here, the first thing you get is the bread and the chimichurri sauce. Our tomato is very iconic. The second they sit here, it's like they're craving it. Most people want an empanada, whether they're from Argentina or they're from Alaska. It doesn't matter. I mean, that's number one. We all grew up in Argentina, basically eating beef for lunch and dinner and breakfast. Sometimes we're carnivores. The flavor is extremely simple. Our secret is that the beef is excellent. It has to be really good beef. We have the same butcher since we opened the key is good quality, and all we have to do is just add salt to it and go straight to the grill with our marinade, we don't put any weird sauces to it. One of the greatest football matches ever played. I watched the World Cup. Yes of course I'm extremely excited. I really, really hope that Argentina goes to the final. We have a beautiful mural outside. Argentina is a world champion three times already and I wonder if we're going to have to change it and make it for four now, which I'm sure we'll be happy to change. We knew that the team was coming, but of course we couldn't tell a soul because otherwise a thousand people would have showed up. It is such an honor for us to have the national team come to our restaurant. It's incredible. We love sports, so now we are not only playing the Argentinian games, we're going to play in every single game. That explained on live TV. I'm actually worried about the rest of them because when the game is on and the people are just watching it, they forget where they are. They think they are at the field, they start yelling, they start pounding, they start screaming. I hope the building stays safe. It could be really crazy. Vamos, vamos, vamos. Argentina Vamos, muchachos. Tenemos ganar. Vamos a hacer. Campeones Vamos vamos. There are so many careers and pathways that you can undertake to work in aviation. And a lot of people don't realize that you can be a planner. You can be an engineer. You can be a community relations specialist. You can also be a pilot or a mechanic. Anything that you want to do, you can look at it through the lens of aviation and eventually end up in an airport. Doing that. We are here at the Flyaway conference room for our second annual Van Nuys Airport Youth Leadership Airport Academy. This is a now annual and hopefully soon to be biannual program where high school students from around the San Fernando Valley learn about aviation operations, airport leadership, all the different facets of running an airport here in the San Fernando Valley. I am the leader and founder of my school's aviation club, so I wanted to learn more about the Van Nuys Airport. So that I could bring lessons to my school and just spread the aviation knowledge. I see myself in the future being a pilot in the aviation industry. So when my school counselor reached out, giving us the opportunity to join this camp, I was all in. I just hope that we're opening their eyes to all of the different career paths we have in aviation and we're all about sustainable fuel for the Jets. I think the most important thing to remember is that if you can't see it, you can't be it. Young people need to know that these jobs exist before they embark on their studies. It's a really wonderful opportunity, especially for our young people , because we need to learn more about how to prepare for our future. So this is a really wonderful opportunity, even if it's just joining a camp to see if it's something that you're interested in. I think you should take that first step and really immerse yourself in this environment, because it's a great opportunity that we've been given. We like to create a program like this that really brings kids into the airport and teaches them all the opportunities that are here. Here's a little history for you. Venice was founded in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney, who imagined a Venice of America complete with Italian style canals, gondolas, and arched bridges in its early days, Venice featured amusement piers , roller coasters, and even a miniature railroad, making it one of California's first major seaside resort destinations. You know, Venice has also been a filming hotspot for decades, most famously as the home of the hit TV show Baywatch and back here on the Sands of Venice Beach. The cameras are rolling once again. The return of Baywatch marks a new wave of major production hitting these shores and L.A. bringing that unmistakable slow motion lifeguard sprint back to where it belongs. And in 2028, Venice Beach will take center stage as part of the Summer Olympics, hosting some of the games most iconic endurance events. The triathlon, marathon and road cycling races will all pass through or begin along the legendary coastline, turning the boardwalk and shoreline into a global arena of competition. For a brief moment, the same sands known for LA Surf Culture will echo with the footsteps of the world's fastest athletes, blending global competition with the colors and chaos of Venice. At its peak and on the shoreline of Venice, a brand new kids playground is opening, bringing laughter, imagination and a fresh space for the next generation to play by. The Pacific. Today, after two years, the Venice Ocean View Playground is reopening. Three, two one woo and Venice couldn't be more excited to have it. Venice Beach is iconic. It's a tourist destination, so not only would the community enjoy this amenity, but so will all of the tourists that come visit us here in Los Angeles. Some of the things I think are so cool about this playground is that it has playground structure for the bigger kids and has a whole separate structure for the littler kids. This is great because she loves to swing and she's into gymnastics. So with the rubber down here, she can tumble and do flips and it's a great thing for her. My little gymnast. We homeschool so the kids don't necessarily have as many opportunities to kind of hang out with other kids and play. Having this park actually for our family means everything. We're going to probably be here every single day after we get done with school. It is a community hub for all of Venetian children, and the lack of a playground here for the last two years has hurt the businesses. And it's hurt. The community. This amazing brand new playground is going to revitalize this corner of Venice. The kids couldn't be more excited. The parents couldn't be more excited, and the community has come together in a way that is just beautiful . We travel up and down the beach all the time, and to have a place where she can play and swing, it's a good thing for the community. I want to do a special invitation to all the Angelenos, as well as all of the tourists that visit Los Angeles, to really visit iconic Venice Beach. Come and explore the playground. One of the things we're most happy about in Venice is that everybody is accepted, and you can just be who you are, so we really appreciate the diversity of people who come here from all over Venice, the city and the world. Welcome welcome, welcome. There's only two types of people in this world. There's tabs which are temporarily able bodied, and people with disabilities. Eventually, everybody is going to become disabled. We are here at the Abilities Expo, which is one of the largest events in the nation, supporting people with disabilities and their families and caregivers. And people with disabilities need access to all sorts of programs, services and facilities. Community is here to learn about all the services that are available. So I came with my cousin, her husband and her daughter because they have a special needs son. He has down syndrome. He's 15, so just coming to see about getting certain services for him. Clothing special needs clothing, buttons for certain people that have hard times with their hands. It could be difficult. So just to know that it's easier with magnets, genders all ages, all disabilities. We have our performance coming up. We have some new dances coming up that no one has ever seen before. We really cherish this performance. Every single year. This gives them hope. It gives them camaraderie. They get to network with people and realize that you know what? You don't have to stay home because of your disabilities. There is life after injury. They're still such a stigma around disabled people as a whole. People aren't used to seeing disabled people out loud and proud, and I feel we do just that. And it breaks the barriers and people are like, whoa, this is what disabled people are capable of. And we're capable of literally everything. It just looks a little different . But there's still a lot of services that are welcome for anybody. Hopefully this influences more cities, more government officials to push for inclusivity. Play LA. They have all sorts of adaptive recreation from archery to golf. These are things we're very excited about as we move towards the 2028 Olympics. And Paralympics in Los Angeles. Disability doesn't mean that you're disabled. The only disability you have is the one you place on yourself. You can do anything anybody else does out there. This is one of the really heartfelt events of our disability community. Abbot Kinney began transforming this stretch of coastline in the early 1900s on independence Day 1905, he unveiled his dream, an American answer to Europe's romance, complete with an intricate canal system inspired by Venice, Italy itself. Gondolas glided through the waterways, steered by authentic Italian gondoliers, bringing a touch of old world charm to the southern California coast town. But as cars began to reshape Los Angeles, the canal slowly fell out of favor. Roads replaced waterways, and only a portion survived. Now known as the Venice Canal Historic District, for decades they lingered in disrepair. A forgotten piece of the city's past. But that changed when the canals earned recognition on the National Register of Historic Places, sparking a revival that restored the walkways and waterways in the 1990s, preserving a piece of Kinney's original vision for generations to come. And that idea of preserving history carries forward into the stories ahead from honoring veterans to uncovering powerful personal collections that help illuminate black history. Today, we are celebrating a new home for a very special collection at the Los Angeles Public Library. It's the Dorothy Vena Johnson Black History Collection. The collection is really very special. It has all types of historical titles, biographies. It has scholarly texts. It has music scores. The collection is very valuable, very important to this community . It's so difficult for black writers to get published and to finally be published and now have their books available for our generation, just continues the legacy of what we are doing . Miriam Matthews began that collection, and Miriam Matthews was someone who really was a pioneer among librarians. She was the first African-American librarian hired at the Los Angeles Public Library in 1927. She was the first credentialed African-American librarian in the state of California, but she also was a champion of historic preservation. And certainly this collection that now resides at the Baldwin Hills Library is a celebration of her and her commitment and her good work as well. Having the collection so close in our neighborhood that the demographics show reflects people of color is so vital to our children who can read and be inspired. By the access that that individuals will have. Is here in a neighborhood library. And so that means that folks can come here as opposed to traveling to our central library downtown. And we'll have some of the same titles or some unique titles that are here at this location that are not also available at our central library . So I had an opportunity to take a walk and look at that beautiful collection that really started over a hundred years ago. And this is in part for us to preserve those things. And right here in our home community , where you can walk and stand. We encourage everyone in the community to come and peruse the collection, to read the books here in the library and tell your friends and family that it is available for them as well. To be able to read and learn from our people is just it's a double win. It's golden . This event was mostly for them, for our homeless veterans, housing, employment benefits information, especially our homeless veterans and our unemployed veterans. It's eligible. Where be able to pay your security deposit, pay a couple of months of rental assistance so you get stable access to services for spouses and children. So we help the entire family. All those benefits are things that you work for. We serve the country. For. Sometimes one of the speakers may mention something that you weren't aware of. That is available, and you might be able to qualify. I myself am a veteran who's taken advantage of many of these programs. Many of these training certificates, many of these are just opportunities. As a veteran, we all have this sort of I can just get it done on my own sort of attitude. I'm a veteran. I tell them, let your guard down. Many of us are veterans. We understand what you're going through and we have empathy. Adolf, the VA, we have empathy for the for the veterans who need help. So no judgment. It's a no judgment zone. And the services are free. I know that with all of the vendors that were here, they're able to answer a lot of the questions that I had at this particular time. And also give me resources and phone numbers and things that I would be able to reach out. So many times things are done online. This is in person. It makes a difference. The most important thing is being able to ask for help. And that four letter word is the most important words to me because that's the hardest word to use. But it's the most important word to me to receive. Everyone is doing it from their heart. This is social work, right? At the end of the day. So everyone is doing this because we want to see our community better. If the veterans are helping our community, then everyone's everyone's thriving and winning. So it's just to help everyone understand that no judgment. We understand you've been through things the homelessness substance abuse, addiction here to help you get over those those barriers. Here at Venice Beach, Los Angeles, surf culture lives in constant motion. Where early morning sets boardwalk energy and a deep ocean spirit shape everyday life along the Pacific . Venice has always been a place of reinvention from its beginnings as a seaside resort to decades of bohemian art scenes and skate and surf culture that helped define a global youth style. It's never stopped evolving. Today, historic bungalows sit alongside modern mixed use spaces with community hubs being reimagined rather than replaced around 40,000 residents call Venice home, giving it the feel of a tight knit coastal neighborhood. With that global spotlight. That transformation is especially visible along the Rose Avenue corridor, where pedestrian friendly design, local retail and small business growth are reconnecting the inland neighborhood to the beach across Venice. The focus is on walkability, housing balance and protecting its creative identity and woven through it all is everyday culture. Boardwalk staples like fresh churros, fish tacos and acai bowls just steps away from the sand, reminding visitors that Venice is more than a destination but a living neighborhood where history, food and innovation meet. Thank you all for joining us. Catch this story and many more on channel 35 or at LA city Dot gov forward slash TV and you can follow us on LA City on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Until next time, get out there and experience everything that Los Angeles has to offer . Quiero agradecer Carlos Jurado Yaroslavsky. Ha wars estara tiempo en el consejo para todos en la oficina pueden escuchar tenemos una reunion muy larga, Hoy. Necesitamos tener el tiempo para para acabar con . All right. Good morning and welcome to. The regularly scheduled meeting of your Los Angeles City Council. Today is Friday.RIGHT GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY IS APRIL 17, 2026. TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MEETING OF APRIL 15, 2026. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT . >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE MOVES AND COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 13 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. ITEM 14 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. THIS IS THE TIME FOR SPECIALS, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA ON THE QUEUE. >> I. Padilla: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 2 AND 3 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS ON MY RIGHT? ANY OTHER SPECIALS ON MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, MR. CLERK, CAN WE TAKE UP 2 AND 3, AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: YES WEBSINGER MAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? ON ITEMS 2 AND 3? >> I. Padilla: ALL RIGHT, AWESOME, THANK YOU. THANK YOU KLAOEZ, I RISE TO SUPPORT ITEMS 2 AND 3. ITEM 2 IS RELATIVE TO THE PROGRESS OF METROLINK STATION, A PROJECT VITAL FOR CONNECTING THE NORTHEAST, AND THE THINGS THAT CAME UP INCLUDED SAFETY AND EXCESS ABILITY CONCERNS LEADING IMPROVEMENT. CURRENTLY UNDER UTILIZING THIS STATION THAT'S POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY, BETTER LIGHTING AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND BEAUTIFICATION. WE'RE DELIVERING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WORKS FOR EVERY DAY RIDER, SAFER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT, BECAUSE, BECAUSE SAFER TRANSIT INCREASES RIDERSHIP. THEY'RE COLLABORATING ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL SOLUTIONS AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT T■HE %-@DI. President for giving me the speech. The time to speak and everyone on council. I urge your yes vote. My constituents will be very, very grateful. All right. Thank you so much. Council member Padilla. And congratulations on that. Good work. Let's open the roll on items two and three. Close the roll. Tabulate the vote 11 ayes. All right. What's next? Mr. clerk? The council may vote on item one and four through 13. All right, let's open the roll on those items. Close the roll. Tabulate the vote. 11 ayes. All right. What's next? The council may now move on to presentations. All right. Exciting morning of presentations. Today we're going to get to hear from lots of parts of the city and lots of members of our council and lots of Angelenos and parts of the city family. We've got some champions in the room that we're excited about, but we're going to begin with Council District five. Council member Yaroslavsky . Yaroslavsky. Okay. Council member Claffey. And we're here. It's good to see. Good to see you, too. So of course, this is YA*Z >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE'RE PLEASED TO WELCOME STACY, KAREN, CAMILLE MERIDETH, A LNAD TURNER, THE WOMEN WHO LEAD THE BELL OF LOS ANGELES. FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE STATED MISSION TO INTEREST WOMEN OF STUDY OF ALL BRANCHES OF LITERATURE AND SCIENCE OF WOMEN IN EVERY BRANCH OF CULTURE. THEY CONTINUE TO UPLIFT LOS ANGELES BY CREATING A VIBRANT SPACE FOR PEOPLE FROM EVERY WALKS OF LIFE TO MEET, LEARN, EXCHANGE IDEAS, EXPERIENCE URBAN CULTURE, ENGAGE IN ROBUST CIVIC DEBATE AND CELEBRATE TRADITION TOGETHER. FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS IS ONE OF THE GREAT ARCHITECTURE TREASURES OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 5. I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE SPENT TIME THERE AND KNOW THAT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN LOS ANGELES. PAULS SERVED AS A PLACE TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. THE WOMEN HERE TODAY, WORKED WITH MY TEAM AND SERVED TO MEET THE COMMUNITY. ANYTIME WE ASKED FOR HELP, THEY HAVE OPENED THEIR DOORS TO LOS ANGELES. I'M HONORED TO JOIN US STACY AND CREW, I'M VERY INTRODUCED T INCLUDE MONICA RODRIGUEZ FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> M. Rodriguez: YOU'RE SUCH TRUSTED STEWARDS OF THIS ARCHITECTURE AND A TREASURED JEWEL IN THE CITY THAT CONTINUES TO CONVENE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS THAT AFFECT THIS CITY. BUZZ MANY OF US HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THERE FOR MANY OF THE CULTURE AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE HAD INCLUDING MANY WONDERFUL CELEBRATORY SPECIAL EVENTS. I KNOW MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE EBEL WHEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS MARRIED THERE AND IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EVENT SPACE THAT LENDS ITSELF TO MAKE MEMORIES. L.A., WE ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT A BABY IT IS IN THE CONTEXT OF HISTORY OF SO MANY OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS TREASURED ARCHITECTURED SPACE AND THE AMOUNT OF IMPORTANT HISTORY AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU HOST THERE, INCLUDING THE MOST RESENT CORAL EVENT THAT I ATTENDED. IT'S MAG NIFICENT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF RAY ROND TODAY, OUR CITY HALL PHOTOGRAPHER WAS ALSO THERE SHOOTING PHOTOS. IT'S SUCH A TREASURED SPACE. AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE THE LEVEL OF ACTIVATION IF IT NOT BEEN FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO, FROM THE PRESERVATION OF THE SOME OF THE, THE WOMEN'S CLOTHES, THE HISTORY OF FASHION THAT IS ON DISPLAY, THE ART. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE WELCOME SPACE AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, IT'S SUCH AN REMINDER AND IMPORTANT REMINDER OF THE AGE BUT HOW MUCH WORK AND LOVE GOES TO PROTECT IT AND IT'S A CONTRIBUTE TO ALL OF YOU. SO MY THANKS AND GRATITUDE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU IN THIS PRESENTATION AND UPLIFTING THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF THE WOMEN BEHIND US. AS WE KNOW, IT'S THE WOMEN OF THE CITY THAT CONTINUE TO HELP UPLIFT AND PROTECT THESE TREASURED SPACES. SO IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT I'M PROUD TO JOIN YOU AND CELEBRATE YOUR WORK AND THIS INCREDIBLE INSTITUTION THAT IS IS THE EBELL. THANK YOU. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. NOW IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE THE CEO OF THE EBELL FOR A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY AND COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU ALL CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS EXTRA EADER HONOR TODAY. ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, OUR STAFF, OUR 700-MEMBER VOLUNTEERS AND GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS OF WOMEN WHO BUILT AND SUSTAIN THE EBELL OF LOS ANGELES. IT WAS FOUNDED BY A SMALL BUT BOLD GROUP OF WOMEN WHO COULD NOT VOTE, THEY COULD NOT ATTEND MOST OF UNIVERSITIES, THEY COULD NOT HAVE MOST CAREERS AND YET THEY HAD A PROFOUND BELIEVE THAT THE ARTS AND EDUCATION WERE THE HAMMERS WITH WHICH WE CAN SHAPE A BETTER LOS ANGELES. FOR EVERYONE. AND THAT CORE BELIEF CONTINUES TO ANIMATE EVERYTHING WE DO TODAY ON OUR HISTORIC 94,000 CAMPUS ON WILSHIRE BOULEVARD ALSO A AFFECTIONALY KNOWN AS. WELCOME MORE THAN 100,000 ANGELINOS. WE SUPPORT ARTIST, SCHOLAR AS, STUDENTS, AND SHARE OUR BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS WHICH IS OUR JOY AND PLEASURE WITH 70 NONPROFIT PARTNERS. AND YES, WE STRIFE TO ELEVATE WOMEN'S STORIES AND CREATIVITY THAT HAVE TOO OFTEN BEEN ERASED OR LEFT OUT OF THE NARRATIVE OF LOS ANGELES. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT AT ONLY 99 YEARS OLD, OUR BEAUTIFUL WILSHIRE THE EBELL IS THE OLDEST IN THE NATION AND BUILT BY WOMEN. I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF MY EBELL LEADERS AND COLLEAGUES AND VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE WORKING THAT ARE MAKING SURE THAT SHE STANDS FOR ANOTHER 100 YEARS. TODAY'S GENEROUS CITY COUNCIL RECOGNITION AFFIRMS OUR SHARED BELIEF THAT HISTORIC CULTURAL SPACES SUCH AS THE EBELL ARE NOT JUST PLACES OF CREATIVITY BUT PLACES OF LIFE. WHERE PEOPLE DON'T JUST GATHER TO BE ENTERTAINED BUT ALSO TO CONNECT AND CONVENE, TO LEARN AND TO GRAPPLE WITH TOUGH IDEAS, TONE GAUGE WITH AND SERVE ONE ANOTHER. AND FINALLY, TO REMEMBER WHO WE HAVE BEEN EVEN AS WE IMAGINE WHO WE MIGHT BECOME AS ANGELINOS. SO WE'RE REALLY DEEPLY PROUD TO STAND WITH YOU IN THIS GREAT CULTURAL AND CIVIC WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR BELOVED CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, STACY. NOW IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT OF THE EBELL, RANDY JONES TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THIS RECOGNITION. IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ALL OF US. IT IS AN HONOR TO STAND HERE ON BEHALF OF THE EBELL OF LOS ANGELES, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, HAS BEEN NOT JUST A HAMMER BUT A LOVE LETTER TO THE CITY. A LOVE LETTER TO LOS ANGELES, IT'S CREATIVITY, ITS ASPIRATIONS, ITS OPTIMISM AND ITS ABILITY TO REVOLVE. OUR FOUNDERS ARRIVED AT A TIME WHEN LOS ANGELES WAS STILL A YOUNG AND GROWING CITY. THEY WERE WOMEN WITHOUT POLITICAL POWER BUT WITH EXTRAORDINARY VISION. THEY BELIEVED IN BUILDING NOT JUST AN ORGANIZATION, BUT A PLACE WHERE CULTURE, IDEAS AND COMMUNITY COULD COME TOGETHER TO SHAPE THE FUTURE. AND THEY BUILT IT, A CAMPUS, A COMMUNITY, OUR ENDURING INSTITUTIONS SO THAT GENERATIONS TO COME WITH GATHER, CREATE AND LEAD. THAT SPIRIT CONTINUES TODAY. THE EBELL IS POWERED BY WOMEN, BY VOLUNTEERS, ARTISTS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF CULTURE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MOVE A CITY THIS CITY FORWARD. WE ARE PROUD BEYOND WORDS TO BE PART OF LOS ANGELES CULTURAL AND CIVIC FABRIC. AND EQUALLY PROUD TO PARTNER WITH SO MANY OTHERS ACROSS THIS CITY. TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY, ACCESS AND BELONGING FOR EVERYONE. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS RECOGNITION TODAY IS NOT JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR PAF, IT IS AN INVITATION TO CONTINUE BUILDING A MORE CREATIVE, MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE CONNECTED LOS ANGELES AND WE ARE HONORED TO DO THAT WORK ALONGSIDE YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, SO MUCH RANDY. WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR STACY AND CREW. IN RECOGNITION OF THE EBELL SPAETER. --THEATER. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHILE YOU'RE TAKING YOUR PICTURES, WE'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER HUTT ON THE QUEUE. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING IN THE WILSHIRE EBELL THEATER, IT IS A PLACE I ENJOY GOING, A JEWEL, THE GOING TO SEE SPECIAL TALKS ABOUT WOMEN AND WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING. THE BOOKS THAT WOMEN ARE WRITTEN AND MEETING WITH THE AUTHORS AND THE JAZZ THAT WOMEN ARE DOING WHICH IS SO SPECIAL. THIS YEAR, I WENT TO CENTER TABLE THERE SO CULTURALLY, IT WAS EXCITE ANDING EXCEPTIONAL AND I SAT BY STACY. WHENEVER I GO, I CHECK HER SHOES, I'M GOING TO CHECK HER SHOES NOW, SHE ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL AND EXCITING JUST LIKE THE EBELL, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOW HOW SPECIAL YOU ARE TO THIS COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE MOST BRILLIANT WEDDINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TO ARE THERE AT THE EBELL. WE'RE HAPPY TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. AND ONE OF THE MONUMENTS TO THE BUILDINGS, WHEN YOU SEE THAT BUILDING, IT REMINDS ME WHAT I LOVE, WHILE THE WORLD IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, ANGELINOS, JUST DO IT. IF IT'S THE WILSHIRE, EBELL OR FIGUEROA HOTEL OR HOUSE IN CD10, OUR CITY OF L.A. ANGELINOS AND, WOMEN IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, JUST STAND UP AND GET IT DONE. SO WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU AND PROUD OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. [APPLAUSE] AND AS WE TRANSITION TO OUR NEXT VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION FROM CD15, A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT FROM OUR COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOLKS HERE FROM THE MY DISTRICT. THE FOLKS FROM GLASSO PARK, TO STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED. I KNOW YOU'RE IN THE BACK, DON'T BE SHY. >> Council President: COME ON, GLASSO PARK. >> H. Soto-Martinez: , YEAH, YOU CAN WAVE TO THE CAMERAS, YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT YOU CAN STILL BE COOL. THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, LEARNING ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HERE TOURING THE BUILDING AND WE'LL BE GIVING THEM A TOUR OF OUR OFFICE AND THE WORK THAT WE DO. BUT I WANT TODAY ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR PRESENCE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CHATTING WITH YOU IN A MOMENT. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. WE HAVE SOME OTHER HIGH SCHOOLERS, BROUGHT US BY COUNCILMEMBER >> McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: YOU COME AROUND THIS WAY AND THE YOUNG WOMEN WILL COME THIS WAY. I BRING GREETINGS FROM THE 1-5, THE DISTRICT OF CHAMPIONS, THAT WILL BE CONTESTED, I'M SURE. SPEAKING OF EMPOWERING WOMEN, I HAVE SOME VERY SUCCESSFUL EMPOWERED YOUNG WOMEN WITH US TODAY. BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO TEAMS FROM THE 1-5, FROM SAN PEDRO. COME IN HERE AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE, SO WE CAN GET EVERYBODY IN. EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, REAL TIGHT. I HAVE SOME GREAT STUDENT ATHLETE YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUNG MEN, WE'RE JOINED BY TWO CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS. FIRST THE CIF CITY SECTION DIVISION 1, GIRLS WATER POLO CHAMPIONS! [APPLAUSE] AND THEIR CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS, THE MARINE LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS! [APPLAUSE] BUT I WANT TO BEGIN I WANT TO BEGIN BY HIGHLIGHTING THE NEWSLY CROWNED CIF CITY DIVISION 1 SAN PEDRO GIRLS WATER POLO CHAMPIONS, WINNING A CIF SECTION, A TITLE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT A STUDENT ATHLETE CAN POSSIBLY HAVE AND DOING SO AT THE DIVISION ONE LEVEL MAKES THAT MORE SIGNIFICANT AND MEMORABLE. THIS TEAM DEMONSTRATED SKILL, RESILIENCE, TEAM WORK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON, CULMINATING IN A CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE THAT MADE THE ENTIRE SAN PEDRO, THE ENTIRE HARBOR COMMUNITY PROUD. THERE MAY BE A SCHOOL THAT SAYS NO, WE'RE NOT PROUD. BUT WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. TEAM DEMONSTRATED SUCH SKILL AND SHE SHOWCASED EXCELLENCE AND TOUGHNESS, AND THEY PLAYED PALISADES HIGH, WHICH THEY WON 8-7. THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO GREAT COACHING AND GREAT LEADERSHIP AND GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOL, GUIDANCE AND STRATEGY AND THEIR BELIEF IN THESE ATHLETES. AND WINNING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO OUR COACHES AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WE TODAY, WE HAVE, OUR WATER POLO COACH, WHO IS IN HER SECOND SEASON? SECOND SEASON! AS A WATER POLO COACH WINNING A DIVISION 1 TITLE, STEPHANIE CUEVAS AND SHE IS GOING TO SPEAK IN A MINUTE. SHE IS GOING TO INTRODUCE, BUT I WANT TO PRODLY INTRODUCE CALIA. AND SOPHIA WHO IS ALSO GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. SO COACH CUEVAS? >> Speaker: HI EVERYBODY. I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET RECOGNIZED FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT. AS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR COACHING AND THESE GIRLS HAVE DONE SOMETHING TRULY SECIAL FOR OUR PROGRAM. NO OTHER TEAM AND BOYS OR GIRLS HISTORY OF THE WATER POLO PROGRAM HAS GONE TO THIS LEVEL AND THEN WINNING A TEAM LIKE PALISADES IN A REALLY CLOSE MATCH, 8-7 SHOWS HOW SPECIAL THIS TEAM IS AND THEIR WORK ETHIC. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALSO MY ATHLETES FOR THE SEASON THAT YOU GAVE ME AS A SECOND YEAR COACH, GETTING THE DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONSHIP IS SO SPECIAL. SO THANK YOU AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND RESILIENCE AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO THE SEASON. I'M SO PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF MY CAPTAINS, CALIA WHO IS GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> T. McOsker: OH COME ON, LET'S HEAR IT FOR CALIA. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: WE ARE HUMBLE TO BE HERE AT L.A. CITY HALL. NOT ONLY REPRESENTING THE SAN PEDRO WATER POLO TEAM BUT ALL THE WOMEN AS A WHOLE. THIS CFI CHAMPIONSHIP IS MORE THAN A WIN IT'S A HISTORIC MOMENT. AS CAPTAINS IN THIS LEAD, IT'S BEEN HONOR TO LEAD THE GIRLS THAT HAVE SET A NEW STANDARD FOR WHAT GIRLS WATER POLO GIRLS CAN SA CHIEF. >> T. McOsker: AND SOPHIA. >> Speaker: YES, THIS CHAMPIONSHIP WAS NOT JUST OURS, IT BELONGS TO OUR, COACHES AND COMMUNITY AND PARENTS. I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF MY TEAMMATE SXZ THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY PUT IN THIS YEAR. WE'RE PROUD TO REPRESENT SAN PEDRO AND WE CARRY THIS ACHIEVEMENT WITH GRATITUDE AND PRIDE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: SO I'M GOING TO HOLD THEIR PLAQUE UNTIL NOW, WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE BOYS. WE ALL KNOW THOSE SHIRTS THAT EVERYBODY WATCHES WOMEN'S SPORTS BUT ALL SOME OF US WATCH BOYS SPORTS TOO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE SAN PEDRO MEN BASKETBALL TEAM, THEY HAVE WON BACK-TO-BACK MARINE CHAMPIONSHIPS. [APPLAUSE] LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS. [APPLAUSE] THEY HAVE DELIVERED ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RUNS IN HISTORY, SHOWING RELENTLESS COMPETITIVE SPIRIT. THE PIRATES DEFEATED, 32-35 IN THE FINAL. THEIR PERFORMANCE EARNED THEM A SPOT IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST STAGES IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. YEP, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THAT. I HEARD THE WOO FOR THAT. [APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ELIAS AND COACH BUT I WANT TO CALL OUT SOME ATHLETES, MARINE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AJ BOBACH. MARINE COPLAYER OF THE YEAR, HIS TEAMMATE, ALSO ALL CITY TEAM, BRICE JACKSON! AND I THINK BRICE IS ON A COLLEGE VISIT BACK EAST WHICH IS FANTASTIC. AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ELIAS, ALL MARINE FIRST TEAM. LET'S HEAR IT FOR ELIAS. CHRIS MORGAN, ALL MARINE LEAGUE FIRST TEAM. [APPLAUSE] AND THIS ONE IS REALLY SPECIAL, FROM YEARS TO COME, MIKE BELL, MARINE LEAGUE AS A FRESHMAN! [APPLAUSE] SO NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO THE PODIUM, A FRIEND OF MINE, A GUY, YOU GUYS WON'T BELIEVE THIS, BUT I GREW UP PLAYING BASKETBALL AGAINST JOHN BOBACH, HE WAS A GOOD OUTSIDE SHOOTER BEFORE THE THREE-POINT LINE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE COACH. AND HE'LL INTRODUCE ELIAS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU TIM. OUR PARENTS WERE MARRIED THE SAME DAY, WE GO WAY BACK, OVER 60 YEARS AGO, BACK-TO-BACK WEDDING AND THEN WE BATTLED, OUR DADS SAY, THEY STILL OWE HIM FOR THE FLOWERS. >> Speaker: SO WE'RE STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, AS YOUNG ATHLETES, I'M GOING TO INVITE EVERYONE HERE TO COME VISIT A HIGH SCHOOL, THE STUDENTS THAT WENT BEFORE ME, THE STUDENTS NEXT TO ME, THEY'RE CHAMPIONS WELL OFF THE COURT AND IN THE SWIMMING. THESE KIDS ARE AMAZING AND SOMETIMES ADULTS LOOK AT THEM, THE ONLY THING THEY DO BETTER IS BETTER THAN CELL PHONE. I PROMISE YOU, THE PROGRESS WE HAVE, WE HAVE MENTORS HERE THAT HELP EACH OTHER. WE HAVE THE SCHOOL REPORTERS ARE HERE THAT HAS A PRESENTATION AND THEY'RE WITH US TODAY. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES. I WANT TO THANK PRINCIPAL, MR. ALLEN, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND ONE OF OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, ANTHONY, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKE THIS HAPPEN. LIKE I SAID, STANDING BEHIND ME JUST RIGHT HERE AND THE STUDENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS, I PROMISE THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. THE BEST THING WE NEED TO DO IS LISTEN TO THEM. THEY HAVE A VOICE AND I'M PROUD THAT THEY'RE CHAMPIONS BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT. AS I SAY THAT I'M GOING TO BRING UP ELIAS, HE PLAYED BALL WITH MY SON. HE'S A 4.5. SORRY, I'M LISTENING, AND HE SAID 4.7 IS HIS GPA! [APPLAUSE] OUR BASKETBALL TEAM AVERAGED 3.3; ELIAS HAS BEEN OFFERED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES. HE ACCEPTED A SCHOLARSHIP AND WILL BE PLAYING AT COLGATE UNIVERSITY. LET'S BRING UP ELIAS REDLAO. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. FIRST I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU TO TIM McOSKER AND COACH, STATE COACH OF THE YEAR, I KNOW HE WON'T TALK ABOUT BUT WE WILL. I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BASKETBALL AND PAOED RO ATHLETICS. I SPENT FOUR YEARS PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS AT SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S BEEN THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE, I WOULD SAY. I WENT VERY FAR, I'M A TRI SPORT ATHLETE, I DO TRACK, AND BASKETBALL. EVERYBODY TREATS EVERYBODY TO NICELY, THEY HAVE YOUR BACK NO MATTER. EVERY GAME, NO MATTER IF IT'S A HOME GAME OR AWAY GAME, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE AND HAVE YOUR BACK. AS COACH MENTIONED, I HAVE RECEIVED THE SCHOLARSHIP TO COLGATE UNIVERSITY AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT MY FAMILY, WITHOUT MY FRIENDS, WITHOUT MY TEAMMATES WHO PUSH ME TO SAY HARDER. I KNOW, I DON'T SAY IT TOO MUCH THANK YOU TO MY TEAMMATES. I ENJOYED MY SENIOR YEARS TREATING YOU LIKE BROTHERS. I WANT TO SAY THOSE AT HOME IN SAN PEDRO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT FAMILY THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT BLOOD RELATED BUT WE'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR LISTENING TO MY SPEECH. OF COURSE, I WANT TO SAY, MY NOT ONLY BOYS ATHLETIC, GIRLS, THEY DO JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO, IF NOT MORE. THEY'VE WON MORE. AND I WANT TO SAY, THAT'S CRAZY AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND WIN MORE. I'M SORRY. >> T. McOsker: GREAT JOB. NICELY DONE. [APPLAUSE] SO I HAVE A FEW THINGS HERE, COLLEAGUES. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PASS OUT. FIRST AND FOR MOST, COACH, I WANT TO GIVE TO THE GIRLS WATER POLO, SOMETHING FOR OUR HEAVY TROPHY CASE. THE DIVISION 1, CIF CITY SAN PEDRO PIRATES! >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. WE'VE GOT A SPEAKER ON THE QUEUE, MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: CAN I DO ONE MORE THING. I HAVE A PLAQUE FOR THE SAN PEDRO PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL BACK-TO-BACK MARINE CHAMPIONS, LET'S GIVE THIS TO ELIAS AND REALLY IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VERY HUMBLE, BOB, I FEEL THIS IS AN AWARD THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU, OR MY YOU CAN MY SUCCESSOR, WE HAVE COACH OF THE YEAR, CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING SELECTED FOR ALL OF YOUR AWARDS, INCLUDING 7CIFs, ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND STATE PLAYOFF APPEARANCE APPROXIMATES, JOHN, YOUR RECORD SPEAKS INVOLVES TO YOUR CHARACTER AND TO THE GREAT KIDS THAT YOU'VE HAD THE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO COACH HERE IN SAN PEDRO HIGH. SO JOHN, THIS IS FOR YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION IN. I ALWAYS ENJOY HOW YOU, SIMILAR TO I, REALLY CARE ABOUT BRINGING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CHAMPIONS FROM YOUR DISTRICT WHENEVER, THEY YOU KNOW, HAVE THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED SEEING PEOPLE HERE AND REMIND YOU GUYS, WELCOME AND REMEMBER THIS IS YOUR BUILDING, THIS IS YOUR CITY HALL. PLEASE DON'T LET BE THE ONLY LAST TIME THAT YOU COME TO THIS BUILDING. I PERSONALLY ENJOY SEEING MY COLLEAGUE MR. McOSKER, SHOWCASE HOW MUCH HE REALLY REALLY FOLLOWS LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND LAUSD SPORTS, THAT LEADS A LOT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY. I ENJOY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, SPEAKING TO YOU STUDENTS DIRECTLY, I WISH I WAS WEARING A HOODIE TODAY, YOUR LETTERMAN JACKETS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE. I'M GLAD SOME OF YOU ALREADY OWN THEM AND JUST REMEMBER AS ATHLETES, YOU'RE ALSO LEADERS, YOU'RE LEADERS AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR BEING LEADERS AND SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE TO YOUR CLASSMATES FOR INSPIRING THEM WITH YOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND GRADES. EVERYBODY KNOWS, THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE GRADES, YOU DON'T PLAY. I KNOW THAT WAS LIKE A MOTIVATION FOR A LOT OF MY FRIENDS. SO TO THE COACHES AND TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO PLAY CRITICAL ROLE IN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE IN SPORTS,YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU TOO. IT'S A LIFESTYLE TO BE A COACH. IT'S A LIFESTYLE TO, YOU KNOW, CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO OUTSIDE OF JUST YOUR ACADEMICS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL. I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I'M SO GLAD OUR MAYOR GOT INVOLVED AND USED HER COALITION BUILDING SKILLS TO STOP THE STRIKE. BECAUSE SHE STOPPED THE STRIKE. [APPLAUSE] YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR BASS. BECAUSE IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY JUST THE OTHER DAY, PARTICIPATING IN A CAREER DAY WITH SOME FOURTH GRADERS. AND MR. McOSKER, I AGREE, I THINK THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU GUYS BEING A GENERATION THAT, GREW UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, MUCH MORE PREVALENT THAN IN MY DAY. YOU'RE A GENERATION HOW AI IS GOING TO TAKE YOUR JOBS BUT I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY BRIGHTER THAN WE GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR. BUT I DO WANT TO SAYS, SOME THINGS WILL NEVER CHANGE AND SOME OF THE THINGS INCLUDE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO READ. NEVER STOP READING, USE OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY, IT'S PART OF OUR L.A. SYSTEM AND PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR MIND, TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEARTS AND REMEMBER THAT YOU'RE ALSO A GENERATION THAT GETS TWO FREE YEARS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SEEK HIGHER EDUCATION, IT'S ACCESSIBLE MORE THAN EVER AND I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR JOURNEY. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CHAMPIONS, THERE IS BARELY ENOUGH ROOM TO FIT YOU IN THE ROOM. ALL OF YOUR FELLOW ANGELINOS IS PROUD OF UZ AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND JUST HAVE ONE REQUEST AND THAT, YOU JUST KEEP ON WINNING AND KEEP ON LOVING OUR CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: WITH THAT, I SAY, THANK YOU AND GO PIRATES! THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM COMING, BECAUSE WE'RE A BIG BEAUTIFUL CITY. NOW FROM THE NORTHERN END OF OUR CITY, COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. WELL AS YOU INDICATED MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, WE'RE GOING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTHEAST AND I'M PROUD TO BE JOINED TODAY WITH THE, INCREDIBLE ATHLETES FROM SYLMAR HIGH SCHOOL, THE SYLMAR SPARTANS. IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME THE 2026CIF, CITY SECTION 2, BOYS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS, SPARTANS, PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. >> Council President: I'M SORRY, THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO BE STANDING UP, SO WE CAN SEE THEM. >> M. Rodriguez: I WOULD HOPE SO. >> Council President: THERE WE GO. THAT'S NICE. >> M. Rodriguez: THERE IT IS. [APPLAUSE] TO THE INCREDIBLE PLAYERS AND FAMILIES AND ALL THE SPARTAN FANS IN THE AUDIENCE AND HOME. WELCOME TO YOUR CITY HALL. BUZZ BEFORE WE GET THIS PARTY STARTED, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST INVITE OUR INCREDIBLE SPARTAN CHEER TEAM TO GIVE US A LITTLE PERFORMANCE. SO SPARTAN CHEER COME ON OUT. >> Speaker: WE ARE FOR THE BLUE AND THE WHITE. [CHEERING] WHEN WE FALL DOWN THE FIELD, WE'LL LET'S GO, CHEER FOR THE BLUE AND WHITE, S.P.A.R.T.A.N.S. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE TIME FOR THE SYLMAR SPARTAN CHEER TEAM. [APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, THIS 2025 IN PARTICULAR WAS AN INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. WE HAD MANY MOMENTS TOGETHER BETWEEN THE BLUE AND WHITE AND BLUE AND GOLD THAT WE CELEBRATED. AND SYLMAR HIGH SCHOOL HAS PRODUCED ALUMNI INCLUDING THEIR ATHLETES, ENTERTAINERS THOSE THAT HAVE MADE AN IMPACT IN THE RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES. THE TEAM WAS LEAD BY VARSITY HEAD COACH, AND HIS DEDICATED COACHING STAFF WHO GUIDED THE SPARTANS TO THE FIRST CITY CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2015. DEFEATING KING DREW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A FINAL SCORE OF 70-64. IS WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS TITLE WITH THE CITY TITLE WITH SYLMAR WHICH CAME 28 YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST IN 1998. THIS SEASON WAS ALSO EXTRA SPECIAL AS THE SPARTAN MADE A DEEP RUN IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS AND MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WHERE THEY HAD THE ONCE THE LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN ANNUAL NBA ARENA HOME OF THE SACRAMENTO KINGS. LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE INCREDIBLE ATHLETES. [APPLAUSE] TO THE COACHES, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST HE AND SINCEREST GRATITUDE. TO THE PLAYERS, CONGRATULATIONS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TEAMMATES THAT YOU SHARED THIS MOMENT WITH, YOU'RE GOING TO REMEMBER THIS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE YOU, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HIT THE WALLS IN YOUR LIFE, THAT IT'S GOING TO TEACH YOU THE AMOUNT OF PERSEVERANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO DIG DEEP TO ACHIEVE THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF YOUR LIFE. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. ALL OF THIS COMPETITIVE SPORT IS ABOUT TEACHING YOU THE DISCIPLINE AND THE TENACITY THAT YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO PERSEVERE THROUGH THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS THAT YOU WILL INEVITABLY EXPERIENCE. AND THIS EXPERIENCE FROM YOUR TRAINING AND DEDICATION TO THAT MOMENT OF VICTORY, IT'S ALWAYS WORTH IT. AND IT'S, THOSE ARE INCREDIBLE MEMORIES THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET. ONE OF THE MOST VITAL TAKE AWAYS IS THE DISCIPLINE. THE DISCIPLINE TO CONTINUE TO COMPETE, AND AGAINST ALL ODDS SOMETIMES REALLY PULL IT ALL OFF. AND IT'S A TESTIMONY TO NOT JUST YOUR COACHES AND YOUR TEACH THAERZ HAVE HELPED TO INVEST SO MUCH IN YOU BUT TO YOUR FAMILIES THAT CONTINUE TO BE AN EFFORT TO CELEBRATE YOUR INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND EVERYBODY WHO IS INVOLVED AND INVESTED IN YOUR SUCCESS. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE. I ALWAYS SAY THAT PRINCIPALS, ADMINISTRATORS THEY'RE THE MAYORS OF SMALL CITIES, THEY'RE LIKE, YOU HAVE TO RUN A GREAT DEAL OF COMPLICATIONS, TRIAGING, INTERFERING IN SOME SOMETIMES DITIONZ ARE BASED ON ANYTHING THAT YOU DO BUT HAVING TO RESPONSE IN QUICK-FORM. SO PRINCIPAL WRIGHT HAS BEEN A ACADEMIC LEADER AT SYLMAR HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU WILL JOIN ME FOR SOME REMARKS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. GOOD MORNING P I AM I'M RODNEY WRIGHT, PROUD PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S AN HONOR TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL PARTICULARLY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR HER UNSEIZING SUPPORT OF FOR COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL. TODAY WE'RE NOT JUST CELEBRATING A GROUP OF ATHLETES, BUT A GROUP OF CHAMPIONS THAT HAVE REDEFINED WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE NORTH VALLEY. WITH THIS TEAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED IS NOTHING SHORT OF LEGENDARY AND OUR TEAM STANDS HERE, CITY SECTION CHAMPIONS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS AND STATE RUNNER UP. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR TALENT BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR GRIT, YOU DIDN'T JUST WIN GAMES, YOU OVERCAME ADVERSITY AND SHOWED THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE HEART THAT BEATS IN SYLMAR. SUCCESS LIKE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A VACUUM, IT'S A REFLECTION OF SPARTAN THAT PERMEATES THROUGH THE CAMPUS. WE CONTINUE TO PROOF THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE HUBS OF EXCELLENCE FROM OUR RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND WIDELY SUCCESSFUL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, YOU ARE PROOFING THAT WHEN WE INVEST IN OUR YOUTH, THE RETURN IS GREATNESS. YOU CARRY THE BRIDE OF YOUR COMMUNITY ON YOUR JERSEYS. TO OUR COACHES, THANK YOU, TO OUR FAMILIES, I KNOW YOU'RE BACK THERE. [APPLAUSE] AND REPRESENTING ALL OF OUR FANS WITH OUR CHEERLEADERS HERE TODAY, YOU'RE PROOFING THAT THIS TENACITY PAYS OFF AND AOUFP ETCHED YOUR NAME TO THE HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES. THERE IS NO CEILING TO WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE, KEEP THAT SAME HUNGER AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE CHAMPIONS IN THE EYES OF THIS CITY. CONGRATULATIONS, SPARTANS, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL WRIGHT AND MR. HARRIS-DAWSON. >> Council President: YES, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY ON THE QUEUE. >> I. Padilla: OF COURSE I'M ON THE QUEUE FOR THIS ONE. GO SPARTANS. TO ALL THE YOUTH HERE, I'M COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, RIGHT NEXT TO MS. RODRIGUEZ, SO I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE. CONGRATULATIONS AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INCLUDING THE CHEERLEADERS CAUSE YOU KNOW, ONCE A CHEERLEADER, ALWAYS A CHEERLEADER, KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE DURING GAME DAY AND BEING PART OF THE MOTIVATING OF WHAT GAMES ARE, RIGHT. TOO BAD THE BAND IS IS NOT HERE. THAT'S BEYOND THE POINT AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU COUNCILWOMAN, I AGREE, SYLMAR DOES MAKE SOME GREAT ALUMNS. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. [APPLAUSE] BUT COACHES, LIKE I SAID IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, THANK YOU TO THE COACHES, I KNOW THIS IS NOT JUST A JOB FOR YOU GUYS, THIS IS A LIFESTYLE. I KNOW THAT IT'S ALSO PART OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR OWN FAMILIES IN ORDER TO KEEP THE TEAM STRONG AND MOTIVATE THE TEAM AND MAKE SURE THE TEAM IS SUCCESSFUL. SO GLAZESING COACHES, THIS IS A WIN FOR YOU. A WIN FOR YOU, NOT JUST IN THE OFFICIAL THING OF BEING CHAMPIONS FOR BASKETBALL BUT BEING CHAMPS FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR HELPING BUILD THESE CHAMPS, THESE FUTURE LEADERS AND THAT'S FOR YOU, ATHLETES, YOU GUYS. GOOD JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR KEEPING THE GRADES TO BE ABLE TO PLAY. I KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE HUSTLE TO WIN THESE TROPHIES. SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR EARNING THE GRADES, PLAYING THE SPORT, WINNING AND NOW BEING ABLE TO BRAG ABOUT THIS FOR YOUR SCHOOL AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO FORGET THIS. AND THIS TRANSENDS OUTSIDE OF YOUR CAMPUS. THE COMMUNITY TALKS ABOUT IT, IT CREATES NICK NAMES FOR YOUR SCHOOLS, LIKE THAT'S A SCHOOL OF CHAMPS. YOU'RE SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR EVERYBODY IN YOUR NETWORK AND DON'T BE SHY TO BRAG IT ABOUT IT. DON'T BE SHY TO TELL FOLKS THAT YOU EARNED THIS, BECAUSE IT IS A BIG DEAL. IT A BIG DEAL TO WELCOME TO YOUR CITY HALL. LET THIS NOT BE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU COME INTO THIS BUILDING, KNOW THAT THIS IS YOUR CITY HALL. THIS IS YOUR CITY HALL, WE ARE A VERY SPREAD OUT CITY BUT WE'RE UNITED NONETHELESS AND I WANT TO ALSO GIVE YOU GUYS, THE WORDS OF ADVISE THAT I ALWAYS GIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHEN YOU'RE HERE. DON'T STOP READING. READING IS COOL, READING WILL GET YOU WHERE EVER YOU WANT TO GET IN LIFE. READ EVERYTHING THAT YOU GET YOUR HANDS-ON AND PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR MINDS, TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEARTS AND REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE A GENERATION THAT GETS TWO YEARS OF FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. DO NOT SELL YOURSELF SHORT AND NOT SEEK COLLEGE EDUCATION, COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAN HELP YOU GET THERE. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND THANK YOU TO OUR CHAMPIONS FROM THE NORTHEAST SAN FOERN VALLEY. --FERNANDO VALLEY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COACHES DO I WANT TO COME UP QUICK, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS WITH THE TEAM. SYLMAR SPARTANS, YOU DID IT, CONGRATULATIONS! ON BEHALF OF A VERY PROUD CITY, YOU HALL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE SOUTHEAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY PROUD. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ACHIEVED, IT'S CARRYING A LEGACY WITHIN EACH OF YOU. GLAZESING AND THANK YOU ALL ON A REMARKABLE, ANOTHER NOTCH FOR US IN THE NORTHEAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL STAY IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WITH COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE OF THE 12th DISTRICT. >> J. Lee: COLLEAGUES, TODAY I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE A SPECIAL MILESTONE, THE 100tH ANNIVERSARY OF COMMUNITY OF GRANADA HILLS. LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR GRANADA HILLS. [APPLAUSE] I'M HONORED TO WELCOME, MEMBERS OF THE GRANADA CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE HERE WITH US IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS WE OFFICIALLY COMMEMORATE THIS MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BRING THE CELEBRATION TO LIFE. GRANADA HILLS IS KNOWN AS THE VALLEY'S MOST NEIGHBORLY TOWN AND THAT SPIRIT DID NOT HAPPEN JUST OVERNIGHT, IT'S A RESULT OF RESIDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO BUILT SOMETHING LASTING FROM HUMBLE BEGININGS. WHAT BEGAN AS FARM LAND AND OPEN SPACE IN THE LATE 1800s, HAS GROWN INTO THE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD WE ALL KNOW TODAY, FOUNDED IN 1926 AND SHAPE BY STRONG SENSE OF CIVIC PRIDE EVER SINCE. BUT WHAT MAKES GRANADA HILLS VERY SPECIAL IS IS NOT JUST THE HISTORY, IT'S ITS PEOPLE. THIS CENTENNAL CELEBRATION HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER SO MANY GROUPS THAT DEFINE THIS COMMUNITY FROM THE GRANADA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TO THE WOMEN'S ROADERY CLUB, NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, SCHOOLS AND COUNTLESS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, THESE ARE GROUPS THAT KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTED THAT SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND THAT GIVE BACK IN BIG WAYS. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN THAT SPIRIT ON FULL DISPLAY THROUGH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS, STUDENT ART CONTEST, SERVICE PROJECT AND CELEBRATIONS THAT BRING OUR NEIGHBORS TOGETHER AND STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF THE NORTH VALLEY. THIS IS WHAT THE CENTENNIAL REPRESENTS, IT'S A CELEBRATION OF PEOPLE WHO MADE THOSE YEARS MEANINGFUL AND A COMMITMENT TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS. TO THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE TODAY AND EVERY RESIDENT WHO CONTRIBUTED, THANK YOU. YOUR WORK HONORS THE PAST AND STRENGTHENS THE PRESENT AND HELPS SHAPE THE FUTURE. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 100 YEARS OF HISTORY, HERITAGE AND HEART. YOU KNOW, COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, GRANADA HILLS HAS THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL, YOU KNOW WHEN WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE JOHN ELWAY AS OUR TO LEAD OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARADE, IT FELT LIKE HE WAS COMING BACK TO SMALL TOWN INSTEAD OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IT HAS THAT SMALL FEEL AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THAT. AND WITH THAT, WOULD I LIKE TO WELCOME THE FIRST SPEAKER OF GRA NA CITIZEN --GRANADA CITIZEN OF THE YEAR. BECAUSE TO ME SHE IS ONLY KNOWN AS MS. CLAUSE. MS. CLAUSE, COME ON UP. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS EMILY COSTER AND I'M THE PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE GRANADA HILLS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR 2025. I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST BEGIN BY THANKING OUR COUNCILMAN JOHN LEE. [APPLAUSE] FOR HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY AND ALL OF CD12. YOUR COMMITMENT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND IT'S TRULY APPRECIATED. I PLANTED MY ROOTS IN GRANADA HILLS IN 1985 AND IT'S HERE THAT I RAISED MY THREE CHILDREN INTO ADULTHOOD AND HERE THAT SO MANY OF LIFE'S MOST MEANINGFUL MOMENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE. THIS COMMUNITY IS FILLED WITH FAMILIES WITH DEEP ROOTS AND LASTING CONNECTIONS. LIKE, OUR HONORARY MAYOR, JOHN CHICKRELI. [APPLAUSE] 26 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WALKED INTO MY VERY FIRST GRANADA HILLS PARADE MEETING, I FELT LIKE, I LOOKED AROUND AND SAW SO MANY BUSINESS OWNERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND I WONDERED, DO I REALLY BELONG HERE? BUT BY THE END OF THE MEETING, THINGS CHANGED. I FELT WELCOMED, I FELT A SENSE OF BELONGING. AT THAT MOMENT, I KNEW I BECAME PART OF SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL. THE VALLEY'S MOST NEIGHBORLY TOWN, GRANADA HILLS AND THAT FEELING NEVER LEFT ME. WHAT MAKES GRANADA HILLS SO SPECIAL, IT'S NOT JUST WHERE WE LIVE IT IS WHO WE ARE. IT'S THE WAY NEIGHBORS LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, IT'S THE SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS, THE FRIENDLY CONVERSATIONS, THE FAMILIAR FACES. EXCUSE ME, THAT TURN INTO LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS. IT'S KNOWING THAT YOU ARE NEVER JUST A RESIDENT HERE. YOU ARE PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT TRULY CARES. GRANADA HILLS IS MORE THAN JUST MY HOME, IT'S WHERE MY HEART IS. IT IS WHERE I FEEL SUPPORTED, CONNECTED, AND INSPIRED EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT IS A PLACE I AM PROUD TO CALL HOME. AND THE PLACE WHERE I HOPE TO GROW OLD. SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE, AND THE SPIRIT THAT MAKES MAKES IT SO EXTRAORDINARY. RECEIVING MY RECOGNITION IS INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL, BUT TO ME, WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART, THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS WE CAN DO IN OUR LIFE IS TO SERVE OTHERS. AND I SEE THAT SPIRIT OF SERVICE ALIVE IN MY COMMUNITY, EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE SEE IT WHEN WE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES, WE SEE IT WHEN WE GATHER WITH NEIGHBORS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AT OUR FARMER'S MARKET. WE SEE YEARLY TRADITIONS LIKE OUR STREET FAIR AND HOLIDAY PARADE. MOMENT THAT'S BRING US TOGETHER AND REMIND US OF WHO WE ARE. I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE IT ALONGSIDE OF YOU. I HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT AND ABOUT IN MY COMMUNITY, GRANADA HILLS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP SUSAN WHO IS IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF OUR UPCOMING BANQUET TO CELEBRATE THE 100tH YEAR, THIS WEEKEND. >> Council >> Speaker: THANK YOU COUNCILMAN LEE. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS, MY HUSBAND SAUL AND I HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS FOR 60 YEARS, AND WHEN THEY SAY DON'T BRINK, THEY MEAN IT, WHOEVER THEY ARE. WE WENT TO SCHOOL IN GRANADA HILLS, WE WERE MARRIED IN GRANADA HILLS, AND WE RAISED TWO BEAUTIFUL XHIRN AND MY HUSBAND AND 4IZ FAMILY VAN A HVAC BUSINESS IN GRANADA HILLS. TO SAY WE'RE PROUD, IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH WORD. EMILY TOUCHED ON COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORLINESS, WE'RE A FAMILY, WE WALK DOWN THE STREET, WE MAKE EYE CONTACT, WE GREET EACH OTHER AND YES, WE SERVE EACH OTHER IN MANY WAYS. I AM PROUD TO SAY, I AM FROM GRANADA HILLS, WE HAVE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY, COME OUT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, ENJOY THE FOOD TRUCKS AND FARMERS MARKET. SO MANY GREAT THINGS. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN LEE, THANK YOU, HONORARY MAYOR, JOHN AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUR HONORARY MAYOR, JOHN, GRANADA HILLS. >> Speaker: HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY OFFICIAL SXZ OUR OUTSTANDING CITY COUNCILMAN JOHN LEE. AS YOU HEARD AND BARED WITNESS, THOSE OF US WHO LIVE AND WORK IN GRANADA ILLS, ARE PROUD OF ITS LONG EXPRESSED MODEL AS THE VALLEY'S MOST NEIGHBORLY TOWN. THIS REFLECTS THE GREAT SENSE OF PLACE OF GRANADA HILLS, ITS BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN BACKDROP OF ITS RESIDENTS, BUSINESS CENTERS, LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND MANY VOLUNTEER CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND A VERY PROUD DIVERSITY THAT ON TOMORROW, SATURDAY, APRIL 18th, 2026, WILL CULMINATE AND HAVE A HAPPY CELEBRATION AS WILL BE HONORED ON EXACT 100 AN VERSITY OF GRANADA THAT BECAME THE DISTINCT AND DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY OF GRANADA HILLS. DURING THE PAST OF LEADING OF 12 MONTHS, A CELEBRATION MILESTONE HAS TAKEN PLACE INVOLVING ALL THE DISCUSSED FEARS OF COMMUNITY LIFE THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER, TO ENJOY AND HIGHLIGHT ITS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE LEGACY. COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE HAS SERVED AS OUR GRANADA HILLS HONORARY CENTENNIAL PERSON AND HE AND HIS PROFESSIONAL STAFF WORKING ALONGSIDE MANY DEDICATED SELFLESS VOLUNTEERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME DISPLAY OF ENJOYED CIVIC PRIDE AND FOSTERING A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY THAT ALSO MIRRORS, THE HISTORY THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THIS GREAT CELEBRATION INCLUDED A GREAT HOMECOMING FOR ONE OF GRANADA HILLS, NOTABLE, TWICE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION JOHN ELWAY WHO ROAD AS A GRAND MARSHAL IN HOLIDAY PARADE. ALONG WITH MANY HISTORICAL COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, OUR CLAIMED BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND RECENTLY INSTALLED LARGE HISTORICAL TOWNSHIP WALL MURAL BY ART LEONARD RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR. THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR LEGACY AND NEW AND SMALL STORE BUSINESSES, A TERRIFIC LOCAL ART SCHOOL COMPETITION, AND MANY SUBMISSIONS, OUR BY STUDENTS OUR FUTURE CITIZENS. ALL OF WHICH HAS BEEN A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SPIRIT OF GRANADA HILLS. WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO JOHN LEE AND TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING TO PARTICIPATE TODAY IN THIS HISTORIC BEAUTIFUL CITY HALL SETTING OF THIS GREAT CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND TO WISH GRANADA HILLS A VERY HAPPY 100 YEARS BIRTHDAY, TOMORROW, APRIL 18th, 2026 AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: COLLEAGUES, GRANADA HILLS IS AN EXAMPLE WHY PEOPLE MOVE TO THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. WE HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE NOT STRANGERS, WE GET TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, WE GET TO KNOW PEOPLE WHO WALK AROUND OUR STORE FRONTS, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THIS IS WHY I WANT TO THANK THIS AMAZING GROUP BEHIND ME FOR CELEBRATING THIS INCREDIBLE CENTENNIAL WITH EVERYONE HERE. IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK BUT I WANT TO THANK PERSONALLY TO ALL OF YOU, NOT JUST THE WORK YOU'VE PUT IN BUT FOR CARING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING, WE ARE THE MOST NEIGHBORLY TOWN AND NOT JUST A VALLEY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES. AND NOW, MR. MAYOR? ON BEHALF OF THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS CENTENNIAL PROCLAMATION FROM ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS, TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MS. CLAUSE. MS. CLAUSE. >> Speaker: SORRY. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR GRANADA HILLS. AND OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT OF THE 10th COUNCIL DISTRICT. >> H. Hutt: HI HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS, AND CITY FAMILY, TODAY WE CELEBRATE A MAN WHO HAS, QUITE LITERALLY HELPED SHAPE THIS LANDSCAPE OF OUR GREAT CITY. AFTER 29 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THEODORE IRVING IS STEPPING INTO A WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT. HE CAME TO CITY PLANNING IN 1997 AND HAS SPENT ALMOST THREE DECADES WORK WITHING AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE DEPARTMENT. HE FIRST STARTED TO WORK AS A PLANNING ASSISTANT AND MOVED HIS WAY TO THE HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY OF PRINCIPAL CITY PLANNER. BEYOND HIS ACHIEVEMENT, THEODORES IMPACT OF THE CULTURE OF THIS PROFESSION CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. IN A FIELD WHERE BLACK CITY PLANNERS REMAIN VASLY UNDER REPRESENTED, THEODORE HAS BEEN A BEACON OF PREPARATION. THEODORE HAS PUSHED FOR EQUITY IN THE CITY. HE WORKED TIRELESS LEON OT CRENSHAW COMMUNITY PLAN AND MANY OTHERS. THEODORE ADVOCATED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLANNERS, CULTIVATING DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT. HE TRULY WORKED WITH A DEDICATION TO THE SERVICE IN MAKING OUR CITY BETTER. THEODORE, WE WILL MISS YOUR WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE AND WE'RE PROUD OF YOU AND HAPPY THAT YOU'LL NOW HAVE THE TIME TO ENJOY THE CITY THAT YOU CONTRIBUTED TO FOR SO LONG. AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 29 INCREDIBLE YEARS. AND WE WISH YOU A LONG HAPPY AND FULFILLING RETIREMENT. AND, NOW, I'M I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP LISA WEBBER. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. LISA WEBBER WITH THE CITY PLANNER DEPARTMENT AND ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, WE WANT TO WISH THEO CONGRATULATIONS AS HE STARTS HIS NEXT LIFE CHAPTER AND GRATEFUL FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF CITY SERVICE FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT. AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER INDICATED, THEO HAS WORN MANY HATS. MAJORITY WAS IN THE WORLD OF PROJECT PLANNING WHERE THEO SERVED AS A SUPERVISOR, AS A MANAGER AS WELL AS A DECISION-MAKER ON SOME VERY CRITICAL CASES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. MOST NOTABLY, THEO WAS A ZONING ADMINISTRATOR OVER A NUMBER OF OIL DRILLING OPERATIONS ONE OF WHICH IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 8, THE JEFFERSON OIL FACILITY THAT THE DETERMINATION ON THAT HAS NOW LEAD TO THE CLOSE, THE CLOSURE PROCESS FOR THAT FACILITY. THEO HAS WORKED THROUGHOUT THE JURISDICTION STARTING ON THE PORTER RANCH SPECIFIC PLAN ALL THE WAY BACK IN THE 1990s JUST A RECENTLY A FEW WEEKS AGO, HE WAS OUT ON A SITE PLAN ON THE JORDAN DOWN SPECIFIC PLAN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FINAL PHASES OF THAT IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT. THEO SAW AS ONE OF THE PLANNER, ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING GEOGRAPHIES IN OUR CITY, ALL OF THE WEST LOS ANGELES, ALL THE COASTAL AREAS, HARBOR AND ALL THE SOUTH LOS ANGELES COMMUNITIES. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, HE HAS DEALT WITH CHALLENGES, DEALING WITH THE RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR THE PALISADES FIRE. THE REDEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES THAT WE CITY IN VENICE AND IN OUR COORDINATION WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION. HE HAS BEEN VERY CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVED HOUSING AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL. LAWA, THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, THEO'S GEOGRAPHY AGAIN WAS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. AND HE'S DONE SO SO MUCH FOR OUR DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE YEARS. HIS EFFORTS TO REALLY MENTOR AND GROW STAFF ARE REALLY NOTABLE AND IN PARTICULAR, ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, THEO WORKED WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TO DO SOME VERY TARGETED COMMUNICATION IN REACHING OUT, TO ENGAGE THE BLACK PLANNERS GROUPS IN VARIOUS INSTITUTION THAT'S HAVE RELATED ON SOME OF OUR TEAMS TODAY. SO WE'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THEO AND SO PLEASED FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY AS YOU GET TO ENJOY THE YEARS AHEAD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, LISA. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP DR. WALKER. >> Council President: REV. DOCTOR. >> H. Hutt: REV. WALKER. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND EVERYONE GATHERED IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY. WE ARE GATHERED THIS MORNING TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE MR. THEODORE IRVING ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 29 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. HIS PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY, LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE REFLECT A CAREER OF REAL SUBSTANCE STEADY EXCELLENCE AND LASTING IMPACT. AS I CONSIDER THIS MOMENT, I WAS REMINDED OF THE WORDS OF PAUL IN SECOND TIMOTHY 2:15, STEADY TO SHOW APPROVE ON TO GOD, A WORKMAN THAT NEED NOT BE ASHAMED. THIS VERSE IS ESPECIALLY FITTING TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE HERE HONORING A WORKMAN IN THE HIGHEST SENSE OF THAT WORD. A MAN WHO PREPARED HIMSELF, APPLIED HIMSELF, COMMITTED HIMSELF TO CARRYING OUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES WITH EXCELLENCE. MR. IRVING'S LIFE IS A STRONG EXAMPLE OF DISCIPLINE AND DETERMINATION. BORN AND RAISED IN WASHINGTON DC, HE BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, LATER WORKED IN REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL AND CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION EARNING A BACHELOR'S AGREE IN URBAN PLANNING AND A MASTERS DEGREE IN URBAN PLANNING AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN 1997, HE JOINED THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT CITY PLANNING AS A PLANNING ASSISTANT. OVER THE COURSE OF NEARLY 3 DECADES, HE SERVED IN THE NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ROLES AND ULTIMATELY RETIRED AS PRINCIPAL CITY PLANNER. LEADING THE WEST SOUTH HARBOR DIVISION. HE ALSO SERVED AS AN ASSOCIATION ZONING ADMINISTRATORING, HELPING TO GUIDE AND USE DECISIONS THAT SHAPED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES. THIS IS A REMARKABLE LEGACY FOR 29 YEARS. THEODORE GAVE HIS KNOWLEDGE AND STEADY LEADERSHIP, HIS WORK HELPED SHAPE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOS ANGELES AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS WILL ENDURE WELL BELONG HIS YEARS OF SERVICE. HIS IMPACT HAS ALSO EXTENDED BEYOND CITY HALL. HE'S A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, AICP DESIGNATION, AND MEMBER OF BLACK PLANNERS OF LOS ANGELES AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION. HE IS ALSO A PROUD LIFE MEMBER OF OMEGA SIFI FRATERNITY, OF PLAN HOOD, SCHOLARSHIP AND PERSEVERANCE AND UPLIFT, AND JUST AS IMPORTANT, A DE VOTED HUSBAND, FATHER AND COMMUNITY LEADER WHOSE LIFE REFLECTS ACCOMPLISHMENT AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY. SO TODAY, WE SIMPLY PAUSE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. IRVING FOR YOUR 29 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU MR. IRVING FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SHINING EXAMPLE. YOU HAVE IN DEED SHOWN YOURSELF TO BE A WORKMAN WHO NEEDETH NOT BE ASHAMED. MAKE THIS NEXT CHAPTER FILLED WITH HEALTH, PEACE AND JOY AND CONTINUED PURPOSE. MR. IRVING TODAY WE HONOR, MR. THEODORE IR RING, TODAY WE CELEBRATE YOU. MR. THEODORE IRVING, TODAY WE THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: AND NOW I PRESENT TO YOU, MR. THEODORE IRVING. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, SO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. I REALLY APPRECIATE AND I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT I DO, OKAY. THANK YOU, TO MY EXECUTIVE TEAM LISA, VINCE AND COUPLE OF OTHERS, CANNOT BE HERE. BUT I WANT TO APPRECIATE, YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OVER THE YEARS, SPECIFICALLY OPENING UP THE SOUTH LOS ANGELES OFFICE AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT MANY TIMES AND THAT'S A BIG THING FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT AWARE. FOR MANY YEARS, THE PLANNING DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF PREFERENCE AND ALL THE WORK THAT IS DONE UNDER THE PLANNING SPACE WAS ABSENCE FROM LOS ANGELES. SO OPENING UP THAT OFFICE OPENS UP OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN PLANNING AND MAKING PLANNING WORK FOR US. SO I'M REALLY PROUD THAT OUR OFFICE ON THIS DATE SIGNED OFF ON THAT. WALKER, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT CALLS. I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MY FAMILY, MY WIFE LORI, SHE IS WITH ME. [APPLAUSE] MY DAUGHTER, LINSAY IS WITH ME. MY SON LOREN COULDN'T BE WITH ME BUT HE'S BEEN A STEADFAST SUPPORTER OF MY CAREER, AS WELL. AND I WANT TO THANK MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. I'M REALLY HUMBLE BY MY FRATERNITY BROTHERS THAT SHOWED UP, I'M SURPRISED. I WANT TO THANK MY FRATERNITY BROTHERS. AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES, SOME RETIREES THAT SHOWED UP, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE. BUT I WANT TO BE, I'M REMINDED THAT TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS EXPECTED AND THAT HAS ALWAYS STAYED WITH ME. AND SO, I WAS BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. I WAS ALSO GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS THAT I COULD HAVE WORKED WITH, BUT I STUCK WITH THE PLANNING BECAUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY. I WAS BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SUCH WONDERFUL PEOPLE, FASCINATE ING PEOPLE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND WITHIN THE CITY, A NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS, A NUMBER OF EXPEDITERS, A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS JUST WONDERFUL PEOPLE. I WAS ALSO GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE LIVES IN THE SECOND LARGEST CITY OF THE COUNTY. AND SOME HAVE BEEN STATED BUT IT WAS REALLY AN HONOR TO STEP IN AND HELP PEOPLE CHANGE LIVES AND CHANGE THEIR COMMUNITY. I ALSO BLESSED TO, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE BLESSINGS, BUT PUTTING ASIDE THE BLESSINGS, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE I WAS BLESS WITHED A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THEY CAME WITH EXPECTATIONS. I WAS EXPECT TODAY --EXPECTED TO DELIVER MY TIME, TALENT AND PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK I DID THAT. I WAS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE IN MEANINGFUL WAY AND I WANT TO LIFT UP A COUPLE OF NAMES, THAT MANY OF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN MY LIFE. ONE OF THEM BEING THE LADY BIT NAME OF SARAH ROGERS ADMINISTRATOR AND MADE ME AWARE OF THE IMPACT PLANNING HAD IN MY COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGED ME TO DIG IN DEEP. THE OTHER PERSON, I WANT TO RAISE UP IS A FELLOW FRATERNITY BROTHER, HIS NAME IS, MAYBE YOU KNOW HIM, DAVID CUNNINGHAM. DAVID CUNNINGHAM PULLED ME ASIDE UPON SEEING THAT I WAS A JUNIOR PLANNER AND MADE ME AWARE THAT THE PLANNING SERVICES NEED TO BE DELIVERED TO THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH LOS ANGELES IN THE SAME MANNER THAT POLICE SERVICES ARE DELIVERED TO SOUTH LOS ANGELES IN THE SAME WHERE FIRE SERVICE RIGHT SIDE DELIVERED TO LOS ANGELES, AND REC AND PARK ARE DELIVERED TO LOSSES, PLANNING SERVICES NEED TO BE DELIVERED TO SOUTH LOS ANGELES. AND DAVE CUNNINGHAM DRILLED HOME THAT POINT EARLY ON IN MY CAREER AND IT STAYED WITH ME. THE LAST PERSON I WANT TO MENTION AND SHE IS NOT HERE, SHE IS AROUND THESE HALLS IS JACKIE DUPONT WALKER. JACKIE DUPONT WALKER IS A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH, ROUTINELY HELD MY FEET TO THE FIRE AND HELD ME ACCOUNTABLE SO THAT COULD NOT FADE IN THE BACKGROUND. SHE HELD MY FEET TO THE FIRE. SO I WANT TODAY LIFT UP THOSE NAMES. I WAS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL BEING OF MY COMMUNITY THROUGH BLOCK CLUBS, THROUGH HOMELESS ASSOCIATIONS, THROUGH MANY COMMUNITY BASE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MENTION TO YOU IS THE WORK THAT I DO WITH MY FOUNDATION CALLED A BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION AND THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THE YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND IN THROUGH COLLEGE AND THROUGH COLLEGE SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND I'M PROUD TO BE A BOARD MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION. I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND PROUD TO HAVE SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE TODAY. SO IF YOU CAN GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. [APPLAUSE] SO I JUST HOPE THE RECORD SHOW THAT I DELIVERED ON THE EXPECTATIONS OF ME IN A WAY THAT THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN. SO TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN IS MUCH EXPECTED. SO I FEEL EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT CHAPTER GIVEN THE RECORD THAT I HAVE MADE HERE. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZING MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND WITH THOSE REMARKS, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT IF YOU WILL ALLOW, WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. I BELIEVE BEGINNING WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN OF THE 4th DISTRICT. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO RISE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD. AND MR. IRVING, I WANT YOU TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MENTORSHIP IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO MY DEPARTMENT, BENEFIT FROMED YOUR GUIDANCE AND OUR OFFICE FEELS A DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE FOR THE TRAINING AND PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU PROVIDED TO THEM AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU, THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS HERO TO US TODAY. I'M HAPPY TO JOIN THE FAMILY, AND FRIENDS AS WE CELEBRATE THEO IRVING. YOU KNOW, THEO, YOU HAVE MADE A REAL SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. AND FABRIC OF OUR LIVES AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. YOU BROUGHT A PERSPECTIVE THAT HELPS US KNOW THE RESPONSIBILITY AND INCLUSION. AS A LEADER, AND CITY PLANNING, YOU'VE BEEN A LEADER IN CITY PLANNING. YOU'VE ENJOYED THE DECISIONS AND REFLECT THE VOICES AND NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN WAY THAT'S WE JUST DID NOT SEE BEFORE. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT ADDED FOCUS TO US. BUT AGAIN, YOUR WORK HAS HELPED US TO THINK ABOUT EQUITY AND INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN WAYS THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INSPIRING TO US, A CHALLENGE TO US, YOU HAVE SET THE HIGH BAR, WE APPRECIATED YOUR, YOUR ASSISTANCE AND YOUR INSPIRATION. NOT JUST TO STAFF, NOT JUST TO FRIENDS BUT TO EVERYONE AT LARGE. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND CONTINUED SUCCESS IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, THANK YOU SO MANY FOR BRINGING IN MR. THEO IRVING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON BEHALF OF YOUR 1-5. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR INNOVATIVE WORK IN JORDAN DOWNS, AND THE LESSONS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE THEM. AND REALLY THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR, FOR A CONSTITUENT SERVICE CENTER FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO L.A. AND PULL PERMITS, IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT BUT MUCH CLOSER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. AND I WAS REALLY TOUCHED BY SAYING, TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS CALLED FOR SERVICE. AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, YOU'VE DONE IS MENTOR. AND PAMELA, MY PLANNING DIRECTOR IS GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND HAS EXPRESSED HOW YOU REACHED OUT AND WORKED TOGETHER AND TUZ FOR THE LEGACY THAT THANK YOU LEAVE BEHIND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND EMPOWERMENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SERVE COMMERCIAL THE 1-5 BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, FOCUSING ON NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OFTEN GET OVERLOOKED. THANK YOU SIR. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? [APPLAUSE] >> I. Padilla: MR. IRVING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HEAR FROM ME THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR YOU. I'M VERY HAPPY FOR YOUR FAMILY. I KNOW IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR FAMILIES WHEN RETIREMENT FINALLY HAPPENS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS WHEN I CAME TO COUNCIL WAS SUPPORTING THE BLACK PLANNERS ASSOCIATION AND HERE I'M SEEING ALL THE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW. WHEN I FIRST, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, I WAS UNDER THIS IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS A YOUNG BLOOD AND YOUNG MOTIVATED PLANNERS. AND NOW TO SEE THAT SOMEBODY THAT IS RETIRING, IT'S REALLY REFRESHING AND SHOWS THAT, IT, IT WAS, THE YOUNGS WERE MOTIVATED BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAD MENTOR AND THANK YOU FOR MENT ORGANIZE THEM AND BEING THERE FOR THEM. IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE THAT YOUR FRATERNITY BROTHERS CAME TO SUPPORT YOU. IF SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT SEES A PICTURE OF THIS OR JUST HEARS ABOUT THIS, OH YOU HAVE A FRATERNITY AND YOUNG FOLKS DOING THE SAME THING. YOU HAVE THESE TWO WONDERFUL GROUPS THAT HAS YOUR BACK THAT SAYS A LOT OF WHERE YOU'VE BEEN AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING. IT'S A BIG DEAL TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE AND HAVE FOLKS SAY, YOU WERE A MENTOR. I AM WHERE I AM BECAUSE I SAW YOU DO WHAT YOU DID. CONGRATULATIONS, ENJOY RETIREMENT. MAKE SURE YOU DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE FOR YOURSELF EVERY DAY. THANKS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: , THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND MR. IRVING, FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. YOU KNOW, SO OFTEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN TRANSFORM A COMMUNITY, WE TALK ABOUT PARKS, WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. WE FORGET TO REALLY FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK OF PLANNING. AND YOUR EXAMPLE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU SITED AND TALKING ABOUT DAVID CUNNINGHAM AND JACKIE DUPONT-WALKER AND ALL THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES GOT WHAT THEY'RE DESERVING OF. THERE IS OFTEN TIMES, MY FRIEND IS ADELE HERE WHO WAS A FORMER GENERAL MANAGER, I REMEMB WHEN THERE WAS SOMETHIG INSTALLED AND I CALLED HIM AND I SAID, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS IN MY DISTRICT, IF IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE WEST SIDE, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR PACOIMA. AND WHAT YOU LEAD WITH IS THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR COMMUNITIES WERE DESERVING OF MORE. I APPRECIATE THAT, SO OFTEN, HISTORICALLY, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITIES, THAT STRUGGLED THROUGH HISTORIES WITH RED LINING, INDUST RI RAL AREAS THAT ARE ABOVE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, TO HAVE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LEAN IN IN THEIR ACADEMIC PRACTICE,TO BE PART OF THE CHANGE MAKERS, THAT SAYS OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITIES DESERVE BETTER, YOU LEAVE A LEGACY THAT IS FAR GREATER THAN WHAT HAS REALLY BEEN EMBRACED TODAY. IT WILL REBURBRATE FOREVER THE LEVEL OF CHANGE YOU LEAD THROUGH YOUR PRACTICE, THROUGH YOUR MENTORSHIP, BUT THROUGH THE OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO REALLY LEAD CHANGE. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON A REMARKABLE CAREER. MY THANKS THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR OUR GREAT CITY. YOU MADE IT GREATER. AND TO YOUR FAMILY WHO SACRIFICED, SOMETHING TELLS ME, YOU'RE NOT REALLY NOT RETIRING. I THINK IT'S GENERALLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH SOMEBODY THAT HAS THAT KIND OF LEGACY, BUT I WISH YOU THE BEST AND HELPING TO GET THAT FULL RETIREMENT. BUT MY DEEPEST AND SIN SIREST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR DEDICATED YOURSELF TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF OURS AND TO YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK IN YOUR LEGACY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY FULFILL ALL THE GREATEST POTENTIAL THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE DESERVING OF. CONGRATULATIONS ON A REMARKABLE CAREER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBERS AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR FACILITATING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. I KNOW SOME OTHER MEMBERS WANTED TO BE PART OF IT. I WANT TO JOIN THE CHORUS, MR. IRVING, YOU KNOW, WE REMEMBER EACH OTHER FROM BEFORE MY TIME IN THIS CHAMBER AND AS AN ACTIVIST AND THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING WITH YOU NOW, THAT YOU WORK DIRECTLY WITH, BUT DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LEARNED THE PLANNING PROCESS THROUGH WORKING WITH YOU AND ORGANIZATIONS. I CAN REMEMBER TIMES WHEN WE WOULD HAVE A HEARING AND WHATEVER IT WAS, WE WANTED IT SHUT DOWN YESTERDAY, AND WE WOULD ALL CROWD INTO THE ROOM AND WE WOULD SEE YOU AT THE DESK AND WE WOULD SAY, WE'VE GOT OUR GIE, HE'S GOING TO RULE FOR US. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WOULD SAY, THIS, THIS AND THIS, WE CANNOT RULE IN YOUR FAVOR. AND WE WERE UPSET, BUT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THROUGH YOUR HIGH-LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND CARRYING OUT THE ROLE THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE AND NOT CUTTING CORNERS, PEOPLE LEARNED THE PROCESS. AND SO NOW, THEY HAVE THAT POWER GOING FORWARD. NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM. WHEN THEY WALK INTO A HEARING, THEY KNOW THE STANDARDS AND RULES. YOU HELD US TO HIGH STANDARDS AND BEING HERE IN THIS COUNCIL, I'VE HAD 5 PLANNING DEPUTIES ALL OF THEM, ALL OF WHO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE OF THEM. SOME OF THEM ARE STANDING HERE, TERRY AND I THOUGHT I SAW LENEL BACK THERE, BUT THOSE FOLKS CAN WORK IN OUR COUNCIL OFFICES AND DO PLANNING ON BEHALF OF SOUTH L.A. AND THE VALUE BECAUSE THEY HAD MENTORS LIKE YOU IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE BEST TESTAMENT TO YOUR WORK IS WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND AND NOBODY CAN BE MORE PROUD THAN WHAT YOU LEFT BEHIND AND IN THE LOS ANGELES CITY PLANNING. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE AND THE GIFT THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. [APPLAUSE] COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO CALL OUT MY PLANNER WHO IS A DECIPEL OF THEO. I HAVE TWO CERTIFICATE ORIGINALLY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY WAS GOING TO BE PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, BUT SHE BECAME ILL. SO SHE DID A OWL COUNCILMEMBER RECOGNITION FOR YOUR RETIREMENT. SO IT SAYS IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR DISTINGUISHED CAREER SPANNING THREE DECADES AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT HOW GREAT YOU ARE. AND THEN I HAVE ONE, A PLAQUE THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR WALL, MAYBE YOU KNOW SOME CONTRACTORS OR SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP YOU PUT THIS UP. IT IS ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR REMARKABLE 29 YEARS TO DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SO YOUR DAUGHTER HAS ONE AND WE HAVE THE OTHER. YOU WANT TO SCOOT CLOSER, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PICTURES AND THEN WE'LL GO IN THE BACK. COME CLOSER AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. WE NEED TO TILT, CAN WE TILT FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AS WE THEY ARE DEPARTING, I'M GOING TO YIELD THE FLOOR FOR A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT AND INTRODUCTION TO COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN OF THE SECOND COUNCIL DISTRICT. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, CUNCIL PRESIDENT. JUST WANT TO GIVE A MOMENT AS EVERYONE IS MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE BACK OF THE CHAMBERS SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE A PHOTO. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO I CAN SHAKE MR. IRVING'S HAND BEFORE YOU START. >> A. Nazarian: PLEASE DO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. NAZARIA. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND WELCOME AND INTRODUCE NEWLY APPOINTED CONSUL GENERAL OF LEBANON TO LOS ANGELES, HIS EXCELLENCY STARBELL NABELL NACZAR, HE'S HERE TO CELEBRATE THE ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND WAS IN CITY HALL AND WANTED COME BY AND SAY HELLO AND I WANT TODAY TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO RECOGNIZING HIM. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WELCOME. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITH LEBANON. THANK YOU AND WELCOME. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, I'LL--OH, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: JUST WAITING FOR SOME FOLKS TO COME ON UP HERE BEFORE I START. SO COLLEAGUES TODAY, COME ON UP. >> Council President: COME ON PAST THE ROPE. COME ON, COME ON. NICE. >> I. Padilla: ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A VERY LAST-MINUTE PRESENTATION BUT I WANTED TO PUT IT TOGETHER NONETHELESS BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT. TODAY WE RECOGNIZE THE END OF CELEBRATING NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATERS WEEK. A TIME TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE AS THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS. CAN WE FIRST GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] TODAY THEY BROUGHT A TRAINING CLASS, HOW EXCITING IS THAT? WHILE PUBLIC OFTEN SEES POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS ON THE FRONTLINE, IT'S OUR 9-1-1 DISPATCHERS WHO ANSWER THE CALL FIRST T CALMLY AND WITHOUT HESITATION. EVERY SINGLE DAY, THEY ARE THE STEADY VOICE ON THE OTHER HAND OF THE LINE DURING SOMEBODY'S WORSE MOMENTS. WHETHER IT'S A LIFE-THREATENING, EMERGENCY, A CRIME IN PROGRESS OR A CALL FOR HELP, WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS THERE, THEY ARE THE FIRST ONE THAT HEARS IT. THEY'RE TASKED WITH TURNING THE EXTRAORDINARY, TURNING CHAOS INTO COORDINATION AND UNCERTAINITY INTO IMMEDIATE ACTION. SO TO OUR 9-1-1 DISPATCHERS TODAY, WHILE WE'RE AT THE END OF THE WEEK, I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT WE SEE, YOU WE VALUE YOU, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAIVERING DEDICATION. YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE APTITUDE TO PERFORM TEDIOUS WORK UNDER HIGH STRESS AND EMOTION BLENDED WITH EMPATHY AND NOT EVERYONE CAN DO THAT. SO THIS WEEK IS A REMINDER THAT PUBLIC SAFETY BEGINS WITH THE VOICE ON THE LINE AND THOSE VOICE RIGHT SIDE THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WORK AND SOON TO BE DOING THE WORK. CONGRATULATIONS, IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB, IT IS AN EASY TEST TO TAKE THIS JOB. SO KNOW THAT WE ABSOLUTE YOU FOR IT. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I RECOGNIZE YOU KEEPING THE CITY SAFE WITH YOUR RECOGNITION. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH PADILLA. EVERYBODY SHOULD STAND AND GIVE THESE FOLKS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: YES, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I JUST TOURED THIS PAST WEEK, AND I FOUND OUT THAT OUR 9-1-1 PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE OUR PHONE CALLS, THEY'RE PAID HOURLY. AND THEY WORK 12-HOUR SHIFTS. THIS IS A JOB THAT YOU CAN GET RIGHT AFTER GOING, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE, AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. IT'S AN 18-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM. THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WORKING HOURLY, THEY COME TO OUR CITY, THEY WORK ACROSS THE STREET AND ON TOP OF THAT THEY'RE ASKED TO PAY FOR PARKING WHICH IS $180 FROM AN HOURLY PAY. IF YOU WORK HOURLY, YOU KNOW THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND WITH THE DENSES CALLS AND INVOLVES. SOMETIMES WE HAVE HARD DAYS HERE AND SOMETIMES I WANT TO GO HOME AND EAT A BURRITO. THESE PEOPLE WORK 12 HOURS A DAY WITH NO RECOGNITION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT YOU, YOU'RE THE FRONTLINES AND YOU'RE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, JUST LIKE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA POINTED OUT, AND WE NEED TO YOU STAY AND WE NEED MORE OF YOU AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT YOU. WE HOPE FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP YOUR PARKING ISSUES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE ALL SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. AS A LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY, WE KNOW THAT MOMENTS WHEN PEOPLE ARE THEIR MOST AFRAID, THEY'RE MOST TERRIFIED, MOST CELEBRATE, THEY DON'T CALL A COUNCILMEMBER, THEY CALL THE 9-1-1 AND YOU ARE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY GET REPRESENTING OUR CITY AND ALL OF OUR FOESSER, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE, EVERY CITY STAFF MEMBER, YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON THAT THEY TALK TO BEFORE THEY ACCESS THE SERVICES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WOULDYOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM AND SLASH OR IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. TODAY BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE ITEM OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AS PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN SATISFIED FOR ALL THE OTHER ITEMS AND THEY'VE BEEN VOTED ON AT COMMITTEE, YOU'LL HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 14, IT IS A CALTRANS GRANT AND IT IS RELATED TO LITTER AND GRAFFITI ABATEMENT. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE AND AND UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS MAY SPEAK TO ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY JURISDICTION, YOU CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 14 THAT IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC XOMENT TODAY. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THE FIRST ON ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE, IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST PURSUANT TO THE ADA WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SO NOW IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU CALLED UNDER, CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO IS THE SERGEAN CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT WIRELESS MICROPHONE. FINALLY, IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT COMMENT PERIOD, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOUR NAME IS CALLED BEFORE LINING UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO START CALLING UP, MARTIN, RHONE' G, ESTRELLA, STELLA, JUMBO AND BOBO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, PINCHE PUT OS. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, FUCKEN FAGS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE ASSHOLES. >> Speaker: NOW THE GOAT HEARDER, HE THEY'RE LOOKING TO CLEAN UP THE VALUE BUT --VALLEY, BUT THERE ARE DUMP WHOLE THAT NEEDS TO CLEAN UP. >> City Attorney: YOU KNOW THE RULES, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU RELATE TO TO THE ITEM 14. IT'S A GRANT ITEM. >> Speaker: IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNITY CLEAN UP, DICK HEAD, I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YOU CONTINUE TO FUCK UP MY ONE MINUTE. JUST LET ME CONTINUE MY ONE MINUTE. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. >> Speaker: HEY, SMOKING SCAN, SEE HOW I PROTEST. >> City Attorney: OKAY, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW TO MY NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS FUCKEN KOREAN WHO EATS DOG, TRIES TO SILENCE ALL OF YOU HERE, HE DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS. I WAS TALKING ABOUT CLEAN UPS, LIKE IN THE LEE AREA AND BALD HEADED IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD AND THE OTHER BITCH THAT HANDLES VENICE BEACH. AND IF YOU REALLY CARED, THIS CITY WON LOOK LIKE A HENA AND IT WOULD NOT A DUMP. IT'S OKAY TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL, BUT GOD HATES YOU. JUST LIKE YOU GROAT, GOD HATES YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE A PART OF THE PROBLEM. YOU ARE THE NARRATIVE, NO, I'M THE NARRATIVE, I CONTROL THE MIC, I CONTROL THE FLOOR, FUCK YOU LEE, CLEAN UP YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. TO EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE IF YOU'RE NEW OR IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE LANGUAGE THAO IS USED AND WE DO NOT CONTROL WHAT MR. HERMAN OR ANY OF THE SPEAKERS SAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND AGAIN WE'RE SORRY. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: HELLO MY NAME IS MARTIN, BACK IN 2022, I WAS SHOCKED TO READ AN ARTICLE DETAILING THE ALABAMA'S PART MRIEZ FOR00 --HYNDAY, AND KIA, WE APPLAUD COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR INTRODUCING THESE IMPORTANT ACTIONS. GIVEN THE REPORT OF CHILDREN WORKING AT HUNDAY AND KIA, DO NOT SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF PRACTICES. WE URGE TO YOU SUPPORT THESE RESOLUTIONS AND MOTION AS WELL AS CALIFORNIA BILL 1245 THAT AIMS TO PROVENT GOODS THROUGH FORCED LABOR FROM ENTERING CALIFORNIA SYSTEM AND ALSO REINFORCE THE STATE'S COMMITMENT TO ETHICAL PURCHASING. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: SO I HALL MY BUTT HERE, EVERY DAY, MAKING THE SAME REQUEST TO DO A MILITARY LEVEL INVESTIGATION OF PUBLIC MISCONDUCT. I REMEMBER, PUBLIC. ANY CONFIDENCETIAL COMMUNICATION WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING. AND IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE THIS HIGHEST LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, PLEASE GIVE A REASON WHY NOT. THE POLICE ARE REFUSING TO DO SERIOUS INVESTIGATION AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS REFUSING TO PUT A CUEDS CRIMINALS IN OPEN COURT. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, SIP S MICHAEL ACKERMAN, CARCDIDO AND MARK F. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, TEE COUNCIL, I WANT TO WISH YOU A GOOD WEEKEND AND I WANT TO COMMEND BLUMENFIELD FOR DOING A GOOD JOB. AND I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE NEW PARK THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND YOUR HARD WORK INVOLVEMENT IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY. YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND IT'S PAID OFF. AND THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AS A COUNCILMAN. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: MORNING SIR. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 14 AND PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 14 I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU START WITH THAT ITEM AND THEN ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: CANNEDIDO, FORMER MEMBER OF THE RANCH SPECIFIC PLAN. YES, I GO THAT FAR. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THESE PHOTOS TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN PROVIDE THEM TO THE SERGEANT AFTER YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WONDERFUL. YOU KNOW, JUST A QUICK COMMENT, GRANADA *, YOU HAVE TO GO THERE, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITIES. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK THAT IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: ABSOLUTELY, 14, IS ABOUT STREETS AND CLEANING, HE IS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU, YOU FOLKS DON'T BELIEVE ME, THIS IS WHAT RESEDA LOOKS LIKE, JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM PORTER, FROM GRANADA HILLS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREET CLEANING. LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. LET ME SHOW YOU THE SIZE OF THE WEEDS THAT IS GOING TO MAKE PORTER RANCH THE NEXT PALISADES. YOU THINK I COME HERE JUST TO BITCH, THAT'S THE TRUTH WHAT IS HAPPENING. PUBLIC COMMENT NOW, PLEASE. IF I MAY. YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN IN THE MOTOR HOME WHO I TALKED ABOUT WHO WAS ON RESEDA BOULEVARD, % THE POLICE HAD TO CHASE HIM, HE FLIPPED OVER AND HE WAS ARRESTED BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS PARKING ON RESEDA BOULEVARD WHERE ALL OF THIS IS TAKING PART. LAST WEEK, A YOUNG MAN DIED. HIS NAME WAS KEVIN. DO YOU KNOW WHO KEVIN IS? DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHO KEVIN IS, HE DIED ON THE SAME SPOT WHERE THERE IS NO PARKING BUT YET YOU CONTINUE TO ALLOW PARKING. DO YOU KNOW WHY HE DIE? WHY DID KEVIN HAVE TO DIE AT THE SAME SPOT WHERE U SHOULD HAVE STOPPED, THE ILLEGAL PARKING EVERY NIGHT. I HAVE 7 SECONDS, JOHN I LOVE YOU BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THIS UP. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. MR. CANNEDIDO, YOU NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE SPEAKER. AT THIS TIME, YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEET. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, LAURA V, JESSE V, ELLIE A, JIM G AND ROMANS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. >> Speaker: I'M HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL FOR PROTECTING TRANSGENDER. AS SOMEBODY WHO RECEIVED THIS CARE AS A TEEN, I CAN SAY THAT IT SAVED LIVES. TRANS KIDS ARE CHILDREN OF GOD, THEY ARE LOVED, THEY ARE LOVED AND WORTHY AND EXCELLENCE AS THEY ARE. THEY ARE NOT BROKEN, AND THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE ERASED OR FIXED. IN JUDYISM, IF SOMEBODY PROTECTS A CHILD'S LIFE, IT'S CONSIDERED SACRED WORK. JEWISH TEACHING ALSO SAYS THAT EVERY PERSON IS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, WHICH MEANS EVERY HUMAN LIFE CARRIES DEFINE WORTH AND THAT COMMANDMENT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR INCLUDES TRANSGENDER. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD AFRNTION I'M BOB RYE I'M A MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENT AT USC AND A FORMER COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. IN MY WORK, I HAVE GOTTEN TO SEE HOW HOUSING AND STABILITY LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND, REALLY DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE CAN BE STAY ROOTED, WHETHER OR NOT CHILDREN HAVE STABILITY AND WHETHER OR NOT OUR COMMUNITIES BREAK APART OR NOT. WHAT STOOD OUT, THAT EVEN UNDER THIS PRESSURE WITH RISING COSTS AND ICE RAIDS, OUR NEIGHBORS STILL SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER. BUT WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT COMMUNITIES TO CARRY THAT WEIGHT ON THEIR OWN. I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO URGE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE HOUSING POLICIES ON THE AGENDA WITH STRONGER TENANT PROTECTIONS, RENT CONTROL AND ESPECIALLY DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES THAT CENTER THE RESIDENTS AND LEADERS OF OUR HISTORICALLY POWERFUL COMMUNITIES. I REALLY THINK THAT WE HAVE A FOUNDATION HERE TO BUILD ON AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE RESILIENT AND POWERFUL. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BOTH ITEMS. THE ONLY ITEM AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR ITEM 14 AND ONE FOR GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. >> Speaker: YES, I DO APPROVE THIS. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WE ONLY GET A GRANT TO REMOVE GRAFFITI. I'M IN SUPPORT, THERE IS BIG EVENTS AND WE DON'T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE THAT OUR CITY IS UNFORTUNATELY, FILLED WITH GRAFFITI. ON MY COMPUTE HERE, ALL I SAW WAS GRAFFITI, GRAFFITI, GRAFFITI AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, WE'RE A BETTER CITY THAN THAT. AND IS HOPE THAT WE CAN FIX IT AND NOT JUST NEED A GRANT TO FIX IT. I'LL MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE REASON I'M HERE IS I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THREE OUT OF THE 15 COUNCIL MEMBERS. UNFORTUNATELY, NOBODY HAS RESPONDED TO MIZ EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, VOICE MAILS, IT'S ATROCIOUS, VERY ATROCIOUS, I WORKOUT IN WARNER CENTER AND MR. BLUMENFIELD, I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE, IN MR. BLUMENFIELD'S DISTRICT AND I SHOP IN MR. LEE'S DISTRICT AND AS A CONSTITUENT, ALL WE WANT IS RESPECT. WE'RE NOT SOME LOWLY LIFE PEOPLE. I WENT TO UNIVERSITY, I'M AN ACTUAL CSUN ALUMNI, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT. AND I'LL KEEP COMING HERE. I NEED ANSWERS, I LIVE OUT IN CALABASAS, THEY KNOW ME BY FACE AND I GET RESPONSES WITHIN MINUTES TO CONCERNS THAT I HAVE. I DON'T WANT TO, BAD MOUTH L.A. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M TERRY I'M FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND MASTERS STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND CHARTERS ALUMN. IN THE MORNING, I PASS A VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING WHICH WAS ONCE A CHURCH BUT BURNT DOWN IN JANUARY. IN THE FRONT, THERE IS A HOMELESS MAN THAT RESIDES THERE EVERY MORNING. A FEW DAYS AGO, THE L.A. COUNTY DECLARED HOUSING UNSECURITY AS A HOUSE HADING CRISIS. I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A CRISIS AND I'VE SEEN AS STORIES SUCH AS MINE. AS WE CONTINUE TO SHOW THESE STORIES, I HOPE THE DECLARATION CONTINUES TO CREATE MORE DISCUSSION AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT LEADS TO ESTABLISH ADEQUATE TO MEASURES AND METHODS FOCUSED ON AFFORDABILITY AND MENTAL HEALTH AND MORE. CONVERSATIONS OF PREVENTION. PREVENTIONS OF INCIDENTS SUCH AS THE BURNT DOWN BUILDING. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, BRANDON, DUKE, DANNY G, SOTOSHI, VERONICA. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO HEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT AND SOCIAL WORK. I WENT TO USE THIS TIME TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING INSECURITY. WE KNOW THAT HOUSING STABILITY IS STRONGLY LINKED TO INCREASED CHALLENGES AND CHRONIC ILLNESS AND CONSISTENT CARE. MANY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ARE SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE INCOME JUST TO REMAIN HOUSED. THIS IS WHERE THE CITY PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE, RUN STABILIZATION AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ARE KEY OPPORTUNITIES. STRENGTHEN COORDINATION WITH SYSTEMS LIKE THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS AUTHORITY AND INVESTING IN PREVENTION STRATEGIES WITH HELP REDUCE HOUSING LOSS AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES. IT REQUIRES NOT RESPONSIBLE RESPONDING TO HOMELESSNESS BUT PREVENT TO GO STRONG POLICY. THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS STABILITY AND NOT JUST SURVIVAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HI MY NAME IS SRUN. >> City Attorney: AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT HOUSING COSTS. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINNESOTA FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO LIVING COSTS SUCH AS HOUSING KEEP GOING ON. WHEN I WENT TO PLACES JUST LIKE LAS VEGAS, I MET PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO I MET IN VEGAS, SAID THEY CANNOT EVEN AFFORD TO RETIRE IN L.A., EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE HERE. WHAT CAN L.A. DO TO MAKE IT THE MOST AFFORDABLE PARTS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE EVERYONE WHO COMES HERE, CAN ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS AND ACCOMPLISH ALL THEIR GOALS IN THE CITY IF THEY WANT TO WORK HARD. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? >> Speaker: LIONEL MARES SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL. FOR THE LAST YAE, I'VE ATTEND ITED EVERY CITY REFORM MEETING TO ADVOCATE FOR MY CITY. AND FOR THOSE CHOOSE VOICES GO UNHEARD. I'M COMMITTED TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY I LIVE N DISTRICT 6. AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. I HAVE SPOKEN AND SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF JUSTICE, FAIRNESS AND EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION. MY GOAL, HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR CITY'S GOVERNMENT AND STRUCTURE, AND MANY RESIDENTS MYSELF INCLUDED FEEL THAT OUR VOICES ARE NOT BEING FULLY HEARD. I STRONGLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PURSUE REFORMS TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M A AMY ATTENDED NEARLY EVERY CRC MEETING AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERY COUNCILMEMBER TO PUSH HARD FOR THE PRESENTATION TO COME TO THE COUNCIL. THE REPORT IS NOT GREAT AND THEY'RE HIDING A LOT OF THINGS IN THE LEGAL PORTION OF THE REFORMS, ESPECIALLY THE MAYORAL POWERS. THEY INCREASED THE MAYORAL POWERS INCLUDES LETTING THE MAYOR, SCHEDULE A SPECIAL AGENDA NIZ TIME THEY WANT WITHOUT LIMITATION. SO MAYOR COULD IN THEORY SPECIAL A SPECIAL AGENDA AND 15 MINUTES LATER, EVERY SINGLE TIME. THIS IS THE WOWEDER DOWN VERSION. ORIGINALLY THE MAYOR WAS GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO MAKE A MOTION WITHOUT A SECOND. WE ALSO NEED MORE THAN ONE DAY OF PUBLIC COMMENT IN ORDER TO DO THIS. SO PLEASE PUSH HARD, FIGHT BACK AND HEAR THE PRESENTATION AT THE FULL COUNCIL. YOU ALL DESERVE THE CHANCE TO TELL THEM HOW STUPID IT IS. >> Council President: BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, IF THERING ANYBODY ELSE, PLEASE LINE UP ON THE RIGHT. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE A MINUTE GO HEAD. >> Speaker: I'M ERIC AND I'VE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING RESPONSE TO ICE. AS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A MAJOR PROBLEM GOING ON WITH LAPD AND ICE. I SAID IT ON WEDNESDAY BUT NOW COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN IS BACK, SO I WANT TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME. ON TUESDAY AT THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSION MEET ING, MAY BE IMMIGRATION RELATED BUT NOT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. WE SUSPECTED IT BUT NOW THEY'VE SAID IT AND THAT'S WHY THEY'VE BEEN HELPING. AND THEY'VE BEEN HELPING. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, AND I KNOW YOU'RE RUNNING FOR MAYOR. IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT? WE'RE A SANCTUARY CITY BECAUSE LAPD DOES NOT HELP APPREHEND. BUT WHAT GOES INTO WHAT WE CONSIDER IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT? IT'S NOT ALL FAIR GAME? I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT. BUT THE LAPD SAID THEY'RE OPERATING AS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT. FIX THEM IF OUR POLICIES NEED TO BE FIXED. >> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO PASS ITEM 10, WHICH IS A CANNABIS ITEM. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE CANNABIS DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS. THAT NEEDS TO INCLUDE ALL NON STORE FRONT RETAIL TYPES TO INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION, AND MANUFACTURING AND TESTING BECAUSE TESTING IS ALSO IMPORTANT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST CULTIVATION AND DELIVERY AND LIMITING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION THAT THE PORTION PRO PORTS TO PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC. I WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO AMEND AND INSTRUCT TO LOOK AT ALL TYPES. THANKS, HAVE A NICE DAY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC DOCUMENT. --PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS VALLEY, I'M HERE WITH JOBS TO MOVE AMERICA TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT IN A MOTION INTRODUCED BY SOTO-MARTINEZ. JMA CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND FOUND CERTAINING PRACTICES WITHIN THE AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES INCLUDING IN THE HYUNDAI AND KIA AND UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS THAT HAVE LEAD TO PREVENTABLE WORKER DEATHS AT AUTO PART SUPPLIERS. AT A PRESS EVENT MARK MILLER WHO WORKED AT A HYUNDAI SUPPLIER SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE GETTING INJURED ON THE JOB. I WAS TRAINED MAYBE TEN MINUTES ON THE JOB. IF I COULDN'T DO MY JOB, THEY WOULD CALL THE CAMP AND REPORT IT. THE CAMP WRITE ME UP AND SEND ME BACK TO ONE OF THE DANGEROUS PRISONS. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THESE RESENT HORRIFYING PRACTICES FOUND. PLEASE SUPPORT THEM, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: AND MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE COME UP AFTER THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE, WELCOMING ANYBODY TO THE PODIUM WHO HAS NOT YET SPOKEN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, I'M GOING TO NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS CAN WE VOTE ON? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 14. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE MEMBERS HAVE CALLED SPECIAL? >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> Council President: YES, MEMBERS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ALL RIGHT, IF EVERYONE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS CAN RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS, ADJOURNMENTS, I WILL LOOK TO MY RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: GIVE ME ONE SECOND. CAN WE HAVE THE MEMBERS PLEASE COME UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS THAT I ASK TO ADJOURN IN HONOR OF DANICA SHER TON WHO PASSED AWAY IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SHE DEDICATED OVER A DECADE OF SERVICE AS A LIBERIAN, GING HER CAREER IN 2011 DURING A CRITICAL MOMENT. FOLGT RECESSION AND PASSAGE OF MEASURE L., PART OF FIRST WAVE. SHE BEGAN HER WORK AT THE LITTLE TOKYO BRANCH SERVE ISING WORKERS AND JAPANESE SPEAKING. YEAH A LOT OF GREAT PICTURES OF DANICA. FROM THE START, DANICA SHOWED COMMITMENT TO MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY WERE. INTO 2013 SERVED THE BRANCH AS A YOUNG LIBERIAN. THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE GIRLS CODE, SHE LEAD TO LEAD. I WAS PROUD TO JOIN CANADA'S RETIREMENT JUST LAST YEAR, BUT BEYOND INCOME TAXER SHE WAS SIMPLY A REMARKABLE PERSON. LAST YEAR, WHEN I JOINED THE SILVER LAKE TO OPEN A NEW PROGRAMMING THAT THEY HAD FOR YOUNG LEADERS, I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE CANADA DANICA THERE. SHE WAS TRULY JOYFUL AND YOU CAN TELL IT WAS JUST A THING SHE WAS PASSION ABOUT. AS YOU CAN TELL BIT PHOTOS, SHE WAS BY ALL ACCOUNTS ONE THE COOLEST PEOPLE YOU CAN MEET. SHE BUILT COMMUNITY WHERE EVER SHE WENT. WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY DANICA'S PARTNER KEVIN AND SISTER AND LONG TERM FRIEND LISA. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, WE HONOR HER SERVICE, HER SPIRIT AND THE JOY SHE BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD. HER LEGACY LIVES ON AND THE COUNTLESS YOUNG PEOPLE SHE INSPIRED AND THE PEOPLE SHE INSPIRED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: BEFORE. >> N. Raman: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, IF I CAN BE ADDED TO THE MOTION. THAT'S THE LIBRARY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOME AND SHE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF MY CHILDREN'S EXPERIENCE THERE. SO IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU I'M JOINED BIT FAMILY OF REV. JEFF JOSEPH SENIOR AND I RISE TO ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY. HE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 7th AT THE AGE OF 96. FOR MORE THAN 77 YEARS, PASTOR JOSEPH DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO MINISTRY, JUSTICE AND SERVICE. BORN IN JENNINGS LOUISIANA, HE ANSWERED HIS CALLING AT A YOUNG AGE AND BECAME AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT MARCHING ALONG REF A D KING AND STANDING JUST FEET AWAY FROM DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DURING THE HISTORIC MARCH. HE HELPED ADVANCE THE MOVEMENT, NOT ONLY THROUGH HIS PRESENCE BUT ACTION, RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT DR. KING'S WORK AND ORGANIZING EFFORTS IN LOUIE VILLE KENTUCKY WHERE HE USED HIS CHURCH FOR ORGANIZING. DESPITE THREATS AND ARRESTS, HE REMAINED STEADFAST AND HONORED WITH THE PEN USED TO SIGN THE KENTUCKY CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1966. IN 1967, HE BROUGHT THAT SAME COMMITMENT TO PACOIMA WHERE HE FOUNDED NEW HAVEN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, IT BECAME A PILLAR, PROVIDE BE NOT ONLY SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE BUT FOOD, SHELTER AND SUPPORT TO THOSE IN NEED. HE WAS A DE VOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER OF 13 A PATRIARCH OF A LANGUAGE FAMILY. PASTOR JOSEPH AS HIS FAMILY DESCRIBED A SILENT HERO, WHOB WHO DID NOT SEEK RECOGNITION BUT WHO'S IMPACT WAS DEEPLY FELT. TODAY WE HONOR HIS LIFE, HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY. MAY HE REST IN POWER AND PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER UP TO THE DESK. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, MEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR OFFERING THIS DAIS FOR TODAY. I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MY FATHER WOULD TAKE IT, HE MIGHT SAY, LET'S JUST GO IN THE BACK ROOM AND HE MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE DAIS. BUT HE'S NOT HERE TO OBJECT. I WANT THE FAMILY TO COME ON UP EVERYBODY. COME RIGHT UP HERE. ALL THE WAY UP. EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I ALSO WANT TO APOLOGIZE EVERYBODY IN THE VISITORS LINE TRYING TO GET INTO THE BUILDING. I'M SURE WE CLOGGED THAT UP WITH THOSE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHO COULD MAKE IT. THIS IS A SAMPLING OF MAX'S LEGACY. COLLEAGUES I RISE TODAY, WE RISE TODAY TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN HONOR OF WILLIAM KEVIN MATT McOSKER. IT'S WITH JOYFUL SADNESS THAT OUR MOTHER AND THE CHILDREN OF MAC ANNOUNCED THE PASSING ON THE EVENING OF EASTER SUNDAY, EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 5th, 2026. MAC LEFT A LIFE, LEFT THIS LIFE WHILE HE WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS CHILDREN, WE PRAYED AT HIS BEDSIDE, WE HELD HIS HANDS, WE CARESSED HIS HEAD AND HE DIED THE WAY HE LIVED, REALLY LOVING THOSE AROUND HIM JUST AS THEY LOVED HIM. MAC'S STORY BEGAN ON MARCH 6, 1938, BORN IN SAN PEDRO. THE THIRD CHILD OF ANNE AND WILLIAM PAUL WP McOSKER AND THE BELOVED BROTHER OF TWO OLDER SISTER, KATIE AND MARY PAT WHO NOW WELCOME HIM INTO HIS NEW LIFE. BORN AND RAISED IN PAOED RO --PEDRO, WHERE HE ALSO PASSED AND REMAINED A PROUD SAN PEDROIAN ALL HIS LIFE. HE'S PROUD OF SCORING THE FIRST BASKET FOR GREAT TRINITY WE ALSO TOLD HIM THAT WAS THE LAST BASKET. HE WENT TO MARY STAR AND SAINT MARY HIGH, HE CARRIED HIGH IN HIS HERITAGE. THROUGH HIS MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER WHO EMIGRATED FROM NEW ROSS IN COUNTY IRELAND HE CLAIMED IRISH CITIZENSHIP LATER IN LIFE AND VERY PROUD OF HIS IRISH CITIZENSHIP. HE IS SURVIVED A A DE VOTED WIFE AND STRONG, STRONG POWERFUL WOMAN. WHO REALLY WAS HIS STRENGTH THROUGH HIS MOST DIFFICULT TIMES. OUR MOM, PAT. NOT PA TRICIA, NOT PATTY, PAT. NOT TO BE MISTAKEN BY HER SON PAT. AND HER FIVE CHILDREN, OUR ELDEST BROTHER AND HIS ELDEST SON MIKE, PASSED UNEXPECTED IN 2019 AND YOU HONORED HIM HERE, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. MIKE NOW GREETS HIM WITH A LOVING EMBRACE. AFTER THE GREAT FORTUNATE WHICH PROBABLY SAVED OUR FATHER'S LIFE OF MARRYING OUR MOM, MAC JOINED THE FAD BEGINNING A LIFELONG CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE, BEING PROUD OF FIRE FIGHTER, NOT A ENGINEER P NOT A CAPTAIN NOT A CHIEF, FIRE FIGHTER FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO RAISE HIS FAMILY, HE WAS PROUD OF HIS UNION, PROUD OF HIS JOB AND HE, TRIED TO TEACH US THE VALUE OF SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS AND SERVICE. TWO OF HIS SONS FOLLOWED HIM INTO FIRE FIGHTING WHO YOU KNOW, MIKE GOD REST HIS SOUL AND PAT WHO CARRIED ON HIS PRIDE IN THE UNION AND ADVANCED THE UNION FORWARD. AS DID TLAOEF HIS GRANDCHILDREN AS FIREFIGHTERS. THOSE WHO HAD HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING MAC, THERE IS A LOT OF THEM, REMEMBER A MAN OF DEEP KINDNESS, OFTEN EXPRESSED THROUGH HIS SELF DEPRECATING HUMOR, HE HAD A RARE GIFT OF PUTTING PEOPLE AT EASE INSTANTLY WERE AT EASE AND RECOGNIZED HIS WARMING, GENEROSITY, AND HIS OPEN HEART. HIS PRESENCE WOULD SAY, HE WOULD COME INTO A ROOM OR BE WITH SOMEBODY, HIS PRESENCE WOULD I SAY, RELAX, I'M ON YOUR SIDE, WE'LL SHARE A FEW LAUGHS, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY. HE WAS JUST A VERY GOOD MAN. HE WAS OUR DAD, WE LOVED HIM VERY MUCH, HE WAS OUR GRANDPA AND GREAT GRANDPA. HE WAS A BLESSING TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM. THAT BLESSING LIVES THROUGH A LARGE AND GROWING FAMILY SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY, EVERYONE WHO IS WITH US TODAY, 21 GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND MORE EXPECTED IN 2026. HIS LEGACY CARRIES THROUGH EACH OF THEM, SHAHVONN, CATRINA, DICLIN, EMITT, KECY, NEL A MIRANDA GARITY AMAN. CONLIN, NOREEN, SHELLA, A ANISSINGERA, LILA, CORE MAC, AID AN, RO ANYONE, FIN, AND IRELAND, GRNYA AND SHAY AND NEXT GENERATION, OMERA, KAHERA, SOLAN, REMY, CANEYA, A MIR, MAOEN A, SASHA, DANNY, A MALI, MICHAEL, AVA, AND THOSE THAT ARE SOON TO ARRIVE. WITH HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, MAC SHARED A RICH LIFE IN TRADITION, TRADITIONS AND IN JOYOUS, HE LOVED CAMPING TRIPS, MY MOM LOVED CAMPING TRIPS MORE THAN HIM. NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SATURDAYS, HIS MOM TAUGHT HIM THAT. SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO FOOTBALL WAS BOW HEARD FIGHTING IRISH AND LISTENED ON THE RADIO. HE LOVED NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL. AND INTRODUCTION TO GOSPEL OF GOVERNMENT. --GOLF, GOLF WAS THE WAY HE MINISTERED TO PEOPLE. IF HE WANT TODAY PLAY GOLF, HE KNEW THAT DURING THAT ROUND OF GOLF, YOU WERE GOING TO BECOME A BET PER PERSON. HE REALLY HAD A WAY OF CELEBRATING LIFE THAT JUST DREW PEOPLE IN INCLUDING HIS BELOVED DAUGHTERS AND SONS IN LAW, SHANNON AND CARLA AND CONNIE, RAJ, KERRY AND BREGE, SO PLEASE, PRAY FOR THE HAPPY REPOSE OF HIS SOUL. WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO CARE FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT HE LOVED, FROM PLACE OF LIGHT, FREEDOM AND JOY UNBOUNDED BY THIS WORLD AND FULL OF THE POSSIBILITIES IN THE NEXT HE AND WE, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. WE HIS HEARTBROKEN BUT GRATEFUL FAMILY. AND SO AS WE SAY, ETERNAL REST, GRANT ON TO HIM, AND MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM. THANK YOU, MEMBERS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER AND THANK YOU TO THE McOSKER FAMILY FOR JOINING US. AS WE AS A GREATFUL CITY, MOURN THE LOSS OF THE PATRIARCH OF ONE OF THE GREAT LOS ANGELES FAMILIES. MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND POWER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WITH THAT, MEMBERS, WE'RE ADJOURNED. Is we put $15 million to work in the city and a bunch of different places. So this is really just a continuation of that effort, and one that's really incredibly important. Empowering first responders to get to those places that they need to. And do the work. That's really necessary is incredibly important. From Venice Beach to the world, this iconic stretch of sand is gearing up for a global moment, taking center stage as an official fan zone for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Now, on July 11th, Venice Beach will transform into an all day celebration where the game meets the unmistakable Venice vibe. Live match viewing community driven soccer activations and immersive experiences that reflect the culture of this one of a kind. La neighborhood and of course, when the world shows up, you've got to feed it across Los Angeles, the city's dynamic culinary scene is ready to rise to the occasion. Local chefs are bringing their own stories to the table, inspired by the global spirit of the game, serving up fan favorite dishes that feel like home. Whether your team wins or loses on the pitch. Argentina champions of the world . There's a lot of excitement. Customers to call all the time. They're asking us if we're going to play the games. Yes, of course they all want to get together to watch the games. They're very excited. 36 years since Maradona and Mexico, you know, we're all going to be very close together watching from here shouting and yelling and clapping. But I am pretty sure Argentina is going to be going to the finals for sure. And the nation will tango all night long. We started in 1995 and we're still coming strong. You know, the food culture is very authentic in Argentina and we try to bring that over here. So good. When you sit at the table here, the first thing you get is the bread and the chimichurri sauce. Our tomato is very iconic. The second they sit here, it's like they're craving it. Most people want an empanada , whether they're from Argentina or they're from Alaska. It doesn't matter. I mean, that's. Number one. We all grew up in Argentina, basically eating beef for lunch and dinner and breakfast. Sometimes we're carnivores. The flavor is extremely simple. Our secret is that the beef is excellent. It has to be really good beef. We have the same butcher since we opened. The key is good quality and all we have to do is just add salt to it and go straight to the grill with our marinade. We don't put any weird sauces to it. One of the greatest football matches ever played. I watched the World Cup. Yes, of course I'm extremely excited. I really , really hope that Argentina goes to the final. We have a beautiful mural outside. Argentina is a world champion three times already, and I wonder if we're going to have to change it and make it for four now, which I'm sure will be happy to change it. We knew that the team was coming, but of course we couldn't tell a soul because otherwise a thousand people would have showed up. It is such an honor for us to have the national team come to our restaurant. It's incredible. We love sports, so now we are not only playing the Argentinian games, we're going to play in every single game that is played on live TV. I'm actually worried about the rest of them because when the game is on and the people are just watching it, they forget where they are. They think they are at the field, they start yelling, they start pounding, they start screaming. I hope the building stays safe. It could be really crazy. Vamos, vamos, vamos. Argentina Vamos, muchachos. Tenemos ganar. Vamos a hacer. Campeones Vamos vamos. There are so many careers and pathways that you can undertake to work in aviation. And a lot of people don't realize that you can be a planner. You can be an engineer. You can be a community relations specialist. You can also be a pilot or a mechanic. Anything that you want to do, you can look at it through the lens of aviation and eventually end up in an airport doing that . We are here at the Flyaway conference room for our second annual Van Nuys Airport Youth Leadership Airport Academy. This is a now annual and hopefully soon to be biannual program where high school students from around the San Fernando Valley learn about aviation operations , airport leadership, all the different facets of running an airport here in the San Fernando Valley. I am the leader and founder of my school's aviation club, so I wanted to learn more about the Van Nuys Airport so that I could bring lessons to my school and just spread the aviation knowledge. I see myself in the future being a pilot in the aviation industry. So when my school counselor reached out giving us the opportunity to join this camp, I was all in. I just hope that we're opening their eyes to all of the different career paths we have in aviation, and that we're all about sustainable fuel for the Jets. I think the most important thing to remember is that if you can't see it, you can't be. It Young people need to know that these jobs exist before they embark on their studies. It's a really wonderful opportunity, especially for our young people, because we need to learn more about how to prepare for our future. So this is a really wonderful opportunity, even if it's just joining a camp to see if it's something that you're interested in. I think you should take that first step and really immerse yourself in this environment, because it's a great opportunity that we've been given. We like to create a program like this that really brings kids into the airport and teaches them all the opportunities that are here. Here's a little history for you. Venice was founded in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney, who imagined a Venice of America complete with Italian style canals, gondolas and arched bridges. In its early days, Venice featured amusement piers, roller coasters, and even a miniature railroad, making it one of California's first major seaside resort destinations. You know, Venice has also been a filming hotspot for decades, most famously as the home of the hit TV show Baywatch and back here on the Sands of Venice Beach. The cameras are rolling once again. The return of Baywatch marks a new wave of major production hitting these shores, and L.A. bringing that unmistakable slow motion lifeguard sprint back to where it belongs. And in 2028, Venice Beach will take center stage as part of the summer Olympics, hosting some of the games most iconic endurance events. The triathlon, marathon and road cycling races will all pass through or begin along the legendary coastline, turning the boardwalk and shoreline into a global arena of competition. For a brief moment, the same sands known for LA Surf Culture will echo with the footsteps of the world's fastest athletes, blending global competition with the colors and chaos of Venice. At its peak and on the shoreline of Venice, a brand new kids playground is opening, bringing laughter, imagination and a fresh space for the next generation to play by. The Pacific. Today, after two years, the Venice Ocean View Playground is reopening. Three. Two. One. Woo! The Furtado and Venice couldn't be more excited to have it. Venice Beach is iconic. It's a tourist destination, so not only would the community enjoy this amenity, but so will all of the tourists that come visit us here in Los Angeles. Some of the things I think are so cool about this playground is that it has playground structure for the bigger kids and has a whole separate structure for the littler kids. This is great because she loves to swing and she's into gymnastics. So with the rubber down here, she can tumble and do flips and it's a great thing for her. My little gymnast. We homeschool so the kids don't necessarily have as many opportunities to kind of hang out with other kids. And play. Having this park actually, for our family means everything. We're going to probably be here every single day after we get done with school. It is a community hub for all of Venetian children, and the lack of a playground here for the last two years has hurt the businesses, and it's hurt the community. This amazing brand new playground is going to revitalize this corner of Venice. The kids couldn't be more excited. The parents couldn't be more excited, and the community has come together in a way that is just beautiful . We travel up and down the beach all the time and to have a place where she can play and swing, it's a good thing for the community. I want to do a special invitation to all the Angelinos as well as all of the tourists that visit Los Angeles to really visit iconic Venice Beach. Come and explore the playground. One of the things we're most happy about in Venice is that everybody is accepted, and you can just be who you