COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY JUST MENTIONED BUDGET AND FINANCE VOTED ON THE ITEMS AND THEY CAN BE READ IN OPEN SESSION. SHALL I READ THE SETTLEMENT AMENDMENT? >> Council President: YES, PLEASE JAO. ITEM 24 VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $1350,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 25 IN THE CASE AGAVNI VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $175,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR THE ITEM 26 IN THE CASE NAVIN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 27 IN THE CASE ENTITLED CAESAR CHAVEZ, 888, LLC, VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 750,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 28 IN THE CASE ROSELINA REYEZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 2, 625,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 29 IN THE CASE ENTITLED ROBERT MARK EVANS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $750,000 IN SETTLEMENT. EM 30 IN MAGDALINA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $475,000. FINALLY ITEM 31 IN THE CASE ENTITLED JUAN VA LAS QUES, VERSUS THERE IS A RECOMMEND TICING EXPEND UP TO $185,000 IN SETTLEMENT SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Clerk: ALSO, MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 32 ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON THIS ITEM ALSO, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT COUNCIL CAN GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, IF IT WISHES SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. >> H. Soto-Martinez: , YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT EVERY ONE HERE KNOW THAT WE WRAUNT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW GUESTS FROM THE DIFFERENT ROADERY CLUBS IN CD14. IF YOU CAN STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN THE DISTRICT, WE WORKED A FEW DAYS AGO WITH THEM, WE RECOGNIZE IT'S WORLD POLIO DAY, AS AN EFFORT TO ERADICATE THAT GLOBALLY. I THINK OUR STAFF IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TOUR OF THE BUILDING. ANYWAY, THAT'S IT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SOET A MARTINEZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN YOUR COMMUNITY BUT ESPECIALLY YOUR WORK ON POLIO AND ENJOY LOS ANGELES CITY HALL AND THE VIEW FROM THE TOM BRADLEY TOWER THIS AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. FOR PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO UP. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK TOUP ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ON ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS OR ANYONE ELSE WITHIN SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION IN THE CITY. WE'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T, YOU'LL FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE ITEMS 15 THROUGH 23. THAT'S 15 THROUGH 23. AND IF THE INTERPRETER WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO SAY ON THE SPEAKERS, FOR ANYONE WISHING SPANISH TRANSLATION, PLEASE STOP EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE TRANSLATOR TRANSLATE. THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED WHEN THE TRANSLATING OCCURS SO YOU'LL GET ENOUGH TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: WITH THAT WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: WE SHOULD CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 11:00 AM SHARP. THAT MEANS WE NEED TO GET TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN, AS SOON AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED COME TO THE PODIUM AND START YOUR PRESENTATION. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING SPEAKERS, DR. ROSS, STEVE McFARLIN, JOSEPH MORENO AND COLIN DAY. >> City Attorney: AND WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, IF YOU WILL BE KIND ENOUGH TO GO TO YOUR LEFT. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHICH ORDER YOU'LL SPEAK IN, AS LONG AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED. WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ON THE RESOLUTION ABOUT A B1088, THE BAN ON 7-0. >> City Attorney: IT'S GENERAL, PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DR. MICHELLE ROSS, I'M A ADVISOR OF A NONPROFIT CALLED THE 7-HOPE ALLIANCE. I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THE RESOLUTION TO PASS A B1088 IS WRONG. IF YOU BAN 7-0 AND IF YOU ALSO BAN CR ADU M, YOU'LL HAVE LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS DYING. SO ABOUT, 236,000 PEOPLE USE ALCOULD IED THEY USE IT FOR PAIN RELIEF, 75 PERCENT USE IT FOR PAIN RELIEF, AND WITHOUT IT, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION. AND I DID THE LARGEST SURVEY OF 7-0 CONSUMERS IN THE NATION. AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT 25 PERCENT OF THAT, WILL GO TO THE ELICIT MARKET AND BUY ILLEGAL FENTANYL AND OTHER ILLEGAL OPIOIDS. THAT MEANS THAT THEY WILL DIE. YOU WILL HAVE AN INCREASE IN DEATHS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER, IF YOU WILL EXIT TO YOUR RIGHT. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP RABBI, VERONICA GONZALEZ, SONIA, LAUREN ROBLES, CHI NEVARO AND JACKIE. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: THE SAME ONE SHE WAS SPEAKING ON. >> City Attorney: PUFF A MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHE IS REFERRING TO, I HAVE CRONE'S DISEASE AND HAVING LET DOWN BY OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR 25 YEARS NOW. AND FINALLY, I FOUND SOMETHING BETTER THAN OPIOIDS. AND NOW AFTER A YEAR OF ENJOYING THAT AND FINDING OUT THAT IT'S LIKE, ENDANGER OF BEING BANNED AGAIN, AND I'M--I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SUGGESTIONS TO WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT ME TO GO TO WHEN YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE OPTIONS. I'M JUST TRYING TO BE PART OF SOCIETY BUT I LIVE WITH EXCRUCIATING PAIN. I'M HEARING DOORS SHUT IN FRONT OF ME. AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WOULD BENEFIT IS GOING TO BE THE CARTEL. SO IF THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHO WE'RE TRYING TO BENEFIT, THAT'S WHO IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS. SO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, I'M SONIA AND I'M SPEAKING FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, I WORK FOR FLYING FOOD GROUP PREPARING AIRLINE FOOD FOR LAX. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE OLYMPIC WAGE IN TACT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THESE AIRLINES JUST WANT TO HOLD THE CITY HOSTAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SAYING THAT IF WE DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, THAT THERE WILL BE BAD CONSEQUENCES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] TR*P THEY LOST. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THEY HAVE TO OBEY THE LAW OF THE OLYMPIC WAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND PLEASE, DON'T BE TRICKED. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER WHICH GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: ALSO THE OLYMPIC WAGE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M RABBI, I'M THE EMERITUS RABBI IN SANTA MONICA AND FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS I LIVED IN MAR VISTA, MS. PARK IS MY COUNCILWOMAN. I HAVE THREE THINGS TO SHARE, ONE IS IN HEBREW, FROM THE ETHICS OF OUR SAGES, IF IN THE END YOU WANT SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD, SAY IT SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND YOU. WE HAD A COMMITMENT, A CLEAR COMMITMENT ON BOTH SIDES, THESE WORKERS WILL WORK HARD TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE IN LOS ANGELES, THAT WILL WELCOME THE WORLD IN 2028, THEY ARE STICKING TO THEIR COMMITMENT. WE EXPECT THE CITY TO STICK TO THEIRS. AND SECONDLY, AND IT'S ALSO SAID THAT ABOVE ALL THINGS, IS A GOOD NAME. YOUR REPUTATION AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES OUR REPUTATION RIDES ON THIS LAW. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: HELLO I'M SPEAKING ON GENERAL COMMENT. I'M I'M JACKIE I'M THE FOUNDER OF 7-HOPE ALLIANCE WE'RE A NONPROFIT, THERE IS AN ITEM RIGHT NOW ON CONSENT, WE URGE YOU TO PULL BACK FROM CONSENT, DO NOT SUPPORT THE BILL IN SACRAMENTO, IT IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT WITH YOU, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT ALL OF THIS IS BUT WE BELIEVE IN REGULATION OVER PROHIBITION. PLEASE PULL THIS ITEM FROM CONSENT AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE YOU ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS THAT ARE HELPING TENS OF THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES ALONE. THIS IS THE WRONG THING TO DO TO BLINDLY JUST VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS BILL IN SACRAMENTO, THE BILL IN SACRAMENTO IS A MESS. PLEASE, PLEASE PULL IT FROM CONSENT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: WHAT ITEM? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M LOREN AND I'M PART OF THE TRANS LATINA COALITION. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE TRANS LATINA COMMUNITY A VASLY UNDER SERVED COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES. MYSELF AND THE COALITION URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO HELP PROTECT AND SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE. WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE HEIGHTENED RISK AND CURRENT ATTACKS THAT THE TGI COMMUNITY IS FACING FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP FATIMA, JOSH NICKELS, MATTHEW HOLME AND REV. YOSHI. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WILL BE COMMENTING ON ITEM 2. >> City Attorney: THAT'S GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, SO IF YOU PLEASE, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M VERONICA AND A PROUD ANGELINO AND A FORMER STARBUCKS BARISTA. STARBUCKS WAS NAMED THE OFFICIAL PARTNER OF 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, THAT MEANS STARBUCKS WILL REPRESENT LOS ANGELES TO THE WORLD. INSTEAD OF RESPECTING OUR RIGHTS, STARBUCKS HAS BECOME THE WORSE LABOR LAW VIOLATOR INCLUDING HERE IN LOS ANGELES. STARBUCKS SUPPLY CHAIN HAS BEEN DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS IN MEXICO CHINA BRAZIL KENYA GUATEMALA AND BEYOND. STARBUCKS UNITE SD PART OF THE FAIR GAINS COALITION, STANDING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HOLD MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE TO CERTAIN VALUES. WE ASK THAT YOU DENY STARBUCKS A SEAT AT THE OLYMPIC TABLE UNTIL THEY RESPECT WORKERS EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. HELLO SPEAKER, WHAT ITEM OR WHAT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: HI I'M T.J. AND I'LL BE SPEAKING ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF TRANS LATINA COALITION. OUR COMMUNITY FACES ATTACKS ANTI IMMIGRANT POLICIES AND ATTACKS. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR IMMIGRANTS, HOW VULNERABLE OUR FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS HAVE BECOME. WE KNOW THAT OLYMPICS BRINGS INCREASED POLICING AND--VULNERABLE GROUPS ESPECIALLY TRANSGENDER AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN STRUGGLING TO HAVE HOUSING. THIS DOES NOT COME AT THE COST OF COMMUNITIES SAFETY AND DIGNITY. I ASK YOU TO PLEASE PUT IN POLICIES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. I STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR THINGS HAPPENING AND I URGE TO YOU SUPPORT THEM AS WELL AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS IN DEED OPEN TO EVERY ONE AND WELCOMING TO EVERY ONE. GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HI SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: HI I'M JOSHUA NICKELS, I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GREAT GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M A CONSUMER AT AIRS LAX AND IT'S DISGUSTING TO SEE DELTA UNITED AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS TRYING TO HOLD THE CITY HOSTAGE. WE WANT OUR OLYMPIC WAGE AND WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN. AND WE WILL NOT GO BACK. DON'T LET OLYMPIC SPONSORS LIKE DELTA GETAWAY WITH THIS. DEFEND THE WAGE, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM OR GENERAL COMMENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MAX MITCHELL, PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M A PROUD CALIFORNIAN, HUSBAND, FATHER AND ENTREPRENEUR. DID NOT ONLY SAVE MY LIFE BUT KEPT ME GOING WITH DID YOU PRESSING, ABUSE POTENTIAL THAN TRADITIONAL OPIOID. SURE IT'S ADDICTIVE BUT NOT NEARLY AS ADDICTIVE AS ALCOHOL OR NICOTINE, BOTH LEGAL PRODUCTS. CLAIMING THOUSANDS, MEANWHILE REGULATOR WITH SUSPICIOUS IGNORING ITS PROVEN BENEFITS, IGNORING THE SCIENCE AND THE FACT. THIS IS THE MADNESS, WHILE CARTEL FLOOD SKID ROW WITH DEATH WE--CAIDUM COUNCILMEMBERS BE BOLD, PROTECT 7-0 ACCESS, THIS BAN WILL KILL PEOPLE. REGULATE FOR PURITY NOT PROHIBITION. I URGE YOU NOT TO FALL VICTIM TO PROPAGANDA SPREADING OUT RIGHT LIES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP JORDAN LONG, JONO AND NICHOLAS GARDNER. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M FATIMA I'M ORGANIZER WITH JOBS OF AMERICA. I'VE BEEN ORGANIZING ALONGSIDE TOURISM WORKERS FOR OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS FOR OLYMPIC WAGE, IT PASSED IN SEPTEMBER AND THAT WAS NO EASY FEAT. TOURISM HAVE STOOD AGAINST ALL ATTACKS FROM DELTA UNITE ASKED HOTEL ASSOCIATION. THIS SUMMER, I SPOKE WITH VOTERS ACROSS MANY OF YOUR DISTRICTS AS THESE COMPANIES LAUFRJDS THE REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN. ANGELINOS SAW THROUGH THEIR CORPORATE DECEPTION AND STOOD WITH WORKERS AND GUESS WHAT? WE WON AGAIN! CONTINUE TO STAND WITH WORKERS BY DEFENDING THE WAGE AND DON'T FALL FOR CORPORATE PRESSURE TACTICS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE LAST FEW NAMES WE HAVE, ARINANA, JOSEPH, VICTOR AND SHANNON O LEAER'. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, >> City Attorney: EXCELLENT, YOU HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: I'M YOSHI I'M THE PASTOR AT SAN PEDRO METHODIST CHURCH, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO MY COUNCILMEMBER, MR. McOSKER, I FELT UNDER REPRESENTED EVER SINCE THE VIOLENT TAKE OVER BY THE ICE, I SEE THIS OLYMPIC WAGE AS AN ISSUE THAT IS DEEPLY INTERSECTIONAL, THEREFORE I CALL ON YOU TO BE CONSISTENT TO REPRESENT US, TO REPRESENT OUR PEOPLE AND TO DEFEND THE OLYMPIC WAGE. FASCISM IS ONLY CAPITALISM SHOWING ITS TEETH WHEN IT FACES A MOMENT OF CRISIS. THEREFORE I BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO RESIST FASCISM, WE HAVE TO PLACE POWER IN THE WORKING PEOPLE AND SO THIS DEFENDING OF WAGE REPRESENTS SOMETHING BROADER TO BETTER THIS COUNTRY AND THIS WORLD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] HELLO SPEAKER, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR ITEM? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I RESPECTFULLY ACT YOU TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM OF---0. WHILE THEY HAVE LINKED TO SEVERAL DEATHS, CORONER CONFIRMS THAT MULTIPLE, SINCE 7-0H PRODUCTS ENTERED THE MARKET, OVERDOSE HAS----HELPING PEOPLE AVOID FAR DEADLIER SUBSTANCES LIKE FENTANYL. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS INCLUDING MILLIONS LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN TO REMAIN STABLE AND OUT O DANGER. BEGANING 70H, IT WILL DRIVE CONSUMER TO ELICIT MARKET. REVERSE THIS PROGRESS. WITH HARM REDUCTION, NOT FAIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SIR. HELLO, SPEAKER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M NIKO GARDNER, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TEACHER UNITED AND EDUCATORS IN LOS ANGELES, WE'RE PROUD TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH TOURISM WORKERS EVERYWHERE, FIGHTING FOR OLYMPIC WAGE. IT JUST PASSED IN SEPTEMBER AND I'M HEARTBROKEN TO HEAR THAT AGAIN DELTA UNITED AND THE HOTEL ASSOCIATION ARE TRYING TO OVERTURN THE OLYMPIC WAGE. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. COUNCILMEMBERS IN A TIME OF ECONOMIC CRISIS, WE URGE YOU NOT TO GIVE INTO CORPORATE GREED AND STAND STRONG FOR WORKERS AND THE OLYMPIC WAGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HELLO SPEAKER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: ITEM 2, SIR. >> City Attorney: OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE GENERAL, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M JORDAN LONG I'M A BARTENDER AT LAX AND I'M HEREAFTER ANOTHER CLOSING SHIFT, VERY TIRED. I'M PERM DISGUSTING TO SEE MY COMPANY SPEND MILLIONS TO STOP ANGELINO AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM EARNING A BETTER WAGE. NOW DELTA PARTNER OF THE LA28 ALONG WITH THE HOTEL LOBBIES AND UNITED IS SEEKING TO UNDERMINE THE WORKERS OF THE CITY THAT WILL MAKE THE OLYMPIC EVEN POSSIBLE. AND BY DENYING THEM THE LIVING WAGE, I URGE YOU, WE URGE YOU TO PLEASE, DO NOT BE FOOLED, PLEASE STAND STRONG AND DEFEND OUR OLYMPIC WAGE. THIS IS MY CITY. I WAS BORN HERE AND RAISED HERE AND I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER. I LOVE THIS CITY, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR MY PEOPLE. PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] HI, WHICH ITEM OR ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GREAT, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M JOSEPH MORENO AND I OPERATE A SMALL BUSINESS IN VENTURA AND MY COMPANY HELP SUPPORTS MANY FAMILIES. I'M HERE FOR BECAUSE OF THE BAN ON 7 HYDROXY DEEPLY CONCERNS ME. OVERDOSES HAVE DECREASED AND NOT DECREASED AND THAT'S A FACT NO ONE CAN DENY. MEANWHILE OUR COUNTRY FACES A CRISIS, FENTANYL TAKES LIVES EVERY DAY YET THERE IS NO CASES VOLVING HYDROXY DEATHS. YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON SAFE ACCESS. BAN THISING COMPOUND WILL ONLY PUSH PEOPLE TOWARDS THE ELICIT MARKET. THIS IS NOT GAS STATION HEROIN OR NEW WAIVE OF THE OPIOID, IT IS A TOOL THAT HAS HELPS THOUSANDS REGAIN STABILITY AND LIFE. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE REAL FACTS BEFORE MAKING THIS DECISION. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M A STUDENT AT UCSB I'M CONSTANTLY PRESENTATION AND LONG HOURS. TODAY I STAND TO SUPPORT 7-0, THE ANXIETY FROM BALANCING SCHOOL AND A FULL-TIME JOB USED TO OVERWHELM ME. USING 7-0 AT THE RECOMMENDED DOSE, I FOUND CLEARNESS. WITHOUT THE MENTAL FOG. AS A FORMER ATHLETE WITH INJURIES, IT HAS KEPT ME AND KEPT FROM NICOTINE AND ALCOHOL. THIS NATURAL OPTION HAS KEPT ME FOCUSED AND IN CONTROL. LET'S ADVOCATE FOR 7-0, THEY HELP STUDENTS LIKE ME TO THRIVE AND PREVENT ME FROM BUYING SUBSTANCE ON THE STREET. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: VERY GOOD. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M VICTOR SANCHEZ I'M THED DIRECTOR FOR NEW ECONOMY LANE. I HAVE A MORE DETAILED LETTER THAT I CAN GIVE TO THE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO SHARE WITH WITH COUNCIL. IN MAY, THIS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR MADE HISTORY TO RAISE RAGES AND SECURE QUALITY HEALTHCARE. WITH THE SUPPORT OF OVER 500 COALITION MEMBERS, WE FOUGHT FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, SO NO ONE MAKING BEDS WOULD HAVE TO SLEEP IN THEIR CAR OR FALL BEHIND ON MEDICAL BILLS. AFTER THAT VICTORY, AND AFTER ANGELINOS STOOD WITH US IN DEFEATING A REFERENDUM FUNDED BY DELTA AND UNITED AND HOTEL LOBBY, THESE SAME BILLION DOLLARS CORPORATIONS ARE TRYING TO BULLY OUR CITY INSTEAD OF PAYING FAIR WAGES. COUNCILMEMBERS? WHAT KIND OF A CITY DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN? DO NOT LET THEM GUT THE OLYMPIC WAGE. WE CANNOT LET THESE CORPORATIONS DRAG OUR CITY BACKWARD. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] HELL O? >> Speaker: HI. >> City Attorney: HI, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YES, I WANT TODAY SPEAK REGARDING THE PROPOSED BAN ON CRETUM AND 7 COMMONLY REFERRED AS 7-0H. I'M A 7-OH USER AND IT HAS CREATED A GREAT DEAL OF STABILITY IN MY LIFE. AS MANY OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, IT'S ENABLED ME TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS THAT WOULD BE FAR MORE HARMFUL AND I THINK THAT THIS BAN IS SHORT SIDED AND HUMBLY ASK THAT THE COUNCIL RECONSIDER AND STUDY THE ISSUE FURTHER BEFORE LOCK STEP WITH ANOTHER BAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MR. MARQUEECE, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR ON YOUR WIFE? OH NOW I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, HUH. THE MOMENT THAT I SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SLEEPING WITH HIS ASSISTANCE, EVERYBODY TURNS, BUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE INSECURITY AND ALL THE MONEY WASTED ALL I HAVE IS CRICKET AND NOBODY PAYING ATTENTION. WE ONLY CARE ABOUT THE BETRAYAL WHEN IT'S PERSONAL. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ONE MAN CHEATING ON HIS WIFE, THIS IS ABOUT AN ENTIRE SYSTEM, CHEATING THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. HIDING THE TRUTH BEHIND POWER SMILES AND PRESS CONFERENCES LIKE OUR MAYOR, SO YEAH. IF I HAVE TO START WITH GOSSIP TO MAKE YOU LOOK UP MR. MARQUEECE, THEN SO BE IT. MAKE NO MISTAKE THAT THE REAL AFFAIR IS BETWEEN POWER AND PROFIT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO SPEAKER WHICH GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS SHEILA RICHARDSON, I AM FROM THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND I AM PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF EXCLUSIVE SYSTEMS FORMERLY EXCLUSIVE AUTO CORPS AND PART OF CARSON. ON FRIDAY, I CAME OVER TO MAKE SURE THAT KAREN BASS AND ALL 15 OF YOUR DISTRICTS HAVE A COPY OF MY CONSTITUENTS CONCERN OF THESE FORMS. WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MEET THE NEEDS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEVICE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE ARE NUMEROUS. I ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTATION THAT I DID SUBMIT TO YOUR OFFICE AND CONTACT ME FOR ANY QUESTION. THAT YOU CAN REVIEW AS WELL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND I DO HAVE INFORMATION FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO REVIEW AS WELL. AND BY ALL MEANS, BE SURE TO CONTACT MY OFFICE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THIS ONE I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO CITY CLERK FOR MAYOR KAREN BASS. >> City Attorney: SURE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SPEAKER. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH US THIS MORNING. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 15 THROUGH 21 AS WELL AS 23, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO RECONSIDER 32 AND BE MOVED TO THIS FRIDAY, I ACTUALLY WANTED, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN VAN NUYS CITY CALL, I WANTED THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. >> Council President: I GOT YOU. SO MADAM CLERK, WE HAVE ITEMS BEFORE US, VOTE ON THE ITEMS AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. >> Clerk: YES, THOSE WOULD BE, SURE YES. THOSE WOULD BE ITEMS 15 THROUGH 21 AS WELL AS 23, IS AVAILABLE TO VOTE NOW, SIR. AND THEN WE CAN ADDRESS COUNCIL CAN ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S REQUEST ON ITEM 23. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S 15, 21 AS WELL AS 23, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE THE RECONSIDERATION OF ITEM 32 AND THAT WAS MOTION MADE BY MS. PADILLA, IS THERE A SECOND TO RECONSIDER? >> Council President: SECOND BY MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> Clerk: ALL RIGHT, SO IF COUNCIL CAN VOTE TO RECONSIDER 32. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION, CLOSE THE VOTE, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: EXAMINE THEN WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL, CONTINUED TO FRIDAY. >> Clerk: CONTINUED TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2025. >> Council President: RIGHT ON, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 23 CALLED SPECIAL FOR AMENDMENT MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND BEFORE COUNCIL NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE FINAL ITEM IS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND THAT IS ITEM 22, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 22, ANY COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: IT'S A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL? >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. PRESIDENT. THIS SATURDAY, WEST ADAMS, WE HAVE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, FROM 12:00 TO 4:00 AM, THERE WILLING ALTER AND MUSIC AND FOOD. JOIN US FOR OUR THIRD ANNUAL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, JUST FOR THE RECORD THEN, YOU ARE CORRECT, MR. PRESIDENT, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME HOWEVER, THE FINAL VOTE IS NOW 9 TO 3, SIR. >> Council President: GOT IT, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ASK EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO STAND FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: SORRY, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERY ONE TO JOIN US IN SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1, AT PAM PACIFIC PARK FOR OUR THIRD ANNUAL GREAT PUMPKIN BASH, WHICH IS HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS IN RECREATION AND PARKS. IT'S A FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY FALL FESTIVAL THAT GIVES ANGELINOS A REALLY FUN WAY AND SUSTAINABLE TO WRAP UP THE HALLOWEEN SEASON, INSTEAD OF TOSSING YOUR OLD PUMPKINS IN THE TRASH, FAMILIES CAN BRING THEIR OLD LACK O LANTERN, SMASH THEM. IT'S VERY LATHARGIC TO DO THIS, MY HUSBAND AND KIDS LOVE THIS. WE TURN THEM INTO COMPOST, WE'RE GIVING OUT FRUIT TREES, COMPOST PAILS, THERE IS FREE FOOD AND MUSIC AND BOUNCY HOUSES. THERE IS GOING TO BE CANDY FOR KIDS, A COSTUME PARADE AND THEME FROM FAVORITES LIKE CAFE, AND ANGLINI, MUSIC ACTIVITIES, GIVEAWAYS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON INCLUDING DODGERS MERCHANDISE AND A VISIT FROM FORMER DODGER PITCHER, POWELL. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO TAKE PART TO KEEP OUR CITY GREENER AND CLEANER. I HOPE YOU JOIN US ON SATURDAY FROM 11:00 TO 2:00. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: COLLEAGUES, I ALSO WANTED INVITE YOU TO PANORAMA CITY THIS WEEKEND, WE'RE HAVING OUR SECOND ANNUAL DAY OF THE DEAD, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, AND MANY MORE WILL BE THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE A RESOURCE FAIR. ALTAR DEDICATE TODAY PEOPLE LIVES. AND SO MUCH MORE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: MR. CHAIR, ON ITEM 23, CAN WE SEND THIS EMERGENCY FORTHWITH. >> Council President: I DON'T KNOW DP THERE IS EMERGENCY, BUT THERE IS URGENT. >> Clerk: JUST A MOMENT, SIR. SORRY. SO, ITEM 23 IS URGENT FORTHWITH CORRECT. SO THAT REQUIRES A VOTE, PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON EMERGENCY URGENT FORTHWITH. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, SIR. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY BUT SINCE EVERYBODY IS ANNOUNCING THEIR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EVENT, I'LL DO MINE. IT'S OUR 25th ANNUAL EVENT. IT'S IN CANOGA PARK, COME, WE HAVE CAR SHOW AND VENDORS IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. EVERY ONE IS INVITED. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU AND CERTAINLY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST ON THE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE MOVING THE ANNUAL PACOIMA CELEBRATION TO DO AT THE SAN FERNANDO CEMETARY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARCH DIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES. THIS IS OUR EFFORT TO REALLY TAKE OUT WHAT OTHERS HAVE COMMERCIALIZED AND REALLY BRING IT BACK TO THE TRUE ROOTS OF THE CELEBRATION AND SO, WORKING WITH THE ARCH DIOCESE CEMETERIES, I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THE ANNUAL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, THE FIRST AND DOING THIS IN PARTNERSHIP FOR RESIDENTS TO COME ON OUT AND HONOR THEIR LOVED ONES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I'LL JUST ADD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 8 AND 1, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS AT THE CORNER OF HOOVER AND ADAMS WHERE DISTRICT 1 AND 8 MEET THERE. WE'LL HAVE AN 85-FOOT FERRIS WHEEL THERE. FOOD, GAMES, WE'LL HAVE A ALTAR THERE. VERY LARGE ALTAR. THIS IS ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE COUNTRY'S ONLY ACTIVE PUPPET THEATERS IS CALLED THE 24th STREET THEATER, RIGHT THERE IN THE, IN THE RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION AND THEY'RE THE SPONSORS FOR IT. AND JUST A GREAT L.A. STORY THAT WARMS MY HEART. THE AVILA BROTHERS WILL BE PERFORMING. THEY'RE FROM BOYLE HEIGHTS, THEIR FATHER WAS A SESSION MUSICIAN FOR MONTH TOWN MOTOWN WHEN THEY WERE GROWING UP. THEY DON'T NORMALLY PERFORM BUT WE ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD COME OUT AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEMSELVES AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT OUR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION. WE'LL ANNOUNCE THIS AGAIN ON FRIDAY SO EVERY ONE ACT LIKE YOU'RE HEARING IT FROM FOR THE FIRST TIME. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? TO MY LEFT? AND TO MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? NO? NO ADJOURNING MOTION. >> K. Yaroslavsky: YEAH, BUT THEY'RE COMING. >> Council President: OH THEY'RE STILL COMING. YOU HAVE ONE, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THEY'RE NOT HERE YET. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH I'LL NOW ASK HIM TO MAKE. >> T. McOsker: I'LL USE THE ONE I WAS GOING TO MAKE WHEN I WAS HOPING FOR MY MOTION TO GET DELIVERED AND HAS BEEN DELIVERED. BUT I WILL CALL OUT AN EVENT THAT I'M DOING WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER MIKE GIBSON, TOMORROW. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY NICE. MIKE GIBSON IS THE ORIGINALORIGINATOR, WE'RE GOING TO MEET AT THE WILMINGTON TOWN SQUARE AND WE'RE INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT. AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY LATINO COMMUNITY ONE THAT IS REALLY CLOSE KNIT AND SUPPORTIVE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME RESOURCES AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MARCH TO VIGIL STYLE TO SAINT PETER CHURCH AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MASS WITH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO FOLKS RIN INVITED OUT TOMORROW THURSDAY, TO COME TO THE TOWN SQUARE AT 6:00 P.M. AND WE'LL HAVE YOU IN AND OUT OF MASS BY 8:00 P.M. RIGHT ON. MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS SATURDAY IS OUR CD12 DRIVE-IN MOVIE EXPERIENCE. EVERY YEAR, WE BRING IN DRIVE IN DISTRICT TO REMIND EVERY ONE THE HISTORY OF THE DRIVE INS AND THEY WERE SO POPULAR IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. WE'LL BE SHOWING SHALL WRECK, SHREK, YOU DO NEED TO RSVP. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. WELL I WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO MENTION SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE ON FRIDAY BUT I WILL ENCOURAGE EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE TO PLEASE HAVE SOME TREATS READY FOR THE JOY PICO'S DAYCARE CENTER THAT IS GOING TO DO THEIR ANNUAL TRICK-OR-TREAT HERE IN CITY HALL. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS COMING DOOR TO DOOR BUT INSTEAD OF CANDY WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO DO SOME HEALTHY SNACKS, SUCH AS RAISINS, SOME CUTIES OR SMALL MANDARINS. >> BOO. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I KNOW, PEOPLE WANT THE GOOD STUFF. SO EVEN THOUGH WE WILL NOT BE HERE ON FRIDAY, I'M ENCOURAGING ALL COUNCIL OFFICES TO GET SOME HEALTHY SNACKS FOR THESE KIDS. >> T. McOsker: WITHOUT IT BEING KIDS, AND SOMEBODY SAID CRAYONS. HAVING RAISED FIVE KIDS, I SAID YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM CRAYONS AND SOMETHING TO DO, BECAUSE THEY WILL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THEY DO NOT WANT TO DO. >> HOW ABOUT COLORING BOOKS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A BUNCH OF HALLOWEEN EVENTS TOO, ONE AT WILLIAM MEET TODAY. BUT ALSO I WANT TO UPLIFT SOME INCREDIBLE WORK THAT MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN DOING. SO WE, APPLIED FOR A SIX MILLION DOLLARS ENCAMP RESOLUTION GRANT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO HOUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALONG THE 110 FREEWAY AND THE LOS ANGELES STADIUM TO AVENUE 22. WE LOCKED IN THE LEASE THAT'S WE NEED TO LOCK IN FOLKS, AND HOUSING OPERATION AT LAZY STREET PARK NEXT TO OUR ANIMAL SHELTER AT LACY STREET AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN GOING UP THE RIVERBED AND FREEWAY. THIS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM FOR ONE, LOCKING DOWN THIS MONEY AND LOCKING DOWN THE BEDS SO WE CAN TAKE PEOPLE AND NOW CONDUCTING THE OPERATION THAT'S ARE CLEANING UP AND ALSO HOUSING PEOPLE IN STABLE, IN TERM HOUSING. THAT'S THE BIGGEST SHOUT OUT I WANTED TO GIVE. BUT ALSO THIS FRIDAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT MILOs TRUNK OR TREAT FEST AT BOYLE HEIGHTS IN LINCOLN HEIGHTS. WE HAVE A SPOOKTACULAR EVENT ON FRIDAY AS WELL. AND ANOTHER HALLOWEEN EVENT AT RAMONA HALL ALSO ON FRIDAY AND YOU CAN FIND THIS ALL ON OUR INSTAGRAM. AND THEN ON SUNDAY, WE HAVE A HALLOWEEN EVENT, IT'S A DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ORGANIZED BY STUDIOS IN MY DISTRICT. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU DRIVE IN THE 110 NORTH, BUT YOU SEE A LOT OF VICTORIAN HOMES, THAT'S THE AREA. CHECK OUT THE VICTORIAN HOMES, THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON SUNDAY. >> Council President: FOR THOSE OLD PEOPLE, THAT IS WHERE THE FAMOUS THRILLER VIDEO WAS SHOT AT THOSE VICTORIAN HOMES. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: IF WE STILL NEED--OH OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOVEMBER 1, THIS SATURDAY I'M JOINING IN THE CHORUS TO PROMOTE OUR CITY, IT'S ALSO FERNANDO VALENZUELA DAY, WE'RE HAVING A SMALL CELEBRATION OF LIFE. COME JOIN US WITH THE ROBERT VARGAS THE FAMOUS MURALIST WHO WILL BE ON THE BOOK OF RECORDS FOR HAVING THE BIGGEST MURAL HERE DOWNTOWN AND WITH THE FAMILY TO HONOR HIS LIFE. SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? I THINK WE CAN GO TO COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: OKAY. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A SLIDE. WE ADJOURN FOR BELOVED WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND PILLAR OF HER FAMILY WHO PASS ADD WAY UNEXPECTED ON SEPTEMBER 6 2025. SHE WAS DOANER ON AUGUST 2, 1956, IN JALISCO A NEIGHBORING TOWN TO MY MOTHER'S TOWN. AT THE AGE OF 18, SHE CAME TO LOS ANGELES IN SEARCH FOR A BETTER LIFE. JUST A FEW YEARS LATER, AT 19, SHE MARRIED HER LONG TIME PARTNER NACHO WHO SHE SHARED MARRIAGE WITH. TOGETHER THEY BUILT THEIR LIFE IN LOS ANGELES, FIRST IN L.A. AND THEN IN PACOIMA AND THEN IN SUN VALLEY WHERE THEY RAISED THEIR FIVE CHILDREN. FAMILY WAS AT THE CENTER OF HER WORLD. SHE EXPRESSED HER LOVE THROUGH HER COOKING ESPECIALLY FOR FAMOUS BEER BIRIA. WHO HER GRANDCHILDREN KNEW HER AS THE ABUELA MASS CHINGONA. HE'S THE GRANDFATHER'S THAT ARE THE MATRIARCH. I KNOW HER THROUGH TWO OF HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAWS AND IT'S THEIR KIDS THAT ARE NOW PART OF WHO I'M SEEING GROW. WHEN --ONE I MET THROUGH HERE THE CITY FAMILY AND THE OTHER I KNOW BECAUSE SHE IS THE SISTER OF ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL. VERY SAD TO SEE HER GO. OUTSIDE OF HER HOME, SHE LOVED THE OUT DOORS AND OFTEN JOINED ON HUNTING TRIPS. HER LEGACY LIVES ON AND THE LOVE THEY POURED INTO HER FAMILY. SHE IS NOW SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND IGNACIO, HER CHILDREN, HER 14 GRANDCHILDREN WHO'S AGES RANGE FROM 11 --1 TO 24 AND HER SIBLINGS. TODAY, WE HONOR THE LIFE OF MS. ROGELIA BERN AL, A REMARKABLE WOMEN WHO'S MEMORY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF HER FAMILY, HER NEIGHBORS AND EVERY ONE WHO KNEW HER AND WAS BLESSED TO BE PART OF HER CIRCLE. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE AND MAY WE KEEP HER LOVED ONE IN OUR THOUGHTS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME, ESPECIALY WITH NOVEMBER 1 AROUND THE CORNER. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND THE GIFT. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I'M TOLD THEY'RE WALKING IN. SO LET ME. TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF MEMBER OF THE HANCOCK COMMUNITY WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED DURING A BURGLARY. GARY'S DEATH HAS BEEN DEVASTATING TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WHILE HIS LIFE ENDED IN VIOLENCE WHAT DID HE FINES HIM MOST IS HOW HE LIVED, WITH INTEGRITY AND DEEP COMMITMENT TO THOSE AROUND HIM. GARY BUILT A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE AEURO SPACE INDUSTRY AND REAL ESTATE AND COFOUNDER OF MORTGAGE BANKING FIRM. BUT FOR MOST HE WAS A DE VOTED FATHER AND HUSBAND A MAN WHO FOUND PEACE IN NATURE'S WAY. HE WAS GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME AND ENERGY AS A MEMBER OF THE HANCOCK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. HE TOOK PRIDE IN BEAUTIFYING HIS COMMUNITY. HE SEFSHDS AS A DECON. ALSO LEAD THE LOS ANGELES CHAPTER OF AND MORE RECENTLY CHAIRED THE BOARD OF WIRELESS. GARY BELIEVED IN DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT SUPPORTED THOSE WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES FOR OTHERS. TODAY WE'RE JOINED IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS BY HIS DAUGHTER, HER PARTNER AND GARY'S NEIGHBOR. ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL, I EXTENDS OUR CONDOLENCES TO EVERY ONE WHO MOURN HIS HUGE LOSS. I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF GARY NELSON AND MAY HIS GENEROSITY AND SERVICE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTION ?Z ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.