>> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL, TODAY IS OCTOBER 21, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN THIS CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 17, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, MOVES COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT. >> City Attorney: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PARK SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: I ASK EVERYBODY TO STAND AND FACE THE FLAG EXAMINE FOLLOW COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker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ouncil President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY SPECIALS, MEMBERSED? --MEMBERS? ANY SPECIALS ON MY LEFT? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: WOULD I LIKE TO CALL ITEM 4 SEPARATE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND ITEM 5 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 4 AND 5. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: ON ITEM NUMBER 5, WE WILL RECEIVE AND FILE AS ITEM HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: CAN WE HOLD ITEM 4 ON THE DESK. >> Council President: 4? >> T. Park: YES. >> Council President: IT WILL BE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, SO DOES THAT WORK. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 3 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS,? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I JUST WANTED FLAG THAT FOR ITEM 19, WE NEED TO NOTE AND FILE THIS ITEM AS THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS REMOVED THEIR NAME FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN'S MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? >> Council President: MR. McOSKER? >> N. Raman: AND AFTER 17, I WANT TO MAKE A REQUEST NA IT MOVE FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON ITEM 6, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW GO TO PRESENTATIONS SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A SPECIAL DAY OF PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL BEGIN AS WE BEGIN MANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS SINCE EARLY THIS SUMMER BY CHRONICALLY AND PUTTING ON OUR COUNCIL RECORD THE IMPACT OF THE AGGRESSIVE VICIOUS AND SOME WOULD SAY UNCONSTITUTIONAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT THAT HAS BEEN VISIT INSIDE OUR CITY AND NOW MANY OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. AND TODAY, WE'LL HAVE FOLKS FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 15, WHICH I'LL ASK COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER TO INTRODUCE AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THIS RESIDENT. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU MEMBERS. WE ARE HONORED TO BE JOINED BY A BRAVE A BRAVE PERSON, ELOY MARIN'S DAUGHTER JENNY AND JENNY IS WITH ME. ELOY IS A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR WILMINGTON COMMUNITY. HE WAS ABDUCTED LAST MONDAY IN A FEDERAL ENFORCEMET SWEEP WHILE HE WAS AT WORK AT HOJAS WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING? HE WAS JUST TAKE OUT THE TRASH. HE WAS DOING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL BUSINESS. HIS EMPLOYER, HOJAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MESSAGE, HE HAS BEEN A VALUED MEMBER OF THE HOJAS AND A BELOVED PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 12 YEARS. HIS DEDICATION, KINDNESS AND HARD WORK HAVE TOUCHED SO MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND STAFF ALIKE. ELOY'S FAMILY, IMMEDIATELY CAME TO OUR OFFICE WHICH IS JUST UP THE BLOCK FROM HOJAS WHEN WHA* HAPPENED, WE WERE GRAT TIED --GRATIFIED TO CONNECT THEM TO CONGRESSMAN, WHO HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN LOCATING ELOY AND JANICE HAHN'S OFFICE HAS BEEN HELPFUL AND HE ESPERANZA IMMIGRATION RIGHTS HAS LEANED UP. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE FAMILY OF ELECTED AND GOOD WORKERS OF OUR COMMUNITY BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STORY TO BE ABLE TO TELL AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JENNY MARIN, ELOY'S DAUGHTER TO TALK ABOUT THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS CIRCUMSTANCE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ABOUT MY STORY TODAY. MY NAME IS JENNY MARIN AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY DAD ELOY WHO WAS TAKEN FROM OUR FAMILY LAST TUESDAY ON OCTOBER 14th. ALMOST 30 YEARS WHEN HE WAS MY AGE, MY DAD LEFT MEXICO CHASING THE AMERICAN DREAM LIKE MOST IMMIGRANTS DO. HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE, TO START A FAMILY AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COUNTRY DREAMING OF ONE DAY BECOMING A CITIZEN. BUT THAT SIMPLE HUMAN DREAM HAS PROVEN FAR MORE DIFFICULT THAN HE EVER IMAGINED. AND NOW, HE'S BEING PUNISHED FOR BELIEVING IN IT. LE LAST TUESDAY MORNING, WHILE GOING ABOUT HIS DAY AND TAKING OUT THE TRASH AT WORK, HE WAS CRUELLY AND UNLAWFULLY TAKEN BY THREE ICE MEN WITHOUT A WARRANT. THEY SUR SURROUNDED HIM, VERBAL LEA BEAUCED HIM AND THREATENED HIM IN AN A TEM TONIGHT FORCE HIM TO REVEAL HIS LEGAL STATUS. BUT MY DAD STOOD STRONG, HE REFUSE TODAY GIVE INTO THEIR INTIMIDATION, CRUELTY AND ABUSE OF POWER. MY DAD IS NOT A CRIMINAL. HE IS NOT A THREAT, HE IS NOT A HARD-WORKING KIND AND SELFLESS MAN, THE KIND OF PERSON EVERY COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE OF. HE HAS SPENT DECADES HERE, WAKING UP EARLY, WORK WITHING LONG HOURS, AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT HE CAN TO PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILY. HE PAYS HIS TAXES, TREATS EVERY ONE WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT, AND HE'S THE FIRST TO LEND A HAND WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS IT. TO ME, HE'S NOT JUST MY DAD, HE'S MY BEST FRIEND AND THE PERSON THAT I LOOK UP TO THE MOST IN THIS WORLD. HE'S THE MAN WHO HAS TAUGHT ME WHAIN AT THING RIT LOOKS LIKE WHAT IT MEANS TO SHOW UP AND HOW FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE HAVE IN THE WORLD. HE LIVES FOR HIS WIFE AND FOUR KIDS. HE'S THE REASON THAT I AM THE WOMAN THAT I AM NOW, HARD WORKING AND DEDICATED LIKE HIM. BECAUSE OF MY DAD, I WILL BE THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING THIS FALL AND I WILL HAVE THE LIFE THAT HE HAS ALWAYS DREAMED OF. THE MAN THAT I AM TELLING YOU ABOUT, MY DAD, IS THE SAME NOW, THE SAME MAN NOW THAT IS SITTING IN A DETENTION FACILITY, HOURS AWAY FROM HIS HOME AND FAMILY. HE SLEEPS IN A ROOM WITH MORE THAN 40 OTHER MEN, EATS FOOD THAT SHOULDN'TS EVEN BE CALLED FOOD AND ONLY ALLOWED OUTSIDE FOR ONLY TWO HOURS A DAY. HE SAID HE FEELS LIKE A LOCKED UP ANIMAL. HIS FREEDOM AND COMFORT TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM. IF HAS BEEN EXACTLY ONE WEEK SINCE HE WAS TAKEN FROM US. ONE WEEK SINCE HE SAT WITH US AT OUR DINNER TABLE AND KIDS US GOOD NIGHT. ONE WEEK SINCE OUR LIVES WERE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND FILLED WITH WORRY AND A FEAR AND ACHE THAT DOES NOT GO AWAY. MY DAD DOES NOT DESERVE THIS. HE DESERVES TO BE HOME WITH HIS FAMILY, WHERE HE BELONGS. HE DESERVES TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILY NOT LOCKED BEHIND WALLS. HE DESERVES TO SEE HIS KIDS GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE AND SHARE IN THE MOMENTS THAT HE SHARED SO MUCH TO MAKE POSSIBLE. WITH BROKEN HEARTS, MY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ASK TO YOU PLEASE HELP BRING HIM HOME AS WELL AS THE OTHERS WHO HAVE DONE NO WRONG IN THIS SOCIETY. PLEASE STAND WITH ALL THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN TORN APART BY THESE UNJUST DETENTIONS. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF LOSING THE PEOPLE THEY LOVE FOR SIMPLY TRYING TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: WHEN THIS STORY WAS COVERED IN THE NEWS, WHEN YOU SEE THE VIDEO OF ELOY BEING TAKEN AWAY IN HANDCUFFS, HE CARRIED HIMSELF WITH SUCH DIGNITY AND SUCH GRACE AT MOST TRAUMATIC MOMENT IN HIS LIFE. HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE SHOT THAT SHOWED ANY HUMAN DIGNITY AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE JENNY GETS IT. THE SAME GRACE AND THE SAME STRENGTH AND SAME POWER IN TELLING HER STORY. THANK YOU, JENNY FOR SHARING WITH US. >> THANK YOU. >> T. McOsker: AND WE STAND WITH YOU. LAST MONDAY, I WANT TO SAY THAT 7 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN IN WILMINGTON AND THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THAT, TEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN SAN PEDRO. IT WORKED BY THE WAY. AND AGENTS COULD WARD AGENTS STAYED ON THE PARAMETER OF THE PROPERTY WAITING FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME OUT. AND I HAPPEN TO BE ONSITE AND I WAS ABLE TO WAIT THEM OUT. THIS ALL HAPPENED WITHIN A MONTH. NOT COINCIDENTLY CAME OUT ABOUT THE HARBOR PEACE PATROL, A GROUP OF DO-GOODERS IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE MANY OF YOU HAVE, BEGAN DOCUMENTING THESE STORIES. AND THESE COWARDS FROM THE TOP ON DOWN HAVE TARGETED THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE WILLING TO STAND AND TAKE VIDEOS AND RECORD LICENSE PLATES, AND STICK UP FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE NOT CRIMINALS, LIKE ELOY, THEY'RE FOLKS WHO SHOW TOUP WORK AND PAY TAX SXZ --TAXES. SO I WANT TO THANK JENNY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNES THAT SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS IN THE 1-5 TO SIGN UP TO SUPPORT THE HARBOR AREA PEACE PATROL. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, IF NE SEE AN ICE OPERATION, RECORD IT AND YOU CAN CALL THE RAPID RESPONSE HOTLINE AT 1-888-742-5742 WE'RE LIVING IN A MOMENT WHERE FOLKS WILL REMEMBER IF THEY STOOD WITH DIGNITY OR WHETHER THEY COWARDLY TURNED ON EACH OTHER. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR HEARING THIS STORY, ONE OF MANY AND EVERY ONE OF THESE STORIES IS DEEPLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. McOFK AND HER THANK YOU JENNY FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU MR. McOSKER AND THANK YOU JENNY FOR VERY POWERFULLY AND BEAUTIFULLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOUR FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH. YOUR STORY IS NO DIFFERENT THAN MINE WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE SHARED HISTORY OF WHAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE ENDURED IN ORDER TO GET IN ORDER TO MAKE IT IN THIS COUNTRY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE STRENGTH TO SHOW UP AND TELL THAT STORY. BUT I WANT TO REMIND EVERY ONE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MR. McOSKER, YOU THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP ON TOP OF THIS. THIS IS ICE SIGHTING ADJACENT TO MY DISTRICT AT THE HOME DEPOT IN SAN FERNANDO AND THAT'S WHERE MUCH OF THIS CULMINATED. BUT I WANT WHAT I WANT TO REMIND EVERY ONE BECAUSE THIS IS THE UNSPOKEN PART OF WHAT HAPPENS WHERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COWARDNESS WHERE PEOPLE TRY TO CONTINUE. OUR MONEY SPEAKS POWER AND IMMIGRANTS REPRESENT A MULTI BILLION PART OF OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY, NOT JUST IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOT JUST IN LOS ANGELES BUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. AND WHERE WE SPEND OUR MONEY IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS PROTESTS. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE REINVEST OUR DOLLARS IN THE SMALL IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT SPORTS TEAM THAT DON'T STAND WITH US OR SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF US. I THINK SPEAKS INVOLVES AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE TO SPEAK VOLUME. AND IT'S A A MOVEMENT THAT WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO EMBRACE. PEOPLE CAN FIND RATIONALITY AND DISTRACTION WITH A LOT OF THIS AND JUSTIFICATION TO CONTINUE ON WITH LIFE AS USUAL. BUT THE REALITY IS, THIS MOMENT, THE ONE THING AND WE SAW THIS, EVEN WITH DISNEY'S ACTIONS, WITH JIMMY KIMMEL, IS THAT WHEN WE DECIDE TO ACTUALLY USE OUR DOLLARS, TO SPEAK WHAT WE WANT, PEOPLE MOVE. AND SO, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE TO START SPENDING THEIR DISCRETIONARY MONEY INTENTIONALLY IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT CONTINUE TO ENABLE THE VERY BEHAVIORS WITH CORPORATE INTEREST THAT DON'T REFLECT THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD BECAUSE THAT WILL SPEAK INVOLVES. AND IT WILL ACTUALLY MOVE MOUNTAINS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES AND FOR BEING HERE TODAY. MY PRAYERS TO YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FATHER MAY HE CONTINUE TO EXUDE THE STRENGTH THAT I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY HAS THIS RESILIENCE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO ENDURE THIS MANY MANY TIMES, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. SO GOD BLESS YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ALL OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS, FOLKS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN GREAT OF FACILITATING THESE TESTIMONIALS IN OUR COUNCIL MEETING WHICH STAY A PART OF OUR RECORD FOREVER. AND SO THERE WILL BE DAY WHEN WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS AND WE'LL HAVE THE RECEIPTS HERE IN THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION, LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN OF THE 4th DISTRICT WITH VERY VERY SPECIAL SPECIAL GUEST! [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: IF YOU WANT TO COME AND JOIN US, THAT WILL BE GREAT. AND COUNCILMEMBERS, LEE AND McOSKER GREAT. AMAZING. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY! AND HAPPY DIWALI. >> HAPPY DIWALI. >> N. Raman: SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR DIWALI, ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOLIDAYS, AS THE FIRST SOUTH ASIAN ELECTED, FEELS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND THIS IS THE MOST, EXCITING PRESENTATIONS OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE DONE. DIWALI IS THE HINDI FEST IVAL OF LIGHTS. IT'S A TIME TO GATHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO CELEBRATE, WITH FOODS AND SWEETS. IT MARKS THE START OF HINDU NEW YEAR AND WHERE I'M FROM, IT DEFEATS THE DEMON OF HARICISH NA. SYMBOLIZES THE TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL, OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS. AND I HAVE TO SAY, AT THIS MOMENT IN AMERICA, THE MESSAGE OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS, FEELS PARTICULARLY POIGNANT. [APPLAUSE] AT A TIME WHEN OUR NATION FEELS LIKE IT HAS TURNED ITS BACK ON OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AS WE SO POWERFULLY HEARD JUST NOW ENACTING A RAIN OF TERROR ON IMMIGRANTS TEARING FAMILIES APART, IT HURTS ME SO DEEPLY AND SO PERSONALLY. I FEEL LIKE AS AN IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA AND I KNOW THIS RESONATES FOR SO MANY OF YOU, I HAVE NEVER TAKEN THIS COUNTRY FOR GRANTED. I HAVE NEVER TAKEN THIS CITY FOR GRANTED. I HAVE NEVER TAKEN FOR GRANTED WHAT IT HAS GIVEN ME AND MY FAMILY AND I HAVE NEVER TAKEN WHAT HAS MADE IT GREAT FOR GRANTED. I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN TODAY. BUT I FEEL LIKE FOR MANY IMMIGRANTS THESE DO FEEL LIKE DARK TIMES. BUT THIS IS WHY THE CELEBRATION OF DIWALI FEELS PARTICULARLY WELCOMED BECAUSE THESE SHADOWS WILL PASS, AND LIGHT WILL REMAIN. AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE CELEBRATING WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY. THIS YEAR'S PREPTATION IS SPECIAL FOR ANOTHER REASON, GOVERN NEWSOM SIGNED 8286 THIS YEAR DESIGNATING DIWALI AS A HOLIDAY, ONLY THE THIRD STATE TO DO SO. AND LOBBIED AND PUSHED FOR THIS. AND NISHTA PLEASE WAIVE. WONDERFUL. AND SECONDLY, BECAUSE THE CONSULATE GENERAL IS POISE TODAY OPEN ITS DOORS IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS IN LOS ANGELES AND TODAY WE'RE JOINED BY OUR INAUGURAL CONSUL GENERAL, DR. SENIOR INDIAN DIPLOMAT AND WE'RE SO HONORED TO HAVE HIM HERE AND WELCOME HIM TO BE AN ANGELINO. CALIFORNIA NOW HAS THE HONOR OF BEING THE ONLY STATE TO HOST NOT ONE BUT TWO INDIAN CONSULATES, A TALKING POINT I'M TRYING TO USE TO HAVE MY PARENTS MOVE PERMANENTLY TO LOS ANGELES. HERE WE STAND UNITE INSIDE THAT LIGHT AS NEIGHBORS AS ANGELINOS AS BELIEVERS IN A MOST JUST AND COMPASSIONATE WORLD. I BELIEVE SO STRONGLY THAT THE LAMP THAT BURNS THE BRIGHTEST IS NOT LIT ALONE BUT AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. SO TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE DIWALI, LET'S REMEMBER THAT LIGHT. WE ARE THAT LIGHT, TOGETHER WE'LL CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE THAT LIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND WITH DHA, --THAT I WANT TO PASS IT OVER TO MY COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. IT'S AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU IN CELEBRATING THE DIWALI, THE FEST RAL OF LIGHTS. IT WILL REMIND US THAT GOODWILL ALWAYS TRIUMPH OVER EVIL, IT'S A MESSAGE OF HOPE, GENEROSITY AND RENEWAL, VALUES THAT REFLECT THE BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN LOS ANGELES. IN OUR BUSY LIVES, DIWALI GIVES US A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON WHAT TRULY MATTERS, FAMILY, CONNECTION THAT HOLD OUR NEIGHBORS TOGETHER. IT IS A REMINDER THAT WHEN WE CHOOSE TO LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP, WE ALL SHINE A LITTLE BRIGHTER. THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL AS COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN MENTIONED AS WE WELCOME THE NEWLY CONSUL GENERAL OF INDIA TO LOS ANGELES. [APPLAUSE] THIS NEW CHAPTER ONLY STRENGTHENS THE BOND BETWEEN INDIA AND OUR REGION AND OUR INDIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR CITY IN SO MANY WAYS. AS WE CELEBRATE, LET US CARRY DIWALI INTO THE YEAR AND LET US CONTINUE TO BE THE SOURCE OF LIGHT IN OUR WORKPLACE SXZ THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. I WISH ALL OF YOU A JOYFUL AND PROSPEROUS DIWALI, FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, LOVE AND LIGHT. BUT BEFORE I LEAVE, I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK AN ASSOCIATION THAT I WORK WITH THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES, CHAIRMAN, FOUNDING MEMBER, THEY ARE THE PEOPLE HERE REPRESENTING I L.A. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS FOR ALL THE TOGETHER, MANY MANY WEDDINGS, WHICH IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN AN INDIAN WEDDING, YOU TREELY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED LIFE UNTIL YOU GO TO ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR MAKING ME A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. >> N. Raman: I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME NOW COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY PRESENCE IS A CONTRIBUTE TO INCLUSIVITY. I WENT TO COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND I SAID, I LOVE DIWALI, CAN I BE PART OF IT. AND IT'S BECAUSE I LOVE THE IDEA OF DIWALI AND I OWE IT TO MY FORMER PARTNER WHO I PRACTICED LAW WITH AND WHO I CAME UP WITH HERE IN LOS ANGELES AND SHE EXPOSED ME OF THIS BEAUTY LIGHT OVER DARKNESS, KNOWLEDGE OVER IGNORANCE AND CLARITY OVER CONFUSION. AND SHE IS NOW, THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, FIRST-EVER INDIAN-AMERICAN TO HOLD THAT POSITION AND MAYBE THE ONLY ONE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND THEY'RE CELEBRATING DIWALI AS WELL. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS UNIVERSAL MESSAGE, SO IMPORTANT AS PRIOR SPEAKERS HAVE SAID. OF JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE THE LIGHT THAT OVERCOME DARKNESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND INCLUSIVITY AND FOR YOUR EXAMPLE TO THIS COUNTRY AND THIS WORLD. SO HAVE A HAPPY DIWALI. [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: AND BEFORE WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE SPEAKERS BUT I JUST WANT TO INCREASE THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM A LITTLE BIT IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF DIWALI AND SO I WANT TO WELCOME HARP PLAYER NEIL TO GET US MOVING. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU'RE STANDING, YOU BETTER NOT BE STANDING STILL AND IF YOU'RE SITTING, YOU BETTER STAND. TAKE IT AWAY, NEIL. [DRUMS PLAYING] [DRUMMING] >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR INCREDIBLE PLAYERS. LET'S GIVE THEM A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. BEAUTIFUL. NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE SUNNY FROM INDIA ASSOCIATION TO SAY A FEW WORZ AND INTRODUCE OUR NEXT PERFORMERS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN. ON THIS FESTIVAL, MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN PERFORMING CENTER, STUDENTS, AND WITH THE SHERMA AND VASTVA WILL PRESENT CLASSICAL DANCE FROM INDIA. THEIR PERFORMANCE WILL BEGIN WITH CITY AND IN INVOCATION AND CONCLUDE WITH COMPOSITION, A 16-BEAT CYCLE, THAT INTRICATE FOOT WORK STORYTELLING. AND WITH, DIRECTOR, HAS BEEN TEACHING SINCE 2007. AFTER SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN NURSE ANDING FINANCE, GOT INTO DANCE IN 2022, ARTS, FOR OVERTURE. PRICILLA, IS A DEDICATED STUDENT ACADEMY. SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY PROFESSOR BALANCED HER CAREER IN TECHNOLOGY, WITH OVER A DECADE OF STRAINING, PRICILLA CONTINUES TO PURSUE THE ART FORM WITH DEVOTION DISCIPLINE AND JOY. PLEASE WELCOME US TO WELCOME PRICILLA AND EVITA AS THEY HAVE THE BEAUTY OF LIFE OF THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE] [NATIVE MUSIC] [NATIVE MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU. AND NOW IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO WELCOME, IN WHAT I BELIEVE IS HIS FIRST RETURN TO CITY HALL, THE HONORABLE FORMER MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND FORMER AMBASSADOR TO INDIA, ERIC GARCETTI. >> Council President: AND FORMER CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, LET'S WELCOME THE FORMER MAYOR. >> Speaker: YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COLLEAGUES, I, I SPENT 12 YEARS IN THESE SEATS SIX OF THEM IN THAT CHAIR. I KNOW HOW HEAVY THE BURDEN OF LEADERSHIP CAN FEEL AND HOW MUCH THIS WORLD CON STRIKTS AND FEELS LIKE IT'S THE WEIGHT OF AN ENTIRE CITY BUT I HOPE TODAY, IN A MOMENT OF THIS DISTRUST WE CAN FIND INSPIR ITION WEIGHSING OF DIWALI WHICH IS FEEL THE WINGS SPREAD AND A MOMENT FOR US TO FEEL WHY WE'RE HERE AND HOW WE CAN JOIN HANDS TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF COMING BACK. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN THIS BUILDING IN THREE YEARS. IT'S NICE TO SEE SO MANY CHANGES IN A GREAT WAY, WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW FACES. AND TO ALL THE STAFF AND TEAM HERE IN THE CITY FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR EMBRACING TOGETHER WITH OUR INDIAN COMMUNITY AND HINDU COMMUNITY. THIS FESTIVAL ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CITY, I HAD THE JOY OF CELEBRATING THE DIWALI AT THE LARGEST U.S. MISSION IN THE WORLD AS OUR NATION'S AMBASSADOR; WHERE LET ME TELL YOU THE PARTY WAS AS BIG AND RAUCOUS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. IT TAUGHT ME ALSO NA IN INDIA, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HOLIDAY THAT IS PROBABLY BEEN CELEBRATED FOR 14 TO 15,000 YEARS ARGUABLY THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS HUMAN HOLIDAY ON EARTH. SXL IT'S CELEBRATED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. IF SOME RELIGIOUS IS ABOUT ORTHODOX HINDU IS ABOUT --THE IDEA OF TWO THINGS, NOT ONLY THE LIGHT OUTSIDE YOU, AND WHAT WE CAN LIGHT TO SEE IN DARK MOMENTS LIKE THIS, BUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BURN BRIGHT BUT ALSO THE BRIGHTNESS INSIDE YOU. IN FACT ONE OF THE STORIES OF DIWALI TALKS ABOUT HOW CRISHNA SLAID A DEITY THAT TURNED EVIL, NAMED AFTER HELL IN THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT AND AS HE'S BEING SLAID, HE SAID TO CRISHNA, THANK YOU FOR SLAYING ME TO REMIND YOU HOW PRECIOUS LIFE AND THAT EACH ONE OF US HAS THIS LIGHT OF US. LIKE IF YOU BROUGHT THE LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS AND YOM KIPPUR AND PROMISE OF HANUKKAH, YOU WOULD SEE THIS AWAKENING INSIDE OF US. AT 4:00 AM, FIRE CRACKERS, THEY CALL THEM CRACKERS IN THE SOUTH, ARE FIRE CRACKERS ARE FIRE CRACKERS THAT ARE LIT IN THE 4:00 AM TO AWAKEN THE SPIRIT TO REMIND YOU THE LIGHT THAT LIVES INSIDE OF YOU. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CHANNEL THAT. THIS IS A GREAT INDIAN CITY AND STATE AND COUNTRY. WHEN WE LOOK AT, PATH BREAKERS AND LIGHTS LIKE, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, WHO IS THE FIRST ELECTED INDIAN-AMERICAN TO EVER BE IN THESE CHAMBERS BUT NOT THE FIRST INDIAN-AMERICAN TO CONTRACT IN IN ROOM. WE ALSO SEE THE FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS CAME FROM THIS STATE, WHO CAME TO BERKELEY IN THE 20th, STUDIED AND GOT Ph.d BUT PROHIBITED FROM OWNING LAND OR BECOME A PROFESSOR. SEW WENT TO THE IMPERIAL VALUE AND AS A TENANT FARM WE ARE A WHITE FRIEND WHO WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE LEASE OF THE LAND BECAME A SUCCESSFUL FARMER AND THEN A JUDGE, AND ELECTED THE FIRST ELECTED MEMBER OF CONGRESS IN THE 1950s, WHEN YOU SEE LIKE SENITA WILLIAMS, WHETHER WE REALIZE IN COMMERCE AND CULTURE AND BUSINESS AND THIS IS NOT JUST INDIAN CELEBRATION BY THE WAY, FROM BALLI DASH AND PAKISTAN TODAY, PEOPLE CELEBRATE DA WEELY. DIWALI, SO MY ONLY WISH FOR YOU IS THAT WE FEEL THAT LIGHT BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE LIGHT INSIDE YOU. AND CERTAINLY YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THAT INSPIRATION LISTENING TO THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND MAKING SURE THAT LIGHT NEVER GOES OUT. THANK YOU AND HAPPY DIWALI. >> N. Raman: SEE, I HAD INVITED FORMER MAYOR GARCETTI TO DANCE, BUT THEN REALIZED HIS WORDS ARE EVEN FOR POWERFUL. THANK YOU. NOW I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT IS A NEW I THINK, A NEW CONNECTION A RICHNESS OF CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR CITY AND INDIA, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. KJ AND AS A DISTINGUISHED DIPLOMAT HE COMES TO US AS SERVING A CONSUL GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, HE'S GOING TO SERVE THIS CONSULATE WHICH IS GOING TO SERVE CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO AND NEVADA AND I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY'RE OPENING A CONSULATE HERE. WELCOME. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. NA NAMASTE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MR. LEE AND MR. McOSKER, GARCETTI, AND DISTINGUISHED COUNCILMEMBERS AND ESTEEMED COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ALL FRIENDS. IT IS IN DEED A MATTER OF SINGULAR HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO JOIN YOU ALL TODAY IN THIS LOS ANGELES CITY HALL. THIS IS SUCH A HISTORIC CELEBRATION THE SBRAIFTION DOO DIWALI IN THIS LANDMARK. THE DECLARATION OF A STATE IT HOLIDAY BY GOVERN NEWSOM AND TO THE EVENING, THE LIGHTING OF THE CITY WALL MARK THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT AND THESE ARE GESTURE THAT'S DEEPLY TOUCH THE HEART OF MILLIONS OF INDIANS AND FRIENDS OF INDIA. DIWALI, AS YOU ALL KNOW, CELEBRATES THE TIME OF GOOD OVER EVIL, LIGHT OVER DARKNESS, KNOWLEDGE OVER IGNORANCE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS OVER DESPAIR. IT REMINDS US THAT EVEN A SMALL LAMP WITH DESPAIR DARKNESS, THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT RESONATES FAR BEYOND ANY CULTURE. DIWALI AS FORMER MAYOR GARCETTI MENTIONED, IS CELEBRATED AROUND THE WORLD, BUT ALSO THREE OTHER RELIGIOUSES, BY THE SIKH, JEWISH, IT'S A CITY THAT EMBRACES ALL CULTURES, THE VIBRANT INDIAN COMMUNIT HAS THROUGH ITS HARD WORK, OIN VACATION AND VALUES BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS CITY'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FABRIC. AS WE LIGHT THE CEREMONIAL LIGHTS, WE SYMBOLIZE ASPIRATION FOR PEACE, HARMONY AND PROSPERITY. WE ALSO REAFFIRM THE GROWING BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES AND BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF INDIA AND THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, AND WE WANT TO HELP THIS SO SUSTAIN IN THE FUTURE. MAY THE LIGHT OF DIWALI CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US TO BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING AND ILLUMINATE THE PART OF PROGRESS FOR ALL OF US HERE. I WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY DIWALI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SO MANY DOCTOR AND WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR GIVING US SPACE, I KNOW TODAY IS NOT A TRADITIONAL SPACE FOR PRESENTATIONS AND I DON'T OFTEN DO A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS HERE BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THIS YEAR TO TAKE UP A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE THAN USUAL TO HONOR DR. SINOSA ON OPENING THE NEW OFFICE AND OUR FORMER MAYOR AND AMBASSADOR TO INDIA, WHO I'M NOT JOKING, OUR FAMILIES WITHOUT KNOWING THE CONNECTION WE HAVE, WOULD FORWARD ME HIS SPEECHES AND DANCES. THEY SENT THEM TO ME, THEY WENT VIRAL IN INDIA AND HE BROUGHT A SENSE OF VITALITY ON THE CONNECTION OF THAT ROLE, WAS BRILLIANT AT IT. BRILLIANT AND HE MADE INDIANS FEEL INCREDIBLE. AND I KNOW THAT FROM SEEING MY FAMILY MEMBERS RESPOND TO ALL THAT. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE CONSUL GENERAL WILL DO WITH THAT CONNECTION FOR US. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR MR. GARCETTI. YES, GO AHEAD. >> Council President: ALREADY SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, VERY EXCITED OUR FIRST BIG DIWALI CELEBRATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING IT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO BRING IN HAPPINESS AND JOY IN A MOMENT WHERE WE'RE ALL AS A COUNTRY MANY OF US STRUGGLING THROUGH SO MUCH DARKNESS AND DIFFICULTY. BUT WHEN I SAW ERIC, WAS HERE, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE SBRAISED WITH A DANCE. AND I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT HE WAS NOT PART OF THE PRESENTATION IN HIS ARTFUL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF DANCE WITH THIS GENTLEMAN BUT, I MEAN, MAYBE WE'LL INVITE YOU BACK FOR A CELEBRATION OF BREAK DANCE AT SOME POINT. BUT IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE. AND TO MR. LEE'S COMMENT, THE ONLY THING THAT RIVALS AN INDIAN WEDDING IS A MEXICAN-CUBAN ONE. I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE A SIKH IN MY DISTRICT, BUT WE DO A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP WITH IN MY COMMUNITY IN PACOIMA AND THE LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY AMONG OUR SHARED COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS WONDERFUL AND I'M THANKFUL FOR IT, BECAUSE YOU DO BRING SO MANY COLOR AND LIGHT AND PARTNERSHIP TO OUR CITY. AND FOR THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR HONORING US WITH THIS CELEBRATION TODAY BECAUSE IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO TAKE SPACE EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL DAY TO DO IT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO IT, BECAUSE WE ARE THE CITY THAT REFLECTS AND EMBRACES THE DIVERSITY AS A STRENGTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND FOR THAT, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado:, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR PUT THISING ON. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DIWALI, HAVING OUR FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN CITY COUNCIL IS A HUGE LEGACY FOR TO YOU HAVE PUT IT HERE AND NOW THERE IS TWO AND THERE IS, OUR ASIAN CAUCUS IS GROWING. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, BRINGING YOUR COMMUNITY HERE TO CITY COUNCIL AND BEING SEEN AND MAKING US SEEN IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO INSTRUCTIVE EVEN FOR ME FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND FORMER BOSS, FORMER MAYOR, FORMER AMBASSADOR, FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT. FORMER BOSS. I DID TEXT FORMER STAFF AND WRNED THEM THAT YOU WERE POSSIBLY DANCING AND THEY SAID, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T WEAR A HAT, THAT'S OKAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE AND JUST KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE WELCOMED HERE AND THIS IS YOUR CITY HALL AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE FELT SEEN AND WE WELCOME YOU. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR REMINDING US ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS TO PUSH OUT DARKNESS WITH THIS LIGHT. MY FORMER BOSS DID CELEBRATE, AND I WAS JUST SHARING WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOW LAST YEAR, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAD DIWALI EXPERIENCE, IT WAS NOT JUST A PARTY. IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE IN OUR HOME AND WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE THAT. UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT SEEING IT THERE, AND I WAS FEELING SAD. AD I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS HERE. AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE OUR FORMER MAYOR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND AMBASSADOR, I WAS HOPING TO SEE YOU DANCE TOO. I THINK THAT THE PRESSURE IS ON AND YOU SHOULD GIVE US A LITTLE COUPLE OF MOVES. I SAW THE HANDS. BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE WHOLE DEAL, THERE YOU GO! THERE YOU GO! THIS IS SO MUCH, THIS BRINGS US ALL SO MUCH JOY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU AND BEFORE WE CLOSE, I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY THAT I WORE YELLOW, RED, GREEN THESE ARE ALL VERY TRADITIONAL COLORS IN INDIA BUT ALSO THE LOS ANGELES CITY FLAG. SO MY, [APPLAUSE] MY SADI IS BOTH THE CITY COLORS OF L.A. BUT ALSO VERY TRADITIONAL COLORS FROM SOUTH INDIA WHERE I'M FROM. I WANT TO OFFER THIS RESOLUTION FOR DIWALI AS WELL AS A RECOGNITION AND A FLAG THAT THE NEW CONSUL GENERAL WILL HANG IN HIS OFFICE. SO A RESOLUTION FOR DIWALI. I THINK THE PLAQUE IS BEHIND YOU. [APPLAUSE] YES. AND COUNCILMEMBER LEE WILL BE PRESENTING THE PLAQUE. SO. THANK YOU ALL, HAPPY DIWALI. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND GREAT PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE HAD THIS MORNING. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS NEXT, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT IF WE CAN PREPARE THE ROOM FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. I WILL READ THE INSTRUCTIONS NOW. LE 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 TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WANGER FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT MOINT, YOU --POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME. THE ITEMS OPEN, 1 AND 2, AND ITEMS 7 THROUGH 23. AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2 AND ITEMS 7 THROUGH 23. 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. BUT COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THE FIRST ONE ALLOWED TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: FINALLY IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I WILL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP READ ALLOWED BEFORE LINING UP. THE ORDER IN WHICH THE NAMES ARE TAKEN IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, READ ALLOWED, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, ANDREW, GRABNER, KRISTEN PETERSON, KATIE LAFAON, OLIVE YA, STEVEN TAYLOR AND T.J. Q. OON, OLIVE YA, STEVEN TAYLOR AND T.J. Q. JAOU HERE. -- >> Speaker: HERE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. MR. HERMAN, IF YOU ARE NOT READY YOU CAN WAIT AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE GET AHEAD OF YOU. >> Speaker: I'M FUCK INDISABLED, HOLD ON. >> City Attorney: THEN YOU CAN ASK FOR ASSISTANCE. >> Council President: MR. HERMAN, YOU'RE DIS RUPGT THE MEETING. THAT'S YOUR FIRST WARNING. >> City Attorney: AS I'VE TOLD YOU ON THE SIDE PERSONAL, IF YOU ASK FOR ASSISTANCE, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE YOU. THERE IS NO NEED TO BRING ALL OF YOUR BELONGINGS TO THE FRONT AND DELAY PUBLIC COMMENT. SO, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. ASSHOLE. REGARDING THE RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ, ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS, WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE THINK HOMELESSNESS IS ABOUT? IS IT ABOUT STEVEN TAYLOR? IS IT ABOUT ZHANGRI L.A. AREN'T THESE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INDICTED, DEVELOPERS AND INVOLVED WITH HOUSING FOR HOMELESSNESS? ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT RAMAN NOODLE? HOMELESSNESS HOUSING? BUT YET, THE CORRUPTION IS A REALITY ERIC GARCETTI, HEY ERIC, CORRUPTION, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ZERO TOLERANCE, RIGHT ERIC? HEY, MR. GARCETTI, ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> City Attorney: MR. GARCETTI IS NOT A MEMBER OF THIS BODY, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS BODY. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS BODY OR MOVE ON. >> Speaker: LISTEN, ASSHOLE, I'M TALKING ABOUT MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION AND--PERMIT OR PERMANENT LOANS THAT YOU GOT THROUGH THE ASSHOLES TO STEAL PUBLIC MONEY, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M ON TOPIC. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT ABOUT THE SAM BO ISSUE ON HOUSING ON 20? HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE, HUMPHREYS TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AFFORDABLE SOLUTION. IT'S ALL BULLSHIT. JUDGE DAVID O CARTER KNOWS, EVEN GARCETTI KNOWS THAT YOUR PLUM STEALING IS OVER. THOSE DAYS ARE OVER. >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. >> Speaker: YOU HAVE TO STICK FOR THE COMPANY ORDINANCE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE SPEAK TO THAT ITEM, OR I'M GOING TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GRACIAS PUTO HEY. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU MOTHER FUCKER. >> Speaker: WHO IN FUCKEN AMERICA BELIEVES THAT YOU'RE HERE ILLEGALLY, GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO FREEDOMS THAT WE AMERICANS FOUGHT FOR? IT IS WAR! THAT GAVE US AMERICA, NOT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMES TO OUR F-COUNTRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FUCKED UP RULES, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, YOU FUCKEN FOOL, JUST LIKE YOU'RE FULL OF RULES AND BULLSHIT AND HATE AND RACISM TOWARDS DISABLED PEOPLE, YOU MOTHER FUCKER. SO ITEM 9 FOR THE RECORD, REGARDING THE REPORT AND RESOLUTION BY RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ AND THAT DUMB YAROSLAVSKY, GO CELEBRATE YOUR BULLSHIT IN YOUR FUCKED UP COUNTRY. >> City Attorney: I WILL NOTE THAT WE'VE BEEN PATIENT WITH YOU WITH YOUR COMMISSION MEETING AND COUNCIL. SO IF WE HEAR YOU AGAIN, YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN WARNED AND YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 7 AND 12. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME OR BEFORE, WE APOLOGIZE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, MR. HERMAN IS THE REASON WHY WE CELEBRATE CULTURES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAK TO GO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING TO ABOUT SEMILA CHARTER SCHOOL IN CD14 AND REMIND PEOPLE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FOR CD14 HAS BEEN CONDUCTING CITY MEETINGS AT HER HOME. WOULD I LIKE TO ASK THE CITY OF L.A. TO IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE CHARTER SCHOOL DUE TO THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. MY FATHER WAS A FOUNDER OF THAT SCHOOL, SINCE HIS DEATH, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN REAL ESTATE FRAUD AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM HIS ONLY HEIR MYSELF DISTRIBUTED AT SEMILA'S DEL PUEBLO SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IRENE VASQUEZ HAS PERSONALLY HIRED PEOPLE TO BREAK INTO MY HOME THAT I LAWFULLY INHERITED FROM MY GRANDFATHER. SHE HAS HIRED PEOPLE TO BEAT ME UP. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. AUDIT L.A. HERE. >> City Attorney: ALL ITEMS? >> Speaker: YES, SIR. >> City Attorney: AND OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I WANT TO START WITH HAPPY DIWALI, MS. RAMAN, THAT WAS A LOVELY PRESENTATION. BUZZ I WANT TO START WITH NUMBER 9 OKAY, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE TOUGH FOR ME. AS WE KNOW, MR. LEE OWES ME AN APOLOGY BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD, ONE HE IS TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? TAKING CARE OF THE SCHOOLS, THE ROADERY? MY DAD WAS IN ROADERY, SO I CANNOT BE AGAINST THAT. AND I FEEL THAT SINCE THIS MORNING, I WENT TO ONE OF THE EARLY MEETINGS WHICH I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE AND I FEEL LIKE MR. LEE AND I HAD A LITTLE BONDING AND I THINK THAT'S PROGRESS. SO I WANT TO SAY JUST FOR TOAY, VOTE YES ON NUMBER 9, BUT TARGET MY APOLOGY IT'S GOING TO BE NO-NO-NO FROM NOW ON. AND THE CELEBRATION OF DIWALI WE'RE GOING TO SAY YES TO NUMBER 9. WHEN IT COMES TO I THINK IT'S NUMBER 7? THE ONE WITH DEALING WITH THE, IMPROVING, I FORGET, IMPROVING THE, EXCESS ABILITY SORRY. ANYWAY. ONE THING WITH THE CITY, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DOING THESE PROJECTS TO MAKE IT REALLY NICE, YOU'RE MAKE ITING HARDER FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN A SHARE AND I DON'T THINK YOU REALIZE, I WISH YOU GUYS THAT YOU WOULD CULT PEOPLE AND SHARES BECAUSE YOU PUT ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ROCKS AND EVERYTHING, BUT YOU MAKE THE CALL BUTTON TO WHERE WE HAVE TO GO OVER THE ROCKS TO HIT THE CALL BUTTON AND WE HAVE TO COME BACK. I CAN SEND A VIDEO TO ALL OF YOU TO SHOW YOU HOW ALL OF THIS PROCESS, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT SEEM BEAUTIFUL AND PROGRESS TO GET ACCESSIBILITY ARE CREATING A MORE OF A HINDRANCE, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PEOPLE IN CHAIRS AND MIND YOU THE CITY, I GO THROUGH CHAIR TIRES LIKE YOU GO THROUGH TIRE CARS BECAUSE OF THE STREETS. WOULD ASK TO YOU FIX THA. AS FAR AS THE MEDIAN, I WANT TO SAY NO. I WANT TO HELP MEDIANS BUT WHOEVER, WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF TAKING CARE OF MEDIANS THEY HAVE TO DO IT. BECAUSE THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD PROMISE TODAY TAKE CARE OF MEDIAN BY BURBANK AND THEY HAVE YET. IT'S A HOT MESS. AND I THINK IT'S DISGUSTING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO ADOPT A MEDIAN TO HAVE THEIR NAME ATTACHED TO IT AND MAKE EVERY SO GREAT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN IT'S HORRIBLE, IT'S HORABLY KEPT. YOU HAVE TO DO--HORRIBLABLY KEPT. IT SHOULD BE NICE. ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THEY COULD DO IT NICE BUT THEY JUST DON'T. SO THEY LIE TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT AND NOW WE'RE PAYING THE PRICE WITH AN UGLY MEDIAN. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY HI FIRST TO SMOKING SCAN, I'M GLAD THEY'RE HERE. I WANT TO SAY SHAH AGAIN WITH THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, THEY HAD A PERMIT FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BUT THEY STARTED TO SETTING UP ON FRIDAY, AND MAGICALLY WHEN THE POLICE ASKED FOR A PERMIT THEY SHOWED A SECONDARY PERMIT AND THEY SAID THERE IS PERMITS FOR THE EVENT AND THEN A SEPARATE EVENT FOR THE STREET CLOSURE AND THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. THERE IS NOWHERE THAT I CAN FIND THAT THEY HAD A PERMIT FOR FRIDAY. THIS STUFF HAS TO STOP. AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO STOP BECAUSE THEY WERE USING SLAVE WAGES FROM 0 TO 47 A WEEK FOR 110 HOURS PER WEEK. IT'S ILLEGAL. THERE IS NO RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION ON CITY PROPERTY, WE'RE A SEEING THAT WE SUPPORT UNION SXZ WE SUPPORT PEOPLE MAKING REAL WAGES, OKAY SO THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND PADILLA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INTRODUCING COUNCIL FILE 11-52 REGARDING CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS. THERE IS A WOMEN SEMI THAT WORKS HER POSITION ON VIDEO IS FORMERLY JUST AS INVOLVED SHALL NOT BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. THAT INCLUDES CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS. SHE WENT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAUSE I WAS GOING CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS AS AN INTERVENER TO HAVE THEM REMOVED AND THAT TOXIC LITTLE BITCH SAID I'M BEING A RACIST. YOU'RE GOING TO BE VILIFIED BECAUSE OF SEMI PARK, THAT PIECE OF SHIT MOTHER FUCKER, ASSHOLE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT. ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: STARTING OFF WITH ITEM 10 WHICH IS A MOTION FROM CITY STAFFER B AND HARRIS-DAWSON TO MOVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING EARLIER TO 2:30 INSTEAD OF 3:30 HOW ABOUT YOU MOVE THE MEETING TO THE EVENING AND IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN COME AND--HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? YOU NEVER STARTED THE CLOCK. [LAUGHTER] BUT YEAH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING SHOULD BE IN THE EVENING AND IN THE COMMUNITY, SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS INSTEAD OF HAVING IT, EARLIER AND EARLIER IN THE DAY TO FIT STAFFER B SCHEDULE OR SOMETHING. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GET TO 2:30 AND EVEN 3:30 SO YOU SHOULD MAKE IT IN THE EVENINGS AND IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 13 WHICH IS LIGHTING UP CITY HALL FOR SALVADORIAN AMERICAN DAY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NOT MUCH. JUST LIKE YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR DIWALI, THAT PRESENTATION WAS MORE HONORING GARCETTI, WE HAVE YRKTS TRACK MAPS. LET'S SEE, WE HAVE, SOME STUFF TOWARDS THE END, ALL OF THESE MAPS, REALLY, OKAY, LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEKEND, LAST WEEKEND ACTUALLY. SO, WE SAW THAT THE LAPD WAS ONCE AGAIN, VIOLATING RESTRAINING ORDERS AND COURT INJUNCTIONS, A RETRAINING ORDER THAT YOU AFFIRMED LAST FRIDAY THAT SAID THAT THE LAPD CANNOT TARGET JOURNALISTS DURING PROTESTS. AND WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY TARGETED JOURNALIST. THEY LITERALLY TARGETED A JOURNALIST THAT IS SUING FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THERE IS AN INJUNCTION THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY CANNOT USE LESS LETHALS TO MOVE THE CROWD. AND IT'S IN SERVICE OF SUPPORTING AND PROTECTING AND ASSISTING ICE, WHICH OF COURSE LYING, CHEAT McDONALD WHO SHOULD BE FIRED KEEPS LYING EXAMINE CLAIMING THEY DON'T WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE DOING IT. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP TERESA, AUDIT L.A., ELORI ADA, VANESSA B, ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO WANT TO MAY A TEXT SINCE YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO THAT GUY. THIS MORNING I LISTENED TO THE COUNCIL LIKE THE MAYOR TELLS US TO FILM AND DOCUMENT ICE IMMIGRATIONS. YOU HAVE AND YET THE BIGGEST OPERATION TAKE PLACE AT THE MDC, AND LAPD NOT ONLY PROVENTS US FROM FILMING, THEY ATTACK US AND ARREST US FOR STANDING UP FOR IT. LAPD SAID FUCK YOU TO EVERY ONE ON THIS COUNCIL ON SATURDAY AT NO KINGS, THEY VIOLATED THE BANE'S ACT BY USING RESTRAINT, YOU TOLD THEM THEY COULD NOT HURT JOURNALIST, THEY SAID FUCK YOU, THEY SHOT AT US. THAT IS OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT'S THE LAPD, THEY DO NOT RESPECT YOU TO USE THE POWER YOU HAVE AND STAND UP FOR US. A TWO-THIRDS VOTE, CAN REMOVE JIM McDONALD, WILL YOU DO SOMETHING TO HELP US? WE ARE BEGGING YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M YOLANDA AND I WORK IN TACO BELL HERE IN LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ORDINANCE FOR FAIR WORK IN FAST FOOD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW US FAST FOOD WORKERS TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS AND TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THEM. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> >> Interpreter: WHEN I WAS WORKING BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW MY RIGHTS I HURT MY ARM AND I WAS FORCE TODAY WORK WITH THE INJURED ARM AND IT WAS THEN WHEN THE UNION INFORMED ME OF MY RIGHTS I WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I KNOW MANY MORE FAST-FOOD WORKERS WHO DO NOT KNOW THEIR RIGHTS ARE FACING SITUATIONS LIKE MINE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YEAH AND OUR BOSSES DO NOT WANT US TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES AND PREVENT ABUSE IN OUR WORKPLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE NEED TRAINING FROM AN EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT IN THE POCKETS OF THE COMPANY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HI I'M HERE ON ITEM NUMBER 4. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO ITEM NUMBER 4, WE ALREADY HELD PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'LL COME BACK. IT WAS JUST CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY DID CALL MY NAME UP. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 4 DURING THAT TIME. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M TERESA REPRESENTING VERIZON IN SUPPORT OF CREATING THE MEDAL AND WIRE THEFT WE REGARD TRAM. PROGRAM. AS YOU KNOW, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS AS OF LATE. AND THERE IS A BIG COPPER WIRE THEFT INCIDENT THAT CONTINUES TO RISE IN LOS ANGELES. VERIZON IS FIGHTING TO AGAINST THIS THREAT ANTHE CRIME IS AGAINST MANY ANGELINOS AND CUTS OUT VITAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS, WE RESPECTFULLY THAT THE CITY FUND FOR THE HEAVY METAL TASK FORCE AND THAT WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS Y.I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS VANESSA I'M THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY JUST HERE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR ANNUAL SUPER ADOPTION EVENT HAPPENING AT THE ROSE BOWL. THIS IS LOS ANGELES LARGEST ADOPTION EVENT FEATURING HUNDREDS OF ADOPTING AND OUR LOCAL RESCUE PARTNERS. IT'S A FUN WEEKEND WHERE ANGELINOS CAN MAKE LIFE SAVING DIFFERENCE. EVENTS LIKE THIS, HELP PREVENT AND CONNECT COMMUNITY WITH VITAL PET CARE RESOURCES. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE AND HOPE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, SMOKING SCAN, LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER 9 FOR NOT WOMEN'S CLOCK. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE MY FRIEND DANA IS PART OF THE NORTHRIDGE WOMEN'S CLUB. SHE TAUGHT ME THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE WOMEN BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPORTING WOMEN I MADE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION FROM NOW ON, I WANT TO LEGALLY CHANGE MY GENDER FROM MAN TO WOMEN BECAUSE I SUPPORT WOMEN TOO MUCH. SO I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN'S CLUB HOWEVER OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS ONLY REPORT WOMEN IN NORTHRIDGE. DOES NOT SUPPORT WOMEN IN FIGUEROA, BUT I AM HERE TO SUPPORT EVERY WOMEN IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU'RE IN NORTHRIDGE OR IN FIGUEROA OR IN SKID ROW. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13. ALL RIGHT, DANA, YOU NEED TO LISTEN CAREFULLY, YOU NEED TO STOP HAVING SEX RIGHT THERE. THIS IS ABOUT SALVADORIAN HERITAGE DAY. YES YES. I AM A PROUD, EL SALVADORIAN IMMIGRANT I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSING ASSOCIATION SO I END UP IN THE UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY AND UNFORTUNATELY PRESIDENT TRUMP DEPORTED ME BACK AND I WAS IN MEGA PRISON WITHOUT ANY ED TREATMENT IN THE MAKE UP PRISON. I'M HERE TO RECOGNIZE ALL HOLIDAYS IN OUR SALVADORIAN AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION IN THE EL SALVADORIAN MEGA PRISON ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR ED TREATMENT. EVERY ONE DESERVE ED TREATMENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DANA. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO 18, 19, 20 OKAY. OKAY, DANE A YOU NEED DANA, YOU NEED TO STOP HAVING SEX OVER THE PHONE. IT'S ALL ABOUT AFFORDABLE SOLUTION AGENCY, I GOT A GOOD NEWS DANA, BECAUSE LOS ANGELES CITY, THERE WAS RECENTLY TWO SO-CALLED, DEVELOPERS JUST IMPACTED AND RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE FACING FED VAL PROSECUTIONS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHAT ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING TO? I NEED TO YOU IDENTIFY THE IDEA OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: FOR THE AFFORDABLE SOLUTION SXZ AGENCIES, AGAIN THERE ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOUSING AGENCIES. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: WITHOUT ANY TRANSPARENCY. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE, TO HELPING OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, BUT THE THING IS, THAT EVERY SINGLE MILLIONAIRE BILLIONAIRE DEVELOPER IN THE CITY OF L.A., THEY'RE CONTINUE TO WASTING THEIR MONEY, ALL RIGHT. DANA, NO NO, GET OUT OF HIS FACE RIGHT NOW. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I AM HERE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY CONTINUE TO GET ATTACKED. THEY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE VIOLENT THREAT, THEY CONTINUE TO GETTING ILLEGAL DOGS BY LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, BY THE ILLEGAL, BIT BLACK LIVES MATTER, BY THE WOKE, BY THE MOB, BY THE RIOTER BUT I'M HERE TO STAND IN SOLIDARTY WITH EVERY SINGLE LAW ENFORCEMENT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN MOST IMPORTANT, I WISH THAT I CAN GET SOME MY ED TREATMENT FOR MY FAVORITE NURSE, DANA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SMOKING SCAN CD1 SPINDLER! >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH YELLOW LIGHTS --ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M OLIVIA AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON 2 AND 1. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND 1 AND 2, JUST THE ITEMS? >> Speaker: ITEM, FIRST PARAGRAPH FOR ITEM 1, AND TWO, A AND B FOR ITEM 2. I'M STANDING FOR BOB BLUMENFIELD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I RESIDE. ON ORANGE DRIVE AND LONG CREEK AVENUE. SO FOR ITEM 2, IT SAYS, TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING FACTORS TO CALCULATE THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMITS. THIS SAYS THAT THE NUMBER IS 4.4 PERCENT WHEN THE ACTUALLY NUMBER IS 1.76 PERCENT WHICH EQUALS 106 TIMES 4 THAT'S THE MATH WHICH IS 6424 PERCENT WHICH MEANS THAT THE POPULATION PERCENT CHANGED IN THE CITY AS ACTUALLY IS 6, 424 PERCENT CHANGE OF THE POPULATION. AND THEN, FOR ITEM B, THE CALIFORNIA PER CAPITOL INCOME WAY IS 6.4 PERCENT. SNOOT SPEAKER YOU'VE EXHAUSTED THE TIME ON ITEM 2, SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO MOVE TO ITEM 1. >> Speaker: A PERCENTAGE MISSING AND AS A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT SAY NO. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO SPEAKER, I CAN MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE. BUT YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME ON ITEM 2. ON WHAT IT MEANS, ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: 5500,000, 36800,000 IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE THEY'RE MISSING 86.06 PERCENT OUT OF THE POPULATION. INCOME. FOR CALIFORNIA, SO 80 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION INCOME IS ACTUALLY MISSING AND THERE HAS BEEN A 424 PERCENT CHANGE WNT CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SO TO ADOPT THE 9235505368 IS ACTUALLY OVER 80 PERCENT MISSING OF THE FISCAL VALUE AND I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS NOTION. AND THAT IS MY TIME. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. AND AS WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER TO GET UP. MR. HERMAN, I HAVE WARNED YOU MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE. THIS IS NOT YOUR HOME, THIS IS A HISTORIC BUILDING DO NOT PUT YOUR FEET ON THE PEWS. PLEASE REMOVE THEM, I'VE BEEN WARNED YOU BEFORE, SO PLEASE REMOVE YOUR FEET FROM THE PEWS, NOW. GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO REPRESENTATIVE HERNANDEZ FOR INJUNCTION. I JUST WANT TO PLAY THE AUDIO FROM LAPD ESCALATING ON THE NIGHT OF NO KINGS. THIS GIRL, IS IN THE BACK AND SHE IS SHOT, SHE SHOOT INTO THE CROWD AND THEN SHE IS SHOT WITH A NON LETHAL IN THE STOMACH. AND I THINK IF I HAVE TO HEAR IT. >> City Attorney: SO CAN WE PAUSE THE SPEAKER'S TIME. YOUR TIME IS PAUSED. YOU'RE WELCOME TO PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LET US KNOW WHERE THE LINK IS, THAT IS FINE. BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU SPEAK AS OPPOSED TO PLAYING A VIDEO. >> Speaker: I APPRECIATE NA, I FELT IF I HAD TO HEAR THAT IN-PERSON AND HEAR SOMEBODY SCREAM AFTER LAPD SHOT SOMEBODY IN THE STOMACH AFTER YOU GUYS, THIS COUNCIL SAID THEY COULDN'T DO THAT. AND SHE JOURNALIST, THERE IS TONS OF VIDEOS THAT I CAN SEND AND YEAH. THAT'S ALL, IF YOU WANT THE RESPECT OF LAPD, THEY DON'T RESPECT YOU. >> City Attorney: AND JUST AS AN FYI, I KNOW THIS COMES UP, IF YOU DO HAVE LINKS OR WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH I THINK A LINK WOULD QUALIFY AS WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN DO TO VIA L.A. COUNCIL COMMENT.COM OR YOU CAN GOOGLE AND IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST LINK THAT COMES UP. THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. DURING PUBLIC COMMENT OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IF WE ALLOW THE PLAYING OF THE VIDEOS, EVERYBODY WOULD SHOW UP WITH A VIDEO TO PLAY. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: JUST GOING INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. NEARLY EVERY MODERN DEVICE THAT ROLLS OUT OF A FACTORY HAS BEEN WEAPON ON EYESED AND EQUIPPED WITH BEAM TECHNOLOGY, THIS IS RON JOHNSON HE'S TO THE RIGHT OF TRUMP. AND BY THE WAY, HIM USING THE WORD SKY NET, I LOOKED IT UP, ANYWAY, YOU HAVE TO LOOK IT UP YOURSELF. HE'S A SENATOR FROM, WISCONSIN, RON JOHNSON. I HOPE OTHERS, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE WAS LYING BUT HE'S ACTUALLY ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND SOUNDS LIKE IT. TECHNOLOGY, SIMILARLY TO 5G, AND THESE DWIESZ CAN BE AS BIG AS A CORDLESS PHONE ANTENNA. EVERY DEVICE IS CONNECTED TO THE DEEP STATE. HE HATES THE DEEP STATE AND AUTOMATICALLY ATTACK FILES FOR INDIVIDUALS. HE HATES US, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A FAIR HEARING TO HIM. >> Clerk: PRESIDENT PRO TEM, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THE ALLOTTED TIME. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON. JUST HOLD ON, ONE SECOND. >> Council President: WE HAVE A FEW MORE SPEAKERS, WE HAVE EXHAUSTED OUR TIME BUT THERE IS ONLY THREE PEOPLE STANDING UP, SO WE'LL GIVE THE FOLKS STANDING THERE NOW, BUT THAT'S IT. OKAY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M DANIEL SOSA, WAINT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE ACTION AT THE 11th HOUR ON FRIDAY TO INSTRUCT THE MAYOR TO USE LESS LETHAL WEAPONS, THANK YOU FOR FROM BREAK FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY, THANKS FOR DOING WHAT YOU CAN TO KEEP ANGELINOS SAFE. HOWEVER, LAPD BROKE, DESPITE TRO PREVENTING THEM FROM DOING JUST THAT. IT'S ALL ON VIDEO, THEY SHOT ONE MEMBER OF THE PRESS WITH A RUBBER BULLET AND A WOMAN REQUIRED SIX STAPLES. THEY DECLARED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY ON A PEACEFUL CROWD WHO HAD NOT ENGAGED IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR WHATSOEVER. LAPD BROKE THE LAW, WHY DOES LAPD HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM? THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE. THEY NEED A NEW CHIEF OR THIS CITY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO BROKE AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: THANK YOU SIR. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT AND PERTAIN TO GO ITEM 4. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS VALERIE SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE LARGEST BUSINESS ORGANIZATION IN THE LOS ANGELES REGION. THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER SUPPORTS IN THE METAL WIRE AWARDS PROGRAM TO PRIORITIZE ADDRESSING WIRE THEFT AS IT HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE COSTING THE CITY THOUSANDS OF MONEY IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEADING TO DELAYS IN REMAYORS, REPAIRS. A PREVENTION AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR METAL AND WIRE. ALSO SUPPORTS AN ANNUAL REPORT TO TRACK FUND ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE THE MONEY IS AWARDING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US EXTRA TIME. >> GOOD MORNING, ITEM NUMBER 4, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M NOEL REPRESENTING AT&T EXTERNAL AFFAIRS IN GREATER LOS ANGELES. AT&T SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR A TIERED REWARD PROGRAM TO COMBAT COPPER THEFT CRIMES. REACHED CRISIS LEVEL WITH LOS ANGELES EXPERIENCING THE HIGHEST RATE IN CALIFORNIA. AT&T HAS FACED MORE THAN 1800 COPPER THEFTS OVER 90 PERCENT OF THEM OCCURRING HERE IN LOS ANGELES. IN THE COUNTY LOSSES HAVE EXCEEDED 26 MILLION DOLLARS. WHEN COPPER THEFT CABLES ARE STOLEN IT AFFECTS COMMUNICATION AND SERVICES, TO ADDRESS THIS, AT&T IS PURSUING LEGISLATIVE REFORM PARTNERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. AT&T IS COMMITTED TO BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION AND WE THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP ON THIS URGENT MATTER. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M MICHAEL I LIVE IN THE VALLEY, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE WORDS ABOUT FIGHTING FIGHTING ICE AND INVESTING IN DEFENSIVE COMMUNITIES WITH RESPECT, I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST WORDS. YOU MENTIONED ACTION GROUPS REPORTING ICE, I'VE BEEN IN THE GROUPS, CHECKING ON DAY LABORER AND PROTECTING PEOPLE, AND NOT ONCE HAVE I SEEN A COUNCILMEMBER SHOW UP TO HELP. NOT ONCE HAVE I HEARD SOMEBODY CALL OUT LAPD PRESENCE AT THE DETENTION CENTER GUARDING THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE KIDNAPPINGS. I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE COUNCIL SHUT DOWN THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PEEL THE RULE PROTECTING PRESS, PROTEST BUT THAT RULE WAS STILL BROKEN ON SATURDAY. PRESS WERE TARGETED PROTESTERS WERE HURT AND EVEN ONE LAPD DROVE INTO A CROWD AND HURT SOMEBODY. HOW IS THAT ACCOUNTABILITY? TODAY I HOPE TO HEAR REAL ACTION. ACKNOWLEDGE OF THE 100 PLUS U.S. CITIZENS TAKEN BY ICE WITHOUT PROCESS OR DIGNITY. BUT AGAIN IT'S JUST PLAT TUDES. YOU HAVE THE POWER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AGAIN, IF YOU RUN OUT OF TIME OR IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENT, YOU CAN DO SO IN WRITING. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DEL MAR THOMPSON I'M FROM MARINA DELRAY, MY DOG WAS BRUTAL ALLY AND I TRIED TO GET HIM OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DOG THAT ATTACKED HIM, THAT WEIGHED 100 POUNDS MY CHIHUAHUA WEIGHED 8 POUNDS. THERE IS NO LAW TO PUT A DOG THAT KILLS ANOTHER DOG TO SLEEP. AND THOUSANDS PEOPLE HAVE SMALL DOGS, THE GUY DID NOT CALL ME BACK. I GOT HIM OUT OF THE HIS MOUTH AND THE DOG JUMPED ME AND GRABBED HIM AGAIN AND KILLED HIM. I'M SHATTERED AND ANIMAL CONTROL CAN'T DO ANYTHING. LAPD CAN'T DO ANYTHING. THEY NEED TO MAKE A LAW THAT IF A DOG KILLS ANOTHER DOG, HE HAS TO BE PUT TO SLEEP. [APPLAUSE] PERIOD SXWLAIM. >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THE TIME ALLOTTED EXTENDED AND WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL SPEAKERS THAT HAVE COME TODAY. WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS, 1, 2, AS WELL AS 7 THROUGH 23, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY. THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. DOES ANY MEMBER WISH TO BE HEARD? SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAMAN REQUESTED 17 TO GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: SO ORDERED. >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 3 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OKAY. DOES COUNCILMEMBER OR ANYONE WISH TO BE HEARD ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 4 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND HERNANDEZ AND THERE IS AN AMENDMENT ON ITEM 4, MOTION LEE RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: OKAY. ANY MEMBERS WISH TO BE HEARD ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, CAN WE TAKE THIS AS AMENDED? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY. WE'LL TAKE IT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND WE'LL VOTE ON THE ITEM AS AMENDED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE MEASURE IS AGREED TO. NEXT ITEM. >> Clerk: FINAL ITEM IS ITEM 5 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: OKAY THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES I RISE TO STRESS THE NEED TO PROTECT THE WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. TODAY I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO APPROVE THE SUPPORT AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO EXTEND OUR ORDINANCE IN THE CORNFIELD OF ARROYO SECO PLAN, IT WILL HELP PROTECT THE WELL BEING OF MANY ANGELINOS. IT STOPS A FLOOD OF NEW WAREHOUSES AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS FROM POISONING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHICH ARE ALREADY IN THE TOP 3 PERCENT FOR POLLUTION. THESE ARE WORKING CLASS IMMIGRANT FAMILIES BREATHING TOXIC FUMES EVERY DAY. THEY SUFFER FROM THE HIGHEST RTES OF AS MA, THEIR KIDS ARE GETTING SICK AND THEIR PARENTS ARE GETTING SICK. WE PASSED THIS TO CREATE A PERMANENT PLAN. WE APPROVED A CAST LAST OCTOBER TO GET PERMANENT REGULATIONS ON THE BOOK BUT NOW WE FACE A DANGEROUS GAP. OUR PROTECTIONS EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 10th. THE PERMANENT ORDINANCES ARE NOT OPERATIVE UNTIL EARLY 2026. THIS CREATES A LOOPHOLE, I KNOW THIS BECAUSE JUST LAST YEAR A COMPANY WAS READY TO DRIVE DIESEL TRUCK AT THE EXPENSE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE WILL NOT ALLOW GAPS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. COLLEAGUES I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE, THANK YOU PLUM COMMITTEE FOR HEARING THIS IN YOUR AND GIVING IT CONSIDERATION AND TO WORKING TO FINALIZE THE CAST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LESS OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES. LE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THIS MEASURE A ADOPTED. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO HAVE IT GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: DOES THAT CLEAR THE DESK. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THAT CLEARS THE DESK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, COLLEAGUES LOOKING TO MY LEFT AND RIGHT, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, LET'S RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. LOOKING TO MY LEFT, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND I'LL BE JOINED SHORTLY BY A BROTHER AND SISTER AND FAMILY FROM ONE OF OUR CITY CHAMPIONS, THE WELL-KNOWN KENT WONG, THE MIGHTIEST WARRIORS FOR WORKING PEOPLE THIS CITY HAS EVER KNOWN. WE LOST KENT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER A LONG LIFE IN PROUD LEGACY OF FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF WORKING PEOPLE AND HELPING BUILD A LABOR MOVEMENT IN THIS CITY. HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF UCLA LABOR CENTER FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND WORKED TO BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN ACADEMIA, GRASS ROOTS, AND ORGANIZING AND LABOR MOVEMENT. LABOR EDUCATION, BECAME A HALLMARK OF HIS WORK AND SOMETHING THAT GOT, REGULARIZED OR NORMALIZED IN OUR SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF HIS WORK. MOST RECENTLY IN THE WAKE OF RAIDS, AND A COUPLE OF TOUGH PROTESTS THAT WE HAVE HAD KENT WAS PART OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT ORGANIZED BIG TEACHINGS ON HOW DO, AT THE CONVENTION CENTER BEFORE HIS TIME AT THE LABOR CENTER, HE SERVED AS A STAFF ATTORNEY FOR SCIU, FOR REPRESENTING OUR CITY WORKERS AND THEN LOCAL 660, HE WAS THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF ASIAN PACIFIC, ASIAN ALLIANCE FOR LABOR EDUCATION. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING NOT ONLY OUR UCLA LABOR CENTER AND BUILDING OUT WHAT WE NOW APPRECIATE IN DISTRICT 1 AS THE JIM LAWSON CENTER BUT GETTING LABOR CENTERS AT UCs AROUND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT WORKING ISSUES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE. HE WAS A COLLEAGUE, A FRIEND AND A MENTOR AND, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WAS VERY TRUSTING, VERY TOUCHING, HE WAS YOU KNOW, MILD-MANNERED, VERY PROPER, BUT ONCE THE IGNITION TURNED, THE FIRE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF KENT WOULD ALWAYS KNOCK YOU BACK A FEW STEPS 'CAUSE HE WOULD TURN LITERALLY INTO A DIFFERENT CHARACTER WHEN HE WAS FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF WORKING PEOPLE. SO I'M HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY HIS BROTHER AND SISTER HERE TODAY. BUT THERE IS SUCH A HUGE FAMILY OF PEOPLE BOTH HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND HIS WIFE JAY LEE AND HIS CHILDREN BUT ALSO THE LARGER COMMUNITY. ALMOST ALL OF US WERE TOUCHED BY KENT IN A VERY DEEP WAY DURING OUR TIME. SO WITH THAT, I ASK COLLEAGUES THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE RESILIENT AND TRIUMPHANT MEMORY OF KENT WONG. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR LEADING THIS TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, I WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY JUST VERY SAD ABOUT THE PASSING YOU KNOW, I MET KENT VERY MANY YEARS AGO, AS A YOUNG ORGANIZER, ACTUALLY HE CAME TO SPEAK AT ONE OF OUR STAFF UNION RETREATS AND I WAS IGNITED BY HIS PASSION, AND YOU KNOW, DESIRE TO FIGHT AND HE WOULD BECOME SOMEBODY THAT I RAN INTO SEVERAL TIMES OVER MY CAREER. SOME OF THE MORE SENIOR FOLKS OF THE UNION KNEW HIM AT A DEEPER LEVEL. BUT AFTER WINNING MY ELECTION, HE WAS JUST SO HAPPY. HE WAS SO HAPPY, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP KNEW HIM BETTER, WE ALL CAME FROM THE SAME FAMILY. IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE I WAS JUST REMINDED OF TRAVELING THE COUNTRY AND METING UNION FOLKS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND YOU IMMEDIATELY HAVE A CONNECTION BECAUSE YOU COME FROM THE SAME LEANAGE AND HE CAME FROM THAT, THE TEACHINGS OF REV. JAMES LAWSON, THE UNIONISM BEING PART OF THE FABRIC. I KNOW ONE OF THE LAST THINGS HE DID WAS LEADER TRAINING AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WHERE 1500 PEOPLE WERE TRAINED ON NON VIOLENT ACTION EVEN IN THE FACE OF EVERYTHING HAPPENING. SO I KNOW HIS LOSS WILL BE DEEPLY FELT BY SO MANY PEOPLE, HOWEVER HE LEAVES AN INCAEDBLE LEGACY OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BUT ALSO A LOT TO CELEBRATE AND EMULATE. BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS TODAY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, THANK YOU MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, I THINK IT WOULD BE APROPOS IF WE MAKE THIS A FULL-COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT. AND ONE THAT WOULD HOPE THAT IN THE LIFE THAT YOU LEAVE, WOULD YOU LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY, AND THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT HIS LIFE WAS LIVED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT LEAVES PROFOUND AND DEEP, IMPACT ACROSS OUR CITY, ACROSS OUR NATION, IT'S JUST, IT'S THE PEBBLE IN THE POND AND THE RIPPLES FROM HIS LIFE LIVED WILL FOREVER BE FELT BY SO MANY. ONE CAN HOPE TO HAVE SUCH AN INSPIRING LEGACY WITH HOW HE LIVED HIS LIFE AND HIS SENSE OF PURPOSE. SO MY DEEP CONDOLENCES TO YOU ALL AND OF COURSE THE FAMILY AND EVERY ONE WHO IS MOURNING HIS LOSS, BUT I CAN THINK OF MORE PERSON MORE DESERVING OF A FULL-COUNCIL ADJOURNING FOR KENT, FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE FOR OUR CITY AND WORK PEOPLE AND WE ARE A BETTER CITY BECAUSE OF HIM. SO THANK YOU. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YOU KNOW, I AGREE, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER PERSON TO GET A FULL-COUNCIL. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN HE LEFT US, I KNEW THAT HE WAS DEALING WITH HEALTH ISSUES. I GOT INTRODUCED AT UCLA AND THAT SHOWED HOW HE WAS A BELIEVER AND NOT JUST EMPOWERING FOLKS THROUGH FORMAL PLACES LIKE LABOR BUT ALSO BRINGING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY BASE EXPERTS AS WELL AS GRAD SCHOOL STUDENTS, JUST CONSTANTLY TAPPING INTO DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF FUTURE LEADERS AND I'M SO HONORED THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND THAT EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE REASONS Y PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND HUGO MAKE IT TO THESE PLACES. HE'S PART OF OUR OWN STORY SO MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND A BIG HUG TO JAY LEE, MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. KENT HAS LEFT A MARK IN THIS ENTIRE CITY BUT IN PARTICULATE McARTHUR PARK, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE MEDIA AND OTHERS TRY TO UNDERMINE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD NA WE SHOULD TURN AWAY FROM, THAT IT'S NOT GOOD, IT'S DANGEROUS, IT'S DIRTY BUT IT'S NOT. AND KENT SPENT MANY YEARS IN MACARTHUR PARK INVESTING THAT MANY GET TO ORGANIZE BECAUSE OF THAT FOUNDATION. AND HIS IMPRINT THERE WILL BE FOREVER AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU SUPPORTING HIM IN ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE AND YOU KNOW, FOR LOVING HIM AND HELPING US BUILD A BETTER CITY. AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID AND MAY HE REST IN THE WARM EMBRACE OF OUR ANCESTORS, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, HE LIVES IN THE CITY FOR EVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M DEEPLY DEEPLY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, GREAT ANGELINO, MAY HE REST IN POWER WITH ADJOURNING MOTION SIGNED BY ALL COUNCILMEMBERS. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, GO OUT AND SERVE THE CITY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED