year ever in its 118 year history, and the vision for the future is to build bigger and build smarter at the 11th annual state of the port, leaders outlined investments in infrastructure and technology and detailed how the port continues to support the environment and the local community. Today, we're at the Port of Los Angeles, and we just concluded our 11th annual state of the port address. More than. 930 guests at Altasea are Urban Marine Research Facility. What we share today are updates on the port's progress. We had our third busiest container year ever in 2025, and now we're going to be building a new cruise terminal, a new container terminal, expanding existing facilities and investing more in our local communities here in San Pedro and Wilmington. I am very proud of all of the work in the one five, but I'm really glad that community members, environmentalists labor business sector came together with the port to make sure that we could move forward with an aqmd agreement where we are going to be advancing port technology. We're going to be advancing the work, making sure people stay employed, but also cleaning up the air, cleaning up the environment. We count on this community so much to do our work. But today, what all of us did was contribute to both exp. Our learning center and the Toberman center for helping us in our communities. These two nonprofits are always so close to the work we do at the port. It's our way of giving back. Being here today is so important because you really get a sense of what's happening in our community and how you can support the community. Exp. We're a nonprofit organization that bridges the gap between education and business to better prepare our students for college and career success and so all of these partners here today have been incredible resources for Exp. And we are fortunate to have this friendship with Port of LA that allows us to do that . So Neighborhood Center has been in existence since 1903. So over 120 years and impacting families with housing support, food insecurity, utility assistance. So really taking that prevention approach, coming here and being able to benefit from this space is connecting and networking with other organizations with understanding what the port is doing to not only impact the community, but to impact what is happening here and really try to engage with as much information so that we can also be of support to the port. From marine architects to dock workers and truck drivers, everyone in between. Many of us here grew up and started working in this port. So the connection runs through streets and neighborhoods, schools and friendships. It's important to do this because we've got to responsibility as the city and port of Los Angeles to give back and that's our motivation every day. Here at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, we're surrounded by the sea life that calls Southern California home. And just beyond it, the waters that will host Olympic sailing in 2028. But first, the world arrives in LA for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The city is already getting ready with the opening of its first official hospitality house at La Plaza, a place of culture, community and soccer pride. Known as Casa Mexico, Los Angeles is proud to announce something truly extraordinary. La Plaza will serve as Casa Mexico, Mexico's hospitality house, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Together, we look forward to welcoming the World for us, it means a combination of all the various programing that we do always free, always accessible under the umbrella of Casa Mexico and we're sprinkling in some special events. We will be doing community days, we will have film series. We're going to have our summer of salsa programing and the goal is that folks can just walk in at any time, sit down on our grass and watch whatever match may be on that day. Plus, we'll have some pretty exciting viewing parties as well. It is muy importante. Nosotros tenemos un espacio digno abierto incluyente para invitar a Los miles de turistas Q van a venir a Los Angeles. I mean, it's great to have this here because it is the birthplace of Los Angeles. And so to make it an attraction and to expose people to Mexican country identity and culture, especially emerging ones, to our Mexican American and American communities, that's going to be really important. ES una oportunidad para celebrar juntos de un lado, la riqueza cultural de nuestro pais, pero de otro la diversidad de Los Angeles. Aqui se celebra aqui en esta casa, se VA a celebrar. Entonces es un espacio abierto para todos se aprovechado por el mayor numero de gente posible. Across Los Angeles, thousands of volunteers stepped up for an account that helps tell a deeper story. Over three nights, more than 4500 people counted important information on those living without shelter, information that helps shape funding, policy and pathways to housing because at its core, the greater Los Angeles homeless count is about one thing helping people get inside. We're here in the Skid Row neighborhood, but it's a county wide effort to count everybody who is homeless tonight. We use the numbers we get for our federal data or state data. County and city data. So we know exactly who's out there, what our numbers are , and we can use that data to then help people get inside every year we get better and better at counting the data and the accuracy is really important for the data so that we know we can rely on it. And we know that we can ask our funders to rely on it as well. We're looking at the maps. We have 4600 volunteers. We have 150 sites across the region. There is something I have to say so satisfying about. Number one being part of the count to become a part of the data collection, but also meeting other like minded people who who see the challenge that we're facing in Los Angeles year over year and want to be part of the solution. It's super simple. You go online, you sign up, they give you your station where you're deployed, you go through a quick training. Sometimes you get that sent ahead of time to kind of cut your training time down. You go out into a car or if you're doing it on foot, that's another thing as well. And really, it only takes about 2 or 3 hours. I'd say. And then you go home and you're done. We understand that people are really hoping to see a big change in Los Angeles, because so much money has been dedicated to this issue, but we have to remember that the federal government, the county and the state are all doing cuts to the homeless service sector. So we may not see the decreases that we've seen. I think it's a different perspective seeing the streets at night. I'm not essentially looking forward to it, but I'm looking forward to helping with the whole count and everything. The port of LA takes pride in being community strong, while continuing to undergo a major transformation, including West Harbor, a mile long waterfront development opening this summer. And in South LA. The story of a long abandoned site is beginning to change. This transformation will take time, but a recent community workshop marked an important first step sharing the process ahead and making sure residents are part of every stage along the way. We're here in the constituent service center and Council District eight to talk about a really exciting project on an abandoned site at 94th and Broadway in South LA. The lot on 94th and Broadway is a lot that is owned by the city that we're looking to get developed. We're looking forward to turning it into 180 units of housing and a full service grocery store. Constituent site. A lack of healthy food options is a major health challenge for this area. Before we can begin development, we do have to clear the site environmentally. However, we did find out that the soil was contaminated, so the city, which would be CD eight economic workforce development along with sanitation, is partnering up to apply for federal grant through the Environmental Protection Agency to secure 2 million in grant funding, which will help remediate the site as part of the EPA application process, is to hold a community workshop to make the community aware that the site is contaminated and our plans to remediate the soil so that we could go ahead and develop it. Council President Marquis Harris Dawson has been extremely supportive of this project and really wants to make it a reality. If we can identify any additional city funds in this next as an economic development department, we're really excited to help transform this site into something that will be a positive economic benefit for the community. For those in the community that are interested in tracking this project to completion, you could go to our website for more information. While it dates from 1907, today's port of Los Angeles is a hub of 21st century industry finance and sustainability, and still ahead, a quick look at some of the stories shaping life around the city. Efforts to keep Hollywood production in LA. Recognition for the city's housing authority and why LAPD sworn officer hiring remains in place this year. Mayor Karen Bass announced that her executive directive on the entertainment industry is yielding results. Bass has worked to make filming within LA easier and more cost effective. In 2026, the Central Library will reopen for filming and additional city locations will offer reduced permit fees. Mayor bass recognized Councilmember Nazarian for his partnership through the Keep Hollywood Home initiative. Bass reaffirmed that this work will continue to support the next Great Stories filmed on LA streets by world class talent. For more information, visit mayor L.A. City gov slash Press. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance has recognized LA City Housing Authority, Hacla as a 2025 digital inclusion trailblazer. The award honors Hackley's leadership in providing residents with high speed internet devices and digital literacy training. Hacla achieved this status by meeting rigorous national standards across seven categories, with this accomplishment, Hacla serves as a blueprint for local governments working to bridge the digital divide for more information, visit hacla. Org slash news. The LA City Council has approved a plan to continue hiring sworn police officers during the current fiscal year. 410 sworn officers could be hired by using savings from within the police department's existing budget. Council member Yaroslavsky, chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, said the plan keeps hiring moving this year, the council approved plan also directs the city to identify funding for future years as part of the upcoming budget process. Learn more at LA city Gov slash government. Imagine neighborhoods all across Los Angeles lit up by art, music and performance all at the same time. That's the idea behind a tune from the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and their partner, Arts organizations. A massive free celebration designed to bring art straight to the community. So the Department of Cultural Affairs is really excited to be partnering with next Art to create a tune, a tune is an exhibition that's going to be region wide. Ten sites across our city and our county. It's a way of using art for healing, for community gathering, for being together at a time when we particularly need it. The exhibition will be hosted at many different parks across our region. We're really proud to be able to host it at Barnsdall Park, one of our department's flagship sites, where we have several different art centers and historic sites as a place to come together. And what is so unique about this exhibition is creating an interconnectedness between the different sites. So this is a free event that is really nested in ten hyperlocal communities. And so we're really trying to get people to come out and feel connected on Valentine's Day. It's not just a passive listening experience. You'll participate in the actual event and the project, and you'll be going through breathwork. You'll be hearing compositions that are symphonic . You'll be seeing musicians playing, but the key is that we're all connected, and every single one of these locations together in a unified experience . The Department of Cultural Affairs works to reinforce people's feelings of community, of belonging, of coming together . This exhibition is one of those that's really important, particularly on a day like Valentine's Day, that can be a wonderful day for some, a challenging day for others. As an opportunity to be able to gather and to come together to meet some new people and see how others are experiencing similar types of exhibitions at the same time. So we as a department really are very proud to be able to use the resources that we have to be able to celebrate and to use the power of art for healing and the power of culture and the intermixing of cultures to strengthen who we are as a city. So we are at the South Valley Worksource center, and we're having an exciting day of a job fair. To kind of navigate that. So we have about 15 employers here looking to hire people, and we have plenty, plenty of job seekers here. It was honestly really easy to be a part of this event just because they had a walk ins available. And the very easy process, just sign in and they call you and you're ready. Once I was ready, I walked in and just put my best foot forward and spoke to every booth I could, which is all of them. You get to see people here speak with them one on one. Have your questions answered versus online and just doing those you don't know where you're headed. So this is the way I see it. It's a little bit nerve wracking having to talk to people, meeting people for the first time. But it's a wonderful opportunity to see the positions available to see the different jobs that are out there. And then just a great way to connect with employers. It's better, in my opinion, than just applying online. It's important for them to step out of their comfort zone, because that way they can realize that it's not that bad and it's not that difficult to just go out and talk to an employer and ask for opportunities are for them. And employers are very receptive to talking to them. And giving them guidance on what they can do to either improve their skills or acquire skills that they need in order to find the job. There's absolutely nothing to be nervous about. Come on over and there are people here and you just apply. You just have to take a chance on yourself and it's just a good exercise to practice before you actually get an interview to talk to people and build your confidence in a way and come with a good attitude and you'll probably do pretty good. We're here in the busiest port in the nation and in San Pedro there is a brand new public space creating room to connect. Piazza Miramare was conceived by the local Italian community as a tribute to their roots and their contributions to Los Angeles and beyond. We have another beautiful event in the one five. We are having the grand opening of the Piazza Miramare today. It is an Italian style European style piazza and we have so many folks that are going to use this space to gather right here in the piazza , Piazza San Pedro and its Italian community, which is the largest Italian community in Los Angeles and Southern California . We finally have a place to gather and to remember how important was the contribution of Italians to this place and to Los Angeles. It was a long time coming, seven years as a founding board member of Little Italy for several of those years, it's exciting to be a part of this, to finally get to the finish line and today is the start of many great things to show our Italian culture to Los Angeles. Having the Piazza in San Pedro is incredibly important because it's going to be the entryway for folks coming in from the harbor area, from the cruise lines. It's going to be the breadcrumb that brings people into downtown. The gathering place for people that visit. It's a gathering place for people that live here. A lot of people talk about the third space. You don't live there, you don't work there. You need a place where you can just convene as a community and like we see when we travel Europe or other destinations, you come around a corner and you see a beautiful piazza or a plaza or a zocalo. This is our piazza where folks can relax, they can enjoy each other's company and enjoy the beauty of the harbor on one side. And our beautiful historic downtown on the other. There'll be plenty of programing arts festivals, food, our annual events, our street carnival will be here. Any kind of festival throughout Italy will have some kind of celebration here in this piazza. This is a place where Italy welcomes everybody. So we look forward to welcome everybody here. We all need to make sure that we are keeping our eye on this place and keeping it beautiful and keeping it safe. And the best way to keep it beautiful and safe is to use it. Come down for brunch and then walk through the piazza and just enjoy a cup of coffee. Today we have two public programs in celebration of our two exhibits. More Is More by John Berdahl and two Fast to sing by Jazzy Romero and The Pine Grove's. The goal of these events are really to bring artists and the public ther, and to really activate the beauty of Barnsdall Art Park. Partly what we wanted to do is I make all these different pictures and print them on fabrics or have them woven, and a lot of them are on the walls in the exhibition. But I also like to take them in different places and lay them out for a picnic. A lot of the things in the show are made to kind of be touched or used or sat on or played with. Today I'm here making a performance with my dog Rocky. Could this be true? Not just for us, but for others too. Too much love is a non-problem when Rocky was eight weeks old, she was separated from her mother and her sister. Whatever my artwork can do to kind of bring people together, whether it's in conversation or to bring people together in a similar space to witness a performance, is what what drives me to do it . Part of the nice thing about doing a show here at Barnsdall is there's this beautiful park with this beautiful view. I'd like to bring people together. I feel like people like to come together so often. Right now, we're very isolated. Art is a good way to be together as human beings. And I like art that can kind of find people wherever they're at, and it's just nice for people to kind of come out and have a cultural experience. I invite everybody to come and visit Barnsdall Art Park, stay for the views, but don't forget to come in and see the beautiful art shows that we have organized for you guys. We are at the Islamic Center here in Council District ten, right here in Koreatown, to really celebrate the unveiling of the Muhammad Ali stamp. Ali Ali Ali, he was a champion in the ring and outside the ring and of course, for us, as Muslims, he's one of the greatest examples of what it means to be a muslim in America, somebody who's thriving, somebody who's successful, somebody who's contributing, and somebody who people love. Muhammad Ali was that change agent and that unifier to bring us together. So we're glad to celebrate him today. Muhammad Ali was a friend of mine. I did this about, uh, the original piece. Uh, maybe six years ago. And I've done murals from the same image throughout the city. What people remember when they see the stamp in their post office is all the great challenges he faced in life, learning how to box, and then going quickly to becoming champion of the world and then taking a stand against the Vietnam War. Something that we all think was a great stand that he took at that time. But at that time, he was considered a radical. He was considered to be un-American. And then he lost his championship belt because he had to go to prison. Being a conscientious objector. And later on he regained his title and so it's a great story of a person who stood tall both in the ring and outside the ring. He wanted to be great at what he did and it is through his work that he put in and giving back to people that made him become the hero that he has become to everybody. On behalf of Councilwoman Heather hut, she wants everyone go out, get the stamp, utilize it. Use it to talk to your kids not only about him as an athlete, but the world and community and just use it as a time where we can talk about justice and equality for all. From fine dining to bustling commerce, the port of L.A. and San Pedro has something for everyone, and if you're looking for ways to experience the city, we've got a few ideas for you. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with short films. Explore a hands on robotics workshop, and learn about a historic heroine at the Banning Museum. Check it out. Gallop into the Lunar New Year of the horse with a festival of short films at the Barnsdall Gallery Theater, curated by Bad Asians. The program features film, video, art and live performance in a celebration of intergenerational intimacy and queer kinship with material intended for a mature audience. The festival ancestral Dreamscapes, Asian American Moving Image will present works by Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese artists, enjoy tea service, the program of films and a reception at this one day short film festival. Ancestral dreamscapes Asian American Moving Image takes place on Saturday, February 7th, beginning at 1 p.m. Learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at Culture Dot, L.A. city Gov. Parents of budding creators or engineers. This event at the Chinatown branch Library could be for your children, the kids robotics Workshop on February seventh is open to grades 3 to 6 and promises to be a fun and hands on way to inspire creativity and problem solving skills. LED by the Girls academic Leadership Academy, the workshops teach robot design, coding and teamwork. Check the listings for other dates and be sure to sign up for a spot. As places are limited, head to Chinatown Branch Library for kids robotic workshop on Saturday, February 7th at 10 a.m. for more information, visit lapl.org. Slash events. Join the Department of Rec and Parks at the Banning Museum to learn more about a remarkable hero. Harriet Mason Museum director Michael Sanborn shines a light on this incredible woman and her impact on the banning family and beyond. Mason was a former slave whose actions saved many lives in the Los Angeles harbor after the Ada Hancock disaster in 1863. Tickets are free for museum members and $5 for nonmembers from darkness to light discovering Harriet Mason is on Saturday, February 7th at 11 a.m. for more details, visit the events tab at the Banning Museum.org. And that's a look at some things to do. With more than 43 miles of coastline, the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro Bay is the busiest container port in the Western Hemisphere, and that revitalization that is underway promises to transform the La waterfront into a world class visitor destination. Our thanks to CD 15 and the Port of Los Angeles from all of us at LA City. Thank you for joining us. Watch these stories and more anytime online at LA City.org. Slash TV and follow us at LA City on Instagram, Facebook X and YouTube. Until next time, get out, explore and enjoy everything LA has to offer . Vamos Vamos a tener una trazo corto este de nuestra reunion VA a ser Como de Quincey minutos. Estamos esperando comenzar en después de Los dias a. La entonces continuan a la fotografia disfruten aqui en la camara. Pero para todos Los todos Los escuchando vamos a tener una trazo de aproximadamente minutos. Gracias . A. Good morning. And welcome to th MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, THE 4th DAY OF FEBRUARY IN THE YEAR 2026. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 3, 2026. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA MOVES COUNCILMEMBER JURADO SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SECONDS, CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, 1 AND 2 ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 3 THROUGH 16 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. ITEMS 17 AND 18 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY SPECIALS FOR TODAY HE'SES ITEMS? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 2 TO FEBRUARY 18 2026. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER, THE 18th IS THE RECESS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IT ON THE 17th OR 24th. >> Y. Jurado: MAY I HAVE IT ON THE 24th. THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING, MS. CITY CLERK. >> Clerk: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS,? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 13 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: 13 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS, ANY OTHER ITEMS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT ACCOUNTSER SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, WHAT ARE ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 3 THROUGH 12, 14 AND 16 SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. > Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO PROCEED TO PRESENTATIONS SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, VERY EXCITING MORNING OF PRESENTATIONS. THIS MORNING, TODAY, IS THE FIRST OF OUR CELEBRATIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THIS MORNING'S PRESENTATION, YES, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. [APPLAUSE] OUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCILWOMAN HEATHER HUTT OF THE 10th COUNCIL DISTRICT. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: I DIDN'T GET ANY WALK-ON MUSIC OR ANYTHING? >> Council President: [LAUGHTER] THERE SHOULD BE A DJ IN COUNCIL. >> H. Hutt: YES, EVERY NOW AND THEN, MONICA, WE NEED A DJ. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL, WELCOME TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS. TODAY, WE GATHER TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF BLACK HISTORY. A FORMAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS BLACK PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN TO THIS NATION. PEOPLE LIKE KARNGIE WOODSON, THE FATHER OF BLACK HISTORY WHOSE DEVOTION STARTED IN 1926 WHICH RESULTED IN WHY WE HAVE BLACK HISTORY MONTH TODAY. AS WE CELEBRATE, WE HONOR 76 YEARS OF OUR ART AUTHOR STUDY CLUB AN INSTITUTION THAT HAS PRESERVED AND PROTECTED AND ELEVATED BLACK HISTORY IN LOS ANGELES AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. TO OPEN OUR CEREMONY, WE INVITE THE DRUMERS TO BEGIN. DRUMERS! [DPRUMG] [DRUMMING] [DRUMMING] MERS TO BEGIN. DRUMMERS! [DPRUMG] [DRUMMING] [DRUMMING] [DRUMMERS DRUMMING] [DRUMMERS DRUMMING] [DRUMMERS DRUMMING] [DRUMMERS DRUMMING] [DRUMMERS DRUMMING] [DRUMMERS DRUMMING] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU! LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR OUR DRUMMERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU CAN SEE THEM IN LA MER PARK IN THE 10th DISTRICT ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR PROGRAM OPENED BY LAURA BALL WHO LEAD AND YOUS SING THE NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM WHICH TURNED INTO THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM. LAURA. >> TESTING ONE TWO THREE. IF YOU CAN STAND, OH YOU'RE ALREADY STANDING. THANK YOU. LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING TO EARTH AND HEAVEN RING, RING WITH A HARMONIES OF LIBERTY LET US OUR REJOICING RISE HIGH AS THE LISTENING SKIES, LET IT RESOUND LOUD AS THE ROLLING SEA. SING OUR SONG FOR LOVE THE FAITH AND THE DARK HAS TAUGHT US, SING A SONG FULL OF THE FAITH THAT THE PRESENT HAS BROUGHT US ♪ FACING THE RISING SUN, A NEW DAY BEGUN, LET US MARCH ON TILL VICTORY HAS WON. STONY THE ROAD WE TROD, BITTER THE CHASE ENING ROD, FELT IN THE DAYS WHEN HOPE UNBORN HAD DIED, YET WITH THE STEADY BEAT, HAD NOT A WEARY FEAT, COME TO THE PLACE WHERE OUR FATHERS SIDE. BUT WE COME OVER THE WAY THAT THE TEARS HAVE SO THERED. AND WE HAVE COME THREADING THE BLOOD OF THE SLAUGHTERED, OUT OF OUR GLOOMY PAST, TILL NOW WE STAND AT LAST, WHERE THE WHITE GLEAM OF OUR BRIGHT STAR IS CAST. GOD OF OUR WEARY GOD OUR SILENCE TEARS. THOU HAS BROUGHT US FAR ON THE WAY. VOW WHO HAS BY THY HAS LEAD US INTO THE LIGHT. KEEP US FOREVER IN THY PATH, WE PRAY. LIFT OUR FEET RIGHT FROM THE PLACES WHERE WE MET AND BLESS OUR HEART DRUNK WITH THE WINE OF THE WORLD WE FORGET THEE, SHADOW BENEATH THY HAND, MAY WE FOR EVER STAND TRUE TO OUR GOD, TRUE TO OUR NATIVE LAND. OUR LAND! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, LAURA, THAT WAS A VERY POWERFUL SINGING OF THE ANTHEM. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU GROUNDING US AND WHAT OUR ANCESTORS SANG ABOUT, AN ANTHEM THAT REMIND US WHO WE ARE. WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON TO OFFER REMARKS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, AND ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT RENDITION OF OUR NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM. I GOT THAT CHILLS HEARING THAT RENDITION ESPECIALLY IN THE TIME THAT WE SERVE TODAY. WE GOT A LOT OF HONOREES AND A LOT OF CELEBRATING TO DO. THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING STARTED EARLY IN FEBRUARY SO WE HAVE TIME TO GET IT ALL IN, IN THE CELEBRATION OF HISTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE BUT ALSO THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THIS CITY AND IN THE BUILDING OF THIS CITY. YOU SAID, I SAT OUT IN THE ROTUNDA AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS EVERY TIME IT'S BLACK HISTORY. SO IF YOU HEAR IT AGAIN, AGAIN. THE REASON WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH ISN'T FOR BLACK PEOPLE MAINLY. IT'S THE STORIES ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE AND HOW WE GOT OVER. IF YOU'RE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HEARING THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE, IN CHURCH, AFTER SCHOOL, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT IN COMMUNITY GROUPS. THE REASON WE CELEBRATE IS TO LIFT OUR STORY AS AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY, FOR EVERYBODY. FOR EVERY HUMAN BEING. [APPLAUSE] AND WE SEE AROUND OUR COUNTRY, WHETHER IT'S IN WASHINGTON DC WHERE THEY PAINTED OVER THE BLACK LIVES MATTER IN THE STREET OR INSTITUTE MUSEUM SERVICES LAYING OFF ALL THE FOLKS AFRICAN HISTORY AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. IN FLORIDA, THEY BANNED BLACK HISTORY BEING TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE ATTACK IN DEI EVEN IN THE MILITARY WHERE PEOPLE GAVE UP THEIR LIVES, MEMORIAL TO TUSKEY AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE AIR FORCE ARE BEING TAKEN DOWN. THEY'RE BEING TAKEN DOWN NOT SO WE WILL NOT KNOW, BECAUSE WE WILL KNOW. BUT THE REST COUNTRY WILL NOT KNOW. THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BACK DOWN OR GIVE AN INCH OR CONCEALATE WHEN THERE IS STATE SPONSORED OPPRESSION OR FASCISM WHICH WE SEE NOW IN REAL LIFE HAPPENING TO EVERYBODY. BLACK FOLKS HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS IN THIS COUNTRY AND STANDING TALL TEN TOES DOWN NOW ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FINANCING THE FIGHT. AND SO, WE USE THE OCCASION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO LIFT UP THAT STORY SO THAT THE WORLD CAN SEE, EVEN WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW, YOU CAN FIGHT IT. THE ONLY WAY AROUND IS THROUGH IT, THAT YOU CAN FIGHT IT, YOU CAN DO IT WITH THE CONVICTION OF YOUR VALUES, WITH YOUR FAMILY, WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN DO IT BY LIFTING EVERYBODY UP. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING AMONG OTHER PEOPLE, BLACK WOMEN LEADERS FROM ORGANIZATIONS AROUND OUR CITY. AND WHAT ALL OF THEM HAVE IN COMMON IS, WHEN THEY DO WELL IN THEIR WORK, ALL ANGELINOS DO BETTER. NOT JUST THEIR CLIENTS, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE, NOT JUST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT JUST WOMEN, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY HAS A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE AND SO, WE'RE VERY ECITED TO CELEBRATE AND BE LEAD BY COUNCIL HUTT WHO IS STANDING AT THE DESK WHO STANDS IN THE TRADITION OF BLACK WOMEN LEADERS IN OUR CITY, WHETHER IT WAS DOWN THE BLOCK AT OLVERA BLOCK, WHERE AMONG THE PUEBLODERS, WHERE COUNCILMEMBER HUTT WAS RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL WHO FILLED IN THIS ROOM AND DECLARED A QUAUZ A WOMAN CALLED CARLOETA BASS. NO RELATION WE KNOW TO MAYOR BASS. BUT CARLALOTA RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL. AND THE REASON IT'S IMPORTANT, THE MEN WERE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THEIR ESTABLISHMENT AND CARLA SAID WE'RE GOING TO RUN. SHE LOST TO A MAN NAMED KENNY HAHN THAT WORKED OUT WELL FOR US, BUT SHE KICKED OPEN THE DOOR FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, PEOPLE LIKE HEATHER HUTT AND PEOPLE LIKE, THE WOMEN WHO IS OFFICE JUST DOWN THE HALL, THE FIRST WOMAN MAYOR OF THIS CITY, THE FIRST WOMEN MAYOR, MAYOR KAREN BASS. IT GOING TIME TO TELL A STORY, WE'RE GOING TO TELL IT LOUD AND WIDE MAIN BEE WAS WE WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW TO STAND TALL. DON'T BACK DOWN TO THE NONSENSE. AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS THIS, BECAUSE I SEE IT AND IT'S SO DISTURBING. YOU HAVE THE CORPORATIONS RUN BY BILLIONAIRES, BIG MEN AND THEY'RE SCARED OF THE PRESIDENT, THEY WILL NOT MAKE A COMMENT, THEY CHANGE THEIR PROGRAMS, THEIR COMPANY TO CONSOLIDATE TO. I SAY TO THEM, TAKE A LOOK AT BLACK PEOPLE FOR YOUR COUNTRY. WITH THAT I YIELD BACK TO COUNCILWOMAN HEATHER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, SO MUCH TO OUR PRESIDENT. THANK LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR OUR PRESIDENT WHO REMINDED US OF OUR HISTORY AND THE WORK THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO DO. I WANT TO SHARE A FEW REFLEXES OF MY OWN. I AM THE THIRD BLACK WOMEN TO SERVE IN CITY COUNCIL. FIRST RITA WALTERS AND THEN JAN PER REOF THE 9th DISTRICT. I GUESS WE WENT IN ORDER, 8, 9 AND 10. HEATHER HUTT OF THE 10th HISTORY. AND LOOK WHO WE'RE JOINED BY THE HONORABLE DIANE WATSON, REALLY LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR HONORABLE DIANE WATSON WHO IS HERE CELEBRATING WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO BE WITH US TODAY. HONORABLE CONGRESSWOMAN, AMBASSADOR STATE SENATOR DIANE WATSON. LOOK AT ALL THAT GLASS SHE BROUGHT. THANK YOU. FOR DECADES, OUR STUDY CLUB HAS BEEN THE KEEPER OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN OUR PAST AND FUTURE. I WANT TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO ENSURING THAT THE STORIES THAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT ARE NOT JUST REMEMBERED BUT CELEBRATED IN THE HALLS OF GOVERNMENT. IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF OUR AUTHOR STUDY CLUB, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO PEOPLE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. GIVE TUP TO THE MEMBERS WHO HOLD ON TO HISTORY. WE LIVE IN A TIME WHEN BLACK HISTORY IS CONTINUOUSLY BEING WATERED DOWN AND NOW WE'RE SEEING IT IN THE TAX, ON THE BLACK JOURNALIST. SO TELLING AND CELEBRATING OUR STORY IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER. THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS A REMINDER THAT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. IT ENSURES THAT OUR NARRATIVE REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR CIVIC IDENTITY. IT ALSO REMINDS US THAT WHEN WE UPLIFT THE BLACK EXPERIENCE, WE UPLIFT THE ENTIRE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, YOUR SCHOLARSHIP AND YOUR UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH OF OUR HERITAGE. I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER CENTURY OF WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE HISTORY. AND SO NOW, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE A FRIEND, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE FRIENDS, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR REAL NAME, RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE CHAIR OF THIS YEAR'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH P IVAN CALLING HER COOKIE FOR YEARS, BUT HER NAME IS YOLANDA COOKIE PARKER. JOIN US. >> I HAVE TO STOP LAUGHING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL, OUR AUTHOR STUDY CLUB MEMBERS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. MY NAME IS COOKIE PARKER. AND IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE AS THE HONORARY CHAIR FOR IN YEAR'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THIS CELEBRATION WITH OUR AUTHOR STUDY CLUB IS A SPECIAL MOMENT THAT MARKS A CENTURY OF COMMEMORATING BLACK HISTORY WHICH BEGAN WITH DR. CARTER WATSON IN 1926. BLACK HISTORY DID NOT ENTER AMERICAN CONSCIOUSNESS NATURALLY. IT WAS INSTITUTIONALIZED DELIBERATELY AND STRATEGICALLY BECAUSE DR. WOODSON UNDERSTOOD THAT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER AND PEOPLE CAN BE MORE EASILY STRIPPED OF THEIR FUTURE. WHEN HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES, FOUNDED WHAT WOULD BECOME THE ASSOCIATION OF STUDY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDY, THEY WERE COUNTERING A FORCED TO ERASURE. BUT NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS DO NOT SUSTAIN MOVEMENT. AND IN LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE LOCAL GUARDIANS WHO DO. THAT RESPONSIBILITY WAS CARRIED BY VASSY D WRIGHT WHO FOUNDED OUR AUTHOR STUDY CLUB IN 1945 WHICH CREATED A SPACE WHERE BLACK HISTORY CAN BE STUDIED SEIZE --SERIOUSLY AND PASSED DOWN WIDELY LONG BEFORE IT WAS WELCOMED IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I KNOW PERSONALLY WHAT IT MEANS WHEN HISTORY IS MISSING, AND UNDERGRAD AOUT AT NYU, THERE WERE NO COURSES IN BLACK HISTORY AVAILABLE TO ME. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1967, 1968 WHEN I WAS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL THAT I EN COUNTED FORMER STUDY OF OUR HISTORY. AND AFTER I MOVED BACK TO HAWAII AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE, I WAS ASKED TO TEACH AT ARMY BASE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT REFLECTED A VERY SPECIFIC MOMENT AND TIME AND ONE THAT WOULD NOT EXIST TODAY. THAT REALITY MAKES THIS CENTENNIAL MOMENT ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL AND ESPECIALLY URGENT. AS THE 2026 THEME REMINDS US, BLACK HISTORY COMMEMORATIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN PASSIVE CELEBRATIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN TOOLS OF TRANSFORMATION, SHAPING HOW BLACK PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES AND HOW THE WORLD UNDERSTANDS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. TODAY, WHEN FORCES SEEM TO NARROW HISTORY, THROUGH BANS, OMISSIONS, AND DISTORTIONS, THAT MISSION MATTERS MORE THAN EVER. MY COMMITMENT IS TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE WORK OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OUR AUTHOR'S STUDY CLUB THAT UNDERSTANDS THIS TRUTH. BLACK HISTORY IS NOT A NECESSARY TO AMERICAN HISTORY, IT'S FOUNDATIONAL. [APPLAUSE] AND MUST BE PRESERVED, TAUGHT, AND DEFENDED, NOT JUST FOR THIS CENTENNIAL MOMENT BUT FOR YEARS AND CENTURIES TO COME. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING THIS AMAZING TRADITION OF HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING THE PRESIDENT OF OUR AUTHOR STUDY CLUB, A LEADER WHO'S VISION AND DEDICATION HAS STRENGTHENED THE ORGANIZATIN AND THAT'S STRENGTHENED OUR RELATIONSHIP IN THE CITY, MS. LAURA BOCH. SHE CAN'T TALK NO MORE BECAUSE SHE SANG SO GOOD. GIVE HER SOME TEA, SOMEBODY. THANK YOU, LAURA, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL SONG. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] SO OUR FIRST LIVING LEGEND IS GETS THE PILLAR AWARD. THERE IS A WOMAN WHO'S LIFE AND WORK HAS SHAPED AMERICAN CULTURE AND STRENGTHEN THE MORAL SPINE OF THIS NATION, MS. DENISE NICKALS, SORRY NICHOLAS, HER ARTISTRY HAS BEEN INSEPARABLE, SHE USED HER VOICE TO TELL THE TRUTH, PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND TO EXPAND WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR BLACK WOMEN IN THE ARTS. DENISE NICHOLAS IS CELEBRATED FOR HER GROUNDBREAKING TELEVISION ROLE AND I COULD NOT WAIT TO WATCH IT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, "ROOM 222" AND GLOBAL NOMINATIONS AND NCAA P AWARDS AND LOS ANGELES EMMYS, A CLAIMED AUTHOR OF FRESH WATER ROAD INSPIRED BY FREEDOM SUMMER. HER NEWLY RELEASED MEMOIR "FINDING HOME" CEMENTS HER LEGACY OF POWERFUL VOICE VOICING CULTURAL MEMBER PREAND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE. FOR A LIFETIME OF COURAGE AND BRILLIANCE AND LEADERSHIP, WE PROUDLY PRESENT DENISE NICHOLAS WITH OUR AUTHOR'S STUDY CLUB, EXCELLENCE PILLAR AWARD. >> I'M SO EXCITED. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN LOS ANGELES SINCE ROOM 222 AND I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THIS ROOM, THIS BUILDING. THIS IS GREAT, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR BASS, LAURA BALL, AND THE AUTHOR STUDY CLUB AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MY FELLOW HONOREES. THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SHARING THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE. WE LIVE IN A TIME ONCE AGAIN, OF CULTURAL ERASURES. IT IS INCUMBENT ON EACH OF US THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT DISAPPEAR FROM THE COUNTRY'S MAP AND NOT FROM THE MAP OF THE WORLD. IN EVERYTHING THAT I DO IN EVERY MEMORY, I HAVE MY TIME IN MISSISSIPPI FROM 1964 TO 1966 ECHOS, IT WAS AND REMAINS THE CORE, THE FOUNDATION OF MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR JOURNEY IN THIS COUNTRY. MY PRAYER IS THAT, ALL THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED WILL NOT BE DIS CARTED AND THROWN INTO THE DUST BIN OF HISTORY. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY ALL MEMBERS. AND THEN WE HAVE AN AWARD THE LIVING LEGEND AWARD. >> IT'S BEAUTIFUL >> H. Hutt: YES, IT IS. [APPLAUSE] TURN AROUND, YOU GOT IT? OKAY. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP CHARLES DICKENS. DICK ENSON? I HAVE BROUGHT MY GLASSES. OH DICKSON. OKAY, IT'S NOT SPELLED LIKE THAT. AND TRACI PARK WHO WILL BE PRESENTING HIM, THE INSPIRATION OF LIFE AWARD. TRACI? >> T. Park: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, THANK YOU FOR TODAY'S INCREDIBLE CELEBRATION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR YOUR INSPIRATION WORDS AND YOUR MESSAGE THIS MORNING IN A MOMENT WHEN WE ALL NEEDED TO HEAR IT. IT IS REALLY AN HONOR TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RISE AND RECOGNIZE OUR 2026 HALL OF FAME INSPIRATION AND LIFE AWARD RECIPIENT, ANTUAN FISHER. FOUNDER OF GLEN HOUSE PRESS AND PROUDLY A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 11. HIS EARLY YEARS IN FOSTER CARE COULD HAVE SET HIM BACK BUT INSTEAD SHAPED A VOICE TO FIND CLARITY, COURAGE AND UNCOMMON GRACE. AFTER HONABLY SERVING IN THE U.S. NAVY, ARMY, NAVY, I AM SO SORRY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. ANTUAN TURNS TO WRITING NOT AS AN ART FORM BUT MEANS OF UNDERSTANDING IDENTITY HEALING TRAUMA AND RECLAIMING BELONGING. HIS MEMOIR "FINDING FISH" BECAME AND LATER A FILM BY DENVER WASHINGTON INTRODUCING MILLIONS TO A STORY ROOTED IN PAIN BUT GUIDED BY FORGIVENESS AND SELF WORTH. HIS FOURTH COMING BOOK "REFLECTION" REMINDS TO US SEE HISTORY WITH RESILIENCE AND GRACE PASSED HAND TO HAND GENERATION TO GENERATION. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS IS NOT ONLY WHAT HE HAS WRITTEN BUT WHAT HE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT SURVIVAL WITH BECOME WISDOM, TRUTH CAN BECOME ART AND ONE LIFE CAN ILLUMINATE SO MANY OTHERS. ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT 11 AND THE STRAOE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THE LEGACY YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. WHEN I WAS A KID, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING. I'M DYSLEXIC SO I ALWAYS AVOIDED READING. AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH WORDS BY WRITING DOWN WHAT I FELT OR WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO PEOPLE AND I WOULD DESTROY WHAT I WROTE. BUT LATER ON, I CAME TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY AND GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE MY OWN STORY AND SINCE THEN FOR 30 YEARS, I'VE BEEN WRITING OUR STORIES FIGHTING TO WRITE THE STORIES THAT WE WANT TO SEE. STORIES ABOUT OURSELVES AS HUMAN PEOPLE, OUR HUMANITY AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE OASC, I'M A MAN OF FEW WORDS SO HERE I GO. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> T. Park: BEFORE YOU GO, ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT 11 AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR . >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: OKAY, I GOT MY GLASZ NOW. [LAUGHTER] NEXT LIVING LEGEND PILLAR AWARD TO CHARLES DICKSON LOS ANGELES ARTIST AND DESIGNER WIDELY REGARDED AS A LIVING LEGEND FOR THOSE MORE THAN DECADES. ARTISTIC EVOLUTION OF BLACK AMERICA. HIS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, ENTIRELY SELF-TAUGHT, HIS CONTRIBUTIONS MARIPOSA STATION AND CULTURE EXHIBIT HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO SITES OF HISTORY, PRIDE AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY. FOR THIS NEXT INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION, PLEASE HELP ME HONOR CHARLES DICKSON. THERE YOU ARE! [APPLAUSE] SO SORRY. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I'M HONORED TO BE WITH YOU ALL, CITY COUNCIL AND THE THE STUDY COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME. ANYWAY. I'VE, I'M BETTER ON BUILDING ON WOOD AND WELDING STEEL. I'VE DONE THAT IN MY COMMUNITY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PRAYER TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, SERVE HUMANITY, THAT'S WHAT ARTISTS ARE HERE FOR. SO IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE COMMUNITY LIKE I HAVE BEEN TODAY. I'M VERY PLEASED AND HONORED AND IT'S AN ANSWER TO A PRAYER TO HAVE LEFT A MARK BUT ALSO A LIVING LEGEND IS EXCEPTIONAL, YOU USUALLY DON'T GET HONORED UNTIL WE DIE. SO I'M VERY THANKFUL AND THE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED, I GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT MESSING UP YOUR NAME. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. >> H. Hutt: NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUT MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE 4th DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR ALLOWING ME FOR BEING A PART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AND MOVING AND TRIUMPH CELEBRATION, IT REALLY IS A SPECIAL MOMENT. I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT HALL OF FAME INSPIRATION OF LIFE AWARD RECIPIENT, DMA ANDERSON. BLACK HISTORY CALLS ON US NOT JUST TO HONOR THE PAST BUT TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SHAPING THE FUTURE IN REALTIME HERE IN LOS ANGELES AND DMA DOES JUST THAT. FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, SHE HAS BUILT TECHNOLOGY IN CIVIC LIFE BUT ALWAYS WITH A CLEAR PURPOSE, EXPANDING ACCESS BY SIMPLIFYING COMPLEX SYSTEMS THAT USUALLY EXCLUDE. CREATED PLATFORM USED FOR PRODUCTIONS ACROSS THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND LATER BUILT COLLEGE ACCESS THAT HELPED FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS AND VOTERS NAVIGATE SYSTEMS THAT SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE DIFFICULT. HER MOST RESENT INNOVATION IS CODI WHICH LEVERAGING AI AND GROUNDBREAKING PRODUCTION AND COLLABORATION PLATFORM THAT COLLABORATES THE WORLD'S INTO A SIMPLE PLATFORM. SHE SAW EARLY ON IN ALL OF HER WORK THAT COMPLEXITY IS NOT NEUTRAL WHETHER IT WAS FILL BE MANY PRODUCTION, CIVIC ACCESS OR THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, FRAGMENTS SYSTEMS CREATED BARRIERS THAT SHE WORKED TO ADDRESS. HER RESPONSE WAS TO BUILD TOOLS THAT BROUGHT CLARITY, INCLUSION, OPPORTUNITY, WHERE EVER THEY WERE MISSING ACROSS FIELDS FROM SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT CREATORS TO HELPING STUDENT NAVIGATE COLLEGE PATHWAY TO SEE EXPANDING PARTICIPATION IN MODERN WORKPLACES. THIS WORK CENTERS WHO GETS TO PARTICIPATE AND WHO GETS LEFT OUT. AND AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN THE 4th COUNCIL DISTRICT, HER WORK REFLECTS THE INNOVATION AND CIVIC SPACE THAT DEFINE OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS NEIGHBORHOODS. HER WORK REMINDS US THAT EQUITY IS NOT THE VALLEY WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DESIGN TO EVERY TOOL. IT'S MY HONOR TODAY TO INTRODUCE THE RECIPIENT OF THE HALL OF FAME INSPIRATION OF LIFE AWARD, NO, SHE'S RIGHT HERE. [LAUGHTER] HALL OF FAME INSPIRATION AWARD, DMA ANDERSON, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM. [APPLAUSE] >> WHAT A JOY, HI EVERYONE. MY FAMILY RAISED US WITH A MONTHLY BOOK CLUB WHICH WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WAS HOMEWORK AND WE READ FAMOUS AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS EVERY MONTH AND WE POURED THEM ON THEM TO OUR PARENTS, WE HAD FLASH CARDS FOR A FRICK MEN AMERICAN INVENTERS, MY MOM'S CREATION FROM A SKULT YOU'RE OF PAPER MACHE, IT WAS SUCH A PART OF MY IDENTITY AND THEY TAUGHT ME AND THEY GAVE ME A SENSE OF SPACE OF BELONGING OF POSSIBILITY OF AGENCY IN A WORLD THAT DID NOT ALREADY SEE MY LIMITLESSNESS THE WAY THEY WANTED ME TO SEE IT. AND I WENT TO STANFORD WITH THE INTENTION OF BECOMING A WOMEN OF POLITICS AND THEN I MET MY HEROES, DIANE WATSON, THEN ASSEMBLY MEMBER MAXINE WATERS AND FUTURE BOSS. BUT I WENT TO POLITICS AND TOOK EVERYTHING I HAD LEARNED AT STANFORD AND THEN TO MY OWN COMPANIES. AND I REALIZED IT DID NOT MATTER WHERE I MOVED, IF I CAN TAKE TECHNOLOGY I CAN REACH THE WORLD. AND WHEN MY THIRD PATENT STARTED TO GET USED BY THE PATENT OFFICE, I KNEW I WAS ON TO SOMETHING. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. SO MANY THINGS TO THE OSC A TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND MIO EFFICIENTLIES WHO I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH. AND MAY THIS MOMENT, POSSIBLY BE PRESENT TO SOMEBODY WHO THEMSELVES MIGHT BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD COME INTO TECHNOLOGY OR LIKE ME COULD CONTINUE IN TECHNOLOGY OR LIKE SO MANY OF THE WONDERFUL LEADERS HERE, CAN INSPIRE OTHERS TO COME INTO THIS SPACE, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO NOW, TO SEE OUR ACCESS AND ACCESS OUR SENSE OF AGENCY MUST COME THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY, WE MUST BE PARTICIPANT AND BELIEVERS AND TORCHBEARERS FOR IT. THANK YOU, SO, SO MUCH MORE THIS HONOR. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR YOU. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, THAT WAS INSPIRATIONAL. WASN'T IT? [APPLAUSE] NOW, TO HELP US MARK THIS HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY, WE'RE JOINED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AFFAIRS, DANIEL TERIKA, PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING HIM FORWARD TO SHARE REMARKS. DANIEL? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILWOMAN AND THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR YOUR MEANINGFUL REMARKS AND GOOD MOPINGER TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCILMEMBERSMENT. I'M HONORED TO CELEBRATE THE 100tH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CELEBRATIONS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES THAT WE BEGAN TO CELEBRATE BEFORE IT BECAME A TRADITION. THIS YEAR'S THEME HONORS THE ORIGIN OF BLACK HISTORY OBSERVANCES AND HOW THEY HAVE INFLUENCED US TODAY. SINCE 1926 BLACK COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY AND THE NATION HAVE ORGANIZED, PRESERVED AND CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY AS AN ACT OF RESILIENCE, EDUCATION AND SELF DETERMINATION. THIS YEAR'S HERITAGE MONTH AND CALENDAR GUIDE HONORS THE CONTINUUM OF BLACK EXCELLENCE, SERVING AS A BRIDGE THAT RECOGNIZES THE ELDERS, ORGANIZERS AND ARTIST AND VISIONARIES WHO LAID THAT GROUNDWORK WHILE UPLIFTING TODAY'S ARTIST MUSICIANS AND THINKERS WHO CONTINUE TO SHARE EXPRESSION. I'M ALSO VERY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUR AUTHOR STUDY CLUB WHO FOR THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY HAS BEEN A BEACON OF KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERFUL PRESERVING AND CELEBRATING THE RICH CXZES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS AND HISTORICAL FIGURES. THEIR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND CIVIL RIGHTS HAVE UPLIFTED GENERATION SXZ INSPIRED COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK HISTORY. WE'RE ALSO SO PROUD OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DR. LAURA BALL FOR HER ALL OF HER SUPPORT AND WE THANK YOU AND OUR AUTHOR STUDY CLUB FOR YOUR UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO CULTURE PRESERVATION. HERE'S TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF POWERFUL STORY-TELLING ACTIVISM AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. WE ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE TODAY'S HONOREE AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY. TODAY I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING MS. RIA OWENS FOR THE ARTIST FOR THE COVER OF CULTURE AND CALENDAR GUIDE. AS A MULT TIE DISCIPLINARY ARTIST AND CURATOR, SUPPORTS ARTISTS AT ALL LEVELS AT THE ECO EVANGELICAL CULTURE CENTER IN PASADENA AND DEDICATES TIME TO INSPIRING AND MOTIVATED OUR YOUTH. A LOVER OF THE HUMAN FORUM CAPTURING FACE SXZ EMOTIONS, THROUGH HER PAINTING WE RECOGNIZE HER BOLD USE OF COLOR OF ASSERTION AND POWER. THE GRAPHIC OF HER PAINTING, CONGO IS PART OF A SERIES OF PAINTINGS THAT EXPLORE THE MOVEMENT OF WORKING CLASS BEN KNOWN AS DANDIS THAT ORIGINATED IN CONGO. BOTH LITERAL AND SYMBOLIC THROUGH THEIR SYMBOLIC PRIDE. THE ART WORK, TRANSFORMING STYLE INTO A LANGUAGE OF RESISTANCE AND CULTURAL POWER. WE COULD NOT GRAD LATE MS. OWENS FOR HER CREATIVITY AND VISION AND THANK HER FOR SHARING THAT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME MS. OWENS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VERBALIZING WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. BEING AN ARTIST I'M BETTER WITH THE COMMUNICATING THAN VERBAL. BUT I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST HERE. OKAY. I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS THE COVER ARTIST FOR THE DCA CALENDAR. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE DCA CALENDAR FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW AND WHEN I GOT THE CALL THAT MY ART WAS CHOSEN FOR THE COVER I WAS COMPLETELY ELATED. I ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY PAINT PEOPLE MORE OFTEN WOMEN THAN MEN BUT AN EARLY PIECE THAT I DID WAS, A COUPLE OF CUBAN GENTLEMEN SITTING ON A STAIR STOOP AND IT WAS SO POPULAR THAT I DECIDED TO EXPAND ON THAT AND I STARTED RESEARCHING AN I CAME UP WITH LISAPOERS, THEIR DANDIS. AND THIS DANDIISM HAS BEEN HONORED QUITE A BIT LATELY, THE MET GALA DID A WHOLE THING ON DANDIS, THE PAST YEAR AND ALSO VOGUE MAGAZINE, I BELIEVE. UPON RETIRING FROM ENTERTAINMENT ADVERTISING, WHERE I WAS ART DIRECTOR AND SPENT MY DAY STRIPPING TOGETHER PHOTOS TO TRY TO MAKE THE PERFECT IMAGE ONLY TO SEND IT DOWN THE CHAIN AND HAVE IT COME BACK WITH SO MANY CORRECTION SXZ CHANGES I NO LONGER RECOGNIZED IT AND LOST THE ENERGY AND MY, MYSELF IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS. SO UPON RETIRING I DECIDED TO GO BACK TO THE BASICS WHICH IS, PAINTING WITH BRUSH AND CANVASS. AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE SATISFYING TO AN ARTIST THAN LAYING THAT PAINT ON THE CANVASS WITH A BRUSH, IT IS JUST EMOTIONALLY MOVING FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR AUTHOR STUDY CLUB AND DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AFFAIRS FOR SELECTING MY PAINTING FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: SO IF EVERYBODY LOOKS TO THE RIGHT, WE'LL SEE THE UNVEILING. IT'S VERY EXCITING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MEMBERS AROUND THE HORSESHOE IF THEY HAVE ANY REMARKS TO FEEL FREE TO BRING REMARKS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILWOMAN HUTT AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE HONOREES AND THANK YOU TO OUR AUTHOR STUDY CLUB, WHO HAS BEEN HERE AS LONG AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH ITSELF. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE, CONSISTENCY, SHOWING UP EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE THE CITY HAS A CELEBRATION COMESERATE AND I INVITE EVERYBODY TO GO TO THE BRIDGE WHERE THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL EXHIBIT OF BLACK WOMEN LEADERS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, JUST AMAZING PORTRAIT OF EACH OF THEM AND SYNOPSIS OF THEIR WORK AND HOPEFULLY THERE IS A QR WHERE YOU CAN SUPPORT THEIR WORK AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, WE THANK EVERYBODY FOR A BEAUTIFUL BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION. TODAY HERE IN CITY HALL. I HEAR THERE IS A CONCERT OUTSIDE LATER AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER CARRYING ON THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR. WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY CELEBRATING WITH US. THANK YOU ALL, SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] AND WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A MOMENT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE EXITING TO EXIT SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO BEAR WITH US FOR A FEW MINUTES. WE'LL HONOR OUR GUEST AND OUR HONOREES TO GET TO THE ROTUNDA. PLEASE STAND BY. PLEASE STAND BY. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ONLY THE HONOREES ARE INVITED FOR PHOTOS. ALL THE REST, PLEASE GO TO THE ROTUNDA AREA. ONLY THE HONOREES ARE BEING ASKED TO REMAIN PRESENT. YEAH. >> Council President: FOLKS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF QUIET AS FOLKS ARE EXITING. EARLIER SHHH. EARLIER THIS MORNING, COUNCILMAN PRICE WAS WITH US OUT IN THE ROTUNDA, SOME FOLKS WITNESSED THAT HE FAINTED. THE AMBULANCE CAME AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE'S IN STABLE CONDITION AND IN RECOVERY AND DOING WELL. BUT OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, HE WILL NOT BE HERE WITH US IN COUNCIL TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS COUNCILMEMBER PRICE IS GETTING GOOD CARE AND DOING FINE BUT HE WILL NOT BE HERE FOR TODAY'S CELEBRATION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. AND BEFORE I DO THAT. MR. HERMAN, WE DID NOT FORGET YOU ABOUT. IS NOTICED YOU DISRUPTED THE PRESENTATION EARLY ON WHEN COUNCILMEMBER HUTT WAS TRYING TO START THE PRESENTATION. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DISRUPT THIS MEETING. SO THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING, IF YOU INTERRUPT AGAIN, YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO RULE 7 AND RULE 12. RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE 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 WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND ITEM 17 AND 18. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND ITEMS 17 AND 18. ITEM NUMBER 2 HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY 24th AND THUS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. A COUPLE OF MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THE FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST UNDER THE ADA WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE LET THE SERGEANTS KNOW SO THEY CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A WIRELESS MICROPHONE. AND, WITH REGARDS TO THE ORDER IN WHICH NAMES ARE CALLED, THE ORDER IN WHICH NAMES ARE CALLED ALOUD IS RANDOMLY GENERATED, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU SIGNED UP. SO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW BEGIN CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. P Z-, DEFUND G, HK, TH, AND DONALD T. >> City Attorney: AND AS WE WAIT FOR THE SPEAKERS TO COME UP, I WANT TO LET THE PERSON THAT GOES BY CECELIA AND MR. HERMAN, THIS IS NOT A WARNING BUT YOU SPENT A LOST TIME IN THE KIOSK, BUT IF YOU DO THAT AGAIN AND WE SEE A LOT OF NAMES, YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL. PLEASE DON'T SIGN UP MULTIPLE TIMES. SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: WELL I WAS RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO NEED TO YOU STICK TO THE ITEMS OR GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 17, I'M MOVING AS FAST AS I CAN. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] I'M MOVING AS FAST AS I CAN, I DIDN'T EVEN READ MY LYRICS. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YE, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO CELEBRATE THE BLACK HISTORY MONTHS WITH OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT BLUMEN DINGLE, AND ONE OF THE BEST COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE LOS ANGELES. AND IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, WE NEED A BLACK COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DO NOT NEED LATINA. WE KNOW BLACK COUNCILMEMBER IS BETTER. AND WHO IS OUR FAVORITE? WAYNE SPINDLER. WAYNE SPINDLER IS OUR FAVORITE COUNCILMEMBER AND ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT A BLACK LIVES MATTER AND MAKING SURE BLACK GREAT AGAIN. SO WE WANT TO MAKE WAYNE SPINDLER CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE MR. HERMAN, THE MOST IMPORTANT BLACK LEADER IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ALLOW, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE SMOKING SXAN MEMBER AND MY DREAM GODDESS DANA, CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR OUR WAYNE SPINDLER, BLACK LIVES MATTER. WAYNE SPINDLER, VOTE FOR SPINDLER COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. >> Council President: I WAS GOING TO HIT BUZZARD BUT YOU LOST ME IN THE LAST. >> Clerk: CALLING MORE TIMES, G.B., AND BW. AND LILLY ANA. >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO MAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HALEY AND I'M HERE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. I WORK AT STARBUCKS HERE IN LOS ANGELES, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO PASS THE FAST WOOD FAIR WORK ORDINANCE, LEARNING MY RIGHTS HELPED ME WHEN I WAS ORGANIZING MY STARBUCKS TOUR. MY CO-WORKERS AND I DID NOT KNOW OUR RIGHTS AND STARBUCKS TOOK THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNION BUST THE STORE, IT MADE US FEARFUL THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE OUR JOBS. THANKFULLY WE HAD UNION ORGANIZERS TO TRAIN US ON OUR RIGHTS AND WE USED THEM TO CONTINUE ORGANIZING AND WIN THE ELECTION VOTE. EVERY FAST FOOD WORKER SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE EDUCATED AND EMPOWERED. NOW WE KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT EMPLOYERS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL FAST FOOD WORKERS GET THE TRAINING WE NEED FOR OURSELVES. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO RELY ON US NOT KNOWING OUR RIGHTS IN ORDER TO DO BUSINESS. WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT AND ENSURE THE FAST FOOD WORK ORDINANCE ABOUT TO PASS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: TEST, TEST, TEST, TEST. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MORE GENERAL. >> Speaker: I WANT TO SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS, 1, 13, 17 AND NON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO LONG YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME PRIOR RESTRAINT BY YOUR FAKE RULES, MR. ATTORNEY FOR THE RECORD. WHATEVER THE RULES ARE. ITEM 17 IN CD3, 25-0128, BLUMEN DINGLE AND YOUR WALASKI, HAVE ASKED FOR YOUR OBSERVANCE ON WHAT THE HOLOCAUST DOES NOT MEAN TO YOU OR ME. SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM GOD WAS THAT THE HOLOCAUST NEVER HAPPENED. GOD TOLD ME THAT THE HOLOCAUST WAS CAUSED BY GREEDY PEOPLE WHO KILLED ONE MAN, ONE MAN AND THEY ENTAILED HIM ON A STAKE OR AS THE ROMAN JEWS CALL IT, A CHRISTMAS TRUE BUT THAT'S A LIE. OTHERWISE, BLOOMEN DINGLE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT BY THE APPROVAL OF MAYOR, IT'S A LIE. THE HOLOCAUST NEVER HAPPENED. THANK YOU, BOB. ITEM 18, SMOKING SCAN FOR THE RECORD, NOW THAT I'M BACK. AND YOU APPRECIATE THAT A BLACK MAN LIKE ME, CAN SPEAK SO ELEGANT AGAINST THE ISSUES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE ZONE THAT FOCATE IMPROVEMENT. THE MAYOR SAID IN HER ADDRESS TO THE CITY, I'M IMPROVING IT FOR BLACK PEOPLE OFF THE WESTERN BY REMOVING ALL THE PROSTITUTES AFTER HOW MANY YEARS, I'VE BEEN COMING HERE? CAN YOU PUT THAT ON RECORD. HEY, BIG HEAD, THANK YOU. SO NOW, SO NOW THAT I'M THE ECONOMIC CZAR WITH DONALD J TRUMP AND PATEL CASH, INVESTIGATING CRIMINAL CORRUPTION IN LOS ANGELES, MAYBE WE'LL FIND OUT WHY TOURISM, TRADE AND TRAVEL ARE NOT IMPORTANT FOR THE OLYMPICS HERE. IF YOU'RE AN OLYMPIAN, IF YOU'RE COMING TO SEE AN OLYMPIAN, I SAY, ON THE RECORD, STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM TOURISM AND COMMITTEES. >> City Attorney: I CANNOT TELL WHAT ITEM YOU'RE TALKING TO. >> Speaker: I'M ON ITEM 18. >> City Attorney: 18 IS ABOUT THE JOBS ECONOMIC INCENTIVE ZONE. STICK TO THE ITEM OR YOU CAN MOVE TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: 13-0934S-3, MOTION BY RAMAN NOODLE AND MR. McOSKER, JULY 2, 2024. SO THE RECORD OF DEPLOYMENT FOR THE J.D., OR J.E.D.I. NOW TO MY NON PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT TO THANK MR. CASEY WEIGHSMAYOR FOR GETTING INVOLVED IN POLITICS. WE GOT THE TRUE IDEA OF WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT, RIGHT? YOU'RE WHITE AND RICH AND FUCK A YOUNG WOMEN. YOU'RE JOSE LOUIS HUIZAR, AND YOU CAN FUCK A YOUNG WOMAN AND NOBODY KHAL THAENGZ. SO WHEN SHE GOT F*UKD AND GOT PAID FOR 185,000, FRANCINE GADIO, ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GET FUCKED. >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY, YOU NEED TO CONNECT IT OR YOU WILL FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME. >> Speaker: IT HAS TO DO WITH THE STAFF. THIS CRIMINAL CORRUPTION NEEDS TO STOP BUCKET HEAD. SO FILL-IN THE JEW, JEW BAG AND PAY UP. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU EVERYONE FORBEARING WITH US, BOTH HERE AND IN CHAMBERS AND IF YOU'RE TUNING IN OR CHANNEL 35 OR YOUTUBE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR SOME OF THE DEPLORABLE COMMENTS MADE BY THE LAST SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. MUY BUENOS DIAS, A IT IS TODOS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: CAN WE PAUSE. SORRY WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOUR TIME FOR A SECOND. MR. HERMAN, THE SIGN YOU'RE HOLDING UP IS IN VIOLATION OF OUR SIGN RULE. MR. PRESIDENT, HE'S ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> Council President: PLEASE REMOVE HIM. YOU'RE REMOVED. GET OUT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT HE'S STILL DISRUPTING THE MEETING. SERGEANTS, PLEASE REMOVE HIM EXPEDITIOUSLY, DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT. UN MOMENTO. >> City Attorney: SORRY. WE'LL START YOUR TIME OVER. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> H. Hutt: IT'S ONLY WHEN HE'S GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT? BECAUSE I'M OFFENDED. >> Council President: CONTINUEAR. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY PLACE OF WORK AND I'M HOPING TO GOD THAT YOU COUNCILMAN CAN HELP MY PROBLEMS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE THERE IS MANY THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENING IN MY WORK. I HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING PAID, I AM RECENTLY, THEY TOOK AWAY SOME OF MY WORKDAYS AND MY HOURS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND BECAUSE I HAD NOT GOTTEN PAID ON TIME, I LOST MY APARTMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND ME AND MY SON WERE JUST ABOUT TO BE ON THE STREET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND MY THEY HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN MY WORK DAYS SINCE DECEMBER 2nd, I HAVE ONLY WORKED TWO DAYS AND MY HUSBAND ALSO PASSED AWAY ON THE 31st OF DECEMBER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I HAD TEXTED MY MANAGER THAT HI NEEDED A DAZE OFF BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HAD PASSED AWAY AND THE MANAGER TOOK ME--TOOK AWAY A WEEK OF WORK FROM ME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, I'M SORRY YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Interpreter: YES MY MANAGER TOOK AWAY A WHOLE WEEK FROM ME JUST FOR ASKING FOR ONE DAY OFF. >> City Attorney: CAN WE ASK HER TO WAIT ON THE SIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS THAT'S 1, 17 AND 18 AS WELL AS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: PUBLIC WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS YOU GET A CIRCUS. ITEM 1 TYPICAL HOW THE CITY IS RUN INTO THE GROUND BY POLITICAL FAVORS TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND JUST LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN YAROSLAVSKY EXTORTED 125 MILLION FROM THE PUBLIC, TODAY BOB GENECIDE BLUMENFIELD IS SUCKING ANOTHER 20 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THESE UNITS. THAT'S UNITS THAT THEY CLAIM TO BE SO-CALLED AFFORDABLE, IN A WARNER CENTER THAT COST THE CITY OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS BUT WHAT A COMPLETE SCAM WHILE THE REST OF THESE INCOMPETENT KLAUNZ WATCH THE CITY BURN TO THE GROUND WITH OVER 60,000 STRUCTURES DESTROYED. NICE GOING, BOB GAZA GENOCIDE BLUMENFIELD, THESE UNAFFORDABLE LUXURY UNITS ARE 240,000, WHILE NOT TOO LONG, PAUL KERKORIAN, KU-KLUX KLAN KERKORIAN, I DEMAND A NO-VOTE. WHERE IS IS THE 25 MILLION DOLLARS EDUCATION PROJECTS TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY COMING FROM IF THE BLACK POF PERT PIMP, DAWSON, PRICE AND HUTT. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS FROM GENOCIDE BLUMENFIELD, AS THEY CALL HIM AND YAROSLAVSKY FOR 46 2000 FOR THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. I'M TAKING NOTHING AWAY FROM THE HOLOCAUST DAY, BUT THIS ITEM COST SHOULD BE INCREASED BY ADDITIONAL 1462 AND WORDINGS ADDED TO INCLUDE THE REMEMBRANCE OF GAZA GENOCIDE AND HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. THE ON GOING AS WE SPEAK, GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OF GAZA SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS MOTION. WHY HAS NO MEMBER OF THIS CORRUPT INCOMPETENT CLOWN COUNCIL INCLUDED THE PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE BY ISRAEL INTO THIS ITEM 17 AND DEMAND, I DEMAND THAT THE POVERTY PIMPS DAWSON, PRICE AND HUTT, EITHER SUPPORT THIS ALTERED MOTION OR RESIGN. EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOULD RESIGN ANYWAY, HOW ABOUT IT, POVERTY PIMPS. ITEM 2 IS TO CONTRAST GENOCIDE AND BLUMENFIELD TODAY, AND YAROSLAVSKY LUXURY PROJECT YESTERDAY IS FOR THE PURCHASE. -->> City Attorney: SO ITEM 2 IS CONTINUED AND NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OAKY DOKE. I'M GOING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS, YOU GET A CIRCUS. BECAUSE THEY INCREASE THE LAPD BUDGET, LAPD MAKES TREMENDOUS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION TO SEE SLEAZY DAWSON AND MONICA LEWINSKY, TENS OF THOUSANDS HOMELESS EMERGENCY, 275 BILLION DAMAGE ENERGY, SLEAZY D HAS THE HIGHEST INKARSZ RACING, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, OVER 12 AND A HALF PERCENT. CD8 IS A FOOD DESERT. SLEAZY D HAS SPENT OLZ ON AN OFFICE WHILE THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS. I PROTEST SOME OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, NOT TODAY. THE DEMAND SLEAZY D'S RESIGNATION. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FBI AND IRS CURRENTLY IN A MASSIVE INVESTIGATION OF OUR SLEAZY GOVERNMENT. OKAY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. CHEN YUN, STACY S, RANDY S, HOLLY MIRO, CASH P., AND ZEBA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST ORAL COMMUNICATION. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF BARACK AND MICHELLE RECREATION PARK. MS. HEATHER HUTT, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN THAT PARK WITH MAINTENANCE AND BODILY INJURY'. I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE SENIORS AND THE KIDS. IF SOMEBODY LISTENS TO ME WITH THE SAFETY ITEMS, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE UP WITH A MAJOR LAWSUIT. THE MAINTENANCE AT THE PARK, THEY CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE FACILITY. THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. AND MS. HUTT, I'M JUST HERE TO LET YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU AND THE PEOPLE AT THE PARK, THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME, COME TO THE PARK AND I WILL SHOW YOU ALL THE ITEMS THAT IS GOING TO CREATE A BIG LAWSUIT FOR THE CITY. THE EMPLOYEES AT THE PARK, THEY DOING THEIR BEST THEY CAN WITH LACK OF RESOURCES. SO ALL I'M SAYING TO YOU IS IT'S COMING, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: 17, 18 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: BYRON JOSE WITH THE TRANS LATINA COALITION, ON 17, UP LIFTING THE COMMENTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AGO, A BLACK WOMAN THAT HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GLAD HE'S BACK, HAD TO SIT US THROUGH AND HARASSMENT THAT WE HAVE TO SIT THROUGH BY YOU ALLOWING ALL OF THESE SPEAKERS BEFORE US. ITEM 18, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE JEDI ZONES, THAT THEY'RE IN THE INTEREST AND DEVELOPERS. BUT REALLY LOOKING ON BEYOND RACE AND A GENDER AND GENDER LENS TO MAKE SURE THAT GENDER COMMUNITIES REPUBLIC ALIGNED IN YOUR EFFORTS AND INITIATIVE THAT'S YOU MOVE FORWARD. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANYONE IN THIS COUNCIL TO PUT FORWARD A MOTION SPECIAL RULE 16 SO WE CAN HAVE A MOTION ON THE TGI EQUITY INITIATIVE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> City Attorney: WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE TO GENERAL, YOU'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONTINUE IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, TELL THE ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION FOR YOU TO STILL RISE AND STAND UP TO THE FLOOR AND INTRODUCE A MOTION. WE LOOK TO THE FORWARD OF YOU, THE TEN OF YOU, TO RUSH THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE TIME AGAIN, FUND LAPD WE RUSH IT WITHOUT PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THOSE TEN OF YOU, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUT PICKUP THE SAME ENERGY AND SHOW UP FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, TRANSGENDER AND INTER SEX COMMUNITIES. AND WE ARE NOT HERE BECAUSE WE NEED A HAND OUT BUT BECAUSE THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STATE VIOLENCE, YOU FUND THE LAPD, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT IS SETTING FOR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME OF YOUR OFFICES ARE NOT ANSWERING TO TUESDAY, WHY SOME OF YOUR DEPUTIES, WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM IN A YEAR AND A HALF. I KNOW SOME ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO COME HERE AGAIN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL TO BRING YOUR SPECIAL GUESTS AND THE CAMERA BUT MOVE FORWARD THROUGH YOUR POLICY AND BUDGET. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: I'M SORRY? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GREAT THANK YOU. I'LL START WITH ITEM 18 THIS IS REGARDING WHAT IS FUN, CREATIVELY REFERRED TO AS A JEDI ZONE, JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SO WE'RE PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS COMMUNITY DEVELOP, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK, IT SAYS GRAND FUNDS, I THINK IT MEANS GRANT FUNDS. MY ISSUE, PAYABLE TO COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. THAT'S 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO THIS THIRD PARTY ENTITY FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES. I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING GOOGLE 11-11 COLLECTIVE INK. SO THIS SEEMS REALLY SHADY AND IT MAY BE A BETTER USE OF MONEY GIVEN TO RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE THEN SPEND AT THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND DEVELOP THE TYPES OF COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS AREAS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP. ITEM, 1, IS A RESOLUTION TO FINANCE A 120-UNIT MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS WARNER CENTER TWO APARTMENT. I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IN L.A. ALONG WITH MANY CITIES IS AFFORDABILITY IS DETERMINED IS THROUGH THE ADJUSTED MEDIAN INCOME WHICH IS SCUED ARTIFICIAL LEHIGH AND DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT DISPARITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS. SO YOU'RE FINDING THE MEDIAN IN A POPULATION THAT HAS THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. AMI IS THE ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST, MOST PEOPLE MAKE 50,000, MANY INCLUDING CITY WORKERS MAKES LESS THAN THAT. IT SHOULD BE FOR PEOPLE MAKING 50,000 OR LESS OR LIVING AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. ITEM 17 RELATIVE FOR FUNDING WITH THE OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND NOT FORGET THE LESSONS WE LEARNED FROM THE HOLOCAUST AND THIS BODY HAS DONE A PISS-POOR JOB AT IGNORING THE HOLOCAUST RIGHT NOW. THERE WAS A CEASE-FIRE SO-CALLD CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA BUT ISRAEL HAS NOT STOPPED BOMBING AND THE CITY TAXPAYER IS ON THE HOOK FOR THOSE BOMBS. AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WHO PRETENDS TO BE A CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE, VOTED YES ON THE HIR DEFINITION OF ANTI-SEMITIC, I'M SAYING FUCK ISRAEL AND FUCK THE UNITED STATES THAT IS FUNDING BOMBING CHILDREN IN GAZA. [SINGING] WHO IS A CASEY WASERMAN, KNOWN FOR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT AND SOMEHOW FIRE RECOVERY, LOOKING FORWARD TO 2026, THE CITY HAS A LOT OF ITS PLATE SO WE SHOULD NOT BE ENABLING, THOSE IMPLICATED IN THE PEDOPHILE RING. THE OLYMPICS IS THE BIGGEST EVENTS FOR SEX TRAFFICKING INCLUDING CHILDREN, VASSERMAN'S INFORMATION IS NOT A COINCIDENCE, FLEW ON THE LOLITA EXPRESS AND FLIRTED WITH EPSTEIN'S LIST. WHY INVOLVED HIM WITH THE PALISADES WHAT KIND OF DEALS WERE MADE? LOOKING AT THE EPSTEIN FILES, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE IN DENIAL TO RECOGNIZE THE WORLD IS RUN BY SATAN'S PEDOPHILES. FUCK, AND BOMBING OF CHILDREN OVERSEAS AND YOU SHOULD ALL BE DOING MORE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT IS ALL THE NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH US TODAY. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1, 17 AND AS WELL AS 18, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 13 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, ON ITEM 13? FOR COMMENTS. >> E. Hernandez: OH WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY IS A VOTE IS CRITICAL STEP FOR THE LOW INCOME AND WORKING CLASS FAMILIES FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. BY ADOPTING THIS ORDINANCE, WE CAN CLEAR THE PATH FOR ANGELINO TO SEE FINALLY ACCESS THE DEBT RELIEF AND RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. AND WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT FIX WHAT WE CANNOT SEE. THIS AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO COLLECT MEDICAL DATA NEEDED TO FACILITATE AND THIS WORK HAS BEEN A MASSIVE TEAM EFFORT. I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO DR. BARBARA FERRER, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HER TEAM FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE TO GET THIS RIGHT. WE HAVE TO ACT NOW, BECAUSE THE PRESSURE IS ON OUR FAMILIES AND REACHINGER A BREAKING POINT. FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS ARE BENDING THE SYSTEM AND HOSPITALS ARE FOCUSED ON THE BOTTOM LINE AND THAT FALLS ON LOW INCOME FAMILIES THROUGH AGGRESSIVE AND BILLING. AND ICE IS BEING DISTORTING BREAD WINNERS ARE BEING KIDNAPPED. AND LITERALLY MEDICAL DEBT IS MAKING PEOPLE DECIDE AM I GOING TO PAY FOR RENT OR PAY FOR THIS BILL? AND THAT'S SHORTENING PEOPLE'S LIVES, PUTTING PEOPLE'S LIVES IN DANGER AND AS WE'VE SEEN IN YEAR'S PAST, HAVE DEVASTATED THEM FINANCIAL. TO HELP ANGELINOS CLIMB OUT OF THAT MEDICAL DEBT. WE WILL SEE WHO IS BEING BILLED AND WHO IS BEING DENIED THE FINANCIAL HELP THEY QUALIFY FOR. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, AND WE'LL KNOW THIS INFORMATION, AND AT NO COST TO THE CITY. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT A HOSPITAL BILL IS NEVER THE REASON A FAMILY CAN'T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NEVER THE REASON THEY REFUSE LIFE-SAVING CARE LET'S SHOW THE COUNTRY THAT WHILE THE FEDERAL MAY BE ABANDONING, THE CITY MAY NOT. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Council President:er THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, LET'S THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL. TABULATE THE VOTE. >> E. Hernandez: CAN WE ADOPT THIS FORTHWITH. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, ITEM 13 WILL BE ADOPTED FORTHWITH. COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President:er COUNCILMEMBERS, I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. LAUSD STUDENTS THAT HAVE WALKED OUT THEY'RE IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING. SO, WE WANT TO WELCOME THEM TO THEIR CITY HALL. THERE IS ANOTHER SET OF STUDENTS--[APPLAUSE] OUT ON, THERE IS ANOTHER SET OF STUDENTS ON THE SOUTH LAWN, GIVING A CONCERT. SO LAUSD IS NOT DOING WELL WITH FUNDING TODAY. BUT DOING WELL WITH RESISTANCE. AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER HUTT HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, STUDENTS FROM USC HARBOR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE HERE, THEY'RE HOSTED BY THE BLACK PLANNERS THAT WORK IN THE CITY. STAND UP, LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG HAND. THEIR PROGRAM IS CALLED INTRO VENTURE, WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT THEY'RE HERE TODAY. WELCOME TO YOUR CITY HALL. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER HERN DIZ. >> E. Hernandez: YES, I HAVE TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD PUBLICLY RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE HAVE L.A. USD STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE MAYOR IS MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE SAFE. WE'RE TOGETHER WITH OUR PEACE AMBASSADOR, PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH THE GRID CONTRACTS IN MY DISTRICT TO COME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP VIOLENCE AND HARM FROM HAPPENING, KEEP INTENTION ESCALATING. AND I WANT TO NAME AS PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, WE BEEF UP THE ECOSYSTEM AND BRING PEOPLE TO PREVENT HARM IN THE FIRST PLACE. I WANT TO UPLIFT THE MAYOR P MAYOR KAREN LANE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE HERE TO DO THAT HERE. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP. DEPENDING ON WHO WE ARE, OUR KIDS ARE SHOWING UP FOR US AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW UP FOR THEM. TO MAKE SURE THE CITY IS SAFE. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YOU KNOW, RIGHT AFTER MS. HUTT'S PRESENTATION, I DON'T KNOW IF I HIT THE TIME ON THING, BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, IT ACTUALLY FELT LIKE A HISTORY CLASS, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE DANDIS OR THAT THEY ORIGINATED FROM CONGO, LOOKING AT THE IMAGES IT REMINDED ME AT THE PA CHUCOS, IT REMINDED ME OF HOW MUCH WE'RE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT. I'M EXCITE TODAY GO OUT. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS IS A DYNAMIC DAY FOR DOWNTOWN L.A., WE HAVE THE FARMERS MARKET, FESTIVAL AND STUDENTS WALKING AND THE VIBRANT THAT WE HAVE. IT'S VIBRANT AND I WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT. AND JUST NAME THE STUDENTS, OUTSIDE, IT'S THE HISTORY OF THE EAST SIDE TO WALK OUT, WE'VE BEEN WORK WITHING UTLA AND STUDENTS AND OTHER ENTITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT TODAY IS SAFE. SO I WANT TO ECHO ALL OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ HAS SAID AND WHAT YOU SAID AS WELL, AS WE CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF E SIDE WALK OUTS AND ALSO JUST OUR YAOUGTD BEING INVOLVED AND HOPE THAT TODAY GOES WELL. >> Council President: EXCELLENT, OUR FUTURE IS IN DEED BRIGHT. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: WHAT A DAY, IT'S ROSA PARKS BIRTHDAY. >> Council President: THAT'S RIGHT, ROSA PARK RESIDENT OF THE 10th DISTRICT. >> H. Hutt: YES, RESIDENTS OF THE 10th DISTRICT, TO HAVE A WALK OUT LIKE THIS, IS GREAT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S RIDES FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. I LOOK TO MY LEFT. I LOOK TO MY RIGHT. NO ADJOURNMENTS TODAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY, HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.