11:22:47  OK, welcome everybody

11:22:53  this is the Yuba/Sutter 
specific county breakout room.
11:22:58  Thank you for joining us, 
this will give us a little 
11:23:03 bit of time to start the 
discussion around
11:23:05  local conversations for 
those Yuba/Sutter communities.
11:23:09  I see some FREED staff here 
that work in those counties,
11:23:13  and I see some folks that I 
know from other places. So
11:23:20  Some folks I don't know, so, 
welcome I'm glad you're here, 
11:23:24 thank you for coming.

11:23:25  Just a reminder we want this 
to be open dialogue, we want 
11:23:30 everybody to be able to 
participate in an open 
11:23:33 conversation which is the 
goal. So, if you would like, 
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11:23:41 and click on view and you can 
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11:23:49 more difficult to see them.

11:23:51  So, keep that in mind but 
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11:23:55 and as people are speaking, 
that might help. So, the chat 
11:23:59 is open. 
You can certainly add 
11:24:01 comments that way, you can 
also just unmute yourself and 
11:24:05 discuss. 
We have 21 people in the room 
11:24:08 right now. 
I do not think that is too 
11:24:11 big for folks to just have a 
conversation and then unmute 
11:24:15 themselves.

11:24:15  I have a few guiding 
questions that we can start 
11:24:19 off with, but I would also 
just add that if you have 
11:24:23 other comments please feel 
free to bring those out as 
11:24:27 well. 
The intent here is not for me 
11:24:30 to bring the discussion in 
any particular path, just a 
11:24:33 sort of open it up for 
everybody.
11:24:36  So, I will start with one of 
these questions.
11:24:39  So, sort of thinking about 
the local playbook
11:24:42 , and some of the guidance 
that we got there.
11:24:46  Which leaders and 
organizations would benefit 
11:24:48 the Ben

11:24:50  the development of a local 
playbook and Yuba and Sutter 
11:24:54 County? 
So, maybe we can just
11:24:58  have a brainstorm about who 
needs to be around that table 
11:25:02 to come up with something 
that will benefit us all?
11:25:11  And if you need to know how 
to unmute yourself, down in 
11:25:15 the bottom left-hand corner 
of your screen, you will see
11:25:19  a little microphone icon, 
you can just click that, it 
11:25:23 may have a line through it if 
you are muted. And you can 
11:25:27 speak and the group will hear 
you.
11:25:31  No thoughts?

11:25:35  How about organizations?

11:25:38  Which organizations do we 
need around the table?
11:25:41  When thinking about older 
adults and folks with 
11:25:44 disabilities

11:25:45  in the Yuba/Sutter 
communities.
11:25:46  SPEAKER:

11:25:48  Hi I'm the ARC

11:25:49  navigator

11:25:55  at the Yuba office, we need 
a local hospital, we need a 
11:25:59 homeless Consortium,

11:26:00  we need the social services 
agencies,
11:26:02  the county agencies,

11:26:07  to be there at the table.

11:26:13  There is probably a ton 
more, but those are what I 
11:26:16 can think of off the top of 
my head (Laughs). CARLY 
11:26:20 PACHECO: Thank you Shannon. 
SPEAKER:
11:26:24  Walks, this is tan,

11:26:28  I think something else that 
we need and I don't know how 
11:26:33 to go about getting this.

11:26:36  But a representative or 
something or a coalition from 
11:26:40 our city councils,

11:26:41  as well as our Board of 
Supervisors
11:26:43 , we need to get those

11:26:46 , representative of those 
groups
11:26:48  as a part of what is going 
on.
11:26:50  And kind of raise the 
awareness
11:26:54  at that level, as to what 
the needs are.
11:26:59  And what the reason why they 
should be involved and why 
11:27:03 they should care. 
CARLY PACHECO: Thank you so 
11:27:06 much Tanna,

11:27:07  I thought that was a great 
point that
11:27:11  Jan pointed out this 
morning. And I think she 
11:27:14 recognizes the need,

11:27:18  maybe more than some other 
elected officials because of 
11:27:21 her participation. 
So, how can we get that 
11:27:24 excitement? 
into some other elected 
11:27:26 officials? 
That was a great point.
11:27:28  Any other comments?

11:27:35  Oh go ahead Shannon. 
SPEAKER:
11:27:43  I think to get the 
excitement has to be 
11:27:46 personal. 
It's can have to be personal, 
11:27:49 they will have to see it from 
a personal view. And kind of 
11:27:53 have it right there in front 
of them, in order to make it 
11:27:58 significant. 
CARLY PACHECO: Thank you, 
11:28:00 great point. 
Selah
11:28:01  (unknown name)

11:28:04  in the chat, pointed out 
that she would like to see the
11:28:08  owners of nursing homes

11:28:10  at those meetings.

11:28:16  Great point, we just saw the 
impact of COVID-19 on 
11:28:19 individuals living in 
residential facilities, we 
11:28:22 know it was significant.

11:28:24  Emily Bridges says she's 
actually many hours away in 
11:28:27 another county, mainly here 
soaking up information 
11:28:30 because it seems

11:28:32  relevant they queue for your 
perspectives. Welcome Emily, 
11:28:35 thank you.

11:28:37  Oh Ashley I see your hand go 
ahead and unmute. SPEAKER:
11:28:42  So, I started at FREED in 
2018,
11:28:47  and then as an ILS now, and 
COVID
11:28:56  shone a light on this, but 
the outing went from urgent 
11:29:00 to a crisis especially for 
older adults and people with 
11:29:04 disabilities. 
I think nine times out of 10, 
11:29:07 working with people, you kind 
of know it'll go from
11:29:11  -- you will work with them 
from a year to two years, and 
11:29:16 the waiting list for those 
low income
11:29:24 , it's good to be 3 to 5 
years, it's urgent in our 
11:29:28 area. 
So, getting those people at 
11:29:30 the table is really 
important. And then outreach 
11:29:33 is gonna look different now 
with COVID. So, working on 
11:29:37 that. 
And getting folks at the 
11:29:39 table in creative ways is 
really important. CARLY 
11:29:42 PACHECO: Thanks Ashley,

11:29:43  and that's kind of another

11:29:49  guiding question that we had 
to look at. So, Ashley you 
11:29:53 called out housing as being 
one of the most critical needs
11:29:57  in Yuba and Sutter counties,

11:30:00  are there other needs that 
people want to chime in about 
11:30:04 an add to that

11:30:06  sentiment around housing? 
Are there other needs that 
11:30:08 people identified

11:30:09  that they thought are really 
at the top of the list that 
11:30:14 need to be addressed? 
first?
11:30:15  When looking at the

11:30:21  master plan in Yuba/Sutter 
counties, what are the 
11:30:24 priorities that people are 
thinking about?
11:30:34  Shannon noted 
transportation, especially in 
11:30:36 the more rural areas of the 
counties. Absolutely.
11:30:42  Actually I see her hand 
again, I don't know if that's 
11:30:46 another. 
SPEAKER: Yeah, I was going to 
11:30:49 say access to transportation,

11:30:52  it's not that there is an 
transportation but older 
11:30:56 adults and people with 
disabilities just can't 
11:30:58 access it. 
There is either no bus line 
11:31:01 or dial the right stops, and 
they don't have access
11:31:05  and cannot get to where they 
need to go in a safe way
11:31:10  because they just live in a 
rural area.
11:31:13  And they either can't afford 
the transportation,
11:31:15  or they just don't have 
enough access. CARLY PACHECO:
11:31:18  Thanks Ashley, (unknown 
name) I see your hand.
11:31:21  SPEAKER:

11:31:24  Yes thank you, definitely 
housing, affordable housing.
11:31:26  Food and access

11:31:28  to technology.

11:31:30  Being able to

11:31:34  communicate

11:31:35  with the outside

11:31:40  and knowing how to work at 
the technology
11:31:43  and able to keep up with 
that.
11:31:52  CARLY PACHECO: Yeah really 
great point, the digital 
11:31:55 divide which we've seen. 
So much of our connection 
11:31:58 these days comes through 
technology.
11:32:00  And I think in a related 
comment, Sheila Baker in the 
11:32:04 chat posted senior 
activities. So,
11:32:06  sort of social in connection 
needs it sounds like.
11:32:11  And Shannon is calling out 
access to care providers,
11:32:14  affordable or otherwise.

11:32:15  (Laughs)

11:32:20  Because were seeing even if 
folks can afford it, or if 
11:32:24 they qualify for IHSS,

11:32:28  they are struggling to find 
care providers. I do not know 
11:32:32 if anyone else is seeing that 
locally.
11:32:44  Maybe, maybe not, we will 
add it to the list.
11:32:58  Any other sort of specific 
areas of need that people are 
11:33:02 seeing?

11:33:08  OK...

11:33:12  Another sort of idea for 
discussion here,
11:33:18  has anyone seen successful 
practices or programs or 
11:33:21 models that can be replicated

11:33:25  and maybe benefit Yuba and 
Sutter counties? Any ideas 
11:33:28 about that? 
Successful program models 
11:33:30 that might meet some of these 
needs.
11:33:36  What about any of our

11:33:40  area for folks

11:33:44  you guys have a wide for 
rarity of seeing our programs.
11:33:48  SPEAKER:

11:33:53  This is well from the agency 
of aging, thinking about what 
11:33:57 can I was saying on electives 
officials and having more 
11:34:00 buy-in from local 
jurisdictions,
11:34:02  when you listen to these 
presentations about the 
11:34:05 master plan on aging, from 
the state you get the 
11:34:08 impression that Governor 
(unknown name) was sitting 
11:34:11 around one day

11:34:12  thinking about how to fill 
his free time,
11:34:17  and he thought let's spend 
two years writing a plan for 
11:34:21 aging. 
And that's really not how it 
11:34:23 came about, it was the 
(indiscernible) foundation
11:34:26  SCAN Foundation,

11:34:34  that was the driving force, 
and even before he was 
11:34:38 elected, they did a survey of 
voters and asked those voters 
11:34:41 how important it is to you 
that the next governor of 
11:34:45 California focus on aging 
issues? The great majority of 
11:34:48 people said yes, it is very 
important. So, while he and 
11:34:52 his opponent were 
campaigning, they brought 
11:34:55 that information for word and 
got him to commit to it as a 
11:34:59 candidate. 
He actually got both 
11:35:01 candidates to commit to it 
and held him to it. Once he 
11:35:05 did get elected.

11:35:08  It is well documented how 
they went about doing that, 
11:35:12 and how they continue to do 
that.
11:35:17  I think that works at the 
local level as well, seniors 
11:35:21 vote, people disabilities 
vote, and it's about 
11:35:24 constituents and what

11:35:28  electives perceive as being 
important to constituents
11:35:32 , if they step forward, 
others will follow.
11:35:34  CARLY PACHECO:

11:35:36  Really great points

11:35:37 .

11:35:41  And I will just point out 
that the SCAN Foundation is a 
11:35:46 major

11:35:46  foundation -- supporter of 
our event today. So, they 
11:35:49 really continue this critical 
work across the state.
11:35:52  Riffing off of what will 
said,
11:35:58  are there any ideas of how 
we can get local older adults 
11:36:02 and people disabilities more 
involved in making their 
11:36:05 voice heard? 
And how critical their needs 
11:36:07 are?

11:36:08  Or maybe what the barriers 
are to that that we can work 
11:36:12 on?

11:36:19  SPEAKER:

11:36:22  I think one thing that's 
been shown to be useful in 
11:36:26 other areas is having a 
coalition
11:36:33  of community support 
services, agencies,
11:36:37  and just other stakeholders 
in the county
11:36:40  who are able to gather 
together
11:36:42 , get a focus,

11:36:46  and then go to those elected 
officials and go
11:36:49  to those city supervisors

11:36:51  because you might have

11:36:54  one person having an 
important conversation.
11:37:03  And they hear that but it's 
one person, but if you go as 
11:37:07 a group or somebody 
representing a group, of a 
11:37:10 white diversity of 
stakeholders in the 
11:37:13 community, I think it has a 
lot more power. And it can be 
11:37:17 much more influential when 
you are trying
11:37:20  to get yourself heard. 
CARLY PACHECO:
11:37:25  Thank you Linda. 
That is a really great point. 
11:37:28 I will point out

11:37:31  that

11:37:38  they have an advisory group, 
and maybe that group can grow 
11:37:42 and build into something like 
Linda is describing.
11:37:53  At the end of the main 
presentation today, there 
11:37:56 will be contact information 
for how you can get involved. 
11:38:00 But I also put that in the 
chat right now, so, if you 
11:38:04 are interested in joining 
that group of concerned 
11:38:07 citizens and organizations 
working together to sort of 
11:38:10 move some of these 
initiatives forward, we would 
11:38:13 love to have anyone around 
the table. So, feel free to 
11:38:17 reach out if that is 
something you are interested 
11:38:20 in. 
SPEAKER: Hey Carly this is 
11:38:22 Mary from the agency of 
aging. I just wanted to add 
11:38:26 in that yellow county has 
been really successful in 
11:38:29 holding town hall meetings. 
Just recently in the month of 
11:38:33 May, they did zoom meetings 
instead of in person for town 
11:38:37 hall. 
Prior to COVID they were able 
11:38:39 to do in person version.

11:38:42  But what they did is they 
picked some key cities in the 
11:38:46 counties, Woodland, Davis,

11:38:48  oh gosh I can't think of all 
the other ones.
11:38:52  But they did a total of 
four, was sent
11:38:55  Sacramento was one,

11:38:57 .

11:39:03  They had a really great 
turnout, and a lot of good 
11:39:07 input from folks that they 
could pass on
11:39:09  to their local city Council

11:39:11  or their board of 
supervisors and such.
11:39:14  CARLY PACHECO:

11:39:16  Married you know what 
organization organize those 
11:39:19 town halls? 
Mary
11:39:21  SPEAKER:

11:39:23  It was Sheila Allen from the

11:39:30  yellow healthy aging 
alliance. I don't know if you 
11:39:33 know her but I'll be happy to 
make an introduction for you. 
11:39:38 CARLY PACHECO: Yeah that is 
great information. Thank you.
11:39:48  Any other successful 
practices, programs, models 
11:39:50 that you've seen elsewhere 
that might be needed in
11:39:53  Yuba/Sutter, it does anyone 
want to share?
11:40:08  OK and finally... 
oh Emily I see your hand 
11:40:11 sorry. 
SPEAKER: Hey there, I just 
11:40:14 want to chime in again,

11:40:15  working Ms. 
breakout session
11:40:17  one aspect

11:40:22  for emerging ADRC's

11:40:26  is still work with their 
local independent resource 
11:40:29 Centre.

11:40:34  Speaking from experience, we 
actually have people that 
11:40:37 partner closely with the ADRCs

11:40:38  and the area agency on

11:40:40  has been in our county

11:40:44  to provide technical support 
for each other,
11:40:47  and to partner and serve a 
community
11:40:50  that has both of the 
intersection.
11:40:53  CARLY PACHECO:

11:40:54  Thank you Emily, and you are 
pointing out
11:40:57  the crux

11:41:00  of that ADRC group, right?

11:41:03  The core partners for the 
Yuba Centre
11:41:10  ADRC as well as FREED, that 
is the organization I am with.
11:41:19  So, yes, these are 
definitely two important 
11:41:22 groups around the table, I 
really appreciate you calling 
11:41:25 that out. 
SPEAKER: (Laughs) Absolutely, 
11:41:27 thanks. 
CARLY PACHECO: Let's see, 
11:41:30 Colin is here from disability 
services legal centre from 
11:41:32 Sonoma County, he's talking 
about the services he 
11:41:35 provides which is disaster 
access and resource Centre.
11:41:38  An example of what a DD ARC 
does is provide portable 
11:41:42 generators for those who need

11:41:44  power for medical equipment 
during power shutoffs as well 
11:41:47 as disaster

11:41:49  assistance. 
This can be helpful for you 
11:41:51 but if it doesn't have a 
similar program.
11:41:56  Thank you for calling that 
out call in, and read is in 
11:42:01 ADRC, so, we do provide those 
backup
11:42:03  batteries to individuals in 
Yuba County, as well as folks 
11:42:07 with panic

11:42:08  where the battery won't work 
for. The equipment might need 
11:42:12 more power

11:42:15  then with the battery can 
provide. We can see this was 
11:42:19 oxygen tanks. 
We can actually get folks to 
11:42:22 hotels where they can be safe 
during those disasters.
11:42:26  Yuba County in particular, 
has some area especially in 
11:42:30 the outlying areas that are 
at that high fire risk and 
11:42:34 experience those Public 
Safety power shut off. So, 
11:42:36 really great thing to call 
out. Thank you for that.
11:42:46  And we have about three 
minutes, are there any final 
11:42:49 thoughts, things we have not 
talked about that anyone 
11:42:53 wants to raise to the 
forefront or any final 
11:42:56 questions?

11:42:58  Looking around? 
Feel free to unmute yourself, 
11:43:00 I may or may not be able to 
see you on your video if it's 
11:43:06 raised that way. 
SPEAKER: Hi CARLY PACHECO:
11:43:08  My name is (unknown name), 
from FREED,
11:43:13  as somebody that's 
relatively new to the Yuba
11:43:22  Sutter area, I would really 
like to hear people's 
11:43:26 thoughts on on where we 
should be focusing our 
11:43:29 energy, and transportation, 
as part of the master plan, 
11:43:32 dissertation and care and 
housing.
11:43:34  But I would like to know 
ideas on where we should 
11:43:38 start? 
Would we start with?
11:43:40  Would we do first? 
What are your ideas? I have 
11:43:43 ideas, but it's good to take 
a village to make a movement 
11:43:48 on this.

11:43:49  And to be able to push this 
forward. So, I would love to 
11:43:53 hear some ideas.

11:44:00  SPEAKER: I will jump into 
this cattle,
11:44:04  it is a moral dilemma

11:44:11 , how do you provide services 
to anyone – like everyone?
11:44:15  How you at the same time 
work on providing critical 
11:44:19 services and also work 
upstream on prevention.
11:44:24  Historically, we have not 
had enough resources to do 
11:44:27 both. 
And so,
11:44:31  I think what has happened, 
not so much as a strategy,
11:44:36  but out of demand

11:44:37  from the public,

11:44:39  it is folks in transition

11:44:42 , who are transitioning

11:44:46  from hospital to home, or 
home to hospital.
11:44:50  Or they are being displaced 
from where they live,
11:44:56  that is the window of 
opportunity
11:45:00  when people are thinking 
about or coming to the 
11:45:03 realization

11:45:07 . 
However I was living before, 
11:45:09 I will not be able to 
continue doing that
11:45:12 . 
Changes happening,
11:45:13  whether I like it or not.

11:45:16  And that is the moment when 
they are open
11:45:19  to alternative ideas,

11:45:22  and when they are frankly 
desperate,
11:45:24  to find some other answer

11:45:26 .

11:45:30  And to maximize their 
independence
11:45:32 , and so,

11:45:39  I think more needs to be 
done on both ends of the 
11:45:43 spectrum. 
But it is in that space,
11:45:46  where really historically 
the struggle has been for 
11:45:49 people to see us (Laughs).

11:45:51  That there are other options

11:45:53  besides the private sector

11:46:01  assisted living, private 
home care agencies, there's 
11:46:04 this whole public service 
network that's out there,
11:46:07  and we can help you identify 
what all of your options are.
11:46:11  In an unbiased and person 
centred way.
11:46:14  CARLY PACHECO:

11:46:17  Thank you will, that is 
certainly one of the key
11:46:21  components of

11:46:27  ADRC, creating that network 
in no way the public does 
11:46:30 know about it and knows how 
to access it
11:46:34  and gather that information.

11:46:44  Finally, Shannon wants to 
call out FREED our 
11:46:46 organization, and highlight 
that we offer a lot more than 
11:46:50 just assisted technology or 
equipment. I think people 
11:46:53 think of us

11:46:56  is that because they're 
assuming a lot of the work we 
11:47:00 do, but building hospitals -- 
relationships with the 
11:47:03 hospitals, regional housing, 
we are really working on all 
11:47:06 these issues in one way or 
another. So, we are local 
11:47:10 resource for sure. 
It is 1146, thank you all so 
11:47:14 much. 
This was a great discussion, 
11:47:16 I really appreciate you being 
here.
11:47:21  So, were to go back to the 
main room we started in 
11:47:25 today, you can navigate back 
to the participant page to 
11:47:29 get back to the main room. 
We will just do a back -- 
11:47:33 Rapoport all the breakout 
sessions to hear what other 
11:47:37 counties talked about and 
what the other three breakout 
11:47:40 sessions had as well. 
Thank you everybody, we will 
11:47:43 see you back at the main room 
at 1150. OK?