[APPLAUSE] CED CHARLOTTE'S LOVE *F HORSES BEGAN HERE IN THE VALLEY, GROWING UP IN SHERMAN OAKS AND GRANADA HILLS. SHE JOINED THE LOS ANGELES RANGERS AND CAVALIERS WHERE SHE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT HORSES AND QUICKLY BECAME A NAMORED BY HER. AND AFTER BUYING HER FIRST CAR, SHE WENT BACK THE NEXT DAY AND TOOK OUT A LOAN AND HER FIRST HORSE. WHAT HER FATHER THOUGHT WOULD LAST A MONTH, TURNED INTO A FASHION. SHE HAS OWNED FIVE HORSES, MOST . SHE AND HER HORSES TRAVELED FROM GRIFFITH PARK TO MAMMOTH TO BIG BEAR, THE DESERTS AND FAR BEYOND. SHE COMPETED IN THE TRIAL TRAIL, TRAIL TRIALS, WHERE SHE AND BEAST EX SELLED IN TACKLING REAL WORLD CHALLENGES ON THE TRAIL. IN 1981, CHARLOTTE JOINED THE ETI CORRAL 54 IN CHATSWORTH. MANY STAND BEHIND ME TODAY. AND OVER THE NEXT 44 YEARS, SHE SERVED IN NEARLY EVERY ROLE OF THAT ORGANIZATION FROM SCRETARY TO PRESIDENT AND FOR NEARLY 4 DECADES, THE TRAIL COORDINATOR. SHE BECAME A ADVOCATE FOR HORSE PROPERTY WORK WITHING OUR OFFICE CD12 AND COUNTER DEPARTMENTS COMMUNITY GROUPS AND FELLOW RIDERS TO PROTECT THE EQUESTRIAN WAY OF LIFE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. MORE RECENTLY SHE HELPED SECURE TRAIL ACCESS, A MAJOR VICTORY FOR RIDERS IN MY COMMUNITY. CHARLOTTE'S LEADERSHIP EXTENDED BEYOND OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. SHARED ETI'S NATIONAL TRAIL COMMUNITY AND GAINED NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND LITERALLY COWORK THE BOOK ON HOW TO ORGANIZE A TRAIL TRIAL. FOR ME PERSONALLY, CHARLOTTE HAS BEEN AN INVILLABLE PARTNER. EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE AN ANNUAL RIDE WITH THE COUNCILMAN WHERE I RIDE WITH CORRAL 54 AND SHE HAS BEEN EITHER IN THE SADDLE BESIDE ME OR BEHIND THE CAMERA CAPTURING THE PICTURES OF THE DAY AND ALWAYS BY THE END OF THE RIDE, HANDING ME A PUNCH LIST OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED ON OUR TRAILS. SO WHENEVER MY OFFICE TAKES ON AN EQUESTRIAN PROJECT, CHARLOTTE IS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I CALL AND HER INSIDE HAS ALWAYS MADE THE PROJECT STRONGER. CHARLOTTE YOUR DEDICATION, COMPASSION, AND LEADERSHIP HAVE LEFT A PERMANENT PARK IN THIS COMMUNITY. WHILE WE ARE SAD TO SEE YOU LEAVE, YOU'RE LEAVING THE VALLEY TO MOVE TO MICHIGAN WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE A WARM WELCOME FOR OUR GUEST OF HONOR TODAY, CHARLOTTE BRODY. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HE'S TOLD ME TO TELL HOW GREAT HE IS. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH SEVERAL COUNCILMEN AND IT'S BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE TO GET THEM TO SEE MY WAY OF THINKING. BUT I HAVE CONVINCED THEM FOR THE MOST PART AND I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED THIS JOB. ALTHOUGH WHEN I GET IN FRONT OF A MICROPHONE I'M SCARED TO DEATH. SO I USUALLY HAVE WORDS TO READ AND I DON'T HAVE ANY WORDS TO READ SO I'M JUST FAKING IT. YES SO. THERE WERE THINGS I THOUGHT OF IN THE NIGHT BUT THOSE HAVE DISAPPEARED WITH THE DAY. SO I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT I CAN TELL YOU BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T HAVE MY LITTLE NOTES. BUT I, I HAVE ENJOYED THIS, AND I'VE HAD A GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN, HIM AND BEFORE, AND I JUST HAVE I'M GRATEFUL FOR GETTING THINGS DONE THAT I NEEDED TO GET DONE. TWO THINGS, I DIDN'T GET DONE THOUGH. >> J. Lee: I'M SURE YOU'LL REMIND ME OF WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE. >> Speaker: I HAVE SEVERAL TIMES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. LEE, WE'VE GOT A MEMBER ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MR. LEE. AND THANK YOU CHARLOTTE AND ALL OF THE ENTHUSIASTS THAT HAVE JOINED TO YOU CELEBRATE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS HERE IN THE VALLEY. AS THE COCONSPIRATOR IN THE EQUESTRIAN, WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEE, I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MASTERING IS TRAILS MASTER PLAN AND A GREAT DEAL OF WORK OF INCORPORATING TRAILS AS FIRE BREAKS TO HELP MITIGATE OUR HILL SIDES. I'M GLAD TO BE PARTNERING WITH MR. LEE WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO US COMBINE AND HAVE THE SHARED OPEN SPACE FOR OUR EQUESTRIAN RIDERS TO BE SAFE, IN MY DISTRICT, SADLY, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS BECOME INJURED AND SADLY HORSED LOST AS A RESULT OF JUST CROSSING ON THE STREETS. BUT, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT WORK AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, ALL THE ETIs THAT ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ADVOCATING FOR THIS WORK. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING A STRONG VOICE WITH THAT. BUT WHAT IS UNIQUELY LOS ANGELES AND FRANKLY, AN IMPORTANT PART OF WESTERN HISTORY, OF CALIFORNIA, IS THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE HISTORY OF ALL THE EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES THAT HELPED DEVELOP NOT JUST CALIFORNIA BUT LOS ANGELES. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND ADVOCACY AND BEST WISHES FOR YOU ON YOUR NEXT PART OF THE JOURNEY. >> Speaker: I LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, OKAY. >> J. Lee: BUT SHE COMPLAINS TO ME. >> Speaker: YOU REMINDED ME OF THE TWO THINGS THAT I WAS MENTION, ALL-WAY STOP AT REMANDI AND DESOTO AND A BUTTON THAT LET'S PEOPLE COMING SOUTH THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY CROSSING TO CATCH THE TRAIL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RESEDA BOULEVARD. >> J. Lee: SEE EVEN AS SHE IS SAYING GOODBYE, SHE IS ADVOCATING FOR THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY. TRUST ME, I'LL MISS OUR RIDES AND WHEN YOU TALKED STERNLY ABOUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. O DEEP IN INSIDE, I ALWAYS NEW THAT YOU WERE ALWAYS FIGHTING TO THE EQUESTRIAN LIFE IMPORTANT TO ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND US AND TO CHATSWORTH. I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE WILL MISS YOU. AND HER DAUGHTER IS MOVING WITH HER TOO. >> Speaker: NOT WITH ME, IN THE SAME STATE. >> J. Lee: SO CHARLOTTE. >> Speaker: NOT JUST MY SHIRT. >> J. Lee: AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE ADVOCACY FOR THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU CHARLOTTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: WELL NOW IT'S ON RECORD THE TWO THINGS YOU NEED TO FIX. WOW. >> J. Lee: EVERYBODY, COME IN AND SQUEEZE IN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WE'LL CELEBRATE MORE THAN OF OUR WESTERN HERITAGE HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN OF THE 4th DISTRICT. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. WOW, THIS IS VERY LOUD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE THE AUTRY MUSEUM, COFOUNDED IN 1988 BY JACKIE AND GENE AUTRY, THE AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST IS LOCATED RIGHT IN GRIFFIN PARK. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I ENCOURAGE TO YOU GO THERE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE YOUNGER CHILDREN THERE. IT'S A DELIGHTFUL MUSEUM WITH A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, IT'S RIGHT OFF THE ZOO AND CAN HELP YOU COOL OFF AND LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS REGION AND OUR CONNECTIONS. ORIGINALLY NAMED THE GENE AUTRY MUSEUM OF WESTERN HERITAGE, THIS MUSEUM IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST TREASURES. RECORDING ARTIST AUTRY, EARNED THE TITLE OF SINGING COWBOY AND KNOWN FOR HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS, RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE REINDEER. HE HAS FIVE STARS IN THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. HIS WIFE JACKIE SERVES AS LIFE AND TRUSTEE OF AUTRY MUSEUM. AND THEIR LEGACY OF THE MUSEUM ITSELF IS I THINK IS ESSENTIAL ONE AND ONE THAT I HOPE MANY MORE CITY RESIDENTS WILL EN ENGAGE WITH. THEY'RE HOME TO AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTION PAINTINGS SCULPTURE, SADDLES, SOME WIZ KIDS CAN EVEN SIT ON. AND SO MUCH MORE THAT TELL THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST. THE AUTRY HOLDS HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF ART AND CULTURAL OBJECTS AND INCLUDING, AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHERE THE HISTORY OF THIS NATION IS BEING CHALLENGED, INCLUDING ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS OF NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS, BUT IT'S NOT JUST A MUSEUM, IT'S A PLACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL LOCATION IN GRIFFIN PARK. IT PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN CONNECTING VISITORS FROM NEAR AND FAR TO THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE. LIVE MUSIC NIGHTS THERE, FILM SCREENINGS, FAMILY FESTIVALS AND WORKSHOPS, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENING. THEY HOST BELOVED EVENTS, ARTS FESTIVAL, NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY AND COW DWIRL. THE AUTRY ALSO HAS A DEEP CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNICATION AND THEY WELCOME THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FOR PROGRAMS THAT BRING HISTORY AND CULTURE RIGHT INTO CLASSROOMS ACROSS LOS ANGELES. AT THE HELM OF THIS INCREDIBLE INSTITUTION IS A VERY SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL, STEVEN AARON WHO BECAME A CEO AT A TOUGH TIME FOR MUSEUMS, 2021. AFTER A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AT UCLA. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME INVITATION TO SAY A FEW WORDS OF THE WESTERN MUSEUM OF THE WEST, I'M TEMPTED TO SAY WHAT SHE SAID, BECAUSE SHE COVERED WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. I WANT TODAY TALK ABOUT A UPCOMING EVENTS AS WELL AS EXHIBITION, THAT'S BLACK COWBOYS AND AMERICAN STORY. DID YOU KNOW, THAT ONE QUARTER OF THE COWBOYS ON THE TRAIL IN THE DECADE OF THE CIVIL WAR WRE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN DESCENT? DISSENT? YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T IF YOU WATCHED WESTERN MOVIES THAT WASHED THEM OUT. BUT MORE THAN JUST AND THIS IS TRUE OF MOST OF THE EXHIBITIONS AT THE AUTRY MUSEUM, MORE THAN AN EXHIBITION BACK THEN IT'S AN EXHIBITION ABOUT NOW. IN PARTICULAR WITH CAM UPON COWBOYS AND URBAN SAT LZ THAT WERE INTEGRAL IN SHOWING WAY THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A MATTER FOR HISTORY BUT ALSO PART OF LOTS LOSS TODAY. AND MANY OF THE EXHIBITION IN FACT FOCUSES IN LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND IN DEED, THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE AUTRY'S AS OUR TITLE SAYS, WE'RE A MUSEUM OF THE WESTERN WEST, BUT IF IT WAS NOT WORDY AND CLUNK', I'VE HAD TO ADD, AND WE'VE SOME NAME CHANGES ALREADY, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD BE CALLED THE AUTRY MOU ASSUME BEENER MUSEUM AND LOS ANGELES. WE'RE A MUSEUM THAT SEES LOS ANGELES AS A WINDOW THAT WE CAN LOOK OUT. A MUSEUM THAT UNDERSTAND THE LOS ANGELES TO BE THE WESTEST, WEST, AND THAT'S INTEGRAL TO ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING THE BLACK COWBOYS AND AMERICAN STORY EXHIBITION WHICH IS IN VIEW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. IF I CAN HAVE YOU ALL COME ONE DAY THIS YEAR, ONE DAY, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO JOIN US ON ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY WHICH SEPTEMBER 27, FROM 10:00 TO 5:00 P.M. NOT ONLY ARE WE OPENING OURSELVES TO THE COMMUNITY AS WE TRY TO DO REGULARLY, BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HONOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR LOCAL HEROES WHO DID SUCH MAG MAG NIFICENT WORK. AND THE FIRST RESPONDRS, ALL FIRST RESPONDERS WHO COME TO THE MUSEUM THAT DAY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, OR YOU'LL GET A ONE-YEAR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP TO THE AUTRY MUSEUM COMPLIMENTARY TO US. AS I SAY, PLEASE JOIN US ON THE 27th, PLEASE COME SEE THE BLACK COWBOYS AND AMERICAN STORY EXHIBITION AND COME CELEBRATE WITH US, THE HISTORY, THE CULTURE, THE STORIES, THE ART OF THE PEOPLES OF LOS ANGELES AND THE PEOPLES. OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO BRING TOGETHER THE STORIES OF ALL PEOPLES. AND I REALLY THINK THAT'S SPECIAL TO THE AUTRY AND ON THE 27th WE'LL BE TRYING TO BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. SO PLEASE JOIN US AT THE AUTRY MUSEUM IN AND OF AND FOR LOS ANGELES AND ABOUT THE AMERICAN WEST. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. AARON, BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU THIS CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY L.A. CITY COUNCIL SIGNED BY ALL THE MEMBERS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS, I HAD NEVER RIDDEN A HORSE BEFORE I STARTED IN THIS ROLE, IN L.A. CITY COUNCIL. BUT I REPRESENT AREAS THAT ARE EQUESTRIAN CENTERS IN GRIFFIN PARK, AND HAVE A BIG HORSE RIDING COMMUNITY SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE MR. LEE, YOUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. AND THE EQUESTRIAN TRADITION COCKS YOUR PART OF THE CITY TO GRIFFIN PARK, TO COMPTON, TO SOUTH L.A. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE TIE THAT BRINGS US ALTOGETHER. AND I THINK ALL OF THAT FINDS, IT'S WEAVING TOGETHER IN THIS EXHIBIT. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE TO COME. I THINK TRULY IT'S A MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ALL EXCITED AND IF YOU GO, IT'S FREE BECAUSE I'LL PAY FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN OF THE SECOND DISTRICT. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING AND FROM THE WESTERN CULTURE OF COWBOYS AND EQUESTRIAN, RIDERS TO THE EASTERN CULTURE GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO RECOGNIZE WHATI OF LOS ANGELES AND EDUCATORS WHO ARE PART OF THE TEMPLE 2025 SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHER PROGRAM. WATI ALSO KNOWN AS TEREVABS BUDDHIST CENTER IS THE LARGEST BUDDHIST CENTER IN LOS ANGELES AND HAS BEEN ACORNER STONE FOR THAI COMMUNITY FOR OVER FIVE DECADES. SINCE 1971, IT'S HOSTED NUMBER OF CELEBRATIONS YOU CAN COME ANY SUNDAY MORNING TO COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 BUT ALSO AS VIBRANT CULTURE HOSTING MAJOR CELEBRATIONS SUCH AS SONCAN VS VISAJA AND THE BIRTHDAY OF THAILAND, I KNOW MY PRONOUNCATION, YOU'LL CORRECT ME LATER. ALSO OFFERS LANGUAGE CLASSES, MUSIC AND DANCE LESSONS AND EVEN CULINARY PROGRAMS HELPING PRESERVE AND SHARE THAI TRADITIONS WITH ANGELINOS OF ALL BACK GROUNDS. ONE OF THE TEMPLE MOST IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS IS SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHER PROGRAM, BRING LECTURE FRZ SHULAN UNIVERSITY IN BANGKOK TO LOS ANGELES. EACH SUMMERS THESE TEACHERS DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO CELEBRATE THAI YOUTH IN CULTURAL TRADITIONS THROUGH WHICH STUDENTS GET TO NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN THEIR SKILLS BUT ALSO DEEPEN THEIR PRIDE OF THEIR HERITAGE. TODAY WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE 8 REMARKERS TEACHERS WHO HAVE TRAVELED HERE TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND KNOWLEDGE AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FIVE OTHER DEDICATED TEACHERS WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BUT HERE THROUGH SUMMER AND SUPPORTED ALL THE EFFORTS. ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WANT TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STRENGTHENS THE BONDS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND THAILAND AND ENSURES THAT OUR FUTURE GENERATION LEFT SIDE CARRY FORWARD THE LANGUAGE, TRADITION SXZ VALUES THAT MAKE THE THAI AMERICAN COMMUNITY SO VIBRANT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION AND SAFE TRAVELS BACK HOME TO THAILAND AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK SOON. I WOULD LIKE TO TURNOVER NOW AND WELCOME THE TEMPLE COORDINATOR SUMANA TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE WATAI TEMPLE OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ON BEHALF OF THE WATAIH OF LOS ANGELES AND MYSELF, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANKS AND APPRECIATE TO ALLOW US TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS WONDERFUL ASSEMBLY HERE. OUR WATAIH ESTABLISH 50 YEARS NOW, MORE THAN 50 YEARS AT THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD THAT WE OBSERVE THAI COMMUNITY AND ALSO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE LOS ANGELES. AND ALSO, THE WATAIH THE FIRST BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN AMERICA. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT PERFORMANCE IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AND VERY, VERY WONDERFUL SERVICE THEY HAVE DONE FOR MANY YEARS. SO IN THIS, IN THIS PURPOSE, WE ALSO HAVE A MANY ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO AT THE TEMPLE, NOT JUST ONLY THE RELIGIOUS BUT ALSO FOR OTHER THINGS, JUST FOR CULTURE AND FOR ALSO OTHER ACTIVITIES. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE PROGRAM THAT WE PROVIDE AND GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THAI-AMERICAN. WE LIKE THEM TO LEARN THAI COLLEGE AND ALSO THAI CULTURE, BOTH IN THAI MUSIC AND DANCE AND ALSO THAI ARTS. SO WE LIKE TO, HAVE EMPHASIZE OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEIR HERITAGE. IN THE SAME TIME, WE LIKE TO PRESERVE ITSELF. SO TODAY, WE ARE HERE, BEING OUR TEACHERS FROM THAILAND, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PROGRAM AND WE HAVE A SEVEN SUMMER PROGRAM TEACHERS FROM THAILAND. AND ANOTHER ANOTHER GROUP SERVE ONE YEAR, WE'RE CALLING THEM ONE-YEAR TEACHER, THEY LIVE WITH US FOR ONE YEAR. SO WE ALSO BRING THEM TO HERE AS A WITNESS TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE LIKE TO THANKS ALL OF YOU AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO PRESENT A FEW WORDS IN THIS WONDERFUL ATMOSPHERE AND PROGRAM. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TEACHER, ACHAPO IS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED ALL THE 8, 7, VOLUNTEER TEACHERS. YES PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE SUMMER VOLUNTEER TEACHER PROGRAM. FOR THE FIRST CO-HOST AND FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY THAILAND. ALLOW TO INTRODUCE OUR VOLUNTEER TEACHERS, MS. BONSI. [APPLAUSE] [INTRODUCING VOLUNTEER TEACHERS] [APPLAUSE] [INTRODUCING VOLUNTEER TEACHERS] [APPLAUSE] TOGETHER WE HAVE BEEN ENTRUST WITH OF TEACHING THAI AND LANGUAGE AND CULTURE ABROAD. OUR LAST THREE MONTHS WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TEACH THAI-AMERICAN CHILDREN. THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN TRULY MEANINGFUL AND INVALUABLE, ALLOWING US NOT TO ONLY SHARE KNOWLEDGE BUT OURSELVES TO STRENGTHEN CASUAL BONDS ACROSS GENERATION AND ACROSS THE WORLD. ON BEHALF OF VOLUNTEER TEACHER, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO EVERY ONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED US AND AND WELCOME US WITH SUCH A KINDNESS. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE AND WE WE WILL CARRY THIS EXPERIENCE WITH US FOREVER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. OKAY. WE >> Council President: WHILE WE'RE PREPARING, WE HAVE A PERSON ON THE QUEUE, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS GREAT PRESENTATION HERE TODAY. THIS, THE THAI TEMPLE IS REALLY ONE OF THE GREATEST ASSETS IN SUN VALLEY. I HEARD YOU ALL TALK ABOUT, IT'S A BLAIS FOR NOT JUST THE SPIRITUAL BUT ALSO THE RECONNECTED WITH THE CULTURE AND YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THE THAI TEMPLE AND IT'S ALWAYS SURPRISED ME BECAUSE FOR ME, IT'S A PLACE WHERE I GREW UP IN WITH MY FRIENDS AND THAI FRIENDS AS WELL AS MY FILIPINO FRIENDS. A MONTH DOES NOT GO BY IN MY EVERY DAY LIFE WHERE SOMEBODY RELATED TO THE TEMPLE DOES NOT COME UP. I HAVE FAMILY THAT SOME DAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO, EAT AT TEMPLE, WE WANT TO COME? VERY MUCH PART OF CONNECTING WITH THE CULTURE AND ALSO WITH MY FRIENDS, GROWING UP, IT WAS ALWAYS A PLACE FOR THEM TO INVITE US, THAT ARE NON YOU KNOW, THAI FRIENDS TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURE. SO IT'S A PLACE THAT TO ME HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND I KIND OF GIGGLE YOU'RE HERE TO TEACH THE CHILDREN HOW TO SPEAK THAI BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS THE JOKES EVEN AMONG MY FRIENDS ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO TEMPLE AND TRYING AND WHO SPEAKS THE BEST THAI. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. WE VERY MUCH LOVE YOU HERE, IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. MR. NAZARIAN, GREAT GROUP TO HONOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLOSE UP, I INVITE ANY ONE OF YOU AND ALL OF YOU TO COME AND JOIN ME ON A SUNDAY MORNING TOUR AS COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SAID. YOU CANNOT HELP BUT TO REALLY ENJOY THE COLORFUL AND/OR NATURE VISUAL THAT THE TEMPLE PROVIDES WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING OR EAST OR WEST OR NORTH OR SOUTH ON COLD WATER CANYON AND COME ACROSS UPON IT. IT'S LIKE A BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S LIKE A LITTLE HIDDEN GEM THAT APPEARS. I HOPE YOU JOIN US THERE. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE RECOGNITION. >> Council President: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH MR. NAZARIAN AND CONGRATULATIONS. WE'LL ALL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE CITY CLERK AND CITY ATTORNEY CAN PREPARE US. >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN SATISFIED FOR ALL ITEMS TODAY. SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE. AND IF YOU ARE SPEAK TO GO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION WE'LL WARN TO YOU GET BACK ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET ON SUBJECT. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, BOXER CANDIDO CHRISTINE KRISTI DARE, DAN MJ, AND DANICA MIDDLETON. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI, I'M CHRIS--OOH, IT'S LOUD. I'M CHRIS NA AND I'M A SHERMAN OAKS RESIDENT, WE LIVE IN EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AFTER DISASTER. IF YOU LOOK AT SIGNIFICANT DISASTERS AROUND THE WORLD, THE CITIES THAT RECOVER MOST QUICKLY, ECONOMICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY HAS CITIZENS WHO ARE PREPARED AND LEADERS WHO HAVE HELPED THEM. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU UNISSES HERNANDEZ, COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 FOR AUTHORIZING A MOTION, CF25006S41 WHICH ALLOWS 50,000 TO START TRAINING AND SUPPLIES IN HER DISTRICT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK NITHYA RAMAN COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 FOR WORK WITHING HER DISTRICT TO HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS. THESE REGULAR MEETINGS ARE ESSENTIAL BECAUSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN COME TOGETHER AND PRACTICE SERT SKILLS AND IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS LOS ANGELES. OOH, THANK YOU. [BUZZARD] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: DANIKA, NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. I'M ASKING COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA WHY SHE IS CONTINUING IGNORE THE REQUEST OF HER COUNCILMEMBERS SHE IS AWARE THAT LAKE BALBOA AND ENCINO, 240 APARTMENT UNITS AND LANE HOUSING 1700 VICTORY BOULEVARD 194 RA FORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, BOTH AFFECTING THE INTERSECTION OF VICTORY AND BALBOA BOULEVARD. THEY FAILED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ARE SEVEN SCHOOLS, NOT ONE BUT SEVEN WITH A COLLECTED STUDENT BODY OF 6,000. THIS WOULD AFFECT THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA HAD MADE AN AGREEMENT THAT HIS STUDENTS COULD GET A HANDFUL OF THOSE UNITS. THIS IS SHADY, THEY WOULD NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT THE CITY. THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY KILLED WITH SOME AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. >> Clerk: DONNA, AGAINED LIN, JENNIFER CLARK, JESSE G, AND JIM STEIN. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M CHRISTINE I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO BURLINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, I HAVE HANDOUTS FOR ALL COUNCILMEMBER FOR PUBLIC RECORD. FIRST OFF, I'M AGAINST THE HOUSING PROJECT THAT OBVIOUSLY ON VICTORY BOULEVARD. I UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THE CITY STAFF IS OVERWHELMED WITH ALL THE STREAMLINING APPROVALS, ALL THE HOUSING. BUT OUR COUNCILWOMAN IMELDA WHO IS NOT SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW, APPEARS TO BE HAVING HER DUEL ROLES WHICH ALLOWS THESE PROJECTS TO SLIP THROUGH WITHOUT PROPER CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND YOU ALL DEPEND ON EACH OTHER TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY'S BACK AND REALIZE THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND FOR THIS PROJECT, IT'S JUST THE WRONG LOCATION. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM BIRMINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO PLAN ON USING THE SAME CROSSWALK THAT THE KIDS USE. AND AS THE HANDOUT I GAVE YOU, YOU'LL SEE THE PICTURE OF ALL THE KIDS. I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE WRONG LOCATION. I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU, MAKE BALBOA THE GREEN GEM IT IS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL, PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: ONCE AGAIN, LET'S BEAT UP PADILLA DAY. THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BALBOA ISSUE, I WISH THEY WOULD READ THE COURT ORDER BY JUDGE CARTER. ARE YOU TELLING THAT PADILLA NEEDS TO BREACH AND CAUSE CONTEMPT FOR THE CITY FOR BREACHING THAT COURT ORDER? IT APPEARS THAT THESE YOUNG LADIES HAVE NOT READ IT. IF THEY WOULD LIKE A COPY, I WOULD BE GLAD TO SEND IT TO THEM FREE OF CHARGE. BUT LET'S NOT MAKE IT BEAT UP PADILLA. I DID A PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST WHICH I RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION, BASED ON INFORMATION BELIEF ABOUT RAMAN. RAMAN, YOU CALLED PADILLA A PLACE HOLDER? AFTER YOU SET HER UP ON THAT INTERVIEW? SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY ON YOUR STAFF SAID THE WORD THAT SHE IS CONSIDERED JUST A PLACE HOLDER. JAO*I, XWAOD EVENING I'M JENNIFER CLARK SPEAKING AN AS INDIVIDUAL. 70 PERCENT OF ANGELINOS ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THE NEXT EMERGENCY. AS WE PREPARED TO PREPAREDNESS MONTH, I WANT TO DO MORE TO CERT. FUND IS ALWAYS A CONCERN FOR THIS PROGRAM. I REQUEST THAT EACH OF YOU DESIGNATE SOME OF THE DISCRETIONARY FUND TO GO PROMOTE CERT IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON 4 BUT IT WILL BE PART OF MY PERSONAL STATEMENT, CAO REPORT WHICH INCLUDES P.M.S. MANY INDICATORS ARE TIED TO DATA HA THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE NOT AVAILABLE. I REQUEST THAT EACH OF YOU SPEND TIME REVIEWING THE DATA BEFORE EXTENDING THIS DECLARATION FOR YET ANOTHER QUARTER THIS NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, JOEY, JOHNNY G, KATHY STRAINER. >> Speaker: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA HAS FAILED LAKE BALBOA, DOZEN OF MEETINGS IGNORED AND STILL SHE VOTED ON A PROJECT WE OPPOSED, PUSHING FOR EXTRA FUNDS FOR HERSELF. THIS IS NOT LEADERSHIP, IT'S BETRAYAL. SHE COULD HAVE LISTENED BUT VOTED POLITICS AND PERSONAL GAIN OVER HER CONSTITUENTS. WHO BENEFITS, NOT US, THE LAND OWNER, THE DEVELOPER, APPARENTLY HERSELF. SHE HOLDS PRIVATE MEET WGZ OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE IGNORING THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HER. OUR COMMUNITY PLAN CALLS FOR INPHA STR STRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENT. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, THE RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING. STOP BETRAYING US. START REPRESENTING US OR STEP ASIDE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GWYNN LIN. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA YOU HAVE LOST YOUR WAY. YOU HAVE BETRAYED THE PEOPLE OF LAKE BALBOA, YOU HAVE LIED TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND IGNORE PETITIONS AND ALLOWED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO CONTROL YOUR DECISIONS. YOU CLAIMED TO LEAD BUT YOU'VE DONE IS TO SERVE YOURSELF WHILE HARMING OUR COMMUNITY. YOUR INACTION AND SELF-INTEREST ARE DISGRACEFUL. YOU DID NOT DESERVE THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE AND YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO HOLD OFFICE. HONESTY, INTEGRITY, INTEGRITY ALL THINGS YOU HAVE FAILED TO SHOW. WE WILL NO LONGER BE SILENCED FOR THE GOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY. WE ASK YOU TO STEP ASIDE IMMEDIATELY. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: IF YOU HAVE A MEETING, THEY WILL COME. PEOPLE OF SAN FERNANDO SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK WITHOUT HAVING TO GO DOWNTOWN. METRO PROJ IKTS ARE APPROVED WITH LITTLE PROJECTS. AND MAKE ITING HARD FOR PEOPLE DISABLED. PADILLA HOW IS THAT HOUSING PROJECT WHERE NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE HOUSING, BUT THEY HAVE TAKEN PEOPLE FOOD AND READY AND VICE CARE. SHE HAS NOT GONE OVER THERE TO TRY TO REALLY FIND OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT, THEY HAVE A VERY LITTLE SHOW WHAT THEY HAVE, AFTER THEY DECIDED EVERYTHING THEY WANT, THEN THEY--(INAUDIBLE). >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAMES, KEVIN G DAVIS, LAY, LAKE BALBOA AND SELINDA AND MANNY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M KAREN CHATS, I'VE LIVED IN LAKE BALBOA FOR 33 YEARS, BEEN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND ON THE LAND USE COMMITTEE. I'M HERE TO STAY WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID TO SAY CLEARLY THAT COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA HAS NOT BEEN SERVING HER COMMUNITY AT ALL. THINGS GO THROUGH, WE HAVE NO TO TALK ABOUT IT TO HAVE ANY CONCESSIONS TO HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIKE AND WE ARE REALLY REALLY REALLY TIRED OF IT. AND I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THAT THE CONSTITUENT LOOKING AT THIS AND WE'RE NOT WILLING ANYMORE TO BE IGNORED. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, LINDA, PRESIDENT OF LAKE BALBOA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ELECTED TO REPRESENTING OUR 50,000 STAKEHOLDERS. OUR COMMUNITY VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED 194 UNITS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE BURLINGHAM SCHOOL COMPLEX SERVING 6,000 STUDENTS. INSTEAD OF SERVING THE STUDENTS, POUM PADILLA MOTION TODAY AUTHORIZE 45 MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP FUND THIS PROJECT. THE OVER SIZED RV PARKING ISSUES ARE NOW BEING DUMPED IN LAKE BALBOA, AGAIN ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. THERE ARE SALVAGE YARDS FOR THESE RVs. THE 240 PLANNED PROJECT ON THE FACILITY WILL ADD MASSIVE TRAFFIC. PLEASE, STOP THE COMMUNITY AND PLEASE START REPRESENTING US. [APPLAUSE] I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL COMMENT, MAY I DO THAT NOW? >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Council President: YOU'RE TIME IS UP. WE GOT TO GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. YOU'RE TIME IS UP, YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP THE FOLLOWING NAMES, MARK, MAYA, PIPER M, RICHARD SERRANO AND RAMOM. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: JOHNNY G. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, MAY MR. RICHARD SERRANO REST IN PEACE, AN ADVOCATE COMMUNITY WHO LOVED LOS ANGELES. HE WAS A KIND AND GENEROUS MAN AND READY TO SISTER HIS ANGELINO. HE WAS HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK. HE WAS HERE TO MAKE CHANGES. JOHN LEE, IT'S A DISAPPOINTMENT WHAT YOU ALLOWED IN PORTER RANCH. ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF? IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO UP RESEDA BOULEVARD, AND ONE DAY IT WILL BE WORSE THAN THE PREVIOUS IN LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: TO MR. RICHARD SERRANO, GOD BLESS YOU, YOU WERE HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. I WANT TO THANK FOR HONORING THE AUTRY MUSEUM, I HAD TWO OF MY COLOR COLORINGS DISPLAYED THERE. QUICKLY, THIS IS TWO STREETS UP IN PORTER RANCH, THIS ONE IS OFF MASON, GUESS WHO LIVES RIGHT ABOVE IT? WHO LIVES THERE, RIGHT? THIS IS THE STREET THAT I'VE LIVED FOR 40 YEARS AND WE DO EVERYTHING TO KEEP IT CLEAN BUT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE HELL. IT LOOKS LIKE ALVARADO DOWNTOWN, TRASH IS EVERYWHERE. YOU CANNOT WALK A HORSE OVER THERE BESINGER YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIT BY A CAR. MR. LEE, I'M CHALLENGING YOU TO FIX THAT! OH YEAH, YOU LAUGH, YOU LAUGH, YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE KOREAN COMMUNITY BEHIND YOU, YOU THINK YOU'RE IN. SEE THIS SUIT HERE, I BOUGHT IT, NOBODY GAVE IT TO ME! I DIDN'T HAVE TO BEND OVER FOR ANYBODY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAMES, SEAN MYRRH RE, STACY CIGAR BOWLINGER AND STEPHEN. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS KEVIN DAVIS PRESIDENT OF THE FOOTHILL TRAILS NEIGHBORHOOD BUT SPEAKING AS A PERSON. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE VALLEY YOUR PRESENCE IS APPRECIATED. 40 PERCENT OF THE ANGELINOS LIVE IN THE VALUE, YET OF THE HAVING A SINGLE MEETING OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL IS NOT ENOUGH. VALLEY DESERVES MORE THAN 7 PERCENT OF YOUR TIME. AND COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE OTHER MEETINGS TOO, SO THE COUNCIL HAS BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU SHOULD ALSO HOLD MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL HOURS, I HAD TO RESCHEDULE TO BE HERE TODAY BUT OTHERS CAN'T. YOU SHOULD ALLOW MEETINGS IN THE EVENING. SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER ADDING A SECOND MIC TO PUBLIC COMMENT, TO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, WHILE THE OTHER IS SETTING UP TO MAKE THE PROCESS FASTER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, SUN VALLEY MARIA, SUN VALLEY NANCY, SUN VALLEY, TONY M AND WENDY KEELE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC, WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS YOU GET THE CITY CIRCUS OF CORRUPT INCOMPETENCE. SLEAZY MARQUEECY HAS NO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WHAT A CLOWN. HIGHEST INCARCERATION, CD8, HIGHEST HOMELESS AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE UNITED STATES OVER 12 PERCENT. CD8 IS A NEARLY COMPLETE DESERT. DAWSON WHO APPOINTED BY PETTY PINK FACE PAUL KLUKLUX KREKORIAN. ONE BILLION DOLLARS EMERGENCY HOMELESS EPIDEMIC EMERGENCY, AND SLEAZY D AND 20,000. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAK YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: WHY ARE WE ELIMINATING ITEMS, EVERY FRIDAY NOW. OH, I USED TO LIKE THIS COUNCIL. GOD, YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR WAYS MR. PRESIDENT. I DIDN'T ELECT, I DIDN'T ELECT YOU LAST YEAR, I MEAN COME ON, YOU'RE ELIMINATING ITEMS, YOU'RE THROWING PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE THEY USE A BAD WORD. THAT'S NOT RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU NEED TO STRAIGHTEN UP AND I'M VERY ANGRY WITH ICE THE WAY THEY'RE DEPORTING PEOPLE. I'M IRISH, I WORRY EVERY DAY IF I'M GOING TO GET DEPORTED. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M STEPHEN SMITH I'M A 12-YEAR RESIDENT OF LAKE BAL BOA AND PUT A LOT OF SWEAT AND HE QUIT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND CHERISH IT. IMELDA PADILLA HAS NOT LOOKED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 194 UNITS THAT I OPPOSE AND THE COMMUNITY OPPOSES, WITH THE PROPOSED 100 RVs HOMELESS CAMPERS AND 248 UNITS. VICTORY IS A VERY BUSY THOROUGHFARE AND IT'S NOT SAFE PUTTING UP ALL OF THIS CONSTRUCTION. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MORE TRANSPARENCY AND GOING BACK TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND ASKING FOR 45 MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP FUND A PROJECT THAT YOU TOLD US IN OUR FACE, THAT YOU DO NOT SUPPORT AND DUE TO A D1 THAT IS BEING BUILT. WE NEED TRANSPARENCY AND SOMEBODY TO SUPPORT US. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAME. CAR MEN. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI MY NAME IS WENDY KEELE I'M A MEMBER OF THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL BUT I WANT TO SPEAK AS A RESIDENT OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD. I HAVE TWO ISSUES, ONE PROLIFERATION OF AIRBNB WHERE HOUSES ARE BEING BOUGHT BY DEVELOPERS, THEY ARE CUT FOR TWO HOUSES AND ADD AN A DU, THUS TURNING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS INTO HOTELS. THEY SHOULD NOT BE RUNING BUSIESSES, WE NEED LONG TERM BUSINESSES, NOT AS HOTELS FOR TOURISTS BUT RESIDENT. WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE AND IT'S NOT ENFORCED. THE SECOND ISSUE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS TREES, DON'T PLANT NEW TREES, YOU DON'T CARE THE ONES YOU'VE GOT. THEY ARE LIVING THINGS, THEY FALL ON SIDEWALKS, THEY FALL ON CARS, THEY RUIN FENCES. DON'T PLANT MORE WITHOUT TAKING CARE OF THE ONES YOU HAVE. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU >> Speaker: MY NAME IS NANCY AND I'M FROM SUN VALLEY. I DON'T KNOW IF MS. PAD YA, SHE SAYS SHE'S FROM SUN VALLEY, I'M FROM SUN VALLEY, TEN YEARS AGO SUN VALLEY BROUGHT OUTSIDE PEOPLE THAT RUINED THE ENTIRE PARK, THERE WAS DRUG USE AND HOMELESS INVADING AND UNAVAILABLE TO THE CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY. IT WAS HORRIBLE, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK TO CLEAN UP. THE TINY HOME PROJECTS IS WAY TOO CLOSE TO THE PARK, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. YOU'RE BRINGING THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT OUR CONSENT. WE DON'T WANT THIS, THIS IS A HOMELESS CRISIS AND WE CAN JUST DO IT, WE DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR COMMUNITY INPUT, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. WE ELECTED YOU TO REPRESENT US AND YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING WHAT WE WANT. THE BRAND FOR TINY HOMES IS DOWN THE ROAD AND SURROUNDED BY RVs, PROOF THAT IT'S NOT WORKING. THE RVs ON SUN VALLEY ARE GROWING. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Translator: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARIA HAJJ US. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'VE BEEN LIVING IN SUN VALLEY FOR 58 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M FIRMLY AGAINST THE TINY HOMES PROJECTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT IS PLANNING TO BE INSTALLED IN OUR CITY BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT IT'S A HUGE RISK FOR FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THEY PLAN TO CREATE 215 TINY HOUSES AND TO INCLUDING 415 HOMELESS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THIS PROJECT SHOULD NOT ANNUL THE ORDINANCES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: OF HOW IT SHOULD BE USED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE AN EMERGENCY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE COMMUNITIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND NEIGHBORHOODS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THEY REQUIRE STRICT STANDARDS NOT EXCEPTIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] > Translator: RUSHING THESE ACTIONS BY THE COUNCIL THEY IGNORE LEGITIMATE WORRIES REGARDING SECURITY. AND SAFETY. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAME. MARK DUDIN. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCL I'M HERE TO EXPRESS DEEP CONCERNS REGARDING THE TINY HOME PROJECT IMPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. I AGREE WITH THE REST OF THE PEOPLE, THIS PROJECT WAS POORLY PLANNED FROM THE GET-GO AND IT'S A DECISION THAT AFFECTS A COMMUNITY NOW DISPROPORTIONATE LEA FEBRUARIEDING BY HOMELESS. CONVERTING THIS SITE WITHOUT CAREFUL ANALYSIS OR MEANINGFUL INPUT PLACES BURDEN ON INJUSTICE COMMUNITY. LOCATING THE FIRST TINY HOME UNIT WITHIN 100 YARDS, RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS FOR BUSINESS SXZ SCHOOLS. OUR EXPERIENCE WITH SIMILAR PROJECTS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS SHOW INCREASE IN VIOLENCE, CRIME AND VANDALISM WHICH FURTHER UNDERMINES THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S INEQUITABLE TO CONCENTRATE SUCH FACILITIES SO CLOSE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: CARMEN AS A HUMAN RIGHTS AND DISTRICT 6, IN PANORAMA. I HEAR THE NEWS ABOUT RICHARD SERRANO, HE WAS ACTIVE AND WILL BE MISSED. I NEVER CRITICIZE ANYBODY BUT I WANT TO DEEPLY CONCERN ABOUT HOW PADILLA IS TREATING PEOPLE. LEADERSHIP MEANS RESPECTING PEOPLE AND HONORING PROMISES YOU MADE WHILE RUNNING THE OFFICE. UNFORTUNATELY, I EYEWITNESS THE OFFICE. AT YOUR PUBLIC EVENT YOU IGNORE RESIDENT COMMENT SXZ EVEN MY COMMENT WHEN I SENT TO YOU AND EVEN SOMETIME CALL THE POLICE ASKING PEOPLE REMOVED, THAT'S NOT THE DEMOCRACY THAT WE LEARN. WE ARE IN AMERICA. YOU SI THAT I'M AGAINST YOU, I'M A MEDICINE FIELD, I NEVER PART OF POLITICIAN BUT WE'RE IN A CRISIS THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO ASK SIMPLE THINGS, NOT WHAT YOU WANT, DEMOCRACY WHAT PEOPLE NEED. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT, COUNCIL PERSON LEE WAS PAYING ATTENTION AND LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. MAYBE SOME OF YOU MAY WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. WORDS ARE CHEAP YOU'RE ALL GOOD SPEAKERS BUT ACTIONS AND VOTES SPEAK LOUDER. IT IS YOUR ACTIONS THAT AFFECT YOUR FUTURE, PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK FOR AND THOSE THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT. WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO FUND YOUR POLICIES. LOS ANGELES INFRASTRUCTURE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THEM. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, SUN VALLEY CANNOT LOSE THEIR SPOT FOR ANOTHER HOMELESS SHELTER. HELP FORCING US TO FUND FOR THE SAKE OF THE HOMELESS AND THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU! >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ALL NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, WE'VE CALLED ALL NAMES. THANK YOU EVERY ONE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK TO US. I WANT TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: COLLEAGUES, ONE OF THE I GUESS I'M VERY LUCKY, RIGHT TODAY THAT YOU'RE ALL AT COUNCIL DISTRICT 6. YOU GOT A GLIMPSE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT 6, IT'S NOT TRADITIONAL FOR US TO SPEAK RIGHT AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING WEEK. THIS WEEK I WENT ON A PODCAST WHERE I DEFENDED THIS COUNCIL WHERE I TALKED ABOUT, WE DON'T LIKE SB79 BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. ON THE THINGS THAT WE BRING TO OUR BACK YARD, WE APPRECIATE LOCAL CONTROL AND WORK ON NEGOTIATIONS AND WE COME ON THE COMPROMISE. DURING THIS EMERGENCY OF THE HOMELESS CRISIS. SO IT'S OUR JOB, IT'S OUR JOB TO BE THE COMPROMISERS BETWEEN THE NIMBEs, THAT WAS THE PURPOSE ON THAT VIDEO THAT IS NOW GOING VIRAL. TO EVERY ONE THAT CAME TODAY, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE WORKING UNDER AN EMERGENCY. AND THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT AS A COUNCILMEMBER I HAVE CONTROL OVER DURING THE EMERGENCY AND SOME THAT I DO NOT. FOR THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SPACES WHERE I TALKED ABOUT PROPOSAL IN LAKE BALBOA AND THOSE WHO PRODUCTIVELY ENGAGED WITH US IN THE CONVERSATION OF TINY HOMES IN SUN VALLEY, THIS IS THE TINY HOME IS INTERIM, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE THE METROLINK STATION. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO ED1 IN LAKE BALBOA, IT'S A PRIVATE ORDER, IT'S COMING WITH THE EMERGENCY ORDER, IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE NOW TRYING TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGING TO ALSO ENGAGE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT IT. AND RELATED TO THE METRO LOT, THAT'S DIFFERENT. THE METRO LOT IS PUBLIC LAND, WE HAVE STARTED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FOCUS GROUP. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INVITE FROMED LAKE BALBOA AND SOME REJECTED THE INVITATION. BUT FOR THOSE WHO DID ATTEND, WE'RE BEGINNING A PROCESS TO BRING SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY OF LAKE BALBOA IS CONTENT WITH. AND ALSO, BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP, I WANT TO CLARIFY THE RUMOR, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE AN RV LOT COMING TO THAT CORNER WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THE RVs. IF YOU WANT THE TRUE DETAILS, MY TEAM IS HERE TO GIVE THE TRUTH BEHIND IT. BUT AGAIN, I WANTED TO JUST TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH IT. WE'RE GETTING SO MUCH PLEASURE TO BUILD HOUSING BUT WE DON'T WANT THE PLEASURE TO COME WITH SACRAMENTO AND THIS IS ME JUST TELLING THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME TO TALK TODAY, THE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT OVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. I WORKED WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO BRING THE MEETINGS BACK HERE SO YOU HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING, BUT LET'S CONTINUE TO TALK AND BE PRODUCTIVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU ALL. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU DO NOT GET TO YOUR RESPOND, YOU DISRUPT THE MEETING, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED IF YOU DO NOT STOP DISRUPTING THE MEETING. THAT IS YOUR FIRST AND LAST WANGER SIR. MR. CLERK, WHERE ARE WE? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 4, CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: COLLEAGUES, THE REPORTS THAT WE WERE RECEIVING FROM C A Os WAS CLEAR THAT THE DATA BEING PROVIDED WAS NOT REFLECTED THE BENEFITS OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF BLANK SPACES IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS BEING PROVIDED OR RESOLVED AS A RESULT OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER FROM THE EARLY DAYS AND INCEPTION OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER ADOPTION. AND WHILE WE REMAIN IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHICH I HAVE CONTINUED TO VOTE AGAINST, WE STILL LACK THE CLARITY ON THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT THE EMERGENCY HAS ACCOMPLISHED. THIS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CARE OPERATIONS AS WELL AS VEHICLE OPERATIONS BOTH BY OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY. SO I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT. THIS COUNCIL HAD LONG BEEN ENGAGED IN HELPING TO RESOLVE ENCAMPMENTS DOING RV OPERATION NZ CONJUNCTION WITH THE C A O'S OFFICE AND DOING CARE AND CARE PLUS OPERATION WTZ BUREAU OF SANITATION. THOSE OP RAISESING OCCUR INDEPENDENT AND PREEXISTED THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS, THE INFERENCE OF THIS REPORT TO INTEND TO SUGGEST THAT BOTH CARE AND CARE PLUS OPERATIONS AS WELL AS THE C A O OPERATION RIGHT SIDE IN SOME PART A FUNCTION OF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, BECAUSE, THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. AND YET, THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT IT IN FACT IS. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT IS HERE IN ATTENDANCE, TO UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT THIS IS EFFORTS THAT WERE ADOPTED AND PURSUED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THIS COUNCIL, LEAD BY THIS COUNCIL, LONG PRECEDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE FACTS MATTER AND NOBODY GETS TO CONFLATE, SO PRENLTING THEM AS OUTCOMES, REPRESENTS A FALSEHOOD THAT WE SHOULDN'T PRETEND IS FACT AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT I'M RAISING THESE ISSUES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE HAVE TO CLEARLY DELINEATE WHAT IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED OR DELIVERED AS A RESULT OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER AND IT SHOULD NOT CON FLATE. I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, I CONTINUE TO SEE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPORTS COMING BACK WITH HEAs, THIS IS ONE THAT WE, WE'RE CONCERNED WITH HOW IT WAS INFERED AND SUGGESTED AS IF THIS IS A FUNCTION OF ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION WHICH IT IS NOT. SO WHILE HOMELESSNESS AS I UNDERSTAND AND COMMITTED TO BEING ALONGSIDE WITH YOU AND ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE FOR US TO OPERATE UNDER EMERGENCY ORDER. AND SURRENDERING OUR OVERSIGHT. AGAIN, I WILL REMAIN A NO-VOTE ON THESE REPORTS AS WELL AS OUR EMERGENCY DECLARATION, AND I'M EAGER FOR US TO ENGAGE IN A ROBUST CONVERSATION AROUND HOW WE CAN PROCEED IN BOTH ACHIEVING THE OVERSIGHT, THE FISCAL PRUDENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN FACILITATE GREATER RESULTS ON OUR STREETS IN A MANNER THAT WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH. SO I WILL BE REGISTERING ANOTHER NO-VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 5 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I WANT TODAY --WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE ECRC. WHEN THIS CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE THE C A O PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE TO SET UP THE ECRC FROM THAT DISCUSSION WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE C A O'S ROLE ARE OFFERING, IN ORDER TO LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES THEY ARE OFFERING TO SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS. NOW, I WILL JUST SAY, IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE ACTUALLY, CONDUCTED A COUPLE OF OPERATIONS AND COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY AND THE ECRC AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST, IT'S BEEN AFFECTIVE, IT'S WORKED. BUT WHAT ALLOWS THIS PROCESS TO REALLY FUNCTION WELL, IS NOT FOR US TO DUPLICATE OUR EFFORTS BUT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN COORDINATE THESE EFFORTS TO BE MORE AFFECTIVE WITHOUT ANYBODY CROSSING OVER IN THEIR LANE. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON DEVELOPING FURTHER. THE AMENDMENT I INTRODUCED TODAY, IS MEANT TO ADDRESS THE GAP, CREATING A CLEAR FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY AS THEY ARE STANDING UP THESE OPERATIONS. IT REQUESTS THAT THE C A O, TELL US HOW THE CITY AND COUNTY CAN JOINTLY USE THEIR RESOURCE TO SEE SUPPORT DAILY HOMELESS OPERATIONS, WHETHER THAT'S OUT REACH, CLEAN UPS AND HOUSING TREATMENTS. AND I'M HOPING, HOW WE CAN BETTER SHARE THE, AND OUT REACH EFFORTS SO THAT SERVICE KZ DELIVERED MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. IF THE COUNTY IS OFFERING US, THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THEIR RESOURCES, I THINK WE GOT TO TAKE THEM UP ON IT. THIS AMENDMENT IS ABOUT BUILDING A TWO-WAY COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY AS THEY ARE STANDING UP THESE NEW EFFORTS IN THEIR OPERATIONS FOR ENCAMPMENTS RESOLUTIONS SO THAT TOGETHER THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WITHOUT ANOTHER INTRODUCTION OF ANOTHER MIDDLE MAN CAN BETTER SERVE OUR SHARED CONSTITUENTS AND ENSURE THAT SERVICES ARE NOT JUST DELIVERED BUT DELIVERED IN A AFFECTIVE WAY. WHEN WE STOOD UP FOR EXAMPLE, I USE THIS EXAMPLE WITH MY STAFF, WHEN WE STOOD UP, THE UTILITY CUT OFF FOR CANNABIS REGULATIONS. WE DIDN'T ASSIGN THAT RESPONSIBILITY JUST FOR LAPD IT WAS LAPD IN CONCERT WITH DWP IN CONCERT WITH BUILDING AND SAFETY AND DCR FOR EVERYBODY TO DO THEIR ROLES AND DO IT CORRECTLY. THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON HELPING TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS AS IT AFFECTS EACH OF US, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY WITH RESPECT TO THEIR TEAMS THAT CAN HELP PLACE PEOPLE APPROPRIATELY IN THE HOUSING SOLUTION THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS DEPENDING ON THEIR A A QUEUITIES, THIS IS ABOUT A COORDINATED APPROACH IN A MAN THAER HELPS US RESOLVE THESE ISSUES. AND I KNOW IT WORKS BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST, I DID IT WITH SHEILA KUEHL AT THE TIME, WORKING TOGETHER. AND THAT WAS AFFECTIVE. SO AS THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO STAND UP THESE RESOURCES, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFLECT ON HOW WE CAN AUGMENT THAT TRIP, NOT TRIPPING OVER EACH OTHER BUT COORDINATOR WITH EACH:00 SO I'M HOPING THIS REPORT CAN IDENTIFY THE PATH FORWARD THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS A FUNCTIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY GOING FORWARD. SO I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON MY AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 5 AS AMENDED. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTAL AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POST ASKED REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: HOW DID YOU DO? HOW DID YOU GUESS? THIS WEEKEND WE'LL BE CELEBRATING LABOR DAY, NOT JUST A THREE-DAY WEEKEND IT'S LABOR WEEKEND. I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE HARBOR LABOR COALITION FOR PICNIC AND RALLY. THIS THEME, LABOR UNIONS FIGHTING FOR A BETTER TOMORROW, IT'S BETTER NOW THAN EVER ON A DAY THAT RECOGNIZES THE HISTORY IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT. AS WE ALL KNOW, ORGANIZED LABOR PROVIDED THE 40-HOUR WORKWEEK, PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NUMEROUS SAFETY REGULATIONS MANY OF WHICH ARE AT-RISK TODAY. THE FESTIVITIES WILL BEGIN WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 8:00 AL AT THE INTERSECTION OF BROAD AND E, WHICH IS ALSO THE START OF THE PARADE, LEAD BY LARRY BAREGAND THE CHAIR OF PARADE. OUR PARADE WILL FEATURE THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT LIZ SCHUYLER, YVONNE AND LORRAINA GONZALEZ. SO WE HAVE LEADERSHIP AT THE NATIONAL AND STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. WE WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER OF COURSE LEADERS, SIBLINGS WITHIN THE HOUSE OF LABOR WILL BE THERE. AFTER, THE PRESS CONFERENCE, EVERY ONE SORT OF ASSEMBLES, IT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST ONE YET. WE WILL START THE PARADE ON TIME AT 10:00 AM IN WILMINGTON AT THE SAME INTERSECTION WHERE THE PRESS CONFERENCE BEGAN. IT GOES UP AVOLON AND HEADS TO THE BEAUTIFUL BANNING PARK AND WE'LL GET THERE AROUND NOON, THAT'S HOW BIG PARADE IS, IT WILL TAKE US A COUPLE OF HOURS TO GET THERE. AND AT THE PARK, WE HAVE THE RALLY. EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE BIG RALLY AND WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE SIBLING WITHIN THE HOUSE OF LABOR WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE CALLED OUT IT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY AND IT'S FREE. MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT AND ENJOY BANNING PARK AND LET'S CELEBRATE LABOR DAY, PUTTING OUR LABOR PEOPLE AT CENTER. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I'LL BE THERE MR. McOSKER, I'LL BE THERE, BRING CANDY, THE KIDS LOVE IT. THEY WILL HAVE THEIR BUCKETS. TODAY I RISE TO RECOGNIZE THE 55th ANNIVERSARY OF CHICANO, WHICH CULMINATED WHEN TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCHED THROUGH EAST LOS ANGELES TO DEMAND AN END OF VIETNAM WAR, HOW MANY FOLKS AND LATINO MOVEMENT PLAYED THEIR PART IN THIS VERY, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING TIME IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. WE KNOW THAT A GENERATION OF CHICANO WERE FED UP WITH THE DIS PROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF HISPANIC. WHILE WE WERE FIGHTING IN VIETNAM, WE WERE BEING HERE TREATED. THE SHERIFF FIRED TEAR GAS AND BEAT PROTEST SXERZ KILLED THREE PEOPLE INCLUDING JOURNALIST RUBEN SALAZAR WHO WAS KILLED. 55 YEARS OLD LATER, THE LESSONS REMAIN AS URGENT AS EVER. AND IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, WE'VE SEEN TIER GAS USED AND MASKED FEDERAL AGENTS BRAGGING ABOUT KIDNAPPING OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALSO USING THEIR TEAR GAS. THAT'S WHY I'LL BE JOINING COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ TO KICKOFF LATINO HERITAGE MONTH WITH LA VIVA GALLERY OPENING THIS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR LEADING IT THIS YEAR. AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE MS. HERNANDEZ FOR LEADING EL GRITO, I DID IT LAST YEAR, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING IT THIS YEAR FOR A YEAR THAT THAT'S BEEN BUSIER THAN USUAL. THANK YOU FOR INDULGE ME. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I HAD A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT, I JUST WANTED EVERY ONE TO INVITE TO VAN NUYS SHERMAN OAKS PARK TOMORROW FOR A POOL PARTY FROM 2:00 TO 5:00, THERE IS GOING TO BE FOOD, THERE IS GOING TO BE A BAND PLAYING, OBVIOUSLY THE POOL AND IT'S GOING TO BE A QUITE A SCORCHER SO I'M HOPING THAT FAMILIES CAN COME AND COOL OFF. IF YOU PLANNING TO COME, MAKE SURE YOU RSVP, IF YOU CAN SO WE CAN HAVE ENOUGH FOOD FOR EVERY ONE. PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW AT THE VAN NUYS AQUATIC CENTER FOR OUR LABOR DAY POOL PARTY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. I SEE ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN IN NATIONAL OVERDOSE DAY. WHICH IS MARKED THIS SUNDAY AUGUST 31, AND MARKED BY A FENT MAL OVERDOSE. HIS PASSING IN 2018 WAS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT OUT OF THAT GRIEF, HAS COME A MOVEMENT RAISE AGO WARENESS EVERYWHERE. HIS STORY HAS INSPIRED MOTHERS AND FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN TO FENTANYL POISONING TO JOIN FORCE SXZ SPEAK TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR CHANGE. TOGETHER THEY'RE PUSHING FOR LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS AND SOUNDING THE ALARM THAT ONE PILL OR ONE LINE CAN KILL. THEIR COURAGE HAS BROUGHT A PERSONAL FACE TO A CRISIS OFTEN DESCRIBED ONLY IN STATISTICS. TODAY WE REMEMBER TYLER FOR THE LIGHT HE INSPIRED WHEN CITY LIGHT IS LIT IN HONOR OF NATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY. ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT 5, I EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND THANKS TO HIS COURAGE FOR SPEAKING OUT. WHEN EVEN THE GREATEST PAIN IS CHANNELED INTO PURPOSE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH COLLEAGUES, I WANT TODAY RISE TO ADJOURN OF TWO BY LOVED MEMBERS ROBIN K AND TOM DELUCA WHO'S LIVE WERE TAKEN FROM US LAST MO. THEIR PASSING HAS LEFT A VOID, AND WE HAVE BARRY HERE FROM THEIR FAMILY HERE TODAY. BUT ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TELL US. ROBIN AND TOM WERE PARTNERS DEEPLY DEVOTED TO ONE OTHER, THEIR COMMUNITY. ROBIN HAD A LONG AND IMPACTFUL CAREER IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN HER, WHERE SHE WAS CREDITED ON MORE THAN 300 EPISODES. THROUGH HER WORK SHE HELPED DOZENS OF ARTIST INCLUDING AMERICA IDOLS VIEWERS. TOM WAS A GIFTED SONGWRITER. PLAYED WITH THE NATIONAL BASE BAND THE PIGGIES AND WENT ON TO RECORD TWO SOLO ALBUMS AND ALSO WROTE SONGS FOR THE GREATEST ROCK MUSICIANS OF THE 80S AND 90 INCLUDING MOLLY HATCH HE WILL, KID ROCK. SINCE THEIR PASSING BOTH ROBIN AND TOM HAVE BEEN REMEMBERED BY COLLEAGUES WHO FELT IMPACT OF THEIR ARTISTRY EVEN WHEN THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEM. BUT WHAT I HEARD MOST ABOUT ROBIN AND TOM IS HOW KIND, GENEROUS AND DEDICATED THEY WERE TO EACH OTHER AND TO THEIR COMMUNITY. THEIR LOVE RAN DEEP, BARRY SHARED WITH MY OFFICE THAT THEY HAD SO MANY FRIENDS THAT WERE NOT JUST FRIENDS BUT TRULY FAMILIAR, THEIR BIRD, THEIR 28-YEAR-OLD TORTTORTOISE TO TO. THEIR LOSS HAS BEEN FELT. WE SAW FIRSTHAND THEIR COMMITMENT TO LEAVING A COMMUNITY BETTER. THEIR MEMORY WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND INSPIRE US. ROBIN AND TOM WERE DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING ENCINO A MORE WELCOMING SAFE AND WELCOMED PLACE. AND IN THEIR MEMORY, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK TOGETHER. THEIR LEGACY IS ONE OF LOVE, GENEROSITY AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND MY HOPE IS THAT IT WILL LIVE ON IN ALL OF US. AND I WANT TODAY THANK BARRY TODAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, MEMBERS? OKAY, WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAPPY LABOR DAY, EVERY ONE.