I like running around. I like playing tag, I like playing kickball, I like to ski, I like to I like to do all those kinds of things. I actually never played any kind organized sports during school or after until I started playing Adult Recreational League with So Never Too to start to find something new that you love in life. I should have headed thatf yes, what do you miss about it? I grew up in Washington, D.C. was my home until I came out to California for college. I still have there. So yes, I miss Washington, D.C. and of course, number is my family that lives there. I miss them a lot. But of that I really miss the seasons that you get in D.C. They're not too harsh, but do get to see snow. You do get to a beautiful, beautiful spring. Everything's coming out of winter and. Everything blooms at once and there's a bush there called azaleas. And everybody has them in their front yards. And it's just beautiful when that when that happens. How do you check the water quality at the port? Love this question. There are so different ways that we are able to check on the water quality here from instruments that you can just dip directly into the water, find out what's the temperature. Much dissolved oxygen is in there, how turbid is the water, how much light will through it? All of those things that have an impact on on the water quality and the things that that live our in our harbor waters but you want to get a little more technical than you need to take some samples send those off to a lab and. They have lots of different methods, lots of different that they use. And they can find out things like how how much are in there, how much pesticides in the water, how much know DDT or PCBs. You may have heard of those. How much are those are in the water and then they come back with you and they give you all all the results. One of the first things I ever learned about how to check water quality when I was a student, a thing called a secchi disk. And this is a circle and it's painted in a grid, white and black and there's a rope tied to it, and you just lower it in the water until you can't tell the difference between white and black. And then you pull it back up and you measure the length of and that is the of the water clarity. So can do that and. It's a pretty cool way to start to get in to know what the water quality is like in your area. I'm going to pick that up because that's bad for the water quality. I'm Caprica and this was my career report. For more information follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I'm Eileen King from, the art department, Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library. I want to share a little bit about Ruth Thomas Saunders today. She was an artist designer, typographer printer and an avid bookplate collector. In this small book that she at her own studio, there were 110 copies printed and. We have number three in our collection here at Los Angeles Public Library. It is a collection of her own book plates that she designed for other people living in the Los Angeles area she studied first in Paris with, Fernand Léger in the 1920s and then returned to Claremont, California, to open her print shop in addition to book arts, Saunders designed book plates for artists and musicians and libraries in the Los Angeles area. She was vice president of the Plate Association International and. She also published a book of book plates from 14 countries around the world. Saunders Criteria for plates was quite simple she wanted a clear presentation of the name integrated with design so that the topography and the image were worthy of placement in a book in the art department with its collection of about 300,000 books on graphic and arts as well as recreation in a study of book plates, especially those are online in the TESSA are platform for digital collections can serve as a starting point for an adventure into the world of prints and printmaking. You may even discover an original bookplate created by a local artist in our relief. Printmaking class. The design The Los Angeles Public Library's Bookplate with additional images that reflect the book worthy of the plate. Thank you. Good morning. The council meeting recessed from Wednesday May 21st. 2025 will commence at 10 a.m. this morning or shortly thereafter. Thank you for your patience. When see us. Hello. The comments are a lot of the spoils. Gracias. Por su paciencia. Once again, the council meeting recessed from Wednesday, May 21, 2025, will commence at 10 a.m. this morning or shortly thereafter. Thank you for your patience. La Junta, the oil comments that are a la la manana apocalypse poise crisis participants sincere. The LA City Department of Public Works has announced that Commissioner Steve King has been elected president of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works. King The first Asian American to hold this position in the board's history. Appointed by Mayor Karen King's election during Asian Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Month is a notable milestone for the community. King's prior experience includes as vice president of the Central Planning Commission. As Board President, will oversee public infrastructure services PLEASE STAND BY. TESTING TESTING ONE TWO THREE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO COME TO ORDER. YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEET ING, MR. SPINDLER, THAT'S YOUR FIRST MEETING. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL FOR THURSDAY, THE 22nd OF MAY IN THE YEAR 2025. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON. TODAY WE WILL BE REVIEWING A BUDGET AND HAVE A DIFFERENT ORDER OF BUSINESS BUT WE WILL BEGIN AS WE DO EVERY DAY BY CALLING THE ROLL. MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: ITEM 1 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES RELATED MOTION SXZ RESOLUTIONS. ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENTS FROM THE HART GATEWAY, EAST HOLLYWOOD AND COASTAL SAN PEED I DON'T COUNCILS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THIS ITEM AND POSTED ONLINE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO START THIS MEETING BY THANKING THE CHAIR OF OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ALL WHO HELPED WHO CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN A VERY TOUGH YEAR. TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCING BETWEEN HOW THINGS SHOULD BE AND CARING THAT WITH THE REALITY OF HOW THINGS IN FACT ARE HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WITH REGARD TO OUR BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CHAIRWOMAN OF OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY OF THE 5th DISTRICT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES SO BEFORE SUS A REVISED BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT IS BALANCED, IT PROTECTS CORE CITY SERVICES FROM BEING DECIMATED AND KEEPS A 1,000 CITY EMPLOYEES IN THEIR JOBS. THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS BUDGET CRISIS THAT THE CITY HAS SEEN IN NEARLY TWO DECADES WE ALL KNOW THIS BUT I WANT TO GROUND US IN THAT REALITY. IT'S EASY TO GET LOST IN THE DETAILS AND LOSE SIGHT OF THE CRISIS WE'RE IN, IT'S REAL AND IT WILL LIKELY ONLY GET WORSE GIVEN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON. THE CONSEQUENCES TOO ARE VERY REAL F WE FAIL TO MEET THIS MOMENT. WE HAVE TO FACE THE CHALLENGE RESPONSIBLE BY STAYING FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS MOST. THAT WAS OUR GOAL IN COMMITTEE AND I HOPE WE CARRY THAT TODAY. A MONTH AGO WE WERE FACE WITHED A PROPOSED BUDGET THAT ELIMINATED FUNDING, REDUCED THE NUMBER OF SIDEWALKS REPAIRS BY 30 PERCENT AND CUT MORE THAN 400 CIVILIAN IN LAPD WHO PROCESSED DNA PRINTS, PERFORMED FINGERPRINT THESE ARE POSITION THAT'S CAN'T BE FILLED BY OFFICER. THE BACKLOG OF STREET LIGHTS COULD HAVE STRETCHED TWO YEARS. THIS IS THE BASIC EVERY DAY SERVICE THAT'S PEOPLE RELAY ON AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO ELIMINATE EVEN IN A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR. THE GOOD NEWS, IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE. THE READVISED BUDGET ALSO TARGETS INVESTMNTS, A 50 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AFTER THE JANUARY FIRES, WE HEARD CLEARLY FROM LAFD THAT THEY LACKED RESOURCES TO MIGHT THE FIRE RESPONSE NEEDS AND THEY ALSO IDENTIFIED PAYROLL TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PAID ON TIME AND ACCURATELY. THIS BUDGET FUNDS BOTH. INCLUDING 80 MILLION FOR NEW FIRE TRUCKS AND HELICOPTERS, UPGRADED EQUIPMENT AND FASTER REPAIRS AND 1.5 MILLION FOR PAYROLL SOFTWARE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. THIS IS NOT EVERYTHING THAT THEY DESERVE. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT EVERYTHING THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DESERVES AND I'LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT. BUT WITH A YEAR WITH A LIMITED INVESTMENTS, IT'S A MEANINGFUL AND STEP FORWARD AND ONE I HOPE WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON IN THE COMING YEARS WHEN WE HAVE MORE REVENUE COMING IN. THE PROPOSAL ALSO SHIFTS RESOURCES WITHIN LAPD TO RESTORE 150 SPECIALIZED POSITIONS. THESE SPECIALIZES ROLLS SUPPORT INVESTIGATION IN CRIME SCENE WORK AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THAT CAN'T BE FILLED BY SWORN OFFICERS. WE HEARD FROM THE POLICE CHIEF THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT IMPORTANT PRIORITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT. WE SAVED THESE ROLLS BY--ROLES BY SLOWING THE PACE. THAT DECISION WAS NOT MADE LIGHTLY IT'S ONE OF MY PRIORITY FOR RESTORATION IF FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE. AND I HOPE TO WORK WITH OTHERS INCLUDING LABOR WHO SHARE THAT GOAL. ON HOMELESSNESS, THIS BUDGET REDUCES BUDGET BY 10 PERCENT IN INSIDE BUDGET. WITH THE COUNTY'S DECISION TO WITHDRAWAL FUNDS FROM LAHSA AND OUR ON GOING OBLIGATIONS THIS ALLOWS ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT, FLEXIBILITY AND CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND. TO GET THIS, THIS BUDGE ALSO TAKES STEPS TO ESTABLISH A BUREAU FOR HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT WHICH I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER TODAY. THIS INCLUDES DATA COLLECTION ACROSS A NUMBER OF AREAS, LIKE THIS ONE. THE COMMITTEE CHOSE, INSTEAD WE LOOK TO BRING FUNCTIONS TOGETHER COULD YIELD MORE RESULTS. NOW WE DIFFER TO THE POLICY COMMITTEES TO SHAPE THESE EFFORTS. ALL OF US WANT TO GROW ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND INVESTMENTS THAT KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE AND THRIVING. BUT WE'RE WORKING WITHIN SERIOUS CON STWRAINTS AND WE CANNOT DO EVERYTHING. NONE OF US CAN POSSIBLY COME CLOSE TO GETTING EVERYTHING WE WANT IN THIS BUDGET, NO ONE ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE GOT CLOSE TO WHAT WE WANTED. WE DIDN'T. BUT WE ALL WILL GET SOME OF WHAT WE ASKED FOR, WHETHER IT WAS RESTORING CARE PLUS TEAMS OR SPECIALIZED L.A. CIVILIANS OR ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE OPEN. THESE REVISED PROPOSAL KEEPS US MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THERE ARE STILL PRIORITIES, I KNOW MANY OF US HOPE TO SEE, HOMELESSNESS ACCOUNTABILITY AND FUND ANDING FULLY STAFFED WORKFORCE. I SHARE THOSE GOALS, IN MANY WAYS THIS BUDGET ISN'T THE END OF THE CONVERSATION BUT IT'S THE START. ADDITIONAL RESTORATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF OUR LABOR PARTNERS COME TO THE TABLE TO NEGOTIATE. WELCOME THAT.O, I KNOW WE WOULD- AS YOU KNOW, MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET GOES TO PEOPLE, OUR CITY STAFF AND MANY OF THE COST INCREASES BUILT INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WERE NEGOTIATED WHEN OUR ECONOMIC OUT GROWTH WAS STRONGER. EVEN MODEST ADJUSTMENTS, DOWNWARD CAN ALLOW US TO RESTORE MORE JOBS AND POSITIONS, INCLUDING THE 250 REMAINING CIVILIAN ROLES AND LARGER POLICE RECRUITMENT. BUT THIS KEEPS THE CITY RUNNING, IT'S A BARE-BONE BUDGET THAT PUTS US ON THE PATH. I WANT TO CLOSE BY THANKING OUR AMAZING CLA, OUR CAO AND HIS TEAM, THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM, MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD AND THOUGHTFUL WORK. VICE CHAIR BLUMENFIELD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP AND STAFF FOR LEADING A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS CENTERED IN THE NEEDS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE TOOK MORE THAN 13 HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HEARD FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT ABOUT HOW THIS BUDGET WOULD IMPACT HOW THEY SERVE THE CITY. WE WERE AT EVERY LETTER AND EVERY PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY YOU COLLEAGUES AND WE INVITED COUNCILMEMBER LEE AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AS CHAIR OF THE HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEES RESPECTIVELY TO JOIN US DURING OUR HEARINGS. THEIR RESPECTIVES HELP STRENGTHEN THIS PROPOSAL. WE WORKED TOGETHER TO REFLECT ALL OF THESE REPRIORITIES IN THE REVISED BUDGET TODAY. WE CANNOT FUND NEW PROGRAMS OR NEW STAFF AT THE COST OF STREET CREWS COMMUNITY PLANNERS OR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. AND YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT THIS WORK WILL CONTINUE AFTER TODAY. THAT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL FIGHT TO RESTORE AND FUND THOSE PRIORITIES THAT WE ALL SHARE FOR A SAFER WELL RUN AND MORE RESPONSIVE CITY. THIS REVISED PROPOSAL IS DISCIPLINED, COLLABORATIVE AND MEETS OUR ESSENTIAL NEEDS. WHAT WE PROPOSE STRENGTH ET CETERA THE NEED OF SERVICES AND STARTS TO ADDRESS OUR STRUCTURAL BALANCES AND PUTS US IN A PATH TOWARDS SULLIVANCY. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY BUT I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRWOMAN, YAROSLAVSKY AND AGAIN APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE LEADING THIS PROCESS THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. MEMBERS, WE WILL NOW GO THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR AMENDMENTS OR ON A RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE CALL THAT RECOMMENDATION SPECIAL, MEMBERS. ONCE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL 216 RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ATTACHMENTS, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE ITEMS CALLED SPECIAL FOR DISCUSSION. ONCE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN HELD ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON EACH RECOMMENDATION. WE WILL THEN, VOTE ON THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE REPORT AS AMENDED ONCE THOSE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN SETTLED. I WILL NOW TURN THIS MEETING OVER TO THE CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE. >> GOOD MORNING, ANDREA, IF WE TURN TO THE FIRST PAGE, THERE IS A FRONT SECTION THAT SUMMARIZES WHAT HAPPENED IN COMMITTEE WHICH IS PAGES 1 THROUGH 23 AND AFTER THAT WE START WITH PAGE 1 OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I WILL TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE THAT I WILL NOTE ONCE WE GET THERE. SO STARTING WITH PAGE 1, THESE ARE REVENUE CHANGES. AND THOSE CONTINUED TO PAGE TWO. >> FURTHER REVENUE CHANGES ON PAGE 3 AND RECOMMENDATIONS 22. WHICH REFERS TO ATTACHMENT A OF THIS COMMITTEE REPORT. >> EXPENDITURE CHANGES BEGIN ON PAGE 4 WITH AGING ANIMAL SERVICES TOWARDS THE BOTTOM. AND ON PAGE 5, WE HAVE BUILDING AND SAFETY, CAPITAL FINANCE ADMINISTRATION FUND, CTIEP AND THE CAO. PAGE 6 BEGINS WITH THE CITY CLERK, AND WE HAVE CIVIL HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUITY ON THE LAST RECOMMENDATION ON THE BOTTOM. PAGE 7 WE HAVE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOR FAMILIES AND THE CONTROLLER. PAGE 8, WE HAVE CULTURAL AFFAIRS, I DO A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT ON THIS PAGE, FOR RECOMMENDATION 47 UNDER CULTURAL AFFAIRS, WE WOULD LIKE TO DELETE THIS ENTIRE RECOMMENDATION AS THESE POSITIONS ARE RESTORED LATER IN RECOMMENDATION 131. THEN WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF FINANCE. CONTINUING WITH FINANCE, AT THE TOP OF PAGE 9 AND WE GO INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES ON PAGES 10, 11, 12 AND 13. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THIS BOARD IS A LITTLE BUGGY, SO I MAY NEED YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. (INAUDIBLE) >> M. Rodriguez: 53 FOR A MOTION. >> THE BOTTOM OF 13, WE START WITH GCP WHICH CONTINUES ON TO 14. PAGE 15, WE HAVE THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. HUMAN RESOURCES BENEFITS AND THE BEGINNING OF ITA. >> PAGE 16 CONTINUES WITH IT A AND I HAVE TECHNICAL ADD JUMENTMENTS ON TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 69, IT SHOULD READ RESTORE POSITION AUTHORITY AND 8-MONTH SPENDING FOR FOUR POSITIONS INCLUDING ONE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR, ADDING 81,341 DOLLARS IN DIRECT COSTS, 38,696 IN INDIRECT COST. ONE PROGRAMMER ANALYST 5, 81,341 INDIRECT COSTS AND 38,696 IN INDIRECT COSTS. AND TWO PROGRAMMER ANALYSTS 4, 151,239 IN DIRECT COSTS. 72,500 IN INDIRECT COSTS AND THE NUMBER THAT WILL BE CHANGED--. >> Council President: OKAY HOLD ON A SECOND, WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> ON THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION, 70, IT SHOULD READ, THREE INFORMATIONS FOR ONE SENIOR SYSTEM, 77, 520 IN DIRECT COSTS. 37,437234 INDIRECT COST. ONE PROGRAMMER ANALYST 3, 69436 INDIRECT COSTS, AND ONE PROGRAMMER ANALYST 4, 75,520 INDIRECT COSTS, 36, 778 IN DIRECT COST. THE NUMBER WILL BE CHANGED TO 331,877 DOLLARS. AND THAT'S IT FOR PAGE 16. PAGE 17 CONTINUES WITH ITA, I HAVE A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT ON RECOMMENDATION 75, RESTORE POSITION AUTHORITY AND 8 MONTHS FUNDING FOR ONE PROGRAMMER AALYST 4, 75,520 IN DIRECT COSTS. 36, 778 IN INDIRECT COSTS. THE AMOUNT THAT READS 67,000, SHOULD BE CHANGED TO 112,198. AND THN WE HAVE PERSONNEL AND PLANNING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF 17. ON PAGE 18, PLANNING CONDITIONS, I HAVE A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT FOR RECOMMENDATION, 78, IT SHOULD READ AT RESOLUTION AUTHORITY AND 9 MONTHS FUNDING. 833, IN DIRECT COSTS, 858,469 IN INDIRECT COSTS FOR 10 VACANT REVENUE GENERATING POSITIONS. THE NUMBER THAT READS 2, 255, 480 SHOULD BE CHANGED TO 1,691,610. AND PLANNING CONTINUES THROUGH PAGE 18. PAGE 19, RECOMMENDATION 84, WE RECOMMEND THAT 84 A AND B, BE DELETED AS THESE POSITIONS WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN RECOMMENDATION 81 ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE. EXAMINE THEN THE PAGE CONTINUES TO BUILDING AND SAFETY AND CITY FUNCTIONAL TRANSFER. PAGE 20, WE START WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: JUST I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 86 FOR PURPOSES OF AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: SAME. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: I'D LIKE TO CALL 86 SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE. >> >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER NA SAYER NANN. >> >> A. Nazarian: ITEM 90, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT. >> Council President: OKAY, WE'LL HOLD IT FOR QUESTIONS. >> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES ON PAGE 21. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. PAGE 22 CONTINUES WITH THE BOARD, AND ENDS WITH THE BUREAU OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. PAGE 23, IS A BOOR OFF ENGINEERING, WE HAVE A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT FOR RECOMMENDATION 97. IT SHOULD READ RESTORE POSITION AUTHORITY IN 12-MONTH SFEND FOR 16 POSITIONS CONSISTENT OF ONE ANALYST AND ONE SERVING ASSISTANT, AND FIVE CIVIL ENGINEER ASSOCIATE 3, THREE CIVIL ENGINEERS WITH NO CHANGE TO THE OTHER POSITIONS. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THIS ADJUSTMENT. ON RECOMMENDATION, 98, WE HAVE ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT. RESTORE POSITION AUTHORITY IN 12 MONTHS LANDING FOR ONE LAND SERVING ASSISTANT ONE CIVIL ENGINEER APPRECIATE THREE, ONE STRUCTURAL. DELETE ONE CIVIL ENGINEER AS IT'S LISTED BELOW UNDER NINE MONTHS FUNDING, NO CHANGE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT MR. LEE STILL ON THE BOARD. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL ITEMS 94 FOR PURPOSES ON AMENDMENT AND 96 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> BOE CONTINUES ON PAGE 24. AND ON PAGE 25, WE START WITH THE BOOR OFF SANITATION. I DO HAVE ONE TECHNICAL ON PAGE 25, UNDER 99-F TO DELETE THE WORDS BROWN FIELD ASSESSMENT. IT SHOULD JUST READ DECREASE THE ACT FOR MOBILE HYGIENE CENTERS. NO CHANGE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. PAGE 26 CONTINUES WITH THE BUREAU OF SANITATION. AND IT ALSO CONTINUES ON PAGE 27. THEN WE HAVE THE BUREAU OF STREET LIGHTING. RECOMMENDATION 93, WE HAVE A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT, IT SHOULD HEADS 9 MONTH FUNDING, DIRECT COST 422,245 INDIRECT COST FOR ONE CEMENT FINER, ONE CEMENT WORKER, ONE STREET LIGHTING ELECTRICIAN, ONE YELLEDER ONE ELECTRICAL HELPER TO BE FUNDED BY THE SIDEWALK AND TRANSIT AMENITIES PROGRAM IN THE RAISE L.A. FUND WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF 838,660 WITH NO NET CHANGE TO THE OVERALL COST. PAGE 28, WE CONTINUE WITH STREET LIGHTING. WE HAVE A TECHNICAL THAT SHOULD READ RESTORE 9 MONTHS FUND ANDING ADD THE WORD POSITION. SO RESTORE 9-MONTH FUNDING AUTHORITY FOR TWO POSITIONS CONSISTENT OF ONE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT AND ONE SENIOR ASSISTANT ANALYST AND RESTORE 12-MONTHS FUNDING RATHER THAN 8 AND POSITION AUTHORITY FOR TWO FILLED POSITION ON SISTERING OF ONE STREET ENGINEER AND ONE ANALYST. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION, SO 104B, SHOULD READ DELETE FUNDING AND AUTHORITY FOR 7 POSITIONS CONSISTING OF ONE STREET ELECTRICIAN, ONE ASSISTANT ELECTRICIAN, TWO CRAFTERS AND IT SHOULD READ TWO STREET LIGHTING ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE 2s AND ONE STREET LIGHTING ENGINEER ASSOCIATE 3, NO CHANGE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THEN STREET SERVICES CONTINUES AND CONTINUES ON TO PAGE 29. THE ZOO TOWARDS THE END FOR RECOMMENDATION 112, IT SHOULD READ RESTORE POSITION AUTHORITY AND 12 MONTHS FUNDING FOR 11 POSITIONS CONSISTENT OF ONE GARDNER CARE TAKER, ONE PARK SERVICES ATTENDANT, ONE TOO ANIMAL KEEPER, ONE PRINCIPAL ANIMAL KEEPER, ONE RATHER THAN TWO CUSTODIAN AND ONE TECHNICIAN ONE CURATER OF EDUCATION TWO AND ONE GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND ONE TRAFFIC OPERATOR WITH NO CHANGE IN FUNDING. THE ZOO CONTINUES ON PAGE 31. AND AT THAT POINT, WE GO ON TO OTHER CHANGES WITH CAO AND WITH ACCOUNT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 120 SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, ITEM NUMBER 120 FOR PURPOSES OF AN AMENDMENT. >> PAGE 2 2, WE START WITH WORK DEVELOPMENT AND EL PUEBLO. PAGE 3 3, WE HAVE CTIE AND UNAPPROPRIATE BALANCE. UNDER CULTURAL AFFAIRS WE WOULD LIKE TO DELETE RECOMMENDATION 128 IN THE POSITION IS ALREADY RESTORED IN RECOMMENDATION 131 BELOW. PAGE 34, WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF FINANCE. UNDER RECOMMENDATION 133 DLAOE, WE WOULD LIKE TO DELETE THIS RECOMMENDATION AS THIS WAS ADDED IN RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 49 PREVIOUSLY. WE ALSO CONTINUE WITH FIRE, GCP AND GENERAL SERVICES. PAGE 35, WE HAVE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, ITA, ITA AND UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE, AND THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. FOR RECOMMENDATION 143, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT SHOULD BE CHANGED TO A NEGATIVE 257,037 DOLLARS. PERSONNEL CONDITIONS ON PAGE 36, WE ALSO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT, POLICE, THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. PAGE 37, PUBLIC WORKS BOOR OFF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. THIS CONTINUES ON PAGE 38 WHERE WE ALSO HAVE THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING. BUREAU OF ENGINEERING CONTINUES ON PAGE 39 AND THEN WE BEGIN WITH THE BUREAU OF SANITATION. PAGE 40, CONTINUES WITH THE BUREAU OF SANITATION. FOR RECOMMENDATION 167G AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, IT SHOULD READ RESTORE POSITION AUTHORITY AND 8 MONTHS FUNDING FOR ONE SERVICE COORDINATOR, 141,843 IN DIRECT COSTS AND 66,291 IN INDIRECT COST. FROM THE SEWER CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE FUND WITH NO CHANGE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. ON RECOMMENDATION 170, IT SHOULD READ RESTORE POSITION AUTHORITY FOR 13 POTIONZES CONSISTING OF ONE ACCOUNTING CLERK, ONE ASSISTANT CLERK, ONE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK, ONE SENIOR ENGINEER AND ONE ANALYST 1, ONE SERVICE COORDINATOR, ONE SUPERINTENDENT 2, THREE STREET SERVICES SUPERVISOR 1 AND ONE SYSTEM ANALYST TO PERFORM WORK ON GRANT PROJECTS. THE AMOUNT SHOULD CALL 975,579 IN DIRECT COSTS. NO CHANGE TO THE NET CHANGE FULLY FUNDED BY GRANT PROJECTS. PAGE 41, WE CONTINUE WITH STREET SERVICES, WE ALSO HAVE RECOMMENDATION AND PARKS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THERE IS A POSITION 1 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT THAT SHOULD READ ONE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT TWO WITH NO CHANGE TO THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING. PAGE 42 CONTINUES WITH TRANSPORTATION, FOR RECOMMENDATION 178, IT READ SHOULD THREE SEEN OR ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK WITH NO CHANGE TO THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING. AND THEN 43, WE CONTINUE WITH THE ZOO DEPARTMENT. -- >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR 183, I CALL THAT SPECIAL, PLEASE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> SO 43 CONTINUES WITH INSTRUCTION SXZ TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. AND THOSE GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUE ON TO PAGE 44. AND 45 AND THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS STARTING ON PAGE 45. AND 46. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ ONE MORE TIME. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I HAVE A VERBAL AMENDMENT FOR 208, 208. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO FOR AMENDMENTS THERE IS STILL TIME TO GET THOSE SUBMITTED, SO FOLKS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE AS THEY HAPPEN. COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. ITEMS 209 AND 210 FOR PURPOSES OF AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY. >> FOR PAGE 36, WE HAVE TECHNICAL AFFAIRS AND BUDGET NOTES. AFTER PAGE 46, WE GO INTO ATTACHMENT. ATTACHMENT A IS INFORMATION ONLY. THESE ARE THE, THIS SHOWS THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED MAYOR'S INSTRUCTIONS ON TRANSFERS AND DELETION AND CONSOLIDATIONS AS COMPARED TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. ATTACHMENT B, REFLECTS A SERIES OF SAVINGS, REDUCTIONS THAT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED. ATTACHMENT C HAS INFORMATION ON INTERIM HOUSING FUNDS. ATTACHMENT D AND E ALSO INCLUDE FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS AND SERVICE RESTORATIONS THAT WERE MADE BIT BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. ATTACHMENT F IS A EXHIBIT H, AND THIS CONTINUES FOR SEVERAL PAGES. I DO HAVE ONE ADJUSTMENT FOR RECOMMENDATION 33, DELETE THE LANGUAGE CODE ENFORCEMENT FEES. I GUESS IT WOULD BE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT FEES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES. IN ATTACHMENT F FOR ITEMS 11 AND 32, I HAVE A VERBAL AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT AMENDMENTS. SO WE'LL JUST HOLD THAT ONE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> AND THAT'S THE END OF THE REPORT. >> Council President:, ALL RIGHT I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER LEE ON THE BOARD AS WELL. >> J. Lee: ATTACHMENT F TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 2. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: AND ALSO 37 AND 52. >> Council President: 37 AND 52? >> M. Rodriguez: UH-HUH. >> Council President: ANY OTHERS? MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: 11 A, AND B. >> Council President: OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO I WILL ASK CLA, DO WE NEED A SHORT RECESS TO GO THROUGH. >> WE CAN GO THROUGH. >> YES, WE CAN START WITH THESE FIRST AND WITH THE BUDGET MOTIONS WE CAN DO PERHAPS AFTER OUR BREAK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S ROLL. THANK YOU. >> SO I BELIEVE THE FIRST WAS ITEM 52? >> Council President: ITEM NUMBER 52? >> I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Council President: YES. >> M. Rodriguez: I WANTED TO ADD THAO WE REFER THAT TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, GOOD I CONSUMED MY OWN DESK, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MATT HERE. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE MATH AND IMPACT ON THE REDUCTIONS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR. SXL SO I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR RIGHT NOW. DURING LAST FRIDAY'S COMMITTEE MEETING, YOU SHARED THAT WITH THESE REDUCTIONS, THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET SITS AT 895.5 MILLION REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 75.8 MILLION OVER FISCAL YEAR 24-25 WHEN THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET WAS 8 19.6 MILLION. IS THAT STILL CORRECT HERE? MORE OR LESS? I KNOW SOME MECHANIC POSITIONS WERE RESTORED HERE. >> YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S OKAY. I NEED TO CONFIRM, I'M GOING TO NEED TO CONFIRM WHAT THOSE MECHANIC POSITIONS BUT I BELIEVE, IT, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT WITH THE MECHANIC POSITION THAT'S WERE RESTORED IN THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> T. Park: HOW MUCH HIGHER? ROUGHLY THE SAME? >> IT'S ABOUT A MILLION MORE, I THINK. A 1.2, ROUGHLY. THE COMMITTEE ADDED BACK 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS WHEN MR. SZABO PRESENTED THOSE NUMBERS DURING BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IT DID NOT INCLUDE THAT ADD-BACK. SO I BELIEVE THAT WAS ABOUT 75 MILLION DOLLARS. >> WE DIDN'T HEAR YOU. >> I BELIEVE MR. SZABO SAID EARLIER, BEFORE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IT WAS ABOUT 75 MILLION DOLLARS SO WE ADDED ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS BACK WITH THE MECHANICS. IT WAS 1.6 BUT THAT INCLUDED RELATED COSTS. >> T. Park: SO ABOUT 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE? >> ROUGHLY, YES. >> T. Park: JUST SO REFRESH MY OWN MEMORY ON THIS, LAST YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE THE NEW SALARIES, RIGHT? WE SET THE MONEY ASIDE IN THE UB? >> CORRECT. SO THE 8 19, DID NOT INCLUDE THE NEW SALARIES. SO IF YOU WANTED, FULLY LOADED NUMBER, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. >> T. Park: OKAY. IT SEEMS TO ME WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A MUCH SMALLER INCREASE, I MEAN IF YOU FACTOR THE RAISES AND THE MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE IN THE UB, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR? >> SO WITH THE ADDITIONAL, WITH THE ADD-BACK OF THE MECHANICS, IF YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THE SALARY DOLLARS THAT WERE SET ASIDE IN THE UB IN FISCAL 24-25 AND THEN ALSO INCLUDED, INCLUDE THE DOLLARS THAT WERE IN MICLA FOR THE FIVE VEHICLE APPARATUS AND HELICOPTER REPLACEMENT, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN FISCAL 24-25 WAS 962,MILLION, 40 2000. INCLUDING 59 MILLION DOLLARS IN FIRE VEHICLE AND APPARATUS REPLACEMENT AND 21.7 MILLION DOLLARS FOR FIRE HELICOPTER REPLACEMENT, WOULD BE 1,O11, 164,000. THAT'S ABOUT A 5 PERCENT INCREASE. >> T. Park: I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THE LAFD BUDGET. WE CAN DEAL WITH THE MICLA AND SEPARATE FUNDING FORCES, I WAS JUST LOOK AT THE BUDGET, STRAIGHT BUDGET COMPARISON. >> WELL IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STRAIGHT BUDGET COMPARISON IT'S THE NUMBERS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER WITH THE 76 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. THE STRAIGHT BUDGET IN 24-25 THE BUDGET WHICH WAS WIDELY REPORT TODAY HAVE THE 17 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE, DID NOT INCLUDE THE--17 MILLION DECREASE DID NOT INCLUDE THE SALARY DOLLARS FOR THE INCREASE COMPENSATION. SO, THAT'S THE YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBER. IF YOU'RE ASKING, IF WE WERE TO ADD THE, ADD THE DOLLARS FOR THE SALARIES AND NOTHING ELSE, I MEAN, I COULD PROVIDE THAT, BUT I WOULD NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF MATH. >> T. Park: OKAY. AM I RIGHT THAT'S ABOUT 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS NUMBER THAT WE JUST HEARD? >> I'M SORRY? >> T. Park: IS THE INCREASE GOING TO BE ABOUT THE 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE JUST HEARD? >> NO, IT WOULD BE GREATER THAN THAT T.WOULD BE GREATER. THERE WOULD STILL BE IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND YOU'RE ASKING TO ONLY ADD IN THE SALARY DOLLARS, THERE WOULD BE A, ROUGHLY A 16-17 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. >> T. Park: OKAY. AND THAT'S WITH NONE OF THE WAGE INCREASES FACTORED IN? OR DOES THAT FACTOR IN THE WAGE INCREASE INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? >> IT DOES, THIS INCLUDES IN THE BUDGET A FULL FUNDING FOR ALL THE SALARY INCREASES. AGAIN THE ONLY REASON IT DIDN'T INCLUDE IT LAST YEAR, IS BECAUSE THE SUCCESSOR MOU WAS NOT YET COMPLETE SO WE SET MONEY ASIDE. >> T. Park: SO IN THE 16 TO 17 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE JUST BUDGET TO BUDGET HOW MUCH OF THAT IS WAGES VERSUS INCREASE IN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES? I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND FIND THAT NUMBER. I DON'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. >> THAT IS INCLUDING THE CUTS TO THE PARAMEDIC PROGRAMS AND EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TO HELP WITH ARSON AND TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS AND ADVANCE TURN OUT GEAR SERVICES AND, IT SEEMS TO ME, THAT WITH THESE WUTS IT MEANS THE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HAS A SMALLER OPERATING BUDGET THAN IT DID LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT IN 2024 AND 2024. SO DURING LAST WEEK'S BUDGET COMMITTEE, I THINK YOU SHARED THAT INCLUDING MICLA AND PURCHASES THE BUDGET WAS 1.11 BILLION WHICH WAS THE INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. BUT IF WE'RE FACTORING THE MONEY WE SET ASIDE IN THE UB WHILE THE CONTRACTS ARE BEING NEGOTIATED, ARE WE STILL LOOKING AT AN INCREASE? >> YES, WE ARE BAUTZ INCREASE THE 47 MILLION DOLLARS THAT I SITED, THAT IS THE NUMBER IF WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTION, HOW MUCH DID THE BUDGET IN 24-25 APPROPRIATE TO THAT INCLUDED THE RAISES IN UB AND FIRE APPARATUS. SO IF WE'RE DOING AN APPLES TO APPLES, EVERYTHING THAT WAS INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT AND OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT, LAST YEAR, OR THIS CURRENT MISS CAL YEAR, PROPOSED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, THAT COMPARISON THAT WOULD BE A 40 MILLION DOLLARS INCAE, 963 TO 1 BILLION 11 MILLION. >> T. Park: MATT I APPRECIATE YOU WALK US THROUGH THIS. I KNOW THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT YEAR AND WE HAD A REALLY HARD DECISION TO SEE MAKE HERE. BUT WE KNEW THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS HALF THE LEVEL OF STAFFING THAT IT NEEDED TO BE AND I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT OBSERVE THAT IN THE WAKE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING FIRE IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT PROJECT A BUDGET THAT ADEQUATELY MEETS THE DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, NEVER MIND OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO MAJOR EMERGENCIES. DURING THE FIRE WE WATCHED OUR HALF FUNDED HALF-STAFF FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH BROKEN RIGS GIVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD AND IT WAS NOT ENOUGH AND AFTER WE WITNESSED WITH OUR OWN EYES, I CANNOT SUPPORT THE CHANGE THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE PROPOSED. OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS ARE RESPONDING TO 180 HOMELESS RELATED CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN 35 HOMELESS FIRES. AND THE MAYOR PROPOSED 67 NEW POSITIONS TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM BUT ALL THAT MONEY GOT SWEPT AWAY IN COMMITTEE AND THOSE CALLS ARE NOT GOING TO STOP AND THE EMERGENCIES ARE NOT GOING STOP AND THE CUTS. AND YARDS ARE STILL DOWN BROKEN DOWN ENGINES AND WE DON'T HAVE MECHANIC AND WE HAVE A CRISIS IN THE LAFD WITH OVER 100 VACANT PARAMEDIC POSITIONS! SO. WHAT DO WE DO? CUT 380,000 THAT WE NEED TODAY SEND FIREFIGHTERS TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL. WE HAVE A CANCER EPIDEMIC IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CUT, HALF A MILLION IN DEEP CLEANING FOR THEIR STATIONS WHEN WE KNOW THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN, CANCER CAUSING KEM KHALZ EVERY DAY IN OUR CITY. I SIMPLY CANNOT SUPPORT A BUDGE THE PROPOSAL THAT IT DOES NOT GET THE DEPARTMENT WHAT IT NEEDS TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR THE POINTS THAT YOU MADE. COLLEAGUES, THIS BODY HAS A CHOICE TO MAKE. EITHER WE ADDRESS WHAT THE PROBLEM, ONE-THIRD OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CALLS BY HAVING STRONGER ENFORCEMENT ON ENCAMPMENT OR WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE DRUG OVERDOSES AND ENCAMPMENT FIRES THAT HAPPEN. SO SEEING THIS, I WAS HAPPY THAT THE MAYOR MADE THIS DECISION TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL NEEDS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT POINTS OUT TO US THAT IS SUCH A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DO TODAY AND THE JOB TODAY AND DISAPPOINTED THAT THESE POSITIONS ARE BEING TAKEN OUT. SO I WILL ALSO BE VOTING NO ON THIS. >> Council President: MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SZABO, THE NUMBERS THAT I HAVE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS LAST YEAR BUDGET WAS 819 MILLION EXAMINE THAT WE --AND THAT WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 8 MILLION WHICH IS A 76 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE WITH ACTUALLY AN INTERESTING POINT AS WELL, WITH LAST YEAR'S PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING AROUND 15 PERCENT AND WE'VE ACTUALLY PUSHED THAT UP A COUPLE PERCENT OF THE CITY'S TOTAL BUDGET. IT WOULD BE, GOOD, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO PRETEND THAT SALARIES ARE NOT PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET BUT THEY ARE PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET. THE SINGLE GREATEST INCREASE IN ANY DEPARTMENT IN THIS BUDGET, THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. BUT THERE IS NO SINGLE DEPARTMENT THAT GETS SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL OVER 9 PERCENT INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET THAN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND WE CANNOT PRETEND THAT SALARIES ARE NOT PART OF THE BUDGET, THEY JUST, ARE. AND THE CIRCUMSTANCE WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH A BUDGET PRESENTED TO US WITH 1650 LAYOFFS OF CRITICAL SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY, IS BECAUSE OF THIS ADD MEASURABLE DECISION, THIS ADD MEASURABLE DECISION ASPIRATIONAL HOPE THAT WE CAN SUBSTANTIALLY GROW NEW SERVICES IN FIRE, WOULD BE GREAT, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES. BUT WE HAVE TO DECIDE, WE HAD TO DECIDE AS A BUDGET COMMITTEE, IF WE WERE GOING TO ADD SUBSTANTIAL AND IMPORTANT NEW SERVICES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH 1650 PEOPLE IN SIDEWALK STREETS, CURB GUTTERS PEOPLE GET LAID OFF. EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR IN THIS BUDGET ONLY HAS 100 PENNIES. WONDERFUL HOPE, AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN CLOSE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE, I GET THE HOPE THAT IT WILL BE GREAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MOMENT THAT WE CAN BEGIN GROWING THE DEPARTMENT EVEN ABOVE THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE PROVIDING HERE. BUT THIS IS A 76 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET AND WE CANNOT PRETEND IT'S NOT. DID WE INCREASE IN A RAW PERCENTAGE HIGHER THAN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND HAVE WE INCREASED THE BUDGET THAT GOES TO FIRE, THE PERCENTAGE, THE RATIO THE ENTIRE CITY BUDGET, HAVE WE INCREASED IT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR? >> YES, THE COMMITTEE REPORT INCREASES THE BUDGET OVER LAST YEAR. >> T. McOsker: MEMBERS, IT WOULD BE NICE. IF FOLKS WANT TO, IF FOLKS WANT TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IT WOULD BE GREAT BUT WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH? ARE WE GOING TO REALLY LAYOFF FOLKS THAT DO SIDEWALK STREETS, MORE THAN WE ARE DOING ALREADY? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? WE STRUGGLED WITH THIS IN THE COMMITTEE AND WE WORK HARD ON THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT OF, THE MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHEN WE TAKE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE, HOW DO WE ALLOCATE IT ACROSS THE CITY AND I PROPOSE WE ALLOCATE BY PUTTING THE MOST INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ABSOLUTELY THE MOST AT THE COST OF TODAY OVER 600 PEOPLE GETTING LAID OFF STILL. BECAUSE OF THE MONEY WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND AT A COST OF OTHER IMPORTANT SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. NOW IF LAYING OFF PEOPLE AND CUTTING SERVICES, IS NOT ENOUGH, IDENTIFY WHAT YOU WANT TO CUT. I THINK THIS IS A RESPONSIBLE, ADULT, WELL REASONED UNFORTUNATE, HEART BREAKING PROPOSAL. WE'VE GOT TO PAY OUR WORKERS ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND MAKE SURE WE GET CONSTANT STAFFING AND WE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAVE MADE A DECISION THAT THE GREATEST INCREASE OF ANY PART OF THE BUDGET WE'RE GOING TO, ALLOCATE IS GOING TO GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND IT'S THIS MUCH. I WISH IT WAS MORE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. McOSKER, COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: I AGREE WITH YOU MR. McOSKER, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE FROM STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. BUT THIS BUDGET STILL HAS THINGS IN IT THAT DO NOT FOCUS ON THE CORE SERVICES OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WHAT TAXPAYERS EXPECT WHEN THEY PAY THEIR TAXES, WHAT SERVICES DO THEY EXPECT FROM THE CITY OF SERVICES. DO THEY EXPECT FIRE AND POLICE AND SIDEWALKS AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT SUPPORT THOSE THINGS ABSOLUTELY. IN GOOD BUDGET YEARS, IT'S GREAT TO FUND ALL THE DIFFERENT WONDERFUL THINGS WE DO IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. BUT OVER AND OVER THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE POLICY DECISIONS THAT HAVE PUT US IN THE SITUATION WE ARE IN TODAY. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THE BUDGET DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE FUND THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IF I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE LAID OFF, I WOULD SAY, YOU'RE VALUING THOSE SERVICES OVER MY JOB! SO, YES, I DO WANT FIREFIGHTERS, I DO REALIZE THEY COME WITH A SALARY. BUT, IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT THIS CITY TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT DO, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSE TO BE DOING AS A CITY AND WHAT DO WE DO AS A CITY THAT ARE FEEL-GOOD THINGS BUT AREN'T NECESSARILY TRUE TO WHAT THE CORE SERVICES OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. MR. McOSKER, I AGREE, JUST LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE IN VERY DIFFICULT AND PRECARIOUS FISCAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE HAVE TO BALANCE AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND I THINK THE WAY, IT WAS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET, WITH THE INCREASES FOR THIS, THE WAY IT WAS FRAMED, I BELIEVE SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WHEN THE INCREASES IN THE MARRY BUDGET FOR FIRE, I BELIEVE CREATED A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO HAVE TO REFLECT ON. BUT IT DIDN'T GET TO THE ROOT OF WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE. AND THAT IS, THAT WE HAVE, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCES ON THE NORMAL, ON THE REGULAR, 85 PERCENT OF THEIR CALL-LOAD ARE EMS CALLS. CREATING, A BOUTIQUE RESPONSE THAT WOULD ONLY ADDRESS A RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS RELATED CALLS, ACTUALLY MISSED THE MARK OF WHAT ALL ANGELINO NEED IN US ATTENDING RESPONSE TIMES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ADEQUATELY PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS. WE DON'T DETERMINE, WE DON'T CREATE BOUTIQUE RESPONSE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL TO JUST RESPOND TO FIRES CAUSED BY THE UNHOUSED. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER POLICIES THAT WE CREATE ARE THE PREVENTIVE WORK THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO STAND UP A BOUTIQUE RESPONSE FOR THAT. AND I THINK THE REALITY IS, IS WHAT WHAT IS MISSING HERE AND WHAT I THINK COULD HAVE BEEN RECALIBRATED AND I HOPE THAT MY AMENDMENT THAT I WILL ADVANCE SHORTLY, WILL HOPEFULLY STRIKE A BALANCE TO ADDRESSING THE CORE ROOT OF WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE APRU DEPLOYMENT TO HELP SUPPLEMENT AS WELL WHAT WE NEED WITH OUR PARAMEDICS, THERE ARE OFFSETS THAT WE CAN MAKE AND DECISION THAT'S WE CAN MAKE THAT ACTUALLY RESPECT THE CITY EMPLOYEE AND THE WORKFORCE THAT PROVIDES THOSE CORE SERVICES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE REAL FRANK CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT OF CONTRACTS AND REDUNDANCIES IN OUTSOURCING WORK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE VERY DEEP CONVERSATION SXZ REAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, GIVEN THE STATE OF OUR BUDGET. SO, I'M HOPEFUL AND OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN HELP STRIKE THAT BALANCE STILL, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE DECISION THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS, FACED WITH. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RECALIBRATED TO STILL MEET THE GREATER NEEDS FOR WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN OUR EMS RESPONSE WITHOUT, SACRIFICING IT ALTOGETHER. I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN AMEND SOME OF THIS AND REFINE IT, SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE BOTH. BUT IT WILL REQUIRE US TO HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT AND HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT HASN'T BEEN RECALIBRATED IN SOME OF THE CONTRACTS, THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED AND SOME OF THE OTHER CUTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MADE EVEN IF SPITE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEEN REPEATED PUBLIC DISPLAYS WITH CERTAIN MISS SPENDING OF PUBLIC FUNDS. AND SO I'M HOPING THIS WE CAN MAKE SOME OFFSETS BEFORE THIS BUDGET IS ADOPTED THAT WILL HELP RESTORE OR EXPAND SOME OF THE DEEP SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND, MAKING THOSE CHANGES BEFORE THIS BUDGET IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. McOSKER AND CHAIRWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY TO CLOSE THIS DISCUSSION. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, I THINK THERE WILL BE 15 VOTES ON THIS COUNCIL TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO FIRE WHEN WE HAVE MORE MONEY. I MEAN, THERE ARE I'M QUITE SURE THERE ARE 15 VOTES ON THIS SAY THE 76 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE IS THE GREATEST INCREASE IN THIS BUDGET IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IT MIGHT NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME FOLKS AND NOT ENOUGH FOR ME, BUT I CAN'T MAKE UP DOLLARS, WE CANNOT CREATE NEW DOLLARS. WE CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT IN THE FUTURE. BUT I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, MR. PRESIDENT. BEFORE WE BEGAN THIS DISCUSSION, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 52 TO COMMITTEE, AND YOU SAID SURE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS? >> Council President: YEAH, I WANT COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ TO CLARIFY WHAT THE REQUEST WAS. >> >> M. Rodriguez: 52 ATTACHMENT F THAT WE WANT TO REFER THAT TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE. >> T. McOsker: FOR THE REPORTS, FANTASTIC. AND I'M GOING TO AGREE TOO, I THINK THERE ARE TOUGH IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS THAT WE CAN HAVE ABOUT SPLIT SHIFTS IN PARAMEDICS. WE HAVE TWO DUEL REPORTS AND THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE MORE SOPHISTICATED AND ARTFUL ABOUT THE WAY WE ASSIGN THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO PARAMEDICS BECAUSE THE CALLS ARE EMERGENCY CALLS. AND THE IDEA OF WHICH SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO TALK TO OUR LABOR PARTNERS ABOUT, THE IDEAS IN THIS BUDGET, I WILL SAY BECAUSE I WANT TO BE REALLY REALLY CLEAR, THE IDEA OF THIS BUDGET OF GOING FORWARD AND COMING UP WITH WAYS WHICH WHERE WE MORE EFFICIENTLY USE THE RESOURCES, AND DO THINGS LIKE SPLIT SHIFTS OR PUT PARAMEDIC VANS OUT INTO THE FIELDS, THE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE GREAT FOR. SO THERE IS A LOT OF HARD DISCUSSION THAT'S WE HAVE TO, GOOD DISCUSSION THAT'S WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS IS, THIS IS WE STRETCHED OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR FIRE AND THIS IS THE BUDGET WE HAVE. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: LOOK, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SAID AND IF THIS WAS A NORMAL BUDGET YEAR, I WOULD BE AGREEING WITH COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND LEE. BUT THIS IS NOT A NORMAL BUDGET YEAR. THEY'RE NEEDED, NO DOUBT. BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE CREATING NEW PROGRAMS IN FIRE RIGHT NOW AT THE COST OF LAYING OFF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR STREET PAVINGS WHO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIRE TRUCKS GET TO AN EMERGENCY QUICKLY OR THE 150 CIVILIAN THAT'S DO FORENSIC ANALYSIS THAT SOLVE CRIMES BEINGER THESE ARE THE SAVINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED TO RESTORE IN EXCHANGE FOR SAYING, WE JUST CAN'T DO NEW PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW. EVEN THOUGH WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE HAVE TO KEEP THE PEOPLE WE HAVE DOING OTHER CORE CITY WORK. AND JUST ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SAID, I AGREE WITH ALL OF IT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S OUR NEXT ITEM? RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY MS. YAROSLAVSKY, I THINK THE WAY IT WAS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET SUGGESTING THAT IT WAS STANDING UP A BOUTIQUE RESPONSE RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, WAS PROBABLY WAS CLEARLY ILL CONCEIVED AND NOT EFFICIENT IN MY OPINION. HOWEVER WE CANNOT IGNORE THE IMMENSE PUBLIC SAFETY NEED THAT WE HAVE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE DAY THAT YOU DON'T GO DOWN TO O.C. D AND SEE THE MAP OF THE 468 SQUARE MILES OF THIS CITY AND IT'S SATURATE INSIDE RED BECAUSE WE HAVE MAXIMIZED OUR DEPLOYMENT FOR AMBULANCE CALLS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE. AND 858 OF OUR CALL LOAD IS EMS. SO THE WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT, IT'S NOT A NEW PROGRAM. THIS IS AN EXISTING NEED, AND DEMAND FOR SERVICE THAT WE MUST ENSURE, WE START INVESTING IN OR EXPANDING THE INVESTMENT IN AND WE'VE DONE SO WITH THE INNOVATION OF A PR USE WHICH ARE NOT NEW, THOSE HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED BEFORE, THEY EXIST NOW AND I'M SAYING WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF ANGELINOS, THAT IN THEIR MOST CRITICAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL MOMENTS, THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT EXPANSION FOR THAT RESPONSE. 468 SQUARE MILES OF CITY STREET, 4 MILLION RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS NOT GROWN COMMENCERATE TO THE POPULATION OF THE CITY. SO MAKING FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO NOT STANDING UP A NEW PROGRAM BUT, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF OUR APR USE, TO PROVIDE THAT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPORT, IS KEY. AND I THINK THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS AND FURTHER REFINEMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE. I DON'T WANT TO SUGGEST THAT THAT'S A NEW INVESTMENT, THAT'S AN EXISTING INVESTMENT WHERE HELPING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT A DRESSING THE NEEDS OF ONE, OF 70,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING THE SERVICE NEEDS FOR THE 4 MILLION PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE. AND I LOVE THE APRU, WE NEED TO EXPAND THOSE. BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS BEFORE US. THE BOUTIQUE NEW HOMELESS SPENDING WHICH DID NOT SEEM VERY EFFICIENT AND THE DEPARTMENT HAD A NUMBER OF ASKS BUT THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR APRUs, THEY WERE ASKING FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER POSITIONS AND WE AS A COMMITTEE HAD TO MAKE A TOUGH DECISION, AND AGAIN, I SUPPORT OUR DECISION, WE MADE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN TERMS OF THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN ANY DEPARTMENT OUT THERE. LIKE IT WAS EXPRESSED I WISH WE COULD HAVE GIVEN THEM MORE AND AS THE YEAR MOVES FORWARD, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT AND I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE OUT MORE APRUs THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF INNOVATION FUND, IT WORKS. BUT, THAT'S A POLICY CHANGE THAT I DON'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO JUST MAKE HAPPEN THROUGH THE BUDGET. I KNOW IT'S SPENDING BUT IT'S NOT WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED BY, IT'S NOT WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR OR THE DEPARTMENT, WE WOULD OF HAD TO TAKE THEM IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN A COMMITTEE WAS TRYING TO RESTORE BASIC SERVICES, NOT BEING IN THE BUSINESS OF CREATING A WHOLE NEW THINGS. SO I SUPPORT WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID FOR THE REASONS OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED BEFORE. BUT I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN EXPANSION OF OUR APRUs AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO HAPPEN. >> Council President: MR. CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 52. >> Council President: ITEM 52 IS BEFORE US, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN IS ASKING FOR A YES VOTE ON THIS. OTHERS HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS AND ASKING FOR A NO-VOTE. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 53 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND AN AMENDMENT AND AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ ON PAGE 13. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK? NOTHING? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT MR. CLERK. I'VE GOT NOBODY ON THE QUEUE ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I HAVE AN AMENDMENT BUT IT'S BEING PREPARED RIGHT NOW. >> Council President: OKAY, WE CAN HOLD IT ON THE DESK UNTIL THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN SECONDED AND CIRCULATED. FOR ITEM 53, 5-3? >> M. Rodriguez: CORRECT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO VOTE ON THE TECHNICIAN AL AMENDMENTS? >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: ITEM 47 WHICH THE RECOMMENDATION TO DELETE THE RECOMMENDATION ON PAGE 8, AND THAT'S ITEM 47. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> MR. PRESIDENT, WITH REGARD TO THE TK NICOLE AMENDMENTS THAT ANDREA READ ON THE RECORD, UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED AT THE END WHEN WITH YOU VOTE ON THE COMMITTEE REPORT IF THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS. SO THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO GO THROUGH IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL CALLED SPECIAL. >> Council President: MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: REQUEST TO VOTE ON ITEM 53 FOR WHICH-- >> Council President: WE'RE HOLDING THAT ON THE DESK FOR AN AMENDMENT. SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO PAGE 20, ITEM 86, FOR WHICH COUNCILMEMBER LEE CALLED SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT AS WELL AS--YES? >> MR. CLERK, I BELIEVE ITEM 55 WAS ALSO CALLED SPECIAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: ARE WE MOVING TO 86 OR 55? >> Council President: 55. >> T. Park: I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. >> Council President: ARE WE PREPARED TO OPEN THE ROLL ON 55? OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 MO*EZ. --NOES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 86 ON PAGE 25 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER >> LEE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ WANTS TO BE A NO-VOTE ON THE LAST VOTE, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT 12-3. >> Clerk: YES. >> Council President: THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME. LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE, 86. ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS ON 86, MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE CIRCULATED AS A BUDGET MEMO. >> Clerk: AND THIS WAS ALSO CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: MAYBE FROM LAPD'S CHIEF REYNA OR CAPTAIN CAN COME TO THE TABLE, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. ANYONE? GREAT, THANK YOU. >> T. Park: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. FISCAL FROM 480 NEW SWORN HIRES TO 240 NEW SWORN HIRES. WE KNOW THE CHALLENGES THAT LAPD HAS HAD WITH HIRING OVER THE YEARS. ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL ME HOW MANY NEW SWORN HIRES DID WE BRING ON LAST YEAR IN FISCAL YEAR 23-24? >> GOOD MOANSINGER ASSISTANT CHIEF DAN RANDOLPH. FOR 23-24, MA'AM? WE HIRED 390 AND WE GRADUATED 273. I'M SORRY, 396, I'M SORRY, 396, WE HIRED AND WE GRAD YOU'D--GRADUATED 329. >> T. Park: OKAY, GRADUATED 329 SO THAT'S ABOUT A 16 PERCENT ATTRITION RATE, RIGHT? >> YES, 17 PERCENT. >> T. Park: OKAY. THAT IS 156 MORE OFFICERS THAN WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET RIGHT? >> IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE 240 YES. >> T. Park: I'M GOING TO WALK YOU BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS WE HIRED IN FISCAL YEAR 22-23? >> YES, 433. >> T. Park: COUNCILMEMBER DID WE GRADUATE. >> 373. >> T. Park: SO THAT'S A DRINKSING RATE OF 14 PERCENT. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> T. Park: AND THAT IS MORE THAN WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET. >> YES, MA'AM. >> T. Park: DOES THE CLASS REFLECT THE OFFICERS THAT GRADUATE OR THAT ENTER AN ACADEMY CLASS? I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS ACCOUNTING FOR ATTRITION. >> I DON'T THINK IT COUNTS FOR ATTRITION AND OUR FOLKS HAVE FORECAST ATTRITION OF 530 SWORN FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26. >> T. Park: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO HIRE THE ATTRITION, AND ROUGHLY ABOUT 15 PERCENT? >> I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. OUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN TRENDING UPWARDS. FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, 23 PERCENT ATTRITION. >> T. Park: WOW. THAT'S WAY HIGHER, IN 23-24 WAS CONCERNING. >> CONCERNING US AS WELL. THE QUALITY OF CANDIDATE IS CONCERNING US. >> T. Park: BUDGET MEMO 7 SHARES THAT OUR SWORN OFFICER LEVELS ARE GOING TO BE FURTHER REDUCED TO 8,399 OFFICERS AS A RESULT OF CUTH CLASS SIZES. SO ACCOUNTING FOR THE ATTRITION IN THE CLASSES THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING WOULD OUR SWORN LEVEL ACTUALLY BE LOWER BY THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR? >> IF WE APPLY THE 23 PERCENT, YES, I CAN SEE IT BEING ROUGHLY 55 LOWER THAN THAT. 55 LOWER THAN THE 240. >> T. Park: THANK YOU FOR THAT. I SIMPLY CANNOT RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION 86, I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR BUT WE MADE A PROMISE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE GOING TO PROTECT THEIR SERVICES REDUCING THE HIRING WELL BELOW THE EXISTING HIRING LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 100 OFFICERS ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORLD CUP AND SUPER BOWL AND OLYMPICS LITERALLY ON THE HORIZON IS DOING THE OFFICE OF WHAT WE PROMISED OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I CANNOT SUPPORT CUTTING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THESE CRITICAL SERVICES, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS RECOMMENDATION. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. PARK AND AGAIN, I SHARE THOSE SIMILAR CONCERNS WITH SUCH GLOBAL EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO OUR CITY, THAT WE KNOW THE, OVERTIME, THE XLINTION OF REDUCED HIRING, THE ATTRITION, THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. IS ONLY GOING TO SADDLE US WITH EVEN FURTHER DEPRECIATED COVER. HOWEVER, CHIEF I'LL SAY TO YOU, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THE LACK OF ORGANIZATION TO MAXIMIZE DEPLOYMENT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE FIGHT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, I BELIEVE THERE IS A COMBINATION OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE OUR COVERAGE IN DEPLOYMENT. WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE, THE MAXIMUM SERVICE DELIVERY FOR PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES. AND THAT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE, A VERY DEEP DIVE IN RECAL BRAIGT WHAT THE DEPLOYMENT LOOKS LIKE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL DEPARTMENT BECAUSE GIVEN OUR CURRENT FISCAL NEEDS AND IMPACTS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE IS DOING THEIR BELT-TIGHTENING AS WELL. SO I SAY THIS, BECAUSE THAT HAS YET TO OCCUR. SO CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE WHERE YOU STAND ON HELPING TO DO A LAD, A REORGANIZATION TO MAXIMIZE THE DEPLOYMENT GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT OUR FINANCIAL, THE PRECARIOUS FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT'S WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW? >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I'M THANKFUL THAT WE DIDN'T DO THIS BEFORE HERE, BEFORE THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO REDO IT PROBABLY. WHEN I LOOK WHERE WE'RE AT, WE'RE IN KIND OF LIMBO TO WHAT OUR DEPLOYMENT PICTURE IS GOING TO LOOK GOING FORWARD. SO NOW IS THE TIME ONCE WE FINALIZE THE BUDGET TO DO THE REORGANIZATION APPROPRIATELY. A I LOOK AT IT, PATROL IS A PART OF IT, I KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN, TRYING TO MAXIMIZE PATROL BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT EITHER AT THE EXPENSE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH DETECTIVES TO FOLLOW-UP, NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE AIR SUPPORT AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE PATROL OFFICERS OUT THERE AS WELL AS OTHER INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTION SO IT'S A CONTINUING BALANCE ACT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT AS YOU STATED EARLIER, WE HAVE TO RAMP WHICH WILL TAKE TRAINING PERSONNEL TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR THE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE LOS ANGELES IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. ALONG WITH INTELLIGENCE GATHERING, ALONG WITH THE OTHER THAINGZ WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP LOS ANGELES SAFE. SO I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF YOUR CONCERNS AND APPRECIATE THEM VERY MUCH BUT THE BALANCING ACT HAS TO BE DEPARTMENT WIDE AND WE WHILE PATROL IS THE BACKBONE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. >> M. Rodriguez: I APPRECIATE THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK IRRESPECTIVE OF THIS BUDGET, I THINK WE HAVE TO REAL OWE --REALLY REFLECT ON WHAT PROGRAMS STOOD UP AND GIVEN THE 468 SQUARE MILES OF CITY STREETS THAT HAVE TO BE PATROLLED HOW ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT MAXIMIZING THE EFFICIENCIES WITH THE RESOURCES THAT YOU DO HAVE? AND LOOKING FROM TOP DOWN IN THE REORGANIZATION TO ENSURE THAT STREET LEVEL SUPPORT? SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH DETECTIVES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT THERE ALSO HAS BEEN IN OUR MOST RECENT HISTORY. AND SO IT'S GOING TO AGAIN WE HAVE TO HAVE A REALLY HARD AND HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY. BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS THE EXAMPLE OF GREATER EFFICIENCIES AND STRIKE THATING BALANCE AND RECOGNIZING WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AGAIN. AGAIN, I RECOGNIZE THE IMMENSE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH STAFFING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT, THE COMBINATION OF ATTRITION AND REDUCED HIRING, IS GOING TO PUT US ON TILT, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE, WELCOME THE WORLD TO OUR CITY. >> RIGHT. >> M. Rodriguez: SO I FULLY APPRECIATE AND RECOGNIZE THAT. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE STILL DON'T NEED YOU TO DO YOUR PART IN LEADING THE RECAL BRACING ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL--RECALIBRATION. >> RIGHT. >> M. Rodriguez: WE'RE STILL LOSING A LOT OF CIVILIAN POSITIONS. WHERE THE ORGANIZATION CAN LEAN OUT AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATION. >> I RESPECT YOUR OPINION AND I'LL DO MY BEST AND I WILL BE ENGAGED, TRUST ME. >> Council President: I HAVE MR. BLUMENFIELD, MR. NAZARIAN AND MR. McOSKER. >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY, REDUCING THE CLASS SIZE NOT SOMETHING, WELL I DON'T SAY ANYONE, SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO SEE, I WANT TO SEE AS MANY RECRUITS AS WE CAN GET TO AND TO GET US TO THAT 10,000 NUMBER AND TO BE ON PAR WHERE WE WERE, IT'S PROBABLY AROUND 12,000. BUT THE CHOICE THAT WE WERE FACED WITH AS A COMMITTEE, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, WE WERE LOOKING AT A A POLICE BUDGET THAT BASICALLY REMOVED 400 CIVILIAN POSITIONS. AND THIS DEPARTMENT CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THOSE CIVILIAN POSITIONS. WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY THE FOLKS WHO DOT FINGER PRINTS, VERY SPECIALIZED THINGS. SOME OF THESE YOU NEED SPECIAL LICENSES FOR. OUR DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION. AND WE NEEDED TO FIND SOME WAY TO RESTORE EVEN THE BASIC AMOUNT. AND THIS REDUCTION DOES NOT EVEN FILL THE GAP OF WHAT WE NEED TODAY DO TO RESTORE THE CIVILIAN POSITIONS. WE HAD TO THEN GO BACK AND USE THE SAVINGS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. WE NEED TODAY FIND NUMBER AND THIS WAS A MODEST WAY TO DO IT. AND AGAIN IT DIDN'T EVEN DO THE TRICK. WE HAD TO GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER SOURCES TO ADD TO THAT. NOW MY HOPE IS, WE HAVE A BUDGET IN FRONT OF US, WE MOVE FORWARD, MAYBE WE FIND A WAY TO DO SOME FRONT LOADING. MY HOPE IS AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WE CAN WORK WITH LABOR AND OTHERS AND FIND WAYS TO UP THIS RECRUIT SIZE AS WE GO BUT AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT IN THIS BUDGET, THIS WAS THE, THE BEST LEMONADE WE MADE WITH THE LEMONS WE HAD AND THAT WAS THE BUDGET THAT WAS PROPOSED. THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM EVEN THOUGH IT PAINS ME AND I WANT TO SEE THE RECRUITMENT CLASS HIGHER. >> Council President: MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW AS CONSTRUCTED, CAN WE FILL THE CLASSES OF SIX CLASSES AT 40 RECRUITS? I FEEL WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION. WE HAVE A NEW G.M., TRYING TO SPEED UP THE PIPELINE SO WE DON'T LOSE PEOPLE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHILE THEY'RE WAIT TO GO GET A JOB OFFER FROM LAPD. THAT HAS BEEN A BIG BIG PROBLEM FOR US, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS FROM THE TESTING PROCESS TO EVALUATE THOSE AND WHAT ORDER AND HOW WE BEST MAXIMIZE OUR EFFORTS TO WE GET THE BEST AND BRIGHT OF THE RECRUITS. SO I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET THE NUMBERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF AND YOU'RE RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, IN ADDITION TO MS. BILLUPS, AT DEPARTMENT WE HAVE LISA RUBACUVAS COMING FROM A PATROL BACKGROUND AND SHE AND MS. BILLUPS HAVE HAD CONVERSATION BUZZ REEXAMINING PROCESSES AND CANDIDATES AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT NOT ONLY WITH MS. BILLUPS BUT WITH CAPTAIN RUBACAVA THAT THIS WILL SHAPE POSITIVE FOR ALL OF US. OUR LAST CLASS WAS A HIGHER OF 37, SO I THINK WE'RE CAPABLE OF GETTING 40. AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET TO 40. >> A. Nazarian: OKAY, SO IF YOU CAN GET TO 40, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO 12 CLASSES OF 40? MY GOAL IS, I WANT TO HEAR A VERY CONFIDENT YES ON THE SIX SO THAT WE'RE BUILDING UP TO THE 12, BECAUSE I'M INCLINE TO SUPPORT THE CONCERNS THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE RAISING. I THINK THE PRIMARY CORE GOAL OF ANY GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT ITS CITIZEN. >> AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT SIR. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE INTEREST BY CANDIDATES TO BECOME A LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER HAS NEVER BEEN HIGHER. IF I COMPARE IT TO 2024 FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S A 15 PERCENT INCREASE OF PEOPLE SAYING I WANT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER WITH LOS ANGELES. IF I COMPARE THE SAME TIME PERIOD 25, THOSE 4 MONTHS TO 2023, I HAVE A 78 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING WANT BE PART OF THIS FINE ORGANIZATION. AND IF I LOOK ONE YEAR BACK PRIOR TO 2022, IT'S NEARLY DOUBLE, IT'S 95 PERCENT INCREASE. WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR, WANTING TO BECOME A LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER. WE HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN, MOVING FORWARD THAT COINCIDENTLY KICKED OFF WITH CAPTAIN ROUBACAVA AND I'M CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN GET TO THE CLASS OF 40. >> A. Nazarian: OKAY. CAN YOU GET TO A CLASS OF 40 RECRUITS BEYOND SIX CLASSES? I JUST DON'T SEE WITH WHAT WE HAVE COMING WITH THE OLYMPIC AND THE RAMP UP AND WE'RE ALREADY LATE FOR THE WORLD CUP, WE NEED TO GET TO THE NUMBERS WE NEED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE OLYMPICS AND GOD-WILLING THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM MUTUAL AID IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE NEED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERY ONE, IF SOME OF US DON'T REMEMBER THIS, BUT, ALL IT TOOK WAS TWO SHOOTINGS TWO SHOOTINGS ARE MORE THAN YOU WANT ANYWAY. TWO SHOOTINGS IN WESTWOOD IN THE EARLY 90 TO DESTROY WESTWOOD AND ALL THE BUSINESS WENT TO THIRD STREET PROM DAD AND SANTA MONICA BECAME A BOOM TOWN. IF WE DO NOT REMEMBER THAT, I SAW THAT HAPPEN. I DON'T WANT ANY FEAR OR ANYTHING OF US GETTING IN THE WAY OF US HAMPERING AN OPPORTUNITY OF BEING SUCCESSFUL OF THE OLYMPICS AND WORLD CUP. AND BY THE WAY, WE JUST VOTED LAST WEEK, UTILIZING THE OLYMPICS AND THE WORLD CUP AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE SALARIES AND WAGES, SHOULDN'T WE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL TO HELP PROTECT THE VERY TOURISM THAT WE WANT TO SUCCEED SO THAT IT PAYS FOR THOSE WAGES. THIS IS ALL VERY INTER CONNECTED FOR ME. SO, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR.PRESIDENT. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO COMMEND LAPD. I AGREE COMPLETELY, I THINK YOU HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB AND PERSONNEL HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WORKING TOGETHER AND FIXING THOSE ROAD BUMPS THAT WE'VE HAD SO YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO TAKE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WANT TO BE COPS AND GRADUATE THEM THROUGH AND MAKE THEM COPS, I THINK YOU CAN FILL MORE THAN THE CLASSES THAT ARE IN THIS BUDGET. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF BECAUSE I LISTENED TO YOUR MESSAGES, YOU REALLY GOT TO THE POINT THAT CIVILIAN RIGHT SIDE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS DEPARTMENT AS ARE YOUR OFFICERS. BUT LET'S REMEMBER HOW WE GOT HERE. WE GOT DOCUMENT PRESENTED TO US THAT SAID LET'S HIRE 480 OFFICERS, I WOULD LOVE TO HIRE 480 OFFICERS AND LET'S FIRE 403 CIVILIANS, IN PART, IN SMALL PART BECAUSE IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE JUST DIFFERENT PAY GRADES. IT WAS A WAY TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO HIRE OFFICERS THAT DOESN'T EVEN MATCH ATTRITION, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIRE OR, ELIMINATE 403 CIVILIAN POSITIONS WHICH WE SUSPECTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION, WOULD ESSENTIALLY TAKE AWAY THE ABILITY OF THOSE COPS TO DO THEIR JOBS. IT WOULD DEBILITATE THE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO THANK YOUR CHIEF AND DEMAND STAFF I WANT TO START BY SAYING AS A BUDGET COMMITTEE, HOW MUCH OF THIS CAN YOU BACK FILL AND HOW MUCH CAN YOU NOT? WHAT ARE THE POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE BACK FILLED AND REMAINDER IS GOING TO BE HOW MANY CAN BE BACK FILLED. YOU GIVE US A NUMBER, 133 THAT COULD NOT BE BACK FILLED SO WE STRETCHED AND MADE SURE WE FILLED THOSE POSITIONS AND I KNOW YOU APPRECIATED THAT, BUT THE DIFFICULT IS, THAT IT'S THE SAME THING. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE WAY MORE OFFICERS, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OFFICERS, BUT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHERE WE ARE IN THIS BUDGET. AND I SAID IT BEFORE, AT THE OFFSET, WE HAVE PROPOSED 1650 LAYOFFS FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT TO STREET SERVICES TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND THOSE ARE SO MANY OF THOSE WERE ESSENTIAL CORE SERVICES. SO I WOULD LOVE TO PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE COULD HIRE MORE THAN 240 OFFICERS AND MAYBE MID-YEAR WE CAN BUT TODAY WE CAN'T. TODAY WE HAVE COME UP WITH THE BEST WE CAN TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE CIVILIAN THAT CAN'T BE BACK FILLED AND YOU PUT CHIEF, IN A DIFFICULT POSITION, WHAT ARE THOSE POSITIONS THAT HAVE TO BE BACK FILLED OF OFFICERS AND WHERE I DO PUT MY POLICE OFFICERS AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION ABOUT DEPLOYMENT, BECAUSE SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOUR CHARGE, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOW BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW AFTER THIS DISCUSSION, WHERE EVER IT COMES OUT, YOU KNOW HOW MANY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TODAY, TOMORROW AND AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR AND COME UP WITH A DEPLOYMENT PLAN THAT DOES THE MOST YOU POSSIBLY CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. SAY WE KEEP WORKING WITH YOU, BECAUSE YOU CAME IN GOOD FAITH. I APPRECIATE YOU UNDERSTANDING, THAT THAT'S A WHOLE PUBLIC SAFETY FAMILY INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT AND OUTSIDE. SO THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO URGE MY MEMBERS TO ADOPT THIS RECOMMENDATION. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. McOSKER, OKAY, SO THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, CHIEF I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND JUST ASK SHORTLY FOR THIS THE PURPOSES OF THIS HEARING, BECAUSE THESE THINGS FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITY ARE NOT DISCONNECTED ALTHOUGH I FEEL CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT. YOU SPOKE FORCEFULLY AND ELOQUENTLY WHEN WE HAD A NEWS ARTICLE BREAK ABOUT SOME OF THE DISTURBING COMMENTS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND FOR A LOT OF PUBLIC, WHEN THEY HEAR THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH ATTRITION THEY CONNECT THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER. SO IF YOU COULD, BEFORE WE BRING THIS TO THE VOTE, IF YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT. I'VE HEARD YOU DO THAT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THAT REGARD. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY MUCH. WE BECAME AWARE, PROBABLY TWO MONTHS OR SO AGO OF COMMENTS BEING MADE IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AT OUR RECRUITMENT DIVISION, AS SOON AS WE BECAME APPRISED TO THAT, WE HAD TAPES MADE, THAT BECAME AVAILABLE TO US, WE WENT THROUGH THEM AND IDENTIFIED PEOPLE WHO HAD SPOKEN IN A VERY INAPPROPRIATE WAY, RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC AND IMMEDIATELY ONCE WE IDENTIFIED THEM, WE SENT THEM HOME. THEY TOOK AWAY THEIR POLICE POWERS AND THEIR WAY THROUGH THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS NOW. WE ALSO THEN, BACK FILLED THOSE PEOPLE WITH PEOPLE WE HAD PREVIOUSLY TRAINED SO THAT THE JOB CAN CONTINUE. WE ALSO BROUGHT IN A NEW CAPTAIN AND YOU MEET HER AT THE TABLE, WHO HAS TAKEN CHARGE VERY QUICKLY AND FORCEFULLY BUT VERY PROFESSIONALLY. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHALLENGES WE FACE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO WITH THE INTER DISCIPLINARY, BUT WE SET THE TONE THAT WE DO NOT TOLERATE THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE WORKPLACE AND CONDEMNED IT IN THE STRONGEST WAY POSSIBLE. SO I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE PATH FORWARD FOR US, THE LEADERSHIP I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN THEM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HIRE NEW RECRUITS VERY QUICKLY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. MR. CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US, AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 86 AMENDMENTS WERE REQUESTED FOR THIS ITEM SO THIS ITEM WILL BE HELD ON THE DESK FOR CIRCULATION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS AT A LATER TIME. IF I MAY CLARIFY, IF MEMBERS HAVE CALLED AN ITEM SPECIAL FOR PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT BUT INTRODUCED IN A MOTION OR BUDGET MOTION IT'S REQUESTED THAT MEMBERS INDICATE THAT A BUDGET MOTION IS FORTHCOMING AND THOSE BUDGET MOTIONS WILL BE CIRCULATED AND CONSIDERED AT A LATER TIME DURING THIS MEETING. >> Council President: GOT IT. AND I THINK WE CAN THANK THE CHIEF AND LAPD TEAM, AT THIS TIME. WHAT IS NEXT MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION 90 ON PAGE 21 WHICH WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: JUST HAD A QUESTION, I WANT TO KNOW IF THE TERM INTERIM HOUSING IS INCLUSIVE OF TINY HOME VILLAGES? >> IF YOU WISH TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT TO MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR, THERE IS SOME PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IT IS INCLUSIVE AND OTHER FOLKS THAT MAY NOT. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THAT INCLUDES TINY HOMES, YOU CAN MAKE THAT. >> A. Nazarian: I'M ASSUMING IT'S JUST A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. >> I BELIEVE MR. NAZARIAN HAS MADE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT ON THIS LINE ITEM THAT TINY HOMES WOULD BE INCLUDED AS POTENTIAL INCLUSIONS. >> Council President: AND IF I CAN JUST CALL ON THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CHAIR ON THIS QUESTION. TO JUST WEIGH IN ON IT, IT SEEMS STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE POLICY TEAM WEIGHS IN BEFORE WE MOVE THAT WAY. >> I BELIEVE THE TINY HOMES WERE INCLUDED, NO? THEY WERE ADDED. >> Council President: OKAY. SO THE CHAIR BELIEVES IT'S ALREADY IN BUT WE'VE GOT A IDEA OF TECHNICAL TO INCLUDE IT FOR SURE. MR. McOSKER? >> N. Raman: SORRY, CAN I ADD ONE QUICK THING. WHICH IS, I THINK THAT, WHILE THIS FUNDING SPECIFIES BRIDGE HOME IN PRACTICE, THE HOMELESS COORDINATE ITER AT LAPD HAS OFTEN USED THIS MONEY FOR ALL HOMELESS RELATED INTERVENTIONS AND SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ON A PRACTICAL BASIS CAN BE WORKED WITH THEM ON. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT ENGAGEMENT. BUT WE CAN EXPLICITLY INCLUDE THIS. >> Council President: MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I'M GOING TO TOTALLY AGREE, I MADE THIS A POINT AT THE COMMITTEE AND I WAS FOCUSED ON AVH BUT IT DOES MAKE PERFECT SENSE, AS AVHs AND OTHER INTERIM SITES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: JUST, I WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE SHIFTED THIS, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO AVH, BUT THE DISCRETION IS REALLY LEFT, THIS IS A POT OF MONEY THAT IS SPECIFICALLY LEFT TO THE DISCRETION FOR THE HOMELESS COORDINATOR FROM LAPD, THE COUNCIL OFFICES WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEM TO ADDRESS WHERE THE NEEDS ARE. SO IF YOU YOU'VE GOT, ISSUES AROUND, IT'S VERY BROAD. IT DOES NOT REALLY NEED TO BE PES FIED --SPECIFIED. SO, THAT'S, SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS. >> MR. PRESIDENT. IF I CAN ALSO ADD THAT WHEN THESE FUNDS WERE FIRST DESIGNATED FOR OVERTIME, WE ONLY HAD A BRIDGE HOME AT THAT TIME. >> Council President: GOT IT. >> SO THE PURPOSE OF INCLUDING INTERIM HOUSE HADING SITES WAS TO CAPTURE THOSE ADDITIONAL SITES THAT COME UP. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THEY'RE IN THE UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE SO IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE SUBSEQUENT REPORT AS WELL. >> Council President:er GOT IT. YOU GOOD MR. NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: I THINK I'M GOOD. I THINK I'VE GOTTEN QUITE A BIT OF ASSURANCE THAT I'M GOOD. SO I WILL TAKE THAT ASSURANCE, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. NAZARIAN. MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: DOES THE COUNCIL WISH TO, MOVE TO CALLED ON ITEM 90--VOTE ON 90 AS AMENDED. >> Council President:er YE, ITEM 90 IS BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 94 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR AN AMENDMENT STL. A BUDGET MOTION? >> J. Lee: YES, THERE IS GOING TO BE A BUDGET MOTION. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 96 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 96, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 120 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR QUESTIONS AND BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR AN AMENDMENT. AND THIS WOULD BE ON PAGE 31. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT SO THERE IS A MOTION, DOES THAT COME BACK TO IT OR WE ENTERTAIN A DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: BUDGET MOTION. >> Council President: IT'S NOT A BUDGET MOTION? >> J. Lee: OKAY. SO THIS IS. >> Council President: MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES A MONTH AGO, THE CLA UPLOADED A REPORT IN RESPONSE TO THIS AND PROVIDED THIS BODY WITH FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO CONSIDER FOR THE NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOR THE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS. THIS REPORT HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED BY THIS COUNCIL, WEVE HAD NOT HAD A POLICY DISCUSSION. I MAY TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. ON ITEM 120 BUT FOUR OTHER OPTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AND JUST HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION. SO I'M ASKING IF WE CAN SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE AND I'M ASKING FOR VOTE ON THAT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I AGREE AS MR. BLUMENFIELD STATED EVEN EARLIER WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION AROUND LAFD, THAT POLICY CONVERSATION SHOULDN'T BE DONE THROUGH THIS BUDGET. AND SO, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT APPROACH TO HOW WE'RE ENSURING THE PROPER REPORTING AND ALL THAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH BUT WE GO CLEAR-EYED ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I'M IN DISAGREEMENT IN TRYING TO MOVE THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE. THIS DISCUSSION WAS VERY LENGTHY. I LOOKED INTO IT, MY STAFF LOOKED INTO IT, I BELIEVE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK ON THIS. SO I DISAGREE SENDING TO COMMITTEE, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST MR. LEE'S REQUEST TO SEND THIS TO COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: YOU'LL BE VOTING WHAT? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE THAT IS CONTEMPLATED THROUGH THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE EXTENSIVE POLICY DISCUSSIONS THAT THIS BODY HAS HAD AND WILL HAVE ON HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT. I DO THINK THAT IT WILL HELP US PREPARE OURSELVES FOR SOME VERY URGENT CHALLENGES THAT ARE AHEAD OF US. I WANT TO POINT US TO THE POTENTIAL DISSOLUTION OF LAHSA AS THE COUNTY PULLS OUT THEIR MEASURE A FUNDS. THE LOSS OF POTENTIALLY EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNTS OF REVENUE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH IS ALREADY BEING PUSHED THROUGH CONGRESS AND BEFORE US VERY VERY SOON INCLUDING THE LOSS OF THOUSANDS OF VOUCHERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CUT FROM OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS LEAVING 3000 PEOPLE WITH NO POTENTIAL LINO FUNDING. WE AGREED THAT WE NEED GREATER CENTRALIZATION OF OUR OVERSIGHT OVER OUR HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM. THIS MOTION ALLOWS US TO CLARIFY THAT THERE IS A PLACE THAT WILL BRING TOGETHER DATA AND A LLOW US TO--BALANCE AND IN A TIGHT BUDGET ENVIRONMENT TO HELP MAKE US MORE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THOSE DOLLARS THAT WILL GET US TO SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED IN THIS BUDGET. RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY PLACE OR A BODY WITHIN THE SYSTEM, THE CITY OVERALL THAT DOES THAT WORK. THIS CHANGE WILL NOT DISRUPT ANY EXISTING SERVICE PROVISION OR THE OPERATIONS THAT YOU ALL ENGAGE IN ON HOMELESSNESS. BUT IT WILL PROVIDE YOU THE DATA EXAMINE ACCOUNTABILITY YOU NEED TO HELP ADEQUATE FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IT WILL HELP YOU TO FILL EMPTY BEDS, IT WILL HELP US TO USE EVERY DOLLAR AND WE'RE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, IT WILL HELP US TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS BETTER TO GET PEOPLE INDOORS. IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE CREATION, WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT IT WILL HELP US GET BETTER PREPARED FOR THAT BY HELPING US RIGHT NOW ADVOCATE FOR MORE RESOURCES FROM PLACES LIKE LA CASA, FROM OUR MEASURE A SOLUTION FUND AND FROM OTHER PLACES WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GET LOCAL RESOURCES IN ORDER TO STAFF UP, TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT OUR HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM BETTER THAN WE HAVE BEEN. I REALLY WANT TO SAY THAT, THIS IS, THIS IS A MOMENT OF WHERE THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE AND OUR CITY'S ABILITY TO OPERATE IS FACING A NUMBER OF URGENT THREATS AND THIS CHANGE WILL REALLY HELP US IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE THREATS WITH THOUGHTFULNESS AND RESOURCES THAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO BEST ADVOCATE FOR OUR RESOURCES WHICH WE DON'T HAVE AT THIS MOMENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN, COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IS THERE POSSIBLY ANYONE FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT THAT COULD ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS? >> GOOD MORNING, I'M TINA FROM THE HOUSNG DEPARTMENT. >> T. Park: THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE CAO FOR THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THE GROUND AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 11, THE INCREDIBLE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITH OUT YOUR HELP, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU TOO AS WELL AS WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU, MATT. HOW MANY RV OPERATIONS HAS THE CAO COORDINATED SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR IN COORDINATION WITH LOCAL COUNCIL OFFICES? >> THANK YOU, I'M GOING TO HAVE SOPHIA ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, MATT. HI SOPHIA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SOPHIA OF THE CAO, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPERATIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS EFFORT STARTING JUNE 2022 TO APRIL 2025, HAS BEEN 623 OPERATIONS THAT HAVE REMOVED AT LEAST 1277RVs VEHICLE DWELLINGS FROM THE VEHICLE RIGHT OF A. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE UTILIZED OUR INTERIM HOUSING WHICH HAVE LEAD TO 33738. --338. >> >> T. Park: THANK YOU FOR THAT, YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS. MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN OUR MDT OPERATIONS? >> SO, FALLING UNDER THE 'EM PRELA THE C A O, HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS WHO NOW RELY ON HAVING ONE POINT OF CONTACT THAT CAN PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY ALSO NEED. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE ARE NOW COORDINATING WITH LAFD TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT TO REMOVE BURNED RVs WITHIN A RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN A SHORT TIME. BEFORE THAT, IT WAS CHALLENGING TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO CONTACT AS WELL AS THE FOLLOW-UP. SO IT COULD TAKE DAZE, WEEKS AT TIMES WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR TEAM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THAT TIME. >> >> T. Park: DOES THE NEUTRALITY OF THE OFFICE HELP COORDINATE THAT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS? >> SO, I'LL JUST, I'LL ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS THE REASON, I THINK THE INITIAL STREET STRATEGIES PLAN DID PUT THE STAFF THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING OUR DEPARTMENTS. IT'S NOT A TYPICAL CAO FUNCTION BUT THAT IS THE REASONING BEHIND IT, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH, OPERATIONS IS NOT A TYPICAL CAO FUNCTION, COORDINATING OTHER DEPARTMENTS AD OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS. >> T. Park: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. TINA, QUESTION FOR YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE STILL NEW TO THE ROLE AND A LOT OF WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH, OF COURSE, PREDATES YOU, AND YOU KNOW, SORRY THAT YOU'RE JOINING IN THESE REALLY CHALLENGING TIMES, BUT I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENTS MANAGEMENT OF SOME OF OUR HOMELESS PROGRAMS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, I THINK IN ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS SHOULD KNOW HOW THE DEPARTMENT RECORD COULD IMPACT THAT ROLE. ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL ME HOW MANY HOME KEY 2 PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN? >> NOT AT THIS TIME, COUNCILMEMBER PARKS, I'M NOT ABLE TO DO. THAT NUMBER WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU. >> T. Park: DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THEM ARE OPEN? AM I CORRECT THAT THEY WERE ACQUIRED IN 2022? >> I'M NOT SURE WHEN THEY WERE ACQUIRED BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU ON. >> T. Park: OKAY, IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE A HOME KEY PROJECT IN IS SEPULVEDA THAT IS SITTING THERE AND GIVEN THE CHALLENGES WITH BRINGING THESE PROJECTS ONLINE AND MANAGING A VERY IMPORTANT HOMELESS PROGRAM IS THE DEPARTMENT REALLY PREPARED TO TAKE ON THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU HAVE SHARED IS A CHALLENGE THAT IS A SHARED THROUGHOUT THE HOUSING INDUSTRY. IN FACT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN ALLUDED TO SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES WHICH INCLUDE CHANGES IN THE FEDERAL POLICY. CHANGES IN THE VOUCHER SYSTEM, CHANGES IN THE REGULATIONS, AND RULES PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE AS WELL AS TAX CREDITS AND OTHER THINGS. ALL OF THESE HAVE COLLIDED TOGETHER IN A TIME WHEN EVIDENTLIER, WE NEED HOUSING MOST. THE AFFECTIVE OF THAT IS THAT HOUSING TAKES A LOT LONGER TO GET BUILD, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A LONG PERIOD, LET'S FACE IT. AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THAT AS IT CONFLATES. THAT GENRE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAKES EVEN LONGER AT TIMES BECAUSE CONTINUE CON FLATED. IT SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESS. THAT BEING SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, BEING A NEW MEMBER, IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE TAKING ON THIS ROLE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FOLKS THINK THERE IS NOT AN EXIT TO HOMELESSNESS BUT CERTAINLY. THERE IS IN THE MISSION, THERE IS IN THE DEVELOPERS WHO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK, THE SERVICE PROVIDERS DO THE WORK. AND ONE THING THAT I DO KNOW, IS THE AFFORDABLE, THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE ONLY DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHERE THEIR MISSION IS CONNECTED NOT ONLY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT ALSO TO HOMELESSNESS. SO FOR ME, WHILE I DON'T HAVE ALL THE STATS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE A COMMITTED STAFF THAT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. WHAT WE DONOUGH IS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE AN AJD IN THE WE HAVE AN--WHO MANY OF WHICH STARTED AT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. I'M EXCITED BY THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE ONE PLACE OF ACCOUNTABILITY. CRITICAL TIME IN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INDUSTRY. >> HOW MANY CARE PLUS OPERATIONS DOES THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT EVER DONE? >> I DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH CARE PLUS OPERATIONS THEY HAVE DONE. BUT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION. >> OKAY. SXL THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN EVERY TIME WE BRING THEM IN ON ANY ISSUE. WHETHER IT IS TO FIND OUT HOW MANY LANDLORDS THEY HAVE WITH PROPERTIES AND CERTAIN SIZES OR WHETHER IT IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY EMPTY BEDS WE HAVE FLOATING AROUND IN THE CITY OR WHETHER IT IS TO PROVIDE BASIC ANSWERS OF HOW MANY OF OUR HOME KEYS ARE UP AND RUNNING? THIS MERRY GO ROUND TO NOWHERE OF THE HOMELESSNESS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE ABSOLUTELY SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL. ANYBODY PAYING ATTENTION, TO THE MISMANAGEMENT OF HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES PREVISION IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW TODAY! WE HAVE ONE TOOL THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR HELPING TO MANAGE THESE ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE MAGNETS FOR CRIME AND VIOLENCE AND FIRES THAT ARE STRAINING SERVICES ACROSS 15 OR 20 DEPARTMENTS. WHY ARE WE MOVING THIS AWAY FROM THIS CAO INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER 15 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HAVING THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES AND STAFFING OF BUNINGS --BUDGETS DRAINED TRYING TO CLEAN THAT OUR HOMELENESS AND PROVISION OF SERVICES HAS BECOME. I'M SORRY, I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: TINA, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE MET I WAS VERY EXCITED WITH YOUR BACK GROUND AND YOUR REALLY FEELS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE THE DEPARTMENT THAT GENERALLY IS NOT MY FAVORITE, I'VE GOT TO ADMIT, INTO YOU KNOW A DIFFERENT PLACE. SO I COULD SEE THAT THERE IS CHANGE COMING, I COULD SEE THAT REALLY ARE GOING TO WORK TO HELP US SOLIDIFY, IDENTIFY, BRING HOUSING, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE RIGHT. BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE FELT THEY WERE PART OF A CONVERSATION RELATED TO WHAT THIS IS AND CAN BE. BUT I KNOW THAT I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I DON'T KNOW IF I THINK USING THE BUDGET PROCESS IS THE WAY TO GET THIS STARTED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I WAS A COUNCILMEMBER I WAS ALSO A CONSTITUENT AND WHEN I WAS A CONSTITUENT I WOULD CALL MY COUNCIL OFFICE, OVER WHY THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NEVER EVER ANY MOVEMENT RELATED TO THE RVs. AND I WAS TOLD, THAT THE REASON NOTHING WAS GETTING DONE WAS BECAUSE OF THIS DEBATE WHETHER NRV IS DWELLING AT HOUSING OR L.A. DOT BECAUSE THEY WERE A VEHICLE. BUT ONCE THIS DEBATE HAPPENED AND ONCE THIS COORDINATION WAS SET AT CAO AND THE YEARS WENT BY AND I BECAME COUNCILMEMBER, IT REALLY IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE WE HAVE SEEN A COORDINATED EFFORT TO MOVE THINGS WHERE CONSTITUENTS SEE IT AND FEEL IT. I KNOW THERE IS BEEN WHISPERS ON COUNCIL AND COUNCIL STAFFS RELATED HOW WE CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP ENCAMPMENTS AND I'VE GOT TO SAY, YOU ONLY, YOU ONLY SUCCESSFULLY CLEAN UP AN ENCAMPMENT WHEN YOU HAVE STRONG COORDINATION. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, THAT I HAVE MY FOLKS IDENTIFIED WITHIN MY OFFICE BUT WITH CAO, THEY HAVE BEEN THE ONES THAT COORDINATE, LAPD SO THAT ALL EMPLOYEES FEEL SAFE, L.A. DOT SO THAT WITH THE TIMITIED STAFF, THEY SHOW UP. L.A. SAN BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY CLEAN IT UP BUT IN THE NAME OF BEING EMPATHETIC, WE ALSO HAVE TO COORDINATE GETTING THE SERVICES PROVIDERS THERE. IT'S A LOT OF PLAYERS AND DIFFERENT PLAYERS AND IN THE PAST, I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING HOUSING TO WORK WITH BUILDING AND SAFETY TO CLEAN UP ON AN EXISTING APARTMENT FOR BASIC, REHAB--I CAN'T SAY THAT WORD. HABIT ABILITY ISSUES, SO IF I CAN'T GET TO YOU CLEAN UP, HABITABILITY ISSUES. HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO MOVE? HOW MUCH IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GOING TO SURVIVE AND HOW DO YOU SEE IT WORKING? IN YOUR SPACE? >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. I THINK IT SHOULD BE STATED THAT THE TEAM THAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE RFB, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING TO OUR DEPARTMENT. ULTIMATELY. >> I. Padilla: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE STAFF. >> ALL THE COORDINATORS AND THOSE FOLKS SPECIFICALLY WORKING ON THE RV PROGRAM WILL BE TRANSFERRING TO OUR TEAM. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST CHANGING ADDRESSES, DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE ULTIMATELY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED THAT THERE WILL BE ANY BREAK IN SERVICE OR THOSE FOLKS WILL BE HEARD IN ANY WAY. OUR IDEA IS THAT THE TRANSITION WILL NOT IMPACT ANY OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BEING SERVICED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. AND THERE IS STILL GOING TO BE CONTINUOUS COORDINATION --AS IT HAS BEEN SINCE OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS STARTED. SO THERE WILL STILL BE THERE TO PROVIDE FISCAL OVERSIGHT AS NOTED IN THE, IN THE BUDGET HEARING PAPERWORK. AND MATT AND I HAVE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THAT TRANSITION WILL WORK AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT OUR TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSITION, DO WHAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE WHEN WE HAVE HAD TRANSITIONS OF THIS TYPE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST TIME HAVING A LARGE TRANSITION LIKE THIS. WE HAD ONE IN 2013 AS AN EXAMPLE AND WE DID NOT MISS A BEAT. WE DON'T INTEND TO MISS THAT ONE. AS WE NOTED, WE ARE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT CONNECTS HOUSING, WITH HOMELESSNESS. AS PART OF OUR MISSION, YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, AND YOU WILL SEE WHERE WE HAVE STATED THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY IN BOTH OUR MISSION, VISION, AND CORE VALUES. >> I. Padilla: DO YOU THINK THAT AS A HOUSING DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, SQUASH SO TO SPEAK ANY SORT OF DEBATE RELATED TO WHETHER THIS IS OUR RULE OR ANYBODY ELSE'S RULE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE REASON C A O WAS SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE POWER OF THE PURSE. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE READY FOR THAT? THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO REALIZE, WE'RE THE TOP OF THE CHAIN NOW, AND THIS IS HOW WE MOVE IT? >> I ABSOLUTELY FEEL THAT WE WILL. WE LEAD WITH OUR CONCERN FOR PEOPLE AS A PRIORITY. WE HAVE BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND THIS IS OUR WORLD. THIS IS OUR PER VIEW, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY VOICED AND READY TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. >> I. Padilla: OKAY, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> Council President: FOLKS I HAVE BLUMENFIELD, NAZARIAN, JURADO FOR THEIR FIRST TIME AND THEN RODRIGUEZ AND RAMAN FOR THEIR SECOND TIME. YOU'RE UP THERE. OKAY, I HAVELY AND RAMAN. AS A SECOND. >> B. Blumenfield: ULT MATTLY I WANT TO SEE A A HOMELESS DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED. WE HAVE NOT HAVE A FRAGMENTED SYSTEM TO BUILD A SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND I'M OKAY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOMELESS BUREAU AS SORT OF THIS INTERIM STEP BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT A SMOOTH TRANSITION THAT THE CURRENT WORK THAT THE CAO AND STAFF ARE DOING WITH COORDINATING OPERATING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SEE ANY DISRUPTION IN SERVICE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAO'S GROUP THAO --THAT HAVE BEEN DOING A GOOD STAFF AND TWO ADMINISTRATIVE PROPOSED TO TRANSITION, THAT THEY WORK WITH THE CREDIT A O AND THE--CAO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WORK WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENTS ON THE NEEDS, WHEN REPORT FOR STAFFING COMES BACK. WORD THAT ANY LOSS, I HAVE CONCERNS, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR CAPACITIES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAO'S IMPACT IS INCORPORATED. ONE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS IS IT HAD BEEN RACED --RAISED. THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT UNLIKE CAO IS SUBJECT TO ED3 WHICH IS A VILLAREIGOSA WHICH HAS REPORTS GO TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FIRST AND THAT'S CONCERN TO ME. IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS HOMELESS POLICY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONNECTED WITH, AND SO I DON'T WANT IT TO GO FIRST TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT GOES SIMULTANEOUSLY TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHICH REQUIRES A MOTION WHICH I'M PUTTING FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF I PUT IT FORWARD NOW OR THAT'S A SEPARATE MOTION, BUT IT IS RELATED WHICH IS WHY I'M SPEAKING TO IT NOW. SO I HAVE A MOTION THAT IS BEEN CIRCULATED THAT WOULD BASICALLY EXEMPT THIS GROUP FROM ED3. REPORTS HAVE TO COME TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THEN WE HEAR ABOUT WHAT IS ULTIMATELY RELEASED. THIS IS A MOTION THAT I'M PUTTING FORWARD, SI SEPARATE MOTION IT'S A SEPARATE MOTION. IF WE KEEP IT AS THIS, WHICH I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE US IN THAT SENSE AND THAT MOTION HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UMMMM A BIT CONFUSED AND MAYBE THIS BODY DOES THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND I'M GOING TO GET MY DOSAGE OF LEARNING THIS YEAR. THE BUDGET HOUT LINES OUR PRIORITIES AS A CITY. AS A DECISION-MAKING BODY OF THE CITY. TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, EVEN WHEN THE BUDGET IS BEING DECIMATED THE REVENUES ARE NOT COMING IN TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WE WANT, WE HAVE TO HARDER TASK OF THEN PRIORITIZING WHERE THOSE LIMITED DOLLARS GO. THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE WE DISCUSS A POLICY ISSUE, BY THE WAY, VERY DISHEARTENING TO KNOW THAT SELECTED STAFF, NOT ELECTED, SELECTED, I GIVE YOU A LOT OF CREDENCE THAT YOU'RE BOTH HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS. BEFORE ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. I CAME ON HERE TO VOTE ON THE PRIORITIES NOT TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION. SO I VERY MUCH VALUE THIS, I THINK THIS IS MUCH BETTER SERVED IN A COMMITTEE HEARING, SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE IN QUESTION, WOULD WANT TO BE PART OF THE TRANSITION, HAVE THAT CONVERSATIONS HAPPENED? I SHOW UP TO MY CLEAN UPS. I SPEAK TO THE STAFF ON THE GROUND, I SPEAK TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED. THERE IS A LOT OF SENSITIVITY, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CLEAN UP, IT'S MAKING SURE THAT IT'S DONE APPROPRIATELY AND RESPECTFULLY. WHILE THE AT THE SAME TIME GIVING THE CONFIDENCE OF THE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED. SO I'M ABOVE--BAFFLED. I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE CHANGE TO HAOP RIGHT NOW. WE SHOULD OF HAD THAT CONVERSATION LONG BEFORE IT GOT TO A BUDGET VOTE. SO, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO GO CIRCLE BACK TO THE CAO ON WHAT YOU MEANT BY THIS IS A TYPICAL FOR YOU TO TAKE ON OPERATIONS LIKE THIS? COULD YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THAT? >> SO, TRADITIONALLY THE CAO IS THE CENTRAL FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE CITY, WORKS ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE. SO THAT REQUIRES, THE BEST EXAMPLE IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, THE BUDGET PROCESS WE'RE REQUIRED TO COORDINATE AND GIVE DIRECTION TO EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY. THAT IS PART OF THE JOB OF THE CAO. BY A MEANT BY A-TYPICAL, WE'RE TYPICALLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE NOT OPERATIONAL DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS OF COURSE IN SOME CASES, CERTAINLY, THE, THE STREET STRATEGY REPORT OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO, DID ASSIGN SOME OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR TO THE CAO'S OFFICE FOR THAT COORDINATING ROLE. OUR OFFICE OF COURSE MANAGES THE UNARMED MODEL OF CRISIS RESPONSE CONTRACTS, FOR THE TIME BEING AS THAT PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED AND GROWS. SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT AND WE ARE IN A POSITION WHEN IT IS REQUIRED THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE COORDINATED OR MULTI AGENCY OR THERE IS MULTI AGENCY FUNDING THAT THAT IS, THAT IS WITH THE CAO. >> SO YOU'RE THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR, I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER CORPORATION WHERE THEY DO OPERATIONS IN THE WAY THAT YOU MENTIONED. DO YOU ENVISION THAT THE RV OPERATIONS PROGRAM THAT IS HOW CURRENTLY IN YOUR OFFICE IN THE CAO'S OFFICE SHOULD STAY THERE INDEFINITELY? >> COUNCILMEMBER, THAT IS A POLICY DECISION, AT YOUR DISCRETION. AND I'LL SAY ALTHOUGH, THIS WASN'T THE CAO'S PROPOSAL, WE DID NOT MAKE THIS PROPOSAL. HOWEVER THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STRUCTURING OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, OUR OFFICE AND I PERSONALLY WILL BE SUPPORTIVE AND WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO MAKE THAT A SUCCESS. MY CONVERSATION WZ GENERAL MANAGER OF HOUSING HAVE BEEN ALONG THAT LINE. THIS WAS INITIALED BY THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER, EVEN BEFORE THE FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BECAUSE I WANT THIS TO BE A SUCCESS. I KNOW THE GENERAL MANAGER WANTS THIS TO BE A SUCCESS. POLICY DECISION IS AT YOUR DISCRETION AND WE'LL MAKE THIS WORK HOWEVER YOU DECIDE. THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU IS, IS MORE APPROPRIATE THAN OTHER VERSIONS, THE CAO RETAINS THE CORE FUNCTION WHICH IS THE CALENDAR AND FISCAL OVERSIGHT OF THE MULTITUDE OF FUNDS THAT GO INTO HOMELESSNESS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 900 MILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDS OVER 25 SOURCES INCLUDING MORE THAN 300 MILLION OF THE GENERAL FUND. IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE CAO MAINTAIN THAT ROLE AND CAPACITY TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THAT ROLE. >> Y. Jurado: GREAT, YOU HAVE YOUR IF I DID FIDUCIARY DUTIES. AND SEEMS LIKE PILOTS BECAUSE YOU CAN CONVENE PEOPLE AND EVENTUALLY WHEN THEY MATURE, THEY GRADUATE INTO A DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU, CAO, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO MY GIRL, TINA, MS. HALL. MS. HALL, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU GOT INTO HOUSING WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE? >> SO, I GOT INTO HOUSING, I KIND OF FELL INTO HOUSING BECAUSE I NEEDED IT. I WAS BACK IN THE EARLY 90s, I WAS A SINGLE MOM, I HAD TWO KIDS. I HAD GONE THROUGH AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WHICH FRANKLY RENDERED ME BETWEEN HOMELENESS AND AT MY MAMA'S HOUSE. LUCKILY, I WAS ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT COULD GO TO MY MOM'S HOUSE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT ME. BUT I WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE FIRE, I HAD NO PLACE TO GO. I HAD TWO CHILDREN WITH NO MEDICAL BENEFITS, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN TO ME AND I HAD NOTHING. I USED THAT TO FUEL THE WORK THAT I HAVE DONE IN THE 30-PLUS YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS. BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO NOT FEEL SAFE, TO NOT FEEL FREE FROM CHOICES AND CHOICES THAT I NEEDED TO SECURE A PLACE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN, THAT'S WHAT I LEAD WITH. THAT IS WHAT FUELS ME AND THAT IS WHAT HAS FUELLED ME THROUGH AN M.B.A., WORKING AT CAMBRIDGE, WORKING FOR THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY AND OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS WORK VERY SPECIFICALLY. I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE, BECAUSE I LOVE IT AND BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW HOW ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO MAKE THESE FOLKS FEEL WHEN THEY HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LIVE, THAT IS SAFE AFFORDABLE AND WHERE THEY CAN THRIVE. >> Y. Jurado: I MEAN BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WOULD YOU SAY THAT FUNDAMENTALLY YOUR PHILOSOPHY WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING IS INTRINSICALLY TIED TO HOMELESSNESS BASED ON YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE AS SOMEBODY WHO IS HOUSING INSECURE AND HOMELESS? >> ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. YOU WANTED TO COME HOME. I HAD A GREAT JOB, I HAD A GOOD JOB BUT I HAVE A GREAT JOB NOW THAT ALLOWS ME TO DO EXACTLY DO THAT. TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE FOLKS, THOSE COMMUNITIES, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THE STRENGTH OF MY EXPERIENCE, FOUNDATION, SHARE THAT WITH THE TEAM THAT I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH WHO'S CORE'S VALUES ARE ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH MINE. AND MAKE THINGS BETR HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, I MEAN IT'S AN ALL EVOLUTION, HOMELENESS, TENANT AND WE'RE DOING TENANT EVICTION AND PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE STAY IN IT AND HOUSING PRODUCTION, THOSE ARE PART WHAT WHAT WE MEAN WHEN YOU SAY HOUSING, YOU SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST, YOU LOVE IT. I WANT TO GO TO THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO LEAD IT AS IT ABSORBS A LITTLE BIT OF FUNCTION. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR LAST JOB AND HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU MANAGED AND CRISES DID YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THAT DEPARTMENT THROUGH? >> SO, AS SOME OF YOU MAY BE A WAI, I WAS FORMERLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCIES. I STARTED THERE ON THE BOARD NEARLY TEN YEARS AGO THOUGH WHERE I WAS BROUGHT IN BECAUSE OF MY EXPERTISE IN UNRAVELING SOME OF THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP BUBBLE THAT SEVERELY IMPACTED THE WAY CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY DID BUSINESS. SO I WAS AT ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM HOW TO UNRAVEL THOSE DERIVATIVES AND THINGS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY HOW TO GET BACK INTO DRIVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH THEIR CHANGING OF THE POLICIES ALSO THROUGH CHANGING OF THE GUARD BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WORKING THROUGH THE CAPITAL MARKETS. UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY HAD GONE FROM ZERO LOANS TO A PORTFOLIO OF 3.1 BILLION. OUR ANNUAL NET REVENUE WAS 36 MILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL NET REVENUE BACK TO THE COFFERS TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME AT THIS TIME AT THIS MOMENT. HAVING A PERSON LIKE ME WITH THESE EXPERIENCE UNDER AND LEADING THE CHARGE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. I'M NOT JUST THAT GIRL TO 30 PLUS YEARS AGO WHO HAD NOTHING. I'M THAT GIRL PLUS, PLUS, PLUS, PLUS AND I INTEND TO BRING THAT STRENGTH TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU SO MUCH. LEADING A STATE WIDE DEPARTMENT, YIELDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOANS AND DEVELOPING HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE STATE, IS SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. SXL SO I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO ABSORB A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS ALSO A NET ZERO IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET AND TO ESCUAGE SOME OF THE PEOPLE'S CONCERN, DO YOU SUBMIT TO DOING THE CLEAN UPS? >> I DO ABSOLUTELY. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TINA FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS AND YOUR FAMILYITY --FAMILIARITY WITH HOUSING. WE NEED TO STAND UP MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MORE SOLUTIONS TO THOSE FINDING THEMSELVES INTO HOMELESSNESS AND THAT'S THE FRIEM AIRY FUCTION OF WHAT WE REALLY NEED, LIKE YOUR, FOCUS ON. WHAT IS NOT BEING DISPUTED HERE, IT WAS NEVER THE QUESTION WHETHER YOU'RE QUALIFIED TO LAID THE EFFORTS. THE CONCERN, THIS HAS NOT BEEN A POLICY CONVERSATION, THAT THIS BODY HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN, IT WAS, JUST PROCEDURALLY JUST TO RECAP HOW IT WENT. IT WAS AN INSTRUCTION THAT WAS MADE IN THE MIDST OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATION, IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH A POLICY CONVERSATION, AS MR. BLUMENFIELD SAID, WE DON'T DO POLICY THROUGH THE BUDGET, THAT IS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESSES, SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS YOUR FAMILIARITY, 'CAUSE YOU'RE STAFF RAISED CONCERNS, I KNOW THE LIMITED STAFF RESOURCES THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE NOW JUST TO DEAL WITH THE PORTFOLIO THAT YOU CURRENTLY, ABSENT ALL OF THESE CHANGES. BUT WHAT IS YOUR FAMILIARITY WITH CARE PLUS? >> THESE, THIS AND OTHER THINGS ARE FOR ME PERSONALLY, I WILL NEED TO LEARN. BUT IT'S NOT ME ALONE, THERE ARE OVER QUITE A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE CURRENTLY WORKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT WHO DO HAVE EXPERIENCE. I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL WITH OTHER FOLKS AT LAHSA, AND OTHER AGENCIES, THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. SO I'M CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE. THIS IS GOING TO BE NEW. BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN EXPAND UTILIZING WHAT OUR LEARNINGS FROM WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING TO GROW AND TAKE ON ADDITIONAL WORK THAT HAS BEEN MANDATED BY THE COUNCIL. OR SUPPOSE TO BE MANDATED BY THE COUNCIL. >> M. Rodriguez: AND MY CONCERNS AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF COLLEAGUES RAISING, NOT THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN WEIGH IN TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE, SOME OF THE BIGGER CONCERNS IS OPERATIONALLY HOW IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION. WE SHOULDN'T MOVE TO THE SAKE OF MOVING, WE SHOULD MOVE WITH THE INTENTIONALITY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE GOT. PARTICULARLY WHEN WE SO MANY OF UTS RELY, LET'S BE HONEST, OUR ABILITY AS AN OFFICE OF EACH OF OUR, AS EACH COUNCIL OFFICE, OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS PRIORITY ENCAMPMENTS TO DEAL WITH THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES THAT ARE POSED BY RVs HAVE HAVE BEEN A MATTER OF SO WE CAN SCHEDULE IT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, CARE PLUS, OUR OFFICE WORK VERY QUICKLY AND EASILY WITH IT'S, WE'RE NOT WORK WITHING LAHSA, WE'RE WORKING WITH SANITATION TO COORDINATE THE RESOURCES WHO ALSO COORDINATES WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR LAPD TO BE PRESENT, BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF SOMETIMES, THE EXPERIENCE THAT'S CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT. AND MY CERTAIN, AS I THINK SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE RAISED, NOT ONLY ARE WE HAVING A POLICY CONVERSATION IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THE ROOMS, THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO HELP HOUSE THE HOMELESS ARE STILL NOT STOOD UP AND YOU CANNOT SPEAK TO THE STATUS, MY CONCERN IS IF WE ADD MORE TO YOUR PLATE WITHOUT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, PUTS EVERYBODY AT A DEFICIT, BECAUSE WE CANNOT ADDRESS PRIORITY ENCAMPMENTS AS WE'RE CURRENTLY STRUCTURED. MANY OF US HAVE TO COORDINATE THESE RESOURCES ON THE GROUND WITH OUR LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS COORDINATING RV YOU KNOW, RV OPERATIONS WITH THE CAO. I GUESS MY QUESTION, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PART WE'RE TRYING TO FIX RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE WE HAVE, SOME URGENT AND PRESSING NEEDS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY THAT AFFECT HEALTH AND SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE'VE SEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO, RESPOND TO LARGER NUMBERS OF ENCAMPMENTS FIRES AS ADDRESSEDED WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. SO THE CONCERN THAT YOUR STAFF CORROBORATED IN BUDGET, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING THIS ON RIGHT NOW GIVEN ALL THE ALREADY EXISTING PORTFOLIO OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE. AND SO, COLLEAGUES, MY AGAIN, THE WHOLE BODY HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN A POLICY CONVERSATION TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS. MR. BLUMENFIELD RAISED 83 THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HINDER OUR OWN ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO ACCESS THESE RESOURCES FOR OUR DISTRICTS AND COORDINATE AS WE CURRENTLY DO. THERE IS A LOT MORE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A WHITE PAPER. THE ONLY WHITE PAPER IS THE MOTION AS IT WAS WRITTEN AND THE INSTRUCTION THAT IT WAS WRITTEN. WE DON'T HAVE ANY GREATER CLARITY OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN ASKED IN COMMITTEE OR ADOPTED IN COUNCIL. IF WE CAN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE IT'S BEING DUBBED A POLICY CONVERSATION, TO ADD RPRs WHO RESPOND TO EMS CALLS THEN WHY ARE WE CHANGING THE NATURE OF A CONVERSATION WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE DEPLOY ALL SEVERAL MULTIPLE CITY FUNCTIONS INTO ONE AREA WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, OPERATIONAL LEE ANN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT EVEN FAMILIAR, YOU'RE STILL, LIKE YOU'RE STILL VERY NEW AND WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THE HOUSING, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS TO GET THE HOUSING STOOD UP AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GROW AND PROVIDE OVERSIGHT ON AND I'M CONCERNED WHAT IS GOING TO HURT US AND OUR DISTRICTS IS OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE FOLKS ARE BEING MOVED AROUND. AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERNS. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD THE POLICY CONVERSATION SO WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. I MAY NOT BE OPPOSED, I NEED TO BE BERT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING OUT OF THIS? IS THERE SOME EFFICIENCIES THAT ARE BEING GARNERED, THAT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION TO IT. ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND MORE QUICKLY TO SOME OF THE EMERGENCY CONCERNS WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES AND ENCAMPMENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT IS UNCLEAR TO ME. AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE A--LET'S NOT MAKE, THREE, CHANGES IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO CENTRALIZE IT, LET'S HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO CENTRALIZE IT, I JUST DON'T LIKE MR. NAZARIAN INDICATED, THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WEIGH ALL THE TOTALITY OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE WITH THIS DECISION AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO DEPLOY RESOURCES EFFICIENCY AND QUICKLY BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. WE ALREADY KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE WHETHER IT'S A CAO'S, WHETHER IT'S SANITATION, TO ADDRESS THESE CRITICAL CONCERNS. WE ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT BUT NOW WE'RE CHANGING IT MID-STREAM WITH A DEPARTMENT THAT IS ALREADY EXPRESSED APPREHENSION, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL GUNHO NOW. AND I THINK THERE IS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEORETICAL IDEALS, WAYS OF US DOING THIS AND YES, WE WANT TO HAVE THE CENTRALIZATION, THAT'S WHY I INTRODUCED THE MOTION TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE FULL POLICY HOW MANY INTERIM STEPS ARE WE GOING TO TAKE? OR DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE CHANGE ONCE AND GOOD WITH WHAT THAT DECISION IS? AND THAT'S WHERE I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN IN JUNCTURE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE HAVE THIS POLICY CONVERSATION, IN POLICY COMMITTEES FOR THIS COUNCIL, TO DELIBERATE ON SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO GARNER GREATER EFFICIENCIES IN HOW WITH DEPLOY THESE RESOURCE SXZ WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN INTERPRETATION IN ABILITY TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CLEAN AND SAFE, TO MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL FIRE RISK THAT'S COME WITH UNMAINTAINED OR ENCAMPMENTS THAT HAVE GROWN OR RVs THAT CONTINUE TO SPILL SEWAGE IN THE STREET? THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, THE RESOURCES TO COORDINATE THE RESOURCES IN OUR DISTRICTS WITHOUT ANY DELAYS AND AS IT IS, WE KNOW THE DEMAND IS MUCH GREATER THAN WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE THAT WE HAVE. THE OTHER PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE NOT HAD IS THE FACT THAT OUR LABOR PARTNERS NEED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THESE DECISIONS IN HOW WE MOVE STAFF AROUND AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION. SO THE IDEA THAT, I THINK WE STILL HAVE TIME MUCH LIKE WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS CONSOLIDATIONS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST, HAVE THE DISCUSSION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE DO AS WE'VE DONE WITH THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSOLIDATIONS IS HOLD THIS PENDING THE CONVERSATION WHERE WE CAN GO ALL EYES WIDE OPEN AND ENSURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING OURSELVES INTO AND GIVING YOU THE BREATH, 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE HOW MANY MONTHS NOW? FOUR MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS, TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE FUNCTIONALITY OF WHAT EACH OF THESE OPERATIONS DO IN EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOUR MONTHS AND WE NEED TO YOU GET THE HOUSING OPEN. WE NEED YOU TO GET THE PROJECT ROOM KEY OPENING WE NEED TO YOU GET THE HOUSING STAFF WHERE WE HOPE TO PLACE THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WAITING TO GET IN, THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT YOUR FULL ATTENTION. AS WE CAN FIGURE OUT, I THINK HOW TO BEST ENSURE THAT WE EACH OF US, AND EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN MAINTAINING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STREETS CAN CONTINUE WITH THE RAPID RESPONSE THAT WE NEED IN THOSE AREAS. THAT'S FOR THAT REASON, I'M ALONG WITH MR. NAZARIAN I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING A POLICY DECISION IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS AND ASK THAT WE REFER THIS TO COMMIT TEE TO WE CAN FURTHER DELIBERATE ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE BEINGER BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE FIVE DIFFERENT CHANGES WE JUST NEED TO MAKE ONE AND IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE PIECES, ALL THE MOVING PIECES AND ALL THE MOVING PARTS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED SO WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY RECALIBRATING AND CHANGING THINGS MAINSTREAM, THAT DOES NOT HELP ANYBODY. THAT DOES NOT HELP THE FOLKS DOING THIS WORK. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE ANYMORE TIME ON HOW WE RESPOND TO THESE CRISIS. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. COLLEAGUES WHAT I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT, AT THIS TIME, THE COUNTY IS MOVING, THEIR MOVING FAST AND WITHOUT US AND WE EITHER GET ON A CAR AND START MOVING OURSELVES OR WE'RE GOING TO BE DRAGGED BY THE COUNTY. SO I THINK, WE, WE DID OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PASSING SO WE'RE NOT LEFT BEHIND. SO I DON'T WANT TO LEFT BEHIND IN THIS WORK. I WANT TO DO WORK. I URGE AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. I'M NOT ASKING FOR MY RADICAL CHANGE, I'M ASKING FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THE BEST DECISION POSSIBLE. IF YOU ASK YOUR STAFF MEMBERS, WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT WORKS HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES? AND THAT IS THE CAO'S COORDINATION OF OUR CARE PLUS CLEAN UPS, RV REMOVAL PROGRAMS, THEY, WE ARE TAKING, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM AWAY. YOU KNOW. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ SAYS, THE CHAIR HAS DONE A WORK. I AGREE, I'M SURE THEY'VE DONE A TON OF WORK ON FIGURING OUT WHAT IS BEST. BUT THAT PERSON DOES NOT SPEAK FOR 14 OTHER MEMBERS. ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THIS SO WE DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE. YOU SAY THE COUNTY IS MOVING FAST ABSOLUTELY. SO WE CAN'T AFFORD TO MAKE A MISTAKE IN THIS AREA BECAUSE WE ALL, ALL OF OUR OFFICES RELY ON THIS. SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE DON'T THROW IT INTO A DEPARTMENT, WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE OF THAT. AND MS. HALL, WE KNOW THAT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS ARE ABOVE PAR WHEN IT COMES TO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. BUT, I WANT TO KNOW, WOOER SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE NO DISRUPTIONS? I BELIEVE WE REMOVED ABOUT 170 ILLEGAL RVs FROM OUR STREETS IN CD12. A POUND OF FENTANYL, ENOUGH TO KILL EVERY CONSTITUENT IN MY DISTRICT. THESE RV TASK FORCE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. YOU'RE SAYING THERE IS NO GOING INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE THAT'S WE'LL BE ABLE TO CALL? THE CARE PLUS CLEAN UPS? I HAVE A BUDGET MEMO COMING WHERE INPUTING DIS CREDITSING AIRY FUNDS IN MY DISTRICT, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT CLEAN UP HAPPEN IN MY DISTRICT. SOMEWHERE I READ AND SOMEWHERE I READ THAT THERE IS A MILLION DOLLARS COST IN MAKING THIS TRANSITION HAPPEN. THAT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE NO DISRUPTION OF SERVICES? >> SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO DISRUPT YOU. >> J. Lee: NO, NO. >> THANK YOU, WE'RE NOT AS ANTICIPATING ANY DISRUPTION, THAT IS THE FOLKS DOING THE SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING FROM THE CURRENT LOCATION TO OUR LOCATION. AS PART OF OUR TRANSITION, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH TRANSITION INCLUDING CONSULTANT. >> J. Lee: I BELIEVE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT AT THIS TIME, WHY SHOULD WE TAKE THE ONE PROGRAM THAT WORKS IN THE CITY, THAT THEY GOT DOWN PACKED ON HOW TO COORDINATE THIS AND DO THIS WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION ON IT IF THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE? I'M NOT PROPOSING ANY RADICAL CHANGE, I'M ASKING THAT WE TAKE THE REPORT AND SEND IT TO COMMITTEE AND WE TALK ABOUT IT, ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO HAVE INPUT ON WHAT WE THINK IS THE RIGHT DECISION INSTEAD OF ONE PERSON DECIDING, NO, THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THIS. SO I'M ASKING HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS IN THE CITY. PLEASE, THIS IS, ALL WE'RE ASKING IS FOR US TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SEND IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I APPRECIATE ALL MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS AND THIS ISSUE ALWAYS GENERATES SOME PASSIONATE COMMENTARY. BUT I ALWAYS FIND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A PARADOX WHICH IS OFTEN PEOPLE ARE DEEPLY FRUSTRATED AND ANGER BY THE STATUS QUO AND YET DEEPLY RESISTANT TO CHANGE. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT MS. HALL SAID. IT WILL MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO FOR WHAT THIS BODY THAT YOU SAID IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT YOU CARE ABOUT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IT DOES NOT DISPLACE ANY OF THE POLICY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD AND WILL HAVE ON HOW HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN SEEN. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS DISCUSSION BUZZ THE NEED FOR MORE DATA THAT EVERY ONE HAS AGREED ON. THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION BUZZ THE NEED FOR GREATER CENTRALIZATION OF A FRAGMENTED PROCESS THAT EVERYBODY HAS AGREED ON. AND WHAT THIS WILL ENABLE US TO DO IS TAKE DUTIES THAT ARE RELATED TO HOMELENESS AND TO ACTUALLY SAY, WHO RESPONSIBLE? WHO IS ENSURING THAT SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO BE DOING? IN ALL OF THE PLACES THAT WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS. WHETHER IT BE LAHSA, COUNTY, WHETHER IT BE THE MEASURE A DOLLARS ANY OF THESE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE A PLACE THAT COUNTY, THE COUNTY HOME THENESS INITIATIVE CAN TURN TO, TO SAY CITY PLEASE WEIGH IN. CITY, PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW YOU WOULD LIKE US TO PROCEED. WE NEED A VOICE IN THOSE SPACE TO SEE ADVOCATE FOR US, WE NEED A PLACE THAT CAN HOLD DATA ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT WILL ENABLE TO US MANAGE PERFORMANCE THAT ENABLE US EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO MAKE DECISION NZ YOUR DISTRICT, THAT WILL LET MORE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. AND THERE ARE CHANGES. WHERE WE'RE THINKING THROUGH HOW THESE CHANGES WILL HAPPEN IN THE CITY AND TO US, TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE FIGHTING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CHANGES ARE HAPPENING IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. ONCE MORE I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THIS DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE BROADER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING AT ALL. IT SIMPLY DOESN'T. THOSE WILL CONTINUE, THOSE WILL, I THINK PROBABLY END UP WITH THE CREATION OF THEY CAN HEM ADVOCATE FOR US IN THESE PLACES WHERE CURRENTLY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HAS NO VOICE. AND AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS VISIBILITY INTO THESE REGIONAL BODIES, I KNOW WE'RE LOSING OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A VOICE. COLLEAGUES, I REQUEST THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CHANGE, WHICH IS A RELATIVELY MINOR CHANGE. WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE BROADER CONVERSATION BTZ BIGGER ISSUES THAT FACE US, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MANAGE OUR SYSTEM MORE EFFECTIVELY AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET MORE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS ITEM. >> Council President:er THE QUESTION HAS BEEN HELD AND I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS THAT HAVE NOT SPOENG. >> Clerk: MOTION LEE RODRIGUEZ TO REFER ITEM 21 TO COMMITTEE IS ON THE FLOOR SIRMENT >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MOTION LEE-RODRIGUEZ IS ON THE FLOOR. THE COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN IS CALLING TOER A NO VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER LEE IS CALLING FOR A YES VOTE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 5 AYES, 10, NOES. THE MOTION FAILS. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? COUNCILMEMBER SOTO MART ?EZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: ONE ITEM 183 ALSO REFERS TO ATTACHMENT F INSTRUCTION 11-A, DO YOU WANT US TO DEAL WITH THIS NOW OR WHEN WE GET TO ATTACHMENT F? >> Council President: MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: IF IT'S REFERRING TO ATTACHMENT F, THAT TAKEN UP AT A LATER TIME. >> H. Soto-Martinez: LET'S WAIT ON THAT. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION 208 CALLED SPECIAL BY >> SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Council President: IF THAT'S A MOTION, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT. >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION 209. >> Council President: IF THAT'S A MOTION? IT'S NOT A MOTION. >> J. Lee: IT'S JUST FOR 209 AND 210, I'M ASKING THE CHAIR THAT THIS GETS SENT BACK ALSO TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. >> Council President: GOT IT. ALL GOOD. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ATTACHMENT F, EXHIBIT H AND FOR THE RECORD, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REFERRED TO AS H. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER H-2 ON PAGE 11 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR DISCUSSION. >> Council President: MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: COLLEAGUES AS I LOOK AT NUMBER 2, I'M PREPARED TO VOTE FOR THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY, WE HAVE PRIORITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. THIS IS A USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS WHERE WE CAN FOCUS THE MONEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. LEE, WHAT'S NEXT? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, ON THE SAME ITEM? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MR. LEE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I DON'T DISAGREE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: IF WE WERE GOING TO ENTERTAIN THAT CONVERSATION, IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE THAT WE CAN ENTERTAIN NOT TAKING ANY DISCRETION MONEY. >> Council President: MAYBE A POLY. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION ON MR. LEE'S COMMENT ON THIS. WHAT WAS YOUR CONCERN WITH NUMBER 2? >> J. Lee: THAT THIS IS A BAD POLICY TO HAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE IN THE CITY AND WE'RE MOVING IT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND THAT WE SHOULD REMOVE THESE FUNDS AT ALL TIMES SO WE CAN PROVOID. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, 15 PEOPLE IN THE ELECTION THAT, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, THEY THEY ALL GOT ALMOST ALL OF THEM RECEIVED MATCHING FUNDS. THAT WAS A LOT OF NONE, SOME PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE SERIOUS ABOUT RUNNING. SO TO UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIES IN THE CITY OF LOSS AND TO DECIDE WHETHER WE JUST PUT IN CERTAIN THINGS, CONSTANTLY IN THE CITY TO MAKE US >> Council President: SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 26-27 BUDGET AND BEYOND. OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. THE PRESIDENT THE COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION H-11 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR AMENDMENT AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? IS THAT A MOTION THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO? >> M. Rodriguez: TO REFER ALSO ADD TO THE REFERRAL TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD ENOUGH. MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT WE INSTATE THE LANGUAGE OF RECOMMENDATION 11-B REGARDING THE BOOR OFF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. >> Council President: SO THAT'S A MOTION, SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO OUR MOTIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT'S NEXT, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: THERE IS A MOTION TO REFERRAL H11 TO COMMITTEE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? >> Council President: TO OTHEREDSINGER, IT'S WITHOUT OBJECTION, ADD THAT TO THE COMMITTEE. WHAT'S #SING? JAOT COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW CONSIDER H32 PAGES 6 AND 7 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: ACTUALLY, ON 32, I SUSPECT THAT WITH THE IT'S GOING TO BE ENTERTAINED IN A POLICY COMMITTEE, CORRECT? >> Council President: YE, IN THE PLUM COMMITTEE. >> M. Rodriguez: I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE REFER THAT TO THE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY SO WE ASCERTAIN THAT WE GARNER SOME EFFICIENCIES. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE CAN REFER TO BOTH COMMITTEES. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, PAGE 2 HAS BEEN REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: AT THIS TIME, WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO START VOTING ON THE PAGES. >> Council President: I THINK WE NEED RECESS, CLA? >> ONE CLARIFICATION, 52 WAS GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY NOT PUBLIC SAFETY. IS THAT CORRECT? >> Council President: I THINK THAT WAS THE REQUEST, OH YOU SAID PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT WAS GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. ALL RIGHT, I'LL REFER BACK TO THE CLA? >> MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, WANTED TO MAKE. I BELIEVE HE HAD VERBAL AMENDMENTS TO COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT ARE NOT TIED UP WITH THE BUDGET MOTION, IS THAT CORRECT? MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? I BELIEVE ON 208 YOU HAD A VERBAL AMENDMENT? >> H. Soto-Martinez: IT'S NOT A VERBAL ANYMORE. >> OH, OKAY. >> MR. CLERK, IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ON THE TABLE RELATE TO A BUDGET MOTION. >> Clerk: WILL DO. EXCUSE ME, MR. PRESIDENT. RECOMMENDATION H-37 WAS ALSO CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: WE JUST OVERLOOKED THAT ONE, IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? >> M. Rodriguez: TO ALSO REFER? >> Council President: OKAY, ANOTHER REFERRAL? WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: RECOMMENDATIONS H1 THROUGH H10, H11 THERE IS OUTSTANDING AMENDMENT. H11 A THROUGH D, H12-- >> Council President: HOLD ON BEFORE WE MOVE. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, I WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU JUST TO BE CLEAR HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE? >> H. Soto-Martinez: WHICH ITEM? >> Council President: WE'RE HERE AND YOU WANT TO REFER TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE? OR IS IT MORE THAN THAT? >> H. Soto-Martinez: WE WANT TO ALSO CREATE. >> Council President: WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION. THANK YOU, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: H10 OUTSTANDING. WHICH ALSO INCLUDES H11-A THROUGH H1 1-D. H12 THROUGH H23 ON PAGE 4 ARE ALSO WITHSTANDING. H24 THROUGH H31 ARE ALSO OUTSTANDING. THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING AMENDMENT ON H32-A, H32B THROUGH H322F ARE OUTSTANDING. THERE IS AN AMENDMENT FOR H32G. H32H, IS OUTSTANDING. WHICH NEEDS PAGE 7, H32H. H33 WITH TECHNICAL AMENDMENT IS OUTSTANDING AS WELL AS H34 THROUGH H36. H37 HAS BEEN REFERRED TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE. WITHOUT OBJECTION. H38 AS WELL AS H38 A THROUGH H38D ON PAGE 9. OUR OUTSTANDING. H39 THROUGH H42 ON PAGE 9 ARE OUTSTANDING. H43 THROUGH H51 ON PAGE 10 ARE OUTSTANDING. AND H52 WAS REFERRED TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCIES COMMITTEE WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Council President: MR. SZABO. >> YES, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. JUST A CLARIFICATION ON THE ITEMS IN PARTICULARLY H37 THE C A O REPORT WAS THE ENTIRE REFERRED. >> ALL THE INSTRUCTION LEFT SIDE REMAIN IN THE REPORT AND INSTRUCTION LEFT SIDE GO TO COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: L53 ON PAGE 11, IS ALSO OUTSTANDING. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO GO INTO RECESS. >> Council President: YES, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE NEED? >> SO WE HAVE A CUP OF ITEMS THAT WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH ATTACHMENT F, THERE IS FOUR OR FIVE OF THEM THAT REQUIRE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL REQUIRE A SEPARATE VOTE. THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND VOTE ON THE COMMITTEE REPORT AS AMENDED, AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE MOTION PACTET NEXT. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 37 MOTIONS BY MEMBERS AND SO WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THOSE AFTER ADOPTION OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Council President: OKAY. MR. CLERK? LET'S PROCEED. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE A RECESS. >> Council President: WE ARE IN RECESS AND, MADAM CLA, YOU DIDN'T SAY A TIME? SO I'M GOING TO SAY 35 MINUTES? DOES IT NEED TO BE LONGER? >> WE'LL HAVE THE MOTION PACKET VERY SOON, SO WHATEVER TIME THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE A BREAK FOR LUNCH. >> Council President: SO WE WILL RECONVENE AT 1:50, 1:5-0. I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION, MR. AVOK IS HERE TODAY. COME ON OUT AND LET US SEE YOU. >> HE'S IN THE BACK WORKING. [COUNCIL IN RECESS] >> THE FIRST ITEM MR. CLERK, I BELIEVE IS ITEM NUMBER 53 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND THAT IS TIED WITH MOTION NUMBER 37, IN YOUR PACKET. >> AND FOR THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE PAGE 13? THE MATTER BEFORE COUNCIL IS NUMBER 53 ON PAGE 13 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, FOR WHICH BUDGET MOTION NUMBER 37 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US GUIDANCE ON THESE ITEMS? >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO THIS IS A MOTION THAT WAS INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. IT HAS A FINANCIAL IMPACT IT PROPOSES PULLING FROM THE RESERVE AND SO I ASK THAT WE REFER IT TO BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION 86 OF BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT ON PAGE 20 FOR WHICH BUDGET MOTIONS 27 AND 35 HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. >> MR. CLERK, I THINK FOR WE SHOULD PROBABLY THINK ABOUT AS WE REFER THE MOTION THAT WE TAKE UP THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT SO WE CAN DISPOSE OF THEM ALONG THE WAY. SO IF WE CAN, WE SHOULD TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 53, RECOMMENDATION 53 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> THANK YOU. IF WE CAN DO THAT. >> AND THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: FOR MOTION 37, I WANT TO OBJECT TO IT BEING REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. McOSKER. I WAS NOT ON TO SPEAK. I WAS NOT ON TO SPEAK BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MOTION REFERRED TO COMMITTEE AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ITEM 53 AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE ADOPTED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON THE ITEM ITSELF IS WHICH IS RECOMMENDATION 53. EXCUSE ME SIR, SO THE LAFPTD MOTION WAS TO NOT REFER. >> Council President: YES, I MADE A MOTION TO REFER AND THERE WAS OBJECTION AND A YES VOTE WOULD BE TO REFER TO COMMITTEE AND A NO-VOTE WOULD BE TO ENTERTAIN IT HERE IN THIS CHAMBER AT THIS TIME. IF YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT, WE CAN ENTER CANE. >> Council President: I MADE A MOTION TO REFER TO COMMITTEE THERE WAS AN OBJECTION, BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ WHICH MEANS WE HOLD A VOTE NOW ON WHETHER TO HEAR IT. A YES VOTE MEANS WE CONSIDER IT AT THIS TIME. LET'S OPEN THE TIME, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. >> Council President: SO WE'RE VOTING ON THE QUESTION OF 37, I MADE A MOTION TO REFER IT TO COMMITTEE. IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. McOSKER, THERE WAS AN OBJECTION, SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE JUST REFER TO COMMITTEE BUT THERE IS AN OBJECTION SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. SO YES TO REFER TO COMMITTEE AND NO VOTE TO HEAR IT NOW. ALL RIGHT ACCOUNTSER EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 4 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NOW WE CAN I BELIEVE WE CAN VOTE ON THE ITEM IF I'M FOLLOWING ALONG CORRECTY, MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT SO MR. NAZARIAN? NO? >> Council President: YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE? CAN MR. NAZARIAN BE RECORDED AS A YES VOTE, THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME. >> Clerk: 10 AYES AND 5 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE VOTING ON THE 53. >> >> Clerk: THAT'S RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 53 ON 13, >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. ONE MORE NO. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD THAT WAS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE SIR. THED COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION 86 CALLED SPECIAL BY LEE AND RODRIGUEZ FOR WHICH BUDGET MOTION 27 AND 35 HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO ON MOTION 37 THIS IS A NEW EXPENDITURE SO I RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE IT TO BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: YES. SO I WANTED TO REQUEST THAT WE TAKE 31 FIRST AND THEN 37. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS DIRECTS CAO TO BRING IT BACK MID-YEAR, BECAUSE THERE IS NO BUDGET IMPACT I SUPPORT THIS MOTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL SECOND THAT SO. THIS MOTION IS BEFORE US FMGT RECOMMENDATION, 35, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Clerk: THIS BUDGET MOTION IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER BUDGET MOTION 27 WHICH THE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO REFER TO BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY OBJECTION, SO LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. THE COUNSEL SUL MAY CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION. >> Council President: SO WE JUST PASSED A BUDGET MOTION DON'T WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE WHOLE ITEM? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THAT. >> Clerk: AND THIS IS ON, RECOMMENDATION 86 ON PAGE 20. >> Council President:er OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Clerk: THE RECOMMENDATION IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM RECOMMENDATION 94 A-B, ON PAGE 22 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE. FOR WHICH BUDGET MOTION 1 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: CAN YOU REPEAT THE MOTION, SORRY. >> Clerk: YES. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION 94 A AND B ON PAGE 22 FOR WHICH BUDGET MOTION 11 --1 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I RECOMMEND WE SEND THIS TO BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IT'S A NEW EXPENDITURE AND IT PROPOSES IT TAKING IT OUT OF THE UB AND THE UB IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO RELY MID-YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FINANCIAL SOLVENT SO I ADVISE THAT WE DON'T MOVE AHEAD BUT HAVE THIS COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> E. Hernandez: CAN WE HAVE THIS REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE CAN REFER TO THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OBJECTION, THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: AND FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT IS 94 A AND B. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: WE RECOMMENDATION 94 A AND B HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION 183 ON PAGE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I'M SORRY, THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED, RIGHT? SO WITHOUT AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: YES, SO FOR CLARIFICATION, 94 IS TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO BUDGET AND FINANCE, AND PUBLIC WORKS. FOR WHICH BUDGET MOTION 16 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Clerk: I'M OKAY WITH THIS BEING VOTED ON NOW. I'M OKAY WITH IT GOING THROUGH. >> Council President: I'LL SECOND THAT, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, SUBSTITUTED--(INAUDIBLE) JUST TO BE MORE CLEAR. >> Council President: CUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT IT GETS REFERRED TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE. >> Council President: OKAY, SO THERE IS A MOTION THAT WE HEAR IT NOW. SO YOU, FOR IT TO GO TO COMMITTEE YOU WOULD HAVE TO OBJECT. >> M. Rodriguez: FOR THE REPORT BACK. >> H. Soto-Martinez: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE AGREED TO SEND IT GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND EDJ. >> Council President: WE DID THAT EARLIER. GOT IT. >> Council President: NO. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WE VOTE ON IT NOW AND THAT THE REPORT BACKS THAT THIS ITEM PRODUCES GOES TO A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES INCLUDING GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. >> IF I MAY, MR. PRESIDENT. SO THE FIRST ITEM IS MOTION 16 WHICH IS MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ'S MOTION TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. SO ONCE YOU VOTE ON THAT, RECOMMENDATION 183 IS ALL THE ITEMS IN EXHIBIT H. SO THOSE SHOULD PROBABLY CONSIDERED AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE OTHER NOTICE PENDING IN EXHIBIT H. MOTION 18 IS BEFORE YOU, AND THEN, THE REST OF 183 WE SHOULD PROBABLY DEAL WITH AFTER WE FINISH THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE STILL PENDING ON EXHIBIT H. >> Council President: SURE, SO. >> SO MOTION 16. >> Council President: SO WE'RE TAKING A VOTE ON MOTION 16 AT THIS TIME? >> CORRECT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: BUDGET MOTION 16 IS ADOPTED. >> Clerk: RECOMMENDATION 183 IS HELD ON THE DESK. THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER 208 ON PAGE 45, SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR WHICH BUDGET MOTIONS 23 AND 41 HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY ON BUDGET MOTION 23? >> K. Yaroslavsky: YEAH, 23 JUST ASKED FOR A REVIEW, NO BUDGET IMPACT, SO THAT'S FINE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 23. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: BUDGET MOTION 23 IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: AND NOW WE HAVE 41? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY ON BUDGET MOTION 41. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SAME THING HERE, IT'S JUST REPORTING, DOES NOT ASK FOR MY MONEY. THAT'S FINE. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MOVING ON TO ATTACHMENT F EXHIBIT H. FOR WHICH BUDGET MOTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BUDGET MOTION 16. WE DID 16 ALREADY. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON H11 A PAGE 2. >> Council President: CLA? ARE WE HOLDING THAT? >> WE HAVE NOT VOTED ON 11-A BUT MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ MOTION DEALT WITH AN AMENDED LANGUAGE, SO WE HAVE DEALT WITH 11-A. YES. MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: BUDGET MOTION 16. >> BUDGET MOTION 16 HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH THAT ITEM. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO H11B FOR WHICH COUNCILMEMBER PRICE INTRODUCED A MOTION TO RESTORE THE RECOMMENDATION, IS THERE A SECOND FOR THIS MOTION? THANK YOU. THAT COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> WHAT MEMO IS THIS? >> Clerk: BUDGET MOTION 93 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED FOR THIS MATTER. >> K. Yaroslavsky: YEAH, SO THIS IS JUST A REPORT, THERE IS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT SO I THINK IT'S FINE. >> >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> M. Rodriguez: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT IT REPORTS BACK TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. >> Council President: YES, WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> >> E. Hernandez: AND PUBLIC WORKS. >> Council President: CAN PUBLIC WORKS? ANYBODY ELSE? >> SO MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY JUST TO BE CLEAR THIS IS JUST ACTUALLY RESTORING TO TRANSFER THE FUNCTION FRZ CAO TO BUREAU CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS A RESTORATION OF THE LANGUAGE. SO AS THE COUNCIL IS ADOPTING THIS, WE THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT WOULD MOVE TO THE BUREAU OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND THERE WILL BE SUBSEQUENT REPORT BACKS, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. >> MR. BLUMENFIELD, THAT UNDOES WHAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE DID? >> CORRECT. >> CORRECT. >> SO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE DECIDED OR RECOMMENDED TO YOU THAT THE, PROCUREMENT OFFICE WOULD STAY IN THE CAO SO THAT'S WHY THIS RECOMMENDATION IS DELETED. NOW MR. PRICE IS ASKING FOR THE MAYOR'S ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION TO BE REINSTATED WHICH WOULD TRANSFER THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE TO CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REPORTS. >> B. Blumenfield: AND I WOULD LIKE A REMINDER WHY IT WAS MOVED AND WHY ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER. TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT? >> I THINK IT WAS POLICY. IT WAS A POLICY CALL WHEN YOU CONSIDERED IT, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THE POLICIES OF PROCUREMENT MORE CITY WIDE AND IT WAS KEPT IN THE CAO, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY. I THINK THE DISCUSSION COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY IN COMMITTEE. SO IT REALLY IS A POLICY WALL WHAT YOU WISH TO DO NOW. >> C. Price: PROGRAMS FOR PROCUREMENT, AND EVERYTHING SHOULD CONTINUE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> CORRECTION, MR. PRICE, THEY DON'T DO, THEY DO COMPLIANCE FOR THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE CONDUCTED, THEY DON'T DO PROCUREMENT THEY DO COMPLIANCE WITH RESPECT TO SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN MEETING THE THAN PROCUREMENT. THAT'S FRANKLY WHERE IT MIGHT FIT BETTER. BUT THAT'S WHY WE LIKE TO HAVE POLICY CONVERSATIONS IN THE POLICY COMMITTEES RATHER THAN IN BUDGET. BUT, THAT'S INTERMITTENT HERE. AGAIN I DON'T DIS BRIE WITH THE BUDGET'S COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT AT THIS TIME, WE SHOULD WAIT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE WE MOVE IT TO CON ADD. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO BE PLACED. AGAIN THAT'S A POLICY IMPLICATION. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S, YOU HAVE THE WRONG UNDERSTANDING OF CONADD IS COMPLIANCE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND THEN CHAIRWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY. >> T. McOsker: I JUST WANT CLARITY, CHAIR, DID YOU RECOMMEND IT'S OKAY TO MOVE THIS? >> K. Yaroslavsky: NO, I UNDERSTOOD TO BE A REPORT BACK. BUT IT SEEMS IT'S REVERSING THE BUDGET, I WOULD ASK THAT WE SEND 43 TO COMMITTEE. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THE CHAIRWOMAN. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: ALSO LIKE TO GO TO COMMITTEE EFFICIENCY. PUBLIC WORKS, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: WE HAVE PURSUE AND PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE WILL BE IMPORTANT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS H32S THROUGH H32H TO BE FOR REPORT BACK TO BE REDER TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE. >> Council President: AMONG OTHER COMMITTEES? >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE H32H A, B C--. >> Council President: NO, I THINK YOU MOVED AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LAST ITEM IS GOING TO OTHER COMMITTEES. >> Clerk: YES, THERE THIS BE REFERRED TO GOVERNMENT DPISHT SEE COMMITTEE, PUBLIC WORKS, COMMITTEE, BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE. >> Council President: RIGHT ON. NOW WE CAN MOVE. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REFER TO HAVE THE REPORT BACKS FOR RECOMMENDATION 32 A THROUGH H32H ON PAGE 6 TO THE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> N. Raman: SORRY, I'M NOT FOLLOWING WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN 32 THAT NEEDS TO GO TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. >> Council President: MOTION NUMBER 43. >> N. Raman: THE REPORT, ON WHATEVER IS COMING FROM, THIS IS ON THE CONVERSATION PROCUREMENT SHOULD GO. >> MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, 32 A RELATES TO THE BUREAU OF HOMELESSNESS, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THAT DISCUSSION. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR THE REPORTS WHEN THEY COME BACK TO BE REFERRED ALSO TO ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOOD THERE IS NO OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION H37 ON PAGE 8. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IS THIS CAN BEDING TO A MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> IT IS CONNECTED TO MOTION NUMBER 32. >> E. Hernandez: QUESTION FOR CLARITY. I JUST WANTED THE ONE AROUND THE BCA TO PUBLIC WORKS, NOT 32, THE HOMELESSNESS BUREAU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS, 40, BUDGET MEMO 43. OKAY, JUST WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP. THANK YOU. >> Council President: AND JUST TO BE SURE, IF YOU MISSED SOMETHING DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO GO BACK RIGHT NOW, WE CAN DO THAT REFERRAL AT ANY TIME. ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: RECOMMENDATION H37 ON PAGE 8 FOR WHICH BUDGET MOTION 32 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: YEAH, YES, THIS IS FINE, IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ADD THE CLA, SO INSTRUCT THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND CLA TO REVIEW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE'LL ADOPT THIS. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. >> Clerk: IF WE CAN RECONCILE THE MOTIONS THAT NEED TO BE RECONSIDERED AND VOTED ON. >> Council President: OKAY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: COUNCIL PRESIDENT I BELIEVE WE NEED TO VOTE ON 32. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, DO WE VOTE ON 32 AS AMENDED. WE ACCEPTED THE AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE WHOLE RECOMMENDATION? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S OPEN ROLL ON 32 AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THAT CONCLUDES THE ITEMS THAT WERE CALLED SPECIAL. THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO VOTING ON REMAINING BUDGET MOTIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST. >> THEY'RE STILL HOLDING 83 WHICH IS THE ENTIRE EXHIBIT H DISCUSSION, THAT IS THE FINAL ITEM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 183 WHICH WE HAD AN AMENDMENT FOR EARLIER. >> CORRECT. >> Council President: AND WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL THE QUESTIONS TO THAT ITEM SO I BELIEVE WE CAN TAKE THAT ITEM OFF AT THIS TIME. IF OUR CHAIRWOMAN WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO US. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ADOPT IT AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: MOVING ON TO THE BUDGET MOTIONS, STARTING WITH THE FIRST PACKAGE, BUDGET MOTIONS INTRODUCED 1 THROUGH 36. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I BELIEVE WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE ENTIRE REPORT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YOU CAN VOTE ON THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE AS AMENDED NOW AND THEN WE CAN DEAL WITH THE MOTIONS. >> K. Yaroslavsky: YES. >> Council President: SO WE VOTE ON THE ENTIRETY REPORT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> K. Yaroslavsky: LET ME CLARIFY, ALL THE MOTION THAT'S WE VOTED ON WERE THE ONES DIRECTLY IMPLICATED ON THE REPORT. ALL THE NEW MOTIONS ARE ADDITIVE AND CAN BE TAKEN OUTSIDE OF THE REPORT. >> Council President: SO EVERYBODY GOT THAT? SO NOW BEFORE US, IS THE ADOPTION OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. AS AMENDED. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> ON THE, I'M LOOKING FOR THE NUMBER, BUT THERE WAS ONE THAT I HAD THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE ITEM IN THE REPORT THAT I'M NOT SURE IT FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY THAT MAYBE WE CAN TAKE BEFOREHAND EXAMINE THAT IS THE ONE THAT DEALT WITH THE CONSOLIDATION FROM CAO TO CLA AND I HAD A MOTION SO BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE ENTIRE THING, WE SHOULD VOTE ON THAT MOTION. --AMENDMENT. >> Council President: DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OFFHAND? >> B. Blumenfield: WHAT? 21. >> Council President: 21? >> B. Blumenfield: YEAH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE REFER IT TO H AND H. >> Council President: I'LL SECOND THAT. IS THERE AN OBJECTION. >> B. Blumenfield: OBJECTION. YEAH, SO WHAT THIS, I WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED FOR THE OTHER ONE IF THIS DID NOT PASS AND I WAS ASSUMING THIS WAS PART OF IT. WHEN WE MOVED THE FUNCTIONS OF THE RAILROAD Vs AND ALL THAT FROM CAO TO LAHD AND I RAISED THIS WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND I EVEN ASKED IF THIS WAS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO TALK ABOUT BUT I SHOULD HAVE FORCED THE ISSUE THEN. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MIA TENSION BY MY RODRIGUEZ, WHEN YOU SOMETHING SOMETHING TO LAHD GIVEN AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE FROM VILLA REIGOSA, SEVERAL MAYORS AGO, THERE IS A PIECE THAT SAYS ANY LAHD HOUSING REPORTS, AND I'LL PULL IT UP, ET CETERA, HAVE TO GO TO THE MAYOR FIRST BEFORE THE COUNCIL. AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH THE CAO, I WAS HAPPY BUT NOT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ON EQUAL FOOTING. I THOUGHT THE SIMPLEST WAY TO DO THAT IS JUST TO SAY, OKAY WE'LL MOVE IT TO LAHD BUT WE'LL EXEMPT THIS LITTLE PORTION WHICH SAYS AND I'LL READ IT, ALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT PROGRAM ARE NOT INFORMATIONAL REPORTS THEREFORE THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR'S FIRST. NO OTHER DEPARTMENT DO WE SUBMIT TO THE MAYOR'S DEPARTMENT FIRST. THERE WAS SOME PROBLEM 25 YEARS AGO, THAT CAUSED THE MAYOR AT THE TIME TO HAVE LAHD SEND THINGS TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BEFORE THEY GOT SENT TO COUNCIL AND THAT'S FINE, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BIGGER ISSUE LATER. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS FUNCTION INTO LAHD, WHY SADDLE US WITH THIS EXTRA BURDEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY. IF THIS IS NOT GOING TO PASS TODAY, I WANT TO RECONSIDER THE MOVE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO T I WAS OKAY WITH MOVING IT, AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS. BUT I DON'T WANT TO MOVE IT IF IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS EXTRA BURDEN THAT IS GOING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS. AGAIN T DOESN'T CHANGE THE WORLD AT ALL IT JUST PREVENTS US FROM HAVING AN EXTRA BURDEN. SXIK ASK THE CLA OR CAO TO MAKE SURE THAT I CHARACTERIZED IT PROPERLY. AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF, IT'S BECAUSE NOBODY IS THINKING ABOUT IT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THREE BUT IT DOES IMPACT US IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD. I'LL GIVE THE CAO OR CLA A CHANCE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT DISCUSSION? >> I BELIEVE THE MAYOR DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THOSE DIRECTIVES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE EVEN POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE THIS RESTRICTION ON THE MAYOR. NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT GOES BACK TWO MAYORS AGO AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE CURRENT MAYOR WOULD CONSIDER REVIEWING SOME OF THOSE EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVES FROM PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND REMOVING THEM. IT WOULD BE UNDER HER AUTHORITY THAT THEY COULD BE REMOVED AND YOU'RE CORRECT, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS OR SO. >> THEY CANNOT BE REMOVED BY AN ORDINANCE. >> I DID NOT SAY WHETHER YOU COULD OR NOT BUT I'M NOT SURE, THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IS TO ASK THE CITY TO PRESENT AND THEY CAN THEY WILL AND IF THEY CAN'T, THEY WILL INDICATE WHY THEY'RE PREVENTED. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR NEW ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY COME IN THAT THEY RESEND PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS OR UPDATE THEM. >> Council President: BUT ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THIS BODY DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY? >> I DID NOT SAY THAT SIR, I SAID I DID KNOW. I WOULD ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INDICATE WHETHER AN ORDINANCE CAN BE PREPARED TO RESTRICT THE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE OF THE CITY. >> B. Blumenfield: AND OF COURSE I'M NOT TRYING TO RESTRICT ANY AUTHORITY I'M TRYING TO RESTRICT THE AUTHORITY ON THIS NEW BODY THAT WE'RE BRINGING OVER. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THEM OVER WITH THE EXEMPTION THAT WE'RE BRINGING THEM ON THE CONDITION, I SHOULD MAKE IT A CONDITION, THAT THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS EXTRA BURDEN. >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND AS YOU I SAID, YOU'VE INDICATED THAT YOU WANT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE PRESENT AN ORDINANCE AND IF THEY CAN PREPARE AN ORDINANCE THAT IS LEGAL IT WILL BE BEFORE YOU. >> B. Blumenfield: CAN WE ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY RIGHT NOW? >> YOU CAN. >> B. Blumenfield: CITY ATTORNEY? >> NO, I'LL HAVE TO CULT WITH MY OFFICE AND WE CAN REPORT BACK ON THAT. >> B. Blumenfield: REALLY? NOBODY KNOWS WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO UNDO AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: SO IF I MAY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE 3 IS DESIGNED AS XEK EXECUTIVE REVIEW. AND IT SAYS IN ITS INTRODUCTION, AFTER A FEW LEAD IN PARAGRAPHS, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO MY OFFICE FIRST P COMMA ACCEPTED BY OTHERWISE BY LAW COMMA TO MY LEGISLATIVE COORDINATOR AND ITEM 5 IS WHAT COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD JUST DESCRIBED ALL HOUSING DEPARTMENT THAT ARE NOT INFORMATIONAL ONLY. AN IN ORDER --ORDINANCE, IT'S A LAW. IT'S NOT FAIR TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DO IT ON THE GO. WE RETAIN THAT LEVEL, IT'S JUST LIKE FEDERAL LEVEL. OTHERWISE FILLED BY CONTRADICTIVE BY ESTABLISHED LAW. SO YES, WE CAN DO THE THING. AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD'S CONCERN ABOUT MAKING THIS CHANGE FROM ONE ENTITY WHERE WE KNOW THAT THE CAO DOES NOT HAVE TO ASK THE MAYOR FIRST TO A REPORT TO A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS TO ASK THE MAYOR FIRST, IS A CONCERN. BUT WE DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CARVE IT OUT. IN MY OPINION. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. McOSKER. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO WITHDRAWAL MY MOTION THAT WE MOVE IT TO COMMITTEE. I WAS MOVING TOO QUICKLY THROUGH THESE MOTIONS. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH US VOTING ON THIS TODAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: AND AGREE THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY CITY ATTORNEY BEFORE THIS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD WHEN HE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. I THINK THIS IS A VERY SMALL CARVE OUT OF A EXECUTIVE THAT I WOULD XEKTLY THE MAYOR TO CONSIDER AS A WHOLE BUT SHORT OF THAT, I THINK TODAY CARVING THIS OUT SO THE BENEFITS OF SWIFTING MOVEMENT AND CENTRALIZATION CAN BE GOTTEN FROM THIS MOVE, I THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE ON THIS BODY TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD'S MOTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO THE OBJECTION TO MR. BLUMENFIELD'S MOTION HAS BEEN REMOVED. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: SO MR. McOSKER, I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIEEDING THE PROPER CONTEXT OF WHAT PROCEDURALLY HOW WE CAN DO THIS. THE PROBLEM IS, WHAT GOES BACK AND ALL OF IT IS THAT THE MAYOR ULTIMATELY HAS TO SIGN THAT ORDINANCE, RIGHT? IN ORDER FOR US TO EFFECTUATE THAT. THERE BY, DEPENDING ON IF WE, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE, WE STILL HAVE TO GET THE MAYOR THE MAYOR'S BLESSING TO EXEMPT AUTHORITY ON THIS PIECE MEANWHILE WHERE WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ADMINISTERED BY THE CAO FOR RV OPERATIONS NOW BEING IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT? THAT'S THE CONCERN. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET TIED UP IN KNOTS. IF YOU WANT TO CREATE THIS CENTRALIZED BUREAU FOR COLLECTING THE DATA GREAT. BUT LET'S NOT DISRUPT THE ABILITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES UNTIL WE CAN CLEAN UP THE PIECE. THIS PIECE COULD OBSTRUCT OUR ABILITY TO DO RV OPERATIONS IN A MANNER THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ACCUSTOMED TO DOING IT. NOW THAT YOU HAVE NOT CLEANED UP THED LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS THE MAYOR TO INTERVENE THEN WE'VE BASICALLY GIVEN OUR ALL OF THAT, TO SERVE OUR DISTRICTS AND SO THAT'S, SO THAT'S, AGAIN. SO MR. BLUMENFIELD, I SUPPORT THIS. THAT ABSENT, THE MAYOR, SUSPENDING THAT OVERSIGHT ON THIS PIECE, BUT, HONESTLY, UNTIL WE HAVE ANSWERS. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GIVING UP WITH THE CITY MANAGING RV OPERATIONS. I JUST EVERYBODY TO BE EYES WIDE OPEN AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THIS THAT PROTECTION THAT ASSURES US TO CONTINUE THESE OPERATIONS WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION FROM THE MAYOR. THAT'S WHY I DON'T SUPPORT THE WAY IT'S BEEN PROPOSED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THERE ARE 7 SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE AND WE HAVE AN ITEM BEFORE US. I HAVE YAROSLAVSKY, BLUMENFIELD RAMAN McOSKER SOTO-MARTINEZ JURADO? NO FROM McOSKER. JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. BASED ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER'S ANALYSIS, IF WE VOTED YES ON YOUR MOTION TODAY, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, BUDGET AND MOTION 21 THAT WOULD BE AMENDMENT BY LAW, THAT WOULD CARVE OUT OUR COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO BE NOTIFIED AT THE SAME TIME OF THE MAYOR. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT THE MAYOR RESCIND THAT AND BASED ON COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER UNDERSTANDING AND MINE AS WELL THIS WOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF THE LAW TO SUPE SEED, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CAN WE TAKE UP THE MOTION. CAN WE TAKE UP THIS MR. BLUMENFIELD HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. >> M. Rodriguez: IT HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE. >> Council President: HOLD ON COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. HIS MOTION ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WRITE A LAW FOR US. >> M. Rodriguez: I UNDERSTAND BUT THE PROCEDURALLY THE WAY THE ORDINANCE STILL REQUIRES THE MAYOR TO SIGN OFF ON THAT ORDINANCE, SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEE. >> Council President: YOU'RE CORRECT. >> M. Rodriguez: SO WE CAN GIVE THAT INSTRUCTION BUT AT THE END IF THE MAYOR DOES NOT SIGN THAT ORDINANCE, IT DOES NOT MATTER. WE'RE STILL IN THE SAME SPOT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING INFORM YOU GUYS OF. NOW YOU'RE GIVEN AN INSTRUCTION, I'M GLAD YOU GET IT, I'M TRYING TO GET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO RV. >> T. McOsker: THERE IS CHECKS AND BALANCE, IT TALKS TIME TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT DOES HAVE A GIVE AND TAKE A CONSENT AND VETO BUT ALSO AN OVERRIDE SO. THIS MOMENT BECOMES HOW SERIOUS ABOUT RETAINING OUR ABILITY TO DIRECT THE FORCE AND THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL BE A DANCE HERE, THERE IS A DANCE OF LEGISLATION HERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: SO BACK TO, COMMITTEE MEETS ON WEDNESDAY, IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST, SHORT TIME AWAY, PROBLEMS LIKE THIS, WE CAN HAVE THE ACTUAL CITY ATTORNEY OPINE ON WHETHER THIS IS YOU KNOW, WHAT PITFALLS HAPPEN BY DOING WHAT IS PROPOSED? AND THEN, WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US TO SEE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT THING. THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, I JUST, I WOULD KNOW, YOU COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, IF YOU WANTED TO RECONSIDER YOUR VOTE ON IT, I WOULD SECOND IT ON THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A PROBLEM. I DON'T WANT TO GET DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN FIGURE OUT ALL MY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I HAVE PLANNED AND NOW I HAVE TO GO TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, SO WE GOT A MOTION BY MR. BLUMENFIELD WITH A SOUTHBOUNDEDING. BEFORE US, SEEMS LIKE WIDESPREAD FOR IT. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE WE ARE, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. AND THAT WAS FOR RECOMMENDATION 183. >> Council President: OKAY, CAN WE TAKE 183 ALTOGETHER AS AMENDED? 183 ALTOGETHER AS AMENDED. OKAY OPEN THE ROLL AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY MOVE ON TO THE BUDGET MOTION PACKET NUMBER 1. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IN NUMERICAL ORDER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK IF YOU CAN TAKE US THROUGH. >> PERHAPS I CAN HELP OUT. MOTION NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. NUMBER 2 IS A MOTION RODRIGUEZ TO ADD NON DEPARTMENTAL FOOT NOTES IT RELATES TO HOMELESS EMERGENCY INSIDE SAFE FUNDS. THIS ONE ACTUALLY UPON APPROPRIATIONS THEY PRO REAPPROPRIATE TO THE CAO TERRESTRIAL THAN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT CHAIRWOMAN. >> K. Yaroslavsky: MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SEND THIS TO COMMITTEE. >> >> Council President: I'LL SECOND THAT, SEEING NONE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, THANK YOU. I INTRODUCED THIS MOTION BECAUSE AS MS. JURADO POINTED OUT EARLIER WE HAVE OUR FISCAL OVERSIGHT, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCE WITHING RESPECT TO THE HEA AND HOW DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT WITH RESPECT TO INSIDE SAFE IS SO WHERE AUDITS WERE ALREADY REVEALED THAT WE'RE NOT TRACKING EXPENDITURE OR WE CAN'T VERIFY SOME OF THE EXPENDITURE THAT THIS WOULD HELP GARNER GREATER TRANSPARENCY WITH HOW THE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT. ASIDE FROM THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS PLUS, AUDIT, THAT WE PAID FOR, FOR THE ALLIANCE, THAT BASICALLY CONFIRMS THAT WE, THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM SOME OF THE EXPENDITURE OR HOW DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT WITH INSIDE SAFE. THIS WOULD HAVE BETTER TRACT AND REPORTED OUT BY THE CAO'S OFFICE RATHER THAN JUST GIVING THE CHECK TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THEN, NOT HAVING IT BE AVAILABLE FOR AUDIT AND NOT HAVING IT BEING AVAILABLE FOR US TO REALLY ASCERTAIN WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT IN THIS PROGRAM. DEPARTMENT THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROVIDING THAT LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CHAIRWOMAN AND THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED. ARE YOU MAKING A FORMAL OBJECTION COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YEAH. >> Council President: OKAY, SO WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO REFER THIS TO COMMITTEE. THE CHAIRWOMAN HAS ASKED THAT WE REFER IT IT TO WOMEN, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ HAS ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER IT NOW. A YES VOTE REFERS TO COMMITTEE AND A NO VOTE, CAUSES A DELIBERATION HERE AND NOW. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TBULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, BUDGET MOTION 2 IS REFERRED TO BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO BUDGET MOTION NUMBER 3. >> MOTION NUMBER 3 IS A PARK MOTION TO ADD FUNDING LIFEGUARDS STRUCTURE IN PLAYA DEL REY THIS HAS AN IMPACT TO THE FUND. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS REQUESTS NEW FUNDING, I RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE TO BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> Council President: I SOUTHBOUNDEDING THAT. SEEING NO OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE REFERRED TO BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. LET'S MOVE TO NUMBER 4. >> MOTION NUMBER 4 IS A PARK MOTION TO ADD FUNDING FOR FEASIBILITY IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES IN THE AMENDMENT OF $300,000 THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS IS A NEW FUNDING REQUEST, I RECOMMEND WE REFER TO BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OBJECTION, MOVE TO THE NEXT. >> MOTION NUMBER 5 IS A PARK MOTION TO--INCREASE CONTRIBUTION TO THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. YOZ THIS IS--YA*Z >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS IS A IMPACT. >> PARK MOTION THIS WOULD INCREASE FUNDING OF AMOUNT 693,THIS WOULD HAVE A GENERAL FUND IMPACT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T ROSS SKOE? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I REMEMBER WE REFER TO COMMITTEE IT HAS A NEW MONEY REQUEST. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT. SEEING NO OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> MOTION NUMBER 7, A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK, 3.5 INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND. >> K. Yaroslavsky: AGAIN, THIS IS NEW FUNDING, I REQUEST THAT WE REFER IT TO B AND F. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> MOTION NUMBER 8, PARK MOTION REVELO DRIVE ADD 5.5 TO THE CAPITAL AND TECHNICAL IMPROVE. THIS HAS A GENERAL FUND IMPACT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: NEW FUNDING Q I RECOMMEND WE REFER TO BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> Council President: YOU KNOW THOSE ARTS PARKS AND HUMANITIES TOO. I'LL SECOND THAT. SEEING NO OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> MOTION NUMBER 9 IS A PARK MOTION TO PROVIDE FUND TO GO REPAIR THE POSTANO ROAD AS A RESULT OF PALISADES FIRE, THIS WILL HAVE A 6 MILLION DOLLARS TO A FUND. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS IS A NEW FUNDING REQUEST I RECOMMEND WE REFER TO BNF. >> Council President: SEEING NO OBJECTION. >> PARK MOTION TO PROVOID FUNDING FOR UPDATED COSTA NAL SISTO REMEDIATE THE LANDSLIDE THIS HAS A 4 MILLION DOLLARS GENERAL FUND IMPACT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: NEW FUNDING REQUEST, I RECOMMEND WE REFER TO BNF. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> MOTION NUMBER 11 HUTT MOTION TO ESTABLISH A NEW UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE LINE ITEM FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS WOULD USE FUNDS FROM THE INNOVATION FUND AND AMOUNT OF 800,000 AND IT TRANSFER THAT BALANCE FROM INNOVATION FUND TO THE UB FOR CRITICAL NEEDS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS IS A NEW FUNDING REQUEST WITH OFFSET THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE, I RECOMMEND WE SEND TO B & F. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, WHAT'S NEXT? >> MOTION NUMBER 12 NAZARIAN MOTION TO IDENTIFY 3 MILLION DOLLARS DECARBONIZATION, THIS IS NO GENERAL FUND IMPACT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I RECOMMEND WE MOVE THIS TO BE B & F. WITH ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECOMING AVAILABLE. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A RODRIGUEZ MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CAO TO IDENTIFY 290,000 TO REPLACE THE EMERGENCY OPERATION SECURITY VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THIS IS A INSTRUCTION TO REPORT WITH NO GENERAL IMPACT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: IT'S A REQUEST THAT FIND MONEY, I'LL RECOMMEND TO REFER TO B & F. >> Council President: I SECOND. >> ITEM 14 LEE MOTION TO PROVIDE SPECIAL FUNDS DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CARE PLUS SERVICE TO SEE COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 AND SPECIAL FUNDS IN DISTRICT 12. THIS WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. SO, I GUESS, CONFIRMING THAT THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, AND WHETHER THESE ARE RESOLUTIONS POSITIONS, WILL SANITATION BE ABLE TO HIRE THESE FOLKS. THESE ARE ALL SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. I'M WONDERING IF CAO OR, CD12 CAN CLARIFY THIS IS FOR CONTRACTOR SERVICES, OR FOR CITY STAFF? >> Council President: CAN WE GET MR. LEE'S MIC ON? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S OVERTIME FUNDING THAT WOULD BE USED. >> J. Lee: IT'S CONTRACTUAL. >> IS IT CONTRACTUAL OR OVERTIME FUNDING? >> J. Lee: IT'S BOTH. >> IT MAY BE BOTH. IT COULD BE BOTH. >> THERE IS NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THIS. THIS IS COUNCIL DISTRICT FUNDS, WE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO SAVE OFF CERTAIN LAYOFFS TO KEEP THESE CREWS ON. TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE OUR DISTRICT, IF THERE IS AN ISSUE NEXT YEAR IN THE BUDGET WITH WHATEVER COSTS THERE MAY BE, I WILL ADDRESS THAT AT THAT TIME. >> Clerk: I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION OR CONCERN IF THIS IS HIRING NEW PEOPLE, THAT'S ON GOING COSTS IF IT'S OVERTIME, AND THOSE POSITIONS EXIST >> J. Lee: IT'S CONVERTING CARE TO CARE PLUS. CONVERTING CARE TO CARE PLUS ON THE DAYS THAT WE WOULD JUST HAVE CARE SERVICE AND THAT, IT'S CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. AND POSTING, YEAH IT'S ALL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. NO NEW POSITIONS. >> >> K. Yaroslavsky: OKAY, MR. SZABO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> ONLY THAT, ALTHOUGH IT'S SHOWING NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND, WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE ABILITY TO VERIFY AVAILABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY, WE COULD TURN THAT AROUND AND GET THAT REPORT TO COMMITTEE BEFORE? >> J. Lee: SANITATION IS HERE. ANYBODY FROM SANITATION HERE? >> J. Lee: WE WORKED THIS THROUGH TO THE DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BARBARA ROMERO GENERAL MANAGER OF SANITATION ENVIRONMENT. THIS, THIS MOTION IS REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CLEAN HARBORS FOR CONSULTANTS AND ALSO FOR OVERTIME AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. AS YOU ALL KNOW, AS WE STATED, THAT YOU ALL HAVE TWO DAYS OF WEEK OF CARE PLUS AND THE IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THAT WAS CUT FROM THE BUDGET 29 MILLION FOR CLEAN HARBORS WE CAN GO UP TO FIVE DAYS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GENERAL MANAGER. THANK YOU MR. LEE. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS TOO T I WANT TO BE A WAY TO BE SUPPORTIVE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S YOUR MONEY YOU'RE EXPANDING, ZERO MONEY I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE MOTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M A BIT CONFUSED I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. THE COUNCILMEMBER PREROGATIVE, IT'S HIS GCP MONEY, HE'S NOT REQUESTING THE CITY TO MAKE ADDITIONAL HIRES, IT'S A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT OR OVERTIME, WHICH EVER IT IS, IT'S HIS DECISION. THAT'S HOW WE SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHY IS THIS A TOPIC? >> Council President: I THINK ALL OF OUR MOTION RIGHT SIDE DISCUSSION. SO WE'RE DISCUSSING IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. NAZARIAN AND I'LL COME BACK TO THE CHAIRWOMAN. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THE REASON IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BROUGHT AS BIG BUDGET AND PEOPLE WOULD VOTE AS A SEPARATE MOTION. SO WE'RE JUST CONFIRMING, WE JUST CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS NO NEW POSITIONS NO ISSUES WITH HAVING TO HIRE ANYBODY, THERE ARE NO COSTS THAT ARE BE INCLUDED SO I'M FINE VOTING ON THIS RIGHT NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A BUDGET MOTION THAT IS BEFORE US, BUDGET MOTION NUMBER 14. BY MR. LEE SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Clerk: BUDGET MOTION 14 IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: MR. PRICE? YES, MR. PRICE, WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE HIS VOTE. IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE OUTCOME. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: NO, NO, NO. HE VOTED NO, HE WANTS TO VOTE YES. >> Clerk: GOT IT SIR, THAT WOULD BE 15 AYES. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS MR. LEE. THIS TAKES US TO NUMBER 15. >> NUMBER 15 IS A PART MOTION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR POLICE OVERTIME PATROLS AT OCEAN FRONT WALK IN VENICE, THIS WOULD HAVE A 1.5 MILLION GENERAL FUND IMPACT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I ASK THAT WE REFER TO B & F BECAUSE OF A NEW FISCAL IMPACT. >> Council President: SEEING NO OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> NUMBER 16, WE DEALT WITH THAT ONE. >> Council President: OKAY. 17. >> 17 IS JURADO MOTION TO INSTRUCT CAO WITH CLA TO IDENTIFY 460,000 FOR PUBLIC BANK STUDY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I ASK THAT WE REFER TO B & F. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: GO TO GOVERNMNT OPERATIONS PLEASE. >> >> Council President: YES. ALL RIGHT, HAT'S NEXT? >> ITEM 18 INSTRUCTION TO CAO AND CLA TO PROVIDE MONEY TO TOILET CONTRACTS THIS IS AN INSTRUCTION TO REPORT TO IDENTIFY FUNDING. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ASK THAT IT GO TO B & F. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. WHAT'S NEXT. >> ITEM 19 IS A RODRIGUEZ MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CLA WITH CAO AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A DEDICATED RECOVERY AND RESTRUCTION UNIT WITHIN THE EMD. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS IS FINE IT'S A REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: THIS BUDGET MOTION IS ADOPTED. >> ITEM NUMBER 20 RODRIGUEZ MOTION TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FROM THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM LINE ITEM FOR CONTINGENT RESOLVING FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF 61,000, 61,799. >> K. Yaroslavsky: IT HAS A BUDGET IMPACT BUT OFFSET WHICH HAS NOT BEEN VETTED THROUGH B & F, I RECOMMEND IT GO TO COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> ITEM 21 HAS BEEN ALREADY APPROVED. ITEM 22 RODRIGUEZ MOTION TO PROVIDE POSITION AND FUNDING FOR FIVE EMS ADVANCE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS WOULD HAVE A GENERAL IMPACT OF 956,000. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS IS A NEW FUNDING REQUEST I RECOMMEND THAT WE REFER TO B & F. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> ITEM 23 HAS BEEN APPROVED. ITEM 24 IS AN INSTRUCTION TO THE CAO WITH THE CLA TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR THE MOBILE HYGIENE CENTERS AND FURTHER INSTRUCTION TO IDENTIFY FURTHER COST SAVINGS TO IDENTIFY THE FURTHER AMOUNT NEEDED. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO THERE IS A NEW COST ASSOCIATED TO I RECOMMEND IT GO TO B & F. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> ITEM 25 IT A APPEARS TO BE ADDING POSITIONS TO THE STREET LIGHTING, AND OFFSETING WITH OTHER POSITIONS WITHIN STREET LIGHTING, I BELIEVE THIS IS RELATED TO SOME ACTION THAT'S WE TOOK DURING THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THAT THERE IS A SWAPPING OF POSITIONS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WOULD BE A ZERO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. >> K. Yaroslavsky: MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS DONE BY THE REQUEST AT THE DEPARTMENT. I RECOMMEND AN AYE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: BUDGET MOTION 25 IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: THANK YOU. WHAT'S NEXT. >> MOTION NUMBER 26 PARK MOTION TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO SEND UP TO 45 FIREFIGHTERS TO PARAMEDIC TRAINING THIS WOULD TAKE FUND FROM MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 375,000 TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS IS A NEW EXPENSE COMING OUT OF THE UB, MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE SEND TO COMMITTEE, THE UB NEEDS TO STAY IN TACT AS WE HEAD INTO AN UNOUTLOOK IN THE YEAR. >> T. Park: I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST CONSIDERATION OF THIS BUDGET MOTION NOW, AND IF I MAY JUST BRIEFLY AS I MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, WE HAVE A NATIONWIDE AND CITY WIDE SHORTAGE OF PARAMEDICS. THERE IS NO PRIVATE FLEET OUT THERE TO DRAW FROM, THERE IS NO PLAN B FOR THIS. WE HAVE A 105 VACANCIES RIGHT NOW. LET ME TRY TO BREAK THIS DOWN AND HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS FOR SOME OF YOU THAT DOES NOT KNOW THIS. COUNCILMEMBER LEE YOU HAVE FOUR VACANCIES, COUNCILMEMBER JAOUR DO, YOU HAVE FOUR JUST AT FIRE STATION 9. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, YOU HAVE FIVE, JUST AT 33s. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, YOU HAVE 7, AT FIRE STATION 7, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA YOU HAVE FIVE AT FIRE STATION 81 AND COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD YOU HAVE SIX JUST AT FIRE STATION 93. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MERE 376,000 OR 3/10 OF ONE PERCENT OF THE 125 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE RESERVE FOR MID-YEAR ADD --ADJUSTMENT IN THIS THOSE THAT SAVE LIVES EVERY DAY. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE TAKE THIS VOTE NOW. THIS IS URGENT AND IT'S LIFE AND DEATH. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE IS A MOTION TO SEND THIS COMMITTEE THERE IS AN OBJECTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER PARK. MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS AN URGENT ISSUE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FILL THESE POSITIONS BUT I ALSO THINK ALL OF THINGS WE DISCUSSED, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AND DISCUSS IT IMMEDIATELY AND WEIGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT WE HAVE ON THIS UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE AGAINST THIS NEED WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY HIGH. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE KEEP THIS AT THE FOR FRONT OF OUR GOALS BUT THAT WE SEND THIS TO COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS. SO THE DECISION TO CONSIDER THIS AT THIS MOMENT OR SEND TO COMMITTEE IS BEFORE US, A YES VOTE WILL SEND TO B & F COMMITTEE, A NO VOTE WILL CAUSE CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME IN THIS CHAMBER. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 5 NOES. >> Clerk: THIS BUDGET MOTION IS ADOPTED. SORRY, SIR, THIS IS SEVERED TO COMMITTEE. >> Council President: RIGHT. SORRY. WE'RE REFERRING IT TO COMMITTEE MY MISTAKE. NUMBER 27. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? CAN YOU TALK INTO A MIC. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU CHANGE MY VOTE TO A NO VOTE. >> Council President: CAN YOU RETATE THE TALLY. >> Clerk: SIR THAT COULD BE COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AS WELL AS JURADO? AS STATED? ONLY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, THANK YOU SIR. THAT WOULD BE 9 AYES AND 6 NOES--TO REFER-- >> Council President: GOING TO COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT. 9-6 TO SEND TO COMMITTEE. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RELATED BUT IF IT'S GOING TO COMMITTEE WE CAN INSTRUCT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PRIORITIZE. THAT WE ALL THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. THEY HAVE A TRAINING BUDGET. >> Council President: SO NOTED, WE'LL RECOMMEND THAT AS WELL. AND EVEN THOUGH MR. LEE, DIDN'T ASK, WE'LL ALSO SEND THIS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> ITEM HAS BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. ITEM 38 AN AN AMENDMENT TO ACTION THAT'S WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AND COMMITTEE REPORT TO CHANGE THE COMPLIMENT OF THE CARE TEAM, IT'S BASICALLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPERVISOR THAT SANITATION BELIEVES THEY NEED. THEY'RE CHANGING FROM 9 POSITIONS TO 8 POSITIONS IT WILL BE WNT SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ed >> THIS IS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT, I RECOMMEND APPROVELE. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: THIS BUDGET MOTION IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, TAKES US TO 29. >> ITEM NUMBER 29 RAMAN MOTION TO REQUEST THE CONTROLLER TO DISBURSE QUARTERLY ADVANCES FOR ALL INTERIM HOUSING CONTRACTS ADMINISTERED BY LAHSA, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY OCCUR IN A TIMELY MANNER. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SEND THIS TO HH AND B & F FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> ITEM NUMBER 30 PADILLA MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT WITH A DE TAILED PLAN ON HOW THEY PLAN TO USE THE 3.2 MILLION FOR INVESTIGATING AND ENFORCING LAWS RELATED ILLEGAL BUSINESSES, THIS IS FUNDING THAT ALREADY IN THE BUDGET FOR THE LAPD AND THIS IS AN INSTRUCTION TO REPORT. Y*Z THIS IS FINE, IT CALLS FOR A REPORT, I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE IT OR VOTE ON IT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: THIS BUDGET MOTION IS ADOPTED. >> ITEM 31 PADILLA MOTION. >> Council President: MR. LEE, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. >> J. Lee: YEAH. >> Council President: GOT IT, I'M ON TOP OF IT. CLA? >> TO REQUEST THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPORT ON THE WORK AND OUTCOMES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S MARIJUANA ENFORCEMENT UNIT, THIS IS AN INSTRUCTION TO REPORT WITH NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. I RECOMMEND THAT >> K. Yaroslavsky: er I RECOMMEND THAT WE VOTE ON THIS, IT'S JUST A REPORT BACK. >> Council President: COMMITTEE REFERRALS? PUBLIC SAFETY? PUBLIC WORKS? ALL RIGHT. >> E. Hernandez: NO. SEPARATE ITEM. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: ITEM 30 TO GO TO GOV. OPERATIONS. >> Council President: YES, WE'LL SEND ALL THE CANNABIS ITEMS TO. >> I. Padilla: TO FOR 31 AS WELL. WE'RE VOTING ON 31 NOW. >> Council President: I KNOW THE PAST ONE WE DIDN'T SAY THAT COMMITTEE BUT WE WILL DO IT AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS. ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT WOULD BE BUDGET MOTION 30 TO REFER TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. >> Council President: YES. AND PUBLIC WORKS? NO? ARE YOU SURE? >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE MY VOTE TO BE CHANGED ON ITEM 26 PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: 26? A NO. >> E. Hernandez: APOLOGIES. >> Council President: WHAT WAS THE? >> Clerk: FOR THE BUDGET MOTION 26. >> Council President: THIS WENT TO COMMITTEE. >> E. Hernandez: I KNOW I WANTED TO VOTE AGAINST IT TO GO FROM COMMITTEE. >> Council President: SO YOU WANT TO OBJECT GOING TO COMMIT OTHER? >> E. Hernandez: I'M GOOD WITH IT GOING TO COMMIT OTHER BUT I WANTED DOCUMENT NO GOING TO COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE MY VOTE THAT IS ON THE RECORD. >> Council President: YOU UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO VOTE. >> E. Hernandez: THERE WAS A VOTE? >> Council President: LET'S DISPOSE OF 31 AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO 26. ON 31, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL COMMITTEES THAT IT'S GOING TO. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CONSIDER AND SUPPORT IT NOW. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: BUDGET MOTION IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ HAS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 26. >> K. Yaroslavsky: NO, SHE WANTS HER VOTE CHANGE BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THE VOTE FOR BUDGET MOTION 26 IS 8 AYES AND 7 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 32? >> ARE WE READY? >> Council President: YES, WE'RE READY. LET'S DO IT. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> >> A. Nazarian: I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IF WE'RE INCREMENTALLY CHANGING SOMETHING. I WAS GOING TO VOTE NO ON THAT ITEM, BUT I, I VOTED YES, WELL, GIVEN HOW OUR VOTING SYSTEM WORKS, IT JUST WENT YES, I DIDN'T BOTHER TO CHANGE IT. AND I DIDN'T BOTHER TO CHANGE, I WASN'T GOING TO CALL OUT AND ASK TO CHANGE IT AGAIN. SO NOW IF IT'S GOING TO INCREMENTALLY GOING TO CHANGE. I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW IT MAKES. >> Council President: YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER 26 AND THEN VOTE THE WAY YOU WANT TO VOTE AS COULD ANYBODY ELSE. SHOULD THAT MOTION TO RECONSIDER PASS. >> A. Nazarian: OKAY. >> Council President: DO YOU WANT A MOTION TO RECONSIDER? >> A. Nazarian: I WOULD REQUEST THAT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Clerk: THERE A SECOND. >> Council President: SOUTHBOUNDEDING BY MR. LEE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL OF RECONSIDERATION ON 26. CLOSE THE ROLL, ON RECONSIDERATION OF 26. >> K. Yaroslavsky: COULD WE DO THAT AGAIN. >> Council President: ONE MORE TIME, LET'S CLEAR THE DECK, WE'RE ALMOST THERE, WE'RE ALMOST THERE. WE'VE JUST GOT TO HOLD ON. WE'RE VOTING TO RECONSIDER. SO IF YOU WANT TO RECONSIDER, YOU VOTE YES. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RECONSIDER, YOU VOTE NO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION. CLOSE THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Clerk: BUDGET MOTION 26 CAN BE RECONSIDERED. >> Council President: OKAY, SO BUDGET MOTION. IS NOW BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO, 26 IS NOW BEFORE US AGAIN? >> Council President: YES. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO COLLEAGUES, THE UB IS WHAT IT IS, IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CAN GET US THROUGH THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHICH IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING HARD FISCAL YEAR. AS MR. McOSKER SAID EARLIER, I WANT US TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THESE TRAININGS, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE IT AS PART OF A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE MONEY FOR. THE UB IS GOING TO PAY FOR LIABILITY OVERAGES, WHICH WE KNOW ARE GOING TO BE THROUGH THE ROOF. IT'S GOING TO GET US THROUGH WHEN REVENUES DON'T COME IN WHEN WE ANTICIPATE. GIVEN WHERE WE ARE WITH CERTAINLY UNCERTAINITY COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON, RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON ADDITIONAL THINGS. IF, IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE THINK WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT, MAYBE LABORS COME TO THE TABLE AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY, I WILL BE THE FIRST PERSON TO COME BRING IT TO COMMITTEE FOR A YES-VOTE. BUT FOR THIS MOMENT, WE NEED A BALANCED BUDGET AND RIGHT NOW DIPPING INTO THE UB BUDGET WOULD BE A BAD SETTING. I ASK THAT WE SEND IT TO COMMITTEE AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND TO COMMITTEE, I ASK FOR A NO-VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I UNDERSTAND THE PRECARIOUS SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN BUT I'M ALSO, IF, IF I'M GOING TO LEAN ONE WAY, IT'S ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE, THAT OUR CITY DEMANDS AND FRANKLY, WHEN WHICH LOOK AT THE LIABILITY PAY OUTS, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND FRANKLY ALL THE, REPEATED REQUESTS FOR OUTSIDE COUNCIL, THIS IS BUDGET DUST TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THE RESOURCES IN THE FIELD THAT WE NEED. SO, FOR 376,000, I WOULD RATHER MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT PARAMEDICS AT OUR FIRE STATION RESPONDING TO PEOPLE VERSUS A LIABILITY PAYMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE A LOT LARGER THAN THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T MEET OUR RESPONSE TIMES. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE DEPLOYMENT AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE CONVERSATION IF YOU LOOK AT OCD, WE'RE ALREADY OVER DESCRIBED ON EMS CALLS. SO, THIS IS NOT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING AT OUR FIRE STATION THAT'S WE NEED. NOT ALSO WITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT SO MUCH OF THE CALL LOAD IS ALSO RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS. SO AGAIN, WE'RE OVER DESCRIBED IN DEMAND BUT THE UB HAS BEEN CONTINUED THE UB FOR EXTERNAL CONTRACT FOR REPRESENTATION IN ADDITION LIABILITIES. SO IF I'M GOING TO TAKE MY SHOT I'M GOING TO TAKE IT IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR PARAMEDICS ARE AVAILABLE TO EMS CALLS. IT'S 376,000 AND IT'S, IN A 12-BILLION DOLLARS INSTITUTION THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE REQUESTS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING LEVELS FOR PARAMEDIC FOR OUR FIRE STATIONS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER. IT'S 376,000. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? HERNANDEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ AND YAROSLAVSKY. >> B. Blumenfield: I'M NOT ON THE BOARD. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU. SO CLA JUST CAME OVER THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHANGES THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WE SAVED, SO WE CAN PROBABLY PAY FOR THIS TODAY, THIS IS A ONE-TIME EXPENSE FOR THIS TODAY OUT OF SAVING THAT'S HAVE BEEN CREATE BY THE VOTES WE'VE MADE SO FAR. OKAY, SO I THINK WE JUST, I THINK WE CAN VOTE ON THIS RIGHT NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I'M PREPARED TO VOTE YES ON THIS. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A UNDERLINING MOTION THAT WAS CONSIDERED TO REFER TO BUDGET AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO WITHDRAWAL THE MOTION TO SEND TO COMMITTEE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: CORRECT. SO I WITHDRAWAL MY MOTION TO SEND TO COMMITTEE AND BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING FROM OUR CLA, I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE CREATED SOME SAVINGS THROUGH OUR VOTES THAT CAN PAY FOR THIS ONE TIME EXPENDITURE. >> THERE WERE A COME OF CHANGES THAT WE MADE EARLIER TODAY THAT WOULD GENERATE SUFFICIENT SAVING TO SEE FUND THIS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THERE WOULD BE NO NEED TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE, IT WOULD COME OUT AS AN ADD TO THE BUDGET BUT OFFSET. >> Council President: SO THIS MOTION SPECIFIED. >> WE WOULD DELETE THAT. >> Council President: SO WE WOULD PASS THIS WITH THAT KLAOETION DELETION. >> BECAUSE OF THE SAVING THAT'S WERE GENERATED EARLIER THIS WOULD BE A NET-ZERO AT THE END OF THE DAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT MOTION NUMBER 26 AS AMENDED WITH THE DELETION OF UNAPPROPRIATE BALANCE BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Y. Jurado: BUDGET MOTION ON NUMBER 18 TO REFER TO H & H. >> YES, THANK YOU ANY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS RECOMMENDATION CAN BE MADE AFTER THIS MEETING OR ANYTIME BEFORE THE MOTION COMES BACK TO COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, WELL DUELY NOTED AND MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM. >> SO THAT WOULD BE MOTION NUMBER 33, THAT WOULD BE NAZARIAN MOTION TO ALLOCATE IN POLICE DEPARTMENT SWORN BUDGET TO THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR THE VALLEY BUREAU FOR VEHICLE RENTALS TO BE USED BY THE TASK FORCE. SO THIS IS MOVING MONEY INTERNALLY TO ASSIST IN THE OPERATIONS. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO THIS IS A NEW EXPENSE WITH OFFSET THAT HAS NOT GONE THROUGH COMMITTEE. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SEND TO BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> >> Council President: MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: I DON'T THINK THIS WAS IN THE NEW EXPENSE, IT WAS IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS ALREADY VOTED ON AND THIS WAS REQUESTED WAS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT CAN HAS BEEN DONE IN YEARS PAST AS WELL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE BEFORE US, A MOTION TO CONSIDER THIS ITEM IN BUDGET AND FINANCE, THERE IS AN OBJECTION BY MR. NAZARIAN, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE DISCUSSION HERE? IF NOT WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL--COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: WE'RE TRYING TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT LAPD WANTS THIS. I'M HEARING THINGS IN COMING. IS ANYBODY HERE FROM LAPD WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS? I'M FINE WITH THIS, IF THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT WANTS, I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD IT UP, BUT I'M HEARING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, I BELIEVE OUR BUREAU WENT THE WOMEN. OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT TO APPROVE IT, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, WE WOULD MUCH HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT BUT, WHAT IS THAT? >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: UNO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS I SUPPORTED THIS IS BECAUSE I LEAD THIS LAST YEAR AND LAST YEAR IT TOOK US OUT TWO MONTHS OUT OF COMMITTEE BEFORE WE SAW THE FUNDS UTILIZED AND WHILE IT MAY NOT BE OVER ARCHING CITY PRIORITY FOR PLACES LIKE THE 6th DISTRICT AND SECOND DISTRICT, AND I BELIEVE YOURS AS WELL, IT IS A PRIORITY. AND IF YOU GO INTO THE SOCIAL MEDIA OF A LOT OF TOURS NOW A DAY, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING MORE TO ADDRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING. I WOULD VOTE THAT WE CAN VOTE ON IT TODAY SO IT'S ALREADY ALLOCATE ASKED IT GETS TO COMPLETE, TO START BEING USED FOR THE DISTRICT WHERE WE NEED THIS. SO I HOPE WE CAN VOTE IT OUT TODAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> I. Padilla: FOR VALLEY BUREAU IT MATTERS. >> A. Nazarian: THANKS AGAIN. SO LET ME SAY IT NOW, THAT I HAVE THE MIC ON, THAT IS A BAD PRECEDENCE TO SET. FOR ONE DEPARTMENT TO SAY SOMETHING AND FOR TO YOU SAY SOMETHING ELSE. EXTREMELY BAD, NEXT TIME I WILL NOT KNOW WHO TO LISTEN TO. JUST SO YOU KNOW THIS NOW. THE FUNDING WAS ALREADY VOTED ON, SO WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE FUNDING OVER. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> A. Nazarian: THAT'S I WANTED TO CLARIFY. >> Council President: GOT IT. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: NOT TO STEP IN THE MIDDLE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THIS IN THE NEXT BUDGET HEARING IF THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT SLOW OFFERING. : BUT JUST OFFERING THAT WE CAN DO THIS JUNE THIRD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO SEND THIS TO COMMITTEE, THERE IS AN OBJECT JX BY MR. NAZARIAN, THERE IS BEEN FURTHER COMMITMENT TO HEAR THIS IN THE JUNE THIRD FINANCE AND COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF SPEED. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WANT TO BACK UP THE CHAIR AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THE FUNCTION, IT'S A TINY BIT OF MONEY, ONE WAY TO DO THE OFFSET AND I WOULD PUT IT OUT, I WILL PUT UP 1/5 OF OUT OF GCP DIS --DISCRETION. >> Council President: SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE FLOOR. MR. NAZARIAN, WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THIS NOW THAT WOULD BE A NO-VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY WOULD LIKE TO TEND THIS COMMITTEE TO BE HEARD. THAT WOULD BE A YES-VOTE. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 9 AYES, 6 NOES. >> Clerk: THIS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> NEXT IS MOTION NUMBER 34, IT'S A LEE MOTION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR 249 CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS WOULD BE FUNDED BY A REDUCTION IN THE NON REIMBURSABLE OVERTIME ACCOUNT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS NOT A NET ZERO IMPACT WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT FROM LABOR. IT WOULD REQUIRE CONSIDERATION AND AND APPROVAL. MY RECOMMENDATION THAT IT GO TO B & F. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WAS WONDERING IF TO ADD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. LAPD MUST RE--IF AN EFFORT TO REDUCE OVER SPEND ANDING BANKING IN THIS CATEGORY AUGUST FIRST 2025. >> Council President: MR. LEE IS GOOD WITH THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: YES. >> Council President: OKAY, ANY OBJECTION, MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: JUST A REQUEST IF WE CAN HEAR THIS BEFORE THE FULL BUDGET IF WE CAN HEAR IT AT THE NEXT MEETING, IF POSSIBLE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO, I THINK WE NEED LABOR TO AGREE TO THIS. >> J. Lee: I UNDERSTAND. WORK WIDTH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SURE AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS THROUGH LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, WE'LL SCHEDULE IT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: NO. >> Council President: SO THERE IS NO OBJECTION. MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM. >> ITEM 35 HAS ABOUTER BEEN ADDRESSED. 36 LEE MOTION FOR CAO TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SAVINGS IF CITY CONTRACTS OUT THE ADMINISTRATION OF ALL GRANTS AND GRANT APPLICATIONS. THIS IS AN INSTRUCTION TO REPORT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS IS A REPORT BACK, IT'S FINE TO VOTE ON RIGHT NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE TAKE UP THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 15 AYES. >> Clerk: THIS BUDGET MOTION IS ADOPTED. >> ITEM 37 HAS BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. 38 IS A PRICE MOTION TO RESTORE FUNDING AND PROVIDE 8 POSITIONS TO THE SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THESE POSITIONS WOULD BE FUBDED BY THE SEWER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FUND THESE ARE SPECIAL FUNDS, FOR NO NET IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. >> K. Yaroslavsky: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THESE ARE TK NICOLE AMENDMENTS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT SO I'M FINE WITH IT NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO SEND THIS TO COMMITTEE, BEFORE WE ADOPT IT OR? >> I. Padilla: CORRECT. >> Council President: IS THERE A SECOND. >> I. Padilla: YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION. GSD IS PART OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS *,--I KNOW THAT I EMERGED MYSELF TO THINGS THAT WERE A PRIORITY AND RELATIVE TO MY ATTENTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN SECONDS. ALL RIGHT, SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS MADAM CHAIRWOMAN? BUDGET CHAIR? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THIS THROUGH BEFORE THE FINAL BUDGET GOES INTO AFFECT. SORRY? >> CAN WE GET HER MIC ON? >> I. Padilla: I CAN PUT IT ON THE NEXT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN AHEAD OF TIME. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS WAS IN THE BUDGET BUT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDED TO MOVE THINGS AROUND TO MAKE THIS MORE COHERENT, THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T GO TO THE COMMITTEE. SO THERE ARE BEEN A BUNCH OF THESE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE NOT GONE TO COMMITTEE. >> I. Padilla: IT WAS CHAMPIONED BY THE CHAIR OF ITS RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE, THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF, UP IN THE AIR ABOUT. SO I'M JUST LIKE SOME TIME. >> K. Yaroslavsky: OKAY, CLA ARE THERE ANY ISSUES STENDING IS TO COMMITTEE. >> WHATEVER THE COUNCIL CHOOSES, I BELIEVE THAT THESE POSITIONS AND THIS FUNDING DID ORIGINALLY COME THROUGH THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE DID CONSIDER IT. THESE WERE PREPOSED THROUGH THE PROCESS. THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH IS WHY GENERAL SERVICES WAS SEEK TO GO INCLUDE THEM NOW BECAUSE THEY ARE SPECIAL FUNDED POSITIONS. IF AS LONG AS, IF IT COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL AFTER THE BUDGET, WEBL CONSIDERING THE BUDGET RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK, IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE THESE POSITIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR PROVIDED THAT THERE IS A SUBSEQUENT ACTION TAKEN TO PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA. SO IT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE BUDGET PROCESS BUT IT SHOULD NOT DMRAI IT AS LONG AS IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL AS A SEPARATE RECOMMENDATION. >> K. Yaroslavsky: OKAY, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE YOU WORK WITH OUR OFFICES TO FEBRUARYING --EFFECTUATE THAT. >> Council President: OKAY, SO WE NEED TO HEAR THE MOTION TO SEND THIS TO COMMITTEE. A YES VOTE SENDS IT TO COMMITTEE, G.O. COMMITTEE. A NO VOTE HAS A US CONSIDERATE HERE WHICH NO ONE IS CALLING FOR. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> ITEM NUMBER 39, MOTION NUMBER 39 IS A PARK MOTION TO ADD FUNDING FOR THE DEMOLITION OF MURPHY RANCH THIS WOULD HAVE A 5 MILLION DOLLARS IMPACT, IT WILL BE INCREASE TO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO RECREATION AND PARKS. >> K. Yaroslavsky: COUNCIL PRESIDENT I ASK THAT WE SEND TO B & F IT'S A NEW FUNDING REQUEST. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, HEARING NO OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. NEXT. >> ITEM NUMBER 40 IS A TECHNICAL CHANGE. THERE IS THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. THOSE FUNDS ARE DESIGNATED TO GO TO THE, THE CIFD BUT BECAUSE THE CONSOLIDATION IS STILL PENDING, IT WOULD APPROPRIATE TO AMEND THE, BUDGET NOTE TO PROVIDE THE MONEY TO ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS RUN THE PROGRAM FOR THE LAST DECADE OR SO. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THIS EFFECTUATES DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER SO IT'S FINE TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: THIS BUDGET MOTION IS ADOPTED. >>AND NUMBER 41 HAS BEEN APPROVED. MOTION NUMBER 42 IS AN INSTRUCTION TO CAO SOTO-MARTINEZ MOTION WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE CLA TO IDENTIFY FUNDS FOR A PUBLIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR WITHIN THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INEQUITIES DEPARTMENT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO THIS ASKS FOR NEW MONEY I ASK THAT IT BE SENT TO B & F. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> 43 HAS BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. MOTION NUMBER 44 IS A AMENDMENT REQUESTED BY MR. PRICE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR 5 POSITIONS WITHIN THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE SPECIAL SERVICES GROUP TO BE OFFSET BY REDUCTION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT USING THE POSTAGE ACCOUNT. >> Council President: MADAM CHAIR? >> K. Yaroslavsky: SORRY, I'M ON THE WRONG ONE. CAN YOU TURN ON COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S MIC PLEASE. >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE THIS TO GO GOVERNMENT OPERATION SXZ IT CAN HAPPEN IN THE NEXT ONE. >> Council President: OKAY. WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I SECOND THAT. >> Council President: SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THIS THIS GO TO GOVERNMENT OPERATION SXZ BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES? >> K. Yaroslavsky: YES, PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> THE LAST TWO MOTIONS MOTIONS A AND B THESE ARE THE CLOSING MOTIONS TO PREPARE THE RESOLUTION AND BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEK FOR FINAL ADOPTION THAT'S WHAT REALLY IS AT FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, THAT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU NEXT WEEK, THAT MUST BE APPROVED BEFORE THE JUNE FIRST, DEADLINE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CAN WE TAKE A AND B TOGETHER? >> YES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I MADE MY SPEECH AT THE TOP, I'M NOT GOING DO IT AGAIN, YOU CAN TELL AND SEE THAT THIS IS A TOUGH BUDGET. WE DID READ EVERY ONE'S LETTERS AND WE TRIED TO DO WHAT WE COULD TO RESTORE BASIC SERVICES, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON A PATH. SO I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON A AND B. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND I'M GOING TO TAKE MY OPPORTUNITY, MS. YAROSLAVSKY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES ON BUDGET EXAMINE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE LENGTHY AND VERY DELIBERATE WORK THAT YOU TOOK. I ALSO WANT TO THKT CLA EXAMINE CAO BUT THE REAL SUPER STAR ARE INCREDIBLE CITY FAMILY THAT SHOW UP EVERY DAY TO DO THE BEST WORK THAT THEY CAN AND SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, OFTEN TIMES WITHOUT A NUMBER--WITHOUT THE SUPPORT THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY PERFORM THEIR JOBS. UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT YOU STARTED WITH, I BELIEVE WAS PRESENTED TO YOU WAS A BUDGET THAT WAS RIDDLED WITH A NUMBER OF FALSE CHOICES. ON THE BALANCE OF ON THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO LAYOFF OVER 1500 INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR CITY FAMILY, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT. THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LAYOFFS. AND YOU ALSO WERE ABLE TO RESTORE A NUMBER OF CRITICAL SERVICES LIKE CARE PLUS AND ILLEGAL DUMPING SERVICES WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY TO HOW WE CARE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I FOUND MYSELF INCREASINGLY DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, INSIDE SAFE. WHILE WE HAVE MADE SUBSTANTIAL CUTS AND MANY DEPARTMENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO TAKE BUDGET CUTS OF THE DECISIONS BEING MADE. BUT THE ONE AREA WHERE WE HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WHERE AUDITS HAVE DISCLOSED THAT THERE ARE NO RECEIPTS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DELIVERABLES OR THE PROCLAIMED DELIVERABLES, THERE WERE NO SUBSTANTIATIVE CHANGES. IN FACT THE REDUCTION THAT INSIDE SAFE, PER HAD BUDGET, WAS A NOMINAL 10 PERCENT, WHICH WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE OTHER BUDGETARY REDUCTIONS THAT WERE APPLIED TO EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT EXAMINE YET WE KNOW, THAT THERE IS LESS ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THOSE RESOURCES BASED ON ALL THE EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE SEEN REPORTED FROM INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS FROM L.A., THE ISSUE STEMMING FROM LAHSA, BUT, OUR OWN FUNDED A & M AUDIT THAT WE SPENT TWO MILLION DOLLARS ON, THAT SAID WE COULDN'T ACCOUNT FOR MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE. INSIDE SAFE, CURRENTLY SPENDS UPWARDS OF 700,000 A MONTH TO HOUSE A INDIVIDUAL. THAT'S JUST ROOM EXAMINE BOARD THAT DOES NOT ALL THE OTHER SERVICE THAT'S ARE TAPPED FROM OUR CITY FAMILY IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK INCLUDING LAPD OVERTIME, INCLUDING SANITATION SERVICES, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UPWARDS OF 17,000 DOLLARS AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE HOUSED UNDER THIS PROGRAM. AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO EFFICIENCIES PROPOSED OR CHANGED SINCE ITS INCEPTION. 17,000 A MONTH, WITH 4100 INDIVIDUALS SERVED. AND WE HAVE DEDICATED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF THIS EFFORT YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE HAD TO BEG FOR 400,000 FOR PARAMETED I --PARAMEDICS TO BE TRAINED. WE HAD TO BEG TO EN STHAOUR OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCE THAT'S THEY NEED. IT MAKES NO SENSE, WHAT IS PROPOSED UNDER THE GIES INEFFICIENCIES, IT'S BEEN A SHIFT WHETHER SOMETHING GETS DELIBERATIONS, WHETHER IT'S CREATING A NEW BUREAU OR WHETHER IT'S DECIMATING MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS FROM THEIR ABILITY TO DO CRITICAL WORK. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WASN'T GREATER CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE WELL DOCUMENTED REDUNDANTCYS IN OUT REACH AND MDTs THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY THAT THE CAO'S IS SUPPOSE TO AID US IN COORDINATING OR AT LEAST THAT WAS THE INSTRUCTION. THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT LEVERAGING TO MAXIMIZE THE RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN FUND THE CRITICAL SERVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE KNOW OUR RESIDENTS DEMAND. SO IT'S CONCERNING TO ME WHY WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN THOSE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP A NEW BUREAU TO PRETEND THAT THE ISSUE WITH WHAT DATA WE'RE MISSING HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHERE THE REPORT IS COMING OUT OF. ALL WE HAVE DONE IS REARRANGE THE DECK CHAIRS OF THE DIE TAN I CAN, WE--"TITANIC", WE CHANGED THE MESSENGER TO NOW PUTTING A NEW GENERAL MANAGER TO REPORT TO US WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK. THE AGENCIES THAT RECEIVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO IT, FAILED TO DO IT, WHETHER IT'S LAHSA, WHO JUST RECENTLY PAY ABOUT WAY 800,000 WHISTLEBLOWER BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY WERE HOLDING INFORMATION THAT FURTHER DEMONSTRATING WHAT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING WITH INSIDE SAFE AMONG A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES BUT WE'RE GOING TO PRETEND THAT WE'RE CHANGING SOMETHING. WE'RE NOT AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST I WAS DISAPPOINTED THE WITH THE TEN OR THE THINGS OCCURED TODAY. BECAUSE WHILE IT'S CUTE AND FUNNY AND SOMEBODY CAN'T KEEP TRACK ON HOW THESE VOTES ARE HAPPENING, THERE ARE CITY WORKFORCE WHO ARE TERRIFIED WHAT THEIR FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. IT'S NOT CUTE AND IT'S NOT FUNNY. OUR CITY FAMILY DESERVES FAR MORE CONSIDERATION THAN TO BE LAUGHING ABOUT WHAT THE STATE OF THIS ENVIRONMENT IS. IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING. THESE ARE SERIOUS TIMES AND WE HAVE SERIOUS JOBS CAN IT'S NOT A JOKE WHEN WE CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF WHAT VOTES ARE HAPPENING BEFORE US. IT'S LITERALLY PEOPLE'S LIVES. IT COULD BE THE NEXT WAVE OF UNHOUSED BECAUSE OF UNHOUSED BECAUSE OF THE OBLIGATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND YET WE'RE GOING TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS UNCHECKED, FOR A SIGNATURE PROGRAM THAT FAILS TO PERFORM IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS EQUITABLY, OH AND BY THE WAY, ALSO POTENTIALLY CREATES GREATER LIABILITY AND RISK FOR US NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ALLIANCE AGREEMENT. THAT HAS US UNDER THREAT OF RECEIVERSHIP. I'VE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THE INCONSISTENT APPROACH THAT WE TOOK HERE. AND HOW SO MANY OF THESE POLICY CONVERSATIONS WERE BY PASSED JUST TO BRING IT THROUGH THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. IN THIS TIME OF GREAT FISCAL CRISIS WHEN SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE SHUTTERING AND THREATENING TO CLOSE, RESEE RESTAURANTS CLOSING ALL THE TIME. WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET WAS THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE ONE TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES IN OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO BE HELPING TO SURE UP THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE CITY AND TO USE THE EXPERTISE AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL BUT INSTEAD, MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE ELIMINATED OR DELETED OR NOW--W OR PUT IN THAT HAS NO EXPERTISE. IT MAKES NO SENSE. WE'RE WILLING TO INVEST IN A DEPARTMENT THAT WILL PROMOTE SWAG IN A MESSAGE THAT IS SAYS L.A. IS FOR EVERY ONE EXCEPT IT COMES TO YOUNG PEOPLE, SMALL BUSINESSES AND SENIORS. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME THAT WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING NOT JUST HERE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT WE'RE EXPERIENCING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TREMENDOUS NEEDS TO MEET. PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN WITH WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF EVENTS. THIS IS NOT A JOKE THAT WHEN IT'S MESSY AND SLOPPY, IT'S CUTE. IT'S NOT. AND FRANKLY I THINK CONTINUES OFFENSIVE TO OUR CITY FAMILY WHO WORKS SO HARD TO CARE FOR THE PEOPLE OF CITY AND OUR DISTRICTS. I WAS DIS HEART END BY THIS EXPERIENCE TODAY. AND I WAS MOST DIS HEART END THAT SO MUCH OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ADVANCE WAS ORCHESTRATED IN A MANNER THAT LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE. SO COLLEAGUES WHILE I APPRECIATE, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF EFFORTS TO HELP RECALIBRATE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A BUDGET THAT WAS FRANKLY A NON STARTER, REALLY SLOPLY DELIVERED TO THIS COUNCIL, YES THERE WAS PROGRESS MADE. BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT IT IGNORED A LOT OF CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG PROBLEM. AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE SO MUCH OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN THIS CITY ARE DEPENDENT ON HAVING A HEALTHY LOCAL ECONOMY. AND YET, UNDER THE GIES OF EFFICIENCY PROPOSED BY A LEADER THAT HAS YET TO DEMONSTRATE EFFICIENCIES IN THE VERY PROGRAM THAT THEY ADMINISTER, I HAVE REALLY BIG PROBLEM WITH SAYING YES TO THIS BUDGET. WITH SO MUCH ON THE LINE, TO PREPARE FOR THESE GAMES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN THIS CITY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES, I BELIEVE THERE IS MANY BETTER CHOICES THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN MAKING IN ADDRESSING AND REDACTING SOME OF THE RESOURCE THAT'S HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THIS ON GOING EFFORT TO RESPECT TO HOMELESSNESS THAT HAS DEMONSTRATED REPEATEDLY THAT IS IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE THAT IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE AND IT DOES NOT GET US ANYMORE COMPLIANT WITH THE ALLIANCE AGREEMENT AND FRANKLY JEOPARDIZES US WITH HOW WE GO FORWARD AND WHAT CONTROL WE HAVE ON OUR OVER FISCAL RESOURCES FOR ADDRESSING THIS CRITICAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE ALL FACING. SO, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET. >> Council President: WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PARK, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THE START OF THE PROCESS, WE MADE A PROMISE TO MAINTAIN CORE SERVICE SXZ MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO ANGELINOS. BUT THIS LUJET DOES NOT REFLECT THOSE PROMISES. IT'S FLOATED WITH HOMELESS SPENDING, A BOTTOMLESS PIT THAT DOUBLES DOWN ON FAILURE, YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND FRANKLY, AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST EMBARRASSING. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON BRIDGE HOMES, AND HOME KEYS, AND INTERIM HOUSING SITES, AND NO ONE CAN EVEN TELL US WHICH ONES ARE OPERATIOAL AND WHICH ONE AREN'T OR HOW MANY BEDS WE HAVE. SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS AND A HALF DOLLARS PER DOOR TO BUILD MICRO UNITS OF HOUSING TO GIVE AWAY TO HOMELESS DRUG ADDICT WHEN THE VAS MAJORITY OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES CANNOT AFFORD CONDO AT THAT PRICE. LAHSA IS FREE FOR ALL, NOBODY CAN ACCOUNT FOR THE BILLIONS, COUNTY PULLING OUT WHILE WE'RE HE CITY UNAPPROPRIATED AND TO UNABLE TO MANAGE OUR OEM HOMELESS AFFAIRS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO BE PLACED IN RECEIVERSHIP, AGAIN IT'S EMBARRASSING. IDON'T THINK WE SHOULD AGREE TO SPEND ANOTHER PENNY ON HOMELESSNESS UNTIL WE AS A FULL COUNCIL, NOT JUST THE FEW OF YOU WHO GET INVITED INTO THE CONVERSATION, HAVE THE CHANCE TO CHIME IN AND ACTUALLY CAST A VOTE ON WHETHER WE'RE FINALLY GET A DIVORCE FROM LAHSA AND WHAT THE FUTURE OF HOMELESS DELIVERY LOOK LIKE IN L.A. BUT INSTEAD OF FIXING THAT MESS, WHAT DID WE DECIDE TO GO AFTER? THE INCREASE, WE GAVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AFTER ALL WE'VE LITERALLY JUST WITNESSED, IN JANUARY, WITH OUR OWN EYES, HOW DESPERATELY IN NEED THEY ARE WITH LITERALLY HALF THE STAFFING AND FUNDING THEY SHOULD HAVE FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF OUR SIZE. THERE ARE STILL A HUNDRED RIGS SITTING OVER AT THE BONE YARD BUT HERE ENABLE IT SAY TO THE YES TO THE MECHANICS THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO FIX THEM. AND WE'RE DOING RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF MAJOR WORLD EVENTS AND IN THE MIDST OF A CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS WHILE OUR RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO BE VICTIMIZED IN A CITY WHERE THE DEPUTY MAYOR JUST PLEAD GUILTY TO CALLING BOMB THREATS TO OUR CITY HALL. THAT'S OUR STATE OF THE CITY. THE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME, NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL TO HLP GUIDE US AND DO THINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR CITY. ALL OF YOUR RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS ALL THEY WANT IS A FULLY FUNDED POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT THEY WANT THE SIDEWALKS FIXED. THEY WANT THE STREET LIGHTS TO WORK AND THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO PLAY AT THE LOCAL PARK WITHOUT HAVING TO STEP OVER DRUG AND TRASH CANS. WE ARE DOWN RABBIT HOLES ON THINGS THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT, WE HAVE NOT ELIMINATED THE PRICE GOUGING THAT WE DO TO OURSELVES! AND JUST CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR A BUDGET THAT MAKES OUR CITY LESS SAFE, LESS FISCALLY SOUND AND EVEN LESS RESPONSIVE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS BASIC NEEDS. I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THE MAYOR AND CLA AND CAO AND BUDGET COMMITTEE BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS BUDGET AS IT STANDS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO ADDRESS JUST A JUST TO SAY TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, TO CLA, CAO, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND CITY STAFF THAT WERE PART OF THIS PROCESS, I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORKED AND T COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY THE IMMENSE PRESSURE THAT IT IS TO BE THE CHAIR OF A BUDGET DURING THIS UNCERTAINITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT AFTER REVIEWING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS BUDGET. I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS AFFECTS TOMORROW. YOU HEARD ME HEAR OVER EXAMINE OVER AGAIN, I BELIEVE THE POLICIES ARE MAKING IT HARD FOR THE CITY TO REBOUNDMENT WE'RE SECOND TO LAST IN MAJOR CITIES TO REBOUND FROM COVID, WE ARE RANKED NUMBER, TIED WITH FRESNO NO CONVENTIONS. THERE IS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING IN THE CITY AND THAT STARTS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. WE HAVE TWO MAJOR EVENTS COMING TO OUR CITY. TWO MAJOR EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE WILL GO HOME, WHERE IT WILL BE BROADCASTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR CITY. AND PEOPLE CONDITION TO LEAVE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES NOT FEELING SAFE. OUR PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER. THIS BUDGET ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY WILL JUST GROW STRONGER. I'M HAPPY THAT WE ADDRESSED THE HIRING BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE FULL FORCE. FULL STRAIGHT AHEAD IN REGARDING HIRING OF OFFICERS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT RENEW 240 AND ANOTHER 240 HOPEFULLY IF WE CAN FIND THE MONEY AT A LATER TIME. THAT'S, THAT'S TOUGH FOR ME. IT'S TOUGH FOR ME TO THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE REVENUES BUT, I REMAIN HOPEFUL. I APPRECIATE THAT WE PUT THAT IN. I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE SOME MONIES TO KEEP THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVILIAN POSITIONS AT LAPD THE 250 POSITION TO SEE SAVE THOSE POSITIONS BECAUSE THOSE ARE CRITICAL CRITICAL POSITIONS IN HELPING POLICE OFFICERS DO THEIR JOBS. I UNDERSTAND WHEN WE SAY, LOOK WE DON'T, WE DON'T PRINT MONEY, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT WE KNOW DATA THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ONE-THIRD OF THEIR CALLS ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH ISSUES WITH HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO, GIVE MORE SOLUTIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IN ADDRESSING THOSE PROBLEMS, THEN WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO TAKE A LOOK BACK ON HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THE EN CAMPMENTS ON OUR STREET. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING STILL IN A CONTRACT WITH LAHSA. WE FAILED TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS IN A WAY THAT I THINK IS GOING TO REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO DO OVER AND OVER. I DON'T BLAME THEM WHEN THEY TELL ME, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THEIR LIFE NO MATTER WHAT, WE'LL SAVE THEIR LIFE IF WE'RE CALLED UPON TO DO SO. BUT IS THERE A REASON WHY WE'RE RESPONDING TO THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN? I HAVE A HARD TIME, LOOKING AT MY CONSTITUENTS AND I BELIEVE HARD TIME LOOKING AT OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR JOBS AND SAY, WE HAVE PRIORITIZING FUNDING SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT EVEN IN OUR JURISDICTION. AND NOT AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THE CORE SERVICES OF WHAT I BELIEVE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS SUPPOSE TO BE DOING. NOW TOO OFTEN I HEARD DURING THIS, BUDGET, PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR WHAT THEY WANT INSTEAD OF WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS. SO THAT'S WHY COLLEAGUES, I JUST FIND IT REALLY HARD TO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE MOVE THE ONE PROGRAM THAT IS ACTUALLY WORKING IN THE CITY WITHOUT A POLICY DISCUSSION, SENDING IT TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. THOSE ARE THINGS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND I HEAR IT OVER AND OVER HEY WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION. WELL, I'VE NEVER EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. SO SO COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, I WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE VOTING AGAINST THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. >> Council President: AND WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> Y. Jurado: COLLEAGUES, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE. COLLEAGUES WE KNOW THAT THIS BUDGET IS NOT PERFECT AND IT REFLECTS DIFFICULT CHOICES AND ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING FISCAL YEAR THAT OUR CITY HAS FACE AND I HAVE THE GREAT JOY OF BEING A COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT REFLECTS A NEED TO FUNDAMENTALLY THE WAY WE APPROACH THE BUDGET IN THE CITY. BUT THE WAY WE'RE FORCED TO WE'RE CONFRONTING QUESTIONS WE'VE LONG AWAIT ASKED HOW WE TRULY VALUE HOW WE PRIORITIZE OUR DOLLARS. NOW THIS BUDGET DOES NOT FIX EVERYTHING, IT DOES NOT CLOSE EVERY GAP BUT IT SHOWS WILLINGNESS TO FACE CHALLENGES AND MAKING A MORE JUST EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE LOS ANGELES. WE CANNOT DO THE SAME THINGS AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS. CAN AS ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND AS SOMEBODY THAT CAME TO OFFICE WITH BOLD CHANGE, I HOLD ON TO THE BELIEVE THAT ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE. AND I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES BELIEVE THAT TOO. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WORKING TO RETAIN JOBS AND PROTECT SERVICES. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, FOR LEADING THIS COMMIT THROUGH AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX PROCESS AND TURNING A BECAUSE YOU HELPED RESTORE KEY SERVICES AND MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF LAYOFFS. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR ALWAYS BEING DOWN YOUR LEADERSHIP HELPED. I FURMLY BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS ABOUT THE EVERY DAY SERVICES THAT KOOP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FUNCTIONING, CLEAN STREETS AND SAFE PUBLIC SPACES AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS BUDGET RESTORES CITY POSITIONS. AND COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT GRID HAS FUNDING. IN MY DISTRICT GANG INTERVENTION WORK IS LIFE SAVING PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR HELPING RESTORE ANIMAL SERVICE S AND PROTECTING SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM. AND POSITIONS FOR GARMENT CENTERS SO THEY CAN FIND STABILITY AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, THANK YOU FOR LEADING ON HE EQUITABLE CANNABIS, THAT THEY HAVE A REAL SHOT AND SUCCESS IN THE CITY. AND OF COURSE TO THANK YOU TO CAO AND CLA AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF FOR YOUR DILIGENT WORK ON THIS. THIS IS A CRAZY PROCESS, THAT I WALKED INTO AND FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY A FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT YOU HELPED US NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS. THANKS FOR BEING SOME OF THE BEST TEAMERS FOR ME --TEACHERS FOR ME EXAMINE MY TEAM. I DON'T TAKE ANY VOTE LIGHTLY AND THAT'S I DIDN'T MET WITH MY CONSTITUENTS HOSTING THREE BUDGET LISTENING CONTROLS WITH KENNETH MEJIA TO JUST TO LISTEN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOICE OF MY CONSTITUENTS WERE AT THE CENTER AS I BEGAN HOW I WOULD VOTE TODAY. AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR WHAT WE PUSH FOR IN THIS BUDGET WAS DIRECTED BY OUR CONSTITUENTS WITH THE HELP OF OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND SO, BECAUSE OF THAT COLLECTIVE EFFORT, MAKING SURE THAT OUR MY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE REPRESENTED, I SAY, I WILL VOTE YES TODAY, I KNOW WE'RE NOT FIGHTING BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE FIGHT AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT IN THE YEARS TO COME OUR BUDGET BECOMES A REFLECTION OF A CITY THAT VALUES ALL. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MANY. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS BUDGET TODAY. BUT BEFORE I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY REFLECTIONS FROM MY TIME ON THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, IT WILL BE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. WHEN WE STARTED THIS BUDGET PROCESS WE WERE STARING DOWN A NEARLY MILLION DOLLARS SHORT BALL, THE DECADES RESPONSIBILITY. THIS MOMENT AS PAINFUL AS IT IS, CRACKED THINGS OPEN AND LEFT US WITH A CHOICE. DO WE PATCH THE CRACK WITH A BAND-AID AND COLLEAGUES I'M PROUD TO SAY, WE CHOSE TO BUILTED, OVER 1,000 CITY JOBS THAT STREET LIGHTING, TRASH PICKUP, GRAFFITI REMOVAL THESE THESE SERVICES KEEP THE CITY SAFE AND RUNNING. WE CHOSE TO REINVEST WITH OUR YOUTH FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO KEEP OUR KIDS OFF THE STREET AND CHOSE TO STAND UP TO OUR NEIGHBORS THROUGH REP L.A. WE CHOSE TO KEEP ALL OUR OPEN AND OPERATIONAL AND SUPPORT OUR ANIMALS BY INCREASING THE VALUE OF SPAY AND NEUTER VOUCHERS THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND. THREE NEW AREAS WHEN SOMEBODY IS CRISIS, THEY DESERVE CARE FIRST AND BY RESPONSE TEAMS, WE CHOSE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND WE CHOSE TO MAKE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM MORE ROBUST BY GETTING MORE RESPONDERS ON THE STREET. TODAY, WE ARE CHOOSING TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY, AND CHOOSING TO ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS WHAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL SAFE. WHAT KEEPS THE TEE STANDING AND WHAT MAKES IT THRIVE? AND BASED ON THE REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVE EVERY DAY, AND THE REPORT BACK WE HEARD FROM SO MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS, WE KNOW THAT THE ANSWER INCLUDES WORKING STREET SIDEWALKS, AND CLEAN STREETS. I AM SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE BUT ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY, I'M COMMITTED TO FINDING WAY TO SEE BRING THE NUMBER OF LAYOFFS DOWN AND EVEN FURTHER. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST SAVING JOBS, WE'RE SAVING THE CITY SERVICES OUR CONSTITUENTS DEPEND ON AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DIVEST ANYMORE RESOURCES FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WE WILL NOT CUT OUR WAY TO FINANCIAL STABILITY. NOT WHEN WE'RE ALREADY OPERATING ON THE DEFICIT OF CARE AND IF DOUGH WANT --IF WE DON'T WANT TO BE HERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR. ESPECIALLY FROM THOSE THAT HAVE PROFITED MOST. CORPORATIONS, CORPORATIONS OPERATING IN LOS ANGELES MUST PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE AND. WE LITERALLY HAVE ROBOTS DELIVERING FOOD IN THE SIDEWALKS. SO CITY SERVICE RIGHT SIDE MORE RESPONSIVE AND EFFICIENT. AND WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION IN THE WORKS TO, SO WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY OPERATING IN CRISIS MODE. AND IT GIVES THE ROOM TO DREAM BIGGER FOR THE CITY. THIS BUDGET IS NOT THE FINAL WORD, WE BUILT SOME PATHWAY. AND I WANT TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE CHAIRWOMAN FOR PATIENCE AND CLA AND CAO TO MAKING SURE THAT WE GET TO A BUDGET WHERE WE DON'T HAVE DEFICITS AND OUR GENERAL MANAGERS, YOU DID A LOT OF WORK TO OFFSETS. I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COUNT ON YOU TO HELP US GET THIS BUDGET TO BE BALANCED. THANK YOU EVERYBODY, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, I WANT TO THANK EVERY MEMBER ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IN LEADING A THOUGHTFUL DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. CHAIRWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY, FIRST TIME CHAIRING, YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB. AND COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE. AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, HER ABILITY TO THROW DOWN. AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, GREAT TO HAVE A BLACK WOMEN GIVING HER VOICE AND OF COURSE TO COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE CITY THAN ALL OF US HERE COMBINED. YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND KNOW-HOW IS ALWAYS GREATED APPRECIATED. CLA, CAO, G.M.s, THIS REALLY FELT LIKE A HERCULEAN EFFORT. WHEN I FIRST GOT THE MEMO, I I WAS NERVOUS AND WE GOT THAT DOWN TO, I THINK EVERY STONE WAS TURNED AND WE GOT DOWN TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE NUMBER. IT'S NOT 0, AND THERE WILL BE SOME HEART BREAK SOME PAIN BUT, I KNOW THIS COMMITTEE DID AND THE G.M.s DID AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET THAT NUMBER AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. NOW, I DO BELIEVE BUDGETS ARE A REFLECTION OF OUR VALUES AND I WAS ABLE TO GET MONEY FOR REPRESENT L.A. ESPECIALLY WHEN MANY IMMIGRANTS ARE FACING DEPORTATION SO WE CAN GIVE OUR CONSTITUENTS A RESPONSE THAT IS ONE-SIZE FIT APPROACH AND ONE THAT CAN TAKE THE WORK OFF OF OTHER FOLKS. AND YES, EVEN WITH ALL THAT, WE STILL HAD MAKE SOME PAINFUL CUTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES THE WORK HERE IS NOT OVER. THIS IS A LONG TERM PROCESS. I JUST WANT TO SAY AS SOMETHING WHO DIDN'T COME THROUGH THE STRAOE STRUCTURE, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ONE OF 1-15 FOLKS, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET AND I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY FULLY FOR MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT 13. AND YES, A LOT OF THE ISSUES WILL CONTINUE BUT I ALSO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BRING FORWARD THAT A LOST THESE ISSUES HAVE A MUCH DEEPER PROBLEM, ROOTS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, DEEP ROOTED ISSUES. WE KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE LIVE IN POVERTY, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS. LET'S SUPPORT GIVING PEOPLE A LIVING WAGE AND HEALTH INSURANCE SO WHEN THEY GET SICK OR LOSE THEIR JOB, THEY'RE NOT LIVING PAYCHECK BY PAYCHECK AND HAVE TENANTS PROTECTIONS SO WHEN THEY'RE EVICTED, THEY HAVE A DEFENSE. LET'S GIVE FOLKS THOSE ISSUES, THOSE SOLUTIONS. AND YES, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE LIVING IN THE STREET, YES, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE RESPONDING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK AND HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND DRUG ADDICTIONS, THOSE FOLKS DID NOT COME FROM THE HEALTHIER AREAS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THEY'RE COMING FROM POOR WORKING CLASS. LET'S BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FIND PLACES TO BUILD THAT IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND SO, THE WORK ISN'T OVER. BUT, I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DID, WHAT WE ALL DID HERE TODAY AND WHAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE DID OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. TODAY WE'LL END AND WE'VE LOT FOR WORK TO DO. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MANY. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE MOMENT WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUDGET ADOPTED IT'S A GREAT DEAL OF RELIEF AND SOMETIMES PRIDE. I'M NOT FEELING THAT ON THIS ONE. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET PROCESS. WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED WITH WAS TERRIBLE, ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE FOUND OURSELVES IN, TERRIBLE. AND I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY AS OUR CHAIR AND COMMITTEE FOR WORKING SO HARD TO BRING DOWN THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT, IT IS HEART BREAKING THAT THIS DOCUMENT STILL HAS OVER 600 LAYOFFS, AND THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPERFECT IN MANY WAYS BUT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A PERFECT DOCUMENT AND I THINK THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN THAT MANY OF US HAVE MDE, MANY OF YOU HAVE MADE THAT THE WORK IS NOT OVER. IT REAL OTHER CONTINUES. WE'VE GOT TO GET INTO COMMITTEE TO WORK ON, WHATEVER IT TALKS TO PRESERVE AS MANY OF THOSE JOBS AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO OUR LABOR PARTNERS, TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO. TO PRESERVE SERVICES AND PROTECT NOT JUST JOBS JOBS ARE IMPORTANT BUT THE SERVICE THAT COME WITH THOSE JOBS. WE HAVE NOT DONE BECAUSE I BELIEVE, WE CAN'T DO ENOUGH IN THIS DOCUMENT WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO DO ENOUGH IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WE NEED MORE IN FIRE, WE NEED MORE IN POLICE. IN MY OPINION, IT MIGHT BE SHARED BUT WE WILL BE IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND WE WILL BE IN BUDGET AND FINANCE TALKING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES. AND I KNOW NOBODY TAKES IT LIGHTLY. BUT I THINK WE HAVE ALL EXPRESSED OUR COMMITMENT TO TURN THIS CORNER, I'LL BE VOTING YES. THIS IS A TOUGH TOUGH BUDGET. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. McOSKER. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WAS NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BUT I FEEL COMPELLED AFTER ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE SPEAKING. WE TOOK A HORRIBLE BUDGET PROPOSAL AND WE MADE IT INTO ONE THAT IS JUST VERY BAD. BUT THAT'S, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO DO THAT. AND IT IS BETTER, AND WE DID SAFE JOBS BUT THE FUNDAMENTALS WERE STILL VERY BAD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL NOT GROWING THE WAY WE WANT TO BE GROWING. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE OVERSIGHT THAT WE WANT TO HAVE. THERE IS A LOT, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT, WITH L.A. BUDGETING, IT'S A DYNAMIC PROCESS. WE'RE NOT DONE. I'M VOTING FOR THIS BUDGET AND PROUDLY VOTING FOR THIS BUDGET BECAUSE WE DID MAKE IT BETTER. BUT, THE PROCESS WILL CONTINUE, WE HAVE FSRs, EVERY QUARTER, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND TO DO THE POLICY WORK THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. I AGREE ABOUT SOME THE CITISMS, BUT WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND TO DO THAT WORK. AND WE NEED TO REDOUBLE OUR COMMITMENT TO DOING IT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK REALLY EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AS OTHERS HAVE BUT FOR EVERY ONE INVOLVED ESPECIALLY OUR CHAIR, OUR CHAIR TOOK THIS ON, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS, CHAIR RECENTLY I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES IN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. THIS IS NOT A FUN YEAR TO BE THE CHAIR AND TAKE ON THIS BUT YOU DID IT, WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND YOU, YOU, DID IT IN A REALLY GOOD WAY WHERE YOU'RE THOUGHTFUL AND WORKED WITH ALL THE MEMBERS IN THE COMMITTEE EXAMINE COUNCIL. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING US TO THAT POINT TODAY. AND YOU WANT TO THANK OUR CO, OUR CLA, YOU GUYS WERE FINDING AND WE GO OFF AND WE'LL WE'RE WE'LL FIND THIS AND FIGURE THIS, YOU GO AND DO THAT WORK. IT'S NOT EASY AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THE TEM PAITION TO DO WHAT IS EXPEDIENT TO DO WHAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE CITY. AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE COMMITTED TO THIS CITY DEEPLY AND YOU TAKE THE TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND ESPECIALLY AS WE GET TO THE END OF THE PROCESS AND CLA HAS TO HOLDUP FOR THE WEEKEND AND, AND TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF ALL THE DESPERATE THINGS THAT WE'VE SAID. WE'RE NOT CONSISTENT EVEN AS A COMMITTEE, WE'RE SENDING YOU IN TEN DIFFERENT DIRECTION SXZ YOU'VE GOT TO FIND THE VECTORS AND THAT'S NOT EASY JOB TO DO. BUT YOU DID IT AND YOU'VE DONE IT EVERY YEAR. AND SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE. >> H. Hutt: UNISSES WHO BRINGS TENDER THOUGHTS OF THIS EUPHORIC CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. I APPRECIATE THAT, OF COURSE I WANT MY LITTLE BLACK BOYS TO GROW UP. I WANT TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE HOMELESS IN THE STREETS. I APPRECIATE THAT. ANYWAY TO THE CLA AND CAO, THIS IS NOT EASY WORK BUT YOU STAYED UP LATE, 2:00 AM WALKING OUT OF CITY HALL TO MAKE SURE WE GOT IT RIGHT. SO THANK YOU. AND NEXT TIME, LET ME NOT TALK. I GET ALL WEEPY. THANK YOU TO MY TEAM AND LEADERSHIP AND ALL MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT THEIR BEST THOUGHTS TO TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN WHERE WE LIVE AND WORK. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. JUST WANT TO ADD MY THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, RAMAN WHILE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN WE DID A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE DID COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE FUTURE, PEOPLE THAT CAN TAKE THE MANTLE FORWARD. I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS GOING TO BE THIS MUCH CHANGE AND YOU WOULD TRY TO FIND A BILLION DOLLARS GAP. AND I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY, THERE IS NO GOOD WAY TO DEAL A BILLION DOLLARS GAP AND WE FOUND ONE OF THE LEAST BAD WAYS TO FILL THE GAP AND SORT OF DEAN OF BUDGET EXPERTS MR. BLUMENFIELD, YOU KNOW, RIDING COPILOT HELPING US GO THROUGH IT HAVING SEEN THIS ONCE BEFORE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND ALL THE MEMBERS, ALSO THE SMALL THINGS LIKE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE STREET CORNER WHEN I WALK OUT THE DOOR. AND COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, PROVIDING GUIDE POST AND TELLING US, THERE IS A WAKE IN THAT FIELD, IF YOU GO IN THE FIELD, THERE IS A RAKE IN THE FIELD, IF YOU G IT'S GOING TO HIT YOU. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT HE LENT US THE SCOPE OF HIS KNOWLEDGE AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, WHO YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE BECAME A Ph.d IN BUDGETING DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND ASKING ME QUESTIONS, AND I HAD TO PRETEND I KNEW WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE SHE READ WAY MORE THAN THAN ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. SUPER GRATEFUL TO THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL. WHEN YOU GET IN TOUGH TIMES, LEGISLATIVE BODIES DON'T WORK IF PEOPLE RUN INTO THEIR IDEOLOGICAL CORNERS. PASSING A BUDGET IN UNDER THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION WE HAVE. AND I WOULD LEAVE THIS QUESTION WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. THIS IS THE LEAST IDEAL BUDGET I'VE EXPERIENCED HERE IN THE COUNCIL BUT I ALSO REMEMBER WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS FLUSH. WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS FLUSH, WE HAD EXTRA MONEY, I KNOW YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THAT COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T CROSS--YAROSLAVSKY AND EVEN IN THAT SITUATION, HOMELESSNESS WAS HIGHER, WE WERE ADDING OFFICERS AND CRIME WAS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN IT IS NOW. AND WE PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE RESERVE AND STILL AT THE TIME, WASN'T DAYS OR WEEKS AND SOMETIMES MONTHS FOR TO YOU GET YOUR SIDEWALKS FIXED. AND I RAISE THAT JUST TO SAY WE HAVE TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW CITY ARE RUN AND BY THE WAY, WHY IS IT THE MOST, ECONOMICALLY PRODUCTIVE LEGION IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY, WHY DID THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BASIC NEEDS OF THEIR RESIDENTS. STATE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD AND MORE FOR THIS COUNTRY THAN ANY PLACE ELSE. AND WE HAVE TO SIT HERE AND MAKE SHE'S FRUSTRATING ZERO-SUM DECISIONS ABOUT HOW OUR CITIZENS ARE TREATED AND THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THAT IS WRONG AND ONE DAY WE HAVE TO GET TO THAT ONCE AND FOR ALL. OUR PEOPLE DO THE WORK, WE DOT CONSTRUCTION, OUR PEOPLE PRODUCED, OUR PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE. I LEAVE THAT AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS GOING FORWARD. AND, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE NOT TURN OURSELVES AND TURN ON EACH OTHER BUT REALLY TURN TO EACH OTHER AND LOOK FOR A SOLUTION THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM NOW BUT ALSO CREATES A SITUATION SO THAT THE PEOPLE BEHIND US ARE NOT ALSO LOOKING AT OH MY GOSH, THIS IS THE WORSE BUDGET SITUATION WE'VE EVER HAD. IT SEEMS LIKE WE GO THROUGH THROUGH THAT EVERY TEN YEARS AND IT JUST SEEMS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY AND BACKWARDS. SO WITH THAT, MR. CLERK. I'LL ASK WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, MOTION A AND B, ARE BEFORE COUNCIL THEY CAN BE TOGETHER UNLESS REQUESTED TO TAKE SEPARATELY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANY REQUESTS TO TAKE SEPARATELY. THOSE ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON THE ITEM AS AMENDED BY RELATED MOTIONS WHICH IS THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT RELATIVE TO THE MAYOR'S 25-26 BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. JAOT BUDGET IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CAO AND CLA FOR HELPING WALK THE COUNCIL THROUGH THIS CROSS. JO MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SND THIS FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: POST Jobs are here today. Many of you . There was also youth serving organizations community leaders, and it is so important that we gather and that we stay in communities so that at some point we will create relationships, families and communities free from violence. It's a highlight of this year's rally. He is to publicly announce and launch the establishment of the LA County Sexual Assault Council, LAX, SAC . This was a unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors and it was a long time coming. It was a long time coming. I know I worked on it for a long time, but so it is happening now and we are so excited to officially launch it today for our county and it brings together a diverse range of stakeholders, including the rape crisis centers, law enforcement, health care providers prosecutors social workers, survivor advocates, gates, public health officials, officials, and community based organizations. And, of course, medical examiners and forensic nurses. We are so grateful for the Board of supervisors who approved this council. It is now going to be housed at department, at the Department of Public Health and which is the Office of Violence Prevention, which is led by Andrea Wilsey. We now have a sister agency to the L.A. County Domestic Violence Council, and great hopes for the coordinated and collaborative efforts that will ensue on behalf of supporting survivors and preventing sexual violence and improving our systems of care. Earlier this month, we gave Use Your Voice Awards at our Denim Day launch party. The recipients were Giselle Pelican. So some of you may have heard of her. She's the courageous sexual assault survivor. French woman, an older French woman that caused an uproar in France because she she her husband was the person who engineered rapes by 51 men while she was drugged. And this caused such a wake up call in France. It turned the country inside and out. It was so much bigger than their MeToo movement. So we were happy to honor her in absentia. Giselle Petit Co. We also honored and we also honored Carmen McDonald, who is the director here, and also her agency of Carmen and her agency survivor Justice Center. And Carmen is here today and we also honored L.A. City Council member Unisys Hernandez.