seniors in that program. L.A. city residents can get either a manual wheelchair, different type of rollators. They also could get different types of shower benches, a raised toilet seats and air purifier. This is really an amazing opportunity for our senior participants of the community to come out and get this durable medical equipment. It's so needed within our community. I'm here today to pick up, um, you see a rise, uh , toilet and helping me to be safe in my home. It's making life quality much better. It goes without saying how dangerous it is for a senior to fall inside of their home. Having this available to the community is essential as well. They made an announcement at my center, and they have a sign up . And I checked off what was more important transported me here and I feel very independent by doing that. But this way I won't have to ask, hey neighbor, do this or whatever. Well, I want to highlight that this program is very important to the city of Los Angeles, especially for the Angelenos, that either are low income and the unhoused individuals. And I just want to emphasize how impactful this program is to the city of Los Angeles. And how direct it helps people live independently. On the street. We live on has an incline from the corner to my apartment, so I'm so glad to have that walker now. And I was very surprised about the, uh, room humidifier and the blood pressure equipment they offered me today. So I got a lot of things, almost like Christmas. So I'm just so grateful that we have resources like this. You feel like you're not doing it by yourself. That's the major thing. If anyone's interested in the program, they could apply at . Disability.la city.gov by by. I will have a good night tonight . A new bill strengthens protections for crime victims and witnesses. LA's Department of Water and Power offers three steps to take against utility scams and Angelenos are invited to shape the city's mobility action plan. These stories up next on City Beat. City attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman recently celebrated the signing of the victim and Witness Protection Act into law, authored by Assembly member Pilar Schiavo. This bill strengthens safeguards for survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and other crimes. The act protects against post charging, dissuading intimidation after charges have been filed. According to Feldstein Soto, the bill will empower victims and witnesses to help law enforcement without fear of retaliation. For more information, visit City Attorney. L.A. City Governor news. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Ladwp. Joined with utilities United Against Scams to give customers an understanding of how they can protect themselves. Because scammers often use pressure and scare tactics. This year's campaign offers a three step strategy to slow down, verify and stop the scam to slow down. End the conversation on unexpected payment requests as the LA DWP will reach out on a past due bill and provide assistance information to verify customers can contact the LA DWP directly by using the phone number on their bill or by logging on to their LA DWP account to stop the scam report. Incidents immediately to the La , DWP and local law enforcement . For more information, visit ladwp. News.com The Los Angeles Department of Transportation has launched its Mobility Action Plan to identify long range capital needs, and is gathering input from Angelenos. The Mobility Action Plan will provide a framework for how the city invests in streets, sidewalks, transit, biking and walking. The plan will consolidate projects across the city and include the Department of Transportation, public Works, and other city departments. Angelenos are invited to share their experiences and priorities to help shape a transportation system that works for everyone. Participate in the survey. A mobility action plan. La Aug. LA city's fire department hosts a special boots on the ground event for young Angelenos thinking about joining the service. Not only do the teens learn about the range of skills needed for the job, they get to put them into practice, and it's proven to be a path to success. So today we're at Camp Spark in Panorama City, and we are putting on this camp to show young ladies and men kind of introduction to the fire service so they can get a taste of this career and be excited about it. Camp spark is open to all individuals from 14 to 18 years old, but it's primarily geared towards young ladies. It's a women's empowerment camp. We have firefighters from all over the city of Los Angeles who come here today to help these young women and several of the boys that are participating in it, learn what it's like to be a firefighter. They learn about the mechanical aptitude, but most importantly, they build leadership skills. They're going to walk away from here feeling empowered, feeling like they can take on the world. So we're here to provide them with an introduction to some of the tools that we use as firefighters. Some of our tactics and how we actually fight fire and also how to be prepared for emergencies. Being in California, you know, we have a wide array of stuff that happens. And so we kind of give an introduction as to how we respond to emergencies. And disasters within our city. Here we're just doing different things that you would do if you were a firefighter climbing ladders, using hammers, using power tools. And just like seeing what's on the rigs, I feel like it's a once in a lifetime experience. Like there's not many other places that you can use chainsaws and climb these ladders and everything. My dad's a firefighter. He's been doing this for a long time, and he always comes home and tells me, like all these cool stories about his job, it's like, oh, that's cool. Like, I want to do that. And he told me he's like, hey, there's this camp going on. Like, what do you want to do? I was like, yes, and I think it's a really cool experience for girls to like, come try it out and like, just see what it's all about. A lot of the stuff I didn't think I'd be able to do, and I was able to do it and succeed. And it makes me want to be a firefighter, even more. I decided to come to girls camp and explore it, because I wanted to know what it is to be a firefighter. At first, I've been doing this for five years, so of course I enjoyed it. I think the job is really hard to get, but it has to be hard. You're putting your life on the line, you know? So like you have to train like your life depends on it. It prepares you in the long run as a firefighter because you're easing into it slowly. You're not just going at it in one shot. So you can't be scared. You have to just go head forward. No, you're the best person you could be at the moment. You're competent, you're strong, and you'll do good. You just have to, like, try your best. If you're anticipating coming to a camp like this, we ask that you have a great attitude and you come ready to work. We're always going to make it a fun environment. We want it to be positive and supportive and encouraging, but we're here to work too. As firefighters, our physical abilities are very important and so our campers get a little taste of that with some of the stations and some of the activities that we put on in this camp, they see the energy that the campers have when they walk off our drill tower grounds, and they feel the energy that they're getting here. They're really, really motivated by our own firefighters who are leaders in themselves. We've actually had success rates not only with the Los Angeles Fire Department, where we've seen graduates from the camp become members of the Los Angeles Fire Department, but they've also joined other fire departments. And then we've also seen other fire departments emulate what we've created here in the city of Los Angeles. Try to keep your arm straight. Oh yeah, you're doing it. Si. Tienes un hija. Qué es tan? Interesada hacer un bombero por favor. De este clase, la ofrecen un oportunidad a aprender ser un bombero, pero también le Dan el poder entender ellos pueden hacer en nuestra ciudad para hacer un lider. De la City's Department of Civil and Human Rights held its annual ceremony to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance. Family and friends gathered to name the community members lost and honor their legacy. We are here tonight to celebrate our ancestors who are no longer here with us, our ancestors so let's make sure that they can still hear us even though they're not on this earth. Make some noise for every single one of them, y'all. Today we are here for a somber ceremony to recognize transgender Day of Remembrance. This gathering is something that, um, hurts my heart. Every year, 281 people lost their lives to violence because of their identity. We also know that in the United States, 58 people lost their lives, 58 people in the United States of America, two of those people actually died in LA city proper. We want to send a strong message that hate has no home in Los Angeles. Onyx Corniche. Onyx Corniche. Jay Flores, Jay Flores , Luisa Rivera, Luisa Rivera their names rise through us as blessings. Their journeys did not end in darkness. They continue as guiding lights, inspiring us to build a world worthy of their dreams and care deeply for others. And they would drive around town with food for local unhoused and even help them rent motels for the night. They work to help domestic abuse survivors who were escaping dangerous situations, and they were beloved by their community. She is remembered as a vibrant soul who was full of love and dreams , and who was known for her kindness. Leah's family, including her sister Jen, still celebrate her birthday every year. Part of what we're doing tonight is remembering them by honoring their name, honoring who they were, honoring their legacy. A 68 year old Latina and transgender woman is remembered by an enormous impact in the HIV Aids advocacy and fighting for rights and dignity for sex workers. We only have this one life, so please honor, honor the trans people. Honor them, love them, and now we have an administration who is targeting us, telling us that we are other, telling us that we don't belong. That hatred leads to more violence, that hatred leads to more death, that hatred leads to more names on this memorial tonight I know that the world is telling you that you're not worthy or that you shouldn't exist. But I am going to show you that we can defy that we are a small but mighty community. Rest in power, sibling. All roads lead to the LA Auto Show. At least for a few days. The show is the ultimate celebration of car culture, and whether you prefer the classics or want to experience the latest in motoring technology, it's all under the convention center roof . This is our time of the year. It's the 118th edition of the LA Auto Show. Everything for people to see, from gas to EV to hybrid , from compact to large SUVs so people can come to the show. There's a bunch of different automakers they can go to with no sales pressure, no hassle, and over 50 models to actually test, drive or ride. A lot of these automakers indoors have ride alongs where you can get inside a car with a professional driver. So I just came with my son to check out the LA car Show. Great experience. It seems like every year the exhibits, they level up. This Jeep exhibit was really cool. It was almost like riding a roller coaster. This is probably the craziest thing that I've seen. So far. We have this big space to be able to bring families and or if you're just by yourself or a group of friends, whatever it might be, and there's so much to do here. This is, I think, my fourth day here, because there's so much to see right now. I'm actually taking a look at this camera car that I would not expect to see at the Toyota booth. There's a lot here that I didn't expect. LA Auto Show is in my backyard and we get to talk about new film that I've worked on called The Drifter, where this car, Lola, is the star of the film. So Toyota has been very supportive of the film and they said that we could bring Lola and display to all of these wonderful people in Los Angeles during the Thanksgiving holiday. One of the things that the automakers really understand, especially about Southern California, is the car culture. It's like nowhere else in the world. It's literally the car culture capital. And what they do when they build their exhibits is they try to connect to people through those passions. So you might be into muscle cars, you might be into camping, off roading, whatever it may be. And you see those different lifestyles come to life in all of these exhibits. And then there are the car culture and auto enthusiasts. They also want to see the new cars, but also enjoy all of the car culture. We've got classics and lowriders, all sorts of interactive exhibits, virtual reality. So there's a little something for everyone, including kids. You know, to be able to come during the Thanksgiving holidays with your kids, fathers and mothers and celebrate the thing that brings the world together, which is passion for cars. We need more of this. We need more of things that bring the world together. When it comes to car culture, LA definitely leaves every other city in the dust in this week's feature story, the annual Valor Awards go to Los Angeles firefighters who go beyond in any 911 situation. And this year has been an extraordinary one in LA. Even as they fought for others. Los Angeles firefighters found themselves personally impacted by January's wildfires . This is our annual Valor Awards at the iconic Dodger Stadium and it's an amazing evening that we all look forward to each year. Because this is the best of the best. These are our members who go above and beyond the call of duty, who are rightfully awarded. It's definitely not something that we sign up to receive. It's definitely not something expected or anticipated, but it's humbling. And people that put on this badge and show up on these nine over 11 calls, we're there for you, and we want to do what's best for you. It's pretty humbling to know that there's recognition for it. We're not used to that. It's we're just happy. And to be doing the job that we get to do, it's really a privilege. It's a desire to help . It's a desire to make a difference that draws firefighters to this profession. Our firefighters were tested this year. The Palisades Fire truly tested all of us. I recognize that there are many people here today that were affected personally by the fire in some way. I was caught off guard. Everything was a total surprise. I've never seen a fire come that close and that far south into Altadena before. My wife, who was pregnant at the time, was thinking, okay, I got to get her out of here. I got her in the car. I see the neighbor's cars. They're not aware of what's going on or how close the fire is. So I start knocking on the doors trying to get out as many people as possible. I was thinking that maybe if I was able to get to the station, get my gear, might be able to defend some of the houses, walked in and my crew, everybody was gearing up and getting ready to go to Palisades . And the captain, captain John, he's looking at the TV and then it comes on the screen and he gives me a look. I give him a look. He was like, take what you need, go. And I made it back to Altadena and, uh, the city was on fire, just like Palisades. Altadena the water grid tanked. And thank God for Riverside engine 73. Without them, my block would be gone. On the opposite block, three houses had already fully burned down. Now we're creeping up to the private line in the back. So I flaked out the hose and turned the water on and had no water. So by that time neighbors had been throwing me their extinguishers . I ran to the house, got a shovel throwing dirt, and trying to put out the fires as best as I could to prevent the other structures from taking off. I stayed up for four days. Friends family, they were all sending me their addresses. They had just left. They didn't know if their houses were up or down and uh, I would go to their where their homes were and have families on speaker phone and, you know, is it there and then they would one person would start crying and the whole room was crying, and I'd have to tell them, I'm sorry, it's not did that like 15, 20 times. There's nothing that prepared me for that. It's a very strange space to be in because there are two cities of people and families that totally lost their homes and I have a home and I'm having a hard time with that. I want to say to you that we are with you, that the Los Angeles Fire Department is here for you, and together that we are going to move forward, working to rebuild a better Los Angeles, a stronger Palisades. And for those who are affected by the Eaton Fire, stronger communities, all around. In this week's Things to Do, catch the 45th annual Black Doll Show, enjoy a winter festival in Expo Park and celebrate Jane Austen with the LA Public Library. All this up next on things to do. And join the Department of Cultural Affairs for the 45th Annual Black Doll Show, which will run until February 14th, 2026. The show's opening reception takes place on Saturday, December 13th and will feature live music and performances. This year's show is titled Sower of Seeds, creating a new Tomorrow through handmade and collected black dolls. The show reflects on today's uncertainties and asks what new worlds can emerge when imagination and resilience take root. Head to the William Grant still Arts Center for the Black Doll show, opening on Saturday, December 13th at 3 p.m. for more details, visit Exact WordPress.com. LA City's Department of Recreation and Parks hosts Expo Center's Winter Festival on Saturday, December 13th. Join Councilmember Curren Price and Rec and Parks at Expo Park for all the family fun of this winter holiday festival. There will be music, entertainment games community booths and yes, even sledding. There will also be giveaways which are first come, first served. Head to Bill Robertson Lane for Expo Center's Winter Festival on Saturday, December 13th. Beginning at 10 a.m. For more information, see the events tab at LA parks. Org the enduring work of Jane Austen will be the hot topic at a book discussion and Tea Party to honor the writer's 250th birthday. Head to the Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library to celebrate Austen's birthday with a tea party for all ages and book discussion featuring the classic pride and Prejudice tea, scones and other delightful treats will be generously provided by the friends of Venice Library. The Jane Austen 250th Birthday Book discussion and Tea Party takes place on Saturday, December 13th at 1 p.m. for more details, visit lapl.org. Slash events. And that's a look at some things to do. And that's all for this week. I'm Susan Huckle and from all of us here at LA this week. Thank you so much for joining us. Remember that you can watch us online any time at LA Cityview dot org. We're also on Instagram, Facebook X and YouTube. See you next time for more LA this week. Did you know the average LA resident uses about 89 gallons of water each day? Challenge yourself to conserve. Turning off the faucet when you brush saves up to ten gallons of water . Taking a five minute or less shower saves up to 15 gallons of water. Washing only full loads of laundry saves up to 30 gallons of water and fixing a running toilet can save up to 50 gallons of water. Keep it in mind all day, every day. It's water. Conservation. The La way [MUSIC] Morning and welcome to the regularly >> WELCOME TO THE MEETING OLLOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY 5 DAY OF DECEMBER. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN PERSON. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN CALLING THE ROLL. [ROLL CALL] >> FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 3, 2025. >> ALRIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER-AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ SECOND. RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> THANK YOU SIR. ITEM 1-20 ITEMS PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD. THE COMMITTEE REPORTS ITEMS 5-9 SHOULD BE ON THE DESK AS THE COMMITTEE REPORTS HAVE YET TO BE SUBMITTED. ITEM 10-20 ARE POSTED TO RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. >> I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> ITEM 3 FOR SEPARATE VOTE CHT >> ITEM 13. CALL SPECIAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE. >> THANK YOU. RECUSE FROM ITEM 13 BECAUSE MY WIFE EMPLOYER WORKED WITH LISTED ON THE ITEM. RECUSE FROM ITEM 21 AS I AM A RENTAL PROPERTY OWNER. >> ALRIGHT. SPECIALS ON THIS SIDE? SEEING NO MORE, ANY SPECIALS TO MY LEFT? COUNCIL MEMBER- >> I LIKE TO CALL ITEM 21 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS ON THIS SIDE? COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT? NO. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER-- YAROSLAVSKY. >> THANK YOU. I ASK THAT WE MOVE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT ITEM 11, 12 THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT, AS AMEDED 13 MOVE THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT AMENDED AND 17, MOVE THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> ALRIGHT. >> THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATIONS. >> OKAY. ALRIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER SPECIALS MEMBERS? MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME? >> JUST TO CLARIFY, THE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR 5-9 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THE SPECIAL FOR 21 IS FOR THE CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCIL JURADO CALLED IN THE SPECIAL AGENDA MEETING. THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 1-12 AND 14-20. >> ALRIGHT. THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL. TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 12 AYES. >> WHAT'S NEXT? >> THE COUNCIL MAY PROVE TO PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE EXCITED DAY OF PRESENTATIONS. BEFORE WE BEGIN FORMAL PRESENTATIONS, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE STILL ARE JUST ABOUT 200 DAYS INTO THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OPERATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAS CAUSED GREAT STRIFE IN THE CITY, COMPROMISED OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND PUT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND MANY OF US AT RISK AND SO, WE HAVE A TESTIMONIAL FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 11. I YIELD TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES. I WANTED TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ANOTHER TESTIMONIAL AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE RECORD WE ARE CREATING OF THE HORRIFIC SWEEPS AND EVENTS HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 200 DAY. OCTOBER 10 MY OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF ICE ACTIVITY AT SAINT ANDREW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MARVISTA. THIS IS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. IT IS A PLACE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY OFTEN GATHERS AND IT IS A PLACE THAT WE ARE DEEPLY DEEPLY OFFENDED TO SEE THIS KIND OF CONDUCT IN OUR CITY. I AM INCREDIBLY THANKFUL TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR EARLY RESPONSE NETWORK AND ESPECIALLY OUR PARTNERS ON THE GROUND ALL OVER THE WESTSIDE HELPING US BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED TO QUICKLY URGENTLY RESPOND WHEN THESE INCIDENT HAPPEN. HONOR TODAY TO BE HERE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR DAMIAN NEWTON OF-SORRY. SORRY, DAMIAN NEWTON AND PASTOR CALEB KRAMER AND KIM NEWTON. KIM MILLER-MY APOLOGIES. YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER TODAY. THEY WERE ON THE GROUND AND HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR EFFORTS TO DOCUMENT WHAT HAS OCCURRED. KIM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? >> YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM SANT ANDREW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MARVISTA AREA. I'M A HOME OWNER IN THE AREA. IT IS A PEACEFUL GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE A SCHOOL AT ONE END AND SAINT ANDREW'S AT THE OTHER END AND ON THE OCTOBER 10, I HEARD SHOUTING ACROSS THE STREET AT THE CHURCH, WHICH WAS UNUSUAL. CHURCH IS VERY ACTIVE. THERE ARE MANY THINGS GOING ON. MY DOG WAS BARKING SO I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW ABOUT 8 WHITE SPINNER VANS AND A BUNCH OF SUV'S SO MY HUSBAND SAID THERE IS ICE ACTION ACROSS THE STREET. I SAID AT THE CHURCH AND HE SAID YEAH. I GRABBED MY PHONE AND RAN DOWN TO THE STREET AND STOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND FILMED AS LONG AS I WAS OUT THERE AND AS LONG AS THEY WERE OUT THERE. I SAW ABOUT 15 LAW ENFORCEMENT TYPES FULLY MASKED, HAD GUNS, ONE HAD THEIR GUN OUT. THEY WERE ARRESTING OR HAD ARRESTED NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY GARDENERS PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST GOING TO WORK THAT MORNING. IT LOOKED LIKE THEY PICKED UP 15 OR SO PEOPLE. THEY WERE ZIP TYING THEM. I DIDN'T APPROACH AND SAY ANYTHING, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT MOMENT AS A NEIGHBOR THAT WHAT SAINT ANDREW'S CHURCH POSITION WAS. I COULDN'T IMAGINED THEY ALLOWED THIS BUT PERHAPS THEY WERE DECEIVED. I CALLED SAINT ANDREWS AFTER THAT. I FILMED THE WHOLE THING AND TURNED IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARK'S OFFICE. AS A NEIGHBOR AND COMMUNITY MEMBER, I'M HORRIFIED THIS IS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT SHOULDN'T GO ON ANYWHERE IN THE COMMUNITY, IT IS WRONG, JUST WRONGISM I DONT ATTEND SAINT ANDREW'S I ATTEND A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CHURCH IN SANTA MONICA, BUT SAINT ANDREW'S HAS BEEN A GREAT NEIGHBOR. I REMEMBER THEY HAD KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COME OVER AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THE PARKING LOT. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE MAKE A RECORD OF THIS AND THIS DOESN'T-SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWHERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY. WE ARE NOT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND MOST OF US AT LEAST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE I KNOW ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THESE RAIDS. THEY THINK THEY ARE TERRIBLE AND THEY WANT THEM TO STOP. THANK YOU. >> KIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO DOCUMENT WHAT YOU SAW AND FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. DAMIAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ARE TESTIMONY AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. IT IS WEIRD TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS. SO, OBVIOUSLY THE CHURCH WAS NOT AWARE THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CHOSE OUR CHURCH PARKING LOT TO DO THIS ACTION. MAYBE BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF THE WAY AND WE ARE VERY OUTSPOKEN OF SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANT AND COMMUNITIES. THE WEST PART OF THE COMMUNITY ISN'T JUST WHITE SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNERS. WE DO HAVE A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL QUARTER MILE AWAY, WE DO HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL A HALF MILE AWAY AND THIS IF YOU HAVE VISITED OF THEM THESE ARE VERY DIVERSE PLACES WITH POPULATIONS THAT WOULD BE AT RISK IF ICE ACTIONS WERE TO HAPPEN. THE IMMEDIATE THING WAS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS HAD HAPPENED. BEFORE WE THOUGHT ABOUT OUR POSITION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR WHAT WE SAY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT US, WE JUST NEEDED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WE DO HAVE A ELECTRONIC SYSTEM TO DO THAT AND ALL OUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO DO THAT. WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE CHURCH APPROVED OF. THE COUNCIL OFFICE IS GREAT GETTING INFORMATION AROUND AND PROVIDE SUPPORT. I BROUGHT A STATEMENT THE CHURCH PREPARED AND DIANA, THE WOMAN WHO CONFRONTED IN THE PARKING LOT PREPARED WHAT HAPPENED. THE RESPONSE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FROM OUR CONGREGATION WASN'T FEAR, IT WAS DISGUST ANGER AND WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THIS, WHAT CAN WE DO? IF OKAY, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO PASTOR CALEB TO TALK WHAT WE ARE DOING. >> PASTOR CALEB, PLEASE COME UP AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO BE SUCH A INCREDIBLE CARETAKER OF OUR COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR YOUR ADVOCACY HERE TOO. OUR CHURCH RESPONDED TO THE EXTREME VIOLENCE WITH COMPASSION FOR THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN. LET ME BE CLEAR, WHAT HAPPEN IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT IS NOT THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS PEOPLE ARE TAKEN FROM OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ABDUCTED. DISAPPEARED WITHOUT ANY WAY TO CONTACT THEM OR LEGAL RECOURSE. OUR COMMUNITY RESPONDED WITH SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DOING THE LEGAL RESPONSE WORK NECESSARY. I WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER TODAY. NOT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED AT OUR CHURCH PARKING LOT, BUT SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN AT MORE PLACES IN THE CITY THAT ARE NOT CITY CONTROLLED. MORE PRIVATE PROPERTIES WHERE THEY WILL SHOW UP. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE RULES ANYMORE. THEY ARE GOING TO COME WHEREVER THEY WANT, SO WE NEED TO BE READY. WE NEED TO FILM LIKE KIM DID. WE NEED TO SHOW UP WITH POLICY. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH PROTOCOLS WITH LAPD SO THAT THEY AND FAITH COMMUNITIES KNOW HOW TO RESPOND. WE NEED TO DO ALL THIS. (APPLAUSE) LET ME PREACH FOR 30 SECONDS. IN LUKE CHAPTER 17, WE HEAR ABOUT THIS STORY WHERE TWO PEOPLE ARE IN BED AND ONE IS TAKEN AND TWO ARE WORKING AND ONE IS TAKEN AND A LOT LEARNED THIS AS A RAPTURE STORY AND HEARD IT AS A HOLY MOMENT, BUT WHAT IS IS HAPPENING NOW IS EVIL RAPTURE AND HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. IT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. WE NEED TO RESPOND. (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, WISDOM BEING A CARETAKER AND GUARDIAN OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS ON THE GROUND FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK YOU ARE DOING ADMINISTERING A ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, HELPING WITH FOOD DELIVERY AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES. I CAN'T WAIT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU OVER THE WEEKEND AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN ON THE WESTSIDE TO INSURE EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNE HADTY IS WELCOME AND SAFE IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER PARK AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FROM THE CHURCH WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR STANDING TALL IN THE FACE OF THE ASSAULT ON OUR CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORS. IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US AND WE WILL NOT FORGET IT AS LONG AS THERE IS A CITY. WE GOT A HANDFUL OF PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING. WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BOB BLUNL FIELD WITH A VERY VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION. >> MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY THERE IS REQUEST TO SEND ITEMS 14 AND 15 FORTHWITH. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> THANK YOU. >> PATTY, IF YOU WOULD JOIN US ALONG WITH YOUR FAMILY AND COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ IS ON HER WAY AS WELL. AND ALSO MATT, ALL THE ASSISTANT CAO'S AND CHIEFS, FEEL FREE TO JOIN US ON THE PODIUM. GOT LOT OF FOLKS BUT FOR GOOD REASON. ALRIGHT. COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY OUR CITY FAMILY TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE PATRISA HUBER. KNOWN TO MANY IN OUR CITY AS PATTY, THROUGH THREE DECADES LONG CAREER HERE IN THE CITY, SHE SHAPED THIS INSTITUTION SERVING FIVE MAYORS AND 56 COUNCIL MEMBERS. NONE OF US ARE ALL THAT SPECIAL. SHE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 56 OF US. MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE IS FAITHFULLY SERVING THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN THE CITY IN 1996 AND 1999 WAS SOON PROMOTED TO THE CAO OFFICE AND FOUND HER FOREVER HOME IN THE CITY. THROUGH 26 YEARS AT CAO OFFICE, PATTY WORKED ON EVERYTHING FROM CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS ANIMAL SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, GETTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA, YOU NAME IT, SHE HAS BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. SHE'S DONE IT. IT IS HER WIDE BREATH OF EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE CITY THAT INHAIBLED SO ADEPT IN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, BUDGET FORMULATION, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL OVERSIGHT AND HER EXPERTISE THAT WE ALL IN THE CITY AND US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TRULY BENEFITED. WHETHER THE CREATION OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT THE UNARMED MODEL OF CRISIS RESPONSE OR ESTABLISHING FULL RECOVERY FOR THE BUREAU OF SANITATION, SHE HAS TRAINED AND PROVIDED ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE TO DEPARTMENTS, STAFF, REALLY TO SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS. AND HER LEGACY LIVES BEYOND WHAT SHE CREATED IN THE CITY, IT LIVES ON THROUGH SO MANY PEOPLE SHE HAS HELPED, SHE HAS TAUGHT AND GUIDED, THAT SHE HAS JUST TRANSFORMED AND MADE A DIFFERENCE IN. 17 YEARS SERVING AS THE ASSISTANT CAO, SHE HAS MENTORED LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CAO OFFICE AND THROUGH THE 12 YEARS SHE SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SHE GUIDED AND ADVICEED CAO AND ARE THIS CITY. WHAT I ASK DIFFERENT MEN MEMBERS OF THE CITY FAMILY TO DESCRIBE PATTY IN ONE WORD WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE TASK. THE FIRST RESPONSE WAS THIS WAS A IMPOSSIBLE TASK, WHY ARE YOU ASKING TO DO ONE WORD. BUT, WHEN FORCED THEY CAME UP WITH A COUPLE WORDS I WOULD SHARE. SUCH AS PRESENT. WISE. METICULOUS. THOUGHTFUL CARING. DEDICATED. LEADER. DISTINGUISHED. EXCELLENT. HONORABLE. IF THEY DID ONE OF THOSE WORD CLOUDS IT WILL BE INCREDIBLE TO SEE, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY REMARKABLE THE WORD PEOPLE HAD FOR YOU AND YOUR SERVICE. I'LL ADD TO THAT LIST, THE WORD STEWARDSHIP, BECAUSE SHE OVERSAW 26 BUDGETS AND GUIDED THE CITY THROUGH SO MANY FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS OVER THE YEARS AND WE ARE BETTER AND STANDING STRONG BECAUSE OF IT AND BECAUSE OF YOU. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE BY ALL IN THE ROOM TODAY, THERE ARE MANY MORE POSITIVE QUALITIES THAT ALL COULD SAY ABOUT YOU PATTY THAT WE WILL REMEMBER YOU FOR AND WE WILL SUFFER FOR BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT AROUND ON DAY TO DAY BASIS. THERE IS SO MUCH, BUT BEFORE WE GO ON, I WANT TO TURN OVER THE MIC TO MY COLLEAGUE, SOMEONE WHO THINKS THE WORLD OF YOU AND WORKED WITH YOU FOR MANY YEARS. COUNCILWOMAN MONICA RODRIGUEZ. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOB. YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASKED THE PUBLIC WHAT THE CAO OFFICE DOES, 9.99 PERCENT OF ANGELENOS WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE. BUT IN THIS BUILDING, THE WORK OF WHAT PATTY HUBER HAS DONE HAS BEEN SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO HOW WE MOVE THE CITY FORWARD IN GOOD TIMES AND IN DIFFICULT TIMES. SHE HAS BEEN THAT SOURCE OF TRUSTED INFORMATION. THE PERSON THAT JUST VERY CALMLY GOES UP TO THE TABLE AND TELLS US ALL THE THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR. BUT YOU DO IT SO WELL. AND IT IS WITH SUCH--AND HONESTY, WHEN I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL FIND IN THIS BUILDING IS YOU CAN ASK THE SAME QUESTION OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND GET DIFFERENT ANSWERS, BUT THERE IS THE ANSWERS YOU GET FROM CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW YOU TRUST, AND PATTY HUBER, YOU ARE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WHEN YOU PRESENTED INFORMATION IT WAS TRUSTED. THAT IS EARNED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FRANKLY DON'T HAVE THAT SKILLSET AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT SADLY I KNOW WILL BE SORELY MISSED AND WE GOT WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE CAO OFFICE BUT IT IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PIECES THAT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN FACED WITH VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. THER ARE MANY POLITICAL DECISIONS MADE OFTEN IN THIS BUILDING, BUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE INFORMED WITH AND GUIDED BY FACTS AND BY UNDERSTANDING THE FULL FINANCIAL IMPLICATION OF THE DECISIONS WE MAKE IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL PART OCH THE JOB BUT YOU GOT TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE YOU TRUST AND WE ASK COUNT ON THE FACT YOU DID DUE DILIGENCE. YOU SAID IT VERY PLAINLY, VERY DIRECTLY JUST AS EXPERIENCED IN AD HOC LAST WEEK, THAT WAS FUN. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW HOW TO GET A REACTION OUT OF SOME THINGS YOU SHARE, SO I'LL PIN IT ON YOU. I'M REALLY SAD TO SEE YOU GO BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A VERY TRUSTED VOICE IN THIS BUILDING PROVIDING SOME VERY IMPORTANT GUIDANCE. I ALWAYS LOOK TO YOU AS BEING OUR FEMA RECOVERY CZAR. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE LETTING YOU GO BEFORE WE RECOVER THE FEMA MONEY, BUT YOU HAVE PUT SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY INTO HELPING THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, HELPING US AS LEADERS OF THE CITY AND YOU WILL BE MISSED BUT YOU HAVE A WELL EARNED RETIREMENT COMING AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST AND CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INCREDIBLE YEARS OF SERVICE. THE MENTORSHIP YOU PROVIDED HAS NOT JUST BEEN AMONG THE CAO STAFF. IT IS AMONG ALL THE COUNCIL STAFFERS WHO LEARNED TO RELY ON YOU, TO KNOW THEY CAN GET A TRUSTED RESPONSE AND OF COURSE TO YOUR PARTNERS IN THE C LA OFFICE AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING A HONORABLE AND DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT. YOU WILL BE MISSED. ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. (APPLAUSE) >> COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ NOTED, WE WILL BE LOST WITHOUT YOU IN THIS BUILDING, BUT THE PERSON WHO WILL BE MOST LOST IS OUR CAO MATT ZABO. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY NUMBER ONE, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO THE OFFICE OF THE CAO. BUT, IT IS ALSO WITH GRATITUDE THAT WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE PATTY'S RETIREMENT. PATTY REALLY REPRESENTS WHAT IT IS TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SHE HAS THE HIGHEST STANDARD FOR HERSELF, SHE HAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH AND AS COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED, PATTY WILL TELL THE TRUTH AND TELL THE PUBLIC THE TRUTH WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. WE NEED THAT IN THE CITY. PATTY IS ALSO--HAS BEEN SUCH A INSTITUTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CAO. I DON'T REMEMBER EVER--I DON'T REMEMBER THE CAO OFFICE WITHOUT PATTY HUBER AND AS THE COUNCILMAN SAID, SHE'S MENTORED AND SET A EXAMPLE FOR HUNDREDS OR POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS OF ANALYSTS AND THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY. PATTY LEAVES A HUGE HOLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CAO, BUT BECAUSE SHE HAS SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT WITH MEANTERING AND BRINGING UP STAFF AND SETTING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AGAIN FOR HERSELF AND THE HIGH EST EXPECTATION FOR EVERYONE AROUND HER, WE HAVE EXCELLENT PEOPLE RISING UP AND WILL BE ABLE TO FILL THE HOLE. I WANT TO THANK YOU PATTY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU MENTORED, FOR WHAT YOU'VE TAUGHT ME TO BE A BETTER CAO AND I WISH THE VERY VERY BEST FOR YOU IN YOUR VERY WELL EARNED RETIREMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> NOW, PATTY, WE ARE HONORED IF YOU WOULD SHARE SOME WORDS WITH US. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. I HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES OF MEETINGS IN THIS ROOM. SOME OF THEM FUNNY, SOME OF THEM CHALLENGING, SOME OF THEM AT MIDNIGHT, BUT THEY WERE ALL INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS OF HOW BEST TO SUPPORT AND DO GOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WE ALL SERVE. I HAVE HEADED INTO MY RETIREMENT WITH GREAT JOY AND CONTENTMENT AND I WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU THE BEST AS YOU CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF RUNNING THIS CITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> OKAY. PATTY, WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION HERE. IF YOU WOULD-WILLING TO ACCEPT THIS TOKEN OF APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR SIGNED THIS IN RECOGNITION OF THE AMAZING WORK YOU DO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY. A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. (APPLAUSE) FOR THIS GREAT LIFE OF SERVICE. (APPLAUSE) FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ WILL SIT TIGHT AT THE PODIUM AND BE JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> WAITING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ TO JOIN US. [MULTIPLE SPEAKERS IN THE BACKGROUND] >> THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. >> THERE SHE IS. >> THERE WE GO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. COLLEAGUES, IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE SALVADORIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY. PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. (APPLAUSE) THIS DAY IS MORE THEN JUST A DATE ON IT CALLAN DRB. HERE IN LOS ANGELES THE STORY ISN'T A SIDE CHAPTER, IT IS A ESSENTIAL PART OF WHO WE ARE HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. LOS ANGELES IS HOME TO THE LARGEST POPULATION OF SALVADORIANS OUTSIDE SALVADOR FORMING THE LARGEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT DIASPRUIN OUR CITY. THE TIES BETWEEN LA AND WERE STRENTENED BECAME A SISTER CITY TO LOS ANGELES 20 YEARS AGO. TODAY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE 20 ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAN SALVADOR AND LOS ANGELES BECOMING A SISTER CITY. 20 YEARS AND SALVADOR BUILT A SUSTAINING-CELEBRATES ENDUREING BONDS BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND CONTINUED DEDICATION TO COLLABORATE UNDERSTAND AND UNIFY ACROSS BORDERS. TODAY WE ARE ALSO CELEBRATING-WE HAVE LOT OF CELEBRATIONS TODAY-TODAY WE ALSO CELEBRATE THE 30 ANVERSITY OF SALVADORIAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP EDUCATION FUND. (APPLAUSE) FOR THREE DECADES HAS BEEN A MORAL COMPASS GUIDING FORCE FOR EMPOWERMENT. IT IS HELPED SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORTED IMMIGRANTS AS THEY NAVIGATE COMPLEX SYSTEMS NURTURED COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND INSURED SALVADOR-WRITTEN BY THE THOUSAND OF STUDENT WHO BECAME FIRST IN THEIR FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE. CIVIC LEADERS WHO BEGAN AS YOUTH VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR LEGACY IS IN AERFB DOOR OPENED BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION REFUSED TO ACCEPT INEQUALITY AS STATUS QUO. HERE WITH US TODAY ARE SIX SALVADORIAN AMERICANS IN MEDIA WHO LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTION ENRICHED THE CULTURAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC FABRIC OF LOS ANGELES. [INAUDIBLE] FROM POWER 106. [CALLING OUT NAMES] COME ON MAN, WHOOP IT UP HERE! (APPLAUSE) DJ FROM 96.3FM. (APPLAUSE) FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES AND-- (APPLAUSE) TODAY WE HONOR YOUR VITAL AND IMPORTANT ROLES IN ELEVATING THE IMAGE AND VISIBILITY OF SALVADOR AMERICANS IN MEDIA AND LIFE. RESHAPING NARRATIVES AND AFFIRM THE COMMUNITY ENDUREING PLACE IN THE AMERICAN STORY. IF THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT TIME TO DO IT THEN NOW. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE YOU ALL HAVE REALLY FORGED A PATH IN CREATING A STRONG PRESENCE IN MEDIA AND COULDN'T BE A MORE CRITICAL TIME IN OUR COUNTRY HISTORY SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND THANK--WHEN I LOOK AT SOLIF AND CARLOS KNOWN FOR 30 YEARS, YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A IMPORTANT FABRIC OF THE WORK WE DO HERE, BECAUSE CITY HALL CAN'T WORK IN ISOLATION WITHOUT YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE WE ARE SHOWING UP TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU FOR THE FRIENDSHIP AND MENTORSHIP AND CONNECTION YOU ALL PROVIDED. IT'S INCREDIBLE TO BE HERE CELEBRATING THESE INCREDIBLE MILESTONES, BUT WE ARE ALL A LITTLE GRAYER FOR IT, BUT IT'S REALLY A SPECIAL TIME TO BE DOING IT AND CONGRATULATE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK YOU ALL DO TO INSURE EVERY PART OF OUR LATINA COMMUNITY IS HEARD IN THE CITY. IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. (APPLAUSE) >> OKAY, EVERYBODY. I NEED EVERYBODY TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH COUNT OF 3. 1 2 3. BECAUSE I NEED YOUR LUNGS FOR THIS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] LET'S BRING LIFE INTO THESE CHAMBERS. IT IS FRIDAY, BUT THERE IS A LOT TO CELEBRATE TODAY. GOOD MORNING. TODAY WE MARK THE THIRD ANNUAL SALVADORIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY IN LOS ANGELES. TO EVERBODY WHO JOINED IN CHAMBERS WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE. I WANT TO BE HONEST WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HERE IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE CELEBRATING TODAY FELIZ DIFFERENT. THE POWERS TELLING THAT YOU DON'T BELONG THAT IS WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DOING. LOOK AROUND THE ROOM. YOU BELONG HERE. YOU THRIVE. FOR YEARS WHEN LAWS CHANGED AND RAIDS HAPPENED--SEEN MY ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN A RELIABLE SOURCE OF NEWS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. TODAY RIGHT HERE IS TELLING THE STORIES OF COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BUT ALSO HAS BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR DECADES AND DOESN'T SKIP A BEAT ON THE COVERAGE. HE JUST TOLD US HE WAKES UP AT 215 EVERY MORNING TO TELL THE STORIES OF OUR PEOPLE. READY TO INFORCHL. FOMP. INFORM. HOW CAN ANYBODY BE SILENT ON THE RADIO. YOU BOTH MAKE SURE MORNING AND RUSH HOW COMMUTES ARE FILLED WITH PRIDE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THEMSELVES IN. THEY TELL US OUR IMMIGRANT STORIES DONT MATTER, BUT THE LA TIMES HERE TODAY,X-RAISE YOUR HAND. RIGHT HERE. HE'S DOCUMENTED THEM IN HIS BOOK SINCE 1996. ANATONIA-THROUGH-BEEN REMINDING OF THE BEAUTY OF CENTRAL AMERICA. YOU ARE PROOF LOS ANGELES AND THE COUNTY ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF SALVADORIANS. JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THIS YEAR SALVADORIAN AMERICAN HONOREES. (APPLAUSE) DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR MONICA RODRIGUEZ FOR LEADING THE PRESENTATION. SISTER COMMITTEE ON THE 20 ANVERSITY. [INAUDIBLE] CONGRATULATIONS ON 30 YEARS OF SERVING LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND. HAPPY SALVADORIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY. (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO MY FRIEND FOR 30 OVER 30 YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT CARLOS-- (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT MY FRIEND. COUNCIL MEMBERS. GUESTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR HOSTING THE CELEBRATION, FOR RECOGNITION THE CONTRIBUTION OF SALVADORIAN AMERICANS. THE IMPACT SALVADORIANS HAVE MADE IN THE CITY. TODAY WE HONOR A COMMUNITY THAT HAS HELPED SHAPE LOS ANGELES THROUGH RESILIENCE, THROUGH HARD WORK, CREATING DREAMS INTO OPPORTUNITIES. OUR CITY ALSO IS THE STORY OF OUR COMING. ALWAYS WITH THE HOPE OF CREATING SOMETHING BETTER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. LOS ANGELES COUNTY IS THE HOME OF THE LARGEST SALVADORIAN COMMUNITY WITH THE SECOND LARGEST GROUP IN THE CITY IN THE COUNTRY. OUR COMMUNITY HAS-CIVIL WAR, DISPLACEMENT AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. AND YET, DESPITE EVERY CHALLENGE WE HAVE RISEN TO BECOME ONE OF THE CULTURAL ECONOMIC PILLARS OF THE CITY. THAT RESILIENCE IS OUR STORY. MORE THEN 34 THOUSAND LATINO OWNED EMPLOYER BUSINESS OPERATE IN THE CITY. AMONG THOSE BUSINESSES ARE THE SALVADORIANS. WE ARE HARD-WORKING COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES. TODAY WE HONOR SIX WHO WORK EXPANDED VISABILITY, SHIFTED NARRATIVES AND INSURE OUR STORIES ARE SEEN. PLEASE JOIN ME AGAIN IN CONGRATULATING [CALLING HONOREES] (APPLAUSE) THROUGH THE WORK, THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE THEY ELEVATED REPRESENTATION, OPENED MEANINGFUL PATHWAYS OF OPPORTUNITIES CHAMPIONED EQUITY-BUILT A STRONGER MORE INCLUSIVE LOS ANGELES. THIS DIVERSE RIBERANT CITY CAN THRIVE. THIS YEAR WE ALSO CELEBRATE 30 YEARS OF LOS ANGELES SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP. A RELATIONSHIP THAT STOOD A CONNECTION AND COLLABORATION. IT HAS BEEN DEFINED BY CIVIC AND CULTURAL EDUCATION EXCHANGE. I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO MADE IT HAPPEN. FORMER MAYOR JAMES HAND AND CHIEF OF STAFF WHO IS NOW COUNCIL MEMBER--THANK YOU, YOU WERE PART OF THE PROCESS WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE SISTER CITY 20 YEARS AGO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO JOINED ME IN THE DELEGATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER CURREN PRICE-BROTHER THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME IN THE DELEGATIONS. RECENTLY COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA WHO JUST CAME BACK FROM EL SALVADOR THREE MONTHS AGO. THANK YOU. [SPEAKING SPANISH] (APPLAUSE) >> NOW, IT IS MY HONOR TO INVITE THE CEO OF THE LEADERSHIP AND [INAUDIBLE] (APPLAUSE) >> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I WANT TO START BY THANKING ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. IT IS VERY MEANINGFUL AND HISTORIC DAY AND I SEE SO MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS WITH US HERE AND SO JUST REALLY WARMS MY HEART. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND HERNANDEZ WHO HOW WE SAY IN EL SALVADOR, ARE REAL-- TODAY INSIDE THE HEART OF LOS ANGELES AND IN CITY HALL WE HONOR SALVADORIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY. A DAY THAT RECOGNIZES NOT JUST HISTORY, BUT OUR UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT THAT CONTINUES TO DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY. OUR STORY IS ONE OF COURAGE RESILIENCE AND UNWAVERING HOPE. FOR DECADES OUR FAMILIES HAVE CROSSED GEOGRAPHIC LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL BORDERS. THEY HERE WITH DREAMS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THOSE DREAMS ARE CARRIED OUT TODAY IN THE FABRIC OF LOS ANGELES. WE STAND HERE TODAY AS LIVING PROOF THAT THOSE DREAMS WERE NOT IN VAIN. CELEBRATING HERITAGE-AT A TIME LATINOS AND SALVADORIAN IN PARTICULAR FACE ATTACK SAID AND RHETORIC AND DEHUMANIZING POLICY, FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OUR PRESENCE IS ACTIVE RESISTANCE, DECLARATION AND-WE ARE HERE TO SAY WE WILL NOT BE ERASED, WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED AND NOT ALLOW FEAR TO DEFINE OUR COMMUNITIES. IN MOMENTS LIKE THESE, IT TAKES MORE ENERGY. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO UPLIFT OUR HISTORY, AMPLIFY OUR STORIES AND EARE MIND THIS NATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS SALVADORIANS AND LATINOS MAKE EVERY DAYMF WE SERVE THE CITY, ENRICH THE CULTURE, STRENTEN ECONOMY NO ADMINISTRATION AND NO POLICY AND POLITICAL RHETORIC CAN CHANGE THE TRUTH WHO WE ARE. COMMUNITY OF LEADERS WORKERS ARTIST THINKS ADVOCATES AND STORY TELLERS WHO MAKE LOS ANGELES STRONGER. TODAY I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PEOPLE HONORING WHO ARE PIONEERS IN MEDIA WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO SHARE TRUTH WHO WE ARE. THE JOURNALIST BROADCASTERS WHO PUSHED AGAINST HARMFUL NARRATIVES ELEVATING THE STORIES WITH DIGNITY, STRUGGLE AND CREATIVITY. SO, WHEN OUR COMMUNITY IS TARGETED STORY-TELLING BECOMES A SHIELD, VISIBILITY IS A FORM OF PROTECTION CELEBRATION IS AFFIRMATION OF OUR HUMANITY. AND THIS IS WHY TODAY MATTERS SO DEEPLY. BECAUSE THIS MOMENT WHEN ARE LIVING IN THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE WE MUST RESPOND WITH UNITY, WITH JOY, WITH CULTURE AND WITH THE POWER OF OUR COLLECTIVE VOICE. TO OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR STORY MATTERS, YOUR LABOR MATTERS YOUR RESILIENCE MATTERS AND YOUR PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY AND IN THE CITY IS A GIFT. TO ALL OUR HONOREES, THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THE VOICES WHEN OTHERS TRIED TO SILENCE THEM. YOUR HARD WORK OPENED DOORS SHIFTED NARRATIVES AND INSURED STORIES REMAIN VISIBLE WITH TRUTHFULNESS AND DIGNITY. AND SO TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY, MAY WE CONTINUE TO WALK FORWARD WITH COURAGE, WITH PRIDE IN OUR HERITAGE AND UNWAVERING BELIEF IN THE VALUE AND STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. [SPEAKING SPANISH] (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU JOCELYN AND NOW IT IS MY HONOR TO INVITE EDDIE MENDOZA, ALSO KNOWN AS DJ EDDIE 1. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY. THIS IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR ME BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE FROM EL SALVADOR, [SPEAKING SPANISH] (APPLAUSE) THIS WAS BEFORE INSURANCE. BEFORE INSURANCE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT IS TRULY A HONOR TO STAND HERE TODAY AT THE LOS ANGELES CITY HALL SURROUNDED BY LEADERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO INSPIRE ME EVERY DAY. DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO LOS ANGELES CITY COMMITTEE. THE CITY COUNCIL AND EVERY PARTNER WHO MADE THE CELEBRATION POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING NOT JUST MY WORK, BUT OUR SALVADORIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE NORMA, [SPEAKING SPANISH] YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB IN THE MORNING AT POWER. ANTONIO. [SPEAKING SPANISH] I CAN'T DO 2 A.M., MAN. [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. MR. HARRIS-DAWSON-- >> YES. THERE IS A LIST. COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT. >> I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND HERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING IN MY SPILL-OVER COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE SALVADORIAN COMMUNITY SPILLS INTO THE 10TH DISTRICT, AND WE DO WORK TOGETHER. YOU ARE A WONDERFUL COMPLEMENT TO THE TAPESTRY OF LOS ANGELES. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH OUR YOUTH. BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU TO NOT BE ERASED. TO KEEP YOUR CULTURE. TO KEEP YOUR LANGUAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN KNOW THE HISTORY. I APPRECIATE CELEBRATING THIS TIME AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL YOUR HONOREES AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE LOS ANGELES REALLY WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I TOO WANT TO THANK MEMBERS RODRIGUEZ AND HERNANDEZ BRINGING THIS EXTRAORDINARY CELEBRATION TO US TODAY. YOU KNOW, THE CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN SALVADORIAN HISTORY LEGACY IS IMPORTANT. NOT JUST CITY WIDE, ESPECIALLY IN CD9. WE HAVE A BIG SALVADORIAN DIASPRA SO WE APPRECIATE THE CONTSBUTIONS AND SUPPORT. I HAD A CHANCE TO TRAVEL TO EL SALVADOR. HAD A CHANCE TO BENEFIT FROM THE HOSPITALITY AND THE WONDERFUL CULTURAL EXCHANGES THAT EXHIBIT. WANT TO CELEBRATE YOUR PRESENCE TODAY. BEEN A REAL ANCHOR IN THE COMMUNITY SO MANY YEARS. CONTINUED SUCCESS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE BUT YOU HAVE A BOARD AND DIRECTORS AND SUPPORTERS WHO BELIEVE IN YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD. (APPLAUSE) >> >> I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE CHOIR HERE AND EXCITED ABOUT THIS HERITAGE MONTH. BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE HAVE GONE TO EL SALVADOR, DUE FOR ANOTHER TRIP. AT LEAST ONCE A DECADE. CAN'T GO THAT LONG. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WANT TO ADD BEFORE I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA. IT IS SO EXCITING TO BE TO CELEBRATE ALL YOU AND TO CELEBRATE SOLIF AND BEAR WITNESS TO THE PRESENCE AND THE FABRIC THAT SALVADORIANS BRING TO SOUTH LA, THERE IS ONE POINT IN HISTORY WHERE IN MR. PRICE DISTRICT HAD MORE SALVADORIAN STUDENTS THEN ANY SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT. WE ALWAYS FEEL THAT AND SALIF HAS BEEN SENDING KIDS TO COLLEGE. NO STATION LIKE POWER 106. :THANK YOU. WITH THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA. (APPLAUSE) >> I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR HOSTING THIS. I HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME ALSO BEING PART OF THIS EARLIER IN THE YEAR WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE IN VAN NUYS. TO THIS DAY, I STILL HAVE FRIENDS AND CONSTITUENTS WHO THANK ME FOR THAT AND I PERSONALLY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME TEXTING AND INVITING ALL THE FRIENDS I GREW UP WITH TO THAT AND SAYING, COME BY AND IF YOU CAN'T, COME SEND YOUR PARENTS AND THE PARENTS CAME. TO THIS DAY THEY ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THOSE IN THIS GROUP REMINDING US OF YOUR PRESENCE. SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE THESE THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE OF LEADERSHIP AND EVEN IN THE TRIP WE RECENTLY DID, I'M GLAD WE WENT BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME OF THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING THAT WITH LEADERSHIP COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, SO I VERY MUCH ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO VISIT THE UNIVERSITIES AND CLINICS AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE IN THE DYSPHORIA, THE SALVADORIAN DYSPHORIA, WE KNOW THAT OUR FOLKS HERE THRIVE WHEN THEY CAN GO TO FOR EXAMPLE, A CLINIC WHERE THEY SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AND THAT THERE IS SOMEONE YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH AND TALK TO ABOUT SOMETHING AS INTIMATE AS HEALTHCARE WITH DOCTORS YOU CAN RELATE TO. I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT TRIP SO THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION AND I'M GLAD I DID IT. JUST IN CLOSING, I WANT TO SAY, CARLOS, JOSE, JOCELYN AND LETTE, KNOW WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR THE HELP AND KEEPING US ACCOUNTABLE AND REMINDING US YOUR COMMUNITY EXISTS AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE PROPS TO LIZ, TO MELISSA, MY VERY OWN MEANTEE JOANNA BECAUSE YOU ARE FUTURE LEADERS. MAD PROPS BEING UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT YOUR IDENTITY. YOUR PARENTS BACKGROUND IS WHO YOU ARE AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE DEALING WITH THEIR OWN IDENTITY CRISIS DON'T HAVE TO, BECAUSE YOU CAN BE YOURSELF AND STILL THRIVE AND DO BIG THINGS. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO WERE THERE TO BE A EXAMPLE TO THEM AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS FOR BEING COOL WITH IT AND PUSHING IT FORWARD. HAPPY SALVADORIAN HERITAGE DAY EVERYBODY. (APPLAUSE) >> COUNCIL MEMBER LEE. COUNCIL MEMBER LEE. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, JUST SAY THANK YOU TO BRINGING THIS GROUP IN TODAY. I LOVE WHEN WE BRING DIFFERENT HERITAGES THAT MAKE UP THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY WE LIVE IN AND IT REMINDS US THAT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY IS ALWAYS THE STRENGTH OF OUR CITY, AND SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I WANT TO GIVE SHOUT OUT TO THREE SPECIAL PEOPLE ON MY STAFF. ROGER WHO IS MY COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR. --I WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE DJ EDDIE YOU DJ HER--[INAUDIBLE] >> I'LL COME SEE YOU. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALWAYS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THEM AND JOCELYN, WE WORKED TOGETHER MANY MANY YEARS AND PERSONAL STORY. I USUALLY HAVE THE NEWS ON WHEN I DRIVE AROUND BY MYSELF, BUT EVERY MORNING WHEN I GET INTO THE CAR WITH THE STAFF MEMBER THEY SAY, CAN WE LISTEN TO BROWN BAG? LTTE IT IS SO MUCH BETTER TO LAUGH ALONG WITH YOU AND THE GROUP THEN TO HEAR SOMETIMES JUST PRESSING NEWS THAT WE HAVE ON AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US. (APPLAUSE) >> I WANT TO CLARIFY, BEFORE SHE WAS BROWN BAG, SHE IS ALWAYS A NORTHEAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR HONOREES AND OF COURSE ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO INCREDIBLE WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITIES EACH AND EVERY DAY. TO THE HONOREES THAT HELP AMPLIFY OUR VOICES, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHEN THEY ARE UNDER ASSAULT, I ARE WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU ROLES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BUT NEVER MORE THEN THEY ARE TODAY AND WHAT EACH OF YOU REPRESENTS, WHEN THERE IS A GENERALIZATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A LATINO COMMUNITY, WE ARE-YOU ARE A EXAMPLE OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE FABRIC AND THE UNIQUENESS THAT EACH OF OUR COLLECTIVE LATINO COMMUNITIES REPRESENT. I AM PROUD TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF MY SALVADORIAN SISTERS AND BROTHERS, BUT AS A COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T BACK DOWN, THAT WE STAND TOGETHER STRONG AND WE CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY PROUDLY EXACTLY WHO WE ARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK AND COLLEAGUES, AND FRIENDS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE ARE PROUD TO DECLARE--I HAVE THE SALVADOR AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY AND STOILFTS FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> AS WE TAKE THE FINAL PHOTOS, EVERYONE FROM THE PRESENTATION WILL MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE BACK AREA FOR SOME PHOTOS. IF I ASK COUNCILWOMAN PARK TO COME TO THE PODIUM FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON THE 40 ANVERSITY OF HEAL THE BAY. FROM HERITAGE TO HEALING. 30 ANVERSITY TO 40 ANVERSITY. TRY TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION QUICKLY. WE HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS. IF I CAN ASK EVERYBODY TO MOVE TO THE BACK AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. [SPEAKING IN THE BACKGROUNDS] COUNCILWOMAN PARK, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS SPECIAL DAY AT CITY HALL AND I'M PROUD TO WELCOME SOME OF THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED AND DEDICATED TEAM MEMBERS FROM HEAL THE BAY AS WE COMMEMORATE THEIR 40 ANVERSITY. IT IS WILD TO THINK NOW, BUT NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO IN MY LIFETIME, DUMPING TREATED SEWAGE INTO THE SANTA MONICA BAY. SPILLS WERE ROUTINE. NOT TALKING A LITTLE SEWAGE SPILLED AND DUMPED INTO THE SANTA MONICA BAY, I'M TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF IT AND NO ONE IN POWER SEEMED TO TREAT THIS LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS THAT THEY WERE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RAW SEWAGE FLOWING INTO THE CREEK AND STRAIGHT TO THE WETLANDS AND OUT TO OUR OCEAN. [MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION [INAUDIBLE]] >> THANK YOU FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT GSD. [ANNOUNCEMENT OVER SPEAKER] THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT GSD, WE ARE GLAD TO KNOW YOUR WORK CONCLUDED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AS I WAS SAYING, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF RAW AND UNTREATED SEWAGE REGULARLY DUMPED AND SPILLED RIGHT INTO THE SANTA MONICA BAY. RESIDENTS SCIENTIST VIREMAL ADVOCATES ALLSY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. A MARINE DYING OFF, DEAD ZONES FORMING ALONG THE OCEAN FLOOR, AND PEOPLE GETTING SICK. AND STILL, THE CITY FOUGHT THE STATE, THE COURTS AND THE EPA AND KEPT DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL. IF NOT FOR HEAL THE BAY AND FOUNDER DORTHY GREEN WE NIGHT STILL BE THERE. IN 1985 DOROTHY AND SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS DID WHAT GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO DO, HELD US ACCOUNTABLE FORCED THE SIT ISY TO CHANGE COURSE AND BECOME A REAL PARTNER PROTECTING THE BAY. THEY PROVED WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN THE COMMUNITY REFUSES TO GIVE UP. OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES, HEAL THE BAY BUILT THAT LEGACY THROUGH SCIENCE, EDUCATION ADVOCACY AND PLAIN OLD HARD COMMUNITY WORK. THEY MONITOR MORE THEN 700 LOCAL BEACHES, THEY EDUCATED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY REMOVED MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF TRASH OFF OUR LOCAL SHORES. THEY ALSO HELPED PASS LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS THAT MADE HEALTHY WATER IN OUR OCEAN THE EXPECTATION NOT THE EXCEPTION. THE WORK HASN'T SLOWED DOWN. AFTER THE DEVASTATING FIRE IN JANUARY, HEAL THE BAY STEPPED UP AGAIN. HELPING OUR COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH, OUR WATERWAYS AND THE ECHO SYSTEMS. THE FIRES WERE UNLIKE ANYTHING WE EVER EXPERIENCED AND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON THE COAST ARE STILL TO BE DETERMINED. THE DATA THAT HEAL THE BAY IS COLLECTING AND STUDYING WILL HELP GUIDE THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THE GROUND TODAY TO RESORE STORE THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE AND THE WORK THAT WE WILL DO IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE PROTECTING OUR COASTLINE. I ALSO PROUDLY STOOD WITH HEAL THE BAY LAST MONTH AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S RECKLESS PROPOSAL TO REOPEN THE SANTA MONICA BAY TO GAS AND OIL DRILLING AND OUR WETLANDS TO DEVELOPMENT. ANOTHER ONSLAUGHT IN SERIES OF ATTEMPTS BY THIS ADMINISTRATION TO BLOCK THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT SO MANY GENERATIONS HAVE FOUGHT FOR. NONE OF THESE ACTIONS ARE GROUNDED IN SCIENCE OR COMMON SENSE AND IF HEAL THE BAY TAUGHT US ANYTHING, IT IS WHEN FACTS ARE IGNORED IT IS THE PUBLIC WHO HAS TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK OUT TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT IS WHY TODAY THIS COUNCIL WILL BE ADOPTING A RESOLUTION INTRODUCED WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS MCOSKER AND NAZARIAN MAKING IT CRYSTAL CLEAR, OUR COASTLINE IS NOT FOR SALE. NOT NOW, NOT EVER. WE ARE NOT GOING BACKWARDS. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT WE LIKE TO PLAY. >> 40 YEARS AGO A WOMAN NAMED DOROTHY GREEN LOOKED AT A BAY POISONED WITH SEWAGE AND SAID, NO MORE. >> [INAUDIBLE] TUMORS, HUGE DEAD ZONE AND WE SAID NO, WE GOT TO STOP IT. >> SHE DIDN'T HAVE A BLUE PRINT. AL SHE HAD WAS A BULL HORN SCR THE COURAGE TO START. >> YOU SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND FIGURE HOW TO DO IT AND GO DO IT. >> THAT'S HOW HEAL THE BAY WAS BORN. EVERY SINCE ANGELENOS LIKE YOU HAVE CARRIED IT FORWARD. WE PULLED OVER 2 MILLION POUNDS OF TRASH FROM OUR BEACHES. INSPIRED MORE THEN 280 THOUSAND-SAMPLED ANALYZED AND GRATED HUNDREDS OF BEACHESISM AFTER AFTER THE LA FIRES WHEN LOCAL AGENCIES FELL SHORT OUR SCIENTIST WENT TO TEST THE WATERS. WE LED EFFORTS FOR PLASTIC BANS AND HELD POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE. CREATED EQUITABLE PARKS, STORM WATER SOLUTIONS AND STRONGER COMMUNITIES. WHILE THE COMMUNITY IMPACT IS CLEAR, IT IS ONLY THE START. WE ARE GIVING ANGELENOS THE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND, CORRECT AND SHAPE OUR COASTAL WATERS. >> WHETHER IT IS SPEAKING UP FOR CLEAN WATER, REDUCING PLASTIC WASTE OR RESTORING OUR SHARED COASTLINE, HEAL THE BAY LEGACY REMINDS US IT JUST TAKES ONE SMALL START TO SPARK MAJOR CHANGE. WITH THAT, I LIKE TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO MY FRIEND AND PARTNER IN THE FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR COASTLINE AND OUR SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HEAL THE BAY, TRACI QUINN. (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL AND FRIENDS OF THE BAY. I'M HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF HEAL THE BAY, MARKING 40 YEARS OF PROTECTING AND RESTORING OUR COASTAL WATERS AND WATERSHED. HEAL THE BAY EXIST BECAUSE OUR FOUNDER DOROTHY GREEN SAW A CRISIS AND REFUSED TO IGNORE IT. IN 1985 AFTER LEARNING POLLUTED OCEAN WATER WAS MAKING THOSE SICK, GACKTERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN HER LIVINGROOM AND HEAL THE BAY TOOK TO SHAPE. GAVELINIZED COMMUNITIES ACRAUZ TO TAKE ACTION. CONTRIBUTING TO A DEAD ZONE OFF SHORE. WITHIN A YEAR, AFTER STRONG ADVOCACY AND PRESSURE ON LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FINAL LY COMMITTED TO ENDING THE DISCHARGE OF PARTIALLY TREATED SEWAGE IN SANTA MONICA BAY. CUTTING POLLUTION BY 90 PERCENT. FROM THERE, HEAL THE BAY GREW INTO A TRUSTED VOICE FOR SCIENCE POLICY PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. UNDER LEADERS LIKE MARK GOLD AND SHELLY LOOSE, WE BUILT A LEGACY IN ACCOUNTABILITY AND COLLABORATION. OVER THE YEARS OUR VICTORIES MULTIPLIED. WE LAUNCHED THE BEACH REPORT CARD IN 1992 BRINGING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO BEACH WATER QUALITY. VOLUNTEERS STENCILED MORE THEN 60 THOUSAND STORM DRAINS ACROSS LOS ANGELES WITH, THIS DRAINS TO THE OCEAN. HELPING ANGELENO UNDERSTAND HOW POLLUTION REACHES THE COAST. WE EXPANDED EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH HEAL THE BAY AQUARIUM. WELCOMING MORE THEN HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS EACH YEAR AND EDUCATING MORE THEN 10 THOUSAND KIDS EACH YEAR MOSTLY FROM LA USD. WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING CLIMATE LITERACY TRAINING FOR LA USD TEACHERS. CREATED MAJOR ORDINANCES IN THE CITY ON SINGLE USE PLASTICS. OUR WORK DOES NOT STOP AT THE SHORELINE. WE KNOW HEALTHY OCEANS DEPEND ON HELTHDY NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IS WHY OUR TEAM SPENT YEARS SUPPORTING SMART COMMUNITY CENTERED WATER PROJECTS ACROSS LOS ANGELES. A PROUD MILESTONE THIS YEAR WAS THE OPENING OF PARK IN SOUTH LA. THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC PARTNERS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CURREN PRICE, WE TURNED A ONCE NEGLECTED HALF ACRE LAND INTO A VIBRANT MULTI-BENEFIT GREEN SPACE THAT IMPROVES HEALTH RECONDUCTS RESIDENTS TO NATURE AND REDUCES POLLUTION REACHING THE OCEAN. WHEN THE PALISADE FIRE STRUCK WE SAW AGAIN HOW ESSENTIAL THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE. WE WORKED WITH LA SANITATION TO INSURE MEASURES WERE DEPLOYED TO REDUCE POLLUTION FROM THE BURN ZONE FLOWING TO THE OCEAN. WITH THE SUPPORT OF COUNCILWOMAN PARK WE CONTINUED OUR IMPORTANT SAMPLING OF SAND, SEDIMENT AND WATER ALONG OUR COAST, TO PROVIDE CLEAR SCIENCE BASED INFORMATION TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH. AND AS WE FACE RECORD RAINFALL WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR COUNCIL MEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY LEADERSHIP. THIS WORK IS ESSENTIAL TO PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMPROVING WATER QUALITY ACROSS LOS ANGELES. AS WE ACCELERATE OUR PRAC, I MUST-ADVANCING LOS ANGELES BLUE ECONOMY AND INSURING CLEAN WATER GOOD JOBS AND SUSTAINABLE COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. STILL, AFTER 40 YEARS OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. THE BAY CONTINUES TO FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND THE SAME FACILITY THAT SPARKED OUR FOUNDING HYPERION, AGAIN DEMANDS OUR ATTENTION. AS LOS ANGELES GROWS AND CLIMATE IMPACTS INTENSIFY, LIFE IN OUR CITY DEPENDS ON INVESTING IN SAFE RELIABLE WATER RECYCLING AT HYPERIONS AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCING NUTRIENT DISCHARGES THAT FUEL HARMFULALGO BLOOMS. THE BLOOM THIS SPRING WHICH KILLED SEALS AND SEA LIONS AND DOLPHIN IT IS REMINDER WHAT IS AT STAKE. THE HEALTH OF THE BAY AND COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON IT. TODAY'S HONOR WHO BELONGS TO EVERYONE WHO VOLUNTEERED-IT BELONGS TO OUR EXTRAORDINARY BOARD AND STAFF AND THE THOUSANDS SUPPORTS WHO POWERED OUR WORK FOR FOUR DECADES. TO COUNCILWOMAN TRACI PARK AND THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK AND FOR PARTNERING WITH US TO TO PROTECT WATERSHEDS COASTLINE AND SANTA MONICA BAY. HERE IS TO THE NEXT 40 YEARS STRONGER, CLEANER AND UNITED. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> TRACI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE OTHER PEOPLE FROM HEAL THE BAY HERE WITH US TODAY. CARRIE NICHOLLS, ALEXANDER BABCOCK, KIM R, [INAUDIBLE] ANNIE LOPEZ. TRACI, HONESTY, THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS GETTING TO SERVE SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ON THE GROUND HAVE BEEN TRULY REMARKABLE AND EYE OPENING. THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, FROM THOSE VERY VERY EARLY DAYS AFTER THE FIRE ON JANUARY 7, YOU AND I CHECKING AT PCH, CLIMB OVER RUBBLE AND NOTING PLACES WHERE THERE WERE WATER VALVES NEEDING TO BE SHUT OFF AND TAKING NOTES AND EVALUATING NEXT STEPXER YOU ARE ON THE GROUND IN THE WATER LOOKING FOR DEBRIS, CONDUCTING YOUR TESTING AND I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE WEEKEND WHEN THERE HASN'T BEEN A HEAL THE BAY CLEANUP HAPPENING SOMEWHERE ON OUR LOCAL COASTLINES. FOR ALL UPSTREAM WHO WORK WITH HEAL THE BAY TO ORGANIZE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS, THANK YOU. ALL THAT EFFORT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE OVERALL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF OUR COASTLINE AND OUR SANTA MONICA BAY. WE WOULDN'T BE HERE ACCEPT FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND WITH THAT, IT IS A HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, MAYOR KAREN BASS AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR 40 ANVERSITY AND ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR GENERATIONS OF ANGELENOS. >> WE HAVE COUPLE MEMBERS OON THE QUEUE. I LIKE TO START WITH COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PARK FOR BRINGING THE PRESENTATION TODAY. CONGRATULATE HEAL THE BAY AND YOUR OUTSTANDING STAFF ESPECIALLY [INAUDIBLE] TR A CY STANDS ON THE SHOULDERS OF REAL GIANT AS. MARK GOLD, KAREN HALL, SHELLY LUCE AND THE FOUNDER DOROTHY GREEN. DOING THE WORK TO HEAL THE BAY OF SANTA MONICA AND HEAL THE BAY IS ALSO INTENTIONAL DOING THE WORK ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN THE WATERSHED AND ACROSS THE CITY AND REGION. HEAL THE BAY IS A KEY VOICE FOR HEALTHY RESILIENT OCEAN FRONT BUT IT STARTS WAY UP STREET AND WE OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. LA AND THE BAY ARE BETTER BECAUSE HEAL THE BAY PUSHED THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND EVERYONE TO DO MORE FROM IMPROVING TREATMENT IN HYPERION WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, TACKLING THE SINGLE USE PLASTIC, MAXIMIZING STORM WATER CAPTURE, ALL THE WAY FROM THE VERY DEVELOPMENT THAT PROGRAM AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM HEAL THE BAY ADVOCACY FOR GENERATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONAL TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS LIKE PURE WATER LA. I KNOW THIS YEAR IS A TOUGH ONE FOR YOU AND OUR BAY, SO TO YOUR BOARD AND YOUR BOARD AND STAFF, PAST AND PRESENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS AND HEAR IS TO ANOTHER 40 YEARS OF EXCELLENT WORK. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> COUNCIL MEMBER MCOSKER FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IN HEAL THE BAY. I CAN'T EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION GREATER THEN YOU CAN AND CAN'T ADD ANYTHING TO COMMENTS. REPRESENTING A COMMUNITY FROM WATTS TO THE WATERFRONT THAT IS BASICALLY AT THE TAIL END OF THE MOVEMENT OF WATER, I CANNOT EXPRESS ENOUGH APPRECIATION TO HEAL THE BAY IN 40 SHORT YEARS AND YOU WILL HAVE LONGER HISTORY, YOU HAVE DONE MORE TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN AND GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF WHAT WE DO UPSTREAM ON OUR WATERWAYS AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THE OCEANS BEAR A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OCH THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES THAT WE CAUSE FROM PLASTICS TO EVEN CARBON EMISSIONS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE LUNGS OF OUR PLANET AND SO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A CHILD THAT DOESN'T KNOW TODAY THAT IT DRAINS TO THE OCEAN. WE JUST NEED THEIR PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT DRAINS TO THE OCEAN AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK. IT IS REALLY JUST DEMOCATIZING THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO INSURE THE PLANET CAN SURVIVE WITH US BECAUSE IT WILL SURVIVE WITHOUT US IF WE DON'T CHANGE OUR WAYS. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA. >> THANK YOU. I TOO WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN PARK FOR BRINGING HEAL THE BAY TO US TODAY. HEAL THE BAY DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB ALL OVER OUR COMMUNITY AS POINTED OUT, NOT JUST HEALING THE BAY, BUT ALSO DOING STUFF IN INNER-CITIES AND APPRECIATE THE UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WE HAD WITH YOU IN THE WOODS PARK. A EXTRAORDINARY GREEN SPACE IN A DENSELY OVER-POPULATED URBAN AREA SO IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND APPRECIATE THE TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL. CONTINUED SUCCESS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. (APPLAUSE) >> COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA. >> COUNCIL MEMBER TRACI PARK, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HEAL THE BAY IN. I DON'T WANT A BEACH FRONT COMMUNITY, BUT EARLY ON IN MY CAREER IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, HEAL THE BAY WAS A INSTRUMENTAL PARTNER WHEN I WAS A YOUTH PARTNER AT PUCOMA BEAUTIFUL. ONE MESSAGE ALWAYS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WORKING WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WAS THE WAY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HAS ITS INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT OUT IS ON A RAINY DAY EVERYTHING GOES STRAIGHT TO THE OCEAN, SO HEAL THE BAY WAS INSTRUMENTAL TEACHING THESE YOUNG KIDS THAT IF THERE IS TRASH IN THE CITY, IT IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY GET TO THE OCEAN SO IT IS IMPORTANT WE TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT NOT LITTERING AND NOT PUTTING THINGS ON THE STREET BECAUSE IT WILL GET TO THE BEACH. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME WORK WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STARTING IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COAST IS THE PLACE WE ALL CAN ENJOY. THANK YOU FOR THAT BACK THEN AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THE WORK TODAY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE ORGANIZATIONS BY FAR, AS PEOPLE MENTIONED YOU HAVE ANOTHER 40 WONDERFUL YEARS AND A HUNDRED TO BE EXACT. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT. I MAY HAVE ANOTHER MANY WONDERFUL FRUITFUL YEARS. SO GRATEFUL FOR HEAL THE BAY FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR HEALTH. THANK YOU. BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE REMARKS AND THE SUPPORT AND SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES,B CONGRATULATIONS AND HERE IS TO ANOTHER 40 YEARS OF PROTECTING OUR ICONIC CRITICAL SANTA MONICA BAY. (APPLAUSE) >> AS THEY TAKE THE FINAL PICTURES I ASK COUNCIL MMBER LEE TO HEAD TOWARD THE PODIUM. CLEANUP FOR OUR FOURTH PRESENTATION. HE WILL DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT VOLUNTEERS CLEANING UP. VOLUNTEERS CLEANING COMMUNITIES. WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER LEE. >> THANK YOU. FEW MORE SECONDS. GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS. ON THE HEELS OF HEAL THE BAY, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO SOMETHING IN OUR DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE TRASH DOES NOT END UP IN OUR OCEANS AND I WANT THEM TO BE RECOGNIZED. NOT SURE HOW WE ALL WILL SQUEEZE IN. FIGURE A WAY. AS THEY ARE COMING IN COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IS MY HONOR TODAY TO RECOGNIZE AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST DEDICATED, CONSISTENT AND UPLIFTING FORCES OF GOOD IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, VOLUNTEERS CLEANING COMMUNITIES. (APPLAUSE) FOR YEARS NOW, THIS REMARKABLE NON PROFIT HAS SHOWN WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN NEIGHBORS COME TOGETHER WITH THE SIMPLE IDEA AND POWERFUL BELIEF THAT CLEANER STREETS, SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS AND HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT START WITH EACH OF US. UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS SHOW UP WEEK AFTER WEEK NOT FOR RECOGNITION, NOT FOR PRAISE, BUT BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT THE PLACE THAT THEY CALL HOME. VOLUNTEERS CLEANING COMMUNITY HAS TURNED THE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY INTO ACTION. THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS PARK BEAUTIFICATIONS, FREEWAY LITTER REMOVAL AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION, THEY HAVE CREATED A CULTURE OF PRIDE AND STOWEREDSHIP FELT ACROSS THE VALLEY. THEIR COMMITMENT IS VISIBLE IN EVERY BLOCK THEY WALK AND IN EVERY BAG OF DEBRIS THEY REMOVE. IT FILLS ME WITH PRIDE EVERY TIME I SEE THEIR WORK HIGHLIGHTED IN THE NEWS OR I SEE SOMEHOW THEY WERE ABLE TO TURN OUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE ON A ORDINARY SATURDAY MORNING TO SUPPORT THEIR MISSION, BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW BIG THEY GET, I KNOW THIS ORGANIZATION STARTED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 AND I TAKE PRIDE IN THAT. THEY NOW SERVE THE ENTIRE SAN FERNANDO-YOU SEE THE WORK THEY CONTINUE TO LEAD IN OUR OWN DISTRICT, INCLUDING THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF A SIX AND A HALF MILE STRETCH FROM DESOTO TO BALBOA MAINTAINING THAT CORRIDOR IS NO SMALL TASK. THAT IS MILE AFTER MILE OF LITTER, DEBRIS, AND WIND-BLOWN TRASH THAT WOULD OTHERWISE JUST SIT THERE. IMPACTING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. INSTEAD, THANKS TO THEM THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS COMMUTERS AND PEDESTRIANS BENEFIT FROM A AREA THAT IS CLEANER, SAFER AND MORE WELCOMING. WHAT I TRULY ADMIRE ABOUT VOLUNTEERS CLEANING COMMUNITIES MAKES-THEY MAKE THEIR SERVICE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. ADOPT ONE STREET PROGRAM GIVES REZ DRNTS A CHANCE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR BLOCK JUST ONE BLOCK AT A TIME. THEIR LITTER AWARENESS DAYS URLTH DAY EVENTS, CORRIDOR CLEANUPS AND THEIR LITTER SCAVENGER HUNTS SHOW CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CAN BE BOTH MEANINGFUL AND FUN. THEY BUILT A MODEL OF VOLUNTEERISM INCLUSIVE, CREATIVE AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS INFECTIOUS FROM BEING AT JUST ONE OF THEIR EVENTS PEOPLE LEARN OF THE LITTLE AMOUNT THAT THEY CAN DO THAT ADDS UP TO A BIG THING. I LOVE, I LOVE WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH OUR DISTRICT AND I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AT NIGHT THAT THEY HAVE A BAG IN THEIR HAND, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY LEARNED THAT AT ONE OF YOUR EVENTS THAT WHY YOU ARE WALKING AROUND THE STREET, CARRY A BAG WITH YOU, CLEAN UP THAT PIECE OF LITTER. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, THIS ORGANIZATION TRULY IS THE VERY BEST OF OUR CITY. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO SEE A PROBLEM AND REFUSE TO LOOK AWAY. WHO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES GATHER THEIR FRIENDS AND TAKE ACTION. THEIR IMPACT IS MEASURABLE BUT MORE IMPORTANT, IT IS LASTING. THEY ARE STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RESIDENTS EMPOWERING NEW VOLUNTEERS AND LEAVING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THEY TOUCH BETTER THEN THEY FOUND IT. SO, TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I'M PROUD TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN RECOGNIZING VOLUNTEERS CLEANING COMMUNITIES FOR YOUR SERVICE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO MAKE THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND OUR CITY A CLEANER HEALTHIER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU FOR BEING A INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US, BUT BEFORE I GIVE THIS RECOGNITION TO THIS ORGANIZATION, I LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMEONE WHO TRULY REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF THIS ORGANIZATION. SOMEONE WHO I REFER TO AS THE HEART AND SOUL OF BCC. A FORCE FOR GOOD BUT THERE IS ONE PERSON WHO'S DEDICATION AND HEART GUIDED IT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THAT PERSON IS THE FOUNDER, JILL MATHER. JILL IS SOUL OF THE ORGANIZATION AND KEEPS THE MOMENTUM GOING. THE ONE WHO INSPIRES VOLUNTEERS TO SHOW UP AGAIN AND AGAIN THE ONE WHO SEES NO ACT OF SERVICE AS TOO SMALL. HER PASSION FOR CLEAN ER SAFER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL NEIHBORHOODS ISN'T SOMETHING TALKED ABOUT FROM A DISTANCE, SHE IS IN THE FIELD SETTING THE PACE ENCOURAGING OTHERS AND PROVING THAT THROUGH HER ACTIONS WHAT EXACTLY COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP LOOKS LIKE. ANYONE WHO WORKED WITH JILL KNOWS THAT SHE DOES NOT SEEK ATTENTION, SHE SIMPLY SEES A NEED AND STEPS FORWARD. SHE CREATED A MODEL OF VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT THAT IS INCLUSIVE CREATIVE AND GENUINELY IMPACTFUL AND SHE HAS DONE WITH GRACE HUMILITY AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE VALLEY SHE LOVES. MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE THE PERSON WHO MAKES ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE FOUNDER OF VOLUNTEERS CLEANING COMMUNITIES BETTER KNOWN AS VCC, THE INCREDIBLE, JILL MATHER. (APPLAUSE) >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HONORING US. WE ARE HONORED THAT YOU ARE HONORING US. WE DO NOT DO IT FOR THE ACCOLADES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER THIS YEAR, IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE WE HAVE BEEN PICKING UP LITTER, PICKING UP AND ILLEGAL DUMPING CLEANING, THE 118 CLEANING FOR THE 6 AND A HALF MILES AND DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, SANTA MONICA AND WEST LA CLEANING FOR US. WE DO THIS NOT ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A MONTH, WE DO THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. FOR TWO HOURS, THESE INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS AND YOU CAN SE WE ARE QUITE THE SPREAD OF YELLOW VESTS HERE, WE MEET IN GROUPS FOR TWO HOURS EVERY DAY AT A DIFFERENT PLACE, SOMEWHERE IN THE VALLEY AND I NEVER KNOW WHO WILL SHOW UP. WE HAVE REGULARS THAT COME EVERY DAY. BY THE WAY, THEY HAVE BEEN COMING ALL MOST FIVE YEARS EVERY SINGLE DAY FOLLOWING ME, AND OTHERS JUST COME ONCE A WEEK, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, MAYBE ONCE A YEAR, WHICH IS JUST FINE WITH US BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU DO SOMETHING IN YOUR COMMUNITY THA IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT. WHEN I STARTED THIS ORGANIZATION, IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WHAT IT IS. LITERALLY I RETIRED AND THIS WAS NOT MY RETIREMENT PLAN BY ANY MEANS. I WAS GOING TO TRAVEL THE WORLD LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON WHO RETIRES DOES, AND COVID HIT. YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT. SO, I COULDN'T DO WHAT I THOUGHT RETIREMENT WAS ALL ABOUT. THEREFORE, TO GET OUT I STARTED WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS TRASH AND I'M BORED WALKING THE SAME FOUR MILES EVERY DAY BY MYSELF, SO I TOOK A BAG AND STARTED PICKING UP THE TRASH AND EVERY DAY I PICK UP THREE BAGS OF TRASH IN THE SAME FOUR MILES AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS A PROBLEM. THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE VALLEY. I ASKED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TO JOIN ME IN THE FIRST CLEANUP 12 PEOPLE SHOWED UP THAT I NEVER MET BEFORE. COMPLETE STRANGERS IN MY COMMUNITY. WE HAD GREAT TIME, FUN, AND THEY WANTED TO DO MORE. I ADOPTED THE 118 FREEWAY RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT IS WORSE THEN THE STREETS IN SOME WAYS, AND THEN WE STARTED WORKING THE STREETS AND FREEWAY. IT JUST HAS GROWN ORGANICALLY TO BEING OVER 200 PEOPLE EVERY WEEK CLEANING SOMEWHERE IN THE VALLEY IN GROUPS. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE INDEPENDENTS. WE HAVE NOT LIKE HEAL A BAY, MILLIONS OF POUNDS CLEANED UP. WE CLEANED UP THE 5 YEARS, 550 THOUSAND POUNDS OF TRASH THAT WE CAN MEASURE IN WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AND THE OTHER THINGS WE DO, WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT IS, BECAUSE WE'VE EVOLVED SO MUCH, WE HAVE 311 EXPERTS ON EVERY-YES, AND WE ARE KNOWN AS THE 311 KING AND THERE IS A 311 CLEAN THAT COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. 311 LOVES OR HATES US, BECAUSE WE REPORT EVERYTHING. YOU CAN IMAGINE WE MEET--WE DIVIDE INTO FOUR DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FROM ONE LOCATION WHERE WE MEET, AND WE DO IT FOR TWO HOURS EVERY DAY. AN HOUR GOING OUT, ACROSS THE STREET, COME BACK AN HOUR ON THE OTHER SIDE SO COMPLETELY CLEAN THIS WHOLE AREA. WE TAKE DOWN ILLEGAL SIGNS. THERE SHOULD BE NO SIGNS ON OUR POLES, SO WE REMOVE THOSE. WE EVEN PAINT NOW, GRAY-WE HAVE SPRAY CANS. ONE OF THERE VOLUNTEERS PAINTS THE POLES SO THE ONES THAT THEY ARE PLASTERING ON AND CAN'T REMOVE SO WE PAINT OVER THOSE TO MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL. ILLEGAL DUMPING WE ORGANIZE IT, IF IT IS ALONG THE STREET, WE ORGANIZE INTO ONE PILE SO IT IS EASIER FOR THE CITY TO PICK IT UP. IF WE-WHATEVER WE FIND THAT NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP WE DO. WE DO FIND MONEY TOO. I DID FIND $300 ROLLED UP ONE TIME IN A CURB, SO IT GOES TO VCC OF COURSE, VOLUNTEERS CLEANING COMMUNITIES. WE DO EVERYTHING FOR THAT. BUT, I COULDN'T DO THIS-IT ISN'T ME, IT IS THESE PEOPLE. THESE PEOPLE HAVE FUN GOING OUT. THE LA TIMES FOLLOWED US FOR 5 DAYS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE YOU COULD BUILD A ORGANIZATION OVER TRASH, AND PICKING UP TRASH. THEY JOINED US AFTERWARDS. THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN AND NOW MEMBERS OF VCC. BUT WE DO, WE HAVE FUN. WE GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE CITY. WE DONT COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. PEOPLE SAY THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING THIS AND WE SAY, HEY, THE CITY NEEDS US. THE CITY NEEDS US, YOU SHOULD ALL VOLUNTEER IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, SO JUST DON'T COMPLAIN-YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN UNLESS YOU HAVE THE WILLINGNESS TO DO SOMETHING AND THESE ARE THAT KIND OF PEOPLE THAT GO OUT AND DON'T COMPLAIN AND BY THE WAY, WE GO TO COFFEE AFTER EVERY SINGLE CLEANUP. FIVE YEARS OF STARBUCK'S IS BREAKING ME PERSONALLY. BUT ANY NEW MEMBER THAT JOINS US WE BUY THE FIRST CUP OF COFFEE IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO JOIN US BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A SOCIAL GROUP. IT BECOMES SOMETHING YOU LOVE TO DO, IT IS THERAPEUTIC. THESE ARE NOW MY FRIENDS AND I KNEW NONE OF THEM BEFORE I RETIRED, AND IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY HELPS THE CITY, BUT HELPS YOU PERSONALLY. MOST OF US ARE RETIRED AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY SAVED PEOPLE'S LIVES BY GIVING THEM A PURPOSE TO JOIN IT AND GET UP EVERY DAY. YOU GOT TO GET UP EVERY DAY AND IT GIVES A REASON TO DO THAT, SO I THANK YOU ALL. >> WE HAVE JILL-ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR JILL. (APPLAUSE) JILL, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH VCC. I LIKE TO INTRODUCE DAVID WISEBURG. >> LOVE TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS. HELLO EVERYBODY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. BEHIND ME THIS BEAUTIFUL GROUP OF YELLOW JURISIES AND BUTTONS AND SHIRTS AND HATS. THEY ALL HAVE BECOME MY FAMILY. SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN LEE INVITING US HERE AND JILL MATHER FOR BEING OUR LEADER AND OUR SERGEANT AND OUR MOTHER AND OUR FRIEND AND EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THE SKY. WHATEVER WE NEED WE GO TO HER AND SHE HAS A GREAT VISION. GREAT VISION. MY NAME IS DAVID WISEBURG, A VOLUNTEER LEADER WITH THE GROUP. I STARTED FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO. WAS DOING CLEANUP ON MY OWN JUST COMING OFF HEALTH ISSUES AND NEEDED TO GET BACK OUT THERE. I'M A HIKER AND LOVE THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS, SO I WAS OUT CLEANING ONE DAY AND GOT A LOT OF BAGS AND HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT HAD 70 BAGS IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE PARK OVER THE MOUNTAIN PAST THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND SOMEBODY GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO JILL AND HER ORGANIZATION. I ASKED COULD YOU HELP ME OUT PICKING THESE BAGS UP AND BRINGING OUT TO A TRUCK? IT WAS A QUARTER MILE FROM WHERE THE TRUCK AND TRASH WAS AND SHE CAME OUT AND NO PROBLEM WITH STEVE HURSHBURG AND DON LARSON AND HERSELF AND WE PICKED UP THESE TRASH AND THAT STARTED A RELATIONSHIP FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MY GIRLFRIEND HERE I MET ON ONE OF MY FIRST CLEANUPS WHERE WE ALL-I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. THAT WAS AMAZING. WHEN I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK TODAY, I THOUGHT WHAT WILL I DO AND SAY. I DID RESEARCH AND WENT TO THE INTERNET TO FIND WHAT IS A VOLUNTEER. I WENT TO GPT, A FORM OF A I AND THAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. I FOUND GENERIC TERMS AND FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE THAT OFFER TIME AND EFFORT FOR NO PAY AT SOUP KITCHENS, FOR DISASTER RELIEF ANIMAL SHELTERS AND SO WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND WHAT I THINK A I IS FOR US IS A DIFFERENT HOMONYM AND THAT IS AUTHENTIC INTENTIONS AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE. VERY AUTHENTIC PEOPLE THAT COME OUT, TRUE TO HEART AND A MISSION TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND INTENTIONS ARE THERE AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED, HONEST INTENTIONS. OUR GROUP AMPLIFIES THAT AND VERY PROUD OF THEM AND LOVE BEING WITH THEM AND THEY ARE MY FAMILY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP THE CITY AND CHATSWORTH TO START AND WORLD BEYOND SO VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. (APPLAUSE) >> JILL, FOR THE FINAL SPEAKER I LIKE TO INVITE LORI TO COME SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF VCC AND PROUD TO BE THE LEADER OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS FROM GOLDIE. OUR 10 YEAR OLD VOLUNTEER THE FIRST TIME SHE CAME TO CLEAN WITH US, SHE WAS SO PROUD OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT SHE HAD TO BRING HER DAD THAT NIGHT TO SHOW WHAT SHE HAD DONE. MARK A FIRST TIME VOLUNTEER TO A CONSISTENT LEADER TELLING ME I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD BE THIS PERSON. I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS WE CREATED WITH NORTH HOLLYWOOD, NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. NOHO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND WAY TO HAPPINESS. WE WORK ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS HOW THINGS GET DONE. WE ALSO ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER SCHULTZ JOIN THIS YEAR. HE WORKED WITH US SIDE BY SIDE ON THE STREETS PICKING UP TRASH AND MOVING FURNITURE OFF OUR STREETS. WE ALSO WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN AND US WORKING A FEW HOURS WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE 200 BAGS OF TRASH OFF OUR CITY STREETS AND COUNTLESS BULKY ITEMS. I WANT TO THANK ALL VOLUNTEERS AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND YOUR SUPPORT. KNOW THAT YOU ALSO HAVE OUR SUPPORT AND WE ARE WORKING ON CREATING MORE VCC GROUPS ALL ACROSS LOS ANGELES, SO BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE EVEN MORE TO CELEBRATE! THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> I LOVE TO KEEP YOU TO MYSELF JILL, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE VENTURED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES BUT JUST PROUD THAT THIS ORGANIZATION STARTED IN OUR DISTRICT. PROUD OF THE FIRST MEETINGS THAT WE HAD SO MANY YEARS AGO WHEN YOU SAID YOU ONLY HAD A FEW VOLUNTEERS BUT I SAW YOU HAD A VISION AND SAW YOU WERE DRIVEN AND WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO WE ARE HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART INCREDIBLE PART YOU PLAY KEEPING OUR DISTRICT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU EVERYONE. (APPLAUSE) >> TEAM MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILWOMAN PADILLA. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LEE FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY, IT IS PLEASURE TO KNOW OF YOUR EXISTENCE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. AS YOUR NEIGHBOR, FWLAD TO KNOW YOU ARE DOING THE GREAT WORK AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE. JUST THIS MORNING ONE OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND HOW WE NEED THE SCHOOLS TO BE-TO HAVE A MODEL THAT ALLOWS COMMUNITY IN. THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS, I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ALSO FEEL ENCOURAGED TO WORK WITH YOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, BECAUSE AS I JUST MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION FOR HEAL THE BAY, I APPRECIATE THEM FOR THE WORK THEY DID WITH ME WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, BECAUSE ONE THING I ALWAYS SAID IS, ONCE YOU GET A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMMUNITY CLEANUP, YOU CREATED A INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL NEVER EVER IN THEIR LIFETIME LITTER. SO, WHEN THEY SEE YOU CLEANING UP, I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE LEADING THE EXAMPLE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP GOING, KEEP GROWING AND BE UNPAULGETIC WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS TO HELP BUILD A GREATER MOVEMENT. PLEASURE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS RECOGNITION. (APPLAUSE) >> COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LEE FOR BRINGING IN THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE WHAT A TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY HAS CONVENED THROUGH THIS VOLUNTEERISM AND SHARED COMMITMENT MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAN. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. I LOVE JILL YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS KIND OF-YOUR RETIREMENT PLANS WERE TWARTED BY COVID, BUT WHAT A REALLY REMARKABLE AND SPECIAL WAY FOR THAT TO HAVE DEVIATED AND BECOME THIS. THIS IS REALLY FANTASTIC AND I JUST LOVE SEEING ALL OF YOU HERE AND THIS IS WHAT COMMUNITY IS ABOUT. THIS IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE IS SO UNIQUELY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY THAT YOU ALL HAVE COME TOGETHER IN THIS WAY AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH T. IS REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST HELPING TO FILL THE NEED. SEE A NEED, FILL A NEED AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL BUT THIS GREATER SENSE OF COMMUNITY OF YOU ALL COMING TOGETHER THEN JUST MEETING UP FOR A CUP OF COFFEE, GOT TO FIGURE A COFFEE FUND FOR YOU ALL TO HELP OFF-SET THE COST. >> DONT GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS. >> JOHN HAS [INAUDIBLE] HE CAN HELP YOU OUT. BUT, IT'S REALLY-THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING IT AND LOVING OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS YOU DO AND TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACTION. IT IS EXAMPLE HOW WE HAVE TO DO THIS EVERYWHERE AND HOW THE CITY ALONE WILL NEVER BE THE PANACEA KEEPING IT ALL CLEAN. IT IS OUR CITY E IT IS OUR COMMUNITY AND TO SEE YOU ALL COMING TOGETHER TO DO THAT JUST ON YOUR OWN ROUTES AS YOU GO AROUND TAKING WALKS. I REMEMBER IT WAS DURING COVID I WAS DOING LOOPS AROUND THE V A BECAUSE IT ISN'T FAR FROM MY HOUSE AND I WOULD SEND TEXT MESSAGES TO JOHN LIKE HEY, THE TRAIL IS MESSY AROUND HERE. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE SO MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ALSO DOING THESE LOOPS WHERE WE COULD HELP PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE AREAS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT INITIATIVE AND LOOK WHAT A BEATIFUL COMMUNITY HAS GROWN OUT OF IT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT EXAMPLE AND FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. CONGRATULATIONS. (APPLAUSE) >> COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST ECHO EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES FROM DISTRICT 6 AND 7 HAVE SAID AND I JUST WANTED TO STAND TO SAY FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LEE FOR RECOGNIZING THE HARD WORK OF VOLUNTEERS. IT IS ONE THING TO BE AN ORGANIZATION--MUCH AS I APPRECIATE ALL ORGANIZATIONS DOING WORK, BUT ANOTHER THING WHEN VOLUNTEERS RAISE THEIR HANDS AND STEP UP AND COMPLEMENT THE WORK. THANK YOU FOR SAYING WHAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE YES, THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO DO ITS WORK, BUT IT CAN'T DO EVERYTHING WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF ITS RESIDENTS. DOING GOOD IS INFECTIOUS. THANK YOU FOR APPLYING YOURSELF TO THAT CAUSE AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP AS WELL. CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) JUST WANT TO ADD, MR. LEE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TRASHY YET CLASSY GROUP HERE. [LAUGHTER] REPRESENTING THE SOUTHWEST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, I HAD THE BENEFIT OF THE CLEANUPS OF THIS AMAZING GROUP AND JILL AND OTHERS I HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES AND WHETHER IN THE RIVER WHEN CLEANING UP OR VENTURA BOULEVARD TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF YOUR WORK BUT BEEN SIDE BY SIDE DOING THE CLEANUP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. REALLY IS TAKING CHARGE OF THE COMMUNITY AND DOING WHAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT CITY AND TO HELP AND TO CARE AND YOU ARE GREAT EXAMPLES THAT SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND COMING HERE TODAY TO BE HONORED AND THANK YOU MR. LEE FOR HONORING VCC. BACK TO YOU TO CLOSE. (APPLAUSE) >> JILL AND ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU HELPED CLEAN UP. THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING THEM TO HELP KEEP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS CLEAN. I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER SOME PEOPLE JUST COMPLAIN, BUT YET THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT IT AND YOU ARE A EXAMPLE THAT YOU ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS DO THROUGHOUT THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND OF COURSE C12 CITY LOS ANGELES LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE PROCLAMATION. CONGRATULATIONS, VCC. (APPLAUSE) >> AS THEY ARE FINISHING UP, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY. WHAT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA? >> WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO GO TO ITEM 13? >> YES, WITHOUT OBJECTION, GO TO ITEM 13. IS THIS CALLED SPECIAL FOR SEPARATE VOTE, RIGHT? >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THE MOTION BEFORE COUNCIL IS TO MUCHB THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> OKAY. I BELIEVE MR. PRICE IS RECUSING HIMSELF ON THIS ITEM. MR. PRICE STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM. >> THANK YOU. >> WE ARE TAKING UP ITEM 13. ANY MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? LOOK TO MY LEFT AND RIGHT. SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, WE CAN TAKE UP FOR A VOTE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTE. >> 12 AYES, 1 NO. >> OKAY. THIS ITEM IS APPROVED. WHAT IS NEXT? >> I WANT TO ASK GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY IF WE CAN MOVE 14 AND 15 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THOSE ITEMS ARE MUCHBED. >> I LIKE TO BE REGISTER AS NO VOTE ON ITEM 13. >> SEEING IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME, WITHOUT OBJECTION COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AS A NO VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM. >> THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD THAT IS 11 AYES AND 2 NOES FOR ITEM 13. >> ITEM STILL PASSES. WHAT IS NEXT? >> THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> WE'LL COMMENCE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU CAN READ INTO THE RECORD THE INSTRUCTIONS. >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT. PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT-TODAY THE ONLY ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS SATISFIED AT COMMITTEE FOR ALL OTHER ITEMS. IF YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SIGN UP AT THE KIOSK. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS QUITE BROAD, IF YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE COMMENT YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS FIRST TO THE ROOM, PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRET, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE SO THE INTERPRETS CAN INTERPRET. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME SO YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU HAVE REQUESTED OR LIKE TO REQUEST ACCOMMODATION UNDER THE A D A, AND LIKE TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS HANDHELD MICROPHONE PLEASE ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, RAISE YOUR HAND AND GET THE ATTENTION OF THE SERGEANTS AT EITHER SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, AGAIN IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER BEFORE LINING UP TO SPEAK. ONCE YOU HEAR THAT NAME CALLED YOU CAN LINE UP AT ANY ORDER. THE ORDER IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. WITH THAT, WE CAN BEGIN CALLING NAMES AND ONCE YOU GET TO THE PODIUM BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AS SOON AS YOU GET THERE AND START SPEAKING WE'LL START YOUR 1 MINUTE. THANK YOU. >> WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO FOLKS, WE HAVE THE-A LOT ARE HERE TO TALK TO THE RSO ITEM I BELIEVE ON THE SPECIAL AGENDA, WHICH IS A SEPARATE TIME TO DO TO SPEAK TO. IS THAT CORRECT? >> CORRECT. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE RSO ITEM AND LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT, THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING. BUT THAT ISN'T NOW. >> WE WILL HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL DIFFERENT ITEMS BUT HERE FOR RSO YOU CAN WAIT AND WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH THAT WE'LL COME BACK AND HAVE A SPECIAL MOMENT WHERE EACH PERSON CAN SPEAK. YOU DON'T NEED TO COME TO SPEAK AT THIS MOMENT, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS TIME TO SPEAK TO THE RSO ITEM, THAT IS SEPARATE TIME PERIOD. WITH THAT, IF YOU CAN CALL THE NAMES FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. NOT RSO. >> I BEGIN CALLING THE FOLLOW NAMES-- [CALLING SPEAKER NAMES] >> IF YOUR NAME IS CALLED AND YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE RSO, SAY PASS AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WHEN WE TAKE UP THE RSO. >> PUBLIC COMMENT. [SPEAKING SPANISH] PARAGRAPH >> HOLD ON JUST ONE MINUTE. I THINK SINCE EVERYONE IS PROBABLY HERE TO SPEAK TO THE RSO, WHY DON'T WE RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING, TAKE UP THE SPECIAL MEETING SO EACH PERSON CAN SPEAK TO THE RSO ITEM AND THEY GET THEIR TIME NOW. WITHOUT OBJECTION ARE, WE ARE RECESSING THE GENERAL MEETING AND WE ARE TAKING UP THE SPECIAL MEETING AND WE WILL NOW HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE SPECIAL MEETING SO EVERYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THAT WILL GET THAT CHANCE TO SPEAK. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE BOOING, IT GIVES THE TIME TO SPEAK NOW. THAT IS THE ORDER OF THE CHAIR, IF YOU CAN TAKE US INTO THE SPECIAL MEETING. PLEASE DON'T YELL OUT. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS. TAKE UP THE SPECIAL MEETING IF YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL FOR SPECIAL MEETING. [ROLL CALL] 14 MEMBERS PRESENT AND QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> DO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR SPECIAL MEETING. -WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL, WHICH IS RSO S SPEAKS CAN SPEAK FIRST GRF GOING THROUGH THE GENERAL MEETING. I LIKE TO CALL ITEM 21 AND I MOVE FOR VERSION A FOR A VOTE. >> IS THERE IS A SECOND? >> SECONDED BY MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORWARD? >> YES. >> 21-23 ARE ITEMS PUBLIC COMMENT ISN'T HELD. 10 VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION. WHICH ONES YOU SAID 21 THROUGH? >> 21-23 ARE BEFORE COUNCIL. >> OKAY. DON'T WE HAVE TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST? >> WOULD ANY MEMBERS LIKE TO CALL ANY ITEM SPECIAL ON TODAY'S SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA? >> 21 IS CALLED SPECIAL ALREADY. BY COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO WITH HER MOTION. >> OKAY. THE COUNCIL MAY GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL AGENDA. >> MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL AGENDA. EACH PERSON GETS ONE MINUTE. >> THERE ARE THREE ITEMS. WE READ INSTRUCTIONS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE REGULAR MEETING. WE ARE IN THE SPECIAL MEETING SO HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR THE REGULAR MEETING. THIS IS ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITOOMS. BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE ITEMS YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL AND THAT IS UP TO ONE MINUTE MAXIMUM. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE RSO ITEM YOU HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR THE RSO PIECE. IF YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ALL ITEMS YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO ALL THE ITEMS. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND YOU NEED TO BE ON TOPIC. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR WE CAN'T TELL IF YOU ARE ON TOPIC YOU GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC YOU FOR FIT THE SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. AGAIN, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS SPECIAL MEETING ARE ITEMS 21, WHICH IS THE RSO ITEM, THE RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE AND 22 AND 23. IF I HAVE THE INTERPRETS LET THE ROOM KNOW IF THEY LIKE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER LET US KNOW WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> WE CAN CALL NAME S FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING ONLY. >> I LIKE TO CALL KATHERINE ANDERSON, DOLORES [CALLING SPEAKER NAMES] >> GOOD MORNING, WHICH-GOOD AFTERNOON, WHICH ITEMS? >> 21, 22, 23 SPECIAL ITEMS. >> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GO AHEAD. >> REGARDING THE RENT STABILIZATION, IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR, THERE WAS ORDER ENTER SAID EARLY NOVEMBER I BELIEVE THE 13TH ON ORDER OF CONTEMPT AGAINST THE CITY FOR THE PRACTICE OF WITHHOLDING RECORDS OF INFORMATION PERTAINING TO RENT STABILIZATION AND EVERY OTHER HOUSING HOMELESSNESS SERVICES THE CITY PROVIDES. NOT ONLY AT THE CITY LEVEL BUT THE COUNTY AND COUNTY WITH THE STATE. IT WAS SURPRISING TO HEAR THE WORDS FROM THE SPECIAL MASTER THAT THIS VERY SAMITEM IS BASED ON VERY CLEARLY EXPRESS FRUSTRATION TO SAY THE LEAST ON HOW CAO OFFICE A BIG CONTRIBUTOR OF THE POLICIES THAT GO INTO THE RSO ADMIT IN OPEN COURT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO PARTICIPATE WILLINGLY AND WILLINGLY OFFER THE INFORMATION THAT IS COURT ORDERED. NOT ONLY THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION BY THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDSANCE AND PUTTING UP A- >> NEXT ITEM. ONE MINUTE PER ITEM. >> YEP. IT IS VERY FASCINATING ON THE SPECIAL MEETINGS TOO, YOU GUYS KNOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PUT OUT THE AGENDA PACKET. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE ONE PUBLISHED AT THE FRONT, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, THE SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE NOT POSTED. IN FACT, I JUST HAD CONVERSATION WITH HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT 22 AND 23 WAS. THEY KNEW THE RSO, BUT THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE THEY SAW SOME OF THE ONLINE ACCESS PACKETS- >> WHICH ARE YOU SPEAKING TO? >> 22 AND 23. THEY ARE NOT POSTED. NOBODY RIGHT HERE ACTUALLY HAS ACCESS TO WHAT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS STATE. YOU CANNOT EXPECT THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF WORK DAY, TOOK TIME OUT OF FAMILIES, SPENT MONEY ON TRANSPORTATION AND CHILD CARE AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION TO EFFECTIVELY SPEAK ON THIS. UNLESS THERE IS SOMEBODY LIKE ME WHO HAS INSIDE INFORMATION. HOW IS THAT EFFECTIVE USE OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND NOT VIOLATION OCH FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OR VIOLATION OF BROWN ACT AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION. IT SEEMS THE [INAUDIBLE] HANG THE CITY UP. WHETHER COLLUSION WITH CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES AND DEVELOPERS AND HOGGING REAL ESTATE DEALS AND SWEETHEART DEALS AND GIVING GAMBLING MONEY TO GO TO NEVADA NOT REPORTING TO ETHIC COMMISSION, SO ON AND SO FORTH TO NOTE POSTING A SIMPLE AGENDA ITEM AND THAT IS WHERE THE STATE OF THE SPECIAL ITEMS ARE TODAY. YOU CANNOT HAVE EFFECIVE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BECAUSE ITEMS ARE NOT POSTED FOR PEOPLE TO READ. (APPLAUSE) >> OKAY. BEFORE WE HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN HAS A AMENDMENT AND WANTS TO TELEGRAPH THAT. IF YOU WANT TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD NOW, YOU CAN DO SO PLEASE. THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WHAT IS YOUR AMENDMENT, SIR? >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ARE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND I THINK WE ALL WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS ISSUE. I THINK WE CAME TO A GOOD COMPROMISE AND I THINK LEAVING ANYTHING AMBIGUOUS DOESN'T HELP MOVING FORWARD. SO, I WANTED TO READ INTO THE RECORD HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF DEPENDENCE AND AS A PRECURSOR TO THAT, I WANTED TO JUST SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY, RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE AND PROVISIONS OF LOS ANGELES CODE REFERENCE DEPENDENCE FOR PURPOSE INCLUDING OCCUPANCY, RENT AGREEMENT ADDITIONS AND DETERMINATIONS REGARDING RELOCATION, RENT ADJUSTMENTS AND TENANT PROTECTIONS. CURRENTLY THE CODE DOES NOT CONTAIN A UNIFORM DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT RESULTING IN AMBIGUITY FOR TENANTS LANDLORDS AND LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT. TO PROVIDE CLARITY CONSISTENCY AND EASE OF ADMINISTRATION, IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT THE CITY ADOPT A SINGLE STANDARDIZED DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT THAT ALIGNS WITH EXISTING WIDELY UNDERSTOOD FEDERAL FRAMEWORK. THE IRS, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, IRS DEFINITION OF QUALIFYING CHILD AND QUALIFYING RELATIVE PROVIDE CLEAR OBJECTIVE CRITERIA USED NATION WIDE AND UPDATED REGULARLY. ADOPTING THESE IRS STANDARD INSURE UNIFORM APPLICATION ACROSS RSO REGULATED PROCESSES REDUCE DISPUTES AND PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS REGARDING WHICH HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS QUALIFY AS DEPENDENT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFINING DEPENDENTS UNDER THE RSO, REZ DAENS RELATED CRITERIA SHOULD BE EXCLUDED AS THE IRS HAS SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR DEPENDENT AND CITIZENSHIP REZ DAENS. >> WE'LL GET INTO THE DISCUSSION OF THE MERITS OF THE MOMENT- >> LET ME IF YOU DONT MIND TO READ THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE. >> OKAY. >> THEREFORE MOVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INSTRUCT THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO AMEND THE TRANSMITTED ORDINANCE VERSION A TO AMEND ALL RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE THAT REFERENCE DEPENDENT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LA MC SECTION 151.06, 151.09, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS TO DEFINE DEPENDENT USING THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CHILD AND QUALIFYING RELATIVE, ACCEPT THAT RESIDENCE RELATED CRITERIA SHALL NOT BE USED. ONE, A QUALIFYING CHILD DEPENDENT BY THE IRS INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO RELATIONSHIP, AGE, RES DNS SUPPORT. TWO, QUALIFIED RELATIVE DEFINED BY IRS RELATED TO RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT, GROSS INCOME AND FILING STATUS. THREE, EXCLUDE ANY RESIDENCE RELATED CRITERIA. THEREFORE MOVE THAT THE ORDINANCE SPECIFIED AT LA HD UPDATE ADMINISTRATIVE REFERENCES TO IRS CRITERIA AS THE FEDERAL DEFINITIONS ARE REVISED WITHOUT FURTHER AMENDMENT TO THE LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL CODE PROVIDED NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE IS MADE BEYOND CONFORMING TO CURRENT IRS DEFINITIONS. LASTLY, FURTHER MOVE THAT LA HD REPORT BACK ON ANY ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONAL OR ENFORCEMENT CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO IMPLEMENTING THE DEFINITION ACROSS ALL RSO RELATED PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. WE CAN DISCUSS THE MERITS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR READING YOUR AMENDMENT INTO THE RECORD AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. >> IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? >> MR. MCOSKER SECOND. >> THANK YOU. >> BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO CORRECT SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD WITH REGARD TO THE AGENDAS. I CONFIRM WITH THE CLERK OFFICE IF YOU LIKE A COPY OF THE SPECIAL AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING, THEY WERE AVAILABLE IN THE BACK AS THEY PUBLIC SPEAKER SAID, IT WAS ALSO AVAILABLE AND ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE AND MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS POSTED THE PHYSICAL COPY IN CITY HALL EAST YESTERDAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. WHICH ITEMS? >> FRED SUTTON, ALL AVAILABLE ITEMS BUT WILL ONLY TAKE ONE MINUTE. >> THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEM. >> HARD TO DIGEST ALL THAT SO I'LL STICK TO-THIS IS QUHIE I THINK THIS SHOULD HAVE GONE TO COMMITTEE FIRST BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF NUANCES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT. THIS GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. FOR SIX MONTHS LA HD BROADCAST WHAT THE CYCLE ALLOTMENT WOULD BE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE RUSHED AND SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN JULY NEXT YEAR AS REGULARLY SCHEDULED. UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, YOU CAN HAVE SHARED UTILITIES. SOME PAID UTILITIES AND OTHERS WILL NOT IN THE BUILDING. THE GOAL POST ARE SHIFTING MID-CYCLE AND IT IS UNNECESSARY. AS RELATES TO THE DEPENDENT AND CONVERSATION AROUND THAT, IT IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MINER DEPENDENTS. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED IN COMMITTEE AND IN THE LHD GUIDELINES. THE GUIDELINES HAVE MINER DEPENDENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER STATED IF YOU HAVE A SECOND KID IN THE UNIT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER 10 PERCENT. EVERYTHING WAS IN REGARD TO TO MINER DEPENDENT PROVISION. >> YOU EXHAUSTED ONE MINUTE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HOLD MY TIME! HOLD MY TIME! >> WE ARE HOLDING YOUR TIME. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK UNTIL YOU GET TO THE PODIUM. >> NOW I CAN'T SPEAK UNTIL I GET TO THE PODIUM. >> WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> ALL I'M ABLE TO SPEAK ON. [MULTIPLE SPEAKERS] >> THIS IS SPECIAL MEETING. IF YOU LIKE ALL ITEMS- >> RENT STABILIZATION. >> THIS IS FIRST AND ONLY WARNING. PLEASE NOT DISRUPT WHEN I TRY TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I KNOW YOU WANT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT STARTED YOUR TIME. IF YOU LIKE ALL ITEMS, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING AND THAT IS ITEMS 21-23 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE ARE BACK IN THE REGULAR MEETING ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR NOW, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS 21-23. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. RENT STABILIZATION, I THINK TUESDAY MEETING OR WEDNESDAY MEETING I WANTED TO THANK MRS. PARK BECAUSE SHE BROUGHT FORTH ALL HER RESIDENTS FROM THE PALISADES AND WE GOT TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY ARE SUFFERING, WHAT THEY ARE GEGOING THROUGH AND THE FACT PEOPLE THAT OWN CONDOMINIUMS AND OWN MOBILE HOMES HOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY IT. AGAIN, MRS. PARK, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THAT AND ALSO THAT YOUR RESIDENTS WERE SHOWING THEY CAN'T TRUST THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. YOU MUST MAKE SURE-YOU MUST BE SURE THAT YOUR INSURANCE POLICY IS UP TO DATE. FOLKS, THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING TO DECLINE A SETTLEMENT, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR-ONE THING I HAVE TO [INAUDIBLE] WE ARE VULNERABLE TO FIRES ALL THE TIME AND YOU KNOW, MR. LEE, I WILL TAKE YOU ON RIGHT NOW. YOU BRING WONDERFUL GROUPS-VCC- >> THIS ISN'T ON THE AGENDA. >> CAN YOU PAUSE HIS TIME FOR A MINUTE? YOUR TIME IS PAUSED. THIS ISN'T ON THE AGENDA, SO I ASK YOU PLEASE STICK FOR THE REST OF 1 MINUTE 47 SECONDS DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING. IF YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEMS 22 OR 23, YOU CAN. YOU EXHAUSTED THE ONE MINUTE ON 21. IF NOT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE REGULAR MEETING. >> I THINK I SAID ENOUGH AND MRS. PARKS THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE RESIDENTS OF THE PALISADES INTO THIS HALL. >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM ON THE SPECIAL? THERE IS NO ONE IN LINE FOR THE SPECIAL. >> I WILL CALL [CALLING SPEAKER NAMES] >> I SEE A FEW PEOPLE COMING UP. WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, THIS IS THE SPECIAL MEETING SO IF YOU ARE HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA, THAT IS 21-23, MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE REGULAR MEETING. >> MAYBE MOST ARE HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH MEANS WE'LL TRY TO FINISH THIS UP. ANYONE ELSE HERE HERE FOR THE SPECIAL AGENDA? IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD. IF NOT, WE'LL GET TO MOVE TO THE OTHER PART OF THE AGENDA SO YOU CAN SPEAK GENERALLY. >> IF I CAN HAVE THERE INTERPRETS MAKE THE ANNOUNCE MENTD. MENT. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE RSO ITEM OR ANY ITEM ON THE SPECIAL AGENDA, YOU CAN LINE UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> IF YOU ARE HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND WILL GET TO THAT LATER ON IN THE REGULAR MEETING. >> VERY SHORTLY WE WILL. MA'AM ARE YOU HERE- >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARIA AND HERE WITH [INAUDIBLE] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WHICH ITEMS ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK TO? >> 21. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEADS. >> WE DON'T WANT MORE [INAUDIBLE] WE ALREADY HAVE WORKED SO HARD AND LANDLORDS MADE SO MUCH MONEY OVER THE YEARS, 40 YEARS AND NO CHANGES. HAS TO BE VOTED AND IMPLEMENTED A S A P BEFORE FEBRUARY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT COME JUNE, I MEAN JANUARY THE LANDLORDS ARE GOING TO START SENDINGS LETTERS OF INCREMENT OF THE RENT CHT I LIKE TO THANK [INAUDIBLE] BEING THE CHAMPION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND WE ALSO SUPPORT THE LIVING WAGES FOR THE WORKERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WHICH ITEMS? >> 21. >> 21? YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> MY NAME IS CHRISTINA BORER. PLEASE VOTE FOR VERSION A. PLEASE VOTE IT TODAY. I UNDERSTAND CLARIFICATIONS BUT PLEASE DON'T DELAY ANYMORE. WE NEED THIS IN PLACE BEFORE THE FEBRUARY CLIFF. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL FOR VOTING THIS THROUGH. COULD BE STRONGER, BUT HAPPY TO SEE IT GO THROUGH AND WE SUPPORT LIVING WAGES. THANK YOU. >> GO AHEAD SPEAKER. >> MY NAME IS--SPEAKING ON 21. >> OICA, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> DEPARTMENT OF ASSOCIATION OF [INAUDIBLE] WE PLEASE ASK YOU TO TAKE DEEP CONSIDERATION OF WHAT WILL BE PASSED TODAY. THERE IS LOT MORE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. WE KNOW THERE IS A AMENDMENT COMING BY ABOUT THE 1 PERCENT ADDITION TO SMALL MOM AND POP OWNERS WITH 10 UNITS OR LESS. PLEASE JUST TAKE YOUR TIME TO REALLY FULLY CONSIDER WHAT IS PASSED TODAY. ALSO THERE IS A LOT OF LANDLORDS THAT IS VAGUE, SO PLEASE WE ASK YOU TO TAKE YOUR TIME AND NOT PASS IN FEBRUARY OR NOT MAKE IT TO BE APPLIED IN FEBRUARY, BUT NEXT YEAR IN JULY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARTHA CASTRO. I LIKE TO GIVE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND COMMENT ON ITEM 21. >> BEFORE SHE BEGINS AND WE'LL RESTART THE TIME. CAN YOU PLEASE LET THE SPEAKER KNOW, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS LATER. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> OKAY. [SPEAKING SPANISH. WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> HI, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARTHA CASTRO, A ACE MEMBER AND SMALL LANDLORD AND CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 10. [SPEAKING SPANISH. WAITING FOR TRANSLATION BRAEX ] IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO CHANGE IT SHOULD BE CHANGED TO 60 PERCENT CPI. [SPEAKING SPANISH. WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] SHOULD BE VOTED ON AND IMPLEMENTED BEFORE FEBRUARY WHEN MANY TENANTS ARE FACING RENT INCREASES. [SPEAKING SPANISH. WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] AND HAVING THIS MOTION WOULD DISRUPT THAT TIMELINE AND EFFECT A LOT OF TENANTS. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] THESE TENANTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO UNFAIR RENT INCREASES. PLEASE VOTE FOR VERSION A. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEMS OR GOOD AFTERNOON WHICH ITEMS? >> >> 21. I LIKE TO COMMENT ON ITEM 21 AND MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I LIKE AN INTERPRETER. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM NOW. [SPEAKING SPANISH. WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> MY NAME IS PALA, A ACE MEMBER FROM DISTRICT 9 AND LIKE TO ASK MY COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. CURREN PRICE TO PLEASE WORK WITH HIS TEAM TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH US. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> THERE IS 10 FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT AT LEAST A PHONE MEETING AND WE ARE HERE ALSO GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO DO TO GET TO HIM. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IT IS 90 PERCENT CPI AND HAVE CHANGED TO 60 PERCENT CPI. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] PLEASE VOTE FOR VERSION A. LARSO MUST BE VOTED AND IMPLEMENTED BEFORE FEBRUARY. AND THIS IS WHEN MOST TENANTS END UP GETTING THE RENT INCREASES. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] AND BY HAVING THIS MOTION IT WILL DISRUPT THAT TIMELINE AND CAUSE A LOT OF TENANTS TO FACE UNFAIR RENT INCREASES. PLEASE VOTE FOR VERSION A. >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WHICH ITEMS? >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> ITEM 21. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH. WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> MY NAME IS--A ACE MEMBER AND WE AS TENANTS ARE SPECIAL. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 14. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> SO, I AM HERE BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE HAVING TO LIVE ON THE STREETS WITH THEIR FAMILIES. IF THERE IS CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE IT IS TO CHANGE THE CPI FROM 90 PERCENT TO 60 PERCENT. LARSA MUST BE VOTED ON AND IMPLEMENTED BEFORE FEBRUARY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN MOST TENANTS ARE FACING THEIR RENT INCREASES. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> AND BY HAVING THIS MOTION, IT DISRUPTS THE TIMELINE WHICH SUBJECT MANY TENANTS TO UNFAIR AND UNNECESSARY RENT INCREASES AS WELL AS EVICTIONS, SO IT IS TIME TO VOTE NOW. PLEASE VOTE ON VERSION A. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> MY NAME IS MARIA SANCHEZ AND HERE TO COMMENT ON ITEM 21. I AM FROM ACE AND ALSO A TENANT. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO CHANGE IT NEEDS TO BE FROM THE 90 PERCENT CPI TO 60 PERCENT CPI. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] LARSO NEEDS TO BE VOTED AND IMPLEMENTED BEFORE FEBRUARY. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] AND THAT'S WHEN MOST TENANTS ARE FACING THEIR RENT INCREASES. AND THIS MOTION WOULD DISRUPT THAT TIMELINE AND PUT TENANTS AT RISK. AND THESE TENANTS WOULD BE AT RISK OF UNFAIR AND UNNECESSARY RENT INCREASES. PLEASE VOTE FOR VERSION A. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WHICH ITEMS? >> 21, PLEASE. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LENA, A TENANT ORGANIZER WITH SAGE AND SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF VERSION A OF THE ORDINANCE. AGAIN, AS WELL AS SHARING PLEASE ENACT VERSION A OF THE ORDINANCE. WITHOUT DELAY. THIS VERSION A REPRESENTS THE MOTION APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN LINE WITH INTENT TO MOVE EXTRA INCREASES FOR ADDITIONAL DEPENDENT OCCUPANT. COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE AROUND DEPENDENT BUT PLEASE DO FOT LET THIS DERAIL ON VOTING ON THE ORDINANCE. MANY TENANTS AS SHARED WILL BE RECEIVING THEIR RENT INCREASES FEBRUARY 1 AND WE NEED TO INSURE THEY ALSO CAN ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF THE ORNNS. WE AND YOU ALL WORKED TOO HARD TO ALLOW THERE TO BE MORE DELAYS FOR PEOPLE TO NOT GET THESE REALLY IMPORTANT BENEFITS IN THIS YEAR OF CRISIS AFTER CRISIS FOR ANGELENOS SO PLEASE STAND WITH RENTERS AND GET THIS PAST THE FINISH LINE, WOO REALL MOST DONE, LET'S MAKE LARSO INTO LAW THAT BENEFITS EVERYBODY BEFORE FEBRUARY 1. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEM? >> 21. >> JASON-WITH LA FORWARD INSTITUTE A MEMBER OF THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL HERE TO SUPPORT VERSION A OF THE LARSO ORDINANCE. I KNOW PEOPLE SAID THEY FEEL THIS IS MOVING FAST. THE REASON IT IS MOVING FAST BECAUSE IN FEBRUARY PEOPLE RENT WILL GO UP AGAIN. UNDER THE RULES YOU ALL APPROVED FEW WEEKS AGO IT LOWS THE RENT INCREASE TO 3 PERCENT. IF WE DON'T GET THROUGH NOW IT IS 4 PERCENT AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE PAY CHECK POOTAY CHECK AND NEED YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT. I UNDERSTAND YOU FEEL THINGS ARE MOVING FAST BUT THE REPORT CAME OUT A YEAR AGO AND SAT ON IT FOR A YEAR AND DIDN'T TAKE ACTION SO GET THIS DONE AND GET IT THROUGH TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP AND FIGURE OUT THE REST AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> [SPEAKING SPANISH]. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS--I LIKE TO COMMENT ON ITEM 21 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 21. THERE IS NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN THIS PART OF THE MEETING. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> YOU CAN GIVE GENERAL COMMENT WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE REGULAR MEETING. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH. WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED TO LARSO IT SHOULD BE THE CPI FROM 90 TO 60 PERCENT. NOTHING ELSE SHOULD BE CHANGED ON LARSO. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] LARSO NEEDS VOTE TO BE VOTED AND IMPLEMENTED NOW. THIS IS NEED FOR ALL THE TENANTS. PLEASE VOTE FOR VERSION A. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE IN CALIFORNIA ARE FACING A CRISIS AND EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF THE RAIDS WITH ICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. EVEN THE SUPERVISORS VOTED. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] AND YOU PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER PLEASE LISTEN TO ME. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU BROUGHT HERE IMMIGRANTS FROM EL SALVADOR-- [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] AND YOU ARE HERE, IT ISN'T FUNNY. THIS ISN'T A JOKE. YOU ARE HERE KNEELING BEFORE THE CORPORATE BILLION AIRS SO THEY CAN FUND REELECTION CAMPAIGNS. [CHEERING] [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> THE PEOPLE HERE NEED YOU TO WORK FOR THEM, NOT FOR THE WORKING CLASS, NOT FOR THE CORPORATE BILLIONAIRS LIKE BLACKSTONE. >> ITEM 21. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> MY NAME IS ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT-I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS ON LARSO. WE HAD BEEN MOBILIZING OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE BEEN MOBILIZING THE PEOPLE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND THEY MAKE THE TIME TO COME AND DO PUBLIC COMMENT WHILE YOU ALL HAVING SIDE CONVERSATIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT LARSO HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND HAS TO BE FINISHED, IT HAS TO BE VOTED BEFORE FEBRUARY. MOST OF THIS TENANTS ARE GOING TO GET RAISES AND ON THE RENT AND ALSO, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO VOTE ON THE VERSION A AND YES, I AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DEFINE ALSO WHAT DEPENDENT MEANS IN A HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS FEW SECONDS TO PLEASE ASK CURREN PRICE, I KEEP COMING E-MAILS CALLING FOR A MEETING FOR THE TENANTS, NOW ONE TENANTS IS HERE LIVES IN A RSO BUILDING AND HAVING A LOT OF HARASSMENT. >> YOUR TIME IS UP. (APPLAUSE) WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> ITEM 21 AND 22. >> YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> OKAY, ITEM 21. IN MY OPINION, THIS ITEM SHOULD RECEIVE A NO VOTE UNLESS WORDING IS ADDING THAT INCLUDE FUNDING FOR INVESTIGATION OF WHAT THESE INCOMPETENT CLOWNS OF THE SLEAZY COUNCIL DID WHAT THE CITY DID WHEN THE CITY WAS BURNING TO THE GROUND. WHERE THE BILLIONS IN HOMELESS FUNDS WERE CIPHERED AND IN MY OPINION A NO VOTE IF CRIMINALLY INSANE ON TRIAL CURREN PRICE AND [INAUDIBLE] SLEAZY DAWSON ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE. ITEM 22, SAME THING IN MY OPINION. THIS ITEM SHOULD RECEIVE A NO VOTE UNLESS WORDING IS ADDED AND WILL INCLUDE FUNDING FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF WHAT THESE INCOMPETENT CLOWNS OF THE CITY COUNCIL DID WHEN THE CITY WAS BURNING TO THE GROUND. ANOTHER INVESTIGATION OF WHERE THE BILLIONS OF HOMELESS FUNDS WERE CIPHERED AND IN-CURREN PRICE [INAUDIBLE] BLUMENFIELD AND SLEAZY MARQUEECE DAWSON ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE. THESE ITEMS ARE THE BEST THE CLOWNS CAN COME UP WITH IN THE FACE OF 10 OF THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS CONDITIONS THEY CREATED. [CLAPPING] >> WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? AND 21. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> MY NAME IS-RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 8 WITH ACE. OUR COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN. [CALLING NAMES] YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM. YOU HAVE HEARD THEM. [INAUDIBLE] TELLING ME THAT YOU WANT TO FIX THINGS WHEN YOU HAD TWO YEARS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE APPROACH YOU, WE MAKE TOWN HALLS AND CALLS AND E-MAILS AND TODAY YOU DECIDE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT LITTLE STUFF. IT ISN'T IN GOOD FAITH. WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WE MET WITH YOU MULTIPLE TIMES. WE ASK YOU WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION AROUND THOSE THINGS AND GATHERED SIGNATURES. GET IT TOGETHER, VOTE ON IT, IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IT NEXT YEAR, LET'S DO IT, BUT MAKE SURE WE PROTECT RENTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [CLAPPING] >> THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT BEFORE US? >> THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 22 AND 23. >> ALRIGHT. SEEING NO COMMENTS ON THE QUEUE. OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 14 AYES. >> WHAT IS NEXT? >> ITEM 21 IS BEFORE COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE REQUESTED TO BE RECUSED. >> ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE TO RECUSE. WE'LL SEE IF THERE ARE MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. IF NOT, COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. WE'LL HOLD A SECOND. CAN YOU TELL US MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US AT THIS TIME? >> THE AMENDING MOTION NAZARIAN MCOSKER IS BEFORE COUNCIL. IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP THE ITEM SEPARATELY THERE IS ANOTHER MOTION JURADO MARTINEZ TO MOVE VERSION A OF THE ORDINANCE. >> ARE THOSE TWO THINGS DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER? >> NO, THEY DON'T. >> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> YES, CAN WE HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY COME HERE AND SPEAK WITH US? >> YES. ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE FROM CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE ALLOWED SOME QUESTIONS? MEMBERS, THIS COUNCIL MEETING GOING TO RECESS FOR 15 MINUTES. CITY ATTORNEY IS ASKING FOR TIME TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I THINK PEOPLE HAVE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCOSKER. >> IN CASE YOUR BOX IS ON CITY ATTORNEY, SOMEONE OUT THERE DEPENDENT SHALL MEAN A QUALIFYING CHILD AND/OR QUAL IFYING RELATIVE AS DEFINED BY THE IRS INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT GROSS INCOME AND FILING STATUS WITHOUT REGARD TO RESIDENCY STATUS. JUST A PROPOSAL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> SINCE WE ARE PUTTING IT OUT THERE, IF YOU ARE ALSO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS TO OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES NOT TIE TODAY THE IRS AND PERHAPS HAVING TO BE TIED TO IRS PUTS A RED FLAG ON THEM. I LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> GOT IT. COUNCIL MEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> THANK YOU. IN THEORY AND CONCEPT SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENT MR. NAZARIAN PUT FORWARD. I THINK IT CLARIFIES SOME THINGS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, IF WE CAN GET THAT IN TODAY WITHOUT DELAYING IT I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT IF WE CAN'T I THINK I HOPE THE MAJORITY CAN AGREE THAT MOVING FORWARD IS MORE IMPORTANT- >> YES, THANK YOU. I'M COMMITTED GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF COUNCIL TODAY AND IF IT MEANS WE HAVE TO COME BACK TATHE ISSUE WE COME BACK. THE CITY ATTORNEY IS WORKING ON DEVELOPING A VERSION WE CAN VOTE ON TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HUH RADO. JURADO. >> I WANT TO ECHO THE URGENCY GETDING IT OUT THERE. THAT IS QUHIE I MOVE FOR OPTION A. IF THERE IS TOO MUCH AMBIGUITY AND NOT ENOUGH TIME I'M SUPPORTIVE OF CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION. I MOVE TO BIFURCATE OR TAKE THE AMENDMENT AND BRING BACK TO COMMITTEE TO IRON OUT FURTHER AND VOTE ON THE ITEM AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CITY ATTORNEY BUT I'LL WAIT. >> OKAY. MR. NAZARIAN. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SINCE WE ARE ALL SPEAKING RIGHT NOW, I'LL TAKE A MINUTE TO MAKE SURE THAT I ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I MADE SURE THAT WE READ THIS INTO THE RECORD IS SO IT HAPPENS BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ACTUALLY STARTED, SO THAT THE ISSUE IS KNOWN AND CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ADDRESSED. SECOND, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO READ IT IN FULL CONTEXT WAS SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GETTING. THE IRS CODE IS IN BLACK AND WHITE AND THE TWO EXCLUSIONS THAT I'M ASKING FOR ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO WITH RESIDENCY AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT DEPENDANCY OF 6 MONTH REQUIREMENT DOESN'T BECOME A ISSUE. SO, ALL THAT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES. THIS IS REALLY TECHNICAL IN NATURE. I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF READING BUT THAT WAS DONE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING BEING MISSED OR MISALIGNED OR MISADDRESSED BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS AMENDMENT WHICH IS TECHNICAL IN NATURE GETS OUT OF THE FLOOR TODAY WITH THE ORDINANCE AND IS DONE SO WE ARE NOT WORKING ON IT AGAIN. THAT WAS THE WHOLE INTENT OF THIS. SO, THIS IS NOT GOING TO DELAY. I THINK IF ANYTHING THE FACT WE GOT TWO VERSIONS OF THIS IS THE DELAY ITSELF. WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ONE VERSION WITH A CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT DEPENDENT IS. SINCE WE DIDN'T GET THAT, WE HAVE TO DO IT ON THE FLOOR AND I FELT THIS WOULD BE THE CLEANEST AND EASIEST WAY OF GETTING IT DONE. SO, I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THIS TO GO TO THE IRS WEBSITE AND PULL IT OUT, IT IS ALL IN BLACK AND WHITE AND MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WE ARE TAKING OUT THE DEPENDANCY ISSUE HAVING TO DO WITH RESIDENCY AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT DEPENDENTS DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN TIMELINE BECAUSE IF THERE IS A ALIEN FAMILY MEMBER AND THEY NEED TO JOIN THEIR RELATIVE, THAT SHOULDN'T BE EXCLUDED. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. NAZARIAN AND APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION HERE. I THINK CERTAINLY THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR IS WE NEED TO PASS SOMETHING TODAY AND WE NEED TO PASS SOMETHING AS COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE, SO WE'LL DO THAT. I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY ARRIVED AND CAN JOIN US AT THE DESK. I THINK THE BASIC QUESTION IS, WE ARE TRYING TO TIGHTEN BELT AND SUSPENDERS AS COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD SAYS. THE DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT TO PROTECT TENANTS AND LANDLORDS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE A LANDLORD CAN DECIDE SOMEONE ISN'T A DEPENDENT AND A A SITUATION WHERE A LANDLORD CAN'T DETERMINE A DEPENDENT. THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE US. WE NEED TO VOTE TODAY SEE IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE. >> THANK YOU. DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY PETERWOLFORD. WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE SPECIFIC ISSUE OF THE AMENDMENT TO WORK ON THE DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT, WE RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THAT SEPARATELY. DEFINITIONS ARE TRICKY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT ACCURATE AND HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS MOVED TO COMMITTEE. WE WOULD WORK ON IT. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN WE SPEAK OFF TO THE SIDE THAT THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO. >> PARDON ME? YOU SURE? COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. COUNCIL MEMBER PARK DO YOU HAVE HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY? >> I DO. THIS IS QUESTION FOR MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN OFFER IT, CAN CONSIDER IT. MAYBE WE NEED ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM HOUSING, BUT WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR PUBLICIZING ANNUAL RENTAL INCREASES? >> AS I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ISSUES EVERY YEAR. I THINK THE DEADLINE IS BY MAY 30. SO, FOR THE ANNUAL PERIOD THAT IS GOING INTO EFFECT, IT IS PUBLISHED BY THAT DATE AND THEN IT IS WIDELY PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE AND IN BULLETINS. [INAUDIBLE] CAN GIVE MORE DETAIL. >> GOOD MORNING COUNCILWOMAN. CITY ATTORNEY IS CORRECT. THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT PUBLICIZES IT EVERY YEAR. MAINLY THROUGH THE ANNUAL BILL THAT SENT TO LANDLORDS. IT IS ON THE WEBSITE. WE PUBLISH IT IN A NEWSPAPER. VARIOUS WAYS. IT IS ALL OUR INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE RSO EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW. >> AND THAT IS DONE ON OR BEFORE MAY 30 EVERY YEAR? >> THAT IS WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS, BUT WE KNOW THE AMOUNTS IN NORMAL YEARS. WE KNOW THE PERCENTAGES IN OCTOBER SO WE START PUBLICIZING IT IN OCTOBER. THE ANNUAL BILL GOES OUT END OF DECEMBER OR JANUARY, SO JANUARY IS A BIG MONTH WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THE INFORMATION. >> AS LONG AS BEFORE MAY 30 DEADLINE- >> YES. >> GOT IT. IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY AM I RIGHT THAT IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WE TOLD OUR HOUSING PROVIDERS THAT THEIR ANNUAL ALLOWED RENTAL INCREASE FOR FISCAL YEAR WOULD BE 3 PERCENT PLUS UTILITIES, AND NOW IT MAY BE 3 PERCENT WITHOUT UTILITIES? IS THAT RIGHT? >> WELL, WE KNEW THAT THIS ISSUE WAS UNDER REVIEW, SO FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THE CURRENT PERCENTAGE IS 3 PERCENT, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, WE HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING THAT AND WARNING PEOPLE THAT FOR MANY MONTHS. >> SO, I JUST--IT SEEMS THAT THERE MAY-IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND WE USED THIS YEAR ALREADY TO NOTIFY PROVIDERS AND TENANTS OF THE ANNUAL INCREASE AND SO, WHEN WE REQUESTED THIS ORDINANCE LAST MONTH, I EXPECTED WE WERE FOLLOWING OUR USUAL PROCESS, SO HOW IS THIS CHANGE HERE-- HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET NOTICE OUT TO THE IMPACTED UNIVERSE IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMITMENTS WE ALREADY MADE? >> SO, AGAIN-- IT WOULD GO OUT TO ALL LANDLORDS WITH ALL NOTIFICATIONS AND PART OF THE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES LANDLORDS RECEIVE WHEN THEY REGISTER THE UNIT CHT TE TIMING IS VERY GOOD BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE GET READY TO SEND THE BILLS OUT. BECAUSE THE ANNUAL PAYMENT PERIOD IS JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY, SO THAT IS GOOD TIMING. WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALL OUR SEMINARS AND JUST IN ALL THE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE NORMALLY SEND OUT, BUT JANUARY IS A HIGH VOLUME TIME FOR US, SO THAT IS A GOOD TIME TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT ANY CHANGES. >> HOW FAR IN ADVANCE CAN THE HOUSING PROVIDER NOTIFY A TENANT OF A RENTAL INCREASE? I KNOW THERE IS A MINIMUM 30 DAYS BUT IS THERE ALSO A CEILING? >> I THINK THE CODE SECTION IS 827 OF THE CIVIL CODE AND I HAVE TO CHECK. I DON'T THINK IT IS PROHIBITIVE TO HAVE A LONGER NOTICE PERIOD, BUT I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT AND I COULD DO SO SEPARATELY. >> ALRIGHT. ON PAGE FOUR OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE AND FIRST PARAGRAPH IT SAYS I QUOTING, "ANNUAL RENT INCREASE NOT PREVIOUSLY NOTICED AND SERVED DURING THE PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026 SHALL COMPLY WITH THIS SUBSECTION. ANY RENT INCREASE NOT INCREASE 3 PERCENT AND NOT INCREASE BASED ON THE HOUSING PROVIDER PAYMENT OF UTILITIES". DOES THAT MEAN THE HOUSING PROVIDER NOTICE A RENTAL INCREASE BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE THEY CAN STILL CHARGE FOR ADDITIONAL UTILITIES? >> YES, THAT IS WHAT THAT MEANS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WILL SWITCH AND ASKED ABOUT THE DEPENDENTS. DURING OUR DELIBERATIONS LAST MONTH, I UNDERSTOOD THE REMOVAL OF AN ADDITIONAL RENTAL INCREASE FOR DEPENDENTS WAS SPECIFIC TO DEPENDENT MINERS. THIS DRAFT DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT QUALIFIER AND INSTEAD WE ARE USING OTHER DEFINITIONS. I THINK THE LANGUAGE WAS THE SUBSECTION SHALL NOT APPLY FOR ANY DEPENDENT ADDED TO EXISTING TENANCY. IN OUR VERSION THERE IS NO DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT, IS THAT RIGHT OR THE ORIGINAL VERSION? >> IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE ASKING VERSION A INCLUDES UPDATE TO THE EVICTION PROVISION RELATING TO ADDITIONAL OCCUPANTS WHICH COVERS THE FIRST TWO DEPENDENT MINERS AND FIRST ADDITIONAL ADULT OCCUPANT. IT UPDATES IT TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL DEPENDENTS AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL ADULT OCCUPANT. VERSION B HAS NO-JUST SIMPLY EXCLUDES THAT CHANGE. IT IS THEREFORE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE EVICTION PROVISION FOR OCCUPANCY IN VERSION B. >> DO LA HD GUIDELINES HAVE A DEFINITION OR ANY OTHER EXISTING DEFINITIONS IN OUR OWN CITY LA CODES? >> AS FOR DEPENDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER? THERE IS REFERENCE TO IN THE DEFINITION OF QUALIFYING TENANT IN 151.02 OF THE LA MC, WHICH IS THE DEFINITION SECTION OF THE RSO, THERE IS A REFERENCE TO-LET ME JUST FIND IT FOR YOU. -SO, THERE IS A REFERENCE TO QUALIFIED TENANT WHICH INCLUDES A PERSON RESIDING WITH AND WHOM THE PERSON IS LEGALLY DEENDENT AND SAYS IN PARENTHESIS DETERMINED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES AND THEN SAYS ONE OR MORE MINER CHILDREN. THAT IS THE ONLY REFERENCE I'M AWARE OF THE FEDERAL TAX GUIDELINES AS TO DEPENDENT. THERE IS A SEPARATE DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT IN THE RSO. >> SO, ABSENT ADOPTING SOME OTHER VERSION OR DEFINITION SUCH AS COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN HAS PROPOSED, RB WOULD THAT ALLOW ANYONE TO BE ADDED TO A TENANCY? >> I MEAN, I THINK IT IS A QUESTION OF INTERPRETATION. A JUDGE FOR EXAMPLE CAN LOOK AT THE DEFINITIONS AND THE MATERIAL IN THE RSO AND DETERMINE WHAT IS INTENDED BY THE WORD DEPENDENT IN THE ABSENCE OF A SPECIFIC DEFINITION. >> RIGHT. SO, I GUESS IN EITHER SCENARIO LACKING A DEFINITION OR CHOOSING ONE WE ALL AGREE ON AND WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, EITHER SCENARIO WHAT IS THE RECOURSE OR IS THERE ANY RECOURSE FOR A LANDLORD IF SOMEONE CLAIMS TO BE A DEPENDENT, BUT THEY ARE NOT OR DON'T MEET THE TEST, WHAT ARE THE RECOURSES? >> THESE ARE THE KIND OF-- THIS IS THE KIND OF ISSUE THAT COULD BE LITIGATED. FOR EXAMPLE IN A UNLAWFUL DETAINER PROVISION AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER PROCEEDING. IF THERE IS A FACTUAL DISPUTE THEN THAT IS A POTENTIAL REMEDY IF FOR EXAMPLE THERE IS A BELIEF THERE A FRAUD REPRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> NOT FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. WHEN THE VOTE COMES PLEASE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN MCOSKER. >> ARE WE NOW-- >> YES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. THOSE QUESTIONS FOCUS IT AND WITHOUT CLARIFICATION IN THE ORDINANCE, THIS ISSUE OF DEPENDENT WHICH IS IMPORTANT ISSUE IS ONE THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE LITIGATED WHICH IS THE WORST POSSIBLE PLACE THE LEAST EFFICIENT PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THIS STUFF. I THINK WE HAVE A FEW OPTIONS. ONE IS TO AMEND IT RIGHT NOW ON THE FLOOR AND I READ SOMETHING THAT APPARENTLY THE CITY ATTORNEY ISN'T COMFORTABLE WITH ON TIMING. THE OTHER IS TO MOVE THIS THING AND DIRECT AN AMENDMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WHICH WE KNOW IS ALSO PROBLEMATIC. A THIRD AND MAYBE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THE RENT ADJUSTMENT COMMISSION PROVISIONS IN THE CODE. SECTION 15103. THE RENT ADJUSTMENT COMMISSION WHICH IS APPOINTED COMMISSION BY THE MAYOR HAS A SUBSECTION B TO SAY THE COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH INCLUDES EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING TODAY, IT SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ORDERS PROMULGATE POLICY RULE AND REGULATIONS TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSESF OTHE CHAPT. WE CAN SEND THIS TO THE RENT ADJUSTMENT COMMISSION AND SAY, WE WANT A CLEAR DEFINITION SO THAT OWNERS AND TENANTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RULE IS. AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT JUDGES DECIDING THIS. THAT IS A EXPENSIVE PAINFUL TERRIBLE WAY OF MAKING LAW. WE SHOULD MAKE THE LAW. I WILL ASK YOU TO RESPOND TO THAT. I PROPOSE WE CHAICHCK THE LANGUAGE NOW, IF WE CANT DO THAT, DIRECT CHANGE IN LANGUAGE AND GIVEN THE TIME THAT MIGHT TAKE WE ALSO SENT TO THE RENT ADJUSTMENT COMMISSION. >> YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. MOST OF THE REPORTS WHEN WE RECOMMEND POLICY CHANGES THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE POLICY AND THE ORDINANCE BUT THERE AHN NUANCES TO THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS ALWAYS TO INSTRUCT THE RENT ADJUST MENT COMMISSION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LA HD TO PROMULGATE RULES OR REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE ORDINANCE. THE RENT ADJUSTMENT COMMISSION IS A CITIZEN COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR WHO THEY CAN'T CHANGE THE WORDING OR INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT THEY CAN ADD TO IT AND EXPAND AND ADD DEFINITIONS SO IT IS THE PERFECT VEHICLE TO RESOLVE ISSUES LIKE THIS. >> A MODEST PROPOSAL, WHAT IF WE MOVE THE LANGUAGE TODAY, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE REASONS WE HEARD, MOVE THE UNDERLYING POLICY TODAY WITH THE ORDINANCE, DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO RETURN WITH A DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT CONSISTENT WITH THIS DISCUSSION AND IN THE MEANTIME DIRECT THE RENT ADJUSTMENT COMMISSION TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THAT POLICY PARAMETER? >> THAT IS A POSSIBLE WAY TO HANDLE THIS, YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER HUH RADO. JURADO. >> FOR THE RECORD I MOVE TO MOVE FORWARD VERSION A OF THE RSO IN ITEM 21 AND HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN'S AMENDMENT HEARD IN COMMITTEE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I CORRECT THE RECORD FOR THE CITY CLERK. THE SECOND THING IS, FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER MCOSKER RECOMMENDATION, IT SOUNDED LIKE FROM YOUR ANALYSIS THE RACK INTERPRETS AFTER THE COUNCIL AND CITY ATTORNEY HAVE DECIDED WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS AND THEN THEY CLARIFY. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> MY FEAR IS ACTUALLY THIS WOULD CREATE MORE AMBIGUITY BECAUSE THE RACK WOULD DEFINE A DEFINITION AND THE CITY ATTORNEY BRINGS A NEW DEFINITION AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE TO REDO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, WHICH TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARK'S POINT, IT PROVIDES TOO MUCH INSTABILITY FOR THE NOTICES NOW THIS LANDLORD HAS TO RECONCILE MAYBE IN THE NEXT YEAR OF THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT, NOW THIS IS DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT. THAT IS WHY I STAND BY MOVING COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN RECOMMENDATION IN COMMITTEE TO HAMMER IT OUT WHERE GREAT MINDS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER MCOSKER WILL BE TO CLARIFY AND GIVE TO THE RACK SO IT IS MORE STREAMLINED. >> ALRIGHT. MR. NAZARIAN, YOU ARE STILL ON THE BOARD. THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A [INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I DON'TS KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR 15 MINUTE RECESS. >> I THINK THEY GAVE US THE ANSWER SO WE DON'T NEED THE RECESS AT THIS POINT. >> OKAY. OKAY. I WANTED THESE AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE TODAY BECAUSE I WANT US TO VOTE ON IT. I DON'T WANT US TO SEND ANYTHING ELSE TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE OR TO LET A NON-ELECTED BODY MAKE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING. SO, IF I CAN KINDLY ASK THAT WE DO TAKE THE 15 MINUTES AND FIGURE THIS OUTRIGHT NOW BECAUSE PART OF THE CHALLENGE IN ALL THIS IS WE GET ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION WHEN WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, AND THEN WE HEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE. SO, I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS RIGHT NOW AND I WANT US TO VOTE ON LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND LET'S TAKE THE 15 MINUTE BREAK. >> THEY HAVE GIVEN US THEIR OPINION ON THIS MATTER. BUT I GOT COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ ON THE QUEUE. >> THANK YOU. MY QUESTIONS WERE IN RELATION TO IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND MIXED STATUS FAMILIES, WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE WITH THESE NEW CHANGES ON THE AMENDMENT. AND ALSO FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGES AND SAME SEX COUPLES, WHAT IS THE IMPACT THERE? [CLAPPING] IF WE DON'T HAVE A ANSWER I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO WE SHOULD SEND TO COMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITIES. BOTH OF THOSE. >> ARE YOU REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT? >> YES. JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE, PEOPLE FAMILY MEMBERS KID NAPPED BY THE FEDS WHICH LEFT YOUNG PEOPLE IN PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS OF NOW DIFFERENT HOUSING STATUSS. I WANT TO KNEKNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THE IMPACT OOF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON CHANGING CERTAIN LAWS AND IMPACTING COMMUNITIES. I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS IMPACT ON SAME SEX COUPLES AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. >> JOHN HEATH FOR CITY ATTORNEY. I'M JUMPING IN FRONT OF MY COLLEAGUE BUT WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE RESPOND TO THAT AND HAVE AMPLE TIME TO DO THAT ASSESSMENT. >> THANK YOU. I HOPE WE DO THAT TOO BECAUSE IT IS-THESE COMMUNITIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS TODAY WHILE IT IS UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES IN THE FUTURE. >> I GOT MR. [INAUDIBLE] ON THE QUEUE, BUT IT SEEMS WE HAVE A FEW AMENDMENTS BEFORE US. MR. PADILLA ASKED FOR A VOTE ON--SORRY, MR. NAZARIAN ASKED FOR A VOTE ON HIS. COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO PUT FORWARD MOTION TO SEND THAT MOTION TO COMMITTEE, AND I STILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA AND SOTO-MARTINEZ ON QUEUE. BEFORE I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, CAN YOU TELL WHAT IS BEFORE US AND THE ORDER? >> THE RESTATED MOTION TO MOVE VERSION A OOF THE ORDINANCE AND REFER NAZARIAN MCOSKER TO COMMITTEE. IF I CAN CONFIRM SOTO-MARTINEZ IS STILL THE SECOND FOR THE MOTION AND CONFIRM THAT IS HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE? THAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL FIRST. >> ALRIGHT. SO, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER LEE. >> DOES THAT END DEBATE? >> I'M ABOUT TO CALL FOR A-ABOUT TO OPEN THE ROLL ON COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO'S AMENDMENT. WHICH IS TO SEND MR. NAZARIAN'S AMENDMENT TO COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. JUST THE DEFINITION PART OF IT. ALRIGHT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ CALLED THE--THE QUESTION IS NOT DEBATABLE SO REQUIRES 10 VOTES. IF YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION ON THIS AMENDMENT THEN YOU WOULD VOTE NO ON CALLING THE QUESTION, IF YOU LIKE TO CALL THE VOTE NOW IMMEDIATELY ON THE AMENDMENT THEN YOU VOTE YES TO CALL THE QUESTION. SO, IF YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN AT ALL AND COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD INDICATED HE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YOU SHOULD VOTE NO ON THE MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. >> HE DOESN'T GET TO SPEAK AUTOMATICALLY? CITY ATTORNEY. I THOUGHT EVERYBODY GOT TO SPEAK ONCE NO? ALRIGHT. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU. OKAY. JUST GOT PUT IN MY PLACE. THANK YOU MR. CITY ATTORNEY. ALRIGHT. [LAUGHTER] LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ENDING DEBATE ON COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO'S AMENDMENT. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 9 AYES, 4 NOES. >> THERE YOU GO. M. BLUMENFIELD. >> WHAT I-IT SEEMED THIS ISSUE WE ARE ARGUINGOVER SOMETHING THAT WON'T MAKE MUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THE SENSE IF IT GOES BACK TO COMMITTEE AND WE CHANGE THE DEFINITION, AND WHEN DOES THAT DEFINITION GOING INTO EFFECT? THE PRACTICAL IMPACT IS WE ARE WORRIED SOMEBODY EVICTED OR CHARGED MORE, BUT IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE BEFORE FEBRUARY IT SEEMS LIKE IT ISN'T GOING TO HAVE A IMPACT, IS THAT RIGHT? WHAT'S THE DANGER IN NOT--IF WE FIX THE DEFINITION IN COMMITTEE AND GOT IT DONE IN A COUPLE WEEKS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS AT STAKE. >> I THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THIS THROUGH. IF THIS PASSES TODAY OR VERY SOON THEN POTENTIALLY AN AMENDMENT COULD BE HEARD BEFORE IT BECOMES A ISSUE IN EVICTION COURT, BUT NOT ENTIRELY SURE OF THE TIMING COUNCIL MEMBER SO I WANT TO TAKE THAT MORE AND RESPOND. YES, IF IT IS FIXED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE, THEN IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY IT EFFECTS COURT CASES GOING FORWARD FROM THAT DATE. I WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. >> THE COURT-WE WILL NOT SEE THEM FOR MONTHS. NOBODY GOES TO COURT THAT QUICKLY. I'M FINE SENDING BACK TO COMMITTEE NOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET IT DONE, BUT DONT THINK THERE IS IMPACT WHETHER WE DO IT NOW OR GET IT DONE IN COMMITTEE. I THINK WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING IN TERMS OF THE DEFINITION SO DON'T THINK IT IS POLICY DIFFERENCE, I THINK IS JUST A TIMING ISSUE AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE IS NO REAL IMPACT TO WAITING A FEW WEEKS. IF I'M WRONG, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS. SEEMS FINE TO ME. >> ALRIGHT. MR. LEE. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN AS FAR AS THE FEBRUARY-JULY 1. >> HISTORICALLY IT IS JULY 1, WE PREPARE, NOTICES GO OUT JUNE BUT BECAUSE OF THE MORATORIUM SOME WENT OUT IN FEBRUARY? >> NO, THE ANNUAL RENT INCREASE TAKES EFFECT EVERY JULY 1, BUT WE START PUBLICIZING IT USUALLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE FALL OF THE PRIOR YEAR AND AGAIN IN JANUARY OF THE YEAR. THE PERCENTAGE IS SET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE AMOUNT IS-THE PERCENTAGE IS KNOWN AHEAD OF TIME AND WE PUBLICIZE IT AHEAD OF TIME. IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR COMING UP IN 2026, A LOT OF LANDLORDS AND TENANTS HAVE A FEBRUARY 1 ANNIVERSARY DATE AND LANDLORDS HAVE TO GIVE AT LEAST 30 DAY NOTICE SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO GIVE THE NOTICE ON JANUARY 1. >> RIGHT, SO WHY WOULD WE HAVE IT TWO DIFFERENT DATES? WON'T THEY HAVE IT IN FEBRUARY AGAIN? >> WELL, THERE IS NO MAGIC DATE OR REQUIRED PRESCRIBED DATE, IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST 12 MONTHS FROM THE PRIOR RENT INCREASE THAT LANDLORDS NOTIFY TENANTS ABOUT, BUT IT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT JUST THAT THE RATE GOES INTO EFFECT EACH JULY 1 AND THIS YEAR IT MAKES LESS DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THE RATE NOW IS 3 PERCENT AND THE RATE JULY 1, 2026 WILL BE 3 PERCENT. SO-- >> SO, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. THAT INCREASE RATE IN FEBRUARY THIS GOES IN EFFECT IN JULY OR FEBRUARY FOR THEM? >> IT GOES IN EFFECT WHEN THE ORDINANCE TAKES AFFECT AND FROM THAT THEN ON THEY HAVE TO GO BY THIS NEW FORMULA SO, THAT IS WHEN THE LAW TAKES EFFECT. IN PRACTICAL TERMS IT WON'T MAKE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT IS 3 PERCENT UNDER ALL SCENARIOS. AND IT JUST HAS TO BE 12- >> IT DOES MAKE DIFFERENCE. WHAT ABOUT THE UTILITIES? >> IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THE UTILITIES BUT THAT IS MIORITY OF RENTAL PROPERTIES. THAT IS 19 PERCENT OR LESS. >> THERE STILL IS A DIFFERENCE THEN? 19 PERCENT IS CLOSE TO 1/5. >> YES, BUT THAT ISN'T TIED TO JULY 1, THAT IS TIE TODAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT. WHEN THIS AMENDMENT TAKES EFFECT, THE 1 PERCENT WILL BE ELIMINATED, UNLESS THE LANDLORD ALREADY GAVE NOTICE OF THE 1 PERCENT. >> THE 1 PERCENT I PROPOSED IN A AMENDMENT SENT TO COMMITTEE AND OF COURSE NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ON THE SPECIAL TO GET THIS ORDINANCE THROUGH, IF WE PASS THAT IN SAY MARCH, THAT WOULD THEN EFFECT EVERYONE WHEN? >> IT WOULD EFFECT EVERYONE THAT GIVES NOTICE AFTER MARCH. AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE IN MARCH. IF THEY ALREADY GIVEN NOTICE THEN THE WAY THAT IT IS CURRENTLY DRAFTED, THE NOTICE THAT IS ALREADY GIVEN WOULD GOVERN. >> JUST THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT I READ THIS AMENDMENT REGARDING THE IRS, DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO-DO YOU KNOW AN IRS THE CODE TO KNOW HOW MANY DEPENDENTS ARE DEFINED UNDER IRS THAT LIMIT IN THE HOUSEHOLD? >> WE REFER TO THE IRS CODE FOR DEFINITIONS OF DEPENDENT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. >> OKAY, SO LANDLORD HAS THAT KNOWLEDGE OF UNDER THE IRS CODE HOW MANY ARE ALLOWED TO BE CLASSIFIED AS DEPENDENTS? I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WILL BE ENFORCED. I DON'T LIKE EITHER SCENARIO. I DON'T KNOW WHY--I'M OKAY WITH THE DEFINITION AS IS, BUT YOU ARE SAYING THAT HOUSING DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAND DEFINED IN THE IRS CODE REGARDING DEPENDENTS YOU- >> YES. >> LANDLORDS KNOW THE INFORMATION AS WELL? >> I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT LANDLORDS KNOW, BUT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT REFERS TO THE IRS CODE. >> IF WE CHECK WITH YOU WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW? >> THESE CASES COME TO US USUALLY WHEN THERE IS DISPUTE BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AND TENANT AND YES, WE WOULD INFORM THE LANDLORD OF OUR ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS. >> OKAY. OKAY. COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN THAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER THE DRAFT RSO ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY RELEASED TWO DAYS AGO THAT SIGNIFICANT POLICY AND MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR BOTH HOUSING PROVIDERS AND TENANTS AND AGAIN THIS HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COMMITTEE AND TO BE HEARD IN COMMITTEE AND FOR US TO HAMMER ALL THESE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS WE HAVE, INCLUDING THERE WAS A SPECIAL AGENDA MY AMENDMENT TO HELP SMALL MOM AND POP LANDLORDS WHO OWN LESS THEN 10, THAT ADDITIONAL 1 PERCENT IS NOT HEARD. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE HEARD ALONG WITH IT, BUT THAT WASN'T. THE ABSENCE THAT TODAY JUST REFLECTS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY CHT THIS COUNCIL CONSTANTLY SAYS WE SHOULD STOP GROUPING MOM AND POPS AND CORPORATIONS IN THE SAME BUCKET AND WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT AND IT IS JUST EMPTY WORDS. EMPTY WORDS. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THIS AND AGAIN THE ISSUE IS WAIVED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE DEFINITION HAS BEEN CLEAR SINCE WHEN? THE DEFINITION OF DEPENDENTS? >> I'M SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. >> IT HAS BEEN MANY MANY YEARS AND SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED. THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF US HAVING SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION JUST MOVED AND SPED ALONG QUICKLY SO WE CAN JUST HURRY AND GET A VOTE ON IT IS NOT WHAT I THINK OUR CONSTITUENTS EXPECT FROM THIS BODY. I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS. I WILL BE VOTING NO ON-ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT IF YOU ARE SAYING THAT THEY CAN COME TO YOU AND IN MATTER OF DISPUTE, BUT AGAIN I WANT TO-THIS ITEM WANT DISCUSSED AT ALL IN COMMITTEE. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS SOTO-MARTINEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN. COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN. ALRIGHT. >> FOR ANYONE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW, I FEEL FOR YOU, AND I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR BEING FRUSTRATED WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT. WE ADVICEED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE. ONE, NOT TWO. YOU CAME BACK WITH TWO. WHICH CREATED CONFUSION. SO, SOME OF US TRY TO ADDRESS THAT CONFUSION BY MAKING SURE WE DEFINE IT, GIVE THE DEFINITION NEEDED NORD TO MAKE SURE THERE ISN'T FUTURE CONFUSION. WHEN WE ASKED QUESTIONS, WHEN MY STAFF ASKS QUESTIONS OF YOU AND CAME UP WITH THIS LANGUAGE, IT WAS TECHNICAL AND IT WAS FINE. YOU COME TO THE TABLE TO THE DESK AND THAT'S CHANGED ALL A SUDDEN. SO, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS CONFUSION IS DONE ON PURPOSE WITH CERTAIN INTENT, OR YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. WHICH IF THAT'S THE CASE, MY STAFF SHOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE WRONG INFORMATION, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU GAVE THE WRONG INFORMATION, I THINK YOU ARE JUST CREATING CONFUSION NOW. THIS WAS A SIMPLE DEFINITION. THAT'S ALL IT WAS AND I TRIED TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE BY SAYING LET'S GO WITH THE IRS LANGUAGE. BUT TAKE AWAY THE WHOLE CITIZENSHIP ISSUE, SO NO ONE IS THROWN OUT OR EVICTED BASED ON THAT. AS SIMPLE AS THAT. SOMEHOW IT IS LEAD TO A 30, 40 MINUTE CONVERSATION AND CONFUSION. CAN YOU SIMPLY PUT A DEFINITION INTO THIS MOTION SO WE CAN VOTE ON IT AND GET IT OUT OR NOT? (APPLAUSE) >> I WANT A CLEAR ANSWER RIGHT NOW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT IS DIRECTED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE? >> YES, IT IS. >> I WOULD SAY SIMPLY THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEFINITION IS ACCURATE AND REFLECTS THE COUNCIL INTENT, WE WOULD ASK FOR SUFFICIENT TIME, NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS 15 MINUTES. >> SO, YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING MY STAFF, YOU GAVE SOMETHING-YOU GAVE A RESPONSE AN HOUR AGO WITH CONFIDENCE AND NOW IT FLIPPED. YOU ARE MAKING A GREAT CASE OF WHY THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULDN'T BE ELECTED. (APPLAUSE) WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR? >> MR. NAZARIAN-- >> NO-- [MULTIPLE SPEAKERS] >> THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE CRUX OF ISSUES WE HAVE IN THIS BODY. I NEED A DEFINITION RIGHT NOW. I ASKED FOR A SIMPLE DEFINITION. SO WE CAN VOTE ON IT RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE MANGLED IT UPRIGHT NOW. I WANT CLARITY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN I ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS? THERE IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREPARING A MOTION AND DEFINITION. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER-IT BECAME APPARENT THE IRS HAS PERIODS OF RESIDENCY. THE IRS TALKS IF YOU ARE A DEPENDENT OR RESIDENCY FOR 12 MONTHS. THE CONCERN I HAVE AND VERY HONEST STRAIGHT FORWARD CONCERN IS, I DON'T WANT TO WRITE A VERY DEFINITION THAT MIGHT MISS SOMETHING IMPORTANT IF IN- >> WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE THAT ANSWER BEFORE? >> I WASN'T AWARE. >> WE WROTE THIS WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FOR EXAMPLE ABOUT THE REZ RES DAENS ISSUE. I HAVE TO REVIEW IT. I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO PRODUCE A REASONABLE WORKING DEFINITION BUT IT IS OPTIMAL TO TAKE TIME AND PRODUCE A DEFINITION THAT CROSSES DOTS THEI'S AND CROSSES THE T'S IS ALL I'M SAYING. NOT SAYING WE CAN'T, JUST SAYING IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO TAKE TIME BECAUSE DEFINITIONS ARE TRICKY. NOT DISPUTING ANYTHING YOU ARE SAYING, JUST SAYING IT IS DIFFICULT TO PRODUCE A PRECISE DEFINITION. >> MR. NAZARIAN, YOU HAVE THE DEFINITION THAT THEY GAVE YOU THAT NOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS CAST UPON. THIS COUNCIL CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THAT AND DISPOSE THAT AND SUGGEST WE DO THAT NOW. I WANT TO CALL THE QUESTION. MADAM CLERK-- >> IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? (APPLAUSE) >> I ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE PLEASE HCH I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THIS SPECIFIC ITEM, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EACH OTHER AND THE CITY CLERK ASKED IF THERE IS A SECOND TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. INDICATED COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ IS THE SECOND. AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, IT ISN'T DEBATABLE. I DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYBODY SOKEN TWICE YET SO THE VOTE THRESHOLD IS STILL 10. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL AND TABUMENT THE VOTE. 12 AYES. >> ALRIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] >> THAT WILL BE 11 AYE AND 1 NO. THE MOTION STILL PASSES. >> THE QUESTION CALLED IS COUNCIL MEMBER--[INAUDIBLE] TO COMMITTEE. FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. ALRIGHT. >> AND MOVE VERSION A. >> ALRIGHT. LET'S-ONE MORE TIME WHAT IS ON THE TABLE IS THERE IS A MOTION--SORRY, A AMENDMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO TO SEND THE DEFINITION OR THE AMENDMENT THAT MR. NAZARIAN SUBMITTED TO COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. NOW YOU LIKE TO SPEAK. >> I WANT TO-- >> SHE HASN'T SPOKEN. >> I HAVEN'T SPOKEN. I WAS TRYING TO. >> SORRY, WANT TO CLARIFY. THE RULES ARE QUITE CLEAR WITH CALLING THE QUESTION. ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT OR TO APPROVAL OF THE ITEM FOR THE CLARITY- >> THE AMENDMENT. >> WE NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER TO SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT. >> PLEASE VOTE YES SO WE CAN FINISH. >> LET'S RECONSIDER. OPEN THE ROLL IN CONSIDERATION OF CLOSING DEBATE. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 12 AYES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA. >> I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER LEE FRUSTRATION WITH TIS HABIT OF SENDING THINGS TO COMMITTEE AND THEY ARE WAIVED OUT OF COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE HAS A HABIT WHEN THEY DON'T AGREE WITH SOMETHING OR FIND IT TO BE TOO CONTROVERSIAL THEY PUSH IT BACK TO US AND I WANT TO SAY I FIND THAT INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFUL AND IRRESPONSIBLE. I DO THINK, I WOULD LIKE FOR MR. NAZARIAN'S MOTION TO GO BACK TO COMMITTEE. NOT A FAN AS IT STANDS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW I INK THE THIS ISN'T GOOD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GO TO COLLEGE AND WANT TO COME BACK, BUT GUESS WHAT, I HOPE IT CAN BE DISCUSSED AND ELABORATED IN COMMITTEE. M WHAT I JUST WANT TO SAY IS IF KEEP MAKING AMENDING MOTIONS DEAR HOUSING HOMELESS COMMITTEE PLEASE DO THE WORK. IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INTENT IS OF SOME OF THE MOTIONS YOU ARE MORE THEN WELCOME TO TALK TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE THE MOTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION BEFORE IT GETS BACK TO COUNCIL. THAT BEING SAID, I WILL BE GOING TO HOMELESS AND HOUSING COMMITTEE TO DEFEND AND PUSH YOU ACTUALLY DO WORK WEILATED TO JOHN LEE'S MOTION RELATED TO SEPARATING THE DEFINITION BETWEEN A SMALL LANDLORDS VERSUS ONE THAT IS NOT. I WILL BE ALSO VOTING WE PUSH MR. NAZARIAN'S TO THE COMMITTEE BUT PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THE WORK, WORK WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TRYING TO BRING SOMETHING UP, BECAUSE WE ARE VERYACHY SESABLE. I WANT TO THROW THAT OUT AS WE CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR THE NEXT THING. I WILL BE VOTING MR. NAZARIAN GO TO COMMITTEE BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT THE UPDATE IS NOT IT WAS WAIVED AND WE ARE BACK AGAIN IN COUNCIL FIGHTING OVER WHY NOTHING WAS DONE OR RESEARCHED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA. THIS QUESTION IS BEFORE US. THE AMENDMENT IS TO SEND THE PROPOSED DEFINITION IN COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> THE CLERK SAID IT WAS ALSO TO MOVE ITEM A FORWARD. >> IT WAS. SHE IS RIGHT. >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU CLARIFY? >> STATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO TO REFER THE AMENDED MOTION, NAZARIAN MCOSKER TO HOUSING HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE AND MOVE VERSION A OF THE ORDINANCE. [MUSIC] Wait >> ALRIGHT. WAIT FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO GIVE US A RESET. [MUSIC] LICATE. ALRIGHT. WE'LL MOVE HERE. WE GOT AN AMENDMENT BEFORE US BY COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO. THAT AMENDMENT--SINCE THE NAZARIAN AMENDMENT TO HOUSING HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND IT MOVES OPTION A. IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN'S MOTION TODAY, YOU VOTE NO. IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF SND SENDING TO COMMITTEE AND HEARING IT LATER YOU VOTE YES. I TINK THAT IS WHAT'S BEFORE US. SO, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> THAT IS CORRECT. AND BY VOTING YES ON AMENDMENT JURADO SOTO-MARTINEZ YOU APPROVE THE UNDERLYING VERSION A BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT THE AMENDMENT SAID OR THE MOTION JURADO SOTO-MARTINEZ SAID. >> ALRIGHT. OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL. TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 9 YESES, 2 NOES. >> ALRIGHT. >> THE ITEM IS ADOPTED AND THE ORDINANCE WILL BE HELD OVER ONE WEEK TO FRIDAY DECEMBER 12 FOR SECOND READING. >> FUN WE GET TO DO THIS AGAIN. ALRIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT MADAM CLERK? >> WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING ALL ITEMS WERE ADOPTED ENTHE SPECIAL MEETING? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CALL THE ROLL IN THE REGULAR MEETING? >> PLEASE. [ROLL CALL] 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> ALRIGHT. WHAT'S BEFORE US MADAM CLERK? >> THE COUNCIL MAY GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> WE OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 15 MINUTES AND ASK FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO LINE UP IN THE RIGHT--ON THE-ALL TO PIE RIGHT. MY RIGHT. MR. CITY ATTORNEY DO YOU NEED TO READ INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> I CAN GIVE A ABBREVIATED VERSION. NO ITEMS ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO ONLY FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT YOU HAVE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 1 MINUTE AND PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE KIOSK IN THE BACK. THANK YOU. >> I BEGIN CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES. [CALLING SPEAKER NAMES] >> ONCE YOU GET TO THE PODIUM YOU CAN BEGIN SPEAKING BECAUSE THE ONLY ITEM IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. I LIKE TO THANK MR. BOB BLUMENFIELD AND STAFF FOR HOSTING A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS PARTY LAST NIGHT. MR. BLUMENFIELD'S STAFF WAS SO WELCOMING TO ALL WHO ATTENDED. WE WERE HONORED TO DONATE 7 LARGE BAGS OF TOYS AND CLOTHES TO THE PARTY. WHENCON DIDO AND I ASKED FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO HELP DONATE MR. BLUMENFIELD'S HOLIDAY PARTY THEY WERE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD FOR MAKING RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WELCOME TO THE THIRD DISTRICT. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES UP, MR. PRESIDENT WOULD YOU LIKE THE MOTIONS INERT INTRODUCED TODAY POSTED AND REFERRED? >> POSTED AND REFERRED. >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH. WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> HELLO, I KNOW YOU ARE TIRED. MY NAME--WORKING FOR FLYING FOOD GROUP AND REPRESENTING UNITED LOCAL 11. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] WE ASK YOU STAY FIRM FOR THE VOTE ON THE-THE VOTE YOU MADE HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] I CAN HELP SUPPORT ME AND MY FAMILY AND ENJOY QUALITY TIME WITH THEM AS WELL. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] I URGE YOU GUYS TO STAY WORKING HARD AND STRONG AND FIRM IN THIS WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [CLAPPING] >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHY LORI LOFLEN AND FELICITY HUFF00 WERE SENT TAJAIL FOR ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE PEOPLE WHEN IRENE VAS CS AND ACADEMIA [INAUDIBLE] CHARTER SCHOOL HAS BEEN BRIBING DW AND LA COUNTY COURT AND HALL OF RECORDS EMPLOYEES WITH UC LA ADMISSION BY FALSELY CLAIMING AUTHORIZING THE RELATIVES AS NATIVE AMERICANS AND USING THEIR UC LA CONTACTS LIKE KEVIN [INAUDIBLE] TO GET THEM INTO THE UC LA NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM WHEN THEY DON'T QUALIFY OR MEET BASIC UC REQUIREMENTS? OWN DAUGHTER WHO IS HALF WHITE AND HALF IRANIAN GOT INTO UC LA WITH 1.6GP A AND ONE ELECTIVE. [INAUDIBLE] BRIBING PEOPLE IN EXCHANGE FOR POLITICAL FAVORS. >> SPEAKER YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> I WANT TO THANK HERNANDEZ JURADO, HARRIS-DAWSON AND SOTO-MARTINEZ. EVERYONE ELSE ON IT COUNCIL YOU MADE IT CLEAR YOU DO NOT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND THAT YOU WORK FOR THE LAPD. I AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL UNSEAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. EVERY SINGLE ONE. BECAUSE YOU WORK FOR US AND EVERY WEEK WE COME IN HERE FOR MONTHS AND WE PROVIDED TESTIMONY, EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL ACTIONS BY LAPD AND USE OF FORCE WITH MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS. AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. YOU HAVE THE PROOF AND CHIEF MCDONNELL ADMITTED THEY DISAGREE WITH THE LAW AND WILL CONTINUE TO USE IT AND YOU VOTED TO LET THEM KEEP YOUR TOYS. WE ARE HERE TO TELL YOU YOU SHOULD QUIT YOUR JOBS. WE ARE COMING FOR YOU. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THERE IS NO PEACEFUL PROTET IN THE CITY WHERE OUR PRESENCE IS CONSIDERED A THREAT AND MET WITH VIOLENCE. WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IF YOU ARE BEING THREATENED GO PUBLIC. LET US KNOW. WE WILL STAND WITH YOU. BUT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER THERE IS REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 14 FORTHWIDTH. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH. WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> I LIKE TO MAKE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT FAIR WAGES FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS ROSA AND PART TOF THE FAST FOOD WORKING UNION. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO PASS THE FAST FOOD LAW THAT WE NEED VERY DEEPLY. I WAS UNFAIRLY FIRED FRAME A FAST FOOD JOB AFTER MAKING COMMENTS ON THE UNHYGIENIC WORKING CONDITIONS AT A RESTAURANT. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] DUE TO LACK OF SOAP, GLOVES AND ROACHES INFESTATION, BUT BECAUSE I KNEW MY RIGHTS I WAS ABLE TO GET MY JOB BACK. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] I KNOW MY RIGHTS SO I'M HERE TO FIGHT FOR OUR BOSSES TO RESPECT THEM AND TO RESPECT US. THAT IS FOR ALL FAST FOOD WORKERS AS WELL. OTHER FAST FOOD WORKERS DONT KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND WHY THERE IS SO MUCH ABUSE IN THE WORK PLACE. [WAITING FOR TRANSLATION] >> SPEAKER YOUR TIME EXPIRED. >> AND SO I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOU TO PASS THE FAST FOOD WORKER ORDINANCE FOR FAIR WORK. [CLAPPING] >> THANK YOU. WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER THERE IS REQUEST TO SEND ITEMS 13 AND 16 FORTHWIDTH. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> I NORMALLY DONT AGREE WITH MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OTHER DAY WHEN HE QUESTIONED AND CHALLENGED CHIEF MCDONNELL. BACK IN 2009 AS I STATED BEFORE, I WAS BACK THERE [INAUDIBLE] TOLD ONE DAY YOU WILL BE BEFORE THIS COUNCIL AND ARE YOU WILL HAVE IMPORTANT ISSUES. HERE HE IS. HE IS PROBABLY THE BEST CHIEF WE EVER HAD. HE REALLY IS. BUT YOU NEED PEOPLE LIKE MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ TO QUESTION BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING OUT THERE THAT WE SHOULD QUESTION. THESE PROTESTERS HERE BEFORE TWICE, THEY WERE POLITE, THEY WERE RESPECTFUL AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DENIED PUBLIC SPEAKINGISM THEY CAME BACK WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY WERE VERY POLITE AND ASKED FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING AND YOU DENIED THEM. THREE TIMES, THREE TIMES YOU DID THAT. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, WE MAY NOT AGREE, BUT WHEN YOU CHALLENGE AND YOU LOOK AT QUESTIONS THAT ARE CAUSING HURT IN THE CITY- >> SPEAKER YOUR TIME EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS MARIA. [INAUDIBLE] MEMBER. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE AIRPORT. DURING ONE OF THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR, WE ARE HERE ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE THE AIRLINES ARE BETWEEN AND BLACKMAILING OUR CITY COUNCIL TO ROLL BACK LIVING WAGE WE FOUGHT HARD TO WIN. WE ASK THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO STAND FIRM AND TO STAND WITH THE WORKING PEOPLE NOT CORPORATIONS. LOS ANGELES MUST CONTINUE TO BE THE CITY WHERE OUR FAMILIES LIKE MINE CAN BUILD A LIFE. WITH DIGNITY WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSING OUR HOMES AND SO MANY ALREADY HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. [CLAPPING] >> HELLO, I'M--AIRPORT WORKING LA X. HELLO CITY COUNCIL FAMILY. I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN HERE THE PAST THREE YEARS SPEAKING TO YOU GUYS EVERY WEEK. WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IT IS RIDICULOUS. IT IS ABSURD THAT YOU ALLOW THEM TO BLACKMAIL THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. YOU'RE SIDING WITH CORPORATIONS RATHER THAN HARD WORKING LOS ANGELES PEOPLE HERE AT LAX AND TOURISM WORKERS. WE ARE TIRED OF IT. WE JUST WANT TO LIVE. WE JUST WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE. WE ARE NOT HERE TO GET RICH. WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES. PLEASE DON'T SELL OUT TO THIS CORPORATION BULLSHIT. WE ARE TIRED OF IT! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. (APPLAUSE) >> GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU MIGHT THINK YOUR JOB IS TO MANAGE THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS BUT IT IS NOT. YOUR JOB IS REALLY HIGH LEVEL LAW ENFORCEMENT. IF YOU BECOME AWARE OF A MINER ISSUE GOING PERSISTENTLY UNFIXED IT IS YOUR JOB TO TAKE TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND IF PERSIST THE NEXT LEVEL THAT PUBLICLY. PERHAPS YOU ASKED THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THE ISSUES I RAISED REGARDING APPARENT POLICE MISCONDUCT. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO. BUT THAT DIALOGUE ITSELF SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PUBLIC RECORD SO WE CAN JUDGE IF THE REASONS ARE VALID. REMEMBER, THE CRIMINAL PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO SUPER SEED THE CIVIL PROCESS. THERE IS TOO MUCH OF OFFICIALS GIVING OFF THE RECORD ASSURANCES TO EACH OTHER SAYING, EVERYTHING IS FINE. IT IS BEING HANDLED. I ARE ASSURE THAT IT IS NOT FINE AND IT IS NOT BEING HANDLED. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. JOAN HARPER AND MEMBER OF CLUE, CLERGY AND LAYTY UNITED FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND SO IT IS CLEAR THERE ARE MANY MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY. THE HOTEL WORKERS. THE AIRPORT WORKERS WHO FOUGHT VERY VERY HARD FOR THREE YEARS AND TRYING TO AND SUCCEEDING IN GETTING A LIVING WAGE. WE ARE HERE TO THANK YOU THE COUNCIL FOR BEING BOLD AND FOR SAYING YES TO THAT AND MAKING IT HAPPEN. WE ALSO HEAR THE RUMBLINGS SO STAY STRONG, DON'T LET CORPORATE HIJACKING TAKE OVER THIS LAW. THESE ARE WORKERS, THEY DISSEVER ALL THE BEST THEY CAN GET. THEY ARE TRYING TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. SO AGAIN, STAY STRONG AND LA NEEDS LIVABLE WAGES, FAIR WAGES AND ALSO AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUCH AS THE VENICE DELL PROJECT. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) >> BEFORE I BEGIN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE? >> WE HAVE TO TREAT EVERYBODY EQUAL WHEN WE ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THE BODY BUT WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BODY THE AUDIENCE WILL HEAR YOU. >> OKAY. THIS SPEECH WAS MEANT FOR THE AUDIENCE. I CAN'T LOOK AT YOU, BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT LA IS A BEAUTIFUL VIBRANT CREATIVE CITY THAT SURVIVED FIRES, FAMINE FLOODS AND DROUGHTS AND EARTHQUAKES. IT IS ALL MOST TWO CENTURIES OLD, SPEAKS 200 LANGUAGES. A MULTITUDE OF RELIGIONS. MULLIONS OF PEOPLE CALL IT HOME. IT SURVIVED SO MUCH AND WILL SURVIVE THE ICE RAIDS AND IT WILL SURVIVE THIS INEPT CITY COUNCIL THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF LA BUT [INAUDIBLE] AS MUCH REAL ESTATE DOLLARS THEY CAN GET. AS WE ENTER THE HOLIDAYS I WANT YOU TO STAY STRONG, I WANT YOU TO STAY COURAGEOUS AND AS WE ENTER 2026 REMEMBER THIS BATTLE IS NOT OVER YET. I LOVE LOS ANGELES AND LOVE THIS PEOPLE, I LOVE THE WORKING COMMUNITY HERE, VIVA LOS ANGELES, FREE PALESTINE AND FUCK ICE. (APPLAUSE) >> GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC, WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS YOU GET A CIRCUS, BECAUSE THE CLOWNS BANKRUPT THE ITISY GIVING 1 BILLION INCREASE TO LA PD, WITH ZERO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IN WHICH TO SPEND ANYTHING ON. $1 BILLION BUDGET EMERGENCY AND CLOWNS TON OF THOUSAND HOMELESS EPIDEMIC EMERGENCY. 275 BILLION FIRE DAMAGE EMERGENCY. INCOMPETENT CLOWNS. LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT CRIMINALLY INSANE [INAUDIBLE] CD8 HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE COUNTRY. HIGHEST HOMELESS AND INCARCERATION RATE. UNDER INVESTIGATION COUNCIL MEMBER ENGLANDER IN PRISON FOR CORRUPTION. DEPUTY MAYOR 12 YEARS. [INAUDIBLE] DICTATOR PAUL KREKORIAN LEGENDARY FOOL. $1 BILLION BUDGET EMERGENCY HOMELESS-- >> THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING NOW AFTERNOON MEETING. WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTING REFERRAL. >> POSTED REFERRED. >> THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> CAN WE MOVE 11 AND 12 FORTHWIDTH PLEASE? >> DID WE DO THAT MADAM CLERK? >> YES. >> THAT WAS DONE. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCESMENT MCOSKER? >> I TOO HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. KICKING OFF THE WINTER HOLIDAYS IN 15 WITH THE VERY FIRST OF 5 WINTER WONDER LANDS TOON IN WILMINGTON. JOIN FROM 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M. AT THE WILMINGTON TOWN SQUARE PARK AT AVLUNE AND I STREET. WE WILL HAVE PLENTY HOLIDAY SPIRIT FUN AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES, INCLUDING SIGNATURE SNOW SLEDDING RUNS. I HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED BY SANTA TO RACE HIM. TREE LIGHTING, FOOD FROM LOCAL VENDORS AND MORE. WE MAY EVEN GET A SPECIAL CLIMB UP A FIRE STATION LADDER FOR ME TO LIGHT THE TOP OF THE TREE. I'M CLIMB- >> SNAP CHAT. >> SO, I'M WARNING THE RISK MANAGERS FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I'M DOING THAT TONIGHT. MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE WINTER WONDER LANDS AS WELLAL. . IN SAN PEDRO TOMORROW. THE HARBOR GATEWAY DECEMBER 10 ON 190 STREET. IN WATTS FOR WATTS WINTER LAND IN FRONT OF OUR CITY HALL AT THE WATTS CIVIC CENTER 103 STREET AND WRAP UP IN HARBOR CITY FRIDAY DECEMBER 19 AT THE HARBOR CITY REC CENTER ALL WILL HAVE SNOW AND FUN AND FOOD AND I'M TOLD SANTA WILL MAKE TIME FOR ALL 5 OF OUR EVENTS. >> EXCELLENT. COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. BEFORE I GO I WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO OUR EAGLE ROCK TREE LIGHTING- >> HOLD ON. SIR, YOU ARE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. THE PERSON IN THE PURPLE VEST OR JACKET YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ONCE. NOW YOU ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING FOR DISRUPTING THE MEETING PURSUANT TO RULE 7 AND RULE 12. [TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> THE PERSON IN THE PURPLE VEST ASK TO PLEASE EXIT THE ROOM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES, COME TO THE EAGLE ROCK TREE LIGHTING TONIGHT 5 TO 8 P.M. MAYOR BASS AND I INVITE YOU TO COME ALONG. THERE IS SNOW AND SANTA AND MUSIC. THEY CALL ME ISA PARTY AND SURE IT WILL BE ONE AND MANILA SOUNDS WILL BE THERE DJ AND SO COME TO EAGLE ROCK CITY HALL TO SEE MAYOR BASS SATURDAYAL LITE OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AND TO SEE ALL THE FESTIVITIES SO ENJOY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT. >> THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE A GRAPHIC BUT I HAVE FUN TO TALK ABOUT. THAT IS WESTSIDE PARK ON SATURDAY FROM 2 TO 8 THAT IS AT 3025 COLLIDE. CLYDE. WE WILL HAVE A SNOW DAY AND COING NEXT FRIDAY, LAMERT PARK IS OUR WINDER WONDER LAND FROM 6 TO 8. JOIN US. >> EXCELLENT. >> ON THE 10TH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LEE. >> I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO SUNDAY TO GRANADA HILLS FOR ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARADE. CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF GRANADA HILLS THE FRIENDALIST COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES. OUR GRAND MARSHAL WILL BE NONE OVER THEN ALUMNI JOHN ELWAY. EXCITED AND HOPE YOU CAN JOIN FOR THAT COMMUNITY PARADE. >> EXCITING STUFF THIS WEEKEND FOLKS. SEEING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS I ASK EVERYONE TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ASK IF THERE ARE ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT. SEEING NONE, ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, JOINED TODAY BY FORMER COLLEAGUE KELLY MARTIN FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] ADMINISTRATION AND MR. MCOSKER IN PRESENTING THIS ADJOURNMENT. FOR A VERY SPECIAL PERSON WHO LEAVES A LOT OF STORIES AND A LOT OF IMPACT HERE AT CITY HALL. I RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF THE ONE AND ONLY PAT GOBBLER, A EXTRAORDINARY ANGELENOS WHO PASSED IN NOVEMBER AT 89. A FRIEND AND TRUTH TELLER AND INSPIRATION. SHE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF LA FOR OVER 40 YEARS. SERVING AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOHN CHIEF OF STAFF AND ONE OF A KIND CHT SERVED WITH JOHN MORE THEN 30 YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH AND LATER BECAME IN 2001 COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALEX PADILLA'S MEMBER OF HIS TEAM AS A SPECIAL ADVISOR. PAT WAS PLAIN SPOKEN AND POLITICALLY ASTUTE. SHE HAD A GRUFF EXTERIOR WITH A HEART OF GOLD. PAT WAS A DEVOTE CATHOLIC AND LIVED HER FAITH THROUGH HER CARE OF OTHERS AND ANIMALS. SHE LOVED TO GOLF AND FUN. PAT RECENTLY CELEBRATED HER 89 BIRTHDAY AND WE KNOW THE CELEBRATION IS CONTINUE IN HEAVEN. PAT WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED AND REMEMBER FOR HER LOVE OF OTHERS AND HER CITY. TODAY WE ADJOURN PAT'S MEMORY AND LET US HONOR HER FOR THE TRUTH, COMPASSION AND DEDICATION SHE BROUGHT TO OUR CITY AND ALL SHE LOVED. MAY HER LEGACY LIVE ON AND MAY WE HONOR HER MEMORY BY SERVING OUR CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS AS WELL. THERE IS A LOT OF WONDERFUL PHOTOS AND WALKING DOWN MEMORY LANE, BUT FOR THOSE THAT HAD THE PRIVILEGE BEING IN THE BUILDING WHEN PAT RAN IT, THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT. THERE WAS A LOT OF ORDER, THERE WAS A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE INSTITUTION, FOR PROCEDURE AND RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND THE ROLE EVERYONE PLAYED. THAT DOESN'T EXIST MUCH ANYMORE AND SHE REALLY SERVED AN INCREDIBLE TIME IN OUR CITY HISTORY, BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR STARTED MY CAREER IN THIS BUILDING WHEN SHE AND JOHN WERE SITTING AT THE TOP THAT HORSE SHOE. IT WAS A VERY DYNAMIC TIME IN THE CITY WHEN THIS COUNCIL WAS COMPRISED WITH SOME INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUALS, BUT IT FELIZ LIKE TRULY A END OF ERA WITH HER PASSING AND I AM GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING SEEN HER LEADERSHIP IN THOSE EARLY DAYS AND REALLY ADMIRE AND RESPECT HOW SHE LEAD, HOW SHE REALLY RESPECTED THE INSTITUTION AND THE WORK WE DID HERE FOR THIS CITY. PAT GOBBLER, MAY YOU REST IN POWER, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEACE THERE MIGHT BE UP THERE, BUT REST IN POWER, PAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. MR. MCOSKER AND THEN MR. LEE. YES. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. I ALSO KNEW PAT. SHE WOULD NEVER REMEMBER ME BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED IN THE BUILDING IN 1996 AS A YOUNG MAN I USED TO COUNCIL MEMBER-AROUND THE CORNER FROM-I HAVE TO VISIT THERE AND SHE DEFINITELY RAN THAT OFFICE AND SOME SAY THE CITY. SHE WAS JUST SOMEONE THAT I LOOKED UP TO AND I APPRECIATE YOU REMEMBERING HER LIKE THIS. IF I COULD BE ADDED, I APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. MCOSKER. >> SO BEAUTIFULLY SAID. THANK YOU MONICA AND I KNOW KELLY MARTIN AGREES WITH EVERY WORD THAT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES YOU SEE GIANTS THAT THE EARTH AND BUILDINGS FROM JOHN FUR ARO AND MAYOR BRADLEY AND [INAUDIBLE] NOT EVERY DAY ANYMORE. SHE JUST COMMANDED RESPECT. SHE DIDN'T COMMAND RESPECT, SHE EARNED RESPECT FROM EVERY SINGLE PERSON SHE ENCOUNTERED FROM THE LITTLE KIDS LIKE ME WHO WERE AFRAID OF HER TO THE JOHN FERRARO WHO WASN'T AFRAID OF ANYBODY BUT RESPECTED EVERY WORD SHE UTTERED AND SHE EARNED IT, SHE LIVED IT. REALLY A WONDERFUL PERSON AND WE WILL MISS HER AND WE SHOULD STRIVE TO IMMOLATE HER CHARACTER TO HER BOSS AND CITY AND COLLEAGUES AND SHE JUST CONVEYED HONESTY AND STRENGTH THAT YOU DON'T OFTEN WITNESS IN THIS LIFE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> I LIKE TO INVITE KELLY- >> PLEASE. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, I'M KELLY MARTIN AND DICK REARDON'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND PAT WAS THE-THE BOY IN THE PICTURE WAS MY SON KYLE AND PAT WAS HIS GODMOTHER. I WANT TO SHARE A STORY I THINK CHARACTERIZE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZS. IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME. PAT AND I-IN LATE 1999 I BROKE MY ACHILLES AND HAD TO HAVE SURGERY AND CAN NOT DRIVE FOR TWO MONTH JZ MY HUSBAND DROVE ME TO WORK TWO MONTHS AND EVERY NIGHT PAT DROVE ME HOME. THAT IS RIGHT, THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL DROVE THE CHIEF OF STAFF HOME FOR EVERY MONTH TWO MONTHS AND WAITED FOR ME AND DID IT ON MY SCHEDULE SO I COULD STILL DO MY JOB. WE GOT A LOT OF WORK DONE IN THE CAR BUT ALSO [INAUDIBLE] PERIODICALLY BECAUSE DIDN'T ALWAYS LIKE WHAT WE WERE DOING BUT SHE WAS MARVELOUS AND IT WAS A TIME OF PEOPLE BEING HUMAN AND KIND TO ONE ANOTHER IN A WAY THAT REALLY DEEPLY MATTERED AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY TO HER CHARACTER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND MCOSKER AND LEE. THE WORDS YOU SPOKE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE JOY AND ADMIRATION IS MOVING TO ALL OF US WHO DID NOT KNOW MRS. GOBBLER SO I WILL ASK WITH PERMISSION OF HAD MAKERS OF THE MOTION THIS BE ALL COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT. SEEING NO OTHER ADJOURNMENTS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK. [MEETING ADJOURNED]