PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President:er LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 20th DAY OF JUNE IN THE YEAR 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMEND RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. COUNSELS COUNCILMEMBER LEE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SECONDS, LET'S RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, THERE IS SEVERAL REQUESTS, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 7 TO JUNE 24, 2025. AS WELL AS TO HOLD ITEM 8 ON THE DESK. ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. AND ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE NUMBER, ITEM 8 IS AN ITEM FOR PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN HELD AND ON THE CONTINUED AGENDA ITEM 9 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. DO MEMBERS HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING? MR. NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: I THINK THIS IS REPETITIVE BUT ITEM 8 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO ITEM 8 THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE RECEIVING MOMENTARILY. >> Council President: ANY OTHER SPECIALS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 6, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 1 THROUGH 6 ARE NOW BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: ALSO MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 9 IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE EITHER PRESENTATIONS OR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MORNING'S PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE EXCITING PRESENTATION TO SEE BRING ENERGY INTO THE BUILDING. ON THIS MORNING, WE'LL BEGIN TO BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ OF THE THIRD DISTRICT. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, WHAT'S UP VATOS! WE'RE HAVING A GREAT FRIDAY. BEFORE WE START OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT OUR HONORED GUEST. SO I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT EVERY ONE'S ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS. >> Speaker: BEING RAISED CATHOLIC ART WAS PART OF THE CATHOLIC CEREMONY, LOOK UP AT THE CEILING OF THE CHURCH AND IT'S LIKE WHY ARE ALL THOSE GUYS IN THE CLOUDS, WHY ARE THEY BARBECUING. >> CHEECH MARIN IS NOT ONLY FAMOUS FOR THOSE COMEDIES. >> QUARTER POUNDER, MAN. >> Mayor Bass: NOW HIS COLLECTION THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY HAS A PERMANENT HOME IN RIVERSIDE IN CALIFORNIA. >> THIS IS THE FIRST CHICANO ART MUSEUM, THE CHEECH. >> ONE OF THE THING THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT CHEECH AS A COLLECTOR, HE WAS NOT ONLY MASKING THIS ART WORK SO HE CAN HAVE IT IN HIS HOME, HE WAS THOUGHTFUL THAT THIS ART THIS BE RECOGNIZED AS CHICANO ART. >> IT WAS THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHICANO ARTS MOVEMENT, AND IT KEEPS EVOLVING BECAUSE IT TAKES IT IN ITS PATH FM IT'S LIKE HEARING THE BEATLES, OH THERE IS CHUCK BARRY, AND CHUCK LEWIS. I SAW THE CHICANOS DOING THE SAME THING. IT'S LIKE THE BEATLES BUT WITH BEANS. >> HE DOUBLED DOWN THAT IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT IMPORTANT ART FORM IT'S A BOLD STATEMENT AND HE STANDS BEHIND IT. >> IT'S AMERICAN ART, IT'S NOT SEPARATE. IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF HISTORY IN AMERICA. AND THAT'S A POSITIVE THING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE KNOW IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING TIMES HERE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. BUT IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, I AND MANY OF US LOOK TO THE PAST TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO FIGHT BACK, WITH COURAGE, CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY. TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR TO STAND HERE WITH SOMEBODY THAT EMBODIES THAT SPIRIT, MR. CHEECH MARIN HIMSELF. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] LIKE MANY PEOPLE, I FIRST GOT TO KNOW CHEECH OF THE ONE HALF OF THE CULTURE COMEDY DUO, CHEECH AND CHONG. LATER HE STARTED IN HIS OWN MOVIE LIKE "BORN IN EAST L.A." IT'S A FUNNY COMING TO AGE MOVIE FOR ANYONE THAT GREW UP IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WHICH IS ABOUT CHICANO MAN BORN IN LOS ANGELES AND MISTAKEN AND DEPORTED TO MEXICO. WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE SATIRE FEELS LIKE REALITY TODAY. AND THROUGH COMEDY AND ART THE TRUTH OF THIS SOCIETY. SO EVEN THOUGH I WAS FIRST INSPIRED BY CHEECH FOR OTHER REASONS, HIS BLEND OF COMEDY AND STORYTELLING HAS STUCK WITH ME THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. BUT PERHAPS WHAT HAS RESONATED WITH ME PERSONALLY HAS BEEN HIS WORK AND VOICE FOR CHICANO ART. AND CONTRIBUTED HIS WORK FROM HIS PRIVATE COLLECTION TO TWO TOURING EXHIBITATIONS, BEFORE FOUNDING THE CULTURE OF THE RIVERSIDE MUSEUM IN RIVERSIDE. THE CHEECH, THE MUSEUM IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN MUSEUM FACILITY DEDICATE TODAY MEXICAN AND CHICANO ART, AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE YET, I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH. I'VE BEEN THERE TWICE, AND EACH TIME THEY ROTATE THE EXHIBITIONS ON THE FLOOR. LAST YEAR WHEN MY CITY HOSTED EL GRITO, CHEECH HAD ICONIC PIECES. AND JUST TWO DAYS AGO, THE CHEECH CELEBRATED ITS THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND NOW HOME TO OVER 700 WORKS FROM CHEECH'S OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION. THE IMPACT OF CHEECH'S WORK AS AN ACTOR AND COLLECTOR AND CHAMPION FOR CHICANO CULTURE, CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. CHEECH'S WORK IS MORE IMPORTANT TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE AT A TIME WHEN LATINO COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER ATTACK, CHEECH'S WORK IS A REMINDER THAT REMATTER AND OUR STORIES MATTER AND OUR CULTURE IS AMERICAN CULTURE. NO AMOUNT OF BIGOTRY OR HATE WILL DEFEAT US AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP. NOW I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY WHO HAS KNOWN CHEECH FOR YEARS, A CHICANA, MARGARET GARCIA. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE # WHO I FIND SO ENDEARING TO OUR COMMUNITY. I NEED TO CONTEXTUALIZE, WITH CHEECH. ONE OTHER SPANISH, PRIEST. 44 FAMILIES FROM A TOWN IN VILLA SINALOA CAME HERE HALF OF WHICH WERE AFRO MEXICANO, MANY WHO CAME HERE AND FOUNDED CALIFORNIA. THAT CHANGED DURING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR. BUT THE PEOPLE WHO FOUNDED THEIR HOUSES, THEIR FIELDS, THEIR RANCHOS WHO CAME TO CALIFORNIA. WE'RE SO UNAWARE OF THIS HISTORY IN THIS CITY AND WE DON'T CELEBRATE IT. WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT CULTURE. AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR CULTURE AND UNDERSTAND THAT CULTURE IS THE THING THAT DEFINES WHO YOU ARE! IT TALKS ABOUT YOUR FOOD, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR ART, YOUR CHOREOGRAPHY, OUR HISTORY, YOUR LITERATURE AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT GET PRESERVED WHEN THERE IS A MUSEUM. THAT MUSEUM HAPPENS BECAUSE OF CHEECH AND HIS COLLECTION. IF WE DON'T DEFINE WHO WE ARE, USING OUR CULTURE, THEN WE ARE GIVING THE MEDIA THE FREEDOM TO DEFINE US BY WHATEVER MEANS THEY WANT. AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE POSITIVE ABOUT IT. WE NEED TO STAND UP AND SHOW WHO WE ARE THROUGH OUR CULTURE. THIS IS TRUE EMPOWERMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AND TO HAVE THAT HERE AND NOW. HE HAS BEEN COLLECTING CHICANO ART FOR, 50 YEARS. YOU KNOW, AND HE HAS A COLLECTION SO, WE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN AND THERE IS A PLACE TO PRESERVE THESE STORIES, STORIES THAT NOW NEED TO BE TOLD BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO UNAWARE OF THE HISTORY OF THE FOUNDING OF THIS CITY AND OF THIS STATE AS WELL AS OTHER STATES THAT ARE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. YES, THIS IS AMERICAN CULTURE! AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, INTRODUCE DREW ABERDENE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M DREW AND I'M A COUNCIL OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 13 AND SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF RIVERSIDE MUSEUM WHERE I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AND TEACH CHEECH MARINE CULTURE. LIKE SO MANY L.A., I'M CHRIS CROSSING THE METRO REGION DAILY DRIVING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BIRTH THE CHICANO MOVEMENT. THE IMPACT IS EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION. I URGE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN ME AND COUNCILMEMBER TO CRISSCROSS ON FREEWAYS TO BE PART OF THE 310,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISITED THE CHEECH AND WITNESSED THE POWER OF CHICANO ARTS INCLUDING THE WORK OF MARGARET'S. THIS CENTER IS YOUR CENTER, CHEECH ALWAYS SAYS THAT ART IS AN ENTER PRETOUR OF CULTURE AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR HIS ART. CHICANO ART IS AMERICAN ART, CHEECH IS UPLIFTING THE STORIES OF PEOPLE, CAPTURING A NARRATIVE THAT IS TRYING TO STRIP THE PEOPLE. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT HE DID, ADDING THIS TO HIS FIFTH JOB. CHEECH MARIN DAY TO ME IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE COURAGEOUS, BOLDNESS, TENACITY, HARD WORK, COMMITMENT, DEDICATION REMEMBERING WHERE YOU CAME FROM, EQUITY, PHILANTHROPY AND THE LATINO COMMUNITY THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THIS DAY AND THANK YOU CHEECH MARIN FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, SO MUCH, DREW. NOW WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR OUR HONORED GUEST TODAY, THE MAN HIMSELF, CHEECH MARIN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I'M A NATIVE SON OF LOS ANGELES AS OUR MY PARENTS. ELSA AND OSCAR, MY MOTHER HAS BEEN THE MEMBER OF PT A AT EVERY SCHOOL. I GREW UP DOWN FROM CITY HALL. AND MY FATHER OSCAR WHO SERVED AS PART OF LAPD AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF MY UNCLES, INCLUDING MY UNCLE RUDE O WHO WAS THE FIRST CAPTAIN OF HOLLENBECK AND THE HIGHEST RANKING CHICANO AND THEY NAMED THE STATION RIGHT NOW, IN TRUE CHICANO FASHION, I WAS IN MY 40s WHEN I LEARNED THAT HE REALLY WASN'T MY UNCLE, BUT CHICANO UNCLE, BUT I KNEW HIM MY WHOLE LIFE. ALL OF MY CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM IS HERE TODAY, MY DAUGHTER JASMINE IN FRONT. [APPLAUSE] AND ALL MY CHILDREN AND MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE BORN HERE, SO WE ARE TRUE MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY AND A PROUD MEMBER. SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH TROUBLING TIMES RIGHT NOW. I MADE BORN IN EAST 40 YEARS AGO, BASED ON A TRUE STORY WHO WAS DEPORTED EVEN THOUGH HE WAS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. I WAS READING THAT IN THE NEWSPAPER AND LISTENING TO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND I STARTED SINGING, "BORN IN EAST L.A." WE HAVE TO STAND UP TO EVERYTHING GOING AROUND RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON. , YOU KNOW, I CALL ON ALL THE ARTIST RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY THOSE CHICANO ARTIST WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS WITH THE REST OF US. IT IS TIME TO NOW, LET US HEAR FROM YOU. THROUGH YOUR ART, TO WEIGH IN ON THE THINGS THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW VIA IMMIGRATION AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S CALLED LOS ANGELES, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, NEXT TO THE STATES OF ARIZONA, COLORADO, TEXAS, WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT CANNOT BE DISRESPECTED. AND WE WILL NOT LET IT BE DISRESPECTED THROUGH OUR ART. YOU DON'T GET RESPECT BY THROWING BOMBS, AND MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AND ROCKS, YOU GET RESPECT BY HOW YOU UPHOLD THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO MY WHOLE LIFE. [APPLAUSE] MY WIFE, NATASHA WHO IS HERE IN THE FRONT ROW IS ALSO AN IMMIGRANT FROM SAINT PETERSBURGE RUSSIA, WE LIVE BUT NOTHING FROM IMMIGRANTS AND SHE JUST GOT HER DOCTORATE FROM USC . IF ANYONE HAS ANY REQUESTS, WRITE THEM IN THE BACK OF A $100 BILL SEND THEM. THANK YOU FOR HONORING ME IN THE CITY THAT I WAS BORN. [APPLAUSE] I LOVE THIS CITY, I WILL PROBABLY ALWAYS BE HERE. IT IS TRULY THE GREATEST CITY ON EARTH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS AWARD. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ AND MR. MARIN, IF YOU'LL HANG OUT FOR A MINUTE, WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS WHO WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO YOU. WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FROM THE 10th DISTRICT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR BRINGING AN ICON INTO CITY HALL TODAY. I GREW UP IN THE YEARS WHERE EVERY BOY I KNEW WANTED ONE OF THOSE GIANT. >> GOT IT. >> H. Hutt: SO IF THEY KNEW I WAS TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW, I WOULD BE A BIG STAR TOO. I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND TO THE CULTURE. I WORKED IN THE RIVERSIDE AREA WHEN THEY WERE PREPARING FOR YOU TO COME, IT WAS A GREAT EXCITEMENT. I'M REMISS THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN THERE YET BUT I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE ALL THE WORKS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR ARTS SOCIETY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COME AND VISIT US SOON. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: , THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT AND CHEECH I LOVE HOW YOUR ART IS SO IMPORTANT THE ART. THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE NOT JUST IMPORTANT TO THE KOREAN COMMUNITY BUT TO THE CITY PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF THE STATE AND PART OF THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY SO I LOVE THAT MESSAGE. BUT ALLOW ME TO BE A FAN FOR A MOMENT AND JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GREW UP A FEW STREETS FROM HERE, I KNOW THE OTHER PART OF YOUR LIFE WAS SPENT IN THE 12th DISTRICT AND I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT THAT IT DISTRICT TODAY. I KNOW GROWING UP, I TOLD YOU THE STORY IN BACK THAT AS A KID GROWING UP IN THE 70s AND 80s YOU WERE THE BACKDROP OF MY LIFE. MY ROOMMATE AND I, MY ROOMMATE AND I WHO YOU WISHED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO, IT WAS ALWAYS IN OUR APARTMENT, IT WAS ALWAYS PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND. WE WOULD HAVE ONE OF YOUR MOVIES PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND, WHETHER WE WERE JUST WATCHING THE MOVIE, WORK AROUND THE HOUSE, IT WAS JUST PLAYING THERE SO WE CAN STOP A SECOND AND LAUGH AT A SCENE, JUST ENJOY THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY EVERYTHING YOU DID IN YOUR MOVIE CAREER TO BE A BIG PART OF MY LIFE BUT ALSO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING NOW AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND AS A PROUD ANGELINO, I'M HONORED THAT YOU SPENT PART OF YOUR LIFE IN THE 12th DISTRICT. THANK YOU, SIR. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: SO GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. COUNCILMEMBER SHOEING O PART NECESSARY, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE LEGENDARY CHEECH MARIN. THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED. I GOT A LITTLE TEARY WHEN I WALKED IN THE BACK AND SAW YOU FOR MANY REASONS. AND I'M NOT ONE THAT CRIES A LOT ON THIS JOB, SO IT'S IMPACTFUL. IT'S AN HONOR, IT'S AN HONOR WHO'S IMPACT GOES BEYOND THE SCREEN. MR. MARIN, YOU'RE A CULTURE IMPACT, YOUR ART CHICK CA NO COMEDY HAVE SHAPED THE STORIES. SINCE I JOINED THE COUNCIL, I TRIED TO ELEVATE THAT AND TAKING BACK CINCO DE MAYO, THAT IT'S AN AMERICAN-MADE HOLIDAY, POLE BEING RIDERS AND UP-AND-COMING COMEDIAN, BUT NOTHING BEATS CALLING JUNE 20th CHEECH MARIN DAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER IN 2025, I'M SO HAPPY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRAG ABOUT THIS. VISIBILITY IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND SO IS REPRESENTATION. AND NOTHING, THAT COMES WHEN WE HAVE PRIDE AND WHEN WE AT LEAST UNDERSTAND OUR CAPABILITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE IMPACT YOU MADE IN ME FOR EMBRACE CHICANONISMO, I BECAME REEMERSED IN MY CHICANO IDENTITY RIGHT BEFORE STEPPING INTO CITY COUNCIL ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHAT LEAD TO MY CITY COUNCIL. READING YOUR BOOK, WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL. IT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T JUST HAVE A HAND OUT, YOU WORKED HARD. YOU EDUCATED YOURSELF, YOU WENT FROM ONE STEP TO ANOTHER AND KEPT TRYING. YOU WERE ABLE TO GET RID OF THE FRIENDS THAT NO LONGER SERVE YOU WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT AND THAT'S EQUALLY ADMIRABLE. NOUZ THAT I HAVE YOUR BOOK AUTOGRAPHED, I WILL CHERISH FOR YOU FOREVER. IF YOU WANT TO SEE ONE OF HIS MURAL, I HAVE HIM ON VAN NUYS AND THE 5 FREEWAY MADE BY LEVI PONDS, BUT ALSO, I, WHEN I HAD MY OLDEST NIECES GROW UP, THE, IT WAS A BOOK THAT I HAD OF YOUR COLLECTION THAT MADE IT EASIER ME TO EXPLAIN TO THEM AND INTRODUCE THEM TO CHICANO HISTORY. KEEP ON MAKING THOSE BOOKS TOO, THE WLIL KIDS BOOK. THOSE HELPED. AND THEN I'M GOING TO COMPLAIN BECAUSE I TRIED TO SHOW THEM BORN IN EAST L.A. AND IT'S NOT STREAMING IN ANY PLATFORM. SO WHOEVER OWNS THE RIGHT, GIVE THEM A SHAKE DOWN THAT WE NEED IT. I WANTED THEM TO SEE IT BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT. IT'S PROBABLY VERY EXPENSIVE ON ebAY FOR VHS. FINALLY MAKE IT STREAMING, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. IF YOU HAVE NOT GONE TO THE MUSEUM, YOU HAVE TO GO. I WENT ONE DAY, JUST RANDOMLY GETED GETTING A FLAT TIRE SO I WAS THERE LONGER THAN I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE. BUT SOME OF THE PIECES THAT YOU SEE IN BOOKS, ONCE YOU'RE IN FRONT OF THEM IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY AT LEAST TWICE, I HAD TO JUST SIT DOWN ON THE IMPACT AND THE SIZE AND BEING AROUND IT THE WHOLE TIME. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COLLECTION WITH ALL OF US. MAY GOD BLESS AND YOU GIVE YOU MORE. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ, FOR BRINGING THIS LIVING LEGEND TO OUR COMMUNITIES. CHEECH, MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOU AND YOUR LIVE'S WORK, THE PHENOMENAL WORK WHETHER IT'S IN ART, MOVIES IN EVERY SECTOR OF THE CHICANO COMMUNITY. IN THIS MOMENT NOW, THOSE ARE THE SPACE THAT'S WE NEED MOST. SPACES WHERE WE CAN SEE OURSELVES, WHERE WE CAN SEE HOW HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. WHERE WE CAN SEE THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR PEOPLE. YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOUR LIFE TO THAT AND FOR THAT I'LL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ TO CLOSE. >> M. Rodriguez: , THANK YOU, THANK YOU MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ ON BRINGING THIS ICONIC LEGEND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I AM CHOCKED UP FOR HAVING YOU HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE ANTHEM THAT WAS PART OF MY LIFE, MEXICAN-AMERICAN, BECAUSE MEXICAN-AMERICAN, WE LOVE OUR NINOS AND NINAS AND -- ~>> I HAVE A SON-IN-LAW NAMED JEFF. >> M. Rodriguez: THAT MOVIE WAS REALLY POWERFUL AT A TIME WHEN OUR COMMUNITY WAS STILL A STRUGGLE AND HERE WE ARE, WE'RE STILL IN THE STRUGGLE. IT'S BEEN ROUGH, IT'S BEEN ROUGH, YESTERDAY, WE HAD ICE RAIDS IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. AND BORN IN EAST L.A., WAS AN IMPORTANT MOVIE TO CAPTURE AND TELL THE STORIES THAT WERE SO OFTEN IGNORED WHEN WE COULDN'T YET CAPTURE ON OUR iPHONE WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU PUT IT IN THE MAINSTREAM, MEDIA, TO SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT OUR COMMUNITY ENDURED. I TOO WAS BORN IN EAST L.A., IT'S PART OF MY STORY. AND AS A VALLEY GIRL WHO GREW UP, STRUGGLING FOR SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO BE SEEN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING HOW YOU MADE OUR COMMUNITY BE RECOGNIZED THROUGH THE POWER OF STORYTELLING. THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF CHICANO ART, FOR SHOWING THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF WHO WE ARE FOR MAKING THAT INVESTMENT. I THINK ABOUT YOU, I THINK ABOUT KASTULO WHO ALSO HAS A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF CHICANO ART. THIS MOMENT FOR ME, IS A CALL TO EVERY LATINO, TO EXEMPLIFY AND SHOW OUR ECONOMIC STRENGTH IN THIS MOMENT CAUSE IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE DIRECTION OF WHAT WE'RE LIVING THROUGH, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S TO SOW IT THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC STRENGTH AND OUR COLLECTIVE FORCE. TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS THAT WILL GET THEM THE CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR AND GET THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SILENT, SILENT WATCHING WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US YET AGAIN, TO CHANGE COURSE. SO FOR THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT EXAMPLE FOR SHOWING UP, MAKING THOSE INVESTMENT IN ALL OF THOSE CHICANO ARTIST, THAT WE, YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE THAT STORYTELLING. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR SHOWING UP AND BEING WHO YOU WERE, TAKING THOSE MOMENTS. I WAS THE SQUARE, I DIDN'T KNOW I NEVER KNEW ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE MOVIES, NEVER GOT IT, BUT THAT MOVIE FOR ME, BORN IN EAST L.A., WAS TRULY PART OF THE ANTHEM OF WHAT WE WANTED TO BE AND FOR THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE BEING RECOGNIZED ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT. GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND ALL OUR COLLEAGUES. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, BEFORE WE WRAP UP, I WANT TO PRESENT THIS, DECLARE TODAY, AS CHEECH MARIN DAY IN LOS ANGELES. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. LET'S HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME FOR CHEECH MARIN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THAT'S RIGHT AND AS WE LET THE LEGENDARY MR. MARIN RETREAT TO THE PHOTO ROOM, I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER HUTT OF THE 10th DISTRICT FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I GOT ALL FAN-GIRLED OUT. >> Council President: I THINK WE ALL DID. >> H. Hutt: , YES. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. AS SOON AS THEY'RE QUIET IN THE BACK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I HEAR CANDIDO DISRUPTING THE MEETING, THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. NEXT ONE YOU'LL BE REMOVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: , THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST START OFF WITH A LITTLE VIDEO OF PLAY L.A. >> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, SXWLAIM. >> JOY, COMMUNITY, LOVE, LAUGHTER, THAT IS THE POWER OF SPORT PLAYING MOVEMENT AND THAT IS THE POWER OF OLYMPIC SPIRIT THAT STILL ENDURES AND LIVES ON. THE WORLD NEEDS A PLAY DAY, OUR CITY NEEDS A PLAY DAY, THE CITY AND LOVE THAT YOU FEEL TODAY, TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR HOME AND COMMUNITY, SPREAD LOVE AND CONTINUE TO EMBODY THE POWER OF MOVEMENT TO CHANGE OUR LIVES OE KID AT A TIME. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME L.A. FOUNDATION TO CHAMBERS TODAY. ALONGSIDE THE INCREDIBLE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT GO THERE AND SAM THE EAGLE. SPORTS PLAY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES ARE A VITAL COMPONENT OF HEALTHY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. THEY HELP FOSTER WELL BEING AND SUPPORT KIDS IN BECOMING STRONG AND THRIVING INDIVIDUALS. STUDIES ACROSS BOARD CONSISTENTLY SHOW THAT PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS AND ACTIVE PLAY IMPROVES BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, ENHANCES COGNITIVE ABILITY, BOOST SELF CONFIDENCE, LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND LINKED TO A CELEBRATER SUCCESS IN BOTH SCHOOL AND FUTURE CAREERS. STUDIES HAVE ALSO SHOWED THAT ACCESS TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES DO NOT EVENLY DISTRICTED, DISPARITIES GO AROUND MANY ECONOMIC GROUPS. AND IRONICALLY, THOSE THAT--FEWEST OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO FILL THE GAP. SO ON JUNE 28, WE CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL DAY OF PLAY. AND WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY TO INVITE YOU OUT TO L.A. 84 PLAY DAY BLOCK PARTY TAKING PLACE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE 10th DISTRICT. THOUSANDS WILL COME ACROSS THE CITY NEXT SATURDAY TO ENJOY THE DAY OF FUN. LAST YEAR IT WAS SO DOG-GONE HOT. WE HAD COOLING STATION SXZ IT DIDN'T KEEP ANYBODY FROM BEING THERE. IT'S A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT FROM PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, SO WE SAW OUR ELDERLY FOLKS OUT THERE WITH THEIR GRANDCHILDREN HAVING A GOOD TIME. THERE WILL BE LIVE MUSIC, ODDLY, LAST YEAR, I FOUND THAT KIDS WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THE LITTLE BADMAN GOING ON. >> SQUABER. >> H. Hutt: OH IS THAT WHAT IT IS SQUASH. WHICH WAS GREAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ACTIVITY THAT YOU SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY A LOT. IT'S DEFINED BY THE 1984 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES, A LEGACY LEFT IN LOS ANGELES FROM TOM BRADLEY. THE L.A. 80, FOR AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE CREATED PLAY DAY AS AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION THAT IS CALLED TO ACTION TO UPLIFT THE LIFELONG BENEFITS OF SPORTS, PLAY AND MOVEMENT FOR KIDS IN ALL OUR COMMUNITIES. OUR KIDS HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE SAFE PLAY. AND AS A CITY, IT'S UP TO US, TO ELIMINATE ANY PLAY GAPS. SO NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MY GOOD FRIEND, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF L.A. 84 FOUNDATION AND THE PRESIDENT OF PLAY EQUITY FUND, RENATA SIMRHONE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE WORK THAT WE DO. YOU'RE A TRUE CHAMPION FOREPLAY EQUITY, ENSURING ALL CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO PLAY. AND WE ARE HONORED THAT THIS BODY IS ONCE AGAIN PRO CLAIMING JUNE 28th AS PLAY DAY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT, PLEASE! [APPLAUSE] THE WORK THAT WE DO IS ALWAYS ABOUT STRK YOUTH AND YOUTH VOICE AND JOINING US OUR YOUTH FROM EL WOOD YOUTH CENTER AND GRANTY AND PARTNER OF THE L.A. 84 FOUNDATION. IT PROVIDES FREE AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMMING TO HELP STUDENTS 3 THROUGH 12 ATTAIN GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY AND PROMOTION AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND COLLEGE SUCCESS. LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR KIDS WHO JOINED US. OUR PLAY DAY, OUR VISION FOREPLAY DAY STARTING BACK IN 2017 IS TO CREATE A NATIONAL DAY OF PLAY, WHERE WE START AND HE WILL GREAT IMPORTANCE. AND THIS YEAR WHILE WE'RE HEAD QUART ERRED IN THE L.A. 84 FOUNDATION. WE HAVE 85 ORGANIZATIONS AND 120 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE JOINING US ON JUNE 28 FOREPLAY DAY. WE BELIEVE THAT IN BRINGING THE TRANSFORMATION POWER MOVEMENT TO ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, GENDER, THEIR ZIP CODE, THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR ECONOMIC STATUS, PERIOD. AND WE ALSO BELIEVE IN PLAY BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. ON JUNE 28th AS DEFIANT OF HONORING OUR JOY AND NOT LETTING OUR JOY BEING STOLEN FROM US. AND PLAY DAY HONORS THE SPIRIT AS COUNCILMEMBER MENTIONED OF THE 1980 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES AND BLENDING ART, FOOD AND OF COURSE SPORTS PLAY AND MOVEMENT. THE EVENT WILL BE HOSTED BY NBC TODAY, L.A. METEOROLOGIST, BE LEN DE LEON AND WE'LL BE JOINED BY OVER 20 SPORTS ACTIVATIONS AND THE GAME OF SQUASH WILL BE MAKING THE RETURN TO PLAY DAY AND BASKETBALL WITH THE HOOPAS, AND IT WON BE A PARTY WITHOUT FOOD TRUCKS AND MUSIC. THE SOUNDS OF TOP CHEF BAND AND DRUMERS OF COMPTON WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR OPENING CEREMONY, BREAK DANCING AND DJ PUFFS ON OUR MAIN STAGE. SO I HOPE THAT ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE FOLKS WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS WILL JOIN US ON EVERY SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 3 IT'S FREE AND OPEN TO ALL AGES. I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE TO REGISTER AT L.A. 84 TO SECURE YOUR SPOT. COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TO HELP US CLOSE THE PLAY EQUITY GAP, I HOPE TO SEE YOU THIS YEAR, DOING YOUR THING. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WE APPRECIATE IT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, REMEMBER TO REGISTER, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING DAY. THE REGISTRATION IS JUST SO THEY KNOW HOW MUCH TO PREPARE FOR, IT'S NOT FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. AND THEN I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR PLAY DAY L.A. CLAIMING THE DAY OF JUNE 28 PLAY DAY IN L.A. >> LET'S PLAY! >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY GOOD PRESENTATION WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE EVENT AND ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR L.A. 84 FOR HELPING MAKE L.A. WORLD CRASS CITY. MADAM CLERK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF WE CAN PREPARE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT AND BEFORE WE BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT, FYI, I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY INTRODUCED A MOTION, I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THAT MOTION HAS BEEN POSTED ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR ANYONE INTERESTED. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THE ITEM OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR JUST THE ITEM ITSELF OR JUST GENERAL. YOU'LL HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR THE ONLY ITEM THAT OPEN. AGAIN THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 8 AS AMENDED. AND UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEM, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET ONE BRIEF WRNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANYONE WITHIN THE CITY MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW ENTRANCES TO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE BEGIN. PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE ORDER IN WHICH WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IS RANDOMLY GENERATED SO, THES CONTINUE NECESSARILY IN THE ORDER WHEN YOU LINE UP. ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER. AND ONE FINAL REMINDER, THERE IS ONLY ONE ITEM OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT IS ITEM 8. SO YOU CAN HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, LET'S START WITH OUR FIRST PUBLIC SPEAKER. >> Clerk: EDDIE TREVOR, AND ZIBA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: FOR THE RECORD I SIGNED UP FOR TREVOR ARISA, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 8 AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM, I SEE, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, FIVE, WHERE HAVE ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS GONE? MAYBE THEY'RE ALL JUST HANGING OUT IN THE BATHROOM BACK THERE? >> City Attorney: SO MR. KWAN, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU STICK TO THE ITEMS FOR THE FIRST MINUTE OR THE REST OF THE 45 SECONDS. >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO GO TO ASK MAURICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOX AND LOUD OUT THERE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PRESIDENT CAN HEAR ME. NUMBER 8, WHERE EVER COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY IS, I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT, CAPPING AT 250K. IT'S WEIRD THAT WE TALK ABOUT OUR RESPONSE AND OUR LIABILITY AND WE TALK ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS THE REAL LIABILITY WE'RE DEALING WITH? IT'S LAPD, THEM GASSING AND BEATING PROTESTERS FOR FUCK SAKE, YOU SAW JACOB OF ALL NORMIES OUT THERE, A GASSED AT PEOPLE BEING BRUTALIZED FOR NO FUCKEN REASON. LET'S JUST BE REAL. IT'S IN RESPONSE TO LAPD LIABILITY, THIS IS NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I EMPATHIZE WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH BUT YOU GUYS CONTROL THE COPS. I REALLY WANTED MARQUEECE TO BE HERE AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY HE LEFT. OUR CHARTER REFORM COMMISSION, OUR COMMISSION HAS BEEN WONDERING WHERE IS THAT EXTRA COMMISSIONER? THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING A QUORUM BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE 7 OF THEM. BACK IN FEBRUARY, MARQUEECE'S COMMISSIONER, JORGE NUNO RESIGNED. BOB BLUMENFIELD HAS NOT MADE AN APPOINTMENT SINCE THEN. ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE FRUSTRATED AND THE CLERK SPOKE UP THIS WEEK AND SAID, OH JORGE RESIGNATION WAS NOT RECEIVED IDEAL OUR LAST MEETING WEEK PRIOR. THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT RESIGNATION DIDN'T GO UP AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT UP, IT'S DATED FEBRUARY 19th, SO MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON SAT ON THIS RESIGNATION FOR FOUR MONTHS JUST TO BLOCK BOB FROM APPOINTING SOMEBODY. I SEE WE GOT MORE PEOPLE UP HERE, BUT WE HAVE TO GET A QUORUM CHECK. >> City Attorney: MR. KWAN, YOU KNOW THE RULES. MR. KWAN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? MR. CHAIR, MR. KWAN HAS BEEN WARNED AND ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. GO AHEAD, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE A MINUTE, THANK YOU. DIRECTOR, CAN YOU ZOOM IN. FOUR COPS COMMITTED SUICIDE, FOUR COPS COMMITTED SUICIDE, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU MEMBERS OF LAPD LAW ENFORCEENT, I SEE YOU AS FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS DOING A JOB TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILIES. FOUR POLICE OFFICERS KILLED THEMSELVES AFTER JANUARY 6th, HOW MANY COPS ARE GOING TO KILL THEMSELVES. THE FAMILIES DIDN'T RECEIVE PENSIONS BECAUSE THEIR DEATHS WERE RULED SUICIDE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE REPUBLICANS DID? THEY GAVE THEM MEDALS, YOUR FAMILY IS WORTH MORE THAN MEDAL. DON'T FIGHT ON THE BEHALF OF THE BILLIONAIRE, YOU HAVE FREE WILL. YOU NEED TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY, THAT'S WHY I'M PROPOSING THAT THEY ALLOCATE THE OFFICER'S HUMANITY FUND FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OPPRESSION OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE. BIT END, IF YOU FOLLOW THIS ORDER BLINDLY. >> City Attorney: WE HAVE TO GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING, PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, JESS S AND JIM G. >> City Attorney: AS WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND FOR SOME REASON YOU RUN OUT OF TIME, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SEND WRITTEN COMMENTS. YOU CAN FIND THE URL AT THE TOP OF EACH AGENDA OR DO A GOOGLE CHURCH AND IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT COMES UP. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: I'LL SPEAK ON THE ONLY ITEM. >> City Attorney: DID YOU WANT GENERAL AS WELL? >> Speaker: AND THEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL OF I AM COMPETENT. ITEM 8 IS FOR CITY ATTORNEY TO OBTAIN OUTSIDE COUNCIL AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ORANGE GUY. HOWEVER IT'S THE EXTREME LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE. IN MY OPINION, THIS ITEM SHOULD INCLUDE FUNDING FOR AND SOLUTION OF THIS INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENT CAUSING 62 BILLION DOLLARS FIRE DAMAGE. THIS ITEM SHOULD INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THE OUTSIDE COUNCIL TO HELP PROSECUTOR THE CORRUPTION OF SLEAZY DAWSON AND WHY THIS CORRUPT GOVERNMENT HAS MISS APPROPRIATED BILLIONS INTO THEIR OWN POCKETS. THIS SHOULD BE FUNDED BY THE ONE BILLION DOLLARS POLICE BUDGET GIVEN TO THE LAPD LAST YEAR BY THE IDIOT CLOWNS CAUSING THE CITY DEFICIT ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS L.A. COUNCIL IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MARQUEECY DAWSON ORGANIZED CRIME AS EVIDENCE BY THE ONE BILLION DOLLARS EMERGENCY HOMELESS EMERGENCY. 275 BILLION WITH 6,000 HOMES EMERGENCY, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FBI AND IRS IN A MASSIVE INVESTIGATION OF OUR CORRUPT MISS APPROPRIATION OF BILLIONS IN HOMELESS FUNDS. THE GOOD NEWS, DAWSON AND HIS COO GOING TO JAIL. GARCETTI DEPUTY MAYOR, 12 YEARS, MARK THE--RIDLEY-THOMAS CONVICTED. GIL VERT IS CEDILLO AND KEVIN DE LEON OUSTED FOR EXTREME RACISM. CURREN PRICE INDICTED. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. O. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. CARSON, STACY CIGAR BOLGER AND ROB A. >> Speaker: 8 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU DO THE ITEM FIRST AND THEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I DID SIGN UP AS FORMER REPUBLICAN, AFTER, LET'S TALK ABOUT OUTSIDE COUNSELING. AFTER WATCHING ICE DO WHAT THEY DID AND WATCHING THE ABUSE, I HAD TO CALL AND I HAD TO RESIGN. I SAID HOW CAN I BE A REPUBLICAN AND WATCH PEOPLE BEING HURT, LIVES BEING DESTROYED. WHY WASN'T ICE AT THE RIOTS AFTERWARDS AND TAKING CARE OF SO-CALLED REAL CRIMINALS? NO THEY PICK ON THE INNOCENT. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OUTSIDE COUNSELING, WE SHOULD TRY TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE BEING HELD, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST BEING HELD AND THERE IS, THERE IS NOTHING THAT ANYBODY CAN REALLY DO FOR THEM. SO AS FAR AS OUTSIDE COUNSELING, LET'S SUPPORT AND, I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAS RODRIGUEZ SAID THAT WE AS LATINOS HAVE TO COME TOGETHER FINANCIALLY. SOMEBODY CALLED ME PRIVILEGED PERSON. HE DOESN'T REALIZE I CAME FROM THE STREETS, I WORKED THE FARMS BUT HE THINKS I'M A PRIVILEGED PERSON BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO DRESS UP. TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS HERE AND I WAS SO HAPPY BECAUSE UP IN THE 12th, IN MY AREA, IN RESEDA THEY WERE FIXING THE WALL AND THEN I GO OVER AND TAKE PICTURES. THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO THAT WALL WAS A DISGRACE. MASON THAT ONE TAKE PLACE, BUT ON RESEDA, AND SESTAN, IT LOOKS LIKE HELL. NOW COULD, AND I CAN'T THINK THAT THIS IS A CITY WORKER WHO DID THIS KIND OF WORK. IT CAN'T BE, IT CAN'T BE. BECAUSE CITY WORKERS TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR WORK. BUT THEN, THAT WHOLE STREET HAS BEEN LOST. PEOPLE RUNING AROUND, TIRED GRAFFITI JUST DESTROYING THE COMMUNITY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. MR. CANDIDO, WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ITEM 8 AND GENERAL? >> Speaker: YES. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: MY COMMENT FOR THE ITEM 8 WILL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO THANK OUR BRAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND OUR DISTRICT STEER DEFENDING THE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AGAINST THE DEMOCRAT DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. >> AUDIENCE : BOO. >> City Attorney: AGAIN YOU MIGHT BE. >> Speaker: HE'S THE ONE MAKE --MAKING THE NOISE. >> City Attorney: FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, AGAIN THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO YOU MAY HEAR THINGS THAT ARE OFFENSIVE, YOU MAY HEAR THINGS THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH. SORRY. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, VERY PAST, LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL, YOU'RE DEFACTO LEADERS OF THESE GROUPS. YOU STIEF EN PUBLIC FUNDS THAT BANKROLL YOUR CAMPAIGNS. YOUR SPONSORED DOMESTIC TERRORISTS, HAVE BEEN DESTROYING THE CITY FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK AND YOU HAVE THE A DOSITY TO DEMAND DUE PROCESS. LET ME EDUCATE YOU ON DUE PROCESS. DUE PROCESS FOR LEGAL MIGRANTS LIKE ME IS CITIZENSHIP, FOR ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS IS DEPORTATION AND FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISTS LIKE YOU, IT'S PRISON. YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY FOR THE LAW ABIDING, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. YOU REPRESENT CHAOS, LAWLESSNESS AND VIOLENCE. YOU'RE SIMPLY BUNCH OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR MAKING THIS COUNTRY SAFE. >> City Attorney: MR. CANDIDO, YOU'RE DISRUPTED AND YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. THIS IS YOUR SECOND WARNING, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: MORNING GROAT. ITEM 8 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE. ITEM 8 IS REALLY INTERESTING AS MR. KWAN SO ELOQUENTLY MENTIONED, THIS MENTIONED LEGAL SERVICES BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, ALL OF THE LIABILITIES WE'RE INQUURG ARE FROM THE LAPD AND WHILE A LOT ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WAXING POETIC SO IF YOU COME FOR ONE, YOU COME FOR ALL OF US. I DON'T SEE ANY OF YOU, NOT EVEN YOU UNISSES, WHO HAVE BEEN POSTING PICTURES HOLDING YOUR FIST UP, I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU SPEAK OUT AGAINST LAPD OR CALL FOR A THEY HADER PARTY INVESTIGATION ON HOW THEY HAVE HANDLED THESE DEMONSTRATIONS. ALSO JULY 3, THROUGH 30th, IS A BIG RECESS, HOW COME YOU GET SUCH A BIG VACATION. YOU SHOULD BE COME TO WORK. WORKERS DON'T GET THAT KIND OF VACATION, TRACI, I SEE YOU CHUCKLING, YOU CAN'T GET THAT LONG OF A VACATION. [SINGING] YOU WON'T LET US CALL, I WANT TO CALL IN TO MEETINGS. I WANT TO USE THE PHONE TO SHARE FEELINGS. ABOUT WHAT THIS COUNCIL IS DOING, REINSTATE PHONE COMMENTS. SPEND MORE TIME HEARING COMMENT AND LET US USE THE PHONE TO MAKE COMMENT, WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF THE PUBLIC? REINSTATE TELEPHONE COMMENTS, WE WANT TO CALL, PEOPLE WANT TO CALL TO MAKE COMMENTS. HOW COME NOT ANY ONE OF YOU HAS STOOD UP TO YOUR PRESIDENT AND BRING BACK PHONE COMMENTS. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, NATALIE, MICHAEL EVERY ONECAMP. >> Speaker: I'M COMING AROUND I'M SCOTT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IT'S THE ONE ABOUT THE, IS IT THE ONE LEGAL COUNSEL. >> City Attorney: LEGAL COUNCIL. >> Speaker: THAT AND PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU MR, GROAT. SO, I THINK IT'S REALLY CRAZY FIRST OF ALL, NONE OF YOU PAYING ATTENTION STHAIM NOT YOU ALL. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER. >> Speaker: THAT'S WHY YOU NEED OUTSIDE COUNSEL BECAUSE YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION. AND ONE DAY THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE MEANS. >> City Attorney: PAUSE HIS TIMES. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE ITEM IS ABOUT. >> Speaker: LEGAL COUNSEL, I'M SAYING WHY THEY NEED IT. THEY NEED OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THAT MONTH THEY'RE LIKELY TO FACE LAWSUITS BECAUSE THEY SUSPENDED THE BROWN ACT FOR THEMSELVES AND THE WAY THEY CONDUCTED THE POLICE PUTTING THEM IN HARM'S WAY AND PUTTING THE PEOPLE AGAINST THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY LIKE TO PLAY BOTH SIDES WHICH PUTS THEM IN LEGAL TROUBLE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE COPS THAT HAVE TO FIGHT AND THEM ACTING LIKE THEY'RE FOR THE PEOPLE, GOING ON SOCIAL IMMEDIATE YA, OH WE STAND WITH YOU AGAINST THE POLICE. IT'S ALL BULL SHIT, THEY USE EVERYBODY AS SHIELDS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC FOR THEM. THAT'S WHY THEY NEED OUTSIDE COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT, WE NEED A TRUCE. WE SAW A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, WE NEED TO PUT A TRUCE. I KNOW WE GOT SOME RACIST AND ACTIVISTS AND POLICE THAT HAVE SHOT SOME PEOPLE. LISTEN, WE NEED OPERATIONAL MATURITY, WE DON'T NEED TIME FOR PEOPLE TO FIGURE SHIT OUT. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO DO PSYCHEDELICS, NIRVANA, WE LOST THE TIME FOR THAT. WE NEED THE COPS TO ONE DAY, YOU'LL BE FORCED TO MAKE A DECISION TO PICK A SIDE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE ABOVE YOU AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSE TO SERVE. AND THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO PUT OUR FEELINGS ASIDE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO BECOME STRANGE FELLOWS WITH SOME OF THESE COPS. WE NEED A TRUCE, BECAUSE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, MAYBE EVEN OCCUPY THE CITY CHAMBERS, OKAY. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER, TRUMP SUPPORTER, DEMOCRATS ACTIVIST. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER, YOUR OOH DISRUPTING THIS MEETING. I NEED YOU TO VACATE THE PODIUM SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT HOP OVER THE BANESTER FOR YOUR SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO 8. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: FOR ITEM 8 AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO FOR OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO IS ASSIST IN ANY LEGAL SERVICES BASED ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT A RISING BETWEEN JULY 2 AND 20th, I'M CONCERNED THAT IT'S A VERY BROAD SECTION. WE SHOULD VERY MUCH FOCUS MORE ON DIVERSE, FOCUSING ON ICE ARRESTING PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE JUST WITHOUT WARRANTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SECONDLY, GOING INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SORRY. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ICE COMMITTING RAIDS ESPECIALLY IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WHICH IS MY HOME IN DISTRICT 7. WITNESSING INDIVIDUALS IN UNMARKED VEHICLES CARRYING OUT ARRESTS IS NOT ENFORCEMENT. IT IS AUTHORITARIAN AND THYRANICAL, ARRESTING LATINO COMMUNITY MEMBERS SOME OF WHICH ARE LEGAL CITIZENS. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE THESE ARRESTS AS THEY APPEAR TO BE CONDUCTED WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. I WOULD ALSO CALL ON THE COUNCIL TO STRENGTHEN THE SANCTUARY LAWS TO CURVE THESE UNLAWFUL ARRESTS. THAT WE SHARE THE DIGNITY. THROUGH USE, WE COULD EVEN ESCORT IMMIGRANTS THROUGH THEIR LOCATIONS. I YIELD MY TIME, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT ICE IS DOING, PEOPLE ARE SCARED NOT ONLY FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR PARENTS. IT'S GETTING A WHOLE AORA OF FEAR, THE PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE A MORE HARD LINE AND USE AGGRESSIVE LANGUAGE, SAY THINGS LIKE FASCIST WHEN THEY SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. I YIELD MY TIME. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, CHARLOTTE, DEREK, AND ERIC. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER, GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: KATHY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL 8 AND GENERAL. >> Speaker: NO, NO, I'M A LEGAL RESIDENT, I'M NOT A--YOU'RE THAT'S JUST A CLIP OF ME GETTING FALSE ARRESTED BY LAPD FOR VIOLATING CURFEW. I WAS TARGETED AND BRUTALIZED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING ABOUT THEIR BUDGET AND LIABILITY. I HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY LAPD FOR MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN SHOT BY RUBBER BULLETS TWICE IN THE LAST MONTH FOR NO REASON. I HAVE IT ON VIDEO, JUST USING MY MEGA PHONE. LEADING A CHANT, THAT IS MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND I WAS SHOT WITH A RUBBER BULLET. I'M SUING THE CITY LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE. IT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN UP TO $100 MILLION IN LAW ENFORCEMENTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THESE PROTESTS BECAUSE OF THE WAY SPECIFICALLY LAPD HANDLED THIS. AND IT SUCKS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT COME OUT OF THEIR BUDGET OR THEIR PENSIONS. IT COMES OUT OF OUR CITY MONEY AND IT NEEDS TO STOP. THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. WE CLEARLY KNOW THAT THERE ARE GANGS WITHIN THE LAPD AND LASD. THEY VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED ME FOR WALKING AND AS A DOWNTOWN RESIDENT I AM EXEMPT. THEY HAVE BEEN TARGETING, JOURNALIST, OTHER ACTIVIST JUST EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THIS MONEY CANNOT COME OUT OF OUR CITY FUNDS ANYMORE. THEY NEED TO HAVE THIS COME OUT OF THEIR PENSION OR BUDGET. WHEN I WAS FALSE ARRESTED, I LITERALLY SAID, IF YOU TOUCH ME, THAT'S ANOTHER LAWSUIT. THE SERGEANT SAID, IT DOES NOT MATTER. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO TO* CALL FEW MORE NAMES. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THE STAFFER REREAD THE NAMES. THE GENTLEMAN IN THE WHITE SHIRT WHO STAOT STAOT--STOOD UP, DON'T DISRUPT THE MEETING. >> Council President: WE'RE GOING TO GIVE FIRST WARNING, IF YOU CONTINUE, WE'LL HAVE YOU REMOVED. >> City Attorney: CAN YOU REREAD THOSE NAMES BECAUSE I ACTUALLY COULDN'T HEAR THEM JAO. THOSE WERE BOXER, LIONEL MARES AND BRANDON. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, PLEASE LINE UP ALONG THE FLOOR. >> Speaker: ITEM 8 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. HOLD, ON, WE'LL RESTART YOUR TIME. >> Council President: OFFICERS CAN YOU PLEASE REMOVE THIS GENTLEMAN FOR REMOVING OUR MEETING. >> City Attorney: AND THAT SPEAKER WAS WARNED ALREADY AND ORDERED REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, I'M GOING TO NEED TO YOU PLEASE EXIT THE ROOM QUIETLY SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DANIEL SOSA I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LOS ANGELES ALSO THE BIGGEST TAXPAYER IN THIS ROOM. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY TO MY VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC COMMENT. I, YES, ITEM 8, GREAT. LET'S DO THAT. BUT WHAT WE ALSO NEED IS A THIRD PARTY RELATED TO THE PROTEST IS A THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATION INTO LAPD'S ACTIONS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. I REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE GETTING TEAR GASSED MULTIPLE TIMES, ARRESTED FOR FAILURE TO DISBURSE AND FLASH BEING GRENADED IN MY EAR AND NOW I HAVE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE A FLASH GANG WENT OFF TOO CLOSELY AND I DON'T APPRECIATE THE VIOLENCE, BECAUSE I'M OUT HERE PEACEFULLY PROTESTING AND STANDING UP FOR MY COMMUNITY AND EXERCISING MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT WHICH IS WHAT 99 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE DOING. L.A. GENERAL COMMENT, LAPD NEEDS TO DO BETTER, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING DO ME HERE. LAPD NEEDS TO DO BETTER AND FRANKLY NEEDS SYSTEMIC CHANGE. CITY LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO DO BETTER BY ACKNOWLEDGING AND ADDRESSING THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS BEEN UNLEASHED AGAINST PROTESTERS AND YOUNG WOMEN JUST TRYING TO GO HOME. AND IF CIVIL RIGHTS IS NOT ENOUGH, LET'S TAKE IT A BUDGET ISSUE. THE CITY CAN'T AFFORD THIS, SOME ESTIMATES SAY THAT LAW ENFORCEMENTS FROM THESE PROTESTS CAN COST THE CITY UP TO $100 MILLION DOLLARS. DO BETTER LOS ANGELES! DO BETTER BY YOUR RESIDENTS! AND BY THE WAY, LET'S BAN TEAR GAS, IT'S A CHEMICAL WEAPON UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND IT'S BANNED BY THE GENEVA CONVENTION, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, LIONEL MARES, PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS LIONEL A LONG TIEF DISTRICT 6 DISTRICT RESIDENT, SPEAKING AS INDIVIDUAL. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CHEECH MARIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ETHICS COMMISSION, FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I AM THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO SEEK A BETTER LIFE. I'M THE FIRST TO GRADUATE COLLEGE FOR THAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY PARENTS THAT PROVIDED A BETTER LIFE. OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY THE CURRENT RAIDS, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES FROM FURTHER TRAUMA AND SUFFERING. ROOSEVELT SAID WE'RE ALL CHILDREN. WE ARE OPPRESSED, IF THEY HUNGER, WE RUNINGER, OUR FAME IS NOT SECURE. AND TOMORROW'S BUDGET DAY, I INVITE CITY COUNCIL TO ATTEND BUDGET DAY AT CITY HALL. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE THE COUNSEL STOIL PAY ATTENTION, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR DOING SO. I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN DOWNTOWN. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING, I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION YOU SHARED FOR NOTHING YOUR RIGHTS. THAT SAID, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE STILL MASKED, NOT SHOWING IDENTIFICATION, KIDNAPPING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. WE HAVE A MILITARY THAT IS POISE TODAY CLAMPDOWN AND POLICE FORCE THAT IS TOO CONSENT TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF I KNOW MY RIGHTS IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRAMBLED ON. SO CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION AND STOP HAVING SIDE CONVERSATIONS, I IMPLORE YOU TO FIND THE RESOLVE AND FIND THE CREATIVE IDEAS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST IN FORM THEM AND SIT BY AND NOT PAY ATTENTION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, I BELIEVE WE'VE TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENT I'M NOW CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL ITEMS. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. IS WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION VISITING FROM THE MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE CITY COUNCILOR, RAFAEL CAMILLE WHO IS WITH US TODAY. HE IS THE FIRST BRAZILIAN IMMIGRANT TO AUS TAIL --AUSTRALIA SO WE WANT TO WELCOME HIM TO THE CITY HALL. >> Speaker: HELLO EVERYBODY IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I'M--PRESS OF SIZE OF EVERYTHING HELP. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY, PLEASE COME TO MELBOURNE, EVERYBODY WILL BE WELL RECEIVED AND A LOT OF AMERICANS HERE, I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR 15 YEARS FOR L.A. AND I LOVE DISNEYLAND TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 8. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. ITEM 8 AND THE AMENDMENT MOTION YAROSLAVSKY HARRIS-DAWSON HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED. AND IS BEFORE COUNCIL NOW, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE CHAMBERS FOR CLOSED SESSION. WE'RE MOVING ON TO CLOSED SESSION. >> City Attorney: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, COUNCIL IS GOING TO GO INTO CLOSE SESSION. THE COUNCIL IS NOT IN RECESS. SO THE RULES ARE IN AFFECT, SO I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE EXPEDITIOUSLY EXIT THE ROOM. YOU CAN COME BACK AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION WRAPS UP. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. PLEASE STAND BY. PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE KAULT ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU REPORT OUT? >> City Attorney: YES, SIR. THERE IS COUNCIL TOOK NO ACTION IN THE CLOSE SESSION SO THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF THE CLOSED SESSION. BUT COUNCIL IS ABLE TO VOTE ON ITEM 8 AS AMENDED IF OPEN SESSION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW IF WE CAN VOTE ON THE ITEM OR THE AMENDMENT FIRST. >> Clerk: I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON THE ITEM AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ITEM AS AMENDED IS BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 9 AYES, 1 NO. ALSO, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 9 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POST ASKED REFERRED. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> H. Soto-Martinez: JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW THAT WE'LL BE PUSHING CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO 2:15. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I ASK MEMBERS TO RAISE THEIR HAND IF THEY HAVE AN ADJOURNING MOTIONS? OKAY, SEEING NO HANDS RAISED, WE WILL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK. All description is making it really long. And of course I'm totally inspired by Holy Land, the GE Waldie book, which the choice of dates and just I don't know if you describe that book to people I think sometimes it sounds like, well, that sounds incredibly boring, right? And then it's like, oh, no, no. It's like it's weirdly moving, you know, it's like about a post-war suburb. And like when a mall was built or whatever, like he just does that. So well. So yeah. And when he describes what and a lot of respect I think a little but with such love also for the development housing and I thought that like three houses I yeah yeah. Well these are your choices. So since you are so familiar with Los Angeles and walking, I'm going to ask the question of where do you take people who are from out of town? Or where would you recommend someone go? I love to tell people when they visit here where to? Well, I love to help them figure out an itinerary and I had friends a few years ago. They visited they the main reason they wanted to go come out was to go to a galaxy game in Carson because their friends there, big soccer fans and their friends with the mascot. Friends of the mascot. So I said, well, then, you know, to me the worst thing you could do is get a hotel downtown and then try to go to Universal Citywalk and then try to go to Disneyland and then try to the beach and then try to like you just guaranteeing a horrible trip if you just the Hollywood sign, the Walk of Fame, if you try to see all the tourist traps and drive everywhere, I was like, no, your goal is to not get a car and it's to be in the South Bay and we pretty much stuck to the South Bay. We went to the Marine Mammal Rescue and the kids loved that. I was like, this is better than going to is like driving to a zoo. I mean, if you stayed by the zoo, yeah. Go maybe go to a zoo. But and we went to a civil war barracks museum that was closed when we went there. But then the there was someone at the place and he asked where they were from and we said Minnesota. So he was like, Oh, just walk, you know, let me know when you leave and like open it up for us and we went to Sunken City and I mean, there's so much stuff to do in any part of the metropolis that yeah, I just like if, if you it kind of depends on what the person wants to see. If you want to see Hollywood stuff then okay, go see your Hollywood stuff. But stay in Hollywood like, you know, and be prepared to be disappointed. No, I feel sorry for here at the library downtown when I see people and they've been staying in hotels right. And you see them on the streets and you and I feel kind of bad for them because I'm thinking, you know, they're is a lot of stuff downtown, but you really have to dig it up and you have to kind of either be a history nerd or a architecture. Right? Exactly And then it's so far to any thing else, even if you did just want to hit the tourist thing. So then you want to write anyway. So I feel bad. It's. I feel like it's a hard place to visit. Well that's strangely, even though it's such a popular destination. We did do a downtown day and I remember we went to the broad and the kids were like, well, one of them said, like, we have Jeff Koons at our museum, too. Like, they were so not but they loved Angel's flight, you know, they were, oh, my gosh. Like, we can walk and take pictures of ourselves. Yeah yeah. Knock yourself out. I know. And then we went to Grand Central Market and someone had ordered two beers, but they gave him four. So he was like, Do you guys want some beer? And like, we just it just felt like the red carpet was being rolled out for them. I was like, I hope you guys are appreciating, like, all the fun little things that you weren't planning on doing. Like the road was the thing. You were like, We have to do this. But then it's all the other things that if you open yourself up to that, yeah, the so just one other question. I saw you commented at on the Los Angeles Times ran it's 100 and how many essential book lists. Yeah. Yes What is it. 115. 100 was 100 and 101 Central L.A. Books. And you went through and said that you had read seven. Yeah, I know. Which goes sort of to the arbitrary. I don't know whether it's supposed to make you feel bad or encourage you to read the books . But on that note, which LA books would you recommend? Do you love? Well, like I said, Holy Land. I love for college. Jeez. Yeah You know, bottom. Yes Right now I'm reading Silver Lake Bohemia from Vincent Brook and Michael Locke and that's enjoyable because I live in Silver Lake. I was going to say I saw that's your neck of the woods. It's funny to read something that the information has kind of come through one source and then come to you and then say, like, oh, they're kind of I don't know. It felt like echoes of what I'm writing, even though it was written before. But I because it's like, oh, this probably got adapted to a Wikipedia article which made it so, you know, a way to this. And because I find that I'm struggling with a patron question I'm working on right now, but you find that so often in history that when you you researching something and you keep reading the same thing over and over, and then sometimes it's not even true. But right now it was everyone sites one person site at that 1926 article. So that's one that people look and they oh two people said that yeah. Three people said that and nobody went back to actually verify that. And so anyway, that's funny. You find that in history a lot. I mean that the area of silver Lake that I live in was Ivanhoe . And if you read the Wikipedia article or anything else that you find online about Ivanhoe, they all say, you read moved here from a different part of northern Mexico because this was still Mexico when he moved here and he was struck by I told a friend from Scotland this, he laughed. I was like, he was struck by how much this looked like the Scottish Highlands, which he'd presumably never even saw since he moved to Mexico really young and was from Glasgow or Edinburgh or something. You know, it wasn't from the Highlands. And I was like, Why would. So he named it Ivanhoe, which takes place in the Lake District because it's written by a Scottish author and I was like, None of this makes any sense. It doesn't look like Scotland doesn't look anymore like Scotland than any other part of northern Mexico, for sure. And then he didn't even live in that area. He lived over by Santa Anita. So why would he be naming an area that he didn't even live in? All that stuff. I was like, There's no record of any of this until William Mulholland and them started developing that area and said, Oh yeah, this is the history of this area. There used to be a village here that had a Scottish name when it was Mexico, and I was like, So this is all like real estate that's so much that's the history of L.A. story, really, right. Let's that's funny. All right. Well, I think that's my end of our conversation. I just want to thank you again for coming. Thank you. And I'm sure you're maps and also your writings, which can be found on Eric Bright. Welcome will inspire people to go out and explore their neighborhood and all of Los Angeles. That's why I love to see other people's maps. That's right. They make their own. Yes Personal maps. Absolutely. I'm actually going to be doing like a friend asked me to go with her son on a walk while she's in class and so that was my idea was he's an elementary school. I'm going to say, like, why don't like why don't you do a map with me, with me while we while we walk around this neighborhood and you can include what you think is important or I actually did a program while back then not very many people came out. It was part of the Grand Avenue arts, but it was kind of like, Oh, just draw map from memory can be your neighborhood now or your neighborhood when you grow up and what you same thing. It's like what you include is what you know anyway. But I think yeah, much fun. All right. Thank you again. And until next time. Thank you.