PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS 26th DAY OF AUGUST, IN THE YEAR 2025. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS CHAIR OF THIS COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON FOR TODAY HE'S MEETING. 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. 14 MEMBERS PRESENT A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: FIRST ORDER BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL AUGUST 22 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, TODAY IS TUESDAY, IT'S TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK EVERY ONE TO RISE AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I TOO AMERICA, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. ITEM 1 ITEM NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 2 THROUGH 13 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. ITEMS 14 THROUGH 23 ARE ITEMS WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEMS 24 THROUGH 29 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD IN BUDGET AND FINANCE. FINALLY, ITEM 30 IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US, WITHOUT OBJECTION. MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY SPECIALS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ITEM 2 ON THE DESK PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, HOLD ITEM 2 UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT? >> I. Padilla: , YEAH, THAT WORKS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 23 FOR QUESTIONS AND AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, SAME ONE? OKAY. ANY OTHER SPECIALS ON THIS SIDE? ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 14 SPECIAL FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Clerk: REAL QUICK. ITEM 14, COUNCILMEMBER? SUBSTITUTE? IS THAT CORRECT? 14? >> E. Hernandez: YES, SUBSTITUTE MOTION. AND ALSO WHEN WE VOTE ON 21, WOULD LIKE IT FORTHWITH. >> Council President: RIGHT ON. OKAY. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 22 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 13 FOR AN AMENDMENT AND COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS? >> Clerk: MR. McOSKER, 5 AND 13? >> T. McOsker: JUST 13. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? MR. PRICE, NO SPECIALS TODAY, ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: , THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK I HEARD IT BUT ITEM 23 FOR QUESTIONS? >> Council President: 23 FOR DISCUSSION? >> J. Lee: YES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 3 THROUGH 12, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: CORRECTION, FOR THE RECORD, MR. NAZARIAN IS IN THE CHAMBER, THAT SHOULD BE 15 AYES FOR 3 THROUGH 12, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. NAZARIAN, MAKES IT PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 24 THROUGH 29, AND THAT WAS HEARD IN BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BUDGET AND FINANCE CONSIDERED AND APPROVED 24 THROUGH 29 IN COMMITTEE AN AUGUST 18 AND I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THESE ITEMS TODAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. IF WE CAN READ THE DETAILS INTO THE RECORD AND CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. ITEM 24 IN THE CASE ENTITLED SABRINA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $115,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 25 IN THE CASE JULIO MARTINEZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, UP TO 1 $1237.500 IN SETTLE. ITEM 26 SARAH MARIN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $475,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 27 AND 28, IN THE CASES ENTITLED BLAD MEASURE RIVERA ET AL, VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL AND JOSEPH ROSELER VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP 204,750,000 IN SETTLEMENT. IN THE CASE 29 ARMANNED BARAYAN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES HE WILL AT, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE OFFER IN SETTLEMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL. WE'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE CAN OPEN THE ROLL ON THESE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OH BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AS WE HAVE DONE EVERY MORNING FOR NOW, IT'S GOING ON THREE MONTHS, CLOSE TO 90 DAYS OF UNPRECEDENTED ACTION BIT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN OUR CITY. WE MAY TAKE TIME EVERY MORNING TO HEAR FROM ONE OF THE DISTRICT FROM INDIVIDUALS IN DISTRICTS OR FROM MEMBERS ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE TAKING SHAPE IN THEIR DISTRICT AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE SO. THIS MORNING, WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FROM THE 15th DISTRICT. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS. THIS MORNING AS PART OF A TESTIMONIAL, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU A SHORT VIDEO. IT WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY MORNING BY THE HARBOR PEACE PATROL IN MY DISTRICT ON TERMINAL ISLAND JUST OUTSIDE COAST GUARD TERMINAL, GO AHEAD. [SIRENS] >> T. McOsker: SO IT'S IN A GROUP, THE GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN BUT THE OFFICER SAID, GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN, KIDNAPPING WE WILL GO. OFFICIALS I SUPPOSE OR SOMEBODY CLAIMING TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEAVING THE COAST GUARD BASE AS MEMBERS OF THE PEACE PATROL GROUP, A GROUP I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL TIMES WERE MONITORING THE ACTIVITY. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE ATTORNEYS AND CIVIC GROUPS YOU BROUGHT IN, HAVE ADVISED US THAT THE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WAY IS TO DOCUMENT, TAKE VIDEO, RECORD, CREATE A RECORD OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE SEE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WHAT YOU JUST SAW IN THAT VIDEO, AGENTS OR SOMEBODY ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MOCKING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT BEST, AT WORSE, MAKING A CRIMINAL THREAT. AS IF TEARING FAMILIES APART IS A JOKE, VIOLATING CIVIC RIGHTS AS A JOKE. AND WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT, KIDNAPPING A CRIME. AND TO BE CLEAR REMOVING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS WITHOUT AGENTS WEARING PROPER GEAR CAN RISE TO KIDNAPPING. FOLKS TOLD ME DON'T CALL IT KIDNAPPING UNLESS YOU'RE SURE OF IT. THEY JUST CALLED IT A KIDNAPPING. TO KE ABOUT KIDNAPPING HIGHLIGHTS THE LACK OF MAOU HANITY IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THIS STARTS FROM THE TOP DOWN, ENCOURAGED BY TRUMP, ADVANCE, MILLER, A CRUEL ADMINISTRATION, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CLOWNS THAT THEY HIRE AS THEIR HENCHMEN. THIS IS A CULTURE OF ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE, THIS IS REAL FAMILIES. TO THEM IT'S A JOKE, TO US IT'S A REAL FAMILY TORN APART WITH THEIR FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND NOT ABLE TO CONTACT THEM, NOT ABLE TO THEY'LL EVER SEE THEM AGAIN. AND THINK ABOUT THE HYPOCRISY OF WHAT WE JUST SAW. THEY CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE TO WEAR MASKS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. YET THEY ARE SO BRAVE WHEN THEY'RE INSIDE THEIR AIR-CONDITIONED VAN, HIDING BEHIND THEIR MASK AND ON THEIR MICROPHONE. MOCKING PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT. THIS IS COWARDS. SO TAKE OFF YOUR MASKS, SHOW YOUR FACES, WEAR YOUR BADGE. AS I SHOW THIS, VIDEO, IT'S EXACTLY THE TYPE OF GROSS AND CRUEL BEHAVIORS OF THESE AGENTS DISPLAY OUT IN THE FIELD AND IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS. I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO CONTINUE TO DOCUMENT. DOCUMENTING IS EVIDENCE THAT CAN BE USED IN COURT WHEN OFFICERS FAIL TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN THEIR RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION, THIS JUST HAPPENS IN THE DARK, IN THE SHADOWS AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK TRUMP WANTS TO HAPPEN. WE'VE GOT TO SHED LIGHT ON THIS AND THIS VIDEO DOES SHED LIGHT ON IT. TDAY THERE IS GOING TO BE A MOTION IN COUNCIL, WHERE WE ARE ASKING FOR CLEAR GUIDELINES AND COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES REGARDING THESE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE PORT POLICE. I'M GOING TO BE AMENDING THAT MOTION ON THE FLOOR TODAY. I'M GOING TO BE ASKING THAT WHEN THE REPORT BACK COMES FROM THE PORT POLICE WHICH IS NOT TODAY BUT IT'S AFTER WE ADOPT THE MOTION, THAT THEY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE, THIS EVIDENCE AND OTHER VIDEOS THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE. I'M ALSO GOING TO BE ASKING MEMBERS THAT THE PORT POLICE PARTICIPATE WITH MY OFFICE, BE AND WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WITNESSED THIS TO SUBMIT THIS EVIDENCE AND OTHER EVIDENCE TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, TO LAPD, AND TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SHOW PROOF AND BRING CHARGES OF CRIMINAL THREATS. DRIVING DOWN THE STREET LIKE COWARDS AND ANNOUNCING WE'RE GOING OUT TO CONDUCT KIDNAPPINGS IS A CRIMINAL THREAT. SO I'LL BE ASKING FOR AN AMENDMENT AND I'LL BE ASKING FOR YOUR AYE VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU S MUCH, MR. McOSKER, CITY ATTORNEY, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> 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. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO DOWN MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, UT --YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE 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 GAET G*ET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO AND AGAIN 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, 14 THROUGH 23, AND ITEM 30. SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1, ITEMS 14 THROUGH 23 AND ITEM 30. A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS TO ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, I WOULD ASK THAT I DON'T DOER TO RUN AN EFFICIENT COMMENT PERIOD, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER READ ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP. SO AFTER YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP AFTER, AFTER LINING UP, MAKE SURE YOU LINE UP TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING NAMES; AUDIT L.A., JASON REEDY, CARDI B, DANA MELISSA, BIG SHOW. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: START WITH ITEM NUMBER 14. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Speaker: [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] DANA. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 17. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] DANA. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I AM AWARE RECENTLY ON THE NEWS THAT SMOKING SCAN IS WORKING WITH TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO GET A LOT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD INTO THE CHICAGO, INTO THE PORTLAND, YES I'M SUPPORT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND OUR SMOKING SCAN. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CRIME IN CITY OF LOS ANGELES, IS OUT OF CONTROL. WE NEED A NATIONAL GUARD, WE NEED THE MARINE CORPS, WE NEED ARMY, FBI, CIA IN THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES. WE NEED LAPD IS LIKE THREE THOUSAND OFFICERS SHORT, L.A. SHERIFF 3000 OFFICERS SHORT. WE CANNOT DEAL WITH THE PROTESTERS, ILLEGAL GANG BANGERS ON THE STREET ANYMORE. WE NEED MORE HELP FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MY FRIEND DANA, I DID NOT GO TO FIGUEROA BECAUSE DANA TOLD ME, TON GO TO FIGUEROA, IT'S NOT SAFE. THANK YOU DANA FOR YOUR ADVISE. THANK YOU, DANA. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, BIG UNO, CANDIDO, CARD' B, CARDI C. AND HAIRET ELLIOT. >> Speaker: I SEE YOU'RE HAVING CLOSED SESSION, IT PREVENTS THE PUBLIC IF SOMEBODY IS MAKING MISTAKES. THERE IS NO GOOD REASON WHY YOU COULDN'T RELEASE VIDEO OF CLOSE SESSION AFTER THE SETTLEMENT IS REACHED. WE'RE SUPPOSE TO TRUST THAT YOU'RE BEING GIFP GOOD LEGAL ADVISE WHEN IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU'RE GETTING BAD ADVISE. AN 8-YEAR-OLD COULD TELL THAT YOU IT VIOLATED THE FIRST AMENDMENT. A FEW MINUTES WITH AI BOT TOLD YOU THAT IT VIOLATED BUT AN ATTORNEY TOLD UZ THAT IT WAS OKAY TO BAN BAD WORDS AT PUBLIC MEETINGS. SOMEBODY WAS USING A TECHNIQUE CALLED LYING RIGHT TO YOUR FACE. YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHY YOUR LEGAL ADVISORS ARE GIVING YOU BAD ADVISE. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. SO YOU REQUESTED ITEM 30 AND YOUR COMMENT WAS BEST SUITED FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ITEM 30 WAS NOT TO TALK ABOUT CLOSE SESSION ITEMS, SO YOU HAVE TO MOVE ON, WE HAVE TO CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I'LL CALL MORE NAME. KATIE SMOKING SCAN, T CARTER, THE UNDERTAKER. >> City Attorney: SO MR. HERMAN, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING AGAIN. I KNOW YOU HAVE A TON OF DELAY TACTICS THAT YOU LIKE TO USE IN COUNCIL. THIS IS NOT YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, I AM PROVIDING YOU INSTRUCTIONS, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING, YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL AND EXCLUSION PURSUANT TO RULE 7 AND RULE 12. YOU STAY FOR THE ENTIRETY OF OUR MEETINGS WHICH YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO. THERE IS NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD BRING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE UP TO THE PEW JUST TO WASTE TIME. I SEE YOU BRING YOUR STUFF UP AND SIT DOWN. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THAT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: NO SHIT. THE GUY KNOWS HOW TO COUNT, FOLKS. BUT, HERE IN, REGARDING THE STREET BANNERS, FOR OUR FAVORITE NEW COUNCILMAN, OUR STRICT NEW COUNCILMAN, WHO FOLLOWS THE LAW AND ABIDES BY THE LAW AND PROBABLY THE BEST IMMIGRATION LAWYER, DOING BUSINESS AS IMMIGRATION LAWYER. WE'RE GOING TO HANG THESE BANNERS HIGH IN LOS ANGELES, NOT THAT LOS ANGELES HAS ANY EXCUSE ABOUT GETTING HIGH UNDER MEASURE 64 BECAUSE THESE BANNERS REPRESENT COUNCIL DISTRICT 14. IN CD1. YEAH, BIG FAT BURGER UP THERE AND HER PINK BIG DRESS IS GOING TO TELL YOU HOW SHE IS GOING TO BE DEFEATED BY WAYNE SPINDLER FOR CD1 ON THE BANNERS. THEN BECAUSE JACKASS UP THERE WHO DOES NOT COMB HIS HAIR, WANTS ME TO STAY ON TOPIC, LOOK AT HERE ON 15, ASSHOLE, IS THAT ON TOPIC? MR. BLUMENFIELD, THE JEW JEW WHO IS NOT HERE, I BELIEVE, REGARDING THE 438 GENERAL CITY PURPOSE FUNDS, WHILE FUCK THE FUNDS. FUCK EVERY CITY FUCKEN FUND. THE CITY IS BANKRUPT, THE CITY IS CONSTANTLY PAYING FOR ALL THE MISTAKES THEY MADE ON SIGN TOLOGY ON THE FUCKEN SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, WE WANT THEM RETURNED. COMB YOUR FUCKEN HAIR, YOU'RE BE A FOURTH GRADER. >> City Attorney: THAT'S NOT ON TOPIC, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. >> Speaker: NUMBER 16 REGARDING THE SAMBO REGULAR MEETING, FUCK THAT MEETING. NOW TO MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HEY, SMOKING SCAN, KATIE. K A.T.I., I KNOW IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING, SPEAK TO SOMEBODY WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OR YOU'LL FORFEIT YOUR TIME. >> Speaker: HEY, FOOL, I'M TALKING ABOUT STREETS. CAN GO INTO AN INTRODUCTION OR DO I HAVE TO STAY SPECIFICALLY ON TOPIC LIKE BRANDONBERGH VERSUS OHIO. WE ALL KNOW PRERACE BOYS. WE ALL KNOW THAT LAPD FUCK CADETS. SO MR. JONATHAN PHILIP GROAT, ON BEHALF OF SMOKING SCAN, AND THE POPULATION OF ALL LISTENS, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. ALL THE MORE REASON NOT TO BRING YOUR THINGS UP TO THE FRONT, MR. HERMAN. >> Speaker: LAST TIME. BEFORE LAST, CITY ATTORNEY SAID WHAT DOES THE DIRECTIVE ENERGY. >> City Attorney: WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 14, BECAUSE 2 WAS, YOU SAID 2 IS NOT TO VOTE ON. SO 14 SAYS, POEMAS Y ARTE. MUSICA EVENT. HERE'S MY CONTRIBUTION, I WANT TO OKAY. TODAS LAS GUERRAS [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ALL OUR WARS FROM HERE ON OUT, DEPEND ON--. >> City Attorney: SORRY GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IN 1984 PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN GANT "STAR WARS" WAR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THEY'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT GLOBAL MISSILES THAT BLOWUP BEFORE THEY COME HERE. >> Speaker: OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY. I, OH YOU KNOW, I HAVE TWO MORE SECONDS ON MY OTHER THING. WHICH IS I'M TELLING MY MANAGER, IF YOU DON'T LET ME GET HOME DEPOT, BY THE WAY I BELIEVE HOME DEPOT IS GOING ALONG WITH RAIDS, ANYWAY BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. I WANT THEM TO, MEASURE MY WINDOW AND GIVE ME VENICIAN BLINDS, THAT'S A NEW NAME FOR THAT. AND I TOLD THEM IF YOU DON'T, I'M GOING TO PAINT MY WINDOW. ANYWAY, THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED ME ABOUT THE DIRECTED ENERGY AND THEREFORE, HERE I HAVE ANOTHER ONE. OH, THE I SENT A LETTER TO THE COMMISSION ON WOMEN, SAYING, I HAVE MALE CHAUVINIST PREVENTING ME FROM PROTECTING MY PRIVACY THROUGH VENETIAN BLINDS. >> City Attorney: SO SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF AWE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING COUNCIL I'M JASON, I'M THE MEMBER OF THE HOLLYWOOD NORTHEAST COUNCIL IN DISTRICT 2. TODAY I WANT TO RAISE THE STORY OF ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS, SANTOS, HE CAN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE HE WORKS. HE'S IN-HOME SERVICE PROVIDERS, HE PUT HIMSELF THROUGH SCHOOL AND WORKS VERY HARD. HE LIVES IN AN RSO UNIT WITH HIS TWO SISTERS AND MOTHER. AND ONE OF HIS SISTERS IS DISABLED AND THEY CANNOT AFFORD ANYTHING MORE THAN THE APARTMENT THEY LIVE IN. HE HAS BEEN WANTING TO MOVE OUT BUT HE CAN'T AFFORD ANYTHING IN OUR DISTRICT. EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE IN AN RSO UNIT, THEIR RENT WENT UP. SO HE'S ASKING TO US UPLIFT HIS STORY AND ASKING YOU TO CAP AT 3 PERCENT WITH A 0 PERCENT FLOOR AND REMOVE ADDITIONAL STREET UTILITIES SO HE DOES NOT GET HIT WITH ANOTHER INCREASE. THANK YOU, HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD BE, WHEN THE CHAIR IS--. >> City Attorney: HI WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK WHEN THE CHAIR IS ATTENTIVE. LET ME KNOW WHEN EVERYBODY IS A TENTATIVE, AND I'LL BEGIN. EVERY ONE IS BUSY. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MR. DAWSON, I WOULD LIKE FOR TO YOU HEAR THIS, HOLD ON, HE'S SPEAKING, WAIT UNTIL HE CAN ADDRESS THIS. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 22 AND 23 AND ALSO GEERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL START OFF WITH GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: CAN YOU HOLD HIS TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE BUT PLEASE FOCUS ON THE ITEMS FIRST. THE REMAINING 1:39 AND THEN WE'LL SWITCH YOU OVER. >> Speaker: OKAY FOR ITEM 22, THE MOTION FOR JURADO RODRIGUEZ IMPLEMENTING MORE MONEY FOR SKID ROW. I BELIEVE SKID ROW NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED, THE SIDEWALKS IS UNSANITARY. IT'S LIKE PUTTING AN OLD BAND-AID ON TOP OF A NEW WOUND. YOU CANNOT KEEP PAINTING OVER A WOUNDED AREA. SO I DON'T THINK JUST PUTTING MORE MONEY FOR BATHROOMS IS GOING TO CHANGE THE CONDITIONS OF THE AREA AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE, LOOKED INTO ALSO, HER OFFICE IS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ME. SO SOMEBODY LIKE THIS MAKING THESE TYPES OF DECISION SXZ MOTIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. ALSO ITEM NUMBER 23, I HAVE BEEN ASKING ISSUES WITH LAHD AND THE DIRECTOR HAS NOT RESPONDED. SO IMPLEMENTING MORE THINGS WITH LAHD WITHOUT DEALING WITH THE ROOT OF IT, I DON'T THINK THAT HAVING A PROVISION LIKE THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THINGS WHEN CITIZENS ARE FILING COMPLAINTS TO THE DIRECTOR TIANA HALL AND SHE HAS NOT RESPONDED FOR MONTHS. IN ORDER TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD TO WORK IN A BETTER FASHION. I THINK YOU SHOULD START AT THE TOP AND THE CITY SHOULD LOOK AT THE COMPLAINTS THAT ARE COMING IN INSTEAD OF POURING MORE MONEY INTO LAHD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE REST OF MY TIME TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL COMMENT IN REGARD TO SEE MS. JURADO'S OFFICE. I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE THIS GREAT PERSON, JANUARY 7, NOBODY RESPONDED, APRIL 28, I CONTACTED EMAILED AMBER AND ASHLEY. MR. DAWSON, IF YOU CAN, MR. DAWSON, IT'S GOING TO GET TO YOUR OFFICE ALSO. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. AMBER, ASHLEY I EMAILED AND NO RESPONSE. AND I DISCUSSED THIS WHILE MS. JURADO WAS AT THE PARKS COMMITTEE AND SHE JUST HAD ME SPEAK. JUNE I WENT TO HER BOYLE HEIGHTS OFFICE, IT'S ALL ALL HISPANICS IN HER OFFICE. THERE ARE OTHER AMERICANS, THAT LOOK LIKE ME THAT ARE LIGHTER AND DARKER AND WE'RE NOT GETTING SERVICES BECAUSE IMMIGRATION TAKES FOR FRONT. IT'S BIASES, THEY'VE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ME, FROM JANUARY TO NOW. I WENT TO HER OFFICE, AND XHAOEF OF STAFF, HUNG UP THE TELEPHONE IN MY FACE. I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS A REVAMP IN REGARDS TO ETHICS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL THE LAST TWO NAMES. JENNY COX AND JUSTIN PETERSON. >> Speaker: EXCUSE ME. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN. SORRY. WE WILL NOT START YOUR TIME YET. MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN WARNED, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO THROW THE BANANA OR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR BUT IT'S DISRUPTING MY ABILITY TO MON --MODERATE THIS MEETING. MR. CHAIR, MR. HERMAN IS ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL. MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: YES. MR. HERMAN, YOU'RE REMOVED PURSUANT TO RULE 7, PLEASE EXIT THE PREMISES, IMMEDIATELY. >> Council President: MR. HERMAN CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING PURSUANT TO RULE 7. >> Council President: PLEASE EXIT THE CHAMBERS. [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> Council President: I'LL ASK THE CLERKS AND IT A TO PRESERVE THAT VIDEO SO WE CAN CALL IT TO THE JUDICIAL OFFICIALS THAT INSISTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS PERSON IN THE MEETING EVERY DAY WITH THIS BEHAVIOR. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MANY PROBLEMS IN THE CITIES. FORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING ON, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO RESOLVE IN THE HOMES OF THE PEOPLE. >> Speaker: IS IT MY TURN? >> City Attorney: I BELIEVE SO, YES. GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY AND I'LL READ THE ITEMS AVAILABLE DUE TO SOME OF THE TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE WITH MR. HERMAN. 1, 14 THROUGH 23 AND NUMBER 30. SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: OKAY, WELL, FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR SAVING US FROM A BANANA PEEL, MUCH PREPARED. THAT WAS TRAUMATIZING. OKAY. SO LET'S START WITH THE BANNERS. I MEAN BANNERS ARE NICE RIGHT, IN THE CITY IT HELPS CELEBRATE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITIES. THE ONLY THING IS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE A BANNER TO SAY, NO MORE KIDS IN SCIENTOLOGY BECAUSE OF THE ABUSES GOING ON. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANNERS REFLECT THAT IF ANY OF THESE ARE IN THE EAST HOLLYWOOD DIVISION. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW MR, McOSKER'S THE GROUP OF WHAT HE'S PUTTING THROUGH, THE GROUP OF GOVERNMENTS IN HIS AREA. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND THANK YOU SIR FOR LISTENING ALL THE TIME, I WISH CAN YOU ELBOW MR. LEE AND SAY, LISTEN ONCE IN A WHILE. YOU LISTEN, I'M GLAD MY GUY NAZARIAN LISTENS. >> City Attorney: I WOULD ASK THAT YOU STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. >> Speaker: I WAS JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT MR. McOSKER'S AND I THINK SMOKING SCAN AND TONY WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT THEY SHOULD BE LISTENING, RIGHT, AND THAT IS NOT A BIG REQUEST. IT'S NOT, HOW IS THAT JUST A HARD THING THREE MINUTES, A MINUTE AND 30 MORE SECONDS TO JUST LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. MR. McOSKER, I AGREE, I THINK THE OTHERS SHOULD HAVE THE MORE LIKE IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR PROGRAM IS. BUT ANYTIME YOU GET THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TRYING TO RESOLVE ISSUES AT THE GROUND LEVEL, BECAUSE THIS CITY IS HUGE AND WHAT WORKS IN YOUR AREA, MAY NOT WORK IN DISTRICT 2 RIGHT? IT COULD BE DIFFERENT. SO MR. NAZARIAN, YOU SHOULD LEARN FROM MR. McOSKER TOO, BECAUSE YOU'RE NEW. BUT IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO WORK WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS TOGETHER AND ALL THAT STUFF AND WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE DOING. I SUPPORT THAT. I THINK MR. LEE SHOULD DO THAT TOO. BUT I THINK MR. LEE SHOULD NOT HAVE SO MUCH DISPLAY. BUT I BET SMOKING SCAN AGREES, WE ALL WANT TO BE HEARD. AND FORGET SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF, I SEE THIS A BUNK OF CLOSED SESSION, I GUESS THAT'S A LOT MORE MONEY WE'RE GOING TO PY OUT. ARE WE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THE CLOSED SESSION. OH LOOK, HE ALWAYS LISTENS BUT HE'S NOT LISTENING. HOW ABOUT THAT SMOKING SCAN? I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I ASKED YOU A QUESTION. AM I ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION. WELL FINALLY GOT HIM NOT LISTENING. OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THAT THE VICTIM THAT WE FOUND--VICTIMS OF SCIENTOLOGY ARE STEPPING FORWARD AND THINGS WILL BE COMING OUT AND I HOPE THE MEDIA GETS INVOLVED AS WELL. SO YOU'RE JUST ON NOTICE. THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE LIKE KIRSTEN PETERSON, THE LOCAL SCIENTOLOGY, ALSO STEPPING UP THEIR FAIR GAMING BUT IT'S OKAY. WE'LL GET THROUGH IT, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. OKAY. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE VICTIMS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN HEARD. YOU DON'T EVEN HEAR US. YOU DON'T HEAR THE PUBLIC BUT YOU'RE NOT HEARING THE VICTIMS EITHER, RIGHT, MR. MARTINEZ? WE'VE BEEN COMING TO YOUR OFFICE FOR HOW LONG? GOING TO LAPD FOR HOW LONG? I HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOME CREDIT THAT IS FINALLY OPEN THEIR DOOR FOR VICTIMS. AND AFTER THIS, COMES FORWARD, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEPARATE YOURSELVES FROM THIS CULT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: WELCOME BACK, N.I. G.G-E-R. NUMBER 1, FUCK THE BUCKET HEAD, BIG OL' FAT HEADED MOTHER FUCKER, NUMBER ONE. WANTS TO ESTABLISH THE AREA RACE WAY, I WENT NAZI MOTHER FUCKER, I SAY NO TO THAT MOTHER FUCKER. AND THEN WE HAVE THE ANNUAL UNISSES LOOSA HERNANDEZ, MUSICA Y POEMAS, GRAND PUTITA, UN CARTA Y NADA DE ESTE DINERO. [SPEAKING SPANISH] FUCKEN IN ENGLISH, UNISSES HERNANDEZ, OVER EATS! NOW NUMBER 15. THE SPECIAL JEW RECOGNITION FOR THE JEW JEW BEAR. THE ISRAELI AGENT, BOB BLUMENFIELD FOR STATEHOOD, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, LIKE CRAZY N.I. G.G.I., WOULD YOU LIKE TO-- >> Council President: MADAM CLERK, PLEASE PAUSE HIS TIME. YOU HAVE USED A DERAGATION, IN THE "N" WORD, SPELLING IT MAY NOT BE USED. IF YOU VIOLATE THE RULE AGAIN, YOU'LL FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. >> Speaker: YOU'VE FALLEN IN THE TRAP LITTLE BITCH. NUMBER 16, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A FAT MEETING, HOSTED BY BIG FAT IMELDA PADILLA, ON NUMBER 16 SYLVAN STREET, FUCK AUGUST 29th AND FUCK VAN NUYS, WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO VAN NUYS. HARRIS-DAWSON, KNOWN AS JENGO DOES NOT WANT TO DRIVE TO VAN NUYS. THAT'S ALL YOU GET WITH IMELDA LOUISA PADILLA, NOTHING BUT HOMELESS, NEEDLES, TENTS ALL OVER FUCKEN VAN NUYS AND YOU WANT TO BRING THESE WHITE MOTHER FUCKERS OF COUNCIL TO SEE THAT? NOBODY WANT TO SEE THAT? IF I WANT TO SEE THAT, I GO OUTSIDE CITY HALL AND GO DOWN TO SECOND STREET, I SEE ALL THAT SHIT FOR FREE. I DON'T HAVE TO BUY GAS. AND THEN WE GOT THE EAGLE ROCK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, EAGLE ROCK IS BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. HOWEVER THE WOMEN REPRESENTING EAGLE ROCK IS A DEMON, YOU'RE A DEMON. YOU WILL GO TO HELL. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: AND NOW FOR GENERAL COMMENT, SEE WHAT HE DID? YOU SEE WHAT HE DID, HUGO, HE VIOLATED MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. SEE HUGO, MONICA, BECAUSE SHE IS LOOKING. WHEN AM I GOING TO MAKE MY MOVE ON THAT BAN? DON'T WORRY, IT'S COMING. I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT LIKE YOU THOUGHT I'M GOING TO DO IT. I'M GOING TO DO IT WITH THE HELP OF MS. UNITED STATES SECRETARY, MS. BONDI, AND WOO GOING TO TAKE YOUR BAR LICENSE, MR. FUCKEN ATTORNEY THAT CAN'T KAOEM YOUR HAIR AND ALL YOU UNPROFESSIONAL MOTHER FUCKERS, 'CAUSE YOU SEE, YOU CAN'T RECEIVE A DOLLAR OF FEDERAL FUNDS IF YOU DON'T A LAW ME--ALLOW ME TO SAY THAT WORD. YOUR FUNDING WILL BE CUT IF YOU CONTINUE THE BAN. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 30 TWO WEEKS TO SEPTEMBER 9, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: AND COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1, AS WELL AS 15 THROUGH 21, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> Clerk: JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST WANTED CONFIRM, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, ITEM 21 WAS ADOPTED FORTH W CORRECT. YES. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, SO WITH REGARDS TO ONE OF THE CLOSED SESSION THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY COUNCIL. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER INSTRUCTION THAT'S WERE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF BNF REPORTED OUT. I WILL READ THOSE NOW. THIS IS THE CASE ENTITLED JOSEPH, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, LOS ANGELES SUPER AREA CASE NUMBER 23STCV27185, THE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDE, AUTHORIZE IN EXCHANGE OF DISMAL WITH PREJUDICE RELEASE. AND THE AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL, TO TRANSFER THE MONEY. MISCELLANEOUS LIABILITY PAY OUT. TO FUND NUMBER 100-59 ACCOUNT NUMBER 009797, TRANSPORTATION LIABILITY PAY OUTS. AND THREE, AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAW A DEMAND FROM FUND NUMBER 100-9, ACCOUNT NUMBER 009797 TRANSPORTATION LIABILITY PAY OUT AS FOLLOWS. PURDY PC, CLIENT TRUST ACCOUNT IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 FOR JOSEPH ROSSLER, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR CASE NUMBER, 23-STCV27185. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND TO THE MEMBERS HERE, NO VOTE TO RECONSIDER IS REQUIRED AS ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF COMMITTEE WERE ALREADY APPROVED. THIS WAS SIMPLY TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE BROWN ACT, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CITY ATTORNEY. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM NUMBER 2 IS BEFORE COUNCIL THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA >> I. Padilla: I GOT THE INFORMATION I NEEDED, WE CAN CONTINUE. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 13 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND THERE IS AN AMENDMENT McOSKER-RAMAN THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY COMMENT ONS THIS COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: FORTHWITH, PLEASE. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 14 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT YET. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S COME BACK THAT. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. NEXT IS ITEM 22 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: COLLEAGUES, DURING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS, I INTRODUCED A MOTION TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THE 14 PUBLIC RESTROOMS ACROSS THE CITY. THESE RESTROOMS ARE IN CRITICAL AREAS LIKE SKID ROW WHERE THE NEED IS URGENT. BUT THAT MOTION CAME BACK WITH NOTHING, NO FUNDING, NO EXPLANATION, NO CENTAVO, THAT MEANS ALL THE RESTROOMS WERE SET TO CLOSE INCLUDING THE ONES THAT SKID ROW RESIDENTS RELY ON, CLOSING THEM WOULD LEAVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE CONSTITUENTS, WITHOUT THE BASIC NEED A SAFE PLACE TO GO TO THE RESTROOM. THAT'S NOT JUST A BUDGET CUT BUT A BUDGET CRISIS. THEY'RE NOT A NEM MENITIES BUT NECESSITY, SIMPLE NEEDS BUT ESSENTIAL ONES. THAT'S WHY I COMMITTED 204,000 TO KEEP THE SKID ROW RESTROOM OPEN FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS BECAUSE I COULD NOT IN GOOD ANXIOUS LET THESE DOORS CLOSE. LET'S BE HONEST, ONE DISTRICT CONDITION CARRY THIS ONE ALONE. SKID ROW SHOULD NOT FIGHT TO KEEP RESTROOMS OPEN WHILE THE OTHER RESTROOMS ARE LEFT TO SHUT DOWN. THAT IS A FAILURE AND THAT MUST BE A PRIORITY. THIS WILL KEEP SKID ROW RESTROOMS OPEN FOR SIX MONTHS. BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, THAT'S A MEASURE NOT A REAL SOLUTION. AT THE TIME, I'LL KEEP PUSHING FOR A SOLUTION TO PROTECT SERVICES ACROSS OUR CITY AND WITH MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS ON THE HORIZON, LOS ANGELES MUST SHOW THAT OUR VALUES ARE MORE THAN JUST A SLOGAN, CLEAN STREETS AND DIGNITY FOR EVERY ANGELINO, NOT JUST FOR VISITORS BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT BATHROOMS, IT'S ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A CITY. DO WE INVEST IN HEALTH AND HUMANITY FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US OR DO WE JUST TURN AWAY. COLLEAGUES I URGE YOUR SUPPORT NOT JUST FOR THIS MOTION BUT FOR A BROADER COMMIT TOMENT ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES, WE MUST INVEST IN THE DIGNITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, OPENLE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 23 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY SEVERAL MEMBERS, THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, RAMAN AND LEE AND THERE IS AN AMENDMENT MOTION RODRIGUEZ-PARK THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND IS BEFORE COUNCIL SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. SO COLLEAGUES, THE ITEM BEFORE US TODAY IS ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS AS IT RELATES TO EXPENDITURE ASSOCIATED WITH HOMELESSNESS. AND I'M, A BIT CONFLICTED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY, LARGELY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A BIT WITH THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. AND--I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME, MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, IF I CAN ASK THE SERGEANTS, I CANNOT HEAR MYSELF WITH THE BACKGROUND CONVERSATIONS AROUND HERE. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A SITUATION IN MY OPINION WHERE IT APPEARS THAT WE'VE GOT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE BECAUSE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT HAS STILL NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IS THE SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO PROPOSE LAHD EVALUATING AND IT'S DERIVED FROM LAHSA. WHICH AS WE KNOW, HAS NOT BEEN FORTHCOMING WITH DATA, IT'S BEEN QUESTIONABLE WHAT MUCH OF THE DATA HAS ACTUALLY, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ACCURATE. WE HAVE DATA THAT IS DERIVED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCE SXZ SERVICE PROVIDERS BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SECURE VERY, HONEST OUTCOMES SO MY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PERFORMANCE METRICS, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE SOURCE OF THE DATA IS BEING DERIVED FROM. SO WHILE WE HAVE A CIRCUMSTANCE RIGHT NOW AND AT THIS JUNCTURE WHERE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE NOT ONLY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IDENTIFIED THE CHALLENGES WITH LAHSA, THE COUNTY HAS ALSO IDENTIFIED THE CONCERNS AROUND LAHSA AND HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY PULLED THEIR RESOURCE FRZ FUNDING THAT INSTITUTION. AND WHILE, WE NEED TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT GARNERING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SERVICE THAT'S THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO BE DELIVERING ON OUR STREETS, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME AGENCY IN CHARGE OF MONITORING AND EVALUATE ANDING REPORTING OUT THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CONTRACTS. AND SO, I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN REALLY HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT PERFORMANCE METRICS UNTIL WE HAVE A HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE PATH GOING FORWARD LOOKS LIKE AND WHO IS GOING TO BE MANAGING ALL THE CONTRACTS AROUND HOMELESSNESS. AND SO I HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE INTRODUCED, AND I WANT TO THANK MS. PARK FOR YOUR SECOND ON THIS. ASKING LAHD TO REPORT BACK ON HOW THE METRICS WILL BE USED TO TRIGGER THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR FAILURES TO PERFORM AMONG SOME OF THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS. AND I HOPE I WILL GET YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE TO AN HONEST CONVERSATION IS ON, IF IT'S NOT WORKING WE MUST SEIZE FUNDING THESE CONTRACTS. WE NEED TO FIX ON CORRECTING IT. I WANT TO THANK MS. RAMAN FOR SCHEDULING THE CLA REPORT ON THE MOTION THAT I INTRODUCED SEEKING TO SEIZE USING LAHSA AS OUR CONTRACT MANAGER FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND I KNOW MR. BLUMENFIELD AND MS. HERNANDEZ HAVE ALSO INTRODUCED A MOTION, ASKING WHAT WE JUST ASKED THE COUNTY TO DO FOR US. WHAT IS CLEAR, IS WE KNOW THAT LAHSA DOES NOT WORK. THAT IS CLEAR. AND WHICH EVER THIS PATH DECIDES TO GO FORWARD WITH. THAT'S THE REAL CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO BE HAVING RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE WHERE WE DEFINITELY AGREE IS THAT LAHSA ISN'T WORKING. THE COUNTY HAS CORROBORATED THAT BY THEY'RE ACTION AND THE REPORT THAT THE CLA HAS BROUGHT BACK, HAS REFLECTED THAT THERE ARE MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO USE OUR DOLLARS AND ENSURE SERVICE DELIVERY IS HAPPENING ON OUR STREETS. WE HAVE TO TIGHT IT EN THE BELT ON THIS ISSUE AND WE NEED TO REALLY START FOCUSING ON HONING IN ON THE PROBLEM THAT IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED. WE CAN'T DEFEND THE STATUS QUO OF WHAT IS NOT WORKING, THE FAILURES OF LAHSA ARE WELL DOCUMENTED AND THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT I'M HOPING WE'LL DRIVE, WILL MOVE QUICKER IN THE SUBSEQUENT WEEKS. AND SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE WORK AROUND PERFORMANCE METRICS, WHERE WE ARE SOURCING THE DATA FROM, IS NOT A TRUSTED SOURCE. AND THAT IS PART OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE DID LEMMA THAT I'M FACING WITH THIS TODAY. BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR LAHD AND WOULD I LIKE THEM TO COME TO THE TABLE. >> Council President: SIR, YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND LAST WARNING. THE NEXT TIME YOU'LL BE REMOVED. MY APOLOGIES COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, YOU MAY CONDITION. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. HI GOOD MORNING. SO, WHAT CORRECTIVE MECHANISMS IN THIS BUREAU THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED, WHAT CORRECTIVE MECHANISMS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE BUREAU MONTHLY REPORTS REPEATEDLY SHOW FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE GOALS? >> HI, GOOD MORNING, KELLY HEARTY WITH LAHD. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU SPEAK UP. >> OF COURSE, I WANT TO START BY MAKING ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION AROUND THE HOMELESSNESS BUREAU AROUND LAHD, WHICH WAS CREATED WITH THE ADOPTION OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A STAFFING REPORT TO BRING FORWARD TO THIS BODY AND THAT'S REALLY OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AS THE NEXT STEP IN PROVIDING THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE TOOLS TO ANSWER MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU RAISED IN YOUR COMMENTS. THAT WILL ESTABLISH THE POSITIONS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO PERFORM MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF THE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD. CURRENTLY, THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE REPORT THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. THE WORK AROUND THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES IS BEING SUPPORTED BY PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR CONSULTANT THAT IS PROVIDING THAT PORE AND COLLECTING AND TRACKING. >> M. Rodriguez: WHICH PHILANTHROPY IS FUNDING THAT CONSULTANT? >> I BELIEVE THE HILTON FOUNDATION. AND THE CONSULTANT IS THE HRNA ADVISOR'S TEAM. SO THAT IS THE CURRENT, SORT OF RESOURCE THAT IS IN PLACE FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO ENGAGE IN THE TRACKING OF THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THE STAFFING REPORT GOING FORWARD WILL CREATE THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO CONTINUE THAT COMMITMENT GOING FORWARD. BUT REAL THE IDEA WITH STARTING THE MEASURES NOW IS TO BUILD ON MUCH OF THE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN OCCURRING WITHIN THE HOMELESS TRAGEDY COMMITTEE TO ACCESS THESE DATA POINTS TO PROVIDE US BETTER INSIDE INTO WHERE THE CITY'S DOLLARS ARE GOING SO WE CAN DO THAT SORT OF ANALYSIS TO DO THE WORK. SO I WANT TODAY ADD THAT CONTEXT AND THEN REGINA. >> REGINA AGO LAR ANALYST WITH LAHD. TO YOUR QUESTION, WHAT ACTIONS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO MEASURING THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES? SO WE HAVE ALSO BEEN INSTRUCTED TO NUMBERER A NEW FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH THE CLA AND CAO AND LAHSA, YOU KNOW, TO SORT OF RESTRUCTURE OUR CONTRACT WITH LAHSA THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN CHALLENGING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND HAS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUOUSLY HAD A LOT OF PROBLEM S WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND AFFECTUATION. THESE 35 PERFORMANCE MEASURES WILL BE ALSO INCORPORATED TO THAT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT MOVING FORWARD. >> M. Rodriguez: I'M SORRY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY. YOU IDENTIFIED THAT SOMEst INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE DERIVING FROM LAHSA HAS BEEN--CURRENTLY JUST TO BE CLEAR, ISN'T IT LAHD'S RESPONSIBILITY OR WITHIN YOUR PURSUE TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF LAHSA, IS THAT WITHIN YOUR PER VIEW NOW? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> M. Rodriguez: THAT'S WITHIN YOUR PER VIEW BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE APIs THAT WILL EXPLICILY, LAYOUT TO LAHSA WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MEASURING OKAY. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF CURRENTLY DOING THEY VALUATION NOW? YOU ALREADY SAID IT'S WITHIN YOUR PER VIEW. SO WHO IS DOING IT NOW, I GUESS THIS IS WHERE I GO BACK TO, THAT WE'RE NOT A DRESSING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM HERE IS IN FACT LAHSA. SO, HELP ME UNDERSTAND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE COMING BACK WITH A STAFFING PLAN, YOU'RE REQUESTING $400,000 FOR OVERSIGHT TO MANAGE OR PROVIDE OVERSIGHT ON THE LAHSA CONTRACTS CORRECT? HOW DOES THAT DIFFER FROM THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THOSE IN CHARGE CURRENTLY OF DOING THIS WORK? >> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE LACK OF REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENTLY AROUND THE PROGRESS OF OUR HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM. LAHD WITH THE NEW BUREAU IS REALLY STEPPING UP INTO THE POSITION OF MAINTAINING THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES MOVING FORWARD. AND, THERE HAVE BEEN MEASURES INCLUDED IN CONTRACTS, I WILL SAY AS I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE, THE CURRENT PROCESS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. AND ONE OF CHOSE CHALLENGES HAS BEEN A CAPACITY ISSUE AT LAHD. SO THE CURRENT STAFF OF 6 HAS PROCESSES A GROWING NUMBER OF CONTRACTS WITH LAHSA, THAT INCLUDES PROCESSES AMENDMENTS, THAT INCLUDES PROCESSING REQUESTED INVOICES THAT HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY ALMOST TEN-FOLD SINCE THE PANDEMIC WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF STAFF. SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE FALLEN IS SORT OF THE TRACKING OF PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACTS. SO IF WE PRIORITIZE PROGRESSING THE CONTRACTS TO GET THE WORK DONE AND I THINK THAT DEFINITELY IS THE PRIORITY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ON THE STREETS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM. AND WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, THE 35 PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE ON OUR TABLE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS STEP FORWARD INTO MEASURING AND ENSURING THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE, APPROPRIATELY AND EFFECTIVELY DOING SO MOVING PEOPLE FROM THE STREETS AND INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. >> M. Rodriguez: SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, LAHSA IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THESE CONTRACTS, WE USE LAHSA. LAHSA, PER THE C LA REPORT WE PAY LAHSA 30,000 TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF SERVICE PROVIDER. BUT YOU JUST TOLD ME THAT Y'ALL ARE BUSY EXECUTING CONTRACTS. HELP DELINEATE FOR US, WHO IS DOING WHAT PART OF THE JOB AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOUR FUNCTION FOR LAHD IS TO PROVIDE THE OVERSIGHT AND EVALUATION ON THAT PIECE, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE, EXPANDED SCOPE OF CONTRACT WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN? >> AND, AGAIN, UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION ALL AROUND. >> M. Rodriguez: NO, NO, NO YEAH. >> AND ALSO GENERAL PUBLIC HAS QUESTIONS. WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF THIS WORK AND BUREAU, THAT'S OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE BUREAUCRACY--. >> M. Rodriguez: CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT ONE PIECE FOR ME. EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN YOU SAY YOU HAVE TO PROCESS MORE CONTRACTS BUT WE PAY LAHSA, 35 MILLION DOLLARS TO BE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF OUR CONTRACTS, HELP ME, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT PART YOU PLAY IN THAT? >> BY YOU, DO YOU MEAN THE BUREAU. >> M. Rodriguez: LAHD. YOU JUST SAID YOU HAVE SIX STAFFERS THAT HAVE BEEN OVER SATURATED WITH MORE CONTRACTS TO MANAGE WITH LAHSA. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS, HOW ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? HOW IS LAHD DOING THE CONTRACT WHEN WE SPEND 35 MILLION DOLLARS FOR LAHSA TO BE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THOSE CONTRACTS AND YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE DOING OVERSIGHT. SO YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE GETTING TH INFORMATION FROM LAHSA WHO WE SPENT 35 MILLION DOLLARS MANUALLY TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DOES THIS, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PAYING BOTH PARTIES TO DO THE SAME WORK. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, HOW DOES IT WORK? >> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. SO CURRENTLY LAHD MANAGES 8 CONTRACTS WITH LAHSA. THEY MANAGE MANY MORE CONTRACTS DIRECTLY WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING FUNDING TO LAHSA TO PROVIDE. SO THE CITY'S PROCESS IS EXECUTING AND PROCESSING THE PAYMENT THAT'S LAHSA SUBMITS TO THE CITY. FOR PAYMENT TO THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY. SO YEAH. I THINK I NEED YOU GUYS TO DRAW ME A PICTURE BECAUSE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE CYCLE OF HOW IT FLOWS. DO YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE A WORK FLOW MAPPING? >> YES. IT IS UNDERSTANDABLY, A COMPLICATED PROCESS--. >> M. Rodriguez: OUR GOAL IS TO UNCOMPLICATE THIS. WHAT I WOULD LOVE, WHAT I WOULD LOVE, I WOULD LOVE A PICTURE, I WOULD LOVE A WORK FLOW MAPPING, OF WHO IS MANAGING, AGAIN, I BELIEVE IT'S LAHSA. SO IF WE'RE SETTING UP THIS, THIS KEY PERFORMANCE INDEX, THESE KPIs THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING FROM LAHSA, TO YOU TO EVALUATE AND WE DON'T TRUST THE DATA WE'RE GETTING FROM LAHSA, IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT'S VERY COMPLICATED, I DON'T DISAGREE. I THINK IT'S VERY COMPLICATED. OUR JOB IS TO CREATE GREATER EFFICIENCIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING EXPENDED ON THIS FRONT. SO WHAT I WOULD LOVE IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH EVALUATING AND GETTING, YOU KNOW, MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE CONTRACTS, YOU KNOW, I WANT THAT. I DO WANT THAT. BUT I ALSO WANT CONSEQUENCES FOR FAILURES TO PERFORM. AND I WANT TO ELIMINATE THE REDUNDANCIES AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THAT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE, IS THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LAHSA. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEASURING WHAT WE GET FROM AN AGENCY THAT ALL OF US HAVE AGREED HAS FAILED AND THE COUNTY HAS REMOVED ITS FUNDING FROM. THAT'S THE FIRST CONVERSATION. SO THAT'S WHERE I FEEL THIS IS THE CONTRACT BEFORE THE HORSE IN THIS CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, I JUST I'M TRYING TO DRILL DOWN MORE OF WHAT YOU'RE ROLE IS AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR THIS OVERSIGHT POSITIONS IN A ROLE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN TASKED TO DO. THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE STAFF TO DO BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET NOW FOUR MORE STAFFERS AND I'M JUST TRYING TO ASCERTAIN, WHAT ARE BECAUSE EVERYBODY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE'RE IN FISCAL CRISIS. WE'RE TRYING TO GARNER GREATER EFFICIENCIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE RESOURCE THAT'S ARE ON THE GROUND HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THAT OUTCOME. AND THAT'S OUR, I BELIEVE THAT'S OUR SHARED COLLECTIVE GOALS. SO, I THINK, I'M JUST GOING TO STAND FOR NOW. YOU'VE GIVEN ME A LOT TO CHEW ON WITH THIS. BUT I WOULD REALLY LOVE, THIS BODY WOULD LOVE JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING, WE SHOULD LOOK AT A WORK FLOW MAP TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS BETWEEN YOU AND LAHSA BECAUSE AGAIN, AS YOU INDICATED, YOU'RE ALREADY CHARGED WITH DOING THAT ROLE OF THE OVERSIGHT AND EVALUATION OF THOSE SERVICE PROVIDERS. BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THESE PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE SAME AGENCY THAT WE'VE ALL SAID, IS TERRIBLE, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE. WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON THEM. OH BY THE WAY, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SPEND 35 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THEM TO DO THAT, FOR THEM TO GIVE US DA THAT THAT WE CAN'T USE, OR THAT WE DON'T TRUST. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU LADIES. AND SO COLLEAGUES, AGAIN I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT. THAT ALLOWS US THAT ONCE WE'RE EVALUATING, ONCE YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO EVALUATE, WHO IS DOING THE WORK, WHO ISN'T, THAT WE THEN ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE CONTRACTING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE NOT IN FACT DOING THE WORK THAT THEY'RE CONTRACTED TO DO. THANK YOU. >> Council President: MR. LEE, AND FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TO CLOSE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ. I AGREE WITH YOU, ON OUR FRUSTRATIONS WITH LAHSA. I LIKE TO FEEL THAT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY HAVE HAD THE SAME, FRUSTRATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH WITH THEM AND TRYING TO SEE IF THE DATA THAT NEEDED FOR TO US MAKE DECISIONS ON WHETHER TO KEEP WORKING WITH LAHSA, I THINK WE'VE SEEN THEM FAIL OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH GETTING US SIMPLE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. SO BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS A DIFFERENT WAY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT INFORMATION THEY COME UP WITH. I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT INFORMATION THEY COME UP WITH WORKING WITH LAHSA. BECAUSE LIKE ALL THE MEMBERSING HERE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS. WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY OF OUR PEOPLE ARE DOCUMENT READY, WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING FROM OUR INTERIM HOME SITES TO OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE SITES, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE THE DOCUMENTS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I GROW FRUSTRATED, I GROW FRUSTRATED THAT WHEN THE CITY HAVE MADE INVESTMENTS TO BUILD PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT BECAUSE I'M IN SPA 2, THEY CAN DRAW FROM ALL OVER, FROM CITIES THAT MAY BE HAVE NOT MADE THE SAME INVESTMENT AS WE HAVE AND THEY'RE PUT INING INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY INTERIM PEOPLE BE MORE DOCUMENT READY. I MADE FRUSTRATIONS OVER AND OVER THAT THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED ON THE MISSION THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO BE READY. GETTING PEOPLE DOCUMENT READY TO MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. I WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH. I WANT TO SEE LAHSA'S NUMBERS AND SEE. AND HOPEFULLY LIKE YOU, I'M ALWAYS HOPING FOR THE BEST. I'M HOPING FOR THE BEST THAT LAHSA WILL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND I WILL SEE REAL NUMBERS ABOUT HOW THE JOB THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN GETTING OUR PEOPLE READY INTO MOVING INTO THAT THING, INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTING HOUSING WHICH HAS BEEN ALL OF OUR GOALS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. ONE OF THE THINGS, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, ASKED IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION IS THAT WE OFTEN SAID PREVENTION IS LESS COSTLY THAN DEALING WITH PEOPLE ONCE THEY BECOME HOMELESS. AND THIS CITY HAS DONE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND CREATED SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE PREVENTION SIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF I ADD ONE MORE THING, TO ADD ANOTHER INDICATR TO SEE, TAKE A LOOK AT INDICATOR OF WHAT PREVENTION HAS DONE TO YOU KNOW, WITH OUR ABILITY TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED NOT UNHOUSED. IF THAT'S OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: JUST TO CLARIFY, SO COUNCILMEMBER LEE, IS THIS AN ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION OR A CHANGE TO? >> J. Lee: SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION SO WE CAN MAKE IT NUMBER 6 TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER OUR PREVENTION AND WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS MADE INTO THE SITUATION ON OUR STREETS. >> Clerk: OKAY AND THE SECOND WAS? MS. RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU, OUR LAHD COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE. I'M REALLY EXCITED MOVING FORWARD WITH ADOPTING THESE PROPOSED PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT THE NEW BOOR OFF HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT WILL LOOK TO UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENT IN THE HOMELESSNESS SPOBS. --RESPONSE. THESE MEASURES ARE TRACKING THE DOLLARS. IR REGARDLESS WHO IS DOING THE CONTRACT, WHETHER IT'S LAHSA DOING OUR CONTRACTING, THIS DATA WILL HELP US ANSWER XRAOUSHL QUESTIONS ABOUT IS OUR MONEY WORK ?G IS IT HELPING PEOPLE MOVE INSIDE. THIS COUNCIL HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IS HAPPENING AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO SEE. I ALSO WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THIS DATA IS COMING FROM A SOURCES, INCLUDED IN IT. IT INCLUDES HMIS, HACK LA DATA, COUNTY DATA AND THERE HAS TO BE WORK DONE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE REGULARLY. WE HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THE DATA SOME OF THE TIME BUT WE NEED IT ALL THE TIME. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WORK AS WELL. WHAT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, IS REGARDLESS OF WHO IS ADMINISTRATION THE DATA THMIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PROVIDER THAT THE SYSTEM USES. THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY USES. MIMS IS CLUNK' AND IMPERFECT BUT NO MATTER WHO IS GOING TO BE DOING THE DATA COLLECTION, MHIS WILL BE THE TOOL THROUGH MUCH OF THE DATA WILL BE COLLECTED AND WILL HAVE TO BE ANALYZED AND THAT'S WHY THIS WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT PATHWAY WE FOLLOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THIS WORK WILL BE USEFUL AND ENSURING THAT OUR DOLLARS ARE DOING THE WORK THAT WE WANT THEM TO DO. AND FINALLY BEFORE WE VOTE, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL VOTE TO MOVE THESE MEASURES FORWARD, THIS DATA HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH A PROCESS OF COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS AND HAS BEEN REPORTED OUT AT BOTH THE HOMELESS STRATEGY AND HNH COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IMPROVEMENTS JUST FROM COLLECT THIS DATA. SO IN OUR EXISTING, THE CITY HAD THOUSANDS OF UNITS THAT INVESTED IN EVEN BEFORE HHH. WE SAW A JUMP IN OCCUPANCY, A SIGNIFICANT JUMP HUNDREDS MORE UNITS FILLED AS A RESULT OF A COLLECTING THIS DATA, IDENTIFYING WHY UNITS WERE EMPTY, WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS AND HACLA TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE FILLED THE UNITS. HUNDREDS MORE UNITS HAVE BEEN FILLED JUST THROUGH THE ACT OF COLLECT THISING INFORMATION. AT A TIME WHERE OUR RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED THROUGH FEDERAL CUTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE FILL EVERY BED FEELS TO ME ALL THE MORE URGENT AND I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE AS FAR AS WE CAN IN DOING THIS WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS CITY'S HISTORY. I HOPE THAT I CAN GET YOUR SUPPORT FROM MOVING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY REPORTING OUT ON THIS INFORMATION IN WAY THAT'S WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE GETTING ANSWERED MORE QUICK REIN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM FROM HOUSING DEPARTMENT, MADAM CLERK. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE LAST THING. PERFORMANCE METRICS ARE VERY GREAT IN STARTING POINT AND IMPROVINGMENTS ARE HAPPENING. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF DATA ALONE DOES NOT DISMANTLE THE SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY THAT WE'VE SEEN AND THEY CANNOT UNDO SYSTEMIC RACISM. SO AS WE PUT FORWARD THESE PERFORMANCE METRICS, REALIZING HOW WE CAN MAKE MODIFY LATER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REDISTRICT THE RESOURCES ACCORDINGLY, BECAUSE METH LOGICAL RIG DOESN'T CURE WITHOUT JUSTICE ONLY REINFORCES THE HARM SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN MIND AS WE CONTINUE TO PUT IN STANDARDS FOR OUR WORK. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 23 THAT IS AS AMENDED BY MOTION RODRIGUEZ-PARK AND FURTHER AMENDED BY MOTION LEE-RODRIGUEZ IS BEFORE COUNCIL NOW. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I APOLOGIZE, I HAD A MINOR EDIT TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ'S AMENDING MOTION. SHE HAS INCLUDED THE WORDS JUST CEO OR ADDED THE WORD CEO TO L.A. COUNTY AND I WOULD JUST SAY, L.A. COUNTY INCLUDING THE CEO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE CEO WITH WHOM WE HAVE TO COORDINATE. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 14 AND SUBSTITUTE MOTION HERNANDEZ-PRIZE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED. THIS REQUIRES TWO VOTES FIRST VOTE IS TO QUESTION WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON SUBSTITUTION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: NEXT IS THE MOTION PRICE HERNANDEZ ITSELF. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: DESK IS CLEAR. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HAPPY WOMEN'S--I WANT TO INVITE YOU FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY AT THE COHUNGA STORE, PRESIDENT OF THE WOMEN HISTORY ALLIANCE, DISCUSSING WOMEN SUFFERAGE AND THE BATTLE IT TOOK TO WIN THAT RIGHT AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE TODAY. VOTING RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK AND SIGNS OF DEMOCRATIC BACKSIDING. IT'S BECOME CLEAR THAT WOMEN ARE NOT GUARANTEED FOREVER. WE'RE HOSTING EVENT TO REMEMBER THE SACK FRIESES OF THOSE BEFORE US, THOSE WHOSE SHOULDERS WE STAND ON. I ASK THAT WE GET RSVPs IN OUR OFFICE BECAUSE SPACE IS LIMITED AND WE'RE ALREADY ALMOST AT CAPACITY OF FOR THE EVENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. PRICE? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK BE EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU ALL IN THE MORNING.