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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO OUR SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS 7:00 PM.TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRIES.
AND I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MALLEY, FATHER, AS WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING, REMEMBER THE WORD? SO SOLOMON OF ALL THAT, BY THE BLESSING OF THE LORD, THE CITY IS EXALTED.
SO I BLESS WEST COVINA FATHER.
I BLESS FIRST OF ALL, FATHER, EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN THIS CITY.
AND I BLESS FATHER, OUR CITY OFFICIALS, THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR MAYOR CITY MANAGER, AND OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, FIRE CHIEF, AND ALL THOSE EMPLOYED IN THE CITY.
HEAVENLY FATHER BLESS OUR SCHOOLS.
HAVENS FATHER BLESS ALL OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND KEEP THEM PROTECTED.
BLESS OUR, OUR EDUCATORS FATHER AND BLESS OUR CHILDREN.
AS IT HAD BEGUN TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
EVERY FATHER BLESS OUR BUSINESSES AND THEY CONTINUE TO PROSPER.
HEAVENLY FATHER REMEMBERING THE WORDS OF THE PRIEST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU WEST COVINA.
THE LORD, MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU.
LIFT UP HIS COUNSEL UPON YOU AND GRANDCHILD HIS SHALOM PEACE.
I SPEAK PEACE WITHIN THE WALLS OF OUR CITY FATHER IN JESUS' NAME.
PLEASE FACE THE FLAG, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND AND OVER YOUR HEART.
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.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOX BY COUNCILMAN WILL COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
BEATO MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ HERE NEAR CUSTOM ON US.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING MR. MAYOR.
[PRESENTATIONS]
PRESENTATIONS HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.THE FIRST ONE IS FOR A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
AND, UH, WELL, WE'LL HAVE WE'LL COME UP.
I'M GONNA READ A SHORT PARAGRAPH AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU THE MIC WILL THE IDEA FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE LATTER HALF OF SEPTEMBER AND FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER BEGAN AS A WAY TO PROMOTE THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS.
SPECIFICALLY THOSE WHOSE ANCESTORS CAME FROM SPAIN, MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH IS THE TIME TO APPRECIATE AND CELEBRATE THE COLORFUL CULTURES, RICH HISTORIES AND DIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAN LATINO COMMUNITY.
HISPANIC AMERICANS HAVE BEEN INTEGRAL TO THE PROSPERITY OF THE U S THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATION ARE MEASURABLE AND THEY EMBODY THE BEST OF AMERICAN VALUES.
THE HISPANIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE U S CULTURE AND ECONOMY.
AND WITH WEST COVINA BEING PRIMARILY HISPANIC AND MYSELF AND SOME FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS BEING HISPANIC.
I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION AND WE HAVE WILL ALSO, UM, WHO'S OUR IT MANAGER TO SAY SOME WORDS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED.
UM, WHEN WE SPEAK OF HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE, WE SPEAK OF A RICH, DIVERSE CULTURAL LEGACY FROM SPAIN TO MEXICO, FROM PANAMA TO PUERTO RICO, FROM ECUADOR TO SHEILA AND FROM PERU TO THE UNITED STATES, HISPANIC PEOPLE ARE FAR-FLUNG.
WE REFLECT A WEALTH OF CULTURE, DIVERSITY ALONG WITH A COMMON LANGUAGE HERITAGE.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED OUR OWN REMARKABLE BLENDS OF MUSIC, DANCE, ART, CULTURAL TRADITIONS, AND OF COURSE, DELICIOUS FOOD, HISPANIC CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD ARE UNIQUE IN THEIR OWN WAYS.
GET, SHARE COMMON CORE SIMILARITIES AND CERTAIN INNER PRIDE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LATINO.
TODAY, WE CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF PEOPLE, OF HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE, THE DIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AMERICAN CHAMPIONS WHO INSPIRE OTHERS TO ACHIEVE
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SUCCESS AROUND THE WORLD AND HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU.
LIKE GOT ENOUGH PROCLAMATION, PLEASE, PLEASE.
WILL SECOND PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM LACADA OR LOCATOR DEPENDING ON HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRONOUNCE IT TODAY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE JOSHUA HEINTZMAN OPERATIONS MANAGER TO THE MIC, PLEASE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS.
UH, MY NAME'S JOSHUA HEINTZMAN, UM, I'M OUR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR, UM, ELLICOTT IS, UH, HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH TEAMS. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL, UM, WITH AN UPDATE WITH WHERE WE'RE AT, FROM SERVICES FROM INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM FROM WHEN WE STARTED, UM, I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT.
MY COLLEAGUE MARY PROBABLY GAVE A PRESENTATION SOME MONTHS BACK, UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S NOT WITH US THIS EVENING.
UM, SO IF WE WANT TO START TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
SO SINCE INCEPTION ON APRIL 11TH, UM, WE HAVE ENGAGED 184 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OUT IN THE STREETS OF CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, THOSE ARE UNDUPLICATED INTERACTIONS, MEANING THOSE ARE 184, UM, PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR TRANSIENT THROUGH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, OUT OF THOSE 184 FIRST-TIME ENCOUNTERS WITH INDIVIDUALS WE'VE PROVIDED 425 FOLLOW-UPS AND THOSE FOLLOW-UPS CAN RANGE IN BETWEEN, UM, SERVICES BEING PROVIDED.
SO MAYBE IT WAS TRANSPORTATION TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PICK UP SOME MEDICATION, THEIR PSYCH MEDICATIONS, UM, MAYBE IT WAS TRANSPORTATION TO A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, UM, ALL THE WAY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOMEONE CONNECTED TO A SHELTER.
UM, OUT OF THOSE 184 INDIVIDUALS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LINK 27 TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND THAT'S THROUGH THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE, UM, AND EVEN, UM, INTO, UH, VENTURA COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY.
SO, UM, OUR PLACEMENTS, WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE WITH WHERE THE FOLKS IN WEST COVINA ARE.
UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S NOT IN LA COUNTY.
SO WE, WE, WE, UH, UH, PLACE FOLKS, UM, ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY OUT OF THAT HUNDRED AND 84, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PLACE 26 INTO SHELTER AND OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
UM, SO I BELIEVE IN TOTAL THERE, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 40 LIKE RIGHT AROUND 50 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO PLACE INTO SOME SORT OF LEVEL OF CARE OR INTO HOUSING, UM, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY FANTASTIC NUMBERS, UM, IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT, UM, THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO BE HERE, UM, TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOU.
SO, UM, TO DATE CURRENTLY, THERE ARE FIVE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE STREETS OF WEST COVINA THAT ARE OCCUPYING LA CADA BEDS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S CONTRACTED FOR EIGHT BEDS.
UM, SO FIVE OUT OF THE EIGHT ARE FILLED.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE WE HAVE THE THREE BEDS REMAINING, NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND GUIDELINES OF, OF ACCEPTING HERMAN.
WHAT, ONE MORE TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
YOU'RE BURPING, YOU'RE FLIPPING OFF, YOU'RE CLAPPING OUT A TURN, KNOCK IT OFF.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE BARRIERS THAT EXIST FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO OCCUPY BEDS.
AND IN THE SLIDE BEFORE, WHEN I MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PLACE PEOPLE WHERE WE CAN AND BE CREATIVE.
SO MAYBE ONE OF THE BEDS THAT THE CITY HAS CONTRACTED US, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR SOMEONE.
SO WE HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S PART OF IT.
UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE IN THE FIVE BEDS RIGHT NOW ARE ALL DOING REALLY WELL.
SO THESE FOLKS ARE IN OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OFFICER LING AND OFFICER MELO, WHO ARE THE TWO OFFICERS FROM WEST COVINA POLICE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER SOMETIMES TO GO, WHEN DO WE LIKE TO CALL THEM KIND OF WELFARE CHECKUPS, WHERE WE GO AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS ARE DOING REALLY WELL.
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UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE SUCCESS WHEN SOMEONE GETS INTO ONE OF OUR BEDS IS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US KEEPING THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTO THOSE BEDS.UM, SO 53, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REMOVED, UM, FROM THE STREETS OF WEST COVINA SINCE INCEPTION.
UM, AND CURRENTLY DOES THE COUNCIL COUNCIL AS WELL AWARE, UM, THAT IS BEING DONE WITH TWO FULL-TIME LA CUTTER OUTREACH NAVIGATORS.
AND REALLY THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S DONE IN NO SMALL, UM, WITH NO SMALL FEAT, BUT ALSO, UM, IT'S REALLY WITH, BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, CHIEF BELL, CAPTAIN KORTINA, UM, AND OFFICERS, UH, MELLOW AND LING, AND THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT, UM, REALLY HELPED SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ELLIE CAUGHT A HOUSE OUT HERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO HELP YOUR, YOUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
AND I BELIEVE YOUR COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE.
UM, ONE OF THE HOTSPOTS, YOUR, YOUR CAMERON PARK, WE HAVE NOTICED A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT AND WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING SOME CHANGES.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TIME AHEAD.
WE WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SUCCESS STORIES FOR YOU.
UM, THIS INDIVIDUAL, UM, INTER TREATMENT ON FIVE 18, UM, AND THERE'S SOME QUOTATIONS UP THERE, UM, LISTED BY, BY THIS INDIVIDUAL BY, UH, THAT STATED BEFORE I GOT, BEFORE I GOT INTO TREATMENT, I THOUGHT I WAS WORTHLESS AND DID NOT, DID NOT THINK I WAS WORTH ANYTHING.
I USED TO SIT IN MY TENT AND THINK THIS IS THE END.
UM, I WILL HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING SOON.
I HAVE A CLEAR MIND TO MAKE RIGHT TO THINK, RIGHT, AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT MY LIFE AND MY FUTURE.
I HAVE A TEAM THAT BELIEVES IN ME AND BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPPORT, UM, I DON'T, I WILL NOT FAIL.
UM, AND IF YOU, THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL, UM, I'M NOW RE-EVALUATING MY LIFE WITH A NEW PURPOSE WITHOUT THE WEST COVINA OUTREACH TEAM.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHERE MY LIFE WOULD BE.
I AM NOW ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY ADDICTION AS A DISEASE.
AND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I FIND VERY HELPFUL AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE GET TO BE WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS THAT WE FIND THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THE REASON WHY THE NUMBERS THAT ARE PRESENTED THERE ARE REALLY POSSIBLE.
UM, YOUR OFFICERS, UM, THAT WORK WITH US REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE TIME AND SUPPORT US WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AND USE THEIR LEVERAGE TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN PARTICULAR, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD REALLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE WITH US BECAUSE OF THE, THE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS AND IT'S, I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
UM, AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOULD BE THE SO ON HERE.
SO IN TERMS OF SUPPORT SERVICES, UM, SO FOR NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, WE REALLY TRIED TO FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT NOT ACCEPT A BED.
UM, WE TRY TO REDUCE, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE QUANTIFY IT YET, BUT REALLY SOME OF THE OVER UTILIZERS OF EITHER POLICE OR FIRE SERVICES.
SO IF WE CAN HELP SOMEONE GET TO THE HOSPITAL AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT DO IT, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO.
AND IN TERMS OF THAT 425 FOR FOLLOWUP, SOMETIMES THAT'S ALSO, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE MAYBE A TRIP TO CHARTER OAK RATHER THAN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE HAVING TO DO IT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY SHOWER SERVICES, HELPING FOLKS, UM, GET CONNECTED TO RESOURCES THROUGH THE COUNTY WITH DPSS AND ALSO STD TREATMENT.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LINKAGES, SOMETIMES WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS HELPING PEOPLE GET DOCUMENT READY, UM, CONNECTING THEM WITH SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, UM, ACCESSING MEDI-CAL MY HEALTH LA, UM, VA BENEFITS.
WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED A FEW FOLKS IN WEST COVINA THAT ARE VETERANS THAT QUALIFY FOR VASH SERVICES.
SO, UM, WE TRY TO REMOVE ANY BARRIERS THERE ALSO INTERIM HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, PERMANENT HOUSING, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BEDS.
AND THEN ANOTHER PRIORITY FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US IS TO GET THEM INTO THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.
AND SO JUST A LITTLE SNAPSHOT HERE.
UM, THE, THE LITTLE PIE CHART JUST KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THE NUMBERS THAT I GAVE YOU BEFORE.
UM, THIS KIND OF JUST ILLUSTRATES AND KIND OF IN COLOR AND COLOR, WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY THE, THE SERVICES LOOK LIKE A LARGE PART OF IT IS FOLLOW UP.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE, YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, ALLOWING ME TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH, UM, UH, THE CONTRACT IN THE CITY.
CAN YOU, JOSHUA, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOSHUA? COUNCILMAN WILL.
UH, IT'S A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
AND I THINK, GIVE US HOPE, UH, REGARDING THE SERVICE FROM THE CADA.
AND TO HELP THE PEOPLE NOT SWOOPED IN THE RICE HELPED AN ARTISTRY, GIVE THEM HELP, GIVE THEM HOPE.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT, UH, THE MISSION, WE NEED TO SEE THE WEIGHT AND
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TO, TO FIND OKAY.AND ANY SERVERS FOR THEM AND TO FIND SHELTERS FIND MEDIC OKAY.
BECAUSE I, I MET ONE LADY OKAY.
SHE NEEDS SOME MEDICAL ATTENTION.
AT THE TIME WE DON'T HAVE YOUR SERVICE, WE HAVE A, A UNION STATION AND THEY, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW WITH YOU, I THINK THEN THOSE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE.
AND TO REALLY HAVE A GRADUALLY, A NORMAL LIFE.
HOW HAVE YOU TRIED TO BESIDE THE PEOPLE IN CAMPUS, SOME OF OUR POLITICS AND THAT HAVE YOU TRIED TO REACH PEOPLE LIVE IN THE CAR TRAILER? OKAY.
I THINK SOME OF OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS ARE LIVING IN THERE THAT OKAY.
SO HAVE YOU TRIED TO, UH, CALCULATE AND ACCOUNT OKAY.
AND EVEN OUTREACH? SO VERY GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
SO WE, WE DO CONDUCT OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT TARGETED TOWARDS, UM, ANY SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC, ESPECIALLY FOLKS LIVING IN CARS AND CAMPERS.
WE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THEM.
UM, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT IS THE FOLKS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE EITHER ON THE SIDEWALK, IN A TENT OR IN A SLEEPING BAG.
UM, IT'S REFERRALS OF THE FOLKS IN FRONT OF BUSINESSES THAT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS, BUT WE DO OUTREACH INDIVIDUALS IN CARS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME BARRIERS WITH THAT, UM, TRYING TO CONNECT PEOPLE.
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN YOUR CITY IS TO TRY TO GET FOLKS INTO SAFE PARKING.
UM, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL WITH IT, BUT THAT REALLY IS ONE OF THE EASIEST THING TO DO FOR FOLKS SO LONG AS THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.
BUT WE DEFINITELY, UM, WILL OUTREACH INDIVIDUALS AND CARS AND RVS AND ESPECIALLY A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN.
I THINK THERE IS, WE NEED TO KIND OF EMPHASIZE, SEE HOW CAN WE FIND A SHELTER FOR THEM, OR TEMPO TEMPORARILY HOUSING FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN.
HOW CAN WE HELP THEM? I THINK THIS IS A ONE OF A, A MAJOR ISSUE.
WE DON'T WANT CHILDREN WITH FAMILY HOMELESS AND ON THE STREET IS NOT SAFE FOR THEM.
AND, UH, HAVE YOU TRIED TO SEE HOW MANY FAMILY AND, UH, ON YOUR OUTREACH? I DON'T HAVE DATA ON SPECIFIC FOR FAMILIES.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH THAT, UM, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I HAVE A SOFT SPOT WHEN IT COMES TO, WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THE TEAM THAT IS OUT HERE, UM, BOTH OF THEM ARE PARENTS.
AND SO IT'S THE SAME AS FOR BOTH OF THEM, IT'S KIND OF ALL HANDS ON DECK.
SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO MISLEAD YOU.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT IF YOUR SELF, UH, COUNCILMAN OR OTHER MEMBERS, UM, COME ACROSS A FAMILY THAT IS IN NEED, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS, REACH OUT TO US OR, YOU KNOW, LET, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE KNOW, AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY REACH OUT TO THEM.
UM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, THOSE FOLKS ARE PRIORITIES FOR US.
UH, SOMETIME WE RECEIVED A REQUEST HELP ON THE SCHOOL.
THEY, THEY SAY, HEY, DO WE HAVE A HOUSING FOR POTENTIAL HOMELESS CHILDREN? SO, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A CHANNEL.
SO FOR YOU TO HELP, HELP THEM MAKE SURE THEY WON'T BE ON THE STREET AND WE'D LOVE TO SPEAK.
WE CAN SPEAK WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS ON THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT SERVICES THEY HAVE, HAVE YOU HAVE ANY, UH, CONNECTION WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRI AND IN CASE THEY NEED HELP, YOU CAN, THEY CAN GO TO US AND GO TO YOU DIRECTLY TO SAVE TIME.
UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY INVITATION TO YOU IS IF, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL BOARD THAT YOU'D LOVE FOR US TO MEET, WE WOULDN'T MIND HAVING A MEETING THAT WAY WE CAN SUPPORT THEM THERE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY, UH, YES, I REMEMBER YOU MENTIONING, UH, CAMERON PARK AND I KNOW WE HAD A BIG PROBLEM WITH CAMERON PARK, AND I JUST NOTICED THIS WEEK THAT IT WAS CLEAR.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HOUSED A COUPLE THAT WAS THERE.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT, UM, AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO HELP THESE PEOPLE WITH THE FOLLOW-UPS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE HOUSING THAT WANT IT.
AND THEN I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE THAT DON'T.
AND, AND, AND JUST, IF I MIGHT ADD TO THAT, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HOUSED FROM THEM, AGAIN, I, IT REALLY IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE, THE WEST COVINA OFFICERS, UM, WHO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGED LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCE WITH US, LIKE THAT PARTNERSHIP WAS WHAT ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE TWO IN PARTICULAR.
AND MY OFFICERS, I MEAN, OUR OFFICERS, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, COUNCIL, WOMAN LOPEZ.
I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION, I KNOW WE WERE A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH THE UNION STATION.
UM, I DO FEEL MORE CONFIDENT, UH, WITH YOU ON BOARD AND THE STATS AND THE ABILITY THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'D LOVE THE REAL
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PARTNERSHIP THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS WITH THE CITY, UH, ALONG WITH OUR OFFICERS.I KNOW WE KNOW THE HOPE TEAM WORKS HARD, BUT IT'S, IF IT'S JUST THEM, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO, UH, PUSH OR HAVE ACTION.
AND IT'S A GOOD COLLABORATIVE, UM, MOMENTUM.
UH, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, KATHY, CAUSE I KNOW CURRENTLY THE RESIDENTS, IF THEY HAVE ISSUES, SOMETIMES I'LL PUT IT IN LHASA, LHASA, THE ORG, BUT THEY DON'T GET UPDATES.
THEY DON'T, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY GET CONTACTED OR NOT.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY GO THROUGH OUR HOPE TEAM, UM, BUT CAN RESIDENTS CONTACT YOUR ORGANIZATION AND IS THERE A WEBSITE OR A PHONE NUMBER THAT THEY CAN CALL, UM, WHO DOES THE CONTACT, THE REACH AND JUST TO PROVIDE FOR THAT'S A FUNNELING REQUEST FOR SERVICE? THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD PROBABLY DIRECT TO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR, OR EVEN THE HOPE TEAM, JUST BECAUSE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A CONSTITUENT, THAT'S REACHING OUT TO US FOR SERVICE, UM, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS CONTACTED WITH, UH, UH, WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TIME.
AND KIND OF THE MECHANISM THAT YOU HAVE NOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HOPE TEAM, BE IT, IF IT GOES TO CAPTAIN KORTINA OR CHIEF BELL, IT GETS FILTERED DOWN TO US AND THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FOLLOW UP LIKE, HEY, WHAT DID YOU KNOW, THE, THE WEST COVINA OUTREACH TEAM DO, UM, CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY COMING IN, MIGHT BE, UM, IT, IT, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER.
WE IT'S DEFINITELY, WE CAN GET THEM, BUT I THINK THE MECHANISM IN PLACE RIGHT NOW FOR IT TO GO THROUGH HOPE TEAM IS GOOD.
UM, BUT WE ARE ALSO ACTIVELY LOOKING AT, UM, IN THE WORKS OF DOING SOMETHING THAT'S SIMILAR TO LA HOPS, UM, AS AN AGENCY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO WEST COVINA.
I KNOW WE'VE MENTIONED IT SOME MONTHS AGO, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO KIND OF GET THE INTERFACE OF THE TECHNOLOGY TO WORK, BUT SOMETHING IS COMING THAT THEN THE CITY CAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT, THAT WE'RE RESPONDING IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO FOR, OR YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THE WEST CAMINO HOPE TEAM DOES HAVE AN EMAIL THAT RESIDENTS CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION TO, UM, IT'S UNTIL ON THEIR INSTAGRAM AND ON THEIR WEBSITE.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING LOCATED HAS DONE AND OWN THAT I'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION AND TRYING TO ASSIST THEM AND PLEASE KEEP IT UP AND KEEP LOOKING FOR WAYS TO, UH, DO IT BETTER IF YOU CAN, AND COUNCILMEN TO ABOUT DUBAI.
UM, YES, LIKE EVERYONE HAS SAID WE REALLY VALUE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND, UH, IT HAS BEEN A REALLY POSITIVE TO THE CITY, UM, SINCE YOU'VE JOINED OUR HOPE TEAM.
UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, JUST, JUST TO HEAR THE COLLABORATION, UH, IS, IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR NOW.
YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE SAFE PARKING, UH, IN, IN, IN THIS, IN THE CITY.
UM, WHERE, WHERE WOULD OUR SAFE PARKING BE OR IS IT, IS IT IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS? IT'S NOT WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THERE ARE, UM, SITES THAT ARE, UM, ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY THAT WE HAVE LINKED INDIVIDUALS TO, BUT THAT TYPICALLY FOR SOMEONE WITH A CAR OR AN RV IS OUR FIRST KIND OF GO-TO.
AND IT'S BECAUSE WE, WE KNOW THAT THE SITE IS ACCESSIBLE.
IT'S SOMEWHERE THAT, THAT HAS A TRACK RECORD OF WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN PARK AND, AND BE SAFE.
BUT THERE ARE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING THAT WITH REGARDS TO LICENSING ACTIVE REGISTRATION, BUT THAT TYPICALLY IS THE FIRST THING TO DO FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THEIR CARS OR RVS THAT ARE NOT WILLING TO, UM, ACCEPT A BED OR MAYBE ARE NOT READY.
UH, AND, AND SO GOING ON THAT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, IS, IS FOR US TO BUILD THE CAPACITY RIGHT.
TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SUPPORT, UH, OUR OWN.
UH, AND SO CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHEN, WHEN YOU SAID THAT, UM, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE CREATIVE, UM, FOR THE BEDS.
CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT AND, AND POSSIBLY HOW WE COULD GROW OUR CAPACITY? UM, SO WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, I GUESS STRUGGLE AS MUCH, SO I DON'T NECESSARILY, I MEAN, I, I HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY STRUGGLE.
I THINK JUST AS YOU KNOW, WEST COVINA IS NOT UNIQUE AND IT'S, AND, AND IT STRUGGLES WITH PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, IT, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO BEDS IN THE COUNTY THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH BEDS.
THERE'S PROBABLY, I WOULD, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SAY NOT ENOUGH PROGRAMS TO HELP THE UNHOUSED.
AND SO WHEN I SAY BE CREATIVE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS WHERE, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT WE, WE HAVE TO TRY TO BE AS LOW BARRIER AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO SOMETIMES WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REUNIFY WITH FAMILY.
SO IF WE CAN FIND OUT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS FAMILY, WE CAN VERIFY WITH THE FAMILY THAT IT'S LEGITIMATE AND WE CAN GET THEM HOME.
AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES MAYBE IT'S WEST COVINA PD HAS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US, UM, THERE'S A DOCUMENT THAT THEY HAVE THAT WE COULD PRINT THAT SATISFACTORY FOR
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ID TO HELP SOMEONE GET THROUGH TSA OR GET ON A GREYHOUND BUS OR ON A TRAIN.WE DO THAT IN TERMS OF CREATIVITY FOR BEDS IS IT'S ALSO NOT JUST LOOKING AROUND HERE.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE COUNTY IS WHAT WE CONSIDER A SERVICE DESERT.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF BEDS AVAILABLE.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A WHILE.
AND SO FOR US, IT'S FINDING RESOURCES ELSEWHERE.
SO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DOGS, UM, A LOT OF, UH, FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN WEST COVINA, WE'VE EXPERIENCED HAVE ANIMALS, AND MOST PLACES DON'T TAKE ANIMALS.
SO THERE'S A LOCATION IN THE HIGH DESERT THAT DOES.
AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET IN A VAN WITH THEIR DOGS AND THEIR, ALL THEIR BELONGINGS AND WE'LL DRIVE TO LANCASTER AND PALMDALE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE A IT'S LANCASTER PALMDALE, THAT'S PART OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO, TO, TO BE CREATIVE, BUT IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, A PERSON'S LEVEL OF CARE.
SO, UM, UH, BILL BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED VETERANS.
SO FOR SOMEONE THAT'S A VETERAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA WANT TO GET THEM CONNECTED WITH VASH SO THEY CAN GET A BED THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICES OR RESOURCES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE VA.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY BEING RESOURCEFUL.
IT'S NOT JUST, ALL RIGHT, DO YOU WANT A BED? IT'S LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHAT'S YOUR BACKSTORY AND WHAT, IN THAT BACKSTORY, CAN WE USE TO FIND LEVERAGE TO GET YOU INTO A BED THAT, THAT IS MOST SUITABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR YOU? IT MIGHT EVEN BE A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OLDER AND HAS HIGH MEDICAL NEEDS.
UM, SO I, TO ME, I SAY IT'S BEING CREATIVE.
UM, BUT IT, IT IS YOU, CAN'T JUST, YOU CAN'T PLOP SOMEBODY IN A BED WHO HAS HIGH MEDICAL NEEDS AND EXPECT THEM TO STAY THERE.
UH, LAST, LAST, LAST QUESTION.
UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY I THINK IF WE COULD GET TO PEOPLE BEFORE THEY UNSHELTERED, IT WOULD BE THE BEST.
SO, UM, THOSE FACING EVICTIONS, UH, WHICH, UH, I'VE HAD PEOPLE OUTREACH TO ME BEFORE, W W W HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? HOW, HOW, HOW CAN WE GET THEM SERVICES BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY END UP, UH, SHELTER W WITH KIND OF THE, WITH THE PANDEMIC HAVING EAST AND A LOT OF THE DOLLARS FROM A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, LEGISLATION AND VARIOUS MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR LIKE, UM, YES, THAT WOULD KIND OF FALL UNDER LIKE PREVENTION AND DIVERSION, UM, WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY THERE, ISN'T SPECIFIC WITH US ACCESS TO THAT.
AND I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO US COMING, WHAT, WHAT THE CITY HAD IN PLACE FOR PREVENTION AND DIVERSION.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU AS PART OF US BEING RESOURCEFUL AND CREATIVE IS FOR SOMEONE THAT'S TELLING US THEY'RE BEHIND ON RENT, MAYBE THEIR JOB ISN'T PAYING ENOUGH.
WHY HAVE SOME REALLY QUALIFIED OUTREACH WORKERS THAT KNOW HOW TO MAKE REALLY GREAT RESUMES, THAT KNOW HOW TO HELP PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR LYFT AND KNOW HOW TO, UH, ACCESS EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES TO SELL A CO OUT IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY IS A GREAT PARTNER FOR INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR WORK.
SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO TRY TO ACCESS IF THERE'S NOT DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, A MONETARY COMPONENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THERE IS AT SOME POINT, BUT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY.
UH, SO, UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE, OUR PRIORITIES WAS TO BE ABLE TO, TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED AND CREATING THAT AVENUE, IF PEOPLE ARE FACING EVICTION, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON, ON THAT? UM, UH, HOW'S THAT GOING? AND I KNOW WE WERE GOING TO BRING THAT ITEM BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACT DATE, BUT I CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA, BY, REGARDING THE, I THINK LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT A CDBG FARM AND THE CDBG FOUND THE PRIORITY, WE RAISED THE HOMELESSNESS AS A PRIORITY.
SEE, WE CAN HAVE PREVENTION, OKAY.
USE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND THEN TO BECOME HOMELESS, ESPECIALLY FAMILY WITH CHILDREN.
SO I, I THINK WE, WE APPROVE THAT, RIGHT? SO WE WENT OUT, WE JUST NEED, UH, A FORMALITY AND A SYSTEM, SEE HOW WE CAN USE IN THAT FUND CONNECT TO, WITH CADA.
THEY IN LAYAWAY, WE, IF WE SEE A POTENTIAL ISSUE, WE CAN HAVE 10 BY THE WAY, JUMPING INTO IT AND USE OUR CDBG FUND TO HELP THE FAMILY.
I THINK THERE'S WHAT WE TRIED TO DO.
AND A WHIZZER, A VERY STRONG, OKAY.
I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR THE POPULATION OF OUR OKAY.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT THE THING IS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, WOMAN LOPEZ.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE CREATIVITY, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, UH, QUESTION.
UM, DO YOU WORK WITH COUNTY TO SEE IF THESE ARE LIKE THE SAME, UM, HOMELESS PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE JUMP TO SEE IF THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THE RESOURCES? IS THERE SOME TYPE OF COMMUNICATION WITH COUNTY AND, UM,
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TO, TO KEEP TRACK OVERALL? SO THERE, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF HANDS IN THE PROVERBIAL COOKIE JAR WITH, WITH SERVICES.I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF GRANTS, LOTS OF FUNDING, DIFFERENT MEASURES, YOU KNOW, UH, AND, AND REGIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WEST COVINA CLEARLY INVESTED AND ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION TO DO SOMETHING IN THE CITY AND NOT WAITING FOR THE COUNTY OR THE STATE, WHICH I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I CAN COMMEND THE MEMBERS HERE FOR, FOR TAKING SOME ACTION.
UM, WE, WE DO OUR PART WHERE IT'S KIND OF, I GUESS, THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT AS THAT THE TEAMS KIND OF TEND TO BE KIND OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS AND KIND OF UNCOVERING AND DISCOVERING WHAT SERVICES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED SO WE CAN GET A BETTER SNAPSHOT OF THEM.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CONTACTING THE COUNTY AS MUCH AS IT IS.
UM, WORKING WITH THE PRIOR SERVICE PROVIDER, MAYBE IT'S WORKING WITH INKY WITH DMH OR, UM, YOU KNOW, A PRIOR LOSS OF WORKER, I WOULD SAY, MAYBE POSSIBLY WORKING WITH THE PREVIOUS PROVIDER HERE.
UM, IF THAT PERSON IS STILL AROUND AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, BUT PRIMARILY THROUGH THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE TAKE OVER THE CASE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL, UM, WE CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN ORDER TO ASSIST THAT INDIVIDUAL INTO GETTING HOUSED.
SO IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S WHY Y'ALL HAVE TWO DEDICATED FOLKS THAT ARE ABLE TO SPEND THE TIME TO KIND OF UNCOVER AND DISCOVER.
AND, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UM, HELPING THE VETERANS, WHICH, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, WORKING IN, DEALING WITH VA COULD BE SOMETIMES FRUSTRATING.
I DO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER TRY TO HELP WITH THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND BEING ON THAT PHONE AND NOT GETTING ANY ANSWERS, DO YOU HELP THEM AND GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT GOES THROUGH, WE, WE HAVE TO.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE UNHOUSED STRUGGLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO IS ASSUMING THAT SOMEONE WHO HAS MENTAL ILLNESS THAT IS NOT TREATED CAN JUST BE HANDED A PHONE AND BE TOLD, CALL THIS NUMBER TO TALK TO THE VA, THE CHANCES OF THAT INDIVIDUAL, HAVING ANY MEASURE OF SUCCESS TO GET INTO A BED OR, OR A RESOURCE THAT WE KNOW IS THERE.
THEY JUST NEED SOME KIND OF HAND HOLDING OR GUIDANCE.
UM, WE, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO THEM.
UM, THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT MONTHS OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT, AND FINALLY SOME SEE SOME MEASURE OF SUCCESS WITH THEM.
SO IT VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON, BUT OUR VETERANS ARE WOMEN WITH CHILDREN.
UM, IT DOES REQUIRE NOT JUST ENDING A PAMPHLET AND, AND THAT'S, IT'S CRINGE-WORTHY FOR US WHEN IT'S, WELL, IT DOESN'T WORK HERE.
SO PART OF THE FOLLOW-UP WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THAT 425 THAT'S WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THERE IS BEING ABLE TO DO THAT FROM START TO FINISH.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
UM, UH, JUST BASED ON WHAT YOU SAY IS GO BACK TO THE FUNDING.
I KNOW WE SPENT $250,000 TO, TO EARN, TO CONTRACT WITH YOU AND IT'S FOR ONE YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WILL BE NEXT YEAR, WHERE DOES MONEY COME IN FASTER? THIS TIME WE USE THE RESCUE FARM FOR FEDERAL OKAY.
AND HOW CAN WE EXTEND THAT MOST SERVERS FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, INCLUDING THE CDBG FUND.
AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM NEED TO CONTACT COUNTY THAT WE PAID IN SINCE 2016, THE MAJOR H MONEY, UH, MAYBE $18 MILLION.
SO MAYBE THEY CAN GIVE US SOME BAG SO WE CAN CONTINUE A CONTRACT WITH STEM AND THAT WE CAN MAYBE TALK TO THEM SINCE WE HAVE THE PROGRAM.
NOW THEY WANT TO MENTION FUND.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GIVE US SOME FUNDING BACK SO WE CAN CONTINUE, UH, USE YOUR SERVERS, MAYBE EVEN EXPANDED EVEN MORE BECAUSE WE HAVE 180 FOR YOU.
IS THERE MAYBE PEOPLE WE HAVEN'T APPROACHED? OKAY.
SO WE MAY BE HAPPY TO TRY TO FIND EACH OF INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY AND THEY NEED FUNDING.
SO WE, WE NEED TO FIND A FUNDING SOURCE.
YOU END UP TIME CLICKING AND THAT WE WANT TO HURRY UP TO MAKE SURE NEXT YEAR BUDGET AND THAT WE HAVE THIS FUNDING CONTINUE TO HAVE FOR THEIR SERVERS.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE YEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE A HOMELESS POPULATION.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORK ON.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MOVE FOR THAT.
UM, AS I, DO YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS? OKAY.
SO I KNOW YOU HAVE TWO FULL-TIME STAFF.
UM, SO WHAT HAPPENS IF LIKE VACATION OUT SICK? DOES THIS PROGRAM CONTINUE? REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I HAVE HAD TO SHUFFLE, UM, NOT SHUFFLE RE RATHER, UM, I HAVE HAD TO FILL THE VACANCY WITH, UM, SOMEONE ELSE.
SO YOU DIDN'T GO WITHOUT A LAPSE IN COVERAGE.
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UNFORTUNATELY IT ENDS UP BEING SOMEONE THAT ISN'T SO FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, THE NUANCES OR THE POPULATION OF, OF YOUR UNHOUSED HERE.BUT, UM, WE, WE WILL, I WILL RE ALLOCATE SOURCES, UH, RESOURCES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SOMEONE IS HERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, I'VE HAD SOMEONE OUT LAST WEEK AND THEN AGAIN THIS WEEK, UM, BUT HE WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK, BUT YOU'VE HAD A REPLACEMENT AND FROM ALL APPEARANCES BEEN, BEEN DOING REALLY WELL LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK SO FAR.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS COUNCIL OF COUNCILMAN WU.
YOU BRING UP ABOUT FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO, UM, AND THANK YOU JOSHUA FOR THE INVALUABLE INFORMATION, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY STAFF TO PREPARE A LETTER FROM ME TO LA COUNTY REQUESTING FUNDING FOR MEASURE H FOR, UH, THIS MUCH NEEDED PROGRAM.
UM, HOPEFULLY THEY COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SINCE YOU KNOW, IT DOES COME FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
AND, UM, I THINK THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE I'VE SEEN SO FAR.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
MOVING ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS? IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? BOY, SPEAKER CARDS THIS EVENING.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS, UH, FIVE SPEAKER CARDS.
UH, HERMAN FOLLOWED BY MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY LCMS MEN.
WELL, LET'S FACE IT, EVERYBODY.
LACADA HUNTER AND 84 PEOPLE REACH OUT OUT OF A POPULATION OF OVER 200,000 IN POPULATION HERE AND JUST WEST COVINA.
AND, UM, ALSO, WHAT ABOUT THE SALARY GRADES? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SALARY GRADES WHILE WE'RE DEALING WITH A HOMELESS CRISIS.
WE'RE DEALING WITH VETS STILL SLEEPING IN THE GODDAMN FUCKING SIDEWALK AND STREETS, STILL SQUANDERING FOR THE LITTLE THINGS THAT
FOLLOW-UPS OUT OF 200,000 IN POPULATION, JUST IN WEST COVINA.
I WOULD BE EMBARRASSED TO EVEN MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.
I WOULD BE DREADING TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A FUCKING MORON MAKING A COMMENT LIKE THAT.
HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE BEEN NOTICING HOMELESS PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS THAT THEY JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT? DID THEY? I'VE BEEN HOMELESS.
I WENT THROUGH YOUR FUCKING BULLSHIT PAPERWORK AND YOUR PROPAGANDA FUCKING LIES AND MYTHS ABOUT IT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S DONE FOR ME? NOTHING, NOT ONE GOD DAMN THING, EXCEPT IT BRINGS ME HERE TO MAKE OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT AND THAT RIGHT SHOULD BE MERIT BASED ON HOW YOU'RE LIVING.
GOD DAMN HOMELESSNESS GODDAMN IN YOUR CAR.
GODDAMN ON A PARK, GODDAMN SLEEPING ON THE STREET.
AND THESE ARE VETERANS AND THESE ARE THE NON-DISABLED PEOPLE AND OUR RESIDENTS, NOT JUST WITHIN THE COUNTY, BUT WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE HOMELESSNESS, THEN PUT THEIR ON A FUCKING BUS AND SEND THEM TO NEW YORK.
YOU'RE GIVING ALL THIS ILLEGAL POPULATION OF PEOPLE, FREE SHIT, CALIFORNIA, FUCKING ASSHOLE, GAVIN NEWSOME.
LET'S SEND THEM OVER THERE AND LET'S SEE HOW NEW YORK DEALS WITH THE PROBLEM THAT WE CONTINUE TO JUST OVERLAP.
OVERLAP, OVERLAP, OVERLAP FIVE FUCKING BEDS.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? PRESENTATIONS FIVE FUCKING BEDS, 200,000 SALARY.
I KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THAT SHIT.
I CAN GET MORE THAN FIVE BEDS.
I CAN GET MORE THAN 184 PEOPLE IN THIS 200,000 POPULATION OFF THE MOTHERFUCKING STREETS, NO GAME, BUT YOU GUYS RUN A GAME HERE.
AND WHO SUFFERS? WE IN SOCIETY, CHILDREN, FAMILIES, VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR CHILDREN, THE SAME SHIT.
LIKE YOU HEARD OF THE NEWS TODAY, ALI, YOU IS D FUCK YOU.
YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM GOES DOWN ON THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
RIGHT? AND THEN WE GOT WHAT, 53 PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, OUT OF A POPULATION OF 200,000.
AND THEN WE GET TO FULL OUTREACH PEOPLE.
REALLY? YOU HEARD WHAT THAT GENTLEMAN SAID EARLIER, REALLY? AND LET'S TALK ABOUT OUTREACH.
LET'S CALL THE MENTAL EVALUATION EVALUATION TEAM AT 1 44, 1 SENATE ANITA AVENUE,
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SOUTH EL MONTE AT 66, 2 5 8 3 0 0 0 1 FOR THE RECORD ASKED FOR THE LIEUTENANT, ASKED VILLAIN, ALEX, VILLENUEVA WHAT THE FUCK CAN THE SHERIFF'S DO THAT? THEY CAN'T GET RIGHT.DUI FROM THE SWAT GUY THAT WRECKED THE CAR, WHAT A FUCKING MORON, WHAT A FUCKING MORON YOU'RE ON THE SWAT TEAM.
YOU'RE A SHERIFF AND YOU FUCK UP DRUNK AND YOU CRASH OUR VEHICLE.
THAT'S HOW FUCKING STUPID THIS ALL SOUNDS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, BECAUSE TIME IS GOING AWAY.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS FAILURE.
PROJECTS ALWAYS MADE UP OF CONSULTATION, FEES AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING HAS FAILED AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS FAILED.
STUPID DUMB BITCH, SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO, DUMB BATCH.
AND ALSO LET ME READ INTO THE RECORD ON MY CLOSING EXPLOITATION OF BULLSHIT AND GIFT FOR YOU.
DEAR SARAH, MR. BLANK, I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT YOUR SERVICE DOG ON AM.
I'M TERRIBLY SORRY THAT WE HAVE A DYSFUNCTIONAL FUCKING VET SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS YOUR ANIMALS TO DIE DURING THE COVID CRISIS.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO MISS A DOG THAT IS VALUABLE MORE THAN YOUR FUCKING STUPID ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS DEAL WITH ONE OR THE OTHER.
IF NOT 42, USC, 1983, POLITELY FUCK OFF MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY LC MEN FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN SONG.
LOOK, THERE'S A SHERIFF IN CHURCH.
MY GREENSPAN, UH, THE JEW WHO WON'T GO BACK TO FLORIDA, THE ANTISEMITIC ANTI-CHRIST CATHOLICS FOR WHAT WAS SAID IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN BURBANK BY MR. HARRY YEARS.
NOW, COUPLE THINGS, UM, ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN LATIA.
WHY SHOULD WANTS TO MAKE YOU A DRUG ADDICT? AND THEN THEY'LL DO SERVICES.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE WAY THE MONEY GOES.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT A DRUG ADDICT, THEN THEY WANT YOU TO SIGN SOMETHING UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY.
IT'LL BE THE BIG HOUSE BECAUSE PERJURY IS A FELONY.
SO DON'T LISTEN TO LATIA, THEY'LL LEAD YOU ASTRAY.
AND MIKE PUT YOU IN JAIL BECAUSE YOU LISTENED TO THEM.
OH, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR IN, I HOPE DAVID HAS A SPEEDY RECOVERY FROM HIS CORONA VIRUS WHERE, SORRY, HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
NOW ABOUT THE HOMELESS ISSUE, THEY HAD A PROGRAM AND IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.
I SAW IT ON THE NEWS, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, HOME OF THE FLORIDA GATORS THAT KICKED BRUIN.
BUT THEY WERE, THIS WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.
THEIR SOCIAL SERVICES WERE CONTACTING THEIR FAMILIES AND THEY WERE GETTING THEM BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES ON A ONE-WAY BUS TICKET.
USUALLY THE PLACES UP NORTH, I GUESS THE SNOWBELT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS COME OF THE PROGRAM SINCE IT WAS ONLY ON THE NEWS ONCE, BUT IT WAS A WELL-INTENTIONED IDEA AND ACTUALLY HAD SOMETHING OF A SUCCESS RATE, WHICH IF YOU GO BY THE LA HOUSING, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TILL FIVE.
AND I SEE THEM ON THE BUS BENCH AT FOUR 30 GOING, BYE BYE.
AND OF COURSE THAT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS, YOU KNOW THAT GREAT.
HA HA H H H, WHICH HAD SUCH ADVOCATES OF JOSE.
AND I DON'T THINK HE'LL GO TO A COUNTRY CLUB PRISON LIKE EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE OR THE SATELLITE PRISON IN ENGLAND OR WENT TO OUTSIDE THE BIG ONE IN ARIZONA.
SO THE OTHER, UM, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT DON'T WORK DRIVE ALONG THE ONE-ON-ONE EITHER DRIVE FROM DOWNTOWN NORTH, YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE LEFT, YOUR LEFT PATH.
PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS, THEY GOT A BIG STRUCTURE AND RIGHT OUTSIDE THERE ON THE FREEWAY, PEOPLE CAMPED OUT IN TENTS.
A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS IN HER SIXTIES, TRIED TO GET ON WITH PATH.
THEY ONLY SERVICE PEOPLE IN THEIR THIRTIES.
SO TOUGH SHIT WHERE PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THEY DO, BUT IT'S ABOUT MONEY CHANGING HANDS.
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UNITS ARE COSTING 850,000 PER UNIT TO BUILD THAT'S THAT PROP H H H.AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SAID, OH, THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE ANOTHER BOND.
I SAID THAT TO MR. HERMAN AND MR. SPINDLER FOUR MONTHS BEFORE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
IT WAS BUILT UP AS A SOLUTION.
IT'S SOMEBODY GETTING MORE MONEY AT OUR EXPENSE AND THAT'S NOT GOOD.
OH, I WANTED TO THANK ROSARIO FOR BEING AT THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT MEETING.
I COUNTED NINE ABSENCES FROM THAT MEETING A COUPLE OF THE TAX MEASURES.
THEY GET 40%, A COUPLE OF THEM.
I EXPECT A BETTER, A BETTER ATTENDANCE RECORD.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL.
WE HAVE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS THAT COULD SERVE, BUT PEOPLE LIKE THE MAYOR OF EL MONTE, THEY GET 36,000 JESSICA, THIS BROAD WITH BIG BOOBS AND DOESN'T SHOW UP.
AND SHE REPLACED THIS ONE GUY, UM, ANDRE CONTERRA WHO HAPPENS TO WORK HIS DAY JOB WITH THE CITY OF LA OR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WELL, HE CONTROLS THE COUNCIL OVER THERE.
NOW, MANI, MAYBE THEY SHOULD PUT ONE OF THEM, HIS PUPPETS ON THERE.
AT LEAST HE COULD TELL THEM, GO TO THE MEETINGS AFTER ALL RYAN COULD SHOW UP, TONY COULD SHOW UP.
BUT IF WE, WE HAVE A PHANTOM BOARD, WELL HAPPY HALLOWEEN, IT GOT A LOT OF MONEY.
THE LEAST THEY CAN DO IS SHOW UP AND BE INVOLVED.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH CITY MANAGERS BECAUSE THEY'RE SIX FIGURE A YEAR EMPLOYEES.
THERE'S MORE INCENTIVE FOR THEM THAN MAYBE A MAYOR OF EL MONTE ONLY GETS 36,000 AND IT HAS HER OR LEXUS SUV GETS SOME GOOD BRIBE MONEY, I GUESS, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT DOING THE JOB.
AND WE NEED TO REPLACE PEOPLE THAT DON'T SHOW UP WITH PEOPLE THAT DO SHOW UP.
HOW HARD IS THAT? AND HERE, I'LL SEE, MESSMAN FOLLOWED BY WIN-WINS SONG, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
MY NAME IS LC MS. A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
THE FIRST MEETING I ATTENDED TO WAS THAT HE SYMBOL 19 2006.
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY KNOW.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAYING THAT WE NEED LEADERSHIP, BUT RIGHT NOW, ALL I CAN SEE IS DICTATORSHIP.
I WANT, I WENT TO A MEET AND GREET IN SHADOW PARK WHERE OFFICER MOM INFORMED US THAT THERE WAS ONLY SEVEN OFFICERS WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT.
AND AT ONE TIME WE HAD A TOTAL OF 127 OFFICERS.
AND NOW WE ARE STAFFED WITH A HUNDRED.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE, UH, ALL THAT WAS NEEDED.
I DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN OFFICER, THAT WAS, UH, NUMBER 1 27 IS HERE TONIGHT.
OFFICER MOM WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL, COURTEOUS AND KNOWLEDGEABLE.
THE FESTIVAL WHERE WE HAD IN MARCH WAS A FLOP AND THE MONEY THE CITY SPENT WAS OUT OF HAND.
THESE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE EMPLOYEES, SALARY AND CHARGES TO CREDIT CURRENT.
JUST TO NAME A FEW, HERE ARE A FEW ITEMS UNITED SERVICES FOR SANITATION, $55,923 AND ENTERTAINMENT, $11,800 A ONE EVENT AND PARTY RENTALS, $66,795 PETTY CASH, $3,000 FESTIVAL SOUND $9,500 LA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, $3,400 BARRICADES $4,543 HOLLYWOOD ELITE SECURITY, $6,678 DEEP CLEANING THE SPORTS BOOKS, $13,600 SHUTTLED SERVICE, $8,312 AND $28,000 TO GET THE FIELD BACK IN ORDER TO A GRAND TOTAL OF $211,546.
SO FAR, THE STAFF ESTIMATED ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED.
AND THAT WAS JUST A GUESS, BUT 2029 PEOPLE FROM WEST COVINA RESIDENTS ATTENDED PAYING $3 TO A TOTAL OF $6,087 AND THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE
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FROM OTHER CITIES IN $5 OR SEVEN THOUSAND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS TO A TOTAL OF $23,932 ADMISSION THAT WAS COLLECTED.WHOEVER WAS RECRUITING OR PROMOTING THIS EVENT WAS NOT DOING A GOOD JOB IN WEST COVINA IF ONLY 2029 PAID RESIDENTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 110,000 RESIDENTS IS DISGRACEFUL.
SHOULD WE DO IT AGAIN? I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY NO.
EVEN IF THE CITY COLLECTED $50,000, WHICH I DON'T THINK THEY DID, WE'D STILL BE A LOSS OF $161,546.
I BLAME THE COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR FAILURE AND WHY THEY DIDN'T.
AND WHY DID WE NEED A FESTIVAL? WHEN THE 4TH OF JULY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REASON TO GET TOGETHER, LISTENING TO ONE PERSON AND NOT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK, THIS COUNCIL, AND SOME STAFF HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY ARE OVER THEIR HEAD.
I'M SURE WE COULD SPEND THIS MONEY FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT, NOT JUST A FEW.
WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN ZANG FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY ROLAND CONLEY.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF, AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING THAT THE HOME I'M I'M WIN-WINS ON WEST COVINA LIBRARY MANAGER, UM, THE LIBRARY CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SIDEWALKS SERVICE AND A PHONE SERVICE WHILE THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT.
THIS SERVICE HOURS ON MONDAY, UM, SORRY, SERVICE HOURS, UH, WEDNESDAY TO TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY, 12 TO 8:00 PM.
AND THE THURSDAY TO SATURDAY 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM.
AND WE ALSO, UM, GIVE OUT TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART ACTIVITY KIDS, UH, EACH MONTH AND THE DAY THE KIDS INCLUDE THE SUPPLIES, THE SUPPLIES, AND ALSO INSTRUCTIONS.
YOU MAY CALL THE LIBRARY TO RESERVE THEM AND, UM, TERRAIN.
SHE PICKED UP WELL, OUR, THE ELLA COUNTY LIBRARY, UH, WELL LUNCH IS ANNUAL BOOKMARK CONTEST.
AND ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH THROUGH OCTOBER, THE 29TH, THIS PROGRAM IS FOR CHILDREN AND THE TEENS.
UM, THEREFORE, UM, GRADE CATEGORIES, K TO TWO, THREE TO FIVE, SIX TO EIGHT AND A NINE TO 12.
SO THE ENTRY FORM IS AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY.
YOU CAN COME AND PICK UP THE LIBRARY OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT ON OUR WEBSITE, THE ENTERING.
SO YOU, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU RETURN THE ENTRIES, YOU CAN RETURN THEM AT THE LIBRARY OR YOU CAN SUBMIT IT ONLINE UPLOAD OR, UM, ENTRIES, UH, SUBMITTED ONLINE OR MAIL TO THE ADDRESS LISTED ON THE FORM.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THE WINNERS WILL BE HONORED AND ALSO THEIR BOOKMARK, UM, DESIGN WILL BE ACTUALLY, THE WOMEN MADE ACTUALLY OFFICIAL, UM, BOOKMARK, BOTH MODELS AND THAT THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THEIR LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND, UM, ALSO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE LIBRARIES HAVE RIGHT NOW IS CLOSED, THAT WE HAVE NO IN-PERSON SERVICE, BUT ALL OTHER LIBRARY HAS IN-PERSON SERVICE.
AND WE ALSO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, VIRTUAL PROGRAMS EVERY MONTH AS DIFFERENT VIRTUAL PROGRAMS. I LOOK AT A SEPTEMBER'S PRIOR.
UH, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW FOR ADULTS AND I WAS CHECKING.
I SAID THAT, UM, SOME OF THEM ARE, UH, VERY GOOD PROGRAM.
SO ONE OF THEM IS ORGANIZING YOUR EMAIL, UM, THERE TO GET THE JOB, UM, AND ALSO, UM, HOW TO STAY UP, HOW TO START YOUR SMALL BUSINESS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PROGRAMS ONLINE AND CHECK THE DETAILS ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, THE LIBRARY IS A WEBSITE IS LA COUNTY LIBRARY DOT HORA.
AND ONE MOMENT, COUNCILMAN WU HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
THE WAY INNOVATION HAD BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME.
SO DO YOU HAVE A ESTIMATE ESTIMATION DAY BECAUSE A SCHOOL IS STARTED.
SOME CHILDREN NEED TO GO TO THE LIBRARY.
THINK THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE AN EXTRA DAY TO, UM, WHEN THE LIBRARY WERE REOPENED.
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I DO NOT THINK THAT THE LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN THIS YEAR.YOU SEE IT? SO IT'S JUST, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER MOUNTS? YOU KNOW, WE, WE MISS OUR CUSTOMERS SO MUCH AND WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCE A LOT OF PROJECTS, PROJECTS OF SUPPLY DELAY DUE TO COVID.
AND, UH, THERE ARE, THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE RENOVATION, AND WE GET ALL THE, FURNITURE'S ALL THE UPDATED, UH, TECHNOLOGY.
AND, UH, THIS IS A MULTIMILLION PROJECT AND I'M SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY AND I, WHAT I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THE LIBRARY WILL BE REALLY PROJECT.
SO WHEN IT REOPENED AND, UM, SO IT WILL BE VERY PROUD.
IT WILL BE A SHOWCASE
AND WE ARE REACHING OUT TO SCHOOLS.
WE BEING DOING THE CLASS VISIT, AS YOU KNOW, WE ALSO ATTEND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONNECTING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND, UH, WE LET A STUDENT TEACHERS KNOW THAT RESOURCES WE HAVE AND ALSO THE IN-PERSON LIBRARY SERVICES.
THEY CAN VISIT THE NEIGHBORING LIBRARY.
THE CLOSEST ONE WILL BE BALDWIN PARK LIBRARY, WHICH IS ONLY TWO MILES FROM HERE.
UH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S A VERY INCONVENIENT, I WANT THE LIBRARY TO MYSELF SO MUCH.
THEY USE ALWAYS FOR THE UPDATES.
JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY ROLAND CONLEY, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL LUNA.
ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I STARTED A FACEBOOK GROUP CALLED TONY WOO, NOT AT CITY HALL.
AND IT SAID THIS GROUP IS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
SOME ARE TRYING TO HIDE RELATED SPECIFICALLY WEST COVINA CONSOLE, DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE AND OTHERS AS NECESSARY AFTER IT'D BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
WILLIAM ELLIOTT, THE SELF-PROCLAIMED ENFORCER FOR A MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ IN CAMPAIGNER FOR TONY WOO.
AND FOR CANDIDATE YARA WOLF WROTE THE FOLLOWING.
THIS PAGE IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE HATER FORUM.
SOME SAME FACES, SAME ARGUMENT, SAME RHETORIC, SAME VITRIOL, EVEN SHOEMAKER'S DEAD WIFE.
THEY MUST HAVE PRETTY GOOD INTERNET SERVICE IN HADES AND HADES.
SO I WROTE A NOTE TO YARA WOLF ASKING SHE THINK THAT WAS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.
THIS WAS HER ANSWER, MR. SHOEMAKER, AS MUCH AS I'M SURE YOU'D LIKE TO, LIKE FOR ME TO ENTERTAIN, RESPOND TO YOUR COWARDLY AND UNFOUNDED, CYBER BULLYING AND ATTACKS, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DISAPPOINT.
YOU SEE I'M CURRENTLY PREOCCUPIED DEALING WITH ANOTHER BULLY, ONE LESS THAN HALF YOUR SIZE.
AND AT LEAST 10 TIMES YOUNGER.
SURPRISINGLY THOUGH, I'M NOT AFTER PUNISHMENT OR CONSEQUENCES.
THE DISTRICT HAS A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR THAT.
I'M TRYING TO FIND SUPPORT AND PROGRAMS FOR HIM SO HE CAN CHANGE HIS COURSE AT HIS AGE.
WELL, I'M AFRAID YOU'RE A LOST CAUSE YOU SEE, I BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOMEONE IS LOVED, CARED FOR HAS THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET IS DISCIPLINED WITH COMPASSION AND RAISED WITH THE RELIGIOUS VALUES OF ANY KIND, ANY KIND THEY'LL GENERALLY GROW UP TO BE GOOD CITIZENS OF THE WORLD.
THEY'LL GO OUT AND PUT OUT THE SAME THINGS.
THEY RECEIVE LOVE, COMPASSION, EMPATHY, AND RESPECT.
IF EVIDENCE THAT, THAT IN YOUR HEART, THAT'S NOT MUCH.
SO YOU KEEP SPREADING YOUR UNFOUNDED, HATRED AND EVIL THOUGHTS.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU FEEL YOUR CALLING IS, I CHOSE NOT TO RECEIVE ANY OF THAT.
MY PRIORITIES ARE FIRST GOD, THEN MY FAMILY, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE FOLLOWS.
UNLIKE MYSELF, A GROWN WOMAN OF FAITH, CONVICTION, VALUES AND SELF-RESPECT AND UNSHAKABLE CONFIDENCE.
MY KIDS ARE BARELY WORKING ON STRENGTHENING, BUILDING THEIR OWN CHARACTER TRAITS, AND I HAVE TO HELP AND GUIDE THEM IN THAT PATH.
THEY, ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND OR MY MIRACLES, MY LOVE AND MY LIFE.
IF THIS TAKES AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO LASSO ME IN AND HAVE ME PLAY THE CLOWN IN YOUR CIRCUS.
I'M SURE THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY DISAPPOINTING THOUGH.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD TEAM OF FRIENDS WHO CAN PLAY THAT PART.
SO HAVE FUN CLAIM YOUR PRIZE WHILE ON WHATEVER KICK YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE GETTING OUT OF THIS.
I HAVE A BLESSED AND FULFILLING LIFE TO LIVE.
ONE IN WHICH YOU AND YOUR LIBELOUS ATTACKS ARE WELL OF THOSE OF YOUR MISOGYNIST BULLY FRIENDS ARE COMPLETELY ENTIRELY AN UNEQUAL UNEQUIVOCALLY, G AND CONSEQUENTIAL.
ALSO REST ASSURED THAT THIS BLESSING AND FULFILLING OF MINE, LIFE OF MINE WILL GO ON WINTER, LOSE TOO BAD.
THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID OF YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS.
NOT SURE THE SAME CAN BE SAID OF YOU AT ALL.
IT'S CLEAR THAT ONLINE RECORDS THAT THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IN YOUR HATE CAMPAIGN IS THE TARGETS
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IS THE TARGET.THIS PERSON CLAIMS TO HAVE FAITH.
WHAT RELIGION SAYS, YOU GO OUT AND BLAST SOMEBODY WHO IS DAD.
MY WIFE DIED ON JUNE 24TH, 2022 AT 1140 AND THIS, OH, HE ALSO CALLS HER A WHITE RACE, DEAD WHITE RACIST SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND THEN THIS PERSON WHO CLAIMED SHE WANTS TO BE A LEADER ON OUR CITY, INSTEAD OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMEBODY SHOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT BLASTS ME BECAUSE I HAVE THE TEMERITY TO ASK HER QUESTIONS.
LIKE, ARE YOU FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? YOU SAY, YOU WANT TO BEAUTIFY THE PARKS, BUT ONE PLACE YOU SAY THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT PROGRAMS DO YOU WANT TO DO? THAT'S BULLYING IF BY SOME UNBELIEVABLE CHANCE SHE SITS UP HERE, WAIT TILL THESE TWO GUYS GET AHOLD OF HER.
BUT THAT SAME FAITH IS THAT WHAT A PERSON OF FAITH DOES SUPPORT SOMEBODY TO ATTACK A DEAD WOMAN AND YOU TO MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ AND TONY WOO SUPPORT THIS PERSON.
YOU MATTER OF FACT HAVE SAID, YOU AGREE WITH YOUR HUSBAND, NOT JUST AS RIGHT, TO BE AN IDIOT, BUT YOU AGREE WITH THEM.
SO WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, HIS YOU'RE A CAMPAIGNER.
IS THAT WHAT YOU BELIEVE? IS THAT WHAT YOU BELIEVE? THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.
ALL OF YOU, ESPECIALLY YOU TWO ARE SICK HUMAN BEINGS TO ATTACK A DEAD WOMAN.
AND YOU SIT THERE AND JUST SMILE AND WITH A SMUG LOOK ON YOUR FACE 2024 IS COMING UP.
CONLEY, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL LUNA FOLLOWED BY FRANK WILLIAMS. HELLO COUNCIL.
I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN WEST COVINA.
UH, LET ME, LET ME JUST PRE-PHASE WITH THIS, WITH THE, THERE'S A LOT ABOUT THIS CITY.
THERE'S JUST A FEW SHORTCOMINGS, UM, THAT I'VE NOTICED AND I KIND OF WANT TO RESPOND TO, UM, BECAUSE OF HIS PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT BEFORE I QUITE GET TO THAT, I WANTED TO ALSO RESPOND TO THE LIBRARY AND OTHER THINGS THAT THESE FEW SHORTCOMINGS, UM, AND WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SEEMS TO BE ON THE BASIS OF AN ASSUMPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE CARS TO DRIVE, THAT THEY HAVE LICENSES TO DRIVE THAT THEY HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE BUS FARE AND, UM, A LIBRARY TWO MILES AWAY.
WON'T ALWAYS WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, SO REGARDING THE RESOURCES FOR RENTAL, I'VE ACTUALLY LOOKED INTO THIS RECENTLY, BOTH, UM, FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES AND FOR SOMEBODY I KNOW WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THEIR RENT NEXT MONTH AND THEY THINK THEY'RE JUST GONNA WORK AND IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT AND THEY'RE ELDERLY, BUT NOT ELDERLY ENOUGH, I THINK, AND THEY'RE NOT IN THE PHYSICAL SET THAT ELDERLY MIGHT TYPICALLY BE EXPECTED.
THEY'RE PHYSICALLY MORE ABLE THAN NOT, BUT HAVE HAD, UH, DIFFICULTIES PHYSICALLY HEALTH WISE.
YOU KNOW, I I'VE LOOKED THROUGH THE CITY WEBSITE.
AND WHAT I'VE TYPICALLY FOUND IS THAT RESOURCES ARE FOR HOME OWNERS.
AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BUY HOMES, YOU KNOW, THE PROTECTIONS THAT MIGHT'VE EXISTED FROM COVID ARE NOT QUITE THE SAME.
AND EVEN LOOKING AT COUNTY RESOURCES, UM, THEY, THEY TEND TO BE FOR SPECIFIC GROUPS.
THAT'S TO BE HONEST, I'VE SEEN THINGS SPECIFIC TO HIV AIDS.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S THE THING, UM, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THESE PEOPLE DEFINITELY NEED IT.
UM, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY FIT INTO THESE SUB CATEGORIES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO GET A JOB, BUT PEOPLE ARE AT RISK, YOU KNOW, FOR A REASON JUST BECAUSE IT'S, THEY GET A JOB TOMORROW, CAN THEY KEEP THE JOB? YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD SURGERIES LAST X AMOUNT OF TIMES, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE NEXT SURGERY WHEN THEY LOSE THIS NEXT JOB OR FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, WHAT ABOUT THE JOBS THAT ARE NOT OKAY WITH YOU GOTTA DROP EVERYTHING FOR YOUR KID TO GO PICK THEM UP SUDDENLY.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, I, I'VE ALSO LOOKED AT LOW-INCOME HOUSING.
I DID GO THROUGH THE LIST ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE CITY, UM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THROUGH THE PHA, WHICH WE GO TO BALDWIN PARK, UM, THERE'S FIVE, 10 YEAR WAIT LISTS, DEPENDING ON LIKE, IF WE'RE TALKING ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SOME OF THEM STILL WANTED TWO OR 2.5 TIMES THE RENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH VOUCHERS BRINGING IN MONEY WISE.
AND I ASSUME THAT'S WHY THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT
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TO GET THE VOUCHERS, A LOTTERY SYSTEM, AND THAT IS SPECIFIC TIMINGS OF WHEN TO APPLY.SO EVEN IF YOU WIN THAT LOTTERY, YOU KNOW, I, I LOOKED INTO THIS, I WAS WARNED, THERE'S NO GUARANTEES WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF PLACES, THEY DON'T TAKE IT FOR A REASON.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WORRY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE KIND OF PEOPLE THEY'RE GETTING GET IN, YOU KNOW, I'VE, UH, LOOKED AT PLACES TO FOUND INCORRECT NUMBERS ON, UH, THE WEBSITE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING, NOT OUR WEBSITE, BUT, UH, THE, I CAN'T RECALL IF IT'S CALLED A PHN OR WHICH ONE, BUT ONE OF THOSE, THE LOCATOR ONE THAT HAS SO MUCH ON THERE, UM, THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MAP, IT HAD SOME, UH, INCORRECT PHONE NUMBERS, UM, AND ALSO WEST COVINA FOR A REASON, AGAIN, FEVERS, SENIOR, LOW INCOME HOUSING.
THERE'S A LOT MORE OF THAT THAN FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
SO SOME PEOPLE YOU CAN'T, YOU DON'T GET TO GO THERE.
I GET WHY, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS THAT SPECIFIC AGE.
SOME ARE RIGHT BEFORE THAT AGE OR SOME, OR VERY FAR FROM THAT AGE, YOU KNOW, AND WITH THE STATE OF THINGS, WHEN WAGES, EVEN WITH A DEGREE, YOU KNOW, DON'T MAKE ENOUGH TO COVER CHILDCARE.
YET IF YOU GET A JOB, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR BENEFITS OR THEY'RE GOING TO GET CUT.
WELL, THEN THE JOB IS NOT, WHY WOULD YOU KEEP THE JOB? BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN'T LIVE, YOU CAN'T SUSTAIN, YOU NEED TO HAVE A FAMILY TO FALL BACK ON.
AND NOT EVERYONE HAS A MOM, A DAD SITTING IN THE WINGS OF GRANDMA, GRANDPA, A BUNCH OF THOSE.
UM, SO WHILE I APPRECIATE WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS AND THE LOANS, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THINGS LIKE EXPLORING, GETTING RID OF INTERESTS.
UM, THE, THE LAKOTA PRESENTATION KIND OF JUST, UH, BROUGHT BACK UP TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUNG, OH, SORRY.
THANK YOU, DANIEL LUNA FOLLOWED BY FRANK WILLIAMS. ALL RIGHT.
MAYOR CASTELLANOS AND DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I'M HERE AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT AT THE BEGINNING, BUT, UH, YESTERDAY WAS LABOR DAY.
UM, SO WANTED TO WISH ALL OF YOU HAPPY LABOR DAY, AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF HERE IN, IN, UH, WEST COVINA.
UM, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST ALMOST NINE YEARS AND MY EXPERIENCES WITH OUR CITY STAFF, UM, HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PLEASANT, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, AT THE DAYCARE CENTERS THAT, THAT THE CITY HELPS FACILITATE OR AT ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AROUND EASTER.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, CAUSE I DID SEE THAT EARLIER, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WITH THE DIFFERENT UNIONS TO TALK ABOUT, UM, UH, THEIR LABOR CONTRACTS OR OTHER MEET AND CONFER ISSUES, I'M ASSUMING.
UH, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY ALWAYS RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR WORKERS, OUR CITY STAFF, UM, AND IN PARTICULAR BE A GOOD EMPLOYER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHILE WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO BE A RESPONSIBLE, UH, PRIMARILY TO THE TAXPAYERS, WE DO THOSE SERVICES THROUGH OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE STAFF, UH, FEEL APPRECIATED, UM, AND, AND RECOGNIZED.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR, FOR ALL THEIR WORK.
UM, AND IN PARTICULAR, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHERE I'VE BEEN MORE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY POLITICS HAS BEEN AROUND THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISSUE, UH, THAT I HOPE, UH, IS RESOLVED BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, THAT IS GOING NOWHERE AND IT DID LEAD THE STAFF TO HAVE TO SPEND TIME AND RESOURCES ON THAT WHEN THEY COULD'VE BEEN DOING OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, IN PARTICULAR, UM, AROUND COVID AND COVID RESPONSES AND SO FORTH.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, UH, RECOGNIZE THE STAFF AND WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY LABOR DAY AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
UH, CAUSE I COULD SEE HOW JUST SITTING HERE, YOUR HEART RATE GOES UP AND IT GETS IT'S IT'S, IT'LL BE INTERESTING, UM, TO CONTINUE WATCHING THESE AND, UH, MY, I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
FRANK WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY J D FOLLOWED BY BILL ROBINSON.
WELL, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, UH, FRANK WILLIAMS. I KNOW ME AS A VOLUNTEER, UM, RESIDENT CONSTITUENT, DOUBLE DOUBLE CONSTITUENT WITH OUR FAMILY ENTERPRISE HERE.
UH, WE'RE A PROUD RESIDENT AND A SELF-EMPLOYED BUSINESS OWNER OF WEST COVINA.
WE'VE BEEN HERE VOLUNTEER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I SERVE AS A VICE CHAIR FOR THE YOUTH SPORTS COUNCIL AND I'M HERE TO JUST KIND OF RESTATE SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT I HAVE OF STAFF AND OF, OF COUNCIL.
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UH, FOR SUPPORT FOR OUR LIAISON, UH, FROM THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE PART OF THE YOUTH YOUTH SPORTS COUNCIL MEETINGS.I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE ISSUES THAT ALL THE VOLUNTEERS ARE FACING FOR US TO HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW THE WAY THE DISTRICTS ARE SET UP SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE'RE IN DIFFERENT PARTS, I THINK WOULD REALLY BE A BENEFIT TO THE YOUTH SPORTS THAT IF WE HAVE ONE LIAISON AND THEY CAN DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION TO THE OTHER FIVE DISTRICTS, I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT, UH, FOR US TO GO TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP WITH REGARDS TO INFORMATION, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE PARKS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY OUR VOLUNTEERS, A LOT OF THEM ARE DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES AND WE ALL THERE ALWAYS THE SAME ISSUES.
THERE'S VANDALISM, THERE'S A HOMELESS SITUATIONS THAT COME UP.
BUT OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS JUST DEALING WITH PARENTS THAT ARE VOLUNTEERS AT THE PARK WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND THEY'RE BY THEMSELVES AND IT'S GETTING TOWARDS THE LATER HOURS.
AND AS WE GET READY TO PREPARE THE NEXT FEW MONTHS FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO BE PROACTIVE GOING INTO THAT LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS ALSO TOO.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ORDINANCE, UH, FACTORS WITH REGARDS TO STAKEHOLDERS.
UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN REACHED OUT OR CONTACTED, BUT ALSO TOO IS BECAUSE YOU, SPORTS COUNCIL HAS HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, UH, DELAYED.
SO I KNOW WE'VE REQUESTED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR OCTOBER, SO WE CAN VOICE OUR, UH, INFORMATION AND PUSH THAT BACK UP TO COUNCIL BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT ORDINANCE, UH, ISSUE IS GOING TO HELP, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, UH, THE WEST COVINA BRUINS, UH, DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, STAFF AS THAT CORTEZ PARKFIELD IS BEAUTIFUL.
UH, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE PLACE TO WALK AROUND AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT CONTINUES TO STAY THAT WAY.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE EFFORTS THAT OUR, UH, CITIZENS, UH, THAT ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE PUTTING INTO THAT PART, UH, REAP THE BENEFITS OF IT.
AND DON'T HAVE, UH, OUTSIDE INFLUENCES, UH, USE THE PARK FOR PROFIT AS IN OUR ACTUAL, UH, CODES, UH, WHICH STATES THAT THEY CANNOT, UH, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN DOING SO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP US AS VOLUNTEERS TO BE AT THE PARK.
AND NOW THAT IT'S ALL BEAUTIFUL, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC, UH, TO COMMON.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THROUGH THE LAST PARTS.
UM, UH, YOU SUPPORTS IS A VITAL PART TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UH, THESE VOLUNTEERS PORTRAY PUT TOGETHER MAN, MAN HOURS THAT THE CITY, THERE'S NO WAY THE CITY COULD PUT TOGETHER.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THESE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT ARE LEARNING TEAMWORK AND SPORTS SPORTSMANSHIP AND THAT THE FUTURE OF WEST COVINA IS CHILDREN ARE MATTER WITH THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
ONE, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, UH, WHAT DISTRICTS ARE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.
I ALREADY KNOW THAT, BUT I THINK FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF OUR VALLEY, ALL OF OUR PARENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE YOUTH SPORTS NEED TO KNOW THAT ALSO, WHEN IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER, I KNOW THAT YOU CAN ASK THEM TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND THAT'LL BE HELPFUL.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER PARTS AS AN OBSERVANT, UH, AS A PROUD LATINO, HISPANIC PART OF, UH, PROUD OF MY CULTURE, UH, WEST COVINA IS BASED ON THE 20, 20 CENSUS 52.6% OF THE POPULATION RECOGNIZES THEMSELVES AS LATINO, HISPANIC.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CULTURE EVENTS THAT REPRESENT THAT POPULATION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STATE OF THE CITY ON SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, BUT THAT IS ALSO THE FIRST DAY OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
SO, UH, LAST YEAR YOU PARTNERED WITH THE PLAZA MALL AND HAD A WONDERFUL EVENT, UH, WITH, REGARDING TO HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
AND I ENCOURAGE THOSE TYPES OF EFFORTS TO CONTINUE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
UH, THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS A GROWING FACTOR.
THEY'RE HOMEOWNERS, THEY'RE HOME, THEY'RE SELF-EMPLOYED BUILDERS AND WE'RE BUILDERS OF COMMUNITY.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZED AND WE HAVE THAT KIND OF SUPPORT FROM CITY.
THE ASIDE FROM THAT, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.
I KNOW IT'S TOUGH BEING UP THERE AND LISTENING, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE UP HERE AND GET MY FIVE MINUTES.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA THAT WE ALL VOLUNTEER FOR.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.
J D FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON GOOD EVENING COUNCIL ADY UM, UP HERE TO SPEAK ON TWO THINGS.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR CLEANING OUT THAT HOUSE.
I THINK THAT CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO GETTING THOSE HOMELESS PLACED INTO HOUSING AND MAYBE REHABILITATION THAT WAS JUST REALLY KIND OF A HOMELESS SHELTER MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE, BUT IT NOW SITS VACANT.
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AS A RESIDENT LIVES IN THE VICINITY, I WAS WONDERING IF THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF MAYBE PLANS FOR THAT LOT.I KNOW WITH THE SALE OF SUNSET PARK, OUR PROCEEDS THAT WERE DEDICATED FOR PARK USE AT IS A LARGE LOT THAT'S EMPTY AND IT COULD BE USED IN VARIOUS WAYS.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON MAYBE COMING UP WITH A PLAN EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONERS.
SO I WAS HOPING TONIGHT, MAYBE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT.
TO SOME EXTENT, THE SECOND ISSUE I CAME UP HERE TO SPEAK ON IS THE HOUSING LOAN THAT WAS SPOKEN ABOUT ON THE LAST MEETING.
I HEARD SOMEONE TALK ABOUT ELDERLY, BUT NOT ELDERLY ENOUGH.
AND I HEARD MS. UH, BEATO RAISED A CONCERN THAT OUR FAMILIES OUT THERE THAT JUST DON'T MEET THAT CUTOFF ON THAT INCOME SCALE FOR THOSE TWO LOAN CATEGORIES, THE CBDG AND MODIFIED INCOME SCALES.
AND I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDED LIKE MR. WOOL, YOU WANTED IT TO EXCLUDE MAYBE LIKE A TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLD, MOTHER, SINGLE MOTHER, AND HER CHILD IS WORKING, MAKING JUST ENOUGH, PUTTING HER OVER THAT MARK, EXCLUDING HER FROM ACCESSING THESE LOANS ALL FOR THE SAKE OF ADVANTAGING, THE ELDERLY.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ELDERLY HE'S OUT THERE.
THERE ARE MANY AGED INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE THAT NEED HELP.
UH, QUITE A FEW OF THEM HAVE EMPTY NEST.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF AVAILABLE MONEY THAT THEY CAN USE.
AND SOME OF THE WORKING YOUNGER COUPLES IN SINGLE PARENTS ARE STRUGGLING JUST AS WELL.
SO TO DISCRIMINATE BASED ON AGE, SEEMS TO ME FOR THE SAKE OF GOD KNOWS WHY DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT TO ME.
UM, I THINK THE PRIORITY FOR CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE IMPROVING OUR HOUSING INVENTORY, WHETHER IT'S COMING FROM A YOUNGER FAMILY HOUSEHOLD OR THE ELDERLY, THEY'RE NOT CERTAINLY AS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SAID, THEY'RE NOT BEING EXCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM BY ANY MEANS.
Y REO, UH, TONY, YOU WANT TO TARGET OTHER FAMILIES BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE SEEMS UNFAIR.
WELL, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I REALLY WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND TALKS ABOUT.
I WON'T PROLONG MY STAY HERE, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU AT LEAST TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
AND TO CLARIFY, AND I'LL LET YOU IN A MOMENT, I DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE ANYONE.
I WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.
THE AGE IS INCOME AND ARE BASED ON THE CT, UH, SUBJECTION IS $90,000.
SO WE TRY TO SEE, MAYBE GO TO THE 80,000 AND LOWER.
IT'S NOT ABOUT AGE, IT'S ABOUT THE INCOME.
SO WE W WE HOPE WE CAN, UH, GIVE THEM MONEY $25,000 TO THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN TALKING QUITE A LOT OF, UH, FIXED INCOME PEOPLE.
AND NOW THEY KNOW THE PROGRAM THEY WANT TO APPLY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, AND THEY, IF THEY'RE MAKING 990,000, A HUNDRED THOUSAND POSSIBLE, THEY SHALL HAVE, UH, ALL THE SOURCE TO GET THIS 200, $5,000.
AND THEN WE GOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO APPLY AND MAYBE CITY, A SENSITIVE MANAGER CAN DATA ON.
AND SO HOW MANY PEOPLE ALREADY COEN? I THINK QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED ABOUT A 25,000 ZERO INCHES TO HELP THEM TO FIX THEIR PROPERTY.
SO JUST THE KNOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AGE.
UM, BUT I SAY AGE DISCRIMINATION, SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOWERING THE INCOME SCALE, EXCLUDING THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING, WHICH ARE USUALLY NOT THOSE THAT HAVE RETIRED ALREADY.
THAT TO ME SEEMS LIKE IT'S DISCRIMINATORY TO THAT EXTENT.
OH, IT DOESN'T RAISE THE CEILING THOUGH.
JUST THE ENTRY LEVEL, YOU LOWERED THE INCOME LEVEL FOUR BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.
THAT IF THEY MAKE ABOVE 80, THEN THEY CAN APPLY.
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AND SO IT'S 80 AND BELOW.AND SO BY LOWERING IT, YOU LOWERED THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN APPLY.
AND WHAT OTHER THING IS THIS? THIS GALE, UM, IT WAS REACHED OUT FOR THE COUNTY.
MR. WU SEEMED TO HAVE A DIFFERENCE AND A DIFFERENCE WITH REGARDS TO THE BASIC INCOME LEVEL OF HOUSEHOLDS, BUT IS THIS INCOME SCALE, A FEDERALLY DETERMINED INCOME LEVEL, LIKE THE 200 HUNDRED AND 33% FEDERAL POVERTY LIMIT? YOU SAID YOU RECEIVED IT FROM THE COUNTY.
WHERE IS THIS INCOME LEVEL COMING FROM? THANK YOU.
AND WE'RE WAITING ON THAT ANSWER OUR ROBINSON GOOD EVENING.
UH, MY MAIN MESSAGE DURING THESE COVID TIMES OF MARTIAL LAW IS, UH, DO NOT LIVE IN FEAR.
THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
THIS MOMENT, MONTH, DECADE OF COVID HAS NOT PRODUCED ANYTHING NEW.
THIS WAS THE LEARNING AWAKENING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US, UH, ABOUT GENOCIDE BEFORE COVID 19 APPEARED, YOU WERE STILL IN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE SURROUNDED BY GERMS BEYOND COUNT TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF THEM EVERY DAY.
AT EVERY MOMENT AT EVERY LOCATION, YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THEM EVER.
UH, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE PAST, DO NOT WEAR A MASK.
DID WE, DID WE WEAR MASKS THEN PAST, UH, DID WE SOCIALLY DISTANCE IN THE PAST, UH, MEDICAL, UH, LEGALLY REQUIRED INFORMED CONSENT HAS NOT BEEN ACCORDED THE PUBLIC.
AND IF PEOPLE WERE FULLY INFORMED OF THE RISKS AND BENEFITS, FAR FEWER ADULTS WOULD VOLUNTEER VOLUNTARILY AGREE TO FURTHER PARTICIPATE IN A DANGEROUS MEDICAL EXPERIMENT.
UH, WE'VE REACHED THE POINT IN CURRENT HISTORY WHERE WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE PANDEMIC OF THE VACCINATED.
I SAID THE PAT, THE PANDEMIC OF THE VACCINATED, PERHAPS THE MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF TOXIC INOCULATIONS ARE ABOUT TO APPEAR.
I SAID THAT THE PANDEMIC OF THE VACCINATED, UH, DUE TO LONG AND MEDIUM TERM EFFECTS OF THE ROLLOUT THAT BEGAN 18 MONTHS AGO, UH, IT'S, IT'S A SPIKE PROTEIN.
AND A RESEARCH HAS SHOWING, UH, HEAVY METAL CHEMICAL TOXINS AS WELL.
BUT, UH, THE, THIS SPIKE PROTEIN INDUCES A CONDITION ANTIBODY DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT, AND MANY OF THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY ARE ILL-EQUIPPED TO SEE OR REACT TO THAT PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM BECAUSE THEIR MEDICAL LICENSES COULD BE THREATENED IF THEY EVER, UH, SPEAK OR REACT AGAINST THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVE.
I FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SUCKED IN BY THE PROPAGANDA, BECAUSE THE PROPAGANDA IS IT'S SOPHISTICATED.
AND, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE DATA ON THE TOXIC METAL SLEDGE THAT'S ALSO CONTAINED IN THE JAB IS, IS JUST NOW APPEARING, BUT NOT IN THE MAINSTREAM PRESS.
THE FACT IS A TRADITIONAL FIRST AMENDMENT, FREEDOM OF SPEECH RIGHTS IN OUR NATION ARE GONE.
THERE IS, UH, ONLY BEEN, UH, THIS ONLY BEEN RECOGNIZED BY A FEW, BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR PFIZER FUNDED OFFICIAL MEDIA PRESS CORP.
THE TRUSTED NEWS INITIATIVE, PROPAGANDA INVOLVES DISTRIBUTING OFFICIALLY APPROVED PROPAGANDA, 24 7 YOU'RE AROUND, UH, REINFORCED BY, UH, THE POSSIBLE THEFT OF A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC BY THE, UH, BY THE, UH, THE ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT CROWD.
UM, SO W SO WE'RE TURNING INTO A BANANA REPUBLIC CONTROLLED BY CORPORATISM OR CALL IT FASCISM, BUT OUR LEADERS ARE OBVIOUSLY CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE INTERESTS, NOT THE, UH, NOT THE NEEDS AND THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE, UH, THAT, THAT APPLIES ON A FEDERAL STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL.
THE END OF, UH, FREE SPEECH HAS BEEN MANIFESTED, UH, UH, REGARDING COVID
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BY, UH, COUNTLESS METHODS, THE PUBLIC'S RIGHTS TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY, UH, GENE THERAPY, HEAVY METAL TOXIN, UM, UH, UH, LOST MY PLACE, STUPID BILL ROBINSON, UH, BOTTOM LINE, UH, THE, THE VACCINES, UH, WILL INDUCE BLOOD CLOTTING AND INFLAMMATORY REACTION FROM THE BODY AND IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDERS, UH, TESTING IT RESULTS IN A NUMERABLE, UM, MICROSCOPIC BLOOD CLOTS, WHICH DAMAGED TISSUE DUE TO INDUCEMENT OF HYPOXIA.MASS GREEN IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH OF THE REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE THAT HAS BEEN, UH, DISCOVERED WITHIN THAT DOESN'T BELONG IN A HUMAN BODY, GRAPHENE GRAPHENE OXIDE.
I SPOKE LAST NOVEMBER ABOUT THE CARBON KENNYS CHEMIST IN EUROPE.
WOULDN'T SHUT UP AND HE RELEASED A, A VIDEO PODCAST ON IT, ENDED UP MISS SERIOUSLY DEAD.
UH, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE DIRECTLY OVER, IF YOU'RE A BOMBER PILOT AND YOU'RE DIRECTLY OVER THE TARGET, YOU GET HIT WITH A LOT OF FLACK AND, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, SPEAKING THE TRUTH.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, JUST THE RESPONSE, UM, SORRY.
THE SPRING FESTIVAL, UH, WAS AN EVENT THAT THE CITY DECIDED TO HOLD TO BRING THEIR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
WE HAD ALL WALKS OF LIFE, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO HELP THE CITY COORDINATE THAT EVENT.
AND I THINK, UM, IN THE SENSE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A FESTIVAL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR GATHERING AND BRINGING THEM TOGETHER WITH SUCCESSFUL, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE LIBRARY UPDATE, AND WE HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE BOOKMARK COMPETITION.
UM, I THINK EVERYONE CONDONES, UM, OR DOES NOT AGREE WITH BOWLING.
UH, SO I DON'T THINK ANYONE CONDONES THAT, UM, IF YOU NEED, UH, OR IN NEED OF SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING OR HOUSING SERVICES, I'D RECOMMEND INDIVIDUALS REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
UM, THE EXTENSION IS 8 41 7, UM, AND THEY CAN HELP GUIDE YOU TO DIFFERENT RESOURCES IN THE COUNTY.
UM, I THINK, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE ELECTIONS AND BALLOTS, UM, WE WILL BE HAVING A SLIDE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
SO I CAN INCLUDE AN UPDATE ON THAT IN THE REPORT, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, MARC ELLEN PROPERTY, LET'S SEE, SORRY.
UM, THE CITY IS WORKING ON DETERMINING THE BEST USE FOR THAT SITE.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PD AND OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF TO ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS, UH, CLEAN AND SAFE MOVING FORWARD.
BUT ONCE WE DO HAVE A DETERMINATION, WE'LL BE PRESENTING IT TO, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS, WHICH, UM, WILL NOTIFY COUNCIL.
UM, AND IN REGARDS TO THE HPP INCOME LIMITS, THOSE ARE, UM, AS I HAD MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, AND SO ONE IS FEDERAL AND ONE IS, UH, DICTATED BY STATE INCOME LIMITS.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY ENSURING THAT, UM, THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL GAVE, UM, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO, UM, WE DID UPDATE THE WEBSITE.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM, WE WILL TAKE YOUR NAME AND WE CAN, UM, WE'LL HAVE A LIST.
AND ONCE WE FINALIZE THE INCOME LIMITS, WE WILL SEND APPLICATIONS OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE HAD AROUND SEVEN, UM, INTERESTED, UH, HOMEOWNERS, UH, INQUIRE ABOUT IT.
SO THERE, THERE IS INTEREST, UM, AND, UH, WE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ONCE WE FINALIZE THE INCOME LIMITS.
THAT'S MY PRESENT OR COMMENTS.
AND NOW FOR OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WHICH, OH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, SO I WANTED TO ADD, UH, TO THE FAMILY WHO MENTIONED A FEW THINGS, I'M ACTUALLY CURRENTLY HELPING A FAMILY MEMBER GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE SITUATION WHERE THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THIS, BUT, UH, WE DON'T JUST END IT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEVEL, THEY PROVIDE, UM, LIKE CACHE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, UH, FOOD STAMPS, THE, UH, EVEN THE CALWORKS CHILDCARE, UM, RENT HELP IN CALWORKS PROGRAM, BUT THAT IS THROUGH THE STATE.
SO, I MEAN, CITY CITY HAS ASSISTANCE, BUT THEN THE LA COUNTY ALSO, AS WELL AS THE STATE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT ONE AS WELL.
AND IF WE COULD POST THAT ON A WEBSITE, THAT WOULD, THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE GREAT.
I KNOW ON THE WEBSITE, THERE IS A, FOR UNDER THE HOMELESS SECTION, THEY HAVE A WHOLE SECTION ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT AIDES OF IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THE HOMELESSNESS AND THE DIFFERENT, RIGHT.
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A, IT'S A PAMPHLET OR BOOKLET THAT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT I JUST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE THE STATE INFORMATION IS ALSO ALSO ON THERE.AND, UM, I KNOW, UH, YOU CAN ALSO CALL, LIKE, I BELIEVE 3, 1, 1 OR 2, 1, 1 TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE TO, TO HELP, UH, 2, 1, 1.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
FOR OUR CITY MANAGERS REPORT, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PAULINA MIRALIS.THANK YOU AGAIN, I'M WANTING TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH AN UPDATE REGARDING SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE FIRST ONE ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO CHERRYWOOD STREET, WHICH HAD GOTTEN SOME, UM, ATTENTION OR ISSUES LATELY.
UM, SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE STRIPING ALONG, UM, GARVEY AND CHERRYWOOD, AS YOU CAN SEE ABOVE, UM, THE DELINEATORS HAVE BEEN ORDERED AS WELL AS THE SIGNAGE THAT WILL BE REPLACED.
SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THOSE TO BE DELIVERED.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE STARTED A PHASE, ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR CHERRYWOOD, UM, ALSO THE CITYWIDE, PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, I HOPE PEOPLE HAVE STARTED NOTICING THEM, BUT THE FLASHING STOP SIGNS HAVE GONE UP.
UM, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED, UH, OVER 27 INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE ARE UP AND, UH, SHOULD BE FLASHING ALSO.
UM, WE HAVE STARTED DEMOLITION OF THE WALL MERADO PARK BATHROOM IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SO WE ARE HOPING A COMPLETION OCTOBER OF 2022.
UM, CAMERON IS, UH, FOLLOWING, UH, UH, IS A MONTH BEHIND THE
THESE ARE THE BATHROOMS. YEAH, I KNOW YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL BY THE PICTURES, BUT THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION STATUS OF THE EFFECTS OF YES.
SO WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE THOSE, THOSE RESTROOMS IN OUR FACILITIES.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING A CITYWIDE PAYMENT PLAN, UPDATING THE PLAN, DO AN, A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF ALL STREETS WITHIN THE CITY, SO THAT WE CAN CATEGORIZE AND PRIORITIZE THE STREETS THAT MOST NEED, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THOSE AS NEEDED.
UM, WE WILL BE HAVING, UH, SOME OF YOU AWARE THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, THERE WILL BE A CANDIDATE FORUM.
IT WILL BE HELD BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.
IT'LL BE HELD HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, OCTOBER 6TH, UM, 6 45 TO 9:00 PM.
THERE WILL BE, UH, TREASURE CANDIDATES.
UM, THERE'LL BE PROVIDED ONE MINUTE EACH AFTER WHICH THE DISTRICT FOUR AND THE DISTRICT FIVE FORUMS, UH, WILL FOLLOW, UM, DISTRICT TWO AND THE CITY CLERK AS THEY'RE RUNNING UNOPPOSED WILL NOT HOLD A FORUM, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE ELECTIONS.
UM, YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE 15 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION@WW.LA VOTE.GOV.
UM, AND YOU CAN, UM, APPLY TO VOTE BY MAIL UP UNTIL NOVEMBER 1ST, UH, VOTING CENTERS WERE OPEN OCTOBER 29TH AND ELECTION DAYS, OCTOBER 8TH.
AFTER THE HIATUS, WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND THRILLED TO BRING BACK THE DISCOVER NEWSLETTER.
SO THAT IS GOING TO BE HITTING A HOME, UH, ALL OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS, UH, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
AND IT WILL BE GOING UP ON OUR CITY WEBSITE, UH, BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO GET THIS, UH, NEWSLETTER BACK IN THE HANDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, AND SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE, OH, A BUNCH OF GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP FOR FALL AND WINTER, UH, PROGRAMS, CLASSES, SPECIAL EVENTS.
UM, SO WE HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS ENJOY THE FIRST EDITION COMING BACK OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
UM, WE WILL ALSO BE HOSTING, UH, A HEALTH FAIR, UM, OCTOBER 9TH AT THE SPORTSPLEX.
WE WILL HAVE, UH, BE PROVIDING FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR ITEMS LISTED THERE FROM BLOOD SUGAR TEST DIVISION, TEST HEARING CHECKS, GLAUCOMA SCREENINGS, UH, BODY FAT ANALYSIS OF ANYONE WANTS TO DO THAT TO LOW COST HEALTH SCREENING, UM, THAT YOU THERE'LL BE A COST TO IT ASSOCIATED, BUT IT CAN INCLUDE BLOOD SCREENING FOR LIPID THYROID DIABETES, CANCER SCREENING.
UM, WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND COOKING CLASSES, UM, AND THERE'LL BE ENTERTAINMENT AND FOOD TRUCKS FOR THOSE ATTENDING.
SO, UM, THERE WILL BE, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE AN, UH, SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE SCREENINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, AND ALL THE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO BRING BACK A NEW PROGRAM OR PROGRAMMING TO OUR FACILITIES.
UM, WE HAVE YOUTH BASKETBALL THAT, UM, IS GOING TO BE HELD THAT CAMERON.
SO IF YOU WANT TO REGISTER SIGN-UPS ARE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 23RD.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UH, HURTING PICKLEBALL AT, UH, CAMERON COMMUNITY
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CENTER AS WELL.UM, STARTING SEPTEMBER 12TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM EVERY MONDAY.
UM, I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED IT IN THEIR SPEECH, BUT, UH, WE ARE HOSTING OUR STATE OF THE CITY NEXT THURSDAY.
UM, IT IS AT THE SPORTS PLEX, UM, AND OUR MAYOR WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON, UH, THE CITY.
UM, AND WE WILL BE DOING OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION DINNER AS WELL.
UH, TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE, UM, ON OUR, THROUGH OUR CITY WEBSITE.
SO WE ENCOURAGE ANY RESIDENT WANTS TO ATTEND.
UH, YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN US THAT EVENING.
AND, UH, I GUESS THE HOUSING PRESERVATION PRO PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE WILL BE, UH, THE WEBSITE'S UPDATED ONCE WE FINALIZE THE INCOME LIMITS.
AS I'D MENTIONED, WE WILL BE, UH, SENDING OUT, UH, APPLICATIONS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPRESSED INTEREST.
QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEN WILL.
DISCOVER WEST COVINA COMING BACK.
WE'D BE SHUT DOWN FOR SINCE 2018.
AND A 19 20 21, FINALLY, 22, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE LED DISCOVER WEST COVINA, A LOT OF INFORMATION.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T USE FACEBOOK OR INTERNET, I THINK, AND LET IT WILL HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AND KIND OF BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
BUT ANOTHER ISSUE I HAVE IS ABOUT THE WEBSITE.
I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR WEBSITE IS UPDATED OKAY.
AND EASY TO LET PEOPLE TO FIND A PROGRAM.
AND I THINK WE RECEIVE A EMAIL.
THEY CAN NOT FIND ANY PROGRAM IN FALL.
SO IN THE CASE, SO WE NEED TO HAVE A SCHEDULE AND TO HAVE PEOPLE TO EASY TO FIND AND SENT INTO A LONG PROGRAM.
SO CAN WE HAVE PEOPLE TO, AND THAT WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST A YEAR OR MORE OR TWO YEARS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE OUR WEBSITE MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY.
SO PEOPLE CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND TO FIND ALL THE INFORMATION THEY WANT, INCLUDING THE, UH, THE SCHEDULING, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING POLICY APPLICATION.
AND THE BENEFIT BENEFIT ABOUT THE SOME INTEREST AID THEY INTERESTED LIKE A, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LOW INCOME, THE, WHERE TO FIND ALL THIS, UH, HELP.
I THINK THERE IS A, SUPPOSEDLY OUR WEBSITE SHOULD BE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN, UH, WE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM WE HAVE FOR THE SENIOR YOUTH, LIKE A YOUTH SPORT.
WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM WE HAVE, WHERE IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION? SO I THINK THERE IS A, OKAY.
WE'VE BEEN REQUESTED FOR A WIRE, SO HOPEFULLY LETTING CAN BE DONE, UH, IN NO TIME.
AND I REMEMBER YOU TOLD US YOU HAVE A, SOME KIND OF OUTSOURCING, CONTRACTED LOOKING INTO IT.
HOW SOON WE CAN HAVE A LESS THING UP AND RUNNING.
SO IT'D BEEN A WHILE, SO HOPEFULLY THAT THING CAN BE DONE.
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE, LEMME ANSWER THAT.
WHO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION REGARDING THE WEBSITE? UM, YES, WE ARE WORKING ON ROLLING THAT OUT.
YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING SOME SUBTLE CHANGES AS WELL, AS FAR AS LAYOUT AND COLORS ARE CONCERNED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND THEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH MAKING SOME CHANGES ON HOW THE WEBSITE IS LAID OUT WITHIN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND MAKING IT USER-FRIENDLY, UM, GOING ONE DEPARTMENT AT A TIME.
UM, AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, USER-FRIENDLY THAT THE, THAT THE INFORMATION THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE IS SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS.
SO AGAIN, YOU'LL START SEEING THOSE CHANGES, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
UM, AND WITH THE GOAL TO, UM, ROLL OUT ADDITIONAL CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MONTH.
BUT AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE THOSE SUBTLE CHANGES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
BUT, UH, I HOPE YOU HAVE A SEARCH OKAY.
SO PEOPLE PUT SEARCH, THEY CAN TYPE IN YOUTH PROGRAMS, SENIOR PROGRAM, AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MAZE TO FIND WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY'RE TYPING SOMETHING AND THEN POP OUT, RIGHT.
JUST LIKE TYPICAL, EASY, EASY USE WEBSITE AND IT TYPE INTO SEARCH AND THEY WILL POPO.
AND THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.
SO IN THAT WAY, MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO FIND WHAT THEY WANT.
UM, I KNOW THE WEBSITE HAS BEEN A BIG THING SINCE WHEN I WAS MAYOR AND THEN TRANSITION TO HIM AND, YOU KNOW, UH, THE WEBSITE HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE.
UH, FOR ME, IT'S JUST THE COMMUNICATION, UH, GETTING THE UPDATES.
CAUSE I KNOW, I MEAN, I HAVE THE DATE HERE WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP WITH THE SAME SITUATION OF, UM, WHAT THE RESIDENT HAD EMAILED.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST UPDATE THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON THERE OR SHARE JUST A QUICK, BRIEF THING THAT THIS IS COMING OR WE'RE WORKING ON THIS.
UM, JUST SO THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING WHERE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE TOTALLY IGNORING THEM.
SO IF, IF WE COULD PUT SOMETHING UP, UM, UM, I KNOW WHEN WE SPOKE
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A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT THE, UH, EACH DEPARTMENT WAS GOING TO BE, UH, GOING TO UPDATE THEIR INFORMATION.I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT HAS EVEN HAPPENED.
UM, BUT YES, YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, WELL, GO AHEAD.
SO I JUST PRETTY MUCH, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION UP THERE.
AND THEN IF WE PROMISE THE RESIDENT, OKAY, BY THE END OF THE MONTH, OR LIKE IN THIS CASE, HE SAID A FEW DAYS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW A DATE SO THAT IT COULD BE FOLLOWED UP.
SO IF IT'S BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, AT LEAST GIVE US SOME INFORMATION SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP ABSOLUTELY.
TO YOUR POINT, UM, COUNCIL, WOMAN.
SO AS THEY INDICATED, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SUBTLE CHANGES FIRST, MOVING FORWARD WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU'LL SEE SOME COLORS AND SOME SUBTLE LAYOUT CHANGES.
AND THEN GOING THROUGH DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT, UM, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE DEPARTMENTS UPDATED EACH DEPARTMENT RECEIVED, UM, INFORMATION TO UPDATE THEIR, THERE WERE THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS SEVERAL MONTHS BACK.
UM, AND THAT CONFIRMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT EACH DEPARTMENT HAD DONE THAT.
UM, AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO JUST THE ACCESSIBILITY AND THE READER FRIENDLINESS AND USER-FRIENDLINESS OF THE WEBSITE, WHICH IS, I THINK IS REALLY ONE OF THE, THE MAIN POINTS THAT YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN SO ADVOCATING FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, THE EXAMPLE OF THE RECREATION CLASSES, THE RECREATION CLASSES IN THE LINKS TO REGISTER ON THE WEBSITE.
BUT AGAIN, IT GOES THROUGH AMAZE AS YOU HAD SO ELOQUENTLY PUT, UM, THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND.
UM, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THAT.
WE DON'T WANT THAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THE WEBSITE IS A TOOL THAT WE NEED TO USE IN ORDER TO BE BOTH, UM, COMMUNICATING TO THEM AS WELL AS BEING TRANSPARENT.
SO, UM, WE UNDERSTAND POINT, YOU KNOW, POINT TAKEN.
WE DO APPRECIATE THE APPROPRIATIONS MADE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO, UM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
YEAH, I NEED A FOLLOW UP REGARDING THE SAME THING, THE WEBSITE, AND THEN, UH, UH, THE, WE TALKING ABOUT PAYMENT PLAN.
LET, LET WE REPAID FIXED A STREET AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS ASKING ABOUT WHY IT IS THREE HAS BEEN REPAID FOR 20 YEARS.
SO, SO YES, WE NEED TO, MAYBE THEY CAN TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS AND THEN WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THEM AND SEEING WHEN THEY WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE FIX OR ARE REPAID OKAY.
UH, ANOTHER ISSUE IS ABOUT THE, UH, THE PAY MAN.
REGARDING, UH, WHO IS DOING THE SURVEY AND WHY, WHILE I SEE MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, ON THE LOCK ELLEN BETWEEN LOCK ELLEN AND, UH, AS SUZANNE AND THEY'D BEEN, WE PAID LIKE 1500, TWO TIMES AND SOME STREET LOOKED LIKE IT HAD NEVER BEEN REPAID.
AND TH THE STREET LOOKED LIKE A QUICK KENYON.
SO WHEN W WE COULDN'T DO A COMMIT SURE.
ALSO STREET, UH, WILL BE, UH, FIXED AND WE PAY, OKAY.
THE REASON IS, IS EVERYBODY PAID THE TEXAS AND THEY DESERVE THEIR STREETS TO BE TAKEN CARE AND THEIR Y OKAY.
AND THERE'S THAT UNEVEN, UH, SERVERS.
AND WE NEED TO, I THINK HE'S OLD GO TO THE BASE, WHO DID THE SURVEY, WHO DID THE, IF WE CAN HAVE A, LIKE A GOOGLE
A SUBJECTION ABOUT PREVENTION AGAIN, PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO.
AND DEPENDING ON HOW MANY YEAR, RIGHT.
SO I WANT, I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE ALONE AND MAYBE COME OUT TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A BIG ISSUE, A LOT OF STREET, REALLY IN THE BEST SHAPE AND THE WHY THEY NEVER BEEN TOUCHED.
AND WHY SOME STREET I'VE BEEN DOING TWO TIMES.
SO, SO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? HOW CAN WE EVEN, THEY GIVE THE RESULTS TO ATTENTION, TO ALL THE STREET.
AND I, AND I JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON, UH, COUNCILMAN RUE, I DO REMEMBER, AND I DIDN'T LIKE THE ANSWER JUST BECAUSE THEY SAID, WELL, CERTAIN STREETS ARE VERY IN CRITICAL NEED AND IT COSTS MORE.
SO THEY JUST FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT ARE MIDDLE AND SO FORTH, BUT THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE IT.
WE, I MEAN, THE ONES THAT ARE IN REAL DIRE NEED NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND PUT THE RESOURCES THERE.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY MY DEPARTMENT, BUT I AM FAMILIAR WITH IT.
SO ENGINEERING, THEY, I THINK IT'S GOING OUT TO BID.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LOOK AT THE PAYMENT INTEGRITY.
SO THEY HAVE, UM, THE CONSULTANT WHO GETS THE BID, THE ENGINEERING FIRM WOULD GO OUT AND CHECK EACH PAVEMENT AND THEN THEY RANK IT.
UM, HOPEFULLY IT'S AN EQUITY BASED, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT JUST PICKING, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE BASED ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE STREET.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO, IT'S A PLAN
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THEY'RE FOLLOWING.I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE COMPANY AND BE GOOD.
I THINK IT MAY BE AT OUR FIVE-YEAR.
I, THERE WAS A PLAN THEN LIKE DO IT LIKE EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING.
I SEE SO MANY HISTORY AND MAINSTREAM PAIN PAVED, BUT YOU GO TO THE STREET INSIDE, TAPPING, BE TOUCHED IT'S EMBARRASSMENT.
AND TO SEE THOSE THREE UNDER FOUR, THE HOLE OVER THERE, SO THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM AND GO TO THE BASE IS A WHOLE COMPANY.
WE HIRE TO DO THE SURVEY AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T JUST PUT THE DATA AND WE'LL USE THE OLD DATA, BUT SOME STREET THAT BE, WE PAY MANY TIMES AND SOME STREET NEVER BEEN TOUCHED FOR 30 YEARS.
I THINK WHEN WE, WHEN THE CITY DOES THE RFP, THAT'S DETAILED IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THEY DO A STRONG RFP, THAT OUTLINES EVERYTHING THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR, THEN THOSE BIDS THAT COME BACK.
SO MAYBE NEW YORK HEALTH, OKAY.
TO KEEP A STRONG IP REGARDING A DETAILED, POSSIBLE EVEN PICTURES.
AND THEN WE CAN CLICK IN THE COOKER, YOU CLICKING AND YOU SEE THE THING.
SO WE CAN AT LEAST SEE, OKAY, SOME STREET WE'D BE IN TROUBLE.
AND THEN WE CAN PUT ON THE WEBSITE AND SEE LESS TREE WHEN A LONG STREET CAN BE SCHEDULED TO BE SERVICE.
I THINK THAT WAY WE HAVE A SYSTEM FOR THAT, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR JOB.
AND, UM, AND, UH, AND, UH, AND THE TRAFFIC SCENE KNOWS I'M TRAFFIC ISSUES.
SOMETHING THE WEBSITE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE TO KIND OF, UH, OKAY.
SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A STOP SIGN, NEVER BEEN FIXED.
SO, SO HOPEFULLY THAT ALL THE ISSUE CAN BE ADDRESSED.
OKAY, JAMIE, UM, WE DO HAVE A GIS MAPS THAT THE GOAL IS THAT A RESIDENT CAN PULL UP THEIR PROPERTY AND SEE IF THIS, THE TREE AND THERE, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE IS CITY OWNED OR THEIRS WHEN IT WAS LAST TRIMMED, WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TRIMMED, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE STREET IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE WAS PAVED, WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PAVED.
AND THAT WILL, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE GAS, WE JUST NEED TO GET IT ON THE SYSTEM.
AND ON THE SYSTEM WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING IN THERE.
SO HOW SOON WE CAN PUT ON THE SYSTEM, I THINK THE TREE ONE WE CAN GET, OR IT'S ALREADY IN THERE, I HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK, BUT, UM, WE NEED TO GET ONE.
ONCE WE GET THE PLAN, THEN WE CAN ADD IT TO THE GIANT.
WE NEED THE INFORMATION TO BE ON THE WEBSITE.
LIKE YOU SAY, YOU, WE ALREADY HAD, OKAY.
BUT WE DIDN'T PUT THE WEST SIDE, MEANING WE DON'T HAVE IT.
SO IT SHOULD BE POSTED ON THE, OUR CITY WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN TYPE IN THERE.
HOPEFULLY THIS CAN ADDRESS A LOT OF PEOPLE CONCERN.
AND WE GOT IN WHEN THEIR STREET WILL BE SERVICE.
UH, TO JUST THE LAST THING, BECAUSE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LOPEZ V AUTO DID MENTION, I KNOW THAT WE'VE USED AN ALGORITHM IN THE PAST, UH, AND, AND THAT ALGORITHM REALLY LOOKED TO PAVE THE MOST STREETS.
BUT AS YOU SAID, PAVING, THE MOST STREETS MEANS THAT THE STREETS THAT PROBABLY LEAST NEEDED, UH, REPAVING.
UH, AND SO I KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS, UM, WHERE WE'RE REALLY RESIDENTS CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE A CAR PROBLEMS AND CAN'T AFFORD TO HIT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, POTHOLE AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BE WITHOUT A VEHICLE, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE STREETS.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, WHEN WE SEND OUT THE RFP, UM, WE, WE CHANGED THE WAY WE VIEW THE STREETS AND, UH, AND ACTUALLY PAVED THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN 30, 40 YEARS, UM, WITHOUT EVER BEING PAVED.
AND THEN TO ADDRESS ALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR STOP SIGNS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE TRY TO BE VERY PROACTIVE IN RESPONDING TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS NEED COUNTS OR REVIEWS.
SO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, HOPEFULLY WE'RE ON TOP OF THINGS ON THAT DIRECTION AND ALL, AND I'LL PUT THE GOOD WORD FOR THE OVEN.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL, FOR THAT DISCUSSION, MOVING ON
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.DO I HAVE, UM, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM NUMBERS? ONE THROUGH EIGHT SEEING NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT? SECOND GOT FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ VETO AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTS BY TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS. ONE THROUGH EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTS BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
BEATO I MAY APPROACH HIM DIAZ.
I MAY, OR I CONSENT CALENDAR ONE THROUGH EIGHT PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS]
FINAL PART OF OUR AGENDA, WE'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER REPORT REQUESTS OR COMMENTS.[01:50:01]
UM, ONLY COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY LABOR DAY AND I'LL CHECK WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE IF COUNCILMAN WU, YOU COULD KICK US OFF.UM, I HAVE A COUNSEL REQUESTS.
I THINK IT'S A TRAGEDY HAPPENED JANUARY 3RD.
AND LAST YEAR AND A WHILE OF OUR RESIDENT, A YOUNG LADY AND GABBY, UH, GABRIELA AND PEREZ.
AND, UH, LOST HER LIFE AT THE EMA AND THE SOUSA.
AND SHE JUST WENT TO WITH THE HUSBAND, PICK UP THE TACO AND DAN, SOMEBODY PUCK BACK SUDAN TO WAIT IN THE RED LIGHT AND SHE GOT SHOT.
AND THEN WE DIDN'T FORGET THAT.
I THINK THERE'S A TRAGEDY AND, UH, AND I JUST MET THE PARENT.
THEY, THE FATHER-IN-LAW AND RECENTLY, AND, UH, STR IN GRIEVANCE.
AND, UH, IT'S A TREMENDOUS LOSS.
AND I THINK WITH THAT SITUATION HAPPENED AND THE MOTHER'S OVER HERE AND THE REQUEST CAMERA BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CAMERA.
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW THE POLICE DO UNDER INVESTIGATION.
AND, BUT WITH SNAP PUSH, AND I THINK THAT TIME, THE MAYOR THAT HE LOPEZ, FIATO PUSHING TO HAVE A CAMERA IN THAT NOT ONLY IN THAT AREA, BY, IN ALL THE AREA WITH A FLOOD CAMERA, I THINK LED BECAUSE GABBY, UH, LOTS OF HER LIFE, BUT WE HAVE, UH, UH, THIS CAMERA TO SAVE LIFE.
AND THEN THE SAME TIME, UH, WE, I THINK WE CAUGHT A LOT OF A CRIMINAL ACT.
I THINK THIS IS, UH, THE CONTRIBUTION OF, UH, THE YOUNG LADY HAVE ALWAYS CALLED ME A RESIDENT.
AND, UH, SO I MIGHT WANT TO REQUEST THE CT WHILE WE CAN DO OKAY.
SHE IS A WOW OF A LIVING HAPPY, A RESIDENT IN WEST COVINA, NEW.
OH, JUST MARRY AND HAVE A WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HER AND JUST GET CAR SHOCK, SHOCKED.
SO, SO, WELL, I THINK IT'S THE TISSUE.
IT WAS THE FAMILY AND, UH, WE WANT TO LET FAMILY KNOW AND THERE'S, THEY ARE OUR LOCAL RESIDENT.
AND, UM, WE SHOULD SEE WHAT THE COUNCIL CAN KIND OF, UH, HELP THIS AND DO TO, UH, PASS.
AND I REMEMBER IT LATER ON, I WENT TO THE 13 YEARS OLD LADY, A YOUNG GIRL, AND SHE GOT MOWED DOWN ON THE AZUSA AND ACROSS THREE OF A SMALL PLAQUES.
AND SHE JUST WENT TO TOKYO CENTRAL TO PICK UP SOME CANDY AND FEW, AND SHE WALKED HOME AND WENT TO THE GREEN GREENLIGHT OR AZUSA AND SOMEBODY RIGHT WHEN THE RED LIE AND SHE GOT KILLED.
AND I WENT TO THE FAMILY AND IT'S AS AN UNBELIEVABLE SORROW FOR, FOR THEM.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, BUT, UM, UH, THE PERSON, UH, HIT A WRONG CUT BECAUSE THE CAMERA BECAUSE OF FLOOD CAMERA.
AND, UH, GABBY'S AND GAVE HIS FAMILY OKAY.
AND, UH, HELP US AND TO INCREASE, IMPROVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR CT.
SO IT, HOPEFULLY A CT CAN FIND OUT SOMETHING, MAYBE THE CORNER SHE LOST HER LIFE.
WE CAN SEE MAYBE GABBY CORNER OR SOMETHING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW BECAUSE THE SACRED FIRE AND, UH, WE HAVE A CAMERA IN OCT, TRY TO SAY MORE LIFE AND TO STOP THE CRIMINAL, UH, IN OUR CITY.
UM, I WILL SECOND YOUR REQUEST AND I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE OPPOSITION UP HERE.
UM, YEAH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, THAT FLAW CAMERA WAS REALLY A BIG BENEFIT FOR OUR CITY AND, UM, I'M SO GLAD WE GOT IT.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO LOSE GABBY'S LIFE BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP SAYING COD, WE NEED SOMETHING, WE NEED SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO CATCH WHO WHO'S EVER, YOU KNOW, COMMITTING THESE CRIMES.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S A $50,000 REWARD.
SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN MATCH THAT.
THE CITY CAN MATCH THAT AND MAKE IT A HUNDRED THOUSAND BECAUSE $50,000.
I MEAN, MAYBE NOBODY WANTS TO SPEAK UP, BUT MAYBE WITH THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN DO THAT.
UH, I WANT TO SECOND THAT, OKAY.
I THINK
SO, UH, WE SHOULD, AS A CITY, RESIDENT AND CITY COUNCIL, I THINK WAS CITY SHOW KIND OF ACT FOR THIS CASE, HOPEFULLY, OR CT CAN FIND MONEY FOR 50,000 OR WE CAN FIND SOME DONATION OF, WE FIND SOME OF OUR, OKAY, POTENTIALLY WE HAVE THIS BUDGET.
AND TO, TO HELP ANOTHER 50,000 FROM THE CITY.
SO IN THAT WAY, ALL AND TOGETHER
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IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN BREAK THE CASE.AND, UH, I THINK ADJUSTED FOR GABBY.
I THINK WE NEED TO LET THE FAMILY HAVE A CULTURE.
AND, UH, WE CAN NOT JUST, JUST LET GO LIKE THIS, SO THEY, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HELP, UH, FOR THE CASE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO CRACK THAT CASE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER REPORTS, REQUESTS, OR COMMENTS BY COUNSEL? A WOMAN LOPEZ V AUTO.
SO I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED IT IN THE PAST ABOUT THE CAMERON PARK, THE LARK ELLEN HOME.
I'VE, I'VE BROUGHT IT UP TO THE CITY STAFF IN REGARDS TO HOPEFULLY LOOKING FOR LIKE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, KIND OF LIKE PASADENA DOES IF THEY CREATED SOMETHING OR, UM, BUT I DEFINITELY DO WANT TO SEE IT OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY IS HUGE.
AND I'D LIKE FOR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE IN WEST COVINA WHERE OTHER CITIES CAN COME TO AND LIKE A LITTLE VISIT, A DESTINATION MINI DESTINATION SPOT, IF POSSIBLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONED TO THINK OF SOMETHING, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO END IT THERE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN JUST, UH, ASK THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT IDEAS AND MAYBE THEY, THEY CAN THROW SOMETHING IN THERE THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T THINK OF.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A PUSH BECAUSE THERE COULD BE JUST DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT I, FOR THAT SPOT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF RECREATION, BUT I, I KNOW LIKE PASADENA HAS THE, UM, UH, THE KID SPACE MUSEUM TYPE OF DEAL OR, UH, SOMETHING OF THAT SORT THAT A LITTLE, UM, DESTINATION SPOT, BUT I I'D LIKE THE INPUT FOR OTHERS TOO, TO SEE WHAT COULD BE OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY LIKE A PUB PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
I KNOW, UM, ALHAMBRA HAS THAT LIKE ELEMENTS OR COURT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SCHEDULE A ZOOM OR A TOWN HALL? OR HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO BACK? WELL, THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'M PUTTING THE REQUEST SO THAT THE CITY CAN PUT THAT UP AND WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR US.
WELL I'LL SECOND THAT, THANK YOU.
A REALLY QUICK, JUST, UH, I WANT TO SHOW TO A PRESENTER TAXPAYER AND THE RESIDENT WITH SCOPE, YOU KNOW, THANK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE A TEEN OF A FIRE.
UH, THEY WENT TO THE NOSE, CALIFORNIA TO TRY TO HELP OUT THE PART OF FIRE.
I THINK ABOUT THIS HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH ALL THE FOUR GALE AND THE UNDER THE A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER AND TRIED TO PUT OUT A FIRE.
THE WILDFIRE TRIED TO SAVE LINE.
SO PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, AND THE FIREFIGHTER SOMETIME THEY REALLY ARE NOT SOMETIMES ALL THE TIME.
THEY REALLY SACRIFICE THEMSELVES AND TRY TO SAVE LIFE.
AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH ALL THE FIREFIGHTER.
WITH ALL THOSE EQUIPMENT UNDER THESE HOW WEATHER OKAY.
I SHOW MY TIPS APPRECIATION AND TO, FOR THEM TO IN THE NOSE AND ALL THE PLACES.
AND RECENTLY WE JUST HAVE TODAY, WE HAVE, UH, A FIRE AT A HOTEL AND, UH, VIA VERDE.
THEY PUT OUT A FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
YOU'VE HEARD THOSE COMMENTS AND SEVERAL OF THE LAST FEW DAYS AND THINKING OF THAT, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE IN A MOMENT.
UM, WELL, LET'S THINK RPD AS WELL.
THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THIS HEAT AS WELL.
AND, UM, DOING THE HARD WORK, BOTH OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS ARE KICKING BUTT AND WE THANK THEM FOR THAT AND COUNCILMAN TABATHA'S WAY.
I JUST, UH, AGAIN, WANTING TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT
UH, AND SO, UH, I THINK WONDERFUL IDEA.
AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT REALLY BEING A COMMUNITY, UH, EFFORT.
UH, DO YOU INCLUDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? CAUSE PARENTS SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PARENTS ARE VERY CREATIVE, SO THEY HAVE MONEY.
THAT, THAT TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP TO, OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS REPORTS WITH THAT? WE'RE ADJOURNED.