPERATING AT UNCERTAIN TIMES WITH TARIFFS AND ONGOING IMMIGRATION RAIDS. THERE WOULD BE IMMEDIATE USE FOR THE STANDING BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FUND, SPECIFICALLY FOR BUSINESSES THAT WERE LEFT UNFUNDED, THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FIRE AND IMMIGRATION RAIDS. WE KNOW THE NEED IS OUT THERE AND JUST LAST WEEK DEO COMPLETED THEIR FINAL DISBURSEMENT OF CFCI FUNDS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCY FUNDS, A FUND THAT WAS CREATED FOLLOWING A MOTION THAT I AUTHORED ALONG WITH SUPERVISOR HAHN. THAT MOTION IN JUNE OF 2025 ALSO CREATED AN ECONOMIC IMPACT

REPORT THAT MADE DATA SUPPORTED RECOMMENDATIONS TO SEE A STANDING FUND CREATED. IN LIGHT OF THE FUNDING GAP AND THE ONGOING NEED I PROVIDED FUNDS FOR MY OFFICE'S BUDGET TO SUPPORT 146 BUSINESSES LOCATED IN THE FIRST DISTRICT THAT WERE FOUND ELIGIBLE BUT LEFT UNFUNDED. I GLADLY PROVIDED 649,000 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THE 146 BUSINESSES IN THE FIRST DISTRICT THAT WERE FOUND ELIGIBLE WER NOT LEFT OUT OF THIS CRITICAL SUPPORT THAT THEY NEEDED. HOWEVER WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. THERE NEEDS TO BE FULL COUNTY SUPPORT IN MY OPINION TO UPLIFT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND ENTREPRENEURS. THEREFORE I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I WILL ASK LATER ONCE WE HEAR FROM MY CO-AUTHOR. SUPERVISOR MITCHELL?

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SOLIS, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO JOIN NEW THIS EFFORT. L.A. COUNTY SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE FACED A SERIES OF ECONOMIC SHOCKS FROM THE PANDEMIC TO NATURAL DISASTERS TO THE DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. RECENT ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT NEARLY 60% OF SMALL BUSINESSES SURVEYS ARE WORRIED ABOUT MAINTAINING WORKFORCE AND ALMOST HALF REPORTED LOSING MORE THAN 50% OF REVENUE. THESE DISRUPTIONS HARM WORKERS, FAMILIES AND NEEDLESS TO SAY THE BROADER L.A. COUNTY ECONOMY. DEO HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF RESPONDING TO SHOCKS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. YOU STEPPED UP DURING THE PANDEMIC, DURING THE DISASTERS. AND MORE RECENTLY STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY I.C.E. THE COUNTY PROVIDED OVER $5 MILLION IN ASSISTANCE TO 500 SMALL BUSINESSES STRUGGLING. THAT DEMONSTRATES THE MAG ANY TOURED OF THE NEED AND ABILITY OF THE COUNTY TO DELIVER HELP EFFECTIVELY. HOWEVER EVERY TIME WE EXPERIENCE ONE OF THESE SHOCKS DEO HAS TO BUILD A NEW PROGRAM FROM SCRATCH. THAT SEEMS REDUNDANT AND UNNECESSARY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. THIS MOTION SEEKS TO CREATE A PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE, ALOUING DEO TO RESPOND FASTER AND FOCUS ON BUSINESSES STANDING UP TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF THIS WORK FOR MY EXPERIENCE IS OUTREACH. MANY BUSINESSES ARE MICROBUSINESSES AND IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESS ES THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO BANKING RELATIONSHIPS OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, SMALL BUSINESSES WORK ENDLESSLY TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. TO ENSURE THESE BUSINESSES KNOW ABOUT THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES

AND CAN ACCESS THEM. THIS MOTION BUILDS ON THE WORK THAT I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BRING FORWARD LAST WEEK TO MAKE DEO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND LOANS EASIER TO ACCESS. WE ARE TO ENSURE THESE ARE SIMPLE, FLEXIBLE AND TO RESOURC. HELPS US BETTER DESIGN THE PROGRAMS AND PIVOT. THE CREATION OF THIS IS VERY FEASIBLE IN PARTICULAR WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING. THERE'S NO NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, IT'S ABOUT TAKING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS SPACE AND OTHER SPACES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNICATION.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AND WE'RE SAVING TIME AND MONEY IF WE DON'T HAVE TO RECREATE THIS EVERY YEAR, EVERY CYCLE THAT THERE'S A DISASTER, CORRECT? YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED SO YOU CAN DRAW ON. RAFAEL CARBAJAL: ABSOLUTELY. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: I'LL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES, SUPERVISOR HORVATH.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANKS TO BOTH YOU AND SUPERVISOR MITCHELL FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD. I'M THE NEWEST ON AS A SUPERVISOR, I HAVE HAD TO STAND UP THREE BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FUNDS, AND THE THREE WILDFIRE RELIEF GRANT PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, WORKERS AND RESIDENTS. WHAT AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN THE WORK IT DOES AND THE MESSAGE THAT IT SENDS TO OUR BUSINESSES THAT WE ARE INTERESTED'S AND KEEPING THEM AFLOAT WHILE THEY WEATHER THE STORM OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAVE HAD TO NAVIGATE COVID AND BEYOND. AS A SMALLER SMALL BUSINESS OWNER I UNDERSTAND PERSONALLY THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE IMPORTANT ENGINES FOR OUR ECONOMY, BUT ALSO AVENUES FOR PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. THIS IS CREATING JOBS FASTER THAN LARGER COMPANIES. MAKING SURE WE HAVE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. WHEN MAJOR ECONOMIC DISRUPTIONS, NATURAL AND OTHERWISE STRIKE, THEY CAN BE A STRUGGLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO SURVIVE. WITHOUT SUPPORT WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THE DATA THAT AT LEAST 25% OF SMALL BUSINESSES DO NOT REOPEN POST DISASTER. WE ARE THE DIFFERENCES. I LOOK FORWARD TO NOT ONLY THE REPORT BACK ON HOW THE COUNTY CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES BUT HOPEFULLY THE WORK THAT WILL ENSUE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO GET THAT KIND OF SUPPORT OUT TO BUSINESS ES BECAUSE THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE EFFORT.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR JANICE HAHN.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU, HILDA L. SOLIS. TH YOU FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD. IT IS REALLY THOUGHTFUL. IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RE AFFIRM SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMIES AND KIND OF OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY. NO CREW AT ATE THE JOBS, KEEP OUR TOWN VIBRANT. I.C.E. RAIDS, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, OR SUDDEN ECONOMIC DISRUPTION, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE LEAST OFTEN EQUIPPED TO WEATHER THAT STORM. TOO OFF WE SEE HARD WORKING BUSINESS OWNERS FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS NOT BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESS WASN'T VIABLE BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SURVIVE A TEMPORARY CRISIS. ASKING FOR A FRAMEWORK FOR THE BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FUND, WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING SOMETHING IMPORTANT, ECONOMIC DISASTERS DON'T JUST AFFECT INFRASTRUCTURE THEY AFFECT LIVELIHOODS. HAVING THE STANDING PROGRAM READY TO DEPLOY SUPPORT QUICKLY COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SMALL BUSINESS REOPENING OR CLOSING PERMANENTLY. SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES NEVER SURVIVED COVID, MANY OF THEM ARE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE THE WILDFIRES. SOME OF THEM ARE NEVER GOING TO REOPEN AGAIN.

KEEP THEM OPEN WHEN THEY NEED US THE MOST. I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WITH THE FIRES WHETHER IT BE THE CLOSURE OF THE ROADS AND SUPERVISOR S HORN RAT DISTRICT OF THE STORMS OR WILDFIRES, AND THE RAIN THAT HAD ROOTS COLLAPSE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE ♪WOK YOU DID. I THINK OF SYDECA, HAD JUST OPENED, HAD THE INVENTORY AND THE RAIN CAME, THE ROOF COLLAPSED, SURVIVED THE FIRE AND EVERYTHING WAS SOAKED. THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REOPEN. SHE WAS. SHE IS GOING TO REOPEN. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE GRANTS THAT ARE GIVEN. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO QUICKLY ESTABLISH A PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS WITH COVID AND ALL. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO UPLIFT THE BUSINESSES THAT REALLY ARE TO YOUR POINT SUPERVISOR HAHN REALLY THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS COUNTY. AND REALLY REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE COUNTY AS WELL. THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: FROM OUR CEO, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS MOTION?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: YES, AND ACTUALLY IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE TO SUPERVISOR BARGER'S POINT IN ALTADENA THERE WAS A SMALL COFFEE SHOP THAT THAT WAS TRYING TO GO FROM A CART TO A STOREFRONT AND I ASKED THEM, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THE PROGRAMS AND HE NUCALLY BY NAME, OH, SHE'S HELPING ME AND SUPERVISOR BARGER'S OFFICE, ANISH. THEY ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DOING THIS WORK. I THINK THIS PROGRAM IS ONE OF MANY PROGRAMS THAT IS SEEKING NEW ONGOING MONEY AT THE TIME THAT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND THAT MONEY. THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN CREATIVE IN HOW TO FUND THIS, THEY HAVE LEVERAGED ARPA, CFCI, STATE MONEY, PHILANTHROPIC MONEY, DISCRETIONARY MONEY, SUPERVISOR YOU MENTIONED THAT. IT'S A PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD, FOR THE DEPARTMENT. WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE ARE RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN THE PROGRAM UNTIL ONGOING NCC CAN BE IDENTIFIED TO CARRY IT FORWARD.

SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: WILL THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. JULIA McDONALD, KAREN MADRID, BOBBY. [READING NAMES] REMOTE PARTICIPANTS TO BE PLACED IN THE SPEAKING QUEUE TO ADDRESS ITEM 29, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR PRESS 3. ON YOUR TELEPHONE NOW. KEVIN YOUR LINE IS OPEN, PLEASE BEG BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I AM THE OWNER OF BEVEL COFFEE IN ALTADENA. AS THEY WERE SAYING, EVERYONE WAS ON THE FLOOR HELPING EVERYONE KNOWING THIS PROGRAM IS OUT THERE. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE THE RECIPIENT. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD HAVE SURVIVED THE WILD FIRES ALTADENA WITHOUT THEM. SINCE THEN HAVE TURNED AROUND FROM THE CART THAT WE HAD, THE POP-UP SITUATION INTO A CAFE, WITH FOUGHT FOR SUCCESS. THIS PROGRAM NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR ALL OF THE OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS LOOKING TO GROW AND ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS IN THE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. NEXT CALLER, 323-559, YOUR LINE IS OPEN, PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I'M JOSE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO. I'M CALLING IN TO SUPPORT ITEM 29. I WANT TO FIRST THANK SUPERVISOR SOLIS AND SUPERVISOR MITCHELL FOR THEIR IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP IN INTRODUCING THIS MOTION. I SEE FIRST HAND THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC DISTURBANCES TO OUR BUSINESSES AND LOCAL ECONOMY. CAN I SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE LOST SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN MONTEBELLO SINCE THE RAIDS BEGAN LAST YEAR. MANY OTHER BUSINESSES ARE REPORTING LOSS OF REVENUE DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN TODAY'S POLITICAL CLIMATE. TODAY'S MOTION GOES A LONG WAY TO ADDRESS THIS UNCERTAINTY. I BELIEVE THE COUNTY RUNNING A LOW INTEREST LOAN FILLS A NEED PROVIDING CAPITAL TO ENTREPRENEURS THAT WOULD STRUGGLE TO OBTAIN FUNDING. THIS MOTION REPRESENTS A BOLD MOVE FOR THE COUNTY TO BECOME A WELCOME PARTNER IN PERMANENTLY SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTY ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF CRISIS. IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, PLEASE SUPPORT AND FUND ITEM 29.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH 213-51YOUR LINE IS OPEN, PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I'M JASON BOXER, DISTRICT 2, AND I WORK IN DISTRICT 1 FOR THE FILIPINO CORKER CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF 29. I THANK SUPERVISOR SOLIS AND MITCHELL FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD AND WE THINK HIGHLY OF THE WORK THAT DIRECTOR LoBIANCO DOES. WE ORGANIZE TO BUILD THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER OF CAREGIVERS AND DOMESTIC WORKERS. AS PART OF THAT WORK WE SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND AND CREATE ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR REGULAR PEOPLE IN L.A. COUNTY. AS AS A PRODUCT OF THAT WE LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS AND PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH SOME STABILITY. ALSO ADD THAT WE ARE PROPONENT OF THE CO-OP MODEL TO EMPOWER WORKERS OVER BUSINESS OWNERS SPECIFICALLY. IN THIS CASE WE WANT TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES. SOME SMALL BUSINESSES EXPLOIT THEIR WORKERS BUT IN THIS CASE WE WANT TO --

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER 909-997 YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: THIS IS ROY HUMPHREYS, TO SUPERVISOR SOLIS OF THE GANG OF FOUR DEMOCRAT FELONS YOU HAVE BROUGHT THIS UPON YOURSELF AND ALL OF US BY YOUR CRIMINAL AIDING AND ABETTING BIDEN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND DENYING PRESIDENT TRUMP THE SAME --

DAWYN HARRISON: SIR, YOU NEED TO BE SPEAKING ON ITEM 29 PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESSES. OTHERWISE CAN YOU CALL BACK DURING GENERAL COMMENT. ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: 626-824 STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I'M LAUREN JAMES, I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, IN SUPPORT OF 29. I WANTED TO THANK SUPERVISOR MITCHELL AND SUPERVISOR SOLIS. I THANK THE COUNTY FOR RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO BUSINESSES EACH TIME THERE'S BEEN AN ECONOMIC DISTURBANCE. HOWEVER IT'S TIME TO BE EFFICIENT AND ENSURE THESE FUNDS ARE READY WHEN NEEDED. THE TIME IS NOW. COUNTY LED LOW INCOME LOAN PROGRAM FOR BUSINESS IMPACTED BY ECONOMIC DISASTERS CAN COVER THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS EXCLUDED FROM THE SBA LOANS AND EXPAND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS IS SEVERELY NEEDED AS WE'VE SEEN THEY HAVE REQUESTED IT EVERY 3 YEARS, THANK YOU TO THE WORK OF DEO AND KELLY AND LAILA, THEY SHOW UP IN THE COMMUNITIES, IN THE COMMUNITY, I THANK THEM. THIS IS THE TIME TO GET THIS PASSED, I SUPPORT ITEM 29.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, REMOTE PARTICIPATION IS NOW CONCLUDED. WE WILL GO TO IN PERSON SPEAKERS, PLEASE BEGIN.

GOOD MORNING, I'M JULIETTE, ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF JUSTICE. WE SUPPORT THE MOTION AS IT RELATES TO ENSURING CULTURALLY COMPETENT MULTI LINK WALL OUTREACH. TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC COUNSEL WE PROVIDE THESE SERVICES WITH SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY. SINCE JUNE OF 2024 WE HAVE SERVED 630 UNIQUE BUSINESSES PROVIDING CRUCIAL LEGAL GUIDANCE TO IMMIGRANT OWNED AND STAFF BUSINESSES DURING THE I.C.E. RAIDS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AFFECTED BY THE WILDFIRES. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WE ARE THE ONLY TWO ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME ENTREPRENEURS IN THE COUNTY. YET OUR COUNTY FUNDING IS SET TO EXPIRE IN MAY WITH NO INDICATION OF RENEWAL. WE APPLAUD THE BOARD AND DEO VISION IN BUILDING A RESPONSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROTECTS AND CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COUNTY SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE ARE COMMITTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY TO GROW THE RECENT IMPACT TO REALIZE THAT VISION. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M BOBBY, IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 29, I WANT TO THANK BY THANKING SUPERVISOR SOLIS AND MITCHELL FOR THIS MOTION AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR PERMANENT BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FUND. WE DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL WE NEED THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE READY AT ALL TIMES FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. AT TMC WE'VE MICROLENDER FUNDING THE FUTURE OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT OUR CURRENT SYSTEM INCLUDES OR DELAYS BY PROVIDING TO WOMEN OWNED, IMMIGRANT OWNED AND UNDERREPRESENTED BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTY OF L.A. WE HAVE BEEN DOING EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES SINCE COVID. LAST YEAR WE ESTABLISHED A SMALL BUSINESS STRONG PROGRAM WITH FOR GIVE ABLE LOANS RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS FOR PERMANENT. WE SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS COUNTY LED LOW INTEREST PROGRAM AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT ANYWAY WE CAN.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEA SPEAKER. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: (SPEAKING SPAN SPANISH).

TRANSLATOR: I'M BEER THAT, WOULD I LIKE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR NUMBER 29. I'M BERTHA. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR SOLIS AND MITCHELL FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS MOTION AND ALSO THANK THE COUNTY FOR SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES. DURING COVID-19 I HAD TO CLOSE MY BUSINESS, IT'S A BEAUTY SALON, FOR TWO YEARS. BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HELPED SMALL BUSINESSES. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MITCHELL OR SOLIS. SMALL BUSINESSES NEED TO HAVE A SAFETY NET. WE NEED TO HAVE A PERMANENT FUND THAT IS READY BEFORE THE NEXT CRISIS. 'S E THE SUPPORT THROUGH THE COUNTY FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LEAF HAVE HELPED ME DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WITH ALL OF THIS GOING ON WITH IMMIGRATION. BECAUSE MY CLIENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO GO BECAUSE OF FEAR OF IMMIGRATION. THE SUPPORT THAT COUNTY AND LEAF PROVIDES REALLY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: (SPEAKING SPAN SPANISH).

TRANSLATOR: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ERIN, SUPPORTING ITEM 29, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS ITEM. I AM THE OWNER OF KAREN 504 FRUITS, IT IS A STREET VENDOR IN EAST LOS ANGELES. I RECEIVED $2,500 AFTER THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR CAUSED MY CLIENTS TO STOP COMING. THIS FORCED ME TO STOP SELLING, AND I AM A MOTHER AND I NEED MY BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY SON. THIS SUPPORT ALLOWED ME TO RECOVER AND CONTINUE BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. RESOURCES SUCH AS THIS FUND ARE ESSENTIAL NOT JUST FOR TODAY BUT ANY KIND OF CHALLENGE THAT OUR COMMUNITY MAY FACE. AND TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE FUTURE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO MAKE THIS FUND PERMANENT FOR US, THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. (SPEAKING SPANISH).

TRANSLATOR: I'M HERE SUPPORTING ITEM 29. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR SOLIS FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS ITEM. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE LEAF ASSOCIATION, THEY HAVE PROVIDED EXCELLENT SUPPORT FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO MOVE FORWARD. I AM ARMANDO AND TOGETHER WITH MY WIFE, CHRISTINA, WE ARE THE OWNERS OF (INAUDIBLE) FLOWERS, IN EAST LOS ANGELES ON WHITTIER BOULEVARD. WE RECEIVED $5,000 TO THE RESILIENCE FUNDS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. AFTER THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR AFFECTED OUR SMALL BUSINESS. SO CLIENTS STOP VISITING OUR BUSINESS, WE HAD SEVERAL EVENTS THAT WERE CANCELLED, AND WE HAD DIFFICULTY PAYING RENT. THIS FINANCING HELPED TO US KEEP OUR BUSINESS OPEN. SMALL BUSINESS SUCH AS OURS DO NOT HAVE SAVINGS FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO WEATHER THESE UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTIONS. PERMANENT FUND MEANS THAT NEXT TIME OUR COMMUNITY IS FACING A CRISIS WE WILL HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THAT AND CONTINUE

MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU EVERYONE. ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

I'M ELAINE RODRIGUEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEAF. FIRST I WANT TO GIVE THANK YOU FOR CHAMPIONING ON BEHALF OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES. SUPERVISOR MITCHELL FOR ALSO SUPPORTING THIS MOTION. WE NEED SOMETHING PERMANENT. I AM IMPRESSED WITH DEO ABILITY TO GET THINGS OFF THE GROUND AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE BUT ALWAYS A COUPLE MONTHS BEHIND. WE COULD NOT BE REDOING THE WORK EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT'S PROBABLY COST EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WITH THIS COUNCIL, WE NEED TRAIN THE TRAINER MODELS. THERE ARE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS READY TO HELP. PUT US TO WORK, HIT LET US HELP YOU AND BRING US TOGETHER. SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING, CLAUDIAER JEREZ. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCE BEING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. MY DAD AND I USED TO GO TO SWAP MEET AND HAVE A PLACE THERE WHERE WE DID BUSINESS. MY DAD ALSO HAD A LIBRARY, CHRISTIAN LIBRARY IN SOUTH CENTRAL L.A., WE DID THAT BUSINESS. WE DAD WAS A BUSINESS OWNER. AND I HAD TO HELP HIM OF COURSE. I KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT. I KNOW HOW TOUGH IT IS. I DO URGE YOU TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. IT IS VERY TOUGH JOB, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF MOTIVATION, IT REQUIRES THAT YOU PLAN AND THE RESOURCES TO BE AVALEABLE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR GOALS ACHIEVED. I THINK PROVIDING A GOOD ESSENTIAL SOURCE TO THE CITY.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: ITEM 29 ISEFORE YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. I WILL MOVE THE ITEM, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR MITCHELL TO APPROVE, EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR BARGER. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: SAY. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: MOTION CARRIES 5-0. MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE ABOUT, A LITTLE BIT OVER ONE MINUTE BEFORE WE HIT 11:00 FOR THE SET MATTER ITEM. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: BY THE TIME PEOPLE COME AND SIT DOWN SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE. DON'T WORRY, NO ONE IS HOLDING THE CLOCK.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: I WILL READ IN. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO SET MATTER 1, REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING WHICH WAS HELD FOR REPORT. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOINING US REMOTELY, TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE, IF YOU ARE ONLINE OR PRESS STAR 3 IF ON THE TELEPHONE. SARAH MAHIN, DIRECTOR OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL SPEAKERS. FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTAL SPEAKERS PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD. WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD. MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: OKAY, VERY GOOD. WE HAVE ONE MINUTE BUT I THINK IT'S FINE. LET'S START AND HEAR FROM OUR DEPARTMENT.

SARAH MAHIN: DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK HERE TODAY. IN SEPTEMBER 2025, THIS BOARD VOTED TO TRANSITION THE CEO HOMELESS INITIATIVE MONTHLY VERBAL REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION TO QUARTERLY VERBAL UPDATES FROM HSH. AS SUCH, HSH WILL COME BEFORE YOU EACH QUARTER AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT HSH'S INAUGURAL QUARTERLY REPORT. THE METRICS I PRESENT TODAY ARE SUBSET OF THE DATA THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE PUBLIC DASHBOARDS THAT HSH IS DEVELOPING TO ENSURE GREATER LEVELS OF TRANSPARENCY AND VISIBILITY INTO OUR COUNTY'S HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. MY TEAM IS WORKING HARD TO MAKE A FIRST ITERATION OF THESE DASHBOARDS AVAILABLE IN MAY OF THIS YEAR WHICH WILL COMPLIMENT THE MEASURE A METRIC DASHBOARDS THAT ARE WHERE AVAILABLE ON HSH'S WEBSITE. THIS FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT PROVIDES PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES FOR OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER 2025, LEADING UP TO DEPARTMENTAL LAUNCH. IT ALSO PROVIDES OPERATIONAL UPDATES FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1 THROUGH JANUARY 31 TO REFLECT HSH'S FIRST MONTH AS A DEPARTMENT. NEXT SLIDE. AS HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE SINCE THE BOARD PROCLAIMED A LOCAL EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS IN JANUARY 2023, TODAY I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY'S ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION EFFORTS. THE NEXT SLIDE GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE COUNTY'S ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION EFFORTS INCLUDING THE PATHWAY HOME PROGRAM AS WELL AS ONGOING ENCAMPMENT PROTOCOLS IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS MANAGED BY HOST. PATH WAY HOME BRINGS PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND INTO IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE INTERIM HOUSING ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. ULTIMATELY INTO PERMANENT HOMES. FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER

2025, PATHWAY HOME CONDUCTED 7 OPERATIONS. THROUGH THE OPERATIONS, WE BROUGHT 148 PEOPLE VOLUNTARILY INTO INTERIM HOUSING. THE COUNTY'S HOST MODEL IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ESPECIALLY TRAINED LASD DEPUTIES AND OUTREACH TEAMS THAT ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS WITHIN UNINCORPORATED AREAS TO BUILD TRUST AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO HOUSING AND SERVICES. THROUGHOUT THE REPORTING PERIOD, HOST MANAGED 106 ONGOING ENCAMPMENT PROTOCOLS. 191 PROTOCOL REQUESTS WERE ADDRESSED AND COMPLETED IN THE SYSTEM. THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME TO COMPLETE OPERATIONS WAS 39 DAYS. THE COUNTY'S ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION EFFORTS ALSO REMOVED UNSAFE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND DEBRIS FROM COMMUNITY SPACES. THROUGH THE PATHWAY HOME PROGRAM, WE HAVE REMOVED 13 INOPERABLE RVs. ADDITIONALLY, 74RVs WERE REMOVED FROM PUBLIC ROADWAYS DURING DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHICH INCLUDE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS. ON THE NEXT THREE SLIDES, THE LOCATIONS OF THE COUNTY'S VARIOUS ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION EFFORTS ARE BROKEN OUT BY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT. HERE YOU SEE THE LOCATION BY SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT OF THE 7 PATHWAY HOME OPERATIONS CONDUCTED DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. ON THE NEXT SLIDE ARE THE LOCATIONS OF THE 114 ONGOING HOST ENCAMPMENT PROTOCOLS THAT WERE CONDUCTED THROUGH EVERY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT. ON THE NEXT SLIDE THE LOCATIONS OF THE 191 HOST PROTOCOLS COMPLETED IN THE SYSTEM. HSH LEVERAGES ITS UNIQUE COORDINATING FUNCTION WITHIN THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM BY STRENGTHENING REGIONAL OUTREACH

COLLABORATION THROUGH THE EMERGENCY CENTRALIZED RESPONSE CENTER OR THE ECRC. AS A FRONT DOOR, COORDINATING ENTITY FOR THE REGION, THE ECRC CREATED BY THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO FULFILL ITS OBJECTIVES TO OVERSEE OUTREACH EFFORTS TO UNSHELTERED PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTY, TO SUPPORT ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION EFFORTS AND RESPOND TO REQUESTS FROM ELECTED OFFICES, MUNICIPAL PARTNERS AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO ASSIST OUTREACH TEAMS AND PROVIDE LINKAGES TO COUNTY AND OTHER SERVICES. HSH CO-LOCATES IN THE ECRC WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, MILITARY VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY AS WELL AS CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AS WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AGING AND DISABILITY, ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, AND THE JUSTICE CARE AND OPPORTUNITIES DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE IECRC BRINGING US ALL UNDER ONE ROOF. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE ECRC OUTCOMES. THROUGH THE REPORTING PERIOD, THE ECRC RECEIVED 209 TICKETS FROM ELECTED OFFICES AND MUNICIPAL PARTNERS. 172 TICKETS FOR THE PARTNERS WERE CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER AND WE WORK TICKETS UNTIL THERE ARE NO LONGER UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN THE AREA. IN AUGUST 2025,TED ECRC ASSUMED MANAGEMENT OF THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PORTAL OR L.A. HOP. WE RECEIVED 3,942 REQUESTS THROUGH LA-HOP DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. IT TOOK TWO DAYS TO RESPOND AND 6 DAYS TO LOWS OUT LA-HOP REQUESTS. ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 209 REQUESTS RECEIVED FROM ELECTED OFFICES AND MUNICIPAL PARTNERS BY SERVICE PLANNING AREA.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE BREAKDOWN BY SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT. THE NEXT SLIDES FOCUSED ON INTERIM HOUSING WHICH OFFERS PEOPLE SHELTER, SAFETY, AND ACCESS TO SERVICES WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MOVING PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. TO CAPTURE THE FULL STORY OF HSH AND THE COUNTY'S INTEGRATED RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS THE FOLLOWING SLIDES PRESENT SYSTEMWIDE INFORMATION ON INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING OUTCOMES INSTEAD OF DATA SPECIFIC TO THE BEDS DELIVERED BY HSH. WE WORKED WITH LAHSA AND THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICE TO INTEGRATE DATA USING THE SAME DATA MONTHS EMAS THE MEASURE A HIT METRICS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MEASURE ACROSS THE SYSTEM THE SAME. ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU SEE DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, IN THE REPORTING PERIOD 30,793 UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS WERE SR. SERVED IN INTERIM HOUSING ACROSS THE COUNTY. 133 PEOPLE EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING REPRESENTING A QUARTER OF ALL EXITS. 901 PEOPLE EXITED TO OTHER INTERIM HOUSING SETTINGS REPRESENTING 11% OF EXITS. TO ALLOW FOR THROUGH-PUT OF INTERIM HOUSING RESIDENTS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING OUR REGION MUST CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF INCREASING PERMANENT HOUSING OPTIONS THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH-PUT IN THE PUTS. THE NEXT SLIDES MOVE TO PERMANENT HOUSING OUTCOMES. THERE ARE A RANGE OF PERMANENT HOUSING INTERVENTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY WHICH INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE OFFER DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF NEEDS. THE NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS PERMANENT HOUSING OUTCOMES. PREVIOUS SLIDE PLEASE.

ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WE'VE BROKEN OUT REGIONAL PLACEMENT AND RETENTION METRICS FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO LIVED IN PSH AND OTHER TYPES OF PERMANENT HOUSING. AGAIN, THESE DATA ARE FOR THE REGION AND NOT JUST HSH ADMINISTERED RESOURCES. IF WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLI SLIDE, SLIDE 14, THANK YOU, THESE ARE THE PERMANENT HOUSING OUTCOMES. FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER 2025, 38,751 PARTICIPANTS WERE LIVING IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER PUBLICLY FUNDED PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS. OF THOSE 1,551 PARTICIPANTS MOVED IN DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. LOOKING BACK A YEAR FROM THE REPORTING PERIOD TO THOSE WHO MOVED IN IN QUARTER 2 OF 2024, 87% HAD NO DETECTED RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS WITHIN ONE YEAR. LOOKING BACK TO THOSE WHO MOVED IN WITHIN TWO YEARS, 78% HAD NO DETECTED RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS. MEASURING PERMANENT HOUSING RETENTION THROUGH DETECTED RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS LEVERAGES SYSTEMWIDE DATA AND AGAIN IS CONSISTENT WITH HOW RESENSE IS MEASURED THROUGH THE MEASURE A METRICS. ON THE RIGHT SIDE WE BROKE OUT THE PLACEMENT AND RETENTION METRICS FOR RAPID REHOUSING, WHAT LAHSA REBRANDED TIME LIMITED SUBSIDIES. THERE WERE 12,583 PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN TLS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. OF THOSE, 925 PARTICIPANTS MOVED IN TO TLS. AND LOOKING BACK FROM A REPORTING PERIOD OF THOSE WHO MOVED IN, 87% HAD NO DETECTED RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS IN ONE YEAR AND 79% HAD NO DETECTED RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS IN TWO

YEARS. THE BOARD CREATED HSH TO STREAMLINE THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS AND TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS. THIS INCLUDES IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS OF THE COUNTY WHO NEED ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE AND ARE NOT RECEIVING IT FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS. OUR SYSTEMS OF CARE NEED TO DO BETTER TO MEET THESE NEEDS. AS I'VE SHARED BEFORE, THE SUCCESS OF HSH'S WORK IS DEPENDENT ON OUR ABILITY TO COORDINATE WITH OUR DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERS AND JOINTLY MEET OUR GOALS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. OUR SUCCESS HINGES ON THEIR SUCCESS. THUS HSH AND OUR PARTNERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES ARE WORKING HARD TO DELIVER A PROGRAM COLLABORATIVELY IN THE FIELD TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR SHARED POPULATION. THE FACT THAT HOMELESS MORTALITY RATES ARE DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE AND BY 10% REFLECT THAT WHILE WE HAVE WORK TO DO WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. HSH STRIVES TOWARDS THE CONTINUED INTEGRATION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTO OUR COUNTY'S HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM TO BRIDGE GAPS IN CARE AND PREVENT THE SILOS BETWEEN OUR SYSTEMS OF CARE. THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE COLLABORATIVE WORK DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. AS I DISCUSSED EARLIER, HSH MAINTAIN AS CO-LOCATED SPACE WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE ECRC TO COORDINATE UNSHELTERED RESPONSE. SECOND, HSH WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO LAUNCH A HARM REDUCTION HEALTH HUB IN SKID ROW, THE SECOND IN SKID ROW, PARTNERING TO LAUNCH AN ADDITIONAL HEALTH HUB IN McARTHUR PARK. THROUGH THE HEALTH HUBS PEOPLE

CAN DROP IN TO CONNECT TO RESPITE BEDS, CASE MANAGEMENT, INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING, SUBSTANCE USE, MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, HSH IS LEADING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW COMMUNITY SUPPORT TRANSITIONAL RENT PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT, BHA, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS CAN NOW RECEIVE UP TO 6 MONTHS OF TRANSITIONAL RENT PAYMENTS THROUGH THEIR HEALTH PLAN THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. THIS SLIDE I WILL GREATS HOW HSH COLLABORATIVELY WORKS WITH DMS, LAHSA AND DPH ON INTERIM HOUSING INITIATIVES. THROUGH THE INTERIM HOUSING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, HSH, LAHSA AND DMH MAINTAIN A COLLABORATIVE STRUCK FOUR FOR TRIAGING REFERRALS AND FACILITATING TRANSFERRING BETWEEN INTERIM HOUSING SITES FOR AVAILABLE BEDS. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ENSURES THAT PARTICIPANTS CAN BE STEPPED UP OR STEPPED DOWN TO HIGHER, LOWER LEVELS OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES DEPENDING ON NEEDS. THROUGH THE INTERIM HOUSING OUTREACH PROGRAM, IHOP, HSH, DMH AND DPH WORK WITH OPERATORS AND HEALTH PLANS L.A. CARE AND HEALTH NET TO PROVIDE ONSITE SUPPORT TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOPELESSNESS WHO HAVE FUNCTIONAL CHALLENGES. THROUGH IHOP CROSS-AGENCY COLLABORATION, MEDICAL CASE WORKERS, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, AND CLINICIANS WORK TOGETHER TO DELIVER ASSESSMENTS, REFERRALS, MEDICAL TRIAGE AND CARE, PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION AND TREATMENT, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COUNSELING TO STABILIZE PARTICIPANTS IN INTERIM HOUSING. WE OFFER THIS TO ALL INTERIM HOUSING SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

NOT JUST THE COUNTY FUNDED SITES. THE NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS HOW WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DMH, DHS AND JCOD TO CREATE PERMANENT HOUSING AND HAVE INTEGRATED SERVICES WITHIN THE HOUSING. THROUGH THE INTEGRATED SERVICES PROGRAM ON THE NEXT SLIDE HSH, DMH AND DPH WORK TO MAKE SURE ALL NEEDS ARE MET IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND ENRICHED RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTINGS. PERMANENT HOUSING SQUARE PROGRAM, HSH AND DMH CONNECT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING REO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WHICH STABILIZE PARTICIPANTS THROUGH FOCUSED SHORT TERM INTERVENTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH THE FLEXIBLE HOUSING SUBSIDY POOL, HSH PARTNERS TO PROVIDE LOCAL RENTAL SUBSIDIES FOR THEIR PRIORITIZED POPULATIONS. THE FHSP IS A FISCAL AND CONTRACT ALL TOOL THAT ENABLES HSH AND PARTNERS TO COMBINE REVENUE SOURCES TO CREATE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY BE UNABLE TO ACCESS OTHER TYPES OF VOUCHERS, AND OFFERS PARTICIPANTS MOBILITY IF THEIR HOUSING NEEDS CHANGE. FINALLY, HSH IS PURSUING HOMEKEY+ AWARDS WITH DMH, DHS AND DPH TO PROVIDE FLEXIBLE HOUSING SUBSIDIES, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES TO PARTICIPANTS IN 365 HOMEKEY+ UNITS IF AWARDED. WHILE HSH AND PARTNERS EVERY INTENTIONALLY FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES TO MEET PEOPLE'S HOUSING AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS WE KNOW THERE'S STILL MUCH

WORK TO BE DONE. AS ELEVATED BY THIS BOARD, HSH HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY BY LEVERAGING EXPERTISE AND ENHANCING COLLABORATION WITH OUR DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERS. TOGETHER WE NEED T FOSTER ON GREATER SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO UPDATE THIS BOARD ON PROGRESS ON THESE EFFORTS. MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL GO OVER A FEW OPERATIONAL METRICS. THE BOARD'S CONSOLIDATION OF RESOURCES THROUGH THE CREATION OF HSH WILL ENABLE US TO MORE CLOSELY MONITOR CONTRACT EXECUTION, PERFORMANCE, AND PAYMENT. THIS IS CRITICAL FOR PUBLIC TRANCE IMPORTANT (I AND ENSURE PROVIDERS ARE PAID ON TIME. BY PLACING CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM OVERSIGHT AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER ONE ROOF HSH CAN WORK DIRECTLY AND STRENGTHEN TRUST WITH PARTNERS ON THE FRONT LINES. THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS SLIDE, COVERS HSH CONTRACTING. THANK YOU. TO ENSURE THE NECESSARY CONTRACT MECHANISMS WERE IN PLACE TO LIMIT DISRUPTIONS TO THE COUNTY'S SERVICE DELIVERY, HSH SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED AGREEMENTS FROM THE CEO HOMELESS INITIATIVE AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES HOUSING FOR HEALTH PRIOR TO JANUARY 2026. WE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED 140 AGREEMENTS FROM THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE AND 276 AGREEMENTS FROM HOUSING FOR HEALTH TO ENSURE THAT RESOURCES CAN REACH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHERE BUDGETS ARE TIGHT AND DELAYS CAN BE DESTABILIZING. THROUGHOUT ITS FIRST MONTH OF OPERATION, THE DEPARTMENT EXECUTED 6 NEW AGREEMENTS. THE NEXT SLIDE COVERS OUR INVOICE PAYMENTS. HSH IS BUILDING OFF WHAT WORKS FROM THE FOUNDATION LAID AT HOUSING FOR HEALTH. AT THIS BOARD'S DIRECTION ACCOUNTING BEST PRACTICES ARE

INTENTIONALLY EMBEDDED IN HSH DESIGN. PER COUNTY POLICY, HSH PAYS CONTRACTED PROVIDERS WITHIN 30 DALES OF RECEIVING A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INVOICE FOR SERVICES. THROUGHOUT JANUARY 2026HSH PAID A TOTAL OF 254 INROSES. 99.2% OF THOSE INVOICES WERE PROCESSED WITHIN 20 DAYS ENSURING PROMPT PAYMENT. TWO THAT WERE NOT PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS DID NOT COME WITH THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION AND TOOK MORE TIME TO GET THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION TO APPROVE IT. NEXT SLIDE. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST WE'LL END ON THE WORKFORCE. THROUGH THIS BOARD'S STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND THE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE LAUNCH, HSH WENT LIVE ON JANUARY 1 AND CONTINUES TO STAND UP THE ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER UPON OUR MANDATE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS STATS ON HSH STAFFING. BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND DECEMBER 31 THE BOARD AUTHORIZED 640 COUNTY POSITIONS FOR THE NEW DEPARTMENT IN THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING HSH. 413 OF THESE POSITIONS WERE TRANSFERRED FROM CEO AND DHS, 227 POSITIONS WERE NEW ORDINANCE POSITIONS. THE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED ON JANUARY 1 WITH 358 FILLED COUNTY STAFF POSITIONS ALONG 316 NONCOUNTY WORKFORCE MEMBER POSITIONS. HSH BUDGETED 573 COUNTY POSITIONS AND FY26-27 RECOMMENDED BUDGET. REMEMBER WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR AWFUL THE POSITIONS SO WE ONLY BUDGETED FOR 573.

AS OF JANUARY 31, 2026, HSH HAD 215 VACANT POSITIONS. 38% OF THESE WERE PROGRAMMATIC VACANCIES. IN INCLUDES 57 NEW OUTREACH POSITIONS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN REQUESTED FOR FY26-27 AND THAT WE ARE HIRING ON WITH LAHSA OUTREACH WORKERS. THE REMAINING 62%, 134 POSITIONS, ARE ADMINISTRATIVE VACANCIES. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE GET THESE VACANCIES FILLED QUICKLY TO ENSURE HSH HAS THE CAPACITY WE NEED TO DELIVER UPON OUR PROMISE TO THE RESIDENTS OF L.A. COUNTY. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO THIS IMPORTANT WORK WITH EQUITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY AT THE FOREFRONTED. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: BEFORE WE BEGIN, SARAH, YOU HAVE REALLY ASTOUNDED ME HONESTLY. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN A PRESENTATION SO CONCISE AND REALLY CAPTURING WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST YET. ALL CAN I HOPE IS THAT WE CONTINUE ON THAT TRAJECTORY. IT IS EXCELLENT AND I HOPE THAT OUR PROVIDERS AND THE PUBLIC ARE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL OF THIS INFORMATION GEOGRAPHICALLY AND SHARE WITH OUR PARTNERS THE CITIES AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES. BECAUSE I CONTINUE TO GET REPORTS OR COMPLAINTS THAT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING ADEQUATE SERVICE FOR SOME REASON. ALL I CAN SAY IS READ THE REPORT. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. IT HAS BEEN JUST TREMENDOUS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO TO MOVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND ALSO CONTINUE WITH PROVIDING THE GRANT FUNDING SO THAT THERE'S LESS INTERRUPTION. I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT RESONATE WITH ME BECAUSE WE KEPT HEARING THAT FROM OUR PROVIDERS IN OUR AREA. I KNOW WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. I WON'T ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. BUT IN THE PATHWAY SEGMENT THERE, I'M REALLY CONCERNED MORE ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. I KNOW IN OUR DISTRICT, DISTRICT 1, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MUCH THERE. I'M HOPING IN THE NEXT ROUND THAT MORE WILL HAPPEN. DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?

SARAH MAHIN: YES, WE AGREE, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE EMPBTS EXPAND. THERE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS DUE TO BUDGET SHORTFALLS AND LOSS OF FUNDING AND STATE PARTNERS, HAD SOME CHALLENGING DECISIONS TO MAKE IN OUR SPENDING PLAN AND BUDGET PROCESS. WE WERE ABLE TO PRESERVE CORE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PATHWAY HOME OPERATIONS, IN EVERY DISTRICT, AND CONTINUING TO MAKE SOME REFORMS SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE COSTS OF PATHWAY HOME AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION THROUGH THAT PROGRAM ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE ALSO INTONED PURSUE ADDITION ALE REVENUE SOURCES INCLUDING APPLYING FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE STATE, THROUGH ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND OUR PATHWAY HOME FOOTPRINT.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE PROGRESS ON SKID ROW, THROUGH OUR DROP-IN CENTERS AND McARTHUR PARK. THOSE ARE BIG ITEMS FOR US, IN THE FIRST DISTRICT. I'M EXCITED ALSO WITH THE REPORT THAT YOU PROVIDE WITH THE COOPERATION WITH HOST, THE HOST TEAMS. IN MANY WAYS SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PLACE INDIVIDUALS RIGHT AWAY. BUT I KNOW THEY'RE ON THE GROUND AND THEY'LL GO BACK A COUPLE OF TIMES, 2 OR 3 TIMES TO TALK TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE STILL UNHOUSED THAT MAY NOT BE CONVINCED TO MOVE ON. I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUTOUT. I THINK THEY'RE INVALUABLE. DM ABSOLUTELY.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: I WILL RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUES, START WITH SUPERVISOR BARGER. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU. SARAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATI SOMETHING THAT'S BOTHERED ME EVEN ON LAHSA, AND HIGHLIGHTED HERE, ONLY 25% FROM INTERIM HOUSING LED TO PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT. WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY BARRIERS, WHAT CAN WE DO A TO ADDRESS THAT? ONE OF THE THINGS SUPERVISOR HORVATH AND I IN BRINGING THE FUNDING TO THE COUNTY IS TO LOOK AT OUTCOMES AND WHERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THINGS, GET IT DONE. IF IT'S NOT WORKING THE WAY WE ARE DOING IT MAYBE WE NEED TO RETHINK HOW WE PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

SARAH MAHIN: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, AND LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS I HAVE THE SAME REACTION AND THEN I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THESE ARE STANDARD NUMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR EXITS OUT OF INTERIM HOUSING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO IS TO BE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN PERMANENT HOUSING SO THERE'S THROUGH PUT. THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST LIMITING FACTORS, PEOPLE ARE STAYING, WE SEE INCREASING LENGTHS OF TIME PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN INTERIM HOUSING, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PERMANENT HOUSING SUPPORT TO HELP PEOPLE PULL THROUGH. SO THAT'S ONE PIECE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I LIFT UP THAT, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS AND LONG AT HOW IS OUR SYSTEM RIGHT-SIZED, IN TERMS OF HOW OUR RESOURCES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO ENABLE THAT. I ALSO WILL SAY THAT FOR US LOCALLY, WE DON'T CONSIDER THE EXITS TO OTHER INTERIM HOUSING NEGATIVE, WE ARE INTENTIONALLY TRANSFERRING PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR NEEDS. SOMETIMES WE PUT SOMEONE INTO A BED BECAUSE IT IS THE BED THAT IS AVAILABLE BUT NOT THE BED THAT IS THE BEST FIT FOR THEM. WE'LL TRANSFER PEOPLE FROM ONE BED TO ANOTHER TO AGAIN BETTER MEET THEIR NEEDS. I WOULDN'T THINK OF THE TRANSFERS TO OTHER INTERIM HOUSING AS A NEGATIVE, IT'S A POSITIVE GENERALLY TO HELP MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS. THEN I THINK THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING WITH DPH AND DMH ON IHOP WILL HELP, IT'S HELPING TO STABILIZE PEOPLE IN THE INTERIM HOUSING THEY'RE IN, GET THEM CONNECTED WITH SERVICES, AND HOPEFULLY EXPEDITE THEIR PLACEMENTS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU FOR THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SU MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. WE HEARD TODAY, MY COLLEAGUES FROM A GROUP FROM A COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T WANT A HOUSING IN THEIR COMMUNITY. IN PART THERE'S A PERCEPTION ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COUNTER THAT. I KNOW UP IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WE HAVE A PATH WAY HOME THAT HAS GOTTEN COMPLAINTS. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SECURITY. I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE USED AS A REASON WHY COMMUNITIES WON'T ACCEPT PROGRAMS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. EVERYONE SAYS FIX IT WHEN WHEN YOU GO TO FIX IT THEY SAY WE DIDN'T MEAN HERE, GO OVER THERE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS THAT. THAT BRINGS MY NEXT QUESTION ON THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AUTOMATED HOMELESS SUBMISSION IT'S THE HAVE A AVERAGE RESPONSE IS 31.2 DAYS. WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT DOING TO TARGET THE RESPONSE TIME AND WHAT SPECIFIC STEPS ARE YOU TAKING TO REDUCE THAT TIMELINE?

SARAH MAHIN: SO THIS HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO REDUCE THE TIMELINE. BEFORE THE EXPANSION AND EXPEDITED OPERATIONS LAUNCHED IT WAS TAKING 8 TO 9 MONTHS FROM REQUEST TO THE OPERATIONS. SO WE'VE SIGNIFICANTLY BROUGHT IT DOWN FROM 8 TO 9 MONTHS DOWN TO ABOUT 40 DAYS. WHEN THAT PROGRAM WAS FUNDED, THE GOAL WAS SET FOR IT TO BE 90 DAYS. WE'RE EXCEEDING THE GOAL AND COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO EXCEED THAT GOAL. WE KNOW THAT RESOURCES ARE MORE RESTRICTED IN THE COMING YEAR BUT WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THIS SORT OF TIMELINE, ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU. IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK YOU, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT WE ARE JUST MONTHS AFTER THE JANUARY 1 LAUNCH, PRESENTING CONCRETE PERFORMANCE DATA ACROSS R EVERY MAJOR SERVICE AREA REFLECTS THE DISCIPLINE THAT NEEDS RECOGNITION. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT US TO FAIL. I CAN TELL YOU, THAT BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING -- THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO YOU FAIL, THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT MONEY. BUT I'M CONVINCED THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TRULY CHANGE HOW WE PROVIDE SERVICES ACROSS THE REGION. MY CITIES ARE EXCITED. THEY WANT A SEAT AT THE TABLE. THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM. I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING ON THE STREETS. I KNOW THAT THE FACT THAT FOR A LONG TIME PEOPLE PUSHED BACK ON ROOT CAUSE OF WHAT GOT PEOPLE ON THE STREET WHETHER IT BE MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE. WE ARE NOW ADDRESSING THAT AS WELL. WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT AS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE UNHOUSED. THE FAMILIES THAT FALL ON TO THE STREET, IF WE CAN FIND HOUSING IMMEDIATELY THEY TAKE IT AND THEY WANT IT. IT IS THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE STREET THAT ARE PUSHING BACK THAT DON'T WANT HOUSING, THAT WE NEED TO REALLY WORK WITH AND DEVELOP A PATHWAY THROUGH HOUSING. AT LEAST THAT IS MY OPINION LOOKING AT WHAT IS GOING ON IN MY DISTRICT. THEN STAFFING. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT IN REALTIME. ONE OF THE FRUSTRATING THINGS ABOUT THIS COUNTY, SOMETIMES HOW LONG IT TAKES TO COMPLETE THE HIRING PROCESS.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT IN REALTIME WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE STAFFING THAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED AS IT RELATES TO THE VISION THAT YOU HAVE. WITH THAT, I HAVE A LOT MORE REMARKS BUT I'LL SAVE IT, I KNOW ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SUPERVISOR MITCHELL.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR. I FOUND WHEN YOU SAID THAT, SUPERVISOR BARGER, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I CAN'T AFFORD FOR THIS TO FAIL GIVEN THE NUMBER OF UNHOUSED WHO CALL THE SECOND DISTRICT HOME. I CANNOT. TO YOUR EARLIER POINT I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO REALLY CALL OUT AND ADDRESS THE BIAS WHEN WE HEAR IT. WHEN PEOPLE EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES OR CRIME, MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE COMPARING IT TO THE CRIME RATES IN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES? BUT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE BIAS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, INCLUDING AFFORDABILITY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FAMILIES, PEOPLE WHO

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND APPRECIATE THE REPORT. I'VE TALKED ABOUT METRICS, REALLY WANTING THEM. AND THESE METRICS ARE HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY KIND OF ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION IN HOUSING METRICS. WHEN THE DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED, I HOPED IT WOULD ESTABLISH A BASELINE AND WHILE IT MAKES SENSE AND IT'S LAUDABLE TO HAVE SERVICES CONSOLIDATED UNDER ONE ROOF AS YOU SAID, IT IS ONLY RELEVANT IF IT'S ACTUALLY WORKING. AND I APPRECIATE SEEING THESE NUMBERS, BUT I HAVE NO COMPARED TO WHAT. I'M CLEAR THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUS CHALLENGES AROUN, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE SHOULD BE MEASURING TO ACTUALLY MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, HOUSED, AND TO STAY HOUSED, SO THESE NUMBERS LOOK GREAT. I HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO, TO DETERMINE IF THIS EFFORT ACTUALLY HAS IMPROVED SERVICES IN THOSE AREAS. CERTAINLY CONTRACTING, INVOICING WAS A FOCUS, BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT. EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE METRICS THAT EVALUATE LOCAL COORDINATION, INCLUSION OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY, THE IMPACT TO SUBPOPULATIONS. WHICH IS CRITICAL IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS BIAS AND SUPPORT PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SUBPOPULATIONS. AND THE QUALITY OF SERVICES. AND RESPONSIVENESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. SO I HOPE THAT OUR METRICS CAN

CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND GROW BEYOND THOSE ISSUES THAT CAUSED CHALLENGES IN THE FIRST PLACE TO REALLY PROVE THAT MOVING INTO A SINGLE DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COLLECTIVE, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING BETTER OUTCOMES ACTUALLY FOR PEOPLE. A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE CONTRACT SLIDE, SLIDE 20. IF YOU COULD TELL US WHAT CONTRACTS REMAIN PENDING, BOTH INTERNAL TRANSITIONS AND THOSE ACTED FROM LAHSA.

Department Speaker: PENDING RIGHT NOW? YES. OR EVEN NUMBERS. WE SAW WHAT'S BEEN DONE. WHAT'S PENDING?

Department Speaker: I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT, LAST QUESTION FOR ME, MADAM CHAIR, DEALS WITH ENCAMPMENTS. PAST PRACTICE COMPARED TO THE SLIDE THAT YOU'RE SHOWING US IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE. WILLOW BROOK HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE FBORNE TYPHUS OUTBREAKS, A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, PARTICULAR IN AREAS WITHIN ENCAMPMENTS AND LAST YEAR WE HAD 32 CLEANUPS CONDUCTED IN WILLOW BROOK, AND AS OF THIS JANUARY, EIGHT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH EIGHT PENDING OR SIX SCHEDULED. SO HOW ARE YOU WORKING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC WORKS, AND OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE THIS SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH OUTBREAK? AND HOW WILL THE COLLABORATION FORM YOUR APPROACH TO BOTH ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES? BECAUSE THE METRIC CAN'T JUST BE THE NUMBER OF CALLS YOU GET. IF YOU HAVE A FLEA-BORNE TYPHUS OUTBREAK, THAT TAKES IT TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

Department Speaker: ON THE TYPHUS OUTBREAK IN WILLOW BROOK SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE OUTBREAK WAS DECLARED OVER A YEAR AGO. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SO WE'VE COORDINATED TRAININGS FOR INTERIM HOUSING PROVIDERS AS PEOPLE ARE COMING INSIDE TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY IF THERE'S SOMEONE WHO'S IMPACTED AND GET THEM CONNECTED TO CARE. WE ALSO WORKED WITH DPH AND LAHSA ON ANY PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE ACROSS SPA 6 AS WELL AS WITH THE OUTREACH TEAMS IN THE AREA TO BE ADDRESSING THAT. AND SO YOU'RE DOING THAT CROSS-DEPARTMENT COORDINATION.

Department Speaker: CORRECT. AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT MIGHT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS IF IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH OUTBREAK. ABSOLUTE LY, WE HAVE TO ADJUST TO THAT. BECAUSE THE SPA SIX NUMBERS SEEM LOW IN TERMS OF THE CLEANING, BUT I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SLIDE. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE NEED TRANSPARENCY TO THE FULL COST OF STANDING UP THE NEW DEPARTMENT. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, WE'VE NOT RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION YET, SO I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. LOOK AT THE METRICS IN TERMS OF SUCCESS, UNDERSTANDING THE FULL COST OF GETTING US THERE IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER AND I THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THA NK YOU. LET'S GO TO SUPERVISOR HORVATH. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING YOUR FIRST QUARTERLY UPDATE ON THE LAUNCH OF THE DEPARTMENT. YOU'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK AND RELENTLESS IN GETTING THIS DONE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM DIGGING IN AND TAKING THIS ON IN AN INCREDIBLY AGGRESSIVE AND URGENT WAY. I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE MOMENT REQUIRES, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TRACKING YOUR PROGRESS AS YOU UPDATE US AT SUBSEQUENT PRESENTATIONS WITH METRICS THAT ALLOW US TO LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE THIS QUARTER, WHERE WE ARE NEXT QUARTER, SO WE DON'T HAVE A MOVING TARGET IN OUR PRESENTATIONS, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE MEASURABLE PROGRESS. I THINK THAT FOCUS ON OUTCOMES OF YOUR PROGRAMS AND FUNDING IS ESSENTIAL AND UPDATING US, AS SUPERVISOR MITCHELL INDICATED, ANOTHER ONE WE OFTEN HEAR IS THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT REFLECTS WORK THAT HAPPENS WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT THOSE REFERRALS ACTUALLY AMOUNT TO. AND SO UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF YOUR WORK I THINK IS WHERE WE

ALL WANT TO BE. AND SO SHIFTING TO THAT KIND OF A DATA MEASUREMENT I THINK IS IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY WHERE YOU ARE DOING DIFFERENTLY AND HOW IT'S WORKING AND IF YOU EVER HAVE INSIGHTS INTO WE WERE TRYING THIS THING AND IT WASN'T WORKING, SO WE PIVOTED TO THIS, I THINK HOWEVER MUCH MORE WE CAN MAKE VISIBLE THAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY. AND HOW YOU'RE LEARNING TO ADAPT TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT IN THE STREETS AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. SO WITH THAT, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. FIRST, ON YOUR PATHWAY HOME SLIDE, IT SAID THERE WERE ASPEN TOTAL, TWO IN ONE, TWO IN TWO, TWO IN FOUR AND THEN ONE ALL-COUNTY. WHAT IS THE ALL-COUNTY?

Department Speaker: THE ALL-COUNTY MEANS -- LET ME FIND MY NOTE. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THE ALL-COUNTY REFERS TO INSTANCES WHERE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD A FOOTPRINT IN A PREVIOUS PATHWAY HOME AREA WERE DIRECTLY REFERRED BY BOARD OFFICES AND PLACED IN INDIVIDUAL TURNOVER ROOMS AT PATHWAY HOME MOTELS. SO THAT MEANS AREAS LIKE REPLACE IS HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH REPLACE IN AREAS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SERVED BY PATHWAY HOME ACROSS THE COUNTY. SO ALL DISTRICTS HAD EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO REPOPULATE IN AN AREA THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED BY PATHWAY HOME AND THEN YOU FOCUSED ON THOSE PLACES AND MADE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO COME BACK WERE ACTUALLY PLACED SOMEWHERE?

Department Speaker: CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GETTING ATTENTION IN A VARIETY OF AREAS IN THE REPOPULATION OF CERTAIN AREAS, SO WE'RE VIGILANT IN HOW THAT PRACTICE HAS HAPPENED AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF RESPONSE. WHAT ARE YOUR SHORT-TERM GOALS FOR THE NEW DEPARTMENT, SAY, UNTIL CONTRACTS ARE EXECUTED IN JULY AND THEN CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE OF SOME OF THE LONGER TERM GOALS THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND?

Department Speaker: YES, SURE, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ARE IN PHASE II OF THE LAUNCH OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE FORMALLY LAUNCHED AND WE'RE NOW PREPARING TO BRING IN DOLLARS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ADMINISTERED BY LA SHAH WHICH WE'LL BE ADMINISTERING JULY 1ST. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AROUND JUST BUILDING OUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF VACANCIES, SO WE'RE EAGER TO GET HIRING ON THOSE VACANCIES SO THAT WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE ADMINISTERING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GIVING US SHARED SERVICES WHO HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY CAN HAVE THEIR CAPACITY BACK THAT WE KNOW IS RESTRAINING THEM. SO CERTAINLY BUILDING UP OUR ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IS A KEY PRIORITY IN ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ALL THE APPROPRIATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND INTERNAL CONTROLS. THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL. WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD RIGHT NOW TO BE INFORMING OUR PROVIDERS AROUND WHAT THEIR ALLOCATIONS WILL BE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WITH THE TRANSITION OF DOLLARS FROM LAHSA TO HSH AND ALL OF THE IMPACTS AROUND OUR SPENDING PLAN, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND WHAT THE ALLOCATIONS WILL BE. SO WE'LL BE GIVING CLARITY TO OUR PROVIDERS THIS MONTH ON THAT. AND THEN WORKING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO BE EXECUTING THOSE CONTRACTS SO THAT CONTRACTS ARE ACTIVE AS OF JULY 1ST. AND THAT WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS ALL OF THOSE INVOICE PAYMENTS WHEN THEY COME IN AT THE END OF JULY AND THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. SO THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL. ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS SETTING UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR MEDICAID WORK. SO THE ORIGINAL ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD THAT WE WERE GOING

TO PROCURE FELL THROUGH, SO WE'RE BACK TO LOOKING AT ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS, SETTING UP OUR CLAIMS AND REVENUE CYCLE PROCESS. WE HAVE TO RENEGOTIATE OUR CONTRACTS WITH HEALTH PLAN, WITH L.A. CARE, SO WE HAVE SOME IMPORTANT MEDICAID WORK ON OUR PLATE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AS WELL. AND SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY. AND THEN THE THIRD PRIORITY THAT I'LL LIFT UP AND HIGHLIGHT IS AROUND JUST ENSURING THAT ACROSS THIS TRANSITION THAT'S HAPPENING THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING REALLY CLEARLY TO OUR PROVIDERS AND OUR PARTNERS ON THE FRONT LINES. SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S COMING NEXT, WHAT TO EXPECT. AND THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS GOING BOTH WAYS, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A CHALLENGE, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY IT QUICKLY AND RESPOND QUICKLY. SO THE COMMUNICATION NETWORK THAT WE'VE SET UP DURING THE LAUNCH OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND REALLY STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT AND HAVE THAT FORMALIZED IN OUR DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION. THE RENEGOTIATION, IS THAT FOR EFFICIENCIES OR WHY IS THERE A RENEGOTIATION? 10 BE

Department Speaker: BECAUSE OUR CURRENT CONTRACT TERM IS ENDING AND THE HEALTH PLAN WOULD LIKE TO RENEGOTIATE OUR RATES TO LOWER THE RATES. OKAY. MORE TO COME ON THAT. GIVEN THE OVERSIGHT THAT'S NECESSARY AT LAHSA TO GET PAYMENTS OUT, HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT IT TO TAKE FOR LAHSA TO PROCESS THE COUNTY FUNDING THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ADMINISTERING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSING OUT WITH THEM?

Department Speaker: I WISH I HAD A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU. IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DONE, LIKE, BY THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER. I'LL BE HONEST, WE'RE RIGHT NOW STILL WORKING TO CLOSE OUT FY24-25 CLAIMS WITH LAHSA. SO THAT'S FRUSTRATING. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE EMBEDDING OVER THERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT MEANS THEN THAT THE COUNTY WON'T BE DEPARTING LAHSA. IN FACT, WE'LL PROBABLY BE THERE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO CLOSE OUT ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTS.

Department Speaker: THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE'RE PREPARED TO SUPPORT LAHSA WITH THIS. SOME OF THE PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE IS AROUND MAKING SURE THAT PROVIDERS ARE SUBMITTING THEIR INVOICES IN A TIMELY WAY SO WE'RE PREPARED TO SUPPORT WITH THAT OUTREACH TO PROVIDERS IN MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM SUBMITTING INVOICES TIMELY. SO THAT LAHSA CAN PROCESS THEM TIMELY. AND THEN WORKING WITH AUDITOR CONTROLLER AND CEO TO ENSURE THERE'S OVERSIGHT ON THOSE PAYMENTS HAPPENING QUICKLY. I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO DISTINGUISH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PART OF THE DIALOGUE AROUND ALL OF THIS IS THAT THE COUNTY IS JUST PULLING OUT AND WE'RE DISAPPEARING. AND IN FACT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE OPPOSITE. WE'RE FURTHER EMBEDDING TO MAKE SURE THE CONTRACTS GET PAID FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THE ECRC? I KNOW WE'VE NOW BEEN OPERATING FOR ABOUT A YEAR, SO HOW HAS IT DONE IN TERMS OF COORDINATION AND WHERE DO YOU SEE IT GOING?

Department Speaker: THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD DIRECTING US TO CREATE THE ECRC. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE BOARD MOTIONS THAT WHEN IT PASSED, ALL OF US IN THE DEPARTMENTS WERE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE WE SAW THERE WAS A NEED FOR THIS, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY BE STREAMLINING THINGS ON THE UNSHELTERED FRONT. THERE'S A LOT OF DUPLICATION THAT HAPPENS ON THE GROUND. ECRC HAS PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. WE'VE SEEN REDUCTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT'S TAKING FOR OUTREACH TEAMS TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS. WE'RE SEEING FEWER DUPLICATION OF OUTREACH TEAMS RESPONDING TO REQUESTS WHICH HELPS US EXPAND OUR REACH AND SERVE MORE PEOPLE AND SERVE PEOPLE BETTER. AND I REALLY SEE US CONTINUING TO GROW THAT AND HAVING ECRC TRULY BE THE HUB OF ALL OF OUR UNSHELTERED WORK. AND THAT CONNECTION FROM SOMEONE FROM THE STREETS INTO INTERIM HOUSING. MY HOPE IS RIGHT NOW LIKE WHAT YOU SAW US PRESENTING IS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE MAKE REQUESTS FOR OUTREACH RESPONSE. I'D LOVE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH, LIKE, ONE TOP-LINE SET OF INFORMATION AROUND HERE'S HOW MANY REQUESTS WE HAD, THIS IS HOW LONG IT TAKES, THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE OUTREACH TEAMS SERVED. THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE MOVED INTO INTERIM HOUSING. TO SHOW THAT WE ARE REALLY CONSOLIDATING THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS UNDER ONE ROOF. AND IS ANY NONCOUNTY-FUNDED COORDINATION OR EFFORT HAPPENING THERE CURRENTLY? OR IS IT ALL COUNTY.

Department Speaker: NO, ABSOLUTELY. THE CITY OF L.A. HAS STAFF THAT ACTUALLY COME. MORE CITY OF L.A. STAFF, ACTUALLY SOME COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE COMING THERE. WE HAVE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE COMING AND PARTICIPATING. WE HAVE THE V.A. LINKED IN WITH ECRC AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, L.A. CARE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HAVING SOMEONE AT EC ECRC TO COORDINATE THE TEAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WON DERFUL, SUPERVISOR HAHN HAHN THANK YOU. IN YOUR REPORT, THERE WERE SEVEN PATHWAY HOME OPERATIONS. TWO WERE IN MY DISTRICT, 148 PEOPLE FROM JUST THAT PROGRAM, AND I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MY JANICE JOURNAL, WHICH I PUT OUT ON SATURDAY MORNINGS, AND WE WERE HIGHLIGHTING THE PATHWAY HOME RESOLUTION IN BELLFLOWER WHERE WE GOT 30 PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND INTO -- WITH A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. AND WE HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO BE MOVED INTO HOUSING. AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THEM, AMBER, SAID IT'S HARD TO GET YOUR LIFE BACK ON TRACK WHEN YOU'RE LIVING ON THE STREETS. AND THAT IS AT THE CORE OF EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, WHICH IS WHY I KNOW I ALWAYS PUSH BACK, SUPERVISOR BARGER TOO, ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT JUST DON'T WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING OR WHATEVER IT IS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND SOMEHOW EXPECT ALL THESE PEOPLE TO JUST GET THEIR LIFE BACK ON TRACK. WELL, YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT ON THE STREETS. AND I STILL THINK PATHWAY HOME

IS ONE OF OUR MORE SUCCESSFUL MODELS. AND I ALWAYS WANT ONE A WEEK, AND I KNOW -- I'M HOPING THAT THAT IS STILL A TARGET. I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IT'S FUNDING, BUT I DO HOPE THAT THAT'S A TARGET EVENTUALLY. BECAUSE EVEN 148 PEOPLE SEEMS -- THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER, BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN BEGINNING TO PUT A DENT IN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON OUR STREETS. I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE ECRC SLIDE. AND I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC WHO ARE WATCHING THIS AND ARE SEEING THIS SLIDE, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO UNDERSTAND, AS YOU SAID, YOU WOULD LIKE ONE DAY TO HAVE WE GET ALL THE REQUESTS THROUGH ONE PORTAL. YOU'VE GOT CLOSE TO 4,000 REQUESTS THROUGH SELF-REFERRALS OR FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE L.A. HOMELESS OUTREACH PORT, THE L.A. HUB. AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE SEE SOMEONE ON THE STREETS CAN ACCESS THAT PORTAL, REPORT THIS PERSON, AND YOU GET THAT REQUEST. THEN ON THAT SAME SLIDE, YOU SAID THERE WERE 209 TICKETS RECEIVED FROM ELECTED OFFICES. AND MUNICIPAL PARTNERS IN Q2. AND YOU STATE THAT 172 OF THOSE WERE CLOSED. YOU DIDN'T SAY OF THE 4,000 ON THAT SLIDE HOW MANY WERE CLOSED. BUT I THINK THE PUBLIC WILL WANT TO KNOW, DO YOU TREAT THOSE REQUESTS EQUALLY? IF IT COMES FROM AN ELECTED OFFICIAL'S OFFICE, DOES THAT GO TO THE HEAD OF THE CLASS? I THINK THEY WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW, AS I THINK WE ALL ARE, HOW DO YOU RECEIVE THOSE REQUESTS AND HOW DO YOU TREAT THEM?

Department Speaker: YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHANGED SINCE WE LAUNCHED ECRC IS NOW ALL OF THOSE L.A. HOT REQUESTS COME TO THE ECRC. SO IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME STAFF RESPONDING TO THE L.A. HOP AND THE REQUESTS THAT COME FROM ELECTED OFFICES AND THROUGH PARTNERS THROUGH E-MAIL TO ECRC. SO IT'S THE SAME EXACT STUFF RESPONDING TO THEM, SENDING OUT AND DEPLOYING THE SAME TYPES OF OUTREACH TEAMS AND THE SAME TYPES OF SERVICES. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT SOMETIMES FOR THE REQUESTS THAT COME IN THROUGH ECRC, THEY CAN BE LARGER ENCAMPMENTS AND REQUIRE A BIT MORE EFFORT. AND AREN'T JUST LIKE ONE PERSON HERE OR ONE PERSON THERE. BUT REQUIRE A BIT MORE EFFORT. AND SO WE HAVE A TICKET, FOR EXAMPLE, OPEN FOR SKID ROW. WELL, IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME FOR US TO CLOSE THAT TICKET. RIGHT.

Department Speaker: SO THAT'S HOW THEY'RE SORT OF NUANCED AND DIFFERENT. BUT WE'RE SENDING THE SAME SETS OF RESOURCES. RIGHT. AGAIN, WHAT WOULD THE PUBLIC LEARN ABOUT THE PHRASE "CLOSED OUT." HOW DO YOU CLOSE OUT A REQUEST AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOUR LAST LINE ON THAT SLIDE WAS TWO DAYS TO RESPOND AND SIX DAYS TO CLOSE OUT ONE OF THOSE REQUESTS. WHAT DOES "CLOSE OUT" MEAN?

Department Speaker: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO TWO DAYS TO RESPOND MEANS THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT AN OUTREACH TEAM. CLOSING OUT, THERE CAN BE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. AND THIS IS AN ENHANCEMENT THAT WE MADE TO L.A. HOP. IT USED TO BE THAT YOU WOULD JUST GET A RESPONSE, LIKE, THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING, WE'LL SEND AN OUTREACH TEAM. NOW WE SEND A RESPONSE, THERE'S A LIST OF DIFFERENT DISPOSITIONS. SO IT COULD BE WE SEND AN OUTREACH TEAM, THEY MADE CONTACT. WE SENT AN OUTREACH TEAM, THEY WENT BACK TWO TIMES AND DIDN'T FIND ANYONE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THEM GO OUT, BUT WE'RE CLOSING THE TICKET. IT COULD BE WE ALREADY HAVE A TEAM, THAT PERSON'S ALREADY KNOWN AND ALREADY WORKING WITH SOMEONE. SO WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT DISPOSITIONS. AND WHEN WE CLOSE OUT THE TICKET, WE TELL THE REQUESTER WHAT THE DISPOSITION WAS. THAT'S HELPFUL. I THINK THE FRUSTRATION FOR ME HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME WHEN THE COMMUNITY OR EVEN I'VE MADE SOME CALLS TOO, WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE ALONE, A LONE RANGER, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE ENCAMPMENT. IF YOU'RE A PART OF THE ENCAMPMENT, YOU'VE GOT A BETTER CHANCE THROUGH PATHWAY HOME BEING MOVED IN TOTAL WITH YOUR VILLAGE. IF YOU'RE A LONE RANGER WALKING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET OR ON THE FREEWAY AND THOSE GET CALLED IN, OBVIOUSLY TWO DAYS LATER, THAT PERSON IS NOT THERE. THEY'RE ON THE MOVE. IS THERE A WAY TO, I DON'T KNOW, GET THAT TWO DAYS' RESPONSE DOWN FOR SOMEONE WHO IS WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE THERE IN TWO DAYS AND THEN IT GETS CLOSED OUT AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS.

Department Speaker: I KNOW THAT CAN BE CHALLENGING AND TO BE HONEST, WE'RE NOT RESOURCED IN A WAY THAT WE CAN TYPICALLY DEPLOY SOMEONE INSTANTLY. IF WE CAN, WE'LL DO IT. BUT IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO BE THAT RESPONSIVE GIVEN THE VOLUME THAT WE HAVE AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. BUT THAT'S ALWAYS WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR REQUESTS, WE ASK FOR INFORMATION. AND SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR VULNERABILITY ABOUT THAT PERSON AND PEOPLE DESCRIBE THAT TO US, IT HELPS US WITH PRIORITIZING THAT REQUEST AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SENDING THE APPROPRIATE TEAM. YEAH, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE IN TWO DAYS. AND IN A WAY, THAT'S A WASTE OF YOUR RESOURCES SENDING SOMEBODY OUT TWO DAYS LATER. THEY'RE ON THE MOVE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE. BUT MAYBE A DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON, IF IT'S IN YOUR DATABASE, MIGHT BE HELPFUL. DID YOU HAVE A DATA POINT ON THE 3,942, HOW MANY WERE CLOSED?

Department Speaker: THOSE WERE THE ONES WHERE ON AVERAGE RESPONDED IN TWO DAYS AND THEN CLOSED THEM IN SIX. BUT UNDER THE 209, YOU ACTUALLY GAVE A 172 WERE CLOSED. Department Speaker: I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. YEAH. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WAS JUST GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR HOUSING FOR HEALTH AGREEMENTS. AND YOU TOUTED IT WAS 30 DAYS FOR THEM TO GET PAID, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR, ARE YOU PLANNING TO KEEP THAT SAME TIME FRAME? IN TERMS OF PAYING THEM.

Department Speaker: YES, SO HAVING ALMOST ALL OF THE INVOICES PAID, OVER 99% PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS, THAT WAS HHS INVOICES. WE'RE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO DOING THAT AND MY TARGET -- 30 DAYS IS THE BOARD POLICY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US BE DOING LESS THAN THAT. YEAH. 30 DAYS IS GOOD, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS -- I REALIZED THAT WAS THE PAST ONE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO CONTINUE THAT 30 DAYS. Department Speaker: THAT WAS JANUARY, THAT WAS UNDER HSH. SEE ING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER?

Executive Officer: WILL THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. CLAUDIA JEREZ. ANDRÉ. FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS TO ADDRESS ITEMS, SET MATTER 1, USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ON YOUR DEVICE OR PRESS STAR 3 ON YOUR TELEPHONE NOW. CALLER 909-997, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: THIS INFORMATION IS GREAT, BUT LACKING IN ROWLAND HEIGHTS WHICH IS TREATED LIKE A STEPCHILD BY THE SHERIFF AND EXPRESSED BY SUPERVISOR SOLIS AT THE LAST MEETING. PATHWAY FOR TRANSIENTS IS A COUNTY-WIDE TRANSIENT CAMPSITE SYSTEM. FROM THE LAST MEETING ON HOMELESSNESS, THIS BOARD SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH WARRANTS AND SEIZED ALL DOCUMENTS AND DATA FROM LAHSA FOR FORENSIC ANALYSIS AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. YOUR FAILURE TO HAVE A STATE-OF-THE-ART COUNTY-WIDE COMPUTER SYSTEM IS A LACK OF -- WITHOUT OVERSIGHT -- IS CRIMINAL. THE MONEY SPENT ON BIDEN ILLEGALS COULD FUND HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN SPADES. I JUST LEARNED ERIC PREVIN DIED IN NOVEMBER. DID THE SUPERVISORS SEND FLOWERS? THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. DANNY GONZALEZ, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: MY NAME IS DANNY GONZALEZ AND I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES LGBTQ CENTER TO URGE THE BOARD TO PRIORITIZE TRANSITION-AGED YOUTH, ESPECIALLY LGBTQ YOUTH AS WE REVIEW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT HOMES SERVICES AND HOUSING. LGBTQ YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OVERREPRESENTED AMONG YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, OFTEN DUE TO FAMILY REJECTION AND DISCRIMINATION. WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT TARGETED SUPPORT DURING THIS CRITICAL STAGE OF LIFE, MANY FACE LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS, POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND EXPLOITATION. AS YOU EVALUATE INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING OUTCOMES, WE ASK YOU EXPAND LOW BARRIER AND AFFIRMING HOUSING FOR TRANSITION AGED YOUTH. WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AND ENSURE BETTER COORDINATION ACROSS COUNTY SYSTEMS LIKE EDUCATION, WORKFORCE, AND HEALTH CARE. WE NEED TO INVEST IN TRANSITION AGED YOUTH NOW TO PREVENT CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS LATER. WE STAND READY TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO ENSURE EVERY YOUNG PERSON --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. JESSICA, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN. JESSICA PEARL? CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 747-250, PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: HELLO, MY NAME IS KIRA, I'M HOMELESS, I'M LIVING ON THE STREET. I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE STAFF FROM LINDSEY HORVATH'S OFFICE FOR TRYING TO HELP ME. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. I HAVE TO SAY IT ALL LOOKS REALLY WONDERFUL. I REALLY AM VERY HOPEFUL FOR THIS NEW DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU TO THE SUPERVISORS FOR SUPPORTING. HOWEVER, I HAVE TO ADMIT TO YOU THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF ROADS ARE STILL LEADING TO LAHSA. AND L.A. FAMILY HOUSING DELIBERATELY REFUSES TO HELP ME. LAHSA DELIBERATELY REFUSES TO HELP ME. SO I GUESS I'M JUST HERE TO COMMENT TODAY TO LITERALLY BEG YOU TO GET THESE NEW DEPARTMENTS IMPLEMENTED FASTER. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE ECRC FOR SIX MONTHS NOW AND THERE'S JUST NO HELP. SO PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR GOOD WORK. PLEASE GO AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF HOMELESS PEOPLE --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ITEMS SET MATTER ONE IS NOW CONCLUDED. WE WILL NOW GO TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. PLEASE BEGIN.

In-person Speaker: HI, THERE. I'M ANDRÉ AND I'M ACTUALLY CURRENTLY A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES THIS YEAR IN THE LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON HELPING HOMELESSNESS, ESPECIALLY SUPERVISOR HORVATH, YOU'VE DONE A REALLY FANTASTIC JOB SERIOUSLY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THOUGH IS THE WAY WE'RE ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. I WAS PERSONALLY HOMELESS MYSELF AS A TEENAGER. I WAS WITHOUT A HOME BUT LUCKILY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, I GOT SOME GRANTS AND I WAS ABLE TO HOUSE MYSELF AND GRADUATED WITH MY DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. NOW I'M ADVOCATING FOR OUR PEOPLE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN NOTICING IS THE WAY WE'RE DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS IS ONLY BUILDING 20, 30, 40 UNITS AT A TIME. IT'S NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED TO BE BUILDING A LARGER SCALE MODEL. I'M SUGGESTING THE CITY PURCHASE ASSETS SPECIFICALLY UNDERUTILIZED OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL SPACES AND REPURPOSE THOSE AS SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY STYLE WITH JUST A BASIC 8X10 BED AND ON EVERY FLOOR THERE ARE BATHING FACILITIES THAT CAN BE CHECKED OUT.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: YES, CLAUDIA JEREZ. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I AM SO GLAD AND SO RELIEVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS TAKEN THIS MATTER VERY SERIOUSLY. I THINK THE PRESENTATION THAT Ms. MAHIN HAS GIVEN IS COMPLETE. I DO BELIEVE THAT Ms. MITCHELL SAYS THAT SHE WANTS TO SEE METRICS OF SUCCESS AND AFFORDABILITY IS AN ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR TACKLING OF THIS ISSUE WILL PROVIDE A GOOD FRAMEWORK AND A STRUCTURE TO A PROBLEM THAT IS VERY SEVERE AND VERY SERIOUS FOR ALL OF US. AND I CAN TELL YOU, I HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM MY HOME FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS NOW. I HAVE A SQUATTER THERE, MY HOME, WHO DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE MY HOME, AND HAS BEEN VERY SERIOUS FOR ME. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS SITUATION OF --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

In-person Speaker: HI, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE ON THE VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. I HAVEN'T MET YOU YET, I'VE BEEN SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DEPARTMENT BEING FORMED IN LOS ANGELES. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN SUPERVISOR HORVATH ASKED YOU YOUR GOALS, I ALMOST BEGAN CRYING. WHEN I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET, I JUST HAVE TO BE HONEST. IT'S SO MUCH ADMINISTRATION. I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO ADDRESS ADMINISTRATION AND BLESS YOUR HEART FOR ADMINISTERING! BUT WE JUST CAN'T -- EVERYONE ON THE STREETS, THEY'RE SAYING NOTHING IS COMING TO US. WE'RE NOT GETTING MENTAL HEALTH CARE. WE'RE NOT GETTING HEALTH CARE. WE'RE NOT GETTING HOUSING. AND ALL THE MONEY IS GOING TO SALARIES AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS THE CONCERN. AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE -- I LOVE THAT YOU'RE HAVING THE METRICS. WE DESPERATELY NEED TO HAVE THE DATA. BUT I WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS BUT I'M REALLY --

Executive Officer: MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. HEA RING NO OBJECTIONS, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER.

Executive Officer: WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 18, REFORMING AND INTEGRATING MENTAL HEALTH CARE WITHIN THE COUNTY'S HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM WHICH WAS HELD BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOINING US REMOTELY, TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, PRESS STAR 3 IF ON A TELEPHONE. Dr. LISA WONG, DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH, SARAH MAHIN, AND PETER LOO, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE, ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL SPEAKERS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD. SUP ERVISOR HORVATH, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THIS FOLLOWS UP ON THE LAST COMMENT, I THINK. WE ROUTINELY HEAR ABOUT THE NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ON THE STREETS. THAT THERE CERTAINLY ISN'T ENOUGH PRESENT. AND THAT THE NEED EXCEEDS HOW PEOPLE ARE SEEING IT ACTUALLY RESPOND TO PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR BARGER FOR JOINING ME IN COAUTHORING THIS MOTION AND I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN DEVELOPING THIS MOTION. IN THE 2025 POINT IN TIME HOMELESS COUNT, 15,930 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WERE IDENTIFIED WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. THAT'S 26% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION. AND 10,830 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE UNSHELTERED. YOU ONLY HAVE TO WALK THROUGH OUR COUNTY STREETS TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SUFFERING THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING. PEOPLE NEED HELP AND OUR CITIES ARE TURNING TO THE COUNTY TO HELP MORE. THAT IS WHY THE WORK OF OUR COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH IS SO CRITICAL. WITHOUT INTENSIVE TREATMENT AND RELENTLESS ENGAGEMENT, INDIVIDUALS CYCLE BETWEEN JAILS, EMERGENCY ROOMS, SHELTERS, AND ENCAMPMENTS. PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE HOMELESS OUTREACH AND MOBILE ENGAGEMENT TEAMS, OUR HOME TEAMS, ARE DESIGNED TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED, MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE WITH A LEVEL OF

EXPERTISE AND COMMITMENT THAT CHALLENGES THE NARRATIVE THAT PEOPLE ON THE STREETS WON'T ACCEPT CARE. BUT THE DEMAND FOR THIS SPECIALIZED TEAM FAR EXCEEDS THE CURRENT CAPACITY. I BELIEVE IT'S TIME THAT ALL PROGRAMS MANDATED TO PROVIDE CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED BECOME ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM AND TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF CARE REQUIRED. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING WAS LAUNCHED TO ELIMINATE A FRAGMENTED SYSTEM AND TO CREATE A MORE STREAMLINED CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THIS INCLUDES STRENGTHENING COLLABORATION BETWEEN HSH AND OTHER MAJOR COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING OUR DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. THE STEPS OUTLINED IN THE MOTION FOCUS ON IMPROVING COORDINATION, ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SYSTEM CAPACITY BETWEEN HSH AND DMH. THESE CHANGES RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS OFTEN FACE BARRIERS NAVIGATING OUR CURRENT SYSTEM. AND THEY REQUIRE FIELD-BASED CARE AND SPECIALIZED ENGAGEMENT. THE MOTION DIRECTS BOTH BETTER COORDINATION AND THAT THE CARE WE PROVIDE IS CRAFTED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION BEING SERVED. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS MOTION IS STRENGTHENING COLLABORATION BETWEEN DMH AND SHS. AND WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. HISTORICALLY HOMELESS SERVICES AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES HAVE OFTEN OPERATED IN PARALLEL, DISCONNECTED SYSTEMS, AND WHILE EACH DEPARTMENT PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE, THE LACK OF CONSISTENT COORDINATION CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE. IDENTIFYING A HOMELESSNESS LIAISON AND CREATING A DEDICATED TEAM TO WORK ACROSS THESE SYSTEMS WILL HELP IDENTIFY BARRIERS, RESOLVE COMPLEX CASES, AND ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE CONNECTED TO THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CARE. ANOTHER KEY STEP IS IMPROVING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

FOR PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND IN SHELTERS. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES MUST MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, ON SIDEWALKS, IN ENCAMPMENTS, IN PARKS, AND IN VEHICLES. WE CANNOT REASONABLY ACT THEM TO ACCESS CARE IN BRICK AND MORTAR SITES ALL ON THEIR OWN. STREET-BASED TEAMS BUILD RELATIONSHIPS OVER TIME HELPING INDIVIDUALS MOVE FROM CRISIS TOWARDS STABILITY. EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS STRENGTHENING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE AND PROVIDING STAFF WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO ENGAGE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS EFFECTIVELY. SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS REQUIRES SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND CLINICIANS AND CASE MANAGERS WHO WANT TO DO THE WORK, DELIVERING CARE, SITTING ON SIDEWALKS NEXT TO ENCAMPMENTS, DRIVING TO DIFFERENT SHELTERS, AND KNOWING HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER PROVIDERS. BY INVESTING IN SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THE COUNTY CAN ENSURE THAT STAFF AND PROVIDERS ARE PREPARED TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES AND TO LEVERAGE THE CONTINUUM OF PROGRAMMING THAT IS OUR MANDATE TO PROVIDE. IMPROVING DATA SHARING AND COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND ENTITIES IS ANOTHER CRITICAL COMPONENT. WHEN INDIVIDUALS AND SYSTEMS ARE UNABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION EFFECTIVELY, IT BECOMES HARDER TO EXPEDITIOUSLY PLACE INDIVIDUALS IN APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF CARE, TO COORDINATE CARE, AND TO TRACK OUTCOMES. THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS OF A FRAGMENTED SYSTEM. FINALLY, ACCOUNTABILITY IS ESSENTIAL. L.A. COUNTY INVESTS SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC RESOURCES IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS. WITH THESE INVESTMENTS COME CLEAR EXPECTATIONS, MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, AND ONGOING OVERSIGHT. OUR MOTION CALLS FOR MONITORING PROGRAM PERFORMANCE, IMPROVING CONTRACTING PROCESSES, AND REGULAR REPORTING PROGRESS TO THE BOARD. ONCE AGAIN, BEING FOCUSED ON THE OUTCOMES. ULTIMATELY, THESE CHANGES ARE

ABOUT MORE THAN SYSTEMS AND POLICIES. THEY ARE ABOUT ENSURING THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS RECEIVE THE CARE, THE SUPPORT, AND THE STABILITY THAT THEY NEED. MENTAL HEALTH CARE REMAINS ESSENTIAL TO LONG-TERM STABILITY, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE MANY FOLKS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELECTED LEADERS, AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT AND SUPPORTED THIS MOTION. COUNCIL DISTRICTS FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, HERMOSA BEACH, COG, HEALTH CARE IN ACTION, VILLAGE FAMILY SERVICES, SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH, THE PEOPLE CONCERN, DOWNTOWN'S WOMEN CENTER, PROJECT ROPA, ABOUT MY FATHER'S BUSINESS AND HOLLYWOOD FORWARD AMONG THEM. THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO MY DISTRICT. THEY'RE ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THIS REGIONAL COORDINATION IS ESSENTIAL IN EVERY CORNER OF THE DISTRICT. THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT THIS BOARD CAN MAKE CLEAR OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO DOING BETTER IN PROVIDING SPECIALIZED CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS ON OUR STREETS AND HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO BUILDING THE KIND OF A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM THAT PROP 1 AND OUR CONSTITUENTS EXPECT. SO TO THAT END, I WOULD ASK WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE DIFFERENT ABOUT THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS NOW THAT WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING AND DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH? AND HOW DO YOU ENVISION HOW YOU WILL COLLABORATE BETWEEN THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO ACHIEVE THAT.

Department Speaker: LISA WONG, DIRECTOR OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR, FOR NOT JUST THE QUESTIONS AND THE ISSUES YOU BRING UP BUT THE DEDICATION YOU HAVE TOWARDS THIS POPULATION. I THINK FOR YOU AND THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY POPULATION FOR ME PERSONALLY AS WELL AS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. I SPENT THE FIRST 23 YEARS OF MY CAREER WORKING IN SKID ROW AND TO THIS DAY STILL DO STREET OUTREACH, STILL GO OUT. I THINK THAT THE CHALLENGES ARE IMMENSE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INCREASED WHAT WE DO WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MORE THAN EVER. IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE ADDED 750 STAFF JUST FOR HOME, HOMELESS PROGRAMS. AND WE'VE ADDED A LOT OF HOUSING TOO. WE'VE HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INTERIM HOUSING BEDS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHEER NUMBER OF UNSHELTERED YOU TALKED ABOUT WHO POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME KIND OF SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, CALIFORNIA POLICY LAB HAS LOWER ESTIMATES, BUT EVEN IF WE TAKE THE SELF-REPORT ESTIMATE, IT'S OVER 14,000 PEOPLE. IF WE ASSIGNED FSP FOR ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE OUT THERE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IT WOULD REQUIRE US TO BRING ON ANOTHER ABOUT 1700 TO 2300 STAFF. JUST TO HAVE THOSE TEAMS. SO WE KNOW THERE ARE DEFINITE CHALLENGES FOR US, GIVEN JUST THE NUMBERS. I THINK WHAT HAVING AN HSH BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BETTER COLLABORATE AND THEN LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES KNOWING THAT NEITHER OF US IS EVER GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH. OUR BEST CHANCE OF DOING MORE WITH WHAT WE HAVE, REACHING MORE PEOPLE, CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF PEOPLE'S LIVES, IS BY WORKING

TOGETHER AND BUILDING THOSE COLLABORATION POINTS TO MAKE SURE THAT NO PROCESSES, NO PEOPLE, NOTHING SLIPS THROUGH THE CRACKS. BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS WE NEED MORE HOUSING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MENTAL HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOUSING THAT'S ON BOARD NOW, WE HAVE A 95% OCCUPANCY RATE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND A 94% OCCUPANCY RATE FOR INTERIM HOUSING. AND THAT FIVE TO SIX PERCENT VACANCY IS ONLY DUE TO PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT OR UNITS COMING ONLINE. BUT WE ARE AT CAPACITY. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A MATTER OF WE'RE WAITING TO PLACE PEOPLE OR WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TO GET THEM INTO HOUSING. WE NEED MORE HOUSING. WE ARE WORKING ON TREATMENT BEDS. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ENGAGE SOMEBODY, WE WORK WITH THEM, WE GIVE THEM TREATMENT, THEY STILL NEED A HOME TO GO TO. AND I ECHO THAT. IN FACT, SPEAKING WITH ALL OF OUR CITY PARTNERS IN PARTICULAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE COUNTY WILL WORK TO BRING ON MORE BEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS, THEY DON'T ONLY HAPPEN IN COUNTY-ONLY SPACES. THEY HAVE TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THEY HAVE TO BE SITED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR CITIES, BECAUSE EVERY PART OF THE COUNTY IS EXPRESSING A NEED, SO EVERY PART OF THE COUNTY NEEDS TO STEP UP. AND SO I HEAR YOU ON THAT. HOW SOON CAN WE BRING THE HOMELESS LIAISON AND ESTABLISH A DEDICATED TEAM TO CASE CONFERENCE ACROSS THE SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS?

Department Speaker: WE'VE ALREADY DESIGNATED A LIAISON, AND WE ALREADY HAVE AN INTERIM TEAM. WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THAT TEAM OUT NOW. WE THINK IT PROBABLY WE CAN BUILD IT OUT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, SO PRETTY QUICKLY. I'M ALSO VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY APPOINTED SOMEBODY TO BE SPECIFICALLY OVER COORDINATING AND COMMUNICATING WITH CITIES. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY LEVEL IN TERMS OF MANAGING MESSAGING, RESOURCES, CONNECTIONS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. GREAT. A QUESTION THAT COMES UP FOR US IS SHOULD DMH PRIORITIZE VHSA FUNDING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO HAVE SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS. AND I HEAR THE GOVERNOR TALK ABOUT THIS BILL. I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE MESSAGING WE HEARD DURING THE PROP 1 CAMPAIGN AND WHAT PEOPLE VOTED FOR. SO AT LEAST TO ME, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THE FUNDING IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED AND HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? AND IF SO, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE PRIORITIZED?

Department Speaker: I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT. AND RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE PRIORITIZED. I THINK WHAT LIMITS US IS A LACK OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PRIORITY POPULATIONS THE STATE HAS ACTUALLY NAMED, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE ONE, BUT IT'S ALSO CHILDREN, IT'S ALSO YOUTH, IT'S ALSO VETERANS, IT'S ALSO PEOPLE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, SO THERE ARE ABOUT SIX CATEGORIES OF PRIORITY POPULATIONS THAT THE STATE HAS PUT OUT FOR VHSA DOLLARS. I HAVE TO SAY THOUGH THAT FOR US AT THE FRONT OF THAT IS ALWAYS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, JUST BECAUSE THAT PUTS THEM AT SO MUCH GREATER RISK, RIGHT? IT REDUCES L EXPECTANCY, SUBSTANCE USE, AND AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE FOR PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING. SO IT IS A PRIORITY AND REMAINS A PRIORITY AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE INVESTMENTS WE'VE MADE. 750 STAFF BEING BROUGHT ON BOARD, THAT'S THE LARGEST DEDICATION TO A SINGLE DIVISION THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND I THINK WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURAGEOUS WORK YOU'VE DONE ESPECIALLY USING THE HOMELESSNESS DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY TO EXPEDITE THAT HIRING AND YET WE STILL HEAR FROM COMMUNITIES HOW DESPERATE THE NEED IS THEY EXPERIENCE ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND WHILE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY FEEL THAT CHANGE, I THINK COMMUNITIES ARE STILL LONGING TO FEEL THAT CHANGE AS STRONGLY AS IT'S BEING FELT INTERNALLY. SO I KNOW WE JUST CAME BACK FROM SACRAMENTO IN OUR ANNUAL LOBBYING EFFORTS AND WE HEAR FROM THEM THEY'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSING CHANGES TO MAKE VHSA MOST EFFECTIVE.

SO CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE ADVOCATING TO BE DONE DIFFERENTLY AND HOW WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T ADDING BARRIERS LOCALLY BASED ON THE DIRECT I HAVIVES THAT WE'RE GETTING. WE CONTINUE TO HEAR L.A. COUNTY ISN'T DOING ENOUGH, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE EXPRESSED THERE ARE STILL BARRIERS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, SO WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO WE RESOLVE THAT?

Department Speaker: THERE'S PROBABLY AN ENDLESS LIST OF BARRIERS. IT'S EASY TO GET OVERWHELMED BY THEM, BUT WE TRY TO BE VERY STRATEGIC IN THE WAY WE LOOK AT THIS. AND THE WAY WE ASSESS WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE TO USE. I ALSO WAS UP IN SACRAMENTO THE WEEK BEFORE YOU FOLKS WENT UP TO DO SOME ADVOCACY WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL MAIN POINTS. ONE WAS THE RESTORATION OF CRISIS MOBILE RESPONSE. THAT FUNDING IS BEING SHIFTED FROM THE STATE TO COUNTIES. AND THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE ON THE STREET AS WELL AS HELP PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. SO THAT'S ONE AREA. ANOTHER HUGE AREA FOR US IS FLEXIBILITY OF FUNDING. I THINK IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE STATE GIVES ONE MANDATE THAT GOES OUT, BUT SOLUTIONS HAVE TO BE VERY LOCALIZED. AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT LOS ANGELES COUNTY IS LIKE NO OTHER COUNTY. THE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE NEED TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE RESPONSIVE AND FLEXIBLE TO MEET THE NEEDS IN THE MOMENT. SO FOR INSTANCE, 30% OF VHSA DOLLARS ARE DEDICATED TO HOUSING, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMITMENT TO HOUSING. HOWEVER, IT'S HOUSING AT THE COST OF SERVICES. THOSE HOUSING DOLLARS WERE NOT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. THEY CAME OUT OF SERVICE DOLLARS. AND THAT HOUSING CATEGORY SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT IT'S HOUSING WITHOUT SERVICES. SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF US WHO WORK WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS THAT SERVICES HAVE TO COME WITH HOUSING. THAT THEY HAVE TO GO HAND IN HAND. THAT'S THE WAY WE HELP PEOPLE STAY IN HOUSING, IT'S THE WAY WE GET PEOPLE HOUSED, AND IT'S THE WAY WE KEEP PEOPLE FROM FALLING

OUT OF HOUSING. SO WHO DETERMINES IF SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL? IS THERE A UNIVERSAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DMH, MANAGED CARE PLANS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, ABOUT HOW SMI IS DEFINED?

Department Speaker: YES, THERE ARE BASICALLY THREE LEVELS OF MENTAL ILLNESS THAT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED. ONE IS MILD, ONE IS MODERATE, ONE IS SEVERE. SMI IS SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS. HOWEVER, THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH HAS SPECIFIC PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT'S CALLED SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH. THAT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AS WELL AS FUNCTIONALLY, SIGNIFICANTLY FUNCTIONALLY IMPAIRED. SO DMH, WE HAVE THAT SPECIFIC CARVE-OUT THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. THE STATE SEES US AS A LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH PLAN FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN RESPECT TO THAT POPULATION. WE HAVE TOOLS NOW TO MAKE THAT EVEN MORE CLEAR. WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD WITH OUR MANAGED CARE PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A MUTUAL SCREENING TOOL SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY LANDS IN MILD OR MODERATE OR SEVERE. WE ALSO USE A MEASURE FOR LEVEL OF CARE THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THAT'S CALLED THE LOCUS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S USED THROUGHOUT THE STATE SO THAT WE HAVE A COMMON LANGUAGE TO TALK ABOUT LEVELS OF CARE AND NEED. HOWEVER, DMH IS KIND OF QUANTUM PHYSICS, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO BE A PARTICLE AND A WAVE. AND I THINK WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF SAYING WE ARE ONLY SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH. WHEN WE HAD THE WILDLIFES IN ALTADENA AND PALISADES, WE WERE THERE, EVEN THOUGH THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE FIRE SURVIVORS WERE MOSTLY PRIVATELY INSURED. PRIVATE INSURANCE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. WHEN THERE WAS A MASS SHOOTING, WE SHOWED UP ON DAY ONE. WHEN THERE'S BEEN A BUILDING THAT BURNED DOWN INHE WEST LAKE AREA, WE SHOWED UP RIGHT AWAY. WE HAVE TO SHOW UP FOR THE COMMUNITY EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT SMI. AND I KNOW WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IT'S ALWAYS NOT SUPER CLEAR, RIGHT, IF SOMEBODY IS MILD OR MODERATE OR SEVERE OR SEVERE WITH FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENTS.

THAT IS TOO MUCH TO WADE THROUGH. SO WHAT WE DO FIRST IS SHOW UP. WE REALLY BELIEVE IN A "NO WRONG DOOR" APPROACH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PRIMARY GROUP OF SMI FOLKS WITH SERIOUS FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT CALLED SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH. AND LAST YEAR, WE SAW ABOUT 250,000 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. AND THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE FOLKS THAT WE SERVE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. ON TOP OF THAT, THE STATE NOW HAS PUT IN SOME CONDITIONS FOR OUR FUNDING STARTING WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROP 1 ON JULY 1ST. THE STATE IS GOING TO ENACT DIFFERENT SANCTIONS. SO IF WE DON'T MEET ACCESS TO CARE, MEANING GETTING PEOPLE IN FOR INTAKES, FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS, ALL THOSE THINGS BY THEIR TIME LINES, AND IF WE DON'T MEET NETWORK ADEQUACY, HAVING ENOUGH CLINICIANS TO SEE THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA, WE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A TO A WITHHOLD SANCTION AND PUT BACK INTO A STATE POT. SO WE HAVE DIFFERENCE PROFESSIONAL, MORAL, ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS. WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY THE STATE GIVES US. AND THEN WE HAVE FISCAL REALITIES THAT WILL REALLY IMPACT WHAT WE WILL HAVE AS A RESOURCE TO SERVE PEOPLE WITH ALL THE THINGS. I THINK IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHO THAT PRIMARY POPULATION IS AND YET AS YOU RIGHTLY IDENTIFY, THE MILD AND MODERATE FOLKS WHO DON'T QUITE MEET THAT

THRESHOLD WHOM YOU DETERMINE AT PERHAPS A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE DETERMINE THAT THEY DON'T MEET THAT THRESHOLD FOR DMH. THEY STILL NEED HELP. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE GET STUCK AND MOST FRUSTRATED. THAT THERE ISN'T -- WE ALL KNOW THIS, IT'S AN OPEN SECRET. IT'S NOT EVEN A SECRET ANYMORE. WHERE DO THEY GO IF NOT DMH? AND I THINK THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT I THINK DRIVES A LOT OF PEOPLE'S FRUSTRATION AROUND THIS ISSUE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO IF NOT YOU. AND I THINK MY INTENTION HERE IS THAT WE FINALLY FIND AN ANSWER FOR THEM TO SAY IT'S HSH BECAUSE YOU'VE DEVELOPED A PARTNERSHIP TO HAVE AN IDENTIFIED SOURCE OF SERVICE PROVISION THAT MIGHT NOT COME DIRECTLY FROM DMH BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING YOU JUST EXPRESSED, BUT WE NEED AN ANSWER AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS CRISIS IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE. THAT DRIVES A LOT OF THE FRUSTRATION. SO HOW DO WE GET TO THAT?

Department Speaker: WELL, I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS REALLY FOR ALL OF US INVOLVED, WHETHER WE'RE SERVING MILD, MODERATE, SEVERE, ALL OF US, TO HAVE A NO WRONG DOOR APPROACH. BECAUSE ANY TIME YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY'S FOOT IN THE DOOR, THAT'S THE TIME TO ACT. WE ENGAGE AND THEN WE GET THEM TO THE BEST PLACE. AND THIS IS PARTLY WHY WE'RE COLLABORATING CLOSELY WITH HSH. WE ARE CONSULTING WITH THEM ON HOW THEY MIGHT BECOME A CONTRACTED PROVIDER FOR DMH TOO, FULL-SERVICE PARTNERSHIP, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR MANAGED CARE PLANS CLOSELY AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD PARTNERS IN TERMS OF STEPPING UP TO THIS TABLE. THEY HAVE PUT OUT ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS FOR ADDITIONAL STREET TEAMS AND WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THOSE STREET TEAMS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE NOBODY FALLS THROUGH THOSE CRACKS. WHICHEVER ONE OF US RESPONDS, WE WILL PROVIDE THE RIGHT CARE AND WE WILL DO A WARM HANDOFF WHEN NECESSARY OR WE CAN KEEP SOMEBODY. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE MANAGED CARE PLAN FIELD TEAMS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FSP, FULL SERVICE PARTNERSHIP CAPACITY AS WELL, AND THAT WILL HELP CLOSE THE GAP ACROSS OUR SYSTEM. ALSO WITH THE TRANSITION TO VHSA ON JULY 1ST, IT CHANGES THE MAKEUP AND PARAMETERS FOR FSP. IT REQUIRES HIGH-LEVEL TEAMS. WITH THAT CHANGE, WE ARE ABLE TO ALSO BRING HOME TEAM INTO THAT ARENA, SO THAT HOME TEAM, ALL OF THE TEAMS WILL BECOME FSP TEAMS, SO THEY'LL HAVE ADDED RESOURCES AT THEIR DISPOSAL. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS FOR OUR CIO, BECAUSE I KNOW DATA INTEGRATION IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO ENSURING CONTINUUM OF CARE AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNTY PARTNERS TO

BETTER INTEGRATE. SO HOW IS THAT WORK GOING? AND WHEN WILL THIS INTEGRATION ALLOW FOR CLIENT-LEVEL DATA SHARING AND CASE CONFERENCING?

Department Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, PETER LOO, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. THINGS ARE MOVING QUITE WELL. SO WHERE WE ARE TO DATE AS YOU CAN SEE AS EVIDENCED BY SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT SARAH AND TEAM IS ABLE TO REPORT IS FROM THE BACK END INTEGRATION OF THE DATA AND THE DATA SHARING THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON TODAY NOW IS MORE MAKING THE DATA ON THE BACK END AVAILABLE TO THE FRONT-END SYSTEMS OF CARE. THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT NEED ACCESS TO THE DATA WHEN THEY NEED IT TO INFORM THEM OF WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND SO FORTH. SWE HAVE AN ACTIVE SOLICITATION IN PLACE FOR A COMMUNITY INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND COLLECT THIS INFORMATION ON THE PROVIDERS' SIDE AS WELL AS ON THE CLIENT SIDE TO MAKE THAT INFOR INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE SYSTEMS OF CARE. YOU'RE FEE NOT FACING ANY BARRIERS?

Department Speaker: NONE AT THIS TIME. WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY COUNSEL PARTICULARLY IN EXPANDING THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION THAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO CalAIM TO ALSO THE OTHER POPULATIONS, INCLUDING HOMELESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN THIS MOTION AND THE WORK THAT IT REFLECTS AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL EAGER TO SEE HOW THIS INTEGRATION WILL DELIVER MORE RESULTS IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THOSE OUTCOMES AND I WOULD TURN IT TO MY COAUTHOR. SUP ERVISOR BARGER. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HORVATH, FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND IS SOMETHING THAT I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR IN BOARD, BECAUSE IT TOUCHES EVERY CORNER OF THIS COUNTY AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON AGE, SEX, RELIGION, RACE, MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS, SOCIOECONOMICS. AND I LOVED YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE UNHOUSED AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE PRIORITIZE AND TRIAGE. BECAUSE I OFTEN HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID THAT THEIR LOVED ONE ENDED UP ON THE STREET BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET THE PREVENTION THEY NEEDED BEFORE THEY ENDED UP ON THE STREET. AND TO ME, IT'S NOT AN EITHER/OR, IT SHOULD BE AN AND. AND IT SHOULD BE A SEAMLESS PROCESS. I ALSO TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE INSURANCE WHO ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE. AND THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WITHOUT MEANS, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE IT. I WOULD ARGUE THAT WITH THE NEW DEFINITION OF GRAVELY DISABLED, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BUILD

CAPACITY, BECAUSE DANGER TO SELF-OR OTHERS IS GOING TO BE EXPANDED AND I TRULY THINK WE'RE DOING A DISSERVICE BY NOT EXPANDING ON THAT. AND IT'S NOT ON YOU. I MEAN, I STILL AM A BIG PROPONENT FOR THE IMD WAIVER SO THAT WE CAN BUILD CAPACITY WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. SUPERVISOR HORVATH, YOU NOW REPRESENT ALL OF YOU, AND YOU'VE GOT FIVE HOSPITALS WITH FIVE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, 16 BEDS EACH, IN ORDER TO GET AROUND THIS ISSUE. AND THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. THE PROVIDERS WOULD AGREE, AND THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO L.A. COUNTY. WE ARE BIG, BUT THIS IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE NATION. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, AND I AM LASER FOCUSED ON THIS. AND I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES. AND I THINK WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE METRICS, BUT I TALK ABOUT THIS WOMAN WHO IT WAS LIKE A DAY COMING UP, SUPERVISOR SOLIS, A HOT, HOT DAY, AND ON COLORADO BOULEVARD IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE BOOKSTORES, SHE WAS NAKED AND SPREAD OUT IN THE HOT ASPHALT. THIS IS BEFORE YOUR TIME. AND I GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND OF MINE WHO SAID HOW CAN YOU LET THIS HAPPEN? HOW CAN YOU LET THIS HAPPEN. TO WHICH I IMMEDIATELY JUMPED ON THE PHONE WITH PASADENA POLICE WHO HAVE THEIR OWN TEAM. THIS WOMAN HAD BEEN 5150 HOSPITALIZED FOUR TIMES THAT MONTH. SHE WAS PICKED UP IN CULVER CITY AND BROUGHT OVER TO A HOSPITAL IN PASADENA. AND WHAT DID THEY DO WHEN THEY DISCHARGED HER? THEY COMPLIED WITH THE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS. THEY GAVE HER A PRESCRIPTION AND A PLACE TO GO FOR CARE. NOW, YOU HAVE A SCHIZOPHRENIC

UNHOUSED WOMAN USING METH AND YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO FILL THAT MEDICATION AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT? NO. AND SO MY QUESTION TO THE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH IS IF WE KNOW WHERE THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNHOUSED ARE BEING PLACED, WE SHOULD BE PART OF THE DISCHARGE SO THAT THEY DON'T END UP BACK ON THE STREET. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THREE OR FOUR TIMES 5150' D, WHAT DOES THAT COST FINANCIALLY AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THEN THE RESISTANCE TO GETTING CARE WHICH IS AN ISSUE. PEOPLE WHO GO IN AND OUT, CYCLE IN AND OUT OF OUR HOSPITALS, EVENTUALLY START TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO AVOID BEING HOSPITALIZED AND THEN THEY GET SICKER. SO I LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS AND THEY SAY 16,000 OF OUR NEIGHBORS LIVING ON THE STREETS THAT HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. I WOULD ARGUE IT'S PROBABLY HIGHER. AND I THINK WITH THE DUAL DIAGNOSE, WITH THOSE THAT ARE USAS WELL, IT'S MASQUERADED. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, AND THIS MOTION, I BELIEVE, IS GOING TO BEGIN TO CLOSE THE GAP IN A DEFINITIVE, REAL, AND STRUCTURAL WAY. IT CREATES A COORDINATION INFRASTRUCTURE, THE DEDICATED STAFFING, THE REFERRAL PATHWAYS AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORKS THAT ALLOW DMH AND HSH TO FUNCTION AS GENUINE PARTNERS, NOT TWO DEPARTMENTS POINTED IN THE SAME DIRECTION BUT ACTUALLY MOVING TOGETHER. Dr. WONG, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE IN THIS SPACE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WORKED ON SKID ROW AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A PASSION, AND YOU MENTIONEDS IN SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEAR TO YOU. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT ESPECIALLY ON SKID ROW, YOU'RE PROVIDING CARE TO SOME OF THE COUNTY'S MOST VULNERABLE AND HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND HOMELESSNESS. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE STAFF OVER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE WORK THEY ARE ALREADY DOING.

I SEE IT EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND THEY ARE EQUALLY AS FRUSTRATED BE THE FACT THEY WANT TO DO MORE. THEY WANT TO FIX WHAT'S BROKEN. AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE GOT THE HOME TEAM, THE MET TEAMS, THE DMH INTERIM HOUSING PROGRAM. THESE ARE ALL MEANINGFUL, IMPACTFUL INVESTMENTS AND PROGRAMS AND THIS MOTION IS DESIGNED TO BUILD ON THEM, NOT TO REPLACE THEM. THIS IS TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF THESE PROGRAMS, NOT TO REPLACE THEM. I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM, THE CLINICIANS, THE CASE MANAGERS, THE OUTREACH WORKERS WHO GO ON TO THE STREETS AND INTO THE SHELTERS EVERY DAY TO MEET PEOPLE IN THEIR MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS. THIS MOTION IS AN EXPRESSION OF THE BOARD'S SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. WE SEE IT AND WE VALUE IT. AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO GIVING YOU THE TOOLS, THE PARTNERS, AND THE RESOURCES TO DO IT BETTER. THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR THIS BOARD TO DO. I'M PROUD TO BE A COAUTHOR ON THIS MOTION AND I HAVE TO SAY I'M GLAD SUPERVISOR HORVATH MENTIONED ALL THE PEOPLE SUPPORTING IT, BECAUSE WE GOT CALLS FROM CITIES THAT TYPICALLY ARE FRUSTRATED, DON'T FEEL HEARD, SAYING THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE WHICH CAME FROM ONE OF THE CITIES ACTUALLY IN THE SOUTH BAY WAS THE -- THEY WERE FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT A SYSTEM WHERE A SINGLE REFERRAL RESULTS IN A PARTICIPANT BEING ASSIGNED TO MULTIPLE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, EACH OF WHICH RESTARTS THE TRUST-BUILDING PROCESS FROM SCRATCH. IN ONE CITY'S EXPERIENCE, 12 PARTICIPANTS WERE REFERRED TO DMH AND THEN ASSIGNED TO 12 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS REQUIRING THE CITY TO NAVIGATE MULTIPLE

POINTS OF CONTACT TO FOLLOW UP ON A SINGLE COHORT. FOR SOMEONE WITH SERIOUS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, EVEN WITHOUT IT, IT'S COMPLICATED. THIS FRAGMENTATION AND THE LAG THAT THIS CAUSES IS A DIRECT DRIVER OF SERVICE RESISTANCE AND THAT ALSO DRIVES CITY FRUSTRATIONS. ARE YOU THINKING, DMH AND SARAH AS WELL, ARE YOU THINKING ON HOW TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HANDOFFS A PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE SYSTEM WHEN THEY COME IN CONTACT? SUPERVIS OR BARGER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THE REALLY CHALLENGING WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE STAFF HAVE DONE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO COMMENT ON, YOU MENTIONED HOSPITALIZATIONS AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY HAS MULTIPLES AND COMES OUT AND ENDS UP STILL ON THE STREET. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN WITH SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS, WHICH IS WHY I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ON THOSE PROGRAM SUCCESSES THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE, OUR HOME TEAM, WHEN THEY HOSPITALIZE SOMEBODY, IT IS DONE REALLY WITH A THOUGHTFULNESS IN TERMS OF THE CRITERIA FOR HOSPITALIZATION. NOT JUST AS A KNEE-JERK REACTION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THESE PEOPLE HERE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY MEET THE CRITERIA OF DANGER TO SELF OR OTHERS OR GRAVE DISABILITY. BECAUSE WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE HOSPITAL IS MORE LIKELY TO ACTUALLY KEEP THEM. OTHERWISE, WE HAVE THIS HUGE TURN RATE WHERE SOMEBODY WON'T EVEN LAST 24 HOURS AND THEY'RE RELEASED OR UP TO 72 AND RELEASED, WHICH DOES NOBODY GOOD, MOST OF ALL THE CLIENT. BUT WITH THE HOME TEAM, WITH THEIR HOSPITALIZATIONS, THEY HAVE LESS THAN 10% OF ALL THEIR HOSPITALIZATIONS RESULT IN A DISCHARGE TO HOMELESSNESS. IT IS AN AMAZING STATISTIC. IT IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE

THEY THOUGHTFUL WHEN THEY HOSPITALIZE SOMEBODY, THEY GO INTO THE HOSPITAL, THEY WORK WITH THE TEAM, THEY MAKE SURE THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP AND THAT THERE'S A PATHWAY OUT. AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF INTERVENTIONS THAT WORK. HOWEVER, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY IS HOSPITALIZED. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO GET HOSPITALIZED OUTSIDE OF OUR, AND JUST FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW THAT SERVICE AREA 3, WHICH I THINK IS PARTIALLY YOU AND PARTIALLY SUPERVISOR SOLIS, THERE ARE SIX IN-PATIENT PSYCHIATRIC ADULT HOSPITALS THERE AND THEY HAVE A TOTAL OF 1400 DISCHARGES A MONTH. AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS THIS QUICK TURN-AROUND WHERE THEY'RE ONLY KEPT FOR 24 TO 72 HOURS AND THERE ISN'T THE CHANCE TO COORDINATE CARE AND GET IN THERE AND MAKE SURE SOMEBODY DOESN'T GET DISCHARGED TO HOMELESSNESS. SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO WORK WITH HOSPITALS ON. WE KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE HAVE THE TEAMS THAT CAN DO IT. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TEAMS, NO. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO BUILD ON. LIKEWISE, I THINK YOUR LAST EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY WHO WAS REFERRED TO 12 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO GET THEIR NEEDS MET, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IN OUR DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH A TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FOLKS, OUR PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, WE TRY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING IN-HOUSE, OR AT LEAST THE CONNECTION. THAT'S WHY WE'VE BUILT UP MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE HOUSING. WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE A COMPLEX ARRAY OF NEEDS, AND THE TYPE OF NEED THEY HAVE CAN CHANGE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, SO WE DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET LOST. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING. BUT WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, WHEN SOMEBODY IS REALLY POINTED IN A

MILLION DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, I THINK ESPECIALLY HAVING THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HSH BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE REALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THINGS TOGETHER AND FOCUS THE SOLUTIONS FOR A PERSON'S NEED IN A VERY COORDINATED MANNER. AND I THINK THAT IS JUST OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, I KNOW THAT OUR TEAMS, THEY ARE FRUSTRATED WHEN THEY SEE SOMEBODY WHO HASN'T BEEN REA REACHED, WHEN SOMEBODY IS OBVIOUSLY EXPERIENCING A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS ON THE STREET. THE REALITY IS THAT THERE WERE 250,000 PEOPLE WE WORKED WITH LAST YEAR WHO DID NOT END UP ON THE STREET. BUT THOSE ARE NOT THE ONES WHO COME INTO FOCUS. WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO, BUT WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES. WE HAVE NOT FINITE, BUT A RESTRICTED NUMBER OF TEAMS AND CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO BUILD ON THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO ALSO BE AWARE OF THE SCOPE OF THESE ISSUES AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. AND AS I SAID, WE'RE AT 95 AND 94% OCCUPANCY FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE AND INTERIM HOUSING, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TO EVERYONE, WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE HOUSING.

Department Speaker: I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO STREAMLINE THINGS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS FOR ME WITH LAUNCHING HSH AND THE WORK WE'LL BE DOING TOGETHER WITH DMH AND OUR PARTNERS. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE IT SO IT'S NOT SO COMPLICATED. THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES, SOMETHING THAT Dr. WONG'S TEAM AND MY TEAM ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IS IN A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUILDINGS. WE PROVIDE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. THEY ARE PROVIDING THE FSP OR THE HSSP SPECIALIST MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SAME BUILDING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS WHERE WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH THE SAME AGENCIES IN THE SAME BUILDING SO IT'S NOT LIKE THREE SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY HELP SUPPORT THEM WITH BEING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TOGETHER. AND IT'S NOT FEELING LIKE IT'S THIS SILO, THIS SILO, THIS SILO. AND OUR TEAMS ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUT INTO THE BUILDINGS MODELING WHAT THAT INTEGRATED CARE CAN LOOK LIKE. THANK YOU, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR HORVATH. YOU DROVE THIS MOTION AND I THINK THIS MOTION IS GOING TO BE TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE DELIVER SERVICES TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION. THANK YOU. THA NK YOU. I'LL RECOGNIZE SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANKS TO THE AUTHORS OF THE MOTION. COORDINATION IS CRITICAL, AND I THINK AS WAS RAISED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, IT'S LARGELY ADMINISTRATIVE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, Dr. WONG, I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. YOU NEED BEDS. WE CAN COORDINATE, CREATE A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO, WE HAVE NOT SOLVED FOR THE PROBLEM. SO I HEARD YOU. AND WHILE THIS MOTION IS REALLY

IMPORTANT, IT DOESN'T MAGICALLY EXPAND YOUR CAPACITY, SO I'M CLEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE FOR ONE ELEMENT OF THE PROBLEM, NOT THE WHOLE THING. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE'VE HEARD FAR TOO MANY EXAMPLES FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE STATE WHO SAY THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS AND IT DOESN'T. IT'S ONE ELEMENT OF IT. SO I JUST THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT WE, TOO, ARE HONEST WITH OURSELVES THAT THIS IS ONE ELEMENT OF IT. I JUST WANT TO START TO THE AUTHOR AND THE COAUTHOR, IN OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE HEARD ABOUT METRICS. I ELEVATED IT AT THAT POINT, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BASELINE. IF THE GOAL OF THIS MOTION IS TRUE COORDINATION, THEN FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BOTH DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE REFERENCED IN THE MOTION WITH REGARD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF METRICS SO WE KNOW HOW FAR WE'VE GONE AND IF WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED REALLY OUR GOAL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT THAT STRIKES THE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS "DIRECTIVE 16 THAT ASKS THAT DMH ALONE TO EXPLORE AND DEFINE METRICS," AND I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT THAT STRIKES THAT LANGUAGE AND REPLACES IT WITH A JOINT DIRECTIVE TO BOTH DEPARTMENTS, DMH AND HSH, TO DEVELOP SHARED METRICS. SO THE AMENDMENT WOULD READ AS FOLLOWS: WE FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DIRECT THE DIRECT I HAVES OF DMH AND HSH -- WHY IS THAT SO HARD TO SAY -- HSH, TO JOINTLY EXPLORE AND DEFINE METRICS THAT CAN BE USED BY BOTH DEPARTMENTS TO TRACK THE PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES OF THIS MOTION. THOSE METRICS SHALL INCLUDE AT A MINIMUM (A) A METRIC TRACKING THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS WHO LACK HOUSING AND WHO ARE REFERRED TO

FSPS BY REFERRAL SOURCE. AND (B) TO THE EXTENT DATA IS AVAILABLE, A METRIC TRACKING WHETHER ANY INCREASE IN REFERRALS OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS IMPACTS FSP SERVICE AVAILABILITY FOR OTHER POPULATIONS SERVED BY DMH INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHILDREN, YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS. I'M HOPING THAT THE AUTHORS OF THE MOTION ARE RECEPTIVE. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE DOESN'T ONLY SAY DMH, BUT I'M IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT THAT BOTH SHOULD BE DOING THAT. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE GOAL, SINCE WE'RE BEING OUTCOME ORIENTED, WHAT IS THE GOAL YOU'RE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE BY TRACKING THIS INFORMATION ACROSS BOTH DEPARTMENTS? THE GOAL IS TO HAVE METRICS THAT BOTH DEPARTMENTS SHARE THAT WE'RE TRACKING THE ACTUAL PROGRESS BEING MADE. THE WAY I READ THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, IT ONLY REFERENCED D AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BOTH DEPARTMENTS WERE BEING ASKED TO DEVELOP SHARED METRICS. WHAT YOU'RE STRIKING SAYS EXPLORE AND DEFINE METRICS THAT CAN BE USED TO TRACK THE PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES OF THIS MOTION, SO IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO DMH. THAT WAS THE WAY WE INTERPRETED IT, IT WAS DMH EXCLUSIVE. IT'S NOT, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED -- BUT YOUR MOTION IS MORE SPECIFIC, SO WHY SPECIFICALLY -- WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET FROM THIS DATA? TO MINIMALLY INCLUDE THIS TRACKING. THE MOTION SAYS THAT YOU WANT THEM TO EXPLORE JOINT METRICS, AND I HOPE THEY WILL AND DEVELOP IT AND COME BACK TO US. I WANTED THEM TO MINIMALLY INCLUDE THE TRACKING OF THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS WHO LACK HOUSING AND A REFERRED TO FSPS, OUR REFERRAL SOURCE, SO WE AGAIN HAVE BASELINE WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WITH HSH, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE

WE HAVE A BASELINE SO WE KNOW HOW MANY ARE BEING REFERRED. TO THE EXTENT THE DATA IS AVAILABLE, TO TRACK WHETHER ANY INCREASE IN REFERRALS OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, THAT GOES BACK TO MY NEXT POINT THAT WHILE TRACKING PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS WHO ARE UNHOUSED IS IMPORTANT, I AM CONCERNED, Dr. WONG, BASED ON YOUR DEPARTMENT'S CAPACITY TO DO ALL THAT WE ASK YOU TO DO ALL THE TIME. TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY'S MOTION. LAST BOARD MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE SUFFERING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WHO ARE IN OUR JAILS. AND IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO CLOSE MEN'S CENTRAL JAIL, SO WANTING TO KNOW THE IMPACT ON DMH'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THESE OTHER POPULATIONS. I ASK, BECAUSE TO YOUR VERY POINT, OF THE TWO DEPARTMENTS, THE ONLY ONE THAT CURRENTLY HAS FSP CAPACITY IS DMH, SO THAT WILL PLACE MORE OF A BURDEN ON THEM TO DELIVER THAT INFORMATION. THAT'S FINE. THAT ACTUALLY DOES PLACE MORE ON THEM. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY ACROSS BOTH DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S FINE IF THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THE FSP RESPONSIBILITY. AGAIN, THESE WERE JUST TWO EXAMPLES WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WERE INCLUDED. I'M NOT EXPECTING THESE ARE THE ONLY METRICS THEY TRACK. THE MOTION SAYS FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THE METRICS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE INCLUDED. AND TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT THE ONLY FSP RESPONSIBILITY, BUT DMH IS THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS FSP CAPACITY. WITH THAT, I'M GOOD. PERFECT. SO THANK YOU. SO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. AND TO GO BACK TO THE POINT I BEGAN TO JUST MAKE, Dr. WONG,

AGAIN THE UNHOUSED POPULATION WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING POPULATION TO SERVE. TO GO BACK TO SUPERVISOR BARGER'S POINT, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE, THAT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE CHALLENGING. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU ALL, BUT I HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO SAY JUST MAKE 'EM. AND WE CANNOT. THEY ARE STILL PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW. AND SO HOW WILL DMH ENSURE SERVICE CONTINUITY AND CAPACITY FOR THE OTHER POPULATIONS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, YOUTH, FAMILIES, TRANSITION AGED YOUTH. WE HEARD A CALLER REFERENCE TAY YOUTH EARLIER. AND THE JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS WHO, AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM END UP IN JAIL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY END UP BECAUSE OF LACK OF MORE APPROPRIATE PLACEMENTS. SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BALANCE THAT WITH REALLY THE ADDITIONAL EXPECTATIONS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT OUTLINED IN THIS MOTION? SUPERVIS OR MITCHELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR PERSPECTIVES ON THIS. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE HOW THOUGHTFUL AND WHOLE-PICTURE YOU ARE. AND I THINK THAT IS OUR BASIC CHALLENGE IS HOW DO WE DO ALL THE THINGS, RIGHT? HOW DO WE SERVE THOSE 250,000 UNIQUE PEOPLE AND STILL HAVE A REAL DEDICATED LASER FOCUS ON THE 14,000 WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND ESPECIALLY LOOKING IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO DO ALL THE THINGS, BECAUSE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THOSE 250,000 UNIQUE CLIENTS WE SERVE CAN FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE OUTPATIENT CARE THEY NEED,

IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE JAIL SERVICES THEY NEED, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THESE THINGS AT ANY GIVEN POINT, SOMEBODY CAN FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS, ESPECIALLY SO FOR OUR POPULATION. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE JAILS, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MORE OF OUR FOLKS IN THE JAILS THAN EVER. OUR JAIL EVALUATION TEAM, THE NUMBER OF EVALUATIONS THEY HAD TO DO THIS PAST YEAR HAS INCREASED BY 661% IN ONE YEAR. OF JAIL EVALUATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO. SO THAT IS THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE BALANCE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT -- AS SUPERVISOR BARGER MENTIONED, IT'S NOT A THIS OR THAT. IT'S A THIS AND THAT. AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS TREAT IT AS A THIS AND THAT. WE HAVE TO BUILD THESE SYSTEMS SIMULTANEOUSLY. WE CANNOT TAKE OUR EYE OFF OF HOMELESSNESS. IF WE DO, WE WILL LOSE WHAT LITTLE GROUND WE'VE GAINED. AND WE KNOW THAT MORE CAN BE DONE. WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN IN A FOCUSED WAY, WE HAD THE HOLLYWOOD 2.0 PROJECT AND YOU SEE IN HOLLYWOOD LAST YEAR, THEY HAD A 49% DECREASE IN STREET HOMELESSNESS. IT CAN BE DONE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE CANNOT LET GO OF OUR POOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES. THOSE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, THEIR NEIGHBORS, LOVED ONES, THEY DEPEND ON THIS, BECAUSE WITHOUT THOSE SERVICES, THEIR HOUSING WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED. AND THAT GOES FOR CRISIS MOBILE RESPONSE, FOR VETERAN SERVICES, FOR JAIL, ALL THE POPULATIONS THAT WE SERVE. WE CANNOT TAKE OUR EYE OFF ANY OF THOSE BALLS. I THINK THE ONE THING IN OUR FAVOR IS THAT WE HAVE AN ARMY OF TRUE BELIEVERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. WE HAVE GOTTEN PRETTY ADEPT AT MAKING THE MOST OF WHATEVER

RESOURCES WE HAVE. BUT I THINK TO FURTHER SQUEEZE BLOOD FROM THIS TURNIP, WE HAVE TO CAPITALIZE ON OUR PARTNERSHIPS. SO WORKING WITH HSH BUT WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL HAS BECOME VITALLY IMPORTANT. FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF OUR PRESENCE IN THE LIBRARIES. FROM THE LIBRARIES, WE HAVE HOUSED 199 PEOPLE DIRECTLY FROM THE LIBRARIES. PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO GO AROUND EVERYWHERE. NOW, THE GOOD THING IS MOST OF THE TIME, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN DO WE SERVE SOMEBODY WHO IS UNHOUSED OR DO WE SERVE SOMEBODY WHO IS DUALLY DIAGNOSED OR DO WE SERVE SOMETHING WHO IS FORENSICALLY INVOLVED. BECAUSE OUR FOLKS, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, CROSS ALL THOSE LINES. I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNHOUSED. A BOARD MEETING AGO, IT WAS HOW DO WE CLOSE MEN'S CENTRAL JAIL. AND I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR THAT YOU NEED HOUSING UNITS, AND SO THAT'S GOT TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF HOW WE SOLVE FOR IT. STREAMLINING, SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY, COLLABORATION SOLUTIONS, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ARE IMPORTANT AND PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO LIVE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ALL THOSE SERVICES.

Department Speaker: ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, I WORKED WITH A FAMILY I MET ON THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER BED. IT TOOK ME OVER A YEAR OF ENGAGEMENT TO CONVINCE ALL THREE OF THEM TO BE IN TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE USE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. ONCE WE GOT THEM HOUSED, WITHIN ONE MONTH, ALL THREE HAD A JOB. THEY HAD A CAR AND A DOG. AND THEY ARE STILL LIVING IN THEIR APARTMENT NOW THREE YEARS LATER. THEY HAD BEEN HOMELESS FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS. IT TOOK OVER A YEAR TO ENGAGE, BUT WITHIN ONE MONTH OF ACTUALLY GETTING SOMEWHERE, THEY GOT THEIR LIVES TOGETHER. THAT'S A GREAT STORY. I'M SORRY THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE HEAR EARLIER DIDN'T HEAR THAT SPECIFIC STORY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S NOT UNIQUE. THAT IS PROBABLY MORE CUSTOMARY. WITH ENGAGEMENT, WITH SUPPORT, PEOPLE CAN TURN THE CORNER. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU BOTH, THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENT, THAT YOU FOCUS ON CLEAR, FINITE, SHARED METRICS THAT WILL ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATE IMPROVEMENT SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT, THE PUBLIC CAN FEEL IT. AND WE KNOW THAT CREATING THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IS IMPORTANT. I WAS GOING TO MAKE ONE FINAL POINT. AND IT ESCAPES ME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

Sup. Hilda Solis, Chair: ALL RIGHT. WE'VE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION HERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO L LIFT UP THE DISCUSSION WE TAKE BACK TO DC EVERY YEAR AND THAT IS ABOUT THE IMD WAIVER AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUT RIGHT NOW ON OUR GENERAL HOSPITAL CAMPUS MORE BEDS. AND IT'S SO COSTLY. AND IT IS ALSO SO TIME-CONSUMING TO GATHER UP THE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS FOR THOSE 16 BEDS. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT HERE, BUT WE NEED THE BEDS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE STATE TO HELP US WITH THIS, SO I KNOW THE CEO AND LARA WILL BE WORKING ON THAT, SO THANK YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU TO OUR AUTHOR AND COAUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT WAS A VERY REALLY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. AND I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS OFFERED AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, I BELIEVE, THAT ARE REPRESENTING CITY COUNCIL OFFICES, SO WE'LL CALL THEM UP.

Executive Officer: YES, DAVID AND KEY, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. ALSO BRITTANY WEISSMAN, ALLISON BEAN, ZEKE SANDOVAL AND CLAUDIA JEREZ, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU.

In-person Speaker: GOOD MORNING, TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I WRITE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR HORVATH AND BARGER'S MOTION REFORMING AND INTEGRATING MENTAL HEALTH CARE WITHIN THE COUNTY'S HOMELESS SERVICES ITEM. AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE THIRD DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I AM CONFRONTED EVERY DAY BY THE HEARTBREAKING REALITY OF OUR FRAGMENTED SYSTEM. WITNESSING THE PROFOUND TOLL THAT UNTREATED MENTAL ILLNESS TAKES ON PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON OUR STREETS AND IN OUR INTERIM HOUSING SITES. FOR YEARS, I'VE BEEN PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY COMPLAINING ABOUT AND RAISING ISSUES ABOUT THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE COUNTY SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL. THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK WELL BECAUSE IT RELIES PRIMARILY ON TREATING SICK PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE OR WILLING TO COME TO SERVICE PROVIDERS. WHEN THE MOST ACUTE NEED IS ON THE STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE FOR HELP BUT MAY NOT ABLE TO OR WILLING TO COME TO THE SERVICE PROVIDER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KEITH BANKS HERE ON BEHALF OF L.A. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BOB BLOOMINGFIELD. AN EXAMPLE OF SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS PREVENTING SOMEONE FROM BEING HOUSED, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH WHO HE'S MUTE, HE CAN'T TALK. HE SLEEPS IN HIS BIOLOGICAL MATTER AND WE CONTACTED DMH FOR ASSISTANCE. THE QUESTION WAS IS HE A THREAT TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS? NO. THEY CAME OUT, THEY DID AN ASSESSMENT AND THEN LEFT HIM THERE, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T PRESENT AS A DANGER. MY ONLY OTHER OPTION IS TO WORK UNFORTUNATELY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PUT HIM ON A 5150 HOLD WHICH MEANS HE'LL BE RELEASED IN THREE DAYS AND GO BACK TO THE SAME SPOT HE'S IN. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HORVATH AND BARGER, FOR THE MOTION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING FORTH. IT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED TO HELP FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS BUT ARE UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR OWN ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, BRITTANY WEISSMAN, HOLLYWOOD FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED TO ENGAGE THIS POPULATION MORE STRONGLY. A COLLECTION OF THOUGHTS. AMAZING PROGRESS IMPLEMENTING HSH. I MEAN, AS SOMEONE WHO SAT BESIDE THE COUNTY, MY JAW WAS DROPPING ON THE PROGRESS, BUT I STILL SEEMS A BIT PREMATURE TO LOAD UP HSH WITH BECOMING AN FSP PROVIDER DURING THIS EARLY STAGE IN MY VIEW. DMH SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO EXCEL AT BECOMING THE PREMIER FSP PROVIDER AND DOING ALL OF THAT WORK. I SAY THIS BECAUSE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM IS COMPLEX AND BROAD, AND IT REQUIRES PARTICIPATION FROM ALL OF THE PARTS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING HEALTH AND THE MANAGED CARE PLANS AND THE COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS DOING THIS WORK WITH THIS POPULATION EVERY SINGLE DAY WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN NETWORK. NO PART OF THIS SYSTEM THE FUNCTION AND SOLVE IT ALONE AND PERHAPS IT'S WISE TO LEAN ON EACH DEPARTMENT TO ITS EXPERTISE RATHER THAN CREATING AND RESHUFFLING.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

In-person Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU BRINGING THIS AMBITIOUS AND IMPORTANT MOTION. LIVING OUTSIDE IS UTTERLY TRAUMATIZING. THINK OF A DAY LIKE TODAY WITH THE SUN BEATING DOWN ON YOU AS YOU SEARCH FOR A PLACE TO STAY COOL, SAFE, AND STEADY. TO ULTIMATELY END OUR HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, WE, OF COURSE, NEED MORE HOUSING, BUT WE CANNOT NEGLECT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AS A CORE COMPONENT OF HOMELESSNESS SERVICES. THIS MOTION INTEGRATES MENTAL HEALTH CARE TOO. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE ANY OF US CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT EVERYONE CAN RECEIVE THE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT THEY NEED, SO WE ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO THINK EXPANSIONIVELY. FOR INSTANCE, ALLOWING HOMELESSNESS PROVIDERS TO ADMINISTER FULL-SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS WITH BETTER MENTAL HEALTH CARE INTO OUR EXISTING STRUCTURE INSTEAD OF WAITING ON REFERRALS TO THE STRETCHED THIN POOL OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED OR CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: I'M ALLEY BEAN FROM VENICE. I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION. I HOPE IT GOES LOUD, LOUD, LOUD, AND ON AND ON. WE HAVE TO KEEP SCREAMING. I'M WONDERING, WHY CAN'T WE GO TO THE STATE AND MAKE THAT 30% HOUSING SPECIFIED TO BE SERVICE BEDS? THAT'S INSANE. WE NEED IT DESPERATELY. THAT HOUSING HAS TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. I GUESS I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I READ PROP 1. ANYWAY, THINGS LIKE THAT, HOLLYWOOD 2.0, WHY CAN'T WE TRY TO -- I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT LET'S GET THE PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVED IN FUNDING IT IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A SUCCESS STORY AND IT CLEARLY IS A SUCCESS STORY. 42% DEPLETION IN HOMELESSNESS IN HOLLYWOOD. SO SUPERVISOR HORVATH KEPT USING THE WORD INNOVATION, INNOVATION. WE NEED MORE INNOVATION. LIKE CAMPUSES FOR MENTAL -- WONDERFUL HUMANISTIC CAMPUSES.

Executive Officer: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: CLAUDIA JEREZ. I THINK ABOUT THE SONG FROM PHIL COLLINS, IT'S ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE. IT'S REALLY AWESOME THAT YOU AS A BOARD AND WE AS THE PUBLIC HERE ARE DISCUSSING MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS AND THE CAPACITY TO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MENTALLY CHALLENGED. I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY TOUGH JOB FOR Ms. WONG TO CONTAIN 250,000, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN THE 14,000 THAT LACK SERVICES. I THINK THAT ME AS A CASE MANAGER WITH HOMELESSNESS, I TELL YOU, IDENTIFYING AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY NETWORK RESOURCE TO PARTNER WITH DMH AND HSH TO DO THEIR WORK AND COORDINATE WITH A HOLISTIC APPROACH OF CARE --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO REMOTE SPEAKERS. YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: I'M HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ITEM 18. FIRST, WE THANK SUPERVISOR HORVATH AND BARGER FOR INTRODUCING THIS MOTION AND THEIR LEADERSHIP IN ADVOCATING FOR A MORE INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISES WE SEE ACROSS THE COUNTY. OUR HISTORY AND ADVOCACY IS ROOTED IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, SO WE ACUTELY UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND ITS IMPACT ON AN ECONOMY. DOWNTOWN HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTY, OUR BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, AND VISITORS WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM THE CHANGES BEING PROPOSED TODAY. FROM THE DEDICATED LEADERSHIP POSITION AT DMH FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS TO EXPANDING INTERIM HOUSING REACH PROGRAM, THESE ARE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES. WITH TALK ABOUT COUNTY'S RECENT -- NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO FACILITATE INCREASED COLLABORATION. THE NEED IS HIGH AS BANDWIDTH AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE LIMITED. FOR THESE REASONS, WE URGE YOUR AYE VOTE ON ITEM 18.

Executive Officer: DANNY GONZALEZ, PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES LGBTQ CENTER, WE ARE STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION TO REFORM AND INTEGRATE MENTAL HEALTH CARE WITHIN THE COUNTY'S HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM. LGBTQ PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FACE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATES OF SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, TRAUMA, AND BARRIERS TO CARE. TOO OFTEN THEY FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS BETWEEN SYSTEMS THAT NOT COORDINATED AND NOT CULTURALLY COMPETENT OR SIMPLY INACCESSIBLE. THIS MOTION IS CRITICAL, BECAUSE IT MOVES THE COUNTY TOWARDS A WHATEVER IT TAKES APPROACH. BRINGING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE ON THE STREETS IN INTERIM HOUSING AND IN PERMANENT HOUSING WHILE BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS TO ENROLLMENT AND CARE. FOR LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS, THIS KIND OF COORDINATED FIELD-BASED AND PERSON-CENTERED CARE CAN BE LIFE SAVING. IT MEANS FASTER ACCESS TO AFFIRMING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, FEWER BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLES AND STABILITY. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR AUTHORING THIS MOTION AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AS WELL.

Executive Officer: CALLER, YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION. IT COVERED MANY POINTS. WHAT I AM LEFT WITH IS STILL FRUSTRATION. I AM CONCERNED WITH THE COMPLEX SMI, HIGH, ACUTE THAT ONLY HOUSING IS GOING TO ASSIST. I AM CONCERNED THAT IN THIS APPROACH WHEN HOUSING BECOMES AVAILABLE THAT AN SMI, SIMPLY TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET, WILL BE PLACED INTO HOUSING AND WITH A REFERRAL FOR A THERAPY SESSION. I WOULD APPRECIATE THE COUNTY HAVING A DISCUSSION ON WHERE IN-PATIENT PSYCHIATRIC, LONG-TERM FACILITIES PLAY A PART IN THIS CIRCLE OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. MARLEE, YOUR LINE IS OPEN, PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS MARLEE AND I BOURQUE . I'D LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR HORVATH AND BARGER FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD. MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED AND AS THE MOTION NOTES, OVER A QUARTER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN L.A. COUNTY ARE LIVING WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WORKING TOWARDS FUNCTIONAL ZERO, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE EXPERIENCE IS THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUTREACH EFFORTS AND ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. OUTREACH TEAMS OFTEN BUILD RAPPORT WITH INDIVIDUALS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO ACCEPT SERVICES. BUT CONNECTING THEM TO TIMELY FIELD-BASED ENGAGEMENT FROM DMH CAN BE DIFFICULT. WE FREQUENTLY SEE DELAYS IN FOLLOW-UP OR LIMITED COMMUNICATION AFTER REFERRALS ARE MADE WHICH MAKES IT CHALLENGING FOR CITIES AND OUTREACH TEAMS TO COORDINATE CARE. THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR A STRONGER MORE CONSISTENT PRESENCE FROM DMH WITHIN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. MANY INDIVIDUALS WITH PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS WOULD BENEFIT --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 818, PLEASE BEGIN. Telephone Speaker: SO WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS LITERALLY ON THE STREET EVERYWHERE WE SEE, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THIS MOTION. I HOPE IT PASSES AND WE DO NEED STREET TEAMS COORDINATED BY MODERN A.I. SYSTEMS AND WE NEED TO MODERNIZE THINGS, BUT I DO WANT THIS MOTION TO PASS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 310-405, YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: MY NAME IS PAUL, PROJECT ROPA, AND I SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION. THE PEOPLE WE SERVE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING BOTH HOMELESSNESS AND SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS ARE NOT REACHED BY SERVICES THAT REQUIRE THEM TO NAVIGATE BUREAUCRACIES. THEY ARE REACHED BY PEOPLE WILLING TO GO TO THEM WHERE THEY LIVE. THIS MOTION'S CALL FOR FIELD-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND GENUINE COORDINATION BETWEEN DMH AND THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES IS EXACTLY THE PARADIGM SHIFT WE NEED. AND HOLLYWOOD 2.0 IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW SUCCESSFUL INNOVATIVE APPROACHES LIKE THIS CAN BE. LIKE THE SMALL CADRE OF STREET-BASED PROVIDERS WE WORK BESIDE, WE ARE OFTEN THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR PEOPLE IN CRISIS. THE RELATIONSHIPS WE BUILD BASED ON DIGNITY AND EMPATHY CREATE THE OPENNESS TOWARDS MEANINGFUL INTERVENTION. THIS MOTION UNDERSTANDS THAT AND MORE SUPPORT NEEDS TO BE DIRECTED TO THE SMALL NON-PROFITS DOING THIS WORK EVERY DAY. WE URGE THE BOARD TO ADOPT --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER, YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: WE HAVE A CLIENT WHO REPEATEDLY ASKS FOR HELP. DMH PUT US ON HOLD FOR SO LONG THAT THE CLIENT WALKED AWAY. WE TRIED ARRANGE TO HAVE THE CLIENT GO TO THEIR FACILITY TO WALK IN TO GET HELP BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO. THE AVAILABLE SUPPORT FROM DMH IGNORES THE HURDLES OUR CLIENTS FACE. WE ALSO NEED SUPPORT ONCE OUR CLIENTS ARE IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. WE CAN'T CALL SOMETHING INTENSIVE CASE SERVICES THAT IS NOT ADDRESSING PEOPLE ARE HIGH NEEDS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A COMPLETE OVERALL OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM AS IT RELATES TO OUR UNHOUSED CLIENTS. THE SUPPORT THEY RECEIVE IS INSU INSUFFICIENT AND UNRELIABLE.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 909997, YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN. Telephone Speaker: THANK YOU, ROY HUMPHRIES, ROWLAND HEIGHTS. KNOWING WITHOUT MOTHER'S MILK, WE HAVE THE SPINNING WHEELS SPINNING AROUND, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS. STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER SYSTEMS ARE ESSENTIAL. IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL IS ESSENTIAL. COSTING BILLI MILLIONS TO SAVE BILLIONS.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER, YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: HI, MY NAME IS ANTONIO TATE AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE (indistinct) WE'VE HAD IN DEALING WITH DMH TO TRY TOCOLLAE SERVICES. SUPPORTING RESIDENTS WITH HIGHER AND COMPLEX BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING WITH SOME OF THE STAFF GOING OUT AND THERE'S A FEAR OF WANTING TO ENGAGE WITH MORE COMPLEX CHALLENGES, MORE HESITANCY WHEN IT COMES TO REACHING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND APPROPRIATE BOUNDARIES, BUT THIS CAN'T RESULT IN THE LEVEL OF CARE AND INTERVENTION THAT'S NEEDED. THE STAFF THAT'S PLACED ON THE FRONT LINE --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 626513 YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M JESSICA, I'M AN ADVOCATE WITH THE LOS ANGELES LGBTQ CENTER. I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR HORVATH AND BARGER FOR STRENGTHENING THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN DMH AND HSH PARTICULARLY FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE. MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS ARE INEXTRICABLE FROM ONE ANOTHER. THE SUPERVISORS KNOW ALREADY, LGBTQ YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OVERREPRESENTED IN THE UNHOUSED POPULATION. 28% OF LGBTQ YOUTH REPORTED HOUSING INSTABILITY THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. THESE YOUTH HAVE HIGH RATES OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE, VIOLENT VICTIMIZATIONS, HIV RISK BEHAVIORS AND HIGH RATES OF SCHOOL DROP-OUT. SUBSTANCE USE BEHAVIOR OFTEN BEGINS AFTER BECOMING HOMELESS, SUGGESTING IT'S A COPING STRATEGY. WE MUST FUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO END HOMELESSNESS FOR LGBTQ YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE CULTURALLY COMPETENT, GROUNDED IN PRINCIPLES OF TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. PEGGY LEE KENNEDY, YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: I'M WITH THE VENICE JUSTICE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 COALITION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. I JUST WANT TO SAY I SUPPORT THE MOTION. HOWEVER, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE MORE HIGH ACUITY THAN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE CAN COPE WITH. WE NEED A RESIDENTIAL CARE OR AKA BOARD AND CARE SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE AFTER THEY'RE RECOVERED OFF THE STREET. OTHERWISE THEY ARE GOING TO FAIL IN THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENOUGH. THEY NEED MEDICATION MONITORING AND IN-PATIENT DOCTOR VISITS LIKE A BOARD AND CARE HAS. AND WE NEED TO DO THAT TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL AND OFF THE STREET. THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CASSIE HORTON, YOUR LINE IS OPEN, PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M REPRESENTING THE DOWNTOWN L.A. RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION AND WE'RE HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION. WE SURVEYED MORE THAN 3,000 RESIDENTS ANNUALLY AND THIS REALLY SITS AT THE CRUX OF THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUES THAT RESIDENTS RAISE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND DESPERATELY WANT ADDRESSED BY YOU. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES IS ONLY .16 OF L.A. COUNTY'S LAND AREA, BUT WE HOST 14% OF THE COUNTY'S EXISTING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BEDS, 12% OF IT SHELTER BEDS. THAT MEANS WE CARRY ROUGHLY 90 TIMES THE PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF THE COUNTY'S MOST ACUTE SERVICES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO OUR VOICES, WE HOPE YOU WILL ENGAGE WITH US AS YOU CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT FIR STEP. KATHRYN BARGER'S EXPERIENCE THAT SHE CITED DURING HER TESTIMONY, I SEE THINGS LIKE THAT AS I WALK TO WORK SEVEN, EIGHT TIMES A DAY. AND IT'S NOT OKAY --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 3238 A 18, YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN. Telephone Speaker: IN RESPECT TO CALIFORNIA MENTAL ILLNESS FOR ALL AND THE STATE OF WAR, CALIFORNIA MENTAL ILLNESS BY GAVIN NEWSOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BUYING IN THE WHOLE POPULATION ON THE ADA ADA.govAMERICAN DISABILITY ACT. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. Executive Officer: THANK YOU.

Telephone Speaker: ONE LAST THING. UNDER THE LITTLE BIT OF RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES THAT I HAD, BECAUSE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, ONLY INALIENABLE RIGHTS ARE GIVEN TO THESE PEOPLE. PEOPLE THAT WERE ALWAYS HERE CANNOT HAVE INALIENABLE RIGHTS EVER. Executive Officer: THANK YOU. HECTOR RAMIREZ, YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: MY NAME IS RECTOR RAMIREZ. I AM A PERSON WITH A PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY. I'M ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE L.A. COUNTY COMMISSION DISABILITIES AND A FORMER (indistinct) I'M THE CO-CHAIR FOR THE ACCESS FOR ALL. I REALLY WANT TO THANK BOTH SUPERVISOR BARGER AND HORVATH FOR THIS MOTION. ALL 250,000 PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE SERVICES AT DMH BY DEFINITION WERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES FOR MANY REASONS, IT IS DIFFICULT, SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE, AND EVEN AT TIMES DEADLY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO TRY TO ACCESS SERVICES AT DMH FOR REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE. LIBRARIES ARE SAFE SPACES. OTHER AGENCIES SOMETIMES CAN PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND SAFE. THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH IS INNOVATIVE AND I THANK ALL OF YOU, ESPECIALLY THE GAY AND LESBIAN CENTER. THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF GOOD OUTCOMES AND REAL REASONS WHY OUR HOMELESS POPULATION HAS GONE DOWN.

Executive Officer: CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 323804, YOUR LINE IS OPEN.

Telephone Speaker: I'M FRANCISCO GOMEZ AND I WORK WITH THE CITY HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION AND I'M CALLING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION. IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, WE SEE EVERY DAY HOW CLOSELY HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE CONNECTED. OUR WE'RE OFTEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE IN NEED AND BEGIN ENGAGEMENT BY CONNECTING THEM TO COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, WHICH CAN BE CHALLENGING. WE OFTEN EXPERIENCE LONG RESPONSE TIMES, INCONSISTENT COMMUNICATION IN SITUATIONS WHERE MULTIPLE TEAMS ARE WORKING WITH THE SAME INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT A CLEAR STRUCTURE FOR COORDINATION. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS NOT DUE TO A LACK OF EFFORT. OUR LOCAL OUTREACH WORKERS WORK WITH INCREDIBLY DEDICATED COUNTY TEAMS. THESE ARE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES. OUR CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED A COORDINATED RESPONSE FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE LOCAL COORDINATION AND HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND THE CHANGES PROPOSED IN THIS MOTION STRONGLY ALIGN WITH THIS WORK. STRENGTHENING MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS WILL HELP MAKE THOSE LOCAL CONNECTIONS MORE EFFECTIVE. WE RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. MARK, YOUR LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: MY NAME IS MARK. I'M A RESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. I'M A BUSINESS OWNER. I HAVE A REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE BASED IN DOWNTOWN AND A MEMBER OF THE DOWNTOWN L.A. RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION. I THINK IT'S A GREAT FIRST STEP AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE VOICED. I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT BRIEFLY TO THE RESIDENT EXPERIENCE IN DOWNTOWN. AS SOME CALLERS HAVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE SORT OF THE GROUND ZERO FOR WITNESSING THESE ISSUES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRSTHAND. AND IT REALLY AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS, THE PERCEPTION OF SAFETY, BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO DRAW INVESTMENT AND TOURISM AND VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE L.A. AREA. SO WE APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO STREAMLINE --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. ITEM 18 AS AMENDED IS BEFORE YOU. THA NK YOU, MOVED BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR BARGER. EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CALL THE ROLL. SUPERVISO R MITCHELL MYTH AYE. SUPERVISOR HORVATH. AYE. SUPERVISOR HAHN. Exec. Officer: SUPERVISOR HAHN, AYE. SUPERVISOR BARGER. AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. Sup. Hilda Solis, Chair: AA.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. 5-0 , RIGHT?

Executive Officer: WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 14, IMPROVING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S YOUTH WHICH WAS HELD BY SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOINING US REMOTELY TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE IF YOU'RE ONLINE OR STAR 3 IF YOU'RE ON THE TELEPHONE. Dr. SCORZA, ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL SPEAKERS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD. SUP ERVISOR MITCHELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE BLUE SHIRT -- SUPERVISOR HAHN WANTS TO BE THANKED! THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HAHN, AS MY COAUTHOR! I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BLUE SHIRTS WHO ARE HERE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY. AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY VISITED ONE, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE ALCOVE CENTER THAT'S CURRENTLY OPERATING IN REDONDO BEACH. IT'S A BRIGHT AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS DESIGNED AND DRIVEN BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE IT SERVES. THEY LEAD ON CHOOSING THE FURNITURE, THE DECOR, THE ART, THE DESIGN OF THE SPACE, ALL THE ACTIVITIES. LITERALLY EVERY CORNER OF THE SPACE FROM THE COMIC CARDS POSTED ON THE WALLS TO THE NAMES GIVEN TO THE PLANTS REFLECTS AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO ASK YOUNG PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY NEED, AND WHAT MAKES THEM FEEL SEEN. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN WARM, WELCOMING ROOMS CALLED COVES, WHICH IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF A STERILE, CLINICAL SETTING. YOUTH WERE VERY CLEAR THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT KIND OF

CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT TO SEEK HELP. THEY WANT A SAFE SPACE WHERE THEY CAN TALK AND NOT FEEL STIGMATIZED. AND I WOULD ARGUE NO ONE WANTS TO BE IN A STERILE CLINICAL SETTING WHEN YOU FEEL YOU'RE AT YOUR MOST VULNERABLE. THE STAND FOR ALCOVE MODEL REQUIRES ADHERENCE TO SPECIFIC STANDARDS AROUND SIZE, LAYOUT, CORE SERVICES. IT REQUIRES YOUTH ADVISORY GROUPS. THIS APPROACH WORKED FOR BEACH CITIES AND AS YOU'LL HEAR TODAY, IT WORKS FOR THE YOUTH THAT THEY SERVE. I HOPE AND BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD EXPAND THIS TYPE OF YOUTH CENTER IN THE COUNTY SO WE CAN IDENTIFY, SUPPORT, AND ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES EARLY FOR OUR YOUNGEST CONSTITUENTS HOPEFULLY BEFORE THEY ESCALATE. SO I WANT TO THANK DMH FOR MEETING WITH THE YOUTH, FOR VISITING THE SITE, FOR TAKING TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THE MODEL FIRSTHAND AND TO TAKE THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE SERIOUSLY. I WAS TAKEN BY THE MODEL SUCH TH INVESTED SD2 DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS TO CREATE ANOTHER YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP TO HELP SHAPE THE NEW YOUTH CENTER WE'RE BUILDING IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES ACROSS FROM THE MLK MEDICAL CAMPUS. THESE UPSTREAM EFFORTS AND THE YOUTH WHO LEAD THEM ARE WORTHY OF OUR INVESTMENT AND OUR ATTENTION. THEY REPRESENT REALLY ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS OF OUR COUNTY'S FUTURE, SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND WHO SUBMITTED COMMENTS ONLINE. WE RECEIVED OVER 100 FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, THE STANFORD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT, THANK YOU. MY FORMER COLLEAGUE, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, AND THE VENICE FAMILY CLINIC.

I'LL CLOSE BY SHARING ONE OF THE LETTERS THAT I PERSONALLY HAPPENED TO READ ONLINE. IT WAS A MESSAGE FROM A YOUNG WOMAN. I WILL JUST GIVE THE FIRST INITIAL OF HER FIRST NAME, A. AND SHE'S A YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP MEMBER AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT ALCOVE HAS HAD ON HERE AND SHE WRITES: "AS A YOUTH ADVISORY WITH A DISABILITY, I'M EMPOWERED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES TO HELP CREATE A SPACE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE AND IT'S THE EMPHASIS AND VALUE WE PLACE ON ACCESS THAT ENSURES NO YOUNG PERSON GOES UNSEEN." SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, A., FOR SHARING YOUR MESSAGE AND ALLOWING ME TO SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. SO SUPERVISOR HAHN, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME PROFOUND THINGS TO SAY ABOUT ALCOVE. PLEASE SHARE THEM WITH US. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE YOUR COAUTHOR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. YES, SO IMPORTANT. AND WE SAW RECENTLY FROM THE L.A. COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION REPORT THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS THE TOP ISSUE FOR OUR YOUTH IN L.A. COUNTY. IT'S CRUCIAL THAT OUR COUNTY REALLY LEAN INTO BEING THE SAFETY NET FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN THE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. AND WE'RE SEEING CUTS IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR YOUTH BY THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. I JUST MET RECENTLY, A VERY HEARTBREAKING MEETING SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WITH A FAMILY WHO LOST THEIR SON TO SUICIDE. AND I KNOW TEEN SUICIDE IS ALSO SUCH A DEVASTATING CRISIS THAT'S

HAPPENING. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY HOPEFULLY WILL SAVE SOME OF THOSE LIVES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED. AND THE ALCOVE METHOD WHICH I'M JUST HEARING ABOUT AND MY STAFF AND I ARE VERY INTERESTED IN COMING AND VISITING AND TOURING THE ONE IN REDONDO BEACH, WE KNOW THAT IT WORKS. IT'S A ONE-STOP SHOP WITH NO WRONG DOOR APPROACH TO SUPPORTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A RANGE OF NEEDS INCLUDING OFFERING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, FAMILY SUPPORT, AND PEER SUPPORT. AS AN EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICE, ALCOVE GETS AHEAD OF MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS BEFORE THEY PROGRESS AND HELPS YOUTH GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED AS SOON AS THE NEED IS IDENTIFIED. AND THE PEER SUPPORT MODEL IS PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE. IT'S A SPACE FOR YOUTH, AS YOU WERE SAYING, THAT IS DESIGNED BY THE YOUTH TO BE A COMMUNITY WITH ONE ANOTHER AND GET SUPPORT DIRECTLY FROM THEIR PEERS WHO SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS MODEL AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SPEAK AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU IN WHAT YOU HAVE SAID. AND I SUPPORT THIS MOTION IN THE SUSTAINING FUNDING FOR THIS FACILITY IN REDONDO BEACH, BUT BECAUSE L.A. COUNTY IS SO LARGE, THE BEACH CITIES ALCOVE LOCATED IN REDONDO BEACH IS NOT AS EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO SO MANY OF OUR YOUTH ACROSS L.A. COUNTY. HOWEVER, IT SERVES MANY OF MY YOUNG PEOPLE FROM TORRANCE. SO I LIKE THE FACT THAT THIS MOTION WILL AIM TO INCREASE THE PRESENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH YOUTH

CENTERS THAT FOLLOW THIS MODEL. SO THAT EVENTUALLY EVERY YOUTH FROM EVERY SUPERVISAL DISTRICT CAN ALSO BENEFIT. I'M PARTICULARLY THINKING, SUPERVISOR SOLIS, ABOUT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN EAST L.A. THAT HAVE SUCH A HIGH NEED AND HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED ON SO MANY LEVELS. I THINK AN ALCOVE MODEL BEING CLOSER TO SOUTHEAST L.A. WOULD BE SO NEEDED AND WOULD BE PERFECT. WE NEED TO FIND THE SITE AND THEN WE ALL NEED TO LEAN IN GOING FORWARD ON FUNDING MORE SITES, BECAUSE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS ONE A CONTINUED SUCCESS IN REDONDO BEACH AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE CAN REALLY LEAN IN TO FINDING OTHER SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT COULD ALSO MAYBE BE ONE OF THESE ALCOVE MODELS. SO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. WAS THAT PROFOUND ENOUGH?

Sup. Hilda Solis, Chair: IT WAS PROFOUND, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED MY DISTRICT TOO! SO I DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING, BECAUSE DITTO! OUR NEXT SPEAKER, KATHRYN BARGER. THANK YOU, I'LL MAKE THIS BRIEF. WELL, NOW I'M GOING TO TALK! YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT STATS AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST L.A. ACCOUNT FOR 40% OF ALL DETAINED YOUTH IN THE COUNTY PER PROBATION OVERSIGHT COMMISSION YET ARE SEVERELY UNDERSERVED BY EXISTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO THE UNHOUSED, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OBVIOUSLY PREVENTION. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF FRONT-LOADING SERVICES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT SUICIDE IS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUTH IN L.A. COUNTY. DESPITE BEING PREVENTIBLE. AND THEN I LOOK AT THE DMH FUNDS, 18 TAY DROP-IN CENTERS, BUT SEVEN ARE CONCENTRATED ON THE WEST SIDE IN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, A GEOGRAPHIC MISMATCH WITH COMMUNITIES OF GREATEST NEED. I KNOW THE ANTELOPE VALLEY, WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF FOSTER YOUTH, AND SO THIS QUESTION IS GOING TO BE TO YOU, Dr. SCORZA. HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE EQUITY? I'M COGNIZANT OF THE NORTH COUNTY, I'M ALL IN ON THIS. I THINK IT'S PHENOMENAL. I THINK WE SHOULD BE INVESTING MORE IN OUR YOUTH. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE IN A STRATEGIC WAY THAT REALLY DOES ADDRESS THE POPULATIONS THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW.

Department Speaker: THANK YOU FOR THAT, SUPERVISOR. D'ARTAGNAN SCORZA, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR DIVERSITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK IT UNDERSCORES THE HISTORIC INEQUITIES THAT EXIST ESPECIALLY IN THE ANT VALLEY AND NORTH COUNTY. SO OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING TO BUILD A NEEDS-BASED ASSESSMENT CALLED THE AB EQUITY ATLAS OVER THE PAST YEAR. BASED ON YOUR BRIDGING THE RESOURCE GAPS IN ANTELOPE VALLEY MOTION AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED AT LEAST 50 DATA POINTS INCLUDING QUITE A FEW THAT FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON CHILD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND THE LIKE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT RESIDENTS AND YOUTH IN THE IS RESIDENTS HAVE EMPHASIZED YOUTH CENTERS, ELEVATED MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, NEED FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, HIGHLIGHTED SUICIDE RISK AS WELL AS WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVER IN A TRANSPORTATION DESSERT. ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN ENSURE EQUITY OCCURS IS MAP WHERE THOSE YOUTH ARE AT, IDENTIFY CLUSTERS WHERE THE YOUTH ARE. WE CAN OVERLAY WHERE THE YOUTH ARE WITH EXISTING SERVICES AND ACCESS BARRIERS AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT PROXIMITY TO SCHOOL AND EXISTING RESOURCES LIKE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS OR PARTNER READINESS AND THEN LOOK AT THINGS LIKE POVERTY CONCENTRATION OR EVEN WHERE MIGHT PEOPLE BE LIVING IN THE REGION WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDERSERVED. THE AB HAS QUITE A FEW RURAL COMMUNITIES. FINALLY, THINK ABOUT WHERE THE SITES COULD BE IDENTIFIED, LOCATED, ASSESSED, BASED UPON THOSE STEPS AND/OR SET OF FACTORS.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF OPPORTUNITIES. I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE. I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR MITCHELL AND SUPERVISOR HAHN FOR BRINGING IN THIS MOTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK THE AUTHOR AND CO-AUTHOR AND BOARD MEMBERS AND PANELS AND ADVOCATES TO YOUNG PEOPLE. I, TOO, SELFISHLY THINK WE NEED ONE, NOT JUST IN EAST L.A. BUT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. WE HAVE TO COVER SALAH, EAST L.A. AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. IT IS A DESSERT -- DESERT OUT THERE. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, LET'S GO ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OUR FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE. AND THANK YOU.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: WILL MODERATOR: [ READING SPEAKER NAMES ] MODERATOR: AS A FINAL REMINDER FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS TO BE PLACED IN THE SPEAKING QUEUE, USE THE RAISE HAND OR PRESS STAR 93. GABBY WONG, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I'M A YOUTH ADVISOR SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 14. I WAS BORN IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. WORKING WITH ALCOVE, I HAVE SEEN HOW IT CREATES A MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITIES. I WAS ATTENDING A HIGH SCHOOL, THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING IN THE HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. I REMEMBER MY FRIENDS VOICES AND THE FEAR. THE SHOOTING POINTS TO INTERGENERATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN THE IMMIGRANT MAJORITY COMMUNITY OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. YOUTH NEED A PLACE TO GO IN PERSON LIKE ALCOVE TO SHARE AND TALK ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. I MYSELF WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH WHEN I WAS 12. IF I HAD A PLACE LIKE ALCOVE, MY JOURNEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SMOOTHER. I REALIZE ALCOVE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOUTH LIKE MYSELF GET TO TAKE A FOREFRONT IN SHAPING THE CENTER. WE NEED ALCOVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NINA LOCK, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN. NINA LOCK, PLEASE BEGIN. NINA LOCK, PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: MY NAME IS HECTOR RAMIREZ, A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY AND A PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY. I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MITCHELL AND HAHN PARTICULARLY FOR YOUR FOLKS, OUR FOLKS WHO ARE HARD OF HEARING AND DEAF ARE STRUGGLES TO ACCESS BOTH A CULTURALLY CON FLUENT AND ACCESSIBLE SERVICES, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ENGAGE BOTH THE DIRECTOR AT BOTH DEPARTMENTS UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR MONTHS. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PARTICULAR MOTION AND SUGGEST THAT ACCESSIBILITY. I KNOW IT IS NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE -- THE STRUCTURE INTEGRATED TO BETTER UTILIZE FUNDS AND URGE YOU TO CONNECT WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMISSION OF DISABILITIES AND OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SEE HOW OUR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITIES CAN PARTICIPATE AND BE HEARD. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH 909997, STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: YES, ROY HU HU HUMPHRIES, ROWLAND HEIGHTS. RACISM EXISTS YESTERDAY, TODAY -- MODERATOR: SIR, YOU NEED TO SPEAK ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, ITEM 14.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. I LIVE IN ROWLAND HEIGHTS WHERE LATINOS AND CHINESE ARE IN THEIR OWN WORLD. MODERATOR: SIR YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH YOUTH. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I THOUGHT THE YOUTH WERE WELL INFORMED. MODERATOR: MELISSA DeSHAWN, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE BEGIN. MELISSA, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'M A RESIDENT OF REDONDO BEACH AND I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF ALCOVE ON OUR YOUTH. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL ALLOW THIS PROGRAM TO EXPAND ACROSS THE L.A. BASIN. IT IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. THANK YOU. MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NINA LOCK, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISOR, I AM HERE REPRESENTING CHINATOWN SERVICE CENTER IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH ACROSS L.A. COUNTY. WE ARE A PROVIDER SELECTED TO OPERATE THE ALCOVE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. IT IS NOT JUST A PROGRAM, IT IS A FRANCES FORMATIVE YOUTH CENTER MODEL THAT REMOVES STIGMA AND NO WRONG DOOR APPROACH. WE ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND SERVE DIVERSE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AAPI YOUTH. WE REPRESENT CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE INTEGRATIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTLY TO OUR REGION AND DEMONSTRATED NEED. WE ARE READY TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THIS MODEL BE IMPLEMENTED, SUSTAINED AND SCALE. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN ALCOVE AND PRIORITIZE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ITEM 14 IS CONCLUDED. WE WILL GO TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, PLEASE BEGIN. PLEASE BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M TREVOR -- A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND A YOUTH LEADER ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY CURVE IN BEACH CITIES. TO THE PARENTS IN THE ROOM YOU KNOW TEENAGERS DON'T ALWAYS LISTEN. IF THEY DON'T LISTEN TO THEIR PARENTS CAN WE EXPECT THEM TO LISTEN THE OTHER ADULTS? MY BROTHER WAS A REBELLIOUS KID HE WENT DOWN A DIFFERENT PATH. HE DIDN'T RESPOND TO REHAB CLINICS LED BY ADULTS WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HIM. HIS BEST FRIEND WAS LOST TO OVERDOSE REMAINING A FOREVER 14-YEAR-OLD BOY. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS ADDICTION STARTS WITH ADDICTION. IT BEGINS WITH UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS. WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL A CHILD IS WHEELED AWAY UNDER A WHITE CLOTH TO ACT. MOST OF THOSE WHO NEED HELP WON'T RECOVER BECAUSE AN ADULT TELLS THEM TO. WE NEED ALCOVE IT CREATES A KMUN. I SHARE THIS TOR GIVE PERSPECTIVE. CONTINUED FUNDING FOR ALCOVE IS REDUCING --

MODERATOR: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M THE CO-SHARE OF THE ALCOVE YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP. MY FIRST CONTACT WASN'T A THERAPIST OR A TFCONVERSATION I WAS A POLICE OFFICER AT MY FRONT DOOR. ADULTS SPOKE ABOUT INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT, I WASN'T WORRYING ABOUT GETTING HELP. I WAS STARING AT THE GUN ON THE OFFICER'S HIP AND I WAS SCARED. WHAT FOLLOWED WERE TREATMENT PROGRAMS THAT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HEALING. ATTEMPTS ON MY SKIN LIKE TROPHIES I COULDN'T STOP COLLECTING, A CHECKLIST, A CASE TO STABILIZE, CLINICIANS CARING MORE ABOUT METRICS AND COMPLIANCE ABOUT HEALING. I WASN'T ALONE. I KEEP HEARING THE SENTENCE FROM MY FRIENDS, MAYBE I NEEDED TO BE THERE, BUT I DIDN'T NEED WHAT HAPPENED TO ME THERE. SOME OF THOSE FRIENDS AREN'T HERE ANYMORE. IT IS TOO LATE. WE CANNOT INTERVENE TOO LATE. AND THAT IS WHY INVESTMENT IN ALCOVE MATTERS.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MY NAME IS SOFIA, ONE OF THE CO-CHAIR OF THE ALCOVE BEACH CITIES YOUTH GROUP. I BEGAN VOLUNTEERING WHEN I WAS 15 AND I DREAMED OF GETTING A LOVED ONE THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE THEY NEEDED. THREE YEARS LATER IT WOULD TURN IT INTO MY SECOND HOME AND THIS MY FAMILY. I VISITED MENTAL HOSPITALS AND RESIDENTIAL CENTERS THE DIFFERENCE IS NIGHT AND DAY, NOT JUST IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF CARE BUT IN THE COMMUNITY. ALCOVE IS THE PLACE IT IS BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE AREN'T JUST RECEIVING HELP, THEY ARE A PART OF GIVING IT. I HAVE UTILIZED SERVICES AS ALCOVE, SERVICES THAT HELPED ME BETTER MYSELF TO I COULD PROVIDE THAT SAME SENSE OF SAFETY AND BELONGING TO OTHER TEENS. AS A VOLUNTEER AND PEER INTERN AT THE FRONT DESK I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERACTING WITH NEW AND REGULAR CLIENTS, EITHER WAY I ALWAYS WEAR A SMILE BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN WHAT IT IS LIKE TO STRUGGLE INVISIBLY. MEMORIES OF GIVING TOURS OF THE FACILITY, PLAYING BOARD GAMES IN THE COVE ARE --

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MY NAME IS CHLOE, A JUNIOR AT REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP, I WORK THE FRONT DESK, LAUNCHED PEER MENTORSHIP BUDS. THIS FIGHT COMES FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY PEERS. I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO STRUGGLE WITH ANXIETY AND DURING COVID BEING AT HOMEMADE IT EASIER TO DEAL WITH THINGS QUIETLY INSTEAD OF GETTING SUPPORT. FOR ME IT WASN'T ABOUT NOT HAVING RESOURCES, BUT HOW EASY IT WAS FOR THESE STRUGGLES TO GO UNSEEN. NOW MENTAL HEALTH IS BEING TALKED ABOUT MORE, BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED. I HAVE LEARNED ACCESS IS EVERYTHING. ALCOVE PROVIDES FREE SERVICES FOR YOUTH, BUT A SPACE WHERE YOU CAN WALK IN AND FEEL COMFORTABLE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN CRISIS. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IT IS THE FIRST STEP TO GETTING HELP. THIS FUNDING WOULD MEAN MORE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO GO BEFORE THEIR STRUGGLES BECOME CRISES. WHEN YOU INVEST IN ALCOVE YOU ARE INVESTIGATING IN THE WELL BEING --

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MY NAME IS GABBY GAMBOA, A JIRN AT BISCHSHOP MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL IN TORRENCE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE A PLACE EXISTED WHERE TEENS COULD RECEIVE FREE MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND I KNEW I HAD TO PLAY A ROLE IN SUPPORTING OTHER TEENS WHO STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES LIKE ME. AS SOMEONE WHO DEALT WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY I REMEMBER HOW HARD IT WAS TO WALK IN A NEW SPACE AND TALK TO SOMEONE I DIDN'T KNOW. BEING MET WITH KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING LIKE EVERY CLINICIAN AT ALCOVE WAS CRUCIAL TO ME BEING ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS. HAVING A SPACE I FELT SEEN, UNDERSTOOD AND NOT JUDGED SHOWED ME HOW POWERFUL SUPPORT CAN BE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FEEL ALONE. ALCOVE IS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE 12-25 TO RECEIVE SERVICES AND A COMMUNITY CENTER. IT IS CRUCIAL THIS FUNDING GETS APPROVED. I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW MUCH IT MATTERS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY LIKE THAT AT ALCOVE.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MY NAME IS ALINA, I'M A SENIOR SERVING MY STERJD AT THE ALCOVE YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP. I PRETENDED I WAS FINE WHEN THE WORLD WAS CRUMBLING AND ME. I TRIED TO HANDLE THE CHALLENGING HOME ENVIRONMENT AND WATCHING FAMILY MEMBERS STRUGGLE AND REFUSE TO GET HELP BECAUSE IT WAS SEEN AS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS. I TRIED TO HIDE MY DISABILITY. GROWING UP BLIND TAUGHT ME MORE THAN ANYTHING THE WAYS THAT OUR WORLD ISN'T BUILT FOR ME. EVERYWHERE I TUR I WAS FACED WITH INACCESSIBILITY, BARRIERS TO CARE AND A CONSTANT FEELING NO ONE TRULY UNDERSTOOD. THESE EXPERIENCES SHOWED ME HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL THE PEOPLE THAT NEED SUPPORT THE MOST. THAT'S WHY ALCOVE STANDS OUT. ALCOVE ACTIVELY WORKING TO DISMANTLE BARRIERS TO CARE THAT KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE FROM GETTING HELP IN THE FIRST PLACE, TRANSPORTATION, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE CARE, DROP-IN SUPPORT AND FREE RESOURCES FOR ANY YOUNG PERSON.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HI, HIM NAME IS REBECCA CHOI AND I ATTEND TORRENCE HIGH SCHOOL. STUDENTS FROM TORRENCE MAKE UP THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF VISITS WITH 2,500 AND 350 INDIVIDUALS SERVED. IT HAS TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS AND IMPACTED ME. THROUGHOUT MY TEEN YEARS I STRUGGLED WITH AN UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD BALANCING SCHOOL AND EXTRACURRICULARS. I THOUGHT I HAD TO HANDLE THIS ALONE UNTIL I JOINED THE YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP AT ALCOVE OR YAG. IT ENCOURAGED ME TO TAKE MY MENTAL HEALTH SERE YUSLY. I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT ALCOVE CAN HAVE AND CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE POSITIVE IMPACT TOWARDS OTHERS. CONTINUING FUNDING WOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR GENERATION. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON. JOHN HOOPER, PEER SPECIALIST AT ALCOVE BEACH CITIES. BEFORE I WORKED AT ALCOVE I WAS A YOUNG PERSON IN CRISIS, STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION, GRIEF AND LOSS OF IDENTITY AND PURPOSE. FROM THE OUTSIDE THINGS LOOKED FINE, INTERNALLY I WAS FALLING APART. I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO SIT WITH THAT PAIN AND NOT KNOW WHERE TO TURN. TODAY I HAVE NEARLY 5 1/2 YEARS OF SOBRIETY AND THE GREATEST GIFT OF MY LIFE IS TURNING MY PAIN AND MY MISTAKES AND RECOVERY INTO A CAREER OF HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY. MY PRIMARY ROLE IS MEETING ONE-ON-ONE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CARRIED THE WEIGHT I ONCE CARRIED. A YOUNG PERSON TELLS ME THEY FEEL SHAMED, STUCK OR HOPELESS, I DON'T JUST EMPATHIZE, I UNDERSTAND. I SEE YOUNG PEOPLE GUARDED, ANXIOUS, BARELY MAKING CONTACT AND WEEKS LATER OPEN UP, ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES, RECONNECT WITH FAMILY, RETURN TO SCHOOL, CHOOSE SOBRIETY OR BELIEVE THEIR LIFE HAS VALUE AGAIN. ALCOVE IS AUMPB THE FIRST PLACE A YOUNG PERSON FEELS SAFE.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: EXCUSE ME. I BELIEVE THEY NEED GUIDANCE. A REAL-LIFE SCENARIO, WORKSHOPS. THEY NEED WORKSHOPS, REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS OF CONSEQUENCES THEY WILL FACE. VARIOUS OPTIONS AND SOLUTIONS WITH CARE, REINFORCE SELF-ESTEEM, IDENTIFY WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS AND HELP THEM COPE WITH CHALLENGICHALLENGES. SHORT AND LONG-TERM GOALS HELP THEM VISUALIZE CHANGE AND THINGS WILL BE BETTER FOR THEM. A SYSTEM TO VISUALIZE A NEW YOU AND PROVIDE SECOND CHANCES AND DO NOT VICTIMIZE THEM. THEY NEED REAL LEADERSHIP. THEY NEED PEOPLE TO GUIDE THEM AND GIVE THEM A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THEM. I THINK THAT HELPED ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND TO SEE PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES --

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, MARY DRUMMER, REDONDO BEACH I'M A RETIRED REGISTERED NURSE AND VOLUNTEER AT BOTH BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT PAND MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS UNDER L.A. COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND A FAVORED DAUGHTER OF THE GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA. TECHNICALLY, KNEER I NOR THE APPROXIMATELY 1,000 VOLUNTEERS AT BCHD HAVE A DOG IN THIS FIGHT. WE HAVE MORE. WE HAVE CARE AND CONCERN FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE STRUGGLING. THEY ARE NOT OUR CHILDREN, BUT THEY ARE OUR CHILDREN. THE WORDS OF OUR YOUTH SPOKEN BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT. MY INTENTION IS TO SHARE WORDS OF AN ELDER TO ADD TO INSIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE. SOCIAL AND FAMILIAL PRESSURES FERTILE GROUND FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. THE YOUTH OF THIS REGION WILL BECOME YOUNG ADULTS IN OTHER REGIONS. NEIGHBORS AND CITIZENS OF A LARGER NARRATIVE. THE COST OF ONE DRUNK DRIVING WRERK OR ONE PERSON DOOMED --

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. TO HEAR 1,000 VOLUNTEERS HAVE COME THROUGH, BOY, WE COULD SOLVE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE TO GROW VOLUNTEERISM. WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR AND CO-AUTHOR ON THIS. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: SUPERVISOR, I WANT TO THANK THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT WHO GOT IT AND WHO HELPED CREATE THE FRAMEWORK FOR IT TO HAPPEN IN REDONDO BEACH. SO I WANT TO TIP MY HAT TO THE HEALTH DISTRICT. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: VERY POWERFUL TESTIMONY. THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US. MOVED BY SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HAHN, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CALL THE ROLE, PLEASE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL AYE. SUPERVISOR BARGER. YES. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. YES.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: MOTION CARRIES 5-0. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 19, PROTECT ENTERTAINMENT JOB, THE IMPACT OF WARNER BROS. MEMBERS OF THE REMOTE, USE RAISE HAND OR STAR 3. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR HORVATH HELD THE ITEM. OH, I'M SORRY.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP. SO NOW ON TO ITEM 19. I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR HORVATH REGARDING THE PROPOSED MERGER OF WARNER BROS. AND PARAMOUNT SKY DANCE. I HAVE BEEN PROUD TO REPRESENT WARNER BROS. THROUGH MY ENTIRE TIME ON THIS BOARD. WARNER BROS. IS ONE OF THE ANCHORS OF OUR REGIONAL CREATIVE ECONOMY. THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES 171,000 WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND STUDIOS LIKE WARNER BROS. SUPPORT AN ECOSYSTEM OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, CATERERS, PROP HOUSES, EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERERS AND COUNTLESS SMALL VENDORS. ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ENTERTAINMENT ASSETS IN OUR REGION, WARNER BROS. DRIVES SUBSTANTIAL DIRECT, INDIRECT AND INDUCED JOBS. JOBS THAT THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES DEPEND UPON. THE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO FACE CHALLENGES RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC. SUPERVISOR HORVATH WE BROUGHT MISSIONS AND IF SUPERVISOR MITCHELL WERE HERE SHE WOULD ADDRESS IT FROM BEING ON THE FILM COMMISSION. THE PANDEMIC, THE DUAL STRIKES AND EVEN WILDFIRES HAVE MADE PROTECTING THESE JOBS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. EACH PRODUCTION BRINGS RIPPLE EFFECTS, JOBS THAT CREATE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY COUNTYWIDE. THAT IS WHY THE BOARD HAS CONSISTENTLY EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO KEEP PRODUCTION LOCAL,' STRENGTHEN FILMING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKE L.A. COUNTY A WELCOMING, COMPETITIVE HOME FOR CREATIVE WORK. WE HAVE WORKED TO REVIEW AND REDUCE FILM AND FACILITY FEES TO SUPPORT PRODUCTIONS AND ADVANCE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY TO HELP

KEEP THE JOBS HERE. THESE PROACTIVE STEPS REFLECT A CLEAR MESSAGE. WE VALUE THIS INDUSTRY AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO ITS RESILIENCE MOVING FORWARD. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR DEPARTMENTS TO INVESTIGATE HOW TO BEST EASE FILMING, REDUCE -- NOT EASE FILMING, TO INCREASE FILMING, REDUCE UNNECESSARY INVOLVEMENT OR CREATE NEW PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS AND MOVE TO USE ONLINE DOCUMENTS TO QUICKLY APPROVE PERMITS. THE PROPOSED MERGER OF PARAMOUNT, SKY DANCE AND WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY IS MONUMENTAL AND IMPACTFUL. I'M AWARE THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL IS REVIEWING THIS PROPOSED MERGER. THIS IS IN POSITION TO REVIEW BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THE REVIEW BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS IMPORTANT. AND WITH THE NUMBER OF LOCAL JOBS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED REGIONALLY, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AS WELL. BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT SHOULD BE GOING BOTH PROSPECTIVE, BUT MOVING FORWARD WE SHOULD BE MONITORING ALL JOBS THAT REALLY ARE VITAL TO THIS REGION AND I THINK OF AEROSPACE AS AN EXAMPLE AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A MOTION THAT WILL CONTINUE -- AND THE REASON WHY IT IS BEING CONTINUED IS THE COUNTY SAID YOU HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY. I WAS GOING TO AMEND YOUR MOTION, SUPERVISOR HORVATH, BUT I'M TOLD IN FACT I HAVE TO INTRODUCE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM AND REVIEW TO THE CLUSTER REVIEW PROCESS WHICH WILL ALLOW A COMPLETE AND THOROUGH REVIEW ALONG WITH PUBLIC INPUT, DEPARTMENT FEEDBACK AND STAFF DISCUSSION ON THE COMPLEX ISSUE INVOLVED BEFORE THE BOARD VOTES. MY MOTION I WILL READ IN NOW

WILL REFER THE MOTION TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMMITTEE CLUSTER AND THEN RETURN TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THREE WEEKS. I WOULD THEREFORE MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTINUE THE ITEM FOR THREE WEEKS TO BE AGENDAIZED FOR THE APRIL 7, 2026 BOARD MEETING AND TO DIRECT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE TO REFER AND PLACE PROTECTING ENTERTAINMENT JOBS, EVALUATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PURCHASE OF WARNER BROS. ON THE APRIL 2, 2026 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMMITTEE CLUSTER AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROPOSED MOTION. THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR HORVATH.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR BARGER FOR HOLDING THE MOTION SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS LOOKING TO DO. WE INTRODUCED THIS MOTION AS A SPECIAL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, RECOGNIZING THE URGENCY FOR ALL OF THE REASONS YOU IDENTIFIED. THAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF WARNER BROS. MEANS CERTAIN IMPACT AS IT RELATES TO JOBS IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND MANY OF OUR ARTISTS AND CREATORS IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION. ENTERTAINMENT HAS THE POWER TO REACH PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE TO SHARE STORIES THAT HELP SHAPE HOW WE UNDERSTAND OURSELVES AND HOW WE CONNECT WITH OTHERS. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, ENTERTAINMENT IS MORE THAN WHAT WE WATCH ON A SCREEN, IT IS PART OF WHO WE ARE. IT IS THE WRITERS, THE ACTORS, THE LOCATION PROFESSIONAL, MUSICIANS, EDITORS, SET BUILDERS AND THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES WHO BRING THESE STORIES TO LIFE, THE HEART OF OUR IDENTITY AND CORNERSTONE OF REGIONAL ECONOMY. WHY WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO KEEP THIS VITAL INDUSTRY AT HOME IN LOS ANGELES. WE ARE AGAIN FACING A PROPOSED MERGER THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HURT COMPETITION, LIMIT THE DIVERSITY OF STORYTELLERS AND HAVE REPERCUSSIONS ACROSS OUR SIGNATURE INDUSTRY. THE MOTION DIRECTS A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY OF WARNER BROS. BY PARAMOUNT SKY DANCE ON THE REGIONAL ECONOMY INCLUDING ITS IMPACTS ON OUR WORKFORCE. IN PRIOR STUDIO MERGERS, WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS, FEWER FILMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AND THERE HAVE BEEN WORKFORCE LAYOFFS. PARAMOUNT ANTICIPATES THIS ACQUISITION WILL YIELD $6 BILLION IN SYNERGIES, WHICH LIKELY SIGNALS WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS. BEYOND JOBS THERE ARE BROADER IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE. WHEN FEWER STUDIOS ARE PRODUCING CONTENT, THERE ARE FEWERERS FOR THE SCRIPTS AND EMPLOYERS

FOR PROFESSIONALS. THAT CAN REDUCE WAGES AND LIMIT THE STORIES THAT REFLECT THE INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY OF OUR REGION. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL ULTIMATELY NEED TO REVIEW AND IMPROVE THE DEAL. AS YOU MECHANICSED OUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS MONITORING THE SITUATION AND WORKING WITH OTHER STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL WHICH IS WHY WE WANT TO AMEND THE MOTION TO READ IN THE FURTHER MOVE CLAUSE, I FURTHER MOVE THAT COUNTY COUNCIL SUBMIT FORMAL COMMENTS TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGARDING ANTITRUST CONCERNS. THIS MOTION IS ABOUT ENSURING WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MERGER COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF STORYTELLING, CREATIVITY AND ONE OF OUR LARGEST INDUSTRIES. THIS DEAL IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER OF 2026. IDEALLY THIS MOTION WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE CLUSTER PROCESS, BUT WE RECOGNIZE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE WE INITIALLY BROUGHT UP THIS MOTION AND WE KNOW THAT EVERY DAY THAT PASSES LOOMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATS TO THOUSANDS OF JOBS OR MORE AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE TICKING TIME CLOCK THAT EXISTS ON PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MOTION, WE KNOW THAT EVERY DAY THAT PASSES IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MISS. EVERY DAY MATTERS IF WE ARE GOING TO CONDUCT THE ANALYSIS NECESSARY TO INFORM THIS DISCUSSION. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORIES, THE WORKERS, KR CREATORS AND SML BUSINESS OWNERS WHO MAKE LOS ANGELES THE GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT. WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS MEMBER. THE ENTERTAINMENT UNION, DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, PRODUCERS GILTD OF AMERICA, CALIFORNIA COUNCIL, WRITERS

GUILD OF AMERICA WEST, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS, TEAMSTERS LOCAL 399, IBEW, LOCAL 40, LEONA, JANE FONDA ARTS FOR L.A., STAY IN L.A. AND MORE. SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TYPICAL PROCESS WOULD BE TO INCLUDE CLUSTER, BUT I THINK GIVEN THE SENSE OF URGENCY AROUND HOW THIS DECISION PROCEEDS AND THE TIME CLOCK THAT EXISTS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WAITING ANY LONGER TO MAKE THIS DECISION AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE DON'T HAVE BEFORE US AS A RESULT OF THE COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE WE FIRST INTRODUCED IT.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I DON'T DISAGREE. IF IT WAS BROUGHT IN TWO WEEKS AGO WHY WASN'T IT BROUGHT THROUGH THE CLUSTER AND BROUGHT TO THE BOARD WITHIN A WEEK? I FEEL AS THOUGH, LOOK, I DON'T PROFESS TO UNDERSTAND THIS INDUSTRY. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A VERY CONTROVERSIAL PROCESS. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE, ON THIS BOARD, HAVE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND PROCESS AS IT RELATES TO MANEUVERING FO IN IN MOVING FORWARD TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY. IT CAN BE DONE PARALLEL TO INFORMATION THAT IS GOING TO BE GATHERED. WHICH, AGAIN, I SAID AND I'M LOOKING AT OUR DRER OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, WE SHOULD BE GATHERING THIS INFORMATION NO MATTER WHAT. BECAUSE CLEARLY THIS INDUSTRY HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT ACROSS THE BOARD. ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, AND WARNER BROS., THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, WAS IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT, STILL IS.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: PARAMOUNT IS IN THE THIRD.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: MY POINT BEING THE IMPACT IT HAS IS AROUND BURBANK, TALUCA LAKE, ALL THAT AREA, PASADENA, ALTADENA. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS CORRECTLY. AND THAT IT'S NOT BASED ON ANY AGENDA AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE ONE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I PICK UP THE PAPER THERE IS SOMEONE TAKING A SHOT AT SOMEONE HAVING TO DO WITH THIS MERGER. I DON'T WANT TO -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE INDUSTRY AND FOR THE WORKERS, NOT BASED ON ANY POLITICS OR ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTION AS TO WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I BELIEVE LETTING IT GO THROUGH CLUSTER AND HAVING PUBLIC, INCLUDING THE UNIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED, WEIGH IN, ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT RIGHT. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH CLUSTER TO BEGIN WITH. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND TWO WEEKS, TO YOUR POINT, HAS GONE BY WHERE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WHERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN AGENTIZED ON THE CLUSTER. THAT IS ALL.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: COULD YOU WEIGH IN HERE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, SUPERVISORS. WE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO CONDUCT ECONOMIC SURVEYS TO HELP FORECAST JOB IMPACTS WHEN THERE ARE MAJOR CHANGES LIKE THIS. WE RECENTLY CONDUCTED AN IMMIGRATION STUDY AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A FIRE STUDY. WE KNOW THIS ONE WILL BE ON AN EXPEDITED TIMELINE. SO THE DEPARTMENT STANDS READY. WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED ON THINKING ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY HERE, WHETHER IT GOES TO CLUSTER OR THIS BOARD TODAY.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: BASED ON THE CLUSTER SCHEDULE, THERE WASN'T A CLUSTERED SCHEDULED SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THE CLUSTER MEETING YOU IDENTIFIED IN YOUR AMENDING MOTION OR YOUR ALTERNATE MOTION. SO THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A CLUSTER OPPORTUNITY AND SO IF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO DO IS DELAY THIS BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER YOUR REASON IS TO DELAY IT -- SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I'M NOT DELAYING IT. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: WE WERE TRYING TO [ SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME ]

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THIS IS NOT NEW. THIS HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING, SUPERVISOR HORVATH FOR WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS. I'M ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. THE FACT THAT A MOTION WAS READ IN TWO WEEKS AGO THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, EVEN THOUGH THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH NETFLIX AND WITH PARAMOUNT. AND SO I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WE ARE PUSHING THROUGH SOMETHING SO QUICKLY WHEN, TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER. AGAIN, KELLY, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE GATHERING INFORMATION AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS. I CALLED YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM. AND SO WHEN WE TALKED, WE TALKED ABOUT INDUSTRIES ACROSS THE BOARD. AND THE FACT THAT YOU WANT TO BUILD A BETTER WAY OF TRACKING THE INDUSTRIES THAT REALLY ARE THE GREASE ON THE WHEELS OF THIS COUNTY. AND SO THAT IS ALL I'M SAYING, SUPERVISOR. I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THE MOTION. I'M DISEING WITH THE PROCESS AND I THINK THE PROCESS IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF LEGITIMACY ON WHAT WE ARE DOING. I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THE CONTENT OF YOUR MOTION AT ALL. IF YOU THOUGHT I WAS, I APOLOGIZE. I'M DISAGREEING WITH THE PROCESS ON WHICH IT CAME FORWARD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, SUPERVISOR HORVATH.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? SUPERVISOR MITCHELL? YES.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU. I GOT CALLED LATE THURSDAY FOR AN URGENT MEETING WITH ONE OF THE STUDIOS THAT I ACCOMMODATED. AND THE POINT THEY RAISED YESTERDAY WAS THIS CONCERN, PERVISOR HORVATH, THAT WE WOULD BE SETTING A PRECEDENT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO MET WITH THEM. WHEN I MET WITH THEM THEY HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE MOTION. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOU RESPOND. THE POINT THEY RAISED WAS IN THEIR REVIEW OF SIMILAR MERGERS, THE COUNTY NEVER OPINED BEFORE AND THEY THOUGHT WE WERE SETTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT AS I CONTINUE TO ELEVATE TO THEM IT IS NOT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THEIR MERGER, WORKFORCE IS IMPORTANT. CAN YOU RESPOND TO THE NOTION ABOUT THE CONCERN ABOUT US SETTING A PRECEDENT BY PASSING YOUR MOTION?

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. I THINK THE PRECEDENT WE WOULD BE SETTING IN MANY WAYS WHAT SUPERVISOR BARGER AND THE MOTION INDICATE. WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE IMPACT OF THIS MERGER, THAT IT GOES FAR BEYOND TWO COMPANIES. IT HAS A BROADER IMPACT FOR A VARIETY OF ANCILLARY COMPANIES AND BUSINESSES THAT GET IMPACTS, BUSINESSES THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD AN URGENCY MOTION MUCH LIKE THIS PROCESS TO PROTECT ENTERTAINMENT WORKERS WHEN STRIKES WERE HAPPENING. WE SAW THE IMPACTS THAT HAPPEN AS A RESULT IMPACTED FLORISTS AND DRY CLEANERS AT RISK OF GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. IT IS NOT ONLY THESE TWO COMPANIES, IT IS THE REGIONAL IMPACT AND I THINK HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BROADER IMPACT ON OUR WORKFORCE WHILE WE HEAR FROM THE INDUSTRY THAT WRIT LARGE THEY NEED MORE ASSISTANCE INCLUDING FINANCIAL INVESTMENT THROUGH TAX CREDITS AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OF PERMIT WAIVERS AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO HELP ACCELERATE AND ENHANCE THE INDUSTRY HERE LOCALLY. UNDERSTANDING WHAT SORT OF IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE SPEAKS TO A PRECEDENT WE HAVE SET AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF OUR VESTED INTEREST IN PROTECTING THIS INDUSTRY AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITHIN IT. AND SO IN MY MIND THAT IS A PRECEDENT WE WOULD WANT TO SET IN TERMS OF VERY CLEARLY INDICATING OUR INTEREST IN THAT REGARD. AND ACTING WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY TO ELECT THAT INFORMATION. SO BECAUSE THIS IS A REPORT, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS CERTAINLY WITHIN THE PURVIEW. HAVE DONE OTHER ECONOMIC STUDIES ON OTHER INDUSTRIES IN THE PAST. THIS ISN'T UNUSUAL IN THAT REGARD. IT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME WE'VE STUDIED SPECIFICALLY THESE TWO ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES, BUT WE HAVE DONE L.A. EDC AND ECONOMIC

IMPACT REPORTS ON A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERY TIME LARGE SHIFTS LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CREATIVE ECONOMY HAPPEN, THEY HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS AND OUR OFFICE HEARD VERY LOUDLY AND CLEARLY BECAUSE OF SO MANY OF THE ENTERTAINMENT RELATED BUSINESSES IN OUR DISTRICT, VERY EXTREME CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THE CLUSTER PROCESS MAY HAVE BEEN INTERRUPTED BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE HAD HOLIDAYS OR SOME DISRUPTION, IF I RECALL. I DON'T KNOW IF MY STAFF OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK WHAT I'M SENSING IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A REPORT DONE AND THAT -- IF THIS MOTION PASSES, WE CAN START THAT PROCESS OR YOU ARE PROBABLY ALREADY DOING THAT RIGHT NOW, KELLY. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ARE GATHERING INFORMATION ON?

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: YEAH. I THINK FOR THE DEPARTMENT, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS LEGWORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET READY TO ENGAGE IN AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. AND SO WITH MY TEAM AND THE L.A. COUNTY FILM OFFICE, WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE SCOPE OF THIS ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS COULD LOOK LIKE. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO EXPEDITE THE SCOPE OF WORK AND GETTING IT ORGANIZED AND FOLLOW THE BOARD'S LEAD ON HOW BEST TO EXECUTE.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SO WHAT IF WE DID PARALLEL PROCESS HERE. WE GET THIS REPORT GOING, WE GET -- WE MODIFY WHATEVER IS NEEDED HERE AND WE GET, YOU KNOW, WE ALLOW FOR THIS -- WELL, UH I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE HELD. DOES IT NEED TO BE HEARD IN CLUSTER? SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I THINK WE ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN SEMANTICS. THERE HAVE BEEN CLUSTER MEETINGS. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: ON IT?

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT NEXT WEEK ON ONE OF THE CLUSTERS TO FULLY VET. AND I HEAR YOU, SUPERVISOR SOLIS, IN TERMS OF THE PARALLEL TRACK. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO SHUT DOWN THE MOTION. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: NEITHER DO I. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: HONOR WHAT THIS BOARD HAS PUT INTO PLAY AND THE CONTENT OF THE MOTION.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THE REASON THERE WAS AN INTERRUPTION IN THE CLUSTER BECAUSE WE CANCELED THE BOARD MEETING BECAUSE SOME OF US WENT TO SACRAMENTO. THIS WAS NEVER DONE INTENTIONALLY. I WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR. I DON'T THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. CLUSTERS, BECAUSE STAFF. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: BECAUSE OF STAFF. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: IT HAS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WHEN WE GO TO SACRAMENTO. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I WOULD HOPE IN THE FUTURE CLUSTER COULD CONTINUE WHETHER OR NOT -- SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: I AGREE. PRO TEM.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THAT SEEMS A BAD REASON TO DISRUPT IT. SUPERVISOR HORVATH, I THINK THE CONTENT OF YOUR MOTION IS CERTAINLY RIGHT AND CORRECT. THIS IS A BIG, HUGE VENTURE. THIS MERGER PURCHASE AND CERTAINLY WE IN THE COUNTY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THOSE IMPACTS, BUR BARGER'S AMENDMENT THAT IT GO THROUGH CLUSTER. I THINK BECAUSE IT IS SO BIG AND THE WAY IT SITS NOW, YOU ARE JUST GIVING IT TO DEO TO GO AHEAD AND DO A SOLE CONTRACT, SOLE SOURCE WITH AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS CONSULTING FIRM. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COST IS. I THINK IT MAKES IT -- I THINK YOU WILL GET THE INPUT IN CLUSTER THAT WILL HELP SHAPE WHAT I THINK WE WANT TO GET BACK, THE BETTER VERSION OF THIS ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT. BY MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH INPUT BOTH FROM THE INDUSTRY AND BOTH FROM THE UNIONS AND BOTH FROM THE PUBLIC WHO HAS A REAL INTEREST IN THIS. SO I'M NOT AGAINST THAT. I THINK WE CAN DO BOTH AND I THINK THE TRANSPARENCY OF SOMETHING THIS BIG AND THIS IMPACTFUL WOULD BE BETTER AIRED IN CLUSTER. PERSONALLY, I THINK. AND I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO IMPACT THE ULTIMATE TIMING. I DON'T THINK IT JEOPARDIZES THAT.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: TO OUR DIRECTOR, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DO A REPORT LIKE THIS? DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THE CONTRACT OR THE FULL ANALYSIS? SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: YES.

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: YES. SO IT VARIES OBVIOUSLY HOW DEEPLY YOU ARE INVESTIGATING AN ISSUE. REPORTS CAN BE VERY SHORT TO VERY LONG. OBVIOUSLY, THIS ONE IS UNDER A TIGHT TIMELINE SO WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A 60-DAY AND 120-DAY REPORTBACK HERE TO UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT SITUATION AND POTENTIALLY FORECAST SOME OF THE IMPACTS. IN OUR LAST TWO REPORTS, WE DID 30-DAY LOOKS FOR SIX-MONTH FINAL REPORT AND ON FIRE IT IS A YEARLONG. THEY CAN BE LENGTHY, DEPENDING ON THE DATA YOU LAYER IN.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE ON PAST REPORTS YOU HAVE DONE, KNOWING THERE COULD BE A SIX-MONTH TIMELINE, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE Q3 IN SEPTEMBER COULD BE WHEN THIS DECISION IS MADE. I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE A NEWLY ESTABLISHED PROCESS THAT INCLUDES CLUSTER. WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD TO WAIVE IT IF WE DECIDE WE WOULD LIKE TO. I BELIEVE THAT GIVEN OUR DEPARTMENT'S HISTORIC EXPERIENCE, THAT A REPORT LIKE THIS CAN TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS OR MAYBE LONGER. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND WE ARE RUNNING UP AGAINST A CLOCK. IF MY COLLEAGUES CHOOSE TO SPEND SEVERAL MORE WEEKS, IT WILL BE THEIR CHOICE. I DON'T SUPPORT WAITING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET ANY NEW INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE, BUT I AM -- I KNOW THAT PEOPLE GET TO VOTE.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: OKAY. I HAVE JANICE. NO. SHE LEFT. OKAY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE HAVE A CLUSTER MEETING COMING UP ON THURSDAY. AND THIS CAN BE HEARD.

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: THERE IS -- THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING MEETS ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. SO I DON'T WANT OUR SACRAMENTO TRIP BLAME FOR CANCELING A MEETING. THERE WAS NO MEETING SCHEDULED. AND THERE IS A MEETING ON THURSDAY. AND IT COULD GO TO THAT CLUSTER MEETING AND THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO DECIDE WHEN NEXT TO BRING IT BACK. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THE FOLLOWING WEEK. YOU WOULD REMOVE THE THREE-WEEK. SUP. JANICE HAHN: I WOULD ACCEPT THAT.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THERE IS A MEETING ON THURSDAY THAT COULD BE HEARD. I WOULD AMEND MY MOTION RATHER THAN THREE WEEKS, IF POSSIBLE COME BACK NEXT WEEK. GO TO CLUSTER THURSDAY --? [ OFF MIC ] SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: IS NEXT WEEK THE PUBLIC HEARING? SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: UNDERSTAND THIS AND YOU TOUCHED ON IT SUPERVISOR SOLIS, IT CAN BE DONE PARALLEL. THERE ARE THINGS YOU HAVE TO GET INTO PLAY TO PREPARE, NETFLIX OR PARAMOUNT, I HOPE YOU ARE LOOKING AT CERTAIN THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF THIS MERGER. SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE PRELOADED. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME NOT COMPROMISE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE PROCESS WE HAVE IN PLACE. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: I'M UNCLEAR. SO YOU ARE ASKING FOR US TO PROCEED WITH WHAT THIS MOTION IS DIRECTING AND HAVE CLUSTER? BECAUSE --

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: NO. I'M ASKING MY MOTION, THE WAY IT READS IS FOR IT TO GO TO THE CLUSTER AND RATHER THAN WAIT THREE WEEKS, BECAUSE YOU HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE NEXT CLUSTER BEING TOO FAR OUT. THERE IS A CLUSTER THIS WEEK, CORRECT? THAT IT COULD BE AGENDIZED AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD, ONCE THE CLUSTER PROVIDES THEIR INPUT, JUST LIKE MY MOTION READS, ONLY THE TIME FRAME IS WHAT IS CHANGING BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO HONOR YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: IT STILL COMES TO THE THE BOARD ON APRIL 7? SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: ON THE WHAT? SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: APRIL 7th

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: NO. IF POSSIBLE BEFORE THEN. I'M TRYING TO BE FLEXIBLE. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: I'M UNCLEAR. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I'M LOOKING TO OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICE TO TELL ME

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR, I CAN WEIGH IN ON THE SCHEDULE. THERE IS A CLUSTER MEETING ON THE 19th, ST. JOSEPH'S DAY. WE WOULD NEED 24 HOURS TO SCHEDULE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE AGENDA POSTED. I THINK WE CAN STILL MAKE IT. THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, A PUBLIC HEARING DAY SO THE CHAIR NEEDS TO AUTHORIZE IT TO COME BACK THAT DAY. THERE IS A CANCELLATION THE FOLLOWING WEEK, SO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS APRIL 7. THAT IS THE CONUNDRUM.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: I FIND HAVING IT MAKING AN EXCEPTION SO IT GOES THROUGH CLUSTER THURSDAY AND SCHEDULE IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING. CAN WE READ THAT, COUNTY COUNCIL. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THAT WILL BE MY REVISED MOTION. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: READ THAT.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THE MOTION WILL READ TO CONTINUE THE ITEM FOR ONE WEEK TO BE AGENDIZED FOR THE MARCH 24, 2026 BOARD MEETING AND DIRECT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE TO PLACE PROTECTING ENTERTAINMENT JOBS, THE IMPACT OF THE WARNER BROS. ON THE MARCH 19, 2026 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CLUSTER AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: CORRECT. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: GOT IT? IF THE AUTHOR IS ACCEPTING THAT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: DID YOU WANT TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT?

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THAT IS AN AMENDMENT. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

MODERATOR: WILL THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. [ READING SPEAKER NAMES ] AS A FINAL REMINDER FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS, TO BE PLACED IN THE SPEAKING QUEUE, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ON YOUR DEVICE OR PRESS STAR 3 ON YOUR TELEPHONE. CALLER 310601 YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. CALLER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: HELLO. MY NAME IS HEATHER ASHLEY BOYER, A MEMBER OF SAG ON THE LOS ANGELES LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I'M SPEAKING IN STRONG SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR HORVATH'S MOTION TO STUDY THE IMPACTS ON THE ACQUISITION OF WARNER BROS. I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL ACQUISITION THAT IT WILL CREATE FURTHER COLLAPSE IN OUR INDUSTRY. WE ARE CONCERNS THIS WILL CREATE A MONOPOLY OR OLIGOPOLY WITH LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAG MEMBERS AND PRESENT AUDIENCES WITH LESS CHOICE AND DECREASING THE QUALITY OF ENTERTAINMENT. I'M CONCERNED IT WILL HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION, CATERING, TRUCK DRIVING, I URGE THE SUPPORT TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION AND STAND WITH PEOPLE WHO WORK IN ENTERTAINMENT AND ADJACENT INDUSTRIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. RICARDO HERNANDEZ, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED PLEASE BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I WAS CALLING ON THE ITEM 88. MODERATOR: PLEASE CALL BACK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: THANK YOU. MODERATOR: CALLER 626533, YOUR LINE UNIS UNMUTED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: MY NAME IS JULIA. MODERATOR: PLEASE BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: CAN YOU HEAR ME? MODERATOR: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: MY NAME IS JULIA, I'M AN UNEMPLOYED VIDEO EDITOR. OVER 90% OF U.S. MEDIA IS CONTROLLED BY ONLY SIX MAJOR C N CONGLO CONGLOMERATES, COMCAST, DISNEY, WARNER BROS., PARAMOUNT GLOBAL, FOX CORPORATION AND SONY. THE MEDIA CONGLOMERATION IS NOT JUST RISING, IT IS ALREADY HERE. IN 1983, THERE WERE 50 COMPANIES WHO OWNED THE SAME PERCENTAGE NOW THERE'S JUST SIX. AND THEY DON'T JUST OWN THE STREAMING PLATFORMS, THEY OWN NEWSPAPERS, CABLE CHANNELS, FILM STUDIOS

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. ARE MOTE PARTICIPATION IS CONCLUDED. WE GO TO IN PERSON SPEAKERS, PLEASE BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARC EDWARDS, I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND ADVOCACY FOR ARTS FOR L.A. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 YEARS NOW AND REREPRESENT 185 PLUS ORGANIZATIONS, 700 PLUS GRADUATES FROM OUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, ANGD -- AND OVER 75,000 SUPPORTERS. THIS INDUSTRY HAS BEEN IN CRISIS IN OUR COUNTY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I DON'T PROFESS TO HAVE ANY EXPERTISE ON PROCESS. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE SENSE OF URGENCY I'M EXPERIENCING HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU'VE ALL SAID IT. I'M SURE YOUR LIVES AS ADVOCATES ACKNOWLEDGES POWER AND WE NEED KNOWLEDGE TO ENACT THE CHANGES AND FIND OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT THE WORKERS AND PROTECT THIS INDUSTRY IN L.A. COUNTY. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HELLO, SAVANNAH TRUJILLO, A CAPTAIN WITH STAY IN L.A. CH. I ASK EVERYONE IN L.A. GIVE ATTENTION TO THE SPEAKERS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GIVING OUR ATTENTION TO YOU. I'M GOING TO RELAY SOME INFORMATION. THIS COMES FROM FILM IN L.A., THE AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, IN 2019 THE DISNEY FOX MERGER HAD BETWEEN 3,000 AND 4,000 PEOPLE LAID OFF. THE UNIVERSAL DREAMWORKS IN 12025 MERGER, 520 PEOPLE, 2016, 170 PEOPLE, 2023, 33 PEOPLE, 703, PARAMOUNT SKY DANCE IN 2025, 2,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS FOR THIS MERGER. 600 LEFT ON A SEVERANCE PACKAGE AND LATER 1,600 POSITIONS WERE ELIMINATED. THAT IS 4,200 POSITIONS ELIMINATED. BASICALLY 10% OF THE CREW WORKFORCE IS GONE FROM THESE MERGERS. IT IS OUR DUTY TO HELP.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HELLO, JOANNA REYNOLDS, ARTS FROM L.A., WORKING TO BUILD 10,000 LIVING WAGE CREATIVE JOBS IN L.A. BY 2030. AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT SUPERVISOR HORVATH'S MOTION AND WE REALLY DO HAVE TO TREAT THIS WITH URGENCY, WHICH I HEAR IS A CONVERSATION HAPPENING HERE TODAY. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OVER 171,000 ENTERTAINMENT WORKERS IN L.A. COUNTY, WE KNOW AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TODAY HOW FILM AND TELEVISION SUPPORTING ACTORS, CREW AND SMALL BUSINESSES. WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR ENTERTAINMENT WORKERS AND FUTURE OF CREATIVE ECONOMY IN L.A. COUNTY. I URGE, I REALLY WANT TO STRESS THE URGENCY OF THIS ISSUE. WE KNOW THAT THIS MERGER WILL RESULT IN JOB LOSSES. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT. WE HAVE TO ACT NOW TO PROTECT WORKERS IN L.A. COUNTY AND THE CREATIVE ECONOMY, WHICH IS THE HEART OF L.A. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MY NAME IS CHRISTINE ALOU WEEZ LA MOTT SAG, AND -- LOCAL 44. I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 19 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD TO STRUGGLE ADDS MUCH AS I HAVE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, ESPECIALLY THIS LAST YEAR. I'M ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS, BUT KNOW THIS, THE ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY IS WATCHING THIS TODAY. AND THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS A LOT. THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO RIGHT NOW. I HAVEN'T WORKED UNDER MY LOCAL 44 CARD IN 3 1/2 YEARS. I AM GETTING BY WITH JUST SAG BACKGROUND WORK BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THAT IS AVAILABLE. THERE ARE OVER 53,000 WORKERS BETWEEN WARNER BROS. AND PARAMOUNT AND THEY WILL CUT THOSE PROBABLY IN HALF. HE HAS ALREADY SAID IT HIMSELF. THIS CITY RUNS ON THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. YOU TAKE US OUT OF IT, YOU TAKE AWAY THE ECONOMY AND TOURISM. THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT. LOS ANGELES WAS BUILT ON THE BACKS OF HOLLYWOOD AND IF YOU WANT IT TO STAY, YOU NEED TO KEEP IT HERE. THIS MERGER WILL DO NOTHING BUT DESTROY US.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, CONSTANTINE ANTHONY, SAG AFTA MEMBER, L.A. LOCALS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE AND COUNCILMEMBER IN THE CITY OF BURBANK. SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT PRECEDENT, IN 2024 THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSED THE KROGER ALBERTSON'S MERGER. IT IS NOT A NEW PRECEDENT FOR US. ON SEPTEMBER 16, THE CITY OF BURBANK HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION. WI TALKED ABOUT THIS MERGER EXTENSIVELY. THIS IS NOT A PRECEDENT. WHAT IS PRECEDENT IS THE SIZE OF THESE COMPANIES MERGING TOGETHER. THAT IS UNIQUE. WEIGHING IN ON THIS ISN'T A PROBLEM. I THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE. I APPRECIATE THE USE OF CLUSTER TO GET TO THE ROOT OF IT. TO SUPERVISOR'S SOLIS'S MOTION, WORKING IN PARALLEL, STAFF DIRECTION AND GOING TO CLUSTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MY NAME IS WILL DENSEMORE. I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR HORVATH FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE FLOOR AND CHAMPIONING US. I APPRECIATE THAT. ACTOR AT SAG, I WANT TO SPEAK AS A STRIKE CAPTAIN TODAY. I WAS A STRIKE CAPTAIN ALL 118 DAYS PLUS SOME SATURDAYS. SO I HAVE SPENT TIME WITH GRIPS, WITH PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS, WRITERS, EVERYBODY UNDER THE SUN. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU HOW DEVASTATED THEY WERE BY NOT WORKING, YEAH, THEY WERE DEVASTATED. I ACTUALLY, I TALKED TO THIS GUY A COUPLE OF TIMINGS BECAUSE HE THREATENED TO KILL HIMSELF. SO THIS IS VERY SERIOUS. AND I KNOW YOU'LL DO THE RIGHT THING, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I AM FROM SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS REPRESENTATIVE HAHN. I'M CARLOS PORTILLO'S DAUGHTER, WE ARE HELL RAISERS. I' -- I SIT WITH 45 OTHER UNIONS WHO NOT ONLY HAVE OUR BACKS, BUT WILL BE HERE EVERY WEEK UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED. THIS IS BIGGER THAN LOS ANGELES. THIS IS BIGGER THAN HOLLYWOOD. THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE GLITZ AND GLAM AT THE OSCARS. WHAT YOU SEE IS A WORKING CLASS SINGLE MOM. THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. I FIND IT DISRESPECTFUL WE ARE IGNORED AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 9:00 A.M. THIS ISN'T ABOUT HOLIDAY -- HOLLYWOOD OR MARILYN MONROE. I WILL BE HERE EVERY WEEK TO HOLD EVERY ONE OF YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO SAVE OUR INDUSTRY. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR BARER'S MOTION AS REVISED IS BEFORE YOU. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MOTION BEING CONSIDERED IN CLUSTER INCLUDES THE AMENDMENT I SUBMITTED EARLIER TODAY. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: WHICH IS WHAT? SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: READ THE AMENDMENT.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: CAN SOMEONE CLARIFY WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON, PLEASE. MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL LISTENING TO YOU, BY THE WAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO GET A CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: RIGHT NOW THE MOTION IS TO CONTINUE THE ITEM 19 TO MARCH 24th, 2026. BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO PUT THAT MOTION ON TO THE MARCH 19 CLUSTER, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMMITTEE CLUSTER WITH SUPERVISOR HORVATH'S REVISION. WE WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THAT IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: READY. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: IF THE AUTHOR ACCEPTS IT. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: SHE DID. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY SUPERVISOR BARGER, SECONDED BY HORVATH TO REFER TO CLUSTER, EXECUTIVE OFFICER CALL THE ROLE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HORVATH AYE I SUPERVISOR HAHN. AYE. SUPERVISOR BARGER AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS.

Executive Officer: WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 22, EXTENDING PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS HELD BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE IF YOU'RE ONLINE OR PRESS STAR 3 IF ON THE TELEPHONE. RAFAEL CARBAJAL, DIRECTOR OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS, WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION. FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL SPEAKERS, STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD. SUP ERVISOR HORVATH? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU TO OUR DIRECTOR FOR BEING HERE. ON THE IMPACT OF RENT GOUGING YOU'VE CONDUCTED EDUCATION AND OUTREACH REGARDING PRICE GOUGING REGULATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE EMERGENCY, SO DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS EDUCATION OUTREACH AS WELL AS YOUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN GREATER COMPLIANCE WITH PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS?

Department Speaker: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, SUPERVISOR, RAFAEL CARBAJAL, DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER BUSINESS AFFAIRS. I TRULY DO BELIEVE THAT OUR OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PRICE GOUGING TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND THE WORK OF THIS BOARD TO ELEVATE THE IMPORTANCE OF PRICE GOUGING AND THE AWARENESS OF IT HAVE DEFINITELY HAD AN IMPACT ON THE WORK. AND DO YOU BELIEVE HAVING A LAW AGAINST PRICE GOUGING IN PLACE AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT HAS ACTUALLY STOPPED PEOPLE FROM PRICE GOUGING?

Department Speaker: I DO BELIEVE THAT. IF WE LOOK AT THE REPORT WE SUBMITTED, WE SAW A HIGH SPIKE OF COMPLAINTS COME IN AT THE ONSET OF THE EMERGENCY AND AS THIS BOARD TOOK MORE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES, WE SAW A DECLINING IN CASES OF COMPLAINTS. I ALSO DO FIRMLY BELIEVE IT WAS IN PART DUE TO THAT. SO THE COMPLAINTS WERE MOSTLY ABOUT HOUSING.

Department Speaker: 86% OF COMPLAINTS WERE ABOUT HOUSING. WHICH OF THOSE INVOLVED SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING RENTALS VERSUS MULTI-HOUSING UNITS? GENERALL Y SPEAKING, MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED ARE SPECIFICALLY TO SINGLE FAMILY HOME RENTALS. AND I KNOW LOCAL AND STATE STABILIZATION LAWS REMAIN IN EFFECT, BUT ARE THERE RENT CONTROL OR STABILIZATION PROTECTIONS THAT COVER SINGLE FAMILY HOME RENTALS? GENERALL Y SPEAKING, EACH MUNICIPALITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN PROTECTION. MUNICIPALITIES LOCALLY DO HAVE THEIR OWN PROTECTIONS. AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE AB 1482 IN PLACE, BUT THAT ONLY SPECIFICALLY APPLIES TO EXISTING RENTALS THAT ARE ON THE MARKET AND THAT ARE OLDER THAN 15 YEARS, SO THERE IS NO SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS FOR ANY NEW PROPERTIES COMING ON THE MARKET. AND IF PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS WERE TO EXPIRE, HOW MUCH COULD AN OWNER LEGALLY RAISE THE RENT ON A SINGLE FAMILY HOME? COULD THOSE IMPACTED BY THE PALISADES OR ALTADENA FIRES SEE A 50% INCREASE, 100%, MORE?WHAT?

Department Speaker: IT WOULD BE SPECULATION, BUT IF WE WERE TO GAUGE BY WHAT WE SAW POST-FIRE, WE SAW INCREASES AS HIGH AS 20 TO 35%. AND HAVE THESE COMPLAINTS BEING FOCUSED AROUND THE FIRE ZONE AREAS OR WERE THEY SPREAD ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY?

Department Speaker: THEY'VE ACTUALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY, BECAUSE FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO LIVE AS THEY TRY TO RECOVER FROM THE EMERGENCY. BUT IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT A MAP AND SEE THE CONCENTRATION OF COMPLAINTS, WE WOULD SEE THE CONCENTRATION IS GENERALLY CLOSE TO THE FIRE-IMPACTED ZONES AND IT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE FOLKS WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO THEIR SCHOOLS, CLOSE TO THEIR NETWORKS, AND CLOSE TO THEIR PROPERTIES AS THEY TRY TO RECOVER. AND I KNOW AS PART OF YOUR WORK THAT YOU DID AS DIRECTED BY THIS BOARD, YOU REVIEWED OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT EXPERIENCED MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS. HOW LONG WAS THEIR RENTAL HOUSING PRICE GOUGING PROTECTION IN PLACE AFTER OTHER FIRES LIKE THE CAMP FIRE. PROTECTI ONS WERE IN PLACE FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS AT DIFFERENT STAGES AND DIFFERENT LEVELS, FOUR YEARS. AND EVEN THOUGH COMPLAINTS MAY HAVE DECREASED, WE KNOW SEVEN OUT OF TEN FIRE VICTIMS ARE STILL DISPLACED. NEARLY 20% EXPECTING TO MOVE AGAIN IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. WHAT DO YOU PREDICT WILL HAPPEN IF PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS FOR HOUSING ARE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE RESEARCHED?

Department Speaker: WELL, THAT REALLY DEPENDS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE NOTICED IN DOING THIS REPORT AND EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD IS AWARE OF IS THAT REBUILDING HASN'T STARTED. ONLY 14% OF PROPERTIES THAT WERE DESTROYED HAVE RECEIVED A REBUILDING PERMIT AND THAT'S ONLY THE PERMIT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED TO REBUILD, SO WE KNOW THERE'S STILL A NEED FOR FOLKS TO BE PROTECTED, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE REBUILDING COMPONENTS OF IT, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS ABOUT PRICES LEVELLING OUT COUNTYWIDE. BUT IF WE WERE TO LIFT THE PROTECTIONS, WE WOULD LEAVE OUR RESIDENTS AT THE MORE MERCY OF THE OPEN MARKET. I THINK YOU SENT A LETTER TO US THAT WARNED THERE MAY BE RENEWED ESCALATION AND DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IS THAT RIGHT?

Department Speaker: SO AS FOLKS ARE MAKING DECISIONS AS TO WHETHER THEY REBUILD OR NOT, THOSE DECISIONS ARE SLATED TO HAPPEN PRETTY SOON. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE WAITING ON DECISIONS FROM THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE TAPERING OFF OF FEMA AND OTHER PROTECTIONS AND SUPPORTS THAT THEY HAVE. SO AS FOLKS START MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, WE WILL SEE AN ESCALATION OF A DEMAND FOR MORE HOUSING TOO. I APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW THAT SINCE WE ASKED YOU TO DO THAT WORK, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THIS MOTION COMES FORWARD, BECAUSE I AM -- MY OFFICE AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALL RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT CONCERNS REGARDING CONTINUATION OF PRICE GOUGING. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF WE DON'T CONTINUE THEM BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SHARED FROM YOUR RESEARCH AND WHAT WE KNOW FROM THINGS LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF ANGELS REPORT, WHICH CONDUCTED -- WHICH IS CONDUCTED EVERY THREE MONTHS, SEVEN OUT OF TEN PALISADES AND ALTADENA FIRE VICTIMS ARE LIVING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING. ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF REBUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. AND THOSE DISPLACED BY THE FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO NEED TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR MONTHS AND YEARS. WE ARE STILL UNDER A PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF FIRE VICTIMS ARE WAITING TO REBUILD. AND SO I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WITHOUT PRICE GOUGING PROTECTION ARE AT RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THE HOUSING THEY ARE STABILIZED IN AFTER THE TRAUMA THEY'VE EXPERIENCED FROM LOSING THEIR HOUSING IN THE FIRES. A RECENT L.A. TIMES ARTICLE ENTITLED "EATON AND PALISADES FIRE VICTIMS MOVE OFTEN," SHOW THAT FIRE VICTIMS HAVE DISPERSED ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY AND BEYOND. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM LIMITED TO A HANDFUL OF ZIP CODES AND PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS MUST BE COUNTY WIDE AND IF THE EXECUTIVE

OFFICE COULD SHARE THE MAP WE PROVIDED YOUR OFFICE JUST SO WE HAVE THAT VISUAL REFERENCE? THE DEPARTMENT OF ANGELS REPORT SHOWS THAT MANY FIRE VICTIMS EXPECT TO MOVE ONCE AGAIN IN THE COMING MONTHS COMPOUNDING AN ALREADY DESTABILIZING SITUATION, PARTICULARLY IF RENTAL RATES CAN BE RAISED TO ANY PRICE. THE INSTABILITY TAKES A REAL TOLL. NEARLY HALF OF SURVIVORS HAVE DEPLETED THEIR SAVINGS. FOUR IN TEN HAVE GONE INTO DEBT. EVERY DAY, MORE AND MORE ARE RUNNING OUT OF THEIR INSURANCE BENEFITS THAT HAVE BEEN PAYING THEIR RENT, WHICH MEANS THIS IS NOT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CRISIS. 79% OF SURVIVORS OVERALL HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. BLACK AND LATINO SURVIVORS HAVE CUT BACK ON FOOD, FALLEN BEHIND ON RENT OR MORTGAGE OR UTILITY BILLS, RELIED ON FOOD ASSISTANCE OR EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS ALTOGETHER. NEARLY 83% OF SURVIVORS REPORT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS WORSE, WHICH IS UP FROM 73% IN THE PRIOR QUARTER. AND MANY OF THE TOP REASONS THEY REPORTED A DECREASE IN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH WAS DUE TO FINANCIAL AND HOUSING CONCERNS. REMOVING PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS WILL ONLY WORSEN THIS. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME QUOTES FROM THE REPORT AS WELL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ANGELS WHICH INCLUDE VALUABLE DATA BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHT FROM FIRE VICTIMS IN THEIR OWN WORDS WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING. I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD A PLACE FOR ME AND MY KIDS IN PASADENA AND HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEM SINCE THE FIRES. EMPLOYMENT HAS OFFERED A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO HELP OUT. FAMILY MEMBERS HELPING OUT AT THE BEGINNING SAW A LOT OF OTHERS HELPING US AS WE DID TOO, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN FORGOTTEN. PEOPLE CAME FORWARD AND BROUGHT CLOTHING, PANS TO COOK WITH, DOG SUPPLIES, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE COMING UP TO A YEAR, PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN AND PROGRAMS ARE GONE AND DONE. I EMPHASIZE THIS, BECAUSE THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE'RE

HEARING IN OUR OFFICE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THESE PROTECTIONS IS REAL, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH IS WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE MET WITH THE HOTEL INDUSTRY AND THIS MOTION HAS REMOVED THE HOTELS FROM THESE DIRECTIVES. AS A RESULT, WE KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT LIVING IN HOTEL ROOMS. THEY ARE LIVING IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AS WAS INDICATED IN THE REPORT THAT WAS DONE BY OUR DEPARTMENT. AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN HOW THESE PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS ARE APPLIED. THE NEED FOR PROTECTION ON HOUSING SPECIFICALLY IS IMPORTANT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN CARVING THAT OUT, BUT WE CAN'T LEAVE THE PEOPLE BEHIND WHO NEED THIS KIND OF PROTECTION. SO I WILL LEAVE IT THERE, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THA NK YOU. SUPERVISOR BARGER? THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, RAPHAEL, FOR BEING HERE. I'M JUST CURIOUS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO SUNSET ON -- WHAT WAS THE DATE THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO SUNSET, THE EMERGENCY? JANUARY 7TH AND WE EXTENDED IT ON FEBRUARY 24TH. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO EXPIRE ON FEBRUARY 7TH, CORRECT? SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU RESPOND OR WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FACT THAT THE COUNTYWIDE MEDIAN RENTS ARE ONLY 2.1 ABOVE NOVEMBER 2024 LEVELS? THAT WAS AN ARTICLE I THINK THAT WAS IN I KNOW THE L.A. TIMES AND MY LOCAL PAPER. HOW DO YOU KIND OF MESH THAT WITH THE CONCERNS THAT ARE RAISED HERE?

Department Speaker: THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND SOMETHING WE DEBATE INTERNALLY AS WELL IN PARTICULAR WHEN WE DID THIS REPORT. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS EMERGENCY IS THAT IT WAS UNEVEN. EVEN THOUGH FROM THE LONGITUDINAL PERSPECTIVE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, YOU SEE RENTS FLATTENED OUT AND EVEN STAYED STATIC IN SOME PLACES. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT HOLDS TRUE FOR ALL THE AREAS CLOSER TO WHERE THE EMERGENCIES. IN PARTICULAR WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FAMILIES THAT WANT TO STAY CLOSER TO THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT, CLOSER TO THEIR PROPERTY, WE STILL SEE SOME PRESSURE POINTS THERE IN THOSE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS. THE HARD PART HERE THIS BOARD HAS TO BALANCE ON THESE RULES IS WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF THE GOVERNOR OF BEING ABLE TO DISSECT BY ZIP CODE. IT'S ALL OR NOTHING. SO REALLY THE DEBATE IS DO WE PROTECT EVERYBODY OR DO WE ONLY PROTECT A -- DO WE PROTECT THOSE THAT ARE IN THE HIGHEST NEED OR DO WE NOT PROTECT THEM. SO THE DEBATE I THINK IS NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE MOST EQUITABLE AND FAIR WAY TO DO IT WHILE STILL CENTERING THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN RECOVERY. BECAUSE IT WAS DONE IN RESPONSE TO -- I MEAN, I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRIOR TO THE FIRES AND THE FIRES SHED LIGHT ON JUST HOW PRECARIOUS OUR INVENTORY IS. BUT NOW A YEAR AND SOME ODD MONTHS LATER, WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT THE RENTAL INVENTORY IS UP 6.3% YEAR OVER YEAR AND THE MEDIAN RENTS ARE ONLY 2.1 ABOVE NOVEMBER OF 2024 LEVELS, WHICH IS LESS THAN WHAT THE RENT CONTROL PERCENTAGE WOULD ALLOW. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING ON. ARE WE PUTTING MORE UNITS ONLINE? OR ARE PEOPLE LEAVING? BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A HUGE TURN-AROUND.

Department Speaker: SO I DON'T HAVE AN ECONOMIST AND I WISH WE DID, BUT I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM WHERE WE SIT IS THE BULK, ABOUT 90% OF THOSE STRUCTURES THAT WERE DESTROYED IN THE FIRE WERE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO THAT MEANS THESE ARE FAMILIES WITH MULTIPLE FOLKS IN THE HOUSEHOLD THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. SO I WOULD IMAGE IF WE ISOLATED THE PRICES ON JUST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THEIR OWN AND EVALUATED THOSE WITHOUT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON APARTMENTS, CONDOMINIUMS, AND OTHER HOMES, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE NUMBERS MIGHT SHOW -- TELL A DIFFERENT STORY. AND I'M ASKING BECAUSE I'M GENUINELY TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT, BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING. BUT THESE ARE ECONOMISTS WHO ARE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN WE'VE STILL GOT THE UA RENT STABILIZATION TENANT PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE. I KNOW THAT'S SPECIFIC TO UNINCORPORATED AND UNFORTUNATELY ALTADENA WAS GREATLY IMPACTED, BUT HOW IS THAT PLAYING OUT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S HAD IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS?

Department Speaker: SO THAT IMPACT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THIS, BUT OUR PROTECTIONS ARE THERE. AND THEY COVER AND ENSURE THERE IS MANAGED INCREASES FOR EXISTING RENTAL PROPERTIES. ONCE SOMETHING IS VACATED, WHAT WE CALL DE-CONTROLLED, PRICES CAN GO UP. OR NEW PROPERTIES COMING ONLINE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESTRICTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR PROTECTIONS ONLY APPLY TO RENTAL UNITS THAT WERE BUILT PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 1995. SO ANYTHING POST THAT IS NOT COVERED BY OUR ORDINANCE. AND THEN YOU DID A REPORT THAT TALKED ABOUT -- IT SAYS ON PAGE 11, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ECONOMISTS WARN THAT PRICE CONTROLS HOWEVER WELL-MEANING CAN DISCOURAGE SUPPLY AND CREATE LONG-TERM MARKET PROBLEMS. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT?

Department Speaker: WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO CAPTURE THERE IS THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF DEBATE HAPPENING IN THIS SPACE. FOLKS THAT ARE ANTI-PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS ARGUE THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW THE MARKETPLACE TO REGULATE ITSELF AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER FACTION THAT'S ARGUING THAT IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, WE CAN'T SOLELY RELY ON THE MARKETPLACE. I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE WE SAW THAT AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THE EMERGENCY HIT. WE SAW PRICES IMMEDIATELY GO UP. IT WAS ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS, RIGHT? THERE WAS ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE THAT WERE DISPLACED, SO YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT'S THE POPULATION OF EL SEGUNDO AND HERMOSA PUT TOGETHER. IMAGINE THEM BEING DISPLACED OVERNIGHT AND ASKING THEM TO MOVE. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE IMPLICATION ON THE RENTAL MARKET NO MATTER WHAT'S IN PLACE, SO THE BENEFIT OF HAVING PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS A VERY ACUTE SITUATION AT A VERY IMPORTANT TIME OF NEED. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I MEAN, I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT QUITE FRANKLY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE NOT IN CAHOOTS WITH SOME OF THESE RENTERS, BECAUSE IT'S INTERESTING HOW THEY CHARGE AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS WILLING TO PAY, AND THEN WHEN THE HOMEOWNER OR THE RATEPAYER OR PERSON THAT IS GETTING DISPLACED RUNS OUT OF MONEY, THEY'RE FORCED TO TAKE IT. AND I HOPE SOMEONE INVESTIGATES IT. I KNOW I SENT YOU ONE INDIVIDUAL OR ONE COMPANY THAT I FEEL IS IN CAHOOTS WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE LASER FOCUSED ON THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOSE ARE PREDATORS, BUT THEY ARE DOING IT IN PLAIN SIGHT. AND IF OUR DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER IS LISTENING, I HOPE HE INVESTIGATES IT AS WELL. TO ME, IT'S INEXCUSABLE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THAT PROBLEM, AND I WOULD ASK,

RAPHAEL, JUST IN CLOSING THAT WHEN WE GET AN ECONOMIST TO TALK ABOUT THAT, I WOULD ASSUME WHEN THEY MAKE THAT CLAIM, THEY'RE SAYING BUT YOU NEED TO PUT MORE SUPPLY OR MORE STOCK ONLINE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE DEMAND.

Department Speaker: YEAH. AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE'VE FALLEN SHORT AND AGAIN I BRING UP THE PROJECT TODAY THAT WE APPROVED THAT WAS HOUSING. EVERYONE IS SAYING IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. MY KIDS ARE MOVING OUT-OF-STATE, BUT YET WHEN WE SAY WE CAN BUILD HOUSING, THEY SAY WE DON'T WANT HOUSING, WE DON'T WANT MORE HOUSING IN OUR AREA. CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. THANK YOU. SUP ERVISOR HAHN. WAIT A MINUTE, CAN I ASK ONE MORE? DID YOU ASK ABOUT THE PUBLIC STORAGE? WHERE ARE WE ON THE PUBLIC STORAGE? THE LAWYERS OR SOMEONE SENT A LETTER SAYING IT SHOULD BE EXEMPT. AND I DON'T KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WERE YOU GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT? DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? I'M LOOKING TO MY TEAM. THEY SAID THEY SENT A LETTER.

Department Speaker: SURE, WE HAD OUTREACH FROM THE STORAGE INDUSTRY ASKING, INQUIRING ABOUT THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE AND WHETHER OR NOT IN OFFERING THEIR OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE COULD BE CARVEOUTS FROM THAT, MAYBE EXCLUDING CERTAIN INDUSTRIES SUCH AS THE STORAGE INDUSTRY. THAT JUST TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY. I DON'T THINK THE BOARD HAS TAKEN ANY ACTION ON THAT AND I THINK THERE WAS CORRESPONDENCE SHARED WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA ADDRESSING THAT TODAY. BUT WHAT WAS YOUR RESPONSE TO THEIR LEGAL CHALLENGE? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

Department Speaker: THEY DIDN'T FILE A LEGAL CHALLENGE. AS MUCH AS I CAN SHARE, THEY SHARED WITH US THAT THERE WAS NOT A CASE LAW OR LEGAL AUTHORITY ON THIS. THE GOVERNOR HAS DONE CARVE-OUTS IN THE PAST, NO MUNICIPALITY HAS EVER DONE A CARVE-OUT THAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE, SO I THINK THERE'S OPEN LEGAL QUESTIONS ON THAT. SUP ERVISOR HAHN? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AGAIN. I WILL JUST COMMENT, I DON'T THINK THE STORAGE INDUSTRY SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THIS. IF THERE'S ONE INDUSTRY IN MY OPINION THAT KEEPS JACKING UP PEOPLE'S -- THE PRICE THAT PEOPLE PAY TO STORE THEIR STUFF, IT'S THAT INDUSTRY. AND THEY ALREADY DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB. THEY DON'T REALLY NEED A REASON TO, MANY PEOPLE KNOW IT'S A TRAP ONCE YOU GET INTO IT, IT'S HARD TO GET OUT OF IT, SO I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THEM BEING EXEMPT FROM PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCES. AND I SUPPORT THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE OUT OF THE EMERGENCY YET. AND CLEARLY PRICE GOUGING HAPPENS BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY. THAT'S HISTORICALLY WHEN WE SEE PRICE GOUGING HAPPENING. THEY KNOW THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE, WHO ARE DESPERATE, WHO ARE AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE, WHETHER IT'S STORING THEIR ITEMS OR FINDING HOUSING OR WHATEVER. SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO EXTEND THIS AGAIN. I'M JUST WONDERING, AND IT'S A WEIRD DILEMMA SOMETIMES, BECAUSE PRICE GOUGING IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY I'M IN FAVOR OF ENDING PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS, BUT IS THERE A TIME WHEN YOU SEE US BEING OUT OF THIS EMERGENCY AS IT RELATES TO PRICE GOUGING?

DO WE JUST WAIT UNTIL THE EMERGENCY EXPIRES? OR IS THERE SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WHEN WE SHOULD BE ENDING THIS? AND AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS, RIGHT? LIKE HOUSING AND STABILIZING THE MARKET AND MAKING SURE WE GIVE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. BUT WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING TO IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN OFF-RAMP FOR THIS?

Department Speaker: I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, SUPERVISOR. I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING FROM THIS CONVERSATION IS HOW DO WE BEST POSITION OURSELVES TO MAKE THAT DECISION, WHEN IS THE PROPER TIME TO LIFT IT. POTENTIALLY THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE INTERNAL COUNTY PARTNERS THAT ARE WORKING SPECIFICALLY ON THE RECOVERY. I'M NOT A RECOVERY EXPERT, BUT THERE'S A TON OF FOLKS IN THIS COUNTY THAT ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS AND I THINK PART OF IT IS CONNECTING WITH THEM AND HELPING IDENTIFY MILESTONES THAT COULD HELP US IDENTIFY CLEAR PATHWAYS LIKE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF REBUILDING BEING IN PLACE, POTENTIALLY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS NOT BEING DISPLACED AND NOT MOVING BETWEEN HOUSING. MUCH LIKE WAS CAPTURED IN THE REPORT IN THE L.A. TIMES ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ANGELS REPORT. BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO COMPILE THAT INFORMATION TO BETTER INFORM THIS BOARD, SO WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS OF WHETHER TO EXTEND OR NOT, YOU HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU. AND YOU THINK THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING TO US MAYBE THE NEXT TIME IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO EXTEND IT?

Department Speaker: I COULD COLLABORATE WITH MY DEPARTMENT PARTNERS. WE DO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOUSING RECOVERY TASK FORCE THAT'S LED BY LACDA. I COULD BRING THAT UP DURING THAT CALL TO SEE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME MILESTONES WE COULD RECOMMEND FOR CONSIDERATION. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SUP ERVISOR MITCHELL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, I SUPPORTED THE FIRST MOTION AND THE 30-DAY EXTENSION. I THINK I'M CURIOUS AS SUPERVISOR HAHN JUST SAID, WHEN WILL WE KNOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF OUT OF HARM'S WAY WITH REGARDS TO GOUGING. SO I THINK TODAY I'M REALLY TRYING TO WEIGH PROPORTIONALITY. THE COMPLAINT DATA CERTAINLY SHOWED A SURGE IN THE EARLY MONTHS FOLLOWING THE FIRES. THEN WE SAW A SUBSTANTIAL DROP-OFF, MAY OF 2025. AS YOU PRESENTED IN YOUR DATA. YOU PRESENTED THE FACT THAT THE MARKET HAS STABILIZED WITH COUNTYWIDE MEDIAN RENTS ONLY UP 2.1%. AND IT'S THIS REAL CATCH 22, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, WE CAN'T TAILOR THE PROTECTIONS BY ZIP CODE AS THE STATE ADMINISTRATION CAN. BUT THE OVERALL DATA DOESN'T SHOW SUSTAINED OR WIDESPREAD RENT ESCALATION COUNTYWIDE, SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF MY CATCH 22. I'M THRILLED AND HAVE SUPPORTED THE STRONG UNINCORPORATED AREA TENANT PROTECTIONS AND THAT THEY REMAIN IN PLACE WHICH INCLUDES RENT CAPS UNDER OUR EXISTING ORDINANCES, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT AGAIN I'M TRYING TO WEIGH IS RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE HEARING IN OUR DISTRICT FROM PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THEY'RE RESPONDING BY NOT PUTTING NEW UNITS ON THE MARKET, PARTICULARLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THAT THEY ARTICULATE

IT'S GETTING TO A TIPPING POINT WHEN THEY LOOK CUMULATIVELY AT ALL OF THE POLICIES WE'VE PUT IN PLACE THAT IMPACT THEM. SO I THINK THAT, FOR ME, IS THIS CONUNDRUM. AND NOT KNOWING AT WHAT POINT, AS SUPERVISOR HAHN TALKED ABOUT. ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS I KNOW THE GOVERNOR HAD EXTENDED PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS IN THE CAMP AND BUTTE FIRE. I DON'T REMEMBER ABOUT THE OTHERS. FOR AS LONG AS FOUR YEARS. THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE IN OUR SITUATION. DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHY?

Department Speaker: THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR, NO, I PERSONALLY DON'T. I'VE NEVER HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS OFFICE AS TO WHY THEY WERE NOT EXTENDED. SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF THAT. HAVE WE AS A COUNTY ENGAGED? AND WE DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY WITH CAMP AND BUTTE AND OTHER FIRES ABOUT WHAT INFLUENCED THOSE DECISIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.

Department Speaker: IF I I RECOGNIZE IT'S FRUSTRATING THESE ARE DONE ON A 30-DAY TIMELINE. THAT'S THE AUTHORITY WE HAVE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. WHILE I PEACE PREFER WE COULD HAVE A LONGER TERM SENSE OF CERTAINTY, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE THE STATE STEP IN AND DO THAT, WHAT WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO DO IS 30 DAYS AT A TIME. AND SO YOUR GUIDANCE ON WHAT SORT OF INDICATORS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR AS A BOARD I THINK NOT ONLY IS HELPFUL TO RENTERS BUT ALSO PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU JUST RAISED. I THINK THE MORE CERTAINTY WE CAN PROVIDE, THE BETTER. BUT FOR ME AT LEAST, THE DATA RIGHT NOW SUGGESTS THAT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY IN CRISIS WHO ARE COUNTING ON US TO PROTECT THEM. YEA H, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THE MOTION. I KNOW FROM MY OWN DISTRICT, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF IMPACTS. AND INCLUDING I.C.E. RAIDS. AND SO YOU HAVE FAMILIES DOUBLING UP, TRIPLING UP IN SINGLE APARTMENTS. THEY HAVE NO CHOICE. THEY'VE LOST JOBS. SO A LOT IS HAPPENING AND WE DON'T HAVE A FULL PURVIEW OF ALL OF THE DATA, BUT I HOPE WE CAN LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO GIVE US A PATHWAY FORWARD. 30 DAYS IS JUST MADE UP, IT SEEMS LIKE IT, AND IT'S NOT REALISTIC. WHEN YOU TURN ON THE TELEVISION AND YOU HEAR ALL THESE HORROR STORIES OF FAMILIES IMPACTED STILL IN EATON AND PALISADES AND ALTADENA, AND IT BREAKS YOUR HEART TO KNOW THAT THERE'S NO RECOURSE OR RELIEF FOR THEM THROUGH EITHER INSURANCE OR SCE OR WHATEVER IT IS AND THE MONEY WE DO PROVIDE IS NOT ENOUGH EITHER. BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THEIR LIFE A LITTLE

BIT MORE LESS MISERABLE, I THINK. SO I SUPPORT THIS MATTER. NO OTHER COMMENTS, SO LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC. EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PLEASE. THANK YOU, RAPHAEL. Executive Officer: THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PLEASE COME FORWARD. JOSEPH RAMOS, LAURA MATTER, ADRIANNA BAUTISTA. AS A FINAL REMINDER, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ON YOUR DEVICE OR PRESS STAR 3 ON YOUR TELEPHONE NOW. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 951809, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED.

Telephone Speaker: MATTHEW BUCK, VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR THE CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO TERMINATE THE DECLARATION OF THE PENAL CODE 396 FOR SEVERAL MONTHS CAA HAS ASKED FOR A PLANNED FACE PHASEOUT OF THE PROVISIONS. Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER 661472, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: HELLO, I'M LAURA, AND I'M A MEMBER OF RED BRIGADE AND I'M URGING THE COUNCIL TO VOTE "YES" ON EXTENDING THE PROTECTIONS FOR ALL THE REASONS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. FAMILIES ARE STILL IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND MANY RENT CONTROL LAWS EXEMPT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THANK YOU. Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER 213905, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: HI, MY NAME IS VANESSA AND I'M WITH THE FILIPINO WORKERS CENTER ALONG WITH IMMIGRANTS R L.A. I'M JUST CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INTRODUCING IT. I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE INSURANCE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY SUNSETTING TO BE COMING SOON AND PEOPLE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE FIRES ALONG WITH WORKING FAMILIES AND THE ECONOMY IS NOT IN THE BEST SHAPE RIGHT NOW WITH ONGOING TARIFFS, BUDGET CUTS AND WAR, SO THE LAST THING WE SHOULD DO IS NOT PROTECT FROM PRICE GOUGING, SO PLEASE VOTE "YES" ON THIS. Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER 818-471, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: HI, MY NAME IS EMILY, A MEMBER OF THE RED BRIGADE AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2. I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT SUPERVISOR HORVATH'S MOTION TO EXTEND PRICE GOUGING PROTECTIONS. EXTENDING THESE PROTECTIONS ARE ESSENTIAL. FIRE SURVIVORS ARE STILL RECOVERING AND MANY ARE STILL DISPLACED AND SEARCHING FOR STABLE HOUSING. AS TO THE QUESTION OF WHEN SHOULD THESE PROTECTIONS SUNSET, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD SUNSET WHEN THE EMERGENCY IS OVER AND WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THAT, SO WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF PRICE GOUGING PROTECTION. SO I URGE YOU TO PLEASE VOTE "YES" ON EXTENDING THEM, THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER 213-905, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN. Telephone Speaker: STANDING IN THE OCEAN AND PEOPLE ARE PLAYING MUSIC, IT'S VERY CONNECTING TO PEOPLE WHILE ALSO JUST EXERCISING BEING IN THE SUN AND HANGING ON YOUR OWN. YE Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER 213, 338, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M WITH THE COUNCIL OF MEXICAN FEDERATIONS. I'M CALLING TODAY REPRESENTING THE IMMIGRANTS R L.A. COALITION IN SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR HORVATH'S MOTION TO EXTEND THE GOUGING PROTECTION. WE CANNOT LOSE THESE PROTECTIONS. FIRE SURVIVORS ARE STILL RECOVERING AND MANY ARE STILL DISPLACED AND SEARCHING FOR STABLE HOUSING. RIGHT NOW, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AND MANY ARE RUNNING OUT OF INSURANCE SUPPORT. WITHOUT THIS PROTECTION, RENTS COULD SPIKE DRAMATICALLY, PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK OF LOSING HOUSING OR BEING PRICED OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WE KNOW FROM THE PAST, RENTS RISE AFTER A CRISIS AND WE'VE SEEN PRICES INCREASE IN FIRE IMPACTED AREAS. AT A TIME WHERE FAMILIES ARE TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES, WE CANNOT ALLOW BAD ACTORS TO EXPLOIT THIS MOMENT. WE URGE THE BOARD TO EXTEND THE PROTECTIONS AND STAND WITH FIRE SURVIVORS.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER 909997, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. Telephone Speaker: THANK YOU. THIS IS ROY HUMPHRIES. I WASN'T GOING TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, BUT THE STATEMENTS OF THE PERSONS AFFECTED BY DISASTER WERE HEARTRENDERING. AND IT FURTHER FUELS THE OUTRAGE OF YOU SPENDING ONE PENNY ON BIDEN ILLEGALS. IT'S INFURIATING AND TREASONOUS. READ THE INVISIBLE COUP AND ASK PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HELP.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. HECTOR RAMIREZ, PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: YES, THANK YOU. I'M HECTOR RAMIREZ, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR HORVATH FOR IN MOTION. I'VE ASKED ALL OF OUR SUPERVISORS TO APPROVE THIS CONTINUING EMERGENCY RESOLUTION TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE STILL STRUGGLING. THIS PARTICULAR EMERGENCY HAS NOT ENDED FOR THEM AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THE RELIEF TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORS, THE WAY THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO. WITH ALL THE ONGOING ISSUES, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN DO TO KNOW THAT AT LEAST OUR COUNTY IS STILL LOOKING OUT FOR THEM WHILE OTHERS SUPPORT THE VISION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I ASK YOU AND URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHILE WE GO THROUGH ANOTHER EMERGENCY, THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. REMOTE PARTICIPATION IS NOW CONCLUDED. WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

In-person Speaker: HI, I'M ADRIANNA BAUTISTA. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HORVATH, FOR INTRODUCING THIS MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS BE EXTENDED FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE REAL TIMELINE OF REBUILDING A COMMUNITY THAT'S SURVIVED THIS LEVEL OF DISASTER REALLY LOOKS LIKE. AND WE INVITE YOU TO COME TO ALTADENA. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT NOT JUST ON THE COUNTY LEVEL BUT ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL. OUR FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS, LIVING IN TENTS, LIVING IN RVS THAT ARE NOT HOOKED UP TO UTILITIES. EDISON IS FORCING SURVIVORS TO PAY 30 TO 40 -- I'VE HEARD EVEN $80,000 TO RECONNECT TO THE GRID AND FOR TEMPORARY POLES. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. THERE ARE A SLEW OF INJUSTICES AND THIS IS --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: WE URGE YOU TO VOTE "NO" IN EXTENDING THESE COUNTY WIDE PRICE RESTRICTIONS IS. THIS MOTION IS BASED ON OUTDATED DATA. IT'ALLOWING IMPACTED HOMEOWNERS TO RECEIVE UP TO 12 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE AND $100,000. IT'S NO LONGER TRUE THAT TEMPORARY RENTERS CANNOT FOUND HOUSING. RENTS HAVE STABILIZED WITH MANY OWNERS OFFERING INCENTIVES JUST TO FILL UNITS. THE COUNTY'S OWN DATA FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS SHOWS THAT 92% OF COMPLAINTS OCCURRED WITHIN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE WILDFIRES AND ONLY 260 OUT OF 185,000 COMPLAINTS WERE EVEN REFERRED FOR POSSIBLE PROSECUTION. PREVENTING HOMEOWNERS FROM RESETTING RENTS AT VACANCY ARVACANCY HARMS SMALL HOUSING PROVIDERS.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: I LOST MY HOUSE IN THE EATON FIRE AND I'M ACTUALLY HERE FOR SOMETHING ELSE AFTER THIS, BUT THIS IS VERY PERTINENT AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO YOU GUYS FOR FIGHTING THIS. I LIVED IN, LIKE, 25 DIFFERENT PLACES SINCE THE FIRE. WHEN I GOT INTO A PLACE, IT FELT LIKE A MIRACLE. AND I HAVE TWO KIDS, AND SO IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THE RENT BRIGADE MAP AND SEE HOW MANY PLACES ARE INFLATED, I LIVE NO MADICALLY SO THAT I COULD NOT SPEND ANY OF MY INSURANCE MONEY SO I COULD GET IN SOMETHING, SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES FOR STABILITY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO REBUILD TO NOT HAVE PREDATORY PEOPLE JACKING UP THE RENTS. THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. SOM EONE ON STAFF WILL TALK TO YOU. I'M HAVING GO OVER AND TALK TO HIM, BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE INSURANCE AS WELL.

Sup. Hilda Solis, Chair: NO MORE CALLERS? OH, SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, YES, SORRY. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M ASSUMING THIS WILL COME BACK NEXT MONTH? AS I SAID, I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME, BECAUSE I'M HEARING OVERWHELMINGLY FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOME PROPERTY OWNERS IN MY DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE PULLING THEM OFF THE MARKET AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND I KNOW WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED AS A BOARD AND HAVE GOTTEN IN A BIT OF A TUG OF WAR FRANKLY AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE DIRECT RESOURCES FOR FIRE-IMPACTED PEOPLE VERSUS RENT RELIEF. AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DECISIONS MADE WHERE WE PULLED MONEY FROM ONE TO DIRECT TO ANOTHER AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE. SO I'M HOPING THAT DCBA COULD TRACK FOR US A RENT RELIEF FOR FIRE IMPACTED PEOPLE SO WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH OF THE RENT RELIEF FUND WENT TO FIRE IMPACTED PEOPLE AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE PROVIDING AND RESPONDING IN A COMPREHENSIVE, HOLISTIC WAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

Executive Officer: ITEM 22 IS BEFORE YOU. MOV ED BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH, I'LL SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SUPERVISO R MITCHELL MYTH ABSTAIN. SUPERVISO R HORVATH. AYE. SUPERVISO R HAHN. AYE. SUPERVISOR BARGER. ABSTAIN. SUPERVISOR SOLIS.AYE .

Executive Officer: MOTION CARRIES THREE AYES, TWO ABSTENTIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE NO SPECIALS, SO WE CAN MOVE ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR MEMBERS OF PUBLIC JOINING US REMOTELY, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE IF YOU ARE ONLINE OR PRESS STAR 3 IF ON A TELEPHONE.

Executive Officer: WE WILL NOW CALL IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND WHILE THEY ARE COMING FORWARD, WE WILL TAKE REMOTE SPEAKERS. CALLER ANONYMOUS, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BE BEGIN. PLEASE BEGIN. CALLER 909, 997, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: FOR SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, COMING ATTRACTIONS ON MY YouTube CHANNEL, HOW JAMAICAN AND PUERTO RICAN BLACKS TREAT AMERICAN BLACKS, RACISM TO THE MAX. WE ALL OWE THANKS TO CYNTHIA HUMPHRIES FOR ALLOWING ME TO TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS WHICH SHE SEES AS AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY. 20AS TO METAL THIEVES OR PERSONS THIEVING PRECIOUS METALS, AS IN SINGAPORE, PUBLIC CANING OR IN THE PHILLIPINES, SHOT DEAD IN THE STREET HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE, THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER HECTOR RAMIREZ, PLEASE BEGIN. OKAY, CALLER PEGGY LEE KENNEDY, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: HELLO, I'M HECTOR RAMIREZ, MEMBER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION DISABILITIES. I REALLY WANTED TO USE THIS PUBLIC TIME TO HIGHLIGHT MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS WE'VE HAD TODAY AROUND ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCESS. AND I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO INVITE ALL OF YOU AND EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENING TO ATTEND EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY OUR COMMISSION MEETING TOMORROW ON ACCESSIBILITY AND IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS HOW THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IS ACTIVELY WORKING TO REALLY MAKE THE COUNTY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF US. ACCESSIBILITY COMES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. AND I THINK IF YOU ATTEND TOMORROW, YOU GET TO SEE SOME OF THOSE GREAT EXAMPLES BOTH FROM OUR RESIDENTS, OUR COMMISSION, AND THEN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING AND DEFINITELY OUR SUPPORT STAFF THAT ARE ASSISTING US, THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. CALLER ANONYMOUS, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: YES, I'LL CONTINUE MY COMMENT FROM WHEN I WAS DISCONNECTED THE OTHER DAY. THE USE OF A VINYL BARRIER IN A DETENTION CENTER FOR QUASI HUGGING CAN PREVENT CONTRABAND TRANSMISSION FROM FAMILY MEMBERS. I KNOW PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR COMMENTS. IT WAS SAID THIS INITIATIVE WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY A LIST CREATED BY THE INCARCERATED. I ALSO HAVE A LIST WHEN I GO TO THE SUPERMARKET WHERE I HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION TO BUY SOAP. SOCIETY MUST DEAL WITH THE ENABLING BY THE COUNTY OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THE QUESTION SHOULD BE SHOULDN'T THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY? THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. PEGGY LEE KENNEDY, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

Telephone Speaker: HI, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS TODAY, BECAUSE I HAVE A RELATIVE THAT LIVES IN ONE OF THE REMAINING BOARD AND CARES IN L.A. IT'S RIDDEN WITH BEDBUGS, DRUG USE, AND CLIENT HIGH DEATH RATE. IT'S BASICALLY A HELLHOLE AND THE COUNTY SHOULD SHUT IT DOWN. BUT THOSE PEOPLE WOULD BECOME HOMELESS, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE TRAUMA-INFORMED, LIVED EXPERIENCE LED, COMMUNITY-BASED, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY LIVE WITH MAJOR MENTAL ILLNESS. AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF SOMEBODY IN THE COUNTY WOULD CONTACT ME ABOUT THE TRAGIC SITUATION, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER THESE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET IF WE CAN'T EVEN PROVIDE SOMETHING DECENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY THERE TRYING TO SURVIVE IN THESE SITUATIONS AND NOT BE HOMELESS. THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CONCLUDED. WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. PLEASE BEGIN.

In-person Speaker: I'M HERE AGAIN TO THANK SOLIS, ALL OF YOU GUYS. THANKFULLY ALL THE ATTEMPTS AGAINST MY LIFE DIDN'T COME TRUE. BUT THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN. WILDWOOD MOBILE PARK, THEY'RE MESSING WITH MY MEDICAL RECORDS AND ALSO I THINK I WAS LAZED. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, WHEN YOU GO OPEN A DOOR, THEY DRUG YOU. AND THIS IS THE ISSUE. IF THE OWNER OF WILDWOOD MOBILE PARK, IT'S A POLITICIAN AND HE'S TRYING TO PUSH HIS WEIGHT CRIMINALLY, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE. THIS IS WHERE HE GOES, AND I HAVE TO DEFEND MYSELF. OKAY? AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? HE'S THROWING LAWSUITS AGAINST ME. HA WHAT CAN I DO? WHA T DISTRICT DO YOU LIVE IN, SIR? SOMEONE ON MY STAFF WILL TALK TO YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: HARRIET ELLIOT. RON JOHNSON. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] TRANSHUMANNISM. RON JOHNSON TRANSHUMAN GENOCIDE. RON JOHNSON WROTE A BOOK CALLED TRANSHUMAN GENOCIDE. [ SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE ]

Interpreter: IT SAYS EMITTED ENERGY CAN BE ABLE TO PRODUCE ANY ILLNESS. NOBODY SUSPECTS THAT THEIR AFFLICTIONS COMES FROM A.I. THERE'S A CHANGE OF AUTHOR NOW. GLORIA NAYLOR WROTE A BOOK CALLED 1996. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

Interpreter: GLORIA NAYLOR HAS A VOICE IN HER HEAD. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] Interpreter: AND IT'S A FANTASY, THERE'S ALSO RENEE PITTMAN. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] Interpreter: I HAVE VOICES ALSO, THE CIA OR A.I. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

Executive Officer: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: I SPOKE ON SOME ITEMS AND I JUST WANT TO RECAP. ITEM 24, YOU NEED AN ACTION PLAN, ENGAGE YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN AND COLLABORATE ON POSSIBLE ACTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE DEBRIS TRASH AND FOR THE RIVER BEDS. AND THEN FOR ITEM 1, IMPLEMENTATION ON HSH, ADD AND CONTINUE TO REVISE THE STRUCTURE AND FRAMEWORK OF HSH INTEGRATING METRICS FOR SUCCESS AND FULL COST TO GET THERE. ITEM 18, REFORMING AND INTEGRATING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. INCORPORATE METRICS, OUTCOMES PARTNER WITH BOTH, CLIENTS, FAMILY NETWORK SYSTEMS THAT CAN COMMIT TO HELP WITH PROGRESS, RECOVERY, AS A CONSISTENT SOURCE OF AID. ITEM 14, MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUTH. EVALUATE YOUTH, FEATURE OUTCOMES BASED ON FACTORS AND DETERMINANTS. NUMBER 29, PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESSES. SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES --

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

In-person Speaker: HI, I'M PATRICK CONNOR. I JUST SPOKE A MINUTE AGO FROM ALTADENA. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEW DODGERS DREAM FIELD. THIS PAST WEEKEND, FIRE SURVIVORS GOT THEIR FIRST DREAM FIELD CITATIONS FOR PLAYING SOCCER AT THE PARK. FAMILIES WITH KIDS WERE ALSO PUSHED OFF THE FIELDS BY ARMED SHERIFF DEPUTIES. THIS IS OUR ONLY SURVIVING PUBLIC PARK. PLEASE REOPEN IT, AS IT WAS BEFORE THE FIRE AND BEFORE THE DODGERS INVESTMENT. WE DON'T ALL PLAY BASEBALL. I WROTE SOME ANGRY STUFF THIS MORNING THAT I CAME IN AND I SPENT THE WHOLE DAY HERE AND I CAN SEE YOU GUYS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD ON OUR BEHALF, SO I'M GOING TO SKIP ALL THAT. LIKE ADRIANNA, WE NEED HELP, NOT CITATIONS. WE'RE NOT CRIMINALS, WE'RE FIRE SURVIVORS TRYING TO PLAY IN A PUBLIC PARK. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND HAPPY ST. ST. PATTY'S DAY. WE'RE TRYING TO SECURE SPACE FOR ADULT SOCCER RECOGNIZING THAT WITH LITTLE LEAGUE COMING UP ESPECIALLY, THAT ONE THAT WAS ADDED WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF LOSING FARNSWORTH, SO WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ALL DAY AND WE DO CARE. THANK YOU.

Executive Officer: THANK YOU. THAT CON CR CONCLUDES OUR TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. Sup. Hilda Solis, Chair: WE WILL PROCEED WITH OUR ADJOURNMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH 2, 3, 4, 5, AND THEN 1.

1. DO YOU HAVE SOME? I'M GOING TO MAKE UP FOR YOU TWO. I HAVE SEVERAL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. COLLEAGUES, I MOVE WHEN WE ADJOURN TODAY, WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMBER OF ANITA WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 101 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GREATEST GENERATION. SHE LIVED A LONG AND VIBRANT LIFE MARKED BY FAMILY, FAITH, AND DEEP ROOTS IN THE SAN PEDRO COMMUNITY. BORN IN 1924 IN LOS ANGELES, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS ANDREW AND MARIA. HER MOTHER IMMIGRATED FROM MEXICO AND HER FATHER, A NATIVE OF THE ISLE OF IN K CROATIA FOUNDED STARR STARRSTAR FISHERIES. SHE WORKED ALONGSIDE HER FAMILY IN THEIR BUSINESS AND DURING WORLD WAR II, SHE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WAR EFFORT WORKING FOR THE ARMY AIR FORCE, THE NAVAL STATION, THE REAGAN AGENCY NEAR TODD SHIPYARD AND STAR-KISSED FISHERIES. SHE MARRIED NICK AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH EVENTUALLY OPERATING THEIR OWN FISH MARKET, AMERICAN FISHERIES, AT THE 22ND STREET LANDING. THE COUPLE RAISED THEIR SON, NICK Jr., IN THE SOUTH SHORES NEIGHBORHOOD OF SAN PEDRO. KNOWN FOR HER WARM, ELEGANT STYLE, ANITA WAS DEEPLY DEVOTED TO HER COMMUNITY. SHE WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DALMATION AMERICAN INCLUDING WHICH IS GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THEIR 100TH ANNIVERSARY, SO SHE WAS THERE IN THE BEGINNING. A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SAN PEDRO PENINSULA CANCER GUILD AND

A SUPPORTING OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR. SHE ALSO SHARED HER MEMORIES OF GROWING UP DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION AS PART OF THE STORIES OF THE LOS ANGELES HARBOR AREA ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. ANITA OFTEN REFLECTED PROUDLY ON HER PARENTS' JOURNEY TO AMERICA SAYING THEY CAME SEEKING OPPORTUNITY AND WORKED HARD TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY WITH VALUES OF KINDNESS, COMMUNITY, AND GENEROSITY. ANITA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER HUSBAND, NICK, HER SON, NICK Jr., AND HER SIBLINGS HELEN AND ANDREW. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND THREE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL AS MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, GOD-CHILDREN, AND DEAR FRIENDS "SFRIENDS. I WAS HONORED TO GET TO KNOW HER, SPEND TIME WITH HER, AND SHARE HER INCREDIBLE PERSONALITY AND LOVE OF SO MANY THINGS. SHE WAS SUCH A POSITIVE, ELEGANT WOMAN, ALWAYS FUN TO BE AROUND. WE WILL MISS YOU, ANITA. I MOVE THAT WHEN WE ADJOURN TODAY, WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF BARBARA JEAN THOMAS WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 95. SHE LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY OF GENEROSITY, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. BARBARA WORKED IN ADMINISTRATION FOR MANY YEARS AND ALSO SERVED AS THE EDITORIAL CLERK FOR THE OLD SAN PEDRO NEWS PILOT HELPING FAMILIES WITH OBITUARIES. SHE WAS A DEDICATED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE SAN PEDRO EMBLEM CLUB AND THE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION AS VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SAN PEDRO FISHERMEN'S FIESTA. SHE WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM AND ACTIVE IN OUR SAN PEDRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SHE KNITTED HUNDREDS OF BEANIES FOR THE UNHOUSED EACH WINTER. BARBARA IS SURVIVED BY HER

CHILDREN, PATRICIA AND GEORGE, GRANDCHILDREN, PARIS, MICHAEL, AND MELISSA, FOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. I MOVE WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF BETTY IRENE JONES WHO WAS ALSO 100 WHEN SHE JUST PASSED AWAY. SHE WAS A SAN PEDRO RESIDENT FOR 55 YEARS, BORN IN PASADENA, RAISED IN ONTARIO. SHE WORKED AT BULLOCK'S DEPARTMENT STORE AND AT THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB. SHE MARRIED IN 1950 AND WELCOMED 11 CHILDREN WHO SHE TIRELESSLY AND LOVINGLY RAISED. IN 1977, SHE EARNED AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN BOOKKEEPING AND WORKED FOR 26 YEARS. BETTY WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED AT THE MARY STAR OF THE SEA PARISH SCHOOL AND AS A CCD TEACHER, FUNERAL COR COORDINATOR. AFTER RETIREMENT, SHE MOVED TO GRANTS PASS, OREGON, WHERE SHE ATTENDED ST. ANNE CATHOLIC CHURCH, CONTINUED TO VOLUNTEER AND SPENT ONE DAY A WEEK AT THE VINCENT DE PAUL THRIFT STORE FOR TEN YEARS. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER STYLE AND AMAZING COOKING AS WELL AS MAINTAINING A BEAUTIFUL HOME AND GARDEN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, HER SISTER JOANNE, 35 GRANDCHILDREN, 43 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND MANY NIECES AND HER NEPHEWS. HER HUSBAND WAS A LONG-TIME FIREFIGHTER FOR THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND HER DAUGHTER STACY WAS A VERY HIGH-RANKING MEMBER OF THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES STAFF. SHE WILL BE MISSED.

I ALSO MOVE THAT WHEN WE ADJOURN TODAY, WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE COLLEEN (UNFAMILIAR WORD OR NAME) WHO WAS MY FORMER COLLEAGUE IN CONGRESS. SHE WAS A FORMER UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE IN HAWAII, SENATE PRESIDENT. SHE PASSED AWAY FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE WAS 74. SHE WAS KNOWN ACROSS THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FOR DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR BREAKING BARRIERS IN STATE GOVERNMENT. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE STATE SENATE AND BEFORE BEING ELECTED AS SENATE PRESIDENT, SHE SERVED AS THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MAKING HER THE FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO PRESIDE OVER A STATE LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER IN THE UNITED STATES. SHE WAS BORN ON MAY FOUR, 1951 IN HONOLULU. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WITH DEGREES IN ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY. SHE RECEIVED HER MASTERS DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY IN 1975 AND HER LAW DEGREE IN 1977. THROUGHOUT HER TIME IN CONGRESS, SHE ADVOCATED FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN RIGHTS AND FOUGHT TO REAUTHORIZE THE NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 1996. COLLEEN SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE JUDICIARY AND AWINE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, CO-CHAIR OF THE JOINT SENATE TASK FORCE ON I.C.E. AND DRUG ABATEMENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE SENATE AND AS CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. IN 2015, SHE LEFT OFFICE TO RETURN TO PRIVATE PRACTICE, BUT THE DEATH OF FORMER REPRESENTATIVE MARK WHO I ALSO SERVED WITH LED HER TO RUN FOR THAT SEAT LEADING HER BACK TO THE HOUSE IN 2016. WHERE SHE SERVED OUT HER CONGRESSIONAL TERM UNTIL 2019. SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE HONOLULU

AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SERVED AS CHAIRPERSON THERE IN 2021. I WILL REMEMBER HER AS A REMARKABLE LEADER, A TRAILBLAZER. SHE WAS A MENTOR, A FRIEND. WE WERE FIRST IN THE FIRST FRESHMAN CLASS TOGETHER IN CONGRESS AND SHE JUST WAS A GREAT FIGHTER AND A REALLY GREAT ADVOCATE FOR HER HOME STATE. BUT REALLY FOR ALL THOSE WHO WERE MARGINALIZED IN OUR COUNTRY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JOHN, AND HER BELOVED DOGS NAMED FRANNIE AND PUPPER. AND I ALSO MOVE -- THIS IS MY LAST ONE -- THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF THERESA VISELOT, A REASON OF LOMEDA AND SHE WAS 93 WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY. SHE GRADUATED FROM IMMACULATE HEART COLLEGE. THERESA'S DEEP FAITH WAS HER FOUNDATION. SHE SERVED HER COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ALTAR SOCIETY, THE OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY GUILD. HER LIFELONG DEDICATION WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED IN 2010 WHEN POPE BENEDICT HONORED HER WITH THE PRO ECCLESIA. THERESA FOUND JOY IN SIMPLE THINGS LIKE DANCING, HOSTING HOLIDAY EVENTS, HER FAMILY TRADITIONS, PLAYING LIVERPOOL RUMMY, THAT'S A NEW ONE, AND TRAVELING WITH FAMILY AND DEAR FRIENDS. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER HUMILITY, SINCERITY AND SHE HAD A GIFT FOR MAKING EVERYONE FEEL TRULY VALUED. HE POSSESSED A RARE, GENTLE SPIRIT AND A HEART THAT NEVER TIRED OF GIVING TO OTHERS. SHE'S SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND

JOE, CHILDREN JOHN, STEPHANIE, MARK AND MATT AND A GROWING LEGACY OF GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I MOVE WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF STEVEN DeSALVO, SENIOR DEPUTY, FORMER JOURNALIST, CALIFORNIA PROSECUTOR WHO PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 18, 2025. HIS LIFE AND CAREER WERE DEFINED BY A DEEP COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND COMPASSION FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. AS A TEENAGER, HE DEVELOPED AN EARLY INTEREST IN NICE, KEEPING HIS BEDROOM RADIO TURNED TO XK AND X. AFTER GRADUATING FROM GLENDORA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1979, HE ATTENDED UCLC, ON THE TRAIL DAILY TROJAN AS EDITOR AND MENTOR. HE EARNED A B.A. IN JOURNALIST AND POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM USC, AND LATER GRADUATED FROM UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW. HE WORKED IN LOS ANGELES AS A GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER, COVERING WIDE RANGE OF STORIES INCLUDING ENTERTAINMENT, THE STATE CALLINGER MURDERS AND PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONSLE. FOR 13 YEARS, HE SERVED AS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WORKING IN THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION. STEVEN AND HIS WIFE BEGONIA HAD TWO CHILDREN, SAMANTHA AND KAREN, TO WHOM HE WAS A DEVOTED FATHER. HE DROVE SAMANTHA TO BALLET AND DRUM LESSONS AND VOLUNTEERED AT A SCOUT LEADER WITH KIERAN'S PACK GROUP. HE'S SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CHILDREN, AND HIS SIBLINGS SHERYL, DENISE, JEFF, STACEY. THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF RUTH METSLER, LONG-TIME MEMBER OF CLAREMONT. SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1940 AND PURSUED BUSINESS STUDIES BEFORE RETURNING AS A SCHOOL SECRETARY. DURING WORLD WAR II SHE RELOCATED TO HELP WITH THE WAR EFFORT, LATER CONTINUING

FEDERAL SERVICE RAT THE PENTAGON IN THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY THE ARMY. SHE MARRIED LT. COLONEL HAROLD CHARLES METSLER WHOM SHE MET WHILE BOTH WERE WORKING AT THE PENTAGON. THEY HAVE SETTLED IN CLAREMONT FOLLOWING HIS FINAL ARMY ASSIGNMENT AS DIRECTOR OF ROTC AT CLAREMONT COLLEGES, WHERE HE LATER GONE A SECOND CAREER AT POMONA COLLEGE. RUTH'S LONG STANDING INTEREST IN MUSIC FLOURISHED INTO THE VIE BRANTED CLAREMONT COMMUNITY. THE COUPLE ENJOYED 53 YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND SHARED A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS HOLDING SEASON TICKETS TO MAJOR PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAS AND PARTICIPATING ACTIVELY IN LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. HER HOME IN PADUA HILLS PLACED HIRE AMONG MANY PROMINENT LOCAL ARTISTS FURTHER ENCOURAGING HER PASSION FOR THE ARTS. HUTH IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW. HER SISTER SUSAN, HER STEP CHILDREN AS WELL AS NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN. AND LAST I MOVE WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CHEROHSTEDAHL, NONPROFIT LEADER, ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN AND DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEMBER. BORN NOVEMBER 7, 19 OF 2, CHER WAS A LIFELONG LEARNER, EARNING DEGREES FROM UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND CLAREMONT UNIVERSITY. SHE DEVELOPED NEARLY THREE DECADES TO TRINITY YOUTH SERVICES AND CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, BECOMING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN 2020 AND LEADING PROGRAMS SUPPORTING THOUSANDS OF FOSTER AND AT-RISK YOUTH. OF COURSE OVERCOME ADVERSITY IN HER OWN CHILDHOOD SHE

BECAME A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH ABUSED, NEGLECTED OR ABANDONED. HER LEADERSHIP WAS WIDELY RECOGNIZED, NAMED OUTSTANDING PROFIT DIRECTOR BY THE STATE SENATE IN 2018, AND WOMAN OF DISTINCTION BY THE STATE ASSEMBLY IN 2022. SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER COMPASSION, RESILIENCE AND LIFE LONG COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED. SHE'S SURVIVED BY LARRY, DAUGHTERS ALEXANDRA, DEVON, JULIAN AND MORGAN, GRANDCHILDREN AND MANY LOVED ONES.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. I MOVE WHEN WE ADJOURN WE DO SO IN THE MEMORY OF EL MONTE POLICE DEPARTMENTIOR DETECTIVE ARMANDO SANTA ANA WHO PASSED AWAY SUNDAY MARCH 15, 2026 DUE INFORM COMPLICATIONS FROM A PREPLANNED SURGERY RELATED TO A WORK RELATED INJURY. THE DETECTIVE SERVED FOR 24 YEARS AND COVERED VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS DURING HIS TIME INCLUDING PATROLLING, SERVING AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND SENIOR DETECTIVE. BEFORE ENTERING LAW ENFORCEMENT HE PLAYED BASEBALL AT THE COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS, LATER REMAIN CONNECTED TO THE SPORT AS A BASEBALL TALENT SCOUT. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF THE GAME AND MENTORING AND SUPPORTING OTHERS, BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. DETECTIVE SANTA ANA WAS WIDELY RESPECTED BY COLLEAGUES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR PROFESSIONALISM AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT HE SERVED. AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY HAVE EL MONTE I SHARE THE DEEP LOSS FELT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND DIRECTED THE FLAGS TO BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS PASSING. I OFFER CONDOLENCES TO HIS LOVED ONES, COLLEAGUES AND ALL WHO KNEW HIM. HE'S SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CLAUDIA, HIS SON TYU SEND A DAUGHTER JULIENIE. THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE ALL THOSE MOTIONS AS RECORDED. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO UNANIMOUS VOTE THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. THANK YOU. PLEASE READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: MEMBERS. PUBLIC, THE BOARD WILL NOW BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION. WHILE THE BOARD IS IN CLOSED SESSION WE WILL SHOW A VIDEO PRESENTATION. SUPERVISOR HORVATH HAS A VIDEO PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING HALLEN RASSH. SUPERVISOR SOLIS HAS A VIDEO PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING THE SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCE FUND N ACCORDANCE WITH BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER CS5, CS6, CS7, AND CS8, CONFERENCES WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION. OFFENSE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ANTICIPATED LITIGATION 1 DAYS, NUMBER 9, AND CS10, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. ITEM NUMBER CS12, CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS JOE NIKITA AND STAFF AS INDICATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. [VIDEO]

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: NOT ONLY IS IT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WE CELEBRATE WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION. A BIG FOCUS OF MY WORK IN THE THIRD DISTRICT IS PROMOTING WOMEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES. IN HONOR OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION WEEK I'M HERE WITH HELEN RASHO, FROM MASTER SERVE RECONSTRUCTION, FEMALE OWNED MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS SERVING THE NORTH SAN FERNANDO COMMUNITIES. MASTER SERVE RECONSTRUCTION HAS SERVED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, AND UNDER HELEN'S LEADERSHIP OPERATES 24/7 TO HELP CLIENTS WHENEVER THEY NEED IT. HELEN IS ONE OF THE FEW LICENSED WOMEN CONTRACTORS IN CALIFORNIA AND EXEMPLIFIES THE VALUES OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION LEADING A BUSINESS THAT SUPPORTS RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY CREATING JOBS IN THE NORTHEAST VALLEY AND BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS. HELEN, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND I AM SO GLAD WE COULD BE HERE TO MARK WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. ON BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, THIS IS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE, TO MEET YOU, IT'S A BIG HONOR FOR ME. AS A WOMAN MINORITY, BEING IN CONSTRUCTION AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS MONTH, IS CONSTRUCTION, WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION, SUCH AN HONOR FOR YOU GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. I'M VERY GRATEFUL. I STARTED MY WORK -- I STARTED 20 YEARS AGO AND WE DO FIRE, WATER, SMOKE, RESTORATION, RECONSTRUCTION -- SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: YOU DO IT ALL.

WE WERE ACTIVE IN THE EATON FIRE, MY FRANCHISES, AND THE COMPANY AGAIN IS WOMAN-OWNED. AND 80% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE WOMEN, MINORITY. TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY BLESSED. TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: WE ARE JUST SO, SO THRILLED FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY RESIDENTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHO ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP AND ALL OF THE WAYS THAT YOUR COMPANY AND YOUR HEART ARE SHOWING UP FOR THEM IN THEIR TIME OF NEED O BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, THANK YOU. HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH! THANK YOU SO MUCH. [VID [VIDEO].

HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: BUSINESS RESILIENCY FUND WAS CREATED OUT OF A MOTION THAT I CARRIED LAST JUNE AND CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE I.C.E. RAIDS, IMMIGRATION RAIDS THAT OCCURRED HERE IN NOT JUST THE CITY OF L.A. BUT THE COUNTY. WHAT IT DID WAS ACTUALLY SUPPRESS OUR ECONOMIC ENGINE, THE SMALL BUSINESSES. MANY FOUND THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE NOT SHOWING UP OR THAT THEY HAD BEEN IMPACTED BY I.C.E. RAIDS. CUSTOMERS WERE NOT COMING AROUND. THEY COULDN'T MAKE THEIR PAYROLL. SOME OF THEM HAD TO SHUTER THEIR DOORS. WE DID IT BASED ON INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED BY OUR OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS AS WELL AS FROM THE L.A. EDC THAT WORKS IN COLLABORATION AND CAN ACTUALLY PROJECT AND FORECAST HOW MUCH MONEY AND REVENUE THE COUNTY HAS LOST BECAUSE OF THE RAIDS. ONE OF THEM WAS A LOCAL RESTAURANT IN EAST LAMENT. THIS WAS THEIR SECOND ROUND, GOT THEIR FIRST ROUND DURING COVID, THEY APPLIED AGAIN, AND A COUPLE, TWO PEOPLE THAT RUN THE BUSINESS, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS. THE OTHER WAS A FLORAL BUSINESS, ALSO OPERATING IN EAST LOS ANGELES FOR 9 YEARS. AND I THINK THEY'RE UP AGAINST THE SAME KIND OF ISSUES WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO WALK THE STREETS EVEN IN EAST LOS ANGELES. SO TODAY WHAT I'M DOING IS I'M GIVING ALLOCATION OF $649,000 OF MY OWN DISCRETIONARY FUNDING THAT IDENTIFY A AND I WILL STHAEND TO DEO, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, THEY ARE ENSURING ME THAT THOSE 146 APPLICANTS THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE FUNDING WILL NOW GET THAT. THE CHECK IS OUT TODAY. THE FUNDING NEEDS TO GROW, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE. THIS PROGRAM WILL BECOME PERMANENT, WE HOPE, AT YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WHERE I HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE IT PERMANENT. WE WILL HAVE TO SEEK OUTSIDE FUNDING, PHILANTHROPIC AND THE

STATE GOVERNMENT, ANY OTHER ENTITIES THAT WANT TO HELP SMALL

BUSINE

BUSINESSES.

[CLOSED SESSION]

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SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF ACTION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: THE FOLLOWING IS A REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION ON MARCH 17, 2026. ITEM NUMBERS CS5, CS6, CS7 AND CS8, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION NO, REPORTABLE ACTION. NUMBER 9, ONE CASE NO, REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN. ITEM NUMBER CS10 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CHILD SUPPORT AS MUCH ASS DEPARTMENT, THE BOARD SELECTED A FINAL CANDIDATE FOR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE VOTE OF THE BOARD WAS 4-1 WITH SUPERVISOR SOLIS, HORVATH, HAHN, AND BARRINGER VOTING AYE AND SUPERVISOR MITCHELL VOTING NO. CS12, CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS, NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S MEETING. NEXT MEETING IS PUBLIC HEARING MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026 AT 9:30A.M. WE ARE ADJOURNED.