>> Council President: WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 26th DAY OF YEAR, THE YEAR 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBERS IN VAN NUYS CITY HALL. MR. CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President:er COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, MOVES COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. FOR ITEM 11 THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAS BEEN FILED. ITEMS 1 THROUGH 17 ARE ITEMS PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 18 THROUGH 22 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE NEEDED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY SPECIALS, MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF WE CAN CONTINUE ITEM 111 FOR ONE WEEK. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT WILL BE FRIDAY OCTOBER 3, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR 16 AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 14 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: 14 AND WHAT WAS THE ONE FOR THE AMENDMENT? >> Y. Jurado: 16. >> Council President: 16 WITH AN AMENDMENT, ALL RIGHT. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T ROZ SKI. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ed I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 19 FOR COMMENTS, PLEASE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: 16 FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: AND COUNCILMEMBER MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM--BECAUSE OF EXTENDING FUNDS-- >> Council President: SO ITEM NUMBER 22? >> C. Price: YES, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? THE OTHER SIDE, MR. CLERK WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO ITEM 8 AND 15 TO TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 2025. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THERE IS ALSO A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM NUMBER 21 ON THE DESK. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: 12 AND 14 FOR SEPARATE VOTES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7, 9, 10, AND 13. AND 17. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 12 AND 14, EXCUSE ME, ITEM 12 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO ITEM 12 CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. SOTO MART -MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. OEPT ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 9 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: SIR, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 14 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 8 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A GREAT MORNING OF PRESENTATION WZ BEGINNING THE MIGHTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 16, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, WITH OUR L.A. IS FOR EVERY ONE DAY. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. EVERY ONE GATHER. I'M BEING JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US IN VAN NUYS. I'M COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, TO MY LEFT AND TO MY RIGHT ARE TWO POWERFUL MANAGERS, CAPRI AND. AND TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE FOUR-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ICONIC L.A. IS FOR ALL CAMPAIGN. SO PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR FOUR YEARS OF CAMPAIGNING ON OUR WONDERFUL VALUES. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE SHIRTS BEING WORN BY MANY FOLKS. EVERY TIME I WEAR THAT ON THE FIELD, I GET ASKED HOW DO I GET ONE. MS. MADDOX, I KNOW I'VE ASKED FOR SO MANY SHIRTS. NOW WE'RE SELLING THEM, OKAY. GET YOUR SHIRTS. GOOD-LOOKING SHIRTS. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A AND I WANT TO EX TINED A HEART-FELT THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE WHO HAS BEEN PART OF THIS INITIATIVE. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS THAT WORK ON THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IT'S AN ISSUE IN EMPOWERMENT FOR ALL ANGELINOS AND IT'S A SLOGAN, IT'S A PHRASE THAT WE CAN USE FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. AND WE WERE PROUD TO USE VERY SIMILAR SLOGAN WHEN WE DECLARED THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES A SANCTUARY, BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT L.A. IS FOR EVERY ONE. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SANCTUARY CITY, WE THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE DESCRIBE IT. AND IT'S LIKE, LET'S NOT INVENT THE WHEEL, WE HAVE A SLOGAN. WHEN WE SAY L.A. IS FOR EVERY ONE OR THAT SAY WE L.A. IS A SANCTUARY CITY. WE KNOW THAT OUR ACTIONS HAVE TO MATCH OUR WORDS. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OUR YEAR, EVERY ONE IN OUR CITY'S FAMILY, AND FAMILY'S DEPARTMENT HAVE GONE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED TO RESOURCES GETTING TO KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION, TRANSLATE INSIDE OVER 20 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, DOING WEB NAZER AND COMMUNITY OUT REACH AS AS MUCH AS REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND. AND BY LIVING OUR VALUES,ING WE'LL SHOW UP IN THE FACE OF OF ADVERSERY. SO I'M PROUD TO BE UP HERE THE CHAIR OF COMMITTEE, AND IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT L.A. IS ALL ABOUT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN! [APPLAUSE] >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS. IT'S WITH DEEP HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WITH CELEBRATE THE FOURTH ANNUAL L.A. FOR EVERY ONE DAY. HOSTED BY THE LOS ANGELES CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUITY DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, FOR INVITING ME TO CO-HOST THIS PRESENTATION ALONG WITH HIM, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIM AND SERVE AS HIS VICE CHAIR ON THE COMMITTEE. UNDER HIS CHAIRMANSHIP. THIS YEAR WE PROUDLY UNVEILED THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF THIS POWERFUL CAMPAIGN, I BELONG, YOU BELONG, WE BELONG. A REMINDER THAT IN THIS CITY, NO ONE STANDS ALONE. TODAY IN THIS CITY'S TEN OF MOST ICONIC LANDMARKS FROM CITY HALL TO BANK TOWER FROM UNION STATION TO L.A. ZOO WILL LIGHT UP IN A VIBRANT MOSAIC OF COLORS. THESE LIGHTS DO MORE THAN JUST SHINE, THEY SPEAK. THEY SPEAK TO WHO WE ARE AS ANGELINOS. A COMMUNITY OF MANY LANGUAGES, MANY HISTORIES, MANY JOURNEYS, BUT ONE CITY. ONE FUTURE UNITED IN THE BELIEF THAT HATE HAS NO PLACE HERE. FOR THOSE LIGHTS ALSO HONOR THE L.A. FOR ALL CAMPAIGN, LAUNCHED BY THE LOS ANGELES CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUITY DEPARTMENT IN 2025. TODAY, L.A. FOR ALL SPANS MORE THAN 21 LANGUAGES AND REACHES ACROSS OVER 10,000 LOCATIONS. IN GREATER LOS ANGELES FROM BUSES AND TRAINS TO PARKS, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. IT HAS EARNED NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND CONTINUES TO INSPIRE SIMILAR CAMPAIGNS IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS OUR NATION. WHETHER IT'S FIGHTING DISCRIMINATIONING IN-HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT UNIT OR LEADING INITIATIVES FOR UPWARD AND RACIAL EQUITY THROUGH THE OFFICE OF RACE AND EQUITY. THEY'RE SHAPING A MORE JUST AND UNITED LOS ANGELES. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR CITY LIKE MANY ACROSS OUR NATION HAS FACED DEEP DWITIONZ POLARIZATION AND THE PAIN OF PREJUDICE. BUT TODAY AND EVERY DAY WE AFFIRM THIS POWERFUL TRUTH. LOS ANGELES IS A METROPOLIS OF UNMATCHED DIVERSITY BUILT BY LABOR, LOVE AND TALENTS OF PEOPLE FROM EVER BACKGROUND, EVERY LANGUAGE, EVERY WALK OF LIFE. AND I HAVE TO PERSONALIZE THIS BECAUSE AS AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF I KNOW ALL TOO WELL HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO COMMIT TO COMMUNITY. TO COMMIT TO INCLUSION, EQUITY AND SOLIDARITY. BECAUSE WHEN WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ANGELINO CAN FEEL SCENE, HEARD AND PROTECTED, LOS ANGELES WILL ATTRACT MORE TALENT FROM ALL BACK GROUNDS AND SHINE BRIGHTER ON THE GLOBAL STAGE. FOLKS, I SAY THIS ALSO WITH THE CONVICTION OF HAVING LIVED THROUGH FAMILY SEPARATION OF HAVING OVERCOME, FLEEING A WAR-TORN COUNTRY. WHEN I SAY IT RIGHT NOW, I ALSO SOMETIMES CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT MAY PARENTS WERE GOING THROUGH. I WAS YOUNG, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT THEY WERE IN THEIR 40s, 50s, NOT KNOWING MY MOTHER DIDN'T HAVE A DEMAND --COMMAND OF THE LANGUAGE SO IMAGINE COMING TO THE PLACE HAVING THREE JOBS PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY. AND ON TOP THAT TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT ASSAULTS YOU WHILE YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET BY AND LIVE LIFE. OSO TONIGHT, WE INVITE TO YOU JOIN THE MOVEMENT AND SNAP A PHOTO, AND TAG @ L.A.CIVIL RIGHTS AND USE THE HASH TASH. BE A LIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY. LET US CONTINUE BEING A CITY THAT CELEBRATES DIVERSITY A CITY THAT DOES NOT TURN AWAY FROM INJUSTICE, A CITY THAT NOT JUST FOR SOME BUT FOR ALL. NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE VISIONARY BEHIND THE CAMPAIGN, MS. CAPRI MADDOX, THE XEK --EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ, I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND A STRONG MESSAGE, AND TO IT ESTEEMED BODY OF COUNCILMEMBERS LEAD BY PRESIDENT MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING, ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY. OF COURSE MANY OF YOU KNOW WE FIGHT HATE, DISCRIMINATION ON THE DEFENSIVE ON THE OFFENSIVE. CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE COMMERCE AND EDUCATION AND HOUSING. AND I LEARNED FROM WONDERFUL FELLOW GENERAL MANAGER, ABIGAIL MARQUEZ TODAY THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE FORCEFULLY WRONGLY EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF THEIR PERCEIVED CITIZENSHIP STATUS. AND THOSE ARE CASE THAT'S WE CAN HANDLE AT L.A. CIVIL RIGHTS. OF COURSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER VERY WELL AT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, WE WERE AT COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 CAL STATE L.A., MY BELOVED ALMA MATTER, AS WELL AS THE DOING THE COMMUNITY LAUNCH OF WE BELONG CAMPAIGN. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF LATINO HERITAGE MONTH AND MANY MEMBERS ARE DEALING WITH FEAR AS IT RELATES TO THESE ICE RAIDS. AND CHIRLA SAYS THAT WE HAD ANGELICA SALAS AND SHE SAYS ABOUT 88 PEOPLE EVERY DAY ARE TAKEN OFF OUR STREETS. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T FEELING LIKE, THEY'RE LIVING IN LOS ANGELES, THAT WHERE THEY INCLUDED AND BELONG. SO WE WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE'RE HERE FOR YOU, WE'RE UNITED AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS WHO HAVE LEANED TO HELP US. WE START THISED CAMPAIGN IN 2021 WITH SUPPORT FROM GOOGLE, THE JUST SAY HELLO CAMPAIGN HAD GREAT SUPPORT. AND WE'RE INTENTIONAL TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES TO THE BELONGING CAMPAIGN THROUGH THE GRANT ACQUIRED BY OUR PARTNERS WITH ABIGAIL. SO WE'RE VERY VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT AND TO SHOW OUR LIGHT TODAY AS A COUNCILMEMBER SAID, LOOK AROUND THE CITY, YOU'LL SEE THE U.S. BANK TOWER, B MOST STADIUMS, SOME COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND VERY OWN CITY HALL TO BE ILLUMINATED TO SHOW THAT WE ALL BELONG. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT THINGS OVER TO CIFD GENERAL MANAGER, A SISTER AND IN THE STRUGGLE AND DOER AMONG DOERS, ABIGAIL MARQUEZ. >> THANK YOU, CAPRI. GOOD MORNING, HAPPY TO BE HERE, IT'S REALLY AN HON OR TO PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT. WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR TO STAND UNITE ASKED AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE THAT WE ALL BELONG IN THIS GREAT CITY OF ANGELS. OUR DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ALONGSIDE CIVIL DEPARTMENTS TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER TO THIS CAMPAIGN. SXL THAT'S KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMPAIGN IN OVER 29 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES INCLUDING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, WE'RE MAKERING OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO OFFER TRANSLATION SERVICE TO SEE A NUMBER OF CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THIS IS BEFORE THE ICE RAIDS, THIS IS DURING THE WILDFIRES AND MAKING SURE THAT INFORMATION IS ACCESSIBILITY WE'RE ORGANIZING WORKSHOPS BERN BOTH IN-PERSON AND WORKSHOPS. WE HAD A WORKSHOP WITH OVER 1,000 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO ACCESS CITY SERVICES TO KNOW THAT THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ANGELINOS REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND CONTINUE TO REPORT OF THEIR RIGHTS THAT THEY DEVELOP FAMILY PREPARATIONS PLANS, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AFFECTING FAMILIES IN A WAY THAT WE CANNOT IMAGINE. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL. WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SEEK LEGAL ADVISE AND NOT TO BE LEAD BY MISINFORMATION OR EXPLOITATION. WE'RE A VERY PROUD TO BE PARTNERING WITH L.A. CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE THAT WE ALL BELONG IN THIS GREAT CITY. WE KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR FAMILY SOURCE SYSTEM WHICH CONTINUES TO SHOW UP EVERY DAY REGARDLESS OF THE CRISIS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU. THEY NEVER SHUT DOWN THEIR DOORS. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAMILY SOURCE CENTERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, WE HAVE L.A., FROM DISTRICT 2, ELIDO AND WE HAVE NEW ECONOMICS FOR WOMEN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 AND OUR PARTNERS AT THE YMCA AND THEY'RE OUR PARTNERS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT. WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES AS WELL. AND THEN JUST, I WANT TO AMPLIFY FAMILY SOURCE CENTERS AND THROUGH THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU ALL MADE IN THE FAMILY SOURCE SYSTEM AND THE SOURCE SIDE THAT YOU HAD TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY EMERGENCY AND EMERGENCIES ARE UNFORTUNATELY UNAVOIDABLE. YOU ALLOCATED FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE THIS RESOURCE IN THE MONTHS OF JUNE THROUGH EARLY AUGUST WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY OVER 600,000 IN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WHO WERE LOSING SEVERE INCOME LOSS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TO WORK OR PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. WE GOT TO CLOSE TO $200,000 IN EMERGENCY FOOD CARTS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE NOT COMING TO OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, THEY WERE AFRAID SO WE WERE RESPONDING AND MEETING THAT MOMENT. LE WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ENCOURAGE TO YOU CONTINUE TO VISIT AND LEARN ABOUT THE RESOURCE THAT'S WE HAVE AVAILABLE AGAIN, WE HAVE NO YOUR RIGHTS KARSDS IN 29 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE'RE THE ONLY CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS REALLY TRANSLATED THIS INFORMATION ACROSS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND AGAIN INCLUDING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES. WE'RE PROUD TO STAND WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU ALL HAVE DEMONSTRATE INSIDE THIS CRITICAL TIME IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> AND I WANT TO SAY, WE REALLY ARE SELLING THOSE T-SHIRT, YOU CAN GO MONEY IS TIGHT. CAN YOU ALL RAISE YOUR HANDS TO OUR CIVIL RIGHTS TEAM. WE'RE DOING IT TONIGHT WITH YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAPRI. THAT'S A GREAT SHIRT. IT'S GOOD FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, LGBTQ RIGHTS. GET YOUR SHIRT. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. >> Council President: WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE BEGINNING WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, AND COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, FOR CELEBRATING THIS. I'M GLAD THAT IT'S MATURED INTO L.A. FOR EVERY ONE AND I LOVE THAT OUR CIVIL RIGHTS IS PAIRED WITH ECONOMIC RIGHTS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THEIR MATERIAL NEEDS MET AND SO THIS COLLABORATION WITH THE TWO DEPARTMENTS IS JUST WHAT FOLKS NEED RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY FOR ALL OF US. SO I APPRECIATE IT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERLE SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR BRINGING IN BOTH OF THESE PHENOMENAL LEADERS BUT ALSO THESE ORGANIZATIONS. NOW MORE THAN EVER, I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE NEED THIS. WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK THAT L.A. IS FOR EVERY ONE WOULD HAVE A STRONG MEANING AS IT DOES NOW. BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROGRAM, I'LL BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BE AS STRONG AND AS RESILIENT IN OUR STANCE TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THAT'S CORRECT. >> E. Hernandez: I THINK YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF LEG WORK FOR FOUR YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES KNOW, FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT THIS CITY IS FOR THEM REGARDLESS OF THEIR WHERE THEY COME FROM, WHAT THEY DO, WHAT THEIR FAMILIES LOOK LIKE. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE YEARS OF LEG WORK THAT YOU DID TO PREPARE US FOR THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT THAT ONE OF THE THRIVING CITIES, ONE OF THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD IN CALIFORNIA, BECAUSE OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR FILLING THE GAPS IN THE WORK THAT YOU BOTH DO TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES AFLOAT. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS SOTO-MARTINEZ AND NAZARIAN FOR BRINGING THIS GREAT CAMPAIGN TO US TODAY. AND IT'S SO GREAT NAT L.A. FAMILY HAS WEIGHED IN WITH SO MANY, TWO OF OUR FAVORITE G.M.s SETTING THE TONE AND PACE. WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THESE VALUES ARE AND FOR THE CITY TO REFLECT THEM IN THE, IN CARRYING OUT PROGRAMS AND POLICIES HAS BEEN A REAL, HALLMARK AND I THINK A REAL INDICATION OF HOW SERIES WE ARE AND ABOUT HOW SERIES THESE TIMES ARE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE COLLABORATION AND COMBINED EFFORTS. THANK YOU FOR, THE IDEA THAT WE BELONG, THIS GOES PERFECTLY WITH L.A. IS FOR EVERY ONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. CONGRATULATIONS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRICE. AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR NOT JUST BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION BUT LEANING IN TO THIS CAMPAIGN AND LEANING TO THIS WORK FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SOME OF THE BEST WORK THAT WE DO, HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY OUR SUPER STAR MARQUEZ AND MADDOX, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUE TO GO SHINE THE LIGHT. AND SHINE ITING EVEN BRIGHTER DURING THE DARK DAYS THAT WE'RE UNDERGOING. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE MESSAGE THAT IT ALL SENDS. SXIL SAY GENERAL MANAGER, MADDOX, LOOK THE OTHER WAY IN YOUR CRENSHAW THAT SAYS L.A. IS FOR EVERY ONE EXCEPT FOR MEN IN MASKS KIDNAPPING FAMILIES. WE'RE GOING TO SELL THAT ONE AND BUILD A LITTLE BUSINESS ON THE SIDE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. >> IF WE GET BOOT LEG T-SHIRTS, WE KNOW WE MADE IT. ON BEHALF OF THIS RESIDENT, I WANT TO GIVE THE CERTIFICATE TO BOTH OUR GENERAL MANAGERS BUT ALSO OUR EXTENDED FAMILIES, FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND YOUR TEAMS AND EVERY ONE. PROUD TO DECLARE TODAY THE FOURTH ANNUAL L.A. FOR ALL DAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. NEXT WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION LEAD BY DISTRICT 3. COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY. GOOD MORNING, I HAVE THE HONOR TO WELCOME OUR GUEST. BUT BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING FURTHER, LET'S ROLL THE CLIP. >> ALL THINGS CAN'T COME CLOSE TO REPLICATING WHAT ELEPHANTS HAVE IN THE WILD. BEING, SPACE, ELEPHANTS HAVE R WALKING A LOT OF KILOMETERS A DAY WITHIN TEN MINUTES THEY CAN EXPLORE THEIR ENTIRE HABITAT IN CAPTIVITY AND AFTER THOSE TEN MINUTES, THERE IS NOTHING TO DO. >> THEY NEED TO ROAM UP TO 50 KILOMETERS A DAY. >> SO THEY DO GET TAKEN OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S HARD TO COMPARE WILD WITH CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS, IT'S LIKE COMPARING A WILD DOG TO A DOMESTICATED DOG. >> ELEPHANTS ARE ACTIVE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF 24 HOURS, THEY'RE ON THE MOVE LOOKING FOR FOOD, INTERACTING. LOOKING FOR MATES. LOOKING FOR WATER. >> THEY HAVE PARTNERS. BUT IN IT, IN CAPTIVITY, THEY'VE GOT NOTHING TO DO. NOWHERE TO GO, NO ONE TO MEET. >> ONE OF THE BENEFITS FOR ELEPHANTS IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT, THE WALKING THAT THEY DO, IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE TERRAIN THAT THEY GO OVER THEY GO TO THEIR FEET TO DO THAT. THAT'S WHERE ONE OF THE SHORT FALLS OF ZOOs, THEY'RE OFTEN LIVING ON CONCRETE OR VERY PACKED DIRT WHICH IS SIMILAR TO CONCRETE AND THAT CAUSES A NUMBER OF FOOT DAMAGE AND MOST ELEPHANTS IN CAPTIVITY HAVE ARTHRITIS OR FOOT DAMAGE THAT CAN BE LINKED TO DEATH. THISEs THE DEPRIVED ABILITY TO EXERCISE AND TO FORGE WITH ITS MEMBERS OF ITS FAMILY. >> WHAT DO YOU FEED THEM? OBVIOUSLY IN THE WILD, THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT VEGETATION THAT'S WE DON'T HAVE HERE IN CANADA. WHAT DO YOU FEED THEM? >> THE MAJORITY IS HAY BUT THEY ALSO EAT GRASS OR WHEAT SOMETIMES THEY REACH OVER AND EAT THAT. >> SO IN CAPITY, ELEPHANTS EAT WHAT THEY ARE GIVEN. >> WE LOOK AT FORGING AS EATING, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT, UP TO 20 DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEHAVIORS INCLUDING SOCIALIZING, INCLUDING PREPARING THE FOOD, FINDING DIFFERENT FOODS IN DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR. SO IT'S AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX ACTIVITIES AND THAT'S HOW THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME. >> B. Blumenfield: GREAT. THANK YOU FERN FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK TO EDUCATE THE WORLD ON ELEPHANTS LIVE IN CAPTIVITY. UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A TIMELY MOMENT FOR FERN TO BE HERE AND SPOTLIGHTING THE WORK OF MANY INDIVIDUALS TO PUBLICIZE THE PLIGHT OF THESE MAJESTIC ANIMALS. ELEPHANT TINA OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A FACILITY IN TULSA, WITHOUT JUSTICE, WITHOUT PUTTING THEIR NEEDS BEFORE OURS, THIS CAME AFTER TWO OTHER ELEPHANTS IN OUR ZOO. THE ELEPHANT LIVE IN CONDITIONS THAT BARE MINIMUM, AS MENTIONED IN THE CLIP, THEY NEED SOCIALATION, THAT NEITHER ZOO CAN PROVIDE. TON MENTION THE HORRIFIC BREEDING ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE SUBJECT TO. TODAY I'M HAPPY TO PASS A MOTION TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED TO BILLY AND TINA IN THE TRANSFER IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT. BUT BY PLAYING A NIP-IT OF THE FILM, I HOPE IT WAKES UP SOMETHING IN US. L.A. WELCOMES TO BE THE HOPE THOSE THOSE THAT ARE DEFENSIVE AND MARGINALIZED, THAT INCLUDES ELEPHANT IN CAPTIVITY. I ASK THAT YOU ATTEND THE SCREENING AT THE IS SEPULVEDA ROOM, AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE FERN THE MIC TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> I'M CANADIAN AND I LIVE IN TORONTO, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO COME AND EDUCATE ALL OF YOU ON THIS TOPIC. IT TOOK ME FOUR YEARS TO MAKE THIS DOCUMENTARY, FOUR YEARS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE IN MY FILM WAS UP-TO-DATE WITH THE MOST CURRENT SCIENCE. AND I'M A PRETTY, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 YEARS BUT NOTHING HAS BROKEN MY HEART MORE AND I'VE TAKEN ON SOME VERY VERY DIFFICULT SUBJECT THROUGHOUT MY 20-YEAR CAREER, BUT NOTHING HAS BROKEN ME MORE THAN MAKING THIS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ELEPHANTS AND ZOOS. SO PLEASE, LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, CAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF WE WANT TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD, WE NEED TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD FOR ANIMALS TOO. OVER THE COURSE OF MY CAREER, I HAVE DIRECTED MORE THAN 20 DOCUMENTS ON SUBJECTS RAGE FROMING THE CIVIL RIGHTS FROM HOLOCAUST TO STRUGGLES OF PEOPLE LIVING UNDER THE DICTATOR TO THE SLED DOG INDUSTRY INCLUDING THE ICENDOG. BUT AGAIN, NOTHING DEVASTATED MORE THAN THE LAST FILM WHICH IS PLAYING IN CANADA AND I PLAN TO BRING TO UNITED STATES. I KNEW IT WAS WRONG BUT DID NOT EXPECT TO DISCOVER THE LIES THAT THE ZOOS TELL THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THESE MAJESTIC ANIMALS IN THESE ANIMALS. IN THE WILD, THEY SEARCH FOR COMPANIONSHIP AND FOOD. AND WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT THE PLANET AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE WILD ANIMALS PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN KEEPING OUR PLANETS IN BALANCE. THE ELEPHANTS, ALLOW NEW VEGETATION TO GROW AND SUSTAINING COUNTLESS OTHER SPECIES WITHOUT ELEPHANTS, FORCE WILL WITHER AND WITH IT, THE HEALTH OF OUR PRECIOUS PLAN HE WILL. ELEPHANTS CAN LIVE UP TO 70 OR 80 YEARS IN THE WILD IN CAPTIVITY, THEIR LIFE SPAN ARE CUT IN HALF. WHY? BECAUSE INSTEAD OF ROAMING WITH THEIR HERDS, THEY'RE CONFINED IN THESE SMALL ENCLOSURES WITH NOTHING TO DO. WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THEIR SURVIVAL AND FREEDOM AND SOCIAL BONDS IS STOLEN FROM THEM. THE RESULT IS BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUFRGZ, ELEPHANTS GET ARTHRITIS, OBESITY, MENT ALLEGE DISTRESS, THEY DISPLAY ROCKING AND SWAYING, THESE ARE SIGNS OF BRAIN DAMAGE. THESE BEHAVIORS ARE NEVER NEVER OBSERVED IN THE WILD. EVEN THE MOST SACRED, SORRY, ONE SECOND. EVEN THE MOST SACRED MOMENTS OF ELEPHANT'S LIFE, IS DESTROYED. IN THE WILD, THEY INVOLVE THE WHOLE HERD OF GRANDMOTHERS, AUNTS, WELCOMING THIS BABY TO THE ZOO. IN THE ZOOS, NEW MOTHERS ARE RESTRAINED WITH ROPE AND SHOCKED AS THEY ATTEMPT TO GET THE BABIES AWAY FROM THEM. IN MY FILM, THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE BIRTHS IS DEVASTATING AND DIFFICULT, AND PEOPLE HAVE SAID THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENT NZ MY DOCUMENTARY. AND YET, ZOOS CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THEY SERVE CONSERVATION. BUT WHAT DO CHILDREN REALLY LEARN? WHAT DO KIDS LEARN BY GOING TO ZOO? THEY ZOO ELEPHANTS IMPRISONED, THEY DON'T LEARN HOW ELEPHANTS TRAF, THEY DON'T WITNESS THE RICH ASSOCIATE LIVES THAT ELEPHANT RIGHT SIDE KNOWN FOR. AND FOR CONSERVATION? THERE IS NO CONSERVATION, THESE ANIMALS THAT ARE BRED IN ZOOS ARE NOT RETURNED TO THE WILD. THEY'RE THERE ONLY TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE ZOO BECAUSE ELEPHANT RIGHT SIDE BIG ATTRACTIONS AND KEEP THE ZOOS IN PROFIT AND NOT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ANIMALS AND CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN. AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR COUNT RADIO ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THREATS TO HUMAN RIGHTS TO FREEDOM, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT ELEPHANTS IN ZOO HAVE EVERY RIGHT FOR FREEDOM THAT IS BEING STRIPPED FROM THEM. THEY DESERVE TOO TO LIVE FREELY. THE LIFE STORIES OF BILLY AND TINA WHICH IS WHAT BROUGHT ME WHO RECENTLY ENDURED A TRAUMATIC TRANSFER IS JUST TRAGIC. IT'S JUST TRAGIC, THEY COULD HAVE LIVED OUT THE REMAINING YEARS IN SANCTUARY, WHAT A BEEK ON OF HOPE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THESE DARK TIMES, BUT YET THEY'RE IN A N ANOTHER ZOO. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD AND OTHERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR RELEASE TO A TRUE SANCTUARY, WE ARE GOING TO WIN. BUT THERE IS HOPE. THERE IS HOPE, WHEN I SPEAK TO YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY, THEY ARE REJECTING ZOOS, THEY ARE NOT GOING BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THAT ZOOS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN PRISONS FOR ANIMALS AND THAT GIVES ME HOPE. AND IN MY OWN COUNTRY OF CANADA WHICH I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY, THE JANE GOODALL ACT JUST PASSED THROUGH SENATE, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO END ELEPHANT AND GREAT APE CAPTIVITY. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT, WE WORKED VERY HARD FOR THAT AND I'M HOPING THAT OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS YOURS WILL TAKE OUR EXAMPLE. AND THE OTHER THING, THE OTHER BIT OF HOPE THAT I SAW WHEN I WAS MAKING THIS FILM WAS IN ARGENTINA. ARGENTINA, IN BUENOS AIRES, THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR ZOO AND THEY NOW HAVE A WILD PARK AND IT WAS JOYFUL TO SIT THERE AND WATCH THIS IN FILM AND SEE THE EXCITEMENT IN THE CHILDREN'S EYES AND THE MESSAGE FROM THE ECO PARK IS SO DIFFERENT FROM THE MESSAGE HERE AT ZOOS, THAT THE CHILDREN NEED TO PROTECT THE WILD, NOT ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF OF THESE ANIMALS BUT FOR THE SAKE OF OUR PLANET, AND FOR OUR SAKE ALONE. I WAS EXTRAORDINARY THING TO SEE AND WE NEED TO REPLICATE THAT HERE. THANK YOU, AGAIN FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT T I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME ON SUNDAY TO VIEW THE STOLEN LIVES OF ELEPHANTS, EDUCATION IS KEY TO CHANGE AND CHANGE IS POSSIBLE IF WE OPEN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS TO THE TRUTH. TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE A MORE-JUST WORLD AND ONE THAT INCLUDES FREEDOM FOR ELEPHANTS AND ALL THE WILD ANIMALS THAT WE SHARE THIS PLANET WITH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> B. Blumenfield: AND WOULD I LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES SO IF YOU ACCEPT THIS SMALL OF APPRECIATION. AND I HOPE EVERY ONE SEES THE FILM. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATE TODAY IS--BALANCING NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION WITH DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY NEEDS. MONO LAKE DAY REMINDS THAT LOS ANGELES CAN MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE WHILE PROTECTING THE PLACES THAT MAKE CALIFORNIA SPECIAL. THIS DAY OF CELEBRATION, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2024 TO RECOGNIZE THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD'S DECISION, 1631 WHICH BALANCE PROTECTION TO MONO LAKE TO HUMAN WATER. CONSIDERED ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESS STORIES. MONO LAKE IS NOT JUST A SPECTACULAR WONDER BUT A LIVING SYMBOL OF HOW LOS ANGELES CAN BALANCE WATER RELIABILITY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. SINCE 1994, WE'VE INVESTED NEARLY 50 MILLION DOLLARS IN ENHANCING THE ECOSYSTEM WILDLIFE AND RECREATION IN MONO BASIN. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE RESTORING APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES OF STREAMS, INCLUDING OVER 800 ACRES OF WETLANDS AND COMPLETING NUMEROUS HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS. COLLEAGUES I'M JOINED BY JAMIE VALENZUELA, MANAGER FOR OWEN'S LAKE AND BASIS WHO CAN SPEAK ON MONO LAKE. JAMIE, PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS JAMIE VALENZUELA AND MANAGER OF PLANNING FOR MONO BASIN. I'VE BEEN A HUMBLE CITY SERVANT SINCE 2005, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE CONTINUING MY WORK. I'M GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT COMMISSIONER COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN MENTIONED. SO TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND CONTINUED COMMIT TOMENT PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES AT MONO LAKE IN THE SURROUNDING BASIN IT'S NOT JUST MA MOE NO LAKE. THIS HAS ALLOWED UP TO 2000 ANGELINOS ACCESS TO THE MOST AFFORDABLE ENVIRONMENTALLY PROTECTED AND ENERGY EFFICIENT WATER SOURCE AVAILABLE, AND THAT IS MONO BASIN. SINCE DECISION D-31 WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 1994DWP HAS RESTORED 20 MILES OF HABITAT IN CREEKS AND STREAMS SUCH AS RUSH CREEK, WALKER, PARKER AND LEE VINING CREEKS. SO DWP DIVERTS WATER FROM THE CREEKS, IT DOES NOT TAKE WATER FROM THE ACTUAL LAKE ITSELF. IN ADDITION, IT HAS RESTORED OVER 800 ACRES OF WETLANDS SUCH AS FISH POPULATION RIGHT SIDE ONCE AGAIN THRIVING T HAS CAREFULLY MANAGED RESERVOIR TO PROTECT SYSTEMS AND MANAGED CHANNEL FLOWS DURING HYDRO LOGIC FLOWS TO MIMIC WHAT MOTHER NATURE DOES. AND THAT'S JUST IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, BUT IN MONO LAKE ITSELF, OUR EFFORTS HAVE INCREASED ABUNDANCE SUCH AS THAT THE BIRD POPULATIONS ARE ONCE AGAIN COLONIZING. IT HAS ENHANCED THE CREATION OF SCENIC BEAUTY OF AREA, THAT IT'S NOW A NICE TOURIST ATTRACTION AND SOME SELL PICTURES OF MONO LAKE. THE MONO BASIN HAS NOT HAD A SINGLE AIR QUALITY VIOLATION IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. AND LASTLY, THE LAKE LEVEL HAS GRADUALLY RISEN BY TEN FEET WHILE ALL OTHER WESTERN TERMINAL LAKES IN UNITED STATES HAVE DECLINED. AT THIS MOMENT, MONO LAKE LEVELS ARE DEPENDENT ON HYDROLOGY WHICH MEANS HOW MANY YEARS OF WATER WE GIVE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW THIS HAPPENED AND IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS. DWP, SINCE D1631 WAS IMPLEMENTED, DWP HAS DIVERSED DIVERSIONS BY 85 PERCENT. THE MOST THAT LADWP CAN EXPORT FROM MONO BASIN IS 16,000 ACRES FEET BUT ON AVERAGE WE'VE ONLY TAKEN 9200 ACRES FEET. ON A REGULAR BASIS, STAFF WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BALANCE THE WATER NEEDS FOR 4 MILLION ANGELINOS WITH THE WATER SUPPLY CONDITION IN THE EASTERN SAOER I DON'T--SIERRAS AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE LAKE. AND HOW MANY STORAGE WE NEED FOR NEXT YEAR. ALONG WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENT FOR W THE AQUEDUCT AND ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSES. DWP HAS IMPLEMENTED DOZENS OF RESTORATION PROJECT IN MONO BASIN AT THE COST OF OVER 50 MILLION DOLLARS AND PLANNING RIGHT NOW TO, TO DO MODIFICATION TO SEE GRANT LAKE WHICH ARE ESTIMATED AT OVER 200 MILLION. DWP HAS BECOME A LEADER IN PUBLIC OUT REACH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT WITH FOCUS ON STEWARDSHIP. THIS INCLUDES PROVIEEDING RECREATION AL ACCESS TO OVER 300,000 ACRES OF PRISTINE LAND. LASTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE FINANCIAL SACRIFICES THAT THE L.A. CITY RESIDENTS HAVE HAD TO BEAR. TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, MONO BASIN ONCE PROVIDED 1/5 OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL SUPPLY BY SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED IN 1994. AND TO DEAL WITH THIS, L.A. HAD TO PURCHASE WATER FROM COLORADO RIVER AND STATE PROJECT. NOT ONLY IS FOUR TO FIVE TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE AN AQUEDUCT OR MONO BASIN WATER, BUT ALSO THESE RESOURCE RIGHT SIDE OVER STRAINED AND OVER ALLOCATED. ANGELINOS ARE MAKING HUGE INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND LOCAL WATER SUPPLY SUCH THAT RECYCLED WATER, GROUND WATER AND STORM WATER CAPTURE. OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, ANGELINOS WILL INVEST 26 BILLION DOLLARS IN RECYCLED WATER. LOS ANGELES HAS TRANSFORMED INTO ONE OF THE MOST WATER EFFICIENT CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND IT'S REDUCED ITS WATER USE BY 40 PERCENT OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS DESPITE POPULATION GROWTH OF ONE MILLION. BECAUSE OF THESE SACRIFICES, WE HAVE A DUTY AS REPRESENTATIVES TO PROVIDE ANGELINOS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP 30 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WITH THE MOST AFFORDABLE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE WATER AVAILABLE. PARTICULARLY THIS MEANS THAT EVEN AS WE EXPAND OUR LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES, THE CITY MUST HOLD ON TO ITS REMAINING WATER RIGHTS IN THE EASTERN SIERRA AND MONO BASIN, AS ANY FURTHER RIGHTS WILL RESULT IN MORE FINANCIAL BURDEN TO ANGELINO WHO'S HAVE ALREADY SACRIFICED ENOUGH. FOR EXAMPLE IF THE CITY LOST ITS REMAINING WATER RIGHTS NO MONO BANES IT WOULD COST ANGELINOS 24 MILLION TO 30 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN REPLACEMENT COST. IN SHORT, TODAY WE DON'T ONLY RECOGNIZE YEARS OF HE QUI EQUILIBRIUM, BUT TO MAKE THE BEST INTEREST. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION, JAMIE. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. CONSTRAINT ALLOWS US TO THINK BEYOND OUR BARRIERS AND OUR CERTAIN LIMITATION ASKS THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO DELIVER A CERTAIN SERVICE AND WE APPRECIATE HOW LA DWP HAS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT ENVIRONMENT IS BEING PROTECTED WHILE THE LIFE ESSENTIAL NEEDS OF L.A. RESIDENTS ARE BEING MET. TODAY I'M ALSO JOINED BY JEFF McCULLKIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE OF MONO LAKE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN 1978 AND HAS ADVOCATED FOR MONO LAKE WHILE EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION ON WISE WATER USE. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME MR. McCULLKIN TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE MONO LAKE DAY AND TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. MONO LAKE DAY IS SEPTEMBER 28th, THAT WILL BE ON SUNDAY THIS YEAR AND IT'S THE ACTUAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECISION BACK IN 1996, 3--1994, 31 YEARS AGO THAT THE CITY AGREED TO AS A PATH FORWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE CITY AND MONO LAKE. AS COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN SAID, I'M JEFF McCULLKIN, WE'RE A 16,000 MEMBER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, FOUNDED ALMOST 15 YEARS TO RESTORE MONO LAKE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE WATER SOLUTIONS. AND TO SHARE THESE SPECIAL PLACES WITH YOUTH AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. MONO LAKE, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE BESINGER WE INVITE YOU TO COME VISIT BUT TO SUMMARIZE, MONO LAKE OF EXCEPTIONAL ECOLOGICAL AND SCENIC VALUE. ANGELINOS AND FOLKS AROUND THE WORLD VISIT TOWER THE RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT THE LAKE PROVIDES AND THE MILLIONS OF NESTING BIRDS THAT DEPEND ON THE SALT LAKE AND SPECIAL ECOSYSTEM FOR FOOD AND FOR SHELTER. NOW THE LAKE IS IN DEED 300 MILES AWAY FROM THIS ROOM WHERE WE MEET TODAY SO WHAT IS THE CONNECTION? THE LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LAKE AND THE WATERS OF ITS TRIBUTE AIRIES AND THE CITY. CHOICES MADE FROM THE WATER USE, AFFECT THE HEALTH OF MONO LAKE. IN THE 1800 THE LAKE DOUBLED IN SO LINITY, TOWARDS DIVERSIONS PUSH ITING TO ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE. TODAY THEY VIEW THE LAKE DIFFERENTLY. PART OF HONORING IS DECADES OF WORKING TOGETHER ON WATER SOLUTIONS. THIS IS REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE, I THINK. JAMIE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE MONO BASIN, THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE CAN DO A AFTERNOON PRESENTATION, THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR, BUT WE HAVE A RESTORATION PROGRAM IN MONO LAKE AND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND MAKING PROGRESS BUT WE HAVE SOME DISTANCE TO TRAVEL STILL. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF RESIDENTS AND THE COMMITMENT OF THE CITY AND LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER, TO EXPANDING LOCAL WATER SUPPLY, SUCH AS STORM WATER CAPTURE, WATER RECYCLING, PROJECT LIKE THE TILLMAN PLANT THAT IS EXPANDING RIGHT NOW, MAKE A SHARED AND SUSTAINABLE WATER FUTURE POSSIBLE. MONO LAKE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE. TOGETHER WE'VE COMMIT TODAY PROTECTING MONO LAKE AND THE DIVERSITY OF ITS ECOSYSTEM. THE STATE WATER BOARD THAT SET THE PROTECTION PLAN BACK IN 1994 ESTABLISHED A LAKE LEVEL OF 6392 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL AS A HEALTHY LEVEL DESIGNED TO BE A NATURE BASE SOLUTION AND DESIGN A MYRIAD OF CONCERNS AND HEALTH OF THE ECOSYSTEM TO, TO CONTROLLING DUST STORMS THAT COME OFF THE EXPOSED LAKE BED TO ADDRESSING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE FUTURE OF THE TRIBE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT DECISION WAS THAT ALL THE PARTIES AND THERE WERE, THERE WERE MANY STATE AGENCIES AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN THE LOS ANGELES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER, ON SOCIETY AND A WHOLE LOT MORE, ALL AGREED THAT PROTECTING THE LAKE AND ACCEPTING THE BOARD'S DECISION WAS THE PATH FORWARD NOBODY APPEALED IT, WE MOVED ON TO IMPLEMENTING IT. WE DO HAVE SOME WORK TO DO AHEAD OF US BEINGER BECAUSE THE LAKE IS HALFWAY TO THAT LEVEL, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED. SO MONO LAKE DAY IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE AND RESTORING HEALTH AND GETTING THE JOB DONE. A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF VALUABLE AND ACHIEVABLE FOR MONO LAKE AND LOS ANGELES. AND AS THE RESOLUTION SAYS, IN FACT, IT HIGHLIGHTS THAT LOS ANGELES AND MONO LAKE SUPPORTERS ARE UNITED TOGETHER TO COMMIT TOMENT BIODIVERSITY AND LOCAL WATER IN A FUTURE WHERE PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. AND TO RECOGNIZE MONO LAKE, APPRECIATE IT GREATLY. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, JEFF. IT CAN SERVE UP TO $200,000 RESIDENTS AT ITS BEEN MENTIONED ANNUALLY WHILE GENERATING GREEN POWER THAT HELPS THE CITY MEET SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. AT THE SAME TIME, MONO LAKE HAS EXPERIENCED A STEADY RECOVERY EVEN AS OTHER SAYLEN BASIN LAKES HAVE DECLINED. IN THE CITY'S TAOBLT USE MONO BASIN WATER ALSO RELOSED ON RELIANCE FROM STRESSED WATER SYSTEM INCLUDING THE STATE WATER PROJECT AND THE COLORADO RIVER. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A SEXY TOPIC BUT, IT'S WHAT WE SURVIVE ON. LET'S CELEBRATE THREE DECADES OF SUCCESS AND RENEW OUR EXITMENT TO PRESERVING THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND THE ECOSYSTEM OF MONO LAKE WHILE ENSURING THE RELIABILITY OF WATER SUPPLY HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS LIFE ESSENTIAL MATTER AND, I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS CHAIR OF ENE WITH THE MONO LAKE COMMUNITY. AS A RECOGNITION, THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AS WELL. TO THE MONO LAKE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO BE RECOGNIZED. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. NAZARIAN FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARED FOR US. THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER IS SOMETHING THAT ALL ANGELINOS TAKE FOR GRANTED AS WE SHOULD BUT THE WATER DOES NOT LITERALLY FALL FROM THE SKY TO FAUCETS, A LOT OF WORK AND PLANNING IS DONE OVER DECADES. WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE ALL DONE AND WILL DO TO MAKE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, METROPOLIS THAT IT IS. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, JUST REAL FAST, I WANT TO THANK THE MONO LAKE COMMUNITY FOR DECADES OF HARD WORK, THANK YOU JEFF FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON MONO LAKE. THERE IS PLENTY OF WORK TO DO, PROGRESS IS NOT VICTORY AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND MAKING THE TIME AND CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF AN ECOSYSTEM THAT WE DIRECTLY IMPACT AND HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO PREVENT ECONOMIC DEGRAGATION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, OUR PRESIDENT CHAIR AND PAST PRESIDENT CHAIR. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND TEAM. THANK YOU FOR BREAKING DOWN ALL THE INFO ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE LAKE. I, IT'S IMPACTFUL TO KNOW THAT WE CAN BE SEEN A COST OF UP TO 80 MILLION DOLLARS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS ASSET. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND EDUCATE US. TEAM, KEEP DOING THE GREAT WORK, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THIS ASSET, I DON'T FORESEE A FUTURE WHERE WE WON'T. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 21 TO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: ITEM NUMBER 12, I WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE, PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. CAN WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. AND FOR THE RECORD, SUBSTITUTE MOTION-- >> Council President: I'M SORRY MR. CLERK, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO TAKE UP THIS ITEM. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 16 FOR WHICH SUBSTITUTE MOTION JURADO-HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AND ALSO CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IF THE CAO WOULD COME UP. >> WE NEED BOOSTERS. COLLEAGUES ON THIS ITEM, I JUST WANTED TO PREFACE THE CONVERSATION BEFORE WE I GET INTO QUESTIONS WITH THE CAO, WE HAVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF LAHSA ACTING IN ADVANCE, OBLIGATING OURSELVES TO FUNDING PROGRAMS, WITHOUT OUR ADVANCE PERMISSIONS, OBLIGATING US OR BASICALLY SPENDING FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN RECEIVED AS PART OF THE ALLOCATIONS. SO NOW AS A RESULT, GIVEN THE FISCAL CRIES US THAT WE'RE IN AND COMPOUNDED AFFECTS OF OTHER APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES MADE BY THIS BODY, WE'RE NOW IN A SITUATION WHERE WE NOW HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE COSTS. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP FIGURE OUT HOW WE ACHIEVE THIS. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO BRING THIS PART TO THE FLOOR BECAUSE IT'S YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF LAHSA'S ACTIONS CAUSING US SOME FINANCIAL INDIGESTION IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE RESOURCES AROUND IN ORDER TO MEET THESE OBLIGATIONS KNOWING THAT THE STATE IS ACTUALLY REDACTING AND DRAWING BACK THESE FUNDS. SO, THAT BEING SAID AND I WANT TO THANK MR. BLUMENFIELD, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD AN AMENDMENT TO TRY AND ASSURE THAT WE AREN'T DIPPING INTO THE RESERVE IN ORDER TO DO THAT. HOWEVER I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT FOR THE PUBLIC, IT ALSO FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THREE-CARD MONTY TO ME IN THE WAY THAT IT'S BEING PROPOSED WHILE YOU MIGHT SAY, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THESE RESOURCES, WE DON'T WANT TO DRAW IT DOWN FROM OUR RESERVE BE FUNDS THERE IS SOME GAMES BEING PLAYED FROM WHAT I GATHER, IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THIS AND UTILIZING ULA AND HOW THESE FUNDS GET, HOW THESE FUNDS GET UTILIZED AND TRANSMITTED. BY FRONT FUND THISING LOAN THROUGH L.A. H.D, WILL WE RUN INTO ISSUES FROM THE STATE WITH THE ISSUE OF SUPPLANTING FUNDS? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. NO WE WILL NOT, THE INTENTION IS TO LOAN WHAT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND PROCEEDS OR IF WE BORROW FROM A SPECIAL FUND THAT WOULD NEED TO BE A PAID. THIS ALLOWS THE ENTITY TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD ALLOCATE THEM. SO, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE COSTS AND ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND THAT WILL NOT TRIGGER SUR PLANTING, THEY JUST HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FUNDS YET. IF THEY HAD USED SOME OTHER DOLLARS, THEN WE WOULD BE HAVING A SUPPLANTING CONVERSATION, BUT THIS IS ALLOWED TO GO BA RETRO AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> M. Rodriguez: SO ARE THERE GUARD RAILS THAT THE C A O RECOMMENDS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT LAHSA PAYS BACK THIS LOAN? >> Speaker: GOOD QUESTION. THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CASH FLOWS AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING IN. SO LAHSA HAS BUDGETED FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE EXPENDED FOR THINGS LIKE TLS WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON TIME LIMIT SUBSIDIES BY POINT. STARTING JULY FIRST, THE APPLICATION DID NOT GO IN UNTIL AUGUST 29th. THE CITY DOES NOT BUDGET FUNDS THAT DOES NOT, WE WOULD DO IT NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED UNTIL THE AWARD FOR DECEMBER OF, OF 25 MAYBE JANUARY 26 WITH AN AWARD OF CASH IN MARCH OF 2026, SORRY. I WANT TO GET A TIME LINE OF HOW MUCH. THEY ONLY. AND MEASURE 8 DOLLARS AND THEN THEY PROVIDE AN ADDITION 6 MILLION DOLLARS. THE CITY IS BEING ASKED--THE AGREEMENT TO SPLIT WHAT WOULD BE DECEMBER WHICH IS 179. THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT WE KEPT WHAT THE ADVANCES WERE BELOW THE 50 PERCENT OF HAPPEN PROCEEDS SO THERE IS REMAINING MONEY. SO TRYING TO CONTAIN THAT COST. ON TOP OF THAT, IT IS ALSO A WATCHFUL EYE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THE EXPENDITURE THAT'S ARE OUT THERE HAVE TO HAVE SOME RESOLUTION. TO BE VERY SPECIFIC, IF THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY THE LAST ROUND OF HAPPEN, WHAT WE CALL HAP 6. AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, LAHSA WILL HAVE COMMITTED ALL OF ITS MONEY AND IT NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE IN THE PROGRAM IS TAKEN CARE OF. WHICH IS ANOTHER COMPLEX PROBLEM THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WE'VE TRIED TO LIMIT OUR EXPOSURE AS BEST WE CAN TO ONLY HALF OF THE HAP COMMITMENT BUT THERE WILL STILL BE CHALLENGES THERE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LAHSA TO ENSURE THAT WE PROGRESS WITH RESOLUTIONS. AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, YOU CANNOT HAVE THE SAME OBLIGATIONS BECAUSE THERE IS NO MORE HAP PROCEEDS AVAILABLE. >> M. Rodriguez: CORRECT. AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THA. AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN PUT IN THIS ADVERSE SITUATION WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION, SO NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COVER ALL OF THOSE PIECES AND, SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE NOTES THEY'LL COME BACK IN 60 DAYS WITH TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIAL FUND THAT COULD BE USED TO REPAY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND HAP 6 FUNDING WILL INTURN COVER THE SPECIAL FUNDS WHEN THE DOLLARS ARE RECEIVED. >> CORRECT. SO, THERE IS APOLOGIES, THERE IS AN AMENDING MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU. SO WHEN THE FIRST ORIGINAL MOTION WAS INTRODUCED IT WAS BACK IN JUNE. AND THINGS CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME AND THEN IT WENT TO COMMITTEE AND THEN HNH AND EVENTUALLY CAME OUT AND HAD ANOTHER AMENDMENT AND WENT TO BUDGET AND FINANCE A WHILE AGO. AND HERE IT IS. THAT'S A LOT OF TIME THAT HAS PASSED AND THAT MOTION HAD A COMMENT THAT REPORT BACK IN 30 DAYS. BUT THE REQUEST ORIGINALLY WAS LAHSA NEEDED THE MONEY AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER. IF THAT'S APPROVED YOU CANNOT REPORT BACK IN 30 DAYS. >> M. Rodriguez: THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S BEING EFFECTUATED. >> SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AN AMENDMENT THIS IS THE GOAL OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO. HERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET THERE AND WE'LL COME BACK AND ADDRESS ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS IF THIS IS WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS. AND SO, WHAT IT DOES IS, IT SAYS, SO IN ORDER TO MAKE THE OCTOBER FIRST PAYMENT, IF WE'RE GOING TO AGREE, THE ADVANCE THE FOURTH QUARTER DOLLARS NOW AND THEY WILL COVER THAT 9 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY WILL COME BACK WITH USING A LOAN FROM A SPECIAL FUND TO REPAY THAT 9 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS AND THE BALANCE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PAY IN DECEMBER. >> M. Rodriguez: GOT IT. AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE NOW BEFORE US GIVEN THAT THIS IS BEEN DELAYED IN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. BUT YET A GUN TO OUR HEAD TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THIS. WOULD I LIKE TO OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT REQUESTING CAO EXPLORE GUARD RAILS THAT COULD BE IN PLACE IN ORDER TO ENSURE REPAYMENT. AND YOU KNOW, I JUST, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND AN AGENCY THAT HAS CONTINUED TO CREATE MORE CHALLENGES FOR US THAN SOLVE. AND WE ALSO KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO TLS AND THE ISSUES AROUND LAHSA COULD MINGLING OF FUNDS THAT HAS CAUSED US GREATER CHALLENGES. SO YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS FUNDING IS SUPPORTING THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO WORK ACROSS ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS AND THE NEED FOR US TO KEEP THESE SERVICES GOING, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO OPERATE THIS WAY. WHERE WE HAVE THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PLACE RESOURCES AND MOVE MONEY AROUND, ESPECIALLY AT SUCH--AT A TIME WITH SUCH INCREDIBLE FISCAL CRISIS. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE PUT AS A BODY IN THIS POSITION BUT IT'S A REMINDER OF HOW INCOMPETENT IT IS UPON US AS A BODY TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ON HOW TO WE GUARD. --FORWARD. WE CANNOT KEEP PLAYING THIS GAME. YET WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FINDING OURSELVES, CIRCLING THE DRAIN ON THESE CONVERSATIONS AND IT'S INFURIATING. AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE LAHSA FUNDING WHICH WE KNOW IS THE REALITY, THE LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING WHICH WE KNOW IS A REALITY, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO ENABLE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH LAHSA THAT KEEPS PUTTING US IN A REACTIVE POSITION TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AS THEY COME BEFORE, AGAIN AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ASKED FOR A 60-DAY REPORT, BUT HERE WE ARE, TOO LATE. WE HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, BILLS ARE DUE IN OCTOBER. SO IT'S, THESE ARE SELF-INFLECTED WOUNDS THAT NEED TO STOP. BUT THEY WILL ONLY STOP WHEN THIS BODY HAS AN HONEST AND HARD CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO LAHSA. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S BEFORE US, MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION NUMBER 16 JURADO-HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. VOTE IS REQUIRED ON THE QUESTION WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT QUESTION, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: A VERBAL AMENDMENT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION. >> Council President: IS THAT FRIENDLY, DO WE NEED TO VOTE? >> Clerk: NO, IF IT'S FRIENDLY, IT'S BEEN SUBPOENAED BY THE MOVER, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION NUMBER 16 AS AMENDED. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: IN REGARDS TO COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ REQUEST TO CHANGE THE VOTE TO ITEM 12 FOR THE RECORD, THAT WOULD BE 8 AYES AND 3 NOES WHICH DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE. >> Council President: CAN WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FROM HERE? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP WH. SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE 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 ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 18 THROUGH 20 AND ITEMS 22. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 18 THROUGH 20, AND ITEM 22. ITEM NUMBER 21 WAS CONTINUED TO NEXT WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1st 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. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, FICK HAVE THE SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS HERE? YES. THANK YOU, IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter:[SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE'LL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETER IS INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT COMMENT PERIOD, WE'LL ASK TO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER READ ALOUD. SO AFTER YOU HEAR YOUR NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED OUT ALOUD, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER AND WE'LL PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN WHICH CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, KATHY, PRESIDENT VAN NUYS C, KEVIN DAVIS, MANNY P, CANDIDO AND JAZZLE. >> THIS IS THE ONE REGARDING THE FINDINGS WITH THE HARMFULNESS OF FOSSIL FUEL AND CHANGING REGULATIONS REGARDING VEHICLES. I'M REALLY HAPPY THE CITY IS TAKING POSITION IN THAT. WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO THIS MONTHLY LIKE YOU'RE DOING. I'M SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL BUT I DO WELCOME YOU HERE TO VAN NUYS. MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IS IN REGARDS TO NATIVE TREES. THEY BEEN RESISTANT ON ADDING NATIVE TREES TO THE LIST OF APPROVED TREES. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE NATIVE TREES ARE WELL ADAPTIVE TO THIS ENVIRONMENT. AND AS THE SAN FERNANDO LINE, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT ABOUT SIX MILES OF SIDEWALK AND TAKE OUT ABOUT SIX TREES. AND WE WANT TO SEE MORE NATIVE TREES INCLUDED IN THE PELLET THAT WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SOY URGE ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO HELP US IN OUR CAMPAIGN TO BE OPEN TO INCLUDING MORE NATIVE TREES IN THE APPROVED STREET LIST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, DOLORES, JENNIFER CLARK, JENNY, SERGEANT DAN AND PASTOR JAMES TOMAS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 20 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR 20 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM I WAS PUZZLED THAT THE MOTION AUTHORIZING THIS MEETING TODAY IS ON THIS MEETING AGENDA. IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET OUT HERE ON FRIDAY, THAT'S GREAT. AS I SAID LAST MOBSINGER WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME TO THE VALLEY. BUT YOU SHOULD PASS A MOTION TO DO ALL MEETINGS AT LEAST UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. IN TERMS OF PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE WATER ON WATER TODAY WITH YOU BUT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT IS MAINLY EQUESTRIAN, A LOT OF MY MEMBERS ARE USING PORTABLE WATER TO KEEP DUST UNDER CONTROL AND TO KEEP WEEDS DOWN AND OTHER THINGS. WATER THAT COULD BE USED FOR GENERAL DRINKING. YET, DWP, THEIR PURPLE WATER PROGRAM IS VERY LIMITED, OPEN TWO DAYS A WEEK AND DOWN IN THE ZOO AREA. I KNOW THAT, REC AND PARKS USED PORTABLE WATER AND I KNOW SANITATION IS INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO URGE DWP THAT USE THE PORTABLE WATER TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THE PROGRAM IN MY PROGRAM OPENING UP A HANSEN DAM SO WE CAN GET WATER WITHOUT HAVING TO GET WATER FROM THE ZOO AND ESPECIALLY THOSE BOARD MEMEBERS THAT HAVE EQUESTRIANS IN THEIR AREA. > City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HOLD MY TIME. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 20 AND PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. SNOOT OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. BEGIN WITH ITEM 20. >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL, YOU WANT TO TELL SMOKING SCAN, KISS MY BUTT IF YOU THINK I'M KISSING MS. PADILLA. THIS HAS TO DO WITH 20, WITH THIS MEETING BEING HERE. AND EVERY TIME SMOKING SCAN, IF YOU COMPLIMENT SOMETHING GOOD THAT COMES OUT OF THIS COUNCIL, THEY WANT TO CALL YOU NAMES. I WANT TO CALL BACK. IT'S PART OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY. WE WERE PROMISED SO MANY TIMES THAT THESE MEETINGS WOULD TAKE PLACE HERE. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I APPRECIATE IT, I'VE BEEN HERE 36 YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN HERE WHAT? TWO YEARS? I'VE SEEN THE BEST AND I'VE SEEN THE WORSE. SO I'M NOT BEING DISRESPECTFUL, SIR. BUT WHEN MS. PADILLA DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND YOU FOLKS AGREE TO MEET HERE, WE APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SUCCESSION OR WHY THE CITY DOES NOT LIKE US? LET'S MOVE ON. I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES HERE, I WANT TO SEND MORE WORK TOWARDS MY PORTER RANCH, OLD PORTER RANCH, LOOK AT THAT, IT SAYS NO PARKING 6:00 P.M. TO 6:00 AM. YET THE OLD COUNCIL AND YOU FOLKS CONTINUE THIS. NOW, WHY DOES MR. JOHN LEE'S AREA GET TO HAVE THOSE SIGNS ENFORCED? YOU SPIT AND SOMEBODY ARREST YOU, BUT YET OLD VAN NUYS, LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE FIRE AREAS. THEY SAID CANDIDO, IS THAT OLD PORTER RANCH. AND I SAID YEAH. YOU KNOW IF ALL THOSE HOME BURNS, THERE IS NOLAND THERE. LET ME DO THIS QUICKLY. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO START THE FIRES? FIREWORKS WHICH WAS JUST LAST WEEK, CIGARETTES OR DO YOU THINK MARIJUANA? CAUSE, COME ON UP, GET LOADED. WHY YOU IGNORING THIS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. MR. CANNEDIDO, YOU NEED TO PROVIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO THE SERGEANT BUT YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT AND 20 AND I DID WANT TO DO 21 BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S BEEN MOVED. >> City Attorney: 21 WILL BE NEXT WEEK. YOU HAVE ONE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANKS. I'M JENNIFER CLARK I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NORTHEAST COUNCIL IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 AND 6. SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL. WE'LL START WITH ITEM 19, I UNDERSTAND THEY WAVED THE CONSIDERATION FOR THIS ITEM. HOWEVER I DON'T BELIEVE THIS THA* WAS THE BEST SOLUTION. RECONSIDERATION OF THE 2009 ENDANGERMENT FINDINGS. FOR MORE RESENT CLIMATE AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, SINCE AS WELL CONSIDERATION OF THEIR OWN LEGAL AUTHORITY. GIVEN THAT THE WRITTEN COMMENT ENDED, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A RUSH TO THE VOTE AND I RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL REFER THIS BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. FOR ITEM 20, I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TO BRING THE FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS TO THE MEETING. AND WE WOULD WANT YOU HERE MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH, WE WOULD LOVE THAT AND CONSIDER A DIFFERENT DAY OTHER THAN FRIDAY, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THOSE THAT WORKWEEK ENDS THAT STARTS ON FRIDAY. ON TO GENERAL COMMENT. MORE MOTIONS ARE BEING TO SHIFT AWAY ALONG WITH HLA, MOBILITY PLAN 35, HOWEVER. I ONLY SEE OR HEAR OF OUR WONDERFUL CITY COUNCILMEMBERS MAKING A SHIFT TO PUBLIC PUBLICATIONS AS WELL. FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS IN THE RED METRO LINE IN MAY, I HAD SOMEBODY ATTACK US USING THE THROWN BATH ROOM IN AUGUST AND EARLIER THIS WEEK A GOOD FRIEND WAS WAITING FOR THE BUS IN HOLLYWOOD, SOMEBODY SUDDENLY TURNED AND DECIDED TO PEPPER SPRAY ALL THOSE AROUND THEM. SO I URGE YOU TO TAKE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THEY DON'T HAVE THE CHOICE CURRENTLY. DO A DAY IN A LIFE OR WEEK IN A LIFE. WORK ON THE SOLUTIONS. BEFORE YOU ASK MORE ANGELINOS TO USE IT, PLEASE BE THE EXAMPLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD CALL THE NEXT SPEAKERS LIONEL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK ON 21 BUT SINCE THAT HAS BEEN SPAIK EN, I'M PASTOR JAMES THOMAS. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: YOU TOOK MY MINUTE. CAN I GET MY MINUTE BACK? YES? >> City Attorney: RESTART IT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: OKAY. I'M ON THE CHARTER REFORM COMMISSION, AND BECAUSE I'M ON THE CHARTER REFORM COMMISSION, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY PAST COMMISSIONERS THAT, WE ARE BASICALLY RUBBER STAMPS THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD AND TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE BUT YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE YOUR PLAN IN PLACE. AND SO, I'VE COME TO ASK YOU, IS THAT TRUE? AND I'LL BE SENDING AN EMAIL TO EACH OF YOU, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WASTE. THIS CITY REALLY REALLY HAS NEEDS SO. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, WE NEED TO KNOW. AND ALSO WE NEED TO KNOW THAT IF YOUR PLAN, HOW IT IMPACTS BLACK FOLKS. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT EVERY TIME WE COME HERE, WE ARE LIMITED TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MINUTES AND IT SEEMS AS IF NO ONE IS LISTENING TO US. WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT EACH OF YOU WOULD COME TO ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEETINGS, ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEETINGS, I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF YOU BUT IF THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. >> SPEAKER, COMMISSIONER TOMAS, WE'VE GOT TO GIVE EVERY ONE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. >> Speaker: I KNOW BUT I MAY AS WELL DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO. >> City Attorney: PLEASE DO NOT, WE HAVE TO GIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. >> Council President: I HAVE NOT THROWN YOU OUT OF A MEETING IN ABOUT A YEAR. YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. PLEASE, THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARN WITHING. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP THE FOLLOWING NAMES, OHIO, HARRIETTE ELLIOT, CAROLINE, FOO, VERONICA AND BOBBY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M A MEMBER OF ACE AND I LIVE IN IMELDA PADILLA'S DISTRICT AND I'M HERE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO PASS LARSO AND TO PASS THE 3 PERCENT CAP. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ATTENDEES TODAY, THERE ARE NO LATINOS. THEY'RE ALL WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF AT WORK AND WE CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER WAVE OF RENTAL INCREASES, WE'RE ALREADY RECEIVING NOTICES. WE'VE MET WITH SEVERAL OF YOUR OFFICES HAVE HELD TOWN HALLS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND YET WE STILL HAVE OPTION. BUT THE PEOPLE OF L.A. HAVE SURVIVED DEVASTATING FIRES, CONTINUING ICE RAIDS, AND WE NEED RELIEF. THE ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE HAS SHOWN THAT VENTERS ARE DISPROPORTIONATE LEA FEBRUARIEDING AND WE NEED YOU TO STAND WITH THE REST OF LOS ANGELES TO CAP THE AT 3 PERCENT. PLEASE CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: OKAY. AND AS WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER TO COME UP JUST AS AN ANNOUNCE TOMENT EVERY ONE HERE. I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN VAN NUYS, ALL THE TIME, BUT THE NEXT SPEAKER MAY SAY SOME VERY OFFENSIVE THINGS. OBVIOUSLY WE HOPE THAT HE DOESN'T. TO THE EXTENT THAT DOES A FEND YOU AND IT MIGHT, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO TAKE A QUICK WALK AND WELCOME TO LISTENER IF YOU PREFER TO. BUT AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: REALLY? PRIOR RESTRAINT, IS VIOLATION OF MY FIRST AMENDMENT FIRST OF ALL. AND YOU'RE TRIGGERING EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO COST YOU SOME LIABILITY. >> City Attorney: SO THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. PAUSE HIS TIME. TIME IS PAUSED, THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK TO IT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT FOR THE NEXT TWO MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS, PLEASE STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. GO A AHEAD. >> Speaker: ITEM 18, BY THE SMOKING SCAN AND HYDEE, I'M BACK. PUBLIC BENEFITS IN CD14 I FIND THAT, THE CHARGES OF MAKING PEOPLE HOMELESS, THE PLANNING TO MAKE PEOPLE HOMELESS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAKING PEOPLE HOMELESS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND THAT'S THE REASON YOU REFUSE ME TO ALLOW ME TO SPEAK ON ITEM 21 REGARDING THE L.A. ALLIANCE. BUT AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU RETURN TO PAGE 19. NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 19. >> City Attorney: THAT IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. CONTINUE WITH 19. >> Speaker: THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU CONTINUE TO INTERRUPT THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, STOP INTERFERING WITH MY FREE SPEECH. STOP INTIMIDATING. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE BEEN WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES, THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING. >> Speaker: YES, HERE WE GO. ONCE AGAIN, ITEM NUMBER 19, BLUM. >> Clerk: DJUJU FIELD, HAVE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST YOU THE PUBLIC, ON INFRINGEMENT ON ENDANGERMENT REGARDING GREENHOUSE GASES. WHY IS THAT? LET ME SITE FOR THE RECORD, BRANDO NOTBURGE OHIO, I'M NOT GOING TO USE MY FREE SPEECH AND SAY WHAT IT SAYS. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY, ASSHOLE, I'M GOING TO ANY NON-AGENDA CORE. ASSHOLE FROM KOREA, GO BACK WITH YOUR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SHIT. >> Council President: THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION. YOU'RE ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT, I KNOW WHERE I'M AT, SAMBO, IN THE CASE OF KEENAN IN THE CASE FILE 26591200-14, FUCK WHITIER AND FUCK YOUR BELIEVES. THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS ABOUT FREE SPEECH NOT CENSORSHIP OR HAVING SOME ASSHOLE INSULT ME BACK THERE, MR. GROE. YOU HEAR THAT JACKASS, COME ON. DUMB NIGGER. >> Council President: YOU'RE DONE GOODBYE. >> City Attorney: WE APPRECIATE EVERY ONE'S PATIENCE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. HERMAN, YOU'RE ON MULTIPLE LEVELS OF PROBATION, SO I WILL REMIND YOU IF YOU'RE REMOVED YOU'LL BE SUSPEND FROMED MULTIPLE MEETINGS. WE SHALL NOT HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN. THAT WAS IT, THAT WAS YOUR SPEAKING TIME. GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 20. I LIKE KANDIDO, I KNOW HE'S FROM VAN NUYS. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT DIRECTED ENERGY. >> City Attorney: OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT PLEASE TIE IT TO CITY BUSINESS. >> Speaker: IT HAS TO DO WITH DIRECTED ENERGY AND THE EXPENSIVE DIRECTED EMERGENCY. WHILE START TO 6 MILLION PER MISSILE THE COST FOR PULSE, COMPANIES TO GROW UP FM THESE BOOKS ARE TOTALLY UNDERABLE, ALSO "STAR WARS" IS TOTALLY UBDS UNDERSTANDABLE. REGAN LEARNED IT NOT FROM THE ARMY, HE DIDN'T LEARN THAT FROM THE ARMY. THE BOOK CALLED TRANS HUMAN GENOCIDE IS WRITTEN BY SOMEBODY MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN HERMAN, MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN TRUMP, HE'S NAME IS JOHNSON. HE WROTE A BOOK. HE SAYS THE ENTIRE WORLD IS GOING TO BE RAPE. >> City Attorney: THAT IS YOUR ONE MINUTE. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALLE JASMINE, MARIA, MARY F, JAMES THOMAS BOXER AND GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I HAVE GENERAL COMMENTS. MY NAME IS CAROLYN, I LIVE IN WOOD LAND HILLS, I'M IN COUNCIL BLUMENFIELD'S DISTRICT. AND I'M CALLING, COMING HERE TODAY BECAUSE THERE IS TREE LAND NURSERY WHICH IS JUST ALMOST ABUTS MY PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN SOLD AND GOING TO BE CEMETARY, NOT TOO BAD EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THERE IS SOME TERRIBLE PROBLEMS WITH THAT LAND, TOXIC CHEMICALS, WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS CHEMICALS ON THAT LAND. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION. THERE IS ALSO A WATER TABLE ISSUE WITH THAT LAND. IT SEEMS LIKE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BURY PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO FLOOD AND HAVE MUDSLIDES WHICH IT HAS A HISTORY OF DOING. IT REMINDS ME OF NEW ORLEANS WHERE THEY HAVE TO BUILD THE GRAVES ON TOP. PLEASE, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WESTBOUND COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE, BUT BEFORE YOU BEGIN, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR YOU. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SCOOT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. I HAVE PREPARED REMARKS SINCE I HAVE A MINUTE. TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING CEMETARY, FOR THE FORMER NURSERY SITE. I URGE YOU DO NOT RUBBER STAMP WITHOUT AN INDEPENDENT COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING, I COME NOT IN A POSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT BUT IN DEFENSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, DUE DILIGENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY'S LONG TERM SAFE'. IT WAS USED AS A NURSERY FOR OVER 30 YAE,Z VOLVING CHEMICALS LIKE DDT AND OTHER CHEMICALS SUBSTANCE TO KNOWN TO PERSIST IN SOIL AND WATER FOR DECADES. THESE TOXINS DON'T DISAPPEAR, THEY MOVE TO THE AIR. THEY CAN DEVELOP CANCER AND DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES IN CHILDREN. THESE ARE CONCERNS RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY. PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR DESK. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MICHAEL, THUNDERBIRD, NORA JIMENEZ AND RICHARD SERRANO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. I'M JODIE, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOS ANGELES AND I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER HERE TODAY TO IMPLORE THIS BOARD TO REMOVE EARL SUTH ORS FROM THE LOS ANGELES POLICE COMMISSION. IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE A BOARD THAT REPRESENTS US AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT HE DOES NOT REPRESENT ANGELINOS. RATHER THAN HOLDING POLICE ACCOUNTABLE, HE HAS INSTIGATED THE POLICE. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL LISTENING TO ME TODAY. DELAYING THE VOTE, I SEE THAT IT'S DELAYED. DELAYING THE VOTE IS APPROVAL BASED ON THE CITY CHARTER. I IMPLORE TO YOU VOTE NO. I'M ONE OF YOUR RESIDENTS, PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP GORDIE, JANE WILLIAMS, TIKI, CRYSTAL, AND MARIA T. >> City Attorney: BEFORE AND AGAIN, MR. CANDIDO, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND FORMAL WARNING. PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THE PEOPLE SPEAKING INTO THE MIC, THEY'RE TRYING TO READ NAMES ALOUD SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR WHO IS UP NEXT. GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THIS DUCKING, THIS VOTE OVER SUTHERS IS VERY COWARDLY. WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE CITY HAS S*EDS YOU HAVE 45 DAYS TO VOTE ON THIS AND TODAY IS DAY 45. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE ON THIS WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED. WE NEED AN ANSWER FOR THAT. WE NEED AN ANSWER BECAUSE FOR THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, EARL SUTHERS, THE POLICE COMMISSIONER ONCE SAID AN AMERICAN WHO EMBRACES A MUSLIN IDEAOLOGY IS WNT UNITED STATES IS A HOMEGROWN EXTREMIST. THAT'S THE PERSON THAT THEY WANT TO APPOINT TO THE L.A. POLICE COMMISSION. THAT'S THE PERSON THAT THEY'RE COWARDLY HOLDING THEIR VOTES SO THAT THEY GET AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED. SO I WANT TO ANSWER, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON THIS MAN? ARE YOU GOING TO LET HIM AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED AND BE COWARDS? >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: WOULD I LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS THAT HAVE NOT SPOKEN BUT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE LINE UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I I'M BRUCE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED CEMETARY, THE CEMETARY IS NEAR THE HOUSE I GREW UP. 5 4 YEARS AGO, LESS THAN MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THE CEMETARY WOULD BE. IT'S AROUND CONGESTED STREET AS IT IS. ADDING A CEMETARY CAN W CEMETARY TRAFFIC AND FUNERAL PRECESSIONS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS TWO SCHOOLS NOT JUST EL CAMINO BUT HAIL HIGH SCHOOL I THINK IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS, RISKS TO THE CHILDREN, THE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING MY 11-YAR-OLD DAUGHTER. AND JUST LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE TRAFFIC REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR 20 AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO THIS IS SO WIELDER WHAT YOU DO. SO YOU'RE HAVING AN APPROVED MEETING IN VAN NUYS CITY HALL BECAUSE YOU'RE APPROVING IT TODAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE NOT APPROVED HAVING THIS MEETING HERE. SO THIS MEETING HERE LEGITIMATE SINCE YOU NEVER VOTED TO HAVE THE MEETING HERE. WHY CAN'T YOU DO THAT IN EVENTS. YOU'RE JUST TRYING, YOU'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET LAWSUITS OR WEIRD LEGAL ISSUES, WHY COULDN'T YOU VOTE ON THIS BEFOREHAND? YOU SHOULD HAVE A, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE A SCHEDULE BUT NAH, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT IT TODAY. AFTER YOU'RE ALREADY HAVING THE MEETING. OKAY. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS EITHER, EITHER AN ACT OF INCOMPETENCE OR SEVERE MALICE ALL OF YOU ON THE RECORD WHETHER YOU SUPPORT EARL SUTHERS OR NOT. IF YOU DON'T VOTE ON IT TODAY, IT'S GOING TO BE AUTOMATICALLY CONFIRMED. AND GOING TO BE WHY AREN'T ANY PROGRESSIVES, HUGO YOU VOTED AGAINST HIM AT COMMITTEE. WHY AREN'T YOU OBJECTING TO THIS AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO VOTE NO. WE WANT YOU TO VOTE NO! NO ON SUTHERS INSTEAD OF DUCKING THIS VOTE TO BASICALLY AVOID HAVING A FEW OF THE VULNERABLE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR REELECTION BECAUSE THEY'RE TERRIBLE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVING THEM ON THE RECORD SUPPORTING THIS ISLAM PHOB WEIRDO. VOTE NO ON EARL SUTHERS. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ALL THE FUCKEN ITEMS, I CANNOT HEAR, CAN YOU PUT MY TIME UP. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS UP. WE CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE. >> Speaker: THERE IS A DISRUPTION. WHY I DO GET DISRUPTED CAN I GET MY TIME BACK? YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW ANY RESPECT, FUCK YOU THEN. LET'S SEE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR BRIBE ON 16. >> City Attorney: ITEM 16 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WHAT THE FUCK IS? MAN? YOU GUYS HAVE A MOTION TO DO THIS MEETING HERE? YOU DIDN'T VOTE ON IT, IT'S ILLEGAL. YOU'RE VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT, YSABEL IS A LAWYER, TELL ME LAWYER, YOU HAVE TO PASS THE MOTION BEFORE YOU HAVE THE MEETING. YOU CANNOT VOTE AFTER THE MEETING TO HAVE THE MOVE OF THE MEETING, VIOLENCE OF BROWN ACT, SO EVERY VOTE YOU TAKE TODAY IS ILLEGAL, INCLUDING EARL SUTHERS. MONICA DOES NOT WANT TO GET SUED ANYMORE. YOU GOT AN INTENT TO SUE LETTER, SENT TO YOUR ATTORNEY, CHECK YOUR EMAIL BOX. A ROAD MAP? A ROAD MAP TO WHAT? YESTERDAY AT 12 NOON, BEHIND EVERY ONE'S BACK YOU GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THAT WAS DOWNTOWN WHO KNEW ABOUT THAT MEETING? IT'S OKAY TO TALK TO SOMEBODY, A SNITCH AND THEY TOLD ME WHAT DID YOU. DID YOU KNOW MONICA AGAINST YOUR WISHES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE RV PARKING AS BEDS IN THE ALLIANCE SETTLEMENT. THAT'S PART OF THE DEAL. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET HUNDREDS OF RVs EXAMINE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN CD7 SO THEY CAN PUT THEM IN BED. THAT'S WHAT UNISSES IS GOING TO DO TO YOU. THAT'S WHAT THAT 12-TIME INDICTED FELON IS GOING TO DO TO YOU. AND WHEN YOU START TO FIGHT BACK, AND YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING BACK, YOU NEED TO FIGHT BACK, LEGISLATIVE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. >> Speaker: SHE HAS THE RIGHT IDEA BUT SHE DOES NOT HAVE AFFECTIVE COUNSEL REPRESENTING HER. ?AOU USED YOUR MINUTE ON ITEM 22, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. >> Speaker: GO AHEAD, PICK THE NEXT ITEM. >> Council President: THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: JUST TELL ME WHAT NUMBER IT IS, IT DOES NOT MEAN A FUCKEN THING WHAT I SAY? DOES IT? BUT THE FBI DOES! THEY'RE RAMPING UP THE VEXER IMELDA CLOSED THE CIRCLE ON VAN NUYS BOULEVARD. SHE IS NOT HERE TODAY AND THE REASON WHY, IS BECAUSE I CONTACTED MARQUEECE'S OFFICE OF WHAT SHE IS DOING, SHE IS BEING NAUGHTY. AND NOW SHE IS NOT HERE, SHE KNOWS IF SHE COMES HERE, SHE MAY HAVE GOT SERVED WITH SOME PAPERS TODAY. SHE HAS CHICKENED OUT, THAT LITTLE CHICKEN, CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK, BOB DON'T EVEN PAY ATTENTION. REMEMBER EVERY ONE, HE HAS TWELVE FELONY CHARGES, GREEDY. HE'S GOING TO START TALKING OR SPEND THE REST OF HIS REMAINING YEARS IN PRISON EXAMINE THAT MOTHER FUCKER AIN'T GOING TO DO THAT. SO YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR, CLERK WHAT IS NEXT BEFORE US. JAOT COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 18 AND 20. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 18 AND 20 ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 22 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> Council President: WE'LL GIVE MR. PRICE A MOMENT OR TWO TO RECUSE FORMALITILY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT MR. PRICE IS RECUSED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: MR. NAZARIAN. MR. NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: I'LL REQUEST TO SPEAK TO MOVE THE ENE ITEMS AFTER WE VOTE. >> Clerk: SIR, WHAT ITEMS WOULD THOSE BE? >> A. Nazarian: 3, 4, 5 AND 6. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND MR. PRICE, WE CAN WELCOME MR. PRICE BACK INTO THE MEETING AND WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 19 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. EP A'S PROPOSAL TO RESINNED THE GREENHOUSE ENDANGER FINDING. THIS FINDING ALLOWS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE THE GREEN GAS HOUSES. AND RECOGNIZES THAT CARBON MIE NOXID AND--COLLAPSES. ELIMINATING THIS FINDING DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY LESS TRUE. THE IMPACTS APPEAR IN HIGHER TEMPERATURES AND THEN THE REAL COSTS OUR COMMUNITIES FACE. EXTREME HEAT DRIVES MORE, OUTDOOR WORKERS, FILED FIRES MADE WORSE, DAMAGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND FORCED EVACUATIONS. THESE EVENTS CREATE ECONOMIC SHOCK. IN L.A. WE'VE SEEN THESE COSTS UP CLOSE. THE PALISADES, TOTAL ECONOMIC INSURANCE LOSSES, REACH AN ESTIMATED 25 BILLION DOLLARS. EXTREME HEAT ALREADY COST OUR REGION ALMOST 5 MILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR EXAMINE THAT NUMBER WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE BY MID-CENTURY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL TRIP AWAY THAT THAT LET'S US RESPOND TO THIS CRISIS. AND REMOVE ONE OF THE MOST GREAT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO REDUCE POLLUTION. CITIES AND STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE JOINED TOGETHER TO OPPOSE THIS ROLL BACK WAS WE EXPERIENCE THE CONSEQUENCES AND PAY THE PRICE. BY SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION, WE SEND A STRONG MESSAGE. I URGE AN AYE VOTE, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11IZE. >> Council President:--11 AYES. >> Council President: -- >> C. Price: COLLEAGUES YOU WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENING TOMORROW IN CD9. FOR THE FIRST TIME THE ANNUAL St.‘ JUDE WALK IS COMING TO EXPO PARK IN HONOR OF CHILDHOOD AWARENESS MONTH. BY TAKING PART YOU'LL BE HELPING RAISE FUNDS AN ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ENSURE THAT THEY NEVER RECEIVE HOUSING AND FOOD. EVENT KICKS OFF FOR 11:30 AM AND ALONG WITH THE WALK, THERE IS GOING TO BE SPECIAL GUESTS APPEARANCES, MARIACHI, FOLLOW FOLKROLICO DANCERS. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. EXPO PARK IN THE MORNING, 7:30. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PARK ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT ?Z I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, I'LL ASK FOLKS THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO JOIN COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, PRICE AND MYSELF FOR THE KOREAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF CARIBBEAN DIAPORA CREATED HERE IN LOS ANGELES, THE FORM EAR CARIBBEAN AND GULF OF MEXICO. ALWAYS EVENTS WITH LOTS OF DANCE ANDING COSTUMES AS CLOSE AS WE GET TO CARNIVAL HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THAT WILL BE SUNDAY STARTING AT NOON, GOING TO 7:00 IN THE EVENING, WE HOPE TO SEE AS MANY OF YOU THERE AS CAN MAKE IT. WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR THE U.S. BANK TOWER STAIR CLIMB WHICH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, TODAY FROM 10:30 AM ALL THE WAY TO 8:30 P.M. PARDON ME ANTS WILL CLIMB 75 STORIES, 1664 STEPS, OR IF THAT'S NOT YOUR STYLE, THERE IS 1.3 MILE URBAN HIKE IN DOWNTOWN TO SEE ICONIC DESTINATIONS AND OF COURSE OUR BOYS IN BLUE AND WOMEN AND NON BINARY FOLKS THAT WORK IN LAPD AND LAFD ARE ALSO DOING IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO CLIMB UP IN THE STAIRS IN THE UNIFORM, I THOUGHT THE RECORD WAS FOR 8 MINUTES, I MISREAD IT, IT WAS 8 HOURS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING. SO THERE IS A BEER GARDEN, THERE IS A FAIR, IT'S ALL OUTSIDE OF THE CATCH THEM YMCA SO YOU CAN CHEER ON THE FOLKS WALKING ALL THE WAY UP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND GOOD LUCK. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK EVERY ONE TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY RIGHT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERY ONE.