>> Council President: ALL RIGHT GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULE THED MEETING OF LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS AUGUST 20, 2025, MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER ONLY. MADAM CLERK, IF WE CAN 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. 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES. OF AUGUST 19, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President:er COUNCILMEMBER PRICE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. ITEM ITEMS 1 AND 2 ARE ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 3 THROUGH 44 ARE YTSZ FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM 26, THE VALLEY VILLAGE NIEBD COUNCIL SUBMITTED A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS MATTER. ITEM 40 THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND POSTED ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE AND AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. FOR ITEM 42, THE SUN LAND TUJUNGA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SUBMITTED A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT AGAINST THE PROPOSAL. ITEMS 45 THROUGH 53 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEM 54 IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN HELD. THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SUBMITTED A IMPACT STATEMENT FOR ITEM 54. FINALLY ITEM 55 IS A CLOSE SESSION FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD AND ITEM 56 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. 12 VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOTED. WE'LL CALL FOR SPECIALS AT THIS TIME. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 22 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CALL ITEM 45 SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS OF STAFF. CLA, CAO AND AN AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE SUBMITTED THIS MORNING. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ITEM 56 FOR COMMENTS AND 42 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ITEMS 17, THROUGH 35, AND 53 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. 17, 29, 30 THROUGH 35, AND 53 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. AND IF WE CAN PLEASE HOLD 38 ON THE DESK. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 41 BECAUSE I'M UNCLEAR WHO IS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. >> Council President: YOU'RE UNCLEAR? >> Clerk: CORRECT. >> Council President: WOW. >> C. Price: JUST TO BE SAFE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. SCO*Z ITEM 39 AND FOR SEPARATE VOTE AND 45 FOR COMMENTS AND A SEPARATE VOTE PENDING THE AMENDMENT, AND 42 FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? MADAM CLERK, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED? LGBTSINGER WHILE THE CLERK IS ORGANIZING OUR ITEMS TO VOTE ON, I WANT TO TURNOVER TO COUNCIL DISTRICT 3, I'M SORRY, FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 8, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A THREE. WE HAVE A TESTIMONIAL THIS MORNING FROM FOLKS WHO WORK AT LUPITA'S BAKERY. THIS IS WHAT WE'LL DO EVERY DAY WE'RE HERE UNTIL THE SEIGE OF IMMIGRATION IS DONE. SO WE'LL INVITE THEM TO TELL THEIR STORY AT THIS TIME. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. MY NAME IS ABLE DIAZ. AND I REPRESENT A BAKERY, A PASTRY SHOP HERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES. AND A CHAIN OF BANQUET HALLS FOR EVENTS WITH MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WE HAVE BEEN PART OF THE HEART OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WORKING HARD EVERY DAY, ENDURING DIFFICULT TIMES AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY WITH HONESTY AND AFFORD. WE FACE MANY CHALLENGES OVER THE YEARS. THE RIOTS, FIRES, 1992, THE COVID PANDEMIC IN 2020 AND NOW IMMIGRATION RIOTS. THERE ARE SPREADING FEAR IN OUR STREETS AND DEEPLY AFFECTING OUR FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES. SINCE THESE RIOTS BEGIN, OUR SALES HAVE DROPPED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT AND NOT ONLY IN OUR STORE FRONT, OUR PRODUCT ALSO SOLD WHOLESALE IN SUPERMARKETS AND THERE TOO HAVE THE SALES HAVE FELL DRAMATICALLY. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID. THEY DON'T WANT TO GO OUT. THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE RISK AND IT IS, LEGITIMATE FEAR, BECAUSE WE NOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, ANY MOMENT THEY CAN BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES. SIMPLY FOR NOT HAVING PAPERS. THE FEAR HAS ALSO REACHED OUR BANQUET HALLS. SOME FAMILIES HAVE CANCELED THEIR EVENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID. TO GET IN PUBLIC. OTHERS, HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CANCEL BECAUSE A LOVED ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN BY ICE. LEAVING THEM UNABLE TO CONTINUE PAYING FOR THEIR CELEBRATION. THIS IS NOT FAIR. THE PRESIDENT PROMISED TO DEPORT CRIMINALS AND GANG MEMBERS. BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING. WHAT WE ARE SEEING, IS THE ARREST OF WORKERS, FATHERS AND MOTHERS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES WHO HAVE PAID TAXES, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED INTO THE COMMUNITY TO THE COUNTRY, AND EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. EXCEPT FOR HAVING A DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN DENIED TO THEM FOR YEARS. I PERSONALLY KNOW MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE COUNTRY FOR 25 YEARS, HONEST, HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO ONLY ASK FOR AN OPPORTUNITY BUT INSTEAD OF THAT OPPORTUNITY, TODAY THEY FACE THE FEAR OF BEING TURNED AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. FROM THEIR CHILDRENS FROM THEIR HOMES, THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. HERE IS WHERE IS THE HUMANITY? WHERE ARE THE SOLUTIONS? TO SEE CHILDREN'S CRYING BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS DON'T COME BACK FROM WORK. TO SEE FAMILIES BROKEN APART BY POLITICAL DECISIONS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT BREAKS THE HEARTS OF ALL OF US WHO HAVE ONE. THIS IS NOT THE COUNTRY THAT WAS PROMISED TO US. TODAY, I RAISE MY VOICE AND NOT ONLY, NOT ONLY FOR MY BUSINESS WHICH IS SUFFERING ECONOMICALLY BUT FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING HEARD AND CRIMINALIZED UNJUSTLY. WE KEEP THE LOCAL ECONOMICALLY ALIVE, WE SERVE WITH LOVE, DIGNITY, AND WITH RESPECT, PROTECTION, AND A FAIR OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND A GREAT BAKERY AT THE HEART OF 8th DISTRICT, IF YOU'RE NEAR BY PLEASE PLEASE STOP BY. LUPITA'S BAKERY AND HALL. MADAM CLERK, WHERE ARE WE AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. THERE ARE SEVERAL REQUESTS. THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 2, TWO WEEKS TO SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 AS WELL AS CONTINUE ITEM 54 TO AUGUST 27, 2025. 54 IS CONTINUED TO ONE WEEK, SIR. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 3, 4, 6 THROUGH 16, 18 THROUGH 21, 23 THROUGH 28, 36, 37, 40, 43 AND 44, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT COUNCIL MAY ALSO VOTE ON THE CLOSE SESSION ITEM 55, THAT WAS CONSIDERED BY BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BUDGET AND FINANCE CONSIDERED ITEM 55, I RECOMMEND WE PROOF OPTION 1 WHICH IS WHAT WE VOTED ON IN BUDGET UNANIMOUSLY AND I ASK THAT WE SEND THAT FORTHWITH. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, IF WE CAN READ THE DETAILS INTO THE RECORD AND CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, FOR ITEM 55 IN THE CASE ENTITLED GRIFFITH CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST ET AL, VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT DATED JULY 16, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT I BELIEVE THE CHAIR BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REQUESTED THIS GO FORTHWITH, SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: NEXT, COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: MADAM CLERK AND CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE, WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 30 MINUTES AND WE'LL TAKE AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN IN THAT TIME. JUST BE MINDFUL WHEN YOU'RE COMING TO THE PODIUM, TRY TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN AND BEGIN YOUR SPEECH AND TIME SO AS MANY PEOPLE CAN SPEAK AS POSSIBLE. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING NAMES. >> City Attorney: SO BEFORE WE START CALLING NAMES. I HAVE A FEW INSTRUCTIONS TO PRIDE TO THE AUDIENCE. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL WHEN YOU YOUR TIME IS UP. 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 WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO CLEARLY AND IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO, OR AGAIN STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 11, --1 AND 45 THROUGH 53. AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND 45 THROUGH 53. ITEM NUMBER 3 AND 4 HAVE BEEN CONTINUED. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. A COUPLE OF MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF HE CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAWS EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRET RESIDENTER INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: FINALLY, THE ORDER IN WHICH WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IS AT RANDOM THAT IS TO SAY IT'S RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD BEFORE YOU LINE UP. AFTER YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING NAMES. JOSE MIGUEL RUIZ, AUDIT L.A., CANNEDIDO, ED KEYNANN, JOSE FELIX LARIOS. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, IF YOU'RE NOT READY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU. YOU'RE HERE EVERY MEETING, THERE IS NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD BRING ALL OF YOUR ITEMS. >> Speaker: STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ME ASSHOLE. ITEM NUMBER 1, YOU FUCKEN DOG-EATING PEANUT HEAD, PIMPLE FACE, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE SIDEWALK. CATEGORICALLY, SIGN TOLOGY HAS--SCIENTOLOGY HAS A SIDEWALK THAT BELONGS TO US THE PUBLIC, BUT WE CANNOT USE A PARTICULAR BRICK LAID SIDEWALK BECAUSE ASSHOLE ATTORNEY THERE. >> City Attorney: NO THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU NEED TO STICK TO THE DEDICATION. DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 1, SPEAK TO THE ITEM SPECIFICALLY. >> Speaker: I'M ON ITEM NUMBER 1. >> City Attorney: SPEAK TO THE ITEM. >> Speaker: OKAY, YOU ASKED FOR IT. FUCKEN COMMUNICATION FROM ARMANDO HERMAN, THE FUCKEN ENGINEER FOR THE FIRST CONSIDERATION OF THE MOTHER FUCKER, RELATIVE DEDICATION DEDICATION, EVERYBODY, OF THE GOD DAMN FUCKEN CENTURY BOULEVARD RIGHT-OF-WAY. >> City Attorney: YOU EXHAUSTED YOUR ONE MINUTE ON ITEM NUMBER 11. >> Speaker: WHAT? I CANNOT FINISH MY-->> City Attorney: YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME ON ITEM NUMBER 1. >> Speaker: THERE IS OTHER ITEMS ASSHOLE, RELAX. I UNDERSTAND THAT. 46 IS THAT ONE ON ISSUE? FUCKEN JEW JEW BLUMENFIELD AND THAT SAM BO UP THERE. DUE TO THE WINDSTORM AND THE EXTREME WEATHER, LIKE THE WHETHER OR NOT THIS ASSHOLE ATTORNEY UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, FUCKEN CARES ABOUT SMOKING SCAN AND ME, ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ALERT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS THE ANSWERS FOR FIRE AND THE WEATHER SYSTEM THA IS GOING ON IN CALIFORNIA! THAT'S SHUT IT DOWN! SHUT THE FUCKEN SYSTEM DOWN! YOU'RE WASTING MONEY, YOU'RE FRAUDULENTLY STEALING AND YOU'RE STILL A BIG HEAD ANIMAL-EATING DOG HERDER. NOW ON TO MY OTHER ITEM. 40, 49, SOUTH LORRAINA BOULEVARD, RENT ESCROW, WAWAWAWAH, AM I ON TOPIC, MR. ATTORNEY FOR THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL NOT THE AUDIENCE. >> Speaker: I'M ADDRESSING DONALD J TRUMP, MAGA. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE OFF TOPIC. >> Speaker: YOU'RE ALL FAMILY WITH BRANDON BERGH VERSUS OHIO, WE PLAN TO SEND THE JEWS BACK TO ISRAEL TO SAVE AMERICA. HOW DID WE DO THAT? WE GET OUR NEW SUPPORT BY OUR NEW OUTSTANDING PRESIDENT, DONALD J TRUMP FOR THE RECORD TO SAVE ALL OF YOU--. >> City Attorney: SO AGAIN MR. HERMAN, THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BODY, NOT THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. >> Speaker: STOP INTERRUPTING! FOR THE THIRD TIME! [SCREAMING] >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. YOU'RE INTERRUPTING MY INSTRUCTIONS TO YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, HE'S CONTINUING TO DISRUPT THIS MEETING, AND HE'S ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL PURSUANT RULE 7 AND 12, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> Speaker: FUCK YOU MR. ATTORNEY, I'M ON TOPIC, THAT'S MY TIME. >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY THIS HAS VIOLATED A NUMBER OF COUNCIL RULES AT LEAST 7 AND 12, SO HE'S ORDERED REMOVED FROM THIS MEETING, IMMEDIATELY. >> City Attorney: CORRECT. AND HE'S BEEN WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES. >> Council President: YES, AND YOU'VE BEEN WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES. AND THANK YOU FOR THE FREE HATS. LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HELLO HELLO, OKAY. >> City Attorney: BEFORE YOU BEGIN, THANK YOU EVERY ONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AGAIN, WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK TO GENERAL PUBLIC AND THEN 1, 2 AND MAYBE OTHERS. AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE COUNCIL PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION THIS TIME. >> City Attorney: LET ME REPEAT THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE MAY HAVE CAUSED TO US FORGET WHICH ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR EVERY ONE, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, 45 THROUGH 53. AGAIN 1 AND 45 THROUGH 53. >> [AUDIENCE MEMBER SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES. PLEASE GET OUT OF THIS CHAMBER. >> [AUDIENCE MEMBER SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> City Attorney: WELCOME TO COUNCIL EVERY ONE, WELCOME TO CHAMBER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, 1 AND 45 THROUGH 53. ITEM NUMBER 2, YOU REQUESTED WAS CONTINUED THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. OKAY, FIRST ON NUMBER 11. --1. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GIVING PROPERTY BACK TO THE CITY. IT MAKES ME HAPPY. I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR OVER A YEAR, TALKING ABOUT L-RON HUBBARD WAY, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU ACT AS IF IT'S NOT. THEY ASK AS IF THEY OWN, BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ART PERMIT, THEY BELIEVE THAT'S THE SAME AS A STREET VACATION. I'M HOPING THAT THIS TREND TOWARDS TAKING BACK CITY PROPERTY CONTINUES AND THAT YOU CONTINUE WITH L.RON HUB ORDER WAY, BY REVOKING THEIR PERMITS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN ILLEGALLY, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED, IT'S AGAINST YOUR LAWS, YOU MADE THE LAWS THAT THERE IS NO RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FOR UNDERPAID WORKERS. AND PEOPLE ARE MAKING $47 A WEEK TO WORK ON THAT STREET WHEN IT COMES TO THAT PERMITS. AND THAT'S ILLEGAL BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS AND YOU'RE NOT ENFORCING IT. THEY'RE ALSO, DOING, THEIR SECURITY, THEY'RE NOT, EN IN CONTRACT WITH YOU GUYS TO DO SECURITY ON THAT STREET. BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS R-PERMIT, THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN AND WE HAD SOMEBODY ONE OF A SURVIVOR OF SCIENTOLOGY ASSAULTED FOR A SECOND TIME. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO MOVE TO ANOTHER JEAN. --GENERAL. >> Speaker: WITH THE HOUSING ONES, I'M A LITTLE BEHIND, WITH THE SMOKING STAFF, SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE WATCHING. THE THING ABOUT HOUSE HADING, THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF MISTAKES MADE. I DON'T FEEL THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE. YOU HAD COURT CASES WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MONEY. THERE IS PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED HELP THAT DON'T SEEM TO GET HELP. I'VE KNOWN SOMEBODY WHO CAME TO ME FOR HELP AND THEY'RE TOLD, WELL YOU'RE NOT HOMELESS ENOUGH. SHE IS LIVING IN HER CAR BECAUSE SHE IS LIVING IN HER CAR AND NOT IN AN ENCAMPMENT, SHE CAN'T GET HELP. I WISH YOU WOULD GET IT TOGETHER. IS THE ONE WITH THE EMERGENCY AVAILABLE? >> City Attorney: THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY IS THE ONE THAT YOU JUST SPOKE TO. THE FIRE ONE IS THERE. >> Speaker: THE FIRE? THE FIRE EMERGENCY, WE HAD A HORRIBLE FIRE SITUATION, NO OFFENSE, FEEL THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T REALLY HANDLE VERY PROPERLY NEITHER DID THE MAYOR NEITHER DID THE, EVERYTHING. AND SO YES THE EMERGENCY CONTINUES BUT YOU NEED TO GET A BETTER GRIP ON EVERYTHING. LET THEM REBUILD. CAN'T PEOPLE GET THE PERMITS THAT THEY REBUILD WHAT THEY HAVE TO? IT'S JUST SO RIDICULOUS, IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PEOPLE. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, MR. LEE, IF YOU'RE EVER LISTENING, I CON BE HERE YESTERDAY TO SUPPORT YOUR MOTION TO GO AGAINST 79. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT. I ASKED YOU GUYS NOT TO GO TO SCIENTOLOGY'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. AND I'M THANKFUL THAT POLICE AND FIRE DIDN'T. OTHERWISE YOU WOULD OPEN YOURSELF TO A LAWSUIT. WHAT THEY DID, THEY DID NOT ALLOW ME IN. IT WAS STATED OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT I WENT IN AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY RUSHED BY GUARDS TO LEAVE AND I'M NOT WELCOME THERE. THAT'S CALLED VIEW POINT DISCRIMINATION, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GAVE PERMITS THERE, THEN YOU'RE NOT HELD LIABLE. BUT NEED TO REALIZE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. EVERY TIME MR. MARTINEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ THAT YOU'RE HELPING THEM AND LETTING THEM KEEP THEIR R-PERMITS AND STUFF, YOU'RE PERMITTING VIEW POINT DISCRIMINATION. I DON'T GO AND DISRUPT. I'M NOT A DISRUPTIVE PERSON I HAVE A RIGHT TO STILL ATTEND A PUBLIC EVENT THAT IS RELATED TO--. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WILL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, TERRY HARA, SHERRI, SOPHIA ARMANNED AND SEAN MICHAELS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT BUT I'M ALSO HERE ON ITEM 6, 25, 07, 67. MY NAME IS JOSE MIGUEL RUIZ. >> City Attorney: OKAY, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, THE OTHER ITEMS ARE NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO THEM IN GENERAL. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M JOSE MIGUEL, WE GROW FARMING I'M HERE TO THANK ALL OF YOU BUT FOR PARTICULAR COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, FOR INVESTING. THE McARTHUR PARK, GOT RAIDED BUT TODAY WE GET TO BRING A COMMUNITY GARDEN WHERE THERE WILL BE RESOURCES ON PROTECTIONS AND GROWING FOOD BUT AS A SOCIAL WORKER TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION HOW TO GROW FOOD. I THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS T HAS TAKEN FIVE YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT AND ALSO PARKS AND RECREATION THAT HAVE BEEN LEADING THE WAY. SO THANK YOU, PARKS AND REC AND CITY OF L.A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] BUENOS DIAZ, MI NOMBRE ES FELIX, JOSE LARIOS. >> Translator: GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS JOSE FELIX LARIOS. >> City Attorney: CAN WE ASK HIM TO PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT THAT MAY HELP WITH THE AUDIO. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> >> Translator: I CAME HERE TO ONLY TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR POINT 6, 25, 07 AND 67, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, OFFICER LARIAGA I'M SEAN MICHAELS. THERE IS A REASON THAT WE ARE HAVING A HOMELESS CRISIS. AND THEN THE REASON IS OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HARRIS-DAWSON, CONTINUE TO INVEST BILLIONS OF BILLIONS OF MONEY OF THEIR SCAM, FRAUDULENT, HOMELESS COMPLEX. HOMELESS INDUSTRY AND SO-CALLED NONPROFIT HOMELESS PROJECT. YES. YES. BILLIONS OF BILLIONS MONEY THROWN AWAY TO RELEASE ALL OF THE CRIMINAL GANG BANGERS, BILLIONS OF MONEY THROW THEM AWAY TO HELPING PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR PENIS TO THEIR VAGINA, CHANGE THEIR VAGINA BACK TO THEIR PENIS, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR HOMELESS AND OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 46, IT'S ABOUT A LOCAL EMERGENCY ABOUT THE FIRE ON JANUARY 7th. THERE IS A REASON WHY WE HAVE LIKE 2000 FIREFIGHTERS SHORTAGE RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A REASON WHY, WE HAVE 5,000 LAPD SHORTAGE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OUR COUNCILMEMBER OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT CONTINUE TO FOCUSING HOW CAN WE MAKE IT CHEAP AND AFFORDABLE TO CHANGE YOUR PENIS TO YOUR VAGINA, TO CHANGE YOUR VAGINA BACK TO YOUR PENIS AND YOU DO THAT ONCE EVERY YEAR, TWICE A YEAR, THREE TIMES A YEAR AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BECAUSE OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT WANTS TO SUPPORT LGBT AND I WAS WONDERING WHERE OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL BECOME OUR LGBT WHEN OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT CHANGE YOUR PENIS TO VAGINA AND WHEN THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE MORE FIRE FIGHTER AND MORE POLICE OFFICER. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 53, IS THAT OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SITTING LYING, SLEEPING, SNORING, USING SOME SORT OF A PUBLIC SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY BECAME A CRIMINAL. YES, I'M VERY LUCKY BECAUSE WHEN I WAS SLEEPING ON THE SIDEWALK, MY NURSE DANA TOOK ME BACK TO HER HOUSE, THAT'S WHY I HAVE A PLACE TO STAY. BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M AWARE 100,000 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THEY DO NOT HAVE A BED, THEY DON'T HAVE A HOME TO GO TO TO GO BACK TO, THEY DO NOT V NOT EVERY HOMELESS PERSON IS AS LUCKY AS TO* HAVE DANE OTHER TO TAKE ME BACK TO HER HOUSE AND HOUSE ME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT CONTINUE TO INCRIMINALIZE EVERY SINGLE PERSON SLEEPING ON THE STREET BUT WHY WE'RE PUNISHING PEOPLE SLEEPING ON THE STREET IS BECAUSE YOU FAILED 100,000 LANGUAGE NOES. YOU--ANGELINOS. YOU FAILED THEM. YOU DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A HOUSE. YOU DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A JOB. YOU DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A CHANCE TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THEIR AMERICAN DREAM. YOU ONLY CARE RELEASING OUT OF CRIMINAL GANG BANGERS, YOU ONLY CARE PROVIDE MORE SERVICES TO THE ILLEGAL GANG BANGERS, YOU ONLY CARE AND MEET AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WHATEVER SERVICES TO WHATEVER ILLEGAL GANG BANGERS. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR COUNCILMEMBER SMOKING SCAN, AND OUR FUTURE COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER, AND I WANT TO THANK MY FRIEND DANA, MAYBE I WILL BE DEPORTED BY PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON, MAYBE BY ICEE, BUT DANA I LEFT MY HEART IN SANTA MONICA BBQ FOR YOU TO PICK UP MY HEART ANYTIME YOU WANT. THANK YOU DANA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 22. >> City Attorney: 22 IS NOT OPEN FOR BUT YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M TERRY HALL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE TERMINAL ISLAND ASSOCIATION. TODAY SUPPORTED BY THE FULL CITY COUNCIL WHO WILL SUPPORT THE LAST TWO REMAINING BUILDINGS WHICH WAS ONCE A THRIVING FICKER, OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS THAT LIVED AND WORKED ON TERMINAL ISLAND. THEY WERE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO HELP CREATE THE NATION'S TUNA INDUSTRY BUT ALL THAT CHANGED WITH THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR. THEIR LIVES WERE DESTROYED AND FORCED OFF THE ISLAND INTO HORSE STABLES AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS BECAUSE OF HATE AND PARANOIA. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF TUNA SATO TUNA STREET FOR THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF TERMINAL ISLAND. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SORRY, I LOST THE FOOT PEDAL. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM 56. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 56 PUBLIC COMMENT WAS HELD AT COMMITTEE SO YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD DAY HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS I'M DR. SOPHIA ARMAN I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF MINA CIVIL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. I COME TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF OVER 20MEENA CONSTITUENT-BASE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE UP OUR COALITION. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ACTUALLY IN THE STATE. I'M ALSO A LONG TIME RESIDENT AND A DATA EQUITY SPECIALIST IN OUR CITY. WE ARE HERE TODAY URGING YOU TO SUPPORT A B91, THE CALIFORNIA MENA INCLUSION ACT. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS HOME TO THE LARGEST MENA COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES FROM TERAHN ANG LUCE TO LITTLE ARABIA, AND CULTURAL CENTERS. WE URGE YOU TODAY TO SUPPORT AB91 BECAUSE IT MEANS BEING SEEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, BASHA JAMIL, ROBERT, EVA GARCIA, BILL WEEKS, STEWARD LITTLE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM NUMBER 22, I WASN'T SURE TO COME UP NOW OR WHEN THE ITEM IS ACTUALLY UP HERE. >> City Attorney: NOW IS OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS BILL FUGIOKA I WAS HIRE JUST THE OTHER DAY. I WAS THE CHAIR OF BOARD OF JAPANESE MUSEUM, I CAME IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER'S MOTION RECORDING THE TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS ON TERMINAL ISLAND. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT, THIS COMMUNITY IN A JAPANESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, WE HAVE MANY EN CLAYS, I HAPPEN TO COME FROM BOYLE HEIGHTS. IN 1992 AFTER THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 906 WAS SIGNED, THAT COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS IN THE BUSINESSES WERE VIRTUALLY DESTROYED, ALL OF THEM WERE DESTROYED, EXCEPT FOR THE TWO BUILDINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO PASS THIS MOTION TO ENSURE THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY IS PRESERVED. IF THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN MUSEUM, WE HAVE OVER 20,000 ARTIFACTS. OUR MOST IMPORTANT ARTIFACT IS THE HISTORIC BUILDING BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE PRESERVE THROUGH THE ATROCITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU EVERY ONE. AND IF YOU RUN OUT OF TIME TO FINISH YOUR COMMENT OR IF WE RUN OUT OF A TIME, YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WRITTEN COMMENT. THAT'S LACOUNCIL COMMENT.COM. YOU CAN FIND THAT THAT URL AT THE TOP OF YOUR AGENDA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD MORNING I'M GOING TO TALK IN SPANISH. I HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] EVA GARCIA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M EVA GARCIA A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FROM COMMUNITY POWER I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO UPDATE LARSO THE LAW BECAUSE OUR MEMBERS ARE SUFFERING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AS I HAVE ALWAYS REPEATED EVERY TIME THAT I COME HERE AND THE HOUSING, IT'S, IT'S A MARKET THAT IS SMALL MARKET FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO MONEY AND A BIG MARKET FOR THOSE WITH OUT MONEY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LAWS TO REGULATE THE RENT, THERE ARE ABUSES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: BECAUSE THE HOUSING IS A MARKET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WOULD NOT ASK ONLY OF RENT CONTROL OF 3 PERCENT FOR THOSE LIVING PLACES THAT HAVE PEOPLE INSIDE BUT 3 PERCENT EVEN THOUGH FOR THOSE ROOMS THAT ARE EMPTY. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GO STEP BY STEP SO THAT WE CAN BEG SOMETHING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT'S WHY WE NOW NEED TO UPDATE THE 3 PERCENT LAW REGARDING LARSO AND NO FURTHER INCREASES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: DUE TO REFUSE AL OF ACCOUNTABILITY, NO TRANSPARENCY, SYSTEMATIC ABUSE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, THE MEN'S CENTRAL JAIL NEEDS TO BE CLOSED IMMEDIATELY. ALL OF THE JUVENILE DETENSIO CENTERS NEED TO BE CLOSED IMMEDIATELY FOR THE SAME REASONS. TO FURTHER, GET RID OF THE CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICERS BILL OF RIGHTS. IT PROTECTS LEWD AND ABUSIVE OFFICERS, AND GIVES THEM THE ABOVE-THE-LAW STATUS, IT IS A THREAT TO OUR SOCIETY, THE COMMON GOOD AND CONTAGENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IT WILL BE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M BASHA JAMIL AND I'M HERE ON ISLAMIC RELATIONS OR CARE L.A. AND AS A PROUD MEMBER OF MUNICIPAL RIGHTS COADDITION. WE'RE ASKING TO YOU SUPPORT THE A B91, FOR TOO LONG MENA COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN RENDER INVISIBLE BECAUSE THERE IS NO DISTINCT MENA, MEANING THEY'RE CLASSIFIED WHITE AND USE THEM INVISIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO FUND ANDING CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS. OUR COMMUNITIES FACE UNIQUE BARRIERS, REFUGEE ARE STRUGGLING TO REBUILD, MUSLIM EXPERIENCE ISLAM PHOBIA AND YET NONE OF IS CAPTURED IN STATE DATA. IT EN JUAREZ THAT MENA CALIFORNIA'S ARE COUNT, IT ALSO PASSED STATE ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY AND NOW WE RESPECTFULLY ASK TO YOU SUPPORT A B91 AND STAND WITH THE MENA COMMUNITY, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M BILL WEEKS I HAVE A GENERAL COMMENT ON ITEM 22, THE TERMINAL ISLANDS. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS HISTORIC, WE CAN HAVE A MONUMENT TO A TIME WHEN A GOVERNMENT OVER STEP ITS BOUNDARIES. A MONUMENT THAT IS IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER. LET'S DO THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A QUOTE BY JUSTICE ADDED TO THIS MONUMENT WHEN THEY RULED ON THE MADIA DECISION IN 1975 WHICH SAYS THAT YOU CANNOT PROCESS NEITHER THE FEDERAL OR STATE CONSTITUTION SINGLING OUT OF SELECTED CLASS FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTORIAL TREATMENT WHETHER THAT IS BLACK OR WHITE, JEW OR CATHOLIC, JAPANESE OR AMERICAN OR TEAMSTER. IF AN INDIVIDUAL--. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GRAOEGTZ COUNCIL, I'M ED, I'M PART OF THE LOS ANGELES CHAPTER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: LOS ANGELES IS A CITY OF RENTERS AND RENT IS MORE UNAFFORDABLE THAN EVER. WE NEED TO PREVENT THE HOMELESSNESS. DESPITE MONTHS OF WARNING AND CLEAR ECONOMIC REPORT SHOWING THE FORMULA IS UNFAIR TO TENANTS, COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DELAY A VOTE TO UPDATE THE CITY'S DECADES OLD CONTROL RULES. AS A RESULT L.A. RENTERS MANY OF THEM LOW INCOME AND IMMIGRANTS ARE STUCK WITH UNNECESSARY RENT HIKES. WE CAN'T LET CITY LEADERS PRIORITIZE LANDLORDS AND DEVELOPERS OVER PROTECTING THE 60 PERCENT OF ANGELINOS WHO RENT. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FACING THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND ITS PEOPLE IS HOUSING, PEOPLE ACROSS THE ECONOMIC SPECTRUM FROM WORKING CLASS, LOWER INCOME, MIDDLE CLASS ALL STRUG TOLL FIND SAFE, AFFORDABLE PRIVATE HOUSING WITH A REASONABLE DISTANCE OF THEIR JOB SITES. CAP THE RENT OF 3 PERCENT AND 60 PERCENT OF INFLATION. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND PLEASE. >> Speaker: AS YOU KNOW, YES WE'VE HAD A HEAT EXHAUSTATION IN LOS ANGELES AND THAT'S WHY I'M SPEAKING. WORKING IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY IT GETS EXTREMELY HOT IN THE KITCHEN. AND I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND WORKERS GET VERY DIZZY FROM THE HEAT, IT CAN GET UP TO 90 DEGREES UP IN THE KITCHEN. I HAD TO GET A TOWEL AND PUT COLD WATER ON THE TALL AND GIVE TO THE COOK IN THE KITCHEN SO SHE CAN COOL OFF. I WAS AFRAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO PASS OUT. IF WE FALLOUT IN THE KITCHEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HELP US PASS OUR ORDINANCE HERE TODAY. AND WE WILL BE HAVING REPORTS TO YOU GUYS OFFICE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: I'M GIVING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M BECKY WITH LEGAL AID FOUNDATION AND A MEMBER OF THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED COALITION, I'M HERE WITH OTHERS TO URGE TO YOU TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE RENT BURDEN FOR TENANTS IN L.A. TOO MANY OF WHOM ARE COMING THROUGH OUR DOORS WITH EVICTIONS. RENT HAVE BEEN PENDING FOR FAR TOO LONG. THE RSO IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS TO PROTECT TENANTS AND ALSO BALANCE THE PLAYING FIELD BETWEEN TENANTS AND LANDLORD ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME OF ALL THE FEDERAL ATTACKS. ANNUAL RENT INCREASE ARING HARMING TENANTS BUDDHA AT THAT SHOW THAT LANDLORDS ARE DOING FINE. THE TIME IS NOW TO TAKE ACTION ON ALL THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED AND ESPECIALLY CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. WE URGE AGENDIZING THIS ITEM ASAP, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HI I'M ALLISON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, FIRST. >> City Attorney: JUST GENERAL? >> Speaker: NO, ALSO 53, IS IT 52 THAT IS TO SINGLE STAIRCASE? 52 OR 53, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE PAPERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BACK THERE NOW. >> Speaker: 42. >> City Attorney: SO IT'S 42. I APOLOGIZE, ITEM 42 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, I FIND THE CONSTANT WORK ON THIS COUNCIL'S BEHALF PREVENTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING DESPICABLE. I TODAY'S DOCKET FLOORED ME WITH THE AMOUNT OF NUMBERS OF THE CRIMINALIZATION OF HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY. I, I WAS TAKEN ABACK BY HOW MANY MOTION RIGHT SIDE UP THAT MAKE IT A CRIME TO BE POOR. AND ALSO, IT'S YOUR THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE SOMEBODY ON THE STREET THAT IS UNHOUSED, Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT PERSON'S CIRCUMSTANCE. I HOPE YOU HEAR MY VOICE IN YOUR HEAD, REMINDING YOU THAT IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT THAT PERSON IS ON THE STREET. IT'S ASTONISHING, YOUR BEHAVIOR IS UNREAL. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 42 BUT I UNDERSTAND I'LL BE SPEAKING ON PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS COREY ALT AND I LIVE IN LITTLE TOKYO COUNCILMEMBER 14. I'M HERE TO URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR--(INAUDIBLE) ON ISSUE PRODUCTION. WOULD I LIKE TO THANK MY REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS COUNCIL JURADO FOR HER LEADERSHIP, AS SHE CARES DEEPLY FROM PROTECTING TENANTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS. TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS, WE NEED MORE HOMES. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW MORE HOMES TO BE BUILT AND LOWER BURDEN AND MORE CONSTITUENTS TO LIVE INSIDE. WITH THAT, I URGE AN AYE-VOTE, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL COMMENT, ITEM NUMBER 22. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M A ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBER AND SHARE OF THE COALITION TO REINSTRUCT THE TWO REMAINING BUILDINGS FOR REUSE. TODAY CAN BE REMEMBERED AS TWO OF MOMENTOUS OCCASION THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT STEP TO SPECIFICALLY HONORING THE LEGACY OF JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS AND JAPANESE CHILDREN. WE'LL BE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUS REPORT OF THE DESIGNATION. THE DESIGNATION OF THE TERMINAL ISLAND TUNA SATO IS A HISTORIC MONUMENT TO HAVE THESE BUILDINGS BE RECOGNIZED AS ESSENTIAL TO AMERICAN HISTORY. THE COMMUNITY WILL BE FORMALLY COMMEMORATE ASKED PASSED DOWN TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL MORE NAMES, STACY CIGAR BOWLINGER, SIMON, KRISTIN PETERSON, JASON REEDY, JANET RYELAND. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M ANDREW I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ADD VOLUNTARY CA ADD VOLUNTARY ADVOCACY, WE'RE ASKING TO YOU FOR TOO LONG THESE PLACES HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED AND THAT'S TRUE FOR MANY OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES. IT'S TAKEN DECADES FOR US TO ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLACE. BUT WE SEE THE ECHOS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE SITE THROUGHOUT THE CITY TODAY, YOU ALL SEE THAT RELEVANCE. I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER'S OFFICE AND HIS DEDICATED STAFF SPECIFICALLY AXLE FOR GETTING US HERE. I WANT TO THANK THE PORT OF L.A. FOR WORKING WITH US AND FOR THE TERMINAL ISLAND ASSOCIATION FOR LEADING THIS CHARGE AND BEING THE STEWARDS OF THE SITE THAT THEIR FAMILIES HELPED CREATE AND WE HOPE TO KEEP IT ON THIS PLANET FOR ANOTHER GENERATION. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, FIRST OF ALL THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 44 FORTHWITH, SIR. >> Council President: ONE MORE TIME SORRY. >> Clerk: ITEM 40, THERE IS A REQUEST TO GO FORTHWITH, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: AND THE FIRST THING THAT COUNCIL CAN DO IS ITEM 41 THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. PRICE. >> Council President: MR. PRICE, WE'RE ON 41, MR. PRICE IS RECUSING JUST IN CASE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 41, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GO TO ITEM 22, MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, ITEM 22, THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR COMMENTS SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT AND MR. McOSKER HAS HIS GEAR AND NOW WE WILL GO TO HIM FOR COMMENTS. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO BE EFFICIENT WITH MY TIME BEFORE WE GET IN THE SUBSTANCE OF ITEM 22, CAN I ASK THAT ITEM 38 BE CONTINUED FOR ONE WEEK TO RESOLVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE IMPACTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, MR. McOSKER ITEM 38 WOULD ONE WEEK THAT WOULD MAKE IT AUGUST 27, 2025. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, IT FITS INTO MY CALENDAR, I'LL BE HERE. ITEM 22, I WANT TO THANK THE TERMINAL ISLANDERS FOR THEIR YEARS OF DEDICATION AND ADVOCACY AND HARD WORK AND KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE, TO GET US TO TODAY. MEMBERS, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE AND IT WAS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT LEADING UP TO TODAY. IN THE EARLY 1900s, TERMINAL ISLAND WHICH WAS ALSO KNOWN BACK THEN AS EAST SAN PEDRO WAS A JAPANESE FISHING VILLAGE, JAPANESE FAMILIES, CAME TO EAST SAN PEED I PEDRO AND INNOVATED THE TUNA FISH, AND ALSO GREAT AT THEIR CRAFT. THEY INNOVATED, THESE JAPANESE FAMILIES ON TERMINAL ISLAND IN THE SAN PEDRO BROUGHT A VIBRANT, VIBRANCY TO THE ISLAND AD TO THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND BY THE 1940s, THERE WERE ABOUT 3000 JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS AND JAPANESE-AMERICANS BY RIGHT OF THEIR BIRTH WHO RESIDED ON THE ISLAND. AND THE EVENTS OF PEARL HARBOR CHANGED EVERYTHING IN 1941, EVEN BEFORE EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066, PERM NAL ISLAND BEGAN TO BE CLEARED OF THE RIGHTFUL EN HABITAN C*E AND THE ISLAND WAS ENTIRELY CLEARED AND FOLKS WERE MOVED TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS AS OUR TRAGIC HISTORY HAS HOLD US. AND THAT ISLAND BECAME PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND LATER BECAME PROPERTIES FOR THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. VIRTUALLY EVERY EVIDENCE OF THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHETHER IT WAS TEMPLES OR SCHOOLS OR HOUSES BUSINESSES, WAS ELIMINATED WAS RAISED TO THE GROUND. EXCEPT FOR TWO BUILDINGS, TWO BUILDINGS THAT REMAIN TODAY. I GREW UP IN SAN PEDRO AND MY BIRTH WAS SEPARATED JUST BY A LITTLE AS 20 YEARS FROM THE HORRIFIC EVENTS OF THE EN TERMENT CAMPS BUT GREW UP WITH MY PARENTS WHO REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN COMMUNITY DID NOT SHOW UP TO PRACTICE, DID NOT SHOW UP IN THE SCHOOL, DID NOT SHOW UP IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY WITH STUDENTS COMING OVER ON THE FERRY EVERY DAY TO GO TO DANA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OR SAN PEDRO HIGH. AND I WAS RAISED WITH THIS, SORT OF THE SADNESS AND THE SHOCK THAT GENERATIONS BEFORE ME EXPRESSED. OF COURSE, ONCE REMOVED, FROM THE TRAGEDY OF THIS EVENT, AND I DID HAVE, I DID GROW UP WITH JAPANESE-AMERICANS WHO WOULD REMIND ME OF THE STORY, REMIND ME THAT TERMINAL ISLAND WAS IT WAS, THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT WAS SNATCHED AWAY. AND ONE OF THE TRAGIC IRONIES IS THAT IT AS PROPERTIES BECAME TERMINALS AND BECAME A PRISON AND BECAME A COAST GUARD STATION, ON TERMINAL ISLAND, THAT COAST GUARD STATION WHICH IS OUT ON THE FARTHEST POINT TOWARDS THE OCEAN, IS A VERY PLACE TODAY WHERE 200 TO 250 ICE AGENTS STAGE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO PREPARE FOR RAIDS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT WE KNOW FROM OTHER TESTIMONY ARE IN COMPLETE VIOLATION OF THE RESTRAINING ORDER AND THE RULE OF LAW IN THE UNITED STATES. AND TO THINK OF THAT IRONY, THE EVENTS OF THE 19 40s, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY OF GENERATIONS OF TERMINAL ISLANDERS WHO ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THAT MEMORY AND THANK GOODNESS THEY'RE PROTECTING THAT MEMORY BECAUSE IT'S A LESSON FOR TODAY, IT'S A LESSON FOR TODAY AND IT'S A TRAGIC IRONY THAT THIS VERY PROPERTY IS BEING USED TO COMMIT SIMILAR VIOLATIONS. OF CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE'S AUTONOMIES OVER THEIR OWN BODIES. HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS, THE TERMINAL ISLANDERS WORK WITHING THE COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE WORK WITHING THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, THAT'S BROUGHT THIS, THE LAST TWO BUILDINGS THAT WERE NOT TORN DOWN WERE USED ON DRY GOODS, THEY'RE ON TUNA STREET, ARE STILL UP. THE BUILDINGS ARE IN DISREPAIR BUT THEY ARE STILL THERE AND WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WALK THROUGH THEM, THEY NEED SOME WORK, BUT THEY STILL EVOKE THE MEMORIES OF WHAT THAT VILLAGE WAS. AND TODAY WE GET TO DESIGNATE A HISTORIC MONUMENT EACH OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND CREATE THE LEVERAGE, WE TALKED ABOUT LEVERAGE. THE LEVERAGE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE RESTORED, ARE PROTECTED AND CAN BE A MORE COMPLETE EVIDENCE AND LIVING MEMORY FOR VISITORS OF THE GREAT JAPANESE FISHING VILLAGE THAT WAS IN EAST SAN PEDRO, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THE TERMINAL ISLANDERS FOR YOUR PER IS SEVERANCE. I KNOW THAT IT'S AN EASY ASK AND I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THAT. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A AYE-VOTE AND I'M GOING TO ASK TO PRESERVE THESE LAST TWO BUILDINGS OF WHAT IT WAS AND A REMINDER TODAY, TODAY THAT WE SHOULD NOT LET ANYTHING LIKE THIS BE RELIVED. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO JOIN MR. McOSKER IN REQUESTING AN AYE-VOTE AND MAKE ADDITIONAL REQUEST, AND THAT IS FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS NOT BEEN TO THE SITE TO VISIT IT, I HAD OCCASION TO GO OVER OVER THE RECESS AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST, MOVING AND SPIRITUAL PLACES YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. YOU LITERALLY CAN FEEL THE ENERGY WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND WHAT PEOPLE HAVE REFUSED TO FORGET AS MUCH AS HISTORY HAS TRIED TO ERASE IT. WE'RE DOING THIS TODAY, YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS SAYING THAT OUR MUSEUM TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THE OPPRESSION AND STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS AND JUST SAY HOW GREAT AMERICA IS. AND HERE, WE'RE SAYING AMERICA IS GREAT BECAUSE OF OUR STORIES AND BECAUSE WE'VE OVERCOME THESE THINGS AND BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THEM AND BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH THAT WE KNOW HOW DANGEROUS TO GO BACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER, THIS IS A BIG KAEL. --BIG DEAL. AND EVERYBODY WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, YOU OUGHT TO GET THERE TO SEE THIS SITE. IT'S ONE OF THE PLACES THAT MAKE LOS ANGELES SPECIAL. WITH THAT T WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY. FORTHWITH URGENTLY. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1, AND 46 THROUGH 52 SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, COUNCIL HAS ITEMS 5 AND 39 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: 5 AND 38, OKAY. --39. COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: AGAIN, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO VOTE NO ON ANY CANDIDATES THAT HAVE NOT THEIR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE UPLOADED, SO I'M GOING TO REMIND THE MAYOR TO HAVE THESE UP LOADED BEFORE THE VOTES. >> Council President: SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEMS 17, 29, 30 THROUGH 35 AS WELL AS 53 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, SIR. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: COULD I HAVE 53 VOTED ON SEPARATELY. >> Council President: 5-3. ALL RIGHT, CAN WE RESTATE THE ITEMS WE'RE VOTING ON? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. THOSE WOULD BE ITEMS 17, 29, 30 THROUGH 35 SIR. >> Council Presidet: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE 12IZE AND 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 53. >> Clerk: YES, ITEM 53 THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 45. >> Council President: LET'S COME BACK TO THAT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 56 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHOOSES WHO IT RECOGNIZES AND NOT RECOGNIZE, I APPRECIATE TAKING IMPORTANT STEPS TO ENSURE THAT ALL COMMUNITIES ARE SEEN AND HEARD. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. FORTHWITH? WITHOUT OBJECTION. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEND FORTHWITH, IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHICH AT THIS TIME? WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. >> Council President: WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK, SO THAT IS 43, 44 AND 56 ARE FORTHWITH, SIR? >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: OKAY. COUNCIL HAS TWO ITEMS NEXT, IT COULD BE EITHER 42 THAT WAS-- >> Council President: LET'S GO FOR 42. >> Clerk: THAT ONE, THERE IS SUPPOSE TO BE AN AMENDMENT, IT HAS NOT BEEN CIRCULATED YET OR RECEIVED. BUT 45-- >> Council President: I THINK IT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Clerk: APOLOGIES, THE SIGNED COPY JUST CAME TO ME. ITEM 42 THE AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SECOND BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER PARK IS HERE. AND ALSO, MR. NAZARIAN CALLED 42 AS A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS ANYBODY ON THIS? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I'M ASKING THAT WE TAKE THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT SEPARATELY AND TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A NO-VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND THE REPORT THAT IS IN THE FILE HAS INCLUDED EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE AT THE PLUM AND EXPRESSED NO ISSUES AND THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO ADVISE ON THIS ISSUE AND ANY FUTURE LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE WRITING WILL INCLUDE THEIR GUIDANCE AS PART OF THE WORK. AND WILL REQUIRE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT, WILL BE IN CONCURRENCE WITH ANY STATE EXISTING LEGISLATION ON FIRE, AS WELL AS OUR BUILDING CODES AND I BELIEVE THAT THE MOTION AS IS, THE REPORT AS IS, TAKES ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A NO-VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND A YES-VOTE ON THE UNDERLYING ITEM. >> Council President: GOT IT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. SO I INTRODUCED THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT MIGHT RESULT FROM A CODE CHANGE OF THIS MAGNITUDE. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ESSENTIALLY JUST COVERING OURSELVES BY GOING TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE VETTED EVERYTHING TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THESE ARE FIRE-LIFE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHEN WE MAKE SOME OF THESE CHANGES WHEN IT COMES TO STAIR WELLS, IT'S AN ACCESS ISSUE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, NO DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE INGRES, EGRES ISSUES THAT WE SEE ON OUR STREETS. I KNOW THERE IS ROOM IN OUR CODE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. AND THIS ITEM IS HERE TO FA SIL TALE TATE MAKING SURE THAT ON SMALL PARCELS THAT WE'RE CREATING THE MOST OPTIMAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSTRUCTION. WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF, CONCEPTUALLY, AS IT IS IN THE REPORT, I JUST WANT TO SEE THAT THE DRAFT ORDINANCE HAS A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION AND IS INSURED COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE PROCEDURE WHAT WE EXPERIENCED WHEN PLANNING GOES AND CONSULTS WITH HCD BEFORE WE CHANGE OUR ZONING CODE. SO THIS IS MERELY ENSURING THAT WHATEVER WE GET BACK IS COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL SO WE DON'T FIND OURS SELVES GOING BACK AND FORTH. PROCEDURALLY, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES NOT DELAY OR ENSURE THAT WHAT WE'RE ENGAGED IS COMPLIANT, SO I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MEMBERS, YES, WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING AND YES, WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DO THAT BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE SAFE. AND I'M NOT CONVINCED THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. I DON'T THINK AS A BODY, WE'VE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS, WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T HEARD FROM OUR FIREFIGHTERS ON THE GROUND ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. I FOR ONE, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE MARSHAL AND THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. I PERSONALLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE FIRE STATIONS IN MY DISTRICT AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THE GUYS AND GALS ON THE GROUND, AND THAT IS CONCERNS ABOUT LIMITED EVACUATION ROUTES, THEY'RE NOT BEING REDUNDANCIES IF ONE EXIT IS BLOCKED AND DELAYS AND FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS. SO JUST, STARTING WITH THE OBVIOUS OBSERVATION. GENERALLY IN LIFE, WHEN YOU HAVE MORE EXITS AND EVACUATIONS ROUTES, THINGS ARE GENERALLY MORE SAFE. WHETHER THAT IS A BUILDING OR OUTDOOR CONCERT VENUE OR A STANDARD 40-FOOT METRO BUS WHICH BY THE WAY HAS TWO PRIMARY EXITS AND ENTRANCES AND EMERGENCY HATCHETS IN THE WINDOWS. AND THE WHAT HAPPENED IF THE STAIRCASE IS UNUSEABLE, SMOKE AND FIRE RISES THROUGH STAIR WELL. SO IF THERE IS ONLY ONE STAIR WELL, IT CAN BECOME UNUSEABLE. WITH TWO STAIR WELLS, FIREFIGHTERS CAN DIRECT OCCUPANTS TO THE OTHER ONE AND USE ONE. AND IN A SINGLE STAIRWAY, FIREFIGHTERS AND THOSE EVACUATING HAVE TO COMPETE FOR THE SAME NARROW SPACE IF IT'S NOT BLOCKED OR CLOUDED WITH SMOKE OR FIRE. WE KNOW THAT THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS GOING TO BE PRODUCING A REPORT IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES MAY CHANGE IN COMING YEARS WITH RESPECT TO STAIR WELLS AND BUILDINGS UP TO FOUR FLOORS BUT NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED YET. WE ALREADY HAVE A BELEGERED FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IS ALREADY RESPOND TO GO 500,000 EMERGENCY CALLS A YEAR WITHOUT THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. AND I WORRY THAT WE COULD BE FORCING ANOTHER PROBLEM ON OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR RESIDENTS WITHOUT HAVING DONE THE DILIGENCE THAT WE NEED. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE LOOKED TO SEATTLE AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THIS HAS BEEN DONE BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STAFFING, AT THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT PER-CAPITA COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN LOS ANGELES, IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON THEIR THOUGHTS AND ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE CAUSE IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT THIS BEFORE WE'VE HAD THE INFORMATION FROM THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL OR EVEN A BRIEFING WITH OUR OWN FIRE SAFETY EXPERTS AND TO ADD TO THAT, THERE ARE LEGAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE LAWFULLY OF THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US AND WE HAVE NOT HAD A CLOSE SESSION OR A BRIEFING FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY EITHER. SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCIL'S RODRIGUEZ AMENDMENT BUT THE SUBSTANCE I HAVE VERY CONCERNS. SERIOUS CONCERNS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. ON THE AMENDMENT, WHILE I LOVE THE IDEA OF GETTING MORE INPUT FROM THE FIRE FOLKS, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE TIMING BECAUSE WE ARE ALL UNDER THE GUN, THERE IS A STATE LAW THAT SAYS COME SEPTEMBER 30th, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE OUR CODES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO INNOVATIVE IDEAS LIKE THIS, IF WE DON'T GET THEM IN NOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN FOR YEARS. AND THAT'S A LOT OF HOUSING THT COULD BE AT PLAY. SO, I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE INSTEAD OF SAYING, PRESENT THE RESULT JUST INSTRUCT THE DEPARTMENTS TO CULT WITH STATE IT FIRE MARSHAL AND THOSE FOLKS BUT DO IT SIMULTANEOUSLY AS WE GIVE THE INSTRUCTION TO DO THE ORDINANCE, THEN SO WE CAN AT LEAST WE HAVE A FIGHTING SHOT OF GETTING THIS DONE BEFORE THAT PROHIBITION OF YEARS. SO IF WE CAN CHANGE IT, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE THE DRAFT ORDINANCE AT HAND AND THEN PRESENT IT TO THE FIRE MARSHAL, AND IN PLUM, WE DID CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ASK FOR THEIR OPINIONS AND THEY RAISED NO OBJECTIONS. BUT FRANKLY BUT THEY ALSO WEREN'T ALL THAT CONVERSE I HAVE. I GET IT, WE--IF YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE IT INTO JUST CONSULTING AND WE CAN DO IT SIMULTANEOUSLY. I WANT THIS ORDINANCE TO MOVE FORWARD. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE SLOWED DOWN AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE HEARINGS AS THE ORDINANCE COMES FORWARD AND BRING IN ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO DEAL WITH THE FIRE ISSUES. THIS IS A REALLY INNOVATIVE THING AND WE'RE NOT EVEN ON THE CUTH EDGE. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER CITIES DOING THIS. THE ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT ONE STAIRCASE OR TWO STAIRCASE, IT'S ABOUT SAFETY. YOU CAN DO OTHER THINGS THAT CAN MAKE IT IN COMFORMANCE WITH THE BUILDING CODES THAT MAY HAVE A PROJECT. SO I SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING BILL OR ORDINANCE PUSHING FOR ORDINANCE AS WE DID IN COMMITTEE. I'LL SUPPORT THE AMENDING AND DO IT AND MAKE ITING CLEAR ON THE RECORD IT'S A SIMULTANEOUS' CONSULTATION, IT'S NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN THE DRAFTING OF THE ORDINANCE, BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE IN A TIGHT WINDOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF GET THISING DONE. --GETTING IT DONE. WE URGE YOUR AYE VOTE ON THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE AND AS AMENDED SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S SIMULTANEOUS AND IT'S CONSULTING BEFORE THE ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU. I THINK THERE IS A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD'S BUT IF NOT, I'LL SECOND THAT. IT'S CONCURRENT GIVEN THE TIME CRUNCH. I'M ALSO IN THIS MOVING FORWARD AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, IT ADVANCES THE SMART AND PRAGMATIC CHANGES THAT WILL MAKE THIS CITY FOR AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH A DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO ALLOW FOR THESE SINGLE-EXIT BUILDINGS UP TO SIX STORIES, WHICH IS A BUILDING TYPE THAT IS FOUND ACROSS THE WORLD. IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER TO MAKE IT FAMILY-SIZE APARTMENT BUILDINGS. WE HAVES A COUNCIL HAVE REPEATEDLY STRESSED THE NEED FOR LARGER APARTMENT BUILDINGS FOR FAMILIES, FOR MULTI GENERATIONAL FAMILIES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIVING SITUATIONS AND AS LS A LAWS FOR NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION. THESE BUILDINGS ARE LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND PENCIL OUT WITHOUT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO ZONING. AND I'LL JUST SAY IN LIGHT OF OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AS SACRAMENTO CONTINUES TO, AND IN FACT HAS MADE EFFORT TO REFORM SOME OF OUR OUTDATED CODES. WE'LL ESTABLISH A NATIONAL LEAD NER COMMON SENSE SOLUTION. SO I URGE AN AYE-VOTE, THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TO CLOSE. >> N. Raman: GREAT. AS LONG AS WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE MOTION FORWARD IN A TIMELY FASHION, THE TIME CRUNCH IS IMPORTANT. I DO WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT FIRE RISK IS IMPORTANT TO ME. PERSONALLY IN MY DISTRICT, MANY MANY PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT ARE HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONES. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS NEWER BUILDINGS TEND TORE MORE FIRE RESILIENCE AND WE WANT NEW BUILDING STOCK HERE IN LOS ANGELES. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WITH LIVE IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE SAFE AND NEW BUILDING CODES DO GET US THAT. AS COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND YAROSLAVSKY STATED, THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY INNOVATIVE, IT'S BEING DONE IN MANY OTHER CITIES AND MAINTAINED FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS IN ALL OF THOSE CITIES AND AS LONG AS WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THE DEADLINE, AND GET IT IN BEFORE STATE LAWS PREVENT US FROM BEING ABLE TO MAKE SHE'S CHANGES, THAT CAN ACTUALLY GENERATE NEW KINDS OF HOUSING THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN HERE AND THE KIND OF HOUSING THAT CAN BE BUILT EVEN IN A TOUGH INVESTMENT EN SPRIERMENT NATIONWIDE, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT AN AMENDMENT BEFORE US. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: THAT HAS BEEN AMENDED. >> Clerk: YES, JUST DO RECAP THE ORIGINAL MOTION AMENDMENT, RODRIGUEZ-PARK WAS AMENDED AGAIN BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD YAROSLAVSKY, THAT IS RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 4 TO REINSTRUCT THE PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS CONSULT WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND ANY AGENCY CHARGED WITH FIVE/LIFE STAVE' PREMISE TO THEIR FEEDBACK CAN BE PRESENT WITHED THE COUNCIL ALLOWING THE ORDINANCE. THIS SHOULD BE DONE CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ORDINANCE AND THAT WAS ACCEPTED, SO THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL, AMENDMENT RODRIGUEZ PARK AS FURTHER AMENDED BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE AMENDMENT, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THAT IS 14 AYES AND NOW IS ITEM 42 AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE THE AMENDMENT ON ITEM 45 AND THAT AMENDMENT IS AMENDMENT INTRODUCED BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS. THIS AMENDMENT PERTAINS TO A MOTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND I PUT IN WITH THE SECOND WITH LEE AND JURADO VERY RECENTLY ON THE QUESTION OF THE TERMINATION OF LOCAL ORDER, LOCAL DETERMINATION OF EMERGENCY FOR HOMELESSNESS. IN OUR MOTION, WE ASKED FOR TWO THINGS. WE ASKED FIRST FOR A REPORT FROM THE CLA AND CAO ON THE LEGISLATIVE, THE LEGAL, THE BUDGETARY ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED SHOULD THERE BE A TERMINATION, WHEN THERE IS A TERMINATION OF THE DECLARATION. SECONDLY, ON A SLIGHTLY LONGER TIMELINE, WE ASKED FOR IMPLEMENTATION PLANS OR GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TERMINATION, WHICH IS COMING OF THE ORDER AND HOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK SEEMLESSLY AND CONTINUE THE WORK OF BRINGING FOLKS INSIDE. WE HAVE GOTTEN THE REPORT BACK AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLA AND CAO, TO COME TO THE TABLE. WE HAVE GOTTEN THE REPORT BACK AND THE REPORT BACK IS VERY THOROUGH. OF OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE THE WORK SHOULD THERE BE WHEN THERE IS AN END TO THE DECKATION OF EMERGENCY. THE REPORT ALSO INDICATES THAT IN DISCUSSION WTZ MAYOR, THERE WERE ISSUES RAISED, GREAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RAISE THOSE ISSUES. I THINK THEY ARE ALL ADDRESSED BUT I APPRECIATE THE ISSUES BEING RAISED. IN THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORT BACK IN RESPONSE TO THE MOTION THAT WE PUT IN, IT SAYS ON IMPLEMENTATION, THERE ARE SOME OUTSTANDING REPORTS TO COME IN. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SEE ON HOW WE WOULD TAKE THIS END OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN WHAT WE'RE LAWLY PERMITTED TO DO HOW WE WOULD IMPROVE, I THINK WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN IMPROVING INTO THE NEXT STEP. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT I PUT IN TODAY, IS, ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHERE I STARTED. LET'S BE FRANK ABOUT THIS. WHAT I THOUGHT MADE SENSE WAS PICK A DATE AND TERMINATE AND PICK A DATE OUT INTO THE SHORT FUTURE SO WE CAN DO THE THINGS THAT THE CLA AND CAO TELLS US WHAT WE NEED TO ON IMPLEMENTATION. AND I THINK THEN IN REFLECTION AND IN CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR, I WAS ASKED AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BE WITH ME ON THIS, TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM, CONTINUE THE STATE OF EMERGENCY TO A DATE SPECIFIC SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE CAN WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WE CAN WORK WHAT OUR CLA AND CAO AND PUT OURSELVES IN THE POSITION WHERE THIS ITEM COMES BACK ON THIS AGENDA IN FRONT OF US, BECAUSE MEETINGS ARE WHAT DRIVE DECISIONS, MEETINGS DRIVE DECISIONS. SO WHAT I PUT IN THIS MOTION IS THAT WE WOULD, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS STRATEGIC TERMINATION OF THE DECLARATION, THAT WE WOULD MOVE THIS ITEM TO 45 DAYS FROM NOW, OCTOBER 3, 2025, AND THAT THIS THE DECLARATION WOULD COME BACK TO THIS AGENDA WITHIN THAT 45 DAYS. THAT WE WOULD ASK THE CLA AND CAO TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK IN FURTHERANCE OF THE MOTION TO GIVE US THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND FOR GOOD MEASURE JUST TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE A PROVISION THAT SAYS THAT EXCEPT FOR THAT 45-DAY RETURN, WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANOTHER AGENDIZES CONTINUANCE OF THE EMERGENCY. THIS IS OUR CHAMBER, THIS IS OUR PROCESS. AND SO WHAT I AM ASKING MEMBERS, IS NOT THAT WE SET A DATE OF TERMINATION, ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY FIRST PREFERENCE BUT WE SET A DATE FOR THIS ITEM TO COME BACK. IT GIVES OUR OPERATING, OUR POLICY COMMITTEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE REPORT, IT GIVES US ALL A CHANCE TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION WZ OUR CONSTITUENTS, WITH OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH EACH OTHER APPROPRIATELY IN COMMITTEE. AND THEN, WE KNOW THAT IN 45 DAYS OR WITHIN 45 DAYS, WE WILL HAVE THIS MATTER BEFORE US. WE WILL MOST LIKELY BE READY THEN. BUT IF WE ARE NOT READY THEN, THE LAW DOES A LAW US TO CONTINUE IT, WHICH I WILL NOT BE FOR. UP TO AND INCLUDING THE 90 DAYS WHICH I'M NOT FOR. SO THIS IS, DESIGNED TO BE RESPONSIVE, TO AND TO BE GRACIOUS IN THE WAY THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO STRATEGICALLY AND CONFIDENTLY WINDS DOWN THE EMERGENCY AND CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK AND ADVANCE EVEN BETTER WORK BECAUSE WORKING TOGETHER IS ALWAYS BETTER. SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE AND ASK FOR THE CLA TO COME UP AND ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS, BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY NOT FAIR FOR ME TO SPEAK FOR HER EXCELLENT WORK. MAY I SIR? >> Council President: YES. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. I'LL BEGIN WITH THE WHAT MY WIFE AND I JOKINGLY CALL THE RACHEL MAD OUT QUESTION, YOU JUST HEARD ALL I SAID DID I GET IT RIGHT? SHOULD THE EMERGENCY END TODAY? WHAT AFFECT DOES IT HAVE ON THE WORK COLLECTIVELY THAT PLANNING, REC AND PARKS, BOE AS EXAMPLES ARE BUDGETARY ISSUES, WHAT AFFECT DOES IT HAVE ON OUR OPERATIONS? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. YOU DID BASICALLY GET IT RIGHT. WE WROTE A LENGTHY REPORT AND DID A LOT OF SEARCH, A LOT OF SURVEY AND SPOKE TO MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD IMPACTED BY THE END OF THIS DECLARATION AND SHE IS HERE TO PRESENT THE REPORT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. BUT THE BASIC CONCLUSION OF ALL OF THIS IS THERE ARE ALREADY EXISTING STATUTORY LAWS THAT DO NOT. THERE ARE SOME CONTRACTS THAT WE DO HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE. BASICALLY WHAT THE EMERGENCY IS ALLOWING, A CIRCUMSTANCE, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE 60-DAY REPORT BACK THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR. BUT WHAT OUR CONCLUSION IS THAT THIS EMERGENCY COULD END AND WE CAN BEGIN A NORMAL PROCESS OF HANDLING THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS IN THE LONG TERM, THIS EMERGENCY HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THE ADDRESS IS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION, TWO AND A HALF YEARS IS A LONG TIME. AND WE SHOULD HAVE THE NORMAL PROCESSES TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THAT'S WHAT THIS REPORT SAYS BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BENITA IF YOU WANT HER TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF HER FINDINGS. >> T. McOsker: MR. PRESIDENT WOULD THAT BE YOUR WILL TO HAVE CLA GO THROUGH THEY ARE REPORT BRIEFLY? >> Council President: BRIEFLY. >> GOOD MORNING, BERNITA FROM CLA'S OFFICE. LIKE SHARYL STATED, WE DID A SURVEY OF ALL DEPARTMENTS AND ASKED THEM FOR ANY CONTRACTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE ENTERED INTO DURING THE PERIOD OF DECKATION. AND IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEY, WE MET WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK IN THE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMMING WORLD TO DISCUSS ANY URGENT IMPACTS THAT THEY WOULD FACE IF THE DECLARATION WERE TO END. WE TALKED WITH LAHSA, CAO, DBS, PLANNING AND BOE, AND WE FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF LIKE SHARON STATED, THERE ARE A LOT OF LOCAL STATUTORY REGULATIONS OR ACTIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO CONTINUE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMMING AND PUTTING UP HOMELESS FACILITIES. AS WE HAVE HAVE BEEN DOING DUE TO THE STATE SHELTER DECLARATION THAT IS IN PLACE AND WILL BE IN PLACE FOR UNTIL 2036, AND ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE OTHER LOCAL LAW THAT WOULD CONTINUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AS WELL. SO, YEAH, IN SUMMARY, WE DID NOT FIND ANY IMMEDIATE OR IMPACTS TO HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM AND HOUSING THAT WOULD, THAT THE CITY WOULD FACE IF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION WERE TO END. >> AND IF I CAN ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT, THE AMENDMENT THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND IT, IT WOULD A LAW FOR THE DECKATION OF EMERGENCY TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 45 DAYS WHICH TIME IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AGAIN FOR CONSIDERATION OF EITHER ALLOWING IT TO END OR POSSIBLY EXTENDING FURTHER BASED ON SOME OF THE REPORTS ADDITIONAL REPORTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED. THAT'S HOW WE UNDERSTAND THE AMENDING MOTION THAT IS BEFORE US. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SPEAKERS. ANYMORE QUESTIONS, MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE INFORMATIVE JUST TO GO OVER THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORT AND ISSUES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING OR CAN BE OUTSTANDING FOR A SMOOTH, TRANSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR POLICY GOALS WITHOUT A DECLARATION? >> Council President: AND THE CALENDAR FOR THAT, FOR WHAT MR. McOSKER JUST ASKED FOR. >> IN THE SECOND OF OUR REPORT, WE WOULD MEET WITH SPECIFICALLY GSD TO GO OVER THE LIST OF CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAVE SHARED WITH US. WE WOULD GO OVER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THOSE CONTRACT PERIODS END AND IF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS NOT IN PLACE, WHAT WOULD THE PROCESS OF REPRO CURING THE CONTRACTS WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE IF ANY OF THAT PROCESS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT A EMERGENCY DECLARATION. BUT THE LIST OF CONTRACTS IS PART OF THIS ATTACHMENT, WE WOULD JUST TO EXPLORE FURTHER WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CONTRACTING PERIOD END. THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN THAT WE WOULD XLU IN THE SECOND PART OF OUR REPORT. AND WE WOULD--YES, WE CAN ALSO EVALUATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE 1 FURTHER TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED IN THIS REPORT. AND WE WOULD DO THAT AND WE WOULD BE BACK WITH A REPORT WITHIN THE NEXT 45 DAYS. >> Council President: SO IN 45 DAYS, WOULD YOU COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CONTRACTS END? >> WE WILL TRY TO DO THAT, YES. >> Council President: OKAY. ALL RIGHT ANYMORE QUESTIONS MR. McOEFRK. >> T. McOsker: NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. FIRST, MR. McOSKER, THANK YOU, YOU MAKE THIS MUCH EASIER. YOUR FIRST ONE BEFORE YOU MADE THIS REPORT BACK, WHEN YOU WERE ACTUALLY TERMINATING, WAS A MUCH HARDER DECISION FOR ALL OF US. BUT, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS ED1, MAKING SURE SHAH WE GET THAT CODIFIED AND I DON'T WANT TO US TO CUT OFF BEFORE WE CODIFY ED1, AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT TO GET THAT THROUGH. AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM CLA REPORT WERE WE TO END THAT EMERGENCY TOMORROW, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT CODIFIED WE'LL LOSE THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY. I THINK THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SINCE WHEN WE FIRST DID THE EMERGENCY ORDER SEVERAL YEARS AGO. YOU MENTIONED THE STATE LAW, THE STATE SHELTER DECLARATION, THE LOCAL LAWS THAT FROM I UNDERSTAND, EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING WE CAN DO WITH OR WITHOUT THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. SO IN THAT CASE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET BACK TO REGULAR BUSINESS. IF WE REMOVE THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT A BANNER THAT SAYS MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, FAR FROM IT. WE KNOW THAT THAT MISSION IS FAR FROM ACCOMPLISHED. IT'S SAYING THAT WE NEED TO LEAN IN AND GET INTO THE REGULAR ORDER OF THINGS TO BE SOLVING OUR HOMELESSNESS ISSUES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE PROCESSES TO GO WITH THAT. SO, I SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING FORWARD WHICH IS AGAIN, NOT TO END THE DECLARATION BUT TO BRING IT BACK 45 DAYS WHEN IT WOULD NORMALLY COME BACK 90 DAYS. WE'RE SHORTENING WHEN WE AS A BODY LOOK AT THIS DECK RAWSING AND PUT A LITTLE BIT OF A FIRE TO GET THIS DONE. I RESPECT THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT AND THEREFORE I'M SUPPORTING THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN TERMS OF THE ED1 STUFF, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO LEGISLATIVELY. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD, PLAN ISING HERE SO WE CAN TALK DIRECTLY TO REPRESENTATIVE A PLANNING ON ED1. >> B. Blumenfield: WELL WE TALKED ABOUT TO PLANNING IN GETTING IT DONE BUT IN TERMS OF ANYTHING ELSE, THAT STATE SHELTER DECLARATION OR LOCAL LAWS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE EMERGENCY? >> I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST CRITICAL ONE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE CONTRACTING, THE GSD DOES CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THE INTERIM TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY NEED TO DO ANY COMPETITIVE BIDDING OR AGREEMENTS. AGAIN THE AGREEMENTS COULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AS WELL. IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW, WITH THE DECLARATION, IT'S NOT BEING BROUGHT TO YOU BY FOR CONSIDERATION. IN THEORY A CONTRACT THAT GSD HOLDS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SOLE SOURCE MAY HAVE BEEN FOR A VERY GOOD REASON MAY COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AS WELL FOR EXTENSION. BUT RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF REGULATIONS ARE BEING CIRCUMVENTED AND THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT WE WANT TO NORMALIZE SO ALL THE REVIEW PROCESSES THAT THIS BODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE TYPES OF CONTRACTS, SO I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF INSTRUCTING US TO REPORT ON THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE IMPACTS BE AND WHETHER THERE ARE NORMAL PROCESSES THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE THAT WE STILL COMPLY WITH OUR LOCAL LAWS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ET CETERA AS IT RELATES TO CONTRACTS AND GIVING COUNCIL THE ABILITY TO REVIEW THOSE TYPES OF CONTRACTS. >> B. Blumenfield: GREAT AND THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. AND AGAIN, IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE, THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND BRINGING IT TO REGULAR ORDER. THAT MAKES SENSE, I DON'T WANT TO LIFT THIS UNTIL WE GET ED1 CODIFIED BUT THIS GIVES US A CHANCE. AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT A TRIGGER, IT'S A REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL. WE'LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT IN 45 DAYS, IF WE'RE NOT THERE, WE CAN EXTEND IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. THAT'S WHY I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT MR. McOSKER IS PUTTING FORWARD. >> I THINK IT'S HOLD US ALL ACCOUNTABLE FOR REPORTING BACK IN 45 DAYS. >> Council President: WE HAVE A COMMENT HERE ON ED1, AND I'M WONDERING IF SOMEBODY IS HERE FROM CITY ATTORNEY THAT CAN SPEAK TO CONTRACTING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CITY ATTORNEY RETURN A CONTRACT IN 45 DAYS. I JUST WANT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEM AS OPPOSE TODAY SAY WHAT THE CLA TOLD YOU THEY TOLD THEM. >> YES, KEVIN KELLER AND THANKING THE CLA FOR PREPARING THE REPORT. WE DID CORAB LATE WITH THE CLA AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. AND WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE ONE, DOES RECEIVE AUTHORITY. IT WAVES PROCEDURE AND PRO MULLGATES, IT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM. WE HAVE ABOUT 35,000 UNITS IN THE PROGRAM, 29,000 UNITS APPROVED AND 280 PROJECT APPROVED. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CLA STATED, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE HAVE THE LAW PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE NEW CITY WIDE HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM, PROGRAMS. EACH PROGRAM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND NO PROGRAM IS EXACTLY THE SAME. SO WE'RE AVAILABLE TO PRESENT AND SHARE SOME OF THE UNIQUE STREAMLINING THAT IS IN ED1 THAT HAS NOT BEEN YET BEEN CODIFIED FOR EXAMPLE, PROJECTS THAT ARE LOCATED IN OVERLAY ZONES OR SPECIFIC PLANS ARE NORMALLY NOT ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. PLANNING IN RESPONSE TO A, COUNCIL MOTION FROM 2023 IN A RESENT PLUM HEARING, PLANNING HAS TRANSMITTED THIS WEEK A VERY RICED ORDINANCE WITH A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ON CONSIDERING AND ADOPTED ED1 PROGRAM. SO WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE PRESENTED THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRANSMITTED THIS WEEK AND IS AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYMORE QUESTIONS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY OTHER FOLLOW-UP. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS NOW OR YOU CAN TELL US IN THE NEXT REPORT. HOW THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY AFFECT TINY HOMES IN THE PIPELINE AND THE FUTURE PRODUCTION OF TINY HOMES? >> WE BELIEVE THAT THE PRODUCTION OF TINY HOMES VILLAGES CAN CONTINUE AS IT IS NOW UNDER THE SHELTER DECLARATION CRISIS, SO WE CAN USE THE CRISIS TO EXPEDITE AND STREAMLINE THE PRODUCTION OF ANY TINY HOME PRODUCTION AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING UNDER THE DECLARATION. >> I. Padilla: SO THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO HOW THE WAY WE'VE BEEN OPERATING OR WILL THERE BE A CHANGE? STREAMLINE? >> I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES BUT FOR OUR SECOND REPORT, WE CAN MEET WITH BLE AND DLS TO CONFIRM THAT. BUT THAT IS OUR UNDERING, AS LONG AS THE CRISIS EXIST, WE CAN USE THAT AS WE'VE BEEN USING THE SHELTER DECLARATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: BERNITA IF YOU OR KEVIN CAN ANSWER, UNDER THE MUNICIPAL CODE 1280, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID IN TINY HOME IN THE FUTURE. THERE ARE CERTAIN VARIANCES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO AFTER, WILL THAT AFFECT THEM IN ANY WAY, AFTER IF WE WERE TO END THIS, DOES THAT BRING BACK THE PROCESS? I WANT TO MAKE SURE? >> ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT ALREADY WENT THROUGH? >> J. Lee: ALREADY WENT THROUGH TRUE. >> THE ANSWER WE GOT WAS THEY WOULD NOT. THE PROJECT THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED WOULD NOT BE IMPACTING. >> AND THIS IS KEVIN KELLER SPEAKING FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ONLY IN MY ROLE, THE UNDERLYING SHELTER CRISIS IS A 2017 APPROVAL FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR TINY HOMES, WE FEEL THAT WOULD STILL PROVIDE COVERAGE FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE FOR CITY DEVELOPED PROJECTS, IF THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKED. >> J. Lee: , OKAY, AND COLLEAGUES I AGREE WITH MR. McOSKER, I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE BACK THIS PROCESS. I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE REST OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BUILD AN OFF-RAMP PROGRAM, THE THINGS THAT THIS AFFECTS. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS 45 DAYS AND THEN CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 45 DAYS. I WANT TO PUT THE MAYOR ON NOTICE THAT THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT I'M APPROVING ANY TYPE OF EXTENSION AT ALL. I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO GIVE HER THE FULL-TIME EXTENSION, LET HER OFFICE AND ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS WORKOUT THAT PROGRAM. BUT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL BUT I AM COMFORTABLE WITH GIVING THE MAYOR 90 DAYS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I JUST WANTED ASK A QUESTION TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. BECAUSE FROM THE REPORT, I SAW THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAD CONCERNS THAT ED1 WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE ENDING OF THE DECLARATION. BUT I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LINKAGE BETWEEN THE TWO. WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE AND THE DECLARATION? >> KEVIN KELLER CITY PLANNING. I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF PLANNING IN TERMS OF THE LINK AND THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE. >> N. Raman: SURE. >> SO THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION PROVIDES THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ACCELERATE IN WAVE PROCEDURES. SO PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ED1, 100 PERCENT PROJECT, THEY DO NOT REQUIRE APPEALING, BUT IF THEY XEK THE BOXES, THEY'RE PROCESSED IN 60 DAYS AND APPROVED AND THAT'S OUR PROCESS ON THOSE. THAT ABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT, THAT DOES OVER RULE A LOT OF EXISTING PROCEDURES, WOULD COME TO A CLOSE FOR THAT TYPE OF PROJECT. WE DO HAVE A THE ABILITY TO ADOPT A PERMANENT ORDINANCE THAT WOULD DO THE SIMILAR THING OR THE SAME THING. WE ALSO HAVE CLA REPORT SAID, THERE IS A WHOLE, TOOLBOX OF DIFFERENT ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT ALSO EXIST. BUT THE EXACT TOOLBOX FOR ED1 DOES NOT YET EXIST AS A LEGISLATIVE OPTION FOR THOSE PROJECTS. THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE, UNDERSTATE LAW WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE BUT WE WILL, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO SHUT THE PROGRAM, CLOSE THE DOORS ON THAT PROGRAM UPON HE VAPATION ATION. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU THAT DOES CLARIFY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LINK TWAOENT TWO. I WAS HAPPY TO COPRESENT THIS MOTION WITH COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES THE SPEED THAT AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION ALLOWS FOR CONTRACTING, CAN SOMETIMES PREVENT US FROM BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL CONTRACTING PROCEDURES WHICH ARE IN PLACE FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I THINK THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN HOMELESSNESS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND PROUD OF. BUT I DO WANT TO UPLIFT COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S POINT, ABOUT THE TIME THAT IS REQUIRED FOR CONTRACTS AND ED11 AND ALSO--ED1, AND ALSO TO UNDER STORE THE AMOUNT OF WORK ARE UNDERTAKING RIGHT NOW ALL OF WHICH FEELS, URGENT AND PRETTY BIG. IT'S CHALLENGING THINGS. SO, WE ARE NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME COLLECTING AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE DATA ACROSS ALL OF OUR AREAS OF INVESTMENTS. ALL OF THAT USING DATA TO ACTUALLY PUSH OUR SYSTEM TO FILL PSA UNITS WHICH WE'RE DOING MORE QUICKLY THAN EVER. TAKES STAFF TIME AND EFFORT AND WORK AND WE'RE DOING THAT NOW, EVERY WEEK EVERY MONTH. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO AS A CITY TO TAKE HOW IT WOULD BE TO TAKE OUR CONTRACTING IN-HOUSE. THERE IS ANOTHER MOTION TODAY PUSHING US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING THE DOLLARS IN LA HA AND CONTRACT THEM DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CITY. WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THAT WOULD TAKE. BUT WE HAVE NOT, WE HAVE NOT EVEN CONSIDERED OR COME TEN PLATED THAT FOR US TO TAKE THAT YET. WE'RE HE ASKED TO THE COUNTY PULLING OUT OF LAHSA AND WHAT THAT MEANS. THOSE TWO QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN SEPARATE. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO GET MORE FROM THE COUNTY ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SERVICES WHICH WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE ALLIANCE SETTLEMENT AND TRYING TO AND MDT. WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING OUR OWN C O.C. ASSESSING THE FUNDS OF FUNDING AND THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM SO I HOPE YOU KNOW IT'S HAPPENING. THOUSANDS OF VOUCHERS AND THOUSANDS OF EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS BOTH ARE SUNSETING NOW THROUGH THE END OF 2026. THAT'S ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED THROUGH FUNDING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM, THAT WE HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT PLACE FOR THEM OR THEY'LL END UP ON THE STREETS. THIS IS WHAT I'M REMEMBERING, RIGHT NOW. AND ALL OF IT FEELS HYPER URGENT. AND WE HAVE LIKE 12 PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY WHO ARE WORKING ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES WHO WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO WORK ON THESE ISSUES AND THEY PRIORITIZE THIS REPORT BACK, OVER SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS, SOME OF WHICH FEEL, YOU KNOW, FEEL VERY URGENT TO ME. THAT'S ALL OF THEM, FEEL URGENT TO ME. I WOULD JUST REQUEST, I WOULD ECHO COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S KIND OF TIMELINE AND JUST SAY, AGAIN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. I WAS HAPPY TO COPRESENT THE MOTION WITH YOU, I WANT TO SEE US BEING AS TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE ARE, DEEPLY UNDER STAFFED ON THIS ISSUE. ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SCALE OF THE SPENDING THAT WE'RE DOING AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT 45 DAYS IS IF WE HAVE, A MEETING TWICE A MONTH, IT'S TWO MEETINGS TO GET THROUGH THROUGH ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS IN ORDER TO GET A PLACE, WHERE IN 45 DAYS, WE CAN SEE, IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE BETTER. THAT WOULD BE MY, MY RESPONSE HERE IS JUST TO SAY, CAN WE GIVE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME JUST SO THAT THE SYSTEM CAN SPANNED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THIS IS ASKING TO US TAKE ON AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US THAT ALL FEELS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING FOR THE CITY TO BE TAKING ON WITHIN A SHORT TIMELINE. SO I WOULD JUST UNDERSCORE COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S REQUESTS FOR 90 DAYS HERE, BECAUSE I WANT TO DO THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR TO US DO THIS. IT'S JUST A LOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. ALL AT ONCE WITH VERY LITTLE STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES AND I DON'T WANT US TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION IN 45 DAYS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. SO I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT AND THE EFFORT THAT MR. McOSKER HAS BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THIS AMENDMENT AND I WAS HAPPY TO SECOND THAT. THERE IS A REASON WHY I'VE CONTINUE TO BE A NO-VOTE IN THE EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER BECAUSE WHAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY AT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW IS THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WITH ALL THE CONTRACTING. THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE. FIRST I WANT TO, TALK ABOUT ED1, WE'RE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THIS GOVERNMENT. YOU WANT TO CODIFY CD1, ED1. WITHOUT FRANKLY HAVING TO, IT'S NOT PERFECT. WE'RE WATCHING RSO UNITS BE DECIMATED AND EXCHANGE FOR T.IF WE WANT TO DO IT, DO IT RIGHT. AND WE'RE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH THAT CAN ADOPT IT AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN. LET'S NOT, LET'S NOT CAUSE A BOOGIE MAN OUT OF ED1, JEOPARDIZING, OR EMERGENCY ORDER THREATENING ED1 WHERE WE'RE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH THAT CAN ADVANCE IT AND NOT JEOPARDIZING USING OUR RSO UNITS WHICH WE KNOW HAS OCCURED. THE HEA REPORTS, IT WAS MY AMENDMENT THAT WE INTRODUCED THROUGH THE BUDGETARY PROCESS WHEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ACTUALLY REFUSE TODAY PROVIDE US INFORMATION ON THE COST OF THE CONTRACTS ON THE COST OF THE SERVICES, THE COSTS OF THE HOUSING BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BEING SOLE SOURCED. MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE CITY KNOWS HOW TO DO THESE CONTRACTS. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY PROVIDE WAS THE ABILITY FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO BUY PASS--BYPASS THE APPROVAL. WE TO FIGHT FOR THAT THROUGH FOR BUDGET. BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT FORTHCOMING. IN FACT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REFUSED TO COME TO HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE TO LET US KNOW WHERE THESE FACILITIES EXISTED AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE HAVE ALL THE FUNCTIONALITY TO DO THIS IN A FAST FACE. WE CAN DO IT, BUT WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS REPEATEDLY AGREED TO, IS SURRENDERING OUR AUTHORITY AND FISCAL OVERSIGHT ON THESE CONTRACTS. AND IT'S WHY I'VE BEEN VOTING NO FOR A GREATER PART OF A YEAR, MORE THAN A YEAR. HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE YOUR AUTHORITY AWAY WHEN THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE EXPENDITURE THAT'S ARE BEING MADE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS? ESPECIALLY IN THIS FISCAL CRISIS. SO I APPRECIATE NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO 45 DAYS. AND BY THE WAY THE ONLY REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING HERE IS BECAUSE WE KEEP OUTSOURCING IT. WE KEEP GIVING THE MONEY TO LAHSA. WE KEEP GIVING THE MONEY OUT IN CONTRACTS TO ALL OF THESE OTHER AGENCIES TO DO THIS WORK. SO WE HAVE THE RESOURCE FZ WE PRIORITIZE IT TO A LAW THE RIGHT DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE THE STAFFING TO ACTUALLY DO THIS WORK. I KNOW, WE HAVE THE CITY STAFF THAT IS CAPABLE QUALIFIED. I'VE WATCHED IT HAPPEN IN REALTIME, WE'VE GOT TALENT AND SKILLS IF WE STOP OUTSOURCING IT AND WE START HAVING SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HOW THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, RENEWAL OF THIS, EMERGENCY DECLARATION, THAT FOR ME, THAT MOMENT PASSED A LONG TIME AGO. AND I'M HAPPY THAT EVERY ONE IS FINALLY TALKING ABOUT OKAY, LET'S GET EVERYTHING LINED UP SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THIS, ADDRESS IT WITH A CRISIS THAT IT IS. BUT I CANNOT ALLOW THE SURRENDERING OF OUR THORKTS THE HE As I POINTED THIS THE LAST HEA THAT CAME THROUGH, STILL GOES BACK TO 2023 WITH ZERO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES AROUND WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CONTRACTS. AND FOR ME, GIVING FURTHER AUTHORITY EVEN FOR ANOTHER 45 DAYS, DOESN'T STOP, THERE IS NOTHING IN HERE THAT STOPS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND BERNITA, YOU ALWAYS DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH YOUR REPORTS, I HAVE TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT FOR THA. BUT IS THERE ANYTHING OTHER THAN 45 DAYS THAT--OBLIGATION NZ SOLE SOURCING? >> NO, I DON'T THINK SO. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. SO WE'VE GOT 45 MORE DAYS, 90 MORE DAYS OF GREEN LIGHTING WITH NO GREATER FISCAL OVERSIGHT BY THIS BODY AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT I CANNOT SUPPORT. SO, I WILL SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IT'S A SLOW STEP BUT NONETHELESS I'LL TAKE A STEP FORWARD, I SUPPORT THIS BODY EXERCISING WHAT WE WERE ALL ELECTED TO DO, I SUPPORT THAT. BUT I DO NOT SUPPORT THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS EMERGENCY AUTHORITY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN FRANKLY, I THINK ABUSED WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM US. AND I CANNOT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT. WELL, I WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS EMERGENCY ORDER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THIS. AND I ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BE HERE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION WITH REGARD TO CONTRACTING. YOU CAN ANSWER THEM FROM THE DESK THERE. THE, YOU KNOW, ONE MIDDLE POINT ABOUT CONTRACTING IN CITY THAT I'VE OBSERVED IN THE TEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. IS THE PUBLIC WILL SAY, OH THE COUNCIL SLOWS THINGS UP, GOING THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS SLOWS THINGS UP. WE ACTUALLY ANALYZE WHAT HAPPENS WITH CONTRACTS, AT LEAST THE ONE THAT WE TRACK CLOSELY, THEY SPENT THE MOST TIME IN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. ACTUALLY WHEN THEY COME TO COMMITTEE, THEY CAN BE LITERALLY BE VOTED ON THE NEXT DAY. SO JUST CURIOUS WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THE EMERGENCY ORDER MAKE IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ENGAGES IN CONTRACTING AND WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD TAKING IT AWAY MAKE IF ANY? >> HI SIR, MICHAEL DONEDES CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. FOR THE MOST PART UNLESS THE CITY ATTORNEY IS CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES LIKE FOR OUR OWN COURT TRANSCRIBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE ADMIN CODE FOR CONSIDERATION IS WHEN IT'S IN THE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT COULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROCESSES IN CHARTER. SO THE ACCELERATION OF TIME DURING THE EMERGENCY, WHETHER IT'S PANDEMIC OR THIS HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY, THERE IS AN EXEMPTION IN THE CHARTER FOR DECLARED EMERGENCY WHERE YOU CAN FOR GO THE PROCESS IN THE EMERGENCY. SO THAT RFP OR BID OR WHATEVER MAY BE DONE WOULD BE SET ASIDE AND RETURN FOR A SOLE SOURCE AND THE BALANCES, THE POLICY TADEOFF ARE CONSIDERED UNDER THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, SO NO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. FOR OUR OFFICE THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE WHETHER THERE IS AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION, WE REVIEW THE CONTRACT. >> Council President: SO UNDER THE EMERGENCY ORDER, YOU'RE STILL REVIEWING THE CONTRACTS. >> YES. >> Council President: WHEN THE THING THAT SHORTENS THE TIME IS THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT OUT FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS. >> THE TIME THAT IT TAKES FOR DEPARTMENT. >> Council President: GOT IT. LET ME ASK IT THIS WAY, THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN END THE EMERGENCY AND STILL TRUNCATE THE TIME THAT WE LOSE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO AN RFP? >> TO THE TIME OF DEPARTMENT IN LIEU OF OTHER SERVICES UNRELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, PRESUMABLY I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM, ACCELERATE THAT TIMELINE. BUT THEY WOULD STILL BE FOLLOWING COMPETITIVE PROCESSES FOR THE MOST PART UNLESS THERE WAS SOME OTHER JUSTIFICATION. >> Council President: SO YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A WAY TO DO COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING AS FAST AS YOU DO SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTING. >> I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE DEPARTMENT, THE OTHER ENTITIES PUBLIC WORKS THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH CONTRACTS DURING THIS EMERGENCY. >> Council President: AND THEN, ANOTHER A SECOND QUESTION ABOUT THE CONTRACTS. WHEN A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT IS ENTERED INTO OUTSIDE OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER OR INSIDE OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER IS THAT CONTRACT PUBLIC? SO SO SOMEBODY CALLS YOU AND SAYS, WE WANT TO SEE A COPY OF THAT CONTRACT. IS IT PUBLIC OR DOES THE EMERGENCY ORDER PREVENT THAT? >> NO ALL CONTRACTS THAT ARE RUN THROUGH THE GENERAL FUNDED DEPARTMENTS, WHERE THEY'RE UNDER COUNSEL CONTROL FUNDING THEY'RE ALL POSTED IN THE CLERK'S WEBSITE WHETHER THEY'RE, EVERY CONTRACT IS PUBLIC AND EVEN THOSE THAT ARE NOT PUBLIC ARE STILL PUBLIC, YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE A REQUEST. >> Council President: SO JUST LIKE WE GOT A COPY OF THE GIBSON AND DUNN INVOICE OR THE NEWSPAPER GOT A COPY OF IT, WE CAN GET A COPY. >> THE CONTRACTS AND ALL RELATED INVOICES TOO. >> Council President: GOT IT. THANK YOU. WE GOT MR. McOSKER TO CLOSE. BUT MEMBERS I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A NO-VOTE ON THE MR. McOSKER MOTION. WORK WIDTH MAYOR AND WORK WITHING THE COUNCIL. I MAINTAIN THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN ON FRIDAY, TWO DAYS FROM NOW, TEN DAYS FROM NOW, 45 DAYS FROM NOW OR 90 DAYS FROM NOW, BRING A VOTE ON THE EMERGENCY ODER AND END IT. WE ACTUALLY, WE'VE HAD THAT POWER FROM THE VERY VERY BEGINNING. AND I THINK LIKE MR. LEE, I WANT TO GIVE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK AND GET THIS DONE. AT THE SAME TIME, I APPRECIATE WHAT MR. McOSKER HAS DONE BECAUSE I DO THINK WE NEED MORE URGENCY AROUND IT IN MOVING OFF OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER AND GETTING OUR HOUSE IN ORDER SO WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WITH REGULAR ORDER. BUT AGAIN, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON THIS AT ANY TIME. AGAIN, 45 DAYS, 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS FRIDAY. WE CAN VOTE ON IT. I'M NOT OFFERING THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON FRIDAY BUT-- >> T. McOsker: I RECOGNIZE THAT. >> Council President: BUT. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. I'LL CALL ON YOU WHEN I'M DONE. AND JUST TO CONFIRM, THE CLERK, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS NOT POLITICAL HIGHOPURPOLY, WE CAN END IT ON MY DAY. CITY ATTORNEY OR CLA? >> I BELIEVE YOU CAN. THE ADD CODE STATES THAT IT CAN BE RENEWED EVERY 90 DAYS, IT DOES NOT STATE WHEN IT COULD BE TERMINATED. SO MY READING, BUT I'M NOT THE LAWYER HERE. >> Council President: WE HAVE A LAWYER RIGHT BEHIND YOU. >> WILL SAY THAT THE COUNCIL CAN BRING IT IN AT ANY TIME FOR TERMINATION. >> I AGREE WITH SHARON BUT I'LL ADD SPECIFICITY, IT WOULD TERMINATE ON ITS OWN AFTER 90 DAYS. THE RENEWAL LAST 90 DAYS BUT FOR AMENDMENT F, THE COUNCIL CAN ACT INDEPENDENTLY OF THOSE 90 DAYS TO TERMINATE AT ANY TIME. >> Council President: SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS AND I ASK THAT WE MAINTAIN THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE TO TAKE UP THIS MATTER AND TAKE UP OUR BUSINESS AS WE SEE FIT WHEN WHEN I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH, WHEN WE'RE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SETBACK. I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE WERE IN REGULAR ORDER AND LET ME TELL YOU WHEN AS FRUSTRATING AS IT IS, I WAS HERE WHEN WE APPROVED EVERY CONTRACT. AND WE WERE IN A MATERIALLY DIFFERENT PLACE AND THE CITY WAS NOT MOVING TOWARDS ENDING HOMELESSNESS. THAT HAS CHANGED, THE MATERIAL HAVE CHANGED AND WE'RE IN A BETTER PLACE BUT I WANT TO DO THAT ANYWAY THAT GIVE THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY THAT WE HAVE. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, FIRST I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOU. MY APOLOGIES. I LOVE THIS DEBATE, IT'S WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN NOT JUST THE LEGISLATIVE BODY, BUT THE GOVERNING BODY, THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY. AND THE QUESTION ON CONTRACTS, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION IS SORT OF AN ILLUSTRATION WRIT SMALL OF THE BIGGER ISSUE, THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EMERGENCY ORDER AND CONTRACTING SOLE SOURCE, AND CONTRACTING SOLE SOURCE UNDER REGULAR PROVISIONS, IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT RAIL. WE DO STUFF PUBLICLY. YOU DON'T KNOW, ONE DOESN'T KNOW TO ASK FOR A CONTRACT WHEN IT IS DONE SOLE SOURCE UNDER EMERGENCY ORDER. IS IT PUBLIC DOCUMENT? YES. AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS THAT WE GENERATE EVERY WEEK. IF WE DO IT PUBLICLY, NOW, WE ARE GIVING DIGNITY TO THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT AND SAYING WE'RE ABOUT TO GO SOLE SOURCE ON SOMETHING AND YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTION AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCIDENTALLY BUMP INTO IT DOING A MEGA SEARCH. IS THERE A ROLE FOR EMERGENCIES? YES YES. ABSOLUTELY. CAN AN EMERGENCY GO ON FOREVER? NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. IT IS ANTI THETICAL TO OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND BEING THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. NOW, WE'VE JUST HEARD A CALL FOR A NO-VOTE ON THIS MOTION. ON THESE AMENDMENTS, THERE ARE THREE BULLETS AND THEY ALL THREE HAVE GREAT IMPORT. THE FIRST BULLET SAYS 45 DAYS. I'VE HEARD IT PEOPLE WANTED TO BE 90. I'LL COME TO THAT IN A SECOND. THE SECOND BULLET SAYS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GET THESE REPORTS AND GET THE REPORTS BACK ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE MOTION SO WE CAN MAKE A SMOOTH TRANSITION WHETHER THIS THING ENDS TODAY OR FRIDAY, OR TOMORROW, OR 45 DAYS OR 90 DAYS. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. I'M GOING TO URGE THAT WE DON'T THROW THAT AWAY. THE THIRD BULLET GOES TO THIS SECRET GOVERNMENT ISSUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE WHAT WAS DESCRIBED THAT IT CAN BE ENDED ON FRIDAY, IT CAN BE ENDED ON WEDNESDAY, A WEEK FROM FRIDAY. THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS AN OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETING. AND I THINK WE NEED TO COMMIT OURSELVES TO THE WORK. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH SAYING IN 45 DAYS WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. AND IF WE COME BACK IN 45 DAYS AND WE'RE NOT DONE AND WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION AGAIN, GUESS WHAT WE'VE JUST DONE? WE'VE HAD AN OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT IS THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUE TO THE PUBLIC. AND TO SAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS ANYTIME IF I CAN POP IT ON TO THE AGENDA, THAT MY FRIENDS, IS OFFENSIVE. THAT MY FRIENDS IS NOT WHAT WE WERE ELECTED TO DO. ALL I'M SAYING, I GOT QUESTION ASKED OF ME, WILL YOU PLEASE CONTINUE THIS ITEM SO THAT WE CAN MEET AND TALK TO ONE ANOTHER ABOUT HOW TO END IT. STUPID ME, I SAID YES. AND GUESS WHAT, THAT WAS NOT REALLY THE QUESTION. APPARENTLY THE QUESTION ACTUALLY WAS, WILL YOU JUST APPROVE THIS THING AND WE'LL MOVE ON AND PRETEND LIKE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. MEMBERS, WE'RE THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND WE ARE FACING THE GREATEST EXCESSTENSION CHALLENGE. 45 DAYS FAST, YES, IT'S FAST. DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ONLY GET ONE OR TWO MEETINGS IN? MAYBE. IS THERE A BETTER NUMBER? MAYBE THERE IS A BETTER NUMBER, I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING BACK IN 45 DAYS TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE? IS THERE SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT? SO MEMBERS, I SAY WE LEAN IN. I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICALLY ATTORNEY THAT WE PICK A DATE AND NOT SAY, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY WHACKMO AND MAYBE WE'LL SHOW UP ONE DAY AND NOT ANOTHER DAY. THE PUBLIC DESERVES THAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WANT TO GET THE REST OF THE REPORTS AND WE WANT TO GET IT IN AND GET A PLAN. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK WITH THE MAYOR WHO IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND WORK LIKE ENDLESS LEON THIS ISSUE AND SAY HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WIND THIS DOWN? I GAIRLY THAT THE EMERGENCY ORDER WILL NOT LAST FOREVER. IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER IT'S GOING TO END, IT'S GOING TO END. WILL IT END IN A CONFIDENT WAY? WILL IT END ON A DAY WHEN IT JUST POPS UP ON THE AGENDA? WILL IT END WITH FEWER DISCUSSIONS OR MORE DISCUSSIONS? I VOTE FOR MORE DISCUSSIONS. SO MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR AN AYE-VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT. AND I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY IT WOULD BE A NO-VOTE. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO ARTICULATE WHY WE WOULD SAY NO, WE DON'T WANT IT TO END SOME DAY AND NO WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK IN 45 DAYS OR NO WE DON'T WANT IT TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT. A NO-VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT, AND I'M SORRY TO BE SO BLACK AND WHITE, BUT SOMEBODY HAS HAVE TO ARTICULATE IN AN ARGUMENT WHY A NO-VOTE MAKES SENSE. IT'S A NO-VOTE TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF FOLKS. SO I'M GOING TO URGE AN AYE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T WANT A NO-VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE STEPS ABSOLUTELY NOT. ALL I'M ASKING FOR I THINK WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE BOTH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING CAN BE ACCOMMODATED BUT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE LIMITED CAPACITY. I KNOW THE CITY CAN MOVE FAST, I HAVE FAITH IN THE CITY DEPARTMENT AND I WANT US TO DO MORE OF THIS WORK IN-HOUSE, WHERE WE'RE TAKING OWNERSHIP OVER THE WORK AND I THANK MANY OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN PUSHING THAT FORWARD. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE IS HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION IN 45 DAYS OR SIMILAR BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY PROCESS ON IT. IF WE CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO DO THE WORK TO FIGURE OUT THE CONTRACTING, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYTHING BEHIND. DOTTING OUR Is AND CROSSING OUR Ts. WE CAN DO THIS WORK, THERE IS ACTUALLY THE REPORT FOR ME CLARIFIED THAT THERE IS LESS IMPACTED BY THIS THAN I HAD FEARED AND I THINK WE'RE FULLY CAPABLE OF TAKING THAT ON. BUT WE ALSO REALLY DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF STAFF IN THE CITY WH ARE WORKING ON THESE ISSUES AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT THAT WILL LEAD TO PEOPLE LOSING THEIR VOUCHERS AND HOMES THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON, MULTIPLE MEETINGS THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ATTENDING. IF WE CAN GET TO A NUMBER, RELEASE OF 90 DAYS, I'M FINE WITH THAT. WE CAN GET TO AN END THAT WE CAN END THIS EMERGENCY AND HAVE DONE IT IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. AND I CAN AGREE WITH BOASTING THESE GOALS AND OUTCOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT. IT'S WORK THAT I BELIEVE IN. AND AGAIN, I HAVE NO NO PROBLEM WITH THIS AT ALL. BUT WE JUST GOT THIS REPORT, THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS REPORT JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AND WE WILL NEED TO GET THE SECOND PHASE AND ALSO TO TAKE ACTION ON THE BASIS OF THIS SECOND PHASE. THIS IS NOT TO UNDERMINE THE GOOD POINTS, I WANT TO HAVE MORE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS OUT IN THE OPEN. I WANT TO HAVE MORE OF OUR INFORMATION DATA OVERSIGHT ALL OF THAT, I WANT THAT AVAILABLE, THAT'S PART OF THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN LEADING ON AND PUSHING ON. THIS IS TRANSPARENCY, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND ARE DOING MORE OF. AND PROUD. IS JUST WANT TO BE REALISTIC, GIVEN FEW STAFF MEMBERS AND YES COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, WE NEED TO HIRE MORE. I AGREE WU. NONE OF THIS IS GOING AGAINST WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT'S JUST WE ARE LIMITED. WE'RE VERY LIMITED. AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT RIGHT AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE FOR THAT TOO. . AND I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY. THAT'S ALL I ASK, AND IF WE CAN COME TO A RESOLUTION THAT WE CAN FIND A NUMBER FOR EVERYBODY. >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS ITEM PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED, MADAM CLERK. >> B. Blumenfield: CAN I SPEAK BEFORE THE QUESTION IS CALLED. >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: SO THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED, IT IS NOT DEBATABLE, IT DOES REQUIRE A SECOND AND I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYBODY HAS SPOKEN TWICE. SO THE THRESHOLD WILL BE TEN. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS QUESTION, OR WAIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TWICE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. WE'RE WEATHER TO KEEP TALKING OR VOTE NOW. YEAH. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. SO WHEN WE SAY THAO THERE IS A VOTE TO CALL THE QUESTION, IT MEANS IF YOU WANT TO A LAW THE MEMBERS TO SPEAK TO THIS, VOTE NO. AND DOING SO, WILL A LAW THIS BODY TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION. IF YOU WANT TO END DEBATE ON THIS AND IMMEDIATELY FORCE A VOTE ON THIS, THEN VOTE YES ON COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MATINEZ MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. IT REQUIRES TEN VOTES CURRENTLY TO PASS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 4 AYES, 10 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: JUST TO PICK BACK UP ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN PROPOSED WHICH WAS SOMETHING MORE THAN 45, CAN WE, I DON'T KNOW IF MR. McOSKER OPENED SOMETHING BETWEEN 45 AND 90, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT WOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME? >> T. McOsker: I WILL MAKE AN AMENDING MOTION BUT I WILL INSIST ON A SECOND 60 DAYS. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I'LL SECOND THAT. >> Council President: IT'S WILL NOT SECONDED. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE. BUT WE'VE GOT AN AMENDED AMENDMENT. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THIS AMENDMENT IS TO CHANGE IT FROM 45 CALENDAR DAYS TO 65 DAYS CALENDAR DAYS. >> Council President: 6-0. >> Clerk: 06. >> T. McOsker: 6-0. >> Clerk: OKAY, AND THAT WAS AMENDMENTLE McOSKER AND YAROSLAVSKY, NO, YAROSLAVSKY AND McOSKER, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M RIGHT BEFORE SPEAKING, THAT WE REACH A DIFFERENT NUMBER, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GET US SOMEWHERE. ALL I WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE THE LAST TIME THAT I VOTED TO CONTINUE THIS, I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES AS A COUNTY AS A CITY SO MANY DIFFERENT EMOTION SXZ THINGS HAPPENING, SOY THOUGHT WE NEEDED IT FOR THE CONSISTENCY. TODAY IT SOUNDS AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, EVERYBODY IS READY TO PUT THE PLEASURE ON GETTING A LOT OF MOTION THAT'S MULTIPLE MEMBERS HAVE PUT TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE OF HOMELESSNESS. SO, YOU KNOW, IF THIS REPORT IS GOING TO TELL US, IT'S TELLING US THAT THE CONTRACTS WILL BE FINE, I ALSO WANT TO KNOW NOT JUST CONTRACTS RELATED TO BUILDINGS BUT HOW IS THIS, AGAIN, BY THE TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN, I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A REPORT THAT TELLS US HOW IT'S ALSO OR HOW IT WILL OR WOULDN'T IMPACT PROGRAMMING AND THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND EVERYTHING RELATED TO MAKING SURE THAT IF WE GET RID OF THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION, HOW IS IT GOING TO IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO GOVERN MORE, METICULOUSLY ABOUT OUR DISTRICTS. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE GOAL. BUT I DON'T SEE A REPORT THAT SPELLS THAT OUT, LIKE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS, THEN THAT'S A PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I VOTED TO EXTEND THIS IS BECAUSE, I MENTIONED, FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU WERE NOT SEEING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS HIT, HIT, HIT. THAT WAS JUST NOT HAPPENING. BUT NOW IT IS HAPPENING BUT IF WE CAN DO IT, YOU KNOW, MORE DIRECTLY BY RELEASING THIS EMERGENCY ORDER, THEN I WANT TO KNOW THAT. BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO MY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CONTRACTORS INTERESTED IN COMING TO MY DISTRICT IN A WAY THAT THEY KNOW I'LL BE THEIR DIRECT CONTRACT MORE THAN WHAT HAS BEEN THE STATUS RIGHT NOW. SO, I AM GOING TO VOTE THAT WE EXTEND BUT DEFINITELY GET THE REPORT BACK WITHIN THE 60 DAYS AS HAS BEEN AMENDED AND PRESENTED. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, I MEAN AT THIS TIME WE'RE JUST GIBLING OVER DAYS. BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, THIS THING HAS TO BE RENEWED EVERY 90 DAYS, SO IT'S COMING TO US IN 90 DAYS, NO MATTER WHAT. MR. McOSKER SAYS LET'S CUT IT IN HALF. BUT I WANT US TO REALIZE, WE'RE START TO GO DANCE WITH, IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF DAYS. SO 60 DAYS, 30 DAYS, LESS THAN AT 90 DAYS A FEW MORE THAN 45, LET'S MOVE THIS THING FORWARD AND AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT'S AS MUCH SYMBOLIC AS IT IS REAL, BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING A STATEMENT HERE AS A COUNCIL THAT WE WANT TO REGULARIZE BUSINESS AND WE WANT TO GET ALL OUR HOUSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THA. I SUPPORT THIS AND I SUPPORT THE 60 DAYS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT SOMETHING. BECAUSE THE IDEA AND I'M GLAD YOU AGREED TO 60 DAYS, WHATEVER. I WAITED ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW FOR THIS MOMENT TO ARRIVE, BUT THE REALITY IS, GUYS, IS THAT YOU'RE STILL ENABLING THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR TO CONTINUE TO SOLE SOURCE AND OBLIGATE OURSELVES TO ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT. SO 45 DAYS, 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS, AT WHAT POINT ARE YOU GOING TO BE WILLING TO FINALLY SAY ENOUGH? EACH HEA REPORT CONTINUES TO TELL TO YOU POUND SAND BECAUSE THE DATA IS NOT FULLY COMPLETE. AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF MY FRUSTRATION THAT IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS FOR, FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT WE HAD TO FIGHT TO GET THESE REPORTS THROUGH BUDGET, LAST YEAR. SO NOW HERE WE ARE. THE IDEA THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF, THAT'S NONSENSE. I'M GOING TO CALL OUT THE NON AS SOON AS OF WHAT MS. RAMAN HAS STATED. WHEN WE DIRECT OUR CITY AND STAFF THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY, THEY KNOW HOW TO MOVE. IF YOU MAKE IT A PRIORITY, IT WILL GET DONE. JUST LIKE IF YOU MAKE IT A PRIORITY ED1 CAN BE CODIFIED. SO LET'S STOP PRETENDING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY. LET'S STOP PRETENDING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER. YOU HAVE THE POWER, EXERCISE IT. JUST AS WE HAVE THE POWER TO IMPROVE THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN OUR OWN DISTRICTS. THERE IS A REASON WHY I STARTED AN RV TO HOME PILOT IN MY DISTRICT. IF I HAD TO SIT AND WAIT FOR THE MAYOR THAT THE MY DISTRICT WAS IMPORTANT, THEN I HAD TO GET THE SERVICES. IS HAD TO SOLVE IT MYSELF. I'VE GOT TO SOLVE IT FOR MY COMMUNITY. I'M NOT GOING RELEGATE MY AUTHORITY AND MY ABILITY TO SERVE MY CONSTITUENTS TO SOMEBODY ELSE. I WAS ELECTED TO DO THAT. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE THAT AUTHORITY WITH THIS NO-VOTE, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE KFRTIONZ OF ALL THE MOTION THAT'S I'VE INTRODUCED WHETHER IT'S THE CENTRALIZATION OF THIS WORK, IN THE CITY, EITHER THROUGH A DEPARTMENT OR SOME OTHER MEANS I'VE INTRODUCED THESE MOTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SCHEDULED IN COMMITTEE. THERE IS BEEN A FOOT DRAGGING, THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE. AND THE PAPER TRAIL IS MY PROOF. SO I'M NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENABLE THIS LIE THAT SAYS OH WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. YES, WE HAVE. EVERY ONE NEEDS TO TIGHTEN THE BELT AND JUST DO THE WORK AND STOP RELEGATING IT. ALL THE AUTHORITY TO ONE PERSON WHO IS BASICALLY EMPOWERED TO DECIDE WHO IS GOING TO GET REWARDED WITH AN 'EM CAMPMENT RESOLUTION, THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND I GET IT FOR THOSE BENEFACTORS OF IT, COOL. THEY'RE GOING TO RUBBER STAMP IT. NOW, I'M NOT. I HAVE NOT BEEN DOING IT FOR NEARLY TWO YAE,Z I LOOK FORWARD TO THE POLICY CONVERSATIONS FINALLY BEING SCHEDULED AND NOT SLOWED AND IGNORED IN POLICY COMMITTEE. AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE A POINT, I GOT THE RECEIPTS, WE ALL HAVE THE RECEIPTS, LET'S STOP PLAYING GAMES IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT T GIVE THE INSTRUCTION WHETHER IT'S 45 DAYS, 60 DAYS, I PROMISE IF IT'S A PRIORITY FOR THE BODY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY SHOWING UP AND FACILITATING AND GETTING THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT. THEY'RE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF DOING IT. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD? ARE YOU SURE? NO. ALL RIGHT, GOOD! NOBODY ON THE QUEUE. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I DO WANT TO SAY I LOVE THIS DEBATE. I HAVE HEARD NO REASON TO VOTE NO. AND WE'LL WRAP IT UP, WE'LL GO WITH 60 AND THIS MATTER WILL GO TO OCTOBER 17, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT WHAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL IS AMENDMENT McOSKER-RODRIGUEZ AS FURTHER AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND THAT'S FOR 60 DAYS NOT 45. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON MR. McOSKER'S AMENDMENT. CLOSE THE ROLL. >> MR. PRESIDENT, JUST FOR THE CLERKS, THAT WOULD BE 60 DAYS AND ALSO SPECIFY OCTOBER 17, 2025. >> Clerk: YE, NOTED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL AGAIN, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 7 AYES, 7 NOES. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY. >> Clerk: WITH 7 AYES, 7 NOES, THIS AMENDMENT FAILS. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 45 ITSELF. >> T. McOsker: CAN WE ASK THAT THE SEND THE AMENDMENT TO THE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: EXCELLENT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. McOSKER. MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL NOW IS ITEM 45. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, SIR. >> Council President: FOR THE MOTION, FOR 45-A. ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POST ASKED REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT 40, 41 AND 42 MOVE FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, I THINK THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED BUT WITHOUT OBJECTION. CAN YOU SAY THE NUMBERS AGAIN. >> K. Yaroslavsky: 40, 41 AND 42. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, 40, 41, 42 FORTHWITH, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ANY ANNOUNCEMENT ?Z ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEMBERS, ALL RIGHT I ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADD JAOURPING MOTIONS. I SEE MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF GARY LEE WASHBURN, DEDICATED OF THE CHAT WORTH COMMUNITY. BORN IN 1942 IN HUNTINGTON PARK CALIFORNIA TO MARRY AND WILLIAM WASHBURN, EARNED A GRADUATE DEGREE FROM BOSTON AND SERVED OUR COUNTRY AS AN OFFICER IN THER UNITED STATES ARMY ATTAINING THE RANK OF FIRST LIEUTENANT. OF ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, GARY WAS MOST PROUDEST OF HIS WIFE JUDY AND HE LOVED TO SHARE THE STORY OF HOW THEY MET IN ATLANTA. HE WAS DEEPLY ENGAGED IN PUBLIC SERVICE SERVING AS A EMERGENCY MEDICAL COMMISSIONER, WORKING IN REAL ESTATE, VOLUNTEERS AT HIS CHURCH, CONTRIBUTE TO GO POLITICAL CAUSES AND SERVING AS A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. TO KNOW GARY WAS TO LOVE HIM. AND ON JULY 14, 2025, GARY PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HOME SURROUNDED BY HIS THREE CHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE JUDY AND HIS PARENT. GARY LEE WASHBURN HIS LEGACY WILL BE FELT IN THE COUNTLE LIVES HE TOUCHED. MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. LEE. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU ON FRIDAY.