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City's response to financial distress among human service providers
1:15:17
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Michael Sedillo and Kim Yu from the Mayor's Office discuss the city's response to financial distress among human service providers due to late payments. They emphasize the urgency of the situation and outline various measures being taken to address the issue.
- The administration acknowledges the dire and urgent situation faced by nonprofit providers
- Multiple initiatives are underway, including the advance directive and exempting 83 positions from the hiring freeze
- MOCS is working to expedite payments and is reviewing the Controller's report for further insights
Michael Sedillo
1:15:17
I'll just start.
1:15:18
Thank you so much Chairwon.
1:15:19
I haven't had a chance to read the Controller's Report just yet but looking forward to reading it.
1:15:26
I would say you know we are all very much aligned and I'm very fortunate to have real alignment among all the leadership at City Hall that this is a dire and urgent situation and everything is on the table.
1:15:39
So, you know, I mentioned the advance directive.
1:15:41
That is not the only thing we're doing.
1:15:43
Right?
1:15:43
OMB, as we mentioned, has unlocked a 83 positions across agencies, having exempted them from the hiring freeze.
1:15:51
That's significant.
1:15:52
The work that MOX has done, and I think director Yu will chime in here in a minute, has done to really helping us get payments out the door, but it is something that we take very very seriously and understand that it is our north star to get folks paid as soon as humanly possible.
Kim Yu
1:16:11
Thank you Michael.
1:16:12
If I could add, as Michael mentioned, we haven't had the opportunity to digest the controller's report since it was just released last night, and we look forward to digging in as you know this is our life's work.
1:16:27
I really wanna think through the methodology, their raw data, what they're capturing, and then how they're just using those things to draw their conclusions and their recommendations.
1:16:44
Having said all that and just pivoting back to the administration's work to keep the eye on the prize, so to speak, it
Michelle Jackson
1:16:53
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