August

HIGHLIGHTS

(As of 08/31/21)

  • Board and committee members are encouraged to support the Fresh Start program by going online through their Amazon or Target portals to donate bath towels, tooth brushes, combs, shampoo, soap and other items to our homeless community partners — U.S. Vets and Long Beach Rescue Mission.
  • Whether you are a Board or committee member, we hope you have already downloaded the Go Long Beach app on your smartphone. No matter where you find yourself in Long Beach, there’s an ability to use the app for information or more likely, to help the community by reporting graffiti, potholes, broken streetlights or dumped items in an alley
  • The next committee meeting will be Wednesday, September 22, at 4:30 PM.

FINANCE (As of 07/31/21)

Spending YTD

Fiscal Year: 10/01/20 - 9/30/21

COMMITTEE GOALS & TIMELINE (FY 20/21)

1

Goal 1 Work with residents and businesses to develop and implement a community-based campaign to collect bath towels and personal hygiene kits for homeless outreach service providers (Strategic Plan Actions: C1.1)

1

November - December ✔

  • Outreach to homeless outreach service providers and commercial partners.

2

January - March ✔

  • Marketing and Stakeholder Outreach.

3

April - May ✔

  • Collection!

4

August - September

  • Distribution to service providers.

2

Goal 2 Work with committee members to schedule GoLongBeach canvassing in the DPIA. Develop and manage a business GoLongBeach outreach program extolling the virtues of business owners/staff using the app to keep the community clean and safe. (Strategic Plan Actions: C2.7, C3.1, C3.3.)

1

November - December ✔

  • Identify message and campaign collateral.

2

January - March ✔

  • Perform social media
  • phone and physical outreach.

3

April - May ✔

  • Follow up with business and stakeholders on usage.

4

June - July

  • Perform second round of social media phone and physical outreach.

5

August - September

  • Evaluation and feedback to City staff.

3

Goal 3 Committee members work with neighborhood association leaders in evaluating DLBA Clean and Safe programs via mystery shopper activities (Strategic Plan Actions: C1.4, C3.1)

1

November - January ✔

  • Develop evaluation checklist and training.

2

January ✔

  • Recruit neighborhood leaders.

3

June ✔

  • Perform second round of recruiting neighborhood leaders.

4

February - August

  • Train and perform Mystery Shopper
  • Evaluate and provide feedback to DLBA Clean and Safe

METRICS (as of 8/31/21)

GRAFFITI & STICKER REMOVAL

STREET PERSON CONTACTS

SAFETY AMBASSADOR ASSISTANCE