HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Comments - Jeff CorlessFrom: Jeff Corless <jeff@venturestrategic.com>
Date: April 4, 2023 at 11:48:04 AM PDT
To: Austin Lumbard
Cc: Tim Lineberger <tim@venturestrategic.com>
Subject: Request for Correction - Agenda Item #9 Report
Mayor,
I am requesting a minor correction to the Community Development 2022 Annual
Report as presented as a “Receive and File” with no action under Agenda Item #9 (see
attached).
Referring to Attachment A, page 28 (as printed; page 31 of the PDF), CalOptima
Health’s Recuperative Care and PACE Center is described as a “Facility serving the
homeless, providing recuperative care/post -hospitalization housing and a Program All-
Inclusive Care for the Elderl y (PACE).” “Facility serving the homeless,” as the lead for
the description, infers this is a homeless facility, which is inaccurate.
Per the executive summary as submitted by CalOptima, the program is “a hybrid two pronged
program: a Recuperative Care and Post-Hospitalization program and a PACE
program (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) serving CalOptima eligible
patients regardless of housing status.” This description more accurately represents the
purpose and planned use of the facility currently being reviewed.
To put it another way, a hospital, which is required to receive and treat patients
regardless of whether they are housed or unhoused (as is the case here), could be
referred to under this logic as a homeless shelter.
We would like to request this correction be made to the report, and that the
attachment be updated in the official staff report posted on the website.
I appreciate your consideration,
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Jeffrey D. Corless, MBA
President & CEO
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North America
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