>> Council President: WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, THE 19th DAY OF FEBRUARY, THE YEAR 2025. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS CHAIR TO THIS COUNCIL. MR. CLERK, CAN WE BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLLING. >> Clerk: YES. BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT, JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN, PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN, RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ, YAROSLAVSKY, TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF NAOETING FEBRUARY 18, 2025. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT MOVES COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 23 TO FEBRUARY 26, 2025. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: AS WELL AS HOLDING ITEM 2 AND 22 ON THE DESK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE WE GO FORWARD AND MEMBERS BEFORE WE GO TO CALL FOR SPECIALS, I WANT TO CALL ITEM 22. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SPECIAL VOTE ON THAT BECAUSE WE GOT SOME SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US TODAY. SO WE'RE CALLING ON SPEAKERS WHO ONLY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 2 2, WE'LL CALL YOU. AND YOU CAN GO TO THE PODIUM AND DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN, MR. McOSKER, WILL LEAD US IN OUR DELIBERATIONS. WE CAN CALL FOR FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP FOR 22, ONLY. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL. I WILL NOW CALL THE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM NUMBER 22. STACY CIGAR BOWLINGER, PAUL B, ALANA, TERRY H, ANDREW SULMAN. >> Council President: THANK YOU. YES, PLEASE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS TERRY HARA, PRESIDENT OF THE TERMINAL ISLANDERS ASSOCIATION. I'M ALSO A RETIRED PUBLIC SERVANT AFTER SERVING 35 YEARS WITH THE CITY WITH THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RETIRED AS DEPUTY CHIEF. MY FAMILY IS FROM TERMINAL ISLANDER, A BETTER TERM WAS TERMINAL ISLANDERS. IT WAS A CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY LIKE ONE BIG FAMILY AND EVERYBODY TOOK CARE OF EVERYBODY. MY GRANDFATHER WAS SUPERINTENDENT AT ONE OF THE CANNERIES AND MY GRANDMOTHER PROCESSED TUNA MY FATHER WAS A FISHERMAN ALONG WITH OTHERS. THEY HELPED PUT LOS ANGELES ON THE MAP AS A LEADING TUNA INDUSTRY IN THE NATION. THE TERM TUNA ISLANDERS CREATED THEIR OWN FISHING VILLAGE AND IN THE LATE, IN THE LATE 1941 EVERYTHING CHANGED AFTER THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARE BEHR. BY JANUARY 1932, THE VILLAGE OF 3000 RESIDENTS WERE NO MORE. THEY WERE ALL FORCED OUT OF THE ISLAND. >> City Attorney: SORRY, SPEAKER WE HAVE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. >> Council President: I WANT HIM TO GET TWO MINUTES. >> City Attorney: I'M SORRY GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: TODAY'S MOTION WILL HELP PRESERVE THE LAST TWO REMAINING STRUCTURES DESTROYED BY HATE AND PARANOIA. IT'S AN IMPORTANT STORY, AN AMERICAN STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD FOR GENERATION TO SEE COME. IN HONOR OF OUR FAMILIES, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PRESERVATION EFFORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Speaker: HELLO MY NAME IS PAUL HORISOBIYA I'M SPEAKING ON 22 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M A BOARD MEMBER I'M ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND COALITION TO PROTECT REHAB TATE AND REINSTRUCT THE TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS FOR AN ADAPTIVE REUSE. OUR GOAL IS TO SIGNIFICANTLY HONOR THE LEGACY OF THE TERMINAL ISLAND JAPANESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FROM THE EARLY 1900s TO FEBRUARY 1942, TUNA ISLAND IS CLOSE TO MY HEART BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS BORN THERE IN 19 19, SHE REMINDED ME THAT TUNA ISLAND WAS ALSO KNOWN AS EAST SAN PEDRO AND EAST HARBOR AND BEAUTIFUL CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY OF APPROXIMATELY 3000 AMERICAN JAPANESE CITIZEN. MY GRANDFATHER, IS ONE OF THE EARLY IMMIGRANTS FROM JAPAN IN 1905, EVENTUALLY BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF FISHER'S ASSOCIATION AND WENT TO SACRAMENTO SEVERAL TIMES TO FIGHT AGAINST ANTI JAPANESE LEGISLATION, PROPOSED AGAINST THE LEADERS THAT TRY TO PREVENT JAPANESE FROM OWNING FISHING LICENSES. THIS COMMUNITY SUFFERED AN CA AT THATS TASTROPHE ON THE REMOVAL ON ONLY A 48-HOUR NOTICE WHICH LEAD TO THE IMPRISONMENT. THE GOVERNMENT THEN SWIFTLY MOVED IN WITH BULLDOZERS AND INDISCRIMINATELY DESTROYED, THE HOMES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND PARKS AND MEMORIES OF THIS JAPANESE-AMERICAN BE COMMUNITY IN TERMINAL ISLAND. REMARKABLY TWO REMAINING BUILDINGS ARE STILL STANDING, THEY REPRESENT CULTURE AND ENSURING THAT THE PRESERVATION OF THIS IMPORTANT ERA OF JAPANESE CULTURE AND THIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY. IN CLOSING, THIS REPRESENT ETHICAL PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY THAT SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, THAT EXHAUST ON SPEAKERS ON 22 ONLY, MR. McOSKER, OH WE HAVE ONE MORE? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS TIM LLAMAMOTO AND I'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM 22 AND MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER AND EXPRESS OUR OPINIONS AND--WHEN YOU HEAR TERMINAL ISLAND, I BET YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW OTHER THAN THE CONTAINER PORT, BUT THERE USED TO BE A THRIVING JAPANESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THERE. ABOUT 3000. MY GRANDFATHER HAD A STORE A NAKAMURA COMPANY AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT STILL REMAIN IN TERMINAL ISLAND. WHEN EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 WAS WRITTEN, TERMINAL ISLAND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES THAT HAD TO EVACUATE WITHIN 48 HOURS, EVERYBODY WOULD ONLY TAKE ITEMS WHAT THEY CAN CARRY. AFTER THAT, THEY WERE TAKEN TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS, MY PARENTS AND MY GRANDFATHER LATER ENDED UP IN MANSNAR. MY GRANDFATHER WAS TAKEN AND SPENT DETENTION IN MONTANA IN DIDN'T RETURN TO HIS FAMILY UNTIL CLOSE TO 1945. I FEEL BECAUSE OF MY PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT AND CONNECTION THAT WE LOOK AT THIS AND WE NEED TO PRESERVE THESE BUILDINGS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. YES. >> Speaker: IS IT ON? GOOD MORNING, ANDREW REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND THE TURM AL ASSOCIATION FOR YEARS OF HARD WORK. THESE TWO BUILDINGS ARE TESTAMENT OF SURVIVAL OF PEOPLE IN A PLACE OF HISTORY AND IT'S REMARKABLE THAT THEY'RE STILL THERE DESPITE WHAT YOU SEE IN TERMINAL ISLAND, THE STORAGE AND BUT THERE IS A SMALL PIECE OF HISTORY THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY, L.A.'S HISTORY AND ONE OF THE GREATEST INJUSTICES WE'VE DONE AS A COUNTRY. SO IT'S TIME TO COME TO TERMS WITH THAT AND THE HCM IS THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD IN OUR MIND. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT SHOWED UP AND CAME TODAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR TAKING THIS ITEM OUT OF ORDER, IT'S DEEPLY DEEPLY APPRECIATED .D I WANT TO THANK THE TERMINAL ISLANDERS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL HOPY COAT, IT'S A SURPRISE TODAY. I WANT TO THANK TERRY HARA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, DONNA, TIM YAMAMOYO AND PAUL AND TERRY OUR DIRECT ASCENDANTS OF VILLAGERS WHO LIVED ON TERMINAL ISLAND. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THERE WERE A FEW SETLERS OF JAPANESE DESCENT WHO CAME TO TERMINAL ISLAND AND REALLY ESTABLISHED THE TUNA FISHING INDUSTRY, THEY WERE INNOVATORS, THE EXPERTS IN TUNA FISHING. AND OVER THE YEARS, THEY WORKED ADJACENT AND ALONGSIDE ITALIANS AND CROATIANS WHO WE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT IN THE TUNA FISHING INDUSTRY. BUT IT WAS REALLY THESE JAPANESE-AMERICANS, THESE JAPANESE DID DESCENDANTS WHO ESTABLISHED THIS IN THE SAN PEDRO BAY. AND BY 1940, THERE WERE 3000 VILLAGERS, 3000 IMMIGRANTS ON TERMINAL ISLAND. 3000. AND IT WAS KNOWN THEN, TERMINAL KNOWN WAS KNOWN AS EAST SAN PEDRO, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. AND WE HAVE SOME ORIGINAL TERMINAL ISLANDERS RIGHT HERE IN OUR MIDST THIS BEAUTIFUL RESILIENT COMMUNITY. DECEMBER 7th, 1941 CHANGED EVERYTHING. AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT TERMINAL ISLANDS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST VILLAGES, THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE WENT IN AND WE ILLEGALLY ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED AND CONFISCATED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS FIRST. THAT BEGAN BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 19th, 1942 EXECUTIVE ORDER. TODAY, IS THE 83rd ANNIVERSARY OF THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. ONE OF THOSE CONTINUATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL SIN OF THIS COUNTRY OF THE SYSTEMIC RACISM AND FEAR AND HATRED. AND SO MANY COMMUNITIES, JAPANESE COMMUNITIES, AMERICANS RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FOUND SOMETHING, THERE WERE VILLAGES, THERE WERE HOUSES, THERE WAS A COMMUNITY TO RETURN TO NOT IN ALL CASES BUT CERTAINLY NOT SO IN TERMINAL ISLAND. TERMINAL ISLAND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY RAISED AND BECAME THE EXPANSION OF THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. ALMOST EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN DOWN, HOMES, VALUABLES, THE SHRINE, PLAYGROUNDS, YARDS, GARDENS. BOATS WERE SOLD. PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, BOATS WERE SOLD BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY CHOICE THAT THE FISHERMEN HAD. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT TERMINAL ISLAND TODAY, THERE ARE TWO BUILDINGS, TWO BUILDINGS THAT REMAIN OF THE VILLAGE. ONE IS THE REMNANT OF THE STORE THAT TIM'S GRANDFATHER RAN. SPEAKING OF GRANDFATHER'S, I WAS BORN IN 1962 SO I WAS A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS SEPARATED FROM THIS EVENT AND MY GRANDFATHER ON MY MOM'S SIDE WHO GREW UP IN SAN PEDRO WOULD TELL THE STORY OF REMEMBERING THE DAY THAT HIS TEAMMATES, HIS FRIENDS, HIS CLASSMATES DID NOT SHOW UP FOR SCHOOL. THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WHEN WHAT I WAS GROWING UP, REMEMBER THIS VIVIDLY, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT WHITE FOLKS IN SAN PEDRO. AND SO IT'S A STORY THAT I GREW UP WITH. AND WE CAN'T GO BACK WE CAN'T GO BACK IN TIME AND FIX IT. BUT WE CAN LOOK TO THE GRACE AND THE DIGNITY AND THE PERSEVERANCE OF THIS GROUP, OF THE TERMINAL ISLANDERS WHO HAVE CARRIED ON THIS LEGACY AND WHO HAVE ADVOCATED FOR TOO MANY YEARS TO SAY LET'S KEEP THIS MEMORY ALIVE AND IN THIS CASE LET'S MEMORIALIZE THE TWO BUILDINGS. ON TUNA STREET, TWO BUILDINGS ARE STILL THERE. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AS A CITY AND AS A PORT BY THE WAY, TO DO SOMETHING THAT SIGNIFICANT ACKNOWLEDGES THIS GREAT LEGACY OF THE ISLANDERS AND WE CANNOT MAKE IT RIGHT BUT SOMEBODY WAY BEFORE ME SAID, DOING THE RIGHT THING IS ALWAYS RIGHT NOW. SO THIS DESIGNATION IS THE RIGHT THING. AND COUNCILMEMBERS I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND I KNOW THAT YOU, I KNOW THAT YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE STEADFAST AND I WANT TO THANK THE TERMINAL ISLANDERS FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS ACTION, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR TAKE THISING OUT OF ORDER AND GIVING THIS DAY, THIS GROUP THE DIGNITY THAT THEY DESERVE ON THIS DAY. SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. cOSKER. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE TERMINAL ISLANDERS THAT ARE HERE FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE IN HELPING TO MAKE TODAY HAPPEN. OF COURSE I ALSO WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, I SEE KEN HERE, EVERY ONE THAT IS SO DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT WE ENSHRINE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THESE HISTORIC SITES. AND WHAT IT MEANT IN HISTORY. SO THAT WE DON'T REPEAT HISTORY. IN MY DISTRICT, I HAVE, I'M HOME TO THE TUNA CANYON DETENTION CENTER WHERE 2000 ITALIAN, GERMAN AND JAPANESE WERE ROUNDED UP, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS AND WERE LIVING FORCED TO LIVE IN THIS DETENTION CENTER IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. WE ARE HOME FORTUNATELY TO A VERY VIE LANT AND DIVERSE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THIS MOMENT EXEMPLIFIES NO GREATER FORM OF RESISTANCE TO THE SIMILAR ATTACKS THAT ARE BEING LAUNCHED ON IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TODAY, THAN WHAT YOU ALL HAVE HELPED TO ACHIEVE IN THIS MOMENT. SO I WANT TO FIRST, PREEMPTIVELY CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS MOMENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU MR. McOSKER FOR HELPING TO SHEPHERD THIS IN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSISTENT AND ADVOCACY, OUR HOPE IS TO NOT--THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL DESERVED OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGNATE THESE LOCATIONS AND PRESERVE THEM IN HISTORY. BEFORE THEY WERE MOVED TO OTHER LOCATIONS A CO AMERICA CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT THEIR MEMORIES FROM THAT AREA. I WAS I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS PART OF THIS SAD HISTORY. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. McOSKER AND I WANTED TO THANK THE MEMBERS WHO SPOKE TODAY. WE WANTED TO CALL THIS OUT OF ORDER FRANKLY TO BRING ATTENTION. SO THAT THE WORLD SEES WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LOS ANGELES, THAT THIS MULTI RACIAL, COUNCIL, IRISH CATHOLIC COUNCIL, A AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHAIR, AND LATINA STAND TOGETHER TO MARK THIS HISTORY. AS COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ POINTED OUT, OR HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS COUNCIL TO DO. WHERE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE CLEARED OUT AND FOLKS WERE LOCKED IN THE LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM. WITH THAT WE'LL CALL THE ROLL, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. FAUXER ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THIS WILL COUNT AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IF YOU SPOKE FOR TWO MINUTES ON THIS ITEM, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO SO LATER IN THE MEETING. ALSO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM 10 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND ONLINE. 13 THROUGH 22 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. AND ITEM 23 IS A CLOSE SESSION WHICH HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY 26, 2025, TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. BEFORE WE DO SPECIALS. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE ANNUAL VISIT FROM A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT MY OFFICE RUNS, THE LEAD PROGRAM AND IF THE STUDENTS CAN STAND UP WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE JOB THAT WE DO. MOST IMPORTANTLY WE TEACH THEM LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND PEOPLE THAT GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES AND I WANT TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE HERE FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE AND THANK THEM FOR COMING HERE AND BEING DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, SPECIALS, MEMBERS? MR. PRICE. >> >> C. Price: OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'M RECUESESING MYSELF FROM ITEM 12, BECAUSE IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT WE'RE AWARDED AND I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM NUMBER 21 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH THE ORGANIZATION IN THE PAST. >> I MOVE ADOPTION OF THE BNF REPORT. >> ALL RIGHT WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? >> SECONDED BY MR. BLUMENFIELD. ALL RIGHT, ANY SPECIALS ON MY LEFT, THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR TO US VOTE ON? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 3 THROUGH 11. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, WE CAN NOW, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 2 AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD TO MOVE THE CORRECTED BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: AND MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO TAKE UP ITEM 12 WITH COUNCILMEMBER PRICE RECUSING. >> Council President: YES. MR. PRICE HAS RECUSED AND LEFT THE FLOOR. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE TE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Clerk: AND MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ONE MORE TIME, I'M SORRY? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND PROCEED. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OTHER ITEMS, WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING. 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 ARE 13 THROUGH 21. AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 13 THROUGH 21. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 22 WAS SATISFIED AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING. IF YOU CAN MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH THE INTERPRETER. IF YOU NEED AN INTERPRETER PLEASE WAS EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SPEAKERS, YOU DO NOT NEED TO LINE UP IN THE ORDER THAT YOUR NAME IS CALLED. BUT DO LINE UP WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS MONICA, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ELAC WHICH IS THE EAST L.A. COLLEGE CORPORATION. WE OWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE OPERATE OUT OF THE BOYLE HEIGHTS EAST L.A. NEIGHBORHOOD EL SERENO AREA. I WANT TODAY LET YOU KNOW ABOUT SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS, YESTERDAY OUR FOODBANK DAY, WE HAVE A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE COMING TO GET FOOD. AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT BEING PREPARED IN CASE ICE EVER SHOWED UP. WHAT DOES MEAN? MAKING SURE YOU PRESERVE YOUR OWN RIGHTS. YOUR OWN CIVIL RIGHTS. WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AND WE STARTED OUR FIRST SOME OF OUR FIRST, KIND OF AN INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO ROUNDS OF FUNDING. THANKS. I'M HERE TO PAY RESPECT, ACKNOWLEDGMENT RESPECT TO MY FELLOW AMERICANS. BERNIE SANDERS HAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AN IMBALANCE. SEEMS LIKE THREE AMERICAN CITIZENS OWN AS MUCH HOFF THE POPULATION, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY. I THINK THIS IS A GRAVE IN THE DIRECTION OF A GRADE. ANYWAY. WE NEED REDIRECTION IN. I WENT TO COLLEGE. I DIDN'T LEARN MUCH IN COLLEGE BUT I LEARNED THAT THE RICH ARE RICH BECAUSE THE POOR ARE POOR. DO WE GET THAT, THE RICH ARE RICH BECAUSE THE POOR ARE POOR. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT COMMENT, THE RICH WITH RICH BECAUSE THE POOR ARE POOR. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE IT. >> City Attorney: YOU ALL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME OF ONE MINUTE. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? COMMENT.er: GENERAL PUBLIC - >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I CAME TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES, I CAME TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND THE SKID ROW AREA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M SINGH *, I'M A SENIOR THE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. AND I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE WORKING IN COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S EXCELLENCE COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS. I BELIEVE THAT THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY, I'VE BEEN PUSHING MY GREATEST EX TENTS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP MY LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO THE FULLEST EXCELLENT IN ORDER TO BE AN IMPACTFUL. IN A DEDICATED MANNER HAS UPLIFTED THE NEXT GENERATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM FOR THAT. AND HE'S ALSO GREATLY HELPED ME WITH LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR MY COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AS I START MY COLLEGE CAREER WHICH I BELIEVE IS VITAL TO MY JOURNEY AS A START THROUGHOUT UNIVERSITY AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR THAT. AND ONE HOPE THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH THIS WORLD I BELIEVE IN THE HOPE OF JESUS AND I WANT TO SHARE THE VERSE FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE SHARED HIS ONLY SON. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS I'M ALEX AN REPRESENTING GRANADA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. SO A QUICK THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> Clerk: SPEAKER WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: EXCUSE ME? >> Clerk: WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: GREAT, ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP HERE AND SPEAK. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET THE YOUTH INVOLVED. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SCHOOLS AFTER THE FIRES. I KNOW A MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES IN THE JANUARY FIRES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A MASS SHIFT TO SHIFT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. GIVEN THE RESENT CHALLENGES POSED BY THE FIRES I'M CURIOUS WHAT STEPS THE CITY COUNCIL IS TAKE TO GO SUPPORTING SCHOOLS AND FINDING IN IN-PERSON LEARNING. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES UP, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL LAST FEW NAMES, JADEEN, KELLY CHAN, SAMUEL, SEAN WU, STACY CIGAR, MAX AND SARAH. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: YOU SO FAST. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST GOOGLE STRANS LATE, START WITH ITEM NUMBER 13. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NEXT ITEM WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 14. GOOGLE TRANSLATE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. NUMBER 14. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] AND NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE. ITEM NUMBER 15. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR CORRECTING ME ON YESTERDAY, BECAUSE YOU SAID MY SASSY GIRL. SECOND OF ALL IT'S MY CONCERN ON CITY ATTORNEY OUR COUNCIL OUR TAXPAYER PAYING YOU 500,000 A YEAR IS FOR YOU TO FIX ISSUES OF OUR CITY OF L.A. IT'S FOR YOU TO FIX THE HOMELESS, IT'S FOR FIX THE CRIME. FOR TO YOU FIX THE EVICTION IN THE CITY OF L.A. BUT HOWEVER, WITHOUT DOING ANY OF THOSE, YOU CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO ME AND TELLING ME THAT I'M KID WATCHING MY SASSY GIRL. SO I SUPPORT YOU, I ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOU. I ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR ORDER BUT IN THE FUTURE, I WISH WE COULD WORK WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT, I'M FACING EVICTION, CRIME, UNEMPLOYMENT I'M FACING A LOT OF ISSUES BUT INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT MY SASSY GIRL. >> City Attorney: SO A COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCINGMENTS. I APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO GIVE ME A RAISE, I DON'T MAKE ANYWHERE NEAR HALF A MILLION A YEAR. AND FOR THE GUESTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, I BELIEVE IT'S LEE-12 PART OF THE LEADERSHIP IS LISTENING, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. A LOT OF TIME PEOPLE COME HERE AND PLAY GAMES, NOT ALL OF THEM, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND WE DO ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK AS THEIR RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO >> Speaker: WE'LL SAY ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 15, BROUGHT TO US BY PRICE AND HUTT, COMMUNITY BUILD INCORPORATED. COMMUNITY BUILD INCORPORATED WAS FOUNDED IN PART BY MAXINE WATERS AND IN GENERAL, THEY DO SOME SEEMINGLY GOOD WORK, THEY HAVE THEIR HAND IN A LOST POTS, THEY DO A VARIED THINGS BUT MY CONCERN WITH THIS MOTION, IS THAT IT SAYS EXPANSES WITH PROJECT SAFE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 9-1-1. --NINE. I WAS ON THE WEBSITE AND I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING IN THEIR PROJECT ROSTER CALLED PROJECT SAFE. THEY HAD SOMETHING CALLED PROJECT SAFE PASSAGE WHICH HELPS ENSURE THAT SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN COMMUTE SAFETY TO SCHOOLS WALKING WHICH I THINK IS HONORABLE. BUT I DON'T FIND ANYTHING CALLED PROJECT SAVE. SO MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION, THIS COULD BE SOMETHING GREAT TO SUPPORT BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING CALLED THAT IN THE COMPANY LISTED AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW WOULD PAY ATTENTION, THANK YOU TIM FOR PAYING ATTENTION. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF INSTALLATIONS OF THE WALK OF FAME ON THIS AGENDA, WE HAVE JOHN CARPENTER, I LOVE HIS MOVIES, THE FIRST HORROR MOVIE I EVER SAW WAS THE ORIGINAL HALLOWEEN I WAS IN THIRD GRADE AND I ASKED MY DAD TO BUY IT FOR ME THINKING THAT HE WOULDN'T AND HE DID AND I WATCHED IT AND I WATCHED IT AND IT WAS TERRIFYING. BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE INSTALLING STARS ON A BOULEVARD WHERE SO MANY UNHOUSED RESIDENTS LIVE, WHERE YOU'LL ALSO FIND PRETTY FREQUENTLY HUMAN FECES AND ESCRMENT. IF WE UPED THE PRICE ORDEAL WITH THE UNHOUSED POPULATION, BEFORE WE GIVE SAY, TRICIA YEARWOOD A STAR ON THE WALK OF FAME, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US INCLUDE BATHROOMS SO THERE WOULD BE LESS PISS AND SHIT ON THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE LITTERED IN STARS. IF WE THINK OF RUNNING THE CITY LIKE WE RUN A FAMILY, IF WE CAN'T PAY RENT, IF WE'RE IN A BUDGET DEFICIT IF THERE IS PISS AND SHIT, THE LAST THING WE'RE GOING TO DECORATE IS STARS. BUT IF TRISH YEARWOOD SHOWS UP, GARTH BROOKS WILL SHOW UP, IF THAT'S A BIGGER PRIORITY FOR YOU THAN GETTING OUR HOUSELESS POPULATIONS INDOORS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SINGING] THIS COUNCIL SHOULD KNOW THAT THE PRICE OF RENT IS OUT OF CONTROL. JUST LOOK AT SIL O, I THOUGHT PRICE GAUGING E--GOUGING WAS ILLEGAL, IN AN EMERGENCY, THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD END EVICTIONS IN THE CITY OF L.A. SO YOU NEED TO HURRY, CAUSE TENANTS ARE WORRIED HOW CAN THEY RENT OF A EMPLOYS OF EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN DOWN, WHO ARE YOU REPRESENTING WHEN YOU ARE LETTING, LANDLORDS KICK THEIR TENANTS OUT OUT OUT OUT, DOWN AND OUT OUT. WHEN SO MUCH OF THE CITY HAS BURNED DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, I GUESS YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF OFF THE HOOK WITH THAT ONE BECAUSE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TOOK CARE OF IT. THANK YOU FOR UNISSES AND HUGO FOR TRYING TO GET THIS BOARD ON TO PROTECT THOSE WHO WERE AFFECTED BECAUSE OF THE FIRES. SHOUT TOUT SMOKING SCAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MOANSINGER I'M SENIOR AT CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. I FIRST LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE FOR THIS PROGRAM, THIS HAS HELPED ME ACHIEVE. I COME TO DISCUSS THE CELL PHONE BAN, I HAVE A MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS BAN. HOWEVER MY DISCUSSION TODAY IS SEARCH FOR EQUALITY OF HYPOCRISY, A STATEMENT WHICH AGREE IS FAIR. THE EDUCATION IS FAIR UNDER ON ANOTHER HAND, STAFF MEMBERS ARE VIDS THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR TECHNOLOGY DEVICE ON THEM. THESE WORK PURPOSES MENTIONED BY LST, AND JUSTIFYING THIS CAUSE SEEMS UNJUST AND UNFAIR. AND THE CONTACT OTHERS ABOUT EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, CELL PHONES FOR THE SAME REASONS. THEY CLAIM IF THE EMERGENCY HAPPENS, APPROVED, STAFF MEMBER ALLOWS US TO PROOF, WHAT ARE WE TO DO? STAND AROUND AND WAIT IF SOMEBODY GOT SHOT? >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI MY NAME IS KELLY AND I'M A SENIOR AT GRANADA HIGH SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JOHN LEE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. THE JOHN LEE EXCELLENCE PROGRAM HAS BEEN GREAT EXPERIENCE PUSHING ME BEYOND MY LIMITS, I GAIN CONFIDENCE IN ADAPTING TO NEW SITUATIONS JUST LIKE OUR LAST FIELD TRIP WHERE WE HAD TO THINK ON OUR FEET WHILE LEADING A LARGE GROUP. AS SOMEBODY WHO ASPIRES TO BE A LEADER OR LAWYER. MORE THAN JUST SKILLS, THIS PROGRAM HAS INSTILLED A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE T.HAS SHAPED HOW I APPRECIATE CHALLENGES AND GRATEFUL FOR THE LIFELONG LESSONS I'VE LEARNED. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LUKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M SAMUEL AND I'M A JUNIOR ATTENDING GRANADA HILLS AND I'LL BE SPEAKING ON PUBLIC COMMENT. TODAY, I'M NOT HERE ONLY AS A VOICE FOR THE YOUTH, BUT AS AN EMBODIMENT FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH VOICES WITHIN POLITICS. THEY THIS PROGRAM HAS GIVEN YOUTH A SEAT IN A PACKED TABLE OF POLITICS. AS SOMEBODY WHO ASPIRES TO BE ATTORNEY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BRINGING JUSTICE TO OUR STATE STARTS WITH JUST THIS. THIS PROGRAM WHO BRINGS STUDENTS TOGETHER TO ADVOCATE FOR PRESSING ISSUES, THIS COUNSEL SUL MUST CULTIVATE MORE YOUTH VOICES. THANK YOU SO MUCH LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE FOR ALLOWING STUDENTS AROUND THE DISTRICT TO COME HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M SEAN YU AND I'M CURRENTLY A JUNIOR AT GRANADA HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK JOHN LEE FOR PROVIDING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CITY GOVERNMENT DOES IN ORDER TO DAY OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE FUNCTION AND RUN SMOOTHLY. OUR UNWAIVERING COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING ARE TRULY INSPIRING. AND AS A PERSON WHO WANTS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PERSON IN THIS WORLD IS ABLE TO RECEIVE JUSTICE, WIN SPIR RACING OF COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE I'M MORE INSPIRED TO DO THAT AND GO OUT AND HELP WHOEVER I CAN IN ORDER TO BRING JUSTICE TO OUR SOCIETY. IN RESENT LIGHT OF OUR FIRES IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITIES, I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL COME BACK STRONGER THAT HAVER NOT BEFORE AND THE LAIDER SHIP OF THIS COUNCIL ALONG WITH THE DEDICATION OF LOS ANGELES PEOPLE WILL LEAD TO MAKING OUR CITY GREAT AGAIN. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: FORMERLY PROTESTING CORRUPT DAWSON'S--. >> City Attorney: WHAT ITEMS? >> Speaker: 13, 14, 17 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ITEM 18 IS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF JOHN CARPENTER ON THE WALK OF FAME. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAM PFL INCOMPETENCE IN CITY COUNCIL AND GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL AND THIS ITEM SHOULD BE NAMED THE WALK OF SHAME. THIS WALK OF FAME SHOULD NOT BE ON THIS AGENDA WHEN NOT ONE WORD OF THE HOMELESS EPIDEMIC IS MENTIONED. THIS INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT COUNCIL SHOULD INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT THE CITY HAS BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND AND ADD A WALK OF SHAME NEXT TO THE JOHN CARPENTER INSTALLATION. ITEM 14 IS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MS. YEARWOOD ON TO THE WALK OF FAME. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF I --INCOMPETENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS ITEM SHOULD BE TITLED THE WALK OF SHAME WHEN ONE NOT WORD OF THE HOMELESS EPIDEMIC IS MENTIONED. THIS CORRUPT CITY COUNCIL GOVERNMENT SHOULD INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THIS ITEM THAT ADDRESSED THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS BURNED TO THE GROUND, AGAIN, DUE TO THE INCOMPETENCE NEXT TO THE YEARWOOD INSTALLATION AND FUND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ITEM SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT TAKES THE THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE WASTEFUL AND CORRUPT ART PROJECT OF DAWSON, ALSO THE FAIR DEPARTMENT SO THAT THE CITY DOES NOT BURN TO THE GROUND DUE TO WASTEFUL INCOMPETENCE AND CORRUPTION AGAIN. ITEM 17 IS TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT OF HEATHER HUTT, SHE WAS ELECTED IN AN ILLEGIT AND NOT ROTEDING BY THE COMMUNITY. IN MY OPINION, INDICTED CURREN PRICE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM UNLESS HIS TRIAL HAS ENDED IN ACQUITTAL OF ALL CORRUPTION CHARGE. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I DEMAND, L.A. CITY COUNCIL, THE MOST CORRUPT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE HISTORY OF U.., I DEMAND THAT PHONE AND PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY RESTORED BY LITTLE MAN DAWSON HIDING LIKE A COWARD, THE PUBLIC THAT CANNOT COME DOWN HERE ARE HAVING THEIR RIGHTS VIOLATED ALL OF THEM THESE STUPID PRESENTATIONS, AND NT ALL OF THEM ARE, DO NOT REFLECT OUR REAL HISTORY NOR DO THEY SUPPORT US AS A PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE. THE CORRUPT ARE UP TO IT AGAIN, THE CITY HAS BURNED DOWN WITH OVER 6,000 HOMES DESTROYED AND YET MARQUEECE DAWSON INDICTED PRICE AND I LLEGITIMATELY ELECTED HUTT ARE GIVING CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER STUPID ART PROJECT IN ITEM NUMBER 1 TODAY. L.A. FIRE DAMAGE IS 275 BILLION DOLLARS. [BUZZARD] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: YES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: YES, STOP EATING THE DOGS AND CATS. SO NOW, WE GET TO JOHN CARPENTER, YES. HE MAKES SCARY MOVIES. YOU KNOW, WITH A SCARY MUSIC. DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO, LIKE THAT KIND OF MOVIE. SLASHER MOVIES! IN OTHER WORDS, THE DREAMS OF MANY OF YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, THERE IS A FEW PEOPLE YOU'D LIKE TO SLASH. >> Council President: WHAT ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING ON? >> Speaker: I'M CALLING ON ITEM 13, YOU DUMB SON OF A BITCH. JOHN CARPENTER IS A DUMB DIRECT ERKER BUT YOU BLACKS DON'T GET TO THE MOVIES, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A PASS. SHOULD I GIVE HIM A PASS, JOHN LEE? >> City Attorney: MOVE ON. >> Speaker: SORRY, DEI, THAT FUCKEN TRICIA YEARWOOD IS GOING TO GET A STAR. YES, SEE ADRIAN, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN THERE AND THEN THE HOMELESS PUT IT IN THERE AND URINATE AND TAKE A SHIT AND WIPE IT ON TO THE STAR AND PEOPLE GO DOWN THERE AND PUT THEIR HANDS-ON THE STARS AND KISS THEM, KNOWING, WHAT WE KNOW THAT THAT STAR HAD A HOMELESS BUTT HOLE SHITING ON IT, PRIOR TO YOU PUTTING YOUR LIPS, IT'S SO DISGUSTING, EEWH, I THINK WE SHOULD TEAR IT DOWN, EEWH. AND THEN WE HAVE BOB BLOW, NUMBER 15, THE CRIMINAL ON ETTAWANDA, I WANTS TO VACATE A ALLEY ON IN A KNOWN DRUG ZONE. NOW HE'S NOT GOING TO TELL YOU IT'S BECAUSE OF DRUGS, HE'S GOING TO CALL IT DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE NUMBER 16, THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION I HEAR OF HEATHER HUTT GETTING STREET LIGHT WORKED IN HER DISTRICT. WHILE UNISSES IS BEING CHEATED OUT OF FUNDS ON THE SAME STREET ACCORDING TO GOAT PUPPET RESEARCH. YES, WE CALLED YOUR OFFICE UNISSES, WE SNITCHED YOU OUT HEATHER, WE'VE GIVEN HAMBURGER HERNANDEZ ALL OF THE EVIDENCE. NOW IT'S UP TO YOU HAMBURGER, PUT DOWN THAT HAMBURGER AND TURN ON OUR LIGHTS. WHERE IS THIS BITCH GETTING ALL THE MONEY? ONCE IT'S BEAUTIFUL ONCE YOU LEAVE CD10 BUT WEDNESDAY YOU CROSS INTO THE CD1, AND THE BROWN PEOPLE ARE THERE, IT'S ALL DARK. AND YOU KNOW THE REASON THAT THOSE AREAS ARE DARK LIKE IN CD1, YEAH, IT'S BECAUSE THEY GET GANG MONEY TO SELL METH. EXACTLY RIGHT! AND NOW, FOR THE GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I WANT TO KNOW WHY OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAS SEEN WITH VARIOUS WHITE CHILDREN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ALONE. WHAT THE HELL? YES, I TOOK A PHOTO OF IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. LOOK AT THIS PEOPLE, WHAT IS THIS GROWN ASS MAN DOING AT ALMOST 4:00 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THESE LITTLE WHITE CHILDREN? LOOK AT THEM, CAN YOU HEAR THEIR VOICES, MOMMY, WHY AM I WITH THE CRAZY BLACK MAN THAT NEVER WEARS A TIE? WHERE IS HE TAKING ME? HE'S TAKING ME DOWN THE HOWL WAY OVER TO SEE THE CITY ATTORNEY. NO, NOW WE'RE TURNING BACK INTO HIS OFFICE. DID YOU GIVE THEM CANDY MARQUEECY Y E, WHAT DID YOU GIVE THEM. SO IF THERE ARE CHILDREN AND YOU'RE NOT THEIR FATHER, STAY AWAY FROM OTHER CHILDREN, IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD, DOES IT? >> City Attorney: MR. SPINDLER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Council President: DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR SPEAKERS? IT APPEARS THAT IT DOES, WE GOT COUNCILMEMBER FROM THE SIXTH DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA, YOU'RE ON THE QUEUE. >> I. Padilla: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A CONTINUATION OF ITEM 21, I'M NOT GOING TO BE FRIDAY, UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY, PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> M. Rodriguez: THERE IS AN OBJECTION. >> Council President: SO WE'VE GOT TO VOTE. >> Clerk: SO WE WILL NEED A SECOND TO THAT CONTINUANCE. >> Council President: IS THERE A SECOND TO THE CONTINUANCE? MARTINEZ? SOTO-MARTINEZ, SECONDS. AND COUNCILMEMBER PRICE IS RECUSING HIMSELF, WE'VE GOT ALL THINGS GOING ON HERE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. THIS IS RELATED TO A NONPROFIT WHO IS PROVIDING SERVICES IN MY DISTRICT AND THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURE THAT WE'RE TAKE TO GO GET THEM PAID. SO THIS IS NORTH VALLEY SERVICES IS, THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THESE FUNDS. COLLEAGUES, THIS IS AN AGENCY THAT PROVIDES CRITICAL SERVICES TO BOTH DISTRICTS BUT THIS IS RELATED TO WORK THAT IS SERVICING IN MY DISTRICT AND SO COLLEAGUES, I DON'T ASK, I ASK YOU TO NOT SUPPORT THE CONTINUANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME BILLS TO PAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: MEMBERS, I NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO CHECK IN WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS GOING INTO AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT EVEN LISTED IN THE MOTION, IT'S FOR THE VAN NUYS FAMILY SOURCE CENTER WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I NEED MORE TIME TO WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE. I'M SURE EVERYBODY CAN RELATE THAT IT'S A LITTLE WE'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE WHEN WHEN IT'S RELATED TO DOLLARS GOING INTO YOUR DISTRICT. I JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS AND I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO GET THEM BIT END OF THESE MEETING. >> Clerk: AND MEMBERS JUST TO CLARIFY, BEFORE YOU IS A MOTION INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ TO CONTINUE ITEM 21 TO NEXT WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2025. A YES VOTE MEANS YOU SUPPORT THE CONTINUANCE, A NO-VOTE WOULD MEAN THAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE ON THE ITEM TODAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, ONE NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL CAN NOW TAKE UP ITEMS 13 THROUGH 20. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President:er THE MOTIONS AND POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I HOPE EVERY ONE IS HAVING A GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST NIGHT OF HOMELESS COUNT. IT WENT WELL BUT THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF VOLUNTEERS AT SOME OF THE SITES. AND SO IF THERE ARE STILL SITES THAT ARE OPEN TONIGHT, THAT ARE YOU KNOW, NEAR YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, I KNOW WE HAVE THE LOS FELIZ COUNT HAPPENING TONIGHT, I WANT TO ASK ALL OF YOU IF YOU CAN HELP RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO THESE SITES BECAUSE OF CHANGE IN DATE FROM THE JANUARY TO THE, TO MID-FEBRUARY, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS WHO USUALLY COME WHO JUST DIDN'T TURN OUT. STUDENTS I'M TALKING TO YOU. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THE HOMELESS COUNT. YOU CAN SIGN UP AT DAY COUNT, AND IF YOU WANT TO BE GOOD PARTNERS FOR YOUR CITY AND WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE BESINGER THIS IS A VERY GOOD WAY TO DO IT. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE TO RECRUIT YOUR FRIENDS, RECRUIT YOUR ENEMIES, RECRUIT EVERY ONE YOU CAN. WE NEED TO GET THE TRACKS COUNTED. THE TRACKS BEING COUNT SD WHAT BRINGS FEDERAL DOLLARS TO LOS ANGELES, SO THE MORE ACCURATE COUNT WE HAVE THE MORE CHANCE WE GET TO GET THOSE HUD DOLLARS INTO OUR CITY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE COUNT IS STILL ON GOING, STUDENTS CAN COME OUT AND COUNT AND EVERY ONE IF YOU HAVE A COUNT HAPPENING IN OR AROUND YOUR DISTRICT, TONIGHT, PLEASE DO RECRUIT. STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS LAST NIGHT WERE DOING SIX OR SEVEN TRACKS EACH. IT WAS A LOT. THERE WAS A REALLY REALLY POOR TURN OUT AND PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP DID NOT SHOW UP LAST NIGHT. THE NEED IS HIGH SO IF YOU CAN DO IT, I REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN RAMAN, CHAIR OF HOUSING COMMITTEE, GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START BUT COULD BE BETTER FOR OUR COUNT FOR HOMELESSNESS. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN RAMAN FOR REMINDING PEOPLE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS. TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 20th, FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M., WE WILL BE DOING SOMETHING WE CALL THE LOVE HUTT. SO IN FEBRUARY I DO LIKE A LOVE THING IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE LOVING ON EACH OTHER BY DOING A BIG FOOD GIVEAWAY. SO WE'LL FRONT OF THE SENTINEL AT 3800 CRENSHAW BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES 90008 WITH FOOD BOXES FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND IT WILL BE A DRIVE-THRU. AND SO YOU CAN DRIVE-THRU AND PICKUP THE FOOD ITEMS THAT YOU NEED. WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH US IN THE COMMUNITY. MOTHERS IN ACTION, IT'S BIGGER THAN US. BUT BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY FEDERATION OF LABOR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE BABY FORMULA OR DIAPERS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET ALL KINDS OF NUTRITIOUS MEALS THAT YOU NEED AT HOME. SO COME ON OUT AND PICK UP A FOOD BOX. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL HUTT. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST FIRST OF ALL WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR HOSTING US THIS MONDAY AT THE MLK PARADE, IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING EVENT AS USUAL. THE ONLY CRITIQUE I HAVE IS THAT YOU LEFT BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO COME BACK AND SO I HAD TO RUN TO THE FLOAT, WHICH IS WHY I WAS A LITTLE BIT LATE AND A LITTLE BIT OUT OF BREATH. I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE AGAIN, THE HOMELESSNESS COUNT I WAS OUT THERE YESTERDAY IN HOLLYWOOD. THANKFULLY, WE BARELY HAD ENOUGH FOLKS. SOME PEOPLE TOOK TWO TRACKS BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MANAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK KATHLEEN ROSLYN WHO LEAD AN INCREDIBLE CEREMONY ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY IN HOLLYWOOD. THIS ISSUE IS MORE THAN JUST COUNTING, THIS IS ABOUT HUMANS, THIS IS PEOPLE'S LOVED ONE, FAMILIES THEIR THEIR FAMILIES, SIBLINGS THEIR MOMS, SO HUMANIZING WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO GO OUT THERE AND VOLUNTEER. WE HAVE TWO MORE DAYS OF THE COUNT, I KNOW WE HAVE LOS FELIZ WHICH BORDERS, THE 13th, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE. AND LASTLY, I WAS A LITTLE BIT LATE TODAY BECAUSE WE WERE OPENING A NEW THE GROUND BREAKING AT A HOSPITAL IN ECHO PARK. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN 37 NEW BEDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH YOUTH. THIS IS A COLLABORATION. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. 37 NEW BEDS WILL BE OPENING SOON. THIS WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND STATE AND THE CITY PLAYED A BIG ROLE. THIS DESERVES A LOT OF LGBT YOUTH IN THE REGION. WE'VE GOT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON MENTAL HEALTH BEDS ESPECIALLY WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO GATEWAY HOPS FOR ALL AT MAZING WORK THAT THEY DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. A FEW THINGS, ONE IS ITEM OF BUSINESS, CAN WE SEND ITEM 10 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR REMINDING US TO GET OUR SUPER VOLUNTEERS OUT. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AND IN TV LAND, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING OUT. LAST NIGHT ONE OF MY KIDS PUT A WORD OUT TO COME DOWN TO DO THE COUNT WHICH WAS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF THEM. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR GIVING COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ REASON TO RUN, IT'S GOOD FOR EXERCISE, I PLAYED SOCCER WITH HIM LAST YEAR, IT'S GOOD FOR HIM. AND FINALLY, I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT ON A REALLY REALLY POSITIVE NOTE, WE DID A GROUND BREAKING LAST WEEK FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE ONE SAN PEDRO PROJECT. ONE SAN PEDRO IS A PRIVATE PARTNER PARTNERSHIP WITH HACLA TO DO OVATION IT'S ABOUT 400 UNITS OF PUBLIC HOUSING. AND ONE SAN PEDRO PROJECT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 1200 UNITS AND IT'S THE SINGLE LARGEST AFFORDABLE PROJECT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND IN ITS HISTORY AND IT'S GOING TO BE GIGANTIC, WHAT WE DID, WE DID THE FIRST GROUND BREAKING FOR THE SPACE THAT IS GOING TO BE THE SWING SPACE. WE LEARNED OUR LESSONS IN RENOVATING, IN RENOVATING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE WE SOMETIMES LOSE THE PEOPLE. WHAT IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS IS THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS STRETCHED OUT AND GOT US SITE, A NEW SITE THAT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE RANCHO SAN PEDRO, SO FOLKS AS WE BRING DOWN ONE UNIT, THEY GET TO MOVE INTO THIS UNIT AND SO ON AND SO ON FOR WHAT IS GOING TO BE A MUCH-YEAR BUILD OUT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF. I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THAT PROJECT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> T. McOsker: IT'S ON HARBOR BOULEVARD. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT GOOD WORK. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: GOT A FEW THINGS. HOMELESS COUNT WAS GREAT, VERY INSPIRED, WE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF FOLKS COME OUT. WE HEAVILY ADVERTISE IT EVERY YEAR. SO THAT PART WAS INSPIRING TO HAVE FOLKS OUT, WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT, SOME PEOPLE DID TWO ROUTES AND SOME ONE. FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, THE APP HAD ALL SORTS OF PROBLEM, WE HAD TO HAND DO STUFF AND THAT WAS ACROSS THE BOARD THAT THE APP DIDN'T WORK. BUT DESPITE THAT, PEOPLE WERE OUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHICH WAS IMPORTANT, YOU CANNOT FIX WHAT YOU CAN'T MEASURE AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE OUT THERE COUNTING. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE AND I'LL SEND A NOTE TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO RESEDA. IN TERMS OF OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE'VE GOT A GREAT NATIVE PLANT FAIR COMING THIS WEEKEND ON SUNDAY FROM 11 TO 4:00. IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE NATIVE PLANTS BUT AFTER THE FIRES IT MAKES THE ALL MORE IMPORTANT. WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT NOT ALL PLANTS ARE THE SAME. THEY'RE NOT ALL FUEL. IT'S OFTEN THE NATIVE ONES THAT DON'T BURN AS FAST. IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET NATIVE PLANTS, NOT ONLY IS THAT BETTER FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND SAVING WATER BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO FIRES. AND WE GIVE THOSE PLANTS AWAY, AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE GREAT EXAMPLES OF THAT COME TO THE TARZANA CULTURE CENTER THIS WEEKEND FROM 11:00 TO 4:00. SAWYER ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE TO DO THAT. I HAD A FEW OTHERS BUT I'LL PUT THEM ON HOLD. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE HOMELESS COUNT. MY TEAM AND I WERE OUT YESTERDAY IN MID-WILSHIRE AND ALSO IN MID-CITY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT COME BECAUSE WE MOVED IT BACK FROM JANUARY TO FEBRUARY. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO FOLKS, THERE IS A HUGE NEED STILL. THE JEWISH FEDERATION IS GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE SYNAGOGUE TOMORROW NIGHT 7:00 O'CLOCK, HOPE YOU COME OUT. WE'RE GOING HAVE A BUNCH OF FOLKS THERE, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO GO OUT AND SPEND TIME TOGETHER AND BE REMINDED THAT IT'S ONE NIGHT FOR US OR TWO OR THREE NIGHTS. BUT FOR THE FOLKS THAT WERE COUNTING ON THE STREET, THIS IS THEIR LIFE AND IT'S A GOOD REMINDER AND NICE, NOT NICE BUT IT GROUNDS US IN THE WORK AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN ACCURATE NUMBER. SO FOR FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HOME TOMORROW NIGHT. IT'S A GOOD WAY TO COME TOGETHER. MOST OF US ARE GOING TO BE OUT. SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS SPACE TO REMIND FOLKS, YOU CAN SIGN UP, IT'S PRETTY EASY, IT'S A NICE WAY TO GET INVOLVED AT A TIME WHEN, I THINK WE'RE ALL FEELING A LITTLE ANSTY FOR. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS AT THIS POINT. AND WE'LL BEGIN OUR ADJOURNING MOTIONS WITH COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, I RISE TODAY TO COMMEMORATE AND HON OR THE LIFE OF SONA LOVING KNOWN AS SONA MAMITA WHO PASSED AT THE AGE OF 98. SHE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 18, 19 28 IN MODERN DAY TURKEY. BELOVED SISTER OF TANIC AND NADIA. HER CALM QUIET DEMEANER MADE HER SOMEBODY THAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY CAN WHOLEHEARTEDLY TRUST. IN THE EARLY 50s, SHE MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, A TALENTED SHOE DESIGNER. MARRIED IN 11953, BUILT A BEAUTIFUL LIFE TOGETHER, RAISING TWO DAUGHTERS. BUT GIVEN THE EVENTS IN TURKEY, AT THAT TIME, GIVEN THE CONTINUED HOSTILITIES AGAINST NATIVE POPULATIONS, NINE OR THE POPULATIONS, THEY WERE FORCED TO FLEE IN 1967 WITH THE INTENT OF SEEK A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEIR DAUGHTERS AND THEY MADE THE DECISION OF MOVING TO THE UNITED STATES AND AFTER HAVING ARRIVED THEY BEGAN TO WORK TIRELESSLY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY. THROUGH SHEERED DETERMINATION, SONA AND BEDROSS USED THEIR DRY-CLEANER TO OPEN THEIR OWN DRY-CLEANERS WHICH THEY OPERATED TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS. AFTER YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK, SONA BECAME A BELOVED FIGURE AROUND THE COMMUNITY. DURING THE 1982 DURING THE L.A. RIOTS, TWO OF HER OWN CLIENTS THAT HAD BECOME FRIENDS AND WORKED LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS STOOD OUTSIDE PROTECTING THAT BUSINESS. THAT MOMENT CAPTURED ON THE EVENING NEWS SHOWED THAT SONA WAS A PILLAR IN HER COMMUNITY NOT JUST FOR THE CRAFTSMANSHIP BUT FOR THE HEARTS SHE TOUCHED. BY THE YEAR 2000, SONA AND HER BELOVED HUSBAND FINALLY RETIRED INTO THEIR 70 AS THEY WELCOMED THE BLESSING OF BECOMING GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HER LOVE MOVES ON THROUGH HER FOUR GREAT CHILDREN AND 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. I WANT TODAY JUST TAKE A MINUTE ALSO AND REFLECT ON THE LIFE OF SONA MAMI. I LOST MY LAST GRANDPARENT IN 2003 AND THROUGH MARRIAGE AND THROUGH MEETING MY FUTURE BRIDE'S FAMILY, SHE INSTANTLY BECAME MY GRANDMOTHER WITH HER WARM AND GENTLE EMBRACE. IT TAKES, WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO BUILD FAMILIES AND TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THIS WORLD. THIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO BUILD MANY FAMILIES AND BROUGHT MANY PEOPLE WITH THE BENEFIT OF HER CALM, QUIET WISDOM EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD COME THROUGH A LOT TO GET TO WHERE SHE WAS. AND COLLEAGUES, WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR WHEN WE LOSE INDIVIDUALS LIKE THIS, WE'RE NOT JUST LOSING OUR LOVED ONES, WE'RE LOSING HISTORY. THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVED THROUGH SO MUCH AND EXPERIENCED SO MUCH. THAT IT MADE THEM BETTER AND MADE US BETTER THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL. SOL I LOVE YOU SONA, MAMI, MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT MR. NAZARIAN, WELL SAID. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES ALSO FOR HELPING ME WITH THE TIME. AND YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. COLLEAGUES, I RISE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING IN HONOR OF AMANDA ABIGAIL TORRES WHO'S LIFE WAS CUT SHORT ON JANUARY 26. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING HER FAMILY WHO DROVE A LONG WAY FROM HEMET CALIFORNIA TO BE WITH US TODAY. IT SHOWS A GLIMPSE FOR HER DEEP LOVE FOR MANDY AND I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT HER PRESENCE IS POWERFUL. MANDY AFFECTION ATELY KNOWN AS A DANDY MANDY, WAS A FORCE OF NATURE, A CHINGONA IN EVERY WAY OF THE WORD, SHE WAS A RAVER, AND FRIEND AN EXAMPLE ON HOW TO BE, AND SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. IN HER OWN WORDS, ME GUSTA LOS RAVES AND JUSTICIA. SHE MOVED THROUGH LIFE WITH PASSION AND PURPOSE. WHETHER SHE WAS LEADING A PROTEST, UP LIFTING HER STUDENTS OR DANCING AT A FESTIVAL SHE DID IT ALL WITH AN UNMATCHED FIRE. MANDY HAD A GIFT, SHE MADE YOU SCENE AND HEARD. CONVERSATIONS WERE NEVER SERVICE LEVEL. SHE CARE IDENTIFY HER STORIES AS IF THEY WERE HER ON. MANDY REISN'TLY STEPPED INTO A NEW ROLE HELPING COLLEGE STUDENTS CARVE HER PAST BUT HER DEDICATION STRETCHED FAR BEYOND. FROM ORGANIZING FOOD AND TO LEADING ASSOCIATE JUSTICE THAT CHALLENGES OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS, MANDY LIVED A LIFE OF SERVICE, SHE WAS THE CHANGE. MANDY WORKED AT MIGUEL CONTRERAS LEARNING COMPLEX WHERE SHE HELD WORKSHOPS ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON SELF LOVE, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT AND INVOLVED WITH LET'S GIVE, A GRASS ROOTS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND TRAVELED TO GUATEMALA TO LEAVE, AND LEAD WORKSHOPS DRIVES AND MORE TO ADVOCATE FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US HERE IN L.A. AND BEYOND. I NEVER MET MANDY MYSELF PERSONALLY BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IS KNOW KNEW MANDY THEY WERE CLOSE FRIENDS WITH MANDY. AND I WANT TODAY UPLIFT MANDY HERE TODAY, BECAUSE I WANTED ALL OF LOS ANGELES TO SEE WHAT AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE TO BE THE EXAMPLE AND STANDING IN YOUR POWER AND DOING THE THINGS THAT BRING YOU JOY AND LOVE AND THE LOVE THAT SHE HAD FOR HER FAMILY WAS INCREDIBLE. THAT'S WHY I ASKED HER FAMILY IF WE COULD HAVE THE HONOR OF UPLIFTING HER. I THINK EVERY ANGELINO NEEDS TO KNOW HOW SHE LIVED HER LIFE. SHE WAS TRANSFORMATION IN THE REAL WORLD HAPPENING AND I SAW THAT ONE OF HER FAVORITE LITTLE CRITTERS ARE BATS. AND BATS ARE SYMBOLISM OF STRAIGHT TRANSFORMATION, ALL OF THESE THINGS, I JUST WANTED LOS ANGELES TO KNOW BECAUSE IN MOMENTS OF INCREDIBLE DIFFICULTY, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE CHAMPIONS AND LEADERS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE AND LOVERS AND PRACTITIONERS HERE FOR US TO TRY TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTPRINTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M SO DEEPLY SORRY FOR HER LOSS. I HOPE THAT SHE IS RESTING IN THE WARM EMBRACE OF OUR ANCESTORS AND LOS ANGELES WILL NEVER FORGET HER, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW MANDY HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND THANK YOU TO THE TORRES FAMILY FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY. WE ARE ADJOURNED, THANK YOU SO MUCH.