Angeles City Hall. Hear our mayor Karen Bass talk, about her 2026 budget, public safety, the rebuilding of Pacific Palisades roads and initiatives to take Los Angeles into the future. Today mark a moment in our city's journey. We take stock of where we are. How far. We've come and we assess the challenges in front of us together. Everybody please stand and. Join me in welcoming the 43rd mayor of our city our mayor, Karen Ruth Bass. I'm here with fellow Angelinos to really hear her vision for the future of Los Angeles. And it essentially to provide a very overarching about what she feels is the state of our city. The record every year in the Palisades is on track to be fastest in California history. We have issued permits to rebuild twice as fast as after the camp and woosley fires. We water nearly a year and a faster than after the camp and we restored power in just two months. We Know the faster we can rebuild, faster we can heal . For those who have lost a home, each each and every day is a too long. Right? Because Home is at the heart of healing and that has been the north of our recovery efforts to get people home. Angelinos We are turning the corner on in Los Angeles and . We will not go back. Last year, homicides fell. By 14. The number of shooting victims fell 19. And we've intense defied safety efforts on metro. We have cracked down on organized retail theft and we are acting boldly around MacArthur Park. The homelessness crisis is a humanitarian crisis and it affects everyone. Those a home and those worry about what they see outside of their home inside safe represents a major change. Instead waiting on expensive new housing to be built. We tapped LA's supply of underused motels , bring people inside immediate inside safe has cleared thousands of tents outside schools, storefronts and homes citywide and after years of increasing homelessness are finally reversing that trend and homelessness is down. That includes a 10% reduction in street homelessness and a 38% reduction in structures and tents. Now, all of this comes as nationwide homelessness up by 18, but not in Los Angeles. Thank you for the honor. Of being your mayor. Thank you. Thank thank you. Thank you. The US Army Corps of Engineers has surpassed eight ambitious goals to clear wildfire in the Palisades. Now, 100 days on from the fires. Mayor Karen Bass city leaders the city librarian thanked the from the site where the Palisades branch library once stood. We're here at the Palisades Branch Library site, which unfortunately was destroyed in the Palisades fire. But at 100 days since the fire, we're thanking the Army Corps of Engineers for the incredible work they've done, this community, but especially here, the Palisades site, where they've done and completed cleanup, there was a 30 day window to complete it. They did it in six days. In this first 100 days of this recovery effort , we've been able to clear about 4400 properties out of that 4400, about 2300 are fully complete and. One of those is the library. So the next steps, the US Army Corps of Engineers are to not slow down at all. We are focused on safely completing this mission. We have the highest number of crews out in the communities clearing debris that we've ever had since the start of this. And we're going to keep up that sense of to get through all of the clearance. So the community can then focus on rebuilding. This has been a journey with, a lot of devastation and loss and but every single I am in the Pacific Palisades. I the forward progress things are happening here at an pace. I just got back from Lahaina last night while each community's journey is different and has its own unique challenges, seeing other places rebuilding and recovering gives us a peek around the corner for what's next for us too. And I come away hopeful about the future. I think it's absolutely wonderful. Everyone's showing up to try to rebuild, and it just is a reminder of how important the public library is to people and what the public library to people. It's a true community center. It feels great to know that. The library is going to be rebuilt and that they're going to bring everything that we had before back to the place. And I'm hoping they also look towards bringing some of the memories that we had from the past that will help us also remember never forget that what we went through. There's an inertia right now is insatiable for a community to come together, rebuild Our public spaces, our private spaces and we ignite. What was the palace. At Mobile Home Park in the Palisades City? County and state representatives marked hundred days since the devastating wildfires. Leaders pledged to rebuild the homes and bring back this resilient. I want to commend Senator on the selection of the site. I think it's symbolic in many ways. And as I look at the burn scars from mobile home park, I also noticed the wildflower was poking up. We've got yellow and orange and purple wildflowers coming back. And I would tell you that that is the resiliency of this community of this neighborhood, the city of our county and of state. 100 days in some ways, it feels like it's been so much longer, but it's such an emotional roller coaster. I feel proud of what we have been to do, but also the that everyone is still going through, especially people who lost their homes. We're marking the 100th day since the terrible wildfires that decimated this community and the beautiful of Altadena. I wanted to bring folks here to the Palisades pool. It was a beautiful mobile home community of folks of modest means, one of the few pieces of affordable housing here on the coast in our area. And this anniversary, as a resident, to be able to hear from our elected officials, giving some insight in what is it going look like to rebuild LA. But I'm of those people and so to realize that there are people that are really stand up for us. It means a lot. It's rebuilding homes, it's reopening schools and it's a community that isn't going to happen overnight. But I know that with our shared sense of urgency, coordination and leadership at every level of government are going to make it happen. The Connect L.A. Job Fair is a bridge between seekers and new careers. The Harbor Occupational Center, which hosted the Fair demonstrated to Council member Tim MCCOSKER that bringing employers together creates more connections and career building pathways. We are at Harbor Occupational Center in San Pedro in the Harbor area and we are a career and resource fair with. Over 40 providers here today. We're expecting over a couple of hundred folks looking for opportunities to advance their career, maybe new careers and folks looking for a resource towards great career advancement gives an idea of what the local industry is requiring or the basic skills that they need in order to find gainful employment. In fact, they have in here occupational center as another dimension to it that. Also explore opportunities for retraining in other industries sectors. We have security. We have construction, we have medical. We have home. We have a variety of jobs here. And there shouldn't be no reason someone can't find career opportunity. We're not just here assist them in getting jobs. We're here to assist them in careers. These events are important for job in the community because it puts you face to face with hiring manager, with an employer, with a company that, you might be able to start your career path in. I walked one of these ten years ago and that's what got me on the career path that I'm in today. This is our way, bringing the employers to the community instead of them having to go to the employers. We bring the employers them. Information is power go to boost booth the booth. Talk to folks may become surprised when you talk to somebody about a career that you never thought of. Los Angeles International and Van Nuys Airports have earned continued certification, reducing carbon emissions from the airports Council International Europe. The Council recognized Los Angeles World Airports lawa and its continued commitment to and gave both airports a level four transformation accreditation. The Airport Carbon Accreditation assesses carbon management practices by airports and recognizes them for their efforts to quantify and reduce carbon emissions from airport operations. A Level four recognizes an airport for emissions reduction progress, according to LAWA, LAX. Now joins only three other commercial airports. The U.S. with a level four accreditation for. More information go to launch news releases. A new career pathways project will see L.A. Zoo partner with Outward Bound adventures to restore six acres of coast Live Oak woodland located on the zoo's property. The five year woodland restoration and career Pathways Project will recruit fill and youth to be part of the Outward Bound adventur >> Council President: ALL RIGHT *, GOOD MORNING, HAPPY CITY COUNCIL MORNING TO EVERY ONE. THIS IS YOUR REGULARLY MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS APRIL 29, 2025. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THIS CITY COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN THIS CHAMBER FOR IN PROCEEDINGS. LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 25, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDS. NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> Council President: EVERYBODY PLEASE FOLLOW MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: IF EVERY ONE CAN FACE THE FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH TODAY HE'S AGENDA. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 1 TO TUESDAY, MAY 5. AND ALSO REQUEST TO HOLD 34 ON THE DESK AND 16 FOR CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER IN BOTH OF THOSE. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEMS 1 AND 2 ARE NOTICE NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 77, NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN TODAY. RELATIVE TO COUNCIL RULES 7 AND 63 AND EACH PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL TODAY AND LAID OVER FOR ONE WEEK TO TUESDAY MAY 6, 2025, FOR ADOPTION. 35 THROUGH 39 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME I'LL CALL FOR SPECIALS ON MY LEFT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL 21, 22, AND 23 AND MOVE TO ADOPT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ALL OF THESE. I BELIEVE A MOTION IS BEING CIRCULATED. OKAY, SECONDED BY MR. LEE, EXCELLENT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M INTRODUCING A AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 12 AND ITEM 15 AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS FOR ITEM 15. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS? >> J. Lee: ITEM NUMBER 45, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN ASKED IF I COULD CALL IT SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: GOT IF. >> E. Hernandez: ITEM FOR COMMENTS AND 29, 32, 35 FOR A SPECIAL VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, AGAIN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 17 AND 40 FOR A SPECIAL VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS ON THIS SIDE? ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 24 FOR AMENDMENTS. IT'S CIRCULATING. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT 24. MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 14, IT'S UNCLEAR WHO IS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. 22, 23, AND 40 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS ON--COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: YES, I WOULD ASK CALL SPECIAL ITEM 3 FOR COMMENTS, NUMBER 8 FOR COMMENTS AND ITEM 45 I HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT CIRCULATING. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 4 THROUGH 7, 9 THROUGH 11, 13, 18 THROUGH 20, 26 THROUGH 28, AND ITEM 30. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE SEPARATE VOTES FOR ITEMS, 31, 32, 33 AND 34 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, CAN WE ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER? ALL RIGHT. OH COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: CAN WE DO 31 SEPARATELY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, ROLL ON THOSE THREE. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORDS, THAT'S 32, 33 AND 34 BEING CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 29 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 34 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 31 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 3 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: SO GOOD MORNING, I WANT TO START BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. WE'RE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF HOW AUR DRY CLIMATE COUPLED WITH WINDS MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SUSEPTABLE FOR FIRES. MY DISTRICT WAS ALSO IMPACTED BY A FIRE AT THE IS SEPULVEDA BASIN. BUT THANKS TO THE WORK WE'VE DONE PAST SUMMER, WE AVOIDED A LOT OF TRAGEDY. IT'S EVIDENCE THAT WITH JANUARY 2025, OUR CITY MUST FURTHER REINFORCE FIRE MITIGATION EFFORTS. THIS MOTION INSTRUCTS DWP AND ABOVE GROUND UTILITIES AND VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARDS AS WELL AS TRANSITIONING MORE POWER LINES UNDERGROUND. BUT WHAT I WANT TO ELEVATE TODAY AND HAD ELEVATED IN THE ENE COMMITTEE BEFORE IT WAS WAVED IS THE CRITERIA FOR THIS TIERED SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED FURTHER RISK FACTORS. JUST BECAUSE CERTAIN COMMUNITIES MAY NOT BE KAEGD AS HIGH FIRE HAZARD, DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE SUSEPTABLE TO FIRES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE VALLEY GENERATION STATION IS SURROUNDED BY VARIOUS TRANSMISSION LINES, NO BUFFERS, JUST DIRT AND ROCK. THESE TRANSMISSION LINES ARE FET AWAY FROM PEOPLE'S HOMES. WE CAN DO BETTER. SO AGAIN IF WE'RE GOING TO START THE CONVERSATION OF TRANSITIONING PIER LINES UNDERGROUND, WE CANNOT ALLOW WDP, SO I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 17 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 17, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, THE VOTE WILL BE 13 AYES AND 2 NOES. THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE HELD OVER FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND PADILLA FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, TODAY I RISE TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT PUSHES FAMILIES INTO DESPAIR, MEDICAL DEBT. MEDICAL DEBT IS A LEAD FINANCIAL FORCING FAMILIES BETWEEN BASIC NEEDS. MEDICAL DEBT IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, THE FEAR OF HEALTHCARE AND PUTS FAMILIES IN SUFFICIENT SITUATIONS FM DESPITE THE MEDICAL OF MEDICINE ON OUR CONSTITUENT QUALITY OF LIFE, THERE IS NO PUBLIC DATA ON HOW HOSPITALS COLLECT MEDICAL DEBT. IN AUGUST, 2024, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE ON THIS MATTER. THE ORDINANCE ADHERES TO HIPPA GUIDELINES AND DEBT COLLECTION, FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE AND PATIENT ACCOUNT SENT TO COLLECTION. THE MOTION BEFORE YOU WOULD BRING THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN LINE WITH THAT COUNTY ORDINANCE. IT DIRECTS THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRFT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE L.A. COUNTY OF MEDICINE HEALTH TO COLLECT DATA WITHIN THE CITY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY. WE CAN'T FIX WHAT WE CAN'T SEE. THIS DATA CAN HELP US AS POLICY MAKERS, MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT MEDICAL DEBT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. COLLEAGUES, LET'S PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION TO HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS CLIMB OUT OF MEDICAL BILLS. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 15 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I RISE TO REQUEST THAT NUMBER 15 RECORDING A PROJECT IN THE MY DISTRICT BE SENT TO THE PLUM COMMITTEE REQUEST W SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS. IN EAGLE ROCK WITH A LONGSTANDING COLORADO BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN. THE PROJ PEKT REQUIRES A EXCEPTION TO BE HEARD BIT EAST VALLEY COMMISSION BUT IT WAS STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS BY A LETTER FROM PLANNING QUOTING DEEMED APPROVED BY OPERATION OF LAW. THIS MEANS THE PROJECT IS APPROVED AS APPLIED, AND WITHOUT EVEN SO MUCH AS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE EAST PLANNING, A*EFT AREA COMMISSION BECAUSE A DECISION-MAKING DEADLINE WAS EXPIRED BEFORE ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE PROJECT. OUTLINES NUMEROUS MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE LEADING TO THIS RESULT AND CALLS FOR THE LETTER TO BE RESCINDED AND THE PROJECT PUT BACK. AFTER THEY RECOMMENDED WE NOTE AND FILE THE MOTION, MY CONSTITUENTS SHARED WITH ME SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT PLUM. EVEN WHEN A SHOCK APPLIES, INCLUDING A HEARING BY LEGITIMATE DECISION-MAKING BODY MUST STILL OCCUR. THIS PROJECT WAS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE DEEMED APPROVED. PROTECTING DUE PROCESS IS A SERIOUS ISSUES IN THESE TIMES, DISCRETIONARY DECISION IS VERY UNSETTLING TO ME. IN MY REVIEW, I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS PROJECT IS TO APPROVED. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN LOS ANGELES HISTORY THAT A PROJECT WAS EVER DEEMED APPROVED IN THIS WAY AND IF THE CITY HAD ACTED ON THE APPLICATION ON TIME, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE. SO IF THE PROJECT DOES IN FACT TO BE APPROVED, MY CONSTITUENTS DESERVE TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THIS WAS LEGALLY UNAVOIDABLE. BECAUSE THIS TREE WILL STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR CORRIDOR FOR DECADES TO COME. IF ONE QUESTION REMAINS OF WHETHER WE MADE AN ERROR, DEEMED APPROVED WITHOUT THE LEGALLY PUBLIC PROCESS, I BELIEVE OUR PUBLIC DESERVES OUR GREATEST EFFORT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. THEREFORE, I MOVE THAT THE MATTER BE AMENDED TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU. THIS ITEM IS TIME SENSITIVE BECAUSE BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND I'M SURE THE APPLICANT IS AS ANXIOUS AS MY CONSTITUENTS ARE. SOY RECOMMEND YOUR AYE VOTE ON THIS, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER. SEEING NO SPEAKER ON THIS, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I WAS AT THE PLUM COMMITTEE WHEN THE ITEM WAS HEARD, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. AND MEMBERS FELT A VERY INTENSE EMPATHY FOR NEIGHBORS WHO TESTIFIED ABOUT HOW FAILURE BY THE CITY VIOLATED THE PROCESS THAT WAS SET IN PLACE FOR APPROVAL OF FACILITY LIKE THIS. WHAT WE ALSO HEARD THAT THE BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT HEARD THE REQUIREMENT, THE REQUIREMENT TIME HAD PASSED BUT SO WE HAD VERY LITTLE OPTION BUT TO DO WHAT WE CAN D IN THE PLUM COMMITTEE WHICH IS TO NOTE AND FILE. ASKING US TO DO TODAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLUM COMMITTEE CHAIR WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO COMMUNITY IMMEDIATE BACK BUT FELT WHAT WE DID WAS WHAT WAS, POSSIBLE FOR US. SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE WE MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS VOTE. >> SO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM PLANNING? >> OR TAKE A BEAT BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE PLANNING COME TO THE TABLE. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, I KNOW YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: WE'LL HOLD IT UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> B. Blumenfield: WHY DON'T WE DO THAT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: WE'LL HOLD IT, WE'LL HOLD IT UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 21 FOR WHICH, EXCUSE ME, MOTION HUTT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO ADOPT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT AND CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE VOTE, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 4 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEMS 22 AND 23 FOR WHICH MOTION HUTT-LEE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 1 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 25 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THIS IS ITEM 8? >> Clerk: PADILLA. KO*UBS WAS IT PADILLA OR HERNANDEZ. LET'S DEAL WITH 25, YOU DIDN'T HAVE COMMENTS ON 25, SO WE CAN PROCEED AND VOTE ON 25. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN 9 ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, FOR ITEMS 22 AND 23, THE VOTE IS 12 AYES AND 3 NOES. >> Council President: THAT INCLUDES COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ'S NO VOTE. >> Clerk: THAT'S CORRECT. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, ON 44 THERE WAS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, SO I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT UP. >> Clerk: THIS IS ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN HELD. >> B. Blumenfield: BUT IT WAS FOR AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS OUT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ WAS THAT TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE? >> E. Hernandez: FOR 22 AND 23 TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE. >> Council President: GOT IT. THAT HAS BEEN DONE. IF WE CAN PREPARE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. CITY ATTORNEY, MR. CLERK. >> City Attorney: YES, JUST ONE MOMENT. I'M LOOKING OVER THE AMENDMENTS REALLY QUICK. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA IEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 2, ITEMS 35 THROUGH 49, AND ITEM 50. AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 2, ITEMS 35 THROUGH 49 AND ITEM NUMBER 50. FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE INTRODUCED, I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THEY'VE BEEN POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS. PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY ITEMS OR ANY OTHER CITY JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. SORRY, I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME SO YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. >> City Attorney: ONE MORE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, PLEASE WAIT BEFORE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT. THE SELECTION IS RANDOM, WE ASK IN ORDER TO FACILITATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE, THAT YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED. ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, FEEL FREE TO LINE UP ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW CALL NAMES TO SPEAK. JAKE, WENDY, GREG SAVOSKI. >> City Attorney: I SEE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE PODIUM. AGAIN YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK IN THE ORDER YOUR NAME WAS CALLED. SO ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, FEEL FREE TO LINE UP IN ANY ORDER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THIS IS ITEM 5. >> City Attorney: AOK YOU HAVE TO ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. >> Speaker: HI I'M GREG, I'M PART OF THE AMERICAN GUILD AMERICA, CALIFORNIA STAY IN L.A. AND I REPRESENT A GROUP OF PEOPLE TRYING TO CATCH UP LOS ANGELES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH OUR PERMITTING PROCESS, OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND ALL THE RELATED, BUREAUCRACY THAT IS BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS OR HAS STAYED BEHIND. IT WAS A GREAT MEETING YESTERDAY WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT A INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND LOS ANGELES HAS A CHANCE TO GET AHEAD. AND BY NO LONGER COMPETITIVE, I CAN TELL YOU SOMEBODY WHO LIVED HERE SINCE 1990, I HAVE NOT WORKED IN LOS ANGELES FOR NINE YEARS. WHAT THAT TELLS ME, IS WE NEED TO REDRESS WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MAJOR STEP FORWARD AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND HIS TEAM FOR MAKE THISING POSSIBLE. AND I THINK I HAVE ONE SECOND. SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO PA MAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M JAKE I'M USC STUDYING PUBLIC POLICY. I'M BRINGING ATTENTION SOME TEN ANS THAT ARE BEING EXPLOITED IN CASH FOR SCHEME TARGETING RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS OR EXPERIENCE LANGUAGE BARRIERS. PARTICULARLY THERE IS A PERSON NAMED EDUARDO WHO HAD A 9,000 AND OFFERED 4,000 TO VACATE. I WANTED TO URGE THIS BODY TO STRENGTHEN TENANT PROTECTIONS BY REQUIRING MULTI LINGUAL NOTIFICATIONS OF TENANT RIGHTS AND CREATING A REGISTRY TO TRACK THESE OFFERS. YEAH, PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER SPEAKS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAME. GEORGE, IS BELL, HENRY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 16. AS MY NAME IS WENDY SALVADOR, BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH L.A., IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE SPEAKING BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR CENTRAL YOUTH. AS PARENTS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO SPEAK RESPECTFULLY AND TO LEAD AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY. WHEN THEY COME TO CITY HALL, THEY SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO DEROGATORY LANGUAGE FROM SPEAKERS. THIS CAUSE REAL HARM AND TAKE AWAY THE IMPORTANT WORK OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ARE TRYING TO DO. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PROTECT THE CIVIC PLACE, SO MAKE IT A PLACE WHERE YOUTH CAN LEARN AND BE INSPIRED. THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS AND SPANNEDING WITH --STANDING WITH US FOR A RESPECTFUL CITY HALL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK O? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS ISABELA AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16. AS SOMEBODY WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, IT'S DISHEARTENING TO WALK INTO CHAMBER AND WITNESS LANGUAGE THAT. SLURS LIKE THE "N" WORD OR THE "C" DOES NOT ONLY OFFEND IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT BELONG HERE. IT'S ABOUT DRAWING THE LINE BETWEEN FREE SPEECH AND HATE SPEECH BECAUSE NO VALID SPACE. IT MUST CREATE A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND RESPECTED. THESE CHAMBERS SHOULD SET THE STANDARD FOR HOW WE DISAGREE WITHOUT DEMEANING AND DEBATE WITHOUT HATE. PLEASE LEAD BY EXAMPLE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES. EMILY SALAZAR, N ADA, ROBERT PULLSON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 16. MY NAME IS HENRY AND I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES. I BELIEVE THAT PLACES SUCH AS THESE SHOULD ENCOURAGE A CIVIL AND PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY ONE IS ABLE TO SPEAK AND FEEL WITHOUT HATE OR ANGER. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: TO WE GET TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO ITEM 16? QUESTION? CAN WE SPEAK DIRECTLY TO ITEM 16? >> City Attorney: JUST ONE SECOND, SIR, YOUR TIME HAS NOT STARTED. OKAY, YES, AND FOR CLARIFICATION, PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALSO OPEN ON ITEM 16, YES, YOU CAN SPEAK TO ITEM 16. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NO, 16 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ITEM 16. "NEW YORK TIMES" DECLARED ACCORDING TO THE DOJ, THAT THIS IS THE MOST CRIMINAL PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT'S THE DOJ FOOLS. NO WONDER YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. I HAVE HERE, STARTING WITH THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, THIS IS NOTHING BUT WA THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. IN 19 19, IT'S DECLARED AND CHECKED, CAN'T EVEN DO IT IN TIME OF WAR. YOU LOST SUMA DOG, YOU LOST THE HUNT CASE, THAT'S 114 MILLION AND YOU CONTINUE WITH THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE WORSE THAN THAT. NOW MR. CITY ATTORNEY, YOU STUPID FOOL, THAT DOESN'T KNOW THE LAW. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: DON'T TURN OFF MY SOUND. WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE ARE? YOU BUNCH OF CRIMINALS! YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE LAW. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU BAR LICENSES FOOLS! YOU'VE BEEN TAKING MY HEALTHCARE. I'VE HAD A KIDNEY REMOVED, I'VE HAD 5 DOCTORS DROP ME BECAUSE OF YOU. SO IF YOU THINK I'M GOING TO BACK OFF ON YOU FOOLS, YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE LAW, BECAUSE HERE IT IS. AND DON'T TRY NOT TO TAKE IT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE YOU'RE A SCARED LITTLE BABIES AND YOU SHOULD BE! BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING DOWN! >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 16 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: FEEL FREE TO MOVE THE MICROPHONE AROUND AS YOU SEE FIT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HI I'M DIANA AND I'M PART OF THE REDEEMER GREENHOUSE IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 16 AND SO TO* SHARE WHY THIS MATTERS FOR ME AND MY COMMUNITY. WE WORK ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR LIVES EVERY DAY LIKE SAFE STREETS, CLEAN AIR AND MAKING SURE OUR VOICES ARE HEARD. WE HAVE SEEN YOUTH GET HIT BY CARS AND HAVE BEEN PART OF PROJECT TO MAKE L.A. SAFER AND MORE HOPEFUL. BUT IT'S HARD TO FIGHT FOR SAFETY AND COME TO A PLACE LIKE CITY HALL AND STILL FEEL UNSAFE. WHEN PEOPLE USE THE WORDS LIKE THE "N" WORD OR "C" IT WORDS IT MAKES US FEEL LIKE WE DON'T BELONG HERE. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE THE ONES MOVING AROUND TO MAKE SURE. A SPACE THAT RESPECTS ALL COMMUNITIES. BLACK, BROWN, IMMIGRANT YOUTH. ONE THAT IS SAFE AND RESPECTFUL AND FULL OF OPPORTUNITY. PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM 16 AND HELP CITY HALL SAFE FOR YOUTH LIKE ME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: FOR ITEM 16 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M A 16-YEAR-OLD AND PART OF CPU. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 1. I WANT TO FEEL LIKE I BELONG IN SPACES LIKE THIS. BUT WHEN PEOPLE USE HATEFUL LANGUAGE LIKE THE "N" WORD AND C WORD IT CREATES A ENVIRONMENT THAT PUSHES PEOPLE AWAY. INSTEAD OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED T MAKES US FEEL DISCOURAGED AND UNSAFE. IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT NOT EVERY ONE IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE AND WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. RESPECT SHOULD BE THE BASE LINE AND DECISIONS THAT. PASSING THESE CHANGES MAKES IT CLEAR THAT HATE SPEECH HAS NO PLACE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I'D LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES. REBECCA NYELANDER. NARCISA HERNANDEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 45 I'M ROBERT PAULSON I'M A LOCATION MANAGER AND PART OF TEAM 39. MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE AND WHEN SHE WAS BORN I PROMISED TO BE A GOOD PARENT. MY WIFE AND I MADE A ANXIOUS DECISION TO SAY YES MORE OFTEN. THINGS GOT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. I'M ASKING IN THIS ITEM 45 ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY SAY YES MORE, AND COST AND MONEY AND PRODUCTABILITY THAN JUST A SIMPLE YES. SO PLEASE, AS YOU CONSIDER THIS MOTION THAT YOU SAY YES. THAT'S ALL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16 AND MAKE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR 16 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M PART OF THE RCP YOUTH AT THE GREENHOUSE SOUTH L.A. WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THE CITY. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SPEAK UP ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS ROOM, IT HURTS EVERY ONE WHEN PEOPLE USE WORDS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO USE THE N.WORD WHEN WE COME TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT TOPICS LIKE STREET SAFETY AND JOBS AND SPACE. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE CITY HALL WHERE YOUTH FEEL RESPECTED, SAFE AND VALUED. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES. RICHARD SERRANO, KENNETH BELLBREATH. >> Speaker: I'M NOT SURE IF MY NAME WAS CALLED. >> City Attorney: THIS IS PUBLIC FOR ALL ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ITEM 15 IS NOT OPEN BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS T DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: I MEAN, I HAVE NO INTEREST IN SPEAKING IN GENERAL. I'M HERE BECAUSE YOU CALLED MY NAME BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR 15, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. >> City Attorney: SO FOR EVERY ONE, FOR ITEM 15 AND OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED FOR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT'S BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS SATISFIED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL. SO WE'RE NOT OPENING UP FOR WHAT COMMENT WAS HELD. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 15, YOU CAN DO SO NOW FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TAKE YOU TO HOLD MY TIME SO PACKET DISTRIBUTED. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN DO THAT AFTER YOUR COMMENT AS WELL. >> Speaker: I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN DISTRIBUTED. >> City Attorney: UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE NEED TO KEEP PUBLIC COMMENT GOING. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT THE OTHER PERSON COMES UP OR YOU CAN COME UP AFTER THE PACKET IS GIVEN TO SERGEANTS. >> Speaker: I'LL BEGIN, THIS SPEAKS TO THE FRUSTRATION OF PROCESS THAT IS TAKING PLACE. ON APRIL 3, 2024, STAFFER JANE CHOY ISSUED A LETTER ON LETTER HEAD INDICATING A VERY RICE ON PROJECT THAT WE KNOW ABOUT AND THEY DEEMED IT APPROVED AND IT WAS APPROVED JUST AS IS, NO CONDITIONS, NO MITIGATION, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE LEGALLY RECOGNIZED DECISION-MAKING BODY FOR THIS PROJECT, EAST AREA PLANNING COMMISSION HAD NOT EVEN HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PROJECT. CITY PLANNING LETTERS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING, FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION, FCC ESTABLISHED A CLOCK FOR THIS AND OTHER AND SITED SOME STATISTICS. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF A TIME TO ACT. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, THE APPLICATION WAS DEEMED APPROVED. THE LETTER DID NOT INCLUDE A MEANS OF APPROVAL. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 16. HI I'M KENNETH AND AS SOMEBODY WHO IS INVESTED IN THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE OUR COUNCIL SHOULD REFLECT RESPECT AND RESPECTED DIALOGUE, LANGUAGE LIKE THE "N" WORD AND C WORD, WHEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE FILLED WITH HOSTILITIES IT DES COURAGES PEOPLE ESPECIALLY YOUTH AND MARGINIZED COMMUNITIES FROM ENGAGING. WE NEED A SPACE WHERE WE CAN FREELY SHARE IDEAS WITHOUT FEAR OF INTIMIDATION AND RESPECT. RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATION AND SHOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY ONE'S VOICE IS VALUED. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THESE CHANGES AND SET A POSITIVE EXAMPLE. LET'S CREATE A SPACE WHERE ALL OUR VOICES ARE WELCOME TO CONTRIBUTE TO MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M ARLENE FROM THE COMMUNITY YOUTH AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16 AND MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A NICE PLACE WHERE WE CAN TALK TO OUR COUNCILMEMBERS WITHOUT HAVING THE FEELING OF FEELING SCARED, OR BAD. USING HARMFUL WORDS LIKE THE "N" WORD AND THE C WORD IS WRONG, IT MAKES STUDENTS AND YOUTH FEEL LIKE IT'S BAD AND IT TAEFMZ THEM THE BAD THINGS. I'VE SEEN HOW MEAN WORDS HURTS THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED A PLACE WHERE EVERY ONE FEELS SAFE AND GOOD. THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 16, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: RICHARD SERRANO, 15, 16 AND ALL ITEMS. >> City Attorney: OKAY SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. ITEM 15 YOU CAN SPEAK TOO IT DURING GENERAL BUT IT'S NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL START YOU WITH YOUR THREE MINUTES AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SWITCH TO YOUR ONE MINUTE OF GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: NUMBER , IF WE'RE GOING TO GO UNDERGROUND AND PUT ELECTRICAL, YES, THE VALLEY SHOULD BE IN LINE. THE REASON WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT GOING UNDERGROUND IS BECAUSE WE GOT A BLANK SLATE, PALISADES, BURNED TOWN. SO INSTEAD OF BUILDING SOMETHING UP, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PROGRESS. IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE VALLEY LAST. >> City Attorney: I'M PAUSING YOUR TIME. YOU'RE SPEAKING TO ITEM NUMBER 3 WHICH IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS 2, 35 THROUGH 49 AND ITEM 50. SO THE REMAINER OF YOUR 2:38 I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU STICK TO ITEM 2, 35 THROUGH 39 OR ANY OTHER ITEM, 16 IS ALSO OPEN, YES. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: 15, THE TOWER. >> City Attorney: 15 IS, I'LL HOLD HIS TIME.MORE TIME.- THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE ITEMS 2, 16, 35 THROUGH 39 AND ANOTHER 50. >> Speaker: NUMBER 16. AGAIN, I APPLAUD THIS STUDENT YOUNG STUDENTS HERE ARTICULATE, VERY WELL SPOKEN. AND ALTHOUGH, PEOPLE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THE C AND "N" WORD AND IT'S BEEN LEGALLY DEBATED IN THIS CHAMBER AND LAW AND LOST TO THE CITY, UNFORTUNATELY, IT SHOWS INTELLIGENCE TO THE NEW FUTURE THAT THESE KIDS WOULD WANT THIS OUT OF THIS CHAMBER, YOU HAVE TO COME ABOUT IT, IT'S UP TO YOU. BUT AS A CITY ATTORNEY THAT I SAW YESTERDAY'S MEETING, YOU HAD THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, WITH THE FLAG BEHIND, HOW DO YOU ALLOW ONE AND NOT THE OTHER. YOU NEED TO STAY ON BASE NOT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER. THEY ROTATED AROUND HERE WITH A FLAG AND YOU WERE OKAY WITH THAT, EXPLAIN THAT TO US. SO 16 NEEDS TO BE THAT, THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON WHAT WE NEED TO SPEAK ON. AND IT CAN'T BE NOTHING. I WISH YOU HAD THE RESPECT FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY. . BUT I CAN'T FORCE THAT HAND. I CAN'T FORCE THAT HAND. >> City Attorney: SO YOU'VE EXHAUSTED THE MINUTE ON THE ITEM PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ITEM. >> Speaker: LET'S GO TO 15, THE TOWER. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THE TOWER IS GOING TO BE THERE WHETHER IT'S LEGAL OR NOT. WE STOLE THE HOLLYWOOD HILL, CHICAGO IS GOING TO BUILD MANSIONS, UNTIL THEY PULLED THE PERMITS, THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS A MISTAKE. SO THEY STOPPED IT. DON'T TELL ME WE'RE GOING TO BE LAWSUIT, THIS IS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. DON'T ALLOW IT. TO THE CITY PEOPLE, SAME THING, MS. HERNANDEZ, YOU JUST SAID MEDICAL. YOU'RE ABOUT TO LAYOFF 1632 PEOPLE, HOW DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO SURVIVE WITH NO MEDICAL. NO MONEY FOR RENT, NO MONEY FOR FOOD. YOU GUYS CAN ALL GIVE UP. $100,000, THAT'S 1.5, A DROP IN THE BUCKET. MAYOR BASS IS GOING TO GIVE UP SOME OF HER THING. WE CAN EXTEND THIS UNTIL WE HAVE TO LAY PEOPLE OFF. PLEASE DO NOT LAY THESE PEOPLE OFF. THEY WORK TOO HARD FOR US. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES, GABRIELA, JULIO HERNANDEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M ESTHER AND THE CITY PLANNING LETTER DID NOT INCLUDE SALES FOR APPEAL. AS REQUIRED OF A LETTER OF DETERMINATION AND A PROJECT SEEKING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. INSTEAD IT WAS MAILED TO FIVE STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAD SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE INFORMATION. THIS WAS UNPRECEDENTED MOVE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN L.A. HISTORY A PROJECT WAS EVER DEEMED APPROVED IN THIS WAY. PLANNING HAD NEVER DEALT WITH THE ISSUE BEFORE AND THEY ADMIT THEY WERE SCRAMBLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO. YES, THE DECISION-MAKING, THE SHOCK CLOCK IT EXPIRED. YES, M PROJECTS CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED WHEN A SHOCK CLOCK EXPIRES. BUT NO, THIS PROJECT CANNOT BE DEEMED APPROVED. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER FOR A PROJECT TO BE DEEMED APPROVED, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, SO AGAIN TO HELP US GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF HERE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU EXIT ON YOUR RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 45. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M MALAKI OF PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 728 WHICH REPRESENTATIVE 8,000 MEMBERS OF LIGHTING AND TELEVISION. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS CHAMBER AND THANK THEM FOR BRINGING ITEM 45 TO THE FLOOR. FOR OVER 100 YEARS, LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN THE CAPITOL OF ENTERTAINMENT AND FILM AND TELEVISION IN THE WORLD. WE'RE EXPERIENCING A REDUCTION OF WORK DUE TO GOING TO OUTSIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES AND OTHER STATES. AND THIS BILL WILL HELP MAKE IT EASIER BRING WORK BACK TO LOS ANGELES. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE FLOOR AND I URGE AN AYE VOTE. AND I WANT TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STUDENTS SPEAK ON ITEM 16. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I WILL CALL UP MORE NAMES, RICHARD PARKS, ITSLE RANSON, ROGELIO SANCHEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 16 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'MITILE AND I SERVE AS ASSISTANT MRIN PAL IN SOUTH L.A. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 16 AND TO ALL FAMILIES, I WORK WITH EVERY DAY. AS SOMEBODY WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE MANY OF WHOM ARE FIRST GENERATION ENGLISH LEARNERS OR COME FROM UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES, I SEE HOW CRITICAL THAT PUBLIC SPACES LIKE THIS ONE, REFLECT THE VALUES THAT WE WANT TO INSTALL IN THE NEXT GENERATION, RESPECT, SAFETY AND DIGNITY. WHEN DEHUMANIZING LANGUAGE, LIKE THE "N" WORD AND C WORD, IT DOES NOT ONLY CREATE A HARMFUL ENVIRONMENT, IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT THEIR VOICE, THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR EXPERIENCE ARE NOT WELCOMED. I'VE HAD STUDENTS ASK ME, IS ANYONE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? THAT'S NOT THE LESSON I WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY WITH. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE LEARNING THAT THEIR VOICE MATTERS. A TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENT NOT A SPACE WHERE THEY HAVE TO BRACE THEMSELVES FOR HARM. SUPPORTING ITEM 16. IT'S A COMMIT TOMENT CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY ONE ESPECIALLY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN SHOW UP, CAN SPEAK UP AND CAN BE TREATED WITH HUMANITY. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT I STAND WITH ON MY STUDENTS. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE DIFFERENT, DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUR VOICE IS LESS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR TAKE THISING ISSUE SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE CHAMBERS FOR INCLUSIVE BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU FOR SHOWING RESPECT FOR THE STUDENTS, THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY OF L.A. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERY ONE. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES. GREG PARK, ALEC, OSCAR ROMERO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 16 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR ITEM 16 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M A PRINCIPAL IN SOUTH L.A. AND I'M HERE NOT JUST AS AN EDUCATOR BUT HOW WE SHOW UP IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER. I SUPPORT ITEM 16 BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AND THE FAMILIES THAT I SERVE. THAT WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO A SPACE THAT IS RESPECTFUL SAFE AND A SPACE WHERE OUR YOUTH FEEL EMPOWERED NOT DISMISSED. WHERE OUR FAMILIES WITH PARTICIPATE WITHOUT FEELING HARASSES. WHEN PEOPLE USE LANGUAGE LIEKT "N" WORD AND THE C WORD, IT'S NOT JUST A CHOCK BUT IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT THERE ARE NO DIGNITY THAT HATRED IS ALLOWED AND THEIR VOICE DOES NOT MATTER. AND FOR YOUTH IN SOUTH L.A., MANY WHO ARE BLACK AND BROWN THAT MESSAGE HITS HARD. I'VE SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND, THEY SAY WHY ADULTS GETAWAY WITH THINGS THAT THEY WOULD BE SUSPENDED MORE. THEY START TO BELIEVE CIVIC SPACES ARE NOT MEANT FOR THEM. THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT ITEM 16, TO RAISE THE STANDARDS TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN CIVIL LIFE WITHOUT FEAR. ALSO AS A PARENT, IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING COMPONENT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CHILDREN ARE HERE AND WITNESS HOW IT REALLY WORKS BUT WITH THAT FEAR OF BRINGING THEM IN AND BEING THEM OUT HERE TO HEAR THAT LANGUAGE, IT'S MY FEAR THAT I DO NOT BRING THEM IN. I DO SUPPORT ITEM 16 AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 16 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM 16, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY COMMUNITY TO HAVE A CONDUCIVE AND CIVIC SPACE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE WITHOUT FEELING DISCOURAGED AND HARASSES. USING THE LANGUAGE LIKE THE N OR C WORD DES COURAGES OUR YOUTH AND SENDS THE I DON'T THINK MESSAGE. AS A PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL IN LINCOLN HEIGHTS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH CREATING SPACES FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THAT, WITH CLUBS LIKE NO PLACE FOR HATE, SO THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO, DISAGREE IN A RESPECTFUL WAY AND REALLY LEARN TO HAVE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING. I THINK IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT AS THEY GRADUATE THAT THEY CAN COUNT ON SPACES LIKE HERE WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT MORE NAMES. ED DUFFY, KYLE, RACHEL ANGEL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM 16 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE NOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: AS A SOCIAL STUDY TEACHER FOR OVER' DECADE. I WORK WITH YOUNG PIEM EVERY DAY. AND ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO HELP THEM GROW AND ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC LIFE. BUT AS YOU MAY NOBODISINGER PUBLIC SESSIONS HAVE INCLUDED FREQUENT INSTANCES OF OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE RELUCTANT TO PARTICIPATE IN MEETING OR BRING STUDENTS TO OBSERVE. WE'RE RAISING OUR VOICES TO FOR A MORE EXCLUSIVE AND RESPECTFUL SPACE, OUR YOUTH ARE WATCHING. IT TELLS THEM THAT THEIR PRESENCE AND DIGNITY DO NOT MATTER. THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE WE WANT TO SEND. THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT ABOUT DISAGREEMENT, IT'S ABOUT RAISING THE BAR ON HOW WE ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR CONSIDERING THE VOICES OF EDUCATORS WHO BELIEVE IN A BETTER DISCOURSE. [PPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Translator: PUBLIC GENERAL? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS NACISA HERNANDEZ. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE MEDICAL INSURANCE AND WAGES. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY. GRACIAS. >> Translator: I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE WORKING PEOPLE AND WE WORK AT LAX. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. WHAT DOES FCC LAW SAYS? WHAT DOES IT REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MAKE A PROJECT TO BE DEEMED APPROVED? BUT WE DO NOT CLEAR SOMETHING UP ABOUT FEDERAL LAW. AT THE PLUM COMMITTEE MEETING, THE PLUM CHAIRED ASKED THE STAFF IF THEY SENT THIS TO THE EAST AREA PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ITS HEARING. HE WAS TOLD YES, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT. BUT BECAUSE WE WERE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE PER PERSON, PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND PUBLIC COMMENT WAS OVER WE WERE UNABLE TO POINT OUT THIS ERROR. FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJ HE CAN--PROJECT, THE FCC DOES ALLOW APPROVAL IF A SHOT CLOCK IS MISSED. HOWEVER THEY PURPOSELY DECLINED FOR WIRELESS TOWERS BECAUSE THEY'RE INHERENTLY UNIQUE AND OFTEN COMPLEX. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: ANIMAL TRAINERS AND OTHERS, I APPRECIATE MR. NAZARIAN FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD. YESTERDAY, A LOT OF US WERE UP IN SACRAMENTO FIGHTING FOR OUR FILM TAX CREDIT WHICH I HOPE WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR. IT'S, WE'VE HAD THIS CHALLENGE FOR MANY YEARS WHERE, WE ARE NOT AS APPRECIATED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN OUR BUSINESSES OR AROUND TOWN, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IMPROVING FILMING IN LOS ANGELES, WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT. WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE RESPONSE TO US BEING FILMING IN NEIGHBORHOODS. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS ALWAYS A MAJOR PUSH BACK. THERE IS ALWAYS NOES, THERE IS ALWAYS MORE COST AND MORE COST. WE KNOW THAT THE, THAT THE CITY IS DEFINITELY HAVING A BUDGET PROBLEM BUT WE NEED TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. WE NEED TO FIX SOME OF THESE COSTS THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: WOULD I LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES. NORMA SILVA, MARTIN WEEKS, MILTA HILDERSON. >> Speaker: HI GOOD MORNING, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 45. >> PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M PART OF LOCAL 646 AS A STYLIST. WHILE L.A. IS NOT MY HOME ORIGINALLY, I CONSIDER MYSELF A NATIVE AND THE MOVIE INDUSTRY HAS BECOME MY FAMILY AND I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO. LET'S CONTINUE TO BRING THE WORK TO L.A. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES MY NAME IS JULIO HERNANDEZ I WORK IN LAX AND I'M HERE ASKING FOR A WAGE INCREASE AS WELL A MEDICAL BENEFITS TO COVER ME AND MY FAMILY AS WELL. BECAUSE I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND THEY DEPEND ON ME AS THEIR FATHER TO SUPPORT THEM. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE PLUM CONCERN. THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YES. I'M GOING TO READ FROM THE FCC THAT SPECIFICS POINTS TO THE QUESTION THAT THE COUNCIL PERSON ON THE PLUM COMMITTEE HAD THAT JUST RAISED THE ISSUE. IN THE PETITION, THE DECLARE TORY RULING, THE FCC WROTE, THE CASE LAW DOES NOT ESTABLISH AN INJUNCTION GRANTING THE APPLICANT IS ALWAYS APPROPRIATE WHEN A FAILURE TO ACT OCCURS. TO THE CONTRARY WHERE COURTS ISSUED SUCH INJUNCTION, THEY HAVE DONE SO ONLY AFTER EXAMINING ALL THE FACTS OF THE CASE. WHILE WE AGREE THAT INJUNCTIONS MAY BE APPROPRIATE IN MANY CASES, THE PROPOSAL IN-PERSON AL WIRELESS FACILITIES AND SURROUNDING CIRCUMSTANCES CAN VERY GREATLY, THE SHOCK CLOCK LIMIT, ONCE A SUIT IS FILED, THE COURT SHALL HEAR AND DECIDE ON EXPEDITED BASIS, THE ANSWER IS NO. THE ANSWER IS NO. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 45 PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARTIN WEEKS, I'M PRESIDENT OF 728 AND ON BEHALF OF THE 3000 MEMBERS OF MY UNION, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION PUT FORTH BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER NAZARIAN. CAUSING PRODUCTION TO LEAVE LOS ANGELES AND CAUSING OUR MEMBERS TO LOSE THEIR JOBS AND HAVE A LACK OF WORK. SOY URGE THE COUNCIL TO--SO I URGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES. JESSICA MCLAIN, LISA REED, CAROL ALAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT FOR ITEM 15. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ONCE THE SHOT CLOCK LIMIT IS VIOLATED THEY MUST FILE SUIT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE VIOLATION. ONCE A SUIT IS FILED THE COURT SHALL HEAR AND DECIDE SUCH AN ACTION ON EXPEDITED BASIS. THE FCC FURTHER EMPHASIS THAT WAS COURT SHOULD HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO FASHION CASE SPECIFIC REMEDIES, REMEDIES, SO THE ANSWER TO THE PLUM'S CHAIR'S QUESTION IS NO. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CITY DOES HERE, THEY ARE NOT IN DEFIANCE OF THE FEDERAL LAW BECAUSE THE FCC HAS NO DEEMED PROVED REMEDY LIKE TOWERS LIKE THE ONE PROPOSED HERE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU LISTEN TO THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION SO WE CAN AGAIN GO TO THE PLUM COMMITTEE. THE RELEVANT LAW IS CALIFORNIA LAW BECAUSE WHILE THE FCC ISSUED A REMEDY FOR NEW TOWERS, CALIFORNIA DID CHOOSE TO A LAW A DEEMED APPROVED REMEDY FOR ANY TYPE OF WIRELESS PROJECT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 15, THE IMPACT STATEMENT. >> City Attorney: I THOUGHT THRE WILL BE A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT. SO A COMMUNITY STATEMENT HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED. >> Speaker: THEY VOTED ON THIS ITEM AND THERE IS A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT BY THE COUNCIL AND THERE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED. >> City Attorney: SO IT'S BEEN APPROVED? HOLD ON JUST ONE MINUTE. >> Council President: YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT, GO AHEAD WITH THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT THE COUNCIL TO HEAR AND AS A FORMER DEPUTY OF THIS COUNCIL, I WOULD NOT BE UP HERE. AND I THINK WE NEED TO CORRECT IT. SO IT'S OKAY THAT THE CITY MAKES MISTAKES BUT YOU NEED TO CORRECT THEM WHEN YOU DO. SO ANSWER MR. BLUMENFIELD'S REQUEST OF CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF WHEN IT WAS IN PLUM WILL WE BE IN DEFIANCE IF WE ALLOW THIS TO GO TO PUBLIC HEARING? NO, THE FCC DECLINED TO SET A PROVED PROPERTY, BECAUSE THEY VER' AND SO UNIQUE. WHAT HAPPENED IS STATE LAW, SET A DEEMED APPROVED REMEDY FOR ANY KIND OF TELECOMMUNICATION APPLICATION, IF CIRCUMSTANCES ARE MET. AND IN THIS CASE, THEY WERE NOT MET. THE ONE OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE IS THAT ALL NOTIFICATIONS, REQUIRED FOR THE APPLICATION, UNDER RELEVANT LAW WILL HAVE BEEN MADE. THIS PROJECT NEVER MADE IT TO THE EAST AREA PLANNING COMMISSION, THAT'S THE LEGALLY RECOGNIZED DECISION-MAKING BODY FOR THIS PROJECT. IT NEVER HAD A HEARING. WHEN CITY PLANNING DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY'D EVER DEALT WITH IT, THEY WERE CONSTRUCTING THE AIRPLANE AS THEY WERE FLYING IT, THEY GOT IT PARTIALLY RIGHT AND PARTIALLY WRONG. BUT THE PARTIALLY WRONG IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING, IT GO BACK TO THE COMMISSION WHERE IT BELONGS. NOW I WANT TO TALK USURP PROCESS. NO THERE IS A CALIFORNIA LAW, IT'S VERY CLEAR, IT'S MARKED NUMBER 15 ON IN THE PACKET. PLEASE HAVE YOUR DEPUTIES, READ IT. FACT CHECK ME, I AM RIGHT. ALSO, CALIFORNIA LAW DESCRIBES NOTIFICATION AS REQUIRED BY LAW TO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING. [APPLAUSE] THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT HAS RULED A LEAD AGENCY MUST ACT AND IF IT DOES NOT ACT AN APPLICATION IS DEEMED APPROVED BUT WHEN OTHER LAND OWNERS ARE AFFECTED, SUCH DEEMED APPROVAL WOULD BE IMPROPER UNLESS THE AGENCY HOLDS A PROPERLY HEARING, FOR EXAMPLE, A HEARING THAT COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF DUE PROCESS. THAT IS NOT INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO PLUM, WE APOLOGIZE. I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT STAFF SAYS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE DUG AS DEEP AS I AM. PLEASE FACT CHECK ME, I AM CORRECT. >> City Attorney: THAT IS THE END OF YOUR IMPACT STATEMENT. THAT WAS THE THREE MINUTES FOR THE IMPACT REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. ARE YOU ALSO SPEAKING IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. >> Speaker: DO I GET ANOTHER MINUTE. >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: THEN I WILL TAKE IT. ALSO BROUGHT UP WAS ALSO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD CONSTITUTES A REVIEW VIEWING. THEY ARE COMPLETELY ADVISORY, THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION. IN FACT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEET THATING DID HAPPEN, IT LITERALLY SAYS, THE DECISION MAKER IS A HEARING, WILL BE HELD IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS MATTER. JUST TO BE CLEAR. AND THERE IS A CASE LAW, I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME IN TERMS OF POINTING YOU TO THEM. BUT ONCE THE KHOT CLOCK RUNS OUT, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THERE IS LAW, I LISTED IT, PLEASE LOOK AT IT. AND IN THAT CASE, YOU MUST FOLLOW THE DUE PROCESS. THIS COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW FOR SURE IF THIS 45-FOOT FAKE TREE HAS TO LIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY FOREVER THAT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNAVOIDABLE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER TO COME UP, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. WE HAVE A ROBUST NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SYSTEM HERE IN THE CITY AND I BELIEVE THERE IS ALMOST 100 NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. IF THEY HAVE A BROWN ACT MEET ANDING THEY ADOPT A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT, THEN THEY BE AFFORDED ADDITIONAL TIME FOR FORMAL ADOPTION BY THAT BODY AND THE INDIVIDUAL CAN ALSO SPEAK IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. THAT IS WHY THERE WAS ADDITIONAL TIME GIVEN FOR THAT FORMALLY ADOPTED COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC ON 15. AND I'LL BE QUICK. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AT THE PLUM MEETING IT WAS SUMMARIZED BY PLUM COMMITTEE AS OG, IF WE AGREE, EVEN THOUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS MADE VERY SILENT VALID POINTS, SO HEY, LET'S JUST NOTE AND FILE IT AND LET'S NOT APPROVE THAT IT GO BACK TO DUE PROCESS. SO THEY BASICALLY SAID THEY CARE MORE ABOUT MONEY THAN THEY DO ABOUT OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO, NO THANK YOU. AND WE FELT COMPLETELY NOT REPRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT YOU ARE, GOING TO HEAR THIS WITH OPEN EARS AND LISTEN TO US AND CARE AS VOTERS AND AS MEMBERS OF THIS GREAT CITY THAT HAS BEEN SO MUCH THIS YEAR. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD HARD WORK, BECAUSE CIVIL SERVICE IS BRUTAL AND WE APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULT POSITION YOU'RE IN. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES. NICK, STACY SIGERA, MOORE. >> Speaker: ITEM 15 AS WELL. I'LL CONTINUE THE STATEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING, BUT I DO WANT TO CONSIDER, PLEAD WITH YOU ALL TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS. THE RELEVANT LAW IS CALIFORNIA LAW, BECAUSE WHILE THE FCC DECLINED TO ISSUE A REMEDY FOR NEW TOWERS, CALIFORNIA DID CHOOSE TO ALLOW A DEEMED REMEDY FOR MY TYPE OF WIRELESS PROJECTS. BUT ONLY IF LISTED REQUIREMENT HAVE ALL BEEN MET WHICH BRINGS US AGAIN TO THE DUE PROCESS ISSUE. GOVERNMENT SECTION 6564-1 AS SITED IN THE APPROVED LETTER SPECIFIES THAT IN ORDER FOR A PROJECT TO BE DEEMED APPROVED, THE APPLICANT MUST HAVE PROVIDED ALL PUBLIC NOTICES REGARDING THE APPLICATION THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO APPLY CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT APPLICATION. THE PROPOSED PROJECT PROPOSED IN THIS CASE, WOULD REQUIRE DISCRETIONARY PERMITS AND INCLUDING A CONTINUAL PERMIT BY LAW. >> City Attorney: SORRY. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: TO BEGIN I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE SHERMAN OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL WITH THE CIS THAT WE FILED FOR ITEM 16 161104-S. >> City Attorney: AND YOU'RE THE DESIGNATED. >> Speaker: THE PRESIDENT DESIGNATED ME TO SPEAK, YES. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: FIVE OR THREE? >> City Attorney: THREE. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'LL BEGIN WITH AN INTRODUCTION THAT THE PRESIDENT WROTE WHEN SHE FILED THE CIA. THE SHERMAN OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AT ITS APRIL 14, 2025, ADOPTED TO OPPOSE PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO CITY COUNCIL RULES TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CERTAIN WORDS AND SLURS. SOFRNG AND DEBATE NOTED RULES ALREADY EXIST TO ADDRESS FIGHTING WORDS AND THREATS AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA LAW AND FURTHERMORE IT VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF CALIFORNIA'S BROWN ACT AND OPENS THE CITY TO AVAILABILITY PERTAINING TO THE RIGHTS OF CITY COUNCIL. WHILE PROMOTING AUTHORITY,IAN, NITHYA RAMAN WITHDRAW HER SECOND, REASONS FOR OPPOSING PAST EFFORTS INCLUDED BUT NOT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT LEAST WAS HER CONCERN THAT VOTING WITH HER CONSTITUENCY WOULD, RESULT IN LIABILITY EXPOSURE, WE REQUEST COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN USE LOGIC. WHILE WE DO NOT CONDONE ANY SLURS, WE CONSIDER THIS ATTEMPT BY CITY COUNSEL ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC A BLATANT ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH. THE LANGUAGE USED UNTIL THE COURT CASE IN THIS COUNCIL FILE, WAS DIRECTED AT THE U.S. MARSHAL ARRESTING, YOU ARE A GOD DAMN RACQUET FIOR AND FASCIST. COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON AND THIS IS AS MUCH AS WE CAN TAKE AT THIS BELIEVE. BUT WE BELIEVE IT WILL TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS. INDICATING THAT THE TWO EP TETS ARE A ATTEMPTING WHAT THE PEOPLE CAN AND CANNOT SAY. INDICATING THAT HE ANTICIPATES LAWSUITS WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE CITY FOR VIOLATION OF FREE SPEECH, MICHAEL HUNT VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THE CITY PAID 250,000. AND COUNCILMEMBER BERNARD C PARK, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FAR MORE HAD THE CASE GONE TO TRIAL. VIOLATED TWO OTHER MEN THAT WERE EJECTED FPT THE CITY STILL HAD TO PAY AROUND 600,000. >> Speaker: AND CONTINUE IN GENERAL PUBLIC. CONSIDERING THE SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY COST OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES INCURS EVERY YEAR, THIS IS AN IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF POWER ON THE USE OF COUNCIL WITH COSTLY LITIGATION. WHILE THE MOTION ON THIS COUNCIL FILE WAS INTRODUCED AON MARCH 21, 2025 THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS DATED BEFORE THAT. AND THAT ARE DATED PRIOR TO MARCH 21st. THE PATTERN RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT COORDINATED MESSAGING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE REQUEST NITHYA RAMAN OF DISTRICT 4, REMOVE HER SECOND FROM IN TH* ITEM. WE STRONGLY URGE AN NO-VOTE AND I HAVE A COPY OF THE COUNCIL FILE IF I CAN HAVE A SERGEANT COME AND DID I DISSEMINATE. I'M NOW SPEAKING ON MY OWN CAPACITY. ITEM 45. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT NA IN 2024, DISNEY CEO WAS PAID 4.1 MILLION DOLLARS TO SERVE IN HIS CAPACITY. WARNER BROTHER CEO, NITHYA RAMAN GRANTED A DAY, HE EARNED 51.9 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2024. NETFLIX CEO HAD A 60 MILLION DOLLARS PAY OUT FOR HIS ROLE IN 2024. I REALLY SUPPORT OUR FILMMAKERS AND ARTIST. HOWEVER I FEEL IT'S CLEAR THAT THESE PRODUCTION COMPANIES ARE NOT STRAPPED FOR CASH WHEN THEY'RE PAYING THEIR CEO OF TENS OF MILLIONS SO MAYBE WE CAN ASK THEM TO CONTRIBUTE DUE FEES WHEN THEY ARE FILMING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE TO SPEAK ON THE MANY MOTIONS TO LIGHT UP CITY HALL FOR VARIOUS THINGS, IT KOFPTS $438 TO DO THIS. WE DON'T HAVE AN EXPLANATION WHY IT COSTS THIS. ONE IS IN RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WHICH IS HORRIBLE EVENT. WHILE COUNCILMEMBERS SPENT A LOT OF TIME HONORING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE, AND WE SAY NEVER AGAIN. NEVER AGAIN IS RIGHT NOW. AND NOBODY HAS NOTICED THE PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE RIGHT NOW. ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WHICH CRIMINAL SIZED ANY CRITICISM OF ISRAEL. WHERE WE CAN SEE WHERE ITEM 16 IS HEADED. FOR THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO KICK PEOPLE OUT FOR SAYING IN THIS CHAMBERS. PLEASE, RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. ATROCITIES OF THE PAST IS HAPPENING AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION, CURREN PRICE. PUBLIC COMMENT, A BUDGET BUDGET, BUDGET, BUDGET SOME KIND OF DISAPPOINTING JOKE, [SINGING] TO CRITICAL STAFF WHO ARE MAKING SURE, DON'T YOU THINK THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO WHAT KENNETH MEJIA SAID, ON LIABILITIES AND REVENUE PROJECTIONS, NOW IT'S TIME, AHHH BUDGET, AHHH BUDGET BUDGET, AHHH BUDGET, HEY. THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEIR SAY SO YOU'RE GOING TO LISTEN BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSTITUENTS, CONSTITUENTS. YOUR OWN SALARIES, NOT FROM DEPARTMENTS, THAT THE CITY NEEDS. THANK YOU AUDIENCE, SHOUT OUT TO CHOKING SCAN. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT MORE NAMES. ROJELIO ALEX. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO 45 PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE PLEASE. >> Speaker: I'M A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MIATSI LOCAL 0. WE INCLUDE AND MEDICS AND MARINES. I WANT TO COMBAT THIS TALK ABOUT CORPORATIONS HAVING THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THESE PERMIT COSTS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING BY THIS PROCESS ARE NOT THE CORPORATIONS, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE THE WORKOUT OF THE CITY AND AWAY FROM OUR CITIZENS. WE NEED TO LOWER THE FILM COSTS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND THE MEMBERS THAT I REPRESENT AND THE THOUSANDS, THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CREWMEMBERS THAT ARE SUFFERING. THE COSTS THAT PUSH CORPORATIONS TO TAKE THE WORKOUT OF CITY OF L.A. YESTERDAY I RECEIVED A CALL, A MEMBER HAD, HE WAS ASKED TO USE A SPECIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND IT COSTS TOO MUCH BECAUSE THERE IS EXTRA COST ON FILM L.A. WE NEED TO STREAMLINE THESE COSTS. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M GOING TO DO GENERAL COMMENT AND ITEM 16. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MY NAME IS MIKE, AND SERVE AS COORDINATOR IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES, FOR STUDENTS FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BUILDING A MORE JUST CITY. I'M HEER IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE MOTION AND ELIMINATE THAT HATE SPEECH FROM COUNCIL CHAMBERS. LET ME BE CLEAR, IT IS NOT ABOUT CENSORSHIP IT'S ABOUT CREATING A SPACE WHERE DEMOCRACY CAN THRIVE. IT'S BEEN THE CORNER STONE OF CIVIC LIFE. THERE IS A-LINE BETWEEN THIS AGREEMENT AND DEHUMANIZATION. OUR GOAL AS A EDUCATOR IS TO START BRINGING STUDENTS REGULARLY, AS PART TO DEVELOP THEIR CIVIC DEVELOPMENT. I WANT THEM OUR STUDENTS TO SEE OUR LEADERS IN ORDER, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW TO RECOGNIZE. BUT I OFTEN HESITATE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE SPACES DOES NOT FEEL SAFE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THIS MOTION GIVES US A PATH FORWARD TO SHOW THAT WE CAN DISAGREE COUT DEGRADING THAT WE CAN BE PASSIONATE WITHOUT BEING PASSIONATE. SO PARTICIPATE IN IT, WE NEED TO MODEL THE VERY VALUES WE SEEK THEM UP TO HOLDUP. SO I WANT TO MAKE THIS CHAMBER A SPACE WHERE EVERYBODY IS WELCOME. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO MR. HERMAN, HOLD ON. WE'VE TAKEN OVER AN HOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. I ALSO WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT FOR ANYBODY THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, ITEM 16, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE UPSET. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF AND WHEN COUNCIL VOTES ON THE CHANGE. MR. HERMAN, I DID NOT WARN YOU BEFORE, BUT I'M WARNING YOU KNOW, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND FORMAL WARNING. SO AGAIN, AS THE CLERK EXPLAINED AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING, COUNCIL WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM 16 TODAY, AND WHAT THAT'S PURSUANT TO ITEM 7. THE APPROVAL OF THE RULE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST A WEEK. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER 45 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR COMMENTS AND PADILLA FOR WHAT MOTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US. OKAY, WHOEVER IS SPEAKING IN THE BACK, PLEASE LEAVE. >> City Attorney: I BELIEVE THEY EXITED BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'RE STILL HERE, IT'S THE PEOPLE IN THE PURPLE SHIRT. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. >> Speaker: OKAY MR, NAZARIAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR EITHER SHEPHERDING OR VOICING OUT YOUR SUPPORT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FILM INDUSTRY TO LOS ANGELES. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND SAY THANK YOU TO STAY IN L.A. AND I LABORERS, EVERYBODY ELSE THAT IS HERE, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I REALLY WISH YOU WERE NOT HERE. I WISH YOU WERE OUT FILMING, I WISH YOU WERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I WISH YOU WERE CONTINUING TO REVENUE TO GENERATE REVENUE NOT ONLY FOR YOUR FAMILIES BUT ALSO FOR THIS CITY, SO WE CAN CONTINUE REPAVING THE STREETS, FIXING THE SIDEWALKS, DOING ALL THE THINGS NECESSARY TO KEEP YOU CONTINUOUSLY WORKING AS WELL ON THE VERY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. SO, COLLEAGUES, THIS MOTION IS FOCUSED ON REVITALIZING LOCAL PRODUCTION. STREAMLINING, MAKING IT MORE EFFICIENT AND LESS BOGGED DOWN BY BUREAUCRACY AND CITY OWNED PROPERTY FOR FILMING AND PREVENT PRICE GOUGING THAT DRIVES UP EVERY DAY PRODUCTION COSTS. SIMPLY PUT THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING MIDDLE CLASS WORKERS AND ALSO THE VERY INDUSTRY THAT ESTABLISHED LOS ANGELES ON THE WORLD MAP AND MADE US INTO THE FILMING HUB OF THE WORLD. COLLEAGUES I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO LONG ABOUT THIS, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING VERY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US. BACK IN THE MID-80s, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE TEN POLL PRODUCTIONS, ALL THE BLOCKBUSTERS WERE GENERATED RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES. BY 2003, HALF OF THE BLOCKBUSTERS MADE AROUND THE WORLD WERE FROM CALIFORNIA. BY TO 2013, NONE OF THEM WERE. WE HAVE BEEN REGRESSING AND LOSING SO MUCH GROUND. NOW WE'RE LOOKING COMMERCIALS AND PLATFORMS AND MINI SERIES. WE CANNOT HAVE THIS HAPPEN. SACRAMENTO HAS GOT TO DO WHAT IT HAS TO DO BUT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THE VERY INDUSTRY THAT PUT LOS ANGELES ON THE MAP AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO NOT ONLY PRESERVE BUT GROW THIS INDUSTRY. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. CHEER CHEERS [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR LEADING THIS AND ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THIS. I COULD NOT SAY THE WORDS BETTER THAN YOU HAVE IN THIS MOMENT. AND FOR THE FOLKS HERE TODAY, I THINK WE ALL HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT HAS BEEN EVER SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE LABOR UNREST THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. JUST YESTERDAY I WAS AT A COPY SHOP IN THE DISTRICT AND I RAN INTO MY A FRIEND THAT IS NOW WORKING ANOTHER JOB AND SAID HE CAN'T FIND WORK, THE PRODUCTION IS LEAVING. WE ACT WITH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF EMPATHY AND TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN. SO SIFS HAPPY TO BE A PARTNER BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE PRODUCTION IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE SHOULD HAVE IT IN HOLLYWOOD, LET'S DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IT HERE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK, FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR EVERY ONE WHO IS HERE FROM STAY IN L.A. AND ALL OF OUR LABOR PARTNERS. I'M ONLY HERE BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS IN THE INDUSTRY. THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME IN LOS ANGELES. IT DEFINES LOS ANGELES, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DEFINED BY PRODUCTION, WHICH WE ARE SEEING LESS AND LESS OF EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL GET THE TAX CREDIT TO LET US WORK HERE IN LOS ANGELES. I'M VERY HOTELFUL THAT SACRAMENTO HAS HEARD THIS CALL. BUT THIS MOTION IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS DOING ITS PART TO MAKE SURE THAT PRODUCTION STAYS HERE. WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE REST OF THE STATE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BE AS COMPETITIVE AS OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE OFFERED A LOT OF THESE TAX CREDITS TO FILM LOCALLY BUT IN LOS ANGELES FILM L.A. AND THE OTHER BUREAUCRACY THAT WE PUT IN PLACE HAS MADE IT TOO HARD AND EXPENSIVE ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER PRODUCTIONS TO FILM HERE. WE'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES IN MY DISTRICT AND FOUND IT DEVASTATING COMPLICATED. WE HAVE TO GET SERIES ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PRODUCTIONS STAYS IN LOS ANGELES AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE GO BACK TO WORK AND SPEND IN LOS ANGELES, LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, RAISE THEIR KIDS IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING OUT HERE. THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ FOR LEADING THIS WORK. AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THIS INDUSTRY THRIVES. >> Council President: NEXT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> T. Park: THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP BRINGING THIS CRITICAL MOTION TO US TODAY. AS CHAIR OF TRADE AND TRAVEL I COULD NOT BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MASS JOBS WE'RE LOSING OUT OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHERE WE SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC STREETS AND CENTS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR IDENTITY AS ANGELINOS. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I LIVE IN AN OTSI HOUSEHOLD AND WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY IMPACTED SINCE THE PANDEMIC. IT'S URGENT THAT WE CONTINUE THIS FIGHT TO KEEP PRODUCTION RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I'M FIGHT TO GO BRING IT ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE ONE IN FIVE WORK IN YOUR BUSINESS. WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS GUYS, AND I'M REALLY REALLY HONORED TO RISE AND OFFER MY SUPPORT ON THIS. AND I URGE AN AYE VOTE FROM EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> I. Padilla: YOU KNOW, I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN JUST SAID. I REALLY WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE. I'M SOMEBODY WHO ATTENDED THE STATE IN L.A. RALLY THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY, IT WAS HELD IN MY DISTRICT. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT IS FILLED WITH WHAT I CALL THE BLUE COLLAR JOBS OF HOLLYWOOD. AND CLOWING UP WITH A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE IT INTO THAT INDUSTRY WHO LOVE, WHEN YOU HANG OUT WITH THESE WORKERS, THEY'RE NOT THE WORKERS THAT WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT POLITICS, IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT CREATING THINGS, FUN THINGS, COOL THINGS, THE AWESOME THINGS THAT MAE OUR CITY. A FEW YEARS AGO, EVERYBODY START TODAY WORRY AND STARTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW LOS ANGELES AND CALIFORNIA HAS DONE THEIR PART TO HAVE THIS WORKFORCE. SIMILAR TO WHAT I SAID AT THE RALLY, AS I ASKED YOU TO CONTINUE TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AND ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START TO LIT--POLITICIZING OUR JOBS. I HAEB HEARING STATE LEADERS SAY, WE RENEWED THE STATE CREDIT TO IT LINES UP WITH ELECTION SO WE CAN TAKE CREDIT. INCREDIBLY INAPPROPRIATE WHEN WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE PRODUCTIONS CAN TAKE UP TO TWO TO FIVE YEARS TO CREATE A MOVIE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A CREDIT FOR TWO YEARS? YOU SHOULD DEMAND FOR. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU TAX CREDIT FOR UP TO TEN YEARS. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, IT'S WHY I WANT TO INCORPORATE AN AMENDMENT WHERE WE ASK OURSELVES WHY IS OUR HEAD SO BIG THAT WE HAVE LIMITED SOME OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN FILM AND INSTEAD WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHAT WHEN YOU'RE CREATIVE PRODUCERS AND WHAT NOT, WANT TO UTILIZE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES THAT WE MAKE IT EASIER. PLEASE COUNT ON ME AS SOMEBODY WHO IS HERE. AS AN EYE-VOTE AND I AM REALLY--AYE VOTE, AND I'M SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR JOBS BEING POLITICIZED. LET'S MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT GO TO OTHER STATES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES AND I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND JOIN YOU IN YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP TODAY. BUT COLLEAGUES IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOW REREDUCE THE FEE STRUCTURES AND HOW WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE HINDRANCE ON HOW THIS STED WORK. THE REALITY IS, THAT OUR VERY OWN STREET INFRASTRUCTURE OFTEN TIMES CAN BE AN IMPEDIMENT OF HOW WE AVAIL. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE IDENTIFYING POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO BASICALLY, TIE OUR HANDS, TO WHAT WE ARE FORCED TO FINANCE IN TERMS OF OUR STREET RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS WE'RE GOING TO IMPEDE THE VERY INDUSTRY THAT WE'RE LOOK TO GO KEEP HERE. SO I SAY THIS WITH RESPECT OF IT NOT JUST BEING THE PERMIT FEES, IT'S ABOUT EVERYTHING HERE IN THE CITY. THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A MORE HOSPITAL ABILITY THAT LOOKS LIKE THE STREETS OF NEW YORK AND THEY'RE ABLE TO FILM HERE BECAUSE WE CREATE THIS ENVIRONMENT VIERMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO FILM LIKE THEY WERE IN ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD. THE MORE WE IMPEDE OUR ABILITY TO CREATE THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT IS HOSPITABLE TO FILMING IN LOS ANGELES. SO IT'S NOT IN OUR FEE RESTRUCTURING, IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE. THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE HERE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, IS NOT JUST ABOUT TAX CREDITS, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE OBSTACLES TO FURTHER FILMING IN THE STREETS OF LOSS. --LOS ANGELES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT YOUR JOBS, IT'S ABOUT HOW WE CONTINUE TO FINANCE THE EXISTENCE OF RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY, WHEN YOU ARE FINANCIALLY ABLE TO PATRON AND THE DOLLARS STAY HERE IN LOS ANGELES, THE STRONGER OUR LOCAL ECONOMY IS, AND FOR THAT, I CONTINUE TO REMAIN SUPPORTIVE. I SEE SOME RESIDENTS FROM MY DISTRICT HERE, I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE A VERY STRONG POPULATION OF VIATSI MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER PARTICULARLY AS MORE SEEING MORE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDIOS COME TO MY DISTRICT AND MS. PADILLA'S DISTRICT. WE'RE EAGER TO SEE THE STUDIOS FILLED. LET'S KEEP FILMING IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT. LET'S CONFIRM THAT WITH A VOTE. LET'S SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND UNANIMOUSLY TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES! >> Clerk: THIS ITEM IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THIS ITEM IS AGREED TO. OKAY, WHAT'S BEFORE US NEXT? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT BEFORE US? I BELIEVE ITEMS 2? >> City Attorney: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 2, 49, 43 AND 46 THROUGH 49. OKAY. SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> City >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND 46, 47 AND 48 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 15 FOR WHICH 15-A AND B HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: OKAY. AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE TO SPEAK? >> Y. Jurado: YES, PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAWAL 15-A AND MOVE 15B SIMILE REMOVES THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION FROM 15-A, I WOULD URGE AN AYE-VOTE ON 15-B. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, TWO VOTES ARE REQUIRED. THE FIRST VOTE IS TO SUBSTITUTE THE ITEM WITH A MOTION 15-B, JURADO BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: OKAY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS CONTINUES THE ITEM BUT IT PUTS THE REQUEST TO THE CITY ATTORNEY BUT IT DOES NOT BRING THE ITEM BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR REHEARING AT THE MOMENT. OKAY, SO THE FIRST VOTE IS TO FOR RECONSIDERATION, IS THAT CORRECT? >> Clerk: QUESTION TO SUBSTITUTE. >> Council President: QUESTION TO SUBSTITUTE. SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: THE SECOND VOTE IS TO ADOPT SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MEASURE IS ADOPTED. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 35 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OKAY, SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE MEASURE IS AGREED TO. NEXT ITEM W. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 406789 >> Council President: OKAY, SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE ROLL, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NO. >> Council President: WHAT IS NEXT. JAOT COUNCIL MAY CALL ITEM 12 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Council President: OKAY. SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S REOPEN THE VOTE AS AMENDED OR ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST? >> Clerk: AS AMENDED, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 4 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 14 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR WHICH 24-A, PARK-LEE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: OKAY, WE CAN VOTE ON THAT AS AMENDED. SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 42 FOR WHICH TO CHANGE THE DATE TO MAY 10th. PLEASE NOTE A SECOND IS NEEDED. >> Council President: OKAY. CAN WE VOTE ON IT AS AMENDED? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Council President: WILL THEDER, COUNCIL MAY NOW CALL CENTER 44 FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED AND CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 14 CALLED SPECIAL FOR RECUSAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> Council President: OKAY, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL MR. PRICE LEAVES THE ROOM. ANY SPEAKERS? SEEING NO SPEAKERS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TAL AOET VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 50 WHICH IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM, PLEASE NOTE A MOTION IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION. >> Council President: SO LET'S PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION. SERGEANT IF WE CAN PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION. SO THAT MEANS ANYONE WHO IS--WHAT IS THAT? OKAY. FOR 50? DO YOU NOT CLOSE THE ROOM. DO YOU WANT TO DO IT IN OPEN SESSION? OKAY. SO YOU CAN REMAIN HERE FOR ONE MORE ITEM AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO CLOSE SESSION. BUT ITEM 50 WE'RE TAKING UP IN OPEN SESSION. COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU BNF WAVED CLOSE SESSION, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> Clerk: A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? >> Council President: SECOND. >> Clerk: AND FINALLY SIR READ THE SETED 8MENT, BOARD FIRE VICTOR A QUEER THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT PROPOSE ADD SETTLEMENT OF 3.2 MILLION DOLLARS TO BE PAID TO THE CITY. >> Council President: OKAY. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON THIS MATTER. >> Council President: OKAY, DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, NOW I ASSUME WE GO TO CLOSED SESSION. >> Clerk: YES FOR ITEM 16. >> Council President: SERGEANTS IF WE CAN GO TO CLOSE SESSION. WE SEE MR. HERMAN AND MR. SPINDLER WAVING GOODBYE, SO WE'LL POLITELY WAIVE GOODBYE. YOU WAVED GOODBYE, YOU'VE GOT TO LEAVE. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: YES, SO AFTER THE CLERK CALLS ROLL, I WILL UPDATE THE GROUP. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: YES MR. PRESIDENT. THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. ALL RIGHT AND THIS ITEM WILL BE REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO THIS COUNCIL. WHAT IS NEXT MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND RELEVANTEDER. THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT THE BUDGET HEARING WILL BEGIN AT 1:15. MR. CLERK, ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ALL RIGHT, ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.