performances and so it's a really cool experience. It's cool to also see people come out with their animals. It's not just dogs, cats and parrots and snakes, so it's also cool to see how the interaction is with everyone else around that's bringing their dogs here it was aqui es un buen lugar para venir es un lugar historico. Pues aqui la placita Olvera y vengan porque aqui esta se van a divertir. Hay comida. Ahi de todos aqui hay musica no olviden ser aqui se VA a pasar bien todo el dia. Aqui. If you missed out this year please come get your animals. No matter if it's big or small. Come out next year. You will have a great time. You'll get to meet every people , every everyone. It's family here and the Archbishop will bless them. Bless you and your families. So my mission in life has been to educate Americans about Americans, both its glory and its failure. And I can still be sending that same message long after I'm in the galaxies. And we've always had the benefit of having our docents, many of whom were survivors of the incarceration themselves. And it was an extraordinary ability for them to be able to talk to people, to talk to audiences from the first hand perspective and be able to tell their own stories as that generation is passing. It was this incredible opportunity to be able to use this technology to preserve the opportunity to have conversations with them and for people to engage with them in a very real way. So today was the unveiling of five story files, which is new technology, AI based technology that conserves the ability to have engaging conversations with people. We've previewed four of them today, one with George Takei, which is an amazing opportunity for people to engage with him about his life, about his history while he was incarcerated as a child, what the impact of the incarceration was on him, his life as the civil rights icon and defender of democracy, and also to ask questions about what the impact of that is today. Human storytelling is really, since we've been cavemen, the way that we tell, hey, don't go in the bushes over there, don't eat those berries, don't go in the trees. That's dangerous. It's the way societally we can grow beyond an individual human lifespan. So we're sort of hijacking that human innate storytelling and listening call and response and using it to preserve in amber the real, authentic original storytelling. So it's hard to tell if this has been eight years in the making or if this has been three lifetimes. You know, my grandmother was the first volunteer here at the museum. My mother then raised money for their very first tape recorder, and they used that tape recorder to capture oral histories. And so this has sort of been three generations in the making. And eight years of wanting to take the gift that my grandmother, her friends, and all the people we spoke to today have given back to American society, telling the stories of wrongs that have happened to them in American history so that they do not happen again. Back in 2010, 2011, when Carmageddon happened, the fire department reached out to our disaster response section and asked, what can the fire department do to help respond to 911 calls in a timely manner? A few of us here started the Motor Recon team to respond to hikers brush fires and structure fires to cut response times down a little while ago, Chief Moore reached out because I'm one of the last OGs left from the original program with the collaboration between YouTube, Google kind of revamped the old Motor Recon team back together. We're here because we've been working with YouTube on this initiative. We actually both lost our homes in the Palisades Fire and feel very passionately about the e-bikes, especially in the Palisades, and a lot of LA. There's kind of canyons and hills, and it's hard to navigate, hard to get to, and e-bikes was kind of the only way to get up there and help people . This is an all terrain type motorcycle, which will allow us to get into the canyons. It will allow us to go through traffic on the freeways, the battery life on one battery is two hours. We have additional batteries for them, but it allows us the flexibility to get an EMT or a paramedic to a patient in need much quicker. Oftentimes, we'll have to fly over, we'll bring our paramedics down on a hoist, they'll go down, they'll stabilize the patient until our firefighters can make their way up. A lot of times it's hiking. Other times it's with a pickup truck or it's with one of our fire engines. Those take time. This is going to allow our medic to be able to stabilize that patient. Whatever the type of injury it is. We put $15 million to work in the city and a bunch of different places. So this is really just a continuation of that effort and one that's really incredibly important. Empowering first responders to get to those places that they need to. And do the work. That's really necessary is incredibly important. From Venice Beach to the world, this iconic stretch of sand is gearing up for a global moment, taking center stage as an official fan zone for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Now, on July 11th, Venice Beach will transform into an all day celebration where the game meets the unmistakable Venice vibe. Live match viewing community driven soccer activations and immersive experiences that reflect the culture of this one of a kind L.A. neighborhood and of course, when the world shows up, you've got to feed it across Los Angeles, the city's dynamic culinary scene is ready to rise to the occasion. Local chefs are bringing their own stories to the table, inspired by the global spirit of the game serving up fan favorite dishes that feel like home. Whether your team wins or loses on the pitch. Argentina champions of the world . There's a lot of excitement. Customers. They call all the time. They're asking us if we're going to play the games. Yes, of course they all want to get together to watch the games. They're very excited. 36 years since Maradona and Mexico, you know, we're all going to be very close together watching from here shouting and yelling and clapping. But I am pretty sure Argentina is going to be going to the finals for sure. And the nation will tango all night long . We started in 1995 and we're still coming strong. You know the food culture is very authentic in Argentina and we try to bring that over here. So good. When you sit at the table here, the first thing you get is the bread and the tomato sauce. Our tomato is very iconic. The second they sit here, it's like they're craving it. Most people want an empanada, whether they're from Argentina or they're from Alaska. It doesn't matter. I mean, that's number one. We all grew up in Argentina , basically eating beef for lunch and dinner and breakfast. Sometimes we're carnivores. The flavor is extremely simple. Our secret is that the beef is excellent. It has to be really good beef. We have the same butcher since we opened. The key is good quality and all we have to do is just add salt to it and go straight to the grill with our marinade. We don't put any weird sauces to it. One of the greatest football matches ever played. I watched the World Cup. Yes, of course I'm extremely excited. I really, really hope that Argentina goes to the final. We have a beautiful mural outside. Argentina is a world champion three times already, and I wonder if we're going to have to change it and make it for four now, which I'm sure we'll be happy to change. We knew that the team was coming, but of course we couldn't tell a soul because otherwise a thousand people would have showed up. It is such an honor for us to have the national team come to our restaurant. It's incredible. We love sports, so now we are not only playing the Argentinian games, we're going to play in every single game that is played on live TV. I'm actually worried about the rest of them because when the game is on and the people are just watching it, they forget where they are. They think they are at the field, they start yelling, they start pounding, they start screaming. I hope the building stays safe. It could be really crazy. Vamos, vamos, vamos. Argentina Vamos, muchachos. Tenemos ganar. Vamos a hacer. Campeones Vamos vamos. There are so many careers and pathways that you can undertake to work in aviation. And a lot of people don't realize that you can be a planner. You can be an engineer. You can be a community relations specialist. You can also be a pilot or a mechanic. Anything that you want to do, you can look at it through the lens of aviation and eventually end up in an airport doing that. We are here at the Flyaway conference room for our second annual van Nuys Airport Youth Leadership Airport Academy. This is a now annual and hopefully soon to be biannual program where high school students from around the San Fernando Valley learn about aviation operations, airport leadership, all the different facets of running an airport here in the San Fernando Valley . I am the leader and founder of my school's aviation club, so I wanted to learn more about the Van Nuys Airport so that I could bring lessons to my school and just spread the aviation knowledge. I see myself in the future being a pilot in the aviation industry. So when my school counselor reached out giving us the opportunity to join this camp, I was all in. I just hope that we're opening their eyes to all of the different career paths we have in aviation and Van ies. We're all about sustainable fuel for the Jets. I think the most important thing to remember is that if you can't see it, you can't be it. Young people need to know that these jobs exist before they embark on their studies. It's a really wonderful opportunity, especially for our young people, because we need to learn more about how to prepare for our future. So this is a really wonderful opportunity, even if it's just joining a camp to see if it's something that you're interested in. I think you should take that first step and really immerse yourself in this environment, because it's a great opportunity that we've been given. We like to create a program like this that really brings kids into the airport and teaches them all the opportunities that are here. Here's a little history for you. Venice was founded in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney, who imagined a Venice of America complete with Italian style canals, gondolas, and arched bridges. In its early days, Venice featured amusement piers , roller coasters, and even a miniature railroad, making it one of California's first major seaside resort destinations. You know, Venice has also been a filming hotspot for decades, most famously as the home of the hit TV show Baywatch and back here on the Sands of Venice Beach. The cameras are rolling once again. The return of Baywatch marks a new wave of major production hitting these shores and LA bringing that unmistakable slow motion lifeguard sprint back to where it belongs and in 2028, Venice Beach will take center stage as part of the Summer Olympics, hosting some of the games most iconic endurance events. The triathlon, marathon and road cycling races will all pass through or begin along the legendary coastline, turning the boardwalk and shoreline into a global arena of competition. For a brief moment, the same sands known for LA Surf Culture will echo with the footsteps of the world's fastest athletes, blending global competition with the colors and chaos of Venice. At its peak and on the shoreline of Venice, a brand new kids playground is opening, bringing laughter, imagination and a fresh space for the next generation to play by. The Pacific. Today, after two years, the Venice Ocean View Playground is reopening three, two one for the first and Venice couldn't be more excited to have it. Venice Beach is iconic. It's a tourist destination, so not only would the community enjoy this amenity, but so will all of the tourists that come visit us here in Los Angeles. Some of the things I think are so cool about this playground is that it has playground structure for the bigger kids and has a whole separate structure for the littler kids. This is great because she loves to swing and she's into gymnastics. So with the rubber down here, she can tumble and do flips and it's a great thing for her. My little gymnast. We homeschool, so the kids don't necessarily have as many opportunities to kind of hang out with other kids and play. Having this park actually, for our family means everything. We're going to probably be here every single day after we get done with school. It is a community hub for all of Venetian children, and the lack of a playground here for the last two years has hurt the businesses. And it's hurt. The community. This amazing brand new playground is going to revitalize this corner of Venice. The kids couldn't be more excited. The parents couldn't be more excited, and the community has come together in a way that is just beautiful . We travel up and down the beach all the time and to have a place where she can play and swing is a good thing for the community. I want to do a special invitation to all the Angelenos, as well as all of the tourists that visit Los Angeles to really visit iconic Venice Beach. Come and explore the playground. One of the things we're most happy about in Venice is that everybody is accepted, and you can just be who you are, so we really appreciate the diversity of people who come here from all over Venice, the city and the world. Welcome welcome, welcome. There's only two types of people in this world. There's tabs which are temporarily able bodied, and people with disabilities. Eventually, everybody is going to become disabled. We are here at the Abilities Expo, which is one of the largest events in the nation, supporting people with disabilities and their families and caregivers. And people with disabilities need access to all sorts of programs, services and facilities. Community is here to learn about all the services that are available. So I came with my cousin, her husband and her daughter because they have a special needs son. He has down syndrome. He's 15, so just coming to see about getting certain services for him. Clothing, special needs clothing, buttons for certain people that have hard times with their hands. It could be difficult. So just to know that it's easier with magnets, all genders, all ages, all disabilities. We have our performance coming up. We have some new dances coming up that no one has ever seen before. We really cherish this performance. Every single year. This gives them hope. It gives them camaraderie. They get to network with people and realize that you know what you don't have to stay home because of your disabilities. There is life after injury. They're still such a stigma around disabled people as a whole. People aren't used to seeing disabled people out loud and proud, and I feel we do just that. And it breaks the barriers and people are like, whoa, this is what disabled people are capable of, and we're capable of literally everything. It just looks a little different . But there's still a lot of services that are welcome for anybody. Hopefully this influences more cities, more government officials to push for inclusivity. Play LA. They have all sorts of adaptive recreation from archery to golf. These are things we're very excited about as we move towards the 2028 Olympics. And Paralympics in Los Angeles. Disability doesn't mean that you're disabled. The only disability you have is the one you place on yourself. You can do anything anybody else does out there. This is one of the really heartfelt events of our disability community. Abbot Kinney began transforming this stretch of coastline in the early 1900s on Independence Day 1905, he unveiled his dream an American answer to Europe's romance, complete with an intricate canal system inspired by Venice, Italy itself. Gondolas glided through the waterways, steered by authentic Italian gondoliers, bringing a touch of old world charm to the Southern California coast town. But as cars began to reshape Los Angeles, the canal slowly fell out of favor. Roads replaced waterways, and only a portion survived. Now known as the Venice Canal Historic District for decades, they lingered in disrepair. A forgotten piece of the city's past. But that changed when the canals earned recognition on the National Register of Historic Places, sparking a revival that restored the walkways and waterways in the 1990s, preserving a piece of Kinney's original vision for generations to come. And that idea of preserving history carries forward into the stories ahead, from honoring veterans to uncovering powerful personal collections that help illuminate black history. Today, we are celebrating a new home for a very special collection at the Los Angeles Public Library. It's the Dorothy Vena Johnson Black History Collection. The collection is really very special. It has all types of historical titles, biographies. It has scholarly texts. It has music scores. The collection is very valuable, very important to this community. It's so difficult for black writers to get published and to finally be published. And now have their books available for our generation, just continues the legacy of what we are doing. Miriam Matthews began that collection and Miriam Matthews was someone who really was a pioneer among librarians. She was the first African-American librarian hired at the Los Angeles Public Library in 1927. She was the first credentialed African-American librarian in the state of California, but she also was a champion of historic preservation and certainly this collection that now resides at the Baldwin Hills Library is a celebration of her and her commitment and her good work as well. Having the collection so close in our neighborhood that the demographics show reflects people of color is so vital to our children who can read and be inspired. The access that that individuals will have is here in a neighborhood library and so that means that folks can come here as opposed to traveling to our central library downtown. And we'll have some of the same titles or some unique titles that are here at this location that are not also available at our central library. So I had an opportunity to take a walk and look at that beautiful collection that really started over 100 years ago. And this is in part for us to preserve those things. And right here in our home community where you can walk and see. We encourage everyone in the community to come and peruse the collection, to read the books here in the library and tell your friends and family that it is available for them as well. To be able to read and learn from our people is just. It's a double win. It's golden . This event was mostly for them, for our homeless veterans, housing, employment benefits information, especially our homeless veterans and unemployed veterans. It's eligible where be able to pay your security deposit, pay a couple of months of rental assistance to get stable access to services for spouses and children. So we help the entire family all those benefits are things that you work for. We serve the country. For. Sometimes one of the speakers may mention something that you weren't aware of, that is available and you might be able to qualify. I myself am a veteran who's taken advantage of many of these programs. Many of these training certificates, many of these opportunities. As a veteran, we all have this sort of I can just get it done on my own sort of attitude. I'm a veteran. I tell them, let your guard down. Many of us are veterans. You understand what you're going through, and we have empathy. Adap, the VA. We have empathy for the for the veterans who need help. So no judgment. It's a no judgment zone. And the services are free. I know that with all of the vendors that were here, they're able to answer a lot of the questions that I had at this particular time and also give me resources and phone numbers and things that I would be able to reach out. So many times things are done online. This is in person. It makes a difference. The most important thing is being able to ask for help, as that four letter word is the most important words to me, because that's the hardest word to use, but it's the most important word to me, to receive . Everyone is doing this from their heart. This is social work, right? At the end of the day. So everyone is doing this because we want to see our community better. You know, if the veterans are helping our community, then everyone's, everyone's thriving and winning. So it's just to help everyone understand that no judgment. We understand you've been through things the homelessness, substance abuse, addiction here to help you get over those those barriers. Here at Venice Beach, Los Angeles, surf culture lives in constant motion. We're early morning sets. Boardwalk energy and a deep ocean spirit shape everyday life along the Pacific. Venice has always been a place of reinvention, from its beginnings as a seaside resort to decades of bohemian art scenes and skate and surf culture that helped define a global youth style. It's never stopped evolving. Today, historic bungalows sit alongside modern mixed use spaces with community hubs being reimagined rather than replaced around 40,000 residents call Venice home, giving it the feel of a tight knit coastal neighborhood. With that global spotlight, that transformation is especially visible along the Rose Avenue corridor, where pedestrian friendly design, local retail and small business growth are reconnecting the inland neighborhood to the beach across Venice. The focus is on walkability, housing balance and protecting its creative identity and woven through it all is everyday culture. Boardwalk staples like fresh churros, fish tacos and acai bowls just steps away from the sand, reminding visitors that Venice is more than a destination but a living neighborhood where history, food and innovation meet. Thank you all for joining us. Catch this story and many more on channel 35 or at LA city Dot gov forward slash TV and you can follow us on LA City on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Until next time, get out there and experience everything that Los Angeles has to offer All right. Good morning and welcome to the regularly scheduledALL RIGHT GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS JOHN FERRARO CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN THE PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF MINUTES. BUSINESS. >> Clerk: A PRAOL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 22, 2026. >> Council President: WHAOZ NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President:er COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH TODAY? >> Council President: YES, PLEASE. >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 6 A COMMUNICATION FROM THE PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED TO COUNCIL FILE 26-0465 AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN THIS COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM 7 THROUGH 8 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POST TODAY COUNCIL 25-1154-S1. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. THIS IS THE TIME FOR SPECIALS. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 8 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ITEM 8 FOR COMMENTS, ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS TO MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT, ANY SPECIALS TO MY RIGHT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE? ALL RIGHT, I SEE WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 8 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTED BY MR. McOSKER. MADAM CLERK WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 5. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: WE TAKE UP 8 NOW OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT. >> Clerk: WE CAN TAKE IT UP AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 11, COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND FORMERLY WELCOME THE JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, THE GIRL SCOUT TROOP 441, STAND UP. THEY ARE A SERVICE UNIT OF 505 OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER L.A., RANGING FROM THIRD TO FIFTH GRADE AND RESIDING AND GOING TO SCHOOL ACROSS MULTIPLE AND CENTRAL AND WEST L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE SUPER SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THEM WITH US THIS MORNING. THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY, OF CONSERVATION, AND GIVING BACK. AND BEING ROLE MODELS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR GUESTS. [APPLAUSE] NEXT WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 3, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM, BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. TODAY WE'RE HERE TO HIGHLIGHT A COLLABORATION THAT IS HELPING TO SAVE LIVES. IN 2009, RACHEL WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY SEVERE HEAD-ON COLLISION. SHE SPENT WEEKS RECOVERING, HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE CAR SHE WAS IN. AMAZINGLY SHE SURVIVED BUT SHE WAS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE. ON SCENE AT THE ACCIDENT, WAS OUR HERO AT FIRE STATION 73 WHO SAVED HER LIFE DESPITE THE FACT USING THE JAWS OF LIFE, BUT THE JAWS OF LIFE MALFUNCTIONED TWICE. HER FATHER, MIKE, NEVER FORGOT THE HEROISM THAT STATION 73 SHOWED IN SAVING HIS DAUGHTER. HE WORKED IN THE TOWING INDUSTRY AND BEGAN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THE FIRE STATION. SO HE STARTED TO DONATING LIEN SOLD VEHICLES SO THEY CAN PRACTICE EXTRACTION ON REAL VEHICLES. THIS IS THE TIME TO GIVE BACK FOR SAVING HER DAUGHTER. ANOTHER THING SPECIAL ABOUT MIKE IS EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON, MIKE AND HIS FAMILY WOULD COORDINATE WITH FIRE STATION, 73 AND THEY WOULD DROP OFF HUNDREDS OF TOYS FOR KIDS, BLANKETS AND SOCKS FOR THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY AT MY ANNUAL TY DRIVE AND DONATION DRIVE. IT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT EVERY YEAR, SEEING MIKE WITH THIS GIANT TOTE, FLAT BED TOW TRUCK WITH ALL OF TOYS FOR CHILDREN IN NEED. IT WAS ANOTHER INDICATION OF WHO HE WAS. WHEN HE RETIRED, HE SOLD HIS COMPANY KNOWN TO MANY OF US AS CHRIS. BUT HE ASKED CHRIS TO DO ONE THING, HE DIDN'T JUST SELL HIM THE COMPANY, HE SAID CAN YOU CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF DONATING THESE VEHICLES TO FIRE STATION 73 SO THEY CAN GET THE PRACTICE WITH THE JAWS OF LIFE. NOTHING BINDING, NOTHING MORE. NOW RACHEL'S FATHER HAS SINCE PASSED BUT CHRIS HAS CONTINUED THAT PRACTICE DONATING THE VEHICLES EACH AND EVERY YEAR TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRAINED AS BEST AS THEY CAN WITH THE JAWS OF LIFE. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT OFF TO RACHEL, MIKE'S DAUGHTER AS TO WHY WE'RE HONORING CHRIS TODAY. RACHEL, IF YOU WOULD SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, CHRIS IS A MAN OF MANY THINGS. AND LET ME TELL YOU, DONATING CARS THAT PEOPLE DO NOT PICKUP, FROM A TOW YARD IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYONE IN OUR SOCIETY DOES TODAY. HE HAS HELD UP HIS WORD, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE EXTRACTED FROM VEHICLES WITHOUT FURTHER INJURY. MY INJURIES WERE EXTENSIVE, AND THEY NEEDED EXPERIENCE TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF CAR FASTER AND WITH LESS INJURY. I APPRECIATE THIS COMMUNITY, CHRIS, I APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT YOU DO FOR ALL OF US. NOT JUST ME AND MY FAMILY, PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW. IT'S A BLESSING. BOB, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. >> B. Blumenfield: GREAT. THANK YOU. AND TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LIVE SAVING LAFD SKILLS AND TRAINING, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP LAFD VETERAN CAPTAIN JEFF. >> ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE STATION 73 IN RESEDA I WANT TO THANK RACHEL, CHRIS, THE TOW COMPANY THAT GIVES US COUNTLESS CARS. IT IS TRULY A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN THERE IN RESEDA, IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THROUGH THIS EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND REAL LIFE SCENARIOS, I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN HOW BENEFICIAL THIS IS TO OUR ABILITIES TO HAVE LIFE SAVING SKILLS AND THE EFFICIENCY AT WHICH WE DO THINGS TO THE CARS THAT ARE DONATED. MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. [APPLAUSE] AS A CAPTAIN MENTIONED, THIS REALLY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO FIRE STATION 73 AND CHRIS, I WANT TODAY GIVE CHRIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS. SO COME ON UP. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY, CAPTAIN AND TO TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR ON THE 111th ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. WHEN I GAVE MIKE MY WORD, I'M GOING TO STAND BY IT. WE DONATE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 CARS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT OM TO STATION 73 BUT ALL OF L.A. COUNTY AND CAL FIRE TOO. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT, RACHEL. THANK YOU GUYS, IT MEANS THE WORLD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU AND CHRIS AND RACHEL, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PHOTO RIGHT HERE. COME ON. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR CHRIS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD. THANK YOU CHRIS, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR CITY TO HELP US WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH. AND OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS FROM OUR COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES. THIS MORNING, I RISE TO REMEMBER AND OBSERVE THE 111th ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. BUT AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GENOCIDE WILL NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING DETAILED ILLEGALLY IN A PRISON IN A ZERBAIJAN. NOW I READ THIS LIST FOUR NAMES LONGER LAST YEAR. BUT EVERY YEAR, I WILL BE READING THESE NAMES UNTIL THEY'RE ALL FREED. IF YOU WILL INDULGE ME COLLEAGUES. THIS IS THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE AT THIS DESK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022. [READING NAMES] [READING NAMES] THESE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IN PRISON FOR NOTHING OTHER THAN DEFENDING THE LAND THAT THEY AND THEIR ANCESTORS HAVE LIVED AND TOILED ON FOR THE LAST 3000 YEARS. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT FOR US AS AMERICANS AS YOUNG AMERICANS, WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING OUR 250th ANNIVERSARY THIS JULY 4th. THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE AND CAN LINK THEIR LINAGE, THEIR EXISTENCE TO THE LINAGE 3000 YEARS BEFORE. JUST TO PLACE THIS IN CONTEXT. AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE HERE TO COMMEMORATE THE GENOCIDE 111 YEARS AGO, ANOTHER GENOCIDE TOOK PLACE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WHEN 120,000 ARMENIANS FROM ARTSOFF WERE FORCED OF THEIR LAND AND NOBODY STOPPED IT. ALL BY THE PETRO STATE OF A ZERBAIJAN. RUN BY A PLAYBOY PRINCE TO TAKE THE PLACE OF HIS DICTATOR FATHER, HE EVEN APPOINTED HIS WIFE BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A DEMOCRACY AS A VICE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET TO SHARE THE SPOILS OF HIS CORRUPTION. WHEN THIS DICTATOR DROVE THE ARMENIAN FROM THE LAND WHERE THEY HAD LIVED FOR OVER 3000 YEARS, THE WORLD SIMPLY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY. IN EXCHANGE FOR THE OIL, THE WORLD'S LEADERS KEPT SILENT. HOW MANY TIME HAVE THE SAME LEADERS SAID, NEVER AGAIN WHEN SPEAKING OF GENERA --GENOCIDES OF THE PAST. WHILE CLOSING THEIR EYES TO THE GENOCIDE OF THE PRESENT. IF YOU LOVE HUMANITY, IF YOU HAVE A MORAL COMPASS IF THE WORDS ARE NOT GOING TO MEAN ANYTHING, IT'S UP TO PEOPLE LIKE US, LIKE YOU, LIKE ME TO SPEAK OUT. 111 YEARS AGO, THEY TRIED TO WIPE THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE OFF THE EARTH, THEY WERE RAPED AND HURDLED INTO BUILDINGS TO BE BURNED ALIVE. FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WERE DRIVEN INTO THE DESERT WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER. WE WILL NEVER KNOW THE REAL NUMBERS BUT AT A MINIMUM, A MILLION AND A HALF PEOPLE DIED AT THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT. AND IT'S REPUBLIC OF TURKEY HAVE NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THESE EVENTS TOOK PLACE, EVEN, EVEN THOUGH, THEY WERE WITNESSED BY THE WORLD INCLUDING OUR OWN VERY AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES, HIS EXCELLENCY MARK HENRY MORGUEAN THOU, FURTHERMORE, WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AGAINST RHETORIC THAT DISPARAGE THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY. IN OUR CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE'VE SEEN INSTANCES WHERE INDIVIDUALS LIKE ON BEHALF OF TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION HAVE USED THEIR PLATFORM TO MAKE UNFOUNDED ABOUT ARMENIAN SUCH AS A CUSHION OF FRAUD WITHOUT EVIDENCE. THESE CLAIMS CAN ONLY SPREAD QUICKLY. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING A NARRATIVE ABOUT ARMENIAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA BASED ON THE ACTIONS OF A FEW IS A DANGEROUS TO PRECURSOR TO DEEPER INJUSTICE. AS A CITY WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO STAND FIRMLY AGAINST SUCH CHARACTERIZATIONS AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE HONOR THIS HISTORY NOT ONLY TO HONOR THE PAST BUT TO ENSURE IT IS NEVER REPEATED. TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMISSION AND THE STEPS BEING TAKEN, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO GENERAL MANAGER OF CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AT CAPRI MOD --MADDOX AND WOULD I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION WHO HAVE WORKED WITH CAPRI AND HER DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, LUCY, THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT AS WELL AS MASTRO, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. CAPRI? [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMAN NAZARIAN, TO THE HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS AND OUR ESTEEMED PRESIDENT, BRINGING GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF THE L.A. CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT. AND YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING AND SEEING SOME OF THE PHOTOS ON THE SCREEN, THERE IS PROFOUND PAIN WHEN HATE, IS ALLOWED TO GROW. AND ALLOWED TO FESTER AND ALLOWED TO MANIFEST INTO GENOCIDE AND ALTHOUGH, WE HAVE OUR HATE CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGN L.A. IS FOR EVERYONE, YOU'VE SEEN IT IN 21 LANGUAGES ALL OVER THE CITY, THE REASON WE FIGHT HATE BECAUSE HATE IS HATE IS HATE. SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE SEEING HERE, MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH, BECAUSE PERHAPS THEY'RE OWN COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY GENOCIDE. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED IN, IN AND OTHER PLACES, THINKING ABOUT THE RWANDA GENOCIDE. HATE LEFT UNCHECKED IS DEADLY. SILENCE LEFT UNCHECKED IS DEADLY. AND SO HATE BEGINS QUIETLY WITH THE MARGINIZATION SOMETIMES OF NEIGHBORS SCAPEGOATING OF COMMUNITIES SUCH AS WE HAD A FEDERAL OFFICIAL DO IN FRONT OF A NUMBER OF ARMENIAN USINESSES. AND I WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL WHEN YOU SILENCE PEOPLE'S TRUTH, THAT IS ALSO A WAY THAT HATE MANIFEST AND EXTENDS IN SO MANY SPACES. OF COURSE, WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FACT THAT LOS ANGELES HAS 500,000 ARMENIANS IN OUR CITY AND OF COURSE WE HAVE MANY MORE IN OUR NEIGHBORING CITY OF GLENDALE, A PLACE WHERE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS OF MY PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER WHERE, I WAS TREATED VERY VERY WELL BY THE ARMENIAN POPULATION AND THE 90s WHEN I STOOD OUT AND I WAS, I WAS A STRONG MINORITY IN THOSE SPACES. I WAS UPLIFTED AND SUPPORTED BY THIS COMMUNITY AND SO THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, THESE ARE OUR FRIENDS AND AGAIN, DENIAL STILL EXIST. AND UNTIL HATE IS ERADICATE, THE L.A. CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT WILL STAND WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND WE'RE PLEASED TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE MAYOR BASS MADE SURE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS ROOTED WITH PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT, THE STORIES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PAST WILL NOT TAKE ROOT AGAIN. WE WILL SAY NEVER AGAIN AND STND WITH YOU IN SOLIDARITY, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. FROM. NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM THE ECOS OF ENCINO TO THE MOUNTAIN OF SO MANY PLACES IN LOS ANGELES, WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND IN RECOGNITION AND IN LOVE, BECAUSE IN LOS ANGELES WE LIVE BY A SIMPLE TRUTH. WHEN YOU COME FOR ONE OF US, YOU COME FOR ALL OF US. BUT WE ARE COMING TOGETHER AND STANDING IN UNITY FOR A BETTER LOS ANGELES, A LOS ANGELES THAT IS TRULY FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, CAPRI. COLLEAGUES AS IN MOST CASES OF HUMAN ATROCITIES, THE SURVIVOR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, SCATTERED THROUGHOUT EUROPE, AMERICA AND MIDDLE EAST. THEY OVERCAME THEIR GRIEF AND MADE CONTRIBUTIONS AS ARTIST, SCIENTISTS, PUBLIC SERVANTS AND ENTREPRENEURS. SO ON THIS DAY, EVERY YEAR THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF BEING HERE, I WANT TO HONOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THOSE PEOPLE, THE DESCENDANTS OF THE VICTIMS THE SURVIVOR WHO STRUGGLED AND REBUILT THEIR LIVES. AND I WANT TO USE THIS PODIUM TO ALWAYS HIGHLIGHT THE SUCCESSES OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY AND HOW WE HAVE BROKEN THE CHAINS OF VICTIMIZATION. SOON LOS ANGELES WILL BE THE CENTER OF THE SPORTS WORLD, FROM THE WORLD CUP THIS SUMMER TO SUPER BOWL IN 2027. AND OF COURSE THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2028. AS SUCH, THIS YEAR WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE MARK ARMENIANS ARE LEAVING ON THE WORLD OF SPORTS. FROM OLYMPIC GYMNAST WHO IS KNOWN AS THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND HAS A FASCINATING STORY TO SHAVAR A FIN SWIMMER WHO ACTUALLY SACRIFICED HIS CAREER TO SAVE 10 PEOPLE BH THERE WAS A FREAK CAR ACCIDENT. WE HAVE LEFT AN UNDELABLE MARK ON SPORTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY. SO WE WANTED BRING SOMEBODY TO THE COUNCIL WHO EX EMPLIFIES THE GRIT OF ARMENIAN SPIR SIT. COLLEAGUES, ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE TO YOU UFC CHAMPION, I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HIM BEFORE HE STEPS UP. ARMAN WAS BORN TO ARMENIAN FAMILY NEAR THE BORDER AND LATER RAISED IN RUSSIA AFTER HIS FAMILY RELOCATED. FROM A YOUNG AGE, HE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETES AND EVEN COMPETING IN ICE HOCKEY BEFORE DEDICATED HIMSELF TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. SINCE TURNING PROFESSIONAL IN 2015 AND JOINING THE UF CIN 2019, HE HAS RISEN TO BECOME ONE OF THE TOP LIGHT WEIGHT FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD KNOWN FOR HIS DISCIPLINE, ELITE GRAPPLING AND RELENTLESS RANK. TODAY HE STANDS AMONG THE TOP FIGHTERS ON A GLOBAL STAGE. THROUGH HIS JOURNEY, HE CARRIES THE PRIDE AND RESILIENCE OF THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE, DEMONSTRATE ITING THE ABILITY TO RISE, ENDURE AND SUCCEED AGAINST ALL ODDS. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I'VE INVITED HIM HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE HIS ACHIEVEMENTS NOT JUST AS AN INDIVIDUAL BUT AS AN EXAMPLE PF ARMENIA ACCOMPLISHMENT IN EVERY FIELD. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING ME, ARMAN. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] LET'S TAKE A QUICK PICTURE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. YES SIR. >> Speaker: HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR INVITING AND TODAY IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT DAY FOR US FOR ARMENIAN PEOPLE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO THE PEOPLE, TO THE VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND WE NEVER FORGET THIS DAY AND, I'M SO PROUD TO BE ARMENIAN AND I REPRESENT ARMENIA. THANK YOU TO MY PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR ME. SO AND, THANK YOU L.A., LOS ANGELES, TO GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE HERE AND THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE AND THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MR. NAZARIAN, WE GOT A FEW SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE IF IT'S THE TIME FOR THAT. OKAY, LET'S START WITH COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. AND I APPRECIATE THAT THIS YEAR, YOU DIDN'T JUST BRING UP THE ATROCITIES OF THE PAST, BUT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT WHAT IS STILL GOING ON TODAY. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT GOING ON WITH THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY AND IN THEIR HOMETOWN TODAY. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SOAK THAT IN AND THAT YOU BROUGHT US THAT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO NOT REPEAT THE MISTAKES IN THE PAST. MYSELF AS A SAN FERNANDO NATIVE, I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT A REGION THAT HAS A LARGE ARMENIAN POPULATION SO WE'LL ALL BE TOGETHER IN REMEMBRANCE. THIS IS DEEPLY FELT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THIS TIME, IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. IT'S PART OF THE EVERY DAY FABRIC OF THE VALLEY AND OUR NEIGHBORS, WHICH IS WHY, I GUESS I'LL TAKE THIS TUPT TO ALSO SAY THAT IN IN VAN NUYS WE'LL BE HAVING OUR OWN EVENT WITH ARMENIAN REMEMBRANCE, WE'RE ALSO HERE TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE IS THE MUSIC, WE HAVE THE FOOD. AND WHAT IS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT I PUT THIS TOGETHER SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SMALL ARMENIAN POPULATION, BUT SMALL AND MIGHTY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE A PIECE OF WHO THEY ARE WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND, MAY THE WORLD BECOME A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST AND MAKE A BETTER FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS TODAY AND FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS. I WANT TODAY RISE TO HONOR THE LIVES LOST IN THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND THE GENERATIONS WHO PRESERVE MEMBER PREAND CULTURE AND TRUTH IN THE FACE OF DENIAL. HERE IN L.A., I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT HAS A VIBRANT ARMENIAN COMMUNITY AND ENTIRE CITY. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN THAT REMEMBRANCE IS NOT JUST ABOUT LOOKING BACKWARDS, IT'S ABOUT TO CHOOSE HOW TO CARRY FORWARD. AND NEVER AGAIN REQUIRE SOMETHING WHAT IS IN THE PRESENCE, AND WE FAILED AS A COMMUNITY TO STOP CONTINUED INJUSTICES, AGAINST ARMENIANS AND REMEMBERING THAT HOLDING THAT TRUTH IS PAINFUL AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR UNDER SCORING THAT TODAY EVEN AS WE LOOK BACK. WE MUST ALSO LOOK CURRENTLY AND FORWARD AND ENSURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MANY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND CAPRI AND ARMAN FOR BEING A SHINING EXAMPLE OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITY. I'M PROUD TO PRESENT LITTLE ARMENIA IN DISTRICT 13, A COMMUNITY THAT IS RESILIENT AND WELCOMING AND FULL OF JOY. I THINK YOUR MESSAGE OF FIND ING THE POSITIVITY IS A CORRECT ONE. WE KNOW INTERNATIONAL POLITICS CAN BE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT TO FIND HOPE ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. BUT I THINK YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PRESIDENT EMERITUS, KERKORIAN HAS GIVEN US AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD, INCREDIBLE INSPIRING, INSTITUTION THAT WAS, THAT WAS CREATED IN ARMENIA HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AS AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN BUILD. WHEN I GO TO PILIBUS AND I SEE THE YOUTH WITH JOY AND LAUGHTER AND RESILIENCE, IT INSPIRES ME TO BUILD SOLIDARITY WITH ARMENIAN COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND GIVING YOU A VISION THAT WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LEE? THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR HAVING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. YOU KNOW, CAPRI MENTIONED THAT WE'RE HAVING A LARGER MEETING POPULATION, WE ALL REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ARMENIANS AND THAT'S TRUE FOR MY DISTRICT AS WELL. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT IS NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATED WITHIN THEMSELVES THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND PART OF THE STRONG ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT IS PART OF CD12. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. I'M PROUD TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE WE RECOGNIZED IT AND TO SORT, AND THANK YOU FOR USING YOUR PLATFORM TO BRING ATTENTION TO THIS. ON ANOTHER NOTE, I HOPE YOU GET THAT TITLE FIGHT IN UFC SO YOU CAN HAVE A BIGGER PLATFORM TO SHARE. THANK YOU AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TODAY. >> Council President: AND COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. I'LL JUST ADD MY VOICE TO THE CHORUS AS THEY SAY AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A LEADER ON THIS. GRATEFUL TO YOU. YOU AND I AND PAUL KERKORIAN, ALMOST A DOZEN YEARS AGO, WE WENT TO ARMENIA AND MUSEUM AND I WAS MOVED TO TEARS THEN AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY MORE RELEVANT NOW AND WE WENT TO ARSTZA BEFORE THE TRAGEDY. SO WHEN I SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NEWS, I HAVE THE MEMORY AND IT HITS SO MUCH DEEPER. SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE TO THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THIS EVENT, THIS, THE RECOGNITION, THE MEMORY, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST IS TO KEEP THEM FOREFRONT IN OUR MINDS AND CONSCIOUSLY AND VERY STRATEGICALLY WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT FOR TODAY'S EVENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR ALWAYS BRINGING THESE PRESENTATIONS AND YOUR IDENTITY TO THE FORUM AND USING YOUR PLATFORM TO UPLIFT THE ISSUES THAT ARE SO PERSONAL TO YOU AND HELPING US REMEMBER THAT, WHAT SOLIDARITY REALLY LOOKS LIKE IS REMEMBERING THAT WE ALL SHARE SOME KIND OF PAIN AND IN THE CITY AND TURNING IT INTO BEAUTIFUL AND FIGHTING, FIGHTING IN THE UFC DOME. SOY REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND REALLY HELPING US REMEMBER THIS. I'M FROM HIGHLAND PARK WHICH IS THE EAST SIDE OF L.A. BUT I WAS DEFINITELY IN GLENDALE A LOT OF MY LIFE, ALL THE TIME. SO YOU KNOW, JUST A NEIGHBOR AND I APPRECIATE YOU UPLIFTING THIS ISSUE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WELL UNLIKE, ME AND MY COLLEAGUES, I DON'T HAVE VERY MANY ARMENIANS IN MY DISTRICT BUT I'M STANDING IN SOLIDARITY TO RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE THAT HAPPENS AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S BEEN A TERRIBLE PART OF THE HISTORY. BUT STAND INING SOLIDARITY AND TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM AND OPENNESS AND HONESTY, MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. WE RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BUT ALSO IMPACTS THAT HAVE IMPACTS ALL OVER WORLD. WE THANK YOU, AND WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND BACK TO YOU MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS WHETHER IT WAS VISITING IN ARTSZA TOGETHER AND GETTING A GLIMPSE OF THAT LIFE. I'M JUST SORRY THAT I WILL NOT NOT ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES AT LEAST IN THE INTERIM FUTURE. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS TO UPLIFT, NOT ONLY THIS ISSUE BUT, ALL TRAUMA THAT IS IMPACTED ALL OF US. LAST THING, COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO IN THE SPIRIT OF CELEBRATING THE POWER OF PERSEVERANCE, I WOULD LIKE TO RELAY A MESSAGE TO THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN THE WORDS OF ONE OF OUR GREATEST POETS BAJUK SAVAK. [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] I'LL JUST TRANSLATE THE LAST SENTENCE WHICH SAYS, WE'RE HERE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE AND WE WILL ONLY BECOME STRONGER. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, COLLEAGUES. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MANY. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MR. NAZARIAN AND THIS VERY SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT DAY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY? WE'RE PREPARED TO GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GEL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE ON ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FAUXER --FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 6 THROUGH 8. AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE 6 THROUGH 8. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THEY MAY SPEAK ON ANYTHING ON THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I HAVE A FEW MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS ONE ALOUD. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO THE ADA OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IN ORDER TO MAKE USE THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, ONCE YOU'VE HEARD THE NAME CALLED UNDER, CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE SERGEANTS CAN PROVIDE WITH YOU THAT WIRELESS MICROPHONE. FINALLY, WE WOULD ASK THAT HAD YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU CALLED UNDER CALLED ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP THE FIRST FEW SPEAKERS, TAMARA, WARN PEACE, NAVAHO JESSE G. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE-->> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'VE APPEARED BEFORE THE CITY ATTORNEY HERE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS SEVERAL TIMES, REGARDING THE CRIMINALITY OF A WOMAN WHO CALLS HERSELF DR. IRENE VASQUEZ, AKA ELIZABETH MORRIS WHO IS ON THE BOARD OF INDIGENOUS CHARTER SCHOOL IN YSABEL'S JURADO'S DISTRICT NUMBER 14. THIS WOMAN HAS DEFRAUDED ME OF MY PROPERTY TO PAY FOR LAWYERS, PRIVATE INVESTIGATES AND TO PAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS GIFT CARDS THAT THEY WENT TO PICK UP AT THE CHARTER SCHOOL IN LIEU OF KEEPING TABS ON ME. WHY IS SHE PROTECTED? BECAUSE SHE IS PROTECTED BY IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY, DOING WORK FOR EPSTEIN. HE BROUGHT THE BLONDE PILOT OVER FROM ESTONIA. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. AND BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, MR. HERMAN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME TO THE MEET ING, BUT THERE IS NO NEED TO MAKE BLEEDING NOISES AND INTERPRET OTHER SPEAKERS. SO IF YOU DISRUPT THIS MEETING AGAIN, YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL AND FOR EVERYONE THAT IS HERE, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME GUESTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE INTRODUCED THE GIRL SCOUT. YOU WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, YOU MAY HEAR SOME THINGS THAT ARE ARE NOT APPROPRIATE, BE PREPARED TO USE YOUR EAR MUFFS. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT HOUSING AND THIS IS NOT FOR YOU MS. HERNANDEZ, ALSO FOR HAOUG --HUGO AND HUTT. AND YOU McOSKER, LET'S GET WITH THE PROGRAM. I BELIEVE IN HONESTY. I BELIEVE THAT OLD PEOPLE SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED. YOU'RE PUTTING THE OLD PEOPLE BACK, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE OLD PEOPLE. THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED. I DON'T KISS ASS, EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE. I KNOW THERE IS CHILDREN HERE. TRUMP DID IT IN PUERTO RICO, I'M PUERTO RICAN AND NOW I'M DOING IT HERE. HELP THE OLD PEOPLE. WITHOUT THEM, YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE. YOU WOULDN'T BE WITH YOUR GRANDMA OR GRANDPA OR WHATEVER, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT COLOR OR WHAT GENDER, ALWAYS HUG PEOPLE WHAT THEY DID FOR YOU AND ALL OF YOU. YOU'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE OF AN OLD PERSON AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL ACKNOWLEDGE IT. I'LL BE BACK A LITTLE BIT LATER. >> City Attorney: OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IS TO TO*? >> Speaker: I'M YONI AND I'M YONA, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DOG BEACHES AND DOG PARK. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO, CAN WE HOLD THEIR TIME. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT EVERYBODY THAT IS HERE WITH THE GIRL SCOUT, PUT ON YOUR EAR MUFFS FOR JUST ONE MOMENT. >> Speaker: HUM? >> City Attorney: EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR EAR MUFFS ON, YOU WERE WARNED TO NOT DISRUPT PUBLIC COMMENT. I NOTICED YOU DISRUPTED PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE POINT WHERE SPEAKERS HAD TO TURN AROUND AND REMOVE YOU. >> Council President: HE'S REMOVED. >> City Attorney: EAR MUFFS EVERYBODY. >> Speaker: YOU TARGET ME! YOU TARGET ME. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, THE SAME RULES APPLY. WE WARNED YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM. ROOM. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LEAVE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISRUPT THIS MEETING. AUDIT L.A. I'M GOING TO ASK TO PLEASE NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. [DISRUPTION IN THE AUDIENCE] >> City Attorney: YOU DISRUPTED THE MEETING WHEN YOU CAME IN IN THE CHAMBERS IMMEDIATE MRAOE AND YOU DISRUPTED THE TWO GIRL SCOUTS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OUR APOLOGIES SPEAKERS, WE CAN UNCOVER OUR EARS NOW. >> City Attorney: SORRY ABOUT THAT, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ON YOUR EAR MUFFS, PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY, SO THE DOG PARKS YEAH. SO WE HAVE DOG PARKS AND WE HAVE PARKS BUT THE PARKS ARE MAINLY PLAYGROUNDS AND SOME HAVE SIGNS THAT SAY THEY CAN'T LEAVE HEM OFF LEASH BUT SOME DOGS DON'T HAVE GET TO RUN AROUND AT HOME SOME HOMES ARE SMALLER. AND THAT'S HOW IT'S MADE IN OUR ECONOMY. SO I THINK THE DOG PARKS SHOULD HAVE MORE GRASS AREA. AND FOR THE BEACHES, I THINK THAT THE BEACHES DON'T, NOBODY LIKES DOGS ON BEACHERS BECAUSE THEY CAN RUN AROUND AND MAKE A MESS. BUT I FEEL THAT'S THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THE OWNER SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR DOGS. AND THANK YOU. >> GREAT JOB. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: OH. >> City Attorney: SO YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SO BASICALLY ON DOG BEACHES, YOU'RE USUALLY ALLOWED SERVICE DOGS OR, LIKE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS. BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE LIKE A GATED AREA FOR LIKE CERTAIN, LIKE DOGS THAT CAN'T BE REALLY LIKE, OFF LEASH, UNLESS THERE IS LIKE A GATED AREA. SO YEAH, THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO SAY PERSONALLY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: MITCHEL AND BUTCHWARE. >> Speaker: HI, SPEAKING AS WARN PEACE TODAY, I'LL TAKE ITEM 7 AND 8. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: APPRECIATE IT. SO 8 IS RELATIVE TO A PROPOSED DONATION AGREEMENT WITH THE LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD LAND TRUSTOR THE WATTS TOWER ART CENTER CAMPUS LANDSCAPING AND HEART ESCAPING IMPROVEMENTS WATTS IS A COMMUNITY WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN AND DEVELOPING IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THEIR CURRENT RESIDENTS AND, AND STAKEHOLDERS. THE ONLY CONCERN I REALLY HAVE WHEN I SEE THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENT MOTIONS IS ACTUALLY THAT MARQUEECE MENTIONED IN A PODCAST NOT THAT LONG AGO TALKING ABOUT IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD RENTS INCREASE WHEN THEY GOT A NEW METRO STATION FOR THE E LINE. A NEW METRO STATION IS GREAT BUT THEN, THAT SORT OF BRINGS A LEL OF GENTRIFICATION AND I'M GLAD THAT MARQUEECE WHO IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION, HAD MENTIONED THAT IN IN A PODCAST. AND ITEM NUMBER 7, FUNDING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUMMER LIGHTS PROGRAM BEING PROVIDED BY THE BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE. NOW THIS IS A FUNDING MOTION FOR US TO USE 250,000 IN THE CD8 PORTION OF COUNCIL PROJECTS WHICH ON THE SURFACE SEEMS LIKE IF THIS IS AN ENHANCEMENT, THAT'S GREAT BUT I LOOKED AT THE SPONSORS AND THIS IS A LONG LIST SO I HOPE I CAN GET THROUGH THIS. AMAZON, HILTON, L.A. CHARGERS, RAMS WAL-MART MICROSOFT MIKEY, SONY BOEING, U.S. BANK, AT&T, FORD, UPS, VERIZON AND NORTHROP WHICH IS A FIRE FIGHTER, CAN ANY OF THEM FOOT THE BILL? WHY ARE WE TAKING THAT OUT OF OUR TIGHT BUDGET. [SINGING] IT CAN BE SAID THAT IT'S QUIET ABSORB WHEN THEY DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUS WHEN IT'S TIME TO TAKE A COFFEE BREAK OR LAUGH AT THEIR COLLEAGUE'S JOKES OR MAYBE THEY DON'T EVEN STAY AND TRY TO PRETEND THAT THEY ARE LISTENING, DON'T YOU THINK IT'S DISGRACEFUL HOW THEY BEHAVE IGNORING THE PUBLIC WHO PROVIDES THEIR PAY, OUR TAXES ARE WASTED ON GAMES THEY PLAY, SO SO FOR THIS ELECTION I THINK I'LL VOTE FOR A, NO INCUMBENT DESERVES TO STAY AND NITHYA IS A DISGRACE. NITHYA IS A DISGRACE. BY THE WAY, WHERE IS SHE? I SEE HER NAME UP ON THE BOARD BUT I DON'T SEE HER IN THE ROOM. I THINK THIS IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM AND MOST OF YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. THANK YOU, TIM. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER, GOOD MORNING. >> Council President: GOOD MORNING, I'M FROM K TOWN AND I'M A CONSTITUENT OF HEATHER HUTT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: TWO LAPD OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED A MAN AFTER COPS FORCEFULLY ENTERED SEARCHING FOR LIQUOR. SAMUEL'S MURDER FUELLED A PROTEST IN 1927. ALMOST 100 YEARS LATER AND WE KNOW BUT CLEARLY WE HAVE NOT LEARNED. ANGELINOS ARE HURTING AND WE'RE HUNGRY. WE DON'T NEED MORE POLICE TO CRIMINALIZE AND SUPPORT US. WE NEED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND JOBS AFFORDABLE GROCERIES AND BIKE LANES AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC PARKS. POLICING PROVIDES NONE OF THESE, IN FACT, ACTIVELY ROBS US OF THE THINGS WE SO DESPERATELY NEED. INCREASING THE POLICE BUDGET BY 233 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 IS IMMORAL AND I'M SPEAK TO GO KNOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT EVEN DOING YOUR JOBS. SO GIVE THE MONEY TO THE PEOPLE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, A DR. IANA, ALLEN, SAGE, ROSA MILANO, ROBERT M, AND GUNY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, GO AHEAD. AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE LAST SPEAKER, YOU MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN YOUR PHONE. NO WORRIES, DIDN'T WANT TO YOU FORGET ABOUT IT. YOU SAID GENERAL? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, JOHN CAMERA DISTRICT MARSHAL OF THE NIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO EXTEND MY SYMPATHY TO MR. BLUMENFIELD FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR WONDERFUL MOTHER. AND HELPING LATINO FAMILIES IN YOUR DISTRICT, THE FAMILY HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO BUILD A NEW HOME FOR THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE HELP OF YOUR STAFF, MORE VANDALISM POSSIBLY A FIRE COULD HAVE DESTROYED THE FAMILY DREAM OF OWNING ANOTHER HOME. ONCE AGAIN, MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AN ADVOCATE OF LATINO COMMUNITY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 7 AND PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL TRY TO STAY ON TOPIC. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR ITEM 7 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU WHEN I HEAR STACY TALK ABOUT THE SPONSORSHIP. CAN YOU WONDER THE OTHER PLACE THAT'S CAN USE THAT SPONSORSHIP. I THINK THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF BEING PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT, YOU CAN THROW MONEY YOUR WAY. IF IT'S DOING GOOD. THAT'S FINE BUT THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT CAN USE A LITTLE PORTION OF THAT, MAYBE 10,000. HOW MANY ARE WE DENYING BECAUSE SO MANY MONEY IS GOING TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS SO MUCH SPONSORSHIP? BUT, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH IT. IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. I HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: BRING BACK THE PHONE COMMENTS. NOW IF YOU DO THAT, I PREFER YOU DON'T BECAUSE IF I HAVE TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE COMMENTS THAT I STILL HAVE ON MY PHONE, EVERY 'CAUSE, YOU THINK HERMAN IS BAD, YOU WANT TO SEE HOW MANY CALLS I HAVE WHEN THEY ATTACKED MR. BLUMENFIELD'S WIFE. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. ATTORNEY, PLEASE CONTROL IT. IF A GUY IS TALKING ABOUT FIGUEROA AND HOW HE ABUSES CHILDREN DOWN THERE BESINGER STOP HIM. YOU HAVE CONTROL OF THIS THING. MAYBE THE PRESIDENT WILL HELP YOU ALSO, BUT AGAIN, WE CANNOT ALLOW ALL OF THESE COMMENTS TO COME IN AND ALL THEIR TALKING ABOUT IS AR SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND A BUNCH OF NONSENSE. YOU CONTROL WHAT TAKE PLACE IN HERE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU SPEAKER AND TO YOUR POINT, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ON TOPIC, THAT INCLUDES DURING GENERAL. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: FREDERICK, PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2026, IT WOULD BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE IF THE PRESENTERS WOULD ARRIVE AT THE CITY PODIUM WITH SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL TO OFFER, IDEAS AND PRINCIPAL OF ENVIRONMENT, WE'RE NEED FOR SOMETHING THAN MIDDLE FINGERS FLARING AND SUL VULGAR EXCEPTIONS. WHAT IDEAS DO BRING TO THE PODIUM IS OF GROWTH IS THE INTEREST? WITH THE APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENTAL STEPS INEVITA--INEVITABLY RESIDENTIAL SITUATIONS EVENTUALLY LEAD TO GO NO RICH AND NO POOR IN ANY MANNER. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMOBILES AND INCORPORATION OF ALL INCOME PASSES LIGHT RAIL IN THE CITIES AND PASSENGER HEAVY RAIL. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: BRAVO YOUNG MAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: BYRON JOSE WITH THE TRANS LATINA COALITION, THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, AND HERNANDEZ AND ADVOCATE FOR A FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATION. IT IS A SHAME THAT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET TEAM CONTINUE TO ILL ADVISE HER TO NOT INCLUDE TRANSGENDER AND TRANSER EXPANSIVE. THE LAPD BUDGET CAN AFFORD TO SHRINK, TRANS BODIES CANNOT BE THE ONES THAT PAY OUT FOR THE LIABILITY THAT LAPD CONTINUES TO DO NOT JUST THROUGH OUR TAXES BUT OUR LIVES. PRESIDENT MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, IF YOU WANT TO READ TIME AND AGAIN THE GROWING NUMBER IN THE MILLIONS AND 8-FIGURES OF PAY OUT FOR WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADVISE. CHAIR I KNOW YOU GOT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO ALLOCATE, BUT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW, CHAIR YAROSLAVSKY. WE NEED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND PUT US IN THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M SORRY, IS IT ITEMS? >> 6 THROUGH 8. >> Speaker: SO 6 IS OPEN NOW? >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: I'LL TAKE ALL OF THOSE AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. >> Speaker: I'LL START WITH ITEM 7. I JUST WANT TO SAY BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE MUST BE THE WORSE GAME FOR INSTITUTION. MAYBE IT'S UNFORTUNATE PARING OF WORDS HOWEVER THAT RECEIVE FOUNDATIONS AND SUPPORT FOR SOME UNVERY UNSAVORY ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE TO SAY, THAT'S YOU GUYS, IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO STAND UP AGAINST, AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE L.A. A GREEN CITY AND WAR PROFIT HE'SER AND ALL OF THAT PROGRESSIVE BULLSHIT. YOU'RE ALL FULL OF SHIT, AND BULLSHIT WALKS AND YOU CAN GET ALL AROUND THE CITY WITH SOUM BULLSHIT YOU'RE WALKING. ITEM NUMBER 8 IS ACCEPTING A DONATION FOR THE WATTS TOWERS ART CENTER CAMPUS FOR AR ESCAPING. THAT'S GOOD, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DONATE MONEY TO THE CITY TO MAKE THINGS LOOK BETTER. ALL THE BETTER, WE SHOULD SEE MORE ACTION LIKE THIS INSTEAD OF US BEING ON THIS WEIRD POSITION WHERE WE'RE BEGGING PEOPLE TO DO WORK IN THE CITY. WE SHOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. PEOPLE SHOULD DONATE MONEY. NOT THAT LONG AGO, INDUSTRIALIST AND PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO CALL THEMSELVES CAPITALIST, LIKE TO CALL THEMSELVES THAT. THEY'RE FROM THE AREA OF LAND OWNERS, UNFORTUNATELY, LAND OWNERS LEAVE PROPERTY FALLING APART UNTIL THEY FALL APART AND GET REPLACED BY NEW OWNERS. AFTER RECURRING FEES AND LEAVING THE AREA TO NOT PAY THEM. ITEM NUMBER 6, I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD DISCUSS, I'M JUST BUYING TIME SO I CAN MOVE TO THE AGENDA ITEM. I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DO THIS SHIT, SO, COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR, RELATIVE TO EXEMPTION, SO THERE IS A LOT OF CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR. FROM WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND, IT AMOUNTS FOR HIRING PEOPLE FROM EITHER OUTSIDE OR PUTTING PEOPLE IN A POSITION AND NOT HAVING TO GO THERE THE SAME PROCESS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SOMEBODY WHO USED TO WORK FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY WHO WOULD SAY THAT THEY HIRED, PROMOTE FROM WITHIN AND THEN YOU SEE THAT THEY HIRE FROM OUTSIDE TO MANAGE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE SO LONG ON THE CLAIMS THAT THEY KNOW BETTER. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: Y'ALL NOT PAYING ATTENTION. HERE'S A LESSON FOR ANYBODY THAT COMES HERE, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE HAPPEN, YOU NEED TO USE FORCE. THE BIG INTEREST THEY DON'T COME IN HERE AND TRY TO PERSUADE, THEY USE MONEY WHICH IS THEIR FORM OF FORCE AND THEY USE IT AS AGGRESSIVELY AS POSSIBLE. YOU HAVE THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAVING SIDE CONVERSATION AS WELL AS OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE. SO THE TIME FOR DEBATE IS OVER. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE LAST 100 YEARS THEY'VE BEEN SHOWING YOU BY HOOTING PEOPLE IN FRONT OF US. THE POINT IS IS THAT CONVERSATION DOES NOT WORK SO YOU HAVE TO USE FORCE. WE NEED TO USE FORCE. I'M NOT ADVOCATING TO DO ANY FORCE. MAYBE BUILDING THEM BY SHUTTING DOWN THEIR MEETINGS, SHOWING UP TO WHERE THEY LIVE. WHATEVER IT TAKES U BUT WE NEED TO USE FORCE, THAT'S HONESTLY IN THE GREAT CONSTITUTING THAT FORCE IS ABOVE ALL ELSE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAK PER, DON RIO, RENE PITMAN AND JIM G. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M MICHELLE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M A VOLUNTEER ANIMAL SHELTER WITH THE RABBITS AND HAMSTERS. I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH THE BEST FRIENDS AND SPSCA IS GIVING L.A. MONEY. BEST CLAIMS TO BE NO KILL BUT THEY ARE NO KILL IN THEY HAVE THEM. NOT WORRIED IF THEY CAN SURVIVE OUT THERE. THEY BELIEVE IN MANAGE INTAKE. THEY BELIEVE IN TRANSFERRING ANIMALS WHICH AS WE SAW FROM THE MISSING 318 IN ARIZONA, THESE ANIMALS GO MISSING AND THEY DIE. WHERE IS THIS PROPOSAL? THEY'RE ACTING LIKE A DONE DEAL BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY DOCUMENTATION OR PROPOSAL. WHO WILL THEY ANSWER TO AND IF THEY WANT TO HELP, WHY ARE THEY NOT DONATE AGO THAT TO STAYED AND NEUTER THAT IS WHAT WILL SOLVE PROBLEM. >> THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU CAN ALWAYS ADJUST THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY. I'M 17 YEARS OLD, I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING WITH LOS ANGELES ANIMAL SERVICES SINCE I WAS 15. I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY COMMITMENT TO 14 MILLION DOLLARS TO IMPROVE L.A. CITY ANIMAL SHELTERS. THIS WOULD NOT BE FUNDING BUT A PARTIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN. THERE IS NO PROPOSAL SUBMITTED FROM BEST FRIENDS MEANING THAT ESSENTIAL DETAILS ARE NOT YET KNOWN. THEY FOCUS ON POPULATION RATHER THAN PREVENTING ANIMALS INTO THE SYSTEM. GIVING AN ELUSION OF SUCCESS. HOWEVER PLACING ANIMALS FOR THEIR REGARD FOR THE FUTURE PUTS BOTH THE ANIMALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN DANGER. THIS CAN BE SEEN BY THE RISE OF DANGEROUS DOGS INCIDENT IN MISSION HILLS FOLLOWING PLACEMENT OF DOGS UNSUITABLE FOR ADOPTION. THEY PREVIOUSLY FUNDED THE NORTHEAST VALLEY ANIMAL SERVICES SHELTER IN MISSION HILLS FOLLOWING LAWSUITS AND ALLEGED DISCLOSURE FAILURES DUE TO,. >> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW HERE, IF YOU RUN OUT OF TIME OR IF WE RUN OUT OF TIME AND UNABLE TO HEAR YOU SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT. AT LACOUNCILCOMMENT.COM. YOU CAN FIND THE URL AT EVERY AGENDA OR YOU CAN DO A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AND THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT COMES UP. >> Speaker: JUST PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS CLAUDIA I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE TRANS COMMUNITY BUT NOT JUST THAT, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT ALL ANGELINOS. WALKING DOWN HERE, I SAW THE SIGN WE ARE LOS ANGELES. AND I ASK MYSELF, THE MAYOR PROPOSAL IS ADD MORE MONEY TO THE POLICE, IS LIKE, THIS IS CRAZY BECAUSE, JUST BECAUSE SOME RICH HOUSE PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY GOT ROBBED, GOT BURGLARIZED, WE'RE GOING TO ADD MONEY TO THE POLICE. I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK THE POLICE SHOULD DO THEIR JOB. MY PLACE GOT BURGLARIZED BROKEN YEARS AGO, THE POLICE SHOW UP, HOURS LATER, THE DETECTIVES DID THEIR JOB, THEY GOT SOMEBODY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON WHO BROKE IT, THAT'S HOW IT IS. WE DON'T NEED MORE POLICE, WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE STREETS, WE NEED TO HELP THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND WE HAVE, THAT'S WHY WE L.A. WE ARE LOS ANGELE WE NEED TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: TRANSLATE, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD. CAN THE INTERPRETER ASK? WHICH ITEMS SPEAKER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD DAY, MY NAME IS BEBE O WILL IVARES. I RESIDE IN DISTRICT 10 OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: >> Interpreter: MY PRESENCE HERE IS TO ASK FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MY TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. THEY'VE APPROVED SUPPORT FOR OTHER CAUSES, BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS NEGLECTED OURS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M ASKING PLEASE, WE ALSO DPOEND TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE DESERVE EQUAL RIGHTS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, CLAUDIA, SHANNON, STACY BOEINGER, PAMELA, DENISE G. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO, I'M HERE SUPPORTING THE TRANS COMMUNITY. I BELONG TO THEM. AND WE SUFFER ENOUGH, WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY CHANGES AND ESPECIALLY WITH THIS THE GOVERNMENT IS TREATING US REAL BAD. WE NEED YOU GUYS SUPPORT. PLEASE, DON'T KEEP US IN MIND. WE EXIST, WE BELONG IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANKS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO, GOOD MORNING, THREE MINUTES FOR THE COMMENT SXZ ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY, I WANT TO START WITH NUMBER 6 AND SAY ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'VE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION BEFORE, SHE WANTS TO BUY IF THE MAYOR WANTS TO BUY BY PASS THE CIVIC SERVICE IS BECAUSE THEY WANTS A CRONIE THAT SHE CAN CONTROL OR HANDLE TO HANDLE THE JOB. THE CIVIL SERVICE IS TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS. WE'RE SICK OF CRONIE PROCESS AND JOBS. I'M SAYING ABSOLUTELY NOT. GO THROUGH THE PROPER PROCESS. AS FAR AS NUMBER 7, SUMMER LIGHTS. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT SMOKING SCAN WILL AGREE WITH ME ON THIS, WE'LL FIND OUT. BUT WE WANT SUMMER LIGHTS, WINTER LIGHTS, SPRING LIGHTS AND FALL LIGHTS. WE NEED LIGHTS. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED MORE LIGHTS. AND AS FAR AS, THE LAST ONE, THE WATTS TOWER, BEING DONATED, I AGREE, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. THAT I THINK THE CITY SINCE WE'RE SO BROKE AND YOU KEEP HAVING TRY TO SQUEEZE, YOU KNOW, EVERY LAST DOLLAR OUT OF REGULAR PEOPLE TO KEEP THIS THING AFLOAT, IT'S, IT'S PRUDENT TO GET OUTSIDE ENTITIES TO HELP WITH EVERYTHING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING YOU CAN GET OUTSIDE ENTITIES TO HELP PUT THEIR NAME ON IT. WE CAN'T DO IT, WE'RE LIKE GOING DOWN THE TUBE. SO IT'S GOOD TO, YOU KNOW TO HAVE OUTSIDE DONATION SXZ STUFF LIKE THAT. AND ALSO FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, THE PRESIDENT AND MR. LEE STILL OWE ME AN APOLOGY. WITH THAT, I'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I'M HERE BECAUSE THERE IS THIS TIK TOK TREND THAT IS CALLED SCIENTOLOGY RUN. IT'S JUST KIDS, BUT SCIENTOLOGY IS TRYING TO MAKE IT IT'S A HATE CRIME. IT IS NOT, THIS IS KIDS TRYING TO RECRUIT THEM EVERY TIME THEY PASS PAST THE HOLLYWOOD TEST CENTER. IT'S NOT A CHURCH BUILDING, THAT'S WHERE WE SELL THEIR BOOKS AND PROGRAMS. IT'S NOT A HATE CRIME. THE THING THAT SHOULD SHOULD BE DONE IS TRESPASSING THESE KIZ. YOU DO DID NOT ALLOW SCIENTOLOGY TO GET IN THERE AND TRY TO RUIN THESE KIDS FUTURE BY TURNING IT INTO A HATE CRIME. THEY WOULD GLADLY TRY TO KEEP THESE KIDS FROM GOING TO COLLEGE AND HAVING GOOD JOBS JUST TO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK GOOD. SO I'M HERE TO SAY NO, IT'S NOT A HATE CRIME, IT'S JUST KIDS BEING KIDS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, LET'S DO ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: THAT WOULD BE 6 THROUGH 8 AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, ON ITEM NUMBER 6, THE PROBLEM WITH AN EXEMPT EMPLOYEE IS AT THE LEAST, THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM, WE CAN VERIFY THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED. WITH AN EXEMPTION, YOU'RE BYPASSING WHETHER THIS PERSON IS COMPETENT OR NOT AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR. I KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS SEVERAL DEPUTY WHERE THEY'RE EMAIL ADDRESS RIGHT SIDE WRONG DESPITE BEING PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE. SO THIS IS ANOTHER MEANS TO HIRE A CRONIE, KEEP IT ON THE DOWN LOW AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS PERSON IS AS EQUALLY INEPT AND INCOME AT THE PENT AS THE VERY LEAST AS THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED. IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 7, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUMMER LIGHTS PROGRAM. I WAS WALKING HERE AND THERE IS A GIANT HOLE THAT A GUY THAT I KNOW WHO IS HOMELESS LIVES INSIDE. OKAY, IT'S BECAUSE THAT POTHOLE HAS GOTTEN SO BIG THAT THE SIDEWALK AND SOUFP DISREPAIR THAT THIS GUY HAS MADE AN APARTMENT UNIT BY HIMSELF. SO NUMBER 7, HOW CAN WE SAY THAT WE'RE DOING ANY PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE RESTRUCTURE WHEN THERE IS PEOPLE LIVING IN UNDERGROUND WITH THE DISARRAY THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, NUMBER 8 AT THIS POINT. RELATIVE TO THIS, THERE IS ACTUALLY A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT I WAS MADE AWARE THAT MADE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. I BELIEVE IT WAS, WAS IT JERINAMO AND THEY CAME TO BLOW THE WHISTLE TO EXPOSE THAT. THERE IS A SWEETHEART DEAL, IF THE CONTRACTOR PUTS IN A BID, THEY WILL SAY, WE WILL CHOOSE YOU AND SOME OF THE MONEY WILL GET AS A KICKBACK AND WHETHER THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS CONNECTED TO THAT PUBLIC CORRUPTION? JUST LIKE CURREN PRICE, THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT CURREN PRICE IS RUNNING INTO AND WE NEED TO KNOW. WE NEED TO KNOW IF THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION THAT NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION FOR THESE VARIOUS COME FLICKS OF DID NOT CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND YOU'RE USING TAX DOLLARS TO ACHIEVE THESE CORRUPT MEANS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL JUMP STRAIGHT INTO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I HAVE A WEBSITE, AND I STARTED PROFILES FOR ALL OF YOU. I SAW CURREN PRICE DEPUTY ALMOST SIT HIS PANTS ON THE STAND WHEN HE WAS BEING DEPOSED BY THE DA, HE WENT IN THE BATHROOM AND WAS SPLASHING WATER ON HIS FACE LIKE A MADMAN BECAUSE HE KNOWS HIS ASS IS ONLINE. THAT'S A YOUNG GUY WHO FUCKED HIS ENTIRE LIFE OVER FOR WHAT? TO HELP AN ASSHOLE WHO IS TAKING MY TAX DOLLARS AND SOON ENOUGH YOU'LL BE ON THAT CHOPPING BLOCK. YOU'LL HAVE CARTER AFTER YOUR ASS, AND ALSO MAYOR BASS'S ASS. I WAS HEARING THAT CARTER HAD A RESENT HEARING ABOUT THE CONTEMPT HEARING. YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING, HE'S GIVING YOU MORE ROPE TO HANG YOURSELF WITH. YOU KNOWS YOU GUYS ARE FUCKED AND HE'S GIVING MORLEY WAY TO FUCK YOURSELF. GO FUCK YOURSELF. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: MS. CIGAR BOWLINGER, DO NOT DISRUPT THE OTHER SPEAKERS AS THEY DID NOT DISRUPT YOU. DID YOU SAY GENERAL? >> Speaker: YES, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. T AS IT SAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONSTITUTION, YOU CAN SAVE RESIDENTS A LOT OF MONEY. LAST WEDNESDAY YOU APPROVED A BUNCH OF LEGAL SETTLEMENTS FOR A BUNCH OF MONEY. BUT OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT A BIG FINANCIAL PAY OUT AND THEY WANT JUSTICE. ENFORCING TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR THE HARM CAUSED BY THE MISCONDUCT OF STAFFERS, DOES NOT PROVIDE JUSTICE DESPITE WHAT PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS MIGHT SAY. WHAT VICTIMS WANT IS TO SEE WRONG DOERS PICK ING UP TRASH AND TO BE VANISHED FROM POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY. WHICH IS A LONG WAY OF SAYING, YOU NEED TO FIND OUT WHY PROSECUTORS ARE NOT PROSECUTING AND I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS IS WITH A MILT' LEVEL OF PUBLIC MISS CONTACT. SO ASK FOR ONE, PUBLICLY. AND DON'T HAVE SECRET DISCUSSIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO MY NAME IS RENE CAMPO I LIVE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> City Attorney: BEFORE WE START YOUR SOMETIME AGAIN, CAN YOU ASK HIM TO SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE TRANS LATINA COALITION AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: RIGHT NOW I'M LIVING IN ONE OF THEIR HOUSING SPACES CALLED THE HOPE HOUSE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO THAT IS WHY I'M HERE ASKING YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO THE TO ALL TRANS TO THE ALL TRANS COMMUNITY WHO SUFFER FROM A LACK OF HOUSING AS WELL AS A LACK OF SUPPORT FOR SERVICES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I'M ASKING YOU THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE MARGINALIZED LIFES IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING TO THE BOARD COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M TGI WAY, THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHICH LACK EMPATHY FOR US. THE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OFTEN FACE VIOLENCE AND AFFECTED MY LIFE DEEPLY. THE TRANS COMMUNITY OFTEN STRUGGLES TO FIND RESOURCE LIKE FOOD, MENTAL HEALTH AND HOUSING. TO MY TRANS COMMUNITY, TRANS LATINA COALITION PLAYS A ROLE TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. THE TRANS LATINO COALITION HAS SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO EMPOWER THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. THE TRANS COMMUNITY NOW HAS A BIGGEST PROBLEMS PRIORITIES AS HUMAN BEINGS. TO EVERYONE WHO IS PART OF THE TRANSGENDER MEMBERS, PLEASE CONTINUE TO HAVE ANY TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY WITH THEY NEEDS. THANKS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YES, JUST GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE, HAPPY FRIDAY, MY NAME IS BRANDON I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY FRIDAY LOS ANGELES, IT'S FRIDAY. THERE IS MY VOTER. BUT NO, CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. RAMAN FOR RUNNING. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. I WANT TO USE THE NEXT 30 SECONDS OF MY TIME TO SAY THAT LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN A HOME TO ME, BEING FROM ORANGE COUNTY AND GRADUATING FROM VILLA PARK HIGH SCHOOL, GO LANSING, WINNING COACH OF L.A. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND WE GOT THE OLYMPICS COMING, THE STREETS NEED TO BE CLEAN, WE NEED SECURITY, WE NEED A LOT OF LAPD, A LOT OF SECURITY. WE CAN ASK OUR FRIEND DONALD TRUMP FOR SOME MONEY. BUT YEAH, GUYS, LET'S HAVE FUN. LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE BS AND MOVE ON. BRANDON, THANK YOU GUYS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. I'VE GOT ONE MORE SPEAKER, COME ON UP, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, COME ON UP. >> Speaker: NICE TRY. >> City Attorney: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW THE RIGHTS RISKS IN THE CITY HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH THAT TODAY, THE NAACP AND OVER 100 ORGANIZATIONS, JUST PUT A ADVISORY, BECAUSE OF ALL VIOLATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY THAT YOU HAVE LITTLE TO SAY ABOUT. YOU CAN FIRE JIM McDO WELL, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO FIRE HIM YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE REFUSED. SUPPOSEDLY, NITHYA WAS SUPPORTING TO GET RID OF McDONNELL. ARE YOU TRY TO JOIN? MAKE IT BEEF THROUGHOUT SOCIAL CLUB BOB? THANK YOU EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH US THIS AFTERNOON. I THINK BEFORE WE TAKE UP ITEMS, WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 5. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER ITEM 62, FROM WEDNESDAY' AGENDA. THE CLERK HAS THE DETAILS. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, THAT WOULD BE 62 FROM WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 2, 2026, COUNCIL FILE 26-0418 RELATIVE TO THE CASE JM VERSUS IRVING L.A. SC CASE NUMBER 24S TV 03713. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL HEAR THAT ITEM NEXT WEEK. WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: JUST TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER THAT ITEM TO WEDNESDAY APRIL 28th. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 6 AND 7. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL ON 6 AND 7, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 8 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU FOR INDULGE ME FOR A MOMENT. IF IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD, TORY. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS ON ITEM 8 TO THE L.A. NEIGHBORHOOD LAND TRUST AND THEIR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT ON A PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT. WATTS COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY THE ARTS CAMPUS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TORY CHAIR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. COME UP HERE, TORY AND HER STAFF FOR ALL WORK. THE LAND TRUST IS FUNDING 13 MILLION DOLLARS IN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER CAMPUS. IF YOU KNOW THE CULTURAL PRESENT, THIS IS FROM WILMINGTON AT THE DABOLIC AND IT'S IN NEED OF LOVE AND ATTENTION AND IT RUNS FROM SANTA ANA ALL THE WAY TO THIRD STREET AND STATION. THIS WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL IMPROVEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEAUTIFUL IMPROVEMENT TO THE WATTS ARTS TOWER CAMPUS. VERY IMPORTANTLY, IT'S GOING TO BE READY FOR THE OLYMPIC SXZ WE'RE PUSHING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY EXPERIENCE SOME OF OUR UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD IS MORE UNIQUE AND BELOVED THAN WATTS AND THE WATTS CULTURAL CRESANT. AND--HERE IS, WITH HERE WE HAVE A LAND TRUST, A NUMBER OF FUNDING SOURCES THAT THE LAND TRUST, YOU KNOW, ASSEMBLED TOGETHER AND WE HAD DCA WITH THE PROPERTY, WE HAD GSD, WE HAD REC AND PARKS AND WE WERE ABLE TO ASSEMBLE THROUGH THEIR GREAT WORK, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS GIFT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS GIFT IS COMING FROM SO MANY SOURCES AND THE WORK OF THE LAND TRUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT PROP 68 MONEY AND COUNTER MEASURE 8 MONEY AND REMEMBER PROP K, CONSERVE ANT SEE, L.A. NATURAL, STATE NATURAL RESOURCES, AGENCY AND I KNOW THAT THE TRUST IS WORKING ON OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AND YOU'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE SHAKINGING THE TREE, MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING MONEY TO THE ASSETS. I'M GRATEFUL. THE CRESCENT IS A LONG OVERDUE COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WATTS. AND THIS IS ONE IMPORTANT PIECE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING ON THE LONG DELAYED PROMISES. NOT DELAYED BY YOU, DELAYED BY THE GOVERNMENT. SOY WANT TO URGE YOU ALL MEMBERS TO GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT THIS WONDERFUL GIFT. >> Council President: EXCELLENT, A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND Y'ALL ARE STILL ACCEPTING GIFTS, L.A. TRUST? GIFTS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED? >> YES, 100 PERCENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON NUMBER 8, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. JUST TO CONFIRM FOR THE RECORD, THE SECONDER TO COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S MOTION TO RECONSIDER WAS YOUR SELF. >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE LOVE TO CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND MY, MY DISTRICT IS FILLED WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND WE WANTED TO BRING LIKE A BBQ EVENT WHERE EVERY CULTURE CAN SORT OF, SHOW, YOU KNOW, SHOW THEIR SKILLS AT AND WHAT THEY CONSIDER BBQ IN THEIR COUNTRIES. SO HOPE EVERYONE CAN JOIN US, IT'S TOMORROW FROM 12:00 TO 5:00 P.M., WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PANELS THERE, KRW IS HOLDING A PANEL WITH ME AND SOME OTHER CHEFS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONTEST. TT GOING TO BE A HUGE FUN EVENT AND HOPEFULLY, YOU GUYS CAN JOIN US. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO MUCH MR. LEE, BBQ FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? SEEING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE KHAIM WE --CHAMBER TO STAND FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON THE RIGHT? WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER TO STAND FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: INFORMED I RISE IN THE HONOR OF IMELDA, A BELOVED MOTHER, CHERISHED FRIEND TO SO MANY AND A WOMAN'S WARMTH AND KINDNESS TOUCHED SO MANY. TO SPEAK ABOUT IMELDA IS TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO SAW PEOPLE. SHE HAD A GIFT FOR NOTICING WHAT OTHERS NEEDED AND KNEW WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDED ENOURAGEMENT AND WHEN THEY SIMPLY NEEDED SOMEBODY BESIDES THEM SO THEY WOULD NOT FEEL ALONE. SHE MADE PEOPLE FEEL SEEN AND CARED FOR. FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS, LOS ANGELES WAS HER MOAN. --HOME. SHE BUILT COMMUNITIES, THROUGH FRIENDSHIPS AND EVERY DAY ACTS OF CARE THAT OFTEN MATTERED MOST P.IMELDA LOVED TO COOK AND FOR THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW HER, THAT LOVE WAS SOMETHING YOU CAN TASTE AND FILL. --FEEL. HER TABLE WAS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SHARE A MEAL AND WHERE PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY BELONGED. SHE RAISED HAD HER DAUGHTER WITH LOVE. EVERYTHING SHE DID CARRIED THE SAME SPIR SIT OF CARE AND INTENTION. SHE BLIEFSHD LIFE WAS MEANT TO BE LIVED FULLY AND TRAVELED THE WORLD AND EMBRACING NEW EXPERIENCES AND NEVER WAITING FOR PERMISSION TO LIVE WITH JOY. ON APRIL THIRD, IMELDA WAS TRAGICALLY CHANGED WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A DRUNK DRIVER. ON APRIL 7th, SHE PASSED AWAY PEACEFUL SURROUND BY HER DAUGHTER. THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT CAN MAKE SENSE OF A LOSS LIKE THIS IN THE 72 HOURS THAT HER DAUGHTER HAD TO ENDURE BUT WHAT REMAINS IS THE WAY SHE MADE PEOPLE FEEL, LOVED AND WELCOMED AND LESS ALONE. SO TODAY, WE HONOR IMELDA BY CARRYING FORWARD HER EXAMPLE TO LIVE FULLY WHILE WE CAN. MAY REST IN PEACE AND MAY HER LIGHT CONTINUE TO LIVE ON IN ALL THAT LOVED HER AND MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HER. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.