>> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, THE 10th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, IF WE CAN BEGIN THE PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTE OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2025. >> Council President: NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AGAINST THE MATTER. THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM 35 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE IN COUNCIL FILE 25-7111. TOURISM REPORT HAS BEEN FILED AND SUBMITTED. 11 THROUGH 8 ARE ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. 9 THROUGH 38 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. ITEM 41 ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE BOARD FOR SPECIALS. BEGIN WITHING COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON 26, THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: WOULD I LIKE TO CALL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, EXCUSE ME AND I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 19, I HOPE IT'S FRIENDLY,. >> I'LL SECOND IT. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER AND THAT'S 22, 23 AND 24 AND 39 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE? >> H. Soto-Martinez: YES, PLEASE. AND ITEM 19 FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I HAVE A FRIENDLY VERBAL AMENDMENT TO ITEM 28 AND REQUEST THAT THIS REPORT COMES BACK TO BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. SO THE CAO CAN IDENTIFY FUNDS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, DO WE NEED AN AMENDMENT FOR THAT, MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: YES, THIS WOULD BE AN AMENDING MOTION, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ALL GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, OUT AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M REFUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 15 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED IN THE PROJECT. >> Council President: ITEM 1-5 FOR MR. PRICE. ANY OTHER? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? SORRY. >> N. Raman: I WANTED TO CALL ITEMS 18, AND 27 FOR BRIEF COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THEM. >> Council President: GOT IT, ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS ON THIS SIDE? COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: YES, ON ITEM 18 A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT WILL BE CIRCULATED SOON. >> Council President: GOT IT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: 18 FOR AMENDMENT. >> Council President: JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: MY SPECIALS HAVE BEEN CALLED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 1-8 FOR ONE WEEK AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM SPECIAL WE HAVE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR SECONDING THE AMENDMENT, WE HAVE SPEAKERS AND I'LL HAVE COMMENTS. >> Clerk: FOR ITEM 8, THAT'S WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, ITEM 11 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I FORGOT THAT I WANT ITEM 3 CONTINUED FOR FOUR WEEKS. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, TUESDAY OCTOBER,. 14. >> Council President: AND WITH ALL THE SPECIALS WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR TO US VOTE ON? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A A I REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 7 TO TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 2025. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: ALSO A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEMS 4 AND 5 ON THE DESK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 25, 29, 30, 31 THROUGH 35 AND 37 AND 38. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE VOTE, WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, MAKE SURE SHE IS ON THE BOARD FOR THOSE ITEMS. SO THE A FOR MENTION ITEMS ARE BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSELE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS, 22, 23, 24, AND 39 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY, MR. CLERK, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE SHOULD PLAN TO GO TO 11:00 O'CLOCK WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL TRY TO GET AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN IN THAT TIME. >> City Attorney: AND MR. PRESIDENT, GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES ARE OPEN, I SHOULD HAVE THAT IN JUST A SECOND. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO BE A NO-VOTE FOR ITEM 21 AND 24, I BELIEVE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE 10 AYES AND 3 NOES. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: OKAY. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM, UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP WH. SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC, OR IF YOU CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATE MRAOE AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC, IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, AND 2, 4 THROUGH 6 ITEM, 36 AND 39 THROUGH 40. SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2, ITEMS 4 THROUGH 6, ITEM NUMBER 36 AND ITEMS 39 AND 40. ITEMS 3, 7, AND 8 HAVE ALL BEEN CONTINUED AND THUS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE WITHIN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM, PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRET RESIDENTER INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE, THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND FINALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS HERE TODAY, SO IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT COMMENT PERIOD, I WOULD ASK TO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALOUD, THEN LINE UP. AFTER YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, LINE UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THAT ORDER IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED. >> Clerk: I WILL BE BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, HE ELVA, ERIC JOHNSON, AND DAVID SPORTSMAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 16 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM NUMBER 16 IS NOT OPEN FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: CAN YOU PAUSE IT PLEASE. HI NAME IS ELVA I'M FROM ACE I LIVE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS NITHYA RAMAN AND UNISSES HERNANDEZ FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON TENANTS RIGHTS IN LOS ANGELES. WE SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS COMMITTEE, BUT WE NEED TO GO FURTHER TO IMPROVE ECEP, WE WANT A RENT REDUCTION IF THE LANDLORD DOES NOT MAKE REPAIRS. INSPECTORS TAKING BEFORE THE AFTER PHOTOS AND REPAIRS TO PROOF TRANSPARENCY, ENSURING THE QUALITY OF THE REPAIRS, ENSURING IS BETTER COORDINATION, REGARDING INSPECTION DATES AND ALSO EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SEEP PROCESS. WE ALSO NEED TO DISCUSS HOW WE HAVE A CLEAR PATH TO ACTIVATING A, HABIT ABILITY PLAN. THANK YOU. [BUZZARD] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 36, MY NAME IS DAVE BOWSMITH. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL TO UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE HARBOR COMMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED 6200-SEAT AMPITHEATER, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR WATER FRONT IN SAN PEDRO BECOMING THE WORLD CLASS DESTINATION, WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD AND LONGED FOR. LOS ANGELES NEEDS THE ICONIC VISION AND UNION OF WEST HARBOR AND LAND EXPERT BOOK ABILITIES AND VENUE MANAGEMENT TO COME TO LIFE. IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY AND ONE THAT DOESN'T COME A LONG VERY OFTEN, OR EASILY. THE AMPITHEATER IS THE KEY TO THIS SUCCESS. ECONOMICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL BE A MAJOR ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT WILL BE LONG TERM GROWTH, IT WILL BE PROSPERITY FOR ALL CONCERNED. [BUZZARD] I'M A SAN PEDRO--. >> City Attorney: OKAY SO, THAT WAS YOUR MINUTE ON ITEM 36. BUT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH ITEMS AND ALSO IF WOULD YOU LIKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I ASSUME YOU WOULD LIKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE? >> Speaker: OKAY, I'M ALMOST DONE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M A SAN PEDRO RESIDENT FOR 36 YEARS AND I LOVE THIS TOWN, I THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP, THE DEDICATION AND THE TRUST IN YOU TO ADVANCE THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT FORWARD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AS WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. SO IF YOU RUN OUT OF TIME OR WE'RE UNABLE TO CALL YOU, PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS PROAN ADDITIONAL WRITTEN COMMENT AT L.A. COUNCIL COMMENT.COM. YOU CAN FIND THE URL AT THE TOP OF EVERY AGENDA. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS JAMES BROWN, I'M OWNER OF SAN PEDRO BREWERY COMPANY BOTH LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN SAN PEDRO. THE AMPITHEATER DOWN IN WEST HARBOR, WOULD BE NOT ONLY GREAT FOR THE PROJECT OF WEST HARBOR, IT WOULD REALLY HELP US IN DOWNTOWN. WE STRUGGLED SINCE PRECOVID, STRUGGLED SINCE COVID AND GETTING THAT EXTRA 4,000 PEOPLE IN TOWN ON A WEEKEND, WEEK NIGHT, COMING TO SEE A SHOW WILL BE GREATLY BENEFICIAL FOR ALL THE BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN SAN PEDRO. I OPENED UP SAN PEDRO BREWING COMPANY IN 1999 AND ABOUT TO CELEBRATE 29 YEARS, WE HAVE A LEGACY BUSINESS, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT FOR ANOTHER 26 YEARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES, MA YOU'LL, CASSIDY, JUS DIN DURAN, DIANA, SHANNON ROSS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HELLO? I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 36 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M ERIC JOHNSON, THE SENIOR PROJECT EXECUTIVE FOR THE WEST HARBOR PROJECT. THE WEST HARBOR PROJECT IS A JOINT VENTURE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN JERICO DEVELOPMENT, OUR FAMILY BUSINESS, SAN PEDRO BASE COMPANY AND THE RATCHVICH COMPANY OF DOWNTOWN L.A. AND WE HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU STRONGLY TO UPHOLD THE ACTION OF THE HARBOR COMMISSION APPROVING OUR SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. IT'S A KEY ELEMENT TO THIS MAJOR REVITALIZATION OF THE L.A. WATER FRONT OF WHICH WEST HARBOR, IS AT THE CENTER AND THE CATALYST BRINGING JOBS, REVITALIZING. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. THE TOPIC WILL BE THE SAME? >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I JUST WANTED SAY, THAT WE ALSO THANK OUR LANDLORD, THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, THEY THANK THEIR STAFF, EXECUTIVE TEAM, WE SPENT TWO YEARS DEVELOPING THIS SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. WE STUDIED VERY THOROUGHLY ALL OF THE IMPACTS, DEVELOPED THOUGHTFUL MITIGATION MEASURES WHICH ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS OPERATIONAL PART NERDS IN L.A. WHO RAN THE GREAT THEATER FOR 40-PLUS YEARS. WE'RE A VERY COMMUNITY GRIFFIN ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE LOTS OF SUPPORT HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND NEEDS. 100 SHOWS A YEAR OF WORLD CLASS MUSIC AND THEATER, HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SPONSORED EVENTS AND FOR MOST OF THE TIME THIS IS A TWO-ACRES PUBLIC WATER FRONT PARK. SAN PEDRO DOWNTOWN NEEDS MORE PARK SPACE. THANK YOU AND IF IF YOU'RE HERE IN SUPPORT, PLEASE STAND UP AND LET FOLKS KNOW THE MAGNITUDE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I WANT TO WELCOME BACK TO OUR CHAMBER, OUR FORMER COUNCILMEMBER, JOE BUSCAINO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. HELLO MY NAME IS JUSTIN, I'M A MEMBER OF THE 14th DISTRICT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER NIGT RA RAMAN AND FOR HER LEADER ON TENANTS RIGHTS IN L.A. WE SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THE HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE BUT WE NEED TO GO FURTHER. WE NEED A RENT REDUCTION, IF A LANDLORD REFUSE TO SEE MAKE REPAIRS, INSPECT ORS TAKING BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY, ENSURING THE QUALITY OF THEIR REPAIRS LANGUAGE JUSTICE SO, THAT INSPECTORS ARE SPANISH SPEAKING AS WELL. BETTER COORDINATION, WITH THE INSPECTION DATES AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE FULL PROCESS. WE ALSO NEED TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN GET A CLEAR PATH TO ACTIVATING THE HABIT ABILITY PLAN AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM MOLD TESTING. THE CLEAR INSTRUCTION IS IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION TO SEE IMPROVE AND MAKE IT MORE FOCUSED ON TENANTS NEEDS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? GO AHEAD. YES, SIR, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 36. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MANUAL JIMENEZ AND I'M A OWNER OF SECURITY COMPANY BASE INSIDE SAN PEDRO. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF HARBOR DEVELOPMENT. AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN THE COMMUNITY, I NOTICED GROWTH AND TRANS POERMATION IN OUR TOWN. --TRANSFORMATION IN OUR TOWN. POSITIVELY IMPACT LOCAL BUSINESS AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF SAN PEDRO, THIS PROJECT IS NOT JUST ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A STRONGER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOIK WOE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 36 AND GENERAL COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M SHARON ROSS, A RESIDENT OF SAN PEDRO, BORN AND RAISED. SAN PEDRO OFTEN FEELS LEFT BEHIND, PAOED SAN PEDRO, WE NEED MORE GOOD PAYING JOBS, THIS PROJECT WILL NOT ONLY BE AN ASSET TO THE SAN PEDRO, IT BENEFITS ALL OF LOS ANGELES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY AND BRING MUCH NEEDED JOBS. I ASK THAT THE COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL UPHOLD THE RESENT APPROVAL OF WEST HARBOR MODIFICATION PROJECT BY THE LOS ANGELES BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, BEGINS I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, LAY SATA, ELISE, CAN MIKE AND BRYCE HAYMAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS ANA DEAN AND WOULD I LIKE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M DIANA DENE, FROM 14th DISTRICT, WOULD I LIKE TO THANK NIGT RA RAMAN, I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WE NEED RENT REDUCTION AND LANDLORDS THAT DOES NOT WANT TO DO PROPER REPAIRS TO THE APARTMENTS. ALSO I'M HERE TO DO TRANSPARENCY AND LANGUAGE JUSTICE TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF, AND DISCUSSIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE HABIT ABILITY PLAN THAT WAS NOT RIGHT. I WAS PUT OUT OF MY HOME DUE TO THEM FIXING THE APARTMENT BUT THE MANAGER DID NOT PAY THE HOTEL SO WE WERE TOOKEN OUT OF THE HOTEL. AND IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT WE'RE NOT TESTED BY MOLD SO IF THIS CAN BE IN RECOMMENDATION IN THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, 17 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: SORRY, YOU SAID ITEM 17? >> Speaker: YES. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 17 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT IN GENERAL. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DR. ZEE SATA AND I'M THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR LOS ANGELES COUNTY VOTERS WHO SUPPORTED OUR BOND PROGRAM FOR OVER 20 YEARS, L.A. CC IS RECOGNIZE THE URGENT NEED FOR HOUSING, WE'RE TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION UTILIZING THE 5 MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO HOUSE INING MEASURE L.A. ALREADY TODAY WE PROVIDE TEMPORARY HOUSING TO HOUSING INSECURE STUDENTS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFITS ORGANIZATIONS. WE ALREADY INITIALED A CALL FOR PROPERTIES AND REVIEWING MANY SUBMISSIONS, WE'RE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A DUE DILIGENT PROCESS ON DEVELOPMENT ON DISTRICT OWNED PROPERTY. WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A 3-PRONG HOUSING STRATEGY, RELEASING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS. WE'RE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE CITY IS EAGER TO WORK WITH US AND WILLING TO COLLABORATE ON WAY TO SEE STREAMLINE. ?AOL SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO >> Speaker: ITEM 36. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS ELISE SWANSON PRESIDENT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PROUD SAN PEDRO RESIDENT. OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF THE WEST HARBOR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AND I'M HERE TO ASK TO YOU UPHOLD THE UNANIMOUS TO CERTIFY THE UCIR ON THE HARBOR MODIFICATION PROJECT. OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS CHAMPIONED THIS PROJECT FOR OVER 20 YAE,Z ADVOCACY FOR THE WATER FRONT REDEVELOPMENT. THE AMPITHEATER WILL TRANSFORM A WATER FRONT INTO A WORLD CLASS DESTINATION BRINGING LIVE MUSIC AND INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC TO OUR BUSINESSES IN SAN PEDRO. THE PROJECT WILL CREATE 1700 JOBS DURING ON GOING OPERATIONS, LABOR INCOME OF 88 MILLION AND 250 MILLION DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC OUTPUT. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS FUTURE OF SAN PEDRO. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 36 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MONEY FOR EACH. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M RENA ARE THE FOR--I'M HERE PROUD TO BE HERE REPRESENT A COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 100 YEARS, OUR CONCERT HEADQUARTERS IS HERE IN LOS ANGELES, AND WE'RE PROUD TO BRING A NEW AMPITHEATER TO WATER FRONT. HAS TRULY BEEN A DREAM COLLABORATION. AS MANY OF YOU NEAR, THEY OPERATED THE GREEK THEATER IN LOS ANGELES FOR 40 YEARS, I SERVED AS GENERAL MANAGER FOR YEARS. A COMMUNITY SETTING, INCLUDING SOUND, CURFEW PARK ANDING TRAFFIC TO NAME A FEW. ALL WHICH HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED BY STAFF UNANIMOUS LEA PROVED ON JUNE 26 BY THE HARBOR COMMISSION OF THIS YEAR. WE HAVE AND A HALF GATED EACH OF THESE CHALLENGES AND EACH OF THE VENUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: TO REDUCE THE IMPACTS IN NEIGHBORS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. NOT ONLY SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR MISSION FOR MANY YEARS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THEY STARTED OPERATING IN 1997 WHEN IT PURCHASED THE PAN TAIJOUS THEATER, WE IMMEDIATELY ENTERED INTO THE FIRST CONTRACT EXAMINE HAS NEGOTIATED NUMEROUS SUCCESSOR UNION CONTRACT SINCE THEN, INCLUDING MOST RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. ADDITIONALLY OUR C.F.O., DAVID GREEN HAS SERVED AS ONE OF THE 12 BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS PENSION HEALTH AND TRUST PLANS FOR OVER 40 YEARS. WE'RE A SEASONED OPERATOR FOR SUCCESS, PROGRAMMING WILL BE DIVERSE FROM ROCK AND POP TO LATIN MUSIC AND MORE. WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING A MULTITUDE OF COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDING GRADUATION AND FUNDRAISERS TO NAME A FEW. WE LOOK FOR THE LONG HALL AND BECOME A TRUSTED COMMUNITY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> City Attorney: ALL ITEMS? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: CAN YOU GO OVER THE MINUTES. >> City Attorney: I REALIZE SOME PEOPLE FUNNELED IN A LITTLE LATE. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, 2, 4 THROUGH 6, ITEM NUMBER 36, AND ITEMS 39 AND 40. SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MONEY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: OKAY, I SEE NUISANCE ABATEMENT. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, WE'VE BEEN BRINGING THE PROPERTY 4810 SUNSET BOULEVARD AND L RON HUBBARD WAY, THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE NOISE, THEY CALL NOISE VIOLENCE THAT, IT RATTLES THEIR WINDOWS, THEIR WALLS WITH THE LEVEL OF WOOFER NOISE AT EVENTS. BUT YET, IF YOU USE A MEGA PHONE TO PROTEST AGAINST THEM, THEY WILL ARREST YOU AND PUT YOU IN JAIL. SO YOU GUYS NEED TO NOT ONLY DO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF ABATEMENT, YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO OTHER NUISANCES WITHIN THE CITY WHEN YOU HAVE HUNDREDS, PEOPLE EXPLAINING. SXL THAT'S MR. MARTINEZ. NOW MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ DID DO SOME GOOD STUFF, BUT HE NEEDS TO DO BETTER ESPECIALLY NOW THAT YOU GAVE THEM THEIR HALLOWEEN PERMIT AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE STUFF THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOMELESS SHELTER, NUMBER 15, THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE--. >> City Attorney: SO NUMBER 15 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'LL SAVE THAT FOR GENRAL. HOW ABOUT THE SAN PEDRO? >> City Attorney: ITEM 36, YOU CAN SPEAK TO ITEM 36. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE FACTS BUT I ALWAYS LIKE MR. McOSKER, THESE ARE PEOPLE ARE FOR OR AGAINST IT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTENTION, I WANT THE SAN PEDRO, I ALMOST MOVED THERE AND YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN MY COUNCILMAN, THAT WOULD BE COOL. CAN YOU WORK THAT OUT, MAKE SURE UNION ARE TAKEN CARE OF. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING PAID FOR WAGES. I TOLD YOU, IN MR. MARTINEZ'S AREA, HE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO MAKE 47 A WEEK. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK TO YOU CONNECT THIS TO THE ITEM OR MOVE ON. >> Speaker: OKAY, YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT. I THINK SMOKING SCAN WILL SAY I'M ON TOPIC, I THINK I AM. >> City Attorney: HOWEVER, YOU EX HAUFTD THE TIME. >> Speaker: LET'S JUST GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: NUMBER 15, I HEARD ABOUT THAT AT THE CPAB MEETING, AND AND IT WAS SAD THAT SOMEBODY'S PET GOT CALLED AND MS. RAMAN, MS. RAMAN WHO IS NOT LISTENING, MS. RAMAN, YOU OWE ME A APOLOGY BUT YOU OWE THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE THEIR INPUT AND YOU'RE NOT. PLEASE DO BETTER, I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING, THEY REALLY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, IT'S REALLY SERIOUS AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS AND I KNOW THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT. AND I WANT TO STAND WITH THE COMMUNITY AND I KNOW YOU ARE TOO, BE WILLING TO HEAR US OUT. MR. LEE, WHO OWES ME AN APOLOGY AND MR. PRESIDENT, YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY, TOO. YOU DO, I SAID YOU GUYS HAVE SIDE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE TALKING AND YOU DID THAT, I'LL TAKE THAT AS AN APOLOGY, THANK YOU. BUT MR. LEE, HAS NOT APOLOGIZED. YOU KNOW, LIKE, LOOK AT HIM HAVING A SIDE CONVERSATION, OH MY GOSH, DOES IT GET ANY WORSE? SMOKING SCAN, ARE YOU SEEING THIS? >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU MOVE ON. >> Speaker: MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT A LAW YOU TO BE REPETITIVE. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAMES, CHRIST INCOME TAXER ANDREW, LIZ JOHNSON, LACE, SOTO, SARAH HERNANDEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM 36 IS ALSO A PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL. >> City Attorney: ONE MONEY FOR EACH, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I'M MIKE AND I'M AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT AND I RAISED IN SAN PEDRO, WONDERFUL WATER FRONT COMMUNITY. I SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY I'M PART OF A L.A. LOS ANGELES, BRINGING CULTURES TOGETHER. AND WHAT, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK TIM McOSKER AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL BODY FOR UPHOLDING THE DECISION THAT THE, THAT THE HARBOR COMMISSION APPROVED AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. AND ALSO I WANT TO, POINT OUT THAT THE JOHNSON'S BROTHER HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB CREATING THIS WEST HARBOR AND NOW WITH THE NEEDERLANDER SUPPORTING THIS AMPITHEATER IS GOING TO BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER. BUT WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT SAN PEDRO IS BRINGING CULTURES TOGETHER AND WHAT THE MUSIC IS GOING TO DO WHAT THE AMPITHEATER IS GOING TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: AND REALLY, SAN PEDRO IS A MELTING POT OF CULTURES. I THINK EVERY ANGLOS WILL BENEFIT FROM WHAT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE WATER FRONT IN SAN PEDRO WITH THE AMPITHEATER. THANK YOU AGAIN, AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NUMBER 36 AND PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MR. PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU TODAY. MY NAME IS BRUISE I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR LOS ANGELES MARITIME INSTITUTE WHERE WE OPERATE THE TWO OFFICIAL TALL SHIPS AND TALL SHIP AMBASSADORS OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND SERVE 5 TO 7,000 KIDS FROM THE L.A. AREA. I'M ALSO A RESENT PAST BOARD CHAIR FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS ITEM, NUMBER 36, WE'VE REVIEWED MANY TIME, HAD IN MANY DIFFERENT COUNCILS THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED, WITH THE CEQA PROCESS AND I THINK IT'S BEEN DONE VERY WELL BY THE PORT AND THE APPLICANT. SO WE'RE RECOMMENING AND REQUESTING THAT YOU DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE UNANIMOUS ACTION TAKEN BY THE HARBOR COMMISSION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SIR WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, SIR, ITEM 36 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. AND I PROMISE TO BE ON TOPIC. IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU, IT'S A REUNION OF SORTS. I COME AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SAN PEDRO AND AS YOU KNOW, THE REINVITATION OF SAN PEDRO DURING MY TIME IN COUNCIL, IT WAS A COMMIT TOMENT GIVING SAN PEDRO THE DESTINATION THEY DESERVE. AND WE'RE SO BLESSED THAT OUR OWN COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER SEES IT THIS WAY AS WELL. WE THANK YOU TIM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TO OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY ON THIS ITEM. NOW, COLLEAGUES, WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, THE WEST HARBOR AMPITHEATER IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF WORK BY THIS COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SMALL BUSINESSES, WE ALL SHOWED UP, WE PARTICIPATED AND WE SHAPED THIS PLAN FROM THE GROUND UP. NOW, TO CHALLENGE THESE APPROVES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9th INNING AFTER ALL THAT EFFORT IS NOT JUST A DELAY, IT ATS A TRUE DISREGARD FOR THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE THAT BUILT THIS VISION. THIS AMPITHEATER IS NOT A LUXURY, IT'S OUR BIRTHRIGHT. IT REFLECTS THE SOUL OF THE WATER FRONT WHERE CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNITY FINALLY COME TOGETHER. THE CRANES BUILT OUR ECONOMY, THIS AMPITHEATER WILL BUILD OUR IDENTITY. SO I URGE YOU TO UPHOLD THE ORIGINAL DECISION OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND DENY THE APPEAL AND FINISH WHAT SAN PEDRO STARTED. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 17 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: 17 IS NOT OPEN BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M PART OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND L.A.'S HOUSING CHALLENGE IS IT'S A SITUATION THAT REQUIRES URGENT ACTION. RECOGNIZING A NEED FOR THIS ACTION, THE DISTRICT HAS SET AN AMBITION GOAL TO PROVIDE STUDENT AND WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE THE LAND, AND WE HAVE THE MONEY THROUGH MEASURE L.A., WE HAVE $500 MILLION DOLLARS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SET ASIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. TO GIVE YOU A SNAP SHOT OF OUR DISTRICT, WE EDUCATE FOR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS THAN THE ENTIRE UC SYSTEM COMBINED, MORE FOSTER YOUTH, MORE IMMIGRANTS, FOR STUDENTS WITH DIS SXABLTS MORE THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT SO. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. ONE IN FIVE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE HOMELESS, OVER HALF ARE HOUSE HADING INSECURE. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITE BESIDE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS OFFERING THROUGH COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S MOTION FOR ITEM 17. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ONE FOR ITEM 36. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: I'M LIZ SCHINDLER JOHNSON AS A DIRECTOR OF GRAND VISION FOUNDATION, THE FRIENDS GROUP TO THE CITY OWNED WARNER GRAND THEATER, I DEDICATED MANY YEARS TO BRINGING MUSIC AND ART TO SAN PEDRO AND FINALLY WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT CAN DO THIS ON A LARGE SCALE. I URGE YOU TO AFFIRM THE TRADE TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE VOTE TO DENY THE APPEAL AGAINST THE WEST HARBOR. THE PLAN 6200 IS A CATALYTIC PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WEST HARBOR IS ALREADY INCORPORATING UNION TRADES AND SAN PEDRO IS A PROUD UNIONTOWN. IT WILL DELIVER THOUSANDS OF GOOD JOBS AND ECONOMIC VITALITY, AND WE'RE ALSO HOME TO THE ONE OF THE FEW ACCESSIBLE WATER FRONTS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, LET'S MAXIMIZE THIS RESOURCE. LET'S CHANGE SAN PEDRO FROM A CUL-DE-SAC TO A DESTINATION. PLEASE LET THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD AND DENY THE APPEAL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAMES, GABBY, CAESAR, ANGELA JIMENEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? JAOU, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 36 AND TO GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ESTEEMED COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS ANDREW SILVER, I LIVE IN SAN PEDRO WITH MY FAMILY AND MOVED THERE 30 YEARS AGO. I URGE YOU ALL TO STAND WITH SAN PEDRO WITH LOS ANGELES, WITH THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, BY SUPPORTING THE FINDINGS YESTERDAY OF THE TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE. UPHOLD THE LOS ANGELES BOARD OF COMMISSION APPROVAL OF WEST HARBOR MODIFICATION PROJECT AND INCLUDE CERTIFICATION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. I'VE BEEN HAPPY TO CALL SAN PEDRO HOME SINCE 1995, MY WIFE AND I RAISED OUR FAMILY THERE AND RUN A THRIVING RESTAURANT AT THE CENTER OF DOWNTOWN. I HAVE SEEN DOWNTOWN THE POTENTIAL OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I MIRROR THAT WITHOUT QUESTION WEST HARBOR IS THE BOLD PROJECT, WE NEED TO FULFILL THAT POTENTIAL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS. >> Speaker: 36 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HOW ARE YOU? COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? GOOD MORNING, I'M GABBY MEDINA AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN SAN PEDRO. NOT ONLY DID I WITNESS THIS PROJECT FIRSTHAND WORKING FOR MR. BUSCAINO, BUT I SAW THE RELENTLESSNESS FROM THIS COMMUNITY. THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE UNITED NOT JUST WITH THEMSELVES BUT WITH OTHER AGENCIES LIKE THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES AND DEVELOPERS AND EVERY ONE WORKING INTO IT. THANK YOU TO T-3, PARTICULARLY OUR COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER FOR FIGHTING LIKE OUR CHAMPION YESTERDAY. COUNCILMEMBER PARK, YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON THIS SIDE AND YOUR SIDE AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. I THINK YOU ALL SAW WHAT NEEDED TO BE SEEN WHICH IS NOT JUST YEARS BUT DECADES OF RELENTLESS FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT THIS PROJECT REFLECTS THE VISION AND THE HEART NOT JUST OF SAN PEDRO BUT ALSO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE HAVE. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: WE HAVE THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, THE FORD AND GREEK THEATER AND ONE DAY WE WILL HAVE THE AMPITHEATER WEST HARBOR, IT'S YOURS JUST AS MUCH AS IT IS OURS. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, PARTICULARLY THE STAFF AT THE PORT WHO HAS POURED COUNTLESS HOURS AND HONESTLY, THE JOHNSON FAMILY, TRULY IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. USUALLY DEVELOPERS COME TO OUR COMMUNITIES, THEY BUILD NEVER REALLY TO OUR STANDARDS, AND THEN THEY LEAVE. THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ARE PART OF OUR CITY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING AND I KNOW THAT THEY WILL NOT LEAVE. THIS IS PART OF THEM AS MUCH AS IT IS PART OF US. THANK YOU EVERY ONE FOR LISTENING TODAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL BEN, ABDULA MOHAMED AND LOUIS RIVERA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELL O MY NAME IS IDA RIVERA, I'M A MEMBER OF ACE AND I LIVE IN L.A. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE PETITION FOR RENT TO BE DECREASED AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LANDLORDS MAKE THE REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED AND WE WANT INSPECT ORS TO TAKE PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I ALSO WANT TO ASK THE LANDLORDS, NOT IF THEY DON'T MAKE THE REPAIRS NOT TO INCREASE THE 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE PAY RENT ON TIME AND WHEN I ASK THEM TO FIX MY STOVE, THEY NEVER COME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I HAVE ASKED THE OWNERS FOR REPAIRS AND THEY NEVER COME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE BATHROOM DOOR HAS FALLEN AND I'VE CALLED THEM THREE TIMES, IT FELL ON TOP OF MY CHILD AND HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE FOR THE LANDLORDS NOT TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT 3 PERCENT ON RENT. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP THE FOLLOWING NAMES, DO MING A, DIANA DEAN, GOAT PUPPET. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE, HOW YOU DOING? I HAVE A QUESTION, IS 16 ON THE AGENDA? >> City Attorney: ITEM 16 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS SATISFIED IN COMMITTEE. BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT IN GENERAL. SO WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. >> Speaker: I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK, THAT'S ALL. WE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT THE 03 PERCENT RENT STABILIZATION, YOU HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS ISSUE FOR OVER A YEAR. AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY UNION, FAITH BASE ORGANIZATION AND SMALL LANDLORD SUPPORT O3. IF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT O3 IS, IT'S 0 FLOOR AND 3 PERCENT CAP ON RENT, I THOUGHT I WOULD EXPLAIN SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT 0-3 MEANS OKAY. NOW WITH THE RENT AND TRUMP BUDGET UTS, AT LEAST THE POLITICS CAN DO IS CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, RENT IS TOO DAM HIGH, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHEN WE SAY CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS DOMINGA AND I'M A MEMBER OF ACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M GOING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. GENERAL ONE AS WELL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE SUPPORT THE SUPPORT OF HOUSING COMMITTEE BUT WE SHOULD GO FURTHER TO APPROVE THE CEP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND TO SUPPORT THE PEA PETITION TO REDUCE RENT AND WHEN LANDLORDS DON'T MAKE THE REPAIRS FOR INSPECTORS TO TAKE PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BEFORE AND AFTER THE REPAIRS TO GET MORE TRANSPARENCY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THOSE REPAIRS ARE MADE WITH GOOD QUALITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT THE OWNERS MAKE AND WE ALSO WANT MOLD TEST FOR THE APARTMENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR FOR US, I COME FROM A LOW INCOME FAMILY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SO--. >> Interpreter: MY SPOUSE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WORKS SO WE HAVE TO PAY RENT AND IF THE RENT GOES UP, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY. >> City Attorney: AND ACTUALLY, CAN I ASK THE INTERPRETERS, CAN YOU ASK THE PREVIOUS SPEAK TORE STAND AT THE SIDE REALLY QUICK, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SO I'M BEING TOLD THAT HERMAN HAS THE HAND HELD MIC, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MONEY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I LIKE TO SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS. TONS OF FUN CARVING ON THE SO-CALLED RENT ESCROW BULLSHIT PUMPKIN HEAD. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE INDISCRIMINATELY VIOLATING EVERY ONE'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. >> City Attorney: SO THIS IS NOT ON OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M GETTING TO THE DAM LIEN. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON A SECOND, PAUSE HIS TIME. THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. YOU KNOW THE RULES. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING EARLIER, BUT YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. SO ITEM NUMBER 16, THE REAP ITEM IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEMS. AS A COURTESY I'LL REPEAT THE ITEMS, 1 AND 2, 4 THROUGH 6, ITEMS 36, AND ITEM 39 AND 40. SO AGAIN, PLEASE STICK TO THE ITEMS OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. >> Speaker: SO LIKE I SAID ON ITEM 1 ON MY TONS ON FUN CARVING ON THIS ISSUE, UNDER THE FAT BURGER OVER THERE, UNISSES, THE LIEN FOR ABATEMENT COST OVER AND DISCRIMINATELY, CAUSED PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR HOMES AND BECOME HOMELESS LIKE THE NAKED MAN YOU SAW BEHIND ME, MS. FAT BURGER. AND LOOK AT YOU, RAMAN NOODLE, YOU WERE OUT THERE WEREN'T YOU? OH NO, THAT WAS JURADO ON ITEM NUMBER 3, NOODLE. NOODLE NOODLE. >> City Attorney: ITEM NUMBER 3 HAS BEEN CONTINUED AND NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: FUCK, ITEM NUMBER 4. ITEM NUMBER 4! CUATRO PUTO CUATRO. [SPEAKING SPANISH] GRACIAS POR SU CUENA, [SPEAKING SPANISH] NOW ON ITEM 17. FUCK ITEM 17. >> City Attorney: I HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT TODAY, I'VE ASKED YOU THREE TIMES TO STAY ON TOPIC, I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YOU RACIST DISCRIMINATORY FOOL, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO VIOLATE MY CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER THE COLOR OF AUTHORITY TO ACCUSE ME OF USING MY CANE AS A WEAPON, IT'S NOT A WEAPON. IF YOU WANT MY BANANA MOTHER FUCKER, COME OUTSIDE AND I'LL GIVE YOU BANANAS OFF THE TREE, YOU CHANGO KOREA, I'M NOT THE ONE EATING DOG, AND THOSE DONALD TRUMP SENT BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY, YOU COME IN THROUGH DUE PROCESS, YOU MOTHER FUCKERS, ALL OF YOU FUCKEN ILLEGAL MOTHER FUCKERS, COME INTO MY MOTHER FUCKEN COUNTRY, ILLEGALLY. DONALD TRUMP YOU'RE A HERO, NEW SCUM--. >> City Attorney: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO CALL MORE NAMES. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE'S PATIENCE, THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE SPEAKER, DO NOT MIRROR OR EXPRESS THE VIEWS OF THIS BODY OR ANYONE SITTING AROUND THIS SHOWSER SHOE, COLLECTIVELY OR INDIVIDUALLY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. WE CANNOT KEEP HIM ON TOPIC AND WE CANNOT REQUIRE HIM TO BE A GOOD PERSON. WITH THAT CAN WE READ A FEW MORE NAMES. >> Clerk: YES, DIANA DEAN, ZIGGY, AIDA RIVERA. >> City Attorney: SO AGAIN IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED JUST NOW, AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE PROCEED TO YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 36 AND PUBLIC COMMENT IF I NEED IT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. SPEAKING ON ITEM 36, MY NAME IS ZIGGY AND I'M THE FOUNDER OF SAN PEDRO FILM FEST RAL AND COMMUNITY RADIO STATION KCLA, WE'RE ARTS NONPROFIT. I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF SAN PEDRO AND HOLLYWOOD REFUGEE. I MOVED TO SAN PEDRO BECAUSE IT'S A GEM OF COMMUNITY AND LIKE NO OTHER IN LOS ANGELES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU UPHOLD THE TOURISM COMMISSION AND HARBOR COMMISSION. THE RESEARCH AND PLANNING HAS BEEN DONE AND IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD. WEST HARBOR PROJECT WILL BRING BUSINESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO SAN PEDRO AND WILMINGTON AREAS. THE SAN PEDRO COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING IN ANTICIPATION FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AND HAS BEEN PATIENT LONG ENOUGH, SO MUCH INVESTMENT OF TIME AND MONEY BY FORMER COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN MADE. IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND FINISH THE PROJECT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THE PROJECT WILL BRING MUCH NEEDED PARK SPACE AND TOURISM TO THE AREA. IT WILL ALSO BE CREATING JOBS AT ALL LEVELS AND ATTRACT NEW RESIDENT SXZ ENABLE THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA TO FIND JOBS AND STAY IN THE AREA. SAN PEDRO HAS A VIBRANT ARTS COMMUNITY AND THEY ENDEAVOR TO INCORPORATED THE ARTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SAN PEDRO HAS LONG BEEN NEGLECTED AND IT'S A INTEGRAL PART OF THE REINVITIZATION OF THE AREA. THE OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BE HERE IN THREE YEARS WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. WHAT MAKES SAN PEDRO BETTER, MAKES LOS ANGELES BETTER AND CALIFORNIA BETTER. AND THE THEREFORE, PLEASE UPHOLD THE DECISION OF COMMISSION AND DENY THE APPEAL. THANK YOU! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YES, FEEL FREE TO ADJUST THE MICROPHONE, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M GOING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING EVERY ONE MY NAME IS MARIA AND I'M A MEMBER OF ACE AND I LIVE IN L.A. DISTRICT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I SUPPORT, WE SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE SHOULD GO FURTHER THAN THAT, WE WANT A PETITION FOR THE LANDLORD NOT TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE RENT WHEN THEY ARE NOT MAKING THE REPAIRS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO PRACTICE LANGUAGE AND JUSTICE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BETTER COORDINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENTS WHEN THE INSPECT ORS GO, GET TO THE HOUSES OF THESE FAMILIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR FOR US TENANTS TO BE LIVING IN THESE REALLY POOR CONDITIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I LIVED FOR YEAR AND A HALF IN VERY POOR CONDITIONS THAT NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE LIKE THAT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PLEASE MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, THOSE ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE WE NEED THEM NOW, WE CANNOT WAIT! >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YES, I NEED [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'D LIKE TO COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO MY NAME IS MAGDALENA I'M A MEMBER OF ACE AND I LIVE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP, SHE HAS BEEN A GREAT CHAMPION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FOR TENANTS RIGHTS IN LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO WORK FURTHER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE SEP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A REDUCTION OF RENT WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT MAKE THE PROPER REPAIRATIONS, EXCUSE ME, REPAIRS IN OUR HOMES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE'D LIKE TO INSURE THAT ALL INSPECTORS DO THE CORRECT INSPECTIONS AND DO THEIR JOBS IN ORDER TO HAVE ADEQUATE REPAIRS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY OF REPAIRS IS UP TO PAR AND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY AND THE REPAIRS ARE DONE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERY ONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MEETING. MR. CLERK, CAN WE BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 15, 1-5, WE CAN ALLOW MR. PRICE TO RECUSE FOR ITEM 1-5. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1, 2, 6, 17 AND 40. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEMS 18 AND 27 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR COMMENTS. >> N. Raman: ALL RIGHT, I THINK I CAN JUST TALK ABOUT ITEM 27. COLLEAGUES, I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS MOTION MOVING FORWARD TODAY AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR MOVING IT THROUGH HIS COMMITTEE QUICKLY. THIS IS ABOUT ADDRESSING ISSUES WITH OUR 9-1-1 CALL RESPONSE TIMES. THE SAME CALL TAKERS PICKUP ALL 9-1-1 CALLS, THEY ASSESS NEEDS AND THEN EMERGENCY CALLS ARE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY. NON EMERGENCY CALLS ARE PICKED UP WHEN CALL TAKERS HAVE THE TIME TO PICK UP THOSE PHONE CALLS. 57 PERCENT OF OUR EMERGENCY CALLS ARE ADDRESSED WITHIN 15 SECONDS WHICH IS OUR STATE STANDARD AND RESPONSE TIMES HAVE BEEN IMPROVING WHICH IS GREAT BUT NON EMERGENCY CALLS ARE STILL TAKING MUCH LONGER. AND AVERAGE WAIT TIMES ARE OVER 3 MINUTES, ALMOST 4 MINUTES BUT SOMETIMES DEPENDING ON CALL VOLUME, NON EMERGENCY CALLS CAN TAKE OVER AN HOUR TO GET PICKED UP, AND THIS IS BEEN ACTUALLY COVERED IN THE PRESS MULTIPLE TIMES RECENTLY. THIS IS DUE TO MANY REASONS, THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PSR, WHO PICKUP THE PHONE CALLS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. NON EMERGENCY CALLS MAKE PEOPLE, THEY'RE CALLING FOR HELP IN THE CITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FEELING UNSAFE, THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE AN BURGLARY AND YOU WANT THE POLICE TO COME AND TAKE A REPORT. IF THE BURGLAR RIGHT SIDE NO LONGER THERE BESINGER THAT'S AN EMERGENCY WHICH MEANS AFTER YOU'VE EXPERIENCED A PERIOD OF TRAUMA FOR YOURSELF, YOUR HOME HAS BEEN VIOLATED, YOU'VE BEEN WAITING ON HOLD FOR OVER AN HOUR, THAT CAN LEAVE YOU FEELING EXTREMELY UNSETTLED AND INSTANCE AFTER INSTANCE WHERE THAT HAPPENS. THIS REPORT ASKED FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO MAKE CHANGES BEYOND JUST HIRING NOR POLICE REPRESENTATIVES WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO DO AND WE MUST KEEP DOING AND I KNOW THAT IMPROVED REISN'TLY BUT HAS ALSO FLAT LINED. BUT ALSO UNDERSCORE THAT REFORM IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS CITY TAKING PUBLIC SAFETY SERIOUSLY. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS AND THANK YOU TOERER YOUR ATTENTION. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 18 AND 27, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 28 FOR WHICH COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY HAS INTRODUCED A MOTION TO REFER TO BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR WE'RE TAKING A VOTE TO SEND IT TO COMMITTEE OR SENDING TO COMMITTEE AND COME BACK VOER A VOTE? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: IT NEEDS TO GO TO COMMITTEE TO BE CONSIDERED. >> Council President: OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON IT TODAY? >> Clerk: THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. LE IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? >> Council President: SECOND. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON THE MOTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE ON THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 36 McOSKER PARK HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MEMBERS, WE DO HAVE A TECH NICAL AMENDMENT TO THIS ITEM BUT I'LL BE ASKING FOR A YES VOTE, AN AYE-VOTE TO DENY THE APPEAL. I WANT TO THANK CHAIR PARK FOR THE HEARING YESTERDAY, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR VOTING TO DENY THE APPEAL. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] STRONG. WE HAD A LONG HEARING YESTERDAY, THAT IS BECOMING A SIGNATURE PIECE FOR PROJECTS IN THE HARBOR AREA. WE HAD THE HOUSE OF LABOR THERE. WE HAD LABOR FROM THE BUILDING TRADES, WE HAD LABOR FROM THE CARPENTERS, IATSI THERE, ALL ASKING FOR DENIAL OF THIS APPEAL. IT WAS THE HOUSE OF LABOR SAVE ONE, SAVE ONE, THE APPELLANT. WE ALSO HAD LOCAL BUSINESS COMING OUT STRONG, SUPPORTING LABOR. WE HAD THE COMMUNITY THERE. [APPLAUSE] WE HAD COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE FROM OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITIES, FROM THE ARTS, FROM LOCAL BUSINESS. WE HAD EVERYBODY THERE REPRESENTING THE DEEP AND IMPORTANT CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE HARBOR AREA. WE HAD OUR COUNCILMEMBER THERE JOE BUSCAINO WHO WORKED ON THIS FOR TEN YEARS. TEN YEARS! [APPLAUSE] HE AND HIS STAFF, DID A MASTERFUL JOB TO BRINGING US TO THIS JOB. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT OTHER CONNECTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT WHEN SHE WORKED WITH ISRAEL HALL WORKED CLOSELY WITH JOE BUSCAINO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEASE TERM COULD BE LONG ENOUGH, REMEMBER THAT JOE? THERE IS BEEN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF WORK TOWARDS THIS DAY. NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE PORT. AND I SAID IT YESTERDAY, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH WHAT THE PORT DOES BUT THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THIS WAS IMPECCABLE, THEY DID THE ORIGINAL, THE SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTATION, THEY ANALYZED THESE AMENDMENTS FOR THE AMPITHEATER AND FOR A COUPLE OF OTHER ANCILLARY USES AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS DEEPLY DEEPLY DEEPLY OFFENSIVE THAT AFTER MORE THAN TEN YEARS OF WORK, HARD WORK BY A BUNCH OF FOLKS WITH THE HARBOR COMMISSION WORK INING GOOD FAITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY WORK INING GOOD FAITH, WITH LABOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH BUSINESS IN GOOD FAITH THAT ONE APPELLANT WOULD SHOW UP IN THE 11th HOUR AND FILE A SPIROUS CEQA APPEAL THAT HAD ABSOLUTELY NO MERIT, NO BASIS AT ALL! IT'S OFFENSIVE AND I SAID IT YESTERDAY AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR US, FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, IT IS EXHIBIT A AND CEQA ABUSE! EXHIBIT A AND CEQA ABUSE! THE VERY PEOPLE, THE VERY PEOPLE [APPLAUSE] WHO CARE SO MUCH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT WHO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE AIR WE BREATHE, WHO CARE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC WE ENDURE, SHOWED UP FOR TEN YEARS AND WORKED ON THIS PROJECT AND AT THE 11th HOUR, 10:59 SECONDS THERE WAS AN APPEAL THAT HAD NO BASIS IN LAW AND HAD SOME PURPOSE OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM AND I FIND THAT OFFENSIVE, ABSOLUTELY OFFENSIVE! AND SAN PEDRO PEOPLE, AND HARBOR AREA PEOPLE WOULDN'T PUT UP WITH T.THEY SHOW UP. WE WON UNANIMOUSLY YESTERDAY AND I CALLED AND I SAID, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE AND GUESS WHAT THEY FILLED UP A BUS AND SHOWED UP, AND THEY WANT TODAY SPEAK, NOT FOR ONE MINUTE BUT TWO MINUTES. THIS PROJECT WILL BE TRANSFORMATION AL NOT JUST TO THE HARBOR AREA, NOT JUST TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BUT THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION. THIS IS AN ATTORNEY CULTURAL HUB FOR US! AND I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, ON THE OFF-CHANCE THAT THE SAME MISGUIDED JUDGMENT THAT FILED THIS APPEAL, IS MISGUIDED IN FILING A LAWSUIT, I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS FOR THE RECORD. I WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS FOR THE RECORD, WE CAREFULLY REVIEWED ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION, THE ARGUMENTS BY THE APPELLANTS WERE THAT VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED WERE NOT ADEQUATE LEANNE LIESED. WHEN THEY GOT UP TO DESCRIBE WHY, THEY HAD NOTHING TO SAY. THE MATERIALS THAT THEY FILED AND THE MATERIALS THAT THE COURT, THE COURT RESPONDED WITH, ADEQUATELY DISPATCHED THAT ISSUE. THE FERRIS WHEEL, THEY LOOKED AT THE FERRIS WHEEL AND THEY SAID THAT FERRIS WHEEL WILL MAKE PEOPLE COME FROM VARIOUS COUNTY AND COME FROM RI ALTO AND PASS OTHER FERRIS WHEELS TO GET TO THIS ONE, IT WAS ABSURD. THEY ALSO ARGUED THAT COMPARATIVE VENUES WEREN'T ANALYZED. AND BY THE WAY, I'M SAYING THIS FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU Y'ALL, I'M TALK TO GO A JUDGE, THIS IS PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD. AND I WANT THE JUDGE NOT JUST TO DENY THIS BUT FILE SANCTIONS. THEY SAID THAT ANALYZING THE THEATER AND GROVE WERE NOT ADEQUATE. PERFECTLY ADEQUATE. THEY WANTED A ANALYSIS OF A VENUE THREE TIMES LARGER BECAUSE THEY PUT IN THEIR PAPER, BEYONCE MIGHT SHOW UP. WELL I TELL YOU, BEYONCE IS NOT COMING TO SAN PEDRO BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT VENUE. AND THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE PORT DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ENFORCE REGULATION SXZ USE BEST PRACTICES AND REASONABLE EFFORTS FOR THINGS LIKE ALTERNATIVE FUEL. GUESS WHAT? THAT'S THE BUSINESS THE PORT HAS BEEN IN FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS ON A CLEAR AIR ACTION PLAN. THIS APPELLANT PICKED THE ABSOLUTE WRONG PARTY TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. THEY HAVE THAT CAPACITY. AGAIN, EVERYBODY THAT IN THE PAPERS DISPATCH THIS APPEAL AND DISPATCHED IT PERFECTLY. BUT FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WAS CEQA ABUSE, OFFENSIVE TO THE PEOPLE AND PORT COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE STOP IT! IT WILL HAS TO STOP. IT WILL STOPS RIGHT HERE. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR AN AYE-VOTE AND I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, USE CEQA FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE 15th DISTRICT, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT TO THE CITY, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, COUNCILMEMBER BUSCAINO. AND EVERYBODY THAT HAS WORKED ON THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS, OVER A DECADE, CONGRATULATIONS AND MR. McOSKER, IF BEYONCE DOES NOT COME TO THE HARBOR, BEYONCE IS GOING TO COME TO THE VISION THEATER IN THE 10th DISTRICT, SO EVERYBODY BE READY. ALL RIGHT LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. AND FOR THE RECORD, MR. PRESIDENT, THE TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM REPORT HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS AMENDED. >> Council President: URGE NT FORTHWITH? DID YOU GET THE URGENT FORTHWITH? >> Clerk: YES, SIR AND FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM ADOPTED BY AMENDING MOTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 41 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, THIS ADMINISTRATION THREATENS NOT ONLY OUR CITY, OUR PE BUT THE VERY FABRIC IN OUR NATION. FROM KIDNAPPING TO ACTIVELY WORK TO GO RIG THE 2026 MID-TERMS, THE DANGER IS REAL AND UNFOLDING BEFORE OUR EYES. WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT STAND BY WHILE FEDERAL OVER REACH UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY. AS LEADERS, WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK. I KNOW FIRSTHAND OF ALLOWING AUTO CRATS TO DISMANTLE, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT MY FAMILY FLED IRAN TO ESCAPE AUTHORITARIAN RULE. THESE UNPRECEDENTED AND DOWN RIGHT DANGEROUS TIMES, WE FIND OURSELVES IN, DEMAND A ROBUST RESPONSE. WE MUST SEND A MESSAGE TO THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT CALIFORNIA IS STRONG, UNITED AND FEARLESS IN THE FACE OF AUTOCRACY, IF WE LOU THEM TO RIG OUR ELECTIONS TODAY, WE COULDN'T HAVE ELECTIONS TOMORROW. THAT IS WHY I INTRODUCED THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ELECTION RIGING RESPONSE ACT TO STOP THIS ADMINISTRATION FROM RIGING THEIR WAY TO UNDISPUTED POWER IN 2026 AND ONWARD. I URGE YOU ALL FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COUNTRY, FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY, JOIN ME ON VOTING YES ON THIS RESOLUTION, AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SECKING THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. NAZARIAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND I KNOW YOU AND SOME MEMBERS STOOD TOGETHER TO MAKE A STRONG STATEMENT ON THIS MATTER, MEMBERS I'LL ASK A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON THIS. VERY FEW ISSUE IS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF L.A. AT THIS TIME. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. IN REGARDS TO ITEM 36 A VOTE IS REQUIRED TO SEND 36 URGENT FORTHWITH SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ASK THAT WE RECONSIDER ITEM 28 THIS ITEM IS FINE AS IT IS BUT IT IT COMES BACK TO COMMITTEE I ASK THAT IT ALSO COMES TO BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> Council President: SO YOU WANT TO RECONSIDER? >> K. Yaroslavsky: YES AND MAKE SURE IT COMES BACK. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND NOW THE ORIGINAL ITEM IS 36 IS BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. AND FOR THE RECORD THIS ITEM IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I FORGOT TO MENTION FORTHWITH, URGENT FORTHWITH ON ITEM 29. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: SEPARATE VOTE IS REQUIRED TO SEND AN ITEM FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON URGENT FORTHWITH. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. DO YOU WANT ME TO? >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY RECONSIDER ITEM 41 FOR WHICH NEEDS TO BE RCONSIDERED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. THIS ITEM WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION. CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ONE CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE? NO? ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, FOR CLARIFICATION, ITEM 41 IS TO BE SENT URGENT FORTHWITH. KO*UPS ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: AND FOR ITEM 39 A VOTE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN FOR RECONSIDERATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SOL WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE RECONSIDERATION VOTE FOR ITEM 39, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE VOTE ON RECONSIDERATION OF ITEM 39, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 39 FOR WHICH COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, CALLED THIS ITEM SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 4 HELD ON THE DESK FOR COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR MOTION 4-A WAS INTRODUCED, AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE ON THIS ITEM AS AMEND BID COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND McOSKER, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE JAO. 14 AYES. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 5 FOR COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR MOTION 5-A HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 16 FOR WHICH CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR WHICH A MENDING MOTION 16-A HAS BEEN POST ASKED CIRCULATED. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL AS AMENDED BY HERNANDEZ AND BLUMENFIELD, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 19 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR WHICH AMENDING MOTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL AS AMENDED BY SOTO-MARTINEZ AND BLUMENFIELD, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 26 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR WHICH AMENDING MOTION 26-A, RODRIGUEZ-LEE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, AS AMENDED BY RODRIGUEZ AND LEE, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POST ASKED REFERRED? ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, I ASK EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT. THE WEST SIDE OF THIS CHAMBER, SEEING NONE. ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MARK SHALTSBERGH A NOTED ACTIVIST, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER AND BELOVED MEMBER OF WEST SIDE AND VENICE COMMUNITY WHO PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 20th AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. MARK WAS A LEADER IN THE DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE WEST LOS ANGELES DEMOCRATS IN 2004 WHERE HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND BECAME TRUSTED OFFICIAL. A PILLAR OF THE CLUB MARK ALSO FOUNDED ENVIRONMENT AND CLEAN ENERGY COMMITTEE. LONG BEFORE CLIMATE CHANGE WAS AT THE CENTER OF DEBATE, HE WAS PUSHING DEMOCRATS TO CLEAN ENERGY, BRINGING IN EXPERT SPEAKERS, ADVANCING RESOLUTIONS AND ENSURING THAT THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET WAS PART OF EVERY CONVERSATION. HIS CIVIC IMAGINATION EXTEND TODAY CULTURAL PROJECTS, MARKET SUPPORTED TO CREATE MUSEUM AND TROLLEY CAR, ADVOCATED FOR TASK ELECTRIC HERITAGE DISPLAY NEAR THE CENTENNIAL LIBRARY AND EVEN MEDIATED PROPOSAL FOR NEW ATTRACTIONS IN VENICE BEACH. BUILT A CAREER IN TECHNOLOGY BRINGING PRODUCTS TO MARKET. BUT IT WAS HIS PASSION FOR CIVIC LIFE, FOR BRINGING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER, STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY AND PRESERVING THIS CITY'S UNIQUE CULTURE. TODAY WE'RE HONORED TO BE JOINED IN COUNCIL CHAMBER'S MARK'S WIFE NANSLY AND WESTERN DEMOCRATIC CLUB REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY THAT MARK HELPED BUILD AND SUSTAIN. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, I EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO NANCY. IN CONTRIBUTION TO HIS CONTRIBUTIONS, I RESPECT FLGLY ASK THE COUNCIL ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF MARK, MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING AND LEADERSHIP CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ADJOURN AND THANK YOU TO THE SALTZBERG FAMILY FOR BEING WITH US