Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Century Villages at Cabrillo 2017 Social Impact Report.
Gets motion carries. Thank you. 18, please. 18 is communication from Council member Urunga. Recommendation to receive and file presentation on the Century Villages at Cabrillo 2017. So Social Impact Report. Thank you, Councilmember Younger. Thank you, Vice Mayor. The Villages, the Cabrillo is a wonderful nonprofit organization that provides housing for 2000 individuals there and then the 900 of which plus are veterans. So I'd like to invite members of the association to come up and make a presentation and to cover a little bit more about what they do. And it's in the seventh District and they'll welcome. Come on forward. You have you have the floor. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Kimberly Wee. I am the director of residential services at Century Villages that Cabrillo. And I want to thank you for the opportunity to be here to present our 2017 Social Impact Report. As you can see, it looks wonderful. And this is our sixth iteration, and you've probably seen each, each and every one of them. But I wanted to just take a few moments to go through it with you. Of course, I can't go through the entire report, but I want to call your attention to a couple key areas . And really I'll walk you through the process and give due credit to all of our wonderful partners that help make this wonderful report possible every year. So this is truly a collaborative process at the Villages that Cabrillo, we have more than 20 partner agencies that contribute to this report by providing data, photos, clients, stories and their time to make sure that this comes together. This is a ten month process, and we work really hard to make sure that we can give you a really good, succinct, but really vibrant picture of what happens at the villages that Cabrillo and all of this successes. So as the councilman mentioned, in 2016, century villages at Cabrillo provided housing and services to more than 2000 individuals, including 980 US veterans. We provide these services with the help of all of our partner agencies and 283 staff throughout the year. In addition to the staff people, we have over nine with 995 volunteers and interns that help contribute their time to the villages at Cabrillo. That equates to about 30000 hours of in-kind services that are provided to our residents. And all of this support and all of this data that's in this report really is to show you that all of the work that the staff does in all of the work that the residents do to stay housed is a really a collaborative process. And it requires a collective impact, the collective impact model that century villages that Cabrillo follows. So we are proud to show, to present this report to you and show you that we have achieved all of our goals in many ways. Again, I can't go through the entire report with you, but I hope you will take a moment to go through and and look at the successes. I think one of the things that I like to pull out, especially as my role as director of residential services, is out of the 742 adults that were permanently housed on our campus, 99% of them stayed housed after six months, and 91% of them were still housed a year after coming off the streets. That's a huge accomplishment that we credit our partners for. We credit the staff, and most importantly, we credit the resiliency and the hard work of our residents and our community. While that number can seem like a very small number and a report, it really represents a lot of hard work on everybody's part. There's also a few new concepts in Social Impact Report this year. It's our civics guiding principle, as I said, is collective impact. We've updated that a little bit, and one of the key pieces that we've worked really hard to include is the community's voice and so which we have worked very hard to have authentically engage the community and our residents in our decision making processes on site. And as you can see on pages eight and nine in the spread, we really we really engage the residents in focus groups on really what what safety means to them and how we can create a safe environment for them to live and with respect and dignity. So the feature story really represents the three focus groups that we did with staff and residents across all of our programs to make sure that we really understood what they need. And several themes that emerged from that is that safety is relative. They do feel a lot safer than they did when they were on the streets, that they need to feel connected to their community, to feel safe, that everyone needs to work together to make the community safe. And most importantly, what we found is that the residents. We're ready to jump right in there and do what they needed to do to make our community feel safe. And we've we've worked with those concepts and we've expanded on them in our monthly town hall meetings and our community watch initiative and our Pathways to Health Initiative. So we are really taking heart all of the recommendations that come from our residents. And as soon as our next building opens, we will be having at least 1500 people on any given day there. And to say that the majority of those residents feel safe and respected, it makes century villages at Cabrillo and all of our partners proud. So on behalf of Century Villages and Gabriel and our villages, that Cabrillo Collaborative Partners, I want to thank you for taking the time to look through our report. Thank you. Council meeting, wrangling. Final comments. Mr. D'Andrea Thank you, Vice Mayor. Council Staff Thank you, Kim. I just wanted to share a few thoughts as we've shared many a time, the magic of what we do out in West Long Beach doesn't reside in any one organization, but it really reflects the rich fabric of organizations public and private, big and small, that have come together and banded together around a common goal of of ending homelessness. This report that you had before you really celebrates what was achieved out in West Long Beach over the past year. And the city is a really big player in that in a lot of ways is the is the ultimate backbone to the work that we all do. That support comes in many different forms, shapes and sizes and from many departments across the city, whether it's capital support from housing and neighborhood services, rental subsidy, support from the housing authority, supportive service funding from Health and Human Services, general support from planning or building public works. The city manager's office there. The city really should be incredibly proud of what's been accomplished out of Long Beach. It's been 20 years since 1997 was when that property was conveyed to our our nonprofit organization. And so next year, we're actually going to be celebrating our 20th anniversary and we'll be looking forward to sharing that with you . And so much has been accomplished. Clearly, we have lots of work to do, as we all know. And reading the papers and and participating in, you know, council meetings and many community meetings around the city, we're encouraged by some of what's happening. We have a wonderful new development called Anchor Place that'll be coming online here within hopefully about a month or so, providing homes to 120 formerly homeless households, including veterans and families. We've just updated our master plan that will hopefully shape development at the villages over the next 15 to 20 years. We have lots left to do there and then I think our work in West Long Beach has really served as a springboard for our work throughout the rest of the city. We're excited about the beacon that we just celebrated the groundbreaking for a few weeks back. We have another project. We're working very closely in Council District one called Beechwood, a really nice renovation of A and all HUD property. So like like many communities around the state, Long Beach clearly has has challenges. We're encouraged by the leadership of the council, the mayor and the staff in terms of the the Affordable Workforce Housing Study that was recently published. And we look forward to continuing to play a role with the city and helping make a difference. Thank you. Thank you. Any closing comments? Yes. I want to thank the members of the Villages DiCaprio team, Renee Castro, Steve Coleman. And there is a step rather wonderful work they do. It's a wonderful project to have in West Palm Beach. And and it's the holistic approach that you use in making sure that your residents receive all the services that they need to keep them on their feet and keep them striving and and and being a good citizens for the Syrian army. So I wanted to commend you and thank you for your work. Thank you. Thank you. So we have a few comments from the council. I'll just say this is once again another great social impact report. You had a few people behind the dais breaking it down as soon as it was handed out. So continue this good work. And, you know, and just, you know, switching hats to my AG folks, I mean, you guys are leading the way on cap and trade. People are still trying to figure it out. And here we are in Long Beach, the century villages. Cambria has been successful twice. And while while communities are still figuring out how to get their fair share. Long Beach, Southern California. Although we make up 65% of disadvantaged communities, we only receive 30% of the of the cap and trade funding. So you're doing something right and it's a model that other communities can pay attention to. And so continue the good work. We have a few speakers here. Next is Councilwoman Price. Thank you. I want to echo the comments of the vice mayor and Councilman Aranda. This is really impressive. I can't wait to actually be able to read it and pay attention to it. So thank you very much. You know, I was reflecting and I was just talking to Jack. He's going to reach out to you because I think it would be really worthwhile for my community to have you guys come and do a presentation at one of our community. Meetings and educate them because we talk about you a lot and we reference you a lot. But the great work that you're doing every day, I think a lot of the residents don't know about. They often will post things on social media that points to other cities. You know, why don't we try this or why don't we do that? And I have to go back and say we are actually doing that right now, and I want them to your website so that they can see things. But I think it would be worthwhile to have you do a presentation if, well, obviously our district would want one. But even citywide, I think it's really important and I know that you have taken the time to give tours of your facilities to staff of council members. I know that my team and I would like to come and do one soon. We've heard nothing but amazing things. The work that you do and the products that you provide in terms of sustainable, long term support and a life changing infrastructure is really to be commended. So thank you very much for everything that you do and addressing an issue that's really complex and presenting a lot of public policy challenges to cities all around the nation. You're helping us really address some of the long term sustainable tools that we all should be mindful of. So thank you very much. I appreciate you being here tonight. I thank my colleague for bringing this forward and educating us and reminding us of the great work that you do. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Pearce. I yes, I also, of course, would like to echo a lot of the same comments. And I think what makes you guys so unique is that you are that hub for partnership. You know, that you have so many organizations at the villages that are working on a holistic approach to a population that really, when they have the support, thrives. And it's an honor to see this in Long Beach and I, my first year in office has been a exciting year in office and frustrating year and trying to get my hands around the homelessness challenge, the mental health challenge and all the resources needed and all the things have to fall into place to make magic happen. And that is why the Villages experience is so unique and so amazing for us to look to as a model and to learn from. And so I want to thank you guys for being a resource to me and my staff for the tours that we've been able to take and understanding everything that goes on and anything that we can do, as you guys know, thinking outside the box around resources and dollars, and how are we as a city saying, let's invest in this model, whether it's at your location or other locations where we can really capitalize on the success that you guys have have laid out. And I want to say congratulations also for being forthright and honest and doing surveys and relaying that information in these surveys around how residents feel and what you guys are doing to address that. And so just congratulations on on being really thoughtful and thorough. Thanks. Thank you. Councilmember Gonzalez. Yes. I, too, want to say thank you for all the work that you do. The Social Impact Report. I tell my residents that it gives us a really good snapshot of who are serving in the city of Long Beach and not just to the cost benefits, but the people that we're serving. You know, we see here single mothers, single fathers with children. We can never even imagine children being out on the streets. But unfortunately they are and they have been in our city. And so we're serving those individuals needs. And we couldn't thank you enough for all the resources you provide. Very excited about Beacon and very excited about Beechwood. Two other fantastic projects. Thank you again. All right, so any public comment on this item? Now be a time. Come forward. Please come forward. You have 3 minutes. All right. Thank you. Please give your name and you have 3 minutes. Oh, can I get going first so I can get a light on, but I can't. It's like he wants to rush. Hey, you did that last time the mayor was in New York. Don't hassle me this time, anyway. Give an honor to Jesus. I mean, I hear what everybody's saying, and that's good with villages of L.A., Mr. Andrew. All right, I hear that's cool. You know everything. But then you talk all this good, comfy stuff. I asked last time, what happened to the 50 million? 25 million? You pass 25 and then the homeless ever heard of this stuff? So I hear all this nice talk and I see no action because I see money bleeding from this piece every week. Bleeding. I hear the people blaming gentrification is the rich white folks, but it ain't the rich white folks. Because I see a man whose parents is illegals. He's always bragging on that. I see a vice mayor who I don't see doing anything for black folks. Straight up, man. I'm beyond the jokes. I see another black guy, they told me Muslims are Christians. Heads, offices, brothers. Yeah. You, Al, you say that by the elevator. Don't try to. Address the chair, please. I'm addressing you. And the chair is the chair. Thank you. Anyway, I'm doing stuff. Then we got. Oh, Karl Marx. Always eaten up at first. Just keep it focused right here on the because. I'm focused on the whole lot because this is what we deal with communism. I don't like this comment. I don't think that's on subject. I think you're off. Communism is a subject you try to change the government from. The Great White time is too ism. So this is subject. That's what I'm saying. And so all this all this mumbo jumbo and stuff you talking, you cannot keep it real. You on a socialist agenda. The man that was mayor, he took money from conservatives and turned. Indeed, if he failed Castro, which I miss, Mongo stopped me from saying that. Mr. Mayor, this topic is off topic, but, you know, every priest is. You actually. You don't have. To shoot nobody up. So you can turn around, walk away, whatever. You ain't running nothing. So let's try to be more secure. In Jesus name. There is justice. And there will be justice. So change your ways up. And as far as you Republicans are up here. When Republicans start going unanimous with them every time. I'm serious. We went off topic list. I know this is on top. Okay, I'm back on topic. Thank you. It's a nice thing, but get it right or we're getting rid of you and I'm especially being a bum watching you. I'm especially why she stood for the union for black people. That's what you do. Hey, well, you know. All right, these people, you didn't prosecute to prosecute. This, right? That's enough, so you better get rid of it. Thank you for remaining. You know. Right. So, yeah, we're done. So let's move forward. So saying no further is any further public comment. You guys tell the same non members. Please cast your vote. Trump. Donald Trump. That's what I'm saying. I'm coming back. Catch my reprise, which in case. Thank you. We will move politely and delightfully on to item number 19.