going to empower a lot of the new services that we do now, we actually see ourselves now more of a platform. Right? So yes, we have the street light, but there's many different things that you can attach to it. Right? There's many different services that you can kind of, uh, create from, from that point there where, where we have a very valuable piece of real estate on the public right of way that has energy. I have to say that just sitting in this room, I don't know if I realized the romance of street lighting until I came in here because they really is the design, the beauty. Um the dynamic stories that they tell and, you know, kind of the, the nostalgia that you kind of so this must be a really fun celebration to celebrate 100 years and all the stories that these lamps tell. Yes absolutely. And I think that that's you hit it right on the head where it's all these different collections of stories, right? And even within our bureau, I have people that have told me again, I remember when I used to play X game right in the neighborhood in Fairfax, and what have you, right. And they fondly kind of remember their neighborhood and said that was third base or something like that. Well, people want to learn more about the 100th anniversary or just about how to call in if they need some help with the lighting on their streets or just have any questions. What's the best way for people to get in touch? The best way for people to get in touch? Well, two things right. If there's any issues that you have with with street lighting, please log your your service requests with Mila 311 or call 311 itself if there's any issues. Live issues or theft and vandalism that's happening. 911 for all other things and if you're inquisitive about our history, please visit LA lights Dot la City.org. Uh, or if we can, we'll see you by the office on one of these Wednesdays in a month. Thank you so much. This is really, really fun. Thank you. Thank you. And that's a wrap on this LA Courant's . Hello, everyone. I'm Susan Huckle, and here's what's happening in LA. This week LA city Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto joined council president Marquis Harris Dawson and the Los Angeles Police Department at the Figueroa corridor. There they announced enforcement actions which will help rescue underage children from the streets. We're here along the Figueroa corridor, and I am very deeply grateful because our current district attorney, Nathan Hochman, has embraced the initiative to really stop the exploitation of children along this Figueroa corridor. We are literally sitting at one of the epicenters for sex trafficking in the United States. This problem, which has been along this corridor, my entire life and I'm not young, I'll just put it that way. April 1st, 2023 was the first time I saw the Figueroa corridor. It looks so much better today. I am so happy . But as we all know, the work is not done. This is a huge warning shot. We're going after the Giants in fact, I'm not going to dignify them with the word John. I'm just going to call them sex exploiter buyers. These are the individuals and they're often men who come down these corridors looking to buy sex from these young women who are effectively enslaved by their pimps to go ahead and provide it. We're going to go after these johns for felony prosecutions. Yeah Felony prosecutions. La policia. Sabe qué esta aqui? Ha hecho operativos para detenerlo. Pero mientras haya la demanda siempre VA a suceder. So por eso queremos atacar a Los superan la demanda son compran Los clientes . Today, let me affirm our clear commitment to everyone. The LAPD will protect the victims. We will hold the traffickers accountable and will restore dignity and safety along this corridor. We've installed cameras and folks who know me know I'm not a big fan of government surveillance. But if you're going to get in your car and drive to Figueroa to buy sex with a minor, then we're going to surveil you and we're going to hold you accountable. So if you look up there to the north, to my left, you'll see a little camera on the top of the light pole. We're keeping track of who's coming when you're coming, when you pull over and when you stop. And you'll get a dear John letter. The district attorney and the city attorney saying, hey, you were in an area where trafficking is going on and here's a picture of your car and your driver's license number. And we just hope that the trafficker isn't the only person in the house that sees that letter is all I'm going to say about that. What's happening now is that they're realizing that these girls are not criminals. You know, I grew up in a time where prostitution was it was deemed as criminal activity, but now they're understanding that many of these girls are under duress. They're being forced into prostitution, and many of them are underage. And so now instead of prosecuting them or treating them as criminals, what they're doing now is bringing organizations like ours and some of our community partners together to provide resources and support that they need to help them get off the streets, help them reclaim their lives. We will be able to rescue these young kids and to put bad guys in jail. One of my favorite things to do as city attorney. Is all the furry friends at an adoption event in Hollywood got the benefit of being seen outside of the shelter, and when their personalities can really shine, these tail wags are much more likely to meet their forever family. Today, we have a mobile pet adoption here at Tail Waggers in Hollywood. We have some cats and plenty of large dogs up for adoption. Some of the dogs are in foster care and some of the dogs have come with a foster directly from the shelter. It's always really nice to see the dogs and cats outside of the shelter area and see how they are fostering is taking a pet for an unspecified length of time that is available for adoption, and getting them away from the shelter environment, which reduces their fear, anxiety and stress to sort of be who they are for real. As a foster, taking a dog outside and learning about how a dog or cat is in a home situation and meeting people, family members, that really gives a lot more information to a potential adopter than just dogs at the shelter that we don't have a lot of information out, we have a lot of strays, so they come in with no information by going into foster care, we gather up all the information, which I think a lot of adopters really want to have. It's really rewarding to foster a dog directly from the shelter. You get to learn about their characteristics and get them ready for their future home. Coco is my 10th foster for 2025 and hopefully I can do 15 for 2026. Well, for me it's important to have pets at home because they just provide so many things that even people can't provide for you. They provide unconditional love. They don't ask for much in return. All they need is pretty much maintenance and some love and affection to let them know that they're an important part of your life. And then they become your best friend. In my opinion . Better than a spouse, better than my children. They greet me when I come home. They don't ask me for things other than affection and love, and they are companions to me and I enjoy animals. It's therapy. It's good companionship, and it's great for the animals. If you're interested in fostering or adopting the City of LA has six city animal shelters. The website is LA Animal Services. Dot com, and you can click on the adopt or the foster tabs for more information. There are many barriers in the way of looking for work. These days. Whether it's child care, mental health or transport. The Watts La Worksource Center is about removing whatever is in the way and getting job seekers the work they want and need. We are here at the Watts Worksource Center, located in the community of Watts, and we are here doing a job recruitment with one of our employers, the employer is hiring for case management positions. They have a few positions open which we were very excited about because the time is now. People need jobs now. The work that we do here at Watts, LA, Worksource Center is crucial for the city and the community because what we're trying to do is help job seekers transition back into the workforce. So we implement title one, which is workforce innovation and Opportunity Act under title one. We're working with job seekers to connect them to vocational training opportunities to various employers that we're partnered with and address the challenges and the barriers and or needs that they have that's preventing them from transitioning back into the workforce. I think it's important for the community because we help with mental health. We help with training. We help like low income people with elderly as well. So I think it's a really good opportunity for people coming out of prison and stuff like that. We help with all that so they won't feel like left out or they're being left out for me, myself. This is something new for me. And I've been where they've been, and that's what motivates me to come in because it's like, okay, I want to help and I want to make a difference. There's a saying housing First, but you can get housing, but if you don't have employment, you're not able to sustain that housing. So what other resources and services do you need in order to sustain employment? So do you need clothing? Do you need transportation assistance? Someone to talk to child care assistance? Even if you're not qualified, we help you get to that qualified status. So all of those what we call supportive services, we're able to provide to our participants as wraparound services. This program showed me that I'm able to learn new skills and to actually find that job that I would love to go into. They're also very helpful. Like if you want to pursue a career, they also help you with giving you a chance to get out there on the field and getting skills more than anything. There's 14 worksource centers in the city of Los Angeles, so there are a plethora of ways that you're able to gain these resources, but come to a worship center. We are able to provide those wraparound services that one on one tailored case management services for each participant. And we do it with love. Notify la keeps Angelenos informed during emergencies. The la DWP is installing water bottle fillers across the city and the LA City Attorney gets a settlement in an environmental protection suit. These stories up next on city Beat. La City's emergency management department reminds Angelenos to sign up for notify LA, the city's emergency alert system. Notify LA delivers official emergency alerts and critical information citywide. Subscribing to notify LA is free, secure and automated with alerts sent by text, phone or email. Sign up for alerts where you live, work and spend time in the city of LA. Learn more and register at Notify LA City Governor. 21 new water refill stations have been installed at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They bring the total number of hydration stations across the city to 308. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is rolling out the water bottle fillers as part of the Hydration Station initiative program. More water refill stations will mean less single use plastic and a greener Los Angeles. The Ladwp aims to install many more hydration stations in public places throughout LA by 2028. Olympic Games. For more information, visit ladwp. News.com. L.A. city Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto announced that Verizon Wireless has agreed to resolve a statewide civil enforcement action. Under the judgment, Verizon Wireless will pay civil penalties and investigative costs, according to Feldstein Soto, the laws protect the environment, first responders, employees and the general public. The city attorney's office will receive $800,000, and the Los Angeles Fire Department will receive more than $315,000 in penalties. For more information, visit City Attorney. L.A. City News. El pueblo. The historical heart of the city is central to cultural celebrations in Los Angeles. On Dia de Los Reyes. The community joined in making and breaking the traditional rosca, the special bread with a secret inside. The Well, tonight we're here in Plaza Olvera and we are celebrating Reyes night. And so this is the story of baby Jesus. When he received the visit for the Three Kings. And so tonight, we're keeping with tradition. We're going to have a toy giveaway. We have a rosca demonstration, and there will be some sampling and a lot of music . So the day of the Three Kings is of course, the day that the three Kings came and wanted to see the baby Jesus and bring him their gifts. So we're going to have Rosca de Reyes. We'll have a small procession, and normally we have a tradition of making the rosca and the rosca ends up having a baby inside, usually. And whoever gets that rosca within the family or within the friends ends up putting the party on for the following year so that they invite everybody to their home. So we do a little bit different since we don't have people throw the party for next year. But what we do is we give a little gift. If they find the little baby in the rosca, we're demonstrating Rosca de Reyes. So for me, Rosca de reyes is significant, not only because of the celebration and the epiphany, January 6th, but also the meaning behind the Rosca de Reyes is the history, the evolution. You know, the rosca de Reyes from Spain and the connection behind the different jewels or the fruits on the rosca that represent the crown, and not only the fruits, but also the crisscross patterns of the different sugar toppings that represent the cross and of course, the circle itself. Right. Just the beauty of life. And of course, the hiding of baby Jesus represents the biblical times of King Herod, where they hid baby Jesus. Of course. So tonight we're going to be going over the ingredients, right? And how they work together to produce the Rosca de reyes. It's like a French brioche, right? Really rich dough. We're also going to be going over the techniques on how to form the roscas, and we'll be baking some on site as well. So we'll be breaking bread here with the community. Happy baking everyone. I was looking for somewhere to celebrate Dia de Los Reyes. I have really nice and beautiful memories when I was a kid of celebrating this and my abuela was very adamant about always getting her rosca, I want to introduce that to my children. You know, it's a great learning opportunity for especially my daughter because she's four. It's really cool to be able to explain it to her and I love the visuals and everything that they bring to it, and it's just a great way to end the holidays. I love that it's free and I think that the city should continue to put on events like this for our culture. You know? While this event was put on by El Pueblo, which is a department of the city of LA in collaboration with the mayor's office, our office, we all work together to make sure that the historic birthplace is given the dignity it deserves. And to make sure that it's an inviting space for all Angelenos to come visit, not just for today, but 365. Be careful taking a bite of that rosca over at Barrington Recreation Center. Their winter festival got underway. The event had a snowball showdown. Bouncers and slides. It was fun for the little ones and an introduction to a place they can continue to enjoy in the future . So we're here today at Barrington Recreation Center, celebrating our Winter Festival just so everyone can enjoy the remaining winter season. So as soon as they check in, they get a nice goodie bag. They walk around to the different inflatables. We have some games, arts and crafts, everything in rec and parks is all friendly and we're all community based, so the main thing is just try to encourage yourself to just come out and enjoy. I think these events are great. I mean, I think they're super important for the community. This is where we get to meet the other parents, meet all the other little kids. It's pretty dense community because we're in the apartments up the street. You get to really feel out who's going to be in the schools and everything like that. James is three years old, so we've been here, coming here for three years. I know he loves it. And I think what's been really cool as a parent is to see him grow through the stages of, you know, being stuck in the little ball pit over there. And now he's bouncing and going through the slides and just seeing his progression. And really the park, we come multiple times a week. So we love being involved and we hope to keep happening. In the recreation centers play a vital part in giving entertainment and fun for the kids so that they're not just sitting at home playing video games. They can go out and play some basketball, play some soccer, or come to a nice community. Events like this. Fun for those little ones. Now over to more games of the electronic kind at Denker Recreation Center. Kids from. 7 to 17 are learning leadership and teamwork through playing video games and being at the esports camp is also building community for real at the rec Center. So today, we're actually on our second day of the winter Esports camp. We were very excited to bring it over here at Denker Recreation Center. So all of the kids that you see behind us are basically learning to have teamwork and communication and leadership skills all through video games. Every time we play it, kids go crazy. The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive from our youngest campers, who are age seven, to our oldest, who are age 17. This is the first time I've ever seen this at any park. I think Denker is like, really cool for having this because I've never seen this anywhere else. It's really fun and the teachers are really nice. You don't really know these people, but you can bond through something that you both like. It's really fun and I feel like people should get more involved in these programs so they can get introduced to new things. Anything that gets them excited and feeling like they can be their truest self and be a little bit silly, that's what we really try to do here. It's really great to have great supervisors that are very open to wanting to start new things and see how we can develop our program. I was playing Mario Kart yesterday and won first place. How dare you in a game! Teamwork is a really big like concept, so you have to really learn how to work together with everybody else. And it really helps you make connections. And it's also getting like recognition for Denker, because not a lot of people come like on the daily. So it's kind of like helping us like build a community. Reading is foundational to a child's learning and the magic of reading is brought to life by volunteers at the Los Angeles Public Library. Star volunteers tell stories to children, but more than that, they help to foster a real love of reading. Today, we have our star volunteer, Jeffrey, 2 or 3 star is an acronym for storytelling and Reading. So we have Star volunteers come a few times a week. They read to children or children can read to them as well. They are just spending time with them, sharing stories and fostering a love of reading . No more monkey jumping on the bed. Well, I was a librarian for the County of Los Angeles for 20 years. I was a children's librarian and when I retired, um , the thing I missed was reading to kids and so I found this program and I've been here about two years. I'm here and I'm black one there. I personally think reading is the most important foundation for everything else. Your child is going to learn, and if they don't have a good reading base, it'll hold them back in whatever they want to do in the future. And the rest of their education . This is just to get them feel comfortable at the library and to learn to love books for if you fall down and hurt not only reading, but it's getting them involved while I'm reading to them. And they bounce on the bed. That's right, I'm modeling to the parents how they should read to their children at home who are my kids jumping off the Star program and any library program is free to the public for any sort of needs you may have, whether it's reading or something else you can go to lapl.org and we will help you out. One year on from the Palisades Fire, the displaced community gathered together. They honored those who died in the wildfires and marked their own resilience as they continue the fight to restore their community and the honor of those lives lost. January 7th and eighth, 2025. In the community's Pacific Palisades, the family of Arthur Simoneau, the family of Betty O'Meara. Right now, you're in the heart of the Pacific Palisades and this is the commemoration of the. January 7th fire. That's not what I would call an anniversary. You know, it's more of a memorial ceremonial. Everybody's going through loss, and I firsthand understand all of this. I've been through a fire from Paradise, California. Um we wanted to jump in and give our support in the best way that we can. One yellow. A minute ago, we were in front of the American Legion, where we were retiring. The flag that was discovered on the night of the fire. We retired it. And we're going to keep it because it's an historical piece for our community. And then we came in a procession over here to the village green, and we honored the 12 deceased from this fire by ringing the bell one time for each one of them. And then we rang the bell three times for those who have perished since. And all that we left behind in the fires. This is my ex-husband . We were married for over 30 years. We built the house that burned down that he died in. We bought the bare land and he built the house brick by brick by himself. We remain very good friends and spent holidays together with our son. I've lived in the community almost 25 years, and I lost two of my homes here, a rental property and one that I owned and everything in it, and I'm here to help people talk to people and empathize with what they're going through. As I've been battling insurance for a year and bounced around to about ten different places since the fire with animals and children, we all ran for our lives on January seventh last year. We've been displaced and it was really important to gather us all here today to recreate what we want January 7th to be for us and what that means is we are hopeful. We are resilient. Community is what will make us go forward. And we are together as long as we are united, we will recover. In this week's Things to Do Welcome in the Lunar New Year at a block party , look up to enjoy a public star party and celebrate the year of the horse in the foothills. All this up next on things to do. Welcome in the year of the horse at the annual Lunar Block Party happening at Lankershim Arts Center, join the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and the Asian Makers at Mom market on Saturday, January 24th for the Lankershim Block Party. It's an opportunity for NoHo pedestrians to reclaim the block and celebrate Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese cultures. Enjoy food, arts and crafts, performing arts and artisans. Head to Lankershim Boulevard between Otsego Street and Magnolia for the fourth annual Lunar Block Party on Saturday, January 24th, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. for more details, search for Lunar New Year at Culture City Dot gov. On Saturday, January 24th, head to the Griffith Observatory for the free public star Party. The parties are held each month at the La Landmark and World Famous Observatory. Join volunteers from the Los Angeles Astronomical Associations who will assist the public in spotting the sun, moon, visible planets and other objects in the evening sky. Try out a variety of telescopes and chat with the knowledgeable amateur astronomers. Look to the skies at the public Star Party on Saturday, January 24th from 2 p.m. until 9:45 p.m. for more information, see the calendar at Griffith Observatory. Org. As part of the city's cultural celebrations for the Lunar New Year, join the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Foothills Community to welcome in the year of the horse, the McGroarty Arts Center invites families and neighbors to gather in this historic space to enjoy an afternoon of live entertainment and Asian themed art on Sunday, January 25th, it's an opportunity for creative exploration and cultural connection. Head to the McGroarty Arts Center for a Lunar New Year celebration on Sunday, January 25th at 3 p.m. for more information, search for Lunar New Year at Cultural City Dot gov. And that's a look at some things to do. And that's all for this week. I'm Susan Huckle and from all of us here at LA this week. Thank you so much for joining us. Remember that you can watch us online anytime at La Cityview .org. We're also on Instagram, Facebook X and YouTube. See you next time for more LA this week . Outside. The Barnsdall Gallery Theater is a 300 seat performing arts space located as part of the Barnsdall Art Park here in East Hollywood. We're tucked in a corner between the Barnsdall Junior Art center and then on our other side is the la municipal Art Gallery. So often we hear, I didn't even know this was here. I'm going to come back. And that is the greatest thing we can hear is knowing that we're going to have Angelenos come back, visit our space, share our space, and enjoy everything that we have to offer here. We're primarily a rental facility, so we try and make everyone's dreams come true . It is incredibly popular with different art centers and different arts groups. Community theaters, professional theaters. We have dance companies who do their concerts. We have local colleges and high schools and elementary schools that do their graduations and their culminations. We do film screenings, young artists emerging artists, groups with very small budgets are treated and welcomed the same way as big commercial productions. What's super exciting about the Barnsdall Gallery Theater is that everybody has an opportunity to be on this stage, that you can be a very seasoned veteran and come in here and feel like you're having a wonderful, intimate conversation with the audience. You can be a four year old with your first recital and being able to feel like this is your stage and it's sort of sized for someone little, someone big, whatever you're looking for, it's perfect . So many people have told us the Barnsdall Gallery Theater or we call it BGT, feels like home to them, and that BGT is where they always go. It's their go to space for their annual event, and I think that kind of relationship in a community is so important these days. The performing arts are intrinsic to the quality of life for Angelenos and it's invaluable to have the opportunity to be able to elevate and support the communities in which we are based, who are creating a legacy of artwork that will enrich the city of Los Angeles and its cultural identity. In terms of performing arts, you can always find out information about the Barnsdall Gallery Theater by going to our website, and that is the best way to find out more information about who to contact and how to get more information . About. The. BY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. IT IS 10:30 IN THE AM ON WEDNESDAY, THE 21st DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR 2026. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BING TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF MINUTES. --BUSINESS. >> Clerk: A PRAOL AVENUE MINUTES OF JANUARY 20, 2026. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMEND TORE RERESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PARK SECONDS. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. ITEMS 1 THROUGH , ARE ITEMS WHICH PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM 1 THE EMERGENCY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 06-2072-S3. FOR ITEM NUMBER 2 THE BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR THIS COMMISSION APPOINTMENT. ITEMS 9 TROUGHS 15 ARE ITEMS WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM NUMBER 15, THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 25-0600-S129. 10 VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. DO WE HAVE SPECIALS MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 8 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ANY OTHER SPECIALS? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 12 AND 15 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> E. Hernandez: AND I ALSO WANT TO FLAG FOR ITEM 15 THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MY VOTE IS INCORRECTLY, IT'S A NO AND IT SHOULD BE YES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: 10 FOR COMMENTS. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Council President: 10? 1-0? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, WHAT OTHER ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS, THROUGH 7, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM 7 WILL BE HELD OVER TO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28, 2026 FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION, UNLESS RECONSIDERED WITH 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. NEXT, WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR? >> Council President: WE WILL AND ON ITEM NUMBER 7, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE 12 MEMBERS AT AT THIS TIME THIS MORNING, WE'LL GET THAT SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. 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 WITH UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN 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 WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FOR PHET THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE 9 THROUGH 15. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA TODAY, ARE ITEMS 9 THROUGH 15. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS, OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN MAKE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THAT ALOUD TO THE ROOMMENT IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PAUSE FOR EVERY FEW SENTENCES TO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL WAS YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SOUL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST PURSUANT TO ADA, IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK SO IS THE SERGEANT CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH WIRELESS HAND HELD MICROPHONE. FINALLY, THE ORDER IN WHICH WE CALL THE NAMES IS AT RANDOM THAT IS TO RANDOMLY GENERATED. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CALL ALOUD BEFORE YOU LINE UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL BE CALLING THE FIRST FIVE NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. JASON DOWNS, ANA P, AUDIT T, AND MR. THING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS MR. SINGH TODAY BECAUSE I PLAN TO RETIRE FROM THIS CRIMINAL CORRUPTION OF LOS ANGELES. I WANT TO SPEAK ANN ALL MOTHER FUCKEN ITEMS AND GET MY NON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON BEHALF OF MR. SINGH. LOOK AT NUMBER 15 REGARDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY GOT SOME BAD ASS COPS IN THERE WITH BIG ASS GUNS. AGAIN, NONE OF YOU CARE ABOUT THEM, BECAUSE IF YOU DID YOU WOULD OFFER NICE RETIREMENT PACKAGE AND GIVE THEM NICE RETIREMENT GIFTS BEFORE THEY LEAVE NOT WHEN THEY'RE GONE. YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR THIS SHIT BECAUSE YOUR DUMB ASS GOVERNOR DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE BUDGET, REMEMBER WHAT MAYOR BASS SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO HIRE POLICE OFFICERS. WHAT A STUPID BITCH AND THE REGULAR MEETING IN VAN NUYS, FUCK VAN NUYS, THAT'S WHAT I THINK ABOUT IT. ON ITEM NUMBER 11 AND BECAUSE I HAVE A LIMITED TIME, FUCK CD13 AND 8 BECAUSE IF IT WAS CD9, I WOULD BE IN THE COURTHOUSE IN THIRD FLOOR WITH CURREN PRICE IN DIVISION 202. LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 10 AND I'LL READ IT CLEARLY INTO MY CLERICAL UNDERSTANDING WITH MY ONE MINUTE. THE CHAIR AND MEMBER OF ENERGY DECIDES THAT RECYCLING PROGRAM AS A COMPONENT IS NOT GOOD FOR LOS ANGELES. I COULD HAVE FUCKEN TOLD YOU THAT, YOU FUCKEN MORON, EVEN SMOKING SCAN AND SMOKING SCAN AND EVEN SEEING BACK THERE CAN TELL YOU WHAT I ALREADY KNOW. COLLECTING GARBAGE FROM THE STREET LIKE RECYCLABLES WILL NEVER PAY MY RENT, GET IT? DUMB ASS ATTORNEY, BIG HEAD. I FIND THE CITY CANNOT CONTINUE THIS B.O.R. B. PROGRAM BECAUSE IT DOES NOT EXIST. JUST LIKE THE DICK IN MY HAND, DOES NOT EXIST. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR ONE MINUTE, MOVE ON TO THE ANOTHER ITEM. >> Speaker: DID I 12 ASSHOLE? REGARDING LAPD, SINGH LET'S SING ING, YOU SEE, ON HIS WAY FOR HIS RETIREMENT CANTU SAY WHAT I SEE? ABOUT MR. SING AND HIS RETIREMENT, NOW ON TO MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, BIG HEAD, MORON IDIOT STUPID CONFINED ASSHOLE. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON, YOUR TIME HAS NOT STARTED. HOLD ON, MR. HERMAN. IT IS NOT YOUR TIME YET. ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, WE'RE HAVING A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, JUST A SECOND. MR. HERMAN, DO NOT INTERRUPT ME, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING. DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING, IF YOU DO, YOU'LL BE PURSUANT TO REMOVAL. GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THIS CON TEMPOUS UP THERE, SAYS RULE 1 AND 7, SHOW ME WHAT YOUR VAGUE STUPID ASSHOLE COMMENT TOWARDS ME AND MY PUBLIC COMMENT ARE INTERFERING WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT? WHERE IS IS THE FUCKEN RULE? I WANT TO SEE IT? SO BEFORE YOU MAKE A STATEMENT OF LIES, AS YOU CAN CONTINUE TO LIE ABOUT LAHSA, AS YOU CONTINUE TO LIE ABOUT THE BUDGET, AS YOU CONTINUE TO LIE ABOUT LAPD BUDGETING AND MONIES, HEY, MR. SING IN THE BACKGROUND, OUT THERE IS ON HIS WAY OUT AND I'M GOING TO CONGRATULATE HIM BECAUSE IT'S TIME THAT LAPD GET THE FUCK OUT OF LOS ANGELES. THE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A RETIREMENT AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, 42SC, POLITELY, FUCK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Council President: HOLD ON, MR. CITY ATTORNEY WE'RE GOING TO INTERRUPT THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT THE CLERK TO REFLECT THAT MR. HERMAN THREW SOMETHING ON TO THE COUNCIL FLOOR, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REPORT REFLECTS THAT. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. WE HAVE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT, I KNOW WE HAD AT LEAST ITEM 7 THAT WE NEEDED THAT MANY MEMBERS FOR. CAN WE TAKE A VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS IF IT'S MORE THAN 7. >> Clerk: YES, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, 7 IS BEING RECONSIDERED NOW, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council Presidet: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS. >> Clerk: THAT'S ALL WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO GO BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: YES, LET'S RETURN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS. JIMMY P, SMOKE N, MARK R EDWARDS, TY FORMMAN AND TY THOMPSON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, I ASSUME ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YOU ASSUME CORRECTLY SIR. >> City Attorney: GOOD TO HEAR THE MIC IS ON. THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN 9 TROUGHS 15, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. YES. OKAY, LET'S START WITH NUMBER, I THINK IT'S 9 ABOUT THE STREET VACATION. I AM GOING TO SAY HERE AND I THINK SMOKING SCAN UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM AND I HOPE YOU DO TOO. I DON'T WANT ANY STREET VACATIONS BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T TRUST THE CITY TO KNOW THE RIGHT TIME DO IT OR THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE YOU GUYS, WENT AGAINST EVERYTHING AND CHANGED THE NAME OF NORTH BERNEDO TO NORTH BRO REGARD. YOU GAVE THEM A REVOKABLE PERMIT AND THEY VIOLATE IT CONSTANTLY. AND THEY WANT A STREET VACATION, HOW DO WE TRUST YOU GUYS THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS, THAT IF THEY, IF THEY, VIOLATE ALL THE TERMS, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SO IT SEEMS LIKE ONCE YOU GIVE ALL OF THIS LEEWAY FOR WHATEVER, THAT YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T FOLLOW-UP TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT ABUSING THE SYSTEM. AND THEN THE ONE ABOUT VAN NUYS, OKAY, BEING A VALLEY RESIDENT, I WOULD LOVE THAT BUT MR. LEE'S NAME IS ON IT AND MR. LEE, UNDERSTANDS SMOKING SCAN, REMEMBERS TOO, HE STILL OWES ME AN APOLOGY. OKAY, SO I CANNOT VOTE YES FOR ANYTHING THAT MR. LEE IS PUTTING FORWARD AND HE EVEN SAID HE DOES NOT KNOW WHY HE OWES ME AN APOLOGY AND HE'S STILL BEING BELLIGERENT. I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE A WORD WITH HIM. SOMETIMES HE HAS GOOD IDEAS AND I LIKE TO SAY YES TO HIS STUFF BUT I CAN'T. BECAUSE I CANNOT ACCEPT RUDENESS. I JUST THINK THAT'S WRONG. AND I THINK SMOKING SCAN WILL AGREE WITH ME AND I REALLY DO AND I HOPE YOU DO TOO. THE NEXT ONE, THESE UNMANED THINGS, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW, THE, EVERYONE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING AND EVERYWHERE. AT WHAT POINT, DO WE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE HAVE ENOUGH SURVEILLANCE. I'M NERVOUS, SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THE POLICE GETS IT T SCIENTOLOGY WANTS IT AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SAY OKAY. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SURVEILLANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THIS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, INCLUDING LICENSE PLATE TRACKERS AND YOU KNOW, THEY YOU KNOW, SO NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DRONES BECAUSE THAT WHAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN, THAT'S THE PROCESS SO FAR. YOU GUYS GET THIS STUFF AND SCIENTOLOGY USES IT AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS. LIKE PEOPLE GOING DOWN THE STREET OF JUST ANYWHERE AROUND ANY SCIENTOLOGY BUILDING, CANNOT HAVE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN PUBLIC AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, BUT STILL, WHO WANTS TO BE LIKE A POLICE STATE WHERE SCIENTOLOGY KNOWS ANYTHING YOU'RE SAYING. LET'S SAY NO, AND LET'S HOLD BACK UNTIL YOU GUYS DIVORCE SCIENTOLOGY. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I AM HERE TO TELL YOU-->> City Attorney: JUST A SECOND, WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE CLOCK. >> Speaker: I'LL TAKE THREE MINUTES. WE'RE TIRED OF YOU GUYS, GIVING SCIENTOLOGY ALL OF THESE CART BLANK, YOU KNOW, PERMITS, EVEN THOUGH EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY HAVE AN EVENT. I SHOW YOU EVERY SINGLE TIME, I SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF HOW THEY'RE NOT VIOLATING IN A SMALL WAY BUT IN A BIG WAY, FIRE ACCESS NO FIRE LANES. NOTHING WITH THEIR PREVENTING PEDESTRIANS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALLOWING IT AND YOU'RE OPEN TO LAWSUITS. DO I HAVE TO SUE THE CITY BECAUSE MY RIGHTS KEEP GETTING VIOLATED. I WOULD LIKE TO SMOKING SCAN TO CHIME IN AND TELL ME WHAT HE THINKS. I'M GOING TO LISTEN LATER IF YOU COULD KEEP ALLOWING THEM TO VIOLATE THE RIGHTS FOR THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN A PUBLIC STREET. AND THE PERMITS ARE CORRECT, THE PERMIT ARE CORRECT. STOP GIVING IT TO THEM. THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> GOOD MORNING, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO ATTACH MYSELF TO AUDIT'S COMMENT, I'M BORN AND RAISED IN SCIENTOLOGY, YOU ALL HAVE A JOB AND PART OF THAT JOB IS BEING TRANSPARENT AND NOT ALLOW BUSINESSES LIKE SCIENTOLOGY, FUNK GROUPS LIKE DRUG FREE WORLD OR NARCON OR HAVE OFFER SERVICES OR GALAXY PRESS INFILTRATE THE CITY OR MONEY OR PERMITS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, ON A DAILY BASIS, YOU HAVE PEOPLE INFILTRATING EN DENTURED SLAVES THAT INFILL STRAIGHT THEMSELVES IN THE CITY. THEY'RE THERE KNOWING WHAT THE CITY NEEDS, SO THEY CAN INFILTRATE IT THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IN ADVANCE. SO PLEASE, DIVORCE LIKE YOURSELF LIKE AUDIT SAID, DIVORCE YOURSELF FROM SCIENTOLOGY AND WHAT YOU THINK IS NORMAL WHAT DRUG PROGRAMS YOU THINK IS NORMAL. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND DIVORCE YOURSELF AND BE AWARE OF THAT. THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEA TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ALWAYS IT IS AN HONOR TO ADDRESS YOU ALL. I WANT TODAY MAKE SOME STATEMENTS TO RECENTER THE CONVERSATION AND DIALOGUE ON THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ANGELINOS, TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND HOPEFULLY BY EXTENSION TO THE NATION. WHAT I REALLY EXPERIENCED THIS MORNING WHEN CENTRAL CENTER EAST THERE ARE A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL VENDORS AND INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE THERE AND GROWING UP WHERE I GREW UP OUTSIDE WASHINGTON DC, THIS IS A MAJOR CONSOLIDATION OF RESPECT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING TIRELESSLY TO TRY AND ESTABLISH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GENEROUS HISPANIC COMMUNITY THAT IS THERE AND FURNISHES A LOT OF THE CENTRAL CITY EASTERNS, THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. THANK YOU GUYS, HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEMS. I WILL START WITH NUMBER 9. >> City Attorney: THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 9 WE HAVE AN EXCEPTION FOR STREET VACATION. STREET VACATION FALL INTO A CUP OF CATEGORIES BUT ONE OF THE OPTION IS SIEP R REVOKABLE, SO YOU CAN RENAME AND REVOKE A STREET TO A PRIVATE ENTITY AND YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO TAKE BACK THAT STREET ESPECIALLY IF THE SERVICE OF MAKING IT PRIVATE DOES NOT SERVE THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. AND THAT IS AN OPTION THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT AN OPTION, IT'S A LITTLE MANDATE, THAT WAS A TEST FOR YOU MR. CITY ATTORNEY WHERE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TO WEIGH FORMALLY. WHAT GOOD IS WHETHER THEY VACATE A STREET FOR PRIVATE USE. OVER AT INTERSECTION OF WEST SUNSET AND FALON AVENUE THERE IS A STREET THERE THAT HAS BEEN FOR YEARS, WITH FALSE PRETENSES AND A FALSE NARRATIVE. UNLAWFUL PERMITS. >> City Attorney: SO YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE ON ITEM 9 BUT YOU CAN CONTINUE AT GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR GENERAL COMMENT. I WANT TO MOVE TO ITEM 12, DISTRICT DRONES, THEY RULED EVEN FLOCK CAMERAS ARE IN FACT PUBLIC RECORDS. WHAT IS LAPD GOING TO DO WITH SUCH RECORDS. IF IS IT GOING TO FIGHT BACK THAT YOU'RE TAKING THE TAX DOLLAR AND YOU'RE RECORDING THE PEOPLE AND WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO ARGUE THE RECORDS FALL INTO SOME EXEMPTION. A DISTRICT JUDGE WHO RULED ON THE ISSUE WHO SAID THIS IS ALREADY PUBLIC MATTER. YOU HAVE NO ARGUMENT TO GO BACK ON. WHAT PRIVACY ARGUMENT DO YOU HAVE TO GO BACK ON WHERE YOU'RE USING TAX DOLLARS TO SPUN WE THE PEOPLE AND TO DO SO IN OPEN FASHION, YOU HAVE NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN PUBLIC. SO THAT'S A BIG POINT OF CONTENTION WITH ITEM NUMBER 12. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15 IS REGARDING HIRING FOR MORE SWORN PD PERSONNEL AND GOING RA RA BEHIND THAT. THE CITY HAS LITERALLY SHIT ITS ENTIRE BUDGET INTO THE LAPD. BUT THE PROBLEM IS LAPD HAS SO MANY LIABILITY PAY OUTS WITH REGARD TO MISCONDUCT AND CORRUPTION, THAT MANY WILL NOT SEE YOUR PENSION PAID OUT. THE CITY IS THAT MUCH IN DEBT. AND IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES ON INCREASING YOUR BENEFIT NOW. THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BENEFIT ARE THOSE THAT ARE RETIREMENT AGE. THE REST ARE FUCKED. AND YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR PENSION, THE CITY HAS A BOND OND YOU AND FUCKED YOU OVER A PENSION. ALL YOU CAN EXPECT IS OVERTIME BUT ZERO RETIREMENT OPTIONS. YOU'RE ROYALLY FUCKED AND YOU HAVE THIS CITY COUNCIL TO THANK FOR. MOVING ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: BACK ON THE STREET VACATION ISSUE, SCIENTOLOGY FOR YEARS HAS BEEN USING THE BUREAU STREET SERVICES SPECIFICALLY THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP UNDER THE COMMAND OF KEITH MOSA AND I CONDUCTED A PAPER, I ALSO HAVE A MISCONDUCT PROFILE ON HYDEE FINE SEEN SOTO THAT SHE NEVER CONFERS WITH THE VICTIMS AND REPRESENTED HIS NAME IS ANTHONY DEAMATO SELF PEDOPHILE AND SHE PROTECTED HIS ASS. HE HAS FAMILY MEMBERS AND USING HIS EXECUTIVE POSITION AS THE HEAD OF THE BUREAU SERVICES TO UNLAWFULLY GIVE SCIENTOLOGY VERY SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THEM TO CLOSE DOWN A STREET, THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO USE THE PUBLIC STREET AND IT'S TOTAL BULL SHIT. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: WE WILL NOW BE CALLING THE NEXT FIVE NAMES, AMY, AUDITS L.A., DAPHNE G, ERNGR AND FREDERICK. >> ITEM 8. >> City Attorney: ITEM 8 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: YES, I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO IT IN GENERAL. I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND ADD VA --ADVOCACY IN L.A., 10-MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT ITEM 8, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AFFAIRS AND PROGRAM FRAMEWORK. THIS IS A SOLID WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN THAT WHEN IMPLEMENTED WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. THE CULTURAL PROGRAM WILL SHOWCASE LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE BY ENGAGING OVER 150 ARTIST AND ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVATING ALL 15 COUNCIL DISTRICTS. THIS WILL UP LIFT OUR COMMUNITIES AND STORIES AND CELEBRATE L.A.'S DIVERSITY. AND LASTLY, FREE ACCESSIBLE BEDS WILL REACH AT LEAST 6,000 RESIDENT SXZ PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE INVESTING IN INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING AND ENSURES ALL ANGELINOS BENEFIT FROM THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC LEGACY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, JUST A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: SO WE NEED TO YOU REDUCE THE NUMBER SIGNATURES NEED FOR THE BILLIONAIRE BILL TAX TO GET ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR. I WENT AND CHECKED ALL THE BLOGS ALL THE NEWS, THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT THEY HAVE FIVE YEARS TO PAY IT. THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT IT'S ONLY 5 PERCENT. SO WE NEED YOU TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES IT TAKES TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT. OKAY? >> City Attorney: YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR COMMENT, WE CANNOT RESPOND BACK AND FORTH. >> Speaker: I TALKED TO EVERYBODY I'M A BLUE COLLAR WORKER, WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD WEALTH, THEY GET TURNED OFF. YOU CAN HEAR THE RICH PEOPLE PROBLEM. THE ANSWER IS BILLIONAIRE'S TAX. GET ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR. THAT'S IT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ONE MORE SPEAKER? IS IT ONE MORE SPEAKER OR THAT'S IT? >> Clerk: WE'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FIVE NAMES. IN A SONG, MIKE ANDERSON, MR. BEN B AND MS. ANDREA ROMERO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WAS JUST GIVING A GENERAL PUBLIC COME. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: LIKE MOST OF LOS ANGELES, I SAW YOU YOU'RE ALL TALKING AND I GOT DISMISSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT MY VOTE MATTERED. I THOUGHT PUTTING YOU IN THERE MATTERED. ONLY 20 PERCENT SHOWS UP TO ELECT YOU. THAT LEAVES A SMALL PERCENTAGE WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE MORE LOYAL TO THE UNION AND TO BILLIONAIRES, WHICH IS WHY YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU'RE SHARING DATA FROM CAMERAS TO DHS SUR SHAYING SURVEILLANCE, YOU'RE USING THIS TO CREATE A SURVEILLANCE. ICE IS PULLING NEIGHBORS OUT OF OUR STREETS. THEY ARE ATTACKING PEOPLE, THEY ARE ACTING LAWLESSLY, THEY'RE PROVOKING PEOPLE AND WHITE SUPREMACIST. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHAT JOHN LEWIS SAID, GET IN GOOD TROUBLE AND HELP REDEEM THE SOUL OF AMERICA AND IF TELLING THE TRUTH IS BAD TROUBLE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER NAMES . >> Clerk: WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF LEFT. RED SCOTT, ROGER TEGE AND ZUMAD. >> City Attorney: OKAY, NO ONE IS COMING UP, SO IF WE READ ALL NAMES, WE HAVE EXHAUSTED PUBLIC COMMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? >> Clerk: YES, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS CONCLUDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 7, 9, 1, --13 AND 14, SIR. >> Council President: THANK YOU, OPEN ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 8 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YESTERDAY I JOINED PARTNERS AT PLAZA DECULTURA Y ARTES. FOR MORE THAN FIVE WEEKS, THEY WILL TRANSFORM TO CASA DE MEXICO WHERE ANGELINOS CAN COME TOGETHER TO SHARE LOVE OF THE TEAM AND GAME. IT WILL FEATURE WORLD CUP MATCHES WHILE CELEBRATING MEXICO CULTURE. WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN GLOBAL EVENTS. LOS ANGELES IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CITY OF THE WORLD WHERE CULTURE BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS, LANGUAGES AND GENERATION SXZ THAT BRINGS US TO THE ITEM BEFORE US TODAY. BEFORE US IS A CULTURAL PROGRAM FOR THE 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, A CITY WIDE EFFORT THAT WILL BRING ARTS PROGRAMMING TO NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS LOS ANGELES, BEFORE, DURING AND IN BETWEEN THE GAMES. THE FRAMEWORK ADVANCED BY OUR COMMITTEE MAKES IT CLEAR WHEN THE WORLD'S EYES ARE IN LOS ANGELES, THE BEST OF OUR COMMUNITIES WILL SHINE AS CENTER STAGE. NOT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT BUT. ACCESSIBLE TO ALL ANGELINOS INCLUSIVE OF COMMUNITY VOICES AND REFLECTIVE OF THE FULL DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY. SUPPORTS LOCAL ARTIST AND VENDORS WHO ALREADY SHAPE OUR CULTURAL LIFE AND DRIVE OUR CREATIVE ECONOMY. AND THAT MATTERS BECAUSE WHEN WE INVEST IN LOCAL CREATIVES AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMMING THESE EVENTS STRENGTHEN OUR AREAS AND LEAVE A LEGACY ANGELINOS WILL FEEL LONG AFTER THE CLOSING CEREMONY. IT'S A BIG PRIOR TO OF MINE AND I THANK MEMBERS THAT THE BENEFIT ARE INTENTIONAL AND NOT JUST BY ACCIDENT FOR OUR LOCAL ARTIST AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND SO, IT'S AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR LOS ANGELES AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT A FRAMEWORK THAT REFLECTS THE CITY WE KNOW. A PLACE WHERE ART AND THE WORLD MEET. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER JAOUR DO, LET'S OPEN ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 10 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLAMENT >> I. Padilla: YES AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE L.A. SANS COME TO THE TABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE L.A. SANS? THERE THEY ARE. >> I. Padilla: COLLEAGUES THE CURRENT REPSYCH--RECYCLA PROGRAM REFER TO AS EXTRA SERVICE FEES. FOR ELIGIBLE RECYCLA CUSTOMERS IN ORDER TONE COURAGE RECYCLING. UNDER THE PROGRAM, UNDER THE PROGRAM THE COST OF LOST REVENUE IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE RECYCLING SERVICE PROVIDERS, RATHER THAN BEING PASSED ON TO CUSTOMER. RECYCLA 2.0 BY BUNDLING THESE SERVICES INTO A NEW RATE STRUCTURE. L.A. SAN HAS STATED THAT RECYCLA 2.0 IS EXPECTED TO BE IN AFFECT BY FEBRUARY 2027. HOWEVER COLLEAGUES, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE CITY REPEATEDLY EXPERIENCED DELAYS IN RFP PROCESSES THAT FAIL TO MEET THEIR ORIGINAL TIMELINES. TODAY WE'RE BEING ASKED TO TERMINATE A PROGRAM THAT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT RECYCLA 2.0 WILL BE READY AND IN PLACE BY FEBRUARY 2027. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CURRENT CONTRACT INCLUDES AN OPTION TO CONTINUE ON MONTH TO MONTH BASIS FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS, SHOULD THERE BE A DELAY IN THE RFP, THIS OPTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED TO PROVIDE L.A. SANS ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS. HOWEVER IF WE CHOOSE TO TERMINATE TODAY, THE PROGRAM NOW, WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE SHARING THESE COSTS WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS DURING ANY MONTH TO MONTH EXTENSION. IN THAT SCENARIO, ACCESS AND DISTANCE FEES WILL NO LONGER BE COVERED BY THE CITY AND RFP AND WOULD INSTEAD BE PASSED DIRECTLY TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND MINE, PURSUING THIS OPTION WOULD ALLOW L.A. SANS FLEXIBILITY WHILE ENSURING THAT CUSTOMERS DO NOT BEAR THE FINANCIAL BURDEN DURING ANY TRANSITIONAL PERIOD. AND WITH THAT IN MIND, HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE THE CURRENT STATUS OF RFPs IS IT MEET ING THE NECESSARY TIMELINE? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BIDS WERE DUE BUT PUSHED BACK TO DECEMBER. THIS GIVES ME PAUSE AT A SUGGESTION THAT WE MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN AT A EARLY SETBACK IN THE PROCESS? >> WELL, GOOD MORNING, DAN MEYERS P L.A. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENT. SO, TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR RFP AND WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. SO THE RFPs WERE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER. THEY DID GET PUSHED BACK A MONTH UP TO DECEMBER 11th. THAT WAS TO TAKE CARE OF REALLY SOME KEY ITEMS THAT WE HAD WITH SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR PARTNERS. BUT WE, ARE REMAIN ON SCHEDULE. WE RECEIVED NINE PROPOSALS BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER. THOSE PROPOSALS THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN BROKEN UP AND PROVIDED TO FIVE DIFFERENT EVALUATIONS TEAMS. WHO BEGAN EVALUATIONS THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY. THOSE EVALUATIONS ARE ON TRACK TO BE CONCLUDED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. >> I. Padilla: OF THIS YEAR? >> OF THIS YEAR. FROM THERE, WE'LL DECIDE WHO IT IS WE'RE GOING TO BRING INTO NEGOTIATIONS BASED UPON THOSE EVALUATIONS. NEGOTIATIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN MID-MARCH. THOSE, THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING CONTRACTS DRAFTED AND READY TO PROCESS BY THE END OF JUNE. WE ANTICIPATE GETTING TO OUR BOARD IN AUGUST AT THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS FOR CONTRACT AWARD. AND, TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL BY OCTOBER. ALL WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS IN PLACE TO TAKE OVER THE EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT EXPIRE FEBRUARY 1 2027. >> I. Padilla: ARE WE REQUIRED TOPROVIDE NOTIFICATION TO TERMINATE THE RBI PROGRAM? WE'RE BEING TOLD THE ANSWER IS NO, THAT THIS ACTION IS PRIMARILY TO PROTECT THE GENERAL FUND. SO IF WE DON'T GET THE RFPs COMPLETED, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE VERY CONFIDENT. BUT WILL OUR CONSUMERS, OUR CUSTOMERS SEE A SURPRISE FACTOR? >> SO, THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION WHICH IS, ARE WE REQUIRED? SO, WHAT THE CONTRACT STATE IS THAT, CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO REVIEW IT. THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM, THIS IS AT ANY POINT, IT'S NOT THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS COULD HAVE OCCURED TWO YEARS AGO. SO, IT'S TO CONSIDER AND IF THEY WANT TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT, THEN, THAT IS A DECISION THAT HAS TO BE MADE BY CITY COUNCIL. ONCE THAT DECISION IS MADE, IT STARTS A 12-MONTH CLOCK. SO, SO, THE RBR, THE ACCESS AND DISTANCE FEES THAT ARE BEING CREDITED TO CUSTOMERS ACCOUNTS RIGHT NOW. CANNOT BE ASSESSED TO CUSTOMERS BEFORE THE END OF THAT 12-MONTH PERIOD. SO, IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO TERMINATE THAT PROGRAM, IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY TERMINATE THE PROGRAM AT, AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT EXPLORATIONS OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT. THESE TERMS DO NOT AND WILL NOT CARRY OVER INTO A NEW CONTRACT. BUT TO TO YOUR POINT COUNCILMEMBER, THE DECISION THAT IS REALLY BEING MADE IS THAT IF THE CONTRACTS MOVE TO A MONTH TO MOVE, BECAUSE THERE IS A DELAY IN, IN THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACTS. THEN THAT DECISION WOULD AFFECT WHETHER THE CUSTOMERS COULD BE ASSESSED THE ACCESS AND DISTANCE FEES THAT THEY'RE BEING CREDITED CURRENTLY. >> THANK YOU. SO DURING RECESS YOUR TEAM SHARED WITH MY STAFF THAT THE RBR PROGRAM WOULD SUNSET ON ITS OWN ONCE RECYCLA ENDS. THEN CHOOSING NOT TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO TERMINATE THE PROGRAMS WOULD MAKE LITTLE DIFFERENCE. SO IF THE QUESTION IS TO PROTECT THIS FUND HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THE CONSUMERS ARE PROTECTED? IS THAT BY STAYING ON TIMELINE? >> STAYING ON TIMELINE, WOULD AVOID THAT. BUT THE VOTE TODAY WOULD DETERMINE IF THE CONTRACTS HAVE TO BE EXTENDED. WHETHER THE FEES COULD BE CHARGED BACK TO THE CUSTOMERS AT THE END OF THE 12-MONTH NOTICE PERIOD WHICH WOULD OCCUR UNDER A MONTH TO MONTH CONTRACT TIME FRAME GIVEN WHERE WE ARE. >> SO WE NEED YOU TO STAY ON TIMELINE OR ELSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONSUMERS SEE A HUGE INCREASE IN THEIR UTILITIES, CORRECT? >> WE NEED--. >> CAUSE A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS. >> WE NEED TO STAY ON TIMELINE IN ORDER TO AVOID TO THE EITHER EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT WITH A GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY OR TO HAVE, TO HAVE THE FEES POTENTIALLY GO BACK TO THE CUSTOMERS, OF A NO-VOTE WOULD MEAN THAT THE GENERAL FUND WOULD CONTINUE TO BE EXPOSED IN THE SCENARIO WHERE THE CONTRACTS ARE EXTENDED. SO, EITHER, EITHER OF THOSE PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON MAKING SURE WE STAY ON OUR TIMELINE FOR THESE CONTRACTS. >> YEAH, I PREFER NOT TO EXPOSE CONSUMERS VERSUS EXPOSE ING THE GENERAL CONTRACT, THE GENERAL FUND, PERSONALLY, I JUST THINK THAT THEY'RE MORE PRIOR PIT. WELL ACCORDING TO THE CAO'S REPORT, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 66,000, 66,000 CUSTOMERS UNDER RECYCLA AND THE RBR SERVES ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF THEM. IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 6, 71 PERCENT OF THAT 30 ARE LOCATED IN LOW TO MODERATE INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE I HAD NOT SPOKEN IN DECADES, CALLED ME AND TOLD ME HOW MUCH IT IMPACTED THEM FOR THEIR RATES TO GO UP. SO AS A COUNCILMEMBER, I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT MY CONSTITUENTS. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM COSTS THE CITY APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION PER MONTH, I THINK THAT THIS IS OUR JOB. SO TERMINATING IT, WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN MY DISTRICT WHEN IT ALREADY HAPPENED ONCE. SO WE HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE UTILITIES INCREASE, WHILE SOME OF THE INCREASES WERE LONG OVERDUE. I CANNOT SUPPORT TODAY'S ACTION THAT CAN RESULT AND GET ANOTHER UTILITY COSTS INCREASE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS AT THIS TIME. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, OUTLOOK ON POTENTIALLY GETTING THE TIMELINE RIGHT BUT WE DELAYED IT A MONTH BECAUSE WE ALREADY FELT, THE RFP A MONTH BECAUSE WE ALREADY DIDN'T HAVE OUR ACT TOGETHER. SO I DON'T WANT TO RISK. I JUST DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE TIMELINE. SO I SINCERELY HOPE THAT L.A. SANS MEETS ALL DEADLINE BUT IT'S NOT A RISK THAT I CAN TAKE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. SO, IT'S NOT OKAY FOR ME TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON THEM. SO COLLEAGUES, TODAY, I WILL BE VOTING NO. I HOPE ALSO VOTE NO. AND IF YOU DON'T, AND THINGS DON'T GO ACCORDING TO PLAN, IS WISH YOU A LOT OF FUN WITH THE PHONE CALLS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THE WAY I ONCE DAY BEFORE BEING A COUNCILMEMBER BUT KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY LEADER THAT KNEW HOW TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO CALL THEIR COUNCIL OFFICES WHEN ONCE UPON A TIME TRASH BILL WAS $25 AND THEN IT WENT UP TO CLOSE TO $200. I URGE AN NO-VOTE TODAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR YOUR INSIDES ON THIS PROGRAM. I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE AT THE MEETING WHERE THIS WAS DISCUSSED. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS TO CONSUMERS TODAY AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THE FUTURE. SO 30 PERCENT OF CONSUMERS ARE AVAILING OF THIS PROGRAM. WHAT WOULD THEIR FEES. THE FEES THAT THEY SEE, HOW WOULD THOSE BE IMPACTED TODAY? HOW WOULD THOSE BE IMPACTED AT THE END OF THE RECYCLA CONTRACT AND HOW WOULD IT BE IMPACTED IF THAT PROGRAM WAS DELAYED? I WONDER IF YOU CAN CLAIRE THAT ON THE RECORD. >> SO AS FAR AS IMPACT TODAY GOES, THAT'S THE EASIEST ANSWER. IS THEY'RE A DECISION TODAY, DOES NOT IMPACT OUR RECYCLA CUSTOMERS FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS. AND THE FEES VARY QUITE A BIT FROM CUSTOMER TO CUSTOMER. IF I RECALL, AND I WILL NOT TAKE TIME TO SCROLL BACK THROUGH IT, BUT, CUSTOMERS THAT ARE CHARGED AN ACCESS FEE. I BELIEVE THOSE FEES ON AVERAGE, IS AROUND $100 A MONTH. THAT'S AN AVERAGE, IT CAN BE AS LOW AS 60, IT CAN BE LOW AS 700 OR 800 DOLLARS. AND THAT'S JUST ON ACCESS FEES. DISTANCE FEES ARE DIFFERENT, THEY TYPICALLY IMPACT CUSTOMERS RATES MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THAN ACCESS FEES. AND THOSE FEES ON AVERAGE, SOMEWHERE IN THE, THE MID-600 RANGE. THAT'S MONTHLY. SO BUT. >> N. Raman: FOR MULTI FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL? >> CORRECT, THOSE ARE THE RECYCLA CUSTOMERS. >> N. Raman: SO IF IT'S A $600 MONTH THAT CAN BE PASSED ON TO RESIDENTS IF YOU'RE IN AN APARTMENT? >> YEAH. HOW, HOW THESE FEES ARE PASSED ON TO THEIR CUSTOMERS, IS VERY MUCH DEPENDENT UPON THEIR LEASE AGREEMENTS OR THEIR RENTAL AGREEMENTS THEY WOULD HAVE WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS. BUT IT WOULD BE, BUT A CUSTOMER IS TYPICALLY A 5-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING BUT COULD BE A 500-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING SO IT'S THAT ENTIRE RANGE. >> RIGHT. >> BUT, BUT THOSE FEES CAN ALSO GO UP TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SO, I THINK. >> IT WOULD GO FROM 600,000. >> I THINK THE HIGHEST CUSTOMER PAYS ACCESS WOULD BE ASSESSED AN ACCESS OF 20,000 A MONTH. >> N. Raman: AND THAT'S WHAT THE FEES WILL RISE TO IF WE DON'T HAVE A NEW RFP IN PLACE AND IF THE NEW PROCUREMENT IS NOT SET UP BY 2027? >> SO, THOSE FEES COULD NOW, THOSE ARE OUTLYERS THESE FEES AND THESE PROGRAM WILL NOT EXIST IN THE NEW CONTRACT. NO EXPOSURE TO THE CITY OR CUSTOMERS. AS FAR AS THE FEES BEING PASSED ON, IF THIS COUNCIL VOTES TO TERMINATE THE PROGRAM, THEN THOSE FEES COULD BE PASSED ON TO THEIR CUSTOMERS AT THE END OF THE 12-MONTH PERIOD. AND THE RECYCLA CONTRACTS AREN'T IN PLACE. SO RECYCLA CONTRACTS ARE IN PLACE BY FEBRUARY 1, 2027. THE VOTE YES OR NO IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT CUSTOMERS IN ANY WAY. IT'S ONLY IF, RECYCLA CONTRACTS AREN'T IN PLACE FEBRUARY FIRST. WE GO MONTH TO MONTH AND THEN IN THAT MONTH TO MONTH PERIOD WHILE THE NEW CONTRACTS DO COME IN TO PLACE, THAT IS WHEN, THE DECISION BY THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE TO EITHER HAVE THOSE FEES POTENTIALLY PASSED BACK ON TO THE CUSTOMER OR FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE PROGRAM AT A COST OF ALMOST TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH. >> N. Raman: BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND WE DON'T, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE THIS? WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE PAYING THIS OUT OVER NEXT YEAR? >> CORRECT. >> N. Raman: SO I GUESS I'M UNDER SCORING COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S QUESTION WHY ARE WE BEING ASKED TO DO THIS. IF THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE NEW CONTRACT WILL BE IN PLACE AND THE NEW CONTRACT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THESE FEES AND THIS IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE A COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM? WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THIS? IT FEELS LIKE IT TAKES AWAY AN INCENTIVE. >> SO AS PART OF OUR PROCESS WHEN WE CAME TO, THE CITY COUNCIL ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, CITY COUNCIL DID ASK THE CEO TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNSEL --COUNCIL AND REPORT ON THE RBR PROGRAM AND WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE SUSTAINED. >> N. Raman: BUT IT IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE A PROGRAM? AFTER FEBRUARY FIRST, 2027 PROVIDED YOUR CONTRACTING MOVES FORWARD RIGHT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> SO THAT TOOK CARE OF THAT CONSTRUCTION? YEAH, I'M SORRY I'M JUST A LITTLE. >> NO, NO, THAT'S COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT NOW AT THE WINDOW. THIS CONVERSATION WOULD HAVE LOOKED DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MEANS IF THE DECISION CAME A YEAR AGO, RIGHT? THE DECISION CAME A YEAR AGO, THEN WHAT WE WOULD BE ASKING IS YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL DO YOU WANT TO TERMINATE THE PROGRAM AND HAVE THESE FEES PASSED ON TO THE CUSTOMER? BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY CAN AFFORD THE PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD. SO IT'S MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM IF WE GO MONTH TO MONTH. >> SORRY. >> PLEASE. >> N. Raman: YES. >> JANICE, OFFICE OF THE COO IN OUR REPORT OUR OPERATION IS CONSIDERING THE WHAT IFs AND THE CONTINGENCY PLAN. SO IF COUNCIL DOES NOT MOVE TO APPROVE THE ACTIONS TODAY, IF SIX MONTHS DOWN THE LINE, WE DETERMINE THAT THE TIMELINE IS NOT GOING TO BE MET, THERE IS NO LONGER AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT THE GENERAL FUND SIX MONTHS FROM NOW BECAUSE A 12-MONTH NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO TERMINATE THE PROGRAM. SO IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO HAVE THAT OPTION TO PRESERVE THE GENERAL FUND, IN CASE--. >> N. Raman: BUT IT'S NOT AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IF THE RFP MOVES FORWARD ACCORDING TO YOUR TIMELINE, THE GENERAL FUND WILL NO LONGER BE IMPACTED. >> CORRECT, THAT'S IF ALL THINGS GO WELL. >> N. Raman: I GUESS, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND SMILING AND NODDING. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE TAKING AWAY THE INCENTIVE TO GET THIS ONE IN A TIMELY FASHION. >> THE INTENT IS NOT TO TAKE AWAY THE INCENTIVE, EVERYONE IS STILL COMMITTED TO GETTING THIS DONE ON TIME. >> N. Raman: I DON'T WANT TO DELABOR THE POINT BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I MEAN, THIS IS A MAT PER OF, IS YOUR PRIORITY TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER? OR GENERAL FUND? AND I GET IT THAT, IF WE, ELIMINATE IT TODAY, I DON'T SEE IT AS REMOVING THE INCENTIVE FOR L.A. SAN TO GET THE TIMELINE RIGHT WITH RECYCLA. IT TOOK SIX YEARS TO BUILD RECYCLA. I HAD JUST BECOME A COUNCILMEMBER WHEN IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. EVERYTHING HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS TO AMEND IT AND CHANGE IT. I WISH WE NEVE HAD. BECAUSE OF WHAT TT COSTING PEOPLE. SO REALLY COLLEAGUES, YOU HAVE A CHOICE TODAY. ASSUME HOPE AND PRAY, THAT RECYCLA WORKS OUT IN A TIMELY FASHION BUT IF IT DOESN'T AND GIVEN THE CHANGE AT STAFF AT L.A. SAN THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WHO BUILT THIS OUT, WHO BUILT IT WITH A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF TEDIOUS DATA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE TEAMSTERS AND LABOR, I JUST DN'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE ON TIME AND I DON'T TRUST IT. TODAY YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE, PUTTING A COST TO YOUR CONSUMERS OR USE IT FOR A GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR THINGS RELATE TODAY QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I. Padilla: THAT'S THE CHOICE HERE. THAT'S THE CHOICE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, WE ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE A ONE-YEAR NOTICE OF THE END OF THE PROGRAM? CORRECT? AND SO, THIS ISSUE FEELS LIKE A GAME OF CHICKEN. AND THE GAME OF CHICKEN IS WILL WE PUT RECYCLA BACK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE PROGRAM IN PLACE IN ONE YEAR OR NOT. IF WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL BE IN PLACE, KIND OF DOESN'T MATTER. AND IF WE'RE NOT CONFIDENT, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. ARE WE PROTECTING OUR BUDGET. THE CITY'S BUDGET I'M REPEATING AND MAKING SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND, REPEATING MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. IF WE'RE NOT CONFIDENT ARE WE LOOK TO GO PROTECT THE CITY'S BUDGET ARE WE LOOKING TO PROTECT THE CONSUME? THE RESIDENT? SO MY SENSE IS THAT, IN THE VEND DIAGRAM IN THE RISK TREE, NOT ACTING TODAY, IS PROTECTING IS, IS PROTECTING THE CONSUMER OR, OR BETTING THAT YOU'LL PUT IT ALL IN PLACE. ACTING TODAY TO REMOVE IT, IS PROTECTING THE CITY'S BUDGET OR ASSUMING YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN PLACE. AND SO I THINK ON THE RISK DIAGRAM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BECOMES, WILL WE PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION A YEAR FROM NOW THAT WE'RE SPENDING GENERAL FUND MONEY THAT IS HARD TO FIND AT THE FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND WE ALL HAVE THE GRAPHS AND TABLES THAT SHOW THAT HAS UNEQUAL IMPACT BUT ALL OUR RESIDENTS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR ILLUMINATING THE RISK TREE THAT WE HAVE HERE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. McOSKER. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 12 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: CAN CAN I BE COUNTED AS NUMBER NO. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THE RECORD IS 10 AYES AND 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 12. >> A. Nazarian: I WANT TO ASK ITEM 1 AND 10 TO BE SENT FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHTCIOUS WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 12 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SPECIAL VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 15 A AND THAT IS AMENDMENT MOTIONS SOTO-MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE CAO AND COO ON THIS ITEM. IF WE CAN CALL THEM UP. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MATT OUR C A O. SO I HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONVERSATION IN BUDGET AND FINANCE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH SHARON. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME AND THE PUBLIC WHERE, I WANT TO ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT. JUST IN CONTEXT, WE HAD THIS INTENSE COUNCIL MEETING I THINK THE LAST DAY OF SESSION OF LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER. AND THE CONVERSATION REALLY CAME AROUND, THE ON GOING COSTS. WE CAN FIND THE ONE-TIME MONEY BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THE ON GOING COSTS. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ONE TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE IS THE ONE TIME, MONEY AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ON GOING MONEY. WHAT HAS CHANGED? WHAT HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN? >> MATT SZABO, CITY ADMINISTRATIVE ISER. --OFFICER. WE DID THE REPORT BEFORE YOU, I'LL BACK UP. IN THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE JANUARY CLASS AND AS BY WAY OF, BACKGROUND OF COURSE, THE ADOPTED BUDGET PROVIDED FOR 240 HIRES. THERE WAS AT THE SAME TIME, THAT THOSE NUMBER OF HIRES WERE PROVIDED THE LAPD AND PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN, IMPROVING SIGNIFICANTLY, THE HIRING PROCESS. AND THEY, EXHAUSTED THEIR BUDGET AUTHORITY AND THEY'RE HIRING AUTHORITY WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. IN DECEMBER, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED ONE ADDITIONAL CLASS OF 40 OFFICERS AND AT THE SAME TIME, INSTRUCTED ME TO COME BAK TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WITH OPTIONS TO FUND AN ADDITIONAL UP TO 130 OFFICERS FOR THE REMAINER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE HIRING FROM 240 TO 410. LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT WITH A YEAR-END DEPLOYMENT OF 8055. THE REPORT BEFORE YOU PROVIDES OPTIONS OR PROVIDES A RECOMMENDATION SHOULD YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL HIRING TO PAY FOR THAT THIS YEAR. THE COSTS FOR THIS YEAR'S HIRING IS ABOUT 2.7 MILLION AND ALSO ADDITIONAL 400,000 AND FOUR POSITIONS SO TOTAL OF 3 MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR BY TRANSFERRING FUNDS EITHER WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OR FUNDS THAT WERE SET ASIDE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THE QUESTION OF THE ON GOING COSTS WHICH IS ABOUT 25 MILLION DOLLARS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26-27 IS A QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO ANSWER WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF BIJT DELIBERATION. THERE IS AN INSTRUCTION IN THE REPORT BEFORE YOU, THAT, THAT DIRECTS ME TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE MAYOR WITH OPTIONS FOR REDUCTIONS TO THE LAPD'S BUDGET IN FISCAL 26-27 THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE OR EXCLUSIVE OF REDUCTIONS TO THE CIVILIAN SIDE, CIVILIAN LAYOFFS, THAT CAN, THAT COULD COVER THE COSTS OF THE ADDITIONAL HIRES, THE ADDITIONAL, THE HIGHER THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET HAD AUTHORIZED IN TERMS OF THE FINAL DEPLOYMENT. THEY HAD DEPLOYMENT OF 8400. ONE OPTION THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT IS ADDITIONAL REVENUE GENERATED IN THE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S A SMALL AMOUNT. THERE ARE FEES THAT ARE BEING INCREASED THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS. ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TODAY, BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD REDUCE ON GOING BASIS, THE FUNDING FOR SWORN OVERTIME. THERE IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT IS, JUST GOT OFF THE GROUND, THAT ALLOWS OFFICERS TO WORK OVERTIME AND THEN DEPOSIT WHAT WE CALL A VOLUNTEER BANK, THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CASH VALUE IT ONLY HAS ESSENTIALLY COMPENSATE SD TIME OFF VALUE. THAT WOULD BE A DIRECT SAVINGS THAT PROGRAM EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN IN AFFECT FOR ONLY ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF HAS ALREADY GENERATED ABOUT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS. BY TIME WE'RE DISCUSSING THE BUDGET IF IN APRIL WE'LL HAVE BETTER IDEA HOW THAT GENERATE. AND THAT IS A SOURCE OF REDUCTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN COVER THE ON GOING COSTS OF THIS ADDITIONAL HIRING SHOULD YOU MOVE FORWARD. >> AND SO THERE IS A LOT VARIABLES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH. OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF, WHERE THAT GETS US? SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS? OUT OF THE 25 MILLION? >> AS I SAID ON THE, ON THE OVERTIME, IS COULDN'T, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THAT TODAY, WE HAVE JUST A FEW WEEKS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM. I WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE FULL COUNCIL IN THE MID-YEAR FSR AND EVERY FSR WHAT THE ON GOING SAVINGS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GENERATING. YESTERDAY, WE ALSO WE ALSO CONSIDERED A LENGTHY REPORT THAT WILL BE COMING TO THIS BODY SHORTLY ON A NUMBER OF OPTIONS TO INCREASE REVENUE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, THE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE DECISION TO HOW WE COVER THE ON GOING COSTS NEEDS TO BE MADE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OVERALL BUDGET, BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE WILL MAKE IN THE 26-27 BUDGET. BOTH ON EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS THAT COULD INCREASE REVENUE PICTURE THAT MY OFFICE IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BODY PURSUING. >> SURE, SO SOME POSSIBLE SAVINGS ON THE OVERTIME PROGRAM BUT THAT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. IT'S FOUR MILLION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SAVINGS WILL BE THERE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND POSSIBLE INCREASE IN FEES. DOESN'T THE FEE STUDY TAKE TIME IN ORDER TO DO THAT? >> THE FEE STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND THE PROPOSALS, WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED YESTERDAY AT BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: AND HOW QUICKLY CAN THEY BE IMPLEMENTED. >> AS SOON AS THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED THEY WILL BE ADOPTED WITHIN 30 DAYS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: AS OF TODAY? >> ONCE THE FULL COUNCIL ADOPTS THEM. I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE AGENDA BUT THEY WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER FOR US TO COUNT THAT REVENUE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. >> H. Soto-Martinez: OKAY, SO 2.5 SEEMS PRETTY LIKELY. >> YES. >> H. Soto-Martinez: SOME UNKNOWN AMOUNT FOR OT, I DON'T THINK IT GETS US TO 20 OR 20.25. SEEMS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE WE'LL GET THERE SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CALL IT 25. VERY UNLIKELY WE'LL COVER THE 25 MILLION OF ON GOING COSTS. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN AFTER THAT? >> WELL IT'S, I WOULD SAY, UNCLEAR WHETHER THOSE TWO AREAS WILL REDUCE COSTS WOULD COVER THE 25 MILLION. I THINK, IT, THE INSTRUCTION IS THAT WE WOULD LOOK FOR REDUCTION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHAT I'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH. I DON'T HAVE THAT CURRENTLY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE OVERALL OF 26-27 BUDGET FOR LAPD. AND OUR COMMITMENT HOWEVER, IS TO IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR THE FULL COUNCIL, WHERE THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE COMING FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. >> OKAY. BUT, YOU SAID ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES IS THAT WE CAN JUST FIND THE SAVINGS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF? CORRECT? >> THAT WAS THE INSTRUCTION THAT WAS GIVEN YESTERDAY IN BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: OKAY, THAT'S THAT BEEN ANALYZED? IT'S A FOUR BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET? HAVE WE LOOKED AT WHERE WE CAN FIND THAT MONEY? >> THAT WORK IS ON GOING. AS CURRENTLY JUST IN THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, OUR OFFICE IS ENGAGED IN DAILY WORK ON GOING WORK, TO ANALYZE NOT JUST LAPD'S BUDGET PROPOSAL BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL. WE'RE CONDUCTING THAT ANALYSIS PRESENTLY AND WE'LL BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE NEXT, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BEGINS TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET PROPOSAL. SO THAT WORK IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHY I CAN'T BRING THAT TO YOU TODAY BUT THE COMMITMENT IS TO BRING THAT TO YOU BEFORE THE BUDGET IS CONSIDERED. >> H. Soto-Martinez: OKAY, UH-HUH. QUESTION FOR MS. SO, THE CLA, HAVE YOU BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS ANALYSIS WHERE WE CAN FIND THE MONEY? >> NO. THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PART OF THE MAYOR'S PROCESS, WE DO NOT GET INVOLVED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROCESS UNTIL THE MAYOR RELEASES THE BUDGET IN APRIL. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR MR. SZABO TO POINT OUT WHERE THE MONEY COULD COME FROM. IT COULD COME FROM A NUMBER OF AREAS. HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT. IN TERMS OF THE VOLUNTARY OVERTIME THING, WUP THING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, WHILE IT'S A SAVING GENERATING, IT ACTUALLY REDUCES REDUCES NUMBERS ON THE FIELD. WE USE THE VOLUNTARY' BANK AS A SAVING MEASURE TO HIRE OFFICERS. REMEMBER THAT SAVING BANK CAUSES A EMPLOYMENT REDUCTION, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TAKING COMPENSATED TIME OFF. SO IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. >> OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M THE ONLY ONE. OKAY, PERSONALLY I DON'T FIND THE ANSWERS SATISFYING. TO SAY THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM, IS FOR ME, CODE OF WE'RE GOING TO LAY SOMEBODY OFF AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS DECISION DURING THE BUDGET AND SEASON WHEN WE'RE COMPETE ING, TRYING TO COMPETE EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF L.A. AND MS. SHARON IS NODDING HERSELF, THAT'S TRUTH. SO WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN DECEMBER IS THAT WE ARE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO A 25 MILLION DOLLARS PRICE TAG WITH NO PLAN OF WHERE THAT IS GOING TO COME AND VERY LIKELY IT WILL CUT, WE HAVE TO CUT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS. DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING MS. SO? >> JUST, IN TERMS OF A BUDGET, I'M ALWAYS CONSISTENT AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET. I WILL ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT YOU STICK WITH THE BUDGET THAT YOU ADOPTED. NOW, THIS IS A POLICY DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE WHETHER YOU WANT TO HIRE THESE OFFICERS NOW. BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS, YOU'RE GOING TO TO BE HIRING THEM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN YOU HIRE THEM. SO IF OUR BUDGET CONTEMPLATED THAT WE WOULD HIRE 240, I RECOMMEND THAT WE STICK WITH THAT BUDGET. IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO HIRE THIS ADDITIONAL 170 AT THIS TIME. IT SIMPLY MEANS TO ME THAT THAT 170 WILL NOT BE HIRED IN 26-27. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIMING. YOU WILL BE HIRING THEM, IT'S JUST A MAT PER OF WHEN. >> H. Soto-Martinez: YEAH. I'LL WRAP UP, I SEE THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE. I WENT TO END WITH THIS. THIS FEELS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. AS A COUNCIL WHO HAS ONLY BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS. WE HEAR ABOUT THE BROKEN SIDEWALKS. AND IT JUST FIELDS LIKE, EVERY SINGLE TIME, LAPD GETS WHAT THEY WANT. EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE NOT HAPPENING IN THE PUBLIC IS HOW THAT AFFECTS OTHER THINGS THAT THE CITY DOES. RIGHT NOW, WE KPT EVEN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE MONEY WHERE THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COMMITTING IN ON GOING COSTS. AND MY FEAR IS THAT IF IT COMES FROM PD, IS WE'RE GOING TO BE SWEARING OFFICERS. AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUMMINGET, WE WERE TOLD STAFF WOULD WORK TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR SWORN DECISIONS. THE MONEY WAS IN THERE AND BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE MONEY SHOWS UP, JUST LIKE POOF. IT RAISEDS FOR ME BIG QUESTIONS. HOW MUCH MONEY IS OUT THERE? AND I KNOW, I KNOW, THE REASON WE DON'T KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE DEPENDING ON LAPD TO AUDIT THEMSELVES. AND THAT OVERSIGHT GIVES VERY LITTLE FROM THE COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SITTING IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND WE GET ALL OF THESE KINDS OF REPORTS AND I ASK BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT STAFFING, AND ASSIGNMENTS AND COSTS AND DELAY. AND WE GIVE INCOMPLETE ANSWERS AND SOMETIMES NO ANSWERS AT ALL. BUT YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN LUMINATING TO ME WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS DEPARTMENT AND HOW MUCH WASTE, I THINK THERE IS THERE. IS THAT WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT CAN'T EVEN DO THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT ININTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC. THAT'S COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THIS REALLY GREAT DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE, IT WAS A REPORT DONE BY THE FELLOWERER CHAIR TO LOOK AT OVERTIME. EVERY QUARTER WE SPEND 50 MILLION DOLLARS ON POLICE OVERTIME WITHOUT DIGGING WAS THAT OVERTIME NECESSARY OR NOT? WE HAVE 23 POLICE OFFICERS DOING PR AND MEDIA RELATIONS. THEIR SALARIES COST MORE THAN NINE CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND WE HAVE SUPPOSEDLY OVER 8,000 POLICE OFFICERS AND LOOK ANOTHER INTERESTING DOCUMENT. ONLY A THOUSANDS OF THEM ARE ON PATROL ON ANY GIVEN DAY. YOU CAN ADD FOR SHIFTS AND MAYBE GETS US TO 3000 OR 4,000 WHERE THE ARE THE REST OF THE POLICE OFFICERS. WE JUST GO ON AND LET THINGS HAPPEN. DON'T GET ME WRONG, THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT I'M NOT DIS ON THEM OR ANYTHING. I'M TRYING TO FIND A WAY WHERE THIS DEPARTMENT CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AND SERVE IS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. BUT WE HAVE TO BE HONEST OF OURSELVES, THE DEPARTMENT TAKES OVER 40 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET. SO MY AMENDMENT, 15-A, IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY WHERE WE CAN HAVE A WAY WHERE THEY CAN AUDIT THAT AND LOOK AT THE DEFICIENCIES. SO THIS WOULD MOVE SMFT AUDITOR POSITIONS FROM THE AUDIT PD TO CONTROLLERS. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, HE'S BEING TRANSPARENT WITH WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW WE SPEND OUR MONIES. AND I THINK THIS IS A WAY WHERE WE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT AS A CITY. NOW THE PURPOSE IS THAT THEY'RE INDEPENDENT AND TIMELY AND CREDITED ABILITY INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT'S ARE IN OUR BEST INTEREST. I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO BETTER. I THINK TRANSPARENCY IS FINE WITH ME. HAVING A INDEPENDENT PERSON AUDIT LAPD IS FINE WITH ME. I JUST CAN'T, AS A PUBLIC SERVANT I CANNOT CONTINUE TO GIVE MONEY AWAY WITHOUT LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE DOING. I SAY COURAGE BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETIMES VERY LACKING IN THIS BUILDING TO PASS 15-A BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. I HOPE FOLKS CAN VOTE FOR THAT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD MY BREATH. I'LL CONTINUE TO HARP ON THIS UNTIL WE GIVE CITY RESIDENTS WHAT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I HAD A REQUEST ABOUT THE REPORT FROM THE CAO IN THE SECTION RELATED TO CIVILIAN LAYOFFS. I JUST, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SECTION AND MAYBE IT'S JUST, BECAUSE SMFT LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE FOREIGN. I DON'T SIT ON PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. WHEN I READ IT, I WAS NOT SURE IF THERE WAS A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF CIVILIAN LAYOFFS OR NOT. SO IF YOU CAN JUST LAY THAT OUT FOR ME? >> SURE. >> N. Raman: THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> SO SURE SO WHAT THE SECTION OF PAGE 4 AND YES, I AGREE THERE IS A NUMBER OF PARAGRAPHS THERE THAT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. BUT HERE'S. >> IT'S LIKE ANOTHER LANGUAGE. >> HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE. AS WE KNOW, IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, IT WAS ADOPTED WITH 614 LAYOFFS, 614 FILLED POSITIONS FOR ELIMINATIONS. 248 OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE CIVILIANS AT THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> RIGHT. >> OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. THERE IS BEEN WORK TO TRANSFER, THOSE EMPLOYEE SUBJECT TO LAYOFF TO OTHER FUNDED, VACANCIES. MOST OF THEM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF. SOME OF THEM OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT. AS OF, AS OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT THERE WERE 175 CIVILIAN. >> OUT OF THE 248. >> OUT OF THE 248 THAT NUMBER REDUCED DOWN TO 195. >> N. Raman: OKAY. >> OF CIVILIAN THAT ARE SUBJECT TO LAYOFF. WE HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED. >> N. Raman: EVEN NOW. >> NOW, CORRECT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS NOW. BUT, AS A PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT IT WAS 195. >> N. Raman: OKAY. >> WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 92 VACANCIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE FUNDED. SO OUR ASSUMPTION IS, IF WE, TRANSFER SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO LAYOFF INTO THE FUNDED VACANCIES. >> THEY ARE TRANSFERABLE. >> THEY ARE TRANSFERABLE. >> WE'RE WORK WITHING THE DEPARTMENT AND PERSONNEL TO ENSURE THAT THAT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES CAN TRANSFER. WE WOULD THEN HAVE 103 CIVILIANS SUBJECT TO LAYOFF. THE GOAL WITH THIS EXERCISE IS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, HOW MANY CIVILIAN RIGHT SIDE WE LIKELY TO HAVE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR? WE ALSO MAKE AN ESTIMATE THAT ANOTHER 20, EMPLOYEES WILL TRIP OUT, MAKING VACANCIES. SO OUR PROJECTION BIT YEAR-END LOOKING AT THE VACANCIES THE DEPARTMENT HAS AND THE VACANCIES THE DEPARTMENT WILL, WILL HAVE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WOULD LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT WITH POTENTIALLY 83 POSITIONS THAT, 83 CIVILIANS THAT WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO LAYOFF. SO IT WILL BE UP TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO DECIDE WHETHER THOSE POSITIONS WILL THEN BE LAID OFF AT THE END OF THE YEAR OR WHETHER, THEY WOULD BE EXTENDED, EXCUSE ME EXTENDED OR RESTORED IF THE DECISION IS MADE TO RESTORE THOSE POSITIONS. TO SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE 25 AND 21? SO THIS IS LIKE BASED ON, OUR CURRENT SITUATION? >> IT IS--I'M SORRY. >> YES AND THEN. >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WE MAY START OFF WITH ANOTHER THOUSAND LAYOFF? PROJECTIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR NEXT YEAR. IN OUR FOUR-YEAR OUTLOOK FOR NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE EXPENDITURES OUTPACING ASSUMED REVENUES BY 91 MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S IN OUR OUTLOOK. ACTIONS TAKEN JUST IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, AGAIN, THESE ARE, TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'RE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THEY'RE PRIORITIES THAT NEED TO BE FUNDED. POLICY THAT WAS APPROVED. FEE WAIVERS FOR THE PALISADES THAT WILL HAVE A 30 MILLION DOLLARS IMPACT AND THEN THE REPORT BEFORE YOU TODAY, THAT'S A 25 MILLION DOLLARS IMPACT. THAT INCREASES THE--. SO THAT WOULD INCREASE TO THE 48 MILLION. SO THAT WOULD BE THE STARTING POSITION FOR NEXT YEAR'S POSITION. >> N. Raman: DOES THAT INCLUDE THE GENEX PENCES ON HOMELESSNESS? >> IT INCLUDES IN THE OUTLOOK, WE BUILT IN WHAT OUR, WHAT WE CATEGORIZED. THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME GAP WHICH IS AGAIN WORKING WITH YOUR COMMITTEE DRILLING DOWN AND DETERMINING WHAT THAT WOULD BE BASED ON THE ASSUMESES OF WHAT THE BEDS WILL LOOK LIKE. >> SO THERE IS STILL PLUS X AMOUNT FOR MEETING OUR ALLIANCE GOALS. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, AND WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS A ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL AND POLITICS AT ITS BEST. I WANT TO THANK, THE DEPARTMENT FOR IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE MONEY. BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THERE IS FAR GRATING COST-EFFICIENT SEES THAT WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT ACROSS THE BOARD. IT'S NOT JUST WITHIN LAPD. SO MY COLLEAGUE MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ WHO IS UPSET ABOUT HOW THIS HAS OCCURED. I APPRECIATE THE FRUSTRATION AND OUTRAGE BUT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY AREA THAT WE HAVE TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ON HOMELESSNESS SPENDING AND REDUNDANT SEES THE ISSUES AROUND THE ALLIANCE CASE THERE IS A WHOLE HOST OF AREAS. THE CONSOLIDATION OF DEPARTMENTS WHICH WAS SHORT-SIDED IN MY OPINION WHEN IT COMES TO WHY WE NEED TO FOCUS ON GENERATING REVENUE AND SUPPORTING BUSINESSES THAT HELP BENEFIT THE BOTTOM LINE. THOSE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS. WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO RUBBER STAMP SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT THE MAYOR COMES UP WITH, YOU'RE ACTUALLY COMPLICITY AND ENABLING THIS. THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS BEEN EN BOLDED. AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THEIR COMPLICITY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF. I WANT TO ASK TO YOU COME FORWARD. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE AND SHARON YOU LAID IT OUT CLEARLY AND BEST. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BASICALLY ACCELERATING, WE'RE BASICALLY JUST REMOVING FROM THE FUTURE, WE'RE BORROWING FROM OUR FUTURE ALLOCATIONS TO DELIVER IT TODAY COOL. GOT IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BACK FROM THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING GREATER STRAIN ON IS THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FROM THE CIVILIAN STAFF. CHIEF, AGAIN, IN FISCAL CRISIS. >> RIGHT. >> M. Rodriguez: I DON'T KNOW WHAT PART OF THAT MESSAGE, IF THERE IS A GENERAL MANAGER IN THE CITY THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. EVERYONE IS UNDER OBLIGATION TO MAXIMIZE THE RESOURCES AND IMPACT AND SUPPORT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. WHERE ARE YOU IN THE REORG? THE COUNCIL SUPPORTED, LONG BEFORE YOU WERE SELECTED AS A CHIEF AND ALLOCATION AND EXPENDITURE TO LOOK TOP TO BOTTOM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE DEPLOYMENT AND RESOURCE THAT'S WE HAVE. BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY AND AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE MOST WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THIS DEPARTMENT STANDS TO REORG TO LOOK AT RESOURCES REORGANIZING, THE WAY WE'VE GOT MODERNIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY. AIF A COLLEAGUE THAT JUST SPEND OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS THAT COULD BE SUPPORTIVE IN THE WEST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THERE IS A LOT OF TOOLS BEING THROWN AT US AND IDENTIFY DEFICIENCIES. I'M JUST FRUSTRATING, I'VE GOTTEN WE'RE WORKING ON IT, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. THE SENSE OF URGENCY IS NOW. WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED WE SOURCES. WE CONTINUE TO GET STRAINED AND CHOKED AND NOW BORROWING FROM THE FUTURE TO FILL AN OBLIGATION THAT THE MAYOR MADE BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BACK EVERYBODY IN THIS POSITION. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR DEPLOYMENT. >> THANK YOU, WE DID THE REORG ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS AGO. WE STREAMLINED DETECTIVE FUNCTIONS WE'RE AS LOW AS A I'VE EVER SEEN THE DEPARTMENT. ALL HOMICIDES ARE PART OF ROBBERY HOMICIDES AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN, THAT STREAM LINED OUR FUNCTIONS THERE. WE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SECTION AND PUT THEM BACK IN THE FIELD. PEOPLE HAVE ANCILLARY UNIT DEALING WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. WE'VE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO USE THE LIMITED RESOURCES. YOU LOOK AT US COMPARED TO NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, WE HAVE THE OFFICER POPULATION THAN WE DO. WE'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE. YOU'VE GIVEN TO US. WE MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE APPROPRIATELY THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE DONE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US. I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT MORE WE CAN DO TO TRY TO BE, TO BE HELPFUL IN THIS REGARD. WE'RE WORKING ON A SKELETON CREW, TWO YEARS FROM OLYMPIC AND FIVE MONTHS FROM THE WORLD CUP. AND WE HAVE A DEFICIT, EVEN IF WE GET THE BODIES, WE'RE STILL A DEFICIT RELATIVE TO KEEPING UP WITH ATTRITION. WE'RE 1400 BODIES DOWN FROM WHERE WE WERE IN 2014. WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BE. BASED ON LAST YEAR, WITH ONE DISASTER AFTER ANOTHER, THAT WE WENT THROUGH, WE STILL WERE ABLE TO GET CRIME DOWN IN EVERY CATEGORY AND AS YOU HEARD, HOMICIDE IS DOWN TO LEVELS THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE 1966. THIS DEPARTMENT IS DOING AMAZING THINGS BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE APPRECIATED. >> M. Rodriguez: THAT'S THE WRONG APPROACH. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> I GAVE IT TO YOU. >> M. Rodriguez: IN TERMS OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU INHERITED AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I ALSO SAW A REACTIVE RESPONSE WITH AND I STILL NOT REALLY FULLY UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THE DEPLOYMENT FOR EXAMPLE WITH DOING THE WORK ON ON ANIMAL RESCUES IN IN SKID ROW, WHEN WE CAN'T FULLY FUND OUR ANIMAL SHELTERS. I DID THIS WHEN I WAS ON BUDGET. IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT BEING APPRECIATED. WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE MOST WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> M. Rodriguez: IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT BEING APPRECIATIVE IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT MAX MIEGZ THE USE OF THE COLORS. AND AGAIN, YOU'RE CAUGHT IN THE CROSS FIRE ABOUT ACTIONS BEING TAKEN AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL AND ON THE DAY THAT THIS COUNCIL, NINE, TEN PEOPLE VOTED TO CONSOLIDATE THE DEPARTMENT, THAT EVENING IT WAS HEY, SPEND ANOTHER 4.5 MILLION DOLLARS, WE DID THE GREEN LIGHT WITHOUT YOU GOING. YOU'RE CAUGHT IN THE CROSS FIRE BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS STILL AN OBLIGATION THAT WE REQUESTED, I KNOW I REQUESTED A LONG TIME ABOUT MAXIMIZING AND WHATEVER THE REORG IS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE TO DOWN TO ENSURING THAT PEOPLE ON THE STREET. WHEN I SEE THE STUFF THAT IS HAPPENING IN ENCINO OR ANY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE MOST OF WHAT WE'VE GOT. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. SO I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CHANGES. IT WAS NOT MADE CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS HAPPENED SIX MONTHS, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT THE RESPONSE WE GOT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN DECEMBER AND I ASKED THIS QUESTION. >> YEAH. WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE WHATEVER WE HAVE WITH YOU. IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER, IT WAS WRITTEN UP SIX MONTHS AGO, IT WAS PRETTY PUBLIC. >> M. Rodriguez: I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE COMPARISON AND REFLECT WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE. AGAIN, THIS IS ALL MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE THE MOST WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT. AND MY OTHER CONCERN IS BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW CRITICAL THE CIVILIAN STAFF IS TO ENSURING THAT WE CAN STILL MAINTAIN A MAXIMUM DEPLOYMENT OF SWORN OFFICERS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRESENCE IS THERE THAT THEY GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. I MEAN, LISTEN, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE DEPARTMENT THAT I CERTAINLY DON'T GO ABOUT OR EFFORT OR FUNDING. I'VE SET IT WHETHER IT'S ON HOMELESSNESS, IT DOES NOT MATTER. NO ONE IS BEING SINGLED OUT. BUT THIS IS THE CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE HOW WE MAKE THE BEST OF THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO MY COLLEAGUES PROVIDING THAT SAME LEVEL OF SCRUTINY WITH EVERY OTHER EXPENDITURE THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY. AND NOT TAKING THE BENEFITS OF POLITICAL DEPLOYMENT OF ENCAMP RESOLUTIONS AS THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THEM TO FUND CERTAIN EFFORTS. SO LIKE AGAIN, THIS IS NOT JUST NECESSARILY ABOUT JUST YOU, THIS IS ABOUT TOP TO BOTTOM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY DOLLAR SPENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKE ING THE MOST OF IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT REORG AND MAKING A COMPARISON TO THAT WHAT LOOKS LIKE. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: , YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, YOU HAD ASKED AND WE HAD GOTTEN TO A SERIES OF NUMBERS AVENUE YOUR CALCULATIONS, AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT IT'S THOSE SET OF NUMBERS PLUS ADDITIONAL 243 MILLION THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN THE RED THAT CAME OUT IN THE LAST FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT, CORRECT? AND WE WERE JUST GOING TO ADD THINGS UP? WOULD YOU INCLUDE THE 243 MILLION IN THE GAPS? >> SO THE 243 MILLION, COUNCILMEMBER IS OUR PROJECTED OVER SPENDING IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. THE FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT OUTLINED A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES TO CLOSE THAT GAP. AS WE CLOSE THE FISCAL YEAR AND, IF WE WERE TO EXHAUST ALL OF THOSE STRATEGIES, WE STILL HAVE A GAP OF, OF 70 MILLION A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. SO THE QUESTION, FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS WHAT, WHERE DO WE END THE FISCAL YEAR? OR RATHER AT WHAT LEVEL DO OUR RESERVE FUNDS STAND? AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR? THAT WILL PLAY INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE, AS WE HAD TO LAST YEAR, AS WE HAD TO THE YEAR BEFORE, THE LOWER OF OUR RESERVE FUND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE HIGHER APPROPRIATION WE WILL NEED TO MAKE TO THE RESERVE FUND TO BRING IT BACK UP TO, TO ITS FINANCIAL POLICY MINIMUM LEVEL OR HIGHER THAN THAT. AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT. SO THAT WOULD PLAY IN, YES TO THE OVERALL GAP THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CLOSED IN THE 26-27 BUDGET. I CANNOT TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT WILL BE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL MONITORING AS REVENUES COME IN. REVENUES COME IN AHEAD OF EXPECTED. IF THEY REMAIN AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, THAT WILL BE A GOOD THING IF THEY DIP BACK DOWN, THAT GAP WILL INCREASE. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I HOPE THEY COME IN BETTER THAN WE THINK BUT I WANT TODAY ADD TO THE GAPS THAT COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN HAD BROUGHT UP. AND I'M SORRY, IF I DIDN'T ASK THIS YESTERDAY, BOB, I THOUGHT THAT THE VOB, THE VOLUNTARY BANK FOR OFFICERS WAS SUPPOSE TO AVOID CIVILIAN LAYOFFS. BASED ON THE CONVERSATION ARE WE SAYING NOW THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO USE THE SAVING FOR SWORN OFFICERS? AND WHAT IS THE COSTS FOR SAVING POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE AT-RISK OF LAYOFF? HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS, APOLOGIES. >> THAT'S OKAY. THE VOLUNTARY BANK WAS AN AGREEMENT MADE FOR THE PROTECTIVE LEAGUE FOR THE PURPOSE FOR PREVENTING THE IMMEDIATE LAYOFF OF 248 CIVILIANS. THE SAVING THAT WOULD BE GENERATED THIS YEAR AND AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, THE PROGRAM HAS GENERATED ABOUT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN ITS FIRST MONTH AND A HALF. WE EXPECT THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SAVINGS. AND THOSE SAVINGS WILL BE OBSERVED, WILL BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO KEEP THE CIVILIANS ON OT PAYROLL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THE PROGRAM WAS REALLY DESIGNED TO KEEP CIVILIAN OF RISK OF LAYOFF ON THE PAY ROLL FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TIME TO TRANSFER INTO OTHER FUNDED POSITIONS. THOSE POSITIONS, THE CIVILIAN THAT'S ARE AT-RISK OF LAYOFF ARE IN, ARE IN PHANTOM POSITION APPROXIMATES. THEIR PERMANENT POSITIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELETED. THEY'RE IN SUBSTITUTE AUTHORITIES. SO THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT HAPPENS AFTER IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS A QUESTION THAT WILL BE BEFORE YOU IN THE BUDGET. IF WE CONTINUE THE VOB, THE VOLUNTEER OVERTIME BANK, AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL ACHIEVE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS, THEN HOW WE USE THOSE SAVINGS IS A MATTER THAT WILL BE UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING FOR FROM YOU MATT AND SHARON. MATT, YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO LOOK FOR WITHIN A SELF THE 25 MILLION TO MEET THE GAP TO HIRE THE NEW RECRUITMENTS RIGHT? >> THE INCEPTION, I'M SORRY. >> GO AHEAD. >> THE INSTRUCTION THAT I WAS GIVEN AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN READ THIS TOO. YES, WHAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS TO INSTRUCT MY OFFICE TO RECOMMEND TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL 25 MILLION DOLLARS OF ON GOING REDUCTIONS WITHIN THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT EXCLUSIVE OF FIELD CIVILIAN POSITIONS. OR ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO SEE OFFSET THE INCREMENTAL ON GOING COST OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IS FUNDED IN THIS REPORT. THAT IS THE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION. SO WE WILL RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR THAT LEVEL OF REDUCTIONS FOR NEW REVENUE. >> Y. Jurado: SO JUST I'M CLEAR, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE SWORN HIRE, THE SWORN OFFICERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE DEPARTMENT, THOSE POSITIONS MAY BE WHERE YOU NEED TO FIND THE 25 MILLION TO HIRE THE NEW RECRUITS? >> WELL THE SWORN, THE CURRENT--? >> Y. Jurado: WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR 25 MILLION DOLLARS GAP FOR NEW RECRUITS THAT ARE NOT IN THE DEPARTMENT YET. SO THE BUCKETS OF MONEY THAT YOU'RE ASKED TO LOOK A AT ARE THE SWORN OFFICERS UNDER SCRUTINY TO FIND THE 25 MILLION DOLLARS? I'M WORRIED RIGHT HERE ABOUT THE SACRIFICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IS WITH EXPERIENCED SWORN OFFICERS THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR NEW RECRUITS THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION ALL THE LIABILITIES. THAT WE NEED TO INTERNALLY BUDGET FOR THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SUBSIDIZE THE CLASS IN FULL. >> IS APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION AND THIS IS HOW I'LL ANSWER IT. THE REPORT BEFORE YOU, IT REALLY IS A POLICY DECISION THAT THIS BODY NEEDS TO MAKE AS IT RELATE TO THE LEVEL OF DEPLOYMENT AT THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN, THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, SHE PROPOSED A BUDGET THAT WOULD HAVE THAT DEPLOYMENT LEVEL AT 8640. THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A BUDGET THAT WOULD HAVE REDUCED THAT TO 8400. THE REPORT BEFORE YOU, WOULD INCREASE THAT INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO ABOUT 8550. IF THAT IS THE DECISION BY THIS BODY, THEN MY RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD LOOK FOR SAVINGS THAT WOULD NOT DECREASE THE DEPLOYMENT LEVEL BELOW THAT LEVEL. SO TO THAT EXTENT, I WOULDN'T BE, IT'S UNLIKELY THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND REDUCING HIRING IN ORDER TO PAY FOR HIRING. IF IT'S THE INSTRUCTION OF THIS BODY TO FUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AT AN EMPLOYMENT LEVEL OF 8555 THEN THAT IS THE CONTEXT TO WHICH I'LL MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION. >> >> Y. Jurado: SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S SAYING TO FIND THE 25 MILLION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT EXCLUSIVE OF OUR CIVILIAN BUT BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TOUCH ANY OF THE SWORN OFFICERS BECAUSE THAT WOULD AFFECT THE GOAL OF 8500. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO, LOOK FOR COSTS SAVINGS BY LAYING OFF SWORN OFFICERS? I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR? TO MAKE UP THIS DEFICIT. >> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR. IT IS, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AS COST SAVING REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN A HIGHER LEVEL OF DEPLOYMENT LAYING OFF OFFICERS. THAT WOULD REDUCE THAT LEVEL OF DEPLOYMENT. WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING IT BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, I THINK THAT DEFEATS OF THE PURPOSE THAT COUNCIL WOULD TAKE TODAY. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, THAT'S CLARIFYING. I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ARE WE LAYING OFF SWORN OFFICERS AND RECRUITS FOR RECRUITS THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT WILL STAY ON. >> THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER. >> Y. Jurado: THAT SEEMS ILLOGICAL. AND I THINK GOING ON TO SHARON'S POINT. WHEN I TALKED TO DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS, WE TALKED TO THE DEPARTMENT AT CENTRAL EVEN DEPUTY MAYOR CLARK, IT ALWAYS BEING, IT'S ABOUT GLOIMENT, IT'S DID DEPLOYMENT AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT SOTO-MARTINEZ SAYS ON ANY GIVEN DAY THERE IS ONLY 1,000 POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE ON THE BEAT. AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEPLOYMENT, AND WHERE WE'RE DIPPING INTO MONEY FOR COMP TIME, SHARON JUST TO UPLIFT AGAIN WHAT YOU SAID, IF WE'RE USING COMP TIME TO GET FINANCIAL SAVINGS, IT COMES AT THE SERVICE EXPENSE THAT WE HAVE LESS PEOPLE OFFICERS ACTUALLY DEPLOYED, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. >> SO WE'RE MAKING AN EXCHANGE FOR WHATEVER IT IS THIS FINANCIAL COSTS FOR EVEN LESS SERVICE WHICH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DO IN THIS BODY SINCE I GOT HERE AND EVEN BEFORE. AND TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ'S POINT, YOUR DEPARTMENT IS NOT SPECIAL IT'S UNDER THIS KIND OF CAOUT KNEE. THIS IN THIS DISTRICT, IN THIS CITY, I HAD TO PUT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A FOUR-PERSON CREW FOR STREET LIGHTING THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT AND IN THREE MONTHS, IN BOYLE HEIGHTS THEY DID 90 LIGHTS. WE DIDN'T BUDGET SO WE HAD HAD A LIGHTING CREW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE EACH HAVE TO FIGHT FOR. BUT WE'RE NOT THERE, AND BSL IS IS NOT COMING BEFORE US AND WE'RE NOT ALL BEGGING FOR OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO GET THAT EXTRA STREET LIGHTING CREW, JUST TO LIGHT IT UP, EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE EVERY OTHER WEEK THERE IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BEING IN THE DARK. AND SO, SAFETY IS A SYSTEM AND WE HAVE FACED WITH A LOT OF TOUGH CHOICES. AND IF THE MONEY IS JUST NOT THERE AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE MONEY AND WHO WE'RE BORROWING FROM IS OUR FUTURE LOSS, IT GIVES ME A LOT OF PASE AND THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH RISK WE ARE WE'RE EXPOSING THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SIT TIGHT AND THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TO ASK FOR MER. AND EVEN TO COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ'S POINT WHICH IS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE AT A 3 MILLION DOLLARS DEFICIT AGAIN. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO CLOSE THAT GAP IF WE CONTINUE OVER PENDING, AND THAT'S CONSIDERING THE 25 MILLION BEFORE US. AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT CONTINUING TO EXPAND WHEN ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE HURTING AND PUBLIC SYSTEM AS A SYSTEM. IDEALY, WE WANT OUR STREETS SAFE EVEN BEFORE THE SIREN TURNS ON. WE WANT THE LIGHTS ON, WE DON'T WANT TO EVEN HAVE TO CALL THE COPSMENT I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THAT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A REALLY TOUGH PLACE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF, WE CAN FIND THE MONEY FOR THIS RIGHT NOW AND SO RESPECTFULLY, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CONVERSATION TODAY, I THINK IT'S A CHALLENGING ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE ON GOING FUNDING. I DO WANT TO THANK THE C A O FOR THE WORK THAO WAS REFLECTED IN THIS REPORT. THIS ITEM IS RESULT OF THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL GAVE IN DECEMBER AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO RESPOND TO IT. IT WAS A LOT OF WORK TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR REMARKS AND QUESTIONS. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON FIE FEW THINGS THAT THIS DOES. USING IDENTIFIED SAVINGS FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT EXISTING BUDGET. SO THERE IS NO NEW MONEY IN TERMS OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THAT ADDRESSES ATTRITION WITHOUT CREATING NEW IMPACTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR. MY CONCERN HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE THE FISCAL IMPACT TO NEXT YEAR WHICH WE KNOW THE COSTS OF THESE IS OFFICERS WILL BALLOON TO 25 MILLION DOLLARS IN ON GOING COSTS. THIS DOES PUT CLARITY AROUND WHAT COMES NEXT WITH REGARD TO THAT. HIRING WITHIN THE ADOPTED PLAN AS WE KNOW CARRIES THAT ON GOING ADDITIONAL COSTS. RECOMMENDATION FOUR MATTERS BECAUSE IT MAKES CLEAR THAT THE COSTS HAVE BE ADDRESSED FOR NEW REVENUES AND NEW FILLED CIVILIAN ELIMINATIONS. WE, BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BANGER TIME, THE BANKING PROGRAM COULD BRING IN MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER THE CIVILIAN WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS COUGHED TO DO. SWORN WOULD GO THROUGH THIS BANKING PROGRAM AND COVER THE COSTS OF KEEPING THE CIVILIAN. SO IT WILL GENERATE MORE THAN NECESSARY. SO SOME OF THAT, THE NEW OFFICERS CAN COME FROM THIS BANK PROGRAM. THERE ARE DOWN SIDES, A LOT OF WHAT WAS SURFACED TODAY, IT'S NOT A LONG TERM STRATEGY BUT IT GETS US THROUGH NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND IPG IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE DO THIS, IT REFLECTS THE POSITION THAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT ON, I WOULD SAY OVERWHELMING MAJORITY SUPPORT ADDITIONAL HIRING. WE'VE BEEN CLEAR HOW WE APPROACH THE CITY'S BROADER FISCAL HEALTH. AND WE MADE A CHOICE DURING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS NOT TO SOLVE STRUCTURAL DEFICITS THROUGH CIVILIAN LAYOFFS AND THAT PRINCIPLE REMAINS IN PLACE AS WE HEAD TO THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. I WOULD PREFER THAT THE OFFICERS, WAS ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT BUDGET WHICH BYWAY WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING THE MAYOR'S BUDGET IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN BEEN IN THE BUDGET IN APRIL BUT THAT BEING SAID, HERE WE ARE. THIS ITEM KEEPS HIRING MOVING GIVEN THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GIVES CLEAR DIRECTION FOR THE WORK AHEAD FOR THIS YEAR. SO WITH THAT, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO ACCEPT THIS AS AMENDED. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER TO CLOSE. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK CHAIRPERSON YAROSLAVSKY FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND I'VE SEEN HOW, HOW CAREFULLY YOU'VE CONSIDERED ALL OF THIS AND I WANT TO ADD TO YOUR WORDS OF THANKING LAPD AND THE CAO AND PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT TO BRING US TO THIS DAY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO REFLECT ON IS THAT, BEFORE OUR BREAK, THE DIRECTION OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS LET'S BRING THIS BACK IN JANUARY, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THERE WAS A PIVOT, A SLIGHT PIVOT, THE LAST MEETING, WHERE WE DID AUTHORIZES 33 OFFICERS OF THE REMAINING 170 AND THOSE FOLKS ARE IN ACADEMY NOW. SO TODAY IT'S ABOUT 137 OFFICERS. I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT TO DIMINISH OR CHANGE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DECISION BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR IT'S ABOUT THE REMAINING 137 OFFICERS TO BE HIRED AND WE SUBSEQUENTLY HAVE A REAL DIFFERENCE FROM WHERE WE WERE BEFORE. IN FACT, WE ARE ROBBING PETER TO PAY PETER THIS YEAR. I REALIZE IT DOES SOMETHING THROUGH NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE THROUGH THE GOOD WORK OF OUR STAFF WE HAVE FUNDS THAT COME FROM THE POLICE HEALTH AND WELFARE ACCOUNT, FROM THE GENERAL FUND LEASING ACCOUNT THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE SPENT ACCUMULATED OVERTIME, WHICH IS THE OVERTIME AMOUNTS THAT WE PAY OFFICERS AND WE KNOW THAT IS OVER FUNDED TODAY. IT'S THERE IS ONLY 12 MILLION DOLLARS IN IT AND BEYOND HALF A YEAR WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR OR PAID OUT A LITTLE OVER 4.4 I BELIEVE. A SALARY'S GENERAL ACCOUNT, ALL OUT OF LAPD, THAT IS SUBSEQUENTLY DIFFERENT AND IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT. IT HAS COME OUT OF LAPD. I THINK IT REALLY IS, ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO REFLECT ON THE CIVILIAN OFFICERS AND THANK YOU MR. CAO FOR REMINDING US THAT THE LABOR DEAL THAT WE HAD, WAS TO PUT THOSE CIVILIANS IN A POSITION IN SUBSTANTIATIVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR. I DO BELIEVE THAT NUMBER BY THE END OF THE YEAR WILL BE DOWN TO 80 OR LESS AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE NA IT'S DOWN TO 80 OR LESS. WHEN WE LOOK AT, BUDGET CYCLES, WHEN WE LOOK AT BUDGET CYCLES, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, WHILE WE HAVE CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS IN THE BUDGETS, IT IS ALWAYS THE CASE. THAT, MAYOR PROPOSES A BUDGET AND WE GET TO CONSIDER A BUDGET AND WE DON'T HAVE ZERO BASE BUDGETING BUT THESE DECISIONS ARE IN FRONT OF US. IT'S NOT LIKE TODAY'S BUDGET PUTS US IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO SPEND THE 26 MILLION DOLLARS, I HOPE WE DO BUT THE REALITY IS, LET'S SAY WORSE CASE, LET'S SAY WORSE SAYS, WE HAVE A GAP, ON POLICE HIRING, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO? WE REDUCE HIRING NEXT YEAR, ATTRITION TAKES CARE OF. IT. THERE WILL NEVER BE A CASE WHERE WE'RE FIRING OFFICERS TO HIRE OFFICERS. IT'S MATHEMATICALLY, IT'S NOT A THING THAT WE CAN DO. WHAT I WANT TO SAY, MEMBERS IS THAT, WE REALLY HAVE PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION TODAY WHERE WE GET TO, WHERE WE, GET TO TAKE FUNDING BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE HARD WORK OF STAFF AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR. WE TAKE SOME FUNDING THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE SPENT OUT OF LAPD AND WE PUT IT INTO HIRING OF OFFICERS SO WE CAN GET TO THAT NUMBER AND WE PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE THE MAYOR GETS TO PROPOSE A BUDGET AND WE GET TO RESIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO REACT TO THAT BUDGET AND PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN STATE AT OR GO ABOVE ATTRITION. SO SI REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK. I DO WANT TO SAY ON THE, THE PACKAGE IN FRONT OF US, ALSO HAS SOME HIRING IN THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT PERSONNEL IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN AVAIL OUR SELVESED OF THESE GREAT RECRUITS. THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE, AS OPPOSED TO ACTING TODAY WAITING FOR APRIL, OR THE NEW YEAR. WE PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE A GREAT SET OF RECRUITS RIGHT NOW. AND THOSE LISTS DON'T LAST FOREVER, THEY DO EXPIRE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACT ON THOSE NOW USING MONEY OUT OF LAPD. BUT WE DID PUT SOME RESOURCES IN FOR THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN EFFECTIVELY MOVE THOSE POSITIONS. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT, ON FRIDAY'S PERSONNEL COMMITTEE WE ARE LOOKING TO, TO SOME REQUESTS FROM THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE FOR FOR ASSETS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AFFECTIVE PAY FOLKS AND PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN GET EVEN FURTHER BENEFITS FROM THE VOLUNTARY OVERTIME BANK. AND I HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THE OVERTIME BANK, IT'S WORKED NOW AND--THE APPLICABILITY I THINK IT'S A GOOD TOOL FOR COSTS SAVINGS AND ALSO FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. IT IS A, IT IS A BENEFIT FOR SOME OF OUR OFFICERS. I WANT TO SAY FINALLY, ON 15-A, I WOULD BE PREPARED TO SEND IT TO COMMITTEE AND TAKE IT OUR COMMITTEE NOW, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT VOLUNTARY GREAT, WE CAN SEND IT TO COMMITTEE. IF NOT WE CAN VOTE ON IT. I WOULD NOT BE PREPARED TO ACT AS A YES TODAY, I WOULD RATHER TAKE IT INTO COMMITTEE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT CONCEPTS BUT HUGE POLICY ISSUE AND ALSO SOME POSITION AUTHORITIES. SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT IN-PERSON HE WILL COMMITTEE AND COUNCILMEMBER HUGO AND I SERVE IN THAT COMMITTEE TOGETHER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT MADAM CLERK, 15-A WILL GO TO PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT, I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN REVIEW IT EXPEDITIOUSLY BEFORE THE BUDGET DISCUSSION HEAT UP I DO WANT THAT TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LARGER CITY. GREAT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT IS BEFORE US, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, NOW THAT 15-A IS REFERRED TO PERSONNEL COMMITTEE WHAT IS BEFORE US IS ITEM 15. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 15, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WANT TO BE A NO PLEASE. YOU'RE SO FAST. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THEN THERE PRESIDENT, FOR THE RECORD THE FINAL VOTE FOR ITEM 15 IS 9 AYES AND 4 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY. THANK YOU CHIEF AND THANK YOU OTHER CHIEF FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO GOT US TO THIS POINT. WHAT IS NEXT, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEM 11 SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT IS FOR A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO CHI IT FROM JANUARY 30, 2025 TO JANUARY 30, 2026. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. SO AT THIS POINT, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO RECONSIDER ITEM 11 NOW? >> Council President: SURE, DO WE NEED TWO VOTES? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND FOR YOUR TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL TAB LAB VAIT THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> Clerk: AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 11 IS COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND THAT CLEARS THE DESK, SIR. THERE ARE MOTIONS FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS? MEMBERS? ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'LL ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. LOOK TO MY LEFT. LOOK TO MY RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, I RISE TODAY IN RECOMMEND REOF LEONARD EFRON, LEN WHO PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 15th AFTER A 12-YEAR BATTLE WITH PARKINSON'S AT THE AGE OF 0. LEN AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO DISTRICT 4 AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 WAS ALL THE BENNER. LEN STAR SHOWN BRIGHT FROM. GET-GO FROM NATURAL PRO CUITY FOR SCIENCE SXZ ATHLETIC GIFT. HE EARNED HIS Ph.d IN ENGINEERING AND WENT ON TO WIN MULTIPLE NASA AWARDS TO SPACE EXPLORATION INCLUDING ONE OF THE BEST MARATHON00ERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HIS ZEST FOR LIFE WAS UNRATCHED NOT ONLY WAS HE AWARDED SCIENTIST WHERE HE SURFED THE SOLAR SYSTEM FOR 37 YEARS BUT LEN TRAVELED FROM END TO END WITH REALLY WHAT I FELT AFTER LEARNING MORE ABOUT THEM, WAS A SENSE OF BOUNDLESS POSSIBILITY. HE COULD TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT SCALING FOUNT FUGI AND FALLING OFF THE MOUNTAIN AND BEING RESCUED BY A JAPANESE COUPLE THAT HE LATER BROUGHT BACK TO AMERICA. HE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT SWIMMING WITH SHARKS IN SHAW HAW. HE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT ADOPTING A PET DUCK KNOWING AS CHUCK THE DUCK. HE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT TRAVERSING FROM LOS ANGELES ALL THE WAY TO NICARAGUA. YOU NAME IT, LEN HAS DONE IT. AND LUCKILY JOY, FILLED A DIARY WITH STORIES. HE WAS NOT NEFF BUT LEN CAME CLOSE, I HOPE MY HUSBAND SAYS THAT ABOUT ME THAT'S SUFT A SENT. : A GRACIOUS COLLEAGUE INSAISH SATIABLE LEARNER AND GREAT HUSBAND. I READ JOY'S HUMOROUS STORIES ABOUT THEIR LIFE TOGETHER AND I KNOW HE WAS ONE OF A KIND. ONE COLLEAGUE TOLD JOY, LEN IS ONE OF THE FINEST HUMAN BEINGS TO HAVE EVER BEEN BORN ON THIS EARTH. MAY YOU REST IN PLEASE, LEN. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, SEEING NO MORE ADJOURNING MOTIONS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. A lot. One of the images that really resonates with me is this image of aardvarks odd arc, second hand clothing store, vintage clothing store on Melrose, and this was a shop I would go to quite a bit in the late 80s and early 90s. My mom, when I was in high school, she would take me there to do back to school shopping, and so this is an image that you know, just brings back a lot of memories. So I think Carol's is a collection that, you know, if you want to see the city kind of as it was in the 80s and 90s, it's there. Um, if you lived through it, I think you can go and it can generate a great deal of nostalgia. And I think it's just also interesting to kind of see a photographer's perspective . So, you know, we have all of these photos in our collection, and I think a lot of times people will search for specific things, which is great. But sometimes it's also, I think, nice to look like at a photographer's body of work to kind of get a sense of what resonated with them and how they were viewing the city. And I think it also, um, points out how important it is when you know, photos are posted online that the photographers need to be credited because, you know, it was their vision. They produced this. And in Carol's case, you know, she very consciously wanted to make sure that the world had access to her photos. So, you know, the least we can do is honor her by crediting her so again, if you want to visit Carol's archive, you can go to lapl.org, where there's also over 135,000 photos in counting from our entire photo collection . Hello everyone, I'm Susan Huckle, and here's what's happening in LA this week. La City Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto joined Council President Marquis Harris Dawson and the Los Angeles Police Department at the Figueroa corridor. There, they announced enforcement actions which will help rescue underage children from the streets. We're here along the Figueroa corridor, and I am very deeply grateful because our current district attorney, Nathan Hochman, has embraced the initiative to really stop the exploitation of children along this Figueroa corridor. We are literally sitting at one of the epicenters for sex trafficking in the United States. This problem, which has been along this corridor, my entire life and I'm not young. I'll just put it that way. April 1st, 2023 was the first time I saw the Figueroa corridor. It looks so much better today. I am so happy . But as we all know, the work is not done. This is a huge warning shot. We're going after the Giants. In fact, I'm not going to dignify them with the word John. I'm just going to call them sex exploiter buyers. These are the individuals, and they're often men who come down these corridors looking to buy sex from these young women who are effectively enslaved by their pimps to go ahead and provide it. We're going to go after these johns for felony prosecutions. Yeah Felony prosecutions. La policia. Sabe. Qué esta aqui? Ha hecho operativos para detenerlo. Pero mientras haya la demanda siempre VA a suceder. So por eso queremos atacar a Los super en la demanda compran Los clientes . Today, let me affirm our clear commitment to everyone. The LAPD will protect the victims, will hold the traffickers accountable, and will restore dignity and safety along this corridor. We've installed cameras and folks who know me know I'm not a big fan of government surveillance. But if you're going to get in your car and drive to Figueroa to buy sex with a minor, then we're going to surveil you and we're going to hold you accountable. So if you look up there to the north, to my left, you'll see a little camera on the top of the light pole. We're keeping track of who's coming when you're coming, when you pull over and when you stop. And you'll get a dear John letter. The district attorney and the city attorney saying, hey, you were in an area where trafficking is going on and here's a picture of your car and your driver's license number. And we just hope that the trafficker isn't the only person in the house that sees that letter, is all I'm going to say about that. What's happening now is that they're realizing that these girls are not criminals. You know, I grew up in a time where prostitution was it was deemed as criminal activity. But now they're understanding that many of these girls are under duress. They're being forced into prostitution. And many of them are underage. And so now, instead of prosecuting them or treating them as criminals, what they're doing now is bringing organizations like ours and some of our community partners together to provide resources and support that they need to help them get off the streets, help them reclaim their lives. We will be able to rescue these young kids and to put bad guys in jail. One of my favorite things to do as city attorney. All the furry friends at an adoption event in Hollywood got the benefit of being seen outside of the shelter, and when their personalities can really shine, these tail waggers are much more likely to meet their forever family. So today we have a mobile pet adoption here at Tail Waggers in Hollywood. We have some cats and plenty of large dogs up for adoption. Some of the dogs are in foster care and some of the dogs have come with a foster directly from the shelter. It's always really nice to see the dogs and cats outside of the shelter area and see how they are fostering is taking a pet for an unspecified length of time that is available for adoption and getting them away from the shelter environment, which reduces their fear, anxiety and stress. Just sort of be who they are for real. As a foster, taking a dog outside and learning about how a dog or cat is in a home situation and meeting people, family members, that really gives a lot more information to a potential adopter than just dogs at the shelter that we don't have a lot of information out. We have a lot of strays, so they come in with no information by going into foster care, we gather up all the information, which I think a lot of adopters really want to have. It's really rewarding to foster a dog directly from the shelter. You get to learn about their characteristics and get them ready for their future home. Coco is my 10th foster for 2025 and hopefully I can do 15 for 2026. Well, for me it's important to have pets at home because they just provide so many things that even people can't provide for you. They provide unconditional love. They don't ask for much in return. All they need is pretty much maintenance and some love and affection to let them know that they're an important part of your life. And then they become your best friend. In my opinion . Better than a spouse, better than my children. They greet me when I come home. They don't ask me for things other than affection and love, and they are companions to me and I enjoy animals. It's therapy. It's good companionship, and it's great for the animals. If you're interested in fostering or adopting the City of LA has six city animal shelters. The website is LA Animal Services .com, and you can click on the adopt or the foster tabs for more information. There are many barriers in the way of looking for work. These days. Whether it's child care, mental health or transport. The Watts La Worksource Center is about removing whatever is in the way and getting job seekers the work they want and need. We are here at the La Worksource Center, located in the community of Watts, and we are here doing a job recruitment with one of our employers, the employer is hiring for case management positions. They have a few positions open which we were very excited about because the time is now. People need jobs now. The work that we do here at Watts, LA, Worksource Center is crucial for the city and the community because what we're trying to do is help job seekers transition back into the workforce. So we implement title one, which is workforce innovation and Opportunity Act under title one. We're working with job seekers to connect them to vocational training opportunities to various employers that we're partnered with and address the challenges and the barriers and or needs that they have that's preventing them from transitioning back into the workforce. I think it's important for the community because we help with mental health. We help with training. We help like low income people with elderly as well. So I think it's a really good opportunity for people coming out of prison and stuff like that. We help with all of that so they won't feel like left out or they're being left out for me, myself. This is something new for me. And I've been where they've been and that's what motivates me to come in because it's like, okay, I want to help and I want to make a difference. There's a saying Housing First, but you can get housing, but if you don't have employment, you're not able to sustain that housing. So what other resources and services do you need in order to sustain employment? So do you need clothing? Do you need transportation assistance? Someone to talk to child care assistance? Even if you're not qualified, we help you get to that qualified status. So all of those what we call supportive services, we're able to provide to our participants as wraparound services. This program showed me that I'm able to learn new skills and to actually find that job that I would love to go into. They're also very helpful. Like if you want to pursue a career, they also help you with giving you a chance to get out there on the field and getting skills more than anything, there's 14 worksource centers in the city of Los Angeles, so there are a plethora of ways that you're able to gain these resources. But come to LA workshop Center, we are able to provide those wraparound services that one on one tailored case management services for each participant. And we do it with love. Notify la keeps Angelenos informed during emergencies. The la DWP is installing water bottle fillers across the city, and the LA city Attorney gets a settlement in an environmental protection suit. These stories up next on City Beat. La City's emergency management department reminds Angelenos to sign up for notify LA, the city's emergency alert system. Notify LA delivers official emergency alerts and critical information citywide. Subscribing to notify LA is free, secure and automated with alerts sent by text, phone or email. 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