Anyone can take to reduce the likelihood of catching the virus. We got the latest information in from Keck Medicine of USC influenza is a viral illness. It typically causes what many of us refer to as common cold symptoms throat runny nose fevers, muscle aches chills. It can lead to serious illness, including pneumonia and hospitalization in cases, you catch the flu from other people. If you know that somebody is sick, you can wear a mask and you can get vaccinated with the seasonal influenza virus. If you get the flu now, you can protect yourself for the remainder of the flu season the flu virus went into a bit of a dormancy during COVID because was wearing a mask everybody's taking precautions so had some seasons where the flu virus really wasn't very prominent. Now no longer taking those precautions and because a lot of us didn't catch flu in the last few years, some of our to the flu virus has waned in addition, in recent years, more and more people have decided not to get vaccinated. The flu vaccine is safe and effective one of the main reasons to get it is reduces the likelihood that your influenza will be a severe disease. Some people with the flu do get very sick, do end up the hospital and do die. Unfortunately, it's more serious virus than maybe some of the viruses that cause a common cold. If you don't get the flu, you're not going to pass it along to somebody else. You may have somebody your life, an elderly parent or a young child who may be more at risk for severe disease, and also you want to be contributing to keeping our society and safe. It's not just for although it will benefit you to get the flu vaccine, but but it's also to help protect those around you. The Palisades Library was totally destroyed in the wildfire, but that is not to be the end of their story with Relief Fund to help staff and another to help the recovery of services. The Library Foundation of Los Angeles, L.A. Public Library are writing the Palisades Branch. A new chapter chapter? Well, with all Angelenos. I was watching news like everyone else, and I was certainly very concerned and watching the progress of the fires. And it wasn't until that morning after that I had learned that the library was a complete loss and it was just devastating. And it was a loss for everyone who works here. Libraries are centers of they're essential they serve absolute everybody building that center community back and building it back is as we can. There is a great sense of urgency in the city to do that within days of the wildfires breaking out, the Library Foundation, Los Angeles created two funds. The first was the Palisades branch Recovery Fund, and the second was the LA staff Emergency Fund. We realize that there was so devastation within the Palisades community. So the Palisades Recovery Fund was quickly able to provide front line staff to offer fi hotspots, lap tops, power banks, even services like storytime and arts and crafts for people in the community. The Emergency Staff Fund really direct access yes. And resources for this staff and that lost their homes within days of setting up both of these funds receive so much support from really across the nation and internal nationally to date we've raised. Over $200,000 from over 400 donors. Our wonderful dedicated, dear, fabulous staff, they've been through so much and some even lost their homes and lived that community. They are now working different libraries in that area and in the immediate aftermath, the fire, they were just like many of our throughout the system we're working in the disaster recovery center, you know, helping people in that navigate FEMA and the other services that they needed. They continue serve the community. You know, that's the bottom line . They continue to serve the community one of the things we're so lucky about at the LA Public Library is that we have outstanding outreach team is always going beyond four walls of our libraries and into the community. Provide services to sign people up for library, to bring technology to communities , bring programming children's activities out into the community. So Having that asset is really important when we've suffered a loss of an entire branch and we look forward to taking those outreach vehicles, our book bike, our outreach and other services into, the Palisades, as that community comes back back. Now to for the reopening of a playground with more shade overhead and more play structures, the Chevy Chase playground has upped its game for the younger users of the park. Why. So today we are here at Chevy Chase Rec Center. The reopening of the playgrounds we refurbish these took a few months to get up but from 2 to 5 year olds and 5 to 12 year olds do not have new facilities, they can romp around and have a great time. As you can see, there's a new shade structures over these new playgrounds, all types of adventurous for the kids to get involved with. So it's just great. New addition to this gym here in Atwater Village, we really use the space a lot. The kids love it. My son uses it. He's using the basketball courts. He's using the playgrounds. He uses the skate park, also the rec center inside for basketball and karate. So we love it here. Our rec centers are a place where families come have a great time. The kids can exercise these parents can get a little break. And so we want to make these hubs as accessible as possible. So rebuilding them is priority for our office. It's a fresh new look for the park. It brightens this entire complex and it gives parents a place to bring their kids so they can just expel that energy that they have. It's just going be a great asset for this community. It's great to come here because, you know, the community is hanging out, there's a lot of other kids from the neighborhood and kids know each other. They know each other from their sports. You can just show up here, hit skate park. So it's really fun. We just like to invite all of the Atwater community to come out to this amazing facility. We have a number programs here. We offer a variety of afterschool programs classes, all of these wonderful for your kids to come and enjoy recreation. The parks will always be a place where can come and have a great time. And so they'll continue to be priority for my office. L.A. City's Management Department Has Tips Help You Prepare For Disasters. Los Angeles World Airports Launches its 10th season of musical performances at LAX and the Do Not Drink Water Notice has been lifted for Pacific Palisades. These stories next on City Beat. The Spring Approaches the Los Angeles Emergency Department or AMD wants Angelenos to know it's to be prepared for an emergency. The IMD states that disasters a matter of when and you can by documenting your property and making sure you have adequate insurance coverage for alerts and up to date information up for the city of LA's free notification system. Notify L.A. At Emergency l.a. City gov slash . Notify la. Be prepared for any disaster by creating a checklist for your critical documents and in case of an emergency and for insurance purposes. To find out more information, visit emergency la city gov newsletters los angeles world airports known as lawa announce the winter spring 2025 lineup for La Presents a curated music at Los Angeles International Airport in partnership with, rum and humble and dub lab. The series is staged in locations across and international terminals and runs through June 20, 25. According To lawa la presents elevates the airport to a thoughtful venue for experimentation and forward philosophy in the arts. Celebrating its 10th season, lawa is pleased to host 16 stand out artist a variety of music genres. The first half of this year. For more information, go to LA .org/ news releases. In a continued to lead the recovery from the LA in the Palisades Miracle brand, Bass announced the do not drink notice has been lifted as of March seven 2025. The L.A. Department of Water and Power DWP worked seven days a week to flush and test the water pipes, working with the state to meet the required amounts to safely lift the do not drink notice entirely. This announced point was made with recovery leaders. The city's new unified Rebuild Operations Center, where staff works directly with LA DWP customers and contractor Mia Bass also worked Governor Gavin Newsom's office to homeowners can access as built plans and allow the city automatically reissue permits for homes built in recent years. Find more information, go to Mayor Got LA City gov slash press. Her career council member Unisys Hernando US has brought a unique perspective to finding solutions for Angelenos as part of women's Heritage Month. Hernandez recognizes importance of women's leadership, both own and that of others who will follow follow. Today's a very special day. You know, we it was all the time. Today we celebrate women's heritage month. For me, it means that we as women are not only uplifted and like we recognize our leadership, but what I've had to learn is that you have what you need already inside of you, because oftentimes the perspectives you bring wouldn't be brought if it wasn't for you. And so standing your power stand in the space and make sure that you hold the door open others so that other women can follow. There's A few people that I look up to as a child like Frida, who is a mexican artist. You she's a person who didn't fit a lot of the boxes that during that time, like women were forced to be in. But the main person I looked up to is my mom. She's someone who motivated me to seek justice for communities, don't have a voice. And I hope one day I can fill her shoes. Growing I played basketball in high school. I did track and field in high school. College. I was a hammer thrower and. One of my coaches was KERA heads was one of the first women to compete in Olympic weightlifting for the United States. And she me one of my years when I was doing track it takes teamwork. It takes a lot of people to make this happen. So I hope you all see that there's people that are committed to making this work to give more people. For me, a lot of the work that I've that I've done not only as a community advocate, but here is try to make sure that we can support organizations that doing the work to support women, trans women gender health other services getting people housed. And for me, that's a priority. This is a win win for everybody. I feel incredibly honored to be a part of a moment in time in history. The council is a majority women. We know we have different perspective, different values, but we are very collaborative and we'll work with each other. And I think that's really important note but also to sit with, right because are other women that are going to come behind us, we want to make sure we can make room for all of them. And so I just it's heavy responsibility. My message to people who are thinking about running for office particularly women and don't be afraid this is a new time. So do it. Learn build a community and it's going to be. But you can do it. From being on LA's council to taking her own council seat and from being a cheerleader school to being a cheerleader for others, member Imelda Padilla knows that it's never too soon to get >> Council President:er EVERYBODY WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 14th DAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR 2025, MY NAME IS MARQUEECE I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THIS CITY COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON FOR THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MR. CLERK ACCOUNTSER 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 QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMEND ATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES COUNCILMEMBER JURADO SECONDS. NEXT. >> Clerk: TOLD ITM 23 ON THE DESK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: ITEM 1 IS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WAS JUST CONTINUED. 2 THROUGH 23 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. ITEM 23 WAS CONSIDERED BIT PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE THIS MORNING AND THE REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED BEFORE CONSIDERATION. ITEMS 23 OR 24 THROUGH 39 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? SPECIALS MEMBERS ANY SPECIALS? ON THE WEST SIDE, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 5 TO CONTINUE TO TUESDAY APRIL 15th, 2025. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 25, SPECIAL TO CONTINUE TO MARCH 25. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IS THAT IT? >> Y. Jurado: YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Clerk: IF I MAY, FOR ITEM NUMBER 5, APRIL 15th IS DURING COUNCIL RECESS SO THE NEXT COUNCIL DATE IS APRIL 22, IF THE COUNCILMEMBER IS FINE WITH THA. >> Y. Jurado: THAT'S FINE, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS WILL BE CONTINUED. ANY OTHERS? SO TO* MY LEFT? TO THE WEST SIDE. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 15, 16, 17 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. ITEM 35 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND ITEM 37 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ WHAT WAS THE LAST ITEM? >> E. Hernandez: 27. --37. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ON THE EAST SIDE, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: CAN I CALL 22 FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ITEM 22, ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR ITEM 39 AND FOR ITEM 22 I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE GO INTO CLOSE THED SESSION. >> Council President: 22 FOR CLOSED SESSION. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS ON THIS SIDE? MR. PRICE? NONE TODAY? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WHAT GIVEN THESE SPECIALS, MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 2 THROUGH 4, 6 THROUGH 14 AND 18 THROUGH 21. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 15 THROUGH 17 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 15 THROUGH 17 CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 8 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: EXCELLENT, WE'LL BEGIN AN EXCITING DAY OF PRESENTATIONS BY CALLING ON MR. PRICE TO LEAD US IN A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY INSTITUTION. >> Council President: A SPECIAL WELCOME -- >> C. Price: A SPECIAL THANKS. THIS MORNING I'M PROUD, DID I SAY JOHN? IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR 60th ANNIVERSARY, HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH CARE AND COMPASSION. ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES LIKE THE ONE I REPRESENT DEEPLY AND HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON LIKE St. JOHN TO PROVIDING A LIFE LINE TO NEIGHBORS. THROUGHOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE SAW FIRSTHAND HOW SAINT JOHN'S PUT THEIR BOOTS TO THE GROUND TO ANSWER OUR NEED OF THE SOUTH COMMUNITY. AS SEEN, IT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT BY COVID. SAINT JOHN'S DEDICATION TO PROVIDING COVID PROTECTED US LIKE NOTHING ELSE. SAINT JOHN IS EPITOME OF SELFLESSNESS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM TO HAVE THEM AS A TRUSTED PARTNER IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. IN CD9 THAT MEANS BEING PART OF OUR FARMERS MARKET IN OUR DISTRICT'S OFFICE, HANGING DIRECTLY REACHING INTO OUR COMMUNITY DURING THE 27th STREET, DEVASTATION WITH THE FIREWORKS EXPLOSION. AS A COMMUNITY OF COLOR, AGAIN PHASE WITH WHAT CAN BE NEVER-ENDING STRUGGLES, HEROES LIKE ST. JOHN'S REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. FROM STEPPING UP FROM HELPING OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS TO PROVIDING A LIFE SAVING VACCINES AGAIN THAT PROTECT FAMILIES AND KIDS AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. FOR YOUR REFERENCE SAINT JOHN'S, WE WANT IT SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE SOME REMARKS BUT LET'S GO TO THE VIDEO TAPE IF WE CAN FIRST, MR. PRESIDENT. SAINT JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST NETWORKS OF HEALTH CENTERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUT THIS WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE. >> THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ACCESS TO HEALTH CENTER. SOUTH L.A. WAS A HEALTHCARE DESERT. WE KNEW SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE. SOUTH LOS ANGELES HAS THE POPULATION OF PHILADELPHIA AROUND 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE AND THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THE POPULATION TO GET HEALTHCARE OTHER THAN WAITING FOR HOURS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOMS. A RESILIENCE CENTER IN THE UNDER RESOURCE OF L.A. COUNTY THAT HIGHLIGHTS TODAY'S CRUCIAL INTER SECTION OF HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS GROUND BREAKING SPACE NOT ONLY PROVIDES SHELTER DURING EMERGENCIES BUT OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY. BUT BUILDINGS ALONE DON'T TELL OUR WHOLE STORY. WHAT DOES 60 YEARS OF SERVICE LOOK LIKE TO A COMMUNITY IN NEED? IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT BY SERVING PATIENTS. DURING THIS TIME WE HAVE FACILITATED HALF A MILLION BEHAVIORAL VISITS. 1.1 DENTAL VISITS AND 4.1 MEDICAL VISITS. >> IT'S COMPREHENSIVE, YOU DON'T FIND THIS TYPE OF HEALTH ANYWHERE ELSE. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> AFTER BEING HOMELESS FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND I HEARD ABOUT SAINT JOHNS, JUST TO KNOW THAT SOMEBODY LIKE THAT ACTUALLY CARED. >> AS SAINT JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH LOOKS TO THE FUTURE, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR LEGACY OF CARE, INNOVATION AND COMMITMENT WHERE EVER INDIVIDUAL IS NURTURED TOWARD A BRIGHTER HEALTHIER TOMORROW. >> WE KNOW THAT HEALTHCARE IS MORE THAN JUST A TECHNICALITIES AT MODERN MEDICINE, IT'S ABOUT FIGHTING POVERTY, RACISM AND HOMELESSNESS AND FOOD SCARCITY. IT'S ABOUT FIGHTING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY OF QUAIR AND BEING TRANSFORMATIVE IN OUR HEALTHCARE APPROACH AND WE THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE LEGACY OF SAINT JOHN AS IT ENTERS ITS NEXT 60 YEARS. >> C. Price: ALL RIGHT. NOW I'M HONORED TO WELCOME JIM MONJA, CEO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND A REAL ANGEL IN OUR COMMUNITY. JIM? [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT'S HAN OR TO BE HERE TODAY. I WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE PATIENTS AND THE STAFF FROM SAINT JOHN'S WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. [APPLAUSE] SAINT JOHN'S IS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. WE WERE STARTED IN 1964. SO WE'RE NOW CELEBRATING OUR 60th ANNIVERSARY AND WE PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF MELL SERVICES, IN ADDITION TO DENTAL HEALTH, WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT GET DOWN TO THE ROOTS OF SOME OF THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT OUR PATIENTS. WE HAVE A LARGE REENTRY PROGRAM THAT HELPS PEOPLE BEING RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION, RECEIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND SOCIAL SUPPORT. WE HAVE A LARGE TRANSGENDER PROGRAM, WHICH SERVES ABOUT 5,000 TRANS INDIVIDUALSER YEAR. WE THE LARGEST PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND WE HAVE SERVED THIS YEAR ALONE, TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THE STREETS. AND WE HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT AND IMPACTFUL BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH PROGRAM WHICH GETTING AT THE ROOT CAUSES OF PUBLIC HEALTH RACISM WHICH IS CAUSING BLACK WOMEN OF ALL INCOMES TO HAVE POOR BIRTH OUTCOMES THAN EVERY ONE ELSE. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THESE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. AND AS WE KNOW, WE'RE FACING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF CUTS. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, ISSUED A CUT OF ALL FEDERAL FUNDING, IT WAS INJUNCTED AND PROGRAMS AND WE WENT TO COURT AND SUED AND WE WON AND THE TRANS PROGRAM WAS RESTORED. [APPLAUSE] SO A LOT OF OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS, HEALTH PLANS ARE KIND OF GIVING ADVISE AND SAYING, JUST LAY LOW, SCRUB YOUR WEBSITE, TAKE ANY REFERENCE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR BLACK OR DEI, OR TRANS, OR IMMIGRANT, TAKE THEM OFF YOUR WEBSITE, KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND DON'T FIGHT BACK. WE DISAGREE. [APPLAUSE] WE WILL NOT ERASE THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. [APPLAUSE] WE BELIEVE THAT HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND SERVE THE POPULATIONS WHO NEED AND DESERVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY HEALTHCARE IN THIS COUNTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS BENEFITED FROM THESE PROGRAMS AND KNOWS THEM WELL, KIANA. KIANA? >> Speaker: OKAY. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS KIANA AND I'M BOTH THE PATIENT AT SAINT JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH AND A PROUD PARTICIPANT TO THE COMMITTED TO BLACKWELLNESS AND HEALTH PROGRAM. I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO SEGUA, FOR BEING PART OF MY POST PARTUM, AT TIMES EX HOW FASTED AND JOY AND HEALING AND GROWTH. AND THROUGH IT ALL SEWA HAS BEEN THERE OFFERING SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT I NEEDED. POST PARTUM IS OFTEN SPOKE TONE IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL RECOVERY BUT IT ISN'T ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGED AS EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL TRANSFORMATION THAT COMES WITH IT. IT IS AT TIMES WHEN WE'RE ONLY CARING FOR A NEW BORN BUT WE'RE ALSO LEARN TO GO CARE FOR OURSELVES IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAY AS MOTHERS. SEWA PROVIDED ME WITH THE RESOURCES REASSURANCE AND CONNECTION THAT HELPED ME NAVIGATE THIS SEASON WITH CONFIDENCE. WHETHER IT WAS THROUGH COMPASSIONATE CARE INFORMATIVE RESOURCES OR SIMPLY THE REMINDER THAT I WAS NOT ALONE. SEWA BECAME A SAFE PLACE WHERE I FELT HEARD, UNDERSTOOD AND SUPPORTED. I AM ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY, THAT SAINT JOHN AND SEWA DOES NOT ONLY JUST FOR ME BUT FOR SO MANY MOTHERS WHO NEED A VILLAGE AROUND THEM. AS A BLACK MOTHER, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WAS NOT FOR US. BLACK WOMEN ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY AND OUR BABIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE BORN TOO SOON OR TOO SMALL. SORRY. THIS ISN'T JUST, THIS IS JUST A HEALTH CRIES BUT SAINT JOHN DOES NOT ACTUALLY CALL IT OUT, THEY TAKE ACTION. THAT'S WHY I'M SO PROUD FOR STANDING HERE TODAY. AND I THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING MY HEALTH CENTER AND FOR THE INCREDIBLE PROGRAM AND FOR STANDING WITH US TO FIGHT FOR BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: THANK YOU, KIANA. JIM SPOKE ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING STREET MESSAGE PROGRAM THAT SAINT JOHN HAS AND WE HAVE A PROVIDER JOINING US, BOCOLA. OUR FREE MEDICAL CARE BEHAVIOR HEALTH SERVICE SXZ HOUSING NAVIGATION. AND WE EXPECT TO DOUBLE THIS YEAR. PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME, WHY DO YOU DO THIS? AND WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IN THIS? WE DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A STRONG PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT BE BEAT OUR WAY OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. WE MUST ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND WE MUST CONNECT PEOPLE TO HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES AND BUILD TRUST THROUGH LONG-TIME RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT'S WHY OUR TEAM AND PROVIDERS AND NURSES DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. THIS EFFORTS DON'T JUST HELP DECREASE HOMELESSNESS, THEY IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, REDUCE STRAIN ON EMERGENCY SERVICE SXZ MOST IMPORTANTLY BREAK DOWN BY BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE. AS WE CELEBRATE 60 YEARS OF SERVICE, WE REAFFIRM OUR MISSION AND BRING HEALTH AND DIGNITY AND HOPE TO ALL ANGELINOS ESPECIALLY THOSE TOO OFTEN LEFT BEHIND. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR WORK AND THIS FIGHT VITAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. SHE KNOWS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS HERE. GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS ANA WORK BARELA. SERVING MY COMMUNITY AS ST. JOHN'S FOR A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS. YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE STAFF MEMBERS WHEN WE ALL FIT IN ONE ROOM. NOW WE ARE 1400 RENTING OUT THE CONVENTION CENTER JUST TO GATHER IN ONE PLACE. HEALTH CENTER IN THE COUNTRY. TO PROTECT MEDICAL. [APPLAUSE] ATTENTION WE KNOW, AND WHILE SIOU. AND WORK. OUT IN POWER, WORK IS OUR VALUE AND JUSTICE IS ALWAYS AT THE CENTER OF OUR MISSION. I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS LEGACY AND I THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT OF THIS I OBJECT CREDIBLE ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU TO THE SAINT JOHN COMMUNITY WE JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. FOR PROVIDING CONTINUED ZEBS TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOVE YOU, WE NEED YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO MUCH MR. PRICE. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SAINT JOHN WELLNESS FAMILY. WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE WHO WANT TO SHARE SOME WORDS WITH YOU ALL. SO IF YOU CAN SIT TIGHT WHILE YOU'RE PICTURE IS BEING TAKEN. BEGINNING WITH THE SIXTH DISTRICT MS. PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU EVERY ONE. THANK YOU MR. PRICE FOR THIS PRESENTATION. CONGRATULATION TO SEE SAINT JOHN CLINIC. WHAT A DAY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THE DAY OF THE PRESENTATION, AS I'M HEARING TO THINK ABOUT THE TIME, I CAN HELP BUT TO REMEMBER THE CARE DEPARTMENT OF BY RACE AND I SAY THIS AS A SAIR EN DIPITIOUS, BECAUSE MY CO-WORKER WAS THERE. WHEN I FIRST READ THAT IT WAS ASTOUNDING REPORT, WHEN I READ THE STATISTIC BUZZ BLACK WOMEN, I BOTHERED ME WHEN WHEN I SAW THAT THERE WAS A COMPARISON ABOUT HOW A BLACK WOMEN WITH A Ph.d GETS WORSE TREATMENT THAN OTHER WOMEN THAT CAN JUST HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BUT THEY'RE NOT WOMEN OF COLOR. SO IT STUCK WITH ME. I REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING THE FUNDING FOR MATERNAL BLACK WOMEN HEALTH IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALUE AS A VALLEY RESIDENT, I HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAID, YOU NEED TO NOT GET RID OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S STILL PREVALENT AND JUST BECAUSE THE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE AS HIGH, THEY DO LIVE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. IF ANYTHING, IT'S A COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S RIGHT IN BETWEEN OF HIGH POPULATIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. AND YOU KNOW, I DID ONCE UPON A TIME HEAR THAT IN 2020 NUMBERS WERE GETTING BETTER BUT THE PANDEMIC MADE IT WORSE. THE NUMBERS IN 2020 SHOWED THAT WHEN YOU FOCUS ON FIXING A I SOCIAL ILL, THINGS GET BETTER. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WITH INTENTION AS WELL AS BEING BRAVE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS. NOT JUST FOR THE BLACK WOMEN BUT FOR ALL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN. GLAZESING MAY YOU HAVE MANY MANY MORE YEARS IN SERVICE. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCL MEMBER CURREN PRICE FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION. I LEARNED ABOUT SAINT JOHN ABOUT A DECADE AGO WHEN I WAS ORGANIZING. I REACHED OUT TO Y'ALL IF YOU CAN PARTNER IN A RESOURCE FAIR. AND YOU SENT OUT YOUR TEAM, THERE WAS A POINT WHERE YOU Y'ALL SENT OUT YOUR MOBILE CLINIC. I'M GRATEFUL, I'VE BEEN ADMIRING YOU SINCE OUR PARTNERSHIP STARTED. BUT I I'M PROUD FOR STANDING UP FOR TRANS COMMUNITY, FOR DIG ANY FIEG THOSE PEOPLE FOR JUST RECOGNIZING THE HUMANITY AND THAT NOBODY IS LESS THAN. BY YOU CONTINUING AND BEING BRAVE ABOUT T WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYBODY BEHIND. AND IN THIS MOMENT, WE NEED THAT. AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE DECADES AND DECADES MORE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE WE CANNOT LEAVE ANYBODY BEHIND. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR BRINGING IN SAINT JOHN'S. ST. JOHN'S IS A COMMUNITY CLINIC, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS YOU CAN WALK THERE. THAT MEANS IT'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT MEANS IT'S A TRUSTED RESOURCE TO GRANDMA. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THE WORK THAT I DO. I JUST WANT TO SAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE DARREN ON YOUR TEAM. FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS ACTUALLY HAD LIVED EXPERIENCE. OUTCOMES AND SOMEBODY CONGRATULATE. AND HOPEFULLY, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR TO FIGHT FOR THE WHOLE HUMAN BEING. AND NOT DOING A LOT OF TIME WELL AND DON'T YOU ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER. YOU STAY IN YOUR SILOS AND STAY IN YOUR WORK. YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE OUTSET THAT THIS AFFECTS THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF HUMAN BEING. OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS I'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS WHERE ST. JOHN'S IS THERE ON WORKER RIGHTS. SOMETIMES FIGHTING FOR HIGHER WAGES. I'VE SEEN IN THERE HOUSING FOR HOUSING. I'VE SEEN YOU FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE IN PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERY TIME THERE IS BEEN AN ISSUE, WHILE YOU'RE ALL DOING THE WORK OF PHYSICAL HEALTH. YOU PARTICIPATE IN HELPING MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AND BEING, DURING COVID, THERE WERE A LOT OF BRIGHT LIGHTS IN SOUTH L.A. THERE WAS NO BRIGHTER LIGHT THAN ST. JOHN'S WELLNESS CLINIC. IT WAS THE FIRST PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO GET VACCINATION AND PPP, WHATEVER IT WAS, AND HELP. WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LOOKING TO THE NEXT SET OF DECADES AND GENERATION THAT'S ARE POSSIBLY IMPACTED BY SAINT JOHN'S WELLNESS. MR. PRICE? >> THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT AS WE THANK SAINT JOHN'S CLINIC, I WANT TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBERS HUTT AND RAMAN TO LEAD US IN THE NEXT EXCITING PRESENTATION. >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, I'M PROUD TO HOST OUR CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT FOR THE 2025 WOMEN OF IMPACT AWARDS. TODAY WE SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN FOR NOT JUST WORKING WITHIN OUR CITY, BUT ACTIVELY SHAPING ITS FUTURE. THESE ARE WOMEN WHO LEAD WITH DEDICATION, INNOVATION AND A PROFOUND COMMITMENT TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. WE STAND AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY, OUR CITY COUNCIL IS MAJORITY FEMALE. I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY, OUR CITY COUNCIL IS MAJORITY FEMALE! A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER AND THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP BUT ALSO THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY, I'M SAYING IT AGAIN! WE ARE MAJORITY FEMALE, NO SHAME, MR. PRESIDENT. THAT'S BETTER. [APPLAUSE] THAT'S BETTER. AND AS FOR ME, I'M THE FIRST WOMEN TO REPRESENT COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. I'M DEEPLY INSPIRED BY THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE AND EVEN MORE EXCITED FOR THE POTENTIAL THAT LIES A HEAD. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE WOMEN AMONG US TODAY. THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE MADE ARE DRIVING MEANINGFUL CHANGE FOR ALL OF US. THAT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO INTRODUCE A TRUE CHAMPION OF EQUALITY AND EQUALITY. CAPRESE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO ALL COUNCILMEMBERS THOSE WHO JOINED US UPSTAIRS EARLIER TODAY. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN JOINED AS WE CELEBRATED AND A BIG THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELPED US FUND OUR EVENT. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ WAS WITH US AND COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND OF COURSE COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ. OF COURSE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH FOLKS WHO DO THE WORK AND WALK THE TALK THEY DO, THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF MEDICINE. BUT TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING THE WOMEN OF IMPACT, THESE ARE THE WOMEN OF LOS ANGELES WHO HELP THE BEST OF US. AND THE MAYOR ALONG WITH CITY COUNCIL AND I DO APPRECIATE MAYOR KAREN BASS COMING TO RECOGNIZE HER HONOREES BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INTENTIONAL TO HAVE ALL 15 COUNCILMEMBERS BRING FORWARD WOMEN FROM THEIR DISTRICT WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND THESE WOMEN WHO SERVE WITH US, ON A REGULAR BASIS ARE BEING HONORED BY NOT ONLY THE CITY ELECTED OFFICIAL BUT OUR VERY OWN COMMISSION ON STATUS ON WOMEN. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR COMMISSIONERS WAIVE AND STAND UP JUST FOR A MOMENT LEAD BY TRACY GRAY, OH YOU'RE RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. GOOD. SO VERY VERY GRATEFUL. I'M GOING TO HONOR THE MAYOR'S HONOREES QUICKLY AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF KAREN BASS WHO CAME EARLIER TODAY TO RECOGNIZE FOLKS BUT MIGUEL, MICHELLE, IS MICHELLE HERE, MICHELLE SIGEROS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. SHE HAS A CIVIC LEADER AND SERVING AS CEO OF L.A. LOCAL NEWS INITIATIVE. PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY WHERE SHE SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED HIGHER EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA. OF COURSE THINKING ABOUT ACHIEVING KEY REFORMS HELPING WITH PATHWAYS, HELPING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY SPACES. YOU SERVED ON VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEES AND YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH WITH EQUITY AND EDUCATION AND OF COURSE, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT EVEN IN THESE TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING NOW. SO CONTINU TO KEEP THE FAITH AND KEEP THE FIGHT. I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT YOU SERVED ON THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION BOARD AND YOU'VE BEEN HONORED--CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT, BUT YOU'VE BEEN HONORED BY JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION IN 2024 FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AWARD AND NOW IT IS OUR HONOR ON BEHALF OF MAYOR BASS TO GIVE YOU THE WOMEN OF IMPACT AWARD. THANK YOU FOR MAKING A IFFERENCE. COUNCILMEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBERS? NEXT I WANT TO HONOR SUKO PRESIDENT OF PACIFIC PALISADES AND SERVED FOR 11 YEARS, YOU'VE DONE 11 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THIS COMMUNITY. YOU HOLD A COUNSELOR FROM UCLA AND VOLUNTEERED AS A COUNSELOR AT MONTEBELLO HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU SUPPORT VARIOUS CHARITIES AND YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH TO HELP THE RESCUE MISSION. AND EVEN DURING THE RESENT FIRES, YOU REALLY STEPPED UP, YOU WERE AT A MEETING LAST NIGHT FOR THREE HOURS HELPING THE COMMUNITY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH OTHER WORK SAVE THE CHILDREN AND WHITE HELMETS. YOU ARE A TREASURE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS AND WE ARE SO SO PROUD TO HONOR YOU ON BEHALF OF MAYOR BASS TODAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE PRESIDENT GRAY. PRESIDENT GRAY LEADS THE COMMISSION BUT SHE IS ALSO A LEADER FOR WOMEN OUTSIDE OF THAT ROLE. SHE IS ACTUALLY THE LEADER OF 22-FUND WHICH FUNDS ENTREPRENEURS AND MANY OF THOSE ARE WOMEN AND SHE HAS BEEN A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR GOOD FOR WOMEN IN THE SPACE WHEN WOMEN NEED A JOINT VENTURE PARTNER, THEY CALL TRACY GRAY AND WE CALL HER OUR PRESIDENT. MADAM PRESIDENT? >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, CAPRI. AND GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBERS SPSHL MY COUNCIL PERSON, I'M IN THE ARTS DISTRICT. SO COUNCIL PERSON JURADO. I'M TRACY GRAY AND I'M HONORED TO SERVE THE PRESIDENT OF WOMEN STATUS WOMEN. ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE IN SHOWCASING THE WOMEN LEADERS OF OUR CITY. IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN HISTORY MONTH THE COMMISSION OF STATUS OF WOMEN HAS ORGANIZED THE L.A. CITY HALL, BRIDGE EXHIBIT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS YEAR'S WOMEN OF IMPACT HONOREES, THESE WOMEN ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE EXHIBIT AND EXPLORE THE COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EXHIBIT SO PLEASE LOOK AT THAT. AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN HISTORY MONTH AND RECOGNIZE THE WOMEN BEFORE US, IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO REFLECT ON THE AREAS WHERE WE CAN ENHANCE PROGRESS. AS A VENTURE CAPITOLIST BY PROFESSION, MOST IMPORTANT IS GROWING WOMEN'S WEALTH AND ECONOMIC POWER. THE U.N. HAS SAID INCREASING WOMEN'S WEALTH HAS A BIG IMPACT THAT IS SUPPOSE TO CHANGE AND SAVE OUR WORLD BY GROWING WOMEN'S WEALTH IT IMPACTS GENDER BASE VIOLENCE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SO SO ON AND SO ON. RESEARCHERS ARE SHOWN THAT WHEN WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND RESOURCES THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR INCOME AND CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. WHEN WOMEN HAVE CAPITAL ABOUT 95 PERCENT OF THEIR CAPITOL GOES THO THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND FOR MEN IT'S ONLY 40 PERCENT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEN ARE DOING WITH THEIR MONEY BUT WOMEN ARE SAVING THE COMMUNITIES. WOMEN RECEIVE ONLY TWO PERCENT OF VENTURE CAPITOL. WOMEN OF COLOR RECEIVE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. AND BLACK WOMEN RECEIVE POINT 000.6 PERCENT, SO WE'RE ROUNDERING ERROR. EVEN THOUGH OUR COMPANIES BY WOMEN ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND HAVE HIGHER REVENUES. FOR THIS REASON, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPLY A EQUITY LENS. PLEASE DON'T US A SIDE PROJECT, WE ARE 51 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WE SHOULD BE INTEGRATED IN EVERYTHING YOU DO. OUR COMMISSION STANDS READY TO COLLABORATE AND SUPPORT YOUR GENDER INITIATIVES. AT THIS MOMENT I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CSW'S 2025 IMPACT HONOREE AND ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS, LARA, PLEASE COME UP. LARA IS AN INDEPENDENT STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION CONSULTANT FOCUSED ON SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS THROUGH LEGISLATION, ADVOCACY AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. LO RA IS LITERALLY BEHIND THE SCENES OF MOST OF THE BIGGEST INITIATIVES YOU CAN THINK OF AND SHE THINKS HOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS SO THAT HOLLYWOOD CAN GET OUR STORIES OUT FOR THE ISSUES WE CARE ABOUT. PREVIOUSLY SHE HELPED GROW THE AGENCY FROM 11 STAFF MEMBERS TO NEARLY 100 MEMBERS. AND WORKED WITH HIGH PROFILE CLIENTS LIKE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES AND THE BELINDA GATES FOUNDATION. BEFORE LAURIE, SHE MANAGED THE FOUNDATION FOR 20 YEARS, SUPPORTING CIVIL RIGHTS AND EXPANSION OF THE ARTS. STARTED AS HER CAREER AS A HOLLYWOOD POLITICAL COMMITTEE ADVOCATING FOR PROGRESSIVE ISSUES AND WOMEN. LARA IS A MOTHER OF 17-YEAR-OLD WHO I HAVE KNOWN SINCE HE WAS IN THERE, AND SERVES FOR THE PEOPLE OF AMERICAN WAY AND THE SCT OF ROCK THE VOTE. THANK YOU LARA FAUXER FIRST, YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD. PLEASE WELCOME, AND CELEBRATE LARA! [APPLAUSE] ARE WE TAKING A PICTURE? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, EVERY ONE. THANK YOU CAPRI MOD OX AND --MADDOX, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE MAYOR'S HONOREE AND FOR INTRODUCING TRACY GRAY AND THE IMPACT AWARD WINSER. THIS YEAR, I HAVE THE EXTRAORDINARY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE, WHERE DID SHE GO? JENNY KIM AS COUNCIL DISTRICT 10'S, WOMEN IMPACT HONOREE. NOW I SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES BEFORE, CD10 HAS THE BEST FOOD IN THE SAY, I KEEP SAYING IT. AND AND JENNY IS, BELOVED MEMBER OF THE KOREA TOWN COMMUNITY WHERE SHE OWNS THE FAMOUS PARKS BBQ, THE BEST KOREAN BBQ IN THE STATE. I'M WILLING TO SAY THAT. AND IN 99 3, JENNY PLANTED THE ROOTS IN LOS ANGELES RAISING HER CHILDREN AS A SINGLE MOM AND SHE HAD AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AND SHE THOUGHT, I NEED TO SHARE THESE AUTHENTIC FLAVORS, THAT'S WHEN SHE OPENED THE RESTAURANT NEAR VERMONT AND OLYMPIC. HER LEADERSHIP HAS BECOME MORE THAN A RESTAURANT BUT A LANDMARK IT'S WHERE ANGELINO GET A TRUE TASTE OF KOREA THANKS TO AUTHENTIC, ORGANIC CUISINE AND THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF INGRIED YENTS AVAILABLE. JENNY'S DEDICATION HAS NOT ONLY ENRICHED OUR PALATES. TODAY WE PRESENT HER WITH 2025 WOMEN OF IMPACT AWARD RECOGNIZING HER RESILIENCE, DEDICATION AND LASTING IMPACT ON COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. THANK YOU JENNY FOR SHARING YOUR PASSION WITH US. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND SHE IS STAFFING ME TOO. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN HUTT FOR LEADING IN THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT MORNING WHEN YOU GET TO SEE A LOT OF INSPIRING WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES SO MUCH. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT TODAY'S PRESENTATION BUT BEFORE I GET TO MY HONOREE, I WANT TO LIFT UP THAT LARA IS A COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 CONSTITUENT SO I'M DELIGHTED THAT SHE WAS HONORED BY OUR MAYOR AND AND LEAD THE MORNING BREAKFAST WITH ALL THE IMPACT THAT SHE HAS BROUGHT TO HER ROLE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES, CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THIS YEAR, I AM PROUD TO RECOGNIZE A PERSONAL HERO OF MINE, IS COUNCIL DISTRICT'S 4, 2025 WOMEN OF IMPACT LATORA GREEN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IF YOU HAVE EVER DRIVEN PAST THE CORNER OF IS HE S SA PULL VERY DA, LATORA STOOD IN THIS CORNER AFTER GEORGE FLOYD MURDER, SHE STOOD THERE DAY AFTER DAY AND MORE AND MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS START TODAY STAND ON THAT CORNER WITH HER AND SHE LEAD FOR WHAT WAS FOR MANY DAYS, UNBROKEN PROTEST AGAINST POLICE BREW ALT AND THE HARM FACED BY BLACK AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY POLICE VIOLENCE. SO I WANT TO LIFT UP HER WORK ON THAT. SHE HAS TRANSFORMED THIS OTHERWISE ORDINARY CORNER IN FRONT OF THE GALLERIA INTO A COMMUNITY OF ITS VERY OWN. THE RESULTS WAS THE VALUE OF CHANGE, LATORA BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP THROUGH EDUCATION, HEALTH INITIATIVES MUTUAL AID AND ADVOCACY AND SHE INVITES EVERY ONE AROUND HER TO JOIN HER IN THAT WORK. THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM GIVING FOOD TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THROUGHOUT SHERMAN OAKS AND THE VALUE. IT INCLUDES BRINGING TOGETHER OVER 1500 VOLUNTEERS TO HOST FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS, WELLNESS WORKSHOPS, SHE HAS COLLECTED BACKPACKS FULL OF GOODIES FOR STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE STARTING THE FIRST DAY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL LACKING FOR PENCILS OR NOTEBOOKS OR NEW GEAR, THEY CAN FEEL SPECIAL. SHE IS BUILDING A COMMUNITY THAT IS ROOTED IN LOVE AND HOPE. AND FOR THAT, I THANK YOU. AFTER THE MOST RESENT DEVASTATED WILDFIRES, LATORA JUMPED INTO ACTION. AND FOR A DAY, AND I WAS ALARMED BY THIS, THAT CORNER WAS HAD A MOUNTAIN OF DONATIONS THAT SHE THEN WENT THROUGH, ORGANIZED AND REDISTRIBUTED. AND MANY MEMBERS OF MY STAFF HELPED TO PICK UP DONATION SXZ ORGANIZE THAT. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN LATORA CALLS FOR HELP, YOU ANSWER. YOUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING COMMUNITY AND SPEAKING POWER AND BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, HAS TRANSFORMED THAT CORNER OF LOS ANGELES AND WITH IT, THE ENTIRE CITY. THANK YOU LATOYA FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO AND I'M HONOREDTO CHOOSE YOU AS MY WOMEN OF IMPACT FOR 2025. [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: AND NOW COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT HERE OR OVER THERE? >> H. Hutt: OVER HERE. >> E. Hernandez: OKAY. >> H. Hutt: I'M GOING TO CALL EACH MEMBER BY ORDER. >> E. Hernandez: GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN RAMAN AND HUTT FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. GOOD MORNING TO ALL OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WHO ARE WITH US TODAY. IT'S GREAT TO SHARE A ROOM WITH SO MANY WOMEN IN THEIR INDUSTRIES. I WANT TO THANK L.A. CIVIC RIGHTS CAPRI MADDOX TO ENSURE TAT L.A. IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY IS VALUED AND RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CITY. IT'S A HONOR TO RECOGNIZE A LEADER FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 WHO HAS SPENT YEARS BUILDING UP OTHER WOMEN. TERESA KNOWN BY MANY AS DONA TERE. FROM CUERNA VACA. AND SHE IS AN ACTIST VER TO THIS GROUP AND MEMBER OF OUR CYPRESS PARK COUNCIL. SINCE 2017 SHE HAS ORGANIZED FOOD CONTRIBUTIONS. IN 2011 AFTER EXPERIENCING A DIFFICULT SEASON WHERE SHE FELT ALONE DONNA TERE DECIDED TO HELP OTHERS. SHE HAS BUILT TRUST WITH OTHER WOMEN AND EQUIPPED THEM WITH THE RESOURCES TO FACE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE TODAY. DONNA TERE WANTS WOMEN TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE BRAVE AND STRONG WAR HE'SER THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THAT THEY PUT THEIR MIND INTO. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT HER WITH THIS CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AS THIS YEAR'S WOMEN OF IMPACT FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. MUCHAS GRACIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] MUCHAS GRACIAS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: BUENO GRACIAS POR ESTA AQUI. >> Translator: THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE I WOULD NOT BE A WOMEN OF IMPACT IF I DIDN'T HAVE MY COMMUNITY BACK ME UP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: er I THINK THERE IS A LOT MORE WOMEN OUT THERE THAT MAKE AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THIS CITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I ALSO THINK THAT WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE MUST OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES AND WE WILL NOT GIVE UP. WE WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING. [APPLAUSE] GRACIAS. >> N. Raman: AND I'M PROUD TO PRESENT FOR MR. BLUMENFIELD, DEBBIE DECKER. PLEASE COME THIS WAY. AND I'LL START READING DEBBIE'S BIO, SINCE 2013 DEBBIE HAS BEEN THE CHIEF OFFICER OF THE PANTRY. DURING THE TENURE THE PANTRY HAS GROWN IN SIZE, AND IN FACT THE PANTRY WAS NAMED THE 2020 NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR. WHICH IS INCREDIBLE, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR DEBBIE. BECAUSE OF THE PANTRY'S AMAZING WORK UNDER DEBBIE'S LEADERSHIP THE STATE AWARDED THE PANTRY 5 MILLION TO BUILD ITS HOUSE OP RICINGS WHICH SPEAKS TO THE EXTENSIVE NEED THAT IT'S SERVING IN THE LOS ANGELES. THE PANTRY IS PROVIDING GROCERY TO OVER 800 FAMILIES EVERY WEEK. 800 AND DELIVERING FOOD TO ANOTHER 600 LOW INCOME SENIORS. PRIOR TO HER WORK AT THE WEST L.A. FOOD PANTRY, DEBBIE WAS THE REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE OR IRIS IN L.A. AND HELPED TO RESETTLE OVER 6,000 REFUGEE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. DEBBIE DEVELOPED A SIX-WEEK EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR NEWLY A PRIEFG REFUGEE THAT STILL CONTINUES TO BE IN USE BY AGENCIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. DEBBIE IS A SPEECH PATHOLOGY AS PROFESSION AND WORKING AS A TEACHER AND BUYER FOR A MAJOR DEPARTMENT CHAIN AND LOAN OFFICER FOR BANK OF AMERICA AND WORKED FOR FOUR DIVA EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE DEBBIE DECKER AS COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, HONOREE OF WOMEN OF IMPACT, 2025. CONGRATULATIONS DEBBIE. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE FASTER SO IF YOU CAN BE WITH OUR HONOREE CLOSE TO WHERE YOU ARE, TWO, THREE, CLOSE AND FIVE IS HERE AND MOVE IT FASTER, MR. PRESIDENT. OKAY, I'LL BRING UP COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, GO AHEAD. >> K. Yaroslavsky: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. SO, TODAY IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AND TRULY EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN NICKI MARK. STRENGTH, COMPASSION AND UNWAIVERING COMMIT TOMENT HELP OTHERS HEAL DEFINES NICKI'S JOURNEY. THROUGH THE 3M FOUNDATION SHE HAS CREATED SPACES THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER AND PLACES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. FOUNDED IN MEMORY OF HER SON, TOMMY, THE TM23 FOUNDATION IS DEDICATE TODAY HELPING CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS PLAY, PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT BY BUILDING SOCCER FIELDS. IN TOMMY'S HONOR, THE FOUNDATION HAS BUILD TWO BEAUTIFUL FEELS IN VISTA DEL MAR WHERE KIDS CAN GROW AND BUILD LASTING FRIENDSHIPS. THESE ARE TRUE PARTNERSHIPS THAT SHOWS WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN THE CITY WORKS WITH ANGELINO TO MAKE OUR PLACE BERT PLACES. PLANS FOR A THIRD PARK UNDER THE SIXTH STREET VIA DUCT AND OTHER LOCATIONS ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. BEYOND THE PHYSICAL SPACES, EXTENDS EVEN FURTHER THROUGH HER WRITING, SHE HELPS OTHERS NAVIGATE GRIEF, HEALING AND PERSONAL GROWTH, HER ABILITY TO CHANNEL LOVE AND PURPOSE INTO A FORCE FOR GOOD INSPIRES SO MANY OF US TO EMBRACE LIFE WITH GREATERNESS AND COMPASSION. NICKI YOUR DEDICATION OF CREATING A WORLD WHERE CHILDREN CAN BE FREE TO PLAY AND SIMPLY BE THEMSELVES, HAS MADE AN IMPACT AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO HONOR YOU TODAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: NOW WE HAVE CD2. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN BEEN UNDER THEIR CHARGE FOR HAVING THIS, TO HIGHLIGHT THE WONDERFUL THAT WOMEN DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE US A SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY AND GOD KNOWS IN LOS ANGELES, WE NEED THAT QUITE A BIT. WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO, I HAVE THE WONDERFUL HONOR OF RECOGNIZING TWO INDIVIDUALS. ONE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US TODAY. BUT I'VE KNOWN BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. SO I'LL START WITH HILDA CZARSEIZIAN FIRST, HILDA AND MY HONOREE WELL TONA, BOTH ARE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT IN ORDER TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON ISSUES IMPACTING HEALTHCARE, BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS, AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. AND BOTH HAVE FOUND IMPACT FROM PAINS OR CHALLENGES IN THEIR LIVES AND HAVE MADE IT A SUCCESS. WE FOUGHT VERY HARD AND BY THE TIME WE WERE ABLE TO PERSUADE OR FORCE THE ENSURER INTO HELPING ADDRESS NATALIE'S DISEASE, IT WAS TOO LATE. AND SHE SUCCUMBED TO CANCER UNFORTUNATELY AT THE TIME. BUT THAT, HURT AND PAIN AND STRUGGLE HILDA TOOK AND MADE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE AND WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO BRING AWARENESS TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER PEDIATRIC AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH CANCER DON'T GO THROUGH THE SAME OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES AND HAS LEAD A FASHION SHOW FOR HER IN HER DAUGHTER'S NAME ALL OF THESE YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH HER, AS WELL AS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCEEDS SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF OTHER CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN PAIN. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REPORT THAT YOU'VE DONE HILDA WHO SUFFER OR THEIR PARENTS WHO SUFFER SILENTLY AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF NATALIE. THANK YOU. >> NEXT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN IN MY DISTRICT, WHILE LATONA HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE POLITICAL ARENA AND SHE HAS BEEN THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT CONSTANTLY BEEN THE PUSH AND INSPIRATION AND IMPETUS ON ALL WONDERFUL THINGS. WHETHER IT'S MAKING SURE THAT ENCINO AND SHERMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE MERGING TOGETHER SO THEY'RE BETTER PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THEIR SMALL SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S MAKING SURE IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY OWNED SERVICES ARE GETTING THE ADEQUATE SUPPORT IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER WHETHER IT'S EMPOWERING WOMEN OF ALL AGES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL, WHETHER IN EDUCATION, BUSINESS OR IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. THERE AREN'T ENOUGH WALTONAS IN THE WORLD THAT CAN STAND BEHIND SOMEBODY AND MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL. YOU MAY NOT HEAR HER NAME BUT YOU ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE PRODUCT THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF HER WORK. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT, RECOGNIZE YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE VALLEY GLEN, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DISTRICT 2 AND CALIFORNIA A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST AND STEADY HANDED SUPPORT. AGAIN, WE NEED THAT QUITE A BIT IN LOS ANGELES. AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR MANY YEARS TO COME AS WELL. TANK YOU, WELLTONA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP CD6. >> I. Padilla: HELLO EVERYBODY AND HAPPY WOMEN HISTORY MONTH. IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU, TO RECOGNIZE AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN WHO'S PER SEVERANCE HAS UPLIFTED COUNTLESS LIVES IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. IN THE 6th DISTRICT I'M PROUD TO PRESENT JULIETA AS OUR 2025, WOMEN OF IMPACT RECIPIENT. CAN YOU GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] JULIETA'S STORE SEE ONE OF RESILIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO SERVICE. BORN IN THE AMAZING VERY SCHOOL STATE OF SINALO MEXICO SHE MIGRATED TO LOS ANGELES IN 1968 WITH A VISION TO BUILD A BETTER VISION FOR HER AND HER FAMILY AND ALL AROUND HER. SHE WORKED IN FACTORIES WHILE PURSUING HER EDUCATION AND EVENTUALLY FOUND AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE LOS ANGELES TRAVEL INSTITUTE CAREER COLLEGE, WHERE SHE HELPED WORKERS, THE NEW NEIGHBORS THAT SHE MET IN A NEW COUNTRY GAIN THE SKILLS THEY NEEDED TO SUCCEED. AND EVEN IN RETIREMENT, HER HEART FOR SERVICE NEVER WAIVERED. SHE SAW A NEED IN THE SENIOR COMMUNITY, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LACKING BASIC LITERACY IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. SO SHE WANTED TO TAKE ACTION. AND TODAY, WITH A SMALL GROUP OF LEARNERS, THIS EVENTUALLY GREW UP INTO A NEW 5011C3 NOW IN MY DISTRICT CALLED PLAZA COMMUNITY ARIA SINALOA. THAT HAS PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH TOOLS TO GROW AND THRIVE AND BE BETTER ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES WITH JUST EXPOSURE TO BASIC SKILLS. JULIETA, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ADVOCACY AND COMPASSION. YOU HAVE NOT ONLY OPENED DOORS YOU HAVE CHANGED LIVES. YOU REMIND THAT KNOWLEDGE IS MORE THAN JUST POWER, IT IS LIBERATION, IT IS OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF A STRONGER MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS, YOUR VISION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT BIG HEART. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL DESERVED HONOR. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL OF YOU TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, THANKS IMELDA PADILLA COUNCILWOMAN FOR THIS AWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF I DESERVE IT BUT I TAKE IT WITH AN HONOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF MONICA RODRIGUEZ I'LL INTRODUCE OUR DISTRICT 7 HONOREE, THIS IS THE ONLY PUBLIC SERVANT BEING RECOGNIZED AND WE HAD A PUBLIC SERVANT RECOGNED LAST YEAR IN THE NAME OF DEPUTY RUBY FLORES WHO WAS WITH US. I WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL THAT NICOLE WARRIOR WHO IS HERE WITH US IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS REALLY MADE AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SHE IS SECOND-GENERATION, CITY EMPLOYEE AND SHE'S AT THE REC AND PARKS DEPARTMENT. BIG BIG AND IT'S A GREAT DEPARTMENT BY THE WAY, YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL GENERAL MANAGER THERE AS WELL. BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR CAREER HAS DEMONSTRATED AN UNWAIVERING SUPPORT FOR A BETTER LOS ANGELES, SERVING 300,000 MEALS TO HOME BOUND SENIORS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS TRULY APPRECIATED BY ALL OF LOS ANGELES. PARTULARLY THE MEMBER, THOSE LIVING IN THE SUNLAND PARK. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM HAS GROWN OVER 400 PERCENT WHILE NICOLE HAS BEEN IN LEADERSHIP. AND SHE DIDN'T STOP THERE, ONLY WITH OUR SENIOR, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO SERVE AND UNDER SERVED AND MARGINIZED COMMUNITIES, WE KNOW THAT THE YOUTH ALSO NEED A VOICE AND 2500 PEOPLE GATHER ANNUALLY FOR SPORTING EVENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AND SHE'S DONE A PARTICULAR INVESTMENT WITH GIRLS. WE KNOW THAT FLAG FOOTBALL, GYMNASTIC, CHEER, HIP-HOP AND COLOR GUARD. NOW THANKS TO HER LEADERSHIP AND FEMALE PARTICIPATION, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH AT THE CIVIC RIGHTS DEPARTMENT. BY THE WAY ALL OF OUR SENIOR STAFF, STARTING WITH CLAUDIA LUNA AND OF COURSE LILY ANA VEGA, WHO PUT THIS EVENT ON FOR US THIS AFTERNOON. I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT BEING WITH WOMEN AND STANDING WITH WOMEN IS A BIG PART THAT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE INCLUDED AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK, YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU AND WE KNOW THAT IF SHE PUT YOUR NAME IN THE HARBOR, YOU ARE THE REAL DEAL. WE HONOR YOU AND CELEBRATE YOU AND WE ASK THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS TO COME AND TAKE A QUICK PHOTO AS WE RECOGNIZE YOUR LEADERSHIP. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT 8 WOMEN OF THE IMPACT FOR 2025, MS. CAMILLE TERRY, LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. MA*UZ SHE IS A PRODUCT OF THE 8th DISTRICT RAISED THERE BY BELIZIAN IMMIGRANT PARENTS, I THINK AT LEAST ONE IS HERE. ONE IS IN THE BACK TAKING PICTURES. IN THE HEART OF THE DISTRICT, EDUCATED LOCALLY HERE AT AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, AND BUILDING TEAMS TO DO THAT, TO CARRY OUT THAT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN AUSTRALIA AS WELL AS CANADA. AND THEN FIVE YEARS AGO, AROUND THE TIME I MET YOU AT A COMMUNITY MEETING, SHE HAD AN IDEA FOR A BUSINESS. AND THAT IDEA WAS, WITH US MOVING FROM GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLES TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THERE WERE GOING TO BE CHARGERS ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO WE PUT CAR CHARGERS BY THE PARK AND IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND ALL THE PLACES. LIKE THOSE CHARGERS, THEY BREAK AND THEY NEED TO BE FIXED OR ELSE PEOPLE LITERALLY CAN'T GET AROUND. SO CAMILLE AND HER COFOUNDER STARTED CHARGER HELP THAT HAS BEEN VERY VERY SUCCESSFUL AND TRAINED OVER 1,000 AROUND THE COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND REPAIR ELECTRIC CHARGERS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. [APPLAUSE] HER BUSINESS IS LOCAL, THEY'RE 42 EMPLOYEES THERE, SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST AND EXCITING, MOST EXCITING YOUNG PEOPLE ANYWHERE BUILDING A BUSINESS THAT IS ABOUT PREPARING US FOR THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU CAMILLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO WATCH YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS GROW TO FACILITATE YOUR FUTURE. CAMILLE TERRY, EVERYBODY! [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: CD9? >> C. Price: COME ON UP, DELIA, THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCILWOMAN HUTT AND RAMAN, TO OUR CIVIC'S CHAIR, CAPRI MADDOX. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE A LEADER, RELENTLESS CHAMPION OF OUR CD9 COMMUNITY. ODELIA ROMERO. AS A COFOUNDER DIRECTOR OF SELLIO, SHE IS ENSURING THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND FIGHTS FOR HER RIGHTS. SEPOTEC WOMEN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED OF ITS TIME AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES. PROVIDING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION IN 24 STATES, AND ENSURING ACCESS TO JUSTICE, HEALTHCARE AND OTHERS ESSENTIAL SERVICES. OFFERING CULTURAL AWARENESS TRAINING TO PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS MAKING SURE THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT AND THE FAIRNESS THAT THEY DESERVE. SHE HAS PROVIDED ESSENTIAL SERVICE SXZ PARTNERS WITH TEAM PRICE TO RUN FOODBANKS AND CONSISTENCY SUPPORTS OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS. HAS PLAYED A VISIT AL ROLE IN BREAKING DOWN LANGUAGE BARRIERS THAT HAS LEFT TOO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. SHE REMINDS US THAT LANGUAGE IS MORE THAN THAN IDENTITY AND HISTORY. IT IS A CATALYST FOR EMPOWERMENT AND FOR CHANGE. TUZ FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND INSPIRING US ALL TO CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE] I'M NOT GOING TO INTERPRET THAT BUT I'M HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF CIELO THAT COOKS AND CLEANS FOR THE CITY BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTES ECONOMICALLY, CULTURALLY POLITICALLY, BUT AND I AM HONORED TO BE HERE BEING A SALPOTEK SPEAKER ONE OF THE 36 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN OUR CITY. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR AND GRATEFUL TO MY PARENTS, MY KIDS, JANET AND BIANI, BECAUSE I'M OFTEN MISSING FROM HOME, SO YOU KNOW THEY ARE BEING PATIENT. I ACCEPT THIS IN RECOGNITION OF THEM. 41 YEARS OLD I CAME IT THIS COUNTRY, NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH, NOT SPEAKING SPANISH BEING MONO LINGUAL SO I WENT TO DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS NOT KNOWING HOW TO COMMUNICATE. I WOULD NEVER IMAGINE BEING AT CITY HALL, THE MOST SACRED PLACE OF L.A. PLACE TO BE HONORED. BUT I DON'T TAKE THIS HONOR FOR MYSELF BUT FOR MY COMMUNITY AND ALL THE WOMEN, ALL THE INDIGENOUS WOMEN THAT WOMEN, SHOULD INNTEK WOMEN. THANK YOU. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. NEXT CD11. >> T. Park: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HUTT AND RAMAN. SCOTT COME ON UP. BEFORE I START WITH MY HONOREE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF TODAY HE'S HONOREE, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T SEE HER STILL IN THE ROOM, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE OF MAYOR BASS'S HONOREE, SUE COLE, SHE ALSO LOST HER BUSINESS AND HER HOME IN THE ALPHABET STREETS IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES. SHE HAS BEEN A AN INCREDIBLE LEADER AND PARTNER. AS WE WORK THROUGH THE INCREDIBLE TRAGEDY. BUT WE'RE EXCITED TODAY TO INTRODUCE MY HONOREE, AS WE CELEBRATE TRAILBLAZING WOMEN WHO HAVE TRANSFORMED OUR CITY THROUGH VISION, RESILIENCE AND ACTION. I'M EXCITE TODAY CELEBRATE RUTH LANCEFORD A FEARLESS CHAMPION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION AND FOUNDER OF FRIENDS OF BIOLA WETLANDS, RUTH IS 95 YEARS OLD AND WE LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH US BUT I'M EXCITE TODAY HAVE SCOTT, THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON RUTH'S BEHALF TODAY. RUTH GREW UP IN LONG ISLAND, SURROUNDED BY WETLANDS. WHEN SHE MOVED TO PLAYA DEL REY IN THE 1960, SHE FOUND HERSELF ANOTHER AROUND SANCTUARY OUR WETLANDS THAT IS HOME TO HUNDREDS OF SPECIES TO BIRDS AND PLANTS AND MARINE LIFE. BUT IN 1978, THAT SANCTUARY WAS THREATENED AND RUTH KNEW SHE HAD TO STEP IN. SHE RALLIED A MOVEMENT AND IGNITING HISTORIC FIGHT TO PROTECT ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING COASTAL WETLANDS IN LOS ANGELES. AGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE LEAD THE CHARGE AND HER ORGANIZATION TOOK ON POWERFUL DEVELOPERS, FOUGHT LEGAL BATTLES AND AFTER SIX RELENTLESS YEARS OF LITIGATION, SHE SECURED A MONUMENTAL SETTLEMENT IN 1990 THAT SAVED 340 ACRES OF WETLANDS AND SURROUNDING HABITAT FROM DESTRUCTION. BUT SHE DIDN'T STOP THERE BESINGER SHE PUSHED FORWARD AND KEPT UP THE FIGHT UNTIL 2003 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECURED THE REMAINING OF BIOLA A VICTORY FOR CONSERVATION THAT WILL ENDURE FOR GENERATIONS. BEYOND HER ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY, SHE CONTINUES TO SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF OPENER GONE HONOR ENSURING THAT OUR BRAVEST HEROES ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN. WITH FUNDRAISING UNDER WAY FOR A MONUMENT HONORING LATINO AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS. HER IMPACT HAS BEEN I AM MEASURABLE AND HER DEDICATION HAS NOT ONLY SAVE GUARDED A TREASURE BUT ALSO INSPIRED NEW GENERATION TO SEE PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. AS HER COUNCILWOMAN, IT'S GREAT TO HONOR HER AND SCOTT, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE ON HER BEHALF. THANK YOU, AND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO RUTH. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: COUNCIL DISTRICT 13, COME ON DOWN. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL WOMEN HUTT FOR LEADING US ALONGSIDE COUNCILWOMAN FROM THE 14th DISTRICT, COUNCILWOMAN RAMAN AND I WANT TO THANK CAPRI MADDOX FOR PUT THISING TOGETHER. AND IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE DUNA AS WOMEN OF IMPACT AS YOU CAN SEE HER FIERCE PICTURE, DON'T LET THAT PICTURE. DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU. BECAUSE FOR 18 YEARS, SHE HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE BRAEZY FOUNDATION WHICH IS ONE OF OUR FAMILY SOURCE CENTERS BUT THE FAMILY SOURCE CENTER WE KNOW DO SO MUCH MORE WHICH IS BEYOND THEY GO BAR BEYOND WHAT WE ASK THEM WHERE SHE SERVES AS SOCIAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. BREEZY'S WORK DO FOOD GIVEAWAY, RESOURCE FARES, THEY DO TAX PREPARATIONS, TRAINING AND HAS BEEN A LIFE LINE FOR THE WORKING FAMILIES OF CD13. FROM HER EARLY DAYS AS A COMMUNITY CASE MANAGER, ALL THE WAY FOR HER LEADERSHIP AT BREEZY, SHE HAS ALWAYS ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE AND CONNECT AND UPLIFT EVERY PERSON. AND YOU HAVE HAVE VISITED BREEZY YOU'LL FEEL WELCOMED AND SUPPORTED. AND IT'S MAINLY DUE TO THE PART OF LEADERSHIP OF DUNA. SO IT'S AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE HER AND PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, I'M PRIVILEGED TO REEF THIS AWARD, I REPRESENT EVERY YOUNG WOMEN THAT WORKS AT BREEZY AND EVERY YOUNG GIRL THAT COMES TO THE CENTER. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE AROUND SO MANY WOMEN THAT RECEIVED THE AWARD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS SUCH A IMPACT TO RECOGNIZE EVA GARCIA AS A WOMEN OF IMPACT FROM CD14. WHEN I MET SHE WAS SKEPTICAL. SHE IS A PROUD IMMIGRANT A CHAMPION FOR HER COMMUNITY A DEFENDER OF VULNERABLE ANGELINOS AND OVERALL, A TRUE CHINGONA. BUT IT'S NOT JUST WHAT EVA DOES, IT'S ABOUT HOW SHE DOES IT. EVERYTHING SHE TAKES ON, SHE DOES WITH AN INFECTIOUS SPIRIT. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> AND I PREPT YOU EVA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HELLO YES, I'M A PERFECTLY IMPERFECT WOMEN. AND I BREAK THE PROTOCOLS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] BUT ALL I KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT I HAVE TO FIGHT WITH MY COMMUNITY FOR MY COMMUNITY. >> Translator: THE MOST SUB LINE. DESERVES TO LIVE FAIRLY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE A COMMITMENT TO HELP MY COMMUNITY AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND YOU ALL NEED TO LISTEN TO US FOR THE MEMBER TO COMMUNITY DISTRICT 14 TO LOOK AT ALL THE NECESSITIES THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. >> H. Hutt: NOW THE 1-5. >> T. McOsker: THE 1-5 IS GOING TO BRING IT HOME. COME ON DEPUTY, COME ON CHIEF. TODAY WE'RE HONORED TO CELEBRATE THE 1-5 WOMEN OF IMPACT, YOLANDA REGALADO, LET'S HEAR IT FOR YOLANDA. YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT SHE IS WHEN SHE COMES WITH PROTECTION, WITH RUBY FLOW FLORES, LET'S HEAR IT FOR RUBY FLORES LAST YEAR. JOINING THE ESTEEMED RANK OF LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND SHE DISTINGUISHED HERSELF AS PART OF THE DEPUTY THAT PIONEER THE GROUND MAKING INMATE SERVICE INSTITUTE JAIL. SHE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ESTABLISHING THE L.A. COUNTY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM EVEN AFTER RETIRING DUE TO AN ON DUTY INJURY AND THEN HER ENTREPRENEUR SPIRIT LOOK OVER. HER VISION AND DETERMINATION LEAD HER TO ESTABLISH SIRENS, SIREN JAVA AND TEA, IT'S BOTH THE SIREN CALL OF THE OERN IN OUR BELOVED SAN PEDRO AND ALSO THE CALL OF THE SIREN THAT SIGNALS FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ON THE WAY. HER UPSCALE COFFEE HOUSE IS DEDICATE TODAY FIRST RESPONDERS, MILITARY PERSONNEL AND UNION MEMBERS. THREE THINGS REALLY AT THE HEART DEEP IN THE HEART OF FOLKS IN THE HARBOR AREA. THIS UNIQUE ESTABLISHMENT QUICKLY ESTABLISHED RECOGNITION AFTER EARNING THIS PRESTIGIOUS TITLE OF BEING THE COFFEE HOUSE FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY WHICH I'M HAOUR THEY'RE CENTRAL TO OUR FLEET WEEK. SHE REALLY PROMOTES FLEET WEEK AND SUPPORTS OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN NAVY. IN 2017 RECEIVED THE WOMEN OF DISTINCTION AND SMALL OWNER BUSINESS OF THE YEAR. IN 2024, YOLANDA WAS INSTRUMENTAL WITH WORKING WITH THE 1-5 SHE WAS THE INSPIRATION IN ESTABLISHING FIRST RESPONDERS SQUARE A PUBLIC SAFETY SQUARE OF DEDICATION IN DOWNTOWN SAN PEDRO AND THIS IS REALLY, DEEP EMBEDDED IN THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY. I WILL SAY THAT, MONG --AMONG BEN OTHER WHO SADLY PERISHED IN THE PROUD BIRD FIRE OF 1994 WHILE SHE DOES NOT WEAR THIS ON HER SLEEVE, JUST DEDICATED A SQUARE TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IS REALLY DRIVEN BY BENNY PANEL AND ALL THOSE THAT RICK THEIR LIFES EVERY DAY. AND I'M REALLY HOND ORDER COMING FROM A FIRE FAMILY MYSELF, THAT WE KEEP THOSE MEMORIES ALIVE. SO IMPORTAN. YOLANDA CURRENTLY SERVED IN THE COMMITTEES THAT DO WATER FRONT AND TOURISM, EVENTS AND MARKETING, PUBLIC ACCESS, FUNDING AND IMPORTANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE PORT AND A TASTE OF SAN PEDRO COMMITTEES BUT ON TOP OF THAT, YOLANDA IS THE PRESIDENT OF PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT BID, A P-BID THAT IS VERY VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I WILL SAY THAT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL P-BIDS IN THE REGION AND DOES A TERRIFIC BID OF BEING A LEADER. THROUGH HER UNWAIVERING DEDICATION AND TIRELESS EFFORTS, YOLANDA MAKES AN INDELABLE MARK IN LOS ANGELES AND L.A. CITY AND COUNTY EVERY SINGLE DAY, EMBODY LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, AND NOW I WOULD LOVE YOLANDA TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO US. YOLANDA REGALADO. [APPLAUSE]. >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU, THANK THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE. I'M VERY HONORED AND I'M VERY BLESSED TO BE HERE. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT EVERYTHING WE DO, HAPPENS FOR A REASON. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS THE REASON. AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE OF MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF MY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE AND EVERY ONE THAT IS INVOLVED, THEY MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM ON BEHALF OF SIREN'S JAVA AND TEA ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING THIS PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR ALWAYS LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CIVIC RIGHTS AND HEATHER HUTT AND ALL THOSE, FOR SCHEDULING TODAY. TODAY WE BUILT THIS AROUND TODAY BECAUSE TODAY IS YOLANDA REGALADO'S BIRTHDAY. SHE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT. AND WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL CERTIFICATE AND I'LL GET A SEPARATE ONE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY. HE LIKES ALL MY JOKES. THANK YOU, MEMBERS. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU MEMBERS FOR YOUR BRINGING YOUR HONOREES, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR FOR LETTING ME TAKE EXTRA TIME. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND THE TEAM AND THE LEADER OF OUR CIVIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS WORK, CAPRI MADDOX, LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE BEFORE WE GO. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ITEM 30 FOR AMENDMENT. IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: AND WE HAVE A SECOND? >> Clerk: IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T DO THIS EARLIER, CAN I HAVE A CONTINUATION OF ITEM 35 TO NEXT WEDNESDAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> Clerk: AND MR. PRESIDENT, TO CLARIFY NEXT WEDNESDAY WOULD BE MARCH 19th, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE 19th OF MARCH FOR COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: OUT OF A FUND ANS OF CAUTION, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ASKED ME TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 22 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED ON THIS PROJECT BEFORE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO MR. CLERK, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR CLOSE SESSION ON ITEM 22, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THIS TIME, IF THE MEMBER IS STILL REQUESTING A CLOSED SESSION? COUNCIL DISTRICT 13? [COUNCIL IN CLOSED SESSION] >> Council President: CALL THE ROLL. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. MR. CLERK, IF YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? >> City Attorney: NO, MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: COUNSEL SUL PRESIDENT, ON ITEM 22, I ASK THAT RECOMMENDATION 3 OF THE BNF REPORT I MOVE THAT WE BIFURATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUANCE TO MARCH 25, 2025, THE 375,000 CONTRACT WHICH IS CONTRACT NUMBER 146250. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, SECONDED BY MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: AND MR. PRESIDENT, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE COUNCIL. BEFORE THE COUNCIL WOULD BE ITEM 22, COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 25-0169, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT FOR RECOMMENDATION 3LLP CONTRACT FOR 375,000 DOLLARS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND ARE WE MR. CLERK THAT WE'LL BE TAKING UP THE ITEM THAT WAS BIFURCATED LATER THIS THIS MONTH OR DO WE NEED A DATE. >> Clerk: IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD ON DATE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK MADE A MOTION TO TP TO MARCH 25th. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SECOND. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL WOULD BE ITEM 23, THE PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM 23 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND ONLINE UNDER ITS RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN READ THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT INTO THE RECORD AND PROCEED. >> 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 THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON OPEN ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN IF YOU CANNOT 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 IMMEDIATE MRAOE OR CLEARLY 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 ITEMS 24 THROUGH 28, ITEM 30 THROUGH 34, AND ITEMS 36 THROUGH 39. SO AGAIN LET ME REPEAT, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 24 THROUGH 28, ITEMS 30 THROUGH 34 AND ITEMS 36 THROUGH 39. ITEM NUMBER 1 AND ITEM NUMBER 29 HAVE BEEN CONTINUED. AS WELL AS ITEM 35. 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 SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, FICK HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ALOUD TO THE ROOM, IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [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 EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> N. Raman: LET'S, LET'S HAVE OUR FIRST SPEAKER, MOVE UP TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. AND WELCOME EVERY ONE TO A NEW DAY IN CITY COUNCIL. I'M THE BOSS NOW. I'M JUST KIDDING, I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST HELPING OUT MARQUEECE. >> N. Raman: WELCOME YOUR NAME AND ITEMS YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. >> Speaker: COUNSELOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATIONS. >> N. Raman: NO CLARIFICATIONS, WHAT ITEMS ARE YOU SPEAKING ON? >> Speaker: YOU WANT TO PLAY THAT GAME. RYAN, I'LL PUT IT VERY CLEAR ACCORD TO GO HIM, HE WAS SUPPOSE TO DEAL WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND BRAILLE ISSUES. YOUR DEPARTMENT DID NOTHING. SO YOU KEEP THAT LITTLE ATTITUDE GOING ON. YOU'RE A DEPUTY NOW DOES NOT FOLLOW-UP WITH ANYTHING REGARDING WITH ADA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF POWER. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GO TO GO PAY ATTENTION TO ME. I KNOW YOU HATE WHITE REPUBLICAN TRUMP SUPPORTERS, ACTUALLY YOU HATE EVERYBODY YOU CAN. YOUR ATTITUDE AT THE BEGINNING, WAS WONDERFUL. I KNOW YOU'RE A REGISTERED SOCIALIST, THAT'S FINE WITH ME. YOU HATE EVERY JEW IN THE WORLD, YOU MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. A DEAD JEW IS A GOOD JEW TOWARDS YOU, SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. WITH THAT NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, THAT WAS A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE BUT YOU DON'T CARE. WHY DON'T YOU FIRE RYAN OUR FORMER DEPUTY? HE DIDN'T FOLLOW-UP WITH ANYTHING, PIECE OF SHIT. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SO MUCH, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE, THE NAME AND ITEMS YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. WELCOME MR. GRAB NER. >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM 30 IS RELATED TO THE RECOGNITION OF I THINK IT'S NAROSE, AND YOU HAVE IT SPELLED WRONG IN THE AGENDA ITEM, IT LOOKS LIKE N.A.L.R.O.Z., ALSO LOOKS LIKE IT'S MARCH 20th, NOT MARCH 21st. SO I MEAN, CLEARLY THIS IS, VIRTUAL SIGNALING, ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING FOR AMERICANS TO THINK THIS IS HONORING. [LAUGHTER] SO YEAH, WE HAVE ITEM 32 WHICH IS BLUMENFIELD PADILLA, A STREET BANNER CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE THE WOOD LAND HILLS WARNER CENTER NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL JUST LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I GUESS, IT'S NICE TO GIVE A LITTLE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY I GUESS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, THE WAY, THE CITY'S BUDGET IS GOING RIGHT NOW, WE CAN PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATE THAT MONEY FWARDS THINGS, HOW ABOUT SOME STUFF TO HELP IMPROVE THAT COMMUNITY OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE ITEM 34 WHICH IS RELATED TO SOMETHING FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. I KIND OF REMEMBER HOW MOST OF YOU HAD NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT, REMEMBER WHEN THE FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAUL KREKORIAN INTENT, LIKE CALLED ON AN ASIAN MAN IN THE CHAMBER A DIFFERENT NAME. CALLED HIM SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEN REFUSED TO APOLOGIZE BEFORE EVENTUALLY DOING A VERY AGGRESSIVE FAKE APOLOGY AND NONE OF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. AND SO, SO YEAH. LET'S SEE, WE HAVE ITEM 35, THAT'S A 4118 MOTION FROM PADILLA. NO NO ON 41118 MOTIONS. 4118 IS CRUEL, YOU SHOULD GET HOUSING AND SERVICES NOT SWEEPS AND CRIMINALIZATION. ITEM 37 ALLOCATES MONEY CITY FUNDS TO THE POLICE FOUNDATION. SO, I THOUGHT THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE FUNDS THAT COULDN'T COME FROM THE CITY BUT YOU'RE THE CITY FUNDING THE POLICE FOUNDATION. SO VERY INTERESTING QUESTIONS AND KIND OF MAKES THINGS PUTS THINGS IN A NEW LIGHT. WE HAVE WALK OF FAME STAR FOR, FOR BILLY JEAN KING. I THINK IN THE SPIRIT OF BILLY JEAN KING YOU SHOULD ALL BE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TRO TRY TO PREVENT TRANS ATHLETES FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE 2020 OLYMPICS BECAUSE SHE SUPPORTS TRANS ATHLETES AND YOU SHOULD SUPPORT TRANS ATHLETES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THE LAPD IS IN A NEW SCANDAL NOW. YET ANOTHER SCANDAL. THE LAPD IS WHAT IS CALLED THE RECRUITING DIVISION WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE SAYING ALL KINDS OF RACIST, SEXIST HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT. YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS HOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT RECRUITS TO THEIR OWN DEPARTMENTS. PEOPLE TRYING TO BECOME COPS AND THEY'RE SAYING ALL OF THIS HATEFUL SHIT ABOUT THEM. SO WHAT IS THE HATEST SHIT SAYING ABOUT THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THIS IS HOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR POTENTIALLY FELLOW COPS, HOW ARE THEY SPEAKING ABOUT MEMBERS TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S GOT TO BE REALLY MESSED UP? AND UNO; SO THERE IS, WE'RE CLEARLY SEEING THEM, THERE SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS CULTURE OVER HERE GOING ON. WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING, YOU KIND OF ALREADY KNOW THAT. SO YOU SHOULD INVESTIGATE THAT. AND WHY DO YOU HAVE CLOSE SESSION BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT? >> N. Raman: OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER AND ONCE HE GETS HERE, YOU CAN START THE TIME. >> City Attorney: THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THAT'S RIGHT AND OUR NEW PRESIDENT, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE WELCOME TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, CENSOR ASSHOLE. NUMBER 24, WE'VE GOT YSABEL DOING A RENT ESCROW, YES, WE SUPPORT IT. YES. ALL OF YOU COUNCIL CRIMINALS LOVE THOSE FUCKEN LANDLORDS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GIVE YOU THE MONEY, DON'T THEY? ABSOLUTELY. THEN WE HAVE, HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ HONORING BILLY JEAN KING, ONE OF THE FIRST PUSSY EATERS IN WOMEN HISTORY, SHE PLAYED A MAN, HER EX HUSBAND AND BEAT HIM IN A TENNIS MATCH. IF YOU WANT TO BE A STRONGER WOMEN, EAT A PUSSY, I AGREE. THEN WE HAVE LET'S SEE HERE, CD10, THE UNELECTED ONE HEATHER HUTT. LET'S SEE HERE, NORTH ADAMS BOULEVARD, MAN'S FIELD. OH I WAS THERE OVER THERE HEATHER, I DROVE THROUGH YOUR AREA THERE. AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A SHIT HOLE IT LOOKS LIKE. IF YOU WERE NOT BUSY FILLING YOUR FACE, TALK TO GO HAMBURGER HERNANDEZ, WOULD YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO CLEAN UP THE TERMINAL FIRST PRIOR TO THE VACATION. THEN WE HAVE 27, WOW THAT'S CD4, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, EVERYBODY, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE, AND WHAT IS HAPPENING ON SEEDROSS, SHE WANTS TO VACATE AN ALLEY, LOOK AT THAT, NIGT RA RAMAN NOODLE WANTS TO GET RID OF THE HOMELESS, GET RID OF THE DRUG USE, GET RID OF THE TENTS. NOW THAT SHE HAS A TASTE OF POWER SITTING UP THERE WITH A GAVEL AND COFFEE ON HER LEFT HAND. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS, OR MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOT COMPLETELY TALKING ABOUT THE ITEM IN FULLNESS, SHE IS THE SPONSOR AND KNOWN AS NOODLE NOODLE. ?AOU NEED TO TIE THE COMMENTS TO THE AGENDA. >> Speaker: YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE IS FIGHTING AGAINST HOMELESSNESS AND DRUG ADDICTS. WHERE IS JOHN LEE? HE DISAPPEARED? NO FBI INTERVIEW. OH I'M SORRY, FRIDAY IS ALWAYS HIS FBI INTERVIEW, YES. THEN WE GET STOLEN AGAIN. LOOK AT THIS, A PLAN USE DESIGNATION FOR ZONING. STOLELAND, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THIS IS. HOW MUCH ARE THEY PAYING TO YOU VOTE FOR THIS? SHAME ON YOU YOU LITTLE COMMUNIST. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE THE LAPD TAPES AND THE LAPD SUCCEEDED IN THOSE TAPES THAT THE GREAT FERNANDO VALENZUELA DIED OF TACO INGESTION. SO WE HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW UNISSES, YOU'VE GOT TO STOP EATING BECAUSE ACCORD TO GO LAPD, YOU'RE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISEASES BECAUSE OF. >> N. Raman: HOW IS THIS RELATED TO THE COUNCIL. >> Speaker: IT'S IN THE LAPD TAPES. AND REMEMBER, IT'S BUCKET HEAD FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR, SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. EVERYBODY HAS IRISH GO OUT AND GET DRUNK AND GO HOME AND SLAP THE LADY UP THE HEAD, A TRADITIONAL IRISH DAY. HEAR THE OLD POP TEE. AND MAGIC BUCKET HEAD NEVER MENTIONED. >> N. Raman: , THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY. YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. >> Speaker: I'M SHAY. >> N. Raman: WHAT ITEMS. >> Speaker: I'VE COME UP WITH THE ITEM ON HOW TO STOP. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: HOW TO STOP THE FIRES AND WILDFIRES AND NOT ONLY IN LOS ANGELES BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD. IF THIS METHOD HAD BEEN USED THE PACIFIC PALISADES AND EATON FIRES AND HURST WOULD STILL BE HERE. THIS IS THE METHOD, THIS IS A HOUSE ON FIRE, ALL RIGHT, LET ME PUT IT RIGHT HERE SO YOU CAN SEE T.I CALL TT HELICOPTER HEROES, OBVIOUSLY THE FIRE HOUSES DIDN'T DO MUCH GOOD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, THIS WOULD BE--LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS WOULD BE SNUFFED OUT BY BLANKET CARRIED BY A HELICOPTER IN EACH CORNER, THE HEROES WOULD COME BUY, CARRYING THE BLANKET AND FLOW IT OVER THE BURNING HOUSE OR THE FIELD, HOW IS THE FIRE GOING TO SPREAD? IT'S NOT GOING TO SPREAD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND I GUARANTEE YOU THIS WILL BE USED. >> City Attorney: APPRECIATE YOUR CREATIVITY, NEXT SPEAKER. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, NEXT SPEAKER, I'M SO SORRY, SIR, YOU'RE TIME IS UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER? >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: START WITH ITEM NUMBER 24. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 25. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 26. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I AM HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR OUR COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER. AGAIN, MAYBE WE DO NOT HAVE, WE ARE NOT MILLIONAIRE LIKE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, MAYBE WE ARE NOT CORRUPT TAKING ALL THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT'S MONEY TO RUN FOR ILLEGAL ELECTION. MAYBE WE DO NOT ILLEGAL VOTES FROM ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE WE ONLY ACCEPT VOTES FROM LEGALIZED AMERICAN CITIZEN. SO MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUPPORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE THIS FIGHT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE ENOUGH CORRUPTION IS ENOUGH CORRUPTION. WE ARE TIRED OF THIS. INCLUDING OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE THAT LAPD CONTINUE ALWAYS CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR DEI PEOPLE, OUR BLACK PEOPLE WHEN THE ASIAN GETTING ATTACKED WHEN WHITE GETTING ATTACKED. WHEN LAPD NEVER CARE. AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER WILL MAKE THAT CHANGE. >> >> N. Raman: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 32. POLITICS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, MY LADY. ITEM 32, YOU KNOW HOW TO PROMOTE A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY AND I'M DIRECTING THIS AT MS. PADILLA BECAUSE SHE KIND OF CONSIGNED THAT, YOU DO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS THIS THING WHERE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO GET ONE PERCENT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR BEAUTIFICATION AND FOR ART WORK ET CETERA. WELL WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON WEDNESDAY, THE ARTIST, I KNOW WHO THE ARTIST IS, I'M A COLLECTOR OF ART WORK BUT HIS ART WORK IS NOT FROM VAN NUYS, IT ISN'T FOR VAN NUYS. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO IMPROVE, WHETHER IT'S ART WORK OB SOMETHING ELSE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY. ANOTHER WAY TO PROMOTE IT IN VAN NUYS, YOU HAVE A NEW CHURCH THAT IS TAKEN OVER VAN NUYS BOULEVARD AND SILVAN, THEY TOLD ME I COULDN'T PARK THERE FOR THE MEETING. THEY TOLD ME I DON'T PARK THERE, 53 YEARS I'VE BEEN IN VAN NUYS AND IFZ TOLD I COULD NOT PARK IN THE PARKING LOT. LET ME GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, NO DISRESPECT BUT THE FLOWERS YOU GAVE YOUR RECIPIENT, THIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION. THOSE FLOWERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE, SIR, SO IF I NEED TO PITCH, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY. EVERY RECIPIENTS ARE STARS IN THE COMMUNITY, LET'S MAKE SURE WE TREAT THEM ALL EQUALLY. LASTLY, WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR L.A. FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS. I'LL SUBMIT SOMETHING NEXT WEEK BUT IN THIS CITY WITH ALL THE TALENT WITH ALL THE KNOWLEDGE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE WE CANNOT GO BACK AND USE THE 19 84 SONG "WE LOVE L.A." THEY'RE IS SOMEBODY IN THIS COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TO PROMOTE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? OKAY. ONE MORE SPEAKER, GO AHEAD. YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS JESSICA ROBINSON I'M SPEAKING ON PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR WOMEN'S. I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10 HOWEVER I'M OUTRAGED OF LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACTION REGARDING AGAINST BLACK WOMEN IN LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY UTILIZE AND AMPLIFY STORIES, COMMENTARIES OF BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CITY PRESS MATERIAL AND MEDIA OUT REACH. YOUR OFFICE SHOULD REPORT IT, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A DECLINING VIOLENCE AGAINST OTHER GROUPS, VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK WOMEN HAS SKYROCKETED. BLACK WOMEN MAKE UP 4.3 PERCENT OF THE CITY POPULATION YET ACCOUNT TO 33 PERCENT OF ALL FEMALE VIOLENCE VICTIMS. CITY COUNCIL LEADER HEATHER HUTT STATED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT COUNCIL IS FEMALE. WHO IS A FEARLESS VOICE? SAID YOUR SILENCE DOES NOT PROTECT YOU. FEMALE CITY COUNCILORS, DO NOT REMAIN SILENT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EX SPIEDER. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, YOUR NAME AND ITEMS YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. >> Speaker: I'M KEEFER HUTCHINSON AND I'M DOING PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M FOR BLACK GIRLS COALITION. OUR COALITION WAS THE MENTOR OF CAMILLE TORY WHO WAS HONORED HERE TODAY. TWO YEARS AGO, DURING WOMEN HISTORY MONTH, SPARKED BY THE MURDER OF TIANA, CONCLUDE THAT 4.3 OF THE CITY'S POPULATION AS YOU HEARD BEFORE, YET WE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY VICTIMS OF GENDER BASE VIOLENCE, WE'RE THE LEAST PROTECTED AND REJECTED. YET THEY HAVE A FORM OF EMERGENCY, WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY FUNDING? WHERE ARE THE RESOURCE TO SEE TREAT THEM, AS THE CRISIS THAT IT IS. ON APRIL 19th, WE'LL BE RALLYING WITH OUR YOUTH. COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO OPEN YOUR VACANT OPEN ON CRENSHAW TO CEO THAT PROVIDES HELP FOR GIRLS AND TRANS BE GENDER. FANI ONCE SAID, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. COME ELECTION NIGHT, BLACK WOMEN ARE--ASKED. >> Council President: I'M SO SORRY, BUT YOUR TIME IS UP. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. NEXT SPEAKER, YOUR NAME SD THE ITEM YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. >> Speaker: SHAW. PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> Council President: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: SUZETTE, I'M WRITING AND TALKING ABOUT WOMEN LIVING IN SKID ROW. ON THIS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT BLACK MIDDLE AGE WOMEN WE TRACK AS A NUMBER ONE DISPLACEMENT. THIS IS NOT JUST YEAR AFTER YEAR BUT DECADE AFTERDECK AID. BY HUGE NUMBERS. THE INTERSECTION ALITY OF TRAUMA INFORMED AND NOW WE HAVE THIS HOPE MYTHOLOGY OF TAKING THE ISSUES INFORMED AND REALLY TRYING TO MICRO CAUSE THEM INTO SEX WORK IN THE WAY OF, CREATING THIS HARM REDUCTION ISSUE THAT IS NOT REALLY SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF BLACK WOMEN. THERE IS, HISTORICAL TRAUMA THAT RELATES TO WE AS BLACK WOMEN AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE A TRAUMA INFORMED LENS AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT WOMEN LIKE DR. HUTCHINSON FOR STANDING WITH BLACK GIRLS AND WOMEN. THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE, GRASS ROOTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHERE DISPROPORTIONALITY IS BEING AFFECTED. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS, GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. OKAY. I BELIEVE WE CAN NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: YES. >> Council President: LET'S MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS THAT THE MEMBERS CALLED SPECIAL. >> Clerk: YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 24 THROUGH 28, 30, 32 THROUGH 34, 36 AND 38. >> Council President: GREAT. UNLESS THERE IS ANY OBJECTIONS, LET'S CALL THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU. . >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 35 CALLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. IF YOU CAN OPEN THE ROLL, ON THOSE ITEMS. >> Clerk: OH, MADAM PRESIDENT, 35 WAS CONTINUED. >> Council President: OH. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE UP ITEM 37 CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: YES, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 37 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM 39 WHICH HAS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Clerk: AND MADAM THERE WILL BE TWO VOTES THE FIRST VOTE BEING TO WHETHER SUBSTITUTE. >> Council President: GREAT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE ITEM NUMBER 29 WITH MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ CONSTITUTING MOTION. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: GREAT. NOW LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE ITEM AS SUBSTITUTED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: GREAT, NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 31 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> Clerk: AND THE AMENDMENT INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: WONDERFUL. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK. CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: GREAT. OKAY, MR. CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: MADAM PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: OKAY, POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: WONDERFUL, MEMBERS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. McOSKER, WHAT A SURPRISE. >> T. McOsker: MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE TODAY. >> Council President: I WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM YOU, SIR. PLEASE CONTINUE. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE FIRST IS SALES GP. I ANNOUNCED THAT SALE GP IS COMING TO THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. AS A REMINDER IT'S GOING TO BE HELD THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH DOORS OPENING AT 12:45 P.M. IT'S ONE THING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE RACE BUT ANOTHER THING FOR TO YOU SEE THEM. WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO TO DRUM P MORE EXCITEMENT ABOUT LOS ANGELES'S SAIL GP WHICH IS THE LIKE THE GRAND PRIX OF SAILING AND SHOWS US IN LOS ANGELES THE PREMIER SAILING VENUE. SO LET'S GO TO THE TAPE. >> T. McOsker: SO IT'S NEARLY SOLD OUT AND IT WILL BE SOLD OUT BUT THERE IS A LOT OF AREAS THAT FOLKS CAN SEE WHETHER IT'S WEST HARBOR OUR FISHING PORT. AND LESS FANCY BUT JUST AS FUN IS GOING TO BE GAYLICK AND GARLIC. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO OUR THIRD ANNUAL GAYLICK AND GARLIC, SAN PEDRO IS HOME TO A FEW PEOPLE OF IRISH DISSENT, SO WE'RE WE'LL BE IN THE HEART OF LITTLE ITALY ON SIXTH AND MESA FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M. TOMORROW. YOU CAN SPEND THE EVENING WITH US WATCHING IRISH DANCERS LISTENING TO BAGPIPE PERFORMERS, EATING CORN BEEF, SPAGHETTI AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME HOMEMADE CANOLI'S IT'S A FREE EVENT, THERE WILL BE FOOD FOR SALE. IF YOU NOTICE FROM THE LISTING, THERE IS A BUNCH OF IRISH ARTS AND ITALIAN FOOD. WE'RE GOING TO FEATURE WHAT WE'RE GOOD AT. COME ON OUT, 3:00 TO 7:00. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, AND I THINK ITALIAN FOOD AND IRISH ART IS ABOUT RIGHT. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND MAKE TWO CALL OUT. STAPLETON WAS HERE FROM MY STAFF AND ALWAYS BEEN A FIERCE WOMEN ADVOCATE, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE HER WHEN I WAS RECOGNIZING THE TWO WOMEN HONOREE, SO I WANT TODAY MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE HER A QUICK SHOUT OUT BECAUSE SHE HAS DONE WONDERFUL WORK AND CONTINUES TO DO SO IN ANY OFFICE. TWO, THERE IS GOING TO BE A BETTER FORMAL RECOGNITION OF THIS INDIVIDUAL. HE'S NOT STOPPING YET. BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE SINCE HE'S ON THE FLOOR AND EMPLOYED BIT COUNCIL, UP UNTIL 5:00 P.M. TODAY. I WANT TODAY RECOGNIZE CARL TAROSIAN FOR HIS 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CITY COUNCIL. [APPLAUSE] HE'S ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT QUIETLY GET A LOT OF WORK DONE, MAYBE SOMETIMES HE HAS NOT BEEN TOO QUIET WITH SOME OF YOU IN THE PAST. BUT SOMEBODY THAT HAS DONE PHENOMENAL WORK, SOMEBODY THAT I MET WHEN HE WAS 16 IN HIGH SCHOOL AND STARTED WORKING OUT ON CAMPAIGNS. SO, PUBLIC SERVICE RUNS IN HIS VEINS AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING FOR THE CITY FAMILY AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNE TIME TO RECOGNIZE HIM FROM THE PODIUM IN THE COMING WEEKS. I JUST WANTED MENTION IT, THOUGH THAT IT'S HIS LAST DAY WITH COUNCIL. CARL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF CD2 AND ALL OF LOS ANGELES FOR YOUR SERVICE. MORE TO COME. >> Council President: GOODBYE, CARL. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, SEEING NONE, LET'S RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNMENTS TO MY LEFT? MR. McOSKER. YES, GO AHEAD. >> T. McOsker: COLLEAGUES. I RISE TODAY TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF MARRIAN, MUTT JUNIOR WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON MARCH 5th, 2025. BORN ON MAY 59ING, 1938 TO MARRIAN SENIOR A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SAN PEDRO. HE ATTENDED LELAND STREET ELEMENTARY, DANA JUNIOR HIGH AND HARBOR COLLEGE, IT DOESN'T GET MORE PAOED RO THAN THAT. HE MARRIED HE'S HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART AND THEY WERE BLESS WITHED A BEAUTIFUL AND LOVING MARRIAGE FOR 67 YEARS. TOGETHER THEY RAISED FOUR DAUGHTERS AND HAD TEN GRANDKIDS AND 15 GREAT GRANDKIDS. HE WAS A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN FROM AGE 15. HE OWNED AND WAS THE SKIPPER OF FISHING BOAT THE COME DORE. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST HAMMER HEAD CRANE OPERATORS IN THE PORT. HE WAS ALSO A-LINE MAN AND LATER BECAME A RING CLERK AND RETIRED IN 2006. MUTT WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELKS LODGE, THE 2030 CLUB, THE DALMATIAN AMERICA CLUB AND THE LAS VERDES GOLF CLUB. KNOWN BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN AS PAPA MUTT. AS A KID GROWING UP IN PAOED RO KNOWING HIS DAUGHTERS, HE WAS JUST THE FUNNIEST FULL OF LIFE GUY YOU'D EVER WANT TO BE AROUND. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND SISTER REYNA. HE IS SURVIVED WHICH BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, SO MANY GRANDCHILDREN WHO SO MANY GREW UP WITH MY KIDS. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:30 NEXT WEEK MARY STAR CHURCH ON MARCH 259ING IN SAN REED RO. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUESTING DONATED BE MADE TO THE KECK RESEARCH FUND FOR PARKINSON'S FUND. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL ADJOURNMENT AND OUR CONDOLENCES. ANY OTHER ADJOURNMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, TODAY WE'RE HERE TO HONOR GUADALUPE RODRIGUEZ, A DE VOTED MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND CHERISHED MEMBER. KNOWN FOR HER QUIET STRAIN SERVED THE L.A. UNIFIED DISTRICT FOR 25 YEARS. BORN IN GUADALAJARA JALISCO, WAS DEDICATED TO FAMILY. THESE VALUES WERE BOTH REFLECTED IN BOTH HER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND WHEN SHE WAS NOT SPENDING TIME WITH HER SON AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN, SHE WAS HELPING COUNTLESS PEOPLE GROW AT THE EAST L.A. SKILL CENTER. THROUGH HER LIFE AND WORK, GUADALUPE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY. SHE COULD ALWAYS BE COUNTED ON FOR THE THOUGHTFUL ADVISE, WARM EMBRACE OR REASSURING PRESENCE. SHELL BE MISSED BY EVERY ONE LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW HER, ESPECIALLY HER NEPHEW, AXLE, HER LEGACY AND IMPACT WILL CONTINUE TO BE FELT IN THE YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. YES, MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: SAL PALACIOS IS ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES, IT'S KIND OF TO YOU MAKE THIS ADJOURNMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOU, IF I CAN. >> Council President: WONDERFUL. ANY OTHER ADJOURNMENTS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. SERVE THE CITY BUT ALSO MAKE TIME FOR YOUR FAMILIES THIS WEEKEND EVERYBODY.