>>> -- FOR BEING HERE.
THIS IS OUR SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND TODAY IS JUNE
24.
I AM SALLY BAGSHAW.
I'M ONE OF THE CULTURES OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
I'M JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HORAS, COUNCILMEMBER WILL
O'BRIEN, COUNCILMEMBER BISHOP
GO.
THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
WANT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR GETTING HERE
AND BEING ON TIME SO WE CAN GET
MOVING.
WE FIRST NEED TO DO THE
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA WILL BE DOCTORED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THIS
COMMITTEE AGENDA TODAY THAT
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
GOVERNANCE.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY TESS COLBY.
THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR BEING HERE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
JEFF SIMMS FROM OUR CENTRAL
STAFF, THEN A GREAT REPORT.
WHICH IS A PACKET OF MATERIAL.
ALSO, MELINDA GIOVENGO, IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
HAD OF YOUTHCARE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT OUR YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS AND ALSO GREEN
FROM ALL HOME, THANK YOU,
LAMONT, FOR BEING HERE.
I THINK DUSTY OLSON, IF YOU'D
BE PART OF THIS VERY GOOD.
AND EXPECT THAT YOU WILL BE AT
THE TABLE.
SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE
YOU ALL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I SAY THAT WE'VE GOT SEVEN
PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAMES AS
ALWAYS.
EVERYBODY ON THIS LIST, I
RECOGNIZE.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
ELIANA, YOUR FIRST FOLLOWED BY
KATE GREGORY AND BRUCE.
I THINK YOU'RE ALL TALKING
ABOUT REGIONAL PLANNING.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO FOR THE
NEXT, TWO AND THREE PEOPLE, TO
BE UP AT THE MICROPHONE SO THAT
WE COULD JUST MOVE RIGHT ON
THROUGH THIS.
SO ELIANA, GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN, PLEASE.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ELIANA.
I'M CHAIR OF THE VILLAGE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
LAST MONTH, I APPEARED BEFORE
THIS COMMITTEE AS PART OF A
PANEL EXTOLLING THE MANY
BENEFITS OF TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
I WANT TO REITERATE THAT I
PARTIALLY SUPPORT THIS MODEL
AND BELIEVE IT TO BE ONE OF HER
BEST REDUCTION TOOLS FOR
ADDRESSING THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS.
HOWEVER, I AM HERE TODAY TO
SHARE WITH YOU A LETTER FROM
MEMBERS OF FIVE DIFFERENT THE
ACs, CALLING ON YOU TO REMEDY A
SERIOUS LACK OF APPROPRIATE
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT
PRICE CRISIS.
EITHER TO WE DID AND RESPOND TO
US PROMPTLY.
>> WE EXPECT CITY BUT IT HUMAN
SERVICE CONTRACT IS TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE BY AGENTS.
AND WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS
IS NOT HAPPENING.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HIGH IS NOT
BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR LACK
OF A PARTIAL POLICY OR A
FAILURE TO APPROPRIATELY
ADDRESSED SERIOUS IDEATIONS.
OF CASE MANAGER MISCONDUCT OR
IN-KIND.
WHEN WE HI REFUSED TO ENGAGE IN
MEDIATION WITH NICKELSVILLE,
DESPITE PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO DO
SO, AS DOCUMENTED IN THE
MINUTES OF THE -- AND INSTEAD,
RIPLEY TERMINATED THEIR
PARTNERSHIP, AGENCY ALLOWED
THIS TO PROCEED.
THIS BUT RESIDENCE OUTSIDE.
AND CLEAR DETERMINATION TO
REMAIN NICKELSVILLE
COMMUNITIES.
WHEN THEY SEE MEMBERS HAVE
RAISED OUR CONCERNS TO HST, TO
THE MAYOR, AND TO YOU LOOK AT
THE COUNSEL, WE HAVE NOT SEEN
MEANINGFUL ACTION TAKEN TO
ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS.
THIS IS DEEPLY TROUBLING AND
DISAPPOINTING.
WE HAVE SEEN LIFE-CHANGING AND
LIFE-SAVING BENEFITS OF THE
TINY HOUSE MODEL.
AND WHICH TO SEE IT
STRENGTHENED AND EXPANDED.
HOWEVER, IN SYSTEMIC ISSUES,
UNCOVERED IN REMEDY.
WE WAS CAUSING HARM TO OUR MOST
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS AND
PROVIDING A PRETEXT TO THOSE
WHO WISH TO SHUT DOWN THAT MUCH
NEEDED SHELTERS.
WE KNOW YOU'VE ALL BEEN STRONG
SUPPORTERS OF THE TIME HE HAS
VILLAGE MODEL AND WE CALL ON
YOU TO TAKE THE NECESSARY
ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE
TROUBLING ISSUES WE HAVE
UNCOVERED.
ONE OF THESE ACTIONS IS A
FORMAL PERFORMANCE AUDIT TO
INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
SUCCESS.
ANOTHER IS TO DIRECT HST AND
LEHIGH TO COME TO THE TABLE
WITH NICKELSVILLE FOR
PROFESSIONALLY MEDIATED
NEGOTIATIONS TO FIND
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT
CRISIS.
AND I'M AVAILABLE AFTER THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING OR AT ANY
OTHER TIME TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MUCH, ELIANA.
KATE,, AND THEN ALLEN, I THINK
IT'S MODEL.
>> ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M ASKING YOUR SUPPORT FOR A
COORDINATED REGIONAL SOLUTION
WITH BUDGET AUTHORITY TO
PROVIDE FOCUSED BINDING SERVICES
THAT ARE EQUITABLE THROUGHOUT
THE REGION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KATE.
BRUCE, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU, ALAN, WOULD YOU
PLEASE COME UP TO THE NEXT
MICROPHONE AND THEN JOHN
TREVENA AFTER THAT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS BRUCE GOGOL.
OCCUPY VILLAGE OR 00V HAS
CONTINUED TO BE MISMANAGED BY A
JUST A ANALY HIGH, DISPLAYED
UNBELIEVABLE INCOMPETENCY.
TODAY, HST HAS NOT SENT ANY
SPECIALIZED PEOPLE TO OOV TO
DISCUSS RESIDENTS' CONCERNS.
THE QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE
ANSWERS, WHAT EXACTLY ARE
SPECIALIZED PEOPLE?
WHAT WE SPECIALIZE IN?
HST AND LEHIGH LIKE THE CITY
COUNCIL, IN ORDER TO COVER UP
THEIR MISMANAGEMENT OF OOV.
TOGETHER, THEY HAVE FILLED NOT
ONLY US BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
TO DATE, HST HAS NOT RESPONDED
TO A SUMMARY OF, PLANES SENT ON
APRIL 8. HST HAS SENT THEM.
THERE ARE THESE ARE SPECIALIZED
PEOPLE HE SPEAKS ABOUT?
SPECIALIZED IN WHAT?
OOV RESIDENTS WOULD APPRECIATE
SOME CLARITY ON EXACTLY WHAT
THEY DO.
SO FAR, COMPLETES HAVE GONE
UNANSWERED.
THEY SHOW THEM INTERESTED IN
HEARING THEM.
WHEN HEARING A COMPLETE AT
RECENT MEETING ABOUT STRANGERS
IN THE CAMP, LISA RESPONDED ,
HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE
OTHER CAMP?
THIS WAS THEIR RESPONSE TO A
COMPLETE.
CONDESCENDING INAPPROPRIATE
BANTER FROM A CITY EMPLOYEE.
00V RESIDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT
SAFETY ISSUES AND THIS IS THE
BEST HSD CAN OFFER.
INSTEAD OF ASKING HSD WHERE IS
THE SPECIALIZED PEOPLE, HOUSE
MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD BE ASKING
HSD IF THEY KNOW WHAT
SPECIALIZED MEANS.
THE CITY CONTRACTS IS FINER
39,000 FOR 2019.
A DOESN'T TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF
BASIC MATH TO FIGURE OUT THAT
AN 800 CALLS PER DAY, LEHIGH
SECURE THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR OOV.
OF COURSE, LEHIGH COULD SHIFT
MONEY FROM HERE TO THERE . BUT
AT WHAT COST TO OOV RESIDENTS
OR TAXPAYERS FOR THAT MATTER?
THE CONTRACT BETWEEN HSD AND
LEHIGH IS CLEAR WHERE THE MONEY
IS SPENT.
LEHIGH OBLIGATIONS ARE BEING
FULFILLED.
THERE WILL DOCTORS ARE NOT
RECEIVED BY RESIDENT LAST YEAR
THIS YEAR.
A FEW HERE AND THERE DOES NOT
ADD UP TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
LEHIGH RECEIVED FROM THE CITY.
IN THE CASE IN THE PAST, CASE
MANAGEMENT WAS NOT INSISTENT.
SOME OF THE VILLAGE, THOSE
CONTRACTS ARE BILLED AT LEHIGH
WITH ME INVERSED MEANT SERVICES
RENDERED.
IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR COWS
MEMBERS TO INSIST ON AN IN-
DEPTH AUDIT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY.
JUST A MOMENT.
ALLEN, JOHN, AND THEN CHRIS.
THANK YOU, BRUCE.
THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.
THANK YOU.
OH, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
SO YOU ARE ALLEN? AND ALL
RIGHT, BRUCE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANKS.
THE SPREADSHEET THAT LEHIGH HAS
PROVIDED HAS NOT PROVIDED AN
INSIGHT ON ACTUAL DOLLARS BEING
SPENT.
THE GENERALIZATION OF MONEY
SPENT DOES NOT CLEARLY JUSTIFY
EVERY DOLLAR.
THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HI
REFUSED TO REVEAL EXPENDITURES.
THERE'S A REASON HST HAS NOT
RESPONDED TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT
OOV BEING NEGLECTED BY LEHIGH
DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THAT
LEHIGH VILLAGE LAST YEAR.
JUST RECENTLY, AT THE OOV CSE
MEETING, THAT REASON BECAME A
LITTLE CLEAR.
THE CONTRACT MANAGER FOR THE
CONTRACT BETWEEN HSD AND
LEHIGH REVEALED AT THE MEETING
THAT HE WAS WRITING THE
CONTRACT LAST DECEMBER.
LAST DECEMBER WAS WHEN SURELY
DECIDED TO USE THE MOU MEETINGS
TO ASSASSINATE THE CHARACTER OF
NICKEL.
SHE HAD NO INTEREST IN A
SOLUTION THAT WAS 95% COMPLETE.
SHE WAS ALREADY WRITING A
CONTRACT WITHOUT NICKELSVILLE.
IT'S SPIRAL DOWN INTO CORPORATE
ABYSS OF LEHIGH.
THAT'S INVADED OUR VILLAGE.
THEY'RE EVERYONE.
WHO IS LEFT OUT?
LEHIGH SECURITY REFUSED TO DO
WHAT THEY DID FOR FREE.
OUR KITCHEN IS DISGUSTING.
WATER IS DUSHAN WHICH I'VE
BECOME ILL FROM.
CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND
INVADING HER PRIVACY.
SO FAR, THREE THAT I KNOW OF
BUT RESIDENCE HAVE REPORTED TO
ME THAT SECURITY HAS SECRETLY
RECORDED RESIDENCE
CONVERSATIONS IN THE SECURITY
POST.
LEHIGH REMOVED OUR DONATION
COORDINATOR JUST REPLACE THEM
WITH SOMEONE WHO IS GRANTED A
HOST BECAUSE IT WAS PROMISED TO
HIM.
NOW HE'S BEEN MOVED INTO A NEW
HOUSE.
HIS OLD HOUSE WAS TURNED INTO
AN OFFICE.
THIS DONATION CORNER HAS ALSO
APPROACHED RESIDENCE WITH A
SCHEME TO SELL DONATIONS.
CASE MANAGEMENT IS A LAWSUIT
WAITING TO HAPPEN AND I WILL
KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH LEHIGH
FOR THEIR OWN PROCEDURES, BUT
THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED IN THE
TIMING MATTER THEY SAID THEY
WOULD.
ETHICS VIOLATION, ABUSE FROM
THIS CASE MANAGEMENT AND A
CRIME.
ILLEGALLY RECORDING RESIDENCE
AND PLANE BACK TO OTHER
RESIDENTS.
I'VE BEEN VOCAL BY LEHIGH AND
HSD.
I BEEN TOLD I WILL NOT RECEIVE
HOUSING THROUGH LEHIGH.
A SPOKE TO THE AND I FEEL LIKE
I'VE DONE EVERYTHING IN MY
POWER TO GET SOMEONE TO HEAR MY
VOICE.
BUT THE VOICE OF ALL
RESIDENTS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU, COWS MEMBERS,
TO -- [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU, BRUCE.
JOHN TREVENA THEN CHRIS, THEN
PEGGY.
>> I'M JOHN FROM NICKELSVILLE,
NORTHLAKE.
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL LEHIGH
HASN'T TAKEN OVER OUR VILLAGE
YET BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING WHAT
HAPPENED. WE DON'T WANT
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND ALARMS
ON OUR GATES AND WHATNOT.
WE HAVE A MOSTLY AMICABLE
RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LEHIGH
CASE MANAGER.
BUT OUR DONATIONS HAVEN'T ALL
BEEN COMING IN.
AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE LATE.
AND GARBAGE IS INCREASING.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE
COULD GET SOME OF THAT TAKEN
AWAY.
SO WE JUST WANT TO REQUEST THAT
IF EACH OF YOU WOULD MAKE A
WRITTEN REQUEST TO HSD ,
LEHIGH, AND NICKELSVILLE, TO
SIT DOWN AND MEDIATE THIS OUT.
BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING
IN PURGATORY.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
CHRIS?
THEN PEGGY.
AND PEGGY, CAN YOU APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE, PLEASE?
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS CHRIS.
I LIVE IN NICKELSVILLE,
NORTHLAKE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR MIDDIE,
ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO HAVE
TAKEN THE TIME TO MEET IN THE
PAST.
RIGHT BEFORE OUR PARTICULAR
SITUATION IN NICKELSVILLE, IT
HAPPENED, WE MET WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WHO ADVISED US THAT
OUR FIGHT ISN'T WITH LEHIGH.
AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO
IS TO TRY TO THE BEST AND MAKE
THINGS WORK.
AND THAT SOUNDED LIKE GOOD
ADVICE TO ME.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S WHAT WE ARE
STILL DOING.
I THINK, BRUCE SPEAKS VERY
WELL.
I HOPE THAT HE LEFT A COPY OF
THAT LETTER FOR PEOPLE TO BE
BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF ONE
HEARD IT WHEN HE WAS SAYING IT
IN THIS LITTLE -- THERE'S SOME
HARD TRUTHS IN THERE.
BUT THEY ARE TRUE.
AND I THINK HE'S GOT A LOT TO
SAY.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT
WE'VE -- WE WANT TO WORK WITH
LEHIGH.
I THINK IT'S GOING WELL.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY
IMPROVEMENTS.
I HEAR THAT OUR MODEL, OUR
ORIGINAL EFFORTS WORD GOOD
ENOUGH.
MEDIATION.
BECAUSE OF THIS MEANT THAT
CAN'T BE HERE BECAUSE OF THE
WAY THAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE AND I LOOKED,
WITH AN OPEN MIND, I LOOKED CAN
AND I CAN'T FIND IT.
WHAT DID WE DO?
WHAT DID HE DO?
WHAT DID ANYBODY DO?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING BETTER?
I'M NOT SEEING IT.
I WISH WE COULD HAVE MEDIATION.
I WISH WE COULD STATE
DEMOCRATIC.
I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH
ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY TO MAKE
THINGS BETTER AND TO SUCCEED
FOR ALL OF US.
I URGE FOR MEDIATION.
MY THOUGHT -- I THOUGHT THAT
LEHIGH IS BETTER AND THAT THEY
NEEDED TO REPLACE SOMEBODY, I
WOULD BE HERE ADVOCATING FOR
THAT.
I'M NOT.
I REALLY WISH THAT THINGS WERE
THE WAY THAT THEY WERE BEFORE.
THAT LEHIGH TAKE OVER IS NOT
WORKING.
IT'S A SAD, SAD PLACE TO GO TO.
AND IT'S HOMELESS PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU., CHRIS.
THANK YOU FOR IT PEGGY?
AND WILLIE STATE YOUR NAME,
PLEASE?.
GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS PEGGY HODES.
I'M THE FOUNDER AND VOLUNTEER.
NICKELSVILLE A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES IN SEATTLE A DECADE
AGO, HAVING TO FIGHT MARY
NICKLES, AND OTHERS EVERY STEP
OF THE WAY.
IN 2015, THE CITY ADOPTED A
SANCTION ORDINANCE.
THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE
WORK TOWARD THIS END.
CREATING AND MAINTAINING SELF-
MANAGEMENT EMPOWERING SHELTERS
AND ENCAMPMENTS HAS BEEN A
STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT.
IS A RESPECTED MODEL FOR CITIES
FROM COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD.
NICKELSVILLE RECOGNIZES THE
GOOD WORK THAT LEHIGH HAS DONE
WITH AFFORDABLE AND
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND URBAN
REST STOPS AT THE SAME TIME,
LEHIGH'S IDEA OF WHAT
CONSTITUTES DEMOCRATIC
ORGANIZATION DIFFERS
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM HOURS.
TO BE FAIR, A SYSTEM OR
STRUCTURE THAT STARTS WITH ON-
SITE MANAGERS HOLDING SWAY OVER
EVERY DECISION MADE BY
RESIDENTS AND CONTINUING UP THE
CHAIN TO LEHIGH'S UPPER
MANAGEMENT HAVING VETO POWER
OVER EVERYTHING IS NOT
DEMOCRATIC.
OR SELF MANAGED.
AT BEST, IT'S TOTEMISM.
WE NO TOKENISM -- EXCUSE ME.
WE NOTE MUST TO BE RECOGNIZE
THE VALUE OF EMPOWERING SELF
MANAGED ENCAMPMENTS.
WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU AGREE
THAT NICKEL SHOULD NOT BE
UNILATERALLY INCORPORATED INTO
LEHIGH.
BUT YOU AREN'T SURE HOW YOU CAN
HELP US.
IN THIS CHAMBER, A MONTH AGO,
COPIES OF THE PETITION ASKING
FOR MEDIATION BETWEEN LEHIGH
AND NICKELSVILLE AND A HSD WERE
GIVEN TO YOU AT ALL OF THE
PARTIES.
LEHIGH AND HSD HAVE IGNORED
THE PETITION BECAUSE THEY HAVE
NOTHING TO GAIN FROM MEDIATION.
OVER THE LAST DECADE,
ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST THREE
MONTHS, THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AT
NORTHLAKE, TINY HOUSE VILLAGE,
AND A FELLOW HAVE SHOWN THEY
WANT NICKELSVILLE SELF-
MANAGEMENT AND THEY WANT
MEDIATION BETWEEN LEHIGH, HST,
AND THEIR ELECTED NICKELSVILLE
LEADERS.
OUR ASK IS SIMPLE.
PLEASE PUT YOUR SUPPORT FOR
MEDIATION BETWEEN THE THREE
PARTIES IN WRITING AND SHARE
IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PEGGY, VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE
WHO -- DAVID, PLEASE.
>> I THINK IT'S MORE --
>> DAVID, WAIT A MOMENT,
PLEASE.
TAKE A BREATH.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE BESIDES
DAVID WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?
OKAY, SO YOU'LL BE OUR LAST
SPEAKER.
STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
>> DAVID HAYNES.
I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE TO
INVESTIGATE THE SOCIAL WELFARE
INDUSTRY SIX-FIGURE SALARIES
THAT KEEP HIRING SOMETIME
SUSPECT QUALIFIED INEPT
EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE MORE
MOTIVATION TO SHOW UP TO CITY
COUNCIL DEMANDING SOURS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE THING IS WE NEED TO
INVESTIGATE ALL HOME.COM FOR
USING TAX DOLLARS TO HIRE OUT
OF CITY OUT-OF-STATE NEW YORK
STARTUPS WHO FILL IN THE BLANKS
WITH SOME TIMES I DARESAY
PLAGIARIZED DATA CONNECTED THAT
MAKES IT SEEM LIKE THEY'RE THE
AUTHORITY WHO ARE REQUIRED TO
PUT ALL HOME.COM ON THE TOP OF
THE CHAIN WHEN IT COMES TO THE
AUTHORITY OVERSIGHT.
THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING
THROUGH THE FEDERAL WELFARE
GRANT BOOK AND THEN PUTTING IT
ON THEIR WEBSITE.
IF YOU'RE HOMELESS, YOU CALL
ALL HOME.
THEY'RE TELL YOU TO CALL 211.
THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING BUT
CHANGE THEIR NAME BUT PLAYED
THE POLITICS OF RACIAL DATA
COLLECTING AND OVERSIGHT FOR A
REALLY SUSPECT SOCIAL WELFARE
IN HISTORY WHO IS REALLY
TRADING THE INTEGRITY AND THE
FORTHRIGHT DILIGENT EFFORTS OF
THEIR, LIKE, REQUIREMENTS TO
SOLVE THE HOMELESS CRISIS THAT
CONTINUES AS A TRADE FOR RE-
ELECTION FOR CERTAIN COLLEAGUES
ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
LOOKING FOR OPERATIVES,
ACTIVISTS, AND, OH, BLAKELY
CONNECTED SIX-FIGURE SALARIES
WHO ARE HELPING THEM GET RE-
ELECTED.
AND THEY ARE NOT REALLY MAKING
AN EFFORT TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS
CRISIS.
BUT WE SHOULD HAVE NEW YORK
SHOWING UP TO CITY COUNCIL TO
DO ANOTHER BIG CITY DONATION
BASED IN COOPERATION VISITATION
WHILE THEY STILL HAVE A
HOMELESS CRISIS THAT STARTED
BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL WITHHELD A
WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY THAT OBAMA
SENT HERE TO PAY OFF LANDLORDS
TO CREATE A NEW STATISTIC AND
MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THEY WERE
SOLVING THE HOMELESS CRISIS, BE
KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR RUN
DOWN DILAPIDATED HOUSING THAT
IS TAKEN DOWN EVERYBODY BECAUSE
YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THE ACTUAL LANDLORDS, FOR
THESE SHOOTING PAINS.
WE NEED AN INVESTIGATION OF THE
WHOLE SOCIAL WELFARE INDUSTRY.
YOU GUYS CAN IMPLEMENT THAT
INSTEAD OF CAPITULATING TO THE
STATUS QUO THAT USE THE
HOMELESS AS A CAREER FOR 20 --
>> OKAY.
WELL, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER ONE.
YES, HOLD ON.
>> CHAIR BRADSHAW, IF I CAN
QUICKLY TAKE A MINUTES.
SINCE THIS POINT CAME UP A LOT
IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT, I JUST
WANTED TO SAY ONE OF THE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS REFERRED TO A LETTER
THAT'S BEEN CIRCULATING THAT IS
URGING MEDIATION BETWEEN LEHIGH
AND NICKELSVILLE.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT MY STAFF IS MAKING COPIES
FOR YOU ALSO YOU COULD GO OVER
IT.
I'VE ONLY SIGNED IT.
BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY
ARE ALL REFERRING TO, WHICH IS
THAT LEHIGH AND NICKELSVILLE
BOTH MADE TREMENDOUS
CONTRIBUTIONS AND RATHER THAN
LOSE ALL THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS,
THAT WE URGING MEDIATION
BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES AND I
FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE BEST WAY
FORWARD AND I HOPE YOU ALL JOIN
ME AND MAKE SURE IT'S SENT TO
YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THAT THIS LETTER THAT'S BEEN
CIRCULATED?.
NOW, IT'S IN SIMILAR SPIRIT.
IT IS MATTER WHICH LETTER.
IT'S ALL CALLING FOR THE SAME
IN MY OFFICE.
THE UNION, EVERYONE.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE
BOARD OF THE VARIOUS
NICKELSVILLE.
THEY'RE ALL CALLING FOR THE
SAME THING, WHICH IS MEDIATION
FOR SETTLING THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU.
>> QUESTION ABOUT THAT, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, FOR SOME CLARIFICATION.
I TO FIND THE LETTER SOMEWHAT
IMPRESSIVE AND MOVING.
DESCRIBING THE NEED FOR STRONG
MEDIATION OF AFFECTIVE
MEDIATION.
SO CAN YOU BE A LITTLE MORE
SPECIFIC IF YOU COULD BE?
ARE WE PLANNING -- DO WE NEED
RESOURCES FOR MEDIATION?
IS MEDIATION GOING TO BE
SCHEDULED?
ARE YOU GOING HAVE A MEETING
REQUIRING HSD TO COME TO THE
TABLE AND TALK ABOUT THE
PROCESS OF MEDIATION?
MAYBE YOU CAN ELABORATE JUST A
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS
LIKE THERE'S A STRONG COMMUNITY
BEHIND THIS AND IT'S BEEN
AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS
NOW.
AT LEAST, THESE CONCERNS.
>> YES.
I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THOSE THINGS.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS GOING
TO WORK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF
HSD BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT NOT
HAS NOT WORKED FOR THE COMMUTE.
THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY MOVEMENT
FROM IT.
THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THIS
PROBLEM.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT IS URGENT TO
ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE WE ARE IN
THE THROES OF AN UNPRECEDENTED
HOMELESS CRISIS.
BUT WHAT OUR LETTER AND I'M
SURE THE LETTER THAT ELIANA
CIRCULATED, I MEAN, IT'S THE
SAME IN SPIRIT, WHICH IS THAT
WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY MEDIATOR
THAT IS MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TO
NICKELSVILLE AND LEHI CARRY OUT
MEDIATION AND IT DOES NOT HAVE
TO BE UNDER THE AGES OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
IN FACT, I WOULD REFER THAT
IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WANTED THE
MEDIATORS TO BE PRESERVED.
AND BECAUSE IT WILL BE MUTUALLY
AGREED UPON, IT'S A GOOD
STARTING POINT TO RESOLVE THE
PROBLEM, IF IT'S NOT MUTUALLY
AGREED-UPON, BUT IT DOESN'T
WORK BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL
AN EXAMPLE, FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER NICOLA CARTER HAS
BEEN A NAME THAT HAS BEEN
PROPOSED AND MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT HE IS EXPRESSED
WILLINGNESS.
I MIGHT BE A MISTAKE ABOUT HOW
MUCH ONE IS.
I DO WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT
WITHOUT REFRESHING MY MEMORY
CORRECTLY.
BUT THAT'S JUST AN SAMPLE OF, I
THINK, MUTUALLY AGREED-UPON
MEDIATORS THAT WE CAN COME UP
WITH AND THAT'S FAR FROM THE
ONLY EXAMPLE WE CAN BRING OTHER
EXAMPLES AS WELL.
>> SO I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE
DESCRIBING WHO THE MEDIATOR
WOULD BE, AT A THIRD PARTY
NEUTRAL, WHO WOULD BE THE
PARTIES IN THE MEDIATION?
>> THAT LEHIGH AND
NICKELSVILLE.
>> OKAY.
SO LEHIGH AND THE --
>> RESIDENTS OF NICKELSVILLE.
>> I CISO YOUR AGREEING TO A
MEDIATION PROCESS, THE ISSUE
BEING WHO THAT MEDIATOR WOULD
BE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
BOTH MUTUALLY SELECTED THE
MEDIATOR.
>> YES.
AND WHEN MIGHT THIS OCCUR?
BUT IT'S NOT -- I MEAN, IF I
HAD MY WAY, IT WOULD HAVE
OCCURRED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>> THAT CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE,
YOU HAVE YOUR WAY.
>> WELL, THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT IS THE COMMUNITY NEED
SUPPORT FROM OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS AS WELL.
SO YOU ALL HAVE A DUTY AS WELL
TO JOIN ME IN THIS.
>> I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE WORK
PROGRAM, COUNCILMEMBER.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL
FOR IT.
YES, PLEASE.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE NUANCES
THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IS THAT
THIS LETTER IS A LETTER TO
NICKELSVILLE AND LEHI AND AS WE
HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT,
BUSINESS NICKELSVILLE IS
SEEKING MEDIATION.
AND I HAVE MENTIONED IN
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS
THAT SOME OF US, MYSELF
INCLUDED, HAVE REACHED OUT TO
LEHIGH AND ASKED THEM TO
PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION.
THEY ARE -- THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY
UNINTERESTED.
SO I THINK --
>> WE HAVE THE LEVERAGE THERE
RIGHT?.
I THINK THE POINT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS MAKING
IS THAT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING
THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL CAN MAKE
HAPPEN PICKETS THAT THE PARTIES
HAVE TO BOTH BE WILLING TO
PARTICIPATE.
>> I THINK THE WILLINGNESS WILL
BE IMPACTED BY MORE
COUNCILMEMBERS SPEAKING ABOUT
THIS.
AND THING THAT THEY ARE
AGREEING TO IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN ONTO THE
LETTER I JUST SENT OUT BECAUSE
IT'S NOT EVEN MY LETTER.
THIS IS A LETTER FROM COMMUNITY
ADVOCATES THAT'S BEEN JOINTLY
DRAFTED AND SO I THINK TO MAKE
SURE THAT LEHIGH ALSO AGREES TO
COME TO THE TABLE, WE SHOULD
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
AGREEMENT ON THE COUNCIL ABOUT
THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S THE MOST
SENSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION TO DO
IT PICNIC SOBEL, AS YOU CAN
SEE, IS REPEATEDLY URGED THAT
WE DO MEDIATION.
>> SO IF I CAN BE SO BOLD, WHAT
IS THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN THIS?
AND WHEN YOU MEDIATE SOMETHING,
THERE'S GOING BE SOME KIND OF
AN OUTCOME.
>> WELL, I WILL TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND, YOU
KNOW, NICKELSVILLE RESIDENTS
ARE IN, IT IN THE BEST POSITION
TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE RECEIVING END OF
ALL OF THIS.
IT HASN'T WORKED FOR THEM.
IT'S NOT THAT -- IT HAS NOT
DONE MEDIATION.
THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES
WITH THE WAY THEY'VE NEGLECTED
THESE ISSUES AND AGAIN, HSD IS
NOT A MUTUAL PARTY.
BUT HSD REPORTS TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CORRECT
STARTING POINT FORAND
NICKELSVILLE.
BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT IS TO
HAVE AN INDEPENDENT MEDIATOR.
I THINK WITH THE MEDIATOR WOULD
BE IS NOT THE MAIN ISSUE HERE.
THE MAIN ISSUE IS, CAN WE HAVE
ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO
AGREEING THAT THIS IS THE MOST
SENSIBLE APPROACH AND LET'S GO
FORWARD?
BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE, AS YOU
YOURSELF NOTED, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAROLD, THERE IS A
COMMUNITY OF ADVOCATES WHO
THINKS THAT THIS IS THE
SENSIBLE WAY FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE THREE
PARTIES.
OBVIOUSLY, LEHIGH,
NICKELSVILLE, AND IT HSD.
IT SEEMS LIKE HSD HAS SOME
LEVERAGE IN THAT THEY ARE
FINDING MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO AND THAT IF THE
ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE, THEN HSD
IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE TO THE
ENCAMPMENT ORDINANCE OR THE
DIRECTOR'S WILLS.
SUGGESTING THE GUIDELINES FOR
THE PROGRAM.
AND EVEN HSD MAY HAVE SOME
PROBABILITY HERE.
SO I WASN'T SUGGESTING HSD PLAY
THE ROLE AS THE MEDIATOR BUT IT
JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE THERE'S A
HUGE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT A
MEDIATION CRISIS COULD BE DONE
IN NEXT WEEK.
IT'S NOT THAT COMPLEX TO GET
ALL THE PARTIES IN THE ROOM AND
YOU COULD HAVE NEGOTIATIONS ALL
IN ONE ROOM, HOWEVER YOU WANT
TO STRUCTURE THAT.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE HAVE
TO ACT WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY
ON THAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO
GET A DATE CERTAIN AS TO WHEN
WE HAVE A GOAL NEXT WEEK,
MEDIATION, AND PUT EVERYTHING
TOWARD IT AND IF NOT NEXT WEEK,
THE WEEK AFTER.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, LOOK, I WOULD
BE HAPPY TO DO THAT RIGHT AWAY.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BROUGHT
THIS FORWARD.
BECAUSE THERE IS A SENSE OF
URGENCY.
AS COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL WAS
SAYING, WE NEED BOTH PARTIES TO
AGREE.
I THINK IN THAT PROCESS, IT
DOES HELP IF OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS ALSO WEIGH IN.
A DO WANT TO -- BUT I WANT TO
BE CAREFUL HOW WE ADDRESS THIS
BECAUSE I DO WANT US TO KEEP
IN THE FOREFRONT THAT BOTH
PARTIES, HSD AND NICKELSVILLE,
HAVE A VERY STRONG RECORD OF
ADVOCATING FOR HOMELESS ISSUES
AND TRACK RECORD OF HAVING
WORK ON IT AND RESULTS TO SHOW
IT.
SO WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT
THAT IS NOT BEING LOST IN THE
PROCESS.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> WELL, I APPRECIATE ALL OF
THIS.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS A ROLE
TO PLAY HERE, IF THEY ARE
GOING TO BE FUNDING IT.
>> YES, THEY DO HAVE A ROLE TO
PLAY.
BUT I MEDIATION, I THINK YOU
SHOULD COME FROM THE OUTSIDE,
NOT HSD.
>> I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME WHAT ISSUES
CAN BE RESOLVED WITHOUT HAVING
THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND
WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE
OPERATING.
ANY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL AGREE.
YOU AN, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
HAVE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE VILLAGES AND
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO RUN IN
A WAY THAT'S CLEAN AND SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE AND IF IT'S NOT, WE
NEED TO KNOW HOW AND WHY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU REMOTE.
I WANT TO ALSO WEARIED OUR
SUPPORT FOR THE FOLKS WHO HAVE
COME EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD THIS
MEETING.
AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO ASK
YOU TO COME AND FOR THE
INFIDELS WHO ARE LIVING OUT OF
FELLOW THAT MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR
THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
WHO HAVE COME AND TESTIFY
BEFORE.
I KNOW THIS IS THE UMPTEENTH
TIME WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM BUT
I WANT TO APPRECIATE THEIR
CONTINUED PERSISTENCE TO BRING
THIS ISSUE FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY
WOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BY
NOW.
I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET
WITH THE FOLKS AT NICKELSVILLE
AND MEMBERSOF THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY CANCEL AND WANT TO
REITERATE MY ONGOING SUPPORT
FOR MEDIATION WILL BE HAPPY TO
SIGN ONTO THIS LETTER AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, THANK YOU
FOR BEING THIS FORWARD.
AND ALSO, I APPRECIATE THAT THE
LETTER HIGHLIGHTS THE
IMPORTANCE OF BOTH OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS AND TO THE TWO
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN
ABOUT THE NEED FOR HSD TO HAVE
AN ONGOING ROLE AND RECOGNIZING
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY,
NOT TO JUST OFFSHORE OR OFFLOAD
RESPONSE ABILITY FOR A SOLUTION
ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.
WE AS THE FUNDERS SHOULD BE
STEPPING UP AS WELL AND I
AGREED THAT WE ARE NOT IN THE
BEST POSITION TO MEDIATE.
BUT NEEDING TO STEP INTO THAT
ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
WASHING OUR HANDS OF.
SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS LETTER
HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF
BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND TO SEE A
RESOLUTION ON THE HORIZON IS MY
GOAL AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
CONTINUING TO COME FORWARD.
PART OF WHAT I REALLY LOVE
ABOUT THE MODEL THAT WE'VE
HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT IS THE SELF-
DETERMINATION, SELF-DIRECTION
THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO
THE GOVERNANCE MODEL.
AND THAT SELF DETERMINATION IS
REALLY CRITICAL AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
SO I WANT TO LIVE THAT UP AND
LET YOU KNOW THAT ALWAYS
SIGNING ON.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK THOSE
TO PLEASE COME UP TO THE TABLE
BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE STILL
HAVE THIS ONGOING FOR A MOMENT.
BUT PLEASE COME ON UP TO THE
TABLE.
>> SO IF THE BOTTOM LINE IS,
THAT HSD AND LHI ARE SAYING,
WE DON'T WANT TO MEDIATE.
WE WANT NICKELSVILLE TO GO AWAY.
WE ARE NOT COMING TO A
MEDIATION TABLE. IF THAT IS THE
STANCE THAT IS BEING SAID AND I
DON'T KNOW FOR A FACT THAT'S
THE STANDS, BUT I'M GETTING
ANECDOTALLY THAT THAT IS THE
STANDS.
THEN WE NEED TO DAYLIGHT THE
ISSUE AND AGAIN PLOW THROUGH IT
BECAUSE NICKELSVILLE HAS DONE
IN MY ESTIMATION SOME REALLY
GOOD WORK OVER THE YEARS.
I'VE WORKED WITH HIM ON HAVING
TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THESE
ENCAMPMENTS.
SO THAT POSTURE BY BOTH LEHIGH
AND HSD IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SO
IF COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WANTS
ADDITIONAL COUNCILMEMBERS TO
ARTICLE 8 THAT, WHATEVER THAT
LOOKS LIKE AN THAT'S FINE.
BUT LET'S GET THE SHOW ON THE
ROAD WITH THIS MEDIATION
BECAUSE I A NONRESPONSE IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
AND EVEN IF THE MEDIATION
DOESN'T TURN OUT TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, UNCONFIDENT
REGIONAL MINDS CAN DIFFER
SOMETIMES.
THEY CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
LET'S DOING.
AND MOVE FORWARD.
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU
ARTICULATE THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
HARRELL.
I DON'T THINK THE STANCE IS --
I THINK WE CAN BRING THEM TO
THE TABLE.
I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN
THAT.
I THINK TODAY'S DISCUSSION DOES
HELP.
SO I APPRECIATE IT.
IF OTHER CARS MEMBERS ARE ALSO
WILLING TO SIGN ONTO THE LETTER
, PLEASE LET MY OFFICE KNOW AND
I THINK THAT WILL REALLY HELP
THINGS MOVE FORWARD.
AND ON THAT BASIS, I CAN
ACTUALLY -- MY OFFICE CAN
ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE PEOPLE
HERE AND OTHERS WHO ARE NOT
HERE TODAY TO ACTUALLY CARVE
OUT EVEN A TIMETABLE PROPOSAL
FOR THE MEDIATORS TO BE AND
THEN BRING EVERYON TO TO EXPECT
JUAREZ, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
YOU WANT TO ADD?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THIS.
WE WILL UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES
BUT.
AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE WRINKLY,
IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, AN
ISSUE STATEMENT.
SO UNDERSTAND PROS AND CONS ON
BOTH SIDES BEFORE WE DIVE INTO
MEDIATION.
WITH THAT SAID, LET'S GO ON TO
ITEM NUMBER ONE.
SO TEST, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
JEFF, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HARRELL.
THANK YOU, COMMITTEE CHAIR,
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL .
I'M TESS COLBY WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF A REGULAR
SERIES OF UPDATES THAT WE'VE
BEEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS
BEEN PROVIDING AROUND REGIONAL
GOVERNMENTS TO.
WE DID PREPARE A MEMO FOR YOU.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO WALK YOU
THROUGH THAT MEMO AGAIN.
BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THREE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I
WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION
THAT REALLY ARE GOING TO BE
WHERE THE MEAT OF DECISIONS ARE
GOING TO BE MADE.
SO THE FIRST IS THE GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE AND BY THAT, WHAT I
MEAN IS THE ACTUAL BOARD, THE
COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD, HOW
IT WILL BE CONSTITUTED AND WHO
IT WILL COMPRISE.
AND THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT IS
BEEN BEGUN TO BE TALKED ABOUT
IN THE COUNSEL OF CLIENT GROUP.
THE NATIONAL INNOVATION
SERVICE, WHICH YOU KNOW, MARK
THE WINDS IS LEADING UP THAT
WORK.
HAS BEEN HOLDING A NUMBER OF
WORKSHOPS IN THE COMMUNITY TO
TRY TO GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON
WHAT A GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
WOULD LOOK LIKE AND IN
PARTICULAR, WHAT THE GOVERNING
BOARD WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN
COMPILED.
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
AND WE ARE GOING TO BRING THOSE
BACK TO THE CLIENT GROUP AT THE
JULY 11 MEETING FOR
CONVERSATION.
AND REFLECTION.
>> YEAH.
>> JUST A BRIEF QUESTION
BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, THANK
YOU, TEST.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT ON
THE REGIONAL -- ON THE REGIONAL
POLICY COMMITTEE.
SO WE HAD A BEATING ON THE
COUNTY SIDE.
UNIFYING OUR HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS RESPONSE FROM REAL.
SO WE GOT A BRIEFING ABOUT THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND WE GOT
A BRIEFING ABOUT THE CHARTER
AND HOW THAT WOULD MORPH ITS
WAY INTO A PDA.
I WAS READING YOUR MEMO AND SO
-- AND I DON'T CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG BECAUSE YOU KEPT
USING THE CORPORATION FOR
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
CSH THROUGHOUT THE MEMBER.
CAN JUST BRIEFLY TELL ME WHO
THEY ARE BECAUSE I COULDN'T
FIND IT IN YOUR MEMO AND THEN
YOU KEPT REFERRING TO CSH.
BRIEFLY SO WE CAN KNOW.
SO ALL THE PARTIES ARE.
WE HAVE THE COUNTY ON ONE SIDE.
YOU OF THE CITY ON ONE SIDE.
AND THEN ON THE CITY SIDE, THE
CLIENT GROUP IS CONS MEMBER
MOSQUITO O'BRIEN AND MEG SHAW.
AND SO I JUST HOPE IF YOU CAN
WHERE THAT NARRATIVE OUT
QUICKLY SO I UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU.
>> NO SO CSH IS A CONSULTING
FIRM.
THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED BY
PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS,
SPECIFICALLY THE RAIKES
FOUNDATION, PALMER FOUNDATION,
AND THE GATES FOUNDATION.
TO PREPARE A REGIONAL ACTION
PLAN.
THE CORPORATION FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING IS NONPROFIT THAT'S
BEEN AROUND FOR WELL OVER 20
YEARS.
THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS HAS BEEN
AROUND SUPPORT OF HOUSING.
THUS, THE NAME.
AND IN PARTICUAR, THEY
PROVIDED INPUT TO AN ADVOCACY
AROUND THE NEED FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING, THEY ALSO HAVE A LINK
LENDING ARM.
SO THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING FREE
DEVELOPMENT LOANS AND
ACQUISITION LOANS FOR FOLKS WHO
WANT TO BUILD SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
THEY ARE HEADQUARTERED -- WELL,
THEY USED TO BE HEADQUARTERED
IN CHICAGO.
I THINK THEY ARE NOW
HEADQUARTERED IN NEW YORK.
BUT THEY GOT OFFICES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
AND THERE'S A FORMAL OFFICE IN
SEATTLE, BUT THEY HAVE STAFF IN
SEATTLE WHO ARE WORKING ON
THIS.
SO CSH IS, AS I SAID, BEEN --
THEY'VE BEEN CONTRACTED TO
PREPARE THE REGIONAL ACTION
PLAN.
AND THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN IS
REALLY SORT OF WHAT IT SOUNDS
LIKE.
IT IS A PLAN THAT WILL BE THOSE
THAT WILL COVER THE ENTIRE
REGION OF KING COUNTY.
IT WON'T BE -- IT'S NOT
INTENDED TO BE A STRATEGIC PLAN
FOR JUST THE AUTHORITY.
BUT IT WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE
GUIDANCE AND STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES GENERALLY SPEAKING
FOR THE SYSTEM THAT WILL BE
CREATED TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS.
>> AND IS IT --
>> DEBBIE FIELD.
>> AND IS ANNA, OLIVIA, DOES
SHE WORK WITH CHS?
>> YES.
COULD YOU JUST TELL THAT I
THINK COWS MEMBER JUAREZ AND
THE REST OF US ABOUT THOSE TWO?
>> SURE.
>> I'VE MET BRIEFLY WITH ANNA.
I HAD A LONG MEETING ABOUT SIX
MONTHS AGO I WAS REALLY
IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY DO.
>> OH, GOOD.
YEAH, SO AND LEAVE A IS NOW
ESPECIAL ADVISER WITH CSH.
SHE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
WORKING AROUND THE ISSUE OF
HOMELESSNESS.
MOST RECENTLY, SHE WAS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE SPECIAL-NEEDS
-- OH, I CAN REMEMBER WHAT THE
FULL ACRONYM IS.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT THE DIVISION
IN HUD THAT IS -- THE DIVISION
IN HUD THAT ADDRESSES
HOMELESSNESS.
AND SHE WAS THERE FOR, I DON'T
KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
REALLY WORKING.
SH WAS ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS
OF THE CURRENT WORK THAT HUD IS
DOING AROUND ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS FROM A SYSTEMS
PERSPECTIVE.
AND NO LONGER REALLY THINKING
OF IT AS A PROGRAM BY PROGRAM
ADDRESSING IT ONLY BY PROGRAM
BY PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE
HER ON THIS PROJECT.
SHE'S RECENTLY DONE QUITE A BIT
OF WORK WITH LOS ANGELES AND IN
HOUSTON.
HELPING THEM, AGAIN, WITH THEIR
REGIONAL APPROACH TO
HOMELESSNESS.
DEBBIE FEEL, ALSO HAS A LONG
HISTORY.
SHE'S BEEN A SEATTLE RESIDENT
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HER
NAME FROM SEVERAL JOBS THAT GO
WHEN SHE WAS IN THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
SHE'S ALSO WORKED FOR KING
COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SHE'S BEEN WITH CSH NOW FOR
MANY YEARS.
SHE'S THE WESTERN REGIONAL
DIRECTOR.
SO THE TWO OF THEM ARE TAKING
THE LEAD ON PREPARING THIS
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN.
>> GOOD.
DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION,
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP.
THANK YOU AGAIN, TESS.
JUST TO CLARIFY, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'RE IN THE
COUNTY'S BRIEFING BACK IN JUNE,
WHICH I APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING A
DUMB QUESTION.
BUT I WANT TO GIVE OUR
TERMINOLOGY CORRECT.
WE LEARN THAT THERE WERE SOME
OUTLYING CITIES OR CITIES
WITHIN KING COUNTY DOVER
PASSING LEGISLATION ORDINANCES
THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE
DETERMINED THEY USED WAS LOW
BARRIER HOUSING.
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SIMILAR TO WHEN SOME OF THE
OUTLINED CITIES WERE PASSING
LAWS TO PROHIBIT SAFE
OBJECTIONS SITES IN THE COURT
UPHELD THAT THAT WAS A PUBLIC
HEALTH MATTER AND NOT A VOTER
ISSUE, THEREFORE THEY WERE NOT
IN THE POSITION TO PUT THAT ON
A BALLOT, SO TO SPEAK, SO ARE
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SAME TERMS
HERE FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND
LOW BARRIER HOUSING?
>> NOW.
SO, WHAT I HAD UNDERSTOOD WAS
THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THE SOUND CITY
-- ANY OF THE SOUND CITIES WERE
PASSING LEGISLATION TO PRO --
TO BASICALLY PROHIBIT LOW
BARRIER SHELTERS.
AND I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT BUT
I'VE ACTUALLY CHECKED IN WITH
MY COLLEAGUES AT HSD TO SEE IF
THEY'VE HEARD ANYTHING.
SO FAR, WE CAN'T FIND AN
EXAMPLE OF A CITY THAT HAS
ACTUALLY PROCESSED AN ORDINANCE
OR LEGISLATION AGAINST LOW
BARRIER SHELTER.
SO LOW BARRIER SHELTER IS, OF
COURSE, THE NOTION THAT YOU
DON'T NEED TO HAVE PASSED ANY
PARTICULAR CRITERIA TO GET INTO
THE SHOW BUT IT'S TYPICALLY A
TYPE OF SHELTERED THAT HIS
BEHAVIOR BASED.
SO AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, YOUR
BEHAVIOR IS GOOD WITHIN THE
SHELTER, YOU ARE WELCOME TO
STAY IN THE SHELTER WITHOUT ANY
KIND OF PRECONDITIONS.
IS A MEMBER OF FARAS, WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING, YOU CAN THINK ABOUT
THIS AS A CONTINUUM, SHELTER
BEING THE FRONT DOOR TO THE
SYSTEM.
AND HOUSING BEING THE BACKDOOR
TO THE OUTFLOW.
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
IS, AGAIN, KIND OF WHAT IT
SOUNDS LIKE.
IT IS HOUSING.
IT IS PERMANENT.
A THERE IS NO END DATE.
THERE'S NO REQUIRED EXIT DATE.
AND WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE IS
THAT IT IS A COMPANIED BY
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT ARE
REALLY TAILORED TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS.
SAID THAT SUPPORTIVE SERVICE IS
AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS.
THEY -- IT'S TYPICALLY CLIENT
DRIVEN IN TERMS OF HOW THEY
ACCESS THOSE SERVICES.
AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR AS LONG
AS THEY LIVE IN THE HOUSING.
AND FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED IT.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> IT'S LIKE PLYMOUTH HOUSING
IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN
ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY
FOCUSES ON THAT.
SO INDIVIDUALS WHO COME IN WERE
PROVIDING HEALTHY SERVICES FOR
THEM.
BUT THEY ALSO AREN'T
NECESSARILY PEOPLE THAT ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIVE ON
THEIR OWN.
WE WOULD LIKE THAT.
AND FOR SOME, THAT'S THE CASE.
BUT FOR THE OTHER MANY HUNDREDS
THAT PAUL AMBROSE AND HIS CREW
PROVIDE HOUSING FOR, THEY'RE
GOING TO BE WITH US FOR A
WHILE.
>> PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
IS TYPICALLY RESERVED, IF YOU
WILL, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
AND THAT HAVE A DISABILITY THAT
MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR
THEM TO GAIN HOUSING AND RETAIN
HOUSING ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT
THOSE SERVICES.
SO YES, PLYMOUTH IS A REALLY
GOOD EXAMPLE, THE ESC HAS A
NUMBER OF REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS
IN THIS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, PLEASE PROCEED.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I WANTED TO DO A QUICK FOLLOW-
UP ON COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S
POND THERE ARE NO DUMB
QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS ALL A
MOVING TARGET AND WE ARE STILL
TRYING TO PUT THE PIECES
TOGETHER AS THOSE.
I THINK WE'RE LEARNING FROM
NIS, FROM THINGS FROM THE TEAM,
HAVING CONVERSATION SOON WITH
THE COUNTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO I DID AS, AT CHAIR TO PUT
YOU REMEMBER UP HERE BECAUSE I
REALLY BELIEVE WE RECEIVED IT
THIS MORNING.
IT STATED TODAY.
SO HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT IT AND PERHAPS YOU
COULD WALK US THROUGH SOME MORE
DETAILS JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE
HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DIGEST
IT, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
>> SURE.
>> AND WHEN YOU GET THERE
YOU'VE ONLY GONE THROUGH THE
FIRST BULLET, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> MY WASN'T PLANNING ON GOING
TO BECOME MORE THAN HAPPY TO.
I JUST WANTED TO BE COGNIZANT
OF YOUR TIME AND THERE'S
ANOTHER PANEL COMING IN.
SO --
>> MADAM CHAIR, WOULD YOU
PREFER FOR QUESTIONS?
>> COWS MEMBER MOSQUEDA, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS
PREPARED FOR US.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS
DOING WITH SCHEDULES AND IN
THE OFFICE AND WOULD NOT.
IF THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
FOCUS ON, PLEASE DO.
AND, DINA, OUR TIME IS YOURS AT
THIS POINT.
BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT'S GOING
ON IN OUR AREA.
>> GREAT.
SO AGAIN, THE DISH ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT IMMEDIATELY GOING
TO BE COMING FORWARD TO THE
CLIENT GROUP IS THIS ISSUE OF
GOVERNANCE, THE BOARD IN
PARTICULAR, HOW IT GETS
COMPOSED AND HOW IT WILL GET
CONSTITUTED.
AND BY THAT, WHAT I MEAN IS,
WHAT SECTORS NEED TO BE
REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD?
AND WHAT THEIR SKILLS, THEIR
KNOWLEDGE, THEIR REPRESENTATION
NEEDS TO BE. WHAT THE
CONSTITUTION NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE
IN TERMS OF FOLKS WHO HAVE
LIVED EXPERIENCE.
FOLKS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, SO
THERE'S A NUMBER OF
CONSIDERATIONS.
AND THESE WORKSHOPS THAT NIS
HAS BEEN CONDUCTING REALLY HAVE
BEEN AROUND TRYING TO GATHER
THAT INFORMATION SO THAT A
RECOMMENDED INITIALLY
RECOMMENDED BOARD STRUCTURE CAN
BE BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND SO THAT WILL BE, AS I SAID,
COMING TO THE CLIENT GROUP
SOON.
THE OTHER ITEM, THERE'S TWO
OTHER ISSUES REALLY, THAT ARE
OF SUPREME IMPORTANCE IN TERMS
OF GETTING US TO THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT AND TO THE CHARGER.
THE SECOND ONE IS THE BUDGET
THAT WILL -- THE INITIAL
OPERATING BUDGET THAT WILL GO
TO THE AUTHORITY.
THAT WILL ACTUALLY OF COURSE BE
PART OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET
PROCESS.
BUT TO GET TO THAT, THERE IS
NEEDED TO BECOME CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ON
THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO
TRANSITION OVER TO THE
AUTHORITY.
AND SO THERE'S BEEN SORT OF
BROAD AGREEMENT THAT EMERGENCY
SERVICES, PROGRAMS THAT SORT OF
EVERYTHING FROM OUTREACH TO
EMERGENCY SHELTER AND
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, AT THOSE
IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER NEED TO
TRANSFORM -- TRANSFER OVER TO
YOU THE AUTHORITY.
THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME
DISCUSSION ALSO AROUND
PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH IN OUR
SYSTEM IS RAPID REHOUSING AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND SO THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE
BEEN ABOUT ARE THERE ANY
COMPONENTS, ANY PIECES OF THOSE
ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BETTER
SUITED TO REMAIN WITHIN THE
COUNTY OR THE CITY OR SHOULD
EVERYTHING GO OVER?
AND WE ARE REACHING -- WHERE
REACHING AGREEMENT ON THAT.
WHICH IS GOOD.
YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN WE STARTED
ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS
AND CENTS, IT GETS, YOU KNOW,
IT GETS MORE LIKE A
NEGOTIATION.
>> THANK YOU.
IT CAN I JUST INTERRUPT JUST A
MOMENT TO TEST?
COWS MEMBER HERBOLD?.
THANK YOU.
TWO PART QUESTION OR ONE
QUESTION AND ONE STATEMENT.
THE DECISION AROUND WHICH
PROGRAM ARE GOING TO MIGRATE
OVER TO THIS REGIONAL
AUTHORITY, THAT IS -- IS IT --
CORRECT THAT THAT IS GOING TO
BE DEFINED IN THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT?
>> NOW.
WHAT WILL BE DOES THE ACTUAL --
WELL, I MEAN, IT COULD BE.
WHAT THE ACTUAL PROGRAMS ARE
NOT RIGHT NOW CONCEIVED AS
BEING PART OF THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT.
IT WILL ESTABLISH A MINIMUM, A
BASE OF WHAT THE COUNTY AND THE
CITY WILL INVEST FOR
OPERATIONS.
>> SO AT WHAT POINT DOES -- I
KNOW THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
IS SOMETHING THAT IS EVENTUALLY
COMING TO COUNSEL BUT AT ONE
POINT THE CITY COUNCIL GET TO
HEAR WHAT YOU'VE NEGOTIATED?
YOU SAID YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE
ON NEGOTIATING WHICH PROGRAMS
ARE GOING TO MIGRATE OVER TO
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
THAT IS CERTAINLY, LIKE US TO
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
WHAT GETTING CLOSE LOOKS LIKE
HAND, YOU KNOW, GET SOME INPUT
TO THAT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, I JUST WANT
TO CLARIFY, MY STANDING AT THE
GOVERNANCE ENTITY WILL MAKE
DECISIONS, MAKE FUNDING
DECISIONS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO REALIZE
THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THUS
FAR IS THAT NO ELECTED
OFFICIALS WILL BE ON THIS
GOVERNANCE BOARD.
AND SO IT IS JUST IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO KNOW THAT THAT LIKELY
MEANS THAT THAT AND THE WILL BE
MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO
USE CITY FUNDS.
>> SO TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION
ABOUT WHEN THE DECISIONS ABOUT
WHAT'S IN AND WHAT OUT WELCOME
TO COUNSEL, THAT INFORMATION
WILL GO FIRST THROUGH THE
CLIENT GROUP.
AND AND BE PART OF THE EARLY
CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL
ABOUT THE ILA AND THE CHARTER
AND THE ACTUAL FORMATION OF THE
AUTHORITY.
SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE OF
PORTION OF THAT.
IT ALSO WILL GO THROUGH THE
CITY COUNCIL AND YOUR BUDGETING
PROCESS.
SO THAT WILL ALSO BECOME CLEAR
IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO BUT WE ARE NOT OBVIOUSLY
GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAST
MINUTE AND SAY, HERE'S THE
BUDGET.
HERE'S WOULD BE EXTENDED.
IT WILL BE PART OF THAT EARLY
CONVERSATION TO GET TO AN
ORDINANCE THAT WOULD APPROVE
THE ILA.
SO THAT'S -- AND THE ANSWER TO
THAT QUESTION, AND THEN THE
SECOND IS THE AUTHORITY MAKING
FUNDING DECISIONS INDEED.
THE VISION IS THAT THE
AUTHORITY WILL ISSUE THE RFPs,
THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, AND
THEN FROM THAT, MAKE A WARDS.
OF WHO IS GOING TO GET
CONTRACTS.
MUCH OF THE SAME WAY THE COUNTY
DOES NHSTA DOES, THE PURPOSE OF
FORMING THIS AUTHORITY IS TO
ACTUALLY TRANSLATE -- TRANSFER
THOSE DUTIES TO THE AUTHORITY.
THAT SAID, IT WILL NOT BE
WITHOUT INFLUENCE, INPUT FROM
BOTH OF THE COUNCILS.
AGAIN, AS PART OF YOUR
BUDGETING PROCESS, YOU WILL BE
BUDGING IN THE SAME WAY YOU DO
NOW, WHICH IS IDENTIFYING THOSE
FINDINGS GOING TO SPECIFIC
TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS.
SO THOSE DOLLARS WILL TRANSFER
OVER TO THE AUTHORITY IN THE
MANNER THAT THEY BEEN BUDGETED
LOCALLY.
SO WHATEVER THE CITY COUNCIL'S
PROCESS IS AND THE COUNTY
COUNSEL'S PROCESS IS AND OF
COURSE, FOLLOWING OUR PROCESS.
THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS THAT THE
AUTHORITY WILL PERFORM.
SO I AM DOING MY VERY BEST TO BE
AN INCREDIBLE OPTIMIST.
SO THE GOAL IS THAT THE
AUTHORITY WILL PERFORM IN A WAY
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
BEGIN TO FEEL MORE CONFIDENT
AND COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.
AND AS THAT EVOLVES AND
DEVELOPS, THEN THERE MAY BE
INTERESTED IN GIVING THE
AUTHORITY MORE LEEWAY.
AND MORE INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY.
BUT I ANTICIPATE IN THE FIRST
FEARS THAT IT WILL BE CLOSELY
TIED TO WHAT THE BUDGET TELLS.
>> GREAT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, CAN I ADD TO
THAT?.
DEFINITELY.
BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
QUESTION, AND SPECIFICALLY,
WHETHER OR NOT, WHAT PROGRAMS
WILL BE INCLUDED OR NOT
INCLUDED, THAT'S A MATTER THAT
HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED AT THIS
POINT.
WE WOULD BE ENGAGING WITH A LOT
OF PARTNERS FOR ADVICE ON THAT
AND HOW WE NEED TO PROCEED
GOING FORWARD.
SO AT THIS TIME, AT AND NIGHT
NOT BE ENVISION.
AS WE ENGAGE IN FURTHER DEVELOP
THE PROCESS, THAT MIGHT BECOME
SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY AND
WOULD BE SORELY DOING OUR
DILIGENCE TO DETERMINE WHAT
NEEDS TO BE INCLUDING IN THE
ILA VERSUS NOT INCLUDED.
AND AND TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION
ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT
PROCESS, THERE ARE SOME PLACES
WHERE WHAT THE COUNTY DOES AND
WHAT THE CITY DOES ARE NOT
PERFECT CONGRUENT.
AND WHEN WE INCLUDE OUR CAPITAL
DOLLARS FOR HOUSING, PERTINENT,
IN PARTICULAR, IF NOT HANDLED
EXACTLY THE SAME AND SO THE
EXECUTIVES HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT
THOSE PROCESSES AND WHERE THEY
CAN MATCH, WHERE WERE THEY
WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY MATCHING
AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT THOSE
ARE ITEMS THAT ARE STILL BEING
EXPLORED AND EXAMINED AND
DETAIL.
SO THAT SOMETHING CAN BE
BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.
AND THE PLAN IS TO PRESENT
THOSE IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT TO
THE SELECT COMMITTEE FOR
CONSIDERATION BEFORE THEM
MOVING TO THE FULL COUNCIL BOOK
BUT CERTAINLY THE CITY COUNCIL
WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW ALL OF THE BEFOREHAND.
>> GOOD.
AND ALSO JUST LIKE TO ADD, THAT
I APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT WE
ARE NOW DOING MEETINGS EVERY
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON TOP OF
THAT.
AND YOU'VE ALSO BEEN VERY
FORTHRIGHT AND FORTHCOMING
ABOUT THE WORKERS WHO MIGHT BE
IDENTIFIED.
WE DON'T KNOW YET.
BUT OF COURSE, THE GOALS ARE TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE
EMPLOYEES OF THIS ORGANIZATION
WILL KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING
HAVE THE BENEFITS AND THE
INSURANCE AND THAT THEY DO WITH
THE CITY AND THE COUNTY NOW,
AGAIN, DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE YET BUT IT'S
CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S AT
THE TOP OF OUR LIST.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES
ARE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED, SO
GOING FORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE YOU ALSO, IF YOU
DON'T MIND COULD TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE CONFERENCE CALLS
AND OUTREACH THAT YOU'VE MADE
TO PORTLAND AND LOS ANGELES AND
I KNOW THIS ISSUE ABOUT SHOULD
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BE ON THE
BOARD OR NOT BE ON THE BOARD IS
ONE THAT PEOPLE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT.
BUT I FELT THAT THERE WAS GOOD
INFORMATION FROM BOTH L.A.
AND PORTLAND ON THEIR MODEL.
DO HAVE -- COULD YOU JUST
SUMMARIZE THAT?
>> WE COULD DO A QUICK SUMMARY
OF THAT, YEAH.
SO L.A.
AND MULTNOMAH COUNTY, PORTLAND,
BEAVERTON, ARE THE TWO MODELS
IN THIS DOES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THAT LOOKED AT THE MOST LIKE
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE
WITH REGIONAL GOVERNANCE.
L.A.
IS THE LONGEST STANDING ENTITY.
THEIR REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
ENTITY IS THE LOS ANGELES
HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY.
AND THEY ARE FUNDED BY THE CITY
OF LOS ANGELES AND THE COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES.
THERE THE TWO PRIMARY ENTITIES
THAT THE FOUNDERS OF THAT
AUTHORITY.
THAT -- THEIR GOVERNING BOARD
DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
THE EXACT, COUNTY EXECUTIVE,
AND THE MAYOR APPOINT THE
MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD.
IT'S A MEMBER -- IT'S A BOARD
OF 10 MEMBERS.
AND THEY DO THAT IN PART
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME
DISTANCE, SOME BOUNDARIES, IF
YOU WILL, BETWEEN THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEING AN
ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THE NEED
FOR THE AUTHORITY TO ACT
INDEPENDENTLY, PARTICULARLY
WHEN ASKING FOR RESOURCES.
WE ANTICIPATED THAT THE
AUTHORITY WILL PULL TOGETHER A
BUDGET OF ITS OWN, SUBMIT THAT
BUDGET.
AND THIS IS HOW L.A.
DOES IT.
SUBMITS THE BUDGET TO -- THEY
SUBMIT TO L.A.
OUR AUTHORITY WAS MEANT TO US.
AND IN OUR CITY COUNCIL WILL
CONSIDER THAT THROUGH ITS
BUDGETING PROCESS.
THIS FIRST YEAR, IT WILL LOOK
LIKE THAT.
BUT YEARS GOING FORWARD, IT
WILL.
AND THAT DISTANCE, IF YOU WILL,
IN OVERSIGHT, LOS ANGELES IS
FOUND TO BE VERY USEFUL.
MULTNOMAH IS A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT SITUATION.
SO THE COUNTY, MULTNOMAH
COUNTY, PORTLAND AND BEAVERTON,
HAVE COME TOGETHER.
AND THEY HAVE SPUN OFF A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, THE FUNCTIONS
OF THE DOLLARS AND THE STAFFING
ALL MOVED INTO THE COUNTY.
AND THAT ENTITY THEN SENDS AS A
PART FROM THE COUNTY, BUT FAIRLY
CLOSELY HELD. IN PART BECAUSE
THERE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS
FROM THOSE THREE JURISDICTIONS.
THEY FIND THAT THAT WORKS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS JUST -- IT'S
JUST A DIFFERENT MODEL,
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE
ROLE THAT THE COUNTY AS THE
SORT OF LEAD ENTITY AMONG THE
THREE JURISDICTIONS PLAYS.
>> OKAY.
LET'S PROCEED.
>> OKAY.
SO COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW, YOU
ALLUDED TO THE BIG ISSUE, WHICH
IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND
LABOR RELATIONS PIECES OF THIS.
WE STARTED OUR SEATTLE HUMAN
RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, THE HST
HUMAN RESOURCES AS WELL AS OUR
LABOR PARTNERS IN THIS WORK.
AND INDEED, THE PREDOMINANT
QUESTIONS THERE TO BE ANSWERED
ARE, WHAT FTES WILL NEED TO BE
TRANSITIONED OVER TO THE
AUTHORITY AND HOW WILL STAFF
EITHER TRANSITION, WILL
TRANSITION TO THAT NEW
AUTHORITY IF THEY WANT TO?
AND SO, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A
MANDATORY YOU ARE IN THIS
POSITION, NOW YOU NEED TO BE IN
THIS NEW AUTHORITY.
PART OF THIS IS THE FACT THAT
THE ORGANIZED RELATIONAL CHART
FOR THE NEW AUTHORITY WILL LOOK
QUITE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE
COUNTY'S HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE AN THE
CITY'S HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN -- WE ARE
STILL PRETTY MUCH AT THE EARLY
PHASE OF THIS.
BUT THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT BECAUSE
THOSE POSITIONS IN THE NEW
AUTHORITY WILL BE SO DIFFERENT,
WHAT THE FOLKS SHOULD APPLY FOR
THE POSITION THAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO BE IN, IF YOU WERE A
CONTRACT MANAGER IN HSD, YOU
MIGHT WANT TO MOVE INTO AN
EQUITY POSITION OR TO A
PLANNING AND POLICY POSITION
AND THEN NEW AUTHORITY.
THAT'S -- SO THAT'S THE ONE BIG
ISSUE.
AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT HAS
SIGNIFICANT BUDGET IMPACT
IMPLICATIONS.
THE SECOND IS INDEED BENEFITS
AND PENSION.
SO WE'VE DONE SOME WORK WITH
LAW.
AND LAW HAS ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN
OUTSIDE FIRM TO HELP US BE SURE
THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY THIS.
BUT IT APPEARS AS THOUGH IT'S
COMPLETELY LIKELY THAT CITY
EMPLOYEES WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY
SURS OVER INTO THE NEW
AUTHORITY.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT
BENEFITS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN THIS
KIND OF TRANSITION IS HAPPENED
IN THE PAST, WHAT THE NEW
ENTITY HAS TRIED TO DO IS
MIRROR THE BENEFITS THAT THE
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES HAVE.
WE -- THE CITY, THE COUNTY,
CAN'T JUST TRANSFER THEIR -- WE
CAN'T LEGALLY TRANSFER OUR
BENEFITS.
BUT WE CAN'T MAKE SURE THAT THE
BENEFITS ARE COMPARABLE.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE TWO
KIND OF MAIN ISSUES AND AGAIN,
ALL OF THIS WILL CONTINUE TO
COME BACK TO THE SELECT
COMMITTEE BEFORE WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH AN ORDINANCE.
>> GREAT.
AND I HAVE JUST A QUICK COMMENT
AND THAT IT IS WE ON THOSE
WITHIN OUR GROUP HAVE NOT YET
MET WITH OUR COUNTY COUNCIL
COUNTERPARTS.
BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT.
BECAUSE CLEARLY WE HAVE VERY
MUTUAL INTEREST, WHICH BRINGS
ME BACK TO THE POINT I WAS
GOING TO ASK YOU.
SOMETIMES WE GET SO FOCUSED ON
THE DETAILS ABOUT THIS THAT WE
FORGET TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND
REMIND PEOPLE, WHY ARE WE DOING
THIS?
AND WHAT IS IT?
2016 WHEN POPPY INJURED ISSUED
HER REPORT.
PEOPLE WERE TALK ABOUT THE
DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE WORK THE
CITY WAS DOING AND WHAT THE
COUNTY DOES.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TRYING TO DO
THE SAME GOOD THINGS AND ALL
HOME THAT WE OFTENTIMES, WE
JUST ON USING OUR RESOURCES AS
WISELY AS WE COULD.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT GOT THIS
STARTED.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COMMENT ON WHY THE REGIONAL
PLAN AND EVEN THE WORK THAT WE
DID LAST YEAR WITH ONE TABLE, I
KNOW PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, WE
WANT SO MUCH MORE OUT OF THIS.
WELL, THIS IS PART OF THE SO
MUCH MORE.
SO IF YOU WOULD JUST REMIND US
WHY ARE WE DOING IT?
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT IS
EXACTLY WHY WE ARE DOING IT.
SO IN 2016, THERE WERE TWO
REPORTS.
ONE WAS FOCUS STRATEGIES.
ONE WAS BAR POPPY'S REPORT.
BUT OR BOTH OF THEM CAME TO
VERY SIMILAR CONCLUSIONS, WHICH
WAS THAT DESPITE ALL OF THE
GOOD INTENTIONS OF THE
INVESTMENTS OF BOTH THE CITY
AND THE COUNTY, THEY WERE
DISJOINTED.
THEY WERE FOCUSED ON PROGRAMS
AND NOT FOCUSED ON SYSTEM
OUTCOMES AND THEY WEREN'T
REALLY ACHIEVING THE OUTCOMES
THAT WE AS A JURISDICTION
REALLY WANT TO ACHIEVE.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION THERE
WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE BOLD
LEADERSHIP AND THINKING ABOUT
HOW TO ADDRESS THAT DISCONNECT.
SO ONE TABLE CAME TOGETHER AND
I KNOW IN MARCH, 2018, THE
EXACT AND THE MAYOR CAME
TOGETHER AND SIGNED AN MOU THAT
SAID, WE REALLY WANT TO PURSUE
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
FUTURE LABS CAME IN, DID THAT
DID THEIR INITIAL RESEARCH.
AND YIELDED A CONCLUSION VERY
SIMILAR TO FOCUS STRATEGIES AND
ARE POPPY, WHICH WAS FOR US TO
BE SUCCESSFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE
TRULY CUSTOMER ORIENTED, THE
CUSTOMER CENTER THAT ARE TRULY
ACTIONABLE AND ADDRESS THE
RACIAL DISPROPORTIONALITY AMONG
FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
AND THAT MOVE, HOMELESSNESS,
INVESTMENTS IN HOMELESSNESS
FORWARD IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY.
THEY'RE NEED TO BE ONE REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE.
AND SO THAT, THE AT THE END OF
THAT REPORT PROCESS FROM FUTURE
LABS, AGAIN, THE EXECUTIVES AND
THE MAYOR CAME TOGETHER
ACCEPTED THAT REPORT AND KIND OF
LAUNCHED THE WORK AROUND
ACHIEVING REGIONAL GOVERNANCE.
>> GREAT.
AND TAKE YOU.
AND YOU HIT UPON SOMETHING THAT
IS MY PERSONAL PET PEEVE, IS
THAT WHEN SYSTEMS AREN'T
WORKING, WHERE SPENDING MONEY,
WE'RE NOT HELPING THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE NEEDING THE ASSISTANCE.
WHERE NOT SUPPORTING THEM IN A
WAY THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM
BE BETTER.
TO HAVE THEM IN THE HOUSING
WITH HOUSING FIRST.
GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED,
WHETHER IT'S A PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THIS IS
A REAL SYSTEMS APPROACH.
THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS
EFFECTIVE AS WE CAN FOR EACH
INDIVIDUAL.
IT'S HELPING US GET TO THAT
PERSON CENTERED APPROACH.
>> CHAIR?
>> PLEAS, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> AS IT RELATES TO THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT
SYSTEM CHANGES TO ALIGN OUR
OUTCOMES IN REPORTING, I JUST
WANT TO UPLIFT SOME OUTCOMES
FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.
IN THESE CHAMBERS BEFORE THIS
COMMITTEE.
FROM SOME PANELISTS THAT WE HAD
AT THE TABLE.
AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW BEST
TO SORT OF INTEGRATE THIS INPUT
THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT HST'S
OUTCOMES-BASED REPORTING.
RESULTS-BASED ACCOUNTING.
HOW THAT MIGHT BE MODIFIED AND
NEGOTIATED WITH THE COUNTY SO
THAT WE HAVE, AGAIN, THESE --
THIS SHARED SYSTEM OF OUTCOMES.
THE THREE MAIN THINGS THAT I
HEARD IS -- AS MY TAKE AWAY
WHEN WE HEARD FROM THE TENNELL
PRESENTATIONS IS THAT OUTCOMES,
THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES ARE
BEING ATTRIBUTED ONLY TO THE
LAST PROGRAM THAT TOUCHED THE
CLIENT.
WHEREAS THE CLIENT MAY HAVE
RECEIVED THE SERVICES OF MANY
PROGRAMS AND THOSE MANY
PROGRAMS DON'T GET ANY CREDIT
FOR THEIR INVENTIONS WITH THAT
KIND.
SECONDLY, THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT
THE WAY WE COLLECT DATA AND
REPORT SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES THAT
IT MIGHT INADVERTENTLY LEAD TO
SORT OF CREAMING WORKING ONLY
WITH THE CLIENTS WHO ARE MOST
LIKELY TO RESULT IN SUCCESSFUL
OUTCOMES.
AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS
THAT METRIC OF SUCCESS SHOULD
BE INFORMED BY UNIQUE BARRIERS
THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. SO DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING WITH
DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS OF
POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE, SOME OF
WHOM MIGHT HAVE GREATER
STRUGGLES IN BEING SUCCESSFUL
IN THEIR OUTCOMES.
AND AND SECONDLY, THE OTHER
PIECE THAT FOLKS FEEL NEED TO
BE CONSIDERED IN OUTCOMES IS
THE AVAILABILITY.
OF HOUSING.
ALTERNATIVES. SO THAT IF AN
ORGANIZATION ISN'T PERFORMING
WELL, AT A PARTICULAR TIME,
WHEN THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
AVAILABILITY, THAT SHOULD BE
TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
ALONG WITH THOSE REPORTING OF
OUTCOMES.
AND THEN THIRDLY, A REQUEST
THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
THAT SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WE ARE FUNDING AND WHERE
MISSION FOR THE SUCCESS
ACTUALLY HAVE SOME EARMARKED
SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
NAVIGATION TEAM THAT THEN
BECAUSE THERE ARE EARMARKED BEDS
AND RESOURCES, THEY ARE GOING
TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN
REFERRING PEOPLE TO THOSE
SERVICES.
AND IF THEY ARE BEING MEASURED
AGAINST OTHER ORGANIZATIONS,
THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE EARMARKED
SERVICES.
THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT
NOT BE MEASURED AS FAVORABLY.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, IS,
AGAIN, THE I LL THE PLACE WHERE
WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME
TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY ON
IDENTIFYING WHAT THESE
PERFORMANCE METRICS ARE?
>> YEAH, EXCELLENT QUESTION.
SO AGAIN, THE ILA IS CURRENTLY
ENVISIONED WITH NOT BE THE
PLACE TO DO THAT KIND OF
NEGOTIATION AROUND SPECIFIC
METRICS.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN IS THE
PLACE WHERE THE SYSTEMWIDE
GOALS WILL BE ADDRESSED.
I AM NOT SURE THAT IT WILL GO
DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL
PROGRAM OUTCOMES.
WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING OUR
REALLY THE PERFORMANCE-BASED
METRICS IN THE CONTRACTING THAT
THE CITY IS DOING.
I WILL SAY THAT FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND THE WAY WE DO
PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTING
AND THE WITH THE COUNTY DOES IT
IS DIFFERENT.
AND SO THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE
SOME NEGOTIATIONS AROUND HOW
THEY DO THEIR CONTRACT AND HOW
WE DO OUR
>> AND UNDERSTANDING BOTH HOW WE
COMBINED THAT BUT ALSO HOW WE
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUAL
CONTRACT LEVEL PERFORMANCE
METRICS ARE FEEDING UP INTO THE
LARGER SYSTEM AND THE LARGER
GOALS OF THE SYSTEM.
AND SO IF WHAT WE WANT IS TO
END UP WITH A SORT OF UNIVERSAL
GOAL OF MAKING HOMELESSNESS RARE
, MAKING HOMELESSNESS BRIEF AND
MAKING IT NONRECURRING, THEN
REALLY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'VE GOT SORT OF
UNDERLYING, IF YOU GET THAT AS
THE UMBRELLA, WE WANT THE
UNDERLYING PILLARS TO BE
SPECIFIC METRICS THAT FEED UP
AND MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
AND THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE PART
OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE
COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND
WHAT THOSE METRICS LOOK LIKE.
>> AND COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE, I KNOW THAT ALLISON
EID SIGUR AND OTHERS THAT ARE
LEADERS IN THIS PROVIDER
COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
CONVERSATIONS.
AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THEY
ARE INVOLVED NOW AND YOUR
VISION FOR THE FUTURE?
>> YEAH.
SO THE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT
LEVELS.
THE -- THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC
WORK GROUPS THAT THE PROVIDERS
HAVE BEEN VERY -- PROVIDERS
HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN.
SOME AROUND ORGANIZATIONAL
STAND UP, SOME AROUND
GOVERNANCE AND OTHERS AROUND
EQUITY.
SO THOSE -- THAT'S BEEN A
PLATFORM.
I WILL SAY AND THIS IS NOT --
IT IS NOT SURPRISING.
MOST OF THE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN
MOST INTERESTED IN THE REGIONAL
ACTION PLAN.
FOR EXACTLY THE REASON THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD JUST
MENTIONED, WHICH IS THAT THAT
PLAN IS REALLY WHERE THE GOALS
AND OBJECTIVES AND METRICS ARE
GOING TO BE FLUSHED OUT.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAVE
THE MOST IMPACT ON THE WAY THEY
DO BUSINESS GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TESS, THANK YOU FOR REPORTING
THIS OUT BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS
IS BEING DONE IN REAL TIME AS
WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS
COULD LOOK LIKE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR MEMO
OUTLINING SOME OF THE AREAS
WHERE THERE IS SOME BROAD
AGREEMENT.
I WANT TO SORT OF UNDERSCORE
TWO POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN
BROUGHT UP, JUST FOR OUR
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, KNOWLEDGE.
THERE'S TWO PIECES THAT I'VE
KIND OF BEEN STAKING A CLAIM IN
THE GROUND AROUND AS WE HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE AND
WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK AND
THOUGHTS BEFORE A FINAL
PROPOSAL IS BROUGHT FORWARD
FROM THE EXECUTIVE SCENE.
ONE IS REGARDING FUNDING.
WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT
CURRENTLY SERVE THE 35 TO 4500
PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING
OUTSIDE IN OUR REGIONAL
EXISTING FUNDS.
AND THE DATA CONTINUES TO BACK
THAT UP.
AGAIN, THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE'S REPORT SHOWED THAT
WE HAVE AN ONGOING ANALYSIS
THAT'S LOOKING AT REVENUE
SOURCES.
I THINK IT'S COMING FORWARD IN
THE NEXT MONTH.
IS THAT RIGHT?
NOW IS LOOKING AT CURRENT
FUNDING, WHERE THAT'S ALL GOING.
THAT I AGAIN, THINK IT WILL
UNDERSCORE THAT WE SIMPLY DO
NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES WE NEED.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M
CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT
I'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS IS THAT WE DO WANT THIS
BODY TO HAVE REVENUE-GENERATING
AUTHORITY.
WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE
CONVERSATIONS IN L.A.
IS THAT THEY BEEN LARGELY
SUCCESSFUL AT BOTH STEMMING THE
LARGE INCREASES IN THE NUMBER
OF HOMELESS FOLKS AND AS YOU
HEARD FROM CHAPMAN SIMPLE,
CHRISTINE CHAPMAN SIMPLE, WHO
CAME IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR,
THEY'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A
DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE IN LOS
ANGELES.
LARGELY BECAUSE OF THEIR LARGE
INVESTMENTS THAT THEY PUT ON
THE BALLOT AND ACTUALLY CREATED
FUNDING.
SO WE KNOW WE NEED SOME
FUNDING.
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS
OF HOMELESSNESS AND LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY.
SO ONE WAY TO DO THAT BESIDES
GOING TO THE BALLOT WOULD BE TO
CREATE A REVENUE-GENERATING
AUTHORITY.
THAT THING THAT THAT WOULD BE
HAVE TO BE YOUR ONE.
BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE A GOAL
OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE
IS SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO
MATCH THE POLICY NEEDS THAT
THIS BODY WILL BE ASKED TO
IMPLEMENT AND PURSUE.
SO THAT'S A BIG ISSUE I WOULD
LOVE TO CONTINUE TO HEAR YOUR
FEEDBACK ON.
>> OH, HANDING THE PDA, PUBLIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, I THINK
GIVES IT SOME ABILITY TO RAISE
REVENUE.
>> BETWEEN ISSUING DEBT AND
GENERATING REVENUE.
AND SO ISSUING DEBT, I THINK
IT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP.
BUT I THINK THE ABILITY IN THE
FUTURE TO --
>> TAXING AUTHORITY?
>> EVENTUALLY HAVE TO PAY IT
BACK.
>> AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOUR
FEEDBACK GOING -- ONGOING WOULD
BE HELPFUL ON WHETHER OR NOT
FOLKS FEEL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
ON THAT.
THE SECOND ISSUE IS I AM STILL
TORN ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS
GOOD PRACTICE FOR US TO HAVE A
BODY THAT HAS NO ELECTED
OFFICIALS ON IT.
IT'S SIMILAR TO, I THINK, WHAT
WE HEARD IN LOS ANGELES.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ELECTED
OFFICIALS ON THEIR BODY.
BUT THE BODY HAS ELECTED
OFFICIALS ON IT.
I THINK THAT THE BIG QUESTION
FOR US IS GOING TO BE, WHO IS
ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
MAKING THE DECISIONS AND I KNOW
NONE OF US UP HERE WANT TO WASH
OUR HANDS OR BE IN A POSITION
TO SAY, IT'S NOT OUR
RESPONSIBILITY AND SHRUG OUR
SHOULDERS WHEN THIS ULTIMATELY
FALLS ON US.
ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE THE ONES
WHO HAVE ULTIMATE REVENUE
GENERATING ABILITY AND
AUTHORIZE BUDGET FOR THIS BODY
IN THE FUTURE.
SO I AM STILL DEBATING
INTERNALLY WHETHER OR NOT
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A
DESIRE TO HAVE ELECTED
OFFICIALS ON THIS BODY.
AND ALSO WANT TO LEARN FROM
BOTH OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
AND WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO
GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THOSE ARE MY TWO STICKING
POINTS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL?
>> TESS, DID YOU LOOK AT THE
MODEL IN OREGON AS WELL?.
WE DID.
AND THERE ARE OTHER MODELS?
THERE ARE SOME CAMS WITH
ELECTED AND SOME CAMS WITHOUT?
OR THERE PRETTY MUCH TWO THAT
WE ARE LOOKING AT?
>> YEAH, QUITE FRANKLY, THOSE
ARE THE TWO THAT LOOK THE MOST
LIKE US.
OTHER -- THERE'S ANOTHER
REGIONAL COLLABORATION.
IT'S USUALLY THROUGH THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE.
SO THAT IS A BODY THAT HAS A
FAIRLY NARROW FOCUS ON MOSTLY
JUST THE --
>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE ON HERE TO OUR THE PANEL.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, THIS IS
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
I KNEW THAT OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE RAISED THE
POINT, TOO, ABOUT WHAT TO THEIR
INVOLVEMENT IS.
I WOULD LIKE US TO TALK
YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW THIS
COMMITTEE CAN BE INVOLVED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE IT.
I'M NOT REACHING A CONCLUSION.
CLEARLY THERE IS GREAT INTEREST
AMONG THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO BE
-- IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
PARTICIPATING IN THIS DECISION.
SO IS IS AND JUST A DELEGATION
OF RESPONSIBILITY.
GREAT.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, JEFF,
THE TWO OF YOU THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE --
>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
>> OKAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO DOES AS WELL.
>> IN THE MEMO HERE, AS IT
RELATES TO THE REGIONAL ACTION
PLAN, IT SAYS THE REGIONAL
ACTION PLAN IS NOT AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE
AUTHORITY.
IT'S A PLAN DESIGNED TO CREATE
MOMENTUM AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
MEETING THE COMMUNITY'S GOALS
TOWARDS ENDING HOMELESSNESS.
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME
CONCEPTUALIZING HOW THIS ARE TWO
DIFFERENT THINGS.
PERFECT QUESTION.
I THINK WHAT I'M TYING TO SAY
HERE IS THAT IT IS NOT NARROWLY
FOCUSED ON JUST THE AUTHORITY.
SO OFTENTIMES, WE THINK ABOUT
ENTITIES HAVING STRATEGIC PLANS
AND THEN WORK PLANS THAT FOLLOW
ON TO THOSE.
AND THEY ARE USUALLY GUIDING
DOCUMENTS FOR JUST THAT ENTITY,
JUST THAT AUTHORITY.
AND IN THIS CASE THE REGIONAL
ACTION PLAN IS BEING CONCEIVED
AS AS A PLAN THAT THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY KNOWS.
THERE WILL BE PORTIONS OF THIS
THAT WILL FALL UNDER THE
JURISDICTION AND THE
ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE
AUTHORITY.
BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER PIECES
ALSO WHERE WE ARE GOING TO RELY
ON OUTSIDE ADVOCATES TO HELP
WITH THAT WORK FORWARD OR OUR
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S -- YEAH.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>> JUST REALLY BRIEFLY BECAUSE
IT GETS TO A CREDIT ABOUT
THAT.
CAN YOU COLLABORATE QUICKLY ON
AVOID CONFLICTS OF INTEREST?
>> YEAH, SO WHEN WE WENT TO LAW
AND ASKED ABOUT THE QUESTION OF
THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD
AND IN PARTICULAR, ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
THEY CAME BACK AND LET US KNOW
THAT THERE IS A STATES ATTORNEY
-- EXCUSE ME, ATTORNEY GENERAL
ROLLING OR DECISION THAT IS NOT
ACTUALLY IN LAW, PER SE.
BUT IT HAS BEEN STATED, A
COUPLE OF OCCASIONS THAT
THERE'S THIS CONCEPT OF
INCOMPATIBLE SEEDS.
AND THE CONCEPT GOES THAT IF
YOU HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ON
TWO DIFFERENT BODIES AND ONE
BODY IS SUBORDINATE TO THE
OTHER PARTY, SO IN THIS CASE,
THE AUTHORITY WILL BE
SUBORDINATE TO THE CITY COUNCIL
BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
BE THE -- WILL HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO BASICALLY BUDGET
AND TRANSFER DOLLARS.
THAT IT IS INCOMPATIBLE.
IT CREATES A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST.
AND THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL WOULD
NEED TO BASICALLY GIVE UP ONE
OR THE OTHER OF THE SEATS.
SO THAT IS -- THAT IS BASICALLY
THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN
GOING ON WHEN WE'VE RAISED THE
CONCERN ABOUT CONFLICT OF
INTEREST.
>> JEFF?
>> YEAH.
TO ADD TO THAT, THE INCOMPATIBLE
OFFICE DOCTRINE.
IT'S A DOCTRINE THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS
INTERPRETED OR PULLED OUT FROM
SOME OPINIONS AND SOME ACTUAL
COURT CASES.
BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S
IN THE LAW.
AND FURTHERMORE, IT'S --
THERE'S EXAMPLES WE CAN THINK
OF.
THE HEALTH DOES THE REGIONAL
HEALTH REPORT AND THINGS LIKE
THAT WHERE THE STATE
LEGISLATURE HAS GIVEN SPECIFIC
AUTHORITY THAT WAS TO IN OUR
CASE, SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
TO HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS ON
THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD LIKELY BE
NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR ELECTED
OFFICIALS TO BE ON IT.
THERE'S CASES OF THAT
PRECEDENT.
AND WE WORK WITH TWO KIND OF
GET A SENSE OF HOW DIFFICULT
THAT MIGHT BE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING
ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU VERY
MUCH.
OKAY, OUR NEXT PANEL, IF I CAN
INVITE ALL OF YOU UP AT THANK
YOU FOR WAITING FOR US.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS
UPDATE.
>> VERY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL.
AND IF YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES FOR THE RECORD, I
WILL START WITH YOU, JEFF.
>> JEFF SIMMS.
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> AND DUSTY OLSON WITH THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> YOUTHCARE.
>> ONE GREEN WITH KING COUNTY.
>> I'M WITH ALL HOME.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, WHO IS KICKING US
OFF.
>> I THINK I AM.
>> I HAVE WRITTEN TESTIMONY FOR
JAMES.
WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL WOULD BE
GRATEFUL FOR, I'M SURE.
I'M THE CEO OF YOUTHCARE.
WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1974.
AND YOUTHCARE WAS WHEN THE
FIRST SHELTERS TO RUNWAY
INSTRUMENTS USED ON THE WEST
COAST.
AS YOU'LL HEAR IN THE NEXT
PRESENTATION, THE NUMBER OF
UNACCOMPANIED YOUNG PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
KING COUNTY DROP FROM AROUND
1500 IN 2018 TO 1120 19.
IT AMOUNTS TO 28% REDUCTION.
AND MOST NOTABLE WAS A
DECREASE, DECREASE IN
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHICH
DROP BY OVER HALF.
THESE NUMBERS ARE CERTAINLY
PROMISING AND A COSBY HOPEFUL.
SEEING SO MUCH SUCCESS.
NUMBER ONE TARGETED FUNDING
THAT'S PROPORTIONAL TO THE NEED.
IF YOU LOOK THE TWO POPULATIONS
THAT EXPERIENCED THE LARGEST
DECREASES IN HOMELESSNESS, IT'S
YOUNG PEOPLE AND VETERANS.
THESE ARE ALSO THE TWO
POPULATIONS THAT HAVE BENEFITED
EXCLUSIVELY FROM TARGETED
INVESTMENTS.
IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE
STATE WIDE OFFICE OF HOMELESS
YOUTH ALMOST TRIPLED THE NUMBER
OF SHELTER BEDS FOR MINORS AND
KING COUNTY.
AND THE KING COUNTY YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT AS WELL AS BEST STARTS
FOR KIDS FROM THE COUNTY HAVE
INFUSED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS LAST YEAR,
MIKENZIE AND COMPANY DEBUNK THE
VERY FALSE NARRATIVE THAT WE
HAVE IN THE CITY.
THERE'S ENOUGH FUNDING TO END
HOMELESSNESS.
IF WE JUST SPEND IT CORRECTLY.
NO ONE SEEMED TO LISTEN TO
THOSE FINDINGS, SO I'LL SAY IT
AGAIN. CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING
PERPETUATES HOMELESSNESS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE RIGHTSIZED OUR FUNDING
TO FIT THE SCALE OF THE
PROBLEM, WE SEE RESULTS.
WHICH IS WHY I GET TO BE HERE
TODAY.
NUMBER TWO, TAILORED
INTERVENTIONS THAT ADDRESS THE
ISSUE BOTH UPSTREAM AND
DOWNSTREAM MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
NOW, MANY OF YOU HEARD ME SAY
OVER AND OVER THERE, AND I'M A
ONE TRICK PONY.
THAT'S TO AGAIN TODAY.
I KNOW WHAT WORKS FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE AND YOUNG ADULTS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
I SAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN
BECAUSE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
HAVE UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
WHICH ARE VALIDATED BY
NEUROSCIENCE.
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, THE PATHWAYS
INTO HOMELESSNESS AND THE
SOLUTIONS OUT OF IT ARE NOT THE
SAME AS THEY ARE FOR ADULTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THAT MANY
OF OUR SYSTEMS OF CARE FOSTER
CARE, JUVENILE DETENTION,
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES, AND
HOMELESS SHELTERS BECOME
PIPELINES INTO HOMELESSNESS.
THAT'S WHY THE STATE PASSED THE
SENATE BILL CITY FIVE 60, WHICH
TESTS WASHINGTON WITH ENDING
THE PRACTICE OF DISCHARGING
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THEIR SYSTEMS
OF CARE INTO HOMELESSNESS BY
2021.
AND THAT'S WHY OUR STATE OFFICE
OF HOMELESS YOUTH HAS FOCUSED
NOT JUST ON HELPING YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTING THEM
FROM EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AS A RESULT, WE NOW HAVE CASE
MANAGERS WHO WORK INSIDE OF
DETENTION FACILITIES TO THAT
WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE EXIT
DETENTION, THEY HAVE AN ACTUAL
PLACE TO GO.
WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS EMBEDDED
INSIDE OF THE ALTERNATIVE OF
THE INTERAGENCY ACADEMY
SCHOOLS.
SO THEY CAN HELP STUDENTS AND
THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOUSING
INSTABILITY OR WHO ARE AT HIGH
RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS.
AND WE HAVE FAMILY
RECONCILIATION COUNSELORS WHO
WORK INSIDE OF OUR UNDER 18
SHELTERS HELPING TO RECONCILE
THOSE FAMILIES SO THAT YOUTH
DON'T ENTER THE FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM OR SIMPLY EXIT THE
SHELTERS BACK INTO
HOMELESSNESS.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT ALMOST
HALF OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN
THIS YEAR'S ACCOUNT REPORTED
PSYCHIATRIC OR EMOTIONAL
CONDITIONS AND OVER A THIRD
REPORT DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.
THERE ARE -- THERE WERE ALSO
ALARMING RATES OF THE PEOPLE
WHO REPORTED IT WELL MENTAL
DISABILITY.
MOVING FORWARD, WE NEED TO
THINK ABOUT HOW BETTER TO
PARTNER WITH BOTH RDD SYSTEM
AND OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN STOP THE
FLOW OF YOUNG PEOPLE EXITING
FROM THOSE SYSTEMS ONTO OUR
STREETS AND INTO HOMELESSNESS.
SO TACKLING THIS PROBLEM
UPSTREAM BY ADDRESSING SOME OF
THE DRIVERS INTO HOMELESSNESS
IS THE FIRST PART.
THE SECOND PART AND I REALLY
WANT TO UNDERSCORE THIS PART,
IS THAT YOUTHCARE IS LASER
FOCUSED ON RECONNECTING YOUNG
PEOPLE TO EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS.
THIS IS ANOTHER DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ADULTS AND YOUNG
PEOPLE.
BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AT THE
ONSET OF THEIR CAREERS AND LACK
EMPLOYMENT SKILLS AND
EXPERIENCE.
THE NUMBER ONE RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS, A 346% HIGHER RISK
IS A LACK OF A DIPLOMA OR HIGH
SCHOOL EDUCATION.
OR GED.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENDING YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS, WE CANNOT FOCUS
ONLY ON SHELTER AND HOUSING.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT MUST
BE A KEY PART OF OUR STRATEGIES
SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN HAVE
THE SKILLS TO MAINTAIN THEIR
HOUSING LONG-TERM.
FOR THIS REASON, YOUTHCARE
OPERATES FOUR GED AND HIGH
SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAMS.
AND SEVEN IMPLEMENT TRAINING
PROGRAMS.
AND THANKS TO THE CITY'S
SUPPORT, OUR MOST RIGOROUS PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM USE BILL
HAS A 90% SUCCESS RATE OF YOUNG
PEOPLE TRANSITIONING INTO
EITHER POST SECONDARY
EMPLOYMENT OR CONSTRUCTION
TRADES UPON GRADUATION.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
BOTH ARE GOOD PAYING JOBS.
ONE OF MY CLIENTS IS MAKING
MORE THAN I DO RIGHT NOW.
AS YOU KNOW, YOUTHCARE WILL BE
EXPANDING OUR EMPLOYMENT IN
EDUCATION SERVICES IN THE
COMING YEARS WITH A NEW
BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF
BROADWAY AND PINE.
YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO
FOCUS ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT WITH THE
GOAL OF ENTERING THE WORKFORCE
OR GOING ACROSS THE STREET TO
PURSUE A DEGREE FROM SEATTLE
CENTRAL.
I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNSEL
FOR THE INCLUDING THE CAPITAL
FUNDING FOR THE BUILDING IN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND I HOPE
THAT YOU'LL BE A SUPPORTER OF
US IN YEARS TO COME AS WE FIND
THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES THAT
MAKE THAT BUILDING TRULY
TRANSFORMATIVE.
I'M GOING TO WRAP UP HERE.
I PROMISE.
AND KNOW THAT I WAS ASKED TO
COME HERE TODAY AND TALK ABOUT
SUCCESS IN PROGRESS.
AND WHILE I DON'T WANT TO END
ON A NEGATIVE NOTE, THERE ARE
TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT I
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN I HAVE
THIS PLATFORM.
ONE, ALL OF THE RESEARCH ON
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SHOWS THAT
THE NUMBER ONE MOST EFFECTIVE
WAY TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE MOVE
FORWARD IS THROUGH
RELATIONSHIPS WITH STABLE,
CARING, AND TRUSTING ADULTS.
AND LET ME EMPHASIZE THE WORD
STABLE.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, OUR
WORKFORCE IS NOT STABLE.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL ATTEND
THE NEXT COUNCIL HEARING ON
JULY 11 ABOUT THE ANNUAL
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT TO
STABILIZE OUR HUMAN SERVICE
WORKFORCE.
AND TWO, AND IS THE LAST AND
MOST IMPORTANT POINT.
I AM PLEASE TO SEE A REDUCTION
ISSUE IN USE HOMELESSNESS.
BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE DATA
CLOSELY, WE ACTUALLY SEE A
DIFFERENT PICTURE.
IN 2018, 41% OF YOUNG PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WILL
WHITE AND 20% WERE BLACK.
IN 2019, THE PERCENTAGE IS
DECREASED BY 3% FOR WHITE YOUTH
AND INCREASED BY 11% FOR BLACK
YOUTH.
LATIN ASKED YOUTH ALSO SAW
INCREASED IN 2019.
EACH RISING 4%.
THE OVERALL PREVALENCE OF YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS HAS DECLINED.
BUT DISPROPORTIONALITY HAS
RISEN.
IT PROGRESS MEANS HOMELESSNESS
IS GOING DOWN FOR WHITE YOUTH
AND UP FOR USE OF COLOR.
THEN THIS IS NOT A SUCCESS.
IT IS A FAILURE.
WE KNOW HOW TO REACH YOUNG
PEOPLE SLEEPING UNDER THE
BRIDGE.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT
HOMELESSNESS PRESENTS
DIFFERENTLY FOR LGBTQ USE AND
USE OF COLOR.
AND THE ONUS IS ON ALL OF US TO
EXAMINE OUR SYSTEMS, OUR
DEFINITIONS OF HOMELESSNESS,
AND OUR SERVICES SO THAT THEY
ARE TRULY ACCESSIBLE,
EQUITABLE, AND CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE.
THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPILL UP ON THIS
WORK BASED ON THE LESSONS WE
HAVE LEARNED.
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE UNIQUE
DEVELOPMENT RULE NEEDS, BUT
HOMELESSNESS IS ALSO
EXPERIENCING DIFFERENTLY AND AT
HIGHER RATES FOR DIFFERENT
POPULATIONS OF YOUTH.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE RESILIENT AND
HOPEFUL.
AND WE CREATE AND IF WE CREATE
EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE TO SUCCEED, WE CAN
PREVENT CHRONIC ADULT
HOMELESSNESS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH
YOU AND WITH THE COUNTY WITH
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
TO IMPROVE AND BUILD ON THESE
SUCCESSES AND MOST IMPORTANT,
ASSISTING THEM OVERTIME.
THANK YOU.
>> MELINDA, THANK YOU SO VERY
MUCH.
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN
INSPIRATION TO ME.
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO ALL YOU HAVE
DONE.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE THE PANEL TO
CONTINUE AND I'LL CIRCLE BACK.
GOOD.
PLEASE.
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU ALL, COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR INVITING US TO BE
HERE TODAY TO BRIEF YOU ON
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS AND MELINDA
SPOKE SO WONDERFULLY ON THE
CURRENT ISSUE THAT A LOT OF
WHAT WE HAVE MAY BE A BIT
REDUNDANT.
BUT WE WILL PRESENT
NONETHELESS.
AND I AM ALSO SO VERY HAPPY TO
BE HERE WITH OUR FOUNDING YOUTH
ACTION BOARD MEMBER THAT WILL
BE CO-PRESENTING WITH US
TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU., DR. GREEN.
>> LET C HOW DO WE -- OH,
THAT'S A VERY SLOW MOVING ONE.
OKAY.
I WILL MAKE THIS SHORT AND
SWEET.
>> SO I'M SURE THAT IF ONE IN
EVERY -- EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS BECOME FINANCIALLY
INDEPENDENT ADULTS, THEN THE
NET VALUE EXPENDITURE THAT WILL
BE APPOINTED OF THE LIFETIME IS
AT AN ESTIMATED 61.2 MILLION.
AND OF COURSE, YOU ALL KNOW
THAT ADDRESSING IT, LESSONS,
THEIR LIKELIHOOD OF BECOMING
HOMELESS ONCE AGAIN WHENEVER
THEY GROW UP INTO ADULTHOOD.
BOY, HOWDY.
ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU ALL WANT
TO PUT ON YOUR IMAGINATION
CAPS, YOU WILL SEE THE DATA
FROM OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT
FROM LAST YEAR.
SO THE PIT NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS
AN USHER MINJI UNDERESTIMATION.
BECAUSE WEEK OF COURSE CANNOT
GET ANYBODY.
NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY, BUT
THEY DO SHOW UP AT THE TRENDS.
OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO WE SAW OUR FIRST
DECREASE IN OVERALL
HOMELESSNESS IN SEVEN YEARS.
WHICH IS A 28% DECREASE
ACCORDING TO OUR POINT IN TIME
COUNT.
AND WE SAW OUR 52% DECREASE IN
HOMELESSNESS OF UNACCOMPANIED
MINORS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A
ROW.
>> YES, I'M SORRY.
>> ALL GOOD.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS.
THERE SHOULD BE A GRAPHIC THAT
SHOWS SOME OF THESE FACTORS.
>> EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER
PRESIDENT HARRELL HAS A
QUESTION.
>> I KNOW THESE ARE COUNTY
NUMBERS.
I WAS TRYING TO PEAK AHEAD TO
SEE . I'M NOT ASKING FOR A LOT
OF THE SPECIFICS.
BUT IF YOU NOTICE TRENDS,
WHETHER IN SEATTLE, PROPER OR
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE AND CERTAIN,
MORE RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY,
WHAT TRENDS WE ARE SEEING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
THERE, I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO
KNOW.
>> YEAH, I THINK ON THIS NEXT
SLIDE, IT TALKS ABOUT SOME OF
THOSE TRENDS THAT WE ARE SEEING
WHEN COMPARED TO THE GENERAL
HOMELESS POPULATION.
OUR YOUTH AND ADULT POPULATION
HAVE THE ELECTION.
THEY ALSO HAVE HIGHER RATES OF
BEING ON PROBATION OR PAROLE.
THE GENERAL HOMELESS
POPULATION.
AND ALSO HIGHER RATES AS
MELINDA MENTIONED OF HAVING
PTSD AND OTHER EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT NEEDS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT
WAS SEATTLE AS OPPOSED TO
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE.
ARE WE DOING BATTLE BETTER IN
SEATTLE OR WORSE IN SEATTLE?
TRENDING INTO WHERE THEY ARE.
>> YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT
ANNOUNCES BROKEN DOWN HERE BY
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
COULD PROVIDE.'S.
THANK YOU.
IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE REPORT,
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL, FOR
SURE.
I THINK THAT THERE WAS --
>> WHAT DOES IT SAY?
>> I HAVEN'T -- YOU KNOW, IT'S
GOING DOWN ALL OVER ACROSS THE
BOARD.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW HUGE
AMOUNT OF RESOURCES PUT INTO
UNDER 18 SERVICES WHICH I THINK
IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT,
IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW.
BUT WE CAN SALIE, THOSE TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
BACK COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL, IN
REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT
TRENDS, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS,
THE NUMBERS ARE TRENDING
OVERALL.
IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY ARE
FOR THE COUNTY DOWN
CONSISTENTLY.
ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME
PERCENTAGES.
AND THEN WHEN YOU BREAK THAT
OUT BY POPULATION, IT'S VERY
CONSISTENT AS WELL.
>> THAT WAS -- I WAS TRYING TO
-- I WASN'T TRYING TO LOOK FOR
SPECIFIC NUMBERS.
I DON'T LOOK AT THE DATA AND
THE CITIES OUT OF SEATTLE VERY
MUCH.
I WAS WONDERING -- THAT WAS
VERY HELPFUL..
I THINK THE POINT MELINDA, THAT
YOU BROUGHT UP RIGHT TOWARDS
THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION IS
THAT EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS
ARE DOWN, THE
DISPROPORTIONALITY IS THAT UP,
WHICH RESENTS US WITH SOME NEW
CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE GOT TO
FOCUS ON.
AND BE HONEST ABOUT.
>> THAT'S?.
>> I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE KNOW WITH WORKING WITH
YOUNG PEOPLE IS THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE OF COLOR PRESENT AND
LGBTQ PRESENT DIFFERENT WAY.
THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
KIDS WHO ARE QUOTE/UNQUOTE
CHRONIC UNDER A BRIDGE.
AND SOHUD WE REACH THOSE YOUNG
PEOPLE AND ENSURE THAT THEY CAN
GET SERVICES BEFORE THEY GO SO
FAR DOWN THE PIPELINE THAT IT'S
HARD TO GET THEM BACK INTO
CARE?
>> THANK YOU.
IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU., MADAM
GEOPACKAGES HAVE A QUICK
QUESTION BECAUSE AND I COULD
BE ABSOLUTELY WRONG ON THIS.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A WEIRD
COINCIDENCE.
ON THIS SLIDE, WHERE YOU HAVE
THE NATIVE AMERICAN -- YOU HAVE
IT AT 10%.
AND THEN 1% OF GENERAL
POPULATION.
IS THAT TO SAY, IS JUST THIS
FOR USE?
THIS THE SAME AS THAT THIS AT
THAT WE USE FOR ADULTS.
IT'S THE SAME EXACT STATISTICS
THAT NATIVE AMERICANS EXPENSE
HOMELESSNESS 10%.
THIS ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND WE MAKE UP LESS THAN 1% OF
THE POPULATION.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS THE
EXACT SAME FOR YOUTH, NATIVE
AMERICAN YOUTH?
>> THAT'S CRACK, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
THIS IS FOR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH
AND YOUNG ADULTS ONLY.
>> OKAY.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE METHODOLOGY
THAT IS USED TO LOOK AT RACIAL
DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE POINT IN
TIME COUNT.
WHEN WE ARE DOING -- WHEN WE
ARE DOING THE COUNT, IT'S A
VISUAL CAN.
THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS COME
FROM A SURVEY THAT'S ACROSS THE
BOARD.
AND SO THEY ARE GENERALIZED.
FOR THE PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION THAT DOES THE
SURVEY.
THEY ARE GENERALIZED TO THE
OVERALL COUNT PERCENTAGE.
SO THE ARE GOING TO BE
CONSISTENT.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO FLUCTUATE
SIGNIFICANTLY YEAR-TO-YEAR,
BASED ON WHO COMPLETES THE
SURVEY AND THAT PARTICULAR
YEAR.
AND THEN WE EXTRAPOLATE THAT TO
THE ENTIRE POPULATION.
SO THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHIC
BREAKDOWNS ARE NOT AN EXACT
SCIENCE IN THE COUNT IN ANY
WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE LIKELY TO GET
GENERALIZED NUMBERS LIKE THAT.
>> I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE
ARE SEEING THIS DECREASE AND WE
ARE ATTEMPTING THIS TO THE
TARGETED INVESTMENTS.
B HAS BEEN A HUGE PART IN THIS
WORK.
OUR PROVIDERS ARE DOING AMAZING
WORK AND BUSINESSES AND
FOUNDATIONS AND ALSO ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FROM HUD
>> WE KNOW THAT THE POINT IN
TIME COUNT IS TYPICALLY AN
UNDERCOUNT, BUT IT GIVES US A
SENSE OF TRANS-. BEFORE WE GET
INTO THE NUMBERS, WE WILL LOOK
AT THESE IN THREE ASPECTS.
FIRST, THE SYSTEMS ENTRY AND
INFLOW.
THOSE ARE NEWLY HOMELESS
EPISODES.
THEY ALSO INCLUDE THOSE
PREVIOUSLY HOUSED AND RETURNED
TO THE SYSTEM OR INACTIVE.
THE SECOND COLUMN ARE THOSE
THAT ARE ACTIVE IN THE SYSTEM.
THAT INCLUDES UNSHELTERED,
EMERGENCY SHELTERS, AND THOSE
IN BRIE HOUSING PROGRAMS.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES THOSE IN OUR
WERE NEEDED ENTRY PRIORITIZED
LIST.
WE WILL LOOK AT OUTFLOW.
THESE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
PERMANENTLY HOUSED AND THOSE
WHO ARE TEMPORARILY HOUSED,
UNSHELTERED EXITS, DECEASED,
INACTIVE OR UNKNOWN DESTINATION.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS
AND WE LOOK AT INFLOW, THIS IS
THE 2018 ANALYSIS. WE HAVE
APPROXIMATELY 2860 COMING INTO
THE SYSTEM.
IN 2017, IT WAS 2800.
THIS HASN'T CHANGED VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS, 84% ARE
NEWLY HOMELESS.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 11%
THAT ARE PREVIOUSLY INACTIVE.
ABOUT 5% THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY
HOUSED.
THAT 5% IS BASICALLY THE RETURNS
TO HOMELESSNESS.
HE ONLY HAD A 5% RETURN TO
HOMELESSNESS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OUTFLOW,
THOSE LEAVING THE SYSTEM, YOU
CAN SEE HERE THAT THIS 2018
NUMBER IS APPROXIMATELY 2889.
IN 2017, THIS WAS 2300.
THE SYSTEM IS DOING BETTER AT
HOUSING UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH AND
ADULTS.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
OUTFLOW BREAKOUT, YOU CAN SEE
THAT 33% WENT TO A PERMANENT
HOUSING SOLUTION.
APPROXIMATELY 8% WERE
TEMPORARILY HOUSED.
4% UNSHELTERED.
HERE WE HAVE 46% THAT IS
UNKNOWN.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LARGE
UNKNOWN NUMBER.
WE SUSPECT THESE ARE FOLKS WHO
HAVE SELF RESOLVED OR LEFT THE
PROGRAM. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE
THEY WENT.
WE HAVE SOME FUTURE DATA
QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE
WILL BE FOCUSING ON TO BETTER
BETTER, CLEARER PICTURE ON
THOSE UNKNOWNS.
PLEASE REMEMBER, THAT DOES
INCLUDE THE PORTION THAT HAS
SELF RESOLVED.
IN 2018 ACTIVE NUMBERS ARE
APPROXIMATELY 1511.
IN 2017, THIS WAS 2050.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR POINT IN
TIME COUNT NUMBERS, WHICH IS
NOT AN EXACT METHODOLOGY, IT
HELPS US UNDERSTAND TRENDS, WE
CONTRAST IT WITH HER
HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM DATA AND WE
SEE THERE ARE SOME
IMPROVEMENTS.
THE SYSTEM IS DOING BETTER AT
HOUSING YOUTH AND ADULTS MORE
QUICKLY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE WE
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE?
>> I DON'T THINK SO, THANK YOU.
>> GIVEN THAT INFORMATION,
GIVEN THAT ONLY ONE THIRD OF
YOUTH WERE CONFIRMED, HAVING
FOUND HOUSING ON THEIR OWN, WE
WANT TO SELL THAT, OF COURSE.
WE ARE LAUNCHING THE END YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS TO REACH FUNCTIONAL
ZERO BY JULY 2021.
FUNCTIONAL ZERO WOULD MEAN THAT
THE NEED EITHER, THE RESOURCES,
THEY EITHER MEET OR EXCEED THE
NEED FOR HOUSING.
THIS WILL BE YOUTH DRIVEN.
WE WILL CENTER CUSTOMER VOICES
AND MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE
THE ONES WHO HAVE INPUT ON HOW
THE SYSTEMS ARE REFORMED AND
HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE
IMPLEMENTED.
AS I SAID, THAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PROGRAM
AND OTHER MODELS WE HAVE HAD IN
THE PAST.
WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS RACIALLY
EQUITABLE AND WHENEVER IT COMES
TOCOMMUNITIES AND OTHER
MARGINALIZED GROUPS THAT HAVE
FALLEN IN THE GAPS , WE JUST
REALLY NEED HOUSING BECAUSE WE
WANT TO DO AWAY WITH ALL THE
DISPROPORTIONALITY WE HAVE SEEN.
THE END YOUTH HOMELESSNESS NOW
CAMPAIGN CAME FROM THE YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM, WHICH WAS AN
IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM TO TRY TO
MAKE ALL OF OUR MODELS REFORM,
CENTERING YOUTH VOICE.
SEATTLE WAS ONE OF THE 10 FIRST-
ROUND CITIES. ONE COMPONENT OF
THE PROGRAM WAS THE YOUTH
ACTION BOARD, WHICH I WAS
BROUGHT ONTO.
IT WAS COMPOSED OF YOUTH AND
ADULTS. I JOINED WHEN I WAS, I
BELIEVE, 18.
THAT HELPED ME TO GET A FOOT IN
THE DOOR WHEN IT CAME TO POLICY
REFORM AND REALIZING THIS ISN'T
JUST ON ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND
THAT THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND
WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN
TO REFORM AND FIX IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING I AM VERY
HOPEFUL ABOUT.
>> NICE.
I THINK WE HAVE A SLIDE HERE.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES TODAY.
THIS ONE MAY BE MISSING.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS SLIDE,
THERE IS A SLIDE SUPPOSED TO
TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS.
THE $5.4 MILLION WE RECEIVED
FROM HYDE AND A COORDINATED
COMMUNITY PLAN, THE END YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS CAMPAIGN ALLOWS US
TO LIVE OUT THAT COMMUNITY
PLAN.
THERE WERE FOUR PROGRAMS ARE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPED,
INNOVATIONS, TO HELP US
UNDERSTAND SO THAT WE CAN
BETTER AND MORE QUICKLY ACHIEVE
THIS GOAL OF REACHING
FUNCTIONAL ZERO.
THE FIRST IS THE BRIDGE HOUSING
PROGRAM.
THAT IS CALLED THE NEW JOINT
COMPOUND.
THERE ARE TWO TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING PROGRAMS.
THE TWO TRANSITIONAL HOSPITAL
PROGRAMS WOULD TURN INTO CRISIS
HOUSING, WHICH ARE LAUNCH PADS
INTO OUR RAPID REHOUSING.
WE HAVE OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
TEAM THAT IS DOING PHENOMENAL
WORK.
LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND
CHILDREN, THERAPEUTIC HEALTH
SERVICES AND ACCELERATOR WHY
AND FRIENDS AND YOUTH OF THE
PROVIDERS ARE THERE.
THIS IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY
TEAM.
IT HAS NOT ONLY A LEAVEL LEGAL
ADVOCATE, PEER NAVIGATORS AND
CASE MANAGERS THAT WORK WITH
MINORS FROM VARIOUS SYSTEMS
WHETHER IT IS FROM SCHOOLS, THE
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, CHILD
WELFARE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SYSTEMS.
THE NEXT PROGRAM IS THE
BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE.
WE BASICALLY ADDED AN
ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER TO OUR
CRISIS OUTREACH RESPONSE SYSTEM
FOR YOUNG ADULTS.
IT PROVIDES CRISIS MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES TO WORK WITH
DIFFERENT PROVIDERS UPSTREAM.
OUR LAST PROGRAM IS THE YOUTH
AND ADULT NATIONAL DIVERSION
PROGRAM.
THAT IS BASICALLY LIKE THE
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT TEAM, BUT
SERVES YOUNG ADULTS 18 TO 24.
AGAIN, THIS OFFERS WRAPAROUND
APPROACHES TO DIVERT YOUTH AND
ADULTS FROM THE HOMELESSNESS
SYSTEM.
>> A QUICK QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION, FIRST OF ALL.
JUST QUICKLY, BECAUSE I AM KIND
OF A NERD.
WHEN DID YOU GUYS SIGN THE MOU?
ON YOUR LAST SLIDE?
>> THE MOU ASSIGNED, I BELIEVE,
THE LAST SIGNATURE WAS IN
FEBRUARY.
>> OF THIS YEAR?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I THINK WE ARE MISSING SOME
SLIDES HERE.
I AM SO SORRY ABOUT THIS, THESE
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
WITH THIS WORK OF THE CAMPAIGN,
BASICALLY, WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH THE CONDO SALAD DATED
HOMELESS AUTHORITY, WE WILL
SHIFT FROM A PATCHWORK OF
PROGRAMS TO A HIGHLY RESPONSIVE
SYSTEM BY CREATING FLEXIBLE
OPERATING STRUCTURES.
WE ARE ALSO WANTING TO CREATE A
PLACE TO MANAGE EFFECTIVELY AND
EFFICIENTLY ALL YOUTH
INVESTMENTS SO WE CAN HAVE A
SYSTEMS LENS OF THIS WORK.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT AN
OPERATIONAL EQUITY THROUGHOUT.
ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PART
OF THIS WORK IS THAT OUR YOUTH
ACTION BOARD, WE HAVE MOVED
BEYOND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
WITH THOSE WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE TO PARTNERSHIP.
YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS OR
ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ARE HELPING TO
CREATE SOLUTIONS AND IMPLEMENT
THOSE SOLUTIONS.
IT IS GIVING US A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WORKS AND
TO BRING WHAT WORKS TO SCALE.
HERE ON THIS SLIDE, LOOKING AT
SOME OF OUR PROGRESS TO DATE,
AS WE MENTIONED, THE MOU WAS
SIGNED, THAT ALLOWED FOR US TO
FORM THIS FUNCTIONAL ZERO
ACTION TEAM THOMAS CITY, COUNTY
AND AT-HOME STAFF WORKING ON
ISSUES WERE COLLABORATING BUT
IN SILOS.
CITY, COUNTY AND ALL HOME STUFF,
WORK ON THIS ISSUE IS COMING
TOGETHER AND THE FUNCTIONAL
ZERO ACTION TEAM, MUCH LIKE A
COMMAND CENTER STYLE USED TO
DIVERT HOMELESSNESS.
OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT TEAM, OUR
YOUNG ADULT NAVIGATION
DIVERSION TEAMS, HAVE SERVED,
NOW THE NUMBER IS NEARLY 200
YOUTH AND ADULTS SINCE THEY
LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER DIVERT
HOMELESSNESS.
OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT TEAM, OUR
YOUNG ADULT NAVIGATION
DIVERSION TEAMS, HAVE SERVED,
NOW THE NUMBER IS NEARLY 200
YOUTH AND ADULTS SINCE THEY
LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2018.
>> HERE IS OUR TIMELINE FOR THE
END YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
CAMPAIGN.
AT THE INITIAL FUNDING GAP
REMEDIED, WE'VE GOT THAT.
WE'VE GOT THE STAFF HIRED NOW
AND WE HAVE OUR CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
HAPPENS TOMORROW.
OUR GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE
FUNCTIONAL ZERO. I LOVE
FUNCTIONAL ZERO BECAUSE IT IS
NOT, LIKE, WE KNOW WE CAN'T
MAKE IT SAID THAT EVERYBODY CAN
STAY NOT HOMELESS BUT THAT IS A
LITTLE OUT OF REACH BUT WE ARE
NOT THE FIRST CITY TO REACH
FUNCTIONAL ZERO AND WE WON'T BE
THE LAST.
WE DO PLAN TO REACH IT AND SET
A SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE FOR ALL
THE OTHER CITIES IN THE NATION.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK
YOU ARE DOING IN THIS REALM. I
WANT TO COME BACK, WE HAVE A
COUPLE QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUTH BUILT, HAVING BEEN THERE
AND BEING SO IMPRESSED WITH THE
COHORT, IS IT EXPANDING?
I KNOW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, IT
STARTED OFF WITH 30 KIDS.
>> WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR
ONGOING FUNDING FOR IT.
WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR THE
FEDERAL GRANT AND HOPE TO GET
CITY SUPPORT.
WE NEED TO FIND A MORE
SUSTAINABLE, LONG-TERM FUNDING
STREAM FOR IT.
OUR OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN OVER THE
TOP AND THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE
COHORTS.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
LABOR.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
SCHOOLED AND GET LEADERSHIP
TRAINING.
WE ARE BUILDING SOME OF THE
TINY HOUSES IN CONJUNCTION WITH
LEHIGH, AS WELL, SO THAT THEY
GET HANDS ON TRAINING AND THEY
ARE BEING PLACED IN A PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS UPON
EXIT.
>> I JUST WANT TO PUT A MAJOR
STAR IN YOUR CROWN ON THAT.
I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPRESSIVE THINGS I HAVE SEEN.
I WENT DOWN AND SAW AS THEY
WERE BEGINNING.
THAT COMMITMENT, THEY HAD TO
SHOW UP AND THEY HAD TO SHOW UP
ON TIME AND THEY LEARNED SOFT
SKILLS.
THE TEAMWORK, I CAME BACK THE
NIGHT THEY GRADUATED, IT WAS
ONE OF THE MOST MOVING
EXPERIENCES FOR THEM, FOR ME,
FOR THE FAMILIES AND TO KNOW
THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE
GOING TO HAVE JOBS, LIKE YOU
SAID, WHERE THEY ARE NOT JUST
FAMILY WAGE JOBS, BUT REALLY
GETTING THERE FEET ON THE
GROUND.
WHEN IS BROADWAY IN PINE
OPENING UP?
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A
YEAR AND A HALF AGO, A COUPLE
YEARS AGO.
>> WE ARE STILL, THE LAND
PURCHASE SHOULD CLOSE IN
AUGUST, I BELIEVE.
WE WILL START ON THE
REMODEL/REDESIGN ON THAT.
I AM HOPING IN 2021.
THAT IS MY GOAL.
WE ALSO HAVE TO RAISE A
BOATLOAD OF MONEY.
I AM LOOKING AT EACH OF YOU.
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> JUST A PRACTICAL QUESTION.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE
WORK ALL OF YOU ARE DOING.
IT IS VERY MEANINGFUL,
PARTICULARLY DEALING WITH THE
YOUTH, IT IS SO TRAGIC.
I AM TRYING TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF
YOUTH EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
IS IT, MISSION WOLF AS AN
EXAMPLE, WHEN CHILDREN ARE
DOING THE BEST THEY COULD IN
THEIR HOMELESSNESS, MY GUESS
WOULD BE THEY ARE NOT PROUD
THEY ARE HOMELESS.
IT IS A STIGMA, THEY DON'T WANT
OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOW, FOR
WHATEVER REASON.
PERHAPS, SOME ARE SAYING THEY
ARE HOMELESS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW YOU REALLY GET TO THOSE
KIDS WHO ARE HOMELESS AND DEAL
WITH THE STIGMA I AM ASSUMING
IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. DOES
THAT SKEW THE NUMBERS AND IS
THAT A BIG BARRIER TO US
GETTING THIS KIND OF WORK?
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I WAS YOUNG
ONCE.
CONCERN ABOUT IMAGE WHEN IN
SCHOOL IS A BIG DEAL.
MAYBE YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT
OBSTACLE I AM ASSUMING TAKES
PLACE.
>> STIGMA IS DEFINITELY A VERY
REAL AND VERY PREVALENT THING.
A LOT OF US DIDN'T ACTUALLY
KNOW WE WERE HOMELESS.
WHENEVER WE WERE GOING THROUGH
IT, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I
KNOW A LOT OF MY PEERS HAVE
BENEFITED FROM WAS HAVING
SCHOOL STAFF, SOCIAL WORKERS,
BE EDUCATED WITH PROGRAMS AND
NO WHAT SIGNS TO LOOK FOR AND
HOW TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THEIR
HOMELESS STUDENTS.
WE ARE TRYING TO HELP WITH THE
NEW MODEL WHICH ORIGINATED IN
AUSTRALIA.
IT IS EFFECTUALLY CALLED THE
UPSTREAM MODEL NOW SINCE I
STARTED DOING IT IN CANADA.
WE WOULD HAVE HOUSING
NAVIGATORS AND HAVE MORE
TRAINED STAFF IN THE SCHOOLS TO
SPOT HOMELESSNESS AND REALLY
REACH OUT TO THE STUDENTS TO
MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT
THEY NEED BEFORE THEY REALLY
ENTER THE HOMELESS SYSTEM.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE TRYING
TO LAUNCH.
>> I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, THEY GET
INTO THE SCHOOLS AND WE CAN
FIND A YOUNG PEOPLE BEFORE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES AND
BARRIERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
RECEIVING SERVICES, INCLUDING
NOT MEETING THE DEFINITION OF
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND BEING
ON THE STREETS AND LITERALLY
UNDER THE BRIDGE.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE NEED TO
REACH MOST AND MOST QUICKLY ARE
THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCHOOL THAT
ARE HANGING ON, COUCH SURFING
ALL OVER IN SAFE AND UNSAFE
PLACES SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM
STABILIZE BEFORE THEY FALL
COMPLETELY INTO STREET BASED
HOMELESSNESS.
>> I GUESS WHAT I AM ASKING IS,
IS THERE A SIGN OUT SAYING, IF
YOU ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS OR ARE HOUSING
INSECURE, COME TALK TO THIS
COUNSELOR?
ARE WE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES FOR A SAFE PLACE
FOR A PERSON TO GO AS OPPOSED
TO SPOTTING IT OR JUST RELYING
ON THEM COMING FORWARD?
THIS IS SOMETHING, I MEAN, I AM
JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW IT WORKS
.
>> I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THERE
NEEDS TO BE MORE OUTRAGED.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS HOMELESS.
I WAS LIVING ON A COUCH IN AN
UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT.
I WOULD WAKE UP WITH A MAN'S
HANDS ON ME.
BECAUSE I WAS LIVING WITH
FAMILY AND HAD A ROOF OVER MY
HEAD EVERY NIGHT, I HAD NO IDEA
THAT WOULD QUALIFY AS
HOMELESSNESS.
IT WAS THROUGH THE SCHOOL
COUNSELOR REACHING OUT TO ALL
THE STUDENTS AND HAVING ONE-ON-
ONE MEETINGS WITH HER THAT WE
SHE WAS ABLE TO LISTEN MORE TO
MY STORY AND REFER ME TO THE
SOCIAL WORKER ABOUT GETTING
RESOURCES.
>> WE HAVE A YOUTH COMMISSION,
TOO, THAT HAS USED THIS
THROUGHOUT SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE RIGHT THERE IN THE
SCHOOL.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE
PASSIONATE ABOUT CHILDREN AND
YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
MAYBE THEY COULD PUT SOME
STRUCTURE AROUND THIS, AS WELL.
>> I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION
AND LEARNING IS PARTNERING TO
UTILIZE THE FUNDING THAT WAS
SET ASIDE FOR YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS IN THE EDUCATION
LEVY THAT RECENTLY PASSED TO
DESIGN A PROGRAM REALLY TO
ADDRESS EXACTLY WHAT MELINDA
JUST SAID, WHICH IS, THE
POPULATION OF YOU THAT DON'T
MEET THE DEFINITION OF
HOMELESSNESS FOR THE HOMELESS
SERVICE SYSTEM, BUT BEING ABLE
TO STOPGAP THAT SERVICE FOR
YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING HIGHLY UNSTABLE
HOUSING, BUT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
TO BE REFERRED INTO THE
HOMELESS SYSTEM AND TO WORK WITH
SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO IDENTIFY
THOSE YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND
GET THEM SERVICES BEFORE THEY
FALL INTO THE HOMELESS SYSTEM.
>> I WOULD ADD THAT MOST OF THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE WHAT
THEY CALL SAFE PLACES.
THEY HAVE THE YELLOW PLACARD
THAT SAYS, SAFE PLACE.
THAT IS A DIRECT LINE TO
GETTING SERVICES, OR AT LEAST
TO GET YOU HOOKED UP WITH AN
EMERGENCY COUNSELOR OR INTO A
SHELTER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE TRY TO GET OUT INTO LOCAL
BUSINESSES AND INTO PLACES
WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE, ALL THE
REC CENTERS, ALL THE LIBRARIES.
THOSE KINDS OF PROGRAMS, WHICH
ARE VISIBLE AND A YOUNG PERSON
CAN, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY WITH
THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO SAY,
HELLO, I AM HOMELESS.
THEY CAN CALL A NUMBER AND GET
COUNSELING AND SUPPORT ON WHERE
TO GO TO GET SOME HELP.
>> I WANT TO JUST, AGAIN, THANK
YOU FOR COMING.
I RAN INTO TWO YOUNG PEOPLE
LAST, I GUESS IT HAS BEEN
ALMOST LAST SUMMER NOW.
ONE WAS FROM SPOKANE AND ONE
WAS FROM BREMERTON, BOTH OF
WHOM WERE YOU I AM GUESSING, 18
OR 19.
BOTH OF WHOM TOLD ME THEY WERE
TOSSED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND
THEY CAME TO SEATTLE BECAUSE
THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULD FIND
PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE
UNDERSTANDING, BOTH OF WHOM
ENDED UP IN YOUTH CARE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND HOW
MEANINGFUL THAT WAS TO ME.
BOTH OF THEM SAID, I ASKED,
WHAT DO YOU NEED AT THIS POINT?
THEY SAY, I WANT A JOB.
THEY WEREN'T LOOKING FOR
HANDOUTS.
THEY WEREN'T LOOKING FOR, YOU
KNOW, A PLACE TO CRASH TONIGHT.
THEY SAID THEY NEEDED A JOB.
I ASKED WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO
AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NO
SKILLS.
I SAID, GO TALK TO MELINDA.
SHE CAN HELP.
ANYTHING ELSE?
GOOD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
HANGING IN.
I KNOW AT 12:38 PM ON A MONDAY
MEANS WE HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME UNTIL WE GET STARTED
AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN
THIS YOUTH INVOLVEMENT.
VERY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, IF WE HAVE NO MORE
QUESTIONS, THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS ON THE ISSUE
THAT CAME UP EARLIER.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SHARE,
ACTUALLY, THIS WAS CIRCULATED
TO ALL YOUR OFFICES ON MAY 24.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE ABOUT
100 COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IN
ADDITION TO ME.
IF YOU CAN ALL LET MY OFFICE
KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE
CAN MAKE SOME PROGRESS AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ON IT.
>> I WANT US TO HAVE A
MEDIATION PLAN.
>> YES.
WE CAN DO ALL THAT.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR
COMING.