all these city services actually being delivered in Boyle Heights is so important for so long they feel like they get left out or deprioritized for other wealthier. You're not going see the underground work, some bio filtration that you'll see. You'll see some trees. It also educational signage, all these aesthetics that the community benefit as we're investing our stormwater infrastructure you know we may in a fiscal crisis but as long as we can collaborate and be creative, we can make projects like this. TD 14 is here to work with you find these creative solutions even at this time. You might not know the name or have any awareness of this 98 legal case, but the landmark ruling is still being talked about today, a panel at El Pueblo discussed, the United States versus Wong, Ark. We are the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles and. I'm moderating a panel called Advancing Equality United States versus Wong Kim Ark with experts and community members about how important this legal case won. Kim Ark was born San Francisco and so he was automatically a US citizen at that time. He went to China for a and when he tried to come back, they said that because his parents were immigrants who did not have the rights of U.S. citizens even though he was born in the United States, he fought that case and that case went all the way to the Supreme Court justice and. They ruled in his favor in 1898, saying that you're born in this country, you automatically have the of U.S. citizenship regardless of your parent's immigration status. I'm very proud of my great Wong Kim Ark. I feel privileged to be and the other people recognized what did his struggle birthright citizenship. It validates my life. I feel lucky to actually contribute to whatever's happening. But on the other hand, I really feel all this effort should never have been necessary. That birthright citizenship, that question was answered over 125 years ago. We're fighting an old battle. What we want to do is educate people on this important legal case, the precedent case. Wong Kim, Ark and what is the significance of birthright citizenship and what impact has on Asian communities? But all and refugees, you know, citizenship immigrant is so vital because it protects their rights, it gives them protection , it also gives them opportunities to participate as full members of civil society and participate in the United States and its democracy. The Board of Public Works, a new president, LAX, carries out its full scale emergency exercise and the electric dash Pacoima bus goes into these stories. Up next, city beat. The L.A. City Department of Public Works announced that Commissioner Steve King been elected president of the Los Angeles Board. Public Works King is the first Asian American to hold this position in the board's history. Appointed by Mayor Karen Bass King's election during American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Heritage Month is a notable milestone for the community. King's prior experience serving as vice president of, the Central Area Planning Commission as board king will oversee public infrastructure services and sustainability projects critical to the city's future. For more information, visit LA City Govt Los Angeles World Airports LA recently conducted its full scale emergency response exercise known as air x the unrehearsed emergency simulation tests, disaster planning and required at least once every three years by the Federal Aviation Administration. Around 400 participants took part in the exercise, including first responders, law enforcement, personnel, staff, and about hundred and 50 volunteers who portrayed injured. According to LAWA, the helps the airport strengthen coordination improvements and ensure it is prepared effectively respond to any emergency situation. For more info visit lawa .org/ news dash. LA's Department of Transportation marked the beginning of dash pacoima new all electric bus service operating in the San Fernando Valley. According to Councilmember Imelda Padilla, the new route on the Nuys corridor lays the groundwork for a connected, sustainable future. Across the valley. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who helped secure funding for Pacoima, said That safe, reliable public transportation remains a priority for the community. Pacoima will operate on weekdays 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on weekends from 9 a.m. to 6:00 pm with service every 30 minutes. Fares $0.50 in cash and $0.35 with a tap card to the service, Angelenos can ride Pacoima free through May 31st. For more information, visit LA Dot Transit. We know moms make a lot happen day and councilwoman Heather Hutt and colleagues know that too. It's an honor the occasion of Mother's Day. They hosted musical program for moms to relax and enjoy. It's amazing day where celebrating Mother's Day in the 10th district. Myself My colleagues were celebrating people that nurture our city. We have the Mother's Day music festival here in Michelle Obama park to. Celebrate all of our moms. They did an amazing job just making it just welcoming. And all the mothers special. And me, too. I'm feeling special. It's very much an honor to be a mom. I am a mom. So many reasons. And What I mean by that is I have children that gave birth to. I have been a foster mother and I run an organization to help mothers, children. And so I'm a surrogate in a way, to all those of young women that have come through our sometimes in city, we have very tough issues. But we know that what really holds up the community is , the moms, grandmas, aunties. So taking the opportunity to celebrate them is very important. I'm blessed to have sons with me today. We're all Mother's Day. You see this beautiful daughter right here? I'm to be her. Her inspiration. But believe it or not, now she's inspiration. Motherhood is a blessing, but motherhood is also a lot of work. And moms are juggling much right now. Their education. They're juggling work they're trying to achieve this work life balance. So to all the mothers there, just do your best . There was some Hollywood horror at the first. Mystery Market and Scary Movie Marathon held at the Lankershim. I mean, Lancome Scream Arts Center. It all frightful in the best way. So today, what's happening here at the Lankershim Arts Center is the first ever lenker scream mystery and movie marathon. What we have here is about 13 vendors selling horror movie themed merchandise. We have coffee, have tattooing, and we're just here to sure the community knows about the center uplift, the arts here and the arts district, and make sure that everyone knows that this center is for everybody. Part of job at the North Hollywood Neighborhood Council is to make sure that the arts come back to the arts district. So using the Lankershim, we're here to. Make sure that vendors have their space to sell their things and we're using film as the thing connects everybody. We feel that pop culture and film are a central cultural force. They to make sure that everyone has a chance to have to it by offering free or low cost programming. So Lankershim Arts Center is here to keep North Hollywood a fun place. The North Hollywood citizens to come out and play. We emphasize dance and music and theater, film and culture programs are going on here. So today we have horror vibes, is our partner for this event and. They curated a selection of local artists that are here vend their art. I came here from North Carolina. I really just wanted to find a community of people who just really enjoy horror and art on the same that I do, which is just like really much about the aesthetic things that are weird, things that are creepy but also very cute in a very unconventional way. I'm very inspired by anime and I really like exploring with textures. I'm a very big fan of . Worms, intestines, just things that are a little bit gross. I love being very hands on is why I make handmade magnets and, screen printing and overall, I really came out here because I really wanted to find a community of people love art the same way that I do. If you like anything that's spooky horror or anything of that nature, this is definitely a place to come. And everyone here is very friendly, very open, and everyone's welcome here. So whatever you're into, I'm sure, you're going to find what you like. This event today is amazing because even if you just come to shop. They also have free movies can come and watch. So it's a really cool event. The General Services Department supports, the city in many >> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THE JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LET'S START BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ, YAROSLAVSKY 13 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMEND COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: THANK YOU, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, I WOULD ASK HE SHALL TO RAISE AND JOIN COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING. PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART EXAMINE LET'S BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TLUT AGENDA. >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 26 TO MAY 27, 2025 SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: ITEMS 1 THROUGH 10 ARE ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. ITEMS 111 THROUGH 35 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. ITEM 36 THROUGH 43 WITH ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE NEEDED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: THANK YOU. SPECIALS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO 36 AND 43 FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I HAVE AMENDMENTED FOR ITEMS 43 AND 46, WHICH WILL BE CIRCULATED. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> N. Raman: AND ITEM 40 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: 4-0, ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 27 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE PLEASE. >> Council President: ITEM MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: ITEM 5 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR AN AMENDMENT. AND OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM 14, 36 AND 38 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT OF THE ITEM. >> Council President: RIGHT ON. ANY OTHER SPECIALS? ON THIS WIDE. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: I'M CALLING 40 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS ON THE WEST SIDE? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 3 FOR FOUR WEEKS AND 40 FOR TWO WEEKS. >> Council President: WE HAVE DATES ON THAT, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SORRY, 40 FOR FOUR WEEKS --TWO WEEKS AND 3 FOR TWO WEEKS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, ANY OTHER SPECIALS? ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME? MR. PRESIDENT, THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON NOW ARE ITEMS 11 THROUGH 13, 15 THROUGH 25, 27 THROUGH 32, 34, 35, 36,-- . >> Clerk: I'M SORRY SIR, LET ME GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON, WOULD BE 11 THROUGH 13, 15 THROUGH 25, 28 THROUGH 32, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41 AND 42, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: I'M SORRY. >> Council President: ONE MORE TIME FROM THE TOP. >> Clerk: YES. 11 THROUGH 13, 15 THROUGH 25, AND 28 THROUGH 32 AND 34, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: ITEM 34 ARE FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL ITEMS ARE ON FORTHWITH. SO JUST MEMBERS, AUTOMATIC ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE FORTHWITH. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WILL BE ITEM 27 CALLED SPECIAL FOR AWE SEPARATE VOTE SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS ON 27? SEEING NO ONE ON THE BOARD, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ROLL ON ITEM 27, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 35 SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 35 CALLED SPECIAL FOR? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 35 BEFORE US, ANY COMMENTS ON 35? OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 35, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. KO*UN ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE, PUBLIC COMMENT SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CLERK TO PREPARE THE ROOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE I WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. FUR NOT ON TOING OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WANING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO, OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ON THE AGENDA ARE 1 AND 2, ITEMS 4 THROUGH 10, ITEMS 36 THROUGH 39, AND ITEM 41 THROUGH 43. SO AGAIN, LET ME REPEAT. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2, ITEMS 4 THROUGH 10, ITEMS 36 THROUGH 39, AND ITEMS 41 THROUGH 43. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS ITEM NUMBER 40 BOTH HAVE BEEN CONTINUED. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS MAY SPEAK TO ANY ITEMS ON THE JURISDICTION. AND I HAVE COME ANNOUNCEMENT IF YOU INTERRUPTER CAN MAKE THIS. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANER INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY COUPLE OF SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: FINALLY IN ORDER FOR US TO FIT IN AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED ALOUD ON THE SPEAKERS BEFORE LINING UP TO SPEAK. THE NAMES ARE CALLED AT RANDOM, SO AGAIN, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME READ ALOUD AND THEN YOU CAN LINE UP ON ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES TO COME UP AND SPEAK. MARGARITA, JESSICA FLORES. IANSY LACE. >> Council President:er YOU CAN READ SOME ADDITIONAL NAMES AS WELL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL TAKE ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC DOCUMENT. --COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: BY THE WAY, MY ALIAS IS LANCY LACE, SO IF YOU SEE STACY, FORGET IT. IT'S DIFFICULT THAT COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN ONCE SAID THAT SHE VEHEMENT LEA POSED 4118, BUT SHE WANTS 4118 IS ENHANCED IN HER DISTRICT. BUT CRIMINAL EYESING HOMELESSNESS, IT JUST, MAKES UNHOUSES RESIDENTS CRIMINALS, IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEMS, IT JUST MOVES ENCAMPMENTS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. SPEAKING OF WAY, 35 MILLION, 494,594.03 TO BE SHUFFLED AROUND FOR PROVIDING LEASES, CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES, THE PER PORTED GOAL OF INSIDE SAFE IS A MOBILE ONE, WE SHOULD GET PEOPLE INDOORS. BUT WE'VE SEEN THIS PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY COSTLY AND INAFFECTIVE. WE COULD BE USING THE MONEY TO INSIDE SAFE AND HANDING IT TO RESIDENTS TO GO INSIDE HOMES. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT LAHSA IS IN THIS MOTION AND WE'VE SEEN THAT LAHSA DOES A REALLY LOUSY JOB TRACKING WHERE FUNDING GOES AND THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF LACKING FUNDING OVERSIGHT AND MONEY BEING SPENT ON 'EY AN OPEN BAR FOR LAHSA EMPLOYEES FOR A HOLIDAY EMPLOYEES. THIS IS A NOBLE CAUSE BUT LOUSY ORGANIZATION. AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE CITY REQUIRE INCOME OF 120 PERCENT A MI WHICH IS $100,000 A YEAR. I'M ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING REGISTRY, I GET ALERTS, ONE REQUIRED A 700 FICO SCORE IF YOU MAKE $100,000 A YEAR AND HAVE A 700 FICO SCORE, YOU CAN AFFORD A APARTMENT. WE CAN JUST GIVE THEM TO THE PEOPLE WHO THEN NEED IT TO OWN THEIR HOMES. BUT WHAT THESE AFFORDABLE PROJECTS DO IS FUNNEL MORE MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF DEVELOPERS AND LANDLORDS HAVE LIMITED COVENANCE AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE, HUH, HUGO? [SINGING] I BELIEVE THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE AND THEY DESERVE SECURE WHEN THEY WALK TO AND FROM OUR SCHOOL, IT'S RULE THAT OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE TOP PRIORITY WITH REGARDS TO RESOURCES IN THE CITY. BUT THE BUDGET THE MAYOR PROPOSED, ALONG WITH ADOT MEMO THREATENED THE CROSSING GUARDS, DURING OVERTIME ON THEIR SALARY, THIS WILL COST THE CITY MORE. SO NOW THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO SAVE THE JOBS THIS BUDGET IS AT-RISK. SAVING THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM COULD ALSO OUR KIDS. SAVE THE CROSSING GUARDS THANK YOU FOR FUNDING US AND SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAME, NICKI NEM, NICKI T, JUSTIN CURAN. >> City Attorney: BFT NEXT SPEAKER COMES UP, I WANT TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ALOUD IN THE ROOM, IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME OR EVEN IF IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST TIME. FYI WE'RE LIKELY TO HEAR VERY OFFENSIVE THINGS WITH THIS NEXT SPEAKER. THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TO LISTEN, SO IT'S UP TO YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO FOR A QUICK WALK AND LOOK AT THE ROTUNDA, ALSO LOOK TO POP IN YOUR HEAD PHONES, YOU MAY ALSO STICK YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR EAR. IT MAY BE VERY OFFENSIVE, IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE CITY OR COUNCIL. THE PASTEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO LET HIM GO AND CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THAT. YOU THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR THE PRIOR RESTRAINT, ASSHOLE. AS FAR AS ALL YOUR BUILDING REPORTS, FUCK YOU JONATHAN GROAT, YOU RACIST COMMUNIST PIG. NOW LOOK AT HERE ON ITEM 36 HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY. WHAT DO YOU CALL AN EMERGENCY WHEN YOU GOT BREAK NEWS AT THE U.S. ATTORNEY BILL ESSYLI ANNOUNCES FORMATION ABOUT HOMELESS FRAUD AND SCUPTION TASK FORCE AGAINST THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, FOR THE RECORD. THAT'S WHAT THESE DOCUMENTS HERE IN MY HAND ARE ABOUT. BECAUSE WHEN I ATTENDED, THE COURTHOUSE, FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, JONATHAN, WHERE WAS YOUR FUCKEN MAYOR? ON MAY 159ING --15th, AT THE FEDERAL COURTS? WHERE WAS SHE? THE ISSUE THERE WAS ABOUT HOMELENESS, WHERE WAS THE MAYOR WHEN CATHERINE BARGER AND DAVID PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN YOUR THROAT AND SAID WHERE IS THE MAYOR, GET YOUR SHINY ASS AND REPORT FOR BUSINESS OF THE PEOPLE? THEN I GO INTO THE ITEM OF L.A. ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, DAVID O CARTER, DAVID O CARTER, DAVID O CARTER, AND THE REASON? TO RETAIN AN ATTORNEY, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS GOING TO SPEND A MLTD OF TAXPAYER'S MONEY FOR THE FRAUD CORRUPTION TASK FORCE AGAINST LOS ANGELES AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY ON HOMELESSNESS AND I STILL SUPPORT MEASURE 64 AND EVERY MOTHER FUCKER HERE TO TALK ABOUT, WE WANT OUR PERMITS FOR MARIJUANA BECAUSE WE HAVE A RIGHT TOO! TO INVEST AND PROSPER, FUCK YOU L.A. THEN, ON THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS CORRUPTED FUCKEN CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ITEM 38. HOUSING REVENUE BONDS. FUCK YOUR BONDS MAYOR, AND FUCK YOU LOS ANGELES AND FUCK THE D.A., FOR THE REASON, SMOKING SCAN, YOU'RE RIGHT, SMOKING SCAN IS ALL ABOUT CORRUPTION AND AGAIN, SHINE, SHINE, SHINE, YOU'RE FUCKEN MAYOR DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE PERMITS TO BUSINESS WANT TO GO SELL MEASURE 64 VOTED BY THE VOTERS, MARIJUANA, FUCK YOU. >> City Attorney: SO THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. >> Speaker: I KNOW I ADDED IT ASSHOLE, THAT'S RIGHT, NOW I'M GOING INTO GENERAL. NOW GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, DICK FACE, TRUMP TO CREATE HOUSING FOR 6,000 VETS. FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT VETS. FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU FUCKEN PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, YOU FUCKEN ANGELINOS AND YOU CORRUPTED CRIMINALS OF LOS ANGELES AND YOU JONATHAN GROAT, JUST REMEMBER PARTICIPATED AND ININVOLVED TO DEFRAUD THE SYSTEM UNDER TRUMP, UNDER DOGE, YOU CREATED THE CRIES OF HOMELESS. FORD, I REMEMBER YOU CREATED THE PROBLEM FOR ALL THE TIMES YOU OUSTED ME OUT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEN YOU USED I MPERMISSIBLE RESTRAINT OF MY PRIOR FIRST AMENDMENT SPEECH. FUCK LOS ANGELES! FOR THE RECORD, SIR. FOR THE RECORD, SIR. SIR. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENT TO SEE PROVIDE, YOU CAN PROVIDE IT TO THE SERGEANT WHO IS STANDING DIRECTLY BEHIND YOU. WE NEED TO MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. MR HERMAN, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM, I WILL NOTE YOU BARELY FOLLOWED THE RULES AND IF YOU NOTICED, DID RECEIVE YOUR FULL AMOUNT OF TIME. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS MI NOMBRE ES MARGARITA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M MARGARITA GONZALEZ. >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WANT COUNCILWOMAN NITHYA TO INTRODUCE A NEW FORMULA FOR RENT TO 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND IT'S URGENT FOR YOU TO REMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN THAT THE MEMBERS OF DISTRICT 9 KNOCKED DOOR TO DOOR FOR YOU TO BE OUR CHAMPION OF RENTERS' RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY STORY IS ABOUT EVICTION, OR BEING WITHOUT A HOUSE. I HAVE LIVED IN THE PROPERTY WHERE I AM FOR 28 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY HUSBAND HAS LIVED IN THAT SAME HOUSE WHERE HE WAS BORN FOR 49 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN, 24, 20 AND THE YOUNGEST IS 17 YEARS OLD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY THREE KIDS AND MY HUSBAND WERE BORN ON THAT PROPERTY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> City Attorney: IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ALOUD TO THE ROOM. SO, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENT TO SEE MAKE AFTER YOUR TIME EXPIRES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THE CLOCK IS GOING AWFULLY QUICKLY. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES. LOUIS, ADAM SMITH, GEORGE BAZETI, A LEJANDRO. >> City Attorney: AND AND IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER CONTINUE. IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT TO MAKE, YOU CAN ALWAYS DO SO IN WRITING. >> City Attorney: AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A URL, YOU CAN DO A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH OR YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THEY'RE NOT UP ON THE BOARD FOR ITEMS 28 AND 29. >> City Attorney: 28 AND 29. >> Speaker: CORRECT. >> City Attorney: SO 28 AND 29 ARE NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO THEM DURING GENERAL. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. I'M JUAN JAOUR DA, I WORK AND WRECK RATE IN PART OF THE CARPENTER. WE SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS. THESE DEVELOPERS HAVE COMMITTED TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT WILL HIRE LOCALLY AND UTILIZE APPRENTICES FROM A STATE CERTIFIED TRAINING PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THESE PROJECTS AS I BELIEVE, BY PRACTICING PROTOCOLS AND SAFETY AND INCORPORATE ADEQUATE ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M JUSTIN, LIVING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I'M HERE TO SAY THAT THE RENT IS WAY TOO HIGH. MAJORITY OF US ANGELINOS ARE RENTERS AND THE FACT THAT MOST OF US PAY MORE THAN HALF OF INCOME ON COST OF LIVING RENT IN L.A. SO I'M HERE TO PLEAD WITH YOU ALL TO PLEASE INTRODUCE THE BILL TO LOWER THE RENT CAP DOWN TO 3 PERCENT. 10 PERCENT IS WAY TOO HIGH FOR UTILITY. IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE STILL HAVE THIS OUT LATED AND FRANKLY UNJUST AND PRO LANDLORD KIEPD OF POLICY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THAT IS HOME TO MAJORITY RENTERS. SO IT WOULD MEAN A LOT FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL TO STAND UP AND ACTUALLY STAND WITH THE WORKING CLASS AND RENTERS OF LOS ANGELES TO LOWER THE COST OF LIVING, THE COST OF RENT AND REALLY JUST YOU KNOW. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES HELLO MY NAME IS LOUIS STUDOUS AND I'M A MEMBER OF DISTRICT 10. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I NEED TRANSLATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WANT OUR COUNCILWOMAN NITHYA TO INTRODUCE A FORMULA FOR COUNCIL MOTION. >> FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND IT'S URGENT FOR YOU COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA TO REMEMBER THAT MEMBERS OF THE ACE. WENT DOOR TO DOOR CANVASSING FOR YOU TO BE OUR CHAMPION. FOR RENTERS RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] PLEASE DO NOT COMMIT THIS FRAUD ON US. >> AND I LIVE IN A BUILDING, MY PERSONAL STORY LIVING IN THIS BUILDING WHERE MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVICTED. BECAUSE THE RENT IS WAY TOO HIGH AND INACCESSIBLE. SO IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP OUT A LOT THAT WE'RE JUST CLEANING THE STREET AND RIGGED THE STREET OF HOMELENESS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE BACK REPRESENTING HERE, INFORMING YOU ABOUT BEING EVICTED AND BEING ADD RISK OF BEING HOMELESS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? SERGEANTS, CAN WE IDENTIFY IF THAT IS MR. HERMAN. DESPITE BEING RELATIVELY GOOD FOR THIS PART OF THE MEETING. I'M TRYING TO CONTINUE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING ANYMORE, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND FORMAL WARNING, IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO YOU'LL BE PURSUANT TO REMOVAL. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WANT TO TAKE ABOUT RENT CONTROL. >> City Attorney: OKAY, ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, MY NAME IS A LEJANDRO MAYA, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I NEED A TRANSLATOR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES AND WE WANT COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN TO INTRODUCE A NEW FORMULA FOR RENT CONTROL FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT US THE PROUD MEMBERS OF ACE WENT DOOR TO DOOR CANVASSING FOR YOU TO BE OUR CHAMPION FOR RENT CONTROL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I'M FACING EVICTION OF MY APARTMENT AND I HAD SOMEBODY GO THERE TO ANALYZE MY BELONGINGS AND THERE WAS AN INSPECT OR WHO WAS BEING VERY PREPOSTEROUS WITH PEEL AND THE PEOPLE HELPING ME TRANSLATE FOR HIM BECAUSE I DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE WANT YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE US THE RENTERS WRACK ABUSED IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS. >> Speaker: MUCHAS GRACIAS. FELIZ TARDE. >> City Attorney: AND IF THE SPEAKER CAN STEP TO THE SIDE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NUMBER 36, NUMBER 40 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GREAT, MY NAME IS ADAM FROM THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK. NUMBER 36, IS FINALLY HERE FOR A VOTE. AND I JUST THINK IT'S, ABSOLUTELY EMBARRASSING THAT--. >> Clerk: I'M SORRY SIR, HOW MANY ITEMS OR JUST 36? >> Speaker: 36, 40 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: OKAY, 36 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: OKAY, TWO MINUTES, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: WHERE SHOULD I START? YEAH, I JUST SEE MILLIONS COMING THROUGH FOR SHELTER BEDS. I SEE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE FOR CONGREGATE SHELTER BEDS IN SKID ROW IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 AT THE URM SHELTER. AND IT'S JUST CURIOUS THAT THE CITY IS DUMPING MILLIONS INTO CONGREGATE BEDS FOR INSIDE SAFE AND SKID ROW, BUT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY. MATT, WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR HAIRCUT, JUST KIDDING? SO YES. TT VERY CLEAR THAT WHILE NOBODY IS LISTENING AS ALWAYS, THAT THE PRIORITY FOR THIS COUNCIL IS TO MEET THE OBLIGATION IN THE ALLIANCE CASE AND SHOVE AS MANY PEOPLE INTO AS MANY BEDS AND YOU CANNOT EVEN COUNT THE FUCKEN BEDS. THEY'RE SPENDING MONEY ON FLOWER BEDS FUNDED BY INSIDE SAFE. IS INSIDE SAFE MONEY GOING INTO THAT. I'LL SWITCH TO NUMBER 40, GOOD DAY, NUMBER PRESIDENT. NUMBER 40 ALSO EMBARRASSING THAT COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, WHO ASKED FOR A PROPERTY BACK ON 4118, THE COMMUNITY HAD TO PUSH TO GET RELEASED IS NOW, PUSHING EVEN MORE 4118 ZONES WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SEASON, RATHER THAN A DRESSING THE ROOT HOUSES IS AFFORDABLE AND POVERTY NONE OF WHICH IS SOLVED BY INSIDE SAFE. NONE OF WHICH IS SOLVED BY LAPD FUNDING AND I GUESS I'LL GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. LAST WEDNESDAY, THERE WAS A SWEEP SCHEDULED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14. PAPER SIGNS WERE PUT UP BY SANITATION ON TOP OF METAL SIGNS FOR OPERATION HEALTHY STREETS. ONE WAS FOR THE STREET ON THURSDAY, THE METAL SIGNS WERE FRIDAY CAN WE WERE THERE FILMING AND TRYING TO PLEAD WITH SANITATION BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 14 WAS NOT THERE. BUT WORE TRYING TO PLEAD WITH THE SANITATION TO EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS WHAT THESE SIGNS ACTUALLY MEAN? THEY'RE NOT NOTICED AND IT'S SO FRUSTRATED THAT WHEN PEOPLE PUSH, SANITATION TO SAY, ARE YOU COMING TO THIS NEXT? PEOPLE MOVING THEIR STUFF FROM ONE STREET RIGHT INTO THE LINE OF FIRE, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND ALL SANITATION, SAY, IT'S CALLED 311 IT'S SO FUCKED UP, AND IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT NONE OF YOU IN 19 MONTHS OF GENOCIDE HAVE BROUGHT UP PALESTINE. >> Council President: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, MR. SOET A MARTINEZ FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? >> IF YOU CAN TURN ON HIS MICROPHONE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I HAVE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 19. >> Council President: IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED? >> H. Soto-Martinez: NOT YET BUT CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD HAVE IT. >> City Attorney: AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEING SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Council President: DO YOU NEED TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD. OKAY, BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: AND FEEL FREE TO FEEL THE MICROPHONE IF YOU WOULD LIKE. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND IN REGARDS TO TENANT'S RIGHTS. YES, HELLO MY NAME IS JULIA ROBLES AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 14, AND I'M HERE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COUNCIL NADIA TO INTRODUCE THE NEW RENT CONTROL THAT IS ZERO FROM 3 PERCENT, IT'S SURNL NT FOR COUNCIL NADIA THAT THE MEMBERS OF ACE NOT DOORS FOR HER TO BECOME A CHAMPION OF THE RIGHTS OF TENANTS. AND MY STORY IS THAT I'M A SMALL LANDLORD IN DISTRICT 14 AND I ORGANIZING A SMALL GROUP OF ALSO LANDLORDS AND DISTRICT 14 AND WE THAT WE ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT, ZERO TO 3 PERCENT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY IN THESE HARD TIMES. AND I, WOULD REALLY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. WELCOME. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: JESELL MATA FROM ACE. LOS ANGELES COSTS OUR CITY BILLIONS EACH YEAR. RIGHT NOW, WE PAY 1.4 BILLION IN FEES AND INTEREST AND DEBT SERVICES ANNUALLY TO WALL STREET BANKS, EMERGENCY IF THAT MONEY STAYED HERE, CREATING AFFORDABLE HOMES EXAMINE SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, OUR DEFICIT RIGHT NOW IN L.A. IS CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS, IT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE PAYING TO BANKS. IT COSTS 460,000 TO GET THIS STUDY STARTED. THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT YOU ALL ARE OFFERING IS JOB CUTS, CUTS TO YOUR NEIGHBOR SERVICES, THAT'S THE LAST THING WE NEED. NORTH CAROLINA BANK MODEL HAS RETURNED WHILE INVESTING ONE BILLION IN EDUCATION. NITHYA RAMAN REMEMBER WHO GOT YOU WHERE YOU ARE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 38, 40, 43 PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ON 38, YOU'VE GOT BONDS FOR 28.1 MILLION ANOTHER 20.1 MILLION DOLLARS. AND AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT PUTTING DOWN HOW YOU'RE PAYING FOR THEM. ANOTHER ILLEGAL GAME IN YOUR FOOLISH TRIP. ON NUMBER 40, WHAT IS THIS WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO LIVE? YOU CAN'T SIT, YOU CAN'T LIE, YOU CAN'T STORE, YOU CAN'T SLEEP, WHAT KIND OF AN INHUMANE SOCIALPATHS ARE ALL OF YOU? WHILE YOU ROB THE HOMELESS MONEY, I KNOW YOU'RE SITTING THERE JUST TRYING TO IGNORE THIS ALL, BUT THE DOJ AND THE FEDERAL COURT ARE GOING TO MAKE IT SO THAT YOU CANNOT IGNORE THIS ANYMORE. AND YOU MR. CITY ATTORNEY, YOU GOT A GOOD CHANCE OF GOING TO JAIL, I KNOW WHY YOU HAVE TO PAY 900,000, BECAUSE YOU'RE DEFENDED AND YOU--YOU'RE A DEFENDANT AND YOU CANNOT PROSECUTE AT THE SAME TIME. BASS DID NOT SHOW UP AND THE PRESIDENT OF THIS BOARD DID NOT SHOW UP, BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO MANIPULATE GETTING RID OF JUDGE CARTER, ALL THOSE NOT GOING FOR YOUR FOOLISH BUSINESS. NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. I HAVE 1:30, I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. >> City Attorney: YOU SAID NOW ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT TELLS ME YOU WANT TO MOVE TO GENERAL, YOU DO NOT GET TO USE ADDITIONAL TIME. YOUR TIME IS PAUSED, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CLOCK. SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PER YOUR, CAN YOU START HIS TIME OVER. >> YOU PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE HERE FOR LOWERING YOUR RENT. GO TAKE A LOOK AT ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE FORCE THESE FOOLS TO TALK ABOUT PAYING THE PROPER PRICE FOR HOUSING WHICH IS 15-560, INSTEAD OF 6800. IF YOU TWIED 5560, THAT'S 34 AND A HALF TO ONE. AT 800,000 IT'S 54-1. IF YOU WANT YOUR HOUSING COSTS LOWER, YOU'LL HAVE TO HAMMER THESE PEOPLE TO START PAYING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF HOUSING BECAUSE OF THEIR CONTRACTS WITH THE DEVELOPERS AUTOMATICALLY MEAN, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE MONEY AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IS NOT TELLING YOU BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE MONEY BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE AND THEIR SOLD BY SOMEBODY, YOU GOT THAT PEOPLE? THIS IS HOW MONEY IS ROBBED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: AND YOU'RE GOING DOWN BUD. >> SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING, I BELIEVE THE SPEAKER'S NAME IS GEORGE. SO GEORGE, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND FORMAL WARNING. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ES A MELLIA. >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT MY NAME IS EMILIA LOPEZ FROM DISTRICT 7. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] WE WANT COUNCILMEMBER NIGT RA RAMAN TO INTRODUCE A NEW RENTERS FORMULA FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE MEMBERS OF ACE WENT CANVASSING DOOR TO DOOR FOR YOU TO BE OUR CHAMPION FOR THE RENT CONTROL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES MY PERSONAL ANECDOTE IS AS FOLLOWS. LIVING IN DISTRICT 7 UNDER MONICA RODRIGUEZ IN SYLMAR CALIFORNIA CAN ON DECEMBER 12, OF 2003 I HAD AN INCIDENT WITH AN LANDLORD CLAIMING THAT THE FORMS THE CONTRACT THAT I HAD SIGNED WAS DUFF FROM WHAT I HAD BELIEVED AFTER LIVING THERE FOR OVER A YEAR AND FIVE MONTHS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: FIRST WHERE I SIGNED THAT I WAS TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE WHO HAD ALZHEIMER FOR FOUR WEEKS. SO THAT HE COULD HAVE MORE BENEFITS AND HELP FOR MEDICARE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Translator: AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T SIGN HE GAVE ME A NOTICE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] ?AOUF A MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, HELLO MY NAME IS SOPHIA MENDOZA, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 9 I'M A MEMBER OF ACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE WANT THE COUNCILWOMAN NITHYA RAMAN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE WANT HER TO INTRODUCE THE NEW FORMULA FOR RENT CONTROL FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT. IT'S URGENT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT. SO WE NEED THIS RIGHT NOW. >> Translator: AND REMEMBER THAT THE MEMBERS OF ACE WENT DOOR TO DOOR CANVASSING FOR YOU SO YOU CAN BE OUR CHAMPION. I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY PAYING MY RENT BECAUSE MY LANDLORD IS TRYING TO RAISE MY RENT SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU NOT JUST YOU NITHYA BUT ALL THE COUNCIL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY HUSBAND HAS TWO JOBS AND IF WE'RE FACING A PAYING OR 10 OR 8 PERCENT INCREASE WE'RE AT-RISK OF BEING ON THE STREET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THIS IN THE COUNCIL NOW, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MONEY. GO AHEAD. >> Clerk: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, HELLO MY NAME IS AELOISE THAT IT'S A DISGRACE THAT WHILE WE'RE COMING HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES AND FOR ALL OF YOU TALKING WITH ONE ANOTHER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SINCE THE LAST TIME I CAME HERE, IT WAS A SAME THING, SEEING ALL SMILES EVERYWHERE, THIS ISN'T A GAME, THIS IS NOT A JOKE, THIS IS REAL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: COME ON NITHYA RAMAN, SERIOUSLY, WE NEED YOU, WE NEED YOU NITHYA RAMAN, WE NEED THIS FORMULA ZERO PERCENT MINIMUM WITH THREE PERCENT CAP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND YES COME ON, PICKUP THE SHOVEL AND START WORKING, COUNCILMEMBERS I'M WITH JULIE THE SMALL REPRESENTATIVE HERE FOR DOMESTIC WORKER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Translator: COME ON COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TOO, WE WANT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH JULIE PLEASE. >> City Attorney: AND I BELIEVE WE CALLED AUDIT L.A. AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE THE MIC YET OR NO? JUST ONE SECOND. IF WE CAN GET THE SPEAKER IN THE CENTER AISLE, THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM DID YOU SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: LET'S GO WITH ALL ITEMS AND YOU TELL ME IF I'M OFF TOPIC. >> City Attorney: AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION,S THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2, ITEMS 4 THROUGH 10, ITEMS 36 THROUGH 39, AND ITEMS 41 THROUGH 43. >> Speaker: IS THAT THE POLICE ONE? I CAN JUST GO FOR IT. >> City Attorney: SO THE POLICE PENSION IS NOT, THAT'S ITEM 26 IT WAS ACTUALLY CONTINUED. SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, WE'LL GO FOR IT. SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. OKAY, I WANT TO START OFF FIRST. LET'S SEE WHO'S LISTENING, MS. HERNANDEZ, WHERE ARE YOU? MR. PRESIDENT, COME ON GUYS, EVERYBODY IS, START LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC, WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU, MS. MONICA AND MR. CAO, I FEEL LIKE HE ALWAYS HAS TO LOOK LIKE HE'S ABOUT TO BE TOSSED UNDER THE BUS. YOU'RE HARSH ON HIM AND HE'S SWEATING EVERY TIME I AM HERE, I SAY HI TO HIM, AND HE SAYS HI BACK, BUT GO EASY ON HIM, TRY. BUT I'M TELLING YOU, MR. McOSKER IS NOT LISTENING, COME ON, YOU'RE LETTING ME DOWN, I'M GLAD THE CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT LISTEN BECAUSE HE WOULD BE CALLING ME OFF TOPIC. WITH A LOT OF LAWSUITS, MR. HUGO IS NOT LISTENING, SHOULDN'T HE BE LISTENING? HE SHOULD BE BUT HE'S NOT, WHO ELSE ISN'T LISTENING? MR. PRESIDENT, IS NOT LISTENING. YOU'RE LISTENING, I KNOW EVERY TIME BECAUSE I TRY TO CATCH MS. HERNANDEZ SHE ISN'T, SHE IS, I HAVE YET TO CATCH HER NOT LISTENING, EVEN WHEN SHE'S TALKING, ARE YOU, LISTENING, I'M GOING TO KEEP DOING IT, UNTIL EVERYBODY IS LISTENING. CALLING MR. LEE. >> City Attorney: MR. SPEAKER, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. >> Speaker: I SEE YOUR NAMES ALL OVER THE AGENDA. ?IE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. >> Speaker: CONTINUE WITH IT, OKAY. WELL I'M HERE, I'LL WAIT WHAT I CAME HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IN THE MEANTIME, ALL THOSE HOUSES THAT YOU'RE GIVING A WAI, LIKE THE ONE AND TWO, THERE IS A LOT OF A DRESZ THAT YOU'RE GIVING AWAY, HI MR. PRICE. I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING, BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM. GIVE THOSE HOUSES TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ONE. I BET SMOKING SCAN WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE. WE ALL WOULD. IT WOULD HELP A LOT. AND, AND THEN THE I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE POLICE ONE. BECAUSE I THINK, THAT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE POLICE MEETING TODAY. AND BOI, IT'S REALLY HARD TO CONCENTRATE BECAUSE NOBODY LISTEN, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS LISTENING MR. GROERKTS BUT YOU WISH YOU WEREN'T BECAUSE YOU THEN YOU CALL ME OFF TOPIC. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY, LET'S LET THE CLOCK, I JUST NEED BOB TO SHOW SIGNS OF LIFE, REALLY. >> City Attorney: WE'RE GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL TOPIC. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SIR. I'M HERE TO TALK TO MR. HUGO ABOUT HIS YAI, ALL OF YOU, THERE IS A LAWSUIT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, JANE DOE VERSUS GAVIN POTTER, THEY'RE BOTH SCIENTOLOGIST AND SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY HIM AND FORCED TO MARY HER ABUSER, SHE DON'T BELIEVE ON GOING TO THE POLICE. THERE IS A LOST JANE DOE CASES, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO THE POLICE. THERE IS A LOT OF NONSENSE, WOMEN VICTIMS, CHILDREN VICTIMS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ANY LEGAL AGE TO GET MARRIED. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE CHILDREN BRIDES, SIGNS OF LIFE? BOB, ARE YOU LISTENING? THIS IS MY TIME SO I CAN ASK IF YOU'RE LISTENING? >> Council President: OKAY. I WAS NOT LISTENING FOR THE RECORD. WHERE ARE WE NEXT? WAS THAT THE LAST SPEAKER? YES? >> Clerk: YES, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER. I'M >> Council President: I'M TOLD THAT IS THE LAST SPEAKER, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. THERE IS A CERTAIN OF AMOUNT OF TIME. WE DON'T HAVE LIMITED TIME ON THIS. ANYBODY YELLING OUT WILL BE REMOVED, SIMPLE AS THAT. DON'T YELL OUT OR YOU'LL BE REMOVED. THAT'S THE WARNING. WHAT DO WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US NOW? >> Council President: WE'RE WAITING FOR MORE AMENDMENTS, OKAY, THEN WE'LL REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GET TEN MORE MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IF YOU'RE NAME HAS BEEN CALLED. WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER. IF YOU CAN READ THE NAMES. >> Clerk: SO I WILL CALL UP MORE NAMES, MARGARITA GONZALEZ, IDA, RIVERA, KIRSTEN PETERSON, JERED. >> Council President: OKAY, IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. AGAIN WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. WE GOT A BIFT DELAY SO WE CAN GET MORE SPEAKERS. >> City Attorney: TO CLARIFY, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 1 AND 2, ITEMS 4 THROUGH 10, ITEMS 36 THROUGH 39 AND ITEMS 41 THROUGH 43. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MARK ME DOWN FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND AGENDA ITEMS, I WOULD LIKE TO DO 1, 2, 4, 7. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE AGENDA AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER ONE. AND IT'S TALKING NON COMPLIANCE AND WHETHER THERE IS ANY INSPECTION COSTS AND ANY SORT OF CONSEQUENCES AND PENALTIES FOLLOWED UP. I KNOW FOR A FACT AS PART OF THE ADVOCACY, THAT I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE DONE TO HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE, THEY DEMAND A LETTER, DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY HERSELF, HYDEE ON ANNUAL REPORT WHETHER THERE WAS ANY SELECTIVE PROSECUTION OF FINES ON LAMC VIOLATIONS. NOW THE OFFENSE HAS BEEN FORMERLY NOTICED AND SUCH AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT REPORT. IS IT THE CASE, IS IT THE CASE, THAT MAYBE THERE ARE SOME AGENCIES MAYBE, SOME ENTITIES THAT ARE NOT BEING HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD, NOT BEING ISSUED THE SAME FINES. FOR NUMBER 2, WE HAVE ANOTHER APPEAL FOR VIOLATIONS AND, COMPLIANCE TO CODE. IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL, POSSIBILITY THAT THERE IS A DISCREPANCY ON WHO GETS PROSECUTED. I KNOW QUITE A BIT, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAD TO LEARN IT WHEN I WAS CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED, BY HYDE, IT'S WHY I CALL MYSELF A FAN OF HYDEE. THE CITY WOULD HAVE COLLECTED ON THE MONEY FOR AN ENTITY SUCH AS A CHURCH WILL SAY THAT EXIST THAT MAYOR NOT BE CALLED SIGN TOLOGY THAT OWES THE CITY QUITE A BIT OF MONEY CLOSE TO MILLIONS. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4, YET AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION ON CODE VIOLATIONS WHETHER FINES AND/OR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION WILL BE TAKING PLACE, BLOCKADING THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, 5609, 5612, WHY IS IT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY KEEPS NOT PROSECUTOR ENTITIES EQUALLY WITH FINES AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AS REQUIRED UNDER THE LAW AND YOU'RE CHOOSING WHICH ENTITIES WHICH YOU DO AND DO NOT WANT TO GO AFTER, DO AND DO NOT WANT TO GET MONEY, THAT IS THE LITERAL DEFINITION OF SELECTIVE PROSECUTION. THE LITERAL DEFINITION, LITERAL DEFINITION, COMMITTED BY HYDEE HERSELF AS A WITNESS FOR MY CASE, THAT'S I DIDN'T CALL MYSELF, A HYDEE SOTO SUPER FAN. THAT'S WHY I LOVE THAT SHE IS PROSECUTING PEOPLE. >> City Attorney: I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS RELATED. >> Speaker: GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: WHY IS THIS CITY COUNCIL THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT CONTINUES TO SHOP VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I SUBMITTED A LETTER ON THIS VERY SAME THING, THERE ARE DISABLED PEOPLE THAT WANT THEIR MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PHYSICALLY SHOW UP HERE. TELL ME WHY THAT'S NOT A VIEW POINT SUPPRESSION, TELL ME WHY THIS ROOM STILL HAS THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE TO HOLD VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU DON'T NEED ANYMORE SERVICES BUT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING HERE TO HOLD VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND YOU DON'T. IT'S THE DUMBEST WAY TO VIOLATE POEM'S RIGHTS AND IT'S THE UTTERMOST DISGUSTING THING THAT YOU CAN DO. BUT YOU DO IT ANYWAY AND YOU DO IT REPEATEDLY AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE CITY SUED OVER THIS SHIT. IT'S DISGUSTING, HOLD VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT CALLING THE NAME ON TELE PROMPTMENT. FOR FUCK'S SAKE, IT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET THE CITY IN TROUBLE FOR. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE THE NEXT CITY, FYI IF YOU REQUIRE AN A DOM --ACCOMMODATION, UNDER ADA, LET THE SERGEANTS KNOW. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] TWRA*NS MY NAME IS THOMASA, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 14. AND WE WANT COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TO INTRODUCE A NEW RENT CONTROL FORMULA FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW REMEMBER THAT WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR CANVASSING FOR YOU TO BE OUR RENTER'S RIGHTS CHAMPION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND ISABELA JURADO YOU NEED TO MAKE GOOD OF THAT POSITION OF POWER YOU HAVE IN YOUR SEAT TO HELP US IN OUR DISTRICTS AND OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND SUPPORT LARSO AND SUPPORT THOSE ABUSE AND EVICTIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND TO THE DEFEND YOUR TEAM BECAUSE WE WENT CANVASSING FOR YOU AND SUPPORTING YOU AND REPRESENTING YOU. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GENERAL AND 10. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR 10 AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M A SOCIAL EQUITY RETAIL LICENSE HOLDERS. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE JUST SET THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE THE DCR DID NOT SHOW UP TO GO OVER THEIR FEE SCHEDULE. I'M REQUESTING YOU DID YOU READ THE STATE AUDIT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU SAID ITEM NUMBER 10. ITEM 10. SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, JUST FOR THE RECORD, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A BUILDING AND SAFETY RELATED ITEM. IF WE CAN START HER TIME AT ONE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS. WHY IS IT THAT THEY'RE CHARGING OPERATOR MORE THAN THE JENNA MRIK ANT. WHY ARE WE SPENDING 16,000 TO SINNED OUT A MAILING. FOR A VIRAL HEARING, PLEASE QUESTION THEM. WE DEMAND THAT YOU REJECT THE FEE SCHEDULE AND BLOCK THIS OUTRAGEOUS FEE STUDY. IT'S TIME THAT THIS MAN AND IMMEDIATELY ADOPT CAN DIS--CANNABIS REFORM. PLEASE LOOK INTO WHAT THE DCR IS DOING. IT'S CORRUPT, YOU'RE NOT ASKING THE THOROUGH QUESTIONS, ASK WHY THEY'RE CHARGING THE FEES. ASK THE CANNABIS EQUITY GRANT. LOOK AT THE STATE AUDIT REPORT. PLEASE WE APPEAL TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. INTO BEFORE YOU BEGIN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LOWER THE MICROPHONE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE ARE URGING FOR COUNCILWOMAN NITHYA RAMAN TO INTRODUCE A NEW FORMULA CONTROL FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR TO YOU REMEMBER THAT WE WENT CANVASSING FOR YOU TO BE A CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND >> Translator: WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS NOT JUST NITHYA RAMAN, WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR CANVASSING FOR OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS INCLUDING THE ONE FOR MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT NUMBER 9, CURREN PRESCRIBESINGER HE HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO SUPPORT LARSO OR OTHER RENT CONTROL STABILIZATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, AND WHERE I LIVE I AM FACING A 10 PERCENT RENT INCREASE. PLEASE I'M A SINGLE MOM, I NEED TO SUPPORT MY KIDS AND I'M MAKING MINIMUM WAGE WITH THE SALARY THAT I MAKE, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO COVER MY RENT SO I'M NOT EVEN ABLE TO AFFORD FOOD. SO PLEASE PLEASE, HELP US WITH THIS RENT CONTROL. > City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M LOUIS AND I'M A SOCIAL HE QUIT OWNER AND ADVOCATE AND MY VOICE REPRESENTS OTHERS WHO WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY OR WHO HAVE LOST LICENSE THANKS TO THE CANNABIS DEPARTMENT. FOR YEARS I'VE FACED SUCCESSIVE DELAYS AND STRAINED BY THIS DEPARTMENT. BEFORE THE CITY APPROVES ANY WAGES OR FEE INCREASE OR CONDUCTS ANOTHER LOTTERY, THE DCR MUST FIX WHAT IS BROKEN. IT MUST HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY A INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY, EXCUSE ME. PARTICULARLY THOSE SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM. CANNABIS DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE REGULATED, WE NEED TO OFFER FEES SO THEY CAN OPEN STORES AND CONTRIBUTE TAXES. WE URGE TO REJECT THE THIRD INCREASE UNTIL PUBLIC COMMENT INPUT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CARTEL CITY ATTORNEY. START WITH NUMBER 36 HOMELESS EMERGENCY ACCOUNT. I'M REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS HOMELESS. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON JUST A SECOND, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE TIMER. >> Speaker: JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU NEVER GET THE TIMER CORRECTIONER THE ONLY JOB IS GET THE TIMER CORRECT AND YOU NEVER GET IT RIGHT. NUMBER 36 IS ABOUT HOMELESS EMERGENCY ACCOUNT AND HOW DO WE DEAL WITH HOMELESS EMERGENCY ACCOUNT? YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE HOMELESS TIMER FIRST BEFORE YOU TALK ABOUT HOMELESS EMERGENCY ACCOUNT. NOW ON TELEVISION, ON THE DAILY BASIS HOMELESS SERVICES CONTINUE TO FAIL, THE OUGHT I HAD, CONTINUE TO FAILED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT. NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESS EMERGENCY ACCOUNT. THERE IS NO MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT. WHY? WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THE MONEY GOES TO LOCAL PROIFT, SO-CALLED NONPROFIT MAKE ING THE LARGEST HOMELESS PROFIT, THERE IS NO MONEY BECAUSE YOU'RE CITY ATTORNEY PUT ALL MONEY TO ILLEGAL BLUM DINGO, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND ALIENS SO THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS HOMELESS EMERGENCY ACCOUNT. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 38. ITEM NUMBER 38 IS ABOUT MULTI FAMILY HOUSING BONDS, TALKING ABOUT 20 MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT WAS ONLY TO BUILD 64 UNITS. NOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NO MONEY FOR HOMELESS. BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO HOUSING, 64 HOMELESS PEOPLE BY WITH THE COST MORE THAN 20 MILLION DOLLARS. NOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY ATTORNEY IS GETTING LIKE HALF A MLLION DOLLARS ANNUAL SALARY ON THE YEARLY BASE I, IT'S BECAUSE 20 MILLION, YOU CAN ONLY HOUSE 64 PEOPLE. IN THE CITY OF L.A., THEY ARE MORE THAN 100,000 HOMELESS PEOPLE AND USING THE SAME FORMULA TO HOUSE 1100,000 YOU NEED SEVERAL TRILLION, THAT'S I COULDN'T CONTINUE TO FAIL. NUMBER 39 ABOUT RESOLVED ABOUT UNSOLVED MURDER. I'M NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CONTINUES TO DEFUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE THEMSELVES A BIGGER RAISE. NOW, YOU'LL HAVE 2000 LESS L.A. POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET EXAMINE THEN YOU WANT TO SOLVE THE MURDER. YOU HAVE 300 LESS DETECTIVES ON THE STREET AND CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO SOLVE THE MURDER. YOU HAVE BUDGET CRISIS WITH LAPD, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO SOLVE THE MURDER. NOW, I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T NEED LAPD BECAUSE L.A. CITY ATTORNEY CONDITION TO ASK THE PUBLIC, TO SOLVE THE MURDER. INSTEAD OF ASKING THE LAPD TO DO THEIR JOB TO SOFSH THE MUTTER. I'M SO CONFUSED THAT MAYBE CITY ATTORNEY YOU HAVE TO GO FIND THE STREET AND FIND THE MUTTER YOURSELF IF YOU DID NOT TO DEFUND THE LAPD. GOING INTO THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, SPECIFIC ABOUT CASEY VENTURA BECAUSE SOMEHOW SHE WANTED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF MONEY, SHE VOLUNTARILY WALKED IN P DIDDY BEDROOM AND OPENED HER LEGS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE IS CLAIMING THAT IS RAPE AND SAYING HE DOES NOT HAVE MY CONSENT. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WANTED THE MONEY AND WANTED THE FAME, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO WANTED TO HAVE A LIKE YOUR CELEBITY STATUS IN THE CITY OF L.A. AND RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE SAYING, THAT'S NOT YOU REGRET IT. THAT'S I DIDN'T SUPPORT BLACK LIVES MAT PER. THAT'S I DIDN'T SUPPORT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE FREE P DIDDY, BLACK LIVES MATTER, BLACK LIVES MATTER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES, JULIE, LOUIS, JUNE OS BORN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. I HEARD-- >> Speaker: 29. >> City Attorney: 29 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. SO 29 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. GREETINGS COUNCILMEN. MY NAME IS MANNY SALSEDO IN CARPENTER, WE'RE GRATEFUL AND HONORED TO TEAM UP WITH THE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPER LIKE HEINZ DEVELOPMENT WHO SHARES A LOST COMMON GOALS BY HIRING SAFE CONTRACTORS AND HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE JOBS AND PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED HOUSING. MIDDLE CLASS WAGES AND BENEFITS. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF JOBS THAT YOU CAN START A CAREER OFF FOR ANGELINO. AND AS WE KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY GOES TO COLLEGE THE PROGRAM IS LEARN I COULDN'T EARN SITUATION. THIS PROJECT WILL BENEFIT, MANY OF THE PROTOCOLS FOR THE WORKERS PROJECTS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE ENVIRONMENT LITIGATION. WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> Clerk: I'LL CALL UP MORE NAMES, JUDAS, MARCH YO, CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ, KAREN NEW, ANTONIA HERNANDEZ. TINA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I BELIEVE. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS ANTONIA HERNANDEZ AND I'M HERE ASKING FOR HELP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH BRZ >> Translator: BECAUSE WHERE I LIVE, THE LANDLORD IS A BEAUCING ALL OF US. THE RENTERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US ALL OF US. EXAMINE BECAUSE AND THE BECAUSE ALL THE US OF RENTERS ARE FACE AGO BEAUCERS WHERE THEY'RE NOT INFORMING US OF THE CHANGES. EXAMINE WE ASK FOR OUR COUNCIL PERSON. WE ASK FOR COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA TO LOOK OUTSIDE AND SEE WHAT WE ARE SUFFERING. BECAUSE FROM INSIDE HERE, YOU CANNOT SEE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. US OUTSIDE AS RENTEDERS WE'RE BEING HUMILIATED AND HUMBLE TELLING US WE DON'T HAVE RIGHTS BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I'LL CALL UP MORE NMES. BETSY ROSS, ALBINO, JUSTIN CUREAN. BERTHA DIAS. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BUT FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY COMING UP TO SPEAK. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IN >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M A MARK GAINER I'M A MEMBER OF DCLS LOS ANGELES AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, THE CITY IS FACING A SIGNIFICANT SHORTFALL AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN STABILIZING THAT OVER THE LONGER TERM BY FUNDING A STUDY FOR PUBLIC BANK FOR LOS ANGELES. AND SO, I'M CALLING ON ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS THAT IN THIS BUDGET. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION AND HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, AND RENTS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE DISPLACED ON TO THE STREETS. WE HAVE AN STUNT TO STIMY THAT AT THE SOURCE BY CAPPING RENT AT 3 PERCENT. THANK YOU. >> Council President:er OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WHAT IS NEXT BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 1 TO JUNE 3rd, 2025, SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. >> Clerk: NEXT COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 2, 6 THROUGH 10, 37, 39, 41, AND 42, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY. THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE FOR THOSE ITEMS, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THOSE MEASURES ARE APPROVED. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 4 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT AND MOTION HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED AND BEFORE COUNCIL NOW. >> Council President: OKAY. SO THAT'S BEFORE US NOW, DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT'S APPROVED. WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 5 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT AND MOTION PRICE SOET A MARTINEZ HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED AND BEFORE COUNCIL NOW, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT'S NOW IN FRONT OF US. ANY MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: THAT'S APPROVED WHAT'S #SING? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEMS 14 AND 38 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR MR. PRICE FOR RECUSAL, PLEASE NOTE THAT 14 AS AN AMENDMENT AND THAT AMENDMENT MOTION SOTO-MARTINEZ, PADILLA HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED. SO THE VOTE NOW WOULD BE ON THE AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 14, AND THEN, THE VOTE FOR 38, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, SEEING AS MR. PRICE IS OFF THE BOARD AND OUT OF THE ROOM, LET'S TAKE UP THOSE ITEMS. ANY MEMBER WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: SO THAT IS 13 AYES FOR ITEM 14 AND THAT WAS THE AMENDMENT AND NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 38. >> Council President: OKAY. ITEM 38 IS BEFORE US. ANY MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION IS APPROVED, IF YOU CAN ASK MR. PRICE TO REJOIN US. OKAY. OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT BEFORE US? >> Clerk: NEXT, WOULD BE ITEM 33 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR AMENDMENT AND MOTION RAMAN-HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED AND NOW BEFORE COUNCIL NOW, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I SUBMITTED AN AMENDING MOTION AND JUST WANTED TO STRIKE IN THE AMENDING MOTION IT SAYS AUTHORIZE THE CONTROLLER AND HAS TWO BULLET POINTS AND IT CHANGED THE DATE TO FROM APRIL 9, TO MAY 9th. SORRY THAT WAS A TYPO. >> Council President: OKAY, SO WE CAN TAKE IT UP AS AMENDED. THAT'S BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTE JAO. 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS CALLED SPECIAL, ITEM 36 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT AND ALSO CALLED SPECIAL BECAUSE MR. PRICE REQUESTED TO BE RECUSED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE, IS OFF THE BOARD. >> Clerk: AND ALSO, I'M SORRY MR. PRESIDENT, MS. RODRIGUEZ HAS QUESTIONS ON 36. >> Council President: YES, I HAVE RODRIGUEZ AS A SPEAKER ON 36, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. MATT, OR CAO'S OFFICE IF THEY CAN PLEASE COME UP TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. HI GOOD MORNING. SO, YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BASED ON SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT UNFORTUNATELY ISN'T INCLUDED THAT WE'VE REQUESTED IN THESE REGULAR REPORTS ON THE HEA. BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE SOME POINTS OUT OF WHAT'S BEEN IN THE REPORT. SO, FOR TABLE A-2, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU DISCUSS THED THE--DISCUSSED THE AGREEMENT OR INSIDE SAFE BY TYPE WHICH ARE MORE BY BOOKING AND OCCUPANCY AND TIME LIMITED SUBSIDY, CORRECT? >> KENDRA LEO WITH THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, THE NUMBER OF BOOKING AGREEMENTS AND OCCUPANCY ROOMS DOES NOT INCLUDE TIME SENSITIVE. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, SO DOES NOT INCLUDE TIME SENSE I HAVE. SO THE ROOMS THAT YOU HAVE CONTRACTED THROUGH 2027, THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE AND COMPLIANT FOR THE ALLIANCE, CORRECT? >> SO THE NUANCE IS THAT ALL THE ROOMS FOR INSIDE SAFE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ALLIANT TO QUALIFY FOR ALLIANCE BUT ONLY CERTAIN CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE ALLIANCE AGREEMENT. >> M. Rodriguez: SO HOOSER MY DID LEMMA, ELIGIBLE IS A GREAT WORD, CATCH-ALL WORD BUT IT DOES NOT DELIVER COMPLIANCE. SO I WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF WHAT IS COMPLIANT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE NEXT CONVERSATIONS WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE, IS ISSUES STEMMING FROM THE FACT THAT INSIDE SAFE FOR THE MOST PART, HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIANT WITH THE ALLIANCE. SO I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ELIGIBLE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ACTUALS. SO ACTUALLY AT THIS TIME, 466 OCCUPANCY AGREEMENTS, 466 ROOMS THROUGH OCCUPANCY ROOMS ARE IN FACT CURRENTLY WHAT IS CONSIDERED QUALIFYING FOR THE ALLIANCE AGREEMENT, CORRECT? >> THEY'VE BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE ALLIANCE OBLIGATION YES. >> M. Rodriguez: CORRECT, OKAY. SO EXPLAIN THE 216-ROOMS THROUGH OCCUPANCY AGREEMENTS? THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 216 ROOMS THAT ARE LISTED AS OCCUPANCY AGREEMENTS. ARE THEY JUST NOW CONTRACTED THROUGH 27? >> CORRECT, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ON A SHORT-TERM AND THEY HAVE OPTION TO SEE EXTEND. SO THEY RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T HAVE, MONTHS THAT EXTEND. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND. SO WHEN YOU SAY ALL OF THAT, 'CAUSE, WHAT IS GOING TO GET US CLOSER TO COMPLIANCE IS SECURING THESE OCCUPANCY AGREEMENTS WITH THE TERMS THAT CONCLUDE FOR JUNE 27 OR BEYOND, CORRECT? >> I THINK RIGHT NOW, THE GOAL IS TO COUNT ALL ELIGIBLE ROOMS IN ORDER TO. >> M. Rodriguez: I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOAL IS. WE HAVE TO TALK IN TERMS OF, WE'RE IN A ESSENTIALLY A CONSENT DECREE, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GET COMPLIANT WITH HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE UNDER DURESS OF HAVING A RECEIVERSHIP CONVERSATION TO IT BEHOOVES TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED AND SECURE. WHAT IS ELIGIBLE IS FLUFFY LANGUAGE FOR WELL WE'RE GOING TO TRY. BUT MY CONCERN IS, WE HAVE TO BE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE THE GAME PLANE HAS GOENT US THIS FAR. SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THE LANGUAGE, MATT NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT IS OUR ACTUAL NUMBER OF ROOMS THAT R ACTUALLY COME EMPLOY ANT AND HAS THUS FAR WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM FOR FULFILLMENT OF THOSE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH OUR ALLIANCE OBLIGATION. IT'S ANOTHER POTENTIALLY ANOTHER 216, POTENTIALLY IF WE CAN THEDER THROUGH 27, BUT THE 499 IN BOOK AGREEMENTS, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ANYTHING SUBSTANTIATIVE OTHER THAN PROVIDE A SHORT MATERIAL SOLUTION THAT CAUSES US THE COST OF THE ROOMS AND THE COST OF SERVICES. AND AGAIN IT GOES BACK TO WE'RE IN A FISCAL CRISIS, WE'RE IN A FISCAL CRISIS AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE WANT THE COUNTY TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO PAY WHEN THEY HAVE APPLIANCE BEDS. THE WAY I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND MATT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE'VE GOT 466, THE COUNTY IS GOING TO PICKUP THE TABS. 216 THROUGH OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SECURED THROUGH A CONTRACTUAL PERIOD BUT 27. THAT'S IN LIMB BOXER I'M NOT CLEAR WHERE THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE. BUT THE BOOKING GRAOEMENTZ THAT IS KIND OF NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. THAT'S JUST PAYING TWICE AS MUCH, FOR PAYING FOR THESE ROOMS, PAYING FOR THE SERVICES, AND NOT GETTING CLOSER TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE ALLIANCE. >> SO, COUNCILMEMBER, I THINK I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT IN THERE ARE TWO STANDARDS THAT WIIER LOOK TO GO MEET. ONE IS OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AND THE OTHER IS, ELIGIBILITY FR COUNTY REIMBURSEMENT AND THAT'S IN A SEPARATE MOU WHICH IS NOT PART OF THE SETTLE AGREEMENT. SO CLEARLY, THE BEDS, THE 466 BEDS AS YOU POINTED OUT, THAT ARE EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE OF 2027 ARE COME EMPLOY ANT WITH THE SETTLE XLAOEMENT AND COMPLIANT AND ARE INCLUDED IN WHAT WE ARE CHARGING THE COUNTY ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS TO COVER THE SERVES. THE OTHER BEDS, ARE ALSO COMPLIANT WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> M. Rodriguez: THE OTHER BEDS. >> THE OTHER BEDS, THE 216 AND 499 IN THE BOOK AGREEMENTS AND OCCUPANCY, BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW BESIDES THAT ARE SERVING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. NOW IF, AND SO, AS FOR THE QUAERT FOR THIS LAST QUARTER AND FOR THIS NEXT QUARTER, WE WILL REPORT THOSE TO THE COURT, WE WILL CHARGE THE COUNTY FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SERVICES AND IF AND WHEN THOSE BEDS COME OFF LINE, WE WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO REPLACE THEM WITH OTHER BEDS BEFORE JUNE OF 2027, SIMILAR HOW WE MANAGED THE ROAD MAP. WE DIDN'T KEEP ALL THE BEDS OPEN FOR ALL FOUR YEARS BEINGER AS BEDS CAME OFF LINE FOR VARIOUS REASONS, WE HAD TO REPLACE THEM TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL. AND THAT WOULD BE IN THE INTENT, THERE IS NOT OBLIGATION TO KEEP THE ANOTHER BEDS OUTSIDE OF THE 466 OPEN BUT WHILE THEY ARE OPEN WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE AGREEMENT THAT THE SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS AND THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE THE COUNTY TO MAXIMIZE OUR REIMBURSEMENT. >> M. Rodriguez: SO MY CONCERN IS S MASTETER REPORT INDICATED THAT BOOKING AGREEMENT RNZ DEEMED, BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO VERIFY, QUALIFYING UNDER THE ALLIANCE AGREEMENT. SO THIS IS WHY I'M CONCERNED. BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY AT A TIME WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A LOT. AND, WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP, FOR POTENTIALLY, BEING AT-RISK OF SPENDING MONEY FOR THESE ROOMS, THAT ARE NOT GARNERING ANY CLOSER TO COMPLIANCE. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE I'M LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO CONFLATE HOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MAKING REAL DECISIONS ABOUT REAL MONEY THAT HAVE REALLY DEEP IMPLICATIONS ABOUT HOW WE GO FORWARD AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHA* IS REPRESENTING WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE AT THIS JUNCTURE, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MY SPECIAL MASTERS REPORT IS THAT THEY CAN'T VERIFY, THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY VERIFYING THE BOOKING AGREEMENTS. SO WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER OR MORE COMPLICATED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THE RATES THAT WE'RE PAYING ARE NOT ONLY EXORBITANT, WE'RE HITTING OURSELVES MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THIGHS ROOMS. SO THAT'S WHY WHERE MY CONCERN IS. SO DO THE NEARLY 500 ROOMS CONTRACTED THROUGH THE BOOKING AGREEMENT, EXCUSE ME, NEVER MIND. SO, DO YOU INTEND OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING, THAT REFUTES WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU, BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT I SAW ON THE SPECIAL MASTER REPORT DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT CAN CONFIRM FOR THE COUNCIL, THAT IN FACT THE BOOKING AGREEMENTS WOULD INFACT QUALIFY FOR OUR ALLIANCE OBLIGATION. >> SO CORRECTLY POINT OUT THAT BOOKING AGREEMENTS ARE VARIABLE, IT'S AN AGREEMENT IF THERE IS ROOM AVAILABLE IN THE PARTICULAR MOTEL, WE ARE ABLE TO USE IT TO FILL IT. SO WE'RE ONLY PAYING. THE SOLE ADVANTAGE IS THAT PAYING FOR BEDS. SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR REPORTING, WE ON THE BOOK AGREEMENTS, WE'RE ONLY REPORTING THE BEDS FOR WHICH WE HAVE INVOICES, AND SO WE'RE USING THE INVOICES TO SHOW THAT THIS BED WAS ACTUALLY USED FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME AND REPORTING THAT TO THE COURT AND THEN ALSO THEN, PROVIDING OUR INVOICE TO THE COUNTY TO COVER THESE SERVICES. I CAN SEE THAT IT'S MORE COMPLICATING THAN HAVING A PERMANENT INTERIM RESOURCE THAT WE CAN COUNT ON REGARDLESS BUT THAT'S HOW WE'RE MANAGING IT. WE'RE ONLY REPORTING THE BEDS FOR WHICH WE HAVE INVOICES THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN USE. >> M. Rodriguez: SO, NOW, GOING ON TO THE INVOICES. HAS LAHSA BEEN PROVIDING BECAUSE YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT YOU DON'T OR YOU'VE REPORTED THAT YOU DON'T HAVE DATA FROM LAHSA FOR Q3 AND Q4 ON THE EXPENDITURE. SO MY QUESTIONS IS HAVE YOU HAD THE INVOICES TO BE ABLE TO VERIFY AND HOW ARE YOU VERIFYING THAT THE ROOMS ARE BEING FILLED? >> SO WORE THE INVOICES FOR THE LEASING FOR THE ROOMS WHICH IS, WE USE LAHSA FOR THE SERVICES. BUT WE DIRECTLY CONTRACT. >> >> M. Rodriguez: SO YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT. >> YES. >> M. Rodriguez: AND SO, SO THENNOT THE SERVICES PART, BECAUSE THE SERVICES ARE HELPING TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SERVING OCCUPIED ROOMS. AND YET YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO VERIFY BECAUSE LAHSA IS NOT PROVIDING YOU THE DATA IN REALTIME, WHAT THESE SERVICE PROVIDING. YOU'RE FUNDING REQUEST, THIS FUNDING REQUEST IS BASED ON EXPENDITURE, YOU INDICATED THAT ON PAGE 6, THIS OFFICE IS REPEATEDLY REQUESTED THAT LAHSA PROVIDE A BREAK DOWN PER ENCAMPMENT. WITH NO UPDATE SINCE OCTOBER OF 2024. >> SO THAT'S REGARDING ATTACHMENT 3, WHICH IS THE BREAK DOWN OF HOW MUCH HOW WHAT THE ACTUAL EXPENSES ARE FOR EACH ENCAMP RESOLUTION. , THROUGH ORIGINALLY THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024 LAHSA HAS PROVIDED INVOICES THAT COVER THAT PORTION THAT SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE REPORTED THEIR ACTUALLE COSTS AND THEN AS OF BEGINNING OF MAY, WHICH WAS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THIS REPORT, THE THE INVOICE FOR THE INITIAL INVOICE FOR QUARTER THREE WAS RECEIVED AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS ABOUT 8.3 MILLION DOLLARS. BUT IT DID, COVER JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND THEN SOME MARCH COSTS. >> M. Rodriguez: SO YOU ARE OR NOT GETTING DATA? >> WE'RE GETTING EXPENDITURE BUT NOT DATA REQUESTED IN Q3. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY. AND THEN ON THE TLSEs, TIME LIMITED SUBSIDIES THEY'RE USUALLY ALLOCATED ACROSS THE DIFFERENT SPAS BASED ON THE NEED. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT RIGHT NOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S TLS ALLOCATIONS ARE BEING SPENT FOR INSIDE SAFE, IS THAT ACCURATE? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME, I'M SORRY. >> >> M. Rodriguez: DO YOU KNOW, MATT? >> I WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY MOUSSE ING TLS FOR OUR ALLIANCE PROGRAM. WE HAVE BEEN USING TLS FOR ROAD MAP. SO I WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND GET BACK TO YOU. >> M. Rodriguez: I KNOW THERE WAS SOME REPORTING RECENTLY THAT DISCUSSED, WELL, IT WAS REVIEWED THROUGH THE AUDIT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY IN FACT WHERE THE TLSEs ARE BEING USED. CORRECT? >> YEAH, IN THE REVIEW, IN THE ANM REVIEWSED THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT. AND THERE ARE ISSUES RELATED TO HOW LAHSA WAS ACCOUNTING FOR THE SLOTS WHEN WE TRANSFERRED THEM FROM RAPID REHOUSING. >> M. Rodriguez: RIGHT SO THAT, OBVIOUSLY REMAINS AN ISSUE BECAUSE IF WE'RE USING THAT FOR OUR ROAD MAP, WE'RE USING IT FOR ROAD MAP OR WHETHER OR NOT, WE START TO YOU KNOW, EXPAND THAT USE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALLIANCE ELIGIBLE ROOMS, BUT IT'S, BEEN REVEALED, THAT IT'S PREDOMINANTLY BEING USED BY INSIDE SAFE, WE ALREADY KNOW BASED ON THE REPORTS OF WHERE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTIONS ARE HAPPENING, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING EQUITABLY ACROSS THE CITY. SO MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE NOT GETTING OUR SHARE OF TIME LIMITED SUBSIDIES TO DO ENCAMPMENT RES LOOSESING AND THAT'S ANOTHER BIG FLAG WHERE WE'RE NOT ALL GETTING ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES. AND YET, IT'S ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, IT'S ALL OF OUR TAXPAYERS IN THE CITY. BUT THEY'RE BEING CHERRY PICKED AND IT'S A REALLY BIG PROBLEM. >> SO THERE IS, THERE IS SOME TIME LIMITED SUBSIDIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL IN OUR ROAD MAP REPORT AND IN OUR HAP REPORTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF ALLIANCE. THERE ARE SOME TLS SLOTS WHICH ARE PART OF THE INSIDE SAFE PROGRAM THAT ARE PAID FOR THROUGH THE HEA, SO THOSE ARE, THE ISSUES THAT YOU RAISED, IT'S THAT SPECIFIC TO INSIDE SAFE PROGRAM. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO GARNER ANY KIND OF AND AGAIN, YOU'RE JUST THE MESSENGER, I UNDERSTAND, I WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I THINK WHAT GETS LOST IN CONVERSATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT'S BECAUSE WE CANNOT GET THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HERE TO REPORT ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE DOING IT, SO THEY SEND THE MESSENGER TO DELIVER FOR US. SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU AND YOU'VE GOT TO ASK THEM AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO COME BACK AND I GOT IT. SO, IF YOU CAN COMMUNICATE TO THEM, I WOULD LIKE TO START GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TLS DISTRIBUTION TO ENSURE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS OUR CITY FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. IF YOU WOULD KINDLY COMMUNICATE THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST TIME THE AHA WAS HERE BEFORE. >> Council President: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK, YOU'RE AT 15 MINUTES, WE'VE GOT OTHER SPEAKERS. >> M. Rodriguez: THIS IS THE LAST TIME. THE LAST TIME THE HEA REPORT CAME THROUGH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT ROOMS WHERE WE STARTED WITH THIS, THE DATA WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT, SO CAN YOU PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO US NOW? >> SO AS OF THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR THROUGH ABOUT MARCH 21, THE OCCUPANCY, VACANCY RATES, VARY BETWEEN 10 AND 6 PERCENT. THAT IS BAYEDS ON INVOICES RECEIVED. SO FOR THE NEXT REPORT, WE'RE REACHING OUT TO LAHSA TO USE THEIR NEWLY IMPLEMENTED ROOM TRACKING AVAILABILITY IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THE VACANCY DATA IS. >> M. Rodriguez: SO HOPEFULLY THE NEXT REPORT WILL HAVE IT. >> CORRECT. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS WERE RAISED BY THE BOOKING AGREEMENT. I SHARE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, ON THE OCCUPANCY AGREEMENTS HAVE THE COURTS SIGNED OFF ON US COUNTING THOSE. I REMEMBER LEARNING ABOUT THOSE RECENTLY, THAT WE WERE GOING TO COUNT THEM? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE COURTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COUNT THOSE? I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC AND BUT, IS THERE A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET THEM OFFICIAL? >> WELL WE SUBMIT OUR QUARTER REPORTS TO THE COURT, WITH THE INFORMATION REQUESTED AND EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE REPORTED IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE SETTLEMENT. SO WE HAVEN'T, THERE ARE GOING ON CONVERSATIONS AND HEARINGS ON THIS MATTER BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING SUGGESTED THAT WHAT WE'VE REPORTED WOULD BE DISALLOWED. >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN THE BED PLAN. DO WE HAVE AT THIS POINT, A FORMAL BED PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? >> SO THAT WILL BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNCIL IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. IT IS, SUBJECT TO FUNDING AVAILABILITY IN THE BUDGET WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED ON THURSDAY. AND THEN, SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING THAT THE CITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR THROUGH THE LA CASA. AND AFTER WHAT IT'S DETERMINED WHAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN ASSUME, WE CAN CRAFT A PLAN THAT WOULD OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, COVER THE REMAINING 1900 BEDS. >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY. WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT THAT FOR NOW. VERY CONCERNED WE'RE ALL VERY CONCERNED THAT WE GET TO THAT BED PLAN. ALSO CONCERNED WHETHER THE COURTS WILL ACCEPT SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'VE MADE AND HOEFMLY THEY AND WE'LL WORK ON THEM WITH THAT. AND THE TLS, I SUGGEST THAT WE TRY TO CREATE A MINIMUM AND SPREAD THAT OUT. BECAUSE THATs, I KNOW, I THINK IT'S HARD FOR US TO KNOW WHERE THOSE TLSEs END UP, IT'S VERY OPAQUE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S IT THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, CAN YOU RESTATE FOR THE MEMBERS WHAT IS BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? SORRY, MADAM CLERK. >> N. Raman: I JUST HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE VOTING ON. >> Council President: YES, THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND SECONDED. >> N. Raman: YE, I WANT TO CLARIFY FOR PEOPLE, I THINK MY IN MY COMMITTEE, AND IN THIS BODY AS A WHOLE, AND ACROSS FRANKLY THE ENTIRE SYSTEM THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH, HOW WHAT KIND OF, HOW PROGRAMMING HAS HAPPENED ON INSIDE SAFE VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE RUNNING IN THIS CITY. AND, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT AS PART OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS, THAT WE ARE REALLY INTEGRATING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, THAT THEY RUN THROUGH A CENTRALIZED PROCESS AND THAT WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT OUR BED PLAN, THAT ALIGN WITH OUR FISCAL REALITIES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US. UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE WAY IN WHICH DECISION-MAKING ON THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN STRUCTURED IN THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, THESE ISSUES ARE FRAGMENTED AND SOMETIMES OPAQUE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, EVEN FOR ME, WHOI FEEL I SPEND SO MANY OF MY TIME ENGAGED ACROSS ALL OF THESE PARTS OF THE SYSTEM, IT CAN SOMETIMES BE CHALLENGING TO EXPLAIN, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF X DECISION. THAT'S A ISSUE FOR THE SYSTEM IN ITS HOLE. THIS IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT OUR FUNDING, OF ALL OF THESE EFFORTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT IS COMING OUT OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WHICH I THINK IS COG NIZANT OF REALITY, OF THE NEED FOR TO US MEET OUR BED GOALS. I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT IT IS, IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CONTEXT THAT WE'RE IN. I HOPE THAT I CAN GET YOUR SUPPORT FOR IT. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AND QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS ISSUES RAISED AROUND OUR BROADER CONTRACTING PROCESS AND TIMELY PAYMENTS. WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON ALL OF THOSE ISSUES AND I AM IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDER PARTNERS. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED ON THIS BODY EVEN AS WE'RE BUILDING A MORE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE SYSTEM. AND ANYBODY ON THIS HORSESHOE, IF YOU HAVE ISSUES QUESTIONS ABOUT ISSUES, I INVITE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME OR MY TEAM AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROBLEM SOLVE THOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I WANT TO HOPEFULLY GET YOUR SUPPORT WITH THIS AMENDMENT TO BRING IT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN BUDGET COMMITTEE AND TO EYES WIDE OPEN CREATING A BETTER SYSTEM AND MORE TRANSPARENT DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM INTO THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: JUST A QUICK QUESTION SPEAKING OF OPAQUE. LOOKING AT PAGE 11, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR GRAND HOTEL? I SEE THE MONEY FOR CURRENT REPAIRS AND OPERATIONS WHAT IS THE INTENTION OR THIS COMING BUDGET YEAR? IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE COMP PLAN FOR IT? FOR THE L.A. GRAND? >> THERE IS NOTHING CONTEMPLATED IN THE CURRENT FUNDING FOR THE L.A. GRAND. >> T. McOsker: NOTHING, CONTEMPLATING CURRENTLY? >> THERE IS NO MONEY SET UP OTHER THAN WRAP UP COSTS. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT FUNCTIONALLY, ITEM 36 A PROVIDES AND MS. RAMAN, AND I UDERSTAND, WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, THERE IS A DEEPER CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. IT WAS, PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THAT I INTRODUCED A MOTION THO TO* CRATE A DEPARTMENT ON HOME LTSNESS SO WE CAN START THAT CONVERSATION TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CENTRALIZE IT. THAT REPORT IS DONE, AND IT'S AVAILABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SO THAT AS A BODY, WE CAN HAVE THAT POLICY CONVERSATION. BECAUSE AS A COMMITTEE CHAIR NOT A SINGLE ONE OF US, HAS THE DECLARED AUTHORITY TO JUST IMPLEMENT HOW EVER WE DESIGN THE SOLUTION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO AGREE TO AS A BODY. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, WHAT THE I AM MRIXATIONS ARE --IMPLICATIONS ABOUT HOW WE ACCESS THE SERVICES. SO WHEN YOU SAY, AND WELL I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR SERVICE PROVIDERS COME TALK TO ME. I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE EACH OF US, WE TALK TO OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, WE CAN TALK TO LAHSA, WE CAN NO, I'M ASKING BECAUSE I DON'T NEED TO TAKE IT FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ONE COUNCIL OFFICE TO SEE HOW WE DICTATE THE RESORES, I'M--RESOURCES SO WE CAN ENSURE WE WHAT TO ACCESS. MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE NOT BEING EQUITABLY SERVED BY IT. AND THAT'S THE GOAL, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HUGE SHIFTS IN HOW WE ACCESS THE RESOURCES AND HOW DEPARTMENTS ARE STRUCTURED AND WHERE SERVICE RIGHT SIDE CENTRALIZED AND ACCESSES THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR EACH OF US TO HAVE A FULL COMPREHENSION OF BEFORE IT'S UNILATERALLY IMPLEMENTED. SO IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN, I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT THIS DOES ESSENTIALLY WITH THIS WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES TO WHAT THE HEA IS, I HAVE THE NO-VOTE AND I THINK WE HAVE TO GET OURSELVES OUT OF IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ALL BE ABLE TO CONTROL OUR DEFENDANT KNEES AND OUR--DESTINIES. STINIES AND OUR--DESTINIES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TO CLOSE. >> N. Raman: VERIFICATION WAS ABOUT PAYMENT ISSUES FOR PROVIDERS, THAT'S ALL WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT AT PAYMENT ISSUES AND SOMETIMES AN INVOICE GETS STUCK AT LAHSA AND SOMETIMES SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT'S ALL WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M NOT ASKING FOR AUTHORITY ON DETERMINING HOW THE ENTIRE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM HAPPENS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISS SPOKE OR TRY TO CONVEY THAT, IT WAS JUST ABOUT PROVIDING FACING PAYMENT DELAYS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT THOSE. AND ALL THIS AMENDMENT DOES THERE IS A MOVE IN THE BUDGET TO BRING ALL OF OUR INTERIM HOUSING FUNDING INTO FOR THE FIRST, KEEP SIX MONTHS OF THAT FUNDING IN THE UB JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND SO THIS IS PARALLEL TO THAT. AND WOULD ENSURE THAT THAT SIX MONTHS OF FUNDING FOR INTERIM HOUSING IN THE UB IS ABLE TO BE SPENT IN THE WAY THAT THIS COUNCIL DEEMS AS APPROPRIATE AS BODY AS OPPOSED TO COMMITTEE THOSE FUNDS TODAY WITHOUT HAVING THE FULL CONVERSATION. AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, I THINK I'VE BEEN VERY HONEST WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IN THE HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM THAT WE INHERITED, I CAME HERE AND THIS IS THE WAY THE SYSTEM WAS LAID OUT AND HAVE BEEN MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO FIX IT OVERTIME. AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS A CENTRALIZATION CONVERSATION. I THINK IT IS REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO THAT AND FOR UNDER SCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE CITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE EVEN DURING A PERIOD OF FISCAL CRISIS THAT WILL HELP US PUT OUR ARMS AROUND BED PLAN ALLIANCE OBLIGATIONS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH PAYMENT AND DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT UNLESS WE MOVE QUICKLY. I ENCOURAGE US AS A BODY TO DO THAT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL IS 36 AND AS WELL AS THE AMENDMENT, AND THAT IS MOTION RAMAN-BLUMENFIELD, WHICH HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND IS BEFORE COUNCIL NOW, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 43 IS NEXT AND THAT CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 43 IS OUR CLOSE SESSION SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR SERGEANTS IF THEY WILL PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION, AND ONCE THEY DO THAT, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] OPEN SESSION, BACK IN OPEN SESSION IF YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, 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. MR. CITY ATTORNEY ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSE SESSIONS? >> City Attorney: NO MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: WITH THAT WHAT IS BEFORE US MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS AN AMENDMENT ON ITEM 43 AND THAT IS IS MOTION BLUMENFIELD THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED IT'S POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AND CIRCULATED SIR. SO THAT AMENDMENT IS BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL? CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> >> Council President: WHAT IS BEFORE US. JAOT NEXT VOTE WOULD BE ITEM 43 AND THAT IS AS AMENDED BY MOTION BLUMENFIELD McOSKER, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM AS AMENDEDCLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES NO ONE NO. >> Council President: WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAZ MOTIONS FOR POSTING AND SEVERAL. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING I ASKED THAT WE CONTINUE ITEM 40 FOR TWO WEEKS. I ASK THAT WE CONTINUE IT ONE WEEK TO NEXT TUESDAY. ITEM 40. >> Clerk: 40, IT'S BEST CLEANEST TO RECONSIDER 40 AND THEN CONTINUE IT AGAIN, SO. CAN YOU, >> Council President: CONTINUE FOR A WEEK. SHE ASKED FOR A WEEK. >> Clerk: YES. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ONE WEEK. OH >> Council President:er I THINK SHE NEEDS A DATE. >> Clerk: CAN COUNCIL WE CONSIDER 40 AND THEN CONTINUE IT SO MAY 2 FOR--27 FOR A WEEK SIR. >> Council President: RECONSIDER, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER CONTINUE ITEM 40 TO MAY 27. >> K. Yaroslavsky: CORRECT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS WE'VE GOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GING AT 2:30 AFTERNOON ANY OTHER COMMITTEE CHANGES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, AND ITEM 40 IS CONTINUED TO MAY 27, WITHOUT OBJECTION, SIR. >> Council President: YES. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT, ON THE EAST SIDE, SEEING NONE. TO MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE ADJOURNED FOR TODAY. THANK YOU.