>> Council President: LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY THE 22nd DAY OF AUGUST, OF 2025, MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL. MR. CLERK, FLEAS CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 20, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SECONDS. WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS FOR 7 AND 8, SHOULD STATE SEPTEMBER 2024 AND RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 8 SHOULD STATE DECEMBER 2024. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM 12 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE IN COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 14-771411 THROUGH 12 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SPECIALS, I SEE MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I HAVE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 11, THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND SECONDED. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: WOULD I LIKE CALL ITEM 6 FOR AN AMENDMENT, THE AMENDMENT SHOULD BE CIRCULATING SHORTLY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> Clerk: ITEM 7 AND 8 TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO LIST THE DATE AS 2025 AND IT NEEDS TO BE 2024. >> Council President: 2024. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? >> Council President: SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 5 AND 8, 9 AND 12. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW BEGIN TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WE'LL BEGIN WITH EXCITING DAY OF PRESENTATIONS BEGINNING WITH COUNCIL DISTRICT 6. COUNCIL DISTRICT 14? >> Y. Jurado: GOOD MORNING, CITY HALL! THIS IS A FABULOUS DAY, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL WONDERING, WHY IS THERE SO MANY SPECTACULAR GOLDEN EAGLES IN THIS BUILDING AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S CAL STATE L.A. DAY IN CITY HALL! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND LET'S KICKOFF THIS DAY WITH OUR VIDEO SHOWCASING WHY CAL STATE L.A. IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL UNIVERSITIES IN THE NATION. >> HOLDUP A MIRROR TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND WHAT IS REFLECTED? A PLACE WHERE INNOVATION THRIVES, WHERE OPPORTUNITY ABOUNDS AND INTELLECT EXPANDS, WHERE CREATIVITY PRODUCES NEW VISIONS, WHERE COMPASSION HEEDS, WHERE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DRIVE PROGRESS. HOLD EP A MIRROR TO THE CITY AND WHAT IS REFLECTED? A PLACE THAT EMBRACES ALL PEOPLE! WHERE WE TRANSFORM LIVES WITH EACH STEP OF THE LADDER OF PROSPERITY. WHERE WE ENERGIZE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE INVIGORATE OUR REGION AND SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, OUR STATE AND OUR NATION. HOLDUP A MIRROR TO THE CITY AND WHAT DO YOU SEE? CAL STATE L.A., WE ARE L.A. JOIN US AS WE SORE TO GREATER HEIGHTS. CAL STATE L.A. RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE NATION FOR UPWARD MOBILITY. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: WELL HOW ABOUT THAT? I'VE HAD A LOT OF MY CORE MEMORIES STUDYING FOR THE BAR AT CAL STATE L.A. AND ALSO DURING THE CAMPAIGN I HAD A REALLY INFLUENCE MOMENT THERE. SO IT HAS SUCH SPECIAL MEANING TO ME AND HOW MUCH I LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU AND A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT, ENRICHNESS AND IT HOSTS THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS HERE IN THE HEART OF LOS ANGELES, ESPECIALLY THOSE BORN AND RAISED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT OPENS DOORS WORLD CLASS EDUCATION, MEANINGFUL CAREERS AND BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND NOW I'M HONORED AND THRILLED TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME A TRAILBLAZER A CHANGE-MAKER AND THE NINETH PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES, DR. JOHNSON-EAMSES. [APPLAUSE] AND LET ME GIVE ME A FEW REASONS WHY THIS IS HISTORY. DR. EANS THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD CAL STATE L.A. SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED BACK IN 1947, SHE BRINGS HIGHER EDUCATION, FROM SINCING IN NEW YORK. BUT WHAT SETS HER APART IS HER RELENTLESS COMMIT TOMENT STUDENT'S SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY FOR FIRST-GEN, HISTORICALLY UNDER SERVED STUDENTS. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, CAL STATE L.A. HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE NUMBER 1 UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY SXLAIMENT. YES! WITH MORE THAN 20,000 STUDENTS, THIS IS PARTICULARLY STUDENT BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT A PROMISE. IT'S EARNED. AND AT CAL STATE L.A., REAL LIVES ARE CHANGED AND REAL FAMILIES ARE EMPOWERED AND REAL COMMUNITIES ARE TRANSFORMED. PRESIDENT IANS IS SOMEBODY WHO LEADS WITH HEART AND PASSION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS HELPING SHAPE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS SXN JUST FOR L.A. BUT FOR THE WORLD. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW HER SERVICE AND HER LEADERSHIP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF CAL STATE L.A. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING TO DR. IANS SXLAIMZ. IANS! >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR THAT INTRODUCTION AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR RECOGNIZING TODAY HE'S RECOGNITION OF CAL STATE L.A. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU AND YOUR OFFICE FOR UPLIFTING OUR UNIVERSITY. I'M JOINED BY MY FACULTY STAFF AND PROUD ALUMNI BEHIND ME. TOGETHER WE REPRESENT THE LIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN CAL STATE OF L.A. AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. CAL STATE L.A. IS NOT JUST IN L.A., WE ARE L.A. NEARLY 8,000 OF OUR STUDENTS LIVE HERE IN THE CITY ALONG WITH 700 FACULTY AND STAFF AND MORE THAN 115,000 ALUMNI SPREAD AND REPRESENTED IN THIS CHAMBER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THOSE ALUMNI ARE TEACHING IN SCHOOLS, LEADING NONPROFITS, SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES. THIS IS WHY WE ARE PROUD TO BE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY. AT CAL STATE WE TRANSFORMED NOT JUST LIVES OF STUDENTS BUT LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND GENERAL RAISESING TO FOLLOW. ON MONDAY, DURING THE INVESTURE I SMOKE ABOUT THE PLACE. BECAUSE CAL STATE L.A. DOES NOT JUST OCCUPY A CAMPUS ON THE HILL TOP, WE'RE PART OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CITY AND CIVIC LIVES OF LOS ANGELES. OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND CLINICS AND CLASSROOMS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NONPROFIT IN CITY HALL ITSELF MUST BE RECIPROCAL, IT MEANS WE DON'T JUST SERVE LOS ANGELES, WE BELONG TO LOS ANGELES. WHEN OUR CITY HEALS OUR STUDENTS SORE, WHEN OUR CITY THRIVES OUR UNIVERSITY THRIVES. WHEN OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED, THE COMMUNITIES RISE WITH THEM. THAT'S A BOND THAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY. OUR THEME INSPIRING DREAMS AND EMPOWER THRIVES. EMPOWERING DREAMS, MEANS WE WANT DREAMS TO SUCCEED. TRANSFORMING LIVES, LOOKS LIKE WORKING PARENT IN SOUTH L.A., EARNING A DEGREE AT NIGHT. EMPOWERING DREAMS LOOKS LIKE A DREAMER IN KOREA TOWN, FILLING OUT NOT ONE BUT MANY APPLICATIONS DECLARING BOLDLY, I BELONG HERE. THESE ARE THE STORIES OF CAL STATE L.A. THAT WE CONTINUE TO WIDEN OUR DOORS TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND WIDEN OUR WAYS. IT'S NOW MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVE AND LEADERSHIP EN BODIES PROMISE. A PROUD CAL STATE L.A. GRADUATE. BORN AND RAISED IN EAST LOS ANGELES, GEORGE TRANSFORMED HUMBLE BEGININGS INTO A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP. HE'S THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ENGINEERING FIRM CORRESPOND CORDOVA ASSOCIATION AND A MEMBER OF THE LA28 OLYMPICS ORGANIZING COMMITTEES AND AN AUTHOR CAN PHILANTHROPIST. AND ALSO SAOET ANT AND ADVOCATE OF EDUCATION EQUITY AND CIVIC EMPOWERMENT. HIS STORY IS PROOF THAT CAL STATE L.A. OPENS DOORS AND THE WORLD BEYOND THAT IS LIMITLESS. REMEMBER, WE ARE L.A. GEORGE? [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT IANS. I WAS HOPING SHE DIDN'T GO ON AND ON WITH THAT INTRODUCTION. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS MORE THAN A CELEBRATION. IT'S A MILD--MILESTONE. AS YOU HEARD IT BEFORE, YOU'LL HEAR IT AGAIN, WE'RE PROUD OF IT, THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF CAL STATE L.A. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HER LEADERSHIP, MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER. ONE DEFINED BY DEEPER INCLUSION AND BOLD INNOVATION. PRESIDENT IANS MADE IT CLEAR, LISTEN TO THIS, THAT HIGHER EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ISSUES OF OUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] EVERY STUDENT WHO WALKS INTO CAL STATE L.A. CAMPUS CARRIES THE INSPIRATION OF THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR HOPES OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE PROMISE OF THEIR FUTURE. FOR ME, THE THOUGHT OF ATTENDING CAL STATE L.A. BECAME A DREAM COME TRUE. I FOLLOWED THE LEGENDARY RICHARD ALATORRE I FOLLOWED THE LEGEND MAXINE WATERS AT CAL STATE L.A. CAPRI MADDOX FOLLOWED ME BECAUSE I'M OLDER. AND BY THE WAY, MAYOR BASS ATTENDED SEVERAL CLASSES AT CAL STATE L.A. I PLAYED FOOTBALL AT CAL STATE L.A., AND THERE IS A SAYING, THE OLDER YOU GET THE MORE YOU'RE WORTH, SO I'M CLAIMING I WON THE HEISMAN'S TROPHY. WE EMPOWER GENERATION SXZ BY NO MISTAKE THAT CAL STATE L.A. AS YOU HEARD THIS MORNING, IS RANKED NUMBER 1 IN UPWARD MOBILITY. PROGRESS BEGINS WHEN WE INVEST IN OPPORTUNITY AND ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE THE SUPPORT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. WHAT AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE CAL STATE L.A. IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE ARE L.A. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: AND NOW ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE HONOR AND COMMENT COMMEND PRESIDENT IANS FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL CHANGE AND COMMITMENT. HERE YOU GO. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM PRESIDENT, IF YOU CAN HOLD FOR A LITTLE BIT, WE HAVE A MEMBER ON THE QUEUE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN JURADO FOR MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN ARE ALWAYS LIFTED AND I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR, FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HOLD THIS POSITION, A PLACE WHERE SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES LIKE OUR BELOVED GEORGE AND ALSO CAPRI AND MY STAFF MEMBER, WHERE ARE YOU? ALEX, YES! ALL WENT TO CAL STATE L.A. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PARTNERSHIP EVEN GROWING BIGGER AND WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE GOING TO SCHOOL THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> H. Hutt: CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MANY COUNCILWOMAN JURADO, FOR BRINGING IN ONE CAL STATE L.A. BUT OUR ONE OUR NEW PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT IANS, A UNIVERSITY THAT IS CREATING PATHWAYS FOR MANY. I ATTENDED THERE ONE YEAR AND MY PARTNER GRADUATED FROM THERE. OPENING UP OPPORTUNITIES TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT YOU WORK IN, WHICH BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT EVERY DAY. SO I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE WONDERFUL INSTITUTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU, AND THANK THE INSTITUTION. YOU ALL POINTED OUT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND A VERY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT CAL STATE L.A. THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT AS COMMON AS IT SHOULD BE AND THAT IT EMPHASIZING SOCIAL MOBILITY. AND THE UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY, THE FREE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY WAS DEFINED TO PROMOTE SOCIAL MOBILITY. UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF EDUCATION DOES THE OPPOSITE, IT REINFORCES OUR CLASS DIFFERENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. SO WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS IN OUR CITY INCLUDING A PLACE WHERE LOS ANGELES LEADS THE WORLD, WHICH IS COMMUNITY AND GANG VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, CAL STATE UNIVERSITY WAS THE FIRST UNIVERSITY WAS THE FIRST TO STEP UP AND SET UP A CERTIFICATION FOR THAT WORK THAT CONTINUES TODAY. PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, PEOPLE COME FROM LATIN AMERICA AND EUROPE TO DEAL WITH STREET VIOLENCE AND COME TO THIS PROGRAM. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE WITH YOU AND GRATEFUL AND EXCITED ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THE BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, AND HAPPY CSULA DAY, GO GOLDEN EAGLES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL HAVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 15, GETTING THEIR PAUL KORETZ ON, COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: FROM THE GOLDEN EAGLES TO THE GREEN GATOR HERE WE ARE, FROM THE 1-5 AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. COME ON EVERYBODY, GET IN RIGHT HERE. COLLEAGUES, TODAY, WE ARE REMEMBERING A REALLY UNIQUE MOMENT IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY AND CERTAINLY A UNIQUE MOMENT IN THE 1-5, IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAPTIVATED WILDLIFE STORIES IN LOS ANGELES AND ACROSS THE WORLD. WE'RE JOINED BY HARBOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE L.A. ZOO TO CELEBRATE A VERY SPECIAL FOUR-LEGED CONSTITUENT OF THE 1-5 IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, REGGIE THE ALLIGATOR. LET'S HEAR IT FOR REGGIE THE ALLIGATOR. [APPLAUSE] IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE HOW CRAZY THIS WAS, BACK IN 2005, 10 YEARS AGO, STORIES START TODAY CIRCULATING ABOUT AN AL GATE THAER WAS LIVING IN LAKE MACHADO, THIS WAS REMEMBER WHAT THIS WAS, THIS IS BEFORE iPHONES AND INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. THERE WASN'T THE SAME SOCIAL MEET I CAN'T BUT FOLKS WERE HAVING THESE SITINGS AND THERE WAS TALK IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ABOUT AN ALLIGATOR, KEEP YOUR PETS AWAY, BE CAREFUL, DON'T GO IN THE LAKE, DON'T GO BY THE MARSH. AND FOLKS DOUBTED IT, I DOUBT ITED. BUT THEN ON AUGUST 12, 2005, THOSE STORIES BECAME A REALITY. REGGIE THE ALLIGATOR, ACTUALLY CLIMBED OUT OF THE LAKE AND SUNBATHING ON THE SHORE MAKING HIS FIRST PUBLIC DEBUT. THAT IGNITED A FRENZY, CROWDS, THOUSANDS FLOCKED TO CITY, AND NEWS REPORTS SHOWED UP AND LOS ANGELES AND THE 1-5 BECAME FAMOUS FOR HAVING THEIR OWN ALLIGATOR. AND AT THE TIME, JANICE HAHN, WHO DOES NOT LIKE TO HAVE A LOT OF CAMERA, SHE WAS IN HER ELEMENT. SHE WORKED AND SHE ALSO WAS DOING GREAT PUBLIC POLICY. SHE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OFRECREATIONAL PARKS TO DEVELOP A SAFE CAPTURE PLAN, INCLUDING WE FENCED OFF THE LAKE AND WE HAD CONSULTATION WITH EXPERTS ACROSS LIKE REALLY ACROSS THE GLOBE. REGGIE HOWEVER WAS BOTH CLEVER AND ELUSIVE. DOZENS OF TRAPERS FAILED TO CATCH HIM. EVEN THE FAMED CROCODILE HUNTER, STEVE IRWIN, EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN ASSISTING. TRAGICALLY HE DID PASS AWAY, BUT THAT WAS WILD NEWS THAT THE CROCODILE HUNTER WAS GOING TO COME TO L.A. REGGIE REMAINED A MYSTERY UNTIL MAY OF 2007, SO TWO YEARS OF HIM KEEPING US IN THE EDGE OF OUR EATS. HE EMERGED AGAIN FROM HIBERNATION, THAT'S WHEN IAN, THEN THE CURATOR, SO IT WAS PARK STAFF, REGGIE WAS FINALLY AND SAFETY CAPTURED AND HE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD. WHILE REGGIE'S STORY IS CHARMING IT SERVES AS A CAUTIONARY TALE. HE WAS RAISED AS AN ILLEGAL PET BEFORE BEING ABANDONED BY SOEBODY AND THERE IS A LOT OF SPECULATION OF WHO THAT SOMEBODY WAS, THE HARBOR AREA IS A SMALL COMMUNITY. HE WAS ABANDONED KEEPING ALLIGATORS IS INHUMANE AND DANGEROUS AND ALSO AGAINST THE LAW BY THE WAY. WE WANT TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, KEEP OUR PUBLIC SPACES SAFE AND KEEP THOSE INVOLVED TO JUSTICE SINCE 2007, THOUGH THERE IS A HAPPY STORY HERE. REGGIE HAS LIVED SAFELY AT THE L.A. ZOO. HE SHARES A SPACE WITH TINA, ANOTHER RESCUE AND TOGETHER THEY SERVE AS REMINDERS OF WHY PROTECTING WILDLIFE IS SO IMPORTANT. AND THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL ANIMAL TRAFFICKING. AND SO COLLEAGUES, WE HONOR THIS FUN LITTLE EXCITING TIME IN OUR HISTORY AND ALSO EXPRESS THE CAUTIONARY TALE. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST OF THAT MISSION, AND THAT'S DEPUTY ZOO DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AT THE LOS ANGELES ZOO, MISHA BODI. MISCHA. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER AND TO ALL OF OUR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND TO THE HARBOR CITY COMMUNITY LEADERS HERE TODAY. ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES ZOO, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMEMORATE THIS UNIQUE AND HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OUR CITY WHICH RESULTED IN THE RESCUE OF REGGIE, AND THE LOS ANGELES ZOO PROVIDING A GREAT HOME TO HIM FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS. WHILE REGGIE IS THE PERHAPS THE THE MOST FAMOUS RESIDENT WHO CAME TO US BY WAY OF ILLEGAL HOME PET, WE HAVE TRIAAGED AND PLACED HUNDREDS OF CONFISCATED ANIMALS OVER THE YEAR. THE LOS ANGELES ZOO IS A FOUNDING HEM OF CONFISCATION NETWORK WHICH OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN 2023 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUM, WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING ALLIANCE. THIS HAS ENABLED A MORE STREAM LINED EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE THREAT OF TRAFFIC AND ILLEGALLY OWNED ANIMALS, MANY OF WHICH COME THROUGH THE PORT AND AIRPORT AND SOME OF WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED IN A LOCAL LAKE. THERE IS NOW A FEDERAL BILL WORKING ITS WAY TO CONGRESS TO A LAW COORDINATION FOR A NATIONWIDE NETWORK SUCH AS THE WILDLIFE CON PHYSICAL CAKE NETWORK THAT WE PILOTED HERE. WHILE ANIMAL TRAFFICKING HAS TERRIBLE IMPACTS ON THE ANIMALS AND SPECIES THEMSELVES, THEIR ECOSYSTEMS AND THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST COMPLEX ISSUES AND THE LOS ANGELES ZOO IS WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST IT. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN RESCUING REGGIE AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A HOME TO HIM AND TINA ANOTHER RESCUED AMERICAN ALLIGATOR. ONE OF THE FIRST ANIMALS WHO GREET OUR 1.5 MILLION GUESTS EACH YEAR SERVING AS AMBASSADOR AND THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT THE LOS ANGELES ZOO DOES TO SAVE WILDLIFE IN RICHER COMMUNITIES AND CREATE NATIONS TO NATURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council >> T. McOsker: MEMBERS I'M JOINED FROM LEADER HIP FROM HOME ASSOCIATIONS, FOLKS WHO REALLY LIFT UP HARBOR CITY. IT'S HARD TO EXPRESS HOW ASSOCIATED REGGIE HAS BEEN. WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL HAS THE SLOW DOWN SIGNS AND IT'S REGGIE SAYING SLOW DOWN, OUR KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, OUR LOCAL FIRE STATION, FIRE STATIONS LIKE TO HAVE THEIR T-SHIRTS AND EMBLEM, OUR FIRE STATION HAS REGGIE ON IT. WE REALLY DO IDENTIFY REGGIE. AND THE ZOO HAS EMBRACED, THE ZOO HAS REGGIE THE ALLIGATOR MERCH AND WE HAVE REGGIE THE BOOK, MY STORY THE AL GARITY. WHILE IT COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC AND IT WAS ILLEGAL AND IT WAS WRONG TO PUT REGGIE IN DANGER LIKE THIS, IT HAS BEEN A FUN AND EXCITING PART OF HARBOR CITY HISTORY AND HARBOR CITY CULTURE. MIZ GRANDSON WHEN HE LEARNED I WAS COMING IN, HE LOAN ME HIS FAVORITE POOL TOY TO EXPRESS WE LOVE REGGIE. THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR EMBRACING REGGIE AND THANK YOU TO THE L.A. ZOO FOR GIVING REGGIE AND TINA A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. ON BEHALF OF THE 1-5 WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO THE L.A. ZOO, AND ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE TO CARE FOR REGGIE AND KEEP THE MEMORY OF MACHATO LAKE ALIVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ONE MORE TIME FOR REGGIE AND COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. GREEN SUIT, WE WANT TO GIVE HIM PROPS FOR THAT, FOR MATCHING REGGIE. MEMBERS AND MEMBERS IN THE GALLERY, WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO ASK MR. MARCO FLORES AND HIS WIFE AND FAMILY TO JOIN US ON STAGE. I ASKED HIM MARCO TO COME TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS RETIREMENT FOR 35 YEARS AS AN LAUSD TEACHER IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN HIS 34 YEARS, THAT'S RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] BUT THIS IS WHAT IS MORE SPECIAL, MARCO AND HIS FAMILY LIVE IN THE ADAMSLE NORMANDY NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE WENT TO USC AND ALWAYS LIVED WITHIN A --TAUGHT WITHIN A MILE. HE SERVED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, THAT'S RIGHT, LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US. HE SERVED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, THE BLOCK CLUB, THE COMMUNITY POLICE ADVISORY BOARD, BASICALLY EVERY BOARD THERE IS, YOU WALK IN THE ROOM AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND MARCO THERE. AND IF YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE WE OVERLAP WITH A LOT OF DISTRICTS, SOMETIMES YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN DISTRICT 1, SOMETIMES IT'S IN DISTRICT 8 AND SOMETIMES IT'S IN DISTRICT 10 AND THE SAME THING. ALL OF US WHO EVER REPRESENTED ARE LUCKY LUCKY, TAUZ BA*UZ THEY HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS PARTY WHERE MS. FLORES COOKS TAMALES AND MARCO TALKS ABOUT SOME STUFF BUT NOBODY HEARS BECAUSE THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE TAMALE. EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE AND BEFORE THAT. SO WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK SO WE WANTED TO BRING YOU HERE TO YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY HALL AND RECOGNIZE YOUR 34 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE LAUSD AND TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO SIGNED BY EVERY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR DEDICATION. MR. MARCO FLORES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU EVERY ONE. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE HONOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEECE, MY COUNCILMAN. I'M DEEPLY HUMBLED BY STAND INING THIS HISTORIC HALL. I'M A SON OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME HERE WITH A MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION AND PUT MYSELF AND MY TWO SISTERS THROUGH SCHOOL AND THROUGH USC AND WE BECAME TEACHERS. I MYSELF WAS UNDOCUMENTED GROWING UP IN SOUTH L.A. IN THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT I NOW LIVE IN AND TAUGHT IN AND I WILL DIE IN THAT COMMUNITY, IMPART OF SOUTH L.A. IF YOU HAVE EVER HEARD ME SPEAK, YOU WILL ALWAYS KNOW KNOW THAT I OWE EVERYTHING TO MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS TO MY COMMUNITY. MANY OF THEM, LIKE MY SISTER, LIKE MY TWO SISTERS LIKE MY WIFE, ARE TEACHERS, EDUCATORS AND MANY OF US ARE IN SOUTH L.A. AND WITH THE NEEDIEST COMMUNITIES. OKAY. I BEGAN TEACHING IN JULY OF 1991, IF YOU KNOW, THAT FOLLOWING SPRING OF 92, THE CITY WAS BURNING, THE THERE WAS FEAR AND WE HAD TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY ON THAT MONDAY AND TALK TO OUR KIDS. I TALKED TO MY FIRST GRADERS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT THERE WAS HOPE AND IT WILL GET BETTER AND IT DID AND IT HAS. NOW, I RETIRE WHEN THE CITY IS AGAIN, IN THE MIDST OF FEAR, IN THE MIDST OF A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FIRE. AND AGAIN I HAD TO GO TO MY LITTLE KIDS AND EXPLAIN THAT IT WILL GET BETTER THAT THEY HAVE TO JUST BE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. THEY HAVE TO SHOW EVERY ONE THAT THEY ARE BETTER THAN WHAT PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE. OKAY. BUT IN BETWEEN THAT, WE WENT THROUGH LAUSD, FIRES, HURRICANE, BOMB THREATS, CYBER ATTACKS, WE WENT THROUGH COVID, LOCK DOWN, AND WE ARE STILL HERE. AND ALL THE JOYS OF IT, THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL, THE PROGRAMS, THE FIELD TRIPS, THE QUINCENERAS THAT I WAS INVITED TO. AND I WILL SERIOUSLY MISS ALL THESE KIDS. AND I ASK OF YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THESE CHILDREN. USE THE PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIAL TO PROTECT, TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE LITTLE OR NONE. THE CHILDREN OF OUR PARENTS WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS AND OUR KIDS WHO ARE HERE AS IMMIGRANTS, PLEASE HELP THEM. I'M SO PROUD OF MY WIFE OF 27 YEARS FOR BELIEVING IN ME, FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME, FOR SHARING MY BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY WAY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR THREE KIDS WHO ARE NOW AT THREE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES AND THREE DIFFERENT COLLEGES GETTING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEGREES IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ALL THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO. IMPROVE THE LIVES ALL THE KIDS WE TEACH. IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR THREE KIDS IT'S ABOUT EVERY ONE AND BY RAISING THE STANDARDS, THE EDUCATION LEVELS, THE HOPES, THE DREAMS OF ALL CHILDREN, OUR KIDS WILL SUCCEED AS MUCH. AND IT HAS HAPPENED. I'M SO PROUD OF THEM, THEY ARE AGAIN, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, CAL STATE, ARCHITECTURE, LIBRARY SCIENCE AND OUR SON WHO FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER WANTS TO BE A TEACHER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS HONOR. FOR RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF NOT JUST ME BUT ALL OUR EDUCATORS. TO RECOGNIZING THE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN SCHOOLS THAT I WAS HONORED TO TEACH TO WORK WITH. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY NEVER TO GIVE UP ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT I SPENT MY OVER HALF MY LIFE HELPING AND LIVING IN AND I WILL CONTINUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. FLORES, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS BEGINNING WITH COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FROM THE 6th DISTRICT. >> I. Padilla: MARCO, I JUST WANTED SAY THAT IT WAS A REAL DELIGHT TO WALK INTO CHAMBER AND SEE YOU HERE, CELEBRATING, AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT MENTIONED, YOU'RE SOMEBODY THAT YOU FIND IN EVERY ROOM. EMERSED IN EVERY MAJOR CONVERSATION AND PROJECT. YOU'RE DEFINITELY SOMEBODY WHO WE KNOW AS, SOMEBODY THAT CARES ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WHO RER --WE ARE AS A CITY. I MENTIONED THROUGH THE SPACES OF EDUCATION, AND I THANK YOU FOR HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT THE STATUS OF EDUCATION AND OUR CITY AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LAUSD AND THE INTER CONNECTEDNESS OF TEACHERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND NONPROFITS AS WELL AS OTHER GOVERNMENTS. SO I KNOW THAT, I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RETIRED ONPAPER BUT I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE RETIRED IN ACTION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AROUND AND EMMERSING YOURSELF IN THE STUFF THAT IS MORE PERSONAL PREFERENCE AND CLOSE TO YOUR HEART. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND SEE YOU AROUND. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, MARCO IS NOT JUST A TEACHER, HE'S A COMMUNITY LEADER AND HE HAS VOLUNTEERED PROBABLY MORE TIME IN THE COMMUNITY THAN HE HAS WORKED IN THE CLASSROOM. AND I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU, WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO OUR STUDENTS WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO YOU'RE COMMUNITY AND RETIREMENT TO ME, MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO DO MORE AS A VOLUNTEER, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING YOUR TIME TO THE CITY TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND TO YOUR PARTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MARCO FLORES, EVERYBODY! [APPLAUSE] SORRY, YOU GOT MORE. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR UPLIFTING MARCO. MARCO THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR WIFE, THANK YOU. YOUR NAME? ROS ADA LIA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOUR FAMILY FOR BEING HERE. EVERY YEAR IS A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. AND YOU HAVE HAD OVER 30 YEARS, 34 YEARS, 34 DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEARS, DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, LIKE THAT IMPACTS LOS ANGELES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME EVEN AFTER. JUST LIKE YOU TALK ABOUT GOING TO THE BAPTISMS AND BAPTISMS OF YOUR KIDS, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS BIGGER. BUT I'M SURE IT'S YOUR STUDENTS AT THE FRONTLINES. SO I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING FAR LIKE EVERYBODY SAYS, YOU'RE BEING VOLUNTOLD TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE NEED YOU. I HOPE YOU GET TO REST AND HAVE JOY BECAUSE IT'S A MARATHON AND WE NEED EVERYBODY AND WE NEED YOU TO BE PART OF IT TOO. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, MR. CLERK, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN SATISFIED TODAY ON ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS, SO TODAY, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL WHEN YOU YOUR TIME IS UP. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL--YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. AT THAT POIPT, YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT BACK TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE BODY. IF YOU STRAY OFF, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THIS MOMENT UNTIL 25 MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR. SO JUST BE MINDFUL WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED AND GET TO THE PODIUM SO WE CAN GET TO AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN GI CALLING NAMES. FRANCIS HARRIS, EDGAR, SUIU, STACY CIGAR BOWLINGER. >> Speaker: IF I SAY [SINGING] IF I SAY THE WORD COUNTRY WILL HD REMOVE ME? HE DOES EVERYTHING TO SILENCE AND SUBDUE THE PUBLIC. [SINGING] IF HE HAD HIS LITTLE WAY, NONE OF US WOULD HAVE A SAY AND THE BROWN ACT WOULD GO AWAY, IF I SAY THE WORD COUNTRY WILL MHD REMOVE ME? THE REST OF COUNCIL WON'T DO SHIT WHEN HE TIGHTENS HIS FIST, THEY ARE AFRAID OF BEING PUNISHED. WHEN THEY WERE REMOVED FOR COMMENT, COUNCIL IGNORING US IS A NOT AN ACCIDENT. MARQUEECE IS A COUNTRY, THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE HEARD, THE MARQUEECE IS A COUNTRY, FIRST PART OF THE WORLD. SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: WEE WEE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DANIEL SOSA, I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE VIOLENCE THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WITH LAPD. LAPD CONTINUES TO USE VIOLENCE AND INTIMLATION AS TACTIC TO SEE INTERRUPT, THEY PUT A BATON IN THE FACE AND ANOTHER IN THE RIBS FRACTURING AND THIS IS ALL DESPITE A TRO ISSUED SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITING THEM FROM ASSAULTING PRESS. THIS VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IS NOT ONLY WRONG, IT IS ILLEGAL AND DRAINING THE PRECIOUS RESOURCES IN THE FORM OF UNNECESSARILY OVER POLICING AND INEVITABLE LIABILITY PAY OUT THAT WILL COST THE CITY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WE NEED A CHANGE AND WE NEED IT FROM THE TOP DOWN. WE NEED A NEW POLICE CHIEF. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO REMOVE THE POLICE CHIEF AND I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS. BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL MORE NAME, DEVIN, JASON JENKINS, NATHALIA. >> Speaker: A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE TODAY. IF YOU CARED ABOUT THE TEACHERS ESPECIALLY THE ONE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, YOU WOULD LEVERAGE YOUR FRIENDS TO BUY THEM SCHOOL SUPPLIES SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUY THINGS OUT-OF-POCKET FOR THEIR CLASS. IT'S DISGUSTING HOW YOU TAKE TEACHERS AND USE THEM AS A POLITICAL UPON. I'M NOT A VIOLENT PERSON BUT I KNOW PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT THERE ARE AND I'M SURE THAT THEY GET UP SET TOO. AND PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES, THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SIT AROUND TO WAIT FOR THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, BUZZ AS THEY GET MORE AND MORE PREPARED. WE'RE NOT ALLOW DRIVE US. THERE IS MORE OF US THANIAL. I PRAY, I PRAY FOR Y'ALL THAT NOBODY DRAGS YOU OUT OF THESE CHAIRS ONE DAY. I REALLY DO, I'M SAYING, YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF CAN'TS, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. OKAY. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL MORE NAMES, JASON REEDY, NEIL SCOTT, MICHAEL AKERMAN. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO ADDRESS GO B THE VIOLENT PROTESTERS. WHEN SARMGT DUARTE WITH HIS 24-INCH DECLARE, UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY. WHEN SERGEANT DUARTE USING HIS 24-INCH AND GIVING YOU TWO WARNINGS AND YOU REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, YES YOU WILL GET TAKE DOWN BY THE LAPD AND YOU WILL GET ATTACKED BY THE LAPPED BECAUSE THAT IS ILLEGAL TAKE OVER OF THE STREET ARE. WHEN SERGEANT LAPD USING YOU, GIVING YOU TEN TIMES DIFFERENT WARNING, TEN TIMES ADVISE THAT PU NEED TO LEAVE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY, YOU STILL OCCUPY THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK, PUBLIC STREET, YES I'M GLAD LAPD TAKE YOU DOWN! I'M GLAD LAPD ARREST YOU, I'M GLAD LAPD CLEAR THE STREET AND TAKE DOWN ALL OF THOSE CRIMINALS. I SUPPORT WHAT SERGEANT DUARTE I SUPPORT WITH HIS 24-INCH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DANA AND SMOKING SCAN! >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: YES I'M COMING HERE REPRESENTING FOR AFRICAN INDIGENOUS IN DANGER DUE TO THE FASCIST REGIME. MY SON FEEL UNSAFE WHEN ICE IS AROUND. AND THEY CANNOT PLAY AROUND THE SCHOOL. I FEEL LIKE MAYOR BASS NEEDS TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS AND KIDS. AND THE FACT THAT I FEAR EVERY LAPD BECAUSE THERE IS HELP IN ICE AND I FEEL LIKE MY SON, HE FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE HE'S SEEING THEM PROTECTING ICE AND LEON JOSEPH IS PROTECTING ICE. HE USED TO BE FOR THE PEOPLE AND US. I FEEL LIKE OUR KIDS SHOULD BE--WITHOUT US KNOWING THAT THEY PROTECT ICE, PROTECT FASCIST REGIME. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. PROTECT OUR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE PUEBLOS EVERYBODY. DO SOMETHING KAREN BASS. PERIOD. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL MORE NAMES. KATIE LA FAON LAFOON, DEPUTY BANDIDO. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: YES VOTE FOR WAYNE SPINDLER IN CD1 BECAUSE MS. HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN DOING A HORRIBLE JOB. IN ADDITION TO THAT, LOOK AT MS. PADILLA, SHE LOOKS LIKE AN ALLIGATOR VERSUS FUCKEN HEAD OVER THERE. LET ME GO TO THE SMOKING SCAN FOR THE SMOKING SCAN DIANE SHOUT OUT! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DIANE SXWLAIM. SMOKING SCAN, I'M BACK. HEY FOR THE RECORD, WHERE IS THE FAT DOG KOREAN EATER AFTER HE KICKED ME OUT OF A PUBLIC BUILDING FOR SIMPLY SAYING BRANDONONBURGE VERSUS OHIO, AT NOT ONE TIME DID I USE THE C WORD BUT IT'S PRONOUNCED C.U.N. T. CUNT. >> Council President: MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED FOR VIOLATING THE COUNCIL'S RULE. IF YOU VIOLATE THE RULE AGAIN, YOU WILL BE REMOVED. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS MEL SCOTT AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY BEHIND ME FOR COMING OUT TODAY. OPPRESSION IS AN INTERESTING THING. PEOPLE HAVE HAZARDLY THROWN THE WORD AROUND AND THOSE AROUND THEM. AND PEOPLE COMPLY WITH THE ACTIONS OF THEIR PRESSERS AMONGST US. THE ANGELINOS WILL NEVER COMPLY WITH THOSE WHO SEEK TO OPPRESS US. NOT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, NOT BALANCE HERE, CREATE A LEGAL DATABASE, NOT ALEX, NOT ELON MUSK AND NOT ANY BILLIONAIRE. THEY WILL NOT SUBMIT TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. AND IT MEANS NOTHING TEXT TO THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE. THE IMMIGRANTS WHO MADE AMERICA, THE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO, THE TRANS PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT FOR LGBT RISE, WHO FOUGHT TOERER OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. SPEAKER, YOU'RE NOW DISRUPTING THIS MEETING, STOP SHOUTING IN THE CHAMBER. >> Speaker: [SHOUTING] THIS IS AMERICA! NOT TRUMP COUNTRY! >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. [SHOUTING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, THE WOMEN STANDING, YOU'RE NOW DISRUPTING THIS MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: HI, ANYBODY WHO IS NOT ASLEEP, KNOWS THERE IS BEEN ISSUE WITH ACCUSATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT. WHAT I'VE DONE, IS ASKED YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT HAS TWO DIFFERENCE FRZ WHATEVER OVERSIGHT YOU'VE BEEN DOING NOW. IT WILL COST RESIDENTS NOTHING AND IT IT WILL HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF ACTUALLY SOLVING THE PROBLEM AND THAT IS I WOULD LIKE EACH OF YOU TO SEND REQUEST TO THE GOVERN TO SEND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD TO DO POLICE OVERSIGHT HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT AND I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING BUT I THINK IT'S THE ONLY SOLUTION, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE F.YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, PLEASE HAVE A GOOD REASON, TELL THE PEOPLE WHY YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I HAVE DOCUMENTS TO GIVE THE CLERK. OH IT STARTED? OKAY. YOU GUYS DON'T LET ME DO ANYTHING. HI, MY NAME IS EDDIE. IT'S SAD THAT A LOT OF YOU GUYS ARE NOT HERE AND MARQUEECE DAWSON NEVER PAYS ATTENTION. THE DOCUMENT THAT I'M GIVING YOU IS SECTION 525 AND REMOVAL OF CHIEF OF POLICE LEE, YOU CAN HELP US WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE SHOULD BE REMOVED IN ACCORDANCE BY REMOVAL BY COUNCIL, BY YOU GUYS. TWO-THIRDS OF YOU CAN VOTE HIM OUT. I HAVE PROOF OF WHAT YOU GUYS DID ON ON JUNE 24th, YOU VOTED. I APPRECIATE JURADO, I APPRECIATE HERNANDEZ, I APPRECIATE SOTO. I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH NITHYA, SHE SHOULD HAVE VOTED NO. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Council President: YOUR TIME IS UP. THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING, IF YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, YOU WILL BE REMOVED. THIS IS YOUR SECOND WARNING, YOU'RE REMOVED FROM THIS MEETING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. LITTLE BLACK BOY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR YEARS THEY'RE THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD TO TOUCH YOUR SISTER. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING ME THAT FOR YEARS, TOUCH YOUR SISTER. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. IT'S NOT RIGHT. IT MAKES US STUPID! THEY SHOULD NOT BE TOLD TO TOUCH YOUR SISTER FOR ANY REASON AND I HOPE IT STOPS REALLY QUICK. IT MAKES US STUPID. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M KATIE LAFOON, I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION THAT I HAVE. YOU CONTROL THE PURSE. SO I'M HERE ASKING TO YOU DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE'RE NOT IN NORMAL TIMES. CITY COUNCIL, YOU APPROVED 17 MILLION DOLLARS FOR LAPD, THAT'S TAXPAYER MONEY, OUR MONEY USED TO PAY THEM TO HARASS AND ARREST US. THEY'RE COUNTLESS LAWSUITS, SHOWING THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT BROKE LAWS AND VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED RESIDENTS OF THE CITY WHO ARE SIMPLY EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. I'M HERE ASKING TO YOU DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, THE PAY OUT OF SETTLEMENTS ARE GOING BANKRUPT THE CITY. DO IT DIFFERENTLY, DO NOT USE OUR TAXPAYER MONEY, THEY HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, LIKE IT HAS TO COME FROM THEIR PENSIONS, IS THERE A NATIONAL FUND? IF IT'S OUR TAXPAYER MONEY, THEN WE'RE JUST PAYING OURSELVES. WE'RE BEING BANKRUPTED IN COURT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL MORE NAMES, JOHN A VALOSS DIAZ, PADILLA, DUARTE, LEVI, EDDIE DV COOPER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY. JUST A REMINDER, TYLER SMITH, I'M A PROTESTER, I'VE BEEN AT THE FRONTLINES SINCE JUNE. EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, IS TRUE, OUR TAXES SHOULD NOT BE GOING TOWARDS THIS. BUT I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO REMIND THAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR EVERY ONE'S RIGHTS. RICH WHILE MEN ALLOWED PEOPLE OF COLOR TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TO YOU SIT THERE, MR. PRESIDENT, AND IGNORE ME, THAT'S A PRIVILEGE, THAT'S A RIGHT THAT YOU HAVE THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME FOUGHT FOR. I NEED YOU GUYS TO REMEMBER THAT. THESE ARE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, WE'RE NOT FIGHTING FOR SAVE THE WHALES OR SPEED BUMPS, WE'RE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO LIVE. WE'RE ASKING TO YOU DO SOMETHING DID B --20 DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. TO CARE. GIVE A FUCK. DO YOUR JOB. >> . >> Clerk: CALLING MORE NAMES, LUPE MEN DO SA, BRITA WHITESNAKE. C NAVARRO AND TERRY BROTHMAN. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI, JOHN AVALOS IS MY NAME, I'M IN EAGLE ROOM, CD13, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE THAT I CAN AFFORD. I DON'T FEEL HOPEFUL ABOUT FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE. I'M 70 YEARS OLD, MY BUDGET CANNOT HANDLE WHAT IS GOING OB OUT THERE. LOTS OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES GOING UP. I GUESS YOU ALL ARE THINKING THAT SO MANY NEW APARTMENTS GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE, MAYBE THE RENT WILL GO DOWN NATURALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. THE POLICE COMMISSION GIVES US THREE MINUTES, WHY DO YOU GIVE ME ONE MINUTE? SENORA JURADO, MISS JURADO, YOU WERE SAYING, GO TO THE POLICE COMMISSION. GUESS WHAT? YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE IS NEVER THERE. HE KEEPS CALLING IN ABSENT! >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL MORE NAMES, KATIE NIXON, DARK GARDEN, HERMAN, 666 AND GOAT PUPPET. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS GUADALUPE MEN DO SA NATIVE OF LOS ANGELES. I WANT TO START BY SAYING PA THA* PUBLIC SPEAK ISING NOT MY STRENGTH I STRUGGLE WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING. BUT IT'S GETTING HARDER TO GETTING ASSAULTED WITH DHS WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF LAPD. I ASK YOU WHERE IS OUR FIRST AMENDMENT, WHERE IS OUR RIGHT. WHERE IS OUR RIGHT TO FIGHT AGAINST GENOCIDE AND BASIC HUMAN DECENCY. OUR CHILDREN IS WHO IS GOING TO BE LEFT WITH OUR CONSEQUENCES. WE CANNOT TREAT THIS AS FEDERAL PROBLEM. WITHOUT ACTION FROM YOU OUR LOCAL LEADERS, CRUELTY IS BEING REPEATED EVERY DAY UNDER YOUR WATCH AND YOU IGNORE US EVERY DAY. ALL OF MY COMRADE HERE COME EVERY TIME AND YOU IGNORE THEM ALL THE TIME. MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 6 FOR WHICH MOTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND CIRCULATE ASKED POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW CONSIDER 7 AND 8 FOR WHICH AMENDING MOTION LEE-DAWSON HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. >> Council President: YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING, THIS IS YOUR SECOND WARNING, YOU'RE ORDERED REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. I WILL CHECK. MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW NAMES ARE CALLED? WE EXHAUSTED THE NAMES ON THE LIST? >> Clerk: YES, WE DID. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THIS PERSON THAT DISRUPTED THE MEETING FOR THREE TIMES, CAN YOU COME UP AND SPEAK FOR AN HOUR. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: HOLD ON BEFORE YOU START YOUR TIME. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AND YOU TO KNOW, THERE IS AN ELECTRIC RECORD ON WHO SIGNED IN AND YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THE LIST. YOU DID NOT SIGN-IN BUT WE'RE GOING TO A LAW ALLOW YOU TO SPAEM --SPEAK FOR A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I VIDEOTAPED MYSELF SIGNING IN. OUR ELECTED OFFICIAL, CONTINUE TO IGNORE OUR CRIES OF ANGER AND SORROW, WE'VE BEEN VIOLENCED BY MAYOR BASS, AND SILENCED BY LAPD, WE THE CHIEF REMOVED. THE REMOVAL OF CHIEF OF POLICE CAN SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO. WE'VE BEEN SILENCED BY THE MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, WE'VE BEEN IGNORED BYE AT CITY MEETINGS BY EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE ASKING TO YOU FINALLY CARE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILY'S ARE BEING KIDNAPPED EVERY DAY AND YOU'RE LAUGHING AND WALK AGO WAY. YOU PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO THINK YOU'RE SAFE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN POSITION OF POWER, YOU WOMEN WHO THINK YOU'RE SAFE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN POSITION OF POWER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS OVER. >> Council President: THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, WHOSE NAME WAS CALLED BUT SHE DID NOT COME UP WHEN SHE WAS CALLED. >> Speaker: HI MY NAME IS DEVIN I HAD A WHOLE SPAOEL BUT BEING HERE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AND THE LACK OF ATTENTION IS DISHEARTENING, I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF EMOTIONS GOING ON IN THIS ROOM, I APPRECIATE YOU FINALLY MAKING EYE CONTACT. I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN THE PROTESTERS IN THE FRONTLINE, I'VE SEEN SHOT AT, I'VE SEEN LAPD COOPERATE WITH ICE, THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A SANCTUARY CITY, IT IS NOT. AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU THAT FIGHT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND AT LEAST GIVE US THE RESPECT OF LISTENING TO US WHEN WE TAKE TIMEOUT OF OUR DAY TO COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT SERIOUS ISSUES. IT'S DISHEARTENING THAT THESE SPEAKERS CAN SAY THAT DEMOCRACY IS FALLING, AND THAT'S NOT FALSE ALARM BELLS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS, MR. CLERK WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 7 AND 8 FOR AMENDING MOTION LEE HARRIS-DAWSON WAS INTRODUCED. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE JAO. 12 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 11. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? MR. NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GIVEN ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT WE'VE RECEIVED THIS MIGHT SEEM A BIT TRIVIAL BUT HOPEFULLY IT LIGHTENS THE HEARTS, I WANT TODAY WELCOME EVERYBODY TO HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD FOR A SHOWING OF MOVIE AT PARK, MUAHNA TWO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SNOW CONES AND MOANA MERCHANDISE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, LOVED ONE, JOIN WITH US BLANKETS AND CHAIR AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A COMMUNIAL ENGAGEMENT, BEFORE AND MAYBE EVEN AFTER THE MOVIE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. NAZARIAN, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO BEFORE WE GO TO ADJOURNING MOTIONS AS AN INDIVIDUAL CONGRATULATE EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT REPRESENTS ANY INCH OF LOS ANGELES. YES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE] FOR FOR THEM, WE SAW THEM STEPPING IN TO SAVE DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAVE CALIFORNIA BE THE LEADERSHIP OF THAT. THANK YOU TO OUR SENATORS AND GOVERNOR FOR WHAT THEY DID THIS WEEK AND WITH THAT I'LL ASK EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ALL RIGHT, MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE ADJOURNMENTS TODAY. THE FIRST ONE, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF TOMAS CHRISTOPHER, A MAN WHO DEDICATION TO JUSTICE, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH EMPOWERFUL PROFOUNDLY SHAPED LIFE OF MANY. TOMAS CHRISTOPHER, BETTER KNOWN AS TC PASS ADD WAY UNEXPECTEDLY AT THE AGE OF 58, BORN AND RAISED IN LOS ANGELES, GRADUATE OF CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE AND EARNED HIS DOCTORATE FROM SCHOOL OF LAW. TC SPECIALIZED IN THE STATE PLANNING BUSINESS CONSULTING AND CIVIL LITIGATION. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, PARTNER STATUS TWO WELL REGARD LAW FIRMS. BEYOND HIS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSIONAL CAREER, TC WAS ALSO DEEPLY COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, HIS FAMILY AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH THROUGH SPORTS MENTORSHIP. LOS ANGELES BAR ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE DEDICATED PARTICIPANT IN THE SAN FERNANDO ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL AND SENIOR RESOURCE AND SENIOR BUSINESS COUNSEL. I HAD AN HONOR TO KNOW HIM, AND IN THAT ROLE, HE DEMONSTRATED UNWAIVERING DEDICATION TO THE MISSION OF BUILDING CHARACTER AND ENRICHING THE LIVES OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. TIRELESSLY ADVOCACY AND INVOLVEMENT HELPING LOW INCOME YOUTH GAINED DAILY ACCESS TO FREE HIGH-QUALITY ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS PROVIDING MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE. ABOVE ALL, TC WAS DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER AND FRIEND, HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE HEIDI AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN. HIS SUDDEN PASS ISING A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM AND HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE THROUGH THE LIVES HE TOUCHED SO DEEPLY. MAY WE HONOR THE LIVE OF TOMAS CHRISTOPHER AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: HOLD ON MR. LEE. SERGEANT THIS WOMEN IS REMOVED. THIS IS NOW HER FOURTH WARNING. I WILL NOTE FOR HER AND HER COLLEAGUES, WE ALLOWED HER TO SPEAK OUT OF ORDER AND SHE CONTINUES TO DISRUPT OUR MEETING DESPITE OUR ACCOMMODATION OF HER. MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. TODAY I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF RICHARD, WHO PASS ADD WAY UNEXPECTEDLY AT AGE OF 87 AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. DICK WAS BETTER KNOWN ENLISTED IN THE MILITARY AS MANY 18-YEAR-OLDS DURING THIS TIME. HE INITIALLY JOINED THE NATIONAL GUARD AND SERVICE BY ENLISTING WITH THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. AFTER HIS MARINE CORPS CAMP HE WAS STATIONED AT GI AIRSPACE IN JAPAN AND KANOI BAY IN HAWAII. HE EARNED THE HIGHEST PEACE TIME MEDAL FOR HERE OIFM AFTER HE AND ANOTHER RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR PULLING A PILOT FROM A PLANE. HE MET A CUTE FLIGHT ATTENDANT NAMED JOY WHO BECAME HIS WIFE OF 60 YEARS UNTIL HER PASSING IN 2023. TOGETHER THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN MARY WHO TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY AFTER BEING HIT OF A CAR AND THEIR DAUGHTER ALLISON, WHO WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN THE LOVE OF DICK'S AND JOY'S LIVES. AFTER SEPARATION OF MILITARY, HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES WHERE HE SETTLED IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, BECAME A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE VALLEY AND REMAINED ACTIVE. ALWAYS THE ENTREPRENEUR, HE ESTABLISHED MULT TUBL VENTURE THAT'S INCLUDED HAPPY WEEKENDERS, A DRAPERY BUSINESS, AAA DRAPE REESE WITH LOCATIONS IN PACOIMA HILLS. AFTER A BRIEF STINT IN THE BUSINESS PHONE SYSTEM INDUSTRY, HE FOUNDED ASHNAUGHT WHICH PROVIDE SUPPLIES FOR BUSINESSES. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, HE PURCHASED THE SIGNS WHERE HE ENJOYED WORKING SIDE BY SIDE RUNING THE TWO BUSINESS FOR THEIR REMAINING 30 YEARS. THE NUMEROUS VALUE BUSINESSES FURTHERED HIS UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE, WAS ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE JCs AND SUPPORTED NUMBEROUS CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. AND IT CITIZEN SUPPORT ORGANIZATION, THE SUPPORTERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DEVIN ?ND SHIR. HOWEVER NOBODY CAPTURED HIS HEART MORE THAN PALS. THROUGH PALS ONE OF HIS PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT WAS HELPING TO FACILITATE THE BUILDING OF PALS IN NORTHRIDGE. THERE WAS NO GREATER JOY FOR HIM THAN WHAT A PROGRAM GRADUATE RETURN TO VISIT TO THANK HIM AND SHARE WHERE THE LIVES HAD LEAD THUS FAR AND WHAT FUTURE DREAMS AWAITED. HAVING A MAGNETIC PERSONALITY, PEOPLE WERE DRAWN TO HIM FOR YEARS. HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, WHETHER ON THE DANCE FLOOR OR BRINGING SMILES TO THE WIDE-IDENTIFY CHILDREN. --WIDE EYED CHILDREN. HE NEVER MISSED HIS DAUGHTER ALLISON'S SCHOOL ACTIVITIES OR EVENTS. HE WILL REMAIN PROUD OF HIS DAUGHTER, HE LEAVES BEHIND CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. MAY HE ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. DOVE YOU, DICK. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE. MS. HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE TWO ADJOURNMENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU. TODAY I RISE WITH A HEAVY HEART TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF JOSE MANUAL SECEDO, A BELOVED COMMUNITY LEADER, MENTOR AND FOUNDER OF WEST SIDE BOXING CLUB, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF EMPOWERMENT AND SERVICE. JOSE WAS NOT BORN IN LOS ANGELES BUT EMBODIED EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY STANDS FOR, PERSEVERANCE, OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSFORMATION. BORN ON SEPTEMBER 5th, 1955 IN CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, HE EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE EARLY 1990 WITH HIS WIFE LETICIA TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE A LIFE THAT WOULD BECOME LEGEND IN LOS ANGELES. IN 2007, JOSE AND LETICIA OPENED BOXING CLUB RIGHT IN THE MID-CITY. WHAT BEGAN AS A SMALL EFFORT TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE TRAINING FOR THEIR GRANDSON BECAME A REFUGE FOR YOUTH FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, WEST SIDE BOX, CHAMPIONS LIKE SUGAR RAY, CANELO, VICTOR ORTIZ TRAINED THERE AND EVEN TRAINED ROBERT DINERO FOR SOME OF HIS FILMS. NO MATTER WHAT WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS, CELEBRITY OR STUDENT, JOSE TREATED THEM WITH THE SAME HUMBLE RESPECT AND COMMITMENT. ON JUNE 24, 2023 I HAD THE HONOR OF STAND WIDTH COMMUNITY AS WE NAMED THE PICO BOULEVARD, JOSE MANUAL SALCEDO SQUARE. THAT STANDS AS A PERMANENT REMINDER OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN PERSON DEDICATES THEM TOEFLZ TO HELPING OTHERS. HOW TO FACE LIVE WITH DISCIPLINE. HE CREATED A PLACE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM FACING REAL HARDSHIP CAN WALK IN AND FEEL SEEN, SUPPORTED AND STRONG. MAY HIS SPIRIT LIVE ON IN EVERY PERSON WHO WALKS THROUGH THE DOORS OF WEST SIDE BOXING AND MAY HE REST IN POWER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: YES. >> H. Hutt: AND THEN MY NEXT ONE. >> Council President: HOLD ON COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> City Attorney: JUST WANT TO REMIND AUDIENCE THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO STAND ON THE AISLE SO IF YOU CAN RETURN TO YOUR SEATS PLEASE. >> THAT IS THE RULE UNDER THE COUNCIL RULE, NUMBER 12-G. IF YOU'RE IN THE GREEN CAP, YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE CENTER AISLE. >> A PILLAR OF FAITH AND COMMUNITY WHO PASS ADD WAY ON JULY 22, 2025 AT THE AGE OF 94. BORN THE YOUNGEST OF 15 IN PARK INSTON MISSISSIPPI, SHE WAS A BELOVED MOTHER, PASTOR'S WIFE, TEACHER, MENTOR AND ADVOCATE. ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND, SHE SERVED AT SOUTH VERMONT BAPTIST CHURCH AND LATER COFOUNDED ORAZA CHURCH IN GARDENA WHERE THEY PASTORED FOR 22 YEARS. SHE WAS A MENTOR, A TEACHER, AND A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION. SHE ORGANIZED THANKSGIVING MEALS FOR THE MONG RE, MENTOR YOUNG WOMEN AND QUIETLY MADE SURE THAT FAMILIES IN NEED HAD CLOTHING AND FOOD, EVEN IF IT MEANT SEWING COATS HERSELF WHICH SHE OFTEN DID. AND ALSO TAUGHT OTHERS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, SHOWING US THAT FAITH AND ACTION MUST GO HAND AND HAND. SHE BELIEVED EDUCATION WAS KEY TO FREEDOM AND FUTURE AND MADE SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN HER CHURCH AND COMMUNITY SAW THE POWER OF LEARNING. HER LEGACY LIVES ON AND HER CHILDREN, HER GRAND CHURN, HER GREAT GRANDS TO KNOW HER. AND SHE IS THE GRANDMOTHER OF TRAILBLAZER, WHO HAS SO MANY OF HER TENACITY, TRACY. MAZE HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING TO ALL AND MAY SHE REST IN POWER. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. SEEING NO FURTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.