important education is and so that's definitely guided me and my siblings. One of my biggest role models was my English teacher, Miss Martin. I had several teachers that were a great influence to me in high school. I absolutely loved my chemistry teacher who was passionate and quirky and made chemistry fun. Celia Cruz is definitely a woman of influence that I looked up to. The author of the House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros, Frida Kahlo I love her artwork and wonder Woman. I love Wonder Woman. I knew that I wanted to educate. I knew that I wanted to be a positive influence and absolutely motivate every single youth that just came through those doors to be the best version of themselves that they could be. I've always been interested in public safety and emergency management. Going back to my days as a girl Scout, and so when the opportunity came up to transfer to a division that gave me the experience, I jumped at it and a generating station. People don't see the work that we do in order to make the lights turn on every day, the cars charge and your cell phones and I get to be a part of that magic in the background that makes it that makes it possible to operate on a day to day basis . My perspective as a woman inspires everything that I do in city Council, from children have a place to play, and seniors have a place to enjoy their retirement. For other women out there that maybe want to make a difference, I would say take a chance. You never know what's out there and what might become of taking that chance. Ask questions. Be curious and you never know what you'll find. We're all powerhouses and it's a month of celebration to just absolutely everything we've achieved. We are thrilled to be celebrating women's History Month and so many women across Los Angeles County who are making history right in our own communities. My fabulous sisters across LA County, give yourselves a round of applause. We are celebrating recognizing some remarkable women who have dedicated most of their careers to helping and advancing the well-being of women in Los Angeles County. Our job as commissioners is to recognize to identify who these women in L.A. County are that are doing great work for our community, that are doing great work for women. The nominations come from the community members themselves. We then go through a selection process. There are so many remarkable women, but of course we can only identify a limited number. It's quite an honor for me. It's hard for scientists to remember sometimes how much our information can matter to the larger public. And so this is a good reminder that spending the time sharing the science is as important as doing it. I think what this means is that generations to come, you know, we've got so many leaders that are up and coming and we're paving the way for young women, young girls like my granddaughter Luna to also excel and make a difference in the communities that we serve. We're also commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Los Angeles Commission for women. The commission has been in existence for 50 years, and the supervisors, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, just declared their commitment to support another 50 years leadership is about making sure that we use our tools to make a difference in the lives of others. Remember that what we do for our community is what matters, right? We have a system that says, oh, go, you know, get that award, get whatever. But what really matters is, is how you help other people, women who brought their own chair to the table, stand up women who showed up without an invitation, stand up women overlooked, silenced and undervalued, stand up. We know right now that there's been a focus on eliminating events like this and eliminating recognition of women in particular. But in Los Angeles County, we will continue to elevate the experience. The leadership and the value of women throughout the county. After the rise of automobiles and air travel in the 1950s and 1960s, passenger rail declined and traffic through Union Station slowed dramatically. But rather than fading into obscurity, the station was preserved as a historical landmark and carefully restored . Its architecture and atmosphere help secure its place as one of the most beautiful train stations in the United States, and just as Union Station brings people together from across the region, my LA 311 brings together key city departments connecting Angelenos with the services and support they need with a simple request through my LA 311, Angelenos can report issues, request services , and stay connected to their neighborhoods, helping keep the city responsive and running smoothly. Good morning. How are you doing? Good, good. How are you? Pretty good. Oh, thank you, thank you. 311 day is a celebration of connecting government with the most important group of people, its residents. You got it. Oh, you're very welcome, Delilah. And thank you for calling. I hope you have a great day today is 311 day and it's celebrates the agents. How far 311 has come and what it means to the city. Hi, this is Alex from the city of Los Angeles. Everyone welcome today at National three one. One day we want to celebrate what they do. Is it one pothole or multiple potholes? Right They strive to have the pothole filled within three business. I consider each and every 311 operator. One of those unspoken heroes. Hello. Good afternoon, my name is Kevin. 311 represents that day where we can get the word out about how 311 can be beneficial to the residents of Los Angeles. 311 is always improving. Over 3 million requests come through. 311. That's a ton of data to show us where we're working and where we need to make improvements. It will help us triage better before it goes out. Yeah, so I think that'll be helpful. The mile 301 app has several new features for residents. First of all, you could just drop a pin everywhere. You don't have to have a perfect address. That's something that many users said they wanted in the new system. So we added it. Secondly, it gives you the ability to follow a ticket. So if you're submitting a ticket and you see someone else already did it, you could just follow it. You don't have to submit the ticket yourself. Third, you get real time updates, so if you submit a pothole, someone in the field sees it. They take a photo. You get a real time update that shows you that pothole filled. In fact, over the last year, we've implemented over 1200 enhancements. Some of which you'll see, some of which you may not necessarily see. The mile 301 system is available in over 224 languages. El Sistema mile 301 Ofrece El aproximadamente doscientos cuatro idiomas. People don't know how lucky they are to have this service. The app should be on everyone's phone. That is a big piece. No. 311 week is really important because it celebrates the city. All the different services that we offer . It's all about making the city a better place to live, work a place that you're proud to live in. We live in a beautiful city and that's why we're here. To keep it beautiful. I love this. Thank you for calling 311. Have a nice day. The Port of Los Angeles recently broke ground on a $152 million project in Wilmington. The Avalon pedestrian bridge and Promenade Gateway project will convert 12 acres into an entry plaza with seating. The project will include pedestrian pathways, community gathering spaces, public restrooms, and two parking lots. The Signature Bridge connects to the promenade, creating a safe crossing point. The port consult the residents and stakeholders for input on this project. For more information, go to Port of Los Angeles. Org. LA sanitation has started its 2026 Food drive . Nonperishable items are accepted through May 8th. Items can include unopened, unexpired canned foods, dry goods, and shelf stable beverages. Donations can be made Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at six city locations. The food goes to community organizations that distribute it to those in need. Learn more at sanitation L.A. city Dot gov. LA County homeless deaths dropped in 2024, marking the first decline in a decade. Homeless deaths declined 10% in 2024, with 2208 total fatalities compared to the previous year. Expanded overdose prevention and treatment led to a 21% reduction in drug related deaths. The report tracks homeless deaths using data from the LA County Medical Examiner and US census. For more information, go to public Health LA County.gov. Today Union Station 14 heavy rail and four light rail tracks serve more than 500 trains each day, linking Los Angeles to destinations across California and beyond. From the early days of steam locomotives to diesel engines, and now cleaner, more sustainable transit systems, the station continues to bridge the gap between tradition and modern mobility. Just a few miles away, the California Science Center also brings the past and the future together. From fascinating historical displays like its ancient mummy exhibits to interactive technology and science experiences, the museum offers something for visitors of all ages. And whether you're a lifelong Angelino or visiting for the first time, a stop at the California Science Center is a must see destination for discovery and inspiration. The science Center provides an opportunity for children and visitors of all ages to participate in science, and not just read about it. So this is where you can do science. This is where you can do engineering. This is where you can explore phenomena. My name is Gretchen Bozzella. I'm the deputy director here at the California Science Center, and I'm so excited to invite you down to the science center. We have so many different zones where visitors can experience different environments, different ecosystems, and they can learn how those ecosystems are interconnected. We have desert zone. We have the polar zone. We have the kelp zone. We have the intertidal zone. We have 188,000 gallon saltwater tank where we have fish and kelp forests. Just as it is off the coast of California here and so it allows visitors to have that perspective of being in the water, with the fish being in the water with the kelp. In addition, they can go up to the top of the tank. They can look down from the top of the tank and see what it's like. From that perspective. And finally, they can also go to a touch tank where they can actually get up close and personal with some of these animals and be able to touch and learn more about them. So we hope that visitors take away the interconnectedness of all ecosystems and how changing one part of an ecosystem can affect another part of an ecosystem. We also hope that they take away the beauty and the inspiration behind these ecosystems, what it's like to experience them, what it's like to visit them, and what it's like to want to protect them and want to learn more about them. A lot of people think of mummies primarily as Egyptian, but this is mummies of the world. In mummies of the world, we have on display intentionally mummified and naturally mummified animals and people from South America, from Europe, and from ancient Egypt, including we have a selection of mummies that have never before been seen in Los Angeles, and we have CT scans of the full body mummies that let you look beneath the surface. Mummies of the world is being shown in a science center, not in a cultural history center. So we tend to look at this through the lens of science and through the lens of science. We're able to study more about the history of human health. We're able to study the process of mummification and learn that mummification preserves biological and cultural evidence that let us know much more about our human history. So we balance fun and learning by using hands on, inquiry based science. So that is really the inspiration behind the whole science center. And here at the game on exhibit, our visitors are actually able to participate in sports and experience the sport. So the visitors are encouraged to play to kick, to throw, to bat. And this is really an opportunity to not just be reading about science or reading about physics, but to be doing science and doing physics. So we'll be here through the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics. So I think it's an incredible opportunity. As we prepare for the Olympics to visit Los Angeles for children and visitors of all ages to come down and get an experience of science behind sport. So the general admission to the science center is always free. So we're very proud of that and we invite all of our Angelenos and all of our visitors across California and the U.S. to come down, not just to game on, but to the science center. We have hands on exhibits throughout where you can participate in your own learning, have active investigations, opportunities to see live animals, opportunities to see space. And I just want to encourage all Angelenos to come down and check us out and spend some time here . This is a special occasion. It takes place every year. The Commission on the Status of Women with the city Council members, along with the mayor's office, honors and recognizes the achievements of women of Los Angeles. Would the Council like to move into presentations? Yes Exciting morning of presentations. I am Tracy Gray. I'm the president of the Commission for the Status of Women. Thank you for welcoming us today. This year we celebrate a momentous, monumental milestone the 50th anniversary of the CSU. Vanessa. We celebrate you and on behalf of the City of Los Angeles and Council District 14, thank you for leading with your heart. Thank you for showing us what it's like to uplift your community every step of the way . Learning that I got this award, it was very emotional for me. Um after five years of working in the community and supporting street vendors, it was very beautiful to see that our work and the community work that I've been doing has been acknowledged and recognized. Um it makes me very proud. And it also, um, makes me want to keep going too, and keep fighting more for my community and just being an example to brown little girls in the community from El Sereno, that anything is possible with hard work and determination. We know that women hold up half the sky and in our neighborhoods, they're holding it down at home and the workplace on the streets, keeping our neighbors safe. And this is a moment where we get to reshape history and make sure it includes the powerful women and mujeres who are part of our communities to make sure that they are seen and heard. How to introduce everyone to Council District 12. Women of impact to Trifunovic. I'm just really blessed and I feel honored. I'm. I feel humbled that someone saw all the hard work that I've done in the community. I'm from an immigrant family. I'm really appreciative for all the leaders in the past that have paved the way, and I just wanted to give back to the community and I feel like that was just my way of giving back, that I didn't think that I, that people saw my hard work. And to be recognized is just I feel very grateful. Especially for women of color, for black women, for Latino women, for indigenous women. It's really important for us not to be erased as we're seeing so many of our histories and struggles be erased. So we really need to lean into our power and not work from a place of fear, but from a place of power. She is someone who believes in the mission of the Boys and Girls Club and just channels that passion to grow, that mission and to grow that organization and frankly, you know, as as the council member in the area and seeing you from beginning until now, it has been inspiring. I think the biggest meaning to be part of this is the responsibility that comes with it. It's what happens after today. It's not what's happened in the past, but it's what gets to happen in the future. Um I stand on the shoulders of women who came before and hopefully I'll be able to continue to build bridges where other women can continue to stand on and work through and have an impact . Union station has been transformed into the heart of southern California's transit network. National rail service through Amtrak operates alongside commuter trains from Metrolink and multiple lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail. Millions of passengers pass through the station each year, making it the busiest rail hub in the western United States, and just down the way from the historic archways of Union Station is the El Pueblo Historical Monument, which is home to Olvera Street's Mercado Night, a time and place for Angelenos to gather for shopping games and community fun, all brought together by the steadfast spirit of the merchants who anchor this historic plaza. Well, first of all, I want to welcome everyone to El Pueblo de Los Angeles. Tonight is our first night. We are doing Mercado Night. We want to do this once a month on Friday evenings. We want to build on it. So we hope people Los Santos come out and support the merchants here and support El Pueblo. We're having the shops stay open a little bit later. We also have some music on the street, so we would love for you to come and join us on our Mercado Nights. All of our merchants here have different merchandise from all over Mexico and Latin America, and we offer it to all of our public. The shopping is so fun. It's so great. I got such great treasures tonight, but also the food is fantastic. You're not going to get food like this anywhere else. Tonight we're going to feature Loteria, the game Loteria. That's a very common amongst Mexican households. Loteria brought me tonight. Other is the Loteria game. The way it was called, it was fantastic. I loved how they showed us the cards and said the words in Spanish and in English. It was so fun. They can enjoy with family and friends a little game and be able to take home some prizes. This was such a great opportunity to socialize with the people and the culture. It was top notch. I highly recommend coming out at least one time. We want to build on this event. Do this once a month on Friday evenings from 5:00 to 8:00. Come and enjoy the atmosphere. This is a family friendly place. We enjoy and love being able to share our stories with the public, our traditional events, with the public, our blessing of the animals is coming up soon. So all of those things we love to be able to enjoy and have the public participate with us. We want you to be part of this family. Join LA Cities Department on disability at the Abilities Expo from Friday, March 27th to Sunday, March 29th. This year's expo takes place at the Long Beach Convention Center, where everyone is invited to up your game with cutting edge disability products, tech and resources. Conquer the accessible climbing wall. Dive into adaptive sports dance with the Rollettes, attend info packed workshops and more. It's an epic day out and free, so register today! Make your world more accessible at the Abilities Expo Los Angeles. Taking place from Friday, March 27th through Sunday, March 29th. Find the full schedule and more information online at abilities dot com. Slash Los Angeles. If you'd love to support Los Angeles Street vendors, then this next event is a must. Vendor fest. Night market gathers more than 40 street vendors at Gloria molina Grand Park for an evening celebrating the people that bring the street to life and make our city unique . There will be food and artisan vendors, along with one of a kind artistic tributes to La street vendor culture. Learn more at Grand Park. Org Bring the whole family together for a day of fun and unforgettable memories at the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. Spring Carnival. Enjoy exciting rides, snacks and treats and soak in the festive vibes. Come early for a classic carnival day where rides and snacks will be available to purchase. Head to Lincoln Park Recreation Center on Valley Boulevard for Spring Carnival from Friday, March 27th through Sunday, March 29th, with various hours each day. Learn more at Lincoln Park Rec on Instagram. And that's a look at some things to do for over 80 years, Union Station in Los Angeles has been the stage for countless reunions, departures and discoveries, and today it serves as a central hub for regional and national rail travel, connecting passengers through Los Angeles Metro Rail, Amtrak and Metrolink. And like the city, it serves, Los Angeles Union station continues to evolve, embracing new sustainable transit solutions while welcoming vibrant public art that reflects the spirit, diversity and culture of the region. Thank you for joining us and you can watch these stories and much more on channel 35 or at La Viga, forward slash TV and don't forget to follow us at LA city on Instagram, Facebook X and YouTube. Until next time, get out there and explore all that Los Angeles has to offer . You're arriving at Los Angeles International Airport in beautiful southern California, one of the first things you will see as you are landing is the ever iconic LAX theme building. The LAX theme building is a modern icon and recognized worldwide as the Space age landmark of one of the world's youngest and most influential cities. Designed by architectural firm Piera and Luckman, the building was completed in 1961 and features an observation deck and the Bob Hope USO. The spider like appearance of the building is a playful and futuristic design illusion, created by topping four steel reinforced concrete legs with stucco. The building received cultural historic status from the city of Los Angeles for its distinguishing characteristics, which are valuable to the study of that period's style and method of construction. It is also an example of mid-century modern Googie architecture. The LAX theme building serves as the symbolic gateway to Los Angeles and the futuristic design is intended to convey new prosperity and the embrace of technological innovation. It has been and continues to be, a constant reminder of Los Angeles's drive to be the City of tomorrow >> TESTING TESTING. >> Council President: GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 27th DAY OF MARCH. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 1 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 25, 2026. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK MOVES COUNCILMEMBER JURADO SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: PRICE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER RA MOON SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH TODAY? >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: ITEM 1 NOTICE PUBLIC. 2 THROUGH 123 PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. 14 THROUGH 19 ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN HELD. ITEM 20 IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM AND ITEM 21 ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM 21 ON THE DESK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SPECIALS MEMBERS? MR. BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: FOR ITEM 14, IF WE CAN MOVE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: SECOND. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I RISE TO CALL ITEM 34 SPECIAL FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE SPECIAL MEETING. >> Council President: OKAY, MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ITEM 15 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO--FOR MY COLLEAGUE I'D LIKE TO CALL ITEM 25 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS FOR MS. HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT 25. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ON MY RIGHT SIDE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, MADAM CLERK, ANY OTHER--WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THANK YOU THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 2 THROUGH 13. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS? >> Council President: YES, EXCITING PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING. TO KICK US OFF THE NUMBER AND ONLY, MR. NAZARIAN OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. >> A. Nazarian: YOU WONDER WHAT THAT MEANS. >> >> A. Nazarian: GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS. TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR OF LEADING A PRESENTATION TO CELEBRATE A TRUE HERO OF LOS ANGELES. THE CEO AND CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND WATER JANISSE QUI NONES. SHE CAME TO THE DWP WITH MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE. WHEN JANISSE STEP INTO HER ROLE, THEY DIDN'T JUST TAKE A TITLE SHE BROKE BARRIERS AS THE FIRST LATINA TO LEAD THE FIRST MUNICIPAL POWER AND WATER COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY. WORKING ALONGSIDE JANISSE HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF GREAT PRIDE TO ME. TO HER A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE CITY, WE CALL HOME WAS MORE THAN A GOAL. IT WAS A MANDATE. UNDER HER GUIDANCE, WE ACHIEVED HISTORIC PROGRESS OF GOAL OF 100 PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY. WE OPENED THE ELON STORAGE CENTER, ONE OF THE LARGEST SOLAR POWER STORAGE FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND WE HAVE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED THE DIRTIEST FORM OF POWER GENERATION FROM OUR SYSTEM. COLLEAGUES, JUST A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS AGO, L.A. WAS GETTING 50 PERCENT OF ITS ELECTRICITY BY BURNING COAL. JUST 20 YEARS AGO. 50 PERCENT WAS COAL BASED. WITH HER LEADERSHIP, WE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED COAL FROM OUR PORTFOLIO. TODAY 60 PERCENT OF OUR ENERGY COMES FROM CLEAN, CARBON FREE SOURCES AND 0 PERCENT COMES FROM COAL. HER RESILIENCE WAS EQUALLY TRANSFORM I HAVE, SECURING 700 MILLION FOR PROJECTS ENSURING THE RESILIENCE OF OUR CITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. BEYOND THE TECHNICAL MILESTONE, JANISSE ALSO REVOLUTIONIZED HOW THEY WORK. SHE PRIORITIZED OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND SAFETY, LAUNCHING THE INTELLECTS PLATFORM A DEPARTMENT-WIDE SAFETY PLATFORM THAT HELPS DWP WORKERS AND ASSETS AND ESTABLISHING THE EXECUTIVE SAFETY STEERING COMMITTEE. THROUGH WIND AND FIRE, TORRENTIAL RAINS AND EXTREME HEAT, HER STEADY HAND AND DRIVE FOR INNOVATION HAVE LEFT THE DEPARTMENT STRONGER AND MORE EFFICIENT THAN EVER BEFORE. BUT PERHAPS, HER GREATEST IMPACT IS ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PEOPLE. THE WORKERS, JANISSE CHAMPIONED A WORK FOCUSED NOT THE THREE PILLARS. CUSTOMERS, COMMUNITIES AND CO-WORKERS. SHE ACCELERATED CIVIL SERVICE HIRING, OPENED DOORS FOR WOMEN IN UTILITIES CAREERS AND EXPANDED HEAT RELIEF PROGRAMS FOR OUR MOST VUL NER RESIDENTS. WHEN J.D. POWER LOOKED AT ALL THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN THE COUNTRY AND RATED THEM FOR SUSTAINABILITY, NO UTILITY RANKED HIGHER THAN THE ONE LEAD BY JANISSE QUI NONES. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JANISSE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO HER YEARS OF SERVICE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. I AM HUMBLED AND HONOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE L.A. FOR 22 AND A HALF MONTHS. WHO IS COUNTING? BUT IT'S BEEN A REAL LABOR OF LOVE. I'VE BUILT A LOT OF FRIENDSHIPS, IT'S BEEN VERY WORTHY CHALLENGE, LEARNED A LOT, GREW A LOT. I LEAVE IN A VERY BITTERSWEET MOMENT, I LOVE WHAT I DO HERE, BUT I'M HEADING HOME TO SUPPORT MY COUNTRY OF PUERTO RICO AND BE NEAR FAMILY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED AND WENT TO COLLEGE IN PUERTO RICO SO IT'S MY TIME TO GO FULL CIRCLE MOMENT AND GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT MADE ME. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SO GLAD THAT THE THREE SEATS MADE IT INTO THIS SPEECH, BECAUSE THIS IS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING REALLY HARD FOR OUR ORGANIZATION TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE HERE TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS, THE WAY THEY WANT TO BE SERVED. OUR COMMUNITIES AND LEAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON EVERYTHING WE DO AND OUR CO-WORKERS BY UNLOCKING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. DWP HAS THE GIFT OF AMAZING PEOPLE. THAT CARE ABOUT THE PUBLIC, THAT THEY SERVE. WE ARE FROM L.A. FOR L.A. SO THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. AND I WISH YOU GUYS ALL THE BEST. THANKS. [APPLAUSE] >> A. Nazarian: JANISSE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR VISION AND YOUR HEART. AND ANYONE WORKING WITH YOU, LOOKING AT YOU, IS GOING TO FIND THAT A LITTLE BIT ODD FOR YOU TO SAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE A TOUGH COOKIE. BUT I'VE GOT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THE GENTLENESS OF THE HAND AND MENTORSHIP AND DESIRE TO GROW FUTURE LEADERS. YOU LEAVE BEHIND A CLEANER, SAVER AND MORE EQUITABLE LOS ANGELES, ME AND ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES, WISH YOU VERY BEST IN THE NEXT CHAPTER IN LIFE, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. YOU'LL BE GREATLY MISS ASKED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH--. >> Council President: HOLD ON, YOU CAN'T LEAVE JUST YET. WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: WELL JANISSE, I'M REALLY SAD THIS WAS NOT HAPPY NEWS WHEN WHICH HEARD ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, I SAID THAT CONSTITUENTS AND CONSUMER OF THE UTILITY OF THIS DEPARTMENT HAD ALWAYS HAD A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH DWP, IT IS A PUBLIC UTILITY SO WE'RE SUPPOSE TO COMPARE TO OTHER UTILITIES COMPANIES. THERE IS A LOT MORE SUPPOSE TO BE TRANSPARENCY, A LOT MORE OWNERSHIP, BY THE PUBLIC. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF PROS AND CONS THAT GO IN THAT AGENCY BECAUSE OF ITS, LAB RANT, COMPLICATED BUREAUCRATIC DYNAMIC. BUT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU WERE VERY HONEST. VERY TRUTHFUL ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO FIX, WHAT WE NEEDED TO ENHANCE, WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK, AND YOU DEFINITELY CREATED A CULTURE WHERE THE COUNCIL STARTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS BUREAUCRACY, THIS PUBLIC UILITY, THIS LABRENTH THAT IT COULD TAKE OUR ENTIRE CAREER JUST TO FINALLY UNDERSTAND IT. FOR THAT, A PLOWED YOU AND --APPLAUD YOU AND I THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, BUT AT MINIMUM I'M GLAD YOU SET THAT BAR OF WHAT NOW THIS GENERATION OF A COUNCIL IS GOING TO EXPECT AND QUESTION AND TRY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OF YOUR FULL HONESTY. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WHOEVER, I'M SURE THAT THERE IS SO MUCH BIDDING, SO MUCH GOING ON, SO MANY RUMOURS ABOUT WHO WANTS TO REPLACE YOU. BUZZ I KNOW FOR ME, SOMEBODY WHO REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU, I HOPE THAT IT IS KNOWN THAT SHE SET THE BAR HIGH. AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT. SO THANK YOU. BEST OF LUCK IN WHATEVER YOU GO INTO NEXT. IS APPRECIATE YOUR INTELLIGENCE AND WHAT YOU REPRESENT FOR WOMEN, AND FOR LATINAS. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. SO, WHOEVER IS NEXT, GET READY BECAUSE SHE CHANGED IT. SHE CHANGED THE CULTURE. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS TO ASK AND YOU KNOW, THEE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW WITH THE CHARTER COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT AND NOT LOOKING AT. AND I ALLUDED TO IT LAST WEEK, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE BEEN THE BEST MODEL WITH HOW WE ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS. AT ONE OF THOSE EVIDENCES IS THAT THEY SAID NOTHING ABOUT DWP, EVEN KNOW THAT YOU ELEVATED UH DIFFICULT OUR CHARTER MAKES IT TO DO THINGS WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT. SO AGAIN, AND THAT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SO HONEST, SO TRUTHFUL ABOUT WHERE THE OBSTACLES LIE AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. BEST OF LUCK, WHERE EVER YOU GO. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. JANISSE, YOU AND IS ENDED UP WORKING VERY VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER OVER THE LAST, IT FEELS LIKE YEAR AND A HALF NOW IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WORSE DISASTER IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY WHICH WASN'T SOMETHING YOU SIGNED UP FOR, EITHER ONE OF US, REALLY FOR THAT MATTER. BUT THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND YOUR EFFORTS, WE ARE RECOVERING IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES AND WE ARE DOING IT AT HISTORIC PACE. FROM THE OUTSET, YOU ALL LAUNCHED THE UROCK, THAT UNIFIED UTILITIES RESTORATION OPERATIONS CENTER AND COLLEAGUES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WHAT THEY DID IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES IN THOSE INITIAL WEEKS IS NOTHING SHORT OF EXTRAORDINARY. AND I SAID THIS TO YOU, I THINK A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW, BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, IN THOSE FIRST FEW DAYS IN THE AFTERMATH WHEN WE WERE FIRST GETTING OUR FIRST LOOKS AT WHAT WAS LEFT, AND WHAT WAS THERE AND WHAT LIED AHEAD, YOUR PRESENCE ON THE GROUND, THE HUNDREDS OF YOU THAT WERE GOING DOOR TO DOOR, TURNING OFF LINES OR WHATEVER IT WAS, THAT YOU WERE DOING, WAS THE FIRST SIGN OF HUMAN PROGRESS FORWARD AND IT WAS THE FIRST MOMENT IN THE AFTERMATH THAT IS FELT REASSURANCE. THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE THIS PROCESS MOVE FORWARD IN THESE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TRULY HAS BEEN HELPFUL FROM SUSPENDING AND WAVINGS, BILLINGS TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM SOLVING THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO THE HOME L.A. PILOT PROGRAM. AND NOW, ON TO THE UNDERGROUNDING OF THE POWER WHICH I HOPE WILL SERVE AS A MODEL FOR FIRE RISK MITIGATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. SO JANISSE, I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BRING THAT LEVEL OF CARE AND ATTENTION TO YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE BENEATH THESE BIG SKIES, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND MY CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. I WROTE A SPEECH, I'M GOING TO READ IT. AS A FORMER CHAIR OF THE ENERGY SXEN VIERMENT COMMITTEE, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE A STRONG LEADER AT THE HOME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER. AND YOUER STUNINGLY COMPETENT. YOUR ACUMEN IS UNPARALLELED AND YOU DOVE INTO THE WATER SYSTEM TOO. BUT YOU ALSO SHOWED US THAT IT'S CRITICAL TO FOCUS ON SECURITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENTLY SEE, YOU ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND I THINK THE CHANGED CHANGES THAT YOU MADE WE'RE GOING TO BE FEELING A LONG TIME. JAOE NIECE IS A MOTHER, MILITARY LEADER AND AN INSPIRATION IN A MALE-DOMINANT INDUSTRY. SHE LEAD WITH PRESSURE, JUST LIKE SHE'S DONE IN OTHER PHASES OF HER CAREER. WHILE I'M VERY VERY SAD TO SEE YOU GO, I KNOW THAT YOUR SERVICE TO FOR THE PEOPLE OF >> Reporter: IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SUSTAINABLE POURING THE LIVES OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WORTHY OF LEAVING US, ALTHOUGH, I WISH YOU WEREN'T. I KNOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN HOME IS A CALLING AND WE COULDN'T PART FOR YOU LESS THAN THAT. AFTER ALL NOW THAT PUERTO RICO, THEIR ENERGY SYSTEM HAS BEEN FEATURED IN THE HALFTIME SUPER BOWL SHOW, THEY NEED SOMEBODY LIKE THAT TO LEAD YOU. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. [APPLAUSE] AND THANK YOU, MR. NAZARIAN, FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE DID THIS CELEBRATION IN RECOGNITION CORRECT. THIS COUNCIL HAS SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND YOU HEARD, YOU'VE CHANGED THE GAME. HOW WE RELATE TO DWP HAS CHANGED AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE PERMANENT. I WILL COMPLIMENT YOU AS A LEADER OF A BIG PUBLIC SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT EVER DEFEND DYSFUNCTION, YOU LAY IT OUT, THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. THIS IS HOW I THINK WE CAN FIX IT, LET'S TRY IT TOGETHER AND WE LACK ARM AND TRY IT. THAT'S A BIG DEAL IN A BIG CITY LIKE LOS ANGELES. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU KNOW, TO PUT IT NAT COMMON PARLANCE, THEY CAME FOR YOU. POLITICALLY, IN THE MEDIA AND PHYSICALLY, AND YOU STOOD TEN TOES DOWN, NOT BACKING UP ONE INCH THE ENTIRE TIME AND THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF LOS ANGELES. THAT'S THE SPIR SIT OF LATINAS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. YOU REPRESENTED AND YOU REPRESENTED WELL AND YOU GOT THE JOB DONE. AND YOU SAID BRING IT. AND I WAS ONE PROUD TO STAND WITH YOU BUT ALSO PROUD TO WATCH HOW ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, THAT I'M WILLING TO TAKE IT, AND RETURN SOME FIRE IF WE HAVE TO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE'RE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO NEXT. I HAVE TO SAY IF ANYTHING ALMOST ANYTHING OTHER THAN GOING TO PUERTO RICO, WHOEVER THOSE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT ON THEIR HANDS FROM US IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. BUT AS SOON AS I SAW HALFTIME DAD BUNNY HAD THE PEOPLE UP ON ELECTRICAL POLES, I THOUGHT SHE'S GONE. WE HAVE NO CHANCE. WE CANNOT STAND UP TO THE POPULAR CALL OF THE PEOPLE TO COME HOME AND TO GIVE THEM THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY DESERVE. ON BEHALF OF THE 4 MILLION PEOPLE OF THIS CITY, COUNCIL S OFFICIALS, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID FOR THIS CITY IN A SHORT 22 MONTHS, WE CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE IF WE HAD GIVEN YOU 20 YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JANISSE QUINONES. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: 22 MONTHS, THAT POBABLY FELT 22 YEARS. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, AND ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND COLLEAGUES, HERE'S A RESOLUTION SIGNED BY EVERYONE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE, FOR JANISSE AS SHE'S GOING TO GO TAKE PHOTOS. AND THEN WE WILL GO TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WHICH WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT OF THE 10th COUNCIL DISTRICT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES. TODAY, WE ACKNOWLEDGE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. A MONTH THAT FORCES US TO COME TOGETHER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HARD TRUTH THAT EVERY CHILD IS NOT SAFE IN OUR CITY. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS PARENTS AND LEADERS AND HUMAN BEING TO PROTECT THOSE WHO CANNOT PROTECT THEMSELVES AND TO SAFEGUARD OUR CHILDREN AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR LIVES. MANY OF US ARE PARENTS, WE HAVE NIECES, NEPHEW S AND NIECE SXZ GRANDCHILDREN WHOM WE LOVE DEEPLY AND WE CANNOT IMAGINE THAT THEY MAY BE HARMED. HOWEVER TODAY WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS ISSUE EXIST AND DEMAND ACTION. AS WE RECOGNIZE THIS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE, LET US GROUND OURSELVES IN SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL, EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO GROW UP SAFE AND SURROUNDED BY CARE. AND THAT'S THE MISSION OF THE INDIVIDUALS STANDING WITH US TODAY. WE'RE JOINED BY DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS AT ALL FOR KIDS WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY, TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING AND JOY OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ALL FOR KIDS ARE CREATING A WORLD WHERE EVERY CHILD IS SAFE, AND NURTURING A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANGELINOS. THROUGH THEIR WORK IN PREVENTION, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, THEY'RE CHANGING LIFES EVERY DAY. BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, THAT CHILD ABUSE IS PREVENTABLE WHEN FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES, WHEN PARENTS FEEL SUPPORTED AND WHEN NEIGHBORS LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. WE CAN CREATE ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN ARE SAFE AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO THRIVE. THIS IS OUR CALL TO ACTION, TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF ABUSE AND TO SPEAK UP WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG AND TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEMS THAT PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. WHETHER YOU'RE A TEACHER OR A COACH OR CAREGIVER OR A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR, YOUR ACTIONS MAT PER. PREVENTION CAN BE MENTORING A YOUNG PERSON. SOMETIMES IT MEANS HELPING A FAMILY IN NEED OR SIMPLY PAYING ATTENTION AND HAVING THE COURAGE TO ACT. WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS FIGHT. SO TODAY, WE HONOR THE RESILIENCE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO FACE THIS HARDSHIP AND WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT PROTECT AND EMPOWER THEM. MEMBERS, ON YOUR DESK, YOU HAVE A LITTLE PIN A PIN WHEEL. PIN PIN WHEEL PLEASE PUT IT ON SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT KIDS IN THE ORGANIZATIONS OF THIS FIGHT, INVEST IN PREVENTION AND PREVENT A CITY WHERE EVERYBODY FEELS VALUED AND LOVED. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ ON THE QUEUE. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, HUT FOR BRINGING IN THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS HERE TODAY THAT HAS BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR DECADES IN OUR CITY. PARTICULARLY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SUPPORTING US AND SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP ALWAYS. WE HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, NOT JUST RESPONDING TO THIS ISSUE BUT AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, PREVENTION, PREVENTION IS KEY THAT IS THROUGH EDUCATION, THROUGH INTERVENTION, SO JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THIS CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. YOU'VE GOT A SPEAKER? ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND GOOD MORNING, I'M DR. RON BROWN AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF CEO OF ALL FOR KIDS WHO YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN AS XHIRN'S BUREAU. COUNSELEDED IN 1904 IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, WE'RE THE NATIONAL KNOWN LEADER SERVING MORE THAN 70,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OUT OF 14 SITES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES. I'M ALSO THE FOUNDING AND AND COMMITTEE CHAIR AT THE ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES, REPRESENTING 88 AGENCY THAT'S FOCUS ON SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. JOINING WITH ME TODAY ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY DOZEN CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL WHO'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD VIOLENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY STEP UP SAY YOUR NAME AND WHO YOU REPRESENT REAL QUICK. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, LACE WITH ACTION FOR KIDS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNSEL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, SELLIA CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNSEL CHAIR FOR SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SPA 3. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, TEENIAN BRAUN WITH THE WEST SIDE VIOLENCE ALLIANCE WITH SPA 5 WHICH IS WEST L.A. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CODY HANNIBAL WITH ADVOCACY AT ALLIES FOR DEAF CHILDREN AND ALL OF L.A. COUNTY BECAUSE DEAFNESS IS NOT DESIGNATED BY SPA. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARIA I'M FROM THE SERVICE PLANNING AREA 7 FROM BELL GARDENS HUNTINGTON PARK ALL THE WAY TO WHIT WE'RE, >> Speaker: GOOD MAOERNG, JACKIE, REPRESENTING ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER CHILDREN COUNSEL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING HOLLY, BOARD MEMBER FOR SPA 2, CHAIRED BY EL NIDO FAMILY CENTERS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, PAT COUCH WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FAMILY DIVISION. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, SARAH LA CRA I'M WITH ALL FOR KIDS AND I HELP SUPPORT ALL 12 OF THE CHILD ABUSE COUNSEL. >> Speaker: SO COLLECT I HAVELY, WE RECOGNIZE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH AS CHILD PREVENTION MONTH. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE TODAY. IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR COUNTRY, A CHILD ABUSE REPORT IS MADE EVERY TEN SECONDS. EVERY DAY, FIVE CHILDREN DIE FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT. IN MOST RESENT STATISTICS, WHICH ARE 2023, THERE WERE 48,000 SUBSTANTIATED CASES IN CALIFORNIA ALONE RESULTING IN 150 DEATHS. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE OUTCOMES ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND MORE THAN THAT, WE KNOW MANY OF THEM ARE PREVENTABLE, BY SUPPORTING FAMILIES BEFORE CHALLENGES ESCALATE, WE CAN BUILD STRONG FOUNDATION THAT LEAD TO HEALTHIER FUTURES FOR CHILDREN. AS OUR RESOLUTION STATES, EVERY CHILD DESERVE TO SEE GROW IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH POSITIVE EXPERIENCES PROMOTING FISCAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, LIFELONG LEARN ANDING ROBUST EMOTIONAL SKILLS AND THAT MEANS SUPPORTING THE PARENTSAND FAMILIES OF THOSE CHILDREN WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PARENT EDUCATION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT TO RESOURCES AVAILABLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OR OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN WAY THAT'S HONOR EACH FAMILIES, RACE, LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND HISTORY. BUT PARENTS DON'T RAISE THEIR CHILDREN IN A VACUUM. THEY DO IT AS PART OF A COMMUNITY, SO COMMUNITY WELL BEING IS VERY VERY VITAL. IT MEANS ENSURING THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE TO WORK THROUGH OR WITHSTAND THE SYSTEM BARRING DOWN ON THEM, TRUST, AND SAFETY AND THEIR ABILITY TO AFFECT THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THEM. IT'S IN THIS VEIN, PROVIDING A CRITICAL CATALYST FOR EDUCATION AND COLLECTIVE ACTION. AS A COUNCILMEMBER HUTT MENTIONED, YOU HAVE NOW A PIN WHEEL IN FRONT OF YOU. SO YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO USING THE BLUE RIBBONS OF THE PAST SIGNIFYING THE BRUISES. WE FIND THE PIN WHEEL MORE SYMBOLIZING A JOYFUL AND CAREFREE CHILDFUL AND HOPE AND PROMISE TO BETTER FUTURE TO WHICH WE'RE ALL COMMITTED. SO ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS OF ALL FOR KIDS AND CHILD ABUSE COUNSEL, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND TIME TODAY. IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECITED AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WE ALL OF US HERE SERVE. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT TO EVERYONE STANDING THERE, HOW IMPORTANT YOUR PRESENCE IS TODAY. FOR MANY OF US IN THIS CITY AND BEYOND, EVERY DAY WHEN YOU RETURN ON THE NEWS, IT FEELS LIKE WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE CHILDREN HAVE NO PROTECTION. AND THAT CHILD ABUSE IS NORMALIZED, IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE DO, IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO DO. SO TO, HAVE YOU STAND BEFORE US, AND TO BE ABLE TO LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND SEE YOU IN THE FRESH AND KNOW THAT THERE ARE FOLKS PROTECTING CHILDREN, MEANS THE WORLD. SO I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR BRINGING THESE PEOPLE TO THESE CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. [APPLAUSE] . >> >> H. Hutt: A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO PRESENT REGARDING CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, IT'S FOR APRIL 2026, AS WELL AS ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS BY COUNCIL DISTRIC 9, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: HI MR. PRESIDENT, MR. PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE ANOTHER ANGEL. ANOTHER ANGEL WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING TODAY. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE SOMEBODY WHO HAS MADE AN LASTING IMPACT ON OUR CITY. NOW THROUGH AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER. TODAY WE'RE HONORING, TED CHAN. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR TED. FOR OVER 30 YEARS, TED HAS BEEN A TRUSTED VOICE IN LOS ANGELES HELPING TO GUIDE THE CITY THROUGH MANY PIVOTAL MOMENTS. BUT WHAT MAKES HISTORY THE MORE REMARKABLE IS THAT HIS WORK IS FAR FROM OVER. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK BACK AT HIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. >> Speaker: WE WANT TO TAKE A BITTERSWEET BUT MEANINGFUL MOMENT TO SAY, HERE AT CHANNEL 4, TO TED CHAN AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS, TED IS SIGNING OFF FROM OUR AIR. >> FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THE BEIJING OLYMPICS, HE'S HAD SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE STORIES HAD AND IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT WE CAN ALL SAY ABOUT TED, HIS LEGACY WILL BE ONE OF KINDNESS. OUR JONATHAN GONZALEZ TAKES A LOOK AT HIS CAREER. >> THIS IS WHERE THE INCIDENT WENT DOWN. >> Reporter: WHAT MADE HIM A GREAT JOURNALIST, IT MAKES TED CHAN A GREAT REPORTER AND ANCHOR IS HIS ABILITY TO LISTEN. >> HE BROUGHT SO MUCH TO NOT JUST THIS NEWS ROOM AND NBC BUT THE COMMUNITY HE SERVED. >> Reporter: FOR 30 YEARS. TED HAS DELIVERED THE NEWS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> FIRST OF ALL, YOU LOOK GREAT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> TED XHAN IS THE ULTIMATE NEWS MAN. UP UNTIL RECENTLY HE WAS STILL READING THE PRINTED NEWSPAPER. >> GOOD MORNING, BEVERLY. >> I REMEMBER HIM GOING LIVE FROM BEIJING FROM THE OLYMPICS AND WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WAS, IT WAS SO COOL. >> YOU WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY TO SEEK OUT COMMUNITIES THAT DIDN'T THINK THEIR STORY WOULD BE HELD. >> Reporter: TED HAS LONG CHAMPIONED THE COMMUNITIES HE'S COVERED BEING PROUD VOICE OF ASIAN COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: IT WAS A LITTLE TRICKIER. >> WHEN I FIRST ROAD THAT NEW YEARS DRAGON CAREER, I THOUGHT ARE YOU MOONLIGHTING AS A MOVIE STAR. PEOPLE WERE STOPPING OUR CAR, OUR LITTLE FLOAT, STOP THE CAR, I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH TED CHEN. >> HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED NOT JUST BY HIS COLLEAGUES WHO SAW HIM AS A FRIEND BUT ALSO THE VIEWER WHO FOR MANY YEARS HAS DEPENDED ON HIM TO TELL THEIR STORY. >> THANK YOU, TED CHEN. >> AND NOW TED'S STORY IS CHANGING, AFTER AWARD WINNING CAREER THROUGH FRESNO, RENO AND LOS ANGELES. TED CHEN IS SAYING GOODBYE TO THE NEWS. >> HE HAS COVERED ANYTHING, AND HE NEVER AGES. DROP THE BEAUT LINKS, TED, CHAIR THE TAPES. >> WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU AND THE VIEWERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS ARE GOING TO MISS YOU TOO. >> WE ALWAYS SAY THAT JOURNALISM IS A HIGHER CALLER, BUT TED GOT THE HIGHEST. >> WE ABSOLUTE YOU ON YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT, GOOD LUCK PASTOR TED. >> WOW. >> ALL RIGHT, TALK TO US ABOUT THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S HIGHER. >> WELL MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I GOT MY MASTERS IN MINISTRY AND I'LL BE GRADUATING MY DOCTORATE FROM FULL-TIME MINISTRY. >> WILL YOU COME BACK AND HELP US. SOME OF US HELP MORE THAN THAN OTHERS. I REMEMBER A TIME, YOU COVERED A LOT OF STORIES, IT WAS SO HOT, YOU WERE DARED FROM THE SET TO TURN AROUND IN A SUIT AND JUMP IN THE POOL. >> THAT WAS VERY SPUR OF THE MOMENT, TED MAYOR DARED MIRROR MORE 5 BUCKS. AND I JUMPED IN THE POOL, FOR 5 POOLS. THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE REMEMBER FROM MY 30 YEARS. >> I KNOW IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS, WHAT STANDS OUT? >> DEFINITELY THE BEIJING OLYMPICS BECAUSE IT WAS CHINA'S FIRST OLYMPIC AND I REMEMBER MY PARENTS WERE SO EXCITED AND IT WAS SO MEANINGFUL TO SEE THAT MOMENT FOR CHINA AND TO GO INTO THE COUNTRY SIDE AND COVER FARMERS AND OF COURSE COVERING HOLLYWOOD ALL THOSE YEARS. AND THE BIGGEST ONE AS A TRUCKER, TRUCKY LEONARD. MR. SPOCK. >> I KNOW YOUR FAMILY HERE, YOUR WORK FAMILY IS SO PROUD OF YOU. WHAT IS YOUR OTHER FAMILY THINK ABOUT YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT? >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THEY ARE PROUD, I THINK THEY ARE AMAZED, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT WORRIED. YOU KNOW, MY WIFE IS, ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU GOING TO BE OKAY? YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO MISS IT DEFINITELY, I TELL PEOPLE THERE IS AN ADRENALINE SHOT TO BEING PART OF THIS BUSINESS. THERE IS A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY THAT I TOOK OVER THE YEARS. AT THE SAME TIME, I, I WAS LIKE, HONEY I NEED TO GET TO WORK. I NEED TO THIS MEET THIS DEADLINE BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE A SLOWER PACE AND A CHANCE TO DIG DEEPER. >> WELL WE'LL MISS YOU. >> AND KATHY BARR, HIT THE BAR SAYING THAT YOU ARE THE MOST CALM PERSON THERE IS, YOU BRING A SENSE OF CALM. >> WELL I WANT TO END BY QUOTING A LOT OF ATHLETES, AFTER THEY MAKE A PLAY, TAKE THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY! THANK YOU. >> C. Price: AL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] SO AS YOU SEE TED HAS STEPPED INTO A NEW CALLING, ONE ROOT INSIDE FAITH, SERVICE AND SHARING HOPE. AND HE OFTEN SAYS, L.A. IS REALLY THE CITY OF ANGELS AND REALLY BELIEVES THAT. HE HAS SEEN PURPOSE IN THE PATH THAT HAS LEAD HIM TO UCLA, NEARLY FOUR DECADES AGO AND IN THE CAREER AND CALLING THAT GREW INTO NA JOURNEY. NOW NOT ONLY DID HE GET TO DELIVER NEWS, HE HELPED GIVE THE CITY HIS VOICE. TED WAS A TRUE FRONTLINE JOURNALIST. OVER THE YEARS MANY OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIM AND OUR EXPERIENCE WAS THAT HE WAS ALWAYS FAIR, BALANCED AND HE TOOK TIME TO LISTEN AND REALLY CARE WITH INTENTION. AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT HAS BEEN TESTED, TED UNDERSTOOD THAT JOURNALISM IS MORE THAN REPORTING FACTS, IT'S ABOUT PROTECTION OF FREE AND INFORMED SOCIETY. WE ALSO SHOW THAT REPRESENTATION MATTERS. THAT VOICES FROM THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND FROM ALL OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY DESERVE TO BE ELEVATED AND ICLUDED IN THE STORIES THAT WE TELL ABOUT THE CITY. HIS JOURNALISM WORK EARNED HIM WELL DESERVE SD RECOGNITION INCLUDING EMMY AWARDS. DESPITE THE AWARDS, WHAT STANDS OUT IS INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. HE COVERED THE CITY THROUGH THE TIME OF CHALLENGE AND UNCERTAINITY. THROUGH IT ALL, HE HAS WITNESSED SOMETHING POWERFUL, THE RESILIENCE OF THE CITY AND A RESILIENCE THAT CONTINUES TO DIVIDE LOS ANGELES. NOW IT'S TIME FOR HIM TO TAKE HIS NEXT CHAPTER. HE CONTINUES HIS MISSION JUST IN A DIFFERENT WAY, THROUGH MINISTRY, THROUGH SERVICE AND THROUGH CONTINUED DEDICATION TO UPLIFTING OTHERS. NOT ONLY, NOT FOR RECOGNITION OR ACCOLADES BUT FOR THE STRENGTH AND PURPOSE THAT HAS ALWAYS DEFINED HIS WORK. SO TODAY, WE HONOR MORE THAN A DECADE LONG CAREER, WE HONOR A LEGACY OF TRUTH, SERVICE AND THE FIGHT TO MAKE SURE EVERY VOICE IS HEARD AND WE CELEBRATE A MAN WHO'S IMPACT WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON IN OUR CITY. TODAY, WE CELEBRATE TED CHEN. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRICE. WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE FOR THIS ITEM START WITHING MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MR. PRICE FOR BRINGING MR. CHEN IN. MR. CHEN I JUST WANT IT SAY THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ANGELINOS INFORMED OVER THE YEARS. THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COVERED IF IT IT WAS NOT FOR YOU. AND AS A ASIAN-AMERICAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO THE STORY. I WAS AS A KID, HOPING TO SEE AN ASIAN PERSON. BUT I USED TO WATCH CONNIE CHUNG COME ON TV AND SO PROUD THAT THERE WAS A PROMINENT ROLE AND SO MANY PEOPLE LISTENING TO. AND I REMEMBER THINKING, IF SHE CAN DO THIS, SO CAN I. AND I'M SURE I BET THERE ARE MANY THAT WATCHED YOU AND SAY, HE INSPIRES ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW ENDEAVORS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU MR. PRICE FOR BRINGING IN THIS LEGEND. TED AS JOHN MENTIONED, YOU'VE BEEN IN ALL OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS AND YOU HAVE AFFECTED SO MANY PEOPLE WITH YOUR STORYTELLING. AND KNOWING THAT THEY WERE COMING FROM A PERSPECTIVE THAT PEOPLE TRUSTED. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THERE IS A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF TRUST. AND I THINK IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE AUTHENTICITY WHICH WHICH YOU ALWAYS TOLD YOUR STORIES. I RECALL THAT WE DID A PIECE TOGETHER WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE A PROGRAM IN SILVER LAKE AT A HOUSE WHEN WE WERE DOING THAT PROGRAM. AND I REMEMBER GOING HOME AND CALLING MY FOLKS TELLING THEM THAT WE DID A STORY TOGETHER. THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU TOOK IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE WERE DOING MEANT A LOT. BUT I THINK IT'S WHY YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE FOLLOWING. BUT THAT WAS BASED ON WHO YOU ARE. AND TO KNOW THAT IN YOUR SECOND PART OF YOUR JOURNEY IN FOLLOWING AND PRACTICING IN YOUR FAITH, I THINK IS, IS SES IT ALL. SAYS EXACTLY WHY YOU HAD AND WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE SO DEEPLY AND SO AUTHENTICALLY. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL CAREER, ON ALL OF INFLUENCE AND THE MANNER OF STORYTELLING THAT YOU OFFERED PEOPLE IN EVERYONE'S HOUSEHOLD. YOU KNOW, IN AN ENVIRONMENT TODAY WHERE SADLY, THERE IS SUCH DISTRUST OF EVEN JOURNALISM. AND JUST, STICKING TO THE FACTS AND BEING HONEST AND HAVING INTEGRITY IN IT. YOU, SIR, STILL REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF WHAT JOURNALISM IS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BECAUSE, WE NEED MORE AUTHENTIC STORY TELLERS. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO SUSTAIN THE TRUST AND YOU'VE DONE THAT FOR SO MANY GENERATIONS AND FOR SO MANY COMMUNITIES AND SO FOR THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON A WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION. AND MY BEST TO YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO STILL REMAINING IN TOUCH. BY THE WAY, I TALKED TO ALL THE FOLKS IN ABC, BECAUSE COLEEN WILLIAMS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE, THE CONTINUITY OF WHAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT OVER THE YEARS FOR NBC HAS MEANT A LOT. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON THIS REALLY INCREDIBLE CAREER AND MILESTONE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SEEING YOU IN YOUR FUTURE ROLE AS WELL. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT DID YOU FOR US IN LOS ANGELES. APPRECIATE YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. AND THANK YOU TED, I, I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, LOS ANGELES, IN OUR TIME PERIOD, YOUR PART OF OUR STORY, YOU HELPED TELL OUR STORY, YOU HELPED BE A WITNESS TO WHO WE'VE BEEN I DON'T KNOW. IF THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, L.A. NEWSCAST OR HALL OF FAME, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT, YOU THINK ABOUT JERRY DUNPHY AND COLEEN WILLIAMS, ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE PART OF OUR LIVES, BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, WE TURN ON THE NEWS AND YOU'RE THERE GIVING IT TO US. NOW, I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE YOU MOVE FROM TELLING THE STORY OF LOS ANGELES, TO BEGINNING TO HELP WRITE THE STORY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE JOURNEY THAT OUR FAITH COMMUNITIES TAKE IN HELPING DEVELOP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BUT ALSO HELP DEVELOP COMMUNITIES AND HELP DEVELOP OUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD. MR. PRICE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SO MUCH PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON. I WANT TO INTRODUCE EVERYBODY AROUND ME, MY INCREDIBLE WIFE ARIEL, MY FRIEND ROBBY AND MY FRIEND LINDA AND MY FRIEND MELODY ARE BEHIND ME. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, COUNCILMEMBER PARK, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, I'M IN YOUR DISTRICT, PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON BLUMENFIELD HERNANDEZ, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, COUNCILMEMBER JAOUR DO, COUNCILMEMBER LEE, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, I, HAVE INTERVIEWED MOST OF YOU, I'VE COVERED YOUR PRESS CONFERENCES, I REMEMBER IN THE DAYS OF ERIC GARCETTI BEFORE COULD VID SIT ISING ON THE LITTLE STEPS AND HAVING THAT PERSPECTIVE, SO IT IS REALLY SURREAL AND STRANGE TO BE AT THE PODIUM THAT I'VE COVERED AND REPORTED ON FOR SO LONG, LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE ADDRESSING YOU, HEARING YOU ADDRESS THEM. SO VERY STRANGE TO BE HERE, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. BUT I WANT ALSO WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON THIS, WE LIVE IN A DAY AND AGE WHERE I THINK, IT'S MORE CHALLENGING THAN EVER TO SIT IN THOSE CHAIRS AND TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. IN MY DECADES, AS A JOURNALIST, I'VE FORTUNATE SEEN THE DIALOGUE COURSEN AND GET ANGRIER AND MORE BITTER. SO I THINK IT TAKES A CERTAIN KIND OF COURAGE AND BOLDNESS TO BE A PUBLIC LEADER AS YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO BE. YES, A LOT OF IS EXPECTED OF YOU AND THAT'S THE WAYS IT SHOULD BE. YES, YOU SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BUT WE AS A CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES, NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL. MY WIFE AND I COLLECTIVELY HAVE BEEN CITIZENS OF L.A. FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. AND WE CARE A LOT ABOUT THE CITY AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO THIS CITY. SO I ALSO WANTED TO TALK MY FELLOW ANGELINOS TODAY, AND SAY THAT NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO HOLD OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE, WE NEED TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL. WE NEED TO BE ENGAGED. WE NEED TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS AMAZING CITY, THE CITY OF ANGELS. MY ROBBY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, HE'S A PRESIDENT OF THE DELRAY COUNCIL AND I HOLD HIM UP AS A WAY OF CIVIC ENGAGE. MENT. HE CARES ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT AS A CITY AS A WHOLE. I HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES OF COVERING YOUR CAMPAIGN COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND RODRIGUEZ WHEN YOU WERE FIRST ELECTED. MY WIFE AND I CARE ABOUT THE CITY, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN ONLY MAKE IT BETTER TOGETHER. SO AS CITIZENS, WE CAN'T ONLY COMPLAIN AND CRITICIZE, THAT HAS ITS PLACE BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO CARE. WE HAVE TO CARE ABOUT OUR CITY AS A WHOLE AND WE HAVE TO CARE ABOUT OUR LEADERS AND OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO LIFT THEM UP, IT'S ONLY FROM FULL HEARTS THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LEAD AS WELL. I'LL END BY QUOTING JER NYE A, THAT SAYS ALL OF US AS GOD'S PEOPLE ARE CHARGED WITH SEEKING THE PROSPERITY AND THE WELFARE AND THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY WE LIVE IN. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER, WITH OUR LEADERS. TO MAKE LOS ANGELES THE CITY THAT I KNOW IT IS, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE PLANET. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THAT WAS HIS NOW WE KNOW WHY YOU WANT TO BE A FAITH LEADER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GREAT. THAT WAS A GREAT SERMON. XLAO*IS LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN, TED ON BEHALF OF A GREATFUL COMMUNITY, WE JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU AND THIS PROCLAMATION IS SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK, WE APPRECIATE THE JOBS YOU'VE DONE AND WILL DO, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. [APPLAUSE] >> JUST ONE MORE NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PRICE TODAY, BECAUSE HE'S THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS BEING BROUGHT TO US BUSINESS COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. Council membersPresident: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBERS YAROSLAVSKY AND BLUMENFIELD. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO ASK THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TO COME JOIN UP HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. NO RUZ. COLLEAGUES I'M SO HONORED TO WELCOME MEMBERS OF OUR IRANIAN COMMUNITY LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO CITY HALL AS WE ALL JOIN TO GATHER IN SOLIDARITY HOPE AND RENEWAL ON THIS IRANIAN NEW YEAR. IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST CULTURES AND GIVEN SO MUCH TO ALL OF US. MORE THAN 2000 YEARS AGO, THE CINDER WAS ONE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY THEN AND TILL AT THE CORE OUR SOCIETY. SINCE THAT TIME, IRANIAN CULTURE HAS HAD THE ENORMOUS INFLUENCE ON ARTS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND OF COURSE CUISINE. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE FOOD IS AMAZING. TODAY IS ALSO ABOUT EMBRACING OUR IRANIAN COMMUNITY AND STANDING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY DURING A EMOTIONAL AND COMPLICATED TIME IN THEIR HOMELAND. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AFFIR FOR THE LAST YEAR TO PLAN A NOWRUZ, EVENT. UNFORTUNATELY, GIVEN SECURITY CONCERNS A FESTIVAL WAS NOT POSSIBLE. BUT WE WORKED WITH OUR EVENT PRODUCERS TO BRING A LITTLE SLIVER OF WHAT WE HAD PLANNED TO CITY HALL. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COUNCILMEMBER 2 AND 3 WHO USUALLY HOST THE NOWRUZ EVENT, THANK YOU. WE ALL UNDERSTAND THIS MOMENT AND WE STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR IRANIAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORS. SO FOR TODAY AS WE COME FOR NOWRUZ, WHICH MEANS NEW DAY, WE CELEBRATE. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS WHO WORK HERE IN CITY HALL AND AROUND LOS ANGELES TO MAKE A THE BETTER PLACE. WILL YOU PLEASE RISE FOR JUST A MINUTE SO WE CAN THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR LOS ANGELES TO FUNCTION WITHOUT YOU AND I'M HONORED TO BE YOUR COLLEAGUE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE PRODUCERS OF TODAY'S EVENT, MARTIN, GHEA HUGHS AND MY ENTIRE TEAM FOR WORKING SO HARD TO FIND A WAY TO HONOR NOWRUZ, I WANT TO THANK ALAN AND GEORGE AND PATTY FROM MY TEAM WHO HAS SPENT HOURS AND HOURS ON THIS H.FINALLY I WANT TO HONOR SOME DEDICATED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE GUIDED AUSZ WE NAVIGATE THEY VENT. IT'S BEEN A THING BUT EVEN MORE, THEY CONTINUE TO HELP US ON A DAILY BASIS TO BUILD MORE MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR IRANIAN MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS. IS WANT TO PRESENT SOME CERTIFICATES. IF YOU ARE HERE AND I CALL YOUR NAME, LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN GIVE YOU ARE YOUR CERT. DR. MA LAS, FROM PARS EQUITY CENTER, DIRECTOR, NADINE FROM IRANIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE CERTIFICATES TO THE MANY PEOPLE HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST GO THERE IN ALPHA ORDER, REAL FAST AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SAY A FEW WORDS. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PORI FROM UCLA, [APPLAUSE] MARK AMIN WITH THE MORA AND OBINI FILMS. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU. RUZBETH THE OWN OAR OF MARRIAN CAFE AND SO MANY OTHER TITLES AND I'M LITERALLY NOT GOING TO SAY THEM BUT HEAD OF BUREAU CHAMBER AND SO MANY OTHER WAYS. THANK YOU. SARAH JACOBS WITH MAMAN, SARAH? [APPLAUSE] MARIE COHAF WITH L.A. METRO. [APPLAUSE] CIA WITH THE EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP NETWORK. THANK YOU. WE CAN ALSO DO PICTURES IN THE BACK. SORA MS.RAHI WITH PACAN. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. ALHAM WITH THE AMERICAN JEWISH FEDERATION. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ALMOST DONE FOLKS. AND THAT'S IT. DID I? OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWNTOWN. IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME MY COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD TO SAY A FEW WORDS. COUNCILMEMBER? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR PIVOTING AND YOU HAD THIS SET UP AND FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, IT HAD TO BE MOVED AND IT HAD TO COME HERE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL. NOWRUZ MOBARAK, IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME NOW RIGHT ESPECIALLY FOR THE PERSIAN COMMUNITY. I HAVE A LARGE PERSIAN COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT SECOND TO YOUR DISTRICT. I KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE ON EDGE, HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN IRAN AND CONCERNED. I KNOW THE JEWISH PERSIAN COMMUNITY HAS FAMILY MEMBERS IN BOTH PLACES OFTEN IN ISRAEL AND IRAN, AND IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME AND THE DECISION TO SAY YES, IT IS A DIFFICULT TIME BUT THIS IS A CELEBRATION THAT TRANSCENDS ALL OF THAT AND THAT WE WILL CELEBRATE NOWRUZ, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE MUTED BUT WE WILL HONOR THAT TRADITION WHICH IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD AND WE WILL CELEBRATE REBIRTH AND PRAY FOR PEACE TOGETHER. SO, NOWRUZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, HEIDI FELDSTEIN. >> THANK YOU FOR SETTING THIS UP AND COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR SITTING YOUR TIME WITH COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD TO HAVE THIS FESTIVAL PROCEED. I'M HEIDI FELDSTEIN SOTO, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. OUR COMMUNITY CENTERED IN COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T I YAROSLAVSKY, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WESTWOOD IS THE DIASPORA OF ALASKA. I WANT IT THANK THE CULTURE AFFAIRS AND ALL LEADERS HERE. NOWRUZ HAS ENDURED FOR 3000 YEARS. THAT'S A VERY LONG TIME. THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND THROUGH AT TEMULTOUS TIME. THOUSANDS CELEBRATE, DESIRE FOR PEACE, PROSPERITY FOR HOPE ACROSS DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND DIFFERENT CULTURES WHERE EVERYWHERE WE ARE EXCEPT IN WASHINGTON DC THESE DAYS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND CELEBRATE WITH ALL OF YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND CITY ATTORNEY, MARK AMIN ASKED IF HE CAN SAY TEN SECONDS OF THANKS. WELCOME UP. 11. PERSIAN TIME. >> Speaker: WELL I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND FEW SECONDS AND THANK THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ESPECIALLY COUNCIL FOR DOING THIS THING DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS, IS OBVIOUS TO US, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THIS NOWRUZ IS TRULY A UNIFYING FOR ALL IRAN. IRAN IS MADE OF MULTI ETHNICITY AND RELIGIONS BUT NOWRUZ IS TRULY UNIFIED. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ETHNICITY AND RELIGIOUS AND EVERYTHING CELEBRATES AND FOR CITY TO DO THIS DURING THIS DIVISIVE AND DIFFICULT TIME. IT'S REALLY REALLY APPRECIATED IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> K. Yaroslavsky: COLLEAGUES IT WOULD NOT BE NOW RIGHT-HAND RUZ WITHOUT HONORING THE CULTURE OF IRAN. SO WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE IN MUSIC. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING NOBID, AND MASHIR. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, HAPPY NOWRUZ. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS EVENT HAPPEN. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION. MY NAME IS I'M IRANIAN AMERICAN AND TEACHER AT UNIVERSAL CENTER HERE IN BEAUTIFUL LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE WITH TWO WONDERFUL IRANIAN MUSICIANS. WHICH ARE TRADITIONAL IRANIAN INSTRUMENTS. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO CELEBRATE NOWRUZ BY SHARING A 800--YEAR-OLD POEM BY A POET KNOWN AS RUUMI, IN THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE AS WELL MY TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH, IMPROVIED MUSIC. [MUSIC] [MUSIC INSTRUMENTS PLAYING] [MUSIC INSTRUMENTS PLAYING] [MUSIC INSTRUMENTS PLAYING] [RECITING POEM IN PERSIAN] [POEM] [READING POEM IN PERSIAN] SPRING HAS ARRIVED. SPRING HAS ARRIVED, SPREADING ITS MARVELOUS FRO BEAUTY AND KIND HAS ARRIVED. DAWN HAS ARRIVED, DAWN HAS ARRIVED, THE DAWN OF THE SPIRIT AND JOY HAS ARRIVED. THE WINE GIVER COMES, IN BEAUTY, SHE LIES, TO GRANT US THAT QUENCHIN ALIXER OF LIFE. LIGHT HAS ARRIVED, CLARITY COMES, EVEN THE ROCKS ARE ILLUMINATED. HEALING HAS COME, HEALING HAS COME, HEALING FOR ALL WHO HAVE SUFFERED AND ACHED. WITH BELOVED COMES, THE BELOVED COMES TO COMFORT THE HEARTS THAT ARE YEARNING FOR HER. A HERO ARRIVES, A HERO ARRIVES, A HERO WHO HAS ALL THE WISDOM ARRIVES. [MUSIC] [MUSIC INSTRUMENTS PLAYING] [POEM BEING READ IN PERSIAN] [POEM READ IN PERSIAN] [POEM READ IN PERSIAN] MUSIC ARRIVES. MUSIC ARRIVES, A MUSIC THAT PLAYS IN THE SILENCE ARRIVES. UNION HAS COME, UNION HAS COME, A UNION THAT LASTS AND ENDURES HAS ARRIVED. SPRING HAS ARRIVED, SPRING HAS ARRIVED, A NEW AND ASTONISHING SPRING HAS ARRIVED. POPPIES AND BASIL AND TULIP, FLOWERS WITH BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. SOMEBODY HAS COME, SOMEBODY HAS COME, THE ONE WHO TURNS EVERYONE INTO SOMEBODY. A MOON HAS ARRIVED. A MOON HAS ARRIVED. TO CLEAR WAY ALL OF THE HAZE AND THE DUST. THE HEART HAS ARRIVED, THE HEART HAS ARRIVED, TO THE HEART THAT CAN MAKE EVERY HEART LAUGH AND SMILE. A WINE HAS ARRIVED. A WINE HAS ARRIVED, A WINE THAT WON'T LEAVE US STILL WANTING MORE WINE. [MUSIC INSTRUMENTS PLAYING] [MUSIC INSTRUMENTS PLAYING] [SPEAKING PERSIAN] [SPEAKING PERSIAN] THE ONE WHO WAS SPEAKING WILL NOW BECOME HUSHED, THE ONE WHO WAS SILENCED WILL NOW COME TO SPEAK. LET GO OF LOGICAL WORDS YOU CAN COUNT, FOR NOW, THERE IS AN INFINITE SPEECH THAT ARRIVES. [MUSIC INSTRUMENTS PLAYING] [MUSIC INSTRUMENTS PLAYING] [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT WAS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY. WE'RE CONTINUING EVENT OUT IN THE FOR COURT, CITY STAFF WELCOME TO JOIN US. PLEASE BRING YOUR CITY ID, WE HAVE A FOOD FROM MY KID'S FAVORITE RESTAURANT AND WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE. PURIA FROM UCLA IS GOING TO QUICKLY BRING US HOME. >> Speaker: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND WITH GREAT APPRECIATION TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. AT THIS MOMENT OF CALAMITY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAL PEOPLE OF IRAN AND SOY WANTED TO EXPRESS THIS H.AND A FEW WORDS, NOWRUZ GREETING. THANK YOU. [SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE] NOWRUZ. >> K. Yaroslavsky: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES PRESENTATION. I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND OTHERS IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. FOR 3000 YEARS, THE CELEBRATION OF NOWRUZ HAS UNITED THE PEOPLE OF IRAN REGARDLESS OF RELIGIOUS, POLITICS OR ETHNIC IDENTITY. MY FAMILY LIVED THERE, PART OF MY FAMILY LIVED THERE FOR MULTIPLE CENTURIES, AND WE FELT VERY SAFE. IT'S BEEN THIS CELEBRATION ITSELF IS ROOTED AS WAS SAID EARLIER, AND RELIGIOUS SO IT'S NOT A RELIGION OF THE LAST 2000 YEARS, THE LAST 15-1600 YEARS, ITS SOMETHING THAT WAS ROOTED BEYOND THAT, STRETCHING BACK TO 2500 YEARS AGO. THIS YEAR, WE CAN'T MARK THIS OCCASION WITHOUT THINKING OF THE MANY IN IRAN WHO ARE SUFFERING TODAY. IN THE LAST WEEKS, THOUSANDS HAVE DIED IN IRAN AND IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. AND IN THE MIDST OF THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION, FAMILIES GRIEF FOR THOSE LOST. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, MANY FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR LOVED ONE AND THE LIFE THAT THEY HAVE LEFT BEHIND. SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO GRIEF AND FOR THE MANY WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, I ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES, AS WELL AS ALL THE GUESTS HERE, RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU GUESTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING MORE JOYOUS NOWRUZES IN THE YEARS TO COME AND I HOPE TO SEE THE PEOPLE OF IRAN, OUR PEOPLE, CELEBRATE A FUTURE NOWRUZ FREE OF THE CHANGE THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 50 YEARS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. NAZARIAN. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY TO CLOSE. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN IS ON THE QUEUE. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE WHO WAS HERE TO MARK TODAY WITH US. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T YAROSLAVSKY, FOR BRINGING THIS. WE'RE AT A VERGE ENTER COLLISION IN MANY RELIGIOUS, MUSLIMS FASTING DURING RAMADAN AND IFTAR IN THE TOWER HERE JUST A FEW YEARS. CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE ISING EASTER, THE JEWISH PASSOVER, HINDU CELEBRATE ISING HOLLY, OUR SICK NEIGHBORS AND NOWRUZ AS WELL. AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY REMARKABLE THAT ACROSS THE GLOBE, WE MARK THIS MONTH IN CELEBRATION, WORSHIP AND TOGETHERNESS. BUT AS YOU SAID, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, THAT WE'RE ALSO COMING TOGETHER AT A MOMENT OF REAL GLOBAL PAIN AND TO ME, IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MARK NOWRUZ IN THE BUILDING AT THAT TIME. IT'S A REMINDER THAT WE CAN FIND HOPE IN COMMUNITY HERE IN LOS ANGELES EVEN AS WE EXPERIENCE PAIN. I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE HERE A PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NOWRUZ TO ALL ANGELINOS WHO CELEBRATE AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE HERE. EVERYONE WHO HAS SPOKEN. YOUR WORDS ARE VERY VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY TO CLOSE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THAT'S IT. WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE FORCOURT FOR SOME LUNCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU EVERYBODY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY WITH YOU PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> >> 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. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL. 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 YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE ITEM THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETING, ARE ITEMS 1, AND ITEMS 14 THROUGH 21. SO AGAIN, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OR THE CONTINUATION AGENDA MEETING, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN AT THIS TIME ARE ITEMS 1, AND 14 THROUGH 21. WE'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE SPECIAL AGENDA THAT IS ITEMS 22 THROUGH 27. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR TOUP ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO IS THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY IF YOU'VE MADE A REQUEST, IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SUCH A REQUEST, ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE SERGEANTS CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE. FINALLY, WE HAVE A LOT PEOPLE TODAY. IN ORDER TO RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEFORE LINING UP TO SPEAK. THE ORDER IN WHICH YOUR NAME IS CALLED, IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT FAR TOO MANY SPEAKERS THAN WE HAVE TIME TODAY IN ORDER TO GET OUR BUSINESS DONE BEFORE WE LOSE QUORUM. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 30 MINUTES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR REGULAR MEETING AND 15 MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING. SO WE'LL DO REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT BETWEEN NOW AND 12-15, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE REGULAR MEETING AND OPEN THE SPECIAL MEETING AND DO 15 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE SPECIAL MEETING. IF YOU'RE IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE SIMILAR SENTIMENTS, PLEASE COME UP TOGETHER, IT'S JUST, YOU CANNOT DO THAT, AND WE'LL GET TO LESS PEOPLE, THE CHOICE IS YOURS, BUT IT'S A REQUEST FROM THE CHAIR OF THIS MEETING AND WE'RE CLOSING THE BOARD NOW SO THAT, IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK NOW, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SIGN UP GOING FORWARD. AND WITH THAT WE'LL CALL THE FIRST SET OF NAMES. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, STEVE C, PALOMA, AND SHANNON AND B CURIAL. >> City Attorney: SO AGAIN ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE LINE UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS MAYA DANIELS, MY PRONOUNS THEY THEM, I'M PART OF THE TRANS LATINA COALITION. THE COUNTY HAS INVESTED INTO THE TRANSGENDER, AND INTER SEX EQUITY INITIATIVE. WHERE IS THE CITY? WHERE DOES IT STAND? SUPPORT DOES NOT MEAN EMPTY WORDS, SUPPORTMEANS PROTECTIVE ACTION, HARD CONVERSATIONS AND NOT FOR GETTING ABOUT YOUR MOST VULNERABLE CONSTITUENTS. THE TGI WELLNESS INITIATIVE IS A SMALL ASK IN COMPARE TO THE LARGEST BUDGET TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THAT IS FACING TARGETED OPPRESSIVE LEGISLATION. I NEED TO YOU FIGHT FOR US, NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TRANS FAMILY, NOT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GET YOU MORE SUPPORT OR POPULAR OR NOT, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND WE'RE ASKING OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO FIGHT FOR US, TO BE OUR GLADIATORS. TO BE FOR THE PEOPLE. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NOW? >> City Attorney: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M MS. LORETTA LORRAINE, I GIVE MS. MARTINEZ AND HEATHER AND MS. HERNANDEZ, I'M GOING TO OLD SCHOOL MR. PRICE, MARQUEE, MARQUEE, I'M TALKING TO YOU, YOU NEED TO GET IT TOGETHER, WE HEAR ALL THE TIME TO TALK TO YOU. YOU KNOW, I WORKED AT THE FOX AND MR. FOX GAVE ME A CHANCE AND ALSO MELL A GEAR AND GABE AND GABE WAS A TRANS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, WHY CAN'T YOU STEP UP AND ALSO GET ON BOARD WITH THE PROGRAM? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HERE ALL THE TIME. WE'RE HUMAN. YOU GOT STOPPED BY THE POLICE. I GOT STOPPED BY THE POLICE BEING ME. BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS. DON'T JUDGE, ALWAYS COME FOR WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSE TO DO. BE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. MR. MARQUE, I RESPECT THAT AND I RESPECT THAT AND IF YOU CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL STEPH, AR BEE, GG, BB O WILL ILIVEA AND Y*U. >> City Attorney: OKAY WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 14 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR ITEM 14 AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M BAMBI AND I'M THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE PRESIDENT OF LATINA COALITION. I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 14, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS CITY, THIS COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR INVEST NMENT LIVELIHOOD OF TRANS GENERALED AND INTER SEX PEOPLE, IT'S NOT RIGHT TO SAY THERE IS NO MONEY TO SUPPORT THE LIVES, THE DREAMS, THE HOPES AND THE DIGNITY OF TRANS PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. AND SO IT IS TIME FOR US TO REALLY DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT THE LIVELIHOOD OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE PROTECTED AND THAT INCLUDES, PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANS EXPERIENCE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU DO HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A RIGHT IT RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A TIME TO DO IT. I APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD DO IT. AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO IT. >> City Attorney: OKAY. SO SPEAKER THAT WAS YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THE NEXT WOMEN I WANT TO DEDICATE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THE EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM, YOU DEDICATED A MOMENT OF SILENCE, I WANT TO DEDICATE A MOMENT OF POWER FOR OUR COMMUNITY O SO* WHEN I SAY TRUST, YOU SAY POWER. >> POWER. >> TRUST. >> POWER. >> WHEN I SAYS TRUST, YOU SAY POWER. POWER; POWER, TRUST, TRUST! TRUST! >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: TRUST. TRUST! TRUST! TRUST! >> City Attorney: SPEAKER. >> Speaker: YOU'RE NOW GOING TO BE FIRED. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SILENCED, WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE. >> City Attorney: I NEED TO YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME. >> Speaker: ARE PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT YES YES. -- >> Council President: HOLD ON, I'M GOING TO HOLD YOUR TIME, YOU HAVE NINE SECONDS LEFT. HOLD ON, I'M TALKING NOW, YOU GOT NINE SECONDS LEFT. SO EVERYBODY HAS BEEN WARNED THAT WAS GORGEOUS BUT YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING, YOU CANNOT DISRUPT THE MEETING, WE'E GOT TO CREATE TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO SPEAK. CONTINUE SPEAKING BUT THAT IS A DISRUPTION AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN WARNED. SO YOU GET NINE SECONDS. >> Speaker: I HAD 20 SECONDS WHEN HE STARTED STOPPING. >> Council President: GIVE HER THE 20 SECONDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. WE WERE NOT BEING INTERPRETED, WE WERE NOT BEING DISRUPTIVE, WE WERE USING MY TIME AS PUBLIC COMMENT TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT I WANT TO ASK OF ALL OF US, WE ARE HERE AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS TO TO ASK ALL OF YOU--. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL 20 SECONDS WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ENTHUSIASM. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC DOCUMENT. --COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOD SEES AND HEARS EVERYTHING. NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM GOD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU SAW, BUT DO NOT SAY. WHILE HUMANS CAN BE DECEIVED AND PEOPLE MAY TRY TO MANIPULATE OR HARM OTHERS, YOU CANNOT FOOL GOD OR THE ANCESTORS WHO WATCH OVER US. EVERY PERSON WILL ONE STAND BEFORE GOD, ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. TODAY I URGE THE CITY TO STAND WITH JUSTICE, COMPASSION AND PROTECTION FOR ALL TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. SPECIFICALLY WE ASK THIS COUNCIL TO ENACT AND ENFORCE PROTECTIONS FOR TRANS PEOPLE WHO ARE OFTEN FACE DISCRIMINATION, VIOLENCE AND NEGLECT. LET THIS CITY BE A PLACE WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS CELEBRATED. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ALDA, HUNT, JESS CABSINGER ALEXANDRIA, CLIFF M AND TRICIA WILLIAMS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M TRAFFICKING INITIATIVE AT LAYOLA LAW SCHOOL. MORE MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FROM FIFA AND LA28 TO BE MADE PUBLIC. THEY WERE DUE AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2025 AND AS OF TODAY, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD EXPLANATIONS. IF PUBLIC RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE EVENTS, WE NEED TO SEE THE PLAN. RIGHT NOW, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT WHAT CONCRETE EFFORTS WILL BE TAKEN PLACE. THIS INCLUDES PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS IN CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES WHO MAY BE TARGETED FOR EXPLOITATION. WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY IS ALREADY RAISING CHALLENGES AND WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CITY TO INVEST ITS OWN MONEY BUT THEY SHOULD USE THEIR OWN RESOURCES. WE URGE THE CITY TO SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY AND CALL FOR THESE REPORTS TO BE MADE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, 14 AND 19 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND ONE FOR GENERAL. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU START WITH THE ITEM. >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON 14 AND 19 AS A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF CITY DISTRICT 8. I KNOW MARQUEECE DOES NOT CARE, I KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS BUSY TENDING FOR HIS SPECIAL ISSUE. SO THIS TRANS PHOBIA THAT THIS TRANS PRESIDENT HAS. AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN CD8, I HAD TO MOVE TO CD13 SO I CAN FEEL SAFER, WALKING OUT OF THE STREETS SO THERE WOULD BE LIGHTS AND WORK WITHING CONDITIONS BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. ANYWAY THIS BUDGET UNDER THIS COUNCIL PRESIDENT, NEEDS TO BE--. >> City Attorney: I NEED TO YOU SPEAK. YOUR TIME IS PAUSED. SPEAKER, I NEED YOU, YOU REQUESTED 14 AND 19, AND I NEED TO YOU SPEAK TO 14 OR 19, OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THEY'RE ON THE BUDGET. >> City Attorney: ITEM 14 YOUR COMMENT RIGHT SIDE NOT RELATED TO THAT. >> Speaker: THEY'RE ON THE BUDGET. >> City Attorney: THIS IS THE LAST WARNING. >> Speaker: AON ITEM 19, WE SEE TRANSFERS TO LAPD BEING APPROVED BY CERTAIN COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT WE'RE IN ANOTHER ELECTION CYCLE AND BEING APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THAT'S WHY THE REASON MY COMMENTS ARE REFERRING TO THAT OFFICE. I'M GOING MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO MOVE THIS THROUGH BUDGET COMMITTEE. SO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DOES NOT MAKE UP RULES AND DOES NOT SILENCE THE PUBLIC. WE'RE HERE AND WE WANT TO BE HEARD AND YOU NEVER, CLEAR THE ROOM, CLEAR THE ROOM, YOU NEVER EXPLAINED TO THE RULES THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISRUPT, INSTEAD THIS COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALLOWS OUR CITY, OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO COME UP HERE AND CAMPAIGN ON THE FLOOR, ON THE MIDDLE OF A FICO YEAR. AND YOU KEEP LAUGHING MARQUEECE, I KNOW IT'S A JOKE TO YOU, YOU ARE A JOKE TO THE CITY SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE BEING HERE. WE NEED YOU TO BE EMBARRASSED, YEAH, RISE UP. WE NEED TO MOVE THIS AND MOVE IT HERE. THANK YOU, APOLOGIZE THAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT ON THIS, HE NEEDED TO SILENCE THE PEOPLE OF TRANS. ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE FROM HIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: OKAY, BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'M GOING TO ASK POLITELY. WE HAVE TO TREAT EVERYONE EQUALLY SO IF YOU REQUEST ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, IT'S NOT BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY BUT WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE ITEMS. IF YOU PREFER TO SPEAK BROADLY, SO AGAIN THE INTENTION IS NOT TO BE RUDE BUT IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS, PLEASE CONNECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE ITEMS OR YOU'LL FORFEIT THE NEXT SPEAKING TIME. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL UP FEW MORE NAMES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP SMOKING SCAN, DAVID GONZALEZ AND CANDIDO. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPAOEK TO? --SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HOLA BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO. MY NAME IS VEVE AND I LIVE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: OKAY, CAN WE PAUSE THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: I'M HERE AS MY TRANS LATINA COMMUNITY AND COALITION AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND REJECTED BUT WE ARE PEOPLE WHO BRING TO SOCIETY, WE ARE WORKERS AND VISIBLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE NEED MORE ECONOMIC SUPPORT FOR US, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE NEED MORE HELP WE MATTER AND WE NEED OUR RIGHTS TO MATTER. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Council President: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'M ON. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 1, I'M HERE IN PROTEST. ITEM NUMBER 1 DEALS WITH PEOPLE, OR [SPEAKING WITH ACCENT] NUISANCE ABATEMENT. I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, BUT CALIFORNIA IS FILTHY FUCK UP. >> City Attorney: SO MR. HERMAN, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. I NEED YOU TO STICK, JUST LIKE I INSTRUCTED EVERYONE ELSE, IT'S A LADBS LIEN ITEM. I NEED TO YOU SPEAK TO IT OR I'LL MOVE YOU TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR INTERPRETING MY ONE MINUTE TO NUMBER 1, NOW I GO TO 14 ASSHOLE. SO SUPPORT, FUCKEN POLICIES FIRE DISASTER. FUCKEN FUNDING FOR FEASIBILITY IN A STUDY? HOW MANY FUCKEN STUDIES DO YOU WANT UNFEASIBILITY AND PALISADES? THEY WANT THEIR GOD DAMN HOMES BUILT. THEY'RE TIRED OF SLEEPING IN THOSE FUCKEN TRAILERS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT IT? A WHOLE YEAR AND YOU PICK THIS FIRE CHIEF BECAUSE YOU GOT RID OF MS. CROWLEY, FUCK YOU, I SUPPORT MS. CROWLEY, I HOPE SHE GETS A MILLION PLUS FOR YOU NOT SUPPORTING HER, MAYOR. AND THEN WE GO TO BULLSHIT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, PLEASE DO NOT INTERPRET HIS TIME IS STILL GOING. IF YOU HAVE WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ITEMS, YOU CAN OR WE CAN START YOU ON GENERAL IF YOU LIKE. >> Speaker: I'M WAITING FOR THE INTERRUPTION TO STOP. I'M BEING DISRUPTED AND ALLOWED IT. YOU'RE A RACIST. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK THE WOMEN IN THE YELLOW JACKET, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THE SPEAKER. I GET IT BUT IT'S A DISRUPTION. GO AHEAD ONE MINUTE IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: TO ALL THE MOTHER FUCKERS HERE, KNOWS THAT GOD HATES HOMOSEXUALITY! [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] BUT NATURE BEHIND SIMPLIFY FAG GOT! FUCKEN FREAK FREAK FREAK FREAK FREAK FREAK. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT. >> City Attorney: WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT. IF WE CANNOT GET THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE CANNOT CONTINUE THIS MEETING, WE'LL HAVE TO CLEAR THE ROOM. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT, YOU PLEASE, JUST LET US FINISH PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FASTEST WAY TO GET THROUGH THIS IS IGNORE WHAT THE SPEAKER IS SAYING. WE DO APOLOGIES, IT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE COUNCIL OR CITY AT LARGE, BUT WE HAVE TO LET HIM FINISH HIS PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. HERMAN, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU TIE IT INTO THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. >> Speaker: REGARDING SITING OVERSIGHT AT THE SPECIAL AT HOC, NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND INVESTMENT AT 9:00 AM, WE WERE NOT SUPPOSE TO TALK TO PROPERTY TAX SXZ THE BUDGET. IN 2022, YOU PASSED 4 PERCENT TO 5 PERCENT ON TAXES IN WHICH NOT ONE ASSHOLE RECEIVED ANY OF THE ULA, SO AS I PUT ON RECORD, FUCK YOU FAGOOTS. >> Interpreter: IT COMES OUT OF MY SOUL TO YELL. >> City Attorney: AGAIN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT CONTROL WHAT MR. HERMAN SAYS OR WHAT THE OTHER SPEAKERS SAY, WE DO APOLOGIZE. IT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE CITY. MR. HERMAN, YOUR TIME IS UP. IF WE HEAR YOU AGAIN, YOU'LL BE WARNED AND POTENTIALLY ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 12. SPEAKER WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS ALEXANDRIA AND I AM AN INTER SEX PERSON BORN THIS WAY, THE WAY GOD CREATED ME. I REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY THAT IS BEHIND ME, THE TRANSGENDER, GENDER NON CONFORMING AND INTER SEX COMMUNITY THAT WERE BORN EXACTLY THE WAY WE WERE CREATED TO BE. THIS WAY. THIS BEAUTIFUL, LOVING, CARING AND MOST ADORABLE WAY THIS IS WHO WE ARE. SO ALL OF YOU REPRESENTATIVES, ALL OF YOU, EVEN THOSE WHO ARE NOT LOOKING AT ME, THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING DOWN, AT YOUR DESKS, THOSE WHO ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER, THOSE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO MY ONE-MINUTE. ALL OF YOU, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU A FRESH SEASON OF HOPE AND GOOD WISHES IN 2026. YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT PARK ING PROBLEM OF ANGELINOS, ONE IS A METERS THAT DON'T WORK AT VARIOUS SITES OF BUSINESS DISTRICTS. THE OTHER ISSUE IS CONSTRICTED TRAFFIC IN CERTAIN AREAS ESPECIALLY NEAR CAL STRAIGHT NORTHRIDGE. ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL DRIVERS HAVE A BETTER PLACE TO PARK. L.A. NEEDS TO BE NUMBER ONE IN EVERYTHING SO WE CAN HAVE A DESIRED LIFESTYLE OF HAPPINESS AND LEISURE. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PREPARE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW WITH ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS WE ENCOUNTER. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND AND BEST WISHES TO SOON TO BE COLLEGE GRADS AND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. HAVE A GOOD SUMMER AND BEST OF LUCK. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, CAROLINA B AND LISA SEBAYOS. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS CATALINA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE ADVOCATING FOR MY COMMUNITY AND THE TRANS LATINA COALITION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PROTECTING TRANS WOMEN IS A BASIC QUESTION OF DIGNITY AND SAFETY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TRANSGENDER WOMEN CONTINUE TO HAVE VIOLENCE AND UNFAIR HOUSING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE IN ANY SOCIETY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PROTECT ITING TRANS WOMEN MEANS GUARANTEEING WE ARE SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT OUR IDENTIFIES ARE FIRMED AND WE HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES AS EVERYONE ELSE. AND RAISING OUR VOICE AGAINST VIOLENCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND MAINTAINING AFFIRMATION IN OUR TRUTH AND BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: EVERY TRANS WOMEN DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HI I'M CAROLINA BUELLER I'M A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, I'M ALSO NON BINARY, PROUD. I'M HERE THAT YOU ADD THE INITIATIVE TGI AND WELLNESS INITIATIVE ON THE MAYOR'S AGENDA SO IT CAN BECOME A LINED ITEM. IF WE TAKE CARE OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, WE REALLY DO TAKE CARE OF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITIES AS WELL. BECAUSE THANKS TO THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, AND THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL SOULS, THEY UPLIFT US, SO WE TAKE CARE OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE. SO I JUST ASK TO YOU PLEASE MAKE THAT A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. AND NOT LATER. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YES, SIR, ALL ITEMS AND SOMEBODY LEFT SOMETHING BEHIND. ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND 1 AND 14 THROUGH 21. 1 AND 14 THROUGH 21 AND THEN YOU'LL GET A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TOWARDS MR. MARQUEECY, IT'S SOMETHING I COULDN'T DO BUT YOU CHALLENGED HIM. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, PLEASE STICK TO THE ITEMS FIRST. >> Speaker: ANYWAY, THIS IS WHY I COME DOWN TO CITY COUNCIL, WHEN YOU HAVE GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND I GET TO SIT THERE AND BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGHT ALMOST EVERY WEEK END AND WE HEAR THEM. >> City Attorney: IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, BUT--. >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO DO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ANYWAY, ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS BUILDING, IS HOMEBOYS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE. I MEAN, THEY ARE WISE. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH. IF YOU EVER HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR CHILD AND YOU WANT SOME HELP ON HOW TO HANDLE IT, PLEASE TALK TO THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE, THAT ARE AWFULLY AWFULLY GOOD. IASK WHAT I SHOULD SAY AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY SAID, SAY THAT YOU LOVE THE. I SAID YOU WANT ME TO TELL MR. LEE WHO HAS NOT DONE SHIT FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LOVE YOU. WELL MR. LEE, I'M GOING TO TAKE THEIR ADVISE AND SAY GOD BLESS YOU I LOVE YOU, MY RESEDA STREET LOOKS LIKE SHIT BUT I LOVE YOU MR. LEE AND I HOPE SOMEWHERE SOMEHOW YOU FIND IT INSDE TO YOU SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, I LIVE ON MASON WHICH LOOKS LIKE A PARADISE, I'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF MR. MARES'S BOULEVARD. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] GOOD AFTERNOON, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: LET'S SEE HERE, MR. POLICE ABUSE ON NUMBER 1 THERE. LET'S SEE HERE, YOU'RE ABUSING YOUR CONSTITUENT WITH A 4200 LENA BEAUCE, MR. PRESIDENT. SO IF YOU'RE TIRED OF POLICE ABUSE, WHY ARE YOU FINING SOME FAMILY 4,000 FOR SOME BULL SHIT LIEN. IT STARTS AT HOME, CANCEL THE LIEN AND THEN YOU CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING A VICTIM, RATHER THAN VICTIMIZING. THEN WE GET TO 14? THE FIRE, I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THERE WAS A GOD DAMN FIRE. TWO FIRES, THE PACIFIC PALISADES FIRE? I GAVE THE FEDS WHAT I HAD ON IT. I TOLD THEM HOW IT STARTED. I SHOWED THEM MY VIDEOS OF LAPD NEVER PUTTING OUT SMOLDERING FIRES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. AND THEY SAID, WELL THAT DOES NOT MATTER THAT WAS IN CD1, WELL SURE IT DOES. BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PATTERN AND PRACTICE OF NOT PUTTING OUT FIRES. THAT IS CALLED A PATTERN AND PRACTICE AND UNDER THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? THIS CITY IS GUILTY. SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST THE CITY DO, IS GET 5 OF THE 10 BILLION DOLLARS SOMEWHERE, I'VE GOT A BILLION RIGHT HERE, I SEE IT. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME ON 14. >> Speaker: I SAY GET THE MONEY READY AND START PAYING THE GOD DAMN RICH PEOPLE. LET'S SEE HERE, THE COMMISSIONERS TO THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS, LISTEN, DON'T TAKE THE FUCKEN JOB, JOHN PEREZ, JEREMY, JOSE CORENEJO, DON'T GET ON THAT PANEL BECAUSE IF YOU DO, AND THE FEDS LATER FIND OUT THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A COVER UP, YOU COULD BE INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY, WOULD YOU TAKE A NON-PAYING JOB APPOINTED BY THESE CRIMINALS, CURREN PRICE IS FACING CHARGES. WOULD YOU TAKE THAT JOB AND RISK GOING TO PRISON FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO TWENTY YEARS? THE ANSWER IS NO, SO PLEASE DON'T SERVE ON THIS PANEL. HOWEVER, I WILL VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS IF YOU APPOINT ME. I WILL SERVE ON IT. I WILL SERVE ON IT AND I IN OPEN SESSION WILL GIVE THE EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE. THAT YOU GUYS CANNOT DEFEND THOSE CASES ON THE FIRE AND THOSE SETTLEMENTS SHOULD BE SETTLED AND ATTORNEY SHOULD BE TO INTER MEDIATION AND CLASS ACTION. THAT'S MY GIFT TO YOU ON NOWRUZ, YOU EXCUSE ME BAGS. RIGHT. SO NOW ON GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR A WHILE. AND EVERYBODY IS SO CONCERNED ABOUT MY HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND I, THE OUT POURING OF EMOTION IS, AND WELL MY BECOME IS THE 12 FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT CAME OUT TO MY HOUSE TWO MONTHS AGO, THE DOJ THAT FLEW OUT HERE AND GAVE ME A SIX-HOUR DEPOSITATION, YOU KNOW WHAT FOUND, SAME THING IN 2016, INNOCENT! NOW WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHO SENT THE FUCKEN EMAIL. WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHO HACKED MY FUCKEN EMAIL AND MY ACCOUNTS. AND DID IT ON FEDERAL PROPERTY. SO THESE CHARGES ARE GOING TO BE FEDERAL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE CURREN PRICE GETTING 16 MONTH EXTENSIONS, THIS SHIT IS GOING TO RAN THROUGH THE FEDS. SO AGAIN, YOU GUYS ARE ALL GOING TO PRISON. ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY THINKING ABOUT THAT. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HI I'M GOING TO BE DOING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: BEFORE YOU BEGIN, FEEL FREE TO ADJUSTMENT MICROPHONE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M SA BAST AN AND I USE HE HIM, I LIVE IN MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, PLEASE LISTEN. I'M HERE TODAY FINDING MYSELF OUTRAGED, I ICE IS STILL TERRORIZING OUR IMMIGRANT AND EVEN BEGAN TO PATROL OUR AIRPORTS. THEY CONTINUE TO FACE HATE CRIMES AND GENDER INEQUAL, KANSAS, TENNESSEE AND OAK OAK HAVE INTRODUCED ANTI TRANS LEGISLATION EVEN A BAN ON DRAG QUEENS ON ID DOCUMENTS IN KANSAS, THAT WOULD OUT OUR TRANS IN TENNESSEE, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING PROTECTING US IN L.A. WE'RE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, I LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO PROTECT ME. I'M HERE DEMANDING LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ALL OF YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS BEEK ULIEL, I'M I TURF SERVE IN THE LATINO COALITION. FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN SUPPORT OF THE TGI INITIATIVE AND NEED FOR A REAL INVESTMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES. THERE ARE TGI PEOPLE STRUGGLING IN EACH ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS AND WE REALLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SUPPORT THE CAPACITY OF THIS COMMUNITY BASE ORGANIZATION THAT'S ARE ON THE FLOOR, IN THE FRONTLINES, SUPPORTING OUR FOLKS THAT ARE STRUGGLING EVERY DAY. SO TODAY, WE ASK PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, WE ASK TO MOVE FORWARD, THE INVESTMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND UPLIFT THE GREAT WORK, THE MANY HATS THAT THESE FOLKS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS CONTINUE TO DO. SO WE ARE HERE TO LET YOU KNOW, THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY WILL NOT BACK DOWN AND WE'RE HERE TO CONTINUE SHOW SUPPORT FOR EACH SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS LISA AND I'M HERE WITH THE FRANCE LATINA COALITION, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE TGI DESERVES SMOERN SYMBOLIC RECOGNITION. WE DESERVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT, OUR PRESENCE HERE IS NOT JUST A REQUEST FOR PERMISSION, IT'S A DECLARATION OF OUR RIGHTS TO BE HEARD. THE DGI WELLNESS INITIATIVE PROVIDES THE STABILITY AND ALIVE SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. IT HAS BEEN DENIED FOR TOO LONG NOW. THERE IS MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THIS WORK IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST STARTED YESTERDAY. WE SHOWED UP, AGAIN AND AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ABOUT OUR JOBS, WE'RE ASKING TO YOU PLEASE, CONSIDER SUPPORTING OUR AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKING SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE YEARS, WE CONTINUE DOING THE AMAZING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR XWHAOUNT. --COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HI GOOD AFTERNOON, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 14, 18 AND ALSO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS 14 AND 18 AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: TGI PEOPLE ESPECIALLY KNOWS LOW INCOME AND WORKING IN CARE INDUSTRIES, FILE THE ECONOMIC AND HOUSING, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE BURN ZONE. WHEN THE PROCESS MOVES QUICKLY WITHOUT INTENTIONAL OUT REACH, TGI ARE THE LAST TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AND MOST VULNERABLE, ONLY IF THE PLANNING IS TRANSPARENT AND MULTI LINGUAL AND IMPACTED WORKERS. RECOVERING DOES NOT BECOME AN OPENING FOR EXCLUSION. MANY TGI PEOPLE WORK IN THE, NUMBER 18, SCHOOL SUPPORT ROLES, AFTERNOON MENTORS, THESE ARE THE ADULTS WHO CREATE STABILITY FOR STUDENTS, INCLUDING TGI YOUTH. SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION, STRENGTHENS THE WORKERS WHO HOLD OUR SCHOOLS TOGETHER AND OUR ENVIRONMENT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DEPEND ON. THAT INCLUDES TRANS, GENDER NON CONFORMING AND INTER SEX YOUTH. WHEN THE CITY INVEST IN PEOPLE'S SAFETY AND WORKING CONDITIONS, THEY BENEFIT DIRECTLY. FOR A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE BUILDING IF IF THE TGI TAKE OVER, OUR COMMUNITY SHOWED WUP JOY AND POWER, AND INSIDE THE CHAMBERS, PEOPLE WERE LOUD AND ENERGIZED AND DEMANDED THE INITIATIVE. THAT LOUDNESS IS NOT A DISCORD IT'S A CRY FOR HELP FOR ORDER FROM A COMMUNITY. OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO BE LOUD BECAUSE OUR QUIET PLEAS AND PLANS AND OUR STORIES AND OUR SUFFERING HAVE GONE UNANSWERED. WHEN BEING LOUD WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK HEATHER HUTT AND YSABEL AND FOR STANDING WITH US, HEATHER HUTT FOR CONTINUE TO GO CHAMPION THE INITIATIVE. THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO BE HEARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. QUE VIVA LA TGI PEOPLE. >> Interpreter: LONG LIVED TGI PEOPLE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WE WANT TO RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING AND GO INTO THE SPECIAL MEETING. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'LL CALL THE QUORUM. BLUMENFIELD BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 14 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUALMER, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING. >> City Attorney: YES, I'M NOT GOING TO REREAD ALL THE RULES BUT FOR NOW IN THE SPECIAL MEETING, THE ONLY ITEMS OPEN ARE ITEMS 22 THROUGH 37 BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING, THERE IS NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING ITEMS 22 THROUGH 37, WE WILL PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THOSE ITEMS NOW. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CAN WE CALL NAMES? >> Clerk: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DOLORES HUERTA, AND AMIR AND SEM PER FI. >> City Attorney: AND YOU'LL ONLY HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES AND WE'LL TAKE YOU IN THE ORDER YOUR NAME WAS CALLED. >> Clerk: AND AS WE'RE WAITING WOULD WITH THE COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH TODAY? >> Council President: YES. IT LOOKS LIKE NONE OF THE PEOPLE NAMED HAVE COME FORWARD. HERMAN? >> City Attorney: AND FOR MEMBERS WATCHING OR JUST WAITING, IT LOOKS LIKE A GROUP IS LEAVING. SO AFTER THEY LEAVE, WE WILL BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA. [CHANTING IN THE BACKGROUND] [PROTECT TRANS PEOPLE] >> TEST, TEST, TEST. >> City Attorney: OKAY, MR. HERMAN, YOU KNOW THE RULES, THIS IS A SPECIAL, YOU GET THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: PARDON ME. >> Council President: YOUR TIME HAS STARTED MR. HERMAN. >> Speaker: I'VE GOT A LOT OF TIME, PLEASE AND THANK YOU, MR. MARK DAKSON. REGARDING HOW TO CREATE A FARMERS WORKER DAY, I'M TOTALLY EMBARRASSED IN THE WAY THE UNIONS, THE NONPROFITS PARTICIPATED IN NOT ADDRESSING THE REAL ISSUE ABOUT CHILD ABUSE. CHILD ABUSE IS A CRIME. THAT PRESENTATION YOU HAD EARLIER MS. HUTT, WAS GOOD, EXCEPT THE PROBLEM IS, WHY DIDN'T YOU 15 PEOPLE NOT SUPPORT THE FARMWORKERS DAY PROGRAM WHEN THOSE 15--YEAR-OLD AND 14-YEAR-OLDS WERE RAPED DID I CAESAR CHAVEZ OR WHAT MS. PADILLA SAID WAS HARMFUL TO OUR SOCIETY OR WHAT MS. HERNANDEZ SHOULD HAVE SAID, NO SE PUEDE, BUT I ACCEPT IT T YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. GROAT IN NEXT ITEM? >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD,. >> Speaker: LOOKING UP, I'VE GOT 22, FARMWORKERS DAY NOW IN 22. FUCKEN PROCLAIM THAT THE FUCKEN ON MARCH FARMERS DAY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THE FUCKEN AND UNISSES TO HONOR A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE FUCKEN UNION AND NONPROFITS TO FUCK YOUNG CHILDREN. ISN'T THAT GREAT? NOT ONE OF YOU DARED TO STAND UP TO A FUCKEN PROFESSIONAL TEACHER, POLICEMAN LIKE THEY HAVE IN WHITIER THAT RAPED FOUR EXPLORERS IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR BUT NOT ONE OF YOU DARED TO SPEAK ABOUT OTHER THAN SMOKING SCAN, THANK YOU, SMOKING SCAN, LOUD AND CLEAR, WE KNOW WHAT THE SCAM IS RIGHT? YOU GO ABOUT PRESENTATIONS AND YET, YOU DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES. WHY? FARMER WORKERS DAY SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED. WE'VE GOT OFFICERS OF THE LAPD THAT OUR GREAT OFFICERS, I WILL NAME ALL OF THEM BUT I'M GOING NAME THE BAD DONES, FUCK THE CADETS, GROAT, YOU LIKE THAT SHIT. YOU'RE A DOG-EATER. LET ME GO TO THE NEXT ONE NOW. OH MY GOD, MATERIAL YOU GIVE ME IS SO GREAT. YOU KNOW WHAT, MATTER OF FACT, IN ANY 14 SECONDS, LET ME FINISH OFF ON NUMBER 22, GOD BLESS YOU DONALD TRUMP, KEEP THE FAGS OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP THE LAST NAME ON THE LIST, DAVID GONZALEZ. >> City Attorney: TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE LISTENING REMOTELY, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND WE APPRECIATE THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF SPEAKERS AS WELL. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: LET'S SEE, SO THE GUY IS DEAD. SO AFTER A GUY IS DEAD, AND YOU NAME EVERY THING YOU CAN AFTER HIM, THE VICTIM COMES BACK 35 YEARS LATER AND SAYS I WAS RAPED. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ABOUT? DIDN'T DOLORES KNOW SHE WAS RAPED IN 1989? 1979? 19 OR BOB, DID SHE JUST FORGET? SHE HAD A BRAIN FOG? YOU NAMED ALL OF THIS FUCKEN SHIT AFTER THIS GUY AND STOOD THERE WHILE YOU DID IT. SO WHAT SHE CAN REVOKE THE LICENSE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. THAT IS GOING TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO MARQUEECE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE STICK TO THE ITEMS OR YOU'LL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR TIME. >> Speaker: I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DEFILING POLITICIANS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE. SO YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF SUNSET BOULEVARD WHICH IS CAESAR CHAVEZ, I GOT IT. BROOKLYN DODGERS AVENUE. BECAUSE NEXT TO IT IS VIN SCULLY WAY. SO YOU CAN GO TO DODGER GAMES AND HAVE IT BROOKLYN DODGER WAY AND VIN SCULLY WAY, THAT'S IT. NOBODY IS GOING TO DISAGREE, IT'S A PERFECT NAME CHANGE. BUT WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCILWOMAN FROM CD1, IS SHE HERE? OR IS SHE BEHIND THE BUSHES EATING FOOD, I CAN'T SEE. THAT'S A GOOD THING. >> City Attorney: YOU WERE WARNED. YOU FORFEITED YOUR SPEAKING TIME. WE ASKED YOU TO STAY ON TOPIC. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT CD1. >> City Attorney: GAVE YOU WIDE LATITUDE. >> Council President: THAT'S YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARN%BACKER WARNING. IF YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THIS MEET ING YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. >> Council President: YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, IF YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE REMOVED FROM THIS MEETING. WELCOME BACK. MR. SPINEDER PLEASE EXIT THE CHAMBERS IMMEDIATELY. YOU'VE BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS MEETING, MR. SPINDLER, PLEASE. YOU'VE BEEN REMOVED. FROM THIS MEETING. MR. SPINDLER CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING AFTER BEING ASKED REPEATEDLY TO LEAVE THE CHAMBER AND GOES ON AND ON AND ON. TO THE EXTENT THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR THIS CHAMBER TO ALLOW HIM IN AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. MR. CITY ATTORNEY? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: I HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: WE'RE COMING TO ITEMS. >> E. Hernandez: OKAY. >> Council President: I ASSUME ALL ITEMS? >> City Attorney: MR. CANDIDO? >> Speaker: 22 IS ABOUT CAESAR CHAVEZ CORRECT. >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: ITEM 22, PLEASE. ?AOUF ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: AND I APOLOGIZE IF I COME IN AND OUT, DO YOU FOLKS REMEMBER JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, ON THE 13th, YOU REMEMBER, RICHARD POLANCO STOOD HERE AND HE WAS SURROUNDED BY ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE PRAISING HIM, THERE WAS ONE WHO WENT ON TO CONGRESS, AND HE WAS ACCUSED A FEW YEARS BACK AND THEY SAID, MAYBE THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND A YOUNG LADY. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK AND SAY, THAT GUY DID SOMETHING BACK THEN. >> City Attorney: PLEASE STICK TO THE ITEM. >> Speaker: SIR, I'M FOLLOWING THE TOPIC. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING NAMES AND WHAT HAPPENS TO LATINO POLITICIANS EVERY TIME SOMETHING GOES BAD. WE JUST HAD THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS REMOVED. HE'S ON LEAVE. SO I HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS, SIR. HOLD MY TIME. HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE FOUR SECONDS, NOW THREE. >> Speaker: YOU KNOW WHAT MARQUEECE, I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THAT PERSON SAID BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE LIVING UP TO THAT REPUTATION. >> Council President: THAT'S YOUR TIME. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS SPECIAL MEETING. ONE MORE? ALL RIGHT. OH MY FAVORITE, COME ON UP, MR. KWAN. YOU GOT TO MAKE WAY FOR MR. KWAN. YOU'RE TAKING UP HIS TIME. >> City Attorney: OKAY, MR. CANDIDO, PLEASE VACATE SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS. I'LL BE BRIEF THOUGH. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF ITEMS FOR DISTRICT 8, AND I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR OFFICES ABOUT SOME STUFF YOU HEARD, AND I PROMISE, THAT WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT IT, YOU'LL WISH THAT YOU VOTED AGAINST HIS ITEMS. LASTLY, THIS IS A SPECIAL AGENDA MEETING THERE IS A LOT OF ITEMS AND KAREN'S FORM THAT SHE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THIS ITEM, STUFF WHATEVER ITEMS SHE WANTS AT THOSE AGENDA AT WHATEVER FREQUENCY. >> City Attorney: I KNOW YOU KNOW THE RULES AND THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. >> Speaker: I KNOW I JUST WANTED TO SNEAK THAT IN. >> City Attorney: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES SPECIAL COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: JUST TO CONFIRM, CALLED SPECIAL IN THIS MEETING ARE ITEMS 22, 25, 34 AND 35 *. SO THE COUNCIL MAY MAKE A ROAD BLOCK ON 26 THROUGH 33 AND 36 AND 37. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MOVING TO 22 A, AS AMEND APPROXIMATED BY 22 A. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: WHAOZ NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 25 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. APOLOGIES. COLLEAGUES, THE TRUTH, SORRY. COLLEAGUES, THE TRUTH THAT SERVICE OF CAESAR CHAVEZ A FIGURE THAT MANY LOOKED UP HAVE LEFT MANY ANGRY AND WITH THE HEARTBROKEN, WE KNOW THIS TRUTH BECAUSE OF THE COURAGE AND THE STRENGTH OF SURVIVORS THAT BROUGHT HIM SO LIGHT, ANA, AND BARB AND DOLORES HUERTA AND AS A SURVIVOR MYSELF I COMMEND THEM TO SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER. AS WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS HEAVY MOMENT, THE FARMER MOVEMENT WAS NOT JUST ABOUT ONE PERSON BUT THE FILIPINO WHO WALKED OUT FIRST AND THE INCREDIBLE WOMEN WHO RAN THE UNION AND BORE THE GREATEST PERSONAL COST WHILE RECEIVING THE LEAST RECOGNITION. TODAY WE'RE VOTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REFLECT THE HISTORY AND PEOPLE WHO SHED BLOOD AND SWEAT AND LAGRIMAS FOR THE MOVEMENT. TO DO INVENTORY OF ANYTHING BEARING THE NAME CAESAR CHAVEZ. WE NEED TO KNOW THE SCALE OF THE WORK AHEAD AND THE PEOPLE EL PUEBLO AND OUR COMMUNITIES WILL DECIDE WHAT THE ASSETS ARE NAMED. AND AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE I'LL MAKE SURE THE PROCESS IS TRANSPARENT AND GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY. NO STONE UNTURN. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS JURADO AND PADILLA AND RODRIGUEZ AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON AND SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. AND LET ME BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT ERASING HISTORY, IT'S A CHANCE TO TELL THE WHOLE STORY AND CELEBRATE THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF ALL THE PEOPLE. W OWE TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER WITH OUR EYES WIDE EP AND CON LA FRENTE. LA LUCHESIGE. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM 34, THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, THE FIRST VOTE WILL BE WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT OPEN THE ROLL ON SUBSTITUTION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE SAME FOR 45 WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL ON SUBSTITUTION, CLOSE THE ROLL TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL TAB THE ITEM, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THERE IS BEEN A REQUEST FOR ALL ITEMS IN THE SPECIAL AGENDA TO GO FORTHWITH, WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT IS BEFORE US, MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING? >> Council President: YES. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 14 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 1 TO APRIL 14th. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE A VOTE BLOCK ON 16 THROUGH 19. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE NEXT ITEM 21 AS AMENDED BY 21C AND 2 1-D. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 20 WHICH WAS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM HEARD BY THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: WE GOT RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CAN VOTE ON OPEN SESSION. IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, LET'S READ THE INFORMATION INTO THE RECORD AND CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ZOO ASSOCIATION, IT'S RECOMMENDED TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM 14 ADOPT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM 15 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: MR. LEE, YOU HAVE COMMENTS? MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: SO, COLLEAGUES, TRANSITIONS LIKE THIS WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN NEW COMMISSIONERS AT THE SAME TIME, BRINGS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS FOR US, IT'S THE STRENGTH OF THE SOLID FOUNDATION THAT THE OUTGOING COMMISSIONERS HAVE CREATED BY BEING ON THE FIRE COMMISSION AND THE FRESH NEW PERSPECTIVE THAT OUR THREE NOMINEES BRING TO US TODAY. WE HAVE, WE HAVE SPEAKER PEREZ WITH US, DR. ABRAHAM AND MR. CORNEJO UP FOR SPOTS AT THE COMMISSION. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE HAD THEM IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE FELT THE ENTHUSIASM THAT THESE THREE MEMBERS HAD FOR SERVING THE CITY AND I URGE THIS COUNCIL FOR AN AYE-VOTE FOR ALL THREE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN LEE. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING WHEN THE ITEMS WERE CONSENT BUT SPEAKER PEREZ ITEM HAS BEEN CALLED SPECIAL, I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE FABULOUS, JOSE I'VE KNOWN FOREVER. BUT SPEAKER PEREZ HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. HE IS A FRIEND, SPEAKER, FORMER LABOR LEADER, WE ARE REALLY LUCKY THAT AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT HE IS VOLUNTEERING TO HELP WITH THE FIRE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME TO LEND HIS INCREDIBLE EXPERTISE TO A PLACE WHERE WE REALLY NEED IT. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU, BUT ESPECIALLY JPP GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND I URGE YOU, I STRONGLY URGE AN AYE VOTE ON THIS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRED. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE? COUNCILMEMBER--OKAY, SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. >> Y. Jurado: I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND IT'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL TAKE A FEW MINUTES. SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE CAN COME FOR THE ADJOURNING MOTION. BUT THAT'S MY ANNOUNCEMENT. IF FICK CONGRATULATE OUR FIRE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE NEWLY APPOINTED AND IT'S VERY EXCITED, DR. JERRY ABRAHAM AND SPEAKER PEREZ, THEY ARE JUST SO GREAT. JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER? >> E. Hernandez: I HAVE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. SO, WE ARE HAVING A PHENOMENAL EVENT, AT SYCAMORE MOORE PARK THIS WEEKEND, LET ME GIVE YOU DETAILS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A BLAST. WE'RE DOING A SHINE L.A., IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE WILL START PICKING UP TRASH, AT8:30, AM SO COME ON BY IN HIGHLAND PARK AND PICKUP SOME TRASH WITH US. THANK YOU. >> Council President: WONDERFUL. ALSO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT TOMORROW, BETWEEN 5:30 AND 6:30 IS EARTH POWER, WE'RE ASKING EVERYBODY TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS FOR THAT HOUR. WE RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE CREATING FOR MOTHER EARTH, WITH THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT TOMORROW FROM 5:30 TO 6:30. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I HAVE ANOTHER ONE, SO, MAYDAY IS APPROACHING US NEXT WEEK. MAY FIRST, OUR COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS, OUR COMMUNITIES, ARE ASKING US IN AND ACTUALLY, YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT. >> Council President: YEAH, MAY FIRST IS A WHILE AWAY. YOU'VE GOT EARLY MAY. >> E. Hernandez: ON MAY 1, DON'T SHOP, DON'T WORK AND GO AND PROTEST AT McARTHUR PARK, THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THIS BUT IT'S RIGHT AROUND THIS TIME WHEN ALL OUR DIFFERENT RECREATIONS CENTERS START HAVING THEIR DIFFERENT EVENTS. AND I WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT TOMORROW TWO RECREATIONS CENTERS ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR SPRING EVENTS. RIGHT IN THE HEART OF HOLLYWOOD, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILIES, WHERE THEY COME AND HAVE A BAD TIME. AND RIGHT AROUND THE HISTORIC FILIPINO TOWN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING AN EGG HUNT. AGAIN, THESE ARE OUR CITY OWNED PROPERTIES WHERE OUR REC CENTER DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB TO MAKE THESE ACTIVITIES FUN FOR THE FAMILY AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: SPEAKING OF PARK, I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO OUR SLAUSON CONNECT GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW. THIS IS GOING TO BE SLAUSON BETWEEN NORMANDIE AND BUD LONG, IT'S GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON SERVICES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. GREEN SPACE, DIGITAL MEDIA, WE'RE GOING TO BE, HAVING FOOD, GAMES AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING WAY TO KICKOFF CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT ALONG THE GREENWAY, WHICH WILL ALSO FEATURE, THREE OTHER PARKS UNDERDEVELOPMENT. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO COME OUT TOMORROW. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. TOMORROW, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE SPRING EQUINOX AT THE ONLY NATURE PRESERVE, AT 9:45 ON SATURDAY, THE CHAPTER PRESERVE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HOST OF DIFFERENT EVENTS BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO COME ENJOY, THE NATURE PRESERVE THAT IS LOCATED IN CHATSWORTH TO SEE WHAT THE VALLEY LOOKED LIKE OBVIOUSLY, BEFORE SETLERS CAME IN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CEREMONIAL BLESSING, WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL CARE TAKERS OF THE LAND IN THAT AREA AND I HOPE EVERYONE CAN JOIN US AND THEN MY SECOND EVENT, IS, WE HAVE THE EVENTS SPRING FEST, THE WEST HILLS THROWING AN EGG HUNT AT SHADOW RANCH PARK AND THAT WILL BE FROM 10:45 TO 11:15. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I JUST WANTED TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO A RESEDA CLEAN UP AT RESEEDA, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR OFFICE BUT WITH THE RESEDA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND VOLUNTEERS CLEANING COMMUNITIES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A RAIL' FUN EVENT. CLEANING UP A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT IS A CENTER OF COMMUNITY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I INVITE EVERYONE INTERESTED TO JOIN US. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: WE'VE GOT SHINE L.A. TOMORROW, IN LENNAR PARK, IT'S A RESOURCE FAIR IT'S WITH THE MAYOR, CLEANING UP. IT STARTS AT 8:00 AM, COME ON DOWN. THEN I'M GOING TO SWING BY THE NO KINGS PARK EVENT. AT TOPANGA AND VICTORY AND REC AND PARKS QUICK OFF AT RESEDA PARK. WE'RE EXPECTING MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE. IT'S A FUN FAMILY EVENT THAT WILL INCLUDE A SPRING EGG HUNT, COMMUNITY RESOURCES BOOTHS, ARTS CRAFT A MOON BOUNCE AND FACE PAINTING, A GREAT EVENT. COME ON BY. THEN JUST GET A SENSE, GOING TO THE WINETKA THEY'RE HAVING AN EGG EXTRAVAGANZA, SO YOU CAN GUESS WHAT THAT IS ABOUT AND THAT IS FUN FAMILY TIME. AND IT'S IN THE GYM, THERE IS GOING TO BE AN EASTER EGG HUNT FOR KIDS. THERE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT GAMES FOR ALL AGES AND THEN I BELIEVE THE SAN FERNANDO NAACP VOICES OF THE VALLEY, AT RESEDA CHURCH OF CHRIST, I URGE PEOPLE TO GO THERE, I'LL BE THERE AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME GREAT EVENTS IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE WEST VALLEY. PLEASE DO. THERE IS AMAZING THINGS GOING ON. ALL SORTS OF THINGS, PLEASE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU CAN SEE MR. BOB BLUMENFIELD IN THE WEST VALLEY WITH EXCELLENT DAD-JOKE FORM. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. NO BETTER WAY TO KICKOFF SPRING CLEANING THAN TO WAKING UP EARLY IN THE MORNING ON A SATURDAY AND SHOWING UP TO NO HO WEST COMMUNITY CLEAN UP COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 AND NO HO WEST NEIGHBORHOOD. 8:00 AM TOMORROW AT 12510 RAIMER NORTH HOLLYWOOD. JOIN US AND LOOK FORWARD TO CLEANING UP. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. TOMORROW, AT 3800 CRENSHAW WE'RE GOING TO DO SPRING CLEAN, BRING ALL OF YOUR STUFF, SLEDDING, A OLD TIRES, PAINT, CLEAN OUT THE GARAGE, SPRING CLEAN GOES FROM 9:00 TO 3:00 AND SHREDING AND WE'LL BE THERE TO COLLECT YOUR ITEMS. AND THE SOUTHBOUNDEDING IS SPRING FEST AT APRIL 4th AT MICHELLE SPORTS COMPLEX, THERE WILL BE ALL KINDS OF RESOURCES AND JUMPERS FOR THE KIDS. THERE WILL BE ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT WILL LET YOU TOUCH REPTILES. IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN. SO SPRING FEST ON APRIL 4th, MICHELLE AND BARACK OBAMA SPORTS COMPLEX. ALL FREE. >> Council President: OKAY. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: ONE MORE SINCE WE HAVE A LITTLE MOMENT. APRIL 5 AGENT, --5th, SPECIAL DAY, IT WILL MARK HEATHER HUTT'S BIRTHDAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: LOOK AT YOU, BOB, THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I HAVE ONE REALLY GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT. SO ON 2024-2023, WE LAUNCHED A OVERDOSE RESPONSE TEAM AT McARTHUR PARK AND THE L.A. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH JUT RELEASED A REPORT THAT IT DROPPED BY 32 PERCENT OVER THE SAME TIME THAT WE LAUNCHED OUR TEAM. SO WE'RE SAVING LIVES AND DOING GOOD WORK. >> Council President: THANK YOU, YOU GOT THE RECEIPTS. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, RAMAN, SOTO-MARTINEZ HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ, HUTT, LEE, AND NAZARIAN FOR HELPING US OUT RIGHT NOW, WE COLLEGIAL THAT IS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, SO THANK YOU. SO COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. TODAY I RISE IN HONOR OF VOKESHA WILSON, WE GATHER AS WE MARK THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF HER WAKESHA'S FATHER IS PART OF A--TEN YEARS AGO, ON MARCH 27th, 2016, WILSON DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY AT THE LOS ANGELES METRO DETENTION. SHE HAD BEEN DETAINED FOR A MINOR OFFENSE AND NEVER CAME HOME. HER FAMILY RECEIVED NO ITEMS OF HER DEATH ONLY AFTER HER PASSING. THERE NO REALITY WHERE A YOUNG BLACK WOMEN ENTERS A JAIL ON A MINOR CHARGE AND DOES NOT RETURN HOME. THAT SHOULD NEVER BE NORMAL OR TOLERATED. FAR TOO LONG THESE PATTERNS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO PERSIST, WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. AS MOTHER, I CANNOT FANTHOM THE PAIN OF LOSING YOUR CHILD AND NOT KNOWING IT AND WAITING FOR ANSWERS AND BEING LEFT IN THE DARK FOR DAYS. NO FAMILY SHOULD EVER HAVE TO ENDURE THAT. BUT OUT OF THIS HEART BREAK THERE IS BEEN JUSTICE. THAT FAMILIES BE NOTIFIED WITHIN 24 HOURS IF A FAMILY IS HOSPITALIZED OR PASSES AWAY. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD INPUT IN PLACE BUT THIS LAW REPRESENTS A CRITICAL PATH FORWARD. THE LAW DECLARES NO MORE SILENCE, NO MORE FAMILIES LEFT IN THE DARK, NO MORE STATE SANCTION FEAR AND TODAY WE STEP ANOTHER STEP IN HONORING HER LIFE. HER LIFE MATTERED AND HER STORY MATTERS AND HER LEGACY CONTINUES TO DEMAND MORE. TO EVERY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AND FAMILY, YOUR LIFE MATTERS, YOU DESERVE ANSWERS AND DIGNITY AND YOU DESERVE JUSTICE. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE HER MOTHER LISA TO SAY A FEW WORDS. HER AUNT. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE AUNT. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE MY NAME IS SHEILA HEINZ I'M THE AUNT OF WAKESHA AND I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY SISTER, LISA HINES WHICH IS WAKIESHA'S MOTHER MY FAMILY HERE, AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYONE MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND, THE STREET NAMING OF WAKIESHA IT SET A STONE FOR US THAT IS THAT IS UNREMOVABLE AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK FROM EVERYBODY AND I KNOW MY NIECE IS SMILING DOWN ON EVERYTHING NA WE'VE BEEN DOING TO GET JUSTICE FOR HER. BUT THE REAL JUSTICE FOR HER, WOULD BE HER BEING HERE. SO [APPLAUSE] SO WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN KNOWING THAT THAT CAN'T HAPPEN SO WE'RE TAKING STEP BY STEP IN HONORING HER NAME AND DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN DO BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT LAPD KILLED WAKIESHA IN METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER. THANK YOU. [APLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. MAY SHE REST IN POWER. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEEING NO OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS. >> SAY HER NAME. >> WAKIESHA WILSON. >> SAY HER NAME. >> Council President: ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.