PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MAY WE BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 4, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SECONDS. WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE AND ASK COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> >> A. Nazarian: PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I MRAOENL --PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NEIGHBORSING, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: I DIDN'T KNOW THERE IS A RITHIUM. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM 7 ON THE DESK. 1 THROUGH 6 ARE ITEMS PUBLIC HEARING. 7 THROUGH 14 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 15 THROUGH 19 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. 20 THROUGH 26 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY, WHAT IS NEXT MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: YOU THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT CAN CALL ON COUNCIL FOR ANY SPECIALS? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SPECIALS MEMBERS, TO MY RIGHT? THE EAST SIDE OF THE CHAMBER, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: MR. PRESIDENT, I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 8 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH APPLICANT'S ON THIS ITEM. >> Council President: ANY OTHERS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THERE IS AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT AMENDMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 7. ALL RIGHT ANY OTHERS TO MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 7 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT ANY OTHERS TO MY RIGHT? SEEING NONE. TO MY LEFT, THE WEST SIDE OF THE CHAMBER. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO VOTE ON THIS MORNING? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, BECAUSE ITEM NUMBER 11 IS ARD NONS AND ORDINANCE AND REQUIRES 12 VOTES. >> Council President: WE'LL HOLD THAT ONE. >> Clerk: SO THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 9, 10 AND 14. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE UP THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS THAT WERE CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE NEED TO COME BACK TO THOSE WHEN WE HAVE A BUDGET CHAIR PRESIDENT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCILMAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S PREPARE THE ROOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT IS 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 FOR ITEMS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, MAY SPEAK TO ANY ON THE CITY. YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKSERS AS WE CAN, IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON 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, 1 THROUGH 6 AND 15 THROUGH 19. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 6 AND ITEMS 15 THROUGH 19. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM, IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME SOUL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. AND ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE ROOM, YOU DO NOT NEED TO LINE UP IN THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED BUT PLEASE DO WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU AND BEFORE WE GO FORWARD, MR. CLERK, WE'VE GOT 12 MEMBERS, I'M WONDERING IF THE BOTH AMENDED MOTION AND ORDINANCE CAN BE HEARD AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE UP ITEM 11, THE ORDINANCE BUT FOR THE AMENDMENT, I DO NOT HAVE A COPY IN FRONT OF ME. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISTRIBUTED YET. LET'S TAKE UP THE ITEM. ITEM 11 IS BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: DO WE NEED STILL NEED TO WAIT FOR THE AMENDMENT OR GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES TO STAND AND SEAK. AND ANDREW GRABNER, STACY CIGARA, MEGHAN PETE, MARACOHY PARK. RON HARBOR. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YSABEL PROOFS THAT YOU CAN READ MY ITEMS. >> Speaker: WHICH ITEMS DID I SIGN UP FOR MARQUEECE. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS. >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS. >> Speaker: DO YOUR FUCKEN ITEMS MARQUEECE. >> Council President: THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON, THE ITEMS YOU SIGNED UP ARE NOT ON ANY SCREEN, YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE DESK. >> Speaker: EVEN NURY EVEN DO IT. EVEN SHE CAN DO IT. SO WE HAVE ITEM 16 WHICH IS COMMUNITY SERVICES IN CD12. SO, LET'S SEE, SO WHAT ARE THESE HAD COMMUNITY SERVICES? IT DOES NOT SAY WHAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO US AND RESCHEDULE THIS ITEM SO WE CAN COMMENT ON THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY SERVICES AND NOT JUST THE MYSTERIOUS SHIT GOING ON GIVING THAT STAFFER B, PROBABLY LAPD FUNDING. SO WE HAVE ITEM 18 WHICH IS RELATED TO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY SERVICES, OR SOMETHING IN VARIOUS COUNCIL DISTRICTS. WHAT ARE THESE SECURITY SERVICES BEING PROVIDED TO DO? I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT THE SECURITY SERVICES ARE. AND IT WOULD SEEM, I MEAN, IS IT HARASSING UNHOUSED PEOPLE? IS IT, YOU KNOW, JUST, BASICALLY, OFF DUTY COPS BEING COPS WHILE OFF DUTY? YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD FIGURE THAT KIND OF STUFF OUT. SO WE HAVE ITEM 19 WHICH IS RELATED TO, EXPLOITATION OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AND STHINGZ LIKE THAT. WE SHOULD ALSO INVESTIGATE THE LAPD OFFICERS WHO ARE COMPLICITY WHO ARE GUILTY OF SEXUALLY EXPLOITING CHILDREN. WE'VE GOT LAPD POLICE OFFICERS ON CITY COUNCIL DETAIL WHO ADVOCATE FOR CHILD ABUSE, YOU KNOW. AND WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ALL KIND OF REPORTS OF LAPD OFFICERS DOING THESE KINDS OF STUFF. SO WE SHOULD LAUNCH INVESTIGATIONS INTO THAT KIND OF STUFF SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. OKAY. AND THEN, LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO ONCE AGAIN, MOST OF THE COUNCIL ISN'T HERE. MOST OF THE COUNCIL ISN'T PAYING ATTENTION AS UNUSUAL, AGENTS GOT STAFFERS, ALWAYS LATE, NEVER MENTALLY PRESIDENT AT ANY MEETING, ALWAYS LAUGHING TUP WITH THE STAFFERS. MOST OF YOU ARE PLAYING ON YOUR COMPUTERS, WE'VE GOT TRACI AND CURREN OVER THERE, LAUGHING IT UP. WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO WHY CALL-IN COMMENT EVER REMOVED? WE SHOULD HAVE CALL-IN COMMENT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GIVE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THEIR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IF PEOPLE CAN'T COME HERE THEY CAN CALL IN TO GIVE COMMENT. I THINK IT'S, I DON'T LIKE HEARING THE HATE SPEECH BUT I'M A LITTLE WORRIED YOU'RE GOING TO USE THIS TO BAN LIKE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YEAH. YOU CAN GET YOUR ITEMS--. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES BEFORE THE NEXT PERSON SPEAKS. SHELLEY, YOUNG CHIN, BONG CHOY YU, BON HOC, HARRIETTE ELLIOT, AUDIT L.A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. ITEM 15 IS TO SUPPORT THE WETLAND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. IT'S AUTOMATICS A GOOD IDEA TO FUND AN AUGMENT PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT OUR WILDLIFE AND OUR ECO SYSTEMS. I KNOW, L.A. IS BY IN LARGE URBAN AREA BUT IT DEPENDS ON URBAN BALANCE. THEY SEEM INSIGNIFICANT BUT THE INSECTS MAY HAVE AN AFFECT ON OUR LIVELIHOOD. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING WETLANDS. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF MEMBERS WOULD ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION, BEINGER THANK YOU ADRIN. ITEM 18 SUPPORTS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND GROUPS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. THIS IS REALLY VAGUE. IT'S AN APPROPRIATION FOR 60,000 DOLLARS, YOU KNOW THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND GROUPS IS A GOOD ONE. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD MORE SPECIFICITY ON MOTIONS LIKE THIS SO WE CAN KEEP BETTER TRACK ON WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING. THERE IS BEEN INFORMATION BROUGHT TO LIFE THAT THE CITY AND ORGANIZATIONS DO A TERRIBLE JOB SO IF WE WOULD MAKE MORE SPECIFIC MOTIONS ABOUT THIS TYPE OF FUNDING, THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL. ITEM 17 RELATES TO SUPPORTING THE ELDERLY, IT'S RELATING TO FUNDS FOR OTHER AGING GRANTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS AND MODERNIZING CALIFORNIA ACT. SENIOR CITIZENS IS THE FASTEST GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC OF HOMELESS RESIDENTS. AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT OUR ELDERLY, OUR MOST ESTEEMED CITIZENS, IS TO MAKE THEIR HOUSING AFFORDABLE. MY NEIGHBOR IS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND HAS A FIXED INCOME BUT HER RENT STILL GOES UP BY FOUR PERCENT EVERY DAY. SHE IS REALLY STRUGGLING. WE NEED MUCH STRONGER PROTECTIONS, WE NEED SENIORS TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOUSING AND TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD FOOD AND HEALTHCARE. ITEM 19 IS RELATING TO, CONSISTENT CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN UNLAWFUL SEX ACTS WITH A MINOR THIS IS ABOUT DETERING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. OBVIOUSLY, A GOOD AND NOBLE CAUSE. I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT WAYS THAT HOLLYWOOD AND THE MOVIE AND TV INDUSTRY PERPETUATES, THE SEXUALATION OF CHILDREN, THE TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN. THEY WANT TO ACT VERY WOKE ABOUT THESE THINGS NOW AND PRETEND LIKE THEY'RE PROTECTING CHILDREN, BUT THE MORE WE LEARN THE MORE WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOLLYWOOD IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN. SO MAYBE WE CAN CONSIDER BANNING CHILD LABOR AND THAT WOULD GO VERY FAR IN HELPING THEM. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: REAL HAWK SHIT, PUSSY SHIT HO WHEN I SAY TRAFFIC, I DON'T MEAN GAOU GA TEE, THIS CITY HOSTING THE OLYMPIC MEANT FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD WANT TO BUY TICKETS. IT'S NOTHING BUT A RACQUET FOR THE CITY AND THIS COUNCIL IS BEHIND IT, SUCH A PITY. MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, ACT LIKE HE DON'T KNOW, IT'S IN YOUR JURISDICTION, THE LONGEST STREET IN THE STREET IS FIGUEROA, ROARORO, HUMAN TRAFFICKING UP AND DOWN FIGUEROA ROA ROA. MY SINCERE APOLOGIES TO MEGHAN, SOMEBODY REQUESTED THAT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL I WANT TO SAY AND TALK AND SAY ON ITEM 2. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: ITEM 2, I STAND WITH HERMAN HERMAN, I DON'T WANT PROLIFERATION ON ALCOHOLIC SALES. THAT WOMAN'S BOYFRIEND, LIKES--. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE, SHE DID ITEM 2. >> Speaker: TRANS HUMAN GENOCIDE, WHEN I SAW THE TITLE, I KNEW THAT WAS FOR ME. NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT IS HAPPENING. RENE IS A BLACK LADY AND SHE IS VERY RELIGIOUS, I WAS GOING TO BRING HER BOOK "GOD IS GOOD" I DIDN'T BRING IT BECAUSE I WANT TO BRING HER PICTURE ALSO. THEY ARE HIDING HER. AND WHAT SHE DID IS THEY KILLED HER. I TOLD ONE, COUNCILMEMBER, AND HE HAS THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT HER PICTURE AND SAY IT'S NOT HER. I'M GOING TO BRING HER PICTURE NEXT TUESDAY. AND TO SHOW YOU SHE IS ABOUT 47, SHE IS A PRETTY LADY, SHE IS VERY RELIGIOUS AND EVEN BELIEVES THIS THAT PROSPERITY OF CONSCIENCE, ALL OF THAT RELIGIOUS STUFF. OH. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TOO CALL MORE PEOPLE BEFORE NEXT PERSON SPEAKS, FRANK CISCO, MARIA GONZALEZ, MARIA ROMERO AND MEDIA RENEDA, JASON GERINO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THANK YOU MR, CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU ALLOW ME, I WOULD LIKE TO TRY 15, 16, 19, GENERAL. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STARTING WITH THE ITEM NUMBER 15. IT'S ABOUT THE SOUTH LOS ANGELES WHITE LAND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM BECAUSE RIGHT HERE, SPECIFICALLY SAID, APPROPRIATE 150,000 DOLLARS TOWARDS THE RECREATION PARKS FOUND. IN SOUTH, SOUTH L.A., WE NEED DEFINITELY, WE NEED A BETTER SERVICES AT THE PARK. BECAUSE THE SOUTH L.A. PARKS, HAVE BECAME A CRIMINAL SITES ALREADY. HAVE BECAME THE WIDE LAND OF GANG BANG. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROVIDING MORE FUNDING TO THE RECREATION AND FUNDINGS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, I CANNOT GO TO THE PARK PLAYING BASKETBALL AT THE SAME TIME I HAVE TO GET RAPED BEFORE I GO HOME. THAT HAS TO STOP RIGHT THERE. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16 IS ABOUT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THESE SERVICES. LIKE I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, EVERY SINGLE ANGELINOS THEY DESERVE PROSTITUTION SERVICES. AND WE'RE NOT SEEING SERVICES RIGHT THERE. SO THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH ACCESS TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, THEY HAVE NO SERVICE. WHEN THEY REACH OUT TO THE COUNCILMEMBER, WHEN THEY REACH OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHEN THEY REACH OUT TO THE LAPD, HOW CAN THEY HAVE MORE ACCESSIBILITY SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SERVICES, THEY ALWAYS GET REJECT ASKED DENIED. SO IF WE'RE TRYING TO CORRECT THE SERVICES, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE DRUG SERVICES, THE HIRING SERVICES, THE MARIJUANA SERVICES, AND THEN THE SEXUAL PROSTITUTION SERVICES. NOW, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19. NUMBER 19 IS ABOUT THE SEX CRIME ABOUT THE CHILDREN. LIKE I MENTIONED MANY TIMES ALREADY, I AM ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR FIGUEROA CHILDREN. OKAY, I BELIEVE THAT I WANT TO GIVE CHILDREN THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE. IF THEY WANT TO DO IF THEY WANT TO BECOME A PROSTITUTE, THEY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DO SO. YOU CANNOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM CHILDREN. IF A CHILDREN, WANTS TO IF THEY'RE AMERICAN DREAM IS TO BECOME A FIGUEROA SEX WORKER AND PROSTITUTE, I BELIEVE IT'S THEIR AMERICAN DREAM TO DO SO AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR WHATEVER, YOU CANNOT TAKE THEIR AMERICAN DREAM AWAY. I AM HERE TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL OF FIGUEROA SEX WORKER AND FUTURE SEX WORKER OF FIGUEROA. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO GENERAL. FOR THE GENERAL, I WILL CONTINUE TO MY FIGUEROA ITEM. EVEN THOUGH MY CITY ATTORNEY TOLD ME FIGURE ROW IS NOT THE CONSTITUENT, YOU CAN DO THAT BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT FIGUEROA. RIGHT NOW I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP TARIFF. SO FIGUEROA IS 5 DOLLAR A HEAD AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY TARIFF ON FIGUEROA SERVICES. SO IF WE HAVE A 34 PERCENT FA TIFF, SO $5 WILL BECOME $7. THAT'S UNAFFORDABLE, UNACCEPTABLE, SO WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE LOW PRICE OF FIGUEROA SERVICES SO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERY SINGLE ANGELINO. AND THEN, REGARDING THE TARIFF AND I WANT TO CULT OUR FIGUEROA PRESIDENT, JASON JENKINS BECAUSE HE CONTROLS THE FIGUEROA AND HE PROVIDES FIGUEROA SERVICES FOR EVERY SINGLE ANGELINO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YEAH, GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HI MY NAME IS FRANCISCO A GI RE, I'M AN EX-L.A. EMPLOYEE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OLYMPIC PAGE, IT WILL HELP ME PAY FOR MY CAR, BE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT. IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY. I JUST WANT TELL THE CITY COUNCILS TO STED THIS NOW. THAT'S ALL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Translator: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HOLA MI NOMBRE ES MARIA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HELLO YES *, MY NAME IS MARIA, I WORK FOR FLY GROUP PREPARING ALL THE FOOD FOR LAX. >>Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE NEED THE OLYMPIC WAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I MAKE $20.7 3 AND I PAY 2600 FOR RENT. AND I LIVE MY BY MYSELF AND I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF A GRANDCHILD. AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO RETIRE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE HAVE WAITED FAR TOO LONG. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND PLEASE I ASK THAT YOU AGENDIZE THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PLEASE WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND FEEL FREE TO ADJUST THE MICROPHONE AS YOU SEE FIT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. HI EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MARIA ROMERO, I WORK AT LAX AS A PASSENGER COORDINATOR, BEEN WORKING THERE FOR 20 YEARS. I'M A SINGLE-PARENT FOR -YEAR-OLD 8-YEAR-OLD, SHE IS NOW 8. AND ALSO A CAREGIVER, MY AND MY BROTHER TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS, MY DAD. I'M THE BREAD WINNER. YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE REALLY COST TO TAKE CARE OF MY BAD AND HIS KNEES, HE'S BED REST AFTER A STROKE. ME AND MY BROTHER TAKES CARE OF ALL OF HIS NEEDS. MY MOTHER TOO, SHE IS DOING GOOD THANKS GOD BUT SHE ALSO NEEDS KLOEKTS. --CLOTHES TOO. >> City Attorney: I KNOW IT GOES FAST, BUT IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ADDITIONAL COMMENT YOU CAN DO SO IN WRITING AND THERE IS NO LIMIT ON WORDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS JASMINE, I'VE BEEN WORKING AT LAX AIRPORT FOR 18 YEARS. I'M A WHEELCHAIR ATTENDANT. I AM HERE TO SHARE THAT WE NEED THE OLYMPIC WAGE TO BE ON THE AGENDA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE WHEN WE WAIT, ONE BILL ADS MORE TO MY BILLS. LAST WEEK, I WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND I HAD TO PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. PLEASE AGENDIZE THE OLYMPIC LIVING WAGE AND VOTE YES. EVERYTHING IS GETTING SO EXPENSIVE, WE NEED TO PAY BILLS AND GASOLINE, WE NEED THE LIVING WAGE TO BE INCREASED. IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE ANYMORE IN L.A. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL COMMENT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FLAGS OUT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. THEY ALL LOOK TERRIBLE, IT'S A DISGRACE TO OUR FLAG. IF YOU LOOK INTO, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. INCLUDING AND HALF OF YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHO IS SPEAKING. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR SPEAKERS, NEXT TIME. THANK YOU! [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M SPEAK TO GO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M FROM OFFICE OF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE AND TODAY I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE IMPACTED BY THE AOET AN AND PACIFIC PALISADES. THOER THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE DISASTER YOU CAN APPLY NOW UNTIL MAY THE 30th. WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALL THOSE IMPACTED CAN APPLY BY VISITING, THE WEBSITE FOR HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS, THE ASSISTANCE AND AVAILABLE FOR RENTERS 100,000, HOMEOWNERS UP TO $500,000. FOR NONPROFIT IMPACTED INTEREST RATE OF 3.6 UP TO TWO MILLION AND BUSINESSES STARTING AT 4 PERCENT FOR TWO MILLION AS WELL. AGAIN THE APPLICATION IS MAY 30th FOR PHYSICAL DAMAGES AND OCTOBER 8th FOR ECONOMIC INJURY. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: YES, MOTHER FUCKER, ALL AGENDA ITEMS. >> City Attorney: WHICH NAMES DID YOU SIGN UP? UNDER? >> Speaker: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> City Attorney: YOU NEED TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR NAME IS CALLED. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHICH NAME YOU SIGN UP UNDER, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE YOUR ACTUAL NAME, BUT WHICH NAME DID YOU SIGN UP UNDER? >> Speaker: MARICOHA? >> City Attorney: WHAT WAS IT? STAFF, WAS THAT NAME CALLED? >> Clerk: CAN WE REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME. >> City Attorney: WHICH NAME DID YOU SIGN UP ONLY? >> Speaker: MATA CHOY. YOU MOTHER FUCKERS. >> Clerk: YES, THAT NAME WAS CALLED. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOD DAMN, DOES ANYBODY LISTEN? BUT SMOKING SCAN? SHOUT OUT. >> City Attorney: SO YOUR SOMETIME IT GOING, YOU NEED TO STICK TO THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: OH YEAH, YEAH, ITEM NUMBER 6. FUCKEN ASSESSMENT, FUCKEN LITTLE TOKYO, FUCKEN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. WHY MR. JURADO, WHY DID YOU LET THAT POOR ASIAN MAN GET KILLED BY LAPD, WHY? THEN WE GO TO NUMBER 1, DICK HEAD, WHICH NAME DID YOU SIGN UP UNDER? ITEM NUMBER 1, FUCK CD3 ON ITEM NUMBER 1. ITEM NUMBER 2 APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 4:00 AM ON ALCOHOL. 4:00 AM LAST CALL. >> City Attorney: THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. >> Speaker: I'M RELATING IT TO PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND ALCOHOL. IT'S NOT A NECESSITY, WE DON'T NEED ANYONE DRIVING INCOMPASSPATED LIKE AND KILLING PEOPLE LIKE THE LITTLE BOY THAT GOT KILLED EARLY THIS MORNING. LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 3, NOODLE, NOODLE, NOODLE NOODLE, CD10. LOS ANGELES, FUCKEN BUILDING AND SAFETY FUCKEN REPORT FOR CONFIRMATION, FOR FUCKN LIENS! I KEEP TELLING YOU PEOPLE, IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL 3-INCH DICK DUARTE, THAT'S WHY I DON'T WALK IN HERE WITH MY DICK ANYMORE, BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD ME ON THE LIENS, DUARTE YOU LITTLE 3-INCH DICK. AND FOR THAT, MY VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS HAVE BEEN ALTERED BY THE PRIOR RESTRAINTS MR. ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: SO NOT ON THE AGENDA YOU'RE WELCOME TO TALK ABOUT IT IN THE GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M ON 18, CD9, 15, IS IT ON THE BOARD? CHECK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU WRECK YOURSELF. >> City Attorney: NUMBER 15 IS SUPPORTING WETLAND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. >> Speaker: MAY I SPEAK ON IT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: FUCK ITEM 15 FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU MR. ATTORNEY. YOU LAID IT OUT FOR ME. AND SMOKING SCAN, YES, THAT LITTLE ZIT ON HIS FACE, HE SHOULD TAKE IT OFF. AND NOW TO MY NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. EVERY ONE IN THE WORLD, MATTHEW DOD, AND ASSUME A DODD TO YOU ASSHOLES OF LOS ANGELES THAT DEAN FURGESON SAYS THAT MY SENSITIVE WORDS MAY NOT BE WHAT PROTECTED SPEECH BUT THEY ARE. THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE RULED! SO WHAT I SAY TO POLITELY, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE, THAT'S PROTECTIVE SPEECH. MY GRAB MY NUTS, YEEHAW, THAT'S LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON, JUST BEAT, BEAT AND BEAT IT. AND THEN I KEEP GOING ON AND ON AND BUT I'M NOT. K.K.K. CARUSO AND IS STOLEN CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, FUCK YOU GROAT, FUCK YOU JONATHAN AND FUCK THE--. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. MR. SPINDLER AS YOU'RE WALKING UP, I ASK IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHAT NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER. >> Speaker: WHY DON'T YOU GUESS. >> City Attorney: WHAT NAME DID YOU SIGN UP, IF YOU TOENT WANT TO TELL US, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU TO GET BACK IN LINE. >> Speaker: WHAT DO YOU THINK? THAT TRANSGENDER NAME. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. WHICH NAME DID YOU SIGN UP UNDER? >> Speaker: SHELLEY BISBITCH. >> City Attorney: THE INSTRUCTION IS TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED. >> Speaker: SHELLEY, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING. >> Clerk: THAT NAME WAS CALLED. >> Speaker: GET YOUR COTTON OUT OF YOUR FUCKEN EAR. WASTE MY GOD DAMN TIME. NOW NUMBER 3, NIGGER. WE'RE LOOKING AT NIGGER BOB AND HIS NIGGERS OVER THERE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY FOR JURISDICTION CALLS, 4,000 BENJAMIN. HOW CAN YOU LET THIS HAPPEN? YEAH, THAT'S HOW YOU CAN LET IT HAPPEN. AND THEN, WE GET CD NUMBER 5 OR NUMBER 2, K.K.K. KATY YAROSLAVSKY THE WORSE THING TO HAPPEN TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY SINCE AUSHWITZ, ALL RIGHT, WE SAY NO TO NUMBER 2. LOOK AT THIS DUMB CITY ATTORNEY, ITEM NUMBER 99 I'M AGAINST. ITEM 77 I SUPPORT. ITEM 194, I'M AGAINST. ITEM 97 WITH AMENDMENTS I SUPPORT THOROUGHLY. ITEM 88 I'M IN FAVOR OF MARQUEECE', 104, I'M AGAINST. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING, STICK TO THE AGENDA OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO NUMBER 3, CD3, THE UNELECTED ONE HEATHER. ALL THE WEALTHY NIGGERS LIVE IN SOUTH VIRGINIA, GIVE THEM A HAND. THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S STILL PART OF THE GHETTO BUT THE NICE PART. AND THEN WE GET TO NUMBER 4, CD15, THAT BIG IRISH BUCKET HEAD DOING SOUTH PACIFIC GATEWAY RIGHT AWAY. WHAT YOU WANT A RIGHT AWAY FOO? NOBODY WANTS TO GO OUT THERE, I SAY SHUT THAT GOD DAMN ROAD DOWN, DON'T ANYBODY GO TO CD15, DON'T ANYBODY SHOP DOWN THERE AND ALL OF YOUR CHINESE FOLKS, DON'T SHIP YOUR GOODS THROUGH THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON, HOLD MR. SPINDLER'S TIME. MR. HERMAN, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. >> Speaker: HE CAN DO THAT. >> City Attorney: MR. SPINDLER. MR. PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WARNED, WE PAUSED HIS TIME AND HE IS ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL IF WOULD YOU LIKE. >> Speaker: FOR WHAT? >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD FOR DISRUPTING MY INSTRUCTIONS TO MR. HERMAN. >> Speaker: I'M NOT MR. HERMAN. SO NOW WE CONTINUE, WE CONTINUE WITH ABATED JOURNEY DOWN THE SCHEDULE. LET'S SEE SCUM BAG, LET'S GO TO NUMBER 15, THE WETLANDS, I PISS IN THE WETLANDS ESPECIALLY IF IT INCLUDES CURREN PRICE, IN CD9. NO ON THE WETLANDS, IN FACT, I CHALLENGE EVERYBODY TO SHOW ME A WETLAND THAT LEGITMATELY EXIST. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW WE GET TO OUR GENERAL COMMENT. I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF YOU. THE FBI AND THE IRS HAVE NOW JOINED OUR NEW FEDERAL TASK FORCE ON FRAUD INVOLVEMENT INVOLVING HOMELESS AND NITHYA RAMAN NOODLE IS THE TOP SUSPECT. LET'S GIVE HER A HAND. NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE. LET'S INVOLVE ALL BECAUSE YOU NIGGERS WOULDN'T TELL US WHAT YOU DID WITH OUR MONEY. WHERE DID MY MONEY GO FROM IMELDA? WELL IT WENT INTO THE CIRCLE. WHERE DID MY STREET LIGHTS GO BUCKET HEAD? WE WANTED PROFIT AND WHO DID YOU ASK? LOOK AT IMELDA DISTRICT? FRONT OF 405, 39 TENTS BY THE FREEWAY. SHE ONLY MOVING NIGGERS AROUND FROM ONE PLANTATION TO ANOTHER. VOTED THROUGH UNITED STATES CODE, FUCK YOU! FUCK THE CITY, AND FUCK THE--. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME AND SHARED WITH US TODAY. MR. CLERK, WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR US TO VOTE. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 1, 3 THROUGH 6 AND 15 THROUGH 19. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO TAKE UP THE CLOSE--ACTUALLY, MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO TAKE ITEM 19 URGENT FORTHWITH AND THAT WILL REQUIRE A VOTE. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO TAKE 20 THROUGH 26 WHICH WERE CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. >> Council President: IN DEED, WE WOULD, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: WE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS 20 THROUGH 26 IN BNF ON APRIL FIRST AND I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM BUDGET CHAIR. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THEM. I WILL READ THE SETMENT IN RECORD. AN MALD VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, EXPEND $250,000. 21 LESLIE VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL,--22 THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $350,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 23 ENTITLED MISTY VERSUS CAL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION EXPEND UP TO $350,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 24, RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $550,000. 25 STEPHANIE ACOSTA VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EX PEBD UP TO $700,000. 26, FRANCISCO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THOSE ARE BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO TAKE UP ITEM WITH COUNCILMEMBER PRICE RECUSING. >> Council President: OKAY, WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 8, WE'LL GIVE COUNCILMEMBER PRICE 90 SECONDS TO RECUSE HIMSELF. MR. PRICE IS OUT OF THE ROOM AND OFF THE BOARD. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BRING MR. PRICE BACK AND TAKE UP THE NEXT ITEM. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL CAN EITHER TAKE ITEM NUMBER 7 WITH THE AMENDMENT BEING CIRCULATED AND HELD FOR COMMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND RAMAN OR THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE UP ITEM 2 WHICH REQUIRES A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO ITEM NUMBER 2. AND I'LL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: WE'RE OKAY, WE'RE CONTINUING IT FOR A WEEK. NO IT'S 7. SORRY, WE'RE CONTINUING THIS FOR A WEEK. THANK YOU. >> Council President: FOR ONE WEEK. >> Clerk: AND THAT WILL BE APRIL 22. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A VOTE ON THIS OR CAN WE TAKE WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE CHAIR CAN CONTINUE THE ITEM. >> Council President: CONTINUED WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT LEAVES US WITH ITEM 7. >> Clerk: AND FOR ITEM 7, THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. I SEE NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. WELL-- >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU MS. RAMAN FOR THIS MOTION. AND IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE SEEING FEDERAL INTEREST PEEK ON HOW EXAMINING HOW HOMELESS DOLLARS ARE BEING EXPENDED IN THIS CITY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE IN FACT, GET A HANDLE ON FRANKLY WHAT MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THEIR CONTINUUM OF CARE. WHETHER IT'S GLENDALE, WHETHER IT'S LONG BEACH, MANY OTHER CITIES, MUCH SMALLER THAN LOS ANGELES HAVE FOUND A PATHWAY TO LOOK AT HOW THEY MANAGE HOMELESS DOLLARS. AND GIVEN THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS REDACTED LAHSA, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT COMING BACK THAT I KNOW HOW THE CLA IS WORKING ON HOW WE CENTRALIZE OUR WORK WITH RESPECT TO HOMELESSNESS IN A MAN THAER WE'RE ABLE TO AUDIT WITHOUT HAVING TO EXPEND TWO MILLION DOLLARS OF MONEY THAT WE JUST FRAFNGLY CONTINUED TO FIND OURSELVES NOT HAVING. WE HAVE A DE CENTRALIZED RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS THAT HAS FRANKLY IN MY PUBLIC CREATING A GREATER PROBLEM FOR OURSELVES THAT HAS ELICITED FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG PROBLEM. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO US GETTING THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BACK ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE. ALTHOUGH, I THINK FRANKLY, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. BUT, WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE IS THE CONVERSATION AROUND CENTRALIZING THESE EFFORTS IN A SINGULAR WAY. NOT IN A POLITICAL OFFICE BUT IN A MANNER THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY AUDIT AND TRACK THE OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK. AND FOR FAR TOO LONG, THERE HAS BEEN AN ENABLEMENT OF FUNDING THIS FAILURE AND IT NEEDS TO STOP. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DATA COMING BACK. THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT 7-A THAT I INTRODUCED ON BEHALF OF MR. LEE THAT ALSO PROVIDES GREATER INSIDE OVER SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPENDED AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OR AFFILIATED WITH RESPECT TO HOMELESSNESS. BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE IF YOU CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, YOU CARE ABOUT GREATER TRANSPARENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE MONEY, THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR US TO HELP MORE PEOPLE, SAVE MORE PEOPLE. BUT, LAHSA HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW THEMSELVES, TO BE A VERY BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM, WE HAVE SEEN, WE HAVE SEEN A COMINGLING AND COFLATION WITHOUT ANSWERS TO BASIC QUESTIONS SO IT'S TIME THAT WE DIG IN TO DO THE WORK THAT CLEARLY IS ABLE TO REFLECT TO TAXPAYERS, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK? BUT THERE IS NO MORE FOR ME, THIS IS BEEN A THIS IS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR YEARS BUT I CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, AND FOR ME, THERE IS NO GREATER MOMENT IN TIME FOR US TO QUICKLY ACCELERATE OUR SEPARATION FROM LAHSA. THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY DONE IT, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TEE UP OUR RESPONSE IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS US TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A BREAK IN OUTCOMES. BUT THERE IS CLEARLY, SO MUCH MONEY INVESTED IN THIS, IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, WITH SO MANY DUPLICATION AND REDUNDANCY THAT IT NEEDS TO STOP. THIS FAILURE NEEDS TO STOP. AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP DRIVE THE MOMENTUM FOR US TO FINALLY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WILL SHOW DELIVERABLES CLEAR AND CONSISTENTLY WITHOUT ALL OF THESE CONDITIONED EXPOSURES FOR THE FUNDING OF THE FAILURE THAT HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN FOR, FOR YEARS. TIMES UP. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MOTION BUT THE REPORT COMING BACK ON CENTRALIZING OUR WORK IN THIS CITY, BECAUSE SMALLER CITIES CAN DO IT, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR US SAYING THAT WE CAN'T DO IT. WE'RE THE DAM CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK A FEW OF US WENT TO THE SUPERVISORS TO SEEK GREATER COLLABORATION AND EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPEED OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. I SHARE THE FRUSTRATION, THE SUPERVISORS HAVE HAD A LOT OF CRITICISM OF LAHSA OVER THE YEARS. IT'S NO SECRET TO SAY THAT LAHSA HAS FALLEN SHORT. WE KNOW THAT BY OUR EFFORTS AND AUDITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THE COUNTY'S ACTION TO PULL FUNDING IS NOT ONLY SHAKE THINGS UP BUT IT'S BREAKING UP A BROKEN SYSTEM. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID TO THE SUPERVISORS WHEN I WAS THERE BESINGER THERE IS A SAYING WHEN YOU GO INTO CERTAIN STORES, IF YOU BREAK IT, YOU BOUGHT IT. AND IN MANY WAYS THIS APPLIES AS THE COUNTY BASICALLY BREAKS IT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OWN UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESSNESS IN A WAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T IN THE PAST. YOU KNOW, LAHSA WAS CREATED AS WE ALL KNOW, OUT OF A A LAWSUIT WHERE THIS CITY, AND LAHSA WHERE AT ODDS, WE WERE UNDER THE WELFARE CODES SAYING YOU NEED TO DO YOUR JOB WITH HOMELESSNESS, WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT SERVICES. AND ONE WAY THAT WAS RESOLVED WAS A SETTLEMENT THAT CREATED LAHSA. NOW THAT WE BREAK LAHSA AND THEY TAKE THEIR MONEY BACK, WE'RE BACK TO THE QUESTION, WHO DOES WHAT? IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE NOT ONLY, AS MS. RODRIGUEZ, POINTS OUT, WE NEED TO ACT QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE LEFT BEHIND. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS, WHAT IS OUR ROLE AND WHAT IS THEIR ROLE? AND MAKE IT REAL CLEAR, BECAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM IN ALL THF IS THE AMBIGUITY THAT IS OUT THERE WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESS SERVICES AND WE'RE SPENDING OUR GENERAL FUND ON ACTIVITIES THAT, THAT THE COUNTY SPENDS THEIR PASS THROUGH DOLLARS AND THAT FALL IN THE LAP OF THE COUNTY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST SIT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING. THE COUNTY IS GOING TO GRAB THE BEST PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN AND GUT LAHSA AND TAKE THE FOLKS AND MOVE THEM INTO THE COUNTY BUREAUCRACY, HOPEFULLY NOT JUST CREATING ANOTHER BUREAUCRACY WHAT IS GOING TO REMAINING IS ALL PAID FOR BY THE CITY. AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THINGS IN LAHSA IF WHATEVER IS REMAINING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DETERMINING POLICY THAT THE COUNTY HAS A MUCH GREATER VOICE THAN US, THAT HAS TO CHANGE BECAUSE WE ARE NOW THE ONLY ONE PAYING INTO LAHSA. AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE EXTRICATE OURSELVES AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS REPORT IS GOING TO DO. I SUPPORT THE REPORT, THE MORE, AND BETTER INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET AND THE FASTER THAT WE CAN GET IT. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING SOON IT WILL BE DONE TO US IN A WAY THAT WE DO NOT LIKE. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, WHILE I SUPPORT THE COUNTY'S PUSH FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ENSURING A SEEMLESS TRANSITION IS VITAL ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT. AS THE COUNCILMEMBER REPRESENTING SKID ROW, THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE, I KNOW THAT FULL WELL THAT ANY DELAY IN PROVIDING SERVICE TO SEE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THIS REPORT AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CITY WILL COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY ABSENT LAHSA. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND BLUMENFIELD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN ON THIS ISSUE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND RAMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AS WELL, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. KLAOE,Z BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN WASTED OVER THE LAST DECADES, DOUBLING DOWN ON FAILURE, YEAR AFTER YEAR. THE COUNTY IS NOW TAKING ALL OF THE MEASURE A FUNDING, ITS PULLED ITS FUNDING OUT OF LAHSA AND TAKEN THE HUMAN CAPITAL. AND WE CAN EXPECT HUD TO PULL OUT ITS FUNDING IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AS WELL. WE ARE STANDING HERE LITERALLY HOLDING THE BAG. BUT I'M VIEWING THIS AS HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE SPEND ANDING THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HOW WE ARE PROVIDING HOMELESS SERVICES IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THESE MOTIONS AND THEIR AMENDMENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF GETTING THESE REPORTS BACK IN 30 DAYS. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MS. PARK FOR THAT AMENDMENT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING MR. BLUMENFIELD, EVEN THE COUNTY IS PULLING BACK ITS RESOURCES, LAHSA IS NOT GOING TO CEASE TO EXIST, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO EXIST WHICH ALL THE REVENUE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY MEASURE H WHEN THEY WERE FLOODED AND WE MATCHED THOSE RESOURCES. SO I WANT TODAY JUST CLARIFY FOR ANYTHING THAT THINKS LAHSA IS GOING TO GO AWAY. THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THE OTHER PIECE OF IT, IS, AGAIN, WE ARE OUT REACHED RICH AND HOUSING POOR. WE'RE CLEAR, WHAT THE ROLES ARE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WE'RE THE HOUSING PROVIDERS, COUNTY IS SUPPOSE TO BE THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. HOWEVER WE'VE HAD A DYNAMIC WITH THE CART BEING PUT BEFORE THE HORSE MULTIPLE TIMES OVER. THIS IS THE TIGHTENING OF THE BELT THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED YEARS AGO BUT EVERY ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, HIMING AND HAWING, ABOUT NO WE CANNOT DO THIS. WE CAN DO THIS, IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE, IT'S NOT DIFFICULT. IT WILL BE DUMENT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY RECEIVED FUNDING WITHOUT HAVING TO ACCOUNT FOR IT, BUT THE REALITY IS, THIS IS FAILURE CAN NO LONGER BE ENABLED. AND IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO. AND YOU KNOW SADLY, AND I'VE SAID THIS IN MANY MEETINGS BEFORE, OUR CONSTITUENTS, L.A. TAXPAYERS HAVE CONTINUED TO PAY TWO TO THREE TIMES FOR SERVICES THAT THEY DON'T GET ONCE, AND THAT HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE MULTIPLE LAYERS FROM THE STATE TO FEDERAL TO THE COUNTY, ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN POURED IN TO SEE MINIMUM IMPACTS. AND LAHSA PREMATURELY, DECLARING VICTORY ON ANOTHER REDUCED HOMELESS COUNT, WITH REDUCED DATA. IT'S A JOKE. WE NEED TO STOP, WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AGAIN, THAT REPORT COMING BACK SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY THOUGHTFUL PROCEDURE GOING FORWARD WITH GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY OUTSIDE OF POLITICAL OFFICE LEADING IT TO CENTRALIZE THIS WORK SO WE CAN HAVE MEANINGFUL RESULTS ON THE STREET. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: GOSH, I DID NOT EXPECT THAT THIS ITEM WOULD GENERATE SO MUCH INTEREST. BUT I'M DELIGHTED THAT EVERY ONE IS EXCITED TO GET THIS REPORT BACK ABOUT HOW WE RESPOND TO THE COUNTY'S UNILATERAL DECISION TO REMOVE MEASURE A FUNDING FROM MANY OF WHICH ARE CITY REPRESENTATIVES AND CITY RESIDENTS SUPPORTED AND VOTED FOR OUT OF LAHSA. I THINK THAT WE ARE AT A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT WITH THIS CHANGE. AND I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW I DESCRIBE THIS MOMENT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE CAREFUL. THIS MONEY THIS WORK ON ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, IS STILL REALLY IMPORTANT. IT REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IS NOT LIKELY TO GO DOWN QUICKLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF THE SCALE OF THE CRISIS THAT PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP HERE ALLOWED TO GROW UNCHECKED FOR SO LONG. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE A BIG INVESTMENT. AND UNLIKE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMENTING ABOUT THE AUDIT, I READ EVERY PAGE OF THE AUDIT AND THE AUDIT SAID TWO THINGS. ONE THAT WAS THERE THERE WAS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DOLLARS BEING SPENT AND OUTCOME. WHAT IS THE PERFORMANCE OF THOSE DOLLARS. THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDERTAKING THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT THAT I HOPE IT WILL BE HOUSED, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT WORK IS EN SHRINED THERE. BUT THE WORK THAT WE CAN DO THROUGH THE OVERSIGHT FUNCTION, IS ACTUALLY CONNECTING THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING TO OUTCOMES. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING OFF THE STREET? HOW MANY UNITS ARE FILLED. HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT PEOPLE GETTING INDOORS ARE STAYING INDOORS. AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT DATA SOME OF WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE AND ALREADY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEM, ON THE BASIS, THAT WE CAN HAVE A MUCH BETTER SYSTEM IN WHICH EVER DOLLAR IS CONNECTED TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON OUR CITY STREET. THAT IS OUR FOCUS AND THAT IS OUR GOAL. BECAUSE THAT GOAL IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR L.A. AND THE VOTERS THAT HAVE TOLD US THAT THAT GOAL IS VERY IMPORTANT. SECOND, THE AUDIT WHILE IT DIDN'T UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF FRAUD. IT DID UNCOVER SOMETHING PRETTY TROUBLING. SO FOR EXAMPLE, LAHSA WOULD MAKE PAYMENTS OUT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS BUT DIDN'T HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO GO OUT AND ENSURE THAT THOSE SERVICES WERE BEING PROVIDED IN A FIELD KIND OF VISIT KIND OF WAY. THEY DID NOT ENSURE THAT THE NUMBER OF MANAGERS THAT WERE SUPPOSE TO BE AT SITES WERE THERE. THEY DID NOT ENSURE THAT THE NUMBER OF MEALS THAT WERE SUPPOSE TO BE PROVIDED AND WITHOUT THAT KIND OF CHECKING, THERE WAS NOT CLARITY ON HOW THE MONEY WAS BEING SPENT. SOY JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY AROUND THIS BODY. THIS WORK, THIS MOMENT, WHERE THE COUNTY HAS PULLED MONEY OUT OF LAHSA, ALSO OFFERS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT THE WRONGS. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS THAT ALLOW US TO THE DOLLARS. I WANT TO SAY THAT THAT WILL REQUIRE INVESTMENT. ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT, DATA, TRAFFICKING, --TRACKING, ALL OF THAT COST MONEY. AND I HEAR FAR TOO OFTEN PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN WITH ONE BREATH THAT LAHSA'S ADMINISTRATION IS TOO HIGH, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE TWO PERCENT AND WITH THE OTHER BREATH SAYING THAT THEY DON'T TRACK ENOUGH. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT RIGHT. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY PERSON TO SUPPORT THAT WORK TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IT COST AND TO REALLY INVEST IN IT SO WE CAN MAKE THE MOST OF OUR INVESTMENTS. SO THANK YOU, AND I HOPE I WILL GET YOUR AYE VOTE AND I HOPE I GET A YES. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND ALL WHO SPOKE. THERE WAS ONE OF US WHO WAS HERE FOR THE ARGUMENT THAT CAUSED LAHSA AND THE ARGUMENT THAT CAUSED LAHSA IS FRANKLY THE ARGUMENT THAT WE HAVE NOW. LAHSA WAS SUPPOSE THE REMEDY BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. NOW WE'RE AT A JUNCTURE WHERE IT'S TRUE THAT ON PAPER LAHSA CONTINUES TO EXIST BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CITY WILL SIT ON A BOARD WHERE WE'RE GIVING MONEY TO IT WHERE THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT, AND THEY HAVE AS MANY VOTES AS WE DO. NO ENTITY IS GOING TO AGREE TO THA. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED LAHSA HAS EFFECTIVELY ENDED WITH THE ACTION OF THE COUNTY SHOULD THEY GO THROUGH IT. BUT I JUST WANT TO CIRCLE BACK, GROUND US IN HISTORY TO HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO GOING FORWARD. THIS IS NOT A NEW ARGUMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE IN THE CITY OF L.A. AND THE TENSION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. AND I FINALLY SEE MR. McOSKER, ON THE BOARD. >> T. McOsker: I WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD, I'M NOT SURE, IT WAS BACK IN THE 80s WHEN TOM BRADLEY CALLED CITY ATTORNEY JAY HA*UN AND COUNCILMEMBERS SAID WE NEED TO FILE LITIGATION AGAINST THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THE WELFARE, THE COUNTY SHALL, SHALL IS AN IMPORTANT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL, ALL IS AN IMPORTANT WORD, FOLKS WHO NEED A SAFETY NET, BUT SHALL AND ALL WERE THE IMPORTANT PROVISIONS AND THE COUNTY AT THE TIME WAS PROVIDING NONE OF IT. NONE OF IT. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WAS SPENDING THE AMAZE ING SUM BAK THEN OF, I THINK IT WAS A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT THE COUNTY WAS NOT DOING. CITY SUES THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND SAYS YOU SHALL DO ALL AND THE FORMATION OF LAHSA WAS A SETTLEMENT OF THAT LITIGATION FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE THEY WERE DISPUTING WHAT THAT MEANS, SHALL AND ALL AND INDOGENT CARE. ANYBODY GOVERNMENT CAN FORM GOVERNMENT WITH ANOTHER AS LONG AS THEY SHARE POWERS AND THE POWER WAS TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND MY SENSE OF IT, BEING THERE SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS FORMED, SHOWING GOOD FAITH BUT WE WERE VOLUNTARY TEE PROVIDING ESSENTIALLY TO A THIRD OR 40 PERCENT OF THE COUNTY'S OBLIGATION. THE COUNTY GOT OUR CONTRIBUTION FOR 32 YEARS. AND BY THE WAY WHEN ONE PARTY SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO PULL OUR MONEY OUT, IT SEIZES TO BE IN AGREEMENT. IT WOULD BE LIKE, YOU WRITING THE PAPERS TO BUY A CAR. IT DOESN'T MATTER, THEY'RE ENTITLED UNDER A GPA IS ENTITLED TO PUT OUT. THAT'S FINE, 30-DAY NOTICE BUT THEN WHAT? AND I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY, I THINK THESE AMENDMENTS ARE GREAT. BECAUSE THESE AMENDMENTS SAY, WHAT OBLIGATIONS ARE WE GOING TO MEET? CONTRACTUAL O BLIGATIONS BUT WHEN IT WINDS DOWN, WE NEED TO GET TO THE IMPORTANT PROVISION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? THE COUNTY? SHALL PROVIDE FOR ALL. AND WHERE ARE WE? WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO WALK AWAY FROM IT, WE'RE GOING TO LEAN INTO BUT MAYBE LEAN INTO IT WITH EYES WIDE OPEN AS TO WHAT IS THE OBLIGATION THAT THEY'RE AVOIDING. AND WHAT ARE OUR OBLIGATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED COUNCILMEMBER PARK'S AMENDMENT WITH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ ACCEPTING. >> Council President: THAT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, YOU CAN TAKE UP THE ITEM AS AMENDED. >> Council President: OKAY, TAKING AS AMENDED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRAL. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >> T. McOsker: OFK I --OF COURSE I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR SIGNING INTO THIS MOTION THAT IS LOOKING AGAIN AT THE OLYMPICS, THIS IS ITEM 5 AT THE 28 FOR 28 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LAST TWO BUDGETS, THE 24 BUDGET AND 25 BUDGET, WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE REVENUE. WE ARE ASKING IN THIS MOTION TO UNPACK THAT AND FIND OUT WHAT DO THOSE NUMBERS MEAN AND WE'RE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO ASK FOR AN ANALYSIS OF OTHER REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES OTHER WAYS TO PROTECT THE CITY, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHO HAS THE FIRST 270 MILLION OVER COST OBLIGATION AND WE'LL ALSO ASKING HOW DOES THE BUDGET GET AFFECTED BY WHAT L.A. 28 IS DOING TOMORROW, IN WITNESSESER LAND WHEN THEY PRESENT THE VENUE PLAN, IT WILL BE 9:30 OUR TIME. BUT AT OUR :30 TOMORROW, L.A. 2 WILL --28 WILL BE PRESENTING TO SWITZERLAND. A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, WE OOH --UNANIMOUS LY APPROVED THIS IS PLAN. BUT MOVE SAILING BACK N THAT WAS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO OUR APPROVAL. WE WILL FIND OUT WHETHER THE IOC, ACCURATELY OR INACCURATELY, PURPOSELY, OR ACCIDENTALLY PRESENTS THE PLAN TO THE IOC. AND I'LL BE LISTENING TO SEE WHETHER THEY HAVE MOVED SAILING FROM LONG BEACH TO SAN PEDRO AND IF THEY DO NOT A PRESENT THAT, THEY'RE NOT PRESENTING THE APPROVAL AND I'LL BE PREPARED TO INVOKE MOTION NUMBER ONE, WHICH ASKS WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT TAKES US TO A DISPUTE AND HOW DO WE ARBITRATOR LITIGATE THAT ISSUE. THANKS MEMBERS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOBS WILL BE HAVING A MEETING TODAY AT 12:00. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHERE WILL THAT BE HELD? >> C. Price: HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY ADJOURNMENTS? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.