transformative. We lit public spaces and made it so people can congregate, have commerce, made it feel safer right? But the service was the street light. Now we're adding other things that not only reduce the cost of infrastructure itself, but make it so that there's new services that can go on to the city, like 5G connectivity. Right. So LA became one of the first 5G cities in America back in 20, I believe 2017, 2018. And that's because we started working together with industry practitioners to see what else we could do. Very, very cool. All right. So you've worked with the City for a long time. I mean, you've worked in the mayor's office, you know, through a couple of tenures of different mayors. And now now you're here and you've been here . What was the biggest surprise coming into this bureau when you looked around and saw what your opportunities were and what your challenges were, the scope of the Bureau, the opportunities in the Bureau, the history, the fun , the possibility. What was it that you really went, oh, wow, this is cool. What what I was most impressed with was the people when I came in here because of their willingness to actually try new things and because of the people we have tremendous potential. Right. So when we're talking about these new technologies, these, um, more efficient ways to light the streets, we're talking about connectivity with telecom partners. We're talking about dynamic lighting. We're talking about air quality sensors that can help inform, uh, policymakers about what's going on in their neighborhoods right now. Right So the people actually led to some of these progressions, right? These new things and these opportunities that we have. And so the Bureau itself, with what it has, again, a quarter of a million streetlights, an electrical system, this pen, ultimate electrical system that when we're thinking about the future of the city is going to empower a lot of the new services that we do now, we actually see ourselves now more of a platform. Right? So yes, we have the street light, but there's many different things that you can attach to it. Right? There's many different services that you can kind of, uh, create from, from that point there where, where we have a very valuable piece of real estate on the public right of way that has energy. Well, people want to learn more about the hundredth anniversary or just about how to call in if they need some help with the lighting on their streets or just have any questions. What's the best way for people to get in touch? The best way for people to get in touch? Well two things right. If there's any issues that you have with street lighting, please log your service requests with Mila 311 or call 311 itself for all other things. And if you're inquisitive about our history, please visit LA lights Dot la City.org. Thank you so much. This is really, really fun. And that's a wrap on this LA Courant's . Hello everyone! I'm Susan Huckle and here's what's happening in LA this week. Roll out the red carpet. Strike up the band. It's time to get this season of goodwill started. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez and Heather Hutt joined the stars for a legacy event that's bringing all the holiday spirit the Hollywood Christmas Parade. Today, we're celebrating the 93rd annual Hollywood Christmas Parade. And this is such a special occasion for so many members in our community that come together. So it's really special to be part of this time honored tradition. I came here as a kid and we would bring hot chocolate and all that kind of stuff, you know , you waited to see Santa all night long. I am always excited to see Santa. You know what? I've been on the good list all the time. Well except for that one time in college. Yeah, but yeah, but yeah. So I'm on the good list, and I'm excited to be here today because I'm receiving the Humanitarian Award for my philanthropic work within the community. I don't do it for fanfare. I just try to move in silence with that. And the community knows what I do because I do it for them. As well, we take shelter and food for granted. Not everyone has that, and there are young people that won't be able to celebrate this holiday season without toys for tots. So that's why I'm here . All year long, this organization gives to children not just the Christmas time. They give toys out all year. They give books out all year. They do services and leadership for kids all year round. I really look forward to seeing all the Marines every year because as a daughter of a marine, it makes me proud to know that this is a legacy that continues here in Los Angeles. And so I'm grateful for their work. Represented is China representatives Panama Bolivia. It's an international show tonight and it's so inclusive and really reflective of the diversity of Los Angeles, which makes it so uniquely different. When everyone sees all of the different communities that have come together to celebrate the holidays in this way, it's something that everyone can be proud of. The holidays aren't about what you get. The holidays are about what you give. There is nothing better than helping someone else. Not everyone can do everything, but everybody can do something to make a difference. We need all of us to be the village that takes care of one another. Be kind to each other. Remember to check on your neighbors and really have a wonderful holiday season. Council member Isabel Gerardo joined La Public Library for a groundbreaking at the Benjamin Franklin Library in Boyle Heights. This is a major renovation project which will return the branch building back to the community, with many improvements. Today, we are at the groundbreaking of the Benjamin Franklin Library here in Boyle Heights. It was my first motion to figure out what is going on, because the library has been closed since 2020 and less than a year later, we are here doing a groundbreaking to make sure it's open and. 14 months here, we go. It's taken a while. The Benjamin Franklin Branch Library has been closed for a while. There have been some issues with the building, but we're really looking forward to finally having our branch back and staff is really excited to come back into the building and to serve the Boyle Heights community. This building is going to be upgraded in terms of energy efficiency. We're going to be putting in some landscaping, some new HVAC systems, some lighting systems. We're also doing some improvements on the outside in addition to the landscaping. There's a new entryway and exit way, and we're going to do some refurbishment on the painting. It's going to be a state of the art. It's going to be more green and sustainable. We're going to have better landscaping outside. That is also going to be sustainable, and we're also going to have a new citizens corner where folks can learn how to be citizens and take their citizenship classes. And at the end of the day, it's going to be bigger, more beautiful and have this beautiful space for our community members. Tenemos muchos recursos para ninos. Tenemos Los libros Los DVDs, pero tenemos muchisimos recursos también para adultos por ejemplo, tenemos Los servicios de New Americans. La iniciativa para nuevos estadounidenses donde podemos hemos ayuda con ciudadania con clases de inglés para aprender para el examen de la ciudadania. Vemos mucha ayuda por ejemplo, también para personas quieren aprender a leer escribir con alfabetizacion para adultos y tenemos muchos servicios para la comunidad y todos son gratuitos. This library is more than just a place for books. It's a community resource hub that's where kids can go to read. They can get tutoring where seniors can get reprieved from the hot, hot sun. So excited to uplift and make sure that this comes to fruition. For more information about the library, please visit lapl.org. A small support can make a big difference. The Department on Disability is helping senior Angelenos, whether it's medical equipment or a ride to the center. A helping hand is allowing more seniors to live independent lives with dignity. We are at a distribution event at the West Adams Senior Center and we're are giving out DME equipment for seniors in that program. L.A. city residents can get either a manual wheelchair, different type of rollators. They also could get different types of shower benches, raised toilet seats and air purifier. This is really an amazing opportunity for our senior participants of the community to come out and get this durable medical equipment. It's so needed within our community. I'm here today to pick up, um, you see a rise, uh , toilet and helping me to be safe in my home. It's making life quality much better. It goes without saying how dangerous it is for a senior to fall inside of their home. Having this available to the community is essential as well. They made an announcement at my center, and they have a sign up . And I checked off what was more important transported me here and I feel very independent by doing that. But this way I won't have to ask, hey neighbor, do this or whatever. Well, I want to highlight that this program is very important to the city of Los Angeles, especially for the Angelenos, that either are low income and the unhoused individuals. And I just want to emphasize how impactful this program is to the city of Los Angeles. And how direct it helps people live independently. On the street. We live on has an incline from the corner to my apartment, so I'm so glad to have that walker now. And I was very surprised about the room humidifier and the blood pressure equipment. They offered me today. So I got a lot of things, almost like Christmas. So I'm just so grateful that we have resources like this. You feel like you're not doing it by yourself. That's the major thing. If anyone's interested in the program, they could apply at Disability Dot La City dot gov. By by. We have a good night tonight. A new bill strengthens protections for crime victims and witnesses. LA's Department of Water and Power offers three steps to take against utility scams and Angelenos are invited to shape the city's mobility action plan. These stories up next on City Beat. City attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman recently celebrated the signing of the victim and Witness Protection Act into law, authored by Assembly member Pilar Schiavo. This bill strengthens safeguards for survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and other crimes. The act protects against post charging, dissuading intimidation after charges have been filed. According to Feldstein Soto, the bill will empower victims and witnesses to help law enforcement without fear of retaliation. For more information, visit City Attorney. L.A. City Avenues the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Ladwp. Joined with utilities United against Scams to give customers an understanding of how they can protect themselves. Because scammers often use pressure and scare tactics. This year's campaign offers a three step strategy to slow down, verify and stop the scam. To slow down, end the conversation on unexpected payment requests as the LA DWP will reach out on a past due bill and provide assistance information to verify customers can contact the LA DWP directly by using the phone number on their bill or by logging on to their LA DWP account to stop the scam report. Incidents immediately to the La , DWP and local law enforcement . For more information, visit ladwp. News.com The Los Angeles Department of Transportation has launched its Mobility Action Plan to identify long range capital needs and is gathering input from Angelenos. The Mobility Action Plan will provide a framework for how the city invests in streets, sidewalks, transit, biking and walking. The plan will consolidate projects across the city and include the Department of Transportation, public Works, and other city departments. Angelenos are invited to share their experiences and priorities to help shape a transportation system that works for everyone. Participate in the survey. A mobility action plan. La Aug. LA city's fire department hosts a special boots on the ground event for young Angelenos thinking about joining the service. Not only do the teens learn about the range of skills needed for the job, they get to put them into practice, and it's proven to be a path to success. So today we're at Camp Spark in Panorama City, and we are putting on this camp to show young ladies and men kind of introduction to the fire service so they can get a taste of this career and be excited about it. Camp spark is open to all individuals from 14 to 18 years old, but it's primarily geared towards young ladies. It's a women's empowerment camp. We have firefighters from all over the city of Los Angeles who come here today to help these young women, and several of the boys that are participating in it, learn what it's like to be a firefighter. They learn about the mechanical aptitude, but most importantly, they build leadership skills. They're going to walk away from here feeling empowered, feeling like they can take on the world. So we're here to provide them with an introduction to some of the tools that we use as firefighters. Some of our tactics and how we actually fight fire and also how to be prepared for emergencies. Being in California, you know, we have a wide array of stuff that happens and so we kind of give an introduction as to how we respond to emergencies and disasters within our city. Here we're just doing different things that you would do if you were a firefighter climbing ladders, using hammers, using power tools. And just like seeing what's on the rigs, I feel like it's a once in a lifetime experience. Like there's not many other places that you can use chainsaws and climb these ladders and everything. My dad's a firefighter. He's been doing this for a long time and he always comes home and tells me, like, all these cool stories about his job, it's like, oh, that's cool. Like, I want to do that. And he told me he's like, hey, there's this camp going on like, what do you want to do? I was like, yes, and I think it's a really cool experience for girls to like, come try it out and like, just see what it's all about. A lot of the stuff I didn't think I'd be able to do, and I was able to do it and succeed. And it makes me want to be a firefighter even more. I decided to come to girls camp and explore it, because I wanted to know what it is to be a firefighter. At first, I've been doing this for five years, so of course I enjoyed it. I think the job is really hard to get, but it has to be hard. You're putting your life on the line, you know? So like you have to train like your life depends on it. It prepares you in the long run. As a firefighter because you're easing into it slowly. You're not just going at it in one shot. So you can't be scared. You have to just go head forward. No, you're the best person you could be at the moment. You're competent, you're strong, and you'll do good. You just have to, like, try your best. If you're anticipating coming to a camp like this, we ask that you have a great attitude and you come ready to work. We're always going to make it a fun environment. We want it to be positive and supportive and encouraging, but we're here to work too. As firefighters, our physical abilities are very important and so our campers get a little taste of that with some of the stations and some of the activities that we put on in this camp, they see the energy that the campers have when they walk off our drill tower grounds, and they feel the energy that they're getting here. They're really, really motivated by our own firefighters who are leaders in themselves. We've actually had success rates, not only with the Los Angeles Fire Department, where we've seen graduates from the camp become members of the Los Angeles Fire Department, but they've also joined other fire departments. And then we've also seen other fire departments emulate what we've created here in the city of Los Angeles. Try to keep your arms straight. Oh yeah. You're doing it. Si. Tienes un hija. Qué es tan? Interesada hacer un bombero por favor de este clase. La ofrecen una oportunidad a aprender ser un bombero. Pero también le Dan el poder entender ellos pueden hacer en nuestra ciudad para ser un lider. De la City's Department of Civil and Human Rights held its annual ceremony to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance. Family and friends gathered to name the community members lost and honor their legacy. We are here tonight to celebrate our ancestors who are no longer here with us, our ancestors so let's make sure that they can still hear us even though they're not on this earth. Make some noise for every single one of them, y'all. Today we are here for a somber ceremony to recognize transgender Day of Remembrance. This gathering is something that, um, hurts my heart. Every year, 281 people lost their lives to violence because of their identity. We also know that in the United States, 58 people lost their lives, 58 people in the United States of America, two of those people actually died in LA city proper. We want to send a strong message that hate has no home in Los Angeles. Onyx Corniche. Onyx Corniche. Jay Flores, Jay Flores , Luisa Rivera, Luisa Rivera their names rise through us as blessings. Their journeys did not end in darkness. They continue as guiding lights, inspiring us to build a world worthy of their dreams. Always care deeply for others and they would drive around town with food for local, unhoused and even help them rent motels for the night. They work to help domestic abuse survivors who were escaping dangerous situations, and they were beloved by their community. She is remembered as a vibrant soul who was full of love and dreams , and who was known for her kindness. Leah's family, including her sister Jen, still celebrate her birthday every year. As part of what we're doing tonight is remembering them by honoring their name, honoring who they were, honoring their legacy as 68 year old Latina and transgender woman is remembered by an enormous impact in the HIV Aids advocacy and on fighting for rights and dignity for sex workers. We only have this one life, so please honor, honor the trans people. Honor them, love them, and now we have an administration who is targeting us, telling us that we are other, telling us that we don't belong. That hatred leads to more violence, that hatred leads to more death, that hatred leads to more names on this memorial tonight, I know that the world is telling you that you're not worthy or that you shouldn't exist. But I am going to show you that we can defy, that we are a small but mighty community. Rest in power, sibling. All roads lead to the LA Auto Show, at least for a few days. The show is the ultimate celebration of car culture, and whether you prefer the classics or want to experience the latest in motoring technology, it's all under the convention center roof . This is our time of the year. It's the 118th edition of the LA Auto Show. Everything for people to see, from gas to EV to hybrid , from compact to large SUVs so people can come to the show. There's a bunch of different automakers they can go to with no sales pressure, no hassle, and over 50 models to actually test, drive or ride. A lot of these automakers indoors have ride alongs where you can get inside a car with a professional driver. So I just came with my son to check out the LA car Show. Great experience. It seems like every year the exhibits they level up this Jeep exhibit was really cool. It was almost like riding a roller coaster. This is probably the craziest thing that I've seen so far. We have this big space to be able to bring families and or if you're just by yourself or a group of friends, whatever it might be, and there's so much to do here. This is, I think, my fourth day here, because there's so much to see right now. I'm actually taking a look at this camera car that I would not expect to see at the Toyota booth. There's a lot here that I didn't expect. LA Auto Show is in my backyard and we get to talk about new film that I've worked on called The Drifter, where this car, Lola, is the star of the film. So Toyota has been very supportive of the film and they said that we could bring Lola and Display to all of these wonderful people in Los Angeles during the Thanksgiving holiday. One of the things that the automakers really understand, especially about Southern California, is the car culture. It's like nowhere else in the world. It's literally the car culture capital. And what they do when they build their exhibits is they try to connect to people through those passions. So you might be into muscle cars, you might be into camping, off roading, whatever it may be. And you see those different lifestyles come to life in all of these exhibits. And then there are the car culture and auto enthusiasts. They also want to see the new cars, but also enjoy all of the car culture. We've got classics and lowriders all sorts of interactive exhibits, virtual reality. So there's a little something for everyone, including kids. You know, to be able to come during the Thanksgiving holidays with your kids, fathers and mothers and celebrate the thing that brings the world together, which is passion for cars. We need more of this. We need more of things that bring the world together. When it comes to car culture, LA definitely leaves every other city in the dust. In this week's feature story, the annual Valor Awards go to Los Angeles firefighters who go beyond in any 911 situation. And this year has been an extraordinary one in LA. Even as they fought for others. Los Angeles firefighters found themselves personally impacted by January's wildfires . This is our annual Valor Awards at the iconic Dodger Stadium, and it's an amazing evening that we all look forward to each year, because this is the best of the best. These are our members who go above and beyond the call of duty, who are rightfully awarded. It's definitely not something that we sign up to receive. It's definitely not something expected or anticipated, but it's humbling. And people that put on this badge and show up on these nine over 11 calls, we're there for you, and we want to do what's best for you. It's pretty humbling to know that there's recognition for it. We're not used to that. It's we're just happy. And to be doing the job that we get to do, it's really a privilege. It's a desire to help . It's a desire to make a difference that draws firefighters to this profession. Our firefighters were tested this year. The Palisades Fire truly tested all of us. I recognize that there are many people here today that were affected personally by the fire in some way. I was caught off guard. Everything was a total surprise. I've never seen a fire come that close and that far south into Altadena before. My wife, who was pregnant at the time, was thinking, okay, I got to get her out of here. I got her in the car. I see the neighbor's cars. They're not aware of what's going on or how close the fire is. So I start knocking on the doors, trying to get out as many people as possible. I was thinking that maybe if I was able to get to the station, get my gear on, they would defend some of the houses I walked in and my crew, everybody was gearing up and getting ready to go to Palisades , and the captain, captain John, he's looking at the TV and then he comes on the screen and he gives me a look. I give him a look. He was like, take what you need, go and I made it back to Altadena and, uh, the city was on fire, just like Palisades. Altadena the water grid tanked. And thank God for Riverside engine 73. Without them, my block would be gone on the opposite block, three houses had already fully burned down. Now we're creeping up to the private line in the back. So I flaked out the hose and turned the water on and had no water. So by that time neighbors had been throwing me their extinguishers . I ran to the house, got a shovel throwing dirt, and trying to put out the fires as best as I could to prevent the other structures from taking off. I stayed up for four days. Friends family. They were all sending me their addresses. They had just left. They didn't know if their houses were up or down and uh, I would go to their where their homes were and have families on speaker phone. And you know, is it their. And then they would one person would start crying and the whole room was crying. And I'd have to tell them, I'm sorry, it's not did that like 15, 20 times. There is nothing that prepared me for that. It's a very strange space to be in because there are two cities of people and families that totally lost their homes and I have a home and I'm having a hard time with that. I want to say to you that we are with you, that the Los Angeles Fire Department is here for you, and together that we are going to move forward, working to rebuild a better Los Angeles, a stronger Palisades. And for those who are affected by the Eaton Fire, stronger communities, all around. In this week's Things to Do, catch the 45th annual Black Doll Show, enjoy a winter festival in Expo Park and celebrate Jane Austen with the LA Public Library. All this up next on things to do. And join the Department of Cultural Affairs for the 45th Annual Black Doll Show, which will run until February 14th, 2026. The show's opening reception takes place on Saturday, December 13th and will feature live music and performances. This year's show is titled Sower of Seeds, creating a new Tomorrow through handmade and collected black dolls. The show reflects on today's uncertainties and asks what new worlds can emerge when imagination and resilience take root. Head to the William Grant Still Arts Center for the Black Doll show, opening on Saturday, December 13th at 3 p.m. for more details, visit Exact WordPress.com. LA City's Department of Recreation and Parks hosts Expo Center's Winter Festival on Saturday, December 13th. Join Councilmember Curren Price and Rec and Parks at Expo Park for all the family fun of this winter holiday festival. There will be music, entertainment games community booths and yes, even sledding. There will also be giveaways which are first come, first serve. Head to Bill Robertson Lane for Expo Center's Winter Festival on Saturday, December 13th. Beginning at 10 a.m. For more information, see the events tab at LA parks .org. The enduring work of Jane Austen will be the hot topic at a book discussion and Tea Party to honor the writer's 250th birthday. Head to the Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library to celebrate Austen's birthday with a tea party for all ages and book discussion featuring the classic pride and Prejudice tea, scones and other delightful treats will be generously provided by the friends of Venice Library. The Jane Austen 250th Birthday Book discussion and Tea Party takes place on Saturday, December 13th at 1 p.m. for more details, visit lapl.org. Slash events. And that's a look at some things to do. And that's all for this week. I'm Susan Huckle and from all of us here at LA this week. Thank you so much for joining us. Remember that you can watch us online any time at La Cityview dot org. We're also on Instagram, Facebook X and YouTube. See you next time for more LA this week. Hey hey hey hey. Don't get. Too And bring it in. Bring it in, bring it in. You brought this. Happy birthday . To You. Enjoy this . Regularly scheduled meeting of your Los Angeles city Council. Today is Wednesday. TheCouncil SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS DECEMBER 10, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN IN CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK IF YOU CAN BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY MOVES COUNCILMEMBER HUTT SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 22 ARE ITEMS PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC SAFETY RECOMMENDS TO CONFIRM THE LIENS ITEMS 2 THROUGH 9, 11, 12, 15, 17 THROUGH 20 AND TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LIENS FOR 13, 14, 16, AND AS MUCH AS THE LIENS HAVE BEEN PAID, AND TO CONTINUE ITEMS 10 AND 21 TO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2026. FOR ITEM 22, THE PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 09-0969S-4. ITEMS 23 THROUGH 59 ARE ITEMS WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEMS 29 THROUGH 37, THE TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. FOR ITEMS 38 THROUGH 40, 49, 53, 54 AND 59 THE PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. FOR ITEMS 51, 57, AND 58, THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. PLEASE NOTE FOR ITEM 55, NO ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN IN AS MUCH THIS IS A DUPLICATE OF ITEM 30. ITEM 60 THROUGH 74 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SPECIALS MEMBERS? IS SEE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, ITEM 41, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO JANUARY 29, 2026. THIS WILL REFLECT THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN IN PLUM COMMITTEE YESTERDAY. ITEM 51 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. AND ITEM 52 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND AUDITS COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEMS 13, 14 AND 16 SPECIAL TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND 53 FOR REMARKS. >> Council President: GOT IT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS TO MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 52 SPECIAL FOR AMENDMENTS. AND ITEM RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEMS 48 AND 51 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH AN ORGANIZATION INVESTED IN THIS ITEM IN THE PAST. >> Council President: 48 AND 51, ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 65 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT 6-5. MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: ALSO I WANT TO MOVE THE ECONOMIC AND JOBS REPORT. I WANT TO MOVE THE COMMITTEE REPORT? >> Council President: FOR WHICH ITEM? >> C. Price: ITEM 52. >> Council President: 5-2. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. PRICE'S MOTION? >> SECOND. >> Council President: SECOND BY MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Clerk: AND MS. RODRIGUEZ FOR YOUR MOTION ON 52 TO MOVE THE GEIA REPORT, THERE A SECOND TO MS. RODRIGUEZ'S MOTION? MR. BLUMENFIELD, THANK YOU. AND IS THERE A SECOND TO MS. PARK'S RECEIVE AND FILE OF THE LIENS? >> Council President: SECOND. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE BNF REPORTS AND 51 TO MOVE THE BNF REPORT. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND? MR. BLUMENFIELD, SUE. --THANK YOU. >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: ITEM 69 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: 69 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, OKAY. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, CONTINUE ITEM 10 UNTIL JANUARY 14, PLEASE. >> Council President: ITEM 10 TO JANUARY 14, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 63 FOR COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, IF WE CAN PLEASE HOLD THAT. >> Council President: ITEM 6-3 ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEMS 10 AND 21 TO JANUARY 14, 2026, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: AND WHAT COUNCIL, JUST ,-- . >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS, 2 THROUGH--I'M SORRY, 23 THROUGH 40, 23 THROUGH 40, 42 THROUGH 47, 49, 50, AND THEN 54 THROUGH 59, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT COUNCIL CAN GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT, QUICK THING. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE SPECIAL GUESTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, A COLLEAGUE FROM ANOTHER CITY. BRIAN IS THE MAYOR OF GLENDALE BUT NOT THE GLENDALE THAT WE KNOW GLENDALE WISCONSIN. HE IS HERE FOR THE D.N.C. MEETING AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBER OF D M.O. AND I SEE HIM VISITING US AND I WANT TODAY GIVE HIM A WARM WELCOME AND WELCOME A COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM ANOTHER CITY. SO BRIAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: WELCOME; WELCOME, WE PUT GOOD WEATHER JUST FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE CONFERENCE HERE. WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING PRESENTED BEING LEAD BY THE COUNCIL OF 13th DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M HONORED TO STAND HERE WITH THREE LEADERS FROM THE CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH THEM EARLIER THIS MORNING AND SPEAK ABOUTING THEIR WORK IN GUATEMALA, THE MEN BEHIND ME WITH TRAIL BRAISERS STIRRING TO THE LEFT IN GUATEMALA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES. AND I THINK WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AS WE TRY TO SAVE OUR OWN DEMOCRACY. I INVITED THEM HERE TO GIVE A FEW REMARKS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN GUATEMALA, BECAUSE AS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THAT HAS THE LARGEST GUATEMALAN POPULATION OUTSIDE OF GUATEMALA, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH. MORE OVER IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THERE ARE ESTIMATED 1.8 MILLION GUATEMALA WHO THEY CALL UNITED STATES THEIR HOME. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL THE THREE GENTLEMAN BEHIND ME, WOULD I LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. CATANON FROM GUATEMALA WHO WILL BE GIVING HIS REMARKS IN SPANISH AND WILL BE TRANSLATED BY OUR INTERPRETER. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOOD MORNING. [SPEAKING SPANISH] MUCHAS GRACIAS >> >> Interpreter: TO OUR HONORABLE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US AND WE FEEL VERY MUCH AT HOME HERE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND MY NAME IS CA IS TANION AND I'M HERE ACCOMPANIED WITH TWO OTHER CONGRESSMAN AND WE REPRESENT THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA WHO HAS FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS, REPRESENTING DIFFERENT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THE MAYAN, CHEECA AND MESSTISO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN GUATEMALA, THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA IN ITS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEANS LAND OF MANY TREES WHERE WE MAKE UP 22 INDIGENOUS NATIONS WITH 24 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES INCLUDING SMFT MOST PROMINENT LANGUAGES IN SOUTH AMERICA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA, WE REPRESENT 20 MILLION INHABITANTS AND MANY OF WHICH--MANY OF MILLIONS OF THESE INHABITANTS LIVE IN OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MORE SPECIFICALLY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN OUR COUNTRY, WE HAVE ABOUT 20 4 YEARS THAT WE HAVE EXISTED AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS WHICH STARTD OUR LONG ROAD TOWARDS A DEMOCRACY AND A MORE PROGRESSIVE NATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PROGRESS WAS DISRUPTED TEN YEARS LATER DUE TO A CIVIL WAR THAT LASTED LONGER THAN THE COLD WAR WITH 30 YEARS OF PAIN AND FIGHTING THAT HAS, THAT HAS DELAYED OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS MORE DEMOCRACY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE POVERTY, THE MALNOURISHMENT, THE LITERACY AND IS THE IMMIGRATION OUT OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAS ROT THIS COUNTRY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS THAT LEFT THE COUNTRY STARTED IN THE 70s AND 80s AND THAT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE WAR AND OTHERS FELT MOTIVATE TODAY LOOK FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AFTERWARDS AND SOUGHT OTHER PLACE TO SEE LIVE AS WELL TO ESCAPE THAT POVERTY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WITH THAT SAID, IN AN AREA THAT REPS OVER 4,000 KILOMETERS OF DISTANCE, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, NAME PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ACCESS THAT I HAVE AND IF IT WAS NOT FOR A SCHOOL CLOSE TO MY HOME AND TWO WONDERFUL PARENTS, SPECIFICALLY MY MOTHER, I MAY HAVE NOT AMOUNTED TO WHO I AM TODAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND NOW TODAY, I AM HERE IN NAME OF MY GUATEMALAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE HARD WORKING, GOOD PEOPLE AND MANY OF WHO WORK HERE AND THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR GO BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD, WATER, AND SHELTER TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. > Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO NOT ONLY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY DO WE HAVE MANY OF OUR GUATEMALAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE WORK TO GO SUPPORT THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN BACK AT HOME BUT THEY'RE HERE ALSO TO SUPPORT THIS VERY COUNTRY IN CALIFORNIA, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO AS CHAPIN WHICH IS THE QUALOCIAL NAME THAT WE USE, DO NOT CONTRIBUTE, THEY CONTRIBUTE IN SPORTS AND IN MANY OTHER AREAS BECAUSE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE OF THE CORN WHO COME FROM THIS COUNTRY, NEED VERY LITTLE TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO, TO OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE SAME HOPE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTRY AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A BETTER AND MORE PROGRESSIVE SOCIO POLITICAL CLIMATE AND WE SHOW THE SAME RESILIENCE THAT DESPITE THE WAR AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE FACED AS ADVERSITY THAT WE CONTINUE TO THRIVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN 2023, GUATEMALA FACED ANOTHER CHANGE IN TRAJECTORY TO TRY TO BREAK THE CRIMINAL FABRIC THAT IS PRESENT IN THE COUNTRY TO THE INPAOUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COUNTRY DUE TO CORRUPTION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO GUATEMALA HAS BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE GOOD NEWS OF THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION OF 2023 WHERE ITS PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO STAND UP TO FIGHT AND PROTECT DEMOCRACY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO BE ABLE TO UPLIFT EVEN THE MOST UNDER REPRESENTED, HISTORICALLY UNDER REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND IT WAS THE AREAS WHERE THEY SUFFERED THE MOST WHO WERE THE LEADERS IN THIS FIGHT TO PROTECT THIS DEMOCRACY, THOSE WERE THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WHO'S LEADERSHIP HELPED TO MAKE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE AND ACHIEVE WHAT WE ACHIEVED MIDNIGHT OF 2024. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> Interpreter: AND TO CONCLUDE I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE PEOPLE OF UNITED STATES FOR TAKING IN AND GIVING A WARM WELCOME TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS NOT ONLY IN THE WORKPLACE BUT ALSO IN THEIR HEARTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO WE ARE ALSO WELL WARE OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN ORDER TO STAND UP AND TO PROTECT OUR GUATEMALA IMMIGRANTS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT IT IS A THE MUTUAL OPENNESS OF OUR COUNTRY. OUR DOORS ARE OPEN TO YOU AND WE WOULD LOVE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND WHERE WE HAVE POWERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PYRAMIDS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO TO OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS WELL AS THE DISTINGUISHED CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR THE INVITATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM THANK YOU TO MAYOR KAREN BASS AND TO EVERYONE ELSE FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY. MUCHAS GRACIAS POR VENIR AQUI. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THEM WITH A HONORING, WE WELCOME THEM HERE IN LOS ANGELES. PLEASE ONE MORE TIME, ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR PEOPLE FROM GUATEMALA. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME, MAY YOUR STAY IN LOS ANGELES BE PRODUCTIVE AND ENJOYABLE. BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATE NOTICE, IF WE CAN HAVE ITEM 20 CONTINUED TO JANUARY 14. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 2-0 CONTINUED TO JANUARY 14. AND I ALSO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: YES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] GOOD MORNING. MUCHAS GRACIAS POR ESTAR CON NOSOTROS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER FOR BRINGING THEM FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILD FOR OUR LEADERS AND GUATEMALA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S ALWAYS REALLY INSPIRING TO HEAR FROM OUR, FROM REPRESENTATIVES THAT REPRESENT COUNTRIES WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE PRESENT' OF CONSTITUENTS FROM. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR GUEST. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH. WITH THAT, WE ARE PREPARED TO GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE NEED A CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL 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 IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC, OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU ARE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GEL ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEAR LEON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO, OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKLING TIME --SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN, ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 9, 11 THROUGH 19, 22, AND 60 THROUGH 74. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA, 1 THROUGH 9, 11 THROUGH 19, 22, AND 60 THROUGH 74. ITEMS NUMBER 10, 20, 21 AND 41 HAVE ALL BEEN CONTINUED. 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 OTHER ITEMS OR ANYTHING TO THE SUBJECT JURISDICTION. A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF HE CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> ADDITIONAL WLAOE IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE ADA OR IF YOU WOULD WLIEK TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND GET THE ATTENTION OF THE SERGEANT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST WHEN THEY SEE YOU TO GET THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE. ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, THE ORDER WHICH WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO IN ORDER FOR TO US ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD AND ONCE YOU HEAR THAT, YOU CAN LINE UP ON ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, JUST FOR THE RECORD, FOR ITEM 41, THAT ITEM WAS CONTINUED TO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2026, SIR. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAME, JOVI, DELVIN, ELVA, HAIRET ELLIOT, LAURA, AND RONALDO LINERES. >> AS WE GO TO THE SPEAKERS, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO AND SLASH IF YOU WOULD LIKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU DON'T LET US KNOW, WE WILL GIVE YOU A MINUTE OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ES DELBE ENRIQEZ. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF ACE SINCE 2002, I'M DOING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I AM FROM SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND I SUPPORT ULA AND I'M HERE SO THAT WE CAN DO THE STATEHOUSE L.A. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, AND IN MY CASE, STAY HOUSE HAS HELPED ME WHEN I WAS IN COURT BECAUSE I WAS FACING EVICTION AND THE JUDGE ALLOWED ME TO RECEIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION WITHOUT ANY COST. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND BECAUSE OF SAGE AND STAY HOUSE L.A., THE JUDGE HAS GIVEN ME MORE TIME IN COURTS TO GET LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND TO STILL REMAIN HOUSED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TO SUPPORT ULA, PLEASE WE DON'T WANT MORE PEOPLE TO BE ON THE STREETS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: RONALDO. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE FOR A DEBT ON ONE OF MY HOUSING CODES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: I HAD THE DEBT WITH THE CITY UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING CODE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AT LEAST I THOUGHT AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A FRAUDULENT CHARGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT AS TIME PASSED, I REALIZES THAT IT WAS A SANCTION OR CODE THAT WAS PUT IN MY HOUSE SO I WAS NOT SURE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: UNFORTUNATELY AS TIME PASSED, THE TIME AND THE AMOUNT WENT UP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PAY BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN PAYMENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT IS ALL. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: MUY BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS EVA GARCIA I'M A POWER OF COLLECTIVO AND I'M HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] I WANT TO ASK THE COUNCILMEMBER TO PLEASE PROTECT ULA. AND TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT U LA, THEY ASK US TO MAKE 60,000 SIGNATURES BUT WE ACTUALLY GOT 90,000. WE WON IT IN THE VOTE. AND IT'S A DEMOCRATIC VOTE FROM THE PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND NOW THE RICH SAY THAT ULA DOES NOT WORK. DOES THEY SEE THEM. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] BUT WE NEED TO PROTECT ULA BECAUSE ULA PROTECTS TENANTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WITH A VISION OF HAVING A DIFFERENT HOUSING SBAITION THAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND NOW WE RAISE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS. WHICH THEY'RE UNABLE TO USE BECAUSE OF HOW MANY OBSTACLES WE FACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND WE ASK YOU TO RESPECT THIS DEMOCRATIC VOTE. WE URGE TO YOU RESPECT THIS DEMOCRATIC VOTE THAT WAS WON FAIR AND SQUARE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FOR OUR BENEFIT ULA IS WORKS AND THE RICH ARE BUNCH OF CRY BABIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE WANT MEASURE A AND WE DON'T EXPLAIN BECAUSE WE PAY TAXES, WE WANT THIS MEASURE RIGHT NOW. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, MI NOMBRE ES LAURA. >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS LAURA. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] OKAY. MI NOMBRE ES LAURA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS LAURA I WORK IN THE LOS ANGELES AIRPORT AND NOW I'M HERE TO GIVE A MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, MARQUEECE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: UNFORTUNATELY, I FOUND OUT THAT YOU PUT AHEAD A MOTION LAST FRIDAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND YOU KNOW THAT WE WON THE OLYMPIC WAGE. WE DID IT TWO TIMES. AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU COME AT US AGAIN ATTACK ITING USZ WITH THIS. WE ARE THE ONCE THAT WORK AT LOS ANGELES AIRPORT. WE ARE THE ONES WHO MOVE THE ECONOMY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE'RE NOT WILLING TO LOSE WHAT WE HAVE WON. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE FOUGHT FOR TWO YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MR. MARQUEECE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE ARE WORKERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PLEASE CONTINUE TO BE THE LEADER THAT YOU ARE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: DON'T BE THE GRINCH OF OUR CHRISTMAS. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DAISY SONG, JACKIE ALFONSO, DIRECTO, HE ESMERALDA, AND KAREN RAMIREZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: I SAID 2 AND 3. I JUST ACTUALLY WANT TO KNOW. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE IN A LOT OF PRESSURE BUT WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE HER THING ABOUT NUISANCE ABATEMENT AND LIENS YESTERDAY. SHE HAD A PROPERTY ON SUNSET. SHE OFFERED IT, I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD HAVE TAKEN HER SUGGESTION, THAT'S ALL. OKAY, I'M MOVING, OH, ALSO, YESTERDAY, I TALKED ABOUT A BOOK CALLED LAWLESS. >> City Attorney: SO YOU'RE MOVING TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NO NOT YET. >> City Attorney: OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BOOK, YOU NEED TO MOVE TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY, GENERAL. THIS WOMEN IS A LAWYER AND A PROFESSOR, LAWLESS, WHAT TRUMP IS. THI GUY IS A REPUBLICAN AND STILL A REPUBLICAN. AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK, HE SAID UNDER THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION, OF TRUMP, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET A BOOK OUT OF THE LIBRARY. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SILENCE SOUND. [SPEAKING SPANISH] OKAY, IT'S SO SECRET. YO FUI A STAPLES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, THE SOUND THAT THEY DO, YOU CANNOT HEAR IT IN YOUR EARS, YOU HEAR IT INSIDE YOUR SKULL, I WENT TO STAPLES BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO GIVE ME MONEY BACK BUT I PAID FOR IT AND THEY DID NOT GIVE ME IT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] YES, I BOUT 12 SHIRTS SIX MONTHS AGO, MGA BUT THEY DID NOT GIVE ME THE SHIRTS BECAUSE THAT TECHNOLOGY IS SECRET. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IS ITEM 43 OPEN? >> City Attorney: IT'S NOT OPEN BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT ON PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M DAISY SONG, IN REGARDS TO ITEM 43. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE COUNCILMEMBER, TO THE COUNCIL THAT, WE ALREADY OWN 50 PERCENT INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY AND IT IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY. THAT IS THE DRIVEWAY EASEMENT TO ADJACENT. WE'RE TO BUY THIS FROM THE CITY BECAUSE THE ZONING. AND IT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR US TO BUILD OUR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. SO WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO VOTE YES IN SUPPORT OF THE SALE. AND IN SUPPORTING OF US BUILDING OUR FAMILY HOME. THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND BLUMENFIELD FOR MOVING FORTH THIS MOTION. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO BE DOING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M KAREN RAMIREZ I'M PART OF ACE AND I'M A RESIDENT OF YOUR DISTRICT, HARRIS-DAWSON. I JUST BOUGHT A HOME. VOTERS JUST LIKE MYSELF SAID YES TO THE MEASURE U LA BECAUSE WE WANTED DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN LOS ANGELES. THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SLEEPING ON OUR STREETS TONIGHT. ULA HAS RAIDED--TO FUND CONSTRUCTION AND UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A CITY IN THE U.S. WE ARE MAKING INCREDIBLE PROGRESS WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE MASSING REVENUE ON A SCALE THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOT JUST A DENT. IN THIS WAY, MEASURE ULA IS TRANSFORMATIONAL, WE ASK TO YOU STAY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SINGT YA, KIMBERLY, DOLLY SLOW AND DAVILA AND JOHN PAULEN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I DON'T LIKE TO PUT WORDS IN OTHER PEOPLE'S MOUTH BUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE HERE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. ELECTED OFFICIAL ARE WORKING HARD TO KEEP PROBLEMS AWAY FROM JURIES. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE APPOINTED YOURSELF JUDGE AND JURY. IT MATTERS IF A CRIMINAL JURY SAYS THAT IT'S LEGAL. AND BY ALLOWING CITY EMPLOYEES TO KEEP CONTENTIOUS ISSUES OUT OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS, YOU'RE FOSTERING CRIME. PEOPLE HAVE HAMMERED YOU WITH REPORTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, BRAZEN VIOLATIONS OF FREE SPEECH, ATTACHED WITH EXOTIC WEAPONS OR ARE ME POLICE IGNORING EXTORTION. IF SOMEBODY HAS COMMUNICATED WITH YOU OUTSIDE OF THIS PUBLIC MEETING THAT THIS ACTION IS UNACCEPTABLE. YOU NEED TO TELL THEM TO DROP DEAD. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS ALFONSO DIRECTOR JUNIOR I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ACT L.A. GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY. I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MEASURE ULA. THE FIRST GOAL OF ULA IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. REMOVING PROFIT INCENTIVE FROM HOUSING. I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO JOIN US THIS COMMISSION OF ULA AND MAXIMIZE FUNDING FOR SOCIAL HOUSING. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THREATEN HOUSING STABILITY OF 3000 FAMILIES. THIS IS PREVENTABLE WITH PERMANENT AFFORDABLE SOCIAL HOUSING. JOIN US FOR FIGHTING ULA, AND SOCIAL ULA. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> OKAY, GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. I WILL ASK, I BELIEVE YOU MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. SO WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION NOW, BUT WE APPRECIATE IF YOU WERE CONSISTENT ON THAT. GO AHEAD. MR. HERMAN, YOUR TIME IS NNING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] TAN MALO COMO DIEN A LLI. >> Interpreter: DON'T BE SO BAD I'M NOT THAT BAD, DUMB ASS ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: YOU NEED THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. I NEED TOUZ STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. YOU KNOW THE RULES, IF YOU DON'T, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD, YOUR TIME WAS PAUSED. >> Speaker: 25-0900S20 IN CD11 FUCK IT FOR THE RECORD. ITEM NUMBER 2, CD9, CRIMINAL CURREN PRICE, THURSDAY COURT, FUCK ITEM NUMBER 2, 1501S73. ITEM 150160S936, FUCK CD10. NUMBER 4, 160160S334, STUPID MOTHER FUCKER FUCK THAT ITEM TOO. ITEM NUMBER 5, CD11, HEARING PROTESTS OF APPEALS FOR OBJECTIONS OF BUILDING AND SAFETY, FUCK CD11 AND 5250160S. 9 FUCKEN APPEALS, FUCK ALL 9 AND FUCK YOU. NOW, AM IN MY OTHER ITEMS ON THIS FUCKEN AGENDA, IS ABOUT ITEM 68, IS THAT ON, ON THE AGENDA ASSHOLE? THANK YOU FOR NODDING, NOW I GOT YOUR ATTENTION. TAN MALO [SPEAKING SPANISH] NUMBER 25, 1434, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO THEY ARE SO BAD, YOU HAVE PADILLA AND MOO MOO HERNANDEZ AND SMOKING SCAN AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THESE FUCKEN ASSHOLES TO LET MONEY BE STOLEN FROM THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] CARE FOR THIS MOTHER FUCKERS, SMOKING SCAN! NOW TO MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GOD DAMN RIGHT, MOTHER FUCKER, UNDER 1208CF, S1, 1600 S FLOWER AND HOPE, SOUTH TOWER PROJECT, FUCK YOU JURADO, FIX THE GOD DAMN PROBLEM, BITCHES. AND I AM ASKING YOU TO APPEAL AND SUSTAIN THIS FUCKEN ACTION BY THAT CHANGO UP THERE! XHANG O WITH THE LIGHTS ON, SWING ON THIS, SMOKING SCAN! SMOKING SCAN! AND IN MY CLOSING REBUTTAL WITH THIS FUCKED UP CITY WITH THE FUCKED CITY AND FUCKED REASON AND FUCKED EXCUSES, GIVE THESE MOTHER FUCKERS A CHANCE TO SURVIVE WITH $45 AN HOUR, FUCK THE AIRPORT, FUCK GAVIN NEWSOM AND FUCK YOU MR. ATTORNEY FOR INTERRUPTING ME, PINCHE SANGRON GUEY! >> City Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, IF YOU NEED TO SHAKE IT OFF, IT'S A VERY HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. WE APPRECIATE YOU TRYING. WHAT ITEMS. >> Speaker: I'M SORRY I'M HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: NO WORRIES, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M CYNTHIA I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GROUP SAGE, I'M HERE WITH OUR ALLIES TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR MEASURE ULA AND TO CELEBRATE ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS IT NEARS THE 1 BILLION, THREE-YEAR MARK AND ONE BILLION DOLLARS. MEASURE ULA HAS BEEN SOME ROADS THAT WE FACE IN THE HOUSING SECTOR AND IT'S ALLOWING PROJECTS TO MEET UNDER FUNDING GAPS AND NEW PROJECTS TO GET UNDER WAY THAT ARE GOING TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT LEAST ABLE TO AFFORD IT. AND IT'S ALSO A MODEL FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, ONE OF THE FEW PROGRESSIVE MODELS OF SUCH TAXES TODAY AND AS SUCH, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR IT IN SUPPORTING IT AND CELEBRATING IT. THERE IS ALMOST 60 FOLKS FROM SAGE TODAY. WE'RE NOT ALL SPEAKING, MERRY CHRISTMAS BUT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL NICK STEWARD, ANAI GONZALEZ AND JASON ENWRIGHT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, ON BEHALF OF BED SAIDIC. I'M JOHN PAUL LIN I'M A ATTORNEY WITH BED SAIDIC PROGRAM WE PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW TO MODERATE BUSINESS OWNERS. WE'RE ONE OF TWO SUCH PROGRAMS IN L.A. AND EWDD IS OUR MAIN FUNDING SOURCE. SO THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION WILL DISRUPT THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. EWDD HAS BEEN A VITAL DURING A TIME WHEN SO MUCH IS AT STAKE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE WILDFIRES AND I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN THE TARIFFS AND ICE RAIDS DECIMATE THE SMALL BUSINESS TO PROFIT OR EVEN STAY IN BUSINESS. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2026 WORLD CUP AND 2028 OLYMPICS, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE PRESERVE LEADERSHIP AND EXPERT SEES WITHIN CITY GOVERNMENT. THIS WILL SET US APART FROM OTHER MAJOR CITIES. MY FINAL POINT IS THAT BUSINESS IS NOT SOCIAL SERVICES. SO PLEASE KEEP EWDD, INDEPENDENT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M KIMBERLY SUN AND I'M A MEMBER OF PODER, I'M HERE TO PROTECT ULA. ULA HAS PREVENTED EVICTIONS AND PROTECTED THOUSANDS OF TENANTS. THANKS TO ULA MANY FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOME AND HAVE A CHANCE OF STABILITY AND DIGNITY. ULA HAS A CLEAR PURPOSE TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITIES CAN HAVE A FAIR AND MORE JUST VISION OF HOUSING. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PROTECT IT. A MEASURE THAT PAST BECAUSE THE PEOPLE DEMANDED IT AND BECAUSE COMMUNITIES NEED IT. YOU CANNOT TAKE AWAY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WON AT THE BALLOT BOX. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HI MY NAME IS TRINIDAD I'M FROM COMMUNITY POWER COLLECTOR AND I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON MEASURE ULA. AND THROUGH MEASURE ULA WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS OF ATTORNEYS TO HELP US WITH OUR EVICTIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: NOW YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US UNDER THE ARGUMENT OF IT HAVING AN AFFECT ON THE CITY BUT WE KNOW WHO IS BEHIND THIS THAT IS PUSHING THIS AGENDA. IT'S THE RICH PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THESE ARE THE IDEAS OF THE RICH WHO DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE WITNESS FIRSTHAND, THE BENEFIT OF MEASURE ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THROUGH MEASURE ULA, WE HAVE WITNESSED PEOPLE GET ACCESS TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND THE REAL POSSIBILITY OR OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR HOMES. SO WE ASK YOU FIRMLY TO PLEASE PROTECT MEASURE ULA. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I'M ANAI AND I WORK ALONGSIDE SAGE. THEY'RE DOING WHAT THE MAJORITY VOTERS KNEW WHAT IT WOULD DO WHEN THEY APPROVED IT. WHICH IS PERMANENT SOLUTIONS TO OUR HOUSING CRISIS. U LA IS INTEGRAL PART OF OUR BUDGET AND THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO INCREASE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND REDUCE HOMELESSNESS. JUST WEEKS AGO, THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT APPROVED THE 425 MILLION DOLLARS SPENDING PROGRAM TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S MORE THAN 5 TIMES WHAT THEY TYPICALLY ALLOCATE IN A SINGLE YEAR. THIS IS AN ACHIEVEMENT AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO ULA. WE SHOULD CELEBRATE ULA AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT'S IT'S MAKING ALL OVER L.A. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THIS MEASURE WAS PASSED WITH A STRONG MANDATE FROM VOTERS TO STAND THE LONG HOUSING CRISIS. THEY HAVE HELPED THOUSANDS OF RENTERS STAY HOUSED WHILE THEY APPROVED 420 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE ACHIEVEMENT MADE POSSIBLE BY ULA. WE'RE ALSO HERE TO STAND WITH TOURISM WORKERS AGAINST PRESSURE TACTICS. FOR COUNCIL NOT ONLY HURTS WORKERS NOW BUT CHANGES A PRECEDENCE IN IN A GAINS FOR WORKING FAMILIES. WE URGE TO YOU KEEP ULA STRONG TO STAND WITH TOURISM WORKERS AND CONTINUE BUILDING A LOS ANGELES THAT PRIORITIZES PEOPLE OVER PROFIT. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP CLAIRE, KIMBERLY, HANNAH, MANUAL, AND JULIA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M JASON I'M A MEMBER OF THE NORTHEAST MEMBER COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, A SERVING TREND, THE PEOPLE FIGHT REALLY HARD TO WIN SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, WE FOUGHT FOR LARSO, WE GET IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL AND YOU ALL WEAKEN IT. WE FIGHT FOR THE OLYMPIC WAGE AND MARQUEECE WANTS TO WEAKEN IT. I WEAR OUT TWO PAIRS OF SHOES FOR ULA AND NOW THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO WEAKEN IT. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE WANT GOOD WAGES. THE PEOPLE WANT LOW RENTS AND, Y'ALL SEEM MORE INTERESTED IN MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES THAN WORKING WITH US. ALL THESE PEOPLE CAME DOWN AND TOOK THE SUBWAY SO THEY CAN COME DOWN HIRE AND ASK YOU TO PROTECT THESE THINGS. YOU REALLY NEED TO LISTEN. THANKS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: I'LL BE SPEAKING ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M MANNY MORA LEZ AND I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AT SAGE STAY HOUSED ULA, I ALSO LIVE IN YSABEL'S JURADO'S DISTRICT. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF MEASURE ULA, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, MEASURE ULA HAVE HELPED MANY WITH EVICTION AND HOMELESSNESS. THEY HAVE PROVIDED HOUSING TO FAMILIES STILL SUFFERING TO INCOME LOST DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND MORE RECENTLY IMMIGRATION RAIDS. THEY HAVE PROVIDED A LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS BEING HARASSED BY OR UNLAWFULLY EVICTED BY THEIR LANDLORDS AND ULA HAS ENSURED THEIR SENIORS, CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY IN THEIR HOME BY FUNDING RENTAL AID. THIS IS WHAT WE THE VOTERS WANTED WHEN WE SAID YES TO L.A. WORKING HOUSEHOLDS STRUGGLING WITH HOUSING RENTS AND COST OF LIVING IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, BLAIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE DISSOLVING OF THE EWDD INTO THE CIFD AND IT'S DISTURBING IT'S A RED FLAG TO US HOW OUR CITY IS PRIORITIZING OUR BUSINESSES. I HOPE YOU CAN APPRECIATE WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH WITH RAIDS, COVID, RIOTS, 23 BUSINESSES IN JUNE WERE DECIMATED AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN LOSSES. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT A DEPARTMENT AND A FOCUS ON THIS AND PRIORITIZE OUR BUSINESSES AND SOME KIND OF STRUCTURE, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND IT'S JUST DISTURBING THAT THIS IS JUST SORT OF HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE HAVE NOT REALLY HAD A DISCUSSION. SO THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] MI NOMBRE ES SOPHIA MEN DO SA. >> Interpreter: HI I'M SOFA MENDOZA, I'M AN ACE MEMBER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND MEASURE ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MEASURE ULA HAS MADE ITS FIRST MILLION DOLLARS--I'M SORRY, BILLION DOLLARS IN INCOME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT TODAY, ULA IS UNDER A COORDINATED ATTACK THROUGH THE TAX ORGANIZATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> >> Interpreter: AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THIS MEASURE BECAUSE IT HAS PERSONALLY HELPED ME AS I HAVE FACED TWO SEPARATE EVICTIONS. SO I PERSONALLY HAVE BENEFITED FROM IT AS A TENANT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO I'M HERE TO DEMAND FOR YOU TO NOT TOUCH MEASURE ULA AND I'M ALSO HERE TO REPRESENT THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE OLYMPIC WAGES, PEOPLE NEED THEIR $30 AN HOUR NOW! >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO AS AN ORGANIZATION WE CAME TOGETHER AND WON THIS FOR HOTEL WORKERS SO WE'RE HERE TO SAY YOU NEED TO RESPECT THAT AND TO NO LONGER DELAY IT. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP SMOKING SCAN, KYLE, JOANN, AUDIT L.A. E LOISA AND FABIAN SALAZAR. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS ANA HOFFMAN AND I'M A POWER COMMUNITY POWER. AND I'M A RENTER IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, LIVING UNDER ALLOT OF HARASSMENT, I DREAM OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN ABUSIVE AND HATEFUL LANDLORD. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ULA LAW, IT WAS VOTED BY THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES WHO DEMANDED PROGRAM THAT BENEFITS RENTERS. WE NEED TO PROTECT AND KEEP ULA FUNDS, WHICH BELONGS TO US TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. PLEASE DON'T GIVE THE POWER TO THE DEVELOPERS AND DON'T CHANGE THE ULA, WE NEED--THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT *. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS TOMASA MARTINEZ. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YE, I'M A MEMBER OF ACE LIVING IN DISTRICT 14 AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MEASURE FOR ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THE ULA IS REACHING ITS FIRST BILLION DOLLARS IN INCOME WHICH COMES FROM THE PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT NOW ULA IS UNDER ATTACK BY ASSOCIATIONS OF TAXES, OF TAX INCOME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THIS MORNING MY FRIEND WAS ATTACKED, SHE IS SCARED THAT SHE IS FACING EVICTION AND THEY ALSO TOOK HER CAR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SHE LIVES IN THE FIRST DISTRICT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE SHE IS NOT ABLE TO GO TO WORK BECAUSE THE ACCESS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I AM HERE TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SUPPORT ULA SO SHE MAY CONTINUE TO PROTECT HERSELF FROM HARASSMENT OF THE LANDLORDS I'M ALSO ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE OLYMPIC WAGE SO WE CAN PROTECT OUR WORKERS AS WELL. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, TRY IT NOW. >> Speaker: TESTING, TESTING, HELLO HELLO. >> City Attorney: CAN WE MAKE SURE THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE IS LIVE NOW? >> Speaker: HELLO. >> City Attorney: GIVE US A TEST. >> Speaker: TESTING, TESTING. >> City Attorney: WE'RE ALL GOOD. SO SI ASSUME ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YOU KNOW ME SO WELL. >> City Attorney: SO JUST FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A MINUTE THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 9, 11 THROUGH 19, 22 AND 60 THROUGH 74. SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I WANT TO START WITH SENOR LEE. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M SORRY, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, THE INTERPRETER SET IS HAVING ISSUES CAN I ASK THE SPEAKER TO REPEAT. >> Speaker: YEAH BUT YOU TOOK MY TIME AWAY. YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME BACK. SENOR LEE, LeDEVE EUNA. >> Interpreter: MR. LEE, YOU OWE AN APOLOGY TO THE LADY MS. AUDIT L.A. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. THAT'S ONE TOPIC. IT'S ON TOPIC. >> City Attorney: CAN YOU HOLD HER TIME. >> Speaker: BUT WE WILL MOVE ON. FOR THE STREET VACATION, BIG NO. I DON'T WANT ANY STREET VACATIONS BECAUSE IT GIVES SCIENTOLOGY THE HOPE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COME AND GIVE THEM THEIR COMPOUND THAT THEY WANT. THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT ANY STREET VACATIONS IN 60 AND 61, IT IS THERE MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WE JUST DON'T WANT NEM TO HAVE ANYMORE POWER THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE NEW YEAR'S EVE EVENT, HAPPY EVERY HOLIDAY, TO ALL OF YOU AND SMOKING SCAN FAMILY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS DOING THE CHRISTMAS EVE EVENT, IS NOT IN SCIENTOLOGY. IT TURNS OUT THAT SCIENTOLOGY CONTROLS THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IN HOLLYWOOD. IT'S UNDENIABLE AND MR. HUGO, IT IS PROBABLY WHY HE'S UNDER A PRESSURE COOKER, HE CAN'T HELP US OUT AT ALL. BUT HE HAS TO HELP US, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT RIGHT. YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SO EVERYONE WORK WITHING, OKAY, SCIENTOLOGY ON THE PARADE, MAKES SLAVE LABOR, 47 DOLLARS A WEEK. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE TALKING--PAUSE HER TIME. I GAVE YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND THE ITEM IS NOT DID THE CHRISTMAS RAID. YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS TO SPEAK. IT IS RELATED TO THE NEW YEAR'S EVE. >> Speaker: I DON'T WANT THE NEW YEARS EVENT TO DID HAVE SAME THING. WHERE NEXT YEAR, YOU FIND OUT IT'S ALL SLAVE LABOR, 47 DOLLARS, DOING IT. IF YOU GUYS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SUED. THE CITY IS GOING TO BE LIABLE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO GENERAL OR MOVE ON TO THE ANOTHER ITEM. >> Speaker: OKAY, THE OTHER ONE IS FOR THE ART, THE ONE IS WE WANT TO DO ART MURALS IT'S IN THERE ABOUT DOING ARTS, WHATEVER, I'M FOR DOING MORE MURALS AND ART. BUT IT IS FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND TALKING AND DOING PICTURES ON THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. I SAY YES, BUT I WANT TO CAVEAT, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO ONE MURAL MYSELF WHERE I AM WARNING THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY NOT TO GET SUCKED UP BY ABOUT THE SCIENTOLOGY WITH A PROMISING OF R-1 VISA, BECAUSE THEY WILL HOLD THAT VISA BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO ESCAPE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO. SO YES TO THE ART BUT WITH THAT CAVEAT. I WANT THE COMMUNITY WARNED. MR. HUGO, SHOULD BE LISTENING, HE'S THE ONE WITH ALL THE SCIENTOLOGY BUILDINGS IN THINKS AREA AND HE DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT. AT LEAST MR. McOSKER PRETENDS TO LISTENING. MS. HERNANDEZ, YOU GOT OFF--HE WAS TALKING TO YOU. I'LL JUST LET IT RUN DOWN. SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SHRINE EVENT. MR. CURREN PRICE'S AREA, THE CITY GRANTED SCIENTOLOGY THE PERMIT TO GO TO THE SHRINE FOR THEIR WHATEVER EVENT, NEW YEARS EVENT FILMING. AND MR. CURREN PRICE, YOU KNOW, I COME HERE LONG ENOUGH, ENOUGH OF US COME HERE, YOU KNOW IT'S A CULT, YOU KNOW THEY VIOLATE A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, BY CLOSING AND THIS LOVELY WOMAN TELLS US HOW SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS CULT. AND THEY WITHHELD HER, LAPD AND NO, OFFENSE TO THESE GUYS HERE, BUT THEY WITHHELD HER FROM BEING ABLE TO GO IN THE SIDEWALK THAT SHE IS LEGALLY ABLE TO GO ON TO SAY HI TO HER FATHER WHO SHE HAS NOT SEEN IN FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE HE IS BEING BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY SCIENTOLOGY. MR. PRICE, DO NOT ALLOW THIS. SMOKING SCAN, AND FAMILY AND EVERYONE HERE, A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON. NOT SURE IF I'LL BE HERE FRIDAY. THANK YOU FOR KIND OF LISTENING, IF OF YOU FOR KIND OF LISTENING FOR THE PAST YEAR. I APPRECIATE IT. >> Clerk: BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, HE WILL A, JACQUELINE, IRMA FABIAN, PERVIRANDA AND GADDRY PLATA. >> Speaker: HI I'M JOE VAN HOUSTON, AIRPORT WORKER, YES, THIS IS MY THIRD DAY BEING HERE THIS WEEK. I JUST WANT TO LET THE CITY COUNCIL FROM THE KNOW, HOW OF A GUT PUNCH HE HIT US AS WORKERS FOR SUPPORTING HIM. IT'S A SHAME. IT REALLY IS A SHAME. PLEASE, I KNOW YOU SEE THIS ROOM FILLED WITH PEOPLE HERE TODAY, WANTING A CHANGE, THEY WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEY WANT LIVABLE WAGES, THEY WANT HEALTHCARE. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS FILLED WITH MONEY. PLEASE GIVE THESE WORKERS AND THESE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHAT THEY NEED. DON'T BE THE GRINCH OF CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. DON'T TAKE WHAT WE FOUGHT HARD, SO VERY HARD TO BEGIN. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE DESERVE THIS. AND YES, I WILL BE HERE, I WORK 2:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BUT YES, I'M STILL HERE THIS MORNING. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: MUY BUENAS. MI NOMBRE ISS ES FABIA SALAZAR. >> Interpreter: YES, GOOD MORNING, GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU GUYS, I SAW THAT YOU ARE NOT SAYING HI BUT IT'S OKAY, MY NAME IS FABIA SALAZAR, I'M HERE TO ASK THAT THE CASE OF ULA BE RESPECTED. THAT'S IT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, I'M HERE ASKING FOR ULA, THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE THE ONES THAT NEED IT, THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET, THE PEOPLE WHO RIDE THE BUSES, THE PEOPLE WHO PAY THE RENT. NOT THOSE WHO ARE DRIVING LUXURY CARS, THE MILLIONAIRES IT'S US WHO ARE FACING DIFFICULT SITUATIONS THAT NEED IT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] MUCHAS GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: PLEASE IT IS ALL OF US WHO ARE ASKING FOR THIS, DO NOT LET US BE FORGOTTEN, THIS IS OUT OF NECESSITY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE RISK OF BEING ON THE STREET AND FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: SI BUENOS DIAS, MY NOMBRE ISS ES DO MINGA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] [PEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, MY NAME IS DO MINGA I'M A MEMBER OF ACE, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ULA, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW REACHING ITS FIRST ONE BILLION DOLLARS DOLLAR IN INCOME REVENUE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT RIGHT NOW ULA IS UNDER ATTACK, UNDER COORDINATED ATTACK FOR ASSOCIATION OF TAXES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE ASKING FOR ULA NOT TO BE TOUCHED AT ALL AND I'M ALSO ASKING FOR THE OLYMPIC WAGE TO BE RESPECTED AS WELL FOR THE WORKERS WHO REALLY NEED IT BECAUSE THEY DESERVE $30 AN HOUR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND PLEASE DO NOT FORGET US THE WORKERS OF ULA, WE NEED THIS HELP. WE ARE THE WORK WE SEER, WE ARE THE PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOME AND LOW RESOURCES. WE'RE THE ONES THAT PAY TAX SXZ PLEASE DO NOT FORGET ABOUT IT US BECAUSE WE WILL END UP ON THE STREET AND WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE ENDING UP WITHOUT A HOUSE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. MI NOMBRE ES IRMA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, MY NAME IS IRMA FABIAN, AND I AM A MEMBER, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 1, I AM A MEMBER OF ACE AND I'M A MEMBER FROM THE METRO TRANSFER ORGANIZATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MEASURE ULA PASSED IN 2022 AS VOIGTED BY ANGELINOS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THIS MEASURE SHOULD MAINTAIN, SHOULD STAY AS IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AN IMPORTANT WAY FOR US TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO AVOID EVICTIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MAINTAINING ACCESSIBLE HOUSING AS WELL AS LEGAL REPRESENTATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND TAKING DECISIONS AGAINST THIS MEASURE IS TO VIOLATE THE DIGNITY OF THE VOTERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND RESPECT OF THE DEMOCRACY BY THE VOTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE WANT YOU TO PROTECT IT SO IT CAN CONTINUE TO BE USED TO THE FAMILIES CAN MAINTAIN THEMSELVES TOGETHER. IN SECURE HOUSING SITUATIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ULA IS ESSENTIAL TO HELP FINANCE HOUSING AND TO BE ABLE TO BUILD NEW HOUSES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND ULA IS A MODEL FOR THE NEW CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN DESPITE THE RACISM THAT WE ARE LIVING. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOODFREE PLATA, HERE TO VISIT MY FAVORITE PART OF ULA REVENUE DASHBOARD. CLICK ON ULA REVENUE. THE ULA REVENUE TRACKS THE MONTHLY REVENUE AND WE HOPE YOU BMD BUILD INTO YOUR STAFF DRAOEFG. REVENUE TOTALED 91 MILLION DOLLARS, IT'S BRINGING IN AN AVERAGE OF 31 MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH INTO THE CITY, SOMETIMES MUCH MORE THAN THAT. WHICH MEANS WE ARE CELEBRATING BILLION DOLLARS BIRTHDAY AND THANKS TO REVENUE FROM MULTI FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL HOUSING. YOU CAN DIS AGGREGATE REVENUE, I WOULD LOVE TO HONOR THE TOP THREE DISTRIBUTING, CD11, CD5 AND CD4. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CONTRIBUTED 16 MILLION DOLLARS AS OF LAST MONTH TO THE ENTIRE FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELENESS PREVENTION. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS MI NOMBRE ES HE ESMERALDA. >> Interpreter: HI MY NAME IS HE ESMERALDA I'M HERE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO ASK YOU URGENTLY TO PROTECT MEASURE ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: NOT ONLY IS IT FUNDAMENTAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS A NEED BUT IT'S SOMETHING SOMETHING THAT WE VOTED ON AS A PEOPLE IN A DEMOCRATIC VOTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR IT TO COME INTO EXISTENCE AND FOR IT TO STAY IN AFFECT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND TODAY, IT'S UNDER ATTACK BY THE RICH AND CORPORATE BILLIONAIRES THAT DON'T WANT THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO AT THIS TIME IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR YOU TO ACT WITH ACT RESPONSIVELY AND TO PROTECT IT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND YOU CAN'T A LAW FOR--ALLOW OUR WILL AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: OUR VOTE SHOULD BE RESPECTED AND IT SHOULD COUNT. AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS, FOR THE BENEFIT AND FOR THE SUPPORT INSTABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP AND PROTECT MEASURE ULA. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL UP ELISER, STACY BOLGER, MARIA, MAYRA PALM AND DENNIS MAD SON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: HOLD ON, BEFORE WE START HER TIME. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: CAN YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HI MY NAME IS PERCENTVERAND MARTINEZ AND I'M HERE FROM POWER PROTECTIVE AND I'M HERE TO ASK TO PROTECT ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> Clerk: COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS FOR TO YOU DO THAT IS TO PROTECT ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: HI I'M LOISA GA LINDO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO ASK ALL OF TO YOU PLEASE PROTECT ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND PLEASE PROTECT PROTECT THE PEOPLE'S VOTE. PEOPLE VOTED FOR THIS IN 2022. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: KAREN BASS AND YOU AS A COUNCIL HAVE THE RIGHT AND A DUTY TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S VOTE WHICH IS FOR MEASURE ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE HAVE ONE SIDE WHICH IS THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE THE POWERFUL, THE POLITICIANS AND THE ONE PERCENT, THE BILLIONAIRES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE HAVE THE ANTI TAX ASSOCIATION THAT WANTS TO TAKE DOWN AND DESTROY ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THE ONE PERCENT THOSE BILLIONAIRE THAT'S ARE DOING THIS, WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN MEASURE ULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN FACT IT SHOULD BE THE OPPOSITE THAT SAME ONE PERCENT SHOULD BE PAYING THEIR TAXES, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BETTER PUBLIC EDUCATION, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FAIR WAGES FOR WORKERS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: PUBLIC WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS, YOU GET A CIRCUS. ITEM NUMBER 2 THROUGH 15 ARE FOR ABATEMENT LIENS BY THESE CRIMINALS SLEAZELY COUNCIL TO PLACE MASSIVE LIENS ON CITIZENS PROPERTIES INSTEAD OF ASSISTING THE PUBLIC. THIS COUNSEL SUL IS GOING TO GIVE DIT KNIT NITHYA RAMAN FOR SECURITY IN AN UPCOMING PARTY AND ITEM 67 BUT THEY CAN'T FIND A WAY TO ASSIST THESE CITIZENS VERSUS PLACING LIENS ON THEIR PROPERTIES. THANKS DIT WIT, RAN MA AND HUTT, INSTEAD THESE CLOWNS ARE GOING TO VOTE ON ITEMS 2 TO LINE THE POCKETS OF INDICTED OUT ON BAIL AND TRIAL FOR PO WILL IING KNEE, CURREN PRICE AND SLEAZY MARQUEECY DAWSON, VIA ABATEMENT CONTRACTS DEMANDING AN INVESTIGATION OF DAWSON AND CURREN PRICE AND POVERTY HEATHER HUTT, ALL THESE ITEMS SHOULD RECEIVE A NO-VOTE. I DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION OF THESE FUNDS, ITEM 16 THROUGH 21 ARE FOR ABATEMENT LIENS OF THESE CRIMINALS SLEAZY COUNCIL TO PLACE MASSIVE LIENS ON CITIZEN'S PROPERTIES INSTEAD OF ASSISTING THE PUBLIC. IN MY OPINION, WORDINGS SHOULD BE USED THAT WILL ASSIST THE LIENS TO FINANCE AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON HOW MUCH INCREASES COMMERCE, INCREASED JOB OPPORTUNITY, HOW MUCH INCREASE IN PUBLIC SERVICES, THESE INCOMPETENT CIRCUS CLOWNS ARE BRINGING INTO THE DISTRICT OF THE CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ANSWER WILL B ZERO AND RAGING HOMELESSNESS, COSTING US HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS IN HUMAN LIVES. IN MY OPINION, THESE FUNDS SHOULD HAVE SPECIAL CURRENT PRICE AND DAWSON AUDIT PROVISION THAT'S WILL PREVENT THE INDICTED OUT ON TRIAL AND POLYGAMY AND GOVERNMENT FUNDS EXTORTION, VIA VOTING ON HIS WIFE'S CITY CONTRACTS, CANNOT EMBEZZLE THE FUNDS T.I DEMAND THAT SLEAZY D, STOP HIS POLICE FREE SPEECH CRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLE. ITEM 74 BY McOSKER IS ANOTHER--WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE PEPLE? HOW MUCH COMMERCE IS THIS SUIT GOING TO INCREASE IN THE DISTRICT? ANSWER NONE. ANSWER ANSWERS AND DIT WIT RAMAN, 25,000 TO THE LAPD IS HOW THESE CORRUPT CLOWNS AR >>. >> É, ENTÃO, VAMOS VER SE AGORA SIM ESTÁ FUNCIONANDO LOS DOIS. É, BOA! SÓ EM 1 NÃO IA DAR MUITO CERTO, NÉ? TINHA QUE TESTAR NOS 2. HAHAHA RA. >> É ISSO, POR AQUI PARECE QUE ESTÁ INDO BEM, NÃO SEI SE CHEGA AÍ CERTINHO. >> AQUI PARECE BONITO. >> VAMOS VER SE VAI FUNCIONANDO CERTINHO, PARA NÃO TERMOS MAIS PROBLEMAS COM AMAZON PRIME. QUEREMOS RENOVAR O CONTRATO POR MAIS UNS 5 ANOS, E AÍ ESTÁ BOM! HA HAHAHA. >>. >> JÁ VOU DEIXAR ABERTO, NEM VOU FECHAR MAIS! HAHAHA! Thing I used to do it and the LAPD, rather than protecting immigrants from these kidnapings , which are illegal, they're brutalizing protesters who want to stand up to them. So rather than reminding us what our rights are and spending resources, reminding us what our rights are, do something to actually protect those rights. We also have motions on this agenda for a private security for police. So when council member Rahman ran on a platform of defunding the police, I guess she meant defund the police and give that money to private security. Then again, we have care plus suites on the agenda, which are pretty abysmal euphemisms because there's nothing caring about these sweeps. And if you ran on a PLEASE STAND BY.ng MESSAGE BY. K*FRTION WITH HEATHER WHICH IS REALLY DISRESPECTFUL. THANK YOU HUGO FOR PAYING ATTENTION. IF YOU WANT TO LIVE UP TO THE THINGS YOU RAN ON, YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST THESE CARE PLUS SWEEPS BECAUSE THEY ARE THROWING AWAY PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS, THEY'RE NOT OFFERING SERVICESCIOUS PEOPLE HAVE, REALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS LIKE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS CHERISHED POSITIONS THAT ARE IRREPLACEABLE AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT PROMISED SERVICES. AND JUST THIS PAST WEEK IN ISABEL'S JURADO'S DISTRICT THERE WAS A SWEEP. THEY WERE ASKING TO SPEAK TO HER AND JURADO, YOU SHOWED UP IN A POLICE ESCORT AND DIDN'T ADDRESS ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHILE L.A. SAN AND LAPD WERE THROWING AWAY PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS. NOW I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BE, BEAT KEVIN BECAUSE HE WAS OFTEN BUT YOU REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN LIVING TO YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO SEE ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU'RE LETTING THESE SWEEPS HAPPEN AND YOU'RE NOT STANDING UP TO YOUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHEN HE DOES AGRECIOUS THINGS. AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE THE LAST ONES TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW UNDER ATTACK, FROM THE DEVELOPERS AND LANDLORDS, [SINGING] AND THE OLYMPIC WAINL, FOUGHT HARD AND WONLE MARQUEECE WANTS TO ROLL IT UP BEFORE INCREASES HAVE BEGUN. COULD YOU AT LEAST LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO WE SPEAK. NOW IS NOT TIME TO CHITCHAT WITH YOUR FRIENDS, CAN YOU PAY ATTENTION ATTENTION UNTIL PUBLIC COMMENT WILL END. COUNCIL WILL SOON GO ON A LONG RECESS, THEY GO A MONTH BREAK FROM WORK AND BUSINESS, HOW LUCKY ARE THEY, TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS ON TAXPAYERS TIME? WHY DOES THIS WHOLE BODY TREAT THE PEOPLE WITH CONTENT AND WHAT ABOUT THE CENSORSHIP THAT VIOLATES OUR RIGHTS. BEFORE THE LAST FEW PEOPLE IN THIS ROW SPEAK, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU STAND UP TO YOUR PRESIDET WHEN HE DOES SIT' THINGS. SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'LL BE GIVING A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: HOLA MY NOMBRE ES IDA *. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HI MY NAME IS MAYRA AND I RESIDE IN LOS ANGELES AND I HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY THE RENT INCREASES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IT IS REALLY HARD TO PAY THIS RENT INCREASE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MEASURE ULA IS FACING A COORDINATED AND STRATEGIC ATTACK AGAINST DEVELOPING LOBBYIST. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THERE HAVE BEEN ATTACKS EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR DEVELOPERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO FIND EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE HAVE TO STOP THIS, MEASURE ULA IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE VOTED FOR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE CANNOT ALLOW FOR THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIES PRESSURE TO WEAKEN WHAT WE HAVE DONE THROUGH THIS MEASURE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ULA FUNDS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE KEY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES THROUGH PREVENTING EVICTIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THIS IS ALSO THROUGH THE CREATION OF PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH PROMOTES HOUSING STABILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 62. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DENNIS, SENIOR PRESIDENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEER. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN DWP AND FOREST LAWN. ONE OF THE FIRST RECYCLABLE WATER USERS, HOLLYWOOD CEMETARY FOR OVER 33 YEARS WITH RECYCLED WATER. WITH THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU TODAY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DWP WITH WATER REUSE. FOREST LAWN WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION IN COMPLETING THIS AGREEMENT AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THE ALLOTTED TIME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE THAT CAME TO SHARE WITH US. WE HAD 75 SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE, WE GOT IN EXCESS OF 50 OF THEM. SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN TO RUN THROUGH OUR ITEMS. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEMS 6 AND 19 TO JANUARY 14, 2026, SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: ITEM 48 WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR MR. PRICE, MR. PRICE REQUESTED RECUSAL FOR THAT ONE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WE'LL GIVE COUNCILMEMBER PRICE A OPPORTUNITY TO RECUSE AT THIS TIME FOR ITEM 48. ALL RIGHT MR. PRICE IS RECUSED ON ITEM 48, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? >> Clerk: NO SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN ROLL, CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Clerk: ITEM 51, MR. PRICE IS ALSO RECUSED BUT THIS ITEM 51 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, ITEM 41, NEEDED TO BE REFERRED TO PLUM, THAT WAS AN INSTRUCTION THAT I NEGLECTED TO--WHEN WE CONTINUED? >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD THEN, SHOULD 41 AS WELL AS 58 BE RECONSIDERED? >> Council President: DID WE ALREADY VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS? >> Clerk: YES, SO IT'S BEST TO FORMALLY RECONSIDER 41 AND 58. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE VOTE ON RECONSIDERATION OF 41 AND 58, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: SO FOR 41, IT IS REFERRED TO PLUM COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: AND 58, THERE IS AN AMENDMENT RODRIGUEZ-BLUMENFIELD AND THAT AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND BEFORE COUNCIL AND MAY BE VOTED ON NOW, 58. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT SO 58 AS AMENDED IS BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, WOULD BE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 5, 7 THROUGH 9, 11 THROUGH 18, 22, 60 THROUGH 62, 64, 66 THROUGH 68, AND FINALLY, 70 THROUGH 73, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, I HAVE YOU ON THE QUEUE. >> N. Raman: YES, ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, I WAS WONDERING WHETHER I COULD CONTINUE ITEM 12 TO JANUARY 14th. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. CONTINUE ITEM 12 TO JANUARY 149ING WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. DO WE NEED TO RESTATE THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON OR DOES THAT NOT AFFECT THIS? >> Clerk: IT JUST NEEDS TO BE RESTATED BUT LET ME DOUBLE CHECK ON FEBRUARY 14th, 2026, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY. >> Clerk: FEBRUARY 14, 2026 IS A SATURDAY, SO IT IS BEST TO CONTINUE THAT ITEM TO FEBRUARY 17th 2026. >> Council President: IS IT JANUARY OR FEBRUARY? JANUARY 14. >> Clerk: I'M SORRY, JANUARY 14 IS A COUNCIL DATE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO THAT WILL BE THE DATE. >> N. Raman: I THINK I DID SAY JANUARY. >> Clerk: AND JUST TO RESTATE, THE ITEMS BEFORE COUNCIL ARE, 1 THROUGH 5, OKAY. 7 THROUGH 9, 11 THROUGH 11, I'M SORRY, 13 THROUGH 18, 22, 60 THROUGH 62, 64, 66 THROUGH 68, 70 THROUGH 73. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD AND COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY ARE BOTH HERE. DO I NEED TO OPEN THE ROLL AGAIN? ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: YES, IT MAY BE BEST SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. (INAUDIBLE) >> Council President: WOO IS NEXT. >> Clerk: NEXT IS 63 CALLED SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES. MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MARVIN BOWEDY BIKE TRAIL IT STRETCHES FROM THE SOUTH BAY TO THE PACIFIC PALISADES. AND AT ONE CRITICAL POINT IT SWINGS THROUGH MARINA DEL REY AND THAT ACCESS POINT TO THE TRAIL AS WELL AS TO THE COAST AND ITS AMENITIES, HAS BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT OF ACCESS FOR COMMUTERS AND PEOPLE WHO USE THE TRAIL FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. SOME MONTHS BACK, WE LEARNED OF AN APPLICATION FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION FOR THEIR COASTAL PERMITS THAT WERE COMMITTED BY A PROPERTY OWNER. SEEKING TO CLOSE THE ACCESS POINTS TO THE TRAIL BY CLOSING UP A CINDER BLOCK WALL. UNFORTUNATELY IN THE PERMIT APPLICATION, THEY DID NOT DESCRIBE THE WALL, ITS ACCESS POINTS OR ITS INTENT TO CLOSE THAT WALL. AND AS A RESULT HUNDREDS OF DAILY COMMUTERS AND OTHER PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS THE BIKE PATH ARE NOW BEING PUSHED TO LINCOLN BOULEVARD AND OTHER INCREDIBLY UNSAFE PLACES WHERE THEY SHOULD NOT BE RIDING BIKES OR OTHER USING OTHER FORMS OF MOBILITY THAT COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE TRAFFIC AND VERY SERIOUS PEDESTRIAN AND BIKIST SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. SO OUR ACTION TODAY, ASKED OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO REVOTE THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION AND TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO RESTORE THIS CRITICAL PIECE OF ACCESS TO OUR COAST AND OUR BIKE PATH. I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 63, AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE REVISED SQUOEP OF THE DONALD C TILLMAN WATER REPLENISHMENT WHICH FORWARD THINKING LOS ANGELES NEEDS. WITH THIS EXPANSION THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE ITS CAPACITY TO PRODUCE HIGHLY RECYCLED WATER FROM 25 MILLION TO 45 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. THIS IS A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS RESTORING AND RESTORING THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS GROUND WATER BASIN, WHICH AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF HEAVY RAIN STILL HAS NOT REBOUNDED TO SUSTAINABLE LEVELS. STRENGTHENING IS ESSENTIAL TO THE LONG TERM WATER SECURITY FOR OUR CITY. AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 6, I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD THAT THIS WORK IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR BACK YARD, IT BRINGS MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT AND CREATES GOOD JOBS, CREATES GOOD LOCAL JOBS ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION AND LONG TERM OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY. I ALSO WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT A COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT THAT I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT. THE CREATION OF AN INNER ACTIVE LEARNING CENTER. THIS, THIS SPACE WILL GIVE OUR COMMUNITY A ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, THE CHANCE TO LEARN FROM AN EARLY AGE WHAT THE VALUE OF WATER IS, WHERE IT COMES FROM AND HOW WE CAN ALL BE BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARTS. THIS EDUCATION WILL INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS. AND MAGNET SCHOOL AND MIT ACCEPTANCES I'M EXCITED THAT THIS SPACE IS GOING TO BE A LOCAL LOCATION TO CONTINUE TO INSPIRE MORE VALLEY YOUTH TO CHOOSE A CAREER IN STEM. AND OF COURSE NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF EVERYONE AT L.A. SAN, THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING AND LADWP, CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] SO THEY HAVE MADE THIS PROJECT STRONGER AND EN JUDER THAT RESIDENTS WERE ENGAGED AND INFORMED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THIS IS TRULY A MODEL FOR HOW INTER DEPARTMENTAL WORK SHOULD BE DONE IN LOS ANGELES. OVERALL THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS SMART, EQUITABLE AND FORWARD LOOKING FOR OUR DOLLARS SHOULD GO FOR CITY WATER, THE CITY'S WATER'S FUTURE. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED BEFORE ME, DURING AND THOSE TO COME. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS NEXT PHASE MOVE FORWARD AND PROUD TO SUPPORT IT TODAY. THANK YOU, I HOPE WE'RE ALL AN AYE-VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. OPEN ROLL, CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 65 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, SO MUCH COLLEAGUES. COLLEAGUES I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE ON THIS MOTION. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE, MOVING FORWARD AT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS EXAM --AND KNOW YOUR RIGHTS COMMUNITY USING OUR BUS STOPS SO AS PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR THEIR BUS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THEY CAN GET ACCESS ON HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND LOVED ONE AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR RIGHTS. BOTH FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BUT FOR OUR NON IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AS WE'RE SEEING MANY OF THEM STEP UP TRYING TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. I JUST ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE ON THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN ROLL ON THAT ITEM CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 69 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SPECIAL VOTE. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN ROLL ON 69 CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 74, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: CAN I BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE ON THIS, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: IS THAT FOR ITEM 69? >> E. Hernandez: YES, MA'AM. >> Clerk: OKAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CAN WE GO TO ITEM 74. >> Clerk: LET ME JUST RESTATE FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD, SO ITEM 69, THE FINAL VOTE IS 12 AYES, AND 3 NOES. NEXT WILL BE ITEM 74. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THIS WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. BLUMENFIELD? WHO--74? YES? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT READY SO WE'LL ASK CITY ATTORNEY TO GET HERE QUICKLY AND GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 52 AND THERE IS SEVERAL VOTES FOR THIS ITEM. THE FIRST VOTE THAT COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE IS ON 52D AND THAT IS AMENDING MOTION RODRIGUEZ-PADILLA. THAT AMENDING MOTION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND IS CIRCULATED AND BEFORE COUNCIL NOW, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR COMMENTS? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF WE WOULD INDULGE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. I KNOW I PROBABLY, I'M GUESSING MY COLLEAGUES PROBABLY HAVE SOME COMMENTS, SO IF WE CAN ENGAGE IN A DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS BEFORE US? BEFORE WE START TAKING ANY VOTES? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS THE ORDER ON THIS? I KNOW WE ARE UNDER SOME RULES ABOUT VOTING ON AMENDMENTS IN THE BACK ORDER THAT WERE MADE. ARE WE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THE LARGER MATTER? MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: SO IN TERMS OF DISCUSSION, THE DISCUSSION CAN BE ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY OR ENTIRE ITEM, THE ORDER WHICH WE VOTE IS WE CAN CLARIFY ON. >> Council President: GOT IT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I WANT TO FIRST BEGIN BY THANKING MY COLLEAGUES IN INNOVATION COMMITTEE FOR THEIR INNOVATIVE TO ENGAGE IN A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AROUND THE FUTURE OF A STAND-ALONE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT AND FOR ADVANCING THIS DISCUSSION FOR FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US, DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT IT TRANSFERS BY ENLARGE ALL THE FUNCTIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND TRANSFERS THE FUNCTIONS OF AS WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGING AND THE DIVISION OF EWDD INTO CIFD. LEAVING OUT, THE CRITICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMBINATION --DIVISION AS A STAND-ALONE AND WE CAN AGREE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY AND MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. AND IT STANDS APART FROM THE FUNCTIONALITY OF MANY OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING AS WE'VE ENGAGED IN THESE BROADER CONVERSATIONS. I BELIEVE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONS DON'T NATURALLY ALIGN WITH WHAT WE PROPOSED AND WHAT THE BALANCE OF THE MERGER HAS--IT ALIGNS WITH THAT REORGANIZATION. FOR THAT REASON, AND MANY OTHER REASONS, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHOULD REMAIN AS A STAND ALONE DEVELOPMENT. --DEPARTMENT. NONE OF US CARRY A DE TIRE FOR A VISION FOR WHAT THE CITY CAN ACHIEVE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND STRENGTHENING THE LONG TERM REVENUE FOR OUR CITY. PRESERVING A DEDICATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ENTITY POSITIONS US TO FULLY REALIZE THAT POTENTIAL. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROPOSED IS SMALLER. BUT I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE, THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS THE FINAL PRODUCT BUT MORE SO AS A STARTING POINT FOR THIS CONVERSATION. ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION GIVES US A PLACE FROM WHICH WE CAN BUILD FROM AND THE FLEXIBLE TO GROW INTENTIONALLY OVERTIME. BUT ONCE IT'S TRANSFERRED IT BECOMES EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TO RESTORE THEM. NOW THAT ALL OF THESE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SQUUSED IN THREE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, I DON'T WANT TO BEE --BE LABOR THE CONVERSATION BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS I SAID BEFORE, IS MEASURE TWICE AND CUT ONCE. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY POINTS THAT I THINK ARE MISS COMMUNICATED IN SOME OF THE REPORTS. THAT THE TRUE COST OF THIS PROPOSAL IS 2.8 MILLION DOLLARS. AND THIS IS, A DEFINITE OVER CALCULATION BY THE CAO'S OFFICE THAT BY THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DUPLICATE THE POSITIONS AS A STAND ALONE DEPARTMENT WOULD RETAIN. AND COLLEAGUES THIS IS JUST NOT TRUE. IF THE WORKLOAD IS STAYING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THERE IN THERE IS NO NEED TO ADD MORE POSITIONS ON TOP OF THE ALREADY 34 ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION THAT'S ARE BEING TRANSFERRED TO CIFD THROUGH THIS PROCESS. TWO WE STILL HAVE NO COST. THE CAO'S REPORT HAS NEVER ADDRESSED THE ACTUAL COST OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO CONSOLIDATE AND CREATE THIS SINGULAR DEPARTMENT WITHIN CIFD AND BY THIS, I MEAN WE DON'T KNOW IF THE COST WILL BE IF MERGING THE DATA SYSTEMS, IT SUPPORT AND THE OFFICE SPACE THAT IS REQUIRED JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW. THREE, THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT THE NEW STAND ALONE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE TOO SMALL TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY. THE REPORTS STATES, THAT THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT WOULD FACE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED QUOTE TOO SMALL TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT PROPERLY. HOWEVER, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 8 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING OF THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY. COLLEAGUES IF THIS WAS REALLY SUPPORTING AND STREAMLINING FUNCTIONS FOR SMALLER DEPARTMENTS, WE WOULD BE HAVING A MUCH BROADER CONVERSATION THAN WHAT WE ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW. THIS PROPOSAL ACTUALLY HELPS CIFD IN TERMS OF RIGHT-SIZING THE WORKLOAD. CURRENTLY IN EWDD THERE IS ONE GM THAT OVERSEES THE WORK COME PEN ENTER AND ONE GENERAL AGM THAT OVERSEES THE DIVISION. IN CIFD'S CONSOLIDATION PROPOSAL IT WOULD MERGE BOTH OF THOSE PORTFOLIO UNDER ONE GM. AND THAT, THAT IS A LOT OF EXPECTATION FOR ONE AGM TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND DO THAT WORK EFFECTIVELY. SO THE WAY I SEE IT, SPLITTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO STAND ON ITS OWN HAS AN IMPORTANT BENEFIT TO THE REST OF THE CONSOLIDATION THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE UNDER CIFD. BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE HAVE LARGE WORK LOADS THAT REQUIRE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SKILL SETS BY KEEPING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON ITS OWN, WE'RE ABLE TO RIGHT SIZE THE WORKLOAD AND ETHICACY ON THE G.M. POSITION AT CIFD TO FOCUS WHOLE LEON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR MANY OF US AS WE KNOW WE'RE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THAT WORK BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOW THE WORK TO PREVAIL IN THIS NEW CONSOLIDATED VERSION. BY MOVING FORWARD WITH AN ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT AND EXPAND APPROXIMATED CIFD DEPARTMENT WE CAN BETTER PRIORITIZE BOTH. THERE IS BEEN AN ARGUMENT, THAT IT IS MORE EFFICIENT FOR EWDD TO BE PART OF THIS CONSOLIDATION SINCE C--GRANTS AND EWDD I WANT TO JUST UNDERSCORE FOR THE RECORD IS IS NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT RECEIVES CDGG FUNDING. AS WE KNOW THERE ARE STREET LIGHTING, STREET SERVICE SOUTH SIDE, HOUSE HADING DEPARTMENT, MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ALSO THE RECIPIENT OF CDBG DOLLARS. AND SO, SUGGESTING THAT THIS CONSOLIDATION HELPS TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT BECAUSE THEY BOTH DERIVE SUPPORT FROM CDBG DOLLARS SHOULD BE WITHIN CDBIG, ACTUALLY WHEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS RETAIN THE SAME ABILITY TO ADMINISTER THOSE DOLLARS JUST AS THEY DO FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHETHER IT'S REC AND PARKS, STREET LIGHTING, STREET SERVICES OR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THAT FUNCTIONALITY WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. SO THIS DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS THAT, THIS WOULD NOT CHANGE THAT. AND SO, AS I SAID IN COMMITTEE, AND I SAY IT AGAIN, AND I JUST SAID IT A MOMENT AGO. I BELIEVE IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE MEASURE TWICE AND CUT ONCE. THIS COUNCIL ALREADY SHOWED SUPPORT WHEN WE WERE ENGAGED IN THE BUDGET CONVERSATION, TO EXPLORE CONSOLIDATING ASSET MANAGEMENT UNDER ONE ROOF TO UNLOCK THE REVENUE POTENTIAL OF OUR VAST REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO. THERE IS ALSO A STRONG AND SHARED INTEREST IN REBUILDING AND PROPERLY RESOURCING CARRY TO WORK ONCE DONE BY THE CLA. THIS TIME, UNDER DIRECT CITY CONTROL. WE COULD EXPLORE THE CREATION OF OUTSIDE CORPORATION BRINGING SOME OF THE PLANNING, BUILDING AND SAFETY DEVELOPMENT FUFRPTIONS OR EVEN BUILDING OUT MULTI DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES THAT LOOKS AT LAND USE AND REGULATORY INCENTIVE FOR SUPPORTING MAJOR INDUSTRIES LIKE TELEVISION AND FILM. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO ACHIEVING THAT SHARED VISION BUT WE NEED A STARTING POINT. AND THAT IS WHY, I'M PROPOSING THAT OUR STRONGEST STARTING POINT, IS TO PRESERVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM THAT ALLOWS US TO FORGE A PATH FORWARD TO ADDRESS THESE CRITICAL NEEDS AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO SUPPORT US IN BRINGING THE KIND OF BUSINESS AND JOBS DHA WE WANT TO CREATE IN THE CITY, MAINTAINING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT AND NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH. SO COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE ON THE GF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PLACE FROM WHICH WE CAN BUILD A MUCH STRONGER MORE AFFECTIVE MEANS OF HAVING A REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OUR CITY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES. TODAY BEFORE WE HAVE US MULTIPLE COMMUNITY REPORTS REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATION OF FOUR DEPARTMENTS INTO A A NEW COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT. I ASK COLLEAGUES THAT AWE SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ECONOMIC COMMITTEE AND ALLOW THIS CONSOLIDATION TO MOVE FORWARD. I'VE BEEN A CHAIR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR ALMOST A DECADE AND I'VE WORKED WITH ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS TO GET THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS OVER THE YEARS FROM GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME, TO SOLID GROUND TO THE LEGACY OF BUSINESS TO JEDI ZONES. ALONG THE WAY, I LEARNED THAT LEADERSHIP AND STRUCTURE DO MAT PER. BUT I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CLA, CAO TO COME TO THE TABLE AND ABIGAIL MARQUEZ. I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL BE CLARIFYING. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. TO THE CAO, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT THE FULL COST OF ESTABLISHING DEPARTMENT IN CURRENT YEAR AND ON GOING YEARS. >> SURE, I'M WITH CAO SO I'M GOING TO ASK HER TO REVIEW THE SAVING THAT'S HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THE LAST TWO CAO'S CLA REPORTS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SUSIE WITH THE CAO'S OFFICE. SO OUR FIRST CAO-CLA JOINT REPORT IDENTIFIED 5.3 MILLION DOLLARS IN SHORT-TERM ANNUAL SAVINGS, SORRY LET ME BACK UP JUST A MOMENT. WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY SAVING IN THE CURRENT YEAR 25-26 AS A RESULT OF ANY THOSE PROPOSALS ALL OF THESE WOULD BE STARTING 26-27. SO OUR ORIGINAL REPORT RECOMMENDING CONSOLIDATION, 1.8 MILLION IN LEASE AND OPERATING EXPENSE SAVING FOR A TOTAL OF 5.3 MILLION. THESE STAND ALONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL, IDENTIFIED THAT 1.4 OF THE SAVING THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFY WOULD BE ELIMINATED BY RETAINING POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR DELETION AND ADDITIONAL 2.8 MILLION IN STAFFING COSTS WOULD MOVE FROM THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED DEPARTMENT TO THE STAND ALONE EDD WHICH WOULD THEN REQUIRE AN ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WOULD NEED TO BE CREATED IN THE CONSOLIDATED DEPARTMENT TO BACK FILL OR CREATE LIKE FOR LIKE POSITION APPROXIMATES AND NA IS A 2.8 MILLION DOLLARS COST, UP TO 2.8 MILLION DOLLARS. SO A TOTAL OF 4.2 MILLION IN COSTS FOR THE PROPOSED STAND ALONE DEPARTMENT. >> SO I JUST ALSO WANT TO ADD WHAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE SAVINGS WAS THE POSITIONS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN ELIMINATED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AND OUR LATEST CLA-CAO REPORT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IF A DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED AS THE PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THAT DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW. SO IT WOULD START CURRENTLY, LET ME JUST ASK SUSIE WHAT IS THE PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND AND HOW MUCH MORE IT WOULD GROW IN THE STAND ALONE. SO IT WOULD BE A FISCAL IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND. >> SO IS THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DIVISION WITHIN EWDD IS FUNDED ABOUT 51 PERCENT BY GENERAL FUND BY THE REST BY SPECIAL FUNDS. MANY OF OF THE ADMIN AND FINANCIAL POSITIONS WITHIN EWDD SUPPORT FOLKS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS SO THAT'S ECONOMIC FOLKS AS WELL AS WORKFORCE FOLKS. THEY ARE LEVERAGED WITH WORKFORCE DOLLARS. REMOVING THOSE FOLKS INTO A STAND ALONE EDD WOULD SHIFT THEIR FUNDING FORCE PRIMARILY TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ECONOMIC REPORT PROJECTS THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GENERAL FUND WOULD GO FROM ABOUT 51 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET TO ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET SO IT WOULD BE SUPPORTING 70 PERCENT OF THE A STAND ALONE EDD DEPARTMENT. >> C. Price: TO THE AGAIN, CAO AND CLA YOUR REPORT MENTIONS EFFICIENCIES THAT WILL BE ACHIEVED BY CONSOLIDATING. CAN YOU PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THESE ARE AND HOW A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT WOULD IMPEDE. >> SO THERE ARE A VARIETY OF EFFICIENCIES THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED BUT ONE IS REALLY PULLING ADMIN, FOLKS THAT SUPPORT THE PROGRAM STAFF. BOTH THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF AGING IS 41, YOUTH DEPARTMENT IS UNDER 20, I BELIEVE. AND SO, BEING ABLE TO BE PART OF A LARGER DEPARTMENT ALLOWS THOSE FOLKS IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS WHICH WOULD BECOME TO BENEFIT FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, THE FINANCIAL STAFF AND EXECUTIVE STAFF OF A LARGER DEPARTMENT. SIMILARLY ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEPARTMENT, THE VAS MAJORITY WOULD BE MOVING INTO A CONSOLIDATED DEPARTMENT AND WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS, THEY'RE IN. IF A STAND ALONE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT IS CREATED YOU WOULD BE REPLICATING SOME OF THE ISSUES ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN THE UNDER RESOURCE SOUTH SIDE OF ADMIN FOLKS OF DEPARTMENTS LIKE WDD AND AGING AND REPLICATING THAT IN THE NEW STAND ALONE DEPARTMENT. >> COUNCILMAN, WE ALSO FOUND THAT IF INDIVIDUALS WANT TO ADVANCE. >> C. Price: IF YOU WANT TO PULL THE MIC UP. >> YES, THERE WOULD BE MORE POSITIONS AND PEOPLE CAN TAKE TEST AND STILL STAY WITHIN THE SAME DEPARTMENT. USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ATTRITION, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BACK FILL THOSE POSITIONS. >> C. Price: MR. MARQUEZ, YOU'VE BEEN ACTING GENERAL MANAGER OF AGING, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO SINCE TAKING OVER THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE. >> I MISS APPROXIMATED THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION. >> C. Price: THE QUESTION IS ABOUT YOUR ROLE IN AGING AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR IN THERE. >> THANK YOU, I WAS APPOINTED INTERIM ON OCTOBER 20th, WHEN WE STARTED IN THAT ROLE, WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, OVER ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, STEPPED IN IMMEDIATELY. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING CURRENT LIE HAS 90 CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN JULY 1 THROUGH JUNE 30th CYCLE WHEN WE STARTED IN OCTOBER 30ING, 6 CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED. SINCE THEN, WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT UNITMENT WE WERE ABLE TO BORROW THE STAFF TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND IN 7 WEEKS, WE HAVE EXECUTE SD OVER 70 CONTRACTS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AGING. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING DID NOT HAVE A PAROLE SUPERVISOR, THEY'RE USING NOT ACCOUNTANT TO SUPPORT. NEEDS SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE OUR PAYROLL SUPERVISOR, OUR CONTRACTING STAFF OUR PROCUREMENT STAFF. WAT IS REALLY CHALLENGING WITH SMALL DEPARTMENTS LIKE AGING WHICH HAS ABOUT 42 STAFF, ARE DOING MULTIPLE ROLES. SO WE'VE HAD ALREADY SEEN EFFICIENCIES IN THESE VERY FEW WEEKS WITHIN THE DEPARTMNT OF AGING. >> C. Price: THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE AT THIS TIME, MR. CHAIR. MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: YES, SIR. >> C. Price: I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF I HAVE COMMENTS. I CAN WAIT. >> Council President: ANYBODY ELSE FOR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, YOU INDICATED IN TERMS OF GENERAL FUND, FOR CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU? >> BASED ON THE STAFFING PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY EDD, THE DEPARTMENT, SORRY, THE DEMANDS ON OT GENERAL FUND FOR THOSE FOLKS WOULD GO FROM 50 PERCENT OF THEIR BUDGET COVERED BY GENERAL FUND TODAY, SO APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCENT IN FUTURE YEARS. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY AND CONSOLIDATION AS IT STANDS, CIFD WOULD BE 80 PERCENT OF THE GENERAL FUND WITH THE LOOMING CUTS AND IMPACTS TO CDBG DOLLARS? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS IN TERMS OF THE TRUE COST OF CONSOLIDATION. WHAT HINDERED THE ABILITY TO GIVE US A REAL NUMBER ABOUT ESTIMATING WHAT THE TRUE COST OF CONSOLIDATION IS? WE TALKED ABOUT FROM SIMPLE STAFFING SAVING BUT, THE REAL FINANCIAL IMPACT ON CONSOLIDATION AS INDICATED IS IN THE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, WHAT DOES THAT COST? >> SO WE ARE, I WOULD NOTE, I GUESS WE DON'T THINK IT GO GOING TO BE A COST, WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A SAVING BECAUSE WHEN YOU INTEGRATE YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES, THAT'S WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SAVE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. >> M. Rodriguez: BUT SYSTEMS INTEGRATIONS ARE NOT COST-SAVING, THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THEY'RE A COST INCUMBRANCE? LET ME ASK, CHRIS, IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING? >> WELL OUR REPORT DOES IDENTIFY THAT THERE WILL BE COSTS AND SO ONE OF THE IDEAS IN THE REPORT IS TO, NOT ONLY CONSOLIDATE THE DEPARTMENTS BUT JOINTLY HOUSE THEM AT THE MAN GROVE, THE BL THAT WE OWN OVER AT THE MAN GROVE SITE ON FIRST AND ALAMEDA. SO THERE WILL BE COST TO PAY FOR THESE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, TO BUILD THE TENANT IMPROVEMENT. SO THERE ARE COSTS AND WE DO NOTE IT BUT WE DON'T PUT A NUMBER ON THAT. >> M. Rodriguez: RIGHT. >> BUT THE REASON WE DON'T IS BECAUSE THAT NUMBER IS STILL BEING ESTIMATED. WE DO HAVE THE SPACE PLANNER LOOKING AT THAT FOR CIFD. BUT I THINK THE OTHER PART OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE CANNOT PROVIDE YOU AT THIS TIME IS IS THE SAVINGS FROM STREAMLINING THESE SYSTEMS AND BEING ABLE TO COORDINATE THEIR SYSTEMS BETTER. SO THAT'S, THE OTHER THING WE SAY IN OUR INITIAL REPORT IS THAT, THOSE SAVINGS WILL BE TRACKING TO BE ABLE TO-- >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, YOLANDA. BUT I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO MY COLLEAGUES, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT SAVINGS LOOK LIKE AND WE'RE MAKING THESE BIG DECISIONS AND YOU HAVE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL COSTS THAT'S A REAL FACTOR. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTED SAVINGS, BUT YOU'RE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ACTUAL COSTS OF CONSOLIDATIONS FROM THE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND FACILITIES THE SPACE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND SO, YOU'RE ONLY GIVING ONE PART OF THE PICTURE. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, THAT'S WHY I APPRECIATE IT, MR. HE ESPINOZA SIGHTING THAT, BUZZ WHAT THIS BODY DESERVES WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE TYPES OF DECISION IS TO UNDER THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECISIONS OF THE FINANCIALING I AM FINANCIAL IMPACTS, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT EFFICIENCY LOOKS LIKE FOR THE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO SERVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE A CITY THAT IS ATTENDING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR, DIVORCED CONSTITUENCIES. THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND SO, SO, HOW DOES, HOW DOES THE INTEGRATION PROPOSE TO FUNCTION WHEN THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES HAVE A VARIETY OF INTAKE REQUIREMENT THAT NOT EVERYBODY, THIS IS ALSO, PREPOSING THAT EVERYONE DOES THE SAME FUNCTIONALITY WHEN YOU BRING THEM ALTOGETHER. BUT FEDERAL REQUIREMENT REQUIRE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. MR. HE ESPINOZA CAN YOU GIVE INSIDE INTO THAT. >> WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR REPORT AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE. CURRENTLY THE CIFD HAS GREAT EXPERTISE IN MANAGING GUIDELINES AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEY DO HAVE THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE AND NOT COMINGLE CERTAIN FUNDS AND TO FOLLOW FEDERAL GUIDELINES. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY. WELL AGAIN, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE FOR QUESTIONS? >> Council President: I'M NOT SURE. ANY OTHER FOR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: JUST ONE SORT OF OVER ARCHING QUESTION AND I'M OPEN FOR THE CONSOLIDATION. THE ONE THAT GIVES ME MORE HEARTBURN IS THE OTHER ARE EATING OUR LUNCH AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT ARM WHICH BOTH FROM A PERCEPTION PERSPECTIVE AND REALITY, IS IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO GROW OUR ECONOMIES. SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ASSURANCE CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT THIS IN NEW CONSOLIDATED DEPARTMENT THAT THAT FUNCTION WON'T GET LOST BECAUSE IT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE TYPICAL CONTRACT FUNCTION, BECAUSE YOU'RE CONTRACTING SIMILAR SERVICES WITH WITH THE SOURCE CENTERS, BUT THAT ONE PIECE THAT GIVES ME SOME CONCERN IS THAT, THAT PURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH WE REALLY HAVE NOT DONE A GREAT JOB OF AND WE WERE STARTING TO GET A STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2020 AND COVID CAME AND WE FOCUSED ON RESPONDING TO THAT BUT THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE FOCUSED TO THAT AND TO ME THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE LOST. SO I THROW IT OUT TO YOU, YOU KNOW, GIVE US THE ASSURANCES THAT THAT ELEMENT IS GOING TO NOT ONLY REMAIN BUT THRIVE UNDER THIS NEW CONSOLIDATION. >> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER, AND I DO AGREE THAT INTUITIVELY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO BE THE FUNCTION THAT IN DIFFERENT CITIES STRUCTURES. WHAT I FOUND MOST SURPRISING WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR RESEARCH, VASLY DIFFERENT IN A NUMBER OF CITIES. SOME CITY HAVE IT UNDER PLAN, SOME HOST SAN JOSE WHICH IS MOST INTERESTING IS CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT'S REALLY STRUCTURED DIFFERENT, IT'S A POLICY THAT YOU HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT. I RECOGNIZE THAT CDBG IS NOT THE UNDER FUND BUT THE MOST CONSISTENT AND AS ADMINISTER WE ALREADY SUPPORT A NUMBER OF ECONOMIC PROJECTS. WE HAVE, CIFD IS NOT JUST A SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF DELIVERY AND INTEGRATION, THE COORDINATION THAT WE SUPPORT ACROSS MULTIPLE NONPROFITS. BUT AS ADMINISTRATOR, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROBUST CONVERSATION AS A ROLE AS A CDBG ADMINISTRATOR. IF CDBG GOES AWAY, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A STRONG ECONOMIC STRATEGY. SO WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE EXPERTISE THAT EXPERTISE WILL CONTINUE TO BE WELL POSITIONED WITH THIS NEW DEPARTMENT, CIFD HAS ALSO EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE ON A NUMBER ACQUISITION REAL ESTATE PROJECTS. WE WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SET ASIDE 20 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE MAY FAIR. WE WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER TO SET ASIDE 5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR LAND ACQUISITION. AND THESE ARE TRANSACTIONS THAT WE LEAD. WE LEAD WITH HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES THAT SHIFTED OVER TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. WE HAVE A VAS PORTFOLIO OF CAPITAL OVER 100 RIGHT NOW IN OUR PORTFOLIO. AND THOSE ARE OFTEN NOT RECOGNIZED OR ACKNOWLEDGED IN THESE GENERAL FUND CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S HARD DRIVEN. BUT WE HAVE IN-HOUSE EXPERTISE AND EXPERTISE THAT IS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALSO TRANSITION OVER TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT. AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS NOT BEING OBSERVED INTO CIFD. TT THE C*I FID IS ALSO NAMED ALSO BEING THE MISSION OF THE VISION WOULD ALSO CHANGE INTO THIS NEW DEPARTMENT WHICH IS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT. >> B. Blumenfield: AND I WOULD ADD, IT'S WITH THE LOSS OF CRA, IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE CREATING IFDs AND AS COUNCILMEMBER PARK TALKED EMERGENCY FDs AND A NUMBER OF THESE FUNDING MECHANISM THAT'S WE'VE NEVER REALLY USED BEFORE BUT THAT HAVE BEEN ARE THE SUCCESSORS TO CRSES THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO ON THE QUEUE? >> Y. Jurado: NO, I WANTED TO GO AT THE END. >> Council President: YOU WANT TO BE PART THE DISCUSSION. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE ANYBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. JUST COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEZ--COUNCILMEMBER, WOW, I JUST. SORRY, MY APOLOGIES. I WOULD NOT WISH YOU ON YOU. I WANT TO DEEP DIVE ON MR. BLUMENFIELD'S QUESTION BECAUSE IT IS, CURIOUS TO ME AS SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTS PARTS OF OUR CITY WHERE MOST OF OUR BIG DEALS HAVE REDIED ON EWDD TO PLAY A ROLE. GOING BACK TO WHEN IT WAS CRA AND HAD DIFFERENT NAMES. THE POINT IS S PRIVATE SECTOR WON'T DO A DEAL. I DON'T CARE HOW GOOD THE CREDIT IS, AND THE LAND EVALUATION, ALL THE OTHER RULES THAT APPLY TO EVERYWHERE, DON'T APPLY. I REPRESENT ONE OF THEM. AND THIS INSTITUTION, THOSE DEALS DON'T GET DONE. I CAN TAKE YOU INTO BUILDINGS AND OFFICE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW AND THINGS THAT ARE UNDER WAY FRANKLY THAT THAT IS THE CASE FOR. AND I'LL JUST INVOKE THE NAME OF CAROLYN HALL WHICH I THINK WAS GENIUS WHO SEPARATED FROM A CITY AS A RESULT OF THIS. I JUST WANT YOUR VISION FOR HOW THAT GAP GETS FILLED. CAUSE THE PART, THE CONSOLIDATION MAKES SENSE TO ME, MOSTLY, THE MOST APPEALING PART OF THE CONSOLIDATION IS THAT WE HAVE SERVICES FOR WORKING CLASS AND POOR PEOPLE ALL IN ONE DEPARTMENT. SO PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HOP ALL OVER WHETHER THEY NEED A JOB WHATEVER, I LIKE THAT PART OF IT. BUT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF IT, I JUST, IT'S NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR TO ME. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A VISION BUT I WANTED YOU TO TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE RECORD FOR WHERE IT GOES? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. MY RESPONSE IS, YOU KNOW, I JOINED THE CITY 22 YEARS AGO UNDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AND IT WAS A VISION THAT DEPARTMENT THAT DREW ME TO THE CITY. AND THE WAY THAT I WOULD CONTINUE TO LEAD IN ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT IS INTEGRATING THE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT AS PART OF A LARGER STRATEGY. IS PUTTING PEOPLE, RECOGNIZING INDIVIDUALS IN THESE COMMUNITIES AS OUR GREATEST ASSETS. THAT'S HOW I WOULD TREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T THINK THAT AN CONSOLIDATION NEEDS TO COMPROMISE THE AUTONOMY OF THE FUNCTIONS. I DO THINK THAT THE WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING, IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. WE ARE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS A BUSINESS SOURCE MODEL. THAT BUSINESS SOURCE MODEL WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN WE WERE ALL ONE DEPARTMENT AND IT WAS THE BUSINESS SOURCE, THE WORK SOURCE, THE YOUTH SOURCE S THE FAMILY SOURCE AND THERE WAS AN INTENTION ALT BEHIND THESE MODELS SO THEY CAN BE BETTER INTEGRATED WITH ONE ANOTHER. I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'RE NOT TAPPING INTO. THE REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO OF THE DEPARTMENT IS VERY EXCITING TO ME BECAUSE IT CREATES OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY REVITALIZE NEIGHBORHOODS IN A P MORE HOLISTIC WAY. SO, THE COMMITMENT THAT I HAVE TO YOU IS TO CONTINUE TO LEARN, TO CONTINUE TO ADOPT, AND TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THE EXPERTISE. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN AN EXPERT IN ALL THINGS IN MY 22 YEARS, DIFFERENT ROLES THAT I'VE ASSUMED. AND I DO TAKE THE TIME TO UNDER THE INTER INTRICACY. AND AGAIN I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS CONSOLIDATION, THE WAY THAT I WAS STRUCTURE IT T HAS A BROADER VISION AROUND COMMUNITY REINVITIZATION IT DRIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM THIS PLACE BASE PERSPECTIVE AND TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK AT HOW TO ENGAGE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN THIS PROCESS. >> Council President: GOT IT, THANK YOU, I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO FOLKS WHO WANT TO DISCUSS THE GENERAL MATTER. SO WE'LL THANK STAFF AND DISCUSS YOU. ONE MORE TIME. SURE. >> M. Rodriguez: SO I JUST WANTED POINT OUT, MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE APPREHENSION AND WHAT YOU RAISED. I WANTED FOR THE SAKE OF REALLY PROVIDING SOME CLARITY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T REAL SOLELY EXIST IN AREAS FOR CDBG. THEY'RE THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN VERY TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS ORIENTED CONVERSATIONS AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN JUST AROUND CDBG INVESTMENT IN A COMMUNITY. IT GOES BEYOND JUST DOING, FACADE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY FOR US TO ATTRACT AND BRING IN BUSINESS INVESTMENTS IN OUR CITY AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL. SO THAT'S WHY, WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMY SCALE AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE PORTION THAT YOU ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED. WHICH MAKES SENSE. BUT AS WE ALSO ESTABLISHED IS THERE ARE MANY OTHER CITIES AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS EVEN IN GUJET WHEN THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUS LEA DOPTED THE --UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THAT'S WORK THAT WE COULD NOT CURRENTLY NEED TO ENGAGE IN. AND MY CONCERN WHEN DEPARTMENTS ARE LUMINATED AND FUNCTIONALITY IS TRANSFERRED AND LOSS, THE BUILDING UP AT WORK TAKES YEARS. AND WE ARE ALREADY IN ECONOMIC CLIMATE WHERE WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE MORE TIME. WE CAN TAKE ALL THE FUNCTIONAL PIECES THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE PREPARED TO CONSOLIDATE BUT PRESERVING THIS ONE PIECE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO MAXIMIZE OUR EFFORT, TO GENERATE REVENUE, AND BUILD WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AS A FUNCTIONAL ECONOMIC ARM IN THE CITY. DOING THAT CONCURRENTLY WITHOUT LOSING MORE TIME. BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE ANYMORE TIME. GIVEN THE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW AS A CITY. WE NEED TO HAVE THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFFING LEVELS, THERE ARE MUCH HIGHER LEVEL BECAUSE DEALING WITH THOSE CORPORATE ENTITIES OR WHATEVER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO ATTRACT INTO OUR CITY, REQUIRE THAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE. SO, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I, I GO BACK TO ITS BETTER TO MEASURE TWICE AND CUT ONCEMENT WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEGLIGENTABLE PROSED SAVING BUT WE CANNOT VERIFY OF THE SAVING BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF THE FULL BREATH OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSOLIDATED NOT BEING PROVIDED. I JUST WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DUCK TAIL ON WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE. IT JUST ALLOWS US TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE ON THAT PATH, TO SUPPORT, THE NEEDS THAT HAVE AS A CITY DO MAXIMIZE AND START BUILDING A MORE STRUCTURED AND FOCUSED ECONOMIC ARM FOR THE CITY AND THAT'S WHAT THE G, THE G A REPORT PROPOSED. THE CONSOLIDATION IT'S A YES-AND. IT'S A NO, IT'S A YES-AND. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. I'VE GOT I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER SOTO MOOTER --SOTO-MARTINEZ AND WE'VE NOW SWIFTED THE DISCUSSION. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION, WE HAVE HEARD THIS IN EGJ, CIVIL RIGHTS, THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, EVERYBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS. SO I'M CALLING THE QUESTION. I KNOW IT WILL REQUIRE TEN VOTES CAUSE EVERYBODY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK BUT I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND? >> Council President: THERE IS A LOT OF SECONDS. >> City Attorney: SO THERE IS A SECOND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. SO AS SUMMARIZE, IT WILL REQUIRE TEN VOTES TO PASS, IT IS NOT DEBATABLE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ENDING DEBATE. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, THE CLERK WANTS TO US DO IT AGAIN. OPEN THE ROLL ON ENDING DEBATE, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. 3 NOES. >> Council President: YOU HAVE TO TELL US WHAT THAT MEANS? >> City Attorney: SO THE MOTION PASSES, SO THE DEBATE IS CLOSED AND THEN COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ITEMS. I BELIEVE THE CLERK'S OFFICE SUMMARIZED THE ORDER IN WHICH WE'LL TAKE THIS UP. JUST TO REITERATE, I KNOW WE HAD ROBUST DISCUSSION, THE FIRST ITEM BEFORE COUNCIL AND I'LL LET THE CLERK'S OFFICE IF I'M WRONG, IS AMENDMENT 52D INTRODUCED BY RODRIGUEZ AND THAT IS TO AMEND 5 AND 8 IN THE EDJ REPORT. AFTER THAT, COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON MOTION PRICE-SOTO-MARTINEZ AND THEN THIRD AND FINAL VOTE WILL BE ON MOTION RODRIGUEZ BLUMENFIELD TO ADOPT THE G.O.REPORT. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, IF YOU'RE VOTING THE SPECIFICALLY THE SECOND AND THIRD ITEM THAT THEY ARE IN CONFLICT, MEANING YOU SHOULD IDEALLY ONLY VOTE ON ONE OF THEM. IF BOTH ARE APPROVED, THEN THE LAST ONE VOTED ON IS IS THE ONE THAT WILL BE ULTIMATELY BE APPROVED BY THIS BODY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO, MADAM CLERK, WE'RE OPENING THE ROLL ON AMENDED D AS IN DANCE. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT AMENDMENT. CLOSE THE ROLL, ALL RIGHT WE'VE GOT SOME COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONS. >> Clerk: WE WILL CLEAR AND VOTE AGAIN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 7 AYES, 8 NOES. >> Clerk: THE AMENDMENT FAILS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS THE VOTE ON MOTION PRICE-SOTO-MARTINEZ AND THAT IS TO ADOPT THE EDJ REPORT. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE NEXT IS, THE VOTE ON MOTION RODRIGUEZ-BLUMENFIELD AND THAT IS TO ADOPT THE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY INNOVATION AUDITS REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? NO? ALL RIGHT. LET'S--. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 6 AYES, 9 NOES. >> Clerk: THAT MOTION FAILS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: OKAY, SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE FOR THE RECORD, THE MOTION PRICE-SOTO-MARTINEZ TO ADOPT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOBS REPORT, PREVAILS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 74 AND THAT IS CLOSE SESSION, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION. REMEMBER, FOLKS, WE ARE DOING ONE STAFF MEMBER PER COUNCIL OFFICE. THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND IMPACTED DEPARTMENTS. SO I ASK FOLKS TO MOVE QUICKLY. WE'RE AT 1:00 O'CLOCK. SO--. RIGHT. [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSE SESSION] Where people can stop and hear performances and storytelling of other people saying, this is my light, this is how I shine it. And these are the people I want to show appreciation to. So we do this walk around the block and then we end up with a little gathering and performances inside and lots of time to just reflect on. Yeah this is my life, you know? And these are the people who've helped me get there. Our communities don't always see what the City of Los Angeles provides them, providing access to the arts, says to me, that's a city that's proud of the stories. It wants to tell. The people who want to tell them , and the ways that they want to tell them. A space like this gives opportunity for folks of all ages, cultures, experience to say, I can be seen. I can be heard, and I'm walking in these doors and it feels welcoming. It feels nurturing, and people are excited to listen to me and to hear me. We don't have that all the time. So it's a it's a live space that's here to welcome and nurture those sparks of inspiration and vision. There's a few ways to find us. We are always on social media, so we are on Instagram. We have a Facebook page. 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Join the Department of Cultural Affairs for the 45th annual Black Doll Show, which will run until February 14th, 2026. The show's opening reception takes place on Saturday, December 13th and will feature live music and performances. This year's show is titled Sower of Seeds, creating a new Tomorrow through handmade and collected black dolls. The show reflects on today's uncertainties and asks what new worlds can emerge when imagination and resilience take root. Head to the William Grant Still Arts Center for the Black Doll show, opening on Saturday, December 13th at 3 p.m. for more details, visit Exact WordPress.com. LA City's Department of Recreation and Parks hosts Expo Center's Winter Festival on Saturday, December 13th. Join Council member Curren Price and Rec and parks at Expo Park for all the family fun of this winter holiday festival. There will be music, entertainment games community booths and yes, even sledding. There will also be giveaways which are first come, first served. Head to Bill Robertson Lane for Expo Center's Winter Festival on Saturday, December 13th. Beginning at 10 a.m. For more information, see the events tab at LA parks. Org the enduring work of Jane Austen will be the hot topic at a book discussion and Tea Party to honor the writer's 250th birthday. Head to the Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library to celebrate Austen's birthday with a tea party for all ages and book discussion featuring the classic pride and Prejudice tea, scones and other delightful treats will be generously provided by the friends of Venice Library. The Jane Austen 250th Birthday Book discussion and Tea Party takes place on Saturday, December 13th at 1 p.m. for more details, visit lapl.org. Slash events. And that's a look at some things to do. Every day, over 100 Americans die from secondhand smoke. And secondhand smoke and children can cause asthma. 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To be unrivaled means being the best of the best of the best. We hold ourselves to a higher standard, one most people will never even witness. We set the table for what it takes to be the most highly regarded law enforcement agency in the world, surrounded by like minded souls, we learn together , grow together, protect together, being unrivaled is a transformative commitment, a marriage between a calling and a lifestyle, a declaration we live by day in and day out. It's doing the work expecting nothing in return. It's training relentlessly to save one more life. It's upholding justice. No matter the cost. There are no shortcuts. It demands your all. And only those who dare will come to appreciate the perseverance and sacrifice required. But those who do will wear the badge that protects the city of dreams. LAPD unrivaled. Since 1869. The Lankershim Arts Center was constructed in. 1939 when it was opened in 1939, it was originally a la Department of Water and Power Building. The city of L.A. became the owner of the Lankershim Arts Center when it was declared as a historical cultural monument on the plaque, its purpose was that it is an example of adaptive reuse. The front building is actually an example of streamline modern design. And then if you come here after I think it's like 5 or 6:00, there's like lighting panels that will turn on, and then you get to see the full kind of marquee of the Lankershim Arts Center. We host a bevy of productions, be it dance productions, music productions. Sometimes we'll have aCOUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] For people that were not as confident. The ability to express themselves and give a space for people that are a little bit different. Another space to play. Because being able to play is so important just for our mental health as well as for like the health of the community and it just makes the world a better place. We look forward to having you here at Lancashire Arts Center, whether it be taking part in our free programing as well as being able to come and just watch a movie or watch a show. We look forward to having you over here on Instagram. Our Instagram handle is DCA underscore lnk. You can also find out more about us on cultureless. City gov. That's our website . The Tosco Theater is located in Canoga Park. There is so much already here to offer cultural events, performances, folks do annual Dia de Los Muertos festivals. There is art walks, there's musical events, there's jazz, and I feel like we have the privilege to be added in that offering. The space had been left a little bit weary. And so when the city came in to renovate the space, it was offered another chance to breathe new life into the arts. Here at the Tosco Theater is here for everyone. It is here for young artists who are just starting out to the professional artists who are here to dream up their new vision. And we're here for the community at large and all of our community events. One of our signature events is called walking in our Light. This idea of how are we help people to encourage them to think about the light that they bring and to show appreciation for those who help to nurture that light. So from that idea, we thought, well, let's let's walk in our light. Let us have stories along the way where people can stop and hear performances and storytelling of other people saying, this is my light, this is how I shine it. And these are the people I want to show appreciation to. So we do this walk around the block, and then we end up with a little gathering and performances inside and lots of time to just reflect on. Yeah this is my life, you know? And these are the people who've helped me get there. Our communities don't always see what the City of Los Angeles provides them, providing access to the arts says to me, that's a city that's proud of the stories it wants to tell. The people who want to tell them, and the ways that they want to tell them. A. Experience to say, I can be seen. I can be heard. And I'm walking in these doors and it feels welcoming. It feels nurturing. And people are excited to listen to me and to hear me. We don't have that all the time. So it's a it's a live space that's here to welcome and nurture those sparks of inspiration and vision. There's a few ways to find us. We are always on social media, so we are on Instagram. We have a Facebook page. You can go to the Department of Cultural Affairs. My sweater is disrupting the meeting. All right. Mr. City AttorneyDISRUPTING THE MEETING, CITY COUNCIL. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR TRANSLATORS FWAK ON TELEVISION AND AUDIO AND INTERNET. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. IS THERE IS IT IF I CALL THE ROLL? >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: OKAY. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 15 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING TO REPORT MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: NO MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: WOO IS NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President:er ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: YES, COLLEAGUES I WANT TO THANK YOU IN YOUR PAMSINGER IN COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO INAUGURAL DOOR DECORATING CONTEST. [WOO]. I WANT TO YOU MEET THE JUDGES, AS YOU SEE, I DID NOT DO MYSELF ANY FAVORS, SO THE CITY ATTORNEY. I RELIED ON THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THE THREE CITY ELECTED TO BE THE THREE JUDGES FOR OUR HOLIDAY DOORS. AND IT'S CITY ATTORNEY HYDEE SOTO. AND NOW I WANT TO PRESENT THE HONORABLE MENTIONS. OKAY, THE REASON I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, OR AT LEAST DOING THE DOOR CONTEST, THERE IS A THING ONLINE ABOUT ROMAN TACIZING AND WHY NOT BRING JOY AND LEVITY AND FIGURE OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COLLEAGUES. AND I THINK EVERYBODY REALLY STEPPED IT UP. SO, ONLY AFTER SEEING COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S DOOR APPARENTLY. PER COUNCILMEMBER LEE. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO HONORABLE MENTIONED. CD10! [APPLAUSE] OKAY. CD9. [APPLAUSE] AND CD6. [APPLAUSE] YOU REALLY COULDN'T GO TO THEIR OFFICE WITHOUT FEELING THE CHEER. AND GUESS, WHO IS THE RUNNER UP? DRUMROLL PLEASE, EVERYBODY. COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 1! [APPLAUSE] AND ARE YOU READY TO FIND OUT WHO WON THIS YEAR'S CONTEST? THE ANSWER IS COUNCIL DISTRICT 7! [APPLAUSE] SO NEXT YEAR, I WILL WORK ON GETTING A BETTER TROPHY BUT THIS IS THE TROPHY THAT WE HAVE! AND SO, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME, BY HEATHER HUTT AND ME AND MYSELF, THE 2025 CITY COUNCIL HOLIDAY DOOR DECORATING WINNER IS COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ'S OFFICE IN CD7! [APPLAUSE] AND THAT CONCLUDES--OH YEAH, WINNER'S SPEECH. >> M. Rodriguez: REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF FOR DOING THIS ON SATURDAY, OUTSIDE OF WORKING HOURS, I WANT TO ESTABLISH THAT. BUT, THE CREATIVE MINDS OF PAULA, CHRISTINA, I KNOW CD STAFF WAS THERE WORKING ON SATURDAY. SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: MADAM CO-CHAIR. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN PLANNING THIS, WE DEFINITELY NEED LEVITY, CAUSE 2025 HAS BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO THANK YOU TO MY CO-CHAIR. AND I WANT TO RISE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING ELSE AT THIS TIME. BIRTHDAY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THAT WOULD BE CURREN PRICE, AND TRACI PARK, THEY'RE PRACTICALLY TWINS. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE TWINS BUT THEY LOOK SO MUCH ALIKE. AND YOU SEE THEIR WORK, IT IS SIMILAR, THEY CARE SO MUCH ABOUT OUR CITY AND THEY WORK SO HARD FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS. SOY WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. OH I MEAN YOU'RE ALL MY FAVORITE PEOPLE! [APPLAUSE] HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, I'LL EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. SEE IF THERE ARE ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT. ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, OH YES, WE NEED AN UGLY SWEATER PICTURE AT THE TABLE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL TAKE THE PICTURE BEFORE WE ADJOURN. YES, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME DIRECTION COUNCILMEMBER JURADO IN THE PICTURE. >> Y. Jurado: I SAID IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SWEATER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN UGLY SWEATER AND YOU JUST HAVE A SWEATER, YOU'RE JUST UGLY. A JOKE, A JOKE, SORRY, I GOT IT FROM BOB. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ADJOURNED SO WE'LL DO A PHOTO NOW. THANK YOU.