. Rolling out 19.RIGHT T GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETLE OF YOUR LOS ANGELESCITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS 21st DAY OF APRIL OF 2026. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BING TAKEN IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. TEN MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUALMER, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF APRIL 17, 20266789 >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER PARK SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMEND TORE --COMMEND --COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: MOVED AND SECOND. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> Council President: EVERYBODY STAND AND FOLLOW MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: PLEASE STAND AND PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NEIGHBORSINGER UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY RECOMMENDS TO CONFIRM THE LIENS FOR 2, 3, 7 THROUGH 9 AND 12 THROUGH 14 AND RECEIVE AND FILE FOR ITEMS 4 AS 5 AND 16 IN AS MANY AS THE LIENS HAVE PAID. AND CONTINUE ITEMS 10 THROUGH 11 TO WEDNESDAY MAY, 20, 2026. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS REPORT FOR ITEM 25 HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED. ITEMS 34 THROUGH 61 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 NOW BEFORE US. SPECIALS MEMBERS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? ON THE QUEUE? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, 28 FOR COMMENTS AND 16 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: 60 OR 16? >> M. Rodriguez: 6-0. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 30 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: ITEM 8 TO CONFIRM THE LIEN AND 26 FOR A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT ASKED FOR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 1 TO AUGUST 19th. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. . WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM 36 AND 24 AND ITEM 27 AS I AM A LAND LOWERED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS TO MY LEFT? TO MY RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 25 AND 28 THROUGH 33. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: SORRY MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL ROYAL PRESENTATION FROM OUR OWN COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT. YE, YOU SHOULD DO IT AT THE PODIUM. >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES, GOOD MORNING MR. PRESIDENT. TODAY WE PAUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A DATE THAT HOLDS A SPECIFIC WEIGHT IN OUR CULTURAL CONSCIOUSNESS. APRIL 21, MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING OF PRINCE. BUT TODAY IN CHAMBERS, WE'RE HERE TO HONOR A LIFE THAT OPERATED AT THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY OF CREATITY, INDEPENDENCE AND RELENTLESS ARTISTIC REVOLUTION. WE ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TODAY TO BE JOINED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTINUED HIS LEGACY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING, PRINCE'S FAMILY, AND THE TEAM FOR LIVE FOR LOVE CHARITIES. THE FOUNDATION PRINCE AND HIS WIFE MATIA, STARTED IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON AMIR. [APPLAUSE] LIVE FOR LOVE, CHARITIES CONTINUES PRINCE PHILANTHROPIC LEGACY BY HELPING UP AND HELPING PEOPLE OUT. THE ORGANIZATION FULFILLS THIS MISSION THROUGH THREE CORE PILLARS, LOVE FOR MUSIC, WHICH OFFERS MENTORSHIP TO YOUNG MUSICIANS, LIVE FOR DANCE WHICH PROVIDES DANCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNDER PRIVILEGED YOUTH. LOVE AND ACTION, WHICH AWARDS MONTHLY AWARDS TO YOUNG PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND CHARITIES. IT'S MY HONOR TO HAVE WITH US TODAY, MATAI GARCIA, THE PRESIDENT OF LIVE FOR LOVE CHARITIES AND PRINCE'S WIFE. KIRK JOHNSON VICE PRESIDENT OF LIVE FOR LOVE CHARITIES, GILBERT DAVIDSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LIVE FOR LOVE CHARITIES AND PRINCE NELSON, PRINCE'S NEPHEW. PRINCE'S LIFE IS A TESTAMENT TO SELF DETERMINATION. HE BROUGHT GOOD TROUBLE TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. FORCING WORLD TO UNDERSTAND HOW ARTIST CAN IMPACT THE WORLD WHEN THEIR UNIQUE, UNCOMPROMISING AND THEY REMAIN THEMSELVES. PRINCE SHIFTED THE RULES OF THE GAME WHEN HE FILED FOR HIS MASTERS RECORDING AND CREATIVE INDEPENDENCE. HE WAS NOT JUST DOING IT FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT, HE WAS FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF EVERY ARTIST AFTER HIM. HE PROVED THAT WHEN YOU HOLD ON TO YOUR NARRATIVE AND REFUSE TO SETTLE FOR STANDARD, YOU CAN CREATE A BLUEPRINT FOR FREEDOM THAT LAST FAR BEYOND YOUR LIFETIME. IN THIS CHAMBER, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRITY, COMMUNITY AND COURAGE TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT POPULAR. PRINCE'S LEGACY IS A REMINDER THAT BEING BOLD AND BEING METICULOUS AND AUTHENTIC IS A FORM OF LEADERSHIP. HE SHOWED THAT YOUS GENIUS IS NOT ABOUT THE FINAL PRODUCT BUT THE STANDARD YOU SET FOR YOUR WORK AND PEOPLE YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH. THE LIVE FOR LOVE CHARITIES AND THE FAMILY HERE WITH US TODAY, ARE LIVING PROOF THAT HIS MISSION WAS NOT JUST ABOUT MUSIC. IT WAS ABOUT CREATING A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE THAT COULD BE PASSED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS. SO TODAY, WE HONOR A MAN WHO BROKE THE STATUS QUO, BY NOT LETTING OTHERS DEFINE HIM. HE BROUGHT HIS VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE THANK HIM FOR HIS INFLUENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP MATAI GARCIA. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT TRULY IS AN HONOR TO MAKE THIS DAY. IT WAS VERY PAINFUL FOR US FOR TEN YEARS IT'S BEEN AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE NOW ABOUT POSITIVITY AND HELPING BACK AND LOVE. HIS CALIFORNIA WAS HIS SECOND HOME, MINNESOTA WAS FIRST BUT THIS IS CONSIDERING HIS HOME ALSO. THIS IS HUMBLING AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BEFORE YOU GET A BIG PRESENTATION, I'VE GOT AT LEAST ONE SPEAK CER ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU HELPING, HUTT FOR REMINDING US ALL ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE GIFT THAT PRINCE WAS NOT JUST IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, BUT REALLY HIS LEGACY MARKS AN ENTIRE CULTURAL SHIFT ABOUT THE NEED FOR INCLUSION, ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE BUSINESS WAS, HE BROUGHT EVERYBODY ALONG WITH HIM. SO THERE IS SO MANY BEYOND JUST THE MUSIC THAT HE MADE AND THE LEGACY, IT'S A BROADER ABOUT WHAT COMMUNITIES CAN BE FOR ONE OTHER TO LIFT EACH OTHER. MY CONDOLENCES FOR YOUR LOSS, AND ALL OF OUR LOSS. HAVING GROWING UP, I KNOW MR. HARRIS-DAWSON ARE A NUMBER OF US ARE. HIS MUSIC AND LEGACY IS STILL SO ALIVE AND REMAINS ALIVE BECAUSE OF THE REAL TRUE SPIRIT WITH WHICH HE LEAD AND THAT LOVE AND BRINGING EVERYBODY ELSA LONG AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, HE WAS, AN INCREDIBLE CHANGE MAKER. AND MUSICIANS WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT HE BROUGHT FORWARD. AND IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT PEOPLE FOR ANYONE WHO LEADS, IN AN ELECTED OFFICE OR IN A PERSONAL SPACE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU LEAD CHANGE, IT REALLY BEGINS WITH YOUR COURAGE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S WHAT HE REALLY REPRESENTED. SO MY CONDOLENCES, BUT KNOW THAT LEGENDS LIKE HIM NEVER DIE. HE HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE AN ENDURING LEGACY THAT WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE AND CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND UPLIFT TODAY. SO MY CONDOLENCES, MAY THE LEDGE END CONTINUE TO LIVE ON AND ALL OF OUR LIVES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. ANYTHING I'M ABOUT TO SAY, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TIMES BUT IN MY HOUSE, THAT IS THE GO TO MUSIC WHEN WE PUT ON PRINCE. I'VE SEEN HIM MORE IN CONCERT THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST. I LOVE NOT ONLY HIS MUSIC BUT I LOVED HEARING HIS STORIES ABOUT IN HIS TOWN, HE WOULD DO INPROMTU CONCERTS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME THAT FIND OUT THAT MY WIFE WAS GOING TO THE SAME TAYLOR, ARTURO, ARTURO'S BECAUSE WE WOULD WALK IN AND SEE OUTFITS THAT PRINCE, GAVE TO HIM AND THEY'RE HANGING UP ON THE SMALL LITTLE SHOP ON OVER LAND. IT'S PRETTY, JUST AMAZING TO SEE THAT. BUT THE IMPACT THAT HE'S HAD ON SO MANY OF OUR LIVES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THAT GOING ON AND KEEPING IT ABOUT LOVE AND MOVING THAT POSITIVITY FORWARD. HE WAS ALL ABOUT THAT AND WE JUST, I CAN NEVER REPAY HIM FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT MEMORIES THAT HE HAS PROVICED US THROUGHOUT THE LIFETIME. IT'S THE SOUND TRACK OF MY LIFE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND OUR CONDOLENCES, HE WAS A BIG LOSS FOR ALL OF US. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. LEE AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HUTT FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION ALMOST EXACTLY TEN YEARS LATER. YOU KNOW, OUR CHAIRWOMAN OF THE 80s CAUCUS LAID IT OUT WHAT PRINCE MEANT TO THIS COUNCIL. I HAD JUST COME TO THE COUNCIL AND FOLKS MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THAT STEVIE WONDER OWNS A LOCAL RADIO STATION AND THE RADIO STATION CALLED OUR OFFICE AND SAYS, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A CELEBRATION AT CITY HALL. WE'RE LIKE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND STEVIE WONDER SAID, IF YOU PUT ON THE SHOW AND I'LL GET ON THE PHONE AND THE ARTIST WILL SHOW UP. AND MAKE THE SHOW HAPPEN. AND WE OPENED GRAND PARK AND THE STEPS OF CITY HALL AND 35,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND THE GIFT OF PRINCE. WHO AGAIN, BORN IN MINNEAPOLIS BUT HE WE LIKE TO SAY, HE BECAME A PRINCE OF MINNEAPOLIS AND HE BECAME A KING HERE IN THECITY OF LOS ANGELES, MOSTLY BECAUSE AND THIS IS SOMETHING I LOVE ABOUT THIS CITY, AND PRINCE EXEMPLIFIES THIS MORE THAN ANYBODY, HE WOULD NOT LET THE BOSSES PUT HIM IN A BOX. HE WOULD NOT LET THE BOSSES, SAY YOU'RE THIS KIND OF ARTIST AND THIS KIND OF ARTIST. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ CAN TELL YOU, THERE WAS KROQ AND KISS FM, HE HAD A RECORD FOR ALL OF THEM AND DOMINATE ITED ALL OF THE SPACES AND CHANGED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND MUSIC AND CHANGED THE CITY FOREVER. SO WE'RE THAT, WE'RE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL AND HAPPY TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU, NOT JUST THE STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME BUT THE STAR IN THE SKY THAT HE IS FOR EACH AND EVERY ANGLO. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. : TO THE FAMILY, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND CALIFORNIA, CONTRIBUTE TO PRINCE IN RECOGNITION OF HIS CONTRIBUTION TO SEE CULTURE AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND EN DURING IMPACT AS VISIONARY ARTIST WHO'S VISION TRANSCENDS A GENDER, GENERATION AND EXPECTATIONS. THE UNPARALLEL TALENT AS A MUSICIAN, SONG PERFORMER AND PRODICER REDEFINED THE BOUNDARIES OF POPULAR MUSIC, BLENDING ROCK, AND R&B AND SOUL INTO A SOUND THAT REMAINS TIMELESS AND TRANSFORMATIVE. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES THE LEGACY AS A CULTURAL ICON WHO'S INFLUENCE CONTINUES TO SHAPE THE LANDSCAPE OF ARTS AND MUSIC AND CREATIVITY TO UNITE AND UPLIFT AND INSPIRE ON THIS APRIL 21, 2026. THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IS SIGNED BY ME, ALL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, AND MAYOR KAREN BASS. SO THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND AS THEY'RE GETTING THEIR PHOTOS, I'M GOING TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION. >> Y. Jurado: WOULD I LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO THE:CULLBURN STUDENTS, WHERE ARE YOU? WELCOME TO CITY HALL. THIS IS YOUR CITY HALL. [APPLAUSE] AS YOU KNOW, THE COLBURN SCHOOL IS IN CD15, THEY'RE JUST UP THE STREET, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AN EXPANSION. WE HAVE NO MUSIC HERE, BUT WE'RE HONORING MUSICAL PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WELCOME TO CITY HALL. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPROPRIATE THAT THE MUSICAL TALENT IS WITH US THIS MORNING. ALL RIGHT, IF MR. CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS ON PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR GOAL IS GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A 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, IF YOU STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE 2 THROUGH 24 AND ITEMS 34 THROUGH 61. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE 2 THROUGH 24, AND ITEMS 34 THROUGH 61. ITEM NUMBER 1 HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO AUGUST 19th, 2026 AND IS THUS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. A COUPLE OF MORE ANNOUNCEMENT FZ I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THE FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH 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 WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY IF YOU'VE MADE ACCOMMODATION REQUEST PURSUAN TO THE ADA, OR IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP, CALL ALOUD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE SARJTS CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE. FINALLY, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP ON ANY ORDER, THE ORDER IN WHICH NAMES ARE CALLED IS AT RANDOM, THAT IS TO SAY IT IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. >> Council President: BEFORE WE CALL NAMES. I WANT TO GIVE FORMAL ACKNOWLEDGE TO OUR FORMER CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY ROCKY DELGADILLO IS WITH US TODAY, THANK HIM FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 25 FORTHWITH. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN CALLING NAMES. JESUS GOMEZ, BOB, AND GUILLERMINA VALENCIA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 29. >> City Attorney: ITEM 29? >> Speaker: YEAH. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO ITEM 29 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. SOUF A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY, THANK YOU, MY NAME IS BOB BLUE, I'M PROTESTING BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL LOST JURISDICTION OVER THIS MATTER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29 ON MARCH 6, 2026. I'M PRESERVING ALL MY RIGHTS IF THIS MATTER GOES TO JUDICIAL REVIEW. ON THE MERITS, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO GRANT THE APPEAL FILED BY ANGELINOS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THE CITY'S MOST EXPERIENCED EXPERTS THE OFFICE OF RESOURCES AND HERITAGE COMMISSION, HAVE OPPOSED DEMOLITION. TO PUSH, TO DEMOLISH THIS HISTORIC MONUMENT, REPRESENTS A FAILURE TO ADHERE TO CEQA, THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE EVIDENCE FOR THE LOSS. YOU MUST FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE OF YOUR OWN EXPERTS AND DENY DEMOLITION. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] AND YES, IN THE CENTER. >> Speaker: JESUS GOMEZ, I'M GOING TO INTERPRET. >> City Attorney: OKAY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M SORRY? >> City Attorney: WHAT WOULD THE SPEAKER LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M GOING TO INTERPRET FOR MS. JESUS GOMEZ. SHE LIVES IN THE CITY OF EL MONTE AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HER TO COME AND SHARE THE SITUATION. SHE BOUGHT A CONDO IN 2005 AND JUST RECENTLY IN 2024, HER CONDO WENT FOR SECOND TIME AUCTION AND BOUGHT BY AN INVESTOR. SHE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY THAT SHE HIRED A REAL ESTATE COUPLE FROM REMAX AND CHIDER THAT DOES LOW MODIFICATION FORECLOSURE AND BANKRUPTCY, AND NONE DID ANYTHING FOR HER. SHE LOST THE CONDO AND GOT EVICTED. THE COURT DID NOT PUT THE 7-DAY NOTICE THAT HAD TO BE OUT. AND HER DAUGHTER THAT WAS HANDICAP WAS BY HERSELF. AND AS OF TODAY, MS. GOMEZ IS STILL PAYING FOR THE TWO MORTGAGES AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE LAWS CHANGE AND SOMEHOW YOU CAN HELP THESE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. AND, THIS GOES FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT OTHER CITIES, THIS IS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES SO IS THE JURISDICTION IS LIMITED, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE OTHER CITIES. >> Speaker: WE'RE GOING TOMORROW. >> Clerk: ZIGGY CRUZ, SUSAN ROACHA, SMOKING SCAN, CSFSATAFI. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YE, I'M SPEAKING ABOUT MY HOUSE, THAT THEY'RE CHARGING ME. >> City Attorney: OKAY, A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: $650 DOLLARS AND AN INSPECTOR WENT TO MY HOUSE AND FINING ME. I COULD NEVER TALK TO THEM. I WAS CONFUSED, I WANT TO FIND OUT IF YOU CAN HELP ME. I'M DISABLED, I'M A SENIOR AND THE MONEY I GET, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT MYSELF. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. SO, THIS ISN'T AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE BROWN ACT BUT IF YOU CAN BE SO KIND AS TO LET THE SERGEANT KNOW WHAT DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN, I APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SO JUST LET THE SERGEANT KNOW OVER AT THE SIDE, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: SIR, SIR. SIR. CHECK IT. >> Council President: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >> B. Blumenfield: THANKS, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IN THE BACK THERE, WE HAVE VILLAGE CHARTER STUDENT COUNCIL LEADERSHIP GROUP, HEY GUYS. I WANT TO THANK, LA*UZ --[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU THE WENDY THE DIRECT OF STUDENT SERVICES AND THE 81 STUDENT LEAD THAERZ ARE ALL HERE FROM CA NOGA PARK OUT IN SAN FERNANDO. THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGE INING COMMUNITY AND FUNDRAISING. WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE TO SEE HOW OUR COUNCIL OPERATES AND SUPPORTS ANGELINOS JUST LIKE YOU. SOY HOPE THIS VISIT INSPIRES YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE YOUR GREAT WORK. PLEASE ENJOY THE VISIT. WE'LL DO A GROUP PHOTO IN THE BACK A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT WANTED GIVE GUYS A BIG SHOUT OUT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE! [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 29, I KNOW IT'S GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M ZIGGY AND I'M APPEARING TO PROTEST THE RECORD AND FAILURES WE GOT IN ITEM 29. I WOULD URGE THIS COUNCIL TO REJECT THE PLUM'S COMMITTEE TO DENY HP'S APPEAL, MOST IMPORTANTLY THE COUNCIL ACTED JURISDICTION AS THIS EXPIRED ON MARCH 6th. IT ADMITS THAT THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FROM THE CAO OR CLA, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROACH BASED ON APPLICANT CLAIM OF FINANCIAL INFEASIBILITY REGARDING THE ORDINANCE YET THE CITY NEVER VERIFIED THE APPLICANT'S NUMBERS CERTIFYING THE CNR AND FINANCIAL AUDIT IS A FAILURE OF YOUR DUTY. YOU'RE GRANTING A LICENSE TO DESTROY A HISTORIC. YOU JUST MOVED IT AHEAD. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. MS. ROACHA? GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS BULLSHIT, RECORDING AT MY HOUSE ALL DAY LONG. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THAT YOU NOT PLAY ANY AUDIO, IT CAUSES DISTORTION, MAKES IT SO WE CANNOT HEAR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY. >> Speaker: THIS IS A DISTORTION THAT I HAVE TO HEAR EVERY DAY FROM DEVINE SAVIOR, THE SAME BULLSHIT ALL DAY LONG. >> City Attorney: OKAY. WE CAN HEAR IT NOW. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS. BUT YOU TELL THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO TURN IT OFF. DEVINE SAVIOR CATHOLIC CHURCH, ALL DAY LONG, I HAVE TO HEAR THEIR BULLSHIT. TEN TIMES A DAY, I HAVE TO HEAR THIS BULLSHIT IN MY HOUSE. BUT CD1 DOES NOT GIVE A FUCK. THEY TOOK ME TO COURT AND FALSELY ACCUSED ME OF A CRIME THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. I WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY. WHAT AN IDIOT, WHAT AN ASSHOLE THAT HE WOULD DO THAT TO ME. HE NEVER SAID SORRY. THREE WITNESSES, THE GOD DAMN NEVER HAPPENED. AND YOU'RE PRESIDENTER, GABRIELA TAYLOR, PROSECUTED ME. WE HAVE NOT ONE WITNESS BECAUSE OF A BIG FAT LIE AND NOW I'M STUCK HEARING THE BULLSHIT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. MS. ROACHA, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING, PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THIS MEETING. WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKERS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: SPEAKING FOR THE PEOPLE, WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ELEMENT OF BALANCE! WE HAVE AN IMMATURE DESTRUCTIVE ARRANGEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IN A FORM OF ECONOMIC INBALANCE, BILLIONAIRES ON ONE SIDE AND LOW INCOME ON THE OTHER. A FORMULA OF BALANCE SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FORM OF A PASSIONATE GRADUATED TAX REFORMATION. THE ELIMINATION OF BILLIONAIRE STATUS AND PROBABLY MILLIONAIRE STATUS, NOT SURE THE ARITHMETIC AT THIS POINT, SHOULD BE PUT INTO PLACE WHERE FULL STATE OF EQUALITY NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND IMPLEMENTED. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? WE NEED TO ELIMINATE MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRE STATUS AND HAVE A FULL EQUALITY. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BEFORE WE GO TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ITEM 2 BE CONTINUED TO MAY 19th, PLEASE. >> Council President: 5-19, ITEM NUMBER? ITEM NUMBER 2, OKAY. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: AND COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YES, I WOULD LIKE ITEM 19 CONTINUED FOR A MONTH. >> Council President: ITEM 19 CONTINUED FOR 30 DAYS. >> I. Padilla: CORRECT. >> Clerk: 30 DAYS WOULD TAKE TO US WEDNESDAY MAY 20th. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WILL CALL MORE NAMES EDWARD HAIRET ALEX MICHAELA ACREMAN, ANDREW S, AUDIT L.A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, NEXT SPEAKER? YES, GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: YES, GOOD MORNING. THIS MESSAGE IS FOR MY, FOR EVERYONE IN MY CD1, I WANT AN APPOINTMENT PERSONALLY IN PRIVATE. I MET WITH YOU ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN THE HALLWAY. REAL QUICK, I HAVE A WOMAN THAT BOUGHT A PROPERTY NEXT TO MY HOUSE AND REMOVED THE FOUNDATION WITH NO PERMITS. PERMITS WERE PENDING AND THAT PROPERTY NO FOUNDATION UNTIL PRESENT. SO MY BROTHERS AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN SHIFTING AND GETTING DAMAGED. AND WE'RE IN A DOWNHILL. THE OWNER APPLIED FOR SOME KIND OF DECLARATION OWNER-BUILDER THAT MEANS THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRIBUTION LICENSE. I NOTICED THAT SHE HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION THAT THEY DON'T WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LICENSE. I'M WONDERING HOW THE CITY INSPECTORS CAN GETAWAY WITH THIS. I MET WITH THEM AND THEY GANGED UP ON ME AND I HAD A STROKE SO IF I CAN HAVE A MEETING WITH MY COUNCILMEMBER UNTIL WE REPORT THIS TO TITLE INSURANCE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER? >> Speaker: I'M EDWARD MORENO, I'M HERE ON OT EAST LOS ANGELES COALITION AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MONUMENT AREA EAST LOS ANGELESREFERRED TO AS AT 5-POINTS. TWO YEARS AGO, THE AREA WAS VANDALIZED AND IS THE BRONZE MARKET WAS STOLEN. WE HAVE RAISED FUNDS AND WE WANT TO REINSTALL IT. THE ISSUE IS WE HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT MS. JURADO'S OFFICE, WE WANT TO HAVE A MEETING SO WE CAN HAVE A CEREMONY, I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AT THE CEREMONY AND WE WANT INPUT ON HOW THE PROGRAM IS ARRANGED. PLEASE, MS. JURADO, I KNOW TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THE BACK OF MY T-SHIRT SAYS S THE CIA CONTROLS PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR AROUND ME. I NEED A TRANSLATOR. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO THE IN THE 6th BOOK OF RENE PITMAN, THE BOOK CLAIMS THAT THE HUSBAND OF YOUR WIFE SEES THE SEX ORGANS OF THE JUST BORN GRANDDAUGHTER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: RENE BECOMES AUTOMOUS AND ASKED IF HE'S A PEDOPHILE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I AGREE WITH RENE BECAUSE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE THE CIA CAN CONTROL OTHER PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR. >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, NOBODY BELIEVES IT, THAT THE CIA, THROUGH DIRECTED ENERGY. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL THE LAST FEW NAMES. LAURA AND JUMBO AND THEN ALSO OPEN IT UP SO ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND WHO HAVE NOT HEARD THEIR NAMES, PLEASE COME UP TO THE LEFT AND TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS ALEX VANS LA AND I'M HERE FOR ITEM 13. >> City Attorney: SORRY, YOU SAID 13 AND? >> Speaker: AND 4120 SOUTH NORMANDI. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. >> Speaker: WE ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY BACK IN AUGUST 2024. WHEN WE PURCHASED A PROPERTY, IT WAS A SUBSTANDARD THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE INSTALLED IN TEN DAYS. THAT NOTICE WAS PLACED 2023. AS SOON AS WE CLOSED ESCROW, SINCE THERE WAS NO MONETARY LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, WE CONTACTED WITH BUILDING AND SAFETY AND ALSO CONTACT WITH MR. PRICE'S OFFICE AND WE GOT NO RESPONSE FROM ANYTHING. SO AT THAT POINT, THE FENCE STARTED GOING UP, WE CONTINUED TO EMAIL STATING THAT THE PROPERTY WAS SECURED, WE DIDN'T NEED ANYMORE FENCE AND NOBODY EVER GOT BACK TO TUESDAY AND NOW WE GET A BILL FOR 31,000 FOR A FENCE. SO WE'RE CONTESTING THIS FENCE AS SOMETHING WE DID NOT REQUIRE OR APPROVE OF. >> City Attorney: OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THERE IS A GOOD LAW --GOOD REASON THAT LAW REQUIRES, WHETHER IT'S COURT IN LEGISLATURE, SO THAT PEOPLE SEE THEY'RE BEING REPRESENTED. THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT PROSECUTORS ARE NOT QUOTE, PHONING IT IN AND COUNCILMEMBERS ARE NOT BEING PRESSED TO MAKE SECRET DEALS. LATELY THERE HAVE BEEN CLAIMS THAT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY ATTORNEY AND COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE CONFIDENTIAL, THIS IS FALSE. THEY ARE PUBLIC RECORDS AND NEED TO BE DISCLOSED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER. IN THE RARE CASES ON GOING LITIGATION WHERE THEY LEGITIMATELY ARE SUPPOSE TO BE RESTRICTED, THE EXISTENCE IS SUPPOSE TO BE DOCUMENTED FOR THE PUBLIC. SO WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSE TO DO WHEN THE LAWS ARE BROKEN BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSE TO ENFORCE THEM? THE PROSECUTORS ARE KEEPING THESE FROM CRIMINAL JURIES, YOU ALL NEED TO RAISE HELL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 29 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 29 IS NOT OPEN BUT YOU CAN SPEAK IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: ANDREW, SPEAKING ON THE BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY OF THE PROPOEDS DEMOLITION BUILDING IN BRENTWOOD. IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT THIS DECISION WAS MADE TO GO FOR THE CLEARANCE OF LOT. THAT'S THE DECISION THAT COUNCIL WENT WITH AND IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE A PROCESS WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE NORMAL CEQA PROCESS AND ENTITLEMENT PROCESS. THERE WERE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE DEVELOPERS, TO PURSUE REMEDY AND BUILD A PROJECT THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS BUT WE'VE DIVERTED THAT FOR THIS OWNER. SO, THIS THAT'S A TROUBLING PRECEDENCE AND WE HOPE THAT IT'S ONE OF ONE, AND WE WILL FIGHT IT FURTHER. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? ? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO I'M HERE TO EXPOSE THE CULT OF SCIENTOLOGY AND THEIR MANIPULATIVE WAYS INTO THE CITY. WE KEEP ASKING TO GET THE REVOKABLE PERMITS FOR THAT. THEY'RE JUST USING THEM FOR RECRUITMENT TACTICS. HUGO IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M ASKING THAT HUGO AND HIS DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY GET INVOLVED IN THE PERMITS THAT SCIENTOLOGY IS USING TO INFILTRATE AND SETTING UP FAKE EASTER EVENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT'S RUINING THE EAST HOLLYWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW SCIENTOLOGY, THE BLUES BUILDINGS HAVE OVERTAKE EN THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I'M ASKING THAT HUGO AND THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT STARTS HELPING US EXPOSE AND STOP GIVING PERMITS TO SCIENTOLOGY FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, PERIOD, REFOC THEIR PERMITS! >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? OR WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC INPUT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS AND LAPD, WAS HERE SPEAKING TO ANOTHER ISSUE. I'M FRANCISCO JUAREZ AND I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOUR PATRIOTISM. I REPRESENT THE VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE CREATED THE MEDAL OF HONOR WALL THAT EXIST AT YANGA PARK, YOU HAVE CONSTITUENTS AND VETERAN FAMILIES AS CONSTITUENTS. WE HAVE HELD 11 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL MARCH 25th MEDAL OF HONOR DAY EVENTS. THIS LAST EVENT WAS BIGGER AND MORE SUCCESSFUL. UNEXPECTED, THE FIRST TIME THAT DOT COSTS US 3000 AND WE HAD TO DIG INTO OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS. COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO HELPED WITH $500. ALL VETERAN FAMILY MEMBERS BENEFIT FROM THIS EDUCATION EVENT. PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING US GET OUR 2500 BACK AND WAVING THE FUTURE COSTS FUTURE EVENTS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: THAT'S ME. >> City Attorney: THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT 2 THROUGH 24 AND 26 THROUGH 61. >> Speaker: YOU CAUGHT ME OFF TOPIC, IF I MISS ONE. GO AHEAD? I WANT TO START OFF WITH THE SUMMER PROGRAM, HOPEFULLY THAT'S ON TOPIC. I WAS AT THE FIRE MISSION MEETING AND THERE IS THE FIRE THING HERE. I WAS GOING TO SAY GIVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MONEY, IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THEY HAVE TO CALL PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND THEY WANT TO RETIRE. YOU'RE NOT GIVING THEM, THEY SAY THEY'RE EXHAUSTED. I KNOW SMOKING SCAN AGREES WITH THAT THIS, WE WANT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, TAKEN CARE OF. HI, HUGO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SCIENCE GROUPS. THEY'RE ADVERTISING DRUG-FREE WORLD SO THAT BETTER NOT SHOW UP AT ANY CITY, ANYTHING HOPEFUL NOT, BECAUSE KNOW THAT SCIENTOLOGY AND THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN MENTAL HEALTH, THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANY OF THAT. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE ABATEMENTS, OKAY. LIKE THERE IS A LOT. AND I'VE BEEN ASKING, I KEEP SEEING ALL OF THESE OTHER ABATEMENTS, BUT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A LONG TIME ABATEMENT OF 4810 SUNSET BOULEVARD CROSS STREET L RON HUBBARD WAY, THE BIG BLUE SCIENTOLOGY BUILDING, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO COLLAPSE. THEY HARASS THE NEIGHBORS, AND MR. HUGO, YOU CAN ATTEST TO THIS, FOR SURE, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT LISTENING. THANK YOU, MS. HERNANDEZ, I KNOW YOU'RE LISTENING, I APPRECIATE YOU. THEY HAVE SO THE LETTERS FROM NOISE COMPLAINTS, LIGHT COMPLAINTS, TRUCK COMPLAINTS, CLOSING THE STREETS, SO MANY COMPLAINTS, IT'S ENDLESS, HOW IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS A VARIANCE OR AT LEAST ENFORCE THE PERMITS. AND MR. PRESIDENT, YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY, OKAY. HE'S STILL LISTENING. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS DURING GENERAL. BUT TAKE THE ITEMS FOR THE NEXT 55 SECONDS. >> Speaker: SORRY, I GET SIDE TRACKED WHEN SOMEBODY OWES ME AN APOLOGY, MR. LEE. SO I WANT TO CONTINUE, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE THESE HOUSES, THESE ABATEMENT, GIVE ONE TO SMOKING SCAN, GIVE ME ONE, AND THE REST OF THEM, WE'LL USE IT TO HELP THE VICTIMS THAT WANT TO LEAVE, ONCE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO. IT'S DISTRACTING WHEN YOU HAVE HUGO, IT'S HIS AREA AND HE'S NOT LISTENING, IT'S DISTRACTING, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I KNOW I DIDN'T USE MY WHOLE DEPARTMENT ON THAT. I WAS JUST UP THERE, ONE THING I FEEL BAD FOR THEM FOR, THEY DON'T GET ENOUGH MONEY. LAPD, NO OFFENSE, TO THESE GUYS HERE, THEY GET ALL THE BUDGET. WHY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO FIGHT FOR EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW. AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BASICALLY, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, I AM TIRED. I WENT TO EASTER, SCIENTOLOGY'S EASTER EVENT. THEY DON'T CELEBRATE EASTER, BUT IT'S ANOTHER RECRUITING EVENT. AND AGAIN, BORDER STREET SERVICES SAID THEY CANNOT CLOSE THE SIDEWALKS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN OPEN FIRE LANE OKAY. THEY HAD NEITHER! NEITHER! OKAY, THEY CLOSED IT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY COP SHOPPED AND GOT A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO NR BIDDING. THEY SAID, OH YEAH, WE'RE CLOSING IT. IT'S GOT TO STOP AND I DON'T KNOW WHY MR. HUGO AND AN ELECTION YEAR SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF THIS T.HE SHOULD BE HANDLING HIS BUSINESS IN HIS AREA, BUT HE'S NOT. WE WANT A FIRE LANE OPEN. WE WANT THE PERMITS TO STOP. REVOKE THE R-PERMIT. TAKE THE STREET. WHY IS IS THE STREET NAMED AFTER SOMEBODY THAT CREATED A CULT. I DON'T GET IT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS. MADAM CLERK, WE'LL BEGIN CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I AM REQUESTING THAT ITEMS 4 AND 5 ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 8, NUMBER 15 ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 AND, AND 16 ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT 5, THAT THOSE BE RECEIVED AND FILED. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND? >> Council President: YAROSLAVSKY SECONDS. DO WE NEED A VOTE. >> Clerk: YES, 4, 5, 15 AND 16, >> Council President: ALL RIGHT OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 28. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NOW THE LARGE VOTE BLOCK WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 3 THROUGH 5, EXCUSE ME, ITEM 3, 7 THROUGH 9, 12 THROUGH--EXCUSE ME, 12 AND 14, 17 AND 18, 20 THROUGH 24, 35 THROUGH 39, 41 THROUGH 59, AND 61. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WAS GOING TO ASK IF WE CAN SEND ITEM 35 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ITEM 35 FORTHWITH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. WHAT'S NEXT, MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: OKAY, IF THE COUNCIL LIKE TO TAKE UP THE ITEMS FOR WHICH COUNCILMEMBER PRICE RECUSED HIMSELF. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT MR. PRICE RECUSED HIMSELF FOR 3 ITEMS. AND MADAM CLERK, MAY WE TAKE UP 26 AS AMENDED AND 24 AND 36 TOGETHER. >> Clerk: IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE UP THOSE ITEMS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL INVITE MR. PRICE TO RETURN. >> Clerk: AND CONFIRM, THAT WILL BE 26 AS AMENDED. >> Council President: YES. AND NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 28, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ITEM 28 IS NOT JUST ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF OUR CONSTRUCTION TRAITS. I WAS PROUD TO COLLABORATION WIH THE LOS ANGELES CONSERVATION CORE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT HELPS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. MAKING SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CAN DEVELOP A LIFE SKILL, WE CREATED A PILOT THAT PAYS YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET IN CLASSROOM TRAINING FROM JOURNEYMEN, FROM CARPENTER AND TEACHES THEM REBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION RELATE TODAY SIDEWALK REPAIR AND THEN THEY GET TO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN AND REPAIR THE VERY SAME BROKEN SIDEWALKS THAT WE KNOW IS PLAGUING OUR CITY WITH LIABILITY AND LIMITING MOBILITY. IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE RETAIRD OVER 36 LOCATIONS, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN CURRENTLY WITH AN ADDITIONAL COHORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED TO DO THIS WORK. SO I WANT TO THANK MAYOR BASS, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR HELPING US EXPAND THIS EFFORT, SO THAT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE GREAT JOB TRAINING, GIVE THEM A GREAT LIVE SKILL BUT ALSO ADDRESS ONE OF THE CRITICAL CONCERNS THAT WE'RE FACING, MS. YAROSLAVSKY AS YOU KNOW, THE LIABILITY COMPLAINT. THIS IS A TRIPLE WIN, SO IT'S MAKING THE MOST OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND HELPING TO REINVESTMENT IN THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND REPAIRING ONE OF THE GREATEST LIABILITIES THAT WE'RE FACING IN THE CITY. I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MODEL AND REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS ACROSS OUR CITY. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF INITIATIVES THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PRECIOUS TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HELP INVEST IN YOUNG PEOPLE, HELP ADDRESS ONE OF THE CRITICAL CONCERNS PHASING --FACING MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY HELPING TO MITIGATE OUR LIABILITY RISK AND ADDRESSING ONE OF THE CHRONIC NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING THIS ALONGSIDE MANY OF YOU IN YOUR RESPECTIVE SDPIFT MAKING SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE GET EXPOSED TO HELP BE THE PROBLEM SOLVERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE OTHER PATHWAY TO SEE MAKE A LIVE AND AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT THEY LIVE IN. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING THIS. THIS IS A HUGE DEAL. THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS WHERE WE ALLOCATED MONEY FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR AND WE DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT NEED GOOD JOBS AND THESE ARE GOOD JOBS. AND IF SOMEBODY GETS TRAINED TO FIX SIDEWALKS, GUESS WHAT, THEY CAN GO TO ANY BIG CITY IN THE WORLD. BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS ARE GOING TO BREAK EVERYWHERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK IN LONG BEACH, IN PARIS IN MEXICO CITY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO BUILD A LEGACY OF THE CITY AND CREATE LIFETIME TAXPAYERS FOR OUR GREAT CITY. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THAT WORK. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND IF WITHOUT OBJECTION, CAN THE COUNCIL SEND 28 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO 60 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A VAIT VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, AS WE PREPARE TO GO TO INTO THIS BUDGET SEASON, I JUST WANT TO NOTE ITEM 60 IS AMONG ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE LIVING WITH AND CONFRONTING AS A RESULT OF POLICY DECISIONS BEING MADE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. CREATING THE BUREAU OF, CREATING THIS HOMELESSNESS BUREAU WITHIN LAHD WAS DONE BY AN ACT OF BUDGET ABSENT COMPREHENSIVE AND POLICY DIALOGUE TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO FUNCTION. SO WHEN WE WONDER WHY THINGS ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL IS BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN AMPLE CONVERSATION AND UNDERSTANDING TO DEVELOP HOW EXACTLY IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION. NOW LAHD IS STRUGGLING TO HELPING TO FIGURE OUT THE HIRING PLAN BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ACTUAL VISION, AND THAT'S SADLY COMES AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE FOR MS. RAMAN TO SCHEDULE A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE. SO I'M GOING TO BE CONTINUE TO BE A NO-VOTE ON THE ALLOCATION OF THIS STAFF BECAUSE IT'S STILL, DOES NOT HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE HAVE TO REFORM AN ENTIRELY DYSFUNCTIONAL AND DISJOINTED SYSTEM AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS MERELY AGAIN, I FEEL IN MY WAY A PERFORMATIVE MOMENT RATHER THAN A SUBSTANTIATIVE CHANGE, SO SIL NOT BE SIGNING ON TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON. WE'RE IN A FISCAL DECISION THAT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO MAKE SLOPPY DECISIONS, WE'VE GOT A LOT OBLIGATIONS TO COVER. BUT FRANKLY IT CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME THE LACK OF ADVANCEMENT IN HAVING A REFORM STRATEGY. WE CANNOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT POLITICALLY AND THROW IT OUT THERE AS IF WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE IT RIGHT NOW. SO, I'M A NO ON THIS ITEM. I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY THAT COMES TO THIS COUNCIL THAT WE CAN ADVANCE TO WE CAN ACTUALLY REFORM A SYSTEM THAT THE CITY WANT TO SEE REFORMED. AND IT'S NOT SNAG YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE AT THE MAYOR'S LEVEL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO NOW. SO I'M A NO-VOTE AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES INCLUDING THE CHAIR OF HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING, MS. RAMAN TO ADVANCE A POLICY DIE DIALOGUE THAT HELPS INFORM HOW WE CHANGE THIS SYSTEM. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: TEN AYES, TWO NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT ? >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEM 21. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION, CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THAT ITEM TO MAY 5th. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: THANK YOU MR. PRICE. >> Council President: MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE ITEM 13 FOR 30 DAYS. ITEM 13. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE MAY HAVE TO DO A RECONSIDERATION. MADAM CLERK, ITEM 13? >> Clerk: WE HELD THAT ON THE DESK SO IT CAN BE CONTINUED TO WEDNESDAY MAY 20th. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. THANK YOU MR. PRICE. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO TAKE UP ITEM 40 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE? >> Clerk: NINE AYES, THREE NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU THAT COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: I THINK WE MAY HAVE MISSED SOMEBODY. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: MADAM CITY CLERK, CAN I BE RECORDED AS A NO. >> Clerk: 8 AYES AND 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE MOTIONS FOR POSTED AND REFERRED. THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: CAN WE SEND ITEM 34 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ITEM FORTHWITH, WITHOUT OB NEXT. DB OBJECTION. ANY OTHER SPECIALS? ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE TWO. ADJOURNING MOTIONS. FIRST, IS FOR THE HONORABLE DEE LUKE, I'LL ASK HIS FAMILY TO JOIN US ON STAGE. COME ON UP, DON'T BE SHY, COME ON UP. ALL THE WAY. COLLEAGUES, TODAY, I RISE TO PRESENT AN ADJOURNING MOTION IN HONOR OF JUDGE SHELLER DAVID LUKE A TRAILBLAZER WHO'S LIFE EMBODIED COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE. BORN IN LOS ANGELES, TO PARENTS WHO MIGRATED FROM LOUISIANA IN THE 1920s IN SEARCH OF OPPORTUNITY AND DIGNITY, MR. LUKE WAS RAISED IN SOUTH L.A. AND DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS. FROM YOUNG AGE, HE HAD GREAT TALENT PERFORMING WITH LORETTA AND APPEARING IN UNIVERSAL STUDIOS MOVIES. AS A TEENAGER, HE USED HIS PERFORMANCE TO PURCHASE A HOME FOR HIS MOTHER. WHEN WE ATTENDED UCLA HE MADE HISTORY AS A FIRST BLACK STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AT UCLA AND ONLY THE SECOND IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. HE WENT ON TO EARN A BACHELOR'S AND MAST ERS IN BERKELEY AND DOCTORATE AND PASSED THE BAR ON HIS FIRST TRY. HIS LEADERSHIP INCLUDED DEPUTY MAYOR OF WASHINGTON DC, CHIEF DEPUTY ASSESSOR FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, AID TO GOVERN PAT BROWN AND PRESIDENT OF LOS ANGELES CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. HE ALSO SERVED AS A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE PROVIDING OVER THOUSANDS OF CASES AND LATER AS A JUSTICE PRO TEM IN A LONG TIME ARBITRATOR. BEYOND HIS TITLE MR. LUKE WAS COMMITTED TO MENTORSHIP, EDUCATION AND CIVIC LIFE INCLUDING SERVING AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT LAYOLA HONORED WITH JACKIE ROBINSON AWARD AND UPLIFTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY. MR. LUKE FILLED A LONG AND VIBRANT LIFE, HE LOVED JAZZ AND SPORTS AND TRAVEL AND COMMUNITY. HE WAS A DE VOTED MEMBER OF OUR OWN METHODIST CHURCH IN THE 10th DISTRICT. HE BELIEVED IN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES ONCE STATING HIS PURPOSE IN LIFE WAS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MINORITY INDIVIDUAL. HONORABLE JUDGE LUKE PASSED AWAY THIS PAST MARCH AT THE AGE O 97 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FORMER ANNE, AND HIS PARTNER, AND CHILDREN, AND GRANDCHILDREN, CLAUDIO, WHO IS WITH US HERE TODAY AND GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL THOSE HE MENT ORDER THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. HE NOT ONLY HONOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT BUT THE LASTING IMPACT HE MADE IN OUR CITY AND GENERATIONS THAT WILL FOLLOW AND WE CELEBRATE JUDGE LUKE FOR THINKING ENOUGH OF US TO CREATE THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE AND RECORD OF SERVICE ON BEHALF OF HIS FAMILY, HIS COMMUNITY, HIS CHURCH BUT ALSO OUR GREAT CITY. AND SO WITH THAT, WE ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY AND ASK THAT HE REST IN PEACE AND THE POWER THAT HE HAS EARNED. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. SHELLERILL GREW WUP MY MOTHER AND BOTH WENT DO UCLA MANY WERE SO PROUD OF BARRIERS HE BROKE. WHEN I WAS FIRST APPOINTED, I WAS ABLE TO SEE HIM AT ONE OF THE CAL ORGANIZATIONAL EVENTS AND HE TOLD ME HOW PROUD MY MOTHER WOULD BE OF ME BECAUSE HE KNEW HER SO WELL. WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED TO THE ADJOURNING MOTION IN HIS HONOR. HE WAS A CHANGE-MAKER IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: I WOULD ASK THAT WE ALL BE ADDED, HE WAS A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AND SORELY MISSED. >> Council President: ALL MEMBERS FOR JUDGE LUKE? ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. WITHOUT OUR NEXT ADJOURNING MOTION, TODAY IN ADDITION TO JUDGE LUKE, I RISE TO ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN HONOR OF MS. SANDRA K FISHER A WOMEN WHO'S FAITH AND LOVE SHAPED EVERYBODY AROUND HERE. BORN IN INDIANA IN THE 1930s AND BUILT A REMARKABLE CAREER HERE IN OUR CITY. ATTENDED 33rd STREET ELEMENTARY AND MANUAL ARTS, EARNED A BACHELOR DEGREE, IN 15956 AND MASTERS IN EDUCATION FROM UCLA, MILD STONES THAT MARK. WENT ON TO SERVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS LOS ANGELES FROM AVOLON GARDENS IN THE 9th DISTRICT ALL THE WAY REST IN BEL AIR APPROACHING--DEVOTED MORE THAN FOUR DECADES TO THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVING FROM 1956 TO 1996 AS A TEACHER ADMINISTRATOR, RESEARCHER AND ULTIMATELY RETIRING AS A PRINCIPAL AFTER FOUR DECADES OF SERVICE. CHAMPIONED EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. ALONG HER, HER BELOVED HUSBAND WHO JOINED US TODAY, COFOUNDED HER THE VERY FAMOUS AND GROUNDBREAKING WATTS LEARNING CENTER, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BACK IN 1997 AND THE WATTS LEARNING CENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2007, IN ENORMOUS COMMUNITY INSTITUTION IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES. SHE SERVED AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THESE INSTITUTIONS BECAME BEACONS OF UNTS AND COMMUNITY FOR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT SOUTH L.A. AS A CO-FOUNDER OF EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, HER INFLUENCE CONTINUES THROUGH PEOPLE AND THE PROGRAMS SHE HELPED BUILT. SHE UPLIFTED THE COMMUNITY WITH PASSION AND DEEP COMMITMENT AND WISDOM AND JUSTICE FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITY'S PEOPLE. SHE LOVED MUSIC, GATHERINGS, AND THE WARMTH OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. HER GRACE HUMOR AND WELCOMING SPIRIT MADE EVERY SINGLE SPACE BRIGHTER. SHE LAID DOWN TO REST FOR THE FINAL TIME ON NOVEMBER 26, 2025 AT THE AGE OF 90. LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY OF FAITH, EXCELLENCE, FAMILY AND LOVE. HER IMPACT CONTINUES TO LIVE WITHIN HER FAMILY AND STUDENTS AND COUNTLESS LIFE THAT SHE HAS TOUCHED. WE HONOR HER FOR CARRYING VALUES AND BEING THAT CITIZEN THAT WE ALL HOPE TO BE AND LEAVING THE MARK THAT WE ALL HOPE TO LEAVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WITH THAT, WE ASK THAT THIS COUNCIL ADJOURN AND THAT SHE REST IN PEACE AND POWER. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.