>> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS THE 27th DAY OF YEAR 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. LET'S BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL, MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 23, 2025. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMEND TORE REREESE --RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President:er COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: TODAY IS CUSS AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE AND JOIN OUR COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT PRO TEM MR. BLUMENFIELD, FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> B. Blumenfield: SURE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG UFT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH OUR OUR AGENDA JAO. YES, MR. PRESIDENT. ITEMS AND 2 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. PLEASE NOTE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION FOR ITEM 15, THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT WEIGH CONSIDERATION FOR THE MATTER. COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE HARBOR GATEWAY NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE MATTER. 22 THROUGH 23 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. NO ITEM IS REQUIRED FOR ITEM 33 IN AS MUCH AS BUDGET RESOLUTION HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. NOW IS THE TIME FOR SPECIALS, MEMBERS ON MY LEFT? LOOK TO GO MY LEFT, I DON'T SEE ANY SPECIALS THERE, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA ON THE RIGHT. >> I. Padilla: YES, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL 8 SPECIAL FOR RECUSAL. >> Council President: OKAY, ITEM 8. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? OH SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYBODY. >> C. Price: OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING FROM 1, 8 AND 13, BECAUSE MY WIFE HAS WORKED WITH THEM IN THE PAST AND I'M EXCUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 3 BECAUSE I'M A LANDLORD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: ITEM 33 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: WOULD THAT BE ITEM 33, THERE NO ACTION REQUIRED. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 26 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: 26, ALL RIGHT. >> Y. Jurado: YES, THANK YOU. >> Council President: YES MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: ITEM 22 I HAVE AN AMENDMENT, A REPORTING AMENDMENT BUT IT SHOULD BE CIRCULATED. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, 22 FOR AMENDMENT, THAT IS IN CIRCULATION. ANY OTHER SPECIALS? THERE IS A REQUEST TO REFER ITEM NUMBER 14 TO THE PLUM COMMITTEE. WITHOUT OBJECTION. ALL RIGHT. WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS, 4 THROUGH 7, 9 THROUGH 11, 13, 15 THROUGH 17, 19 THROUGH 21. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE HEAR THE ITEMS, MR. CLERK, IF WE CAN RECAB LATE ITEM 5, TO HOLD TWO ITEMS ITEM 4 AND 9 FOR AMENDMENTS. ONE MORE TIME, GIVEN THAT WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, ITEMS 5, 6, AND 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, AND 17, AND 19 THROUGH 21. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 19 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION JAO. THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER 8 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR RECUSAL. >> Council President: OKAY, GIVE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA A MOMENT TO RECUSE. YES, BEFOREHAND WOULD BE BETTER. >> I. Padilla: I'LL BE RECUSING MYSELF BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE HOME WHICH I GREW UP IN. >> Council President: OKAY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA IS OFF THE BOARD AND OUT OF THE ROOM, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 8, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEMS, 3, 12 AND 18 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR RECUSAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GIVE MR. PRICE A MOMENT TO LEAVE THE ROOM AND TAKE OFF THE BOARD, YOU CAN TAG COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA BACK IN SO WE KEEP TEN PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. ITEMS, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WE'RE PREPARED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: YES AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, REALLY REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE UNION HERE FOR ITEM 27, BEFORE WE GO INTO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT JUST AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT, IF YOU ARE HERE TO PRESENT AS PART OF ITEM 27, THAT WILL TAKE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT SO. YOU'RE PORN WELCOME TO STILL PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT AS FAR AS ANY PRESENTATION YOU'RE MAKING AS THE APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE UNIT, THAT WOULD BE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 27. AND WITH THAT, I WILL PROCEED WITH READING THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO, 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 ARE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. POINT, YOU NEED TO GET CLEAR LEON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT YOU MAY SPEAK TO ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. AND ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND THE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT OR THE ORDER OF THE SPEAKERSES AT RANDOM, SO WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED. AFTER YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, FEEL FREE TO LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES TO COME AND SPEAK. FIGUEROA, AMY GORED AN, CADIDO, HAIRET ELLIOT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: START WITH 23. ITEM 23, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IT'S BECAUSE [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 24 IS VERY IMPORTANT. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> ITEM NUMBER 25 IS VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I WANT--ITEM 25 NO SPICY. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I AM AWARE THAT OUR CITY IS A BUDGET DEFICIT SO I'M HERE TO HAVE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU ARE A VERY PROUD MEMBER OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, PART OF JASON READY AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THEY CREATE THEIR ONLY FANS PAGE AND AFTER ONLY FANS PAGE THERE IS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS EVERY YEAR SO, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON IF YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, IF YOU CONSIDER WORK TOGETHER, CREATE A MONTHLY ONLY FANS SUBSCRIPTION AND YOU CAN CREATE A POOR HUB ACCOUNT AND USING YOUR 22-INCH TOOL YOU CAN USE THAT MILLIONS OF MONEY OF ONLY FANS CAN SOLVE THE CITY BUDGET PROBLEM. SOY SUPPORT OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT ONLY FANS PAGE. >> City Attorney: I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE LAST SPEAKER THAT IF WOULD YOU LIKE AN INTERPRETER PLEASE LET THE CLERK'S OFFICE KNOW AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO SET THAT UP. GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MOTHER FUCKERS, I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE HOUSING PROGRAMS SO YOU MOTHER FUCKERS CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE ON BEHALF OF YOUR DUMB AS MAYOR, YOUR PRO DUMB ASS NEGRO UNCLE TOM REGARDING THE APPROVAL THAT THE MAYOR SUBJECTED US WITH BLUMENFIELD AND MS. PARK BEACH FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 2025, RECOVERY! WHAT FUCKEN RECOVERY? YOU LET THOSE FUCKEN KIDS DESTROY OUR COMMUNITY THIS WEEKEND? WHAT COMMUNITY INTEREST OF A GRANT DO WE HAVE THERE? YOU JACKASS JONATHAN. FOR THE RECORD LOOK AT THIS OTHER ISSUE WITH BLUMENFIELD AND PADILLA, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH? WELL SOME PEOPLE CALL ME FUCKEN CRAZY BUT SMOKING SCAN AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, SMOKING SCAN CALLS IT INTELLIGENCE, BECAUSE MY GENIUS ASS TALKS ABOUT THE FACTS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING CAN IN THIS FUCKED BY CITY BY THE FUCKED UP D.A. THAT AND COUNCIL THAT HAS PUT US IN THE DEFICIT. GET BACK IN THE MULE AND HAVE IT KICK YOUR ASS OFF YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M AN AMERICAN. INSTRUCT GSD WITH THE ASSHOLE ASSISTANCE CITY ATTORNEY DICK TO NEGOTIATE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 3. WHY? YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO BUDGET. YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SAVE A FUCKEN DIME TO BUDGET WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING? WHERE? HEY, JACKASS, JONATHAN, I'M ON ITEM 29, FOO, ARE YOU FOLLOWING ALONG GOOD? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MY NEXT ITEM, ITEM 22 HOMELESSNESS, TRUMP, DOGE DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM LOS ANGELES WHERE IS THE 24 MILLION DOLLARS THAT YOU STOLE FOR HOMELESSNESS? JUDGE CARTER, DAVID CARTER, ANY CARTER, ONCE AGAIN, THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IS IN CAHOOTS OF RIPPING US ALL OFF AND ALL YOU JACKASS TAXPAYERS THAT HAVE A JOB, HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THIS ISSUE HERE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE LEBANESE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, FOR THE RECORD, FUCK YOU LOS ANGELES, AND FUCK YOU L.A. COUNTY. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: BRANDON VERSUS OHIO, HOW YOU DARE YOU, 395, 441969, DIRTY NIGGERS, HOW DARE YOU VANDALIZE OUR COMMUNITY ON SATURDAY WHILE THE MAYOR WAS ASLEEP? WHERE IS THE MAYOR? WHERE IS THE FUCKEN MAYOR? AND LAPD THAT CANCELED? WHY? BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT IT ADDRESS THE REAL FUCKEN ISSUE, SMOKING SCAN, SMOKING SCAN, THEY DON'T ADDRESS THE REAL FUCKEN ISSUE, ONLY YOU AND ALL YOUR WRITERS, HURRAH, IT'S CALLED MORE FREE SPEECH AND CRITICISM AND CRITICALLY UNDERSTOOD WORZ LIKE THIS MOTHER FUCKER TELLING YOU AND THE GREAT NAME OF BILL ASSAYLY, UP YOUR AS CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO INVESTIGATE YOU FOR FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE. POLITELY FUCK. >> City Attorney: AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DID NOT DO THIS EARLIER, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE 1 AND 2 AND ITEMS 22 THROUGH 33. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE 1 AND 2 AND 22 THROUGH 33. ALSO, NORMALLY I MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AHEAD OF TIME, OF COURSE, MR. HERMAN DID NOT NO SURPRISES TODAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT OF OTHER COMMENTERS, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE AND YOU HEAR THINGS THAT ARE WILDLY INAPPROPRIATE SUCH AS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, MR. HERMAN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING WHILE I'M TRYING TO GIVE AN NOUNSMENT TO THE A PUBLIC. SO, IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING THAT IS WILDLY OFFENSIVE, YOU'RE WORN WELCOME TO STEP OUT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. YOU CAN POP IN YOUR HEAD PHONES OR STICK YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR HEARS. THE FASTEST WAY TO GET THROUGH IS TO LET THEM USE THEIR TIME. GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 11 --1 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M WONDERING WHAT IT IS ABOUT 4115 THAT WAS IN THE AGENDA WHEN I CAME LAST TUESDAY AND IF IT IS TRUE THAT, THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE LITTLE AREAS OF 4115 ARE FOR HOMELESSNESS, I'M HOPING. BY THE WAY, I HAVE KEPT WITH THE BUDGET, BECAUSE I LISTENED TO KATY YAROSLAVSKY AND HEARD SOTO-MARTINEZ, WHY WE'RE AHEAD, WE DON'T HAVE THE LOSS THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD. I APPRECIATE THOSE TIMES TO INFORM US. I'M GOING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. HELLO. I'M GOING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: OKAY, RON JOHNSON, I HAVE OKAY. IS A IS SAYING THE SAME THING THAT I'VE BEEN SAYING, THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY DIRECTED ENERGY. THE POWERS SAY THERE IS NO SUCH THING THAT THERE IS DIRECTED ENERGY. RON JOHNSON IS NOT A NUT CASE, I READ TWO OF HIS BOOKS, ONE OF THEM CALLED GUANTANAMO. IT WAS EXCELLENT BIXER I'M A VERY LEFT WING DEMOCRAT. I LOVED HIS BOOKS, SOMETHING IS WRONG. THIS GUY APPEALS TO DEMOCRATS, I DON'T KNOW WHY. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SPONSOR RON JOHNSON, I'LL HELP. AND JUST CALL HIM AND LET HIM COME UP HERE, HE'SES A WONDERFUL MAN. AND HE HAS ANOTHER BOOK THAT I LOVE, ABOUT PEOPLE THAT DON'T CARE, YEAH, HE'S A REALLY GOOD GUY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES, JASON READY, JAMES HUNT, KIM, ROBERT G, >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MOANSINGER I WOULD LIKE ALL ITEMS FOR GENERAL AND THEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: SO STARTING ON ITEM NUMBER 2, WE HAVE A MOTION TALKING ABOUT BONDS AND WHAT WE FAIL TO SEE ON THIS MOTION, I TALKED ABOUT IT ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS AGO IS THE LACK OF DISCLOSURE ON HOW IT WILL BE PAID OUT. NOW THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE BECAUSE THE CITY IS WELL-KNOWN FOR FRAUDULENT MONEY SCHEMES THROUGH HUIZAR, THROUGH THE PROGRAM THAT KAREN BASS HAS WITH HER INSIDE SAFE, HOW IS IT GOING TO BE PAID? IS IT GOING TO BE PAID THROUGH THE PERSONAL PAYPAL OF HUGO MARTINEZ, THE CASH APP OF KAREN BASS AND MAYBE VENMO OF BASS'S FRIENDS? WE DON'T KNOW. THIS IS TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT BONDS WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO DO WITH GOVERNMENT BONDS? YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO DISCLOSE PUBLICLY THE METHOD OF PAYMENT. AGAIN, HOW IS THAT METHOD OF PAYMENT GOING TO COME FORWARD? IS IT A PERSONAL PAYPAL ACCOUNT? IT MIGHT AS WELL BE, BECAUSE IT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE DOJ INVESTIGATING WHERE YOU'RE LAUNDERING THROUGH NONPROFIT PROGRAMS MAKE ITING SEEM LIKE YOU'RE EXECUTING LEGIT SERVICES BUT IT'S NOT. WE KNOW IT'S A SCAM, MANY OF YOU DON'T SPEAK ABOUT IT AND MANY ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE INSIDE PROGRAM WHICH TO THIS DAY STILL LACKS ANY AUDITING OR CONTROLLER. YOUR OWN MAYOR IS REFUTING AUDITING OF THE INSIDE SAFE PROGRAM. WHAT THE EVERY LOVING FUCK IS THAT? HOW IS IT THAT YOUR OWN MAYOR IS TRYING TO GO AGAINST INDEPENDENT AUDITING BY THE CITY'S OWN CONTROLLER? WHAT KIND OF FRAUDULENT SHIT IS THAT? THAT'S BASIC ACCOUNTING PRINCIPALS, YOUR FUCKEN CONTROLLER SHOULD BE ABLE TO AUDIT THE PROGRAMS THE CITY IS SPENDING MONEY ON? WHAT THE LOVING FUCK IS THAT? MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3, WE HAVE A HOUSING MOTION. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? YET AGAIN, WHERE IS ALL THE MONEY GOING FOR ALL OF THESE MOTIONS. IS IT REALLY GOING TO ROACH MOTELS? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING PERMANENT HOUSING LIKE IS BEING CLAIMED YET WE KNOW FOR A FACT THROUGH SOME OF THE AUDITING THAT CONTROL MEJIA HAS DONE IS BARELY 200 PEOPLE HAS GOTTEN PERMANENT HOUSING YET HALF A BILLION HAS BEEN SPENT, NA IS FRAUD. HOW THE FUCK IS NOT FRAUD? HOW THE FUCK IS IT THAT YOU CONTINUE TO NOT PUBLICLY DISCLOSE WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO AND HOW IT'S BEING PAID OUT. FOR ALL WE KNOW, WE THE PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO PERSONAL PAYPAL ACCOUNTS, PERSONAL VENMO ACCOUNT, IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN THE DOGE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR. I'M HYDEE FELSTEIN-SOTO, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE GETS SANCTIONED. THE COURT SAID, YOU'RE HARASSING YOUR EX HUSBAND FOR MALICIOUS LITIGATION, SHE FAILED TO PROSECUTE ME, FAILED TO PUT ME IN JAIL. FIRST ACTIVIST TO BE TO BEAT HYDEE, NO FINES. SHE CONTINUES TO GO WITH AFTER OTHER ACTIVIST. TIS IS WHAT HYDEE, DECLARING THAT THEY WILL NOT NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH HYDEE, BECAUSE OF HER CORRUPT WAY. WHAT CITY ATTORNEY IS BANNED ON PLANET EARTH? NOT EVEN JUST L.A. BUT ON PLANET EARTH, WHAT THE FUCK! >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT MORE NAMES. SUMO DOG, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PATRICIA McAALICESTER. >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP AS JOHNNY G. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NUMBER 23, DECLARATION OF THE INSIDE STARVING PROGRAM WHERE THE MAYOR DOES THESE MASSIVE SWEEPS AND THEN TAKES ABOUTLY OR FOUR UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND PUTS THEM UP WITH A CHEAP HOTEL WITH NO BLANKETS AND SERVICES. PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING HOUSED. THEY'RE NOT EVEN GETTING INTO HOTEL ROOMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO THAT. AND HOW THIS THING IS GOING. AND OF COURSE, UNHOUSED PEOPLE NEED HOUSING AND SERVICES NOT SWEEPS AND MORE CRIMINALIZATION. SPEAKING OF WHICH WE HAVE ITEM 26 IS A MOTION FROM OUR GLORIOUS BUDGET CHAIR, KATY YAROSLAVSKY FOR ANOTHER SEVERAL 4118 ZONES IN HER DISTRICTS. IT'S HARD, IT DOES NOT GET THEM HOUSING OR SERVICES, IT JUST SENDS THEM A FEW BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET WITH USUALLY WITH ALL OF THEIR SHELTER AND SUPPLIES DUMPED AND TAKEN AWAY FOREVER. AND THEY DON'T GET ANY HOUSING OR SERVICES AND IF THEY DON'T JUST MOVE OR IF THEY'RE NOT FLLOWING DIRECTIONS CORRECTLY OR WHATEVER, THEN THEY GET ARRESTED. THAT'S 4118, IT'S NOT HOUSING, IT'S NOT SERVICES, NOTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE ITEM 27 WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO VACANCIES, PRIOR, PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025-26 BUDGET. SO WERE YOU SUPPOSE TO HAVE THIS HEARING BEFORE YOU VOTED ON THE BUDGET AT ALL? AND YOU DO NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. AND EVERYTHING, BUT YOU'RE NOT RECRUITING AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES, YOU'RE LAYING OFF HUNDREDS OF AND CITY EMPLOYEES TO GET MORE MONEY TO THE LAPD. I'LL GET TO THE BUDGET IN A LITTLE WHILE. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR GENERAL COMMENT. SO, WE HAVE ITEM 31 WHICH IS RELATED TO REPRESENTATIVE L.A. PROGRAM WHICH I'M NOT SURE, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CUTTING THE FUNDING FOR THAT, ALTHOUGH YOU DID KEEP MOST OF IT AT LEAST. SO, SO YEAH. BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE LAWYERS, ATTORNEYS FOR PEOPLE BEING TARGETED FOR DEPORTATION OR REALLY BEING SENT TO C-COD OR OTHER TORTURE CAMPS BECAUSE TRUMP JUST DOESN'T LIKE THEM OR WHATEVER AND TRUMP IS TRYING TO HARM IMMIGRANTS IN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. NOT THAT ANY OF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION. LET'S GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: CAN YOU HEAR ME OVER YOUR STAFFERS THAT ARE LOUDLY TALKING IN THE ROTUNDA, THERE IS SO MUCH NOISE AND CHAOS, CAN YOU EVEN HEAR THIS? >> City Attorney: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING TO GENERAL COMMENT. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE THE BUDGET WHICH YOU DID IN THE MOST UNDEMOCRATIC, UNWAY POSSIBLE PREVENTING DOZENS OF PEOPLE FROM PROVIDING PUBLIC INPUT SO YOU CAN GO TO LUNCH. SO YOU HAVE, THAT. AND I GUESS WHAT YOU PASSED IS BETTER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BUT IT'S STILL A TERRIBLE BUDGET. IS IT THES STILL ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL THAT THE PROGRESSIVES ON THIS COUNCIL THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OKAY TO VOTE MORE MORE THAN LAPD FUNDING THAN LAST YEAR. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES. CHARLES, CARLOS, BILL ESE, MARCHLONA, DONALD HARELEM. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 22, 28, 28 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU SAID, 22 AND 28? >> Speaker: YES, AND PUBLIC COMMENT. NUMBER 22, YOU WANT TO ADOPT A LOCAL EMERGENCY REGARDING HOMELESSNESS, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND WE NEED TO HAVE AUDITS. I KNOW YOU'RE AGAINST AUDITS BUT EVERY TIME I SEE ALL OF THIS MONEY ALLOCATED HERE AND THERE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT THERE. SO HOPEFULLY THOSE WILL BE COMING HERE AND WE DO AUDITS HERE. WE NEED TO ESPECIALLY MAKE SURE THAT MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE ON SKID ROW, ABOUT 35 BLOCKS OF BLACK PEOPLE. AND I EXPECT THEY BE HELPING THEIR OWN PEOPLE INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WITH COLOR, ALL OF MY PEOPLE ARE DOWN SKID ROW. WHEN WE GREW UP WE, DIDN'T HAVE ANY PEOPLE. HERE IN SKID ROW, YOU'VE GOT THE DRUG DEALERS DOWN THERE. IT'S A REASON WHY YOU GOT MY PEOPLE ON SKID ROW. NOW THE HOMELESS COUNT, I GOT A FLIER, THIS LAST HOMELESS COUNT AND THEY SAID, THEY WERE GOING TO DO AUDIT, TAKE THE COUNT OF SKID ROW IN ONE DAY. I GOT PROOF, ONE THING THEY WERE GOING TO COUNT SKID ROW, SO THIS HOMELESS COUNT, IT'S A SCAM. THE NUMBERS ARE NOT RIGHT. YOU CANNOT COUNT SKID ROW, A HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN ONE DAY AND I'VE GOT THE FLIER OKAY. LET ME TELL YOU, THE ONES TAKING THIS MONEY UNDER THE TABLE AND DOING ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TAKING THE MONEY, YOU'RE GIVING BLOOD MONEY, BELIEVE ME, YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS EARTH AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROSTITUTES AND DRUG ADDICTS, THAT'S BLOOD MONEY. IN DOGE AND WASHINGTON WHAT THEY DID, THAT'S BLOOD MONEY. OKAY. NUMBER 28 HERE. YOU WANT TO RECOVERY PLANNING GRANT. RECOVERY WHO? WHO YOU RECOVERING? IF YOU HAD A RECOVERY GRANT, MY PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE ON SKID ROW FOR MANY YEARS. I'VE BEEN COMING IN HERE TEN YEARS OR MORE, OKAY. YES, I'M A REGULAR, I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. LOTS OF TIMES. THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING, IF ANYTHING, YOU GET MORE PEOPLE COMING INTO SKID ROW, YOU GIVEN THESE ILLEGAL ALIEN PEOPLE THAT MY PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE. THIS IS OUR LAND AND AS FAR AS IMMIGRANTS, ALL OF ARE YOU IMMIGRANTS EXCEPT MY PEOPLE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. I GET VERY UPSET, WE CALL THEM DR. KING NEGRO IN CHARGE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THEIR PEOPLE AND YOU THINK THESE FOLKS, YOU GOING TO DOWN JUST LIKE THE REST OF THEM, WHEN THEY GET THROUGH USING YOU. I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR PEOPLE. NOW MY PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IN ADDITION TO THE AUDIT, KAREN BASS DIDN'T WANT MEJIA TO DO THE AUDIT. THAT MAN IS A CP A, HE HAS A LICENSE, THEY CALL HIM CONTROLLER, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES FOR HIM. HE CAN AUDIT THE CITY, THAT MONEY BELONGS TO US. KAREN BASS, DON'T WANT AN AUDIT BECAUSE YOU STEALING, YOU'VE BEEN STEALING. I WOULD GO TO THE XWHIT' MEETINGS AND I WOULD GET THE ADDRESS OF EVERY AREA YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD HOUSING AND I SAW HOUSING BUILD IN ONE AREA. ONE AREA AND WHAT AREA WAS THAT? MARQUEECE? I'M NOT GIVING YOU ANY CREDIT BUT HE'S THE ONE THAT WHERE WE SAW HOUSING BEING BUILT. THAT MONEY IS GOING IN YOUR POCKET SO I KNOW THIS SCAM, I HAVE PROOF THAT IT'S NOTHING BUT A SCAM. NOTHING BUT A SCAM. BUT GUESS WHAT, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR T EVERY DAY. YOU AND YOUR RELATIVES. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES. SHANI QU*U A, KAREN, BONIDO. LE LIONEL MARES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 3 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ITEM 3 IS NOT OPEN. BUT YOU CAN SPEAK IN ABOUT IT GENERAL. >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE ALL DOING A GREAT JOB. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, I LOVE LOS ANGELES AND I THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE NUMBER ONE CITY IN THE WORLD, SO GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS NICK BROCO AND I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING SIMPLE BUT VITAL FROM CLEAR STREET SIGNS TO REPAINTED CURBS, THESE AREN'T JUST COSMETIC TOUCHES, THEY'RE THE FOUNDATION WE BUILD ON AND WALK ON EVERY DAY. THEY SHAPE HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE CITY AND HOW THEY TREAT T.RECENTLY I WATCHED A TAXPAYER FUNDED PARKING METERS, THEY LEFT BLACK PAINT SPLATERS. LEAVING THEM DIS COLORED AND UNFINISHED. RESPECT STARTS, IF YOU WANT TO RESPECT THE CITY, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT METERS OR PAINT, THIS IS ABOUT THE LEGACY OF VENICE, AND THE DREAM CULTURE CREATIVITY AND CARE. OKAY. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. LIONEL MA RES, GENERAL PUBLIC AND ITEM 27. >> City Attorney: PLEASE START WITH THE ITEM PLEASE. >> Speaker: BEGIN WITH GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST. ANY NAME IS LIONEL MARES I'M A BUDGET ADVOCATE AND A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL. WOULD I LIKE TO THANK THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR BEING RECREATIVE AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LAYOFF AND SAVING AS MANY CIVILIAN JOBS AS POSSIBLE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTENDS AN INVITATION PLEASE JOIN OUR BUDGET HALL FOR BUDGET DAY, SATURDAY JUNE 21, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PLEASE VISIT BUDGET ADVOCATE.ORG TO LEARN MORE. PLEASE. I STILL HAVE HOPE THAT A CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR OFFICE WHO CAN CONTINUE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITY ADVOCATES TO BRING ABOUT MEANINGFUL CHANGE TO OUR CITY. BECAUSE WE DEPEND ON YOU, THEY DEPEND ON US, FOR JEND ITEM NUMBER 27, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. I URGE THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL TO PRESERVE MANY JOBS. MANY CITY DEPARTMENT, ARE UNDER STAFFED AND ARE IN NEED OF MORE EMPLOYEES AND RESOURCES TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CITY SERVICES FOR ALL ANGELINOS. MYSELF INCLUDED. I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO KEEP VACANT POSITIONS UNTIL THEY ARE FILLED PARTICULARLY NON SWORN CIVILIAN POSITIONS BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS SAFETY. NON CIVILIAN POSITIONS DO PROVIDE SERVICES. THANK YOU. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR ELEPHANTS BILLY AND TINA, TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL AND ITS MEMBERS. BECAUSE, CLEARLY, ZOO DIRECTOR BARRETT HAS CLEARLY DISRESPECTED ALL OF US. I'M APPALLED AT THE ACTIONS OF THE STUDIO DIRECTOR BARRETT FOR SNEAKING BILLY AND TINA OUT OF THE ZOO AND TRANSPORTING THEM TO TULSA, WHEN SHE WENT SILENT IT WAS WORSE, SHE WENT INTO HIDING. CLEARLY MS. BARRET WAS NOT INTERESTED IN OPEN DISCUSSION IN CITY COUNCIL FOR SENDING BILLY AND TINA TO A SANCTUARY. TINA AND BILLY BOTH SUFFER WITH PHYSICAL AILMENTS AND THEY BOTH NEED TO GO TO A SANCTUARY, ALL ZOOS WITH INTEGRITY ARE SENDING THEIR ELEPHANTS TO A SANCTUARY. IT'S CLEAR THAT VIEWING. I NEED MORE. >> City Attorney: SO WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. FOR EVERY ONE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU CAN DO IN WRITING AT L.A. COUNCILCOMMENT. COME, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PENALIZE ANYBODY, BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. >> Speaker: I UNDERSTAND, MAYBE I'LL COME UP TOMORROW. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE NO MORE PEOPLE TO SPEAK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU EVERY ONE WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 2, 22, 23, 25, 27 THROUGH 32. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL. >> Clerk: FOR CLARIFICATIONS, THOSE ARE 2, 22, 25, 28 THROUGH 32. >> Council President: GOT IT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 26 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 26 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: 22 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 4 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR WHICH MOTION 4 A HAS BEEN INTRODUCED WHICH IS PADILLA McOSKER HERNANDEZ. CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IS THAT ITEM? MR. McOSKER, ANY COMMENT ?Z >> T. McOsker: ACTUALLY I WANT TO GO TO ITEM 2 2, I THOUGHT WE WERE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: ALL RIGHT, DOES THE COUNCIL WANT TO RECONSIDER THIS ITEM. >> T. McOsker: I MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, SECONDS. ALL RIGHT, RECONSIDERATION IS BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: MR. >> McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, SHOULD THE EMERGENCY ORDER EXPIRE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE EXISTING CITY PROPERTIES AND BE ABLE TO PAY OUR BILLS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WHETHER WE'RE IN A EMERGENCY OR NOT TO PAY OUR BILLS AND IT'S A QUESTION WHETHER WE PAY THEM FAST ENOUGH ANYWAY. BUT I THINK WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT AND I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION THAT THE EMERGENCY ITSELF SHOULD EXPIRE. WE HAVE PROVISIONED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE THAT SAYS THAT AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL THIS IS G IN THE ADD CODE 833, AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEWS THE REPORTS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY FIND THAT THE NEED FOR THE EMERGENCY NO LONGER EXISTS OR, OR THE EMERGENCY IS NO LONGER BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE NORMAL SERVICES, PERSONNEL, EUIPMENT AND FACILITY OF THE REGULARLY CONSTITUTED COMPONENT AND DEPARTMENTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT. COLLEAGUES WE'VE BEEN IN THIS FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THE FACT THAT THE RENEWAL SAYS THAT WE HAVE NOT MADE THE RIGHT PROGRESS, IS IS ITSELF AN INDICTMENT ON THE EMERGENCY AND ACTIONS ON THE EMERGENCY. I SUBMIT THAT WE NEED A FULLER DISCUSSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS WHICH IS CLEARLY IS A CRIES, XPOTENTIAL CRISIS, I SUBMIT THAT WE CALL STAFF FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON VOTING NO TODAY, WHAT AFFECT DOES THAT HAVE ON THE NORMAL GOVERNANCE OF THE CITY AND HOW DO WE AS A COUNCIL STEP INTO THE VOID THAT WE'VE CREATED FOR OURSELVES? BY CONTINUING ON IN THE EMERGENCY TO ADDRESS THIS HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. SO I WOULD ASK, I WOULD ASK THE CLA AND/OR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COME FORWARD TO ANSWER OR TO DESCRIBE A COUPLE OF THE BUDGET MEMOS THAT WE PUT IN ASKING WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT SHOULD THE EMERGENCY EXPIRE? ARE THEY PREPARED TO DO THAT TODAY? WE JUST HEARD THIS ITEM A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, JOHN, WITH THE CHIEF ANALYST. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, MR. WICKUM, SO WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY, THE MAYOR HAS PROPERLY SUBMITTED TO US, A DESCRIPTION OF THE CRITERIA THAT IS NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY, IT'S PRESENTED TO US BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE YES OR VOTE NO AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY UNDER MY READING OF 833 TO SAY NO, BECAUSE WE THINK WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE I THINK WE HAVE DETERMINED DON'T HAVE TO REACH A POINT, DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT CRITERIA TO SAY THAT THE NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF THE CITY IS CAPABLE OF ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS. FIRST OF ALL, YES OR NO ON THAT AND AM I READING OF G AND 23. AND SECOND I'LL ASK TO YOU GO OVER THE MEMO. WHAT IS DIFFERENT? >> I, IN REVIEWING THAT LANGUAGE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, I CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT YOU CAN SIMPLY END THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AT YOUR CHOICE OR YOU CAN MAKE A FINDING THAT THE CITY'S WORK HAS INCORPORATED THIS INTO THE NORMAL BUSINESS PRACTICES OF THE CITY IN RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCY AND YOU CAN END IT BASED ON THAT FINDING AS WELL. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET MEMO THAT WAS NOT MINE, BIEMS THAT. THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS OF THE EMERGENCY THAT I BELIEVE THE AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED WOULD ADDRESS TO FACILITATE THE IDEA OF INCORPORATING THE CITY'S WORK INTO THE CUSTOMARY BUSINESS WHICH IS SOME OF THE WORK ON CONTRACTING, SOME OF THE WORK ON FACILITATING THE FACILITIES. SOME OF THE BUDGET ACTIONS DO FACILITATE NORMAL PRACTICE, INCLUDING BUREAU THAT WOULD INCLUDE HOMELENESS INTO A SON --CONSOLIDATED SOURCE. >> T. McOsker: RIGHT ONE OF WHICH WAS ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUREAU. >> CORRECT. >> T. McOsker: IT STRIKES ME THAT THE BIGGEST CONCERN OF USE OF REC AND PARK SITES WITHIN THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO WOULD BE IMPACTED AND REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE REC AND PARK BOARD FOR ITS CONTINUANCE. >> EXACTLY, THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS OF CONCERN. >> T. McOsker: BUT WOULD IT BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR REC AND PARKS TO CONVENE THE SITES? >> I WOULD NEED TO CON ACRE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT PROCESS OF APPROVAL WOULD WORK. >> T. McOsker: MEMBERS, I FEEL LIKE, BY ROAD WE MIGHT BE GOING INTO THIS EXTENSION AND I DON'T WANT US TO DO IT BY ROAD. IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO POP OUR HEADS UP AND LOOK AT THE BUDGET MEMOS AND SAY WHAT IS IT THAT IS DIFFERENT UNDER THE EMERGENCY ORDERS, OR NOT HAVING EMERGENCY ORDERS AND WHAT ADVANTAGES DO THE EMERGENCY ORDERS GRANT TO US HAVE THE SUCCESS THAT WE'RE HAVING, WHICH IS LIMITED, BUT LIMITED. AND WHAT WOULD BE THE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WORKING TOGETHER AND SAYING THAT WE DO HAVE CITY RESOURCES AND ENFORCES THAT WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? I, I WILL SIT AND DEFER TO THE CONVERSATION BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION. IF NOTHING ELSE, LESS TALK ABOUT THE AMENDMENT AND WHY THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE IMPORTANT? BUT I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND I THOUGHT YOUR COMMENTS ON THISH, DURING THE BUDGET HEARING WERE IMPORTANT AND IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO BE HAVING. I WILL BE FRANK THAT THE HOMELESS SECTOR THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FEEL IN URGENT NEED OF FIXING INCLUDING ISSUES RELATE TODAY DATA GAPS AT LAHSA THAT WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS AND THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL BE SEEING A REPORT ON SHORTLY. ON THE LACK OF CENTRALIZED PLACE FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN THE CITY WHICH WE HAVE TAKEN A STEP TOWARDS AING, THAT WE HOPE WILL YIELD RESULTS. BUT THIS IS ALSO AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. AND I THINK IT IS ONE THAT I'M EAGER TO HAVE TO WHAT, WHAT I THINK WOULD BE, AND ALSO WANTED TO ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY REC AND PARK'S COMMISSION CAN APPROVE USE OF SITES ON REC AND PARK FACILITIES FOR, FOR USE AS A SHELTER SITE WHICH WE DO IN MY DISTRICT AND HAVE DONE REGULARLY BECAUSE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE PRIOR TO ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY. I WOULD WANT TO ENSURE THAT BEFORE WE ARE TAKING VOTE TO REMOVE THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, THAT WE ALSO HAVE PARALLEL TO IT ALL THE ACTIONS WE NEED TO TAKE, THAT WILL ENSURE THAT OUR SHELTER SITES STAY OPEN. THAT OUR PAYMENTS CAN HAM AT THE TIME WHICH IS THE QUESTIONS THAT THIS AMENDMENT ADDRESSES. AND THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE TWO ACTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY, RATHER THAN DOING ONE AND POTENTIALLY HAVING SITES OR SHELTER BEDS AT-RISK AS A RESULT OF ACTIONS BUT ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE HOW IMPORTANT THIS CONVERSATION IS TO HAVE AND THAT, COORDINATED ACTION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO BE DOING AND I THINK THIS AMENDMENT, WILL HELP US ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE I MPLICATIONS OF REMOVING IT AND ENSURING THAT NEGATIVE ACTIONS DON'T HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU, MR. McOSKER AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND RAMAN FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD AND COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR HAVING THIS. I THINK WORTHY DISCUSSION AS WE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE PUT OUR MONEY AND LOOK AT OUR OUTCOMES. JOHN, I JUST, MR. WICKEM RATHER, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL QUICK ABOUT WHAT YOU MEAN IF THERE IS A BUY NAIR' OF TWO OPTIONS EITHER ENDING THE EMERGENCY OR BECOMING NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS? FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATIONS, THAT'S ALL I WANT TODAY ASK. >> YES, THE ORDINANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT, IT HAS THIS BINARY POINT AS MR. McOSKER READ THAT, YOU CAN SIMPLY FIND THAT THERE IS NO LONGER AN EMERGENCY. I'M READING FROM THE CODE, THE EMERGENCY IS NO LONGER BEYOND THE CONTROL OF PERSONNEL EQUIPMENTING AND FACILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY GOVERNMENT. AND SO, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN TAKING REGULAR ACTION THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO THE FORMATION OF THE BUREAU WITH REGARD TO THE DATA WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS COMMITTEE TO REALLY HONE IN ON BENCHMARKING AND KEEP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO MONITOR OUT REACH HOUSING AND PLACEMENT INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. AND SO, AND THEN, THE COUNCIL'S WORK TOWARDS BUILDING ADDITIONAL PERMANENT RESOURCES AND SOLUTION TO SEE HELP PEOPLE WHO REMAIN ON THE STREET. BULGE PULLING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER LEADS YOU TO MAKING A POINT OF MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THIS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. SO IT'S A QUESTION OF WHETHER YOU'RE READY TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT. >> OKAY >> Y. Jurado: OKAY, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND IT'S LIKE THE HOMELESSNESS DECLARATION THAT THE MAYOR HAS BUT IF CITY COUNCIL OCCUPIES THAT SPACE, THEN WE DON'T NEED THAT ANYMORE? >> EXACTLY. >> Y. Jurado: GOT IT, THANK YOU. >> ACTUALLY THERE WAS ONE MORE PIECE TO THAT PROGRAM AND THAT IS SOME OF THE PLANNING AMENDMENT THAT ARE COMING ALONG TO FACILITATE THE RESOURCES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I THINK IT IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, SO I DON'T KNOW, MR. GROAT? IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO ANSWER THIS. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT ANYWAY. 22-A, INCLUDES LANGUAGE THAT WOULD SEEK TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT WOULD MITIGATE THE END OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION. BUT IT SEEMS PREDICATED ON 22 THE UNDERLYING EMERGENCY DECLARATION BEING UPHELD. BECAUSE IF WE VOTE YES ON 22 A, THE GOOD STUFF WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT? THE FIRST INSTRUCTION, BUT I GUESS ALL OF IT. IF THE MITIGATION GOES AWAY, THEN THE IMPACT OF THIS AMENDMENT WOULD NOT TAKE AFFECT? SO THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE AUTHORS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: SO DISCUSS ITING WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S A LEGAL, IT'S MORE PARLIAMENTARIAN. I THINK THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAD SO IN THEORY IF COUNCIL WANTED ADDITIONAL REPORTS SEPARATE FROM THE UNDERLYING DECLARATION, THAT WOULD BE VIA A SEPARATE MOTION. THAT WOULD BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OR WAVED OUT OF COMMITTEE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: YEAH, I RAISE IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE VOTES ARE IN THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION BUT I THINK THAT 22 A GETS AT SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT AS WE'RE EXPLORING TO TERMINATE THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. AND IF THE VOTES WERE THERE TODAY TO DETERMINE THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, THESE PROTECTIONS WOULD NOT TAKE AFFECT EVEN A MAJORITY VOTED FOR IT, IF THE UNDERLYING ITEM 22 FAILED, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE COLLEAGUES? >> Council President: IT MAKES SENSE, I THINK, I'LL CONCUR WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR WHAT THAT IS WORTH. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER IF YOU'RE DONE COUNCILMEMBER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO COME BACK TO BUDGET MEMO 90, I APPRECIATE THAT BUDGET MEMO. I WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THE REQUEST, IF THE EMERGENCY EXPIRES WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES AND HOW WE'RE RESPOND ?G WHAT ARE THE LEGAL DIFFERENCES? AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS TWO IN BUDGET MEMO 90 AND IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM BUDGET 90 RESPONSE WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN JUST REC AND PARK. BUT THE REC AND PARK EXAMPLE IS THAT WE HAVE 740 INTERIM BEDS ON REC AND PARK PROPERTY WHICH IS GREAT. I PRESUME IT'S GREAT FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE IT. I DON'T HAVE THAT, AND THAT SHOULD THE EXEMPTION, SHOULD THE STATE OF THE EMERGENCY EXPIRE THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO REC AND PARKS AND ASK THEM TO DO THEIR JOB WHICH THEY'RE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF DOING AND EXTENDED OR PRESUMABLY NOT EXTENDED. THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A HIGH BAR TO MRE T SOUNDS LIKE ONE THAT CITY BY CHARTER SAID THAT REC AND PARK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTIES, SO I THINK, I THINK THAT'S NOT AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST OF REC AND PARK SHOULD THE EMERGENCY EXPIRE. THE SECOND ONE IS A LITTLE LESS CLEAR. IT TALKS ABOUT PAYING OUR BILLS, IF THE EMERGENCY WERE TO END, THE EXPENDITURE FROM HEA WHICH IS THE ACCOUNT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC FROM WHICH THE BILLS ARE PAID, SUCH PAYMENTS MAY BE DELAYED AS THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE. SO IT'S ASKING US TO DO OUR JOBS AND PAY OUR BILLS SO. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS TWO THINGS, HOW DO WE USE OUR PROPERTY? DO WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO HOMELESS RESPONSE? AND DO WE PAY OUR BILLS ON TIME? I WILL ALSO SAY THAT, I APPRECIATE THE INTENT OF 22-A, THE INTENT IS TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THESE ISSUES, TO ASK THE CLA TO TELL US HOW SHOULD THE, SHOULD THE EMERGENCY EXPIRE HOW WE WOULD CONTINUE TO USE OUR CITY PROPERTIES FOR INTERIM HOUSING AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISS STATE MR. BLUMENFIELD YOUR AMENDMENT, AND THEN SECONDLY, HOW DO WE PAY OUR BILLS? WELL MEMBERS, I WOULD SAY, I WILL SUBMIT THAT WE STILL HAVE A CRIES, WE CERTAINLY HAVE A CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS, AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WHILE WE'VE PUT A DENT INTO IT, NOT ENOUGH OF A DENT AND CONTINUING THE STATE OF THE EMERGENCY TO SAY THAT THE, AND I APOLOGIZE TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE A LOT. BUT TO NOT CHANGE THOSE TWO ISSUES, CONTROL OF OUR OWN PROPERTY AND WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE PART AS COUNCIL IN PAYING OUR BILLS IS JUST, UNREASONABLE AT THIS POINT. IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO END THE EMERGENCY, I'M GOING TO BE, A NO-VOTE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HEARD A COMPELLING REASON WHY WE SHOULD CONTINUE THIS STATE THE EMERGENCY GIVEN THAT WE ARE CAPABLE AS A COUNCIL AND FULLY CAPABLE AS CHARTER CREATED DEPARTMENTS TO CONTINUE TO USE OUR PROPERTY FOR INTERIM HOUSING. AND I VOTED YES ON THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT. BUT I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THE OVERALL MEASURE. I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK AS I SAY THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE VOTES COME OUT BECAUSE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. I'M GOING TO SAY IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE FOR TO US GET THESE REPORTS BY SEPARATE MOTION OUTSIDE OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER AS WELL SO. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF NOT, IF ONE OF YOU WANTS TO INTRODUCE TODAY, GREAT OR WE CAN INTRODUCE IT TOMORROW T.PROBABLY MAKES SENSE TO GET IT BACK. MEMBERS, 833 MEANS THAT AT ANY GIVEN TIME WE CAN END THE STATE OF THE EMERGENCY, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE UPON THE PRESENTATION. AT ANY TIME WE CAN SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE GOFRK BODY AND COUNCIL AGAIN AND WE'RE READY TO BE PART OF THIS GOVERNMENT AND NOT THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN BUT WE'RE READY TO BE A FULL MEMBER OF THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE. SO AGAIN I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THE EXTENSION ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT THE AMENDMENT IS NARROW BUT IT'S A SHOULD THE EMERGENCY END TODAY OR AFTER TODAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: JOHN, CURRENTLY IT'S ON A 90-DAY CYCLE THAT WE RENEW THIS? >> I BELIEVE IT'S A 6-MONTH CYCLE. LET ME CONFIRM THAT. >> J. Lee: CAN WE CLAY THAT TO 30 DAYS? SO WE CAN GET ALL THE QUESTIONS BACK THAT COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER IS ASKING. >> YOU CAN AMEND 22-A TO INSTRUCT THE CLA, CAO TO RESPOND TO THESE INSTRUCTIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS. IT WOULD STILL GO. IF YOU APPROVE IT FOR IT WOULD GO FOR 90 DAYS, NO MATTER WHAT. BUT AT THE END, IT WOULD EXPIRE. MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY NEEDS TO HELP. >> Council President: THAT'S CONTRADICTORY INFORMATION, EITHER WE CAN END IT AT ANY TIME OR WE CAN'T. XH*UK MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE TO GIVE MEANING TO THE WORD OR. YOU GO TO THAT LINE. I'LL BEGIN IF THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS THAT THE NEED FOR EMERGENCY NO LONGER EXIST OR THE EMERGENCY IS NO LONGER BEYOND THE CONTROL OF NORMAL SERVICE SXZ PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES OF THE REGULARLY COMPONENTS AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY GOFRKTS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ACT TO TERMINATOR NOT RENEW DECLARATION UNDER THIS SECTION 8 OR NOT RENEW MEANS THAT WE'RE RESPONDIG TO A REQUESTS FOR RENEWAL OF THE DECLARATION. TERMINATE IS DISJUNCTIVE. QUARTERLY REPORT AND TWO YEARS AGO. OR PROVIDE THE RESENT ONE. >> MY UNDERSTANDING, SINCE ACTING TODAY, STARTS THE 90 DAY CLOCK. OR NOT RENEW. >> T. McOsker: I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP THE COUNCIL'S POWER ON THIS ONE. >> Council President: MR. McOSKER, THIS SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR. THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAR. >> T. McOsker: I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THE IMPLICATION OF MR. WICKEM'S RESPONSE, IF WE AGREE TO ANOTHER RENEWAL -- ~>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT, I'M SAYING THAT YOU WOULD TAKE SOME ACTION. >> T. McOsker: GREAT, I'M ALL FOR TAKING ACTION. >> Council President: MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: I APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION BUT, WE CAN TAKE A FORMAL ACTION AND INTRODUCE SOMETHING TO END. >> YES. >> J. Lee: SO WE HAVE THAT ABILITY? >> YES. >> J. Lee: OKAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE MR. McOSKER BEING BOLD ABOUT HAVING A GENUINE CONVERSATION AND HOW WE GET THINGS DONE AND HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN GETTING DONE. I KNOW THAT FOR MYSELF, EVERY DAY, ESSENTIAL AT THIS TIME, I AM JUST FOR THE DISTRICT IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS, THE CLEAN UPS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT. FIGURING OUT HOW TO HOUSE PEOPLE. THE SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW UP CONSISTENT, IT'S BEEN STEADY, THAT'S WHAT TO CALL IT, IT'S BEEN STEADY BUT I'M PREDICTING CHANGE. I'M PREDICTING CHANGE AS IT RELATES TO HOW PEOPLE GET PAID. THE FUTURE FOR OUR INTERIM HOUSING AND HOW THAT WORKS BASED ON THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING SHEER AT CITY HALL. THE COUNTY, STEPPING OUT OF LAHSA, HOW LAHSA RESHAPES ITSELF. THERE IS SO MUCH SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, COLLEAGUES. I LIKE 22-A, I THINK 22-A IS NEEDED BUT I THINK WE NEED 90 DAYS TO KEEP OUR THINGS STEADY BUT WE SHOULD APPRECIATE, THAT IN 30 DAYS OR 60 DAYS WE FEEL MORE PREPARED TO SAY IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER CHANGE, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN BUT I'LL SUPPORT ANOTHER 90 DAYS, BUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'LL GET MORE CLEARITY ON CHANGES WE DECIDED ON BUDGET PLAY OUT. WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. BUT WE'LL MAKE MORE. >> Council President:, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, TO CLOSE. >> B. Blumenfield: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT AND NA IS TO PUT A 30-DAY INSTRUCTION SO THAT THE TWO INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT TO BE ANSWERED IN 90 DAYS BUT 30 DAYS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S MORE. I'VE GOT ONE MORE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S POINT ABOUT AND HONOR WHAT THE 22-A IS ABOUT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT LIVES ON THE LINE AND IF WE DO SOMETHING SO AB RUPTD IN THE SITUATION, IT'S OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE STUCK AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WITH THE LOSS, THAT IT HAPPENED SO RUSHED AND ABRUPT, CONTRACTS WERE TERMINATED AT LIKE 3:00 AM AND WE NEED TODAY FIGURE THINGS OUT. THESE AMENDMENTS GET US CLOSER TO THAT AND YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY MADE A BIG CHOICE IN OUR BUDGET. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TO CLOSE. >> N. Raman: I ENCOURAGE TO YOU TAKE THIS CONVERSATION SERIOUSLY AND I WANT TO THANK MR. McOSKER FOR BRINGING THIS UP SO ELOQUENTLY IN BUDGET. AND BRINGING IT UP TODAY. THAT'S WHY WE IN COMMITTEE WE ADDED THESE QUESTIONS SO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MOVE ON WITH A STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT MAY NOT BE REQUIRED ANYMORE. WITH THE, WITH THE CARE AND THOUGHTFULNESS THAT IT DESERVES AS WELL AS THE URGENCY THAT IT DESERVES BECAUSE IT'S STILT A VERY MUCH A CRISIS. I WILL BE ENCOURAGING, I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THE AMENDMENT AND YES ON THE BROADER DECLARATION WITH THE GOAL OF MOVING US TOWARDS GETTING ANSWERS AND MAINTAINING OR REMOVING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY AS NEEDED IN A VERY TIMELY FASHION. AND MOVE INTO A SYSTEMIC ISSUE. AND PART OF WHAT HAVING CENTRALIZED, ACTION WITHIN THE CITY ESTABLISHING IT IN A PLACE, WITH MAKING THESE POLICY DECISIONS AND ENSURING THAT WE CAN HOLD SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE. WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO DO THAT. AND HOLDING OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND THOSE OUTCOMES ULTIMATELY AS WELL AS THE BROADER HOME SERVICE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO YOU VOTE YES ON THE AMENDMENT AND YES ON THE BROADER DECK TATION WITH AN EYE TOWARDS MOVING AWAY FROM AN EMERGENCY FOOTING, IN THE FUTURE. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MEMBERS, THIS IS BEEN A GREAT CONVERSATION THANK YOU MR. McOSKER TO STARTING THE CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT APPROVE THESE HE CAN TENSIONS WITHOUT DIVING INTO IT. I WILL ADD TO OUR DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF OUR LOOK BACK WHEN THE REPORTS COME BACK AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS ITEM AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS WHO ARE WHO GOT HERE WHEN THE ORDER WAS IN PLACE. I SAT IN THIS COUNCIL FOR 7 YEARS AND SAW US GO BACKWARDS, HIGHER POINT COUNTS, NO MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL COULD SAY WHAT COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA ABOUT SERVICE SXZ CLEAN UPS, NONE OF US CAN SAY THAT WE WERE IN A BIT OF DISARRAY, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD KEEP AN EMERGENCY FOREVER. BUT WE SHOULD KEEP THINGS RIGHT AND DON'T LET THOSE GO OUT THE WINDOW IN OUR EAGERNESS TO GET THE THING IN ORDER. SO THANK YOU TO MR. McOSKERS AND OTHERS. JAOL IF I CAN ASK MR. BLUMENFIELD TO CLARIFY THE VERBAL AMENDMENT. WOULD THAT BE TO ADD 30 DAYS OR DEVELOP CONSIDERATIONS IN 30 DAYS OR ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION? >> B. Blumenfield: IT'S FOR BOTH THE INSTRUCTION TO SEE DO THEM FOR 30 DAYS. IT SAYS TO INSTRUCT CHIEF ANALYST WITHIN 30 DAYS FOR CONSIDERATION ET CETERA, INSTRUCT CAO, WITHIN 30 DAYS TO DEVELOP. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER, CAN WE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 22-A AS AMENDED BY THE MAKER. ALL RIGHT, AND THEN LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 22, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 4 FOR WHICH 4-A PADILLA McOSKER HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: CAN WE VOTE 4 AND 9 AT THE SAME TIME OR DO WE HAVE TO VOTE SEPARATELY? >> Clerk: IT CAN BE VOTED AT THE SAME TIME, MOTION 9-A, HUTT McOSKER >> LEE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 4 AND 9, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 27. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MR. CLERK DO YOU HAVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR 27? 27 IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR LABOR PARTNERS. AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAWS. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT A VOTE SHOULD BE TAKE EBB EN FOR ITEM 22. >> Council President: WE JUST TOOK A VOTE. >> Clerk: THE VOTE WAS 22-A. >> Council President: WE TOOK BOTH BUT WE'LL TAKE IT AGAIN IF IT MAKES YOU BETTER. 13-1 JUST LIKE THE LAST TIME. >> Council President: THANK YOU CHANGE YOUR VOTE MR. McOSKER? YEAH, IT HAS YOU HERE AS A YES. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THE VOTE WOULD BE 13-AYES AND 1 NO. >> Council President: GOT IT. THANK YOU. NOW ON ITEM 27. SO STATE LAW REQUIRES US COMPELS US TO HEAR FROM THE LABOR PARTNERS BEFORE ADOPTION OF A BUDGET. WE TOOK A PRELIMINARY VOTE ON THE BUDGET LAST WEEK. AND NOW WE ASK ANYBODY FROM OUR LABOR PARTNERS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY TO UTILITIES, TO GENERAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE OUTLOOK REGARDING OUR WORKFORCE. SO I'LL CALL ANY MEMBERS, I BELIEVE THERE ARE FOLKS FROM 721, PERHAPS OTHER LOCALS, 721, WHICH REPRESENTATIVE A LOT OF OUR WORKERS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> City Attorney: I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS WE HAVE HERE TODAY. AFTER DISCUSSIONS, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE FIVE MINUTES FOR THE INITIAL PRESENTATIONS. ALL UNIONS THAT ARE HERE, OR REPRESENTATIVES STICK TO THE FIVE-MINUTE PERIOD THAT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. GO AHEAD. >> Council President: BEFORE YOU START, BEFORE WE G ARE THERE ANY OTHER LABOR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OTHER THAN THE TWO PEOPLE SITTING AT THE TABLE? IF NOT, I DON'T KNOW ANY SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THAT AND OUR REPORTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE TWO INDIVIDUALS AT THE TABLE. >> City Attorney: AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, FOR EVERY ONE. LETTERS WENT OUT TO EACH OF THE REPRESENTED UNION TO INVITE THEIR DUELY APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES TO THIS MEETING. >> Speaker: WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO I NEED--WE'RE GOOD? COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IT'S AN HONORED AND PRIVILEGE, I'M CHARLES AND REGIONAL COORDINATOR IN OUR 721 IN OUR O.C. REGION. I SIT AT THE TABLE WITH OUR ON GOING COMMITTEE ON VACANCY RATES WE HAVE A SIDE LETTER THAT IS IN OUR MOUs AND IN LEADING THOSE EFFORTS, THE L.A. COALITION, AS YOU KNOW, REPRESENTS 25,000 WORKERS IN ALMOST EVERY CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION. OUR MEMBERS SHARE YOUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICE TO SEE ALL CITY RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, VISITORS, WHILE PRESERVING FAMILY WAGE JOBS AND INVESTMENT. BEFORE I GO ON ANY FURTHER, THE VACANT ON SEE RATES HAS BEEN MEETING PER OUR M.O. U, WE HAVE HAD ADDITIONAL PARTNERS AND I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JOSE WITH THE OPERATING ENGINEERING AS WELL AS OUR COORDINATOR LEADERS, FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY AND SAUNDRA WORKS WITH LA WA. THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH THIS REPORT. WHAT WE WILL DISCUSS IS A PATHWAY EFFORT. INCREASES HAS CHALLENGED YOU TO MAKE PAINFUL CHANGES IN THE COMING PHYSICAL YEAR. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU DID TO AVOID CUTS IN 1,000 CURRENTLY FILLED CIVILIAN POSITIONS BUT THE ELIMINATION OF VACANCIES WILL COST SEVERE COSTS AND INCREASE LIABILITY IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY FIRST. FOR SOME OF YOU THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING THIS. FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP THIS IS NOTHING NEW. AND CHRONIC UNDER INVESTMENT FOR AT THIS POINT GENERATIONS. HAS CONTRIBUTED TO REDUBSING OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES, MOST IN NEED AND DETIERATION OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE COMMIT TODAY WORKING WITH YOUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CITY RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS. OUR DISCUSSION OF IMPLEMENTATION ON ASSEMBLY BILL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW DIALOGUE BETWEEN US LABOR AND OUR CITY TO PROMOTE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISTORICALLY UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES. THIS DISCUSSION NEEDS TO START NOW. NOT AT SOME HOPE TO BE BETTER TIME IN UNFORESEEABLE FUTURE. THE COALITION OF L.A. CITY UNION ENTERED INTO A SERVICE WORKFORCE BACK IN 2015 TO FEET WHAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE TIME TO BE THE GROWING SERVICE DEMANDS AND NEEDS OF THE CITY WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE. IT'S SURPRISING AND FOR SOME SHOCKING IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AGREEMENT TODAY. THE CITY COMMITTED TO A GOAL OF HIRING 5,000 EMPLOYEES BY THAT FISCAL YEAR. IT NEVER HAPPENED! TODAY, AS I SPEAK BEFORE YOU, WE'VE GOT PRIVATE CONTRACTED SECURITY, YOU'VE HAD CHRONIC VACANCIES WITH SECURITY OFFICERS, YOU'VE GOT PRIVATE CUSTODIAL CONTRACTS, CHRONIC UNDER STAFFING WITH CUSTODIANS. AT ONE TIME, YOU'VE TODAY YOU'VE GOT 200. IT'S EMBARRASSING OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM, L.A. CITY HALL, DOWNTOWN YOU'VE HAD ARE SECURITY WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH PRIVATE CONTRACTORS. IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT CONTRACTORS THAT WANT A JOB. A SUBCONTRACTER THAT WANT TO WORK FOR THE CITY. WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE CONTRACTOR. THERE WAS A COMMITMENT OF SERVICE RESTORATION, THE CITY NEVER MET ITS END OF THE BARGAIN YEARS BACK. TASK FORCE WAS CREATED OUT OF THAT AGREEMENT AND IT DID LEAD TO THE FORMATION, THAT WAS THE TARGETED AND LOCAL HIRE TO HIRE OVER 2000 CIVILIAN CIVIL WORKERS WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING EVERY DAY TO THE ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABILITY. WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGING YEAR AND CONFRONTING THE MULTIPLE OBSTACLES TO STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE THIS WORK. YOUR DECISION TO ELIMINATE OVER 1,000 CIVILIAN VACANCIES IN THE 25-26 BUDGET YEAR, WILL LEAD TO SOME THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE. THIS YAE, ELIMINATING DOES CREATE RISK TO LEAD TO REAL DAMAGES COSTING MILLIONS IN THE FUTURE PAY OUTS. THE REDUCTION OF REVENUE DUE TO THE INABILITY TO RECOVER COSTS BECAUSE NOBODY WILL BE THERE TO DO THESE CALCULATIONS OR COLLECTIONS. THE THREAT OF CONTRACTING OUT TO PRIVATIZEDED WORK AND OTHER FORMS OF INEFFICIENT SEES DUE TO HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT AND WAGE THEFT THAT EMPLOYEES WILL EXPERIENCE. WE PREFER THE COALITION OF CITY UNIONS. WE PREFER THE PATH OF BROKEN PIECES AND FIXING BROKEN PROMISES. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY BROTHER FROM ASME. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M PRESIDENT OF ASME FOR COMMITTEE FOR VACANCY RATES. OUR MEMBERS BELIEVE THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO LEAD US TO MAKE DECISION THAT'S WILL ENSURE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE. THIS IS THE JOB WE WERE ELECTED TO DO. THIS YEAR, HEARD PROPOSAL TO ASSESS AND EVALUATION CONSIDER REORGANIZATION OF CITY FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS. THESE ARE GOOD IDEAS, THEY SHOULD BE EXPLORED FULLY. WHAT IS NEEDED IS A PLAN. WE PROPOSE SOMEBODY ELECTED OR APPOINTED VOLUNTEER OR ASSIGN TO DEVELOP SUCH A PLAN TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR. THE COALITION OF CITY L.A. CITY COUNSEL UNION IS COMMITTED TO CONTRIBUTING TO OUR MEMBERS WISDOM TO SUCH PLANNING PROCESSES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD. LET'S GET THIS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCED TO CONVENE PER ON GOING RESTORATION LOA, CAN COMBINE THIS WITH OUR VACANCY WORKING GROUP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEEING NO COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING UP MANY OF THE ITEMS YOU RAISED IN THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. AS IT'S DONE. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. MR. CLERK, ANY ACTION NEEDED ON THIS ITEM? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. THE COUNCIL VOTE ON 27, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? YOU HAVE A COMMENT? SURE. >> N. Raman: I JUST WANTED TO THANK BOTH OUR LABOR UNION REPRESENTATIVES FOR COMING IN AND MAKE THATING PRESENTATION. --MAKING THAT PRESENTATION. I WANT TO SHARE A FEEDBACK, WE HAD FEEDBACK AND THIS MAY ALREADY BE HAPPENING IN THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE SO I APOLOGIZE IF I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN. BUT THERE WAS A COMMITMENT TO COLLECT INFORMATION THAT WOULD MEANINGFULLY SHED LIGHT ON ISSUES LIKE RETENTION. THAT INCLUDED COLLECTING INFORMATION ON THE PERCENTAGE OFSTAFF WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE AGENCY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, TALKING ABOUT KIND OF, THE ABILITY FOR INTERNAL STAFF TO GET PROMOTED AS OPPOSE TODAY HIRING FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OTHER METRICS THAT I THOUGHT WERE VERY USEFUL TO HAVE AS THIS CONVERSATION SO. THAT PROGRESS ON RETENTION, PROGRESS ON HIRING FROM WITHIN AND PROMOTING FROM WITHIN, CAN BE SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL MEANINGFULLY MONITORS AND MONITORS OVERTIME. BECAUSE JUST A VACANCY RATE NUMBER ALONE, GIVEN THAT WE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF BUDGET POSITIONS IS NOT A MEANINGFUL MARKER OF OUR WHAT OUR VACANCY RATES ARE OR WHAT OUR ABILITY TO RETAIN AND RETRAIN, CAN HOPE FOR. SO I HOPE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL WITH PUT TOGETHER THOSE METRICS AND SHARE THOSE AND COME TO THE TABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE OVERTIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR THAT. I THINK WE'RE ALL SET WITH YOU ALL. JUST, GIVE THE FLOOR TO OUR PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CHAIR, MR. McOSKER IF HE WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS DISCUSSION. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. WE ARE LOOKING INTO PERSONNEL AT PARTICULARLY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE GREATEST RISK AND AT OUR MEETING WE SPENT TIME AT THE TLH WHICH STAND THOSE POSITIONS STAND SUFFER THE MOST, IN LAYOFF PROCESS THAT RESULTS IN THE CASCADE OF BUMPING RIGHTS. I WILL SAY OUR MOST IMMEDIATE CONCERN IN SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING CLOSE ON IS WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE TRANSFER PORTAL, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND I INTRODUCED A MOTION TOWARDS THE END OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT GOT INCORPORATED INTO THE PROCESS AS A, A MECHANISM BY WHICH WE HAVE ALL OF THE VACANT POSITIONS IN PLACE. WE HAVE ALL THE POTENTIAL LAYOFFS IN PLACE. WHEN I SAY POTENTIAL I'LL GET TO THE POTENTIAL PART AND THAT BEFORE, THE PROCESSES BEGIN, WE HAVE NOW A MODIFIED PCH, YOU KNOW THE PRIORITY CRITICAL HIRING PROCESS IS GONE BUT WE'VE MODIFIED THAT SO THAT GENERAL MANAGERS WILL NOT BE FILLING POSITIONS EXCEPT THROUGH THE TRANSFER PORTAL CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE LAYOFF LIST TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER INTO A CLASSIFICATIONS TO HANG ON TO OUR EXCEPTIONAL SKILLED EXPERIENCE LOYAL WORKERS. AND KEEP OUR SERVICES AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING LAST WEEK AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING IN-PERSON HE WILL SPECIAL AND REGULAR EVERY WEEK TO WORK THROUGH ESSENTIALLY THE TRANSFER PORTAL PROCESS. AND LABOR IS, FRONT AND CENTER THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, THAT IT'S A TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY, FOR THE WORKER BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT REQUIRE THOSE SERVICES THAT MAY OTHERWISE BE LOST. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. McOSKER, OKAY, THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEMS 15 AND 27 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 1 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR RECUSAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE IS OUT OF THE ROOM AND OFF THE BOARD, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: CAN I ASK THAT WE SEND ITEM 24 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. WHAT IS NEXT JAO. COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT. ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW.