While Chinatown is a destination, every day of the year, the neighborhood takes on a lively energy during its signature events. Celebrations such as Chinatown, Summer nights, the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, and the many festivities marking the lunar New Year. Transform the streets into vibrant gatherings filled with music, art, food and community pride. This year marks the year of the Firehorse, a powerful sign in the zodiac. The horse symbolizes energy, independence and forward momentum, while the element of fire amplifies passion, courage and transformation. Together, they represent a year filled with creativity and the drive to embrace new opportunities. In LA's Chinatown. The celebration culminates in its annual Golden Dragon Parade and Firecracker Run. Some of the city's most anticipated cultural events. The streets come alive with colorful floats, lion and dragon dancers, music and a spirited display of community pride. We are here at the Golden Dragon Parade celebrating Chinese New Year. The year of the horse, year of the Fire Horse, and we're so excited to be here to celebrate shedding that snake skin and going full force with fire into 2026. So the fire horse is a very auspicious time. It signifies a lot of new action, new journeys and adventures, businesses on the rise too. So this is the time to really kind of you have any dreams and your goals. Please pursue them. This is a great time to align with that energy. The year of the Fire Horse happens once every 60 years and this year is going to come in hard and fast. So there's a lot of blessings. I know I already checked out my own personal astrology, so I'm excited to get this year started . Happy New Year! Me and my friends are coming out here from the Inland Empire and we're just coming to enjoy LA. We were walking through and we seen like a setup for an event. People were telling us they're going to have a lunar New Year parade, and it looks amazing. There's so many people out here and they're just enjoying the experience. So we wanted to come in and join in on that. I've been here for the last few years with the Chinese Historical Society, where the first unit out leading off the parade with the flags. Wow. It's good that everybody gets together for the Chinese New Year's, and we've been celebrating it for this over 50 years now. The historical society has been in existence since 1975. So we are glad that people are sticking together and we look forward every year for this big celebration. I'm part of East Wind Foundation. We are the local lion dance troupe group here since 1972. It's our intention and our hope and our aspiration to pass on cultural wealth. So it's a beautiful thing that we have four generations of lion dancers that are learning so they don't forget who they are. Hey, Fat Choy, happy New Year everyone. The purpose is really unity and connecting with the community by coming to watch the parade, you can learn about the Chinese culture. We have floats. We have bands and fireworks. At the end of the parade. You know, you walk by and you see that amount of detail and the amount of things that they're putting into the parade and then just into their culture. And it's like you kind of get curious about it. So we wanted to come and check that out and, and see you know, what their culture is about. As well . The Chinese culture in general, we're here to share our diversity and harmony and peace and happiness. It's of great significance that we have all these different cultures, people from different backgrounds come out here because, you know, part of Chinese New Year celebration is to bring everybody together and Los Angeles is a multicultural city. And yeah, it's great to see people, you know, kind of come here and learn a little bit more about Chinese American history, learn more about Chinatown. I'm so proud to be representing my Thai Chinese culture. Our country is a melting pot and we have to stay close to our roots and be proud of where we come from. All of the stories that make us who we are. This is America. We can learn that we all have humanity , that we all have family. We all have loved ones, and we can put aside our differences and look at our similarities. It's just great to be able to experience different cultures and so being able to go out and see different things like this is just like an experience that everyone should be able to have. And especially with the cultures that you're unfamiliar with, you come down and you get to experience them and you get to see different people. And you know what? Those cultures are like. You should expand your avenues as much as you can to all the young kids out there, I just want to let them know that you belong here. If you're an immigrant, if you're a child of immigrants, the city of Los Angeles is your home. When we celebrate our heritage, we also encourage you to celebrate your heritage and another phrase I really love mi casa es su casa. And we're here to celebrate that together. I wish you all the best Gong toi. Two one. Are you guys ready to rumble? One of the traditions of the firecracker run or bike is the lighting of the firecrackers . It was such an exciting moment for the community. We lie probably over 100,000 firecrackers. Is just such a fun way to just basically raise the energy before everyone starts off on their bike ride or their race. This is a long standing community event started by a group of friends that actually grew up in the community that wanted to do something other than just celebrating tradition . They themselves are also very active, so they decided to go ahead and like bring in health and fitness. It just grew over time. Such a beautiful day for the 48th Annual Firecracker, we just kicked off the 50 mile and the 20 mile cyclists, and as you can see, we got all our furry friends behind us for the paw walk. This is the community of Los Angeles coming together small business owners, runners weekend warriors, just Angelenos coming together and having a good time on a Saturday. I came up from San Diego. I've never done this before. It's my first time participating in the firecracker run. The 48th annual and the best part is community. You see the different cultures and the diversity you feel each other's energy with everything going on in our society, right now, it's really good to celebrate our community, celebrate joy, be together, and really just also just have some fun. Chinatown is such a special place. Our Chinatown in Los Angeles is a historic. We have long time small business owners, mom and pop shops. The architecture is something that is a treat for Angelenos. The vibe here in general is just people are excited to be in community. They're excited to celebrate each other. They're excited to have something fun to do with their families, with their pets, dogs, dogs, dogs. Anytime you're around a bunch of dogs, the energy and the passion is just something that just goes through your body. We worked so hard the last few months to really put this together and to see it all come to fruition. It's very exciting. Additionally, all the money goes back to the community, so local schools, local nonprofits, they're celebrating year of the horse 2026. So it's all about Bountiful blessings and positive energy. And you know, Los Angeles is strong. We're getting ready for the Olympics 2028. We got the marathon next week. It's a great day. Back in the 1850s, Chinese immigrants build their community a few blocks away near what is now Union Station. In 1938, the current Chinatown opened in La as the city celebrates the lunar New Year and the year of the horse, it is fitting to reflect on the broader Chinese zodiac, particularly the humble goat. The goat has taken on a modern civic role in the city of Los Angeles as an essential environmental worker, long valued for their agricultural benefits. Goats are now deployed for critical brush clearance and fire abatement. This innovative, eco friendly land management strategy harnesses their natural grazing instincts, proving especially effective on steep and rugged terrain where traditional mechanical methods can be disruptive, costly or less efficient. Vegetation management. Here in the Sepulveda Basin has been ongoing. What we've been doing is looking at areas that might have a higher impact of fire spread during high wind events, any areas that might be connected to brush fire danger and we're taking a look at that. And managing the fuel by using our crews, our heavy equipment and goats. Fire grazers. We're a company that mow the lawns of several places, all throughout the Los Angeles area, and we use goats. We clear fire, hazardous vegetation. Once they're out here, we've got three guard dogs in there. Now Okay, cool. We're going to protect them. And take care of them. There That's how I work. When I first became a council member and I noticed and caught that every year I had to use some of my discretionary funds to clear the brush here to avoid the fires. I was hoping that we were going to be able to get some gold here and here. We are. And look how beautiful they look, how happy they look. Oh thank you. Everyone is super excited to finally see our city thinking outside the box for something that we know works. They are definitely helping supplement our work. They're consuming the fuel and what it's going to do is it's going to limit the large fire breakout in the summertime by limiting the fuel. Now it's going to help us later. What these guys are going to do is they're going to devour all the weeds in the area that will turn into flashy fuels later in the season after they dry out. It's not an invasive procedure. You don't have tractors driving around and we're just very, very, very excited that we're able to support this project. I'm looking to get the goats into my district. We have some hillsides that are tough to clear for humans, but for goats, they'll be a breeze. The goats, their pay is what they eat and what they eat is what they're supposed to do. So it's all it's a win win scenario. You know, it's it makes sense. I could I could see having some some la goats become, you know, regular city employees. In the LAPD has secured funding to crack down on impaired driving citywide. The Los Angeles Police Department will receive nearly $1 million through a grant from the California Highway Patrol. The funding will include DUI task forces, officer training and community outreach initiatives. Officials note that impaired driving includes alcohol, cannabis and other drugs. LAPD online .org. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has completed its first snow survey. The surveys measure snow depth and water content measurements are taken at Cottonwood Canyon, Big Pine Canyon, Rock Creek and Mammoth Pass. Data helps track runoff into the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which supplies water and hydropower. Surveys run February through April each year with monitoring to support long term water reliability. Learn more at la. DWP News.com. In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants in America formed powerful networks of mutual aid, family associations and business guilds rooted in shared hometowns, surnames and trades. At a time when discrimination was widespread, these organizations offered protection, employment, connections housing and community from those gathering places grew neighborhoods that would become modern communities like LA's Chinatown. Today, that same spirit of determination continues today, where we recognize Angelenos who have forged their own paths. Among them is Nancy C Avery, who made history as the first black woman to lead the post office in Pacoima. The returning Citizens Project is a project that allows individuals to support them in housing, employment, and also behavioral health. And with this project, the 30 individuals are now in job placement. Once they are connected with the Amity Foundation and are provided that stable housing Crcds role is to connect them to not only a work experience opportunity, but the opportunity to create an educational goal, an employment goal, maybe even enter in a training for that employment. And our team will help make that happen. It opens up a door so individuals feel like services are being provided by people that look like them and have had the same experiences as them, so they feel more comfortable expressing themselves and really working on their autonomy. Many of them have come from various walks of life because they are just as involved now. They have an opportunity to find themselves and their right to work, and that's what we're excited about. I had found out about the program through a friend. You know, we were in a similar situation. We both had been arrested before, and he basically told me, like, you know, this program is helping me with housing and a job and you should go check it out. So I actually went up to LA Trade Tech, the Worksource center. I had met Emily and they basically gave me a job and housing, finding housing, finding employment, going to school. Those are such incredible challenges and feats for anyone. So to see someone who maybe at first didn't think that was an option or a reality for them obtain it. Um that's why we're here and why we do this. They provide stable housing, training and real opportunity. Their support gives me stability and allow me moving forward with dignity and hope. Miss Avery was a very special person. Yeah, I first, uh, postmaster, uh, African American to be hired by John F Kennedy. Back in the 60s. And she was a tremendous contributor to the community in general and was a very positive spirit. Uh, so she she could challenge you. And I enjoyed the challenges. She presented. I usually agreed with her on on just about everything. Um but she was a very pleasant, wonderful person. And sitting with her at that time, Miss Avery hired me. Uh back in 1983. She hired me back in 1982. Not only to hire me, but I went on to become postmaster here as well. Her legacy goes on, and on, not just through me, but the people that I mentored who are former and present postmasters. It's extremely important to recognize positive things in our community, particularly at a time when our country is going through so much struggle. Um, Nancy Avery was a prominent part of the history of the San Fernando Valley and a first and so, uh, the community is here to celebrate her legacy. Can't ask for anything better than this. I mean, to recognize her as being the individual that she was is beyond words. We're in the heart of LA's vibrant Chinatown, and at the center is central Plaza, with its pagoda style rooftops, neon lights, and bright red lanterns. It was designed to honor Chinese architectural traditions, while also embracing a bit of old Hollywood glamor. This wasn't just a rebuild, it was a statement of resilience. Recent investments are breathing new life into a long overlooked community space, a move that reinforces the vital Los Angeles principle that there is a community for everyone. This revitalization recognizes the perseverance of the young dancers who use the space. Three two one. We're so excited to be here today. It is the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Green Meadows Recreation Center's new dance and movement studio. This is a space that was an abandoned preschool and was being used by kids because it was the only space available for their dance and cheer practice. And we came right in. And now the girls of the dance and cheer troops have somewhere beautiful to practice . But not only that, it's going to serve the entire community. Not just girls, not just youth. Also, senior activities one, two, 345678. This project has been extremely important to us. This dance studio is crucial for this community. It is so important to give a creative outlet to children and to the adults so they can see the community grow and flourish and thrive. That is. Junior League is currently celebrating our centennial celebration and we wanted to make targeted, sustained impact in the community and this was the perfect way to do that for an organization like the Junior League to come above and beyond to provide resources and tools for the benefit of our park users of which the city couldn't do on its own. So we're so excited that at Green Meadows Recreation Center, the community has a brand new dance studio where they can exercise, feel safe, take classes, and we invite you to enjoy this space and continue to enjoy your local park. This program for tax preparation runs until April 15. I mean, this is an amazing resource that you can come to the library and get this kind of tax help and even if you don't qualify for this program, they're able to give advice and librarians at the library are able to give you access to resources online. This is a vital program, is a program that has composed of volunteers who are trained and certified by the IRS to do a tax preparation. Did you receive any tips? So the response in our neighborhood, and I think throughout the Los Angeles public Library area, has been really great. I know for our branch, we get long lines, especially as we get closer to April 15th. I think everyone that's using this service is very, very appreciative. Well, some of the requirements are that we do have income limits. So the income limit for this year is $69,000. It feels wonderful to be able to help the taxpayer and the stressful times to help them with any back taxes that they need to do or any corrections or amendments to their tax return. So we are a service that is not only here at the library during tax season, but we still do tax preparation at CSUN. We're there all year. If a taxpayer has any questions or they need an amendment, we're still there to assist them. Patrons can go to Lapl.org, slash taxes. There's a list of branches that are hosting these programs as well as contact information to set up appointments. Where's the money? Where's the money? The money, the money? It's time. Once again for the annual Gaelic and Garlic party celebrating Irish and Italian heritage and pride. For the first time, the event will be held at the Piazza Miramare in San Pedro. This community event will feature arts and culture, live Irish and Italian entertainment, food, a beer garden and festive vibes. All evening head to San Pedro for garlic and garlic on Saturday, March 14th from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. for more information, check out the Little Italy of Los Angeles Association on Social Media. Get ready for this year's Earth Day with a workshop at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium on Saturday, March 14th. Join the aquarium for a morning of activities to imagine, create and share visions for our world, friends and family of all ages are welcome with participants asked to register for your place at this free workshop. Find out about volunteer days, conservation stories and the Earth Day poster contest. The workshop building towards Earth Day is on Saturday, March 14th, beginning at 9 a.m. Learn more at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. Org And that's a look at some things to do. For decades, this neighborhood has been more than a tourist destination. It's been a cultural anchor for generations of families. A place to gather, celebrate, and preserve traditions. And nowhere is that more visible than during Lunar New Year. As lanterns glow and families gather in Los Angeles Chinatown, the symbolism feels fitting. This community has shown strength, endurance and forward momentum galloping through history, determined to shape its own future. So come and experience Chinatown for yourself, the people, the culture and the cuisine right in the heart of LA. Thanks for joining us. You can watch these stories and more on channel 35. We're at LA City Govtv and follow us at LA City on Instagram Facebook and YouTube. Until next time, get out there and explore all that Los Angeles has to offer. You're arriving at Los Angeles International Airport in beautiful southern California. One of the first things you will see as you are landing is the ever iconic LAX theme building. The LAX theme building is a modern icon and recognized worldwide as the Space Age Landmark of one of the world's youngest and most influential cities. Designed by architectural firm Piera and Luckman, the building was completed in 1961 and features an observation deck and the Bob Hope USO. The spider like appearance of the building is a playful and futuristic design illusion, created by topping four steel reinforced concrete legs with stucco. The building received cultural historic status from the city of Los Angeles for its distinguishing characteristics, which are valuable to the study of that period's style and method of construction. It is also an example of mid-century modern Googie architecture. The LAX theme building serves as the symbolic gateway to Los Angeles and the futuristic design is intended to convey new prosperity and the embrace of technological innovation. It has been and continues to be, a constant reminder of Los Angeles's drive to be the City of tomorrow. My name is Suzanne M. I'm the acting senior of digitization and special Collections. The digitization and special Collections department is responsible for collecting organizing and preserving the unique and rare materials of the Los Angeles public Library. We also digitize materials and make them more widely accessible to the public online. The item that I have here, we call it the Mercury Case for short. The title translated to English, is the Complaint of Jose Sevilla, brought against the clandestine trade that's been hopping along the California coast and this is the only known case that came to a full trial that's been documented against one of the smugglers that was involved in illegal trade. So from about. 1800 to 1822, new Spain had closed its ports due to rising conflicts with Russia and England. This gave rise to a lucrative business in smuggling illegal goods to California. Because Spain wasn't always able to provide the necessities that the missionaries or other citizens in California wanted or needed, George Washington Ayres was one of the many ship captains who was involved in this business. He he became involved with assistance from the Russian governor at the time. This item is important because it's basically the only evidence we have of that activity that's surviving now, and we are also the only library in WorldCat that holds this item . So. Scheduled meeting of your Los Angeles City Council today is TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, THE 11th DAY OF MARCH, 2026. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, IF WE CAN BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS AND A QUALMER, MR. PRESIDENT >> Council President: FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: MOVED AND SECOND. CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 3 ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 10 THROUGH 30 ARE ITEMS FOR PI PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. FOR NUMBER 23, A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT WAS SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 26-002-S1. ITEMS 31 THROUGH 43 ARE CLOSE SESSION FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS . I SEE MR. NAZARIAN ON THE QUEUE. >> A. Nazarian: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 17 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND 4 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM NUMBER 1 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING I BELIEVE CIRCULATED AT THE MOMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: 7 FOR COMMENTS PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 24 SPECIAL AND I WANT TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT RECOMMENDATION B, B COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY DATED FEBRUARY 27th, 2026, AND ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: SECOND. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: AND COUNCILMEMBER, ITEM NUMBER 44 IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. DID YOU MEAN TO HOLD A DIFFERENT ITEM? >> Council President: 2-4. >> Clerk: THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMATION. >> Council President: IS THAT BEFORE OR AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, ITEM 4 FOR AN AMENDMENT AND COMMENTS AS WELL AS ITEM 20 AND 21 TAKEN TOGETHER. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: CAN I PLEASE CALL ITEM 7 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT WHICH I WILL CIRCULATE. AND ITEM 12, I HAD A QUESTION THAT I HAD TO CLARIFY BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT SO IF WE CAN HOLD ON UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, OUT AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 7 AS I AM A LANDLORD. 7. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? DID I MISS ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT. MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 30 TO FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2026. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION,. >> Clerk: AND THE COUP SIL MAY VOTE ON 5, 6, 8 AND 9 FM >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAK ISING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF FUR NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3, AND ITEMS 10 THROUGH 29 AND 31 THROUGH 43. SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3, 10 THROUGH 29 AND 31 THROUGH 43. ITEM NUMBER 30 HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO FRIDAY AND THUS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO IS THE INTERPRET ACRES INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO THE ADA IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS HANDHELD MICROPHONE, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED ALOUD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE SERGEANT CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE. FINALLY, THE WAY WE TAKE SPEAKERS IS AT RANDOM, THAT IS TO SAY IT'S RANDOMLY GENERATED. WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THAK YOU. >> Clerk: WHEN YOU NAME IS CALLED PLEASE COME UP. LIZET, SEAN NEWER FEE, DONNA SO AND JOE DO NOT--DONLAND. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ON ITEM 28. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE AND I'LL JUST REITERATE FOR EVERYBODY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GENERAL ITEM PLEASE STATE WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IS IT JUST 28? >> Speaker: LET'S PUT GENERAL ALSO. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M LIZET, WITH COLLECTIVE ALSO KNOWN AS C PC, THE COALITION THAT DEVELOPED AND WON ULA WENT THROUGH AND INTENTIONAL PROCESS AND RESEARCH, DEBATE AND ANALYSIS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD THE DECISIONS ABOUT THIS MEASURE COULD SHAPE THE LOS ANGELES, SHAPE LOS ANGELES FOR DECADES. THESE DECISIONS WERE NOT MADE IN A MATTER OF WEEKS OR BASED ON OPINIONS OR JUST A FEW STAKEHOLDERS. WE EXPECT THIS THIS AD HOC TO APPROACH, IS WORK WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF CARE. THAT MEANS ENGAGING THE COALITION THAT BUILT ULA AND ANALYZING THE IMPACTS THAT REDUCING ULA FUNDING WOULD HAVE ON TENANTS AND WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT A TIME LINE ENDING APRIL 30th, DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THAT LEVEL OF ANALYSIS, RUSHING AMENDMENTS WITHOUT THOROUGH REVIEW COULD BE A MISTAKE AND THAT CAN COST THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: CAN I SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,? >> City Attorney: YES, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M SEAN HONG, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. IN THE PAST 8 YEARS, THE TOTAL MURDER AND RAPE CRIME HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE HOWEVER AGGRAVATED HAS REMAINED HIGH AND IN 2018 AND IN 2020 BUT EVEN IN 2021 IS STARTED RISING HIGHER, 25 PERCENT TO 30 PERCENT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OCCURS WITHIN L.A. AND THIS MEANS COMMUNITIES WITHOUT CLOSURE AS ONE-THIRD OF CASES REMAIN UNRESOLVED. IN 2024, WE LOST A FRIEND DUE TO UNPROVOKED ASSAULT IN LOS ANGELES. THE OFFENDER FLED THE SCENE AND NEVER CAUGHT DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE. WE NEED CHANGE FOR THE PEOPLE OF L.A., FOR JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE WHO DESERVE IT THE MOST. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING P I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M DONNA SO AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO AN ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ME. WHILE LAPD SHOWS A RESENT DECREASE IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, THIS REMAIN A DRIVER FOR VIOLENCE IN L.A. PROGRAMS LIKE THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOCUS ON SUPPORT HOWEVER MANY ESCALATE. WE NEED TO EXPAND RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS, NOT THE FOLLOW-UP SERVICES. FURTHERMORE WE LACK PUBLIC DATA FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. WITHOUT THIS TRANSPARENCY, WE CANNOT MEASURE THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE RESPONSE. I CALL ON THE CITY TO INCREASE INVESTMENT AND PUBLISH SPECIFIC OUTCOMES FOR NON VITAL ASSAULTS. WE MUST PRIORITIZE FASTER RESPONSE AND COUNT ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, BRANDON, TY FORMAN AND CAYLEE KINGRE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 10 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> ITEM 10 AND ITEM 4, ITEM 10, THAT'S IT. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WHY DON'T YOU GET YOUR KIOSK PREPARED 9:30. I COME IN HERE AT 9:30 TO USE THE KIOSK AND IT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT. YOU OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT SHIT! >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, JOE DONLAND ON 7, 28 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY SO ITEM 7 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. SO YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE FOR 28 AND ONE NOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, JOE, FOR ULA FUNDING FOR THE INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY. NEARLY MILLION DOLLARS TO THE MOST VULNERABLE TO BECOMING UNHOUSED BECAUSE OF FIXED INCOMES. THE NEED ROUND WILL TOTAL 14 MILLION DOLLARS AND WILL PRIORITIZE HOUSEHOLDS HURT BY LAST YEAR'S WILDFIRE AND ON GOING ICE RAIDS. ESSENTIAL RESOURCES PROVIDED FOR ULA AFFECTED BY THE MOST TRAUMATIC EVENT IN HISTORY. REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 28 IF APPROVED THE UNITED COALITION WILL BE A THOROUGH PROCESS NOT PREDICATED ON ONE DUBIOUS REPORT. BUT THE COMPLAINTS ON FOLKS THAT DON'T WANT TO PAY THE TAX THAT THEY APPROVED. THE AOUN IELTED L.A. HOUSE HAS REMAINS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: AND TO OPT MIKE --OPTIMIZING THAT TO ULA. THE CONTEXT FOR ANY PROCESS OR ATTEMPT TO AMEND IS CLEAR. MARKET BEHAVIOR INCLUDING IN THE L.A. CITY HOUSING MARKET IS DRIVEN BY ANALYSIS OF WHAT IS AHEAD AND CERTAINITY. THIS INITIATIVE HAS NEVER LEAD A DAY WHERE A DEVELOPER WOULD NOT PAUSE OR HOLD FIRE IN LIGHT OF THE SIGNAL OR ON THREAT. WE HOPE THAT THIS COMMITTEE DOES NOT EXACERBATE OR FEED THAT BY ASSUMING WHAT IT'S GOING TO ATTEMPT TO DO IN ADVANCED BASED ON NARRATIVE AND PERPETUATED BY THOSE WHO'S PUBLIC INTEREST ARE AT PLAY. FINALLY, LET'S REMEMBER THAT NOT A SINGLE REPORT HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO EVALUATE WHETHER ULA HAS HAD ANY MEASURABLE IMPACT ON HOUSE HADING MARKET. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I WANT TO BRING THE ISSUES ON LA28 AND IF WE'RE REALLY READY. I KNOW THERE ARE JOBS READY, WORKING AT, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME RIGHT NOW THEIR THEY COLLECT CLOTHES. WORKING FOR SINTAX, THE GENERAL MANAGER ALWAYS SAID TO ME, HERE AT SYNTAX WHAT MAKES US A BETTER CORPORATION IS WE CREATE NEW JOBS ON HAND. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, LET'S GET READY FOR LA28, LET'S CLEAN SOME ROADS, CLEAN SOME TRASH CANS. I KNOW GAVIN NEWSOM CLEANED UP SOME STREETS IN 2024 WHEN I MOVED HERE FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. YEAH, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND THAT'S IT. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP ANDREWGRABNER AND JUMBO SHRIMP AND AUDIT L.A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: WE WANTED GIVE OUR FRINDS BEST DAY AFTER, SO WE WANTED TO START WITH KAREOKE BUT IT'S WEDNESDAY, ALL THE KAREOKE PLACES ARE CLOSED. I'M GOING TO SING MY FIRST SONG HERE. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE WELCOME TO SINGS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND REQUEST TO THIS BODY, SO IF IT'S JUST A KAREOKE SONG, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF JOY. >> City Attorney: I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE HAVE TO APPLY THE RULES EQUALLY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA SONG, IF NOT IF IT'S NOT KAREOKE, WE WANT TO MOVE ON. OKAY. >> Speaker: YES. YOU WANT TO GUESS THE COLOR OF MY UNDERWEAR, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M HAVE GOING ON IN THERE--IS IT PRETTY IN PINK. >> City Attorney: I NEED YOU, YOU NEED TO CONNECT IT WITH THE JURISDICTION OF THIS BODY. OR WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I GUESS, I JUST THINK COACHELLA SHOULD BE IN L.A. SO, YOU WANT TO PUT THEM IN YOUR MOUTH, PULL THIM DOWN SOUTH. >> City Attorney: WE WARNED YOU ALREADY, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. I APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO SPREAD JOY BUT WE HAVE TO APPLY THE RULES EQUALLY TO ALL SPEAKERS. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M CONTINUING THE MESSAGE OF JOY. >> City Attorney: SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. >> Speaker: I'M JUST CONTINUING THE MESSAGE OF JOY TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS. >> City Attorney: GOT IT. SO SAME RULES APPLY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND CAN CONNECT IT TO SOMETHING WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THERE ARE WORSE THINGS I CAN DO THAN HAVE A DRINK OR TWO. EVEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THINKS I'M TRASHY. [SINGING] I SUPPOSE IT COULD BE TRUE, BUT THERE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT I CAN DO. I CAN FLIRT. >> City Attorney: I NEED TO YOU CONNECT IT. >> Speaker: I'M GITING THERE BESINGER --GETTING THEM AND MY EYES, PRESS AGAINST THEM WHEN WE DANCE MAKE THEM THINK THEY'VE GOT A CHANCE. >> City Attorney: WE HAVE TO GO ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> Speaker: WHAT UP COUNCIL. I'M JT PAR AND I'M A CONCERNED CITIZEN. I'M HERE BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL VOTE TODAY BAN THE "N" WORD AND "C" FROM COMMUNICATION. AND I SUPPORT THAT DECISION. WE HEARD YOU GUY USE THAT WORD TOO MUCH. HERE'S A BIG BUT, ONCE YOU START BANNING WORDS, YOU DON'T STOP. I HEARD YOU DO THAT, BANNING KAREOKE. SO YESTERDAY WAS THE "N" WORD TODAY IT'S KAREOKE AND THEN SOME DAY IT'S THE "D" EVERY AUTHORITARIAN REGIME STARTED WITH BANNING BAD WORDS AND THEN URBANING BOOKS AND IDEAS AND THEN SOME DUED DEREK IS ON THE COUNCIL AND STARTS TO BAN ALL KINDS OF STUFF BECAUSE OF THE PRECEDENCE YOU SET. AND HERE'S THE SCARY PART, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TRANSPORTATION BUT THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO USE THE WORDS THEY NEED TO FIX IT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO 12 IS A MOTION, YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THESE, THREE MINUTES? >> City Attorney: SORRY, YES. THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND THEN ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO, ITEM 12, SO YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THESE LAWSUITS, WITH THE WITH THE, VIOLATING PEOPLE'S RIGHTS PEOPLE GETTING KILLED. SO YOUR NEW STRATEGY, INSTEAD OF HAVING THOSE LAWSUITS IN THE FIRST PLACE BY NOT HAVING THOSE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS VIOLATED AND KILLING PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT AND NOT HAVING INJURIES ON SIDEWALKS. INSTEAD YOUR SOLUTION IS TO RETALIATE AGAINST PEOPLE WHO FILE LAWSUITS. AND THAT OPENS YOU YOU UP TO NEW LEGAL LIABILITIES. SO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO AVOID THE LAWSUIT IN THE FIRST PLACE, BY MAYBE SAYING DEFUNDING THE LAPD, BY FIXING THE SIDEWALKS, BY MAKING SURE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED, YOU'RE GOING TO INSTEAD RETALIATE AGAINST PEOPLE WHO FILE LAWSUITS. SO WOW, WHAT A JOKE. JUST A MESS. SO ITEM 16 YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY RVs THAT UNHOUSED PEOPLE USE FOR SHELTER AND SUCH. INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM SERVICES AND HOUSING, YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY THEIR RVs AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT ON THE STREET WITH NO PROTECTION AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HARMONIZE. AND THEN LET'S OFF TO ITEM 15, I'LL COME COME BACK TO 23. LET'S GO TO 25. PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU SHOULD HOLD THIS ITEM AND NOT PROVIDE UNTIL THE U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION REVERSES THEIR ANTI TRANS POLICIES. SO UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, UZ SHOULD NOT BE PROVIDING ANY CITY SERVICES TO AN EVENT THAT OPENLY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE. AND EVEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS, EVEN WHEN THEY REVERSE THAT POLICY, NO MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TO POLICING. SO, WE HAVE ITEM 23. SO ITEM 23 WOULD BAN THE, BAN LAPD FROM ALSO BEING ICE AGENTS. SO THIS IS GOOD. THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. YOU ALSO, SO YOU ALSO SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE LAPD ISN'T EFFECTIVELY ACTING AS ICE AGENTS WHILE ON DUTY AS LAPD BY ASSISTING AND AIDING AND ABETTING ON ICE KIDNAPPING BY ARRESTING PEOPLE WHO PROTEST ICE, BEING THE FACT THAT LAPD'S UNDER NUMEROUS RESTRAINING ORDERS, COURT INJUNCTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: FOR REPEATEDLY ATTACKING THE PRESS, FOR BEING VIOLENT AT PROTEST AND THEN THEY DON'T FOLLOW THOSE RESTRAINING ORDERS AND INJUNCTIONS AND YOU'VE GOT MA GA McDONNELL CRYING THAT THEY'RE PROTECT ITING PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO CONTINUE BRUTALIZE THE PRESS. AND NONE OF YOU WILL SAY OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT WHATSOEVER. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO FIRE JIM McDONNELL, IF YOU DO IT, IT'S FINAL. AND FOR SOME REASON, YOU ALL ARE COWARDS AND REFUSE TO DO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HOLDUP IS, THE PROGRESSIVES OR WHATEVER ARE NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND YOU COULD INTRODUCE A MOTION TO FIRE JIM McDONNELL AND YOU CAN DO IT TODAY AND IT COULD BE NEXT WEEK, I GUESS TWO WEEKS BECAUSE YOU'LL BE ON RECESS. HUGO REPEAL YOUR 4118. I HEARD THERE IS A BOYCOTT NEXT YEAR. >> City Attorney: HELLO. WE CAN HEAR YOU. THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY, I WANT TO START WITH NUMBER 1. I HEAR PEOPLE ASKING FOR FREE STUFF, GIVE ME, GIVE ME THAT. I HEAR THAT A LOT. I'M GOING TO FOR THE FIRST TIME ASK FOR SOMETHING FOR FREE AND I HOPE SMOKING SCAN DOES NOT GET MAD AT ME FOR THIS. WHAT ABOUT WE GET FREE RIDES TO INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. OKAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE RATES FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AND MILEAGE. I THINK YOU'RE HAVING A HEART ATTACK, DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, NO, I CAN'T AFFORD IT THE TRANSIT TO THE HOSPITAL. I'M GOOD. AND COME ON, AND A FEW WEEKS AGO, YOU WANTED TO GET THE PEOPLE WHO FELL OUT OF BED, LIKE SENIORS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO CHARGE THEM. ARE WE SO DESPERATE FOR MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE TO EXTRA CHARGE, IF THEY NEED TO GO TO THE ICU? ARE WE BECOMING THAT? >> City Attorney: YOU EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE ON ITEM 1. >> Speaker: OKAY, THE NEXT ONE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS, I HAD ON MY THING, SORRY. THANK YOU. OH, LET ME TALK ABOUT THE RVs, OKAY. LIKE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIKE THE RVs OKAY, YES, I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THOSE. BUT AGAIN I'M ALWAYS ENCOURAGING THE CITY TO GET OUTSIDE HELP. THE DODGERS SHOULD PAY FOR THE DODGERS WHY NOT GET OUTSIDE ENTITIES, THAT CAN COME. I'M THINKING OF THOSE SHOWS LIKE PIMP MY RIDE AND REGENERATE THESE RVs AND FIND PROPERTY WHERE THEY CAN BE PUT ON WHERE IT CAN HELP WITH THE HOUSING. I SEE A LOT OF THINGS HERE FOR HOUSING AND IT'S LIKE, IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE ANYTHING IS EVER GETTING DONE. AND IT'S WE'RE SHUFFLING PEOPLE AROUND. TAKE THEIR RVs AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO END UP WHERE? WHY DON'T WE COME UP WITH REAL SOLUTION SXZ ASK OUTSIDE ENTITIES TO HELP US WITH SOLUTIONS. AND MR. LEE STILL OWES ME AN APOLOGY FOR THE RECORD. I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO TALK--BET ME SWITCH. I LOST MY PICTURES TO GENERAL. >> City Attorney: OKAY, ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I WANT TO TALK TO MR. CURREN PRICE AND EVERYBODY, I KNOW I CANNOT ONLY DO HIM. I THINK YOU WERE HORN SWAGLED BY SCIENTOLOGY, BECAUSE THEY GOT UZ TO CLOSE ALL AT STREETS INCLUDING THE SIDEWALKS AND MAKE ITING LOCAL ONLY. WHERE SCIENTOLOGY WERE THE ONES CHECKING EVERYONE'S IDs TO SEE IF THEY BELONG THERE. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN SAY THIS FOR A FACT, THAT PART 2 DO NOT ALLOW FOR ANY RESTRICTION OF PEDESTRIANS UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY. THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY AT ALL. IT RESTRICTED MY RIGHT BECAUSE THEY PUSH EVERYBODY INTO THE STREET. I'M NOT GOING TO SIT THERE ON A STREET IN A CHAIR AND PREVENT IT MS. LAURA HERE FROM SEEING HER FATHER. PLEASE DO NOT BE TRICKED BY WORKING WITH SCIENTOLOGY, THEY GOT YOU DOING SOMETHING THAT IS ILLEGAL, NOT RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. SERA, SMOKING SCAN, RACHED GREENBERGH, AUDIT L.A., MELL, SHAY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I WANT TO ECHO AUDIT L.A.'S LAST COMMENT ABOUT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM, THEY JUST START ITED CLOSING THE STREETS WHEN SCIENTOLOGY COMES AND DOES THEIR NEW YEAR EVENT. THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AND IT HAS BEEN GOING. THE WHOLE CITY KNOWS THIS AT THIS POINT. WHEN THEY DO THEIR NEW YEARS EVENT, NEVER DID THEY CLOSE DOWN THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREETS AROUND THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM. THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING NOW THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE REASON THEY STARTED DOING THAT, IS BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WERE TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A GLIMPSE WHERE I CAN SEE MY MOTHER OR FATHER COMING OFF THE BUSES. AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY DAD AND BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY DAD, I YELLED AT HIM. HE COULDN'T SEE ME. I HAD TO SCREAM AT HIM THROUGH THE SIDEWALK, THAT WAS CLOSED. THIS IS HOW THEY'RE SHUTTING MEMBERS AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS FROM SCIENTOLOGY, SO DON'T GIVE THEM ANY CLOSURE FOR THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM THIS YEAR. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PERFECT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: AWESOME, GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I WANTED TO MAKE A MENTION IMMEDIATELY ABOUT SOME RESEARCH THAT I'VE RECENTLY DONE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HARRIS-DAWSON, I'M INCREDIBLY HONORED TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU, ESPECIALLY GAINING KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR INTRODUCTION OF NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO LOS ANGELES. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS AN EDUCATOR, AND I'M CURRENTLY FOC USED ON INTRODUCING PROGRAM THAT INTRODUCE YOUTH TO BE MORE VIABLE OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. I WAS FORTUNATELY TO MAKE THE COMMISSIONERS OF SAFETY MEET ING YESTERDAY. VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS AND PROMOTE ACTIVATION OF THE INCREDIBLE TALENT, YOUNG AND OLD OF THE CITY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, OKAY O YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THIS COMMENT IS FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL AS THE LAPD OFFICERS WHO ARE HERE SO I HOPE YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION. YOU SERIOUSLY NEED TO GET OUTSIDE LEGAL OPINIONS BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU'RE BEING TOLD BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND POLICE UNION LAWYERS IS NO GOOD. THESE ADVISORS SEEM TO HAVE FALLEN IN THE TRAP OF TRUSTED SUPERIORS WITHOUT QUESTIONING OR FULLY UNDERSTANDING THOSE INSTRUCTIONS. IN OTHER WORDS OF NOT DOING THEIR JOBS. WHEN OFFICERS HERE ENFORCE ILLEGAL RULES TO EXPEL PEOPLE, THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES ARE IN VIOLATION. WHEN YOU HOLD COMMUNICATIONS WITH LAWYERS AS CONFIDENTIAL, YOU ARE IN VIOLATION. HIRE SOME GOOD OUTSIDE LAWYERS YOURSELVES AND ASK THEM TO CONVINCE YOU THE BROWN ACT IS BEING IGNORED. THIS POLICE MISCONDUCT CANNOT BE RECOMMEND --REMEDIED THROUGH THE PROCESS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 23 AND ALSO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M RACHEL IN REFERENCE TO ITEM 23 I SUPPORT EB1537, I BELIEVE LAPD SHOULD NOT BE SERVE AS ICE AGENTS SINCE THEY ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL ACTS AND DETAIN PEOPLE IN ILLEGAL WAYS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER LAPD SHOULD NOT AID THEM. WHICH THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. I'LL MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: LAST FRIDAY COMMUNITY SERVERS WITNESSED DHS--THIS SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST STEP OF DHS MOVING INTO BUILDING IN VAN NUYS WHICH WAS REPORTED BY WIRED MAGAZINE. DHS IS ALREADY ACTIVE IN THE AREA DETAINING PEOPLE GOING TO THEIR COURT HEARINGS IN THE SAME PLAZA. PEOPLE WHO NEED TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDERS ARE BEING FORCED TO ENDANGER THEMSELVES ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THAT AREA AND HUNTING GROUND. I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE AGENDIZE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. IN ADDITION, I ASK THAT THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE AFFECTED AREA IN THIS NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, NAZARIAN AND RAMAN MEET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENSURE A PLAN AND ENSURE THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE PROTECTED AS POSSIBLE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ITEM 11 IS A CORRUPT ITEM. SMELLS OF SLEAZY CRIMINALLY INSANE MARQUEECE DAWSON TO VOTE YES ON THIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IT'S LIKE ALLOWING INDICTED CRIMINAL CURREN PRICE TO SIT THERE VOTING WHILE OUT ON TRIAL FOR VOTING FOR HIS WIFE'S BUSINESS. ITEM 17 FOR MORE WASTED PUBLIC FUNDS AND I DEMAND A NO-VOTE INSTEAD OF WASTING OUR PUBLIC FUNDS ON THE DEFENSE OF POLICE. AFTER THEY HAVE BRUTALIZED AND MURDERED A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. ITEM 17, THE PATHETIC CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CD8 DISTRICT IS A FOOD DESERT WITH THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE COUNTRY. BUT MARQUEECE DAWSON IS BRINGING THIS MOTION. ALONG WITH PRICE AND HEATHER HUTT. ITEM 19 IS MORE CORRUPTION AND HYPOCRISY BY MIXING THE SUBJECTS OF GOLF COURSE SXZ HIGH FIRE ZONES. THIS ITEM STINK OF MARQUEECE DAWSON, INDICTED CURREN PRICE AND BOMB GENERAL IDENTIFY BLUMENFIELD THIS SHOULD HAVE ALTERED WORDING WHY THIS INCOME [P-E/] E--COMPETENT CITY COUNCIL, WHILE THE MAYOR DID NOTHING WHILE OUR CITY BURNED. ITEM 19 THROUGH 22 IS FOR SO-CALLED ESTABLISHING THE CITY'S POSITION. WHAT THEY DO IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT FILL OUT AN ALREADY WORTHLESS AGENDA BECAUSE THESE KLAUNZ HAVE BANKRUPT THE CITY WITH HOMELESSNESS, THE POLICE AND CATASTROPHIC FIRES, ITEM 25 BY TRACI TRASH PARK, THIS IS THE DEMON SOLUTION TO SOLVING THE 80,000 HOMELESS AND NO DOUBT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ITEM 19, ANOTHER GOLF ITEM. THIS IS THE STUPID AND CORRUPT MANNER IN WHICH SLEAZY DAWSON AND TRACI PARK OPERATE. ITEM 28 BY THIS CORRUPT DAWSON IS TO FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MEASURE ULA FOR LESS THAN A MONTH THIS IS TO EXTRACT MORE MONEY FOR HIMSELF. THIS ITEM WILL NOT EVEN SAY WHO WILL BE MEMBERS OF THIS SO-CALLED AD HOC COMMITTEE, FOR MORE FUNDS FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL, LIKE WHAT THEY DID FOR KAREN BASS JUST TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE. >> Speaker: DISTRICT 8 IS THE HIGHEST FOOD DESERT HIGHEST HOMELESS RATE AND UNEMPLOYED. THE COMMUNITY AND CULTURE CITY CENTER AND TURNED INTO A COVID TESTING SITE WITH VOTES OF NITHYA RAMAN, BOB GENOCIDE BLUMENFIELD, THAT'S WHAT THEY REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CULT'. BEING USED TO DROP BOMBS IN YET ANOTHER WAR FOR ISRAEL AND I DEMAND A RESOLUTION FROM THIS COWARD COUNCIL THAT CONDEMNS YET ANOTHER WAR AGAINST THE IRANIAN PEOPLE. WE'RE STARVING WHILE THIS COUNCIL ARE SILENT WHILE THIS GOVERNMENT DROPS BOMBS FOR ISRAELAND BOB GENOCIDE BLUMENFIELD. NITHYA RAMAN, MAYOR, PUBLIC, WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS YOU GET A CIRCUS. BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE HAVE CALLED ALL THE NAMES ON THE QUEUES ABOUT YOUR NAME HAS NOT BEEN CALLED AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M SPEAKING AT PERSONAL CAPACITY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ENGAGED IN A WAR ABROAD AND HERE AT HOME. ILLEGAL WAR AGAINST MY HOME COUNTRY IRAN AND ICE RAIDS ON THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AS WELL AS ILLEGAL WAR ON THE POOR. THE CITY IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN ALL OF THESE WARS. MEMBERS OF THIS SITTING COUNCIL HAVE SPOKEN OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS ILLEGAL WAR. ONE MEMBER IS NOT EVEN IN HIS SEAT TO LISTEN TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT. WHAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAVE STOOD WITH THE PEOPLE SUPPORTING THIS ILLEGAL WAR AND WAR CRIMES. AND THEY CONTINUE TO PASSIVELY SUPPORT ANTI MUSLIM, ANTI PALESTINE AND WAR CRIMES THAT WILL INCREASE IN OUR CITY. BY BEING A PASSIVE PARTICIPANT YOU'RE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT BY DOING NOTHING TO STOP THIS INVESTMENT IN THESE WAR CRIMES. AND IN GENOCIDE. THIS CITY CAN DIVEST FROM THIS GENOCIDE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY, GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. MR. PRESIDENT P I BELIEVE WE'VE CALLED ALL THE NAMES WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: WE SHOULD CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM 28 ON TE DESK FOR COMMENTS AND AMENDMENT. >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT NOTING THIS AT THE TOP OF THE MEET ING. NUMBER 23, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION. >> Council President: OKAY, SECOND. WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 2, 3, 10, 11, 13 THROUGH 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25 THROUGH 27 AND 29. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO INTO THE CLOSE SESSION BUDGET AND FINANCE ITEMS? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MADAM BUDGET CHAIR. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 31 THROUGH 43 WERE CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON MARCH THIRD. I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF YOU CAN READ THE DETAILS INTO THE RECORD AND CALL THE ROLL, OR NOT CALL THE ROLL, CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: FOR 31, FOR THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 350,000 FOR SET SLMENT. FOR ITEM 32 IN THE CASE ENTITLED LAWRENCE FREDDIE LEE FOR CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $200,000. FOR ITEM 33 IN THE CASE GABRIELA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND TOUP 625,000 IN SET SLMENT. FOR ITEM 34 IN THE CASE JUAN FOR CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 850,000 IN SET SLMENT. FOR ITEM NUMBER 35, IN THE CASE ENTITLED ELMER SANTOS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 4350,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 36 JUAN MEN DO SA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE PLAINTIFF'S OFFICER FOR SETTLEMENT. IN THE CASE OF RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 450,000 IN SET SLMENT. FOR ITEM 38 IN THE CASE AMANDA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 655,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM NUMBER 39 IN THE CASE ENTITLED, CONNIE MUNIS SET AL, 1 MILLION 500,000 IN SET SLMENT. FOR ITEM NUMBER 40 ROBERT BRAG THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND 1.7 MILLION PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST FOR COST TO PAY THE JUDGMENT. FOR ITEM 41 IN THE CASE ENTITLED CITY OF LOS ANGELES VERSUS PATHCARY INK ACCEPT 325,848.48 IN SET SLMENT ACCRUED INTEREST IN THE AMOUNT OF 106,443.20. FOR ITEM 42 IN THE CASE LENA ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 990,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 43 FOR CASE ENTITLED APPROVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM 1 FOR AN AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN AMENDED. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4, THE COMMENTS AND AMENDMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBERS HERNANDEZ AND RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES BACK IN AUGUST OF 23, I INTRODUCED THIS MOTION BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND CONFRONT ISSUES AROUND THE MASS CORPORATION OF OUR HOUSING STOCK, IT HAS DIRE IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW WE ADOPT POLICY IN MITIGATING TENANT PROTECTIONS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR MOM-AND-POP LANDLORDS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE TRYING TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN GENERATIONAL WEALTH. WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO, WHEN WE SEE THE MASS CONSOLIDATION AND MONOPOLIZING YOU SEE OF YOUR YOUNG ADULTS BEING ABLE TO REACH THAT OWNERSHIP. AS A RESULT OF INVESTIGATION INTO BETTER IDENTIFY AND DECIPHER THE OWNERSHIP MODELS BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE TAX INCENTIVES THAT HELP TO, WE CANNOT DISCERN BETWEEN THE L.L.C AND THE STRUCTURE. I INTRODUCED THIS MOTION TO BEGIN THE WORK WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN BETTER IDENTIFY PATHWAYS GOING FORWARD TO WE CAN BETTER DELINEATE THE OWNERSHIP MODELS. I WANT TO THANK JOE MONTANO FOR HIS RESEARCH TO HELP DEVELOP A BETTER INSIDE. IN CONSULTATION WITH THE FINANCIAL AND MAKING MINOR ADJUSTMENTS, WE CAN BEGIN TRACKING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UTILIZING MULTIPLE BTRC TO BETTER TO AND DECIPHER THE OWNERSHIP OF OUR HOUSING STOCK. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT I OFFER GOING FORWARD IS DERIVED FROM THE RESEARCH THAT JOE DID, JOEL AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO NOW DEVELOP A PATH FORWARD TO HELP BETTER IDENTIFY AND DISCERN THE OWNERSHIP MODELS GOING FORWARD. AND MY HOPE THAT WE CAN HELP BETTER INFORM OUR POLICY MAKING SO WE DON'T INADVERTENTLY--FOR SMALL OWNERSHIP OF UNITS VERSUS THE MASS CORPORATATION THAT WE'VE SEEN. BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BETTER INFORMED AS POLICY MAKERS TO NOT INADVERTENTLY CREATE--ENVIRONMENTS FOR OWNERS. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. WE CANNOT STOP THERE, WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT SOLUTIONS AND IMPLEMENTING THEM. THAT'S WHY I'M PUTTING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS THE GROWING TREND. ACROSS L.A. LARGE CORPORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ARE BUYING UP HOMES AND RENTAL PROPERTIES IN BULK. THEY'RE SPECULATING ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROFITING OFF OUR FAMILIES. HOMES IS PLACES WHERE PEOPLE PUT DOWN ROOTS AND BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH ARE TREATED LIKE AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO. AND THIS IS NOT TENANTS VERSUS SMALL LANDLORDS, IN MANY CAYSES BOTH ARE BEING SQUEEZED. THE REAL QUESTION BEFORE US IS WHETHER WE'LL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE OR WE WILL STAND UP FOR OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE THE CITY A PLACE WE KNOW AND LOVE. MY AMENDMENT SIMPLY ASK THAT WE STUDY THE TRENDS AND DEVELOP REAL POLICY OPTION THAT PROTECT RENTERS AND PRESERVE THE DREAM OF HOME OWNERSHIP. I URGE YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE UP. BRINGING THE CONVERSATION UP ON THIS ISSUE. YOU KNOW, BEFORE I WAS EVEN HERE, TELLS ME THAT YOU WERE VERY MUCH ALIGNED ON THIS ISSUE AND APPROACHING IT WITH THE METHODICAL WAY THAT IT DESERVES. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING IN CONCERT WITH THIS. COLLEAGUES THE REPORT BEFORE US TODAY IS AN ATTORNEY STEP IN HELPING THE CITY BETTER UNDERSTAND THE GROWING ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL AND CORPORATE OWNERSHIP IN OUR HOUSING MARKET. IT PROVIDES UNDERING THE TRENDS TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONAL OWNERSHIP OF THE CITY'S RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE STOCK AND RESIDENTIAL TRANSFER SALES. IT ALSO FOCUSES ON THE LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWING OWNERS AND SOME OF THE BUSINESS PRACTICES THAT MAY NEGATIVELY IMPACT SMALL LANDLORDS AND POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS AND RENTERS. THIS MOTION, CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH THE MOTION I INTRODUCED IN MY FIRST WEEK IN OFFICE THAT FOCUSES ON PROTECTING AND EXPANDING OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OWNERSHIP. THESE ARE SEPARATE EFFORTS BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE SAME CHALLENGE WHICH IS ENSURING THAT ANGELINOS, ESPECIALLY FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS CAN STILL ACCESS HOME OWNERSHIP IN A INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE MARKET. THE OPTIONS IN THIS REPORT WILL ALSO HELP INFORM THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING THROUGH MY MOTION AND HAVING BOTH ANALYSIS WILL GIVE THE COUNCIL A MORE COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ISSUE. THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT EXPANDING THE ANALYSIS TO ALL FIVE OPTIONS RECOMMENDED BY LAHD WHICH IS THE COUNCILWOMAN IS PUSHING FOR. THIS HELPS US GET CLOSER TO THE GOAL OF ENSURING PATHWAY TO HOME OWNERSHIP AND ENSURING OUR HOUSING MARKET WORKS FOR RESIDENTS, NOT JUST THE LARGE INVESTORS. THAT WANT TO MONOPOLIZE LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU AND I URGE AN AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. NAZARIAN. MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE CIRCLE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED A STUDY, WE UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS MORE CORPORATE OWNERSHIP, THE ONE-SIDEDNESS THAT WE APPROACH YOU KNOW, HOUSING POLICIES WITH. AND WHILE, I FEEL LIKE WE KNOW THE ANSWER, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THIS REPORT AND REALLY TAKING A LOOK AND HOPEFULLY THIS BODY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE POLICIES THAT WE CREATE HERE ARE CREATING THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE FIGHTING AGAINST, AND ARGUING AGAINST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THIS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER MEMBER ON THE QUEUE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SPOKE AND ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR THIS ITEM. IT'S, JUST ANECDOTELY WHEN I FIRST TOOK OFFICE, THERE WAS A SECTION OF THE CITY WHERE COUNCIL DISTRICT WHERE 8 AND 9 MEET, WHEN I FIRST TOOK OFFICE, 8 OUT OF 10 HOMES THAT WENT UP FOR SALE, WERE BOUGHT BY CORPORATION AND THEY WERE USING WHAT OUR LAW TO CREATE MORE UNITS. ESSENTIALLY WAITING OUT AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MARKET. THAT WAS A PLACE WHERE WORKING PEOPLE COULD AFFORD TO A HOUSE AND THEY'RE NOW SQUEEZED OUT. SO I APPRECIATE, THE ENERGY AND ACTION ON THIS THIS. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, MY QUESTIONS ON THIS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND I'M PREPARED TO VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 17 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ON ITEM 17 CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. NAZARIAN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 5 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, DID YOU GET IT MR. NAZARIAN? ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM 20 AND 21 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, TODAY WE HAVE TWO RELATED ITEMS BEFORE US. THAT ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT MANY FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING PARTICULARLY IN OUR HIGH FIRE HAZARDOUS ZONES. AFTER THE DISASTERS, HOMEOWNERS ARE FACED WITH INSURANCE TRYING TO REBUILD. FIRST SUPPORTS SB476 WHICH IS LEGISLATION THAT WILL IMPROVE THE TIMELINESS OF INSURANCE PROCESSING CLAIMS. REQUIRED DISASTER PLANS FROM INSURERS AND EXPAND ING THE COVERAGE AND INCREASING COVERAGE FOR COMPANIES THAT FAIL TO FOLLOW THE CLAIMED PRACTICES DURING DECLARED EMERGENCIES. THE SECOND ITEM, SB878 IS SUPPORTING THE INSURANCE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT AND THIS CODIFIES THE REGULATIONS INTO STATE LAW. ESTABLISHING CLEAR DEADLINES FOR SURE ORS TO ACKNOWLEDGE CLAIMS AND DENY THEM AND ISSUE PAYMENTS. ALSO INTRODUCES MEANINGFUL PENALTIES FOR DELAYED PAYMENT AND INCREASES COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING. TOGETHER THE COMBINATION OF THESE BILLS HELPS MOVE CALIFORNIA INTO A RELIABLE INSURANCE COMPANY SO THAT WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, WHICH IS NOT A MATTER OF IF BUT WHEN, HOMEOWNERS ARE NOT LEFT WAITING FOR MONTHS TO GET THE SUPPORT THEY RECEIVE. AND THIS CONTINUES ON IN THE CONVERSATION WITH RESPECT TO HOME OWNERSHIP, BECAUSE AFTER THESE PROTECTIONS, ONE OF THE GREATEST ASSETS THAT FAMILIES EXPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS, THE SINGLE LARGEST PURCHASE THEY WILL EVER MAKE IN THEIR LIFETIME IS AT-RISK WITHOUT THESE INSURANCE PROTECTIONS. SO I THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE AS WE FACE GREATER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, THE POTENTIAL FOR EARTHQUAKES AND THE LIKE. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HOLD INSURANCE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE. AND I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: I THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN ITEM NUMBER 1 FOR RECONSIDERATION, THERE IS A TECH CHANGE THAT I NEED TO MAKE. >> Council President: WE HAVE AN ITEM ON OT ROLL. I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. LEE, SO ITEM NUMBER 1, YOU'RE MOVING FOR RECONSIDERATION. >> J. Lee: YES, PLEASE. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS AGENDIZED BUT REQUEST THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INCREASE THE BASIC SUPPORT FEE FROM 1862 TO 2068 AS RECOMMENDED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ITS TRANSMITTAL BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATED APRIL 7, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE TO ITEM 24 MOTION McOSKER NAZARIAN ADOPT THE REPORT. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? FORTHWITH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 7 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR RECUSAL AND AMENDMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AS SOON AS MR. PRICE IS RECUSED, WE'LL SEE THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: SO I HAD SUBMITTED A WRITTEN AMENDMENT TO BE CIRCULATED, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS, IT'S, IT WAS CIRCULATED INCORRECTLY. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO READ THE AMENDMENT INTO THE RECORD NOW? >> Clerk: YES. >> Council President: MR. CLERK. >> N. Raman: OKAY, SO I MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL ACTION--SORRY. OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE REVISED RECOMMENDATION ONE FOR THIS ITEM. ONE, APPROVE RECOMMENDATION NUMBERS 2, 3, AND 5 THROUGH 12 CONTAINED IN THE JOINT LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOR FAMILIES REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 12, 2026 ATTACHED TO COUNCIL FILE 23-0038-S13 AND THEN 2, AMEND RECOMMENDATION 4 IN THE JOINT LAHD ATTACHED TO COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 23-0038-S13 WITH THE FOLLOWING. MODIFY THE TABLE IN RCOMMENDATION 4, BY REPLACING WEST ADAMS LA MER PARK FSC, WITH GENECY CENTER IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE LEGAL NAME WITH THE CONTRACTOR OPERATING THE FAMILY SOURCE CENTER. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: SECOND. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY, THE MEASURE IS HOW MEASURE ULA SUPPORTS THE THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. RIGHT NOW, ANGELINOS WITH DISABILITY ARE HANGING FOR A THREAD. FOR A SINGLE BED CAN JEOPARDIZE THE ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD. IN FACT, SENIORS ARE AMONG THE FASTEST GROUPS OF UNHOUSED POPULATION IN LOS ANGELES. AND LOOK I SAID THIS A THOUSAND TIME AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES IS MORE COST AFFECTIVE AND MORE COMPASSIONATE THAN TRYING TO HOUSE SOMEBODY AFTER THEY'VE FALLEN INTO HOMELESSNESS. BY AUTHORIZING THIS 15.5 MILLION DOLLARS PROGRAM WE'RE DIRECTING CASH ASSISTANCE UP TO 19,000 PER HOUSEHOLD INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE IN CRISIS. THEY CAN PAY MEDICAL BILLS AND STAY HOUSED. THE PEOPLE AT-RISK ARE THE VERY PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY THIS MEASURE ULA MONEY. LET'S PASS THIS AND GET THE DOLLARS INTO THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM 28 FOR AMENDMENTS AND COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 28, IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR ITEM NUMBER 7 TO GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT ON JEBSING, THAT WILL --OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. ON NUMBER 7. FOR ITEM NUMBER 28, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: SORRY IT I PUSHED THE BUTTON BUT IT CAME OFF. >> Council President: UNDERSTOOD. >> E. Hernandez: COLLEAGUES IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, VOTERS PASSED MEASURE ULA, THEY CHOSE TO BUILD HOUSING AND FUND THE RIGHT TO HOUSING AND KEEP OUR VULNERABLE PEOPLE HOUSE HOME DEPOT. GENERATING OVER A BILLION DOLLARS TO KEEP ANGELINOS THIS THEIR HOMES. ANGELINOS LEAD THAT CONVERSATION AND I KNOW THE PEOPLE EXPECT TO THROW DOWN FOR MEASURE ULA. THAT'S WHY ANY CHANGES PROPOSED MUST INHE EQUIVOCALLY REFLECT. THE CONVERSATION MUST BE ROOTED IN ACCURATE DATA. RIGHT NOW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ARE ATTEMPTING TO HAVE PANIC. WE CANNOT A LAW GREED DISMANTLE. WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES ARE WE GOING TO LET CHERRY PICKING DISMANTLE. ARE WE GOING TO REPLICATE THE TRUMP PLAY BOOK TO LEAVE THE WEALTHIEST OFF THE HOOK WHILE THE MOST VULNERABLE PAY. MEASURE ULA IS OUR STRONGEST LOCAL AGAINST HOUSE AND--PIPELINE. THIS MAY BE REVIEWED BY TRANSPARENCY NOT THE FEAR MONGERING THAT OPPOSE FROM DAY ONE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS. THIS IS A MOTION I PUT FORWARD. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S THE FULL SENTENCING TO STAY AND KEEPING WITH THE SPIR SIT OF VOTERS. THERE ARE THINGS THAT IN ULA ARE NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE VOTERS LIKE TAXING AND SO, AS THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY, I THINK THE OWN US IS ON US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, XA AND EXAM WHAT HAS WORKED AND WHAT HAS NOT WORKED AND WHAT HAS NOT DELIVERED ON THE PROMISE OF ULA AND GIVE CONSIDER GIVING THE VOTERS A SECOND CHANCE TO IMPROVE ON WHAT THEY DID IN THE PAST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER ITEM 23 PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION OF THE 23. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> H. Soto-Martinez: AND FOR ITEM 23, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TOUP RESOLUTION. TO REFLECT THE RULES COMMITTEE. >> Council President: TO REFLECT THE RULES COMMITTEE. >> YES. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: A SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS EVENT. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I WANT ALL ANGELINOS THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING TO HIRE YOUTH IN PREPARATION. SNL IS HAS PLAYED A PIVOTAL PLACE AND GIVING PEOPLE TO A PLACE TO HAVE SAFE FUN DURING SUMMER NIGHTS. MULTIPLE HIRING EVENTS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AS WE LOOK TO HIRE STAFF ACROSS THE SUMMER. INTEREST FORMS HAVE COME IN. WE HAVE ONE THOUSAND FOLKS INTERESTED. SO WE'VE CLOSED THE INTEREST FORMS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING EVENTS AND YOU CAN WALK IN AND GET AN APPOINTMENT. THE FIRST EVENT ALREADY TOOK PLACE THIS PAST WEEKEND IN CD2 IN VALLEY PLAZA. BUT ALL OF THESE EVENTS OVER THE NEXT SATURDAYS, 9:00 AM TO 3:00 P.M., YOU CAN WALK IN, YOU CAN REGISTER BEFORE 1:00 P.M. AND YOU'LL BE INTERVIEWED. THE NEXT EVENT IS MARCH 14th, THIS SATURDAY AT TOBERMAN CENTER IN SAN PEDRO IN THE 1-5. THE NEXT ONE IS MARCH 21 AT FRIENDSHIP IN CD4. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY S SOUTH L.A. SPORTS ACTIVITY CENTER IN CD8. APRIL 5th, EXCUSE ME, APRIL 4th, CENTRAL SERVICE YARD IN CD15 AND APRIL 11th, SOUTH L.A. SPORTS CENTER IN CD8. COME ON OUT, THESE ARE GREAT EVENTS TO SERVE YOUR FELLOW RESIDENTS. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND HELP US MAKE THIS YEAR'S SNL ANOTHER TREMENDOUS AND SAFE SET OF EVENTS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER, MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO WISH GOOD LUCK TO THE CANYON TRAILBLAZERS THAT WILL BE REPRESENTING THE CITY AT THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND IN SACRAMENTO. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT A LOT OF SCHOOLS BUT THEY'RE THE OPEN DIVISION, THE HIGHEST DIVISION IN HIGH SCHOOL CIF HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ONE NOT TWO BUT THREE ALL AMERICANS ON WOMEN'S TEAM AND TWO ON THE MEN'S TEAMS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THEM AND WE WANT TO WISH THEM GOOD LUCK AND BRING THE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK TO LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: HI, EVERYBODY TODAY IS MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE WHOLE YEAR, IT'S 311! YAY. MAKE SURE IF YOU HAVE IT T DOWNLOAD THE APP. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE WE'RE MAKE ING UPDATES. IF YOU'RE INTERESTING TROUBLE BE, JUST KAULT NUMBER 311 OR YOU CAN CALL THE DEPARTMENTS. FOR BULKY ITEMS, GRAFFITI REMOVAL, LITTER REMOVAL, JUST A LOT OF THESE BASIC CITY SERVICES THAT PEOPLE PAY TAXES FOR, THEY CAN ACCESS THROUGH 311. I URGE YOU ALL TO USE IT. IF YOU'RE HAVING ANY ISSUES, MAKE SURE YOU RECORD YOUR REQUEST NUMBERS. AND IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRASH NOT GETTING PICKED UP, SEND THE SR TO YOUR COUNCILMEMBER SO IT CAN GET PIKDS UP. WE LOVE 311. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS. SEEING NONE, WE'LL ASK FOR FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. I'LL LOOK TO MY LEFT. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I RISE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING IN HONOR OF ANITA, A LIFELONG AND KEY RESIDENT OF THE SAN PEDRO COMMUNITY. ANITA WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES IN 1924. SHE WAS THE SECOND CHILD OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS, HER MOTHER MARIA EMIGRATED FROM MEXICO IN 19 19 WHILE HER FATHER WAS FROM THE ISLAND OF HAVRA GREW UP IN SAN PEDRO AND ATTENDED DANA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN 1942, HER FATHER WAS A PIONEER OF THE FISH MARKET SEEN. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF STAR FISHERIES IN 1921 AND ANITA OFTEN WORKED IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS ALONG HER SIDE SIBLINGS. DURING WWII, ANITA WORKED FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES. THE ARMY AIR FORCE WAS THE PRECURSOR TO AIR FORCE WHICH FORMED YEARS LATER. AFTER WWII, ANITA WORKED VARIOUS JOBS INCLUDING AT STAR KISS. IN 1950, SHE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. RAISED ATTENDING PARISH AND BECAME A ACTIVE PARISHIONER, A CONVERSION THAT I ALSO EXPERIENCED. ANITA AND NICK WERE A FORMABLE BUSINESS DUO HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ENTERPRISES AMERICAN FISHERIES ON 22nd STREET IN SAN PEEDSINGER ROBSINGER ANITA WAS KNOWN FOR HER WARMTH AND FASHION. ANITA WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DALMATIAN AND CANCER GUILD ALONG WITH HER SISTER HELL EP, THEY WERE ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE LITTLE SISTER OF THE PORT P.ANITA WAS FEATURED IN STORIES OF LOS ANGELES ERA WHERE SHE SHARED MEMORIES OF GROWING UP IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND REFLECTED OF HER PARENTS BEING PROUD IMMIGRANTS AND INSTILLED PROUD VALUES. IN 2024, SHE WAS RECOGNIZED IN AN ARTICLE BY RANDOM LINK HZ NEWS COMMEMORATING HER 100tH BIRTHDAY, SHE IS QUOTED AS SAYING, OTHER YOU WANT A FRIEND, YOU GOT TO BE A FRIEND, IF YOU WANT LOVE, YOU HAVE TO GIVE LOVE. LIFE HAS TRIBULATIONS, TRY TO KEEP YOUR BOOK WITH ALL WITH NICE MEMORIES. ANITA PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 24 AT THE AGE OF 101 YEARS YOUNG AND PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HUSBAND AND SON AND SIBLING, HELEN, AND ANDREW JUNIOR. SURVIVED BY HERS GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. IN LIEU OF HER FLOWERS HER FAMILY HAS REQUESTED DONATIONED BE MADE TO THE SAN PEDRO PENINSULA GUILD AND St.‘ JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. SHE WILL BE MISSED BY MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND LOVED ONE AND MAY SHE REST IN PEACE AND MAY ETERNAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HER. >> M. Rodriguez: MR. McOSKER THIS LOUIE? >> T. McOsker: THERE IS SOME RELATION. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY. >> T. McOsker: BIG FAMILIES, SO THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP. >> M. Rodriguez: I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED, AND LOUIE IS A DEAR FRIEND AND MY GOSH, SHE LOOKS PHENOMENAL. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. WE ARE ADJOURNED. A beer that was. And they're not there anymore. So I, I miss that I looked it up to figure I had forgotten what the name of it was, because it had been so long since since I'd been there. So I really missed that. I wish I could go back in time and have that again. Um, and the other one was, uh, Beverly Soon tofu like I was really bummed that they that they closed because of pandemic and everything. Um but that was a place that I loved to eat, and we actually had our, I think our last like, after our last shoot that was like the last restaurant we went to, to, to celebrate that we had finished this shoot for City of Ghosts. And I mean, I'm guessing I guess I'm glad we went, but I'm sad that they that they had to close. I know it's sad a lot of losing, a lot of restaurants because of the pandemic. Um and then where would you take an out of town guest in Los Angeles? I think it depends on what that particular guest is into, because there's some stuff where I could go really deep and take them to some place that's that's strange, or that sort of only exists exists in LA. One of the places I used to like to take people was the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City. Um, I hope they're still there. And other than that, like, I like the standard things, like, I like LACMA, I like, um, lately I've been spending a lot of time at Descanso Gardens and I don't know if that counts as LA. Oh yes, the broad. Yeah. Or like Huntington Gardens again, that's kind of in Pasadena, but, uh, but I like I like a lot of the outdoor things you can do here. Um I love a lot of different places in Griffith Park because there's just so much variety. Um, there's this little space called Ferndale where there's a lot of ferns and turtles and things. So I really like going there because I like turtles. That's interesting. You mentioned that during the pandemic, I had a research question and it was a gentleman. He wanted to write an article for a new Zealand magazine, I believe, because there were two New Zealand brothers that were like the they weren't the designers, they were like the landscape construction people for Ferndale. And we had the name, but we could not find out anything. There was no nothing on them anywhere. So anyway, it was very fascinating. So I learned more about Ferndale. Uh lastly, um, since you're a big reader, what are you reading now ? I mean, I've, I've been reading a lot of random articles. I just read an article about these, like, um, I don't know how to describe it. It's like tree historians, like, they've been collecting, um, lumber from buildings that they demolished in New York. Like old buildings and figuring out where the trees were cut down and how old they are. And just a lot of scientific information. That's really fascinating to me. So I tend to read a lot of really specific, specific things like that book wise. I think the last book I read was minor Feelings by a Cathy Park Hong, and, uh, the one that I started to read, but started to get too mad. Not because it was a bad book, but because I really related to everything was, um, uh, mediocre. I was going to say, did she write another book that was really popular? Yeah So the other one was, so you want to talk about race? Um, but yeah, I started to read mediocre and just even the foreword I was like, oh, this is, this is too this is too good. But also making me infuriated at this particular moment. Well, thank you, Elizabeth, for being here today and answering all our questions. And, um, again, I just can't recommend City of Ghosts highly enough. It really is a celebration of Los Angeles, so congratulations. It's a great show. Thank you so much. I'm so excited to be a part of this. Thank you everyone for joining us today. I don't know, I wish I have a better ending probably, but. The smell of tuna was all over San Pedro. I mean, it was just, uh, it was part of the part of the neighborhood. And in fact, in Long Beach, periodically, when the wind would blow, we would have that smell that. Oh okay. San Pedro is working. But the worst smell was when they ran the reduction plant that was horrible. It was really, really stinky. It smelled like hell. Nobody wanted to get on the bus in the late afternoon because it was all the women from the plant. When somebody would say something on the on the bus, oh, you know, the canneries here. It stinks that my mother would turn around and say, the money doesn't stink to some people. It's not so appealing. But to us it was the smell of money. The smell of money. People knew things were going well, even though the smell was strong. They said business is good and everyone knew what it meant. It meant that the canneries were working, people were working, making a living. Uh providing for their families. But everybody that I knew and everybody that I still know that worked in the fishing industry, I don't think there's a poor person around . My dad was born in branch. He came here when he was 16 years old. He was a cabinetmaker, boat builder. He was asked to come to work for Starkist. My grandfather, Joseph Michael Mardesich, senior, came to the United States of America as a young lad of 14 years old in 1903. My grandfather, mystic. His family was dirt poor. He ended up moving here or migrating here when he was ten years old. It was a common thing in Europe. There's immense poverty at the time, and there was not a lot of economic opportunities during the first half of the 20th century, the United States had a massive flood of immigrants who were escaping severe poverty in their old countries and looking for economic opportunity in the New World. Immigrants came over to the United States for all different aspects and different , uh, desires and whatnot. But they really came to San Pedro because they really wanted to get devoted into the fishing industry in San Pedro, the fishing industry attracted people from places such as Japan, Greece and Portugal. But the biggest wave of immigrants came from the Italian and Croatian coasts. Italians and Croatians brought centuries of fishing experience to this country and to San Pedro. You know, 4 or 5 of them would start up next thing you know, another half a dozen would show up. They'd call for more their brothers or their cousins or the, you know, other good skilled fishermen that come over to help out because things were just developing here and in San Pedro, they just couldn't find good fishermen. The Italians and the Croatians developed a the ability to find signs of fish, knowing what to look for, because you got to know what you're looking for before you find the fish. And so they brought those here and that helped benefit them to be successful here in San Pedro. At some point, San Pedro was, uh, was landing the largest tonnage in the United States of different species of fish, mainly sardines, squid, tuna, mackerel, pelagics. Although Croatian and Italian immigrants made up the largest part of the seafood business in San Pedro, the first significant ethnic group to impact the industry were Japanese fishermen. The Japanese were huge contributors to the San Pedro fishing industry. They brought a lot of innovations to the fishing here in San Pedro. The Longlining aspect. The Japanese fishermen contributed to the expansion of the San Pedro fishing industry by introducing bamboo poles and long line gear methods to catch tuna off the California coast. They have a single line that comes down sometimes they would use a hook and then they would put bait on it, throw it out, and then bring their tunas over like that and then it all depends. Sometimes what would happen was sometimes they get some bigger ones, like 50 pounds and up. They would have to use two rods connected to one line. They would even use three. Sometimes I think the most of their use was for when they get the big, big tunas like that. Four guys in unison, pulling the fish over, dropping it on the deck, throwing it back again, the ability to catch tuna became increasingly important in San Pedro, as the local seafood industry began to expand beyond just catching sardines, and started to include tuna fishermen here in San Pedro started out with sardines, sardines were plentiful in the local waters, and so that was naturally the fish that, uh, was plentiful to catch. Number one. Number two, there was a market for it. And demand for it. And so the local canneries here, the first one was California Fish Corporation. It was built in 1893. And it was predominantly sardines. But as sardines started to diminish, there was a movement to tuna. Although tuna continued to grow in popularity and would eventually become the king of the fishing industry in San Pedro, sardines were still the biggest local seafood product. When a group of Croatian immigrants formed the French Sardine Company, an endeavor that would completely change the history of the seaside town. The group was headed by Martin J. Bogdanovich a fisherman from the Croatian island of vis, and he came here in 1908. I think it was started and bought a little fishing boat called the Ripper, sailed up the coast of California to Santa Barbara area, and did that for a while. Came back to San Pedro and started a fish market. Then he got the idea of starting a cannery. So I guess he saved enough money and got a few partners and decided to try a cannery. The French Sardine company that Bogdanovich started included two other major partners who were also born on the Croatian Adriatic. They were Nik Vlasic and Joseph Mardesich, senior. My grandfather, Joseph Michael Mardesich, senior, was born in Komiza on the island of vis. It's the biggest island off the coast of split in Dalmatia, as we call it now. That at the time was the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He arrived in Cupertino , California, to the home of an aunt and he worked for a time and then went to San Francisco and continued to work and complete his high school education and an opportunity eventually came up for him to come to San Pedro to be a partner in opening up the French sardine Company, one of the first big canneries, and that was about 1917. My dad was Nick Vlasic or Nikola was the proper. His real name, but he went by Nick and he came to the United States in 1912. I think, and he was in San Francisco. He had a job in May's Oyster House, and then somehow he heard about a group of men that were going to start a business. The French Sardine Company. And he put his money into that. So he was among the original founders. They decided to name the company the French Sardine Company, because their product was canned in the French style of tall cans, oval cans in olive oil, mustard and tomato sauce. At the start of the 20th century, the seafood canning business in the Port of Los Angeles was almost exclusively sardines, but a gradual shift took place and tuna started becoming more popular. Although the change to catching tuna was aided by the introduction of bamboo poles, it was the use of purse seiner boats and fishing nets that dramatically expanded the local industry and helped transform it from sardines to tuna. You wouldn't catch 12 fish at a time, you would catch, you know , 20, 30 tons at a time. It was more efficient. You could catch more fish, much faster, make more trips. Uh, it was more profitable for the crew, the boat, and of course, it fed the canneries, you know, with feed stock. These fishermen that were here, since they were fishing pelagic and using the purse seiners, then they decided to expand on all that into the tuna industry. And the tuna industry started to grow with the different growth of the canneries. And 4 or 5 canneries here in terminal Island and San Pedro. And so it was a more productive and a more lucrative way of fishing. Instead of catching one by one as purse seiners began to expand the volume of fish that could be caught a very simple idea from French sardine Company founder Martin Bogdanovich would again help to dramatically grow the industry. He noticed that the fishing boats had to come in quickly because they there was no way of preserving the fish, and he thought about putting ice on the fishing vessels. He made a visit and sent up to Santa Barbara to a local ice house, and he got the idea of using crushed ice to refrigerate the fish and preserve it and extend the vessels longevity at sea. And in and preserve the catch. Oh, it was huge. It was huge. It changed the entire fishing industry from sardines and mackerel to tuna. The introduction of ice onto the fishing vessels was a game changer. But the innovative thinking from San Pedro's Titans of the seafood industry didn't just stop at the waterfront. Joseph Martinez SR expanded the refrigeration practice to include the trains that carried his fish. Joseph Mardesich was a partner of Martin J. Bogdanovich in French Sardine Company. He was also the founder of Franco-Italian cannery. He would use refrigerated boxcars to transport fish. He was one of the first trans shippers of fish , so he would go as far as Oregon. Uh and San Francisco to bring fish on refrigerated boxcars down to Southern California, down to his cannery, to add his additional feed stock to his cannery. And so that was very, very innovative. He's one of the first innovators of, you know, trans shipping. It's quite remarkable when you think about what was going on in terms of the technology. And that refrigeration was probably barely invented at that point. The innovations of Mardesich Bogdanovich and other canners helped to greatly expand the fishing industry in the Los Angeles harbor. At its peak, there were 18 canneries operating in the port. One of those canneries, the Franco-Italian packing company, was owned by Mardesich, which he started after parting ways with Bogdanovich and the partners in the French sardine Company. Grandfather was partners with three others in the French sardine Company. However, after seven years, an opportunity came up for him to purchase his own separate cannery and building and being such an entrepreneur, let alone kind of a stubborn Slav as we might have said, working with these other men, it does not surprise me at all that he chose to go off on his own, and he founded Franco-Italian Packing Company, which became a very successful private label packer in the tuna canning industry. With all the new canneries opening Terminal Island at the Port of Los Angeles became the epicenter for the seafood canning industry in the United States. At one point, 17,000 people were employed by one cannery or another on the island, and as fishing boats pulled into harbor with the latest catch, a unique whistle system would call workers to the harbor. The whistle would blow 9:00 in the morning, 9:00 at night. When that whistle blew, everybody went to the canneries and it wasn't just one cannery because all the canneries were going to get fish, and the workers knew whether it was starkist calling or VanCamp or Franco-Italian packing company, they would get ready as quickly as possible, get on the busses, get in their cars, take the Islander and get over to the island so they could begin the process of getting the tuna ready to be canned. In 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor completely changed the world and dragged the United States into the war. However entry into World War Two brought an unexpected new opportunity that tremendously accelerated the popularity of tuna in America. World War Two was instrumental in expanding the demand for tuna , but it may not have been as much to the civilian demand as it was supplying the armed forces. For instance, French sardine company Starkist 60% of their production during World War Two was for the armed forces , and I believe that because of that fact that so many GI's got to taste tuna, maybe for the first time, that it became much more popular and helped build the demand for tuna. After the war, the French sardine company, which was now being marketed as Starkist, greatly benefited from the new popularity. Starkist became so fashionable that Hollywood, even got in on the act. Bob Hope promoted Starkist. I think when he was traveling to the troops, and that's kind of where Starkist brand kind of got known, and that's where it really took off. And became a wonderful business. Although the new World War Two demand for tuna created a wonderful seafood business for many people at the Port of Los Angeles, not everyone benefited. Japanese American fishermen were among all of the Japanese that were rounded up and put into internment camps. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, they were told they only had so many hours, and they would have to go to the relocation camps. They would call those things. It was unfortunate because when you come back from from like the camp and so forth, you have nothing. Before you had your housing, you had your boats and everything. You don't have that anymore. My parents came back and basically they became gardeners because that's all they could do. Be gardeners. Yeah with the Japanese fishermen in internment camps and with World War Two creating a much larger need for tuna to feed the troops, there was tremendous pressure on the remaining local fishermen to meet the demand. This was greatly compounded by the dangers of war during that time of World war, there were, you know, submarine nets that were out here in San Pedro, and they would the boats were assigned every day a different job. They could either go fishing or they had to go out and not fish. And just look for anything that they would suspect of submarines or something like that. World War Two requirements were very demanding, and so they needed to catch as much as they could and can as much as they could, because the military needed it for the for the soldiers. And so that's how come I think the canned sardines and the canned tuna business just really boomed off of that. Although returning soldiers who had developed a taste for tuna greatly contributed to the popularity of the food after World War Two, it was the marketing campaigns that many canneries employed which made it an iconic meal of the 1950s. Advertising was a big asset to them. Charlie Tuna, huge asset chicken of the sea, the mermaid , Bumblebee. They were just the characters that brought I think, people to that, you know, to that product. They had a blow up fish that you could take to the beach or the pool, and it was called Luna. The Tuna. And he was red. I grew up with Charlie Tuna, a paraphernalia. Um, I still have Charlie tuna glasses as a matter of fact, the tuna canneries were excellent at marketing and promoting the product to the American public, to the housewives in particular. They would publish brochures and recipes. All these recipes came out and they advertised it to the American public. They would show a lady there how to fix a can of tuna with a little bit of mayonnaise, onions, or whatever it was. Make sandwiches or make a tuna loaf or a tuna casserole . And it became a household common thing to have tuna for salads casseroles sandwiches something very simple, very hearty, very healthy. And the public liked it. The powerful marketing campaigns that made tuna a household item in kitchens across America had various aspects, but it was one king that emerged, and his name was Charlie. Hey, what did I tell you? They sent for me all right, cut the comedy. Sorry Charlie. Only the finest prime tuna is good enough for starkist more people like the taste of Starkist than any other tuna. Try it and see why Charlie Tuna was a started by one of the Bogdanovich girls. Geraldine. She was Joe B's sister. Okay one of the five girls she designed. Charlie went to an advertisement agency and they made Charlie Tuna. She was my mother's sister. She was one of the six sisters. She was the theatrical one. She was the one that was in show business. And she came up with Charlie Tuna. How she came up with that name, I cannot tell you, but she was always been associated with it. But she brought it to Starkist Starkist marketing. People liked it, gave it to the people in Chicago to develop it, and it went on from there in the 1950s, as the exploding popularity of tuna created a much deeper demand, two San Pedro Croatian immigrants introduced fishing technologies that revolutionized the industry. One of them was Anton Misetic. My grandfather Anton came to this country in 1923, 100 years ago. Uh he was ten years old. He came here, uh , to work with his father. He went to school to at San Pedro High until he was in 10th grade. Then he went fishing and my grandfather became captain of a fishing boat at age 15. And so he was, uh, an owner of 12 fishing boats in his lifetime. He was an innovator in the fishing industry. He was the first one to use nylon nets because nets were cotton before, and they would easily rip. Nylon lasted like four times longer and it was easier to repair. It increased the size of the net that they could put more netting on their boat, because the net was nylon and it was it was black to start with. Okay, they needed black netting. So you don't see it in the water. Okay. Before they used to tar the cotton nets, the cotton nets were heavy and they tear you imagine cotton comparing to nylon and cotton used to pile up with the tar. They could hold maybe 3 to 4 times more netting on their turntable than they could with the cotton net. And they can hold that much more netting. They can make a larger set. The other Los Angeles harbor fisherman who made a tremendous impact on the industry was Mario Puretech. He invented a technology that dramatically increased production on the fishing boats. So Mario Piatek invented the power block, which was a tremendous, tremendous asset to the fishing industry because before that, they had to either lift the net out of the water by hand or just with slinging the net and it would take a long, long time. The nets, when they were put out in the set, you know, how they were brought back on the boat by hand and so you got a net, maybe 2000ft long, soaked with water, fish in it, and you're pulling it by hand on every swell you're pulling it back. And it was just backbreaking labor. And I'm sure it probably contributed to a lot of injuries. The power block would allow the net to be rolled back on the net from the end of the boom, attached to the end of the boom, and it would just be pulled out of the water vertically through the power block and then down onto the net pile. Although the ability to catch much more fish to meet the large demands for tuna in the 1950s was incredibly important, it was only half of the equation. There was also a growing need to process and can the fish for distribution. Many canning facilities emerged during this era, but the Starkist plant for facility was easily the most significant plant for was very important. The plant they had was plant one had two tables inside of it. It couldn't manage the amount, so the planning of our sales department and advertisement, it boomed to where they had to build something larger. So by the time 1952 came along, the plant had five tables inside of it, eight tables, 850 women cleaning fish plant, four was built in 1952. It was on four and a half acres of land. It cost $2 million for I think the land, and maybe $1 million to build the plant. At the time, and plant four, by the way, was the largest single unit tuna cannery in the world. It contributed. $350 million a year in salaries. That all went into the local economy. It was it was the economic engine in San Pedro. The economic stimulus that starkist plant four and all of the other seafood canneries operating in the port of Los Angeles gave to the local community was massive. The industry was a key driver for good middle class jobs and was especially important to women because of the unique opportunities to work that it provided. It was very important because there was no other work for the women except being a housewife or working in a retail store. Only women were cleaning fish. You had a thousand women dressed in white, standing all day long. You know, cleaning fish. And it was a hard job. I mean, and they'd take the ferry back and forth to San Pedro to Terminal Island, back and forth every day and catch the bus down there on Harbor Boulevard. And those canneries employed a lot of people in San Pedro, a lot most of the women that worked in the cannery to their husbands fished. So there was a lot of dual payrolls there. One from the fishing industry and one from the canning industry. Although cannery jobs taken by women played a major role in creating dual incomes for many San Pedro households, it was an even more important job for the single moms. As an example, Belia Olguin Smith's mother, had a job at a cannery that helped her provide for Bella and her seven siblings after their father left the family. It was a job she took great pride in. She was wonderful. She was fast at her work. I remember that because when her lady friends would come that worked there, that worked with her, would say , your mother, you know, she's so fast and it was real positive and it seemed very positive situation. My mother was wonderful. Although the fishing and seafood canning business at the Port of Los Angeles experienced tremendous growth during the 1950s, it still wasn't large enough to meet the growing demand, and local industry leaders began to look overseas. The popularity of tuna and the amount that was required to keep the population supplied was huge and around 1957, my father realized that the supply was not meeting the demand, and he made a major trip to Japan to investigate and begin importing tuna. To this country. It would come here frozen and then it would go through the same process as when we had the fresh fish that would be offloaded from the boats in 1957, we were already starting to build parts to build a plant in Puerto Rico, and not because we're trying to get away from the labor dollar. We needed more tuna in the mid 50s. Starkist had a small cannery down in Peru, and they needed to have some of the gentlemen, the fishermen here go down to Peru and fish. But it was a long run for the guys to go all the way down to Peru, fish and bring all the way back to San Pedro. So eventually my father, Butch Zuanich, and his brother Larry Zuanich, went down to Peru and actually developed the tuna industry down there for Starkist, the importance of the fishing and canning industry to Los Angeles was massive. It played such a key role that an image of a tuna was placed on the official seal of the County of Los Angeles. In addition, the Fisherman's Fiesta, a blessing of the local fishing fleet by the Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, was the second biggest annual event in southern California, only behind the Rose Bowl Game and Parade. Although the popularity of tuna continued to grow, the expansion of the industry would eventually spell doom for local cannery workers and fishermen at the Port of Los Angeles. Beginning in the early 1960s, there was a shift in the industry and the conglomerates entered the scene and started to take over in San Pedro. The demise of the fishing industry came about around 1962, and that was because multinational companies purchased the local canneries Starkist, which was the biggest, was purchased by H.J. Heinz and I believe VanCamp was purchased by Ralston-purina. And so these multinational companies are more bottom line focused than, say, on the, you know, welfare of the workers or the fishermen and that kind of thing. Their bottom line driven because they have shareholders to answer to. So those companies look for ways to run plants that were, you know, had labor costs that were less, that had less environmental restrictions, that had, um, just less regulation. And so they looked overseas. So, for instance, Starkist built a big plant in Puerto Rico. They also built a plant in American Samoa. So it was a process of looking at the numbers and the cost of the labor and all the expenses for that. The labor dollar got to be expensive. Remember everything could be automated on tuna except the cleaning, cleaning has to be done by hand. And they decided to go someplace else. They decided that they could handle everything in Puerto Rico and Samoa and shut down plant for because of the labor dollar. It's very sad thing because this town and terminal Island, San Pedro, fed the nation with tuna and we provided jobs. The leaders of the industry for hundreds and thousands of people that lived great lives and really respected that industry. And it's very sad that it concluded it was kind of it was sad. It was a sad situation. And people lost their jobs and they were there 20, 30, 40 years. And even the workers in the plants, they were there. That was their life. And you don't find that in today's world . The rise and fall of the seafood industry at the Port of Los Angeles is a bittersweet story. But although the industry has greatly diminished the legacy of its forefathers and all who worked in fishing and canning will forever be etched into the history of the harbor area. The people that were working in the tuna industry or the fishing industry in San Pedro, they were able to get a great foothold on their lives and livelihood and future for their families to be able to buy houses. They had cars they bought into buildings , they developed stores and so on. And so forth. So eventually when the fishing industry slowed down and whatnot, there was already a great foothold in town that had been brought on by the fishermen. And I think that's the greatest legacy is that this town was able to prosper. And, um, build itself because of the fishing industry. And that was the greatest contribution I feel. I feel a great deal of pride and Thanksgiving really, uh, gave us all a great opportunity to do things in our lives that we may not have been able to do. And go for our own goals and ambitions. And that was thanks to the fishing industry. Yes, we had other industries. We had the longshoremen, we had the lumber yards, we had the shipyards. There was a lot of work at that time, but I don't know a poor person that worked in the canneries. Hundreds of people had jobs in the cannery from humble positions to the more prosperous ones. And so many of the people that worked in the industry were immigrants from Italy, from Croatia, from Portugal, from Greece, from the Philippines, and Japan. It was truly representative of what we call the melting pot, the greatest legacy of the fishing industry is that it gave people that came here with little means , you know, um, they came here with nothing, and they made it into something . That. I'm delighted to be joined today by Council member Adrin Nazarian from Council District two. So nice to have you with us today. Thank you for having me as well . There are a lot of immigration issues taking place in our world at large, but from your vantage point, how are you helping those in your community that have fear or concern that maybe something is a little precarious right now? A lot more people are uncomfortable. Don't want to expose themselves or make themselves vulnerable. And so they stay home or they don't engage as much. So it's up to us to make sure that we go to them . So given unfortunately, what's going on with our federal government, it's up to the state and local levels of government to make sure that we're providing that sense of support and that sense of hope and security. What are some of the specifics that people can rely on your office for? So specifically, what we've been doing is running programs of know your rights. We've been doing it through zoom meetings so that we allow folks to do it from the comfort of the space that they're in. We have a government at your doorstep program. We have a government at your doorstep flier in three different languages to make sure that everyone can feel connected to the office and call the office in order to get the resource and the support that they need. We run multiple different types of primarily educational programs to let folks know about the resources available to them, to know about legal guidance if they needed to know about support for if they're falling short on funds or food or any other insecurities that are born out of the current circumstance and pair them up with either nonprofit organizations that provide the support or see what we can do to fill in the gaps. Okay there's also something interesting happening, which I wasn't even aware of corporate home consolidation. What is that exactly? So this this this gets into a topic I care about quite a bit because it has to do with what's going to continue making our housing in affordable Los Angeles started to not build enough housing. We're building maybe about a third of the units that we used to build many years ago, 30 years ago now you compare that to the population growth that's continuing, continuing to go on a, you know, increasing trajectory. Well, what happens when you do that when you have population coming , growing and you have number of housing declining, you're going to have an imbalance. You're not going to have enough supply of housing, and it's going to skyrocket the prices of housing . And that's what's been happening. Absolutely So when you have that situation developing and you have billions of dollars waiting on the sideline to buy up single family properties, it's just creating a lot of pressure on the individual housing prices to go up, which then impacts middle class, because now a lot of folks are left without the opportunity of buying homes. Once families are not able to buy a home, they're not developing equity for their future generations. So this then becomes a cycle that's going to continue on for decades to come. Can you restrict who purchases a property or not based on whether it's an individual or a corporation? This is an issue that I've taken on very seriously. It was the first measure that I introduced to figure out a way of curbing the ability of corporate takeover of single family properties. The goal was to make sure that we're keeping single family properties in the hands of individuals, so that they can be able to build and develop equity for their families and for future generations. There's nothing more important than getting outside, breathing fresh air and having a great time. I know that you've put a lot of investiture in upgrading parks here in Council District two. What are some of the fun things people can look forward to in their neighborhoods? One of the things I wanted to do when I took office was to just create a very active and busy environment, um , parks need to be busy. Parks need to be full of life. The whole idea of the Department of Recreation and Parks is to make sure that people are engaged in recreational activities, and the busier you make parks, the more people are getting out and getting to meet their neighbors , and the safer the places become, because there's more eyes on our children, on our kids. So I believe in making sure that it's multigenerational , and it's also a busy environment. We've already opened two different parks in the area to make sure that there's a lot of activity going on. We're turning small patches into pocket parks so that it's a place for folks to be able to congregate, and my goal is to make sure that we're making parks as utilized as possible. The tax incentives for the film industry are slowly starting to kick in. And I know that you've been very much a part of that. How are things going? What are you hoping for and what are you seeing at this moment? Is it is there a shift or are we have we hit bottom and starting to move back up? When it comes to work? Coming back to the entertainment capital of the world, I'm optimistic in seeing at least the first wave of distributions that were made and all the feature films, and especially a lot of the independent films that are going to be now shot in California and in Los Angeles. But we got to make sure that as the incentives are doing their work and their magic, and I'm very grateful to the governor for pushing this the way he did . But as that's happening, we got to make sure as a city, what are we doing to roll out the red carpet and to make sure that smaller productions aren't finding it difficult or onerous to work with the city, to work with film LA, to work with the different departments and agencies. If there are inefficiencies, because we have multiple duplicative requirements, well, then maybe it's time for us to look at that and shorten that to make the appropriate changes and adjustments needed. Um, you know, so we need to continuously figure out how we stay competitive and fight against these other factors that are constantly taking filming away from us and make it easier to continue filming here. Uh maybe in the past, we needed to have multiple onerous requirements for safety purposes, but maybe we can now modify those so that it's easier to film here and not have that increasing cost of doing the business here. Yeah, taking the hassle out will always make it much more appealing to people. And let's not forget, Los Angeles is a place of a lot of folks coming into the area to pursue entertainment. This is how Los Angeles grew. If we're going to make it difficult for people to come in, we're going to forego on the opportunity of having the talent that came with these individuals. You know, not just the talent of performing, but also the talent of wanting to leave the comfort of their family in another state hundreds of miles away, maybe in another country, to pursue the dream, because even if they end up not being in the industry, those that that raw talent is what puts us ahead of everybody else , because those are the attributes, that character that strengthened the area, that allowed us to have people with grit and perseverance. I hear a lot of hope and promise in everything that you've been saying. What do you love best about being a council member right now? Being able to make an impact? That's the goal of this. You want to make an impact. You want to you want to make things . Obviously, you want to make things better off than when you took the role. So if people want to know what you're doing or ask you questions or just keep informed, what's the best way for them to follow up on our conversation in a more intimate way? Uh, multiple ways. They can, first of all, call our office to traditional way. Uh, they can follow us on one of our handles, Instagram handle is CD2 Los Angeles. Uh, or they can go to our website at L.A. city and be able to follow us as well. I also have to thank your office for being so gracious and so quiet while we've been chatting this morning. They've all been very kind and very courteous. We really appreciate it. Thank you for saying that. I have a wonderful team. They make me look good. Well, I'm sure they're attracted to that because you are such a good person. So thank you so much. It's been wonderful to talk to you and I hope we get a chance to talk again. Looking forward. Thank you. And that's a wrap on this L.A. currents . Few people realize that the Hollywood library predates the Hollywood sign and the movie industry in Los Angeles. The Hollywood public Library was an independent library that was started by the Hollywood Woman's Club in 1906. Its first location was in two rented rooms on Cahuenga, near Hollywood Boulevard. Shortly thereafter, Andrew Carnegie pledged $10,000 for a library building, and Hollywood co-founder Daeida Wilcox Beveridge donated the land. In 1907, the library opened its Carnegie funded English Tudor building on the corner of Hollywood and Ivar. It