have to stay close to our roots and be proud of where we come from. All of the stories that make us who we are. This is America. We can learn that we all have humanity, that we all have family. We all have loved ones, and we can put aside our differences and look at our similarities. It's just great to be able to experience different cultures and so being able to go out and see different things like this is just like an experience that everyone should be able to have. And especially with the cultures that you're unfamiliar with, you come down and you get to experience them and you get to see different people. And you know what? Those cultures are like. You should expand your avenues as much as you can. So all the young kids out there, I just want to let them know that you belong here. If you're an immigrant, if you're a child of immigrants, the city of Los Angeles is your home. When we celebrate our heritage, we also encourage you to celebrate your heritage. And another phrase I really love mi casa es su casa and we're here to celebrate that together. I wish you all the best going far away. To one. Are you guys ready to rumble? One of the traditions of the firecracker run or bike is the lighting of the firecrackers . It was such an exciting moment for the community. We live probably over 100,000 firecrackers. Is just such a fun way to just basically raise the energy before everyone starts off on their bike ride or their race. This is a long standing community event started by a group of friends that actually grew up in the community that wanted to do something other than just celebrating tradition . They themselves are also very active, so they decided to go ahead and like bring in health and fitness. It just grew over time. Such a beautiful day. For the 48th Annual Firecracker, we just kicked off the 50 mile and the 20 mile cyclists and as you can see, we got all our furry friends behind us for the pole walk. This is the community of Los Angeles coming together small business owners, runners weekend warriors, just Angelenos coming together and having a good time on a Saturday. I came up from San Diego. I've never done this before. It's my first time participating in the firecracker run. The 48th annual and the best part is community. You see the different cultures and the diversity you feel each other's energy with everything going on in our society right now, it's really good to celebrate our community, celebrate joy, be together, and really just also just have some fun. Chinatown is such a special place. Our Chinatown in Los Angeles is historic. We have long time small business owners, mom and pop shops. The architecture is something that is a treat for Angelenos. The vibe here in general is just people are excited to be in community. They're excited to celebrate each other. They're excited to have something fun to do with their families, with their pets, dogs, dogs, dogs. Anytime you're around a bunch of dogs, the energy and the passion is just something that just goes through your body. We worked so hard the last few months to really put this together and to see it all come to fruition. It's very exciting. Additionally, all the money goes back to the community, so local schools, local nonprofits, they're celebrating year of the horse 2026. So it's all about Bountiful blessings and positive energy. And you know, Los Angeles is strong. We're getting ready for the Olympics. 2028. We got the marathon next week. It's a great day. Back in the 1850s, Chinese immigrants build their community a few blocks away near what is now Union Station in 1938, the current Chinatown opened in LA as the city celebrates the Lunar New Year and the year of the horse, it is fitting to reflect on the broader Chinese zodiac, particularly the humble goat. The goat has taken on a modern civic role in the city of Los Angeles as an essential environmental worker. Long valued for their agricultural benefits. Goats are now deployed for critical brush clearance and fire abatement. This innovative, eco friendly land management strategy harnesses their natural grazing instincts, proving especially effective on steep and rugged terrain where traditional mechanical methods can be disruptive, costly or less efficient. Vegetation management. Here in the Sepulveda Basin has been ongoing . What we've been doing is looking at areas that might have a higher impact of fire spread during high wind events. Any areas that might be connected to brush fire danger. And we're taking a look at that and managing the fuel by using our crews, our heavy equipment and goats. Fire grazers. We're a company that mow the lawns of several places, all throughout the Los Angeles area, and we use goats. We clear fire, hazardous vegetation. Once they're out here, we've got three guard dogs in there now. Okay, cool. We're going to protect them and take care of them there. That's how it worked. When I first became a council member and I noticed and caught that every year I had to use some of my discretionary funds to clear the brush here to avoid the fires. I was hoping that we were going to be able to get some goats here, and here we are. And look how beautiful they look. How happy they look. Oh, thank you. Everyone is super excited to finally see our city thinking outside the box for something that we know works. They are definitely helping supplement our work. They're consuming the fuel and what it's going to do is it's going to limit the large fire breakout in the summertime by limiting the fuel. Now it's going to help us later. What these guys are going to do is they're going to devour all the weeds in the area that will turn into flashy fuels later in the season, after they dry out. It's not an invasive procedure. You don't have tractors driving around and we're just very, very, very excited that we're able to support this project. I'm looking to get the goats into my district. We have some hillsides that are tough to clear for humans, but for goats, they'll be a breeze. The goats, their pay is what they eat and what they eat is what they're supposed to do. So it's all it's a win win scenario, you know, it's it makes sense. I could I could see having some some LA goats become, you know, regular city employees. The LAPD has secured funding to crack down on impaired driving citywide. The Los Angeles Police Department will receive nearly $1 million through a grant from the California Highway Patrol. The funding will include DUI task forces, officer training and community outreach initiatives. Officials note that impaired driving includes alcohol, cannabis and other drugs. LAPD online .org. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has completed its first snow survey. The surveys measure snow depth and water content. Measurements are taken at Cottonwood Canyon, Big Pine Canyon, Rock Creek and Mammoth Pass. Data helps track runoff into the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which supplies water and hydropower. Surveys run February through April each year, with monitoring to support long term water reliability. Learn more at la. DWP News.com. In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants in America formed powerful networks of mutual aid, family associations and business guilds rooted in shared hometowns, surnames and trades. At a time when discrimination was widespread. These organizations offered protection, employment, connections housing and community from those gathering places grew neighborhoods that would become modern communities like LA's Chinatown. Today that same spirit of determination continues today, where we recognize Angelenos who have forged their own paths. Among them is Nancy C Avery, who made history as the first black woman to lead the post office in Pacoima. The returning Citizens Project is a project that allows individuals to support them in housing, employment, and also behavioral health. And with this project, the 30 individuals are now in job placement. Once they are connected with the Amity Foundation and are provided that stable housing Crcds role is to connect them to not only a work experience opportunity, but the opportunity to create an educational goal, an employment goal, maybe even enter in a training for that employment and our team will help make that happen. It opens up a door so individuals feel like services are being provided by people that look like them and have had the same experiences as them, so they feel more comfortable expressing themselves and really working on their autonomy. Many of them have come from various walks of life because they are just as involved now. They have an opportunity to find themselves and their right to work, and that's what we're excited about. I had found out about the program through a friend. You know, we were in a similar situation. We both had been arrested before, and he basically told me, like, you know, this program is helping me with housing and a job and you should go check it out. So I actually went up to LA Trade Tech, the workforce center. I had met Emily and they basically gave me a job and housing finding housing, finding employment, going to school. Those are such incredible challenges and feats for anyone. So to see someone who maybe at first didn't think that was an option or a reality for them obtain it, um, that's why we're here and why we do this. They provide stable housing, training , and the real opportunity their support gives me stability and allow me moving forward with dignity and hope. Miss Avery was a very special person. Yeah. I first, uh, postmaster, uh, African American to be hired by John F Kennedy back in the 60s. And she was a tremendous contributor to the community in general and was a very positive spirit. Uh, so she she could challenge you. And I enjoyed the challenges she presented. I usually agreed with her on on just about everything. Um, but she was a very pleasant, wonderful person. And sitting with her at that time, Miss Avery hired me. Uh back in 1983. She hired me back in 1982. Not only to hire me, but I went on to become postmaster here as well. Her legacy goes on, and on, not just through me, but the people that I mentored who are former and present postmasters. It's extremely important to recognize positive things in our community, particularly at a time when our country is going through so much struggle. Uh, Nancy Avery was a prominent part of the history of the San Fernando Valley, and a first and so the community is here to celebrate her legacy. Can't ask for anything better than this. I mean, to recognize her as being the individual that she was. Is beyond words. We're in the heart of LA's vibrant Chinatown, and at the center is Central Plaza with its pagoda style rooftops, neon lights, and bright red lanterns. It was designed to honor Chinese architectural traditions, while also embracing a bit of old Hollywood glamor. This wasn't just a rebuild, it was a statement of resilience. Recent investments are breathing new life into a long overlooked community space, a move that reinforces the vital Los Angeles principle that there is a community for everyone. This revitalization recognizes the perseverance of the young dancers who use the space. Three two one. We're so excited to be here today. It is the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Green Meadows Recreation Center's new dance and movement studio. This is a space that was an abandoned preschool and was being used by kids because it was the only space available for their dance and cheer practice. And we came right in and now the girls of the dance and cheer troupes have some more beautiful to practice . But not only that, it's going to serve the entire community, not just girls, not just youth. Also, senior activities one, two, 345678. This project has been extremely important to us. This dance studio is crucial for this community. It is so important to give a creative outlet to children and to the adults so they can see the community grow and flourish and thrive. That is. Junior League is currently celebrating our centennial celebration and we wanted to make targeted, sustained impact in the community. And this was the perfect way to do that for an organization like the Junior League to come above and beyond to provide resources and tools for the benefit of our park users, of which the city couldn't do on its own. So we're so excited that at Green Meadows Recreation Center, the community has a brand new dance studio where they can exercise, feel safe, take classes, and we invite you to enjoy this space and continue to enjoy your local park. This program for tax preparation runs until April 15. I mean, this is an amazing resource that you can come to the library and get this kind of tax help. And even if you don't qualify for this program, they're able to give advice and librarians at the library are able to give you access to resources online. This is a vital program, is a program that is composed of volunteers who are trained and certified by the IRS to do a tax preparation. Did you receive any tips? So the response in our neighborhood, and I think throughout the Los Angeles public Library area, has been really great. I know for our branch, we get long lines, especially as we get closer to April 15th. I think everyone that's using this service is very, very appreciative. Whatsoever the requirements are that we do have income limits, so the income limit for this year is $69,000. It feels wonderful to be able to help the taxpayer and the stressful times to help them with any back taxes that they need to do, or any corrections or amendments to their tax return. So we are a service that is not only here at the library during tax season, but we still do tax preparation at CSUN. We're there all year. If a taxpayer has any questions or they need an amendment, we're still there to assist them. Patrons can go to Lapl.org, slash taxes. There's a list of branches that are hosting these programs as well as contact information to set up appointments. Where's the where's the money? The money, the money. It's time. Once again for the annual Gaelic and Garlic party celebrating Irish and Italian heritage and pride. For the first time, the event will be held at the Piazza Miramare in San Pedro. This community event will feature arts and culture, live Irish and Italian entertainment, food, a beer garden and festive vibes. All evening head to San Pedro for garlic and garlic on Saturday, March 14th from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. for more information, check out the Little Italy of Los Angeles Association on Social Media. Get ready for this year's Earth Day with a workshop at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium on Saturday, March 14th. Join the aquarium for a morning of activities to imagine, create and share visions for our world, friends and family of all ages are welcome with participants asked to register for your place at this free workshop. Find out about volunteer days, conservation stories and the Earth Day poster contest. The workshop building towards Earth Day is on Saturday, March 14th, beginning at 9 a.m. learn more at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium .org and that's a look at some things to do. For decades, this neighborhood has been more than a tourist destination. It's been a cultural anchor for generations of families. A place to gather, celebrate and preserve traditions. And nowhere is that more visible than during Lunar New Year. As lanterns glow and families gather in Los Angeles Chinatown, the symbolism feels fitting. This community has shown strength, endurance and forward momentum galloping through history, determined to shape its own future. So come and experience Chinatown for yourself, the people, the culture and the cuisine right in the heart of LA. Thanks for joining us. You can watch these stories and more on channel 35. We're at LA city Gov forward slash TV and follow us at LA City on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube until next time, get out there and explore all that Los Angeles has to offer . The things that attract people are food, family and culture. You know, religion and culture. Those factors create an identity for the community. This is Chinatown. How do you know that? It's Chinatown? Well, it's not just the lettering on the signs or the kinds of produce that you find in the stores, but it's also the people greeting each other and say, hey, how are you, cousin? Or what's, uh, what's going on with, uh, with Joe Wong and his family looking back, I never really like, realized how everyone I would see in Chinatown would almost always be a, um, a familiar face and someone I recognize. And it feels more like we're a family. And we're. You always see people on the streets helping one another, and. And you just know almost everyone in this community. And it's not until I stepped out that I realized not all communities are that close. I am 18 years old and I spent my entire childhood and a great part of my teenage years living and growing up in Chinatown. We're a pretty tight knit community. It's sort of one of those things like, you just know , like if you've ever been to Chinatown, you don't even need to live there for like ten years. If you've been just once like, yeah, it's central Plaza, you still have like the old shops and it's like it's a sentimental feeling because you know, those are owned by hardworking Chinese immigrants. Not a day goes by when we don't hear. We've been coming here for generations. My grandmother brought me here. My mother brought me here, and I'm bringing my kids here. And as families grow, they expand. We also have people that travel great distances now to come for their special cakes. And we're very grateful for their continued patronage of this business. But, you know, they won't they won't hear of anything other than one of our strawberry cream cakes for a birthday or whatever celebration they're having. Phoenix bakery, everything they make is so good. Like almond cookies. They started out with things like the almond cookies and the winter melon cakes. Uh, black bean, black bean. Well yeah. Red bean. Now it's called red bean. Now, I don't know what they put in it, but it's like heavenly. Like it's out of this world. Oh yeah. This one's a very popular one. I was somewhere in there. I remember it being very, very crowded in Chinatown at that time. And I think my father's in here somewhere. But those are all the old dignitaries. There they are with their lanterns. And there's my cousin, Barbara Jean. Barbara Jean Wong, as she was called, and she was the drum majorette. And she never, ever, ever took a bad picture. She always smiled correctly. She never had a double chin. Nothing like that. Anyway Yeah, that's the parade was starting . In. 19. All right. Good morning and welcomeident: ALL RIGHT GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS 6th DAY OF MARCH, 2026. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, PLEASE BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. >> Clerk: 12 THROUGH 13 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM NUMBER 12 THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM TO MARCH 13, 2026. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SPECIALS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HUTT ON THE QUEUE. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE TO CALL ITEM NUMBER 1 FOR AN AMENDMENT. THE CLERK HAS THE AMENDMENT AND SHOULD BE CIRCULATED. >> Clerk: I DON'T HAVE THE AMENDMENT SO WE'LL HOLD IT ON THE DESK. >> Council President: ANY OTHER SPSHZ MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. SORRY, YOU WERE NOT DONE. >> H. Hutt: I'M SORRY, AND ITEM 3 FOR CONTINUANCE TO MARCH 24th. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT TO MARCH 24th. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: IF I CAN HAVE ITEM 3 BACK. AND ITEM 4 SPECIAL FOR A COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 1, WHICH I'LL BE CIRCULATING. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, WHICH ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 2, 5 THROUGH 11. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WILL THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE INTO PRESENTATION ?Z >> Council President: YES! EXCITING MORNING WITH PRESENTATIONS. WE WILL BEGIN BY ASSIGNING THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY OF THE 5th COUNCIL DISTRICT. HI. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES. THANKS FOR EVERYONE WHO IS HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH US THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOS ANGELES COMMISSION ON THE STATUS F WOMEN. AND THE 36th ANNUAL WOMEN OF IMPACT AWARDS. I WANT TO THANK KAPRI MADDOX FOR HOST THISING PRESENTATION WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND ME. FOR THE PAST FIVE DECADES, THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN HAS BEEN CHAMPIONING THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF GIRLS AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE ACROSS LOS ANGELES. FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS, ELEVATING WOMEN OUT OF CLERICAL JOBS AND INTO MORE POWERFUL ROLES IN CITY GOVERNMENT. THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF INTEGRATING WOMEN, FORGING POLICIES AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE, TACKLING THE HIV EPIDEMIC, COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFIC ANDING VIOLENCE AND LEADING THE WAY FOR PARITY IN ALL COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS. TODAY WE HAVE OUR FIRST WOMEN MAYOR, OUR FIRST FEMALE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE FIRST FEMALE MAJORITY ON THE COUNCIL IN LOS ANGELES HISTORY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THAT IS IN LARGE PART BY THE COMMISSION OF STATUS OF WOMEN AND ALL THE TRAILBLAZER HONOREES WHO ARE HERE TODAY. AND IT'S MY HONOR IN WELCOMING OUR REMARKABLE LEADER WHO IS DEDICATED HER CAREER TO HELP MINORITY BUSINESSES TO CREATE CLEAN QUALITY JOBS AND LOW AND MODERATE COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE CHAIRWOMAN OF STATUS OF WOMEN, TRACY GRAY, TRACY, COME ON UP SXLAIT. --COME ON UP! IT'S ALL YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COMMISSION OF STATUS OF WOMEN HERE IN OUR CHAMBER. I'M TRACY GRAY I'M THE PRESIDENT FOR THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR WELCOME WITHING US TODAY. THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATE A MONUMENTAL MILESTONE, THE 50th ANNIVERSARY. ESTABLISHED BY TOM BRADLEY TO ENSURE THAT WOMEN HAVE AN INSTITUTIONAL VOICE IN CITY HALL. AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TODAY THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH THE MAJORITY OF CITY COUNCIL BEING WOMEN. FOR HALF A CENTURY, CSW, HAS OPERATED WITH AN UP POLL UNAPOLOGETIC. WE WORKED TO GET WOMEN INTO THE RANKS OF LAPD AND LAFD, WE DRAFTED THE FIRST HARASSMENT POLICY YEARS AHEAD OF THE NATIONAL CURVE. AND WHEN WE COPRODUCED A 2015 REPORT, WE BROUGHT THE DATA TO PROOF NA WOMEN MADE UP ONLY 28 PERCENT OF THE CITY WORKFORCE A FACT THAT DROVE LOS ANGELES TO FINALLY GENDER PARITY ON THEIR CITY COMMISSIONS. WE DON'T JUST ADVISE, WE GET RESULTS AND RETURN ON THE CITY'S INVESTMENT. TODAY, ROLL BACKS ON INITIATIVES, OUR WORK IS MORE URGENT THAN EVER. I'M A FORMER ENGINEER, I LOOK AT THE MATH, THE MATH TELLS US THAT GENDER EQUITY IS NOT A SECONDARY SOCIAL CONCERN OR SIDE PROJECT, IT'S A STRATEGIC ECONOMIC NECESSITY AND IMPERATIVE FOR THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND ALL OF LOS ANGELES TO INVEST IN WOMEN. THE SYSTEM REMAINS FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN TODAY, BLACK AND LATINO WOMEN IN CALIFORNIA STILL MAKE ONLY 63 AND 44 CENTS RESPECTIVELY FOR EVERY DOLLAR EARNED BY WHITE MAN. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE DATA, WOMEN REINVEST UP TO 85 PERCENT INTO THEIR COMMUNITY AND WOMEN. MEN JUST 35 PERCENT. ALL THE RESEARCH SHOWS WHAT WHEN YOU INVEST IN WOMEN, YOU SOLVE THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS. THAT'S WHY THE CSU WITHIN VALUABLE SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, IS LEADING THE CHARGE TO MAKE LOS ANGELES THE FIRST CITY IN THE NATION TO FORMALIZE A WORKPLACE, MENOPAUSE POLICY. WE NEED TO CLAP FOR THAT, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] THIS DIRECTLY ADDRESSES A HEALTHCARIER THAT COST THE U.S. ECONOMY 1.8 BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY IN LOST PRODUCTABILITY. WE ARE ALSO ACTIVELY STRATEGIZING WITH COMMUNITY BASE ORGANIZATION TO REVISIT OUR HISTORIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROTOCOLS AHEAD OF THE 26 WORLD CUP AND THE 2028 OLYMPICS. WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH CSW TO CODIFY THESE PRINCIPLES INTO LAW. 50 YEARS IN WE'RE NOT ONLY CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY, WE'RE FIGHTING A CITY THAT TRULY WORKS FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT, NEXT I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT OUR GREAT NOMINEES, FROM CSW, ONE NOMLY THAT IS NOT HERE, IS THE MAYOR'S NOMINEE, JAZZ LIN DUARTE. --AND ONE OF OUR CSW ENTREPRENEUR, I MEAN, I'M SO USED TO SAY ENTREPRENEUR, HONOREES, NORA HOVASPIEN, THAT'S NOT HERE. OKAY. SHE IS, SHE IS NOT HERE TODAY EITHER, BUT WHO IS DEFINITELY HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP NATALIE SAMARIGEN. [APPLAUSE] I THINK I'VE KNOWN NATALIE FOR 20 YEARS. NATALIE IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CORAL CALIFORNIA, THEY STRENGTH TEN THE PROCESSES BY PREPARING INDIVIDUALS FOR AFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP. UNDER NATALIE'S LEADERSHIP CORAL HAS DEVELOPED A NEW PLAN, EXPANDING PROGRAMS AND REVENUE AND CULTIVATING A GROWING COMMITTEE OF CORAL ALUMNI WHO ARE TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. COMES FROM THE CALIFORNIA LAW CENTER, WHERE SHE WORKED TO ADDRESS THE COMPREHENSIVELY UNIQUE PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND LEGAL EDUCATION. PRIOR TO THE WLC, SHE NATALIE WAS STAFF ATTORNEY AND, WOULD YOU JUST SAY THAT? AND FELLOW AS A NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES OF LOS ANGELES WHERE SHE PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATION TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUPPORTED IMPACT LITIGATION INCLUDING A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL TO MONTOGNER. NATALIE WAS A LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION LAWYER, NATALIE WAS ALSO ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN PRO-BONO BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. PRIOR TO EMBARKING IN A LEGAL CAREER, NAT MRAOE WAS A HUMAN CAPITOL CONSULTANT. PRIVATE SECTOR PRACTICE WHERE SHE LEAD THE FIRM'S PRIVATE SECTOR HUMAN CAPITOL. I'M GOING TO STOP THERE. NATALIE SERVES ON THE BOARDS OF PUBLIC COUNCIL, HANES FOUNDATION AND UCLA ALUMNI. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> DO YOU WANT TO DO A PICTURE RIGHT NOW? >> Speaker: YEAH, LET'S DO IT. [APPLAUSE] >> OKAY, NEXT UP IS VERONICA DELARA. VERONICA, ARE YOU HERE? [APPLAUSE] VERONICA LARA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE NORTHEAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS AND PROUDLY EMBRACED HER GUATEMALA'S ROOTS. VERONICA HAS WORKED ALONG GRASS ROOTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL ANDSOCIAL JUSTICE. SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS A POLITICAL COORDINATOR AT SCIU UNITED WORKERS. AIRPORT PROPERTY SERVICES WORKERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. VERONICA--YES. [APPLAUSE] VERONICA LEAD MAJOR CAMPAIGNS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, INCLUDING EFFORTS AT LAX TO ADVANCE ZERO EMISSION EQUIPMENT STANDARDS, EXPANDABLE TRANSIT OPERATION SXZ STRENGTHEN PROWORKERS PROTECTIONS. HER LEADERSHIP HAS MOBILIZED AIRPORT WORKERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICIAL TO MOVE FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE EQUITABLE FUTURE. MORE RECENTLY, VERONICA HAS CHAMPIONED POLICIES TO PROTECT WORKING CLASS FAMILIES IN LOS ANGELES, FIGHTING FOR FAIR WAGES AND EXPANDED HEALTHCARE COVERAGE IN AIRPORT AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS. HER WORK ENSURES THAT RISING CARE COSTS DO NOT LEAVE WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BEHIND. VERONICA IS DEEPLY ROOTED AND LONG TIME MEMBER OF CAESAR CHAVEZ, ORGANIZING ANNUAL MARCHES HONORING. AND ADVANCING IN PUEBLO DE SALUD. HOLDS A MASTERS FROM CAL STATE LA AND THREE B A DEGREES. SHE IS KIND OF A UNDER ACHIEVER. VERONICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU TRACY. WE'RE NOW GOING TO TRANSITION TO EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT'S NOMINEES. SO WOULD ALL OF THE NOMINEES WHO ARE HERE, PLEASE JOIN THEIR COUNCILMEMBERS AT THEIR DESKS. ALL RIGHT, I AM SO HAPPY TO INTRODUCE COUNCIL DISTRICT'S 5 HONOREE FOR THE WOMEN OF IMPACT AWARD. [APPLAUSE] IF YOU EVER DOUBTED THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO IT ALL, THEN YOU HAVE NOT MET EMILIANA GREGGO AS A YOUNG GIRL SHE EMIGRATED FROM MEXICO AND GREW UP TO DO AMAZING THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. OUTSPOKEN FEMINIST, PROUD MOTHER AND WIFE AND A SELF-PROCLAIMED BAD ASS LATINA WHO EMBRACED JEWISH FAITH. BEHIND WOMEN MARS IN LOS ANGELES, MOBILIZED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PO TO STAND UP FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, GENDER HE EQUALITY AND RIGHTS. REGISTERED THOUSANDS OF VOTERS YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY CARE. CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE FEMINIST STREET INITIATIVE TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN JUST AS RUTH GINSBURG AND MAYA ANGELOU AND HUERTA. EMILIANA IS NATURAL BORN BUILDER, COMMUNITY HUBS IN WEST AND EAST L.A. SHE BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR CUP OF COF TEE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WHAT IS MOST IMPRESSIVE IS HER OPTIMISM AND GOODWILL. ALWAYS THE FIRST PERSON TO OFFER SUPPORT, WILLING TO TAKE ON HUGE PROJECTS AND PULL THEM OFF AS IF THEY WERE MINOR TASKS. ALWAYS THERE TO GIVE CREDIT RATHER THAN TO TAKE CREDIT. TODAY I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE CREDIT YOU DESERVE. YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL AVENUE US, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK TOGETHER AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. SO, NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THINGS OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ WHO IS GOING TO START, WE'LL GO NUMERICALLY, OR HOWEVER THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WANTS TO DO IT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND TO THE COMMISSION FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO CHAIR GRAY AS WELL FOR KICKING US OFF TODAY FOR OUR WOMEN OF IMPACT CELEBRATION. THIS RECOGNIZES EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ACROSS LOS ANGELES WHO ARE ORGANIZING AND LEADING AND TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND TODAY I'M HONORED TO CONTINUE THAT PRESENTATION, WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN, PHENOMENAL LEAD NER OUR DISTRICT, MEGHAN ORTIZ. TODAY I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE MEGHAN ORTIZ A FIERCE ARGUER, LEADER AND ACTIVIST AND CHINGONA, WHO HAS SPENT THREE DECADES FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE. AS A DIRECTOR OF EDEBSTA, SHE HAS BUILT A GROUP OF DAY WORKERS, OFTEN TREATED AS DISPOSAL THAT PROFIT FROM THEIR LABOR. MEGHAN'S LEADERSHIP IS ROOTED IN EXPERIENCE AS A DAUGHTER OF A SINGLE MOTHER WORKING IN RETAIL WHO RAISED HER FAMILY WITH EXPERIENCE AND DIGNITY. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MEGHAN, SHE DOES NOT SCARE EASY. RIGHT NOW AS IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN FEAR BECAUSE OF ICE RAIDS, AND ATTACKS ON OUR COMMUNITY, MEGHAN IS ON THE FRONTLINES ORGANIZING PROTECTING WORKERS, AND MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITIES KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. OUR OFFICE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING HAND AND HAND WITH MEGHAN AND HER TEAM AT A DEBSACA TO SUPPORT LABORERS AND IMMIGRANT WORKERS AT THE PARK. I WANT TO BE TO SAY IN A MOMENT, BEING A WOMEN OF COLOR, YOU'RE TOLD TO BE PATIENT, AND POLITE AND PLAY NICE TO PEOPLE TO HOLD POWER P THEY EVEN HAVE A SAYING, YOU LOOK PRETTIER THE QUIETER YOU ARE, CAYADITA TE MAS BONITA. MEGHAN LOOKED AT THEM IN THE EYE IN HOME DEPOT AND TOGETHER WE FORCED HOME DEPOT TO STOP USES THE DEVICES. DURING BUDGET SEASON, MEGHAN FELL SIDE BY SIDE TO MAKE SURE MIGRANT WORKERS WERE NOT ABANDONED. BY HOME DEPOT, MEGHAN RALLIED THE TROOPS AND MADE IT CLEAR, YOU DON'T GET TO THROW PEOPLE AWAY, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PROFITS. THAT IS WHAT MAKES MEGHAN SUCH A POWERFUL LEADER. SHE UNDERSTAND THAT JUSTICE COMES FROM ORGANIZING, BUILDING POWER AND REFUSING TO ACCEPT A SYSTEM THAT TREATS WAORKERS AS DISPOSAL. MEGHAN INSPIRES ME, MEGHAN REMINDS US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO STAND TEN TONES DOWN WITH THE PEOPLE AND NEVER BACK DOWN. LOS ANGELES IS BETTER BECAUSE OF MEGHAN ORTIZ AND BECAUSE SHE IS IN THIS FIGHT. MEGHAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, COURAGE AND THE LOVE FOR THE CITY AND AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT RUN. [SPEAKING SPANISH] CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING RECOGNIZED AS COUNCIL DISTRICT'S 1, WOMEN OF IMPACT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. WE HAVE THESE FLOWERS FOR YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO POPCORN IT NOW TO COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 TO PRESENT COUNCIL DISTRICT'S 2, HONOREE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. WE'RE GOOD? NOW IT'S SUPER LOUD. WE'RE TAKING THIS A LITTLE BIT OF ORDER BECAUSE WE'RE DOING TWO PRESENTATIONS, BUT FIRST I WANT TO BRING UP MY HONOREE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 HONOREE, TWEE TRAVOENVICH. BORN IN VIETNAM, SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AT AGE 2 AS A REFUGEE OF VIETNAM WAR. FROM NEBRASKA, THEY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE GREW UP THAT NURTURED VALUES OF GRATITUDE, SERVICE AND PERSEVERANCE, ATTENDED LAYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND AND TOGETHER THEY STARTED THEIR FAMILY IN NORTHRIDGE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. BOTH EMBRACING LOS ANGELES AS THEIR HOME AND RAISING THREE BOYS AND AS A MOTHER ALWAYS BELIEVED BY LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND GIVING BACK TO HER COMMUNITY. FOR MORE THAN 13 YEARS, SERVED ON THE BOARD OF MANAGERS AN ORGANIZATION VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AT THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY OF NORTH VALLEY YMCA. SHE HAS DEDICATED COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS TO MANY OF THE WISE PROGRAMS INCLUDING SEND ISING CHILDREN TO CAMP, ESSENTIAL CHILDCARE AND YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT AND HOPING TO PACK 4500 BASKETS ANNUALLY TO FAMILIES IN NEEDS AND SUPPORTING FOSTER YOUTH ACROSS LOS ANGELES. IN 2012, TWEE JOINED THE GRA NADA HILLS RODERY CLUB. HER WORK INCLUDES LEADING THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THAT UPIST PEOPLE IN NEED AND--THAT LEAVE A TANGIBLE AND LASTING IMPACT ON GRANADA HILLS. HER STORY IS ONE OF GRATITUDE TO AND PURPOSE TO DEDICATED VOLUNTARY TEE CREATING HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY AND CONNECTION THROUGH SERVICE. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT TWEE HAS DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ALWAYS WITH A BRIGHT SMILE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE. I'M HONORED TO CALL THUY A FRIEND AND I'M HONORED TO HONOR HER TODAY. SXIBL WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO. OH OKAY. OKAY. WELL, NEVER MIND, NO. ADRIN OKAY. BEFORE THAT, THUY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT 12 AND PRESENT YOU WITH THESE FLOWERS AND CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. >> J. Lee: OKAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW CUE THE VIDEO? >> Speaker: CHANTAL, IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AS CD2 WOMEN OF IMPACT. FROM STARTING AS OVERNIGHT MONITOR TO NOW SERVING AS THEIR GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONS MANAGER, YOU'VE SHOWN WHAT DEDICATION AND COMPASSION AND HARD WORK WITH ACCOMPLISH. THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU'VE HELPED BUILD MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITIES AND EXPAND CRITICAL RESOURCES FOR SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AS A FIRST GENERATION LATINA, YOU ARE BREAKING BARRIERS AND OPENING DOORS FOR SO MANY OTHERS. AND AS A MOTHER RAISING THREE DAUGHTERS, YOU ARE SHOWING THEM EVERY DAY THAT THEIR VOICES MATTER AND THEY BELONG IN EVERY ROOM WHERE DECISIONS ARE MADE. YOUR STORY IS ONE OF RESILIENCE, PER IS SEVERANCE AND HEART, AND YOU REMIND US THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS BEST WHEN IT'S ROOTED IN EXPERIENCE AND UPLIFTING OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK FOR THE HOPE YOU BRING TO OUR UNHOUSED RESIDENT SXZ FOR THE EXAMPLE YOU SET FOR OUR COMMUNITY. GOOD PUBLIC SERVICE CAN BE INFECTIOUS. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR ME SPEAK. UNFORTUNATELY, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. BUT THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE I GET TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND OF MINE CHANTAL, WHO I'VE KNOWN THROUGH THE YEARS. I'M VERY PROUD TO HONOR CHANTAL LOPEZ, DEEP COMMITMENT TO SERVICE BEGAN AS OVERNIGHT CLIENT MONITOR AND NOW SERVES AS THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER. IN HER ROLE, SHE HELPS CONNECT THE WORK ON THE GROUND WITH POLICIES AND PARTNERSHIPS NEED TODAY EXPAND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SHE HAS DEVOTED HER CAREER TO ENSURE THAT RESOURCES GO TO OUR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS IN CD12 AND IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 AND SHE HAS BECOME THE GO-TO PERSON FOR CD2'S NEED AT HOPE THE MISSION SOLVING ISSUES AT TINY HOMES WITH A GREAT DEAL OF COMPASSION AND SHE DOES THIS AS MENTIONED, A SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE TO CHILDREN AND GENERATIONS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HER WORK AND ADVOCACY AND IS THE IMPACT SHE CONTINUES TO MAKE ACROSS LOS ANGELES. CHANTEL CONGRATULATIONS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: XHANT--CHANTEL, HAS A FEW FANS HERE. >> YOU GO SISTER! >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING ASSUMING--. >> B. Blumenfield: I'M GOING TO TAKE THE REIGNS, THIS IS AN INSPIRING EVENT WHEN WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. IT'S GREAT TO SHINE THE LIGHT OF THE FABULOUS WOMEN OF SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND TO SHINE THE LIGHT FOR NOMINEE. CEO OF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE WEST VALLEY SINCE MARCH OF 2021. NOW WHEN SHE STARTED, IT WAS A VERY CHALLENGING TIME, WE WERE LITERALLY AS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, COMING OUT OF COVID, EVERYTHING IS SHUTTING DOWN AND THE SCHOOLS ARE OPENING UP AND THEY SAID, WE NEED YOU, WE NEED YOU AND SHE HAS TO GO FROM 0 TO 60 IN LESS THAN A SECOND. BUT SHE DID AND ROWS TO THE CHALLENGE. AND NOT ONLY ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE BUT TOOK A ORGANIZATION THAT HAD BEEN A STAPLE OF THE WEST FERN VALLEY AND GREW IT IN A WAY THAT MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE THE VISION TO SEE. FROM A 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS TO 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS ORGANIZATION, GROWING IT AND HER VISION DOESN'T STOP THERE, EVEN AS WE WERE TALKING HERE. SHE WAS HITTING ME UP ABOUT HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE ABOUT PACE MAKERS AND GETTING TEAMS TOGETHER TO RAISE SERIOUS MONEY TO GROW IT EVEN MORE, BECAUSE SHE IS SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES IN THE MISSION OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND JUST CHANNELS THAT PASSION TO GROW THAT MISSION AND TO GROW THAT ORGANIZATION AND FRANKLY AS THE COUNCILMEMBER IN THE AREA AND SEEING YOU FROM BEGINNING TO NOW, IT HAS BEEN INSPIRING, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. I'VE SEEN THE IMPACT WHEN I GET TO GO TO THE EVENTS AND HEAR THE KIDS THEMSELVES TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT. AND I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL AND WE'RE ALL REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE PASSION FROM WHICH YOU DO IT T.THE WHOLE TEAM STRIVES FOR GREATEST AND WHETHER IT'S IN ENGLISH, SPANISH OR FRENCH, SHE MAKES SURE THE YOUTH ARE HEARD. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, FOR THE FUTURE MOVING US FORWARD AND REALLY FOR CHANGING AND INSPIRING AND TRANSFORMING SO MANY LIVES. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME FLOWERS. >> BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU. >> B. Blumenfield: YOU'RE WELCOME AND A CERTIFICATE SIGNED NOT JUST BY ME AND THE MAYOR BUT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AROUND THE HORSESHOE. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS YEAR, I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL DISTRICT'S 4, MARLENE MORRIS, AS OUR 2026, WOMEN OF IMPACT! [APPLAUSE] EVERY MONDAY MORNING IN VAN NUYS, MYLENE GREETS HER UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS BY NAME, BECAUSE TO HER THEY ARE HER NEIGHBORS, REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD OR NOT AND THAT HAS BEEN THE SHAPE OF HER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. MYLENE SERVES AS DIRECTOR AVENUE LUTHERAN XHOIFP IN ENCINO --CHURCH IN ENCINO. EVERY SATURDAY SHE RALLIES VOLUNTEERS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WRAP OVER 200 BURRITOS THAT ARE THEN DISTRIBUTED RUNNING WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE BURRITO MINISTRY AND SHE HAS THE MER MUCH TO SHOW. AND EVERY MONDAY, SHE LEAVES A CARE DAY THAT OFFERS NOT JUST A MEAL BUT WARM BEVERAGES, AND THE DIGNITY OF BEING TREATED AS FAMILY. MYLENE ALSO GIVES HER TIME TO SOLIDARITY NETWORK ADVOCATING TIRELESSLY WITH FAITH BASE GROUPS ACROSS THE CITY FOR MORE JUST AND COMPASSIONATE LOS ANGELES. SHE SPENT HER LIFE IN L.A., AND ALSO IN WASHINGTON STATE BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU MYLENE AS A MEMBER OF OUR SAN FERNANDO COMMUNITY. THROUGH YOUR WORK AS A FAITH LEADER AND A CARE LEADER, YOU HAVE BUILT A TRUE MINISTRY OF CARE AND IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE YOU THIS YEAR AS COUNCIL DISTRICT 4, 2026 WOMEN OF IMPACT. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] WE ALSO HAVE A VERY BIG CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO HONOR YOU TODAY. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH COLLEAGUES. I'LL BE INTRODUCING COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 HONOREE, 2026 WOMEN OF IMPACT ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. SADAM MENA ISHONDURAN SARAH--ENTERING A NEW COUNTRY WITH A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND CULTURE WAS NOT EASY. SARAH OWNED A CER CAN TIFICATE EQUIPING HERSELF WITH LEGAL MAN THAT WOULD BE--SARAH HAS BUILT EACH OF HER BUSINESSES WITH A SIMPLE YET POWERFUL PHILOSOPHY. LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND SERVE WITH EXCELLENCE. HER ENTERPRISES SELL MORE THAN PRODUCTS, SHE CREATE EMOTIONAL AND CULTURAL BRIDGES BETWEEN HONDURAS AND UNITED STATES. SARAH ME NA IS A CULTURE AMBASSADOR, TROUGHS FOOD AND PHILANTHROPY SHE HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF HONDURANS FEEL CLOSER TO HOME. I WANT TO SAYS THAT SHE IS COUNCIL DISTRICT 6'S HONOREE BUT ALSO HAS A RESTAURANT CALLED DONNA VIVIS. WE PLEASE STOP BY, WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEUR AND IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE SHOWING US. AND HER IF PHILOSOPHY IS CLEAR, NEVER GIVE UP, STAY PERSISTENT, BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS, YOU CAN DO IT. IF SOMETHING DOES NOT WORK TODAY, IT MAY BE THE LESSON OF TOMORROW. THANK YOU, SARA AND CONGRATULATIONS OF BEING COUNCIL DISTRICT'S 6 WOMEN OF IMPACT HONOREE. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, AND CONGRATULATIONS SARA. MY HONOREE IS TIED TO YOUR STORY. SHE IS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY THAT HELP SUPPORT THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT THAT SO MANY BRING TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF CELEBRATING TODAY, A WOMEN OF IMPACT FOR THE NORTHEAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, MARIA LUVIO. A RECOGNIZED LEADER WHO HAS BUILT A CAREER AND LEGACY IN HER HOMETOWN. GET OVER HERE. MARIA IS A DAUGHTER OF PACOIMA, BORN AND RAISE D IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND TURNED HER PASSION INTO A POWERHOUSE, CAREER AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR ICON CDCs, BUSINESS SOURCE CENTERS, MARIA HAS BECOME AN ENGINE FOR ECONOMY. THE NUMBERS ALONE ARE STAGGERING, HAVING SECURED OVER 10.6 MILLION DOLLARS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, HELPING TO CREATE AND RETAIN MORE THAN 400 LOCAL JOBS AND FOR 3 YEARS, RUNNING, MARIA HAS SURPASSED HER PERFORMANCE SETTING A NEW STANDARD. FROM HER EARLY WORK IN HOMELESS PREVENTION AND FAMILY SERVICES TO HER LEADERSHIP TODAY, SHE REMAINS A CHAMPION FOR THE UNDER SERVED. A BUSINESS LINGUAL LEADER AND CERTIFIED EXPERT AND ABOVE ALL A DEDICATED NEIGHBOR. HER LOVE FOR FAMILY IS WHAT KEEPS HER GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY AND WORK. SHE SPEAKS WITH GREAT PRIDE ABOUT HER PARENTS WHO HAVE JOINED US TODAY, WHO CONDITION TO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF PACOIMA AND TODAY JOINED BY HER MOM, LUCY, HER FATHER LUPE FLORES. B BIENVENIDOS. AND HELP ME CONGRATULATE MARIA LIVIANO. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MR. HARRIS-DAWSON. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE HONOREES THAT ARE WITH US TODAY, IT MAKES US SO PROUD TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD. I'M VERY PROUD TO HONOR OUR DEAR FRIEND AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONSTITUENT, ONE MS. TENESHA HALL FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE CULTURE AND TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HER WORK DEMONSTRATE HOW THE ARTS CAN EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE, STRENGTHEN OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY NOT OTHERWISE EXIST. SHE IS IS THE FOUNDER OF WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY IN SOUTH L.A. DEDICATE TODAY EXPANDING ACCESS AND INCLUSION IN HIGH-QUALITY ARTS EDUCATION. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, SHE SUPPORTED THOUSANDS OF KIDS AND IF YOU EVER PASS THE ACADEMY THERE ON VERNON, YOU'LL SEE KIDS HANGING OUT IN FRONT OF IT. THOSE KIDS HAVE GONE ON TO GO ON "THE VOICE" THEY DO HANG OUT BUT THOSE HAVE GONE ON TO AMERICAN IDOL, THE VOICE AND BROADWAY STAGES AND MANY HAVE RECEIVED GRAMMY NOMINATIONS AND MANY HAVE PERFORMED IN THIS VERY CHAMBER FOR VARIOUS EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. THE IMPACT OF THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TO EARN TWO INFUSION AWARDS, A LUROUS PRICE FOR MUSIC AND A HOST OF FANS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SHE HAS BEEN ON THE KELLY CLARKSON WORK AND DONE WORK FOR THE CLIPPERS AND NAMED L.A. SPARKS LINDA STREET LEADER. SHE ALSO HOLDS AN ANNUAL ROCK THE BLOCK FESTIVAL IN SOUTH L.A. WHERE THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES COME AND, CELEBRATE WITH US THEIR PANELS, THERE IS FOOD, IT'S A BIG FAIR. IT TRANSFORMS 54 STREET. IT ALSO TEACHES PEOPLE HOW TO ENTER THE INDUSTRY. SHE HAS A PROGRAM CALLED WHAT IS MY FIRST JOB, SO IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GR UP TO BE USHER OR ALISHA KEYS, YOU CAN WORK IN THE STUDIO AND IN THE INDUSTRY. FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND LOVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR FAMILY'S INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND INVESTING WHAT YOU HAVE IN US, WE'RE SO PROUD TO HONOR YOU AS THE WOMEN OF THE YEAR FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 8. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE OF THE 9th DISTRICT. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AWARDEES TODAY IT'S AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO PRESENT MY IMPACTFUL PRESENTATION. IT'S AN HONOR TO PRESENT JESSICA GUERRERO. SHE IS A REAL SHERO IN OUR COMMUNITY. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE 9th DISTRICT, SHE REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST IN THE COMMUNITY. SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP HERE AND UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SERVED THE PEOPLE WHO CALL IT HOME. AFTER GRADUATING FROM JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, SPENT MORE THAN 15 YEARS, WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH YOUTH AND FAMILIES. HELPING TO GUIDE YOUNG TOWARDS OPPORTUNITY WHILE SUPPORT FAMILIES FACING DIFFICULT CHALLENGES. HER WORK IS FOCUSED ON EMPOWERMENT AND MENTORSHIP. TODAY JESSICA SERVES AS COORDINATOR WITH SOLEDAD, A ORGANIZATION DEDICATE TODAY IMPROVING THE LIVES OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES. IN THIS ROLE, SHE OVERSEES THE GANG REDUCTION OF THE CITY GANG YOUTH PROGRAM. THROUGH THIS WORK, JESSICA HAS BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS LIVES BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES. JESSICA HAS ALSO PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN ORGANIZING KEY INITIATIVE AND BRINGING VITAL RESOURCE DIRECTLY TO SOUTH LOS ANGELES FAMILIES. THROUGH ANNUAL COMMUNITY HEALTH AND RESOURCE FARES, SHE HAS HELPED CONNECT FAMILIES WITH SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT STRENGTHEN THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. HER WORK HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES AND ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS REMAIN SAFE HEALTHY AND CLEAN. BUT BEYOND HER PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, JESSICA'S GREATEST MOTIVATION COMES FROM HER FAMILY. PROUD AND DEVOTED MOTHER TO HER CHILDREN, DECEMBER RAY AND ERIC THAT INSPIRE HER WORK TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE NO STRANGERS TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AS WELL. JESSICA, EMBODIES THE BODY OF SERVICE. HER DEDICATION HAS TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES AND COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING SOUTH L.A. CONTINUES TO INSPIRE ALL OF US. ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP AND INCREDIBLE IMPACT YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE. >> THANK YOU. >> C. Price: ON OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. >> C. Price: AND NOW COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: I'M ON, THERE WE GO. FIRST I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T --YAROSLAVSKY AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, MAYOR BASS, CAPRI MADDOX AND THE ENTIRE TEAM THE COMMISSION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR BRINGING US THIS FANTASTIC PRESENTATION, EVERY MARCH FOR WOMEN'S MONTH. THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE HONOR WOMEN FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY AND LIFT THEM UP AT TIMES THAT THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WE SEE THEM OR WE CARE ABOUT THEM, NOT FOR THEM. IT'S AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE INCREDIBLE POWER OF WOMEN, WHO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITIES EVERY DAY. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE HONOREES. TODAY I WANT TO SPOT LIE MAVE OF WEST ADAMS, CENTERS ON MOTHERHOOD ALLIANCE EQUITY VILLAGE AND EMPOWERMENT. FIVE POWERFUL WORDS THAT EMBODY THE HEART OF COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION. MAVE ADAMS IS BUILDING A COALITION OF MOTHERS IN CD10 THAT SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY TO CREATE THE NEIGHBORS THEY WANT TO SEE. THROUGH COMMUNITY FOCUS PROGRAMMING, VOLUNTEERS SERVICE AND A COMMITMENT TO LIFTING OTHERS, MAVE NURTURES NOT JUST THEIR OWN FAMILIES BUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. WE HAVE THE ENTIRE BOARD HERE WITH US TODAY, SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE THIS CROWD. [APPLAUSE] AND, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THE WAY THE GROUP'S STRENGTHENS CD10. TO EVERY WOMEN HERE AND EVERY WOMEN OF MAVE ADAMS, KNOW THIS, YOUR DEDICATION TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THE INCREDIBLE POWER YOU HARNESS TOGETHER, IS TRULY INCREDIBLE. KEEP LIFTING ONE ANOTHER, CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS VILLAGE AND KEEP SHOWING OUR CITY THAT WHEN WOMEN COME TOGETHER, TO LEAD, THE IMPACTS ARE ABUNDANT. THANK YOU, MAVE. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR MAVE AND THEN 36 CER CAN TIFICATES FOR THE MEMBERSHIP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> H. Hutt: AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SEND IT OVER TO MY GOOD FRIEND FROM THE 11th DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. FOR THIS INCREDIBLE CELEBRATION OF WOMEN WHO REDEFINE WHAT IS POSSIBLE. TODAY I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE NANCY VOS OF CD10'S WOMEN OF IMPACT. SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT WAIT FOR PERMISSION, SHE IS JUST SOMEBODY WHO SHOWS UP IN MOMENTS WHEN LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED AND GETS THINGS DONE. NANCY IS A SO. CAL. NATIVE AND PROUD GRADUATE OF MOUNT SAINT MARIE'S COLLEGE. AS HOUSE SUPERVISOR ACROSS L.A. HOSPITALS, SHE MASTERED STEADINESS UNDER PRESSURE. LATER FOUND ASKED LEAD HER OWN NURSING AGENCY, DURING PERIODS PF HIGH DEMAND AND WORKFORCE SHORTAGES. HER RESUME IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS VOLUNTEER AND PHILANTHROPIC ROLES IS WAY TOO LONG TO RESITE. BUT WHEN THE PALISADES FIRE BROKE OUT, NANCY SPRUNG INTO ACTION. NO ONE ASKED HER, NO ONE DIRECTED HER, BUT SHE ALREADY KNEW THAT THINGS NEEDED TO BE DONE SO NANCY GOT STARTED. WITHIN HOURS OF SEEING THE SMOKE IN THE PALISADES FROM HER HOME IN PLAYA DEL REY, SHE MOBILIZED THE ENTIRE CLUB OF MARINA DELRAY AND ENTIRE NETWORK INTO COORDINATED RELIEF OPERATIONS. WITH THOUSANDS OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE NATIONAL GUARD STAGED THROUGHOUT THE DISASTER ZONE, NANCY SECURED PALLET AFTER PALLET AFTER PALLET OF FOOD, AND WATER AND SUPPLIES AND ESSENTIALS. SHE ORGANIZED MORE THAN 250 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH 45 FLAT BED TRUCK DELIVERIES TO DELIVER MORE THAN 80,000 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES TO SUPPORT OUR EMERGENCY AND DISASTER WORKERS. NANCY, I REMEMBER ONE OF THOSE TRIPS OF PCH IN THE TRUCK, WHEN WE WENT UP TO RESUPPLY THE NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS UP IN MALIBU, IT HAD BEEN A REALLY HECTIC MORNING, LOADING THE TRUCK AND THEN A NOISY RIDE EVERYONE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME, COMPARING NOTES CHECKING IN ON FRIENDS, TELLING STORIES, AND PLANNING OUR NEXT STEPS. UP UNTIL WE GOT TO THE DISASTER ZONE, IT WAS NOISY. AND THEN I REMEMBER HOW SOMBER AND QUIET IT GOT IN THE TRUCK AS WE BARRELED UP NORTH ON PCH PAST THE BURN OUT AND THE PALISADES BOWL AND THE ONCE ICONIC WEST SIDE COAST LINE. THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING THAT DAY, SUDDENLY FELT VERY REAL, AND VERY IMPORTAN IN A WAY THAT IS HARD TO DESCRIBE. I ALSO REMEMBER WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE NATIONAL GUARD BASE, THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE US. YOU HAD MANAGED TO SET UP WHAT WAS ESSENTIALLY A TARGET STORE OF FREE SHOPPING FOR THE TROOPS, SERIOUSLY, FUSSY BLANKETS AND PILLOWS, EYE DROPS, HAND LOTION, FLASH LIGHTS, SOCKS AND SWEATERS AND SNACKS AND TABLES AND TABLES OF FOOD. YOU AND THE VOLUNTEERS LITERALLY THOUGHT OF EVERY DETAIL, OF EVERY COMFORT ITEM THEY MIGHT NEED TO LIVE AND WORK, DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN SUCH HORRID CONDITIONS. MEANWHILE BACK IN MARINA DEL INS RAY NANCY AND HER ROADERY PROVIDED BEAUTY PRODUCTS AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND FULL FREE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE TO SEE HELP VICTIMS REPLACE ESSENTIAL PERSONAL ITEMS. IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE HOW BIG THIS OPERATION WAS. WHEN I SAID THEY HAD FREE EVERYTHING, I DO NOT MEAN EVERYTHING! AISLE AFTER AISLE AFTER AISLE OF NEW CLOTHES THAT SHE SECURED DIRECTLY FROM BRANDS AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS THAT SHE GOT DIRECTLY FROM THE MANUFACTURES. BUT WHAT STOOD OUT THE MOST WAS THE WAY YOU GREETED AND TREATED EVERYONE WHO WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS. PEOPLE WALKING IN THAT DOOR, WERE TRAUMATIZED AND THEY NEEDED HELP THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ASK FOR. YOU MADE IT EASY, BECAUSE YOU MADE IT SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK, YOU JUST WELCOMED THEM IN WITH A HUG AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND HANDED THEM A SHOPPING BAG AND YOU STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER CUTE OUTFITS, PACKING BOX APPROXIMATES OF CLEANING SUPPLIES TO STOCK NEW KITCHENS AND THROW BLANKETS AND PILLOW AND OF THINGS OF DAILY LIFE. MORE THAN 500,000 POUNDS UTIMATELY MOVED THROUGH NANCY AND RODERY OPERATIONS, THAT'S NOT SYMBOL SICK LEADERSHIP, THAT'S REAL IMPACT. NANCY, YOU'RE EXACTLY WHAT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS ABOUT. SHOWING SUPE, STANDING FIRM AND MAKING OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER. IT'S AN HONOR TO GET TO RECOGNIZE YOU THIS MORNING. [APPLAUSE] I THINK I'M NOW KICK ITING OVER TO COUNCIL DISTRICT 13. 15 13. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. THANK YOU SO MUCH WHO PUT THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. QUE VIVA LA MUJER, IT SHOULD BE EVERY DAY, BUT WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY. [SPEAKING SPANISH] PILAR QUISTRE. UN APLAUSO. PILAR HAS DEDICATED TO BUILDING COMMUNITY POWER IN DISTRICT 13, NOT JUST IN ONE COMMUNITY BUT TWO COMMUNITY. STARTED IN LEMON GROVE BEING ACTIVE IN HER COMMUNITY AND NOW SHE IS THE DEFACTOR LEADER OF LEMON GROVE PARK WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A REC CENTER BUT ACTS LIKE A REC CENTER BECAUSE OF PILLAR'S BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER. IF, YOU EVER GO TO JUNTOS PARK, YOU'LL KNOW THAT PILAR IS THE BEST IN THE AREA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] WE HAVE RESOURCE FARES, MOVIE NIGHTS, WE HAVE A POS ADA, SHE ORGANIZED A POS ADA IN DECEMBER. WHEN THE RAIDS HAPPENED, SHE ORGANIZED. SHE HAS COORDINATED STREET VENDOR BUY OUT. SHE DOES SO MUCH. I SAY THIS WITH, WITH LITTLE HYPERVELY, I'VE WORKED WITH MANY PILAR IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TOP LEADERS THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH IN MY ENTIRE CAREER. [REPEATING IN SPANISH] FOR FROM EARLY DAYS AT COMMUNITY LEADER AT LEMON GROVE PARK WORKING WITH MONO LINGUAL PARKS, HER COMMITMENT TO BETTERING THE LIVES OF FAMILIES ESPECIALLY FOES FROM DISADVANTAGED BACK GROUNDS IS CLEAR FROM. MOMENT YOU MEET HER. [SPEAKING SPANISH] IF I--PILAR HAS BUILT A BETTER FUTURE. IT'S MY HONOR TO CELEBRATE PILAR TO PRESENT HER WITH HAD CERTIFICATE. [REPEATING IN SPANISH] MUCHAS GRACIAS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH, PILAR. WITH THAT I WANT TO KICK IT OFF TO THE 1-4, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, I CAN'T STEAL THE BRANDING OF COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, BUT THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN OF IMPACT FOR CD14, VANESSA GUTIERREZ. [APPLAUSE] VANESSA IS BORN AND RAISED IN EL SERENO AND CARRIES THE PRIDE OF EVERYWHERE IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES. SHE REPRESENTS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT GROWS OUT OF THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING THAT SAYS IF IT DOES NOT EXIST YET, WE WILL BUILD IT OURSELVES. AND THAT'S WHAT VANESSA WAS DONE, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHEN PEOPLE WERE HOLDING TON, SHE STEPPED AWAY FROM HER CAREER AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS TO PURSUE A DREAM ROOTED IN SOMETHING SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL. GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT GAVE HER SO MUCH. SHE BET ON HERSELF AND THAT LEAP OF FAITH BECAME MAS AMOR, MORE LOVE, MORE THAN A STORE FRONT, HER BOUTIQUE IS REFLECTION OF WHAT SHE LOVES. EVERY BOUTIQUE IS NAMED AFTER EVERY WOMEN SHE LOVES, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR NEXT LOOPS, MAKES YOU FEEL EXTRAORDINARY, CHECK OUT MAS AMOR BOUTIQUE, BUT WHAT MAKES HER MORE EXTRAORDINARY, SHE DID NOT STOP BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, SHE USED THAT SUCCESS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS, LIFTING WHILE SHE CLAIMS. --CLIMBS. FOUNDED THE MARKET, ON ANY GIVEN WEDNESDAY, YOU'LL SEE NEIGHBORS DANCING TO LIVE MUSIC, THE HIPEST AND YOUNGEST DJ, FAMILIES SHARING FOOD AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS MOBILIZING AND DOZENS SELLING FROM EVERYTHING FROM HAND MADE CRAFTS TO INCREDIBLE STREET FOOD OR HARD TO FIND VINYL RECORDS. THE NIGHT MARKET HAS BECOME A LIFE LINE, A PLACE TO EARN COMMUNITY AND CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY AND WHEN ON GOING ICE RAIDS CREATED FEAR AND UNCERTAINITY FOR SAME OF THE VENDORS, VANESSA SHOWED WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP LOOKED LIKE MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO PAUSE THE MARKET TO PROTECT THE VENDORS AND FAMILIES. AND ZHEN SUPPORTED THEM THROUGH VENDOR BUY OUT AND COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING SO THEY WOULD NOT LOSE THE INCOME THEY RELIED ON. BECAUSE OF THAT H COUNTLESS SMALL BUSINESSES AND VENDORS AND FAMILIES IN EL SERENO RO STRONGER TONIGHT AND REMINDS US THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE LET'S LEFT BEHIND. VANESSA RECELEBRATE YOU IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 AND ON BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES, THANK YOU FOR LEADING WITH YOUR HEART AND SHOWING US WHAT IT'S LIKE TO UPLIFT YOUR COMMUNITY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TOSS IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FROM THE 1-5. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. COME ON, EVERYBODY, COME AROUND US. ONCE AGAINSTINGER COLLEAGUES THE 1-5 IS GOING TO BRING IT HOME. CONGRATULATION TO SEE EVERYONE. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO ARE WINNERS TODAY, BUT I AM HONORED TO CELEBRATE THE 1-5 WOMEN OF IMPACT, MAYA SUZUKI DANIELS. [APPLAUSE] MAYA WAS SELECTED AS HONORING FOR HER UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION RIGHTS, TO EDUCATOR RIGHTS, EDUCATOR RIGHTS, BOTH, VERY GOOD. COMMUNITYITY SOLIDARITY AND HER INSPIRING WORK AS CO-FOUNDER OF THE AREA PEACE PATROLS. MAYA DANIELS WAS BORN ON THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION IN WESTERN MONTANA, AFTER ATTENDING MAN CALSTER COLLEGE IN MINNESOTA SHE RELOCATED TO LOS ANGELES WHERE SHE BECAME A TEACHER, CURRENTLY IS AN ENGLISH TEACHER AT SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL. IN 2024, SHE WAS PART OF A GROUP OF 'EMING CATERS WHO FOUNDED THE EDUCATOR DEFENSE NETWORK A COLLECTIVE DEDICATED TO DEFENDING EDUCATORS'S RIGHTS, TO OPEN DIALOGUE AND ACTIVISM AROUND TRANS, PALESTINIAN AND BLACK SOLIDARITY. MAYA IS KNOWN AROUND HER COLLEAGUES FOR HER KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WORK AROUND RANK AND FILE MEMBERS PUSHING FOR BETTER CHILDCARE AND HER CONTRIBUTION TO SEE RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EFFORTS. SHE RECEIVED THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, WE HONOR OURS AWARD FOR 2025 AND 2026 CALIFORNIA TEACHER AWARDS RECIPIENT. MAYA IS DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT UNIONISM AND EQUITY AND A CHAMPION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. ON TOP OF HER TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE EDUCATION REALM, MAYA AND HER HUSBAND, FOUNDED THE HARBOR AREA PEACE PATROLS. AND THIS IS WHERE I REALLY CAME TO WORK WITH MAYA AND ALLYSHAH AND SAW MAYA'S LEADERSHIP STYLE IN ACTION A PERSON REALLY IS COMMITTED TO THE TEAM, HAS A COMMAND PRESENCE, HAS A COMMAND PRESENCE FOR SURE, SHE GOT THAT PROBABLY TEACHING ENGLISH IN SAN PEDRO HIGH. AND COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE INFORMATION, FEEL SAFE, FEEL HONORED AND FEEL SECURED AND DEEPLY DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE WORK. SINCE, ITS FIRST PATROL IN 2025, SHE HAVE PROVIDED DAILY INFORMATION ON ICE STAGING AND ACTIVITY IN THE HARBOR AREA COMMUNITY OF SAN PEDRO WILMINGTON AND THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES AND ALL AROUND THAT AREA. AS AN ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY SELF-DEFENSE COALITION, HARBOR AREA PEACE PATROLS STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE ORGANIZING COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY AND THE PRINCIPAL THAT SOLO EL PUEBLO SALVA EL PUEBLO. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE COME HERE AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH WITH THE HARBOR AREA AND IT FEATURED THE PEACE PATROLS, VERY VERY OFTEN. SO YOU WERE NOT HERE, THE PEACE PATROLERS WERE NOT HERE BUT YOU WERE, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ALL THE GREAT WORK ESPECIALLY WHEN ICE LEFT TERMINAL ISLAND, WE DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED BUT I GAVE CREDIT TO THE PEACE PATROLERS BECAUSE YOU WERE SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE ACTIVITY AND YOU PEACE PATROL PEZER, ALL OF YOU WERE MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES WERE SAFE AND THAT IS REALLY THE GREATEST ROLE OF LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU, MAYA, THE 1-5 IS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. LET'S HEAR IT FOR MAYA SUZUKI DANIELS SXLAIMZ. --DANIELS! [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERY WOMEN RECOGNIZED TODAY. EACH OF TODAY'S HONOREE REPRESENTS THE COURAGE AND DEDICATION THAT MAKES LOS ANGELES. TO ALL OF TODAY'S WOMEN OF IMPACT, TUZ FOR YOUR WORK, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND FOR THE EXAMPLE YOU SET FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR HONOREES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION THIS MORNING AND A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION THAT WE GET TO DO EVERY YEAR. THE NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT OF THE 10th COUNCIL DISTRICT. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES, THIS MORNING WE RISE FOR THE SERVANT A COMPASSIONATE LEADER FOR OUR COMMUNITY, MR. DEREK TURNLE. TODAY DEREK WILL RETIRE FROM THE LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AFTER 28 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. THAT'S 28 YEARS OF SHOWING UP, 28 YEARS OF LIFTING OTHERS AND 28 YEARS OF MAKING OUR CITY, STRONGER SAFER AND MORE COMPASSIONATE. DEREK BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 1997 A NETWORK SPECIALIST FOR THE COMMISSION OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES, SERVING SOUTH LOS ANGELES. FROM THE VERY START HE UNDERSTOOD THAT GOVERNMENT WORKS BEST WHEN IT WORKS HAND AND HAND WITH THE COMMUNITY. HE BUILT PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, LAYING A FOUNDATION OF TRUST THAT WOULD DEFINE HIS CAREER. IN 1998, HE JOINED ADMINISTRATION OF MAYOR RICHARD RIORDAN AS A SENIOR ADVISOR FOR SOUTH LOS ANGELES, SERVING COUNCIL DISTRICTS 8, 9, 10 AND 15 AND THERE HE LEAD INITIATIVE THAT STRENGTHENS OUR PARKS AND LIBRARY. BUT DEREK'S MOST PROFOUND IMPACT CAME AFTER HE JOINED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN 2001. FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS AS A DIRECTOR OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, HE HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS ACCESS CRITICAL WRAP AROUND SERVICES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES, LOSS WAGES, COUNSELING AND BURIAL COST DURING SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS. LEAD THE PROGRAM WIN OVATION AND CONCERN. CREATED A VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO GIVE SURVIVORS IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO RESOURCES. HE LAUNCHED AND HOSTED THE 5-K RUN FOR 5 YEARS, RAISING FUNDS FOR LOCAL NONPROFIT PROVIDERS AND SHINING A LIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VICTIM SERVICE SOUTH SIDE. THROUGH EVER ROLE, DEREK LEAD WITH INAT THINGITY AND GENUINE KINDNESS, HE HAS BEEN A ADVOCATE FOR THOSE NAVIGATING TRAUMA AND LOSS. HIS WORK REMINDED US THAT JUSTICE IS NOT JUST ABOUT PROSECUTING PEOPLE, IT'S ULTIMATELY ABOUT HELPING THEM HEAL. ON BEHALF OF A GREATFUL CITY, I THANK YOU DEREK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR YOUR INNOVATION, FOR YOUR COMPASSION, AND FOR 28 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE. WE WISH YOU NOTHING BUT. BEST IN YOUR NEXT PHASE IN LIFE. MAY YOU LOOK BACK TO THE CITY OF PRIDE AND STAND IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU MADE LOS ANGELES A MUCH BETTER PLACE. CONGRATULATIONS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? >> H. Hutt: SINCE YOU BROUGHT A BIG TEAM WITH YOU. >> Speaker: I DO. DEREK IS VERY SMART AND CREATIVE AND I HAD HAD THE PLEASURE OF HIM EXPLAINING TO ME HOW HE WAS GOING TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY THAT HE WAS SERVING. SO, I MADE IT A POINT TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE AND GIVE HONOR TO HIS CONTRIBUTION AND DEDICATION TO MAKING LOS ANGELES A BETTER PLACE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY SWEET. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER, I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU GUYS ON MY LAST DAY OF SERVICE AFTER 28 YEARS WORKING FOR THE CITY. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SERVE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DURING THAT TIME. I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE BUT BEFORE I STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY, I WAS A FOOTBALL PLAYER AND PLAYED IN THE SUPER BOWL AND WE DID A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN THAT PART OF MIZ CAREER BUT NOTHING TOPS SERVING THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL, THESE FOLKS GO OUT EACH AND EVERY DAY TO SERVE FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THEIR COMMITMENT IS UNWAIVERING, THEIR TALENT IS AMAZING AND THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB SERVING THE CITY. SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS YOU DELIBERATE, MAKE SURE YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY WIFE STACY ANTHONY. I DO DID NOT LIKE THE LIMELIGHT BUT SHE SAID YOU HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS. SO SHE ORGANIZED THIS AND PROBABLY OTHER THINGS, I APPRECIATE YOU THAT. AND I'M DONE. >> H. Hutt: I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO YOU PRESENTED BY, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 IN RECOGNITION OF OUR UNWAIVERING DEDICATION, ADVANCING EQUITY AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS ANGELINOS, AS DIRECTOR OF LOS ANGELES, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, YOUR INNOVATIVE VISION TRANSFORMED THE PROGRAM INTO A NATIONAL RECOGNIZED MODEL OF EXCELLENCE AND EXPANDED CRITICAL SERVICE TO CRIME VICTIMS ACROSS THE CITY, RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, AND COMPASSIONATE ADVOCACY DURING TIMES OF HARDSHIP. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES EXTENDS ITS GRATITUDE AND WISHES YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT IN YOUR RETIREMENT. SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS WHILE YOU'RE GETTING PHOTOS. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. HOLD ON. DEREK, YOU'RE NOT WALKING OUT. >> Council President: THERE IS MORE PEOPLE. >> M. Rodriguez: HOLD ON, YOU KNOW BETTER. YOU KNOW BET PER. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR BRINGING IN OUR OWN GENTLE GIANT. I REMEMBER IT WAS 30 YEARSING OR 28 YEARS AGO THAT THERE WAS THIS FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER THAT WAS JOINING THE RIORDAN ADMINISTRATION. AND EVERYBODY WAS JUST LIKE, HAVE YOU SEEN THE RING? YOU KNOW, IT WAS THIS LIKE, OH THIS GOOD LOOKING DUDE IS COMING TO WORK WITH US AND YOU WERE AN INCREDIBLE COLLEAGUE. YOU WERE TRULY A COLLABORATIVE PARTNER WHEN WE WERE WORKING IN THE RIORDAN ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FUN TEAM. YOU STEVEN PARKER, STACY SAEGLE, IT WAS, IT WAS A DYNAMIC TIME IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY AND YOU WERE PART OF IT AND IT WAS REALLY A SPECIAL MOMENT IN TIME. BUT TO SEE YOU, HAVING TAKEN THE LEADERSHIP AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT HAD YOU EVEN JOINING CITY SERVICE BEFORE THAT, IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT THE EXPERIENCE YOU HAD PLAYING ON THE SPORTS TEAM IS WHAT ALLOWED TO YOU COME FORWARD AND BE PART BEING A LEADER IN THIS TEAM IN THE VERY IMPORTANT WORK OF THIS VICTIM SERVICES IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. SOME PEOPLE TAKE THOSE KINDS OF EXPERIENCES AND DO OTHER THINGS, YOU DEDICATED YOUR LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE. YOU WERE AN INCREDIBLE COLLEAGUE. STACY CONTINUES TO HAVE A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE, I REMEMBER WHEN WITH YOU WORKED AROUND THE HORSESHOE IN STAFF. SO IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO BE ON THIS SIDE AND WATCH, HAVE WATCHED YOUR CAREER AND WATCHED YOUR DEDICATION IN PUBLIC SERVICE, MY FRIEND. I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU, CONGRATULATIONS ON A WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT. SOME DAY I'LL JOIN YOU BUT FOR NOW I'M GOING TO DO TO DO THIS GOOD WORK AND LEAN ON ALL THE EXAMPLE AND EXPERIENCE HAD YOU IN THE WORK YOU BROUGHT IN YOUR INCREDIBLE TEAM AND THE LEGACY YOU LEAVE BEHIND IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT WORK FOR OUR CITY. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON A WELL EARNED RETIREMENT AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE EVER DONE AND ALL THE FRIENDSHIP THAT YOU'VE SHOWN YOU. I DEEPLY FRAOESH YOU AND WISH YOU THE BEST OF HEALTH AND RETIREMENT. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS REAL GIANT IN TODAY. YOU KNOW, DEREK YOU'VE BEEN A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION NOT JUST INSIDE THE BUILDING BUT OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FAMILY, BUT ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE HUMAN FAMILY. WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR SENSITIVITY, YOUR SKILL, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE AND REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO YOU'VE, WE ALL ARE STANDING ON YOUR SHOELD CERTIFICATES, THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: ONCE AGAIN, AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR COLLEAGUES, YOUR CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE TIMES. THE 90s WERE NOT EASY IN SOUTH L.A. AND YOU DID A LOT TO MAKE IT BETTER. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> H. Hutt: SO ON THIS JOURNEY TO RETIMER, GOT ANY PLANS? YOU GOING TO TELL US ABOUT? >> I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. >> H. Hutt: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MANY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND CONGRATULATION TO SEE MR. TURNLE. AND NOW WE TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER LEE. YOU'RE NOT UP? SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, FIRST COUNCIL DISTRICT. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO SHARE YOUR TREASURE, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. CAN WE HAVE OUR GUESTS PLEASE JOIN US. RIGHT OVER HERE. WE ARE LUCKY THAT WE ARE HERE JOINED BY SOME QUEENS, AND SOME LITTLE KINGS AND LITTLE QUEENS. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD TO SEE YOU. HI. HOW YOU DOING. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE SAME? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE AND HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR. WE ARE JOINED BY ABOUT THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE 2026 MISS LOS ANGELES XHIEN A TOWN COURT AND THE LITTLE KING AND QUEEN COURT. TODAY YOU'LL HEAR FROM CHESTER CHONG, PRESIDENT OF CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AMY VICE PRESIDENT OF CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND VICTORIA MS. L.A. CHINA TOWN QUEEN AND BY POPULAR DEMANNED, THE ENTIRE LITTLE COURT. I LOOK FORWARD TO EMBRACING THE YEAR OF THE FIRE HORSE. I WAS BORN IN 1990, A YEAR THAT PROMISED PASSION. AS A COUNCILMEMBER WHO REPRESENTS THE XHIEN A TOWN, I SEE THAT DRIVE EVERY DAY. I SEE THAT IN OUR LOCAL AND SMALL LEGACY BUSINESSES, I SEE THAT IN THE EYES OF THESE YOUNG AMBASSADOR AND PEOPLE LIKE CHESTER AND MAMI WHO DO THIS WORK EVERY YEAR. I WORK YEARS WORKING ALONGSIDE THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LET ME TELL YOU, NOWHERE IS IT MORE VISIBLE THAN THE GOENLD PARADE. TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO OF THE PARADE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF CULTURE AND UNITY. CAN WE GIVE THEM A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 100 YEARS OF GOLDEN DRAGON PARADE IN CHINA TOWN. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THE GOLDEN DRAGON PARADE AND THEY SHOW UP EVERY YEAR. AS I ROAD DOWNHILL STREET AND BROADWAY, I POINTED FOLKS TOWARDS THE BEST CAKE, THE BEST LOCAL FOOD WHICH IS THE GOLDEN, THE GREEN DRAGON, GOLDEN DRAGON, THE BUILDING IS GREEN BUT IT'S GOLDEN DRAGON IS ONE OF MYFAVORITE SPOTS IN CHINA SPOTS AND I POINTED THEM WHERE THEY CAN GET THEIR FIREWORKS AND OTHER ITEMS IN ORDER TO HAVE THE BEST NEW YEARS CELEBRATIONS. ALL ACROSS OF OUR 15-CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE LEGACY OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS AND CHINESE AMERICANS LIVES ON WELL. WE PROTECT WHAT WE LOVE? ISN'T THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT AND WE HAVE TO THROW DOWN FOR THE CHINA DOWN COMMUNITY FOR OUR YAOEN --SENIORS AND YOUTH. AND TODAY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT THROWS DOWN FOR COMMUNITY, THE PRESIDENT MR. CHONG. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS, I WISH, I WAS SPEAKING SOMETHING FROM MY HEART. AND THIS IS A TEAM WORK, WE WORK TOGETHER, WITH THE PARADE, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBER AND THE COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE SUPPORT. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS CHESTER CHONG AND PRESIDENT OF CHINESE CHAMBER COMMERCE OF LOS ANGELES. ALL COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR ALL YOUR STRONG SUPPORT. DANCE TO YOUR HARD WORK, OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO GROW AND IMPROVE. WE ARE ONE BIG FAMILY, EQUAL RESPECTFUL, AND SUPPORTIVE. BUILDING A MORE HARMONOUS COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND LET US WORK HAND AND HAND TO HELP MORE PEOPLE IN NEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE FOR YOUR HELP. THANK YOU. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NOW MAMEE HONG PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MAMIE I'M PROUD TO BE A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CHINA TOWN AND ALSO ONE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I AM ALSO THE PARADE CHAIR OF THE 127th GOLDEN DRAGON PARADE. I THINK THIS YEAR WAS UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I ALSO WAS ABLE TO HELP WITH OUR THREE LEGACY EVENTS THIS YEAR. ONE BEING THE LITTLE KING AND QUEEN CONTEST. WE HAVE 35 KIDS PARTICIPATE, THAT IS A MAIDSING. --AMAZING. [APPLAUSE] OUR MS. LOS ANGELES CHINA TOWN PAGEANT, THESE YOUNG RIVER, GRADUATES OF BROWN, UC RIVERSIDE, MANY OF THEM WORKING ON MASTERS AND DOCTORATE DEGREES. ALL OF THESE YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN COMING TOGETHER TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY. I REALLY WANT TO THANK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER UNISSES HERNANDEZ, HER STAFF, FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THEY'VE GIVEN OUR COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR GOLDEN DRAGON PARADE. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND AS I STAND HERE IN MY LUCKY RED OUTFIT, I WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU A GONG HAY FAT CHOY, HAPPINESS IN THIS YEAR OF FIRE HORSE. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI EVERYONE I'M VICTORIA YIP AND I'M THE 63 MS. LOS ANGELES CHINA TOWN QUEEN OF 2026, ALONG ME IS MY WONDERFUL COURT WHICH WE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED THIS LAST MONTH, JUST ACTUALLY, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO RING IN THE NEW FIRE HORSE YEAR, THE YEAR OF TRANSFORMATION, THE YEAR OF CHANGE AND PASSION. I AM SO PROUD TO BE AN EXTENSION OF CHINA TOWN, AN EXTENSION OF THE MISSION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND THAT'S TO PRESERVE HERITAGE AND ENRICH CHINESE AMERICAN CULTURE. I STAND BESIDE CHESTER AND SO PROUD ALL OF MY LITTLE QUEENS AND PRINCES TO COME UP NEXT. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HI, EVERYONE. >> Council President: HI. >> Speaker: HAPPY NEW YEAR. MY NAME IS DYLAN. I AM 7 YEARS OLD. AND THE I'M THE 2026, CHINA TOWN LITTLE KING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI I'M GRANT SUE, THE 2026 LITTLE KING PRINCE. >> THE PRINCE. ALL RIGHT. >> Speaker: HI MY NAME OLIVIA LEE MY CHINESE NAME IS TONG, AND IEMENT 2026 LITTLE PRINCESS AND WHEN GROW UP I WANT TO BE AN OPTOMETRIST AND I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, CAN WE GIVE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUD TO THE COURT AND LITTLE PRINCESES AND PRINCES AND QUEEN. I WANT TO SAY MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO CHESTER AND MAME, TO THANK YOU FOR INVESTING AND CONSTANTLY MAKING SURE THAT THE CHINESE COMMUNITY, THE CHINESE YOUNG PEOPLE GET WHAT THEY NEED TO BECOME LEADERS AND TAKE UP SPACE. AND I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL YOU TAKE OVER TO I CAN RETIRE YOUNG. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2026 PAGEANT, THIS PRESTIGIOUS EVENT RECOGNIZES AND EMPOWERED YOUNG WOMEN AS AMBASSADORS, FOSTERING AND CULTURAL HERITAGE AND FOR INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 AND BEYOND. CAN WE GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE. >> Council President: BEFORE YOU GIVE OUT THE GOODS, WE HAVE A SPEAKER. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: GONG HAY FAT CHOY, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, I KNOW IT'S A LABOR OF LAW AND IT'S A LOT OF LABOR TO PRODUCE THESE EVENTS AND TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT ALL THE SMALL BUSINESS THAT ARE SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY IN CHINA TOWN BUT ALSO A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE VIBRANCY. HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY YEAR OF THE FIRE HORSE AND WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST OF THIS NEW YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. AND BEFORE I PRESENT THESE TWO CERTIFICATES. WE'VE GIVEN CERTIFICATE THE TO CHAMBER OF LOS ANGELES BUT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT LEAD THE WORK. BUT BEFORE I GIVE THOSE OUT, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM--AND NOW TO CELEBRATE TWO INDIVIDUALS GIVING CHINA TOWN INVESTMENT WITH THEIR TIME, LOVE AND LABOR. I HAVE TWO CERTIFICATE ONE FROM M AO* ME WINE BERGH AND FOR CHESTER CHONG FOR THEIR YEARS OF DEDICATION TO THE YEARS. >> Council President: BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO GO THAT ONE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT HAS THEY'RE HEADING OUT FOR PICTURES. >> E. Hernandez: HERMAN IS HERE MAKE ING NOISES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM A WARNING. >> City Attorney: NOTED FOR THE RECORD, MR. HERMAN IS ON NOTICE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 AND 5. Ashoka. All right. Bueno. MuyB. SOMETHING THAT OFTEN BEEN SAID AROUND THE HORSESHOE IS HOW THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IS LEADING BY EXAMPLE ON HOW TO KEEP TRADITION ALIVE AND LANGUAGE FLOURISHING AND A STRONG CONNECTION TO YOUR HOMELAND. LEADING THE CHARGE IS ABU, THE MAGIAN SCHOOL, LOCATED IN WINEKTA, OPENED WITH JUST 19 STUDENTS WHO WERE ALL HUNGRY TO BE CHALLENGED ACADEMIC AND CULTURALLY. NOW OVER 1,000 STUDENTS, 145 STAFF AND MORE THAN 1700 ALUMNI, THIS IS AMAZING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE DURING THIS TIME. I AM SO PROUD THAT THIS LEGACY CAN BE STARTED AND CULTIVATED IN THE WEST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THEM AND COMING TOGETHER ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES AND WORKING ON THE APPROVAL FOR THE NEW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING CENTER COMING SOON AND ABGU HAS RETURNED THE FAVOR FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, CERTAIN MEETINGS, I'M NEVER SURPRISED TO SEE SOMETHING IS HAPPENING AT AGBU SCHOOL FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S ALWAYS APPRECIATED AND THEY REALLY ARE BY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. AGBU IS ALWAYS READY TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND AGAIN I'M GRATEFUL AND WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL. CONGRATULATIONS ON 50 YEARS. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS. REALLY, YOU'VE BEEN A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT A SCHOOL AND A COMMUNITY CAN DO TOGETHER AND WHAT CAN BE BUILT. SO NEXT I WANT TO INTRODUCE KEN, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. [APPLAUSE] KEN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. GREAT TO BE HERE, I THINK IT'S AFTERNOON NOW, GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. I'M KEN, I'M THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE EMERGING SCHOOL AND AGBU WESTERN REGION. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE AGBU COMMUNITY AND MEMBERSHIP, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR RECOGNIZING OUR SCHOOL'S 50th ANNIVERSARY. IN A LITTLE OVER A MA, WE'LL ALSO MARK THE 120th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNION. FOR THE PAST FIVE DECADES, FIRST IN VAN NUYS AND NOW IN WINETKA HAS BEEN PROUD TO SERVE THE FAMILIES IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND BEYOND, CELEBRATING CULTURE AND HELPING SHAPE STUDENTS INTO THOUGHTFUL LEADERS. THIS MILESTONE REALLY CELEBRATES THE DEDICATION OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR ALUMNI OUR STUDENTS, WHO HAVE HELPED BUILT THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1976. AGBS IS ALSO A TRUE EXAMPLE OF LOS ANGELES STORY. IN 1976, IMMIGRANTS FROM LANDS FAR AWAY JOINED TOGETHER WITH A VISION. THEY BELIEVED THAT EDUCATION WAS CRITICAL DO BUILDING THE FUTURE HERE IN LOS ANGELES WHILE WORK TO GO PRESERVE ARMENIAN CULTURE AND VALUES. THEY SET OUT TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE ROOT AND GROW. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT WITH THEIR HARD WORK AND FAITH AND DEEP COMMITMENT, THEY COULD BUILD A SCHOOL THAT THRIVES WITH 1,000 STUDENTS. THAT DEFINES BOTH OUR SCHOOL AND THIS GREAT CITY. WE ARE ESPECIALLILY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR ITS SUPPORT, OVER THE YEARS INCLUDING YOUR HELP WITH COLLABORATIVE LEARNING CENTER OUR LATEST DEVELOPMET IN BUILDING EXPANSION, WE CALL IT OUR CLC AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR ALL THE SUPPORT IN THAT PROCESS. IT WILL BE A STATE-OF-THE-ART EDUCATIONAL HUB THAT KNOWLEDGE AND ONE ANOTHER, THE PROJECT WAS ENVISIONED AS MORE THAN A BUILDING, THE WAY WE LEARN, THE WAY WE WORK, THE WAY WE COLLABORATE IS CHANGING FASTER THAN EVER. WE ARE BUILDING THE CLC AS A FUTURE OF LEARNING OR ENTER DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION AMONG STAFF AND STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS ALIKE, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WILL CONVERGE. PROJ IKTS LIKE THE CLC ARE ONLY POSSIBLE WITH YOUR HELP. THAT SUPPORT HELPS US TAKE RISKS TO FOSTER PLACE THAT DEFINE OUR COMMUNITIES. WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD, OUR DEAR FRIEND ADRIN NAZARIAN THAT COULD NOT BE HERE AND THE STATE AND LEADERS OF THE CITY AND FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HONOR OUR SCHOOL. YOUR RECOGNITION MEANS A GREAT DEAL AND REMINDS US HOW CONNECTED WE ARE TO THE FABRIC OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION. [APPLAUSE] >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU SO MUCH KEV. NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DAVID. >> DISTINGUISHABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. MILESTONE, GIVE US OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF REFLECT AND RECHARGE AND WE ALL REMEMBER BECAUSE WE COMMEMORATED THIS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, IN A VERY BIG WAY, THE 100tH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO. AND THERE WAS A SLOGAN CIRCULATING AT THE TIME SAYING WHEN THEY BURIED THEY DID NOT KNOW WE WERE SEEDS. WE WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR PROVIDING THAT FERTILE OIL FOR THE CITY TO PROSPER AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, TO CALIFORNIA, TO THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE GREATER GLOBAL COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE HISTORIC HOMELAND. WE HAVE HERE REPRESENTING PEOPLE FROM OUR PAST, ALUMNI, WE HAVE OUR PRESENT, OUR TEACHERS OUR STUDENTS WHO ALSO REPRESENT OUR FUTURE. BENEFACTORS, MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD, ALL HERE TOGETHER TO BASICALLY, THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY. THIS TREE HAS GROWN TO BECOME A VERY FRUITFUL TREE AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TREES IS THAT AS MUCH AS YOU SEE ON THE OUTSIDE, THE ROOTS ARE EVEN DEEPER AND ELABORATE. SO WE THANK ALL OF THOSE FROM OUR PAST AS WELL WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY VERY BRIGHT FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER, I WANT TO INTRODUCE, DIANA CARDANIAN WHO A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL. DIANA. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD DISTINGUISHED COUNCILMEMBERS AND GUESTS. I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AT STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS, ALUMNI AND FAMILIES, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR SCHOOL'S 50th ANNIVERSARY. FOR 5 DECADES, WE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A SCHOOL. IT BEEN A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF, GROW NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY BUT AS LEADERS AND THINKSER AND MEMBERS OF A PROUD COMMUNITY. CARRYING FORWARD VALUES OF EDUCATION, SERVICE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. AS STUDENTS WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF A LEGACY BUILT BY THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US. WE HOPE TO HONOR THAT LEGACY BY CONTINUING TO LEARN, LEAD AND GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND FOR CELEBRATING THIS MILESTONE WITH US. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: YOU READY FOR SPEAKERS? ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: YOU KNOW I WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A PASS, BOB. BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS WONDERFUL INSTITUTION AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 50 GRAERZ. YEARS. I BELIEVE WE COLLABORATED ON A DRIVE TO DO ALL THE COLLECTIONS THAT MY PACOIMA FIELD OFFICE WORKING WITH SO MANY OF YOUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU TEACH SO MUCH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND GIVING BACK. AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT DISTANCE, THE DIASPORA IS FROM THE HOMELAND. YOU STILL UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY OF GIVING BACK AND PRESERVING THAT CONNECTION AND I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEING SUCH AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE. IN TEACHING SO MUCH MORE THAN, READING WRITING AND ARITHMETIC. YOUR TEACHING THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK AND STAYING CONNECTED TO YOUR CULTURAL ROOTS BUT MORE IMPORTANT BEING PART AN IMPORTANT PART OF LOS ANGELES AND BEING AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS OF BEING A COMMUNITY THAT GIVES BACK. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON 50 YEARS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF YOU IN ADVANCING THE WORK FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU AND I WANTED TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE TO ALL OF YOU. FOR AGBU SO IF YOU ACCEPT THIS ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY, I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO ACCEPT IT, WE HAVE A CUP OF STUDENTS AND WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO AND GO TO THE BACK TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 50 YEARS! >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY I'LL ASK THAT YOU READ THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT INTO THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: OF COURSE, THANK YOU. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK, TOUP TWO MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, MAY ALSO SPEAK TO UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYONE ELSE WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. WE'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF WE CANNOT TELL YOU'RE ON TOPIC, WE'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF WARNING. AT THAT TIME, YOU'LL NEED TO GET ON TOPIC IF YOU DON'T, YOU'LL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. ITEMS OPEN FOR ARE 1 FOR 13. ITEMS 2 WAS CONTINUED TO MARCH 13th AND ITEM 14 WAS REFERRED BACK TO PLUM. AND I CAN HAVE THE TRANSLATOR TRANSLATE THIS. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO SPAOEK IN SPANISH, PLEASE STOP EVERY COUPLE OF SENT SENSES SO THE TRANSLATOR CAN TRANSLATE FOR YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT ITEM 1 HAS SOME AMENDMENTED WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON THE BOARD FOR THE PUBLIC. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE NEARLY 70 NAMES ON THE QUEUES AND THERE ARE NOT CLOSE TO 7 --70 IN THE ROOM. SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, TO LINE UP. AND WE'LL HAVE 30 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL 12:40 THIS MORNING. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER WHICH OF THE ITEMS ARE GENERAL PUBLIC DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'M NOT SURE IF RESOLUTION ON LA28. >> City Attorney: THAT WAS CONTINUED TO MARCH 13th. BUT YOU'RE FREE TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW. >> Speaker: THAT'S TERRIFIC, THANK YOU. HELLO COUNCILMEMBER I'M NICK AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING LANE AND THE FAIR GAINS COALITION. WORKING FAMILIES IN LOS ANGELES. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS MONICA RODRIGUEZ AND IMELDA PADILLA FOR INTRODUCING THE RESOLUTION, BY THE LEADERSHIP, AND EPSTEIN FILES BUT FOR UPHOLDING INTEGRITY. AS CASE GROWS FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN, LA28 REQUIRES A--THAT DECISION THE DECISION TO LEAD THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC CANNOT BE MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. WORKERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS MUST HAVE A REAL VOICE. THE LEADERSHIP SHOULD NOT POINT TRAP ALLIES TO THE BOARD OR CAL TELL TO SECURITY. THE GAMES BELONG TO THE WORKING PEOPLE AND THE LEADERSHIP MUST REFLECT THAT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. I BELIEVE YOU'RE UP NEXT MR. HERMAN, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? ? >> Speaker: ALL FUCKEN ITEMS. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR 1 AND 13 FOLLOWED BY A ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: YOU DON'T SEE A WE HAVE A FULL QUORUM BECAUSE CERTAIN PEOPLE LIKE TO ABANDON SHIP. TALKING ABOUT ITEM 1, MR. FAUBLE, FOR THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: PLEASE CONTINUE, MR. HERMAN. GET ON TOPIC. >> Speaker: HOUSING AND HOMELESS COMMITTEE, WHAT IS HOUSING TO ANYONE OF YOU BLACK MOTHER FUCKERS MEAN? APPARENTLY, IT DON'T MEAN A FUCKEN THING BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A HOMELESS CRISIS, RIGHT. SO THEY HAVE SOME ACRONYM CALLED SLBI, WELL, I BELIEVE IN MWA, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WELL IT CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS. I LISTEN TO NWA AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT HOUSING. OTHER THAN A BLACK MOTHER FUCKER LIKE ME WITH A MIC, RIGHT SMOKING SCAN? SO INSTRUCTION OF FUCKEN RAMAN NOODLE ON THIS ITEM, WHO WANTS TO BE YOUR NEXT FUCKEN MAYOR AND THE OTHER DICK, JEW JEW BLUMENFIELD WHO ABANDONED THE SHIP AS I SAID. AS YOU SEE, NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ME AND YOU THE PUBLIC. SO, ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY OFFICIAL LAND DEPOSITION FOR CITY FUCKEN OWN PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN LOOTED AND STOLEN BY THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, HAS NO REALITY TO MY MENTALITY. SMOKING SCAN, I'M ONE BAD BLACK MOTHER FUCKER HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY SMOKING SKA*N UNDERSTAND A BLACK MOTHER FUCKER LIKE ME. >> City Attorney: GENERAL, MR. HERMAN. NOW TO MY NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. UNDER THE DEFENSE OF UNITED STATES VERSUS DEVIARN, LET THIS COUNTRY BE FUCKED FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS NEVER IN A HISTORY HAS A BLACK PERSON HAS DONE ANYTHING RIGHT. I SAY FUCK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY, I SAY FUCK CAUSE YOU'RE SIMPLIED FAGS AND I KNOW THE CITY TAKES IT UP THE ASS AND DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE HOUSING RAMAN NOODLE AND WHAT ABOUT YOU, LOUD MOUTH MS. PARKS AS YOU PLAY ON YOUR COMPUTER. IF IT WAS NOT FOR MS. HERNANDEZ AND WET BLACK SOTO, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE FINISHED THEIR MISSION. AND TO ALL YOU MOTHER FUCKERS, FUCK! PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BE QUIET MR. HERMAN. >> Speaker: IT'S NOT ME! YOU ASSHOLE. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, YOU'VE NOW DISRUPTED THE MEETING AGAIN. SORRY, HOLD ON SPAOEKER. MR. HERMAN, YOU'VE BEEN EJECTED FROM THE MEET ING. --YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. MR. HERMAN. YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING, LEAVE QUIETLY NOW. [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> City Attorney: HOLD ON, SPEAKER, I'M SO SORRY. I'M SORRY TO THE PUBLIC FOR HAVING TO HEAR THIS AND HAVING THE MEETING DISRUPTED. HOLD ON A MINUTE, SPEAKER. [SCREAMING] >> City Attorney: HE'S STILL SHOUTING AS HE LEAVES, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU. I'M VERY SORRY. WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM NUMBER 4, THAT'S COUNCIL FILE 25-102. >> City Attorney: SO 4 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN TALK TO IT IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: I THOUGHT IT WAS. OKAY. I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK THEN. I'M A MEMBER OF COALITION OF MORE THAN 60 ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPOR A BAN IN ARTIFICIAL TURF, ADJACENT TO THE OBAMA SPORTS COMPLEX. THEY'RE NOT ONLY COST AFFECTIVE, THEY CAN MEET. PLAYABLE HOURS NEEDED BUT SAFER AND ENVIRONMENT. AS YOU MAY RECALL WITH THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT, L.A. PASSED ARTIFICIAL TO SEE HOW WE CAN PRIORITIZE NATURAL BASE SOLUTIONS. NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO APPROVE PLASTIC TURF. MORE REPORTS CALL FOR MORATORIUM DUE TO TOXICITY. LAUSD JUST PASSED A RESOLUTION TO. PLEASE HONOR OBAMA'S LEGACY AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN TODAY AND TOMORROW BY INSTALLING NATURAL GRASS THAT ARE BETTER FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. MR. GRABNER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? >> Speaker: BOTH OF THEM, 12, 13 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: 1 AND 13 ARE OPEN. >> Speaker: WHY ISN'T 12 OPEN? >> City Attorney: IT WAS CONTINUED TO MARCH 13th. >> Speaker: COWARDS. 13 IS RELATED TO THE NOMINATION TO CHARTER COMMISSION. SO THE CHARTER COMMISSION HAS BEEN BLATANT'. SO HOPEFULLY THIS ONE, MR. 13 WILL NOT BE A CONTINUATION OF THAT. THIS IS A NOMINATION FOR BOB BLUMENFIELD SO NOT A LOT OF HOPE. BUT MAYBE WE'LL LUCK OUT MAYBE WE'LL GET SOMEBODY WHO IS ACTUALLY, GOING TO DO SOME ACTUAL REFORM, AND NOT TRY TO KILL IT OUT, WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO JOIN THE RANKS OF PASTOR ONE OF THE GOOD COMMISSIONERS. APPARENTLY WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COULD WARDS WHO ARE TRYING TO KILL ALL REFORM IN THE NAME, WHICH IS WHAT BASS SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO DO FOR SOME REASON. I DON'T KNOW. THE MEETING IS LIKE A DISASTER. SO LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> OKAY. SUCH COULD WARDS, YOU CANNOT EVEN VOTE ON A VERY WEAK MOTION TO JUST CALL FOR ANOTHER INVESTIGATION IN THE CASEY WASERMAN YOU SHOULD BE CALLING FOR HIM TO BE FIRED OR RESIGN. THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE CALLING FOR AT THIS POINT. THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED WEEKS AGO. AND NOW WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE LA28 THAT HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH JEFFERY EPSTEIN. THAT'S WHAT THE OLYMPICS ARE ABOUT. ASSOCIATES OF JEFFERY EPSTEIN, RACISM, SINO PHOBIA, TRANS PHOBIA AND ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT IS MAKING UP THE OLYMPICS AND NOT ONE OF YOU WILL SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, WHATSOEVER, NOT ONE OF YOU WILL COME --CONDEMN THAT THEY'RE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THE TRANS AT THE OLYMPICS. YOU NEED TO FIRE JIM McDONNELL GET THE RACIST ICE OUT--. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, MR. GRABNER. HI SPEAKER WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: FAST FOOD WORKERS ORDINANCE. >> City Attorney: I THINK THAT'S GENERAL. SO PLEASE BEGIN. YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: OH. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY DAY FAST FOOD WORKERS LIKE ME, LOSE AN AVERAGE OF 3500 IN WAGE CHEST. IN MY CASE FOR FIVE YEARS, I WORKED UP TO 12 HOURS A WEEK WITHOUT PAY. OR BREAKS. DURING THIS TIME, I WAS LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND ACCUMULATED OVER 21,000 IN CREDIT CARD DEBT, TRYING TO SURVIVE. I DIDN'T KNOW MY RIGHTS AND MY EMPLOYER IGNORANCE TO EXPLOIT ME. IT'S CRUCIAL THAT THE CITY HOLDS CORPORATIONS LIKE SUBWAY ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY BREAK TH LAW. WE ARE CALLING FOR INCREASED INVESTMENT IN LABOR EP FORCEMENT AND MANDATORY KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING THROUGH THE FAST ORDINANCE SO NO OTHER FAST FOOD WORKER IS FORCED TO EXPLOITATION. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. HELLO, WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DID YOU WANT IT SPEAK TO? >> Speaker:GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: MARQUEECY DAUS EN--DAWSIN IS A FOOD DESERT. THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT BLACK CULTURE. OUR CITY STATE AND FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED TO DROP BOMBS AND YET ANOTHER WAR FOR ISRAEL AND I DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION FOR THIS CRIMINAL COUNCIL THAT CONDEMNS IT ANOTHER WAR AGAINST THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AT THE BEHEST OF ISRAEL. WE THE PEOPLE ARE STARVING WHILE THE COWARDS ARE SILENT AND WHILE THEY DROP BOMBS FROM ISRAEL AND GENOCIDE BLUMENFIELD. HERE'S A RESOLUTION, LET'S SELECT NITHYA, PUBLIC WHEN YOU HIRE PROUNZ YOU GET A CIRCUS. BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAK CER, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YES I HAVE A COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M A TAXPAYER, I LOST MY JOB. I'M BEING GANG STOCKED. WHEN WHEN DOES THE VICTIM BECOME THE--WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS? YOU GUYS ARE SICK OF GETTING PEOPLE GET WITH THIS COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH IS MEANT TO HELP PEOPLE NOT TO STEP ON THEM WHEN THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO KICK SOMEBODY WHEN THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR. I LOST MY JOB. BECAUSE ARE SPREADING RUMOURS. PEOPLE CAN SEE ME THROUGH MY PHONE IN MY HOUSE WHEN I'M TAKING A SHIT AND A PISS. AND THE FEDS CAN SEE IT AND THEY'RE DOING TO STOP IT. WHY? I'M A TAXPAYER, I DON'T LIVE OFF WELFARE AND TAKE MONEY ON TOP AND WORK CASH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. THANK YOU. SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: I HAVE A SIGN SIGNS LAW REASON BUT IRONIC' COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 HAS DIFFERENT POLICIES. WE HAVE SUBMITTED EVIDENCE TO STRIKING CONTRADICTION CD11 PRESERVATION. TRACY PARK OF SAVING THE MAYOR RIN MONROE HOUSE IS IRONY. THE CITY HAS FAILED TO LEGAL DUTY UNDER A B-52. THE CITY UNILATERALLY CLOSED AND BREACHED CONFIDENTIALITY. THE FINAL EIR IS FLAWED, YOU CANNOT CLAIM NO IMPACT WHILE IGNORING SKA VACATION BEYOND THE 5 FEET AND EXPOSE A SENSITIVE. WE KNOW THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED BACK TO PLUM. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. HELLO SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DO YOU WANT? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M BOB BLUE, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PO TO SAVE THE BERRY BUILDING. IN 2007 CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATED THIS, CREATING A LEGAL DUTY UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION TO MAINTAIN IT. TODAY'S, THE REQUEST THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING, FOR DEMOLITION IS BASED ON A SELF IMPOSED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AFTER EVICTING ALL TENANTS, THE OWNER CHOSE TO LET A REVENUE GENERATING BUILDING SIT VACANT WHILE IGNORING MAINTENANCE. IF THIS APPEAL IS DENIED, THE ONLY FINANCIAL GAIN WILL BE FOR THE MONGER FAMILY, NOT THE PUBLIC. THEY WILL BE LEFT WITH THE SCORCH JUST LIKE THE HOUSES THEY LEFT AS DIRT LOTS FOR OVER A DECADE. NEVER GOT AN ANSWER WHY THEY DID THAT. THIS BLIGHT WAS CAUSED BY THE APPLICANT. WE MUST NOT REWARD THEM FOR THEIR NEGLECT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. HI WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DO YOU WANT. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, WHY DO YOU THINK I COME TO CITY HALL? I'LL TELL YOU WHY, I LOVE THIS CITY. I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE LOS ANGELES. WE HAVE IS THE 28 OLYMPICS COMING BACK TO OUR CITY AND WE MUST DO EVERYTHING TO SHOW THE GREATNESS OF OUR CITY AND OUR PEOPLE. AFTER ALL, WHEN YOU LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, EVERY DAY YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT DAY WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. SAME PEOPLE THAT WILL BE HERE FOR REPRESENTING THEIR COUNTRIES, MR. BLUMENFIELD, THANK YOU AND YOUR OFFICE STAFF FOR HELPING LATINOS AND MINORITIES IN YOUR DISTRICT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. HELLO MR. MARES. >> Speaker: GOOD TO SEE YOU AND WHAT IS THAT THING THAT WATCHES US. I'M FOR GETTING A LOT-THINGS. I'M KISSING YOUR ASS, BUZZ I HOPE EVERYTHING IS WELL WITH YOU. ITEM 1 WHICH IS HOMELESS AND THEN THE THING FOR WASERMAN, THAT'S 13. >> City Attorney: THAT WAS CONTINUED BUT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN GENERAL. WE'LL TAKE ONE AND GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: ITEM 1 IS ABOUT HOMELESS AND HERE WE HAD A MAN AND SORRY THAT I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH HERMAN, BUT HE SUPPORTS A MAN THAT HAS TAKEN MONEY AWAY FROM THE CITY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS IN THE CITY. SO I'M NOT, I CONSIDER HIM A GOOD FRIEND BUT I CAN'T PUT UP WITH WITH THE STUFF HE'S PUT ING UP BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME SPEW THAT TRUMP IS DOING. WE NEED TO HELP HOMELESSNESS, WE CANNOT JUST SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING OUR CITY AND THOSE WHO ARE ON THE STREETS BECAUSE, IF YOU REALLY GO DOWN THERE AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING ON SIXTH AND SEVENTH, IT'S AMAZING. YOU SAID, PUBLIC COMMENT? >> City Attorney: YEAH. >> Speaker: THIS ISSUE WITH WASERMAN, HE'S TIED TO EPSTEIN. YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU'RE TIED AND THAT CLOSE, THERE IS SMOKE, THERE IS FIRE. AND YOU HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. YOU NEED TO REMOVE HIM. YOU NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY AND BECAUSE WHO KNOWS IN FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, SOMETHING ELSE MAY COME OUT THAT MAY EMBARRASS THE CITY. AND I DO WANT TO TO LET YOU KNOW SOMETHING HAPPENING WITH ME PHYSICALLY THAT APOLOGIZE IF I SOUND LIKE I'M SLOWING UP, IT'S NOT THAT BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM COMMUNICATING THESE DAYS. I LOVE HERMAN BUZZ I CANNOT STAND BY AS A YOUNG GIRL IS UP HERE ON ONE OF HER MOST WONDERFUL DAYS AND HE IS SAYING BAD WORDS BEHIND HER. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU AND YOU SOUND GREAT MR. MARES. HI, SPEAKER WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC. AGAIN WE'RE HERE IN SUPPORT FOR ANGELINO. THANK YOU FOR PUT ING IT BACK TO PLUM, I THINK IT NEEDS A MORE THOROUGH DISCUSSION THERE AND I THINK THE PROCESS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SUBMETERED BY THE OWNER AND THE OWNER WHO SEEMS TO WANT TO GET HIS WAY, WHETHER THE CODE A LAWS IT OR WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER CITY REGULATIONS OR NOT. SO WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN AT PLUM. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HELLO. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, GREAT. >> Speaker: ITEM 14, I'M SICK OF GREEDY PROPERTY OWNERS INTENTIONALLY LETTING HISTORIC BUILDINGS DETERIORATE SO THEY CAN KNOCK THEM DOWN. LET'S REMEMBER THAT THEY RECEIVE JUICY TAX BREAKS. I'M ALSO SICK OF HEARING COUNCILMEMBERS THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE LAPD CLAIMING IT'S THE POLICE COMMISSION RESPONSIBILITY ALONE. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD PREVENTING YOU AS INDIVIDUALS FROM ASKING THE GOVERNING LEVEL OF PUBLIC MISCONDUCT. PLEASE DON'T ACT LIKE MARIE ANTNOET. FINALLY, PLEASE ATTEMPT TO MAKE A GENERAL PUBLIC USING GENERAL INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONS. IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO DO THAT STOP CLAIMING THAT WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT FUNCTIONALLY EXIST. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. HI SPEAKER. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON GENERAL OR AN ITEM? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL. >> City Attorney: GREAT, PLEASE GREAT. >> Speaker: MY COUNCILWOMAN WAS NITHYA RAMAN I WAS AT A TOWN HALL AND WHEN ASKED, THAT IF YOU WERE MAYOR P YOU WOULD REPLACE JIM McDONNELL. WHY NOT BRING IT TO CITY COUNCIL WHEN YOU CAN REMOVE JIM McDONNELL WITH A TWO-THIRDS VOTE. WE DON'T HAVE TIME, WE DON'T HAVE EIGHT DAYS. PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT UNTIL AN ELECTION HAPPENS. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT FOR THIS STUFF. HE'S THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND HE SAID HE WOULD DISOBEY A STATE LAW. SO POLICE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BREAK LAWS AND THEY'RE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE DUE PROCESS AND THE RIGHT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS SUSPENDED AND THAT'S OKAY? WE NEED TO STOP ICE FROM COLLABORATING WITH LAPD. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL END AT ISED 12:40. >> City Attorney: OKAY, WE'LL KEEP GOING SO WE CAN GET THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. >> Speaker: GENERAL. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: AOEM HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU RECENTLY PASSED A RES DUCING TO INVITE JIM McDONNELL ABOUT THEIR RELATIONS TO ICE. BOILS DOWN TO FINDING ASSISTANCE OR MAYBE THAT THEY DEFINE FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION VERY SPECIFICALLY. THE REPORT BOIL DOWN TO THEM SAYING, WE KEEP TRY TO TELL THEM THAT WE DON'T WORK WITH ICE BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE US. OFFERING THE GRAB AND ARM WHILE ICE GRABS A LEG. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER KINDS OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO ICE AND THEY DON'T KNOW. I HOPE THAT YOU PRESS THEM ON WHAT KAUNTS AS AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT LET'S THEM DODGE THE COMPLICITY. WE SHOULD JUST ADMIT IT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE]ED >> City Attorney: HI WHICH ITEMS IN GENERAL DO YOU WANT? >> Speaker: ARE 12 AND 13 AVAILABLE? >> City Attorney: NO, 12 WAS CONTINUED AND 13 IS AVAILABLE, EXCUSE ME. 12 IS NOT. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'LL TAKE 13 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SINGING], WE'VE GOT MEETINGS REFORM, THEY IGNORE OUR DEMANDS CAUSE WE'RE NOT WHO THEY'RE SERVING, THEY'RE JUST RUBBER STAMPS, THEY WORK FOR THE MAYOR, THEY RIDE FOR THE COUNCIL, ESTABLISHMENT PUPPETS, THEY'RE NOT FOR THE PEOPLE, ACCEPT DR. TOMAS, AND CA LA FUENTES, THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE BEFORE THE REST THEY'RE ALL THE MAYOR'S PUPPETS. THE MAYOR'S PUPPETS, THE MAYOR'S PUPPETS, WILL NOT BE DIFFERENT. ISN'T IT LATE TO BE APPOINTING PEOPLE TO THE CHARTER COMMISSION? ISN'T THAT GOING TO BE DUE SOMETIME NEXT MONTH? SEEMS A LITTLE SILLY BUT IT'S USELESS. I THINK THIS WHOLE PROCESS NEEDS TO BE CANNED AND NEEDS TO START OVER WITH AN ELECTED ELECTION. [SINGING] HERE ON WEDNESDAY A GUY THAT IS IN RUNNING FOR MAYOR TRIED TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE, UNTIL HE HIT A SNARE. BECAUSE, THAT'S WHEN JONATHAN GROAT SAID HE CAN'T ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE, WE CAN ONLY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL EVEN THOUGH THEY NEVER PAY ATTENTION. THIS IS THE PART WHERE I SAY ON THE RECORD, THIS BODY HAS DISRESPECT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU REPRESENT, THIS IS, THE PART WHERE I MAKE A SUGGESTION TO VOTERS WHO ARE LISTENING, NO ONE ON COUNCIL DESERVES YOUR VOTE, THEY'RE BEHAVIOR IS EMBARRASSING. NO ONE ON THIS BODY DESERVES A VOTE WHETHER TT REELECTION OR ELECTION TO A DIFFERENT SEAT, I'M LOOKING AT YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, YOUR BEHAVIOR IS EMBARRASSING. AND THE FACT THAT YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN FOR THE MAYOR IS EMBARRASSING. YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED. >> City Attorney: MR. KWAN, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL IN THE INTEREST OF NOT TAKING PEOPLE'S TIME AWAY. ITEM 12 IS ON CASEY WASERMAN AND IT'S SHAMEFUL HOW THE MAYOR HAS SHOWN A LACK OF LEADERSHIP. AS THE CITY PREPARES FOR THE O LIMB PUCK, YOU'RE CHAMPION, SYNTHETIC TURF INSTALLING A NEW ITEM ON OBAMA COMPLEX. HOW MANY KIDS ARE GOING TO END UP WITH CANCER BECAUSE THEY GROW UP PLAYING ON THIS SOCCER FIELD? COUNCILMEMBER HUTT HAS ALWAYS LOOKED AFTER THE YOUTH AND SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO. YOU NEED TO CANCEL THEM. WHEN WITH THE FEDS COME STORMING THROUGH THE CITY THEY WILL RECEIVE A A CORPS. LAPD WILL BE TEAR GASSING THE CITY OUR ELECTED OFFICIAL LACK THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING AS BAN TEAR GAS AT PROTEST. KAREN'S MAOEN I --MAOEN MIGNON. >> I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO MORE ITEMS. DESERVES YOUR RESPECT AND APPROVAL. MY PLEA TO THIS COUNCIL IS DON'T WASTE ANOTHER THREE WEEKS WITH THIS CHARTER REFORM COMMISSION, PULL THE PLUG NOW AND THE BUDGET AND CONVERSATION AROUND ULA THAT YOU PUNTED ON AND THE REVENUE MEASURES THAT AWE PUNTED ON AND NEGOTIATING THE BALLOT WARS BETWEEN LABOR AND BUSINESS. WE'RE BETTER OFF WITH OUR COUNCILMEMBERS TAKING OVER CONVERSATION. I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE BY SOME HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE SHIT THAT KAREN, THEY WANTED THE GIVE MAYOR TO FIRE APPOINTMENT HEADS WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL. INSTEAD OF APPROVING THE WAY WE APPOINT PEOPLE TO FILET VACANCY. THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO GIVE THE MAYOR TO THE POWER TO APPOINT. THANKS THEY WERE NOT DEFEAT ITED, YOU'RE WELCOME. GIVING THE MAYOR MORE POWER TO SINGLE HANDILY ORGANIZE DEPARTMENTS INSANE. >> City Attorney: THANKS. HI WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: CAN YOU REPEAT FOR ME WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO IT'S 1 AND 13 AND THEN GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO 1 IS OPEN? >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: I'LL TAKE ALL AVAILABLE ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR 1 AND 13 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 13 WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REFORM COMMISSION. THAT'S A JOKE CONSIDERING WHAT IS ON THERE NEEDS TO BE ON THE BALLOT. THEY HAD AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO GET TO WORK. ESPECIALLY IF YOU CONSIDER ALL THE WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING. IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THAT PERIOD, IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE L.A. CITY CLERK'S YOUTUBE. THE OLD VIDEOS OF THAT PUBLIC COMMENT FROM CHARTER COMMISSION. YOU'LL HEAR PEOPLE THINKINGS OF YAROSLAVSKY OF WORKING ON IT BEFORE IT WAS ANNOUNCED. WE KNOW THE CHARTER REFORM COMMISSION IS NOT WHAT THEY CLAIMED. IN THIS CASE, WE THE QUOTE, UNQUOTE, FED TAPES. I HOPE NOT BEING TOO BORING, HOMEY IS SLEEPING HERE. SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. ITEM NUMBER 1, THAT'S A SMALL LOT BIG IMPACTS INITIATIVE, I BELIEVE. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DRAGON PEOPLE THROUGH ALL KINDS OF RED TAPE AND HOOPLA AND BULL SHIT TO HAVE TO GET A SOIL STUDY OR WHATEVER, I THINK, THE WAY THE CITY RUNS THINGS IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS. THIS IS GOING TO INVOLVE, ARGUING WITH THE SANTA MONICA CONSERVANCY PEOPLE. I MAY BE SAYING THAT WRONG. BUT IT SEEMS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SAFE NO MATTER WHAT. WE'RE KIND OF BE HOLDING TO WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO WITH IT. SO IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY BEHIND YOU, FUCK YOUR GREEN SPACE AND IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, THEY WILL PROTECT IT TO THE END OF TIME. NOW THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: YOU CONTINUE THE ITEM, I KNOW A LOT OF WOMEN THAT ARE LINED UP, SO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ARBITRARY TIME LIMITS AFTER ALL THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ALL THE WOMEN. IT FUNNY THAT YOU ACT LIKE YOU'RE HERE FOR WOMEN. WE SEE WOMEN COME UP HERE CRYING ABOUT BEING EVICTED AND THROWN OUT, AND YOU'RE UP THERE TALKING AND MUNCHING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN HAVE A APPETITE WHEN SOMEBODY CRIES ABOUT THEIR FUCKEN AND TRAUMA AND SHIT. I HOPE MARQUEECE IS RECORDING THIS AND NOT JUST TEXTING. WE HAD HUGO AND HEATHER TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS THE TIME YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I LOOK AT YOU IN YOUR EYES, MARQUEECE, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER PERSONALLY P I WOULD EXTEND A INVITATION TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. >> City Attorney: THANKS. NEXT SPEAKER. HI SPEAKER WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON I WANT TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, MANY OF US WORKING IN THE FIELD ARE HEARING THAT THERE IS A MORATORIUM ON PROGRESS ILLEGAL DUMPING IN LOS ANGELES. IF THIS IS ACCURATE, THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW. IN COMMUNITIES IN SURROUNDING AREAS, ILLEGAL DUMPING IS NOT A MINOR ISSUE, THEY'RE CONNECTED TO BLIGHT, BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS ALREADY STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTIES CLEAN AND SAFE. WHEN THERE IS NO ENFORCEMENT, THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE, THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THESE COMMUNITIES INVEST THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES TO CLEAN UP DUMPING SITES AND REPORT THESE CRIMES. THEY EXPECT THE CITY TO STAY BEHIND THEM. MY QUESTION IS STRAIGHTFORWARD, IS THERE A MORATORIUM AND IF SO, WHEN WILL THE ENFORCEMENT RESUME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER. PLEASE COME ON UP. COME WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS BARBARA TYSON, I STAND BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN THE REGARD TO THE MORATORIUM FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING. I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE WHAT I'M HEARING BECAUSE, I HAVE TRULY I STAND HERE BEFORE OUR HARD BAR GATEWAY, WE HAVE A--HARBOR GATEWAY AND OUR KIDS HAVE IS TO WALK THROUGH THIS. I'M HOPING THIS IS NOT SO S.WE KEEP HARD TO KEEP ILLEGAL DUMPING IN OUR AREA CONTROLLED AND IF THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE'S ACTIONS FOR DUMPING, SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS NOT SO. AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HELLO, THANK YOU. HI--. >> Clerk: IT'S 12:40, WE'VE TAKEN 40 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FOLKS WE'RE GOING TO TEN MINUTES BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE QUICK. JUST GET TO THE PODIUM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SIR, YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. GET TO THE MEET ING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE YOUR COMMENT. YOU DO NOT TAKE UP ALL THE TIME. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SPEAKER. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR ITEM? >> Speaker: MUY BUENOS TARDES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD AFTERNOON, WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 9:00 AM AND IT'S I THINK IT'S UNJUST THAT THESE WOMEN LEFT THEIR WORK TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS EVA GARCIA I'M A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY PARK ELECTED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE'RE HERE BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DEFEND ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE NEED YOU TO APPROVE THE MOTION DONE BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND HERNANDEZ TO APPROVE THE STUDY OF ULA AND IMPLEMENT IT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: EVEN THOUGH, IN MY OPINION IS THAT ULA HAS BEEN HAD A BALLOT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT ONE VOTE, WE STILL WON IT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: RESPECT THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT ULA DOES NOT WORK IF YOU DON'T GIVE IT THE CHANCE TO WORK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WITH DEMANDS AND DEMANDS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE PEOPLE'S VOICE MUST BE VALID. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE NEED ULA TO DEFEND THE LIVING SITUATIONS THAT HOUSING AND TENANTS WHO ARE DAY-TO-DAY BATTLING IT OUT IN COURTROOMS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO WE URGE YOU AS COUNCILMEMBERS THAT YOU PROTECT ULA. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO MY NAME IS MARIA LOSE A GUTIERREZ, I'M HERE TO URGE THAT YOU PROTECT ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE ULA MEASURE WAS COLLECTED COMMUNITY DEMOCRATIC PROCESS DONE BY L.A. VOTERS AND IT SHOULD BE RESPECTED AS MUCH AND IT SHOULD NOT BE PUT ON THE BALLOT. > Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE ALSO URGE THAT THE MOTION DONE BY COUNCILMEMBERS HERNANDEZ AND JURADO ASKING FOR A STUDY TO IMPLEMENT ULA BE DONE AS WELL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THIS MEASURE HAS BEEN GENERATING GOOD RESULTS MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR TENANTS AND HOUSING FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: ANGELINOS NEED MEASURES LIKE ULA TO PROTECT THEIR LIVING SITUATION SXZ GIVE REPRESENTATION TO THE TENANTS AND BETTER OUR LIVING SITUATIONS IN GENTOO. >> City Attorney: GRACIAS. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: PLEASE. >> Speaker: BUENAS TARDES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS CHRISTINA GARCIA MEMBER OF C PC COMMUNITY POWER COLLECTED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, WE ARE ASKING THAT THANK YOU DEFEND ULA BECAUSE IT HAS HELPED US MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR TENANTS TO GET HELP WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO AVOID BEING OUT IN THE STREET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TO NOT HAVE MORE PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS FOR THAT, IT HAS HELPED US A LOT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YEAH AND ULA WAS WON WITH A DEMOCRATIC VOTE SO I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST TO GO BACK TO BE VOTED ON AGAIN. I DON'T THINK WHY YOU DO THIS IF IT WAS WON DEMOCRATICALLY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City >> Interpreter: I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THOSE WHO HAVE FEW TO GIVE TO THOSE WHO HAVE A LOT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE WANT TO SEE, MORE OF THE SAME WE WANT SUPPORT IT'S LIKE YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE LESS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY DOWN AND SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ON TOP. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS EVEL 'EY A MONT NO, I'M HERE TO ASK THAT AWE PLEASE PROTECT ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SO ULA WAS WON BY A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, WHY WHY DO YOU NOT WANT TO RESPECT THE VOTERS? >> Interpreter: WE ALSO WANT YOU TO SUPPORT THE MOTION DONE BY JURADO AND HERNANDEZ TO SUPPORT A COMPLETE STUDY OF IMPACT OF ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BEFORE CONSIDERING ANY MEASURE ON THE VOTE BALLOT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ULA IS ALREADY GENERATED GOOD RELATION SUCH AS GENERATING MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PLUS RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW HELPS FAMILIES STAY WITHIN THEIR HOUSES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M ANA MARTINEZ I'M HERE WITH MY COMMUNITY GROUP AND MEMBER, WORKING CLASS TENANT, A MOTHER I'M HERE USUALLY I COME AND I HAVE MY NOTES READY AND I READ OFF THEM BECAUSE I HAVE REALLY BAD ANXIETY BUT DECIDED I'M GOING TO SPEAK FROM. HEART AND I'M HERE TO DEFEND MEASURE ULA BECAUSE I SEE, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CHANGE OUR CITY, AND THERE IS ALREADY A HOUSING CRISIS IN LOS ANGELES. 5 PERCENT IS IS NOT TOO MUCH FOR WHAT WE'RE GAINING. WE'RE GAINING HOUSING, MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES, LESS PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION. WE'RE GAINING MORE AND I CAN SEE THE FUTURE WITH THIS MEASURE AND IT'S NOW BEING ATTACKED AND TALKED ABOUT BEING PUT IN THE BALLOTS AND MODIFIED. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ULA AS WELL. I'M BY JON, I'M COMMUNITY ELECTIVE. IF IT'S PASSED BY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY VOTERS WHICH WILL GUT RESOURCES FOR ULA, IT'S GOING TO BE A FREE WIN FOR THE DEVELOPER CLASS. AND IT DOES NOT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. THEY'RE GOING TO END UP, YOU GUYS ARE BEING INFLUENCED BY THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MISS THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE PAYING IN TAXES. WHILE, IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE NOW FACING, EVEN MORE HOUSING FIGHTS, EVEN MORE HOUSING STRUGGLES DUE TO IMMIGRATION AND ICE, ARE GOING TO HAVE LESS RESOURCES FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND LAWYERS. AREN'T YOU SUPPOSE TO STAND UP FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF? YOU'RE PORTRAYING THE PROGRESSIVE BASE THAT VOTED YOU IN AND PEOPLE EXPECT TO GAIN HIGHER OFFICE WITH THOSE TACTICS. SORRY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MEETING. SIR, YOU'VE DISRUPTED THIS MEETING. YOU'RE DISCUSSED FROM THIS MEETING SIR. YOU'RE WARNED. WHAT IS BEFORE US, MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 1 FOR AMENDMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 1 IS AMENDED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 4 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, I CALL THIS ITEM SPECIAL TO REGISTER MY CONCERN WITH THE LACK OF POLICY WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL TURF AND ENVIRONMENTAL FOR STUDENTS WHO PLAY ON IT AND ALSO BHA LEACHES ON OT GROUND AND FOR ALL OFOUS HEALTH. AS MANY OF YOU I INTRODUCED A MOTION WHICH WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL TO ISSUE A SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS TO OUR OWN PARKS AND FIELDS. THE REALITY OF PLASTIC AND POLLUTING THE AIR IS REAL. THAT INITIATIVE IS STILL PENDING AT REC AND PARKS TO GIVE THIS COUNCIL A RECOMMENDATION ON NEXT STEPS. SO, MY HOPE IS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ONE, ONE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSION OR PARK OR ANOTHER BUT THAT WE CAN DEVELOP A COHESIVE POLICY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD IN A MORE RATIONAL WAY. THAT'S WHY I RAISED THIS AS AN ISSUE BECAUSE I DO HAVE CONCERNS, NOT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS PART BUT REALLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN GENERAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE ITEM, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 13. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE T I ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. Friends and family of all ages are welcome with participants asked to register for your place at this free workshop. Find out about volunteer days, conservation stories and the Earth Day poster contest. The workshop building towards Earth Day is on Saturday, March 14th, beginning at 9 a.m. learn more at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium dot org and that's a look at some things to do. For decades, this neighborhood has been more than a tourist destination. It's been a cultural anchor for generations of families, a place to gather, celebrate and preserve traditions. And nowhere is that more visible than during lunar New Year. As lanterns glow and families gather in Los Angeles Chinatown, the symbolism feels fitting. This community has shown strength, endurance and forward momentum galloping through history, determined to shape its own future. So come and experience Chinatown for yourself, the people, the culture, and the cuisine. Right in the heart of La. Thanks for joining us. You can watch these stories and more on channel 35. We're at LA city gov forward slash TV and follow us at LA City on Instagram Facebook and YouTube until next time, get out there and explore all the Los Angeles has to offer . The things that attract people are food, family and culture. You know, religion and culture. Those factors create an identity for the community. This is Chinatown. How do you know that? It's Chinatown? Well, it's not just the lettering on the signs or the kinds of produce that you find in the stores, that it's also the people greeting each other and say, hey, how are you, cousin? Or what's, uh, what's going on with, uh, with Joe Wong and his family looking back, I never really like, realized how everyone I would see in Chinatown would almost always be a, um, a familiar face. And someone I recognize. And it feels more like we're a family. And we're. You always see people on the streets helping one another. And And you just know almost everyone in this community, and it's not until I stepped out that I realized not all communities are that close. I am 18 years old and I spent my entire childhood and a great part of my teenage years living and growing up in Chinatown. We're a pretty tight knit community. It's sort of one of those things like, you just know , like if you've ever been to Chinatown, you don't even need to live there for like ten years. If you've been just once like, yeah, it's central Plaza, you still have like the old shops and it's like it's a sentimental feeling because you know, those are owned by hardworking Chinese immigrants, not a day goes by when we don't hear. We've been coming here for generations. My grandmother brought me here. My mother brought me here, and I'm bringing my kids here. And as families grow, they expand. We also have people that travel great distances now to come for their special cakes. And we're very grateful for their continued patronage of this business. But, you know, they won't they won't hear of anything other than one of our strawberry cream cakes for a birthday or whatever celebration they're having. Phoenix bakery, everything they make is so good. Like almond cookies. They started out with things like the almond cookies and the winter melon cakes. Uh, black bean. Black bean. Well, yeah. Red bean. Now it's called red bean. Now, I don't know what they put in it, but it's like heavenly. Like it's out of this world. Oh, yeah. This one's a very popular one. I was somewhere in there. I remember it being very, very crowded in Chinatown at that time. And I think my father's in here somewhere. But those are all the old dignitaries. There they are with their lanterns. And there's my cousin, Barbara Jean. Barbara Jean Wong, as she was called. And she was the drum majorette. And she never, ever, ever took a bad picture. She always smiled correctly. She never had a double chin. Nothing like that anyway. Yeah that's. The parade was starting . We are at the Los Angeles City Hall and proudly able to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids. It's significant because this is the first African American Union formed in the country. What they had to endure, what they agreed to go through for the betterment of their children, for the betterment of people that they would never know, was just