>> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR LOS ANGELES REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 15, 202, IT'S MEXICAN BE INDEPENDENCE DAY. OUR PUBLIC COMMENT BEEN TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BAY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. . [ROLL CALL. >> >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> TODAY IS TUESDAY, AND TIME FOR THE FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: I ASK THAT YOU STAND AND JOIN MS. RODRIGUEZ FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> M. Rodriguez: PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE WELCOME FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA FOR THIS MORNING? >> Clerk: YES, THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMIT ASKED AVAILABLE ONLINE IN COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 25-11700, FOR ITEM 18 FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS COMMISSION APPOINTMENT. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ITEM FOR NOTICE HEARING. 2 THROUGH 28 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 29 THROUGH 45 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEM 46 IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS NOT BEEN HELD. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. AT THIS TIME WE'LL CALL FOR SPECIALS. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN ON THE BOARD FOR SPECIALS. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE SEND ITEM 17 BACK TO COMMITTEE IF THE CHAIR IS AMENABLE. >> Council President: THE CHAIR IS WILLING TO HEAR IT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. IT WILL GO BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR THIS MORNING. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: , THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 28 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 33 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: ITEM 12 FOR QUESTIONS TO THE CHIEF. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 12 FOR QUESTIONS TO THE CHIEF. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? AND I'LL CALL ITEM 18 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A VOTE AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THERE IS AWE REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 14 TO FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2025. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS, 2, THROUGH 11, 13, 15, 16, 19 THROUGH 27. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS WITH WILDFIRE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO ITEM 18. >> Council President: ITEM NUMBER 18, WE HAVE A VERY VERY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT, I'LL ASK MS. LATMOORE IF SHE'LL JOIN US AT THE DESK. SHE'S NOMINATED BY THE MAYOR THROUGH COMMITTEE. TO SERVE AS OUR CLERK FOR THE CITY WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE IN THIS ROOM. SO IF YOU CAN JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE FULL COUNCIL WHICH I KNOW YOU KNOW ALL OF US. AND LET US ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE AND HOW YOU PLAN TO CHANGE THE WORLD AS A NEW CLERK? >> Clerk: WELL THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS, FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR BASS FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AS A CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR MY CONFIRMATION AND THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING WITH THE CITY FOR 26 YEARS. AND WITH THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK FOR 24 OF THOSE YEARS SO I'M WELL A PAINT WITH THED TASK AHEAD OF ME. AS CITY CLERK, I'LL CONTINUE TO BE COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. I WILL ENSURE WE OPERATE WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EFFICIENCIES AND RESPONSIVENESS BY LEVERAGING MODERN DAY TECHNOLOGY AND OP MIEZING ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE SREAMLINE SERVICE DELIVERY PARTICULARLY IN CRITICAL AREAS SUCH AS CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND PROCESSING PAYMENTS. MY GOAL IS TO CULTIVATE A CULTURE AND ENSURE THAT CLERK DEPARTMENT LEADS A STEFSHS AND ADDRESSES OUR EVOLVING NEEDS. IS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TODAY AND I'M GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF YOU IN SERVING OUR CITY AND RESIDENTS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU'VE BEEN SITTING SOMEWHERE AROUND THIS FRONT DAIS FOR EVERY DAY THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL AND I'M SURE YOU WERE HERE LONG BEFORE THAT. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU IN THIS FORMAL CAPACITY. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE WITH THIS COLLABORATING ALTOGETHER. I JUST WANT TO SAY WESTBOUNDLY CONGRATULATIONS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PREPTATION THAT YOU HAD IN GOVERNMENT OPERATION SXZ BEING SO ACCESSIBLE. AND I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT SOMEBODY IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT SUPPORTS TECHNOLOGY AND IMPROVING SYSTEMS AND EFFICIENCY. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. AND CONGRATULATIONS, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS TO MAKE IT TO TO* THIS POSITION, YOU MUST BE HE IS ECSTATIC. >> YES, I AM. >> Council President: AND THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY WHO JOINED YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH OUR CITY. AND BEFORE I ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE, STILL 35 COPIES EVERY TIME WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, I, IF YOU CAN WALK AWAY YOU'VE DEALT WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S A WIN FOR ALL OF US. WITH THAT, MEMBERS I REQUEST AN AYE VOTE ON THIS ITEM. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 28 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AS WE DO SINCE THE SEIGE BEGAN IN OUR CITY, WE GET REPORTS FROM THE FRONTLINES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ICE, AND THE FEDERAL SO-CALLED ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS IN OUR CITY. DISRUPTED THE WAY OF LIFE AND TODAY WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FROM THE 2nd DISTRICT. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU FOR CREATE ING THIS FORUM AND CONTINUING IT. THIS TONS DISRUPT OUR SCHOOLS. WITH OUR WHO KNOWS HOW MANY MORE THESE RAIDS WILL BECOME. THIS IS WHY IT'S SO CRUCIAL TO HEARING IS TOER HE'S FROM THOSE WHO ARE ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO BRENDA MANER', CINDY WHO WILL BE SPEAKING AND CHANTAL BE JOINING US TO CHURCH, THEY CAN SHED LIGHT ON THE ON GOING IMPACT ON OF THIS ASSAULT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND SHARE THE STORIES OF THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS UNFEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. >> Speaker: GOOD AMONGER I'M BRENDA LOPEZ AND I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, PART OF THE CD2 COUNCIL DISTRICT. MANY OF YOU KNOW, HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE BEING AFFECTED, MOST OF US HAVE SEEN IT. A LOT OF US HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH IT. BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A HARD SHIP THAT IS TAKE A TOLL EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. WE HAVE A LOT OF MOTHERS THAT ARE R SCARED TO WALK THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. WE HAVE A LOT OF DADS THAT CAN'T GO TO WORK. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING, THEY CAN'T GO TO THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY, AND THEIR PARENTS CAN'T GO SEE THEM DURING THEIR GRADUATIONS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WORLD NEEDS THINK BUT NOT LIKE THIS. I KNOW WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS MANY MANY YEARS AGO, AND IT PROBABLY MADE OUR COUNTRY BETR BUT NOT SEPARATING FAMILIES, NOT SEPARATING KIDS. NOT BY DOING IT THE WAY THAT IT'S BEING DONE NOW AND NOT FORCING THEMSELVES ARRESTING OTHER INDIVIDUALS. NOT BY PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS OR BEING, THREATENED WITH GUNS, RIFLES, AND ANY OTHER VIOLENT WAY THAT'S IT'S BEING DONE. I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE REFUGING IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT'S FOR THE SAME REASON THAT BACK IN THEIR COUNTRY THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME SITUATION THAT IS HAPPENING NOW. THEY'RE COMING HERE, TO BE HEARD, THEY'RE COMING HERE FOR A BETTER LIFE. AND RIGHT NOW, THE BETTER LIFE IS NOT HAPPENING TO THEM. THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE GETTING THE WORSENED OF IT AND WE'RE START TO GO SEE THIS AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY A LOT. WE USED TO SEE KIDS AT THE PARK, WE USED TO SEE FAMILIES HAVING BBQ IN THEIR FRONT YARD AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A GHOST TOWN. I THANK CD2 FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE GIVING US. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN IS HELPING US PUTTING OUT HIS VOICE AND GIVING US THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, HELPING US LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. >> Speaker: HI MY NAME IS CINDY VIGIL AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN BEHALF OF THE HAYES PANIC COMMUNITY. TO SHARE THE PAIN I WITNESS FROMED ICE RAIDS. WHEN THOSE RAIDS BEGAN PANIC SPREAD THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE I KNOW PERM, HARD WORKING MOTHERS AND FATHERS WHO GIVE EVERYTHING TO THIS COUNTRY, TO GIVE THEIR KIDS A BETTER LIFE THAT CAME OVER HERE WITH THE HOPES OF A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEIR KIDS AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN. SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR SKIN COLOR. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE SO AFRAID THAT THEY EVEN LEFT THE CITY. AND NOT JUST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BUT ALSO U.S. CITIZENS TOO. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER FROM CD2, NAZARIAN, WHO HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE AND SHOWN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HE TRULY CARES. HIS LEADERSHIP AND PRESENCE, HAS HELPED BRING A SENSE OF PEACE AT A TIME OF FEAR AND THAT MATTERS. IT SHOWS FAMILIES THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. BUT WE NEED MORE. THIS IS AMERICA, NATION BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS. A NATION MEANT TO OFFER HOPE NOT FEAR. WHEN FAMILIES DON'T KNOW, IF THEY'LL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN, THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS COUNTRY PROMISED. I PERSONALLY COME FROM A LINE OF PARENTS THAT CAME OVER HERE IN HOPES OF A BETTER DREAM. AND UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS, UNCLES, AUNTS, COUSINS, THEY'RE AFRAID TO GO HOME, THEY'RE AFRAID, THEY KISS THEIR KIDS GOODBYE EVERY DAY NOT KNOWING IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SEE THEIR FAMILIES. I JUST HOPE THAT YOU GUYS REALIZE AND SEE THAT, MR. NAZARIAN IS TRULY MAKING A CHANGE AND TRYING TO SHOW THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY THAT HE IS THERE, BUT WE NEED MORE SUPPORT. WE NEED MORE SO, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M MARNY DELA CRUZ AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE, THAT HAVE BEEN MUTED BY THE ICE RAIDS HAPPENING. SO MANY FAMILIES ARE BEING TORN APART LEFT AND RIGHT. THERE IS PARENTS LIKE THEY MENTIONED, THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING HOME TO THEIR KIDS. BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THE KIDS THAT DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE BEING SAOEJD BY ICE. PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ARE, CHILDREN DON'T KNOW WHERE THINKER PARENTS ARE. PEOPLE ARE GETTING PICKED UP AND TREATED LIKE THEY'RE ENEMY OF THE STATE AND THEY'RE COMMITTING TREASON. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, HOW TO FIND THEM, HOW TO LOCATE THEM, THEY'RE MISSING FOR HOURS AND DAYS AND IF NOT, JUST IN DEFINITELY. WE'VE SEEN FAMILIES TORN APART WHILE THEY'RE YELLING, THEY JUST WANT TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILY. THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK, MAKING A DIFFERENCE. AND THEY'RE GETTING THAT RIGHT TAKEN AWAY. OUR COUNCILMEMBER IN CD2, ADRIN NAZARIAN, HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL. EVERY TIME WE RUN INTO A CHALLENGE, WE CALL THE COUNCIL OFFICE, AND HE'S SHOWING NUP PERSON. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP FAMILIES GET GROCERY, PAY THEIR RENT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE PERSON THAT WAS STANDING IN HOME DEPOT, TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING TRYING TO FEED THEIR FAMILY AND GO HOME WITH LESS WHAT WE CALL DAISY WAGE, MINIMUM WAGE THAT RIGHT WAS TAKEN AWAY. THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SITTING AT HOME AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAS HAPPENED. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN CALL THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAY HEY, SOMEBODY IS MISSING. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN CALL THE HOSPITALS AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. PEOPLE ARE DIS PARING OFF OUR STREETS AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. SOMETHING PLEASE, TO HELP EVERYBODY THAT IS SUFFERING IN THESE SITUATIONS JUST BECAUSE THEIR SKIN COLOR IS BROWN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, BRENDA, MARNY AND CINDY FOR HIGHLIGHTING AND BRINGING YOUR VOICE TO SEE OUR HORSESHOE, TO OUR BODY, SHANTAL THANK YOU FOR LENDING YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS HAVE HELP RUN FOUR CENTERS THAT SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. AND ON MULTIPLE SITUATIONS, I'VE HAD TO RUN OVER THERE AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON, BECAUSE OF REPORTS AGENTS WANT TO GO PENETRATE THEIR FACILITIES, WHICH I FIND PRETTY ABHORRENT WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN PRECURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THEM TO BE THREATENED BY THIS SITUATION. IT JUST TELLS YOU OF THE DESPERATION AND THE CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO FORT OUR WAY OF LIVING AND BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE WAY OF LIFE WE WANT HERE. IT'S THE CHALLENGE TO THE CULTURE. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR AFFORDING ME THIS TIME AND GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND GIVING ALL OF US THE VOICE TO HIGHLIGHT THESE ISSUES. I APPRECIATE IT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO CITY HALL TO SHARE WITH US. IT'S VERY VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DOCUMENT THIS TIME IN OUR CITY, AND ALL ARE A PART OF THAT AND A PART OF OUR PROCESS. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WE WILL LIKE YOU ALL, DESCRIBED CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH EVERYTHING. AND A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP AND MR. NAZARIAN. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WE CAN VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 12 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 12, WE'LL ASK OUR INTERIM CHIEF TO JOIN US AT THE CENTER TABLE. AND WELCOME TO THE CHAMBER, ALL OF OUR FRIENDS FROM OUR FIRE HOUSES AND FROM THE MIGHTY UFLAC. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MR. NAZARIAN, YOU CALLED THIS SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, CHIEF VILLANUEVA. FIRST AND FOR MOST, I WANT TO THANKYOU FOR STEPPING INTO THE ROLL THAT--ROLE THAT YOU DID AND TREATING THE CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE SITUATION THAT YOU WALKED INTO WITH THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM AND DIGNITY, AFTER ALL THE BARRAGE OF NOISE OUTSIDE, THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS SO CRITICAL ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. IT'S THE REASON WHY GOVERNMENT EXIST. YOUR ROLE, POLICE OFFICERS ROLES, ARE THE REASON WHY GOVERNMENT EXIST FIRST AND FOR MOST. SO I HAVE ENORMOUS ADMIRATION FOR WHAT L LAFD HAS DONE IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS ESPECIALLY WITH THE HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE WILDFIRES. MY COLLEAGUES IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ASKED ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OF WHAT RESOURCE DEPARTMENTS NEEDS TO KEEP UP WITH THE EVERY-GROWING DEMAND FOR FIRE FIGHTER EXPERTISE IN LOS ANGELES. PART OF YOUR DUTY AS FIRE CHIEF IS TO ENGAGE WITH THIS COUNCIL, THE POLICY MAKING BODY OF THE CITY AND ADVISE US ON ISSUES THAT REQUIRE YOUR EXPERTISE ON FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT STAND POINT. ONE OF THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WHICH WAS NOW REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE, THE SINGLE STAIRWAY ORDINANCE, WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT FIREFIGHTERS AND WITH RESPECT, I HAVE TO SAY THAT SO FAR THE LAFD HAS TAKEN AN EXTREMELY PASSIVE ROLE. IN ADVISING ON THIS PIECE OF, PRETTY CRUCIAL POLICY. WE'VE LEARNED, WE'VE ESTABLISHED PATTERNS, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOMETHING A CERTAIN WAY FOR A LONG TIME AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE'RE CUTTING AND PASTING, LITERALLY ONE OF THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS, IT WAS SAID, WE JUST DUPLICATED WHAT SEATTLE WAS DOING. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE POLICY BY CUTTING AND PASTING, THAT'S ONE THING. BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW CAN YOU ENSURE THAT LAFD IS ENGAGING THE CITY COUNCIL MORE ACTIVELY AND JUDICIOUSLY PROVIDING LIFE SAVING EXPERTISE, BECAUSE YOU SEE THINGS THAT NO NORMAL HUMAN SHOULD SEE. ON AN HOURLY BASIS. SO YOU DEVELOP A CERTAIN SENSE OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND WHAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. SO I WANT TO YOU DISCUSS THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND, CHIEF. >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR TAKING THIS TIME WITH ME. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, YOUR QUESTION IS THE LAFD WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND COLLABORATE WITH ALL COUNCIL OFFICES. I HAVE PERSONALLY MET WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS. COUNCILWOMAN PARK, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, AND COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, ALL OF THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO AND YOU KNOW THAT LAFD IS MY MAIN PRIORITY IS TO PROVIDE THE BEST SAFETY, PROFESSIONALISM TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE SERVE. SO I WILL CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE AND MEET WITH EACH ONE OF YOU. NOW THAT THE BUDGET SEASON IS COMING IN, WE'LL BE MAKING MORE CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO VISIT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, CHIEF, MORE CONVERSATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, CHIEF, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, THANK YOU CHIEF. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS, ALL RIGHT. MR. CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM, UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE RST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND 29 THROUGH 46. SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND ITEMS 29 THROUGH 46. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE CLERK'S--SORRY THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGER INTERPRETER. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE BEGIN, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE EVERY PERSON POSSIBLE, WE WILL ASK TO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER READ ALLOWED THROUGH THE SPEAKERS. PLEASE IN MIND THE ORDER IN WHICH THE NAMES ARE CALLED, IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES. DAVE RIELZ, FRANK LIMA, FREDDIE HE ESCOBAR, HEIDI, BENJAMIN PASINO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY ATTORNEY SMOKING SCAN. I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER 41. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 42. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] YOU ARE MY DANA DANA, [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] YOU ARE MY DANA DANA. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 43. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I AM AWARE THAT THEY ARE SO MANY POLITICAL VIOLENCE OCCURRING NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK, HOWEVER OUR CITY COUNCIL CONTINUE TO BE SILENT ABOUT IT. NOW MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I REMEMBER THAT DURING THE WOKE DEMOCRAT GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED AND YOU GET ON YOUR KNEE AND BOUGH DOWN TO THE FIVE-TIME CRIMINAL YOU GET ON YOUR KNEES OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN. BUT A WHITE CAUCASIAN WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A MOUTHFUL, BECAUSE DANA SAID IF I USE FRO FANITY, SHELL NOT SLEEP WITH ME TONIGHT. I'M NOT CALL YOU KNOWN BUT I'M CALLING YOU WOKE, DISGUSTING AND A FAILURE. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAMES, SABRINA, M, MARY DANA, COHEN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M BEN AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEMS, I BELIEVE IT'S 17 AND 28. BUT, THOSE ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO IT WILL JUST BE--. >> City Attorney: RIGHT, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HAS BEEN SATISFIED IN COMMITTEE BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO THEM IN GENERAL. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE VALIDITY OF SINGLE STAIR, IT'S BEEN ALREADY MENTIONED TODAY THAT SEATTLE, DOES HAVE SIX STORY SINGLE STAIR AND IT'S BEEN WORKING GREAT. ALSO THE PEW INSTITUTE RELEASED A STUDY THAT IT IS MORE SAFE BECAUSE SINGLE-STAIR ALLOWS THE FEASIBILITY OF SMALLER BUILDINGS, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE BUILDING FASTER. SO, THAT'S THE SINGLE STAIR COMMENT AND I JUST WANTED SAY, THANK YOU ALL TO EVERY ONE FOR PUTTING THE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. OFFSET, INCREASES THE HOUSING SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN MAKING L.A. MORE AFFORDABLE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE OTHER ITEMS WHY PULLED? >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: FREDDIE PRESIDENT OF UFLAC, I'VE BEEN SILENCED SINCE MAY 2025, OTHER I'M DONE BEING SILENT. I WANT TO REMIND EVERY ONE IN ATTENDANCE AND THE RESIDENTS OF L.A. CITY, THAT THE LAFD IS UNDER STAFFED FIRE DEPARTMENT, PERIOD. WE HAVE A ROBUST STANDARD OF COVER THAT SAYS WE NEED 60 NEW FIRE STATIONS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BUT NO WORD HAS COME OUT SINCE CONSERVERSHIP, WE HAD A BUDGET PUTTING OUR MEMBERS LIVES IN JEOPARDY AS WELL AS OTHER. LET ME REMIND YOU OF P FIE, MY FRIEND LOST HIS LIFE, AND PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, WHERE LOSS OF OUR EITs AND LOSS OF OUR INSIDE MEN. MEMBERS ARE GOING TO PUSH AND RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO DIE IF WE CONTINUE DOING THE BUSINESS WE'RE DOING IN THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FRANK LIMA AND RICH RAMIREZ AND MICHAEL WILLIAMS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IT? >> Speaker: HELLO, IT'S FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS I'M HERE ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING AUTHORITY INITIATIVE AND THE MISHANDLING OF CRITICAL FUNDS INCLUDING ALLOCATIONS SUCH AS LONG BEACH FUNDING. MANY OF US HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT AFTER ALARMING OF THE MISUSE OF THE UPPER MANAGEMENT. WE REALIZE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK OUT, OUR DUTIES TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABILITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THOSE PRACTICES ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. WE MUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, TROUBLING CONTRADICTIONS AT THE PROGRAM LEVEL, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BUDGET CUTS AND EXITING CLIENTS DUE TO SHORTAGES, HAPPENING DAILY WHILE UPPER MANAGEMENT HAS DIVERTED FUNDS FOR PERSONAL USE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AS SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO VOLUNTARY NONE. YET WHEN WE SPEAK UP, FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, WE FACE RETALIATION. CAN I CONTINUE? >> City Attorney: UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO ALLOW EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME SO WE CANNOT ALLOW YOU MORE TIME. IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENT, YOU CAN GO TO IN WRITING, AND YOU CAN ALSO COME TO THE MEETING TOMORROW. BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SO I'M GOING TO ASK TO YOU PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> Speaker: HELLO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THE ITEMS WERE PULLED. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M MASON, I WANT TO SAY THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH UFLAC THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE TO FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO SPEAK TO DATA. IN 2023, THERE WERE ALL B400 DEATHS IN ALL APARTMENTS WHICH IS ABOUT HALF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DIED JUST FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, JUST IN L.A. COUNTY. OF THOSE 400 DEATHS, THE VAS MAJORITY OF OCCURED IN BUILDINGS THAT WERE NOT BUILT TO CODE. SINGLE STAIR BUILDINGS BUILT HAVE A PROVEN SAFETY RECORD THAT IT EVERY STUDY HA HAS LOOKED AT IT, HAS SHOWN THEY ARE SAFE, AND EGRESS IS ACCEPTABLE. EVERY COMPARISON STUDY HAVE NO GREATER DEATH INJURY AND THEY ACTUALLY CAN REDUCE THE EVACUATION TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE MUCH SMALLER BUILDINGS, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, BEGINS I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP RYAN, QUIINGLY, JASON, BIG AMY, TONY GAM BOA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I SAW YOU PULLED ITEM 14 WHICH REAPPOINTMENT, I HOPE THAT'S A GOOD SIGN, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT DECISION BUT I WANT TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION, JUST THE FACT THAT YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, EVEN THOUGH AFTER HEARING, THE WORDS THAT SAID PRICE PARK McOSKER AND LEE, DECIDED TO PUSH THIS TO YOU INSTEAD OF STOPPING HIM, AFTER IT WAS READ OUT BY THEIR COLLEAGUE, BY THEIR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, AND THIS IS WHAT HE READ. FROM THE WORDS OF EL SUTHERS A AMERICAN THAT EMBRACED MUSLIM IDEAOLOGY IS A HOMEGROWN VIOLENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY. SO SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M LARA ANDERSON, I WAS BORN IN THE CULT OF SCIENTOLOGY, AS A CHILD WE DID ENSLAVED WORK, THERE ARE MANY PROGRAMS AND INSTITUTIONAL THINGS THAT WERE DONE THAT WE WERE TRAINED TO DO TOWARD THE CITY TO INFULL TRAITOR THE SAFE POINT THE MEMBERS. FOR EXAMPLE YOU HAVE MEMBERS ON YOUR C PAP BOARDS, YOU HAVE SCIENTOLOGY MEMBERS, THIS ISN'T HATE ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY AND RELIGION, THIS IS ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY SPECIFICALLY SAFE POINTING POSITIONS IN THE CITY SO THEY CAN TAKE OVER AND RULE OUT CERTAIN THINGS SO THAT SCIENTOLOGY GETS BENEFITS. BUT SCIENTOLOGY IS ONLY IN THE CITY HOLDING POSITIONS ON THESE BOARDS ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL BOARDS ON CITY BOARDS SO THAT THEY CAN INFILTRATE AND GET WHAT THEY WANT AND HIDE WHAT IS BEING DONE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR, SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HELLO, HELLO. >> City Attorney: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COULD AND ALL ITEMS. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS AND THEN YOU CAN MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY, I WANT TO START WITH THE NUISANCE ABATEMENTS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES ARE, NUISANCE ABATEMENT ISSUES, BUT WE'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR A LONG TIME FROM HERE AND ESPECIALLY TO PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT THE NUISANCE OF WHAT IS GOING ON ON RON L HUBBARD WAY WITH SCIENTOLOGY. YOU HAVE NUMEROUS, NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING ABOUT LOUD NOISE AND WOOFERS FROM THEIR EVENTS THAT ROCK THEIR WALLS AND THEY'VE BEEN CRYING OUT TO CD13, AND MR. HUGO, YOU KNOW THIS IS TRUE, BEGGING FOR HELP IN REMEDIATION WITH THE NOISE. THAT IS NUISANCE, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY 4810 SUNSET BOULEVARD CROSS STREET L RON HUB ORDER WAY IS NOT LISTED HERE. ALSO IT'S A NUISANCE WHERE THEY KEEP HAVING EVENTS WHERE THIS RECENTLY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE FOR ABATEMENT. >> Speaker: THERE IS ANOTHER ONE IN THERE? >> City Attorney: I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER ONE FOR ABATEMENT. >> Speaker: LET'S TALK ABOUT A APPOINTMENT, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE BEEN COMING AND TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'VE GOT TOO MUCH INFLUENCE OVER THE CITY. SO ANYONE COMING IN FOR ANY EVENT HERE, FOR ANY POSITION HERE, NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF ALL THE ALLEGATIONS, EVERYTHING BEING DISCUSSED ESPECIALLY THE SLAVE LABOR. WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC STREETS, THERE IS NO RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FOR FAIR PAY FOR PREVAILING WAGES. AND WE HAVE KNOWN TIME AFTER TIME, THE CITY IS LOOKING A BLIND EYE AT SCIENTOLOGY WORKING ON--THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING--. >> City Attorney: SO YOU EXHAUSTED YOUR ONE MINUTE ON ITEM 29. >> Speaker: OKAY, THE OTHER ONE, SMOKING SCAN, HELP ME OUT, WHAT IS THE NEXT ONE. I WAS OVER AT THE POLICE, YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER AND I FORGET THE LAST ONE, STREET LIGHTING. THE CITY IS VERY DARK AND THAT'S TRUE, AND I HAVE TO NAVIGATE IT AND I JUST LOST A TIRE BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE STREET LIGHT THING THAT I HAVE ON MY CHAIR, IT KEEPS GOING INTO, YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING, AND I LOST AN ACTUAL TIRE ON A CHAIR. SO YOU'RE HORRIBLE WITH THE LIGHTING. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING BUT WE NEED MORE. AND YOU KNOW, SO LET ME GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MONEY FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN BECAUSE I'M GRATEFUL THAT HE'S HERE TO WATCH EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON AND ALL THE SHENANIGANS. MR. LEE, YOU STILL OWE ME A APOLOGY, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT FOR ACKNOWLEDGING, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE IT, SAY THANK YOU, SHOUT OUT TO MR. PRESIDENT WHO GETS IT. IT'S SIMPLE, RIGHT, YOU JUST APOLOGIZE WHEN YOU'RE WRONG. BUT I'M HERE TO BACK UP MS. LARA FAMILIAR, SOMEBODY BORN AND RAISED IN SCIENTOLOGY AND SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE, IS THAT I START TODAY ADVOCATE FOR WHEN I HEARD HER STORY. AND NOW THERE WAS A BOOK PASSED OUT TODAY TO POLICE AS PART OF HER TESTIMONY TO THE POLICE COMMISSION, WE'LL BE PASS IT OUT HERE, TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER CHILD'S EXPERIENCE AND THE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN THAT HAVE GONE ON UNDER OUR NOSES FOR DECADES AND WHY HER SITUATION MATTERS. THANK YOU. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALLE FRANK, HARRIETTET YOL, ZACHARY PITS RKO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JESSE I'M THE CALIFORNIA DIRECTER OF HOUSING COALITION; OUR ARCHITECT SXZ DESIGNERS AND ENGINEERS AND ATTORNEYS ALL DEVOTED TO SOLVING OUR HOUSING CRISIS. CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE AND LIVABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF L.A. IF WE GET THE DETAILS RIGHT AND I SUPPORT THE DECISION TO SEND THIS. SPEAKING FOR THE ELECTIVE THAT IS FAR LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE ONE BEFORE YOU, I ASK THAT YOU BE BRAVE AND FOLLOW THE SCIENCE AND CONTEXT. SAME WITH NEW YORK CITY, HON LIEU LO LEGALIZED IT IN 2012, AROUND THE WORLD, GERMANY AND SINGAPORE ALLOWS BUILDINGS AS TALL AS 20 STORIES. THIS IS A WAY TO GET BETTER AND MORE AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS THAT WILL IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THE ITEM WAS ALREADY VOTED ON. SO I'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. PURGING TO ROBERT DUNCAN. THE DOD IS INVESTIGATING DRUGS MEMORY. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW IT WILL BE USED. THEY WILL SEDUCE YOUNG SCIENTIST TO WORK FOR THEM FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF COURSE. ELECTRONIC DISSOLUTION OF MEMORY, IT GOES ON EVERY WEEK FOR ME. A PROGRAM THAT USES ELECTROMAGNETIC, BUT ALSO INCLUDES DREAM MANIPULATION AND HYPNOTIC STAGE. BY THE WAY, BEFORE I INEFFICIENT, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CALL SENATOR RON JOHN ON AT 204--I'M TRYING TO GET HERMAN HERMAN TO DO IT. HE HAS THE SAME RIGHT-WING VIEW POINTS, WE NEED THEM TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DAMIAN, DAVID BUROE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M ZACHARY PITS I'M WITH MB ACTION, I HAVE A CONNECTION TO SINGLE STAIR. WHEN I WAS LIVING DOWNTOWN IN A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT WITH MY FAMILY. WE HAD TWO KIDS AND MY PARTNER AND WE WERE JUST CONSTRAINED WHERE WE WERE LIVING. WHEN WE LOOKED FOR A THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENTS, WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT COST LESS THAN A COST OF A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OR MORTGAGE. LUCKILY WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MOVING INTO A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME, BUT WE WANTED STAY DOWNTOWN, WE WANTED STAY IN ACCOMMODATION THAT WERE DENSER AND ACCOMMODATIONS. THIS ALLOWS THE FLEXIBILITY FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE TO GO TO THE HOUSING THAT THEY WANT. TO AFFORD THE HOUSING, THAT THEY WANT. SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT YOU REFORM IT. OF THE CURRENT MOTION NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AND VOTED ON IN FAVOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [BUZZARD] . >> Clerk: I WOULD LOVE TO CALL UP LOVE DANA AND GEORGE BUCETI. WE'LL ALSO BE CALLING UP JAMIE KAOUS AND TAYLOR. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 20 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ITEM 20 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NO PROBLEM, GET RID OF GIBSON DUNN AND GRUFPER. SECOND DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LYING ITS REAR OFF ABOUT RAPES? 2023-24, IT WENT UP 62 PERCENT ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN PAGE, 67 OF THE LATEST REPORT BY THE CHIEF THAT NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT. THEN GUESS WHAT THEY DID THEN? WHAT DO THEY REPORT TO THE STATE, DOWN 6.57 PERCENT. THEY'RE RUNNING TWO SETS OF BOOKS. GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS, DUMB LITTLE CITY ATTORNEY? RICO, HOBZ ACT AND FRAUD. YOU HAVE OUT OF CONTROL POLICE DEPARTMENT, NONE OF YOU READ, NONE OF YOU CARE, AND GUESS WHAT? I DO WHAT PEOPLE DON'T DO, I PROCUES THE DOCUMENT SO YOU'VE GOT TO PUT IT IN A HARD FILE, SO HAVE A BAD DAY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC. I'VE BEEN PROTESTING OUTSIDE SINCE JUNE, ONE MINUTE IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER ALL THE THINGS I HAVE TO SAY. NUMBER ONE, EARLY AND JIM McDONNELL, NEED TO BE REMOVED. THEY'RE VERY DANGEROUS. THE GATES, AT 535 NORTH ALAMEDA, IT'S STILL THERE, IT'S A SAFETY OF HAZARD AND SAFETY VIOLATION. LAPD IS STILL HELPING ICE WHICH IS WHY THESE MASKED MEN ARE STILL DRIVING BY WITH MASKS ON THEIR FACES. WHAT IS THE PLAN WITH THAT? , SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALSO ATTACKING PROTESTERS AND ANYONE ON THE RADICAL FAR LEFT, SOMEBODY LIKE MYSELF, A PROTESTERS, EXPEDITIN FASCISM HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THERE IS A WHOLE LOT MORE TO SAY BUT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS TOO, ACT ACCORDINGLY. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, TOMAS GARNET AND MARCEL FARMER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, AND IF YOU NEED TOXER THE MICROPHONE IS ADJUSTABLE IF YOU WOULD LIKE. YOU HAVE ONE MONEY. >> Speaker: WHEN YOU GOOGLE EARLY SUTH ORS, THE THING AFTER HIS NAME IS FBI, CAN WE AGREE THAT HE IS CONFIRMED. SUTHERS BEGAN AND WORKED FOR THE F BIBSINGER WHERE HE MADE A NAME FOR HIS HIMSELF AUTHORIZING PRO THET I CAN PIECES OF SO-CALLED RESEARCH THAT SEEKED TO TRADE BROWN FOLKS AND MUSLIM FOLKS AS VIOLENT EXTREMIST. YOU'VE REMOVED THE ITEM CONCERNING HIS CONFIRMATION TO POLICE COMMISSION FROM THE AGENDA TODAY BECAUSE YOU HEARD THAT WE WERE MOBILIZING THE PROTEST AND YOU GOT SCARED. YOU'RE SCARED OF LISTENING TO THE SITENS THAT--CITIZENS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO REPRESENTATIVE. WE WILL BE BACK AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM US, BLOCK SUTHERS! >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL DR. MA LINA ABDULA AND MEGHAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: APPRECIATE IT. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS A MATTER OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND, OUR ORGANIZATION THAT'S WHAT WE DO. >> City Attorney: BEFORE WE BEGIN HIS TIME, CAN YOU MOVE HIS MIC UP. CAN YOU REPEAT AGAIN WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IT'S GOING TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND ACTUALLY FOR 17 YEARS, WE ADDRESS AND HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH LIKE JWCH OTHER AGENCIES THAT WE ACTUALLY BRING TO THE MOMENT. WE ACTUALLY AT A TIME THAT WE'RE THERE, MAYBE 3 TO 400 PEOPLE AND WE ARE COORDINATING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION SXZ OTHER RESOURCES RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT AND WHEN NEEDED. AND IT'S ABOUT PARKING, THEY GIVING TICKETS TO VOLUNTEERS WHO COME FROM DISTANCES JUST TO BE PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION BRINGING RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN USE. AND DOING THE WINTER, WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS BRINGING THINGS THAT THEY CAN USE THINGS LIKE JACKETS, COATS, SOCKS EVERYTHING THEY NEED FOR THE MOMENT. NOT ONLY FOOD BUT RESOURCE THAT'S WE PARTNERSHIP WITH AS WE QUESTION THIS, EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 11:30 TO 3:00 O'CLOCK, AND VARIES AND WE NEED TO KEEP THE PARTNERSHIP GOING. IT SAYS I HAVE ONE MINUTE, THAT'S WHY I CAME BACK. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT FOOD, IT'S OTHER THINGS AS WELL. AND I HAVE A CARD, WE SENT YOU EMAILS. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PROVIDE US, YOU CAN PROVIDE TO THE SERGEANT IN ARMDS. AND THIS IS FOR ANYBODY, YOU CAN DO SO AT COUNCIL COMMENT.COM. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: BASICALLY, I HAVE A HMIS NUMBER AND I'VE BEEN CURRENTLY PLACED AT A LOCATION AND IT'S BEEN, I HAD THE NUMBER SINCE 2019 AND IT'S A LAST FUNDED LOCATION. AND I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EVERYTHING THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING RUN PROPERLY. DUE TO THE SIMPLE FACT THAT, I HAD MY HMIS NUMBER, I KNOW HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, THEY SEND UP TO WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON MAKES A BUDGET AND THEY SEND THE MONEY DOWN TO THE STATE, BASED ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY THAT THEY GET. SO ME NOT RECEIVING MY HOUSING IS A JUST A COMPLETE FABRICATION. AND ALSO I TRY TO HAVE, I PAY RENT THERE EVERY MONTH AND I TRY TO GIVE THEM A 1099 FORM WHICH IS BASICALLY TO SHOW THE IRS THAT I'M PAYING SO I CAN REPORT IT. THEY TOLD ME, WE DON'T DO THAT HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF CRIME BECAUSE IT COULD BE SOME SORT OF MONEY LAUNDERING, OR WHATEVER IS GOING ON. I NEED TO SPEAK TO AN AID. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH THE IRS, THAT WON BE THIS BODY. I'M GOING TOE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE MOVE ON SO WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: SO BECAUSE YOU PULLED THE ITEM. I WOULD LIKE TO NOT THAT THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE CARRIES ANYWAY ANYWHERE IN THIS FUCKEN CITY AND ESPECIALLY NOT IN THIS ROOM! ARROW IS AND IS ISLAM PHOB, A PETTY TYRANT AND A PROTECTER OF CHILD MOLESTERS. HE HAS NO BUSINESS BEING IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING, LET ALONE--HE'S LITERALLY THE WORSE CANDIDATE AVAILABLE SHAME ON THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR INEVITABLE VOTE TO REAPPOINTMENT HIM. ARROW HAS CHEERED ON THE LAPD AS THEY SUPPORT TRUMP'S RAIDS. FUCK THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FUCK THIS COUNCIL TOO. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ANDREW GRABNER, SHEILA BAITS, JASON COHEN MAYNE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ARROW SUTHERS AND HOW ABSOLUTELY UNFIT HE IS FOR THE POLICE COMMISSION. THE L.A. POLICE COMMISSION IS A OVERSEEING THE POLICE, NOT SOMEBODY THAT RUBBER STAMPS. ARROW SUTHER IS A DANGER TO THE CITY AND TO BLACK PEOPLE AND MUSLINS WHO HE DUBS HOME GROAN TERRORISTS. WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE CUT DEALS WITH THE MAYOR AND MADE PROMISE THAT'S YOU'RE GOING TO REA APPOINTMENT HIM, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU HAVE MORE BACKBONE. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO STAND FOR THE CITY OF THE PEOPLE, WHO ARE DUBS TERRORISTS BECAUSE WE CONVERTED TO ISLAM. PEOPLE LIKE ME BECAUSE WE HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HE WRITES ABOUT HOME GROAN TERRORISM, STAND UP AND REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU OPPOSE ARROW SUTHERS WHEN IT COMES UP FOR A VOTE. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? SXWRIE, ALMOST 2500 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION TO REMOVE HIM. IT WAS A FAILURE OF KAREN BASS TO APPOINTMENT HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE. BUT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THIS DESPITE THE FAILURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HUGO WHO ALL VOTED TO ADVANCE HIM HERE TODAY. AND THEN YOU ALL PULL THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA BECAUSE YOU'RE SCARED OF COMMUNITY. KNEW THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER, LOS ANGELES WAS MOBILIZING PEOPLE TO BRING PEOPLE HERE TO OPPOSE AN EX COP WHO IS ANTI MUSLIM AND HAS A TARGET ON ALL OUR COMMISSION WHEN HE'S AN EX COP AND HAS AN LAPD TOY HELICOPTER ON HIS DESK. IS A WANNA-BE THAT THINKS THIS IS SOMETHING TO APPLAUD AND YOU'RE ALL RECONSIDERING HIM FOR REAPPOINTMENT. BECAUSE WHAT? YOU MADE PROMISES TO THE MAYOR? WHAT ABOUT THE PROMISES YOU MADE TO THE CONSTITUENTS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAMES, BUBBA, VERONICA SCOTT JACKIE E. >> Speaker: 31, 33 AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO 31 IS RELATED TO SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN CD13, I HOPE THIS IS SERVICE THAT'S WILL GET THEM HOUSING AND SUCH AND THE HELP THAT THEY NEED INSTEAD OF JUST ANOTHER WAY OF THEM JUST SITTING THERE IN THEIR CARS AND DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHILE THE LAPD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW THE SWEEPS THAT HUGO PROMISED THAT HE WOULD STOP AND NOT DO. WE HAVE ITEM 33, WHICH IS A MOTION FROM HEATHER HUTT FOR A BUNCH OF NEW ZONES, FUCK 4118, 4118, DOES NOT GET PEOPLE HOUSING IT DOES NOT GET THEM SERVICES, IT JUST PUSHES THEM DOWN THE BLOCK SO RICH PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO SEE THEM, SO WHILE, WHILE THE CITY TRASHES ALL OF THEIR STUFF AND HARM TAKES AWAY THEIR SHELTER. AND WHILE IT'S SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE, DYING EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT JUST KEEP DOING THIS, MORE CRIMINALIZING POVERTY AND CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS, JUST LIKE THE FASCIST DICTATOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS, JUST KEEP DOING THIS, IT'S JUST A SOFTER VERSION OF WHAT HE'S PROPOSING. WHAT YOU COULD BE PROPOSING IS ACTUALLY HELPING THEM. BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR RICH DONORS WANT TO SEE. SO INSTEAD YOU HAVE THIS UNHOUSED POLICY THAT IS JUST HARMING EVERY ONE. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SOUNDS LIKE YOU CONTINUED ARROW NOMINATION BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC DOESN'T SUPPORT HIM AND YOU'RE SCARED TO VOTE ON IT. SO ARROW, ARROW'S TIME ON THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN AWFUL. HE ACTUALLY ILLEGALLY CONTINUED SERVING FOR ANOTHER TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS TERM EXPIRED, EVEN THOUGH HE COULD NOT BE ON THE COMMISSION. SO HE'S ACTUALLY BEING ILLEGAL SERVING ALTHOUGH HIS TERM EXPIRED IN JUNE, THE END OF JUNE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS TODAY, AND MAYBE HE WAS HERE I DON'T KNOW. AND LIKE WHAT OTHER MEETING? EVEN THOUGH HE COULDN'T SERVE ON THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE HE COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. BUT FUCK ARROW SUTHERS, HIS WHOLE TIME, HE HAS BEEN ENABLING LAPD HELPING THEM. HE'S NOT HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE, HE'S ALE REALLY HORRIBLE PERSON. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE LAST SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE LAST NAME, EDDIE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK ON 31, 35 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: YES, SO 31 TALKING ABOUT MORE HOMELESSNESS SPENDING, CD13, I KNOW THAT DISTRICT AND HUGO TOO, HE DOES NOT DO A GOOD JOB SPEND THERING. IF YOU LOOK SPENDING WE DO TH*, IT'S INSIDE SAFE SPENDING AND SO FAR WE'VE SPENT 450 MILLION DOLLARS TO PERMANENTLY HOUSE 1144. 450 MILLION DOLLARS TO PERMANENTLY HOUSE 1100 PEOPLE, THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE FAILURE BUT THAT MONEY IS GOING SOMEWHERE. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT MONEY IS GOING FALLING ABYSS. THAT MONEY ENDS UP BEING A PROFIT AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE POLITICAL CONNECTED TO HUGO AND NITHYA, AND BASS AND ALL OF YOU PEOPLE. MOVING TO 13 STREET LIGHTING. HUGO SHOULD KNOW THIS, THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE BLOCK THAT HAS LIGHT. YOU GO DOWN THAT STREET, THERE IS NOT A LIGHT THAT WORKS. ON HIGIN, THERE IS NOT A LIGHT THAT WORKS FROM HIGHLAND DOWN TO ORANGE. THE IS NOT A LIGHT THAT WORKS ON SYCAMORE, THERE IS NOT A LIGHT THAT WORKS ONLYLAND WAY. YOU'RE SPENDING SMUN ON POLICING, YOU WANT TO REDUCE CRIME. HOW ATTRIBUTE PUT SOME LIGHT IN THE FUCKEN CITY. TALK ABOUT ARROW SUTHERS. I SPOKEN A COUPLE OF TIMES AT USC AND I'VE BECOME CLOSE TO FACULTY. AND THEY TOLD ME THAT SUTHERS GLOATS ABOUT BEATING UP PEOPLE WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG COP. WHO DOES THAT? WHO DOES THAT? AND THAT'S THE GUY WHO WE ARE GOING TO PUT BACK ON THE POLICE COMMISSION? THE GUY WHO WHEN WE HAD THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH CORANZA THAT COST US CLOSE TO 8 MILLION DOLLARS, CHIEF MOORE SEZ HE COVERED UP THAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO IT TO GO VIRAL, IF YOU FUCK TEN KIDDING ME? AND AARON SUTHORS IS WHO I FILED A COMPLAINT, SAID HE DID NOTHING WRONG. WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU SENDING IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THIS GUY BACK ON THE POLICE COMMISSION. YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKEN KIDDING ME. MAKE SURE YOU VOTE HIM DOWN. HUGO, YOU BETTER MAKE SURE! [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT, MY NAME IS KELAN I SPENT ALL OF YOUR LIVES FIGHT TO GO OPEN DOORS FOR BLACK PEOPLE. EXCEPT IT BECAME A CURRENT TO ME TO QUOTE DR. BENJAMIN, HIGH FACE NZ HIGH PLACES IS NOT SAVE US. AND EARL SUTHERS IS THAT. I WAS AT THE CAMPUS WHEN HE CALLED POLICE ON OUR. HE DENIED A MUSLIM SPEAKER AT THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY, HE IS HASES DEMONSTRATED HIS ANTI BLACKNESS AND AN THYMUS LIFM. --ANTI MUSLIM. DON'T SUPPORT EARL SUTHORS, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 3 >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE GROSSNESS USE OF FUNDING WITH THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY. OUR ROLE IS TO BE THE VOICE OF THOSE THAT HAVE NONE. WE HAVE FACE RETAL RACING DUE--RETALIATION. WE HAVE FACE INTIMIDATION AND ULTIMATELY REMOVED FROM OUR POSITIONS. SOME OF US STANDING HERE BEHIND ME, HAVE LEFT NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF RETALIATION BUT BECAUSE OF THE HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION INCLUDING COST MICROAGGRESSION TARGETED OF EMPLOYEES OF COLOR. MANY OF US HAVE WORKED IN THE SYSTEM FOR MANY YEARS WITHOUT RECEIVING A CLIENT COMPLAINT, WE HAVE DEDICATED OUR CAREERS IN SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE OF COLOR LIVING IN DISPROPORTIONATELY. WE KNOW FIRSTHAND AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN RESOURCE RIGHT SIDE MISUSED. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WE KNOW WHEN RESOURCES ARE MISUSED, IT IS THEM WHO, SORRY. WE KNOW WHEN FUND ISING MISUSED, IT IS THESE VERY COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO SERVE, WHO ARE LEFT WITHOUT HOUSING, WHO ARE LEFT WITHOUT SUPPORT AND WHO ARE LEFT WITHOUT HOPE. TODAY WE ASK AS OUR ELECTED LEADERS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO INVESTIGATE THESE PRACTICES AND PROVIDE THE OVERSIGHT NYEDED TO ENSURE THAT ALL FUNDSING BOTH LAHSA AND LONG BEACH ALLOCATION REACHESED THE PEOPLE IT WAS INTEND TODAY SERVE. FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, WE WILL HAVE DOCUMENTATION OUTLINING THESE CONCERNS, THOUGH WE MUST EMPHASIZE THAT WE CONTINUE RETALIATION. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE IN LIMBO WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND CONSIDERING OUR OPTIONS. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE TURN TO YOU FOR GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT AND DURING THIS INJUSTICE. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS TUNDI, I'M A RESENT GRADUATE OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, I'M QUALIFIED TO SAY I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE POSITION AND WHAT YOUR ROLE IN THE CITY IS. YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR EGO BELIEVES AND IF EVEN BELIEVES ARE ANTI MUSLIM AND ANTI BLACK. WE KNOW THAT VERY WELL THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS A HISTORY OF RACISM AND RACIST SCANNED ADSER--SCANDALS, NOT EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO, THIS COMMITTEE WAS INVOLVED NAYS RACIST SCANDAL. WE CANNOT MACK THAT CHANGE, ALL OF YOU ARE SCARED TO BE RADICAL AND TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I HOPE YOU CAN MEET THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S WISHES TO BE DPIF AND TRANSFORMATIVE IN THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH THE PROBLEM NZ OUR CITY WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING DRAGGED OFF THE STREETS, AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS THAT IT'S SAD. WE NEED TO BE MORE CREATIVE THAN THAT. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: VOTE NO ON EARL STHER, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. YOU'RE JUST LETTING ANYTHING HAPPEN. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE CORRUPT, I REALLY DON'T CARE, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO BEAT THIS FASCIST, REGIME. ALL YOU WOMEN ARE GOING TO LOSE YOUR JOBS. YOU DON'T REALIZE BUT YOU WILL. MARQUEECE, IF THEY DON'T REMOVE YO, SOMEBODY IN YOUR FUCKEN FAMILY IS GOING TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES AND GO TO PRISON AND BE PRISON LABORER. THEY'RE GOING TO BRING BACK SLAVERY, THIS IS NOT RADICAL, THAT IS HAPPENING. YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH EACH:00 YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THE AOUB UNIONS, THIS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH! BE CREATIVE AND DO SOMETHING OR STEP DOWN? STEP DOWN IF YOU'RE A PUSSY! >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. TUZ TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH US. WE'RE GOING HAVE A COMMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. YOU'RE NOT ON THE BOARD? >> I. Padilla: I WANTED TO BE RECORDED AS A NO ON ITEM 28. >> Council President: DID WE ALREADY VOTE ON THAT? >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THIS REQUEST DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE. THE VOTE TALLY IS NOW 11 AYES AND 3 NOES. >> Council President: GOT IT, WHAT IS NEXT, MR. CLERK. JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEMS 1, 29 THROUGH 32 AND 34 THROUGH 45. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THESE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE 33 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? SEPARATE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? YOU PROMISE? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, FOR COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO CLOSED SESSION FOR ITEM 46. >> Council President: AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, HAS THIS GONE TO COMMITTEE, 46? THE PAPER SETTLEMENT? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I THINK WE SHOULD GO TO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PAPER. >> Council President: SERGEANT IF WE CAN GO TO CLOSE SESSION, THAT MEANS NO ONE IN THE STAFF EXCEPT FOR STAFF FOR ELECTED OFFICIAL. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE BEFORE YOU LEAVES, OUR FORMER STATE SENATOR, THE ONE AND ONLY RADDICK RIGHT, FROM SOUTH L.A. IN ENGELWOOD, WELCOME, WELCOME, AND SEE YOU SOON. WE WISH YOU COULD STAY LONGER. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: CHANNEL 35 IS STILL BROADCASTING AT LEAST. HOLD ON. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: WE'RE ALL SET. THUMBS UP, MR. CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY, ATTORNEY. ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? >> City Attorney: NO, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, AT THIS TIME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US, MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE DESK IS CLEAR, COUNCIL HAS MOSTED FOR POST ASKED REFERRAL. >> Council President: IN A NOUNSMENTS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ASK FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT. COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT? >> Councilmember Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, TODAY I RISE FOR IN ADJOURNMENT FOR MARY WHO WAS BORN ON JANUARY 15, 19 35 IN LOUISIANA. AS A CHILD IN NEW ORLEANS, ATTENDED ALEN JONES ELEMENTARY, PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN THE JERMAINE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN JOSEPH PARK HIGH SCHOOL. MARLENE ENROLLED AT THE STRENGTH BUSINESS SCHOOL WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS H B.C. U DILL ARD. IN 183 MET JOSEPH JUNIOR AND GOT MARRIED IN JANUARY 1, 154 AND MOVED TO MASSACHUSETTS WHERE JOE WAS COMPLETING HIS MILITARY SERVICE. LATER MARLENE, RETURNED TO NEW ORLEANS WHERE SHE GAVE BIRTH TO THE FIRST OF THREE CHILDREN, JOSEPH. AND THEN MARLENE AND JOE MOVED TO SOUTH LOS ANGELES WHERE SHE GAVE BIRTH TO SHARON AND PAUL, EVENTUALLY MARLENE AND HER HUSBAND SETTLED IN THEIR FOREVER HOME. WORKED AS A CLAIMS PROCESSING AND LATER EMPLOYED BY THE THEATER AND ARTS DEPARTMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OF LOS ANGELES WHERE HER LOVE FOR ARTS TOOK A BIG HOLD ON HER LIFE. FOR OVER FOUR YEARS, MARLENE WAS A LICENSE REAL ESTATE AGENT THROUGH HER WORK MARLENE FOUND HOMES FOR HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN LOS ANGELES. ALL WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR OWN HOME AND BEING A WIFE AND A MOTHER. FOR ME, I MET MARLENE WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS AND I SPENT MANY NIGHTS IN HER HOUSE, SHE LOVED TO COOK AND SHE ALSOING LOVED TO GO SEE LIVE MUSIC AND MUSICALS. ON TRIPS TO LAS VEGAS WITH HER HUSBAND, SHE ENJOINED SEEING CELINE DION, SHE WAS AND SOME GAMBLING. A LOVING WIFE, A COMMUNITY MOTHER FOR TEENS FOR BASKETBALL TEAMS, A GRANDMOTHER, A GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER HUSBAND OF 71 YEARS, HER CHILDREN JOE THE THIRD, SHARON ROSEANNE, JOE TOUZAN, AND HER GRANDCHILDREN,. IN ADDITION, SHE LEAVES HER GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, SAVANNAH, ANA AND SAGE. MAY SHE REST IN FOREVER POWER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT FOR THAT ADJOURNING MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED WITH YOUR PERMISSION AND OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE ROUZAN FAMILY. MR. McOSKER? I WANTED TO RISE IN MENTOR WARRIOR WITH INSPIRING PERFORMANCES AND FILMS JUST AS THE CANDIDATES AND ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, AND HE WAS A STORY TELLER WHO NEVER STOPPED SEARCHING FOR MEANING, TRUTH AND BEAUTY. HIS QUIET CHARISMA, RUGGED CHARM AND HAVE REDEFINED WHAT IT MEANT TO BE AN ACTOR BUT IN HONORING WE CELEBRATE A LIFE THAT HAS GIVEN US MANY MORE THAN THAN THOSE UNFORGETTABLE FILMS. IT WAS NOT JUST HOW HE WAS SEEN ONSCREEN, IT WAS WHAT HE FOUGHT FOR BEHIND THE SCENES. HE COULD HAVE LIVED HIS LIFE IN THE SPOTLIGHT, INSTEAD HE CHOSE TOO USE THAT LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE OTHERS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG EMERGING ACTORS. BEHIND THE SUN DANCE FILM FEST RAL, REDFORD FIERCELY CELEBRATED INDEPENDENT CINEMA AND BUILT A HOME FOR IT. HE GAVE BOLD UNCONVENTIONAL STORY TELLERS, A PLACE TO TELL THEIR STORY. HE STOOD BY THE FACT THAT ART SHOULD CHALLENGE NOT JUST ENTERTAIN. REDFORD ALSO MADE LIVED IN THE MOUNT INS OF UTAH, TIRELESS ADVOCATE TO PROTECTING OUR LANDS AND OUR PLANET, SPEAKING LONG BEFORE IT WAS FASHIONABLE AND LONG BEFORE OTHERS HAVE GROWN QUIET. REDFORD LEAD A LIFE LEAD BY PURPOSE NOT EGO AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE HAS LEFT MORE THAN FILMS, HE HAS LEFT BEHIND THE MOVEMENT, FESTIVAL A LANDSCAPE, A LEGACY. SO WE DON'T JUST MOURN THE LOSS OF A HOLLYWOOD LEGEND, WE CELEBRATE A LIFE OF AN ARTIST WHO DARED TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES, GIVE VOICE TO THE VOICELESS AND HELPED ALL OF US GIVE A LITTLE MORE TO LIFE. MR. REDFORD, YOU LIVED A LIFE WITH PURPOSE AND GRIT AND PURPOSE. THANK YOU AND REST WELL. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. NAZARIAN. COUNCIL MEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> Councilmember Yoroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN MEMORY OF ROGER, JOHN, DIAMOND. EYE PIONEERING CIVIL RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY AND REMARKABLE ANGELINO WHO PASS ADD WAY ON FEBRUARY 20, 2025. OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE DECADES, ROGER NEVER SHYED AWAY FROM TAKING OVERPOWERFUL INTEREST, IF IT MEANT TO STAND UP FOR HE QUIT. HE GATED AGAINST AIR POLLUTION AND ARGUED FIERCELY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. HIS WORK LEFT LOS ANGELES CLEANER, AND MORE OTHER DRESSED. ROGER WAS A DE VOTED FAMILY MAN, TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE FRAN, HE GATHERED A HOME THAT BECAME A GATHERING PLACE FOR MUSIC AND COMMUNITY. HE NURTURED GENERATIONS OF ADD A ADVOCATES, HE LIVED FULLY WITH HUMAN AND PASSION AND UNSHAKABLE BELIEVE OF PEOPLE TO MAKE CHANGE. HIS LEGACY LIVES ON IN THE COMMUNITIES HE DEFENDED AND THE RIGHTS HE PROTECTED AND THE FAMILY HE CARRIED HIS SPIRIT. I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY WITH DEEP GRATITUDE FOR HIS LIFE AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS, I WANT TO WELCOME HIS FAMILY HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND THANK YOU FAMILY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS TODAY? COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA. >> Councilmember Padilla: DO WE HAVE A SLIDE? COLLEAGUES. COLLEAGUES, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF FAMOUS RICHARD SERRANO, A DEDICATED DED INDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT AND NO STRANGER TO THIS BUILDING IN CITY HALL. RICHARD WAS BORN IN 1--1969 IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, WORKED AS A JUNE IOR LOCK GUARD. HE WENT SERVE TO FIRST WITH CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AS SANITATION AND THEN STREETS AND SERVICES AND FINALLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER AS A MAINTENANCE HELPER. THROUGH HIS LIFE, RICHARD EMBODIES THE SERVICE AND COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY. HE LOVED HIS CITY OF ANGELS DEEPLY AND DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO IMPROVING IT. HE GAVE HIS TIME AND ENERGY AND EVEN A VOICE. RICHARD WAS THE PERSON OF PERSON WHO SHOWED UP, CHALLENGED ISSUES, WHENEVER THEY HAD TO BE. WHEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROTESTED AT VAN NUYS CITY HALL, HE WENT TO ENSURE HIS SAFETY, EVEN BUYING TACOS FOR THEM, BECAUSE HE WAS TO PROUD OF THEM. AND USED HAS MAZ FIRST RESPONDER TO EXTINGUISH A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE FIRE. HE HELPED COORDINATE RESPONSES, INCLUDING ONE BECAUSE HE WANT TODAY KEEP HIS COMMUNITY SAFE. AND RICHARD'S ACTS OF GENEROSITY WERE CONSTANT EVEN IN THE SIMPLEST MOMENTS AND THE MOST DIFFICULT ISSUES. HE BELIEVED IN GUIDING THE YOUNGER GENERATION, TELLING THEM THAT THEY TOO COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. RICHARD IS NOW SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF 27 YEARS, SANDRA SERRANO, HIS MOTHER, TOMASA AND HIS SISTER AND BROTHERS, CARLOS AND HENRY. THERE ARE COUNTLESS STORIES, COUNTLESS AKTSZ OF --ACTS OF KINDNESS. I'M A BETTER ELECTED LEADER BECAUSE OF HOW OFTEN HE USED TO COMMUNICATE AND CHECK ME WITH MY OWN WORK. I WILL MISS HIM AND PERSONALLY WE'LL NEVER FORGET THE DEBATE THAT HE AND I HAD IN ARLETA DURING OUR ELECTION. MR. SERRANO, YOU'LL BE MISSED AND TO THE FAMILY, I'M REALLY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PADILLA. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Councilmember Hernandez: IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT AN ALL-COUNCIL ONE. WHEN HE SPOKE, HE WAS ALWAYS VERY KIND BUT ALWAYS HELD US ACCOUNTABLE AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THIS LOSS. HE WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE. >> Council President: YES, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE ALL-MEMBER ADJOURNMENT. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. COLLEAGUES, I IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART AND A DEEP SENSE OF REGRET AND STRONG FEELINGS OF INADEQUATECY THAT I ASK AN ADJOURNMENT THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ASK, MICHAEL, KNOWN AS M3 OR MONEY MIKE. WE LOVE HIM THIS PAST JULY 22, AT THE AGE OF JUST 12 YEARS OLD. TO A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER IN SOUTH L.A. ON 83 STREET HEADED TOWARDS MAIN, THE 9th DISTRICT. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO PICK UP A FRIEND ON A BIKE AND STRUCK BY A DRIVER GOING 75 MILES PER HOUR IN ONE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS. IN FACT, TODAY IS MICHAEL'S 13th HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY, THIS MORNING. HE WAS A BRILLIANT AND BOLD YOUNG MAN. HE EMULATEDED THE BEST OF HIS PARENTS, MICHAEL AND MICHAEL SMITH AND MS. ADDWATER WITH US TODAY. HE HAD THE NICKNAME MAM, WHO WAS GIVEN TO HIM IN HONOR OF HIS UNCLE. HE HAD PASSION FOR ENTREPRENEUR, HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD WHEN HE LAUNCHED A BUSINESS CALLED MIKE'S ICE AND HIS PRODUCTS BECAME A NEIGHBORHOOD FAVORITE SELLING EXOTIC ICES AND GRAB BAGS. HE LIVED A LIFE FULL OF CURIOSITY, LOVING BIKE RIDING, ART, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND GOING ON TRIPS. AT A YOUNG AGE, HE WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TRAVEL TO BIG BEAR, LAKE, MEXICO GUATEMALA, AND LAS VEGAS AND ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TRIPS TO CANCUN THIS PAST FEBRUARY. HE WAS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING THEIR NEXT TRIP TO BALI FOR THE NEXT BIRTHDAY. HE LOVED FAMILY GATHERING WITH CRAB BOILS AND HOT WINGS AND THINGS SURROUNDED BY THE PEOPLE HE LOVED. HE ADMIRED AND RESPECTED HIS BIG BROTHER AND DEEPLY LOVED ALL OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. HIS VIBRANT SPIRIT AND SMILE AND CARELESS NATURE LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION. HE WAS RAISED IN THE CHURCH AND LEARNED AND PRAY AND CARRIED THE LESSONS HE LEARNED IN CHURCH. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS I'M JOINED BY HIS MOM HERE AT THE DIAS. YOU SEE A NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE, TOO MANY TO NAME. BUT HE LEAVES A LEGACY OF LOVE AND POTENTIAL THAT WE LOST. THIS IS OUR 51st FATAL TRAFFIC FATALITY IN SOUTH BUREAU THIS YEAR. MANY MIGHT BE SURPRISED THAT EXCEEDS GUN DEATHS IN WHAT IS PART OF THE CITY WITH THE MOST DEATHS BY GUN BY FAR. SO JUST ANOTHER POIGNANT AND TRAGIC REMINDER, WHEN BEHIND THE WHEEL, ANYBODY BEHIND THE WHEEL, KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SOMEBODY'S LIFE. AND EVERY TIME YOU GO OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, YOU PUT SOMEBODY'S LIFE AT-RISK. WITH THAT, OUR CITY EXTENDS OUR CONDOLENCES AND WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN HONOR OF THIS FINE YOUNG MAN, MICHAEL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. IF THERE IS NO OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.