>> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. WELCOME TO THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 11, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS PRESENT AND AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: OKAY, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF JUNE 10, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN MOVES COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA? >> Clerk: YES, SIR, MR PRESIDENT. THERE ARE SEVERAL REQUESTS. FIRST REQUEST IS TO RIVER ITEM 116 TO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND SECOND "IS TO CONTINUE ITEM 34 TO JUNE 13, 2025. >> Council President: JUNE 13th? >> Clerk: YES, SIR, FRIDAY. >> Council President: FRIDAY, OKAY. >> Clerk: ITEM 2 THROUGH 12 WITH ITEMS FOR PI PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. NOTE THAT CORRECTED REPORTS FOR ITEM 10 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND NOW ONLINE UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILE. ITEM 13 THROUGH 118 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. NOTE THAT NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FO ITEM 17 IN AS MUCH THE MAYOR APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26. ITEMS 19 THROUGH 33 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ON CONDITIONATION ITEM 24 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SPECIALS MEMBERS? TO MY RIGHT? TO MY LEFT? MR. PRICE? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: ITEM 7 FOR AN AMENDMENT. AND TALKING POINTS. >> Council President: TO SPEAK AND AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 7? ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS. MADAM CLERK, WHICH ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 2 THROUGH 6, AS WELL AS 8 THROUGH 12 SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ASK COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED ITEM 6 AND 19 THROUGH 33 IN COMMITTEE ON JUNE THIRD. I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THESE ITEMS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. CAN WE READ THE SETTLEMENTS INTO THE RECORD. >> Clerk: YES I'LL READ THE SETTLEMENT SIR. AND ALSO TWO CLOSE SESSION ITEMS THAT SHOULD BE HELD ON THE DESK AT THIS TIME AND THOSE ARE ITEM 28 AND 32, SIR BUT I SHOULD READ THE SETTLEMENTS FOR THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. ITEM 19, IN THE CASE ENTITLED BRANDI MINARD ET AL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 195,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 20 IN THE CASE ENTITLED, SANTOS ARIANO ET AL VERSUS JOHNNY CHARLES WILSON ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND TOUP $325,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 21 IN THE CASE ENTITLED BIANCA O IRENE PLACIAS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO UP TO 575,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM IT 22 IN THE CASE JIM VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $300,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 23 IN THE CASE ENTITLED JESUS SANDOVAL ET AL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 1 MILLION 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 24 IN THE CASE ENTITLED, MARK SAYANG VERSUS JESUS CARRILLO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 25 IN THE CASE ENTITLED, DIANA VIGIL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $125,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 26 IN THE CASE ENTITLED JUICE AN KARNY, VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $826,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 27 IN THE CASE ENTITLED ELIZABETH GREENWOOD VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $500,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 29 IN THE CASE ENTITLED HERBERT OR A LAND O VERSUS MARIN AL FRE O CONTRERAS THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. ITEM 30 IN THE CASE ENTITLED ANTHONY VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. ITEM 231 IN THE CASE FLORENCE MEDICAL CENTER VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. AND FINALLY FOR ITEM 30 IN THE CASE ENTITLED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MAY LING AND FAIR HOUSING COUNSEL OF SAN FERNANDO VALLEY VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $129,405.06 IN SETTLEMENT. >> Council President: ALL RGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ITEM 5 WE ALSO CONSIDERED THAT AT THE SAME COUNCIL MEETING AND I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEM 5. PD OVERTIME. >> Council President: IT'S BEEN APPROVED, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM CHAIR, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, COUNCIL HAS PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: WHEN IT'S 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 ITEMS. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY OR CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1, ITEMS 13 THROUGH 15, AND ITEMS 17 THROUGH 18. AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1, ITEMS 13 THROUGH 15, AND ITEMS 17 THROUGH 18. ITEM NUMBER 16 HAS BEEN REFERRED BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. 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 TO ANY ITEMS OR ANYTHING IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. AND COUPLE OTHER THINGS, IF I CAN MAKE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, 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. THANK YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT COMMENT PERIOD, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER READ ALOUD. THE ORDER THAT WE TAKE THE IS WRAND OM. AGAIN, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED OUT ALOUD AND THEN YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN CALLING NAMES. STACY CIGAR, McALSTER AND MARK. >> Speaker: I HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE HEARD UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS NOT STARTED. PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES. SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, THIS IS A GENERAL WARNING FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW OR JOINING US VIRTUALLY, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME SPEAKING THAT MAY NOT AGREE WITH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENT THE FASTEST WAY TO GET THROUGH THIS IS JUST IGNORE IT. THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT REQUIRE TO YOU LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO AT ANY POINT, YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THE ROOM OR HIT MUTE WHILE WATCHING VIRTUALLY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: YAY YAY YAY, MOTHER FUCKER, I'M THE FIRST TO HAVE YOUR I MPERMISSIBLE RESTRAINT, BUT THE AUDIENCE APPROVES OF MY COMMUNICATION BIT FUCKED FIRST WOMEN MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, SHE DOES NOT WANT US TO GET CANNABIS TO GET HIGH. I WANT TO GET HIGH WITH YOU! DOES ANYBODY WANT TO GET HIGH WITH ME? WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, GUIDELINES OF THE PROCESS ACCORDING TO BLAH BLAH AND MA NACOW, SHE IS LISTENING BECAUSE I HAVE AN ASSESSMENT TO ASSESS AGAINST OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FUCK YOU ON BEHALF OF MEASURE 64 AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WANT A PERMIT TO SELL CANNABIS, YOU HO. THEN I GO TO ITEM NUMBER, IT'S FOUR PAGES LONG, NIGGER, I'VE GOT TO WRAP ON THIS. THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF 655 OUNCES OF PROPOSITION K FOR KIDS, WASN'T THAT SONG PROPOSITION K FOR KIDS ALL THE OTHER FUCKED UP WITH KIDS WITH THE K, WANT TO SAY F FUCK YOU. AND THEN I GO TO THIS 40-PAGE AGENDA. >> Council President: CAN WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT CD8, ARE YOU RETALIATING BECAUSE MR. PRICE DOES NOT RECUSE HIM SELVES FROM THE 18 MILLION BONDS ON THE PROJECT KNOWN AS MAIN STREET, WHERE IS THE HOUSING? HOW MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE EXPLAINING TO THE WORLD ABOUT THE HOUSING CONDITIONS? I PRAY TO GOD, I PRAY TO THE JEW JEWS AND THE MONEY TREE TO PROVIDE 57 MORE UNITS ON BEHALF OF DAVID O CARTER FOR THE RECORD. OH I WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THE MOTION THAT I BRING TO THE FLOOR TODAY IN ALLOCATING MORE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF STOLEN ALLOCATED MONEY BY RAMAN NAOD SXL THAT JEW JEW BOB BLUMENFIELD TALKING TO MONICA, MOO MOO, MOO MOO MOO, YEAH, EVERYBODY IT'S CHRISTMAS. LOOK AT ITEM 17, VETO OF THE MAYOR, FUCK THE MAYOR TOO. ITEM 15, BLUMENFIELD AND LEE, FUCK THEM TOO ON BOTH THOSE TWO NAMES. AND LOOK AT ITEM 16, COMMUNICATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, FUCK MATT SZABO ON BEHALF OF DAVID OCARTER A FEDERAL JUDGE AND PROBE AGAINST L.A. HOUSING AND L.A. COUNTY RIP OFF MACHINE. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER, MR. HERMAN, I WILL REMIND YOU THAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN WARNED TODAY AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Speaker: I GUESS THREE PLUS ONE IS FOUR. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SORRY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I NEED MY TIME BACK. NOW THAT I HAVE A TIME RING, IT WILL SHINE IN THE CITY OF CRIMINAL CORRUPTION AND TERRORISM, [SINGING] SMOKING SCAN, YOU KNOW, FOR A FACT THAT MARQUEECY SAMBO JANGLE HAS A THRILL WITH MY BIG DICK, I WANT MY RATION SO I CAN BUY MY CANNABIS AND GET HIGH ON YOU, IF I HAD A REASON, I'D BE CRYING OUT TO THE WORLD, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU MOMMY MAYOR BASS, BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH AN ASS, IF THERE IS REALLY DEMOCRACY, THEN LET ME BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY, FUCK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ, GEORGE AND JOHN KALISH. >> Speaker: GREAT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GREAT, I GUESS I'LL START WITH ITEM 14. THIS IS TO APPROPRIATE 1682. 19 FOR SOMETHING CALLED A CEREMONIAL SIGN CEREMONY SOUNDS A LITTLE REDUNDANT. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY COMPARED TO THE BIJT AS A WHOLE, HOWEVER I THINK IN AN IMPENDING STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IT WOULD BE WISE TO NOT LEVEE EXPENDITURE RELATE TODAY CEREMONIOUS AND SUPERFLUOUS THINGS, KIDS ORGANIZATIONS, 501C3s INSTEAD OF THE CITY POENING MONEY FOR THINGS THEY DON'T NEED. WE NEED TO BE TIGHTER BUDGET. ITEM 15 IS A $30,000 REWARD I DON'T KNOW WHY THE REWARD COMES OUT OF THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET. CONSIDERING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION, THE LAPD SHOULD BE TAKING ON MORE OF THESE EXPENSES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT. IF THE LAPD CAN'T FIND THE PERSON AND THEY NEED A PERSON TO DO IT, THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT NOT US. ITEM 18 IS HOUSING REVENUE BONDS FOR MULTI HOUSING, THE AMOUNT IS 18,573, 503 FOR THE NEW INSTRUCTION. I'M SURE THIS IS A NEW PROJECT. IF WE CAN DO REVENUE BONDS TO FUND DEVELOP SXERZ LANDLORDS TO BUILD AND MANAGE NEW HOUSING, WH CAN'T WE DO MORTGAGE REVENUE BONDS SO WE CAN FINANCE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO GET INTO HOMES THAT THEY OWN. WE KNOW THE LIKELIHOOD OF A HOMEOWNER BECOMING UNHOUSED IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS IS A TINY FRACTION OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOMEBODY THAT RENTS. SO WHEN WE SEE THESE BONDS AND EXPENDITURES THAT GO TO FUND DEVELOPERS AND LANDLORD, IT'S LIKE PAYING THE MIDDLE MAN. THAT WILL ALSO MITIGATE THE CRISIS OF UNHOUSED POPULATION IF WE PAY THE UNHOUSED. I THOUGHT THE TIME WAS UP ON THAT BUT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING REGARDING THE BUDGET AND THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT MEMBERS OF THIS BODY MADE WITH THE MAYOR REGARDING REINSTATING THE 240, I THINK, HIRES FOR THE LAPD. THAT Y'ALL ELIMINATE INSIDE YOUR BUDGET AND RIGHTFULLY SO, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU MADE THIS NEGOTIATION TO BRIT HIRES BACK TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT, AND THEN YOU'RE MAKING ALL OF THESE LOFTY STATEMENTS IN THE PRESS ABOUT SUPPORTING THESE DEMONSTRATIONS, WHILE THE LAPD IS TERRORIZING THE CITY. [SINGING] THEY SET FIRE TO SOME WAYMO CARS, OUR LEADERS ARE IN THE PRESS TALKING A BIG GAME BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LEGISLATION, EVERYTHING IS THE SAME. [SINGING] YOU'RE FAKE ASS RALLY COMPLETE WITH A SOUND STAGE, IT LEAVES ME THINKING THAT IT'S ALL POLITICAL. [♪ MUSIC] FUCK! WITHOUT REELECTION YOUR WORDS ARE USELESS, THE PEOPLE NOTICED, IT'S ALL POLITICAL ♪ YOU'RE EMPTY HOLLOW SPEECH, YOU'RE NOT PROTECTING IMMIGRANTS, BUT YOU PLAY THEM FOR YOUR GREED. YSABEL WHY ARE YOU PUTTING LUZ AGO LAR ON PAID, YOU SHOULD BE SUPPORTING HER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, JUAN, ELLIOT HAIRET AND PETERSON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ, A SOCIAL ADVOCATE, I WANT TO MAKE SOME STATEMENTS, THE DCR HAS NOT PROSESED ANYTIME LINE THAT COULD HAVE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO REVIEW OUR APPLICATIONS, AND MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO VALIDATE WHETHER THE FEES WILL ADDRESS THE BOTTLE NECKS. WE'RE BEING ASKED TO PAY WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE THAT IT WILL LEAD TO MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS AND ANY OTHER REGULATED INDUSTRY. THIS WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE. SOLUTION THAT'S I RECOMMEND, IS CUT AND OVERHEAD AND ALIGN WITH STAFFING WITH CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS AND HIRE CONSULTANT TO SEE MANAGE LICENSING INSPECTION AND INTEGRATE COORDINATION ON A FLAT CONTRACT BASIS. THIS WOULD DELIVER PRO DUCT ABILITY AND CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY. AND IMMEDIATELY PUBLISH PROCESSING TIME LINES FOR EVERY LICENSE, TYPE AND STAGE WITHOUT THAT, THIS ENTIRE FEE STUDY. THE SYSTEM IS NOT JUST UNDER FUNDED, IT'S BROKEN. IT NEEDS TO BE REBUILD JUST LIKE THE CURRENT OPERATORS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO OPERATE UNDER THE CURRENT INDUSTRY T.MAKES ZERO SENSE AS TO WHY DCR INSIST ON CHARGING ME TO INCLUDE A DBA TO MY LICENSE WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, CAN WE PAUSE HIS TIME FOR A SECOND. SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS PAUSED. SO WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SO YOU'VE REQUESTED ALL ITEMS BUT I BELIEVE YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT ONE ITEM ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF REGULATION. IF WOULD YOU LIKE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TALK ABOUT IT IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. HOLD ON. BUT YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR ONE MINUTE ON THE ITEM. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE TO GENERAL TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. >> Speaker: YES, I'M GOING TO GO TO GENERAL. 7-8 11. >> Council President: FOLKS ON THIS WEST SIDE OF THE ROOM, THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. >> Speaker: YOU'RE RUNNING MY TIME. >> Council President: AND SIR YOU STANDING UP WITH THE BLUE TIE, THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING, YOU'LL BE EXCUSED, SHOULD WE HAVE TO. >> Speaker: SO 7 AND GENERAL. >> Council President: STOP FOR ANOTHER DISRUPTION. >> Speaker: 7, 8 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: IS SEE NOW. AS A REQUEST TO THE AUDIENCE, IT IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL INSTEAD OF ALL ITEMS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE SPECIFICALLY ITEMS. I SEE 7, AND 8 THERE. SO YOU'VE USED. YOU'VE USED--SPEAKER, HOLD ON. YOU HAVE USED A MINUTE AND 20 SECONDS OF THOSE TWO ITEMS. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO START THE CLOCK, WE'RE GOING TO LET IT GO DOWN TO 20 SECONDS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE AT THAT POINT, WE CAN MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO LET ME KNOW WHEN I CAN BEGIN. >> City Attorney: IF YOU CAN START THE CLOCK OVER AT 1, I'M GOING TO STOP YOU AT 20 SECONDS AND I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: YOU'RE GIVEN ME ONE MINUTE, AREN'T I SUPPOSE TO GET A MINUTE AND 10. --20. >> City Attorney: I'VE GIVEN THIS INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GOING TO SAY IT. THERE IS ONLY TWO ITEMS, I BELIEVE THAT ARE RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS REGULATIONS. THAT'S 7 AND 8. YOU'VE ALREADY USED 1:20 OF YOUR INITIAL TWO-MINUTE PERIOD. SO WE'RE GOING TO START THE CLOCK AT ONE MINUTE. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AT 20 SECONDS, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO MINUTES FOR THOSE ITEMS THE SAME AS ANYBODY ELSE. AT THAT POINT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO YOU CAN MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC WHERE YOU'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL MINUTE. >> Speaker: I UNDERSTAND. SO JUST TO TRY TO REITERATE THE FEES ARE RIDICULOUS, THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE DCR SHOULD BE CHARGING ME 500 TIMES MORE, THEY ALSO WANT TO CHARGE OVER $20050 JUST FOR ME TO UPDATE MY NAME. I'M GOING TO JUST A DRESS MY GENERAL COMMENTS. I WANT TO START OFF WITH. [SPEAKING SPANISH] I WANT TODAY LET YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW AT THE "L.A. TIMES" REPORT. THEY WILL START A SAFETY PARAMETER INCLUDING GRADUATE TO SEE KEEP FEDERAL AGENTS AWAY FROM STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES, DURING SCHOOL OFFICIAL EVENTS STARTING MONEY. --MONDAY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY ALBERTO, IT COMES AMID IMMIGRATION RAIDS INCLUDING ONE ON MONDAY AT A HOME DEPOT. PLEASE HELP THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO 1 AND 4, HOWEVER ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT 1 AND 4 IS. >> City Attorney: SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE TWO MINUTES FOR 1 AND 4 IF AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO TO GENERAL, LET US KNOW. >> Speaker: ALL I NEED TO SAY, IS WHY HAVEN'T WE BEEN HOLD THAT THIS BUDGET WAS THE FIRST BUDGET WITHOUT LOBBYIST. I THINK THAT'S A GRAND STATEMENT AND I JUST HEARD IT. AND IT'S JUST HOW INTERESTING THAT WE DON'T HEAR SOME OF THE MOST BASIC THINGS HERE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I'M MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THE BACK OF MY SHIRT SAYS FRED BURKS, HE'S A THE FOUNDER OF PEERS. WANTED TO KNOW, HE KAKTD ME THAT HE'S GOING TO HELP ME INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF ALAN DAVIS, HE WAS A TEACHER 151 ENGLISH AT LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE. HOLLY BATY IS THEIR ENGLISH CHAIRPERSON RIGHT NOW. SHE WOULD HELP OUT BUT SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER ALAN DAVIS THAT MUCH, THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES IS JESSICA MINTS WHO I KNEW MUCH BETTER. THE PROBLEM IS, THERE ARE TWO OR THREE STUDENTS WHO SEEM TO BE IMPEDING INVESTIGATION SAYING THAT ALAN DAVIS IS IN CANADA, I KNOW IT'S A LIE. BUT, HOW THEY GOT FRED PEER, FRED BURKE NOT TO HELP ME IS JUST BY STOPPING HIS EMAIL. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE WITH THE TRANS NAME MckENZIE. STOPT EMAIL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE ITEMS. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO WE'RE START WITHING ITEM NUMBER 1, AND IT'S REGARDING A CEQA COMPLIANCE, WHY DO WE HAVE ANY FAITH THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH THE CEQA COMPLIANCE. AT THE PLUM COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, WE HAD A MOTION TALKING ABOUT THE SIMILAR THING. I'M GOING TO MAKE AN ANALOGY, THE THEY TRIED TO BUILD A MANSION ON A SLIDE AND THEY BUILT THE HOME ANYWAY. THE PEOPLE DID NOT GET ANY SORT OF CONSIDERATION, YET THE DEVELOPER WHO IS KNOWN TO BE IN THE CITY'S POCKET, GOT THE PROJECT APPROVED. WE HAVE A MOTION THAT THIS BODY WILL VOTE ON IT IN GOOD FAITH MANNER. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS IN THE POCKETS OF EVERY DEVELOPER. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A FACT. SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN BECAUSE HE KNOWS TOO. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 13. WE HAVE YET ANOTHER HOUSING RELATED MOTION, HERE'S WHAT JUDGE CARTER THINKS ABOUT THE HOUSING MOTIONS. ONE OF THE TOP NAMES MENTIONS IS BOB BLUMENFIELD, REPEATEDLY BOB'S NAME WAS BROUGHT UP ON HOW HE IS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR AIDING AND ABETTING, COLUTING WITH THE DEVELOPERS. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ONE DAY IN PRISON WHILE I VISIT FOR A COMMON SAIR'. ITEM NUMBER 14, WE HAVE THE LABOR COSTS ASSOCIATED. WELL WHAT DO YOUR STAFFERS THINK ABOUT THE McOSKER ABOUT THE CUTS COMING TO THEIR SALARIES? HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT I GET THIS INFORMATION? IT'S YOUR OWN STAFFERS TELLING ME THIS INFORMATION. IT'S YOUR OWN STAFFERS BECAUSE THEY'RE FED UP THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE SALARIES CUT AND THAT YOU'RE A GIANT CRIMINAL GANG AND AT THE CENTER IS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT DOES NOT PROSECUTOR LAPD OFFICERS FOR NOT DOING DISGUSTING THINGS, LIKE HIRING RALPH CAMPOS WHO HIRED A SERIAL RAPIST WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE LLPD AND TREASURER AND HAS SECRET CONTRACTS TO HIRE HIS SECURITY COMPANY TO DO VARIOUS WORK FOR LAPD. EVEN THOUGH HE HIRED A CONVICTED SERIAL RAPIST. THAT'S WHAT THIS CITY IS AND THAT'S WHY THE CITY ATTORNEY REFUSE TODAY PROSECUTOR. RALPH CAMPOS, THAT'S WHO THIS BODY REPORTS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY REFUSE TO SEE PRESIDENT AND SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, MAD SON, CHAIRMAN CHAIR AND MOLLY ROSS. >> Speaker: THAT'S RIGHT. NIGGERS BACK. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Council President: I'M SORRY, MS. BOLGER, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND LAST WARNING FOR THE MEETING. >> Speaker: I JUST STARTED TALKING FOO. NOW NUMBER 7 AND 8, VERY IMPORTANT, ALL THE PREOPS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND STAFF, NOW BOB, I DON'T WANT TO BE A SNITCH BUT BOB, ALL THE ROUND 3 PEOPLE OF PAID YOU OFF BOB, WE'VE GOT TO RESUME THE ELECTION PROCESS, USING THE RANDOM IZER TO DECIDE WHICH ONE OF OUR LUCKY FOOLS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL THE MAGIC WEED TO THE MAGIC TREE. YOU SEE FOO, WE GOT TO GET EVERYBODY HIGH, MOTHER FUCKER. WE GOT THAT GET THAT LIGHT UP, WE GOT TO GET DOWN HARD AND THEN SOFT, BITCH. NUMBER 8, WE DON'T NEED NO STUDY FOO, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE, YOU JUST GET YOUR BOTTLE OF CHEAP WINE, YOU GET YOUR PROSTITUTE ON 77th AND FIG AND YOU GET YOUR WEED AND YOU YOU HAVE A NICE EVENING TO DECOMPRESS FROM ALL THE TERRIBLE JOBS WE DO. TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, I'M A COMMERCIAL PILOT AND I HAVE TO GO DECOMPRESS AFTER A LONG INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT. I SAY FUCK NO TO 7 AND 8. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, I WANT FULL REFUNDS OF ALL THE PAYOFF MONEY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND I WILL LIST THE DONORS THAT ARE RETIRED OF THE REFUNDS, THEY'RE ALL CHINESE NATIONAL, CHING, DONG LEE CHI, AMONG DONG WU, AND MR. TOM WONG LEE OF CYPRESS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THE WHAOETO, KNOWN AS THE VETO OF MAYOR BASS, THE PAIN IN THE ASS KNOWN AS THE BASS. SO WE SAY TO THE CRAZY CUBAN TRAINED TERRORISTS BITCH THAT WE SHOULD VETO THE ENTIRE BUDGET AND REWRITE THE ENTIRE BUDGET AND GIVE IT TO MR. HERMAN FOR ADMINISTRATION. THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE WE CAN GET KANYE INVOLVED TO REWRITE AND DISTRIBUTE THE MONEY ACCORDINGLY. I WOULD SUGGEST TONIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE TO STOP THE RIOTS, PUT A HELICOPTER UP AND DROP $20 ALL OVER STARTING AT 8:00 O'CLOCK, AS A WAY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE TAGGING, THANK YOU FOR THE OVERTIME TO THE LAPD THANK YOU FOR FUCKING US UP. NOW FOR THE GENERAL COMMENT, WE GOT THE PARROT CHEERLEADER FROM ARLETA, PADILLA, YOU'VE GOT TO CALM DOWN. YOU WERE OPENLY TRYING TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WE WANT TO GET THE INFORMATION WHEN THE ICE RAIDS, ARE COMING OUT. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THAT SHIT IS WORTH? WE GET $200, $300 A RAID AND ALL WE GOT TO DO IS PART OUT OF THE WAY. I REALIZE THEM FBI AGENTS, THEY'RE JUST SO FULL OF SHIT, THEY'RE CHARGING A COUPLE OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I THINK IMELDA SHOULD POST THE BOND FOR TODAY'S DEFENDANTS. LET'S GIVE IMELDA A HAND. AND AS SHE IS WALKING OVER, WE GOT TRACI IRENE PARK, WITH HER LAP STOP EMAILING THE DEPARTMENT AND TURNING HOMELAND SECURITY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, IMELDA, SEND ME THAT INFORMATION AND WE'LL GET THESE MOTHER FUCKERS TO STOP OUR BUSINESS. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, JUST A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, PLEASE. THERE IS A SPECIAL ONE-MOTION A RULE 23 MOTION AND THAT IS MOTION HARRIS-DAWSON LEE AND IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, CIRCULATED AND A COPY IS ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, 7, 8 AND 111. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS MADISON SHOCKLY, OWNER OF DISPENSARY IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES. I'M ALSO THE CO-CHAIR OF THE BLACK LOS ANGELES CANNABIS COUNCIL, WE REPRESENT OVER 20 ASSOCIATE EQUITY AND BLACK OWNED DISPENSARIES ACROSS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND WE'RE ENTREPRENEURS THAT YOU SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF BECAUSE WE SURVIVED THE GONTLET OF THE PROGRAM AND WE CONTRIBUTED TREMENDOUS TAXES TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND WE'VE BEEN OVER TAXED, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS JUST PASSED WAS TO NOT DOUBLE TAX THE TAX, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PASSED AT THE STATE A YEAR AGO AND THE CONTINUING TO TAX THE STATE TAX WHEN CALCULATING THE TAX THAT WE PAY. THAT IS FINALLY BEING CHANGED BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LAST YEAR OR THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING? WE'VE BEEN OVER TAXED. WE NEED TO BE MADE WHOLE FOR THAT. AND THEN I WANT TO SPEAK TO NUMBER 7, TODAY, PAUSING ROUND 3, OF THE SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM SO 2025 THIS IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BRING PEOPLE INTO A SYSTEM THAT IS BROKEN AND CRUSHING PEOPLE. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND CLEANED UP BEFORE WE BRING NEW LICENSES INTO THE SYSTEM. THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THIS LOTTERY ROUND AND THERE IS ALSO LICENSES THAT STILL HAVE NOT TRANSITIONED TO LICENSEURE, ALONG WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS EXTENDING TEMPORARY LICENSES UNTIL 2031. THAT NEEDS TO GO ALONG WITH EXTENDING THE SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM LIKE YOU GUYS ARE DOING NOW. ITEM NUMBER 8. THIS IS TO, THIS IS THE FEE STUDY, JUST APPROVED A FEE STUDY THAT INCREASES OUR FEES BY 137 PERCENT. WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS IS BROKEN AND EVERYTHING THEY DO IS DELAYED BY SIX NO'S A YEAR AND IT'S BEEN CRUSHING OUR BUSINESSES AND YOU JUST APPROVED TO PAY THEM MORE MONEY. AND EVERYBODY'S SALARY JUST WENT UP BY 10 PERCENT AS IT'S BEEN DONE THE LAST TEN YEARS. THIS IS TO MAKE UP FOR THE INCREASES THEY'VE GOTTEN, AND YOU JUST APPROVED THAT ON OUR BACKS WHILE WE'RE BEING CRUSHED RIGHT NOW. JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT VOTE. ITEM NUMBER 11, I ADDRESSED THAT ALREADY ABOUT THE GROSS RECEIPTS AND PUBLIC TAXING. THERE IS A MOTION CALLED THE SOCIAL EQUITY REFORM AND MARK UP STABILIZATION THOSE ARE THE STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN AFTER THIS. THESE ARE GOOD INITIAL STEPS BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. PLEASE PASS THE MOTION AND SOLUTIONS THAT WE PUT FORWARD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M SPEAKING. >> Clerk: WHAT ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON, SIR. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC CO. >> Clerk: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS WOULD ACTUALLY LISTEN. I KNOW THERE IS A LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO COME HERE TO WASTE YOUR TIME BUT I WOULD PLEASE INTRIGUE YOU TO RECONSIDER WHETHER LAPD SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE PRESENT AT ICE RAIDS. IT CREATES CONFUSION ABOUT POLICE ROLES AND BLURS THE ROLE AND CONTRADICTS L.A.'S COMMITMENT AS A SANCTUARY CITY. ALSO LAPD CAN AVOID COMPLICITY WITH UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESPECIALLY IF IT DOES NOT FURTHER ERODE TRUST WITH ITS COMMUNITY THAT'S IT AIMS TO PROTECT AND SERVE. ICE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTION TO SEE TERRORIZE COMMUNITIES. LAPD DOES NOT HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF ANGELINOS AND BY BEING PRESENT DURING ICE RAIDS, LAPD BECOMES COMPLICITY IN ACTION THAT'S VIOLATE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ON GENERAL PUBLIC KONLT. >> Clerk: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: IMMIGRATION FORCES HAVE TERRORIZED OUR COMMUNITIES FOR YEARS AND SINCE FRIDAY, ADVOCATES ESTIMATE THAT OVER 300 HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY ICE. STANDING GUARD BY ICE TEARS FAMILIES APART, LAPD, PRESENCE AT THE RAIDS VIOLATES A SPIRIT AND THE LETTER OF SANCTUARY ORDINANCE THAT SAYS NO IMMIGRATION SHOULD BE USED. THIS PRESENCE DOES NOT JUST IMPACT IMMIGRANT ANGELINOS, IT DIVIDES FAMILIES AND FURTHER ERODES PUBLIC TRUST ACROSS ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. I CALL ON THE CITY TO HOLD LAPD ACCOUNTABLE AND ASK THEM WHY THEY DECIDED TO RESPOND TO ICE RAIDS. >> Speaker: HELLO. >> >> Clerk: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT AND. >> Clerk: START WITH THE ITEMS NOW PLEASE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS LOUIS RIVERA I'M A SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANT AND LICENSE HOLDER, ALSO I REPRESENT SOCIAL EQUITY L.A. WE'RE HERE WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MAKING SURE THAT DCR DOES NOT APPROVE THE FEE STUDY. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE DCR AND SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM, HAS FAILED ITS MISSION. THE DCR HAS INHIBITED CANNABIS OWNERS IN L.A. WITH HIGH TAXES AND EXCESSIVE PROCESSING TIME LINES AND NOW THE CITY IS APPROVING A FEE INCREASE AND RAISING WAGES. THIS VIOLATES THE FULL COST REQUIREMENT. THE DCR NEEDS TO BE REGULATED. WE ASK THAT YOU REJECT THE AUDIT AND REJECT OR AUDIT THE FEE STUDY UNTIL AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY CAN CONDUCT THE PUBLIC INPUT, ESPECIALLY SOCIAL EQUITY OWNERS LIKE MYSELF AND IF IT'S PAST, YOU DO NOT USE THE MONEY TO COVER THESE INFLATED FEES. PLEASE REALLOCATE ALLSTATE GRANT FUNDING DIRECTED TO LICENSE HOLDERS AND NOT INCREASE IN SALARIES. AND PLEASE LOWER TAX SXZ PROVIDE TAX RELIEF SO LEGAL BUSINESS CAN PROVIDE THE TAX THAT CITY NEEDS. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO SUPPORT THE IMMIGRANT AND UNDOCUMENTED COMMITTEE, THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLICY OR POLITICS, IT'S ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS AND COMMUNITY. I'M A PROUD IMMIGRANT AND I ASK THAT YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN TO IMMEDIATELY GET ICE OUT OF LOS ANGELES, STOP THE RAIDS AND PROTECT THE PEACE AND MAKE SURE TO HOLD LAPD ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS ITEMS 1, 13 THROUGH 15, AS WELL AS 17 AND 18. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS WITH NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 7, AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT AND ALSO BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> >> I. Padilla: IT SHOULD BE CIRCULATING. >> Council President: OH THE AMENDMENT IS STILL CIRCULATING. >> I. Padilla: NO AFTER DISCUSSING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO 17th. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 17th, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WILL BE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS 28 AND 32, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> Clerk: I'M SORRY, ACTUALLY, THAT WAS A MISTAKE, 28 BY IT SELF AND THEN 32 WOULD BE NEXT. TO 28 SHALL I READ THE SETTLEMENT FOR 28, SIR? >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: OKAY 28 IN THE CASE TL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, THERE IS LANGUAGE ON THE BOARD THAT IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU SAID FOR ITEM 28, SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME 28? THAT'S IT? ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS CLOSE SESSION ITEM 32, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: FOR ITEM 32, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLUM COMMITTEE REPORT JAO. IS THERE A SECOND TO MS. RAMAN'S MOTION? >> Council President: SECONDED BY MR. BLUMENFIELD. ARE WE READY TO GO ON THAT ONE, MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: YES. >> Council President: OKAY. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, WOULD BE SPECIAL 1, SIR AND FIRST THING COUNCIL SHOULD DO IS TO VOTE ON THE FINDINGS, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T ROZ SKI. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I ASK THAT ITEM 5 GOES FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. ALL RIGHT, FINDINGS FOR SPECIAL 1. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A FRAGILE AND PRECURIOUS SECURITY SITUATION IN THE CITY THAT HAS COME UP ON US WITHOUT ADVANCE WARNING. AND SO THIS MOTION IS NECESSARY IN THE SITUATION THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO RECEIVE SECURITY BRIEFINGS OUTSIDE THE PARAMEETING OR IN CLOSED SESSION, WE CAN DO SO WITHOUT RUNNING A FILE OF THE BROWN ACT. ALL RIGHT, CAN WE OPEN THE ROLL ON THE FINDINGS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NOW THE ITEM IS BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, SHOULD SPECIAL 1 AND ITEM 1 PROP K GO FORWARD. >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTAL AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND ASK IF THERE ARE ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON MY LEFT. SIR, YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND LAST WARNING. ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. SORRY. >> I. Padilla: I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR THIS AS IT WAS ONLY ANNOUNCED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA RECENTLY BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF BRIAN WILSON OF THE BEACH BOYS. IT'S A SAD DAYS, I KNOW I'LL BE MOURNING HIM PLAYING HIS GREATEST HIT AND I THANK MY THIRD GRADE TEACHER FOR INTRODUCING ME TO A GREAT GENRE OF MUSIC. DON'T WORRY BABY AND I HOPE THE REST OF YOU DO TOO. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: HOLD ON, MEMBERS, WE'RE GETTING AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: SO THE MEETING IS STILL IN SESSION, MR. SPINDLER, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND FINAL WARNING, I CANNOT HEAR BECAUSE OF YOUR LAUGHTER, IF YOU DISRUPT THIS MEETING AGAIN, AND GEORGE, YOU AS WELL. YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO RULE 7 AND 12 AND YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO I APPRECIATE MOST OF YOUR PATIENCE. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT SPECIAL 1 WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT BEING THE CASE WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP TEN MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON SPECIAL 1. >> Council President: NO, THEY NEED TO SIGN UP. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON SPECIAL 1, PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE KIOSKS. AND IN THE INTERIM, I RECOMMEND THAT WE RECONSIDER SPECIAL 11 AS WELL. --SPECIAL 1. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CAN WE CALL THE FIRST SET OF NAMES. WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM NOW UNTIL 11:15. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL SHOULD RECONSIDER SPECIAL 1 IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: CAN WE CALL THE NAMES OF THE FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. >> Clerk: YEP, T.J., GEORGE BOZITI AND IAN JAMENSON. >> Speaker: AS USUAL, WE HAVE THE CRIMINAL CITY ATTORNEY, AS OVER IN THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE MEETING, DISSING THE JUDGE FOR TWO DAYS AND EVERY FEDERAL OFFICIAL AND HERE YOU ARE NEVER LEARNING YOUR LESSON, BREAKING THE BROWN ACT, BREAKING EVERY RULE IN THE BOOK AND WE'VE GOT TO BANG YOU WHILE YOU'RE THREATEN US. GUESS WHAT? DOJ WAS IN COURT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TEN YEARS NOW ALL OF YOU FOOLS. AND I MAY ADD ANOTHER FOUR YEARS FOR ELDER ABUSE ESPECIALLY YOU, NAZARIAN. >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT ON SPECIAL 1. >> Speaker: YES IT IS, BE QUIET YOU FOOL. ONLY ADAM SHIF WAS, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT BEING BOUGHT AND SOLD BY DEVELOPERS JUST AS THEY REPORTED IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" UNDER BIDEN, FOOLS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR SPECIAL 1. >> Speaker: SO I WROTE A COMPLAINT ON THIS VERY ISSUE OF THE SUSPENSION OF THE BROWN ACT JUST BECAUSE YOU WANTED IT TO BE SO RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS FOR. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS BODY HAS DONE THIS. IT'S LITERALLY HAS BEEN THE POLICE COMMISSIONER, THE MAYOR WHO HAS ALSO HAD SPECIAL PRIVATE MEETINGS SHE DOES NOT ANNOUNCE BEFOREHAND AND VARIOUS OTHER COMMISSION BOARDS THAT DO NOT GIVE ANY DUE NOTICE, IT'S BEEN THE C-PAF THAT'S HAVE DONE THE SAME THING TRYING TO SUSPEND THE BROWN ACT WITH SUPPRESSING PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT'S JUST A HABITUAL PATTERN OF THE CITY TO VIOLATETHE BROWN ACT AND NOT GIVE A DAM. THE FEDS ARE ON YOU, THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICES WELL IN TOUCH, AND IT'S JUST AN UTTER DISGRACE. THE SUSPENSION CONSTANTLY JUST BECAUSE THE BROWN ACT, IT THES A CRIMINAL MISDEMEANOR FOR DOING SO AND YOU KNOW IT. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. SUNSHINE, ASIA AND MARINI. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR SPECIAL 1. >> Speaker: THAT'S RIGHT, AND I WANT THIS TO PASS BECAUSE IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY ILLEGAL AND I WANT YOU ALL TO EXPERIENCE THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON, YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT THERE TRACI. IMELDA IS GOING TO LOVE IT, BECAUSE I HEAR YOU CAN GET THE BEST DRUGS AT THE BEST PRICES INSIDE THE PRISON, SAVING A LOT OF MONEY ON THAT PINCHING. BOB IS GOING TO LOVE RAISING HIS KIDS BEHIND BARS. DADDY, WHY ARE YOU HERE? BECAUSE I DIDN'T LISTEN TO MR. GOAT PUPPET, THAT'S WHY I'M BUSTED. BUT JOHN LEE, IS OKAY, HE FOUND HIS COOPERATION AGREEMENT OR HE WOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED. >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT RELEVANT TO SPECIAL 1, STICK TO SPECIAL 1 OR YOU'LL FORFEIT YOUR TIME. PAUSE HIS TIME. SO GEORGE, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, MR. SPINDLER, YOUR TIME IS PAUSED. MR. PRESIDENT. GEORGE HAS BEEN WARNED ALREADY AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> Council President: PLEASE REMOVE HIM FROM THE MEETING SUBJECT TO RULE 7. >> City Attorney: SO GEORGE, YOU HAVE BEEN ORDERED REMOVED FROM THIS MEETING. MR. SPINDLER, I WOULD KINDLY WARN YOU THAT AS WELL. YOU HAVE THE 5 REMAINING SECONDS. >> Speaker: I'M SAD THAT TRACI TO GET UNDER--TO. >> City Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GO AHEAD YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR SPECIAL ONE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU JUST CAN'T SUSPEND THE BROWN ACT THAT'S A SIGN, STOP HELPING THE COPS, IT JUST HELPS TRUMP. AND BROWN ACT AND FREE SPEECH, YOU REALLY NEED TO GO FUCK YOURSELF. THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH. >> Speaker: HEY, WHAT'S UP CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SUNSHINE, WHAT'S UP SPECIAL, MY FRIENDS, DON'T HIDE FROM THE PROCESS, WE REALLY NEED TO SEE YOU, IT'S BAD LEADERSHIP TO CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN GET AROUND THE PUBLIC'S VIEW OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE REALLY NEED YOU TO SHINE FOR US MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY. THIS IS THE TIME TO DO EVERYTHING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENCY, AND NOT PUTTING YOURSELF INTO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN'T, WE CAN'T SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP IS IN THE FRONTLINES RIGHT NOW NOT IN SOME HIDDEN ROOM TALKING AMONG YOURSELVES AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MANEUVER THE PEOPLE. SO PLEASE, MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO SEE THAT YOU GUYS ARE SHINING. >> City Attorney: SORRY, CAN YOU PAUSE YOUR TIME. MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN WARNED ALREADY, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. HERMAN IS ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL. >> Council President: PLEASE REMOVE MR. HERMAN. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE BEING REMOVED AND WARNED BECAUSE YOU WERE DISRUPTING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I CANNOT HEAR WHAT MR. SUNSHINE IS SAYING BECAUSE YOU'RE YELLING TO THE AUDIENCE. >> [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> Council President: CAN WE CHECK TO SEE IF HIS DOG IS OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT. [DOG CRYING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, YOUR YELLING APPEARS TO BE UPSETTING YOUR OWN DOG. [YELLING IN THE BACKGROUND] [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY CAN WE FILE A CRIMINAL NOISE COMPLAINT. >> City Attorney: OR IF THERE IS ANYBODY FROM THE ANIMAL SERVICES TO CHECK ON THAT ANIMAL. >> Council President: AND A ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGE. >> City Attorney: SORRY, MR. SUNSHINE, WHENEVER YOU START TALKING, WE'LL START YOUR TIME, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I CAN SEE WHY THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GET AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC, IT'S VERY CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE, I GET YOU. AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE. YOU GET LEADERSHIP PRIVILEGES FOR MAKING SACRIFICES AND THE SACRIFICE YOU GET TO MAKE IS BEING UP FRONT AND CENTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER--. [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND]. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ONE LAST NAME, HARRIETTE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE FOR SPECIAL 1. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON SPECIAL COMMENT. I THINK NA IT'S UNFAIR FOR YOU GUYS TO TRY TO REVOKE THE BROWN ACT. WE COME DOWN HERE, WEEKLY TO TELL OUR STORIES ABOUT OUR STRUGGLING CANNABIS BUSINESS. I'M AISHA ALAN AND I REPRESENT THE LACC, THE BLACK CANNABIS COUNCIL. AND AGAIN, SPEAKING ON WHAT WAS EARLIER REMOVING, THE TAX ON THE GROSS RECEIPTS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT, ALL THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUT IN, YOU KNOW, IN THIS LIMBO STAGE, IS HURTING US, WE'RE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THEY'RE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY, WE NEED HELP. I MEAN AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COST, THE COST RECOVERY STUDY, WE NEED TO BE REAL. WHY ARE WE RAISING ANY FEES? WE'RE BARELY HANGING ON. WE'RE DROWNING, THE GRANT MONEY THAT WE WERE PROMISED OVER A YEAR AGO, I JUST GOT IT. OKAY. TWO YEARS LATER, 2023. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: WHAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL IS SPECIAL 11, SIR. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND SPECIAL 1 FORTHWITH, SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. WE ARE ADJOURNED.