>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
TODAY IS MONDAY, JANUARY 14,
2019.
THE FLEX COUNTY ON HOMELESSNESS
AND THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
WILL COME TO ORDER.
TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR A
SERVING OF CULTURE OF THE
COMMITTEE.
I WILL BE JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW , THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US AND
COUNCILMEMEBER SAWANT WILL JOIN
US SOON.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR BEING HERE AND WE WILL
WELCOME THE OTHERS AS THEY
ARRIVE.
WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA AND WE
ARE GETTING STARTED A LITTLE
LATE.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOLKS TO
STICK TO THE TIMES THEY'VE BEEN
ALLOCATED FOR THE PRESENTATION
AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE CLOCK
AVAILABLE FOR OUR PANELISTS SO
THEY CAN SEE THE EXACT
ALLOTMENT OF TIME SO WE CAN ALL
STAY WITHIN OUR CATEGORIES.
WE WILL ALSO BE ASKING FOLKS TO
STICK TO A TWO MINUTE PUBLIC
SUMMIT PERIOD.
BY WAY OF REFERENCE WE WILL BE
BEGINNING BY REVIEWING
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FUTURE
LABORATORIES AND HOW TO ADJUST
THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN OUR
REGION.
THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM
CHRISTINE MARGIOTTA WHO WILL
LEAD US IN A CONVERSATION ON
LESSONS LEARNED IN LOS ANGELES
COUNTY FROM THE HOME FOR GOOD
COALITION AND HER 10 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE WORKING IN L.A.
SHE WORKED WITH BUSINESSES,
NONPROFITS AND MORE TO HELP GET
EVERYONE IN ALIGNMENT TO COME
UP WITH NEW REVENUE RESOURCES
AND SPECIFICALLY TO TODAY'S
CONVERSATION RECOMMENDATIONS ON
CONSOLIDATED GOVERNANCE.
LASTLY WE WILL HEAR FROM A
PANEL OF LOCAL FRIENDS AND
EXPERTS ON THE GROUND TO
IDENTIFY MEANINGFUL NEXT STEPS
IN SEATTLE AND WHAT WE CAN DO
IN THIS REGION TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE RESULTING IN TRUE CHANGE
FOR THOSE ON THE GROUND, THOSE
WHO ARE IN HOMELESSNESS AND
THOSE ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING
HOMELESSNESS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
FOR JOINING US.
YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD COCHAIR?
WE ONLY HAVE THREE FOLKS SIGNED
UP.
PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS
FOCUSED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN I AM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE STAND OF
AMERICA.
THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR YOUR VERY
GOOD JOB, WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH
HOMELESSNESS.
I DON'T SEE MORE HOMELESSNESS
IN SEATTLE, I ONLY SEE DEAD
PEOPLE THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
GOOD JOB.
>> THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS
KIRA.
COULD YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST
NAME?
>> IT'S DIFFICULT.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS KIRA AND I'M ACTING
DIRECTOR FOR ALL HOME THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE LEAD HERE IN
SEATTLE KING COUNTY.
OUR COMMUNITY IS FACING A
DEFINING MOMENT IS THE CRISIS
REACH IS THINKABLE LEVELS.
12,000 INDIVIDUALS ARE LIVING
IN SHELTERED -- AN SHELTERED
EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AND 30,000
PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS OVER THE COURSE OF
A YEAR.
THOUGH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED IN
RECENT YEARS HOUSING TWICE AS
MANY HOUSEHOLDS AS IN 20 17 AND
REDUCING IT BY ONE THIRD AND
ONE YEAR.
EVEN SO PEOPLE ARE FALLING INTO
HOMELESSNESS AT FAR GREATER
RATES THAN OUR RESOURCES CAN
SUPPORT FOR SIZING THE NEED FOR
PREVENTION AND CROSS SECTOR
PARTNERSHIPS.
INACTION IS NOT AN OPTION NOR
IS IT ACCEPTABLE TO CONTINUE TO
DO BUSINESS AS USUAL AND RELY
ON INCREMENTAL PROGRESS WHILE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT
A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP TONIGHT.
NO ONE SYSTEM ORGANIZATION CAN
END THE CRISIS ON ITS OWN.
THE FRAGMENTED SYSTEM WE ARE
OPERATING FROM IS NOT
SUSTAINABLE.
THIS FRAGMENTATION IS FELT BY
ALL INCLUDING OUR CONTINUUM OF
CARE STAFF AT ALL HOME AND THE
BOARD LEADERSHIP ON OUR BOARD.
INCLUDING ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THE
FRAGMENTATION IS FELT BY PEOPLE
EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS.
ARE ESSENTIAL TO A NEW EPORT
APPROACH.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS APPARENT TO
OUR WORK AND RADICAL
COLLABORATION IS CRITICAL TO
OUR SUCCESS.
THIS TRULY UNIFIED APPROACH IS
THE ONLY WAY TO EFFECTIVELY
OPERATIONALIZE RACIAL EQUITY IN
OUR SYSTEM AND ESTABLISH
STRATEGIES TO PIVOT TOWARD A
CLIENT-CENTERED SYSTEM.
WITH CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITIES AND
MECHANISMS FOR ENSURING ALL
POLICIES ARE RESPONDING TO
COMMUNITIES NEEDS IN CONCRETE
WAYS.
THE CREATION OF A NEW CENTRAL
AUTHORITY IS NOT THE SILVER
BULLET.
BUT COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO
THESE ACTIONS COMBINED WITH THE
CREATION OF A CLEAR ACTIONABLE
PLAN AND THE RESOURCES TO
CREATE PATHWAYS OUT OF
HOMELESSNESS INTO HOUSING, WE
CAN MAKE INCREDIBLE PROGRESS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON IS JANET FROM
COMPASS HOUSING.
HELLO JANET.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM JANET POPE THE CEO OF
HOUSING ALLIANCE.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEM
FORMS IN THE FUTURE
LABORATORIES REPORT.
COMPASS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
NEARLY 100 YEARS AND WE HAVE 23
LOCATIONS THAT ALSO INCLUDES
FOUR EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND OUR
EMERGENCY SHELTERS SUPPORT
SINGLE MEN, MIXED SHELTER
REPORTS -- MIXED SHELTER MEN
AND WOMEN AND HER HOUSING IS
ALSO VETERANS HOUSING AND ALSO
DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AS WELL AS
MIXED POPULATIONS.
I THINK THAT HELPS US HAVE A
HOLISTIC VIEW OF ALL ASPECTS OF
THE SYSTEM AND WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN IN ALL THESE REPORTS.
WE ARE REALLY SUPPORTIVE, WHILE
WE HAVE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH
TO SEE A LOT OF SHINY NEW
PENNIES AND REARRANGEMENT OF
THE CHAIRS, I THINK THIS REPORT
IS DIFFERENT.
I AM VERY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE
CENTRALIZING OF ALL THE SYSTEMS.
I COME FROM SNOHOMISH COUNTY
THINGS ARE DONE A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY AND THERE IS NO
DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION THINGS
BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY
. AS WELL AS ALL THE
BUREAUCRACY THAT COMES DOWN.
I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC THIS WILL
BE THE REAL CHANGE WE NEED.
AS WELL AS THE CENTRALIZING OF
THE FUNDS AND MIXTURE OF THE
FUNDS, I THINK THIS IS WHAT
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET
THERE.
AS WELL I THINK THE SYSTEM
CHANGES MIRROR WHAT COMPASS HAS
BEEN WORKING FOR, A HOLISTIC
APPROACH THAT IS BASED IN DATA.
AS WELL AS IN TERMS OF A
SCIENTIFIC APPROACH BASED IN
SOCIOLOGICAL REFORMS AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL REFORMS, TRAUMA
APPROACHED CARE, AND REALLY
GETTING DOWN TO WHAT OUR
CLIENTS AND CONSUMERS NEED.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT WE ARE FINALLY REALLY
TYING HOUSING AND EMERGENCY
RESPONSE REFORMS TOGETHER.
I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN HEADING
THAT WAY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE
GETTING THERE.
ALSO WHILE I AM HERE QUICKLY,
IN THE LAST SESSION WE TALKED
ABOUT JASON JOHNSON AND HIS
PROMOTION FROM INTERIM TO
PERMANENT AS HUMAN SERVICES
DIRECTOR.
I WANT TO SAY IS ONE OF THE
LARGER CONTRACT RECIPIENTS I
DID TALK TO THE MAYOR ABOUT HIS
PERMANENT POSITION AND I THINK
THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE REALLY
NEED CONSISTENCY IN THAT
POSITION AND REALLY SUPPORT HIS
CREDENTIALS AND THE ABILITY FOR
HIM TO STAY THERE.
>> WE WILL ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO
BRING THEIR COMMENTS TO
COUNCILMEMEBER SAWANT'S
COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THAT --
>> I BELIEVE THE GETTING READY
TO SET THE COMMITTEE MEETING
FOR JANUARY 25.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS
WHO CAME TO TESTIFY TODAY.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR
FIRST PANEL.
AS WE DO SO I WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
STAFFING THIS COMMITTEE, PLEASE
READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO THE
RECORD AND WHILE SHE IS DOING
THAT IF THE FIRST PANEL CAN
JOIN OUR CENTRAL STAFF AT THE
TABLE, THAT WOULD BE MARC DONES
, TEST COLBY AND DEPUTY MAYOR
MOSELEY.
>> FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
ALMOST AS AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY.
>> I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME
FRAMING REMARKS TO KICK OFF
THIS FIRST PART OF THE
PRESENTATION FOR THE COMMITTEE
AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.
AS A REMINDER THE KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE AND THE MAYOR SIGNED
A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
IN MAY OF LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON "JOINT
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES FOR
PROGRAMS AFFECTING PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
COUNTYWIDE." THAT MOU HAD SEVEN
GOALS.
I WILL READ A FEW.
TO STUDY CURRENT MODELS
GOVERNING PUBLIC HEALTH,
HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING
INVESTMENTS IN OTHER U.S.
CITIES.
CONSIDER WHAT ELEMENTS OF THESE
GOVERNANCE MODELS COULD BE
ADMITTED TO REACH SAID
OUTCOMES.
ESTABLISH SHARED BUDGET
PRIORITIES AND JOINT PLANNING
EFFORTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
KING COUNTY AND SEATTLE'S
HOMELESS POPULATION.
AND BY DECEMBER 1 2018 MAKE
GOVERNANCE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND
MAYOR OF SEATTLE REGARDING
POTENTIAL SYSTEM REVISIONS TO
INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS,
REACH AND EFFICIENCY OF OUR
COUNTYWIDE HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM.
THE CONTRACTOR IT WAS LISTED TO
EXPLORE AND PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WERE ABOUT
TO HEAR FROM MARC DONES AND
FUTURE LABORATORIES.
BEFORE WE DO SO I WOULD JUST
MENTIONED THAT THIS IS THE
FIRST REPORT THAT IS PART OF
THIS EFFORT.
THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL
REPORTS OR STUDIES THAT ARE
FORTHCOMING IN 2019. FIRSTLY
THERE WILL BE AN ACTION PLAN, A
COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT A
REGIONAL SYSTEM SHOWING ALL
INVESTMENTS AND PROGRAMMING.
AND AVENUES FOR PHILANTHROPY TO
PLUG INTO THE SYSTEM.
AS WELL AS AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR
HOMELESS SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
REGIONALLY BY FOCUS STRATEGIES.
I WILL ALSO REMIND THE COUNCIL
THAT THIS WAS -- GOVERNANCE WAS
IDENTIFIED AS AN ISSUE BY
CENTRAL STAFF DURING THE LAST
BUDGET SEASON AND ACCORDINGLY
THE COUNCIL PASSED A STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT WHICH IS&
JUST WORKING GROUP COMPRISED OF
STAFF THAT WILL PERFORM THE
ASSESSMENT AND IMITATION OF THE
STRATEGIES.
WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT ON TO
DEPUTY MAYOR -- DEPUTY MAYOR
MOSELEY.
>> JUST THE BUTTON ON THE SIDE.
AS YOU DO THAT I WANT TO WELCOME
COUNCILMEMEBER SAWANT,
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON ,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL .
>> THINK YOU MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU
THE RESULTS OF SOME WORK THAT
HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE AUGUST.
RELATED TO RECOMMENDATIONS OR
ACTIONS THAT NEEDED TO TAKE
PLACE TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICES
AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO FOLKS WHO
EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS.
I AM JOINED BY MARC DONES TO MY
IMMEDIATE RIGHT.
OF FUTURE LABS.
HE IS A CONSULTANT WHO HAS BEEN
WORKING, THEIR TEAM HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH IT FOR THE
RECOMMENDATIONS HE WILL BE
SHARING WITH YOU TODAY.
TO THE IMMEDIATE RIGHT OF
MARK'S TEST COLBY.
THE NEW SENIOR ADVISOR ON
HOMELESSNESS.
ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO, TESTS --
TESS , WORKING IN PIERCE CUNTY
MOST RECENTLY AND TESS WILL BE
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE PRINCIPAL
CONTRACT FOR -- CONTACT FOR
THIS NEW REACHING ENTITY THAT
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT.
I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH OF THE
BACKGROUND BECAUSE ARE GOING TO
HEAR FROM MARC DONES , NOT ME,
AND I JUST MIGHT SAY, ONE THING,
THAT IN EARLIER MAY, KING
COUNTY OFFICE RELEASED A REPORT
CALLING FOR UNIFIED REGIONAL
REPORT TO THE CRISIS THIS OF
HOMELESSNESS.
THE WORK THEY DID IN THE MEMO
OF UNDERSTANDING LED TO THE WORK
THAT MARC AND THEIR TEAM HAS
DONE ON THIS.
THE CITY AND COUNTY AND ALL
HOME PARTNERED WITH FUTURE
LABORATORIES AND THE
CORPORATION FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THE CREATION OF A REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE ENTITY INCLUDING
ACTIONS NEEDED TO TRANSFORM THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND
CREATE A MORE ACCESSIBLE
PATHWAY OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO THE PRESENTATION BEFORE
YOU TODAY IS A SUMMARY OF THE
SEARCH THAT MARC AND THE TEAM
CONDUCTED WHICH HAS RESULTED
IN 10 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS THAT
WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> TESS I WANT TO SAY WELCOME
INTO YOUR NEW ROLE.
I HAVE NOT HAD THE PLEASURE OF
WORKING WITH YOU BEFORE BUT I
KNOW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE AND YOU COME HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT
TO ADD?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I KNOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS
AVE HAD THE CHANCE TO SIT DOWN
WITH YOU, MARC, THE EXTENSIVE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO GET TO
THE 10 RECOMMENDATIONS AND A
CONFERENCE OF THAT ANALOGY WAS
BAKED INTO MAKE SURE YOU COULD
ELEVATE THE VOICE OF THOSE WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE KNOW THE REPORT IS
INTERACTIVE, IT'S ONLINE, WE
HAVE A LINK IN OUR AGENDA AND
IT'S HARD TO MAKE AN
INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION INTO A
POWERPOINT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK TO
CONDENSE IT INTO THAT AND TO
FOCUS ON THE 10 RECOMMENDATIONS
TODAY.
HAVE A NUMBER OF SLIDES IN
FRONT OF US AND YOU WANT TO GET
US HALFWAY THROUGH QUICKLY AND
THEN WE WILL FOCUS ON THE
REMAINING HALF.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO.
GOOD TO SEE MANY OF YOU AGAIN
AND SOME OF YOU FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
WE DID WELCOME INTRODUCTIONS,
JUST TO ECHO THE CHAIR, I WILL
MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
THERE IS A LOT OF PROCESS, I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
TOUCH ON IT BECAUSE IT IS WHY
WE ARE SAYING ANYTHING, RIGHT?
I DON'T WANT TO DWELL ON IT AND
I'M HAPPY TO BE WITH FOLKS
OUTSIDE OF THIS CONTEXT OR AT A
LATER DATE TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL DEEP DIVES ON THAT.
WITH THAT SAID, VERY BRIEFLY,
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
WE BEGAN OUR WORK IN AUGUST AND
IDENTIFIED THAT THE CURRENT
STATE WAS DEFRAGMENTATION
ACROSS SYSTEMS.
PROFOUND FUNDING DIFFICULTIES.
I WANT TO SAY AT THE OUTSET,
AND THIS WAS SAID NUMEROUS
TIMES THROUGHOUT THE REPORT,
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FUNDING IN
THE SYSTEM.
EVEN CONSOLIDATION, YOU WILL
GET A LOT OF OPERATIONAL
EFFICIENCY FROM CONSOLIDATION
AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
MORE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
IT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DEPTH OF
THE FUNDING NEED IS, I THINK
OUR TEAM IS PRETTY CONFIDENT IS
ONLY POSSIBLE ONCE YOU HAVE
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.
BUT I WANT TO BE REALLY UPFRONT
ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO A
FUNDING CRISIS.
THERE IS A POORLY ARTICULATE IT
SET OF EXCESSES.
-- SUCCESSES.
THAT IS FELT BY STAFF EVERY DAY
DOING GOOD WORK AGAINST A
PROBLEM THE KEEPS GROWING.
THERE IS THE DELTA BETWEEN WHAT
YOU SEE WHEN YOU WALK AROUND IN
WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY GO TO
WORK.
IT IS DIFFICULT AS KIRA WAS
SAYING TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE
HAVE HAD SUCCESS ABOUT OR WITH,
WHEN THERE IS THE CONTINUED
PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF THE
PROBLEM.
AND THAT THERE IS NO SHARED
THEORY OF CHANGE.
WHICH WE WILL TALK AT LENGTH
ABOUT.
THAT WAS AN EARLY ON DIAGNOSTIC
AND WE THINK THAT'S QUITE
IMPORTANT.
THERE IS A SCHEMATIC IN HERE
THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GO
THROUGH GREAT LENGTHS.
THIS IS JUST THE PROCESS WE
WENT THROUGH.
ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THAT,
THAT START WITH NOTHING, WE PUT
THAT THERE BECAUSE A LOT OF US
HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THIS
SPACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE
DON'T NECESSARILY BRING THE
ASSUMPTION THAT HAS WORKED IN
OTHER COMMITTEES WILL BRING
HERE.
WE ARE DOING SOME OF THIS WORK
NOW IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
THOSE REPORTS WILL HAVE
COMMONALITIES BUT WILL ALSO
HAVE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES.
THE 10 ACTIONS WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED WE BELIEVE TO BE THE
NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT ACTION
FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO TACKLE
THE SCOPE OF THE PRICES --
CRISIS YOU HAVE.
THE ONE OTHER THING I WILL
HIGHLIGHT IS WE DID A LOT OF
WORK WITH CUSTOMERS.
WE REFER TO PEOPLE EXPENSING
HOMELESSNESS AS CUSTOMERS IN
PART TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY THEIR
NATURE WITHIN THE SYSTEM THAT
SERVES THEM.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
CHOICES, WHO DESERVE DIGNITY
AND DESERVE THE SAME KIND OF
EMBEDDED SUPPORTS WE PUT IN
DELIVERING PIZZA.
THERE IS AN EXPECTATION I THINK
THE PEOPLE SHOULD JUST TAKE
WHATEVER.
WE DON'T SHARE THAT
EXPECTATION.
WE WORKED WITH ABOUT 200 FOLKS.
WE ALSO WORKED WITH FRONTLINE
STAFF.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT
AS WELL.
WE ENGAGE THE FRONTLINE STAFF
OF SERVICE PROVIDERS TO HEAR
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT
NARRATIVE.
WHAT IS IT THAT FOLKS DO WHEN
THEY SHOW UP EVERY DAY?
AND HOW CAN WE BE CLEAR THAT IN
GOING THROUGH SYSTEMS
TRANSFORMATION WHAT WE ARE NOT
SAYING IS, WE ARE DOING THIS
BECAUSE YOU DO A BAD JOB.
THIS IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO
EMPOWER FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHAT IS BEING DELIVERED IS
APPROPRIATE AND IF THERE IS A
NEED FOR CHANGE, MAKING SURE
THAT IN ASSESSING WHAT THAT
CHANGE SHOULD BE WE HAVE SPOKEN
WITH THE FOLKS WHO HAVE TO
IMPLEMENT IT.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID A GREAT
DEAL OF ANALYTIC WORK.
YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT.
WE HEARD FROM FOLKS WAS THAT
THERE IS A DESIRE FOR REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
A NEW SINGLE ENTITY.
BUT FOLKS WANT TO BE EQUITY
CENTERED.
GENERALLY SPEAKING IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
NATIONALLY, AND ECHOED IN HIS
COMMUNITY, THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS
ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
IN THIS COMMUNITY THOSE FOLKS
ARE NATIVE AND BLACK
PREDOMINANTLY.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT IN
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AT
LARGE TO BE A FOCUS ON THOSE
INEQUITIES.
OTHER POPULATIONS BEYOND RACIAL
AND ETHNIC ARE OVERREPRESENTED
IN WE WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE AS
WELL.
THERE IS A DESIRE TO BE DATA-
DRIVEN.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DATA-DRIVEN
WE DON'T JUST MEAN THERE IS A
REPORT ON IT.
BUT THE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS DATA IN NEAR REAL TIME
TO MAKE DECISIONS, WHEN PEOPLE
COME TOGETHER AROUND THESE
TABLES TO LEAD, YOU NEED THE
RIGHT INFORMATION.
AND FINALLY THERE NEEDS TO BE A
COMMUNITYWIDE COMMITMENT.
IT CANNOT JUST BE THAT THE
COUNCIL OR PROVIDERS OR THE
MAYOR, LIKE EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE
IN IT.
BUSINESS, PHILANTHROPY AND JUST
PEOPLE.
THE CITIZENS OF THIS REGION
NEED TO COMMIT TO THIS CRISIS
AND COMMIT TO ENDING THIS
CRISIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
THE FLEET WE WILL NOTE THAT WE
WORKED WITH A LOT OF PROVIDERS.
I WOULD SAY WITHOUT ANY DOUBT
THAT THAT SHOULD CONTINUE.
THE FOLKS ON THIS SLIDE NOTED
IN GREEN ARE FOLKS WE CONNECTED
WITH WHO EITHER HOSTED
SOMETHING OR RECRUITED FOLKS TO
PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING.
HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ENTIRE
SLIDE BE GREEN AND THE LIST
LONGER AND I CAN HOPE AND --
HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF
IMPLEMENTATION.
WE WILL ALSO NOTE THIS IS
BROKEN OUT NOT IN THE
TRADITIONAL WAY YOU SEE
BREAKOUTS IN TERMS OF YOUTH,
THAT'S, IT'S BROKEN OUT THROUGH
AN EQUITY LENS.
YOU WILL NOTICE THERE IS A
GROUP THAT SERVES JUST LGBTQ
FOLKS.
WITH THAT GROUP WE DID A
WORKSHOP SPECIFIC TO TRANS-
IDENTIFIED PEOPLE.
TRYING TO LAYER INEQUITIES SO
AS WE GO THROUGH THE ACTIONS WE
HOPE IS THE RESULT, ALTHOUGH
AGAIN FEEDBACK LOOPS ARE
IMPORTANT, EQUITY IS BAKED IN.
IT'S NOT AN ADD-ON.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU COME BACK AND
SAY HERE'S THE PART FOR NATIVE
FOLKS.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE
VOICES ARE CENTERED THROUGHOUT
THE PROCESS.
IN WORKSHOPS, WE ASKED FOLKS
WHAT THEIR GOALS AND PRIORITIES
ARE.
WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS
WE LOOKED, GIVEN THE TIMELINE,
TO DO THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF
TRANSLATION.
MEANING WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO
WAS GO OUT AND ASK A BUNCH OF
COMP LOCATED QUESTIONS THAT
NEEDED TO BE SYNTHESIZED INTO
THIS IS OUR BEST APPROXIMATION
OF WHAT PEOPLE MEANT.
WE ASKED PEOPLE WHAT THEY
WANTED AND THEN AGGREGATED OFF
OF THAT.
ADDITIONALLY WE ASKED FOLKS WHO
HELP THEM AND HOW.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THIS
ROLLS INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS,
BUT WE WILL NOTE THAT FOLKS
NOTED IS THE PRIMARY THING THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR WAS HOUSING,
OBVIOUSLY, THE SECOND THING WAS
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE IT
SUGGESTS THE SKILL SETS WE
DEPLOY AND HOW WE FRANKLY
COMPENSATE PEOPLE FOR THE WORK
THEY ARE DOING AND WHAT
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES NEED TO
BE IN PLACE MAY BE DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT WE NORMALLY DO.
WE ALSO ASKED FOLKS HOW THEY
PRIORITIZE SERVICES.
WHEN THEY LOOK TO PROVIDERS,
WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IN
TERMS OF BARRIERS, WHY OR NOT
GO TO A PLACE.
WITH PROVIDERS WE ASKED THEM TO
DO AN INVERSE OF THAT SAME
PROFILE.
TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD HELP
WITH, WHAT THEY WERE GOOD AT.
WHAT EXPECTATIONS DID THEY HAVE
IF SOMEONE SHOWED UP AND WHAT
COULD THEY COMMIT TO IF THOSE
EXPECTATIONS WERE MET.
AND THEN THE SERVICES IN THE
ORGANIZATION.
AND BE HONEST.
RATE THOSE SERVICES.
DOES IT NEED IMPROVEMENT OR IS
IT SUCCESSFUL?
WHERE THINGS NEEDED IMPROVEMENT
WE TOOK A DEEPER DIVE AND ASKED
FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT, IS IT HARD
TO ACCESS ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE
MEANING WE ARE NOT ON A MAJOR
TRANSIT ROUTE OR A SENSIBILITY
ISSUE IN TERMS OF FOLKS WITH
DIFFERENT MOTOR DISABILITIES.
THE CAN'T GET TO WHERE WE
PROVIDE SERVICES, OR IS IT MORE
OF A DELIVERY CHALLENGE ON THE
PROVIDER SIDE IN THE SENSE THAT
WE HAVEN'T HAD A DIRECTOR FOR
FOUR YEARS.
THE ABILITY TO CONSISTENTLY SET
UP A GOAL IS A THING WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO DO.
AGAIN, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT WOULD BE THE SOLUTION.
SIMPLY TO SAY IT NEEDS
IMPROVEMENT DOES NOT IDENTIFY
THE SOLUTION SPACE.
WE WANTED TO DRILL DOWN WITH
THE PEOPLE DELIVERING THOSE
INTERVENTIONS WHAT THE SOLUTION
SHOULD BE RATHER THAN MAKING
ASSUMPTIONS.
THAT WAS A LOT I WENT THROUGH
VERY BRIEFLY.
AGAIN, I OFFER UP TO ANY OF YOU
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A
DEEPER DIVE AT YOUR REQUEST.
BUT, MOVING FORWARD WE
IDENTIFIED WORK 10 SYSTEMWIDE
ACTIONS TO UNDERTAKE.
TO INSTITUTE A SYSTEMWIDE
THEORY OF CHANGE, CONSOLIDATE
FIRST INTO A JOINT ENTITY
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY, BUT I WANT TO BE
CLEAR THAT THE SCOPE OF THE
PROBLEM IS REGIONAL.
YOU CAN'T JUST STOP AT A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THOSE
POLITICAL ENTITIES, AT A
CERTAIN POINT OTHER FOLKS ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO THE
TABLE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND I
THINK THAT IS VERY CLEAR TO US
IN TERMS OF THE INTENT WE HAD
WHEN OFFERING THESE.
YOU NEED TO CENTER THE CUSTOMER
AT EVERY LEVEL OF DECISION-
MAKING.
PRIORITIZATION OF ECONOMIC
STABILITY IS A CLEAR OUTPUT OR
OUTCOME OF ENGAGING WITH THE
RESPONSE SYSTEM.
THE NEED TO UNDERTAKE A DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION.
REDESIGNING INTAKE SO IT'S
CUSTOMER CENTRIC AND
ACCESSIBLE.
EXPANDING HEALTH SERVICES
PHYSICAL AND HAVERHILL.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
INCREASE THE RATE OF HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AND LONG-TERM
INSTITUTIONAL ALIGNMENT.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE
INTO ALL OF THESE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT A
COUPLE THINGS UP FRONT.
THE FRAMEWORK THAT UNDERPINS
THESE IS NOT SEQUENTIAL OR MENU-
BASED.
I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT
THAT.
WE ARE PRESENTING THESE IN THE
LIST BECAUSE OF HOW HUMAN
BRAINS WORK.
TIME IS STRUCTURED IN A CERTAIN
WAY AND YOU CAN'T GET OUTSIDE
OF IT.
>> YOU ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT
IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE?
>> THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT AND
NEED TO BE DONE.
THERE ARE PARALLEL AND
SEQUENTIAL ACTION EMBEDDED
ACROSS ALL OF THESE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU CAN'T
JUST DO OVER ONE AND NUMBER 4.
WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE IS
CONNECTED AND REINFORCING.
AS WE TALK THROUGH THEM YOU
WILL HEAR ME GO BACK BECAUSE
THEY'RE PART OF A BODY OF WORK.
WE SEE THESE MORE LIKE THIS.
I'M NOT GOING TO DWELL ON THIS
BUT IT'S A VENN DIAGRAM AND WE
SEE THEM AS BUCKET, ROTATION,
TRANSFORMATION AND
TRANSPORTATION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DWELL ON THIS
FRAMING BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR,
CHOOSING WHAT TO DO WILL RESULT
IN THE UNDERCUTTING OF
UNDERTHINGS.
SYSTEMWIDE THEORY OF CHANGE,
THEORIES OF CHANGE WHEN
INSTITUTED CORRECTLY SHOULD BE
RELATIVELY SIMPLE. THEY ARE
DIFFERENT THAN MISSION
STATEMENTS.
THEY ARE USED AT A HIGH LEVEL
TO SET POLICY AND PROGRAM
DIRECTION.
WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE WORKED
WITH ADMINISTRATORS AND FOLKS
IN THE COMMUNITY IS THERE WAS
NO SYSTEMWIDE THEORY OF CHANGE.
THERE WERE THEORIES OF CHANGE
FOR CERTAIN POPULATION.
YOUNG PEOPLE HAD A THEORY OF
CHANGE FOR YOUTH FUNDING OR
VETS MIGHT HAVE A THEORY OF
CHANGE, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING
THAT SAID WE DO X IN ORDER TO
YOUR WIFE FOR PEOPLE WHO
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.
THAT SOUNDS QUITE SIMPLE BUT
IT'S REALLY FUNDAMENTAL. IT
MATTERS ESPECIALLY FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAS AS MANY
FUNDING INPUTS AS THIS ONE DOES.
YOU HAVE THE CITY AND COUNTY
AND CORE FUNDERS BUT YOU HAVE
PHILANTHROPY, PRIVATE
OWNERSHIP, THERE IS ALL THIS
MONEY THE FLOWS INTO THE
SYSTEM, AND BEING ABLE TO JUDGE
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SPENT
EFFECTIVELY ACTUALLY DEPENDS ON
HAVING SOME HIGH-LEVEL
STATEMENT THAT AFFIRMS THE
DIRECTION YOU'RE TRYING TO IS
AND WHY.
IN ORDER TO GET TO THE SENTENCE
IN FRONT OF YOU, WE WORKED
FIRST WITH ADMINISTRATORS IN A
DISCOVERY WORKSHOP IN SEPTEMBER
WHERE WE ESSENTIALLY ASK PEOPLE
WY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?
AND, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE IF
YOU COULD.
>> WE THEN TOOK THAT
INFORMATION AND REVIEWED IT OUT
TO THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY
TO CUSTOMERS.
WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, DOES
IT MAKE SENSE?
IS IT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING?
IS IT WHAT YOU WANT TO HOLD
YOUR COMMITTEE ACCOUNTABLE TO?
LOOKING BACK IS IF WE CREATE A
RESPONSE SYSTEM THAT WILL BE
ABLE TO RESPOND IN ORDER TO END
HOMELESSNESS FOR ALL.
THAT SOUNDS VERY SIMPLE BUT
EMBEDDED IN IT IS A SET OF
METRICS AND DECISION POINTS.
YOU CAN AUDIT A SYSTEM FOR HOW
AND WHERE IT CENTERS THE VOICE
OF THE CUSTOMER.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO
DO THAT.
DATA, LISTENING, DESIGN
WORKSHOPS.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THINGS
THE CUSTOMER VOICE CAN COME TO
EMBODY BUT CENTERING IT IN THE
PROCESS SO YOU CAN AUDIT THE
SYSTEM FOR ITS CAPACITY TO DO.
RESPONDING NEEDS AND
ILLUMINATING EQUITY ARE TWO
VERY MEASURABLE THINGS.
NEED RESPONSE IS TIME AND DEPTH
OF NEED.
DID WE MEET YOUR NEEDS FAST
ENOUGH AND DID WE MEET ALL OF
YOUR NEEDS?
THEY'RE VERY MEASURABLE.
THIS IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE YOU
DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE
WHEEL.
I'M DESCRIBING AND NEED
RESPONSE A SPONGE --
ESSENTIALLY HOW A EMERGENCY
RESPONSE SYSTEM RATES HIMSELF.
HOW FASTER THAN AMBULANCE GET
THERE, WAS IT STOCK WITH
EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED?
ELIMINATING EQUITY, YOU CAN
FOCUS ON THE POPULATION DOES
PERSONALITY, ARE YOU STILL
SEEING -- ADDITIONALLY WHAT IS
LONG-TERM GOAL?
I WOULD ASSERT THIS IS THE
RIGHT ONE.
AND HOMELESSNESS PERMANENTLY
FOR EVERYONE.
THAT IS A POLICY QUESTION TALKS
ABOUT FUNCTIONAL ZERO AND OTHER
WELL-ESTABLISHED WAYS OF DOING.
ANY QUESTIONS?
THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION WAS TO
CONSOLIDATE.
I WANT TO BE SUPER CLEAR ABOUT
THE IMAGE YOU ARE SEEING.
IT IS NOT AN ORG CHART.
IT'S A FUNCTIONAL SCHEMATIC.
WHAT WE DID WAS DRILL DOWN INTO
WHAT FUNCTIONS NEED TO BE
MANAGED AND ASSESSED WITH THE
CURRENT MANAGEMENT WAS.
IN THIS CASE, WHAT YOU ARE
SEEING IS THAT THE FIRST MAIN
BUCKET WE IDENTIFIED WAS
EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THAT IS A BUCKET OF WORK THAT
IS ABOUT MANAGING THE CRISIS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE, THEY
NEED STUFF TODAY, HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THEY GET THAT STUFF...
WHAT THAT ALSO IS A GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY DON'T HAVE
MORE THAN A SIX WEEK HORIZON.
YOU ARE RESPONDING TO CONDITIONS
, THERE IS NO DAYLIGHT BETWEEN
WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THE
CURRENT CONDITION OF THE WORLD.
THAT ALSO MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T
DO A LOT OF LONG-TERM PLANNING.
WHAT WE FOUND IS WHEN WE WORKED
WITH STAFF AND AGENCIES THEY
WERE OPERATING IN BOTH AN
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PLANNING
STATE.
THAT WAS THE FIRST FUNCTIONAL
DIVISION WE NOTED THE NEEDED TO
BE MADE.
THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
FUNCTIONS NEED TO BE
CONSOLIDATED SO YOU COULD
ACTUALLY DO RAPID RESPONSE.
AND THEN JUMPING ONE OVER WITH
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE WE NOTICED
THE WERE A NUMBER OF PLANNING
FUNCTIONS THE KIND OF WORK
GETTING DONE.
WHEN WE TALKED THIS OUT, THEY
WOULD SAY, I WAS AT MY DESK
WRITING THE PLAN FOR THE RFP
AND THEN I GOT A CALL FROM SO-
AND-SO AND NEEDED TO GO DOWN
AND THAT CONTINUES -- AND SO
YOU GET POORLY DONE OR POORLY
EXECUTED STRATEGIES IN BOTH
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND LONG-
TERM SYSTEM PLANNING.
NOT BECAUSE STAFF ARE BAD AT
THEIR JOBS, BECAUSE THEY AREN'T
IN A ROLE THAT MAKES SENSE.
I WANT TO BE SUPER CLEAR THAT
MAKES SENSE.
THIS IS ABOUT ROLE DELINEATION.
FINALLY WHEN YOU ASK A SYSTEM
PLANNING PERSON WHO IS USED TO
THINKING OF TIME LIKE A 5-20
YEARS TO SUDDENLY MANAGE INTO A
EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUNCTION
THEY DON'T DO IT WELL AND
THEY'RE PROBABLY PRETTY
UNHAPPY.
CONVERSELY THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO FLY BY THE SEAT OF
THEIR PANTS, WANT TO ENGAGE IN
THE MOMENT PROBLEM-SOLVING,
THAT IS WHERE I THRIVE, AND
SOMEONE PUTS ME AT A DESK AND
SAYS PLAN FOR THE NEXT 10
YEARS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO
IT IN AND PRETTY UNHAPPY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OPERATIONAL
CONSIDERATIONS HERE THAT IF
IMPLEMENTED COULD REALLY IMPACT
THE ABILITY OF STAFF TO COME TO
WORK, KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING
AND BE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
WE ALSO NOTED THAT HOUSING FOR
PEOPLE EXPRESSING HOMELESSNESS
WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN A
SINGLE PLACE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT IN CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHERE THEY
HAVE GONE POORLY IT'S BECAUSE
HOUSING ISN'T ACCOUNTED FOR.
IT OFTEN HAPPENS IS ALL THE
SERVICES ARE CONSOLIDATED,
WHICH IS A START, BUT THE GOAL
IS HOUSING.
SO WHEN YOU JUST CONSOLIDATE
SERVICES, YOU DON'T CREATE A
PIPELINE YOU CREATE A LAP POOL.
PEOPLE CAN COME IN ONE SIDE
THAT IS CLEAR, THE EXIT
STRATEGY, WHO IS KEEPING TRACK
OF HOW MUCH HOUSING, WHERE,
THROUGH THIS POPULATION, IS IT
NECESSARILY BEING MANAGED?
IN THIS COMMUNITY WHAT WE
RECOMMENDED AND THIS IS IN THE
REPORT, WE DELINEATE BETWEEN
SERVICE DOLLARS IN CAPITAL
DOLLARS.
WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE
THE NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT
SEPARATIONS, NOT JUST
WHOLESALE, GRAB A THING AND
MOVE IT.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THE WAY THE
CAPITAL DOLLARS ARE CURRENTLY
BEING MANAGED, YOU'RE GETTING A
LOT OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THERE
AND STITCHING THE SERVICE
DOLLARS TO A CONSOLIDATED
AUTHORITY CREATES THE NECESSARY
JOINT WHERE THE PLANNING
FUNCTION OF AGAIN HOW MUCH
HOUSING AND FOR WHO, WHICH IS
OFTEN DEPENDENT ON THE
SERVICES, IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING
IS SERVICE ATTACHED, THAT CAN
BE DONE EFFICIENTLY BY ONLY
FOCUSING ON THOSE DOLLARS AND
NOT TURN TO MOVE THE ENTIRETY
OF CAPITAL DEPLOYMENT.
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AGAIN, LONG-
TERM PLANNING.
THAT IS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING
IN FIVE YEARS?
10 YEARS?
ARE WE MAKING SURE WE ARE
BUILDING AND MANAGING
APPROPRIATELY?
IT'S ALSO THE PLACE WHERE YOU
RUN YOUR RFP PROCESS.
WHERE YOU DO THE MECHANICS OF
AN ORGANIZATION THE DISTRIBUTES
FUNDING.
COMMUNITY IMPACT, THESE WERE A
SET OF TASKS THE PEOPLE WERE
DOING AND .2% OF THE TIME WERE
ON THE WEEKEND.
OFTEN TIMES IN INTERVIEWS WE
WOULD ASK IS, WHAT YOU DO IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
TIME TO DO?
WHAT FOLKS SAID IS I TALKED TO
THE COMMUNITY.
I PLAN COMMUNICATIONS PLANS, I
THINK ABOUT PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP.
THINGS THAT ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT BUT WERE BEING CUT UP
AND MOVED INTO THE LAST SECOND
OF THE DAY.
WE WANTED TO LET OUT AS A
NECESSARY THING THAT NEEDS TO
GET DONE.
IT'S ALSO THE PLACE WHERE YOU
CAN BEGIN TO SEE HINGE
FUNCTIONS TO LARGER SYSTEMS.
PREVENTION FOR EXAMPLE, CAN SIT
HERE BECAUSE WHEN YOU PREVENT
HOMELESSNESS, WHAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT IS STABLE,
HEALTHY VIBRANT ENTITIES THAT
HAVE THE RESILIENCY TO ABSORB
THE MEMBER IN CRISIS.
THAT IS EVERYONE'S JOB, NOT
JUST A JOB OF ONE SYSTEM.
YOU BEGIN TO THINK OF COMMUNITY
IMPACT IS A PLACE WHERE THESE
REALLY IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIPS
THAT ARE ILL-DEFINED RIGHT NOW
COME TO DO -- LIVE IN MORE
ROBUST WAYS.
ON THE BUTTS PERSON --
>> DID YOU HAVE A QUICK
QUESTION?
>> I DID HAVE SEVERAL POINTS IN
THIS, BUT JUST TO START WITH
TWO QUESTIONS I HAD, YOU
MENTIONED OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE
TWO SEPARATE FUNCTIONS,
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PLANNING
FOR LONG-TERM WEIGHT OF
ADDRESSING -- LONG-TERM WAY OF
ADDRESSING GOING TO PERMANENT,
THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE
FUNCTIONS.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT
THEY ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS TODAY
ABSOLUTELY NEED EMOTIONAL AND
OTHER SUPPORT TODAY.
AND THAT IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT
BE IN CONFLICT WITH LONG-TERM
PARTIES FOR HOUSING.
I THINK WE AGREE, WE AS A
SOCIETY ESPECIALLY IN THESE
CITIES LIKE L.A.
AND SEATTLE, WE SHOULD GET TO
THE POINT WHERE WE ARE CAPABLE
OF ADDRESSING BOTH IMMEDIATELY.
BUT YOU SEEM TO EMPHASIZE THE
PROBLEMS WITH HOLDING BOTH OF
THOSE TOGETHER IN TERMS OF ROLE
DELINEATION AS FAR AS THE HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE CONCERNED.
I'M TOTALLY OPEN TO THE IDEA
THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR
DELINEATING THE ROLES MUCH MORE
CAREFULLY AND STREAMLINING THE
PROCESS MUCH MORE THAN IT IS
NOW.
I'M TOTALLY OPEN TO ALL OF
THAT.
BUT, DON'T YOU THINK THAT THE
MAIN PROBLEM THAT HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS FACE OVERALL AND IN
TERMS OF DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN
HOW MUCH TO FOCUS ON EMERGENCY
RESPONSE COMES TO FOCUS ON
PLANNING AND HOUSING IS A
RESOURCE QUESTION?
I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE THIS IN-
DEPTH STUDY, WHAT YOU HAVE TO
SAY ABOUT THE RESOURCE QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HONEST
AND CLARIFYING THAT THIS IS NOT
A SOLUTION TO THE FUNDING
CRISIS.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
STILL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO FOCUS ON THAT NONETHELESS
BECAUSE WE HAVE AREAS FORCES
STACKED AGAINST US.
YOU SAW HOW THE AMAZON TAX WAS
REPEALED, WE DON'T WANT THIS
REPORT TO END UP BEING
UNWITTINGLY USED IN A WAY WHERE
IT'S NOT EMPHASIZED THAT
ULTIMATELY THE OVERARCHING
QUESTION IS RESOURCES.
THAT'S MY VIEW.
THAT IS ONE QUESTION.
>> LET'S STOP REAL QUICK THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
ON RESOURCES, I WOULD SAY
COUPLE THINGS.
NOT TO BE FUNNY, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO DELINEATE WHAT YOU
MEAN WHEN YOU SAY RESOURCES.
BECAUSE, IF RESOURCE IS JUST
THE SHEER AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING
SPENT, THEN IT BECOMES THIS
SUBSIDIARY QUESTION ON WHAT?
IS IT CAPITAL RESOURCES FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING?
STAFFING RESOURCES, MORE
ROBUSTLY STAFF OR JUST UP THE
PAY FOR FOLKS DOING THE
RESPONDING?
I THINK OUR TEAM WOULD ARGUE
THAT BOTH ARE NECESSARY.
IT IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO
NOTE, AND I JUST WANT TO BE
CLEAR, AND AGAIN NOT TO BE
FUNNY, THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
THE INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL
RESOURCES NECESSARY TO RESPOND
TO THE CRISIS THAT THIS
COMMUNITY IS FACING, WHEREBY
APPROXIMATION YOU HAVE PROBABLY
REGIONWIDE 40,000 PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS FROM A
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PERSPECTIVE, IT WILL BE YEARS
úBEFORE YOU WERE ABLE TO HOUSE
ALL THOSE PEOPLE.
TWO PIVOT RESOURCES AND SCALE
RESOURCES APPROPRIATELY MEANS
TO THINK ABOUT BOTH WHAT NEEDS
TO GO INTO CAPITAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING AND WHAT
IS GOING OUT IN TERMS OF
SERVICES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
ARE NOT QUITE LITERALLY DYING
OUTSIDE.
I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
RESOURCES AND RESOURCE
ALLOCATION I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT CLEAR
DELINEATION IN MIND FIRST.
SECONDLY, I WOULD SAY, AND THIS
WILL COME LATER, IN RELATIONSHIP
TO A NUMBER OF THE FINDINGS
AROUND HEALTH AND HEALTH NEEDS
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND IN
RELATIONSHIP TO THE CLEAR WORK
THE LANGUAGE WE HEARD FROM
CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE NEED FOR
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, I THINK OUR
TEAM HAS REALLY DEVELOPED A
DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT
WHAT FRONTLINE STAFFING NEEDS
TO LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WHAT
ARE THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS,
ROLES, WHAT ARE PEOPLE ABLE TO
DO, WHAT ARE THEY COMPENSATED
AND WHAT IS THE MANAGEMENT
SUPPORT NEEDED FOR PEOPLE NOT
TO BURN OUT IN THOSE ROLES?
I WANT TO SAY YES, RESOURCING
IS A PROBLEM, BUT I CAN'T STOP
AND JUST SAY IT'S RESOURCES AT
LARGE.
I HAVE TO DRILL DOWN INTO ALL
THESE OTHER FACTORS.
>> I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR
RESPONSES, BUT YOU ARE SAYING I
CANNOT JUST STOP IT RESOURCE,
BUT YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE RESOURCES QUESTION.
I REALLY DON'T AGREE THE
EMPHASIS OF ANY REPORT SHOULD
BE THAT SOMEHOW CONSOLIDATION
AND EFFICIENCY -- YOU YOURSELF
SAID IT WILL NOT SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
IT WILL MAKE A DENT, YES.
I'M NOT QUOTING YOU.
YOU SAID IT WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT, I AM
OPEN TO THE IDEA LEGITIMATELY
THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A
DIFFERENCE IF WE CONSOLIDATE, I
TOTALLY AGREE.
BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
YOU SAYING, I CANNOT STOP IT
TALKING ABOUT RESOURCES BECAUSE
YOU'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT
RESOURCES.
NO ONE IS TOP RING -- TALKING
ABOUT RESOURCES.
I AGREE IT'S A COMPLEX PROBLEM
BUT IF YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE
QUESTION OF RESOURCES, CAPITAL
RESOURCES, STAFFING RESOURCES,
OVERALL WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND I DON'T
REMEMBER IF YOU SAID THIS AND
IF YOU DIDN'T I APOLOGIZE FOR
MISQUOTING YOU, I THINK YOU
SAID IS A QUESTION OF THROWING
MONEY AT IT?
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD USE
THAT TERMINOLOGY.
THAT IS THE TERMINOLOGY OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO ANY
KIND OF ACTUAL IMPROVEMENT IN
HOMELESS SERVICES AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT IS A QUESTION OF MONEY.
LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES
SPENT ON THE CHILDREN OF RICH
PEOPLE.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY A QUESTION OF
MONEY.
IT IS A QUESTION OF RESOURCES.
A LOT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE
STRUGGLING BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES, NOT
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO
DO THEIR JOB.
I THINK, WHILE YOU ARE CORRECT
IN EMPHASIZING THE QUESTION OF
CONSOLIDATION, DEFRAGMENTATION
AND ALL OF THAT, I DO THINK
ULTIMATELY THE QUESTION OF
RESOURCES AND FUNDING SHOULD BE
EMPHASIZED.
I ALSO FIND IT TROUBLING YOU SAY
40 YEARS BEFORE PEOPLE ARE
HOUSED, THAT IS WITH THE
ASSUMPTION THAT NO DENT WILL BE
MADE IN THE FUNDING QUESTION.
I DON'T ACCEPT THAT.
>> THANK YOU YOUR POINT IS WELL
TAKEN ON RESOURCES AND AND OR
GOING TO GET INTO THIS A LITTLE
MORE.
I WANT TO KEEP US MOVING AND
AFTER CONFERRING WITH THE
COCHAIR I'D LIKE TO KEEP US
GOING THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I
KNOW THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
HARRELL I THINK YOU ARE ALSO
INTERESTED IN SPEAKING.
IF I CAN GET US THROUGH THE
REST OF THE SLIDES AND THEN
WILL HAVE 10 OR 15 MINUTES FOR
QUESTIONS IF THAT IS OKAY WITH
YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> JUST A CLARIFICATION ON THE
SLIDES.
NUMBER 1, WELCOME TO SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM INTERESTED IN THE MODEL
BECAUSE MY DISCUSSION ON THE
RESOURCES HAS TO BE BASED ON
THE MODEL THAT WORKS.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE
TIME TO WALK US THROUGH THIS.
MY QUESTION IS, THIS SORT OF
MODEL THAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH, YOU START WITH
EMERGENCY SPOTS, WE GOT SNAGGED
ON THE QUESTION WITH SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE, IS THIS A CITY
DEPARTMENT OR CITY COUNTY AND
STATE?
CAN YOU PUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE REGIONAL APPROACH IF IT
IS ONE OR IS THIS JUST WITH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT?
I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED.
>> THANK YOU FOR A LITTLE
LEEWAY THERE.
MY ONE QUESTION.
I HAD TO LOBBY TO GET THAT OUT.
>> WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED IS A
CONSOLIDATED REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
THIS WOULD BE RESOURCES AND
FUNCTIONS OF FIRST THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY.
TO BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THESE
FUNCTIONS REGIONWIDE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OMBUDSPERSON, JUST TO FINISH
THE SLIDE, THAT FUNCTION IS
ABOUT BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO
THE NEED OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
WHAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER
AGAIN IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE A LACK OF SAFETY AND
SHELTER OR IN A SERVICE
PROVIDER SOMETHING IS STOLEN OR
THERE IS AN ASSAULT, THEY DON'T
HAVE ANYONE TO.
THEY ARE INCENTIVIZED -- DISS
INCENTIVIZED FROM CALLING THE
POLICE AND THE ONLY OTHER
OPTION IS TO CALL THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS, TO COMPLAIN TO
SHELTER STAFF ESSENTIALLY WHO
ARE DISS INCENTIVIZED TO ENGAGE
WITH THAT COMPLAINT IN THE WAY
THAT OUGHT TO BE.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SAYING
PEOPLE ARE BAD PEOPLE IT'S
LITERALLY A QUESTION OF
INCENTIVES.
WHEN WE SPOKE WITH FOLKS
>>> THIS ESSENTIALLY SERVES AS
A VERTICAL WHERE SOMEONE CAN
CALL, TEXT, SEND AN EMAIL,
WHATEVER, TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT
IS HAPPENING.
MY STUFF HAS BEEN STOLEN AND
THEY DON'T GO THERE ANYMORE.
TWO THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.
OVERALL IT ACCOUNTABILITY IT IS
IMPORTANT AND THE LEVEL OF
CRISIS IS TOO SIGNIFICANT TO
HAVE PEOPLE DECLINING TO BE
INSIDE, BECAUSE OF ANY CONCERN,
RIGHT?
IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
THOSE ISSUES MUST BE MANAGED.
IT'S NOT ABOUT BLAME, RIGHT?
THIS FUNCTION IS NOT A FUNCTION
WHERE IT IS I HEAR THAT THE
SHELTER IS HAD THEFT SO I CALL
AND SAY I AM SHUTTING THE
SHELTER DOWN BECAUSE THAT DOES
NOT WORK, EITHER.
THE QUESTION IS HOW CAN I
SUPPORT YOU, RIGHT?
WHAT DO YOU NEED IN ORDER TO
HAVE A PLAN ABOUT THIS SO THAT
PEOPLE ARE AGAIN, ABLE TO COME
HERE AND FEEL SAFE AND FEEL
LISTENED TO, ETC., AND, RIGHT,
WHAT WE ALSO HEARD FROM FOLKS
ON A NUMBER OF CONSUMER
ADVISORY GROUPS IS LIKE, THERE
NEEDS TO BE FOLLOW-UP, RIGHT?
SOMEONE HAS TO LIKE CALL ME
BACK, TEXT ME BACK, EMAIL ME
BACK, WHATEVER AND SAY THIS WAS
DEALT WITH.
THAT, AGAIN IS A BODY OF WORK
THAT NEEDS TO LIVE SOMEPLACE
AND CURRENTLY DOES NOT.
OPERATIONS IS IMPORTANT.
SO WE PUT IT UP THERE.
AND EQUITY AND INTERVENTION ARE
CROSS FUNCTIONAL.
WE SAY COMING OFF OF A
DIRECTOR'S OFFICE THERE NEED TO
BE FOLKS, TEAMS THAT ARE
FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTING EQUITY
BASED STRATEGIES ACROSS ALL
BUCKETS OF WORK.
AND ALSO AN INNOVATION TEAM AND
WE TALK ABOUT INNOVATION, NOT
MEANING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
A GOOD IDEA, THESE ARE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS THAT
RUN SHORT SPRINTS ON NESTED
PROBLEMS.
IT IS NOT REALLY ANYBODY'S JOB
TO SOLVE PER SE.
BUT NEED TO BE SOLVED IN ORDER
FOR THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE
SYSTEM.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT AGAIN,
THIS IS NOT A -- CHART.
WE TOOK A PATH, TURNING THIS
INTO SOMETHING ORGANIZATIONAL
AND CAME UP WITH THIS.
NOBODY HAS RATIFIED THIS.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, DON'T TRY
TO GIVE ALL THOSE VERTICALS TO
TOO MANY PEOPLE, IT WILL
OVERWHELM SOMEONE.>> BEFORE YOU
MOVE ON, I'M SORRY TO
INTERRUPT, I KNOW THAT WE ARE
RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I
WONDERED IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE
USING THE PREVIOUS CHART WHERE
POTENTIALLY COUNCIL MEMBERS
WOULD SIT INSIDE THAT?
>> SURE.
WE PROPOSED A BOARD AS AGENCIES
NEED, RIGHT?
AND IN THAT SPACE, I THINK THAT
THE CONVERSATION ALTHOUGH THIS
IS NOT OUR CONVERSATION TO HAVE
IS ABOUT WHAT REPRESENTATION
BOTH THE COUNTY AND CITY OF
SEATTLE HAVE ON THAT BOARD.
BOTH IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
POWERS AND LEGISLATIVE POWERS.
SO, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THIS
OUT.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE
GOAL IS NOT TO CREATE THIS IS
THE ROGUE AGENCY OVER HERE THAT
ANSWERS TO NOBODY.
RIGHT?
BUT THAT LIGHT, THIS IS ABOUT
SCALING YOUR RESOURCES AND YOUR
CAPACITIES TO BE ABLE TO
RESPOND TO THE CRISIS IN YOUR
COMMUNITY.
WHICH HAS EXCEEDED THE FUNCTION
OF EITHER THE CITY OR THE
COUNTY IN ITS CURRENT SCOPE.
>> AND AS HE IS FINISHING UP
HIS PRESENTATION, THIS MORNING,
I HANDED OUT THE LOS ANGELES
STRATEGY THAT HAS AN EXAMPLE OF
THE TYPE OF WAYS IN WHICH THEIR
COUNSEL FIT IN TO A SIMILAR
STRUCTURE, JUST BY WAY OF
REFERENCE SO WE CAN POTENTIALLY
ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT
PLAYED OUT IN LOS ANGELES, AS
WELL.
LOOKING AT PAGES 77 AND 78.
>> ACCOUNTABILITY AND
CUSTOMERS, THIS IS ABOUT
MEANINGFUL ACCOUNTABILITY
METRICS, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT
IN THIS ACTION ARE BUILDING ON
THE WORK THAT OUR TEAM HAS DOM
AND CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH
PEOPLE.
RIGHT?
IT BECOMES ROUTINE AND IT'S IS
CIRCULAR, SOMEONE TELLS YOU
SOMETHING AND YOU DO IT AND YOU
GO BACK AND TELL THEM YOU DID
IT RIGHT?
METRICS NEED TO BE IN
ALIGNMENT, NOT JUST, THIS IS
IMPORTANT, NOT JUST WITH WHAT
WE WANT TO SEE SITTING AROUND
TABLES LIKE THIS BUT WHAT
PEOPLE EXPERIENCE, HOMELAND
HIS, CUSTOMERS SAY WHAT THEY
WANT TO EXPERIENCE AS AN
OUTCOME AND WHAT STAFF SAY THEY
SHOULD BE MEASURED ON, RIGHT?
WE HEARD A LOT FROM PEOPLE WHO
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING,
DELIVERING INTERVENTIONS WHO
SAID LIKE LOOK, IF YOU WANT TO,
YOU KNOW, JUDGMENT SOMETHING,
NOT SAYING I DON'T WANT TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE BUT THESE ARE
NOT THE RIGHT THINGS, RIGHT?
POTENTIAL METRICS THAT PEOPLE
LOOKED AT WORK RETENTION,
RIGHT?
IT IS NOT LIKE THE NUMBER OF
TIMES I GET YOU AN ID, YOU KEEP
COMING BACK TO MEET.
AS OPPOSED TO OTHER FOLKS.
THEY CAN ABOUT WHAT ARE THE
WAYS TO CRAFT THESE KINDS OF
METRICS BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE
IN PLACE NOW, JUST TO BE CLEAR
ARE A NUMBER OF PROCESS
METRICS, RIGHT?
YOU COUNT THINGS LIKE THE
NUMBER OF TIMES SOMEONE GETS AN
ID WHEN REALLY OUR GOAL IS ONE
TIME, RIGHT?
WE GIVE A PERSON WHAT THEY NEED
AND HELP THEM SECURE IT AND
KEEP IT SO THERE ARE ARE THE
THINGS THAT ARE MORE INDICATIVE
OF PERFORMANCE.
THAT JUST LIKE HOW OFTEN DID YOU
ASK, RIGHT?
I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
PRIORITIZING STABILITY, THIS IS
THE UGLIEST GRAPHIC IN THE
PRESENTATION, I APOLOGIZE.
SO, THIS IS A LESSON, DON'T DO
THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T DO.
BUT DIAGRAMS ARE NEVER PRETTY.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY EXPRESSING
THAT ON ANY GIVEN DAY, THE
POPULATION EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IS A DISCRETE
NUMBER, RIGHT?
WHAT WE LOOK AT IN SYSTEMS IS
FLOW-THROUGH, THERE IS INFLOW
AND OUTFLOW.
WHAT IS COMPLICATING THAT IS
BOUNCE BACK AND TO THE QUESTION
OF RESOURCES, RIGHT, SCALING
MEANS UNDERSTANDING FLOW
THROUGH ANY SYSTEM, RIGHT?
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH ASK GIVES
YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU COULD
DO WITH WHY.
THAT IS NOT A POSSIBLE THAT YOU
CAN ANSWER, RIGHT NOW, IN PART
BECAUSE THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF BOUNCE BACK INTO THE
POPULATION FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE
THEORETICALLY BEEN EXITED, WHAT
THAT HAS TO LOOK LIKE, THERE
ARE NUMBERS OF SUGGESTIONS, AND
WE FOCUS ON ECONOMIC STABILITY
BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID THEY COULD
OR BREAK IT.
YOU GET A TIME-LIMITED VOUCHER
AND THERE'S NOT LIKE AN
EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY ATTACHED TO
IT.
SO THE QUESTION BECOMES LIKE
WHAT IS THE PLAN WHEN THE
VOUCHER RUNS OUT?
ADDITIONALLY, THAT OFTENTIMES
AND THIS IS JUST A THING THAT I
FEEL COMPELLED TO SAY WHILE I'M
IN FRONT OF A GOVERNING BODY,
WE TALK ABOUT TRANSFER BECAUSE
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS
A SOCIETY WE FIGURE THAT OUT.
SOMETIMES THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SOMEONE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AGAIN OR FOR THE
FIRST TIME IS $200.
AND WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO GIVE PEOPLE $200.
NOT $200 AND LIKE UMPTEEN
PROGRAMS, NOT $200 AND LIKE WE
WILL FOLLOW YOU FOR 10 YEARS,
YOU NEED $200 AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT FOR.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES
WHERE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF
THI STRATEGY SAVES YOU MONEY
EVEN IF YOU ARE WRONG MOST OF
THE TIME.
SO LET'S SAY YOU GIVE 10
FAMILIES $200 AND ONLY ONE OF
THOSE FAMILIES ACTUALLY LIKE
WAS GOING TO EXPERIENCE
HOMELESSNESS.
CURRENTLY A FAMILY IN ANY
SYSTEM NATIONALLY COST AT LEAST
$20,000 A YEAR TO SUPPORT.
SO YOU CAN, THIS IS LITERALLY A
PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BE WRONG
NINE TIMES OUT OF 10 AND STILL
BE DOING BETTER THAN THE
CURRENT OPERATING MODE.
CUSTOMER CONTROL, DIGITAL
IDENTITY, THIS IS THE
TRANSFORMATION ACTION AND THAT
THIS IS I WILL NOT GO INTO THE
SPECIFICS, IN PART BECAUSE THEY
EXCEED MY TECHNICAL EXPERTISE,
I'M AN ANTHROPOLOGIST, BUT
IDENTIFIED A LOT OF THINGS THAT
NEEDED TO BE DONE IN REGARD TO
DATA.
WHEN WE SEE DATA WE DON'T MEAN
GETTING A BETTER APP TO COUNT
PEOPLE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LIKE DATA
WAREHOUSING, DATA POOLING,
CLOUD STORAGE, INTEGRATING SOME
OF THE BEST STANDARDS THAT
EMERGE AND AFFORDABLE EXCUSE
ME, ACCOUNTABLE, ACA -- WHY AM
I BLANKING ON THIS?
>> COMMUNITY HEALTH?
>> AFFORDABLE CARE ACT?
>> IN THE ACA, I TRY TO NOT DO
ACRONYMS, BUT WE DID PATIENT
CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES AND
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS.
THAT WORKS, RIGHT?
IT LAYS THE GROUND FOR WHAT WE
ARE TRYING TO DO HERE WHICH IS
SAY PEOPLE CAN CONTROL THEIR
OWN DATA AND THEY SHOULD ONLY
HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING
ONCE.
RIGHT?
IF I GO TO TESS AND GIVE HER
THE INFORMATION ABOUT MY
WHATEVER AND LATER ON I GO TO
THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND I SHOULD
JUST BE ABLE TO SAY I SAID THIS
TO TESS AND I GIVE YOU
PERMISSION TO ACCESS THAT FILE.
RIGHT?
WE HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY, WE
JUST NEED TO DEPLOY IT.
RELATED, WE NEED TO REDESIGN
INTAKE.
WHAT WE HEARD WAS OH MY GOSH,
PLEASE DON'T ASK ME THESE
QUESTIONS ANYMORE, RIGHT?
IT IS REPETITIVE AND
DEHUMANIZING AND TRAUMATIZING
AND OFTEN NOT CONNECTED WITH
WHAT THEY ARE THERE TO GET.
RIGHT?
IF I COME TO A PLACE TO DO
LAUNDRY AND YOU ASK ME ABOUT MY
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IT DOES NOT
MAKE SENSE.
RIGHT?
OFTENTIMES PROVIDERS ARE LIKE I
DON'T EVEN HAVE A THERAPIST ON
STAFF.
SO IF SOMEONE TOLD ME ALL OF
THIS INFORMATION I DON'T KNOW
PER SE WHAT I WOULD DO WITH IT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE RIGHT
QUESTIONS AT THE RIGHT TIME.
AND CONNECTED TO A DATA
BACKBONE THAT SAYS LIKE LOOK,
SAY THAT TESTS HAS AN AGENCY
THAT HIRES A THERAPIST, RIGHT?
ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS GO TO
THE AUTHORITY AND SAY WE NOW
HAVE THIS CAPACITY, PLEASE GIVE
US ACCESS TO THE DATA.
RIGHT?
THAT AGAIN IS JUST AGAIN,
THINGS ARE REINFORCING.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SET
STANDARDS AROUND THINGS LIKE
THIS IS TECHNICAL, METADATA AND
THE SHARING OF DATA AND SHARING
OF THAT DATA WITHOUT THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY CAPACITY
AROUND POLICIES.
>> -- AT MIGHT HAVE -- NOTHINGS
AUTOMATIC AND THEY DON'T DO
ORIENTATION, SOMEONE DOESN'T
TELL ME AND I DON'T KNOW.
REALLY?
NOW I CAN DO LAUNDRY BECAUSE OF
THIS OR THIS?
WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL ME WHEN I
WALKED IN THE DOOR?
WHY DID THEY ASSUME I KNEW
THIS.
I WOULD BACK THE NEXT DAY AND I
SAW MY COUNSELOR AND SAID WHY
DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
>> AGAIN, I TRY TO INCLUDE AS
MUCH, THE REPORT IS FULLY
INTERACTIVE, I ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE TO GO TO IT.
THE STUFF THAT I AM SITTING
HERE SAYING IS THE VOICES OF
PEOPLE.
I WANT TO INCLUDE SOME OF THAT
WHERE POSSIBLE.
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HEALTH
RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS, WHAT WE
FOUND IS THE LEVEL OF NEED IN
THE COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO
HEALTH IS SO ACUTE THAT IT IS
NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT
SYSTEM TO RESPOND.
RIGHT?
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, AND JUST TO
GIVE AN EXAMPLE FROM MY LIFE I
STARTED MANY MOONS AGO, IN THE
LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK
CITY IN A CLINIC FOR LIKE FOUR
MONTHS AND IN THAT TIME WHEN
SOMEONE EXPERIENCES
HOMELESSNESS CAME IN IF WE HAD
21 BEDS AND THEY WERE IN THE
21st, 20 BEDS WERE NOT GETTING
THE ATTENTION THEY NEEDED.
RIGHT?
THAT WAS NOT BECAUSE NO ONE
KNEW HOW TO MANAGE THAT CASE,
IT IS THAT WE WERE IN OUR 20s.
AND DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
IT REQUIRES A LEVEL OF CLINICAL
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO MANAGE
ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT
COMPETING NEEDS THAT YOU JUST
NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAFF FOR.
THIS BUCKET OF WORK IS VERY
EXCITING BECAUSE IT IS MOSTLY
ABOUT MEDICAID REIMBURSE
BILITY WHICH I KNOW IS SUPER
FUN AND EVERYONE LIKES TO SPEND
TIME ON IT.
BUT IT WILL SAY A LOT OF THE
FUNDING FOR THIS IS REALLY
ABOUT CONNECTING TO EXISTING
FUNDING STRUCTURES.
IT IS ABOUT BUILDING THE
BILLING MUSCLE THAT IS A
SIGNIFICANT BODY OF WORK.
I DON'T WANT TO UNDERPLAY IT.
BUT IT IS LIKE MEDICAL BILLING
IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO GET
CERTIFIED IN, RIGHT?
THAT IS THE WORK HERE.
I BELIEVE THERE IS AUDIO ON
THIS SLIDE, AS WELL.
>> -- THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
>> -- IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.
>> ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I NOTICE
WORKING WITH A LOT OF HOMELESS
PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES IS THAT THE
MENTAL HEALTH CARE THAT THEY
RECEIVE IS LIKE NOT AS SORT OF
HIGH CALIBER AS SAY THE MENTAL
HEALTH CARE THAT I CAN AFFORD.
THE PHYSICIANS ARE OVERWHELMED,
THE THERAPISTS ARE BURNT OUT,
THEY GET $15 AN HOUR AND CAP
AFTER THREE YEARS.
WHAT PERSON WITH A MENTAL HEALTH
MASTERS DEGREE WILL STAY THERE
FOR VERY LONG?
TURNOVER IS A HUGE WAY THAT --
>> SO, AGAIN, I WOULD NOTE THAT
WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT
PAYING PEOPLE MORE AND STAFFING
DIFFERENTLY.
SO, FUNDING ALIGNMENT, THIS IS
ABOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS
SIGNIFICANT FILL IN TRAFFIC AND
PRIVATE FUNDING FLOWING INTO IT.
IT IS NOT SET TO THE SAME
METRICS, IT IS NOT FLOWING
THROUGH A COMMUNITYWIDE
ALIGNMENT.
THIS IS WHERE A SHARED CHANGE
REALLY ROLLS OUT ACROSS MORE
THAN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
RIGHT?
BY AND FROM EVERYBODY INTO THIS
IS WHY WE DO THIS.
IT MEANS THAT IF I HAVE A
PROJECT I WANT TO LAUNCH I CAN
LAUNCH THE PROJECT IT JUST NOW
IS IN ALIGNMENT.
GOALS WITH HOUSING, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT.
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WHAT WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR
REPORT, A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES
FOR HOUSING FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
DIFFERENT -- IT IS DIFFERENT
FROM HOUSING.
WE CAP IT AT 30% AMI.
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
ETC., IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, NOT IN
CONNECTION WITH ALL OF THE
OTHER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WHICH IS
NOT TO SAY THAT 80% AMA HOUSING
IS NOT IMPORTANT, IT IS NOT FOR
THIS POPULATION.
RIGHT?
WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT
THAT.
WE ALSO IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF
STRATEGIES TO SHIFT THE
DEPLOYMENT OF CAPITAL DOLLARS
SO WHERE YOU ARE BUILDING NEW
PERMANENT STRUCTURES TOWARDS
HOUSING AND NOT INVESTING IN
THE BUILDING OF TEMPORARY
SOLUTIONS.
RIGHT?
WHICH IS TO SAY THAT FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE BUILDING A NEW
SHELTER IS NOT NECESSARILY A
GOOD USE OF CAPITAL DOLLARS,
RIGHT?
ESPECIALLY IN A CRISIS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE.
NEW STUFF NEEDS TO BE PERMANENT
IN ITS SCOPE.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN AND I WANT
TO BE VERY CLEAR, THAT YOU SLOW
DOWN ON OPENING SHELTERS.
IT SIMPLY MEANS YOU SHIPPED THE
STRATEGY.
RIGHT?
IT BECOMES ABOUT IDENTIFYING
UNDERUTILIZED SPACE AND
FIGURING OUT HOW CAN YOU OPEN
TEMPORARY SHELTER RAPIDLY AND
NOT ALWAYS THINKING THAT THE
NEW SHELTER HAS TO HOUSE 700
PEOPLE.
RIGHT?
20 PEOPLE INSIDE HIS 20 PEOPLE
INSIDE.
THEY ARE UNDERUTILIZED SPACING
ALL OVER THE COUNTY THAT COULD
HOUSE 20 PEOPLE.
RIGHT?
YOU DO THAT 100 TIMES, THAT'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE THE
STRATEGY SHIFT IN TERMS OF
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
ACCELERATE BOTH PERMANENT
SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT AND
SIMULTANEOUSLY NOT TAKE YOUR
FOOT OFF THE GAS AND MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE SOMEPLACE
SAFE AND DRY TO GO TONIGHT.
THE LAST THING IS ALIGNMENT.
AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS NOT
SUGGESTED FOR CONSOLIDATION,
WHICH WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS
AND I WANT TO BE AGAIN, VERY
CLEAR, THIS IS AN EXERCISE IN
NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT.
NOT LIKE TAKE EVERYTHING AND
GIVE IT TO THE HOMELESS
SERVICES SECTOR, RIGHT?
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE
NECESSARY TO GOVERN WELL AND
EXECUTE APPROPRIATELY AND FOR
THE THINGS THAT NEED TO REMAIN
OUTSIDE, FOR GOOD STRUCTURAL
REASONS, BUT ARE CONNECTED, HOW
DO WE ENGINEER LONG-TERM
ALIGNMENT.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT A LOT OF
THE WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY IS
PERSONALITY DEPENDENT AND
INFORMAL.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING
TOGETHER 20 YEARS AND THEY GO
TO THE MEETINGS AND MAKE
DECISIONS.
I THINK THAT IS GREAT AND A
TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT YOU
DO AS A COMMUNITY, AS A SYSTEMS
DESIGNER IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE
BECAUSE ONE DAY SOMEONE WILL
HAVE YOUR JOB AND THEY WON'T BE
AS NICE.
AND SO, WE JUST NEED TO BE
THINKING ABOUT THAT.
RIGHT?
WHEN SOMEONE OCCUPIES TESS'S
ROLE AND YOU ARE RIGHT THERE,
WHEN SOMEONE OCCUPIES HER ROLE
AND THEY ARE NOT AS EXPERIENCE,
DON'T COME WITH 30 YEARS OF
DOING HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, HOW DO I MAKE SURE
THAT THE DECISION POINT, THAT
SHE OVERSEES IS STILL
STRUCTUREDIN THE SAME WAY,
STILL HAS THE SAME A POET.
THAT IS ABOUT EXECUTING MOU,
RIGHT?
LONG-TERM, STABLE, BINDING
RELATIONSHIPS.
THIS IS HOW WE MAKE THE CHOICE.
I WILL NOTE, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL
ONLINE AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT.
IT IS A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF
WORK.
DONE BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I SIT IN FRONT OF ROOMS AND
TALK ALL OF THE TIME, IT'S A
HUGE PART OF MY JOB, BUT THERE
WERE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF
STAFF AT OUR SHOP AND IN THIS
COMMUNITY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO
THIS WORK.
A QUICK NOTE, JUST TO SEE OTHER
WONDERFUL FACES, THIS IS THE
TEAM FROM THE LAB AND SOME OF
OUR PARTNERS THAT DID THIS WORK.
AND SO, I JUST WANT TO NOTE
AGAIN, WILL NOT AGAIN, I DON'T
THINK I SAID THIS, IN DOING
THIS WORK, WE CONTRIBUTED A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
BEYOND WHAT WAS CONTRACTED FOR.
úI'M NOT SAYING THAT FOR
BRAGGING POINTS BUT I AM SAYING
THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THIS
COMMUNITY'S SUCCESS AND STAFF
IN ORDER TO EXECUTE ON THIS
WORK.
IN A WAY THAT WAS REFLECTED
WITH THAT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM, I
AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
AND I WANT TO KNOW MAYBE THIS
IS A QUESTION FOR DEPUTY MAYOR
MOSELEY, WILL HE BE AROUND?
WILL MARC DONES STAY WITH US
FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS?
>> WE ARE WORKING ON A SCOPE
OF SERVICES FOR HIM TO CONTINUE
TO WORK ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
PHASE OF WHERE WE ARE GOING
WITH THIS.
>> I KNOW TODAY WE WANTED TO
STAY HIGH-LEVEL AND DO NOT
DIVING TO WHAT IS
IMPLEMENTATION LOOK LIKE BUT I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY MY HOPE IS
THAT WE CAN FIND AS WE DO ALL
THESE THINGS, THAT HE IS SAYING,
THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON SOME
THINGS RIGHT AWAY AND NOT WAIT
FOR WHETHER IT IS A NEW BODY, A
PDA, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU
ARE LOOKING AT, RATHER THAN
SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING UNTIL WE GET THAT
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
TOGETHER, I WOULD LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING
IT ON PARALLEL PATHS.
SO WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THE LOW
HANGING THINGS THAT WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH OR SIMPLY BE ABLE TO
GET MORE PEOPLE INSIDE AND BE
ABLE TO COUNT THE RIGHT THINGS
AND I AM TOTALLY DEDICATED HERE
TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> THAT IS OUR APPROACH, AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BRIEFLY, MARC, IT IS NICE TO
HEAR SOMEONE ECHO WHAT WE HAVE
HEARD FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS .
ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD
AFTER I WAS ELECTED TO US WITH
A LOCAL SAFE LEADER WHO SAID I
HAVE OVERNIGHT SHELTERS THAT I
CAN'T STAFF.
IF I JUST HAD AN ADDITIONAL
STAFF, YOU WOULD HAVE AN EXTRA
20 BEDS EVERY NIGHT.
365 DAYS A YEAR.
THE IDEA THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON
CAPACITY, THAT IS INTERIM AND
STAY FOCUSED ON CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS THAT WILL BE LONG-
TERM, I THINK THAT IS
BENEFICIAL.
>> IT IS ABOUT TIMING, AND THE
KINDS OF CHANGES CONTEMPLATED
HERE HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH
REALLY THE INSTITUTIONS OF THIS
GOVERNMENT, OTHER GOVERNMENTS
AND OTHER THINGS AROUND
FUNDING, MEASUREMENT,
REALIGNMENT OF SEVERAL
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BUT
NECESSITY, WE WANT TO SET UP A
SYSTEM THAT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
BUT WILL ALSO REQUIRE A WHOLE
LOT OF TIME AND ATTENTION FOR
US AS A BODY TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE ALL OF THOSE DUCKS IN A
ROW.
I WONDER WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
>> I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO PART OF
THAT.
WHICH IS, AND I WOULD DEFER TO
THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND TESTS ON
SPECIFICS, BUT FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, WE SEE A
LOT OF THIS WORK AS PARALLEL
AND SEQUENTIAL.
RIGHT?
IT ALSO SPEAKS TO COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW'S POINT.
NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO WAIT.
RIGHT?
I ALSO WOULD SAY THAT PART OF
THAT COMMUNITYWIDE COMMITMENT
IS CONTINUING TO ENGAGE IN LIKE
A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS THAT LIKE
GETS ALL OF YOU, LIKE AS A
REGION, TO A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE
LIKE, THIS IS THE COMMITMENT WE
ARE MAKING TO THE SOLUTION.
I THINK FROM YOUR OWN WORK ON
THE HOUSING TASK FORCE I KNOW
THAT THIS IS A THING AND I KNOW
THAT THIS IS A THING YOU CARE
DEEPLY ABOUT.
AND I THINK THAT IT IS POSSIBLE
TO EXECUTE QUICKLY AND IN AN
INCLUSIVE WAY.
IF YOU LEAN INTO HAVING I THINK
QUITE FRANKLY SOME
UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY
AND POWER AND THINGS THAT
REALLY MATTER AND ARE REAL AND
NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT EARLY
ON AND PUT TO BED.
THAT WOULD BE OUR
RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO DO IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LAST SATURDAY, THE LAST
SATURDAY BEFORE LAST, MARC AND
THEIR TEAM AND TESTS AND A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
PARTNERS IN THIS WORK, SPENT
MOST OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY
TALKING EXACTLY ABOUT THAT
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS WE NEED
TO DO?
THAT IS BEING PUT TOGETHER NOW
TASTE ON THE CONVERSATION THAT
HAPPENED TWO SATURDAYS AGO.
WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO THE
COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED
TO GETTING BOTH OF THE FUNCTIONS
AND THE STRUCTURES UP AND
OPERATIONAL AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEPUTY
MAYOR MOSELEY.
MANY OF US ARE INTERESTED IN
FIGURING OUT WHAT THE
IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE LOOKS
LIKE ON THE COUNCIL'S BEHALF AS
WELL.
WE HAD A TIME TO CHAT ABOUT IT
BUT I THINK WE WILL BE
INTERESTED IN MEETING WITH
EVERY COUNCILMEMBER TO TALK
MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS PLAN LOOKS
LIKE.
MAKING SURE THE COUNCIL HAS A
ROLE AND FINGERPRINTS IN THE
STRATEGY.
AND ROLLING IT OUT COLLECTIVELY
WITH YOU IN A PATH FORWARD.
A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ARE
STILL YET TO BE HAD BUT MORE TO
COME ON THAT FROM THE COUNCIL
AND WORKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU.
I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS
OVER HERE.
I WANT TO, SINCE WE ARE GOING
THIS WEEK, MAYBE I WILL TAKE A
QUICK SECOND FOR THE CHAIR'S
PREROGATIVE TO SAY THANK YOU AS
WELL FOR YOUR EMPHASIS ON
NEEDING TO PLACE FUNDING INTO
CAPITAL AND WORKFORCE.
WHAT I THINK WE HAVE STRUGGLED
WITHIN THE LAST YEAR IS
RECOGNIZING THE FOLKS ON THE
GROUND LEVEL AT OUR SHELTERS
PROVIDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING OFTEN DEALING WITH 40%
TURNOVER RATES AND THE STRESS
THAT ACCOMPANIES SUCH HIGH
LEVELS OF VACANCIES AND
TURNOVER IS CAUSING
COMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO ONE OF MY REAL INTEREST IS
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CONTINUE TO FOLD IN YOUR
INFORMATION INTO WHAT WE HAVE
HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
AND ALSO DIRECTLY INTO HOUSING
PROJECTS.
AND WHEN I SAY HOUSING I MEAN
AFFORDABLE, PERMANENT HOUSING,
AND NOT JUST A MAT ON THE FLOOR
OR A 24/7 SHELTER.
THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES
WE HAVE.
I SEE THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IN
THE AUDIENCE.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
CONVERSATION.
I ALSO THINK TO USE YOUR WORDS,
WE HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT MAY
BE UNCOMFORTABLE BUT YOU
ENCOURAGE US TO HAVE
UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK ONE OF THOSE WILL BE
AROUND THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND
HOW NAVIGATION SURFACES PICKING
UP GARBAGE, MOVING PEOPLE, HOW
THAT FITS IN WITH THE DOLLARS
WE NEED TO GO INTO CAPITAL
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AND I THINK, MANY OF THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS POINTS, THE
REVENUE, WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
THE OVERALL REVENUE.
WHICH WE HAVE NOT YET DONE.
I THINK ALONG WITH THE McKINSEY
REPORT FROM THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE LAST YEAR UNDERSCORES
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THAT WE ARE LOGGING IN
THE CITY ALONE AND TWICE THAT
IN OUR REGION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT AND I KNOW
IT IS INTERACTIVE.
WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT IS THE
LAST ONE THAT SHOWS HOW YOU CAN
SCROLL THROUGH IT.
I HOPE PEOPLE HAVE THE CHANCE
TO DO THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS?
>> THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL I REALLY APPRECIATE
TRAN34 INCLUDING THE AUDIO THAT
MADE IT VERY PALPABLE THAT WHEN
YOU HAVE WORKERS WHO ARE NOT
PAID EQUAL TO THE SERVICES THEY
ARE PROVIDING YOU INEVITABLY
HAVE TURNOVER AND THESE ARE
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE INVESTED A
LOT IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL
EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND SO
ON AND IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM
TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT THAT $50 AN HOUR HAS BEEN
STARTING WITH SEATTLE BUT
BEFORE THAT THEY WERE -- BUT IT
IS A MINIMUM.
WE BELIEVE THAT WORKERS WERE
PROVIDING HUMAN SERVICES,
WORKERS PROVIDING EMERGENCY
SERVICES LIKE EMTS SHOULD BE
PAID FAR MORE THAN $15 AN HOUR
SO I APPRECIATE INCLUDING THAT
BECAUSE THAT IS A CONCRETE
QUESTION ON THE QUESTION OF
FUNDING.
IS NOT ONLY FUNDING FOR
HOUSING, FUNDING FOR IMMEDIATE
SERVICES, BUT ALSO FUNDING IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS ON THE GROUND ARE PAID
IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE
ABLE TO ACTUALLY SUSTAIN
THEMSELVES IN THOSE JOBS AND
THERE IS CONTENT ANNUITY AND IT
IS NOT TURNOVER.
I THINK THAT IS THE OVERARCHING
QUESTION.
AND YOU SAID, THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE HAD A REPORT THAT
TALKED ABOUT THE OVERARCHING
NEED FOR FUNDING OVERALL WITH
SPECIFICALLY THE EMPHASIS WAS
THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THIS IS HOUSING THAT IS NOT
GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE
VAGARIES OF THE MARKET.
IT HAS TO BE PUBLICLY OWNED
HOUSING UNITS AND THEY HAVE TO
BE NOT JUST FOR SINGLE
INDIVIDUALS BUT ACCOMMODATING
DIFFERENT FAMILY SIZES AND
EXTENDED FAMILIES AND SO ON.
I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT WAS
JUST MENTIONED IN TERMS OF
NAVIGATION.
WE NEED TO MAKE A
DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN GARBAGE
COLLECTION AND ESSENTIAL
SERVICES THAT EVER AND NEEDS.
HOMELESS PEOPLE ALSO NEED.
AND THAT VERSUS THE SWEEPING OF
HOMELESS PEOPLE WHICH DOESN'T
REALLY ACHIEVE ANYTHING OTHER
THAN INTRODUCING EVEN MORE
UNSTABLE -- SO THOSE ARE THINGS
THAT WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE.
BUT, IN MY NEXT POINT, IT'S NOT
SO MUCH DIRECTED TO THE STAFF
MEMBERS HERE AND THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE AUTHORED THIS REPORT WHICH
I THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK,
BUT MORE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS,
I MEAN, I COMPLETELY AGREE,
WHATEVER CONSOLIDATION AND
DEFRAGMENTATION WE CAN ACHIEVE,
WHATEVER ELIMINATION OF
DUPLICATED WORK, WHATEVER
ACTUAL EFFICIENCIES WE CAN
ACHIEVE THROUGH THE REGIONAL
APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE, WE
SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ADVOCATING
FOR.
BUT I THINK THE QUESTION THAT
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONCRETELY
IS AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR
THE PUBLIC IN SEATTLE AND FOR
ELECTED OFFICIALS, IS HOW DO WE
INCORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY OF
POLITICIANS.
WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE USED
IN A WAY THAT DEFLECTS AWAY
FROM THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE
HIGHEST ORDER.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE CITY
COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL, THESE ARE
PEOPLE WHO WE ELECT WITH THE
MANDATE OF SOLVING THIS PROBLEM
IN THE REGION AND ULTIMATELY
WHETHER WE DO IS CITYWIDE AND
SORT OF INDIVIDUAL GOVERNANCE
BODIES OR WE DO IT REGIONALLY,
ULTIMATELY THE QUESTION SHOULD
BE ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY OF
ELECTED OFFICIALS TO VOTERS.
AND THEN, THE OTHER THING HAS
TO BE OF COURSE, AND I AM SORT
OF REPEATING MYSELF BUT I WANT
TO SAY THIS BECAUSE THIS, I
FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE THE
EMPHASIS, THE OVERARCHING
EMPHASIS FOR US,
NOTWITHSTANDING THE LEGITIMACY
OF THE REPORT, SO ON, SHOULD BE
RELATED TO FUNDING AND THE
QUESTION OF RESOURCES BECAUSE
WITH ALL OF THIS BEING DONE, IT
STILL DOES NOT ADDRESS THE MAIN
QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW THIS IS JUST THE
BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AS WE TALK ABOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS
GOING FORWARD.
YOUR TEAM IS HUGE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING COAST TO
COAST TO HELP US OUT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT FUTURE
CONVERSATION.
TESS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE IN THIS NEW ROLE.
I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE
INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU'RE NO
ROLE WILL BE.
AND THANK YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY AT THE
TABLE IF YOU WANT.
WE WILL TRANSITION TO THE
SECOND PANEL WITH GETS INTO THE
PRESIDENTS QUESTION AROUND WHAT
DOES THIS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE IF WE
LOOK AT THE MODEL OUT OF LOS
ANGELES.
SO, IF YOU COULD READ AND TO
THE RECORD OUR SECOND ITEM OF
BUSINESS.
AND CHRISTINE, IF YOU COULD
JOIN US AT THE TABLE THAT WOULD
BE WONDERFUL.
>> AS I MENTIONED, AT COUNSEL
BRIEFING WE HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
IT IS CALLED THE COMPREHENSIVE
HOMELESS STRATEGY THAT I
BELIEVE IS PRODUCED IN 2016.
FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
WE HAVE PULLED FOR THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS THE SPECIFIC CHAPTER ON
GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNANCE
CONSOLIDATION.
I BELIEVE IT IS CHAPTER 6. SOME
QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL WERE
ASKING ABOUT THE ROLE IN WHICH
THE CITY COUNCIL HAD IN THE NEW
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE COULD
POTENTIALLY BE ADDRESSED BY
CHRISTINE BUT OVERALL I'M
INTERESTED IN YOUR BIG
TAKEAWAYS.
FROM HOW YOU BROUGHT TOGETHER A
LARGE COALITION AT THE TABLE
AND LESSONS LEARNED.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FROM
LOS ANGELES.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
GOOD MORNING.
VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
FROM A VERY RAINY LOS ANGELES.
IRONICALLY, TO JOIN YOU IN
SUNNY SEATTLE.
>> THAT IS IRONIC.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT SEATTLE IS
NOT TRUE, APPARENTLY.
>> AS THEY SAID, I'M CHRISTINE
MARGIOTTA, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL VENTURE
PARTNERS LOS ANGELES AND I WILL
SHARE PRIMARILY FROM MY TIME
BOTH STARTING AND LEADING HOME
FOR GOOD WHICH WAS A CROSS
SECTOR, IS A CROSS SECTOR
INITIATIVE IN LOS ANGELES
COUNTY.
TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ON LOS
ANGELES, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU
ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE
SIMILARITIES IN OUR REGION.
SO, WE, LIKE YOU, ARE ONE
COUNTY WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY
AND THAT COUNTY INCLUDES EIGHT
REGIONS THAT IN MANY CASES
DICTATE THE ALLOCATION OF
FUNDING BY REGION.
WE HAVE 88 CITIES, EACH OF
COURSE WITH ITS OWN MAYOR, ITS
OWN COUNSEL, ITS OWN SET OF
GOVERNANCE, AND WE SPAN 4000
SQUARE MILES.
SO, IN MANY WAYS WE HAVE MUCH
IN COMMON WITH YOUR REGION AND
WHEN WE WERE STARTING THIS WORK
BACK AND 2007 WE OFTEN LOOKED
TO COMMUNITIES, SEATTLE AND
OTHER SIMILAR COMMUNITIES THAT
HAD THAT CITY COUNTY DYNAMIC AS
WE LOOK TO SOLUTIONS AROUND THE
ISSUE.
JUST TO SHARE CONTEXT ABOUT
WHAT LOS ANGELES LOOKED LIKE AS
WE WERE GETTING STARTED, AND I
WOULD SAY THIS IS AROUND 2009-
2010 TIMELINE AND NONE OF THIS
IS TO IMPLY WE SOLVED ALL OF
IT.
I WILL SAY THAT UPFRONT.
WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS AND WE
STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
WHAT WE WERE SEEING AS WE
SCANNED THE LANDSCAPE, I WAS
SITTING AT UNITED WAY AND DOING
A SCAN OF THE CITY AND COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES AND I WILL ECHO
MUCH OF WHAT MARC SHARED, IN
TERMS OF WHERE THE CHALLENGES
LIE.
WHERE THEY LIE IN LOS ANGELES
AND IN MANY COMMUNITIES AROUND
THE COUNTRY THAT ARE STRUGGLING
TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.
THE FIRST IS WE SAW PROGRAMS
VERSUS SYSTEMS.
WE SAW A LOT OF FANTASTIC
EFFORTS, COMING OUT OF
COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES BUT WE
DID NOT HAVE A COHESIVE SYSTEM.
THE EFFORTS WERE NOT BEING
LEVERAGED IN THE WAYS THAT THEY
COULD HAVE.
THEY WERE NOT AS EFFECTIVE,
NEARLY AS EFFECTIVE AS THEY
COULD'VE BEEN WHEN WE WORK IN
CONCERT.
THE SECOND AS WE WERE MANAGING
HOMELESSNESS.
WE WOULD NOT EVEN USE THE
LANGUAGE OF ENDING HOMELESS US.
WE TALKED ABOUT REDUCING OR
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
WE DID NOT USE THE LANGUAGE.
THERE WAS A LACK OF WILL FOR
PERMANENT SOLUTIONS THAT WE
DIDN'T HAVE CLEAR GOALS.
I WOULD SAY PRIMARILY BECAUSE
AS A COMMUNITY I THINK IT IS
HUMAN TO FEEL THAT WHEN
SOMETHING, WHEN YOU BELIEVE
SOMETHING IS NOT ACHIEVABLE YOU
DON'T WANT TO PUT YOURSELF OUT
THERE AS A COMMUNITY.
I THINK THERE WAS A WIDESPREAD
BELIEF THAT HOMELESSNESS WAS
NOT SOLVABLE.
FINALLY, WE HAD I WOULD SAY
SMALLER SCALE AND VERY
DISJOINTED PUBLIC RESOURCES.
SO, OUR CITY AND COUNTY WERE
CERTAINLY INVESTING IN THE ISSUE
BUT NOT NEARLY TO SCALE.
AND WE HAD SIGNIFICANT TENSION
BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY
GOVERNMENT.
AND EVEN WITHIN CITY AND
COUNTY, TENSION TO THE POINT
WHERE OUR CITY AND COUNTY SUED
ONE EACH OVER THE ISSUE OF
HOMELESSNESS.
THAT WAS THE HEIGHT OF OUR
DYSFUNCTION.
>> I'M CURIOUS, IS IT ABOUT
LIKE A DIFFERENT YOU KNOW
MISALIGNED CHANGE THEORY OR IS
IT PERSONALITIES OR --
>> PROBABLY ALL OF THE ABOVE.
I THINK THERE WAS A PUBLIC
PRESSURE AT THE TIME TO ADDRESS
THE ISSUE IN THE CITY AND
COUNTY AND THEY BOTH THOUGHT
THEY WERE NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
SO THE EACH SUED ONE ANOTHER --
>> THEY WERE DEFLECTING
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
FAIR ENOUGH, IT IS A COMPLEX
SYSTEM.
THE CITY HOLDS MOST OF THE
CAPITAL DOLLARS IN THE COUNTY
HOLDS THE SERVICES DOLLARS SO
EACH SAID TO THE OTHER YOU'RE
NOT DOING YOUR PART.
WE WILL PUT OUR RESOURCES AND
WHEN YOU PUT YOUR RESOURCES
AND.
SO, THAT WAS BACK IN THE '90S.
I LIKE TO THINK WE HAVE
PROGRESSED SINCE THEN,
FORTUNATELY.
AS WE LOOK AT THIS LANDSCAPE,
WHAT WE SAW WAS THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR REAL CROSS SECTOR
COLLABORATION.
I WILL ECHO WHAT MARC SHARED.
THE POWER OF PEOPLE WORKING
TOGETHER.
AT THE END OF 2010 WE LAUNCHED
AN INITIATIVE CALLED HOME FOR
GOOD.
THIS WAS POWERED BY UNITED WAY
AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUT
WAS REALLY MEANT TO BE WHAT IS
NOW REFERRED TO AS COLLECTIVE
IMPACT.
WE WERE THE BACK ONE.
FOR ALL SECTORS COMING
TOGETHER.
SO WE HAD EMPHASIS ON
PHILANTHROPY, BUSINESS, PUBLIC
SECTOR, PROVIDER COMMUNITY, THE
GENERAL PUBLIC, ALL COMING
TOGETHER AND EACH DOING ITS
PART IN THE WORK TO END
HOMELESSNESS.
WE WERE VERY CLEAR THAT EACH OF
OUR ROLES IS DIFFERENT, IT
WON'T LOOK THE SAME FOR EACH OF
US.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT LED TO AN
ACTION FOR SO LONG, EACH ENTITY
THOUGHT THEY HAD TO HAVE ALL OF
THE ANSWERS.
AND SOLVE IT ALL ALONE.
TO SHOULDERED ALL ON THEIR
BACK.
AND WHAT WE TRIED TO PUT
TOGETHER WAS LITERALLY A
RUDIMENTARY GRAPHIC THAT WE
EACH HAVE A PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE.
IT CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT EACH
OF US AT THE TABLE.
>> IN MY CONVERSATION IN LOS
ANGELES IT SOUNDS LIKE LABOR
UNIONS HAD A BIG PART IN THIS
AS WELL.
I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE IN THE
NONPROFIT CATEGORY BUT I WANT
TO CALL THAT OUT.
WE THINK ABOUT BUSINESS VERSUS
BUT IT WAS REALLY COMBINATION
OF PHILANTHROPY COME A
BUSINESS, UNIONS, NONPROFITS,
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
AND BEFORE UNITED WAY I WAS
WITH A LABOR UNION AND I NEVER
DREAMED IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE
THAT WE WOULD ALL SIT AROUND
THE SAME TABLE.
THAT WAS THE MOST STRIKING
EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
AND THE MOST MYTH BUSTING
EXPERIENCE TO SIT WITH THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND TO HAVE ALL OF US AROUND
THE TABLE INCLUDING UNIONS,
PROVIDERS, ETC.
SO, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF
THE STRATEGIES, I WILL GIVE
THREE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
JOURNEY OVER THE LAST NINE
YEARS BUT YOU WILL SEE IN THE
CENTER WHAT SOME OF THE KEY
STRATEGIES WERE.
AGAIN, VERY MUCH ECHO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN MARC DONES'S
REPORT.
BUT WE FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE
BRING TO BEAR THE RESOURCES
THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM.
WE WERE LAUNCHING HOME FOR GOOD
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN SO WE WERE
VERY CONSCIOUS THAT IT MOMENT
WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY RESOURCES
THAT WE COULD DO BETTER WITH
WHAT WE HAD.
SO, WE LOOKED AT HOW DO WE
HARNESS THOSE RESOURCES, HOW DO
WE CREATE A SERVICE DELIVERY
SYSTEM THAT IS EFFICIENT AND
EFFECTIVE FOR THE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, HOW
DO WE DELIVER EXCELLENCE AND
QUALITY IN TERMS OF SERVICES
PROVIDED AND HOW DO WE BUILD
PUBLIC AND POLITICAL WILL WHICH
AT THE TIME WAS QUITE THIN.
SO, THIS IS OUR LAUNCH DAY,
DECEMBER 1, 2010, YOU WILL SEE
THE TWO COCHAIRS OF THE
BUSINESS LEADERS TASK FORCE AND
WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE IN THIS PHOTO
ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SITTING
BEHIND THEM WHO CAME UP TO
SPEAK THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT
THIS CONFERENCE.
WE DRAFTED THIS PLAN, THIS HOME
FOR GOOD PLAN WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND SECTORS THAT I
MENTIONED.
AND WE ASKED ALL OF THEM TO
STEP FORWARD AND SIGN ON.
WE HAD ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE
MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES AND
MANY OTHER MAYORS FROM KEY
CITIES ACROSS THE REGION THE
SHERIFF, THE POLICE CHIEF,
HEADS OF MAJOR NONPROFIT
PROVIDERS, IT REALLY WAS A
MOMENT WHEN THE COMMUNITY CAME
TOGETHER AND SAID WE ARE ALL
IN.
WE WILL DO THIS TOGETHER.
THE KEY GOAL AT THE TIME WAS TO
END CHRONIC AND VETERAN
HOMELESSNESS BY 2016.
AND TO CREATE AN END TO ALL
HOMELESSNESS.
FOLLOWING THAT.
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
LENGTH OF TIME AND THE AMOUNT
OF MEETINGS THAT LED YOU TO
THAT DAY?
YOU DIDN'T JUST ROLL OUT A PLAN
AND ASK PEOPLE TO STAY WITH
YOU.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
WE SPENT ABOUT ONE YEAR
PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY TO
BOTH DO A SCAN OF BEST
PRACTICES IN LOS ANGELES AND
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
I SHARED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA THAT I CAME TO SEATTLE
TO LEARN FROM WHAT YOU ARE
DOING AND THE PARTNERSHIPS
HAPPENING IN YOUR CITY AND
COUNTY AND WE TRAVELED TO
DENVER, WASHINGTON, DC, TO LEARN
WHAT WAS GOING WELL IN
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
INCLUDING LOOKING AT OUR OWN
COMMUNITY.
AND FOLLOWING THAT, WE CRAFTED
THIS INITIATIVE AND PARTNERSHIP
WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
SO, AT THE TIME, I HAD, I
BELIEVE OVER 100 ONE-ON-ONE
MEETINGS TO SHARE STRATEGIES
AND HAVE THEM GIVE FEEDBACK AND
EDIT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY ROLLED
IT OUT.
IN DECEMBER, 2010.
IT WAS A LONG AND COLLABORATIVE
PROCESS WITH COMMUNITY.
AS WE LAUNCH THIS, WE KNEW OUR
ROLE COULD NOT AND SHOULD NOT
BE JUST TO BRING THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT
WE CREATE SOME CONCRETE
PROGRESS ON THE ISSUE AND
ACTUALLY -- I WAS GOING TO USE
A TERRIBLE METAPHOR -- I WILL
SKIP THAT.
SOMETIMES YOU REALIZE SOMETHING
IS COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH,
ANYWAY -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE
THAT COMES FROM -- SO, OUR
FIRST UNDERTAKING WAS THE HOME
FOR GOOD FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE.
THIS WAS THE RESOURCES POINT
THAT I BROUGHT UP EARLIER.
THE PRIMARY FOCUS TO BE HONEST
INITIALLY WAS ON THE CITY AND
COUNTY, AGAIN, HAVING SMALL-
SCALE INVESTMENTS IN THE ISSUE
RELATIVE TO THE SCALE OF
RESOURCES THEY HAD AT THEIR
DISPOSAL BUT ALSO A VERY
FRACTURED AND DISJOINTED
FUNDING MECHANISM ON BOTH
SIDES.
WE ALSO NOTICED AND HEARD A LOT
OF FEEDBACK FROM PROVIDERS THAT
INCLUDED BOTH OF US, WE MIGHT
ALL BE, THERE MIGHT BE 10 OF US
FUNDING THE SAME PROVIDER,
MAYBE AN OUTREACH PROGRAM BUT
ONE FUNDER FUNDED THE OUTCOME
OF HOW MANY SANDWICHES WERE
HANDED OUT AND ANOTHER WAS
FUNDING HOW MANY WERE ABLE TO
ENROLL IN SSI, AND THE OTHER
MIGHT BE FOCUSED ON PERMANENT
HOUSING OUTCOMES SO THAT
PROVIDER WOULD SAY TO US I
CAN'T BE ALL OF THESE THINGS TO
ALL OF YOU.
COULD YOU ALL TALK TO EACH
OTHER?
WHAT OUTCOMES DO YOU WANT TO
SEE US ACHIEVE SO WE CAN FOCUS
OUR EFFORTS. THAT WAS A BIG
PART OF THE FOCUS AS WELL.
WE ALSO TOOK A TRIP TO
WASHINGTON, DC AND THE
SECRETARY SHONDA ROBINSON, A
GOOD FACE AS WE TRY TO PUT
FORWARD, HE SAID ESSENTIALLY,
IN A WAY, I HEAR YOU ARE A BIT
OF A MESS IN LOS ANGELES AND
I'M NOT SURE WE CAN CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO BETTER
COLLABORATE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO THAT WAS A GOOD KICK IN THE
PANTS FOR US TO REALLY FOCUS ON
THIS EFFORT OF FINDING.
POINTING PARTICULARLY TO THE
FRACTURE BETWEEN THE CITY AND
COUNTY.
FINALLY, COMING HERE TO SEATTLE
AND HEARING ABOUT THE GOOD WORK
THAT WAS HAPPENING THROUGH KING
COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE
LEVERAGING ONE IT FUNDING AND
BRINGING IT TOGETHER TO IMPACT.
WE LAUNCHED OUR COLLABORATIVE
WHICH WAS INTENDED AND DESIGNED
TO BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
COMMUNITY, CITY OF LOS ANGELES,
CITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION
AND THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
THE VISION WAS A JOINT REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS, THAT WOULD BE
RELEASED SIX MONTHS AFTER THE
LAUNCH DATE.
THE GOAL WAS THAT WE WOULD
BRING TOGETHER $5 MILLION IN
FUNDING AND $35 MILLION IN CITY
AND COUNTY FUNDING.
THAT WAS THE INITIAL GOAL THAT
WE SET.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A
CHALLENGE GRANT FROM THE CONRAD
AND HILTON FOUNDATION AND WE
PARTNERED WITH THEM TO DESIGN
THE CHALLENGE.
INITIALLY I ASKED THEM FOR A
DOLLAR TO DOLLAR MATCH AND I
ASKED THEM FOR $1 MILLION AND
SAID WE WILL MATCH IT AND THEY
GAVE US THE GRANT AWARD AND
SAID WE WILL BE SO HAPPY FOR
YOU TO MATCH THIS.
SO, WE CREATED THAT $5 MILLION
GOAL OUT OF THEIR CHALLENGE TO
US.
WE PULL TOGETHER THE $5 MILLION
AND THEN APPROACH THE PUBLIC
SECTOR PARTNERS TO SAY AS LONG
AS WE HAVE A DOLLAR FOR THE
CITY AND A DOLLAR FOR THE
COUNTY WE WILL RELEASE THIS
FUNDING.
WE CREATED A TENT AND INVITED
EVERYONE TO THE MEETING, IF
THEY WERE READY TO INVEST IN
THE COLLABORATIVE OR NOT.
I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
WE STARTED EACH MEETING WITH A
QUESTION OF THE DAY WHERE FOLKS
GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER AROUND
THE TABLE AS HUMAN BEINGS
RATHER THAN AS SOMETIMES
WARRING POLITICAL ENTITIES.
SO THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING IN THE
EARLY DAYS.
AND ACTION WAS REALLY CRITICAL.
WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT JOINT
FUNDING FOR I WAS A CLOSE TO A
DECADE AT THAT POINT.
AND SETTING A TIMELINE WAS
REALLY CRITICAL. DOING SOMETHING
AND NOT WAITING FOR A PERFECT
PRODUCT BUT SAYING WE NEED TO
GET GOING AND DO SOMETHING.
HAPPY TO SHARE IN THEIR FIRST
YEAR AS A MENTIONED, WE SET A
GOAL OF $35 MILLION IN PUBLIC
FUNDING AND THE PUBLIC PARTNERS
CAME FORWARD WITH $100 MILLION
IN RESOURCES AND WHEN THAT
PRIVATE FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE
TO LEVERAGE AND DO THINGS THE
GOVERNMENT MONEY COULD NOT, THE
PUBLIC PARTNERS WERE SO HAPPY
AND WILLING TO STEP FORWARD
WITH RESOURCES AS WELL.
IN THEIR FIRST YEAR, SIX MONTHS
AFTER OUR STAR, WE WERE ABLE TO
RELEASE A JOINT REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS FOR $105 MILLION.
AS YOU SEE HER, THE LEVERAGE
HAS ONLY GROWN OVER TIME, THIS
LAST ROUND OF THE COLLABORATIVE
HAD OVER $700 MILLION RELEASE
COLLABORATIVELY.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE FUNDING
PARTNERS HERE.
SEVERAL CITIES FROM ACROSS THE
REGION.
AS WELL AS THE COUNTY.
AND THE MAJOR PHILANTHROPIC
ENTITIES, CORPORATE AND PRIVATE
FOUNDATIONS ACROSS THE REGIONS.
I INCLUDED THIS IN CASE ANYONE
WANTS TO SEE A FULL LIST OF ALL
THE FUNDERS WHO INVESTED.
ULTIMATELY, OVER THE LAST I
BELIEVE SIX YEARS, $40 MILLION
PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT. THAT
IS AGAIN, CUMULATIVE OVER THE
TIME.
AND MOST IMPORTANT, IN THAT,
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO MOVE OFF THE STREETS AND
INTO PERMANENT HOUSING
SO YOU SEE THE DARK BLUE LINE,
THE DIRECT HOUSING PLACEMENTS
THAT RESULTED FROM THE FUNDING.
THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE PLACEMENT
THAT WAS LEVERAGE THROUGH THE
FUNDING THAT OUR FUNDING WAS
BLENDED AND LEVERAGED OTHER
RESOURCES THAT THEY HAD
AVAILABLE IN 2710-2018 AND WE
HOUSE AS A REGION OVER 12,000
PEOPLE.
SO, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
EFFORT, I WILL RUN THROUGH TWO
OTHERS THAT WERE POSSIBLE.
AND I WILL SPEAK TO THESE
BRIEFLY.
I KNOW THERE IS A COORDINATED
ENTRY HERE IN SEATTLE AS WELL.
THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM
SPRUNG OUT OF WHAT YOU WILL SEE
AS THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT.
WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY A MAZE THAT
WAS FOR MOST PEOPLE NOT ABLE TO
BE SOLVED IF YOU ACTUALLY TRY
TO SOLVE THIS MAZE WITH A
PENCIL.
YOU CAN'T GET TO THE HOUSING.
WHICH, AS WE SPOKE TO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
PROVIDERS ON THE FRONT LINES,
THIS WAS THEIR VISUAL.
THIS IS HOW THEY DESCRIBE THE
SYSTEM THEY WERE NAVIGATING.
THE DREAM WAS TO CREATE A
SYSTEM THAT WAS MORE
STREAMLINED AND EQUITABLE FOR
THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND THE PROVIDERS
WORKING WITH THEM.
WE DESIGNED A SYSTEM THAT WAS
BUILT VERY MUCH FROM THE GROUND
UP BY PROVIDES AND PEOPLE WHO
LIVED IN HOMELESSNESS.
WORKING TOGETHER.
DESIGNING A SYSTEM THAT WOULD
BEST FACILITATE PEOPLE MOVING
FROM THE STREETS INTO HOUSING.
AND POLICYMAKERS FROM VARIOUS
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES
LISTENED AND WORKED TO CLEAR
THE PATH.
WORKED TO PASS THE POLICIES
THAT WOULD ENABLE THE SYSTEM TO
FUNCTION WELL.
HERE, YOU SEE SOME OF THE FRONT
LINE FOLKS, BRIEFING LEADERS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
THE RESULTS OF CORE NEEDED
ENTRY AND AGAIN, THIS IS VERY
MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS IN LOS
ANGELES, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK
TO DO.
BUT, THE WORK HAS RESULTED IN A
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN HOUSING
FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
PEOPLE.
YOU WILL SEE A 536% INCREASE IN
JUST TWO YEARS TIME OF
PLACEMENTS OF CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS PEOPLE WHICH TOLD US
THAT THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING RESOURCES THAT WE WERE
BUILDING WERE NOT BEING
DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE WHO
NEEDED THE MOST.
THE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE MOST
GREAT ILLNESSES, THE MOST
LIKELY TO DIE ON THE STREETS.
WE ALSO SAW AS WE LOOKED AT
THESE RESULTS FROM A RACIAL
EQUITY PERSPECTIVE WE SAW THAT
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSED
THROUGH THE SYSTEM MORE CLOSELY
MIRROR THE POPULATION ON THE
STREET.
THAT THERE IS AN ACTUALLY, IT
HAS CREATED POSITIVE RESULTS
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT BECAME
POSSIBLE THROUGH CORE NEEDED
ENTRY WAS COMPREHENSIVE
OUTREACH COVERAGE.
IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS 4000
SQUARE MILES IS A HEAVY LIFT
BUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE IS
AN EXAMPLE OF THE MAP OF
OUTREACH PROVISION IN THE SOUTH
LOS ANGELES REGION.
LOOKING AT HOW DO WE ENSURE
COVERAGE OF EVERY REGION WHICH
IS SO MUCH MORE CHALLENGING
WHEN YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL
PROVIDERS WORKING INDEPENDENTLY
TO SERVE THE MISSION VERSUS
PROVIDERS COMING TOGETHER
ACROSS THE REGION TO END
HOMELESSNESS IN THEIR REGION.
YOU SEE THIS COLLABORATION MUCH
MORE POSSIBLE WHEN WE AS
FUNDERS WERE INCENTIVIZING THIS
OUTCOME.
THE THIRD AND FINAL PIECE THAT
I WILL MENTION IN TERMS OF
EFFORTS THAT WE UNDERTOOK AS A
CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATIVE WAS
TO INCREASE PUBLIC AND
POLITICAL WELL.
AGAIN, WHEN WE BEGAN PUBLIC WAS
VERY SKEPTICAL THAT SOLVING
HOMELESSNESS WAS POSSIBLE.
THE ELECTED LEADERS WERE
HESITANT TO ENGAGE IN THE ISSUE.
I APPLAUD YOUR LEADERSHIP IN
HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.
THESE ARE NOT CONVERSATIONS
THAT WERE HAPPENING IN LOS
ANGELES AS WE GOT STARTED.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID
IN 2007, AND I WAS SKEPTICAL
INITIALLY, WE STARTED HOME
WALK, A WALK TWO WAYS AWARENESS
AND WHAT IS SERVED WAS A BASE
TO MOBILIZE THE PUBLIC.
TOWARD REAL SOLUTIONS.
THE FIRST YEAR, 2007, WE HAD
THE WALK, 7 AM ON A SATURDAY
MORNING.
WE DID NOT KNOW IF ANYONE WOULD
SHOW UP AND WE HAD 4000 PEOPLE
WHO CAME AND SAID THEY BELIEVED
ENDING HOMELESSNESS WAS
POSSIBLE.
IT STILL MAKES ME TEARY-EYED TO
REMEMBER WATCHING THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WALK BY AND REALIZING
PEOPLE REALLY DO WANT TO SOLVE
THIS ISSUE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY CAN
DO.
OVER THE LAST 11 YEARS 85,000
PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT FOR THE
WALK AND THAT HAS BEEN DAY ONE
OF THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM.
IT IS THAT FIRST YEAR I
REMEMBER, THERE WAS A PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITE BEING
BUILT IN A COMMUNITY CALLED
NORTH HILLS IN LOS ANGELES.
IT WAS RECEIVING GREAT PUSHBACK
FROM THE NEIGHBORS IN THE
COMMUNITY WHO DID NOT WANT THAT
BUILT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE SORTED THE HOME WALKERS BY
ZIP CODE AND I FOUND 14 PEOPLE
WHO LIVED IN NORTH HILLS AND WE
CALLED EACH OF THEM.
WE SAID, THE SOLUTION IS BEING
BUILT IN YOUR COMMUNITY, WILL
YOU TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF IT.
AND THEIR TESTIMONY WAS
COMPELLING.
AND IT, THE PROJECT DID MOVE
FORWARD SUCCESSFULLY.
NOT BECAUSE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE
WHO TESTIFIED BUT I LIKE TO
BELIEVE THAT CERTAINLY IT MADE
A CONTRIBUTION.
WEEK HAVE CONTINUE THAT WORK
EVER SINCE THEN.
THE COUNCILMEMBER MENTIONED,
THE CITY AND COUNTY
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES, YOU
HAVE THESE WITH YOU AS WELL.
THIS WAS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.
THE CITY AND COUNTY CAME
TOGETHER TO CREATE THE
COMPREHENSIVE SET OF STRATEGIES
COLLABORATIVELY.
IN FEBRUARY, 2016.
THIS IS NOW THE ROADMAP FOR THE
WORK BOTH WITHIN THE CITY AND
COUNTY BUT ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH ONE ANOTHER.
I BELIEVE ALL OF THIS WAS MADE
POSSIBLE, TWO MEASURES THAT
PASSED.>> I WAS THINKING MAYBE
WE SHOULD TAKE SOME QUESTIONS
FOR THE LAST FIVE MINUTES.
>> THIS IS THE END OF IT.
SO, BRIEFLY, IN 2016 AND 2017,
THE CITY AND COUNTY
RESPECTIVELY PAST TWO MEASURES
BY TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE CITY
AND COUNTY WHERE THE VOTERS
VOTED TO TAX THEMSELVES TO FUND
SOLUTIONS FOR HOMELESSNESS BY A
PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX
INCREASE AND BOTH MEASURES
PASSED.
WITH A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN.
NOW BRINGING IN BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO THE REGION.
TO SUPPORT SOLUTIONS.
BUT NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE
GROUNDSWELL OF PUBLIC SUPPORT
AS WELL AS ELECTED LEADERS,
CITY COUNCIL WAS CRITICAL IN
SHAPING THE CITY MEASURE THAT
CAME FORWARD NOT ONLY SHAPING
THE MEASURE IN COLLABORATION
WITH COMMUNITY BUT ALSO
CHAMPIONING IT WITH THE
CONSTITUENTS.
CAN I GIVE ONE MORE NOTE?
THE LAST THING I WILL SHARE, I
WANT TO MAKE A PLUG FOR
SYSTEMIC PREVENTION.
A BIG PART OF WHAT SPURRED MY
TRANSITION OUT OF HOME FOR GOOD
WHICH CONTINUES AND HAS THE
INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP OF CHRIS
KO, UNITED WAY, I BECAME
PASSIONATE ABOUT SYSTEMIC
PREVENTION AFTER LOOKING AT THE
DATA.
THIS IS THE DATA LINE ON
VETERAN HOMELESSNESS WHICH WE
WERE SEEKING TO END BY 2016.
YOU CAN SEE WE WERE ABLE TO
REDUCE IT BY 59% BUT NOT END
IT.
WE WENT FROM 7000 TWO 3000
PEOPLE.
YOU MIGHT ASSUME THERE WERE
FIVE OR 6000 VETERANS THAT
MOVED OFF THE STREETS OVER THE
FIVE YEARS BUT 17,000 VETERANS
WERE HOUSED OVER THOSE FIVE
YEARS.
AND THE COUNT DECREASED BY ONLY
4000.
I WANT TO GIVE THAT AS A WORD
OF CAUTION.
PLEASE, LEARN FROM WHAT WE DID
NOT KNOW GOING INTO THE
SWITCHES I THINK PARTICULARLY
NOW WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING
, WE JUST HAD THE FIRST
DECREASE IN HOMELESSNESS IN
FOUR YEARS BUT IN ONE YEAR,
16,500 PEOPLE MOVED OFF THE
STREETS AND THE COUNT ONLY WENT
DOWN BY 3000.
IF WE AS LOS ANGELES DON'T GO
UPSTREAM AND LOOK AT THINGS
LIKE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
AND FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AS WELL
AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SPIN OUR WHEELS IN
TERMS OF WHAT WE SEE ON THE
STREETS.
I WANT TO MENTION THAT.
IS A KEY PIECE AND I KNOW CHRIS
KO TALKED ABOUT IT , THE
PREVENTION IS CRITICAL.
>> THIS IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
THANK YOU.
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND NEW
YORK SAW DECREASES IN THE
ACTUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING
OUTSIDE AND FEWER PEOPLE LIVING
OUTSIDE I BELIEVE IN SEATTLE SO
WE DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAME
TO LEARN FROM US, LOOKING
FORWARD TO LEARNING FROM YOUR
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAST
THREE YEARS IN THIS EFFORT.
AND BY WAY OF REFERENCE AS
WELL, WE TALK ABOUT LOS ANGELES
HAVING MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE
OUTSIDE PER CAPITA, IT IS
úIMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
SEATTLE HAS MORE PEOPLE PER
CAPITA LIVING UNCHARTERED AND
HOMELESS.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP
AND IT IS GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU
AND LEARN FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES
AS WELL.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR DATA
COLLECTION AND HOW DATA IS
SHARED.
I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
OUT HERE WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE
WILL HEAR FROM YOU, TOO.
IT IS A BIG DEAL.
BOTH IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO
IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS AND WHAT
KIND OF NEEDS THEY HAVE AND I
KNOW MARC DONES TALKED ABOUT
THIS AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE
INDIVIDUAL AND HELP WHAT THEY
NEED.
IT MIGHT ONLY BE $200 OR IT
MIGHT BE MORE.
BUT TRACKING THE DATA AND
RESPECTING PRIVACY ISSUES AS
WELL.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
MOST OF THAT NOW IS HAPPENING
THROUGH THE COORDINATED ENTRY
SYSTEM.
THAT HAS BECOME, I HESITATE TO
SAY A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY,
BUT THAT IS THE MAIN PLACE
WHERE FOLKS ARE FIRST ENGAGING
WITH THE HOMELESS SERVICES
SYSTEM AND WHERE CASEWORKERS
ARE SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE NEEDS ARE AND THEN
CONNECTING THEM WITH RESOURCES
THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR
WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
WE DO HAVE AGREEMENTS FOR
SHARING OF INFORMATION.
WHEN SOMEONE IS ENTERED INTO
THE SYSTEM THEY ARE SIGNING A
RELEASE OF INFORMATION IF THEY
ARE WILLING WHERE THEY ARE NOT
HAVING TO REPEAT THE SAME
INTERVIEW AND THE SAME
QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS WILLING TO
CONSENT, THE INFORMATION IS
SHARED ACROSS PROVIDERS WHICH
HELPS STREAMLINE THE PROCESS
SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENTS QUESTION
AROUND THE ROLE THAT CITY AND
GOVERNMENT HAD IN THE JOINT
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE?
ANY LESSONS LEARNED?
THINGS THAT WORKED WELL?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PLAYED A
KEY ROLE IN THIS.
I KNOW WELL THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES BUT THE
CITY COUNCIL PLAYS A KEY
OVERSIGHT ROLE IN PARTNERING
WITH, WE HAVE A JOINT POWER OF
AUTHORITY BETWEEN THE CITY AND
COUNTY THAT ADMINISTERS THE
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR
HOMELESSNESS.
THEY ALONG WITH THE CITY MAYOR
PLAY A KEY ROLE IN PLACING
MEMBERS TO THE COMMISSION THAT
OVERSEES THE BODY AND ALSO
PROVIDING GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
AND OVERSIGHT TO THEM AND AS I
MENTIONED, WAS A REALLY KEY
DRIVER OF THE LOCAL MEASURE,
PROPERTY TAX MEASURE, THAT HAS
PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES
FOR CAPITAL.
ALSO FLOWING THROUGH MULTIPLE
BODIES IN THE REGION.
>> THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE?
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.
TO CORRECT WHAT I SAID EARLIER,
IT WAS CHAPTER 5 ON GOVERNANCE.
IN YOUR REPORT THAT CAME FROM
LOS ANGELES.
SO, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US
WITH LESSONS LEARNED.
AS WE THINK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING
THE STRATEGIES, YOU HEARD US
TALK WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR, WE
ARE INTERESTED IN FIGURING OUT
WHAT THE NEXT STEPS LOOK LIKE
AND WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU
AND YOUR COLLEAGUES.
WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU TO GET
IDEAS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
>> WILL YOU BE HERE THIS
AFTERNOON?
OR ARE YOU GOING BACK TO LOS
ANGELES?
>> I AM GOING BACK IN A COUPLE
HOURS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M HAPPY FOR YOU TO FOLLOW
UP OFF-LINE WITH THE OFFICE.
I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND
YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR
WORK.
YOU REPORTED SOME IMPRESSIVE
NUMBERS IN TERMS OF PERMANENT
HOUSING ESPECIALLY WITH
VETERANS AND SO ON.
I HAVE NOT READ THIS IN DEPTH
YET, I WILL GO AND DO THAT, BUT
I WANTED TO QUICKLY USE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOUR OPINION
ON HOW TO SORT OF MAKE SENSE OF
THE NUMBERS.
IN AN ARTICLE ON JANUARY 9,
WHICH IS A FEW DAYS AGO, THE
SEATTLE TIMES HAD AN ARTICLE
ABOUT THE HOMELESS IN KING
COUNTY AND THE MAIN THRUST OF
THE ARTICLE, BUT, AT ONE POINT
THEY SAY COMPARED WITH CITIES
WHERE DATA IS COMPILED,
SEATTLE'S DEBTS ARE NOT HIGH,
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE DWARFED BY
LOS ANGELES WHICH SAW 830
DEATHS IN 2017.
KEEPING IN MIND THE
PROPORTIONALITY, AND NOT
NEGATING THE WORK THAT YOU
REPORT ON, I WANT TO KNOW YOUR
OPINION ON HOW SHOULD WE
RECONCILE THIS NUMBER.
>> THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING IN
LOS ANGELES?
>> I MEAN, I WOULD SAY
BASICALLY RULE OF THUMB, WOULD
IT BE -- THAT IS THE MOST
EXTREME CONSEQUENCE OF
HOMELESSNESS.
IF WE LOOK AT METRICS AND
DECIDING IT IS A GOOD MODEL,
HOW GOOD OF A MODEL IS IT?
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
>> I WOULD POINT TO THE FACT
THAT 53,000 PEOPLE ARE STILL
HOMELESS IN LOS ANGELES.
WE ARE NOT NEAR DONE.
I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SLEEPING
ON THE STREETS WHO DIED THIS
YEAR INCREASED TO 899 PEOPLE.
THEY DIED ON THE STREETS OF LA.
IT WENT UP FROM THE NUMBER YOU
CITED.
AND I WOULD SAY, TO THE FOCUS
THAT OUR REGION HAS, THROUGH
THE COURT NEEDED ENTRY SYSTEM,
I MENTIONED THE INCREASE IN
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE,
THAT WAREHOUSE THROUGH THE
SYSTEM, THAT IS PART OF THE
MOTIVATION AND WILL TO FOCUS ON
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE AS
WE LOOK AT THE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESOURCES
HAS BEEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF
DYING ON THE STREET IF WE DON'T
CREATE MORE HOUSING AND CREATE
MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE FOCUS
AND INCREASE.
THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A LONG
WAY TO GO.
WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE ON
THE STREETS THAT ARE NOT BEING
HOUSED.
AND IN MY MIND, A BIG PART OF
THAT IS AGAIN FOR THE SYSTEM,
PREVENTION, WE ARE OVERWHELMING
OUR SYSTEM BY NOT GOING
UPSTREAM AND LOOKING AT HOW WE
PREVENT THIS IF NEARLY 17,000
PEOPLE MOVED OFF THE STREETS
LAST YEAR AND YET YOU KNOW, YOU
WOULD ASSUME FROM THAT THERE
MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE 14,000
PEOPLE BECAME HOMELESS SO, THE
SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY
OVERWHELMED.
AND, I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT,
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SCALE
MUCH FURTHER, WE HAVE TO
SIMULTANEOUSLY GO UPSTREAM AND
LOOK TO PREVENT THE INFLOW.
BUT, AS I SAID, WE HAVE A LONG
WAY TO GO.
THE SYSTEMS HAVE COME A LONG
WAY BUT THE ACTUAL RESULTS ON
THE STREETS NEED TO BEAR THAT
OUT IN THE RESULTS THAT WE SEE
OVER THE COMING YEARS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TRIP
AND FOR SHARING WITH US ON YOUR
EXPERIENCE.
PLEASE PASS ON OUR APPRECIATION
TO YOUR COALITION.
LET'S GO AND MOVE ON TO THE
THIRD PANEL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3. A COMMUNITY
PANEL OF LOCAL EXPERTS.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ASKED SOME FOLKS WHO
ARE WORKING AS SERVICE
PROVIDERS, WITH THE HOMELESS
COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WORKING TO
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING
INTO HOMELESSNESS TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT CHRISTINE MENTIONED.
HOW WE LOOK UPSTREAM AND HOW
THE EXPERIENCES COUPLE WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE JUST
HEARD.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
DANIEL, PAUL, COULD WE START ON
THIS END AND GO DOWN THERE.
CHLOE.
DO YOU MIND SITTING DOWN THERE
SO WE CAN SEE YOU?
>> DO YOU WANT CHLOE AT THE
OTHER END OF THE TABLE?
>> IS THAT OKAY, CHLOE?
THAT WE WE CAN SEE YOU WHEN YOU
SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE.
>> PERFECT.
>> HELLO, I'M DANIEL MALONE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US SPEAK
FOLLOWING THOSE PRESENTATIONS.
I AM INSPIRED BY A LOT OF WHAT
THEY ARE LEADING WITHIN LOS
ANGELES AND GLAD THAT WAS
INCORPORATED INTO THIS TODAY.
BRIEFLY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
WE HAVE MUCH TIME, I WANTED TO
MAKE A COUPLE KEY COMMENTS ABOUT
WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
CONSULTANTS ABOUT REDESIGNING
THE SYSTEM, MAKING CHANGES
HERE, SOME OF THEM ARE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I THINK
ARE FAMILIAR.
THAT WE HAVE PUT IN TWO
DIFFERENT PLANS OVER THE YEARS,
AND WE HAVE STATED THEM IN
PLANS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE TRY
TO CARRY THEM OUT, A LARGE
DIFFERENCE HERE IS THE
CONSOLIDATION OF THE AUTHORITY.
AND, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE DON'T MISS SOMETHING THAT
THE CONSULTNT SAID CLEARLY,
BOTH IN THE WRITTEN REPORT AND
IN THE REMARKS TODAY, WHICH IS
THAT THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS
THAT THEY RECOMMEND NEED TO BE
DONE IN CONCERT.
NOT AS A GRAB BAG OF INDIVIDUAL
PICK AND CHOOSE KINDS OF
THINGS.
AND SO, THEY ARE EXPLICIT ABOUT
THE NEED FOR SIGNIFICANT, NEW
RESOURCES, DEDICATED TO HOUSING
FOR PEOPLE.
AND OUR EXPERIENCE IS THAT
CERTAINLY THERE ARE MORE SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE
AND WE CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT
THAT WILL BE AROUND THE
MARGINS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL NEW
RESOURCES FOR HOUSING IF WE
WILL HAVE THE SUCCESS THAT WE
ALL NEED AND WANT HERE AND I
THINK THE BIG DILEMMA BEFORE US
ALL IS HOW DO WE HAVE A
COMMITMENT TO HAVE THOSE
RESOURCES WHILE WE MOVE ON SOME
OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF
THIS.
BECAUSE, CONSOLIDATING THE
RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE IS NOT A SMALL THING.
IT WOULD TAKE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF EFFORT BY GOVERNMENT
PARTNERS, AS WELL AS NONPROFITS
AND OTHERS WHO ARE GETTING
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS TO DELIVER
THESE SERVICES.
AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF WE
MOVED ON DOING ALL OF THAT WORK
WITHOUT THE SIMULTANEOUS
COMMITMENT TO HAVING THE
RESOURCES THAT WILL BE NEEDED
AS THE CONSULTANTS SAID TO
ACTUALLY ACHIEVE GAINS THAT WE
HAVE.
FINAL COMMENT I WILL MAKE, ONE
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS ABOUT
IMPROVING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND
OTHER HEALTHCARE APPROACHES TO
SERVING THESE POPULATIONS AND I
WILL NOTE THAT THERE IS A LOT
OF TALK ESPECIALLY AT THE STATE
LEVEL, BOTH FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSAL AND PEOPLE IN
LEGISLATURE TO MAKING GREAT
INVESTMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
THAT IS FANTASTIC.
THAT IS MUCH NEEDED.
BUT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO
REALIZE THE BENEFITS FROM ALL
OF THOSE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
IF WE DON'T PAIR THEM WITH
HOUSING.
AND TOO MUCH OF THE PROPOSALS
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SO FAR ARE
REALLY JUST FOR THE CREATION OF
MORE TREATMENT BEDS WHICH ARE
VERY SHORT-TERM INTERVENTIONS,
QUITE NEEDED FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE OF COURSE, BUT I THINK
IT SPEAKS TO THE IDEA THAT MANY
PEOPLE HAVE, THERE IS SOME KIND
OF MAGIC TREATMENT CARWASH THAT
WE CAN RUN PEOPLE THROUGH AND
THEY COME OUT BETTER AND WE
DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TO WORRY
ABOUT WITH THEM.
WE DON'T GET THE BENEFITS OF
THE TREATMENT THAT WE PUT
PEOPLE THROUGH OFTENTIMES,
TREATMENT THAT IS EXPENSIVE
WHEN WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING TO
PLACE PEOPLE INTO AND SO, ALL
THIS SPEAKS TO THE NEED FOR
SIGNIFICANT, NEW RESOURCE
INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING AND WE
OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A
COMMITMENT TO THAT BEFORE WE
MOVE ON THE REST OF THE'S
INVESTMENT CHANGES AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> PAUL LAMBROS.
I WILL ECHO A LOT OF WHAT
DANIEL SAID.
I READ THROUGH THE DOCUMENT AND
I THINK THIS NEW ENTITY, THE
NEW DESIGN CAN BE HELPFUL.
TO GET THE CITY AND COUNTY
WORKING BETTER TOGETHER THAN
THEY HAVE ALREADY.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THOUGH
THAT WHATEVER THE ENTITY IS IS
GIVEN AUTHORITY.
EXPERIENCE OVER MANY, MANY
YEARS AND GOING BACK TO THE
FIRST PLAN ON HOMELESSNESS I
THOUGHT WE MADE REALLY GREAT
DECISIONS THERE AND HAD PEOPLE
AT THE TABLE, GOVERNMENT,
PHILANTHROPY, NONPROFIT
LEADERS, WE MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THROUGH THE
PROCESS, TO BE HONEST, IT GOT
WATERED DOWN.
THE AUTHORITY WAS NOT THERE.
IF WE WILL ATTEMPT THIS AGAIN,
LET'S SET IT UP AND MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
CLEAR DECISIONS WITHOUT
INTERFERENCE.
TO BE BLUNT.
THE OTHER THING IS, IN THIS
REPORT, CLIENT NEED, IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT I LOVE THE FACT
THAT THEY TALKED TO CONSUMERS.
I THINK WHAT DANIEL MENTIONED,
THE FOLKS IN PLYMOUTH, THE
SEVERELY, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
PEOPLE WITH HEALTH ISSUES, THEY
WILL NOT TALK WITH SOMEONE, WE
GET PEOPLE IN HOUSING AND
THEY'RE NOT TALKING TO US FOR
THE FIRST FEW WEEKS.
YOU KNOW?
I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO DELVE IN
DEEPER TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
THOSE NEEDS.
AS DANIEL MENTIONED, THE NEEDS
OUR SERVICES.
WHAT HAPPENS TIME AND TIME
AGAIN IS THAT A CLIENT, A
RESIDENT, WILL BE WITH MENTAL
HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND
THAT MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY IS
GETTING FUNDED TO PROVIDE
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BUT WHEN
THEY LIVE WITH US, WE ARE
PROVIDING THE SERVICES.
THEY ARE STILL COMING IN AND
HELPING, WE HAVE PEOPLE 24/7.
USE OTHER SERVICE DOLLARS.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
AS WE LOOK AT BEHAVIOR HEALTH,
ESPECIALLY DEALING AND TALKING
ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS AND
OTHERS THAT THOSE DOLLARS
REALLY ARE ATTACHED TO HOUSING.
THAT BRINGS YOU TO MY LAST
POINT.
I THINK IT IS SMART AND IT DID
NOT HAVE HOUSING CAPITAL
DOLLARS TIED INTO THIS NEW
ENTITY.
I THINK IF SOME OF YOU HAVE
BEEN AROUND, MANY YEARS AGO,
WHEN HOUSING SERVICES WAS
CONNECTED, WE SEPARATED THE
DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE IT IS TWO
DIFFERENT BEASTS.
THE EXPERTISE IN HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AND HOW TO SPEND
THE MONEY WISELY IS IMPORTANT
TO STAY SEPARATE.
WHO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
ESPECIALLY AROUND'S PERMANENT
HOUSING, IT IS TIED TO THOSE
HOUSING DOLLARS.
THAT SHOULD BE UPPER 30.
BECAUSE, THOSE FOLKS ARE THE
MOST COSTLY ON THE STREETS,
COSTING OTHER SYSTEMS MONEY, WE
HAVE CAPACITY AMONG THE
AGENCIES TO DO MORE.
THIS LAST ROUND WE HAD A
PROJECT THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL, AS
-- MENTIONED, IT IS A RESOURCE
ALSO.
WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT
IT, TYING SERVICE DOLLARS TO
THE HOUSING ESPECIALLY FOR LONG-
TERM CONIC FOLKS IS IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU.
>> JUST A FOLLOW-UP.
TO THAT POINT.
PAUL, ARE YOU SAYING THAT, I
HEAR YOU SAY THE SERVICE
DOLLARS SHOULD BE TIED TO
HOUSING.
AND THAT SHOULD BE TIED TO THE
CAPITAL HOUSING DOLLARS.
ARE YOU ALSO MAKING A COMMENT
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER OF WHETHER
OR NOT THAT FUNCTION SHOULD BE
PART OF THE REGIONAL ENTITY?
>> YES, I THINK YOU WILL
EVALUATE THAT.
I THINK IT WILL STAND ALONE.
BECAUSE I THINK ON THE CAPITAL
SIDE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
FAMILY HOMELESSNESS,
INDIVIDUALS AND UP TO 60%
MEDIAN, RIGHT?
WORKFORCE HOUSING.
I THINK IT WORKS WELL TOGETHER.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR
INSTANCE AND COUNTY FOLKS DO AN
EXCELLENT JOB OF FIGURING THAT
OUT.
I THINK THE QUESTION I GET
ASKED WHEN I DO A PROJECT FROM
THOSE CAPITAL FOLKS IS WHERE
ARE YOU GETTING THE DOLLARS
FROM?
I WILL BE GETTING THEM FROM
OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY
AND COUNTY BUT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THE ENTITY GOES TOWARD THE
EMERGING SERVICES AND
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS THAT THE
RELATIONSHIP IS STILL THERE AND
SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALISON EISINGER.
WE ARE NOT A DIRECT PROVIDER OF
SERVICES.
OUR ORGANIZATIONS, I SUPPORT
SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND
ANALYSIS THAT BOTH DANIEL AND
PAUL HAVE JUST SHARED, I REALLY
DO APPRECIATE THAT THE APPROACH
HERE IS TO LIST 10 ACTIONS THAT
ARE INDEED INTEGRATED AND I
THINK IT RAISES THE QUESTION IN
THE FIRST SET OF DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS TO REALLY THINK
THROUGH, FIRST OF ALL STRESS
TESTING THOSE 10 ACTIONS BASED
ON AN HONEST ASSESSMENT OF
WHERE WE ARE NOW IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
PROCESSES HAVE BROUGHT US TO
THIS POINT.
AND I THINK, TALKING ABOUT
SEQUENCING AND IMPLEMENTATION
ARE CRUCIAL.
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, THERE IS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE TO PLAY IN PLAYING A PART
IN IDENTIFYING WHAT THE
IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE.
SIMILARLY I THINK THE
COLLECTIVE VOICES OF PEOPLE
WITH DIRECT LIVED EXPERIENCE OF
HOMELESSNESS, FRONTLINE STAFF
AND ADVOCATES REALLY NEEDS TO BE
CORE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
CONVERSATION AND TO DATE THAT
HAS NOT BEEN INDICATED.
I THINK ONE OF THE TOUGH
CONVERSATIONS THIS COMMUNITY IS
OVERDUE FOR IS TO REALLY TALK
ABOUT WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS.
AND WHAT IT MEANS.
THAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED,
ACTUALLY, BY BOTH MARC DONES
AND HIS TEAM, AS WELL AS BY
THE COMMENTS A NUMBER OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE RAISED.
WE ARE I BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE
ABOUT 200 SUPPORTIVE HOMES,
PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE HOMES A
YEAR ARE BEING FUNDED AND
CREATED NEWLY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT LOS ANGELES
HAS COMMITTED TO A MINIMUM OF
1000 NEW, PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE
HOMES EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT 10
YEARS AS THEIR STARTING POINT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO GET VERY
CONCRETE ABOUT WHAT THOSE
NUMBERS NEED TO BE IN THIS
COMMUNITY AND ABOUT THE LENGTH
OF TIME IT WILL TAKE US.
TO GET TO THAT POINT.
TO SECURE THE RESOURCES AND THE
PUBLIC WILL AND THE SUSTAINED
POLITICAL COMMITMENT AND I ALSO
WANT TO UNDERSCORE ONE MORE TIME
THAT THESE ACTIONS DO NOT
THEMSELVES CONSTITUTE A PLAN.
SO, THAT IS ANOTHER BODY OF
WORK THAT REALLY IS NEXT BEFORE
ALL OF US.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE IN THIS
COMMUNITY, MANY INDIVIDUALS AND
MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE
LONG BEEN COMMITTED THROUGH
MULTIPLE PROCESSES TO DOING
THEIR BEST WORK AND TO
COLLABORATING.
I WANT TO SHARE ONE FINAL,
SHORT EXAMPLE OF HOW EVEN THE
BEST OF INTENTIONS CAN
SOMETIMES HAVE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
FOR THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING
FUNDED AND PROMOTED.
JUST AS WE SHOULD NOT REQUIRE
PEOPLE TO SHARE PERSONAL
INFORMATION, MANY TIMES OVER,
AND MEASURE THINGS LIKE HOW
MANY TIMES SOMEONE HAS GOTTEN
AN ID CARD, WE SHOULD QUESTION
HOW IT IS THAT PEOPLE'S IDS ARE
LOST.
FREQUENTLY.
INCLUDING, IN SWEEPS FUNDED BY
PUBLIC DOLLARS.
AND WE SHOULD ALSO NOT REQUIRE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE A CLARITY CARD
TO URINATE.
THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT IS HAPPENING IN
THIS COMMUNITY, IN OUR HYGIENE
CENTERS, IN PART AS A RESULT OF
A DESIRE TO CENTRALIZE AND
CONSOLIDATE AND TRACK.
SO, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
QUESTION HONESTLY AND COME UP
WITH BETTER SOLUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
IN THE COURSE OF WHAT WE ARE
DOING NOW AS WE SET A COURSE
FOR THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> WELCOME COLLEEN, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
>> HELLO, I AM COLLEEN
ECHOHAWK.
I AM GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED TO ME ON THE DAY
BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
EVERYTHING WAS SHUTTING DOWN,
ALL OF THE HUMAN SERVICE
AGENCIES WERE TAKING A BREAK
FOR THE HOLIDAY.
I WALKED OUT THE DOOR AND IT
WAS AROUND 5:30 P.M.
I SAW A GRANDMA AND A TWO-YEAR-
OLD, I'M SORRY, A SIX-YEAR-OLD
AND I COULD NOT RESIST HIM.
I SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
I FOUND OUT THEY WERE GOING TO
BE SLEEPING OUTSIDE THAT NIGHT.
THEY HAD BEEN SITTING OUTSIDE
TWO MONTHS.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY WITHIN
ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS THEY WERE ON
THEIR WAY TO A SHELTER.
IN AN UBER.
I BRING THAT FORWARD BECAUSE
ONE THING THAT HAPPENED IN 2017
WAS HST, THE NEW RFP, AT THAT
POINT, IN 2018, WE SAW MANY
NATIVE AGENCIES RECEIVE
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUNDING
FOR US.
ABOUT $3 MILLION AND THAT MONEY
HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN
2018.
THE NUMBERS ARE COMING FORWARD
NOW BUT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT TWO
TIMES THE AMOUNT OF NATIVE
PEOPLE WERE HOUSED IN 2018 THAN
HOUSED IN 2017.
I BRING THAT FORWARD BECAUSE
THAT WAS A HARD, HARD CHANGE.
THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
AND WORRY ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHAT WE SEE IS CLEAR
RESULTS.
WE SEE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO HAVE BEEN
LARGELY MARGINALIZED IN THE
SYSTEM, WHO ARE BECOMING
HOUSED.
THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE PEOPLE
OF COLOR MAKING DECISIONS NOW.
AND, I WANT TO REMIND US ALL,
CHANGES HARD.
I BELIEVE THE CHANGE THAT IS
PROPOSED TODAY IS NECESSARY AND
WILL BE EXCELLENT AND GOOD
ULTIMATELY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IS IT PERFECT, IS IT A PERFECT
RECOMMENDATION?
NO.
BUT DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
BE AGILE AND QUICK AND CHANGE,
YES.
THIS COMMUNITY KNOWS HOW TO
TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE IF
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
I AM HERE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE
GO AHEAD ON THESE CHANGES AS
QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
AND ACT LIKE IT TRULY IS A
CRISIS AND IT TRULY IS AN
EMERGENCY.
THIS PLAN DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB
OF ADDRESSING RACE AND EQUITY.
I BELIEVE OUR RELATIVES,
FAMILIES, BABIES, CHILDREN,
DESERVE EVERY ACTION WE CAN
POSSIBLY TAKE, EVEN IF IT IS
HARD AND DIFFICULT, EVEN IF IT
REQUIRES SYSTEM CHANGE.
ALSO MANY OF THE SYSTEMS ARE
INHERENTLY RACIST.
IT TAKES COURAGE AND BRAVERY TO
MOVE PAST THESE RACIST SYSTEMS
TO SEE GOOD CHANGE ON THE OTHER
SIDE SO, THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING, THANK YOU FOR
INVITING NATIVE PEOPLE TO BE
REPRESENTED AT THE TABLE AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS
PLAN THAT MARC DONES AND HIS
TEAM HAVE PUT TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEEN.
>> SHAUN VAN EYK.
WE REPRESENT A LARGE NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES AT HST IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.
I HAVE TWO POINTS.
ONE IS I WANT TO URGE THE
COUNCIL AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH
THESE CONSIDERATIONS TO ENGAGE
STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING LABOR
AND PEOPLE ON THE GROUND FOR
DOING THIS WORK.
I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT
WENT INTO MARC DONES'S
RESEARCH.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE CONTINUED
ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE FOLKS SO
THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE
CHANGE.
I WOULD ALSO URGE COUNSEL TO
CONTINUE TO APPLY -- TO THE
PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
IT IS NOT A SET IT AND FORGET
IT SITUATION.
IT NEEDS CONTINUED OBSERVATION
AND TWEAKING.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> WELCOME, CHLOE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
AND INCLUDING OUR FEEDBACK IN
THIS PROCESS.
MY NAME IS CHLOE GALE, WE
PROVIDE STREET OUTREACH IN THIS
REGION AND IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
I WILL QUADRUPLE DOWN ON THE
NEED JUST TO CONTINUE TO KEEP
THE CONVERSATION GOING IN TERMS
OF THE NEED FOR RESOURCES AND
HOUSING.
AND THAT FOCUS, WE PROVIDE
OUTREACH, NOT HOUSING BUT THAT
IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE THIS
COMMUNITY TO FUND BECAUSE WHAT
WE SEE FOR PEOPLE ON THE STREET
IS THE NEED PLACES TO GO.
PERIOD.
AND, IRONICALLY, I ALSO THINK
THAT WHILE WE TALK ABOUT
CREATING A SYSTEM, AND YOU HAD
GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
PROBLEMS WITH STAFF FUNDING
WHICH HAS CREATED STAFF
INEFFICIENCY AND WE NEED TO
TEND TO THAT, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS INCREDILY
EXPENSIVE TO HAVE A BOTTLENECK
AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE TRYING TO FORCE THEIR
WAY THROUGH A TINY, TINY
PORTAL.
THAT IS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE
AND INEFFICIENT AS WELL.
THE OTHER THING, I WANT TO CALL
OUT HOW MUCH I LOVED THE
CENTERING OF THE VOICE OF THE
CUSTOMER IN THIS WORK.
I LOVE THE METHODOLOGY OF THE
PROJECT.
I HOPE IT WILL CONTINUE AND
GROW STRONGER.
I THINK WE SAID, IT IS A
CHALLENGE SOMETIMES TO INCLUDE
OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
IN THE WORK AND CONVERSATION.
PEOPLE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
ISSUES AND THE STAFF AND
CONTINUING TO INCLUDE THE
PROVIDERS.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS PROCESS IS INCLUSIVE OF
THOSE VOICES.
IN MY LAST TWO POINTS.
ONE IS WE SPOKE A LOT, THERE
WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
INNOVATION WHICH IS EXCITING
AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
SEATTLE IS A CENTRAL GROUND
ZERO FOR INNOVATION IN TERMS OF
THIS WORK.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
SPEAKING TO THAT ABOUT LA, ALSO
COMING TO LEARN ABOUT OUR WORK.
NOTICING AND BRINGING FORWARD
THE EXCELLENT PROGRAM THAT WE
HAVE AND BRINGING THEM TO
SCALE.
AND FINALLY, BECAUSE OUR WORK
IS CENTERED ON CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT AND THE
RACIST INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY CAUSING THE HOMELESS
CRISIS TO PERSIST, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT CRIMINAL, LEGAL,
INTERFACE IN THIS SYSTEM IS
CAUGHT AND HOW IT AFFECTS
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND PEOPLE
WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS WHO END UP REALLY IN
INHUMANE CONDITIONS.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
I THINK IT IS A DISSERVICE TO
ALL OF US THAT WE DON'T HAVE
MORE TIME TODAY AND HOPEFULLY
THIS IS THE PROCESS AND YOU
HAVE HAD A TIME TO TALK TO LA
AND HIS TEAM.
BUT I HEAR THE HUNGER TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU ARE AT THE TABLE
TO DEVELOP A TRUE PLAN.
TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
PUTTING THEM INTO ACTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS
>> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
EVERYONE AT THE TABLE.
WE HAVE HAD TIME AND
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE
AGAIN HERE, COHESIVE AND
TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
THIS IS PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE A
HOME TO GET BETTER.
AND I APPRECIATED MY COLLEAGUES
BRINGING UP THE FACT THAT THE
McKENZIE REPORT WAS IMPORTANT.
THE NORTHWEST REPORT, THE SAME
THING.
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF
HOUSING UNITS EXCEED WHAT THEY
DO.
SEATTLE ALONE, IT WILL TAKE A
FOUR COUNTY APPROACH TO FOCUS
ON THAT.
AS WE GO FORWARD, I WANT US TO
BE ABLE TO SAY AT THE SAME
TIME, ALL OF THESE IDEAS ARE
GOOD AND WE NEED TO BRING OUR
PARTNERS TOGETHER TO SAY OR
HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY, ACROSS
THE COUNTY, ACROSS THREE AND
FOUR COUNTIES.
THAT WILL MEAN HELP FROM THE
STATE AS WELL.
>> WAS THERE A COMMENT ON THIS
WAY?
>> WE HAVE MADE INVESTMENTS AND
WE NEED TO SCALE UP.
WE NEED REVENUE.
TO CREATE STABILITY WE NEED
DOLLARS TO BE INVESTED IN
CAPITAL PROJECTS SO THERE CAN
BE PERMANENT STABILITY AND
HOUSING FOR FOLKS.
YOU WANT US TO TAKE THE
RESOLUTIONS AND TURN IT INTO A
PLAN.
THIS IS SOMETHING I KNOW THE
COCHAIRS OF AND TALKING ABOUT
WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO REALLY
WANT TO CREATE A PATH FORWARD
THAT INCLUDES THE KEY PARTNERS
LIKE YOU.
SO WE ALL HAVE A SENSE OF THE
NEXT STEPS AND ROLE IN WHICH
THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE A PART
IN.
YOU WANT US TO ACT WITH URGENCY
AND REALLY CENTER THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
WAS BEEN SUBJECT TO THE RACISM
IN OUR EXISTING SYSTEM SO THAT
WE CONTINUE TO ACTUALLY CREATE
POLICY CHANGE THAT WILL BE
MEANINGFUL AND LASTING BY
LISTENING TO THEIR LIVED
EXPERIENCE AND YOUR LIVED
EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCE
OF THE PROVIDERS ON THE GROUND.
YOU WANT TO STAY ENGAGED IN THE
PROCESS AND HAVE US FOCUS ON
RESOURCES, GETTING RESOURCES
AND PUTTING THEM INTO THE
CAPITAL HOUSING PROJECT SO WE
CAN CREATE STABILITY AND A
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
WE ARE HUNGRY TO HAVE THIS
CONCRETE CONVERSATION AROUND
REVENUE, AROUND CREATING
DOLLARS WE NEED, AROUND THE
INTERSECTION ANALOGY BETWEEN
HEALTHCARE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY.
AND AGAIN I WILL EMPHASIZE I
WANT YOU ALL TO HAVE A ROLE IN
THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE WILL REFER TO YOU ALL ON
COUNSEL AND COMMUNITY, THE
CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH US AS WE
THINK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION.
TO IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS YOU MADE AND
WHOEVER SAID IT, IT IS NOT A
GRAB BAG.
WE WANT ALL OF THESE ITEMS
CONSECUTIVELY.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
EVERY DAY, TRYING TO HOUSE
FOLKS AND KEEP FOLKS FROM
FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS.
IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN THIS
REPORT.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF
THE CONVERSATION.
THE NEXT SELECT COMMITTEE WILL
BE CHAIRED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT AND MORE IS COMING SOON.
ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO.
THANK YOU.
>> THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.