observatory will have an amazing array of activities throughout the whole year. So Everyone should go on the Griffith Observatory website, check out what's happening that day. There are monthly opportunities to come up at night and view the heavens through, the telescopes. You can get your eye through the major observatory telescope. It's an amazing opportunity throughout the whole year, not just today. The diversity of faiths and religious in L.A. is not just a fact. It's feature to be celebrated and welcomed in civic life. LA's civil rights department hosted the city's 10th annual Religious Pluralism Day. We are here in City Hall commemorating the ten years of day of religious pluralism to. Honor to acknowledge the beautiful tapestry of our faith communities. More to reaffirm the that exists in all of humanity. That's what our city is about. Pluralism is a recognition that there are different. We have to go beyond just a mere recognition that, yes, there are different religions. We have to go towards that genuine feeling of warm heartedness towards each other, genuine feeling of community that we are all seekers of the sacred, manifesting something higher in our lives. Faith leaders do work together and really the best example what it means to be building bridges, serving the community at a greater expanse. But to do this today, it just should flow outward and outward. So ripple effect when you drop the little stone where those ripples go. So here and then out the doors of city hall, our communities, city council declarations, for example, are not just something that in a vacuum and then forgotten about for ten years. Now we've tried to live this declaration to show the city of Los Angeles we're all different of Mosaic. And we put together pluralistic. We make a beautiful image. It takes effort to reach across it, to try to understand each other more deeply and to create space for other and making sure that we truly are paying attention and listening so that lifting each other up. Unfortunately, there are parts not just here in the US, but different parts of the world. We see religion as a source of violence, sectarianism, when in fact religion is a source of love. And that's why this is really important. Manhattan Place Elementary School Unveiled New Outdoor Literacy Corner. We Know that reading is always a good idea, but just in case the kids don't know that yet. The School drafted a Dodger star to help them. The reading habit. Yes. Today we are celebrating our partnership with the L.A. Dodgers in the and Carter Smith Foundation. We unveiling our outdoor literacy corner. This provides our with multiple opportunities to develop their love for literacy and for reading. And it also shows the students that is fun and that reading doesn't only take place inside the classroom. But reading can take place outdoors . You guys ready to read a book . Yes, I read. The Berenstain Bears go out for the team today is really special because partnering with Manhattan Place Elementary and they're actually the second school this year that we're doing a literacy corner renovation on when we were in the World Series, we launched our first literacy corner as part our MLB World Series Legacy Initiative, and we did so in partnership with our catcher, Will Smith, and his wife and their foundation, Catching Hope . All four organizations came together. We committed to doing three unveilings during the 2025 season, and this is the second of three, all for ball has second and declared him out. He made a big splash and pointed out that were the rules. I hope they get to just enjoy this moment, you know, with me and the Dodgers. It's a fun day. You know, they're all super. I love I love hearing the excitement they have so hopefully when they come here each and every day they're at school and the literacy corner, remember this day and remember you know, the impacts that we had and how we just wanted to enjoy reading and you know hopefully this makes the space a little more enjoyable for them. Well, sorry gateway to knowledge and the world around and having this literacy corner outdoor provides our students with an opportunity to continue developing the love of reading and gaining multiple experience through books. And it's also a great way to honor our students don't like we have people in that community that love and care for your success and that's why we partnered with people like Will Smith and his just to show our students like you matter. We see you we hear you and you are important. Well. LA Memorial Coliseum and Sofi Stadium in Inglewood will serve as the official venues for the opening and closing of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass made the announcement along with council member Curren Price, Olympic and Paralympic athletes. The Coliseum was first host to the Olympics 1932, again in 1984, and in 2028 it will become the first venue in history to host Olympic Games for a third time. The stadium in Inglewood will host the Paralympic opening ceremony and will share the Olympic opening ceremony with the L.A. Coliseum, creating a dual venue celebration for. More Information Visit Mayor La Gov slash press press Angelenos celebrating with metallic balloon odds should keep them secure and prevent from floating into power lines, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power LA DWP, the utility said that recently metallic balloons hitting equipment had caused five outages in one week, leaving 3000 customers without power. metallic to be anchored with a weight to prevent them going into power lines. In the LA, DWP advises that metallic balloons should never be released outdoors and always be deflated before. Discarding Angelenos should report incidents of metallic balloons and, power lines, contact by calling one 800 dial DWP for information. Visit LA DWP. Mayor Karen Bass and the Economic and Workforce Department invite business owners to attend the 2025. Procure LA Summit. The summit will highlight working with the city's Big Three, the LA Department, Water and Power, Los Angeles World Airport and the Port of Los Angeles. Attend will gain insight into accessing capital and procurement opportunities for. Upcoming major events like the World Cup , Super Bowl and the 2028 Olympic Games. According to Procure LA, the summit will networking with over 30 government agencies and prime vendors, training workshops and onsite support from its team. The 2025 Procure LA Summit working with the Big Three takes place on Thursday, May 29th, beginning at 8 a.m. For more information visit procure LA. Weather sworn or civilian American representation has grown the ranks of LA's police department. At a recent cultural celebration, the department gathered to celebrate all that makes Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a special occasion in I'm here and honored and thrilled again to come back to. Emcee the LAPD, a HPI celebration. As we know, we're in Asian American Hawaiian Pacific Islander Month and. This is just a wonderful event that the LAPD hosts each and every year, along with that's short for law enforcement association , Asian-American Pacific. We have the Korean law enforcement organization where co-hosting this event, we have brought Filipino Americans, Chinese, American, Korean Americans, Japanese American. Hi. We've also brought in a lot of food because I think that's how best connect people. So we have food, Korean food and some Filipino food as well. So everybody can enjoy a little. We did put together about five or six different performances. K-Pop and Chinese music is, very popular. So we also have performed by Chinese group today , the Asian community. We've grown population in the city of Los Angeles, so we really wanted to celebrate and highlight all the people, the forefathers before us that brought us here and just want to celebrate with the community. And as you can see, it's a big production done and we are very happy to have the support of the community as well as the employees of, LAPD and the city of Los Angeles, AA and HPI month. We talk a lot about amplifying our voices right, making sure that our voices are shared, making sure that our culture is represented not only accurately but beautifully. Like an event like this. And I want to say as I look around how, it makes me feel as an Angeleno, as an Asian-American Angelino to grow up and see so many faces that look like mine. Now, in law enforcement, this LAPD truly represents the city of Los Angeles. And I want to thank all for being a part of that. And I want to thank you all for celebrating this amazing month with all of us. Thank you, everybody Pushing Back against all forms of hate was just aspect of a recent LA civil rights event rooted in resilience comes, unity and city leaders gathered to discuss the journey from discrimination to civil rights justice, including how to access resources along the way. We are >> CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, ITEMS 1 THROUGH 15 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM 4 THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 2504-11 ITEM 5 SHOULD BE HELD ON THE DESK UNTIL THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. ITEM 9, RECOMMENDATION 2 A THE AMOUNT OF THE NEW APPROPRIATION AMOUNT, FOR ITEM 11, RECOMMENDATION 2 A AND B THE AMOUNT OF THE NEW APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT AND TRANSFER AMOUNT FOR THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT, IS 350,000 INSTEAD OF 2000. ITEM 16 THROUGH 29 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. AND FOR TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT OB JIX, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SPECIALS MEMBERS? SPECIALS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 14 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT 6 THROUGH 12 BE REFERRED TO THE BUDGE SXET FINANCE COMMITTEE. AND COLLEAGUES, THESE ARE NOT ADVERSE FUNDINGS BUT THE PROJECTS REALLY NEED TO BE SEEN IN BUDGET AND FINANCE, SHOULD WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THESE PROJECTS PRIOR TO COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. MY OFFICE HAS SPOKEN WITH THE BUDGET CHAIR'S OFFICE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SCHEDULE THE ITEMS IN A TIMELY MANNER. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER HUTT'S MOTION TO REFER? >> Council President: SECOND. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST, SENATOR KEVIN MURRY WILL CALL MY ITEM SPECIAL. >> WHAT DO I DO? CALL ITEM 5 SPECIAL. >> Council President: WELCOME, SENATOR MURRAY. ITEM 5 CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. McOSKER. MR. PRICE, ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE TO VOTE ON? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS, 1 THROUGH 4 AND 13 AND 15, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD ITEM 13 IS HELD OVER TO FRIDAY MAY 30th, 2025, UNLESS RECONSIDERED WITH 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. AND THE NEXT WILL BE MOTION HUTT, HARRIS-DAWSON TO REFER ITEM 6 THROUGH 12 TO BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> 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, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 14 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THED ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 8 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 14 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: WHAT IS LEFT WOULD BE EITHER COUNCIL MAY GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT OR HAVE PRESENTATIONS SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO PRESENTATIONS AT THIS TIME. AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR PRESENTATIONS WITH SET OF FOLKS THAT WE'RE VERY VERY PROUD OF, VER DUGO DEAT DECATHLON LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ OF THE 6th DISTRICT. >> M. Rodriguez: GOOD MORNING, VER DU DW* O HIGH SCHOOL DEAT THAT TIMING LON CHAMPIONS. TODAY'S LIST OF PRESENTATION ARE NOT ONLY PHENOMENAL NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THEM IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS BUT OF COURSE OUR ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF OUR MOST DECORATED MILITARY IN THE WORLD AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE EVERY ONE HERE TODAY CELEBRATING THESE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. AND IT'S WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT I RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE VERDUGO HILLS DEAT DECATHLON BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED EXTRAORDINARY. WHEN YOU CONSIDER DURING COVID HOW THEY HAD TO XWAOET IN AN ONLINE MANNER AND MADE THEIR MARK BACK THEN BUT CONTINUED TO PERSEVERE AND MADE IT TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TO EARN THIS WELL CELEBRATED RECOGNITION. I KNOW THIS IS, SOMETHING THAT MR. LEE OFTEN LIKES, I THINK IT'S BOTH BOB AND BOB, CAUSE YOU HAVE, IS IT BIRMINGHAM? EL CAMINO. SO IT'S A USUALLY A FIGHT IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WHERE I THINK WE'VE GOT THE BRIGHTEST SCHOLARS THAT WE'RE ALL COMPETING AND JOCKEYING FOR FIRST PLACE BUT THIS TIME IT'S IN MY HOOD. SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THESE INCREDIBLE SCHOLARS TOGETHER HERE TO RECOGNIZE TODAY. SO THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON FROM VEDUGO HIGH SCHOOL, EARNING THE TITLE OF L.A. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ACADEMIC DEAT THAT TIMING LON REGIONAL CHAMPIONS GOING ON TO WIN THE SUPER QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIP AND ON TO REPRESENT AT THE CALIFORNIA DECATHLON STATE FINALS. AT THE STATE FINAL THEY PLACED FIVEth AND NAMED STAYED MEDIAN AND QUALIFIED FOR THE U.S. ACADEMIC DECATHLON NATIONALS AND THIS IS THE FIRST IN THE SCHOOL HISTORY. THIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT, I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A MOMENT SO WE CAN HEAR EACH OTHER. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT, EVERY STUDENT TEACHER IS PROUD BUT OF COURSE, A PROUD COMMUNITY AS WELL. THIS IS ACHIEVEMENT SHOWS WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED BY STRONG ACADEMIC LEADERS, DEDICATED EDUCATORS AND PROGRAMS THAT HELP THEM GROW AND SUCCEED AND LIKE ANY GREAT TEAM, THERE IS ALWAYS HELPING TO LEAD THE WAY. AND IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM'S CAPTAIN, IRENE WHO IS THE, WHO HAS BEEN LEADING HER TEAM TO THIS WONDERFUL, INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. IRENE, IT'S ALL YOURS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MY TEAMMATES AND COACH CALL ME CAPTAIN IRENE, THAT IS PART OF THE SPEECH. AFTER TAKING THE PILOT SEAT I MADE IT MY MISSION THAT WE WOULD MAKE OUR NAME AND FINALLY TAKE HOME THE TROPHY. AND I TOLD EVERY ONE THAT VEDUGO CHAMPION WAS IMMINENT, WHILE THAT MAY SEEM DRAMATIC, WE EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS AND BLEW EVERYBODY OUT OF THE WATER. THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS, READING MATERIAL, TAKING THESE QUIZZES, IT SHOWS HOW MUCH WE HAVE GROWN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT THIS AND THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AND LEARNING AND CURIOSITY THAT IS IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. I'LL BE NAMING MY TEAMMATES ONE BY ONE BECAUSE THEY ALL DESERVE RECOGNITION. FIRST IS MILES, FIRST YEAR AT THE PROGRAM AND CAME THROUGH FOR US. VETERAN BOWIE PEREZ WHO HAS BEEN AN AMAZING LIGHT TO HAVE ON THE TIME AND ANOTHER FIRST-TIMER, GEONI, HE REALLY TOOK THE REIGNS AND PROOFS THAT HE IS ONE OF THE BEST SCORES THAT WE HAVE SEEN. SXL ANTHONY, THAT'S BEEN WONDER. WE HAVE CHARLEES THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR ON OFFICIAL TEAM AND GENEX SEEDED EXPECTATIONS PUT IN SO MUCH WORK AND EFFORT, COMING IN ON SATURDAYS TO MOVE FROM THE JV TO VARSITY AND THE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE GIANT HARRISON BARRET WHO HAS BEEN MY MOTIVATER AND A PERSON THAT HAS HELPED ME GROW AND AGAIN ONE OF THE HIGHEST SCORING PEOPLE IN THE TEAM. AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST TEAMS IN THE WORLD SUPPORTIVE FIGURE AND HELPED MAKE HONORS BRINGING COMEDIC FUND TO THE TEAM. AND MY LITTLE, MY LITTLE SISTER FROM ANOTHER MISTER, OUR NEXT CAPTAIN WHO HAS GENEX SELLED AND BEEN AN AMAZING PERSON. AND I DON'T KNOW, AND FINALLY, MY COACH, WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR FOUR YEARS AND ALSO HIS LAST YEAR COACHING SO IT'S BITTERSWEET, IT'S OUR LAST HURRAH WE'RE ENDING WITH A BANG BUT WE COULD NOT HAVE MADE THIS WITHOUT YOU MR. SILVA. YE, BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE REALLY SOARED TO NEW HORIZONS AND I'M INCREDIBLE PROUD OF THIS THEME AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING US. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, IRENE AND NOW ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WANT TO THANK MR. SILVA FOR HIS DEDICATED, LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT TO THIS ACADEMIC TEAM. WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT JOB IS NAVIGATING AMONG A LOT OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOURSELF THAT SHOW UP EVERY DAY, TO HELP NURTURE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHANGE MAKERS IN NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BE NURTURED IN THE MOST PRODUCTIVE WAY, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY EASY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE IN TROUBLE, IT'S ABOUT THE EARLY INTERVENTION THAT WE CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GREATEST AND FUTURE MAXIMIZE YOUR POTENTIAL. AND YOU ALL HAVE REALLY SHOWN AND DEMONSTRATED WHAT THIS SUPPORT CAN DO. YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING NA IS SO REMARKABLE AND BROUGHT SUCH TREMENDOUS PRIDE NOT JUST TO OUR NECK OF THE WOODS BUT TO L.A. UNIFIED. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S REALLY BEEN PHENOMENAL TO WATCH YOUR SUCCESS. SXLT COLLEAGUES, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, BARING ANY? >> Council President: OF COURSE, COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING THEM IN? YOU'RE RIGHT, MANY YEARS IT'S BETWEEN GRANADA HILLS AND VERDUGO, I KNOW HOW HARD THEY WORK AND THE HOURS THAT THEY PUT IN AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS NOT ONLY TO THE STUDENT BUT TO THE STUDENTS AS WELL. THESE KIDS ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO SCHOOL AND DOING THEIR HOMEWORK BUT SPENDING HOURS TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THIS. WELL JUST, WE'LL FIGHT FOR THE VALLEY NEXT YEAR, BUT GLAZESING. >> M. Rodriguez: LET'S KEEP IT IN THE VALLEY ALTOGETHER. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT IN THE SAN FERNANDO. >> Council President: YEAH, THE VALLEY IS DEFINITELY LEADING THE WAY. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING THIS GREAT TEAM FORWARD. I ACTUALLY, FUNNY STORY, MET YOUR PARENT CENTER DIRECTOR IN THE COMMUNITY RECENTLY AND I WAS BRAGGING ABOUT SOME OF HER VEDUGO COMING TO COUNCIL AND IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT, THAT MUST BE MONICA'S NEXT PRESENTATION. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS. IT'S I'M JUST HAPPY THAT AN EAST VALLEY SCHOOL BEAT THE WEST VALLEY SCHOOLS, THAT'S THE INTERNAL NEW COMPETITIVENESS. I REMEMBER BEING REALLY REALLY PROUD THE YEAR THAT THEY TOOK IT. THAT WAS A GOOD YEAR TOO. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, MAKING IT INTO HIGHER EDUCATION AND WHATEVER COLLEGE YOU PROBABLY HAVE YOUR HEARTS DESIRED ON, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT USED TO BE. BUT BEING KHM PZ OF SOMETHING LIKE. IT'S WHAT MY HIGH SCHOOL MENTORS USED TO TELL ME. MIND, BODY AND SOUL, THEY WANT THAT PERFECT STUDENT. FOR YOUR BODY MAKE SURE YOU'RE ENGAGED IN THE SPORTS AND PART OF THE FABRIC OF THAT AT YOUR CAMPUS, SOUL THINGS LIKE THESE CLUBS, THESE CLUBS THAT SHOW THAT YOU HAVE A PERSONNEL THAT YOU HAVE GREAT FRIENDS AND THAT YOU'RE DOING MORE THAN JUST GETTING THE STRAIGHT As AND TAKING HONORS AND A P CLASSES, THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO SOCIALIZE AMONG YOUR PEERS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU TO THE DECATHLON THEME AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. EVENTUALLY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS ON THE OTHER SIDE IS GOING TO COMPETE FOR ONE OF THESE. BUT CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND THANKS AGAIN COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: GOOD LUCK WE INTEND TO KEEP FIGHTING. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. SILVA ON A 30-YEAR CAREER AT A L.A. UNIFIED, WHAT A PINNACLE TO CONCLUDE YOUR TENURE. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. AND OF COURSE, CONGRATULATIONS TO VERDUG HILLS HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT PRESENT AWESING IS BY OUR COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER OF THE 11-5. 1-5. >> T. McOsker: THE LEADER IS GOING TO JOIN ME ALSO. >> Council President: GOOD MORNING, MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME BACK FLEET WEEK. LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR 8th ANNUAL FLEET WEEK. [APPLAUSE] IT'S AN HONOR FOR COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND I TO STAND HERE TODAY FROM THE SERVICE MEMBERS FROM THE U.S. ARMY THIRD FLEET. THANK YOU FOR JOINING FLEET WEEK IS REALLY MORE THAN A CELEBRATION. IT'S MORE THAN THAT. IT SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT OUR SEA SERVICE MEMBERS DO EVERY DAY TO KEEP OUR NATION AND SEAS SAFE AND SECURE. AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, IT IS TO SO CRITICALLY NORTHERN TO KNOW TO SUPPORT THESE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS THAT THE PORT AND INDIRECTLY SEA SERVICE WOMEN AND MEN SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO BUILD REAL CONNECTIONS AND LEARN FIRSTHAND ABOUT WHAT THEIR ROLE IS IN PROTECTING OUR NATION AND WATERWAYS. AS THE HOME PORT, OUR NAVY PROTECTS 40 PERCENT OF THE ALL THE GOODS THAT COME INTO THIS COUNTRY. 40 PERCENT OF ALL THE GOODS THAT COME INTO THIS COUNTRY COME THROUGH THE SAN PEDRO COMPLEX. WHEN THESE SHIPS ARE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA, THEY MUST BE PROTECTED AND OUR SEA SERVICE DOES THAT. THESE WOMEN AND MEN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GLOBAL ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR THIS REGION AND THIS COUNTRY. AS A PERSONAL STORY, I TOLD IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. MY GRANDPA GREW UP IN SAN PEDRO AND HE REMEMBERS AS A LITTLE KID THE STORIES OF GREAT FLEET COMING TO THE SAN PEDRO WAY. AND THAT SPARKED HIS IMAGINATION AND HE GREW UP TO BECOME A SAILOR AND PROUD OF HIS SERVICE AND CONVEYED THAT. IT SKIPPED ME BUT MADE IT TO MY NEPHEW. I THINK I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY NEPHEW COMMANDER ON U.S.S. MASON AND HE WAS IN THE RED SEA. HE'S BACK, SAFELY THANK GOD AND THIS WEEKEND, SO I COULD BE HOME FOR FREE WEEK, I'M MISSING THE GRADUATE OF HIS LITTLE BROTHER. SO IT RUNS DEEP IN THE McOSKER FAMILY. BUT FLEET WEEK JUST AS IT DID FOR MY GRANDPA GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOK LIKE. AFTER A RECORD-BREAKING FLEET WEEK WITH OVER 100,000 VISITORS WE'RE EXPECTING EVEN MORE THIS YEAR. AND WE WANT TO BEAT THOSE NUMBERS IN SAN PEDRO AND WILMINGTON AND ACROSS THE REGION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES IN FLEET WEEK. IT'S A FANTASTIC FAMILY FUN OUTING. THERE ARE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES FROM THE MARINES AND NAVY AND GALLEY WHATSER, THERE IS A FOOD, COOKING CONTEST BETWEEN ALL OF OUR SERVICE AGENCY SXZ WE'RE THROWING IN LAFD AND LAPD, AND YOURS TRULY, SURE, SHE PICKED THE FAT GUY. YOURS TRULY WILL BE A JUDGE. WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE ALL OF YOU IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I CANNOT HELP TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU IN THE WATER FRONT. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT THESE CELEBRATION RIGHT SIDE HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE REGION INCLUDING IN THE BETTER 11 AND I WANT TO INVITE THE CHAIR OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM TRACI PARK TO SPEAK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WZ FLEET WEEK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU. I WILL JUST TELL YOU, FLEET WEEK LAST YEAR, DOWN IN SAN PEDRO IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE MOST FUN TIMES I HAVE HAD ANYWHERE IN L.A. IN YEARS. I REALLY WANT TO OPEN WITH A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR EVERY ONE THIS MORNING IN UNIFORM. YOUR COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO OUR NATION, DO NOT GO UNNOTICED, WE ARE IMMEASURABLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SACRIFICES AND DEDICATION. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AS YOU'RE COASTAL NEIGHBOR, I AM REALLY EXCITED AND I'M STANDING HERE WITH A LOT OF PRIDE, IN PART, I LOVE FLEET WEEK BECAUSE IT OPPORTUNITY IT PRESENTS NOT ONLY TO THANK OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY BUT ALSO AS SHARE OF TRADE TRAVEL AND TOURISM. OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOWCASE OUR AND THOUGH FOR MANY YEARS, SAN PEDRO DOWN IN THE 1-5 HOSTED FLEET WEEK WHICH IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. CD11 COULD NOT BE LEFT SO FOR THE THIRD YEAR, WE'RE PROUD TO BE PART OF THE CELEBRATION WITH OUR OWN FLEET WEEK CELEBRATION AT WESTCHESTER PARK TO CELEBRATE THE NAVY'S 250th ANNIVERSARY. SO TOMORROW FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 P.M., WE'LL BE PLANTING TREES AND WEIBEL DOING A FLAG RAISING CEREMONY ENGAGING WITH OUR SENIORS AND REALLY MAKING A DAY OF IT. ALSO WANT TO THANK URBAN PARKS FOR BRINGING THE DAY TOGETHER. THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED IN OUR COUNTRY AND TO COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR BRINGING OUR FLEET WEEK FRIENDS IN. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. BEFORE WE INTRODUCE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS. WE HAVE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FROM THE NAVY BAND. I BRING TO YOU ONE OF THE BEST BANDS IN THE LAND, THE NAVY BAND! LET'S HEAR IT FOR THEM. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] OUR BUDGET TABLE MADE IT TIGHT FOR THEM BUT THESE ARE MILITARY DUDES, THEY FIGURE IT OUT. >> T. Park: LOGITIC EXPERTS. [BAND PLAYING] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, IT'S HONOR TO BE HERE FOR FLEET WEEK 2025. WE'RE FROM SAN DIEGO AND OUR GOAL IS TO COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY GOING HERE TO CITY HALL AND GOING TO SANTA MONICA AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING YOUR NAVY TO PEOPLE OF L.A. AND WE'LL DO JUST THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH ONE MORE TUNE. AND HAPPY FLEET WEEK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [BAND PLAYING] [APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. U.S. NAVY BANDSINGER SOUTHWEST! THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION. I WANT TO INTRODUCE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS, I'M GOING TO CALL SOME OUT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD SPEECHES. AND I JUST WANT THE MILITARY TO KNOW THAT MAXINE WATERS IS HERE FOR ANOTHER PRESENTATION. SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE. WOO ALSO PROUD TO HAVE RETIRED COMMISSIONER LUCILLE ROYBALANCED IS HERE AND YOLANDA DELATORE, COMMISSIONER AND GENE SEROKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PORT OF LOS ANGELES. [APPLAUSE] JONATHAN WILLIAMS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE AMBASSADOR OF U.S.S. IOWA AND PRESIDENT OF L.A. FLEET WEEK FOUNDATION, A LOT OF TIGHT LDS. --TITLES. [APPLAUSE] I'M GOING TO HAVE ADMIRAL ROSEN, COMMANDER OF THE NAVY SPEAK ANY MINUTE BUT FIRST JUST GREET, REAR ADD MEASURABLE BRAD ROSEN. AND HE HAS A NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND FOLKS WITH HIM, I WANT TO CALL OUT CDR, ROB, COMMANDER OFFICER, USC G BASE LOS ANGELES LONG BEACH AND CDR EXECUTIVE OFFICER ANTAG PACIFIC. [APPLAUSE] COMMANDER MASTER CHIEF, ROB BEACHY. [APPLAUSE] COMMAND MASTER CHIEF HALLER, U.S. NAVY THIRD FLEET. AND LIEUTENANT SPARKS, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. [APPLAUSE] WE ALSO HAVE SEE FLEET WEEK IS REALLY COOL BECAUSE IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT THE CITY OF L.A. CAN DO WHAT THE PORT OF L.A. CAN DO HOW WE CAN SHOW OFF THIS BEAUTIFUL PORT AND WE HAVE TWO WORLD VIEEDING AND ALIGNING TOGETHER. WE HAVE A VISITOR FROM CROATIA WHO WAS COMING OUT TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SITES FOR THE CROATIA FOR THE OLYMPICS EVENTS IN 2028 AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON FLEET WEEK SO HE GETS TO SEE A GREAT SHOW. YOU WANT TO WELCOME TO OUR CHAMBERS, MASHLGTING DIRECTOR OF CROATIA NATIONAL COMMITTEE. [APPLAUSE] FRANKO ARE HERE AND HERE FROM CROATIA AND GETTING READY FOR THAT CROATIA HOUSE AND SAILING ON SIDE OF THE PORT W.THAT, WITH THAT, I WANT TO BRING TO THE PODIUM, GENERAL MANAGER CAROL PARK. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ON THE CUSP OF THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE PAST SACRIFICES OF OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AND UPLIFT THE EFFORTS THAT THEY CONTINUE TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE. EACH YEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLEET WEEK, CITY DEPARTMENTS ALONGSIDE ARE PUBLIC AND NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND ALSO PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS ARE FORWARDED THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE HOW MILITARY AND CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES CAN SUPPORT US DURING TIMES OF DISASTER. THIS IS QUITE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT OFFERS FACE-TO-FACE COLLABORATION, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS BEFORE AN EMERGENCY. OVER THE PAST YEARS, WE HAVE PLANNED AND EXERCISED FOR SOME OF THE MOST POTENTIAL CATASTROPHIC SCENARIOS OUR CITY CAN FACE. FROM CLEARING ROUTES AFTER A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE TO PROVIDING FOOD AND HYDRATION TO NEARLY 4 MILLION ANGELINOS, WE KNOW IT IT WILL TAKE COLLABORATION AT EVERY LEVEL OF GUEST AND SECTOR OF COMMUNITY TO MEET THE NEEDS. AS A THREAT LANDSCAPE CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, SO DOES OUR PREPAREDNESS. THIS YEAR ALONGSIDE 125 GOVERNMENT AND MILT PREAND PRIVATE AGENCIES, WE DISCUSSED THESE EVOLVING THREATS, RELATED TO CYBER ATTACKS, READINESS FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPIC GAMES AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS TO STRENGTHEN OUR OPERATIONAL READINESS. THESE DISCUSSIONS EVOLVE INTO ACTION. ONLY YESTERDAY, CITY COUNTY STATE, STATE AND FEDERAL AND MILITARY AGENCIES PRACTICED INOPERABLE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES SHT CONSEQUENCES OF A CYBER ATTACK MAKE NORMAL CHANNELS UNAVAILABLE. OUR COLLABORATION DOES NOT STOP ONCE FLEET WEEK IS CONCLUDED. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE A TABLETOP EXERCISE AND ADDITIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. WHILE ALWAYS KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT COULD BE THE NEXT DISASTER AND CRITICAL NEED FOR DEFENSE SUPPORT. IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR KAREN BASS, COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER OF THE GREAT CITY 1-15, GENE SEROKA, CHIEF TOM WEIGHS' OF THE POLICE AND U.S.S. IOWA, VOLUNTEERS AND BOARD MEMBERS, L.A. FLEET WEEK LEADERSHIP, THE U.S. NAVY THIRD FLEET, U.S. NAVY SOUTHWEST AND MANY OTHER MILITARY PARTNERS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR 2025, SENIOR LEADERSHIP SEMINAR. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, HAPPY 250th BIRTHDAY TO THE NAVY, ARMY, MARINE CORPS AND MERCHANT MARINES. THANK YOU. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, CAROL. NEXT UP, THE BIRTHDAY BOY HIMSELF, REAR ADMIRAL ROD ROSEN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE BACK HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THIS IS MY FOURTH TIME AT L.A. FLEET WEEK AND EVERY TIME I LEAVE THIS GREAT CITY, I AM IN AWE STRUCK BY THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM ALL ANGELINOS. ON BEHALF OF FLEET WEEK, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO CONNECT WITH YOUR RESIDENTS AND SHOWCASE THE IMMENSE PRIDE, AS COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MENTIONED, THIS YEAR'S EXTRA SPECIAL TO US AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 250th BIRTHDAY. WE ABSOLUTE ALL OF OUR SAILORS, MARINES PAST AND PRESENT WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO PROVOTE PROSPERITY AROUND THE GLOBE. THE NAVY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES GOES BACK TO 1908 WHEN THE GREAT FLEET WEEK ARRIVED AND TIM McOSKER'S GRANDFATHER WELCOMED THE SAILOR. WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE IT BECAME HOME TO THE GREAT BATTLE FLEET MANY OF WHICH WERE DANLD IN PEARL HORROR TO INCLUDE ARIZONA, VIRGINIA AND CALIFORNIA. ALL THESE DECADES, AMERICA IS STILL A MARITIME NATION AND CITY. YOUR SUPPORT IS VITAL TO THE ECONOMY OF NOT ONLY THIS GREAT CITY AND STATE BUT ALSO OUR NATION. WE TAKE TREMENDOUS PRIDE IN ENSURING THAT THE SEA LANES ARE SECURE, OPEN AND FREE. WHILE OUR SHIPS REMAIN, WE'RE HERE TO CONNECT AND SHARE WITH YOU. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, LAST YEAR, WE HAD OVER 100,000 VISITORS TO GET ON THE AIRCRAFT AIRIER VINCENT. THIS TIME WE BROUGHT HARPER'S FERRY, THE GUIDED MISSILE DIS TROYER, CALL 11 TO THE CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES. WE HAVE OVER 1,000 SAILORS AND MARINE AND COASTAL GUARD PERSONNEL WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS ACROSS THE GREAT CITY AND ENGAGING IN ALL OF YOU. WHILE WE'RE HERE IT'S TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THIS WEEK HAS ALREADY BEEN MEANINGFUL. AND I KNOW TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER PARK, I LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW'S ENGAGEMENT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR WELCOME US AND BEING JUST TREMENDOUS HOST FOR YOUR NAV' TEAM. THANK YOU. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, REAR ADMIRAL. NEXT UP, THE XEK I HAVE DIRECTOR OF AMERICA'S PORT, THE ONLY PORT THAT HOSTS SUCH AN EVENT. THAT IS GENE SEROKA. >> Speaker: THANKS COUCH McOSKER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS, CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS, GOOD MORNING. IT TRULY IS A PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME IN THE 7th FLEET WEEK AND TO MY FRIEND, ROSEN, YOU'VE ATTENDED HALF THE FLEET WEEK, I THINK THAT QUALIFIES YOU FOR A LIFETIME PASS, I'VE GOT TO CHECK THE BYLAW. WELCOME BACK. AND AGAIN CELEBRATING THE 200 ANNIVERSARY OF NAVY, MARINE CORPS AND ARCHING MARINE, IT'S SO FITTING THAT WHERE THE WATER MEETS LOS ANGELES WE GET TO CELEBRATE THIS 7th FLEET WEEK. A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME, START THISING AFTERNOON IN THE GROVE AT COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S DISTRICT AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY AT THE LOS ANGELES FARMERS MARKET, WE'LL HAVE MORE FLEET WEEK EVENTS. TOMORROW AT THE REC CENTER IN COUNCILMEMBER PARK'S DISTRICT AND THEN SUNDAY IN COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ DISTRICT, WE'LL HAVE A CELEBRATION AT PARK. SO THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING THE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN AND OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT TO YOUR AREAS. AND THANK YOU RONCO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, WHO IS DOING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE CROATIAN OLYMPIC COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ENJOY FLEET WEEK, EVERY ONE. >> T. McOsker: AND THE GUY WHO MAKES IT ALL HAPPEN, THE INCOMPARABLE, JONATHAN WILLIAMS. >> Speaker: YES, I GOT A A BOO. I TOLD MY SON, WHEN YOU GET A BOO, THAT'S ACTUALLY JEALOUSY SO YOU PLAY HARDER. [APPLAUSE] GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TO COUNCIL TODAY TO TALK ABOUT L.A. FLEET WEEK. IT'S L.A.'S FLEET WEEK, I LIKE TO SAY THAT'S WHY WE PUT L.A. FIRST. IT'S A COMMUNITY FLEET WEEK AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TLUT ENTIRE REGION AND CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENTS OF L.A. TIM'S GRANDFATHER WAS ON THE DOCKS, MY GRANDFATHER CAME IN THE U.S.S. TENNESSEE IN 1938, IT WAS A LIFETIME WDB EMPLOYEE AND IT'S WHAT ENCOURAGED ME TO GO INTO THE IOWA INPUT IN SAN PEED I DON'T. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT AMERICA AND ANGELINOS WITH OUR SEA SERVICES, AND SEE SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN 20 YEARS, I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM A PLUG, BARK EAGLE, COMES FROM CONNECTICUT, TAKE THIS CHANCE TO SEE IT THIS IN PORT OF L.A. AND SEE THIS AMAZING SHIP. SO AS YOU GO ABOUT THE WEEKEND, GO OUT AND SEE OUR MARINES AND SERVICES, DON'T FORGET THE MARINE BAN AND SEE THEM OUT AND ABOUT IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. CELEBRATE L.A. FLEET WEEK AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A CHALLENGE TO ALL OF L.A. THIS WEEK'S IS NEW YORK'S FLEET WEEK AND AS WE GO TO THE STAGE, WE NEED TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE'RE ON THE STAGE AND I'M CHALLENGING NEW YORK, LET'S GET ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK AND SHOW THEM HOW L.A. BEATS THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THANK YOU, ALL. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT L.A. FLEET WEEK, GO TO LAFLEETWEEK.COM. TONIGHT WE'LL BE WELCOMING ALL OF THESE WOMEN MEN TO WILMINGTON AND SO MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS. PLEASE COME ON OUT AND ENJOY AND LET'S BEAT NEW YORK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW, THAT ONLY WE KNOW HOW TO DO FLEET WEEK. I HAVE A RESOLUTION, FLEET WEEK, 2025, THANKING YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME YOU AGAIN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON 250 YEARS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MANY MORE FLEET WEEKS. THANK YOU ADMIRAL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY, WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR REMINDING US OF HOW GREAT YOUR PORTS ARE. AND FOR CELEBRATING FLEET WEEK, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE OUR FAMILIES THERE, ENJOY YOU'RE COMMUNITY AND REALLY SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE SEA. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND PARK. FIRST OF ALL, JONATHAN, CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST BEAT NEW YORK IN BASEBALL, WE WANT TO BEAT THEM AT ALL FRANTS. THAT'S AN ADD MEASURABLE CHALLENGE. --ADMIRABLE CHALLENGE. BUT GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE YOU. JONATHAN I'M PROUD THAT FOR THE SECOND YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING FLEET WEEK IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AT BRAND PARK. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE GENE SEROKA, AS A MARINE DAUGHTER, TO HAVE THE MARINE BAND, BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY. WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. AND IT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE ONLY VETERANS PARADE EACH AND EVERY YEAR, I THINK IS IT THE ONLY BOB IN THE SAN FERNANDO? >> B. Blumenfield: IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, YES. >> M. Rodriguez: IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND IT'S IN MY DISTRICT. IT WAS CONCEIVED AND BROUGHT TO LIFE. SO WHEN I TELL YOU, HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO HAVE YOU ALL COME TO THE NORTHEAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO CELEBRATE FLEET WEEK, IT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. IT'S WITH SUCH TREMENDOUS PRIDE THAT OUR COMMUNITY COMES OUT AND WE HAD A REMARKABLE CROWD. I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING LIKE THE MARINE CORPS BAND BUT THERE REALLY IS NOTHING LIKE THE MARINE CORPS BAND. YOU DO A REMARKABLE JOB AND MAKING PEOPLE REMEMBER, THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO THAT WE DON'T OFTEN SEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND AGAIN LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON SUNDAY IN MISSION HILLS IN BRAND PARK. 11:00 TO 3:00 IN MISSION HILLS, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARKS IN LOS ANGELES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING YOU ALL THERE. >> Council President: AND GO FLEET WEEK AND I'M GOING TO TURN TO YOU MR. McOSKER, TO CLOSE. >> T. McOsker: AND THANK YOU, I WANT TO THANK RONCO HERE AGAIN. AND OUR CHAIR OF COMMITTEE WHO IS BRINGING CROATIA HOUSE TO LOS ANGELES THANK YOU, PETER. THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE APPRECIATE YOU, AND GO NAVY! >> Council President: GO NAVY! ALL RIGHT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION, OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS ONE. >> Clerk: THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD THE COMMITTEE RECORD FOR ITEM NUMBER 5, HAS BEEN SUBMITED POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AND NOW ONLINE UNDER SOUN SIEL 1525-0520. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TODAY AND FOLKS IN THE GALLERY. I AM VERY VERY PROUD PLEASED AND EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE AN AMAZING CAREER OF SERVICE IN COMMUNITY AND MENTAL HEALTH, 43 YEARS OF DR. JOHN GRIFFIN OF KELDRIN COMMUNITY CENTER. LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. DR. GRIFFITH STARTED DOING MENTAL HEALTH WORK IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES IN THE EARLY 1980s WAS ONE OF THE BUILDING THAT LEAD IN THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, THE CAMPUSES THAT NOW SPAN SOUTH L.A. AND AT LEAST IN TWO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE SPACES AND WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT REPRESENTED THOSE FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. THE MENTAL STM IS A ESSENTIAL INSTITUTION IN LOS ANGELES FROM VERY YOUNG PEOPLE TO SENIORS TO FOLKS WHO NEED HELP. KENDRIN IS THERE WITH THEIR FACILITIES IN MY DISTRICT AND THE 9th DISTRICT. AS THE 15th DISTRICT THAT MR. McOSKER AND I VISITED TOGETHER. I WANT TO POINT OUT A VERY THING ABOUT DR. GRIFFIN BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW. DR. GRIFFITH IS AN IMMIGRANT TO THE UNITED STATES. SO WHEN THEY SHOW PICTURES OF IMMIGRANTS, REMEMBER DR. GRIFFITH LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT HOLDUP TO HOLDUP OUR COMMUNITY AND AS A PERSON WHO LIVED IN SOUTH L.A., THIS COMMUNITY DOES NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTION OF DR. GRIFFITH, FROM BUILDING THE FACILITIES ACROSS CAMPUSES, TO MAKING SURE AND BEING PART OF THE SURE TO MAKE SURE THAT KENDRIN BECAME A QUALIFIED HEALTH FACILITY TO BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH USC SO WE CAN HAVE YOUNG PHYSICIANS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. DR. GRIFFITH HAS LEAD THE WAY AND WE'RE HAPPY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS CELEBRATION TODAY. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SPEAKERS, MR. CHAIR. SOY WANT TO BEGIN WITH OUR COLLEAGUE IN THE 9th DISTRICT, THE NEW 9th, COUNCILMEMBER CURREN PRICE FOR A FEW WORDS. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON. THANK YOU FOR HONORING DR. GRIFFITH, YOU EMPOWER THE SPIRIT OF LIVING ANGEL, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND COMPASSION AND RELENTLESSNESS WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING FOLKS THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN. YOUR LEADERSHIP, DURING THE PANDEMIC, ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT THE PANDEMIC? FIVE YEARS AGO. KENDRIN SPER HEAD THED THE FIRST WALK UP COVID TESTING SITE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH L.A. AND I REMEMBER LINES WERE GOING AROUND THE BLOCK TO RECEIVE SERVICE. AGAIN, DENYKENDRIN WAS EVERYWHERE. BUT TOGETHER, WE ORCHESTRATED PUBLIC UNITS AND MOBILE UNITS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL, EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAD ACCESS AND PROTECTION AGAINST THE DEADLY VIRUS. YOU LEAD GOD'S WORK TO KEEP THE DISTRICT 9 AND SOUTH L.A. COMMUNITY SAFE. AND DESPITE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR COVID-19 EFFORTS, KENDRIN HAS BEEN A STEADY ROCK IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 60 YEARS. DR. GRIGT GRIFFITH HAS EMPOWERED LIVES. IN LATE 2023, THAT SUMMIT AIMED TO INCREASE AWARENESS. TODAY ALSO AT THE FRONT AND CENTER OF A DRESSING OTHER ISSUES, DR. I FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE WITNESSED YOUR WORK FIRSTHAND AND TO CHAMPION AND INSPIRING FRIEND. SO TODAY WE CELEBRATE YOUR CAREER BUT KINDNESS AND EXCELLENCE AND YOU HAVE BUILT AS A HEALTHCARE HERO ALL OF THESE YEARS. SO AGAIN, AND HE'S ALSO A GOURMET COOK. WE KNOW HE COLLECTS FINE, SO REALLY A RENAISSANCE MAN. DOCTOR, WE APPRECIATE YOU, LOVE YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AND CONTINUED SUCCESS. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, A LOT OF LEADERS HAVE SHOWN UP TO SUPPORT DR. GRIFFITH TODAY. WE HAVE AN AMBASSADOR IN THE HOUSE. YOU KNOW YOU'RE A REALLY REALLY BIG DEAL WHEN A LEGEND SHOWS UP TO CELEBRATE YOU. AND TODAY WE HAVE IN OUROUS, THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, OUR OWN LOCAL LEGEND, CONGRESSWOMAN, MAXINE WATERS. LET'S PLEASE WELCOME HER TO GIVE US A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION. MR. PRESIDENT, I AM SO PLEASED THAT YOU IDENTIFIED A VERY SPECIAL HUMAN BEING, A PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TIME AND SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AT CAN HEDDRIN, SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN WITH CAN HEDDRIN FOR 43 YEARS, START WITHING DR. JONES IN HIS HOME AND THEN IT WAS ABOUT 19 72 THAT WE CUT THE RIBBON FOR CAN HEDRIN WHERE IT IS NOW. THAT TELLS YOU, HOW OLD WE ARE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, I AM SO PLEASED AND PROUD THAT THIS PSYCHOLOGIST DECIDED TO GIVE OF HIMSELF IN THE WAY THAT HE HAS DONE. NOT ONLY DOES SERVE THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT IS DEFINED, BUT IT SERVICES MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ALL OVER THE CITY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, WHEN WE WERE, FACED WITH HOW WE WERE GOING TO DELIVER ALL OF SERVICES FOR COVID, THERE WAS A-LINE UP AROUND KENDRIN PEOPLE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE TO GET THE SEVENSERS OF KENDRIN AND THEY PERFORMED. MANY OF US ELECTED OFFICIALS MR. CURREN PRICE, THE COUNCILMAN THERE, WE ALL GOT SERVICES AT KIDDRIN DEALING WITH COVID. SO NOT ONLY THE 3000 INDIVIDUALS THAT GET MENTAL SERVICES, BUT THEY HAVE PRIMARY DOCTORS THERE. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT HE SERVED AS CEO AND MANY NUMBER OF CAPACITIES. EXAMINE NOW HE IS RETIRING. BUT I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT I LEARNED AND MAYBE I'M NOT SUPPOSE TO TELL YOU, BUT NOBODY KNOWS, I CAN'T KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT THAT NEW VILLAGE FOR CHILDREN THAT WE RECENTLY OPENED UP IS GOING NOT ONLY A PLACE WHERE OUR CHILDREN VERY YOUNG CAN GET SERVICES, THERE WILL BE TRAINING THERE FOR EVERYBODY DEALING WITH PEDIATRICS AND PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRISTS EVEN, SO I'M VERY PLEASED THAT I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT IT WILL BE NAMED AFTER DR. JOHN GRIFFITH! [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, I THANK YOU FOR HONORING HIM TODAY. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES THAT HE'S PROVIDED. AND YOU THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE THROUGH THICK AND THIN. I JUST GOT IN FROM WASHINGTON LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING AWAKE FOR TWO DAYS TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE BUDGET CAN TRYING TO CONVINCE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AISLE NOT TO VOTE FOR THE DENYING SERVICE THAT'S WE DEPEND ON. 850 BILLION DOLLARS CUT OVER THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD OF THAT BUDGET. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPORT KENDRIN IN EVERY WAY. BUT FOR THE CITY OF L.A., I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE CBG MONEY AND HOME MONEY AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT INTIMIDATED SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT AS HARD AS WE CAN FOR THE SERVICES FOR KENDRIN AND FOR THE CITY OF L.A. AND FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND FOR HUTT AND ALL OF THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW, TODAY, THANK YOU FOR FOCUSING ON HEALTHCARE, AND IMPORTANT HEALTHCARE FOR THE CHILDREN, FOR THE FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR HONORING THE SERVICES OF DR. JOHN GRIFFITH, IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT HE HAS DONE AND EVEN THOUGH HE IS RETIRED, WE STILL GOING TO CALL ON HIM WHEN WE NEED HIM AND HAVE AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THAT'S WHO I'VE CALLED ON FOR YEARS. NO MATTER WHO IS A CEO, I CALL HIM IN THE MID-APPROXIMATELY OF THE NIGHT. I GET PEOPLE OVER THERE AND I WANT TO YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TELL YOU, THIS CAN HEDKENDRIN HAS HELPED PEOPLE IN THE HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY WHO FOUND THEMSELVES IN DIFFICULTY. I KNOW BECAUSE I HAD TO GET THEM THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HONORING THIS MOST IMPORTANT HUMAN BEING. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU, ONE MORE TIME FOR CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS. DR. GRIFFITH IS A STORED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS BUT THE VISION THAT KENDRIN WOULD BE A HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE CENTER, A HEALTHCARE CENTER WHERE YOU CAN GET TREATMENT FOR YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO HELP YOU DEAL WITH THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS THAT YOU WERE FACING THAT MANY TIMES FACE, IMPACT THE HEALTH OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND PART OF THAT PROCESS WAS CREATING A FORMER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHARLES DREW, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND TODAY WE HAVE THE DEAN OF COLLEGE OF MEDICINE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF DR. GRIFFITH. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT DR. JOHN GRIFFITH SHALL HAS NOT ONLY A STALLWORTH IN THE COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE WHERE WE HAVE A NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL, HE HAS BEEN THE VISIONARY, HE HAS BEEN THE PARTNER, HE HAS BEEN THE HARD WORKER. SO CAN HEDRIN HAS NOT BEEN ONLY WITH BENEFICIARY OF HIS VISION HARD WORK, EXECUTIVE TALENT, BUT ALSO CDU HAS BEEN THE BENEFICIARY AND THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CAN HEDRIN AND CDU IS ONE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE, SERVICE, TO SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND. IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND COMMUNITY. SO THIS HONOR THAT YOU GIVE TODAY, THIS RECOGNITION THAT THE COUNCIL GIVES TODAY, IS WELL DESERVED AND I WILL ADD, THAT WE TOO ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CALL UPON YOU. SO RETIREMENT NAENZ NOTHING --RETIREMENT MEANS NOTHING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President:er THANK YOU, I WANT TO JOIN IN THE CHORUS, I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW UP HERE THAT DR. GRIFFITH STILL CALLS THE COUNCIL AND SAYS, WE NEED THIS AND THAT FOR KENDRIN, BUT HE IS STILL BUSY ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION. I WANT TO BRING UP THE LEADER OF HEALTHCARE BOARD, AMITA MARTINEZ TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF DR. GRIFFITH. >> Speaker: HELLO ONE AND ALL. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF CAN HEDKEDRIN CENTER, I WANT TO THANK THIS BOARD FOR THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF DR. GRIFFITH. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT DR. GRIFFITH HAS DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH NEAR AND FAR. DR. GRIFFITH, THANK YOU FOR 40 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. >> Council President: AND NOW WE GET TO HEAR FROM THE MAN HIMSELF, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EXTRAORDINARE AND A FRIEND TO SO MANY AND TO MY FRIEND AND FAMILY OVER THE YEARS. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AND WELCOME TO THIS PODIUM, THE ABSOLUTE BEST DRESSED MAN IN MENTAL HEALTH IN ALL OF AMERICA, THE ONE AND ONLY, DR. JOHN GRIFFITH. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, WE'VE DONE A LOT AND THIS STILL A LOT MORE TO DO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, I'M STILL INVOLVED IS, THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE. THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE, THAT'S A VISION THAT I'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AFTER WORKING ON THE FRONTLINE OF CARE DRIVEN, SEEING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY, AND PLACED IN FOSTER CARE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SO, DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO SEE, A CHILD BEING MOVED FROM ONE POSSIBLE TO ANOTHER, SOME CHILDREN HAVING, MOVED SIX OR SEVEN TIMES, AND NO ONE PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO THE SEPARATION ANXIETY THAT THESE CHILDREN WERE EXPERIENCING. SO THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE IS ALL THE PERSONS WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH A CHILD, BE IT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBATION DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, WE WOULD HAVE OFFICES THERE FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS, WORKING WITH THE CHILD SO THOSE KINDS OF NEEDS ARE UNMET AT THE MOMENT, WOULD NOT BE THERE WHEN THE CHILDREN VILLAGE IS OPEN. IT'S GOING TO BE, ONE INTEGRATED CARE BASIS AND THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT ALREADY THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE TREATMENT TEAM AND THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER RATHER THAN WORKING IN DIFFERENT AREAS. BY THAT I MEAN, DCFS MAY COME IN AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT ONE SET OF THINGS AND SOMEBODY ELSE WILL COME IN FROM PROBATION, AND THE CHILD GETS LEFT OUT. THE DECISIONS ARE MADE AND SOME OF THOSE DECISION RIGHT SIDE OFTEN HARMFUL. SO, THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE WILL SERVE THAT INTEGRATED CARE PROCESS TO THE BENEFITS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HONORING ME TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, I'VE KNOWN THE PRESIDENT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND TO RECEIVE YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> M. Harris-Dawson: MR. PRESIDENT, AND IF IF WE HAVE SPEAKERS. >> Council President: WE HAVE SPEAKERS, START WITHING COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND THANK YOU CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS FOR REALLY BRINGING SOMEBODY WHO HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A BIG WAY. I KNOW FOR ME, I WAS AT THE LINE AT CAN HEDRIN TO GET THE COMMUNITY WE KNOW IT WILL CONTINUE ON. CALL ON CD9, THEY'LL BE THERE FOR YOU, DON'T WORRY. AND DID YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> M. Rodriguez: GLAZESING ON A WELL EARNED RETIREMENT BUT AS EVERYBODY HAS SAID, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU GO FAR. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY OF COLOR, IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH ACUTE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE FEAR OF TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE WITH SUCH A TENURE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THAT BEACON OF FOR SO MANY FAMILIES AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT TRUSTED RESOURCE. WE RELY SO HEAVILY ON OUR COMMUNITY CLINICS TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN THE SYSTEMS INADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE THE PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTED BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILT BY AND SERVING THE MEMBER, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT LOOK LIKE US. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT SUPPORT. AND OF COURSE THANK CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE. SHE IS AN EXAMPLE OF YOU DON'T STOP THE FIGHT, WHEN THE FIGHT JUST KEEPS GOING WITH AGE. YOU DO A REMARKABLE JOB AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT JUST INCREDIBLE SUPPORT, IN CONGRESS, I LOVE SEEING ALL THE VIDEOS OF YOU, YOU'RE POUNDING DOWN THE DOORS AND NOT LETTING THEM AWAY WITH THE NONSENSE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL FOR THAT INCREDIBLE HISTORY. WE HAVE A DEEP BENCH IN THE SAN FERNANDO AS WELL WITH OUR COMMUNITY CLINICS. AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT AFTER COVID, SO MANY MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ACTIVE SEVENSERS SO THE COMBINATION FROM SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL BRINGING IT DOWN TO THE GRASS ROOTS LEVEL HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT, WORTHY EFFORTS BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY MAKING A TRUE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS INCREDIBLE 40 YEARS OF WORTH OF SERVICE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER 40 MORE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION, DOCTOR. I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU CAN ALSO CALL ON THE 1-5 WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE BELOVED COMMUNITY OF WATTS. WE COULD NOT MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU, GOD BLESS YOU. >> Council President: AND BACK TO YOU MR. HARRIS-DAWSON TO CLOSE. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBERS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. GRIFFITH ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND EVERY ONE INVOLVED BEINGER WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND THIS BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET OF FLOWERS TO GO ALONG WITH YOUR AMAZING OUTFIT TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ HAS A SPECIAL PRESENTATION, GOING TO BRING UP THE HOLLYWOOD HIGH SOCCER TEAM. CONGRATULATIONS AND WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION, SMOOTHLY AND QUICKLY. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHO CAME HERE TODAY. BECAUSE WORE HERE TODAY TO CONGRATULATE THE HOLLYWOOD HIGH BOYS SOCCER TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST MARCH. PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND I JUST GOT TO SAY THE TEAM PULLED OFF AN INCREDIBLE RUN TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO, AS I JUST WANT TO SET THE STAGE. THEY HAD TO PLAY IN TO GET INTO THE FINAL TOURNAMENT. SO THEY COME IN AS A 14th SEED, BUT IN THAT GAME THEY WON 7-0 AND EVERY CHAMPIONSHIP WAS CLEAN SHEETS, WINNING 2-0, 2-0 SO COMING IN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AS THE 14th SEED PLAYING THE NUMBER ONE SEED FROM SAN FERNANDO, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO CHAVEZ HIGH SCHOOL. A TEAM THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY LOST TO. THE FIRST HALF, THEY WERE UP 2-1 AND CHAVEZ TIES THE GAME FORCING THE GAME TO PENALTY KICKS. THEY'VE DONE 11 ROUNDS OF PENALTIES. YOU KNOW PENALTY KICKS ARE SO AMAZING AND EMOTIONAL. WAS TENS AND TENSE. BUT THEY EMERGED VICTORIOUS! GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. BUT OF COURSE WE KNOW WINNING IN SPORTS IS NOT EVERYTHING, ALL OF THESE YOUNG FOLKS HAVE NOT AMAZING ACADEMIC FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM. BUT WHEN YOU WIN IN THAT WAY, IT SHOWS THIS THERE IS A NUMBER OF TEAMMATE AND PASSION AND GRIT AND WILLINGNESS TO NOT GIVE IN AND WIN. WE NEED TO CELEBRATE THEM, BUT NOT JUST THE WIN FOR THE HOLLYWOOD BUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT 13 SHOULD BE PROUD. AS FAR AS CHAVEZ, I DON'T KNOW WHO CLAIMS THEM HERE, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE LOS ANGELES BUT I GUESS, WE CAN, WE CANNOT RUB IT IN ANYBODY'S FACE TODAY. BUT FURTHER ADO, WOULD I LIKE TO WELCOME SOCCER HEAD COACH ALAN, TO SAY A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: EVERYBODY, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO GIVE BIG THANKS TO MIA SISTER ANT RASHON AND THE FAMILIES PLAYED A HUGE ROLE INCLUDING SOME OF MY FAMILY AND PLAYER'S FAMILY, LONG NIGHTS, HOMEWORK AND A P EXAMS. I CAME IN TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE SEASON STARTED CAN IT'S A VERY GET-GO TYPE OF THING WITH SOCCERMENT I'M PROUD OF ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THE SENIORS CAN FRESHMEN MADE TO GET TO WHERE WORE AT TODAY. YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR COUNCILMEMBER THIS IS A GREAT RECOGNITION FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND THE CITY ITSELF AND WE JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND GROW THE SPORTS IN HOLLYWOOD HIGH. IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING, SPORTS DO PLAY A BIG PART AS AN EDUCATOR, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS A PLAYER, AND IT TOUCHES MY HEART THAT THESE GUYS GET TO THERE SOMETHING THAT I WISH I DID BACK WHEN I PLAYED. IT'S JUST A HUGE STEPPING STONE FOR THEM. AND I WANT TO GIVE THIS EXPOSURE TO MANY OTHER INCOMING STUDENTS THAT COME MY WAY AND THE CAREER I MAKE HOLLYWOOD IS JUST BEGINNING AND WOULD I LOVE TO SEE THIS SPORT CONTINUE TO GROW AS IT DOES IN MANY COMMUNITIES, BIRMINGHAM AND HP, GREAT PROGRAM. IT OPENED SO MANY DOORS FOR SO MANY STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES TO JUST COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND SERVE ONE COMMON GOAL WHICH IS THE BEAUTIFUL SPORT WHETHER IT'S SOCCER, BASKETBALL WHATEVER IT IS, IT JUST HAS TO KEEP GOING. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU GOIZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH COACH. NEXT UP, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ASSISTANT COACH TO SAY A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUGO FOR INVITING US HERE. I'LL SAY SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM THE HEART AND MEMORY WHICH STARTED AT 6:00 AM IN OCTOBER, THE COLD MORNINGS OF OCTOBER ENDED ON MARCH FIRST WITH THESE GENTLEMEN BEHIND ME, THE HEAD COACH AND STAFF OF HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, OUR ATHLETIC DIECTOR, MS. CARTER AND OUR PRINCIPAL IN WINNING THIS DIVISION TO CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SCHOOL AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. I CAN'T HON OF THELY SAY AND PUT INTO WORDS, THE TIME IT TOOK AND EFFORT THAT THESE YOUNG MEN PUT BEHIND IN ORDER TO STAY SCHOLAR. YOU HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE. THIS SEASON TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS, IT'S A SIX MONTH SEASON, WE START IN OCTOBER AND ENDS IN MARCH, IF WE'RE LUCKY. THEY HAD TO KEEP THE GRADES AND SOMETIMES WE FOCUS ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND NOT SO MUCH ON THE EFFORT IT KEEPS TO KEEP WINNING. I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS SCHOLAR ATHLETES, THEY TOOK THE TIME AND EFFORT TO BE DEDICATED AND STAY IN CLASS AND STAY IN THE TEAM. IT TOOK EACH AND EVERY PERSON BEHIND US IN ORDER TO WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE EACH ONE OF THEM. OUR SENIORS THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT IN FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS IN ORDER TO BE AT THE MOMENT. AND I WANT TO THANK DESMA FOR CHOOSING HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. HIS LEADERSHIP PUT US IN THE RIGHT PATH. SO FROM OCTOBER TO MARCH FIRST, WE THANK YOU FOR INVITATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY CONGRATULATIONS THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND ME AND HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ON THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING 11th GRADE GOALKEEPER, JOSE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO PARTICIPATE. I'M GRATEFUL FOR COACH DECEMBER--DESMA AND COACH BRIGS, WE'VE HAD THREE COACHES. IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE HAD UP AND COUNSEL TRAINING. WE HAD HARD TRAINING, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM, WE DID THE MOST WE MADE HISTORY FOR GOING STATE AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS AND FINALLY IN CITY COUNCIL, FOR PLAYING THE BEAUTIFUL SPORT WE KNOW IS THE BEST SPORT IN THE WORLD. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS PLAQUE AND A FOOTBALL SIGNED BY EVERY COUNCILMEMBER AND WE HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES FOR FOLKS IN THE BACK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE AS WELL. SO, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS YOUTH IN THE BUILDING, IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR ME. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, FOR BRINGING YOUR CHAMPS. I THINK YOU HEARD WHAT I TOLD THE DEAT THAT --DECATHLON GROUP. DREAM BIG. JUST BEING ATHLETES, BEING INVOLVED IN YOUR SCHOOL AND HAVING DISCIPLINE, HAVING A VOICE, ON YOUR CAMPUS, IT'S ALREADY THE FIRST STEPS OF LEADERSHIP. SOY WISH YOU GUYS THE BEST AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE IT ON YOUR TO-DO LIST TO ENGAGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION, DON'T FORGET YOU'RE THE GENERATION THAT GETS TWO YEARS OF FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT. BUT AGAIN, UNIVERSITIES LOOK FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE A BALANCE OF MIND BODY AND SOUL AND YOU AS ATHLETE, YOU'RE ON IT WITH THE BODY COMPONENT. BEST OF LUCK AND DREAM BIG AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN. CHAMPS STAY CHAMPS, BEST OF LUCK. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL CHAIR. I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING DWITIONZ TWO, THAT'S NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT. I'M A SOCCER MOM MYSELF, KNOW HOW MANY HOURS IT TAKES FOR YOU TO BE AT THIS CALIBER OF EXCELLENCE AND HOW MUCH YOUR FAMILIES PUT INTO IT. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY PLAY AT SCHOOL AND CLUB AS WELL AND TRAVELING AND PLAYING IN ARIZONA AT 100 DEGREE HEAT. THIS IS YOUR COMMITMENT AND AFTER YOUR JUNE 15th, I KNOW YOU'RE IN THE MARKET TO BE LOOKING FOR THIS. PUMP YOUR CHEST OUT, MAKE SURE YOU SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST, WOUN THIS SO YOU CAN RECRUITED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, YOU'VE GOT A BALLER OF A COUNCILMEMBER AND I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE HIM AN HONORARY MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM. CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Council President: GRAZESING TO ALL OF YOU. AND BACK TO YOU, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ TO CLOSE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE, BECAUSE FUTBOL IS LIFE! >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AS THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY WE HAVE OUR FINAL PRESENTATION, THE WESTCHESTER BASKETBALL TEAM. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS, PARK AND HUTT. WE'LL LEAD US IN THIS FINAL PRESENTATION. GOING FROM SOCCER TO BASKETBALL. A LOT OF PEOPLE INSPIRING US TODAY, IT'S NICE TO SEE. DECATHLETES, SOCCER PLAYERS, BASKETBALL PLAYERS. LOS ANGELES FUTURE IS BRIGHT, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING FOLKS HERE. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. TODAY I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD TO BE JOINED BIT BASKETBALL BOY TEAM THE COMETS AS THEY RECOGNIZE THEIR 16th CITY DIVISION CHAMPION WIN. WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY THE COMET'S CHEERLEADING TEAM. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. IN HIGH SCHOOLS, IR VILLE RIGHT MIDDLE HAVE SERVED AS A PIPELINE PRODUCING EXCELLENT STUDENTS AND FUTURE LEADERS IN EVERY INDUSTRY. WESTCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL HAS PRODUCED ABSOLUTE LEGEND, PEOPLE LIKE KNEEL LONG AND REGINA KING WHO ATTENDED WESTCHESTER HIGH AT THE SAME TIME, JUST A FEW YEARS BEFORE THEY BOTH STARED IN THE MOVIE BOYS IN THE HOOD AND WENT ON TO BE PIONEERS IN SHOWBIZ. BASKETBALL STARS LIKE SAM CRAWFORD AND THE ONE ONLY TO YET ANOTHER CITY CHAMPIONSHIP. FOR THIS TEAM, LET ME SET THE STAGE. THE STAKES IMMENSE, THE PRESSURE UNRELENTING, THE ATMOSPHERE ELECTRIC. ON THE COURT WESTCHESTER HIGH VERSUS CHATSWORTH, YES I'M LOOKING AT YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE. TWO POWERHOUSES, TWO PROUD PROGRAMS, AND IN THE STANDS, FAMILY, FRIENDS EXAMINE ENTIRE COMMUNITY READY TO WIT HISTORY AND THEN, IT HAPPENS. FINAL BUZZARD SOUNDS THROWS DOWN AS FEROCIOUS ROAR THAT COULD BE HEARD FROM SAN PEDRO TO THE WEST HILLS. CLAIMED THEIR 16th SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP CEMENTING THEIR LEGACY AS ONE OF THE MOST STORE HE'D BASKETBALL PROGRAMS IN ALL OF LOS ANGELES. THIS WASN'T JUST A WIN, IT WAS A STATEMENT. THE COMETS HAD LOST TO CHATSWORTH EARLIER IN THE SEASON SO THIS GAME WAS ABOUT REDEMPTION AND THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE DELIVERED. IT WAS ALSO A LEGACY MOMENT, TO SEE, SON OF NBA AND GO BRUINS TREVOR STEPPED INTO THE SAME SPOTLIGHT THAT HIS FATHER ONCE DID. TREVOR BROUGHT HOME FOUR CITY TITLES FROM 2000 TO 2003 AND TODAY HIS SON ADS A FIFTH TO THE NAME AND 16th TO THE WESTCHESTER HIGH TROPHY WITNESS. COACH COTTON WHO WAS ONCE ASSISTANT TOOK THE HELM AND KEPT THE COMET DYNASTY ALIVE. WHEN THE SCORE WAS TIED TURNED THE TIED. DEMANDED TEAM WORK SO HIS PLAYERS RESPONDED. THIS LATEST GROUP OF LEGEND SHOULD BE HONORED NOT JUST FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT ON THE COURT BUT AS THE YOUNG MEN WHO WILL BE FUTURE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. LET'S BE CLEAR, CHAMPIONS ARE NOT JUST ONE ON THE COURT, THEY'RE FUELLED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER FORCE, THE WESTCHESTER CHEERLEADING SQUAD. THEIR LEADERSHIP HELPED CARE OWE THIS TEAM AND SCHOOL THROUGH EVERY GAME AND EVERY CHALLENGE AND EVERY CELEBRATION. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, YOU REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF COMET PRIDE. AND TODAY, WE CELEBRATE ALL OF YOU THE PLAYERS, THE COACHES, THE CHEERLEADERS, THE FAMILIES AND THE ENTIRE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY. AND NOW IT IS MY HONOR TO HAND IT OVER TO ANOTHER LEGEND OF WESTCHESTER HIGH, OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND, HEATHER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. OH LORD, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PARK, THAT IS HILARIOUS FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE WESTCHESTER COMETS TODAY. THIS IS BREAD FOR CHAMPIONS AND DECK AUDS CAN AS ALUMNI AND FORMER STATUSTION FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM, SO I WAS, I FELT IMMENSE SENSE OF PRIDE THAT WE COME TOGETHER TODAY TO RECOGNIZE YOUR 16th BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. RIGHT NOW I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF MY CLASSMATES FROM THE BASKETBALL TEAM THAT ARE SITTING IN THE BACK. WILL YOU STAND UP FOR A SECOND AND WAVE AT THE CURRENT CHAMPIONS? BECAUSE THEY CAME TO CELEBRATE YOU AS WELL. IT'S WHERE I MET SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS EXAMINE WHERE I LEARNED THE PROFOUND POWER OF COLLABORATION BOTH ON THE COURT AND IN THE CLASSROOM. WESTCHESTER WAS NOT JUST A SCHOOL IT WAS A COMMUNITY THAT PUSHED US TO EXCEL IN SOME KIND OF TOUGH TIMES. IT TAUGHT US HOW TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND IT SHAPED THE PERSON I AM TODAY. AND OF COURSE WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT WESTCHESTER BASKETBALL WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING A TRUE LEGEND, COACH DEWITT. HE'S BEEN A GUIDING FORCE. I REMEMBER HIM STEPPING IN THE COACHING STAFF IN THE EARLY 90s AND IT'S INCREDIBLE TO WIT HOW HIS LEGACY CONTINUES TO SHAPE NOT JUST WING TEAM BUT ALSO REMARKABLE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. SO TO THE CURRENT WESTCHESTER COMETS, LOOK ARPD YOU AND LOOK AT YOUR COACHES AND FAMILIES AND ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE VICTORY OF YOUR 16th TITLE IS A PURE EXAMPLE OF DEDICATION AND TEAM WORK AND EXCELLENCE. YOU'VE HONORED THE LEGACY AND UNDOUBTABLY SET A NEW STANDARD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. BE PROUD OF THE HOURS OF PRACTICE, THE SACRIFICES YOU MADE AND THE MOMENTS YOU PUSHED PAST YOUR THOUGHTS AND MADE IT PAST YOUR LIMITS. THIS SCHOOL THROUGH ITS CHALLENGES AND TRIUMPH HAVE INSTILLED NEW RESILIENCE AND DISCIPLINE THAT YOU WILL SERVE WELL IN THE REST OF YOUR TIME. YOU MAKE US INCREDIBLY PROUD AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, TO WESTCHESTER COMETS TO OUR CHEERLEADERS, COACHES AND OUR TEAMS. THANK YOU. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, WOULD I LIKE TO BRING UP PATRICK. >> Speaker: HI I'M A SENIOR AT WESTCHESTER. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND FROM OUR TEAMMATES IT THES BEEN A CRAZY SEASON LIKE IT'S CRAZY HOW WE DID THIS. FULL UP AND DOWNS AND LOSSES AND WE OVERCAME THAT AND WE GOT IT DOWN. BEING PART OF THIS PROGRAM AT WESTCHESTER, TOLD ME LIVE LESSONS, THEY BROUGHT ME IN AND IT'S REALLY A BROTHERHOOD AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXPERIENCE. AND DO MY TEAMMATES, THIS RING DOES NOT BELONG TO ME BUT ALL OF US. AND MAN, PAST FOUR YEARS, LEADERSHIP FROM WITNESS AND ALL MY COACHES AND STAFF, I APPRECIATE YOU, YOU BUILT MAN I AM TODAY AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. GO WESTCHESTER! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> T. Park: WELL DONE PA TRIX. NEN IS CADEN TO OFFER A FEW REMARKS. COME ON UP. >> Speaker: HOW YOU GUYS DOING? MY NAME IS CADEN A JUNIOR AT WESTCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW HONORED I AM AS L.A. CITY CHAMPIONSHIP. I CAME TO WESTCHESTER DURING MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, IT'S NOW MY SECOND YEAR ATTENDING WESTCHESTER. FROM THE MOMENT I STOOD FOOT ON CAMPUS, WESTCHESTER BASKETBALL GREETED ME WITH OPEN ARMS JUST LIKE A FAMILY. NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT COMING ON THE CAMPUS AND THE TEAM THERE WAS A LOT NEW TO ME. THIS PAST SEASON HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES TO ME. NOT ONLY HAVE I GROWN AS A PLAYER BUT I'VE GROWN AS A PERSON UNDER COACH COTTON AND HIS LEADERSHIP ALONG THE COACHING STAFF HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT. THEY PUSHED US EVERY DAY TO GET BETTER AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE A NEW GROUP COMING IN. WE HAD OUR SHARE OF GROWING PAINS DURING THE SEASON. BUT WE BOUGHT INTO WHAT OUR COACHES WERE PREACHING TO US IN PRACTICE. WE TRUSTED EACH OTHER. NOW AS WE STAND HERE, L.A. CITY CHAMPS, I JUST WANT TO THANK MY TEAMMATES FOR BEING HERE WITH ME TODAY DURING THIS JOURNEY AND I'M MORE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IS NEXT IN THE FUTURE. AND I'M READY TO RUN IT BACK NEXT YEAR. >> T. Park: FINALLY THE MAN WHO MAKES THE MAGIC HAPPEN, THE COACH WHO LEAD THEM ON TO VICTORY, COACH COTTON, COME ON UP! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HOW YOU GUYS DOING? I'M COACH COTTON. I'VE BEEN A PART OF WESTCHESTER BASKETBALL FOR 36 YEARS. I WAS ASSISTANT FOR 32 YEARS, TOOK OVER THE PROGRAM FOUR YEARS AGO. AND TRYING TO KEEP IT AT THE LEVEL IT WAS BEFORE, COACH SAM LEFT. WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT TIMES TOGETHER. WON A LOT OF GAMES, WON A LOT OF CHAMPIONSHIPS, SO THIS YEAR'S GROUP, MY THING WAS, I WANTED TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THEM. [APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, THEY NEVER WON A CHAMPIONSHIP AND MOST OF THE KIDS ON THE TEAM HAD NEVER WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. SO THAT WAS MY GOAL. SO WE WORKED REALLY HARD, WE HAD A TOUGH START OF THE SEASON. I DID NOT THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT BUT I STAYED ON TE KIDS AND KEPT PUSHING AND PUSHING AND PUSHING AND THINGS TURNED AROUND, THEY STARTED TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND WE JUST WANT OF TOOK OFF. FOR ME, LIKE I TOLD THEM, I WON A LOT. I WANT TO SEE THEM BE HAPPY. SO, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY THING, WAS MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN AND KNOW HOW TO FEELS TO WIN. BECAUSE I GOT TOLD THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND IT, SO THEY WAS, WHEN WE WON THE TITLE, COACH YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, I SAID I'M HAPPY, I'M HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THESE CHEERLEADERS EVER WON, BEEN PART OF A WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP. SO IT WAS GREAT FOR THE SCHOOL, GREAT FOR THE KIDS, AND FOR MY GUYS COMING BACK, I THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN AGAIN. SO THANK YOU GUYS. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MS. MALAY AND ATHLETIC WHO HAVE MIRACLES FOR ME THIS YEAR. I MEAN, WE HAD SOME TRIPS THAT WE DIDN'T THINK WAS GOING TO FALL THROUGH AND SHE WORKED, JUST WORKED, WORKED, WORKED AND MADE SURE THOSE THINGS HAPPENED FOR US. SO PROUD OF HER. AND MS. ALEXDREW HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FAN. OUR ASSISTANT COACH DAMIAN WHO PLAYED FOR US BUT NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO WIN A TITLE. SO IT'S HIS FIRST TITLE AND THREE SENIORS, THAT'S BEEN WITH ME FOR FOUR YEARS. AND CADEN. AND FOURTH YEAR, JB, WHO WE JUST GOT LAST YEAR. AND PAT SO I'M PROUD OF THESE GUYS. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE THINGS THAT WE GO THROUGH WITH THESE KIDS. YOU KNOW. ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS, THE PUSHING AND JUST, TRYING TO GET THE BEST OUT OF THEM. BECAUSE FOR ME, I'M LIKE A PARENT WHEN THEY'RE WITH ME. AND EVEN THE GIRLS, THEY MAKE ME MAD SOMETIMES. AND SOME OF THEM I DIDN'T LIKE WHEN THEY WERE 9th GRADER, BUT HEY, I FIGURED THEM OUT AND I FIGURED THEM OUT SO WE THE BEST OF FRIENDS NOW. EVEN LIKE SOME OF MY KIDS, WE STRUGGLE, WITH DISCIPLINE AND YOU KNOW, DOING THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET BETTER. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US IN. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, AND YOUR OFFICE THEY'VE BEEN GOOD TO US. IEB COMMUNICATING WITH SOMEBODY, MY MAN OVER HERE. I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING TRYING TO GET THIS STUFF TOGETHER. WE HAD SEVERAL DATES THAT WE HAD TO CANCEL, BECAUSE I HAD MY KIDS PLAYING TRAVELING. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND I KNOW THEY DO, YOU KNOW, THEY PROBABLY READY TO GO EAT NOW. SO THANK YOU GUYS, I APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] >> T. Park: THANK YOU. >> Council President: WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. WE'RE READY FOR THAT. >> T. Park: OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW? >> Council President: IT'S UP TO YOU. >> Speaker: I FORGOT TO THANK OUR PRINCIPAL SHE HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME TOO. >> T. Park: YOU EVEN GOT ME CHOCKED UP, YOUR PRIDE IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE IS PAL PABLE AND YOU DESERVE TROB PROUD. YOU COACH CHAMPIONS. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF JOINING COUNCILMEMBER HUTT ON BEHALF OF A VERY PROUD CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS HSTORIC, INCREDIBLE WIN. CONGRATULATIONS. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND HUTT FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AS WELL FOR BRINGING YOUR ALMA MATER TO US TODAY. THIS FEELS SPECIAL TO ME AND I LOW KEY FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE UP THERE A LITTLE BIT. WESTCHESTER IS THE MOST POPULAR IN THE 8th DISTRICT, WE HAVE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS BUT MORE PEOPLE GO TO WESTCHESTER THAN THOSE SCHOOLS SO WE FEEL YOU BE LNG TO US AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THE LEGACY THAT YOU ALL LIVE IN AND PUTTING ON THAT COMMENT CHEERLEADING UNIFORM OR BASKETBALL TANK TOP IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US AND YOU'RE PART OF WHAT MAKES LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES. IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY. I WAS JUST LAST WEEK MY WIFE AND I WERE WATCHING ON NETFLIX A SHOW CALLED FOREVER. PRODUCED BY A WESTCHESTER COMET. THE GIFT KEEPS ON GIVING AND KEEPS ON GIVING. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU AT YOUR START, THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IS NOT THE END, IT IS THE START OF WHAT YOU CAN BE AND WILL BE FOR ALL OF US HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND FOR YOUR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT WHEN A CHEERLEADER TOP SHIRT IS ACTUALLY CALLED A SHELL, RIGHT? THEY ARE SHELLS. SO YOU KNOW, I CHECK EVERY YEAR TO SEE IF MY SHELL FROM THE PAST STILL FITS, DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST OF LUCK. BUT CHERISH THESE MEMORIES, THEY WILL STAY WITH YOU FOREVER. I HOPE YOU GUYS DREAM BIG WITH HIGHER EDUCATION AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE YOURSELVES. AND JUST KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, A CITY COUNCIL THAT REALLY HAS YOUR BACK. OKAY SO DREAM BIG AND NOW I'M EXCITED FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER >> McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: YOUR HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATION, BRING YOUR SHELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE PRESENTATIONS. GLAZESING IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HERE. I ALSO WANT TO JUMP IN AND SAY ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS, IS A COMET, NICHOLAS CHAVEZ AND SOME OF YOU ADMINISTRATORS REMEMBER HIM. I WANT TO SEE AN ALUMNI GAME. I THINK THOSE GUYS BACK THERE CAN TAKE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BACK TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK TO CLOSE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU CONGRATULATIONS WESTCHESTER HIGH. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO RECONSIDER ITEM 14 SINCE THERE ARE 12 MEMBERS NOW. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. 13 IS BEFORE US. SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND NOW MR. PRESIDENT, THE VOTE ON ITEM 13 ITSELF. >> Council President: SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 13. CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY. >> Clerk: AND BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT, ITEM 5 THE COMMITTEE REPORT, HAS BEEN SUBMIT ASKED CIRCULATED AND FIVE WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> Council President: OKAY, 5 IS BEFORE US. MR. McOSKER. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> T. McOsker: I WILL BE BRIEF. WE HAD A PERSONNEL MEET THISING MORNING ON ITEM 5. THIS MEMBERS AS YOU KNOW IS ONE OF THE MANY IMPLEMENTATIONS OF OUR BUDGET AND THIS IS THE, THE LAYOFF AVOIDANCE PLAN OR MORE POPULARLY CALLED THE TRANSFER PORTAL. AND WE'RE LOOKING AFFECTED DEPARTMENTS AND COMING UP WITH LISTS OF AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSFER AND ALSO THE LIST OF POTENTIAL LAYOFFS AND WE'LL BE MEETING WEEKLY WITH PERSONNEL AND AFFECTED DEPARTMENTS TO COME UP WITH WAYS WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO, PRESERVE THE SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE PRESERVED OR CAN BE PRESERVED AND ALSO PRESERVED THE JOBS OF OUR VALUABLE WORKFORCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE WILL BE REPORTING ON A REGULAR BASIS AS TO THE PROGRESS OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THIS MEASURE IS APPROVED. WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE PUBLIC COMMENT SIR. >> Council President: OKAY. CAN YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP WH. SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKIN TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE 16 THROUGH 29. AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA TODAY ARE ITEMS 16 THROUGH 29. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD IN THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE THE TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND THE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, IS THE ORDER IN WHICH WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IS AT RANDOM SO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE STAFF CALL YOUR NAME BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ONCE HEAR YOUR NAME, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, IF WE CAN READ THE NAMES. >> Clerk: JOHNNY G, MANNY P AND JESS C. >> Council President: WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME IF YOU CAN LINE UP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHAMBERS. HOUSE LEFT STAGE LEFT. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY, MAD DIN? HOW--MADELINE? HOW YOU'RE BOB BLUMENFIELD, I WANT YOU TO KNOW DON'T TREAT A VETERAN OR AMERICAN WITH A DISABILITY ACT, LUKE YOU DID LAST WEEK, YOU'RE A PIECE OF TRASH DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT WAS WRONG! AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE EXEMPT UNDER THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO ME? GO TO YOUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, AND START WINING, EVERYTHING WAS DONE IN VIDEO. YOU BE THE BIGGEST CUNT, YOU CAN, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BOB M, LEA AND SHAHNIKA FIGUEROA. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY ATTORNEY, STARTING WITH 16, EFFORT TO CLEAN UP IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14. I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS HOTEL WORKING, THEY END UP LIVING IN SKID ROW IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14. THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN A MANSION LIKE YOU DO. THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE A URINAL, THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO PE AND POOP ON OP THE STREET. THAT'S I COULDN'T NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO HAVE THIS BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM ON CD14. BUT CITY ATTORNEY, WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE SURE THE HOTEL WORKER $200 MINIMUM WAGE SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TOILET SO THEY HAVE A BIG MANSION LIKE YOU, THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE ON THE STREET. NEXT ITEM, 17, LGBT HERITAGE MONTH, CITY ATTORNEY, I'M REALLY SAD THAT WE HAVE MILLIONS OF MILLIONS HOTELS WORKERS THEY'RE ACTUALLY LGBT BUT YOU CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE LGBT HOTEL WORKER POPULATION, YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT? YOU IGNORE ME AND YOU IGNORE ME, THAT'S OKAY, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCRIMINATE LGBT WORKER. THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS, THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO THEIR GENDER CHANGING SURGERY, BECAUSE OF YOU CONTINUE TO REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR LGBT GENDER STATUS. SO I WANT TO ASK YOU, I'M BEGGING YOU CITY ATTORNEY THAT YOU PROVIDED ALL OF YOUR COLLEAGUE THE FREE GENDER CHANGE SURGERY TO YOUR LGBT CO-WORKER SO, I WANT TO ADVOCATE THE SAME LGBT SERVICES TO EVERY SINGLE HOTEL WORKER. NOW, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 20, ITEM NUMBER 20 IS ABOUT, REWARD OFFER FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE MURDER SUSPECT. NOW I WANT TO ASK YOU WHY SO MANY HOTEL WORKERS CONTINUE TO SUFFERING FROM THE VIOLENT CRIME ON THE STREET? WHY CAN'T YOU PROVIDE A $200 MINIMUM PAGE FOR HOTEL WORKER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ITEM. AS YOU STATED YOURSELF, IT'S OFFER REWARD. PLEASE STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS OR I'LL MOVE YOU. >> Speaker: SO MANY HOTEL WORKER CONTINUE TO BE THE VICTIM. WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU CONTINUE TO OFFER TO TRYING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO CATCH THE SUSPECT. BUT IF YOU YOU CAN PROVIDE $200 MINIMUM WAGE FOR HOTEL WORKER. >> Council President: GO AHEAD YOU HAVE ONE MONEY PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M HERE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE, YOU DON'T ALLOW ME TO SPEAK ON ITEM 20. I WILL CONTINUE TO ITEM 20, EVERY SINGLE HOTEL WORKER THEY HAVE $200 MINIMUM WAGE, THEY CAN HAVE THEIR OWN BODYGUARD, THEIR OWN WORKER. SO THEY WILL BE SAFE. THEY WILL NOT BE ATTACKED, THEY WILL NOT BE DISCRIMINATED BUT THE REASON WHY, YOU ARE PAYING THEM ONLY 30-DOLLAR MINIMUM WAGE, THEY CANNOT HAVE ENOUGH PRODEX. --PROTECTION. THAT'S THE REASON YOU CONTINUE TO DISCRIMINATE THE HOTEL WORKER. I NEED, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY HOTEL WORKER THEY CANNOT AFFORD THEIR OWN YACHT. THEY CAN A --ALLOW TO TRAVEL ONCE A MONTH. AND THEY CAN HAVE A MANSION ANYWHERE BECAUSE HOTEL WORKER, DESERVE THE YACHT THE SAME WAY THAT YOU DO. HOTEL WORKER LET'S GO! >> City Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 16, WHY IS IT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SO BENT ON TAKING MONEY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ALREADY PAYING SANITATION WORKERS AND TRYING TO DO IT FOR THE LAPD. WHAT ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH DO LAPD HAVE TO DO WITH BEING THE NEW STREET SWEEPERS AND CLEANERS. WHY ARE YOU PUTTING MONEY INTO AN LAPD UNION THAT IS ALREADY OVER BLOATEDED AND TAKE ITING AWAY FROM PRECIOUS SANITATION WORKERS AND KEEPING IT CLEAN. HAVE YOU EVER WALKED SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS WHETHER IT IS 3, 14, AND ON IT LOOKS UTTERLY DISGUSTING, I DON'T LIKE LAPD BUT ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE LAPD BROOM SWEEPERS THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE IN UNLESS YOU'RE IN CAHOOTS WITH LAPPL RICHARD CAMPOS WHO DOES SOME OF THE MOST DISGUSTING WAYS AND HIRES RAPIST. AND 22, WHAT ISSUE DOES THE CITY HAVE WITH HOMELESSNESS? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT HAS, IT DOESN'T DIS GROSS THE STATE METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR BONDS, IT DOESN'T DISCLOSE HOW THE INSIDE SAFE PROGRAM IS AUDIT ASKED IT MAKES ALL AGENDA ITEMS RELATE TO GO HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IT BE 22 ON AND I WOULD SAY FRAUDULENT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DISCLOSING HOW YOU'RE USING THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. SO YOU CAN WASH YOUR HANDS CLEAN AND CLAIM YOU HAVE DONE THE SERVICES. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS GIANT SCHEME, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH A NONPROFITS AND THE INSIDE SAFE PROGRAM INSIDE LOS ANGELES. MOVING ON TO NUMBER 23 AND 24, WE HAVE ISSUES DISCUSSING CHARTER REFORM, HERE IS A DAM GOOD POINT TO BRING ABOUT CHARTER REFORM. HOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU THIS CITY COUNCIL AND ALL COMMITTEES USED TO TAKE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. A GOOD FRIEND FROM AUDIT L.A. WHO IS DISABLED, CANNOT BE HERE TODAY NOT BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WANT TO BE CIVILABLY INVOLVED, IT'S BECAUSE SHE IS DISABLED. VARIOUS OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DO AND THAT'S DISCRIMINATORY NOT ONLY IN THE ADA BUT RESENTMENT AND HATRED FOR THE CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU SERVE. I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING ON THAT POINT? WHY ARE YOU NOT TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT. I JUST SERVED ALL OF YOU, THE CLERK AND AS WELL THE PRESIDENT WILL BE GETTING A COPY OF THAT NOTICE BEFORE WE GO FORWARD WITH SUITS TO REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OUR CITY COMMITTEES AND PROPER. IT'S A DAM EASY WAY TO DO IT. ALL THE ROOMS YOU NEED, ALREADY HAVE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY ANY OF THE LICENSES ANY MICROPHONES AND ALL THERE. TAKE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN AND STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THE ADA, TAKE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES, IT'S A VERY EASY DEMAND, VERY SIMPLE TO REMEDY IMMEDIATELY, TAKE VIRTUAL COMMENT AND JUST LIKE YOUR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ALREADY DO, THE INCONSISTENT PRACTICE IS THE REAL LEGAL ISSUE AT HAND. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE CALLED ON IN COURT. AGAIN, TAKE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMMITTING TO PHASING OUT OIL DRILLING. ONCE THE ORDINANCE IS RESCINDED, I URGE THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR TO REISSUE THE INTERPRETATION ON WELL MAINTENANCE. TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE FROM TOXIC ACID MAINTENANCE, I LIVE LESS THAN 450 FEET FROM ACTIVE DRILLING SITE NEAR PICO AND FAIR FACTS THAT IS IN THE SITE WHICH HAS OVER 50 ACTIVE OIL WELLS INSIDE AND THEY HAVE NEVER CONTACTED US WHEN THEY DO ACID MAINTENANCE. THIS IS DANGEROUS TO OUR HEALTH. ALSO I SEE WHEN THERE IS GARAGE DOOR OPENS AND CHEMICALS SITTING THERE, THEY HAVE NO PLANS FOR US IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT AND NEED FOR EVACUATION AND I WANT TO BE SAFE AND ALIVE IN THIS LOVELY CITY AND ENJOY MY FUTURE. PLEASE HELP, THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. BRANDI HARRIS ANDREW, AND ROB KWAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, WISH EVERYBODY A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO 16, 20 AND PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. THE FIRST ITEM IS BEAUTIFICATION. HONESTLY WHEN I COME DOWN HERE AND LOOK AT THE FREEWAYS AS I DRIVE DOWN HERE, WE'VE GOT TO START DOING SOMETHING MORE FOR THE CITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OLYMPICS COMING UP IN FOUR YEARS. I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE PART OF 84 AND THE PLANNING AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE BEING DONE WAY IN ADVANCE BY THE GREAT OF THE MAYOR EVER, MAYOR BRADLEY, IT WAS JUST AMAZING HOW HE LEAD US IN THAT. SO I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL ALONG WITH THE MAYOR TO START DOING THOSE THINGS, LET'S START PREPARING NOW, LET'S NOT BE CAUGHT WITH OUR PANTS DOWN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS GREAT CITY AOEFR GREATER. --EVEN GREATER. THAT'S THE 14 AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ITEM 20 IS ABOUT A REWARD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN HERE AND SAY SNITCHES GET WHATEVER. WHEN YOU LOSE A FAMILY MEMBER AND SOMEBODY IS KILLED, THAT NEVER GOES AWAY. AND THEY ARE ALWAYS, THEY CAN ALWAYS BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT COME HERE AND DON'T REALIZE THAT UNTIL YOU HAVE TO LOSE SOMEBODY OR SOMEBODY YOU LOVE DOES IT, THAT IT'S HORRIBLE AND THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE SO SOLVE THESE ISSUES. NOW LET'S GO ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. FLEET WEEK. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER GONE TO FLEET WEEK, IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZE ING. I'M GOING SAY IT ONCE AGAIN, MR. McOSKER, THE PEOPLE IN THE 15 ARE SOME OF THE FINEST, KINDEST NICEST PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER MEET. THAT'S THE WHOLE WEEKEND. BUT ON THE Pth --7th MS. RODRIGUEZ IF YOU GO TO BRAND PARK, THEY PUT A GREAT DISPLAY. AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT, IS ALL THE LATINOS WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY. THEY WILL STILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO ABSOLUTE THIS COUNTRY. --ABSOLUTE--SALUTE, AND EVEN DONALD TRUMP HAVE FORGOTTEN THOSE PEOPLE. AND YOU CAN GO TO MR. BLUMENFIELD, DISTRICT, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: IT'S ONE MINUTE PER ITEM YOU'VE REQUESTED ITEM 21. IF THERE IS ANY ITEMS OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN GENERAL, YOU CAN REQUEST THAT AS WELL. >> Speaker: I WILL START OFF BY SAYING GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND OTHER DIGNITARY TODAY. AND THE SURVIVING FIANCE AS AJ MURDERED ON JULY 2020. AJ AUZ A HARD WORKING GENTLE GIANT AND DEDICATED DWP EMPLOYEE AND GIRL DAD AND WE WERE MONTHS AWAY FROM OUR WEDDING WHEN HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN. HIS DAUGHTERS LOST THEIR DAD AND I LOST MY HUSBAND. INSTEAD OF PREPARING FOR OUR WEDDING, WE WERE PREPARING FOR HIS FUNERAL. I WANT TO REMIND YOU WHAT GREAT MAN HE WAS AND ASK THAT COUNCIL REINSTATE THIS AWARD AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. PLEASE HELP THE WORD SO THIS CASE STAYS IN THE PUBLIC EYE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Council President: MR. McOSKER FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE. >> T. McOsker: MEMBERS IN CASE, YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE FIRST PART OF THAT, AKEME WAS A DWP EMPLOYEE VALUED HIS, HIS LIFE WAS SENSELESSLY TAKE NOT. BRANDI IS ALSO IN THE CITY FAMILY IN POLICE, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO COME HERE. GOD BLESS THE MEMORY OF AKEME EXAMINE THANK YOU --AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 1. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM NUMBER 1 IS NOT OPEN BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO ONE MINUTE OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE FAMILY, YOU WILL GET AND IF YOU GET, CONTINUE ON. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: ROB KWAN, CHARTER REVISION WHICH IS ALMOST HERE. 8 AND A HALF MONTHS AFTER THE ADOPTED SCHEDULE AND TEN AND A HALF MONTHS AFTER THE LAW THAT WAS SIGNED. BUT WE ARE HERE. IT ONLY TOOK A WE BIT OF A PUSH BUT I DO THINK OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR SCHEDULING THIS. IN LIGHT OF THE TIMELINE THAT WE'VE BEEN LEFT WITH, I CANNOT BE PICKY ABOUT THESE APPOINTMENTS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE HOW HAPPY I AM TO SEE MAYOR PASS MELINDA MURRY. SHE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE BEST AND REALLY SPARKED AND WELL PREPARED AND UNDERSTANDING THE CITY. HAS A DEEP APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND LISTENING TO EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY THINK. I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL, THERE IS SEVEN OF YOU THAT OWE HER A DEEP DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR HER LEADERSHIP. I WAS SAD TO HEAR COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 12 DUMP ON THAT PROGRAM. BUT THAT SAME COUNCILMEMBER TALKING ABOUT HOW HAPPY HE WAS ASIAN AND TO HAVE MAJORITY WOMEN ON OUR COUNCIL. KEEP IN MIND, JOHN BEFORE YOU GOT ON THIS COUNCIL THERE WAS JUST TWO. THOSE DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT, THAT WAS INTENTIONAL. THAT WAS BY DESIGN, THAT WAS WHY WE MADE THOSE CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN THINK. I DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF HEALTHY PEOPLE TO TURN TO AND WE'VE SEEN THAT COME TO FRUITION, FROM ONE ASIAN AMERICAN TO THREE, TWO WOMEN TO EIGHT. MAYOR ASKED TO SIGN A SEPARATION. THIS COUNCIL DID PASS AN ORDINANCE TO SAY THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE COMMISSION IS WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ENTRANCE IN THE COMMISSION. THE MAYOR CAN JUST REMOVE WHOEVER SHE WANTS. THIS IS A DIFFERENT BEAST. IT IS ALSO NOTABLE THAT WE HAVE A DEPUTY DIRECTOR APPOINTED HERE. >> City Attorney: HOLD HIS TIME, MR. SPINDLER, YOU KNOW THE RULES. YOU WERE DISRUPTIVE EARLIER. DO NOT DISRUPT ANOTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS TIME AT THE PODIUM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. GO AHEAD. I THINK THIS APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY DIRECTOR, THAT PERSON IS SUPER QUALIFIED AND GREAT. THE ORDINANCE YOU PASSED SAYS THE MAYOR CAN APPOINT A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND WE HAVE A ONE MILLION DOLLARS BUDGE THE FOR THIS COMMISSION. IT IS SUPER LIMITED AND WE JUST WENT THROUGH A CONVERSATION. MAYBE THIS MONEY IS COMING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, MOOT POINT. GREAT. LET'S GET GOING. BUT I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD RESPECT THIS COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY. THE COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY AND ALLOCATING ITS BUDGET. LASTLY, LET'S GET THIS THING GOING IN FULL BEFORE THE RECESS, MAYBE WE CAN GET A COMMISSION MEETING NEXT WEEK. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: YES IN MY BACK YARD, YOU ALREADY HAVE A ATTORNEY BOB. LOVELY LADY REPRESENTING YOU ALREADY, HOW COME YOU HIRED ANOTHER LAWYER? ISN'T SHE DOING A GOOD JOB? IN FRONT OF JUDGE KHALFANT? OR DID HE RECEIVE SOMETHING? SOME DOCUMENTS RECORDING THAT REPRESENTATION? I DON'T KNOW. YOU TALK ABOUT THAT CLOSE SESSION. NOW HOW ABOUT THIS CHARTER REFORM SHIT? YOU GOING TO DO WHAT, ROBERT LEWIS JUNIOR, YOU AIN'T GOING TO CHANGE SHIT. RAYMUNDO, YOU AIN'T GOING TO CHANGE A GOD DAMN THING EITHER. AND THEN WE'VE GOT CHRISTINA SANCHEZ, YOU AIN'T GOING TO DO SHIT EITHER. HOW CAN YOU DO IT? YOU'RE GOING TO SIGN A LETTER OF RESIGNATION DATED ON YOUR PACKET AND ALL THE MAYOR GOT TO DO OR THE ACTING MAYOR AFTER SHE GETS PUT IN PRISON BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT IN GENERAL IS PUT A DATE ON THE UNDATED RESIGNATION LETTER AND GO TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY FIRE WITHOUT ANY DUE PROCESS. THIS IS NOT A LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A PRIVILEGE APARTMENT, IT'S A POCKET VETO. AND YOU WANT JURADO, YOU WANT TO STOP THAT SHIT AND MAKE IT ONLY REVOKABLE ON COUNCIL APPROVAL? LET'S GIVE, YSABEL JURADO A GOD DAMN HAND, VERY GOOD. I'M SO IMPRESSED. IS IT BECAUSE YOU'RE A LAWYER? AND YOU KNOW THE LAWS BEING BROKEN? I'M A REALLY IMPRESSED BY THIS SHIT. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT BLOG BLOG BLUM BELLED EXAMINE HIS 10,000 FENCE PROJECT? WHERE IS THE FENCE? WHAT IS THE FENCE MADE OF? WHAT KIND OF FENCE? IS IT A FENCE THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST HOUSELESS NEIGHBORS LIKE MYSELF OR FENCE BY THE TARZANA HOSPITAL WHERE ALL THE DRUGS ARE BEING SOLD. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BOB. THEY GOT THE TUNNEL OVER THERE BOB NEXT TO THE GOD DAMN NEW TARZANA THE 74 MILLION DOLLARS, YOU JUST DRIVE ON BY, YOU TALK TO WILLIE OR ORTEGA AND YOU CAN GET 15 PERCENT OF YOUR OFF OF YOUR NEXT PURCHASE IN CD13, ONLY VAUBL NOW. CD3 FOR YOUR DISCOUNT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: AND HOW TIME FUCKEN FLIES, I BOB, MY NAME WAS NEVER CALLED. NOBODY CALLED MY NAME. HOW AM I UP HERE TALKING? BECAUSE THE COP SAID, YOU SAID TO HAVE ME COME UP HERE AND SPEAK, IS THAT TRUE? IS THAT WHAT YOU DOING? WHAT ABOUT THE RANDOMIZER? I THOUGHT I HAD TO WAIT TO SPEAK AT THE RANDOMIZER? WHAT IS THIS BULL SHIT DUDE? WELL YOU CAN GOOGLE OVERT ACTS UNDERFED RAL LAW AND WHAT IT IS, IS THAT YOU ARE COMMITTING ACTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY ILLEGAL FOR AN ILLEGAL PURPOSE. NAMELY TO GET MY ASS OFF M PANELMENT BUT ANYWAY, I HAVE MORE TO SAY, AS YOU KNOW, I FORMD A COUNCIL, I'M WAITING FOR "N" WORD MOTION SO I CAN SUE YOUR ASS. >> Council President: LOVELY NEXT SPEAKER. JAOU, YOU KNOW, THE LIMITED SERVICE MARKET OWNERS, THE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR THE LAST 25 MONTHS, SINCE THEY PUT THAT MOTION INTO THE RAISE LIVING WAGES TO TOW WORKERS. THAT FAMILY OWNED HOTELS ONLY SELL GUESTS ROOMS AND THAT, YOU'RE OWN CITY STAFF AND CAO AND CLA EXPLAINED TO YOU WHEN THE QUESTION WAS POSTED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS. THE RESPONSE WAS WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SERVICES TO ELIMINATE TO EVEN OBSERVE THIS COST THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO PASS ON TO EITHER CONSUMERS OR WE'RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES ABSORBING THAT, THERE IS GOING TO BE A SMALL WINDOW FOR YOU TO CONSIDER EX EMPTING, WE NEED THE 60-150 WHICH IS WE HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER IN A SMALL WINDOW. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: WE HAVE BEEN REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE LAST 10 MONTHS. WE DON'T WANT TO ABUSE BUT CONVEY A MESSAGE THAT WE CARE FOR THE CITY AND EMPLOYEES AND BUSINESS IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. WE HAVE REPRESENTED IN EVERY IMPACT HAPPENING TO THE INDUSTRY, PLEASE UNDERSTAND AND PLEASE REWHERE AS MY FELLOW PARTNER JUST MENTIONED, UNDERSTAND THIS IMPACT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING TO THE CITY DOWN THE LINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU AND TAKING A STEP AND RESCINDING THE OIL ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE HERE. I LIVE IN WILMINGTON CALIFORNIA AND ONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT DESPERATELY NEED YOU TO COME TOGETHER AND PASS A NEW ORDINANCE TO PHASE OUT OIL DRILLING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THE CITY OF L.A. OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY ELSE TALKED ABOUT ACID MAINTENANCE WORK THAT IS GOING ON. WE HAVE A LOT OF TOXIC CHEMICALS WITH NO ITEMS. IN PARTICULAR, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IS OPERATE WITHING AN EXPIRED, PERMIT AND I KNOW MY COUNCILMEMBER IS NOT HERE BUT I KNOW HIS AIDS ARE AND IN DISTRICT 16, WE HAD A, SIGN ON GAFFE, A I'M FOR GETTING THE NAME OF IT. THE POINT IS, THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOUGHT TO GET IT OUT, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND IT'S HARMING THE HEALTH OF ANGELINOS. SO WE NEED TO PHASE OUT OIL DRILLING. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HI MY NAME IS EMMA, I'M A MEMBER OF THE STAND L.A. COALITION. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT FOR RESCINDING AND READOPTING THE PHASE OUT ORDINANCE AND PRIORITIZING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES OVER THE PROFITS OF THE OIL INDUSTRY. HOWEVER, WE NEED TO SET AN AMBITIOUS TIMELINE FOR THE PHASE OUT THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE PHASE FOR DECADES. THE PHASE OUT COMMUNITIES MUST BE REDUCED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF NEXT GENERATION AND PREVENT OIL COMPANIES TO PROPERLY PLUG AND CLEAN UP OIL WELLS. I ALSO URGE THE ADMINISTRATOR TO REISSUE THE INTERPRETATION ON WELL MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD REGULATE TOXIC MAINTENANCE THAT HAVE INCREASED SINCE THE ORDINANCE WAS OVERTURNED. THIS IS A THREAT NEAR ACTIVE COMMUNITIES AND WE NEED TO SEE THE CITY TAKE ACTION. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBER OF THE STAND L.A. THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR RESCINDING THE OLD OIL ORDINANCE, AND MOVING TO READOPT A FAST STRONGER OIL PHASE OUT. I STAND WITH FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD OIL DRILLING, THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR, OIL DRILLING CAUSES ASTHMA AND SERIOUS HEALTH. BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND ARE PROTECT ASKED ENSURE THAT BIG OIL. REISSUE THE INTERPRETATION OF OIL WELL MAINTENANCE. THIS IS A CRITICAL STEP TO ACID MAINTENANCE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M NANCY LAMB I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON URGING TEE COUNCIL TO PASS A NEW OIL PHASE OUT ORDINANCE. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I LIVED NEAR THE MURPHY DRILL SITE IN SOUTH CENTRAL L.A. WE'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER THREAT OF POSSIBLE ACID MAINTENANCE TO HAPPEN AT A NEAR BY DRILL SITES. THESE TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE LINKED TO CAN CARCINOGEN AND WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO READOPT THE OIL AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES FROM THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS. THE CITY LEADERS MUST CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF OIL COMPANIES. WE CANNOT WAIT ANOTHER 20 YEARS FROM OIL POLLUTION. SO I URGE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE QUICKLY TO PASS AN ORDINANCE. >> Council President: OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 16 THROUGH 20 SIR. >> Council President: ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK? SEEING NO MEMBERS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: THOSE MEASURES ARE APPROVED. WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THAT CLEARS THE DESK, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, COLLEAGUES WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. COLLEAGUES DOES ANYONE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE'LL START WITH MS. RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: THIS MEETING IS NOT OVER, IF I CAN ASK PEOPLE TO PLEASE KEEP THEIR VOICE. WE STILL HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNING MOTIONS. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT FLEET WEEK AND LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING EVERYBODY ON SUNDAY TO BRANDT PARK AT MISSION HILLS AT 11:00 AM TO 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NUMBER OF ACTIVATIONS BUT OF COURSE THE MARINE CORPS BAND, THEY'RE FANTASTIC AND INVITE EVERYBODY TO JOIN US. >> Council President: MR. HARRIS-DAWSON? >> M. Harris-Dawson: I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS AND LEADER OF CHARTER REFORM MOVEMENT. WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN THE ROOM. SUE FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. NEXT MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHARTER REFORM COMMISSIONERS BUT I HAVE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. A COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT. COLLEAGUES I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AN EXCITING EVENT THAT IS HAPPENING AT DODGER STADIUM TOMORROW. OUR MIGHTY HIGH SCHOOL PILOTS WILL FACEOFF AGAINST CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE DIVISION 1 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE GAME STARTS AT ABOUT 10:00 AM, THE DOORS OPEN UP AT 8:30 THAT MORNING. AND TICKETS ARE 15 DOLLARS, IT IS 12 FOR STUDENTS AND SENIORS. COME ON OUT AND SEE THESE STUDETS ATHLETE TO COME OUT. ONE TEAM, BANNING PILOTS ARE GOING TO WALK AWAY AS A CHAMPION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: ADJOURNMENT. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS? I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I INVITE ALL OF YOU, MR. CANDIDO AT ONE OF THE COMMENTS, TO JOIN ME AT THE 33 ANNUAL CA NOGA PARK PARADE AS WE PAY DISTRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, THE ONLY MEMORIAL DAY PARADE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND WHILE IT OCCURS IN WEST VALLEY, ALL ARE WELCOME IN THE CITY TO COME AND NOT JOY THIS PARADE AND--ENJOY THIS PARADE. I HOP TO SEE YOU AT 10:00 AM. AND CLERK, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT AS WELL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ALL ITEMS FOR TODAY'S MEETING FORTHWITH SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. COLLEAGUES IF I CAN ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND WE WILL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEE. NO? OKAY, WE WILL START WITH OH YOU ARE. OKAY. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. JOINING ME TODAY IS THE ENTIRE COUNCIL 12 STAFF IF YOU SEE ME WEARING THIS T-SHIRT IS IN REMEMBRANCE OF SOMEBODY IN OUR STAFF WHO UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AND CELEBRATING WHAT HE LOVED MOST AND AND THAT WAS MUSIC, BORN IN 1974 IN FT. LAUDERDALE FLORIDA OAK HILL HIGH SCHOOL IN PEPULVEDA, HE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. HE WORKED WITH OXCOURSE INCORPORATED ALONG HIS BROTHER CHRISTOPHER AND COLIN MOVED BACK TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WITH HIS WE LOVED SHEEP DOG STELLA BLUE. COLIN JOINED THE COUNCIL DISTRICT IN 2013 AND THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER CAREER, WORKED ON NUMEROUS ISSUES THAT AFFECTED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY. HIS WORK WAS CENTERED AROUND MANY OF THE CORE SEVENSERS THAT RESIDENTS CARE ABOUT, WORK ISSUES SUCH AS STREET RESURFACING AND SIDEWALK REPAIR. AND IN THE MORE RESENT YEAR. S HOMELESSNESS SERVICES. WHEN HOUSING BECAME AVAILABLE HE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING AND PERMANENTLY OFF THE STREETS. COLINS TIME WITH CD12, STARTED OFF A LITTLE ROCKY. WE STRUGGLED TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR HIM IN THE OFFICE, WE WERE CLOSE TO PARTING WAYS WHEN I HEARD A STORY FROM SOMEBODY IN THE OFFICE. THEY HAD SHARED A STORY WITH ME ABOUT, SOMEBODY CALLING THE OFFICE AN ELDRLY LADY WHO KNEW OR THOUGHT SHE KNEW THAT AN ANIMAL HAD CRAWLED UNDER HER HOUSE EXAMINE HAD DIED AND SHE NO WAY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. INSTEAD OF SENDING HER THROUGH HOOPS, EXPLANATIONS AND CHALLENGES, COLIN JUMPED INTO HIS CAR AND WENT TO HANDLE THE SITUATION HIMSELF. GOING INTO CRAWL SPACE UNDER THE RESIDENT'S HOME, TO RETRIEVE THE DECEASED ANIMAL. WHILE THIS IS NOT LISTED AS ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A FIELD DEPUTY, THIS DID SHOW HOW MUCH THAT HE CARED ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE. WHEN SOMEBODY HAS SHOWN YOU THE GREAT LENGTH THEY GO THROUGH TO TAKE CARE OF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW THIS IS A PERSON THAT YOU WANT ON YOUR TEAM. IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT, CD12 RAPID RESPONSE TEAM WAS CREATED. HE BECAME A ONE-MAN RESPONSE TEAM THAT HANDLE ISSUES THAT MAY NORMALLY FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. THAT TEAM CONTINUES TODAY WITH FOUR PEOPLE AND HAS BEEN A HUGE SUS --SUCCESS IN MY DISTRICT. WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN 2019, COLIN WAS NAMED CODISTRICT DIRECTOR EXAMINE THEN LATER DISTRICT DIRECTOR. OF MY OFFICE. OVER HIS 12-YEAR CAREER, COLIN BECAME A EXPERT IN MANY AREAS OF DELIVERY AND INTEGRAL PART OF THE WORKINGS OF OUR OFFICE. COLIN'S PERSONALITY WAS A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF SOUTHERN CHARM RELATEABILITY AND DRY WIT. WHICH HELPED THE PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH FELLOW AT EASE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. HE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT GRUFF BUT ALSO KIND AND SMART AND FUNNY HUMBLE, AND TALENTED IN SO MANY WAYS. HE LOVED HISTORY, POLITICS, TELEVISION AND FILM WAS A TREKY AND OPINIONS, AND HAD BELIEVED THAT HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO DEFEND. COLIN PASSED AWAY ON MAY 12, 2025 IN LOS ANGELES. AT THE FAR TOO YOUNG OF AGE OF 51. 'S SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER NANCY, STEP MOTHER AND OLDER BROTHER CHRISTOPHER CRUZ. THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT COLIN MEMORIES AND THOSE MEMORIES WILL BE WITH US FOREVER. HE'LL BE REMEMBERED AS LOYALTY AND THE HE LOVED AND HIS ANIMALS AND ESPECIALLY HIS SHEEP DOGS. HE'LL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND MANY PEOPLE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 THAT HE REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. COLIN, I WILL PERSONALLY MISS OUR LONG TALKS ABOUT THE STATE OF CURRENT AFFAIRS AND HOPE WHERE EVER YOU ARE YOUR LIFE IS A LITTLE EASIER THAN IT WAS IN YOUR FINAL YEARS HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME CREATE THE CD12 OFFICE MOTTO AND THAT IS, WHILE WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, WE WILL ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, PAST AND PRESENT, WE LOVE YOU AND WE WILL MISS YOU. REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON FOR AN ADJOURNING MOTION. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU, TODAY I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN OF PILLAR, ONE TOMAS DEAN STOKES KNOWN BY THOSE CLOSE TO HIM AS TOMMY. TOMMY CAME TO US FROM BROOKLYN NEW YORK WHERE HE CAME TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ATTENDED SANTA MONICA COLLEGE AND UCLA AND EARNED A BACHELOR. LOVED HIS COMMUNITY AND DEVOTED A FULL LIFE TO OUR OWN CITY OF LOS ANGELES, DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS WHERE THROUGH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO BE THE RECREATION DIRECTOR OF BOTH OAK WOOD AND VENICE AND VENICE PARK IN SOUTH L.A. HE BUILT LEADER SHAPE AND CHANGED THEIR LIFES FOR THE BETTER. AND HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU COME TO THE PARK AND TOMMY WAS A LEADER IN THIS REGARD, HE WAS A PROUD OF HIS ROLE AS A FATHER FIGURE TO BOTH HIS CHILDREN BUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT SPENT TIME AT THE PARKS, HE WAS A DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE REFEREE AND RECEIVED THE YEAR AWARD IN 2011 FOR HIS WORK IN HIS JAPANESE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE DOZENS PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS AND COACHES, WHO PASSED HIS WAY WHO APPRECIATED AND ENJOYED TOMMY'S COMMITMENT TO BASKETBALL BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN SPORT TOGETHER. HE WAS A EN FEBRUARYING TWOOUS PERSON. HE WAS A PERSON WHO WOOSE DIFFICULT TO FEEL DOWN AROUND, PARTICULARLY IF YOU WERE IN ONE OF HIS PARKS. ONE OF HIS MOST TREASURED ROLE WAS THAT AS A DEDICATED HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE BETTY AT OVER 50 YEARS I SHOULD SAY. AND TOMMY WAS A PART OF THE CITY FAMILY BUT ALSO BUILT A CITY FAMILY. SO YOU SEE BEHIND ME, IS, RELATIVES CHILDREN, AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND MANY OF THEM ARE CITY FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL. IF IT'S DWP, REC AND PARKS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. AND SO A CITY FAMILY MEMBER AND A LEADER. HE WILL BE MISSED DEARLY AND CELEBRATED WIDELY FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO NOT ONLY HIS FAMILY BUT ENTIRE COMMUNITY. MAY HE REST IN POWER. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MAY HE REST IN POWER. ANY ADDITIONAL ADJOURNING MOTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: COLLEAGUES, TODAY, I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF LIFE AND LEGACY OF A LEJANDRO LUNA JUNIOR. A CHERISHED COMMUNITY LEADER DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL AND KINDHEARTED FRIEND TO MANY ACROSS PANORAMA CITY AND BEYOND. HE PASSED AWAY ON MAY 4, 2025. LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY. BORN IN TARATAN, MICOACAN MEXICO. QUICKLY BECAME AN INTEGRAL FORCE HAD ITS LEADERSHIP FROM BOARD MEMBER TO SECRETARY. HIS IMPACT WAS FELT AT EVERY LEVEL WHETHER IT WAS SETTING UP EVENTS, SUPPORTING MEMBERS OR OFFERING HIS RESOURCES TO KEEP THINGS MOVING, A LEJANDRO LEAD WITH A HEART. BECAME THE LARGEST INVESTOR NEVER SEEKING RECOGNITION ONLY ASKING HOW CAN I BE OF HELP. HE WAS ALSO AN ACCOUNT I HAVE MEMBER OF VICA, BUSINESSFE AND UNITED MEMBERS OF COMMERCE ADVOCATING FOR BUSINESSES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ADVOCATING THE VOICES OF THE VALLEY IN SUCH RECOGNIZABLE MORE INSTITUTIONAL SPACES. PROFESSIONALLY, A LEJANDRO WAS A RESPECTED EXPERT FOCUSING ON COMMERCE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MEXICO OFTEN TRAVELING AND FACILITATING PARTNERSHIP. IN ADDITION, HE WAS A PRODUCER OF LEGENDAA OF 80s, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, LEDGENDA HE WAS A PROMOTER AND PUSHER OF SPANISH ROCK MUSIC. EDUCATING NEW GENERAL --GENERATIONS WHEN MUSIC USED TO BE REALLY GOOD. BUT BEYOND HIS PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS. A LEJANDRO WILL BE REMEMBERED MOST FOR WHO HE WAS, HUMBLE GENEROUS AND KIND. THE KIND OF PERSON WHO MADE EVERYBODY FEEL LIKE VIP, HE DIDN'T SEEK THE SPOTLIGHT BUT ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT EVERY ONE WAS SEEN. HE REMAINS A STEADY SUPPORTER OF OUR OFFICE AND PROUD ADVOCATE FOR PAN I CAN'T PANORAMA CITY. HE WAS DEEPLY DEVOTED TO HIS LOVED ONE, ESPECIALLY HIS AUNT, TIA JENOVEAVA WHOA CONSIDERED HIS MOTHER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BOTHER AND SISTER BRENDA AND HIS ABSENCE WILL BE FELT DEEPLY NOT ONLY BY HIS FAMILIES AND COLLEAGUES BUT ENTIRE AN FERNANDO VALLEY AND MY CLICK OF LEADERS. SERVING OTHERS AND STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY. EXAMINE FOR HIS FAMILY IN MEXICO, [SPEAKING SPANISH] THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, ANY ADDITIONAL ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NO OTHER MOTIONS, LET'S ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN GRATITUDE AND MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO SEFSHDS AND GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOM. LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT THIS MEMORIAL DAY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.