>> Council President: HAPPY MAYDAY EVERY ONE. PUBLIC MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, CAN WE BEGIN THE PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF MINUTES. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 30, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PARK SECONDS. NEXT JAO. COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 2 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. ITEMS 3 THROUGH 11 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SPECIALS, MEMBERS DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIALS AROUND THE HORSESHOE? TO THE WEST OR EAST? MR. PRICE? IT'S A GOOD DAY. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I'D LIKE TO CALL ITEM 1 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT, BEING CIRCUMSTANCE LATED. >> Council President: AMENDMENTS BEING CIRCULATED ON ITEM NUMBER 1 ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT. MR. CLERK, WHICH ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 3 THROUGH 11. 3 THROUGH 11 ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM NUMBER 2 ON THE DESK. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN EXCITING MORNING OF PRESENTATIONS LEAD OFF BY THE RECOGNITION OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BEFORE WE GET STARTED WE HAVE A FUN PRESENTATION FOR YOU. [DRUMMING] [DRUMMING] [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: WHAT A WONDER WAY TO START A A HP MONTH, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE AS WE COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE ASIAN-AMERICAN, HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH. THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THE MONTH OF MAY THE RICH AND WAYS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A TIME TO RECOGNIZE NICE THE COUNTLESS WAYS THIS COMMUNITY HAS SHAPED OUR SOCIETY AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROGRESS OF OUR NATION. FROM TRAILBLAZING ENTREPRENEURS, THE AANHPI COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO PLAY A VITAL ROLL IN EVERY CORNER OF AMERICAN LIFE. AND HERE IN LOS ANGELES WE SEE THAT IMPACT DAILY NO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT. LAST YEAR THIS EVENT WAS HOSTED BY MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN SO IT BRINGS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SEE THAT NUMBER GROW WITH THE ADDITION OF COUNCILMEMBER, YSABEL JURADO. [APPLAUSE] AND MANY CONSIDERED THIS AREA PART OF AISHA I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AS PART OF THE AAHPI CAUCUS. I CARRY WITH ME A DEEP SENSE OF PRIDE AND RESPONSIBILITY, I CARRY, NOT JUST TO MY CONSTITUENTS BUT TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE ME AND PAVED THE WAY FOR THIS MOMENT. OUR STORIES ARE DIVERSE BUT THEY'RE UNITED BY A COMMON THREAD RESILIENCE DETERMINATION, AND THE COMMIT TOMENT BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. TODAY WE GATHER TO UPLIFT THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCE THOSE IN THE A A HPI COMMUNITY WHO CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AND LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE JOINED BY THOSE PEOPLE, LEADERS WHO ARE MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS NOT JUST IN THEIR FIELDS BUT IN THE LIFES OF OTHERS, LET US HONOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, AND WITH THAT, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE 14th DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO KICKOFF ASIAN-AMERICAN, HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH. THIS IS A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE AS THE FIRST FILIPINA ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL. [APPLAUSE] I'M HAPPY TO JOIN COUNCILMEMBER LEE TODAY WHO YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN LAIDING THE WAY IN COUNCIL AND REMINDS ME TO SMILE WITH THOSE SHINY PEARLY WHITES AND REMINDS ME TO SMILE EVEN WHEN IT GETS HARD. LIFT WHEN YOU CLIMB BECAUSE WE ALL DO BETTER WHEN WE WORK AS A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DANIEL TEREKA FROM OUR GENERAL MANAGER OF OUR CULTURE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD MORNING, AND LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THOSE AMAZING DANCERS! [APPLAUSE] I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH. IT'S FITTING SINCE THE MONTH WAS SELECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST ASIAN IMMIGRANT WHICH WAS IN MAY. TODAY CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH ARE DIVERSE, DYNAMIC AND VISIONARY, BUT AAPI MONTH IS MORE THAN JUST A CELEBRATION IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND HAWAIIANS. IN RECOGNITION, THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AFFAIRS IS PROUD TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL HERITAGE MONTH CALENDAR AND CULTURAL GUIDE CONTAINING VISUAL ART AND POETRY FROM THE AMAZING SELECTION OF ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ARTISTS AS WELL AS MANY HAPPENINGS EVENT POETRY REVITAL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE GUIDE REFLECTS THE INPUT OVER MANY COLLABORATERS AND I WANT TO EXPRESS THE APPRECIATION OF OUR WORK OF ASIAN-AMERICAN WHIT' AS THE WELL AS THE OFFICES OF THE MAYOR, CONTROLLER AND CITY COUNCIL AND CITY ATTORNEY. IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, ASIAN AMERICANS, PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND CONTINUE TO BE ADVOCATE OF EQUITY LEADING THE WAY FOR JUSTICE TODAY AND TODAY. TODAY, I HAVE THE HONOR OF ALSO INTRODUCING YOU TO WAKANA AMORA, THE ARTIST FOR THE CALENDAR AND CULTURAL GUIDE. BORN IN JAPAN WITH ROOTS IN BOTH TOKYO AND LOS ANGELES, DRAWS ON HER CROSS CULTURAL EXPERIENCE TO SEE CREATE MIX MEDIA WORKS TO INVITE CONNECTION. SHE HAS CREATED PAINTINGS FOR BUDDHIST TEMLE IN JAPAN AND LITTLE TOKYO AND COMPLETED A MURAL. AWARD THE PRESTIGIOUS, INDIVIDUAL MASTER ARTIST COLAI MAP ARTIST AWARD IN 2023. THE ART WORK SHE CREATED FOR THE COVER OF THE CALENDAR AND CULTURAL GUIDE INCAPSULE ATES HER APPROACH TO CREATIVITY AND IDENTITY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN APPLAUDING THE ART WORK AND AS I INVITE HER TO JOIN US UP HERE RIGHT NOW. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. IT'S MY AN HONOR TO HAVE MY PIECE CAPTURE FEATURED ON THE CALENDAR AND CULTURAL GUIDE. CHARACTER IS A LARGE SCALE PAINT THATING REFLECTS MY PURSUE OF CAPTURING THE VOID, THE SPACE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND CULTURE AND MOMENT AND TRANSFORMING IT INTO A VISIBLE CONNECTION. I SPEND MY EARLY LIFE IN BOTH JAPAN AND U.S. AND 20 YEARS AGO, I BEGAN SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT PLACE FOR MY ART. WHEN I FIRST CAME TO L.A., I WAS MOVED BY THE CREATIVE ENERGY AND OPENNESS. SINCE THEN, THE CITY HAS INSPIRED ME TO KEEP BUILDING A BRIDGE FOR MY HERITAGE TO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COUNCILMEMBER AND DCA AND EVERYBODY HERE TODAY. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO CELEBRATE AAPI HERITAGE WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PIECE THAT YOU JUST UNVEILED HERE. YOU KNOW IT BRINGS ME GREAT JOY TO INTRODUCE TWO OUTSTANDING HONOREE SELECTED BY DISTRICT 12 FOR THEIR DISTRIBUTIONS TO AAHPI COMMUNITY. THOUGH THEY MAY NOT RESIDE IN MY DISTRICT THEIR IMPACT TOUCHES MANY LIVES, SLAIPZ CULTURES AND LIFTS UP VOICES OF THE AAHPI COMMUNITY. BOTH ARE VISIONARY LEADERS THAT SPEAK TO WHAT THIS MONTH REPRESENTATIVES, PRIDE, THE SOUTH IN OUR DIVERSITY AND HOPE FOR BETTER FUTURE THAT IS SHAPED BY STORYTELLING AND COMPELLING OUR VOICES. AS A POINT OF ORDER AND I KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE NUMEROUS HONOREE TO RECOGNIZE, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN I WILL INVITE. AND THEN PRESENT CERTIFICATE AND THEN WE WILL CALL COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. MY FIRST HONOR IS AMY, PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES AND 2025, A-100 HONOREE. CAN WE HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR AMY. [APPLAUSE] AMY HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL IN ROLE EXPANDING THE ACADEMY MUSEUMS PRESENCE AND ITS COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE STORYTELLING, ESPECIALLY AS ELEVATING VOICES FROM AANHPI COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE AMY UP. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE, WOW, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, COUNCILMEMBER LEE, GOLD HOUSE FOR THIS INCREDIBLE RECOGNITION. IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT TO BE RECOGNIZED ALONG SUCH LEADERS, A TIME WHEN WE CAN ALL SEPARATE, REPRESENTATION, AND COMMUNITY. AS SOMEBODY WHO IS JAPANESE AND JEWISH, THIS IS PERSONAL. GROWING UP I SEARCHED FOR STORIES THAT REFLECTED WHO I WAS. STORIES THAT MADE ME FEEL SANE. I CAN HELP SPOTLIGHT THOSE STORIES FOR OTHERS AND THAT'S SOMETHING I KEEP AIRY WITH A DEEP SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY. BEING PART OF THE CELEBRATION, MEANS THE WORLD TO ME NOT JUST AS A MUSEUM LEADER BUT AS SOMEBODY'S WHO'S LIFE HAS BEEN SHAPED BIT CULTURE AND POWER OF REPRESENTATION. I ALSO HAVE DEEP FAMILY HISTORY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF LOS ANGELES, MY JAPANESE GRANDPARENTS, LIVED IN PASADENA, THEY WERE DISPLACED DURING WWII MY GRANDMOTHER SENT TO AEN --EN TERNMENT CAMP. WHEN HE WAS HURT. HE WAS RELEASED TO MY GRANDMOTHER. MY PARENTS INSTILLED HELP OTHERS AND UPLIFT OTHERS. THIS SENSE OF PURPOSE DRIVES ME TODAY AND AS THE DIRECTOR OF ACADEMY OF PICTURES, I INSTILL THOSE VALUES. AT THE ACADEMY, WE'RE COMPELLED TO TELL A STORE OTHER TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SHAPED CINEMA AND POWERFUL AND SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED WAYSES. JUST THIS WAY, WE HIGHLIGHTED INDIA AND XHIEN HE'S LANGUAGE FILMS AND RECENTLY OPENED AN EXHIBIT IN THE GROUND BREAKING KOREAN FILMMAKER. THROUGH THIS WORK, WE CELEBRATE ASIAN AND AAPI FILM MAKE SXERZ TO CREATE A SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND CONVERSATION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS HONOR IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ME AND OUR TEAM AND FOLKS WHO JOINED ME, MY FAMILY MY TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS AND MY TRUSTEE WHO JOIN ME TODAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: MY SECOND HONOREE IS SHANNON LEE, AUTHOR PRODUCER AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE BRUCE LEE FOUNDATION. HAS LEGACY OF HER FATHER WHO IS NOT ONLY A ICON IN THE ASIAN COMMUNITY BUT IN THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, HER FATHER BRUCE LEE. HER RESENT BOOK BECAME A "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST SELLER AND CONTINUES TO INSPIRE NEW GENERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SHANNON LEE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN JOHN LEE, TO L.A. CITY COUNCIL TO GOLD HOUSE FOR THIS RECOGNITION. I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING AND SEEING US. I THINK THAT THERE IS SUCH A, NOT AS MUCH OF A PROFOUND SENSE OF WHAT IT IS TO CELEBRATE. CELEBRATION IS AN ACT OF SEEING, IT'S AN ACT OF JOY, IT'S AN ACT OF INCLUSION, IT'S AN ACT OF REACHING OUT TO SOMETHING ELSE, TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND SAYING, YES! I SEE YOU. AND SO I REALLY WANT US TO CONSIDER FOR A MOMENT AND FEEL INTO THAT SENSE OF CELEBRATION WHAT IT IS TO CELEBRATE. NOW I AM A NATIVE LOS ANGELESNO I WAS BORN HERE AND MY FATHER HAD A SCHOOL HERE, HE RAISED HIS FAMILY HERE, HE TRIED TO MAKE IT IN HOLLYWOOD HERE AND HE STRUGGLED. AND YOU KNOW, I AM HONORED TO BE IN THIS LINE IN THIS LEGACY OF REPRESENTATION THAT IS NOT ONLY HERE BUT IS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AND EMIGRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HIS STORY THROUGH MY OWN STORY. AND TO MAKE MY OWN STORY. AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO END I THINK WITH A QUOTE THAT MY FATHER SAID WHICH WAS WHEN SOMEBODY ASKED HIM IN 1971 DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS ASIAN OR DO YOU CHINESE OR DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS NORTH AMERICAN. NOT THAT THOSE TWO THINGS ARE SEPARATE. AND HE SAID YOU KNOW HOW I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF, AS A HUMAN BEING. HE SAID BECAUSE UNDER THE SKY, WE'RE ONE FAMILY. AND SO THIS TODAY TO ME IS A RECOGNITION OF THAT ONE FAMILY, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT RECOGNITION. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE STANDING HERE TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO CREATE A PLACE FOR STORIES THAT ARE UNIQUE AND INTERESTING. EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR A DIFFERENT STORY, WE'RE ALL OUT HERE TRYING TO MAKE OUR UNIQUE MARK IN THE WORLD AND OUR UNIQUE MARK IS WHO WE ARE AND THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: TO BOTH AMY AND SHANNON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR VISION, YOU REPRESENT THE STRENGTH IN CREATIVITY AND RESILIENCE OF THE AANHI COMMUNITY AND WE'RE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY. >> COME UP HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER LEE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONOREE. YOU KNOW I HAVE A DISTRICT THAT HAS A LOT OF ASIANS, ME INCLUDING FILIPINOS JAPANESE KOREAN CHINESE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT OUR OFFICE HAD TO DO IS THINK ABOUT WHO EMBODY THE SAME LIFT AS YOU CLIMB AND WHO ARE THESE UNSUNG HEROES IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO GIVE THE SHINE ON? SO I WANT TO HONOR GRANT SONU WHO HAS BEEN ADVOCATE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER CURRENTLY AT LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER ESTABLISHED IN 1979 TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY. GRANT LEADS A TEAM THAT WORKS WITH LTSC PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH A VISION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WORKS TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION. GRANT YOU WANT TO COME UP? [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE TO PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA NUMBER 4, WELL WAIT WRONG NOTE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. AS A FOURTH GENERATION ANGELINO WHO IS A SON OF LAUSD ADULT SCHOOL TEACH AND HER MY DAD WHO IS SIGNATURE RIGHT THERE IS A PROUD BRADLEY STAFFER AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF HOURS COMING IN HERE, AND SHALL WE SAY PARTICIPATING IN THE CIVIC PROCESS, IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTATE HOW COOL IT IS TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THIS DAIS, TO BE HONEST I WAS A BIT HESITANT TO ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION, I FEEL THERE ARE OTHERS MORE DESERVING, BUT I WAS ENCOURAGED AS A, TO BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT REFLECTS IN OUR VALUES AND SUSTAIN FUTURE GENERATION SXZ TO WORK IN SOLIDARITY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES IN PARTNER TO FIGHT FOR AND CREATE EQUITY IN OUR CITY. LITTLE TOKYO SUPPORTED ME IN JUST ABOUT EVERY STAGE. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS--SO ONE OF THE FIRST MEMORY IS THROWING SLIPPERS OFF HER 15th STORY BALCONY. SHE WAS UPSET. TO FOR ME TO DO THE WORK IT'S A EVEN BAL ONS OF OBLIGATION AND FUN. NOW SINCE WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY PARENTS WHO ARE HERE, FOR BEING PATIENT, BUT ANYWAY, FOR BEING PATIENT EN AND SUPPORTIVE OF ME EVEN THROUGH THE DARK DARK YEARS AND SHOWING ME BY EXAMPLE THAT COMMUNITY IS PRECIOUS AND HAPPENS THROUGH HARD WORK AND ALWAYS WORTH FIGHTING FOR. AND SPEAK OF COMMUNITY, SHOUT OUT TO MY CO-WORKERS AND FRIENDS FROM LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY, WHO SHOWED UP TODAY. DON'T YOU HAVE WORK TO BE DOING? AND IF YOU INDULGE ME, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT PART WHILE I'M HERE. ASIAN-AMERICAN, PACIFIC ISLANDERS, NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITIES, ALONG WITH OTHER PERSON OF COLOR ARE UNDER ATTACK RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS ACTIVELY DISMANTLING OUR DEMOCRACY PIECE BY PIECE, IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING DETAINED AND DEPORTE WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, ICE IS SEWING TERRORS WITH DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED ALIKE, ACTIVE VOICES ARE BEING ACTIVELY SILENCED OUR SOCIAL SAFETINESS HAS BEEN SHUT TO SHREDS. NOW WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP WITH OUR CITY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO ENSURE AND FIGHT FOR OUR EXISTENCE. THANK YOU AGAIN, I'M HONORED. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, GRANT FOR YOUR WISE, WISE, WORDS AND YOUR MODESTY, THAT'S WHY WE FORCED TO CELEBRATE YOURSELF. AND NEXT IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH YEMA, MELEE A AS A QUEER LAWYER, PAVING THE WAY FOR MANY ASIAN AMERICANS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME, BORN IN CONCENTRATION CAMP WHEN JAPANESE-AMERICANS WERE UNAWFULLY DETAINED FROM THEIR HOMES, SHE GREW UP SEEING FIRSTHAND DISCRIMINATION AT THE HANDS OF OUR GOVERNMENT. SINCE BECOMING A LAWYER, SHE HAS TRIED MANY CRIMINAL LAW TRIALS. AND LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND I REALLY MIA IS ONE OF THE TRAILBLAZERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TAUGHT TO AS WOMEN BE SILENT BUT OFTEN, THAT'S YOUR STRONG MOM WHO HIT YOU WITH THE SLIPER AND DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT HAVE THAT RESILIENCE AND THE BRAVERY TO BE WHO YOU ARE, EVEN EARLIER ON, AND I LEARNED THAT LATER IN LIFE THAT BEING WHO I AM, WAS HOW I COULD BEST BE. SO MIA WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, HERE YOU GO. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I AM SO HAPPY AND SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT I'M A PART OF. ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY PRIDE, THE FEMALE COMMUNITY WHICH IS UNDER FIRE AND THANK YOU, FOR SAYING WHAT I WAS THINKING. THAT WE'RE ALL THINKING. WE GOT TO FIGHT BACK. WE HAD AN ANCESTORAL DUTY. YEAH, I WAS DOING TIME THERE MY WHOLE COMMUNITY WAS, BUT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE, WE HAVE TO BE WOKE, WE HAVE TO FIGHT BACK, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE MENACE, THE FASCIST THAT IS RISING. I QUEER PRIDE, ON BEHALF OF TRANSGENDER PRIDE, I'M AN ASIAN AMERICAN TRANSGENDER POWER. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HAWAIIAN PRIDE AS WELL. WE'RE ALL PART OF A CIVIL PARTS MOVEMENT AND THAT MOVEMENT IS UNDER ATTACK RIGHT NOW AT THE TOP OF OUR GOVERNMENT COMING DOWN FOR ESPECIALLY PEOPLE LIKE ME. BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HAS A STAKE IN THIS COUNTRY, IF WE FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY, WE TOOK AN OATH, WE HAVE TO DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS RISING AUTHORITYISM. THANK YOU UNISSES, I LOVE YOU, THANK YOU TO BAMBI FROM THE TRANS LATINO COALITION, THANK YOU LIBERATORS, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE STREETS, GETTING THE VOTE OUT, WE NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS MOVEMENT TO RID OURSELVES OF THE TEARNY *FM THANK YOU! >> Council President: WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE AS WELL. AS SOON AS THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT PHOTO, WE'LL START WITH MR. PRICE. THANK YOU. OKAY. [APPLAUSE] DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET, MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. LET ME THANK COUNCILMEMBER LEE AND JURADO FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON DIVERSITY THAT NOT ONLY REFLECTS OUR CITY BUT OUR DISTRICT. THIS MONTH WE UPLIFT ALL OUR WORK DONE BY OUR ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES. I HAD TO TAKE A PERSONAL NOTE, MY LATE MOM D, HAILED FROM SEBU CITY IN THE PHILIPPINES. BUT OUR CITY IS A CULTURES. AS WE CELEBRATE THE MONTH THAT LET'S ALSO RECOMMIT TO STANDING IN SOLIDARITY AGAINST HATE AND INVESTING IN THE FUTURE WHERE EVER COMMUNITY COUNTS. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, WE APPRECIATE IT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, SO MUCH MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, LEE AND JURADO FOR INCLUDING ME MT AAPI CAUCUS, SINCE I REPRESENT KOREA TOWN THAT HAS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF KOREANS OUTSIDE OF SEOUL, I AM HONESTLY SAYING THAT AAPI HERITAGE MONTH, DID THEY LEAVE ALREADY? I TOOK A PICTURE OF BRUCE LEE'S DAUGHTER AND SEND IT TO MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE WE USED TO WATCH HEM. AND MIA GOT ME ALL WILD UP, I'M READY TO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU MOTHER'S DAY, WE'RE CELEBRATING MOTHER'S DAY NEXT WEEK. AND THANK YOU FOR REMINDING TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS EVERY ONE BRINGS TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT WE CALL LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. >> >> M. Rodriguez: I WOULD LIKE THE HONOREES TO PLEASE STAND UP, YOU'RE NOT DONE GETTING YOUR FLOWERS. [APPLAUSE] EACH OF YOU IN YOUR RESPECTIVE AREAS HAVE MADE SUCH IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS AND MIA, YOU REALLY BROUGHT CHURCH IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY. BUT IT REMINDED ME OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE BRUCE LEE QUOTES, I DO HAVE BRUCE LEE QUOTES IN MY OFFICE, BE LIKE WATER, MY FRIEND. WE HAVE TO PENETRATE THROUGH THE CRACKS OF AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MEANT TO KEEP US CONTENT. AND MIA YOU REMINDED US OF INDIVIDUALS OF HOW WE'RE BREAKTHROUGH THE CRACKS TO MAKE CHANGE AND DOING SO THROUGH THE CULTURAL PRIDE THAT WE'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THAT REPRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF US. SHANNON, AS YOU SAID, IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATING ALL OF WHAT WE ARE. SXL EMBRACING THAT AND RECOGNIZING THAT. IT'S REALLY, WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE IN CHAMBERS TODAY TO REMIND US OF ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE ALL MAKE. AND IT'S IN LOS ANGELES IS WHERE YOU CAN EXPRESS THAT OPENLY AND WITH TREMENDOUS PRIDE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS AND HELPING TO BRING THE HOUSE DOWN THIS MORNING, MIA, BUT AGAIN, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE TODAY AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT CONTINUES TO UPLIFT AND CELEBRATE THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DIVERSE OF LOS ANGELES THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU BRING TO US EVERY DAY. HAPPY AAPI HERITAGE MONTH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR TWO WONDERFUL COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND THE SPEAKERS WHO GAVE US A SHOT OF ADRENALINE AND GIVING US HOPE. THE AAP PI, COMMUNITY IS GREAT, BUT WE TAKE THIS MOMENT TO UPLIFT AND REFLECT AND KEEP PUSHING CAUSE WE KNOW, PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THESE SPACES, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU SO MUCH, LEE, AND JURADO FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. WHATEVER WE DO THIS SORT OF PRESENTATION, THE LEADING HAS TO SAY IT'S OKAY TO DANCE TO THE RHYTHM OF THE PRESENTATION, THAT WAS MY FAVORITE WAKING US UP AND LETTING KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE TO OUR JOB OTHER THAN PAPERS. EVERY TIME YOU DO THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME THAT I GIVE MY SHOUT OUT TO THE THAI AND JAPANESE AND FILL FILIPINO COMMUNITY. NOW I ACTUALLY HAVE A GROUP FROM WHICH I COULD WORK WITH TO DO MORE. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND HAPPY HOLIDAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEE AND JURADO FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO THE HONOREE, MIA, DECADES OF BEING ON THE FRONTLINE FIGHTING FOR OUR MOST MARGINIZED COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LEAD WITHING LOVE AND FIERCENESS. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING YOUR COMMUNITIES WHA. A PLEASURE TO SEE SUCH CULTURE IN OUR CITY HALLS AND REMINDING PEOPLE WHOSE HOUSE IT IS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> >> A. Nazarian: SINCE I'M THE NEWEST IT WAS FITTING TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. SECOND OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID FROM THE PODIUM BY THE HONOREES. IT IS SO CRITICAL THAT WE NEVER FORGET OUR ROOTS, WHERE WE COME FROM, THE HUMIDITY AS WELL AS THE HARD WORK AND PER PER SAREINECE, YOU ALL SPOKE OF YOUR OWN FAMILIES, YOU ALL SPOKE ABOUT YOUR OWN FAMILIES BACK GROUNDS AND ESPECIALLY RELATE IT TO WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY, TO OUR IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS, TO THE VERY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BUILT THE FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO. MORE POWER TO YOU. >> Council President: BACK TO YOU TO CLOSE. >> Y. Jurado: IN NEW FASHION, I MADE AN ERROR IN THE PROGRAMMING, OKAY SO, SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER LEE, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR AND INTRODUCE COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WHO IS AQND BUT WILL BE IN THE RECEPTION IN THE FOR COURT AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL 4 HONOREES. NINA IS AN AWARD JOURNALIST, SENIOR WRITER AS WELL AS THE COLOR COMMENTATOR FOR L.A. RAMS PRESEASON GAMES. BUBON IS A SENIOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANS POERLTATION OVERSEEING THE CITY'SING HOLLYWOOD DISTRICT WHICH COVER APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF THE CITY OF L.A. AND KATIE CHAN NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION IN THIS COUNCIL, COOK BOOK, AND CULINARY AMBASSADOR TO THE NATIONAL PAOED ATTRITION CANCER FOUNDATION AND SERVES AS CO-CHAIR OF MAYOR BASS'S TASK FORCE AND WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HER WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WANTS TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR CERTIFICATE HERSELF, OUT IN THE COURT. I HOPE EVERYBODY JOINS US, THERE WILL BE FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE FOR COURT, EVERY ONE IN THE ROOM IS INVITED, STARTS AT 11:30. THANK YOU FOR KATIE CHAN FOR ALWAYS BE THAT PERSON EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO PROVIDE ALL THE FOOD FOR US. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THE FOOD! >> I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY ROCK STAR CATERING TEAM OUT THERE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU FOR LETTING COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND I TALK ABOUT THE AAHPI COMMUNITY, AND THANK YOU FOR THE HONOREES. THANK YOU EVERY ONE. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION THIS ONE LEAD BY HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ, AND IT'S MAYDAY PRESENTATION. QUIETLY TRANSITION. COUNCILMEMBER THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'M JUST WAITING FOR MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, AND A FEW OF OUR SPEAKERS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVERY YEAR ON MAY FIRST, PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLDCOM TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. THIS IS A CELEBRATION THAT WAS INSPIRED BIT HATE MARKET AFFAIR OF OF CHICAGO AND SOCIALIST STRUGGLE OF WORKERS RIGHTS AND IT'S A DAY THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE STRUGGLES OF WORKING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT MAKE OUR SOCIETY RUN. BUT HERE IN LOS ANGELES, MAYDAY HAS TAKEN ON THEIR OWN SPECIAL MEET ING. ONE OF THE FIRST MAYDAY WAS IN THE YEAR 2000 WHEN THE FILIPINO WORKER CENTER AND KOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKER ALLIANCE CAME TOGETHER IN A BEAUTIFUL COALITION TO UPLIFT IMMIGRANTS AND WORKING PEOPLE. AND ON MAY IN 2006, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ANGELINOS TOOK TO THE STREETS TO PROTEST DRACONIAN IMMIGRATION LAWS HAPPENING, SOUND FAMILIAR FOR WHAT WOULD BE KNOWN AS A DAY WITHOUT AN IMMIGRANT. SINCE THEN, HERE IN LOS ANGELES WE'VE MARKED FOR BLACK LIFES, AND SO MUCH MORE. THE IMPACTS OF THESE PROTEST ARE STILL BEING FELT TODAY WITH THE POWER OF THESE MOVEMENTS WHICH IS SHOWN BY WORKERS AND ADVOCATES WHO ARE STANDING BESIDE ME. BUT ONCE AGAIN, OUR TRANS, IMMIGRANT AND WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER ATTACK, THIS TIME BY A PRESIDENT THAT REFUSES TO SEE OUR HUE HUMANITY. BUT WE KNOW THAT RISE UP TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO LISTEN TO US. THAT'S WHY YESTERDAY ON MAY FIRST, WE JOINED LABOR GROUPS, LGBT QIA DEMANDING HUMANITY. MAYDAY IS IMPORTANT BUT THE FIGHT DOES NOT FIGHT THERE, WE HAVE TO KEEP ORGANIZING INTO EVERY SINGLE WORKER HAS A GOOD WAGE AND MOST IMPORTANT THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR LOVED ONES. BECAUSE AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO IS US FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE AND THAT'S WHY WE PROTEST. SO NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE FIRST DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER UNISSES HERNANDEZ. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR BRINGING US TODAY FOR THIS TIMELY CONVERSATION. MAYDAY MATTERS TO ME AS A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS. ANTI IMMIGRANT LEGISLATION, THERE WAS A SEA OF WHITE SHIRTS ON BROADWAY AS FAR ANYONE CAN SEE AND YOUNG PEOPLE WERE GETTING INVOLVED IN ADVOCACY, FOR THE FIRST TIME. FAST FORWARD 19 YEARS, WE HAVE A ADMINISTRATION THAT WANTS TO REPEAT HISTORY. OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS THEY PRACTICE AND OUR FRIENDS BECAUSE OF WHO THEY LOVE. SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WE SEE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT US AGAINST EACH OTHER, BY SILENCING AND DISAPPEARING OUR SIBLINGS. ALL OF US STAND HERE TODAY, WE KNOW BETTER, WE WILL NOT BE DIVIDE, WE KNOW OUR COLLECTIVE POWER AND WE KNOW HOW TO ORGANIZE WITH A SYSTEM NOT NOT INTENDED WITH PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE AND LOVE LIKE US, WE'RE STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN CHAMBERS AND ACROSS TRANS, AN ATTACK ON ONE OF US AND AN ATTACK ON ALL OF US. TO ANYONE FEELING ON THE FENCE STANDING UP AGAINST HATE AND HOLDING CORPORATIONS TOGETHER, GREED CANNOT SEPARATE US FROM OUR LABOR. I STAND WITH YOU AND BOLDEN AND I URGE TO YOU STAND YOUR GROUND. LOS ANGELES IS A SANCTUARY CITY, WE PROTECT OUR TRANS SIBLINGS AND THERE IS A-LINE YOU DON'T CROSS, AM I RIGHT, LABOR UNION, AM I RIGHT COMMUNITY? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] LET MAYDAY A REMINDER THAT RIGHTS ARE NOT GIVEN, THEY ARE FOUGHT FOR. EVERY PROTECTION WE HAVE TODAY WAS DEMANDED BY PEOPLE WHO RISK EVERYTHING. SO WE WILL FIGHT WITH ALL OF OUR MIGHT BECAUSE WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN! NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF MY SHEROS, BAMBI, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF TRANS LATINA COALITION. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GRACIAS A DIAS, [SPEAKING SPANISH] GREETINGS COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, FOR INCLUDING ME, INCLUDING US AND TO BE PART OF THIS AMAZING CELEBRATION. SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, I LANDED IN L.A. IN 1987 WHEN I STARTED MY TRANSITION. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO SUPPORT OR SERVICES FOR ANY OF THAT, FOR ANY OF US. AFTER I, I AM ALSO A SURVIVOR OF THE IMMIGRATION DETENSION, I WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED IN IMMIGRATION DETENSION TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD TORE TRANSPORTED TO THE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL. AND THAT'S WHY THE TRANS LATINA COADDITION STARTED. IT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2009, SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT THE LIVELIHOOD AND INTER SEX COMMUNITIES. WE'RE THE BIGGEST TRANS ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES. [APPLAUSE] AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE DONE, A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE AMAZING AND INCREDIBLE COURAGEOUS TRANSGENDER AND INTER SEX PEOPLE WHO WORK AT OUR ORGANIZATION. THERE IS ABOUT 74 OF US WORKING AT OUR ORGANIZATION. AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT. I MYSELF HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT FOR 25 YEARS PROBABLY. AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED. BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. TRANS IMMIGRANTS CONTINUE TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE, OF THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTUM POOL. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INVEST IN THE LIVELIHOOD OF TRANS PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE TGI INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PASS. AND SO I AM ASKING YOU, TO REALLY TAKE A STAND INTO MAKING SURE THAT THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR THREE MILLION DOLLARS AND I KNOW THAT RHETORIC IS THAT THERE IS A BUDGET DEFICIT AND THREE MILLION DOLLARS IS LIKE COMMO QUITARLE UN PELO A GATO, IN ENGLISH, IT WILL NOT TRANSLATE. WE NEED TO YOU SUPPORT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY IS LITERALLY BEING KILLED. JUST A COUPLE A LITTLE OVER A MONTH, LINDA BECERRA MONTH RAN WAS BRUTALLY KILLED BY LAPD. JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SABRINA JIMENEZ WAS BRUTALLY ASSAULTED AND ATTACKED RIGHT BY McARTHUR PARK. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. AND THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTED BY THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED. I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO DO THAT. ADDITIONALLY I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE TRANS LATINA COALITION IS ORGANIZING THE WALK FOR HUMANITY AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ'S DISTRICT. [APPLAUSE] AND IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO THE NEW BUILDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND SO, I WANT FOR ALL OF YOU TO BE PART OF A HISTORIC MOMENT THAT WE ARE LIVING. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THE TRANS LATINA IS THE DIVISION OF POSSIBILITIES OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BE PART OF THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR? THANK YOU [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND LET'S DO THIS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: MUCHAS GRACIAS, BAMBI AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR HOME IN CD13. NOW JOIN ME, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS HE ESPERANZA PROJECT. >> Speaker: I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR MY VOICE, MY CHILD SICKENED ME. GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SOUM SOTO-MARTINEZ AND UNI HERNANDEZ FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT AND RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT HE ESPERANZA DOES. WE'RE ALSO HONORED TO BE STANDING ALONGSIDE SUCH GREAT ORGANIZATIONS, TRANS LATINA ORGANIZATIONS AND UNION OF HEALTH WORKERS. FOR OVER 20 YEARS, WE AT HE ESPERANZA HAVE ENSURED THAT THOSE FACING REMOVAL DO NOT DO THAT ALONE, WE HAVE EMPOWERED INDIVIDUALS TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND SEEK SANCTUARY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SADLY, THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN SOME TRULY DEVASTATING ATTACKS AGAINST ALL OF THOSE THAT WE SERVE AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THEM. NO ONE HAS BEEN SPARED, NOT SPAEMZ, NOT CHILDREN, NO ONE. AND AS WE SEE MORE AND MORE HARM BEING INTENTIONALLY INFLICTED ON OUR FELLOW ANGELINOS, WE MUST STAND UNITED IN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND THROUGH OUR WORK, REMIND EVERY ONE OF WHAT TRULY CONNECTS US ALL, OUR HUMANITY AND OUR STORIES. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, FOR THIS HONOR. AND MAY WE ALL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT MISSIONS FOR WHAT WE STAND HERE TODAY SUPPORTING AND INSPIRING ONE ANOTHER ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVELYN. NEXT UP, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP SOPHIA A MEMBER OF A UNION THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE AND RESPECT BECAUSE WE WORKED TOGETHER. IN MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYER, WE USED TO WORK TOGETHER ALL THE TIME. HAVE BEEN TO MANY PICKET LINES, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING SOPHIA MEN DO SA, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS, ALSO KNOWN AS NUH. >> Speaker: HELLO EVERY ONE I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS. I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER UNISSES HERN OWES AND HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR HOSTING US AND HOSTING OUR PROFESSIONALS AT KAISER WHO ARE NOW ON DAY 104 STRIKE TO WIN BETTER PAY FOR OUR WORKERS. IT'S HONOR TO STAND HERE WITH TWO HEROIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FIGHTING EVERY DAY TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING THE WORSE ATTACKS. OUR COUNTRY IS A DIFFERENT WAY THAN IT WAS ON OCTOBER 21, WHEN OUR NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGIST WENT ON STRIKE HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AFTER MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OF WALKING STRIKE LINES, KAISER PATIENTS AND ADVOCATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, OUR MEMBERS HAVE GAINED AN UNDERSTANDING HOW THEIR FIGHT IS DEEPLY CONNECTED FOR OUR BROADER FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY. OUR MEMBERS ARE NOT ONLY UNITED IN WINNING A CONTRACT THAT TREATS MENTAL HEALTHCARE AS EQUAL TO MEDICAL CARE. THEY'RE MORE THAN UNITED THAN EVER TO STOP THE ILLEGAL ACTIONS BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT VIOLATE OUR RIGHTS AS FREE PEOPLE. OUR STRIKE WILL NOT GO ON FOREVER BUT OUR MEMBERS ARE READY TO FIGHT AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO DEFEAT THE UNHOLLY ALLIANCE OF CORPORATE POWER THAT IS SEEKING TO TAKE AWAY OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM. JUST LIKE OUR FIGHT FOR MENTAL HEALTH JUSTICE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG AND HARD FIGHT. BUT IF YOU MARCH WITH US YESTERDAY, ON MAYDAY, YOU KNOW WE ARE GOING TO WIN IT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK FROM THE BILLIONAIRES AND THE AUTHORITYIANS AND FINALLY WIN JUSTICE FOR ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU EVERY ONE FOR BEING HERE. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. >> Council President: WONDERFUL, I WILL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL MEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ, AND UNISSES HERNANDEZ, FOR SHOWING US. WE HAVE IMMIGRANTS AND THAT'S WHAT MAYDAY IS ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT SOLIDARITY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REMINDING US OF OUR WORK AND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. >> Council President: NEXT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND HERNANDEZ. IT'S GOOD TO SEE SO MANY FRIENDS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING PART OF THAT FIGHT. THE EXAMPLE NA WE SEE EVERY MAYDAY IS THE DIVERSITY OF EVERY COMMUNITY THAT IS UNDER SEIGE. SXL IT DOESN'T MATTER, AND THERE IS NO ONE THAT IS SPARED, THAT'S THE SAD PART. YOU WERE TALK ABOUT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT A TIME, WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE CITIZENS RIGHTS ARE BEING REDACTED. THIS IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE, IT'S JUST WE ARE LIVING IN SUCH, INCREDIBLE TIMES. NEVER IN MY LIFE DID I EVER CONCEIVE THAT WE WOULD BE SO FAR BACK FROM WHERE WE WERE, FROM SO MUCH OF WHAT OUR FAMILIES HAD FOUGHT FOR, FOR GENERAL RAISESING BUT YET HERE WE ARE AGAIN. BUT THE EXAMPLE OF SOLIDARITY THAT IS AS EXHIBITED, EVERY MAYDAY, CONTINUES TO BRING RISE TO THE HOPE OF WHAT WE CAN OVERCOME AND WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND SURE AS HELL WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING IN THAT FIGHT. THE AMOUNT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT THERE, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO'S VOICES ARE OFTEN DISMISSED, CLEARLY UNDER REPRESENTED, OFTEN, WERE EMPOWERED AND UPLIFTED IN THAT SPACE YESTERDAY. I HOPE IT CONTINUES IN EVERY SPAI, NOT PERFORMIVELY BUT BY ACTION. BAMBI, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOR FRONT, YOU'VE BEEN AT THE TIP OF THAT SPHERE FOREVER. HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE MY FRIEND, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THIS IMPORTANT PRESENTATION THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THESE EFFORTS, THAT DON'T JUST EXIST ON MAYDAY, WE SHOW UP EVERY DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR WORK. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBERS SOTO-MARTINEZ AND HERNANDEZ, THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY MOVING PRESENTATION, IT WAS GREAT TO JOIN YOU YESTERDAY, HUGO ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO MAKE OUR CITY STRONG. THEIR DEDICATION TO THEIR WORK AND TO OUR CITY IS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES. MAYDAY IS A REMINDER THAT WE MUST ADVOCATE AND FIGHT FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN OUR WORKFORCE. THE MOMENT IS A CALL TO ACTION TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR FAIR WAGES AND SAFE CONDITIONS AND THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. AGAIN WE THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS MARTINEZ AND HERNANDEZ, WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU. HAPPY MAYDAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBERS SOTO-MARTINEZ AND HERNANDEZ FOR RECOGNIZE THE LABOR STRUGGLE BETWEEN TRANS, QUEER, WORKERS RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WORKER RIGHTS, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THIS AND HIGHLIGHTING OUR FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION AND MIMIC WHAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SAYING, THE INTERNATIONALITY OF THE WORKERS AND MAYDAY. AS I WAS WATCHING THE CROWDS YESTERDAY AND ALSO FOLLOWING EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NEWS, I LITERALLY HAVE TO STOP MYSELF FROM WATCHING THE NEWS FROM GETTING SO ANGRY. LIKE MS. RODRIGUEZ SAID, WE'RE SEING THINGS THAT WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE IN OUR LIFETIME. IN OUR CITY, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE BETTER WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORKERS. WHEN WE REMIND THAT IT'S THE WORKERS THAT BUILT UP OUR CITY. SO ALONG THOSE LINES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO PUT OUT THERE AND I WANT TO ELEVATE AND JAB AND BRING IT TO THE MICROPHONE, WE'RE FINALLY AT A POINT WHERE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, MULTIPLE LEVELS OF ECONOMIC, SPACES, PEOPLE OF ECONOMIC SOCIAL O ECONOMIC BACK GROUNDS ARE SAYING SOMETHING THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HEAR BEFORE, WE'RE HEARING IT'S TIME TO TAX THE RICH, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TAX THE RICH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THINGS LIKE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WHERE IS THE MONEY? WHERE ARE THE DOLLARS SO WE CAN LEGITLY CONTINUE TO GROW OUR METROPOLIS, OUR CITIES AND CONTINUE TO BUILD JOBS. IT'S TIME, IT'S TIME FOR THE BOTTOM TO REALLY PUT PRESSURE ON THE VERY VERY TOP. THIS MOTION OF THE ONE PERCENT WAS JUST AN EXPRESSION ONCE UPON A TIME BUT NOW WE'RE REALLY REALLY FEELING IT AND WE'RE FEELING IT BECAUSE ACCORDING, WE'RE HITTING A POINT WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T EAT AND WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T EAT, THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY GETS MOBILIZED. I HOPE THAT TOGETHER AS NON PROVE PIT AS COMMUNITY GROUPS, AS LABOR, WE REALIZE THAT'S THE NEXT MESSAGE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. LET'S KEEP FIGHTING. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: AND I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: YES, THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE US, THIS IS WHAT SOLIDARITY LOOKS LIKE. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THESE CERTIFICATES TO ALL OUR HONOREES TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY, AS THEY'RE TAKING THEIR PICTURES, THEY'LL TRANSITION, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ HAS A PRESENTATION NEXT, HONORING MAGGIE SERVANTES. SO IF YOU CAN MACK YOUR WAY WE'LL TRANSITION AT THE PODIUM AFTER THESE PICTURES. S >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. THIS PRESENTATION IS I THINK IT'S A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE MAKING. YEAH. THIS WOMEN IS ONE OF THE HARDEST PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE. [APPLAUSE] BECAUSE SHE IS, COLLEAGUES I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO BE CELEBRATING AND RECOGNIZING SOMEBODY THAT HAS FRANKLY BEEN A TRANSFORMATION AL CHANGE MAKER HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR DECADES, MAGGIE SERVANTES FROM NEW ECONOMICS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'M NOT JOKING WHEN I'M TELLING YOU IT TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. BECAUSE IF ANYONE IS EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH NEW ECONOMICS FOR WOMEN AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE EARLY INCEPTION WHEN I WORKED WITH MIKE HERNANDEZ, REMEMBERING WHEN YOU WERE SOME OF THE INITIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND WORKS THAT YOU ALL DID. MAGGIE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BEHIND THE SCENES QUIETLY GETTING THINGS DONE, QUIET AND UNSTOPABLE FORCE. AND WHAT YOU HAVE BUILT IS REALLY REMARKABLE. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU GUYS WENT INTO CD3 AND STARTED THE WORK IN CANOGA PARK, GOING BACK WHEN I WORKED WITH MAYOR RIORDAN, TO CHANGING WHAT ECONOMIC LOOKS LIKE, MAKE ITING CULTURAL RELEVANT AND HELPFUL FOR SO MANY FAMILIES, SO OFTEN WE SEE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SERVED BY PROGRAMS. NEW ECONOMIC FOR WOMEN HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB IN ENSURING THAT EVERYTHING IS MET. IT'S NO SURPRISE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE HOW MAGGIE WORKS AND OF COURSE INCREDIBLE TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS, EVERY ONE THAT IS HERE, REPRESENTED FROM NEW. IT'S NO SURPRISE, THE AMOUNT OF SUCCESS THAT THEY'VE HAD. AND THESE THOUGHTS, EVERYBODY THAT IS HERE PART OF THIS TEAM HAS BEEN REMARKABLE AND IT'S INCREDIBLE LEGACY. I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE MAGGIE, EVEN THOUGH I HAD TO DRAG HER HERE. I'M GOING BACK WITH HER STORY. IT BEGINS WITH EAST L.A. WHERE ECONOMIC JUSTICE REALLY TOOK ROOT. WHAT BEGAN AS A LOCAL EFFORT GREW INTO LONG TERM SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR SO MANY THAT ARE OFTEN LEFT BEHIND. IT WAS IN 1992, THAT MAGGIE TOOK THE RAINS AT NEW ECONOMICS FOR WOMEN WHICH AT THE TIME WAS JUST GETTING OFF THE GROUND WITH A 75,000 GRANT. AND IT WAS THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP AND DETERMINATION AND CARE FOR FAMILIES THAT SHE TURNED THE SEED INTO A $300 MILLION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. COME ON! [APPLAUSE] UNDER HER GUIDANCE NEW ECONOMIC FOR WOMEN BUILT OVER 1700 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LAUNCHED FAMILY BASE FINANCIAL PROGRAMS, CREATED SAFE STABLE ENVIRONMENTS LIKE POSADA FOR YOUNG MOTHERS AND ALSO COFOUNDED TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT TODAY SERVE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS THROUGH A BILINGUAL ARTS AND SCIENCE CURRICULUM AND HELPED WITH LANGUAGES DURING THE PANDEMIC. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN LISTENING AND CREATING PROGRAMS THAT REFLECT THE PEOPLE THAT SHE SERVES AND EVEN IF SHE STEPS INTO HER NEW ROLE AS STRATEGIC ADVISOR, LET'S BE HONEST, SHE IS NEVER GOING TO RETIRE, MAGGIE CONTINUES TO SHAPE THE FUTURE FOR NEW ECONOMIC OF WOMEN AND NEXT GENERATION OF LATINA LEAD THAERZ WILL CARRY THE WORK FORWARD. AGAIN, I KEEP BEATING THIS DRUM, BUT IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER HOW IMPACTFUL IT WAS WHEN I FIRST SAW ALL THE WORK THAT NEW ECONOMICS FOR WOMEN WAS DOING BACK WHEN I STARTED IN 1994, WORKING FOR MIKE. IT WAS THESE POWERHOUSE WOMEN IN A SPACE WHERE WOMEN HISTORIC LOW HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN, ESPECIALLY LATINAS, AND THEY WERE DOING IT IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND IT WAS POWERFUL TO SEE WHAT YOU WERE DOING TO HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING AND THE COMPLEXITY OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THESE THINGS TO MAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK. TO CREATE THE SYSTEMS WHERE SO OFTEN OUR FAMILIES HAVE THE GAPS AND HAVE NO PLACE TO SEEK ASSISTANCE FOR. WHEN GOVERNMENT FAILED TO PROVIDE THOSE SAFETY NETS, YOU CREATED THE FIRST SAFETY NET. AND IT WAS REALLY POWERFUL. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT I'M SO DEEPLY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE YOU TODAY BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT, MAGGIE. NO ONE HAS, I MEAN, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADMIRER OF YOUR WORK, OF YOUR QUIET STEADFAST NATURE THAT FOUND A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE REMARKABLE TREASURE FOR OUR CITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ; HELP ME WORK, OUR HONOREE TODAY, MAGGIE CERVANTES. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT IT TRULY MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. SO SOME OF MAY NOT KNOW THAT I STARTED MY CAREER IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WORKING FOR THE DWP AND C A O WHICH I'VE BEEN IN THIS HORSESHOE BEFORE. AND, THOSE ARE EARLY EXPERIENCES HELPED ME DEVELOP A SOLID FOUNDATION OF LEADERSHIP WHICH HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN MY WORK WITH ANY ECONOMIC FOR WOMEN BUT BESIDES THE TITLES MY TRUE PASSION IS TO UPLIFT AND EMPOWER UNDER RESOURCED WOMEN AND FAMILIES ESPECIALLY LATINAS AND OTHER MINORITY WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THROUGH THE YEARS, WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE, YOU KNOW, OF TOUCHING SO MANY LIVES, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES, THE PATH TO MOBILITY, WHICH A LOT OF TIME, THAT'S SOMETHING OVER HERE THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT FOR YOU, THAT WAS OUR CENTRAL FOCUS, HELPING THEM NAVIGATE MILLIONS OF FAMILIES THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ASSISTING WOMEN START THEIR FIRST BUSINESS AND HELPING FAMILIES NAVIGATE BUYING THEIR FIRST HOME. AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THESE ARE PATHWAY TO SEE GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND NOTHING COULD BE MORE REWARDING AND THOSE FAMILIES ARE GOING TO NAVIGATE AND SURVIVE DISRUPTED TIME PERIOD IN OUR LIVES AND IN THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM THE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO CREATE OPTION SXZ HOW TO CREATE A THRIVING FAMILY ECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAY. AND TODAY I AM SO GRATEFUL TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH A NEW STAFF THAT IS BEHIND ME. [APPLAUSE] AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST A NONPROFIT, WE'RE MORE STRATEGIC WE'RE BUSINESS LIKE THAT WE HAVE CREATED PARTNERSHIPS AND LLCs WE HAVE NEW ACADEMY WHICH IS OUR NONPROFIT CHARTER SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE'RE ADDRESSING THE EDUCATIONAL GAPS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO HAVE NEW CAPITAL WHICH IS OUR NEW REAL ESTATE AND NCI WHICH IS OUR LENDING ARM. SO WITH STRATEGIC AND MAY BE QUIET BUT STRATEGIC IN KNOWING HOW TO PUT THOSE STRUCTURES TOGETHER TO IMPACT AND DESIGN THEM IN A WAY THAT REALLY HAS A SEVERE IMPACT FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE. AND, THIS CANNOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESPECIALLY B, OUR FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER. [APPLAUSE] SO MANY COUNTLESS LIVES INCLUDING MINE, I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND THE FAMILIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR LA POSADA WHICH I ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND INTERVIEWED TEEN MOMS IN THE 90s TO TO FAOUND A PLACE THAT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS SAFE FOR FORMERLY HOMELESS MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. THAT STILL EXIST TODAY WITH THE HELP OF LOS ANGELES SO I'M VERY HELPFUL. AND I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE RESILIENCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THESE WOMEN AND THEY INSPIRE ME EVERY DAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY WHO IS WATCHING ONLINE, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR UNWAIVERING SUPPORT YOU'VE BEEN THE ROCK THROUGH THE HIGHS AND LOWS AND I COULD NOT HAVE COME THIS FAR WITHOUT YOU. IT'S AN HONOR AND I WILL TREASURE THIS MOMENT FOR. FOREVER THANK YOU. >> Council President: WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. WHOEVER IS YELLING OUT, PLEASE DON'T DO THAT, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW ECONOMIC FOR WOMEN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU COME AND HELP OUT OUR CONSTITUENTS BUT REALLY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO HELP FINANCIAL LITERACY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A WELL DESERVED HONOR, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING HER IN TODAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR UPLIFTING THESE WOMEN HERE. NEW IS ONE OF THE NEW ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS DISTRICT AND I'M SO PROUD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TODAY. WE'VE BEEN OUT IN THE FIELD AND TALK TO GO CONSTITUENTS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE PROJECTS COME TO BEAR. AND IT'S NOT JUST AN ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES WOMEN OUTSIDE, YOU BUILD STRONG WOMEN FROM THE INSIDE OF YOUR ORGANIZATION AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HONORING YOU TODAY AND YOUR LEGACY, WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH IN CD14, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND I'M EXCITED TO CELEBRATE ALL OF YOU AND THE LEGACY THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR WOMEN WHO STARTED OFF LIKE ME AS TEEN MOMS. SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU SO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING IN PRESENTATION OF A GREAT ORGANIZATION, AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES A LOT IN MY DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT SOMEBODY THAT CAME FROM A NONPROFIT WORLD, I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO START AN NONPROFIT AND ALSO KEEP IT GOING. YOU KNOW, IT'S SO MUCH WORK TO JUST BE ABLE TO GIVE YOUR OWN EMPLOYEES A RAISE, RIGHT? BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND THE WORK, BUT ALSO KEEP A WORK LIFE BALANCE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO FILL THOSE DELIVERABLES YOU'VE JUST GOT TO GET IT DONE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS GOING ON. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR CAREER TO THIS, BECAUSE REALLY IT TAKES THAT. IT TAKES SOMEBODY FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE WORK AND STAYING IN THE WORK TO REALLY FEEL THE IMPACT OVERTIME. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SEE WITH NEW ECONOMICS FOR WOMEN. SO CONGRATULATIONS, MS. CERVANTES MAY YOUR ENTIRE TEAM HAVE MORE, CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ENERGY AND PASSION AND LOVE FOR DOING THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MS. CERVANTES, FIRST, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD. MS. CERVANTES THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO NOT JUST ONE DISTRICT WITH YOU TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF L.A. WE BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION, IN THE NORTH AND IN THE SOUTH OF OUR DISTRICT, WITH HOUSING LOCATED IN THE WESTLAKE AND I'VE SEEN THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL GIVE FAMILIES, GIVE TO WOMEN AND EVEN TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM THRIVE. SO I AM I ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: AND I'LL CLOSE IT OUT, MAGGIE, I HAVE GOTTEN TO SEE YOU OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES DO AMAZING, AMAZING THINGS AND I'M INSPIRED AND IN AWE AND GRATEFUL AND YOU KNOW, HEARING EVERYBODY ELSE, I SEE THE IMPACT ACROSS THE CITY. I KNOW IT FROM THE VALLEY AND MY DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT LIVES THAT I'VE LIVED BOTH WITH BURRMANER AND AS AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER BUT YOU HAVE TRANSFORMED THE CANOGA PARK AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT. WE GO TO YOU FOR SOLUTIONS, NEW IS THAT PARTNER THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY MAKE THAT IMPACT. YOU'VE ALWAYS FIGURED OUTWEIGH TO FIGURE PUSH THE ENVELOPE AND FIGURE OUT NOT JUST PEOPLE HERE BUT HOW TO GIVE THE FOUNDATION TO THRIVE. THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT NEW, NOT JUST A SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION, YOU REALLY ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS LIVES AND--THINKING. SO GRATEFUL TO YOU AND ALL YOU'VE DONE AND APPRECIATIVE TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING YOU HERE TODAY SO WE CAN ALL HONOR YOU AND FETCH YOU THE WAY YOU DESERVE. SO CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES AND EVERY TIME, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HER. NO I HAD TO DRAG HER. I HAD TO DRAG HER HERE. BECAUSE AGAIN, SHE'S NEVER BEEN ONE TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND BE HONORED FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS, IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS. AGAIN WHAT STARTED IN CD1 HAS BLOSSOMED ACROSS THE CITY AND IT'S FELT IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. MAGGIE, IT'S INCREDIBLE WORK AND YOU DESERVE THIS MOMENT TO BE CELEBRATED TO BE HONORED FOR YOUR IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS AND FOR CONSIDERING ALL YOUR NEEDS AND BEING THE EXAMPLE TO THE LEADERS THAT CONTINUE IN THIS WORK. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO OUR FAMILIES, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION, LAST BUT NOT LEAST. MR. NAZARIAN, IF YOU CAN LEAD US IN HONORING DR. FRED PICKLE. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. TODAY WE RECOGNIZE A PUBLIC SERVANT THAT EMBODIES THE WORD WITH EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING. HE EMBODIED ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND UNSHAKABLE DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES IN HIS DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE. DR. PICKLE IS AND WAS LOS ANGELES'S FIRST ADVOCATE OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC--VOTED TO PLACE IT IN OUR CITY CHARTER. HE TOOK ON THE JOB, BUILDING IT FROM GROUND UP AND SHAPING ITS PROCESS, REPUTATION, AND REACH. DR. PICKLE REVIEWED BILLIONS IN LADWP PROPOSALS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH IN LAWDP PROPOSALS HELPING TO REDUCE MORE THAN FOUR BILLION DOLLARS IN REAP PAIR IMPACTS. RATE PAIR IMPACTS. TO COMPENSATION STUDIES TO THE COST OF IMPORTED WATER. ALWAYS DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE, HE ALWAYS RELIED ON THE DATA, AND EMPHASIS ON TRANSPARENCY AND SOME WELL TIME PUNS, ALWAYS INFUSING HIS HUMIDITY AND HUMANITY INTO HIS WORK. DR. PICKLE HAD ALREADY BUILT AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER LEADING GROUND BREAKING ENERGY WORK WITH UTILITIES AND GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE U.S., CANADA EGYPT HUNGARY AND OTHERS. HIS PUBLICATIONS HAVE HELPED DEFINE HOW WE THINK ABOUT ENERGY MARKETS TODAY. NOT THE MOST SEXIEST TOPICS FOLKS BUT CRITICAL TO OUR DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS AND THE IMPACTS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS FEEL WHEN THEY HAVE TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. HE LEAVES HIPPED A SHINY LEGACY AN OFFICE THAT STANDS STROG AND CITY THAT IS MORE INFORMED AND A UTILITY SYSTEM THAT BETTER SERVES HIS CUSTOMERS. THAT'S WHAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS ALL ABOUT AND I HUMBLY THANK DR. FRED PICKLE FOR ALL OF HIS WORK. I WOULD LIKE HIM NOW TO ASK HIM TO COME UP HERE AND A A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: IT'S TOUGH TO FOLLOW DRAGONS BUT TO TODAY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY FOR OVER 13 YEARS. THE ROLL HAS BEEN TO EVALUATE THINGS THAT IMPACT WATER AND POWER RATES AND ADVISE AND INFORM ALL QUARTERS. ESPECIALLY PROVIDING UNBIASED INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL. THE COUNCILMEMBERS, SAVED THE SAVINGS OF OVER FOUR BILLION DOLLARS ON IMPACTS, THAT WAS LARGELY IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF MY 13 YEARS OF SERVICE, IT BECAME CLEARER TO ME THAT THE CHALLENGES OF RAISING RATES REGULARLY, IS ON GOING CHALLENGE FOR ALL UTILITY SERVICES AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS ALL OVER, WE NEED TO HAVE RATE REVIEWS AND THE SYSTEM, THE WATER SYSTEM HAS PARTS THAT ARE OVER 165 YEARS OLD. SO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE, REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT AS WELL AS ON GOING CHALLENGES AND THE BUSINESSES ARE CHANGING USUALLY AS WELL. THE WORLD VIEW WITHIN UTILITIES 13 YEARS AGO, WAS FAR DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TODAY. WE WERE NOT DONE GETTING RID OF COLD FIRE GENERATION, 13 YEARSING. BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY MAY HAVE TRULY BE OUT OF COAL FIRE ELECTRICITY GENERATION. SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I STILL REMAIN AVAILABLE AND LOCAL IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> >> A. Nazarian: DR. PICKEL, THANK YOU FOR SERVICE AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE STILL WILLING TO TAKE CALLS FROM US AND ADVISE US, SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND THIS COUNCIL BODY HERE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS ON BEHALF OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF. A CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY, A RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO HONOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: DR. PICKEL, YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT PUBLIC SERVANT, WHEN YOU OPEN THE DICTIONARY AND LOOK UP PUBLIC SERVANT, YOUR NAME POPS UP. I REMEMBER WHEN WE CREATED THE POSITION AND YOU WERE OUR FIRST, YOU NEVER FORGET THE FIRST AND YOU MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THE RATE PAYERS BUT ALSO GIVING US A LOOK AT HOW THE RATE STRUCTURE WORKS. IT'S CONFUSING TO LOOK AT THE MESS OF DWP AND TRY TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT BUT YOU WERE THERE DURING BUDGET HEARINGS TO BE THAT SILVER VOICE TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS AND HELP US UBDS THE IMPACTS OF VARIOUS DECISIONS. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AMER ADVERTISE KREKORIAN SAID TO ME IN A CONFIRMATION HEARING, I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH WHAT HE SAYS BUT I WANT TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY AND THAT WAS A GREAT COMPLIMENT. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. >> Speaker: LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WAS ABLE TO HIRE THE BEST STAFF THAT I'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO HIRE. AND ONE OF THOSE STAFF FORMERS, FORMER STAFF MEMBERS HERE TODAY IS CANNEDON, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY. WHAT IS NOW BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: GREAT IF YOU CAN START US OFF. WE ALREADY READ THE INSTRUCTIONS? OKAY, IF YOU CAN READ THE INSTRUCTIONS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO? YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO TWO MINUTES TOTAL. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE GRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY OR CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND ITEM NUMBER 2. GENT ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2. THEY ARE BOTH LIEN ITEMS OUT OF THE LADBS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANYTHING ON THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I WOULD LIKE ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE THE INTERPRETER TO MAKE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. WE HAVE TWO GREAT INTERPRETERS ASSISTING US. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PAUSE EVERY TWO SENTENCES, TO GIVE THEM A TRANS TO TRANSLATE. DOING SO ALLOWS THE INTERPRETERS TO INTERPRET AND HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF YOUR COMMENTS. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND THE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS, WE HAVE STAFFERS WHO WILL READ OUT THE NAMES THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME, THEY WILL BE CALLED AT RANDOM BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, RICHARD SERRANO, BRANDON, ARIANNA JACKSON. >> City Attorney: OKAY, AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LINE UP IN THE ORDER YOUR NAME WAS CALLED, ONCE YOUR NAME IS CALLED, FEEL FREE TO LINE UP ON THE LEFT OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS FIRST. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: WELL WE'RE GOING TOWARDS LIENS AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MONEY TO CREATE REVENUE FOR THE CITY. IT ALSO AFFECTS THE PEOPLE THAT THOSE LIENS ARE GOING TO BE PLACED ON. SO BUILDING AND SAFETY GOING OUT CITING PEOPLE. UNHEARD OF. AND 2024, WE SETTLED $100 MILLION DOLLARS FOR LAPD PAY OUTS, LIABILITIES WERE SCHEDULED FOR 2025 TO BE AT 320 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PAY OUTS FOR LIABILITIES FOR LAPD? LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: EVERY ONE MS. HERNANDEZ, THE UNIONS ARE ALL ABOUT YOU. EVERY ONE IS KIND OF CHEERING ON THE IDEA THAT YOU'VE BEEN SO TECHNICAL IN THE WORDS YOU'RE ASKING, IF YOU WERE NOT INFORMED, YOU ARE NOW, YOU'RE ASKING THE BEST QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY TO GO IN A BETTER DIRECTION. THE IDEA WE GO BACK TO, WAS NOT BEING SENT, THE LIABILITIES OF LAPD, YET BLUMENFIELD SAYS THEY SHOVE 40 OFFICERS INTO CLASSES. YOU CAN'T GET 40, THEY CAN'T FILL IT. 33 ARE NOT EVEN GRADUATING. THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO JOBS THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO, THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THERE IS A JOB AVAILABLE, BENEFITS AND ONLY THING OUT THERE. THAT'S WHY YOU GOT LIABILITIES. IT'S NOT JUST A BODY, IT'S THE KIND OF PEOPLE YOU HIRE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THE CANCEROUS OFFICERS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIGGER LIABILITY NEXT YEAR. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? AND IF YOU CAN MOVE THE MICROPHONE IF YOU'D LIKE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I'M DOING A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS I'M ARI AND I'M IN CD13, YOU WOULD NOT STAND IN THE SUN WITHOUT SUN SCREEN AND IT'S COMMON SENSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE EXTREME HEAT YET WHILE WE'RE BREAKING HEAT RECORDS AND OUR MOST VUL NERABLE MEMBERS ARE SUFFERING, TASK WITH KEEPING ANGELINOS SAFE. EXTREME HEAT IS THE RISK FACING OUR CITY. IT'S NOT JUST BAD IT'S DANGEROUS. FIRST ACTION AND HEAT AND RESILIENCE PLAN. THAT WOULD BRING SPACE AND ACCESS TO COOLING SPACES. SEMO IS OUR LANDMARK OFFICE AND BRINGS IN FRONTLINE VOICES AND MAKES SURE EQUITY IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR CLIMATE RESPONSE. ELIMINATING WOULD NOT ONLY BE SHORT SIDED BUT DEADLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FEW MORE NAMES? >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO TO*? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS BRANDAN AND I OPERATE A CANNABIS STORE, THE CANNABIS BUSINESS IS COLLAPSING, LEGAL BUSINESSES ARE PAYING 42 PERCENT IN TAXES AND NOW BEING ASKED TO COVER DCRs WITH 137 PERCENT FEE INCREASE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. MEANWHILE UNLICENSED OPERATOR DRIVE WITHOUT PAYING ONE SINGLE CENT. THE COUNCIL MUST REJECT MY NEW STUDY AND ADAPT THE EQUITY AND RFORM AND STABILITY MOTION AND PAY US A MORATORIUM ON A NEW ROUND OF EQUITY RETAIL LICENSE UNTIL THERE IS REAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY. MS. HUTT, YOU ANDREW WEST HALL, ALL YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. YOU WON'T TAKE NO MEETING WITH US, YOU NEED TO TAKE THE TRUTH. THEY LIE TO YOU IN YOUR FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I'D LIKE TO CALL MORE NAME. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING MY BROTHER JUST SAID BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH BECAUSE I COME HERE, SPEAKING ABOUT RED TAPE AND BUREAUCRACY AND EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO THIS CANNABIS SITUATION THAT WE'RE ALL IN. I'M BORN AND RAISED IN LOS ANGELES, I AM YOUR SISTER, I AM YOUR DAUGHTER, I AM THE BEST FRIEND THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT. I WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS CANNABIS INDUSTRY, PROMISED REPARATIONS FOR WHAT I HAD BEEN THROUGH DURING THE WAR ON DRUGS. I HAD INVESTORS SHUT ME OUT AND SIGN ME UP WHEN I WAS SUPPOSE TO BE PROTECTED FOR RENT 25,000 A MONTH. I HAVE BEEN BROKEN INTO OVER SIX TIMES IN THREE YEARS. I HAVE 24-HOUR SECURITY AND FOR JASON TO SAY IT'S SIMPLE MATH, WE GIVE 40 PERCENT OF TAXES. IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE, WE HAVE OVERHEAD THAT IS CRAZE OTHER AS CANNABIS OWNERS. IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE, IT JUST ISN'T. WE NEED HELP, PLEASE, WE'RE BEGGING YOU GUYS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES, SHY AN, JARED, KELO, EDGAR TORRES, MANNY P. >> City Attorney: AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER TO COME UP. IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AFTER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN WRITING, AT L.A.COUNCILCOMMENT.COM. THE URL IS AT THE TOP OF EVERY AGENDA. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I COME TO YOU SUN BURN BECAUSE EXTREME HEAT IS THE DANGEROUS AND YET THIS OFFICE WILL IS PLANNING TO CUT CEMO, CREATED BY THIS COUNCIL TO DELIVER AN EMERGENCY LEVEL EQUITY FOIX RESPONSE. IT WON ONLY FORFEIT A STATE GRANT FOR RESILIENCE PLAN IT WOULD ALSO UNRAVEL THE WORK THAT KEEPS ANGELINOS SAFE. AFTER LOSING THE GRANT, AND CUTTING SEMO, WE WOULD ONLY BE SAVING $200,000, SEMO BRINGS REAL SOLUTIONS, PLANTING TREES AND HELPING AND ENSURING ACCESS TO COOLING CENTERS. SO THE QUESTION IS, WILL WE CREATE CLIMATE LIKE AN EMERGENCY? OR PUSH IT ASIDE UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. PLEASE PROTECT SEMO AND DON'T TAKE THE SUN SCREEN AWAY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JARED SPEAKING ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: CANNABIS LICENSE--THAT IS 600 COMPANIES THAT GENERATE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN SALES REVENUE AND COLLECT 120 MILLION DOLLARS IN LOCAL GROSS RECEIPT TAXES EVERY YEAR. SMOKE SHOPS, HEMP STORES, EBD ILLEGALLY SELL CANNABIS WITH A 1.27 PERCENT TAX. LEGAL CANNABIS COLLECT 10 PERCENT FROM ANGELINOS AND REMIT ANOTHER 1 AND A HALF FOR TOTAL 11 AND A HALF PERCENT TAX EVERY YEAR. THE QUESTION IS WHAT SERVICES ARE CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES GETTING FOR THE 750 MILLION DOLLARS THEY HAVE INVESTED IN LEGAL CANNABIS UNDER MEASURE M. IN 2016, WE PASSED THIS MEASURE, THERE WERE 600 DISPENSARIES NOW IN 2025, WE HAVE 3272 ILLEGAL DISPENSARIES IN LOS ANGELES. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? A MOTION NEEDS TO BE PUT TO LOWER GROSS RECEIPT TAXES NOW! >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M EDGAR TORRES AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF LEGAL CANNABIS SOCIAL EQUITY AND REGULAR LICENSEE HOLDERS IN THE GREATER COUNTY OF L.A. WE HAVE CLOSE TO 600 OPERATORS THAT ACT FORECLOSE TO 17 PERCENT OF MONEY COMING INTO THESE OFFICES. WE ALSO HAVE CLOSE TO 4,000 RETAILERS THAT DO NOT PAY TAXES. WHAT WE ASK THAT WITH THIS NEW SET OF MONIES COMING IN, WE LOOK INWARD AND WE FUNNEL THE SALES COMING OUT OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM BACK INTO IT. BECAUSE TOGETHER WITH THAT INFLUX, WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND FIX EVERYTHING. HAVE A SYSTEM THAT NOT ONLY IS HERE TO HELP US SUCCEED BUT ALSO POLICE. ALSO HELP US COLLECT THIS REVENUE. GUYS, WE'RE IN IT TOGETHER, WHAT CAN WE DO? WE NEED CHANGE, WE DEMAND IT. IF WE DO NOT GET IT NOW, THIS INDUSTRY IS GOING TO CRUMBLE, DO YOU WANT TO SIT IN INDIFFERENCE WHEN THIS CRUMBLES? >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WE HAVE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL NOR NAMES. KARI MARY F, CANDIDO, DANNY F. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING THE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 1 AND 2 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN WITH 1 AND 2 THOSE ARE THE LED LIEN ITEMS. >> Speaker: THESE ARE THE 12 NAMES THAT I SUBMITTED I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET PUBLIC COMMENT. LIENS,ITY RIGHT TO KEEP POSSESSION, OF REPORTS. I WANT TO TIE THAT IN WITH MR. PICKEL, I WAS HERE WHEN HE WAS CONFIRMED. HE WAS TRULY TRULY, I USED TO GO ALL TO ALL THE DW MEETINGS AND HE GAVE MANAGEMENT. >> City Attorney: CAN YOU PAUSE HIS TIME. MR. CANNEDIDO, I PAUSED YOUR TIME, HOLD ON, THEN, PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE LIENS THAT REPUBLIC ISSUED BY LADBS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT DR. PICKEL OR ANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS, YOU CAN DO SO IN PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MS. RODRIGUEZ, ARE YOU RUNNING FOR MAYOR OR WHAT? THAT WAS A BIG PRESENTATION. THAT IS A SUCCESSFUL NONPROFIT. SO IF YOU ARE NOT RUNNING FOR MAYOR, I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO START LOOKING AT IT YOUNG LADY, YOU'RE STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A CANDIDATE. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING TIRED OF PUTTING 12 NAMES JUST TO GET A MINUTE OF MY TIME, IT'S RIDICULOUS, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GROW UP AND STOP BEING CHILDISH, SOMEWHERE ALL OF YOU ARE GUILTY. YOU KNOW THIS IS TAKING PLACE AND YOU LET IT HAPPEN. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO BRING SOME INTEGRITY BACK TO THIS COUNCIL? WE LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF FOOLS. I WAS WATCHING SMOKING SCAN BECAUSE--I HAD TO GO THERE TO WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING, I DON'T AGREE WITH THEM BUT I HAD TO GO THERE. >> Clerk: SEAN GUPAT THAT, G. >> City Attorney: AS WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF ANYONE STANDS UP FOR THOSE. PUBLIC, PLEASE DON'T SIGN UP UNDER MULTIPLE TIMES, WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN UP ONCE, THE NAMES ARE SELECTED AT RANDOM. I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE COMING UP OUT OF THE LAST BATCH THAT WAS READ. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M CLOSING THIS OUT. I COME HERE TODAY SUN BURNED IN THE FACE BECAUSE IT'S UNBEARABLY HOT IN L.A. FUELLED BY THE CRISISEs. THIS PROPOSAL OF THE BUDGET CUTS THE ONLY POSITION THAT MONITORS POLLUTION FROM ACTIVE OIL WELLS, AND ANOTHER POSITION THAT IS ALSO HELPING PHASE OUT URBAN OIL DRILLING. THESE CUTS WOULD DELAY OR EVEN HAULT L.A.'S TO HAULT OIL DRILLING. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THESE TWO RULES ALREADY GENERATE 300 K IN PENALTIES AND WHILE I BELIEVE PIPELINE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS SHOULD BE PHASED OUT, ANY THAT SHOULD REMAIN OR NEED TO REMAIN SHOULD BE CHARGED MAXIMUM PENALTIES ON THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. THEY ESTIMATE THAT COULD BRING REVENUE OF 2 TO 10 MILLION REVENUE TO THE CITY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY. SO THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. WHAT IS BEFORE US NOW? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 1 FOR AMENDMENT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND POSTED ON THE BOARD. >> Council President: OKAY, LETS BRING THAT UP. SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE ITEM, GOING ONCE, TWICE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, NEXT ITEM? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 2 FOR AMENDING MOTION 2-A HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. >> Council President: OKAY, SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. JAOT DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: THE DESK IS CLEAR. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE A VERY TALENTED INDIVIDUAL, AFTER 18 YEARS, OF DEDICATED SERVICE DOUG MENSMAN WILL BE MOVING ON TO A NEW ROLE AT THE METRO. HE SERVED ON THE STAFF OF COUNCILMEMBER TOM LABONGE, DENNIS, PAUL KREKORIAN, MAYOR'S HE QUICK GARCETTI AND KAREN BASS AND RECENTLY WITH ME IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. HE IS A RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED AUTHORITY ON TRANSPORTATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY. AND DOUG WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE M WHICH HAS TRANSFORMED THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. AS YOU KNOW HE HAS PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE UNDER TRANSPORTATION PROJECT SINCE 2015 INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION OF BIKE SHARE PROGRAM IN THE VALLEY, ELECTRIFICATION OF THE ORANGE LINE AND EAST SAN FRANCISCO LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS, PROJECTS THAT I WOULD TAKE MY QUEUE WHEN I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE AND HOLD ALL ARTILLERY FOR HIM SO HE CAN GET THINGS DONE IN LOS ANGELES. SO I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY WORKING WITH DOUG REGARDLESS OF WHERE I FIND MYSELF, IT'S A LOSS TO THE CITY BUT IT'S A GAIN TO ALL OF US BECAUSE OF HIS NEW ROLE IN THE COUNTY AND HELPING US, HELPING LOS ANGELES ACHIEVE WHAT IT CAN ACHIEVE THROUGH THE WORK AT THE METRO. SO, DOUG WHILE YOU'RE DEEPLY GOING TO BE MISSED HERE IN THESE HALLS YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE COUNTED UPON FOR CONTINUING TO DELIVER THE WAY YOU ALREADY HAVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 18 YEARS OF HARD WORK AND FOR MAKING LOS ANGELES BETTER THAN WHEN YOU FOUND IT, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, YOU WILL BE MISSED. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, ARE THERE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS. THERE ARE SO IF I CAN ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE. AND WE WILL START WITH MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. TODAY I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF ELEANOR, A LONG TIME COMMUNITY MEMBER. SHE WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED HER 95th BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY ON MAY FIRST. HE WILL --ELEANOR WAS A GENTLE BUT FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR THE WILMINGTON COMMUNITY. HER LIFE WAS NOT EASY BUT SHE ALWAYS MOVED IN LIFE AND BROUGHT HER COMMUNITY. SHE WAS KNOWN AS THE CAKE LADY IN WILMINGTON WHERE SHE BAKED CAKES TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY. SHE WAS A FORMER COMMISSIONER WITH THE LOS ANGELES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, SHE WAS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE CIVIL BRAN XHAOUTION FOR INSTITUTIONAL INSPECT OR FOR L.A. COUNTY, SAT IN THE BOARD OF RIGHTS FOR LAPD, AND PROUD MEMBER OF THE LAPD HARBOR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM AND SHE SERVED ON THE HARBOR AREA PLANNING COMMISSION ALONGSIDE ONE OF MY BROTHERS FOR SOMETIME. SHE EVEN AS I RECALL WAS VERY ACTIVE IN REBUILD L.A. BACK IN THE 90s, AND JUST THERE WAS NEVER A CAUSE THAT WAS FOR THE UPLIFTING OF WILMINGTON THAT ELEANOR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN. SHE EXEMPLIFIED, INSPIRED OTHERS AS A WHOLE GENERATION OF ESPECIALLY WOMEN, ESPECIALLY LATINAS BUT MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WERE UPLIFTED BY HER AND GIVEN AN EXAMPLE BY ELEANOR. SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, SO MANY CLOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO WILL MISS HER. AND WE ALL SAY MAY SHE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NO OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, GO OUT AND SERVE THE CITY, BE CREATIVE, MAKE IT BETTER. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.