To the city session of december 17th at 503. Good evening commissioners. Tonight katie is
going to be presenting on the displacement avoidance plan, and they'll go into a little
bit more about what that is and what that entails during the presentation. And we'll also be
happy to answer any questions that you guys may have at the conclusion of the presentation.
thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Good evening, chair and commissioner autauga. It's
great to be here. I am christian rodriguez and I am a principal with conecuh design
initiative. I'm joined with by corinne odom, one of our planning associates. And we're
here, like kendra said, to talk to you about the displacement avoidance plan, which is an
initiative that is part of the transformative climate communities. And we're really
excited to share more on the program. What we'll be doing for the next few years, the
larger tcc program. And then we have a moment to just get your thoughts and collect your
feedback as we embark in the next steps for our work. So do we have a clicker? Yes. Oh,
great. All right. So like I said, christian, our team here in the eastern coachella valley
is also. A part of the bigger team. Martin who's our community coordinator, and
edith and they're both here tonight. Gui design initiative, or cdai for short, is a
nonprofit design and urban planning firm. We have offices in los angeles, here in the
city of coachella, which I lead, and then in other parts of the world, and our work is, you
know, goes beyond. But a lot of the work that we've done here has been done since at least
2013, and we've done work from building parks to doing mobility planning to working
with the city of coachella, helping you all get some money from the state for various
different implementation projects. And our team for the displacement avoidance plan
also includes key impact. Who will be our policy technical support, and they will be doing
research and ultimately helping us come back to you all with policy recommendations. And
we're also partnering with fair housing council of riverside county. They will be doing one
on one counseling. They will be doing landlord and tenant mediation during the project
timeline, and we'll host a first time homebuyer education workshop, and we'll be going
out and promoting some know your rights to tenant in in the city as the project goes on. So
today we want to talk to you, give you a project overview, share a little bit more about
what displacement is, talk to you about some trends that we'll be looking out for, and
then share what the community engagement and community involvement in the displacement
avoidance plan is. Then we'd like to, like I said, get your feedback and ask some questions
and talk to you about what comes next after this presentation. So the
displacement avoidance plan or the dap as we'll refer to it, is part of a larger initiative
by the city of coachella that you all are probably aware of. It's part of the transformative
climate communities or the tcc. This program was launched in 2017 by the california state
legislature, and it's intended to be a neighborhood level transformative plan and to
reduce, ultimately reduce, greenhouse gas emissions. Tcc provides an array of local
economic, environmental, and health benefits. Some of the types of programs that are
included in here in the program are things like affordable housing, shared mobility, green
infrastructure, energy efficiency, all of things that are part of the coachella.
prospera is the name of the tcc program, and all of those things are part of coachella.
prospera. The tcc is part of the cap and trade dollars. So as we know, folks that are
doing some things to our environment pay in to be able to do that. And so california
uses that funding in order to mitigate, reduce emissions, continue to encourage economic
development in communities like ours and protect public health. So like I mentioned, coachella,
prospera, the name of the tcc program here in the city, sets out to create a more equitable
and climate resilient community. Doing this through neighborhood planning that supports climate
change adaptation, the healthy development of children, and the ability of older adults to
age in place. Overall, a sense of connectedness and benefit to all of coachella residents as
part of the coachella prospera is the displacement avoidance plan or the dap, like I
mentioned, and this is really intended to help residents and small businesses stay in place.
what we know and the state knows is that when you do a large investment in communities
that haven't had investment capital investment, there are certain things that tend to
happen. The value of property goes up, and so that can cause direct and indirect
displacement. And I'll leave some of that for my colleague to share more on. But this
process is intended to offset those potential negative impacts of a large economic
investment in in the community. And in order to even get the funding to do that investment,
we needed to do some preliminary work. So we've been working with staff for a few
years now. Actually, when we applied for this funding was in 2022. So I want to say three
years ago, we first went out and engaged the community through a series of focus
groups and stakeholder interviews. We held a focus group with small business
owners to learn about what were some of the concerns and the landscape. You know, their
experience in the city, and to see if there were any possible. Policies that could be
implemented to support their their growth and their ability to stay. And then also, we met
with housing advocates and nonprofits in the area to sort of speak on behalf of residents
and some of the experiences. We then took all of that information and did a policy
workshop with city staff, and ultimately came to a set of policy recommendations that
were given to city council for consideration. City council then approved those
recommendations, and that's what ultimately was integrated into the application for the
tcc. And so we set out to, you know, do some further consideration and
implementation of these policies. But we're not held to that. It was something that
city council said we can consider. But ultimately, what we really need to do is to
implement a total of six anti-displacement policies and three need to be focused on
residential policies. Three need to be focused towards small business retention, and
six is the minimum. We could do more, but this is all that we're being held to as part of
the contract with sgc, the state. So like I said, the displacement avoidance plan
requirements are to implement these policies and programs. We need to address displacement
vulnerability throughout the cycle of the grant. And we need to focus within the defined
project area, which is what you're seeing there. So this doesn't expand to the entire
city, the concentration and the resources that are done. Although policies would be
citywide, our engagement efforts and all of the work that our partners will be doing
will be really focusing within the project area. And like I said, all of this is intended
to lead to some robust community engagement. So I'm going to pass it over to my
colleague corinne, who's going to share a little bit more about displacement. Thank you,
thank you, thank you christian. Thank you all for having us tonight. And yeah, like
christian said, I'm going to be talking a little bit more in depth about some of the
definitions of displacement and some of the strategies that have been implemented or are
part of the suite of tools that can be used to address displacement. So I've never
used one of these before. Let's see. Perfect. So displacement happens when people are forced
to move against their will. So that could be for any number of reasons eviction, foreclosure
of the building in which they're residing, demolition, an increase in rent or
negligence from landowners or landlords or building managers. It can ultimately disconnect
people from their existing communities, which has really negative impacts on a wide
range of things that could be physical, mental and emotional health. Disconnection from
buildings and services that people frequent before they are displaced. So schools, family,
friends, churches, all of those things are take a hit when people are forced to move out
of their neighborhoods. It also affects life chances. So displaced households, if they
cannot afford to live in their existing neighborhood, are often forced to move to lower
income neighborhoods where outcomes related to health, education and earning power are
very different and oftentimes lower or not as positive. And then the graphic on the far
right side is supposed to kind of capture how displacement also weakens a community's
political power. So when people are first forced to move out of a certain area, there is less
influence of that group of the political outcomes in their neighborhoods. So displacement
really touches a wide range of those aspects of people's lives. Investment induced displacement
is kind of what the dap in this project is really focused on. It's defined as being triggered
by economic and speculative impacts of transformative infrastructure development. So
that can be things like sustainability and resiliency features, improvements to
mobility, as well as enhancements of parks and open space. And that is a statement
from a dap displacement avoidance plan that was prepared for the city of fresno
as part of this same tcc program. So the image on the right shows some of the
projects that are part of the coachella prospera project and things like increasing
equitable housing and affordable housing, shared mobility, energy efficiency and
solar, increasing solar access. All of those things are improvements that as part of
coachella, prospero will improve quality of life here in the city. And so this
displacement is really unique to to large amounts of investment in a community. So
the dap will really hone in on preventing those things so that people who currently live here
can enjoy the benefits of of these projects. Some of the anti-displacement strategies
generally fall into four different categories. So these policies, programs, and
financing tools are often classified as renter protections that might include
rental assistance, cash assistance, providing education or counseling to tenants, and
other things like just cause for evictions and then rent stabilization as well. Housing
production is another category of anti-displacement strategy, so ensuring that there is
enough housing to house people and increasing the housing stock is is considered another
method for combating displacement, stock preservation and upgrades.
basically just means holding on to the housing that does exist and making sure that it remains
in good condition for people to continue living in. Some of the strategies that fall under that
category include community land trusts. So like shared ownership of land, as well as
restricting the ability of buildings to be converted from rental properties to to
condominiums. And then finally, the fourth category is asset building, which focuses less on
housing stock, increasing it, preserving it, protecting renters, and more on increasing
like the financial power of residents. So that could be coaching around like financial
decision making, lending or loans to to help first time homebuyers purchase and other
things like lease to purchase programs, things of that nature. So those are the four kind of
major buckets of anti-displacement strategies that will be looking into as we
develop the displacement avoidance plan. As part of this project. Okay. And now that
I've talked a little bit about what displacement is, we also wanted to share how it's
currently showing up in this part of the state. And so we have some information from a
report that was published by the california housing partnership that focuses on
riverside county, this during this current year. And these following slides, pull graphs
from this affordable housing needs report. But some of the key data points here are that
54,000 about low income renter households in riverside county do not have access to an
affordable home state, and federal funding for housing production and preservation in
riverside county is down by half from 2024, which is pretty shocking. 78% of extremely low
income households in riverside county are paying more than half of their income on housing
costs. That's traditionally referred to as housing burden. When people are paying a really
significant portion of their income on rent. And we have some more graphics about that
later in the presentation. There are also some figures here about homelessness and the
ability to accommodate people who are dealing with that experience. And then there's
also some information here about minimum wage. So renters in the county have to earn at
least $38.33 per hour, which is greater than the minimum age, minimum wage. Excuse me? In
order to afford the average monthly rent in the county. This slide talks a little bit
about the gaps in affordable housing access for renters. So I think this is again the same
stat from the previous slide. But it shows that low income renter households really do not
have good access to affordable homes. So on the left hand side, you can see the number of very
low income individuals and extremely low income individuals who are renters.
and the gap in the availability of rental homes is quite massive. On the right hand side,
it's just showing those cost burdened households. So 70%, 78% of extremely low income
households in the county are paying more than half of their income on housing costs. So
just a visual representation of the information from that previous slide. This talks a
little bit about rent costs. And so asking rents in riverside county have increased
by almost 30% between the end of 2019 and the end of 2024. I think this is not unique to
riverside county, but globally or I guess nationwide rents are going up and it is hard to
account for that as people's wages aren't really reflected of that increase. I think this
is our second to last graph, but again, this shows that minimum wage amount that people
would need to make in order to pay for the average rental price in in riverside county.
so it also compares it to the state minimum wage. And like the average amount of money
that people in certain industries make. So you can see on the fourth line that people
who work in the home health and personal care industry make about $16.64 on the hour, which
is more than half the amount needed in order to make that average asking rent payment.
and then this map is not from the riverside county affordable housing needs report, but it's
from the columbia screen database, which shows a number of different factors that
affect disadvantaged communities across the state. And one of the things that it
focuses on is housing burden. So this is zoomed in, actually, to take a closer look at the
city of coachella and its surrounding area. And this again is showing that housing
burden indicator. So it's the percentage of households that are low income and are paying
more than 50% of their income on rent. So you can see that within the city of coachella,
housing burden is pretty significant. The darker colors obviously show that that the
percentage is higher in those areas, and we don't have it exactly called out. Is this a
laser? Oh no, it's not a laser. It doesn't I don't need I don't need it to be a laser. But we
don't have the exact boundary of the project area here. But you can imagine that the
project area boundary is sort of where that small circle is and kind of goes out from there.
so there is a great amount of housing burden within the project area. And then this
last map shares affordable housing projects that are currently in the pipeline. And
it also includes the project status of those developments. It's not interactive here
because it's on a powerpoint slide, but this is a map, a portal that was created by an
organization called lift to rise. And they have a good system of tracking affordable
housing that's coming on and also identifying potential opportunities for future
affordable housing development. Okay, so that was a lot of information about the sort of
residential landscape. And we also wanted to share some insights about what
displacement pressures are that are being experienced by small businesses in coachella. And so
these insights came out of the conversations that christian mentioned at the beginning of
the presentation that were had in order to develop the application for the grant. This
came out of like a stakeholder conversation with a number of business owners in the area. So
some of the challenges and concerns that people identified were that new code and
compliance requirements could be expensive, that the processes of getting businesses
set up and sometimes remodeled often was delayed, that there's a lot of competition between
smaller businesses and larger operations that are hard to keep up with. That security has
posed a challenge for small business owners as well, and the impact that the unhoused
population has been or has had on business operations was also a point that that business
owners discussed in that focus group two years ago. As far as areas for improvements and
opportunities for support, business owners discussed the accessibility and
responsiveness of city officials, improving security measures for businesses, which
is reflected in that previous slide about challenges, streamlining and accelerating
the process for business extensions and business plans. Investment in security
infrastructure. I think a number of the people who participated in this focus
group were didn't necessarily own the the space in which their business was, and so
there was discussion of how important it is for actual property owners to maintain
those spaces and beautify them as well. And then there was also discussion of insurance.
and then this last kind of category of insights that came out of these conversations were
around potential policies and programs that business owners felt would be helpful in, in
lessening the risk of displacement for them. So there was discussion of financial
assistance or grants that would help with code compliance. There was discussion about
orientation programs that would be helpful for educating newer business owners on getting a
business up and running, collaboration with law enforcement around safety and
security, ensuring that resources are allocated to address the issue of the
unhoused population in the city. To sort of lessen the impact of that on small businesses, and
then also a call for meetings or forums where business owners could engage with city
representatives, which is kind of similar to that bullet point, I think, on the last slide as
well. And then just a few other things that came out of these conversations that were
specific to potential policies and improvements. More grant programs, especially for energy
efficiency. There was mention of solar panels and general improvements, cleaning services,
streamlined approval for esthetic enhancements, a greater number of events to
sort of increase awareness about small businesses, and then making sure that there's
representation and consideration of owner's opinions in city decision
making. And then finally there was and there's a star next to it because it is a part of this
initiative as well, was the creation of a small business alliance, where business owners
could communicate with each other about what they're experiencing, what their
challenges have been, and a space to sort of be in conversation about those sorts
of things. Okay. And I am going to talk really quickly about community engagement, which is
a really key aspect of the dap project as well. And it is focused on these two subgroups,
residents and small businesses. So like I just said, the small business alliance was something
that was brought up during that engagement. In 2023. It is being actualized in this
project. So we are working on forming a small business alliance as part of the dap,
and the intent of that is to provide a forum like we kind of touched on in the previous
slide for business owners to share their priorities, discuss common challenges that they
experience. The objective is also to kind of discuss those things, prioritize what is most
pressing or important, and then advocate advocate for changes around those topics. There's a
like a goal to sort of develop lines of communication, I think, amongst business owners as well
as with city officials, further develop business owners capacity to advocate and. Take
action around the things that they would like to see that would improve the conditions.
as business owners in the city strengthening relationships, I think, again, with each other
and with the city, and then elevating policy programs and funding to the city's attention.
that would make being a small business owner easier, more attractive and supportive, I
guess. And then on the left hand side is just an image of sort of the first part of the
small business alliance that has been completed. We've developed a small business
alliance charter, which basically just kind of outlines the intent of the group, some
of the topics that they might address. And yeah, kind of outlines the overall goals and
objectives of the of the alliance. The other thing that is currently active is a small
business survey. The intent of this is to understand the challenges, whether they're
physical, operational or financial, that small business owners are facing. It's also
intended to collect a little bit more information about the actual property in which
business owners operate. And so there are some questions on there about how property owner
or small business owners decided to operate out of a particular location if they've
ever had to relocate. Why that might have been, how long they've been in a certain place,
whether they rent or own, etcetera, etcetera. So trying to get a bigger picture or a
better picture of the conditions that business owners are currently working with. And
then it also gets some feedback about some potential policies and programs. And optionally,
business owners can provide information about their their business, if that's like number
of employees, what kind of work they do, what kind of industry they're in, etcetera, etcetera.
so that's live now and it will collect responses for the duration of the project to
really inform some of the conversations that we're having about policy, as well as the
conversations in the small business alliance. And then the residential group is called
vecinos de coachella, prospera, and it is a group of five residents who will be kind of
informing the policies and existing conditions around the residential experience of
displacement in coachella. So the intent is for the ambassador insights to really
shape the displacement avoidance plan and form some of the policies and programs that
will come out of it. These vecinos will also be collecting data from their own
neighborhoods, doing interviews, surveying, and some of the topics that they might run into
address or evictions, rent increases, housing conditions and tenant experiences. All of
those are really big topics. And so I think the other intent of this group is to educate
ambassadors about some of the things that we've talked about here already, but also provide
them with the skills to similarly to the sba, advocate for fair housing policies,
practices and anti-displacement initiatives. So those are our two. Oh, I guess the last thing
about the vecinos group is that we've also kind of outlined the kinds of themes that we're
going to be looking at in the sort of first phase of the group. We're going to be doing,
like I said, this displacement education, really getting people to understand all of the
things that cause people to be displaced, some of the things that prevent it, and
understanding like the specific conditions here in coachella, we also are going to be doing
like training sessions around how to engage with community members. We do engagement all
the time, but it's not like human nature to know how to do that. And often conversations
around displacement are sensitive. And so the intent of that part of this program will
be to really like, make sure that the ambassadors are well equipped to have those
conversations with people and also city decision making, just overall like capacity building
for people who are participating. And then finally in like our final sessions,
we'll be looking at examples of displacement avoidance plans and really thinking about how
the coachella displacement avoidance plan will materialize. This group will meet monthly.
that's a list of some of the things that we'll be talking about. And then they will be
compensated for that participation as well. Okay, I think that's everything for me.
and I'm going to turn it back over to christian. Thank you, thank you. So that was a lot of
information that we just threw your way. But I think the biggest takeaways is the city
is doing something to enhance the lives of residents within the within the project boundary,
using tcc funding to do that. In order to do this large investment, the state has added
these guardrails to make sure that we aren't inadvertently causing harm by trying to do
good. And one of those harms that could be done inadvertently is displacing
both homeowners, renters and small businesses. So ultimately, this plan, all of the work that
we're doing is intended to prevent that. Do that while the investment is happening, to
make sure that we are keeping our ear to the ground of what are the goings and comings of
possible displacement trends, and ultimately to come to you and ultimately to the city
council for policies that will then fortify the intention of retaining residents and small
businesses. So, you know, we'd love to get your insights. We have some questions that might
guide a conversation, but this is the beginning of this process. And so we're learning.
you know, corinne was sharing a lot of the stuff that we've been pulling, both at the state
and the county level. We're now starting to get more granular. What is happening in coachella.
we also know that as investment is happening, implementation of the tcc, things will start
changing. So this will be evolving and we anticipate for this process to be really
understanding and monitoring for the first two years and then looking at implementation
of these policies and monitoring their effectiveness for the last four or the last
two, excuse me, for a 4 to 5 year total contract. So we're open to questions. Thoughts.
yeah. Anything that is coming up to you at this point. Thank you guys so much for the
presentation. I had a question. So the vecinos de coachella prospera will be used basically
as an indicator to identify the neighborhoods that are that are being affected or are probably
a high risk of displacement. Yeah, it'll be a couple of things. I think it'll be an
opportunity for us to ground truth, what we're finding through polling data and as
we're finding other sort of more traditional channels of of identifying trends, this group
will help us also identify things that we won't be able to see just by pulling data. Right.
like they will be able to tell us if they're starting to see a lot of people moving out in
their neighborhoods. And so they're going to be the ear to the ground that I was
mentioning. So they will tell us what is happening in real time. They will also be the
folks that we go to as we're collecting and finding more information of trends that are
happening in the city to say is this is this the experience? They will also be the
conductors of those conversations, because it's easier to talk to your
neighbors about what your experience is like living in the community. We're really
going to build the capacity of these five individuals to be those ambassadors in coachella
that folks can come to with, you know, any sort of challenges with staying in
place. Awesome. Is there going to be any other way or another indicator to get that data, or
is it just going to be based on them? No, we'll be well, we're working with key impact is our
sort of policy expert. So we've just met with them like an hour ago and talking about all of
the data that we need to start looking at. We're going to be looking at other communities
comparable to coachella and what they've done and what sort of impacts we're looking at
previous awardees of the tcc and what sort of impacts the implementation has had, so that
we can then infer what could possibly happen here. The challenge with the displacement
avoidance plan happening at the same time as implementation is happening, is that we might not
be able to see data trends for another few years, so they're going to be ground truthing
what we're finding through more traditional ways, through maybe the american community survey,
there are ways for us to see if there have already been any indicators. One thing that
we're looking at is what have demographics changed within the project area. So we know that
college education is one indicator. So as more folks with higher education degrees
come in, rents tend to increase. Also, the different types of ethnicities moving in, who's
moving in, who's moving out. So we're able to pull all of that. We want to ground truth that
with this group and then what we're not going to be able to find in real time. That's how
this group will sort of contribute. Awesome. And I apologize if I missed it in the
presentation, but if when the vecinos do come across a neighbor that's struggling or
at risk of displacement, are they going to be offered resources? Yeah, that's a great
question. So let me go back to our partnerships. In the beginning. Yeah. So and really
it's me showing my picture. No the fair housing council of riverside county, they will be
doing tenant mediation. And because that's another big problem they'll be doing,
they'll be going out to community events. And they have a lot of hud approved
information that we will actually be taking. And adding the coachella prospera graphic
identity so that residents can see consistency. This is all part of it. So we're taking
their content and we're going to disseminate it in the community. And so there's going to be a big push for educating the community and renters on what are their rights, what is
currently available to them. And then if renters or folks that are being displaced are
having need fair housing council will step in and they're going to be our partner
throughout the entire implementation as a service provider. Perfect. Thank you. Yeah. Commissioner, do you have any questions or comments for them? I think this looks great.
I really like the work that you will be doing with small business owners. I think it's
really important to always keep them with between like arm's length and especially with
their employees to have that on the on the form as well, because it's you always to get
down to the wire. It's always good to talk to staff themselves because they're the
ones that not that the owners don't do the work, but they're the ones that the meat and
potatoes of the of dish. So no, other than that, I'm really impressed. Excited for the work.
I think you guys did a good job. Thank you. And I think maybe one thing that we didn't
communicate is our partnership with kendra and her team and selena and her team. So we've
been in constant communication. We're not doing this in a silo and then coming and showing up
here with recommendations. We are involving your staff every step of the way. And as things
are becoming apparent, we will be looking to them to help us guide and you'll be seeing more
of us. So this is really the beginning of an ongoing conversation, and eventually
we're interested in having study sessions, joint study sessions, if possible, with you
and council. This is really going to take a lot of energy, effort and a lot of great minds
like the ones in the room now. And so like I said, yeah, it's really the beginning of an
ongoing partnership with you, all city staff, the community and our team. Thank you. I have
one quick because my my communications crisis cannot be avoided. It's a project. So if
the project is to fall short, is there like a crisis plan in place or are we just hoping for
the best? Yeah. Okay, so I'm speaking I can speak on the displacement avoidance plan as
part of the coachella prospera. Are you asking like at the larger scale or are you just saying, like within the coachella or the coachella within our our. For instance,
if displacements become higher than what we thought would be. Yeah. And it comes to a level
that it's just not manageable anymore. Is there a is there a plan that can be well, this
this is where you, as an advisory body to council come in. This is why it's important.
this partnership is important because we are going to be measuring what's happening out
there and giving you recommendations, how to control that. Ultimately, this is why
this ongoing conversation needs to to to happen throughout the entire implementation period,
because we will come to you and say, hey, this is what's happening. Here's what we think
can be done. Because we've done the research. We've looked at comparable cities like the city
of coachella. This is what they've done. Maybe we're interested in putting something forward that hasn't been done, but we think is manageable and adequate for coachella. And so
you all would be considering those policy recommendations, making a recommendation to city
council ultimately. And and that's what that's what we're hoping that this will be
awesome. Thank you so much. You're our failsafe. Thanks. Yeah, yeah. We just I guess we
also had just some questions that, you know, we're hoping to just not that you need to
answer now, but really to start helping you think on how we're thinking about it. You know,
we're we're interested in knowing if there are signs of displacement that you all are
seeing. What or have residents or business owners brought any specific issues to your
attention. And then you know what you think are anti-displacement priorities of
residents and business owners as is. And the reason these questions are important is as
we continue to look and do our research, we want to make sure that we, you know, we
displacement could be very broad. So we want to refine our research with anything that
might already be in place. So, you know, we're bringing this to you and we'll be talking to
the team. If we have any answers to these questions, we'd love to hear them. Okay.
thank you. At the moment, I don't think so. I just well, now housing is very expensive.
that I do realize that even in the new homes, like we've seen a lot more multiple families
living in one same home. And I think those are the you know, it's kind of a sign of a bigger
displacement, because if a family or two leave the home, the one remaining is kind of
stays behind with like a $4,000 mortgage. Yeah. Other than that, no, not that I can think of
right now. Yeah. That's helpful. Yeah, I, I can come back with more thoughts with the next
presentation and all of this, but I, I would agree with with the chair like I noticed
throughout the neighborhoods, there's, you know, ten cars per house because there's that many
people that need to live there. Excuse me, need to live there to, to be able to afford to a
home. So I think it's really important to make sure that our residents get more independency
to be able to do these, to have a, you know, a beautiful home and neighborhood on their own
as a as opposed to always unless they choose to, as opposed to, you know, residing
with family members or friends and, and things in that way. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. I think
yeah, what you both have brought up is really important. And I think it is helpful for
us to understand the landscape of coachella residents. And yeah, we'll continue. We'll
leave these questions with you. If community members are coming and you're hearing any reaction
to these, we'd love to, you know, hear that from you. And kendra can pass on the message,
or we can always come back and speak with you all directly. So yeah, thank you so much. Thanks.
just really quickly, you know what you can expect from us next. In early 2026, we'll be
meeting with vecinos de coachella, prospera and the small business alliance will be
doing a policy precedent research with our partner k impact, and we anticipate to
have something to present to the team in quarter one of next year. And we will begin to do
community education, outreach and engagement also in quarter one of next year. So you'll
start seeing us out and about. And please feel free to point residents our way. Okay.
awesome. Thank you so much. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks for your time. Council.
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