been working on homelessness and I'm proud to say we've successfully brought down homelessness in our district by 29, and we've gotten over 2000 people in permanent housing. I'm really proud of that. And, you know, it's not over. There's more work to be done. I'm committed to using every city resource to bring more parks into CD ten. We're currently working on a plan to do a major expansion to Seoul International Park in the past few months, we've secured major renovations to be made to Chateau Park and Lafayette Park, and we also just finished renovating the football field here at Obama Sports Complex. So when we think of Koreatown, it's a very dense population. And in going outside the box, thinking of ways to make spaces usable is why we expanded Popko library to make a library park and we should see the completion of that resume with the World Cup all star weekend Super Bowl and the Olympics all heading to Los Angeles. We're standing on the edge of a massive economic boom , but a boom only matters if the wealth stays in the neighborhood. This is why our office launched our small business workshop series by giving our local businesses access to tools like Ramp, they can position themselves to secure formal city contracts, transforming them from spectators into vendors and workers that will make these games possible. We're going to celebrate all the words of Martin Luther King. We have the MLK parade coming in January. I'm excited. It's running all through the 10th district, so come out to King Boulevard and see all of the joy that comes with the civil rights fight and then love hut it is something I do in Women's Month to remind women about how important they are, and to know that I care about their struggle. I can't believe we're almost at 26 continuing to get our unhoused neighbors the housing and resources they need. That's number one. Every single day. Continue growing Park space across the district. There's so many children and families who have limited access to being outside to be in parks in our district. And I feel like they're a necessity. So I'm committing to making sure we don't forget. I feel like we've had some lessons learned in 25, 25, showed how resilient Los Angeles is, and then we'll move on with that strength and resilience. In 26. All the good boy and girl dogs at the LA animal Services shelters got holiday treats and toys, while the generous gifts are a help, the intention is to highlight the dogs and help get them into their forever homes. Today, the Karen Cooper Foundation brought Santa sacks for the dogs across our six animal services centers . We're actually bringing Christmas toys to the shelter here. Actually, there's 1100 toys that we're bringing really wonderful toys and treats for all the shelter dogs that are here. What else can I say? Christmas came early for the shelter pets in LA city. We know these shelter dogs don't really have that much of an opportunity to have any joy during the holidays, so what we do is we bring them all these treats. The other reason that we do it is to draw attention to adoptions that are so much needed. Any animal that goes to a home, it's so important for us because it makes much needed space in the shelters. And we wanted to adopt a dog so he just came and he fell in love. One of the dogs and I was at work when he told me he already adopted him and I was like, why didn't you tell me? And then when I came to visited him, I'm like, my heart melted too. So I'm like, so happy that he decided to get this dog. Super happy right now. I know we're both super happy right now. That's all I can say . Michelle and I are here for this cause we're here to bring Christmas to them. But at the end of the day, what needs to really happen is these little guys and gals need to be in their forever homes. It's really helpful to adopt a dog that would change a life to find more ways to support the department, whether it's volunteering, adopting, or donating, you can visit LA Animal Services, dot com and. The recent LA rains couldn't dent the community spirit on display at the annual Kwanzaa Festival. In fact, legend has it that rain on this parade is a sign of good luck and blessings to come. The question came up what are we going to do for Kwanzaa? Why don't we do a parade? For With the Kwanzaa, every day does is it brings in the new year. The theme of this year's gala day is kerfuffle, which is literally resurrection and so we're in a resurrection period. I mean, Kwanzaa to me, is celebrating black pride. So just to have this moment for us to be able to gather together and do something meaningful with no drama, fun times. Leimert Park is always a good time. I'm excited to be out here getting these ladies 39 and over. We get out here double done a line dance, hula hoops, play games, encourage each other. Just bringing back childhood nostalgia. We get excited about all the fun, the cards in the marching and the walking and all the good things that are in this community. Just glad to be here and grateful at 77, to be able to hang with the young folks now. When you walk in the ring at Kwanzaa time, you got blessings. That's what the things you remember. The more it rains, the greater the blessings . LA Civil Rights Department is firmly focused on ensuring that hate has no home in LA. Executive director Kapri Maddox spoke about the department's year of action, campaigning for civil rights and civil society, and a Los Angeles that lights the way for all. Hate has no home in Los Angeles. The relaunch of the campaign, called Just Say Hello, sends a strong message that hate has no home in Los Angeles. We want to build a sense of community, a welcoming feeling with Angelenos. So our reparations report is about 400 pages of the African American experience in Los Angeles over a 100 year period. There are so many spaces where your color speaks before you do. In America, but even in the city of Angels. And so we want to be intentional to send a strong message that we cannot unsee some of the harms of the past, some of the traumas and to think about how we can, as a city, right those wrongs. We want to be a city where people can live their best lives regardless of how they identify. We stand with folks while they're going through their transition, while they're looking for jobs. And so when you think about the LGBTQ plus community being discriminated in the workplace, particularly the transgender population, we want to make sure we have a pathway for people to be self-sustaining in Los Angeles, making sure that we have housing as well as job fairs for this targeted population is a just service. I just want to say I love AAPI month, Asian American Pacific Islander Month is one of my favorite months in the city. I love the celebration, the food, the colors, the community, the pride. Of course, we had a number of elected officials, including our very own John Lee , Nithya Raman and many others. That's what I really love about our elected officials is you may represent a group in your identity, but you go out and you celebrate all of Los Angeles every Heritage Month. We call our service day. Tom Labonge Day of Service. Tom Labonge loved people. He oftentimes bringing together people from different backgrounds and the opportunity for us to do Tom Labonge day of service gave us a moment for people to work shoulder to shoulder with their fellow Angelenos and have that common connection of wanting to serve. We need to understand that it takes all of us to build a better Los Angeles. We are intentional here at LA Civil Rights to say, regardless of your faith, we stand with you. We don't have a hate crime stopping at the door just based on your skin color or how you identify. We also have tremendous hate crimes happening against folks based on their faith. So we want to be unified with all faiths to say we see you, we stand with you, we celebrate you, and we want to create a Los Angeles where people are free to worship as they wish and to not feel like they're at risk if they're going to temple or going to the mosque or going to their churches. We've been able to support folks with know Your Rights information with Angelenos. We even had a Know Your Rights fair at my beloved Cal State LA, where we had 19 service organizations to provide advice , guidance, resources for students at the Cal State L.A. campus. During one of the toughest times of the Ice raids in the City of Angels. When I think about the We Belong campaign, it's something I'm super excited about because we wanted to send a message to our immigrants that you belong here. And so the campaign is I belong. You belong, we belong. You know , people often say in hate, go back to where you belong. We wanted to blanket the city with a message that everyone belongs . We were intentional to do this in a number of languages, but our first language out of the box, we did it in Spanish. Many of us have come from different places and spaces for the freedom and the liberties Los Angeles offers us all. Our city is strong. We are standing with all communities. I want you to know we have your back. We are here for you and we are building a Los Angeles for all. In this week's Things to Do help keep MLK Jr's dream alive at freedom Festival. Enjoy a guided Tidepool Walk at Cabrillo and get those Legos clicking and a brick play date in Koreatown. All this up next on things to do . It's freedom Festival happening on MLK day Monday, January 19th. Join Council President Marquis Harris Dawson, council member Curren Price and Councilwoman Heather Hutt in partnership with Community Coalition and Destination Crenshaw to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. According to Council President Harris Dawson, this yearly staple provides hundreds of South L.A. residents with resources, culture and connection. This year's festival highlights the impact and unity in action with the theme Still We Rise Keeping the Dream Alive. Head to Leimert Park for freedom Festival on the Martin Luther King Jr holiday Monday, January 19th, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. for more information, visit the Instagram account of Council President Marquis Harris Dawson at MH d c d. Eight. Enjoy a guided Tidepool walk with the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium educators on Saturday, January 17th as they interpret the various habitats of the Cabrillo Beach Coastal Park. The walk begins at the aquarium courtyard and takes in the native gardens , salt marsh beaches and tidepools. Along the way, you'll see fossils, native plants, birds, and other interesting finds. Head outside, bring a snack and meet at the aquarium for a tidepool. Walk on Saturday, January 17th at 1:30 p.m. for more information, see the events calendar at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium .org. Join the Los Angeles Public Library for brick Play date at the Pico Koreatown Branch Library on January 17th. If you love to build things, join the playdate at the library. Families are welcome to come and use their imagination to build and play with the library's Legos. This activity is recommended for kids ages four and up. Head to the community room at the Pio Pico Koreatown branch Library for the hands on activity brick play date on Saturday, January 17th at 1:30 p.m. for more information, visit lapl.org. Slash events. And that's a look at some things to do. And that's all for this week. I'm Natalia Bilbao and from all of us here at La this week. Thank you so much for joining us. Remember that you can watch us online anytime at La Cityview. Org. And we're also on Instagram, Facebook x and YouTube. See you next time for more LA this week . Planning for emergencies is smart, but does the family emergency plan include pets. EAS. Regularly scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles City Council. Today is Tuesday, the 13th day of January in the year 2026. PublicWELCOME TO TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS JANUARY 13, 2026. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IF WE CAN BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: A PPROVAL OF MINUTES. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTION FOESER APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE MOVES PARK SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE PLAGUE SALUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S START AND JOIN COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> J. Lee: IF YOU CAN PLEASE FACE THE FLAG AND PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TOLL FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDID I STRISABLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. 1 THROUGH 9 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. FOR ITEM NUMBER 16 THERE IS A TYPO IN RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 1 AND IT SHOULD BE THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS. 32 THROUGH 38 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. >> Council President: DO WE HAVE WISHES MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 23 AND 27 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. AND I'D LIKE TO HOLD ITEM 24 SPECIAL BY COMMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM NUMBER 25 FOR COMMENTS AND ITEM 26 FOR A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT NA I BELIEVE IS BEING--NO? THANK YOU MR. LEE THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> SECOND BY MR. McOSKER. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: YES, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL 29 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> I THINK IT'S BEEN CALLED SPECIAL BY ITEM 26 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 21 FOR COMMENTS AND ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 26 THAT SHOULD BE CIRCULATED SOON. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 10 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: OKAY, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 11 THROUGH 20. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: CAN WE SEND ITEM 20 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 22 FOR TWO WEEKS TO JANUARY 27th. >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT BUT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL TESTIMONIAL FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEE FROM THE 12th DISTRICT. >> J. Lee: ROBERT? COLLEAGUES THIS MOTION, TODAY REPROUDLY RECOGNIZING THE 123rd KOREAN-AMERICAN ANNIVERSARY DAY WHEN IMMIGRANT CAME TO HAWAII IN 1903 TO HELP OUT WITH THE AGRICULTURE THERE. STANDING WITH ME IS THE PRESIDENT OF KOREAN-AMERICAN FEDERATION ROBERT ANN. GENERATIONS OF KOREAN-AMERICANS HAVE HELPED SHAPE OUR NATION AND OUR CITY THROUGH PERSEVERANCE AND HARD WORK AND DEEP COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. LOS ANGELES IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST VIBRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND THIS IMPACT FROM THEM CAN BE FELT ACROSS OUR CITY FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, AS FAITH COMMUNITIES, TO EDUCATION, THE ARTS AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP, ALL STRENGTHENING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENRICHING OUR CULTURAL LANDSCAPE. AS WE COMMEMORATE KOREAN-AMERICAN DAY WE HAVE A BUILT THROUGH SACRIFICE AND PERSEVERANCE AND OPTIMISM FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE KOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE VALUES PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT THAT OUR CITY IS BETTER PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE. HAPPY KOREAN AMERICAN DAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. LEE FOR REMINDING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF KOREAN-AMERICAN ARE HERE. AS I AM THE COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE 10th DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES KOREAN TOWN, THEY ARE ROBUST MEMBERS. HAPPY KOREAN-AMERICAN DAY TO ALL. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE THE HOME OF A VAS AND THRIVING KOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THERE ARE OVER CENTURY LONG LEGACY IS WOVEN INTO EVERY SECTOR FROM OUR CITY FROM BUSINESSES TO TECHNOLOGY TO ARTS AND CIVIC LIFE. MORE THAN THAT, KOREAN CULTURE IS IS A FOUNDATIONAL PART OF LOS ANGELES IDENTITY. IN MY DISTRICT KOREAN TOWN STANDS AS A BECON OF VIBRANCY AND STRENGTH. LOS ANGELES SITS AT THE FOR FRONT OF GLOBAL WAVE OF KOREAN CULTURE AND ART. WHILE MANY SEE IT A RISE IN THE TREND, WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO EXPERIENCE ITS INFLUENCE FOR DECADES. WHILE WE'RE HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PAST SUNDAY, KOREAN ARTS TOOK CENTER STAGE AT A GLOBAL PLATFORM AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES WHERE THE BLOCKBUSTER FILM TOOK HOME SEVERAL AWARDS AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. THIS MADE HISTORY FOR OUR KOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND WAS THE FIRST TIME KOREAN-AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE RECEIVED AWARDS FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE AND BEST ORIGINAL SONG. SO AS WE CELEBRATE THE 123rd ANNIVERSARY OF KOREAN AMERICAN DAY LET'S CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTION THAT'S KOREAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO OUR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I JUST WANT TO SAY I WANT TO ADD MY WISHES FOR KOREAN-AMERICAN DAY AND THE ICONIC SYMBOLS BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIP IS IN THE 1-5 AT THE FAR SOUTH OF OUR DISTRICT. WE HAVE THE KOREAN BELL OF FRIENDSHIP AND TODAY AT 2:00 P.M., WE'LL BE RINGING BELL IN HONOR OF OUR VERY OWN DON LOU IS GENERAL MANAGER IS WORKING DWARDS THE CELEBRATION OF 50th YEAR OF THAT GIFT AT OUR BICENTENNIAL. HAPPY KOREAN-AMERICAN DAY AND WE LOOK TO MORE CELEBRATING AS WE CELEBRATE THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BELL. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THE KOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOR MAKING LOS ANGELES THE AMAZING PLACE THAT IT IS. WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO OUR TESTIMONIAL. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING TESTIMONIAL SINCE THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT HAS VISITED OUR CITIES. IT IS LITERALLY ON OUR NEWS EVERY NIGHT BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DRIVE DOWN INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IDENTIFY WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HEAR FROM FOLKS ON THE GROUND FACING THIS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TIME IN OUR CITY. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES I RISE HOLDING TWO TRUTHS AT ONCE, THE PROFOUND GRIEF. THIS YEAR HAS BEGUN WITH HEART BREAK AND IT OPENED WITH A MURDERS OF RENEE NICOLE GOOD AND PORTER, TWO PEOPLE WHO'S LIVES MATTER DEEPLY TO THOSE AROUND THEM. THEIR DEATHS DID NOT OCCUR AMID ISOLATION, THEY COME IN RADICALIZATION OF ICE ACTIVITY. THIS HAS BECOME A GRIM REALITY IN MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. YESTERDAY BROUGHT ANOTHER DEVASTATING BLOW. MY OFFICE RECEIVED MULTIPLE REPORTS OF ICE SIGHTING IN EAGLE ROCK AND EL SERENO, THIS HAPPENED ON FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AFTER WINTER BREAK. MOMENTS LIKE THIS CAN FEEL UNBEARABLE, GRIEF AND ANGER AND FEAR PRESSDS IN AT ONCE BUT SOLIDARITY REMINDS US WE'RE NOT ALONE. WE SHOW UP FOR ONE ANOTHER IN MOURNING AND IN CARE REFUSING TO LOOK AWAY WHEN YOU'RE COMMUNITY ARE UNDER ATTACK. TODAY I'M JOINED BY COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, CLERGY AND LADY, MOBILIZED FAITH LEADERS TO STAND ALONGSIDE WORKERS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY AND JUSTICE. LAST WEEK, HELD A BRIEF DEMONSTRATION TO HONOR THE LIFE OF RENEE GOOD. AND RIGHT HERE AT OUR HOME, AND THEY LAID DOWN FLOWERS DURING THE VISION TO HOLD A VIGIL FOR RENEE. WE'RE HONORED TO HEAR FROM MARY, A DARMA TEACHER WHO'S PRACTICE OF BUDDHISM BRINGS COMPASSION TO PRACTICE. MARY UNITED SPIRITUAL PRACTICE WITH ARGUING COMMUNITIES AND FACING INJUSTICE AND TODAY SHE BRINGS US A TESTIMONY ROOTED IN COMPASSION AND SHARED HUMANITY. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS MARY I'M A BUDDHIST CHAPLAIN AND TEACHER LONG TIME BOARD MEMBER OF BLU, CLERGY BOARD LADY. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT MY INTERACTIONS WITH ICE. I DO NOT HAVE ANY FIRSTHAND INSURANCE BY ICE BUT I'VE BEEN IMPACTED. WHEN MY STUDENT WHO IS 80 YEARS OLD AND IN A WHEELCHAIR AND TOLD ME ICE PULLED HER OUT OF A CHAIR IN AIRPORT AND ASKED ABOUT HER IMMIGRATION STATUS. I AM IMPACTED. WHEN I DON'T SEE ANYBODY SITTING OUTSIDE WHERE THEY'VE STOOD FOR YEARS, I AM IMPACTED. WHEN I SEE A BLACK ESCALATE, I AND I LOOK TO SEE IF THE GARDNERS ARE OKAY, I AM IMPACTED. WHEN I'M TOLD THAT A STUDENT MUST LEAVE BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WERE DEPORTED, I AM IMPACTED. WHEN IS HEAR A STORY ABOUT HOW ICE DEPORTED A SON, A DAUGHTER, A MOTHER A HUSBAND, I AM IMPACTED. CLUE HAS BEEN ADMINISTERING WHEN I GO TO PAY A BOND AND IT'S TURNED DOWN, I CRY FOR THE PERSON THAT I HAVE NEVER MET P.I CRY FOR HIS FAMILY. I AM DEFINITELY IMPACTED. WHEN I SIT IN THE CAFETERIA IN THE--AND HEAR STORIES ABOUT HOW THEIR SISTER WAS TAKEN WHILE GOING IN, AT THE FEDERAL IMPACT I AM IMPACTED. WHEN I AM INVITED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND I TELL A FRIEND AND SHE SAYS IS IT SAFE TO DO THAT? I AM IMPACTED. I IMPACT BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE LAW THAT SEEM TO BE SUPERFLUOUS TO ICE. I AM IMPACTED. WHEN ICE FIRST ARRIVED IN JUNE, I WAS PART OF AN INTERFACE CLERGY, WHO WALKED DOWN TO THE DETENTION CENTER. LAPD HAD BLOCKED OFF ALAMEDA SO WE STOOD IN THE CORNER, WE SANG SONGS AND SPOKE OF PEACE AND JUSTICE. WE ALSO SAW ICE, I WATCHED AS LAPD BEGAN TO LINE UP AND TAKE A MORE FORMAL STANCE. AND THEN I NOTICED THE NATIONAL GUARD COME TO ATTENTION AND STAND FACE ITING US AS WELL. AND WHAT I FELT IN THAT MOMENT WAS FEAR. NOT MY OWN OWN FEAR BUT WAVES OF FEAR COMING OFF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND LAPD. FEAR OF PASTORS AND RABBIS AND IMANS AND CHAPLAINS. IT'S NOT FEAR OF ANYTHING THAT WE WERE DOING BUT THE OTHER. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEMONIZED AND IT BRINGS VIOLENCE. ICE DIDN'T START IT BUT IT'S CONTINUING IT AND IT IMPACTS ME AND COUNTLESS OTHERS. IN MY BUDDHIST TRADITION, THERE IS A TEACHING ABOUT SEVERAL MONKS FRIGHTENED AND HE GAVE THEM A TEACHING ON LOVING KINDNESS AS AN ANECDOTE TO FEAR. WISHING AND GLADNESS AND SAFETY WHETHER THEY ARE WEIGHING OR STRONG, MEDIUM OR SHORT OR SMALL, SEEN OR UNSEEN, LIVING NEAR OR FAR AWAY, BORN OR TO BE BORN, MAY ALL BEINGS BE AT EASE. LET NONE THROUGH ANGER OR ILL WILL WISH HARM UPON ANOTHER. SO WITH A BOUNDLESS HEART SHOULD ONE CHERISH ALL LIVING BUILDINGS. AND WE ARE DUBLY COMMITTED TO LIVING THIS WAY. TO ENDING INJUSTICE WHERE I SEE IT. DUBLY COMMITTD TO CHERISH ALL LIVING BEINGS AND WORK DPR A FOUNDATION OF LOVE. THIS IS ALSO HOW ICE HAS IMPACTED ME. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MARY FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK IN PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY FROM RAPID RESPONSE TO TIRELESS ADVOCACY FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS. YOUR LEADER SHIP HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND CLARITY REMINDING THAT ACTION IS A COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND SHOWING THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS MAY NOT BE HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT OR MAY NOT BE HAPPENING TO YOU YOUR DISTRICT AS FREQUENTLY OR MAY IT MAY NOT BE HAPPENED TO YOU, WE'RE ALL IMPACTED BY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY BECAUSE OUR DESTINIES AT THE END OF THE DAY, ARE INTERTWINED. AND FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME IF YOU SEE YOUR ICE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE CALL THE LOS ANGELES RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK IMMEDIATELY. THAT NUMBER IS 1-888-624-4752. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND THANK YOU TO YOUR GUESTS FOR COMING TO SPEAK TO TUESDAY THIS MORNING. THAT MOVES US TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNINGS MEETING. I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD 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. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU GET OFF TOPIC, YOU GET NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO TO SORRY AGAIN STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAK BEING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS, ITEMS 1 THROUGH 9 AND 23 THROUGH 38. AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 THROUGH 9 AND, NUMBER 22 THROUGH 38. ALL RIGHT, ITEM 22 HAS BEEN CONTINUED. LET ME START OVER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 1 THROUGH 9 AND 23 THROUGH 38. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE JURISDICTION. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT IF I CAN MAKE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE IT ALLOWED TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY IF YOU MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST UNDER THE ADA IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE P PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT KNOW WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. SO IF YOU'VE MADE THAT ACCOMMODATION REQUEST, ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME CALLED ALOUD, YOU CAN RAISE YAER HAND AND THE SERGEANTS WILL COME TO YOU AND BRING YOU THE MICROPHONE. ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY SPEAKERS POSSIBLE. IF PUCK LINE UP WHEN THE Y YOUR NAME IS CALLED. THE ORDER THAT THE NAMES ARE CALLED IS RANDOMLY GENERATED, NOT THE ORDER YOU SIGNED UP. >> Council President: BEFORE WE CALL NAMES. WE HAVE 45 SPEAKERS, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR AN HOUR. SO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE LINE UP. GET TO THE MIC AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN. YOU'LL BE GIVEN A NUMBER OF MINUTES TO SPEAK IN EACH CASE. YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE ALL OF IT. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. >> Clerk: MARGARITA GONZALEZ, IRMA SERVANTES, CRAIG AND GEORGIANA SERRANO. >> CAN WE PLEASE HAVE ANA FERRARI, BRIAN WILLIAMS, AFRICA, TRINIDAD ALVAREZ AND AVA GA SEE A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT, GEORGIANA SERRANO. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YES. SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, HAPPY NEW YEAR, THIS IS A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR MOST OF US. AND HOUSING IS EXTREMELY MEETING IN OUR CITY. THAT'S WHY THE MONEY IS SO IMPORTANT AND INITIATIVE L.A. IS PROVIDING THE PHONES FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK. AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, I HEARD MANY MANY BROKEN HEART HISTORY FROM THE COMMUNITY. WITHOUT MONEY, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO DO IT. SO THE INITIATIVE HAS INCREDIBLE PLANS FOR SOCIO HOUSING, HELPING PEOPLE WITH EDUCATION, AND WITH THE SUPPORT WITH THE RAIN AND OTHER ASPECTS. PLEASE FULLY SUPPORT ULA. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HOLA, MUY BUENOS DIAS. SOY MEMBER THAT INNER-CITY STRUGGLE. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, I'M IRMA AND I'M PART OF INNER-CITY STRUGGLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ACCESSIBLE HOUSING AND IMPACT FOR ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO I'M ANGELINA AND I BELIEVE EVERYBODY DESERVE A STABLE AND ACCESSIBLE PLACE TO LIVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interprter: ULA IS ALREADY GENERATING POSITIVE AND REAL RESULTS IT'S HELPING RENTERS STAY IN THEIR HOMES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SUPPORTED ACCESSIBLE HOUSING ORDINANCE AND TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES WITH ACCESSIBLE RENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WITHOUT THIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THE CITY WON BE ABLE TO HELP THE SITUATION OF PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD THEIR RENT AND WHO ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT US AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ATTENTION. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IT'S NOT AN ITEM. ?AOUF -->> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC DOCUMENT. --PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS BRIAN WILLIAMS. >> City Attorney: CAN YOU RAISE THE MICROPHONE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS BRIAN WILLIAMS AND I BUILD TECHNOLOGY FOR THE HARD OF HEARING AND THE DEAF. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT, DEPARTMENT OR WHAT COMMITTEE DO I SPEAK TO ABOUT PUBLIC SCREENS? AND ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE SIGN LANGUAGE AS FAR AS HOW DO I GO ABOUT IT? >> City Attorney: SO THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR Q & A BUT IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, IF YOU CAN WAIT OVER ON THE SIDE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS A TODOS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, HELLO MY NAME IS TRINIDAD AL VAREZ AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU PROTECT MEASURE ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> >> Interpreter: U LA IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HAS PROVIDED FREE LAWYERS IN OUR COURTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MEMBERS SAY THAT ULA DOES NOT WORK BUT IT'S BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE MAKING THEM PAY WHAT THEY SHOULD PAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I ASK THAT YOU PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY WHICH IS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH ULA. >> Speaker: [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MUY BUENAS TAR DECEMBER. MY NOMBRE IS ANA. SOY MEMBER BRIA. >> Interpreter: I'M AVA GARCIA MEMBER OF COMMUNITY ELECTIVE POWER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I THINK I'M ALWAYS HERE, YOU ALWAYS SEE MY FACE RIGHT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I WILL STAY HERE AND KEEP FIGHTING FOR WHAT IS JUST. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TODAY I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ULA IS A MEASURE THAT WE WON WITH GREAT EFFORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WE KNOW THE NECESSITY THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] WE WON IT WITH DEMOCRACY. AND THE RICH SAY THAT U LA DOES NOT WORK RIGHT NOW. NOT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY TAXES AND THAT'S WHAT IS FAIR. ALL OF US PAY TAXES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE PERSON WHO HAS MORE COSTS HAS TO PAY MORE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ULA MEASURE WILL KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ULA WILL HELP CREATE A LIVING SITUATION DIFFERENT, SOCIAL LIVING SITUATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WHERE IT WILL PROTECT RENTERS AND A LAW THEM TO LIVE JUSTLY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE DESERVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT IS WHY YOU PROTECT ULA BECAUSE IT WAS WON DEMOCRATICALLY AND IT SHOULD STAY FIRMLY IN LOS ANGELES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE WUB MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M ANA FARRARI, I'VE BEEN A RENTER FOR 25 YEARS IN LOS ANGELES. AND I HAVE SEEN IT LESS AFFORDABLE. MY PARTNER AND I WORK IN THE FILM INDUSTRY AND MOST OF YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A ROUGH TIME SINCE 2023 AND ONLY BECAUSE OF RENT CONTROL THAT WE ARE NOT MORE RENT BURDENED RIGHT NOW. THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN OUR CURRENT PLACE AND WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR TEN YEARS RIGHT NOW. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN AFFORD TO MOVE. AND I VOLUNTEER WITH THE UNITED HOUSE COALITION BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. AND IF I'M HAVING TROUBLE AFFORDING HOUSING SO SO MANY MORE DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I THINK THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY MEASURE ULA ARE IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY THE SUPPORT OF HOUSING. WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE HARD WORKING ANGELINOS OVER THE DEVELOPERS AND CORPORATIONS. PLEASE GIVE THE PROGRAM A CHANCE TO GET OFF THE GROUND. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: OKAY, I'M DOING PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. PRESIDENT, AND ALSO MS. HERNANDEZ, I DO HAVE TO THANK MS. HERNANDEZ A LOT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH A CRISIS, I'M AN AMERICAN BUT MY NAME WAS TAKEN FROM FLORIDA. NOW I'M LIVING MY IDENTITY, MY NAME I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BECAUSE IT'S BEING FIXED THANKS TO HOLLY MITCHELL AND MS. HERNANDEZ. AND ALSO TRAN LATINAS HELPED ME TOO. I HATE TO SEE SOMEBODY GO THROUGH THE CRISIS THAT I'VE BEEN. I'M AN AMERICAN, I WAS SCARED TO COME OUT BECAUSE OF ICE. I THOUGHT I WAS IN THERE BECAUSE THEY TOOK MY NAME AWAY. BUT IT'S OKAY, BECAUSE I GOT IT BACK, I GOT MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN MY CONCERNER TO HELP ME. AND I DO NOT WISH THIS UPON ANYBODY. AND YOU, YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: WE'RE GOING TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES UP. GRACE, PERSVANDA, BAMBI AND SCOTT MEYERS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS MARGARITA GONZALEZ I'M COLLECTIVE POWER I'M HERE TO DEFEND ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ULA IS BILLIONS THAT OUR PEOPLE WON. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I SAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS THIS MEASURE BECAUSE ULA PUTS THE PEOPLE ABOVE THEIR INTERESTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ATTACKING ULA IS NOT JUST AND WELL AS IT IS ATTACKING NOT ONLY THE MORTGAGE BUT ALSO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND ALSO THE PEOPLE TAXPAYERS AND PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SITUATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Interpreter: DEFENDING ULA IS DEFENDING HOUSING AND DIGNITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAKER WAS CUT OFF AFTER THAT. >> 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: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I WANT TO BLESS YOU AS WE START THIS NEW SESSION. BUT I'M HERE SPECIFICALLY IN SUPPORT OF ULA BUT ALSO TO REMIND YOU THAT TRANS LATINA COALITION AND OTHER ALLIES, WE'RE HERE TO PUSH FOR THE TRANS WELLNESS AND EQUITY FUND. WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ALLOCATION OF FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY. WE HAVE BEEN GOING AT THIS, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR THIRD YEAR AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT TRANS PEOPLE RECEIVE THE SUPPORT AND SERVICES THAT THEY DESERVE AND NEED. AT THIS POLITICAL TIMES, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND TOGETHER AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES. TRANS PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTUM POLL WITH SOCIAL CONDITIONS. TODAY THE SUPREME COURT IS RULING AND THIS IS THE ONE OF THE ISSUES. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: 24 AND 25 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS THAT'S 24 AND 25 AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE WITH THE TRANS LANA, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED. ALL THE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS NOT BEEN HELD HAVE TO DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAND USE. AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU PRIORITIZE, WHETHER THAT'S INVESTING IN THE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND NOT JUST IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. WE ARE IN AN ELECTION YEAR, HALF OF YOU ARE UP FOR REELECTION, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE CITY, FROM COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS INVESTING IN THE CARE OF OUR COMMUNES NOT JUST DISPLACING RENTERS AND NOT JUST IN FACILITATING ICE. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK MOST OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES, WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH YOUR TEAMS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ACTION BEFORE MARCH, THIS COUNCIL STANDS UP. YOU DON'T JUST GO IN HIDING. >> City Attorney: CAN WE PAUSE THEIR TIME FOR A SECOND. YOUR TIME IS PAUSED. SO YOU HAVE YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT I'M LISTENING TO WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT AND IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. PLEASE REMAIN IN THE ITEMS OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOU CAN MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC. >> Speaker: EVERYTHING, YOU CAN MOVE ME TO PUBLIC COMMENT, SURE. ANYWAYS, AS I WAS SAYING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THESE MEETINGS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC NOT FOR YOUR STAFFERS, NOT FOR THE PRIVATE INTEREST TO SUPPORT YOU BUT MAKING SURE THT YOU LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC, THAT YOU TAKE TIME AGAIN TO ENSURE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE BEING HEARD. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UPLIFT ULA, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CARE AND NEEDS OF POPULATIONS, WHETHER IT'S BLACK COMMUNITIES OR TGI COMMUNITIES THAT YOU USE THOSE TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIES NOT JUST CONTINUE TO FUND THE LAPD AND ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT YOUR OFFICES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND WE DON'T CONTINUE TO SEE ANY RESULT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRIMARIES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE SHIFT IN CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M THE MANAGER AT SAGE A PROGRAM MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH UNITED L.A. FUNDS. THEY HAVE SECURED MORE THAN 100 MILLION DOLLARS FOR SAVING FOR VULNERABLE FAMILIES. WE'RE ABLE TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE RIGHTS AND EVICTION PROCESS AND PROTECTION THAT'S KEEP FAMILIES HOUSED. OUR PROGRAM TRANSLATES COMPLEX HOUSING LAWS INTO ACCESSIBLE MULTI WORKSHOPS. THIS KIND OF PROACTIVE EDUCATION FUNDED DIRECTLY BY THE PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS THAT ULA GENERATES TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. WHEN WE INVEST IN KNOWLEDGE, WE INVEST IN PRODUCTABILITY. I URGE CITY LEAD INVENTORIES PROTECT ULA AND THE LIFE SAVING EDUCATION IT MAKES POSSIBLE. KEEP THE DOLLARS RAILROAD VOTE ERRED INTENDED BUILDING A MORE STABLE LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SINGING] WE SHALL OVERCOME. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE? >> Speaker: TO DR. KING'S BIRTHDAY COMING UP, I'M MR. PANCAKE HOUSING ORGANIZER AND ACTIVIST WITH THE COMMUNITY NETWORK. SUPPORTING ULA, THE MANSION TAX. PART OF A COALITION THAT FOUGHT TO GET IT PASSED AND IT WAS VOTED AND BY L.A. CITY VOTERS IN 2022, TO ALL THE COALITION MEMBERS THAT FOUGHT FOR ULA. THE POT OF MONEY IS CALLED THE HOUSE ULA FUND. ULTIMATELY, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT DECIDES TO GETS THE HOUSING MONEY. THE CITY ACQUIRED THE PANTRY. TO GET, AND TO THE HOUSE L.A. FUNDS. KEEP L.A. HOUSED, ULA! ULA! ULA! THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP THE NEXT THREE NAMES. ALFONSO, JASMINE LOPEZ AND OPHELIA. >> City Attorney: SORRY, WHEN YOU READ THE NAMES, CAN WE HAVE YOU REPEAT THEM LOUDER. >> Clerk: ALFONSO, AND JASMINE LOPEZ AND OPHELIA M. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HI GOOD MORNING, I'M SPEAKING ON GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE I'M GRACE HE IS HE IS ESTRELLA. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF MEASURE ULA. MEASURE ULA IS DMRIFRG REAL RESULTS. PROVIDE FUNDS FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND EVICTION CASES. IT FUNDS HOUSING PROJECTS. IT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY HAVE AND MAINTAIN STABLE PLACES TO LIVE BECAUSE HOUSING, WE BELIEVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT. WE SEE THE POSITIVE RESULTS OF USING THE ULA FUNDS AS THEY ARE INTENDED. I ASK TO YOU PLEASE STAND WITH US HERE, AND PLEASE PROTECT ULA AND HOW THE FUNDS USE AS THE VOTERS REQUESTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ULA MEASURE THAT WAS CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE DEMOCRATICALLY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IT MAKES THE CORPORATIONS AND LANDLORDS THAT OWN BUILDINGS OVER 5 MILLION DOLLARS THEY HAVE TO PAY WHAT THEY SHOULD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THOSE RESOURCES ARE USED TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO IS BEING EVICTED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN L.A. THERE IS WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE STREETS. THIS IS A KEY TOOL TO AVOID FAMILIES FROM SUFFERING FROM THAT AND TO SUPPORTING SOCIAL HOUSING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY EVEN IN EMERGENCY MOMENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE ONES WHO OPPOSE ULA ARE THE RICH PEOPLE AND ALSO REAL ESTATE CORPORATIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THIS MEASURE BENEFITS THE WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND MOST VULNERABLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ULA IS NEW HAS RESISTED A LOT OF ATTACKS AND IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROCEED. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'LL BE SPEAKING ON GENERAL PUBLIC. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M JASMINE NICOLE LOPEZ, I AM ONE OF THE PROUD CONSTITUENTS THAT GTS ASSISTANCE FROM TRANS LATINA COALITION. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE TGI WELLNESS AND EQUITY INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. WITHOUT THEM I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF A SITUATION THAT I WAS IN OR WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I FEEL LIKE IF WE CAN GET TWO-YEAR INVESTMENT FOR THEM THAT WOULD HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS ASSISTANCE AND GIVES US AN EQUAL AND FAIR FIGHT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. HONESTLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE IT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M ALFONSO DIRECTOR JUNIOR I'M WITH ACT L.A. COALITION ENSURING JUSTICE. MEASURE ULA JUST RAISED ONE BILLION DOLLARS AND JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THIS IMPORTANT MILD STONE. MILESTONE. THE SOCIAL HOUSING PROGRAM IN ULA WILL DO JUST THAT. IN THE CITY'S FIRST MAJOR RELEASE OF FUNDING, DEVELOPERS REQUESTED 600 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD SOCIAL HOUSING. THAT'S SIX TIMES THE AMOUNT THAT THE CITY WILL AWARD IN THIS FIRST ROUND AND A STRONG SIGNAL NA ASSOCIATE HOUSING IS COMING TO L.A. WE URGE YOU TO WORK WITH US TO BUILD MORE HOUSING IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL THREE ADDITIONAL NAMES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I AM INTERESTED IN IMPROVING THE PROCEEDINGS HERE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS FREDERICK AND I'M A CIVILIZED CITIZEN. MY COMMENT IS TO PROVIDE MORE SOCIAL MATTER TO THESE PROCEEDINGS. IT'S A LIKE A CHILD GAME, WE NEED SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CREATION. WE NEED A GENUINE DECENCY, GENUINE FUNCTION, LIT MA SEE. GENUINE GENUINE GENUINE CRITIQUE, GENUINE DEMOCRACY, WE DON'T STORM THE WHITE HOUSE OR COUNCIL. WITH HONOR AND SANK ITYITY. THEY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, THE WHITE HOUSE IS A HOME, A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M LARA HERE TO MAKE SURE THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE CONNECTIONS TO INTO SCIENTOLOGY, THEIR BUDGET AND STREET CLOSURES THROUGH STREETS L.A. WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT A BUDGET OF 42, 000 FOR ONE NIGHT SO THAT PROTESTERS DON'T DOCUMENT THE WAY THEY ARE ACCOUNTING AND BEHAVING AND TREATING THEIR VAIDS. --SLEIGHSED. --SLAVES. SO YOU HAVE TO DIVORCE YOURSELF FROM SCIENTOLOGY, IF IT'S DRUG-FREE WORLD, IF IT'S ECONOMIC, WHATEVER IT IS, STOP SUPPORTING SCIENTOLOGY. THEY ABUSE THE R-1 VISA. MAKE SURE THAT THEY USE THEIR PARKING LOT THAT ARE EMPTY FOR THEIR HOMELESS. SPACES IN LOS ANGELES THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE USED. LET'S USE SCIENTOLOGY FOR THEIR MONEY TO HELP THE HOMELESS INSTEAD OF USING IT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO HEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M LAUREN, AND I'M HERE WITH THE TRANS LATINA, I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE A MAYOR FROM A CITY SIMILAR TO OURS. STATED IN THIS MONTH PO* LIT CAL DARKNESS, NEW YORK LBL THE LIGHT. HERE WE BELIEVE IN STANDING UP THOSE WE LOVE, WHETHER YOU'RE A IMMIGRANT OR MEMBER OF THE TRANS COMMUNITY OR ANYONE ELSE WITH THEIR BACK AGAINST THE WALL. YOUR STRUGGLE IS OURS TOO. WILL LOS ANGELES BE A LIGHT AS WELL? HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEW YORK AND PASS THE TGI WELLNESS AND EQUITY INITIATIVE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP THREE ADDITIONAL NAMES. DEBRA, LAUREN ROBLES AND POMSTON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M A TENANT ORGANIZER WITH POWER COLLECTIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT MEASURE ULA DESIGNED FOR PROGRAMS TO DEFEND TENANTS AGAINST EVICTIONS. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORS WERE PICKED UP FROM MASKED GUNMAN THEY WERE WORKING TO MAKE RENT. L.A. HAS BEEN FACING THIS TERROR NOT SINCE JUNE BUT FOR YEARS. RESENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT TENANTS WHO FACE EVICTION NOTICES ARE MORE LIKELY TO SELF DEPORT BECAUSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON. GUTING THE EVICTION PROGRAMS WILL BE PUTTING THOUSANDS OF TENANTS IN LOS ANGELES AT GREATER RISK OF DISPLACEMENT AND MORE VULNERABLE TO DEPORTATION AND EXPOSED TO ICE. SAVE ULA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE I'M ROSA MIRANDA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I AM AN ORGANIZER WITH COLLECTIVO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TODAY I'M HAPPY BECAUSE I'M SEEING A DREAM THAT I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD COME TRUE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND ONE OF THE PERSONSWHO WENT OUT AND LOOKED FOR THAT VOTE FOR ULA. AND TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING ONE BILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL GO TO ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE VOTERS TALKED ABOUT A REAL PROBLEM. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE NEED TO PUT THE FAMILIES SAFE IN A PLACE IN A HOME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: RENT IS IMPOSSIBLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND AS A COUNCIL, YOU HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YOU WANT TO DEVIATE THE FUNDS THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO GO TO ULA TO GO TO OTHER CORPORATIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY GOES TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND HERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF OUR ACTUALLY SUPPORTING THE RICH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GO OUT AND SEE FAMILIES IN ENCAMPMENTS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING I'M DEBRA HE IS SKO VAR AND I'M A TRANS WOMEN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FOR SEVEN YEARS, I LIVED ON THE STREET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I HAVE HIV AND I'M HERE FOR TO YOU SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE NEED IN TRANS LATINA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] STR*EP PLEASE HELP TRANS LATINA SO THEY CAN HELP US WITH HOUSING SO WE NO LONGER HAVE TO LIVE IN THE STREETS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: WE WILL CALL THREE ADDITIONAL NAMES. LEON, BEE, AND A LEJANDRA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. ? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I LEAD THE POLICY WORK AT THE TRANS LATINA COALITION. WHEN I WAS 17 OR 18 YEARS OLD, I WAS KICKED OUT OF MY HOUSE FOR COMING OUT AS QUEER AND TRANS. A LOST TIMES WHEN WE'RE IN THESE SITUATIONS, IT'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ALSO QUEER AND TRANS THAT HELP US GET BACK ON OUR FEET, HELP SHELTER US, HELP US FIND OUR WAY, HELP GET MENTAL RESOURCES AND THE HELP THAT WE NEED. WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF EACH OTHER FOR DECADES, WHILE WE'RE FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC INTEGRATION AND A PUBLIC LIFE. SO I ASK YOU TODAY, TO PLEASE CONSIDER AN INVESTMENT CONCRETE INVESTMENT IN THE TRANS COMMUNITIES ABILITY TO CONTINUE HELPING EACH AO, CONTINUE SHELTERING EACH OTHER. CONTINUE KEEPING EACH OTHER SAFE WHILE WE MITIGATE LOW QUALITY OF RESOURCES, WHILE REMIT GATE THE ENDING OF HOUSING VOUCHERS. WHILE WE MITIGATE THIS CRISIS WE'RE IN IN FEDERAL TAX. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE WORK WE DO. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: LATINA COALITION, AND I'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM 28 TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> Speaker: CAN I START WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO IN ORDER TO BE CONSISTENT START WITH ITEMS. >> Speaker: SO ON ITEM 26 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY CANNOT SEPARATED FROM TGI PEOPLE AND UNHOUSED COMMUNITIES. FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS MATTER BUT THEY MUTT BE IMPLEMENTED IN A WAY THAT IS PUNISHES THE PEOPLE. ENVIRONMENTAL RULES WELCOME A TOOL FOR DISPLACEMENT. OR LIVING IN FORMAL HOUSING ARE AMONG THE FIRST TO BE TARGETED. IF THE CITY WANTS TO PROTECT PEOPLE, THEY MUST PROTECT HOUSING. ULA PROVIDES THE RESOURCES NEEDED AND EXPAND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSE HADING. COMMUNITY SAFETY, SAFETY CANNOT BE BUILT THROUGH ENFORCEMENT ALONE. IT MUST BE BUILT THROUGH HOUSING AND DIGNITY. HOW ON ITEM 28 INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT CENTERING THE MOST I AM PACKING IS DANGEROUS. TGI PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS AND THOSE UNHOUSED EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE MOST HIGHEST RATES OF HOUSING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. ANY EX HANSING OF POLICING THROUGH WILL LAND HARDEST ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY OVER POLICEDS. INCREASED POLICING MEANS--PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENT MUST REFLECT THAT INVESTMENT. DO CONTINUE INCREASE CRIMINALIZATION AND DO NOT ENDANGER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY CARRYING HEAVY BURDEN. NOT POLICING. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO THOSE THE COMMUNITY BASE ORGANIZATIONS THAT INTERACT ON A DAILY BASIS WITH OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE CHANGES THAT YOU MAKE HERE TODAY. I CAN MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO AS MENTIONED, TRANS LATINA COALITION INTER ACTS WITH INTER SEX PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS AND THOSE UNHOUSED. WE'RE CONSISTENTLY PUSHED TO THE MARGIN TO EVERY SYSTEM THAT LOS ANGELES BUILDS. WE'RE MOVING THROUGH A ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATION AND STILL AT HOME WE'RE STILL TREATED AS AFTERTHOUGHT. TGI PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW INCOME FACE THE HARSHEST CONDITIONS. AT TLC WE SEE HOW THESE SYSTEMS FAIL OUR COMMUNITY. THE TIME FOR SYMBOLIC GESTURES ARE TRULY OVER. TGI IMMIGRANTS AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS MUST BE CENTERED IN EVERY POLICY CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: WE'RE GOING TO CALL TWO ADDITIONAL NAMES. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON, GO AHEAD. >> Clerk: AND BELINDA H. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE IS A LEJANDRA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO YES, MY NAME IS A LEJANDRA BELTRAN TRAVELING FROM SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU EXAMPLE OF BENEFITS THAT ULA HAS HAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IT HAS REACHED ITS FIRST BILLION DOLLARS THE MEASURE ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WHICH HAS ALLOWED TEN THOUSAND ANGELINOS TO REMAIN HOUSED DUE TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH [ >> Interpreter: 75 AFFORDABLE HOUSE AGO DWELLING UNITS AND PROJECT TO BE UP TO 13,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR ANGELINOS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WHICH SHOWS IMPORTANCE ON HOW IT WORKS, THE MEASURE ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FAIR LIVING PLACE OF DWELLING IS A HUMAN RIGHT FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PLEASE, KEEP THE TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEP SUPPORTING ULA BECAUSE TOMORROW YOU'LL NEED US TO TRUST THE COMMUNITY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, MY NAME IS JOVNA FROM COMMUNITY ELECTIVE POWER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU PROTECT MEASURE ULA. AS A RENTER I DESERVE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I CANNOT DO SO BECAUSE THE ECONOMY DOES NOT ALLOW ME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY LANDLORD IS HAS BEEN HARASSING ME AND I LIVE WITH A LOT OF UNCERTAINITIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I HAVE THE HOPE OF BEING ABLE TO LIVE WITH HOUSING DIGNIFIED HOUSING SITUATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT HOPE IS BROUGHT BY ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: NOW THEY WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY AND THAT'S NOT FAIR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT'S WHY I ASK THAT YOU PROTECT ULA AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: EVERYTHING AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SINCE IT'S BEEN A WHILE, 1 THROUGH 9 AND ITEMS 23 THROUGH 38, SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: OKAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ONE ABOUT THE LIGHTING DISTRICT ON NEW HAMPSHIRE. I WANT TO VOTE NO AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE MR. LEE OWES ME AN APOLOGY OR BECAUSE I MISS SMOKING SCAN, BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M VOTING NO. IT'S AROUND THE CORNER FROM BUILDING OF SCIENTOLOGY, THEY SEEM TO RUN THIS TOWN, THEY SEEM TO OWN IT. WHY NOT HAVE THEM FINANCE IT. THE BLUE BUILDING NEEDS FIXING OR UPDATING, LET THEM PAY FOR IT. THEY'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO THE CITY, THEY PAY LIKE 32 THOUSAND FOR LIKE SIX HOURS FOR SIX COPS OVERTIME. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THE LIGHTING DISTRICT UPGRADE. I KNOW KIRSTEN PETERSON AND MOCKSON WILL DISAGREE BUT THEY'RE STUPID. THAT'S ANOTHER THING I WANT TO TALK THE POLICE MONIES AND IT'S NO OFFENSE TO OUR OFFICERS HERE. ALL OF THAT MONEY COMING IN AND LIKE I AM FOR, WHERE IT DOES NOT COST THE TAXPAYERS, I'M FOR OTHER ENTITIES CONTRIBUTE FOR WHAT IS NEEDED. BUT YOU DON'T LET US SEE WHO IS DONATING THE MONEY. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR SCIENTOLOGY TO GIVE MONEY FOR POLICE EQUIPMENT AND IT GOES TO THE LEAGUE, RIGHT. INSTEAD OF DIRECTLY, BUT YOU DON'T THINK THAT NOW, CHIEF CHOY SAID THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN BUT THIS COULD HAPPEN WHERE THEY WOULD SAY, HEY, CHIEF, WE PAID FOR, WE GAVE THE MONEY FOR THE PPL FOR THAT, THE IRON THING'S THAT YOU NEED REPLACING. NOW WE NEED A FAVOR IN RETURN, WINK WINK. FORM PER CHIEF TROY, SAID THAT INTERIM CHIEF TROY SAID THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN BUT I DON'T KNOW I THINK THAT COULD HAPPEN. I SAY NO UNTIL, LIKE I SAID, I WANT OTHER ENTITIES TO PAY FOR THIS. BUT NOT UNTIL YOU SHOW US WHO IS DONATING THE MONEY. I WANT TO SEE IF SMOKING SCAN AGREES WITH ME AND WHETHER OR NOT MR. LEE STILL OWES ME AN APOLOGY. THE NEW YEAR DOES NOT ERASE THA. THE HELICOPTER PADS, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT IS INTERESTING. WHO IS GOING TO TRY TO ESCAPE? THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS WONDER. BUT WHATEVER, I'M GOING TO SWITCH TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M REALLY DISGUSTED BY WHAT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM. YOU GUYS DO THE, COLLUSION WHERE MR. PRICE IS'S --MR. PRICE'S OFFICE AND LAPD AND STREET BUREAU SERVICES, THEY ABSOLUTELY STOP AND THEY CHANGED THE LAW. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MADE IT CLEAR THAT STREET CLOSURE PERMITS, THEY CANNOT PREVENT PEDESTRIANS, EXCEPT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY HERE. SCIENTOLOGY PAID THEIR 72,000 FUKZ FOR THE FAVOR. I'M CONTEMPLATING SUING OVER IT. AND THEY TRIED TO KEEP LARA FROM GETTING GLIMPSE OF THEIR FATHER. AND YOU'RE COMPLICITY. THEY HAD SCIENCETOLOGIST CHECKING IDs AND STUDENTS OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE SIDEWALK, TO SEE IF THEY BELONG THERE. PLEASE STOP IT. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: WE'LL BE CALLING THREE NAMES, LORETTA AND JAY AND JOVANA HE IS COULD VAR. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I WANT TO SBAEK AT 1 THROUGH 9 AND 30. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON YOUR TIME HAS NOT STARTED. MR. HERMAN, HOLD ON. >> City Attorney: GO. >> Speaker: IT'S OKAY? YES? >> City Attorney: GO, PLEASE SPEAK TO THE ITEMS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: SMOKING SCAN, DID YOU KNOW THAT ABC DOES NOT TOLERATE ALCOHOL ABUSERS LIKE WE DO IN LOS ANGELES, ACCORDING TO PUMPKIN HEAD UP THERE AS HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE OTHER DAY THAT HE HAS A BIG HEAD. BECAUSE BIG HEAD DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS APPLICATION IS CD14 ASSHOLE I'M ON TOPIC FOR THE DETERMINATION OF A PUBLIC CONVENIENCE, YOU STUPID BIG HEAD ASSHOLE FOR NECESSITY FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IS A DELINQUENT UPON THE CITY AND COSTS THE CITY POSSIBILITY. THE MORE ALCOHOL YOU BRING, THE MORE ACCIDENTS WE CREATE, RIGHT SMOKING SCAN. BUT THESE MOTHER FUCKERS DON'T GIVE A FUCK. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO DIE. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO SUFFER. THEY WANT YOU TO BE A BLACK MOTHER FUCKER INCARCERATED LIKE ME. >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT ON ITEMS. >> Speaker: YOU SAID 1 THROUGH 9. >> City Attorney: THE THREE SUBJECT MAT PEZER OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL, THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO >> Speaker: LET ME TRANSLATE, I'M ON 1 THROUGH 9 AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT ITEM 4 TRANSLATION FOR YOU IN ENGLISH BECAUSE I'M A DICK HEAD LIKE YOU. WE GOT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. I'M GOING TO SKIP NUMBER 4 AND ACTUALLY DO NUMBER 9, IS THAT OKAY? DICK HEAD, THANK YOU SMOKING SCAN. YEAH, GOING BACK TO THIS HEARING, ON PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND ALCOHOL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE'RE HERE ABOUT A COSTCO WHOLESALE, IT'S NOT LIKE WE NEED MORE ALCOHOL. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BODY. YOU NEGLECTED TO ABIDE BY THE RULES, YOU'RE NOW IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'RE GOING TO GENERAL. YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THE BODY. >> Speaker: DAVID CARTER. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS NOT RUNNING YET. MR. HERMAN, HOLD ON UNTIL THE TIME IS RUNNING, GO. >> Speaker: I'M HOLDING ON DICK HEAD. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO HOLD ON TO MY NUTS. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HOLDING ON TO MY NUTS BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME TO. LIKE EVERYBODY I SITED DAVID O CARTER COURTROOM AND THE WHOLE PROBLEM WITH HOUSING IS LAHSA. LAHSA IS THE MAIN PROBLEM, GET IT RIGHT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BITCH ABOUT HOUSING RENTAL SHIT, IT'S ALL LAHSA'S FAULT. AND LOS ANGELES, AND THE OTHER DICK HEAD COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE JUST A LITTLE ELEMENT OF FUCKEN PROBLEM. SO WHEN YOU DO YOUR SEARCH AND RESEARCH ABOUT LAHSA, SMOKING SCAN THIS IS THE PROBLEM. WARRANTS VERSUS LOS ANGELES SOME DUMB BITCHES THAT ARE IN WHEELCHAIR, EXCUSE ME, AUDIT NOT YOU. CREATED THIS CASE WILLIS VERSUS LOS ANGELES AND TO THIS FUCKEN DAY, WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALK ACCESS OR PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS IN STREET. FUCK YOU, GROAT! >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: WE WILL NOW BE CALLING TWO ADDITIONAL NAMES, KAN AND TIFFANY GLOW. >> City Attorney: GOOD MAOERNG, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS A BARISTA OF UNION STARBUCKS IN LOS ANGELES TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO PASS THE FAIR WORK ORDINANCE. IT PAYS ITS WORKER BENEFITS BUT THE THEY MAY SING A SONG OF REALITY MANY OF US FACE. WHERE HAVING FEWER THAN 20 HOURS A WEEK RISK LOSING YOUR BENEFITS. EMPLOYEES DESPERATELY FIGHT FOR HOURS THAT ARE LATER CUT WITHOUT NOTICE. AS MANY OF MY CO-WORKERS LEARNED IN SEPTEMBER, YOU CAN CLOCK OUT ON WEDNESDAY, ONLY TO CLOCK IN THURSDAY TO FIND YOUR STORE IS IT PERMANENTLY CLOSING ON SUNDAY. IF IT MEANS THE STOCK PRICE IS A FEW CENTS HIGHER THIS QUARTER. FOR THESE REASONS AND MORE, I ASK TO YOU STAND WITH STRIKERS FEEDING OUR COMMUNITIES. PLEASE SUPPORT AND ENSURE THE FAIR WORK ORDINANCE PASSES WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M ASKING THAT YOU PROTECT L.A. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROVIDES LAWYERS, THAT CAN PROTECT RENTERS AND THE COURTS AND ALSO PROVIDES ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR RENTERS. WE NEED A HOUSING MODEL KNOWN AS FISCAL LIVING WHICH CAN BENEFIT OUR SOCIETY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: RICH PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE ULA BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY TAXES BUT US THE WORKING CLASS, WE HAVE TO PAY TAXES AND WE'RE STILL SOMEHOW ABLE TO SURVIVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] MUCHAS GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: THAT'S WHY COUNCILMEMBERS I ASK THAT YOU PROTECT ULA, ULA WAS WON THROUGH A DEMOCRATIC VOTE AND IT WAS THE WISH OF THE PEOPLE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK TO 4, 23 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: 4 RELATES TO STREET LIGHTING. YOU NOTICE THE CITY IS DARK AS HELL. MY WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS DARK. IF YOU THINK IT'S HARD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GO TO IS IT THING CENTRAL. YOU WANT TO REDUCE CRIME AND FLOOD THE LAPD WITH MONEY. EVEN THOUGH THEY KEEP ON REDUCING THE NUMBER OF COPS. CRIME IS GOING DOWN, WE'RE DEALING WITH FEWER COPS SO WE DON'T NEED MORE COPS. HOW ABOUT PUTTING ON SOME LIGHTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IT'S OUTRAGEOUS THAT OUR CITY IS THIS DARK. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU'RE GIVING 140 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS FOR THE CONVENTION UPGRADE THAT WE DIDN'T NEED WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CUTTING STREET LIGHTING BY 7.5 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND NOT JUST THAT, YOU'VE CUT PUBLIC WORKS. PUBLIC WORKS IS BROKEN TO REWARD DEVELOPERS AND THE UNION. IT'S DISGUSTING. NOW RELATED TO 23, TALKING ABOUT THE LICENSE PLATE READERS RIGHT. WE GET THE DONATIONS FROM THE POLICE FOUNDATION. BUT THE POLICE FOUNDATION OWNS THE EQUIPMENT THAT THE LAPD WILL USE BUT THE POLICE FOUNDATION OWNS. THE DATA AVOIDS, THAT COULD BE SENT. TALKING ABOUT YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: WHAT YOU TRIED TO DO WAS DISGUSTING. YOU TRIED TO REMOVE 90 PERCENT OF HIS FUNCTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF. TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR CRONIES FROM ALL THE CONTRACTS, AND SCANDALS CONTRACTS YOU'RE GIVING. YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THE PEOPLE CANNOT SEE WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. TO PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE AND THE MAYOR. SPECIFICALLY TO DO THAT, I TELL YOU, I TOLD SLAGER, I BROUGHT HIS NAME. HE'S A PET PROJECT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. THE WAY YOU HANDLED THIS WHOLE CHARTER PROCESS IS DISGUSTING. MONICA KEEP CALLING HIM OUT. YOU KNOW AND WE ALL KNOW THAT HE'S A SCANDAL AND A LOT OF YOU GUYS UP HERE. ENJOY YOUR DAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING AND SHARING WITH US TODAY. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE WE ARE? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO GO TO ITEM 26 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND TWO AMENDMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBERS SOTO-MARTINEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> Council President: THOSE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND FILED. ANY COMMENT ?Z IF NOT, WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? WITH THE MINUTE? YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO TO A BLOCK VOTE OF 1 THROUGH 8 AND 30 THROUGH 38. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. THAT'S ITEMS 1 THROUGH 8, 24, 28, 30 THROUGH 38. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: >> Council President: OPEN ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 9 IS AN HOLD WE'RE AWAITING A MOTION. SO IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO TO NUMBER 10. >> Council President: ITEM NUMBER 10 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: GIVEN THE ICE ACTIVITIES, ONE OF MY CONCERN WAS THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A FEDERAL TASK FORCE TIED TO 2028. IS KNOW WE HAVE INCREASING CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND INFLUENCE ABOUT WHAT POLICING WILL LOOK LIKE. BUT EVEN FAR ADVANCE OF THE GAMES COMING WHAT THEIR INFLUENCE IS FOR THEIR PREPARATION. IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT I INTRODUCED THIS MOTION, SEEKING TO GET GREATER INSIDE AS TO WHAT THEY'RE ROLE ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING OF THE LA28 GAMES. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A VERY TRAGIC MOMENT. WHERE WE'RE CONTINUING TO FIND OURSELVES IN REACTIVE MODE TO THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT ON TO CITIZENS IN THE COUNTRY. AND I SAY CITIZENS INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER THIS IDEA THAT THERE IS LAWFUL PROCESSES THAT ARE IN PLACE, WITH RESPECT TO HOW PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING TREATED. AND WE SEE THAT HAPPENING IN OUR CITY AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. GIVEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING, THE WORLD TO COME TO LOS ANGELES, I THINK IT'S INCREASING MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET TRANSPARENCY FROM LA28 AROUND THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL TASK FORCE THAT IS NOW BEEN TIED TO THE PLANNING OF THESE GAMES. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY BECAUSE EVERYTHING PROCEEDING THIS MOMENT, WE WERE ASSURED PARTICULARLY, FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE, PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE WERE ENGAGED WITH AND THROUGH THE CLA WHEN WE HAD CONVERSATIONED ABOUT THE PREPARATION FOR LA28 THAT OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE THE LEADER IN HELPING TO INFORM ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVITY WITH THESE GAMES. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERY ASSURANCE AND CONTRACTUAL PROTECTION THAT THAT IN FACT REMAINS THE CASE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT BACK THAT WILL COME FROM THIS BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL RETAIN THE AUTHORITY AND PREPARE TO RESPOND AS WE GET GREATER INFORMATION AND INSIDE AS TO WHAT IS OCCURRING. AND, MAKE NO MISTAKE WE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PULL EVERY SINGLE LEVER THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US TO PREVENT THEIR OVER REACH WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THEY POLICE HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WLAZ NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY GO TO ITEM 21 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR PUTTING THIS THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. THIS IS ABOUT CREATING A FORMAL DEFINITION FOR WHAT IS CALLED GHOST KITCHEN WHERE MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS PREPARE FOOD FOR DELIVERY AND TAKE OUT ONLY. I THINK, ALL OF US HAVE GHOST KITCHENS IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE LOVE SUPPORTING OUR SMALL ENTREPRENEUR AND WE HAVE TO SUPPORT NA BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX OF CARS COMING IN AND OUT. CURRENTLY THE ZONING CALL THE EXIST ING USE OF CATERING KITCHENS. HOWEVER THERE ARE SERIOUS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE USES. TRADITIONAL KITCHENS PREPARE FOOD IN LARGE BATCHES FOR A FEW SCHEDULED DELIVERIES. GHOST KITCHENS THROUGH THIRD PARTY APPS AND SERVICES. RESULTING IN A HIGH VOLUME OF VEHICLE PICKUP THROUGHOUT DAY AND NIGHT. WE CAN AGREE THAT THE TWO ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THE RESULT IS THAT WE HAVE GHOST KITCHENS LEADING TO PARK ING AT RED CURVES, BACK UP PARKING AND UNSAFE DRIVING ISSUES THAT WOULD NOT COME IF THE SAME AREA WAS USED AS CATERING KITCHEN. WE'RE USING SMALL TOOLS TO MANAGE THIS, WE DID A MOTION FOR LADOT TO LOOK FOR ZONES. THIS MOTION STARTED THAT PROCESS SO IF YOU CAN SUPPORT THE ENTREPRENEUR AND ENSURE LIVABLE CONDITIONS FOR PATIENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF MY RESIDENTS WHO ARE SPEAKING ABOUT OUT ABOUT THIS. I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF ECHO PARK THAT BROUGHT THIS. SO WE CAN TRY TO WIN-WIN. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE-VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ AND ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH PARK, WHERE WE HAVE A GHOST KITCHEN. BIG, BIG CHALLENGES. SO, WITH THAT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY GO TO ITEM 23 CALLED SEPARATE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. 4 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY GO TO 25 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, THIS RESOLUTION THAT I'M INTRODUCING, SQUD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RETURN BASED ON THEIR LOCAL EXPERTISE AND REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE REMAINS UNCLEAR, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THEIR PERSPECTIVE OF LOS ANGELES FIRE PROFESSIONALS ARE MEANINGFULLY CONSIDERED. THEY UNDERSTAND OUR TERRAIN, NEIGHBORHOODS AND UNIQUE RISK THAT WE FACE. AND WE WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR TIRELESS ADVOCACY TO THE STATE ON THIS ISSUE. SO UNTIL STATE WIDE GUIDANCE IS MOBILIZED, THIS ENSURES THAT THEY'RE GROUNDED IN REALITY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. LEE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY GO TO ITEM 27 CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ON ITEM 27 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL MAY GO TO 29 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ITEM 29 IS BEFORE US, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: HELLO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AS YOU MAY KNOW, RECYCLA, WE AS A CITY DO NOT HAVE A CLEAR INVENTORY. BEFORE THE CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED, WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH LAND FILLS WILL BE USED AND HOW MUCH CAPACITY THEY ACTUALLY HAVE. MANY OF US ARE SEEING A LOT OF ILLEGAL DUMPING ALL OVER LOS ANGELES. THIS HAS, DIRECTLY AND SOMETIMESED INDIRECTLY PART OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES. THE ON GOING DISRUPTION HIGHLIGHTS HOW VULNERABLE OUR SYSTEM IS. WITHOUT A CLEAR UP-TO-DATE INVENTORY, THE CITY RISKS HIGHER COSTS AND HIGHER HAULING INSTANCES, THE ILLEGAL DUMPING AND PUBLIC IMPACTS. THIS REQUEST ASKS L.A. SANS TO ENSURE THAT RECYCLA IS RESILIENT. I HOPE THAT I CAN COUNT ON YOUR AYE VOTES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 9 WHICH IS A MOTION HUTT-LEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LESS OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT'S NEXT. JAOT COUNCIL MAZ MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND RECALL. --REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS? GOING ONCE? GOING TWICE? ALL RIGHT, I SEE EVERYONE TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND I SEE MR. McOSKER. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE TO ADJOURN IN HONOR OF ANTHONY MISSVICH PASSED PEACEFULLY AT MIZ HOME IN PAUL P.M. SPRINGS ON DECEMBER 15th. ANTHONY WAS PORN APRIL 5th, 1936. ATTENDED LELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DANA JUNIOR HIGH AND SAN PEDRO HIGH WHERE HE WAS A KNIGHT. RIGHT AROUND THE TIMES MY DAD WAS THERE. HAVING MUSICAL TALENT WHILE GROWING UP, HE PLAYED A DUET AND THEN IN A BAND WITH HIS COUSIN. ATTEND ITED HARBOR COLLEGE WHERE HE EARNED HIS A A DEGREE AND AFTER HARBOR COLLEGE ATTENDED U.S. XR, AND LONG BEACH STATE. AFTER COLLEGE BECAME A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN WORKING WITH HIS FATHER, ON THE VESSELS ANTHONY M AND IN 1999, MARRIED TILLY AND LOVE OF HIS LIFE. AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS SON, HE BOUGHT--WHICH SERVE THE ENTIRE FISHER FLEET. HE LATER SOLD THE MARKET AND BOUGHT CHAP TIN CARWASH WHICH HE OWNED WITH HIS PARTNER FOR 15 YEARS. AFTERWARDS, HE ZONED YANKVICH AND SONS AS THE PRIMARY FUEL TERMINAL WHERE HE WAS THE FUELLED MANAGER FOR THE ENTIRE FLEET. THERE HE WORKED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. ANTHONY AND TILLY LIVED IN SAN PEDRO AND THEN IN RANCHO BEFORE SETTLING IN PALM SPRINGS IN A RETIREMENT WELL DESERVED. HE WAS COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO HIS WIFE OF 66 YEARS. ACTIVE OF THE AMERICAN CLUB AS IS HIS SON ANTHONY IN SAN PEDRO. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE TILLY THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, ANTHONY CHRISTINE MICHAEL ANGELIQUE AND 13 GRANDCHILDREN THIS WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IF PE WAS WITH US. KELLY, MICHAEL COAL, BONNIE WILLIAM OLIVIA CHASE ALEXIS ETHAN AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, DOMINIC AND LEON. THE ENTIRE SAN PEDRO COMMUNITY AND THE 1-5 PRAY FOR THE FAMILY AND WISH THAT HE MAY REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. McOSKER. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, MEMBERS? MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE LEGACY AND LIFELONG SERVICE OF REV. DR. WILLIAM SACKS WHOSE IMPACT AND CIVIC SERVICE. REV. *EPS WAS CALLED HOME SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY AND DEVOTED COMMUNITY. FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES, PASTOR SERVED AS THE PASTOR OF THE HISTORIC SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH IN LOS ANGELES. HE NURTURED OUR COMMUNITY WITH SPIRITUALITY AND UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, NOT ONLY A HOUSE OF WORSHIP BUT CORNER STONE FOR STABILITY AND COMPASSION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. BEYOND THE PULPIT DEMONSTRATED SERVICE AS THE LONGEST TENURE COMMISSION. SERVING CONTINUOUSLY UNDERSTAND FIVE MAYORS. AS A TESTAMENT TO HIS INTEGRITY TO HIS HOUSING JUSTICE. HIS INFLUENCE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE CITY. INCLUDING BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE AND MULTIPLE BAPTIST CONVENTIONS, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET A MINISTRY ROOTED IN GLOBAL IMPACT AND RESPONSIBILITY. PASTOR'S LIFE EXEMPLIFIES WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE IN HUMILITY. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: OKAY. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. AND TUZ COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR REALLY BRINGING RECOGNITION TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO REALLY DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SOUTH LOS ANGELES. IT IS DIFFICULT TO STAND IN THE SHOES OF KILL GORE AT SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. IT'S THE CHURCH THAT HAS A YOUNG CHILD I WAS ABLE TO MEET DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. THEY REALLY FOLLOW HIS DOCTRINE AND JUST THIS SUMMER, WE RETIRED PASTOR EPS FOR ALL OF HIS DEDICATION. SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE LOST SUCH A CHAMPION. SO THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING HIS WORK IN THE SERVICE TO THIS CITY. PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO THE ADJOURNMENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. WITH YOUR PERM PISSING, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS WELL. IT'S ONE OF THE EARLIEST INSTITUTIONS FROM THE EARLIEST AND PASTOR EPS IS THE 8th PASTOR IN OVER 150 YEARS. SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE. WIT THAT ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ADJOURNED. WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING. School parks closed. How long have we got? Two minutes. Okay, we're moving. Get your stuff. All right. Some kids I thought they'd have some fun last night and threw oranges at us. Last night was. It was really rough. I don't like sleeping in the park. We had some things thrown at us. Oranges and bottles. Plastic. This person said, hey. And I looked up and I see this person standing there and I mean , I screamed at the top of my lungs. It was just involuntary. I was I was so afraid. You know? And I grabbed her and he goes, this guy goes, no, no, no, no, I'm just bringing you a blanket. I'm just bringing you a blanket. You know? And I'm like, okay, okay, okay, okay. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I mean, but it man, it for the next hour. I was just trying to get my, my heart rate back down again. I think our mental capacity is really slipping. Ken's never gone. Six hours without checking the weather forecast. When he's inside. The fact I've got zero charisma anymore, that I've got very little compassion and heart and soul anymore is part of what this does to you. The hardest thing that I'm facing right now is getting through one more night. We're making a mad dash to get down to the McDonald's, where we know we'll have access to bathrooms, and it'll be dry. My daughter's school is about 2 or 3 blocks just up that street. I think I'd break down if I saw my daughter. I don't want her to see me like this. I don't want her to see me struggling, smelly , just feeling incredibly. Not worthy. And I don't really know why. I don't know what, why. I feel like I've done something wrong or I'm not. I'm not enough. But I just feel so ashamed of how I am right now. I'm like, so fed up with trying to find some place to sleep. Everywhere you go, every turn you make, there's obstacles, barriers. But I got a security camera right there, staring at me. Life church that would work now, on the way we see something better. We see something better. I think we just got to realize it's raining and we got no tent. Right there. Smashed at the front. Right. We're smashed at the back. But look, have a look. You can't see if there's anyone in there. And if me and you were in there breathing, that whole thing's going to go foggy. You can lay down now and sleep. We're not going to go there when it's suspicious. We go there. Now, we get in. We lock in. You're good. It is amazing. You're in the car. One of the doors just opened. Oh, God, it's so good. I keep thinking, like, what do they care if I'm trying to find a place to stay? I'm homeless right now. I got to do whatever I got to do. I don't think I got to play by the rules . People don't want me here. That's okay. I don't want to be here. We're in a car that's been totaled. Um it's sitting abandoned in a parking lot. So, I mean, given the fact that this car will never r