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[3:13] Good afternoon and welcome to

[3:15] the life enrichment committee

[3:16] meeting today, JULY 14th. The

[3:19] time is now. 04:00:02pm. And

[3:22] this meeting has come to order

[3:24] before taking roll. I will

[3:25] provide instructions on how to

[3:26] submit its because Carver

[3:30] items on his agenda. If you

[3:30] are here which isn't you would

[3:33] like to submit your speaker

[3:33] card. Please fill one out and

[3:34] turn it into a clerk.

[3:35] Representative to my left ear

[3:37] right before the item is read

[3:39] into record online. Speaker

[3:40] request were do 24 hours prior

[3:43] to meeting, the meeting came

[3:45] to order at 04:00:02pm,

[3:47] speaker cards will no longer

[3:47] be accepted. 10 minutes after

[3:48] the meeting has began making

[3:52] that time work. 12 pm. With

[3:53] that we would not proceed to

[3:55] take roll.

[4:13] I apologize. Give me one 0nd.

[4:21] Councilmember Gallo. How some

[4:23] are Houston is excused.

[4:26] Councilmember law. Come summer

[4:29] long. You could just say

[4:32] PRESIDENT Into life. Fix this.

[4:37] Thank you. Chair by.

[4:40] PRESIDENT. Thank you. We have

[4:40] 3 members present what it

[4:44] skews Houston. And before we

[4:45] begin here are 5. Do you have

[4:49] any announcements? Yes, we

[4:51] will be changing the speaking

[4:53] time for public speakers on

[4:55] all items due to the impact of

[4:57] public safety calendar. And we

[4:57] want to make sure that we get

[5:00] out of here on time. I just

[5:02] want to make the announcement

[5:03] that we will be changing our

[5:08] commentary to one minute.

[5:10] Thank you, council. Thank you.

[5:11] Chair Fife, we're a large

[5:15] group. Moving to item one

[5:17] approval, a draft minutes. But

[5:18] the committee meeting on JUNE

[5:29] 23rd 2026. I move approval.

[5:30] Thank you. We have a motion

[5:33] made by chair by seconded by

[5:34] Councilmember Gallo to accept

[5:35] the draft minutes of the

[5:37] committee on JUNE 23rd 2026.

[5:40] As is unreal. Customer Gallo.

[5:41] Councilmember Houston is

[5:46] excused. Councilmember along.

[5:50] Thank Chair Fife. Aye. The

[5:51] motion passes with 4, 3, I

[5:53] excuse me and what it used to

[5:55] stand to upset the draft

[5:56] minutes of the committee

[5:58] meeting JUNE 23rd 2026. As is

[5:59] moving to item to

[5:59] determination of scatter out

[6:01] standing committee items. This

[6:05] is also known as you're with.

[6:09] Yes, the count, the office,

[6:09] the 3 office has no changes to

[6:11] the pending was at this time.

[6:12] Are there any changes from the

[6:17] administration? No changes.

[6:18] Thank you all. Know, these

[6:19] noting Councilmember for

[6:26] 05:00pm. Entertain motion. A

[6:31] second. We do have a motion

[6:32] made council member seconded

[6:34] by chair by to accept the

[6:34] terminations GOD, right.

[6:35] Standing committee items as is

[6:36] on the road. Councilmember

[6:39] Gallo. Councilmember Houston.

[6:42] I didn't understand. I don't

[6:44] know. It's just one where the

[6:44] pending list item Yeah, I

[6:45] thank you. Councilmember won.

[6:50] I thank you and chair by I

[6:51] this motion does pass with 4

[6:53] eyes to accept the

[6:53] terminations got around

[6:54] standing committee items as

[7:10] is. Moving to item 3.

[7:11] Adopt a

[7:13] resolution awarding a grant of

[7:13] construction resource center

[7:17] in an amount not to exceed

[7:18] $100,000 for fiscal year. 26

[7:21] to 27 to support the

[7:23] development and implementation

[7:25] of the city of Oakland's

[7:26] mentor protege program in

[7:27] partnership with the National

[7:28] Association of Minority

[7:29] Contractors, Northern

[7:31] California, Newark now. And

[7:33] you do have 3 speakers for

[7:38] this item. Thank you. MADAM

[7:40] City clerk, we will hear a

[7:41] presentation with 5 minutes on

[7:47] the clock from I'm Alina s p a

[7:48] good afternoon chair fine and

[7:50] committee members. I a lien us

[7:51] Pn. I'm the director of the

[7:53] Department of Workplace

[7:53] Employment Standards. Also

[7:56] known as dress. Thank you for

[7:57] the opportunity to present

[8:01] this item today. Rest is

[8:03] requesting approval of

[8:05] $100,000 Grant with

[8:06] Construction Resource Center.

[8:09] Also known as c r c in

[8:11] partnership with the Northern

[8:11] California chapter of the

[8:13] National Association of

[8:14] Minority Contractors, also

[8:17] known as ne Mac nor cow to

[8:19] support the city's first full

[8:19] implementation of the mentor,

[8:23] push a program on a public

[8:25] works project. He's typically

[8:25] the mlk junior way

[8:26] Streetscapes Improvement

[8:30] project. It's very exciting to

[8:32] be able to support innovative

[8:35] Department of Transportation

[8:35] project and this important

[8:36] mentor push a partnership with

[8:40] this grant. Then too. Pushy

[8:41] partnerships have been a

[8:43] component of the La pe local,

[8:45] small local business

[8:47] enterprise program for many

[8:48] years. But this the first time

[8:48] it's being deployed public

[8:52] works project. To ensure we

[8:54] get these partnerships set up

[8:56] for success. This grant will

[8:58] allow us to provide structure,

[9:00] technical assistance, trade,

[9:02] specific training business

[9:03] capacity development to small,

[9:06] local and minority

[9:06] contractors, meaningful

[9:08] mentorship, including regular

[9:09] coaching site visits and

[9:13] Project management guidance

[9:15] requires trade specific

[9:16] expertise that the city does

[9:19] not currently have in house.

[9:21] See cna Mac are capping

[9:23] decades of contractor

[9:27] development experience strong

[9:27] technical assistance,

[9:28] infrastructure deep access to

[9:31] minority contractor works.

[9:31] They fill a gap. The city

[9:34] cannot feel internally and

[9:35] their work will allow us to

[9:36] deliver a high quality

[9:40] countable program. The grant

[9:41] funds structured set

[9:43] activities including a program

[9:45] management plan that

[9:47] expectations for mentors and

[9:48] proteges onboarding for the

[9:51] mentor and protege tailored

[9:55] support plan be specific needs

[9:56] treats picnic technical

[9:57] assistance as well as back

[10:00] office support. We expect

[10:01] several programmatic outcomes,

[10:03] including a strong replicable

[10:07] mentor, protege model and

[10:08] strong mentor, put

[10:08] participation because

[10:09] expectations and oversight be

[10:13] clear. We also expect that

[10:16] over time meant to put a sheet

[10:17] partnerships will result

[10:18] measurable reductions in

[10:19] contracting disparities. It's

[10:21] pro to she's will have greater

[10:23] capacity to compete for city

[10:24] contracts. That's both times

[10:28] in steps. This work directly

[10:29] supports Oakland's equity

[10:31] goals by expanding access to

[10:33] contracting opportunities for

[10:34] small minority firms that have

[10:35] historically been

[10:36] underrepresented in the city's

[10:40] contracting. Plus, we'll track

[10:42] progress indicators and will

[10:43] also work find the net or

[10:44] pushy program as needed based

[10:47] on the work of this The fiscal

[10:50] impact is a onetime $100,000

[10:52] Grant fully funded in the

[10:55] fiscal year. 25 27 adopted

[10:56] budget funding comes from

[10:57] Measure b p local streets and

[10:58] France. And happy to answer

[11:04] any questions. Are there any

[11:04] questions, comments

[11:07] Councilmember Houston? Yes,

[11:11] through the chair. I just have

[11:15] a few comments that you saw me

[11:15] get up and start to be in

[11:16] late. Seem a parking space

[11:17] happens to me all the time. We

[11:17] got to do something about

[11:20] that. So show me get and spoke

[11:22] to the city attorneys office.

[11:23] And I just call Ryan

[11:25] Richardson. So I just wanted

[11:26] to be transparent because in

[11:29] this, well, you got to be

[11:29] transparent. And I asked him

[11:32] would be any kind conflict of

[11:34] interest because I know crc. I

[11:38] was raised by their father

[11:38] when my father died. A father

[11:42] help me fix up cars and to

[11:45] learn how carburetor and

[11:46] things like that. And I

[11:49] trained under. That comp and

[11:49] they taught me so much. I

[11:56] mean. My success was And the

[12:00] structure. Of that, right. So

[12:00] I just want to make sure that

[12:01] when the conflict of interest

[12:04] side just as this, they said,

[12:04] you have any financial or have

[12:06] none of that, I have learned

[12:10] an experience from being train

[12:11] and it is great, great

[12:12] organization with the

[12:15] structure with crc. So I just

[12:17] want to be transparent. So I

[12:18] know always ask everybody I'm

[12:19] just going to be me

[12:22] transparent. So everybody

[12:22] know. So it's a great

[12:27] organization. The people that

[12:28] actually work for me right

[12:29] now. That was an house and

[12:30] justice impacted in my prior

[12:32] life trained under that. Now

[12:36] they work for the city. So

[12:36] it's great opportunity to

[12:41] change lives. Structure

[12:41] everything you need for

[12:42] success. I just wanted to

[12:47] share that. I appreciate that.

[12:49] Level of transparency for the

[12:51] record. And so I gather that

[12:51] you are asking if you'll have

[12:53] to recuse yourself from this

[12:55] vote based on past previous

[12:55] relationships. Councilmember

[12:59] Houston is that it? Yes, and

[13:03] they said no, because is is is

[13:05] no problem there. Yes, no

[13:05] problem. And I just wanted to

[13:06] say, and I'm glad I was able

[13:07] to say because I have

[13:08] personally not shared is all

[13:11] the time. If I don't know

[13:13] something, a folly only

[13:15] councilmember Fife, the only

[13:17] councilmember. Why follow the

[13:19] lead of of the of the

[13:20] committee. But if I know on

[13:23] the speak on it, thank you for

[13:25] sharing that. If there are no

[13:26] comment, I apologize.

[13:28] Councilmember one of thank you

[13:29] and thank you so much for your

[13:32] work on this. I was just

[13:34] wondering since was doing a

[13:35] quick Google search, it looks

[13:36] like there's a number of

[13:37] federal programs like through

[13:39] the Small Business

[13:41] Administration, the Department

[13:42] of Transportation other

[13:46] federal programs are

[13:47] available. Are you planning to

[13:51] set us up to be able to either

[13:53] encourage some of those

[13:54] relationships are entrance

[13:56] into some of these federal

[13:57] programs. Yeah, the idea is to

[14:00] learn from the best programs

[14:01] that are out there. So it's

[14:03] certainly the federal level

[14:04] has to mentor programs. We

[14:05] also know that locally there's

[14:06] some other jurisdictions that

[14:09] have it. In so that this is a

[14:10] first time for us. We want to

[14:13] get it right. And also want to

[14:14] make sure that a program of

[14:18] all of us to incorporate. What

[14:19] we learn from this. But also

[14:20] what are some of the best

[14:22] practices from those other

[14:23] programs? We do want to have

[14:25] the best mentor appreciate

[14:26] program here in the city

[14:29] Oakland. And we also want to

[14:30] set up the rhymes at our

[14:30] mentors and proteges to be

[14:34] able to participate in these

[14:34] other ones. And hopefully that

[14:36] experience here helps open up

[14:38] more opportunities for them.

[14:40] Great. Thank you so much. I

[14:44] will move the item. I just

[14:46] want to say director sba, it

[14:48] has been a pleasure working

[14:50] with you on this project. I

[14:53] know your passion for ensuring

[14:54] that we are doing what we can

[14:56] in terms of moving the ball

[14:57] forward when it comes to

[14:57] programs like the mentor

[15:02] protege program in. You've

[15:03] been a very good partner and

[15:08] making sure that my desire to.

[15:09] Just moved the disparity.

[15:10] Study results forward in a way

[15:11] that can be done

[15:14] administratively, but done

[15:15] Cohesively can actually

[15:17] happen. So I just wanted to

[15:18] thank you because you've been

[15:21] a really good partner for with

[15:21] your expertise and your

[15:22] knowledge on these topics. I

[15:25] want appreciate you for that.

[15:27] Thank And I do want to state

[15:29] that I'm also very proud that

[15:30] first time that this will be

[15:32] realized is on the mlk

[15:34] streetscapes project in my

[15:36] district with an Oakland born

[15:38] in raised native Stanley

[15:42] Cooper, who will be protege in

[15:43] this and this project. And I

[15:47] hope to see that even with the

[15:49] bi monthly, I believe reviews

[15:50] that will come back from how

[15:52] this project goes that we can

[15:55] also bring back to this

[15:55] committee. Maybe a couple

[16:00] times a year how the

[16:01] confrontation of this program

[16:03] is working so that it can be

[16:04] applied to other businesses. I

[16:05] would like to see this mentor

[16:07] protege program. Where has

[16:08] this type of technical

[16:10] assistance for small

[16:11] businesses applied across the

[16:13] board in the city of Oakland

[16:14] for other small businesses who

[16:17] need support with back in

[16:19] office or support applying for

[16:21] they're different permits or

[16:23] whatever that I just feel like

[16:25] minority businesses would be

[16:26] so much better served if we

[16:29] had the type of U.S. Support

[16:32] that crc will be providing in

[16:33] this program to other

[16:34] businesses. So I appreciate

[16:35] you all for being here. We can

[16:35] go to our public speakers.

[16:39] MADAM City Clerk, thank you,

[16:40] chair by moving top of the

[16:40] speakers. Want to call your

[16:42] name, please approach the

[16:44] podium state. Your name for

[16:45] the record. If you're

[16:46] participating via zoom raise

[16:48] your hand Syriza get in a

[16:50] fight. Thank you, Jeremiah

[16:52] Jackson, Lynn Turner. Blair

[17:02] Beekman. And Mississauga.

[17:03] Thank you. Members of the

[17:04] Council. My name is Jeremiah

[17:05] Jackson. I serve as a

[17:06] consultant to the National

[17:06] Association, minority

[17:09] contractors here in Oakland.

[17:10] And we really deeply deeply

[17:14] want to express our deep

[17:15] appreciation for this

[17:16] opportunity, but also our

[17:18] support for this particular

[17:20] grant opportunity. One of the

[17:21] things that we know as folks,

[17:23] we've served the area for over

[17:25] 60 years is that this is

[17:26] critical for the development

[17:27] of small businesses for

[17:29] contractors and for helping

[17:30] people to really be able to

[17:31] address the needs of the

[17:32] region and particularly the

[17:35] city of Oakland. We have

[17:36] worked diligently working with

[17:36] tremendous experts and people

[17:39] with deep expertise as well as

[17:41] looking at best practice. Math

[17:43] is a methodology for ensuring

[17:44] success and being able to

[17:45] categorize a success in such a

[17:48] way that the city of Oakland

[17:49] will be able to not only

[17:49] repeat our success in the

[17:50] future, but also been to grow

[17:53] a sustainable way. And so we

[17:54] really do recognize that this

[17:55] does address a number of these

[17:57] that the region has. The

[17:59] contractors have and that

[18:01] organization has as well as

[18:01] making sure the city of

[18:02] Oakland's able to address some

[18:04] of the some of his own

[18:04] priorities, particularly with

[18:05] those coming out of the 2026

[18:16] disparity study. So Good

[18:16] afternoon. Thank you guys for

[18:18] allowing me to speak. I really

[18:20] appreciate this grant as well.

[18:21] And it's much needed. My name

[18:23] is Lynn Turner, co-founder of

[18:27] Construction Resource Center.

[18:28] And we teach the business side

[18:30] of construction. We get in the

[18:31] weeds most of these companies

[18:33] teach from the 50,000 foot

[18:34] level because we're

[18:34] contractors being contractors

[18:37] understand. The good, bad and

[18:41] ugly of con construction. We

[18:42] teach you how to build your

[18:44] foundation set up back office

[18:46] and build a sustainable

[18:46] company. And so this will help

[18:51] us move these things forward

[18:52] considering the disparity this

[18:53] is a small drop in the bucket

[18:56] of what we need. What headed

[19:00] in the right direction. And so

[19:00] we appreciated and ask that

[19:01] you guys move this forward.

[19:09] Thank you. It says in the

[19:12] report that this project was

[19:15] codified in FEBRUARY of 2021.

[19:17] And for the first time we

[19:19] moving the project forward in

[19:21] 2026. Any reason for that? Oh,

[19:24] no, it's black people that's

[19:26] going to be who lot. Maybe

[19:27] that's it. It says also in the

[19:30] report, the city lacks

[19:32] standardize financial

[19:36] monitoring, too, and technical

[19:38] assistance to ensure that the

[19:39] mentor prodigy prodigy

[19:42] relationship, deliverables can

[19:45] bill meaningful capacity. And

[19:48] benefit the project. I mean,

[19:50] what does that mean? We don't

[19:52] have the tools to assess the

[19:55] project. Come on, guys. We got

[19:57] to do a little bit data. A

[20:01] whole lot better. And $100,000

[20:05] will allow for what? What What

[20:09] is it limited? That the How

[20:15] did come up with 100,000?

[20:16] Thank you for your comments.

[20:17] Aside, a movement to speakers,

[20:21] blare Beekman. I do not see

[20:22] Blair that concludes public

[20:27] speakers for item 3. Thank you

[20:28] for the public speakers coming

[20:30] out to speak on this agenda

[20:31] item. We have motion on the

[20:34] make the second. Thank you.

[20:37] Have a motion be back.

[20:38] Councilmember along seconded

[20:39] by chair fire to approve the

[20:41] recommendation to staff. It's

[20:42] a 4th this item to the JULY

[20:45] 21st 2026 city Council legend

[20:46] on role Councilmember Gallo. I

[20:49] thank you. Councilmember

[20:50] Houston. I councilmember won.

[20:54] I didn't hear 5. The motion

[20:54] does pass with 4 eyes to

[20:56] approve the recommendations of

[20:57] staff and the board decided to

[21:01] the JULY 21st City Council

[21:02] agenda and through body with

[21:03] that consent from consent.

[21:04] Please. Thank you. Moving to

[21:13] item 4. Adopt a resolution,

[21:15] one accepting and

[21:16] appropriating and authorizing

[21:20] agreements. But the receipt of

[21:20] 10, supportive housing

[21:22] program, renewal, fines from

[21:23] the U.S. Department of Housing

[21:27] and Urban Development and the

[21:28] amount not to exceed

[21:30] 5 million, 650,302 dollars and

[21:33] 2 awarding and or Monday, the

[21:34] grand agreements, nonprofit

[21:37] agencies of the terms and the

[21:39] in the amount identified in

[21:40] table one using coc funds and

[21:43] other state and local Bynes

[21:44] and 3 out the resident city

[21:46] administrator to identified

[21:48] backup fund from state and

[21:50] local sources. They have been

[21:50] appropriated for homelessness

[21:52] programs in to allocate or

[21:53] reallocate such funds to the

[21:56] programs identified in table.

[21:58] One to continue operations

[21:58] through the grant terms in the

[22:00] event coc funding is delayed.

[22:04] And for accepting and

[22:05] appropriating additional coc

[22:05] funds that become available

[22:08] for the same purposes. Do both

[22:12] fiscal year. 26 to 27 at this

[22:13] school year. 27 through 28 and

[22:14] off the roads in the city

[22:18] administrator to amid the

[22:19] grant agreements to adjust

[22:20] that just the grant terms and

[22:21] the about within the limits of

[22:22] the awards. And you do have 2

[22:25] speakers with this item. Thank

[22:26] you. We will put 5 minutes on

[22:28] the clock for Shalon Kenner

[22:31] and you have the floor. Thank

[22:33] you. And good afternoon. Chair

[22:34] Fi Fund committee, members of

[22:36] the life enrichment Committee.

[22:37] My name is King are and I'm

[22:39] the manager of community

[22:40] homelessness services. And I'm

[22:43] here today to present a

[22:45] resolution authorizing

[22:45] acceptance and appropriation

[22:46] of up to 5.65 million in

[22:49] federal continuum of care or

[22:50] coc funding from the U.S.

[22:51] Department of Housing and

[22:52] Urban Development to better

[22:55] known as hud. The continuum of

[22:56] care program has been a

[22:57] critical component comes.

[22:58] Homelessness response system

[23:02] for more than 3 decades. These

[23:03] federal funds support housing

[23:05] interventions that help

[23:07] individuals, families in

[23:07] transition, age youth moved

[23:08] from homelessness to stable

[23:11] housing. Today's action would

[23:12] allow the city to renew

[23:12] funding for for establish

[23:16] programs. The housing Fast

[23:17] Support Network operated by

[23:19] Bay Area, Community Services

[23:22] or backs the North County

[23:25] Homeless Families Rapid

[23:25] Rehousing collective operated

[23:27] by building futures with women

[23:29] and children. The North County

[23:30] Homeless Youth Rapid Rehousing

[23:31] Collaborative operated by

[23:33] Covenant House, California and

[23:37] Oakland Community Project. And

[23:39] then the additional one is the

[23:39] Oakland Homeless is the youth

[23:40] Housing collaborative operated

[23:44] by. Covid House, California in

[23:46] East Oakland Community project

[23:48] collectively these programs

[23:50] provide transitional housing,

[23:52] rapid rehousing ritual went to

[23:53] assistance case management and

[23:54] support of services that help

[23:55] some of our most vulnerable

[23:56] residents achieve long-term

[23:58] housing stability. This item

[24:00] is particularly time

[24:02] sensitive. One of the time one

[24:02] of the existing agreement

[24:05] expires JULY 31st. And while

[24:06] the city has received informal

[24:09] notification from hood that

[24:10] these grants have been renewed

[24:11] formal grant agreements have

[24:15] not yet been executed. This

[24:16] resolution ensures that we can

[24:17] accept the funds when they

[24:19] become available and maintain

[24:20] an intricate services for

[24:21] residents currently enrolled

[24:24] in these programs. The

[24:25] resolution also authorizes the

[24:27] city administrator to utilize

[24:28] previously appropriated, state

[24:29] and local homelessness,

[24:30] funding of a temporary bridge.

[24:32] Should there be any delay in

[24:34] the federal award process?

[24:35] This flexibility is essential

[24:38] because without it programs

[24:39] will be forced to suspend

[24:39] operations while awaiting

[24:43] federal contract execution.

[24:44] Homelessness continues to be

[24:45] one of the most significant

[24:46] challenges facing Oakland

[24:49] primarily. Excuse me,

[24:51] preliminary results from the

[24:51] 2026 point in time. Count

[24:52] indicated homelessness did

[24:54] decrease by approximately 20%

[24:57] since 2024. Well, that

[24:58] progress is encouraging. More

[25:01] than can residents continue to

[25:02] experience homelessness and

[25:03] the need for effective housing

[25:06] interventions remains urgent.

[25:07] These continuum of care

[25:09] programs are producing

[25:10] measurable results during the

[25:11] most recent reporting period

[25:14] of fiscal year. 24 25 the

[25:15] funded program served 484

[25:19] individuals. Across 334

[25:21] households including 129

[25:23] children. More than half of

[25:24] the individual served

[25:25] identified as black or

[25:28] African-American. Reflecting

[25:29] the disappointing it impact.

[25:30] Homelessness continues to have

[25:33] cause black community.

[25:34] Collectively the program's

[25:36] achieved 73% exits to

[25:38] permanent housing. Several

[25:39] program significantly exceeded

[25:40] that benchmark, including

[25:42] building features family rapid

[25:46] rehousing program. He's a 97%

[25:47] permanent housing placement

[25:47] rate and east open community

[25:49] projects. Youth Rapid

[25:51] rehousing program which

[25:51] achieved 100% permanent

[25:54] housing place memory. These

[25:55] outcomes are the result of

[25:56] intentional performance

[25:59] management and accountability.

[26:00] The city closely monitors all

[26:01] hud continuum of care funded

[26:02] programs, the monthly invoice

[26:05] and expenditure reviews,

[26:05] quarterly data and performance

[26:06] reviews and ongoing contract

[26:09] monitoring. Performance

[26:11] measures include Texas

[26:12] Department Housing Housing,

[26:13] retention income growth,

[26:16] utilization of support

[26:17] services link to stay and

[26:19] timely and accurate data entry

[26:20] into a gym. I asked or

[26:20] homeless management

[26:23] information system. The city

[26:25] reserves the option to make

[26:25] changes in hud continuum of

[26:28] care, separate separate

[26:30] agreements, including ending

[26:31] subcontracts with agencies

[26:32] whose programs do not meet

[26:33] contracted a performance

[26:37] outcomes. The oversight ensure

[26:38] that public funds are directed

[26:38] toward programs that

[26:39] demonstrate results in advance

[26:42] of city strategic goals. In

[26:45] total, these programs support

[26:46] 186 housing beds and units

[26:47] throughout the opens

[26:50] homelessness response system.

[26:51] If this resolution is not

[26:52] approved and funding is not

[26:52] renewed, those beds in

[26:55] searches could be lost,

[26:56] resulting in hundreds of local

[26:58] residents from returning to

[27:00] homelessness. The last of

[27:01] these programs would

[27:01] significantly impact our

[27:02] ability to maintain progress

[27:03] toward reducing unsheltered

[27:06] homelessness in Oakland. This

[27:08] recommendation is also

[27:08] directly lined recently

[27:12] adopted homes to action plan.

[27:13] The program support key

[27:14] components of that plan,

[27:16] including interim housing,

[27:16] permanent housing Prevention

[27:19] of returns to homelessness and

[27:20] increase access to coordinate

[27:23] a supportive services, the

[27:24] transitional housing and Rapid

[27:25] rehousing interventions

[27:26] participants receive

[27:28] assistance, securing permanent

[27:30] housing, increasing income,

[27:31] accessing benefits, improving

[27:32] health outcomes in achieving

[27:36] long-term stability. In

[27:36] addition, these programs

[27:37] advanced the city's commitment

[27:40] to racial equity. Homelessness

[27:40] continues to

[27:42] disproportionately affect

[27:42] black oaklanders due to

[27:43] longstanding structural

[27:45] inequities, including historic

[27:46] housing discrimination,

[27:48] redlining and barriers to

[27:49] economic opportunity

[27:50] sustaining proving housing

[27:52] veterans is one of the most

[27:53] effective ways we can address

[27:54] these disparities and improve

[27:55] outcomes residents restricting

[27:57] homelessness for those

[27:59] reasons. Staff respectfully

[28:00] recommends approving of

[28:01] resolution to accept an

[28:03] appropriate the continuum of

[28:06] care funding authorize the

[28:06] Associated Grants, agreements

[28:07] establish contingency funding

[28:08] authority and they've been a

[28:09] federal delays and all

[28:10] throughout is that any

[28:11] additional coc funding awards

[28:14] during the term grant the

[28:15] grant term. Thank you for your

[28:16] time consideration. And I'm

[28:17] course available to answer any

[28:20] questions. Thank you. Do we

[28:20] have any initial questions

[28:23] from the committee?

[28:26] Councilmember Houston? To

[28:34] change just a couple? See

[28:34] Covenant House. That's

[28:36] Covenant California Sea

[28:39] Western Ave Hollywood. Stanley

[28:42] and you will see Hollywood

[28:46] just just closed due to chair.

[28:48] There's no local companies

[28:50] that can do this work that

[28:53] like in Oakland because I see

[28:54] Covenant House this Covenant

[28:56] California. See Sally and Row.

[28:56] Know you did it research and

[29:00] things like that. The similar

[29:00] to what just happened in the

[29:02] meeting prior to this that we

[29:08] are going to Clinton out of

[29:09] the Bay Area hiring people

[29:11] they can do body work cars in

[29:15] Oakland and we go on and

[29:16] Stanley going to Hayward. So

[29:22] is it any for next time? Is it

[29:23] companies that can take the

[29:24] these companies is doing

[29:28] working because that $674,000

[29:31] the other one is 500 and so

[29:32] million dollars to the place

[29:37] in Hollywood. Yeah, if

[29:39] correct, Covenant House is in

[29:40] my district, they had grand

[29:42] reopening this year. They're

[29:44] near Jack London Square, I

[29:48] believe on Harrison. Regarding

[29:50] that particular location, I

[29:50] know that's based in Oakland,

[29:56] but show through the They do

[29:58] have places throughout the

[29:59] state of California, but this

[30:00] particular location is an

[30:01] Oakland warehouse in Oakland.

[30:04] Okay. Maybe this is out of

[30:05] Oakland, ok? So where might

[30:08] get in this at 13? 25

[30:09] northwest have. And we got one

[30:12] assembly at headquarters on

[30:13] Fairway. Us got the wrong

[30:14] addresses here has to do some

[30:19] more research. I believe we

[30:21] heard from so long was that

[30:23] they people throughout the

[30:24] state of California. But I

[30:25] know they they do really good

[30:26] work around young people in

[30:29] the city of Oakland for

[30:29] Covenant House. If there are

[30:30] no other questions, we'll go

[30:34] to public speakers. When a

[30:35] your name. I apologize. MADAM

[30:36] City clerk, we do have

[30:37] questions from Councilmember

[30:41] want. Thank the chair and

[30:42] thank you for your critical

[30:45] work on this. I'm just

[30:47] wondering, I think it's a

[30:48] double edged sword that are

[30:49] pit count. Demonstrated a 20%

[30:55] reduction. Are we seeing

[30:56] similar reduction in our grant

[30:58] amount from hide as a result?

[31:01] Are they maintaining? The

[31:04] chair? Councilmember want?

[31:06] There is a slight decrease in

[31:08] funding that came through for

[31:08] the hoods. You'll as it was

[31:09] not as significant as others,

[31:10] but it was a decrease of

[31:16] sorts. Okay. And I. Have been

[31:17] following the new somewhat,

[31:18] but I know that there is a

[31:19] preliminary injunction that

[31:23] was issued by a federal judge

[31:25] because this administration

[31:26] wants to move away from

[31:30] housing. First, are you now?

[31:32] I'm noted that you have

[31:35] already preplanned for any

[31:37] gaps for just a delay in this

[31:39] grand. Do we have any plans

[31:39] for what MAY happen if beyond

[31:46] this? Set of grants, if there

[31:47] MAY need to be planning in

[31:50] case this moose, the Trump

[31:51] administration is successful

[31:51] in moving away from housing.

[31:56] First. Threw the chair. This

[31:58] particular funding source has

[31:58] already ready receive the

[31:59] award for it. But for the next

[32:00] iteration, we're currently

[32:03] working on the application.

[32:05] There have been some changes,

[32:06] for example, prioritizing

[32:07] permanent housing in

[32:08] transitional housing and

[32:08] moving away from someone.

[32:11] Every have rapid rehousing

[32:12] with our consultant working

[32:15] closely with our providers to

[32:16] potentially transition or

[32:16] start new programs or figure

[32:17] out a way to maintain those

[32:19] beds. So to answer your

[32:20] question, we are working

[32:21] actively on ensuring that

[32:22] those beds do not go offline

[32:24] and or we can continue in

[32:25] other capacity. Okay. Great.

[32:27] Thank you for that. And then

[32:31] finally, I wanted to know I

[32:36] find the metric like exit like

[32:36] percent exits to permanent

[32:38] housing to be actually pretty

[32:40] opaque. Just because I think

[32:41] the term permanent housing

[32:44] covers such a broad spectrum

[32:48] of placements. And so. Can you

[32:51] just describe like qualitative

[32:52] qualitatively? What what that

[32:54] means? I think what's

[32:57] important for me to

[32:58] distinguish this MAY not be

[32:59] data that's available at a

[33:01] quantitative level. But

[33:02] whether we are actually

[33:03] placing are these providers

[33:06] are placing people in 2. Are

[33:10] they in a market? Rental house

[33:12] was a rental assistant. Is it

[33:14] short term or the psh, which

[33:15] requires packs, you know, just

[33:19] because I think it is

[33:20] important night distinguish

[33:21] and measure success of someone

[33:22] who's actually able to be in a

[33:24] market rate housing simply

[33:26] because then it opens up a

[33:28] spot for somebody who has like

[33:31] a disability to be into psh.

[33:33] And then finally, I think just

[33:33] a metric that's important to

[33:36] capture is also just the

[33:37] length of time that they're in

[33:41] these transitional unit since

[33:42] they MAY have been 100% exit

[33:43] to permanent housing, but

[33:44] maybe the length of time is 5

[33:46] years. You know, so just to

[33:47] exaggerate. But I think it

[33:47] just be important to get that

[33:54] data. Thank you where those

[33:55] questions that requesting a

[33:57] response to on the just

[33:57] something you would like to

[34:04] see an upcoming report. I

[34:06] think it would be good to hear

[34:07] response, but yes, would be

[34:08] good to see that future

[34:12] reporting. And I know that the

[34:13] metrics this is an ongoing

[34:14] conversation that we've can be

[34:17] difficult to capture, but to

[34:18] the extent that we can it be

[34:19] great to see that and would

[34:20] love to hear your thoughts on

[34:21] whether that those are

[34:25] metrics. It can captured.

[34:27] Threw the chair. Yes. So we

[34:28] leverage h m I s and so to

[34:29] your point relates to

[34:31] permanent housing, it does

[34:32] vary. There's different

[34:33] categories in which a provider

[34:33] can select, including the ones

[34:37] that you mentioned. And so it

[34:37] does allow us to go in today

[34:38] to my a#

[34:38] #

[34:41] and pull which ones

[34:42] place where so it is very

[34:45] broad to answer your question.

[34:46] And then as it relates your

[34:47] second question, I think was

[34:48] on numbers that have to get

[34:49] back to you on that. But I

[34:53] think for the most part, it is

[34:55] a little difficult to measure

[34:55] be able to give you like a

[34:56] full detail because there's so

[34:57] many categories. But

[34:59] ultimately, if someone is

[35:00] removed from homelessness as

[35:01] it relates to being in the

[35:03] housing queue and or no longer

[35:06] considered an house in that,

[35:07] particularly in which he

[35:07] became a part of the cube,

[35:09] they are now removed from it

[35:11] permanent submitted no longer

[35:18] unhoused help questions. And

[35:19] then in terms of the

[35:21] measurement of length of time,

[35:22] just because throughput is an

[35:23] ongoing conversation right of

[35:26] increasing that. Chair that

[35:28] actually is a metric that we

[35:29] can track and I can get that

[35:31] data to be a at great. Thank

[35:33] you so much. What we can do is

[35:34] we can work together with the

[35:35] city administrator's office in

[35:36] your office to figure out

[35:37] where these metrics should

[35:41] show up and reports so that

[35:41] their timely and responsive to

[35:42] what the council member

[35:44] saying, but also in alignment

[35:46] with the work that you're

[35:48] already producing to bring to

[35:50] committee. So thank you for

[35:51] all your work on and we can

[35:55] move to our public speakers.

[35:55] Want call your name, please

[35:56] approach podium if you are

[35:59] participating via zoom. Please

[36:00] raise your hands. You're using

[36:02] a dignified Blair Beekman and

[36:06] with the saga. Still waiting

[36:11] for the woman to fill up. So

[36:12] when I heard that the open

[36:15] House and authority hit list,

[36:17] the 5, a waiting list to 5,000

[36:18] was the waiting list for all

[36:22] of these different entities.

[36:24] So the Harry Robinson center

[36:25] only can accommodate 137

[36:28] people at a time. The Hollins

[36:33] 150, 180 covenant House 60 at

[36:36] a time East Oakland Community

[36:37] Project 60 use 18 to 24 at a

[36:43] time. East Oakland Community

[36:46] Project, 7 News and 23

[36:49] families. So and then the

[36:49] Oakland Homeless youth

[36:53] collaboration. 31 slots. We

[36:58] have very limited. Capacities.

[37:01] For service. So whats the

[37:06] waiting lists. What's the

[37:07] waiting this? How many people

[37:08] need get accommodations in a

[37:10] waiting to get it? And what's

[37:19] the solution? Thank you.

[37:20] Missus side up move into our

[37:21] Jim Speaker. And I don't see

[37:23] Bill Blair. And that includes

[37:29] a public speaker. Thank to the

[37:31] speaker and for staff or the

[37:32] presentation. I will entertain

[37:39] a motion on this item. Have a

[37:41] motion on the floor from

[37:41] Councilmember Guyana. Second

[37:44] from Councilmember Long. Okay.

[37:46] Yes. We have a motion made

[37:47] from Councilmember Gallo.

[37:48] Second from Councilmember Wang

[37:49] to approve the recommendations

[37:50] of staff in the Ford decided

[37:53] to do lie 20 for City Council

[37:56] agenda on row Councilmember

[37:57] Gallo. I thank you.

[37:58] Councilmember Houston, I thank

[37:59] you. Councilmember want I

[38:03] thank you. Chair Fife. Thank

[38:05] you. The motion passes with 4

[38:05] eyes to approve the

[38:06] recommendations. Is that

[38:08] important to the JULY 21st

[38:09] City Council agenda and

[38:09] through the body that would be

[38:14] on consent. That is on

[38:15] consent. Thank Moving to item

[38:24] 5. Adopt the resolution won't

[38:25] accept inappropriate e anti

[38:26] property Community Services

[38:28] block grant and the amount not

[38:31] to exceed the amount of

[38:35] 1 million, 319,745 awarded by

[38:36] the California Department of

[38:37] Community Services and

[38:39] Development of the JANUARY.

[38:41] 1st 2026 through DECEMBER

[38:43] 31st. 2026 program year tween

[38:46] 26 csb g Program and

[38:49] discretionary funds as it

[38:49] becomes available to authorize

[38:50] in a city administrator to

[38:52] accept an appropriate any

[38:54] additional grant funds from

[38:56] Csd for the same purpose

[38:59] within a 2026 csb g Program

[39:00] Year. 3 of the resin, the use

[39:04] of general vines to the pay to

[39:06] pay the human services

[39:07] department. Eternal services

[39:08] been changes in the estimated

[39:10] amount of 56,692 in central

[39:14] services overhead charges for

[39:15] 2026. Programs in the

[39:19] estimated amount of 178,968.

[39:22] You do have 2 speakers. Thank

[39:24] you. We will put 5 minutes on

[39:25] the clock from actually Jim

[39:27] Otte and you have the floor.

[39:32] Thank you so much. So good

[39:33] afternoon to seen council

[39:34] members. I've talked check

[39:36] number 5 as well as our other

[39:37] elected officials that it's

[39:40] good to see you all here. My

[39:42] name is actually tomorrow. And

[39:42] we're going do a brief

[39:45] overview so I can reintroduce

[39:46] myself. So everybody in my new

[39:56] position. I wanted to give you

[40:00] all overview of my division.

[40:01] Co cap is our Alameda

[40:04] Planning, Community Action

[40:05] Partnership. And within that

[40:10] division, you will find my.

[40:11] Which is our cs pg Grant,

[40:13] which will be talking about.

[40:13] You'll also find our Sugar

[40:15] Sweetened beverage program.

[40:18] You'll find our volunteer tax

[40:18] assistance program and also

[40:22] trying to recast program. Rick

[40:24] has program holds majority of

[40:25] our stem cell funding around

[40:26] our mental health programs,

[40:28] working with trauma resiliency

[40:29] are vital program. As we call

[40:31] it our Volunteer Tax

[40:32] assistance program is our

[40:34] program that we have to out

[40:35] the city which supports our

[40:37] resident in conducting their

[40:37] taxes annually.

[40:38] Sugar-sweetened beverage

[40:41] program and our summer food

[40:42] program. Our Summer Food

[40:45] program we have over 55 tight

[40:47] throughout the city of Oakland

[40:48] that feet. Are you thinking

[40:48] about snack and lunch every

[40:51] single day? And so we're

[40:52] excited about that. And a

[40:53] press release was done about

[40:56] that before the beginning of

[40:57] the summer and our Sugar

[40:58] Sweetened beverage program,

[40:58] which also subsidizing

[41:01] supports that program. And

[41:04] that also has advisory board.

[41:07] You'll see a co cap which has

[41:09] 18 board members. We have 4

[41:11] committees are executive

[41:11] committee advocacy committee

[41:12] are fun Development in our

[41:14] program Planning Committee

[41:18] which then drops down to

[41:19] overseeing rcs bt find which

[41:21] we have 17 grand to use

[41:22] throughout the city of Oakland

[41:29] in which we apartment. So just

[41:31] a little bit of overview of

[41:38] what what our cs pg Co kept

[41:40] does. Co kept directly

[41:41] supports the city of Oakland,

[41:43] Economic Development, Action

[41:47] plan. We also. Support the

[41:50] strategic work that we are

[41:52] doing throughout the city of

[41:54] Oakland by making sure that we

[41:56] work with our training and

[41:57] employment. We work with

[41:59] organizations that support

[42:01] low-income housing. We also do

[42:03] a lot of work around community

[42:05] development, civic engagement,

[42:08] advocacy community building.

[42:11] So we reduce poverty and

[42:12] promote economic opportunity

[42:13] by supporting programs

[42:13] services that help our

[42:14] low-income residents and the

[42:17] city of Oakland. We have too

[42:18] many ways organizations,

[42:21] public agencies, educational

[42:22] institutions and resident and

[42:23] we help them identify and

[42:24] develop community-driven

[42:25] solutions to the root cause of

[42:30] the property. So what is the

[42:31] community service block grants

[42:33] to the community service

[42:35] Block? Grant is a federally

[42:35] funded antipoverty program

[42:36] administered by United States

[42:38] Department of Health and Human

[42:39] Services as well as California

[42:42] Department of Community

[42:44] Services. Rcs Beaty provides

[42:46] flexible funding enables

[42:47] community action agencies to

[42:47] respond local needs to

[42:50] services such as like I said,

[42:51] workforce development,

[42:53] housing, stability, emergency

[42:55] assistance, financial

[42:56] Empowerment Program, civic

[42:58] engagement, opportunities and

[42:59] community development. All of

[43:01] this, of course, is guided by

[43:04] our comprehensive community

[43:04] needs assessment as well as

[43:09] our strategic plan. So here's

[43:12] our strategic plan for 2022.

[43:14] 2025, as we all know, it is

[43:17] 2026 we are working on

[43:19] creating new five-year

[43:22] strategic plan from 2026 to

[43:23] 2031 that again will be

[43:24] informed by our community

[43:25] needs assessment and our

[43:32] strategic plan. So as well as

[43:36] in your packet, you will find

[43:37] our community action plan for

[43:41] 2026 to 2027. That was also. A

[43:43] fire or a attachment with in

[43:46] the within agenda. So I did

[43:48] want to put it up there with

[43:49] one of our clickable link. So

[43:53] you all can have it. This man

[43:53] does not go scroll through it.

[43:55] It is 112 pages. So please at

[43:57] your leisure take the time to

[43:58] look at some of our data and

[44:01] some of our graphs and charts

[44:02] around property where it is

[44:02] localized within the city. And

[44:03] what are some things that

[44:09] we're doing to combat back?

[44:10] Also, you can find more

[44:12] information on our website and

[44:13] I happy for any questions.

[44:19] Thank you. Thank you for your

[44:20] presentation and your service.

[44:20] Your continued service in city

[44:24] of Oakland. And if there are

[44:24] no questions from the

[44:25] committee, I will go to public

[44:28] speakers. Thank you so much.

[44:31] Chair fine. Thank you. Ashley

[44:34] was a great report. Thank

[44:45] Blair Beekman in Mississauga.

[44:47] So this is a resolution from

[44:49] Grand JANUARY. The first 2026

[44:52] through DECEMBER, the 31st.

[44:55] 2026. Is that what we seeking

[44:55] approval, something that was

[44:59] started in JANUARY. Okay. So

[45:01] the board is supposed to be

[45:06] one 3rd elected officials,

[45:06] one-third representatives from

[45:07] the low-income community,

[45:08] one-third of the private

[45:08] sector leaders who selects

[45:13] this board. They selected.

[45:15] Okay. Going on to the next

[45:19] concern. The next concern is I

[45:20] noticed when I've been a

[45:21] couple young meeting, just

[45:22] been a lot of time traveling

[45:24] and going to conferences. How

[45:31] much money is spent on that?

[45:32] All right. No answers to that

[45:36] one. Know that, you know,

[45:37] suppose. And to me, I just

[45:37] like this like this moment

[45:41] where everybody says nothing.

[45:43] Is funny to me. Ok. And then

[45:45] the last thing what? What is

[45:56] the breakdown? Thank you for

[45:57] your comment. Mississauga move

[46:01] resume speakers. Harmon built

[46:02] Did you fill out a speaker's

[46:22] card? Bill o Trent?

[46:25] Excuse me.

[46:26] Did you fill out a speaker's

[46:34] card? And I'm sorry.

[46:35] Unfortunately, unfortunately

[46:36] will be up to discretion for

[46:40] the chair. I will speak to

[46:42] after this meeting. Been here

[46:43] several times to because you

[46:45] need translation. We will have

[46:47] our city administrator come

[46:48] work with you on answering any

[46:50] questions that you have and

[46:51] also be available after the

[46:53] meeting at. She will translate

[46:58] for me. Thank you. Thank you.

[47:00] Blair, Big men and I do not

[47:01] see a nicu. So that concludes

[47:01] our public because right 3

[47:08] item, 5. Thank u MR. Ma, if

[47:10] you could respond to a couple

[47:11] of the questions and I will

[47:13] lay them out just in terms of

[47:14] how the board has selected.

[47:17] And I do want to say for the

[47:18] public, there are people who

[47:21] come to these meetings

[47:23] frequently understand what the

[47:23] rules of procedure are. But

[47:24] there's some people who don't

[47:27] know that unless an item is

[47:29] agenda aisd the committee nor

[47:32] staff can respond to questions

[47:33] and less. It is the purview of

[47:35] the chair. So I'm asking as

[47:38] the chair for you to respond

[47:39] to how boards how the board is

[47:43] selected with the Tri Party

[47:44] makeup of the individuals that

[47:45] sit on the board. If you can

[47:48] answer that question. So from

[47:53] my knowledge, there is an

[47:54] application process and which

[47:55] the prospective board members

[47:58] aren't allowed to apply. And

[48:00] some of our board members have

[48:00] been on a board for many

[48:03] years. And that data is

[48:09] reviewed. Were I would assume

[48:10] or cs pg team as well as

[48:13] potential at the state level.

[48:15] And then we are given the

[48:17] opportunity to review and

[48:18] weigh in on Those selections

[48:20] based off of the

[48:21] recommendations from the state

[48:26] in from the city. I believe I

[48:28] chose my representative. I

[48:29] have a representative that

[48:31] serves on the board time to

[48:33] who consults with me on the

[48:35] meetings gives me updates and

[48:37] tells me what I need to do as

[48:40] a representative and so I know

[48:41] as a council member, I was

[48:44] able to make that selection.

[48:45] So I hope that answered

[48:49] answers. The question. And at

[48:50] this time, I want to thank you

[48:50] for your presentation and

[48:51] entertain a motion on this

[49:01] item. We have a motion made

[49:02] Councilmember Houston seconded

[49:03] by councilor along to approve

[49:04] the recommendations. The staff

[49:07] of the Fort this item to JULY

[49:08] 21st City Council agenda on

[49:09] consent on row Councilmember I

[49:12] thank you. Councilmember

[49:13] Houston, thank Essentially. I

[49:15] think you councilmember along.

[49:17] Yes, thank you. I and tariff

[49:21] act. This motion does pass

[49:22] with more right to approve the

[49:24] recommendations of staff. And

[49:26] the board is item to the JULY

[49:26] 20 for City Council agenda

[49:27] through the body, but that the

[49:30] aunt and cent Thank you.

[49:42] Moving to item 6. Thank you.

[49:44] Adopt a resolution one except

[49:45] appropriating direct local

[49:46] program. Distribution Measure

[49:49] b b funds in the amount of

[49:50] 3 million, 202,298 for fiscal

[49:54] year. 26 27 from the Alameda

[49:56] County Transit Commission.

[49:58] Oakland pair of transit for

[50:00] the elderly and disabled

[50:01] program to provide access to

[50:04] specialized transportation

[50:06] services to award the

[50:07] reimbursement agreements for

[50:08] peer paratransit services for

[50:10] fiscal year. 26 to 27 and the

[50:15] amounts of $900,000. 5 Rivers,

[50:18] Transit Solutions, $600,000 in

[50:20] quality transit for $250,000.

[50:23] Bay Area Charters for $25,000.

[50:27] One access medical Trent

[50:28] Transportation and $75,000.

[50:33] For ago, though, technologies.

[50:34] 3 awarding grant agreements in

[50:36] the amount of $50,000 to city

[50:38] of d'iberville for per pair

[50:39] Transit Prote services and

[50:39] $300,000 but services

[50:42] opportunity for seniors for

[50:43] meal delivery services to

[50:44] isolated and dependent,

[50:47] elderly and disabled persons

[50:47] and for authorizing the city

[50:49] administrator to accept

[50:50] inappropriate any additional

[50:52] direct local distribution of

[50:54] funds that MAY become

[50:56] available for fiscal year. 26

[51:00] to 27 in the aforementioned.

[51:02] Agreements that increase

[51:04] amounts within the limits of

[51:05] finding and you do have 2

[51:08] speakers for this item. Thank

[51:09] you. MADAM City clerk. We will

[51:13] put 5 minutes on the clock for

[51:13] back to us respect that you

[51:18] have the floor. Thank you so

[51:19] much. Good afternoon. Chair

[51:20] fire from members of the life

[51:24] enrichment committee Bantis

[51:25] Human Services manager in the

[51:26] Human Services Department

[51:28] overseeing aging and adult

[51:29] services division. Today staff

[51:32] is presenting the 26 27 fiscal

[51:34] year. Oakland pair transit for

[51:34] the elderly and disabled

[51:38] program. Also known opened. I

[51:38] planned for the coming are in

[51:43] the fiscal year. Now and the

[51:44] accompanying resolution staff

[51:45] respectfully request that the

[51:46] life enrichment committee

[51:49] approved this item and forward

[51:49] it to the full City Council

[51:52] for approval on the consent

[51:54] calendar on APRIL 27th, the

[51:56] Alameda County Transportation

[51:57] Commission's paired Transit

[51:58] advisory in Planning committee

[52:00] approved this plan. The

[52:00] proposed resolution will

[52:04] accept an appropriate the

[52:05] city's fiscal year, 26, 27

[52:06] Measure b, b, direct local

[52:09] distribution allocation of

[52:10] approximately 3 point a little

[52:13] bit over 3 point 0 2 million

[52:15] dollars authorized to

[52:16] agreements necessary to

[52:18] deliver Oakland's paratransit

[52:19] services continue.

[52:20] Transportation related Neil

[52:22] delivery and regional

[52:24] partnerships and authorize

[52:25] acceptance of any additional

[52:26] measure b funds that MAY

[52:27] become available during the

[52:30] fiscal year. This year's

[52:33] program plan reflects

[52:33] extensive community engagement

[52:34] and is grounded in what

[52:36] Oakland residents told us they

[52:37] need and they need most in

[52:39] terms of transportation to

[52:44] inform this plan. We completed

[52:46] 923. 24 community surveys. 13

[52:50] community listening. Sessions,

[52:51] ped customer satisfaction

[52:54] surveys last year across every

[52:57] engagement effort. One message

[52:58] was very clear. Transportation

[52:59] is the number one priority for

[53:02] Oakland, older adults and

[53:03] persons with disabilities over

[53:07] the next 5 years. Residents

[53:09] consistently told us that

[53:10] transportation is essential

[53:11] for accessing healthcare,

[53:13] food, housing, stability,

[53:14] social connection and

[53:16] remaining independent in their

[53:18] communities. What the fiscal

[53:20] year, 26 27 plan delivers

[53:24] based what community from the

[53:25] community input. This plan

[53:26] continues to comprehensive

[53:27] suite of transportation

[53:30] services, including same day

[53:31] transportation, specialized

[53:32] wheelchair, accessible Van

[53:34] Services group, trips door

[53:37] through door, volunteer

[53:38] Transportation, Transportation

[53:39] related Neil Delivery,

[53:41] customer service and community

[53:44] outreach during fiscal year.

[53:45] 26. 27 open anticipates

[53:47] providing approximately 19,000

[53:52] taxi script rides. 7500 gogo.

[53:53] Grandparents rides nearly

[53:55] 12,000 wheelchair. Accessible

[53:59] trips, 16,500 will trips and

[53:59] approximately 260,000

[54:03] home-delivered meals. These

[54:04] services help older adults and

[54:06] people with disabilities

[54:10] medical appointments, grocery

[54:11] stores, senior centers,

[54:12] pharmacies and other

[54:12] destinations that support

[54:16] healthy, independent living.

[54:18] Customer satisfaction is to

[54:20] remain high, MR. Participants

[54:21] consent Lee tell us that

[54:22] opened helps them maintain

[54:24] independence and age safely in

[54:26] the community. At the same

[54:28] time, the identify

[54:29] opportunities for improvement,

[54:30] including better on time

[54:32] performance expended,

[54:33] accessible transportation,

[54:35] improved communication, easier

[54:37] access to services. This in

[54:39] public be part of our ongoing

[54:41] quality improvement

[54:41] conversations staff will have

[54:44] with our service providers.

[54:45] Looking ahead, one of our

[54:47] priorities this year is

[54:48] improving. Knew how residents

[54:52] access open services last year

[54:54] we piloted relocation of our

[54:55] customer service desk from

[54:56] down here downtown Oakland

[54:59] senior center downtown

[55:00] Oakland, one 50 our office

[55:02] here at one, 50 Frank Ogawa

[55:03] Plaza and move it to the

[55:04] downtown Oakland senior

[55:06] Center. We have seen an uptick

[55:09] in the number of new enrollees

[55:13] and people who are. Seeing the

[55:14] downtown Oakland Co for the

[55:14] first time become members

[55:17] because they've never been

[55:18] there before. This suspension

[55:21] brings enrollment eligibility

[55:22] determination, transportation

[55:22] information and other

[55:23] individuals, customer

[55:26] assistance closer to where

[55:27] residents lives. And we are

[55:28] going. We replicating this

[55:30] model for east Oakland. This

[55:34] fiscal year. We're also

[55:34] working with the Mayor's

[55:37] Commission on Aging on

[55:40] developing a 5 year plan. And

[55:43] transportation is one of the

[55:45] highest need that was

[55:46] identified in a needs

[55:47] assessment has had mention and

[55:49] the Mayor's Commission on

[55:52] Aging developed and had stood

[55:53] up a transportation

[55:54] subcommittee that started

[55:57] meeting 2 months ago. This

[55:58] subcommittee will inform

[55:58] what's going on in the

[56:00] community and will help us

[56:01] identify strategies to fill

[56:04] the gaps in services specially

[56:06] based on what we have heard

[56:07] from the community members in

[56:08] east Oakland, Deep East

[56:11] Oakland, we MAY have

[56:11] transportation services

[56:12] available, but these services

[56:13] are not reaching East. Oakland

[56:17] residents. In closing the

[56:20] fiscal year 26 27 program plan

[56:23] reflects the voices of Oakland

[56:24] residents response directly to

[56:25] transportation priorities

[56:26] identified through the cities

[56:28] age from the 2 planning

[56:30] process and positions open to

[56:33] continue delivering equitable,

[56:34] accessible and responsive

[56:35] transportation services to

[56:37] older adults and persons with

[56:39] disabilities. Therefore, staff

[56:41] respectfully request that the

[56:42] life enrichment committee

[56:43] approved the proposed

[56:45] resolution. And for with this

[56:46] item to the full City Council

[56:47] for consideration and approval

[56:48] of the consent calendar. Thank

[56:52] you. And happy to answer any

[56:54] questions. Thank you for your

[56:54] presentation. Are there

[56:55] comments or questions from the

[57:02] Councilmember Houston? Do She

[57:03] something a little troubling

[57:07] to me. He said not reach an

[57:08] east Oakland residents. Can

[57:10] you explain that a little

[57:13] deeper? And I have a couple

[57:16] questions on might have this

[57:17] wrong to about these addresses

[57:18] because that's the first thing

[57:19] I look at is addresses of our

[57:20] providers. So when you see

[57:26] kid. That region. My east

[57:27] Oakland residents. Can you

[57:29] explain at 11 raid on that

[57:33] threw the chair into

[57:35] councilmember Houston when we

[57:37] did our listening sessions and

[57:39] also when we did the surveys,

[57:40] what we found from our

[57:45] residents is that. We have

[57:45] transportation such as

[57:46] example, taxi and go go

[57:50] grandparents, which is. Being

[57:52] able to Britain lift without

[57:53] having them out. So you just

[57:53] call a phone number. So it's

[57:54] very easy for older adults to

[57:57] be able to schedule these

[58:00] rides. Left what we have found

[58:06] is that. When they call for

[58:06] service suddenly their order

[58:10] gets canceled. Without any

[58:13] reason. Repeatedly that

[58:14] happens. So we know that gap,

[58:16] even though these services are

[58:18] available, some of our

[58:19] providers members, perception

[58:20] of the unsafe neighborhoods

[58:22] that, you know, people think

[58:27] Oakland is they don't go and

[58:29] we need to think outside the

[58:30] box. You know, these

[58:33] transportation, Uber, Lyft and

[58:34] other services we have

[58:36] available. We need to think

[58:37] outside of the box and figure

[58:38] out a different way of filling

[58:41] that gap. We actually have

[58:42] testimony, one of our

[58:43] commissioners got off the

[58:47] airport in east Oakland. She

[58:48] was trying to get bring lift

[58:53] and she had her. Her ride

[58:54] canceled several times and was

[58:58] not able to get a ride. So.

[58:59] You know, anecdotally, that's

[59:00] what we are hearing. So I

[59:01] think what we need to do is

[59:04] really figure out other input

[59:05] from the community. What MAY

[59:08] be others. Strategies that we

[59:10] can implement and working with

[59:11] the subcommittee of the

[59:12] Transportation of the Mayor's

[59:14] Commission on Aging will hope

[59:15] to be able to identify some of

[59:16] the strategies to fill those

[59:24] gaps. That's that's pretty.

[59:24] Heart-wrenching. Immediate,

[59:27] not. Seniors in my folks

[59:30] scene. Benefiting from this in

[59:33] Deep East Oakland. So wish us

[59:34] suggested can I help? How can

[59:35] the council help? How can the

[59:42] public what can we do? Because

[59:43] must-see news, one of the most

[59:44] important things to me. What

[59:46] can we do? Yeah. Threw the

[59:48] chair. One of the things that

[59:50] we're thinking about working

[59:52] with the subcommittee on

[59:53] Transportation is issue a

[59:55] request for qualifications or

[59:59] some kind of an rfp this year

[1:00:01] before the closing of the

[1:00:04] calendar year and entertain

[1:00:05] any ideas that could be from a

[1:00:06] nonprofit who want to run band

[1:00:09] program friends. And just for

[1:00:10] East Oakland, anything happy

[1:00:12] to hear any ideas from the

[1:00:14] community. And we're hoping

[1:00:14] that through this rfq process

[1:00:18] that we will find. Other ways

[1:00:21] of filling that gap, any could

[1:00:26] be community based. That sends

[1:00:26] positive. Yes. One more

[1:00:28] question in a move on. I'm not

[1:00:30] sure if I've got this right.

[1:00:32] Got it wrong just a minute ago

[1:00:35] when it came to. The locations

[1:00:42] of these companies. New Jersey

[1:00:46] Davenport Timberline. New work

[1:00:53] San Francisco. 5 Rivers.

[1:00:57] Transit is in New Jersey.

[1:00:59] Quality transit is in Florida.

[1:01:03] Getting this wrong. Yes, some

[1:01:04] of these are locals. Some of

[1:01:08] these are not so 5 rivers is a

[1:01:09] local Oakland. This is our

[1:01:10] taxi service company that been

[1:01:15] around. For 30, 40 years here

[1:01:18] in Oakland. And so that's

[1:01:20] local. This is also corporate

[1:01:21] headquarters is in New Jersey.

[1:01:25] Okay. Okay. Talk to my

[1:01:26] colleagues to see how we can

[1:01:30] do to help, you know, help me

[1:01:31] out. I need some help. Talk to

[1:01:32] Want to see how we get

[1:01:32] must-see news to get to Carol

[1:01:37] k. Respects. I want to I want

[1:01:39] to get an understanding. So is

[1:01:40] it just East Oakland where

[1:01:41] these challenges are happening

[1:01:44] for seniors with their

[1:01:46] transportation and to be

[1:01:48] clear, the senior that was not

[1:01:50] able to get a ride from the

[1:01:52] airport was using a private

[1:01:53] rideshare service. Not not one

[1:01:54] of our contractors, correct,

[1:01:58] correct? That's correct. And

[1:01:59] do our contractors work after

[1:02:03] hours. Then finally East

[1:02:03] Oakland. The only place it

[1:02:09] have any challenges not

[1:02:11] necessarily. So when we went

[1:02:12] to the Fruitvale area, we

[1:02:15] talked to the folks over

[1:02:16] Spanish speaking Unity Council

[1:02:18] one of our 13 listening

[1:02:20] sessions. What we found from

[1:02:21] that community is that they

[1:02:23] have a high utilization of

[1:02:23] public transit. However, it's

[1:02:26] that last mile where they get

[1:02:29] off the bar or no ac transit

[1:02:31] and then they're carrying

[1:02:32] groceries that they are not

[1:02:35] able to carry all the way home

[1:02:36] because these routes, the

[1:02:38] these public transit systems

[1:02:39] are in the fix map system.

[1:02:42] Doesn't go go door-to-door.

[1:02:45] And what we were told was that

[1:02:47] during covid they had a van

[1:02:48] and it was stolen and they

[1:02:49] have never been able to

[1:02:50] replace that ban. And that van

[1:02:52] was helping seniors for that

[1:02:57] last mile ride. So that was an

[1:02:58] identified need. Again, we're

[1:03:00] hoping to be able to work with

[1:03:02] the community and figure out

[1:03:03] how to address that. Kind of

[1:03:09] need. Still Oakland, correct?

[1:03:12] So are these it are these

[1:03:15] organizations funded through

[1:03:17] these funds? So we have funds

[1:03:18] available. We just don't have

[1:03:21] the organizations don't have

[1:03:21] the resources. 2, maybe

[1:03:25] reacquire vehicles or maybe

[1:03:26] higher. What it what is the

[1:03:29] exact issue here? We have had

[1:03:30] some conversation with the

[1:03:34] vendors about this issue and

[1:03:35] one of the strategies they

[1:03:37] actually presented to us was

[1:03:41] perhaps we can give a premium.

[1:03:42] Rate for those who will go to

[1:03:43] East Oakland for the drivers.

[1:03:47] So taxi drivers who are going

[1:03:50] to be going on rides that East

[1:03:50] local police. Oakland address

[1:03:54] can get a higher reimbursement

[1:03:55] rate. Then what's you know?

[1:03:58] What's base rate? So that's

[1:03:59] one strategy that we have

[1:04:02] tossed around the challenge we

[1:04:02] have currently is that they're

[1:04:04] also increasing the fears this

[1:04:07] year. So we have we need to

[1:04:09] have enough data to be able to

[1:04:11] understand how the fair just

[1:04:11] in general this new fare

[1:04:13] increase that they want to

[1:04:14] impose on us is going to

[1:04:15] impact the program. And then

[1:04:19] if we're gonna provide an

[1:04:21] additional sort of incentive

[1:04:22] for drivers to go to East

[1:04:23] Oakland again, how much money

[1:04:28] will that cost? Is there any

[1:04:29] information or data to back up

[1:04:31] their fear or is it just a

[1:04:33] perception? It's a perception.

[1:04:35] Unfortunately. And are these

[1:04:36] hours that they're concerned

[1:04:38] about going to east Oakland

[1:04:40] after hours after 5 around

[1:04:42] midnight the other services

[1:04:43] that serve other parts of the

[1:04:49] city operate. 24 7. I'm not

[1:04:51] sure that it It has to do with

[1:04:52] the hours. I believe it's

[1:04:53] really just the general going

[1:04:56] to East Oakland is unsafe. We

[1:05:00] did hear here from one of our

[1:05:01] when we were doing that, the

[1:05:03] sitting sessions that one of

[1:05:05] the things that they heard

[1:05:08] from the Uber Lyft drivers any

[1:05:09] MAY not be related to a

[1:05:11] contractor, but just to bring

[1:05:12] drivers was there was an

[1:05:13] incident where they were in

[1:05:16] Deep East Oakland in one of

[1:05:21] the cars got. What is that

[1:05:22] called card Karnow carjack

[1:05:25] Jack. Yeah. Yeah. Well, there

[1:05:26] trying to pick up a passenger

[1:05:27] in East Oakland. So, you know,

[1:05:29] these kinds of stories they

[1:05:31] spread, the other drivers and

[1:05:37] it becomes sort of this. New

[1:05:39] way of unfounded. But but then

[1:05:41] got spreads out. Do you know

[1:05:45] this is my last question. Do

[1:05:46] you know if the vehicles that

[1:05:47] are used to pick up seniors

[1:05:48] have to be outfitted for

[1:05:52] seniors with lifts and other

[1:05:54] equipment to service MAY be

[1:05:55] assisted walking vehicles,

[1:05:58] scooters, things like that.

[1:06:01] Not necessarily. So a lot of

[1:06:03] the vehicles that are sent to

[1:06:07] to seniors homes are sedans.

[1:06:08] They've had drivers like taxi

[1:06:11] drivers using their own

[1:06:12] vehicles because the the

[1:06:14] old-fashioned yellow cabs are

[1:06:14] no longer in existence in

[1:06:17] Oakland. So they're using SUVs

[1:06:22] and sedans and we are also

[1:06:23] educating our seniors that if

[1:06:28] they need. If they cannot get

[1:06:30] on a e's, a suv, for during

[1:06:31] this patch when they're

[1:06:32] calling the order to make sure

[1:06:35] to let them know that. They do

[1:06:37] have limited numbers of we'll

[1:06:41] check sensible vans. They're

[1:06:42] available but very limited.

[1:06:45] But we do have a specialized

[1:06:46] Van Service for people who

[1:06:49] need wheelchair. Accessibility

[1:06:50] with another contract. Another

[1:06:52] taxi driver program. Okay.

[1:06:53] Thank you for that. And I will

[1:06:55] speak with you offline about

[1:06:56] some potential solutions to

[1:06:59] address this gap. Think I have

[1:07:01] some ideas. Councilmember

[1:07:02] Houston and then councilmember

[1:07:05] Wall and entertain a motion.

[1:07:06] Yeah, move it. But I want to

[1:07:09] move forward consent. Speak a

[1:07:10] little bit more because I have

[1:07:12] some good ideas also. So we've

[1:07:13] got to keep the money in the

[1:07:15] community right? And if you

[1:07:15] keep the money in the

[1:07:17] community and you build

[1:07:20] community nonprofits that that

[1:07:22] noted to the neighborhoods are

[1:07:26] scared. They know how to move.

[1:07:27] Then you can move safely. So I

[1:07:28] got some good ideas. So what I

[1:07:29] want to do is I want to sit

[1:07:30] down with 2 to and

[1:07:33] Councilmember 5. We could do

[1:07:34] it together because I have

[1:07:37] some ideas we built.

[1:07:37] Individuals in our own

[1:07:38] community to take care of

[1:07:41] ourselves right. Keep the

[1:07:42] money in our community. We can

[1:07:45] make it safe. Know good fix on

[1:07:56] that. So I move this.

[1:07:57] Government all good. Thank

[1:08:01] you. Sorry about that. So I

[1:08:03] have to say that and it that

[1:08:06] is really I have also heard

[1:08:07] some just complaints about the

[1:08:11] pair transit system. And lot

[1:08:13] of it has to do with delays.

[1:08:14] Are the wait time really is a

[1:08:18] key thing that comes out and I

[1:08:22] am deeply concerned around

[1:08:22] this idea that is a provider

[1:08:26] that is getting money,

[1:08:26] including public money that

[1:08:27] you don't have to actually

[1:08:33] pick up somebody. So. We just

[1:08:34] encourage whatever ways that

[1:08:36] we can hold these vendors

[1:08:36] accountable is really

[1:08:42] important. I also was looking

[1:08:45] at one of the attachments it

[1:08:46] in my reading this correctly.

[1:08:49] This is the paired transit

[1:08:50] program plans. Staff summary.

[1:08:52] I see there's a listing of the

[1:08:56] cost per trip that some of our

[1:08:58] vendors is this how much

[1:08:59] they're getting reimbursed by

[1:09:00] the city or is this how much

[1:09:02] they're charging sometimes

[1:09:06] seen rates is high up $74 per

[1:09:07] trip. And is that being

[1:09:10] charged to the residence? To

[1:09:15] the chair? Councilmember? So

[1:09:17] the way it works is that we

[1:09:19] highly subsidized these rides

[1:09:22] through the Measure b b

[1:09:23] dollars. So and example, one

[1:09:26] booklet of taxi scripts get

[1:09:30] you $20 worth of rides. We

[1:09:31] paid $25 a measure b b, the

[1:09:33] consumers only pay $3 and they

[1:09:34] can buy up to 12 booklets per

[1:09:38] quarter. So that's an

[1:09:39] equivalent. And about, you

[1:09:41] know, 3, $400 that we highly

[1:09:46] subsidized taxing scripts. So

[1:09:47] what you saw on the report are

[1:09:51] averages per ride because

[1:09:54] specially for taxi depends on

[1:09:55] the mileage, right? Know where

[1:09:56] you go. But average, it's

[1:10:00] about $75 per per ride. Ok,

[1:10:00] that's good to know and why is

[1:10:03] it that Gogo? Grandparent is

[1:10:05] down. The they seem to be

[1:10:09] asking for much less subsidy

[1:10:10] compared to the other

[1:10:12] providers. Why not expand

[1:10:12] service with them? Or is it

[1:10:13] because the quality or they've

[1:10:17] limits with their capacity

[1:10:18] just so that we can provide

[1:10:19] more rides with the same

[1:10:24] amount of money. The This is a

[1:10:25] good question. When we started

[1:10:27] with Gogo grandparents who was

[1:10:30] the pilot because we're not

[1:10:31] sure how readily adaptable our

[1:10:33] seniors are when it comes to

[1:10:34] these kinds of new services

[1:10:37] technology. So we. Piloted

[1:10:40] with a very small amount of

[1:10:42] grand with a very limited

[1:10:44] number of subsidies that we

[1:10:46] can provide. And what we've

[1:10:49] seen is a huge uptick. They're

[1:10:51] considered, you know, go going

[1:10:51] considered hailing services,

[1:10:56] not like taxi. And we have

[1:10:58] seen a huge uptick in

[1:10:58] services. So one of the things

[1:11:01] that we're going to do during

[1:11:02] the the request for

[1:11:02] qualifications when the issue

[1:11:06] that is too make the service

[1:11:07] is comparable to each other.

[1:11:09] So consumers would have

[1:11:11] choices right now the way our

[1:11:15] program is modeled, it's

[1:11:16] driven towards taxi because

[1:11:16] that's our bread and butter

[1:11:17] for many, many years now. And

[1:11:21] then as it is new approaches

[1:11:22] to transportation are coming

[1:11:23] online. We want to take a look

[1:11:25] at the sand pilot, new ones

[1:11:27] and also grow. The ones that

[1:11:29] we know are really successful.

[1:11:29] Like go go grandparents and

[1:11:32] possibly increase the number

[1:11:34] of number of rides that you

[1:11:35] can get would go go as well as

[1:11:35] the amount of subsidy that we

[1:11:39] provide. Okay, great. That

[1:11:39] makes a lot of sense to me all

[1:11:48] second, the item. Moving to

[1:11:48] our public speakers blare big

[1:12:00] men in Mississauga. So the

[1:12:03] report says this is saw. Fort

[1:12:08] Fragile seniors. So what who

[1:12:09] qualifies as a scene? You just

[1:12:10] being a seniors, not enough.

[1:12:13] Use a fragile seniors. Who

[1:12:16] does that include? Does that

[1:12:17] include, for instance, an

[1:12:20] individual who's just had

[1:12:22] surgery on their knee

[1:12:23] temporarily will need this

[1:12:24] transportation for a period of

[1:12:28] time, but not long-term. Does

[1:12:30] this include an individual who

[1:12:32] failed the al? The Indian

[1:12:37] cannot drive. And now they

[1:12:37] have to depend on some of the

[1:12:43] form of transportation. Do you

[1:12:47] have and space? Area that is

[1:12:51] limited for travel. So we have

[1:12:51] seniors that have to go to

[1:12:55] Stanford Hospital. Can that

[1:12:57] can they be transported to to

[1:12:58] that distance? Is there a

[1:13:00] distance like 20 miles, 30

[1:13:12] miles? That's the limit. Thank

[1:13:13] you. Missus side. And I do not

[1:13:13] see Blair nicu. So that

[1:13:15] concludes public speakers

[1:13:16] cited 6. Thank you. MISS

[1:13:19] Practice. If you could speak

[1:13:22] to the length of travel,

[1:13:23] travel trip that is covered

[1:13:24] under the services at

[1:13:25] appreciate that. Sure. Thank

[1:13:28] you. Chair Fife. That's a very

[1:13:31] good question. And we know

[1:13:32] that especially for medical

[1:13:32] appointments that are

[1:13:35] specialized, they go outside

[1:13:36] of Oakland and the taxi

[1:13:37] service can go anywhere

[1:13:40] outside of Oakland. The

[1:13:41] problem, though, is, you know,

[1:13:42] because that can only purchase

[1:13:45] 12 scripts per quarter. A lot

[1:13:48] of folks who are going to the

[1:13:49] specialty medical appointments

[1:13:52] outside of Oakland tend to use

[1:13:54] up their allocation rather

[1:13:58] quickly. We do listen to folks

[1:14:01] these 4 requests on a

[1:14:03] case-by-case basis. And that's

[1:14:04] another area that I think we

[1:14:06] need to address because people

[1:14:08] become more and more frail, we

[1:14:10] should We should see. Again,

[1:14:13] an increase in these kinds of

[1:14:16] medical specialty rides for

[1:14:17] transportation. The other

[1:14:19] thing that been doing is we

[1:14:22] are looking into whether or

[1:14:23] not their insurance actually

[1:14:24] pays for transportation,

[1:14:26] especially if they are under

[1:14:27] Medicare. If they're under

[1:14:30] medical and medical covers,

[1:14:32] they're transportation. They

[1:14:33] should be paying for those and

[1:14:36] not our program. So so another

[1:14:37] education and getting more

[1:14:38] information from our seniors

[1:14:41] as we get more and more

[1:14:42] requests, you know, repeated

[1:14:44] requests for more and more

[1:14:46] scripts, then then the normal

[1:14:48] application in terms of

[1:14:51] qualification, if you're on

[1:14:52] over 70, 70 or over, you

[1:14:52] automatically qualify, don't

[1:14:55] have to have a disability or,

[1:14:56] you know, I need it's not

[1:15:01] means tested if you're under

[1:15:02] 70, anywhere from 18 to 69,

[1:15:03] you have to have this up

[1:15:07] Bility and registered with the

[1:15:08] Alameda with the East Bay

[1:15:12] paratransit because a lot of

[1:15:13] folks think that this is sort

[1:15:14] of the first resort for

[1:15:18] transportation is actually the

[1:15:20] sec indoor supplemental to the

[1:15:20] ada, transportation to East

[1:15:23] Bay paratransit. So it's a

[1:15:26] gap. A stopgap for a lot of

[1:15:28] folks who are not able to get

[1:15:29] on the East Bay pair Transit

[1:15:32] van door. They just got off

[1:15:34] you emergency room writing in

[1:15:37] a in a in a van that goes all

[1:15:38] over the city MAY not be

[1:15:40] something that they want to

[1:15:41] do. So this is really filling

[1:15:44] the gap. So that's another.

[1:15:47] Education that we have to tell

[1:15:47] consumers when they keep

[1:15:48] asking for more scripts

[1:15:49] because they want to by the

[1:15:52] taxi weather than then East

[1:15:53] Bay pair Transit van

[1:16:04] sometimes. I know this is.

[1:16:05] Easier said than done. But I

[1:16:07] think if there's any way to

[1:16:11] withhold to some city when one

[1:16:11] of our providers does not

[1:16:13] deliver on a tripped, you

[1:16:15] know, we should do that

[1:16:16] because looking at some of

[1:16:18] these subsidy costs, they

[1:16:19] could be getting subsidized.

[1:16:22] And if he's caught the cost of

[1:16:23] a trip to $74 and then they

[1:16:25] don't even go to that

[1:16:28] household in east Oakland. You

[1:16:29] know, they should begin in the

[1:16:32] $74 from So. I know that. So

[1:16:40] thanks. Thank you so much.

[1:16:42] Just one brief, you're good.

[1:16:43] Councilmember. He okay, I

[1:16:43] believe we have a motion a

[1:16:48] second on the do have a motion

[1:16:48] made Councilmember Houston,

[1:16:50] seconded by Councilmember Long

[1:16:52] to approve the recommendations

[1:16:53] of staff and support this item

[1:16:54] to the JULY 20 for City

[1:16:56] Council agenda on. On Row

[1:17:00] Councilmember Gallo. Thank

[1:17:02] you. Kuzma reason I. Now some

[1:17:07] are won. I. And Chair Fife. I

[1:17:08] this motion does pass with 4

[1:17:10] eyes to approve. The

[1:17:10] recommendations report is item

[1:17:14] to the JULY 21st 2026 city

[1:17:15] Council agenda and through the

[1:17:18] body that would be consent.

[1:17:22] Moving to open the bar.

[1:17:36] Missus. Saddam Blair begun.

[1:17:39] Sanctuary city, like I said

[1:17:42] before. It's not a legal term.

[1:17:46] So. How do we apply in any

[1:17:49] documentation? Related to city

[1:17:53] attorney? If there's no legal

[1:17:54] term fighting, you have an

[1:17:57] ointment using the term.

[1:17:58] Sanctuary city when there's no

[1:17:59] legal term with that

[1:18:01] definition. So I don't know

[1:18:06] how do that. The idea of

[1:18:12] understanding. You have an

[1:18:15] opportunity to weigh in on the

[1:18:17] impact of your sanctuary city

[1:18:21] status as it relates to jobs.

[1:18:21] Who's getting jobs? Who's not

[1:18:24] getting jobs? Housing, who's

[1:18:27] getting house and who's not

[1:18:28] getting housing. And my

[1:18:29] position is is a strong

[1:18:32] possibility. People who are

[1:18:33] here and don't have legal

[1:18:35] status getting jobs over the

[1:18:36] people who actually citizens

[1:18:43] of Thank you, Mr Site. And I

[1:18:43] do not see Blair. So that

[1:18:46] perform. Thank you. It is

[1:18:47] 5.17, in this meeting is

[1:19:02] adjourned.

*Life Enrichment Committee on 2026-07-14 4:00 PM

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