>> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES STHAOE COUNCIL. TODAY IS OCTOBER, 22, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS PREBT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK MOVES COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES MR. PRESIDENT, THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND UPLOAD TODAY COUNCIL NUMBER, ITEMS 1 THROUGH 13 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. ITEMS 14 THROUGH 32 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY SPECIALS, MEMBERS? MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker:, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM NUMBER 4 SPECIAL, IT HAD A PUBLIC HEARING BELOW BUT I WANT TO CALL IT, I MAY HAVE COMMENTS. I WANT THE VOTE TO BE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO IT, CAN SPEAK AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IMPACT STATEMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I WANTED TO CALL ITEMS, 20 AND 21 SPECIAL 20 I WANT TO HOLD FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: 2-0? >> N. Raman: YES, 20. AND IF I CAN TAKE A MOMENT TO CLARIFY WHY WE NEED THE AMENDMENT. >> SURE. >> N. Raman: THIS IS SUPPORT FROM ULA FUNDS. THE AMENDMENT ADS ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE CONTRACT AND I WANT TO SAY THIS WAS BECAUSE WE WERE ASKED FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS THAN IS USUAL TO DO AN RFP HERE. THAT RFP IS PROCEEDING BUT HAS HIT POTENTIALLY A LITTLE DELAY. AND SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT SERVICES ARE PROVIDE UNINTERRUPTED, WE'RE ADDING MONEY TO THIS EXTENSION. IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, HOUSING WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHY THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND IT'S DUE TO WANT TO GO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES, TENANT SUPPORT IS NOT INTERRUPTED. SOL THAT'S IT. SO THAT'S IT. AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT CAME AFTER THE MEETING AND ITEM 21, I HAVE COMMENTS. >> MR. NAZARIAN? 22 ANY OTHER SPECIALS IN COUNCILMEMBER SOTO HART NECESSARY? >> H. Soto-Martinez: I HAVE SOME COMMENTS FOR ITEM 12. >> Council President: OKAY, ITEM 22. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 32 TO NEXT WEDNESDAY. THE COUNSEL SUL WILL NOW VOTE ON ITEM 1 THROUGH 3, AND 5 TO 11. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE JAO. 11 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 12 HELD ON THE DESK FOR COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Council President: WE MAY COME TO THAT AFTER PRESENTATIONS. >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY GO TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: WE HAVE A COME OF GREAT PRESENTATIONS, BUT WE DO THAT, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE L.A. FOSTER SHADOW DAY. GO AHEAD STAND UP NATIONAL FOSTER INSTITUTE IS WITH US TODAY. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND THESE ARE LOCAL MEMBERS WHO ARE ACTIVE IN THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN OUR FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. TODAY AND TOMORROW, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN ASKED OR EITHER US OR SOMEBODY IN OUR TEAM WILL HAVE A SHADOW FROM THE FOSTER CARE INSTITUTE THAT WILL BE WITH US AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE DO. BUT AGAIN, A VERY CRITICAL POPULATION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM IN EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE A TESTIMONIAL AROUND THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS, IT IS FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 13, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR TAKING TIME FROM OUR VERY BUSY AGENDAS TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. STANDING WITH ME IS MARIA, A MOTHER AND A CONSTITUENT LIVING IN GLASSO PARK. A FEW MONTHS AGO, HER HUSBAND WAS TAKEN BY ICE AND NOW SHE IS STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT AND MANAGING EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND EVEN WITH BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS AFFORDING GROCERY. MAT RI A HAS BEEN LIVING IN FEAR SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TORE HER FAMILY APART AND SHE IS HERE TO TELL HER STRUGGLE. TO TO MY RIGHT IS 23-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS TAKEN BY ICE AT THE HOME DEPOT IN MY DISTRICT. GISELLEDA HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT HER CHILD. I CANNOT IMAGINE THE PAIN SHE IS FEELING RIGHT NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE PLA MA* RI AUTO SHARE HER STORY. >> Speaker: HOLA. BUENAS TARDES, BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS MARIA GALTAN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ON THE 6th OF AUGUST OF THIS YEAR WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. MY HUSBAND WAS DETAINED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME AND MY THREE SONS WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN, ARE ALSO HERE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO PAY OUR RENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: OUR BILLS, OUR FOOD, ALL THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES THAT MY SONS LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THEY MISS THEIR FATHER VERY MUCH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WHEN SOMEBODY IS DETAINED, IT'S SO DIFFICULT, THE CONDITIONS THERE ARE VERY COLD, COLD, COLD, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BLANKETS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE FOOD IS OFTEN RAW OR COLD, WE OFTEN HAVE TO SEND MONEY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO EAT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THEY'RE NOT ATTENDED WITH EFFICIENCY OR WITH QUICKLY ENOUGH IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO EAT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE NOT SURE BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED MORE ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT BE LEGAL ASSISTANCE OR OTHER SERVICES IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT LEAVING THEIR HOMES FOR FEAR OF BEING DETAINED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE DOCUMENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO IF WE CAN GET MORE ASSISTANCE IN THE FORMS OF LAWYERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND MONETARY ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THEIR RENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALSO SCARED TO TALK TO THEIR LANDLORDS OR DON'T HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR LANDLORDS SO IF WE CAN GET ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO BUILD SOME TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE LANDLORDS WITHOUT HAVING TO ENGAGE WITH THEM DIRECTLY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WELL THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS A TODOS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING TO EVERY ONE I'M MAGDA AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH EVERY ONE WHAT I'VE HAD TO LIVE THROUGH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY 22-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LEFT HOME ON MONDAY JUNE 30th TO GO TO WORK AND I HAVE NOT SEEN HER ANYMORE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT NIGHT I WAS INFORMED THAT SHE HAD BEEN DETAINED BY ICE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THEY WAS DETAINED FOR THREE MONTHS IN ADELANTO CALIFORNIA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I'M GOING TO REPEAT WHAT MY FRIEND SAID, THE CONDITIONS ARE INHUMAN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND IT'S HARD EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, THE MOMS, WIVES OF THEIR HUSBANDS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IS CONSTANT SUFFERING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TWO WEEKS AGO MY DAUGHTER WAS SENT BACK TO MY HOME COUNTRY WE'RE FROM GUATEMALA AND SHE ARRIVED IN A BAD STATE, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, VERY BAD. BUT DESPITE ALL THAT I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERY ONE WHO HAS HELPED ME EXAMINE MY FAMILY WITH FOOD AND WITH MONEY, YOU KNOW, MY CO-WORKERS AND EVERYBODY. I'M A SINGLE MOM TO A 15-YEAR-OLD ALSO AND THOSE OF US THAT ARE HERE, WE CAME HERE IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO COME HERE AND SHARE MY STORY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING. I WANT TO ASK GOD TO KEEP CALM THINGS DOWN AND NOT HAVE MORE FAMILIES BE SEPARATED. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL TESTIMONY. I'VE, I'LL SPEAK PERSONALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT WE STARTED THESE MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE TIME WITH A TESTIMONY, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL. THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND I KNOW, WE'RE USED TO NORMALIZING SO MANY THINGS BUT THIS IS ONE THING THAT WE CANNOT NORMALIZE. AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE LEADER HAS A ROLE TO PLAY BUT NOT JUST THE FOLKS AT THE HORSESHOE, THERE IS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS IN THE CITY AND IN THIS MOMENT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A POSITION, IF NOT GIVING ONE INCH TO THIS ADMINISTRATION. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS SUFFERING, THE TEARING OF FAMILIES APART, THE TRAUMA, AND SO I, I THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, IT WAS YOUR IDEA TO BEGIN WITH TO CONTINUE DOING THIS. I KNOW WE'RE FACING SOME DIFFICULT TIMES, BUT I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET PAST THIS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLABORATIVE AND BUILD A COMMUNITY TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS TERRIBLE ADMINISTRATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU BOTH FOR SHARING YOUR TESTIMONY WITH US THIS MORNING. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION TO BE LEAD BY THE MIGHTY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER OF THE 1-5. >> T. McOsker: MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TESTIMONY. I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE BRAVERY OF THE FOLKS WHO COME AND SPEAK OF THEIR IMMIGRANT JOURNEY AND WE ARE, REALLY LIVING IN A TIME WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UPLIFT THOSE STORIES AND TO AS, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ SAYS, NOT NORMALIZE WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY BUT ALSO UPLIFT THE STORIES OF ALL THE CULTURES THAT COME TOGETHER AND MAKE LOS ANGELES WHAT IS LOS ANGELES AND MAKE AMERICA WHAT IS AMERICA. AND WE YEARN FOR THE DAY, WHERE WE CAN RETURN TO THE WELCOME EMBRACE OF IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I SAY BONJOUR NO, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE WITH THE ITALIAN CONSUL GENERAL VA LENT TINA, AND CONSUL OF LOS ANGELES, LORENZA ALIGI, HOW DID I DO? AND ALSO DIRECTOR OF TRADE AGENCY, GREGANO AND LEADERSHIP OF THE LITTLE ITALY ASSOCIATION RIGHT HERE. OCTOBER, IS A ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND IT'S A TIME TO CELEBRATE ALL THINGS ITALIANO. LOS ANGELES EARLIEST ITALIAN ENCLAVE WAS LOCATED AT THE LOS ANGELES PLAZA AND THEY HAD EXPANDED THROUGH AND IN THE HARBOR AREA OF LOS ANGELES, THEY CAME, FOR FISHING AND FOR SHIP BUILDING AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IN AND AROUND THE PORT. ACCORDING TO THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES, MORE THAN 40,000 OF ITALIAN DISSENT LIVE IN THE SAN PEDRO AREA AND WE CELEBRATE EVERY DAY BUT LAST WEEKEND, WE CELEBRATED THAT IN THE 1-5 WITH THE ANNUAL FIESTA ITALIANA AND LET ME TELL YOU IT WAS QUE BELLA. IT WAS THES BIGGEST ONE EVER. IT DREW GIGANTIC CROWDS, IT WAS AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT AND GREAT FOOD, GREAT MUSIC, WE HAD VENDORS AND FOLKS THAT CAME FROM ALL OVER THE REGION AND IT WENT WELL INTO THE EVENING, LATER THAN MY BED TIME, MY ENTIRE EXTENDED FAMILY ENJOYED IT. SAN PEDRO LITTLE ITALY WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO US BY MY PREDECESSOR JOE BUSCAINO WHO HAS BEEN THE GODFATHER OF THIS. AND PRETTY SOON WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE GRAND OPENING OF THIS ITALIAN STYLE PIZZA RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN SAN PEDRO RIGHT NEXT TO THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICE AND THE 1-5 ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH EACH OTHER, WITH MANY FAMILIES BUILDING THEIR LEGACIES IN THE 1-5. SO, AS WE OPEN THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CONSUL GENERAL OF ITALY IN LOS ANGELES, SHE IS ALWAYS PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, SHE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO US, SHE HAS BEEN A GREAT FRIEND TO CITY HALL AND A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, RALPHELA, FOR A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, TEAM. DEAR PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DEAR GUESTS, DEAR ALL, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY AS LOS ANGELES CELEBRATING ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AN OCCASION TO RECOGNIZE THE REMARKABLE IMPACT OF THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE CITY AND TO REAFFIRM THE DEEP AND ENDURING TIES BETWEEN ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES. MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE GOES TO LOS ANGELES IN PARTICULAR TO MY FRIEND COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER FOR HIS UNWAIVERING SUPPORT OF THIS CELEBRATION AND. SPECIAL THANKS ALSO GOES TO THE LITTLE ITALY OF LOS ANGELES ASSOCIATION, AND ITS PRESIDENT MARIO AS VICE PRESIDENT JOHN, CULTURAL AMBASSADOR ANA AND ALL BOARD MEMEBERS. TOGETHER, WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, LILA HAS BEEN A KEY PARTNER IN KEEPING OUR HERITAGE ALIVE THROUGH COMMUNITY DRIVEN INITIATIVES THAT UNITE GENERATION OF ITALIANS, ITALIANS AMERICANS AND ALL FRIENDS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY ITALY. I ALSO WISH TO THANK LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND JANET HAHN FOR DECLARING ITALIAN HERITAGE MONTH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR, OUR CELEBRATION TAKES ON CELEBRATER MEANING AS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SINCE LAST YEAR, OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY THE STATE TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, IS A TESTAMENT OF THE STRENGTH AND VISIBILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY ACROSS NOT ONLY LOS ANGELES BUT ACROSS CALIFORNIA FLT WE'RE ALSO DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES WHICH THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED BY THE COLORS OF THE ITALIAN FLAG A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN ITALY AND LOS ANGELES. AS TIM McOSKER WAS MENTIONING, EARLIER THIS MONTH ON OCTOBER 11, LILA ORGANIZED A FIESTA ITALIANA IN SAN PEDRO AND HOME TO THE HISTORIC LITTLE ITALY SINCE 2018, THANKS TO THE VISION OF FORMER COUNCILMEMBER JOE BUSCAINO. THIS YEAR'S FIESTA BROKE TOGETHER AROUND 50,000 PARTICIPANTS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS THAT SHOWS HOW VIBRANT THIS COMMUNITY REMAINS. SAN PEDRO STORY LIKE MANY ITALIAN COMMUNITIES IS ONE OF COURAGE, AND HARD WORK WHERE THE TRIPS OF THE FIRST ITALIAN FISHERMEN, GREW INTO FAMILIES, AND TRADITION THAT'S HELP SHAPE CALIFORNIA AND CONTINUE TO THRIVE THROUGH THEIR DISSENTENTS TODAY. BOTH FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPALS OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY AND THROUGH THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITALIAN AMERICANS THAT OUR FRIENDSHIP CONTINUES TO THRIVE. THE CONSULATE GENERAL TOGETHER WITH ALL PARTNERS OF THE SYSTEMA ITALIA, THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU, TO STRENGTHEN THIS BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR NATIONS AND TO KEEP ALIVE THE SPIRIT THAT UNITES US. GRATSIA. >> GRATIA CONSUL GENERAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE LITTLE ITALY OF LOS ANGELES ASSOCIATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S A GREAT BRIDGE AND AS THE CONSUL GENERAL SAID, THEY'VE BEEN THE HOST OF THE FIESTA ITALIANA AND THE HOST OF GALA OF GARLIC COMING SOON TO US ALL. I'M REALLY HONORED TO HAVE ANA MANUNZA AMBASSADOR OF LITTLE ITALY ASSOCIATION TO SAY A FEW WORDS. ANA. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. SO, IS COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MENTIONED MY NAME IS A INCOME TAXER I'M THE PROUD CULTURAL AFFAIR AMBASSADR AND I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR OF SPEAKING TO YOU ON BEHALF OF MARIO. HE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY HE IS IN ITALY WITH A SMALL BUSINESS FEDERATION AND STRENGTHENING THE TIES BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND ITALY. WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO HONOR THEIR LEGACY. I WANT TODAY SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I WAS BORN ON THE ISLAND OF SALIN IN ITALY. AND LIKE MANY ITALIANS BEFORE ME, I CHOSE TO MAKE LOS ANGELES MY HOME. I CAME FOR OPPORTUNITY, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY. THE SAME REASONS OUR ANCESTORS CAME HERE GENERATIONS AGO. SO IT'S DEEPLY PERSONAL AND MEANINGFUL FOR ME TO STAND HERE TODAY AND CELEBRATE ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THIS GREAT CITY. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS FROM OUR PRESIDENT, MA RIO. WHEN OUR ANCESTORS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING. THEY DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING. THEY CAME HERE WITH A HANDS, THEIR HEARTS AND DEEP LOVE FOR AMERICA. THE WORKED IN THE FIELDS, ON THE DOCKS, THE SHIP YARDS, THE OCEAN AND IN THE FACTORIES. WHAT EVER IT TOOK, THEY NEVER EXPLAINED, THEY NEVER DID, THEY JUST BUILT. THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM SKILLS FROM ITALY, THAT WORD IS NOW COMMON, THEY WERE MASONS, TAYLORS CHEFS. THOSE SKILLS CAME FROM GENERATIONS, PRIDE AND PERFECTION. THEY BUILT A PRECISION, COOKED WITH LOVE AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS PRAYED WITH FAITH. THAT'S WHO THEY WERE AND THAT'S WHO WE STILL ARE. IT WAS NOT JUST THE SKILLS, IT WAS THE SOUL. ITALIANS BROUGHT CULTURE, CUISINE AND FAITH. WE BROUGHT FAMILY. WE BROUGHT TRADITION. WE MAIDEN TIRE NEIGHBORHOODS OUT OF NOTHING AND TURNED SUNDAY DINNER INTO SACRED RITUAL. BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG IT GOT QUIETER. ITALIANS STOPPED STANDING AS TALL AS THEY USED TO HERE IN THE WEST COAST. WAIVING PROUDLY. BUT OUT HEREIN THE WEST COAST, WE'VE BEEN TOO QUITE FOR TOO LONG. IT'S TIME TO STAND TALL AGAIN. IT'S TIME TO REMEMBER THAT PART OF THE ITALIAN STORY IS ALSO PART OF THE AMERICAN STORY, WITH CAME HERE, WE BUILD, WE SACRIFICED AND NEVER FORGOT WHERE WE CAME FROM. EVEN WHY, BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD NOW. HAVE PRIDE IN WHO WE ARE, TEACH THE FUTURE GENERATIONS IN BEING ITALIAN-AMERICAN AND HOLD OUR HEADS UP HIGH. AND IT'S WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT WE ARE ANNOUNCE OUR--IT'S ALMOST COMPLETE AS COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER MENTIONED, ITALIAN PLAZA IS JUST MONTHS AWAY FROM OPENING. IT'S GOING TO BE A PLACE THAT HONORS OUR HAN ZESTERS, OUR CULTURE AND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY. WE'LL BE HOSTING A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND WE WANTED PERSONALLY INVITE ALL OF YOU, EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL TO COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST AN ITALIAN PROJECT, IT'S A LOS ANGELES STORY. AND BEFORE I CLOSE, ON BEHALF OF MA RIO AND LILA, I WANT TO THANK ALL WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE. OUR COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER FOR HIS UNWAIVER SUPPORT AND LOVE THAT IN ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU, TEAM. OUR ITALIAN DELEGATES, ALL THE ITALIANS INSTITUTIONS WHO CONTINUE TO STAND BY US AND REMIND US THAT I TALLY AND LOS ANGELES SHARE A CONNECTION. OUR LILA BOARD, ALL THE BOARD MEMEBERS FOR DEDICATION AND OUR GENERAL, AMONG WHOM WE COUNT, WHO BELIEVE IN OUR MISSION AND LASTLY, MA RIO ASKED ME TO SHARE THIS FROM HIS HEART. I WANT TO THANK MY FATHER, WHO CAME TO LOS ANGELES WITH NOTHING BUT HOPE AND GAVE ME EVERYTHING. NOW MY GUARDIAN ANGEL AND THE CARRY SPIRIT WITH ME EVERY DAY. AND I WANT TO THANK MY MOTHER, ROSARIA WHO'S LOVE, STRENGTH AND FAITH CONTINUE TO GUIDE ME, SHE IS THE HEART OF OUR FAMILY, AND THE REASON I STAND HERE, PROUD TO BE ITALIAN-AMERICAN. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. GOD BLESS ITALY AND GOD BLESS AMERICA GRATCI. [APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: WELL SAID, ANA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO GIVE IN CLOSING. UNLESS THERE IS ANY OTHER SPEAKERS AS THEY'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO ME. I HAVE A CERTIFICATE, I HAVE FLOWERS. I HAVE FLOWERS FOR ANA. BY THE WAY ANA WAS AWARDED A KNIGHT SHIFT BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT JUST LAST YEAR, SHE SA A KNIGHT WHICH I CANNOT SAY IN ITALIAN. AND I DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE. OH AND WE GAVE TO ANA TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS VERY IMPORTANT RECOGNITION BY THE COUNTRY SHE IS A [ITALIAN NAME] PRETTY PERFECTO FOR ANA AND A BEAUTIFUL CER --CERTIFICATE FOR ITALIAN HERITAGE MONTH. THANK YOU EVERY ONE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. McOSKER AND OUR HONOREE FOR RECOGNITION OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY IN LOS ANGELES. MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 12 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM NUMBER 12, I WANT TO ASK THE NOMINEE TO JOIN US HERE AT THE TABLE AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN OUR DELIBERATION, THE CHAIR OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. HE'S COMING TO THE DESK. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. COLLEAGUES WE HAVE BEFORE US OF AN APPOINTMENT OF JEFFERY TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AS POLICE COMMISSIONERS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL CIVILIAN BODIES IN THE CITY. PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN EN TOURING IS THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATES WITH TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND STED FAST COMMITMENT TO BUILDING TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH A MORE EQUITABLE LOS ANGELES, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE COMMISSION THAERZ APPROACH THIS WORK WITH BALANCE, INTEGRITY AND A DEEP RESPECT FOR COMMUNITY VOICE SXZ PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. MR. SKOEGBIN EXEMPLIFIES BOTH OF THOSE VALUES. I WANT THANK FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND STEPPING UP. COLLEAGUES I URGE AN AYE-VOTE, IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH AN OPENING STATEMENT. >> Speaker THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU ALL. MY STORY IS DEEPLY TIED TO LOS ANGELES, SON OF AN IMMIGRANT. MY MOTHER CAME FROM CUBA AT THE AGE OF 16 DETERMINED TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE. MY WIFE'S PARENTS EMIGRATED FROM MEXICO, IN PURSUIT OF SAME DREAM. I LEARNED SPANISH AND BY DOING SO DIVERSITY ARE THE THREADS THAT MAKE UP THE FABRIC OF L.A. BOTH MY PARENTS HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE FROM THEM I SAW BOTH THE COURAGE AND SACRIFICE THAT DEFINE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE. HOWEVER MY PERSPECTIVE IS NOT ONE-DIMENSIONAL AS A TEENAGER, I EXPERIENCED POLICING FIRSTHAND THAT MADE ME BELIEVE THAT TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY CANNOT REST ON SAFETY ALONE IT MUST BE BUILT ON TRUST. MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, I SERVED ON GALPIN MOTORS EXECUTIVE TEAM. I TAKE SOME POSITION SERIOUSLY, I'VE LISTENED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LEADERS AND MEMBERS FROM DIVERSE MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND FRUSTRATIONs WITH POLICING IN OUR CITY. I'VE SPOKE TONE BOTH SWORN OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES AS WELL AS CIVILIAN STAFF TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCE SXZ CHALLENGES BETTER. I'VE GONE ON THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE MANY RIDE ALONGS TO OBSERVE FIRSTHAND THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK OF PATROL AND COMMUNITY ISSUES THEY ENCOUNTER. I'VE ALSO REVIEWED A NUMBER OF PRIOR REPORTS AND EVALUATED OPERATIONS. SOME PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS, AND COMMON THEMES THAT I HEARD THROUGHOUT, STAFFING AND RECRUITING CHALLENGES, IMMIGRATION CRISIS, HOMELESSNESS, BUDGET PRESSURES, USE OF FORCE AND OVERSIGHT, COMMUNITY TRUST, IMPLEMENTING AND INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE DEMANDS WITH THE OLYMPICS AND WORLD CUP COMING UP AND GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY. IF CAN CONFIRMS MY APPROACH AS COMMISSIONERS WILL BE GROUND INSIDE THREE COMMITMENTS, LISTEN FIRST. SO THE COMMUNITIES, TO OFFICERS, AND VICTIMS AND THOSE WHO FEEL UNHEARD. BUILDING TRUST THROUGH TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE LEGITIMACY AND POLICING DEPEND ON FOCUSING AND FOCUSING ON RESULTS ENSURING THAT FAMILIES FEEL SAFE, CHILDREN FEEL SAFE WALKING TO SCHOOL AND BUSINESSES FEEL SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. IF YOU PLACE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME, I WILL DEDICATE MYSELF TO THIS WORK. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT NO COMMISSIONER ACTS ALONE. OUR EFFECTIVENESS DEPENDS ON STRONG OVERSIGHT AS WE WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH THE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, CHIEF OF POLICE AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS INSPECT OR GENERAL AND DEPARTMENT, AND ABOVE ALL THE PEOPLING OF LOS ANGELES. I'M DEEPLY HONORED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. LEE. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT INTRODUCTION, COUNCILMEMBER LEE SETTING US UP. MR. SKOEGBIN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. SO MY COLLEAGUES KNOW AND MEMBERS KNOW, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS MAKING YOURSELF WILLINGNESS TO CHAT AND TALK AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING RECEPTIVE COMING IN PREPARED AND EVEN FROM IN BETWEEN MEET APPROXIMATESING, THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU LOOKED INTO THEM AND DUG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUALITY TO HAVE AS A COMMISSIONER AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THANK THAT. OUR CONVERSATION WAS SHORT IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH IS WHY WE HAD A SUBSEQUENT FOLLOW TOUP GET MORE IN THE TECHNOLOGY AND DATA AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH LAPD. IT'S A RATHER BIG DEPARTMENT AND FROM AOPRs I THOUGHT MY STAFF WAS HOPEFULLY GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. SO I WANT TO ASK YOU A SIMILAR QUESTION THAT I ASKED YOU IN PUBLIC SAFETY. SO NOW THAT YOU'VE, SORT OF UNDERSTAND THE WAYS OUR OFFICE IS SEEING TECHNOLOGY AND SORT OF THE FEARS THAT WE HAVE REGARDING UH IT INTER ACTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND SO WOULD YOU ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER SAFEGUARDS OR BE WILLING TO OPEN TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTION WHERE WE FIND THAT DATA IS BEING SHARED IN THE INCORRECT WAY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. FIRST AND FOR MOST, IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE FOLLOW THE LAW. AND AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THERE IS SEVERAL STATE LAWS CITY DIRECTIVE THAT DETAIL AND OUTLINE WHAT IS ALLOWED AND WHAT ISN'T. YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW. AND IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S FOUND THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT, WE HAVE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THAT WAY. IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. MAKES ME HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO TALK TO OTHER FOLKS, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU WERE HERE FOR THE OPENING, TESTIMONIAL FOLKS THAT AFFECTED WITH THE ICE RAIDS. AND YOU KNOW AS A COUNCILMEMBER OFTEN TIMES IT'S A BIT DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU WANT TO REALLY CHANGE. AND I IMAGINE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THAT SAME POSITION. BUT THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE ONE AREA THAT I HAVE CARVED OUT TO SAY THAT WE CANNOT GIVE AN INCH, WE CANNOT GIVE ANY, GROUND TO THIS ADMINISTRATION ESPECIALLY ON THIS ISSUES OF IMMIGRATIONS AND FAMILIES BEING TORN APART. AND HEARING YOUR PERSONAL STORY ABOUT YOUR OWN FAMILY AND YOUR OWN PARTNERS, GIVES ME NO DOUBT THAL LEAD THIS COMMISSION WITH THAT SAME VIGOR AND THAT CAME STEADFASTNESS SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY AND I WISH YOU LUCK. I KNOW THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DOING THIS, BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT THE CITY, YOU WANT THE BEST FOR THE CITY AND ALL 15 COUNCILMEMBERS, I BELIEVE FEEL THE SAME WAY. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. I'LL BE VOTING A YES ON YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. LE >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? OKAY, NO COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS, WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, HERE TO PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City --. >> Clerk: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE WITHIN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY OR THE PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU'LL NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU'LL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS 14 THROUGH 32. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES. AMY SMITH, JE SELL MATA. >> Speaker: HI GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS I'LL KICK THIS ONE OFF. I'M A MEMBER OF CREATE L.A. AND WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HARBOR GATEWAY PROJECT AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT OF IT. THE COMMITMENT MADE BY THIS DEVELOPER. >> Clerk: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THE COMMITMENTS MADE BY THIS DEVELOPER TO ENSURE THAT LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT FROM DAY ONE AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE STRENGTHENED AND GROW IS A TRUE SIGN OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. IN A TIME WITH UNCERTAINITY, EFFORTS TO PUT YOUR POSITIVE FORCE IN L.A. IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE WELCOMING. HAS A LONG HISTORY IN SOUTHERN XAFL AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND WE'LL SHARE TO CREATE IN YET ANOTHER IMPACTFUL PROJECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE SOUTHLAND. WE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND THE MANY BENEFITS THAT COME FROM IT AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: GOOD MORNING SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LUKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 20 AND GENERAL COMMENT PLEASE. >> Clerk: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: GREAT THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MANUAL MORA LEZ AND I'M A RENTER AND I LIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER 14 AND I ALSO WORK WITH SAGE. I URGE YOU TO ALLOCATE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND 4.6 MILLION FOR LEGAL SERVICES THROUGH THE STATE L.A. PROGRAM. THEY'RE NOT JUST BENEFICIAL THEY'RE ESSENTIAL, SERVICES FOR TENANTS WHETHER IT'S ENSURE THAT TENANTS ARE NOT SERVED AN EVICTION NOTICE AND KEEP TENANTS FROM BEING UNHOUSED. WE URGE YOU TO VOTE YES IN FAVOR OF LAHD RECOMMENDATION AS LO INDICATING 3.7 MILLION IN FUNDING IN-HOUSING AND LEGAL SERVICES TO HELP YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. LAST WEEK WE LEARNED THAT THE RFP HAS BEEN DELAYED AND THREATENED ONCE AGAIN, AN INTERRUPTION IN SERVICES TO TENANTS IN NEED. STAY HOUSE L.A. IS NOW RUNNING OUT OF LEGAL SERVICE TO SEE REPRESENT TENANTS IN COURT AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER FIRST, 2025. THAT'S LITERALLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AWAY. BECAUSE OF RFP PROCESS HAS NOW BEEN PAUSED, WE URGE TO YOU EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MONTHS AND FUND LGAL SERVICES AND OUT REACH AND EDUCATION TO AVOID ANY SERVICES INTERRUPTIONS THAT WILL HARM TENANTS AND PUT THEM AT-RISK OF DISPLACEMENT. IN ADDITION I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO UPDATE LARSO AND KEEP L.A. HOUSED DEMANDS ON LARSO THAT WILL CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. IT WILL HELP TENANTS STAY HOUSED ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE CHAOS THAT ICE IS CAUSING HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL UP VANESSA JOHNSON, LINUS, GARFIELD SMITH, JOSE GARCIA, RAINY BACHAR AND NICK CASEY. >> City Attorney: WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHAT--SCOLDED ABOUT PLAYING A REGARDING. WHAT IS PROHIBIT READY LEGITIMATE THREATS WHY DID MR. GROAT SAY THERE? I SERIOUSLY DOUBT HE MADE UP THESE FAKE RULES RATHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM A SUPERVISOR. THIS SEEMS PART OF THE COURSE, THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS JUST GIVING BAD ADVISE AND THAT BAD ADVISE IS CAUSING MASSIVE HARM. THE POLICE ARE FAILING TO MAKE RECORDS AND SERIOUSLY INVESTIGATE CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS AND THESE FAILURES ARE GETTING PEOPLE KILLED. YOU COUNCILMEMBERS NEED TO DISTANT YOURSELF FROM THIS MISCONDUCT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU ARE THE ONES WHO WILL GET BLAMED. YOU CAN'T UNDO THE HARM THAT IS ALREADY OCCURED BUT YOU CAN PREVENT FUTURE HARM. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, DEL MAR THOMPSON I'M SPEAKING, MY DOG WAS LINUS, HE GOT KILLED AT A YVONNEBURKE PARK AND I STRUGGLED AND FALL. THE PERSON WHO ATTACKED HIM NEVER PUT HIS DOG DOWN. AND I'M SURPRISED THAT L.A. WITH ALL THE PETS THAT PEOPLE HAVE, DOES NOT HAVE A LAW IN AFFECT THAT WILL PROTECT PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM CLOSURE WHEN THEIR DOG KILLS A DOG, HE SHOULD BE PUT TO SLEEP. THIS DOG IS STILL AROUND AND HE'S JUMPING AT OTHER PEOPLE'S PETS. AND I LEFT ALL MY NOTES, I'M JUST WAITING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I SUSTAIN SHOULDER INJURY AND A HEART ATTACK AND MY NECK IS CRACKING, I HAVE MAJOR INJURIES AND THE DOG IS STILL THERE. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY TODAY. I'LL WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN, I'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK, MONDAY. BUT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO HAVE PETS AND IF A DOG KILLS A DOG, THEY NEED TO PUT THAT DOG TO SLEEP IMMEDIATELY. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ONE MINUTE ON ITEM NUMBER 4. WOULD YOU ALLOW 340,000 SQUARE FOOTWEAR HOUSE WITH 768 DAILY TRUCKS PARKED BEFORE YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT? THE PROJECT SITE FALLS WITHIN 6 A B17 BOUNDARIES FOR SOUTH LOS ANGELES. THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AREA OVERRUN WITH EXISTING AIR POLLUTION WITH THE 1110 FREEWAY AND CALIFORNIA WASTE. THE EIR FAILED TO ANALYZE ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVES FOR THIS PROJECT. PLEASE PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY HARMED IN THIS AREA. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MONEY. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS NICK CASEY PRONOUNCED HE, THEY AND I'M MEMBER OF LATINA TRANS, AND I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A QUEER TRANS ASIAN IMMIGRANT SOMEBODY WHO HAS FOUGHT HARD TO BELONG IN A WORLD THAT OFTEN TELLS US, WE DON'T. OUR COMMUNITY CAN ONLY BECOME SELF SUSTAINABLE WHEN GIVEN EQUITY ACCESS TO SAFE HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, LEGAL PROTECTION SXZ FAIR COMPENSATION FOR OUR LABOR. THAT'S ITEM T.J. INITIATIVE IS VITAL. FOR TOO LONG, WE FACE DISCRIMINATION SIMPLY FOR EXISTING. YET WE CONTINUE TO RISE AND LEAD WITH RESILIENCE AND LOVE. WHEN TRANS AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THRIVE, LOS ANGELES BECOMES STRONGER, MORE COMPASSIONATE AND MORE JUST FOR EVERY ONE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS MAYA DANIELS, WITH THE TRANS LATINA COALITION. I'M HERE TODAY WITH A MEMBER WHO JUST SPOKE FROM OUR FIRST COHORT OF OUR ANGELS OF CHANGE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. THE ANGELS OF CHANGE WAS STARTED BY OUR ORGANIZATIONS, CAO BAMBI WHEN SHE WORKED AT THE LOS ANGELES CHILDREN'S HOVEL AND PROVIDED GENDER CARE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. NOW WE HAVE TAKEN IT BACK AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD. WE PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES FROM HATE CRIMES, WE MAKE SURE OUR FOLKS ARE HOUSED AND WE'RE THE FIRST CALLED FOR DOMESTIC GENERATION. IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE TRANS PEOPLE IN THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, FUND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HOLD THE POLITICAL WILL TO PROTECT OUR TRANS AND IMMIGRANT ANGELINOS. DO IT NOW, SO WE CAN HAVE IMPLEMENTED AVENUES TO PROVIDE LIFE ALTERING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AS THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTS FUNDING. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MARIA SEJA, JIEM THE GRANDMOTHER OF ALL OF US. I'M HERE FOR THE OLD PEOPLE. >> City Attorney: WELCOME A FEW SECONDS, WE'RE ANNOUNCING MORE NAMES. HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND JAO. THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MARIA CEJA, MAYA DANIELS, KAYJAY AND ANDREW GRAB NER. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M DOING GENERAL, THE ONE THAT THEY JUST DID RIGHT NOW. HEY, WHAT'S UP? BUT ANYWAY. HUGO MARTINEZ, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH YOU, ALSO HEATHER HUTT AND MS. HERNANDEZ WITH ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT. BOY Y'ALL BE DOING SOME GOOD WORK. I'VE ALSO BEEN WITH THE COUNTY WITH ALL THOSE LADIES RIGHT HERE AND I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE. I'VE BEEN AT YOUR GARDEN, I LOVE ALL THE WORK. THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO CUT THE FOOD STAMPS, I'M OLD, WE'RE ALL GOING TO GET OLD, LET'S GET WITH THE SCENE YOZER, THE SENIOR TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, ALL OF US, WE NEED WHAT WE NEED, WE NEED A LOT. A LOT GOING ON WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION AND DON'T LET THIS MAN WIN AND DON'T LISTEN TO THIS NONSENSE OVER HERE, WE EARN OUR RESPECT. WE GET OUR RESPECT AND RESPECT IS SOMETHING YOU GIVE TO GET IT BACK. AND I GIVE IT TO YOU AND I EXPECT YOU TO GIVE IT BACK TO ME. THANK YOU, AND I LOVE YOU AND I KEEP THE GOOD WORK. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 4, THE HARBOR PROJECT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JOSE GARCIA I'M LIFELONG MEMBER OF UNION OF NORTH AMERICA AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF PROJECT AND AFKT THAT YOU DO AS WELL. IT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF LIFE CHANGES FOR PEOPLE IN THE TRADES AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER YOU A WORLD CLASS PROJECT BEFORE THE OLYMPICS. SO WE URGE YOU TO PLEASE, PLEASE, MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD, WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, WAITING TO WORK, WITH ALL THE UNCERTAINITY GOING ON IN THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW, PLEASE BRING SOME CERTAINITY, I GUARANTEE TO US THAT WE HAVE A FUTURE HERE. WE NEED TO WORK, WE NEED TO PUT PEOPLE HERE IN THIS CITY TO WORK NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO GOOD MORNING, MR. HERMAN, FIRST OF ALL. SECOND, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, IN FACT WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS YESTERDAY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BRING ALL OF YOUR STUFF UP TO THE PODIUM. IF YOU'RE REQUESTING AN A ACCOMMODATION, WE CAN PROFESSOR: VIEED YOU A MIKE. IF YOU'RE NOT READY, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU LET THE NEXT PERSON PASS YOU IN DOWN. BUT THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING AND I'VE GIFP IT TO YOU BEFORE. PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: START HIS TIME. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING ME WITH THAT, YOU FUCKEN RACIST. NOW TO MY SPEECH. HEY, DOG EATERS, LOOK AT THIS ITEM IN CD15 WITH McCOKER. MR. McCOKER WANTS TO PUT MY DOGY'S NUTS OUT SO HE'S SPADE OR NEUTER. IT'S NOT TRUE? WELL WHAT IF WE DON'T WANT, THE GOAT MAN'S BALLS CUT OUT, DOES THAT MAKE IT SPADE AND NEUTER IN A NEUTER CLINIC. >> Council President: THIS IS NOT ON TOPIC. >> Speaker: ITEM 26. >> Speaker: NOW ITEM 27 DICK HEAD, TALKS ABOUT OPERATIONS AT THE ANIMAL SERVICE CENTER, WOOF WOOF WOOF, RIGHT SMOKING SCAN? BUT THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT SHELTERS, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT, HEY I'M OFF TOPIC, NO BITCH I'M TALKING ABOUT SHELTER, VETERINARY, GOT YOU BITCH SEE. SO THE LOS ANGELES SPADE AND NEUTER CLINIC STARTING JULY FIRST, 2024, THAT'S OUT OF DATE DICK HEAD SO YOU NEED TO GET YOUR PROGRAMS HERE ON THE CORRECT DATE. WE'RE IN 2025 GOING INTO 2026, NOODLE NOODLE HEADS. THEN DEPARTMENT OF VARIOUS WORK DICK HEAD. SEE I'M STILL ON TOPIC, WHY AREN'T YOU RULING ME OFF TOPIC. >> Council President: YOU'RE OFF TOPIC. >> Speaker: NO, THE 7510 FOR SALARY AND INSTRUCTIONS, ONCE AGAIN, IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. PEOPLE NEED REAL MONEY, NOT FUCKEN SALARIES. HEY, LOOK AT HIRING AT THE HALL FOR CONSTRUCTION. 58,000, DICK HEAD. LOOK AT THE 525,000 FOR BENEFITS AND HIRING AND CONSTRUCTION, DICK HEAD. LOOK AT 81,000 ACT 003180 FOR THE RECORD CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS YOU FUCKEN MORON. LOOK AT ITEM 29, ANIMAL SERVICE, WOOF WOOF WOOF, YOU CHEW LIKE A DOG BUT NOBODY IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT UP THERE. >> Council President: YOU'RE OFF TOPIC. >> Speaker: WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, OH, LOOK IT NUMBER 30, JACKASS, COMMUNICATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICE, NOT ONE MOTHER FUCKEN TIME HAVE I BEEN OFF TOPIC. SO 4231 A.C. FUCK YOU. NOW TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, REGARDING THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTIONS FOR MINIMUM WAGE, MID-SIZE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND YET NOT ONE MOTHER FUCKER IN A ORNG JACKET BEHIND ME CAN SAY HE IS BUILDING AND NOT LIVE. NO, THESE PEOPLE BUILD FOR THIS FUCKEN CITY AND BUILD FOR YOUR FUCKEN WAGES TO LIVE IN THEM AND YET THEY CANNOT AFFORD A FUCKEN 3000 CONDOMINIUM OR RENTAL PLACE. THAT IS RACIST, KOREAN. AND THE 300 KOREANS DEPORTED BY DONALD TRUMP, SO LONG ASSHOLES. WE NEED DOGS FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE NOT FOR THE STEALING BITCHES HERE ILLEGALLY TAKING AWAY JOBS FOR MINIMUM WAGES NOT RECEIVING INSURANCE BECAUSE YOU GROAT ARE A DICK HEAD. GO GET A HAIRCUT, YOU MORON PIECE OF SHIT. >> City Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. PEOPLE EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, SOME OF THEM LESS OR MORE CONSTRUCTIVE THAN AOLZ. PLEASE DON'T HOLD HIS COMMENTS AGAINST THE ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. WHAT ITEM ARE YOU SPEAK TO GO? >> Speaker: ONE MINUTE FOR 4 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: I'M MARIA AND I WORK FOR SAGE, WE'RE HERE TO URGE TO YOU VOTE YES TO ALLOCATE 3.7 MILLION TO SUPPORT RENT ASSISTANCE AND 4.6 IN LEGAL SERVICES IN THE STATEHOUSED L.A. PROGRAM TO HELP YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. LAST WEEK WE LEARNED THAT THE RFP HAD BEEN DELAYED AND INTERRUPTION TO NECESSARY SERVICES. STATEHOUSED L.A. IS NOW OUT OF RISK IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO REPRESENT TENANTS IN COURT AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER FIRST. THIS PUTS THE MOST VULNERABLE RENTERS AT-RISK OF SUFFERING IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES LIKE DISPLACEMENT AND HOMELESSNESS. BECAUSE THE RFP HAS BEEN PAUSED, WE URGE TO YOU EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR FIVE MONTHS AND FULLY FUND SERVICES AND OUT REACH AND EDUCATION TO AVOID THINGS THAT WILL HARM TENANTS AND PUT THEM AT-RISK OF DISPLACEMENT. I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO PASS THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED COALITION DEMANDS ON LARSO THAT WILL CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ROSIE, ITEM NUMBER 4, SOUTH OF REDONDO BOULEVARD, THIS IS ON THE WAREHOUSE. IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY WHERE SMFT WORSE POLLUTION IN THE COUNTRY, YOU ARE PREPARED TO APPROVE A PROJECT THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE AIR POLLUTION WITH UP TO 768 DIESEL TRUCK TRIPS A DAY. MEANWHILE IT DOES NOT APPROVE MITIGATION FOR THE AIR QUALITY IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT SUCH AS REQUIRING ALL TRANSPORT TRUCKS USING THIS FACILITY TO HAVE ENGINE THAT'S AT LEAST MEET 217 CAR STANDARDS OR REDUCING THE HOURS OF OPERATION. MANY ELEMENTS CONFLICT WITH THE HARBOR PLAN WHICH YOU JUST A MOVED ON SEPTEMBER 9th AS WELL AS GUIDELINES FOR TRUCK ROUTES NEAR SENSITIVE USES AND STATE GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR WAREHOUSE SIDING. RECONSIDER YOUR APPROVAL. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 9 ON THE FOR THE PLANNING AND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM NUMBER 9 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. SOUF A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YES. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M GARFIELD SMITH I'M A RESIDENT OF VIRGINIA ROAD, PART OF THE VIBRANT RESPECTFUL AND DEEPLY COMMUNITY ORIENTED WELLINGTON SQUARE. I AM COMING TO YOU TODAY, SEEKING YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL OF THE ITEM NUMBER 9 ON THE PLANNING AND USE PARDON ME, FOR THE PLANNING AND LAND USE COMMITTEES REPORT. THE ITEM IN QUESTION, RELATES TO RESIDENT HOME IN THAT AREA WHICH HAS REPEATEDLY HAD LOUD, LATE NIGHT PARTIES, UNLEASHED DOGS THAT RUN WILDLY THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WRECKLES DRIVERS CRASHING INTO CARS AND WE'RE SEEKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A RESPECTFUL COMMUNITY THAT PROMOTES TOGETHERNESS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I WOULD LUKE TO CALL UP AUDIT L.A. AND GEORGIANA SERRANO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 9. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M RONNY I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST THAT WE BEGIN PROCEEDINGS WITH THE NUISANCE A BOITMENT AT 225 GEORGIANA ROAD, TO EMPATHIZE WITH THE HEAD ACHE THAT WE HAVE DELT WITH SINCE 1992 AND SAFETY THAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE FOUGHT HARD TO ACHIEVE FOR ALL OF US. XHIMENT TO MY COMMUNITY HAVE BROUGHT ME IN EARLY MORNING AND NOISE AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE IN THE PUBLIC WAY, DOGS TERRORIZING US WHO WALK DOGS, VEHICLE REPAIR IN THE STREETS AND URINATING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND EVEN MORE AGRECIOUS ACTS SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OPEN WAY, AND DESTROYING PEOPLE'S PRIEF AL PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY AND RUNNING INTO AND SEVERELY DAMAGING PARKED CARS ON VIRGINIA ROAD. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TERRY BEARY AND LORETTA. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, SO IF YOU CAN ONCE YOU PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S ACTUALLY EASE AOR FOR AND YOU EVERY ONE ELSE IF YOU CAN EXIT TO YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE SO YOU'LL ENTER ON THE LEFT AND YOU WILL EXIT ON THE RIGHT. SO GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL COMMENT AND ITEM NUMBER 20. >> City Attorney: ITEM NUMBER 20? OKAY. SO YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M GEORGIANA SERRANO AND PART OF THE DIFFERENT COALITION AND RIGHT TO COUNSEL. THE STAY HOUSED L.A. PROGRAM IS AN INSTRUMENT FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE TENANTS AND THE COMMUNITY. SO WE CAN PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, OUT REACH AND WE CAN AVOID AND PROTECT THE TENANTS TO KEEP IN THE HOUSES. IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE THE PHONES TO SUPPORT THE TENANTS, WE ARE NOT DOING OUR JOB. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION, WE NEED THE PHONES AND WE ASKING, FOR EXTENSION BECAUSE WE CAN APPLY FOR THE REGULAR OTHER PROCESS IS CLOSED, WE UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, IS THAT COMMUNITY. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: COMMUNITY YEAH. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. START HER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN. >> Speaker: THE COMMUNITY NEED THE SUPPORT, SO THE COMMUNITY, YOU BE PROUD OF THE TEAM. THE COMMUNITY YOU TAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THAT COMMUNITY, KNOWING THE INTEREST OF POLITICAL SITUATION, BUT IN THE SITUATION WHEN WE, THIS MORNING, WE SEE THE PEOPLE CRYING BECAUSE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR PAY RENT. WE COUNT ON YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP CYNTHIA GONZALEZ AND IRMA SERVANTES. >> City Attorney: SO I DON'T SEE ANYONE. OH A COUPLE OF MORE. OKAY. >> Clerk: WHILE WE'RE WAITING, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MATTHEW, PRESCOTT, ANI, LUKE AND WENDY HOBZ. >> Speaker: HI GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: CAN I SPEAK ON ITEM 20 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OF COURSE YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. >> Speaker: I'M CYNTHIA GONZALEZ I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER AND WORK FOR STAY HOUSED L.A. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 20, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS SO MANY CONSTITUENTS FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, HERE TO JUST SPEAK ABOUT HOW HIGHLY IMPORTANT IT IS TO PRIORITIZE AND ALLOCATE THE 3.7 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND 4.6 MILLION DOLLARS FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO THE STAY HOUSED L.A. PROGRAM. I CAN'T, I CAN SIT HERE AND TELL YOU GUYS, AND SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THE DATA, BUT REALLY WHAT IS MORE IMPACTFUL IS THE WORK THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS AND WHY, A STOP OR A STOP TO THE PROGRAM IS REALLY CRUCIAL IN THE WORK THAT WE DO. THERE IS BEEN SO MANY TENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO US THAT HAVE BEEN FACING EVICTIONS, A LOT OF ELDERS, A LOT OF UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR RENT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. SO I'M HERE TO URGE EVERY ONE, LISTENING, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS RFP PROCESS THAT HAS NOW BEEN PAUSED, EXTENDS FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS. AGAIN, I CANNOT, I CANNOT SAY AND STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE WITHOUT ANY PAUSES, WE THANK DISTRICT 4 FOR, FOR PUTTING A MOTION BUT WE NEED MORE TIME. WE NEED MORE TIME AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NOT A STOP TO THE SERVICE THAT'S WE DO. ESPECIALLY FOR, UNDOCUMENTED ELDERS, TENANTS THAT LIVE IN ALL OF YOUR DISTRICTS, RIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERS THAT COME TO US AROUND NOT HAVING ENOUGH SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE RENT. SO REALLY IS UP TO US, THE FOLKS HERE AT STAY HOUSED L.A. TO BE ABLE TO MANEUVER THEM THROUGH SERVICE THAT'S IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT HOUSELESS. SO PLEASE, I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE THIS EXTENSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES UP, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, RON HUBBARD, JASON BASE, MARIA DEVELOP MA, RICHIE, AMY NE VA RES, CHRISTINE RAMIREZ AND TOMASA RAMIREZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 20 AND GENERAL. ?AOUF A MINUTE FOR 20 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I'M LUKE, A RENTER I LIVE IN CD13 AND I'M HERE TO URGE COUNCIL YOU ALL, TO PRIORITIZE AND ALLOCATE 3.7 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND 4.6 MILLION FOR LEGAL SERVICES THROUGH THE STAY HOUSED L.A. PROGRAM. AND, THESE ARE, I MEAN, THIS PROGRAM NEEDS TO CONTINUE THIS WHOLE FISCAL WITH THE FUND ISING CAUSING, WHERE WE'RE HELPING TENANTS TO SURVIVE IN THE CITY AT THIS CHALLENGING MOMENT. I ALSO, WE'RE GETTING NEWS THAT THE RFP PROCESS HAS BEEN DELAYED AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT, STAY HOUSED L.A. IS AT-RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF LEGAL SERVICE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO REPRESENT TENANTS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: AND THIS NEEDS TO BE, WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL FIVE-MONTH EXTENSION, IF IT CAN'T BE LESS THAN THAT, BECAUSE THEN WE'LL JUST BE BACK HERE WASTING EVERY ONE'S TIME ASKING FOR FURTHER EXTENSIONS. I URGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE, FULLY FUND LEGAL SERVICES, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND OUT REACH AND EDUCATION THAT WE'RE DOING. THIS SERVICE IS INTERRUPTIONS ARE SUPER, THEY'RE SUPER CHAOTIC AND THEY'RE HARMING TENANTS AND DISPLACEMENT AND IN MY LAST SECONDS, I WANT YOU TO UPDATE LARSO FORMULA. AND PLEASE PASS THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED COALITION DEMANDS CAPPING THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS MARIA, AND I'M REPRESENTING ACE, I'M A MEMBER OF ACE. IS CRUCIAL FOR ALL OF US, OUR CONSTITUENTS TO KEEP L.A. HOUSES OPEN. WE NEED THE FUNDS, NOT TODAY, NOT TOMORROW, LAST WEEK, WE NEED IT THE FUNDS RIGHT AWAY. WE'RE GOING THROUGH CRUCIAL MOMENTS. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO US WHILE THE COVID, AND NOW WE'RE FACING ANOTHER CRISIS AND WE NEED THOSE FUNDS. WE NEED TO KEEP THE PEOPLE HOUSES, WE NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE RECEIVING THE FUNDS AND THE HELP THEY NEED TO ANSWER THEIR COUNTERPARTS ON WHEN THEY GO TO COURT. THEY NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ATTORNEYS. WE NEED ALL OF THAT STUFF, WE NEED THEM IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE. GIVE THE FUNDS FOR STAY HOUSED, PLEASE WE NEED THAT NOW! AND ALSO, WE NEED LARSO TO BE AGENDIZED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN FACING FOR ALMOST A YEAR OR OVER A YEAR. SO WE NEED TO MOVE THOSE TWO THINGS. IT'S REALLY, IMPORTANT FOR US. WE ARE FACING A CRISIS. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOSING MONEY, BECAUSE THE, THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS HAVE BEEN CUT. WE CANNOT END UP ON THE STREETS. WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE STREETS. WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH HOMELESS AND WE NEED TO KEEP THE FAMILIES HOUSED. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 4, JASON WITH LABORS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA. HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE 25,000 MEMBERS THAT RESIDE HERE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, WHO WE ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF SEEING THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK ALL CITY STAFF FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MOVING THIS PROJECT UP TO THIS POINT. AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK PRO LODGES WHO HAS PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO BE A FRIEND OF GOOD TIDINGS, OPPORTUNITIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH TO OUR CITY OF ANGELS. US, THE LABORERS AND OUR BROTHERS FROM THE CARPENTERS, ARE SUITED BOOTED AND READY AT THE GATE TO BUILD THIS FACILITY TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD AND LEVEL OF PRECISION. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN SECURING THIS INVESTMENT OF PRIVATE MONEY INTO OUR COMMUNITY TODAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M GRACE AND I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 10. UNDER THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED VIOLENCE. TO BE CLEAR, THE ICE RAIDS WE WITNESSED. PEOPLE BEING SNATCHED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, THESE ARE ACTS OF VIOLENCE. AND IT'S VERY DISTURBING TO SEE TOO MANY OF MY FELLOW ANGELINOS PLAGUED BY THE FEAR OF DETAINMENT WHEN ALL THEY DID WAS SEEK ASYLUM, THEY PURSUED HAPPINESS IN THE LAND OF THE FREE. SO I URGE YOU ALL TO BE PROACTIVE IN PROTECTING OUR VULNERABLE CONSTITUENTS. SOLT THAT LOS ANGELES REMAINS A CITY WHERE EVERY ONE FEELS SAFE. EVERY ONE FEELS VALUED, AND EVERY ONE IS EMPOWERED TO THRIVE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 20 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU EVERYBODY, I'M AMY LINDA NEVARES, I WORK AT ACE AND STAY HOUSED L.A. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR INTRODUCING THE ITEM. FOLKS ARE OFTEN COMING TO US ASKING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ASKING FOR LEGAL SUPPORT AND WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES, IN A TIME WHERE WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE OF FOLKS NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENTED --RENTS AS WE HEARD SOME SAY TODAY. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES AND PRIORITIZE THE FUNDING FOR THE LEGAL SERVICES AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE STAY HOUSED L.A. PROGRAM. I ALSO URGE YOU TO EXTEND OUR CONTRACT NOT BY, BY 5 MONTHS, WE NEED THE FULL CONTRACT SO TAT WE CANNOT BE HERE AGAIN IN TWO, THREE, FOUR MONTHS ASKING FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RFP PROCESS CAN TAKE A LONG TIME AND THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS IN A TIMELY MANNER. BUT WE'RE TAKING TIMEOUT OF OUR DAY EXAMINE EXAMINE HELPING TENANTS TO COME HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE ABOUT THIS. I URGE TO YOU EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5 MONTHS THAT'S TO THE END OF JUNE, 2026 AND FULLY FUND THAT SO WE CAN CONTINUE DOING THE WORK THAT WE DO AND SUPPORTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE THESE SERVICE SXZ THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN THEM AWAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO UPDATE LARSO AND PASS THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED COALITION TO CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. THERE IS AN IMPORTANCE IN ALL OF THESE POINTS AND THE FOCUS HERE IS THE TENANTS, THE RESIDENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE WIN MINUTE FOR ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M CHRISTINE I'M A LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE LOS ANGELES CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LAW AND ACTION WHERE WE PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EVICTION CASES. I WANT YOU TO ASK YOU A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION TODAY. DO YOU WANT TO AID THE HOMELESS CRISIS? DO YOU WANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES, THE NUMBERS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND PUSHED ON TO THE STREETS? WITHOUT THE FUNDING FROM STAY HOUSED L.A., THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED OF FOLKS WHO ARE AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF LEGAL SERVICE THAT'S CAN BE PROVIDED THROUGH STAY HOUSED L.A. FUNDING, THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE REALLY WANT TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS LESS HOMELESSNESS HERE IN LOS ANGELES. NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE WE HAVE THE STREETS OF SKID ROW, WHICH IS IMPACTED. WE DON'T NEED MORE PEOPLE OR AREAS IN LOS ANGELES TO BE INHABITED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES DUE TO UNABLE TO BEING ABLE TO PAY RENT OR UNABLE TO KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE LEGAL SYSTEM. AT MY WORK, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN FIGHT THEIR EVICTION CASES. MANY TIMES BEFORE PEOPLE COME TO US, THEY ARE DESPERATE AND FEEL HOPELESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FIGHT THEIR OWN EVICTION CASE. MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WITH STAY HOUSED L.A., THEY HELP PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EITHER CASE IS DISMISSED OR THEY STAY HOUSED. IN ADDITION TO THIS, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR FUNDING, TWO MONTHS, IS A REALLY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. I'M SURE THERE IS ALWAYS TIMES WHEN WE THINK, OH OCTOBER IS ALMOST OVER, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE IF WE ONLY GET TWO MONTHS. WE REALLY NEED FIVE MONTHS SO WE KEEP THESE SERVICES FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF LOS ANGELES. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT-->> City Attorney: SPEAKR YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Speaker: OH, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 20 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT 10 AND ADVOCATE ALONGSIDE SAGE. I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU TO PLEASE STAND WITH YOUR COMMUNITIES AND EXTEND A STAY HOUSED L.A. CONTRACT FOR FIVE MONTHS. FUND RENTAL ASSISTANCE OUT REACH AND EDUCATION TO VOTE ANY SERVICE INTERRUPTION THAT WOULD FURTHER HARM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND PUT THEM IN FURTHER RISK OF DISPLACEMENT. AND I ASK FOR FIVE MONTHS SO I'M NOT BACK HERE IN TWO PLEADING MY CASE AND PLEADING FOR MY CONSTITUENT AGAIN. WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY. FAMILIES ARE BEING TORN APART VIOLENT LY AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY'RE FACING GREAT TIME OF NEED. IT KEEPS THEM EDUCATED ON EVACUATION PROCESS AND THE PROCESS NOT DESIGNED FOR THEM, IT HELPS THEM KEEP THEM HOUSED. S INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE GROUND, I AM HERE PLEADING WITH YOU TO VOTE YES IN FAVOR OF WHAT LAHD HAS ALREADY SXREMD THAT'S PO TO* ALLOCATE 3.7 MILLION OF LEGAL ASSISTACE THROUGH THE STAY HOUSED L.A. PROGRAM. LAST WEEK WE LEARNED THAT THE RFP HAS BEEN DMRAID. ARE RENOT EMBARRASSED? HAS THE COMMUNITY NOT GONE THROUGH ENOUGH? STAND BY US, AND PLEASE VOTE FOR A STAY HOUSED L.A. EXTENSION. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? JAOU, MY NAME IS MICHAEL MILLER AND I'M SPEAKING FOR THE HAVE NOT, STREETS THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE ATTORNEY. I'M A ATTORNEY AT FACT. >> City Attorney: WE'LL GO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: AND I'M REPRESENTING THOSE IN THE STREETS. I TOOK PICTURES, I SPENT MY MONEY WHICH IS PICTURES OF PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE STREETS. ?AOLT CAN YOU PAUSE HIS TIME. SO IF YOU HAVE THINGS TO PASS OUT, YOU CAN PROVIDE THEM TO THE SERGEANT AND THEY CAN PASS THEM OUT. GO AHEAD AND RESTART HIS TIME. >> Speaker: I'M TRYING TO BE THE LENS OF SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY. I REPRESENT SPANISH AND BLACK. IF YOU LOOK UP THE LOS ANGELES SENTINEL NEWSPAPER AS OF OCTOBER, OF THIS MONTH, ON THE 8th AND THE 9th, I'M ON THE PAGE NUMBER 8 AND I HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A STAR CHAMBER. WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT, IS IMPOSING AGENDAS WHERE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THEIR RENT AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT IS IMPRISONED FOR TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. YOU HAVE WOMEN WASHING THEMSELVES WITH WIVES ON THE STREET AND I'VE WITNESSED THAT. AND I'M KIND OF NERVOUS BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THAT YOU GET THE POINT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN YENSINGER THEY'RE COMING TO GET THEM NOW. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. 20Y PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, ITEM NUMBER 20 AND ALSO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL. >> City Attorney: SO YOU'LL HAVE ONE MONEY FOR ITEM 20 AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD DAY MY NAME IS MARTA AND I'M A MEMBER OF SAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M A MEMBER OF DISTRICT 14. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PROVIDE 3.7 MILLION DOLLARS AND 4.6 MILLION DOLLARS FOR STAY HOUSED L.A. FOR SERVICES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THESE FUNDS WILL HELP NOT ONLY THE RENTERS BUT THEY'RE NECESSARY AS LEGAL RIGHTS, THEY ARE SYMBOLIC AND ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUSTAINED AND GENERATING THE ASSISTANCE NECESSARY SO THEY CAN GET PROPER NOTIFICATIONS AND NOT JUST BE SERVED RANDOMLY WITH EVICTION NOTICE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF RETAL TORY MEASURES BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT I'VE LIVED AT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: JUST BECAUSE I REPORTED THAT I HAD BUGS, MICE AND COCKROACHES IN MY HOUSE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THEY HAD TO FUMIGATE THE PLACE AND NOW I'M CONSTANTLY BEING THREATENED BECAUSE I HAD TO PAY MY RENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS SHE WOULD MESSAGE ME, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PAY YOUR RENT, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PAY YOUR RENT AND I ALWAYS PAY ON THE 15th OF THE MONTH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I FEEL SUPER STRESSED WHEN SHE MESSAGES ME AND IT EVEN TURNS MY STOMACH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PLEASE PROTECT STAY HOUSED L.A. AND HELP US ALL, I DON'T WANT TO END UP ON THE STREETS, THE STREETS IS NOT A PLACE FOR ANYONE. IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR ME. >> Council President: TO ALL OUR SPEAKERS AND OUR TRANSLATION SERVICES, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING. WHAT IS NEXT MR. CLERK. JAOT COUNSEL SUL MAY VOTE ON 14 THROUGH 19 AND 23 THROUGH 32. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 4 HELD ON THE DESK BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> T. McOsker: NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE AND I'M GOOD TO GO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 4. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council resident: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 22 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBER 2 WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 20 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR WHICH AMENDING MOTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 24 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 20 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? 21? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: GREAT. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES I PUT THIS MOTION FORWARD BECAUSE WE ARE FACING WHAT MAYBE AN EXTRAORDINARY FUNDING CLIFF FOR HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS HERE IN LOS ANGELES. BETWEEN COUNTY SHORT FALLS AND STATE FUNDING, DECREASES AND DELAYS, OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IS POTENTIALLY STARING AT A REDUCTION OF OVER 600 MILLION DOLLARS NEXT YEAR WHICH IS AN ASTOUNDING AMOUNT. THAT INCLUDES 300 MILLION FOR MEASURE A, THREATENED CUTS FROM TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENING 220 MILLION DOLLARS FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSIN THAT IMPACT 8,000 UNITS. HOUSING 8,000 HOUSE HOLDS, CUTS TO STATE FUNDS UNDER HAP AND DEEP CUTS AND DELAYS IN THEIR DISBURSAL, AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED IT, THE STATE CUT. THESE CUTS WOULD IMPACT THOUSANDS OF UNITS OF PSH, HUNDREDS OF INTERIM BEDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS, CASE MANAGEMENT BASICALLY THE ENTIRE SCAFFOLDER, AND WE DON'T JUST LOSE PROGRESS BUT VIOLATING OUR OBLIGATION. OUR CITY'S INVESTMENT ARE GOING TO COLLAPSE IF WE DON'T ACT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS MOTION DIRECTS CAO, LAHSA AND HACLA TO COME BACK WITH A REAL PICTURE ON WHAT IS GOING TO MAINTAIN THE INVESTMENT, AND THE CUTS THAT WE'RE FACING AND ANY OTHER AT-RISK SOURCES AND POTENTIAL IMPACT ON PEOPLE. THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY BEING SERVED BY OUR INTERIM HOUSING AND OUR PHA UNITS, AND URGES US AND PUSHES OUR A DEPARTMENTS TO ALIGN MUCH MORE CLOSELY WITH OUR COUNTY ON STRATEGY AND COMPLIANCE AND LAUNCH A UNIFIED ADVOCACY PLAN, BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE IN DIRE STRAIGHT. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION. WE CAN'T SOLVE HOMELESSNESS ALONE BUT WE ALSO CAN'T STILL WHILE OTHER PEOPLE PEOPLE PULL FUNDING FROM UNDER US. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 21, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? SO MEMBERS WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION ON ITEM 20 MAKE THEIR WAY AROUND THE HORSESHOE SO WE CAN CONSIDER DID AT THIS TIME. >> City Attorney: AND I BELIEVE IT'S ITEM 22 FOR THE PUBLIC. >> Council President: MY APOLOGIES ITEM 22. >> Clerk: SO THERE IS A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEM 22, IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> Council President: I'LL MOVE, IS THERE A SECOND THAT WE RECONSIDER? >> City Attorney: I BELIEVE IT'S COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT I BELIEVE AMENDING MOTION FOR ITEM 22 IS BEING DISTRIBUTED AND BEING POSTED ON BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: OKAY SO WE'RE PREPARED TO TAKE THIS ITEM AS AMENDED JAO. IT HAS YET TO BE DISTRIBUTED. >> Council President: IT HAS YET TO BE DISTRIBUTED, ALL RIGHT. WAITING THROUGH DISTRIBUTION. OF 32 PHYSICAL PIECES OF PAPER. I GUESS 34, IF YOU INCLUDE THE BULLETIN BOARD, MODERN CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN READ THE AMENDMENT THAT MAY SUCK UP SOME OF THE TIME THAT WE'RE TAKING TO. >> Clerk: YES FOR THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND THE HORSESHOE THIS IS LARGELY A TK NICOLE AMENDMENT, IT ADS AN ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION AND DEALS WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDS. SO THE ADDITIONAL THIRD REQUEST SAYS, REQUEST THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO IDENTIFY FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 750,000 IN TRANSFER TO THAT AMOUNT TO FUND 100 DEPARTMENT NUMBER 12, ACCOUNT NUMBER 009301 OUTSIDE COUNCIL BYWAY OF THE FIRST FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT. SO IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE AMOUNT THAT COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON BEFORE BEING RECONSIDERED, IT'S JUST TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, HAS IT BEEN DISTRIBUTED? >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, AMENDING ITEM 22-A, HARRIS-DAWSON LEE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT'S BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 22 RECONSIDERED AS AMENDED BY MOTION 22 A-HARRIS-DAWSON LEE. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, MR. NAZARIAN YOU WERE A NO-VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I WANT TO CLARIFY, THIS IS COMING FROM DWP, RIGHT? >> NO. >> N. Raman: THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS ON THE REPORT, THAT'S WHY IT IS CONFUSION TO US. >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, I RECOMMEND TALKING IN CLOSED SESSION, I RECOMMEND. >> N. Raman: I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHY THE CHANGE WAS MADE, THAT'S ALL? >> THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING, THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT THAT DWP IS PAYING FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE LITIGATION, THERE IS A PORTION OF AN AMENDED COMPLAINT THAT ALSO INVOLVES ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE CITY, NOT JUST DWP. >> N. Raman: AGAINST WHO? >> THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES GENERALLY NOT AGAINST DWP AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR IS TO AUTHORIZE THE MONEY. >> N. Raman: YEAH, IT'S JUST A CHANGE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THE ORIGINAL RESPONSE, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT IN CLOSED SESSION. >> N. Raman: ALL RIGHT. IF NO ONE ELSE HAS THIS QUESTION, I DON'T WANT TO BE LABOR THE APPOINTMENT. BUT THE AMENDMENT, IS AT ODDS WITH WHAT WAS IN THE REPORT AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WHY WE'RE DOING THIS BUT AGAIN, I CAN JUST. >> Council President: WELL WE SHOULD, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker SAME CONCERN. I DID NOT SEE ANY OF THIS AS COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO, WHAT'S THE ANSWER TO THAT? >> N. Raman: YOU NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO GET AN ANSWER. >> BEYOND WHAT I JUST EXPLAINED DWRI W*I IS THE CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE CITY. YEAH, I WOULD REPRESENT DISCUSSING IN CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> N. Raman: SORRY, EVERYBODY. >> City Attorney: SO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU CAN PLEASE EXIT EXPEDITIOUSLY, AND THAT INCLUDES YOU MR. HERMAN. AND I'LL REMIND YOU YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. WE'RE NOT IN RECESS, WE'RE TRYING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, SO PLEASE EXIT SO WE CAN DO SO. THANK YOU. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED CONNECTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVKY. 12 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> City Attorney: MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS NOTHING TO ANNOUNCE FROM CLOSED SESSION, AS A MATTER OF JUST TO CLARIFY WHERE WE'RE AT IN THIS, PRIOR TO GOING INTO CLOSE SESSION A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM SO THAT AN AMENDMENT MAY BE HEARD. THAT AMENDMENT READS AS FOLLOWS. ADS ADDITIONAL THIRD INSTRUCTION. IS THE SAME. >> RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> Council President: TO SAY ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE GOT A REPORT AND A MOTION THAT IDENTIFIED THESE FUNDS COMING FROM DWP AS COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN POINTED OUT BEFORE CLOSED SESSION. WE HAD A REQUEST BEFORE THE COUNCIL. FROM THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO I JUST WANT TO, ONE, SAY TO MEMBERS, THERE IS UNDERSTANDABLE CONSTERNATION ABOUT THIS. WE SHOULD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS NOT KNOWN WHEN WE FIRST GOT, WHEN THE REPORT WAS ISSUED, AND THEN WHEN THE MOTION WAS INTRODUCED, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS WAS NOT KNOWN UNTIL LITERALLY THE LAST HOUR, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: JUST FOR CLARITY, THEN, THE MOTION, THE MATTER IS IN FRONT OF US FOR RECONSIDERATION A NO-VOTE AS THE AFFECT OF REMOVING THAT 750,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND? AND PUT ITING BACK? OR DOES IT HAVE THE AFFECT OF DENYING THE ENTIRE MATTER? >> City Attorney: SO I THINK THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT, AND I THINK ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE AMOUNT AND THE ITEM TOGETHER. IT CAN BE BUYS DID BIFURCATED BUT THERE WILL BE NO IDENTIFICATION WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM. >> T. McOsker: WELL I JUST WANT TO TAKE AFFECT TO THE PRESIDENT'S OBSERVATION THAT ALL THE MONEY AS REPORTED TO US, AND AS OUR EXPECTATION IS, YOU KNOW COMING FROM DWP FUNDS. SO THAT IF THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO BUY FEHR BIFURCATE ON THIS AMENDMENT I'M WILLING TO DO THIS AND THEN VOTE YES ON THE UNDERLINING MATTER. >> City Attorney: I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT THE PRACTICE AFFECT OF DOING SO, IF NO FUNDS ARE IDENTIFIED, I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPROVAL WOULD HAVE ANY MEANING TO IT. ONE OPTION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS IF YOU'RE SEEKING CLARITY, YOU CAN SEEK TO CONTINUE TO ANOTHER DATE IN ITS ENTIRETY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS. OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE ITEM HAS ALREADY BEEN RECONSIDERED. >> Council President: OKAY. JAOL AND THE MATTER BEFORE COUNCIL IS ITEM 22 IS COMMUNICATION RELATIVE TO A PROPOSED AGREEMENT WITH LLP FOR LEGAL SERVICES RELATED TO JANUARY 20, 2025, LITIGATION. AMENDING MOTION 22-A, HARRIS-DAWSON/LEE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD, IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO VOTE ON THE ITEM AS AMENDED THAT CAN HAPPEN AT THIS TIME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 7 AYES, NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THIS MOTION FAILS JAO. MR. PRESIDENT, THIS ITEM WILL BE HELD OVER TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025 PURSUANT TO THE COUNCIL RULES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL, SIR. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE AMENDMENT THAT I SUBMITTED FOR ITEM 20-A. AND I JUST WONDERED WHETHER WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECONSIDER ITEM 20 AS AMENDED WITH A CHANGE TO THE AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO RECONSIDER ITEM 20? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SORRY, GUYS. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN--DO YOU WANT THE NEW LANGUAGE? >> Council President: SURE, LET'S READ IT INTO THE RECORD. >> N. Raman: SO THE 20-A, AMENDING MOTION NEEDS TO READ INSTEAD, BE AMENDED TO REPLACE RECOMMENDATION A WITH THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION. THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE WAS ADOPT THE FOLLOWING, ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION. SO WE'RE REPLACING BY SAYING BE AMEND TODAY REPLACE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION, I'M SO SORRY COLLEAGUES. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS AMENDING MOTION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? SECONDED IT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW RECONSIDER ITEM 20. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 20 AS AMENDED BY 20-A AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING EXAMINE REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. LEE? MR. LEE YOU'RE ON THE QUEUE FOR SOME REASON. NO? ALL RIGHT. I THINK THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, SO WE'LL GO TO ADJOURNING MOTIONS, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT? MR. BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN A LITTLE UNORTHODOX FASHION, FOR TWO WHO I NEVER METAPHOR CONNOR AND PASS ADD WAYS IN DECEMBER AND MARVIN AND SHARYL WALTERS WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2019, IF THEIR NAME SOUND FAMILIAR WE ASKED THEIR REQUESTED DONATIONS TO THE ANIMAL SERVICE CENTER. THEY BOTH SHARED BOTH COUPLE SHARED A PASSION FOR ANIMALS AND A DESIRE TO HELP OUR SHELTER SYSTEM. AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM THROUGH THEIR ADJOURNMENT. THEIR DONATION WILL HELP DO WHAT IS--AND THEREFORE BEING SELFLESS AND CARING FOR THOSE WHO ARE VOICELESS. I HOPE BOTH COUPLES CAN REST IN PEACE KNOWING THEIR DONATIONS WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE BY OUR ANIMAL SHELTERS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BLUMENFIELD. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON OUR RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.