Recommendation to request City Manager to direct the Long Beach Health and Human Services Department, in partnership with the Police Department and other applicable departments, to create a citywide prescription drug stewardship program.
Next item, please. Item number 39 Communications from Councilwoman Staci Mango, Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez, Council Member Darryl Supernova and Council Member Roberto Ringa. Recommendation to request city manager to direct the Long Beach Health and Human Services Department in partnership with the Police Department and other applicable excuse me departments to create a citywide prescription drug stewardship program. Yes. They had the great fortune of working closely with some of our neighboring public safety organizations that are volunteers. And there are a number of places throughout L.A. County where you can donate your prescription drugs that are expired or not expired, but not used. And with the research related to drug addiction and drug usage of individuals whose it's not their prescription and the success of previous drug drug donation drives where people can clean out their medicine cabinets here in Long Beach. I mean, it would be great if we had a more permanent location and to have those throughout the county, at sheriff stations and a few other locations, we we are starved for those locations here in Long Beach. And so I look forward to seeing the report back from the Health and Human Services Department with our police department to ensure that our neighbors have a constant place where they won't have to wait for the next annual cleanout, your medicine cabinet drug drop. Because as we all know, drug addiction is a major issue in the United States. And we need to do what we can to ensure that young people and those who are not intended to have prescription meds don't have access to them. So thank you very much for this and thank you for the colleagues who signed on. I'm really passionate about this issue, and I think it's it's a cornerstone of our our youth and their safety. Thank you. Is there any public comment on this item? Seen on the second day with Councilman Gonzales. Any comments or. Just wanted to say thank you, Councilman Mongo, for bringing this forward. This is really important for our seniors as well. So thank you. Please cast your votes. Councilman Austin. Motion carries seven zero. Okay. Now we're going to be going up for announcements. Is there any let me do the second public comment period here. Anyone that had a public comment for the second period. Please come forward. Go ahead.