PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULE MEETING YOUR CITY COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. MADAM 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. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 7, 202. 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER SECONDS. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS OF APPROVAL. >> Council President: MOVED AND SECOND. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: IT'S TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: PLEASE FOLLOW MR. LEE. SKLAO*E, I PLEDGE A MRAOEJ --ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OB JEBING. >> Clerk: ITEM 1 IN THE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 2 AND 3 HAVE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. TRANSPORTATION REPORT HAS BEEN POSTED TO COUNCIL FILE 20-05, 0504. 3 THROUGH 0 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. PERMANENT RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY EERC. THERE IS ALSO A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 44 TO TUESDAY DECEMBER 2 IN ORDER TO PROPER LY AGENDIZE THIS ITEM. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. AND BEFORE WE GO TO SPECIALS, MEMBERS, I WANT TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS, IT IS MY HONOR TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WELCOME A VERY SPECIAL GUEST WITH US TODAY. IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IT IS OUR NEW COUNSEL GENERAL IRELAND, HIGGINS KNEE CANEDA AND IT A NICE LITTLE ASIDE, IF YOU ANGLOSIZE CANEGA IS KENNEDY. LE GENERAL CONSUL HIGGINS, MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS DEPUTY HEAD OF MISSIONS IN MEXICO AND WE KNOW WHEN A DEEP TIE WE HAVE THE MEXICAN PEOPLE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. AND SINCE JOINING THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2012, HELD A NUMBER OF DISTINGUISHED POST, INCLUDING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RESOLUTION UNIT, WE MIGHT HAVE ONE OR TWO HERE WITH US AND NATIVE OF DUBLIN HOLDS DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND CALLED TO THE IRISH BAR IN 2014. SHE IS FLUENT IN BOTH IRISH AND SPANISH AND BASED IN OUR MEETING TODAY, IN ENGLISH AND BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE ROLE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO CONSUL GENERAL, HIGGINS KNEE CANEDA AND LOOK FORWARD TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONS WITH IRELAND. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CONSUL GENERAL. WE THANK YOU FOR VISITING US IN CITY HALL TODAY. ALL RIGHT, SPECIALS MEMBERS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO ON QUEUE? >> YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 29 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 29. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE 30 AND 31 FOR TWO WEEKS AND 29 SPECIAL FOR SEPARATE VOTE AND ITEM 40 FOR COMMENTS PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: YES THANK YOU. ITEM 14, I HAVE AN EMOTION. ITEM 43 SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND A MINOR ADD AND THEN ON THE RSO ITEM, I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MINORITY REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. ALL RIGHT, MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. ON ITEM 14, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT WHICH IS BEING CIRCULATED AND ON ITEM 47, I ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT WHICH IS ALSO BEING AMENDED. I WILL ASK THAT ITEM 21 BE SENT FORWARD WITHOUT OBJECTION, WHEN IT PASSES. >> Council President: MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: CAN I ASK FOR SEPARATE VOTE FOR 48. >> Council President: 4-8 FOR MR. LEE. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YES, I'D LIKE TO CALL TEN SPECIAL, I WANT TO CONTINUE UNTIL TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2. >> Council President: WHICH ITEM AGAIN? >> I. Padilla: ITEM 10. >> Council President: 10, 1-0. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 8 GIVEN THIS I SIT ON METRO BOARD. >> Council President: GOT IT. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: SAME AS MS. YAROSLAVSKY PLEASE. >> Council President: OKAY, ON 4-8? >> I. Padilla: CORRECT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: OUT OF A BUNEDS --ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 47 BECAUSE I'M A LANDLORD AND ITEM 48. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID ALL ITEMS ARE GOING FORTHWITH TODAY? >> >> Council President: YES. >> N. Raman: AND I MAY HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON 41 BUT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, SO WE'LL PULL ITEM 21 OUT OF THE BUNDLE? ANY OTHER SPECIALS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEM ARE BEFORE US AT THIS TOIM? >> Clerk: YES AND JUST TO CONFIRM 30 AND 31, CONTINUATION TWO WEEKS SO THE DAY BACK IS DECEMBER 2, 2025. 15 THROUGH 17, 19 AND 20. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE CLOSE SESSION YA*Z BUDGET AND FINANCE APPROVED ITEM 61 I RECOMMEND WE PROOF THE ITEMS. 6 9 AND 70 WERE WAVED BY THE BNF COMMITTEE UNLESS MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL THEM FOR DISCUSSION IN CLOSED. >> Council President: WE'VE GOT TO READ THE ITEMS INTO RECORD. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, YES FOR 51 THROUGH 68. 51 IN THE CASE OF GILBERT O VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $250,000. NUMBER 69, FOR 53 IN THE CASE MITTSSU VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $135,335.94. FOR ITEM 54 GEORGE AYALA, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION EXPEND UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 55, OLIVIA VERSUS CITY LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 56 IN THE CASE ENTITLED JOHN KIM VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $340,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 37, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 305,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 58 MARIANA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $500,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 59, THERE IS A RECOMMEND A ITION TO EXPEND UP TO 135,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 60 JOSE REYEZ VERSUS JORDAN MARTIN ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO UP TO 208,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 61 RA MA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS, THERE A RECOMMEND ATION TO EXPEND UP TO $200,000. FOR ITEM 62 RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT. 63 JOSE VERSUS CITY LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP $270,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 64, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 65 IN THE CASE DANLA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 66 DENA RENE MAC, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP $295,000. FOR ITEM 67. AND 68, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $125,000 IN SETTLEMENT. COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON THESE ITEMS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TAULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Council President: AND JUST FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE GOT A HEAVY AGENDA TODAY INCLUDING, WE'RE OPENING UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON WHIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSS IN COMMITTEE SEVERAL TIMES AND WE HAVE A HEAVY AGENDA SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL 11:00 AM THIS MORNING, SO THAT GIVES ABOUT 35 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDE BE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE PER AGENDA ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES. WHEN SPEAKINGON YOUR AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU DO NOT STAY ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL FORFEIT THE REST YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, 21 THROUGH 29, 32 THROUGH 43, 45 THROUGH 0 AND 69 THROUGH 71. SO AGAIN THE ONLY ITEMS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WHY ITEMS NUMBER 1, 21 THROUGH 29, 42 THROUGH 43, 45 THROUGH 50 AND 69 THROUGH 71. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE MEMBERS MAY SPEAK TO ANY ITEMS OR ANYTHING IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THE FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES TO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU REQUIRE OR HAVE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST PURSUANT TO THE ADA WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE, PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT KNOW WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THE HAND HELD MICROPHONE. YOU CAN DO SO BY RAISING YOUR HAND AND GETTING THE ATTENTION OF ONE OF THE SERGEANT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IN ORDER TO --ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED BEFORE YOU LINE UP. THE NAMES ARE CALLED ADD RANT OM, THAT MEANS THEY'RE RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, YOU CAN LINE UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBERS AND WAITING OUTSIDE. SO AFTER YOU PROVIDE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, IF YOU EXIT THE ROOM, IT ALLOWS US TO ROTATE PEOPLE IN. WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL 11:00 O'CLOCK, THANK YOU. >> I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, VONN WHEELER, GEORGE, MALAKI, ANA SHARON, GLORIA AND LINDA REPKA. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING YVONNE MILLER. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 21. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON CAN DISTINGUISHED DAWSON. I'M YVONNE AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF FEDERATION OF LABOR AND I'M HERE IN UPDATIN LARS O. HOMELENESS HAS BEEN ACORNER STONE OF MY AGENDA FOR THE LOS ANGELES LABOR MOVEMENT. IT, IT USED TO BE, IT USED TO BE WHEN YOU AND YOUR MEMBERS COULD LIVE WHERE YOU WERE, THAT SALAD THAT NO LONGER EXIST. RUNAWAY HOUSING COSTS SKYROCKET RENTS. A UNION COMPANY FOUND AT 15 PERCENT LIVE IN THEIR CARS. ANOTHER STUDY SHOW THAT FAST-FOOD WORKERS ARE HOUSING INSECURE. AND DURING LAST YEAR LABOR SUMMER, WHEN OVER 100,000 MEMBERS WENT ON STRIKE, CENTRAL ISSUE ACROSS EVERY ONE THOSE FOITS WAS HOUSING. IF OUR UNION MEMBERS WOULD GUARANTEE RAISES, CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE RENT, IMAGINE THOSE WITH BARGAINING AGREEMENT. IT COMES UP TO VALUES. DO WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE WHERE THEY WORK OR HAVE A VOICE IN THE CITY? THE LABOR MOVEMENT, BELIEVES BOTH THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE AND BE ABLE TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK. SO WE'RE URGING YOU AND WE'RE ALL IN ON LARSO TO VOTE 3 TO 4 PERCENT CAP WITH A 16 PERCENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 47 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> Speaker: FOR US THIS IS A A I SAFETY ISSUE. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF PASSIONATE ARGUMENTS BUT HOUSING IS SAFETY, HOUSING IS SECURITY. IF YOU'RE IN A VIOLENT HOME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING ABLE TO MOVE OR HAVING TO STAY IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. FOR US, WE WORK 70 TO 80 HOURS A DAY FOR PRODUCTION, THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO DRIVE EXTRA FOUR HOURS AFTER WORK IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO LIVE AROUND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SO FOR A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS, MOST OF THE THE DEATHS THAT OCCUR IN OUR INDUSTRY OCCUR IN THAT DRIVE HOME. SO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BY MAKING IT AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE NEAR THEY WORK. AS PRESIDENT WHEELER MENTIONED IN LABOR, WHEN WE ARGUE, WHEN WE NEGOTIATE NEW CONTRACT, WE CAN NEGOTIATE ABOUT A 3 PERCENT INCREASE. SO 3 TO 4 PERCENT CAP ON HOUSING WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT WITHIN WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH OUR CONTRACTS. IF TT BEYOND THAT, OUR MEMBERS WILL FALL BACK MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR. I URGE YOU TO VOTE ON A 0 TO 3, 4 PERCENT CAP. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 47 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS GEORGE, AND I'M A MEMBER OF LOCAL, WE'RE BROADLY UAW REPRESENTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS IN NONPROFIT AND MANUFACTURING WORKING PLACES. WE'RE ASKING TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO KEEP L.A. HOUSED AND DOES NOT HAND THEM THEM BACK TO GREEDY CORPORATIONS. UAW ARE TENANTS TRYING TO MAKE THINGS MEET. ACROSS BOARD, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST REASONS IS TO BALLOON THE COST IN-HOUSING. CRITICS OF LARSO WILL SAY THAT RENT STABILIZATION IS NOT THE SOLUTION AND WE SHOULD INSTEAD BUILD MORE HOUSING. COUPLE ISSUES, FIRST WE CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. BUT MORE INSIDOUS IS THE PROBLEM IS WHEN WE LOOK AT WHO OWNS HOUSING UNITS IN L.A. AND WHO STANDS TO BENEFIT UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM HOUSING. IT'S THE CORPORATE LANDLORDS IN PRIVATE EQUITY AND TT THEM THAT WILL OWN THE CONTRACT, SOME OF THEM PERPETUALLY UNFINISHED, RUTING IN EMPTY HOMES AND EVERY INCREASING NUMBER ANGELINOS STRUGGLING TO KEEP RENT AND INCREASING NUMBER OF UNHOUSED FAMILIES. BECAUSE AT THE HARDEST ISSUE, WE SEE THE PLAGUE OF HOUSING, WHO'S ONLY PURPOSE IS PROFIT RATHER THAN A HUMAN RIGHT RESULTING IN CORPORATIONS TREATING L.A.S A GAME OF MONOPOLY. PASSING LARSO WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP IN FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF ANGELINOS AND FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE CORPORATE GREED THAT THREATENED OUR BELOVED TEE. AND WE ASK THAT THE COUNCIL JOINS US IN THIS FIGHT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP EDWARD FLORES, SUSAN LEE, JOHN KRISTENSON AND FRED SUDDEN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 47. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. GO A AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M GLORIA, I'M A RETIRED AND EXECUTIVE MEMBER LOCAL 99. JUST WANT TO INFORM YOU, WE REPRESENT MORE THAN 30,000 STUDENTS AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. AT THIS PRESENT TIME, IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE FOR WE AND THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS TO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES. PLEASE TAKE ALL OF THIS IN CONSIDERATION THIS WE ARE ONE. IN 2022 COMING TOGETHER, THE TEACHERS WE LEAD THE LARGEST EDUCATION STRIKE IN THE U.S. HISTORY, ALONG WITH OUR LABOR AND COMMUNITY COALITION, CAN THIS WAS A VERY TOUGH FIGHT. STILL, WITH THE COST OF LIVING, SKYROCKETING, WE CAN BARELY AFFORD TO KEEP FOOD ON OUR TABLES. SO PLEASE TAKE ALL THAT IN CONSIDERATION. AND AS I STAND HERE TODAY, THE INCREASE OF RENT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. PLEASE TAKE EVERY COMMENT THAT I'VE MADE TODAY, I LOVE L.A., THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, ITEM 47? >> Speaker: YES, I'M LINDA, 47 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR BOTH. >> Speaker: I'M A LIFELONG ANGELINO, AND I'VE RENTED FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS ALSO IN THE STAFF AND MEMBER OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIAN UNION. I'M HERE BECAUSE THE HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT THREATENING NOT JUST MY ABILITY TO LIVE HERE BUT THOUSANDS OF MUSICIANS WHO WORK AND LIVE IN L.A. CITY. HIGH RENT FORCES THEM TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING RENT OR FEEDING THEMSELVES. SOME HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MOVE TO AFFORDABLE AREAS AND HAVING TO FORCED TO COMMUTE. NEED RENT STABILITY TO SUSTAIN THEIR CAREERS AND KEEP MUSICAL ARTS HERE IN LOS ANGELES. TO BETTER SERVE ALL TENANTS IN NEED OF RELIEF AND CAP THE INCREASE AT 3 PERCENT BECAUSE NONE OF US CAN AFFORD TO WAIT, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: ITEM 48, THE GONDOLA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M A ALVERA MERCHANT, WE'VE BEEN THERE 93 YEARS, WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A COMMUNITY JUST LIKE THE CHINA TOWN COMMUNITY THAT WAS MISPLACE FOR THE UNION TRAIN STATION PROJECT, THEY'RE NOW BEING THREATENED ON THE OLVERA, THIS GONDOLA STATION AND THE PROJECT HAS NO PLACE BEING PLACED IN THE OLVERA AREA. THIS DOES NOT BELONG THIS AND TT BEING FORCED IN OLVERA STREET. THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IT'S A GONDOLA TRANSPORTING FROM UNION STATION TO DODGER STATION AND TT NOT FOR THE PURPOSE. PLEASE REJECT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: ITEM 47 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> Speaker: WILL ALL HOUSING PROVIDERS PLEASE STAND UP. WE ASK THAT YOU OPPOSE, REJECT ORB TRAYER' MAGIC NUMBERS. THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A STUDY, WE PUT A PEER REVIEW THAT STUDY, DECADES OF RESEARCH AND LITERATURE. AT LEAST THAT EXERCISE WAS ROOTED IN DATA. THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS FORMULA, IS THAT NINE OUT OF 400 IN CALIFORNIA HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR. THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA SHOULD NOT BE LEADING THE LEAD OF CUDAHY WAS STUDY. THIS WILL NOT CREATE A SINGLE NEW HOME BUT MAKE IT HARDER TO BUILD. MAKING THE HOUSING CRISIS HARDER. YOU CANNOT PAY BELOW INFLATION WHILE COST MAINTENANCE AND COMPLIANCE CONTINUE TO RISE. WILL THE CITY PEG DWP RATES OR TRASH FRANCHISE FEES TO THE SAME FORMULA? I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION? WHY WOULDN'T YOU DO IT? LEADERSHIP REQUIRES FACTS AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS BET FOR THE CITY. YOU CANNOT CLAIM TO BE PRO HOUSING WHOIL WHILE PUSHING REGULATIONS THAT ARE ANTI HOUSING PROVIDER. REJECT THIS PROPOSAL AND REJECT ANY MAGIC NUMBERS THIS WILL DEEPEN OUR HOUSING CRISIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: ITEM 48. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING FOR 48, I'M A COUNSEL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNSEL. I'M HERE AS FOUNDER OF STOP GONDOLA. AFTER YEARS OF EMPTY PROMISES AND GREEN WASHING, IT TIME TO PUT THIS TO REST. LET'S GET REAL, IF A GONDOLA, THEY HAVE THE DUMBEST TRANSPORTATION. AND McCOURT IS NOT EVEN PAYING FOR IT. YOUR KIDDING YOURSELF, BIGGEST FAIRYTALE IS THE WHEN THE PROBABLYING EKT STILL HAS NO FUPDING PLANSMENT METRO HAS A REASON TO DO THAT TONIGHT. CUTTING CORNERS ON CONSTRUCTION. PLEASE PUT THE INTEREST OF CORD PEOPLE BEFORE SPECULATOR. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP JESS CAN BOONE, DANNY GARFIELD, MEG, DAVID EVANS, JEFF PALMER AND CHRIS CRAIG. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: ITEM 48, I'M SUSAN, MY LATE HUSBAND WAS A MEMBER OF THE YARDS ALLIANCE, A COALITION OF MANY ENVIRONMENT GROUPS THAT FOUGHT THE PROPOSAL FOR WAREHOUSES AT THE CORNFIELDS IN 1999 AND 2000 AND NOW TT A HISTORIC PARK. THE PARK IS FULL OF THE HISTORY OF L.A. THE SANTA MADRE, MOTHER DITCH WHICH IS BUILT BY THE GABRIELINO INDIANS, CARRIED WATER. THE SANTA FE STATION, IS THERE. THE HAND CHISEL STONES THAT LINE THE WALKWAY, HAS BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE STATE HISTORIC PARK. SO NOW MR. McCOURT, ANOTHER REAL ESTATE MOGUL WANTS ABOUT TWO ACRES, THE TWO ACRES YOU GO TO MORE THAN 6 PERCENT OF THE GREEN SPACE. AND ART IS A COLLECTIVELY PARK. YOU AND I HAVE STILL PAYING OFF THROUGH A BOND. SO NOW THE BOND IS CLOSE TO 100 MILLION DOLLARS. AND IF YOU LOOK UNDER THE HOOD MR. McCOURT'S PROJECT IT FULL OF PIE IN THE SKY PROMISES. MY GENERATION SAID NO TO THE WAREHOUSES, THIS GENERATION SAYS NO TO THE GONDOLA. PLEASE HELP US PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF COALITION, ROBERT GARCIA, ATTORNEY, ALYSSA BROWN, LOUIS McADAMS, FOUNDER OF L.A. RIVER. PLEASE HELP US SAVE AND PRESERVE THE LEGACY. SAY YES TO RESOLUTION THAT IS BEFORE YOU, ITEM 48. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: ITEM 48. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. JOI, I'M JOHN, I TEACH AND DO RESEARCH IN THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY AT UCLA AND I'M A FOUNDER OF THE L.A. PARKS ALLIANCE, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, JURADO AND SOTO-MARTINEZ'S RESOLUTION REQUESTING METRO NOT CERTIFY THE NEW EIR ON McCOURT'S PROJECT. THISEs A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO DIFFER TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO'S DISTRICTS WOULD BE DIRECT LOW IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT SINCE THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE NO BENEFITS FOR OTHER DISTRICT. THERE ARE FAR BETTER SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES OF BRINGING FANS FROM ALL OVER LOS ANGELES TO DODGER STADIUM. AND THE CITY IS NOW STUDYING THEM. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. HELLO WHICH ITEM DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON OPEN COMMENTS AND 47. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. PLEASE BEGIN WITH ITEM 47. >> Speaker: I'M GOOD MORNING I'M CD5 VOTER AND A MOM-AND-POPER IN A COMMUNITY WITH PERMISABLE RENT INCREASE THAT'S EQUITABLE TO THE ENTIRE FULL CPI. EVEN THOUGH OUR OPERATING COST ARE NOW KEEPING PACE WITH PERMISABLE RENT. SINCE COVID THEY'RE SKYROCKETING, THEY'RE GROWING 7 PERCENT FASTER THAN OUR RENTS. SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT PERMISSIBLE CPI WILL NOT WORK, OWNERS WILL THROW UP THEIR HANDS AND EXIT THE BUSINESS. FURTHER EX ACERBATING THE HOUSING CRISIS. PLEASE PRESERVE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, HELLO SPEAKER WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND ITEM 47. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: LET ME SET ASIDE MY LANDLORD DOGFIGHT. SEVERAL COUNCILMEMBERS MADE TWO OBSERVATIONS. PROPERTIES NEED A CASH FLOW TO STAY OPEN AND MOST TENANT INCREASES COME NOT FROM RSO BUT WHEN A TENANT MOVES OUT AND A UNIT GOES TO MARKET RENT. THOSE ARE FACTS. INCREASING THE RENT IS THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE CASH FLOW BUT IT BAD FOR RENTERS. IT EASY TO MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT IF LANDLORD EATS THE COST. BUT BUILDINGS HAVE TO CASH FLOW TO OPERATE. WE WANT THEM TO STAY OPEN. AS RESULT NEW RENTERS HAVE TO COVER THE DIS, IF ONE RENTER IS PAYING A OWNER LOSS, ANOTHER OWNER HAS TO PAY THAT MUCH MORE. IT A THREE-WAY BALANCING ACT BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND LONG TERM RENTERS AND NEW INCOMING RENTERS. WE SQUEEZE MONEY OUT OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND RUN IT THROUGH GROUP LONG TERM RENTERS. IT'S NOT JUST THE LANDLORD. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN RANGE THEIR JOBS. AND ANYONE WHO WANTS MOBILITY IN THE CITY LOS ANGELES. I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS. EXPENSES IS STILL WELL. AND IF YOU WANT A BUILDING TO STAY OPEN, IT IS NOT THE LANDLORD, IT ALL OF THE ABOVE. I URGE YOU TO MAKE CALCULATIONS BASED ONLY ON STANDARD CPI. IF THEY POSE A LOSS, TENANTS MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: ON ITEM 47 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR BOTH. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MONTHS AGO, THEY ORDERED A REPORT ON RSO. FINDING THE REPORT CONCLUSIONS TO BE OUT OF STEP AND IGNORE THE ADVISE THEY PAID FOR AND PUSH THROUGH CHANGES THEY THOUGHT WOULD MAKE THEM LOOK BETTER. FOR THOSE WHO DO CARE, I SHARE A WARNING. IF YOU CHANGE RSO, AS PROPOSED, YOU WILL REDUCE HOUSING SUPPLY FOR THE WHOLE CITY. WHICH MEANS THE PRICES WILL INCREASE FOR THE WHOLE CITY. AND THE PEOPLE WHO PAY FOR THE INCREASE ANYBODY WHO MONTHS, PEOPLE LIKE STUDENTS AND GROWING FAMILIES AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. THE CHANGE OF THE RSO, DOES NOT FORCE HOUSING PROVIDERS TO SUBSIDIZE TENANTS BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, YOUR OWN STUDY EXPLAINS THIS PROBLEM. AND MOST RSO ARE OWNED BY FAMILY OWNERS. LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM, THIS ROOM, THIS ROOM IS NOT FILLED WITH FACES CORPORATIONS, IT PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT EVERYTHING THEY CAN INTO PROVIDING FOR THEIR FAMILIES. IF YOUR ANSWER TO THEM IS THAT OWNERS CAN USE A JUST AND REASONABLE TO INCREASE RENT, I WOULD ENCOUNTER THAT JNR IS DESIGNED NOT TO WORK. IT REQUIRES ACTUAL PHYSICAL PAPERWORK LIKE OLD TAXES AND CHECKS. BEFORE YOU LET THEM RECOUP THEIR LOSSES. HERE'S ANOTHER HARSH REALITY, THESE RSO CHANGES WILL CREATE ZOMBIE BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS WHO'S COST OF REPAIRS EXCEED THE ABILITY TO EARN INCOME, BECAUSE THE RENTS ARE TOO LITTLE. I URGE YOU TO REJECT THE CHANGES AS PROPOSED AND COMPROMISE WITH A 2 PERCENT FLOOR AND 5 PERCENT CEILING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. >> Speaker: THE CLOCK IS RUNNING ALREADY. >> City Attorney: WE'LL RESET IT. WHAT ITEMS? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM 47. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE EACH. >> Speaker: I'M REACHING ON BEHALF OF HOUSE OWNERS TO VOTE NO, WHICH WOULD CAP FUTURE RENT INCREASES AT 60 PERCENT OF 3 PERCENT CPI. L.A. IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE SEEN CUMULATIVE RENT INCREASES, RENT INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. PROPERTY OPERATING THESE BUSINESSES HAVE DOUBLED IF NOT DOUBLED ANNUAL LOW. SELLER OF THESE EXPENSES, BILLS AND ARE PAID TO THE CITY FOR THOSE WHO CLAIM IGNORANCE REGARDING THE OPERATING INCREASES FOR OWNERS. INSURANCE HAVE TRIPLED REGARDLE OF CONDITION FM THESE INCREASE IN OPERATING, DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE INCREASE OF COST OF MATERIALS IN LABOR OR REPAIRS, NOR DOES IT ACCOUNT FOR THE INCREASE BORROWING MONEY FOR HOUSING PROVIDERS WHO HAVE OUTSTANDING LOANS ON THEIR PROPERTIES. IF THIS MEASURES PASS, IT WILL HAVE SEVERAL NEGATIVE AFFECTS, THAT MEANS THEY WILL HAVE ENOUGH REVENUE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTIES. THE THIRD OUTCOME, IT WILL INDUCE DISTRESS FROM PROVIDERS WHO HAVE LOANS THAT ARE RESETTING OF HIGHER INTEREST RATES. I URGE CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT THE RSO CALCULATION FORMULA. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HELLO, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT AND ITEM 47. >> City Attorney: EXCELLENT, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I AM AN OWNER AND DEVELOPER OF MULTI FAMILY HOUSING HERE IN LOS ANGELES. AND I WANT TO START WITH A QUOTE FROM COUNCILMEMBER RAMON, OVERALL, THE ONLY, THE ONLY INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING CAN TRULY MAKE, THIS CITY MORE AFFORDABLE. ONLY BUY INCREASING SUPPLY OF HOUSING CAN WE TRULY MAKE THIS CITY MORE AFFORDABLE. AND DEVELOPERS NEED CAPITAL TO BUILD AND CAPITAL NEEDS TO SEE A FAIR AND RETURN. THE WORLD ARE WATCHING WHAT YOU DO HERE TODAY. IF YOU THE ADOPT THE MOST RESTRICTIVE RENT FORMULA IN CALIFORNIA, AFTER FIVE YEARS OF RENT FREEZING AND EVICTION MORATORIUMS, YOU CAN DO THAT. BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT COMES WITH IT. YOU WILL SCARE OFF ALL CAPITAL NEEDED TO FINANCE BOTH MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MANY APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN BUILT UNDER TODAY'S RENT CONTROL LAWS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT RENT ADJUSTMENT WOULD FOLLOW INFLATION. INVESTORS IN PROPERTIES THAT ARE EVEN EXEMPT TODAY ARE WORRIED THAT THEY COULD BE NEXT. NO CONTROLS TODAY, BUT MAYBE TOMORROW, IN FACT THREE QUARTERS OF MAJOR HOUSING CAPITOL ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE EFFECTIVELY BLACKLISTED THE CITY FOR NEW PROJECTS. AFFORDABLE RENTS RISE THERE NO 3 PERCENT CAP. THAT'S TODAY, WHAT WILL THE GOVERNMENT DO TOMORROW? EVEN FOR RESTRICTIVE. CAPITAL PROVIDERS ARE NOT NAIVE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, ERIKA, URINA, AND MARY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH YELLOW LIGHT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL AND 47. MAY I ASK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR ATTENTION, I MET WITH 7 OF YOU AND I CANNOT THANK YOU TOERER YOUR TIME, BUT I'M HERE FOR THE 8 OF YOU. BORN AND RAISED WE EMPLOY 390 ANGELINOS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE SXZ THIS VOTE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY FOR OUR HOUSING SUPPLY AND OUR PROVIDERS. I WANT TO START WITH COVID AND THOSE THAT MET WITH ME KNOW STATS. OUR MORATORIUM THIS THE CITY EXTENDED TWO YEARS, RESULTED IN MILLIONS IN NO RENT AND I MAKE UP 1 PERCENTSO DO THE MATH. THERE WAS NO RECOURSE, THAT WAS TAKE EBB --TAKEN OUT OF MOM CAN POP MOM-AND-POP. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> Speaker: LIKE I SAID, IT IS GOING DOWN IN HISTORY. THE FUNNY THING, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THIS VOTE. IF YOU VOTE AND RESTRICT RSO EVEN FURTHER, YOU WILL FORCE FAMILIES OUT. LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN FOR CORPORATIONS TO TAKE OVER HOUSING. I URGE YOU IT LEARN FROM THE PAST, THINK OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND ASK YOURSELF, ESPECIALLY THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, IS THAT THE BEST WE CAN DO? ONE BLANKET, RENT CONTROL CAP DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM? IS THAT THE BEST WE CAN DO? I HOPE NOT. I STILL HAVE FAITH IN THE CITY, I HAVE FAITH IN YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ERIC WHITE AND AUDIT L.A. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT IT SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP FOR 47 AND 48. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: OKAY, FOR ITEM 47 FIRST, HI MY NAME IS YUNI WONG IN CD1 AND I'M A RENTER IN CD14. A DEVELOPER GETS TO BRAG ABOUT INCLUDING FORDABLE UNITS IN ORDER FOR IT TO GET BUILT. ONLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MOVE IN AND RECEIVE RENT INCREASE AFTER RENT INCREASE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAD WITH METRO. IT SHOULD NOT BE LEGAL TO PRICE PEOPLE OUT INTO THE STREETS. WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR SENIORS AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR EARLY PANDEMIC IS 4 PERCENT AND COVID IS STILL HAPPENING SO WE SHOULD STILL HAVE THAT. AND IMMIGRATION IS AFFECTING MANY. YES ON THE RENT CAP. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: ANOTHER MINUTE, PLEASE CONTINUE. >> Speaker: OKAY. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO, MY NAME IS YUNI. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON ONE MINUTE. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: OKAY. HI MY NAME IS YUMI I'M A WONG ON MY DAD SIDE AND ANOTHER FROM MY MOTHER SIDE. IN FACT THERE ARE TWO WONG AND LOUIE FAMILIES RIGHT NOW WHO RESIDE RIGHT NEXT AND I MEAN DIRECTLY THE PROPERTY NEXT OVER AND ACROSS STREET FROM FRANK McCOURT PROPOSE GONDOLA STATION A 200 FOOT TOWER RUNNING ALONG HOMES AND MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY WHO DO NOT WANT THIS PROJECT. THEY HAVE LONG BEEN OPPOSED, THOUSANDS PARKED STORES AND CHICANO FAMILIES. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAT IS WRONG WITH THIS. I URGE YOU TO PLEASE SAY YES TO THIS RESOLUTION AND URGE METRO TO REJECT THE CURRENT IER, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? WHAT ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Speaker: 48. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I STRONGLY OPPOSE 48, I'VE BEEN GOING TO DODGER STADIUM SINCE 93. THE VISION I SEE, IS WE MODERNIZE IT. GO FROM A VESSEL YOU COME IN AND GO DIRECTLY TO YOUR SEAT, RATHER THAN LOOK FOR PARKING AND PAY THE EXTRA FEE, SO TT ELIMINATING ALL THE EXTRA COST THAT IS JUT --JUST GOING TO THE GAME. SO I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE GONDOLA. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER, YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL RAMONA, AND SEAN MASON. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER. >> Speaker: ME? >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: SORRY, I GOT DISTRACTED. I WANT ALL AND MY PUBLIC COMMENT. SO ALL THE TIME, SIR. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES AND ONE FOR MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: RIGHT NOW, THE CITY IS A HOT MESS, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SO MISMANAGED AND NOW THE BURDEN IS GOING TOWARDS THE FEE WITH INCREASED FEES, FINES, AND WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, RENT, EVERYTHING ELSE AND THERE IS A LOT OF INSTABILITY BEINGER FEAR ANXIETY, LOSS OF EBT, WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO JUST KIND A PUT A HOLD ON THINGS AND LET PEOPLE RECOVER, LET THE CITY RECOVER AND YOU KNOW, AND DEAL WITH THAT, OKAY. I'M ALSO SEEING A LOT OF MONEY GOING TOWARDS, I'M NOT SAYING, IT UNIMPORTANT LIKE A HYDRO UPONIC GARDEN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE ARE NOT IMPORTANT. >> City Attorney: CAN YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. >> Speaker: THIS IS A NEW ITEM, THAT IS NOT RENT CONTROL, HYDROPONIC ITEM, I SEW CITY PUTTING THINGS FOR THINGS THIS ARE GREAT, LIKE METRO AND GARDEN AND THEATER PRODUCTIONS. BUT WE'RE IN A CRISIS, DEALING WITH CRISIS OF RENT. WE'RE DEALING WITH ALL KINDS OF CRISIS. AS MUCH AS I LOVE THEATER AND HYDRO PONTIC GARDEN, THERE IS NO MONEY TO DO FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. HOW ABOUT SIDEWALKS, I HAD ANOTHER ACCIDENT BECAUSE AT NIGHT, THERE IS NO LIGHTS AND ALL THESE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE POTHOLES ARE IN THE SIDEWALKS AND I ALMOST GET FLIPPED IN MY CHAIR. SO INSTEAD HAVING A HYDRO PONIC GARDEN, CAN I HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT WORKS. >> City Attorney: NEXT ITEM, PLEASE. >> Speaker: OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS TAKING THE MONEY WITH THE BUDGET TO LAPD. AND NO OFFENSE TO OUR OFFICERS HERE, BUT IT SEEMS THAT GRABBING FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL, IT SEEMS LIKE A BACK DOOR PROJECT. AND LAFD IS HAVING BAKED SALES TO FIX THEIR BUILDINGS OR PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR TRUCKS. IT SEEMS DISPROPORTIONATE, I'M NOT AGAINST THE POLICE GETTING FUND BUT THEY GET THE LIONS SHARE, WHY WE TAKING FROM FIRE, TO PAY MEDICAID, I WANT MEDICAID WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY PROVEN THAT CITY WAS NOT PREPARED FOR A BIG FIRE? AND CRIME IS DOWN, EVERY TIME, I GO TO EVERY POLICE COMMISSION MEETING. CRIME IS DOWN. IS THIS PUBLIC COMMENT? >> City Attorney: YES, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HOUT TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I'M HERE TO REMIND MR. LEE YOU STILL OWE ME AN APOLOGY, MR. PRESIDENT, BANG THE GAVEL AND REMIND HIM. THANK YOU MR. McOSKER, YOU'RE DOING GREAT. MR. NAZARIAN, YOU'RE MY GUY, YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION. I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU ALL, THAT SCIENTOLOGY IS ABUSING NOT ONLY ITS PEOPLE BUT THE PERMITS, THE CITY'S SYSTEMS IN PLACE WITH NO CONSEQUENCES. CAN WE TAKE A SCHOOL TRIP DOWN THERE TO SEE ALL THE ABUSES AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWED AND STOPPED BY SECURITY ON A PUBLIC STREET THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THROUGH? ALL YOU COUNCIL PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHASE YOU OUT OF A PUBLIC STREET, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. BUT THEY'RE BUILDING TOWERS WITHOUT PERMITS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HELLO. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEM? >> Speaker: SORRY, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 48. >> City Attorney: OKAY, PLEASE GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE A MINUTE THE >> Speaker: I'M TOMMY AND I SUPPORT ITEM 48. OVER 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION TO STOP THE GONDOLA, INCLUDING THE 2000 SIGNATURE THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED SINCE MARCH. I HAVE HAD THOUSANDS OF FACE-TO-FACE WITH CONSTITUENTS WHO GROW THAT A MILE LONG GONDOLA MAKES NO SENSE AND HURT OUR RESIDENTS AND WOULD NOT HELP TRAFFIC. GONDOLA SUPPORTERS HAVE STATED ON RECORD THAT THEY WOULD DRIVE DOWNTOWN TO GET ON GO DO LA, AND TURNING THE OLVERA STREET INTO A PARKING LOT. THEY SUGGEST THAT RESIDENTS JUST KEEP OUR WINDOWS SHUT FOR TWO YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION. LET'S PRIORITIZE AND EXPAND THE EXISTING DODGER SHUTTLE BUSES, YES ON ITEM NUMBER 48. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM DO YOU WANT IT SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: 47 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: EXCELLENT, YOU HAVE A MINUTE EACH. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M ERIC WHITE WE DEVELOP MALL FAMILY BUILDINGS ACROSS LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR BUILDINGS, MATTERS FOR THE CITY GOALS. LET THEY SHARE THREE NUMBERS. MARKET RENTS ARE UP LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. SECOND OPERATING COST HAVE AVERAGED 6 PERCENT AND 7 AND A HALF PERCENT WITHOUT TAXES WITH EXPLOSIVE SPIKES IN INSURANCE, UTILITIES AND COMPLIANCE IN 2023, 2024 AND THIRD, FROM 2020 FROM 2025, LOS ANGELES ALLOWED THE LOWEST RENT INCREASES OF ANY RENT CONTROL CITY IN CALIFORNIA. MEANWHILE, CPI WHETHER YOU EXCLUDE SHELTER IS TRACKING IN THE LOW 3 PERCENT RANGE. THE MARKET IS ALREADY HOLD RENTS DOWN, LET THE SYSTEM WORK. ADUs ARE BEING BUILT AND NEW DENSITY INCENTIVES ARE COMING ONLINE. PUSHING A BLUNT STEL COULD BE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE. TAKE THE 60 PERCENT OF CPI CAP 3 PERCENT OFF THE TABLE, IT AN EXTREME MEASURE THAT WILL UNDER FUND BASIC MAINTENANCE AND SCARE AWAY BASIC CAPITAL. THE PROVIDERS ARE WATCHING WHAT YOU DO. WHAT YOU DO TODAY, NEEDS TO BE FAIR AND BALANCE DO NOT SCARE AWAY DEVELOPERS OF CAPITAL TO BUILD NEW DEVELOPMENTS. THAT IS FAIR AND BALANCED TO PROTECT TENANTS WITHOUT STARVING BUILDINGS OF THE RESOURCES NEED TODAY STAY SAFE, HABITABLE AND ONLINE. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER OH. BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DANIELLE ELLIOT. >> Speaker: I'M MAXINE AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER UNITED HERE LOCAL 11, WE SUPPORT TO KEEP HOUSED AND SUPPORT LARSO, WE BELIEVE THAT ORDINANCE SHOULD BE UPDATED TO ZERO IS HESER FLOOR WITH A 3 PERCENT CAP IN CALCULATED RENT ON 60 PERCENT CPI. ME AND MY CO-WORKERS FOUGHT FOR AN OLYMPIC WAGE SO WE CAN LIVE NEAR WHERE WE WORK. YET FOR SO MANY OF US, THE RENT IS STILL TOO HIGH. WE NEED A STRONGER LARSO TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS LIKE MYSELF ARE ABLE TO STAY IN OUR HOMES AND NOT BE DISPLACED BECAUSE OF EXTREME RENT INCREASES AND LACK PROTECTION. CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT IT SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK YOU ARE START TO GO REMEMBER ME, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CULT SCIENTOLOGY, I'M GOING TO KEEP COMING AS A CHILD BORN AND RAISED IN THE SEA ORGANIZATION WHERE THEY HAVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS, ALL ACTING AS ADULT, NO MTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE, INFILTRATING CITY, GETTING INTO PROGRAM THAT ARE HELPING THE HOMELE, HELPING THE TRUCK TOUR PEOPLE GET BETTER JOBS. THEY WILL GET ON TO THE CPAC BOARDMENT WE HAVE PEOPLE GOING AGAINST PROTESTERS, EXPOSING THE CULT OF SCIENTOLOGY THIS KEN DRIX, ONE THEIR LAWYERS IS PUTTING IN LAWSUITS, FAKE FUCKEN SHIT, ANYBODY CONNECTED TO SCIENTOLOGY, IS GETTING ATTACKED. I JUST LOST MY JOB FROM SCIENTOLOGY HARASSMENT TO THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH. SO I LOST MY JOB. YOU WILL SEE ME EVERY DAY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HI, ITEM 47 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: AFTER, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MY NAME IS SCENE MASON I'M A PROUD 8-YEAR OF LOCAL B192, I REPRESENT MORE THAN 3000 SKILLED LABORS FROM UNIVERSAL HOLLYWOOD, PANTAGES AND DODGER STADIUM. EVERY WEEK DAY, WEEKEND, FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET AND BACK IT SUNSET AGAIN, THE LABORERS DO NOT REST. WE WAKE UP HOURS NECESSARY, IN ORDER TO COMMUTE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE WHERE WE WERE BORN AND RAISED. WE WERE FORCE OUT OF DESCRIPTION SERVITUDE THAT WE WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE. ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP, WE DEMAND THE COUNCIL VOTE YES TO 3 PERCENT AND NO FLOOR. I ONLY NEEDED ONE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHAT ITEMS DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> Speaker: 48, I'M MARRIAN DODGE. REPRESENTING 48 ASSOCIATIONS SPANNING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS, TO OPPOSE THE McCOURT PROJECT. THIS DRAFT BY HERNANDEZ AND SOTO-MARTINEZ AND JURADO ELOQUENTLY DESCRIBES MANY REASONS WHY GONDOLA SHOULD HAVE A PRAO AL. IT WOULD TAKE PARKLAND AWAY FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS MANY THEM IMMIGRANTS IN A LOW NEIGHBORHOOD AND GIVE IT TO A BILLIONAIRE. THIS IS WRONG, THEY URGE THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THESE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PROTECTING THEIR CONSTITUENTS FROM MULTI IMPACTS THIS PROJECT. SOME DAY, YOU WILL NEED THEIR VOTES WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. PLEASE VOTE YES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HELLO, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 47 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: I'M MEGHAN EDGAR, THIS RSO PROPOSAL BEFORE US IS EXCESSIVE ARBITRARY AND DESTROYS THE REASONABLE BALANCE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AGING RSO HOUSING STOCK. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE RENT CAP IN MOST YEARS, WILL NOT BE 3 PERCENT, WE KEEP SAYING 3 PERCENT BUT IT WILL NOT BE 3 PERCENT. IT WILL LIKELY BE, 1.2 PERCENT, 1.5 PERCENT AND THIS IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN PROPERTIES IN A SAFE AND HABITABLE MANNER. PER THE REPORT THIS WAS COMMISSION BY THIS COUNCIL, EXPENSES ON OPERATING AOUNS --UNITS HAVE BEEN EXCEEDING CPI THAT'S ON THE PAGE 400 OF THE ECONOMIC REPORT. THE FAIR RETURN APPLICATION, IT IS A 28-PAGE APPLICATION. THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES PROFESSIONAL LEVEL CONSULTING TO COMPLETE. IT IS LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, MEANT TO MAKE YOU FAIL. AND THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION FOR DELIVERING A YEARLY ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION. AND IMAGINE, WHEN YOU HAVE THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OWNERS TRYING TO SUBMIT THIS. THE TIME IT TAKES NOW IS OVER A YEAR JUST TO GET A RETURN RESPONSE OB THIS. THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION. THE FAIR RETURN APPLICATION IS NOT A SOLUTION FOR ADJUSTING TO YEARLY INFLATION. YOU CANNOT HANG YOUR HATS ON THAT. I WARN AGAINST DOING SOMETHING LIKE FOR OUR CITY. THIS IS EXCESSIVE, THIS IS NOT WORKABLE, THIS IS A BETTER WAY FORWARD. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE TAKE THE NEXT SPEAKER, THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE FURTHER AMENDMENTS ON ITEM 47, CAN YOU PUT THEM IN AS SOON AS YOU CAN. THANK YOU. SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM 47. I'M A SMALL MOM CAN POP PROPERTY OWNER FOR 43 YEARS IN DISTRICT . THERE IS NO URGENCY TO CHANGE THE CPI OR OTHER THAN THE FALSE ONE THAT IS CREATED BY THE DSA AND THE THE COALITION TO REDISTRIBUTE PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM LAND OWNERS TO THE LAND LESS. THIS IS ON THEIR WEBSITE. [APPLAUSE] THAT IS CLEARLY STATED HERE. ALSO, THEIR GOAL IS TO LIVE WHERE THEY WANT, WITH WHOM THEY WANT, AND HOW THEY WANT. SO THEY ARE USING YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO MEET THEIR ENDS BY CREATING A PROBLEM TO EXPLOIT WHICH WILL NEVER BE SOLVED IN THIS WAY. THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO NEED TO REDUCE CPI, THE CPI DOES NOT WORK, IT DOES NOT COVER LANDLORD COST ANYWAY. CALIFORNIA RENTAL HOUSING IS UNDERGOING MAJOR SHIFTS. SOME OF WHICH ARE DEVASTATING. THE CURRENT RENTAL HOUSING SITUATION IN LOS ANGELES IS THAT RENTS ARE RESETTING. THE RENTS HAVE DECLINED 8 PERCENT IN 2025, IT BEEN THE DEEPEST DROP SINCE 2009. VACANCY IS AT 8 PERCENT. SOME PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE ONCE THOUGHT, ONCE THOUGHT THAT VACANCY AND REDUCTION PROOF ARE NOW COMPLETELY VACANT. CURRENT INFLATION IS ONLY 3 PERCENT, YET MARCH 2025, COST TO REDO MY ELECTRICAL WAS 23,000. IN OCTOBER THE SAME WORK IS 40,000. FIRE INSURANCE HAS INCREASED DOUBLE, IF YOU CAN GET IT. YOU CANNOT OFFER A NEGATIVE RETURN OF INFLATION PLUS COST AND EXPECT ME TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE. THAT'S AGAINST 13th AMENDMENT. WHAT IS BEING BEING PROPOSED DOES NOT ALLOW ME COMPENSATION OF TIME, ENERGY AND WORK. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, YOUR TIME EXPIRED. THANK YOU. HELLO, SPEAKERS WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM 48, IF FRANK McCOURT WANTS TO BUILD A PARKING LOT, LET HIM DO IT. HE WILL NOT NEED THE COST A MILE-LONG PATH OF DESTRUCTION FROM ALVERA TO STADIUM. WHY CAUSE UPHEAVAL FOR TOURIST GIMMICK. BECAUSE THE COST AFFECTIVE COULD NOT BE EASIER. THE GONDOLA BUDGET CAN BUY ALMOST 100 ZERO EMISSION BUSES. EASY TRAFFIC FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH DEDICATED BUS LANES TO AND FROM STADIUM. MORE PEOPLE WILL BE TRANSPORTED MORE QUICKLY THAN ANY GONDOLA. SAVE CHINA TOWN, SAVE OUR PARK, SUPPORT ITEM 48, STOP GONDOLA. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THE ALLOTTED TIME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 1, 22 THROUGH 28, 32 THROUGH 42, 45 THROUGH 46 AND 49 THROUGH 50. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE ITEMS 69 THROUGH 71, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO READ THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS? >> Council President: YES, PLEASE. >> Clerk: FOR ITEM 69, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 330,98. FOR 70 JESUS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS NO REPORT. FOR ITEM 71 IN THE CASE RELATIVE TO CAMERON VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 39,900,000 IN SETTLEMENT. THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE THE VOTE. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, WE WILL STOP. WE HAVE A RECUSAL ON ALL THE ITEMS? OR ONE THEM? >> City Attorney: I DON'T THINK HER MICROPHONE WAS ON. BUT COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN IS ASKING TO RECUSE HER ITEM 69 BECAUSE SHE SITS ON BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN HAS RECUSED, OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 69, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE'LL GO TO 70 AND 71 CAN COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? ALL RIGHT LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO TO ITEM 14? >> Council President: YES, PLEASE. >> Clerk: 14 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY BLUMENFIELD AND McOSKER FOR AMENDMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE THE AMENDMENTS IN, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY GO TO 21 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> T. McOsker: I ASK IT GO FORTH W. >> Council President: AND MADAM CLERK, ALL ITEM WILL GO FORTHWITH. OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOT UNTIL THE SECOND OF DECEMBER. >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO GO TO ITEM 29 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE THINGS MEET. WITH THE SNAP, FAR TOO MANY OUR NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING TO MAKE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES TWOEN RENT, GROCERIES AND CHILDCARE AND OTHER ESSENTIALS, NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH BASIC NEED TO GO WITHOUT. THAT'S WHY I INTRODUCED A MOTION TO EXPAND EMERGENCY ESSENTIALS, CENTRO DE AYUDA, THOSE ARE ORGANIZATION THAT'S HAVE LONG BEEN THERE. AND I WANT IT RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH SIMILAR FUND TRANSFERS TO THEIR FAMILY SOURCE CENTERS TO MEET THE NEEDS, COUNCILMEMBER UNISSES HERNANDEZ AND PRICE, AND HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ, EACH HAVE INTRODUCED A DEEP COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE FOOD ON THEIR TABLES. WITH $300,000 INVEST, THEY WILL NOW BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE FOOD CUT INCLUDING EXPANDED FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AND DIRECT SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT BASIC NEEDS ARE MET CAN THIS IS HOW WE CAN BUILD A CITY THAT TAKES CARE OF ITS OWN. THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE WHO MAKES THIS POSSIBLE, CIFD AND TO OUR PARTNERS ACROSS L.A. WHO CONTINUE TO PUT FAMILIES CAN COMMUNITIES FIRST. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO GO TO ITEM 43 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUM FOLD FOR --BLUMENFIELD FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> Council President: ANY COMMENTS? >> Clerk: AND THIS IS IT FOR SUBSTITUTE FOR 43? COUSSOULIS YES, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> E. Hernandez: CAN I FLIP THAT PLEASE? >> Council President: YES, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE A NO-VOTE. >> Clerk: SO THAT WOULD BE 15 AYES AND RECONSIDERATION AND THE VOTE REMAINS THE SAME, THE ITEM IS ADOPT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY GO TO ITEM 48 CALLED SPECIAL BY HERNANDEZ AND RECUSAL BY YAROSLAVSKY AND PADILLA. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GIVE OUR TWO METRO AN TUPT TO--OPPORTUNITY TO RECUSE ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR YOUR RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE A GONDOLA PROJECT. OFFICIAL POSITION TO TRANSIT PROJECT, SO-CALLED GONDOLA. THIS IS NOT A SERIOUS PROPOSAL TO MOVE ANGELINOS. IT A BILLION DOLLARS GIMMICK TO TAKE PUBLIC LAND TO TICKET HOLDERS TO A STADIUM THAT IS EMPTY MOST THE YEAR. THEY TOLD US THIS WOULD SOLVE TRAFFIC BUT UCLA STUDY FOUND IT WOULD REDUCE TRAFFIC BY ONLY 0.9 PERCENT, JUST 600 CARS. AND PERMANENTLY REMOVING TWO ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AT STATE HISTORIC PARK, REMOVING OVER 160 TREES, GONDOLAS OVER CHINA TOWN AND OVER HISTORIC PARK, ADDING ELECTRIC BILLBOARDS IN HISTORIC AREAS, AND ALL THESE IMPACTS FOR WHAT? SO A OWNER CAN FUNNEL MORE MONEY INTO HIS POCKETS. MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN SCREAMING NO. THE IMPACT REPORT WAS SO INADEQUATE THAT A COURT HAD DECERTIFY IT. THE PUBLIC PROCESS WAS DISHONEST, WE DO WORK OF BRINGING THE PEOPLE IN SO WE CAN HEAR THEM IN-PERSON BUT METRO DENY AND INSTEAD OFFERED ONLY A SINGLE ZOOM CALL. THE PROCESS HAS BEEN INSULT, THE GIMMICK IS OVER, IT TIME TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I WANT IT THANK COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR COMOTION AND SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR SECONDING. THE CITY LOS ANGELES WILL NOT SACRIFICE OUR PUBLIC PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOOD FOR BILLIONAIRE'S BANITY PROJECT. TELL METRO TO REJECT THIS PROJECT ONCE AND FOR ALL. THANK YOU. ?MENT YES, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TB LATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL HAVE MR. PRICE RECUSE. AND OUR MTA DIRECTORS WILL COME BACK. ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE IS RECUSE LET'S OPEN ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM 47. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE WILL BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION ON ITEM 47 WHICH A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO IT AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION HAS COMMENCED AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND WE'LL BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION WITH COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. OUR LEADER OUR HOUSING AND HOMELENESS COMMITTEE. WHEN WE PASSED A BROAD PROTECTION. WHOIL THOSE CHANGES TOOK PLACE, WHOIL WE WERE REMOVING PANDEMIC PROTECTIONS, THE UNDERLYING SYSTEM OF TENANT PROTECTIONS, AND OUR RENT INCREASE FORMULA THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH THEN CAME FROM AN EARLIER ERA THIS LOS ANGELES AND HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED IN FOUR DECADES. IT WHILE I BELIEVE THAT A CHANGE IS NEED. I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE REAL DIFFERENCES AROUND THIS HORSESHOE ON HOW WE MAKE THESE CHANGES TODAY. THOSE WERE APPARENT EVEN IN COMMITTEE BUT I ENCOURAGE ALL TO WORK TOWARDS FINDING AGREEMENT AND TO PASSING AN UPDATE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS TODAY, BETWEEN THE NEW TENANT PROTECTION THAT'S WE PASSED IN 2023 AND SUPPORT FOR RENTERS, WE HAVE COLLECTIVE LOW MANAGED TO CHANGE CITY HALL'S ORIENTATION OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. TOWARDS THE SYSTEM, THAT IS WORKING MUCH HARDER THAN IT WAS BEFORE TO PROTECT VULNERABLE TENANTS AND TO KEEP PEOPLE TO GET PRICE OUT. I AM PROUD OF THAT WORK, OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR CITY. THAT OUR CITY WORKS AND OUR OFFICE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORD AND DEVELOPERS, BUILDING EVERYTHING FROM MARKET RATE HOUSING CAN AND ACROSS THE BOARD, WHOEVER WORE DOING THAT MANAGEMENT, WHAT WE HEARD IS CITY BUREAUCRACY IS NOT WORKING FOR THEM, WHETHER IT'S WDP OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR PROM TO SEE EVERYBODY, WHETHER IT IS TE TENANT FACING HARASSMET OR THE LANDLORD WHO WANTS TO MAKE REPAIRS OR THE BUILDING TRYING TO GET THEIR PERMITS TO FIX THAT IS GOVERNANCE THAT TAKES WORK THAT HAPPENS MOSTLY OUTSIDE THESE CHAMBERS THAT IS NOT GOING TO GENERATE HEADLINES BUT THAT HAS TO BE THE RELENTLESS FOCUS. THANK YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD IT OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT, MR. BLUMENFIELD? >> THANK YOU. AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR HER COMMENTS AND YES, AND REALLY AGREE WITH HER, WITH WITH THE RENT IS TOO HIGH AND THAT WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD, IT CAN STAND SOME CHANGE AND AFTER WE WERE COMING OUT OF COVID, WE PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING TO GET A STUDY TO GET THE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT HOW THIS FORMULA CAN BE DONE DIFFERENTLY. ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION. FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT STABILITY MEANS. IT MEANS, YOU KEEP THAT RENT EXACTLY THE SAME, YEAR AR YEAR, AFTER YEAR, NOT UP NOT DOWN BUT ADJUSTED. WE KNOW THAT 100 DOLLARS TODAY IS DIFFERENT FOR TOMORROW. IN THE PAST, WE USE CPI, TO MEASURE INFLATION, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CAME UP WITH A DIFFERENT FORMULA FOR CPI WHICH I THINK IS WORTH BRINGING FORWARD. BUT I WANT IT GIVE YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO PRESENT WHAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD WHICH IS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR US TO VOTE ON ESSENTIALLY. AND MOST IMPORTANT, I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN, THE DIFFERENCE CPI BUT I ALSO WANT TO EXPLAIN RENT BANKING AND WHY YOU PUT IT IN THERE. AND, THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF QUESTION, IS IT SO COMPLICATED, IS IT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO OR NOT? LET US KNOW IF THIS IS A COMPLICATED THING. TO THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO PRESENT THE PROPOSAL THAT I'M ASKING THEM TO VOTE ON AS A MINORITY REPORT. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS ANA OR TEGA HOUSING DEPARTMENT. THE LHD RECOMMENDATIONS IN SUMMARY WERE THE FOLLOWING. WE LOOKED AT THE FORMULA, EXISTING FELLOWER LA FOR THE RSO RENT INCREASE WHICH WAS LAST UPDATED IN 1985 AND RECOMMENDED SOME CHANGES. FIRST OF ALL CHANGING THE INDEX THAT WE USE FROM THE ALL ITEMS, FORMULA TO THE ALL ITEMS LESS SHELTER FORMULA. WE RECOMMENDED KEEPING 100 PERCENT OF THE CPI. LANDLORD IS ABLE TO PASS THE UTILITY PERCENTAGES IS TEN PERCENT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO PUT A CAP 5 PERCENT IN PLACE. WITH REGARD TO THE FLOOR, THE CURRENT FLOOR IS 3 PERCENT CAN WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO LOWER THAT FLOOR TO 2 PERCENT WHICH WOULD COVER THE ACTUAL CPI IN THE VAS MAJORITY OF THE YEARS OF THE HISTORY OF THE RSO WITH REGARD TO RENT BANKING AND THERE IS BEEN A A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT RENT BANKING. TT A NEW THING, WOULD BE A NEW THING FOR LOS ANGELES. KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE PURPOSE OF OUR ORDINANCE, OUR RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE IS TO STABILIZE RENT INCREASE SXZ PROVIDE PREDICTABILITY FOR TENANTS. WE'RE PREDICTING IF CPI WORKS OUT HIGHER THAN THE CAP 5 PERCENT, THAT THIS AMOUNT BE ALLOWED TO BE ROLLED OVER INTO A FUTURE YEAR. SO WHATEVER THE CAP THAT THE COUNCIL DETERMINES TO USE, WHETHER TT 3 PERCENT OR 4 PERCENT OR 5 PERCENT, WHEN THE MATHEMATICAL CAL COULD --CALCULATION, WE WILL ROLL THAT OVER TO FUTURE USE. PLUS MAKING LAND LORZ WHOLE, JUST TAKING LONGER TO GET THERE. SPREADING IT OUT FOR SOMETIME IN ORDER TO ONCE AGAIN, STABILIZE THE ANNUAL RENT INCREASES FOR OUR TENANTS. WE ARE PROPOSING THAT, THIS BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ANNUAL CALCULATION AND TRACK AND MONITOR AND PUBLICIZED. WHAT RENT INCREASE IS, AND WE ININVESTIGATE TENANTS COMPLAINTS WHEN THAT IS EXCEEDED. IN THE SAME MANNER, WE WOULD CALCULATE AND TRACK ANY RENT BANKS IN THE FUTURE. WITH REGARD TO THE UTILITY RIGHT NOW, LANDLORDS ARE ALLOWED TO PASS THROUGH 1 OR 2 PERCENT, BUT STUDY FOUND AND WE CONCUR THIS THE RESULTING RENT INCREASES ARE EXCESSIVE, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT BE DELETED. THOSE ARE THE PROVISIONS THAT GO INTO SETTING THIS. CPI OF 6 PERCENT. AND IF YOU DO CPI OF POINT 6 PERCENT AND IF YOU LOWER THE CEILING TO 3 PERCENT, THAT'S ALLOWING 1.8 PERCENT INCREASE, YOU KNOW. WHICH IS DWG TO CONSTITUTE TAKINGS AND WAY I LOOK AT IT. [APPLAUSE] AGAIN, I DO THINK WHAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CAME UP WITH WAS A SENSIBLE FORMULA TO GO ABOUT MAKING THIS HP. THE RENT BANKING IS REALLY JUST KEEPS IT EVEN STEVEN IS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT. THE WHATEVER THE CAP OR FLOOR IS, FOR ME MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS ENTIRE REFORM IS RENT BANKING BEINGER BECAUSE OVERTIME, THAT ALLOWS US TO AT LEAST KEEP TRUE TO THE CONCEPT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING WHICH IS KEEPING THE RENT INCREASE ZERO ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION. AND CPI, FOR ME, I CANNOT SUPPORT ANY FRACTIONAL CPI BUT WHEN YOU CAME YOU WITH, IT'S NOT, IT NOT ARBITRARY, CAN AT LEAST THERE IS A RATIONAL, 236 GOODS, YOU'RE REMOVING A FEW THOSE GOODS IN IT THOSE CASES, BECAUSE OF THE FEEDBACK LOOP, WILL IT LOWER THE CPI FOR RENTERS? YES, IN MOST YEARS IT WILL, YOU DID A 30-YEAR LOOK BACK AND I BELIEVE 23 OF THOSE YEARS, IF THIS WAS APPLIED, CPI IT WOULD BE LOWER. BUT AT LEAST THERE IS A RATIONAL THAT YOU HANG YOUR HAT ON. I THINK WE GO ABOUT THIS, WE ASK OUR DEPARTMENTS TO DO ALL THIS WORK. WE PAY FOR EXPERTS, WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM AND THEY CAME YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT IS REASONABLE. I KNOW THAT THE, THE LANDLORDS DON'T LOVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BECAUSE YOU'RE DITCHING OUT, THE INCREASE FOR UTILITIES, YOU'RE LOWERINGTHE CAP SUBSTANTIALLY, YOU'RE LOWERING THE FLOOR, YOU'RE ADDING THESE ELEMENTS, BUT IT'S FAIR, NOBODY IS GOING TO LIKE IT ON EITHER SIDE. I LIKE IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FAIR. IT DOES NOT SOLVE THE REAL PROBLEM OF RENT CONTROL, I'M SORRY, IT DOES NOT SOLVE THE REAL PROBLEM OF RENT BEING TOO HIGH, BUT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT THROUGH HOUSING SUPPLY, DECONTROL AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ADD TO THIS. AND IT DOES NOT DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM ON THE SIDE WHERE THEIR COSTS IS EXCEEDING THE COST OF MANAGING A BUILDING, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THAT THROUGH THIS EITHER. I SEE THIS BOTH SIDES OF THIS AGUMENT TRYING TO SOLVE THOSE BIGGER PROBLEMS, THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE, AND IF WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE BOAT. IF WE STAY TRUE TO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT, WHICH IS STABILIZING RENT, THEN WHAT YOU PUT FORWARD PLUS MY DECISION, BENEFITING THE TENANTS AS WELL AS THE LANDLORDS IS A GOOD CONCLUSION AND THAT'S WHY I OFFERED THE MINORITY REPORT FOR VOTING TODAY. THANK YOU. KO*UN ALL RIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS. MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: SORRY ABOUT THAT, MR. PRESIDENT. SO, I HAVE A LOT OF AMENDMENTS HERE, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A SIMPLE FACT, LOS ANGELES AND THIS COUNCIL SPENT YEARS BUILDING A HOUSING STRATEGY. WE'VE EXPANDED INCENTIVE CITY WIDE AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON GROWTH AND HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS, PRIORITIZED AND FAST TRACKED 100 PERCENT PROJECTS. WE CUT RED TAPES AND ACCELERATED APPROVAL AND REAL EN --INCENTIVE, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO WORK, WE FINALLY, HAVE CONSTRUCTION NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE NOTHING HAS MOVED FOR YEARS. AND NOW, JUST AS WE'RE GAINING MOMENTUM, WE'RE CONSIDERING A CHANGE TO THE RSO FORMULA. THIS SENDS OPPOSITE MESSAGE, THIS SENDS A MESSAGE, DO NOT BUILD HERE. [APPLAUSE] DO NOT INVEST IN LOS ANGELES, DO NOT KEEP YOUR UNITS ON THE MARKET. WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS IN CITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN THIS SIMILAR APPROACH. IN PLACES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO, BERLIN, STOCKHOLM, LEAD TO FEWER HOMES AS PROPERTY OWNERS SOLD, CONVERT OR WITHDREW THEIR UNITS FROM THE MARKET. THE RESULT WAS THE SAME EACH TIME. FEWER RENTALS AND LONGER WAIT LIST. 47-C IS PROPOSING TO STUDY THE IMPACT RSO POLICY CHANGES ON HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. I AGREE, BUT STUDIES LIKE THIS, SHOULD BE CONDUCTED BEFORE CHANGES TO THE POLICY AND THOSE STUDIES SHOULD HELP US INFORM US ON THE DECISION-MAKING, ESPECIALLY FOR SUCH IMPACTFUL CHANGES LIKE PROPOSAL BEFORE US TODAY. CITY HAS NEARLY 650,000 RSO UNITS AND AFFORDING TO LAHD REPORT, 49 PERCENT ARE BETWEEN THE TWO AND TEN-UNIT BUILDINGS. THESE UNITS ARE WHAT, THE BACKBONE WHAT IS NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OFTEN OWNED BY SMALL LANDLORDS. IF WE IMPOSE UNREALISTIC COSTS, WHILE MAINTENANCE CONTINUE TO RISE YEAR OVER YEAR, THEY WILL SELL OR CONVERT. MANY ALREADY HAVE, TWOEN 2018 AND 2023, 51 PERCENT WERE SOLD TO ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITIES, THAT'S OVER 34,000 UNITS CAN REPEAT INVESTORS, MEANING THEY BOUGHT MORE THAN ONE ACCOUNT FOR 28 PERCENT OF THOSE ACQUISITIONS, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, WHEN SMALL OWNERS ARE PUSHED OUT, LARGE CORPORATE CORPORATIONS BUYERS FLIP PROPERTIES, ACQUISITION COSTS RISE AND TENANTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS PAY THAT PRICE. RELOCATION PAYMENT LEFT SIDE JUST BECOME A PART OF THE ROUTINE COST OF DOING HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THIS COUNCIL HAS FOUGHT HARD TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND WE SHOULDN'T UNDERMINE OUR OWN PROGRESS, IF THE GOAL IS PROTECTING TENANTS, THEN TRIGING THE RENTAL MARKET, PUSHING OUT SMALL LANDLORDS AND STALLING CONSTRUCTION IS THE WRONG MOVE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'M URGING YOU TO VOTE NO UNTIL WE SEE THE IMPACTS WHAT THESE CHANGES HAVE ON BUILDING IN OUR CITY OF LOS ANGELES, SO LET'S PROTECT TENANTS WITHOUT SHRINKING THE FUTURE HOUSING IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE WHO HAS WORKED ON THIS, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR NOW. SO EVERY ONE INVOLVED, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO COME ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HERE TODAY, BUT I KNOW THEY WORKED ON IT EXTENSIVELY AND HOUSING AND THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSING AND HOMELENESS COMMITTEE. I LISTENED TO BOTH THE COMMITTEES AND I WANT TO BRING IT HERE. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, GET ATTENTION AND COMMITTEES DON'T. AND I REALLY WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT OPERATING INCOME EXPENSES, THE VALUES OF THE RSO UNITS, PROFITABILITY, THINGS LIKE THAT. OFTEN TIMES, I FEEL AS THOUGH, THE SMALL MOM-AND-POP LANDLORDS ARE USED AS A WAY TO, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, SORT OF GUIDE THE CONVERSATION. WE ALL KNOW SMALL MOM-AND-POP LANDLORDS AND WE FEEL A LOT MORE SYMPATHY FOR THEM. [YELLING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> H. Soto-Martinez: I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T EXPECT TO ACT LIKE THIS, ACT LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IT MAKES EVERY ONE ON MY SIDE LOOK BETTER, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I REALLY WANT TO GET THE HEART OF THAT. AND CAN YOU JUST, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, TRY TO PHRASE THAT IN A WAY THAT UNDERSTANDABLE FOR THE ENTIRE, WHAT STUDY SHOWED REGARDING OPERATING EXPENSES AND PROFITABLE AND TURNOVER VALUES OF THE LAND? >> WITH REGARD TO SMALL LANDLORDS? >> H. Soto-Martinez: JUST IN GENERAL. >> THE STUDY FOUND IN GENERAL, SMALL LANDLORDS ARE NOT SUFFERING GREATER DISTRESS THAN OVERALL INVENTORY. >> H. Soto-Martinez: GREAT, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? >> THE STUDY FOUND THAT IN GENERAL, SMALL LANDLORDS ARE NOT EXPERIENCING GREATER FINANCIAL DISTRESS THAN RSO LANDLORDS OVERALL. >> H. Soto-Martinez: CAN WE PLEASE, IT HARD TO HEAR WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING DISRUPTIVE IN THE AUDIENCE. GO AHEAD. >> THE AVERAGE RENT FOR UNITS OWNED BY SMALL LANDLORDS IS HIGHER THAN AVERAGE FOR OTHER BUILDINGS. 57, 57 PERCENT ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN THEIR UNITS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME COMPARED TO THE RSO INVENT TERRY, THIS MEANS TURNOVER.L LANDLORDS HAVE LESS - AND THERE IS DISADVANTAGE ASSOCIATED HAVING LESS TURNOVER. ALTHOUGH THE OTHER SIDE, IS, THE SMALL LANDLORDS ARE ALSO LESS OFTEN ABLE TO HAVE VACANCIES AND BRING THE RENT UP TO MARKET. SMALL LANDLORDS HAVE LOWEST VACANCY RATE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I THINK IT SMALL BUILDINGS, SMALL BUILDINGS OR SMALL LANDLORDS. >> SMALL BUILDINGS, HAVE THE LOWEST VACANCY. AND ACCORDING TO WHAT WE HEAR IN REALTIME FROM LANDLORDS AND TENANTS, SMALL LANDLORDS TEND TO HAVE A PERSONAL POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR TENANTS. OPERATING EXPENSES, A LOT OF TIMES SMALL LANDLORDS ARE DOING SELF MANAGEMENT, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYONE HE WILL. THEY DO HAVE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON THEMSELVES. A BIG POINT THAT THE STUDY MAKES CAN WE AGREE WITH IS THAT IF THE CITY WERE TO ADOPT, THIS WOULD BE SOME WAYS UNFAIR TO TENANTS IN GENERAL OR TENANTS WHO HAPPEN TO RENT UNITS IN BIGGER BUILDINGS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: AND THE OTHER THING THAT WAS VERY REVEALING TO ME WAS, CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M RIGHT ON THIS, IT IS TRUE, WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE AND SAY, INSURANCE HAS GONE UP, IT IS TRUE, IT HAS OUT PACED, INFLATION, CORRECT? >> IT IS TRUE THAT THOSE EXPENSES HAVE GONE UP. BUT ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES, CONSTITUTE A SMALL PORTION OF THE O --OPERATING OF THE REVENUE. THEY AMOUNT TO 35 PERCENT OF THE OPERATING REVENUE. THAT LEAVES ABOUT 6 PERCENT FOR OTHER EXPENSES, FOR MORTGAGE AND FRANKLY FOR PROFIT. BUT ALSO FOR CAPITAL UPGRADES, FOR RESERVE FUNDS, SO ALL THAT WOULD GO INTO REVENUE BEYOND THE 35 PERCENT. AND OF COURSE THOSE ARE GENERALITIES, SO SOME MAY BE EXPERIENCING A DIFFERENT CONDITION. BUT OVERALL, THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY FOUND. >> H. Soto-Martinez: GREAT. SO AS LANDLORDS, COLLECT RENT ONLY 35 PERCENT GO TO OPERATING. AND I ALSO HEARD IN THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE THIS WAS HEARD, THAT, EVEN BECAUSE, THERE IS TURNOVER OF UNITS, AND EVERY TIME THERE IS TURNOVER OF A UNIT, SAY SOMETHING IT TURNS OVER FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, CORRECT? >> ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF UNITS TURNOVER EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: OKAY, EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. AND WHEN THAT APARTMENT TURNS OVER, THE LANDLORD, IR REGARDLESS OF THAT, ARE ABLE TO CHARGE MARKET RATE AND AS A RESULT, THE LANDLORDS HAVE CONTINUED TO SEE AN INCREASE IN PROFITS, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> H. Soto-Martinez: OKAY, SO EVEN THOUGH OPERATING EXPENSES AND INSURANCE THEY HAVE TO SPEND TO MAINTAIN A BUILDING. EVEN THOUGH THAT HAS HAPPENED, BECAUSE OF THE TURN OF UNITS THEIR PROFITS HAVE INCREASED? >> IN GENERAL, YES. VACANCY CONTROL MEANS THAT LANDLORDS CONTINUE TO OPERATE PROFITABLE AS TIME GOES ON. >> H. Soto-Martinez: OKAY, THANK YOU. SO ALL THE STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT MANY OF THE COMMENTS HERE TODAY ARE SIMPLY NOT TRUE. SIMPLY NOT TRUE. SIMPLY NOT TRUE. SIMPLY NOT TRUE! AND CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE AMOUNT OF WEALTH THAT HAS BEEN CREATED THROUGH THE INCREASE OF THESE PROPERTIES? WHAT I HEARD IN YOUR FIRST COMMITTEE IS THAT, THE VALUE OF AN RSO UNIT, ONE UNIT HAS GONE FROM 150,000 TO $300,000 IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, THAT WHAT THE STUDY SHOWED AS WELL? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE HEART OF WHAT I THINK IS THE ISSUE HERE. SO TT REALLY RUDE TO SEE FOLKS, BE HAOUR AND BE DISRUPTIVE. CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE. >> Council President: FOLKS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LET MEMBERS ENGAGE IN THIS DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE SHOUTING OUT, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING. SO WE AK THAT YOU GIVE SAME RESPECT. MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: YES, LOOK THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SPEAKING AND OTHER SPEAKERS ARE SPEAKING, SO PLEASE BE QUIET SO WE CAN HEAR THEM. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, CAN YOU TALK TO THE INCREASE OF WEALTH? >> YES, COUNCILMEN. ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY, RSO HAVE DOUBLED OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, SO ABOUT 150,000 TO $300,000 AND NEARLY TIMES ABOVE THEIR 2000 LEVEL. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THAT IS A LOT OF WEALTH CREATION HAPPENING IN THE CITY. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEARD, MS. ORTEGA, I WAS SHOCKED I DID NOT EXPECT THIS INFORMATION TO COME OUT. AND BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, WHAT IS ALSO OCCURRING IN OUR CITY IS WE'RE SEEING SENIOR CITIZENS BEING THE LARGEST FOLKS THIS ARE BEING PUSHED INTO HOMELENESS, AND WE KNOW BECAUSE MOST OF THEM CAN'T EVEN PAY THEIR RENT. WE KNOW THIS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY ARE RENT BURDEN AND WE HAVE NOT EVEN TOUCHED ON HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT, BECAUSE IN THE LAST, IF WE LOOK AT THE LAST 30 YEARS, 23 OF THOSE 30 YEARS, INFLATION WAS 0, 1 OR 2. HOWEVER, LANDLORDS WERE ABLE TO GET 3 PERCENT. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE ISSUE, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. AND WHATEVER COMES OUT TODAY, IS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE BUT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO APPROACH THIS ISSUE AND HAVE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR PEOPLE. NOT JUST IN THE FUTURE BUT NOW. POEM ARE ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. AND MY AMENDMENT, THAT I INTRODUCED, THAT PUTS IT AT 75 PERCENT MAKES IT SO SOMETHING HAPPENS NOW. I KNOW THERE IS AN AMENDMENT FOR 90 PERCENT, BUT THAT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE NOW. IF 90 PERCENT CPI IS MOVED FORWARD. RENTERS AND TENANTS IN THE CITY ARE GOING TO PAY THE SAME AMOUNT. IM ASKING THIS BODY TO DO SOMETHING NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. I THINK IF WE LOOK JUST THE FORMULA, 14, THE FUTURE WILL LOOK DIFFERENT. I'M ASKING TO DO SOMETHING NOW. I APPRECIATE MS. ORTEGA HIGHLIGHTING WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING AND WHO IS REALLY SUFFERING, IN MY OPINION, THE INCOME INEQUALITY. I MAY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. I WANTED IT ADDRESS A COUPLE OF ISSUES, BECAUSE I, I UNDERSTAND HOW 'EM PASSION PEOPLE ARE CAN I'M NOT GOING TO BE DISMISSIVE OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE BEING FRUSTRATED BY SCHIZOPHRENIC VOES --VOTES THAT HAVE AFFECTED THEIR LINE. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL STAKE IN THE PROVIDING COMMENT. SO THE COMMENT THAT MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, IT IS ON THEIR REASON AND THE THIS BODY CONTINUE TO JERK THEM AROUND ON. GOING BACK TO WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE IN COVID. [APPLAUSE] FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF WHAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED CANNOT BE, CANNOT STATED STRONG ENOUGH. WHEN I THINK BACK ABOUT, THE LINE THAT CONTINUED TO GET PUSHED FROM COVID, THEIR INABILITY TO COVER, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT WHAT THEY HAD TO BEAR DURING THE DYNAMICS, THAT AFFECTED EVERY ONE. CAN WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE CREATING, WAS I AGREE, MS. RAMAN, THE RENT IS TOO DAL HIGH, BUT YOU CANNOT IGNORE THE HAND YOU PLAY IN HELPING TO OBSTRUCT THAT HOUSING BEING INVESTED AND DEVELOPED IN THE CITY WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE IT AN UNKNOWN RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO INVEST IN THE CITY WITH THEY KEEP HAVING THE NEEDLE MOVE AND ALIGNMENT. THAT'S A REALITY. WHEN YOU'RE UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN THE RECOVER ABILITY YOUR INVESTMENT. THAT'S JUST A FACT. THOSE ARE MARKET FACTERS THAT ARE REAL. AND I APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER ENGAGED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS PREVIOUSLY UNDERSTANDING THAT. I SAW THE MASS CORPORATION OF OUR HOUSING STOCK, POST 2008 RECESSION, I SAW IT FIRSTHAND. SO THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TODAY, UNDER THE GUIDES PROTECTION. BY SAME HAND, SO MANY OF YOU VOTED TO INCREASE THE COST OF LIVING HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FROM THE TRASH FEES TO THE SEWER SERVICE CHARGES, YOU'RE ALL TOO EASY ABOUT APPROVING THOSE. [APPLAUSE] SO STOP THAT ACTING LIKE YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT--EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. SO WE CAN ACT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THOSE WORKING PEOPLE, WHEN YOU BY THE SAME HAND APPROVED THE COST TO WHAT THEIR COST OF LIVING IS IN THE CITY. I DON'T WANT TO PROVOID A FALSE NARRATIVE, SOMETHING LIKE THE PRESIDENT CALLING A 50-YEAR MORTGAGE FOR AFFORDABLE. THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT JUST LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE IN COMMITTEE, WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS MOVING TARGET AND THE RENTAL PROTECTIONS HAS ACTUALLY HAS CREATED MORE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH PEOPLE, PEOPLES WILLINGNESS TO INVEST IN-HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THESE THE SLOW DOWN AND HOUSING STARTS. AND I REMEMBER THAT POINTED COMMENT, BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IN THAT REPORT LAST YEAR. SO WE CAN PRETEND WE DIDN'T HEAR AND WE CAN IGNORE IT, WHAT REALITY IS WHAT IT DOES, SO WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, I APPRECIATE HOW THEY'RE ALL COMING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I REALLY WISH THAT IT WAS A MORE, IT WAS, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MESSINESS ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE PEOPLE REAL INVESTMENT, GENERATIONAL WEALTH, IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, OH WELL, THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, IN 1974, MY PARENTS BOUGHT THE HOME FOR $70,000, HOUSE IS NOW 800,000 THAT'S JUST THE MARKET, SO TO SAY, THEY'VE GOT MORE WEALTH, YES, BUT YOU KNOW, A CAR IS NOW ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS GONE UP. YOU CAN'T IGNORE THAT SOMETHING OF A FUNCTION OF THEY HAVE IMMENSE WEALTH, THEY ALSO HAVE I --IMMENSE, EXPENSE. >> Council President: WE'VE GOT TO LET OUR MEMBERS SPEAK WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED. >> M. Rodriguez: WHAT INFURIATES ME, WHEN THE HOUSING PROVIDERS, CAME TO SAY, OUR INSURANCE, OUR REPAIRS ALL THE COSTS WENT UP, EVERYBODY WAS QUICK, LET'S ALLOW THEM A 20 PERCENT MARK UP. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSING PROVIDERS, STRUGGLING WITH SAME COST, THERE A COMPLETE IMBALANCE AND WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS. I LOOK FORWARD TO ENSURING THAT WE HELP TO ADOPT SOMETHING THAT IS MORE RATIONAL AND BALANCED AND MORE CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THIS BODY. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, EVERY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE, NO ONE WAS CRYING FOUL ABOUT INCREASING THE COST OF LIVING AND PASSING THE COST OF UTILITY, SEWER SERVICE CHARGES OR THE TRASH FEES. THOSE ARE, NEW EXPENSES NOW BORN BY SAME INDIVIDUALS BUT NOW YOU'RE SAYING, NOW YOU CAN'T RECOUP THE COSTS. THAT'S WRONG, SO YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN ABOUT RENT IS HIGH AND BE PART OF THE FACTOR THAT MAKES IT MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE CITY! [BOOING] [APPLAUSE] SO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SOME OF THE AMENDMENT THAT'S HAVE COME FORWARD, I SIGNED ON TO A FEW THEM BUT I JUST WANT IT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY BOTH SIDES. I THINK TT REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE CONSISTENT IN THE POLICY APPROACH, ENSURING THAT WE BOTH CREATE A BALANCE AND STRIKE A BALANCE BECAUSE WE KNOW THE COST OF REPAIRS, THE COST OF MAINTAINING THESE BUILDINGS, IT ALSO GONE UP, YOU'VE BEEN PROHIBITED FROM BEING ABLE TO RECOVER SOME OF THE COSTS WITH A LOT THESE UNITS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND ALL THAT DOES IS COMPOUND THE IMPOUND. SO I CAN CONTINUE TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD OR HAVE HONET AND ADULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN WALK AWAY WITH A MORE REASONABLE AND RATIONAL AND AGAIN, IT AND THERE IS NO WINNERS IN THIS, TO BE HONEST. THERE IS NO WINNERS IN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, THIS WE HAVE TO STRIKE A BALANCE IN ADOPTING A POLICY THAT ACTUALLY HELPS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE THE HOUSING PROVIDERS IN THIS CITY, WITH THEIR OWN MONEY, NOT CITY MONEY. THIS IS THEIR OWN PERSONAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS. THAT WE DON'T CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HOW HELPS TO ACCELERATE THE CORPORATION OUR HOUSING STOCK WHILE DISENFRANCHISING CITY BECAUSE WE KEEP MOVING THE LINE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE AMENDMENTS. I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT IT DOES TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY HOUSING STOCK AND IMPACTS THAT IT WILL HAVE FOR THE HOUSING PROVIDERS IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> City Attorney: EXCUSE ME, PLEASE STOP SHOUTING MR. McOSKER IS ABOUT TO SPEAK. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, I HAVE A SMALL TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, ANA FOR BEING HERE. YOU HAD SAID IF NOTHING CHANGES WITH THE CURRENT CPI AT 3, THE NUMBER WOULD MOVE TO 2? >> YES. >> T. McOsker: IS THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION OR BECAUSE OF SOMETHING IN THE CURRENT LAW? WHAT IS THE RESULT OF 3 TO 2? >> IT WOULD BE THE ADOPTIONS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY >> T. McOsker: OKAY, WHICH MEANS INFLATION? >> YES AND THE HOUSING IS DOWN. >> T. McOsker: AND TECHNICAL QUESTION, WHETHER IT BECOMES FRACTIONAL THE NUMBERS THIS RESULT ARE ROUNDED UP AND DOWN? >> YES, PER PROVISIONS. SO WE ADOPT ANNUAL PERCENTAGE THAT IS A WHOLE PERCENT, WE DON'T 1.29, WE JUST ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE PERCENT. >> T. McOsker: GOT YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE DEBATE SO WE ROUNDUP, WE ROUND DOWN, BASED ON NUMBER THIS YOU GET FROM THE FEDS AND THEN IF THERE IS A, A DIFFERENCE IN CPI, WHETHER IT THE DEFINITION OF CPI, WE ROUNDUP OR DOWN TO GET A WHOLE NUMBER. >> YES, IT IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. >> T. McOsker: USUALLY THINGS ARE. >> BUT IT'S A COMPARISON OF THE CHANGE IN THE CPI FROM THE PRIOR YEAR THAT ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30th VERSUS THE YEAR BEFORE THAT. AND THEN WE GET TO A PERCENTAGE AND WE ROUNDUP OR DOWN TO THE NEAREST WHOLE PERCENT. >> T. McOsker: OKAY. TWO, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FIELD. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, SMALL MOM CAN POP LANDLORDS AND LARGE CORPORATE LANDLORDS, ONE OF YOUR OBSERVATIONS THAT MORE CORPORATE LANDLORDS MAY MORE LIKELY HAVE A PAID MANAGER AND MAY HAVE PAID INFRASTRUCTURE, MOM AND POPS DO THE WORK THEMSELVES AND THAT RAISES THE QUESTION, WHEN WE GO TO JUST AND REASONABLE WITH YOU IS PART WHAT THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO WORK ON. WOULDN'T A MOM-AND-POP ALLOCATE A VALUE TO THE WORK THAT THEY DO THEM SELLS? --THEMSELVES? AND PUT THAT TO THE JUST AND REASONABLE. >> WE DO ACCOUNT FOR SELF MANAGEMENT IN THE EXISTING CALCULATIONS. >> T. McOsker: SO WE CAN PUT A VALUE OF RUNNING OVER AND CLEARING THE TOILET OR FIXING THINGS UP, JUST LIKE THERE WOULD BE A VALUE IF THEY PAID A COMPANY. >> T. McOsker: THAT'S HELPFUL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> I. Padilla: NOT YET. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERN TEZ. >> E. Hernandez: YOU KNOW WHEN INFURIATES ME, IS THAT THIS BODY HAS BECOME FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO INVESTMENTS INSTEAD OF GUARDIANS FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. AND SECOND THING THAT INFURIATES ME IS ALL THE CLEAN UP THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS NEW COUNCILMEMBERS AROUND THIS HORSESHOE FOR THE YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS DERELICTIONS OF DUTY. THERE IS A REASON WHY WE HAD TO DO THE SEWAGE FEES BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT DONE FOR YEARS. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SEWAGE FEES AND TENANTS HAVE HAD TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNTS WHICH WE HAVE SUBSIDIZED EVERY ONE HE WILL WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS GOING ON FOR YEARS. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT, IN THIS MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN WHERE WE GET TO DECIDE YES THERE ARE WINNERS AND LOSERS RIGHT NOW, AND FOR THE MOST PART, LOW INCOME PEOPLE, OUR SENIORSWHO HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE SHORTENED OF THE STICK AND WHY WE'RE IN THIS MESS OF, OF OUR HOUSING PROVIDERS BEING UPSET BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING COVID-19? THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP AS A BODY AND WE TALK ABOUT IT REGULARLY BUT INTERESTS NO SOLUTIONS. WHAT COMES UP IS ALWAYS OPPOSITIONS. BUT WE SHOULD BE STEPPING UP MORE AND THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE THAT WOULD THROW DOWN FOR YOU, BUT THAT CLEAN UP OF 2020 HAS NOT HAPPENED. AND INSTEAD OF ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGHT AGAINST OUR MOST VULNERABLE, HOW DO WE STEP UP FOR YOU ALL. AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ABOUT THAT SOLUTION. I DO AGREE THAT IS A LOSS TO YOU ALL. BUT WE HAVE EVICTIONS AND WE'RE STRUGGLING TO DEAL WITH OUR CRISIS. WE CANNOT HOUSE AND THE MAJORITY IS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT NO LONGER AFFORD IT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, LET'S HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT IT BUT AS THIS BODY WE HAVE A DUTY AND IT IS TO SERVE BOTH GROUPS. BUT WE'VE HAD A LOSING GROUP FOR SOMETIME AND THAT'S TENANTS AS WE CAN SEE THROUGH THE EVICTION. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO ADD. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. YOU'RE PASSING. ALL RIGHT, SO COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? YOUR BUTTON IS UP AGAIN? OKAY. >> I. Padilla: I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US, RIGHT. I REALLY LIKE YOURS, MR. LEE, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING RELATED TO REALLY DELINEATING BETWEEN A SMALL PROPERTY TO THOSE THAT ARE NOT, I LIKE 47 A, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE THE ONE IN FRONT OF US IS IN THROUGH 4. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING RELATED TO CPI. IN MY DISTRICT, I HAVE WORKED HARD WITH MY DEPUTY TO BUILD AN ALLIANCE OF DIFFERENT MULTI UNIT ALLIANCE, MANAGERS SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS AND NOT JUST FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP INTO BUILDINGS LIKE THIS AND THEN TELL US THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY. AND I WANT TO SAY AS WE DECIDE BETWEEN, WHICH ONE IS THIS? 47E, AND ONE THAT IS 47D, YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY FRUFT ATES WITH ME ALL THIS IS THAT WE APPROACH THIS WITH ASSUMPTION THAT HOUSING PROVIDERS AND TENANTS DON'T GET ALONG AND DON'T GENERAL TALK TO EACH OTHER AND NEGOTIATE HOW TO MAKE A LIVING ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY ONE BENEFITS. I PERSONALLY WILL BE SUPPORTING D. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MORE REALISTIC TO GO WITH D AND MAKE SURE THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE, IT REDUCES THE CORPORATE OR SMALL MOM-AND-POPS OR RSO UNITS FROM DECIDING TO MAYBE UTILIZE SB79 AND THEN WE LOSE THEM ENTIRELY. THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT NOW EN SENT --INCENTIVIZE. THAT'S WHY I'M GOING WITH 47D. AND I WANT IT SAY IF YOU TALK TO THESE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDINGS, HOW LIFE IS FOR THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO NICKEL AND DIME THE INCREASES THAT THEY NEED AS COST OF LIVING GOES UP. I HEARD FROM TENANTS, WELL THEY CANNOT INCREASE MY RENT BUT THEY PUT MACHINES ON THE LAUNDRY AND WASHER AND NOW THEY CHARGE ME FOR ME. I GET AN EXTRA PAIR KEYS, I GET CHARGED. I'M GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR HAVING PLANTS IN MY BALCONIES. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE GET ALONG. I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO MORE MEMBERS OF THE QUEUE. I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE, ESPECIALLY THE HOUSING CAN HOMELENESS COMMITTEE WHO HAS BEEN AT THIS FOR A FEW YEARS AND ALL THE MEMBERS WHO WORKED REALLY HARD. I KNOW MEMBERS WORKED LATE LAST NIGHT AND UP EARLY ON THIS VERY VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE THOSE ISSUES THAT YOU KNOW, YOU SAW TO MY COLLEAGUES, THIS A TOUGH CALL. I, THERE IS A LOT OF THIS THAT I LIKE, THAT THERE IS A LOT OF THIS THAT I DON'T LIKE. THERE IS A LOT THINGS THAT I HAVE PHILOSOPHICAL ABOUT. BUT I'M SURE, THAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO PASS SOMETHING. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE WHO HAS PUT IN THE HARD WORK. AND ADVOCATE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE. AND AGAIN, THERE IS SEVERAL ISSUES THAT ARE BEFORE US TODAY THIS I KNOW WE'LL COME BACK TO, SMALL LANDLORDS AND OTHERS. JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO GET THIS AS RIGHT AS WE CAN WITH, AS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY PASSES THIS COUNCIL AND CAN BE SIGNED BY MAYOR. SO WITH THIS, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS BEFORE US AND IN WHAT ORDER? SORRY, I'M SORRY, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO'S BUTTON CAME UP. >> Y. Jurado: SORRY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO STEAL YOUR LAST WORD. I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE LISTEN ABOUT THIS CONFERRING AND THINKING ABOUT HOW I CAN RESPOND THOUGHTFULLY TO ALL OF THE, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID IN THESE CHAMBERS. AND YES, LANDLORDS AND OWNERSHIP COSTS HAVE GONE UP IN COMMITTEE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW EVEN A ONE PERCENT INCREASE CAN COVER THE UTILITIES INCREASE AND THAT IF FACT, THE INCREASE IN OWNERSHIP EXPENSES COME FROM EXTERNAL THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THIS CONTROL LIKE INSURANCE. AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH ANY OF COLLEAGUES TO WORK WITH THE STATE IN ORDER TO DECREASE AMOUNT OF INCURRING INSURANCE COSTS THAT COME UP. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT OWNERSHIP HAS BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE, SO HAS OUR HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COVID-19 AND 2020 CRISIS, I THINK WE WERE POLICY WISE, WE HAD A LACK OF LEADERSHIP FROM ALL LEVELS, ESPECIALLY THE FEDERAL LEVEL, FORCING SMALL, CITIES LIKE OURS TO PUT TENANTS AND LANDLORDS AGAINST EACH OTHER, WHEN OUR PER VIEW IN THIS BODY IS TO PROVIDE STABILITY. THAT'S OUR DUTY TO THE CITY. BUT THERE ARE BIGGER SOLUTION THAT'S ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR HANDS THAT ARE ALSO WORKING AND WHEN WE'RE HERE, THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. BUT WE KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE INCREASING COST TO LANDLORDS AND OUR PROBLEM HAS ONLY WORSENS OUR HOMELENESS CRISIS. SO, I'M JUST FRUSTRATED WITH SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS HERE, THIS SOLELY FOCUS ON OWNERSHIP INCREASES WHEN WE KNOW THAT LOSING, THESE INCREASES, WE CAN LOSE PEOPLE TO HOMEsNESS AND THAT BECOMES A BIGGER PROBLEM WHEN WE'RE LOSING MONEY FOR THOSE SERVICES AND PRODUCTION AND I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO CONTINUE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HOMELENESS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CPI, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, THE PRODUCTS THIS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT EGGS, AND CARS THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HOMES. HOMES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. WHEN WE ARE SUPPOSE TO SHELTER AND PLACE, IF YOU HAVE NO SHELTER, WHERE ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO GO? AND HOMES ARE DIFFERENT THAN LET'S SAY EGGS, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE LAWS INHABIT ABILITY AND DUTIES TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE TENANTS THINGS THAT TENANTS SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE IT A HOME THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING CAN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE. AND, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE INCREASES, RENTERS AND RSOs, MAKE LESS THAN THOSE DON'T LIVE IN RSOs AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RAISING TO WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT 4 PERCENT PLUS 90 PERCENT OF CPI WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TELL THAT SENIOR ON FIXED INCOME WHO IS 7 5 AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON RSO. WHEN I WAS CANVASSING, HAD A SENIOR THAT MADE $900, HIS RENT WAS GOING TO GO UP BY 7 PERCENT. HE CONSIDERED HOW HE CAN GET ANOTHER DISABILITY IN ORDER TO PAY THE RENT. THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT. AND FOR THE LANDLORDS AND THE FOLKS TALKING ABOUT THERE ARE NO WAY TO RAISE THE RENT WITHIN THE SYSTEM, I MYSELF AND MY PAST LIFE AS AN EVICTION ATTORNEY REPRESENTATIVE A TENANT WHO'S RENT WAS INCREASED BY 47 PERCENT UNDER LAHD JUST AND REASONABLE CONTEXT BECAUSE HIS LANDLORD MADE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. HIS RENT WAS 925 AND WENT UP TO 1408 AND THAWS 1600 ANNUALLY THAT HE ALLOCATED FOR. HE MADE 25,000 A YEAR. AND THAT'S CASE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND I REPRESENT AND I KNOW THE OTHER MEMBERS. AND SO, SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, WE DON'T JUST GROUND OURSELVES IN-HOUSING PROVIDERS AND THEIR NUMBERS AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EXPENSIVE COSTS ABOUT WHAT THE DECISION CAN MEAN WHEN WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE A TICKET TO HOMELENESS AND WHEN WE CANNOT AFFORD THAT PROBLEM TO INCREASE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSIONS ON CPI AND WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE AND ALSO THE PERCENTAGES AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN REACH A SOLUTION HERE THAT ACTUALLY REFLECTS THE REALITIES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE IN THE CITY L.A. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. I SPOKE ABOUT THE I DO THINK IT BEST THING BUT I WANT TODAY MENTION, THE OTHER AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY ON THE RENT BANKING, WHICH I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS ENTIRE CHANGE. AND I SHOULD SAY, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO BE GROUNDED WHERE OUR TENANTS ARE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. WHATEVER FORMULA WE END UP IS A MAJOR REFORM OF OF WHAT THE CURRENT FORMULA IS. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW WE FIND THAT BALANCEMENT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SAYING WE'RE TRYING TO SHIFT TO A FORMULA THAT IS BENEFIT OF THE TENANTS. I WANT TODAY POINT OUT A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE RENT BANKING, ALL THE OTHER THINGS, I CAN LIVE, LIKE OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING PASSED, I CAN LIVE WITH A LOT OF CHANGES BUT THE RENT BANKING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THAT KEEPS TRUE TO THE CONCEPT. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE A FIXED INCOME, YOU KNOW WHEN IS DEFINITION FIXED? IF YOU KEEP THE SAME DOLLAR VALUE, YOU'RE NOT KEEPING IT FIXTURE LOWERING THE VALUE. AND SOMETHING THAT MR. MARTINEZ, TALKED ABOUT DURING THE YEARS WHERE LANDLORDS WOULD MAKE MORE MONEY BECAUSE THE INFLATION WAS LOWER THAN WHAT THE FLOOR WAS. THAT WOULD BE SOLVED WITH RENT BANKING. BECAUSE IN RENT BANKING, IF YOU HAVE IT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION, IF INFLATION IS ZERO AND WE'RE ALLOWING LANDLORDS TO CHARGE TWO OR THREE PERCENT, THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE TENANT WILL GET THE BENEFIT. IT EVENS IT OUT. SO SINCE HE RAISED THAT ISSUE, YOU WANT TODAY MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW THAT RENT BANKING IS A SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM THE AND FOR ME, POLITICALLY RENT BANKING IS PIECE THAT GETS ME, TO BE SUPPORTIVE THIS. AND WITHOUT THAT, I CANNOT BE SUPPORTIVE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, TALKED ABOUT INCREASE. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME AN RSO UNIT HAS GONE UP BY THAT PERCENTAGE? IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, IT HAS NOT BEEN 7 PERCENT? >> ACTUALLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN 2022. >> J. Lee: SURE AFTER WE STOPPED MAKING PEOPLE PAY THEIR RENT THEN WE GAVE THEM THE LARGER INCREASE. >> WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM THE 7 PERCENT. SO HIT I CANLY, WEE DONE 7 PERCENT. >> IT HAS NOT GONE UP HIGHER THAN 5 PERCENT SINCE 1982. >> J. Lee: OKAY, SO IS IT SAFE. CAN YOU GIVE ME A SECOND. >> Council President: IF YOU CAN SPEAK LOUDER. JUST SPEAK INTO THE MIC AND LOUDLY, THANK YOU. >> SO THERE ARE TWO ANSWERS. ONE WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT CPI WAS 7 PERCENT? WELL THE CPI WAS 7 PERCENT IN 2022 BUT THAT WAS NOT THE RENT INCREASE THAT WAS ALLOWED, THAT COUNCIL UTILIZED THE NEXT PERCENTAGE FOR THE NEXT YEAR WHICH WAS 4 PERCENT. BEFORE THAT, THE CPI HAS NOT EXCEEDED IT HAS NOT EXCEEDED 5 PERCENT SINCE 1982. >> J. Lee: OKAY, IS IT SAFE TO SAY IF IT LESS THAN 100 PERCENT CPI, ARE WE INVITING FIVE TO TEN YEARS, MORE JUST AND REASONABLE CASES WHERE THEY CAN THEN DO AN EXTREME JUMP OF RENTAL PRICES? WOULD THEY HAVE A CASE UNDER 100 PERCENT CPI? >> I DO THINK UNDER THE CURRENT PROVISIONS UTILIZING LESS THAN 100 PERCENT WOULD RESULT IN POSSIBLY MORE QUALIFYING JNRI APPLICATIONS. THERE IS A LOT OF FACTORS LIKE VACANCY CONTROL AND TENANT TURNOVER BUT JUST ON NUMBERS FOR IN PLACE TEN ANSSINGER, YES TT POSSIBLE THAT WOULD RESULT IN MORE LANDLORDS THAT QUALIFY FOR JNR APPLICATION. >> J. Lee: OKAY, YOU MADE A STATEMENT EARLIER THAT RSO UNITS, DO YOU HAVE ANY FIGURES ON HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT RSO UNITS BECAUSE OF RENTAL INCREASES. I'M SORRY? OUR RSO UNITS ARE LESS? >> YES, WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS HOW MANY DURING THE RENT INCREASE. >> J. Lee: CAN WE MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT IT NOT THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS WORKING, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE RSO AOUNS WITH MUCH LESS THAN MARKET RATE. >> SO ONE THING TO KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THERE IS AN ANNUAL ALLOWABLE RENT INCREASE OF WHATEVER, X-PERCENT, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT LANDLORDS IMPOSE THE MAXIMUM ADJUSTMENT THAT THEY LEGALLY CAN. AND SOMETIMES LANDLORDS, DON'T DO THAT. THEY LIKE THEIR TENANTS, THEY KNOW THEIR TENANT SITUATION, THE TENANT MOVED IN RECENTLY, SO NOT EVERY TENANT GETS THE ALLOWABLE RENT INCREASE. >> J. Lee: RIGHT AND THE SMALLER UNITS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS CORRECT. IT BEEN OVER FROM 2018 TO 2023, 15 PERCENT OF THOSE UNITS HAVE SOLD? >> I WOULD HAVE TO, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT. >> J. Lee: I READ THAT IN ONE OUR REPORTS, IT GOES BACK TO MY ARGUMENT COLLEAGUES, WE ALWAYS ARGUE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO MORE CORPORATE OWNERSHIP, WHAT WE'RE DRIVING BY DOING THESE POLICIES IS THAT WE ARE DRIVING MORE FOR THAT TO INCREASE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD OF OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE RASON, THIS STANDS BEHIND, AND BE CAUSE OF WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT BUILDING HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BECAUSE THEY CONSTANTLY CAN SEE THAT WITH ONE STROKE PEN, COUNCIL CAN DO WHATEVER IT WANTS, WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY RENTMENT THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE HOW WORE GOING TO DIS EN SENT --DIS INCENTIVIZE. >> Council President: WE GOT COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND THEN WE NEED TO MOVE TO VOTES. >> Y. Jurado: I WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD, THAT WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH UTILITY AS WELL WHEN WE INCREASED 4 PERCENT. LANDLORDS WERE ABLE TO RAISE THE UTILITY AND GAS, AND RENT INCREASE COULD BE UP TO 9 PERCENT AT THE TIME, THAT MR. LEE HAD MENTIONED? >> SO THAT YEAR, WE ADOPTED 4 PERCENT. IT COULD HAVE IN THE MASTER BUILDINGS, GONE UP TO AS HIGH AS 6 PERCENT. >> Y. Jurado: OKAY. SO IT WAS NOT JUST 4 PERCENT, IT WENT UP TO 6 PERCENT. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TURNOVER, THE INCENTIVE TO REALLY TURNOVER IN THOSE UNITS IS JUST EVICTING PEOPLE IF YOU WANT TO REKOOP COSTS. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT EVICTION RATES, NEARLY 300,000 EVICTION NOTICES HAVE BEEN FILED AND 93 PERCENT ARE DUE TO NONPAYMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY THE RENT AS IT IS. SO WHEN WE PROPOSED A RENT INCREASE FOR OUR CITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE SO RENT BURDENS, WHAT DO WE THINK THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE? WHEN AVERAGE AMOUNT RENT IS 4,000, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ON THE TABLE IF NOT MORE FOR PEOPLE ANNUAL RENT. AND SO, REALLY WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TODAY AND THE ININTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THE COST THAT WE AS A CITY ARE GOING TO BEAR IF WE'RE DRIVING PEOPLE FURTHER INTO HOMELENESS. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. ME AND SOTO-MARTINEZ HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF EVICTIONS AND 90 PERCENT OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH NONPAYMENT. SO WE'RE NOT RAISING WAGES, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT AND PEOPLE'S DISABILITY BENEFITS ARE NOT GOING UP AND THEY'RE FIXED INCOME IS NOT GOING UP. I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE A PROPORTIONAL AND ABOUT IT RATIONALLY WITH HOW MUCH THINGS GETTING THROUGH. DOOR. >> Council President: I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER LEE. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. PLEASE, ANA, EARLIER YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JNR APPLICATION SXZ IT COULD POTENTIAL LOWER CPI AND COULD LEAD TO MORE JNR APPLICATIONS, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER? >> YES. WE'RE PROJECTING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. >> E. Hernandez: ISN'T THAT POINT JNR PROGRAM IS THAT IF THE RENT IS 3 PERCENT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE LANDLORD, THE OPENING FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE RENT IS JNR PROGRAM. WE SHOULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT, MORE APPLICATIONS AS IF IT WILL BE A BURDEN, BECAUSE THIS IS THE LIKE A SAFETY VALVE FOR MOM CAN POP. I JUST NEED TO REFRAME THE WAY THEY THINK ABOUT IT. IT A SAFETY VALVE SO IF THE RENT INCREASE, THE LANDLORD CAN FILE TO HAVE IT HIGHER. AND IN THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IN THAT DISTINCTION, BECAUSE IT IS NOT A BURDEN IT A SOLUTION. I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT, IT SOUNDED CONFUSING, IT SOUNDED LIKE A BAD THING. BUT IT WOULD BE A PHENOMENAL THING, IF SMALL MOM-AND-POP LANDLORDS WERE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT SOLUTION. >> IT'S DEFINITELY A SAFETY VALVE THAT EXIST THAT SHOULD NOT REPLACE A BALANCE TO BEGUN WITH. >> E. Hernandez: 100 PERCENT. AND THAT'S THE THING, THAT'S NOT WHEN I'M SAYING. WHAT I'M SAYING IF THERE IS A SMALL MOM-AND-POP LANDLORDS THAT NEED A SOLUTION, A SAFETY VALVE IS THE SAFETY VALVE XHIFT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. IF WE CAN BE CLEAR ON THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN THIS MOMENT. AND THANK YOU, ALSO, AND I KNOW THERE WAS A MOTION IN THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE. BUT CAN YOU TELL ME, JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WHAT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE LOOKED LIKE FOR APPLICATIONS? >> I CAN, NUMBERS ARE NOT HIGH. IN 202, WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE IN MY BRAIN RIGHT NOW, WE'VE HAD FOUR APPROVED APPLICATIONS. >> SO THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE BLANKET THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE WHEN TT NECESSARY AND FOUR APPLICATIONS IN 2025, MEANS TT A BURDENSOME PROCESS FOR A LAND LOWEREDS. --LANDLORDS, I SEE THAT AS MORE PEOPLE NEED AK IS HE TO IT. >> I THINK THAT MAY BE TRUE AND WE, CONTINUAL DO OUT REACH AND EDUCATION ON THE JNR PROCESS. WE DID WORKSHOPS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, WE HAD 100 PEOPLE ATTEND. SO IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE PROMOTE. THE OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT, AS A WHOLE, LANDLORDS, MAY NOT BE APPLYING BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW OR MAYBE, THEY ARE, KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION. MAYBE THE RSO CURRENT PROVISIONS ARE WORKING AS THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO WHICH MEANS LANDLORDS ARE NOT SUFFERING A FINANCIAL LOSS. IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF REASONS. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: SO IN 2022 WITH THE SPIKE IN EVICTIONS HAPPEN, ISN'T THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD TO PAY THEIR BACK RENT THIS THEY WERE NOT PAYING? >> SO, WE ALSO HAD AN EVICTION MORATORIUM IN THE COVID PROTECTION YEARS. SO LANDLORDS WERE NOT ABLE TO FILE EVICTIONS AT ALL. SO WHEN THIS WAS LIFTED THERE IS AN UP SWING. >> J. Lee: SO COVID WE HAD THAT SPIKE BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL WAS NEVER HONEST WITH PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD TO PAY THAT MONEY BACK AT THE END. SO PEOPLE KEPT NOT PAYING THE RENT, THINKING THAT, THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD COME UP WITH A PROGRAM BUT WE NEVER TOLD THEM, WE NEVER EVER TOLD THEM LOOK YOU HAVE TO PAY THIS MONEY BACK. YOU HAVE TO AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEN WERE STUCK IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY COULD NOT PAY ALL THAT MONEY BACK. AND IN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EVICTIONS WERE THOSE EVICTIONS FROM RSO, OR WHEN WAS THE MAJORITY OF THOSE EVICTIONS IN? >> SO THE STATISTICS THAT THE HOUSING MAINTAINS IS ON EVICTION FILINGS, THAT'S IN THES THAT LANDLORDS GIVE THEIR TENANTS. THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ACTUALLY EVICTIONS CARRIED OUT. THERE IS, SEPARATE DATA ON HOW MANY EVICTIONS ARE CARRIED OUT. WHAT WE REQUIRED LANDLORDS TO FILE IS THE INITIAL NOTICES. >> J. Lee: SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF THOSE CAME FROM LUXURY? I FEEL LIKE. MOST OF THE EVICTIONS. >> I DIDN'T ANSWER THE OTHER PART. THAT'S FOR ALL TENANTS NOT JUST RSO TENANTS. >> J. Lee: RIGHT. WHERE WAS THE MAJORITY? >> THE MAJORITY, WELL THE MAJORITY ARE RSO UNITS. >> J. Lee: BUT MAJORITY OF EVICTIONS WERE FROM WHERE? >> I DON'T KNOW HAVE THIS PERCENTAGE BREAK DOWN. THE MAJORITY OF UNITS ARE RSO AND THE FILINGS INCLUDE EVERYBODY. >> J. Lee: BUT YOU CAN'T? >> NO I CAN'T. >> J. Lee: I READ THAT IT CAME FROM HIGHER END NOT LOWER END. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. LEE. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: YOU KNOW WHEN, I'M GOOD. >> Council President: YOU DON'T WANT TO CALL THE QUESTION, ARE YOU SURE? >> N. Raman: OKAY, LET'S CALL THE QUESTION. >> Clerk: OKAY, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS BEFORE US. WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THEM IN A SPECIFIC ORDER. FIRST ONE I BELIEVE SO YEAH, YOU'LL TELL US THE FIRST ONE AND WE MAY STOP AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC ONES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, THE FIRST ITEM BEFORE COUNCIL IS SUBSTITUTE NUMBER 47 BLUMENFIELD RODRIGUEZ MOTION REGARDING THE MINORITY REPORT ON COUNCIL FILE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THIS IS TO SUBSTITUTE THE MINORITY WITH THE MAJORITY SO OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 4 AYES, 10 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THIS ITEM FAILS. MOVING TO 47F, WHICH IS AMENDING MOTION BLUMENFIELD YAROSLAVSKY REGARDING RENT BANKING. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, RENT BANKING, JUST EXPLAIN AGAIN WHAT IMPACT RENT BANKING HAS ON THE OVERALL POLICY? FOR BOTH THE TENANT AND THE LANDLORD? >> RENT BANKING IS MEANT TO STABILIZE THE ANNUAL RENT INCREASE WHEN THE CALCULATIONS ARE ABOVE OR BELOW THRESHOLDS THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTS. SO IF IT GOES OVER, I'LL JUST USE THE L.H.D., SO BUT IF IT WERE TO GO 5 PERCENT, ANY ACCESS WILL BE BANKED OR ROLLED OVER INTO A FUTURE YEAR. THUS MAINTAINING THE WHATEVER CAP THE COUNCIL ADOPTS AND ALLOWING THE LAND LORDS TO RECOVER ANY EXTRA PERCENT IN THE FUTURE. THE WAY WE'RE PROPOSING IS A CALCULATION TO BE DONE BY THE CITY, BY L.A. HD AND PUBLICIZED AND MADE KNOWN TO TENANTS AND TENANTS. IT IS NOT LANDLORDS INDIVIDUAL REDECIDING IF THEY WANT TO RENT BANK. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD HAS SUGGESTED AND RECOMMENDED THAT IT BE DONE ON THE BOTH THE TOP WHEN THE CPI EXCEEDS AS WELL AS THE LOW END IF THERE IS A FLOOR, INFLATION IS BELOW THAT FLOOR, THEN IT WOULD BE A SUBTRACTION IN THE FUTURE YEAR BUT YOU WOULD KEEP THE FLOOR. >> Council President: SO, JUST SAY QUICK FOLLOW-UP AND I KNOW MR. BLUMENFIELD HAS COMMENTS ON THIS. IF WE'VE SEEN IN HISTORY, RESENT HISTORY SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS POLICY, YEARS CAN YEARS AND YEARS, THE NUMBER IS, BELOW, THE BELOW THE TOP END, WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SCENARIO? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD, IT SEEMS FROM WHAT YOU DESCRIBED AND I WILL ADMIT TO NOT UNDERSTANDING IT WELL, FROM WHAT YOU DESCRIBED EVEN WHEN INFLATION WAS LOW, IT WOULD KEEP THE RENT ALLOW RENT INCREASE FOR THE WHOLE CITY FOR ALL THE RSOs IN THE WHOLE CITY AT A HIGHER RATE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WENT ON FOR A LONG TIME, THAT IT COULD CREATE A PRETTY DRAMATIC IMBALANCE >> SO THAT WAS THE CASE WITH THE 3 PERCENT FLOOR. BUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS EVEN THE LAHD A 2 PERCENT FLOOR, INFLATION HAS NOT GONE BELOW 2 PERCENT IN MANY YEARS EXCEPT ONE TIME SO WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO BANK. >> Council President: GOT IT. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WANT TO CLARIFY IN ALL THOSE YEARS WHEN RENT WAS BELOW 3 PERCENT, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHAT, WOULD IT NOT BE TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO TENANTS IF WE HAD RENT BANKING, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR THE TENANTS IN A YEAR WHERE INFLATION IS ZERO AND WE'RE ALLOWING 3 PERCENT AND YOU BANK IT? >> IF WE HAD EXISTING RULES IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO TENANTS BECAUSE THERE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF YEARS WHERE INFLATION WAS BELOW 3 PERCENT. >> B. Blumenfield: SO SIMILARLY, WHENEVER INFLATION IS LOWER THAN O THE OUR FLOR, IF YOU ALLOW RENT BANKING, YOU'RE SAYING TO THE TENANTS, DURING THOSE YEARS WE'RE ALLOWING THE LANDLORD TO CHARGE YOU MORE. IN FUTURE JAZZER THAT WOULD BE ROLLED OVER, SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF INFLATION IS 0 AND WE ALLOW 3 PERCENT, THEN THE TEN ANSER ESSENTIALLY BANK THAT 3 PERCENT, AND THEN, LET'S SAY THE NEXT YEAR, INFLATION IS AT 5 PERCENT, WELL INSTEAD OF HAVING THEIR RENT RAISE UP TO PERCENT, THEY GET TO SPEND THAT 3 PERCENT. NOW YOU HAVE TO SPEND 5, 4, 2, 3 PERCENT. YOUR RENT IS GOING TO GO UP 2 PERCENT. SO MY POINT IS DURING THOSE YEARS AND MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, POINTED OUT THAT WE HAD SITUATION, RENT BANKING WOULD BENEFIT THE TENANTS. BUT I WOULD ARGUE IT NOT HURTING ANYBODY, WHAT IT'S DOING IS TRYING TO FOLLOW CPI. SOME MY COLLEAGUES POINT OUT, DISABILITY COST DON'T RISE, THEY DON'T RISE BUT THEY ARE ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION. YOUR DISABILITY CHECK, THERE IS A COLA IN THAT, THERE IS A COST OF LIVING IN THAT. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RENT BANKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOLLOWING CPI, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE RENT. WE'RE DECREASING IT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING IT AT ZERO AND WHAT RENT BANKING DOES, IT ALLOWS FOR THOSE INEQUITIES, TO CATCH UP OVERTIME, AND IT ALLOWS ON THE UPPER END IN THE RARE SITUATIONS WHEN CPI IS GOING TO BE, HOWEVER WE DEFINE INFLATION, WHATEVER IT IS, IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHEN THAT EXCEEDS, THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNT, IT BASICALLY SAYS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOT FAIR. WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW IN THE FUTURE YEAR TO CATCH UP FOR THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THE CATCH IN THE CEILINGS ARE TO PREVENT THE PEACE IN THE VALUES. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE CHANGING THE OVERALL VALUE OF THE RENT. SO IF YOU BELIEVE THE RENT SHOULD BE ZERO, NOT GOING UP CAN DOWN BUT ADJUSTED, THEN YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE RENT BANKING ON BOTH ENDS. SO, I HOPE THAT EXPLAINS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WHY I THINK TT ACTUALLY FOR TENANTS IS GOOD ON LOWER END. THE QUESTION IS, ON BALANCE TT GOING TO KEEP IT EVEN. >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. I'LL BE BRIEF, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLY ON. AND I THINK THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I BECAME LESSEN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. SIMPLY BECAUSE, I'M, THE ISSUE THAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS MAKING SURE THAT WORKING PEOPLE I THE CITY, YOU KNOW, ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY, THRIVE IN THE CITY AND THAT DOES NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE OF, ON SOME YEARS SHOULD THIS PASS WITH A 3 PERCENT CAP OR 4 PERCENT CAP. THAT STILL MANY WORKING PEOPLE DON'T RECEIVE THOSE TYPES OF WAGE INCREASES EVERY YEAR. SO THE RENT BANKING IN A WAY, MAKES IT, WORSE ON SOME YEARS, BECAUSE TO USE THE MOST CURRENT EXAMPLE WHEN THE CPI WOULD HAVE RAISED TO 7 PERCENT, SHOULD WE HAVE HAD A NEW FORMULA. ESSENTIALLY, THAT IS ABLE TO SPREAD OUT OVER OTHER YEARS AND IT WOULD HAVE KEPT PEOPLE FUTURE INCREASES HIGHER THAN WHEN WAGE INCREASES WOULD HAVE BEEN. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT, I LIKE THE EVEN, STEVEN, BUT I DON'T THINK IT GETS TO THE ROOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SOLVE THAT AT SOME POINT, THOSE THAT CPI INCREASE WILL BE HIGHER THAN MOST PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO SOMETIMES GET, YOU KNOW, NO WAGE INCREASES OR EVEN OUR FOLKS WHO HAVE A UNION CONTRACT GET A 3 PERCENT OR 4 PERCENT BUT I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT YOU BRING TO THIS DISCUSSION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: MY QUESTION WAS AROUND THIS WAS, HOW DO YOU INFORM RENT BANK FOR TENANTS. IF THEY MOVE OUT DOES IT GIVE A NEW RENT BANK? BREAK. HOW DOES THIS APPLY IN THE REAL WORLD? [APPLAUSE] >> THE RSO ANNUAL RENT INCREASE WOULD BE CAL COULD YOU LATED BY THE CITY, THE RENT BANKING BY THE CITY CAN IT WILL BE BANKED INTO WHAT IS ALLOWED FOR EACH RENTAL UNIT IN THE CITY. TT NOT PORTABLE, IT APPLIES TO THE, PERCENT THAT THE RENT CAN BE RAISED FOR AN IN PLACE TENANT. >> E. Hernandez: SO IN PLACE TENANT BUT NOT A TENANT THAT LEAVES OR EVICTED OKAY. >> BUT THEN, IF IT GOES TO ANOTHER RSO UNIT IT STILL BE PART OF THE ALLOWABLE RENT INCREASE IN THE NEW UNIT. >> E. Hernandez: TO LET'S SAY SOMEBODY MOVES OUT AND IT RENT BANKING, DOES THE TENANT THAT COMES BEHIND THEM, BENEFIT SFR >> YES. >> E. Hernandez: I'M SEEING A YES AND NO. >> IT WOULD APPLY TO THE IN PLACE TENANT ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL RSO. >> E. Hernandez: UNDERSTOOD BUT MY QUESTION IS IF THEY LEAVE AND THAT UNIT IS VACANT, IS THAT UNIT STILL COVERED UNDER THE RENT BANKING PERCENTAGE? >> YES. >> E. Hernandez: AM I ASKING? >> Council President: WHEN A UNIT BECOMES VACANT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGULATION. THE CITY HAS NO REGULATION. THE LANDLORD CAN INCREASE BY 1,000. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WAS AGREEING WITH MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE MECHANISM THIS IS ABOUT STABILIZING THE RENT, BUT THE RENT IS TOO DAM HIGH AND WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF HOUSING AND A LOT, BUILDING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BRING THAT DOWN I'M 100 PERCENT. I JUST THINK, SHOE HORNING INTO THIS BILL MISSES THE POINT OF STABILIZATION WHICH IS TO KEEP THE RENT AT ZERO. ZERO INCREASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD, SO WE'VE GOT THIS NEXT 47F AS IN FARM BEFORE US. MDAM CLERK? ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 6 AYES, 8 NOES. >> Clerk: ITEM 47F FAILS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS AMENDING MOTION 47E INTRODUCED BY SOTO-MARTINEZ, SECOND BID RAMAN AND HERNANDEZ TO AMEND THE PERCENTAGE EPI TO 75 PERCENT >> Council President: IN AS MUCH THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED, WE WANT TO LIMIT QUESTION TO THE MOTION MAKERS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND JURADO AND RAMAN FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. SIMILAR I'M THINKING ABOUT THE CHANGES NOW AND CHANGES IN THE FUTURE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CPI, FORMULAS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, 60, 70 PERCENT, THE ONLY THAT MAKES A KHAU FOR TENANTS IS 75 PERCENT AND 60 PERCENT SO I HOPE FOLKS CAN JUMP ON BOARD WITH 5 PERCENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN ROLL ON 47E AS IN ELEPHANT, SORRY MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: POINT OF ORDER, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS BACK-TO-BACK, ONE AT 75 AND ONE AT 90, IS IT LATER IN TIME THAT CONTROLS? >> Council President: MADAM CLERK. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: SO WE'RE START WITHING 47E, SO IF YOU VOTE FOR 47 PASSES, 47 WOULD CONTROL. >> T. McOsker: WAIT. >> >> City Attorney: 47D WOULD CONTROL. >> T. McOsker: SO THE LATER IN TIME. >> Council President: YES, DID THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION. I'M THE MAKER OF 47D AS IN DANGEROUS. SO THERE WE GO. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. >> B. Blumenfield: IF YOU VOTE FOR THE NEXT ONE, THIS IS SAYING WE'RE CHANGING FROM 60 TO 70? >> Council President: 60 TO 7. 75. >> B. Blumenfield: THE WAY I'M INTERPRETING THIS, DO I PREFER POINT 6 OR POINT 75 AND THEN THE NEXT VOTE IS DO I PREFER 75 OR 90? THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING. >> Council President: THAT'S NOT QUITE IT. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE, SHOULD 75 GET 8 VOTES OR MORE, THAT WOULD BE. IF IT DOESN'T, THEN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, THERE IS POSSIBILITY OF BOTH THIS MANY FAILING. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT. >> B. Blumenfield: SO WE WOULD GO BACK TO ORIGINAL PASSES. >> Council President: YEAH. >> B. Blumenfield: SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS DO I WANT POINT 6 FOR A NO OR POINT 75 FOR A YES? I DON'T KNOW. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW I WANT TO VOTE. I ACTUALLY WANT THE ACTUAL CPI. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: I JUST NEED A CLARIFYING QUESTION. >> Council President: YES. >> E. Hernandez: WHAT IS AROUND THE CP PIXER ALL IN AND LESS SHELTER WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? >> THE CPI ALL LESS SHELTER REMOVES THE COST OF HOUSING IN MOST, THEY'RE CLOSED, SOME YEARS ARE THE SAME AND THE MAJORITY OF YEARS, THE ALL, THE ALL CPI RESULTS IN A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, THEREFORE THAT'S GOOD FOR LANDLORDS, BAD FOR TENANTS. IN SOME YEARS, CPI THE SHELTER IS GENERALLY BETTER FOR TENANTS AND WORSE FOR LANDLORDS. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, GOODNESS GRACIOUS. ALL RIGHT, SO NOT ONLY ALL SHELTER BUT EVEN THE PERCENTAGE. THE HIGHER THE PERCENTAGE THE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE LANDLORDS. SO I CAN UNDERSTAND CLEARLY? I NEED CLARITY. >> WELL ALL THESE ARE LESS THAN WHAT THE CURRENT LAW PROVIDES. >> E. Hernandez: THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION. MY QUESTION IS IT A DOUBLE WIN? IF YOU GET A HIGHER CPI AND ALL IN? >> YES. >> E. Hernandez: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MORE COMMENTS ON QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. E AS THIS ELEPHANT. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 6 AYES, 8 NOES. >> Clerk: 47E FAILS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THIS TAKES US TO 47D AS IN DANGER. >> Clerk: AMENDING 47D INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY IS TO AMEND RECOMMENDATION 2 A TO 90 PERCENT. >> Council President: THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO DELIVERING ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR LARSA TO PASS COUNCIL TODAY WITH THE ENOUGH VOTES TO DO WELL DOWN THE HOLLOWAY. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IF I CAN ADD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT CAN ADD LESS SHELTER INSTEAD ALL IN. >> Council President: WE SHOULD VOTE ON THIS. THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE, I THINK. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: SO THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE HERNANDEZ AMENDMENT TO REDEFINE CPI TO BE CPI LESS SHELTER CALCULATION. >> E. Hernandez: WITH THE 90 PERCENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 5 AYES, 9 NOES. >> Clerk: THAT MOTION FAILS. >> Council President: WE'RE NOW ON TO 47D AS IN DANGER. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL ACTION TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES. >> Clerk: THAT MOTION PASSES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THAT TAKES US TO 47C AS IN COLOR. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, NEXT IS 47C INTRODUCED BY HAIR US DOW ON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY INSTRUCTING THE CITY PLANNING AND LAHD TO REPORT RELATED TO THE IMPACTS OF LAURA LOUABLE RENT INCREASE FORMULA. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT SO THIS MOTION WAS ALSO PERFORMED BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO DEAL WITH THE IMPACTS OF RSO ON FUTURE CONSTRUCTION ON LAND WHERE OTHER RSO UNITS PRESENTLY EXIST OR EXIST AT ONE TIME. IT WOULD, LOOK AT THE REQUIREMENT THAT EVERYTHING BUILT IN THE FUTURE THERE, BE SUBJECT TO THE RSO AS OPPOSED TO A ONE TO ONE REPLACEMENT OR SOME FORMULA OF RSO UNITS THAT ARE TAKEN AWAY. IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ONE. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: 47C IS ADOPTED. NEXT IS 47B RELATED TO RECOMMENDATION 2B TO ESTABLISH A FLOOR OF 1 PERCENT FOR ANNUAL RSO INCREASE SXZ 2C TO ESTABLISH A CEILING OF 4 PERCENT FOR ANNUAL RENT INCREASES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO COMMENTS, LESS OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 3 NO. --1 NO. >> Clerk: AMENDING 47B IS ADOPTED. NEXT IS 47 A, BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE AND RODRIGUEZ, ESTABLISHED THAT SMALL PROPERTY LANDLORDS CAN RAISE THE RENT BY ADDITIONAL ONE PERCENT. >> Council President: MR. LEE. CAN I GET SOUND FOR MR. LEE. YOUR MIC. >> J. Lee: SO I WOULD ASK THE PRESIDENT IF YOU CAN CHANGE THIS, TO A RULE 16, THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED. IF WICK --IF WE CAN MOVE TO 16. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GRANT MR. LEE'S REQUEST TO TABLE THIS INTO RULE 16. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE WITHOUT OBJECTION FOR 47 A. SO COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 47 AS AMENDED BY, ONE MOMENT, BY 47D, 47C, CAN 47B AS IN BOY. >> Council President: GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T ROSS SKOE? --YAROSLAVSKY? OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: NO I JUST I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR A ROBUST DISCUSSION TODAY. I THINK, NUMBER OF YOU MADE YOUR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS VERY CLEAR I WANT TO THANK THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR BEING HERE AND BEING ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND EVERY ONE ROBUST CAN FOR THE PUBLIC BEING HERE. I THINK EVERYBODY IS IS LISTENING. EVERY ONE TAKING FEEDBACK INTO ACCOUNT RELATED TO COSTS, RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR ECONOMIC CONDITION IS TODAY. AND WHILE I KNEW WHEN WE WERE COMING INTO THIS MEETING WHAT CAME OUT OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE WOULD NOT HAVE, NECESSARILY SUPPORT OF THE WHOLE BODY AND THAT BECAME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, I DO HOPE AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THIS, I DO HOPE THIS I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE, THAT WE DO NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THIS FORMULA. YOU WANT TO GET THIS OVER FINISH LINE. WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE FORMULA. IT HAS BEEN 40 YEARS SINCE WE PUT THIS FORMULA TOGETHER. IT PASSED WHEN WE WERE FACING DOUBLE DIGIT INFLATION YEAR AFTER YEAR. THAT'S WHEN THIS FORMULA WAS PUT TOGETHER. WHAT WE'RE FACING NOW IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION BETWEEN THE INTERVENTIONS AT THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND COSTA HOD KINS AND THE SITUATION WE'RE FACING, WITH RENT INCREASES YEAR AFTER YEAR AND TT DRIVING PEOPLE OUT OF THE CITY. I REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 4, I SAW PEOPLE TESTIFYING WHO WORK ON PRODUCTIONS, WE'RE NOT SEEING JOBS IN THE WAY THAT WE WERE BEFORE. AND WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND I'M SEEING IT, AMONG CONSTITUENTS IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPE OF ECONOMIC INSECURITY AHEAD AND IT'S NOT JUST IN ENTERTAINMENT, IT IN A LOT OF INDUSTRIES AND THEY'RE CHOOSING NOT TO BET ON L.A. ANYMORE. THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND WHEN OUR PEOPLE LEAVE, WE LEAVE WHAT IS WE LOSE WHAT IS MOST BEST IN LOS ANGELES. WE HAVE TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, TO MAKE BUSINESSES IN LOS ANGELES HAVE THEIR FAMILIES IN LOS ANGELES TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS, THAT IS WHAT OUR FUTURE RESILIENCY IS BUILT ON AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THIS CHANGE BECAUSE IT 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING, IT MANY MANY YEARS OVERDUE. AND I HOPE WE CAN HAVE THE SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD OUT OF THIS COUNCIL. THANK YOUMENT >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, THANK YOU FOR SETTING THIS HISTORICAL TEXT FOR THIS. I WILL REMIND OUR MEMBERS THAT THIS IS ORIGINALLY IN THE 1970s JOE WAX THAT WE'RE RENEWING. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, SORRY. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, MS. RAMAN. THIS IS A LONG TIME CONVERSATION AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT A LOS ANGELES THAT HAS AVAILABLE HOUSING, THAT HAS THE KIND OF A ECONOMY THAT CAN SUPPORT PEOPLE MAKING A GOOD MIDDLE INCOME LIVING, MIDDLE CLASS LIFESTYLE, WE WANT ALL OF THESE THINGS BUT WE HAVE TO REFLECT ON ALL THE POLICY DECISION THAT WE MAKE THAT WILL GET US CLOSER ON DELIVERING ON THAT PROMISE FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND IT SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE AT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT INVESTED SO MUCH OF THEIR LIFE SAVINGS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE FAMILIES IN LOS ANGELES. WE HAVE TO STRIKE A BALANCE AND WHAT I LOCK FORWARD TO DOING, AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO HELP CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MORE AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES THAT WE WORK TO CREATE, JOBS, OR PEOPLE INVESTING AND CREATING IN THOSE JOBS IN LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE TO STRIKE A BALANCE WITH ALL THE POLICIES THAT WE MAKE. AND IT NOT ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER, IT IS ALTOGETHER. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY ONE ACTUALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT, THAT MORE HOSPITABLE TO JOB CREATION IN THE CITY. I LOOK FORWARD IN CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT INCENTIVES THE REALITY SO WE CAN REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING. I LOCK FORWARD TO ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T AID AND A BET, THE INCREDIBLE COST LIVING IN THE CITY, BY ADOPTING TAX INCREASES THAT FURTHER IMPACT THE VERY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY LOS ANGELES ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY OWNED BY OUR OWN HAND BY OUR OWN DECISIONS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING IN CONCERT WITH ONE ANOTHER. REALITY IS, WE CANNOT DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. TT ALL ABOVE, LET'S MAKE LOS ANGELES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, BUT LET'S ENSURE THAT WE CREATE A ENVIRONMENT THAT HOSPITALITIABLE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE BOTH, WE LOSE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, SO REMEMBER THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED SO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THERE IS SO MANY CONVERSATIONS, AND I WANT, I WANT FOR THE FOLKS, I REPRESENTATIVE 80 PERCENT OF MY DISTRICT IS TEN ANS. I GET BETWEEN 600 AND 800 EVICTIONS FILINGS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. AND I WANT FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT, THE RENTERS ON CITY TO KNOW THAT NOTHING WAS LEFT ON THE TABLE. EVERY SINGLE THING WE COULD HAVE GOT, WE GOT FOR FOLKS AND SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN LOOKED AT IN 40 YEARS, WE FINALLY TOOK AT A LOOK AT IT AND MADE A CHANGE. I HOPE FOLKS THAT I TRIED TO REPRESENT IN THE CITY, WALK AWAY FEELING HAPPY THAT WE GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD AND I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOING TO PASS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 47, AS AMENDED. -- >> E. Hernandez: CAN I HAVE 47B NO. >> Council President: YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE VOTE WHICH DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME. >> Clerk: THANK YOU FOR THE 47B WILL BE 12 AYES AND 2 NOES. DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE AMENDMENTS AND WE HAVE THE FULL MOTION BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. THIS ITEM IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> H. Hutt: MR. CHAIR. >> Council President: YES. >> H. Hutt: ON ITEM 48, I WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A YES. >> Council President: ON 48? IS THAT OKAY FOR US? >> Clerk: ONE MOMENT SIR. >> Council President: 48. >> Clerk: YES THE VOTE FOR 48 IS 12 AYES AND 1 NO. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, THE MOTIONED HAVE BEEN POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? IT ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER, GIVE PEOPLE A FEW MORE MINUTES TO EXIT SO WE CAN DO OUR ADJOURNING MOTIONS WITH WITH THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE. SERGEANT ONCE CRITICAL MASS OF PEOPLE HAVE EXITED, IF WE CAN JUST CLOSE THE DOORS. ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY REMAINING IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND FOLKS EXITING, WE'LL ASK YOU TO BE AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE AND SPECKFUL. WE'LL BEGIN WITH MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. COLLEAGUES, I RISE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN THE MEMORY OF JESSE MARQUEZ. A LIFELONG RESIDENT WILMINGTON AND ONE OF THE MOST DETERMINED AND AFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE ENTIRE HARBOR AREA. JESSE WAS BORN IN 1951 GREW UP IN WILMINGTON. HE WAS ON COACH'S TRACK TEAM WHO WAS THE OLDER BOTHER OF LOUIE SAMPORINI WHO WENT TOE-TO-TOE. AS A TEENAGER, JESSE WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH TEAM POST, WHO MADE CONNECTION WITH JOHN MENDES WHO WAS A KEY FIGURE. CONNECTED HIM TO THE UCLA HIGH POTENTIAL PROGRAM WHERE JESSE STUDIED ALONGSIDE FUTURE BROWN BERET, AND PANTHER MOVEMENT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. JESSE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHAT WAS FLETCHER OIL REFINERY. IN MARCH OF 1969, A MASSIVE EXPLOSION, MULTIPLE TANKS EXPLODED AND PIECES OF THE STRUCTURE FLEW HUNDREDS OF YARDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. TWO WORKERS THERE PERISHED AND OVER 100 PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES, INCLUDING SOME OF JESSE'S FAMILY. THAT WAS A WAKE UP AND LEAD HIM TO A LIFE FULL OF INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IN THE EARLY 2000, THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES PRESENTED A PLANED EXPANSION BY HOSTING A MEETING IN LOCAL PARK. THE PRESENTATION INCLUDED THE IDEA OF PUTTING UP A 20-FOOT FENCE ON C STREET AS A MITIGATION. JESSE ALONG WITH OTHER RESIDENTS ASKED FOR FOLLOW-UP MEET SXGZ MORE INFORMATION WHEN THEY LEARNED ABOUT THIS MITIGATION. THEY FOUGHT HARD AGAINST IT. JESSE REPLIED, HECK NO. HE AND OTHER RESIDENTED RALLIED. JESSE HELD THE TITLE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COALITION FROM 2001 UNTIL HIS PASSING. THE COALITION AND BYWAY, THAT WALL DIDN'T GO IN, A BEAUTIFUL PARK WENT IN AND TT A GREAT PARK AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE EVENTS THERE. IT MADE THE BEST OF A TOUGH SITUATION. THE COALITION STARTED WORKING TOGETHER AND LEARNING ABOUT HEALTH AFFECTS AND FORMING CONNECTS WITH LEADER THROUGHOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ROLE. JESSE EITHER ACTING ALONE OR THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WAS INVOLVED WITH AND BECAME A POWERFUL VOICE IN THE FIGHT FOR BETTER AIR, AND BETTER ENVIRONMENT. HE WON MULTIPLE LEGAL BATTLES AGAINST STATE AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL AGENCIES, THAT WILL ENSURE A GENERATION THAT FOLLOWS HIM WILL LIVE HEALTHIER. UNFORTUNATELY, SADLY JESSE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL EVER SINCE, AND WAS IN THE DIED AT A YOUNG 74 BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCE TO SEE HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND EVERY ONE WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM. WE THANK JESSE FOR HIS UNWAIVING SPIRIT AND FIGHT TO MAKE THE HARBOR AREA AND I WILL SAY TO PUSH FOLKS ON FOLKS LIKE US TO MAKE SURE WE DO OUR JOBS. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THIS ADJOURNING MOTION. I KNEW MR. MARQUEZ, FOR A LONG TIME, A BIG PART OF MY WORK. I'M GOING TO REALLY MISS HIM, HE REALLY WAS SOMEBODY WHO DIDN'T JUST TALK THE TALK BUT WAS ABOUT THE WALK. YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS VERY REAL WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SPACE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SUPPORT THE POLAR BEARS AND CALL THEMSELVESES ENVIRONMENTALIST, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE LIKE JESSE, HE KNEW IT'S ABOUT LOCAL AND PROTECTING YOUR BACK YARD. AND IT WAS FASCINATING THAT LEAD HIS EXPERIENCE THAT LEAD HIM TO HIS LIFE WORK. AND I THINK HE'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO TAKE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES. HE'S A GREAT MODEL FOR IT. IT STARTS IN YOUR BACK YARD AND IT MAINLY RELATE TO PLANNING. >> T. McOsker: YES, YOUR BACK YARD AND BACK YARD. >> Council President: I DID NOT KNOW MR. MARCH JEZ BUT I FEEL LIKE I KNOW HIS SPIRIT AND I ASK THAT I WOULD BE PART OF ADJOURNING MOTION AS WELL. WITH YOUR PERMISSION. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THIS IS THE SECOND INSTITUTION IN WHICH WE MOURNED JESSE MARQUEZ, I LOVE TO BE ADDED TO THAT. HIS PRESENCE WAS FELT IN THIS SPACE. I RISE ACTUALLY TODAY TO ADJOURN M MEMORY OF ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTALIST, I'M HEARTBROKEN TO RISE IN MEMORY OF A TRUE ANGELINO AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE VALLEY MELONY WINTER PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH AFTER A BATTLE WITH LUNG CANCER. FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES SHE WAS AN EVANGELIST FOR THE L.A. RIVER FLT BUT MELONY'S PATH TO BECOMING WAS AS WINDING AS THE WATERWAY ITSELF. BORN IN 1958, SPENT WEEKENDS WORKING AT THE FAIR. WHERE SHE GOT A TASTE FOR THE EARTH. AT 17 AFTER GRADUATING, THIS TALENTED DANCER MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY TO PURSUE HER DREAMS, PERFORMED ON BROADWAY ALONG SIDES LEGENDS LIKE JERRY LEWIS BUT EVENTUALLY RETURNED HOME TO NATIVE LOS ANGELES, WHERE SHE FOUND HER PURPOSE, L.A. RIVER. THROUGH THE RIVER PROJECT WHICH SHE FOUNDED IN 2001, CHAMPIONED THE IDEA REMOVING CONCRETE WHERE POSSIBLE, RESTORING THE FLOOD PLAINS THAT SUPPORT OUR ECO SYSTEMS. THIS VISION ONE THAT THIS REGION IS NOW PURSUING IN PLACES LIKE THIS GLENDALE NARROWS, WAS REVOLUTIONARY AT THE TIME. MELONY AND HER DOG WERE FIXTURES, MADE SURE THE RIVER'S RIVER WAS NEVER DISCUSSED. HER COMMENTS AND HER QUESTIONS AND VISION CHALLENGED ALL US IN GOVERNMENT AND ADVOCACY TO THINK BIGGER AND BOULDER. BUT UNDERSTOOD THAT CREATING CHANGE REQUIRED MORE THAN POLICY IT REQUIRES HEARTS AND MINDS. AT THE VALLEY HEART GREENWAY, WORKED WITH FOURTH AND IF I HAVING GRADERS TO CREATE FROG GATES, A SNAKE WALL, A BUTTERFLY BENCH, REMINDERS WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE ENGAGE THE NEXT ORGANIZATION. SHE ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES AND CHALLENGES DEVELOPERS AND FOUGHT FOR WHAT BECAME RIO DEL STATE PARK, HER FRIEND SEAN WHO KNEW HER SINCE CHILDHOOD SAID SHE EMBODIED SPIRIT TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. MELONY LIVED AND BREATHED LOS ANGELES, SAW ITS POTENTIAL AND NEED FOR HEALING. SHE TAUGHT US THAT THE RIVER IS NOT JUST IN FA STRUCTURE, IT OUR LARGEST NATURAL ASSET, A SOURCE OF LIFE AND CONNECTION. HER WORK CONTINUES AND HER VISION ENDURES AND WE HONOR MELONY BY SESHING THE RIVER THAT SERVES ALL ANGELINO JUST AS SHE DID. REST IN PEACE MELONY. AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY HAS SOME WORDS. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. HER PASSING HAS IMPACTED ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WORKED TO RECONNECT LOS ANGELES RIVER. EVEN HER HEALTH FAILED, SHE CANNOT STOP. SHE BELIEVED THAT NATURE PROVIDES THE BEST SOLUTIONS AND DEDICATED HER LIFE TO PROVIDING IT. THROUGH THE PROJECT SHE INSPIRED A GENERATION OF LEADERS. FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVED EVERYTHING AROUND THEM. NOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I WORKED CLOSE LOW WITH MELONY FOR FOUR YEARS ON DEVELOPING OFFICE SUSTAINABILITY, SHE WAS TOUGH. SHE WAS A TRUE BELIEVER, SHOW TOLD YOU WHEN SHE THOUGHT AND I APPRECIATED HER THAT. AND I HOPE WE CAN CARRY HER PURPOSE AND BELIEVE WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE LET NATURE GUIDE US FORWARD. MAY HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MS. RAMAN AND MS. YAROSLAVSKY, I REMEMBER MELONY WHEN I WAS IN THE BOARD OF PARTICULAR WORKS AND WAS CHARGE IN POWER PROCLAMATION BY THE KAISER BUT, ALSO, I HAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH HER HEAVILY ENGAGE WHEN I WAS LEADING WORK ON UPPER LOS ANGELES RIVER TRIBUTE AIRY WORK, WHEN WE WERE ENSURING THAT NOT JUST THE RIVER BUT ALL TRIBUTEAIRIES THAT ARE IN DISADVANTAGES COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE IN PACOIMA AND SUNLAND, SHE WAS VERY MUCH A FIXTURE. AND I WAS ALWAYS, AWE STRUCK HOW SHE SHOWED UP TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING. SHE WAS ALWAYS PARTICIPATING AND ENGAGED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL. SHE WAS NOT JUST AN ADVOCATE FOR THE ISSUES SPECIFIC TO THE RIVER BUT ALL EN VIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT WERE ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITY. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I'M VERY SAD THAT WE LOST MELONY WINTERS. IT IS VERY REAL, THAT SHE WAS TOUGH ON ELECTED OFFICIALS, CE CRITICAL NOT JUST OF LEADERS BUT DEPARTMENT. BECAUSE SHE WAS UNO POLL O--UNA PAL UNAPOLOGETIC, LAST TIME I SAW HER SHE STARTED CREDIT BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T THINK--I WANT HER TO KNOW, THAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THINGS SHE LEFT BEHIND. YOU MENTIONED THE L.A. RIVER, MEASURE W, OFFICE SUSTAINABILITY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE SEEING HER IN ALL THOSE SPACES BUT WHAT IS MORE CLOSE TO HOME, NOT JUST THE MEDIAN THAT SHE WORKED SO HARD ON IN PANORAMA CITY. AND I THINK THIS IS WHEN I HAD THE FIRST CONVERSATION WITH YOU, MONICA WHEN SHE WAS AT THE EVENT. SHE IT A LOT FOR THE IS SEPULVEDA BASIN AND AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, I WANT TO LET HER KNOW, THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE IDEAS RELATED TO CREATING A SUSTAINABLE BASIN ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I WANT TO, I BELIEVE IN SPIR SIS, I HOPE SHE KNOWS THAT I'M GOING TO DO THAT. I ALSO WANT TO TELL EVERY ONE, THAT SHE COINED THIS TERM KNOWN AS URBAN ACUPUNCTURE. AND SHE SAID WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO DO THESE MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT IN ORDER TO PUT WATER INTO EARTH. SHE WAS TRYING TO SAY EVEN IN YOUR FRONT YARD, AS LONG AS YOU DO A CALIFORNIA GARDEN, YOU CAN PLAY A ROLE. AND THAT'S WHAT SHE CALLED IT, URBAN ACUPUNCTURE. SO I HOPE IN HER MEMORY, EVERYBODY RETHINKS ABOUT DOING A GARDEN SPACE TO A WAY PLAYING A ROLE IN VALUING WATER AS A PRECIOUS COMMODITY. AND ALSO, I WISH WE HAD A PICTURE OF HER WHEN SHE HAD HER LONG BEAUTIFUL LONG HAIR, SHE USED TO LOOK SO COOL, A TRUE HIPPIE IN MY OPINION. AND I HOPE THAT YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALIST LOOK TO HER. WHILE SHE WAS TOUGH, SHE KNEW HOW TO WORK IN COALITION AND GROW GROUPS AND START NONPROFITS, SHE KNEW HOW TO DO WORK. SO, MAY MORE FOLKS FOLLOW IN HER LEADERSHIP. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I FIGURED I WOULD ADD TO THIS. I MET HER WHEN THE RIVER WAS JUST THIS IDEA AND AS COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, MENTIONED SHE HAD AN EDGE TO HER. WE WOULD CLASH AT DIFFERENT THINGS BUT WORKED ON DIFFERENT THINGS. SHE REALLY IS EVIDENCE THAT THE IMPACT OF SOMEBODY WHO ALMOST SINGULARLY FOCUS CAN HAVE, ON SOCIETY AND MAKING REAL CHANGE. I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT TO HER, OVER THESE YEARS HER FOCUS ON THE RIVER AND, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP HAS MADE A DIS. I'M PLEASED TO HAVE KNOWN HER AND PLEASE TO HAVE WORKED WITH HER AND HONOR HER MEMORY TODAY. >> Council Presidet: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ADJOURNING MOTION ON BEHALF OF MS. WINTER. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.