that time neighbors had been throwing me their extinguishers . I ran to the house, got a shovel throwing dirt, and trying to put out the fires as best as I could to prevent the other structures from taking off. I stayed up for four days. Friends family, they were all sending me their addresses. They had just left. They didn't know if their houses were up or down and, uh, I would go to their where their homes were and have families on speaker phone and, you know, is it there and then they would one person would start crying and the whole room was crying and I'd have to tell them, I'm sorry. It's not did that like 15, 20 times. There is nothing that prepared me for that. It's a very strange space to be in because there are two cities of people and families that totally lost their homes, and I have a home and I'm having a hard time with that. I want to say to you that we are with you, that the Los Angeles Fire Department is here for you, and together that we are going to move forward, working to rebuild a better Los Angeles, a stronger Palisades. And for those who are affected by the Eaton Fire, stronger communities all around. In this week's Things to Do, catch the 45th annual Black Doll Show, enjoy a winter festival in Expo Park and celebrate Jane Austen with the LA Public Library. All this up next on things to do. And join the Department of Cultural Affairs for the 45th Annual Black Doll Show, which will run until February 14th, 2026. The show's opening reception takes place on Saturday, December 13th and will feature live music and performances. This year's show is titled Sower of Seeds, creating a new Tomorrow through handmade and collected black dolls. The show reflects on today's uncertainties and asks what new worlds can emerge when imagination and resilience take root. Head to the William Grant Still Arts Center for the Black Doll show, opening on Saturday, December 13th at 3 p.m. for more details, visit wgxc, WordPress.com. LA City's Department of Recreation and Parks hosts Expo Center's Winter Festival on Saturday, December 13th. Join Councilmember Curren Price and Rec and Parks at Expo Park for all the family fun of this winter holiday festival. There will be music, entertainment games community booths and yes, even sledding. There will also be giveaways which are first come, first served. Head to Bill Robertson Lane for Expo Center's Winter Festival on Saturday, December 13th, beginning at 10 a.m. for more information, see the events tab at LA parks .org. The enduring work of Jane Austen will be the hot topic at a book discussion and Tea Party to honor the writer's 250th birthday. Head to the Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library to celebrate Austen's birthday with a tea party for all ages and book discussion featuring the classic pride and Prejudice tea, scones and other delightful treats will be generously provided by the friends of Venice Library. The Jane Austen 250th Birthday Book discussion and Tea Party takes place on Saturday, December 13th at 1 p.m. for more details, visit lapl.org. Slash events. And that's a look at some things to do. And that's all for this week. I'm Susan Huckle and from all of us here at LA this week. Thank you so much for joining us. Remember that you can watch us online any time at LA City View dot org. We're also on Instagram, Facebook X and YouTube. See you next time for more LA this week . Never. STAND BY. Good morning and welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting of your Los Angeles City Council. Today is Tuesday, the ninth day of December in the year 2025.AN COUNCIL MEETING. PUBLIC COMMENTING WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER ONLY. LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 5, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SECONDS, NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR A ROOF AL. >> Council President:er COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: I ASK EVERYBODY TO STAND AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH TRACI PARK. >> T. Park: PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART READY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: COULD COUNCIL LIKE TO GO ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH TODAY? >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, COUNCIL WOULD LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH. BUILDING SAFETY CONFIRM THE LIENS FOR 2, 6, 7, 19 17 AND 20 AND RECEIVE AND FILE AND TO CONTINUE ITEMS 4 19. 31 THROUGH 40 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 41 THROUGH 70 ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA IN OUR FESTIVE RED AND GREEN. >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 40, FOR AMENDMENT PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: ITEM 32 FOR A SPECIAL SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: WITHOUT PRICE. >> C. Price: I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 37 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS BEEN WORKED WITH APPLICANT IN THE PAST. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: OH DID HE CALL ME. HI, RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 18, PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT RECEIVE AND FILE, 1-8. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 31 AND 58 FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT 31 AND 5-8 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FINANCE AND BUDGET REPORT, I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMEMBER PARK BUT TO MOVE AND FINANCE BUDGET EPORT. ITEM 40 COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN HAS BEEN HELD THAT THIS BE HELD FOR COMMENT. >> Council President: 4-0. >> K. Yaroslavsky: 4-0. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION FOR ITEM 32 TO MOVE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT. HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 66 SPECIAL FOR SPECIAL VOTE AND 68 FOR AMENDMENT AND COMMENTS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 27 TO JANUARY 27, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 59 TO JANUARY 20th. SO ITEM 2, 7, AND ITEM 5-9. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 31 TO ADOPT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> J. Lee: MS. HUTT? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 3 AND ON ITEM 3-5, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD IT FOR AN AMENDMENT WHICH IS BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M NOT SURE IF 67 GOT CALLED BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT FOR COMMENTS AND 9 FOR TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO REMEND RECESS DATE FOR 8 WHICH IS THE DAY OF RAMADAN TO ALSO INCLUDE NOWRUZ WHICH ALSO LANDS ON THE SAME DAY. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION. >> Council President: SECOND. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE 19 TO JANUARY 14th AND THEN, ON ITEM 29, AN AMENDMENT TO ADOPT THE FINDINGS FOR THE PCN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? >> Clerk: AND APOLOGIES, IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD'S MOTION FOR ITEM 29? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SECONDS. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE THE VOTES ON 33, 36 AND 38 THROUGH 39. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S ANYBODISING? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT T AS WE'VE DONE, I THINK WE'RE IN EXCESSIVE OF 200 DAYS SINCE THE SO-CALLED IMMIGRATION OPERATION HAS DESCENDED UPON OUR CITY. AND FIRST OF ALL, VIOLATED OUR VALLEYS AND THE CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES BUT COMPLETELY DISRUPTED THE WAY OF LIFE AND QUALITY OF LIFE. SO AS ANGELINOS WE STAND WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS SO WE HAVE TWO TESTIMONIALS TODAY. FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM CD13 AND THEN CD7. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR TAKING THIS SPACE TO HIGHLIGHT A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE HAPPENING IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. STANDING WITH ME TODAY IS JOB GARCIA A CD13 RESIDENT, Ph.d STUDENT AND U.S. CITIZEN WHO WAS DETAINED BY ICE ON JUNE 18th AT THE HOME DEPOT IN HOLLYWOOD. MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE VIDEOS FROM THAT MORNING WHERE YOU CAN SEE JOE BEING TACKLED VIOLENT SEE BY MASKED AGENTS AND ARRESTED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN. JOB IS A U.S. CITIZEN AND INFORMED THE AGENTS OF THAT AS HE WAS BEING ARRESTED. BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP BORDER PATROL AND ICE, THEY ALSO INJURED HIM AND HELD HIM IN CUSTODY FOR 24 HOURS, FIRST AT DODGER STADIUM AND THEN AT THE DETENTION CENTER IN DOWNTOWN L.A. LUCKILY OUR OFFICE WAS ABLE TO GET WITH JOB THROUGH HIS BROTHER ELIAS WHO IS HERE TODAY AND ALSO WITH HIS MOTHER WHO WAS VERY WORRIED. JOB, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH JOB WITH HIS MOM AND BROTHER AND HE TOLD ME OF ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT HE WITNESSED AND HORRIBLE THAT ICE WAS SAYING AS HE WAS BEING DETAINED AND HOW THEY LAUGHED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOINGMENT BUT TODAY, JOB IS TELL US HIS STORY SO HE CAN SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AND THIS COUNCIL. GO AHEAD JOB. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. THAT WAS A VERY COMPLETE SYNOPSIS OF MY EXPERIENCE. SO I DON'T WANT TO REITERATE THE GENERALITIES OF MY EXPERIENCE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO FOC TUESDAY ON A PARTICULAR DETAIL THAT HAS REMAINED WITH ME, HAS KEPT ME UP AT NIGHT JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. SHORTLY AFTER I WAS PUT IN HANDCUFFS, JUST BEFORE THAT, AS I WAS WALKING AROUND THE HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT AND INFORMING THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE DETAINING OF THEIR RIGHTS TO REMAIN SILENT, THERE WAS TWO GENTLEMAN THAT WERE BEING DETAINED AND WHEN I GOT AFTER I WAS DETAINED AND PUT INSIDE OF THE VAN, I WAS I THEY SAT ME NEXT TO THEM. ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN, HE WAS A SALVADORIAN NATIONAL WHO WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. HE HAD A LAWYER. HIS PARTNER, HE WAS A MEXICAN NATIONAL. HE DIDN'T, KNOW HOW TO, HE WAS VISABLY SCARED. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS IN SPANISH BECAUSE HE SAID IT IN SPANISH. [SPEAKING SPANISH] WHICH TRANSLATES TO THE DAY THE ONE DAY THAT MY WIFE TOLD ME NOT TO GO TO WORK, CAUSE SHE SENSED THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME, I WENT TO WORK. HIS PARTNER, SAID I'LL SAY IT IN SPANISH. HE SAID, [SPEAKING SPANISH] TRANSLATE, HE SAID, AND SHE HAS SIX--SEES SIX MONTHS PREGNANT. WHEN HE SAID THAT, THAT TORE MY HEART. BECAUSE I KNEW AT THAT MOMENT, HE WASN'T GOING TO HIS SEE HIS CHILD BORN. THIS WAS IN JUNE, IF MY MATH SERVES ME CORRECT, SHE WOULD HAVE ALREADY GIVEN BIRTH WITHOUT HIM BEING PRESENT. BECAUSE LITERALLY TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS DETAINED HE WAS SHIPPED TO TEXAS ON THE PROCESS GETTING READY TO BE, REPATRIATED BACK TO MEXICO. THAT STUCK WITH ME, BECAUSE I FELT, ALMOST LIKE I DIDN'T DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT HIM. AND I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN, I WONDER HOW HIS CHILD IS DOING WITHOUT A FATHER. SO WITHOUT TAKING TOO MUCH OF THE TIME, ONE OF THE RECURRING THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD AS I'VE SPOKEN WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE ICE RAIDS, IS THE THEY FEEL THIS LACK OF SUPPORT FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS. THAT NOT ENOUGH IS BEING DONE. THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS BUT ELECTED SERVANTS TO SERVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PLACED YOU THERE. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE WITNESSING HOW CITIES LIKE CHICAGO, AND THEIR MAYOR, ARE HANDLING--NOT ENOUGH IS BEING DONE. NOT ENOUGH IS BEING DONE, NO THERE IS NO, NO ACTUAL CHANGE HAS EVER BEEN DONE HAS EVER BEEN ACHIEVED BY BEING PASSIVE. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, NOT TO USE MY STORY JUST AS A PROP, TO PUSH AN AGENDA. I SINCERELY ASK YOU TO USE MY STORY. AND IF YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER MY STORY, REMEMBER THAT CHILD THAT WAS BORN WITHOUT A FATHER PRESENT. AT LEAST LET THAT STAY WITH YOU. AND SO, WE IF, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WITH HOW OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE HANDLED THE SITUATION. SO, MOVING FORWARD, I KINDLY ASK THAT YOU GUYS DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO STAND UP TO, TO THIS GOVERNMENT AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THE SEPARATION OF FAMILIES. THERE IS, IT'S NOT EVEN SEPARATION OF FAMILIES, THERE IS PEOPLE DYING IN THESE DETENSION CENTERS AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO I KINDLY ASK THAT HAW GUYS CONTINUE TO NOT PASSIVELY BUT IN A VERY AGGRESSIVE IN A VERY PASSIONATE WAY CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. YEAH. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU JOB, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND SHARING YOUR STORY. [APPLAUSE] AND ENCOURAGING US TO DO MORE. WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOB. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. SO I WANT TO THANK MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR BRINGING IN HIS GUESTS TO DOCUMENT AND SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE OF WHAT HAPPENED AND WE KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THROUGHOUT COUNTRY, HAVE BEEN UNLAWFULLY, PURSUED ABDUCTED, ASSAULTED, AND AS GOVERNMENTS WE HAVE BEEN VERY FRACTURED IN OUR RESPONSE FROM DIFFERENT OOH MILTS FROM UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND I THINK IT'S VERY WELL SAID TO SAY THAT COLLECTIVELY, THERE NEEDS TO BE A MUCH STRONGER UNIFIED RESISTANCE TO THE ACTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND I THINK SO MANY OF OUR CITIES HAVE BEEN ACTING INDEPENDENTLY, TRYING TO LEVEL EFFORTS THAT HAVE, HOPED TO AFFECT SOME CHANGE. AND WHAT IS INFURIATING AND CHALLENGING THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS IS HOW DPOU STOP A PRESIDENT AND A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO CLEARLY HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE LAW. AND NOT, AND SO, IT'S, WE'RE IN THIS INCREDIBLE TIME AND BUT MY GUEST THIS MORNING, IS SOMEBODY WHO I THINK AND I'VE JUST, I'VE BECOME ADDICTED TO FOLLOWING HIS DAILY MEMO ON CAPTURING THE STORIES AND VIDEOS AND THE IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE HAS BEEN THAT VOICE FROM L.A. TACO THAT HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB OF CAPTURING IN GREAT DETAIL WITH GREAT SINCERITY, AND HUMANITY AND SO THIS MORNING, I INVITED MEMO TORRES FROM L.A. TACO TO COME AND SHARE HIS WORDS AND EXPERIENCES AS I CAN IMAGINE THE WEIGHT OF WHAT HE DOES, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SHARED WITH ME THAT I WAS SO GRATEFUL TO LEARN, IS THAT ABSENT, THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY THAT EXIST FOR ALL OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT IS HAS OCCUR, THAT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED BY SO MANY INDIVIDUALS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HE HAS HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF RECORDS THAT HE HAS DOCUMENTED THAT I HOPE WILL BE THE TOOLS THAT WILL BE THE RECKONING THAT WILL HOLD THE INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE THAT HAVE ENACTED THESE HEINOUS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME MY GUEST, MEMO TORRES. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: I HAVE TO BEND DOWN TO SPEAK TO THIS, SORRY GUYS. I'M MEMO TORRES WITH L.A. TACO. I HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTING THE RAIDS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED SINCE THE BEGINNING. I HAVE THOUSANDS OF HOURS, ABOUT 5 TARABYTS. IT SHOCKS ME THAT MAYOR BASS SAYS IT'S NOT AS BAD. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY,LE. . THIS IS NOT GOING AWAY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S ESCALATING. WE'RE SEEING RECORD NUMBERS, NOW OF RAIDS. I USED TO DO THESE REPORTS MAYBE ANNOUNCE 5 OR 12 RATES WE'RE AT 12 DAILY WE'RE SEEING 100 PEOPLE BEING TAKEN WHEN WE ONLY SAW 40 PEOPLE. AND YOU KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE? ELDERLY, PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN CANES PEOPLE WHO JUST HAD HEART ATTACKS, ON DIALYSISES, OUR MOST VULNERABLE OF FOLKS AND BEING SENT WITH NO MEDICAL FACILITIES AND TREATMENTS. AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO'S FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE DIED, OKAY. ISRAELA URIBE, AND GABRIELA AND THEY'VE SEEN AT THE VICTORVILLE HOSPITALS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM LOBBIES. PEOPLE GOTTEN ABUSED PHYSICALLY, PEOPLE NOT GETTING THEIR MEDICATIONS, DYING. AND DHS SAYING THAT IT'S ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL OR SOME BULL SHIT LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW WHO IS OUT THERE DOING THE REAL FIGHT AND STANDING UP AND I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBERS, I MEAN THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S THE PEOPLE. IT OUR RAPID RESPONDERS, THEY'RE OUT THERE DAILY USING THEIR GAS, THEIR TIME, TAKING TIME AWAY FROM WORK, ORGANIZING THEMSELVES, TRYING TO BE OUT THERE IN THE STREETS TO PREVENT MORE PEOPLE BEING TAKEN, THEY NEED SUPPORT. AND YOU KNOW WHO ELSE NEEDS SUPPORT? THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS! THERE IS A LOT AFTERCARE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. PEOPLE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES. THEIR LAWYERS ARE MAXED OUT. THEY'RE GETTING DEPORTED TO TIJUANA WITHOUT ANYTHING, THEY GET THEIR WHATEVER IDs THEY HAVE, CELL PHONES, MONEY, THEY GET DUMPED IN A COUNTRY THAT THEY DON'T KNOW AWAY FROM WHERE THEY'RE FROM WITH NO RESOURCES. AND YOU KNOW WHO IS HELPING THEM OUT? LOCAL COMMUNITY PEOPLE? SO I WANT TO CHALLENGE CITY COUNCIL, ALL OF YOU COUNCILMEMBERS IN HERE, TO REALLY REACH OUT TO THESE RAPID RESPONDERS, REALLY REACH OUT TO THE ORGANIZATIONS OF PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AND SEE HOW YOU CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THE PEOPLE BEING TAKEN TO THE PEOPLE DOING THE ACTUAL FIGHT ON THE GROUND, BECAUSE THEY NEED SUPPORT. THEY NEED LEGAL HELP. THEY NEED FUNDING. AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE THEIR BACKS. OKAY. Y'ALL LIKE TO HAVE ME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND NEED SUPPORT AND ACTION. AND HONESTLY, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU IN CITY COUNCIL, YOU NEED TO BE AWARE. I DOCUMENT THIS DAILY. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SIX MONTHS NOW. AND I'M BARELY HEARING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO START GET REPORTS ON INCIDENTS. AND I ASK COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU HAVE THE LAST SIX MONTHS, BECAUSE I HAVE FIVE TERA BYTES OF VIDEOS. I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING, YOU YOU JUST SHOULD STARTED SIX MONTHS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME TALK, AND GO BACK TO YOUR USUALLY AGENDAS, I HOPE YOU SURPRISE ME AND START DOING SOMETHING. OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IN SIX MONTHS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO START DOING SOMETHING ELSE WHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMO. AND COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, I INVITED MEMO BECAUSE IT'S A REMINDER AS ENTER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AND THIS COUNCIL GOES IN RECESS, WHAT IS NOT GOING TO GO IN RECESS IS IS THE ASSAULT ON OUR XHAOUBTS. COMMUNITIES. AND DURING THESE TIMES WHEN FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING ECONOMICALLY, LET'S THINKS ABOUT WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO DO AND WHAT SHOULD NOT BE HELD UP IN OUR COMMITTEES SO WE CAN HEAR MORE ITEMS AND START MOVING A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE AGENDA. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU TO BOTH OF OUR GUESTS TODAY FOR COMING IN AND SHARING WITH US. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES PHOTO AL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS SUPE. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL IF YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEAR LEON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3, 5 THROUGH 18, 20 THROUGH 26, 28 THROUGH 30, 41 THROUGH 58, AND 60 THROUGH 70. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA, ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3, ITEMS 5 THROUGH 18, 20 THROUGH 26, 28 THROUGH 30, 41 THROUGH 58 AND 60 THROUGH 70. SO ITEMS NUMBER 4, ITEMS 19, 27, AND 59 HAVE ALL BEEN CONTINUED UNTIL AFTER THE COUNCIL RECESS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER PLEASE REPEAT THE FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENT EBBS SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE UNDER THE ADA OR UZ WOULD LIKE TO IN ORDER TO USE THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, PLEASE ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP CALLED ALOUD, RAISE YOUR HAND AND GET THE ATTENTION OF SERGEANT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, EITHER SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THEY WILL DO THE BEST TO GET YOU THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE. FINALLY, FINALLY, THE ORDER IN WHICH WE TAKE PUBLIC SPEAKERS IS AT RANDOM, THAT IS TO SAY THAT ONCE YOU SIGN SUPE, YOU'RE AT ADDED TO A LIST THAT IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD BEFORE YOU COME UP. AFTER YOU HEAR THE NAME CALLED ALOUD, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBERS. >> Clerk: I'LL START BY CALLING ALAN, VELER 'EY, PAUL, JESSE HAWKINS AND CARRY WEAVER. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU'VE HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED ALOUD, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER AND THEN YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK. ONCE YOU GET THERE, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH ITEMS UZ WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO AND SLASH, WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 68. >> City Attorney: SO JUST 68? >> Speaker: YES. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE COUNCIL IN PARTICULARLY TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. MY NAME IS AARON TOMAS I'M THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN FORESTRY WITH A NN FROFITY CALLED TREES BASED IN EAST L.A. I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY IN MOVING THE PROCESS FORWARD FOR THE CITY OF PROVIDING A LEASE TO NORTHEAST TREES FOR US TO REACT RATE THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING OLD HISTORIC LINCOLN HEIGHTS JAIL. OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO TURN THIS FORMER SITE OF PUNISHMENT INTO A NEXUS OF LIFE, GROWTH AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION. SO DO SOMETHING GOOD IN A TIME WHERE, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED MORE POSITIVE THINGS TO HAPPEN AT THIS TIME. WHEN THIS MOVES FORWARD, IT WOULD ALLOW NORTHEAST TREES TO LEAD THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IN A CRITICAL RESOURCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESTORIVE JUSTICE. THIS WILL BE LONG AND EXPENSIVE BUT WE'VE GOT DECADES OF EXPERIENCE. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED BUT DID YOU WANT TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NO, THAT'S ALL. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ALEX MARTINEZ, TERRY, HARRIETTE ELLIOT, CAESAR LOPEZ, JOEVAN HOUSTON AND SIBA. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: EXCUSE ME. >> Speaker: GENERAL. >> City Attorney: AND THE MICROPHONE IS ADJUSTABLE SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MOVE IT AS YOU FEEL FIT. >> Speaker: I'M JESSE HAWKINS AND I WORK AT LAX, I'VE BEEN THERE GOING ON 7 YEARS. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE OLYMPIC WAGES. I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I GOT THE NEWS THAT IT PASSED THAT WE WAS GOING TO GET A RAISE. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS TOLD IT'S A NO-GO. THAT'S VERY DISTURBING AND I WONDER HOW AND WHY, WITH EVERYTHING AROUND ME, HOUSING, FOOD PRICE, MEDICAL, EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. AND I TRIED EVERYTHING I KNOW HOW. BUT I'M STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT. AND I APPEAL TO YOU ALL, THIS MORNING, TO HEAR MY VOICE. NOW MY BACKGROUND, I COME FROM A FAMILY OF 14. BUT MY FATHER WAS ABLE, ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR US WITH NO HELP. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, >> Speaker: I'M CAESAR LOPEZ AND I'M A SUBWAY WORKER HERE IN LOS ANGELES. I LIKE MANY WORKERS IN THIS INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THEFT AT MY STORE. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF EMPLOYMENT, MY EMPLOYER WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE ME WORK LONGER THAN MY PAY. THIS EXTRA PAY WOULD NOT BE PAID AND IF I SAID ANYTHING, HE WOULD JAB MY FINGER INTO MY CHEST. AFTER JOINING THE UNION, I'M ABLE TO DEFEND MYSELF. BUT I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OUT WHO DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS. BY SUPPORTING THE FAST FOOD ORDINANCE YOU CAN HELP WORKERS LIKE ME PROTECT AND DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M ALEX MARTINEZ AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 28, AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU WILL ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM THAT'S ITEM 28 AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM FIRST. >> Speaker: I'M ACTUALLY VERY PROUD OF BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND BEING PART OF THIS OFFICIAL MEETING. AND SPEAKING ABOUT THAT, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I AM HERE IN SUPPORT TO HAVE THIS APPLICATION GRANTED. I FEEL THAT IN ORDER FOR CONTINUED CONTROL BY THE CITY OF L.A., OF ALCOHOLIC, YOU KNOW, BEVERAGEDS, THIS IS NECESSARY TO SOME TYPE OF LEADERSHIP AND SOME TYPE OF CONTROL. AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT I SUPPORT THIS TENANT TO APPLY AND OBTAIN THEIR LICENSE, I FEEL THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE OPERATOR. AND I TRULY FEEL THAT THIS TYPE OF ON-GOING LEADERSHIP THAT THE CITY OF L.A. HAS OF HAVING THIS TYPE OF INSTITUTIONS MAINTAIN AND KEEP LICENSES MAKES THE CITY OF L.A. A SAFER COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, AND BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE ITEM NUMBER 34 BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS SIGNED UP FOR HAS TO DO WITH THE REPAIR OF THE HOMELESSNESS, HOMELESS HOUSING AND AS I READ IN THE TIMES THAT'S A BIG ISSUE, YEAH. SO I TOTALLY FOR THAT. BY THE WAY, RODRIGUEZ, A STATEMENT ABOUT TRUMP, I'M GLAD SHE MENTIONED TRUMP. AND THERE ARE WAYS TO DEAL WITH WITH THE ISSUE ABOUT DEPORTATION. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M ONE SECOND MORE. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU HAVE THE ITEMS FIRST AND THEN YOU CAN MOVE TO GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: STICK, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS BESIDES DEPORTATION TO GET RID OF TRUMP. I'M READING LAWLESS. >> City Attorney: SO GENERAL PUBLIC CO. GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES THE ARMS THAT YOU HAVE FOUND ARE KNOWN AS LOW FREQUENCY ELECTRONIC WEAPONS. >> Speaker:THANK YOU. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THOSE ARE THE WORSE ARMS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] THEY HIT THE TARGET. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE BATTLE IS VERY DANGEROUS AND YOU WILL NOT READ ANYTHING ABOUT IT. >> Speaker: YES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PETITION FOR SOUNDS THAT YOU CANNOT FEEL IN THE SKULL BUT YOU CAN HEAR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YOU CANNOT FIND IT IN STAPLES I PAID $50 AND THEY DID NOT GIVE ME MY SHIRT. THEY STOLE FROM ME. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: PUBLIC, WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS YOU GET A CIRCUS. ITEMS 1 THROUGH 20 ARE ABATEMENT LIENS TO PLACE MASSIVE LIENS ON CITIZEN'S PROPERTIES INSTEAD OF ASSISTING THE PUBLIC. THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE TO GIVE ASIAN RACIST JOHN LEE GIVING LAPD ANOTHER 60,000 AND THEY CAN'T FIND A WAY TO ASSIST THE CITIZENS. INSTEAD THESE CLOWNS ARE GOING TO VOTE ON 1 THROUGH 20 TO LINE THE POCKETS OF UNDIETED OUT ON BAIL AND 2 COUNTS OF EXTORTION CRIMINAL PRICE AND SLEAZY DAWSON, LIEN OF ABATEMENT, I DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION OF DAUS SON AND POVERTY--DAWSON AND POVERTY HEATHER HUTT. I DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION. I DEMAND THAT SLEAZY D STOP HIS THOUGHT FREE SPEECH VIOLATING CRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLE. 26 THROUGH 29 IS FOR LIQUOR LICENSES FOR PROPERTY HEATHER HUTT. HOW THESE CLOWNS ARE ADDRESSING THE 70,000 HOMELESS EPIDEMIC EMERGENCY, 275 MILLION FIRE DAMAGE EMERGENCY, BUDGET EMERGENCY, ALL ARE INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENT CREATED. ITEM 53 BY BOB GENOCIDE BLUMENFIELD IN MY OPINION HAVE WORDINGS THAT WOULD FUND AN INVESTIGATION INTO BOB BLUMENFIELD, REPORT GENOCIDE ACTIVITIES AGAINST PEOPLE OF GAZA AND AN AUDIT TO ENSURE INDICTED AND ON FRIEL CRIMINAL CURREN PRICE DOES NOT EMBEZZLE THE MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVERS MOIRTS OF THIS ITEM. FINAL ITEM CRIMINALLY SLAIN SLEAZY DAWSON IS FOR 70 MILLION DOLLARS FOR SO-CALLED HEALTHCARE FACILITY. HOWEVER THE ITEM ALSO SAYS THE 0 MILLION DOLLARS IS FOR 32-UNIT HOUSING FACILITY. THIS STINKS OF SLAES' DAWSON ALL THE WAY THROUGH. IS IT A CARING FACILITY OR HOUSING FACILITY? I DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION THAT SOUNDS LIKE YET ANOTHER CORRUPT CRIMINAL MARQUEECY SCHEME TO LINE THE POCKETS PF MOST CORRUPT CLOWN EVER TO CRAWL ON THE EARTH, SLEAZY MARQUEECY DAWSON, I DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION OF YOU AND THIS ITEM AND WE HAVE ALREADY NOTIFIED THE AUTHORITY THAT MAY INDICT THIS CRIMINAL. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: LAST WEEK, HERNANDEZ AND SOTO-MARTINEZ WERE CHEESING ON CHANNEL 35 STANDING OT STREET CORNING GIVING AWAY BAGS OF FEED TALKING ABOUT GIVING AWAY TO THE COMMUNITY. GIVING AWAY FOOD, WHILE NOT A CRIMINAL, THIS IS NOT THEIR JOB. THE CHINESE COUNTERPART OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNTY BOARD ARE PROMOTED BASED ON HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE IN COMMERCE AND THEIR BY INCREASING JOBS AND COMMUNITY WELL BEING, THEIR COMMUNITY IMPROVES, INCREASE IN COMMERCE PEOPLE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT NONE OF THESE INCOMPETENT COUNCIL PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO INCREASE COMMERCE, THEY ONLY KNOW STANDING ON STREET CORNERS, LIQUOR LICENSES, PLACING LIENS ON THE PUBLIC AND STRAIGHT UP PRICE MARQUEECY DAWSON. END CORRUPTION. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC CO. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE WIN MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HI I'M JOE JOEVAN AIRPORT WORKER AND I'M HERE BECAUSE OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS CAUSED ME SO MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL FILE THIS MOTION TO STOP OUR WAGES, IT'S A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT. HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO US? WE WORKED SO HARD TO GET THIS LIVING WAGE, WE WON TWICE AND YOU SNATCHED IT RIGHT FROM US. TO THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, PLEASE, STAY STRONG. DO NOT ALLOW CORPORATE GREED TO GET IN YOUR HEADS. YOUR VOTE THAT YOU MADE, CHANGED SO MANY OF US, SORRY, IT CHANGED SO MANY OF US OUR LIVES. OUR HEALTHCARE, OUR WAGES, WE CAN SUPPORT OURSELVES. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW CORPORATE GREED TO GET IN YOUR HEAD. YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS PAUL AND I'M AT ONCE AND FUTURE RESIDENT OF PACIFIC PALISADES, I'LL BE SPEAKING FOR THE NEXT ONE MINUTE WITH REGARDS TO ITEM 32. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE FUNDING OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE CREATION OF A CLIMATE RESILIENCY DISTRICT FOIRT PALISADES WILDFIRE AREA. A SPECIFIC SOLE PURPOSE ENTITY TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC AND UNIQUE ISSUES ARISING FROM THE DISASTER. WE ARE ALL AWARE OF OBJECTIONS ALREADY BEING RAISED AGAINST THE CRD FOR FEARS THAT IT WILL SERVE AS A MEANS TO LAUNCH INITIATIVES OUTSIDE OF ITS CREATED PURPOSE. LET'S PREEMP THOSE OBJECTIONS, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY BUT WITH STRONG, UNAMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE THAT RESTRICTS WITH LASER LIGHT FOCUS, THE CRD TO FIRE AFTERMATH ISSUES ONLY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: 32. GOOD MORNING, I'M VALERIA MINIMUM OF RESILIENT PALISADES. PALISADESIAN FOR THE PAST THREE DECADES AND MANAGED PROPERTIES FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS. THE IMPACTS THAT HAVE ON FAMILIES AND WORKERS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES IN ADDITION TO HOMEOWNERS. I'M HERE FOR YOUR SUPPORT. CRDs WOULD NOT ONLY STRENGTH HELP IT WILL STRENGTHEN THE BACKBONE OF BY PROTECTING OUR GROCERY STORES AND PHARMACIES AND HOMES. LABOR FORCE THAT KEEPS THE CITY RUNNING. EVERY DOLLAR SPENT RETURNS FOUR TO SEVEN DOLLARS OF LOSSES. IT SHOULD EQUALLY INCREST IN THE CITY THAT IT--HELP THE CITY. FINALLY, I URGE COUNCIL TO VIEW SCIENCE BASE POLICY NO ARTIFICIAL TURF, NO OIL DRILLING AND FULL SUPPORT OF THESE PRINCIPLES. THANKS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: HI, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, 32, BUT I'M JUST DOING PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO HEAD. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MOPINGER, I'M KAREN, I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE, I LOST MY FIRE IN THE PALISADES FIRE. MY CHILDREN ARE 13, 20 AND 16 TWO ARE IN COLLEGE FOR WHICH I'M PAYING HALF. WE LOST EVERYTHING THAT THE HOME THAT I RAISED MY CHILDREN IN AND ALL THE ITEMS THAT REPRESENTED THEIR CHILDHOOD. I'M WORKING ON REBUILDING MY HOME ALONE, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TOWN I'M RETURNING TO. WE NEED A COMMUNITY THAT IS RESILIENT TO FUTURE FIRE CALAMITIES AND CLIMATE CALAMITIES, WE NEED GREEN SPACES, RENEWABLE ENERGY TO COUNTER THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, PARTICULARLY WILDFIRES. I'M HERE TO REQUEST NAT COUNCIL STRONGLY CONSIDER THE CREATION FOR PACIFIC PALISADES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, TY, FRANCIS B, GODDESS DANE A JASON JENKINS AND CATHERINE WARNER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M FRANCISCO I'M A MEMBER OF UNIQUE LOCAL 11, YOU WORK IN TERMINAL 5 AT LAX, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE OLYMPIC WAGE. WE FOUGHT FOR DIGNITY WAGE AND HEALTHCARE, AND WE WON TWICE. THE INTRODUCTION TO WATER DOWN THE WAGES IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT KAIFSH TO CORPORATE INTEREST AND STAND STRONG AND DEFEND ANGELINOS. I DEMAND THAT HE WITHDRAWAL THE MOTION, PROTECT ANGELINOS, PROTECT THE WAGE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] NUMBER UNO. >> Interpreter: DON'T TELL ME WHEN BEGIN I'M ON NUMBER ONE, YOU BALD DUMMY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER 2 ON STREET 14, DUMMY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HEY, DUMB LAWYER I'M NUMBER 13, WITH FUCKEN McOSKER, FUCKEN DUMMY. >> Speaker: CD8, MOTHER FUCKERS, IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU DO YOUR JOB, MARQUEECY DAWSON, ACCORD TO GO SMOKING SCAN, YOU AND THE TWO ATTORNEYS DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THE ABATEMENT, OTHERWISE THE CITY WOULD NOT LIKE A RAT HOLE LIKE IT DOES. I'M SPEAKING ENGLISH, AGAIN, WOO WOO WOO! LOOK AT ITEM 37. >> City Attorney: ITEM 37 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE STICK TO THE OTHER ITEMS. >> Speaker: ITEM 38. >> City Attorney: 38? >> Speaker: I CAN SPEAK ON 38. >> City Attorney: ITEM 38 IS ALSO NOT OPEN. >> Speaker: GRACIAS PENDEJO. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THANK YOU, DUMMY, DON'T TELL ME HOW I CAN ANSWER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M SORRY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO CATCH THE LAST PART, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT. >> Speaker: WHAT KIND OF TRANSLATION IS THIS SHIT, YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO TRANSLATE IN SPANISH. >> Council President: NO; NO, NO, YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT. ONE, TAKE HIM TO HIS PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABUSIVE TO THE TRANSLATOR, WE'RE NOT DOING IT. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK IN SPANISH, YOU'RE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO STAY ON THE TOPIC. AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID, YOU'RE NOW MOVED ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TASK FORCE, SNYDER VERSUS PHELPS, WEST GROVE, SCIENCE RELATES TO ISSUES. GOD HATES THE U.S.A. THANK GOD FOR 9/11 AMERICA IS FUCKEN DOOMED. DON'T PRAY FOR THE USA, FAG TROOPS, SEM PER FI FAGS. NOT BLESS JUST CURSED. THANK GOD FOR DEAD SOLDIERS, HOPING THAT PRIEST RAPE BOYS, SCIENTOLOGY IS A CULT THAT RAPES CHILDREN AND MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN. YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HELL. FUCKEN GOD HATES YOU. ON BEHALF OF SMOKING SCAN AND KATY BOO BOO IN TEXAS, FUCK LOS ANGELES AND FUCK YOU TOO, BALDY ASSHOLE FOO. >> Council President: THAT'S YOUR TIME, PLEASE SURRENDER YOUR TIME TO THE OFFICER. >> Speaker: DO I WAIT? I'M GOOD? >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M GOING TO BE REALLY QUICK. I SEE HOW THINGS ARE VERY HECTIC I'M WORKING ON A LOT OF PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LOS ANGELES THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I KNOW YOUR ATTENTION IS DWINDLING FROM THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD ALREADY, IS ORGANIZATION OF, LAUSD, NOW WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS GET THEM TO FOCUS ON INCLUSION OF CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT GIRLS TO SUPPORT THE WHITE HOUSE SPECIFICALLY AFTER SEEING FORMER VICE KAMALA HARRIS DEFEAT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. I THINK IT'S SUPER, SUPER REALIZATION AMONG US ALL, THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE AN ACTIVE MEASURE TO HAVE THESE COMMUNITIES WHO'S FAMILIES HAVE CONTRIBUTE TO THIS NATION, REPRESENTED, I NEED SUPPORT AND ATTENTION ON THAT. THAT'S ALL, GOD BLESS YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MORE GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SIDEWALK IS THING FOR THE CADETS OR THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION? >> City Attorney: CAN WE PAUSE HER TIME. IT BEEN A WHILE FOR EVERYBODY. SO JUST-- >> Speaker: THEY DIDN'T PAUSE IT. I DIDN'T EVEN START. YEAH, I ACTUALLY, CAN YOU GIVE ME BACK MY TIME. >> City Attorney: OKAY. YOU'RE HERE A LOT, WE DO OUR BEST TO BE FAIR. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN COMMENT FOR YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE. ITEMS OPEN 1 THROUGH 3, 5 THROUGH 18, 20 THROUGH 26, 28 TROUGHS 30, ITEMS 34, ITEMS 41 THROUGH 58 AND ITEMS 60 THROUGH 70. SO I ASSUME ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE WILL START OUR TIME AT THREE MINUTES BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING START WITH NUMBER 5357, I WONDER IF THIS SMOKING CAN FINDS THIS FRUSTRATING DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT. IT ABOUT SIDEWALKS. I DON'T CARE WHO FIXES THE SIDEWALKS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE YOUTH PROGRAM. I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS BUT WE NEED THEM FIXED. I KEEP GETTING INTO ACCIDENTS, MY TIRES WILL SPIN OUT OF CONTROL BHU HIT A BUMP AND IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. SO PLEASE LET THE YOUTH. MAYBE THEY CAN DO A BETTER JOB AT FIXING THE SIDEWALK THAN ANYBODY ELSE, I SAY YES. AS FAR AS THE NUISANCE PROPERTIES, I AM GOING TO SAY, IT'S MISSING, YOU HAVE A MISSING ONE ON THE LIST. THERE IS A LOT THERE AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE DEALING WITH NUISANCE PROPERTIES BUT YOU FORGOT THE ONE AT 4110 SUNSET BOULEVARD, I SEE IT MISSING FROM THE AGENDA AND IT SHOULDN'T BE MANY BECAUSE WHAT IS MORE A NUISANCE, THAN A PLACE. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING TO? >> Speaker: 1 THROUGH 3. THAT IS CONSISTENTLY VIOLATING, BLASTING LOUD MUSIC. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO--RESPECTFULLY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO 1 THROUGH 3, YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THE PROPERTIES, OTHERWISE YOU CAN CONTINUE IN GENERAL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> Speaker: IT'S OKAY. I WANT TO GET TO THE LIGHTING. SO AGAIN, AND I THINK SMOKING SCAN WILL AGREE WITH ME, 100 PERCENT, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LIGHTING IN THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S SO DARK BUT EVEN WHEN I PUT MY LITTLE HEAD LIGHTS ON, IT'S NOT ENOUGH. AND AGAIN, I'VE CRASHED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE HOLES. AND NOW I'VE GOT GLASSES, SO MAYBE WE CAN SEE BETTER BUT EVEN WITH THAT, YOU CANNOT SEE ALL THE SIDEWALKS. IT'S TO THE POINT OF IT'S RIDICULOUS. >> City Attorney: I'VE GIVEN YOU LATITUDE, WE'LL NEED TO YOU SPEAK TO THE LIGHTING DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING. >> Speaker: YEAH, WHATEVER ONE IT IS FOR THE NEXT ONE. I WANT THAT DISTRICT, WHATEVER THE NAME IS S LIKE I SAID I'M GETTING USED TO MY GLASSES, SO IF YOU WANT TO READ IT TO ME, I APPRECIATE IT. FOR THE ACTUAL DISTRICT, BECAUSE I MAY WANT TO VISIT, SIR AND I PROBABLY DO VISIT AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT. AND I THINK CD13 ARE THEY FIXING THE LIGHTS THERE IN CD13. I KNOW SCIENTOLOGY IS ALL LIT UP WITH ILLEGAL LIGHTS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT PART. BUT IT'S SO DARK, IT'S DANGEROUS. AND PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR THE OLYMPICS SOON SO PLEASE GET NA PART TOGETHER. OKAY. SO FOR THE SAKE OF EXPEDIENCY, I'LL JUST GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW WITH THE HOLIDAY PARADE, IT WAS RIDICULOUS THAT THE POLICE HAD SO MANY OFFICERS PROTECTING THE SCIENTOLOGY PIRATE BALLOON. MIND YOU WITH ALL THE PROTEST, MR. LEE YOU STILL NEED ME THAT APOLOGY NEITHER SMOKING SCAN OR MYSELF HAVE FORGOTTEN. WHY DOES A BALLOON NEED MORE PROTECTION THAN THE CITIZENS? A BALLOON THAT KEPT FALL. AND MIND YOU NOT ONE, SCIENTOLOGIST HAS BEEN ATTACKED OR ASSAULTED BY ANY PROTESTERS OR ANYONE WHO IS DOCUMENTING THIS STUFF BUT WE HAVE OVER 12 CASEDS WHICH WILL LEAD TO LAWSUITS THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS, I'M SURE. THAT ON BEHALF OF THE SCIENTOLOGIST HAS SULTED PROTESTERS. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT HOW MANY HOURS, HOURS AND HOURS BEING 20 COPS FOR ONE BALLOONSINGER YOU SHOULD BE PUTTING THAT FOR PROTESTERS. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT NEED THE PROTECTING. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: OKAY. GOOD MORNING, SO, START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1. 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[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] DANA DANA DANA DANE. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] HEY, DANA DANA, DANA. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] HEY, DANA DANA. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'M HERE TO WISH EVERYBODY INCLUDING SMOKING SCAN, INCLUDING OUR COUNCILMEMBERS SPINDLER, A MERRY CHRISTMAS, HOPEFULLY THAT WE ARE STILL NOT FORGET LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT OUR ELECTION IN 2026, SPINDLER IN CD1 IS FACING A LOT OF SERIOUS CHALLENGES, SERIOUS COMPETITIONS SO EVERYBODY SMOKING SCAN, LET'S MAKE SURE WE REMEMBER, LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT SPINDLER. WE NEED TO GIVE HIM ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE ON THE BALLOT TO TAKE HERNANDEZ OUT BECAUSE WE NEED LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE NEED MORE PROTECTION, WE NEED PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THEN, FOR THE EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT MY COMMUNITY HOTLINE, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT HOTLINE. >> City Attorney: PAUSE HIS TIME. MR. HERMAN, SIR YOUR TIME HAS BEEN PAUSED. MR. HERMAN, YOU ARE HERE EVAN NASHER TIME. >> Speaker: YOU DID NOT PAUSE MY TIME. YOU PAUSED MY TIME TEN SECONDS ONLY. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND FORMAL WARNING, DO NOT DISRUPT ME. I ASKED THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO PAUSE YOUR TIME AND YOUR TIME WAS PAUSED. MR. HERMAN, THIS IS ALSO YOUR FIRST WARNING, PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE OUR SIGN RULE, WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU. YOU ARE FAMILY WITH THE RULES, IF I SEE IT AGAIN, YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO RULE 7 AND RULE 12 AND ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL. GO AHEAD, YOUR TIME WAS PAUSE APPROXIMATED. >> Speaker: MY TIME WAS PAUSED TEN SECONDS AFTER YOU TOLD ME MY TIME IS PAUSED! SO RIGHT NOW, FOR EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE GOING TO SUPPORT MR. SPINDLER AND AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BALLOT AND CD1 AND SUPPORT OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, BECAUSE COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 CANNOT BE REGULATED BY ILLEGALS AND HOMELESS ONLY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL CANDIDATE WITH LAW AND ORDER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ANGELICA AGOILAR AND SMOKING MEYERS. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I SEE A LOT OF LOST LOOKS. I'LL EXTEND THE SAME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN INTERPRETER, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO. IF YOU GIVE US AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE, WE WILL DO OUR BIFT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST. TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE MADE THAT OFFER MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT'S BEEN DECLINED, OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT FORCE HIM TO USE AN INTERPRET AT THER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 32. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: CLIMATE RESILIENCE DISTRICT DETERMINES WHETHER PACIFIC PALISADES CAN PROPERLY RESTORE AND BRING HOPE TO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING. WE DO NOT LACK PROOF OF CRD IS FEASIBLE, WE LACK THE CRD ITSELF. THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION THAT PALISADESIANS ARE ALL HEALTHY, THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE NEED A CRD NOW. RESTORE FIRE PROTECTIONS SO ALL OF LOS ANGELES WILL BE SAFER. A CRD WILL CREATE ITS OWN REVENUE MECHANISM AND BRING REVENUE BACK TO THE CITY FAR FASTER THAN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM CAN. THIS MAKES IT TT RIGHT FINANCIAL CHOICE FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. MEANWHILE ALTADENA ALREADY HAS A RECOVER PASS, PACIFIC PALISADES DOES NOT. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT, OTHERWISE THE CONSEQUENCES ARE ALREADY VISIBLE, SENIOR AND LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS WILL BE PUSHED OUT AND DEVELOPERS WILL MOVE IN. THIS IS NOT RESILIENCE, THIS IS DISPLACEMENT. AND THE WORLD WILL BE LOOKING AT US FOR THE OLYMPICS, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP PEGGY LEE KENNEDY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: ITEM 31 SO GENERAL PUBLIC CO. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME SHALA I'M AN ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 31, CONTROVERSIAL AND CONVOLUTED BILL AT THE LEGISLATURE THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR CITY TO DISMANTLE RVs WHICH MANY ARE BEING USED AS HOME. IN A DOZEN DOES NOT ADDRESS ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED AT THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT THE LAW. LEAVING THE IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BILL TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND C A O WITHOUT REQUIRING IT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FIRST WITHOUT REQUIRING A REPORT BACK AND WITHOUT REQUIRING THOUGHTFUL IMPLEMENTATION IS THE EXACTLY THE TYPE OF KNEE-JERK REACTION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THAT MAKES THE HOMELESS CRISIS WORSE NOT BETTER. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: 66 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINNESOTA FOR ITEM 66 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: 66 IS PUTTING UP NO PARKING SIGNS WHERE ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN VEHICLES HAVE BEEN HERDED AND THE PLAYA VISTA AREA. RIGHT, SO YOU'VE BEEN HERDED OUT OF VENICE, OUT OF THE BIONA WETLANDS AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OFFERED TO SPEAK, MAYBE A FEW OF THEM GOT SOMETHING, BUT THE REST OF THEM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE, I HAPPEN TO KNOW, REALLY NEED OUR ASSISTANCE AND PUTTING RED CURBS IN IS NOT A SOLUTION. NOW FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO ADDRESS ITEM 31 WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT ABANDONED VEHICLES. IF IT WAS JUST ABOUT ABANDONEDED VEHICLES, THAT WOULD BE VEHICLES IT WOULD BE. YOU WILL BE PUTTING THEM ON THE STREET. AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE DON'T WANT MORE STREET HOMELESSNESS. IT'S NOT SAFE. THIS IS THE MOST VULNERABLE. YOU KNOW, NOT ABOUT THE SAFETY THE SURROUNDING HOUSE PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHO IS THE MOST VULNERABLE HERE AND WE HAVE TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM. PUTTING THEM ON THE STREET IS IS NOT A GOOD PLAN. SO SI JUST WANT TO SAY FEW WANT TO MAKE IT NARROW TO ABANDON VEHICLES, MAYBE THAT'S THE PLAN. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY IN THE MOTION, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT NA, IT'S ABOUT TOWING PEOPLE WHO HAVE INOP RANL VEHICLES AND I'VE BEEN IN THAT POSITION MYSELF. I HAD A PA* PART GO WRONG AND HI TO REPLACE MY WHOLE STEERING COLUMN, I HAD TO GO TO JUNK YARDS. IT'S A 30-PLUS VEHICLE THAT IS WORTH MORE THAN $4,000 BUT NOT BY SITE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HELLO CITY COUNCIL. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IT IS GOING TO BE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M AN DEGREE GONZALEZ AND I'M A FAST FOOD WORKER, AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE FAST FOOD ORDINANCE. THEY'RE KNOWN TO HAVE GREEDY BOSSES BY RECEIVING TRAININGS ABOUT OUR RIGHTS, MANY WORKERS LIKE ME CAN BETTER PROTECT MY SELVES AGAINST MANY FORMS OF INJUSTICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THE ALLOTTED TIME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH US FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING. MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3, 5 THROUGH 18, 20 THROUGH 25, 28, 30, 41 THROUGH 57, 60 THROUGH 65 AND 70. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 37 COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STEP OUT. >> Council President: LET'S TAKE ITEM 37, WE'LL ALLOW MR. PRICE A MOMENT TO RECUSE. FOR THE RECORD, MR. PRICE HAS LEFT THE CHAMBERS. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 37 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ASK MR. PRICE TO COME BACK AND MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 27 TO JANUARY 13 INSTEAD OF PREVIOUSLY STATED JANUARY 27th. SO ITEM 27 TO JANUARY 13. >> Clerk: ITEM 27 TO JANUARY 13th. >> Y. Jurado: YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: ITEM 26 MOTION HUTT-LEE TO GRANT THE PCN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 29 BLUMENFIELD RODRIGUEZ TO GRANT THE PCM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: ITEM 31 MOTION LEE-HUTT TO MOVE THE REPORT, ALSO CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOIT O MARTINEZ. >> Council President: CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOYS THE ROLLCIOUS TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> N. Raman: I JUST WANTED ASK, I KNOW THIS ITEM HAS THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL TO PASS TODAY, I WAS JUST REQUESTING THAT A REPORT ON ITS IMPLEMENTATION BE PRESENTED TO HMH COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WORK WITH RV IS WORKING INCLUDING A CITY WIDE RV PROGRAM THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK IS THAT INSTRUCTION SUFFICIENT THAT THERE IS A REPORT BACK TO COMMITTEE? >> Clerk: APOLOGIES, I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM FOR THE AMENDMENT TO BE INTRODUCED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NO WORRIES LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LEE, WERE YOU A BUTTON THIS ONE? >> J. Lee: I WANT IT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WE WANT TO MOVE THIS WITH AN INSTRUCTION TO HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REPORT TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND HOUSING AND HOMELE COMMITTEE. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: SECOND TO MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> J. Lee: TO BEFORE THIS IS IMPLEMENTED IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE COMMISSION? >> N. Raman: HOW IT'S IMMATERIAL MRIMENTED. --IMPLEMENTED. >> J. Lee: SO WE'RE PASSING IT TODAY, DO WE NEED TO HEAR THAT REPORT ON HOW IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED BEFORE IT'S ACTUALLY? >> Council President: I THINK, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EITHER OF YOU, BUT I THINK THE POINT IS NOT TO STOP IMPLEMENTATION, IT'S TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REVIEWING AS IT GOES. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD, YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. SO IF YOU TWO ARE FINE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN TAKING MORE TIME. ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S BEEN AMENDED, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 32 HAS BEEN CALLED SPECIAL COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY HAS INTRODUCED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEM--OH YOU JUST WANT TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE. OKAY. >> Clerk: SO FOR THE RECORD SHALL, THAT'S ITEM 31 THE NEW VOTE IS 13 AYES AND 2 NOES, THE ITEM STILL PASSES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT SO ITEM 32 IS BEFORE US, CAN YOU GIVE US THE FULL COMPLEMENT ON WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THE FIRST VOTE YAROSLAVSKY HERNANDEZ TO MOVE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. THE OTHER ITEM PENDING ON THIS ITEM IS A QUESTION WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE WHICH WOULD BE ONE MOTION AND THEN THE SFAOUBT MOTION PARK-LEE. >> Council President: AND THE ORDER THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO IS IS THE I YAROSLAVSKY VOTE FIRST? AND THEN THE SUBSTITUTION? >> Clerk: YES. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: I'M ASKING FOR AN AYE-VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTION MOTION SO WE CAN MOVE THE FEES TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A CLIMATE RESILIENCE DISTRICT TO ASSIST WITH FIRE RECOVERY DISASTER RECOVERY IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS VOTE ISN'T CREATING THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE DISTRICT, WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR THE STUDY TO EDUCATE US ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE POTENTIAL FINANCIAL IMPACTS IF ANY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THESE CRDs COME FROM SENATE BILL 852 WHICH WAS ENACTED BACK IN 2022 AND THAT ALLOWS CITIES AND COUNTIES TO CREATE THESE PUBLIC FINANCING AND GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS TO ADDRESS THE RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT IS ALSO TO SUPPORT WITH DISASTER RECOVERY. CRDs CAN BE USED TO FUND THINGS LIKE, BRUSH MANAGEMENT AND OTHER FIRE PREVENTION MEASURES. HILLSIDE STABILIZATION, RESILIENT WATER AND POWER SYSTEMS, WATER SHED INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORE. IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES, WE NEED ALL OF THE ABOVE, WE ALREADY KNOW THE DECADES OF INADEQUATE LAND MANAGEMENT PRESENT A REAL THREAT, YOU ALL WITNESSED THE HORRIFIC IMPACTS OF FLOODING THAT MOVED TOXIC DEBRIS DIRECTLY TO OUR OCEAN WHICH COMPOUND THE BLUM THAT KILLED THOUSANDS OF DOLPHINS AND SEA LIONS. WE CANNOT KEEP BURYING OUR HEAD IN THE SAND AND LEAVE THINGS AS THEY ARE AND EXPECT THAT IT WILL BE SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM. THERE ARE UNSTABLE HILL SIDES THAT NEED REMEDIATION ALL OVER THE PALISADES AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE MOST ACTIVE LANDSLIDE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHICH IS RIGHT ABOVE PCH, REMAINS DANGEROUSLY INSTABLE AND POISED TO CAUSE EVEN FURTHER DAMAGE AND LIABILITY FOR THE CITY. IT HAS TO BE FIXED, PERIOD. ALL OF THE PALISADES INFRASTRUCTURE, ABOVE GROUND AND MORE WAS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND ALL OF IT, HAS TO BE REBUILT. WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND A CLIMATE RESILIENCE DISTRICT WAS DESIGNED FOR THESE EXACTLY THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND IN FACT AS A CITY WE'VE DONE IT FOR OTHER DISASTER COMMUNITIES ACROSS L.A. WE DID TAX INCREMENT FINANCING THROUGH THE FORM PER CRA AFTER THE FORMER EARTHQUAKE AND IT'S BEEN USED CITY WIDE DURING ECONOMIC BOOM AND BUST TIMES IN NEARLY EVERY AREA OF THE CITY FOLLOWING A DISASTER, INCLUDING CA KNOWING A PARK, CD9 CORRIDORS, EAST HOLLYWOOD, EAST SIDE, LAUREL CANYON, PACOIMA, SOUTH L.A. WATTS AND WESTLAKE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE PACIFIC PALISADES TURN AND THEY DESERVE THE SAME CONSIDERATION THAT THIGHS OTHER COMMUNITIES WERE AFFORDED IN THE PAST. AND JUST AS A REMINDER AS A COUNCIL WE HAVE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED CRDs. EARLIER THIS YEAR Q THE STATE'S ADOPTED SB732 AUTHORIZED BY SASHA PEREZ WHICH ALLOWS TO CREATE A CRD FOR DISASTER RECOVERY. AND WE AS A COUNCIL, UNANIMOUSLY, SUPPORTED A B782 JUST IN JULY. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS RODRIGUEZ AND BLUMENFIELD FOR INTRODUCING THE RESOLUTION AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TOOL. MEANWHILE L.A. COUNTY IS ALREADY MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT FOR ALTADENA FOLLOWING THE EAT ON FIRE AND FOR SUNSET MESA WHICH OUR COUNTY IMPACTED BY. PALISADES FIRE. IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE TO NOT BE HAVING A SIMILAR CONVERSATION. THIS APPROVAL OF FEASIBILITY REPORT WOULD ALLOW US TO KNOW THE NUMBERS, AND TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. SO FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR AN NO-VOTE ON THE BFI REPORT AND AN AYE VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND THANK YOU FOR COMING IN ON TIME ON YOUR SPEAKING. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: COLLEAGUES, WE HEARD THIS IN BUDGE AND FINANCE, NOT UNDERLYING REPORT. I'M ASKING THAT WE MOVE THE BFI AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 32 AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY. FIRST THE AD HOC RECOVERY REPORT REQUESTED 300,000 TO STUDY A CLIMATE DISTRICT FOR PALISADES IN BUDGET WE MOVED TO NOTE AND FILE THAT REPORT. AND WE DID IT FOR THREE REASONS. WE DID IT, ONE BECAUSE THE $300,000 ISN'T FUNDED IN THE BUDGET AND WE DON'T HAVE IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS INTRODUCED ON THE FLOOR TODAY THAT WOULD FIND THAT MONEY, WHICH I'LL GET TO NEXT. BUT FIRST, WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A CITY-WIDE REPORT BACK ON CRDs MORE BROADLY AND THE IMPACT FISCALLY OF CREATING CRDs ACROSS THE CITY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT REPORT I KNOW SOME OF US WOULD LIKE TO CREATE CRD ACROSS OUR DISTRICT BUT THERE ARE HUGE I AM MPLICATIONS ON US DOING THAT. SOMETIMES THEY USE TAX INCREMENT WHICH TAKES AWAY MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SOMETIMES THERE IS A TAX THAT IS PLACED ON PROPERTIES WHICH THE CRD WHICH HAS FAR FEWER IMPACTS. SO IS THE MECHANISM THAT CRD USES IS IMPORTANT. THAT CITY WIDE REPORT BACK, LIKE I SAID THAT'S NOT COME. SO THIS WOULD BE JUMPING THE GUN. WE DID THIS, WHERE WE MOVED IT OUT, THE WAY WE DID OUT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, BECAUSE WITHOUT DETAIL, AS A CITY, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DIVERT TAX REVENUE FOR ALL THE REASONS I'VE BEEN YELLING ABOUT AND TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST 11 MONTHS. I UNDERSTAND TODAY'S SUBSTITUTE MOTION FROM SCAG TO FUND THE STUDY. BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS TO EWDD ABOUT THE FUNDS. TO TALK ABOUT THE BEN ITS AND PROS AND CONS OF TRADEOFFS OF USING THIS MONEY FOR THIS CITIED OF SOMETHING ELSE. THE COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. AND FOR THOSE WHO SIT IN THAT COMMITTEE, PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD NOT USE IT FOR THIS BUT THE COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION. I DON'T KNOW IT HAS NOT GONE TO COMMITTEE. THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN COMMITTEE SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TODAY, GOES TO COMMITTEE. IF WE WANT TO TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE THE BNF AND CONTINUE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE COMMITTEE CAN TAKE UP THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN PARK THAT'S OKAY WITH ME. THE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE, IMPACT. HOW IT MIE BE A TOOL OF HOW WE SHOULD BE DEPLOYING, LOTS OF US REPRESENT HILL SIDES COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM A CRD. MAYBE WE NEED A HILLSIDE RATHER THAN A BUNCH OF LITTLE ONES BUT WE SHOULD BE PART OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPACTS ARE BEFORE WE MOVE AHEAD AND THEN FEEL PRESSURE BECAUSE THERE IS A REPORT FOR THE PALISADES TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS FROM LATER. AND I DON'T WANT US TO BE IN A POSITION NINE MONTHS FROM NOW WHERE WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE PALISADES AND 100 PEOPLE YELL AT US TO SUPPORT IT WHEN WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT DPINDING ON WHAT MECHANISM. SO COLLEAGUES, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SEND THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE. AND THEN WE CAN FOR THE MOMENT, CONTINUE THE BNF RECOMMENDATION AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 32. >> Council President: SO YOU'RE MOVING THAO WE REFER BOTH THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND THIS AMENDMENT BACK TO COMMITTEE? OR VOTE ON THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND SEND THE AMENDMENT BACK TO COMMITTEE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: WELL IF WE CAN CONTINUE OR TABLE, >> Council President: CONTINUE SUPPORT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THE RECOMMENDATION FROM BNF THAT WE BASICALLY NOTE AND FILE, WE CAN TABLE OR CONTINUE UNTIL THE SUBSTITUTE CAN GO TO COMMITTEE. BECAUSE THEY OVERSEE THE BUDGET. >> Council President: OKAY, SO MADAM CLERK, MAYBE A CURVEBALL QUESTION, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT AND RECOGNIZE THAT IT HAS TO NOTE AND FILE, WOULD THAT BE TAKEN CARE OF BY REFERRING THE PARK AMENDMENT TO THAT COMMITTEE? >> Council President: TAKE A MINUTE IT'S A TRICKY ONE. >> Clerk: SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REFER THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO BOTH BUDGET AND FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. >> Council President: IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO THAT, DOES THE FACT THAT THEY SAY NOTE AND FILE THIS MATTER, IS THAT NULL FIED BY US REFERRING THE PARK COMMITMENT TO COMMITTEE? >> Clerk: WELL THEY'RE CONFLICTING RECOMMENDATIONS. >> Council President: EXACTLY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: CAN WE SEND BOTH AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL COME BACK SO IT'S LESS CONFUSING. >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE CLEARER. >> Council President: THAT WOULD BE CLEARER. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION. >> Council President: SECOND BY MR. BLUMENFIELD. QUU TELL US WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: I YAROSLAVSKY BLUMENFIELD TO REFER THE ENTIRE MATTER TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES, IS THAT RIGHT? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. THAT'S THE ITEM BEFORE US, COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> T. Park: I JUST WANTED TO LODGE MY OBJECTION. THE INSTRUCTION WAS TO IDENTIFY FUNDING. WE DID THAT IN THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. WE HAVE CURRENTLY IDENTIFIABLE QUALIFYING PROJECTS. MUCH OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT MUST BE DONE DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE ABILITY TO REBUILD THEIR OWN HOMES AND COME BACK AS WELL. AND SO, THE ENTIRE POINT OF CONDUCTING THIS STUDY, IS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION RELEVANT AND LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ANSWERED BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS, WHAT ARE THE DRAWBACKS AND WHAT ARE THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS. AND SO THAT IS THE POINT OF THE STUDY AND THOSE ARE THE ANSWERS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ELICIT AND I AGREE, THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF WHERE CRDs AND OTHER INNOVATIVE FINANCING STRATEGIES MAKE SENSE. BUT WE HAVE AN URGENT AND ON GOING CRISIS RIGHT NOW IN THE PALISADES THAT NEEDS ACTION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE US IS A MR. CITY ATTORNEY? THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE BEFORE US. >> City Attorney: YES, JUST TO CLARIFY IF YOU WANT THE MATTER TO BE HEARD TODAY, YOU SHOULD VOTE NO FOR THE MOTION TO CONTINUE. IF YOU WANT--THEN YOU WOULD VOTE YES. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. CITY ATTORNEY. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE A DATE TO CONTINUE THIS MATTER TO? >> Clerk: APOLOGIES, THE MOTION WAS TO REFER THE ITEM TO COMMITTEE NOT TO CONTINUE THE MATTER. >> Council President: OKAY BEINGER LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON REFERRING THE ENTIRE MATTER TO COMMITTEE. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? SORRY. ONE CHANGE VOTE? IS COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, YOU'RE TRYING TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND NAZARIAN IS NO VOTE. >> Clerk: HUTT AND NO SAIRIAN. SO THAT WOULD BE 5 NO*ES AND 10 AYES, THE ITEM IS STILL REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE TO ITEM 34 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Council President: YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I WANT TO CONTINUE IT TO FRIDAY AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CONTINUE IT UNTIL LIKE, THE END OF THIS WEEK? >> I. Padilla: YEAH, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON RECOMMENDATION OF CITY ATTORNEY. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 35 AS AMENDED BY McOSKER-HUTT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 35 AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 40 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR COMMENTS. >> N. Raman: I JUST HAD A BRIEF COMMENT. >> Council President: GO AHEAD. >> N. Raman: I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF EVA, WHO I BELIEVE ARE HERE TODAY. HI HOW ARE YOU? AND NGSD AND CITY ATTORNEY AND ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WORKED WITH US TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE TODAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW TINY HOME SHELTER SITE THAT IS FOCUSED ON WOMEN WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT IS GOING TO BE IN A SPACE IN HOLLYWOOD THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER KIND OF USE. SO IT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF INNOVATIVE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO ACTIVATE OUR SPACE SXZ TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE CITY. AND I WANT TO THANK THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR BEING FLEXIBLE. IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK FROM A VIVA STAFF AND MY STAFF TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. TT A SMALL SITE AND IT'S KEFSHING AN IMPORTANT NEED BUT IT TOOK AN OUT SIZED AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO GET HERE SO I DID WANT TO RISE AND THANK EVERYONE A ACROSS THE CITY FROM MY OWN TEAM AND AVIVA TEAM THAT HELPED US TO GET HERE. THANK YOU. I HOPE COLLEAGUES THAT THIS CAN GET YOUR SUPPORT. THIS IS A NEW SITE THAT IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE BHCIP PROGRAM AT THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE A POPULATION THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE. THANK YOU ALL. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT WORK AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: YES, MADAM CITY CLERK CAN I BE RECORDED AS A NO VOTE FOR ITEM 31, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, SO THAO IS 12 AYES AND 3 NOES, STILL AS ADOPTED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 58 CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S 13 AYES AND 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 66 CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 66 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ DEPOTER A SEPARATE VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: DID WE GET IT? >> Clerk: THIS ITEM IS ADOPT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 67 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE COLLEGE SAVING PROGRAMS. THE LOCAL OPPORTUNITY ACCOUNTS AND CAL KIDS PROGRAM. COUNTLESS OF STUDIES OVER THE YEARS AND DATA AND RESEARCH HAVE SHOWN THAT STUDENTS WITH A DESIGNATED COLLEGE ACCOUNT ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO EN ROLL IN COLLEGE AND GRADUATE ON SCHEDULE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COMMITMENT OF ONLY 500 DOLLARS. THAT IS ENOUGH TO GET STUDENTS MOTIVATED BECAUSE THEY KNOW SOMEBODY BELIEVED IN THEM. MB SWAUNTED TO GIVE THEM A HELPING HAND. NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES. SO THE STATE IN ITS WISDOM STARTED THIS PROGRAM AND THE CITY FOLLOWED SUIT AND SO, I, THESE COMBINED PROGRAMS ARE VITAL ASSET THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO PROMOTE VIGOROUSLY AND I'M EAGER TO PARTNER WITH CIFD AND MY COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT THAT ASPIRES HAS THE MEANS TO ACHIEVE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS EFFORT, AND ENCOURAGE AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. NAZARIAN, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL ACTION TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 68 AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HIRN DECEMBER JURADO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, THE LAND AGAINST THE LINCOLN JAIL HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR YEARS, SYMBOLIZED HARM. TODAY WE'RE TAKING A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS CHANGING THAT. WITH THIS MOTION THE CITY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A NONPROFIT ON THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE JAIL AND EXPLORE ONE OF THE BUILDINGS FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS. NORTHEAST TREES HAS BEEN DOING THE WORK FOR YEARS, RESTORING THE RIVER, PLANTING TREES AND BRINGING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN IGNORED FOR FAR TOO LONG. IT TURNS AN UNUSED LOT INTO SOMETHING THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FACE ING EXTREME HEAT, DRIES AIR AND VERY FEW PLACES TO BREATH. OUR NORTH STAR FOR THIS SITE GOES EVEN FURTHER BECAUSE MY LONG TERM GOAL FOR LINCOLN HEIGHTS JAIL IS SOCIAL HOUSING. HOUSING THAT IS DEEPLY AFFORDABLE PUBLICLY OWNED AND COMMUNITY CENTERED. BUT THAT'S A BIGGER FIGHT AND THAT FIGHT IS COMING. BUT WE DON'T WAIT FOR THE PERFECT MOMENT, WE BUILD TOWARDS THAT FUTURE STEP BY STEP AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STEPS. NOT EMPTY LOTS AND ABANDONED, UNITS. THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT THE--THIS MOVES US CLOSER TO THE FUTURE WHERE THIS REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. COLLEAGUES I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 69 AS AMENDED BY MOTION NAZARIAN-HARRIS-DAWSON. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT OPEN THE ITEM AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON, AFTER A CHALLENGING YEAR, I COME BACK TO HOW THESE MOMENTS MAT PER. I WANT TODAY SHARE WHAT HAPPENED AT OUR TREE LIGHTING BECAUSE IT SAID SOMETHING BIGGER ABOUT THE WORK AHEAD OF US. LAST SATURDAY S DESPITE MY TEAM'S TIRELESS PREPARATION, WE DISCOVERED ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT THAT THE ELECTRICAL BLOCKS SHOULD BE BURNT THROUGH. MY FAMILY JUMPED INTO ACTION, WE WERE ON THE PHONE WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS FOR HOURS AND TALKING TO FOUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO TOLD US DESPITE IT BEING A DWP POLL NOBODY KNEW WHO THE ELECTRICAL BOX BELONGS TO. TO THIS DAY, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHICH DEPARTMENTS OWNS THAT BOX AND SO EVERYBODY WAS PASSING THE BUCK, SAYING THEY COULD NOT REPAIR IT. SO BHIEL WE ARE TRIALING TO MAKE THIS TREE LIGHTING HAPPEN, OUR STEVE KING FROM THE BUREAU OF STREET LIGHTING, THEY SHOWED MADE SURE THE TREE WAS LIT FOR THE NIGHT. THE CHILDREN WERE VERY HAPPY BUT COLLEAGUES, THE TRUTH, THIS IS NOT A WIN FOR US, FIX WAS TEMPORARY. WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH THE BOOR OF STREET LIGHTING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW WE CAN FIX IT PROPERLY AND NOT JUST FOR A FEW HOURS. THIS POINTS TO A BIGGER ISSUE. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE A COUNCILMEMBER ESCALATING ACROSS THE CITY TO GET BASIC SERVICES DELIVERED AND TO GET THE CLARITY ON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A ELECTRICAL BOX. SO FOR ME P PUBLIC SAFE FEE BEGINS WITH EQUITABLE DELIVERY OF SERVICES, IF PEOPLE KPT TRUST US WITH THE SMALL THINGS HOW CAN THEY TRUST US WITH THE BIG ONES. I'LL KEEP PUSHING THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY, ONE ELECTRICAL BOX AT A TIME. BIG KUDO TO STEVE KING FOR HELPING TO SAVE HERMAN'S TREE LIGHTING. >> Council President: THANK YOU TO BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR DEPARTMENTS WHO STEPPED UP IN THAT MOMENT. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WANT TO WARMLY INVITE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN MY STAFF, MY CONSTITUENTS AND MYSELF THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13th AT 4:00 AM AT THE PLAZA VALLEY CENTER FOR THE HOLIDAY EVENT, LET IT SNOW. YOU CAN ACTIVITIES, REAL SNOW, PICTURES WITH SANTA AND A LOT MORE AND I DO HOPE YOU JOIN US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. NAZARIANS ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK EVERYONE TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ARE THERE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN IN HONOR OF A GIANT IN THE WORLD OF ARCHITECTURE AND DEFINING CREATIVE VOICE OF OUR TIME, FRANK EERIE. HIS PASSING IS FELT NO MORE THAN HERE IN LOS ANGELES. FRANK REFUSED TO ACCEPT IS THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT A BUILDING WAS SUPPOSE TO BE. HE DARED US TO SEE ARCHITECTURE AS MOVEMENT, AS A EMOTION, AS POSSIBILITY, HIS DESIGNS TWISTED AND CURVE WITH DARING THAT CHALLENGED CONVENTION. SHOWED THAT ARCHITECTURE COULD BE BOTH SCULPTURE AND ULTIMATE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. BORN IN CAN DAXER HE CAME TO LOS ANGELES AS A YOUNG MAN, WORKING ODD JOBS. YET HE CARRIED WITH HIM THE SPARKS OF WONDER HE FOUND AS A CHILD IN MAOU SIEM AND SKETCH TABLE. THAT DREW HIM TO ARCHITECTURE. HIS LEGACY LIVES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IN MY DISTRICT, THE WALT DISNEY WALL, STANDS AS SYMBOL OF OUR CREATIVE SPIRITS AND A ANCHOR FOR THE SPACE. AND IS IMPACT EXTENDS ACROSS OUR DIFFERENT, THE MARINE A CARRIUM IN SAN PEDRO, LAYOLA, THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER, THE BINOCULAR BUILDING IN VENICE JUST TO NAME A FEW OF HIS WORKS. EACH SHOWS A CREATIVE SIDE OF CRET I HAVE, AND SAME SPIR SIT, RESTLESS, AND DEEMLY HUMAN. THE FREEDOM TO IMAGINE BEYOND LIMITS AND WHAT OTHERS MAY DISMISS AS POSSIBLE STAY CITY OF DREAMERS OF WHAT COMES NEXT. HE GAVE THE CITY NOT JUST ICONIC SCULPTURE BUT RENEWED SENSE OF WHAT SPACE CAN INSPIRE. TODAY WE HONOR HIS LIFE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON, WE MAY ALL WANT TO BE ADDED TO THAT ONE. HE WAS REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL. I HAD HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND IT WAS ALWAYS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS. HE DIDN'T DO THESE FANCY THINGS, HE CARED ABOUT THE PUBLIC. RECENTLY ABOUT THE L.A. RIVER AND HE HAD THESE IDEAS HOW CERTAIN SECTIONS WE CAN CAP THEM AND BUILD A PARK ON TOP IN THE HEAD WATERS OF THE RIVER. HE CAUSED PEOPLE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY, TO TOOK AT A PROBLEM WHERE EVERYONE DOES NOT A SOLUTION OR SEES A BINARY SOLUTION, HE CAN SAY I CAN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND REALLY EXPANDS YOUR MIND. HE HAS HAD A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON THIS CITY AND THE WORLD WITH HIS ARCHITECTURE, MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND REDEFINE THE HEAVENS FOR ALL OF US. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU FOR THIS ADJOURNMENT, WE ALL WANT TO BE ADDED ON. THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE CABIRO, THERE IS ANOTHER THAT HE DONATED HIS EFFORTS TO WHICH IS IS THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE IN WATTS. AT THE DEDICATION, HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING WITH ARCHITECTURE, YOU CAN TELL A CHILD THAT YOU LOVE THEM. AND THIS IS A BUILDING THAT IS REALLY LOVELY AND IT EMBRACED EVERY FAMILY THAT COMES THERE AND WE ARE VERY PROUD IN THE 1-5 TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO BUILDINGS DESIEPD BY FRANK GEHRY AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE'LL MAKE THIS AN ALL-COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT. MR. GEHRY WAS ONE OF GREATEST ANGELS AMONG HIS MANY GIFTS, THAT WE SEE IN BUILDINGS IS THE VALUE THAUND LINES THE BUILDING. AND THAT IS, THAT THIS IS A CITY OF DREAM THAT SAY YOU CAN PUT A SILVER ROSE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN AND CALL IT A CONCERT HALL. AND THAT HUMAN BEINGS DESERVE BEAUTY. AND WE CAN BUILD BEAUTY AND WE CANNOT NOT BEAUTIFUL THINGS. HE CREATED A CULTURE OF BEAUTY IN OUR CITY. WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR THAT ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, MEMBERS? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. Give that back. Hey I'm. I'm Maria Hall-brown today on L.A. currents. They were known as the Pullman Porters. And their organizing was the first step on the road to civil rights . Later LA's Bureau of Street Lighting celebrates 100 years with plans for the future. But first, from the convention center expansion to encouraging local film production, the board of Public Works delivers a wide range of projects. I sat down with Steve Kang, who leads the board to find out more about their oversight and some of the Olympic sized challenges ahead. Well in May of 2025, our guest today made history by becoming the first Asian American to lead the commissioners to the Board of Public Works. I'm delighted to be joined by Stephen King. So nice to have you here. Thank you for being here. I'm delighted to join you today. For someone who's not familiar, the Board of Public Works impacts a swath of the city. What are some of the areas that the Commission actually has oversight on? Sure. We're a five member body, all appointed by the mayor, with confirmation by the city council. What makes us so unique is that we're all full time. We're the only full time commission body in the city. We meet three times a week, similar to City Council Monday, Wednesday, Friday. So we hold over 150 public meetings. And the role of the board is really to provide that oversight, transparency public accountability and that governance to five of the most critical infrastructure, core building blocks of our city. So we oversee the Bureau of Sanitation lights streets contracts and engineering that basically works on pretty much all the public right of ways from your streets to your sidewalks to your trees, to your sewers, to new construction projects, and then leading up to the Olympics as well. Right now, we're in sort of that growing pains phase where you're seeing a lot of construction in different parts of town, but you're not seeing those headlines and you're not seeing sort of the final ribbon cutting projects that are coming to life . But what I tell them is that our city has been working on this for many years before, because a lot of the infrastructure projects are not just city standalone, but it is a partnership with Metro, with Caltrans, with all the other government entities that help manage the City of Los Angeles. So for example, there's a brand new Purple Line that's been an underground metro project that is a partnership with the city that connecting from the Wiltern Theater in Koreatown, Wilshire and Western to UCLA. So with stops, once that's open way before the Olympics, that's an 18 minute, one way those things are going to be opening up. I know the people mover system at LAX. There's going to be other underground construction projects and also many of the sidewalks and the trees and the streets are now being prepped for the games ahead of time. Most recently, along with the city council, the mayor, the Board of Public Works also approved the construction contract for the La Convention Center. Expansion and modernization project. So that is a very robust project that will expand the size of the convention center. We felt that the urgency of the moment in terms of revitalizing downtown LA to where it needs to be, could not wait another three years because you know, a lot of these public infrastructure projects take many years to develop and complete, and we didn't want to wait until after the Olympics to get started on this project. And also, you know, time is money. And every day that we wait, you know, construction costs will rise even further. And I know there are concerns about the budget and cost overruns. So yes, there has been some delays. Unfortunately, because of the fires and recently the Ice raids, those things are not helping to move projects along. But I have hope that, you know, and I have firm belief that when we have a firm deadline and we do have a firm deadline, because we can't push back the Olympics. So our staff and our construction partners and the labor partners are well aware of that timeline. We can get it done on time. I have to ask you about the 105 freeway. Sure That is a Caltrans and a metro joint project, although because it impacts our city's right of way , it is a partnership. It is led by Caltrans because freeways are within the jurisdiction of the state of California under Caltrans. However because it runs within the city of Los Angeles, we it is a partnership . So 105 freeway project is what we're essentially doing. We've already started the phase one earlier of 2025 is to convert sort of the carpool lanes into the fast track lanes. So two lanes of fast track on each side of the freeway, and that should be completed within three years in advance of the Olympics to ensure that we have drivers and people moving from point A to point B for the Olympic Games in terms of all the things that make a city run, in particular in Los Angeles, the film industry has become kind of one of those conversation cornerstones a lot. And you now from the mayor's office, have the position of oversight in that regard, too. Are you a film buff and what's going on with what's happening in filming in LA? I think I was chosen for this role, not because I'm a Hollywood expert per se, but I'm a you know, problem solver. I know how the city works. I know which levers to press to get things done. And the film industry has had some struggles over the years. Of course, the pandemic. And you've seen headlines about production leaving California