>> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS AND ATTENDEES, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY IS MARCH 5, 23025, MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON FOR TODAY'S MEETING. 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. 14 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: OKAY, BEFORE I RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA, I WANT TO ASK COUNCILMEMBERS TO DO INTRODUCTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME SOME GUESTS. WE HAVE THE INCREDIBLE THIRD GRADE CLASS FROM SAINT MATTHEW'S PARISH SCHOOL IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES. [APPLAUSE] THESE ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS AND INNOVATORS IN OUR CITY AND SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITE ASKED PROUD TO HAVE THEM WITH US TODAY. FOR GENERATIONS, SAINT MATTHEW'S HAS BEEN ACORNER STONE OF LEARNING AND COMMUNITY, SHAPING YOUNG MINDS AND INSTILLING THE VALUES OF SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENT. IT'S NOT JUST A SCHOOL IT'S A PLACE FOR STUDENTS ARE INSPIRED TO ACT WITH KINDNESS AND TO DREAM WITHOUT LIMITS. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BROUGHT UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES LIKE COVID AND NOW THE DEVASTATING FIRES THAT FORCED THE SCHOOL TOTEM PO RARE' RELOCATE TO SANTA MONICA, BUT IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT WE KNOW ABOUT SAINT MATTHEWS IS THEIR RESILIENCE. THE STRENGTH, THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE FAMILIES IT'S TRULY INSPIRING AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SAINT MATTHEW' WILL RISE AND REBUILD AND CONTINUE TO SHINE EVEN BRIGHTER THAN BEFORE. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER VERY VERY SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY MR. TIM McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF OUR FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, MS. NATALIE REYEZ. [APPLAUSE] NATALIE AS YOU KNOW AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT YOU MANY TIMES HERE IN THE CHAMBERS WHILE YOU WERE IN SERVICE, IS NO STRANGER TO THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. SHE STARTED HER CAREER AS A FIELD DEPUTY AND LATER SENIOR ADVISOR, SHE WAS VERY YOUNG TO MIKE FEUER, THOSE ARE THE DAYS WHEN YOU WON THE ELECTION ON JUNE 6th, JUNE 6th AND THE TRANSITION WAS JULY ONE. AND EMPLOYEE NUMBER ONE AND EMPLOYEE NUMBER TWO HAD THE TASK THAT WE SET UP THE ENTIRE OFFICE AND THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT WAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS, FOUR WAOE,Z THAT WAS INCREDIBLE, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND IT WAS A BIG CHARACTER BUILDER. AS THE MAYOR'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, SHE MAIRJD THE OFFICE OF PROTOCOL INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND HELPED ESTABLISHED THE CITY'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS WHICH WAS THE FIRST OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS. AFTER CITY SERVICE, NATALIE SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ASTECA AMERICA AND VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR MEXICAN CONGLOMERATE AND LATER WENT ON TO SERVE AS CEO OF LATINO VICTORY AND ALSO SERVED AS THE MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WOODROW SCHOLARS APPOINTED BY THEN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. IN 2022, SHE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN TO INSTITUTE OF PEACE. IN 2023 NOMINATED BY THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT AS U.S. AMBASSADOR OF CROATIA AND CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE MAKING HER THE SECOND ANGELINO IN RESENT MONTHS, THE OTHER BEING ERIC GARCETTI, FOR BEING AMBASSADOR. THE 1-5 AND YOU HEARD ME SAY MANY MANY TIMES, HOME OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITIES. AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SAN PEDRO HAD A GREAT FRIEND IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND WE CALL ON OUR FRIENDS WHEN WE NEED HELP, RIGHT. IN NOVEMBER A DELEGATION VISITED AMBASSADOR REYEZ FROM CROATIA WHERE WE SIGNED A CROATIA HOUSE WHICH WILL BE HOUSED IN SAN PEDRO IN THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES DURING THE PARALYMPICS GAMES. IT WAS THE FIRST HOUSE ESTABLISHED AND WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED BUT FOR AMBASSADOR REYEZ REALLY PUSHING HARD AND OPENING DOORS FOR US. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO DECADES OF FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT TO AND FROM AMBASSADOR REYEZ, ONE OF THE PROUDEST PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP I'VE EVER HAD AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE AMBASSADOR SO PLEASE COLLEAGUES, LET'S WELCOME AMBASSADOR REYEZ TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND HEAR A FEW WORDS OF WISDOM. >> THANK YOU, I PROMISE I WILL NOT GET EMOTIONAL BUT LET ME LIFT THIS UP A LITTLE BIT. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS, YOUR FRIENDS, MY SISTER WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE, I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AND TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. NOT JUST FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNCIL BUT FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP, SEFRK AS YOUR DEPUTY WHEN YOU WERE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THEN MAYOR HAHN WAS ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES OF MY CAREER AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU SET UP LEADERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY AND WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND EXAMPLE. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO MAYOR JIM HAHN WHO GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN HIS ADMINISTRATION, HIS COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ME. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK EVERY ONE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HERE AT CITY HALL. A GROUP OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO SHAPED MY JOURNEY IN WAYS I WILL NEVER FORGET. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MANDY MORALES WHO'S DEDICATION AND HARD WORK WERE INVALUABLE DURING MY TIME HERE WHILE WE WERE TOGETHER. STANDING HERE TODAY, I CANNOT HELP BUT TO REFLECT ON THE DAYS WHEN I WALKED THESE HALLS AND SAT AROUND THIS EXACT HORSESHOE. A YOUNG STAFFER WITH BIG DREAMS EAGER TO SERVE AND EAGER TO LEARN. I DIDN'T KNOW THEN, WHERE MY PATH WOULD TAKE ME, BUT I KNEW I KNEW THAT THIS PLACE, THIS CITY AND THE PEOPLE IN IT, WERE SHAPING MY FUTURE. LOS ANGELES IS WHERE MY JOURNEY BEGAN, FIRST AS TIM SAID WITH MIKE FEUER IN HIS FIELD OFFICE IN SHERMAN OAKS AND THEN CITY HALL AND EVENTUALLY GLOBAL STAGE AT AS UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO BEAUTIFUL CROATIA. THE EXPERIENCE SHAPED THE LEADER I BECAME, AND NO MATTER WHERE LIFE HAS TAKEN ME, LOS ANGELES, THIS CITY HAS REMAINED A PART OF ME. ITS ENERGY FUELING MY PASSION FOR SERVICE. IT'S DIVERSITY MY PERSPECTIVE AND ITS RESILIENCE, ITS RESILIENCE REMINDING ME OF PERSEVERANCE, LET US NOT FORGET THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CITY. THE CITY SHAPED ME AND CHALLENGED ME AND GAVE MET FOUNDATION TO SERVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. AND WHILE MY CAREER HAS TAKEN ME AROUND THE WORLD LOS ANGELES WILL ALWAYS BE MY HOME. THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKE LOS ANGELES A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND A CITY OF PROGRESS. I'M TRULY HUMBLED AND VERY GRATEFUL, THANK YOU ALL. >> T. McOsker: WELL SAID. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AMBASSADOR AND THANK YOU MR. McOSKER FOR INVITING HER TO VISIT WITH US TODAY. WELCOME HOME. >> T. McOsker: SOME WEEKS AGO, ALL OF US SIGNED THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT AND CONGRATULATING THE AMBASSADOR ON HER AMBASSADORSHIP, I COULD NOT BRING IT TO CROATIA SO I LOOKED FORWARD TO GIVING IT TO HER WHEN SHE CAME TO LOS ANGELES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MARCH 4, 2025. >> Council President: THAT'S GREAT, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PARK SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTION FOESER APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN SECONDS. CAN WE RUN TLUT AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM 20 ON THE DESK. 1 THROUGH 21 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 22 THROUGH 26 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEM 27 IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE NEEDED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 21 SEPARATE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ARE YOU STAYING UP FOR ITEM OR POS TOUR. >> Y. Jurado: TO STAY AWAKE. >> C. Price: OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ADVISED ME TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 20 BECAUSE I'M A LANDLORD. >> Council President: ITEM 20 FOR MR. PRICE. WHAT ITEM DOES THAT LEAVE US TO VOTE ON, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 19. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 1 THROUGH 19 ARE NOW BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S EX? >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW TAKE ON ITEM 21 HELD SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, ANY COMMENTS? JUST TO VOTE? ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON 21, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THE COUNSELOR SUL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. > Council President: ITEM 20 WE HAVE TO HOLD. >> Clerk: YES, ITEM 20 IS HELD ON THE DESK. >> Council President: FOR RECUSAL OR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Clerk: IT'S BEING HELD FOR AN AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING WORKED ON? >> Council President: OKAY, WE'LL PREPARE THE ROOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MR. CLERK. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO 3 MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN F.YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL IF YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET CLEARLY OR IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC, IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 22 THROUGH 27. AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 22 THROUGH 27. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR TOUP ONE MINUTE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE MEMBERS MAY SPEAK TO ANY CITY JURISDICTION. ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT AND IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS TO THE REST OF THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND, WE'RE HAVING A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH THE SOUND. >> Translator: OKAY. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND DON'T WORRY WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME ANNOUNCED WHEN YOU LINE UP. AFTER YOU HEAR YOUR NAME ANNOUNCED AND CALLED, YOU CAN LINE UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, FOR CLARITY, NUMBERS ARE CALLED IN RANDOM SO IT'S NOT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU SIGNED UP. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SHELLEY, JOE VAN, ROBYN LINE, ROBIN SIMS, LAURA MATTER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH NAME DID YOU SIGN UP UNDER? >> Speaker: JOHNNY SINS, LET'S DOUBLE CHECK GAOBL TRANSLATE. JOHNNY SINS. >> City Attorney: DID YOU ANNOUNCE JOHNNY SINS YET? >> Clerk: YES, I DID. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER? >> Speaker: DID YOU ANNOUNCE JOHNNY SINS? >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, DO NOT INTERRUPT ME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SERGEANT, DID YOU ANNOUNCE WITH JOHNNY SINS? LET'S START WITH ITEM 22, DID YOU ANNOUNCE JOHNNY SINS. ITEM 22. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 23, JOHNNY SINS, DID YOU ANNOUNCE JOHNNY SINS? ITEM 23. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 24. DID YOU ANNOUNCE JOHNNY SINS, JOHNNY SINS, ITEM NUMBER 24. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THOSE WOKE, I THINK SMOKING SCAM ARE TIRED OF THE SCUPTION, INDICTMENT AFTER INDICTMENT, CONVICTION AFTER CONVICTION I OBJECT COMPETENCY AFTER INCOMPETENCY. MR. SPINDLER LIVE IN COUNCIL ONE, SO HE'S ELIGIBLE TO RUN AGAINST HERNANDEZ. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE SMOKING SCAN VIEWER, WORLDWIDE, MILLIONS OF VIEWER ONLINE, IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND LIVING IN DISTRICT 1, PLAY ATTENTION TO THE BALLOT, MR. SPINDLER CAN UNSEAT HERNANDEZ AND MR. SPINDLER CAN BRING LAW AND ORDER AND ANTI CORRUPTION TO THE CITY. DISTRICT 1, VOTE FOR SPINDLER IN 2026, THANK YOU SMOKING SCAN! >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 20 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: YOU SAID 20 AND GENERAL? >> Speaker: YES. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 20 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: IT'S ON THE SCREEN THOUGH. >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT WAS HELD AT COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS EXHAUSTED. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THEN, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING HONORABLE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I'M A DIRECT AT SAGE. I'M HERE TO ASK TO YOU SUPPORT ITEM 20, THE ORDINANCE TO IT IS TS TEMPORARY SUSPEND CONSTRUCTION. I'M URGING YOU TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT THAT WE MUST MAKE THIS ICO APPLY TO EXISTING CASES. I'VE BEEN ORGANIZE WITHING A GROUP OF TENANTS WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FRAUDULENT EVICTIONS FOR TEN YEARS NOW. THE THIRD EVICTION WAS FILED IN NOVEMBER RIGHT AFTER THE MOTION TO DROP ICO WAS DRAFTED. THIS IS LEAVING TWENTY TENANTS EXPOSE TODAY EVICTION, THE VERY TENANTS THAT EXPOSED THIS EVICTION TO BEGIN WITH. THEY WISH TO BE HERE BUT SINCE THEY ANTICIPATE TO BE EVICTION TRIAL FOR FEW DAYS, THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE ANYMORE DAYS OFF OF WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LUKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI I'M JOE VAN HOUSTON I'M AN AIRPORT WORKER AND MEMBER OF SIWU, WE WERE HERE ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO WHERE YOU VOTED YES ON RAISING THE WAGE FOR THE WORKERS AT LAX AND HOTEL WORKERS AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. BUT, THE JOB IS NOT DONE. WE STILL NEED TO BRING THIS HOME. PLEASE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, LET'S GET THIS HOME, LET'S GET THIS FINALIZE, WE NEED HEALTHCARE, WE NEED INCOME, WE NEED AFFORDABLE INCOME THAT WE CAN SURVIVE ON. LET'S GET THIS DONE AND BRING THIS HOME. DO WHAT YOUR JOB TELLS TO YOU DO AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD. AND SORRY, AND GIVE WORKERS WHAT THEY DESERVE, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 20. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MIB FOR GENERAL COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M ROBYN LINE I'M A TENANT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 AND I'M SPEAKING HERE AGAIN ON ITEM 20. PLEASE SUPPORT THE TEM PO AIRY ORDINANCE TO END RENOVATION WORK. TO MAKING THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE REPORT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS ORDINANCE TO EXPIRE, THERE IS NO REASON ANYBODY SHOULD LOSE THEIR HOME DURING RENOVATION WORK, ESPECIALLY WHEN ITS LANDLORD IS DOING IT WITH PURPOSE OF FLIPPING THE UNIT AND RENTING IT OUT FOR A NEW UNIT. PLEASE VOTE YES ON AGENDA ITEM 20. THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES UP, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A COUPLE MORE NAMES, STACY CIGAR BOLGER, EMILY WILLIS, ANGELA B, ROB KWAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M LAURA MATTER, I'M AN ATTORNEY AT CITY LAW CENTER I'M URGING YOU TO VOTE YES ON NUMBER 20 AND ALSO TO AMEND THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT IT WOULD APPLY TO CASES WHERE THERE IS NOT A JUDGMENT. MANY ATTORNEYS IN MY ORGANIZATION ARE DEFENDING TENANTS THAT ARE IN COURT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A TRIAL SCHEDULE TODAY START TOMORROW AND NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. THESE TENANTS HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND THIS ORDINANCE WAS MEANT TO PROTECT TENANTS WHO WERE IN CASES GOING FORWARD IS NOT A JUDGMENT. FORGIVE ME IF I'M FLUSTERED, I HAVE A LOT OF TRIALS ON MY CALENDAR. SO THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO MOTHER FUCKERS, IF THE WAR ISN'T SAFE WHERE ARE YOU SAFE? A REWARD FOR A MURDER AFTER SIX MONTHS? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LOS ANGELES THAT WE'RE NOT FIT TO CONTROL THE ATMOSPHERE OF THIS MURDER CAPITOL OF THE WORLD. NOT ONLY WERE THEY THE HIT-AND-RUN, NOW WE'RE THE MURDER CITY OF THE WORLD. BASED ON THIS CHUM CHANGE OF 50,000 DOLLARS, AM I NOT RIGHT, SMOKING SCAN? SMOKING SCAN ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE? OH THERE YOU ARE. AND THE REASON BEHIND THIS FINDING, IS TO REINSTATE THE REWARD, IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE PERSON THAT KILLED THE BITCH, LET IT GO. OFFER THE OTHER 50,000 TO THE SECOND MOTION OF THIS GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF JOEY THOMAS, WHO WAS MURDERED IN LOS ANGELES. HOW MANY TIMES DID I OR YOUR FAMILY HAVE TO GO AND INVESTIGATE WHY SOME DUMB NIGGER DIED ON OUR STREET? WHY IS THAT? IT'S $50,000 ENOUGH FOR THE VALUE OF SOMEBODY'S LIFE? AM I ON TOPIC MR. GROAT? AM I SATISFYING THAT JACKASS ATTORNEY UP THERE FOR THE INFORMATION LEADING TO THE APPREHENSION AND CONVICTION WHILE SNITCHES GET STITCHES, I WILL NEVER RAT OUT A DUMB NIGGER, NO WAY! NO FUCKEN WAY! IT'S NOT MY WAR. MY WAR IS HERE. MY WAR IS TO DEFEND THE PUBLIC FROM CRIMINAL CORRUPTION, MR. GROAT. AND THAT OTHER JACKASS ATTORNEY BEHIND YOU, I BELIEVE HE'S FROM PASADENA BUT I CAN'T RECALL. LOOK AT ITEM 25 FOR THE RECORD, JEW JEW BLUMENFIELD, CAUGHTING TO THE OTHER JEW JEW KATY, FINDING THE SERVICE AND CONNECTION TO DISTRICT 3, SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR MURDER VICTIMS VIGIL! NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A VIGIL FOR PEOPLE WHO DIED LIKE YOU CARE ABOUT CHRIST WHERE YOU PUT HIM ON A STAKE AND NAME HIM THE KING OF THE JEWS, BOB? WHY IS THAT? >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT ON TOPIC, GET ON TOPIC OR I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: 2025, MR. GROAT, THAT'S THE COMMUNIST. >> City Attorney: THEN SPEAK TO THE VIGIL OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. >> Speaker: THE LAST NUMBER 500 76 FOR SERVICE FUND FOR HIRING THE HALL OR LEASING A HALL, BUT FUCK THIS SHIT. LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I'VE GOT ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD FOR THIS SHIT. SLIDER VERSUS PHELPS, DON'T PRAY FOR THE U.S.A., THANK GOD FOR IEDs, FAG TROOPS SIMPLIFY FAGS, GOD HATES FAGS. FAGS DUE NATIONS, NOT BLESS JUST CURSE, THANK GOD FOR DEAD SOLDIERS, POPE IN HELL, PRIEST RAPES BOYS, YOU'RE GOING TO HELL AND GOD HATES YOU. YOU CELEBRATE TRADITIONS, YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD IDOLS IN OFFENSE OF ONE GOD, THE GOD ALMIGHTY WHO GIVES ME THE POWER TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU CRIMINALS AND BRING THESE OFFENSIVE WORDS AGAINST YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE EVIL LIKE DEJINGLE, LOOK AT HIM, HE WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK ME IN THE FACE BECAUSE HE'S SO GOD DAMN BLACK. I'M AS BLACK AS HIM. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: GREAT. ITEM NUMBER 22, IMPROVING THE INSTALLATION OF GALGADO IN THE WALK OF FAME. I IMAGINE YOU CAN GUESS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE FORMALITY OF SOLDIER POLITICS, BUT WITHOUT GOING INTO THAT, I REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE WERE IN THE WALK OF FAME THEY WERE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, THESE WERE HOLLYWOOD AND MUSIC LEGENDS, NOW YOU'RE HANDING THEM OUT LIKE PARTY FAVORS. I WONDER IF RATHER THAN JUST APPROVING, IF WE CAN DOUBLE THE INSTALLATION FEE THAT THE CITY HAS PAID AND MAYBE HALF OF THAT CAN GO TO BUILDING PUBLIC RESTROOMS ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, SO IT'S NOT SO COVERED IN PISS AND SHIT AND PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY IT. WE HAVE ON ITEM 25, A MURDER VICTIM'S VIGIL, THANKS TO BOB BLUMENFIELD OF CD3. NOW WE NEED TO TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATE 894 DOLLARS FOR THIS VIGIL WHICH INCLUDES THE LOOM NATION OF CITY HALL. THE BUDGET AND FINANCE CHAIR BOB BLUMENFIELD ADMITTED LAST YEAR, HE HAS NO IDEA WHY IT COSTS WHAT IT COSTS TO LIGHT UP CITY HALLS. AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A UNION LABOR CHANGING FILTERS, NOW-A-DAYS IT'S PUSHING A BUTTON TO CHANGE THE COLORS OF THE LIGHT. NOT ONLY DO I STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT COSTS THAT MUCH BUT WHY WHEN WE JUST YESTERDAY REINSTATED AN ACT OF EMERGENCY RELATIVE TO THE UNHOUSED POPULATION, THIS BODY FEELS JUST SO INCLINED TO APPROVE THESE FRIVOLOUS FUNDING MEASURES THAT DON'T REALLY BRING ANY TANGIBLE GOOD TO THE CITY. SPEAKING OF WHICH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 26, THIS IS REGARDING SECTION 8 VOUCHERS WHICH IS A GOOD BAND-AID SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. I NOTICE THAT WHEN WE HAVE A MOTION THAT IS OF INTEREST TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS, A BIG THING THAT A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THIS THING BRING UP IS THE ISSUES REGARDING CORPORATE OWNERSHIP OF HOUSING. CORPORATE LANDLORDS, BLACK ROCK, PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS THAT OWN A HUGE SWATH OF RENTAL PROPERTY IN LOS ANGELES AND WHILE WE USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE TO GIVE QUOTE UNQUOTE MOM-AND-POP HANDOUTS, THIS BODY WON'T REALLY DO ANYTHING TO CURVE THEIR ABILITY, IN FACT COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN SAID SHE WOULD NOT BE OPEN TO BANNING RENTAL PROPERTY BUT I THINK THAT WOULD DO A LOT BETTER THAN THESE BAND-AID SOLUTION WHICH ARE NEEDED. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: COUNCIL, I REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE COULD CALL IN TO MEETINGS. [SINGING] EVERY ONE THOUGHT IT WOULD LAST FOREVER BUT WHEN MARQUEECE TOOK OVER, HE DECIDED THAT HE HEARD ENOUGH, THE REST OF THE COUNCIL DON'T GIVE A FUCK. THE PEOPLE WANT TO CALL IN, THE PEOPLE NEED ACCESSIBILITY AND IT SHOULD BE EASY TO BRING REMOTE COMMENT BACK. IT WOULD BE SO RESPECTFUL IF YOU WOULD ALL PAY ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC WHEN WE SPEAK, INCLUDING YOU PRESIDENT, HARRIS-DAWSON, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN ON YOUR PHONE, TRACI LAUGHING ABOUT SOMETHING HAVING A CHAT CURREN PRICE OVER HERE. THANK YOU ADRIN NAZARIAN FOR PAYING ATTENTION, I APPRECIATE YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, ROSIO FUENTES, JOANNA HUNTER, LAURA BOONEET, JANET TORRES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: YES, THAT'S RIGHT. SO NUMBER 22, THE PALESTINIAN HATTER GETTING A GOD DAMN STAR, LET'S GIVE HER A HAND. [APPLAUSE] THAT'S RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF ANY OF YOU WORTHLESS CRIMINAL ASSHOLES ARE GOING TO VOTE NO, ALL YOU PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS LIKE THE NOODLE, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE, AND OF COURSE WE GOT STALLINOVER THERE, STALLINAND THEN WE GOT HAMBURGER HERNANDEZ, A VOTE FOR GALDADO IS A VOTE OF DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL, A VOTE SAYS YOU HATE PALESTINIAN AND YOU HATE NON JEWS, THAT MEANS YOU SUPPORT ISRAEL AND THE TERROR THAT IS BEING COMMITTED IN THE MIDDLE EAT, I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR VOTE, GOD DAMN COCK SUCKERS. AND NUMBER 23, THE REGARD FOR MUNOZ. YOU MEAN WE GOT MURDERERS IN THIS PANEL, THAT'S SCARY, HOLY SHIT, YOU MEAN NOW YOU'RE HAVING PEOPLE KILLED? I CAN'T IMAGINE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I COULD NEVER IMAGINE YOU INNOCENT LITTLE COUNCILMEMBERS GOING THAT FAR. HOW ABOUT WHEN THEY SWATED ME, NO THAT WAS ME. I TRIED TO KILL YOU. >> City Attorney: MR. SPINDLER, THIS IS NOT ON TOPIC. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE REWARDS, TALK ABOUT THE REWARDS ITSELF. >> Speaker YOU KNOW WHAT I DO. NOW NUMBER 24, ANOTHER GOD DAMN REWARD FOR DORNEL, 50,000 IS THAT ALL A BLACK MAN IS WORTH 125 DOLLARS? I THINK A WHITE MAN BE WORTH ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MUCH. SHAME ON YOU JUANINGLE FOR DOING THAT. AND THEN BOB, BOB WANTS TO HAVE A MURDER VICTIM VIGIL SO WE HAVE NOTHING BUT MURDERERS ALL OVER MARQUEECY'S AGENDA. IS MARQUEECY TRYING TO SEND US A MESSAGE? IS MARQUEECY TRYING TO TELL US SOMETHING? YES, HE'S TRYING TO SAY HE'S SERIES. AND THAT PENNY PINCH JEW BOB BLUMENFIELD, YOU CANNOT EVEN BUY A DECENT BURGER FOR THAT YOU DUMB BASTARD, YOU SHOULD MAKE IT TEN TIMES MORE. WHAT ELSE DO WE GOT HERE? LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM, INTER GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER. FUCK THE HOUSING CHOICE. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: AND NOW FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'VE GOT MONICA IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, APPARENTLY SHE IS BITCHING ABOUT SOMETHING SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING IN THIS MEETING ROOM. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, DESPITE MONICA SAYING WHAT WAS RIGHT YESTERDAY, SHE IS JUST A LOSER WITH A LOSE OAR CAR SALESMAN HUSBAND. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TO STATE WITHIN THE MATTER. >> Speaker: THE FACTS ARE RIGHT, ISN'T SHE MARRIED TO A USED SALES CAR MAN. ISN'T SHE FAT? YES. NOW WE GOT TO THE OTHER COCK SUCKER, TRACI IRENE PARK, WHY DIDN'T YOU REPAIR THOSE? TRACI PARK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRE. I'M HOLDING MARQUEECY COMPLETELY INNOCENT ON THIS MATTER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 22, 27 AND GENERAL, I'M WONDERING WHICH ITEM GOT THE AMENDMENT >> City Attorney: I DON'T BELIEVE THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED YET. YOU'VE GOT TWO MINUTES FOR ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: IT SEEMS IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE SPEAKING ON. I WOULD ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REMIND THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS TOGETHER, THAT THIS IS RESPONSIBLE. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK TO YOU STICK TO THE ITEMS IN FIRST TWO MINUTES. >> Speaker: 22 WE'RE GETTING GALDADO A STAR IN THE WALK OF FAME. SHE IS RECOGNIZED AS A BAD ACTRESS AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME STANDARDS. DESTROYED THE WONDER WOMEN FRANCHISE, WE SHOULD NOT BE ENDORSING THIS. AND ISN'T IT IRONIC BECAUSE OF NURY'S BACK DOOR DEAL YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GO IN CLOSED SESSION AS YOU CONJURE YOUR OWN DEAL IN RESPONSE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SHOULD YOU HAVE SETTLED WITH HIM BEFORE YOU--WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE THE CITY'S ATTORNEY RESOURCES FIGHTING THIS THING. BUT I GET WHY YOU DON'T WANT IT REDRAW THE LINES. WE MIGHT SEE SOME MARGINAL SHIFTS IN DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT LET'S MAKE A DEAL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET VOTED OUT, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE. IT WILL BE DISRUPTIVE FOR US, JUST IMAGINE OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN DISTRICT 1, DISTRICT 4, DISTRICT 14, ALL LIVE WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER. WHAT IF Y'ALL GET ALL PACKED IN THE SAME DISTRICT AND YOU'RE FORCE TODAY DRAW STRAWS AND FIGURE OUT WHO HAS TO MOVE? THAT WOULD BE FUNNY. THE ONLY WAY TO ENHANCE LATINO REPRESENTATION IS AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER COMMUNITIES IS TO EXPAND THE COUNCIL, I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE A LITTLE DEAL ARE ROB BANTA WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO PUTTING THE COUNCIL ON 2026 AND WE CAN DO THIS RIGHT. SAD TO SEE YESTERDAY'S VOTE, ALL OF YOU ARE SCARED. REMEMBER APE STRONGER TOGETHER, HE CAN'T PUT YOU ALL IN THERE. I THINK YOUR VOTE IS GOING TO AGE POORLY AS MORE AND MORE PUBLIC RECORDS GET FULFILLED BUT HERE WE ARE. FOR A COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I DON'T THINK HERB WESSON WOULD HAVE DONE THAT YESTERDAY. HE WOULD HAVE HERD EVERY SINGLE SPEAKER INSTEAD OF PIGEON HOLDING IT FOR AN HOUR ALL SO YOU CAN SLIP OUT INTO A LUNCH FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST VOTE. HERB WESSON FOUGHT FOR A COUNCIL. YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE OR EVEN THE PEOPLE ON THE HORSESHOE, YOU'RE SACRIFICING THIS COUNCIL'S POWER AND INTEGRITY TO SERVE THE MAYOR. THE ONLY THING THAT IS STANDING IN THE WAY OF NEW PRESIDENT IS McOSKER LOVE FOR THE 1-5. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M A TENANT IN CD13 I'M SPEAKING, ASKING TO YOU VOTE YES ON THE ICO AND QUICKLY PASS A PERMANENT ORDINANCE. HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY REN EVICTION WORK FRAUDULENT REN EVICTION THAT IS INTEND TODAY EVICT TENANTS TO MAKE MORE PROFIT OUT OF RENT, NT RENT STABILIZING BUT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LIVED IN A LONG TIME. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES. I'VE BEEN ORGANIZING WITH FAMILIES THAT ARE FACING THEIR THIRD ROUND OF RENOVATION. WE NEED TO APPLY IT TO EXISTING CASES. THERE IS NO REASON A SINGLE ADDITIONAL FAMILY SHOULD LOSE THEIR HOMES FOR THIS REASON. SO PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE I. C.O., QUICKLY PASS A PERMANENT ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ON PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HI, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS ANGELA BY, I'M RESEARCH ANALYST AT THE LOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY. I'M SUPPORTING FOR RESILIENT AND HEALTHY HOMES ON ITEM NUMBER 20 AND I'M ASKING TO YOU PLEASE VOTE YES AND QUICKLY PASS A PERMANENT ORDINANCE. I'M CALLING ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR REPORT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TEM PO AIRY ORDINANCE TO EXPIRE WITHOUT A PERMANENT ORDINANCE IN PLACE. OUR COALITION IS STILL CALLING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE ORDINANCE SO THERE IS NO LAPSE IN PROTECTIONS. WE'RE ALSO CALLING FOR AN AMENDMENT FOR THE INTERIM CONTROL ORDINANCE FOR COVERING THE TENANTS BEING EVICTED. THERE IS NO REASON ANYONE SHOULD LOSE THEIR HOME DUE TO RENOVATION WORK ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR LANDLORD IS DOING IT WITH A PURPOSE OF FLIPPING THE UNIT AND RENTING IT OUT FOR MORE MONEY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I KNOW THE TIME GOES QUICKLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU CAN DO SO IN WRITING. YOU CAN FIND THE ADDRESS AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA AS WELL. GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, HELLO I NEED TRANSLATION, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO YEAH MY NAME IS ROSE ROWSIO AND I'M HERE TO BE A VOICE OF MY COMMUNITY, HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DISPLACED DUE TO THE CURRENT LAWS IN PLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THIS IS AN URGENT PROBLEM WHICH THE SEE COUNCIL SHOULD PUT AN END TO IMMEDIATELY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND TODAY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE GOOD ON THAT PROMISE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WE DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY SHOULD HAVE TO LOSE THEIR PLACE OF DWELLING DUE TO RENOVATION LAWS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I KNOW THAT TO REACH AN AGREEMENT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THAT IS WHY I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE HERE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EVICTED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR US TO LOSE OUR HOUSES OUR PLACE WHERE WE LIVE JUST BECAUSE THE LANDLORDS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MORE PROFIT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND IN THE NAME OF MY COMMUNITY, I ASK FOR YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT US. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, MI NOMBRE ES BLANCA. >> Translator: HELLO I'M BLANCA I REQUIRE TRANSLATION I'M GOING TO DO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES I'M CALLING FOR THE CITY HALL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE GOOD ON THEIR PROMISE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WE CAN'T ALLOW THIS TEMPORARY ORDINANCE TO GO ON WITHOUT THERE BEING A FUTURE ORDINANCE IN PLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND NO ONE DESERVES TO BE HOMELESS JUST BECAUSE LANDLORDS ARE SELLING SO THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR PROFITS AND MAKE MORE MONEY. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Translator: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS LAURA BANYET AND I'M DOING GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HOLD ON. SO I'M HERE AND MY NAME IS LAURA AND I'VE BEEN WORKING AT LAX AS FAA OR CASHIER GOING ON NINE YEARS. I WANT TO START BY SAYING, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALMOST THREE MONTHS AGO, YOU VOTED TO RAISE A WAGE FOR TOURISM WORKERS. AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCESS TO FAMILY HEALTHCARE. IN MY CASE I LIVE IN CONVERTED GARAGE, I USED TO LIVE IN MARCH VISTA, I HAD TO MOVE TO CAM TON WITH MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE NO ACCESS TO A KITCHEN. ANYWAY, THIS LAW WILL BE A LIFE CHANGING LAW FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER. BUT IT'S NOT YET A REALITY. WE STILL NEED TO BRING THESE HOME. PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO MAKE SURE THE DRAFT ORDINANCE COMES BACK TO COUNCIL SOON, SO THAT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR ENTIRE CITY CAN SEE THE BENEFITS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JANET TORRES AND I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH SAGE, I I'M HERE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO PUT AN END TO RENT EVICTIONS. THE LOOPHOLE HAS BEEN AN ALARMING TACTIC FOR LANDLORDS SEEKING TO DISPLACE LONGSTANDING TENANTS. IT'S BEING USED TO EVICT TENANTS AND RELIST THE UNIT AT HIGHER RATES. IT'S ABOUT MAXIMIZING PROFITS AT THE EXPENSE OF RESIDENTS WHO BUILT THEIR LIVES IN THESE COMMUNITIES. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LET THIS MEASURE EXPIRE WITHOUT ENSURING THAT THESE PROTECTION RIGHT SIDE IN PLACE. WE NEED YOU TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION TO STOP RENOVATION TO SEE CONTINUE TO DISPLACE TENANTS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI I'M ITALI, I'M AT THE BEVERAGE--I'M HERE TO SAY THAT RENOVATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT. OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE RENOVATIONS M IN OUR PROPERTIES WHILE RELOCATING TENANTS TOTEM PO AIRY HOUSING WHILE THEIR RENOVATION IS DONE. THERE IS NO REASON WHY RENOVATIONS SHOULD BE DONE IN OUR CITY. WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST THAT THERE IS A PROTECTIONS UNTIL THE PERMANENT ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE SO. THAT RESIDENT SXZ MOHAWK AND OTHER RESIDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY FACING RENOVATIONS CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS POLICY THAT WILL PROTECT TENANTS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO VOTE ON? >> Clerk: ITEMS. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON A SECOND. MR. GREEN SPANSINGER PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. WE DO NOT HAVE TO EXHAUST PUBLIC COMMENT, WE TOOK IT FOR 30 MINUTES, PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN SATISFIED FOR THIS MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FINAL MEETING, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING OR YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, BEFORE COUNCIL WOULD BE ITEMS 22 THROUGH 26. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR ITEM 27, I INTRODUCED AN MOTION WITH THE HOUSING CRISIS WE HAVE ON HAND IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE MEASURES TO ALLOW FOLKS TO MAINTAIN THEIR TENANTCY *. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE BEFORE US BUT AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED IT ALLOWS FOR TENANTS WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED JUDGMENT TO BE EVICTED AND THE CURRENT WINDOW OF AFFECT IS VERY SHORT. ADDITIONALLY BY PULLING, ADDITIONALLY TRYING TO EXTEND PERMITS, PULLED BY LANDLORDS FOR SIX MONTHS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROCESS, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CITY ATTORNEY IS REVIEWING THIS FURTHER AND WE'LL HEAR THIS ON FRIDAY. SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. : >> City Attorney: JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO FRIDAY? >> Y. Jurado: MOTION TO CONTINUE TO FRIDAY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: AND IS THERE A SECOND? BLUMENFIELD SECONDED. JUST FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE IS RECUSED FROM THIS ITEM AND HE'S NO LONGER IN THE ROOM. >> Council President: DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE CONTINUATION, OR CAN WE DO IT WITHOUT OBJECTION. JAOL YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, FOR ITEM 20, THE MATTER AS WELL AS THE AMENDING MOTION HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 7th. >> City Attorney: SO THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE AMENDMENT IT'S ON THE BOARD AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS, HOWEVER WE'RE NOT TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY BECAUSE COUNCIL IS NOT TAKING ANY ACTION. SO IT WILL BE ON FRIDAY'S CONTINUATION CALENDAR. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 27 IS AN ITEM MARKED FOR CLOSED SESSION. WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO GO IN CLOSED SESSION? >> Council President: YES, WE'LL ASK THE SERGEANT TO HELP US PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION. THAT MEANS, MEMBERS OF THE AND APPROPRIATE STAFF, EVERYBODY ELSE IS ASKED TO EXIT CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAND BY. PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: LET'S START BY CALLING THE ROLL. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 125 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: NO MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS NOTHING TO ANNOUNCE AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND R*EFRL. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I WANT TO GET TO IT BEFORE MR. McOSKER, I SAW HIM READY. I HAVE A SLIDE, ALL RIGHT, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE LOS ANGELES BREAKFAST CLUB, TODAY MARCH 6th, THE LOS ANGELES BREAKFAST CLUB IS CELEBRATING ITS 100tH BIRTHDAY. THEIR CLUB PAID FOR AND BUILT FRIENDSHIP AUDITORIUM AT GRIFFITH PARK IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. I WAS LUCKY TO JOIN THEM FOR THE CELEBRATION THEY MEET AT 7:00 AM, AND I WAS THE ONLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBER THERE, I'M PROUD OF THAT. IN MARCH OF 1995, THIS CLUB STARTED AS A EQUESTRIAN. THE ORIGINAL PLATFORM INCLUDED HOPE TO BRING REAL RED BLOODED MEN TOGETHER FOR BREAKFAST AND START THE CLUB RIGHT. THE CLUB NOTICED THAT IT WAS NON PARTISAN AND A CLUB FOR HE-MEN. SINCE 1995, THIS CLUB HAS MAINTAINED A WEEKLY TRADITION OF HOSTING BREAKFAST MEETINGS BEST DESCRIBED AS VARIETY SHOWS, THEY INCLUDE BREAKFAST, SING SONGS THEY HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF GUEST SPEAKERS, IT IS SILLY AND WONDERFUL AND SO FUN AND FAMOUS ATTENDEE INCLUDE JACK DEMSY, RUDOLPH VA LENTINO, RONALD REGAN, ALL OF OUR FAVORITE. ON BEHALF OF MY OFFICE I WANT TODAY WISH THE LOS ANGELES BREAKFAST CLUB A VERY HAPPY 100tH BUT THINGER DAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS, MR. McOSKER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> T. McOsker: NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE. WE ASK TO PLEASE RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I RISE IN THE MEMORY OF LIFELONG SAN PEDRO RESIDENT, NICOLE HOFFMAN PASSED AWAY AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 54, SHE WAS SURROUNDED BY HER LOVED ONES. NICOLE WAS A KIND, LOVING, AND PASSIONATE PERSON. SHE WAS LOVED HER PACKERS, SHE TRAVELED AND LOVED THE CULINARY ARTS. NICOLE WORKED IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN DECIDE TODAY PURSUE HER PASSION IN THE CULINARY ARTS AND GRADUATED FROM HARBOR COLLEGE WHICH IS NOW A RENOWNED PROGRAM. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER PARENTS, HER NIECE, HER NEPHEW AND NUMEROUS COUSINS AND FRIENDS. SADLY SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER TWIN SISTER. SO DAN AND SUE LOST BOTH AUTUMN AND NICOLE. NICOLE AND HER FAMILY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF SERVICE TO THE WILMINGTON AREA AND THEY WERE MEMBERS OF SAINT PETERS AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE FUNERAL MASS FOR NICOLE WAS CELEBRATED AT SAINT PIETER AND PAUL. IN LIEU OF FATHERS, THEY WANT THE PANCREATIC NETWORK CHARITY. MAY NICOLE REST IN PEACE AND MAY ETERNAL LIFE SHINE UPON HER. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE ADJOURNED FOR THE DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.