Germany and rebuilt their lives in the US giving Hollywood and the world in music, in the process. So we're here today to celebrate Jewish American heritage, which celebrates the entire volume and diversity of the Jewish community and their contributions to America, and particularly jam Jewish America. Los Angeles celebrates contributions of Jewish Angelenos and why the theme this year was about who in fleeing oppression in Europe under came to America and built a new life. And in building a new life, they actually built the most iconic songs in Hollywood. One of the things that I want people to take away from event is that our contributions are from law and medicine and, culture and food and all sorts of different ways. And this is just one example of it. They're the music that's in musicals and film, but all different ways that one can contribute to civil society. Jews are there and participating and engaging, leading one on honor and recognize that and lift up to that. The great thing about living in LA is it's such beautiful melting pot. We're lucky to live in a city that's very multicultural and it's important for every community, understand everyone's story and be able to actually celebrate their stories, to be able to celebrate Jewish heritage, especially. They brought in the idea composers and people in and to be able to show you and introduce that a lot of people don't know the history of the musicians that happened to be Jewish have played such an important role in culture and you know in life. So I think that the standout points is something that was built into the mission of Los Jam, which was to be inclusive of everybody, not just to have Jewish community support ourselves. And so I think seeing many of the council members who are not members of the Jewish people standing up saying we salute our Jewish brothers and sisters and we see your resilience and we know you're going through a hard time right now and to then to bring the joy into it for me, I actually I actually got a little emotional and teared up because of that because a lot of people in the Jewish community, like many other marginalized, are really feeling a lot of hate right now to see LA City together. I just thought this is what Los Angeles is. This is what Jam L.A. is about. Some are increases heatstroke danger for children. An update on debris removal in the palace aides. And a heart attack survivor reunites with la city firefighters. These stories up next on city beat beat. With summer months ahead. L.A. City Community Investment Families Department, CFD is reminding Angelenos about dangers of leaving children unattended. Hot cars, according to the Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 39 children died of heat in vehicles in 2024. A rise of 35% from the previous year. Common ways that heat stroke can occur include a child forgotten in the backseat and a child gaining access to a car on their own. Families can take action to prevent child heatstroke by remembering to before you lock and keeping keys securely away from children's reach. For more information, visit Community Investments, LA City Chicago Mayor Karen Bass announced that almost 2000 properties have been cleared by the US Army Corps of Engineers, amounting to nearly 900,000 tons of debris removed from the Palisades area to date , 54 permits related to rebuilding efforts have been issued for 40 addresses. The first permit was issued 57 days after the start of the Palisades wildfire and hundreds applications are in process. According to Bass recovery efforts on track to be the fastest in California history with utilities restored in record time including and protections for wildfire survivors. For more information nearby LA city gov slash press press. At a recent commission meeting, the Los Fire Department held a presentation for city firefighters. 911 operators and medics who action saved a woman's life in October 2020 for the patient's daughter. Witness to the 81 year old's collapse at home called 911 and immediately began CPR under the guidance of an LA Department dispatcher. Firefight Fighters arrived quickly and began advanced life support, including the use of the Lucas device, which performs mechanical chest compressions. The woman was reunited with fire department personnel and medical staff who scored an emergency response lit to her full recovery from sudden cardiac arrest. For more information on, visit LAFD. Org splashnews. Fire houses across the city opened and celebrate line of Fire Service Day. The annual event gives community members a chance to inside learn more about their firefighter teams and thank them for all they do. Today is fire service. The community's get together, fire open up their doors so people can to know their firefighters. The amount of peo >> Council President: WE HAVE 11, WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS HARRIS-DAWSON, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN CHAMBER. CLERK, PLEASE 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. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUALMER, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 30, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. COUNSELS COUNCILMEMBER PRICE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SECONDS. NEXT. >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. I ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE AND JOIN COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> M. Rodriguez: PLEASE STAND AND PLACE YOUR HEART HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE R&B REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA, MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, 1 THROUGH 3 ARE ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. NOTE THE FINAL ORDINANCES IS ASSOCIATED WITH COUNCIL FILES 24-0900 S75, S76 AND 25-0900 S1 THROUGH S6 THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY NOTED FOR TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE TUESDAY JUNE 10, 2025 COUNCIL MEETING. 4 THROUGH 11 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 12 THROUGH 21 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. NOTE THAT ITEM 18 IS THE MAYOR'S VETO MESSAGE. NO ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY SPECIALS MEMBERS ON THE LEFT SIDE? ANY SPECIALS, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE O CALL ITEM 13 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: 5 AND 21 FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE. >> Council President: 5 AND 21. MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 5 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH THE ORGANIZATION IN THE PAST. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, RECUSAL FOR MR. PRICE. WHICH ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS ON ITEMS 4, THROUGH 11, SIR. ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 5, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A A RECUSAL AND QUESTION ON 5. YES? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: HOLD ON ONE SECOND. SO I'M GUESSING, IF MAYBE THE C A O'S OFFICE IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE CAO? IF IT'S OKAY, WE CAN HOLD IT UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AND TRY TO GET SOMEBODY IN HERE. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY, MADAM CLERK, IF WE CAN PREPARE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE 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 WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WANGER FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, 1 THROUGH 3, AND ITEMS 12 THROUGH 21. SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3, AND ITEMS 12 THROUGH 21. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT IF WE CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS PLEASE MAKE THIS FIRST ONE ALOUD INTO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE DURING THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED OUT AND READ ALOUD UNTIL YOU LINE UP. SO AFTER YOU HEAR THE NAME READ ALOUD, YOU CAN LINE UP ON ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IF FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE UNABLE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME OR YOU'VE RUN OUT OF TIME IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING. LACOUNCIL COMMENT.COM. YOU CAN FIND THAT URL IN EVERY AGENDA. >> Council President: OKAY, BEFORE WE CALL NAMES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF COUNCIL 9 AND 12, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND UP. WAVING TO TV, THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE THE BRIGHTEST IN OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT AND ARE LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND MORE ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND THIS IS OUR ANNUAL TRIP TO CITY HALL. AND ENJOY COUNCIL TODAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. LEE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVING HERE. LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING NAMES. MEMBERS IN THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE ABOUT 40-SOME ODD PEOPLE TO SPEAK. WE WILL HOLD THE LINE AT THAT AND WE'LL TAKE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL ABOUT 11:20 THIS MORNING. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES TO COME UP AND SPEAK. ANA, TIFFANY WRIGHT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M ONE OF THE FIVE MEDICS TERMINATED MID-SHIFT LAST WEEK. WE WERE PROMISED THREE YEARS OF SERVICE AND LET GO AFTER ONE AFTER STRONG RECORD AND SPRONG PERFORMANCE AND CRITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDING TRANSPORTING INJURED LAFD FIREFIGHTERS. THIS CAME AS YOUR CHOICE TO CUT EXPERIENCED MEDICS WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT IN PLAN HAS ONLY DEEP END THAT CRISIS. WITH REMORSE, AND ALTHOUGH I CAN'T SEE THE FULL PICTURE FROM WHERE I STAND, THIS LOOKS WRECKLESS AND DANGEROUS. EVEN GIVEN THE PAST THE ROLES. TODAY THAT SUPPORT IS GONE. EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL HAS ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO AND 8 PARAMEDIC VACANCIES WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT AND ONLY THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES THAT WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR THIS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LUKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M GIVING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING. ?AOUF ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FOR HEARING ME OUT TODAY. MY NAME IS TIFF REWRIGHT FOR 17 YEARS I'VE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO CANNABIS INDUSTRY AS SOCIAL EQUITY MENTOR AND BUSINESS OPERATOR SUPPORTING BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF L.A. I'M HERE TO MAKE A PLEA THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED TAX RELIEF. THE CURRENT TAX STRUCTURE IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND DRIVING MARGINIZED PEOPLE INTO DEBT, PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES, HEALTH AND EVEN THEIR LIVES, WE DESPERATELY NEED LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND WE NEED IT NOW. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WILL WANT COULD BE COME PLASITY TO BEING, SO WE NEED TO YOU TAKE SOME LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. WE NEED YOU TO REDUCE THE TAX TO SEE ONE PERCENT OR LESS. PRACTICE WITH ALCOHOL AND TAXATION, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO MAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M A STUDENT AND HERE AT PART OF JOHN LEE'S STUDENT COUNCIL PROGRAM WHICH HAS GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY GOVERNMENT AND THE ROLE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN PLAY. I HOPE TO PURSUE A FUTURE IN HEALTHCARE WHERE I CAN CONTINUE TO HELP OTHERS ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG, LEADERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE TO WEIGH AND CHANGE CAN START NOW WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE AND RON FOR SUPPORTING YOUNG VOICES AND GIVING US THE CHANCE TO GROW, LEAD AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: JOHN LEE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY MR. LEE'S OFFICE REAL CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. TOO OFTEN, YOUTH FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE DON'T MATTER. THEY SHOW US HOW TO SPEAK UP AND TAKE ACTION. I HOPE THE COUNCIL CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ACROSS THE CITY SO MORE STUDENTS CAN ENGAGE, LEARN AND LEAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR BELIEVING IN THE NEXT GENERATION. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP AS ELDON CAMPBELL FOR THE RECORD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: 13 IS ON 4118 AND AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR KAREN BASS HAS BEEN SITTING AND LYING AND SLEEPING ON CHARTER REFORM FOR THE NEXT 8 MONTHS. AND NOW TRYING TO GO FROM KILL THE COMMISSION TO TRYING TO HIGH JACKETING. LANER WILL HAVE ALL THE TIME THEY HAS TO SIT, LIE AND SLEEP. ITEM 1, IS ABOUT WEED ABATEMENT. AND GROAT, I NEED YOU TO HELP ME WITH SOMETHING, WHY DOES OUR MAYOR BELIEVE SHE CAN ASSERT, THIS COUNCIL, ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A LAW, SAYING THAT WE HAVE A TWO-STEP PROCESS LAUNCHES APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WAS PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL THA. WAS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR, AND NOW SHE SAYS SHE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO LAUNCH THE APPLICATION AND WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A OPEN PROCESS NOW. AND USE THE FIVE PEOPLE FROM HER LITTLE POOL. SHE IS INTRUEDING ON YOUR POWER, YOU PASSED THAT FUCKEN LAW. MOVING ON TO THE BUDGET, I WONDER WHY WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON THIS THING IF WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE IT A BIG OL' JOKE. LET'S LOOK AT OUR SEVEN CURRENT COMMISSIONERS, JUST TWO OF THEM ARE FROM THE VALLEY. I'M SURE BOB WILL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT UP TO THREE WHEN HE GETS HIS IN. ONLY TWO ARE LATINO IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE OF L.A. BUT WE HAVE NOBODY ON THE COMMISSIONERS. WE'VE GOT FIVE MORE P*IKS TO MAKE BUT THIS IS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED OUT OF THE 7 COMMISSIONERS 3 OF THEM LIVE IN YSABEL'S JURADO'S DISTRICT. THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH, WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE BALANCE BUT WE'VE GOT MAYBE 80 APPLICATIONS. SHE HAS IGNORED THE LAW Y'ALL PASSES. >> SPEAKER, YOU HAVE EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME 13. OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GOVERNMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YOU PASSED THE LAW SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO--YOU CANNOT PULL A COMMISSIONER WILLIE NILY, HAVE YOU TO GO TO THE COUNCIL TO GET APPROVED. AND WHAT DID KAREN BASS DO, YOU HAVE TO SIGN LETTERS OF TERMINATION. S SHE HAS A NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS AND ONLY GOING TO USE HER SELECT POOL. I HOPE YOU GO REACH OUT TO YOUR FRIEND JUSTIN RAMIREZ WHO YOU JUST CONFIRMED AND TELL HIM TO OPEN UP THAT PROCESS. THE COMMISSION IS NOT GOING TO MEET FOR A BIT. THEIR HANDS ARE TIED. ARE YOU ALL THAT SCARED THAT YOU CANNOT FIGHT FOR THIS COLLECTIVE BODY? I WOULD SAY THAT NURY MARTINEZ WOULD BE VERY VERY PROUD OF OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND AS YOU TEACH US THAT IT COULD ONLY BE WORSE, THAT WORKS BOTH WAYS. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 4, I NEED SOME EXTRA VINEGAR ON THE SIDE. ITEM NUMBER 1. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 2, SPECIAL EXTRA SOY SAUCE ON NUMBER 2. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 3, NO SPICY SAUCE ON THE SIDE. ITEM NUMBER 3. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY ATTORNEY, THAT I AM AWARE THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY TRYING TO PUT CERTAIN WORDS AS ILLEGAL AND I JUST WANT TO INFORM THE WHOLE CITY THAT COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER IS PUTTING HIS LIFE ON THE LINE TO DEFENDING YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT. COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER IS PUTTING HIS LIFE ON THE LINE TO DEFEND YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT. SO IF THERE IS ANYONE IN SKOEKING SCAN LIVING IN DISTRICT 1 PLEASE VOTE FOR COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER. NOBODY WILL TELLING YOU THAT THIS WORD IS ILLEGAL, THAT WORD IS ILLEGAL, YOU CANNOT SAY THIS SENTENCE, YOU CANNOT SAY THAT WORD OTHER THAN, COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER WILL DEFEND YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT. TOGETHER, ME, MR. HERMAN, AUDIT L.A. ALL OF US COMBINED TOGETHER PUTTING OUR LIFE ON THE LINE TO SECURE YOUR RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. SO TO SECURE YOUR RIGHTS, FIRST AND SECOND AMENDMENT, VOTE FOR SPINDLER CD1, 2026! >> City Attorney: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE AND A LOT OF CONFUSED LOOKS. WE WILL EXTEND THE SAME OFFER THAT WE DO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, WHICH IS SPEAKER IF YOU WOULD LIKE A FOREIGN INTERPRETER YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO REQUEST ONE 48 HOURS IN ADVANCED. FOR PUBLIC LOOKING CONFUSED, THIS IS NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE, PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT, IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, THIS SPEAKER HAS NOT REQUESTED A INTERPRETER. I TELL YOU THAT IT COULD GET WORSE. WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS CHRIS SOED' I'M A STUDENT AT AND I'M PROUD PARTICIPANT IN COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE'S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROM HAS SHOWN WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN YOUTH ARE GIVEN A VOICE. I HAVE JANED EXPERIENCE BUT I KNOW I'M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES, I HAVE FRIENDS IN OTHER PARTS OF LOS ANGELES WHO ARE JUST AS PASSION AL AND DRIVEN BUT THEY HAVE NOT HAD SUCCESS AND ACCESS TO THE SAME PROGRAMS. THEY'RE ASKING FOR MENTORSHIP AND A REAL CHANCE TO BE INVOLVED IN CITY GOVERNMENT. LET'S TAKE WHAT IS WORKING IN CD12 AND EXPAND IT CITY WIDE. SUPPORT PAID INTERNSHIPS AND MAKE CIVIC LEADERSHIP MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL STUDENTS. WHEN WE INVEST NMENT YOUTH, WE INVEST IN STRONGER LOS ANGELES FOR EVERY ONE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES, COREY, JEROME, CHRIS TON MARTINEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS SHAMIKA, I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH L.A. CAN. I AM ALSO A REQUEST IN SKID ROW, THE CD14 AREA. I AM HERE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH TENANTS FROM ONE OF THE 17 BUILDINGS, TO SUBMIT THIS URGENT LETTER REGARDING CONDITIONS, IN THE BUILDINGS. UNLAWFUL MAIL DLUFR' FOR ALL OCCUPIED BUILDINGS, NO MORE EXCUSES. RESTORATION OF 24-7 SECURITY, NOT ARMED THUGS, NOT INTIMIDATION BUT REAL TENANT PROTECTIVE PRESENCE ACROSS THE HALA PORTFOLIO. AND AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THESE LETTERS TO COUNCIL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. WHO CITY IS THIS? OUR CITY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SIR, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. [SINGING] GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MR. PANCAKE, I'M AN INTERNATIONAL, L.A. CAN HOUSING ORGANIZER NATIVE ANGELINO, I KNOW MANY OF YOU COUNCILMEMBERS. HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT, TENANTS HAVE A RIGHT TO SAFE CONDITIONS, I STAND IN SUPPORT OF ALL TENANTS IN BUILDINGS AND I KNOW MANY OF THEM AND SOME OF THE SAME CONDITIONS IN THE SAME BUILDINGS. ONE WAS ASSAULTED IN HER BUILDING 6 6:00 --6:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING FOR LACK OF SECURITY. HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT; CAN I GET A RIGHT ON? ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I'LL CALL UP MORE PEOPLE. DIANE Z-. >> Speaker: I'M COREY PATTERSON,-->> City Attorney: HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. YOUR TIME HAS NOT STARTED, DON'T WORRY. CAN YOU RESTART WITH THE NAMES. >> Clerk: I'LL CALL THEM ONE MORE TIME YES, DIANE, PUNIT, MAD SON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, MR. PATTERSON, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CONDITION, I'M A L.A. CAN MEMBER, SKID ROW RESIDENT, A CD14 CONSTITUENT, AND I'M HERE TO, TO LIKE MR. PANCAKE SAID, INFORM YOU GUYS ABOUT SOME OF THE CONDITIONS. I LIVE IN LINCOLN HOTEL BUILDING, WE STILL REMAIN WITHOUT ANY LOCKING MECHANISM IN THE FRONT DOOR. I WOULD LIKE TO LAFD TO COME OUT AND LET US HAVE MORE EXIT DOORS. AND WE WOULD LIKE A MALE LOCKING FROM THE OWNER. THIS IS A CALIFORNIA 1941.1, WE NEED SOME SUPPORT WE NEED THIS FIXED IN MANY OF THE BUILDINGS SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP COMING UNTIL IT'S DONE. THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS WE WOULD LIKE TO GET STARTED TODAY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IS TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL BEEN COMMENT. I'M A ASSOCIATE EQUITY CANNABIS OPERATORS, I WAS BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT I DID WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND JURADO FOR THEIR WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE SOCIAL EQUITY OPERATORS AND CANNABIS OVERALL. I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING US OUT AND I KNOW THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. I KEEP HEARING THAT THE DCR IS A COST RECOVERY DEPARTMENT BUT SOME OF THE COSTS DON'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL. TO CHI WITH DCR IT'S COSTING ME OVER $500 WHICH MAKES NO SENSE. ANOTHER ISSUE IS TAXES, SAN FRANCISCO HAS 1.5 TAX ON ANYONE GENERATING GROSSING A MILLION DOLLARS AND 5 PERCENT TAX ON ANYONE GENERATING THAT ONE MILLION DOLLARS. THAT CAN BE EASILY RESEMBLED HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Clerk: BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS MADSON SOCIAL EQUITY AND RETAIL OWNER OF CD9 AND RESIDENT OF CD10. THERE IS A MOTION HAS BEEN CIRCULATING AUTHORED BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. IT IS CALLED THE SOCIAL EQUITY REFORM AND MARKET STABILIZATION MOTION. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA FOR THE HARD WORK THAT SHE HAS BEEN DOING. I INVITE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. THIS MOTION DOES A LOT OF THE WORK FOR YOU. IT ADDRESSES, THE TAXES AND LOWERING THE TAXES SO WE CAN COMPETE WITH THE ELICIT MARKET. IT TARGETS THE PROGRAM TO MATCH THE STATE, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ON OUR PROVISIONAL LICENSES AS WE TRANSITION TO ANNUAL. IT ADDRESSES MANY OF THE PROBLEMS. PLEASE LOOK AT THE MOTION AND CONSIDER IT AND BRING IT UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PLEASE AGENDIZE. JAOU, I'M HERE WITH L.A. HOME TO SUBMIT A LETTER THAT YOU HAVE FROM YOU AND OTHER TENANTS. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS MOLD AND COCKROACHES AND BEDBUGS, NOT WORKING FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND MUCH MORE. THIS LETTER TOUCHES ON TWO INCREDIBLY URGENT ONES, THE LACK OF SECURITY SINCE THE NEW LANDLORD TOOK OVER THE BUILDINGS SIGNED OFF BY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND LACK OF ACCESS TO MAIL A FEDERAL VIOLATION TO LAW. YOU'LL HEAR FROM TENANTS WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO LIVE IN UNSAFE CONDITION BUT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND HACLA AND THE CITY WHO SIGNED ON THE BUILDINGS. THE DEMANDS UNSITEFUL DELIVERY FOR ALL 15 BUILDINGS AND TWO RESTORATION OF 24-7 SECURITY. REAL TENANT PRODUCTIVE PRESENCE ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE TENANTS TODAY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? >> Clerk: WOULD I LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES. ROB KWAN, ARMITA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, YOU CAN MOVE THE MICROPHONE IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> Speaker: THIS RIGHT THERE? >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DIANE Z, I LIVE AT THE PRODUCE AS OF 2010. I'M HERE WITH OTHER TENANTS FROM ONE OF THE 17 BUILDINGS RECENTLY PURCHASED BY HOPE FOR AFFORDABLE L.A. COMMIT A LETTER REGARDING TO CONDITIONS OF THE BUILDING. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OUR MAIL AS OF JANUARY. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY UNLAWFUL MAIL DELIVERY. NOT ARMED THUGS NOT IMITATION BUT REAL PROTECTIVE ACROSS OUR L.A. PORTFOLIO. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I WAS ATTACKED IN 2017, I HAVE A PICTURE BUT I KNOW I HAVE NO TIME TO SHOW IT. ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT WITHOUT PERMISSION TO COME INTO THE BUILDING BUT I DO HAVE A PICTURE HE HAD HIT ME WITH HIS HAND AND I HAVE THE BRUISE THAT WAS IN 2017 AND NOTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> ONLINE JOURNALIST, ITEM NUMBER 18, YOU HAVE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE L.A. CITY CLERK ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THEY HAD MISINFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT WHEN MEETINGS ARE HELD AND WHEN THEY'RE HELD. YOUR ENTIRE MEETING FROM LAST FRIDAY WHERE YOU VOTED ON THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, THAT'S GOING TO BE A DO-OVER BECAUSE I HAVE IT IN WRITING FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT MISINFORMATION WAS ON THE WEBSITE. I'M SUBMITTING A CURE AND CORRECT. SO ITEM 18 IS GOING TO BE MOOT AND YOUR ENTIRE FRIDAY DISCUSSION IS GOING TO BE MOOT UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET THE CITY SUED BY DANIEL GUS. DON'T CHALLENGE ME ON THAT. 21, LAHSA, WAIT A MINUTE, FOUR WOMEN AND NO MEN? WHERE IS THE EQUITY THERE? YOU HAVE FOUR WOMEN ON THE PANEL IN ITEM NUMBER 21, SO SHOVE ALL OF YOUR STUFF ABOUT AOEK AL OPPORTUNITY, YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE PANEL SO FAR, FOUR WOMEN, NO MEN AND YOU WANT TO PUT ANOTHER WOMEN ON IT? SO THAT'S HOW IT GOES IN LOS ANGELES? ITEM NUMBER 16, THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS SINCE I LIVED AT THE FOOTHILLS OF RUN ION CANYON? WHY NOW? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT PROPERTY IS WORTH? REALLY YOU'RE GOING TO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE HOM WOOD HILLS TO BUILD THAT PLACE? ITEM NUMBER 14, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, HOW CONFIDENCE ARE YOU THAT MR. PRICE DOESN'T HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE RUMOR HAS IT THAT THERE IS NEW EVIDENCE COMING FROM THE GRAND JURY AND THERE IS A PLEA NEGOTIATION FOR PRISON TIME FOR MR. PRICE OR HOME CONFINEMENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU ABOUT ALL OF THIS? DO I HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE STILL ON THE ITEMS IF WOULD YOU LIKE? >> Speaker: THANK YOU. GREAT. GOING BACK, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE VETO AND STUFF LIKE THAT. TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY, DENISE BARRETT AT THE L.A. ZOO DIDN'T DISCLOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE OTHER THAT SHE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY INCLUDING SOME THAT SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF. WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE WHOLE RE-DO THAT PART OF THE BUDGET FOR THE ZOO TO FIND OUT WHY SHE DIDN'T DISCLOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING TRANSFERRED TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THAT'S KIND OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IT'S KIND OF EMBEZZLEMENT. SHE RELINED ON THE AQUARIUM AND ZOO ASSOCIATION TO TRANSFER THE ELEPHANTS TO TULSA. ALL RIGHT, DANIEL GUS,.COM, I FILED A THREE MILLION DOLLARS CIVIL RIGHTS CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY FOR THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING HERE LATELY. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT LAWSUIT, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SO, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS NOW VETTING MY THREE MILLION DOLLARS CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT, CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY PROCEEDING A LAWSUIT. ON DANIEL GUS, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY MAYOR BASS IS NOW HAVING AN EMERGENCY MEETING ONLY AFTER THE TERRORISTS ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK IN BOULDER COLORADO. DIDN'T PRIE WILLIAMS, DIDN'T THAT WARRANT AN EMERGENCY MEETING? ON DANIEL GUS, I CALL TT RISKY POLITICAL OF MAYOR KAREN BASS, BECAUSE YOU SHOULD OF HAD AN EMERGENCY READING. I'M TELLING YOU, L.A. LIVE IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE--FOR TERROR. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HERE WITH L.A. CAN AND I'M HERE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE RIGHTS COMMITTEE, THE SKID ROW TENANTS ADDRESSING THE CONDITIONS IN THE BUILDING. WE HERE TODAY AGAIN WITH A LETTER, RIGHT AND WE ASK THAT COUNSEL SOIL TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THOSE LETTERS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT 12 PEOPLE, AND 100 AND THE WHOLE SKID ROW UNTIL THESE CONDITIONS. IT AIN'T GOING TO STOP SO WE MIGHT AS WELL START RIGHT NOW FIXING THE CONDITIONS SO WE CAN ALL GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DANIEL SOESA I'M A CANNABIS OPERATOR HERE IN LOS ANGELES. OUR INDUSTRY IS IN A CRISIS RIGHT NOW. DISPENSARIES IN LOS ANGELES OWE 280 MILLION DOLLARS IN BACK TAXES TO THE CITY. AND ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS IN BACK TAXES TO THE STATE SO. CLEARLY, WE'RE HAVING SOME FINANCIAL TROUBLE HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO MEANWHILE IN LOS ANGELES, ILLEGAL DISPENSARIES ARE RUNNING RAMPANT, THERE ARE 4,000 OF THEM AND 400 OF US AND WE'RE TRYING TO COMPETE AGAINST THEM WHILE PAYING 10 PERCENT TAX. SO, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO PUT A MEASURE TO THE VOTERS, TO LOWER THE TAX RATE SO IT IS MORE IN LINE WITH ALCOHOL IS TAXED. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON SPEAKER, YOU ASKED ALL ITEMS, YOU USED A MINUTE YOU SPOKE ON 18, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER CANNABIS ITEMS ON THE JAEBD. --AGENDA, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK ON THIS DURING GENERAL IF WOULD YOU LIKE. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS, IF NOT I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU GENERAL. >> Speaker: I CAN SING IT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE, IT'S APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. PLEASE PUT IT TO THE VOTERS, THANK YOU GYS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD WANT TO DO PUBLIC. PUBLIC YEAH. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO EAD. >> Speaker: HELLO ALL COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M CURRENTLY A FRESHMAN IN GRANADA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO START OFF BY THANK HADING COUNCILMEMBER LEE, OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LEE AS HIS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM HAS TAUGHT ME WHAT IS GOING ON IN MY COMMUNITY AND OPENED UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. HOW VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE IS COMMUNITIES. MORE IMPORTANT NOW, THAN EVER BECAUSE IT ADDRESSED CRITICAL I DON'T NEEDS AND ENSURES THE WELL BEING AND SAFETY OF COMMUNITIES AND YOU. YOU COUNCILMEMBER MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU. I WANT TO PURSUE A STEM RELATED JOB SUCH AS WORKING IN GOOGLE LIKE A PROGRAMMER AND TO GO TO COLLEGES THAT PROVIDE LIKE, BERT OPPORTUNITIES, YOU NEED RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND SO FAR. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, I'M GOING TO PAUSE YOU RIGHT THERE. YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: SORRY, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, SO WE DO NEED, WE APPLY THE RULES EQUALLY TO EVERYBODY. I KNOW THE TIME GOES QUICKLY ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ONLY SPAIKING TO GENERAL, YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CLYDE GENERAL COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF A LETTER NO MAIL, NO DIGNITY PRODUCED BY THE L.A. CAN COMMUNITY FOR YSABEL JURADO'S DISTRICT 14. WE'RE ASKING FOR IMMEDIATE MAIL DELIVERY NO MORE EXCUSES. SECURITY NOT ARMED THUGS AND INTIMIDATION. BUT REAL TENANT PROTECTIVE PRESENCE ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO. I REPEAT, THAT'S IMMEDIATE ONSITE LAWFUL, MAIL DELIVERY FOR AI-15 OCCUPIED BUILDINGS, NO MORE EXCUSES, PUNCTUATED WITH NO MORE EXCUSES. 7 SECONDS TO WRAP IT UP. THAT IS PERFECTLY TIMED. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL BE SPEAKING GENERAL COMMENT PLEASE. I'M A HOUSING RIGHTS ORGANIZER FOR ACTION NETWORK, BETTER KNOWN AS L.A. CAN. I WORK IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 15 AND I RESIDE IN THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD A CLOSE NEIGHBOR OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND I AM A LANDLORD IN HERMOSA BEACH, TO HOPE FOR HOUSING DEPARTMENT MAYOR BASS, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, AND ALL THOSE CHARGED WITH PROTECTING TENANTS. I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF TENANTS FROM THE 17 BUILDINGS RECENTLY PURCHASED BY HOPE FOR AND AFFORDABLE LOSSEs. --LOS ANGELES. TO SUBMIT A LITTER REGARDING CONDITIONS IN THE BUILDING, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVING MAIL, DOORS ARE LOCKED, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABUSED. OUR DEMANDS ARE IMMEDIATE MAIL DELIVERY FOR ALL 15 BUILDINGS, NOT ARMED THUGS NOT INTIMIDATION. ACROSS THE COURT POLE. --PORTFOLIO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST. ANYBODY THAT SPEAKS OUT, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. >> City Attorney: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THERE SMITH. >> Council President: ARMY GREEN DODGERS HAT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3, 12, 14 THROUGH 17, 19 AND 20, 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. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEMS 1, 15, AND 16 FORTHWITH SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. LGBTSINGER WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 13, AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ITEM 18 GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU RESTATE WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: ITEM 14 WAS --13 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL ON 13, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE. IF YOU CAN SAY THAT INTO THE RECORD. >> N. Raman: SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO PRESS THE BUTTON. >> Clerk: FINAL IS 10-4 NOES. AND NEXT ITEM NUMBER 6 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. I JUST HAD A QUESTION, OBVIOUSLY LAHSA HAS BEEN AT THE FOR FRONT OF A LOT OF NEWS RECENTLY AND I JUST WANTED TO INQUIRE AS TO YOUR FAMILIARITY WITH THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AT LAHSA? >> YES. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT, ESPECIALLY GOOD MORNING TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO COME TO SPEAK TODAY. I'VE BEEN WORKING HOUSING ATHORITY WORLD FOR 16 YEARS. LAST YEAR COLLABORATING WITH LAHSA WITH THE COUNTY AND CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I WORKED ABOUT 19 YEARS FOR THE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY AND 6 YEARS WITH THE CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY AS WELL AS THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER. I HAVE THE SPONT OF OVERSEEING THE FEDERAL PROBLEMS AND MULTIPLE SECTION 8 PROGRAMS WHICH IS THE SECOND BIGGEST PROGRAM AS YOU KNOW WELL. I HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF MARRIAGING, ADMINISTERING VERY LARGE OPERATIONS VERY SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYEE COMPLIANT. SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE RESENT ASSESSMENT AND AUDITS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE WITH LAHSA. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH TRANSFORMING ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE VALUABLE AS A LAHSA COMMISSIONER. >> M. Rodriguez: SO GIVEN YOUR HISTORY AT INTER SEXUALITY WITH YOUR PROFESSIONAL ROLE AND NOW COMING INTO THIS BEING NOMINATED FOR THIS COMMISSION APPOINTMENT WHERE DO YOU IDENTIFY YOUR PRIMARY OF FOCUS BEING AND WHAT HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED AS BEING SOME OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? >> RIGHT, PART OF ANY ASSESSMENT WILL BE LOOKING AT SYSTEMS. I FEEL THAT LAHSA GREW VERY QUICKLY, CIRCUMSTANCES, PUSHED A LOT OF INITIATIVES AS WELL AS FUNDING TO THE AGENCY WITHOUT HAVING SYSTEMS IN PLACE. FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, MONITORING SYSTEMS, INTERNAL CONTROLS. I BELIEVE THAT I WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. I HAVE A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON PEOPLE, I HAVE 16 YEARS IN HUMAN RESOURCES EXPERIENCE IN ADDITION TO MANAGING LARGE TEAMS. I DO SEE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF COMMITMENT FROM THE OPERATIONS STAFF THAT JUST REQUIRE SOME LEADERSHIP AND SOME TOOLS TO DO THEIR JOB A LOT BETTER. >> Council >> M. Rodriguez: ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH SMFT HOMELESS COUNT THAT WAS NOT OPERABLE AT THE TIME OF THE HOMELESS COUNT AND YET IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS, CONTINUED COMMITMENT BY LAHSA TO SUSTAIN A CONTRACT WITH THE SAME CONTRACTOR EVEN THOSE ISSUES HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTED? >> YES, I AM FAMILIAR OF SOME OF THE DISCREPANCIES. >> M. Rodriguez: , CAN YOU PULL THAT DOWN. I CAN'T HEAR. I HEAR SOME BACK TALK, I AM AWARE OF THE CONTRACTOR THAT HAS BEEN USED AND DISCREPANCIES. SYSTEMS THAT ARE AS GOOD AS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PUT IN AND SYSTEMS NEED TO BE AUDITED BEFORE ANY REPORT IS MADE. SO I WOULD, LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THAT CONTRACTOR AND LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. >> >> M. Rodriguez: SO JUST YOU UNDERSTAND, I AGREE 1,000 PERCENT WITH YOU. THE APP WAS NOT EVEN FUNCTIONING, THERE IS ALL KINDS OF MONEY BEING SPENT TO SUSTAIN THIS CONTRACTOR IN THIS APP AND YET THE APP WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL ON THE EVENINGS THAT VOLUNTEERS WERE BEING DEPLOYED FOR THE HOMELESS COUNT. SO THAT APPEARS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES. GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT TT COUNTY HAS RETRACTED AND ON GOING EFFORTS TO REFORM OUR HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM HOW WOULD YOU ENVISION LAHSA'S INTERACTION WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT OF NEW OVERSIGHT THAT IS SUPPOSE TO HELP SUPPORT THE COORDINATED AND REGIONAL APPROACH? MY FIRST REQUEST IS TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF THAT FIRST AND FOR MOST. I'M AWARE THAT THE DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY MADE ITS PLANS, IT'S UNDER WAY TO CREATING THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND OUR, OUR MAIN INITIATIVE OF THE COMMISSION NOW IS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THAT AND HOW THEIR, LAHSA WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITH YOU KNOW, A REDUCTION OF 45 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS AS WELL. MY ROLE IS TO PREPARE LAHSA FOR WHATEVER IS NEXT, RIGHT? RESHAPE IT, ADDRESS ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE. I'VE DONE THAT IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHEN I WAS AT THE HOUSING HOUSING AUTHORITY I WAS MOVED FROM HUMAN RESOURCES TO, DIRECTLY OPERATIONS WITH THE SECTION 8 DEPARTMENTS THAT WAS FAILED STATUS AND TROUBLE STATUS FOR NON COMPLIANCE. IT DOES REQUIRE A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT WENT WRONG BUT ALSO WITH THE REDUCTION AND FUNDING WHAT CAN, WHAT IS FEASIBLE FOR THE AGENCY GOING FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL BE THEIR CAPACITY, THEY PLAY A VERY VITAL ROLE IN OUR CONTINUUM AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO BUT IN A VERY FEASIBLE AND WITH CERTAIN, OBVIOUSLY WITHIN REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS. >> M. Rodriguez: RIGHT AND I THINK JUST TO UNDERSCORE WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND AGAIN GOING BACK TO HOW WE DRIVER, LAHSA IS THE KEEPER OF ALL THE DATA, OF KNOWING, WHAT ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT ROOM RIGHT SIDE PLACEMENT AND THERE IS BEEN SUGGESTION THAT THERE WAS WITHHOLDING OF INFORMATION. SO EVEN IF WE STAND UP, THIS NEW REPORTING BUREAU, IF LAHSA IS NOT COOPERATIVELY PROVIDING DATA TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES SO WE CAN DETERMINE HOW WE BETTER PROGRAM RESOURCES, THEN IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS ROLE. IN TERMS OF THE DATA CHAIN, WHAT WE, ACT UPON, IS REALLY BASED ON WHAT LAHSA PROVIDES AN THERE HAS NT BEEN, I THINK THE CEO, EVEN TESTIFIED THAT THERE HAS NT BEEN FREE FORTHCOMING INFORMATION FROM LAHSA, THAT EVEN THE CAO HAS REQUESTED AND THAT IS EVEN PROBLEMATIC. I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WHAT I REALLY THINK IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT IN THIS ROLE IS TO MAKING SURE THERE IS GREATER TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS BEING CONDUCT ASKED THAT THAT INFORMATION IS BEING TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S THE CEO, IF IT'S A NEW HOUSING BUREAU, IF WE'RE NOT BEING GIVEN THE DATA, THEN IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO IT'S BEING REPORTED TO IF IT'S BEING HELD. I SUGGEST VERY STRONGLY THAT AS YOU, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE CONFIRMED AND YOU GO INTO THIS WORK, IT WILL REMAIN INCREDIBLY CRITICAL FOR YOU TO ENSURE THAT THE DATA IS FORTHCOMING THAT WHEN THERE ARE REPORTS WHETHER TO THIS COUNCIL OR FRANKLY ANY CITY ANYBODY. >> RIGHT. >> M. Rodriguez: THAT IT'S ACTUALLY ON PAPER AND VALIDATED AND VERIFIED, BECAUSE THERE WERE MANY TIMES THAT I WOULD SIT ON COMMITTEE AND I WOULD GET VERBAL REPORTS WHERE IT WAS, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU, I WOULD LITERALLY HAD TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO AUDIO TAPES OF WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO ME IN A PREVIOUS MEETING AND COMPARE TO WHAT I WAS BEING TOLD AT THE NEXT MEETING. THERE WAS NEVER AN ACCOUNTING. >> RIGHT. >> M. Rodriguez: AND HONEST REALTIME COMMUNICATION THAT COULD BE VERIFIED. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING INTO OBVIOUSLY A VERY TUMULTUOUS TIME WITH A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, STILL UNCLEAR WHAT MEASURE A AND THAT BODY OF WORK IS GOING TO HOW IT INTERSECTS WITH US AS A CITY BUT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN, VERY CLEARLY WHAT SOME OF THE BLATANTS PROBLEMS ARE, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE COMING IN WITH A HISTORY, HAVING WORKED FOR, YOU KNOW, WORKED FOR AN AGENCY THAT HAS INTERSECTED WITH LAHSA, SO THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME REAL INSIDE AS TO WHERE THE PROBLEMS HAVE LIED. HOWEVER, KNOWING WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE ONLY HALF THE BATTLE IT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO CORRECT IT. EVEN AS A COUNCIL, AS WE HAVE REQUESTED AND DEMANDED AND YOU KNOW, AT TIMES WITHHELD RESOURCES PENDING THAT INFORMATION COMING T HAS NOT REALLY CHANGED. >> I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, ABSOLUTELY. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ON A MONTHLY BASIS, PROVIDES A DATA FILE TO LAHSA WITH A LOT OF A DETAIL ABOUT APPLICANTS AND DETAIL ABOUT EVEN WHERE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO AND THEIR STATUS. SO-- >> M. Rodriguez: YOU'RE SAYING THE HACLA INFORMATION THAT IS TRANSMIT TODAY LAHSA, YOUR CONCERN IS THEY'RE NOT FULLY UTILIZING THE DATA? >> GOT IT. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, GOD'S SPEED. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON THIS BEAST AND SERVE IN THIS ROLE AND I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK. >> THANK YOU. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? HOLD TIGHT. >> N. Raman: I PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED TO SPEAK BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE FOR EVERY ONE ELSE IN THE BODY, THE APPOINTMENT OF MARGARITA LARAS TO THE LAHSA COMMISSION WAS WAVED OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT LOS ANGELES HAD FULL INFORMATION ON THE LAHSA FOUNDATION. AND FOR MANY OF WHO HAVE ENGAGED WITH HACLA HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH MS. LARAS I FOUND HER TO BE A KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HARD WORKING PARTNER TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR SOME OF OUR LOWEST INCOME RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AND HAVING HER EXPERTISE ON THE COMMISSION. BECAUSE HACLA IS A BIG PIECE AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAHSA AND HACLA WILL HELP US TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MS. LARAS CONFIRMED TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESIDENT. >> PRESIDENT IF I'M ALLOWED A FEW MORE MINUTES. IS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT I WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES, I'VE ALWAYS WORKED IN STUDIED WITHIN 20 MILES OF THE PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN. I'M VERY PROUD TO BE THE CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS, VERY PROUD TO BE RAISING MY CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE THREE YOUNG ADULT CHILDREN WITH ME HERE TODAY, THAT HAVE INSPIRED ME AND MOTIVATED TO CONTINUE THIS WORK. I REALLY STARTED MY PUBLIC SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 14, AS A SUMMER YOUTH WORKER WORKING IN OUR PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTY, GIVING OUT APPLICATIONS AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT A VERY AGE OF 14, I WAS A TRANSLATOR FOR MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS AND APPLICANTS AS WELL. I CAN THANK MY PARENTS FOR GIVING ME TWO LANGUAGES TO DO THAT. I AM DOING THIS JOB AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S A VOLUNTARY POSITION IN ADDITION TO MY REGULAR WORK BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN AND WILL DO BETTER, WE OWE IT TO OUR COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND SANITARY PLACE TO LIVE. IT'S OUR RIGHT AND OBLIGATIONS AS LEADSER OF THIS CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY TO DO SO. SO I, IF YOU WANT ME, I WILL TAKE ON THIS JOURNEY WITH EVERY ONE AS WELL AND TO COMMISSION THAT I STARTED AT THE AGE OF 14, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU MEMBERS FOR ENGAGING THIS DISCUSSION. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A VOTE RIGHT NOW. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS QUESTION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: UNANIMOUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 21 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 5 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER ROD DECEMBER. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE THE CAO'S OFFICE TO PLEASE COME UP. >> Council President: FOR THE RECORD, MR. PRICE IS RECUSED ON THIS ITEM. HE'S OFF THE BOARD AND OUT OF THE ROOM. >> >> M. Rodriguez: GOOD MORNING, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. IN YOUR REPORT, YOU IDENTIFY THAT WE'RE NOT USING ANY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO COVER THIS, EARLY ADDITION OF THE INCREASED BED RATES FOR THIS PURPOSE, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY, I KNOW JUST TO RECAP, THE ORIGINAL THE NEW RATES WOULD GO IN AFFECT JULY FIRST AND THEN BUMP IT UP SOON FOR FOR JANUARY 1, PENDING THE CAO'S FINDING THE RESOURCES. SO MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU FOUND THE RESOURCES THROUGH UNUSED DOLLARS. >> ED GIBSON WITH THE CAO'S OFFICE. PROVIDE A LITTLE CLARITY. THERE IS A PORTION OF THE PORTFOLIO THAT HAS BEEN GENERAL FUNDED ALREADY AND SO IF IT'S GENERAL FUNDED ALREADY, IT WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR HAB. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS FUNDED BY HAPPEN, SO WE HAVE EXPENDITURE DEADLINES BY HAP AND SO, WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE ACCOUNTS TO SEE WHERE FOLKS HAD NOT EXPENDED THEIR HAP OR THERE WAS A BALANCE STILL ELIGIBLE, THERE IS STILL A QUITE A FEW LINES. BY US INCREASING $80 DOLLARS GOING FORWARD. SO THERE IS A PORTION THAT IS GENERAL FUND BECAUSE IT WAS BEFORE AND IT CAN GO BACK TO HAP. AS WE GO FORWARD, WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHALLENGES BECAUSE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED PARTICULARLY WITH THE INTERIM HOUSING WILL EXCEED THE HAB DOLLARS THAT WE V.SO WE'LL HAVE TO USE THE DOLLARS. >> M. Rodriguez: GOT IT. SO BY DOING SO, OBLIGATING HAB DOLLARS, BUT ONCE WE GO INTO GENERAL FUND, YOU CANNOT FLIP-FLOP. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> M. Rodriguez: THAT BEING SAID BIO BLIG ATED HAB FUNDS, DO WE THEN INHIBIT OUR ABILITY THE SOURCE OF HOW WE STAND UP NEW BEDS, CORRECT? >> IT'S ONE OF THE METHODS, ABSOLUTELY. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, SO IF WE'RE NOW TAKE THATING FOR THE SERVICES DELIVERY, ARE WE INHIBITING STANDING UP NEW BEDS OR HAVING THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR STANDING UP NEW BEDS THAT AS WE KNOW ARE DESPERATE MOST OF OUR HAB DOLLARS ARE SPENT ON SERVICES? >> YES, TEAMS AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. >> Council President: SO SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALREADY EXPENDED. AS WE INCREASE OUR RATE AND ONCE AGAIN IN JULY, IT WILL TAKE ALL THE HAB DOLLARS JUST TO COVER THE RATE INCREASES PLUS THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE COVERED BY HAB THAT ARE SERVICED AND SOMETIMS INSIDE THE BUDGET. IT DOES, IT'S BEEN INHIBITING US FROM DOING NEW PROJECTS BECAUSE YOU BUILD IT AND THEN HAVE YOU TO SERVICE IT. SO IT'S A DOUBLE HIT. SO THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS UNEQUIVOCAL NEED TODAY EXPAND. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY CONCERNING. YES WE NEED MORE SERVICES, WE'RE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE ROOT BECAUSE HAB DOLLARS HAVE BEEN WHAT WE RELY ON FROM THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP THOSE NEW BEDS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY, I HAVE NOT, FOLLOWED THIS BUT, WHAT IS THE--DO WE HAVE AN ITEM OR PROJECTED OUTLOOK GIVEN THE STATE'S FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ABOUT WHAT HAB DOLLARS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FISCAL YEAR? >> YES, I APOLOGIZE NOT HAVING THE EXACT DOLLARS BUT HALF SIX APPLICATION, BUT ALL JOINT APPLICATION BUT THAT FUNDING IS LESS THAN THIS YEAR'S FUNDING, I WANT TO SAY, LESS 143, WE'RE DOWN TO 143. >> M. Rodriguez: 143, FROM? >> FROM 164. >> M. Rodriguez: WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF THE MAJORITY IS USED FOR SERVICES? IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY STAND UP NEW BEDS? >> THEY DID NOT A LAW TO CAPITAL. BUT HALF, BUT IT'S LESS MONEY OVERALL. IT'S CREATING A NEW CHALLENGE. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY. I REMAIN CONCERNS ABOUT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THAT. I REMAIN CONCERNS ABOUT US BEING ABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE STANDING UP NEW BEDS THAT ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE ALLIANCE, WE'RE GOING TO BE STIFFENING OFF THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO MORE WORK FOR SERVICES THAT OFTEN TIMES WE CANNOT ALWAYS GET CONFIRMATION IN OCCUPIED ROOMS. SO OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON NUMBER 5 AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO THE TABLE THIS MORNING. WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 5, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE . >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I WOULD LIKE ITEM 5 BE MOVED FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ABSOLUTELY. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POST ASKED REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: COLLEAGUES, SO I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR FOOTHILL OFFICERS FOR THEIR ON GOING COMMITMENT TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE AND CARED FOR. LAST WEEK WE HAD A COPY CAT INCIDENT THAT OCCURED IN MS. JURADO'S DISTRICT WITH THE CUTTING DOWN OF TREES, ALONG VAN NUYS BOULEVARD WITH A CHAINSAW. I WANT TO REMIND YOU IN MY DISTRICT WITH MY TEAM AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE WORK VERY HARD BECAUSE WE'RE VERY REAL AND HAVE VERY REAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY. TO HAVE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL ENGAGE IN A COPY CAT EVENT THAT TAKES MATURE TREE ONLY ADS TO THE GREATER COMPLICATIONS AND SET BACKS TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE EXPONENTIALLY FELT ALONG THE CORRIDORS. SO YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK DETECTIVE LARKIN, THE NIGHT WATCH TEAM AND THE SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS, OFFICERS USE SURVEILLANCE TO TRACK DOWN THE CUSTODY AND TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE SUSPECT IS NOW FACING FELONY--CHARGES. PROVIDED THAT CRITICAL FOOTAGE TO APPREHEND THAT SUSPECT AND IT'S A REMINDER OF HOW OUR COMMUNITY IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE IN EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SOUM RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT EFFORT TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONSEQUENCES FOR TAKING TREES FROM ALL OF US. WHEN YOU CUT DOWN A TREE, THAT THREE BENEFITS EVERYBODY IN OUR STATE SO IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT AND A CRIME AGAINST ALL. >> Council President: ANY OTHERS? SEEING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I ASK COUNCILMEMBERS TO RISE AND IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTION ?Z TO MY WEST SIDE MY LEFT, AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.