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Nicole Emery, city clerk, said there were 10 vacancies and 10 interviews scheduled; three additional applicants either withdrew, deferred or did not appear. Applicants provided two‑minute statements about their qualifications and answered follow‑up questions about collaboration and decision making.

Applicants included Rose Brecco, who works in supportive housing and said she centers tenants’ goals in her advocacy; Josh Ganis, supervisor for Parks Tacoma’s Beyond the Bell program; Kaira (Kyra) Yamina Gomez Garcia, who described experience in educational equity and veteran status; Joy Tevis, with a background in hospitality and event coordination; Angela Moore, who described running mobile family resource and street medicine initiatives and said her programs served hundreds; Jasmine Ramsey, who holds experience in international human rights and prison advocacy; Diana Royalty, co‑founder of People Centric; Destiny Malaga, an executive chef and workers’ rights advocate; and others.

Committee members moved through a sequence of motions recommending appointments. The committee recommended the appointment of Kyra Yamina Gomez Garcia to an unexpired term ending Feb. 29, 2028; Rose Brecco to an unexpired term ending Feb. 28, 2026 followed by a full three‑year term to Feb. 29, 2028; Joy Tevis to an unexpired term to Feb. 29, 2028; Angela Moore to an unexpired term ending Feb. 28, 2026 followed by a three‑year term to Feb. 29, 2028; Josh Ganis to an unexpired term ending Feb. 28, 2027; Jasmine Ramsey to an unexpired term ending Feb. 29, 2028; Diana Royalty to an unexpired term ending Feb. 28, 2026 followed by a three‑year term to Feb. 29, 2028; and Destiny Malaga to an unexpired term ending Feb. 29, 2028.

Committee members voted by voice on each recommendation. The record shows the committee adopted each motion by aye vote; the committee had four members present at roll call and those members participated in the voice votes. The clerk’s office will notify applicants of the committee’s recommendations, which will be forwarded to the full City Council for final appointment as provided by city process.

Committee members discussed leaving two short, partial terms to a later interview round and prioritized filling longer terms now. Vice Chair Scott and other members praised the diversity of applicants and noted applicants brought both professional and lived experience relevant to human rights work.

The committee adjourned after completing the appointments and moved other business for upcoming meetings, including return of the Landlord Fairness Code Initiative and a Jan. schedule for Human Services Commission interviews.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Tacoma - 20250925 Community Vitality and Safety Committee","oneSentenceSummary","The Community Vitality and Safety Committee conducted interviews for 10 applicants to Tacoma’s Human Rights Commission and recommended appointments for nine applicants during the Sept. 25 meeting; several terms are to fill unexpired seats.","taxTitle","Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington","taxId",2675,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6457765,"Tacoma officials briefed on unified regional approach to homelessness; design phase underway",2380,83000,2463000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5836974-a2d16be0e132959f53e0557606a0e99a&start=83&end=2463","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5836974-a2d16be0e132959f53e0557606a0e99a/thumbnail_83000.jpg","/articles/6457765/Tacoma/Pierce-County/Washington/Tacoma-officials-briefed-on-unified-regional-approach-to-homelessness-design-phase-underway","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6457765-764354b2eda64b37147b9e1b122b2afe/orig.mp4?Expires=1771153178&Signature=mSlWiw0uNlY4wT4AMwyIa7xgz8kVDWfmSADbdjuDadJIiDXSAHbWf~O56K~na3nn~9OtLRBogsnjMYir5h2PkJuLhXj6uGpsPCG08n5nQ4PLVHCxNZhprgGJQ77uc7uGJfbq3~IRAHJXMMdz3zkZyZn5BDQiPoTG8HYPVX-JLwKe17oACEk2O6U3hdUIwlXTYOa6stAqYHMm3lqxUtu-uA0encXAobGbGuV8BeFjabysLYlvnJVpeXqbqfDEbzNZ33JRTSTJ7sfugWfDZdgRNVBaSJCiH-ncHSptSY2u31BTFXTCYeCpu6qmQEgty754y20awuLyS19ck8TYdBwXGA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Tacoma’s Community Vitality and Safety Committee was briefed Sept. 25 on a regional effort to coordinate homelessness services across Pierce County and move from planning into implementation.

Caleb Carbone, homeless strategy systems and services manager with Neighborhood and Community Services, and Liza Burrell, policy and program development lead for consulting firm Uncommon Bridges, told the committee the project is in the design phase and that elected leaders will soon be asked to narrow the set of options task forces generated for operational, governance and finance changes.

The work is organized in three phases: scoping, design and implementation. Burrell said the design phase is the longest and that the project team plans a public kickoff to implementation in March. She said the project’s purpose is implementation rather than another study: “This is not a study. We are producing a lot of documents, but this is really a process to get government elected leaders who are accountable around homelessness issues to come to agreement on things they are willing to move forward and then do it.”

The project uses an elected leadership group, a staff planning group and multiple task forces. Task forces of about 16–18 people each drafted roughly two dozen recommendations addressing what Burrell called “11 problems to solve,” including shared intake and data systems, standard contract language, interlocal governance structures, and a regional approach to funding and contracting.

Carbone said Tacoma is participating in the elected leadership group, staff planning group and the task forces. Council members on the committee also said they serve on the elected leadership group and urged elected officials to move to implementation. Councilmember Siedelge said the region needs to “get something done quicker,” adding, “This is not another study or assessment or feasibility.”

Presenters said the design work this summer produced system visualizations intended to give elected leaders a clear picture of current funding, contracts and operations before they choose which proposals to explore in more detail. Burrell said the visualizations and the task‑force recommendations will be brought to the elected leadership group at its next meeting, and then back to task forces for operationalization. The final design will be delivered to elected leaders in February, with a public implementation kickoff planned for March.

Speakers and committee members raised recurring themes from scoping: that Tacoma carries an unequal share of shelter and service capacity for the county, that trust among jurisdictions and providers needs to be rebuilt, and that elected officials will be the ones to define the scope and authority of any regional structure. Burrell said the consulting team is intentionally keeping options emergent—ranging from shared contracting and data platforms to potential new governance structures—because there was no clear appetite at scoping to recreate the King County Regional Homelessness Authority model in Pierce County.

Next steps listed by presenters include the elected leadership group meeting next Monday to set priorities from task‑force recommendations, a second round of task forces in early October to operationalize the elected leaders’ choices, and a public meeting during the design phase to gather broader feedback. Materials, meeting summaries and the task‑force recommendations are posted on the project website, Burrell said.","City and contractor Uncommon Bridges presented an update on the Unified Regional Approach to Homelessness for Pierce County, describing a multi‑phase plan now in the design stage and asking elected leaders to choose which task‑force options to develop further.","actionData","errors"]

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Tacoma committee interviews 10 applicants and recommends appointments to Human Rights Commission

Tacoma officials briefed on unified regional approach to homelessness; design phase underway