use naturally occurring microorganisms to feed onto this dissolved waste. Dissolved waste for them is food. If you've ever heard of water bears, think of those. When you're thinking of these microorganisms, their job takes roughly 2 to 3 hours to consume the solids. Then they grow and they multiply. Then we get clarified treated sewage. And what you're seeing here are actually our digester tanks. So this is where we go ahead and handle all of the solids that are treated and separated throughout the primary. And secondary treatment process. At Hyperion. Renewable energy projects are made possible with the methane gas that is produced in this digestion process. For us here at Hyperion, what we utilize this gas for is to actually produce electricity. We recover the energy from sewage and use it to run the plant. So right now we're standing in front of the Hyperion Advanced Water Purification Facility. This is a proof of concept for our pure water Los Angeles program. This project will produce 1.5 million gallons per day of recycled water for reuse at LAX airport, and also here at Hyperion in certain parts of the city, you may have access to recycled water, especially if you go to some of the filling stations. Also, some of our big venues for example SoFi Stadium, do have recycled water, but recycled water for drinking is not currently available in the city of Los Angeles, although projects are in construction to change that. Sewage used to be considered waste. It's a valuable resource. There's a lot of value in the wastewater, so the future is to recover the resources from sewage and then use it beneficially. The benefit goes back to the citizens of Los Angeles. How about that? We've just cut the ribbon on a brand new project. It's a green project. It helps green the community. It captures stormwater and it helps green the parkway by supporting native trees and native plants. But it's also helping the environment and remove pollutants from the rain and helps ensure that we have a clean environment for all the community that lives here. So some of the benefits is improved water quality, which is not always very tangible, but this water ends up in receiving bodies of water. Some might end up in Hollenbeck Park Lake or other waters around the city. Ultimately into the ocean. So this is a great project from that perspective. But the added benefit is the community gets a greener street, which is ultimately going to be a nicer environment to walk through. It's going to be a cooler street. It's going to be more enjoyable for the students that are here at these two schools. And as they walk to the park, they'll enjoy the benefits of shaded trees. Once they fully grow and develop. I mean, Boyle Heights has been a community that has been often overlooked, and that's been a priority of my office to make sure that they get good sidewalks, they get good trees, that they get to have shade on hot days, just like this one. And so making sure that projects like this start don't stall and finish is important. And that's what we're here today to celebrate. It's really about working with all the different bureaus, whether it's the engineers, the sanitation department that work on environmental projects. We help them all work together to deliver projects like this. Well, one of the things I like about being an engineer in the city is we get to do a lot of projects that benefit the community, that direct benefits, just like this one. It's very rewarding to do that work, to be able to improve their lives. Citizens of Los Angeles and the community at large. The Los Angeles River never carved a deep stable channel, shifting instead from a shallow trickle to destructive floods. After a series of devastating floods nearly a century ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reinforced it with concrete walls to control the flow. Much of LA's used water ends up at one of three major local reclamation plants. Here, the water is treated, filtered and often released back into the LA River, creating the steady, shallow flow you see even in dry months, the river may have lost its wilderness, but pieces of life still cling to its edges. Wetlands colonies of herons and pockets of green where nature has reclaimed ground from concrete. Public works, reclamation projects remain absolutely vital to the well-being of Angelenos today, providing essential safety enhancements environmental benefits, and increased capacity for stormwater capture. We happen to be at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant one, two, three. Thank you and today's event was a ribbon cutting for an advanced water purification facility that Ellison has built in partnership with la, DWP. This particular project here is going to provide information for what we call pure water. Los Angeles. That is a three decade program where we're going to be investing up to $26 billion. The idea is to be able to produce over 200 million gallons of water every single day of advanced treated recycled water . We're going to use it to recharge the groundwater basins that we have in Los Angeles. Eventually, we're going to use it for what's called direct potable reuse, meaning the water will be co-mingled with water that's coming from the Sierra Nevadas going through our filtration plant. And into our distribution system. So eventually folks will be able to drink water. That's a combination of highly treated recycled water and water that's coming from the Sierras. This is an advanced wastewater treatment facility, and it's a demonstration facility for the long term goals of the city to recycle all of its wastewater and utilize it. So this facility is playing a key role in a much bigger picture to meet the city's long term goals. This is one of the flagship projects that's really going to start the advancement of bringing a local supply of water to the Angelenos in this region. It represents more sustainability, more resilience and water reliability for our future. This particular pilot project is going to send water to LAX, and they're going to use it there for their bathrooms and their restrooms. The City of Los Angeles currently imports much of the water that we use, so we are trying to make a commitment to our next generation that we are trying to recycle all the water that we use. So at a time when climate emergencies are happening in higher frequency, we want the public to know that the city of Los Angeles is making these investments and thinking about the future into the next generation. Well, living here in southern California, I think everyone realizes and recognizes that we have a lot of drought situations and not water is fairly scarce. And one of the great things that we do with the water, we do get and we flush down the toilet or we wash down our drains, ends up collected into one single system. It creates an opportunity to treat that water with the advanced, state of the art facilities that we are able to build and operate to a water quality level that allows the water to be reused in a much faster fashion than it would normally take. I am such a fan and so passionate about advanced treatment and actually reusing what used to be considered a waste. This is wastewater that comes to Hyperion water Reclamation Plant, and it goes through such an extensive purification process that's highly regulated to ensure that we produce a water supply that can be used for future potable reuse . This sister Dreamer by Lauren Halsey is phenomenal. It documents our history. It talks about regular people, and that's where the power to the community is just regular people. We are so proud of the work that she has put on here at 76th and Western. Her community is about people from all over Los Angeles are out on a lawn. Halsey today we love you Lauren. But kinship that you see in these sculptures that are reminders of our ancestry in Egypt, we see ourselves. And our courage. Everybody in the community to come out and see Sister Dreamer's sculpture Garden. It's a remit of black America, period. What we've been through, what we built and what we're continuing to build. I think we need more of these events in our community, more art, especially with bringing the kids out and able to have something for the kids to do and really be able to, uh, to be with each other and be in the community and see each other and get to know each other, I think is important. We must always give respect to our ancestors and our culture, and that's what Lauren does. And we love her for being a documentarian. We have sculptures, food, and there are so many things to enjoy. This festival is really beautiful and it's really nice to see all the different people here, just kind of like the community is very diverse and so really seeing it showcased here has been great with the vendors and the food, and then the people that are attending. I'm very elated to see this in my community and it makes me so proud. Despite its name, the Los Angeles River provides 0% of the city's drinking water. Los Angeles imports nearly all its water from three distant sources the Eastern Sierra, via the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the Colorado River and the San Joaquin River Delta. Only about 9% of LA's total supply comes from local surface and recycled sources. The rest travels hundreds of miles to reach your tap. Nestled in Elysian Valley, the eclectic neighborhood of Frogtown takes its name from the once abundant western toads along the la River path. It blends local business with a thriving arts scene, highlighted by the annual Frogtown Art walk. Returning this September for its 15th anniversary. The festival reflects LA's creative spirit, showcasing how public art continues to shape and define communities like nearby Leimert Park. Today we are here at the Vision Theater Performing Arts Center, dedicating three new artworks to be able to celebrate the community of Leimert Park. It's a bold, bold declaration that you've arrived at the Black cultural capital of Los Angeles. I'm so excited. We have so many people here from the mayor's office, from Cultural Affairs, from the community, from neighborhood councils, because they love this community. And we're all here together to celebrate the Vision Theater performing Arts Center is one of our city's true gems. We are really excited to be able to be reopening it very soon. And these three artworks will be a huge part of it. It's an honor to be selected to paint this mural, this mural right here was commissioned by the Department of Cultural Affairs with the City of Los Angeles, and we selected all of these icons that got immortalized on this wall right here. All of these icons contributed culturally through art, through poetry, through music, through fashion, and without the people. There is no culture. I've been in Leimert Park almost 35 plus, almost go into 40 years. Art is to stamp time. Everybody should see themselves inside the painting. Our art centers and theaters are places that we welcome our community in. To be able to gather and as a way to uplift our culture. It is truly a celebration of our community. Of the Leimert Park community and who we are as a city. Today, we're passing out some checks to folks for economic development for small businesses in the area that need a little bit of a boost. What they all have in common is their local businesses that just need a little bit of a helping hand to keep strong macanal utilizar para seguir con el pago de mi de mi renta y mas materiales este me ayudar muchisimo ahorita. La situaciones esta algo complicada la economia dificil y pues me VA a ayudar bastante para seguir con mis con mis este proyectos. Very fortunate that Councilman Blumenfield has granted me the opportunity for $10,000 for back pays from during the pandemic, and I hope that it gives opportunity to other people to be in the same situation that I am. I've been in business for 13 years. We had a period that the business was quite slow. It's going to be basically used to pay my utility bills. My rent, build up inventory and also provide more security for my store. Small businesses are the economic engine for our economy. There's just no question about that. And they drive the jobs, pay the taxes. They basically keep the city going. Actually, it was quite easy. The process was easy. They documentation was extensive. But I took my time and I did it very easy, very easy. As long as you're organized and you have everything they need, boom! It just happens a few months. Done. Este espero pues nos apoyando porque si es muy bueno el apoyo . Qué nos estamos en este memento. As a city we are only as good as our businesses and our small businesses. Me and my team, we're here to help the constituents of the third district of the West San Fernando Valley to cut through bureaucracy and to make sure that the city government is serving the people. Betty Hill Senior Center is open in. Three, two, one. Woo We're launching our congregate meal program for the community of Betty Hills, and we're very excited they're going to be treated to a wonderful meal, and it's going to launch off Monday to Friday lunches for older adults. The Department of Aging is very committed to making sure that we are connecting seniors to a hot meal. We have 65 dining sites throughout the entire city of Los Angeles. Through our dining program, we serve about 2000 seniors every day for five days a week. And then we also deliver meals to homebound seniors. So if you know of a senior that is in need of a meal to deliver to them because they can't come physically, come into our site, please let us know. We're it's very important that our seniors are fed and we're working with the Betty Hill Center to make sure that that is accomplished. Today, we're going to have a gourmet style meals. We will be served. They're going to treat us like kings and queens in here . And we're live. So looking forward to being able to sit down to fellowship, to enjoy a hot meal. Our older adult population is especially vulnerable, especially in weeks like what we've had with extreme heat. And we know that this also creates a space for them to come in an air conditioned facility to be in community and to reduce isolation, maybe in their own homes. So this is a really great example of the city coming together across multiple departments to reach seniors. And meet them where they are. And so we're so delighted to be here, to be able to fellowship with one another and sit down and have a hot meal that will be provided for us today. That's a wonderful thing to have. The seniors here. We're inviting you with open arms. Please come and join us. Every day, water flows through more than 4 million households across the metropolitan area, supporting over 9 million residents, stretching 233 miles from the Owens River to the city. The Los Angeles Aqueduct delivers pristine water from the eastern Sierra Nevada, fueling the region's growth and shaping the city's future. Visionary engineer William Mulholland later recognized the need for more, helping inspired the Colorado River aqueduct, completed in 1941 through a regional partnership, it brought a new lifeline to a rapidly expanding Los Angeles, cementing his lasting legacy today, groundwater supplies nearly 30% of the city's water during shortages, with new treatment facilities working to restore and protect this critical local resource. The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles is the largest provider of affordable housing, not only in the city, but across the state. We were established in 1938, and so in two years we will be celebrating our 90th anniversary, our focus is to ensure that we're providing deeply affordable housing to Angelenos through the public housing program, through our section eight Housing Choice voucher program, and through our Non-federally assisted housing portfolio. That consists of about 170 properties. So altogether between public housing and section eight and our Nonfederal portfolio, we're serving over 200,000 people in the city of La. At the Housing Authority, we believe that housing is foundational to economic opportunity. From education to health to jobs and community safety. And so our goal and our aim is to ensure that our families are able to access quality, affordable housing where they're not having to pay more than 30% of their income. When we do that study after study has shown that children do better because they're stably house, they're going to school, they're graduating. Families do better because they have the foundation of having a place for rest, a place for respite. And neighborhoods. Do better because individuals and families are able to then participate in their community. Having access to affordable, stable housing is very much connected to the health and well-being of neighborhoods. Our housing authority is very focused on continuing to do what we can to ensure that we're growing the supply of housing that is affordable. It is very important that we continue to build more housing that is affordable, but we know that it takes time to build. And one of the fastest way to be able to bridge that gap between what a family can afford is by providing rental subsidy, rental support. So this is why it's important for us to do both right, to build more units, to build more housing, but also to continue to expand rental assistance and rental support. I'm also really proud of the work that we have done in partnership with the City in reducing homelessness. We were able to lead almost 3300 individuals from experiencing homelessness and moving into a safe stable permanent affordable housing environment. Government alone cannot solve housing. Housing insecurity or address homelessness. It really takes all of us, all hands on deck, working together on these issues. You know, I think housing is fundamental to an individual's ability to be able to pursue his or her dreams and to reach for their potential without having a stable housing environment, a place that you can call home everything becomes much more difficult. Head to the University of Southern California for the biggest book festival in the country. The Festival of Books features eight stages, 12 panel rooms and theaters, and hosts over 500 authors and celebrity guests. Nearly 400 exhibitors bring the festival to life and visitors can see all that they have to offer with free general admission. City exhibitors include the Los Angeles Public Library and the Department of Cultural Affairs. Head to USC for the festival of Books on Saturday, April 18th and Sunday, April 19th. Learn more at La Times.com. Celebrate Earth de la 2026. La Sanitation and Environment invites everyone to pan Pacific Park to mark the day. Join in conservation and sustainability workshops. Plant and tree giveaways, and vehicle exhibits. There will be a Kids Zone and complimentary food and drink while supplies last. This is a zero waste event. You're encouraged to bring your refillable water bottle and use public transport and rideshare options. Sanitation and environments Earth Day LA 2026 is on Saturday, April 18th, beginning at 10 a.m. Learn more at sanitation Dot L.A. city.gov. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is celebrating their 90th anniversary. Grand opening on Saturday, April 18th. Celebrate the aquarium's milestone and Earth Day with a morning beach cleanup. Films tours, puppet shows, food trucks and more. Join the Department of Recreation and Parks to cut the ribbon on the grand opening of the renovated exhibit hall and the new collections room, head to Cabrillo for the 90th Anniversary Grand opening on Saturday, April 18th, with activities from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. Learn more at Cabrillo Marine aquarium.org. And that's a look at some things to do. Los Angeles is reimagining its relationship with water, treating the river not just as a drain, but as a resource. As the city faces the pressures of drought and climate change, plans for new stormwater capture and river revitalization promise a more resilient, more natural future. Los Angeles is expanding recycled water to revitalize parks, golf courses and industry while investing in advanced treatment to replenish groundwater reserves. New infrastructure is capturing stormwater once lost to the ocean, improving reliability, enhancing public spaces, and strengthening flood control. Building on the legacy of Mulholland and generations of engineers, the city continues to provide a steady, reliable water supply, supporting Los Angeles well into the future. Thanks for joining us. You can watch these stories and more on channel 35 or at La City.org govtv and follow LA city on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Until next time, get out there and explore all that Los Angeles has to offer. All right, good morning and welcome toALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEET OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, 15th DAY OF APRIL, 2026, TAX DAY. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN IN CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 14, 2026. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SECONDS. NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD YOU LIKE TO RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA? >> Council President: YES, PLEASE. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 16 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 17 THROUGH 40 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. FOR NUMBER 38 CORRECT ADDRESS I 2660 BERGHTON AND ITEM 39, 166, NORTH EDGEWOOD ROAD. 41 THROUGH 56 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. THIS IS THE TIME FOR SPECIALS, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO IS FIRED UP AND READY TO GO. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 13 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND ITEM 14 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: YES, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL ITEM 15 SPECIAL FOR RECUSAL. ITEM 20 FOR COMMENTS AND 22 FOR AN AMENDMENT AND COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. GOT THAT, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: YES, I DO MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: ITEM 8, I GOT AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 8 BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: 8? YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT? >> C. Price: YES, BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ITEM 22, I ASK THAT WE MOVE THE BNF REPORT. >> Clerk: MAY I HAVE A SECOND. >> K. Yaroslavsky: AND 41 THROUGH 56, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 25 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ANY OTHER SPECIALS, TO MY LEFT? TO MY RIGHT? SEEING NONE, MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 1 THROUGH 7, 9 THROUGH 12, AND ITEM NUMBER 16. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NOW SHOULD WE GO TO THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS? >> Clerk: WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR? >> Council President: WE NEED TO GO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE DOING THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS. >> Clerk: WE WOULD NEED TO DO THEM AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK HAS A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> T. Park: THEY'RE NOT HERE YET, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THERE IS STILL IN ANOTHER MEETING. SO MAYBE WE CAN HOLD OFF. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL HOLD ON. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, THERE YOU ARE, IF YOU CAN READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT INO THE RECORD AND WE'LL BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: 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 T.YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE 17 THROUGH 56. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 17 THROUGH 56. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO 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 SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I HAVE A FEW MORE ANNOUNCEMENT, BEFORE WE BEGIN. I'LL ASK THE INTERPRET INVENTORIES MAKE THE FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST PURSUANT TO THE ADA WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS HANDHELD MICROPHONE, ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER TO SPEAK, CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND TO THE SERGEANTS CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE MICROPHONE. FINALLY, IN ORDER TO RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER BEFORE LINE HADING UP ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY CALLING DR. DE ANDRE CONLEY, ESQIVEL, ERIC, AND JASMINE Q. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO TO THE SPEAKERS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 17 SPECIAL FOR THE PURPOSES OF A MOTION. >> Clerk: NOTED, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, RESPECTED LEADERS. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO, IN REGARDS TO A COUNCIL FILE 18060 AND THE LIABILITY CLAIM TITLE C A 0 FILE NUMBER 590-0000985268 IN REGARDING TO FINANCIAL NEGLIGENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. >> City Attorney: I APOLOGIZE, DO YOU SEE THAT ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW? OTHERWISE? WHICH ITEM IS IT ON THE AGENDA? >> Speaker: I'M JUST LEARNING, CITY COUNCILMAN, PLEASE FORGIVE MY REGARDS. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'LL DO THIS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. THIS MATTER IS BEING BROUGHT IN REGARD TO THE SETTLEMENT 5.5 SETTLEMENT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. WE'RE HERE TO BRING THIS MATTER BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THAT WE'RE ASKING THE CITY UNDER, CODE NUMBER, I'M SORRY CASE NUMBER 626, 16109 THAT IS IN THE APPELLANT COURT FOR THE UNSEALING AND REMOVAL OF PROTECTIVE ORDER OF A WHISTLEBLOWER RETALIATION FOR THE 77 DIVISION. DURING THAT SITUATION, WHAT OCCUR DETECTIVE CHARLES SUPERVISOR LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS AND THOSE LOST FRAUDULENT INVESTIGATION KNOWING THAT THEY HAD A PERSON FOR THE CRIME EXONERATING EVIDENCE WAS WITHHELD IN THE HUSBAND'S FAVOR. AND THOSE 1 THROUGH 10. [BUZZARD] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. APOLOGIES. SO WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SO IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, YOU CAN ALWAYS DO SO. THIS GOES FOR EVERYONE, YOU CAN DO SO IN WRITING IN LACOUNCILCOMMENT.COM, YOU CAN FIND THE URL BY DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH OR IT'S ALSO ON TOP OF THE AGENDA. BUT WE DO HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON GENERAL ITEM FOR ITEM NUMBER 17. I'M SPEAKING. >> City Attorney: SO, OKAY. JUST FOR EVERYONE, SO ITEM 17 IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT AS A AGENDA ITEM AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LIKE, YOU CAN ALSO SPEAK TO GENERAL, ARE YOU ASKING TWO MINUTES OR ONE FOR GENERAL? >> Speaker: TWO MINUTES. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON 17, I'M JASMINE, AND I'M A MEMBER WITH THE U.S. WW, AS A WHEELCHAIR IS AIFT ANT FOR THE LAX FOR 14 YEARS. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE OLYMPIC WAGE HAS BENEFITED ME AND MY FAMILY AND IT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE. BEFORE THIS WAS PASSED, I STRUGGLED TO AFFORD MY BILLS, RENT, GAS, EVERYTHING IS REALLY EXPENSIVE, GROCERIES AND NOT ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T HAVE TWO JOBS BUT I KNOW A LOT OF MY CO-WORKERS WHO HAS TWO OR THREE JOBS IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN THEIR FAMILY. AND IT'S REALLY, WE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING A LOT. AND NOW I FEEL THAT I CAN AFFORD WITH THE OLYMPIC WAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING IN JULY, I FEEL THAT IT WILL CHANGE EVERYBODY'S LIVES WHEN THE WAGES GO UP AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO--[BUZZARD] AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT OUR FAMILIES LIKE OUR KIDS, MAYBE PUT THEM THROUGH COLLEGE. BY, I KNOW, OF SOME FRIENDS THAT DON'T HAVE A CAR TO GET TO WORK SO NOW THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET A CAR TO GET TO WORK. AND THIS HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE FOR ME AND MY CO-WORKERS AS WE GET READY TO HOST THE WORLD CUP AND SOON FOR THE OLYMPICS. AND I'M ALSO HERE TO REMIND YOU TO STAY STRONG BECAUSE DELTA AND UNITED AIRLINES HAVE SPENT NOW A LOT OF MILLIONS TO ROLL BACK OUR WAGES AND HEALTHCARE AND THREATENING THE CITY'S HALL BUDGET BY REPLETING THE BUSINESS TAX. THIS IS THE SHAMEFUL AND CYNICAL, DELTA AND UNITED DON'T EVEN PAY THE BUSINESS TAX. THIS IS ABOUT BILLION DOLLARS CORPORATIONS TRYING TO TAKE OUR HARD EARNED WAGES OUT OF OUR POCKETS. WAGES THAT PAY FOR RENT AND GROCERY BILLS. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. DELIA, ANDREW, RHONE' LOPEZ AND JESSICA DURHAM. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M PHOTOGRAPHER THAT HAS BEEN RECORDING EVENTS WITH ICE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, HALF THE PEOPLE ARE HERE. LAPPED CAN SAYS THAT THEY DON'T COLLABORATE. YESTERDAY AT THE POLICE COMMISSION, FINALLY SAID WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKING SOMEBODY TO CLARIFY, IT'S SO LOUD UP THERE. DO YOU ALL NOT REALIZE HOW DISRESPECTFUL? SOMEBODY FINALLY SAID WHAT I'VE BEEN THEM TO CLARIFY FOR MONTHS. THE LAPD CONSIDERS FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TO ONLY AND EXCLUSIVELY WHEN ICE TAKES SOMEBODY. THE OLG SAID WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MDC IS IMMIGRATION RELATED BUT NOT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. SO THEREFORE LAPD THINKS IT'S FINE IF IF THEY ASSIST THERE. CLAIMING A SECRET SOCIALIST, DO IT. UZ SHOULD WANT TO BE THE KIND OF PROGRESSIVES THEY PRETEND YOU ARE. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IT'S JUST A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE. FEEL FREE TO ADJUST THE MICROPHONE AS YOU SEE FIT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU HEAR ME? >> City Attorney: YES, WE CAN. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF EL SERENO 90002, I LIVE AND SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES AS MUCH AS I CAN. I'M NOT SHOCKED OR SADDENED BY MY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, SHE FIT NICELY INTO THE SHOES OF HER PREDECESSOR, DE LEON AND HUGHES AN--HUES HUIZAR, ONE IS UNDER A ROCK AND ONE IN JAIL. AREA IS TAKEN OVER BY HOMELESS, YOU CAN WALK RIGHT IN. THERE ARE NO CITY, PERMITS POSTED, SO I GUESS THAT'S OKAY FOR THIS PROJECT. IT'S A FIVE-STORY 100-UNIT LOW HOUSING. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, SOY RONNY. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, I'M RONNY AND I WORK IN FAST FOOD HERE IN LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE URGE YOU TO PASS THE FAIR WORK ORDINANCE FOR THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THE 50,000 FAST FOOD WORKERS HERE DEPEND ON YOUR SUPPORT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TO ENSURE THAT WE KNOW OUR RIGHTS AND SO WE CAN GUARANTEE FAIR AND SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: KNOWING THE LAWS THAT ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT US. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO PLEASE PASS THIS LAW WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. AIR REEL, CLAUDETTE, ROBERT, RONNY LOPEZ AND HALEY HERNANDEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE GENERAL, BEGIN. >> Speaker: SO ITEM 18 RELATES TO THE FORECAST REPORT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, I GUESS, THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR. SO, ANOTHER WAY TO HELP GENERATE WHAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY BE REVENUE FOR THE CITY, IS TO TRY TO AVOID HAVING AS MUCH LAWSUITS IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU MIGHT NEED TO SAY REPAIR THE SIDEWALKS, FIRE, JIM McDONNELL, DEFUND THE LAPD, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD HELP BRING IN MORE REVENUE. EVEN IF THERE IS LESS REVENUE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT SOURCES, UZ HAVE MORE MONEY LEFT OVER AND YOU CAN PUT THAT TOWARDS GOOD THINGS. INSTEAD OF MORE POLICING. AND COLLABORATION WITH ICE. SO, WE HAVE, ITEM, LET'S SEE, WE'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE A GRANT FROM DHS SOMEWHERE IN HERE. SO SHOULD YOU BE ACCEPTING GRANTS FROM DHS RIGHT NOW? OR AT LEAST YOU SHOULD BE SCRUTINIZING THESE A LITTLE BIT MORE? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU SHOULD NOT NOT ACCEPTING GRANTS FROM POLICE ANYWAY. BUZZ YOU KNOW HOW DHS IS RIGHT NOW, WITH THE FASCISM, WITH ICE, WITH ALL OF THAT STUFF. SO, THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY INTERESTING SOURCE TO BE GETTING MONEY FROM AND BE HOLDEN TO. AND AGAIN, YOU SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTING GRANTS FROM POLICE IN GENERAL. YOU SHOULD NOT PUT ANY MONEY TOWARDS POLICE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY. IS BECAUSE THE LAPD KEEPS GETTING OVER FUNDED AND THEY'RE KILLING PEOPLE, HARMING PEOPLE. YOU KNOW. EVERYONE CALLED FOR YOU TO DEFUND THE POLICE YEARS AGO AND FOR SOME REASON THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED FROM ANY OF YOU. SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL REAP ITEMS. HOW ABOUT PENALIZING THE LANDLORDS INSTEAD OF THEIR APARTMENT IS COMPLETELY BELOW REMOTELY ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS, PRO LANDLORD, THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN THIS COUNCIL. MOST OF YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MAYBE THE H THROUGH L ASSOCIATE CLUB CAN STOP THEIR CONVERSATION. YEAH, YOU, JURADO, LEE, IT'S ALWAYS YOU FOUR, THEY'RE JUST LAUGHING IT UP WITH EACH OTHER EVERY MEETING. SO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET STATEMENTS ON THE ANTI TRANS DISCRIMINATION, AT THE OLYMPICS? WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO CONDEMN THAT? YOU SHOULD HAVE CONDEMNED THAT WEEKS AGO. THIS IS DISCRIMINATION ON YOUR CITY. ON CITY TAXPAYER RESOURCES, THAT'S ON THIS EVENT. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR PRICE AND NONE OF YOU WILL SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, YOU WILL NOT EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO ME. YOU WILL NOT STOP YOUR SIDE CONVERSATIONS FOR TWO SECONDS TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO CONDEMN THE DISCRIMINATION AT THE OLYMPICS! CANCEL THE OLYMPIC. FIRE JIM McDONNELL, DEFUND THE LAPD. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM 17 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO SUFFICIENT A MINUTE FOR ITEM 17 AND ONE FOR GENERAL? >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I'M JESSICA HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 17 AND I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU HOW DEVASTATING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY MEASURE TO REPEAL THE GROSS RECEIPTS WOULD BE AND GET THE CITY SERVICES, WE ALL DEPEND THAT. YOU KNOW THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT HOW CYNICAL THIS MEASURE IS AND HOW IT'S BOUND TO FAIL. MAJOR FUNDING FROM DELTA, AND UNITED AS AIRLINES, THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX. SO IT'S ESPECIALLY CYNICAL THAT THEY'RE FUNDING A MEASURE TO REPEAL A TAX THAT THEY DON'T EVEN PAY. THIS IS NOT SO VEIL ATTEMPT TO RESORT COUNCIL INTO WAGES AND FARM CARE. LAST SUMMER, THE SAME INTEREST BACKING THIS MEASURE POURED MILLIONS INTO A FAILED ATTEMPT TO--THE OLYMPIC WAGE. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. > Speaker: THEY FAILED BECAUSE ANGELINOS STOOD WITH WORKERS. IF THIS GOES TO THE BALLOT, WE KNOW IT WILL AGAIN. IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT, TODAY IS TAX DAY, I KNOW WE ALL HAD TO PAY OUR INCOME TAXES AND THIS WOULD BE IN THE SCALE OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY CONDUCTED A POLL EARLIER THIS YEAR, CLAIMING THAT 70 PERCENT OF VOTERS APPEALED THE TAX. AGAIN, 70 PERCENT OPPOSED, AND 22 PERCENT IN SUPPORT. SO THIS MEASURE IS SHAMEFUL, IT'S RECKLESS. AND HARD EARNED WAGES AND HEALTHCARE. THANK YOU. >> ITEM 40. OUR OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER PARK AT LARGE FOR THE THE SENATE BILL 1322 AUGT TORED BY SENATOR VALADERAS, WE THINK THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP FOR REVIEW PROCESSES IMPLEMENTING IN CONNECTION WITH THE JANUARY 2025 WILDFIRES. WE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR OWN FIRE RELIEF AND RECOVERY EFFORTS AND FOR YOUR REVIEW OF THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M SPEAKING ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO EVERYONE, I'M HALEY HERNANDEZ AND I AM CURRENTLY A MASTER STUDENT AT USC. HOMELESSNESS AND COMMUNITIES IN SUCH AS MINE PICO UNION WHICH ARE CONSIDERED MARGINALIZED, INCREASES STRESS FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN THESE AREAS. MANY STUDENTS HAVE EXPOSE TODAY ENCAMPMENTS AND MAKE-SHIFT SHELTERS. IT ALSO CREATES PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS DUE TO LIMITED ACCESS TO SANITATION AND HYGIENE RESOURCES AFFECTING BOTH INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. I URGE THE CITY TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR MENTAL SERVICES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY BASE SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO BETTER SUPPORT THESE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: BEFORE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME 90 SECONDS, OUR NEXT SPEAKER. I WANT TO HOLD AND CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES. I WANTED TO RISE TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS FROM THE LAX AREA COASTAL CHAMBER TO OUR CHAMBERS THIS MORNING. THEY ARE HERE AS PART OF THEIR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WHICH IS A ANNUAL PROGRAM THAT RUNS FOR SIX MONTHS WHERE THEY PARTNER UP WITH THE CHAMBER AND LEARN ABOUT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ESPECILLY HOW TO ENGAGE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT HAS JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE A PARTNER TO YOU ALL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS WE HAVE WORKED SHOULDER TO SHOULDER TO KICK START POST PANDEMIC RECOVERY, WE'RE WORK WITHING HARD TOGETHER TO GET READY FOR FIFA ACTIVATIONS THIS SUMMER AND THE OLYMPICS IN 2027, YOU ALL JUST DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB. WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MINUTE AND THANK YOU KRISTIN AND I DON'T SEE DEBBIE IF YOU'RE HERE IN THE BACKGROUND, GIVE ME A WAVE. THE TWO OF YOU FOR ORGANIZING THESE PROGRAMS FOR US. I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME AND WORK INTO RUNNING AND ORGANIZING THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND DR. KEVIN WALSH OF GLOBAL ENRICHMENT, I DON'T SEE YOU BACK THERE, THERE YOU ARE, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, FACILITATING THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. THEY'VE HAD A PACKED A AGENDA. LOOKING TO SPENDING TIME WITH YOU MYSELF AFTER LUNCH. WELCOME TO YOU ALL. >> Council President: THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SERVICE AND WHAT THEY DO. ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO GO TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 17. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M DEBBIE MOORE DIRECTOR OF FEDERATION OF LABOR, WHERE WE REPRESENT OVER 800,000 OVER ACROSS EVERY INDUSTRY INCLUDING SECTOR WORKERS IN CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TO THE DANGEROUS OPPOSITION TO APPEAL THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX. TAKE AGO WAY AN ADDITIONAL 70 MILLION DOLLARS WILL CRIPPLE THE CITY. AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY IS STABILIZING THE FINANCES THANKS TO MAYOR BASS AND THE REST OF COUNCIL, IT WILL PUT THE MEDIA'S RESIDENTS WHO DEPEND ON SERVICES AT-RISK. WHEN THOSE SERVICE RIGHT SIDE CUT, IT'S NOT EVEN FELT, IT'S WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES. THIS IS INHUMANE POLICY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF ITSELF. THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S ONLY PULLING 22 PERCENT. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DEFEATED IN NOVEMBER. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAK PER, BEGINS. I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. STACY BOWLINGER, FRANCISCO, AUDIT L.A., FRANCISCO S AND MAYA DANIELS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARIA CRUZ AND I'M HERE FOR A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF, I LIVE IN EL SERENO, ZIP CODE 90012, WITH THE PROJECT JUST SPOKEN OF, THE PROJECT OF PORTOLA AND HUNTINGTON DRIVE, I LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE AND RAISED MY FAMILY AND I'M DISGUSTED ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT CORNER. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ATTEMPT IN REACHING OUR COUNCILWOMAN, WE'RE AT 50 DAYS TRYING TO SET UP TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT. WE WERE OVERLOOKED, NOT DISCUSSED WITH ANY OF US, OR ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I'M HERE, TO REQUEST THAT YOU LISTEN TO US, WE'VE TRIED TO REACH YOU BY PHONE, BY EMAIL, AND WE JUST DON'T GET A RESPONSE FROM YOU AT ALL. SO PLEASE, MAKE THAT EFFORT AND GET AHOLD OF US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS WOMEN, MY NAME IS EZIQUIL I'M A RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN EL SERENO, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT IN PORTOLA, THE COMMUNITY OF EL SERENO HAS OPENED ITS HEART TO MANY PROJECTS AND I CAN NAME A FEW THAT WE HAVE. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE, WE'VE HAD OPEN OUR HEARTS TO TWO HOME KEY PROJECT IN EL SERENO PROVIDING 120 BEDS, LAROSE A ADDED 85 UNITS TO VETERANS AND LOW INCOME NEXT TO THE MULTI HOUSE HADING, 70 UNITS. NEXT TO THE HACIENDA 17 UNITS. THE GRACE STORE APARTMENTS, 98 UNITS. MULTIPLE PROJECTS INCLUDING THE ANNIE CLINIC WITH 89 BEDS AND PARK BENNER 89 BEDS. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MEETING. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM 17. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'VE GOT ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M FRANCISCO I'M PROUD MEMBER OF LOCAL 11. I'VE BEEN WORK WELCOME AT LAX AS A CASHIER FOR 3 YEARS. MAKING A LIVING AT LAX, IS DIFFICULT, I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY MEDICATION AND RENT. THIS JULY, THEY GO UP, THE OLYMPIC WAGE IS GOING TO HELP ME, IT'S GOING TO HELP ME AFFORD MY RENT AND MEDICATION THAT I BUY MONTH TO MONTH. I'M ALSO HERE TO TELL YOU STAY STRONG, DELTA AND UNITED ARE THREATENING THE CITY'S BUDGET BY THE MEASURE TO REPEAL THE BUSINESS TAX. THIS IS SHAMEFUL, DELTA AND UNITED, DO NOT EVEN PAY THE BUSINESS TAX. THIS IS A BILLION DOLLARS CORPORATIONS TRYING TO MAKE HARD EARNED WAGES OUT OF OUR POCKETS. WE NEEDED TO STAND WITH WORKERS AND NOT CAVE INTO CORPORATE MEASURE EVEN IF THEIR MEASURE HAS TO GO TO THE BALLOT. WE KNOW IT'S A LOSING PROPOSITION. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ANGELINOS STOOD BY US, THAT THE SAME CORPORATIONS FUNDED LAST SUMMER. WE KNOW THEY WILL STAND WITH US AGAIN AND TOGETHER WE WILL DEFEAT THIS AT THE POLL. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. BOWIE, REVEREND CONLEY AND MARIA ROMERO. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GROATMENT. I'LL TAKE ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. ITEM 17, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO WHAT WE HEARD SO FAR IN CHAMBERS, IT'S PRETTY EVIDENT BY HOW MANY MILLIONS ARE SPENT BUSINESS BUSINESS ENTITIES, AND CORPORATIONS TO AVOID TAXES AND QUASH LABOR MOVEMENTS. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY HAVE RESOURCES TO PAY WORKERS A LIVING WAGE. BUT ARE RELIANT ON A CLASS THAT IS SCRAPING TO GET BY. THAT MEANS WE ACCEPT POOR WORKING CONDITIONS, LOW WAGES, UNTENABLE HOURS AND IF THEY WERE TO PUT THE RESOURCES THAT THEY PUT INTO LOBBYINGINTO JUST PAYING THEIR WORKERS AND HAVING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES, WE WOULD NOT BE ALL DESPERATE AND HUNGRY AND WILLING TO PUT UP WITH THEIR BULLSHIT. ITEM 40 IS TAX ASSESSMENT FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF HOMES DAMAGED IN DISASTERS, SPECIFICALLY THE FIRES FROM LAST YEAR. SO THE CITY IS BASICALLY SAYING, THEY, THEY GET AN EXTRA, TEN PERCENT SO THEY CAN REBUILD TO 100 PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL SIZE AND IT WOULD STILL BE CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT, MEANING THEIR TAXES WOULDN'T INCREASE. I GUESS, IT'S FAIR. IT'S JUST NOT LOST ON ME THAT MOST OF THE HOMES THAT WERE LOST PARTICULARLY IN THE PALISADES, NOT CERTAINLY IN THE EATON FIRES, WERE MULTI MILLION DOLLARS HOMES FOR RICH FOLKS. ONE TIME MY CONGRESSMAN, SAID THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO ADJUST SQUARE FOOTAGE. MEANING POOR PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH TINY APARTMENTS, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WE TREAT RICH FOLKS. I SUPPORT IT. WE HAVE REAP MOTIONS ON THIS AGENDA FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, REAP, STANDS FOR RENT ESCROW ACCOUNT PROGRAM. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN A LANDLORD IS FOUND IN VIOLATION FR STANDARDS SET FOR TENANTS CONSIDERED WHAT IS CONSIDERED LIVABLE IN A RENTAL UNIT. THE TENANT DOES NOT GET A BREAK ON RENT, THEY JUST HAVE TO PUT THEIR MONEY INTO AN ACCOUNT. WHICH I FEEL LIKE, CONSIDERING HOW MANY REAP MOTIONS WE SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT'S NOT A GOOD DETERRENT. AND IF I DON'T DO MY JOB, I DON'T GET PAID. IT'S NOT THAT MY BOSS HAS TO PUT MONEY IN A SECRET ACCOUNT THAT I CANNOT TOUCH AND THEN I DO MY JOB AND GET A PAYCHECK. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. BUT THE CLASS THEY SERVE, THEY'RE NEVER AT A LOSS. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO GIVE THEM MONEY. NITHYA RAMAN IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR, BUT THE WAY THAT SHE VOTES JUST PROOFS THAT SHE DOESN'T CARE. [SINGING] ABOUT THE PEOPLE SHE PANDERERS TO, SHE LIES ABOUT THE THINGS SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO DO. SHE VOTED YES TO GET LOANS AND YES ON LAPD FUNDING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SHE SOLD HER SOUL AND SHE IS GOING TO--TAKE A LOOK AROUND, SHE IS OUT OF TOUCH, WE'RE OUT OF TIME, AND THE CITY WILL BE BETTER IF SHE WEREN'T AROUND, SHE IS OUT OF TOUCH, WE'RE OUT OF TIME, PROGRESSIVE SHOULD PARADE THIS TIME AROUND. VOTE, VOTE, HOW COME COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN IS NEVER HERE WHEN I WRITE A SONG THAT IS JUST FOR HER. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT. ICE, GET THE FUCK OUT OF L.A. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HI, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS FRANCISCO SAL WHY NOTED CEDO, AND I'M HERE ON PUBLIC COMMENT. WE RESPECT FOR COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. WE ALL KNOW OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING ATTACKED IN MANY WAYS. SO WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. TRANS PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE IT DIFFICULT AND THIS WOULD GIVE US SOME SUPPORT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR LIVES. ON MY BEHALF I'M PAST THAT POINT BUT I'M DOING IT FOR A YOUNG GENERATION FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEM AND SO TO AFFORD WITH DIGNITY, FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEM. PLEASE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY IN MIND FOR CALIFORNIA HEADING FOR THE FUTURE PROGRESS. THANKS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI, I'M MAYA DANIELS, I WANT TO THANK YSABEL JURADO FOR GENDER AFFIRMING HEADLIGHT CARE. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND HEATHER HUTT FOR THEIR PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF ALL COMMUNITIES. GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE IS BASE CARE THAT SUPPORTS AN INDIVIDUAL MENTAL HEALTH. I HAVE SEEN TWO BLACK FRANCE FRIENDS PASS BY SUICIDE THIS YEAR. I UPLIFT THEIR NAMES, PEPPER WILLIAMS AND ERIKA MOSLEY. THEIR PROPOSED FEDERAL ACTIONS INTRODUCED BUSINESS ROBERT F KENNEDY JUNIOR TO RESTRICT COVERAGE FOR THIS CARE ARE NOT SOUND AND CAUSE DETERIORATION. THEY WOULD OVERRIDE DOCTORS EXPERTISE, DISREGARD PARENTS DECISIONS. A DRO CONIANIC ATTACK ON THE PUBLIC. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO INTRODUCED TODAY UPLIFTS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS FREEWAY WOLF AND I'M A TRANS MAN AND ALSO A VETERAN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INVISIBLE MAN AND ALSO A ANGEL IN LATINA COALITION. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO TRANS PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IS NOT AN ABSTRACT THING, IT'S ACTUALLY VERY DANGEROUS AND WE KNOW THIS. WE ALL SEE IT ON THE NEWS, OPEN UP YOUR TIK TOK, YOU CAN SEE IT. ACROSS THIS NATION, GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IS BEING STRIPPED AWAY AND MEN WHO SERVE THEM AND ALL ANGELINOS. OUR LIVES ARE BEING DEBATED LIKE WE'RE NOT HUMAN BEING IS WHAT I'M SAYING IS NOT THEORY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FEELING AND EXPERIENCE ING. I SERVED THIS COUNTY, SO I NEED YOU ALL, TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW IT COULD FEEL IF YOU GOT YOUR DIGNITY STRIPPED AWAY FROM YOU, BECAUSE MY GENDER AFFIRMING DID. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY O YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M BOWIE FAKE KARR I'M A COMMISSION ACRE OF YOUR TRANSGENDER COUNCIL BUT TODAY I STAND AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TRANSGENDER. AND I WILL HAVE YOUR ATTENTION. TODAY THERE IS A RESOLUTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND TONIGHT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIFES RESULT OF THIS RESOLUTION. I'M SOMEBODY WHO HAS LIVED WITH SUICIDAL AND THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE STANDING AND SPEAKING AND REPRESENTING YOUR CITY, IS BECAUSE OF THE LIFE SAVING HEALTHCARE THAT COMES FROM GENDER AFFIRMING CARE. THE LACK OF MEDICAID FOR THIS YOUTH IS GOING TO COST LIVES. THE CITY'S MOTTO IS HEALTHCARE FOR ALL AND MAKE SHOULD CITY, L.A. FOR THE SOME, FOR THE ELITE AND WEALTHY AND NOT FOR MY COMMUNITY. IF YOU STAND WITH COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, YOU STAND WITH MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. BE BE, SMOKING SCAN, MARIA AND TY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT 06295. >> City Attorney: SO SUFFICIENT A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS KIRK CONLEY, KNOWN AS KIRK CONLEY, AS MR. JONES. IN 2018, DETECTIVE HICKS WAS ASSIGNED HOMICIDE DIVISION, DESPITE KNOWING DESPITE KNOWING ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD. KNOWING THAT I WAS A LONG TERM PUBLIC SERVANT IN CALIFORNIA, DID A DIG, ARKANSAS DIG FOR EVIDENCE ASTHMALICIOUS PREMEDITATED MALICE DURING THIS NARRATIVE. HE USED TAXPAYERS MONEYS AND DOLLARS TO DO THIS DIGS AND UNCOVER EVIDENCE WHEN HE KNEW I WAS IN CALIFORNIA. HE USED 77 DIVISION TO DO THIS. WE'RE ASKING FOR, TO REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE ORDER OF THE, OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: OKAY. GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, I ASSUME ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL. >> Speaker: YEP. THE USUALLY. >> City Attorney: THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. AND THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN IT'S BEEN A WHILE, 17 THROUGH 56 SO GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I WANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR SOUND SYSTEM IS REALLY HARD, IT'S REALLY HARD TO HEAR. >> City Attorney: UNDERSTOOD, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I WANT TO START OFF WITH THE FIRES AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO TORTURE THESE PEOPLE. YOU TOOK AWAY THEIR WATER, IT WAS A WHOLE DISASTER, JUST LET THEM BUILD THEIR HOUSES AND NO YOU DON'T GET TO INCREASE THEIR TAX BASE BECAUSE YOU ALOUD THE CONDITIONS TO WHERE TO WHERE THEY LOST EVERYTHING. SO GIVE THEM A BREAK AND LET THEM REBUILD. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY ITEMS, I WANT TO PUT THAT ON HOLD AND FOR ONE REASON. COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHEN WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WENT TO THE POLICE MEETING, I CAME BACK HERE AND TRIED TO TELL HIM THAT I AGREED WITH A BUNCH OF POINTS. >> Speaker: THIS IS WHY I DON'T WANT IT TO BE VOTED YES. >> City Attorney: I DON'T MEAN TO INTERPRET, BUT WHAT ITEM? >> Speaker: THE ONE FOR PUBLIC GRANT. ANY OF THE PUBLIC FUNDING. >> City Attorney: NOT REALLY. SO ITEM 25 IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF PROGRAM. >> Speaker: YEAH. >> City Attorney: I NEED YOU TO CONNECT THE COMMENTS TO THAT. >> Speaker: I AM. >> City Attorney: WE'RE HOLDING YOUR TIME. SO OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: WHY I DON'T WANT IT YET BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO TELL THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT I AGREE WITH HIM, HE NEEDS TO LISTEN. AND HE OWES ME AN APOLOGY. >> City Attorney: THIS IS A FINAL WARNING. >> Speaker: DON'T CHANGE ME, I BET SMOKERING SCAN WILL AGREE WITH ME. THE NEXT ONE IS PROPERTY ABATEMENTS. I AM SO PROUD OF MY COUNCILMEMBER OVER THERE, MR. NAZARIAN WHO IS NOT LISTENING, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU, SIR. HE DID A GREAT JOB IN DOING THE ABATEMENT ON VERNA. I WISH THAT CD13 WOULD DO THE SAME BECAUSE HE HAS RECEIVED MANY MANY COMPLAINTS, MORE COMPLAINTS THAN MR. NAZARIAN GOT ON THAT. AND THE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO GET ABATE, IS THE SCIENTOLOGY BUILDING. HE KNOWS ABOUT ELECTION YEARS ARE COMING AND SOMETIMES ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. OKAY. AND I THINK SMOKING SCAN WILL AGREE WITH ME ON THAT. I GUESS WE CAN JUST GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I OWE SMOKING SCAN AN APOLOGY, I'M SO GLAD THAT SMOKING SCAN IS HERE BECAUSE HE HAS SHOWS AND HAS BETTER VOLUME AND THE MIC IS WORKING BETTER ON HIM. >> Speaker: THIS IS MY PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU BETTER PAUSE MY TIME. >> City Attorney: I GIVE YOU A LOT OF WARNINGS. >> Speaker: OKAY, BUT YOU'RE CUTTING MY TIME OFF. WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS STOP ALLOWING THESE PERMITS. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, PLEASE DO THEIR JOB. YOU'RE TOO SUPPORTIVE. AND I'M WONDERING IF YOUR ELECTION COMPETITOR LEFT SIDE LISTEN AND HEAR US. THERE IS A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE'VE COME TO YOU AND TO THE CITY AND YOU JUST STEP BACK AND WHATEVER. IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM. IT IS YOUR PROBLEM. THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF ON ABUSE, HUMAN ABUSE, WE'VE BEEN COMING TO YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND GIVE THE CEO A BREAK, YOU'RE TOO HARD ON HIM. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR GENERAL PUBLIC AND AGENDA 17 ITEM 17. >> City Attorney: SO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> AND PUBLIC ITEM. >> City Attorney: YOU SAID 19, MY APOLOGIES YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND THEN ONE FOR GENERAL. MY NAME IS MARIA ROMERO I'M A MEMBER OF U.S. WW AT LAX FOR 19 YEARS. I'M HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE OLYMPIC WAGE HAS BENEFITED ME, CHANGED MY LIFE. BEFORE THIS, I STRUGGLED TO AFFORD A CAR. AND, AND BILLS AND RENT. AND NOW, I CAN AFFORD THIS JULY WHEN MY WAGE GOES UP AGAIN, I'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD MORE. THANK YOU. MY PAYMENTS AND ACCESS HEALTHCARE. THIS HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED ME AND MIZ CO-WORKERS AS WE GET READY TO HOST A WORLD CUP AND SOON AFTER THE OLYMPICS, I'M ALSO HERE TO REMIND YOU TO STAY STRONG. >> City Attorney: GENERAL, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: DELTA UNITED AIRLINES HAS SPENT MILLIONS TO ROLL BACK OUR WAGES IN HEALTHCARE AND ARE THREATENING THE CITY BUDGET BY REAPPEAL THE BUSINESS TAX. THIS IS SHAMEFUL. DELTA AND UNITED DO NOT PAY BUSINESS TAX. THIS IS ABOUT KO*RPTIONS TRYING TO TAKE HARD EARNED WAGES OUT OF OUR POCKETS. WAGES THAT PAY OUR HENT AND BILL. WE NEED YOU TO NOT SAFE INTO THE CORPORATE MASURE. EVEN IF THEIR MEASURE HAS TO GO TO BALANCE. ANGELINOS STOOD WITH US AGAINST THE FAILED REFERENDUM. THESE SAME CORPORATIONS FUNDS AND WE KNOW THEY WILL STAND WITH US AGAIN TOGETHER. WE WILL DEFEND THIS AT THE POLL. THANK YOU. >> Ciy Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 17 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARIA AS AN LAX WORKER AND U.S. W MEMBER. I'M HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE OLYMPIC WAGE HAS BENEFITED ME AND MY CO-WORKERS. BEFORE THIS PAST, I STRUGGLED TO AFFORD. AND SEVERAL OF MY CO-WORKERS COULDN'T AFFORD AND HAD TO WORK TWO JOBS. THEY WERE NOT SURE HOW TO PAY THEIR BILLS AND ANY MEDICAL BILLS. HOW THAT WE CAN AFFORD, THIS JULY WHEN OUR WAGES GO UP AGAIN, I'M HOPING THAT NOTHING CHANGES AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE WHERE AERP AGREED TO SERVE. THIS HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED FOR ME AND MY CO-WORKERS AS WE GET READY TO HOST THE WORLD CUP AS SOON AS AFTER THE OLYMPICS. I'M HERE ALSO TO STAY STRONG. DELTA AND UNITED AIRLINES HAVE MANY MILLIONS HOW TO ROLL BACK OUR AGES AND BY ATTENDING THE BUSINESS TAX. THIS IS A SHAMEFUL AND SIN CA TO NOT EVEN PAY. BUSINESS TAX. THIS IS ABOUT CORPORATIONS TRYING TO TAKE HARD EARNING WAGES OUT OF OUR POCKET'S WAGE THAT PAY OUR RENT AND GROCERY BILLS. WE NEED TO STAND WITH WORKERS AND NOT CAVE IN TO CORPORATE MEASURE EVEN IF THIS MEASURE HAS TO GO TO THE BALLOT, ANGELINOS STOOD WITH US AGAINST THE FAILED REFERENDUM. THE SAME CORPORATION FUND AND WE ALL, KNEW THAT WE WON THIS FAIR AND SHARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE LAST SPEAK SPER I'LL CALL THE LAST NAMES. HEAVEN, PAM LAXER RENE AND ARIEL MOORE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, THIS IS A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M HONORED TO BE BEFORE YOU GUYS, GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. MY COMMENT IS IN THE VEIN OF REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZING WORKING GROUPS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS OF CD14 AND CD15. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FAITH AND DIALOGUE, THAT IS CONSTRUCTIVE AND TOWARDS THE COLLECTIVE AIMS OF CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ONE THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION OUTSIDE OF THE PER VIEW IS THE DIABLO CANYON, I HAVE MANAGED TO BE HONORED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH STAFF OF MAYOR BASS. IN AN EFFORT TO CONNECT WITH COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND THE TRAINING FACILITY. THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED. THANK YOU GUYS, GOD BLESS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I NEED TRANSLATE PLEASE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: SI. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO YES, I'M BEBE, I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES DISTRICT 10. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY TGI FRIENDS FOR LIVABLE WAGES OR FOR ADEQUATE HOUSE ING, SECURITY AND MEDICAL COVERAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN SIGMATIZED. AND WE WANT THE ATTENTION FROM CORRESPONDING AUTHORITIES. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING TO THE BOARD AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M PAMELA, I'M CARE RESOLUTION. GENERAL INFORMATION IS DECISION. THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY HAVE THE UNDER ATTACK BY MOST OF THE SOCIETY. WE IMPORTANT FOR US. TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OFTEN FACE VIOLENCE, FAMILY REJECTION, EXCLUSION FROM EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION. I HAVE VERY DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE BUT THE LATINA TRANSLATION COALITION, I HAD ATTACK BECAUSE OF MY IDENTITY. HATE HAS TRANSFORMED MY LIFE. LIKE FOOD AND HEALTH AL HEALTH AND HOUSING. PLEASE CONSIDER MY TRANS COMMUNITY AS YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR OWN PRIORITIES. THE TRANCES COMMUNITY NOW HAS A BIGGEST PROBLEM TO ACHIEVING THEIR PRIORITIES AS HUMAN BEINGS. TO EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS DIFFICULT TIMES. TO REMIND US THAT WE'RE NOT ALONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? ? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES MY NAME IS RENE, I LIVE IN EAST L.A. IN A TRANSITION HOUSE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT TO TRANS LATINA COALITION AS WELL AS MEMBERS TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> City Attorney: CAN WE HOLD HIS TIME, CAN WE ASK HIM TO MOVE THE MICROPHONE A CLOSER PLEASE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: -- >> Interpreter: WE'RE ASKING FOR FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED THAT WORKS WITH INTER SEX PEOPLE AS WELL AS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: DUE TO THE FACT THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM LACK OF HOUSING AND ADEQUATE RESOURCES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THAT'S WHY I INVITE YOU TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED ALL OF THEIR LIVES BYWAY OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH US IN PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CLERK, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 17 FIRST. AND I WANT TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE MOTION THAT I PUT FORWARD. AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM MEMBERS ON IT. WE WANT TO MOVE RECOMMENDATION B AS IN BOY, NUMBER 3 OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT TO REFER THE PROPOSED INITIATIVE ORDINANCE TO THE CAO'S OFFICE FOR A REPORT ON FISCAL IMPACT AND OTHER IMPACTS PROVIDEDED THE COUNCIL TAKES ONE OF THE ABOVED ACTIONS WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS FOR A REPORT. AND SO FOLKS, KNOW THIS REFERS TO THE BALLOT INITIATIVE THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD AROUND OUR GROSS RECEIPTS TAX WHICH EQUALS A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET. WE HAVE THE OPTION OF, WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS WHICH IS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT WHICH WE ALREADY ASKED THE CAO TO START WORKING ON AND TO HEAR BACK WITHIN 30 DAYS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND. >> Council President: SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK. >> Council President: YES, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS A REMOTELY RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO AT THE MOMENT. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THINKS THAT'S TO PUT A HOLE IN THE FUND. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IRRESPONSIBLE PROPOSAL I'VE SEEN BY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND IT'S BEING DRIVEN BY UNITED AIRLINES AND DELTA. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELIMINATION OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE. WITH NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT. AND WE KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE. THEY WOULD BE IMMEDIATE AND MASSIVE. SLOW LAPD RESPONSE TIME AND LOWER LAFD RESPONSE TIMES AND THE PEOPLE PUSHING THIS ARE NOT THE ONES THAT WILL HAVE TO MAKE CUTS OR LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES, THEY'RE NOT THE ONCE THAT HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY SERVICES ARE WORSE. THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR WAY IN THE OLYMPIC WAGE ORDINANCE AND NOW THEY'RE THROWING A TANTRUM. THAT WILL RESULT IN DEVASTATING RESULTS WITH US AND OUR RESIDENTS. I AGREE WE NEED TO MAKE L.A. MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY. I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING TO CUT RED TAPE AND UA LABOR FORMS AND OTHER EFFORTS. WE'RE PUSHING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHETHER THAT'S AN EDC OR SOMETHING ELSE. BUT THIS DOES THE OPPOSITE, THIS MAKES L.A. A PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES WILL NOT THRIVE FOR ANGELINOS WILL NOT THRIVE WHERE L.A. CANNOT DELIVER EVEN TO THE CLOSE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT ANGELINOS EXPECT. IF THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX, HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT GROSS RECEIPTS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, OR IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. SHOW US HOW WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE REVENUE. DO THE WORK, HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT. BUT THIS IS NOT SERIES, WE KNOW THAT THIS EFFORT IS NOT ABOUT SOLVING PROBLEMS IT'S ABOUT WARFARE, THE DISTRACTS US WORK FROM IMPROVING THE WORK OF ANGELINOS. I'M IN FULL OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL AND WE NEED TO FIGHT THIS AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP IT OFF THE BALLOT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF LEVEL THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT. I THINK, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND I SEE THIS ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WAS, IT WAS JUST, WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, ECONOMIC WORK DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT I HAD CREATED THIS MICRO ENTERPRISE PROGRAM TO HELP SUPPORT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE STRUGGLING IN THE CITY. AND THERE IS A LOT OF CELEBRATING AND CHECK AWARDING TO A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES. THERE IS LEGITIMATELY STRUGGLING. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO, REALLY HAVE HONEST CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS HORSESHOE ABOUT WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE. ABOUT WHAT GENUINE EFFORTS TO SUPPORT A STRONG LOCAL ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESSES, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE JOBS, LOOKS LIKE. AND, THIS BODY AND THIS CITY HAS FAILED AT THAT. I THINK WHAT, THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN, IS BORN OUT OF JUST SHEER FRUSTRATION. AND I'M NOT EXCUSING IT, I'M NOT JUSTIFYING IT, I JUST. THIS SHOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL TO EVERYBODY. YOU CANNOT KEEP GIVING MONEY AWAY AND NOT HELP SUPPORT THE INDUSTRIES THAT CREATE JOBS IN THE CITY. WE NEED MORE JOBS. WHETHER WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE AGRECIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM LA28, NOT INSENTING BUSINESSES FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. BEING ABLE TO AFFECTIVE COMPETE FOR CONTRACTS. WE'RE SEEING AN ASSAULT ON ALL FRANTS. THAT'S JUST THE FACT. SO I DON'T WANT US TO GET TO THIS HIGH HORSE SITUATION WHERE WE'RE SAYING, OH VILIFYING, WE KEEP VILIFYING THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING HIT AND WONDER WHY WE DON'T HAVE NEW JOBS. YOU CANNOT GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY AND WE HAVE TO BE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INSENT JOB CREATION AND SUPPORT A STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY SO THAT EVERYBODY, INCLUDING, SO THE EMPLOYEES GET THE JOBS THAT THEY NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY. SO I JUST, I HOPE WE CAN STRIKE A BALANCE IN THIS COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT REAL MEAN INGFUL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT SHOW UP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AND THEN EXPECT THAT BUSINESSES GET THE SAME SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING AND IT'S UNREALISTIC. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT FOLKS START TO REFLECT THEIR WORDS AND THEIR ACTIONS, BECAUSE IT'S, FRANKLY THIS ECONOMY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE. WE'VE GOT AN IDIOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE THAO IS ALSO CAUSING GREATER HARM. AND WE CANNOT BE THE ONES THAT FOLLOW SUIT WITH POOR DECISIONS THAT ARE CONTINUED ASSAULT ON THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCE TO SEE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PROVIDING SERVICES IN THE CITY. BUT WE HAVE TO CREATE A HOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENT AND TO CREATE GOOD PAYING JOBS THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE IN RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HAVE ACCESS TO. SO I HOPE WE CAN STRIKE A BALANCE AND THAT WE CAN REFLECT ON REAL LEADERSHIP THAT HAS DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS BUT ACTUALLY BRINGS EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BALANCE AND STRIKE THE BALANCE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEMS 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, AND 26 THROUGH 40. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE? >> Council President: I BELIEVE WE MIGHT OF HAD FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 BUT? >> A. Nazarian: IF WE CAN HOLD ITEM 50 TOWARD THE END. >> Council President: APOLOGIES. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PAD YA. >> I. Padilla: I WANT TO MENTION THAT RECUSAL ON ITEM 15 IS BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN METRO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO READ THE DETAILS OF THE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD AND THEN CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: THAT'S CORRECT. FOR ITEM 41 IN THE CASE MARIO VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 42 IN THE CASE ENTITLED BRIAN CHRISTOPHER FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 3, RACHEL VERSUS HECTOR ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 250,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM, EXPEND UP TO $230,000 IN SETTLEMENTMENT FOYER ITEM 45 KEN KLEIN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 700,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 46 MALCOLM TOMAS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, 525,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 47 IN THE CASE BLACK LINE SYSTEMS INC. VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, EXTEND UP TO 15,010.22. PLUS A CRUD INTEREST. FOR 48 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, VERSUS CALUCA, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE OFFICER. FOR ITEM 49 IN THE CASE ENTITLED SCOTT ET AL, VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP 110Nnd 46. 50, THERE IS --49 THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION--FOR 51 IN THE CASE BETH KENNEDY FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP $500,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 52 ART TOBIA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND. ITEM 53 ENTITLED TIMOTHY SCOTT VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $250,000 FOR 2026. AND ITEM 54. AND FOR 55 IN THE CASE ENTITLED, RUHANGI VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP $435,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 26-27 AND FOR ITEM 56 IN THE CASE EDWIN GONZALEZ ET AL, VERSUS RICHARD KAUFMAN ET AL, 850,000 IN SETTLEMENT PAYABLE IN FISCAL YEAR 26-27 AND FOR THE RECORD WE'LL BE VOTING ON 41 THROUGH 49 AND 51 THROUGH 56. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM 8 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THAT AMENDMENT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED. SECONDED. SO LET'S VOTE ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 13 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 14 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JAOUR DO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. DOWNTOWN L.A. IS HOME TO 90,000 RESIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE WORK AND PLAY AND LIKE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY IN THEIR LIVES. LATELY WE'VE SEEN STREET TAKEOVERS, CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND MAKING IT HARDER FOR RESIDENTS TO GO ABOUT THEIR LIVES. WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THE PROBLEM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS MOTION DOES. IT DIRECTS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO COME BACK WITH REAL IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS FOR TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES LIKE, THINGS LIKE BARRIERS AND SPEED TABLES THAT CAN HELP PREVENT STREET TAKEOVERS IN DOWNTOWN L.A. BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING THEIR STREETS ACCESSIBLE AND MAKING SURE OUR PUBLIC SPACES WORK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE EVERY DAY. AND IF YOU WANT A CITY THAT IS WELCOMING, WE NEED TO INVEST IN SOLUTIONS THAT PREVENT HARM BEFORE IT HAPPENS. AND WHEN DOWNTOWN, OUR ENTIRE CITY BENEFITS. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, ON THIS ITEM W CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 15 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR REFUSAL. --RECUSAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ALLOW COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA TO RECUSE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 20 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ALLOW COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA TO RETURN. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT NUMBER 20 WHICH IS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR COMMENTS. >> I. Padilla: ITEM 20. YES, COLLEAGUES I RISE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 20. THE CENTRAL PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITIES HOSTING THE TCN BENEFIT FROM THE SHARED REVENUE GENERATED. AREAS THAT WILL BE EXPERIENCED DESIGNS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU SEE THEM AS A ASSET OR BLITHE, SHOULD RECEIVE THE BENEFITS. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT STUCK TO THIS LANGUAGE. MY DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE SPORT STRUCTURE WITH SIDE FACES. I'M ALREADY, TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT HOW ONE IN PARTICULAR IS GOING TO BRING SUCH A FACELIFT TO A BORDER BETWEEN MYSELF AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. WHILE PRIORITIZING, THE ORDINANCE, RESERVES FOR 25 OF THEM TO BE SHARED REVENUE TO BE ALLOCATED FOR PROGRAM CITY WIDE. THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THIS WILL BE TO SUPPORT BROADER PRIORITY. SO WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE YES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 22 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR AN AMENDMENT AND MOTION YAROSLAVSKY TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE UP THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 25 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SPECIAL VOTE. >> I. Padilla: I WANTED TO SPEAK ON 20. >> Council President: OH, BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: MEMBERS, I KNOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VOTE BUT I WANTED TO STAND AND SPEAK. THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 AND 7, THE I-5 FREEWAY DIVIDES US BUT OUR COMMUNITY REMAIN LINK AT SHARP AND FIERCE. THESE TUNNELS ARE PART OF LIFE FOR SO MANY FAMILIES. SO WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT, IT'S NOT JUST CONVENIENCED, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN A DENT IN RESIDENTS OVER QUALITY OF LIFE. ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO CALL THE 933 HOME, WE HEARD FROM PARENTS AND RESIDENTS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY AND HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE. NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO WALK THROUGH A DARK TUNNEL TO GET TO SCHOOL. SO WITH REPEATED COPPER THEFT IT'S CLEAR THAT REPLACING THE WIRE OVER AND OVER, IS NOT WORKING, WE NEED TO STEP IN NOUZ. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I THANK COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BEING A PARTNER. THANK YOU TO THE BUREAU STREET LIGHTING FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY AND HELPING MOVING FORWARD. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT SAFETY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT'S ABOUT OUR KIDS, OUR COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY FEEL AS THEY WALK THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE HOPEFUL THESE TUNNELS WILL BE LIT UP BY EARLY FALL TO LATE WINTER. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ART THAT WE BRING THIS TO REGION AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL, THESE TUNNELS ARE A BIG PART OF OUR HISTORY AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO CLOSE THEM UP INSTEAD OF LIGHT THEM UP AND ACTIVATE THEM LIKE YOU'VE DONE. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU REMIND US WHERE WE'RE AT. >> Clerk: YOU MAY VOTE ON NUMBER 25, CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: NUMBER 25 IS BEFORE US CALLED SPECIAL BY HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, SPEAKER? YOU'RE TRYING TO SPEAK OR ARE YOU TRYING TO VOTE NO? YEAH YOU YOU DIDN'T COME UP AS A NO-VOTE. LET'S REDO THIS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY CALL ON ITEM NUMBER 50 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. THAT'S A CLOSE SESSION ITEM. >> Council President: WE'RE GOOD TO VOTE? >> A. Nazarian: YEAH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR YOUR PATIENCE. TODAY I INTRODUCED A--RULES THAT WOULD RESTRICT ACCESS TO AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE FOR YOUN PEOPLE. LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN A LEADER IN PROTECTING LGBT PLUS COMMUNITIES AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE SEEING EFFORTS TO LIMIT OR DENY CARE, WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR POSITION CLEAR. THIS RESOLUTION WILL PUT THE CITY ON RECORD OPPOSING THOSE PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS AND AFFIRMING THAT WE'LL USE EVERY LAWFUL TOOL AVAILABLE TO PROTECT ACCESS TO MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE AND PREVENT DISCRIMINATION. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN GET THE CARE THEY NEED WITHOUT POLITICAL INTERFERENCE. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND ORGANIZING AND SPEAKING OUT ON THIS ISSUE SO THANK YOU FOR COMING, YOUR ADVOCACY MATTERS AND AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND SHOWING WHAT COLLECTIVE POWER LOOKS LIKE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE STAND TALL ON THIS ISSUE TOAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE I'LL ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. LOOK TO MY LEFT? COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU CAN COME FORWARD. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I RISE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF SELENA, A PROUD SAN PEDRO RESIDENT WHO WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. STEP FORWARD. SELENA WAS BORN IN THE TOWN OF TAMZULA DURANGO MEXICO AND MOVED TO THE L.A. CITY IN THE EARLY 60s, CALLED IT HOME FOR 65 YEARS. MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, GEORGE IN SAN PEDRO. SHE MET HIM AND THEY MARRIED ON OCTOBER 15th,--. >> APRIL. >> T. McOsker: APRIL 15th. MY PAPER SAYS APRIL 15th, AND I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY, TODAY IS ANNIVERSARY, TODAY IS THEIR 58th HEAVENLY ANNIVERSARY. THEY MARRIED AT SAINT PETER CATHOLIC CHURCH, SHE SHARED A BEAUTIFUL LIFE TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILY GROWING UP HER TWO CHILDREN, PATRICIA WHO IS WITH US AND JORGE WHO IS WITH US AND JORGE IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF OUR CLEAN 15 TEAM AND ON THE 1-5 STAFF , THEY WERE LUCKY TO HAVE HER AS A MOM WHO WORKED IN THE HOME. SHE LOVED CREATING SPECIAL MEMORIES. HER HOME WAS FULL OF LOVE AND IT WAS THE MAIN GATHERING PLACE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. SHE LOVED TO TRAVEL NEAR AND FAR AND COOKING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, SOME CASINO TRIPS AND BINGO NIGHTS, SHE WILL BE ALWAYS FONDLY REMEMBERED AS AN AMAZING COOK AND BAKER MAKING HER FAMOUS FAMILY TAMALE, EMPANADA AND COFFEE POT WAS ALWAYS ON AND READY FOR VISITORS. PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HER HOME ON MARCH 9, 2026 AT THE AGE OF 81. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, MARIA, TORRES AND YNEZ JOSE FERNANDEZ, HER HUSBAND JORGE, GERALDO AND HER BROTHERS IN LAW, HECTOR, AND JOHN CARLOS, ARTURO, AND FRANCISCO SANCHEZ, SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, PATRICIA WHO IS WITH US. HER SON, GEORGE PATRICK, I FOUND OUT YOUR MIDDLE NAME, FINALLY, AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS. GEORGE PATRICK WHO IS MARRIED TO JENNIFER, HER PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN. ELIANA JORDAN WHO IS WITH US. AND DANIELLE LEWIS. HER SISTERS, MARTHA HIGGINS AND HER BROTHERS, JOE FERNANDEZ AND JOSE FERNANDEZ AND NUMEROUS COUSINS AND MANY DEAR FRIENDS. SHE WAS THE STFR HER FAMILY'S UNIVERSE AND WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION. I REMEMBER THE DAY PATRICIA CALLED GEORGE AT WORK AND THEY WERE TOGETHER WITH THE MOM AND THE ENTIRE 1-5 FAMILY JOINS NEW YOUR GRIEF AND JOINS YOU IN YOUR LOVE. MAY YOUR MOM'S LIGHT SHINE UPON YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. McOSKER AND THE CITY JOINS YOU IN THIS MOMENT OF SADNESS. WITH THAT, SEEING NO OTHER MOTIONS, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.