FRIDAY OCTOBER 3, 2025. CITY OF LOS ANGELES. CITY COUNCIL MEETING. >> OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED, IF I CAN GET EVERYBODY QUIET DOWN, TAKE THEIR SEATS WE'LL GET THIS MEETING STARTED. GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE MEETING AOF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY OCTOBER 3RD, WE'RE GETTING READY TO START THIS MEETING AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TAKEN IN PERSON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. LET'S CALL THE ROLL. >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT. (ROLL CALL). TEN MEMBERS PAREN AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> GREAT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTE OF OCTOBER 1, 2025. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MCOSKER MOVERS, LEE SECONDS, NEXT. ER >> COMMEND TEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. ER >> COUNCIL MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] APPROVES, SECOND SECONDS. ER >> 1-11 IS FOR WHICH PUBLIC ITEMS HAVE BEEN HELD. >> THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US, ANY MEMBERS HAVE ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL? LOOKING TO MY LEFT, LOOKING TO MY RIGHT, OKAY, I WILL SAY FOR ITEM 11, I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE MOVE THE PLUM COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM 11, WITHOUT OBJECTION OR MR. HARRIS-DAWSON SECONDS, ANYONE ELSE FOR SPECIALS? OKAY. IF NOT, THEN LET'S -- WHAT'S NEXT, MR. CLERK? >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1-11. >> OKAY. THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. ANY MEMBERS WISH TO BE HEARD ON THESE ITEMS? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> 12 AYES. >> OKAY. WHAT'S NEXT? >> MR. PRESIDENT, THERE'S A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEM 6. >> TO RECONSIDER ITEM 6, WITHOUT OBJECTION, OR DO WE NEED THE VOTE ON RECONSIDERATION. ER >> A RECONSIDERATION VOLT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM. ER >> LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION. CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. ER >> 10 AYES. >> OKAY. SO, ITEM 6 THEN IS BEFORE US. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR THE RECONSIDERATION? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THAT ON THE TABLE FOR THE MOMENT >> YES, COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PRESENTATIONS. ER >> FIRST, I BELIEVE, MR. LEE, DO YOU HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT YOU WISH TO MAKE? >> I DO, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE IF I CAN ASK -- I WANTED TO DO AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE USC PRICE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT VISITING US TODAY AT CITY HALL, COMING FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD, ALL THE DIFFERENT CORNERS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU COMING TO VISIT US AT CITY HALL. [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> OKAY. SO, WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR FIRST PRESENTATION, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON PRESIDENT HANSON HAS THE FLOOR FOR PULLMAN QUARTERS. >> THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND ANGOLANS WHO HAVE JOINED US IN THE CHAMBER THIS MORNING FOR A SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT RECOGNITION OF THE FIRST ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN UNION IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY ORGANIZED IN 1925 BY THE GREAT AMERICAN A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH THE PULLMAN PORTERS ASSOCIATION WAS MORE, THAT'S RIGHT, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE PULLMAN PORTERS. IT WAS CALLED THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE SLEEPING CALL PORTERS AND MAIDS AND THESE WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO RODE THE TRAINS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN THAT WAS THE MAIN FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. THIS WAS ON THE ONE HAND A GOOD JOB FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOU FWOT TO WEAR A UNIFORM AND YOU GOT TO GET DRESSED UP AND YOU FWOT TO GO AKRESS THE COUNTRY, MAYBE PLACES UKDSN'T AFFORD TO GO BUT THE EXPLOITATION FOR THE WORK SCHEDULES AND THE COMMON AND ACCEPTED PRACTICE OF REFERRING TO EVERY PULLMAN PORTER AS GEORGE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME WAS, IF YOU WERE TALL, SHORT YOU KNOW, LONG SHORT, HAIR SHORT, YOUR NAME WAS GEORGE AND THAT'S WHAT PASS NER ERS WERE ALLOWED TO CALL YOU, AS A RESULT OF THE EXPLOITATION, THESE FOLKS ORGANIZED A UNION AND THAT IS A PLACE WHERE THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FIRST BEGAN TO COME TOGETHER. IN FACT, IT WAS A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH, THE LEADER OF THE PULLMAN PORTERS WHO FIRST CON ZEEV RECEIVED IDEA OF A GREAT MARCH OF WASHINGTON, WHERE THE I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH HAPPENED, SO TODAY HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE PULLMAN PORTERS, MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS CITY COME FROM PULLMAN PORTER FAMILIES, SO FALL KO*M X WAS A PULLMAN PORTER, SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR ASSEMBLY SPEAKER WILLIE BROWN, O/O LIMP I CAN STAR WILMA RUDOLPH, CONGRESS MEMBER RON DEL*UMS AND SO MANY MORE, E SO WE WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT HERE, 100 YEARS LATER AND MARK THE DAY AND TIME THAT THE PULLMAN PORTERS DECIDED THAT THE CONDITIONS WERE UNACCEPTABLE AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET TOGETHER, ORGANIZE AND PUSH BACK. WE'RE IN A A MOMENT LIKE THAT NOW IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN OUR SOCIETY AND WE CAN TAKE INSPIRATION WITH A STORY OF THE PULLMAN PORTERS, WITH THAT, I WANT TO BRING TO THE MIC. OUR COLLEAGUE, HEATHER HUTT FROM THE 10TH SDRIGT TO MAKE COMMENTS FROM THE PULLMAN PORTERS. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND HERE TODAY AND MARK THE CENTENNIAL OF ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE LABOR MOVEMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE LEGACY OF THE PULLMAN PORTER. I REMEMBER AS A KID HAVING FOLKS IN OUR FAMILY THAT WERE PULLMAN PORTERS AND THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS A HIGH LEVEL CAREER. THEIR STORY IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW LOS ANGELES WAS BUILT BY RESILIENT PEOPLE WHO FOUND A LIFELINE THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST GRUELING FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT. THE HEART OF THE STORY FOR OUR CITY STATUE ON THE TRAIN THAT CONNECTED NORL LANCE DIRECTLY TO LOS ANGELES, THE SUNSET LIMITED. THE PORTERS ON THIS TRAIN CARRIED THE HOPES AND THROES RAOEM -- DREAMS OF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THEIR CONSIST TENSE GAVE BLACK FAMILY IT IS ASSURANCE AND INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAY GRATE FROM THE SOUTH BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONAL RICH CULTURE WE KNOW TODAY AS SOUTH AND CENTRAL LOS ANGELES. THIS HISTORY OF MY GRACING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING IS WHY WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF CO-NAMING A STRETCH OF WEST AAMUSING AS THE NEW ORLEANS CORRIDOR. THAT NAMING IS A TESTAMENT TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE FAMILIES OF THE PORTERS WHICH HELPED USHER THEM TO FREEDOM. THE SACRIFICE REQUIRED WAS IMMENSE BUT DESPITE HARDSHIPS THEY BECAME THE FIRST MOBILE BLACK WORKFORCE INVITING A DIGNITY AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT CHALLENGED RACIST STEREOTYPES OF THE ERA. THE FIGHT BECAME A FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS AND AS REFLECT ON THE HISTORY UNIONS FIGHT, WE REMEMBER THEIR LEGACY IS NOT JUST IN THE DESCENDANTS WHO ACHIEVE GREATNESS BUT IN EVERY WORKER WHO STANDS UP FOR JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. THE PULLMAN PORTERS HELPED SET THE WAY FOR THE VIBRANT LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE SO PROUD TO SERVE TODAY AND FOR THAT, WE THANK THEM AND HONOR THEM FOR THEIR WORK. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> WITH THAT, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND BRING TO O THE MIC. WITH A A BIG, BIG, BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE, OUR LABOR LEADER FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THE LEADER OF THE COUNTY FEDERATION OF LABOR, THE ONE, YVONNE RULER. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING. I AM A DISCIPLE OF A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH AND THOSE WHO SERVED THE LOS ANGELES CHAPTER PRESIDENT, THE CALIFORNIA CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND ON THE NATIONAL EXEC TIER BOARD FOR THE A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, I STAND PROUDLY TODAY ON THE SHOULDERS ON A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH. RANDOLPH'S GOAL WAS NEVER TO SIMPLY BUILD A YUAN OF PORTERS BUT TO PROMOTE THE IDEA OF TRADE UNIONISM TO SKEPTICAL BLACK WORKERS. HE WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON AND HIS VISION, HIS COURAGE AND HIS UNCOMPROMISING DEMAND FOR JUSTICE REMAINED THE MOUPD DASHING ON WHICH I AND OTHERS SO MANY OTHERS, CONTINUE TO BUILD. TODAY WE COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL, 100 YEARS, SINCE THE QUIET REVOLUTION BEGAN IN THE POLISHED QUARTERS OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPING CASES, IN 1925, THE BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAPOTES WAS BORN. THAT MOMENT WAS MORE THAN A REYEASTING OF THE UNION, IT WAS THE BIRTH OF MODERN ACTIVISM AND THE DECLARATION THAT BLACK WORKERS WOULD NO LONGER BE SILENT. THE PULLMAN PORTERS HAD EXHAUSTING SHIFTERS, STRETCHING 400 HOURS A MONTH, SURVIVE ON FAVOR AND IS TIP THENS, THEY BUILT ORGANIZATION, OUT OF DESPAIR THEY FOUND DETERMINATION TRAVELING FROM CITY TO SI, THE OBSERVERS BECAME THE FIRST TRULY MOBILE WORKFORCE SPREADING IDEAS, NEWSPAPERS AND COURAGE THEY WERE A LIVING COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR BLACK AMERICA AND AS MARQUEECE SAID, THEY DRESSED IN CRISP YUAN YO FORMS BUT THEY REDEFINED DIGNITY AND CHALLENGE RACISM EVERYWHERE THEY WENT. WHEN A PHILLIP RANDOLPH DECLARED FIGHT OR BE SLAVES, 500 PORTERS ANSWERED THAT CALL IN HARLEM AUGUST 25, 1925. THEY FORMED THE BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAPOTES, THE FIRST ALL BLACK UNION IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND FOR 12 LONG YEAR, THEY FUGHT FOR RECOGNITION, AND n THAT HAVE YOUING L, THEY BUILT THE STRENGTH AND DISCIPLINE THAT WOULD LATER FUEL THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. THEIR IMPACT REACHED FAR BEYOND THE RAILS, THEIR CHILDREN BECAME MAYOR JUDGES CONGRESSMEN AND LEADERS, EVEN WHEN CALLED ONLY GEORGE, THEY NEVER LOST SIGHT OF THEIR OWN WORTH, THEY TURNED SERVICE INTO RESISTANCE, DIGNITY INTO POWER AND SOLIDARITY INTO A WEAPON OF JUSTICE. IN DOIPG SO, THEY CHANGED AMERICA. AS WE HONOR THE 100 YEARS SINCE THEIR FOUNDING, LET US CARRY THEIR LESSONS FORWARD, JUSTICE IS NEVER GIVEN, IT IS WOPER BY ORGANIZED PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO BOW DOWN TO EXPLOITATION, EVERY TIME WE STAND UP FOR DIGNITY EVERY TIME WE DEMAND FAIRNESS AND EVERY TIME WE ORGANIZE AGAINST EXPLOITATION, WE CONTINUE THEIR MISSION. I AM SO PROUD TO BE SHAPED BY A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH AND I AM PROUD TO SAY TODAY THE SPIRIT OF THE BROTHERHOOD STILL LIVES IN OUR UNIONS, IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN EVERY PERSON WHO FIGHTS FOR JUSTICE. WE REMEMBER, WE HONOR AND WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, YVONNE THANK YOU TO THE LEADERSHIP OF ALL AUTHORS STUDY CLUB WHO MAKES SURE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE RECOGNIZE THESE IMPORTANT HOLIDAY AND IS WE'RE JOINED BY FAMILY MEMBERS AND WHAT ARE CALLED PULLMAN PORTER FAMILIES AND WE WANT TO HEAR NOW FROM THE AUTHOR STUDY CLUB. . INGER I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT IS AN HONOR FOR US TO BE INVITED INTO THESE CHAMBERS TODAY TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO ALL OF YOU AND TO COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE SLEEPING CAR PORTERS AND MAIDS. OUR CLUB FOR THE LAST 80 YEARS HAVE BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF MAKING SURE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES KEEPS THE HISTORY OF BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FOREFRONT. IT'S A DAUNTING TASK, IT'S A DIFFICULT TASK BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT RESOURCES NEED TO BE ASSIGNED TO SUCH A TASK. BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE, NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE HAVE TO KEEP THE HISTORY ALIVE. WE HAVE TO KEEP THE FACT THAT THIS CITY WAS BORN ON THE FOUNDATION OF 26 OF THE 44 FOUNDING FAMILIES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN DESCENT, THAT THIS WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN BLACK AND BROWN AND FROM THAT, WE WANT TO TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT AND PROMOTE THE COLLABORATIONS AND THE ACTIVITIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN LOS ANGELES, AND SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THIS 100TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION BE MADE, THE DESCENDANTS THAT YOU SEE HERE REPRESENT BUSINESS COMMUNITY, COMMITMENT AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTINUE TO BE THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE. AGAIN, WE ARE HUMBLED, WE ARE PROUD, WE ARE THANKFUL AND WE DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TO EACH ONE O OF YOU AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I HOPE THAT I LEAVE WITH EACH ONE OF YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TAKE THE ISSUE AND THE CAUSE OF BLACK HISTORY INTO YOUR COUNCILS, INTO YOUR COMMUNITIES, 2026 REPRESENTS 100 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO EACH ONE OF YOU TO HELP US CELEBRATE THAT AND BRING THAT NEWS TO ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE HOPE THAT WHEN WE CALL, THAT YOU'RE ANSWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. >> SO, COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT AND I AND ALL OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL WANT TO PRESENT A CER IT CANER, I -- CERT, IT'S TO THE BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS AND MAID, RECOGNIZING THE HISTORY AND THE IMPORTANCE THEY PLAY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND AROUND THE UNITED STATES. [APPLAUSE]. >> WE HAVE ONE MEMBER IN THE QUEUE, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ? FRMTION >> THANK YOU, YVONNE, IF t CLUB FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK. IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME, WE'RE THE BABY OF THE BUNCH IN THIS UNION, WE'RE THE YOUNGEST CITY IN THIS UNION AND YET SO RICH AND STRENGTH WITH THE AMOUNT OF HISTORY THAT YOU ALL WORK TO PRESERVE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE ENSHRINED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK. YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST -- IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME OF WHAT WE'RE ALL LIVING THROUGH, IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT A ALL THE VARIOUS HISTORIES OF OUR COMMUNITIES THE CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE WE ARE ACTIVELY WATCHING THE ERASURE OF ALL OF THESE STORIES, SO I WANTED TO GET UP AND SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, I COMMEND YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND HELPING TO PRESERVE THIS HISS RI ENSURING AGAIN, LIFE IS HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS, YOU TAKE ON THIS ADDITIONAL TASK TO CONTINUE TO HOLD UP ALL OF THIS IMPORTANT, ALL OF THESE STORIES, SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING REPRESENTED AND OUR VOICES ARE ALL BEING HEARD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, AS WE'LL TRANSITION NOW FROM A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION TO COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY THAT HAH A SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON OUR LOCAL PRESIDENT OF SAGARFER WHAT'S THAT? IS SHE HERE? LOCAL PRESIDENT JOEY LAR AND I WILL TURN OVER THE FLOOR TO COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES, I'M HONORED THIS MORNING TO WELCOME THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND STAFF OF ONE OF OUR IMPORTANT UNIONS AND CIVIL PARTNERS, THE GREEN ACTORS SKILLED, TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ARE JOINING US TO PAY TRIBUTE TO SAG ACTORS OUTGOING LOS ANGELES LOCAL PRESIDENT JODI WONG. [APPLAUSE]. PRESIDENT LONG PRESIDED OVER THE RATIFICATION OF SEVERAL MAYOR CACTUSES BENEFIT IT IS UNION'S MEMBER, SHE CHAMPIONED STATE TAX CREDITS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND CONTINUES TO WOUNDING WITH US TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF IMPINGING HERE IN LOS ANGELES. HER EFFORTS ARE HELPING TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF ONE OF OUR CITIES MOST ECONOMIC ENGINES THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY JODI'S ALSO THE FIRST FEMALE AAPI WOMAN TO LEAD THE UNION. SHE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF SAG ACTORS NATIONAL AND LOCAL BOARDS ADVOCATING FOR MEMBERS' RIGHT, SUPPORTING UNDERREPRESENTED ARTIST, FIGHTING AGAINST RACIAL BIAS, AGEISM AND STEREOTYPING. JODI ALSO HAS HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN THEATRE, FILM AND TELEVISION, ON TAIJ, SHE'S WORKED WITH [INAUDIBLE] KEVIN KLEIN AND STEVEN SONHEIM SHE WON AN INNOVATION AWARD IN THE FLOWER DREAMS SONG. HER FILMS INCLUDE MARVELS, SHANG SH*I, THE VISION OF THE TEN RINGS BEGINNERS PATTY HERSELF AND NIGHT SWIM. HER EMMY INCLUDING ROLE IF DASH AND WILLIE, MISMATCH, MARGARET MOTHER IN ALL AMERICAN GIRL. IT'S AN AMAZING CAREER AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE TO COME, JODI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO THE ARTISTIC VITALITY OF OUR CITY. I WOULD LIKE THE NOW INTRODUCE JULIE SU, THE FORMER ACTING U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR AND DUNCAN CRAB TREE IRELAND, SAG ACTOR'S EXEC TIER DIRECTOR, BOTH OF THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH, I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE ALONG WITH MY GOOD FRIEND, DUNCAN, AND SAG ACT RA* TO HELP TO HONOR THE THE ONE AND ONLY JODI LONG. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT JODI, MY TIME IS LIMITED SO I'M GOING TO STICK TO THREE THINGS, THE FIRST IS HER IMPACT OP THE LABOR MOVEMENT. JODI HAS LED THE LARGEST LOCAL FOR SAG ACT RA* THROUGH SOME CHALLENGING TIMES AND SOME BIG BATTLES, SHE HAS DM STRIATED TO THE WORLD THAT ACTORS ARE WORKING PEOPLE AND WHAT WORKING PEOPLE CAN ACCOMPLISH THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION INCLUDING PUTTING EVERYTHING ON THE LINE, THE PICKET LINE, AND THROUGH JODI'S EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP SAG ACTRA HAS REACHED HISTORIC TERMS IN THEIR CONTRACT THAT HAVE SPINE ERODED THE LABOR MOVEMENT ACROSS THE WHOLE KUN RI. THERE ARE TERMS ABOUT AI, JODI WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ACTORS AND IS LOCAL LEADERS TO SAY AI SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF NEGOTIATION AND THAT HAS SET A NEW BAR OF NEGOTIATION INS OTHER UNION CONTRACTS AS WELL, AND AS SECRETARY OF LABOR, I TRAVEL THE COUNTRY AND SAW THAT WHAT SAG ACT RA* WAS DOING IN LA LIFTED THE STANDARDS FOR WHAT YAOUP I DON'T KNOWS EXPECTED AND DEMANDED IN CONTRACTS FOR EVERYONE ELSE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT LEADERSHIP AND FOR THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT JODI. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY BECAUSE WE ARE IN CITY HALL IS JODI'S IMPACT ON LOS ANGELES. SHE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS FOCUSED ON BRINGING MORE PRODUCTION BACK TO LA, SHE UNDERSTANDS HOW THE MOVE, THE LOWERS OF POWERS FOR THAT AND HER LEGACY IS GOING TO GO ON NOT JUST FOR HER MEMBERS BUT FOR THE CITY WE LOVE SO MUCH. I HAVE TO SAY THAT IN A MOMENT IN WHICH DONALD TRUMP IS COMING FOR LOS ANGELES, IT'S NO ACCIDENT HE COMES.ER LOS ANGELES FIRST. HE CAME FOR LA BEFORE DC, BEFORE CHICAGO, BEFORE PORT LANDS, IT'S BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE EMBODY AND EMBRACE ARE THINGS THAT HE HATE, CREATIVITY TRUTH DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND A ALL OF THOSE THING IS WHAT JODI EMBRACES AND EMBODIES AS WELL, SO JODI, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THE BEST OF LA EVERY SINGLE DAY. [APPLAUSE]. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT JODI IS HER IMPORTANCE IN TERMS OF SHOU HE REPRESENT, HER ROPE OSTENTATION MATTERS IN AN INDUSTRY AND A PROFESSION IN WHICH ASIAN AMERICANS ARE SO UNDERREPRESENTED, JODI HAS SHOWN EXPERTLY, ASIAN AMERICAN, ON SCREEN, OP THE STAGE AND IN THIS ROLE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND I KNOW AS SOMEONE WHO STEPPED INTO POSITIONS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT ME TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEAN, EVERYWHERE I WENT SERVE THING CABINET, PEOPLE WOULD SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD DO THAT UNTIL I SAW YOU DO IT. JODI, WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD SAY THAT BECAUSE OF YOU AND WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THAT IS ALSO A LEGACY THAT WILL LIVE LONG AFTER YOUR TIME AS PRESIDENT OF YOUR LOCAL. SHOWING ASIAN AMERICANS AS FULL HUMAN BEINGS, AS CREATIVE AND FUN AND FUNNY AND AS SERIOUS AND TELLING OUR CLOSE STORIES SO THANK YOU, JODI, FOR YOUR BRILLIANCE AND YOUR COURAGE, FOR DEMANDING TO BE HEARD SO YOUR MEMBERS ARE HEARD, PUSHING TO BE SEEN SO WE CAN ALL BE SEEN, FOR CLAIMING SPACE SO MORE OF US CAN BELONG,.ER TELLING STORIES SO ALL OF OUR STORIES ARE TOLD AND KNOWING THINGS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE ANYBODY HAS IMAGINED THEM YOU'RE EXTRAORDINARY, JODEE, I'M PROUD TO HONOR YOU TO THIS POSITION OF LEGACY IN YOUR UNION AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. [APPLAUSE]. >> YOU KNOW, IN THE WORLD OF ACTING, THEY SAY DON'T EVER WORK WITH BABIES OR DOGS OR FOLLOW JULIE SU BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE. u THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITIES O TO RECOGNIZE AN EXTRAORDINARY LEADER IN THE TUN AND TO YOU, JAOL LEE SU, FOR YOUR SUSTAINED ADVOCACY FOR WORKERS BUT FOR YOUR SERVICING AS SECRETARY OF LABOR. JODEE o DILONG IS A FORCE FOR CHANGE, AS A PRESIDENT OF SAG ACT RA* LOS ANGELES LOCAL, JODI RECOGNIZED, THAT UNCONSCIOUS BIAS WAS HOLDING OUR INDUSTRY BACK AND SHE DIDN'T JUST TALK ABOUT IT, SHE BROUGHT UNCONSCIOUS BIAS TRAINING DIRECTLY TO OUR LOCAL BOARD ENSURING THAT SAG ACTRA LEAD *F LED THE INDUSTRY BY EXAMPLE. DURING OUR UNION'S HISTORIC 2023 STRIKE, JODI WAS EVERYWHERE EDUCATING EVERYONE, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PICKET LINES SHE AND I WERE ON TOGETHER AND RALLYING THE TROOPS WHEN THEY FLAGGED, HER INCREDIBLE ENTHUSIASM FOR A FAIR DEAL DIDN'T JUST INSPIRE OUR MEMBER, IT HELPED BRING THE EMPLOYERS BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE BUZZ JODI'S ADVOCACY EXTENDS FAR BEYOND CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, SHE BUILT A STRONG AND PROMINENT CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD, SHE'S USED HER PLATFORM TO CHAMPION AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION AND DISMANTLE THE BARRIERS OF PEOPLE, SHE MOVED BEYOND TOKENISM TOWARDS GENUINE INCLUSION, BOTH IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AND IN THE DECISION MAKING ROOMS WHERE CAREERS ARE MADE. IN 2024, JODI TOOK THAT FIGHT TO SACRAMENTO DELIVERING POWERFUL TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF ESSENTIAL AI LEGISLATION. HER WORDS CUT TLI THE TECHNICAL JAR DON, CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE FREE TO LIVE AND DIE WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BECOMING SOMEONE ELSE'S UNPAID DIGITAL PUPPET WAS HER QUOTE. TWO MONTHS LATER, GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED AB1826 AND 2602, PIVOTAL PIECES IN THE AI PROTECTIONS, OUR UNION HAS FOUGHT FOR. THIS YEAR, SHE'S BEEN A VOCAL PROPONENT OF REFORMS TO INCENTIVIZE TV AND FILM PRODUCTION HERE IN LOS ANGELES FIGHTING TO KEEP JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY FOR THE DIVERSE WORKFORCE SHE SPENT HER CAREER CHAMPIONING. JODI LONG IS AN INSPIRATION TO HER COLLEAGUE, HER INDUSTRY, HER COMMUNITY AND TO ME PERSONALLY AND IT IS AN HONOR TO STAND BESIDE HER HERE TODAY. THE LIST OF JODI'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS IMPRESSIVE. WHAT MATTERS MOST IS HOW SHE'S INSPIRED COUNTLESS OTHERS TO FIND THEIR OWN VOICES AND FIGHT FOR CHANGE. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US JODI THANK YOU FOR PROVING THAT REAL LEADERSHIP ISN'T ABOUT WAITING FOR A SEAT AT THE TABLE, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A BIGGER TABLE. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, DUNCAN AND SECRETARY SU, JODI, IT'S AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO HAVE YOU WITH YOU US TODAY AND THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS. >> WOW, THAT'S A REALLY TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, YOU NEVER DO THAT, ANYWAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN KATY JAR SLA*F SKI AND FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR AND RECOGNITION AND FOR BEING A AN IMPORTANT ALLY TO SAG ACTRA AND ALSO TO OUR ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY AND TO THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN DISTRICT 5. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JULIE SU, I'M JUST CRYING NOW, FOR BEING SUCH A CHAMPION FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS AND THANK YOU TO DUNCAN. WE'VE WORKED A GREAT PARTNERSHIP OVER THESE MANY YEAR AND IS I'M GRATEFUL TO THAT. I WANT TO THANK ALL OUR MEMBERS OF THE LA CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR ALL YOUR CONSTITUENTS INCLUDING US. FOR OVER A CENTURY, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN THE HEART OF THE ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA INDUSTRY AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. ALL OF US AT SAG ACTRA ARE GRATEFUL TO THE LOS ANGELES CITY LEAD AND HE ISER MUNICIPAL STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND BOTH OUR PRODUCTION INDUSTRY AND OUR IMMIGRANT REZ DENSEST. I'M A GIRL FROM QUEENS PERSONALLY AND MY PARENTS WERE VARVILIANS, SO I GREW UP BACKSTAGE, I MADE MY DEBUT WHETHER I WAS 7, I WORKED HARD TO BE THE BEST ACTORS FOR PARTS FOR SOMEONE WHO LOOKED LIKE ME WAS SCARCE. I WENT TO AN OPEN CALL TO AUDITION FOR THORTO WIELDERS OUR TOWN, THE DIRECTOR ASKED ME WHAT PART ARE YOU READING FOR EMILY I REPLIED, WHO WAS THE ALL AMERICAN GIRL. HE SAID, WELL, WE'RE NOT DOING IT THAT WAY. I SAID, WHAT WAY? I DIDN'T GET THE PART BUT I READ ANYWAY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS CALLED THEN BUT REPRESENTATION MATTERS. [APPLAUSE]. JUST MY FACE IN THAT ROOM THAT DAY AND THE ABILITY TO DO IT WAS WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT. SO, I NOW DO SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT I AM PART OF AND I LOVE, REPRESENTING ACTORS AND PERFORMERS AND ALSO ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND AMERICAN COMMUNITIES TOO. I WANT TO THANK -- EXCUSE ME, I CAN'T FWET THIS PAGE OUT -- THE FILM LIAISON STEVE KANG, ARE YOU HERE TODAY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING AVAILABLE AND LISTENING TO THOSE OF US WORKING IN THIS INDUSTRY. I KNOW MY UNION VALUES YOUR COMMITMENT AND LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH STEVE AND WITH ALL OF YOU. AND TO ALL OUR MEMBERS OF THE LA CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR UNANIMOUSLY PASSING THE MOTION INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN ADRIN NAZ R*IN TO REFORM THE FILM PERMITTING PROCESS, IT WAS REALLY TRULY KISMET THAT TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT MOTION WAS PASSED, OUR LA LOCAL PUT ON THE THE HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU LA EVENT, BRINGING OUR SISTER UNIONS, OUR INDUSTRY PARTNER ES, MAYOR BASS TOGETHER WITH OUR MESSAGE OF HOW ESSENTIAL THE IT IS TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MUST ALL DO OUR PART TO COLLECTIVELY KEEP OUR VOICES LOUD, TO KEEP FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION IN LOS ANGELES WHICH AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE LA RESIDENTS HERE. [APPLAUSE]. I ALSO JUST WANT TO ADD THAT A A FEW WEEKS AGO, READING IN VARIETY, THAT 22 PRODUCTIONS WERE BROUGHT BACK TO LOS ANGELES, 22 PRODUCTIONS THAT WERE ELSEWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY. [APPLAUSE]. IT REALLY JUST REINFORCES TO ME THAT IT'S SO ESSENTIAL THAT WE WORK TOGETHER, NOT JUST ON THIS BUT ON EVERYTHING. WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE ALL THE TIME BUT WE HAVE TO COME TO CONSENSUS FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS SH FOR YOU, FOR THE MEMBERS, FOR THOSE IN THE UNIONS, IT IS KEY TO CHANGE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ALL ABOUT, IS CHANGING THE CONVERSATION SHIFTING THE WAY PEOPLE THINK AND BRIDGING A BETTER WORLD TO EVERYONE, SO LET'S MAKE SURE THE ART FORM THAT MADE LA CONTINUES TO HAVE A HOME HERE IN LOS ANGELES AND JUST ALSO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO NURTURE OUR CITY'S DIVERSE VOICES NOW AND IN THE MANY YEARS TO TO COME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. . >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES, I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS HAVE COMMENTS, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO PRESENT. >> MS. LONG, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR SAG ACTRA BUT ALSO EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE TO BRING REPRESENTATION BECAUSE REPRESENTATION DOES MATTER, AS SOMEONE WOULD GREW UP HERE IN THE STATES, I WOULD OFTEN JUST WANT TO SEE ANYBODY THAT LOOKED LIKE ME ON TV AND WHEN I SAW PEOPLE -- EVEN IN STEREOTYPICAL ROLES, I WAS STILL EXCITED BUT THEN WE MOVED TO A POINT WHERE THAT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH TLA, WE SAID WHY ARE WE ALWAYS BEING STEREOTYPED IN CERTAIN TYPES OF ROLES BUT NOW BECAUSE THE EFFORTS OF SO MANY PEOPLE, WE DO SEE THERE ARE A VARIETY, ASIANS COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPE AND IS SIZES AND ALL DIFFERET PERSONALITIES AND THAT'S BEEN REFLECTED RECENTLY IN THE IMMEDIATE DWRA AND I WANT TO >> SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALL YOUR WORK ON THAT. [APPLAUSE]. I'M SORRY, WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HOR RAD DOUGH. >> I SECOND EVERYTHING HE SAID AS ANOTHER -- AS A FELLOW MEMBER OF THE API CAUCUS ON COUNCIL THIS MEANS A LOT TO US ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIA AND EVEN THOUGH THERE'S MORE PORTRAYALS OF API FOLKS NOW, I REALLY DO FEEL IT WHEN OUR KIDS ARE WATCHING TELEVISION, FIRST THEY WONDER WHY WHEN WE USED TO WATCH, THERE WERE COMMERCIALS AND REWINDING, AND THEN I TAUGHT THEM THAT'S NOT A THING ANYMORE. NOW SEEINGINING FOLKS LIKE YOU ON THE SCREEN AND SEEING THEMSELVES INS ROLES THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN THEMSELVES, THAT ARE NOT JUST MATH OR PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THAT BUT INSTEAD PEOPLE LIVING FULL, DIFFERENT LIVES, YOU KNOW, AND IN LEADERSHIP ROLES, SECRETARY SU, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ADVANCING PROTECTIONS FOR SWEAT SHOP WORKERS, YOU INSPIRED ME SO MUCH GROWING UP IN THE WORK THAT YOU DID, SO SEEING THESE WOMEN UP HERE CELEBRATING OUR COMMUNITY, ADVANCING IT FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES IS SO IMPORTANT, SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR HONORING THESE FOLKS. [APPLAUSE]. >> COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> THANK YOU, WE HAVE A FEW ACTORS AROUND THE HORSE SHOE TAO, I HOPE THEY CAN SHARE THEIR AMAZING CONTRIBUTIONS, COUNCILWOMAN YAR SLA*F CAN SKI, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION IN, SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE SEEN OURSELVES IN, MS. HE R-R FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE BEEN A FAN OF YOURS FOR DECADES, I'M A LAW AND ORDER FAN AND SEEING YOU ON THERE AND SEEING A WOMAN OF COLOR TAKING A BIG ROLE IN A SHOW THAT -- IT WAS PART OF MY POP CULTURE GROWING UP, SO YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK TO SHOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER IN THESE SPACES SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT EXAMPLE FOR US TO KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT AND BE KICK ASS PEOPLE IN THESE SPACES AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY FOR BRINGING THIS CELEBRATION AND UPLIFTING THEM, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> COW COUNCILMAN HERNANDEZ IS NAN -- COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ IS A BIG LAW AND ORDER FAN. COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY ?FRJTS ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR A LIFETIME OF ADVOCACY, ON BEHALF OF PERFORMING ARTISTS AND FOR YOUR STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AS PRESIDENT OF SAG ACTRA LOS ANGELES LOCAL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO JOIP US AND -- JOIN US AND HONOR YOU. >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER BOOKMEN FIELD WITH BLUMENFIELD WITH THE NEXT PRESENTATION. f YOU -- IF YOU CAN GET STARTED, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> TODAY WE PROUDLY HONOR NEW ECONOMICS FOR WOMEN, NEW. [APPLAUSE]. ALTHOUGH NOT SO NEW ANYMORE BECAUSE WE'RE CELEBRATING 40 YEARS AOF UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. FOUNDED IN THE EARLY 1980'S, NEW BEGAN WITH A POWERFUL MISSION TO EMPOWER FAMILIES THROUGH ECONOMIZING OPPORTUNITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY. OVER THE DECADES, THAT MISSION HAS COME THE LIFE THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE WORK IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. NEW HAS BECOME A TRUE MODEL OF EQUITY, INCLUSION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN OUR CITY. IN MY DISTRICT, THEIR IMFACT IS ESPECIALLY VISIBLE. THEY'VE DEVELOPED VITAL AFFORD L HOUSING PROJECTS, PROVIDING SAFE SUPPORTIVE HOMES FOR FAMILIES JUST LAST WEEK, WE CELEBRATED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN CANOGA PARK, LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVED, AND I REMEMBER BEING THERE THINKING IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY, I FELT WE WERE CELEBRATE THING 10 YEAR ATELIER TIERA, IT'S INCREDIBLE THEY ESTABLISHED THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY CENTER WHICH OFFERS FINANCIAL COACH, JOB TRAIN SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, GIVING RESIDENTS REAL TOOLS TO BUILD LASTING STABILITY. AND THOUGH THE FOUNDING OF -- THROUGH THE FAMILY OF THE NEW CHARTER ACADEMY SCHOOLS, THEY'VE INVEST INED THE POWER OF EDGE KAI, TRANSFORMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. AND WHAT MAKES NEW EXCEPTIONAL IS NOT JUST THE BREADTH OF THEIR WORK BUT THE WAY THAT THEY DO IT. AS A TRUSTED PARTNER, THEY COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS, NON-PROFITS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DRIVE SYSTEMATIC CHANGE AND CREATE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES. THEIR COMMUNITY ROOTED SOLUTIONS DIRECTLY COME FRONTS POVERTY AND PROMOTES LONG TERM ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND IT SEEMS SO ORGANIC BECAUSE THEY AREN'T COMING INTO A COMMUNITY, THEY ARE PART OF A COMMUNITY AND GROWING THAT COMMUNITY. AS NEW LOOK TOS THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING PROGRAM AND IS INFLUENCING POLICY, FOR GREATER ECONOMIC EQUITY REMAINS STRONG. THEY CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A A VISION WHERE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL REGARDLESS OF BACK GROWN REGARDLESS OF ZIP CODE, THEY ARE THERE TO SERVE AND TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. SO, NEXT I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ, TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO APPLAUSE FOR COUNCILMAN BLUMENFIELD BUT ALSO NEW. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE YOU ALL TODAY AND TO BE ABLE TO JOIN YOU FOR ON HORSING NEW ECONOMICS FOR WOMEN, FOR THEIR 40TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY, THAT'S 40 YEARS DECADES AND DECADES OF GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR FAMILIES. AS A DAUGHTER OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANT, I'M A PROUD LATINA GRATEFUL FOR NEW FOR THE IMPACT THEY'VE HAD FOR FAMILIES IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. I'VE MET WITH MOTHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, PICO UNION WHERE A MISSED PAYCHECK CAN MEAN EASILY LOSING THEIR HOUSE, TO REINFORCING OUR SK*EXES OF HOW DO WE GIVE RESOURCES TO PAY PEOPLE'S RENT IS SOMETHING WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. FOR 40 YEAR, NEW EK CONOMICS WERE WOMEN HAS MET FAMILIES WHERE THEY'RE AT, OPENING DOORS FOR EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REAL PATHWAYS TO BUILDING INTERGENERATIONAL WE WILL, I WAS ALSO AT AN AE VENT THEY HAD ORGANIZED.ER PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUY A A HOME, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CREATING PATHWAYS TO JOBS BUT CREATING INTERGENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES, I'VE SEEN IT MYSELF AT THIS COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR, MOMS WERE ASKING ABOUT BUILDING CREDIT WHILE APPLYING FOR THEIR FIRST MORTGAGE SDP STARTING THEIR DREAM BUSINESS, YOU COULD SEE THAT SPARK OF POSSIBILITY MOMS SAYING MAYBE I CAN BUY A HOME, MAYBE MY DAUGHTER CAN GO TO COLLEGE, AND NEW GIVERS PEOPLE HOPE. THE NEW WOMEN TEAM WHO'S BEHIND ME, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICER WILL RECOLLECT ATISHA, THE FOUNDER AND BOARD CHAIR, BIA, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BLUME FAO*ELD FOR INVITING ME TO JOIN YOU TO CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE MILESTONE. CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW, YOUR 40 YEARS OF TURNING STRUGGLE INTO STRENGTH HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO PEOPLE LIKE ME, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US WHEN WE INVEST IN WOMEN, WE CAN AND DO CHANGE THE WORLD. MAY THE NEXT 40 YEARS BRING MORE KEYS IN HANDS, MORE DEGREE OS THE WALLS AND MORE BUSINESSES TO OUR CORRIDORS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> I NEXT WANT TO BRING UP ONE OF THE FOUNDER'S CURRENT BOARD CHAIR, BEE, WOULD WE JUST MENTIONED, SOMEONE I HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING MORE THAN 20 YEARS, BEFORE I WAS NR THE ASSEMBLY, BEFORE I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, I WO*RJ WORKED FOR HOWARD BERMAN, WE MET WAY BACK THEN AND I'VE BEEN AMAZED SEEING THIS DYNAMO MOVE, SO BEE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS IS AN HONOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AS I REFLECT BACK 40 EASES, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SEED THAT STARTED NEW EM NOM I CANS FOR WOMEN, RONALD REAGAN CAME UP WITH THIS INCREDIBLE IDEA THAT IF YOU GRAVER OPPORTUNITY TO THE 1% TORX THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT IT WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO THE POOREST. WE ALL KNEW THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. WE ALL KNEW THAT WHAT HE DID WAS DISMANTLE THE SAFETY MET FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THAT WAS A CATALYST FOR US TO BEGIN OUR WORK. TODAY WE ARE MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO WANS TO CREATE A FASCIST ECONOMY, WHO IS TOTALLY BENT ON ENSURING THAT THERE'S NO SAFETY NET REGARDLESS OF AGE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, REGARDLESS OF GENDER. WE ARE MORE RELEVANT TODAY THAN WE EVER HAVE BEEN AND I THANK EACH AND EVERY SIPPING -- SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE OF SERVICE TO THIS GREAT CITY. I WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY MY PARTNER IN CRIME, MEGAN, OUR PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. [APPLAUSE]. TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, LISA AND OTHERS. AND TO OUR [INAUDIBLE], BUT I ALSO WANT TO BEFORE WILL RECOLLECT ETY SPEAK TOS THE INCREDIBLE LEGACY THAT HAS WE ARE CREATING, I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY -- ANYBODY REALIZES THAT AS A LATINA ORGANIZATION WE HAVE CREATED CLOSE TO 1800 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE HAVE HELPED THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AND FAMILIES BUY THEIR FIRST HOME, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO NOT ONLY BUILD THE FIRST CHARTER SCHOOL BUT TWO, AND STARTED THE THE FIRST CHARTER MOVEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY NON-PROFIT THAT HAS HOUSING TO EDUCATION. IN ADDITION, BESIDES HOME OWNERSHIP, BESIDES WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY, WE HELP WOMEN UNDERSTAND THEIR MINDSET AROUND POVERTY, THEIR MINDSET AROUND WEALTH, THEIR MIND MINDSET AROUND A HAPPY FAMILY, WE BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY, WE BELIEVE THE DEMOCRACY WORKS FOR EVERYONE, SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, ALL THE STAFF HERE FOR THEIR HEART, THEIR PASSION AND THEIR HARD WORK AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR BELIEVING IN WHAT WE DO AND FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> NEXT I WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY LA TAOESH SHA* WHO'S THE CEO OF NEW TO SHARE NEWS ABOUT THIS MILESTONE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO STAND HERE AND TO STAND PROUDLY WITH OUR TEAM, MOST OF OUR STAFF ARE HERE TODAY, BOARD MEMBERS, OUR FOUNDER AND BOARD CHAIR, OUR FORMER EXEC TIER DIRECTOR MAGGIE, SOME OF OUR MOST ESTEEMED PARTNERS AND IS CLIENTS JOIN US TODAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO 40 YEAR OF IMPACT, WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD, WE'RE EXCITED, WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE 40 YEAR OF IMPACT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO CONTINUE TO PIEKT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE. THIS RECOGNITION IS TRULY AN HONOR, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ, TO COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD, NOT ONLY FOR THIS RECOGNITION BUT FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS. THIS RECOGNITION IS A REFLECTION OF WHAT NEW HAS CARRIED OUT ACROSS THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. YOU KNOW, TRULY, FROM OUR HOME BASE IN PICO UNION TO THE EAST LOS ANGELES TO SAN PEDRO, THE SOUTH BAY AREA, TO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WEBSINGER ARE PROUD TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP FOR THIS GREAT CITY, A A CITY NA HAS RAISES MANY OF US, A CITY WHAT MOST OF US RAISE OUR FAMILY AND WE CONTINUE TO SHOW UP BECAUSE A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT FOUNDED THIS INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION ARE STILL A REALITY. BUT THAT REALITY IS WHAT IS GIVING THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE ALL THE MOTIVATION, ALL THE DRIVE TO KEEP GOING STRONG. WE WILL CONTINUE TO INNOVATE, TO TRANSFORM SO THAT EVERY CHILD, EVERY MOTHER, EVERY FAMILY IN THIS CITY CAN EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO ECONOMIC DIGNITY, TO ECONOMIC SECURITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY -- [APPLAUSE] -- MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR US, EVERY SINGLE MEMBER THAT STANDS BEHIND ME TODAY, IT'S THE TRUE MEANING OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY, WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE SUPER COMMITTED, THANK YOU EVERYONE, ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE TEAM, THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU LEADERSHIP, FOR ALLOWING US TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO CONTINUE TO MAKE LOS ANGELES THE MOST VIBRANT AND EQUITABLE CITY FOR ALL ANGELENOS, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE? >> COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA? >> YES. WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD HERNANDEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH BRINGING THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION HERE. YOUR PRESIDENT IN MY DISTRICT MY FAVORITE ORGANIZATIONS IN MY DISTRICT, YOU CAN FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE WORK IN MY STRICT, AND I DON'T WANT TO REITERATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THESE LAST 40 YEARS CONGRATULATIONS, BUT I'M EXCITED YOU'RE MOVING -- THAT YOU'RE CONTINUE TOG GROW AND I'M EXCITED FOR THE NEXT 40 YEAR AND IS I CAN COUNT ON YOU AS A PARTNER IN MY DISTRICT THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOST CULTURAL EVENTS TOGETHER, I CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THAT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY DILIGENT IN WORK WITCHING ME AND WORKING WITH METRO AND REALLY PUSHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN ON [INAUDIBLE] BOULEVARD FOR SO LONG ARE GETTING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FUND. THANK YOU AGAIN AND I'M SO EXCITED AND I'M GOING TO BE PROUD THAT WE CAN SAY WE BUILT LIGHT RAIL IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT BUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES FELT LIKE WE WERE PART OF A PROCESS AND I OWE IT TO YOU, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, TO 40 MORE YEARS. [APPLAUSE]. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS BLUMENFIELD AND HERNANDEZ, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL YOU LADIES AGAIN WEBSINGER WERE CELEBRATING MAGGIE'S PRETEND RETIREMENT, YOU KNEW YOU WEREN'T GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET SMART WOMEN TOGETHER IN A ROOM AND A FEW GUYS, I SEE A FEW BACK THERE, BUT -- OKAY , I'LL GIVE THEM A SHOUT-OUT TOO, BUT YOU KNOW I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THE EXAMPLE AND SHOWING UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IN A MANNER THAT JUST DIDN'T MAKE THEM DEPENDENT AND RELIANT ON THE HANDOUT, IT WAS ON THE HAND UP, IT WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THEY WERE EMPOWERED WITH THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT THEY NEEDED TO NOT JUST GET BY, BUT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SOMETHING, A STRONGER FUTURE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. I WATCHED HOW YOU HELPED TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE SUPPORT, WHEN YOU WENT INTO CANOGA PARK BETWEEN THE CHARTER SCHOOL, THE FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEM, THE CHILD CARE THAT ALLOWED THE FAMILIES TO THEN PURSUE SOME OF THE JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITH ALL OF THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ALLOWED THAT SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC MOBILE. SO OFTEN ORGANIZATIONS ARE JUST SCRAPING AND FRANKLY SCREAMING AT GOVERNMENT TO JUST SAY WELL JUST FREEZE THIS, STOP THIS HELP US MAKE ENDS MEET, AND YES, THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IMPORTANT SAFETY NETS BUT YOU PROVIDE THEM A MUCH GREATER FUTURE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, TO BE ABLE TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND TO BE ABLE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET. THERE'S ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY PRIDE, IT'S THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING FAMILIES TOOLS AND THE SUPPORT AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR THEMSELVES AND NOT SURVIVE ON WHATEVER SAFETY NETS GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DREAMING BIGGER THAN WHAT PEOPLE EVER THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE. 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE 100 MORE. BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND HERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING NEW ECONOMICS TO WOMEN TO COUNCIL TODAY, 40 YEARS IS A LONG TIME AND I KNOW THIS IS NO SMALL THING AND YOU DIDN'T GET HERE BY ACCIDENT, RIGHT. THIS IS ALL ABOUT INTENTIONALITY, HARD WORK GRIT I WAS ON A TOUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON FOR HIS DESTINATION CEN SHAW, FOR THAT HE SAID THE WOMEN THAT WERE WRINGING ON THAT PROJECT DELIVERED THE PROJTS UNDER TIME AND UNDER BUDGET AND THE OTHER ONES TRIPLED THEIR BUMENT AND IT WAS LAIRED. THAT IS WHAT WOMEN HAVE AND OUR INGIN NETTY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN CHEAPLY AND QUICKLY, WE CELEBRATED CINCO DE MAYO, I PROESHT YOUR PARTNERSHIPFINGER WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU, WE HAVE OUR SMALL BUSINESS LIAISE E -- LIAISON WHO WESTBOUND WITH ALL OF YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE MENTORSHIP AND YOUR CONTINUED PART IT NERSHIP AT YOUR BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER, AND ALSO BUILDING HOUSING FOR THE SECOND GENERATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES GOING TOE TO TOE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, IT WAS A SIGHT TO TO SEE AND I KNOW THAT'S HOW YOU GOT HERE FOR THESE 40 YEARS, SO CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND HERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING ECONOMICS FOR WOMEN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS. NEXT SATURDAY, WE HAVE AN EVENT WITH YOU REGARDING TAX CREDITS AND REBATES AND WE SO APPRECIATE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO UPLIFT OUR FAMILIES AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE PUT YOU ON THE CALENDAR AND PUT THE WORD OUT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE THE SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE AND THE HELP YOU PROVIDE AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A FULL HOUSE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS AND OF COURSE OVER THE FEW YEARS I HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> IT'S JUST ANOTHER REMINDER, I LIKE TO THINK OF NEW AS THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION IN 4IMY DISTRICT BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALL OVER THE CITY AND REALLY HAVE IMPACTED EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY IN SUCH A SPECIAL WAY THAT WE ALL REALLY TAKE PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND YOU'RE JUST AN AMAZING PARTNER, YOU HAVE MADE US PROUD, YOUR LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO UPLIFT AND EP EMPOWER WOMEN AND FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE'D LIKE TO AS A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, SIGNED BY -- [APPLAUSE] -- EVERYBODY HERE AROUND THE HORSE SHOE, SO PLEASE ACCEPT THIS SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. THANK YOU. >> WHILE WE'RE TAKING PHOTOS COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT WILL THE NEXT MEMBER FOR A PRESENTATION. [APPLAUSE]. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE TODAY, DIDN'T WE? IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO [INAUDIBLE], AN INSTITUTION WHOSE LEGACY OF SERVICE EDUCATION, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY HAS ENRICHED LOS ANGELES FOR GENERATIONS. ITS FOUNDING, THE RIVER DALE CLUB WAS CARRYING THEIR MISSION TO CULTIVATE LEADERSHIP AND SERVE AS A BEACON OF COMMUNITY CONNECTION. FOR YEARS, THE CLUB HAS SUP PORTED YOUNG LEADERS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND MAINTAINED ITS HISTORIC CLUBHOUSE AS A LIVING SYMBOL OF HERITAGE. IN 1940, LOS ANGELES LIKE MUCH OF THE NATION WAS DEEPLY SEGREGATED. MANY VENUES, PUBLIC SPACES AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS DID NOT WELCOME PEOPLE OF COLOR. DURING THIS TIME, TWO VISIONARY WOMEN, MS. WILLIAMS AND MS. DELA WOMEN YAMS WOULD WERE NOT RELATED DECLARED TO TO IMAGINE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IN 1945, THEY CONVENED WOMEN FROM ACROSS THE CITY WITH A SHARED GOAL, TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A CLUBHOUSE ON A NON-PROFIT BASIS WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING CIVIC BETTERMENT PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVOR ADVISING GENERAL CULTURE. THE BOLD VISION WAS TO CREATE A SAFE AND DIGNIFIED PLACE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR TO GATHER. OVER THE PAST DECADE, WOOLEN DALE HAS ADAPTED, THE CLUB'S IMPACT IS NOT BRICK AND MORTAR, ITS PROGRAMMING REACHES DEEP INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR A CULTURE AND EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS, SUCH AS WEDNESDAYS AT THE WILFANDEL SUMMER SERIES, WORKSHOPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE RETREAT, RIDERS WORKSHOPS AND MORE. THESE EFFORTS CULTIVATE OPPORTUNITY CONNECTION AND GROWTH AMONG YOUTH, FAMILIES AND ADULTS SEEKING ENRICHMENT. AS A KID, I REMEMBER MY MOTHER TELLING ME STORE RIS OF THE SPRING KLAOEPING AND PAINT AT THE WILFINDEL, SHE PROUDLY STAGED ABOUT HER CONTRIBUTION TO PAINTING ONE OF THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS ALL WHILE LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE BOLD OWNERSHIP. THE WORK OF THE WOMEN OF THE WILFINDEL PAST AND PRESENT ARE -- PAST AND PRESENT GENERATIONAL HI *FLY SHARE THE TIME T RESOURCE THAT MAKE ALL OF THEIR WORK POSSIBLE. THIS TIRELESS DEDICATION SUSTAINS THE LANDMARK AND ENSURES THAT ITS MISSION ENDURES. IN A CITY AS DYNAMIC AS LOS ANGELES, INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS WILFINDEL ANCHOR US, THEY REMIND US WHERE WE KOL FROM AND GUIDE US INTO WHERE WE MIGHT GO. THEY PRESERVE STORE RISKER FOSTER COMMUNITIES AND INVEST IN FUTURE LEADERS. ON BEHALF OF THE CD10 AND ON BEHALF O THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THESE VALUES, HERITAGE AND INNOVATION IS WHY WE SA LAOUL THE WILFINERL CLUB, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEVOTION TO THE COMMUNITY X MAY YOUR LEGACY CONTINUE TO SHINE. AND NOW I WANT TO BRING UP SOMEONE I'VE KNOWN FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, THE CLUB'S PRESIDENT KAY HINLEY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. ON BEHALF OF THE CLUB AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS, I THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HEATHER HUTT, 80 YEARS AGO, 50 CAINL YOURS WOMEN FOUNDED THIS CLUB AND JIM CO*E LAWS PROHIBITED BLACK WOMEN FROM GOING TO ANY PLACE LIKE A HOTEL OR COUNTRY CLUB TO HAVE THEIR MILESTONE EVENTS, SO, THEY CAME TOGETHER AND SAID LET'S RAISE MONEY AND BUY A HOUSE, A HOUSE IN THE WEST ADAMS DISTRICT THAT AT THE TIME IT WAS LIKE UNHEARD OF FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MOVER INTO THAT AREA, SO WITH THE HELP OF ONE OF THE FOUNDERS' HUSBANDS BS PAUL WILLIAMS, THEY WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY IN WEST AE AMASSING, HE CAME IN AND HE REFURBISHED THE HOUSE ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T -- HE WASN'T THE ARCHITECT OF THE HOUSE, HE REFURBISHED THE HOUSE TO MAKE IT MORE OF A CLUBHOUSE WHERE THE COMMUNITY COULD COME AND SERVICE -- AND HAVE EVENTS FOR EVERYONE. SO, A AT A TIME, THE WILFINDEL BECAME THE PLACE FOR MOST BLACK PEOPLE IN LA TO GATHER POLITICIANS, PEOPLE LIKE NEAP NA HORN HAD THEIR CONCERTS THERE, IT BECAME LIKE THE HUB FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY TO HAVE THINGS. I ALSO GREW UP GOING TO THE HOUSE WHEN I WAS YOUNG JUST FOR EVENTS LIKE SHOWERS AND WEDDINGS, AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME WERE THERE TOO, SO, AS THE CLUB MEMBERS, OUR CHARGE IS TO PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF THIS CULTURAL HISTORY, SO AS OUR RACE IS UNDER ATTACK WITH THIS PRESENT GOVERNMENT, WE FEEL A NEED THAT IF WE DON'T PROTECT OURSELVES, WHO WILL, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS HONOR TODAY. WILFANDEL IS LEGACY AND ACTION. WE ARE GREAT STEWARDS TO PRESERVE THIS HOUSE, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP FOR AT RISK CHILDREN AND THEN WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO BE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY RESOURCE. SO, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. [APPLAUSE]. >> I HAVE A CERTIFICATE . SO, I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO THE WILFANDEL HOUSE, THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL IN DISTRICT DISTRICT 10 PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE OF THE WILFANDE WILL BE CLUB WHICH HAS SERVED AS A CORNER OF STONE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND A VITAL PLACE FOR GATHERING AND PRESERVING GENERAL CULTURE ON THIS OCTOBER 3 AND SIGNED BY ME AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 80 YEARS NEXT PRESENTATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHILE WE'RE CELEBRATING A NUMBER OF LONGSTANDING ANNIVERSARIES BUT I THINK I MIGHT HAVE THE OLDEST ONE HERE, COLLEAGUES TODAY IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE 127 YEARS OF THE BECTO CORPORATION, WHAT BEGAN IN 1998 IS A SMALL FAMILY RAID ROLE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BRUITED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD. BECK TO*E CORPORATION HAS DELIVERED LANDMARK PROJECTS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE MODERN WORLD INCLUDING THE HOOVER DAM, THE BART SYSTEM AND THE CHANNEL TUNNEL CONNECTING ENGLAND AND FRANCE. IN LOS ANGELES SPECIFICALLY BECK TO*E DEVELOPED THE MASTER PLAN FOR EASTSIDE VILLAGE NR THE 1960'S AND PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN INFRASTRAUK KHUR IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE 1984 OLYMPIC GAME AND IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE LA METRORAIL FROM UNION STATION TO MCCARTHUR PARK IN 1986. YOU CAN SEE BECK TO*E'S HAD AN INCREDIBLE MARK IN OUR REGION ANYWHERE YOU LOOK, IN 2024, BEG TO*E WAS HONORED WITH THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION'S PRES TEEMING YOURS EISENHOWER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION RECOGNIZE THING LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH PHILANTHROPY AND FOSTERING INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS DIVERSE GLOBAL APRONS. LOOKING AHEAD TO 2050, EXPERTS ESTIMATE THREE QUART ESOF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GLOBAL COMMUNITIES WILL RELY ON DOESN'T YET EXIST. THIS PRESENTS AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY AND BECK TO*E IS READY TO MEET THE CHALLENGE. FOR GENERATIONS, BECK TO*E'S TEAMS HAVE CONTINUED TO TACKLE SOFM THE WORLD'S MOST COMPLEX CHALLENGES. THEY'VE HELPED TO REVITALIZE SEMI-CONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EXPANDED TRANSIT, SUBPOENAS THAT CONNECT, COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCED ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. THE IMPACT IS CLEAR, HERE IN LOS ANGELES AND AROUND THE WORLD THEIR WORK STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY, CREATES JOBS AND DRIVES PROGRESS THAT BENEFITS US A ALL, TODAY WE NOT ONLY HONOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS BUT ALSO THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE THEY HAVE SET THAT INSPIRES GENERATIONS OF BUILDERS AND ENGINEERS, AND I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE BECK TO*E'S CORPORATION'S GENERAL MANAGER OF PUBLIC INFA HAVE YOU BEENING KHUR FOR THE WESTERN REGION, DR. TSAI YAOED HAKIM KOL ON OVER, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, ESTEEMED MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M DR. HAKIM, THE GENERAL MANAGER, BASED OUT OF THIS AMAZING CITY OF LOS ANGELES THAT I PROUDLY CALL HOME. IT'S A TRUE HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY JOINED BY MEMBERS OF BOTH OUR DOWNTOWN LA OFFICE AND OUR CORPORATE TEAMMATES REFLECTING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, WE ARE HUMBLED BY YOUR WARM WELCOME AND PROUD TO RECEIVE THIS RESOLUTION. THIS IS A HEARTFELT MOMENT THAT REMINDS US WE'RE NOT JUST WORKING IN LA, WE ARE HOME. BECK TO*E'S JOURNEY BEGAN 127 YEARS AGO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, TODAY OUR LOS ANGELES OFFICE, JUST A FEW WOKS FROM HERE IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT SERVES AS THE SECTOR FOR ALL OF THE WORK IN THE U.S., LA IS NOT JUST A PLACE WHERE WE WORK, IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE LIVE, IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE BUILD AND IT'S PLACE WE BUILD WITH YOU. LET ME SHARE A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, AS A 32 YEAR BECTO VETERAN, I HAVE WORKED WORLDWIDE ON PROJECTS ALL OVER THE PLACE, MY FONDEST MEMORY HAS BEEN BRING INING MY DAUGHTERS WOULD ARE GROWN TO COME AND SEE DADDY'S WORK IN LA, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT CONCRETE, IT IS NOT STEEL, IT IS NOT ASPHALT, IT IS ALL ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE JOINED AND HOSTED A NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN RIGHT HERE OUTSIDE OF CITY A HALL AND IT WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS HERNANDEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER LEE AS WELL, SO WE WERE HERE, IT WAS NOT A RECRUITMENT EVENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, IT MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE IT, IT WAS THAT THE THENOT THE INTENT, AND I THINK THEY ARE THE FUTURE. WHAT WE TALKED ON THAT DAY IS HOW THEY CAN BUILD A STRUCTURE MADE OUT OF SPA FWETTY AND MARSH MALLOWS, THESE ARE UNORTHODOX TOOLS BUT THIS IS A STRONG FOUNDATION THEY WILL LEARN WHICH IS YOU CAN USE UNORTHODOX TOOLS, YOU ARE THE FOUNDATION AND THIS IS WHAT THIS CITY DOES. WE CHOSE THAT, THANK YOU FOR THE MEM RISKER YOU HAVE MENTIONED THE PROJECTS WE RUN SINCE 1984 OLYMPIC, THE METRO'S FIRST PHASE IN 1986 FROM UNION STATION TO MCER CAR THUR PA,, WE WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE EISENHOWER AWARD, WE COMPLETED 35 THOUSAND PROJECTS WORLDWIDE WE CANER HAVE A GLOBAL POPULATION OF 43 THOUSAND EMPLOYEE AND IS WE KNOW THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE A KEY TO OUR SUCCESS AND TO THE SUCCESS OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE BEEN ON. THIS AWARD WAS A TESTAMENT TO OUR OWN LA OFFICE AND I WANT TO SPOTLIGHT OUR TEAMMATE FELICIA BELL AND BERNARD PARKS JR., JOE GAZELLE, THEY EVER BEEN CONTRIBUTING TO MACE SURE WE MEET AND EXCEED OUR SMALL BUSINESS OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE OVER HERE. WE ARE HUMBLED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES, FINALLY AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR, WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND AGAIN, ASK YOU TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR CO-CONSPIRATORS AND OF COURSE BERNARD PARSES JR., NO STRANGER, FELICIA JOE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO OFTEN THAT WE ENGAGE IN TREMENDOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT NOT ONLY DO GOOD WORK BUT ALSO ARE BRINGING IN SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE PART OF THAT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO INCUBATE AND GROW OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, BY ENSURING THAT ACTUAL EFFORT IS MATERIALIZING IN THAT PARTNERSHIP, SO I WANT TO THANK BECOT OR BEING AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WORK AND OF COURSE YOUR TEAM THAT ALSO IS PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON 127 YEARS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. >> OKAY, WELL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY. SOFINGER NOW WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. NO, WAIT, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? OKAY, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR PRESENTATIONS. I WAS MISINFORMED, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING, HEATHER HUTT HAS A PRESENTATION. DON'T BELONG. JANE KENNEDY EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF LOS ANGELES, BOLD BRILLIANT AND UNAFRAID TO LEAD. WE THANK HER FOR NOT ONLY WHAT SHE'S DONE BUT FOR WHO SHE CONDITIONS TO BECOME. A BECON OF GENERATIONS OF WOMEN. AND FOR ME, I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. SO IT'S STREAMING RIGHT NOW IN YOUTUBE AND THEY'RE ALL VERY EXCITED. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> >> Speaker: LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN MY HOME SINCE 1971, SOME 50-PLUS YEARS AGO. AND I FIRST ARRIVED IN LOS ANGELES FROM MY HOMETOWN AND LEON IS HERE ALL OF THESE YEARS LATER TO SUPPORT ME AND WE CAME UP TO THE RAMP, THE OFF-RAMP INTO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND HE SAID JANE WE'RE HERE WAKE UP. AND THE FIRST THING THAT I SAW, WAS THE SIGN THAT SAID HOPE STREET, AND INSPIRED ME ALL OF THESE 50-PLUS YEARS TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND DO AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY COULD. LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN GREAT FOR ME. IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES, EVERYWHERE I LOOK. I CAME INTO A TIME IN THE INDUSTRY WHEN BLACKS EXPLOITATION MOVIES HELPED SAVE THE FILM INDUSTRY IN LOS ANGELES. BECAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE STRUGGLING, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYMORE DORIS DAY FILMS, THE PUBLIC WAS NOT BUYING IT. AND WHEN BLACK MOVIES STARTED HAPPENING T CHANGED THE SHAPE FOREVER. AND THAT WAS IN PART THE COMPANY THAT LEON AND I HAD BUILT BACK IN THE 1970s. AND THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF GROWING IN THIS LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY, I HAVE SEEN SO MANY THINGS. BEING EMBRACED RIGHT HERE IN THESE WALLS, BY MAYOR TOM BRADLEY WHOM I SERVED WITH FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS IN HOMETOWN CLEVELAND BUT TOM WAS MY HERO, HE EVEN INVITED ME WHEN ELIZABETH QUEEN ELIZABETH, EXCUSE ME, I CANNOT MAKE THAT STRUGGLE. SO YES, SHE WAS A QUEEN IN HER OWN QUITE, THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME, THIS IS MY HUSBAND BILL, THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME AGAIN. BUT WHEN QUEEN ELIZABETH CAME TO VISIT LOS ANGELES, HE ASKED ME TO STAND BY HIS SIDE. AND HE SAID, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIRST LEARN HOW TO CURTSY SO I TOOK TWO WEEKS TO LEARN TO CURTSY. SO LOS ANGELES HAS SUPPORTED ME FOR SO MANY REASONS. AND WHEN I STARTED MY FAMILY T JUST BECAME, SO MANY THINGS BLOSSOMED THAT I HADN'T IMAGINED BEFORE, BECAUSE I WAS INTO WORK WORK WORK, AND WHEN I LANDED THE NFL TODAY WHICH WAS HUGE NEWS AND IT PROPELLED ME TO A LEVEL IN THIS ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY THAT I HAD NOT ANTICIPATED BUT WE KNEW IF OUR HEART THAT SOMEBODY WOULD HAPPEN EVENTUALLY. IT WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR ME. THE STRUGGLE AS A BLACK WOMAN IN THE CITY AND IN THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN REAL AND IT WAS NEVER MORE REAL WHEN I INTERVIEWED FOR THE NFL TODAY. MY AGENT, TOLD ME THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU, MEANING THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A BLACK WOMEN AND I PUSHED AND PUSHED AND PUSHED. I EVEN CALLED JIM BROWN, AND HE SAID WE NEED TO HOOK UP. AND I ENTERED UP WITH AN INTERVIEW IN NEW YORK AND I WALKED INTO THE ROOM THERE WAS 16 WOMEN AND 15 OF THEM WERE BLONDE. SO THE STRUGGLE IS REAL. CONTINUES TO BE REAL. IT'S JANE OR NOBODY AND HE WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM. HE DID NOT EVEN ENTER THE REMAINING WOMEN IN THE ROOM. BUT THE CHALLENGE THEN BECAME, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THE SOUTHERN AFFILIATES WITH THE TWO BLACK PEOPLE IN THE NFL DESK AND ONE KHIET. --WHITE. THE SOUTHERN AFFILIATES SAW IT AS A DANGER THAT THEY WOULD PULL THE PROGRAMMING. SO THEY SENT MY AUDITION TAPE AND THEY SAID, WELL WE DO WANT HER ON THE SHOW BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIX THIS. SO THE ANSWER THEY PUT JIMMY THE GREEK THAT WAS ALREADY DOING PREDICTIONS, SO NOW WE HAVE TWO BLACKS AND TWO WHITES. SO THE IDEA OF HAVING TO BE BLACK IN LOS ANGELES WAS A REAL STRUGGLE FROM DAY ONE, TO HAVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A BLACK WOMAN TO ACHIEVE, WAS WAY MORE SIGNIFICANT. I CAN TELL YOU SO MANY STORIES ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY BUT YOU CAN READ THEM IN MY BOOK PLAIN JANE. AND WE'RE NOW WORKING ON, WE'RE IN TALKS WITH DEVELOPING A DOCUMENTARY AND A BIO-PIC FOR THIS FILM. AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO STAND HERE WITH MY DAUGHTER, SHYAN AND SYIAR, THEY'RE MY LIFE. I HAVE TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS IN TEXAS, SAVANNAH AND COPPER. AND WHEN I FOUND MYSELF STRUGGLING AND I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP AND WE HAVE THOSE TIMES IN OUR LIVES, I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO ADVANCE FORWARD. AND I HAD GONE INTO HIDING, I GAINED A LOT OF WEIGHT, BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE IN MYSELF ANYMORE. BUT WHAT SAIFPD ME WERE MY CHILDREN. MY CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND. [LAUGHTER] MY HUSBAND AT ONE OF MY LOWEST TIMES IN MY LIFE, MY HUSBAND CALLED ME, HE WAS NOT A HUSBAND AT THE TIME, HE WAS A FRIEND. HE CALLED ME WHEN ALL OTHER PEOPLE WERE SAYING, WE NEED TO TURN OUR BACKS ON JANE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT EXPECTED OF HER. BILL CAME TO ME, AND HE SAID, HOW ARE YOU? HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HOW THE WORK WAS GOING, HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WERE SEEING ME, HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW I FELT. AND NO ONE HAD EVER ASKED ME THAT BEFORE. HOW ARE YOU? HOW DO YOU FEEL AND THAT WAS SO POWERFUL FOR ME, IT MADE ME MARRY HIM. [LAUGHTER] BUT THIS PLAIN JANE JOURNEY HAS BEEN A TRUE INSPIRATION FOR SO MANY WOMEN AND WOMEN OF ALL COLORS, I SHOULD SAY. AND I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE A CAREER THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN THE ONE I EXPERIENCED. AND IN LARGE PART TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WHO IS HAS EMBRACED ME FROM A SMALL TOWN GIRL IN OHIO WHO WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON DC, WHO USED TO RUN AROUND WHEN SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD AND TELL EVERYTHING WHEN SHE HAD PALM TREES ON HER SHORT AND CAT-EYED GLASSES AND I'M TELLING EVERYBODY AT FOUR YEARS OLD, I'M GOING TO BE A MOVIE STAR AND NOBODY BELIEVED ME AND MY GRANDMOTHER SAID, LET FANCY FRANCY LET WHATEVER SHE WANTS TO DO. SO FOR EVERY GRANDMA, INCLUDING MY BEST FRIEND SINCE I WAS 19 YEARS OLD. AND HER AMAZING DAUGHTER TAMLA, I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO BE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU AND TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. >> Council President: WE HAVE A MEMBER ON THE QUEUE, MS. HUTT WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> H. Hutt: OKAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MS. HUTT FOR HELPING TO CONTINUE THIS IMPORTANT RECOGNITION. I WANTED, JANE, I JUST WANT TO READ, I GOT A TEXT FROM MY HUSBAND, HOLD ON. HE SAYS I LOVE JANE KENNEDY ON CBS, ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN IN SPORTS BROADCASTING, SHE'S A LEGEND. IT WAS, A FUNNY MOMENT TO WATCH YOUR HUSBAND CLEAR HIS THROAT AT THE PROPER MOMENT TO ENSURE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT. I TOO AM MARRIED TO A FUNNY MAN, AND IT TAKES A REALLY STRONG MAN TO BE A WITH A STRONG WOMEN SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE PROPS FOR THAT. BUT FOR EVERY WOMEN THAT BREAKS INTO A NEW INDUSTRY THAT HAS TO ENDURE SO MUCH IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED TO BE HEARD, TO BE SO OFTEN DISMISSED, TO BE MAN EXPLAINED, TO HAVE YOUR IDEAS STOLEN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS FORGOTTEN, IT STILL HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN SO MANY INDUSTRIES IN FACT IN POLITICS IN PARTICULAR. BUT TO DO IT IN AN ERA THE WAY YOU DID IT, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL WOMEN IN ALL COMMUNITIES. ABOUT WHAT PERSEVERANCE REALLY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW TO DO IT ELEGANTLY AND BEAUTIFULLY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THAT EXAMPLE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY, SEND MY BEST WISHES TO CURREN BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT ME AND I WORKED WITH MANY PEOPLE IN THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL. AND IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OVER THE YEARS, WORKED WITH KAREN BASS, WORKED WITH CURREN AND SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND I'VE APPRECIATED EVERY SINGLE OUNCE OF SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE EVER GIVEN ME. AND THANK YOU, CURREN AND I'LL HAVE A BOOK SIGNED FOR YOU AND I'LL HAVE A BOOK SIGNED FOR MAYOR BASS. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT TO CLOSE. >> H. Hutt: , THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION PREPARED BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE BY THE th DISTRICT, SIGNED BY HIM, KAREN BASS AND SECOND BY ALL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. AND IT TALKS ABOUT ALL OF YOUR MILESTONES COMING TO HOLLYWOOD IS WHAT IT SAID AND THEN YOUR NFL CAREER, YOUR EXERCISE CAREER AND EVEN YOUR EMMY AWARD COVERAGE FOR THE ROSE BOWL. SO WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS RESOLUTION AND TELL YOU REALLY, HOW IMPORTANT YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE CULTURE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR FINAL PRESENTATION. >> Speaker: MAY I WISH MAYOR BASS HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY. >> Council President: YOU MAY. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE READ IN FOR THAT. >> Clerk: MEMBERS OF -->> City Attorney: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC, MEANING SPEAKING TO SOMETHING WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IF WE CAN'T TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WANGER FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. AND IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER INTERPRET THIS. WE ASK THAT YOU PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THAT THE TRANSLATOR CAN TRANSLATE FOR YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME AS ANY OTHER SPEAKER. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, AND SINCE THERE IS NOT THAT MUCH PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBERS RATHER THAN READING THE NAMES, ANYONE WHO IS HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALL COME AT ONCE BUT WE'LL GET TO EVERYBODY IF YOU JUST COME TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHAMBERS AND LINE UP ON THAT SIDE. HOUSE LEFT, STAGE RIGHT, WHEN YOU SEE THE LINE DIES DOWN, JUST COME ON UP AND WE'LL GET THROUGH EVERYBODY HERE. WELCOME. MR. GRAB NER, YOU CAN LEAD US OFF. >> Speaker: OKAY, SO YOU HAD A BUNCH OF PRESENTATIONS TODAY, TALKING ABOUT LABOR, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WELL, KIND OF LEFT OUT, WHILE THESE LABOR GROUPS WERE HERE, HOW THE CITY IS LAYING OFF HUNDREDS OF CITY EMPLOYEES WHO DO VITAL WORK TO KEEP THE CITY RUNNING IN ORDER TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE LAPD. AND EITHER SINGLE ONE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS VOTED ON IT OR DID NOT VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T GIVE ENOUGH MONEY TO LAPD EVEN THOUGH THE LAPD ALREADY GETS 3 BILLION DOLLARS AND EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE IS GETTING LAID OFF AND YOU LEFT THAT OUT DURING YOUR SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS ON LABOR TODAY. SO YEAH, KEEP UP THE SHITY WORK IT SEEMS, YOU DON'T SEEM TO BE DOING ANYTHING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY HERE. RESTORE COMMON COMMENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING US. NEXT SPEAKER? WELCOME. >> Speaker: HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS AMERICA AND I'M FROM SOUTH CENTRAL. I'VE COME TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ISSUE IMPACTING MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AS WE KNOW THE LOS ANGELES IS A CAR-DEPENDENT CITY HOWEVER THERE IS BEEN AN UNPARTIAL PARK ING. NEIGHBORS ARE LEFT TO COMPETE ON SHARING A PARKING LOT AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE AND LOSE A PARKING LOT OR STAY IN THE HOUSE ALL DAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE APARTMENT ACROSS MY, ACROSS MY HOUSE USED TO HAVE A PARKING SPACE IN THE BACK AND NOW IT'S TAKEN TO BUILD MORE APARTMENTS WHICH BROUGHT MORE CARS AND LESS SPACE TO PUT THEM. THE AREA WE HAVE WILL ONLY GET SMALLER SINCE THERE IS ANOTHER APARTMENT BEING BUILT DOWN THE STREET. IF YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE, I ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS AFFECT OUR LIVES AND I URGE YOU TO PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES. PLEASE THINK OF SOUTH CENTRAL, WE'RE PEOPLE TOO. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: THERE IS PRECISELY PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT POLICE NUISANCE. COUNCILMEMBERS COULD QUICKLY STOP THIS POLICE MISCONDUCT BY WRITING A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR BUT THEY WOULDN'T AND THEY WON'T EXPLAIN WHY. SECOND ISSUE, COUNCILMEMBERS RAMAN AND McOSKER, ARE REPORTEDLY SAID THAT THEY PREFER AN APPOINTED CITY ATTORNEY TO AN ELECTED ONE. THIS IS GOOD NEWS, BECAUSE IT SHOWS THEY AREN'T ACCEPTING LEGAL OPINIONS WITHOUT QUESTION. THE LEGAL ADVISE BEING CURRENTLY OFFERED IS SO BAD THAO A CHILD CAN TELL. FOR STARTERS, YEARS AGO, CITY ATTORNEY DELGADILLO SAID THAT YOUR NEW ANSWER WORDS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. YOU SHOULD KNOW IN AND SO SHOULD THE OFFICERS THAT CHOOSE TO ENFORCE THESE RULES. >> Council President: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HARRIETTE ELLIOT, I WANT TO READ OUT OF RON JOHNSON, HIS BOOK IS 550 PAGES AND SOMETIMES IT WILL SOUND JUST TOO TECHNICAL. OKAY. BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL LIKE IT. I WANT TO GO TO 5, CAN YOU STOP THE? THE TIMING? >> Council President: YOU'RE ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT'S THE ONLY THING OPEN TODAY. >> Speaker: OKAY. BEING FORMING TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FEEL THE BEAM PENETRATION UNLESS YOU PLACE YOUR HAND OF WHERE IT'S TARGETING YOU. AT THAT STAGE, YOUR HAND WILL BEGIN TO PULSE AND EVEN HURT AND ONLY THEN CAN YOU FEEL THE SLIGHT SENSATION OF THE CONCUSSION WAVES HITTING YOUR SKIN. THIS IS A TEST THAT WORKS VERY WELL. AND THE CONCUSSION WAVES THAT YOU'LL FEEL ARE THE SKY NET TRYING TO READJUST. BY THE WAY, YOU ONLY HAVE ME READING THIS ONE MINUTE EVERY WEEK. >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SUBMIT THE WHOLE THING FOR THE RECORD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT. NEXT SPEAKER, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M JAMES TONY AND I STAND FOR A CITY WHERE EVERY ONE HAS A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME. I ASK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO FIGHT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSE ANDING TO PROTECT EHV SECTION LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT AND ALL FORMS OF AFFORD ANL HOUSING. I FIGHT FOR THE RIETSZ OF IMMIGRANTS AND FOR THE DIGNITY OF EVERY LGBTQ PLUS PERSON ESPECIALLY OUR TRANSGENDER NEIGHBORS. OUR COMMUNITY IS STRONGER WHEN WE PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE. AND WHAT DOES THE LAW REQUIRE OF YOU? TO ACT JUSTICE AND WALK KINDLY WITH YOUR GOD. TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A CITY WHERE JUSTICE, SAFETY AND DIGNITY ARE NOT PRIVILEGES, THEY ARE FOR EVERY ONE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. LOS ANGELES CONTINUES TO FACE A DEEP HOUSING CRISIS AND FAMILIES WHO RELY ON EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS ARE AMONG OUR CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE. BY PLANNING NOW, YOU'RE NOT ONLY PROTECTING RESIDENT FROM LOSING THEIR HOMES BUT ALSO STRENGTHENING OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. I URGE YOU ALSO TO PROTECT THOSE WHO FACE OVERLAPPING AS VULNERABILITY, ESPECIALLY TRANSGENDER WOMEN AND WE ASK THAT THIS CITY, TO PROTECT US WITH THE SAME URGENCY AND COMMITMENT, HOUSING IS DIGNITY. HOUSING IS SAFETY. HOUSING IS LIFE. AND I ASK YOU TO BOLDLY TO PROTECT EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS AND TO ENSURE THAT LOS ANGELES IS A CITY WHERE EVERY RESIDENT ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED HAVE THE CHANCE TO LIVE SAFELY AND THRIVE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE. WELCOME. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> Speaker: OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. PUBLIC, WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS, YOU GET A CIRCUS. I PROTEST SLEAZY MARQUEECY DAWSON AND THE REST OF THE KLAUNZ HAVING ZERO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, NONE. WHY? BECAUSE THESE CLOWNS BANKRUPT THE CITY GIVING ONE BILLION DOLLARS INCREASE TO LAPD, THE CLOWNS WOULDN'T TAKE THE MONEY BACK BECAUSE LAPD MAKES TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS ESPECIALLY TO SLEAZY DAWSON AND MONICA WILL HE--LEWINSKY AND RODRIGUEZ. 275,000 FIRE DAMAGE EMERGENCY. I FORMERLY PROTEST, NO THEY'RE NOT STUPID. I FORMALLY PROTEST THE PRESENTATIONS, THE MASS INCOMPETENCE OF THESE CLOWNS AND I DEMAND SLEAZELY DESY RESIGNATION. >> Speaker: HOLD MY TIME. >> Council President: WELCOME. >> Speaker: I GUESS, PUBLIC COMMENT. SHE ALREADY STARTED. QUICKLY, I WANT TO WISH MS. BASS, OUR MAYOR, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SHE IS A GUARDIAN ANGEL. THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WATCHED AS CURREN PRICE, AND MR. CURREN PRICE, YOU'RE ON MY PRAYERS, WHEN I SAW HER JUMP INTO ACTION, SHE WAS A SUPERHERO. ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIE IS, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, BECAUSE THERE IS A-LINE IN THERE, WHERE HE SAYS, ALL WE NEED TO DO IS SHOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE KINDNESS. THAT'S WHAT SHE DID. BUT AS SHE I SAW HER DO HER KINDNESS, I SAW SOMEBODY ELSE WITH HIS HANDS AND HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND LOOKS AT HIM AND TURNS AROUND AND MAKES SURE THAT THE PERSON TAKING HIS PICTURE, HE WAS LOOKING AT HIM. I'M NOT GOING TO PICK ON MR. LEE TODAY, GOD SENT US A LITTLE RAIN UP IN PORTER RANCH SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT--[CUT OFF] >> Council President: OKAY. JUST TO CONFIRM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO IS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NOBODY HERE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 6 CALLED SPECIAL FOR COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OKAY. ITEM 6 IS THEN BEFORE US. DOES ANYONE WISH TO BE HEARD ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 9 AYES, 1 NO. >> Clerk: THIS ITEM IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, IT'S POSTED AND REFERRED. WE MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, COLLEAGUES DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT ?Z LOOKING TO MY LEFT? LOOKING TO MY RIGHT. I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, I'LL START THEN. WHICH IS OUR RESEDA ART WALK IS BACK. SO JOIN ME THIS SATURDAY OCTOBER 4 FROM 5:00 TO 10:00 P.M. FOR A DAY FILLED OF LIVE ART, INTERACTIVE PROJECTS, VENDORS AND FOOD TRUSTS AND SO MUCH MORE. THEY WILL INCLUDE LIVE DRAWINGS AND FREE ART WORKSHOPS INCLUDING BRING YOUR OWN, SPECIAL VISIT ALSO BY THE L.A. RAMS CHEERLEADERS AND RAMPAGE. THIS IS A FREE AND FAMILY PET FIENDLY EVENT WHICH BRINGS THOUSANDS OF ANGELINOS AND HIGHLIGHTS OUR WEST VALLEY SPIRIT. I STARTED THIS TRADITION BEFORE COVID, WE TRANSITIONED IT INTO A MURAL FESTIVAL BUT WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GROWING THIS AMAZING COLLABORATION. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THIS SATURDAY AND FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS, GO TO RESEDAART.COM. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE'LL BE SCREENING AND CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF "JAWS" WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SURPRISES, I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL IT BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE SO MANY ACTIVITIES THERE THAT WILL HELP RECREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME. GATES OPEN AT 3:00 O'CLOCK, MOVIE STARTS AT SUNSET. WE'VE GOT FOOD TRUCKS, RESOURCE BOOTHS AND AT A TIME WHEN FAMILIES ARE FINANCIALLY STRUGGLING IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO COME OUT AND DO THINGS FOR FREE AND MAKE MEMORIES WITH THEIR FAMILIES. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY AT JAWS. >> Council President: JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE WATER, YOU BRING US BACK. LET'S RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. IF I CAN ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE AND I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY LEFT, MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COLLEAGUES, I RISE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF ADOL BULL BERRY A BELOVED MEMBER OF COMMUNITY. BORN IN RED HILL TOWNSHIP ARKANSAS TO ELEANOR AND RENE, HE WAS RAISED AT HIS GRANDPARENT'S FARM WHERE HE LEARNED THE VALUE OF FAITH AND FAMILY AND HAD TWO SIBLINGS DOYLE AND RUBY. THEY JOINED THE GREAT MIGRATION LEAVING ARKANSAS AND MOVED TO QUINCY CALIFORNIA IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE AFTER SPENDING FEW YEARS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE FAMILY RELOCATED TO SAN PEDRO. IT WAS IN SAN PEDRO THAT HE SHONE BREAKING TRACK RECORDS. IN THE EARLY 1950s, HE MET AND MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE AND BROUGHT IN THREE CHILDREN. ROOTED IN FAITH, THEY JOINED TOGETHER THE UNION BAPTIST MISSIONARY CHURCH WHERE ADELL WAS A DECON AND CHOIR MEMBER. AROUND THAT TIME, HE BEGAN THE SERVICE AT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BEGINNING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND TRANSFERRING TO DWP WHERE HE BECAME A SUPERVISOR. HE HAD COUNSELEDLE STORIES AND GREAT MEMORIES FROM HIS TIME AT THE PORT AND AT LADWP. HIS LOVE WAS FILLED WITH LOVE AND HAPPINESS AND VALUED FAMILY GATHERNESS. HE BROUGHT TOGETHER HIS EXTENDED FAMILY AND STRENGTHENED THEIR BOND ACROSS GENERATIONS. ADELLL PASSED ON HIS LOVED ROAD TRIPS. IN HIS LATER YEARS, HE COULD BE FOUND IN HIS CHAIR OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME IN HIS FRONT YARD, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE, GREETING NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND PETS, MAKING FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY. HE TRANSITIONED TO BE WITH HIS WITH HIS LORD. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO EVERY ONE WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, LOOKING TO MY LEFT ANY ADDITIONAL ADJOURNING MOTIONS? ON THIS SIDE? I HAVE ONE. COLLEAGUES IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN THE MEMORY OF INCREDIBLE DR. JANE GOODALL. HER WORK WAS GROUND BREAKING IN HELPING SOCIETY BETTER UNDERSTAND CHIMPANZEES IN THE WILD. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BUT IT WAS ONLY SIX YEARS AGO THAT SHE BRACED US IN THIS CHAMBER WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR HER FOR HER INCREDIBLE WORK. ALL OF HER YEARS, SHE ADVOCATED FOR OUR NATURAL WORLD AND TRUE EXPERT IN AN MAOLZ AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. AS HER FOUNDATION ELOQUENTLY WROTE, JANE WAS PASSION AL ABOUT EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE, AND SHE LEAD MANY EDUCATIONAL FOCUS ON WILD AND CAPTIVE CHIMPANZEES. AND HER STAUNCH BELIEVE IN THE FUNDAMENTAL BELIEVE OF RESPECT ALL FORMS. SHE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT WILDLIFE AND READ AVIDLY ABOUT THE WORLD. AND HER DREAM WAS TO TRAVEL TO AFRICA AND LEARN ABOUT THEM. HAVING WORKED ENOUGH AS A WAITRESS SAVED ENOUGH. LEAKY EMPLOYED HER AS A SECRETARY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN NYROBI AND OFFERED HER TO SPEND TIME WITH LEWIS. AND THEN ASKED HER TO TRAVEL TO TRANSNIYA IN THE FOREST OF GUMBI. THIS LEAD TO HER AMAZING CAREER. IT WAS THERE THAT SHE DEVELOPED HER UNIQUE LOVE FOR CHIMPANZEES. SHE STUDIED FIOR HER Ph.d AT NEW HAM COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE AND THIS IS DESPITE NOT HAVING PREVIOUS DEGREES AND THEN WROTE A THESIS AND IT EVOLVED INTO AN EXTRAORDINARY RESEARCH PROGRAM THAT NOT ONLY LASTED DECADES BUT CONTINUING ON TO THIS DAY. ALTOGETHER, SHE WAS PROLIFIC WRITER, WROTE 27 BOOKS FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN. AND IN 2019, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OPENED BECOMING JANE. BOOK OF HOPE SURVIVAL GUIDE HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO MORE THAN 20 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. ASIDE FROM HER GOODALL INSTITUTE, SHE WORKED WITH NONPROFITS TO HELP ANIMALS. IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME AND MY TEAM TO HELP DR. GOODALL WHICH WAS PART OF A CELEBRATION OF HER 85th BIRTHDAY AND. SHE INSPIRED ME TO SPEAK UP FOR THOSE THAT WERE VOICELESS AND TO LEAVE THE WORLD IN A BETTER WAY THAN WE FOUND IT. AS SHE SAID, QUOTE, THE GREATEST TO FUTURE IS APATHY. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE. THANK YOU, JANE. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, GO OUT AND SERVE THE CITY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.