Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HE21-019 and award a contract to The Illumination Foundation, of Orange, CA, to provide site operations and interim housing services at a 102-unit hotel property at 1725 Long Beach Boulevard that will be acquired through the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Project Homekey Program, in an annual amount not to exceed $2,000,000, for a period of 12 months, with the option to renew for an additional 12-month period, at the discretion of the City Manager; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments; and Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $2,265,600, offset by grant revenues from HCD. (District 1)
Motion carries. Thank you. Let's have item number 13, please. Item 13 A report from Health and Human Services. Recommendation to award a contract to the Illumination Foundation to provide site operation and interim housing services at property located at 1725 Long Beach Boulevard that will be acquired through the Project Homekey program in an annual amount not to exceed two point million District one. Thank you, sir. Let's start with the staff report. Good evening, Mayor and Council Members. Thank you for. This opportunity. To share our progress for our project. Homekey Non Congregant Shelter and Sobering Site at 1725 Long Beach Boulevard. As you remember, you may remember the city purchased the best western of Long Beach last year. This contract is the next step to opening a new 102 room non. Congregate housing. Site in our city. The contract will be funded as part of the 2.265 million in state funding for the operations of our project site. Through an RFP process, the Health Department selected the Illumination. Foundation to operate this non congregate site. The Illumination. Foundation operates sites throughout L.A. and Orange County. And has. A strong reputation in their. Work. For people. Experiencing homelessness, the population to be served would be primarily people experiencing homelessness with incomes at or below 30% area median income who are engaged in the city's continuum of care coordinated entry system. The goal of. This transitional housing program is to facilitate the movement of people. Experiencing homelessness. Into permanent housing within 24 months. The Project Homekey Opportunity provides. A move towards this goal. The Illumination Foundation Contract for Project. Homekey includes site monitoring to ensure that participants are safe and have basic needs that are. Met. Case management and to support connection to permanent housing. Connection to needed services such as mental health services and employment opportunities. Transportation to connect to services and care appointments. Food services for people who are seeking food support. Security onsite to ensure people are safe. And that unauthorized people do not come on to property and basic cleaning services as we do for all other. Congregate non congregate facilities. The site is scheduled to open on March 15 to begin taking residents. This is required by our state contract for the funding the March 15th date. We look forward to working with the. Illumination Foundation to provide this. Interim housing opportunity. For people. Experiencing. Homelessness in. Long Beach. With that, I conclude. My presentation and I'm open for questions. Thank you. I see a motion from council members that they have. Council member you have for. Thank you very much, Vice Mayor, and thank you, Kelly, for that presentation. I just want to thank you for all your hard work. As you know, this is very important to me. Every step closer, we get towards the full operation of this amazing project. Home t location makes me so very happy and excited for all of our houseless residents that are in so much need right now. I know that the operation of these sites is something that that's really important for both, you know, for both us as a city and for our residents. And I was wondering, Kelly, if possible, if you could highlight a little bit more on why the Illumination Foundation was selected to do this, to oversee this project. Yes. The Illumination Foundation has experience across the many sites. And Paul Duncan, our homeless services division, knows of their their. Their work well. I have had many conversations with them. They also run. Recuperative care and other types of services for people experiencing homelessness. So they have a very strong reputation for the work that they are doing, and we know that. They'll be a good partner in this process. Thank you, Kelly, for that. And I have heard of the wonderful work that they've done outside of the city. And so I'm happy that we that they're going to be the ones doing this project to actually mayor. Before I continue, is there any way that we can see if there's public comment on this item? Sure. We can go to public comment. Is there public comment? There is. I believe there are. Yes. Our first speakers, Jonah Breslau. Hi. My name is Joan Breslau. I work at the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, an organization dedicated to supporting good jobs and healthy communities. We agree that Project Homekey is a critical program in this moment. We need to do everything that we can to support getting people housed in off the streets and especially in non congregant facilities. During this terrible COVID crisis and the housing crisis that has been pre-dating COVID for so many years. But we cannot forget the hotel workers who are also struggling in this moment as unite here. The Hospitality Industry Union has estimated 80 to 90% of their members have been laid off due to COVID. And unfortunately, some of these hospitality workers may themselves be facing homelessness at this time. This council actually has not forgotten about these workers. And I want to thank you again for for passing a worker recall and retention law that will protect hospitality workers whose hotels continue to operate as hotels. But as we see in this situation, there may be workers who will not necessarily be covered. And even though we do think that, you know, perhaps that could be applied to this situation, we urge you to specify in the contract that former best Western workers be given the opportunity to work in any position that they might be qualified for. You know, as you mentioned, there are basic cleaning positions. There are also food service positions. And, you know, some of these workers may have skills for other roles as well. And so I urge you to include that in the contract so that we can all move forward together and protect both the hospitality workers and our houseless neighbors who need support in this time. So please keep those things in mind and please make those changes so that we can ensure that we are all safe. Thank you very much and take care. Thank you. Your next speaker is Mary Dawn. Hello. Casson members. An honorable man. Garcia. My name is Mary. You and a pastor and a faith organizer with Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, also known as COO. And I represent faith leaders and congregations connected through you in urging you tonight to ensure that the workers from this Western hotel will be brought back to work in this new project. I want to say thank you to the Council and Mayor Garcia for supporting the worker recall and retention ordinance last year to ensure that our workers in the hospitality and beauty services can return to work with businesses safely reopen again. And I commend you for doing the right thing in taking steps to provide safe shelter for our citizens with their homes. However, as we care for our folks with their homes, let's not forget our workers from the hotel who also needs good jobs to be able to pay rent and put food on the table for their children and families. And both both the folks without homes and the hotel workers are vulnerable and need protections from our city. So I ask the City Council to ensure the recall and retention ordinance will cover the hotel workers at best Western. And as people of faith, we believe that we are all interconnected as one family. So safety and flourishing depend on each other and not compete against each other. So your support to ensure the recall and retention of best Western hotel workers in this project is also your support for our community's health, safety and sustainability. Said This will help our city survive and move forward together in this health crisis. So I want to say thank you for the Council's leadership, and I urge you to require the contractor to bring back the hotel workers in this new project. Thank you. Thank you. Give us one moment when we transition to the Spanish portion of public comment. Thank you. Okay, next, we have a different form of cancer for. Sorry, Vice Mayor. We have the Spanish speakers we're moving to. Our first speaker is Guadalupe Lopez. Well, I look at Lopez. Guadalupe Lopez. Well, I look at the. It went. Unnoticed. Good evening. Well, I love the things, but I'm a heck of more accommodating and holding. Nora Lopez. And I worked as. A maid chamber at best Western in continuing. Um, but about her holidaying in Condo de los Angeles. Comparable in holidaying. But it's a little project. The home, he. Says in Los Angeles. Comprar A lot. Del BARCO but I think the home key but also see Daniel's back or holiday in. On the night. Um. I like the woman. So good at English? Yes. Interpreter will. Correct. Um. And you know, I said, you know, to go with this, you're learning lessons. Okay. This is my Lopez. Lopez. And she. Worked. For seven years holidaying. And the hotel was purchased by L.A. County for the Homekey program. Continue. I do believe that. And make more our day home. You may be the real appearance on the finale of The Guilt of Me Later. And then I was fired when the transition happened by the end of 2020. You know well, both of our hearts. And the one thought that our hard work we must battle for for corporatism is the idea for our local level. O Happy Warrior Project or Home t. They don't know. There are things that they want me to say, that I want that to be the end. And so I agree with the project. But the problem is that when we got fired, then people was some subcontracted. And so it would not be fair for our families to face a homelessness situation. One moment that I really want. That is over. Resort is a comparable hotel. It's a double barrel travel. So when they realized that the council bought their hotel in the county, then I was hoping to go back to work. Continuing. Estimated to back it. But I don't buy that unless you let all elements that are me early join me like at Idle Not a puzzle of me, small little me mocking my past. So I may have a set about how all of this you've been. So this month I had to either pay rent or support my daughter or feed my daughter. So I had to select and pick my daughter, of course. So I don't want other workers to face the same situation that I had to face. Continue watching. So there is a feeling that I could very well have ordered hope. But I had already run scared in. So I think that there is room for our humble on this empathy for. I ask that organization to record jobs. If those workers had lost jobs for so many years. I'm doing what? The idea that the little thing which is democracy. And that is on my comment and I thank you very much. Thank you. Our next speaker is Johanna monet. 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Oculus, Barcelona, PS4. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was the most terrible holiday. So I am about to very close to becoming homeless. I don't want this to happen to people. The same things are happening to me. Continuing. It was a little trouble, huh? I lost my virginity with. Look at those two samples. So I would ask the organization to record this, just to bring the jobs back to those people that want to work. We want to work and support our families. That is all my comment. Thank you very much. Thank you. Our next speaker is Nydia Cardona. Near Nicholson. And I just. See, I learned this and yet I put out a. Number of media card on that. But I like the camera and I am Holliday. Duran, the Quattro I you. Hello. My name. Is. Kapo. Now, and I worked as a housekeeper holidaying. Continue. And now I have forgotten one young and holy name and then holy name, I don't think suddenly. And so the thought of how my good. So I worked for four years, for. 40 days, and then L.A. County purchased that property in order to establish that program. They continue. Doing it. And I do I don't know how long they spend in that, you know, commitment and plus our taxes system. So I was one of the workers that was fired by the county, but then we were replaced by subcontractors. One woman said, It's one of those people we thought of. The brother looked at it, said, I don't know your mother, but a woman has. When the board of supervisor purchased property at the hotel, I was hoping for a telephone call to go back to work. But that never happened. Continue with. It better meet them in the end. But only a map of all buried travel. A map? Well, that I know. It's so important. They never call me back. Continuing to stand up for women in the military and. Say, I am struggling to cover the basic needs, like rent or even food. Continuing in esprit de corps, they were at the home again. So I agree with them. The goal objective of. Not have yet. Nobody ever says that. Proper familia. The circle of the division. The. So it shouldn't be the case where our families are about to become homeless. Continue. I still didn't know your mother. Till today, I did not receive any call. No Caracalla Barthelemy, my sister, I have noted that is the thing. I don't want the same to happen to these hotel workers right now. Yup. Yup. The list goes on, not the strava strava holiday skipper. I had sent up the info. So I asked this organization to bring back those jobs to the workers that worked for so many years. Continue. Mm. And then I had to look for the Myrtle Temple for the Journal. So I thank you all very much for taking the time to listen to us. Thank you. That concludes public comment for this item. All right. So we have a few speakers cued up. Let's go. And Council District two, Councilmember Allen. Thank you very much. Vice Mayor, I just want to say this is an important step to address homelessness and affordable housing in the city. I am grateful to the governor and our state representatives for the increased resources that they have provided to the local communities. I did get a letter from Unite Here 11 and I did have a call with them over the weekend. I definitely would like to see the language in this contract. Contract state the following. So I'd just like to make, you know, a friendly and I understand that this is a different business model and it's not a, a motel anymore. But I would like for you to consider this friendly that the receipt of this award and any of its subcontractors at the site provide the former workers of the best Western, the first opportunity to come back and work at any position that they are qualified for before they hire new employees. And we just heard from these speakers, these are hard times for everyone. And I would hate to see any one lose their jobs. And if they are qualified for any of these positions, I would definitely like to see them considered. Thank you very much. Fantastic. Thank you. Max, do you have Council District six. Council member. Sorry. Yes, thank you. Vice Mayor. I also want to. You know, reiterate my gratitude for the support we have to be able to purchase this hotel for Project HOMEKEY and also just want to thank the many speakers that provided comment today about the job retention. And I also want to express the importance of having Project HOMEKEY in order to address our housing crisis as well as our homeless issue. But I also want to explore I actually wanted to see if this is I I agree with Councilmember Allen that we do need to figure out a way to support and retain workers. But I also want to ask staff if there's a timeline, a sensitive timeline. We have to move this item forward. As well, if you know. So I just want to make sure we consider the timeline as well. I yes, councilwoman. So we the further requirements of the state contract with us for this funding, this needs to open on by March 15th. So we are. Under a tight timeline, too, to be able to move. This forward. Okay. And I don't you know, I'm not sure if I'm able to offer another friendly or a friendly to the friendly. Given the timeline we have. But I'm just wondering and maybe we could do a report back on city efforts to retain existing workforce. Given the time sensitive nature of ensuring that we retain this contract opportunity to be able to move it forward. And Councilmember the you know, we were able to work with the Pacific Gateway and we offered everybody who was working on the site an opportunity to work with Pacific Gateway for additional supports in in finding jobs. We were also able to provide assistance to the two people who were living on site. One has already received another job and the other is has decided to move. So we have reached out. We have been working to connect them. We're certainly happy to forward the names. Of those who. Have not been able to find other employment through other best Western opportunities or through the specific gateway to the Illumination Foundation for, you know. For opportunity as they are coming in. And we will be able to get a I guess then a report back in 30 days on those existing workers that might not have a position at the moment just to ensure that they do get have opportunities provided for them. Yes, we'd have to reach out to Best Western and see and. Learn of. Their willingness to share that information with. Us. But we're certainly. We. Can certainly report back. Thank you. Thank you. Vice Mayor, I may have a chance to address the two friendlies. First off, I wanted to also make it clear. Well, first of all, I wanted to thank everyone who participated in the public comments today. I think it's very important to do so and to voice your opinions and give you a regulator that's going to ask you to give back the final aprobado to say experiences on on Project HOMEKEY. Is that that is someone to ask versus a thumbnail sketch layered on. I also wanted to make. You know, maybe and maybe you can help me clarify this, but I wanted to make a clarification that Project Homekey and Project Roomkey are two very different, but yet with similarities projects. And that Project Homekey is, is something that was, is a building that was purchased by the L.A. County. And this is our own our own long the city of Long Beach is home project. And if you could clarify that as well quickly. Yeah. So there there are three project Homekey sites purchased in the city. Two were purchased by L.A. County. And then we purchased this best western site. So the Holiday Inn site and. The Motel six site were purchased by the county. And we were not privy to, you know, their operations from that point. This is the one site that our city purchased, and we. Have. Been working to connect people in terms of the ability. For further employment. I think you and I really appreciate that. That I really appreciate you taking the F word and connecting everyone with, like I said, the gateways. I think that shows really good initiative on our side. You know, I think that with the community with asking for and what Councilmember Allen and City were probably alluding to is something like a peace labor agreement. But I wanted to hear from staff how how if that was feasible in this particular situation, especially going into this with a nonprofit organization. The City attorney. The answer to that question is no. That would not apply to this nonprofit homeless shelter operation. Thank you. Thank you, Charlie, for that. With that, I know that we I think that it would be nice to share with us your efforts in a report that give, you know, the retention or the intentions of the retention of the workers, at least in our project. So I you know, so maybe I'd like to accept that as a friendly. Hopefully that can come back in 30 days if that is not going to start the process of moving this item forward. City staff. We can we can certainly support the. We can come back in a report. From the efforts that. That we've made. Through this process in. Connecting any staff. From the. Previous best Western Hotel to the opportunities. That that could be available through the Elimination Foundation. We can bring that back. As long as we can move that forward. Then that would. Also allow us to align with the March 15th requirement that we need to open. Thank you. Kelly. Yes. Thank you. Next grades council. Thank you. I appreciate the conversation on this. But I really am excited, too, to enter into this agreement and and accept the funds for the project homekey that will house and increase our bed capacity for those experiencing homelessness in our city. And that has been a priority for us for some time. It is really unfortunate that this is comes in conflict with the with the workforce and jobs in our city. But I do think that the conversation is definitely headed in the right direction. I support us to the best extent possible. Retaining workforce of four positions that qualify for recognizing that, you know, this budget for operations is, you know, just over $2 million. It's not a lot of money, clearly not a lot of jobs. 17 full time employees to manage the program. I wanted to ask and that raises the question, what will these employees be doing? Do we have an idea or a breakdown of the positions that will be required to operate such a site? I guess the question is for the health director, Miss Colby. Yes. I don't. Have. You know. Specific numbers for each for each thing that they'll be doing, but there will be onsite site monitors. So those who are living on site. And available 24. Over seven, there'll be case management. Staff. Will be engaged as well. Transportation, some of these maybe subcontracts, others will be on site. And I don't I don't have the proposal in front of me to be able to. Do that, but I can provide you. Additional information. So transportation and food service and our food service that we do is generally by contract, by subcontract to. Folks to provide the food service. Then we'd also have. Security and then basic screening services. But I don't know how many fall into each one, so I would have to come back to you with that. Well, won't there be mental health support? Social workers associated with this contract. Yeah. So that's. Yeah, that's. Connected. So the connection to these, to those services through the case management will be there. So they'll have. Access to all. Those different providers. And that will be included in the 17 full time employees. Those services? No, not necessarily. So that in many cases we have other providers as well. So some of those may be on site as part of the staff. We don't actually have we don't. Have a breakdown. Right now, but I can get back to you. But then we also have a number of through their folks that they have other. Services. Other providers within the city and area, different areas to be able to provide those services. So I'm not sure that all of those folks fit within the 18. Okay. And then my last point is those 17 full time employees that will be hired to manage the program. It does say that it may potentially provide employment for up to 17 full time employees residing in the city of Long Beach. And so I think that's very important. Let's make sure that that that is an aim or a goal as well that we meet. Thank you. Yep. Thank you. Thank you. Council member. Council member. Frank. Very much so. I. I don't have too many comments on this particular project, but I do get very excited every time I have an opportunity to talk about the project, home key project that is in my district. The one in my district is a county run project. And so the city wasn't very involved in it by it. But I imagine from an operational standpoint they'll have a similar model. Our project was a Motel six conversion and there's approximately 40 rooms there and I've been onsite to visit. And I can tell you that the nonprofit that took over that Operation Serenity did retain some of the employees from the Motel six, and they have found that that was a very positive thing for them. So to the extent that that experience is relevant for the nonprofit operator that will be operating this site, I would encourage a connection between the two of them because it was really nice to see the former Motel six employees working at the location when I went to visit and they were obviously very grateful for the continued work. But also the work as is, is really meaningful in a different way given the the scope of their responsibilities and what their mission is as a whole in that nonprofit. And so I thought it was a very nice way to expand upon the previous employment that the motel workers had, but also to provide them new exposure, new skills, so that they're able to advance themselves professionally through working with a nonprofit that has a different operational model, obviously, than the motel did. So to the extent that that's relevant, I wanted to share that that is a very successfully happening happening at other Motel six site. Now, like the legality of imposing that as a requirement, I don't know. This is really the first time I'm hearing that conversation and dialog with our city attorney. But from our operational standpoint, I think that it's it's really very positive. And my understanding that is that the were the employees that were retained at the Motel six were retained at the request of Supervisor Hahn's office, who worked with the nonprofit, to ensure that that as many people as possible could retain those jobs and have some continuity in their knowledge of the operations of that site. So I'm really grateful to Supervisor Horne and to their staff, because the roll out of that project was fantastic and the operations have been really great. And I mean, there's 40 people who are no longer living on the streets as a result of that site. And I'm really proud to have that in my district because I think it's being part of the solution. And I and I really look forward to more of these sites as one of our solutions to providing long term transitional housing. So thank you. Thank you. Councilman, your anger. Thank you. Is there a guarantee of this whole topic? Is the fact that while creating some some housing for homeless and displaced workers who are creating. All this have displaced workers. So I would like to see that this move forward with the friendly amendments it's okay with that councilmember said that she would accept the friendlies and told supporters of this home with friends. Thank you very much. Thank you. So I'll add my comments here. And then we have some some folks in the up again. So just just to clarify and talk through a few things. I'm going to ask Director Colby a few questions. So so first. Tell me a little bit about and I'm familiar with this, but I want to I just want to explain this a little bit more publicly once this hotel was acquired. Is it ever going to become a hotel again? Is that within the agreement or what is the future of this property? No. And what just is, is that for the next two years, it will run as an interim housing site, otherwise known as a non congregate sheltering site for the state. From there, our goal would be to either continue this model or move it to a permanent supportive housing opportunity that would operate. More like a supported. Apartment complex. Thank you. And what is the date that we have to have this facility open? March 15th of this year. Okay. So and so there are significant timing considerations on where we have to move forward this contract. The other thing I would say is. You know, I get the gist of it. The gist of it here is these motels are being acquired very quick period of time. State came out with the guidelines. We our staff is doing a great job acquiring these hotels and no one wants to do this in a way that it is unintended consequences or that we are impacting these workers. So I support the friendly amendment. Asked after you know take a good hard look at our efforts to ensure that there are, you know, recall you know, retention provisions to make sure whatever if there's a janitor that was at the hotel, there's likely going to be a janitor at the permanent supportive housing facility. You know, someone's been working at that site. Let's make sure this person gets to keep their job as best as we can. And those are the things we expect. You know, we hope that staff can, you know, think about more outwardly, talk about as we move forward. But I'm going to support the motion that's in front of us. And I think we've already done public comment. You know, we have more council comment. Let's go to councilman. Looks like council members and is next. But vice mayor. May this is city attorney. May I ask for a clarifying question before we go back through. Again or go forward? Thank you. I have the. Motion to approve staff's recommendation with. There's been two friendlies requested. One, I believe, has been accepted. And that is a to receive a report from staff on the former hotel employee workers within 30 days or 30 within 30 days. The second friendly, I'm not sure, has been accepted. And I believe if I heard it correctly, I was from Council District two, which requested additional or a change in the language be added to the contract that the recipient of the award and any of its contractors at the site provide former airport workers from the best western. The first opportunity to come back to work at any position they're qualified for at the location before any new employees are hired. Because of the timing, this contract has been shared and negotiated with the proposed vendor in anticipation of tonight's action by the Council. We could certainly ask them to consider that, but I'm going to need direction that if they decline and the short deadline, we need to know whether we should move forward with the contract or what the council wishes to do if they say no to the friendly, if it's been accepted. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Mr. Perkins. Thank you very much for asking for the clarification. I did a set, the first friendly I think that the second primary right now is not feasible. But I think that the intent is to make sure that we, you know, highlight the efforts that we are doing as a city to try to help those who are going to be maybe losing their jobs as previously had, quote unquote, with the best list, or if that clarifies it for you. So it sounds like council members and they have accepted the report and the way that you describe it, I think Charlie way you described it was just about these workers. I think the report you want to we want to understand that this is efforts that the city has done to ensure that they can be retained. And and is that right? Council member and they have been council member through. Yes. Yes, that's okay. Are you clear, Charlie? Yes. Thank you. Okay. We'll move on. We have Councilman Austin back. Thank you. I think most of what I wanted to get cleared up has been cleared up. But I did have one question that I think I know the answer to. And it's for the city attorney in purchasing the motel or the best Western. You know, I'm assuming that there was a labor agreement with the previous owner. Did or did the contracts have successor agreements to ensure that that the workers would be protected? Councilmember Councilmember. I don't have that information. Taylor Anderson's on the line also. I don't know if Taylor does. I do not have that information off hand. I can definitely try and find it right now. Well, the council continues to discuss them. Okay. Well, okay. Thank you. Thank you. I was just curious. I think I know the answer to that, but. But I just wanted to get clarification on it. I support what's on the floor. The mayor and council. This is Tom. And we are getting a sense that most of the employees did have the ability through Best Western to have ultra employment at their other sites. We've also connected a number of them with workforce development. Something we've done in the past is we have requested interviews for anybody who did not have other opportunities to at least be able to interview with the group and see if there's a fit. We find that is people are a little bit more willing to do that if there's a process that they are able to see if that that employee is a good fit. So we'd like to be able to offer that as well for the ones that are remaining or that we do at this point think it's not that many that were impacted. Okay. Thank you. And it's my last comment. This this is a this is an item that I think we should be celebrating. Again, we're creating rooms in capacity to house folks who who don't have homes, who don't have shelter. This is this is something that we should be moving with urgency on. And and, you know, we've, I think, put a lot of conversation into this item this evening. Obviously, you know, we want to take care of our workforce and those who have lost their positions due to the pandemic. But at the same time, I would have appreciated being. They reached out to buy, buy, buy some of these folks because this is kind of taken me off guard. And had I had I had an opportunity to tend to prepare, I would have been been able to look into this matter a little bit more. So thank you very much for the robust conversation and congratulations council members and De Haas and the entire council for moving this item. Thank you. Thank you. I just want to this is Mary Garcia. I know that that has concluded the both the public comment and the council comment. So I just want to just to add, there is a motion on the floor and I wanted to add just more, more broadly speaking, that we are of course, this is this project is part of a much larger state effort of working to house people, experiencing homeless people that are trying to get into transitional housing. And I also want to just uplift the work of the state and the county in getting this project across the finish line and for their partnership. But really the Long Beach Health Department, who I know put in a proposal to get this done. And I'm also grateful to Governor Newsom and his team, who's worked with the city to ensure that we get these projects done in Long Beach. And I want to thank both, of course, customers in Dallas for kind of ensuring that we get back more information as well to sure that we're doing right by workers and jobs. So I think all of this is important. And I want to thank everyone for their work on this roll call vote, please. Councilwoman Sun has. Filed. Councilwoman Allen. I. Councilwoman Price, I. Councilman Sabina. All right. Councilwoman Mango. I transwoman sara. I. Council member oranga. Hi. Councilman Austin. Hi. Vice Mayor Richardson. And. Bush and Kerry.