? For The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery is located at Barnsdall Art Park. The park has five different entities. We have the HollyHock House, we have residency. We have the Junior Arts Center, we have the gallery theater, and we have the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. So the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery was established in 1954, and they had a number of exhibitions in here until 1971, when the current building was constructed. And this 10,000 square foot gallery is now able to exhibit even more artists. The gallery continues after 1971 to really focus on Los Angeles artists, and in actuality, it is the. First institution in Los Angeles that is dedicated to exhibiting only art. We actually predate LACMA in becoming a museum of art. One of our unique qualities is that we do not have a collection. We are always changing exhibitions all the exhibitions at the municipal Art Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting the art of Los Angeles artists. We have three exhibition periods a year. We have summer, fall and spring. Every year. We also exhibit the annual Cola exhibition, which is the Department of Cultural Affairs award to mid-career artists. The gallery is free, so you're able to come in and see these exhibitions and learn about new artists. Sometimes before they've even been featured in a gallery. The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery provides this space as an outlet for artists and it's so important to continue to support the arts as a medium for our community to respond to the issues that are occurring in our world today. The arts are incredibly important. They provide that additional outlet for our community to express themselves and to learn from others. The municipal art Gallery can be a place where dialog can occur between different groups and learning about diverse issues that are happening in our society today. It is so inspiring to see the visitors coming into the gallery and engaging with the art. That is really what our institution is all about. How do the visitors get to learn about something new, be challenged by ideas that different artworks promote and also see beauty? It brings me much joy and satisfaction to know that I am. I'm just overjoyed to really honor and promote the arts and local artists. You can find out about what's happening by visiting our website lamag .org or following us on Instagram at lamag. Barnsdall We are very prominent on social media. Welcome to the City of Los Angeles, where history and culture meet at the last of the great railway stations standing here at Union Station, we are reminded that Los Angeles is a hub of constant motion and connection. Beyond these iconic walls, our city of nearly 4 million people continues to evolve, linked by a shared vision of progress. Did you know Union Station was first commissioned in 1933 and was completed just six years later? Upon opening? It's serviced 66 trains and saw about 7000 passengers daily, making it the largest train terminal in the Western United States. So whether you're arriving or departing or just along for the ride, welcome to LA this week from Union Station. To Union station isn't just a transit hub, it's an architectural marvel. Opened in 1939. As a result of decades long effort to unite several competing rail lines into a single terminal union Station blended Spanish colonial mission Revival and Art Deco styles. Its construction in the heart of Los Angeles marked the final great railway station built during America's Golden Age of rail travel, and just as Union Station was built to bring people and ideas together, Los Angeles continues to move forward through the vision and leadership of the people who share our city every day, Los Angeles takes time this month to honor the women who continue to build and lead and inspire our communities from the halls of city government to the departments that keep the city running, we celebrate the brilliance and leadership of women who help guide Los Angeles into the future. What Women's Heritage Month means to me is having the opportunity to show future generations what kind of roles women can play, not only within their family, but within their community. Women's History Month is just a chance to honor those women who do the work day in and day out. The number one person that I used to look up to with my mom, my mother, you know, what a leading role and what an amazing parent she has been. The women who were part of my everyday life, my mother, my aunt Gloria, my grandmother Aurora, one thing that my parents stressed was how important education is. And so that's definitely guided me and my siblings. One of my biggest role models was my English teacher, Miss Martin. I had several teachers that were a great influence to me in high school. I absolutely loved my chemistry teacher who was passionate and quirky and made chemistry fun. De la Cruz is definitely a woman of influence that I looked up to. The author of the House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros, Frida Kahlo I love her artwork and wonder Woman. I love Wonder Woman. I knew that I wanted to educate. I knew that I wanted to be a positive influence and absolutely motivate every single youth that just came through those doors to be the best version of themselves that they could be. I've always been interested in public safety and emergency management going back to my days as a girl Scout, and so when the opportunity came up to transfer to a division that gave me the experience, I jumped at it and a generating station. People don't see the work that we do in order to make the lights turn on every day, the cars charge and your cell phones , and I get to be a part of that magic in the background that makes it, that makes it possible to operate on a day to day basis . My perspective as a woman inspires everything that I do in City Council, from children have a place to play and seniors have a place to enjoy their retirement. For other women out there that maybe want to make a difference, I would say take a chance. You never know what's out there and what might become of taking that chance. Ask questions. Be curious and you never know what you'll find. We're all powerhouses and it's a month of celebration to just absolutely everything we've achieved. We are thrilled to be celebrating women's History Month and so many women across Los Angeles County who are making history right in our own communities. My fabulous sisters across LA County give yourselves a round of applause. We are celebrating recognizing some remarkable women who have dedicated most of their careers to helping and advancing the well-being of women in Los Angeles County. Our job as commissioners is to recognize, to identify who these women in L.A. County are that are doing great work for our community, that are doing great work for women. The nominations come from the community members themselves. We then go through a selection process. There are so many remarkable women, but of course we can only identify a limited number. It's quite an honor for me. It's hard for scientists to remember sometimes how much our information can matter to the larger public. And so this is a good reminder that spending the time sharing the science is as important as doing it. I think what this means is that generations to come, you know, we've got so many leaders that are up and coming and we're paving the way for young women, young girls like my granddaughter Luna, to also excel and make a difference in the communities that we serve. We're also commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Los Angeles Commission for women. The Commission has been in existence for 50 years, and supervisors, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors just declared their commitment to support another 50 years leadership is about making sure that we use our tools to make a difference in the lives of others. Remember that what we do for our community is what matters, right? We have a system that says, oh, go, you know, get that award, get whatever. But what really matters is, is how you help other people, women who brought their own chair to the table, stand up women who showed up without an invitation, stand up women overlooked, silenced and undervalued. Stand up. We know right now that there's been a focus on eliminating events like this. And eliminating recognition of women in particular. But in Los Angeles County, we will continue to elevate the experience. The leadership and the value of women throughout the county. After the rise of automobiles and air travel in the 1950s and 1960s, passenger rail declined and traffic through Union Station slowed dramatically. But rather than fading into obscurity, the station was preserved as a historical landmark and carefully restored its architecture and atmosphere help secure its place as one of the most beautiful train stations in the United States, and just as Union Station brings people together from across the region, my LA 311 brings together key city departments connecting Angelenos with the services and support they need with a simple request. Through my LA 311, Angelenos can report issues, request services, and stay connected to their neighborhoods, helping keep the city responsive and running smoothly. How are you doing? Good, good. How are you? Pretty good. Oh, thank you, thank you. 311 day is a celebration of connecting government with the most important group of people, its residents. You got it. Oh, you're very welcome, Delilah. And thank you for calling. I hope you have a great day. Today is 311 day and it celebrates the agents. How far? 311 has come and what it means to the city. This is Alex from the city of Los Angeles. 311 coming in to speak today at National three one. One day we want to celebrate. What they do is it one pothole or multiple potholes ? They strive to have the pothole filled within three business. I consider each and every 311 operator. One of those unspoken heroes. Hello, good afternoon. My name is Kevin, 311 represents that day where we can get the word out about how 311 can be beneficial to the residents of Los Angeles. 311 is always improving. Over 3 million requests come through. 311. That's a ton of data to show us where we're working and where we need to make improvements. It will help us triage better before it goes out. Yeah. So I think that'll be helpful. The mile 301 app has several new features for residents. First of all, you could just drop a pin everywhere. You don't have to have a perfect address. That's something that many users said they wanted in the new system. So we added it. Secondly, it gives you the ability to follow a ticket so if you're submitting a ticket and you see someone else already did it, you could just follow it. You don't have to submit the ticket yourself. Third, you get real time updates. So if you submit a pothole, someone in the field sees it. They take a photo, you get a real time update that shows you that pothole filled. In fact, over the last year, we've implemented over 1200 enhancements, some of which you'll see, some of which you may not necessarily see. The mile 301 system is available in over 224 languages. El Sistema mile 311 Ofrece aproximadamente doscientos cuatro idiomas. People don't know how lucky they are to have this service. The app should be on everyone's phone. That is a big piece. No. 311 week is really important because it celebrates the city. All the different services that we offer. It's all about making the city a better place to live , work, a place that you're proud to live in. We live in a beautiful city and that's why we're here. To keep it beautiful. I love today, thank you for calling 311. Have a nice day. The Port of Los Angeles recently broke ground on a $152 million project in Wilmington. The Avalon Pedestrian Bridge and promenade Gateway project will convert 12 acres into an entry plaza with seating. The project will include pedestrian pathways , community gathering spaces, public restrooms, and two parking lots. The Signature Bridge connects to the Promenade , creating a safe crossing point. The port consult the residents and stakeholders for input on this project. For more information, go to Port of Los Angeles. Org. LA sanitation has started its 2026 Food drive. Nonperishable items are accepted through May eighth. Items can include unopened, unexpired canned foods, dry goods, and shelf stable beverages. Donations can be made Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at six city locations. The food goes to community organizations that distribute it to those in need. Learn more at Sanitation L.A. city. Governor. LA County homeless deaths dropped in 2024, marking the first decline in a decade. Homeless deaths declined 10% in 2024, while 2208 total fatalities compared to the previous year. Expanded overdose prevention and treatment led to a 21% reduction in drug related deaths. The report tracks homeless deaths using data from the L.A. County Medical Examiner and US census. For more information, go to public Health LA County.gov. Today Union Station 14, heavy rail and four light rail tracks serve more than 500 trains each day, linking Los Angeles to destinations across California and beyond. From the early days of steam locomotives to diesel engines and now cleaner, more sustainable transit systems, the station continues to bridge the gap between tradition and modern mobility. Just a few miles away, the California Science Center also brings the past and the future together from fascinating historical displays like its ancient mummy exhibits to interactive technology and science experiences, the museum offers something for visitors of all ages. And whether you're a lifelong Angelino or visiting for the first time, a stop at the California Science Center is a must see destination for discovery and inspiration. The Science Center provides an opportunity for children and visitors of all ages to participate in science, and not just read about it. So this is where you can do science. This is where you can do engineering . This is where you can explore phenomena. My name is Gretchen Bozzella. I'm the deputy director here at the California Science Center, and I'm so excited to invite you down to the science center. We have so many different zones where visitors can experience different environments, different ecosystems, and they can learn how those ecosystems are interconnected. We have desert zone. We have the polar zone. We have the kelp zone. We have the intertidal zone. We have 188,000 gallon saltwater tank where we have fish and kelp forests. Just as it is off the coast of California. Here And so it allows visitors to have that perspective of being in the water, with the fish being in the water with the kelp. In addition, they can go up to the top of the tank. They can look down from the top of the tank and see what it's like. From that perspective. And finally, they can also go to a touch tank where they can actually get up close and personal with some of these animals and be able to touch and learn more about them. So we hope that visitors take away the interconnectedness of all ecosystems and how changing one part of an ecosystem can affect another part of an ecosystem. We also hope that they take away the beauty and the inspiration behind these ecosystems. What it's like to experience them, what it's like to visit them, and what it's like to want to protect them and want to learn more about them. A lot of people think of mummies primarily as Egyptian, but this is mummies of the world. In mummies of the world, we have on display intentionally mummified and naturally mummified animals and people from South America, from Europe, and from ancient Egypt, including we have a selection of mummies that have never before been seen in Los Angeles and we have CT scans of the full body mummies that let you look beneath the surface. Mummies of the world is being shown in a science center, not in a cultural history center. So we tend to look at this through the lens of science and through the lens of science. We're able to study more about the history of human health. We're able to study the process of mummification and learn that mummification preserves biological and cultural evidence that let us know much more about our human history. So we balance fun and learning by using hands on inquiry based science. So that is really the inspiration behind the whole science center. And here at the game on exhibit, our visitors are actually able to participate in sports and experience the sport. So the visitors are encouraged to play, to kick, to throw, to bat. And this is really an opportunity to not just be reading about science or reading about physics, but to be doing science and doing physics . So we'll be here through the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics. So I think it's an incredible opportunity as we prepare for the Olympics to visit Los Angeles for children and visitors of all ages, to come down and get an experience of science behind sport. So the general admission to the science center is always free. So we're very proud of that. And we invite all of our Angelenos and all of our visitors across California and the U.S. to come down, not just to game on, but to the science center. We have hands on exhibits throughout where you can participate in your own learning, have active investigations, opportunities to see live animals, opportunities to see space. And I just would encourage all Angelenos to come down and check us out and spend some time here . This is a special occasion. It takes place every year. The Commission on the Status of Women with the City Council members, along with the mayor's office, honors and recognizes the achievements of women of Los Angeles with the council, like to move into presentations? Yes. Exciting morning of presentations. I am Tracy Gray. I'm the president of the Commission for the Status of Women. Thank you for welcoming us today. This year we celebrate a momentous, monumental milestone. The 50th anniversary of the CSU. Vanessa. We celebrate you. And on behalf of the City of Los Angeles and Council District 14, thank you for leading with your heart. Thank you for showing us what it's like to uplift your community every step of the way . Learning that I got this award, it was very emotional for me. Um after five years of working in the community and supporting street vendors, it was very beautiful to see that our work and the community work that I've been doing has been acknowledged and recognized. Um, it makes me very proud. And it also, um, makes me want to keep going too, and keep fighting more for my community and just being an example to brown little girls in the community from El Sereno, that anything is possible with hard work and determination. We know that women hold up half the sky and in our neighborhoods, they're holding it down at home in the workplace, on the streets, keeping our neighbors safe. And this is a moment where we get to reshape history and make sure it includes the powerful women and mujeres who are part of our communities to make sure that they are seen and heard. I'm proud to introduce everyone to Council District 12 Women of Impact to Trifunovic. I'm just really blessed and I feel honored. I'm. I feel humbled that someone saw all the hard work that I've done in the community. I'm from an immigrant family. I'm really appreciative for all the leaders in the past that paved the way, and I just wanted to give back to the community. And I feel like that was just my way of giving back, that I didn't think that I, that people saw my hard work. And to be recognized is just I feel very grateful. Especially for women of color, for black women , for Latino women, for indigenous women. It's really important for us not to be erased as we're seeing so many of our histories and struggles be erased. So we really need to lean into our power and not work from a place of fear, but from a place of power. She is someone who believes in the mission of the boys and Girls Club, and just channels that passion to grow that mission and to grow that organization and frankly, you know, as as the council member in the area and seeing you from beginning until now, it has been inspiring. I think the biggest meaning to be part of this is the responsibility that comes with it. It's what happens after today. It's not what's happened in the past, but it's what gets to happen in the future. Um I stand on the shoulders of women who came before and hopefully I'll be able to continue to build bridges where other women can continue to stand on and work through and have an impact. Union station has been transformed into the heart of southern California's transit network. National rail service through Amtrak operates alongside commuter trains from Metrolink and multiple lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail. Millions of passengers pass through the station each year, making it the busiest rail hub in the western United States and just down the way from the historic archways of Union Station is the El Pueblo Historical Monument, which is home to Olvera Street's Mercado Night, a time and place for Angelenos to gather for shopping games and community fun all brought together by the steadfast spirit of the merchants who anchor this historic plaza. Well, first of all, I want to welcome everyone to El Pueblo de Los Angeles. Tonight is our first night. We are doing Mercado Night. We want to do this once a month on Friday evenings. We want to build on it. So we hope people come out and support the merchants here and support El Pueblo. We're having the shops stay open a little bit later. We also have some music on the street, so we would love for you to come and join us on our Mercado Nights. All of our merchants here have different merchandise from all over Mexico and Latin America, and we offer it to all of our public. The shopping is so fun. It's so great. I got such great treasures tonight, but also the food is fantastic. You're not going to get food like this anywhere else. Tonight we're going to feature Loteria, the game Loteria. That's very common amongst Mexican households. Loteria brought me tonight. There is the Loteria game. The way it was called. It was fantastic. I loved how they showed us the cards and said the words in Spanish and in English. It was so fun. They can enjoy with family and friends. A little game and be able to take home some prizes. This was such a great opportunity to socialize with the people and the culture. It was top notch. I highly recommend coming out at least one time. We want to build on this event. Do this once a month on Friday evenings from 5:00 to 8:00. Come enjoy the atmosphere. This is a family friendly place . We enjoy and love being able to share our stories with the public, our traditional events, with the public, our blessing of the animals is coming up soon. So all of those things we love to be able to enjoy and have the public participate with us. We want you to be part of this family. Join LA Cities Department on Disability at the Abilities Expo from Friday, March 27th to Sunday, March 29th. This year's expo takes place at the Long Beach Convention Center, where everyone is invited to up your game with cutting edge disability products, tech and resources. Conquer the accessible climbing wall. Dive into adaptive sports, dance with the rollettes, attend info packed workshops and more. It's an epic day out and free, so register today! Make your world more accessible at the abilities Expo Los Angeles. Taking place from Friday, March 27th through Sunday, March 29th. Find the full schedule and more information online at abilities.com. Slash Los Angeles . If you love to support Los Angeles Street vendors, then this next event is a must vendor fest. Night market gathers more than 40 street vendors at Gloria molina Grand Park for an evening celebrating the people that bring the street to life and make our city unique. There will be food and artisan vendors, along with one of a kind artistic tributes to LA Street vendor culture. Learn more at Grand Park. Org. Bring the whole family together for a day of fun and unforgettable memories at the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. Spring Carnival. Enjoy exciting rides, snacks and treats and soak in the festive vibes. Come early for a classic carnival day where rides and snacks will be available to purchase, head to Linkin Park Recreation Center on Valley Boulevard for Spring Carnival from Friday, March 27th through Sunday, March 29th, with various hours each day. Learn more at Lincoln Park Rec on Instagram. And that's a look at some things to do for over 80 years. Union Station in Los Angeles has been the stage for countless reunions , departures, and discoveries, and today it serves as a central hub for regional and national rail travel, connecting passengers through Los Angeles Metro Rail, Amtrak and Metrolink . And like the city, it serves Los Angeles Union Station continues to evolve, embracing new sustainable transit solutions while welcoming vibrant public art that reflects the spirit, diversity and culture of the region. Thank you for joining us and you can watch these stories and much more on channel 35 or at LA City Dot gov forward slash TV. And don't forget to follow us at L.A. City on Instagram, Facebook X and YouTube. Until next time, get out there and explore all that Los Angeles has to offer . I'm Eileen King from the art department, Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library. I want to share a little bit about Ruth Thomas Saunders today. She was an artist designer, typographer , printer and an avid bookplate collector in this small book that she published at her own studio, there were 110 copies printed, and we have number three in our collection here at Los Angeles Public Library. It is a collection of her own bookplates that she designed for other people living in the Los Angeles area. She studied first in Paris with Fernand Leger in the 1920s, and then returned to Claremont, California to open her print shop. In addition to book arts, Saunders designed bookplates for artists and musicians and libraries in the Los Angeles area. She was vice president of the bookplate Association International, and she also published a book of bookplates from 14 countries around the world. Saunders Criteria for bookplates was quite simple. She wanted a clear presentation of the name, integrated with the design, so that the topography and the image were worthy of placement in a book in the art department , with its collection of about 300,000 books on graphic and performing arts, as well as recreation, a study of bookplates, especially those that are online in the Tesa, our platform for digital collections can serve as a starting point for an adventure into the world of prints and printmaking. You may even discover an original bookplate created by a local artist in our relief printmaking class. The design integrates the Los Angeles Public Library's own bookplate with additional images that reflect the book worthy of the plate. Thank you . For Okay OKAY. SHHH. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 24th. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR TODAY'S MEETING. LET'S GET THE MEETING STARTED BY CALLING THE ROLL. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. >> APPROVAL OF, WHAT IS THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: THAT COULD BE APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 13 2026. >> COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, MOVES COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN SECONDS NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: OKAY, MOVED AND SECOND. NEXT. >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. OKAY, IF EVERYBODY CAN RISE. COUNCILMEMBER LEE WOULD YOU DO US THE HONOR AND PLEASE LEAD US FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> J. Lee: I WOULD BE HONORED TO IF I CAN CAN FACE THE FLAG AND PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> BEST FLAG SALUTE, EVER! >> ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: THANK YOU. >> Council President: HEARING THOSE WONDERFUL VOICES, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WOOD LAND HILLS STUDENTS HERE. WHO HELPED US WITH THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE" JUST NOW. HEY, GUYS, SMILE YOU'RE ON CAMERA OR YOU WILL BE. MY KIDS WENT TO PRE-K THERE. IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL. IT'S A WONDERFUL SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND BEING HERE TODAY. OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. WHAT IS THAT? OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: I JUST WANTED ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL. IF YOU CAN COME EVERY TUESDAY, TO HELP US WITH THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE" THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. HEARING YOUR VOICES, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO HEAR. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S RUN TLUT AGENDA, MADAM CLERK. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, YOU WANT TO DO A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: er GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES, I'M HONORED TO HOST THE UCLA COHORT PROGRAM HERE AT CITY HALL. WELCOME. JOINING US THIS MORNING IN CHAMBERS, WE HAVE THE 2026 COHORT, AS WELL AS UCLA LEADERSHIP VICE CHANCELLOR OF STUDENT AFFAIRS AND RELATIONS, JENNIFER. LINK STANDS FOR LEADERSHIP INNOVATION, NETWORK AND KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS DESIGNED TO EQUIP BRUINS FOR THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO THRIVE FOR THEIR CAREERS AND CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY. THESE 25 REPRESENT THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS AS PART OF THE COMPETITIVE PROGRAM, THEY ARE HERE TODAY FOR AN EXPERIMENT TRIP TO SEE LEADERSHIP. THEIR ITINIARY, INCLUDES A PANEL GOVERNANCE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THEY WILL CONCLUDE THEIR DAY AT THE UCLA CAMPUS WITH A FIRE SIDE CHAT FEATURING YSABEL JURADO. PLEASE WELCOME UCLA COHORT TO CITY HALL. >> Council President: WELCOME, WELCOME. BEFORE WE GET TO THE AGENDA, I BELIEVE MR. McOSKER, YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF SOME SORT. >> T. McOsker: I DO, I'M GOING TO DO IT FROM THE PODIUM? THANK YOU. LET'S DO IT. >> Council President: GO AHEAD. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUES TODAY, I'M GOING TO ASK, THERE, PERFECT. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE JOIN TOGETHER IN RECOGNIZING A LEADER WHO HAS SPENT HIS CAREER SPANNEDING UP FOR THE WOMEN AND THE MEN WHO KEEP OUR PORTS, AND OUR ECONOMY OUR ENTIRE WORLD ECONOMY MOVING. IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE TO GARY HERRERA, LET'S HEAR IT FOR GARY HERRERA! [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BY THE WAY. IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN LOCAL 13. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] LCAL 13, REPRESENTS THOUSANDS OF LONGSHORE WORKERS WHO MOVE THE CARGO THAT POWERS THE PORTS OF L.A., AND THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, THE TWO MOST VITAL GATEWAYS NOT JUST TO OUR REGION BUT TO THE UNITED STATES. THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE, GARY, HAS BEEN A STEADY AND PRINCIPALED LEADER, SOMEBODY WHO HAS FOUGHT TO PROTECT GOOD UNION JOBS, CHAMPION SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS AND ENSURE THAT'S OUR PORTS EVEN AS THEY MODERNIZE, DO NOT FORGET THE WORKING FAMILIES CANNOT BE LEFT BEHIND. HIS LEADERSHIP HAS HELPED STRENGTHEN AND STRENGTHEN THE VOICE OF LABOR HERE IN THIS ROOM. AND WE ENFORCE THE IDEA THAT THE PROSPERITY GENERATED BY OUR PORTS, MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE SUCCESS POSSIBLE. IN THE HARBOR AREA WE UNDERSTAND THE STRENGTH OF OUR PORTS IS INSEPARABLE FROM THE STRENGTH OF OUR WORKFORCE AND WE NEED A WORKFORCE TO KEEP OUR PORTS RUNNING. GARY HERRERA HAS EMBODIED THAT PRINCIPLE, WITH THAT NOTION I'M HONORED TO BRING GARY HERE TODAY. GARY CAME UNDER THE PRETENSE THAT WE ARE ALSO DOING CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT HE HAS BEEN PUSHING FORWARD, TODAY WE'RE INTRODUCING FOUR MOTION S, A FRAME IMPACT WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS, WHEN WE APPROVE PROJECTS, DISPROVE PROJECTS AND APPROVE POLICIES, BUT THEN A WORKER IMPACT SPECIFICALLY FOR POLA GIVEN THAT THESE ARE PUBLIC ASSETS THAT WE'RE USING AND INVESTING IN. ALSO A LEASING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WE'LL BE INTRODUCING TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE MAKE LEASING DECISIONS AT THE PORT OF L.A., WORKERS ARE NEVER LEFT BEHIND AND THEN A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, MODIFICATION CLARIFICATION BECAUSE COASTAL PERMITS GET USED, AS THEY SHOULD BE, TO GET USED, UTILIZES TO MAKE CHANGES AT THE PORT AND TO HAVE THE DISCRETION TO PROTECT WORKERS AS WE GO. GARY AND HIS TEAM AND THE WHOLE WATERFRONT LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE WE'RE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD TODAY. I'M GOING TO HOLD THE MOTION UNTIL GARY SPEAKS, I'M GOING TO ASK GARY HERRERA TO SPEAK. PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 13. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, I'M SURPRISED AS WELL AS HONORED AND HUMBLED, I HAD NO IDEA. BUT TO BE HERE REPRESENTING 16, I WANT TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE KEEP FIGHTING FOR JOBS. I THINK THIS MORNING WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW TOUCHED WE WERE TO HEAR THE PRE-K SAY THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE" WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS FOR THEIR FUTURE. THE WORKER IMPACT REPORT, SO THAT JOBS ARE NOT LOST SO THEY HAVE A JOBS, TO UCL AS THEY GRADUATE AND GO INTO THE WORKFORCE, THAT THERE IS A JOB AVAILABLE FOR THEM. THAT THIS CITY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE DURING AUTOMATION AND AI THAT WE LOOK AT REPORTS TO PROTECT THE WORKFORCE. MY LIFE OF WORKING FOR THE, THE PEOPLE OF IOW IS MORE THAN JUST THAT, IT'S ABOUT MY COMMUNITY, IT'S WHERE I LIVE, IT'S WHERE I GIVE BACK AND WHERE WE ALL SERVE TO GIVE BACK TO A BETTER COMMUNITY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, I'M HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE HERE IN YOUR PRESENCE, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO. IT'S A THANKLESS JOB BUT FROM MY HEART TO YOURS, I SAY THANK YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP PROTECTING THE FUTURE. PROTECT THE LITTLE ONES BACK THERE SO THEY CAN KEEP COMING AND HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR AND THAT'S A JOB, SO THEY CAN HAVE DIGNITY, SO ON BEHALF OF THE IOW, WE SAY THANK YOU AND PLEASE LOOK AT THESE MOTIONS, AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND TO MY BROTHER, TIM McOSKER, I CANNOT SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH. YOU HAVE BEEN A TRUE WARRIOR AND A FIGHTER FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OF THE IOW BECAUSE YOU RECOGNIZE HOW HARD WE WORK. YOU RECOGNIZE THAT 40 PERCENT OF THE CARGO COMES THROUGH OUR PORTS, THROUGH YOUR BACK YARD. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU HAVE THE ENERGY, I HOPE THAT I HAVE THE ENERGY THAT YOU HAVE ONE DAY AS I GROW UP. >> T. McOsker: WHEN YOU GET OLD. >> I SAID GROW UP. BUT TO THIS COUNCIL AGAIN, AND TO MY FRIEND, TIM, YOU ARE A TRUE WARRIOR AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND TO EVERYBODY BEHIND ME AND I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO MY WIFE, WHO HAS BEEN MY SUPPORT, AND MY BACK. [APPLAUSE] TO MY RIGHT, LEFT HAND PERSON IN THE WORKFORCE, IRENE HUERTA. TO DIANE MIDDLETON. TO MY TEAM AND PRESIDENTS, IOW, PLEASE NEVER LEAVE THE WORKER BEHIND. THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT IN THE FUTURE FOR THE LITTLE ONES BACK THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> T. McOsker: SO MEMBERS, MEMBERS, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS GROUP, THIS IS THE WORKFORCE FOR THE PORTS OF L.A. AND THE PORTS OF LONG BEACH. THIS IS LOCAL 13, LOCAL 63, LOCAL 94, LOCATE AT 56, A BU AND ALL THE STAFF AND SUPPORTERS. THIS IS 100 PERCENT, 100 PERCENT UNIFIED LABOR ON THE WATERFRONT, THANKING GARY HERERA FOR HIS VERY DEMOCRATIC SERVICE TO THE UNION. THESE STEPPING DOWN BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RULES. THOSE ARE THE RULES, YOU SERVE ONE-YEAR TERM AND THEN YOU STEP DOWN AND TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE WHO HAS GATHERED THE IRON OF THIS BULL IN THE CHINA SHOP, HE IS NOW UNTETHERED. SO LOOK OUT, HERE HE COMES. WE HAVE THE ABILITY AS A COUNCIL, NOTHING COULD MATCH THE SUPPORT THAT HE GETS FROM THE WATERFRONT LABOR MOVEMENT BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY AS A COUNCIL TO THANK GARY HERRERA ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US FOR HIS SERVICE IN HIS EDITRATION. >> Council President: AND WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. McOSKER FOR BRINGING GARY IN. AND YOU KNOW, GARY, YOUR VOICE AND YOUR WORK, REBERBRIRATES THAT WE HAVE A STRONG ECONOMY THROUGH THE EFFORTS THAT COME FROM THE PORT. BUT THERE AN EXTENSION OF YOUR SUPPORT AND RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, IT WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN I SAW YOU MAKE THE TREK UP TO ECHO PARK SO WE CAN HONOR SANDRA FIGUEROA. PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA THE LEVEL OF REACH AND CONNECTION YOU HAVE TO PARTS OF OUR CITY. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR, AGAIN, IT'S YOUR CONNECTION AND YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR WORK TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP FAR BEYOND THE HARBOR AREA BUT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE WORK DHA IOW MEMBERS PROVIDE AND THE WORK OF OUR PORT. SOUL BE SORELY MISSED IN THIS ROLE BUT I KNOW THIS IS JUST ONE ROLE OF THE MANY THAT YOU HAVE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT FRIEND AND PARTNER, I AM DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF LABOR LEADERS THAT UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF DECISION THAT'S ARE BEING MADE THAT WE HAVE A REAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AND WHAT IT WILL IMPACT THE WORKERS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT PERHAPS DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU'VE BEEN A KEY PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD REAL DAM QUICKLY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND AGAIN TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF IOW, I KNOW THIS IS JUST A MOMENTARILY TRANSITION AND I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY IS EXCITED FOR AT LEAST A MINUTE. CAUSE I KNOW YOU WON'T SLOW DOWN BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL TENURE IN THIS ROLE. REALLY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CHAIR. TIM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING GARY IN. GARY, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL WORKING FOR YOU THE LAST THREE YEARS AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY YOUR INCREDIBLE TEAM, A LOT OF POWERFUL MUJERES, AND THIS TEAM IS JUST REALLY AS DIVERSE IN THEIR SKILLS AND PASSIONS AS ANYBODY, ANY UNION BODY. BUT YOU PLAYED THAT ONE PIECE, THAT IS PASSIONATE THAT IS GRITTY THAT IS UNCOMPROMISING, YOU ACT WITH PASSION AND YOU'RE A PERSON THAT LOVES DEEPLY, THAT LOVES YOUR COMMUNITY HARD AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT ALWAYS, DON'T EVER CHANGE WHO YOU ARE BROTHER. WE NEED VOICES LIKE THIS H ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BE IN THAT ZONE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. BUT IN THIS MOMENT, RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE SEE CORPORATE AMERICA TRYING TO TAKE OVER EVERY PART OF OUR WORLD. WHEN WE SEE THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT CARING ABOUT WORKERS, WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU. WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO BE HOLDING THE LINE AND PUSHING EVERYONE TO JUST BE UNCOMPROMISE ING, BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE WE'RE FIGHTING, THEY DON'T RESPOND TO COMPROMISE OR WEAKNESS, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO IS THE POWER OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND YOU REPRESENT THAT MORE THAN OTHER PEOPLE IN THE MOVEMENT. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE GONE BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE WATERFRONT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR BRINGING IN GARY. GARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVERYBODY HAS SPOKEN ABOUT YOUR DECADES OF WORK, FIGHTING FOR WORKERS BUT YOUR BRAVERY FOR ME IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STANDS OUT, WHERE YOU'RE STANDING AGAINST THE AUTO MATION. AND ALSO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, PARTICULARLY YOU HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY WHO HAS WELCOMED US, RIGHT. SOME OF US NEWER COUNCILMEMBER WHO ARE IN OUR FIRST TERMS ALLOWING US TO BUILD AND LEARN FROM PU ALL. I'M DEEPLY DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE FIGHTS AND OTHER FIGHTS, BUT JUST, THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US HAVING BEEN, ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I REALLY MUCH CHERISH THE COMMUNITY YOU GAVE US AND FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND JUST I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING FAR BUT HOWEVER WE CAN BE OF SERVICE TO YOU, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOLLOWED BY PADILLA. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND I COULDN'T AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ MORE, THANK YOU SO MANY FOR THE MENTORSHIP, THE GUIDANCE, THE VERY VERY WARM WELCOME AND RECEPTION. GARY, YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT I HAVE SEEN AS CHAIR OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY, THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR YOUR WORK FORCE AND MEMBERS IS NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR, AND YOU REALLY HAVE SET THE BAR IN EDUCATING ME AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THOSE ISSUES REALLY TRULY IS COMMENDABLE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, I LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING UP OUR CLOSE PARTNERSHIP. >> Council President: AND COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: WELL, GARY, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO ME THIS MORNING. YOU KNOW, VERY SADDENED WHEN THESE CHANGES HAPPEN. BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU, AS MENTIONED, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR YOUR FAMILY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I ALSO TALK ABOUT THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY DO, YOU DID REPRESENT MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF LOS ANGELES UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PORT AND ALL OF THE IMPACT AT THE PORT PRODUCES AT THE JOBS AND HOW THESE ARE GOOD JOBS AND LIVING AGE JOBS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FORGET DESPITE FEELING LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, MILES AWAY, IT STILL AN AFFECT ON THE ENTIRE REGION AND I REALLY ENJOYED HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU. MORE THAN ANYTHING THOUGH, YOU KNOW WHOEVER FOLLOWS YOU, I HOPE THEY REALIZE YOU SET A REALLY HIGH STANDARD FOR THE KIND OF ACCESS THAT YOU HAD TO US. WHEN YOU SAY, HERE'S MY NUMBER, I'M ONLY A PHONE CALL OR TEXT AWAY, YOU MEANT THAT. YOU ABSOLUTELY MEANT THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU BUT GLAZESING AND THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GREAT JOB. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. McOSKER FOR THIS BIG SURPRISE. I THINK THAT COMING IN WE TALK ABOUT POLICY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT COMING IN TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO REALLY HAVE BEEN LEADERS IN POLICY, IS MORE IMPORTANT AND GARY, YOU KNOW, THE PORT, YOU, IOW YOU HAVE BEEN A PARTNER OF MINE FOR 15 YEARS AND WORKING ALONG THAT SPACE ALONGSIDE AND BEING ABLE TO MARCH ALONGSIDE TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE WE'RE PEOPLE, WORKING PEOPLE, THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS CITY, IN THIS PORT AND IN THE REGION. WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT PORT, IS IT'S THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF LOS ANGELES. AND I'M CLEAR, I'M CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR NATION WILL DO AND I'M CLEAR ABOUT THE JOBS AND THE SUSTAINABILITY THAT YOU DESERVE TO HAVE. BECAUSE IT'S HARD FLIPPING WORK. AND SO, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, I APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM, I APPRECIATE IRENE. [LAUGHTER] AND LISTEN, I KNOW WHOEVER COMES AFTER YOU, WILL STEP IN SOME BIG SHOES BUT I'M SURE THAT THEY'VE BEEN MENTORS AND WHEN WHICH SAID MENTOR, I MEAN GO DO THIS AND THAT AND THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. I'M EXCITED, I KNOW FROM IRENE, IM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE FOR YOU WILL HOLD WITH YOUR CHILDREN, WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOU'LL GET TO REST A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE IN SIX MONTHS, I'M SURE IT WILL BE A BIG TRANSITION BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU TIM FOR BRINGING EVERYONE IN. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. THANK YOU GARY FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, IOWU, ALL THE UNIONS WHEN YOU SAY A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP, I WAS ONE OF THE PIECE NZ CHINA AT ONE TIME. I KNOW HOW FOR MEADABLE, THE PEOPLE BEHIND ARE. I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN THE NEW PEOPLE AND SET THEM STRAIGHT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY FIT YOUR SHOES. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND REALLY THE UNION REPRESENTS WHAT YOU CAN GET WHEN YOU KEEP FIGHT ANDING PRESERVING AND GIVING THE GOOD LIFE TO WORKING CLASS ANGELINOS FOR GENERALATIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND SI APPRECIATE MR. McOSKER FOR PUTTING THIS STLU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT YOU'VE DONE AND FOR BEING THAT PERSON THAT COMES TO COUNCIL TO REMIND US THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AUTOMATIONS THAT THERE ARE HUMAN BEHIND THOSE JOBS AND THE NOTION OF SAVING PENNIES HERE BUT HOW IT AFFECTS US DOWN THE LINE AND YOU'VE BEEN THAT PERSON OVER THE YEARS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE JOB YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: DID YOU, GARY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. YOU'VE GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL AND I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE CHORUS OF APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOU DO. TIM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS QUASI PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, WE ARE ADJOURNED. >> Council President: NOW LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. 1 THROUGH 2 ARE ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 3 THROUGH 31 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. SINCE THE POSTING OF TODAY'S AGENDA, COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR 4 THROUGH 41. ARTS, PARKS AND LIBRARIES COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POST TODAY FILE FOR ITEM 31. ITEMS 32 THROUGH 64 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM 44 THERE IS A CORRECTION AND THE MOVER IS COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ AND SECOND IS COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. DO ANY MEMBERS HAVE ITEMS THAT THEY WISH TO CALL SPECIAL. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, WE'LL START WITH. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IZED --I'D LIKE TO CALL ITEM 14 FOR AN AMENDMENT BUT TO HAVE IT HELD ON THE DESK. >> Council President: OKAY, HAVE YOU CIRCULATED THE AMENDMENT? WE'LL HOLD IT ON THE DESK. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M RECUSHION MYSELF FROM ITEM 10 BECAUSE I AM A LANDLORD AND OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 4 BECAUSE THE CONTENTS OF THE ITEM ARE UNCLEAR FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES. SO 10 AND 4. >> Council President: 10 AND 4, OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN IS NEXT. YOU'RE NEXT ON THE BOARD. >> N. Raman: SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. IS HAD AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 3 THAT I'M CIRCULATING RIGHT NOW, SO IF WE COULD HOLD THAT ONE ON THE DESK. AND I HAD, WANTED TO REQUEST A SEPARATE VOTE ON ITEM 5, BUT, WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK. >> Council President: OKAY. SO SEPARATE VOTE ON ITEM 5. NEXT, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER IS NEXT ON THE BOARD. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 5 SPECIAL FOR A COMMENT AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKER, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL GO AFTER COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT WAS NEXT? WE ALREADY DID YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? NEXT ON THE BOARD. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO, FOR ITEM 13, MOVE THE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY INNOVATION AND AUDITS COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM 30, I'D LIKE TO FLAG FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BUT TO BE CONDUCTED AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND ITEM 27 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: 27 FOR COMMENTS. OKAY. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO MOVE THE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY REPORT. >> Council President: I'LL SECOND THAT. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: I'D LIKE TO CALL 3 FOR AN AMENDMENT, IT'S BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: OKAY, AMENDMENT BEING CIRCULATED. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 51 SPECIAL FOR COMMENT. 63 FOR SEPARATE VOTE AND ITEM 4 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY. AND COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IS WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM NUMBER 30 FOR, I KNOW, IT'S ALREADY CALLED FOR SEPARATE VOTE BUT I WOULD LIKE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE AND SOME COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE REGARDING THIS ITEM AND 34, WE ARE INTRODUCING A SUBSTITUTE TO CLEAR UP TECHNICAL ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. >> Council President: GREAT. AND SOUM SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: ITEM 26 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: 26 FOR COMMENTS OKAY. AND THEN ON ITEM 4, FOLKS THE ITEM 4, MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT A, COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, WE DID NOT HAVE A MAJORITY ON THE COMMITTEE. I HAD PUT FORWARD AN OPTION AS THE CHAIR JUST TO MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD BUT I HAVE, I'M NOT PUTTING THAT FORWARD TODAY I'M PUTTING FORWARD AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED. THAT FOR ITEM 4, SO ITEM 4 IT'S ALREADY BEEN CALLED SPECIAL BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO CALL THAT SPECIAL WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: OKAY. I SEE MEMBERS STILL ON THE BOARD BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN CALLED. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE SPECIAL? LOOKING TO MY RIGHT AND LEFT? OKAY. MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT TO VOTE ON. >> Clerk: YES, THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEMS 6 THROUGH 9, 11 THROUGH 12, 14 THROUGH 15, 17 THROUGH 25, 28 THROUGH 29, AND 31. >> Council President: OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO BE HEARD ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, LET'S CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: GREAT. AND AS PART OF THAT, WE JUST INCLUDED JENA FIELDS APPOINTMENT, CONGRATULATIONS GINA. [APPLAUSE] OKAY. MR. NAZARIAN, FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, ITEM 8 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: 8 FORTHWITH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THANK YOU. SO ORDERED. >> Clerk: PARDON ME, IF THE COUNCIL LIKE TO TAKE UP 13 NOW BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, WE CAN TAKE UP ITEM 13, I DON'T BELIEVE DOES ANYBODY WISH TO BE HEARD ON ITEM 13? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL. TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY. THAT WAS AS AMENDED. OKAY. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF IF YOU CAN READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. 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 ARE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED GET ON TOPIC. IF YOU STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2, AND ITEMS 32 THROUGH 64. ADDITIONALLY, [NO AUDIO] ADDITIONALLICIOUS THERE IS A REQUEST TO REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 5, SO ITEM 5 WILL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2, ITEM NUMBER 5 AND ITEMS 32 THROUGH 64. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE CLERK, SORRY THE INTERPRETER MAKE THE FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAWS EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRET RESIDENER INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST PURSUANT TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE PURSUANT OF THE ADA AND WOULD LIKE TO USE THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE SERGEANT CAN SEE YOU AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE. ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, THE ORDER IN WHICH THE NAMES ARE CALLED IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. IN ORDER FOR TO US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME SA YOU SIGNED UP BEFORE LINING UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN CALLING NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. McKAYLA, STAE LA, BOBBY, JED AND SERGEANT GUNY. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED, YOU CAN LINE UP ON THE LEFT OF THE COUNCILMEMBER. >> Speaker: ITEM 30. >> City Attorney: ITEM 30 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE VALLEY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION OR VICA, DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION ON THIS ORDINANCE BUT HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS AND RECOMMEND REMOVING IT SO REMOVE SPECIAL BENEFIT ITEMS, CONDUIT REPLACEMENT AND NEW CUSTOMER REPLACEMENT GROUPS AND TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENTS. THAT WOULD HELP ENSURE THAT HAD THE ASSESSMENT REMAINS LEGALLY DEFENSABLE ALIGNS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE CAO MATRIX REPORT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: SI BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HI MY NAME IS ESTELA GARCIA AND I'M HERE WITH MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, I WORK AT CARL'S JUNIOR AND TO PUSH THE FAIR FAST FOOD WORKERS. >> Speaker:[SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO, THROUGH THE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING, IT HAS HELPED ME TO LEARN HOW TO DEFEND MYSELF AGAINST THE ABUSES THAT I HAVE SUFFERED AT THE STORE INCLUDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND WAGE THEFT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET RID OF THE MANAGER THAT WAS DOING ALL OF THIS TO US. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO NOW THAT I DO KNOW MY RIGHTS, I FIGHT FOR JUSTICE NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT FOR MY OTHER CO-WORKERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT THERE ARE A LOT WORKERS THAT DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND THEY COULD ALSO FALL VICTIM THROUGH THINGS LIKE WAGE THEFT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THIS FAIR WORKERS ORDINANCE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PLEASE APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP FEW MORE NAMES. HARUT NAZARIAN KEVIN MARI AND BARBARA BRODY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M BRANDON, JUST GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SOUF ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU GUYS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS. I'VE BEEN COMING IN FOR A WHILE NOW, MAYBE THIS PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT YEAH, WE HAVE THE OLYMPICS COMING UP. I SEE YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK, SOME SF YOU LISTEN, SOME DON'T, I GET IT, IT'S FINE I DON'T CARE. POLITICS IS NEW TO ME. I DO PLAN ON GETTING INTO POLITICS. IT DOESN'T RUN IN THE FAMILY BUT ME HAVING A STRONG NAME, ALTELANO, I DO NEED TO RUN IN THE FAMILY. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE UP HERE TALKING TO YOU GUYS, JUST LIKE HERNANDEZ, AND RODRIGUEZ, I EXPECT YOU GUYS TO LISTEN. THESE PEOPLE, THEY PAY YOUR BILLS BASICALLY, YOU'RE ON A SALARY, REMEMBER IF YOU ALL GOT FIRED OR LET GO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO APPLY SOMEWHERE OR ASK GRANDMA AND GRANDPA FOR HELP. WE DO HAVE THE OLYMPICS COMING, LET'S CLEAN THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY SMELL LIKE HELL. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: IF YOU CAN MOVE A LITTLE CLOSER, WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'VE GOT A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, I'M NOT READY TO PASS JUDGMENT ON CAESAR CHAVEZ UNTIL ALL FACTS ARE IN. WOULD I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHAVEZ FAMILY AND MY PRAYERS ARE WITH HIM. WOULD I LIKE TO REMEMBER THE PLIGHT OF THE FARMERS. IT'S NOT EASY WORK FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN THE FEEDS. MAY THE WORK OF THE FARMERS CONTINUE TO BRING HOPE TO THOSE WHO CAN'T FIND DECENT WAGES AND WORK CONDITIONS. MANY WHO TILL THE LAND AND CARE FOR THE SICK, DON'T GET THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE. MANY OF US ARE BLESSED WITH GOOD FOOD, KNOW WHO PUT IT ON OUR TABLES. LET'S BE REMINDED AS WE CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF AMERICA, THAT THERE MAY BE HAVING CHILDREN ABUSED DURING FARMERS MOVEMENT. LET'S GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO LIFT AMERICAN DREAM. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M DAMION, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 3 WHICH WOULD BE GENERAL. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS, MOST OF YOU KNOW BUT FOR KNOWS WHO DON'T, MY NAME IS DAMION CALFET, I'M PART OF A NONPROFIT BASED IN L.A. COUNTY. SAFE HAS WORKED ON A B645 FOR FOUR YEARS MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS A ROBUST EQUITY SAFEGUARDS WHILE MAKING SURE THAT THE PROGRAM WESTBOUND A FEBRUARYING --AFFECTIVE IN SAVING LIVES. IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO BE RUN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT ADMINISTERED BY L.A. DOT. THAT SAID I'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM IN L.A. CITY. IN DECEMBER OF 2025, L.A. GOT A D.GRADE FOR GRADE D FOR A SLOW IMPLEMENTATION. I URGE L.A. CITY TO MOVE FASTER IN IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HELLO MATTHEW MONGI ON PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM NUMBER 4. >> City Attorney: PUFF A MINUTE FOR ITEM AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WE SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF OPTION 3 AS PROPOSED BY PLANNING WITHOUT MODIFICATION. THIS IS THE OPTION THAT IMPLEMENT A B79 FAIR HOUSING, WE'RE CONCERNED THAT OPTION 1 AND 2 MAY NOT MEET THE CAPACITY DEPENDING ON FORWARD COMING, OPTION 3 ENSURES THAT L.A. CAN ENSURE CITY WIDE AND CONTAIN LOCAL AFFORDABILITY CENTERS AND LOCAL PLANNING STANDARDS AND GIVES MORE TIME TO IMPLEMENT SB79, WE'RE CONCERNED THAT OPTION 1 OR 2 ARE LESS LIKELY TO MEET THOSE OBJECTIVES AND THAT AFFORDABILITY STANDARDS ARE NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN. SO WE STRONGLY SUPPORT OPTION 3. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 3 AND 4. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HAD ARUT, I'M BORN AND RAISED IN THE VALLEY AND I WOULD VOICE MY STRONG OPPOSITION FOR OPTION NUMBER 1 FOR SB79, I DON'T THINK IT WILL BUILD ANY HOUSING AND MAKE OUR HOUSING CRISIS EVEN WORSE. I'M A UNION WORKERS, I WAS BORN HERE, I SEE MY PEERS NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING, I'M ARMENIAN AND THE ONLY WAY TO MAINTAIN IS TO BUILD NEW HOUSES. FOR THE KIDS IN THE BACK, FOR THE UNION WORKERS, WE NEED MORE HOUSE HADING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, COURTNEY, ALICIA MILES, ANDREA, AND DANIEL SOSA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 4 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JED, SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR IN GENERAL LAW, ENCOURAGING THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT OPTION NUMBER 3 PROVIDING THE MOST HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES. ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS INNER-CITY LAW, THE MOST HOUSING UNSTABLE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, THE POOREST OF THE POOR, OPTION 1 DOES THE LEAST TO PROVIDE LEASING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABILITY RESIDENTS, IT WILL RESULT IN ZERO HOUSING UNTIL WE'RE DIFFERED FOR THE CONTINUED SB79 IMPLEMENTATION. WE HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER OPTION 3 TO PROVIDE MOST OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 5 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL SEE ONE MINUTE AND THEN IT WILL GO STRAIGHT TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: AWESOME. I'M ALICIA AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SMOKE SHOPS AND THEIR PROXIMITY TO OUR SCHOOLS. SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, IN WILMINGTON, A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME TO ME AND LET ME KNOW THAT HE AND THEIR SIBLINGS WERE TAKING TURNS SLEEPING IN THEIR MOMS COUCH, TO PROTECT, SINCE THE SMOKE SHOPPED, PEOPLE WERE TAKING SHOWERS ON THEIR YARD, AND FIGHTING, SEVERAL PEOPLE REPORTED THAT IT WAS A REAL BIG NUISANCE. THE SECOND PERSON WAS EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS AT THE LAUNDROMAT NEXT TO THE SMOKE SHOP. SINCE THEY OPENED, HE WAS HAVING A HARD BREATHING, SUBJECTED TO 8 HOURS OF CIGARETTE. THE SMELL IS JUST COMING UP. MY FINAL STRAW WAS WHEN MY SON CAME HOME AND LET ME KNOW. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WHEN MY SON CAME HOME AND LET ME THE PINS ON THE CORNER WAS ONLY 10 DOLLARS A VAPE. HE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF HIS BROTHERS WHO WAS UNDER 18 JUST PURCHASED THAT. AND AT THAT MADE ME LOOK AT HOW MANY SMOKE SHOPS ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LIVING TWO BLOCKS AWAY, MY SON HAS TO WALK THROUGH TWO OF THEM TO GET TO SCHOOL. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE SELLING CIGARETTES AND THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT THEY ATTRACT. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PASS THIS NON NL FOR THE CITY OF WILMINGTON BUT FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4 AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE I'M HERE TO URGE TO YOU ADOPT C1, HERE'S WHY. OUR COMMUNITY WORKED VERY HARD TO ADOPT A HOUSING ELEMENT PLAN THAT OUT ZONED OUR COMMERCIAL QUARTERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS STREETS TO TEN STORIES FROM 45 FEET. WE TOOK OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET THE GOALS IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT. ALLOWING ANY OPTION THAT ALLOWS UP TO 7 STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON OUR ONE-LOT TAKES AWAY AN AGREEMENT A SESH CONTRACT THAT HOMEOWNERS MAKE WHEN WE INVEST IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IT TAKES AWAY PEACE OF MIND, IT DESTROYS CERTAINLY, DEVELOPERS HAVE TOLD THE COUNCIL FOR DECADES THAT THEY NEED CERTAINITY TO DEVELOP IN THE CITY. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT HOMEOWNERS ALSO DESERVE THAT CERTAINITY AND PEACE OF MIND. CE URGE C1 AND TELL US WHAT THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM. I WANT TO CONFIRM, ARE YOU THE REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE COMMUNITY IMPACT. >> Speaker: WE HAVE FOUR OTHER COUNCIL FILES FOR SB79 THAT ARE NOT RELATED APPARENTLY TO THIS MEASURE. >> City Attorney: BUT DID YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL FILE OR SUBMIT A COMMUNITY IMPACT FOR THE SB79. >> Speaker: WE DID. >> City Attorney: ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL'S BEHALF OR ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE? >> Speaker: NO I'M HERE AS THE WEST SIDE REPRESENTATIVE. >> City Attorney: SO IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE YOUR COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT NOW, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DO ON THE SB79 ITEM. IF NOT NO MOORE HE'S. --NO WORRIES. >> Speaker: IT'S THE SB79ED THAT HAS CONSENT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR WE DID NOT HAVE TIME BECAUSE PLUM AND ITS SCHEDULE AND ITS FAILURE TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION DID NOT ALLOW US TIME NOR DO WE HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT EVER COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND WHATEVER AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WHICH IS VERY PROBLEMATIC. >> City Attorney: WHY DON'T WE DO THIS, CAN YOU TAKE OFF TO THE SIDE, I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU TO GET CLARITY, IF YOU HAVE A CIS, WE CAN COME BACK. BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I APPRECIATE THAT BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS NEED TIME TO CONSIDER MAJOR ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEM ALL. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 5 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M DAVID SOSA I OPERATE FOUR CANNABIS DISPENSARY. FIRST OF ALL THE TAX RATE NEEDS TO COME DOWN. YOU CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE POWER TO DO THIS. WE CURRENTLY PAY 100 TAX RATE OF OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. IF THEY MULTI BILLION DOLLARS GROSSES, THEY PAY 1,000 DOLLARS IN TAXES. IF MY BUSINESS GROSSES ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN SALES, I PAY $100,000 TO THE CITY. THIS IS NOT SOCIALABLY EQUITABLE, OUR RATE SHOULD BE LOWERED TO 0.1 PERCENT LIKE ALL OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. TAX REFORM IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY, AND IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM. NOW ON TO THE TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE PROGRAM MOVE FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS BECAUSE, CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THE CITY ARE THAT ALL CANNABIS BUSINESSES HAVE ZERO INCENTIVE TO PAY TAX AT THIS MOMENT. FIRST OF ALL, I LISITY ELICIT BUSINESSES PAY ZERO TAX AND THEN YOU HAVE POLICY TO RENEW THESE LICENSE INCLUDING JUST 48 WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 124 MILLION DOLLARS IN UNPAID TAXES TO THE CITY. WHICH BY THE WAY, YOU SURE GOT BAMBOOZLED BUSINESS DCR BY THAT ONE. THEY ARE NOT PAYING TAX AND THEN BUSINESSES LIKE MINE WHO PAY THEIR TAXES BUT WE KNOW THAT THE TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM IS COMING AND INTEREST WILL BE FORGIVEN. SO IT WILL BE AN INTEREST FREE LOAN. SO THOSE BUSINESS RIGHT SIDE NO LONGER INCENTIVIZED. SO AT THE CURRENT MOMENT, THE CITY HAS CREATED AREAS TO PAY TAX UNTIL THE CANNABIS AMNESTY PROGRAM GOES INTO AFFECT. SO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TAX REDUCTION AND THE PROGRAM. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, JUMBO, GREG, HERMAN, CARMINA CALDERON. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ANDREW, ITEM 4 SO YEN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SUPPORT OPTION C1 ON BEHALF OF THE L.A. CONSERVANCY BUT WITH THE ADDED AMENDMENT THAT ALL HP O.C.s BE REMOVED FROM IMPLEMENTATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE IS BEEN SOME CONFUSION OR MISCONCEPTIONS OF WHERE TIOA APPLIES, MULTI-FAMILY COMMERCIAL ALREADY APPLIES. SO THIS IS A CLEAN UP, 3 STORIES TO ALL THE SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS. AND I ALWAYS WANT TO NOTE THAT THE SOUTH VALLEY COMMUNITY PLANS ARE ON GOING, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MORE HOUSING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS BUT THIS IS A BASE DENSITY. I WANT TO THANK TRUM FOR MOVING QUICKLY ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM 3 AND 4 I BELIEVE IS HOUSING AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: SO CURRENTLY ITEMS NUMBER 3 AND 4 ARE NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: HOW ABOUT NUMBER 5? >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE NUMBER 5 ALSO. ONE MINUTE FOR NUMBER 5 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: CANNEDIDO, ONION PICKER, FIELD WORKER, FROM THE AGE OF 6 TO 18, WORKED THE FIELDS. THAT'S MY ITEM 5. NOW PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I TOO WILL NOT CONDEMN CESAR CHAVEZ. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING HIM, HE DIDN'T IMPRESS ME BUT WHAT HE DID AND WHAT AND I PRAY TO GOD, AND TO THE CHILDREN IF THERE WAS ANYBODY HURT, I'M SORRY. I HOPE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. BUT WHEN I MEET YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAVEZ, I WILL ASK YOU IF IT'S TRUE. BUT I CAN ASK MS. HUERTA, YOU WERE AN ADULT WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP THE ABUSE THAT WAS TO COME AFTERWARDS? YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED IT. YOU COULD HAVE SAID NO TO THE MOVEMENT, YOU COULD HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO THE RELIEVE THE PAIN OF CHILDREN BUT YOU CHOSE, WHO IS SAYING SOMETHING? YOU GOT THE MOUTH COME UP? WHO IS THE ONE? WHO IS THE ONE? SEE THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEBODY HERE THAT OPEN THEIR MOUTH BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE BALLS TO COME UP. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'LL DO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING SB79. ?AOUF A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M ANTONIA WITH SAGE RESIDENT OF SOUTH CENTRAL L.A. COUNCIL DISTRICT 9. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE WANT TO INVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BUT THROUGH AN EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, MITIGATING THE WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS AND TACKLE THE HISTORICAL SCARS OF RED LINING OR RACIST PRACTICE OF RED LINING. WHICH MEANS WE UPLIFT THE THIRD OPTION TO PAUSE IMPLEMENTATION OF SB79 UNTIL WE AS A CITY ESTABLISH STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS IN ALREADY BURDENED NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WANT TO PROVENT FOLKS FROM FURTHER FALLING INTO THE STREETS OR BEING HOUSING INSECURE. SECONDLY, WE DEVELOP GENUINELY DEVELOPED HOMES IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY HOMES WHERE FOLKS CAN PUT THEIR SHARE TOWARDS THEIR HOUSING SOLUTIONS. AGAIN, CAUSING IMPLEMENTATION AND WORKING CLASS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHER OPPORTUNITY ZONES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HELLO MR. HERMAN, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK FOR? >> Speaker: ALL MOTHER FUCKEN ITEMS, FOO AND ALL NON-AGENDA. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOLLOWED BY A MINUTE OF GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE AUDIENCE, MEMBERS OF UNIONS AND LOBBYIST, WE'VE ALL KNOWN THE HISTORY WHAT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION CAN DO TO YOUNG WOMEN. ESPECIALLY DIRTY WOMEN. AND WE ALSO KNOW WHAT ALCOHOL CAN DO IN CD13 TO DIRTY WOMEN, RIGHTLY. YEAH. SO LEE, IN QUESTION HERE, AS PRO TEM PRESIDENT, AS I SMELL MY ASS ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 1, ON DASH 260217, FUCK ALCOHOL NECESSITY AND CONSUMPTION. IT LEADS TO MORE MOTHER FUCKEN PROBLEMS AND FUCKEN PROBLEMS ARE NOT WHAT WE NEED. MATTER OF FACT, THAT WAS THE FIRST ITEM WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT. AND THEN WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 12, MR. LEE. IS THAT YOU? >> City Attorney: EITHER IN 12. >> Speaker: NO ASSHOLE, HE'S FROM CD12, ITEM 46, PAY ATTENTION DICK HEAD, I DO MY JOB AND YOU JUST LISTEN, SHUT THE FUCK UP. OUR COMMUNITY CAUGHT CELEBRATION, WHICH I, YOUR NEW MAYOR, A WHITE MOTHER FUCKER TO, INVITES SMOKING SCAN AND SMOKING SCAN AUDIENCE TO REPEAT AFTER ME. UM, THE SUBJECT OF APPROVAL BY THE WORSE BLACK MAYOR. WE DON'T WANT A WORLD CUP COMMUNITY, WE WANT BLACK LIVES THAT MATTER. LIKE MYSELF, A BLACK MOTHER FUCKER WITH A BAD ATTITUDE, THANK YOU. BUT FUCK THAT ITEM 2. LET ME GO INTO MY OTHER ITEM, BECAUSE I'VE GOT SO MANY TIME OF THREE MINUTES. REGARDING HERE, PUBLIC SAFETY, I JUST CAME FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING WHERE JIMMY McDONNELL, RONALD MICK cdONALD CALLS A COMMISSION MEETING EVERY MORNING AT 9:30. SMOKING SCAN. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, WHAT ITEM ARE YOU ON? >> Speaker: I'M ON ITEM NUMBER 58, MOTHER FUCKER, I CONTROL THE NARRATIVE, PLEASE, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: STAY ON TOPIC. >> Speaker: SO REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE COMMUNITY POLICE STATION, I OBSERVED IN MY DOCUMENTATION OF NWA, FUCK THE POLICE IS THAT, I CONCLUDED THAT YES, SOCIETY IS FUKD AND WE DON'T NEED A POLICE STATION, WE NEED GOOD POLICE OFFICERS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. HERMAN. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M NOT AN IMMIGRANT, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SLAVE OF DONALD TRUMP, THE BEST FUCKEN PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO HAS DONE MORE THAN ANYONE OF THESE 15 ASSHOLES AND THE DUMB BLACK MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES! RIGHT, UNISSES, RIGHT IMELDA LIKE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT MS. HUERTA WAS GETTING POKED IN BY AN IMMIGRANT AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT 12 AND PRIEST RAPE FUCKEN BOYS. NOW SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG HERE AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHY DO GROWN FUCKEN PROFESSIONALS WANT TO FUCK CHILDREN SXWLAIM. EXACT? WHY, KANDIDO, SAID, CESAR CHAVEZ, CHINGA TU PINCH HE YA. >> Interpreter: STUPID MOTHER FUCKERS, GO FUCK YOURSELVES. >> City Attorney: HELLO, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS OR WHAT COMMENT DID YOU WANT. >> Speaker: SPEAKING GENERAL COMMENT IN REFERENCE TO SB79. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M CARMINA ON BEHALF OF THE L.A. COALITION AND ASKING TO YOU SUPPORT OPTION 3, TIOA PROGRAM AND PROVIDE DENSITY AND DEEP AFFORDABILITY. THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM OPTION IN OPTION WILL OFFER NO VLI UNITS. THESE ARE--WE CAN ENSURE THAT DISPLACEMENT IS MINIMIZED BY HIGHLY SEWEDSER AREAS ARE SCALED UP. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HI I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND ITEM 4. >> City Attorney: I'M NOT SURE IF ITEM 4 IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, GO AHEAD WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY I'M A LAWYER AND MEMBER OF THE ACT L.A. COALITION, WE RECOMMEND MOVING WITH OPTION 3, WITH AREAS THAT. ACTIVELY SUPPORTS OPTION 3 BECAUSE IT WILL EXPAND THE TEIO PROGRAM WHICH WILL HAVE RENTS THAT LOW INCOME RENTERS CAN AFFORD. MOST RENTERS CANNOT AFFORD MODERN INCOME RENTS AND LOW INCOME RENTS AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY INVENTIVE FOR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME UNITS. THE TAOIA PROGRAM WILL BUILD THE LOW INCOME HOUSING, WHILE REMOVING LOW AND MODERATE AREAS. PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH OPTION 3 TO AVOID DISPLACEMENT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAK CER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL CALL CHRIS, GENIE G AND LABOR WORK. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER DID YOU WANT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR SPEAK ON A ITEM? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE BEING ENDANGERED OF NAUGHTY WORDS. THERE IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION WHICH WOULD HAVE THE ADDED BENEFITS WASTING LESS TIME FROM SCOLDING FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. YOU NEED TO PUT A BIG RED SIGN WHICH READS, ATTENTION SIS Y THIS, INCLUDES THE "N" WORD AND C WORD HOWEVER WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE LAW OR YOU AS MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPORT OTHER CRIMES KNOW WELL, WE SILENCE YOU ANYWAY. IF WE ACTUALLY BELIEVED IN THE LAW WE DEMAND THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAN PUT THE QUESTION TO THE JURY. SINCERELY YOUR CITY COUNCIL. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. AT THIS, WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ITEM 4. >> City Attorney: I BELIEVE IT'S NOT OPEN BUT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: VERY GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M THOMAS IRVIN I REPRESENT EAST SIDE HOUSING FOR ALL AND FAITH IN-HOUSING COALITION AND I'M SPEAKING IN BEHAVIOR OF OPTION 3 FOR SB79, STABILIZATION. TOO MANY FAMILIES ARE LOCKED OUT OF HOME OWNERSHIP. WE MUST RESPOND TO THE GRAVITY OF THIS CRISIS WITH AMBITIOUS HOUSING REFORM AND STOP ADVISING THAT HALF MEASURES WILL ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OF OUR NEIGHBORS. OPTION 3 IS IS THE BEST PATH FOR OUR CITY. IT ALLOWS HOUSING AT THE SCALE JUSTIFIED BY OUR HIGHEST QUALITY TRANSIT AND OPENS UP HIGH OPEN AREAS, YOUR JOBS PARKS AND AMENITIES AND THAT MATTERS FOR PRODUCTION BUT IF WE CARE FOR LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORS. THE CHOICE IS CLEAR, WE HAVE INVESTED BILLIONS IN TRANSIT, WE SHOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE NEAR IT, I URGE YOU TO ADOPT OPTION 3. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HELLO SPEAK CER, WHICH ITEMS OR PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD YOU LIKE? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 4. >> City Attorney: OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE GENERAL, ONE MINUTE, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: I'M CHARMINUTE MOIR, I LIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, I KNOW STATE BILL AFFECTS THE ENTIRE STATE INCLUDING LOS ANGELES IN REGARDS TO SB79 NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL. SO PLEASE CONSIDER OPTION 3 AS YOUR CHOICE. OPTION 3 IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOCUSING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS CHRIS REED I'M EAGLE ROCK HOMEOWNER AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF URBAN DEVELOPMENTAL EAST L.A. CONCENTRATING YOUR HOUSING AND SERVICES REDUCES FOR ALL INTO HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR RESIDENT TO SEE WALK AND MIKE AND TAKE TRANSIT, REDUCING EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY. OPTION 3 ALLOWS THE MOST PEOPLE TO LIVE IN CENTRALLY LOCATED NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS. I ALSO AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SPEAKERS THAT OPTION 3 IS ALSO THE BEST WAY TO ADVANCE FAIR HOUSING. IF WE'RE SERIOUS AS A CITY ABOUT ENDING REGRA GAYSING, WE MUST MAKE IT EASIER AND NOT HARDER. WE URGE YOU TO ADOPT OPTION 3. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, JESSE ANTONIA HERNANDEZ, JOHN CAMERA, ONION DARREL AND LAURA. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 4. >> Clerk: GENERAL THEN. >> Speaker: MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL I'M BOBBY GARITY, I'M A RENTER AND I'M HERE BECAUSE WE'RE IN A DIRE HOUSING CRISIS. HOME OWNERSHIP IS INACCESSIBLE AND WE HAVE 40,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE STREETS. TO FIX THE PAINS, WE NEED HOUSING ABUNDANCE, SB79 WAS A GREAT STEP FORWARD. WE NEED MUCH MORE DENSITY, AND WE ESPECIALLY NEED IT NEAR TRANSIT. BUT OUR IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS. OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS IN THE REPORT, OPTION 3 IS CLEARLY THE BEST. IT IS THE MOST EQUITABLE AND THE MOST FEASIBLE, BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, L.A. SHOULD BE LEADING AND EXCEEDING THE MINIMUMS, NOT JUST MEET ING THE STATE REQUIREMENTS. WE SHOULD BE HASTENING. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. AND THE NEXT SPEAKER? HI, WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO MAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ES GLORIA. SUBWAY. >> Interpreter: HI I'M GLORIA AND I'M A SUBWAY WORKER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I'M ASKING TO YOU PLEASE, APPROVE THE FAST FOOD WORKER AND FAIR WORKERS ORDINANCE URGENTLY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I ASK FOR TO YOU PASS THAT WITHOUT DELAY, THROUGH NO YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN THIS KNOWLEDGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO, THROUGH THESE NO YOUR RIGHTS, TRAININGS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE AND STRENGTH TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT AGAINST THINGS LIKE WAGE THEFT. AND I ACTUALLY FOUND OUT THROUGH THIS, THAT MY BOSS WAS ACTUALLY, VIOLATING MY RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THROUGH YOUR RIGHTS, I'VE BEEN TO FIGHT FOR THE JUSTICE THAT WE DON'T HAVE. BUT THERE ARE OTHER WORKERS THAT DON'T HAVE THIS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND SO THESE OTHER WORKERS ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME ISSUES THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE APPROVE THE FAIR WORKERS ORDINANCE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO THAT WAY, WORKERS HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE STRENGTH TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND ALSO THEIR FELLOW CO-WORKERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER. >> Speaker: YES, GOOD MORNING. I'M HERE TO--. >> City Attorney: DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ? >> Speaker: I DIDN'T WANT HEAR WHAT YOU SAID. >> City Attorney: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 30. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. DO YOU WANT A MINUTE OF GENERAL AS WELL? >> Speaker: I COULD HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> City Attorney: SO SUFFICIENT A MINUTE FOR ITEM 30 FOLLOWED BY A MINUTE OF PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I'M SPEAK ISING ON BEHALF OF ITEM 30, WOULD I LIKE TO MAKE GENERAL COMMENTS. SO MY NAME IS DARREL, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES LATINO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OUR MEMBERSHIP. WE UNDERSTAND THAT LOSS LOSZ HAS A LIGHT PROBLEMNOT A BROADBAND PROBLEM AND YET TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRIPLING THE ASSESSMENT TAX ON PROPERTY OWNERS. WE SUPPORT FUNDING THE STREETLIGHTS 100 PERCENT, BUT WHAT IS BEFORE US, DOES NOT QUITE DO THAT. INSTEAD WE'RE SEEING GOVERNMENT EXPLORE BROADBAND BUSINESS. THE CITY IS ALREADY EXPERIENCING WITH THE CRENSHAW CA KNOWING A PARK PROJECT THAT IS EXPERIENCING BROADBAND. SO WE'RE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OUR MEMBERS ASKING TO YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ORDINANCE, AND THIS WOULD HELP AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD, IN THESE TIMES. >> City Attorney: PLEASE CONTINUE, YOU HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE. >> Speaker: IN THESE TIMES, I'M THINKING ABOUT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES CAN IMPACT A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU AMEND THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, AUDIT L.A., GLORIA V, SCOTT FARMWORKER, MIKE, CHARLENE MOIR, AND IRMA VENEGAS. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I'LL BE SPEAKING TO ITEM 4. >> City Attorney: THAT WESTBOUND GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING ABUNDANT HOUSING L.A. THE ONLY CONSTANT IN LIFE IS CHANGE AND IMPLEMENTING SB79 IS THE OPTIMAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. FOR ALL LIKE LIE HOODS TO FLOURISH. PRESERVING HERITAGE AND CULTURAL LEGACY IS WHAT IS AT STAKE IN NEIGHBORS, THEN GIVING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THEIR OWN LEGACIES AND PLANT ROOTS IN STATION AREAS AS AMPLIFIED IN OPTION 3. IT ADVANCES FAIRNESS IN HOW WE BUILD, A TEM FPG TO BLOCK THE BUILDING, RESOURCES AND JOBS, THE VERY FACTOR AT THAT--IS MERELY BANKRUPT, XHAI IS NECESSARY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES THE GREATER GOOD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT? >> Speaker: I WANT THE WHOLE THING, THE THREE MINUTES AND ONE MINUTE. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND FOLLOWED BY A MINUTE OF GENERAL, PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC. YES, SIR, I'LL TRY, IF NOT SMOKING SCAN WILL KEEP ME ON POINT. NUMBER 59, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT--OKAY YOU WANT LAPD TO NOTIFY AND COME UP WITH A PLAN WHEN SOMETHING IMPORTANT IS HAPPENING. AND YOU MENTIONED SOME VERY IMPORTANT STUFF, WHAT IS NOT LISTED IS THE STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN COMING HERE, WEEK AFTER WEEK, WEEK AFTER WEEK, FOR TWO YEARS NOW, THAT WHERE IS THE PLAN TO ASK YOU WHERE IS THE PLAN OF WHAT IS THAT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN COMING AND ALL THE POLICE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THE POLICE WITH THAT, THAT IS AS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, WE COME TO EVERY SINGLE COMMISSION MEET ING, WE'VE SPOKEN TO EVERYONE. AND YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOSTLY SEEM TO FALL ON DEAF EARS. PUBLIC WORKS HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE. I KNOW THE POLICE ARE LISTENING, YOU GUYS NOTHING, IT'S LIKE CRICKET. RIGHT MR. LEE, YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME, BUT YOU WRAUNT ME TO LISTEN TO US. AND PRESIDENT DAWSON, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID AT THE POLICE COMMISSION, LOOK HE'S NOT EVEN LISTENING, I LISTENED TO EVERYTHING HE SAID AT THE POLICE COMMISSION, AND HE'S NOT LISTENING. I HOPE YOU CAUGHT IT, SMOKING SCAN, I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING LIVE. THAT'S THE ONE WITH MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HIS NAME ON IT, I FORGET THE NUMBER. OKAY. WE LISTENED, HE MADE A LOT OF GOOD POINTS. OKAY. BUT NOW, WHEN WE COME HERE, THERE IS NO LISTENING. SO IF LAPD CALLS YOU ON THESE THINGS OR ANYTHING, ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN? NO. LIKELY NOT. AND THEN I SEE A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT BANNERS AND ALL THAT STUFF. I DON'T KNOW, THIS SMOKING SCAN THING, WE NEED THE CITY COUNCIL TO PAY FOR BANNERS AND ALL OF THIS NONSENSE. W NEED LIGHTING BUT NOT COVERFUL LIGHTING. YOU NEED TO FIND A WAY, TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'RE SO DESPERATE FOR MONEY, YOU ARE NOW CHARGING, THE SENIORS WHO NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ADVANCE LIFE SUPPORT OR IF THEY FALL, YOU'RE CHARGING THEM. SO IF YOU HAVE MONEY, I GUESS THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY? THE SENIORS FALL AND YOU'VE GOT TO PICK THEM UP, THAT'S HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE MONEY TO PAY FOR A FUCKEN BANNERS. YOU KNOW, I CAN GO ON AND ON. I CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, NOBODY IS LISTENING, CAN YOU SEE THE CITY, MR. LEE, ARE YOU LISTENING? IF YOU ARE, YOU STILL OWE ME AN APOLOGY, JUST A REMINDER, IS APPRECIATE IT T I HOPE EVENTUALLY, YOU GET TO THAT, BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY, NOBODY IS LISTENING. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS RESPECT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHEN HE SPOKE TO THE POLICE COMMISSION. >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT, SCIENTOLOGY, THEY'RE NOW OPENING THEIR GOLDEN AGE TO GEAR TOWARDS CHILDREN. MIND YOU, WE HAVE GIVEN YOU BOOKS, WE HAVE SPOKEN VICTIMS HAVE COME AND SPOKEN ON THEIR CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD HORROR THAT HAS HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN L.A. CITY THAT YOU GUYS IGNORED. YOU ALLOWED TO HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU CARE MORE ABOUT, THEIR SCIENTOLOGY, FIRST AMENDMENT, THAN YOU DO ABOUT CHILD PROTECTION AND HELPING CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED. OKAY. BUT YOU GUYS DON'T LISTEN TO THAT. I BET SMOKING SCAN, WISHED YOU LISTENED TO US MORE. TO LISTEN TO ANYONE, HAS ANYONE FELT LISTENED TO TODAY? I DOUBT IT. IT'S RIDICULOUS. OKAY, THERE IS SERIOUS STUFF IN THE CITY BESIDES BANNERS AND OTHER VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ABUSE OF SCIENTOLOGY AND ITS MEMBERS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL GREG, DENNY, JESUS ROJAS AND JENNY G. >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT >> City Attorney: >> Speaker: GENERAL, SCOTT EP STEIN, WITH ABUNDANCE HOUSING L.A. GOOD MORNING, THIS COUNCIL DIRECTED CITY PLANNING FOR EQUITY IN ITS PLAN TO IMPLEMENT SB79. OPTION 3 IS RESPONSIVE TO THAT DIRECTION AND WOULD MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS ON FAIR HOUSE HADING. OPTION ONE IS AN UP ZONE ON PAPER ALONE WHICH WILL NOT PRODUCE MEANINGFUL NUMBERS OF HOUSING UNITS AND BAKE IN THE PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION THAT HAVE PLAGUED OUR CITY FOR DECADES. THE PROGRAM HAS NOT ATTRACTED A SINGLE APPLICATION IN THE LAST YEAR AND ITS BUILDING STANDARDS ARE NOT ROBUST ENOUGH IN THE HIGH RESOURCE AREAS. CITY TARGETING IS, WE ALL LOVE THE FOURPLEXES. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY'RE FEASIBLE IN THE MIRACLE MILE 100 YEARS LATER. WORKING ANGLOS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN A FOOT HOLD IN THIS CITY. I ASK YOU TO HELP THEM REMAIN IN THE CITY THAT THEY LOVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER WHICH YTSZ? ITEMS >> Speaker: ACTUALLY 4 BUT I'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ON SB79, IT'S ABOUT NOT NECESSARILY CREATING HOUSES BUT CREATING A LIVABLE CITY WITHIN A CITY. BEING FROM VAN NUYS, WE'RE FACING A LOT OF CHANGES ON OUR AREA JUST BECAUSE THE MAPPING AS THE EPI CENTER IN THE VALLEY. SO WE KNOW THE CHALLENGES WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A BETTER VISION AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE ARCHITECTS, MORE DESIGNERS, WHO ARE LOCAL, WHO ARE KNOW, KNOW OUR LOCAL HISTORY, OUR LOCAL PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING THAT IS PART OF L.A. CAN I GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> City Attorney: YOU'RE STILL ON IT, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: I WANT TO COMMEND ALL SAID ABOUT CAESAR CHAVEZ BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF GUTS. >> Clerk: I'LL CALL UP A COUPLE MORE NAMES. HUERTA, RON G, WILLIAM GOOD AND PETE PER. >> City Attorney: HELLO, SPEAKER WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 5 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR NUMBER 5 FOLLOWED BY A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: TANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, I'M IRMA LARA, I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF WILMINGTON AND OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING OVERWHELMED BY SMOKE SHOPS THAT ARE OPENING NEAR OUR SCHOOLS AND PARKS. WHILE THEIR SMOKE SHOP/MINI MARKETS, SO THEY SELL CANDY THAT ATTRACT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WITHIN ONE MILE WE HAVE FIVE SMOKE SHOPS. WILMINGTON ALREADY HAS AIR QUALITY ISSUES AND WE MUST PROTECT OUR YOUTH FROM DANGEROUS TOBACCO PRODUCTS. A TEMPORARY PROHIBITION WILL PREVENT OTHER SHOPS FROM OPENING WHILE OTHER SOLUTION RIGHT SIDE BEING WORKED ON. THIS TYPE OF EXPOSURE NEEDS TO STOP. WE THANK COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR RECOGNIZING THIS ISSUE AND INTRODUCING THIS MOTION AND REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE YES ON THE ITEM. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, DID YOU WANT A MINUTE OF GENERAL? >> Speaker: NO, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANKS. AND WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO SPEAKER? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 10, AND 30 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO 10 IS NOT OPEN, 30 I THINK YOU SAID IS. SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 30 YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE FOR GENERAL FOR OTHER ITEMS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. SO FOR ITEM 30 WE URGE A NO-VOTE IN THE ORDINANCE OF BUREAU STREETLIGHTING SHOULD WORK ON PROVIDING WORKING STREETLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE DO NOT NEED THE CITY TO BE A MEGA BROADBAND PROVIDER ESPECIALLY AT TRIPLE THE COST. FOR ITEM NUMBER 10O THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU, HARMS SECTION A PROVIDERS. FOR ANY RENT INCREASES AND OBTAINING FIRE APPROVAL FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AS WE'RE READY, ARE 50 DAYS PAST DUE THE NEARLY PROPOSED DAY OF FEBRUARY 2, THE NOTICE FOR SECTION 8 WERE MADE INVALID, WE URGE A NO-VOTE DUE TO ITS UNFAIR AND INEQUITABLE IMPACT THAT ARE PROVIDING DESPERATELY LOW INCOME HOUSING. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 30 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR 30 FOLLOWED BY A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M WITH PETER AND I'M WITH SPECTRUM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT STREETLIGHTING IN LOS ANGELES IS A IMPORTANT PRIORITY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SAFE STREETS IN EVERY COMMUNITY. RECENTLY I WAS DRIVING THROUGH ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE EVENING, AND YOU CAN FEEL THE DIFFERENCE, FROM BLOCK TO BLOCK, WHERE LIGHTING WAS CONSISTENT, IT FELT SAFE AND ACTIVE, BUT WHERE THERE WASN'T LIGHTS, IT CHANGED THE EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY AND THAT'S WHY THIS ISSUE MATTERS. WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES, BUT WE, BUT WE, RESPECTFULLY OFFER A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND THAT IS HOW THE PROPOSAL IS BEING STRUCTURED. THE ASSESSMENT CONTEMPLATES A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN REVENUE AND WE BELIEVE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE PROPOSAL FOCUSED ON WHAT IS NEEDED AND HAVE 100 PERCENT OF THE MONEY GO TO FIXING STREETLIGHTS. OFFER A GUARANTEE TO ANGELINOS THAT THEIR LIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE FIXED. INSTEAD THE PROPOSAL INTRODUCES EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE POTENTIAL BROADBAND RELATED ACTIVITIES, SUCH THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN CA NOGA PARK AND ACTIVE IN CANOGA PARK AND CRENSHAW. WE SUGGEST THAT YOU AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE ORIGINAL CAO'S REPORT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE EXPERIMENT SUCH AS THE CONDUIT ELEMENTS. STREETLIGHTS WILL DELIVER GREATER AND MOST, IMMEDIATE IMPACT TO ANGELINOS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT SPEAKER? HI, WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA 59 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT, I FEEL LIKE IT'S RELATIVE TO THE POLICIES FOR COMMUNICATION WZ COUNCIL OFFICES REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITY WITHIN THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICT AND INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WHEN WE WERE PROTESTING THE SCIENTOLOGY, HEADQUARTERS IN HOLLYWOOD, THEY MULTIPLE TIMES, OUR CALLING THE CLEAN UP CREWS, FALSELY, CALLING THE LAPD FALSELY, THIS IS CAUSING MAJOR UNSAFE ISSUES FOR PROTESTERS WHO WERE BORN AND RAISED THAT ARE EXPOSING THE FAMILY, DISCRETION CRIMES THE CHILD ABUSE, THE HUMAN ELDERLY ABUSE, THAT LEAD PEOPLE THAT WHEN THEY FINALLY WANT TO LEAVE SCIENTOLOGY AND THE RESULT, THEY END UP HOMELESS OR ON DRUGS OR LITERALLY LEFT WITH NO HELP, BECAUSE THEY'RE AGAINST PSYCHIATRY HELP, YET THEY THINK IT'S OKAY TO CALL AND MAKE FALSE CALLS ABOUT THE POLICE AND ALL THAT AND HAVE PUBLIC CLEAN UP PROTESTING SIGNS THAT WE ARE PROTESTING! YOU CANNOT COME TO A PROTEST THAT IS BEAUTIFULLY PROTESTING, PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE WORD OUT, IN A NUMBER ONE LOCATION OF SCIENTOLOGY IN HOLLYWOOD WHERE THERE IS LITERALLY RECRUITING PEOPLE TO HUMAN TRAFFIC THEM AND DO THE SAME THING THEY DID TO ME AS A CHILD. SO WHY DO YOU HAVE THE HOLLYWOOD CITY IN ANY KIND OF SITUATION STOPPING PROTESTERS, PICK ING UP THEIR SIGNS, THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR JOB AND THAT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN. THESE ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO, GO GET, THE SIDEWALKS CLEANED OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE THEY HEAR FALSE CLAIMS FROM INTERNAL SCIENCETOLOGIST. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE AN ISSUE. IT NEEDS TO COME UP. I HAVE THIS PAMPHLET THAT LITERALLY LET YOU KNOW THE INFILTRATING GROUPS THAT SCIENTOLOGY HIDES BEHIND. THESE ARE THE FRONT GROUPS THAT THEY GET INTO WITH THE HOMELESS, WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS ALL OF THAT. SO PLEASE BE AWARE WHEN I GIVE THIS OUT, PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THE SERGEANT. >> Speaker: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. >> City Attorney: BEFORE YOU START, MR. HERMAN, PLEASE STOP MAKING ALL THE GESTURES WHILE THE SPEAKER IS TRYING TO SPEAK. IT'S DISTRACTING, YOU DID IT BEFORE, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL CHRIS WILSON, SCOTT, BRANDON AND RUBEN, AIDEN, ALEXANSEDER AND JOSEPH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M O ORIN AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 4. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE A MINUTE IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: TODAY SB79 IS FORCING US WHERE WE SHOULD BUILD HOUSING. IF YOU WERE TO PUT YOUR FINGER DOWN ON A MAP, YOU WOULD PICK THE PLACE BEING CONSIDERED TODAY, OUR CITY'S BEST NEIGHBORHOODS. MORE KIDS DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW UP THERE, PLEASE, ALLOW MORE HOMES THERE. BUT OPTION 1, AS CURRENTLY DESIGNED, WON'T CUT IT. FIRST OF ALL, THE CORRIDOR TRANSITION PROGRAM USES IS UNWORKABLE, ZERO PROJECTS PROPOSED. AND SECOND FOR BIGGER PROPERTIES, DOES NOT ZONE, WHICH WOULD MAKES TRULY TAKE AFFECT. IF YOU WANT TO DELAY, YOU NEED TO PASS A PLAN WITH MORE SLACK. PLEASE ADDRESS THE HOUSING PROJECT WITH URGENCY, NOT DELAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> HELLO, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, DID YOU WANT? >> YEAH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> LAST WEEK, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES REACHED A SETTLEMENT WITH A WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN RAPED BY LAPD OFFICER. THIS OFFICER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF WOMEN WHO WAS IN MENTAL CRISIS, HE DIDN'T ONLY HAVE SEX WITH HER, HE RAPED HER AND FISTED HER. YOU PAID FOR THE OUTSIDE COUNCIL TO DEFEND THE CITY AND NITHYA YOU'RE RUNNING FOR MAYOR, I SUGGEST YOU PAY ATTENTION AND SPEAK UP ABOUT IT. THIS OFFICER, X OFFICER NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED. HE NEEDS TO BE CHARGED. I TALKED TO THE D.A. HOCHMAN AND SAID, ASK TO INVESTIGATE IT. YET, HE'S NOT BEING ARRESTED. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? NITHYA, YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE, ARE YOU GOING TO STAND UP FOR WOMEN OR ARE YOU GOING TO PROTECT AN LAPD OFFICER. IT'S TIME TO SAY SOMETHING, ENJOY YOUR DAY. >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER. >> HI, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS DID YOU OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DID YOU WANT? >> ITEM 4 AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO 4 IS NOT OPEN BUT YOU HAVE A MINUTE ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY. DOES THAT MEAN, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON PERIOD ON ITEM 4. >> City Attorney: NO I DON'T BELIEVE SO. NO. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY, IN GENERAL, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, JACOB PIERCE HOUSING L.A., HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF OPTION 3 AND OPPOSITION TO OPTION 1, YOU HAVE IMPORTANT CHOICES BEFORE YOU. ON THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, BUT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT YOUR CHOICES IT'S ABOUT OURS. GIVING ANGELINOS OPTIONS FOR PLACE TO SEE LIVE. OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT DRIVE BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS OR DISABILITY. TO LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF CHOICE. SO WE URGE TO CHOOSE OPTION 3 TO ALLOW HOMES AND OPPORTUNITY STATIONS AND CONTINUE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS OPEN THE CITY UP TO LEGAL RISK FAKE UP ZONING ONE THAT WILL EXPOSE THE CITY TO LAWSUITS THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD. PLEASE SUPPORT OPTION 3. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT? >> Speaker: ITEM 30 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS CHRIS WILSON WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUSINESS FEDERATION KNOWN AS BIZ FED. WHILE WE SUPPORT THE FIXING OF STREETLIGHT, GIVEN ITS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE CONCERNED THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. INSTEAD WE SEE THE PIVOT IN THE CITY OF L.A. EXPLORING INVOLVED IN THE BEING INVOLVED IN THE BROADBAND BUSINESS WHICH THIS ALSO ENTERTAINS THE TRIPLING THE TAX ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY OWNERS TO FAMILY EFFORT. THE CITY IS ALREADY EXPERIMENTING WITH THIS IN CRENSHAW AND CANOGA PARK. MULTIPLE PRIVATE PROVIDERS COMPETING AND INVESTING EVERY DAY. RESPECTFULLY, IF THIS ITEM IS ABOUT STREETLIGHTS, LET IT BE ABOUT STREETLIGHTS AND MAINTENANCE AND FIXING THEM. NOT SMOKING MIRRORS TO TAXPAYERS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DO YOU WANT? >> Speaker: ITEM 4. >> City Attorney: SPUF A MINUTE, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ANNE RUBEN FROM HPOZBETWEEN TWO PURPLE STOPS AND 99 PERCENT COVERED BY SB79. IT'S A CIRCLE FOUNDATIONAL MODEL FOR PLANNED COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND 100 YEARS LATER THIS PUT US IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER. IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN 69 AND SPARED OUR PRESERVATION MOVEMENT. THE WHOLE OF CIRCLE IS GREATER. WE ARE THE CARE TAKERS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. WE NEED MASS TRANSIT WITHOUT REPLACEMENT AND TRUE AFFORDABILITY, NO GREAT CITY BUILDS A SUBWAY OR LIGHT WAY AND THEN DESTROYS ITS PAST AND NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR THE TRANSIT STOPS. OPTION C1, SEEMS LIKE THE MOST RESPONSIBLE CHOICE AND PLEASE DO TWO OTHER THINGS. PRESS OUR MAYOR TO JOIN THE PUSH BACK IN SACRAMENTO SO WE DON'T GET STUCK WITH MORE CHAIN LINK LOTS. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT THIS AS ANOTHER ERA OF URBAN RENEWAL. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT DID YOU WANT? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING NUMBER 4. >> City Attorney: EXCELLENT, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker WE NEED TO BE BUILDING A LOT MORE HOUSING IN LOS ANGELES AND WE NEED TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS EQUITABLE TO ACTUALLY GET HOUSING BUILT. WHILE ALL THE THREE OPTIONS WILL NEED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, THERE ARE A BIG CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE NOT BEING DISCUSSED. BY 2030, ALL THE SB79 CAPACITY MUST BE ACCOMMODATED IF WE'RE GOING TO DOT MINIMUM POSSIBLE UP ZONING NOW, MEANS IN MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK OR NEED TO ALL OF THIS ADDITIONAL DENSITY AND I THINK IF EITHER OF THOSE OPTIONS WORK BEFORE YOU, THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT HERE SPEAKING OUT. SO I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO NOT DO OPTION 3, THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION NOW. ALSO PROVIDING ADEQUATE CAPACITY, IT DOES NOT MEET ALL THRESHOLD FOR ALL LOTS AND ASSUMES THE REDEVELOPMENT OF OURSELVES WHICH WOULD LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT IF THAT WOULD HAPPEN. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKERS, WHICH ITEM DID YOU WANT? >> Speaker: ITEM 4. >> City Attorney: SO SUFFICIENT A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M ALEX STOPS, I'M THE ORGANIZER OF FAITH ORGANIZATION AND I'M HERE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE FOR OPTION 3 FOR THIS SB79 IMPLEMENTATION. I JUST WANT TO SAY BRIEFLY, A B868 WAS PASSED IN 2018, THAT IS A STATE LAW THAT MAN TATES EVERY AGENCY TO OVERCOME SEGREGATION BY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING. REALLY EMBODIES THE SPIRIT TO FURTHER FAIR HOUSING AND GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOAN INCOME RESIDENTS TO LIVE AND TAKE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES OFF OF TENANTS AND LOW INCOME AREAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL KAUP UP A FEW MORE NAMES. CANNEDIDO, ORIN, SMOKING SCAN AND JACOB PIERCE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS LARRY WATTS, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 4. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M A FORMER CHAIR OF THE BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND FORMER VICE CHAIR OF THE WEST SIDE REGIONAL ALLIANCE OF COUNCILS. AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSITION THAT WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING PROBLEM, AND WE BELIEVE THAT, A GOOD COMPROMISE AT THIS TIME IS OPTION C1. IT WILL PROVIDE INCREASED HOUSING, AND YET, PRESERVING OUR HISTORIC COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE SUPPORT FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS AIDEN I'M SPEAKING ON NUMBER 4 GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD, >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OPTION 3. I HAVE LIVED IN MANY CITIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN THE CITIES, HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIRECTLY IN CONNECTION WITH A PUBLIC TRANSIT STATION. LOS ANGELES MANY OF ITS PUBLIC TRANSIT CONNECTIONS DO NOT HAVE AFFECTIVE HOUSING DIRECTLY IN CONNECTION, SB79 WAS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO ADDRESS THIS, BY CHOOSING TO GO BY OPTION ONE, WE'RE CREATING A FICTITIOUS FOR MORE HOUSING, BECAUSE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO WAIT FOR THAT TIMELINE TO EXPIRE WHERE THEY WOULD NOT INVEST IN ACTUALLY BUILDING THREE DEVELOPMENTS. IF THEY HAVE A PROMISE TO BUILD A MORE LUCRATIVE OPTION. SOY WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT WE OPPOSE OPTION 1 AND SUPPORT OPTION 3 FOR THIS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. BOBBY, BARBARA BIOD E. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4 AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL WHILE I DO SO. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU CAN SPEAK TO NUMBER 1. >> Speaker: SHELLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SB79 DISRUPTS THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN IMPACT COMMUNITIES, MY OWN BEVERLY GROVE QUALIFIES FOR RELIEF BY VIRTUAL OF EXISTING CAPACITY, BUT ONLY OPTION B. COMMUNITY LEADERS HERE TODAY MAY DIFFER ON THE OPTIONS BUT WE ALL AGREE ON THIS, DURING THE EFFECTUATION DELAY, THIS COUNCIL MUST LIMIT THE DAMAGE. THE CITY NEEDS TO CONCENTRATE ON CORRIDORS, IMPOSE DENSITY INCENTIVES THAT CAN BE LIFTED AND VERIFIED PLANNING PERMITS AND FUNDING BEFORE ANY DEMOLITION. FIRST, DO NO HARM, SECOND, TAKE THE FIGHT TO SACRAMENTO. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. ANTONIA HERNANDEZ, BOOZE', LARRY WATTS, CHRIS WILSON AND GLORIA VILLACIENCIO. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO I DON'T SEE ANYBODY STANDING UP. IF YOUR NAME WAS JUST CALLED, PLEASE STAND UP AND MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ONE PERSON IN THE BACK? NO AND THEY'RE LEAVING, OKAY. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT THOSE WERE ALL THE NAMES CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO VOTE ON AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: BEFORE I DO, DO ANY OTHER MEMBERS HAVE ITEMS TO CALL SPECIAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: I WANT TO MOVE THE ORDINANCE THAT STATED MARCH 14th ON THE COUNCIL FILE. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER PARK, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ON ITEM NUMBER 16, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO MARCH 27th. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ANY OTHER SPECIALS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: OKAY, THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 1 THROUGH 2, 32 THROUGH 33, 35 THROUGH 50, 52 THROUGH 61, AND 64. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO NOTE AND FILE NUMBER 63. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE TO 3 CALLED SPECIAL BY RAMAN AND PARK? >> Council President: LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 3, IS THAT FOR SPEAKING OR AMENDMENTS? THE AMENDMENTS STILL CIRCULATING? >> N. Raman: I BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY BEEN CIRCULATING. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SPEED SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM. THIS LEGISLATION AUTHORIZED A PILOT IN SIX JURISDICTIONS ACROSS OUR STATE. L.A. IS IS THE LAST TO IMPLEMENT IT AND THAT'S EMBARRASSING AND UNFORTUNATE BUT THIS PILOT IS LIMITED TO FIVE YEARS AND WE'RE WELL INTO THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. SAN FRANCISCO IS IN PLACE AND THE REVENUES STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAKES OUR STREETS SAFER. JUST WANT TO NOTE HOW OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO MAKE STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OR FUND. THIS IS A MEANINGFUL SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO SAVE LIVES AND WE'RE JUST LEAVING IT ON THE TABLE. SPEEDING IS ONE OF THE MORE SERIOUS, CARS IS THE LEADING CAUSE FOR DEATH OF LOS ANGELES AND THE REST OF COUNTRY, IT'S GUNS. THAT SHOULD STOP ALL OF US IN OUR TRACKS. THIS GIVES US TOOLS TO PREVENT THOSE DEATHS. L.A. SHOULD LEAD ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, I URGE NOT AYE-VOTE AND I WANT TO REITERATE TO L.A. DOT TO GET THIS PROGRAM RUNNING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT'S GOING TO BRING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE VERY THINGS THAT RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT AFFORD TO FUND. I WELCOME THESE CAMERAS IN MY DISTRICT AND LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING THEIR USE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU AND THAT IS ITEM 3 ADOPTED BY MOTIONS 3B AND 3 A. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5 CALLED SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS BY McOF COURSER. >> T. McOsker: BEFORE WE GET TO ITEM 5, CAN I ASK THAT ITEM 2 BE SENT FORTHWITH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO ITEM NUMBER 5, IS ABOUT SMOKE SHOPS AND I'M ASKING FOR AN ICO IN CD15 IN THE 1-5, AND I THINK WE HEARD SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS AND I WANT TO THANK ALICIA BALTHAZAR, WHO IS WAS VERY HUMBLE, SHE'S THE ONE THAT MOVED THIS PETITION THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA. I WANT TO THANK IRMA FOR COMING IN AND SPEAKING. AND AS A SIDE NOTE AS IRMA HAS HAS BEEN PUT UP FOR COMMISSIONER, I'M SURE SHE WILL BE APPROVED. SMOKE SHOPS ARE UBIQUITOUS IN SO MANY PARTS OF OUR CITIES, AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IN THE WILMINGTON COMMUNITY WHERE THE ISSUE WAS FIRST RISEN BROUGHT UP BY GREAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT IT IS SPREADING EVERYWHERE. WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THESE SMOKE SHOPS WHICH ARE UNREGULATED THROUGH ANY LOCAL ACTION, POP UP AND THEY BECOME, THE PLACES THAT DRAW IN OUR YOUTH, THEY ARE SELLING NA--NYE TRUR, THEY'RE SELLING CANNABIS AND SODAS WHICH IS A TAX PROBLEM AND A REGULAR TORY PROBLEM. AND THEY SELL OFTEN CLEANER. WHO HAS THOUGHT, I NEED MY OFTEN CLEANED, AND WE STOP AT A SMOKE SHOP, THEY SELL OFTEN CLEANER, WE KNOW WHO THEY'RE SELLING THAT TO. WE HAVE A HARBOR AREA COMMUNITY PLAN THAT IS COMING AND IT WILL BE WONDERFUL. IT WILL BE WONDERFUL, BUT IT'S COMING AND COMING SLOWLY. IT WILL PROVIDE SOME REGULATIONS TO SMOKE SHOPS. GUESS WHAT? WHEN FOLKS SEE THAT THE REGULATIONS ARE COMING, THEY RUN TO THE DOOR TO RUN A PERMIT. AN ICO IS DUE, WE'RE FAR TOO SLOW ON ICOs AS WELL. IF WE WERE IN BURBANK OR MONROVIA A, I WANT AN ICO, THEY WOULD HAVE THE NEXT PLACE, AND THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE SMOKE SHOP NEXT DOOR. WE MOVE TOO SLOW ON ICOs, THE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE FACT THAT IT TAKES WEEKS AND WEEKS HAS THE OPPOSITE AFFECTS OF DRIVING PEOPLE TO THE COUNTER TO PULL THESE PERMITS. WE HAVE TO STOP IT! WE NEED TO STOP THESE PERMITS SO WE CAN COME UP WITH REASONABLE REGULATIONS WITH HOW THEY SPACE EACH OTHER. AND HOW THEY ARE SPACED NEXT TO SENSITIVE USES. MY PUSH IN THE LONG RUN IS GOING TO BE, NOT JUST AWAY FROM SCHOOLS OR EACH OTHER, BUT AWAY FROM PARKS AND LIBRARIES. WE HAVE A DEFINITION THAT IS COMING, WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION CURRENTLY IN OUR MUNI CODE BUT WE HAVE A DEFINITION IN OUR PLANNING CODE. WE NEED TO PUT THIS ICO IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. THE LAW FOR GENERAL LAW CITIES AND MORE TORIA EXIST AND WHY WE PUT INTO OUR CODE THE ABILITY FOR US AS A CHARTER LAW CITY TO HAVE AN INTERIM CONTROL ORDINANCE. IT IS A THING THAT WE USE, VERY SUCCESSFULLY IN WILMINGTON. WE HAD A SLOW ROLLING SET OF REGULATIONS COMING ON TRUCKING STORAGE AND TRUCK PARKING AND IT WAS TAKING SO LONG THAT WE PUT AN ICO IN PLACE UNTIL THE NEW REGULATIONS CAN COME. I'M ASKING FOR THE SAME THING HERE FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER. COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T ROZ SKI? --YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS A CITY WIDE ORDINANCE . >> T. McOsker: I WOULD LOVE IT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: CAN WE ASK ON THAT TODAY AND ASK TO GET A REPORT BACK WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE CITY WIDE. I SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS OR AT LEAST LOOK AT THE IMPACTS AND MAKE THAT DECISION TOGETHER. SO I DON'T KNOW IF PLANNING IS HERE. IS IT--WELL. I'M ASSUMING THAT WE CAN DO THAT, CAN WE ASK FOR THAT NOW AS PART OF THIS ADOPTION OR DO WE NEED TO START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN? >> Council President: WE'LL ASK PLANNING TO COME TO THE TABLE AND ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> K. Yaroslavsky: WE MAY ASK ATTORNEY. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF US SAYING, WHY ARE WE ONLY DOING THIS IN 15, THAT IS A GOOD IDEA MR. McOSKER. >> Speaker: HELLO MICHELLE SING H, CITY PLANNING WHILE WE EVALUATED A CITY WIDE, WE DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS WAS A CITY WIDE ISSUE. BUT AT THE MOMENT, BECAUSE IT WAS INTRODUCED IN 15 AND WE HAVE A SOLUTION COMING UP TO REGULATE SMOKE SHOPS THROUGH THE HARBOR PLANS, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS, THAT WE CAN MAKE THE FINDINGS FOR THE ICO IN 15 AT THIS TIME. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ALL RIGHT. SO COULD WE ASK NOW FOR AN ANALYSIS TO BE DONE, TO MAKE THE FINDINGS CITY WIDE OR DO WE NEED TO MAKE A NEW MOTION? >> Speaker: KEVIN, IF THAT'S A POLICY CALL, SO IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US DIRECTION TO LOOK CITY WIDE, WE CAN PREPARE THAT ANALYSIS. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO PERHAPS, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ASK AS PART OF THE ADOPTION, THAT YOU ALL REPORT BACK TO TT APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS THAT WOULD JUSTIFY A CITY WIDE ICO. >> T. McOsker: MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: YES. >> T. McOsker: I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO MAKE THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT HOLDING UP THE PREPARATION AND THE ULTIMATE ADOPTION FOR CD15. I WOULD MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO THIS ACTION TODAY THAT WE ALSO ASK THE SAME RIGOROUS SET OF FINDINGS FOR CITY WIDE BUT TO HAVE IT NOT DELAY THE ACTION THAT WE ARE TAKING TODAY TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE HARBOR AREA AND FOR WATTS. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I'LL SECOND THAT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR USING THE TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR TO US CONFRONT THIS CHALLENGE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO GET AT IS, THESE TYPES OF USES BEING CONCENTRATED IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF THAT IN OUR CITY AND DIFFERENT ONES COME UP WITH DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS. I THANK YOU FOR COMING UP WITH THE SOLUTIONS, BUT I WANT US TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE PRIZE, THERE IS NO MISTAKE THAT WILMINGTON IS THE EPI CENTER AS OPPOSED TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WITH THAT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? FORTHWITH. WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO 26 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND PRICE AND YAROSLAVSKY FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. THIS IS ABOUT TAKING A COMPREHENSION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T AND HOW WE CAN BUILD A STRAJ TEE THAT ACTUALLY DELIVERS RESULTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. FOR TOO LONG, THEY'VE--WE FOUND THIS CONVERSATION HAPPENING WHEN WE WERE DOING THE RESTRUCTION OF DEPARTMENTS. INSTEAD OF LEADING, WE ARE REACTING AND WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. THIS WILL EXAM OTHER PRACTICES AND LEARN FROM THEIR CHALLENGES SO WE CAN AVOID REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES. WE NEED AN ECONOMIC PLAN THAT IS GROUNDED ON EVIDENCE, ALIGNED WITH OUR CITY'S NEEDS AND FOCUS ON REAL OUTCOMES. WE CANNOT KEEP FIGHTING OVER THE SCRAPS, WE NEED TO GROW THE PIE. GROWING THE PIE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FUND THE SERVICE SXZ DO SO MUCH MORE. AND THIS MOTION IS ABOUT DOING THAT. SO I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT AND STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THE HARD WORK ON THIS ISSUE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REPORT SO WE CAN HAVE A CITY WIDE VISION AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. McOSKER. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? NO? >> K. Yaroslavsky: YES. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR GETTING THE CONVERSATION START ITED. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS ASSESSMENT CAN BE COMPLIMENTED WITH A LOOK AT HOW WE WORK WITH PARTNERS IN THE PRIVATE NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPIC SECTORS TO BETTER--I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE MOTION AND IDENTIFY THE BEST WAY TO SEE STRUCTURE EXPERTISE WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHOUT TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT WORK. BUT I WANT THIS TO BE MARRIED. THIS INCLUDES DEVELOPING UNDER UTILIZED CITY PROPERTY, ACTIVATING LANDMARKS WHERE OUR CITY CAN BE A BACKDROP FOR PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THAT INCLUDES A MOTION I RECENTLY INTRODUCED TO REFRESH THE VISUAL IDENTITY AND LOOK AT LICENSING OUR INTELLECTUAL ASSETS. WE NEED THIS TO WORK UNDER PARALLEL AND THAT INCLUDES SECTION 104G WHICH RIGHT NOW LIMITS THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ENTER INTO COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES. WE SHOULD NOT LET THEM TIE OUR HANDS THAT WE NEED TO STAFF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO PAVE OUR STREETS AND REINVEST IN THE LOS ANGELES THAT WE ALL LOVE. SO SI URGE YOUR AYE-VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR THIS MOTION. I ONLY WISH THAT THERE WAS THIS CONVERSATION WHEN THE CONVERSATION WAS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHEN SO MANY BUSINESS RIGHT SIDE STRUGGLING. I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY REESTABLISHING SOME INDEPENDENT FORM OF STRATEGY THAT WE CAN DO IN THE CITY. MEANWHILE BUSINESSES DON'T HAVE THAT. WE HAVE, DECIMATED THAT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT THIS LEVEL OF EFFORT IS NOW COMING FORWARD. I WISH IT WAS DEMONSTRATED DURING THE CONSOLIDATION CONVERSATION. BUT COLLEAGUES, WE ARE IN DIRE ECONOMIC TIMES AND I THINK IT'S REALLY WISE FOR EVERYONE TO START THINKING MORE CONSTRUCTIVELY ABOUT THE DECISIONS BEING MADE HERE AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESSES AND WHEN WE'RE START TO GO SEE SO MANY BUSINESSES CLOSING THEIR DOORS. WE HAVE TO DO MORE WITH NOT JUST ELIMINATING IT AND SAYING WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT LATER, IT'S ABOUT BEING THOUGHTFUL LONG IN ADVANCE OF DOING MORE HARM. I'M GLAD THIS IS GOING FORWARD. I HOPE IT, MERITS AND GENERATES SOME CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOMES GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. ALL RIGHT OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE TO ITEM 27 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: YES. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ ITEM 27. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, SO ITEM 27 IS ABOUT HELPING THOSE VERY SAME SMALL BUSINESS THAT'S WE KEEP WANTING TO HELP, HELPING THEM FIND A FAST PASS TO BEING ABLE TO COMPETE FOR PASS AS IT RELATES TO LA28, WE HAVE SEEN SOME FRANKLY BAD ACTORS IN THE SPACE OF THE TYPES OF DIFFERENT PATHWAYS OF BUSINESSES TO COMPETE IN THESE CONTRACTS. THIS IS AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN LOS ANGELES WILL BE GREEN LIT SO THAT, THEY WILL BE HELD UP OR THEY WON'T BE OTHER IDENTIFIABLE EXCUSES TO NOT ENSURE THAT LOCAL BUSINESSES IN LOS ANGELES ARE ABLE TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY FOR CONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH LA28. AND ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING. SO I WANT TO THANK, BCA FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT WITH THIS. CREATING A PRECERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR THESE BUSINESSES, WILL HELP THEM BE MORE COMPETITIVE WHEN IT COMES TO CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THESE LA28 CONTRACTS SO I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 30 CALLED SPECIAL BY LEE AND RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: YES, COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOOR OFF STREET LIGHTING IF THEY CAN COME HERE AND ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. COLLEAGUES I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CLARIFY THE SCOPE OF BOOR OTHER STREETLIGHTING AS WE CONSIDER THIS RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FOR THE FINAL TIME. GREAT REPAIRS EXPECT THAT WHEN THEY'RE ASKED TO FUND THESE CORE SERVICES LIKE STREET LIGHTING AND PUBLIC SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS THAT THOSE DOLLARS REMAIN TIGHTLY FOCUSED ON THAT MISSION. I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM FOR THE RECORD, THAT THE BOOR OFF STREETLIGHTING PRIMARY MISSION IS THE INLATION AND OPERATION OF THE STREETLIGHTING SYSTEM AND WANTED TO, JUST MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE DID FORD REPORT, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE BUREAU OF STREETLIGHTING DOES NOT INTEND TO BECOME AN ISB? >> Speaker: MIGUEL OF DIRECTOR OF STREETLIGHTING. I CAN CONFIRM THAT IT'S NOT THE CONTENT OF THE BUREAU STREETLIGHTING TO BECOME AN ISB. WHAT ITEM NUMBER 30, SPECIFICALLY AND IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IS, SOLELY FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETLIGHTING NETWORK THAT LOS ANGELES HAS. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MIGUEL. THIS IS IMPORTAN, I JUST WANTED THAT ON THE RECORD. THIS IS A FUNCTION CORE SERVICE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES THAT WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY FALLEN BEHIND IN PROVIDING. THIS IS A SAFETY NEED AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT RATE REPAIRS UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT AND NOT DIVERTING THAT MONEY INTO OTHER AREAS. THANK YOU, THAT'S IT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MIGUEL AND TEAM FOR BEING HERE. JUST FOR CLARITY FOR ME TO FOLLOW-UP ON THAT QUESTION, ARE THERE ANY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ASSESSMENT, IS THERE ANY LANGUAGE THAT DETERMINES THE ONLY VIABLE USE FOR THOSE DOLLARS? OR THAT CREATES GUARD RAILS WITH THOSE DOLLARS? >> STATE LAW AND CITY POLICIES AND LAWS AS WELL, IT IS A SPECIAL FUND COLLECTED SOLELY FOR THE OPERATIONS, THOSE ARE DETAILED IN THE ENGINEER REPORT AND ALSO IN PART LISTED OUT IN OUR LONG TERM OPERATIONAL PLAN WHICH THE ASSESSMENT IS BASED ON. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, AND I HAVE COMMENTS AND DONE. THANK YOU, TODAY ONE IN TEN STREETLIGHT WILL SIT DARK. FOR 30 YEARS, THE BUREAU OF STREETLIGHTING HAS BEEN OPERATING ON A FROZEN BUDGET WHILE THIEVES. WE CANNOT PUT MONEY INTO TEMPORARY FIXES. WE NEED COST AFFECTIVE FIXES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD. IT'S GOING TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THOSE FIXES SUCH AS SOLARIZATION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE COPPER WIRE, OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, AND SO I REGISTERED MY NO-VOTE ON THIS ITEM WHEN IT CAME BEFORE US LAST WEEK. AND I THINK, AGAIN, THE ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. I RECOGNIZE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WITH THE BUREAU AND ITS NEEDS BUT THERE ARE OTHER PROPOSALS FOR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT ESSENTIALLY ARE DOUBLING ON THE AMOUNT TAXPAYERS ARE GOING TO BE CHARGED TO HELP REPAIR OUR STREETLIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NAME OF SOLAR LIGHTING. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT A TIME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, THE RENT IS TOO DAM HIGH OR AFFORDABILITY, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THIS AFFECTS AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY AT A VERY DIFFERENT TIME WHEN FAMILIES AND BUSINESS RIGHT SIDE STRUGGLING. AND SO THAT PART CAN'T BE IGNORED. SOY RECOGNIZE IT, BUT, WE CAN'T KEEP GOING TO PEOPLE, ASKING THEM TO GIVE US MORE MONEY WITHOUT A PLAN AND THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IS BASED ON 2022, WHEN I ASKED THIS QUESTION AND HERE WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE IN 26. SO, I JUST, THAT DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH ME. I BELIEVE TAXPAYERS DESERVE BETTER IN MORE RESPECT FOR ALL THE VARIOUS TAX MEASURES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO CONSIDER IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. AND SO, AGAIN, AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TO BE IN THE CITY AND I COMPLETELY BELIEVE IT'S AN ESSENTIAL PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL PART OF MAKING FAMILIES FEEL SAFER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS BUT, WE BETTER BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT OTHER MEASURES WE'RE TAKING TO RESTORE LIGHTS IN THE CITY AND THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING USED FOR THAT. WE ARE IN SEVERE FISCAL CRISIS AND WE KNOW THIS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR CONCISE PLAN FOR THE RESTORATION, OF AND PRESERVATION OF THESE LIGHTS. THE PROTECTION OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE COORDINATION WITH I MEAN, I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAD LAPD WAS AFFECTIVE AT, AT CATCHING SOMEBODY WITH 50,000 WORTH OF COPPER WIRE. SO THERE HAS TO BE COMPONENTS THAT ALLOW US TO MAXIMIZE EFICIENCIES, GUARANTEE THE RESTORATION AND ACCELERATION OF RESTORATION WITH A THOUGHTFUL PLAN TO DO SO THAT MAXIMIZES EVERYBODY WHETHER THEY'RE USING DISCRETIONARY OR WHETHER THEY'RE GETTING A WIND FALL OF TAX DOLLARS. THOSE THINGS REALLY MATTER. BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING IS DOUBLE DIPPING INTO TAXPAYERS POCKETS TO HELP DO THIS WORK WHEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPOSALS BEING CONSIDERED. WE GOT TO DO THIS RIGHT, THEY DESERVE MORE, THE AFFORDS ABILITY CRISIS IS VERY REAL, IT'S PALPABLE SO I'M ALL FOR IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS LEAN AND MEAN AS POSSIBLE TO DO THIS WORK. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE A 2026 WAS WARRANTED BEFORE WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, SEEING NO OTHER ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM 34 CALLED SPECIAL FOR SUBSTITUTE BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE. SO THE FIRST VOTE COULD BE TO WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE THE ITEM. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL ON SUBSTITUTION? CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: AND ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND NOW SUBSTITUTION LEE-RODRIGUEZ IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM 51 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM 10 CALLED SPECIAL BY SOUM PRICE FOR RECUSAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GIVE MR. PRICE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECUSE. ALL RIGHT. ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND APOLOGIES, THE COUNCIL MAY DO ITEM 62 WHICH IS MOTION LEE-PARK TO MOVE THE ORDINANCE DATED MARCH 24th. >> Council President: ARE YOU SURE WE DIDN'T DO THAT? >> Clerk: WE DID 63. >> Council President: 63 IS A NOTE AND FILE. >> Clerk: THAT'S DONE. WE DIDN'T DO 62. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM 4. >> Council President: WHICH ONE? >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 4. >> Council President: 4. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL START WHAT I THINK WILL BE A VERY INVIGORATING CONVERSATION AROUND CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE BILL 79. IS HE COMING BACK. WE'VE GOT TO GET SOMEBODY TO SCREAM AT. MR. PRICE? HUH? ON NUMBER 4 TOO? OH WOW, OKAY. OF COURSE. MR. BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY, THANK YOU. LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE A HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. TO SOLVE THAT, WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE MUST DO IS MORE HOUSING, WE ALSO FACE A HOUSING CRISIS, A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR TO CLIMATE CHANGES IS OUR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND URBAN SPRAWL THAT INCREASE RELIANCE ON SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES. THESE ARE PROBLEM THAT'S HAVE BEEN DECADES IN THE MAKING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THEM OVERNIGHT. WE'VE MADE SOME STRIDES, THE CHIP PROGRAM SHOWS THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT HOUSING. AND INDIVIDUALLY IN OUR DISTRICT, THE WARNER CENTER IN MY DISTRICT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE HOUSING CAN GO AND HOW TO BUILD IT AND JUST CAUSED THE DISTRICT HAS GROWN FASTER THAN ANWHERE IN THE CITY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A WAYS TO GO. AND WHILE WEE OPPOSED SB79ED, AS A BODY. THE RELATE BEHIND IT, THE REASON FOR IT WAS LEGITIMATE, NOT NECESSARILY THE WAY THAT IT WAS WRITTEN BUT, IT'S TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AND TO FOCUS DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS OF HIGH-QUALITY TRANSIT THAT ARE LESS CAR DEPENDENT. THAT'S MORE WORTHY AND NOW SB79 IS HERE. SB79 TAKES AFFECT, JULY FIRST. AND WE HAD THREE OPTIONS THAO WERE PRESENTED TO US INITIALLY AS A COMMITTEE. A, B AND C. A, WAS BASICALLY SAYING 79 IS A LAW, PEDAL TO THE METAL. OPTION B, ANYWHERE THAT WE CAN LEGALLY. WE CAN LEGALLY SAY, DELAY, LET'S LEGALLY SAY DELAY. AND THEN OPTION C WAS MORE OF THE GOLDIE LOCKS WHICH IS LET'S BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHTFUL AND KEEP WITH THE SPIRIT BUT LET'S TRY TO BE SMART IN THE WAY THAT WE DELAY. BECAUSE OPTION B, WHICH WAS THE DELAY EVERYTHING THAT YOU LEGALLY CAN, WOULD HAVE CREATED REALLY FOOLISH DISCREPANCIES WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF BUILDING AND DENSITY IN THE VALLEY NOT ALONG TRANSIT AND ALONG THE TRANSIT LINE, YOU WOULD HAVE NO DEVELOPMENT. SO WE AS A COMMITTEE, WE SAID LET'S LOOK AT OPTION C AND WITHIN OPTION C, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAME WITH THREE SORT OF SUB OPTIONS, C1, 2 AND 3 AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND WE DISCUSSED THIS DURING COMMITTEE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A FULL COMMITTEE SO WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET CONSENSUS AND THERE WAS THOUGHT ABOUT KEEPING IT IN COMMITTEE BUT I THOUGHT, LET'S MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS GOING TO WANT TO WEIGH IN AND BE PART OF. SO WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A MIDDLE ONE OF THE A B AND C AND I CAN HAVE PLANNING COME TALK ABOUT THE OPTIONS BUT BASICALLY OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS, THEY'RE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEVELOPING. THE THIRD ONE IS IS THE MOST IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT BUT ALL THREE OF THOSE OPTIONS ALLOW FOR US TO DEVELOP A ALTERNATIVE, A LOCAL ALTERNATIVE. AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS A CITY. WE WANT TO TAKE THE SLEDGE HAMMER OF SB79 AND SAY, OKAY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DENSITY BUT THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL POSITIONS WHERE IT SHOULD GO AND SHOULDN'T GO. AND I THINK ALL OF US REALIZE, THE PLACES WHERE IT REALLY NEEDS TO GO IS ALONG THE TRANSIT QUARTERS AND ALONG COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD GO. THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT UP ZONING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THOSE UP ZONE, WHAT THEY DO, AND WE USE THAT TERM, AND I'M NOT FOND OF THE TERM USED HERE, WE'RE CREATING INCENTIVE AROUND TRANSIT. NONE OF A C, 1, 2 OR 3 IS ACTUALLY CHANGING ZONING. SO YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY GETTING THE STACKED BENEFITS YOU WOULD GET WITH AN UP ZONE. BUT YOU ARE SEEING MORE INCENTIVES PUT FORWARD. SO, BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, THAT I CAN TALK TO WITHIN THE BROWN ACT AND COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND I CAME UP WHICH VERSION OF C, C1, SO MOVE FORWARD WHICH I'M PUTTING FORWARD AS AMENDMENT 4-A WHICH IS A C-1, ALTERNATIVE BUT ALSO INTRODUCING A MOTION THAT IS IS NOT PART OF THIS PACKAGE BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE AN INDEPENDENT MOTION, THAT IS GOING TO HELP TO LIGHT A FIRE UNDER OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT SO WE GET IN DONE BEFORE FOUR YEARS. BECAUSE REALLY, WE WANT TO SEE THOSE ALTERNATIVES, THE THOUGHTFUL ALTERNATIVES PUT IN PLACE AS SOON AS WE CAN. BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THAT'S THE WAYS THAT WE CAN MEET THE GOALS BUT DO SO IN A LESS SLEDGE HAMMER WAY THAT WE CAN. AND I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE PLANNING TALK IN MORE DETAIL BUT WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IS AMENDMENT 4-A WHICH IS A VARIANT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS C-1. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE. I HAVE MEMBER RAMAN ON THE QUEUE. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU FOR THAT SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COMMITTEE AND I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS IN DEED THE OUTCOME OF THE DISCUSSION. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IF THEY'RE ABLE TO JOIN US. SO, AMENDMENT 4 AOF A SUGGESTS THAT WE PUT FORWARD OPTION THAT WE PUT FORWARD OPTION C OF C1 OF THE REPORT THAT EXTENDS THE CORRIDOR EN --INCENTIVE PROGRAM IN MANY PARTS OF THE CITY. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN TELL US MORE ABOUT THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM. WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC COMMENTERS THAT NO PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED UNDER THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM AND I WANT TO HEAR IF THAT WAS TRUE OR NOT AND IF SO, WHY? >> Speaker: BLAIR SMITH CITY PLANNER. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. IT WAS ENVISIONED TO OFFER MIDDLE HOUSING INCENTIVES RANGING FROM 4 TO 16 UNITS AS PART OF OUR MIX ADOPTED LAST YEAR. THE PROGRAM WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED WAS INTENDED TO IMPLY TO SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTIES AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM. SO AS IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, IT ENDED UP APPLYING TO A LOT MORE LIMITED GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE CITY, IN GENERAL, BASICALLY SAYING THAT THEY'RE VERY FEW PARELS FOR THE CT OR CORRIDOR TRANSITION PROGRAM. WE WERE SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY APPLICATIONS. IN ADDITION, AFTER THE ADOPTION OF CHIP, WE DID AN ANALYSIS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IF WE CAN MAKE PROGRAM REVISIONS TO MAKE THE PROGRAM MORE DESIRABLE. AS WE BRING FORWARD ANY OPTIONS WHETHER IT'S C1, C2, C3, WE WOULD BE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATION. SO UNDER OPTION C1 HERE, HOW MANY MORE PARTS OF THE CITY WOULD THE CORRIDOR TRANSITION PROGRAM APPLY TO? >> I DON'T HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER, BECAUSE MAPPING IS STILL EVOLVING, WE COULD BRING THAT BACK THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE BRING FORWARD THE ORDINANCE. BUT IT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIATIVE PORTION OF THE PROGRAM. >> N. Raman: AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES PUTS FORWARD A PLAN FOR ADOPTING SB79, AND IT DOESN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENT SET BY THE STATE? WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PATHWAYS WE'RE CHOOSING ONE PATHWAY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THIS PATHWAY NEEDS TO DO IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE AS A PATHWAY THAT WE CAN FOLLOW? WE'RE WORK TO GO DEVELOP AND REVIEW ORDINANCES AS WE'RE PREPARING THEM. SO WE'RE WORKING TO GET THEIR GUIDANCE AS WE GET GUIDANCE, BUT IF THERE WAS A FLAW WITH THE STATUTE, WE WOULD COME BACK. >> N. Raman: SO YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT C1, C2, OR C3 WOULD BE APPROVED AS A STATE AS A WAY OF MEETING THE GOALS OF SB79? >> YES, SO IN ADDITION TO OFFERING THE INCENTIVES IN THE PROGRAM TODAY, WE WOULD ALSO ADD AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE HALF OF SB79 PERMITS. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS WHETHER LARGE SITES WOULD BE COMPLIANT, THOSE AMENDMENTS WOULD ENSURE THAT THE IF THE LOT IS LARGE, THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO HALF THE DENSITY PERMITTED. >> N. Raman: SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. >> YES, UNDER SB79 IN ORDER TO PHASE IN IMPLEMENTATION, A SITE HAS TO PERMIT HALF OF THE DENSITY AND BUILDING VOLUME, THAT IS PERMITTED UNDER THE BILL. SO AS WE BRING FORWARD THESE TRANSITION AMENDMENTS, OPTION 1 IS TO BE CHOSEN, WE WOULD HAVE AN ALLOWANCE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SITE IS GUARANTEED UNDER SB79 THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. >> N. Raman: OKAY, AND THEN, WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT IT? LIKE THIS IS FOR NOW? AND IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS WHAT HAPPENS? >> WE SEE IMPLEMENTATION AS A PHASED I MPLEMENTATION. SO WE START WITH THE INITIAL ROLLOUT AND THEN WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE DEVELOP LOCAL ALTERNATIVE PLANS. SO THAT INCLUDES, RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF CAPACITY WHICH STATIONS GROW AND REDUCE THROUGH THE LOCAL PLAN PROCESS CONSISTING WITH FAIR HOUSING AS WAS DIRECTED IN PAST REPORT BACKS. AND THEN ALSO, WHAT SORT OF NEEDS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT AFFECTUATION. >> N. Raman: IS WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THAT PROCESS? >> YEAH THE LEGAL STATUTE IS ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE HOUSING IN 2030 BUT ALSO REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH DRAFT MATERIALS ALONG THE SIDE PROCESS WHICH IS ABOUT 2028. >> N. Raman: OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO I THINK COUNCIL RAMAN PRETTY MUCH ASKED ALL MY QUESTIONS ABOUT CORRIDOR TRANSITION. WE'VE BEEN HEARING RUMOURS THAT IF WE DO OPTION C1, WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE HOUSE HADING, AND YOU SAID UNHE UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE. ONE MORE QUESTION, AS WE LOOK AHEAD, IS IT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE IF WE MOVE WITH C1 TO MEET THE JULY 1, DEADLINE AND FOCUS ON ADDITIONAL PLANNING TO GET CLOSER TO SB9 IN THE NEAR TERM WHILE WE DEVELOP A WIDER PLAN FOR 2030 FOR COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD'S MOTION? >> YES, THOSE WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS. >> OKAY, GREAT. I HAVE SOME REMARKS WHICH I WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH QUICKLY. OTHER FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR PLANNING, NOW I DON'T WANT. >> Council President: THE COUNCILWOMAN, ON THE QUEUE IS EMPTY FOR YOU, SO IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS, I'LL CALL ON THE NEXT STEP AND WE MAY GET TO VOTE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US. THE QUESTION IS HOW WE IMPLEMENT SB79 IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS AND RESULTS IN MORE HOMES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN AND CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN. BIGGER UNITS FOR FAMILIES, AND MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS FOR MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME ANGELINOS AND AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COVERED BY RSO UNITS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN REDUCED TO SOMETHING OVERLY SIMPLE. YOU EITHER THINK SB79 IS THE BEST THING TO COME OUT OF SACRAMENTO SINCE JAMES I DI ON. MY CONCERN HAS BEEN WITH THE LAW ITSELF. SB79 HAS A LOT OF FLAWS THAT STILL HAVE NOT BEEN WORKED OUT. FOR EXAMPLE, 90,000 DUPLEXES, THE LAW DOES NOT EXEMPT. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINITY WHERE AND WHY IT WILL APPLY. AND WE HAVE TO BE HONEST, EVEN IF WE AGREE ON THE INTENT OF THE LAW, IT SHOULD SHOULD NOT BE BEFORE APPROACH. BUT IT'S ALSO THE APPROACH OF THE LAND AND IT'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US. WE NEED MORE HOUSE HADING, WHAT WE DECIDE TODAY WILL SHAPE WHAT GETS BUILT ACROSS THE CITY, IF WE DO IT RIGHT. OPTION C1 MOVES US FORWARD AND ALLOWED UNDER THE LAW AS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REITERATED. HERE'S WHAT C1 DOES, IT ALLOWS MORE HOUSING IN HIGHER AND MODERN OPPORTUNITIES BY EXPANDING AND MAKING BETTER, THE CORRIDOR TRANSIT PROGRAM. THE CORRIDOR TRANSIT PROGRAM OR CT WAS CREATED AS YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM OR CHIP WHICH THIS BODY ADOPTED OVER A YEAR AGO. CT ALLOWS THREE TO FOUR STORY BUILDINGS IN FAMILY HOUSING. NEAR TRANSIT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES AND SOME FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER. AT THE SAME TIME, OPTION C1 DELAYS THE FULL IMPACT OF SB79 IN LOWER RESOURCE AREAS FIRE ZONES AND HISTORY HICK DISTRICTS UNTIL 2030. IN MY MIND, C1 IS PHASE 1. IT ADS CAPACITY NOW AND GIVES US TIME TO DECIDE WHERE THE REST OF THE DENSITY SHOULD GO WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. THAT IS A PATH SB79 EXPLICILY ALLOWS, BUT I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR K I'M NOT INTERESTED IN PASS ING C1 TODAY GIVING OURSELVES A PAT IN THE BACK AND CALLING IT A DAY FOR FOUR YEARS. IF THIS DOES NOT RESULT IN BUILDING, THIS DOES NOT MATTER. THAT'S WHY I'M INTRODUCING ANOTHER MOTION, THE MOTION FOCUSING ON THE HOMES WE'RE LEGALIZING TODAY, ACTUALLY GET BUILD. SO IT'S SUPPOSE TO ALLOW SMOUL HOUSING, FOURPLEXES UP TO UP TO 16 UNITS, 2 TO FOUR STORIES, WE HAVE NOT BUILT IN DECADES. BUT THERE IS A ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM WE NEED TO ADDRESS DIRECTLY WHICH IS WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN JUST BROUGHT UP, THE DESIGN IS NOT WORKING. IN THE FIRST YEAR OF SHIP RELATED IN ZERO APPLICATION, NOT BECAUSE THERE IS NO DEMAND BUT BECAUSE THE MATH DOES NOT WORK. WE ADD REQUIREMENT THAT INCREASE COSTS, AND WE DIDN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH INCENTIVE FOR PROJECTS TO PENCIL. IF WE EXPAND THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT FIXING IT, WE'LL GET ADDITIONAL ZONING ON PAPER AND NOT NECESSARILY IN REALITY AND FOR ME IS AN UNACCEPTABLE OUTCOME. WE BEGIN TO FIX, AND MAKING MORE LAND AVAILABLE, BUT THE MOTION I'M INTRODUCING LATER TODAY WHICH HAS BEEN CIRCULATED, I THINK GOES BEYOND THAT, FURTHER, IT DIRECTS PLANNING TO FIX THE INCENTIVES THAT ARE HOLDING THESE PROJECTS BACK, PROJECT PEN I WILL, UPDATING HEIGHT AND MIX USE SO BUILDERS CAN INCLUDE MORE THREE AND FOUR UNITS. WHERE IF YOU'RE A RENTER, YOU CANNOT FIND A FOUR-BEDROOM PRETTY MUCH IN THE CITY. BUILD THIS HOUSING. I MENTION THAT OPTION C1 IS PHASE 1, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT. DELAYS THE REST, BUT THAT'S TEMPORARY, BY 2030, WE STILL HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE FULL AMOUNT WHICH IS WHY OPTION C1 PLANS TO DIRECT WORK NOW THAT ALLOWS US WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE WHERE THE REST OF THAT HOUSING IS GOING TO GO SO WE'RE READY TO IMPLEMENT SB79. IT ALLOWS US IN THE NEAR TERM BECAUSE IMPLEMENTING A PLAN BEFORE 2030 WOULD IMMEDIATELY REQUIRE UP ZONING AND LOWER RESOURCE AREAS. HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONES, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE PATH FORWARD AND MANY AGREE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD NOT WAIT YEARS TO ACT IN OTHER AREAS. I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD'S--WHICH INCLUDES ALL IF NOT MOST OF THE CIRCLES IN MY DISTRICT. THAT STILL ALLOWS US TO DO PLANNING ALONG CORRIDORS AND NEAR TRANSIT AND STEPS DOWN IN SCALE AS YOU MOVE INTO NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING THOSE CURRENTLY ZONED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. TAKE N TOGETHER COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND THE ONE I'M INTRODUCING LATER, WILL ACCOMPLISH THREE THINGS, THREE AND FOUR STORY BUILDINGS ANYWHERE WITHIN A HALF AVENUE MILE OF TRAIN STATIONS. HOUSING GETS BUILT AND DIRECTING THE NEXT STEP NOW SO THAT FUTURE DENSITY IS PLACED WHERE IT MAKES SENSE. THIS IS THE END OF THE WORK, NOT EVEN CLOSE. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT WE SHOULD BE PURSUING, LIKE A B1406 AND 95 TO EXPAND HOME OWNERSHIP, I'VE GONE LONG ENOUGH AND I'LL LEAVE THAT CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY. I'LL EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME. I'M A RENTER, I HAVE THREE LITTLE KIDS AND AN AGING PARENT TRYING TO DOWNSIZE. I LOOKED FOR A PLACE FOR MY MOM TO LIVE NEAR PUS. WE CANNOT FIND A HOME IN THIS PART OF LOS ANGELES, THAT WORKS AT A PRICE THAT IS ATTAINABLE. I'M PRICED OUT OF MY DISTRICT, I'M NOT UNIQUE, THERE ARE MANY FACING THE SAME REALITY. THIS VOTE IS GOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT, WE CAN BUILD FORWARD AND BUILDING MORE HOUSING AND RESPONSIBILITY FORGET ITING RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS APPROACH DOES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS C1 AS MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN ON THE QUEUE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO GIVE MY THANKS TO TT PLANNING AND LAND USE COMMITTEE WITH OUR CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR REALLY DIGGING INTO THIS ISSUE. I KNOW IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES FOR OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. AND I ALSO WANT TO COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR FRAOG 4D, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING I'M GLAD YOU WERE TOO. IT'S ABOUT ASKING MONEY TO SEND OUT NOTICES SO NEIGHBORHOODS CAN KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE ISSUES, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND GET IN THE WEEDS AND FIND THE RIGHT SOLUTION. I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT MOMENT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OPTION 2, C2 OF THIS. WE CAN DO IT NOW OR MOVE IT WHEN WE GET TO 4 A, BUT YOU KNOW, I GET THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SB789 BUT IT DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH. I THINK OPTION 2 REPRESENTS THOUGHTFUL CHALLENGE. SUCH AS HOLLYWOOD, WHICH HAS A, REALLY ROBUST LIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE UP ZONING AS HIGH AS WE CAN. FOR THIS REASON, I BELIEVE OPTION 2 IS THE MOST PRAGMATIC REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE VOTE ENDS UP. I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE END, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE BEFORE THE ROLLOUT OF LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SB79. I THINK WE AGREE THAT WE NEED IT. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OPTION C2. >> Council President: YOU SHOULD. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUSH YOUR BUTTON AGAIN. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I WOULD LIKE TO INSTRUCT ALIGNMENT C OPTION 2 RELATIVE TO ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS OF SB79 INCLUDING THE RESULTS OF MODELING OPTIONS, ON TODAY'S ITEM. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A SECOND ON THAT. THANK YOU SO MANY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, I APPRECIATE YOUR REMARKS FROM EARLIER. I HAVE INTRODUCED AN AMENDMENT 4C, WHICH LOOKS EXACTLY AT THIS QUESTION OF HOW WE CAN, IF WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OPTION, C1, WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR. THAT WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT, IS GOING TO BE IN AFFECTIVE AND PRACTICE. SO THIS AMENDMENT WHICH I HOPE YOU ALL SUPPORT, ASKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING ALONG WITH THE REPORT BACK FROM THIS TO LOOK AT THIS EN SENT --INCENTIVE PROGRAM. AND TO RECOMMEND CORRIDOR TRANSITION THAT GENERATES NEW UNIT AND I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A MOTION TO GO THROUGH PLUM THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT TODAY. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, FOR PUT ING FORWARD OPTION C2 BEFORE THIS BODY TODAY, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT SB79 ON THIS COUNCIL FLOOR TO, NOT JUST UNILATERAL LEO LY OPPOSE IT BUT TO SAY HOW DO WE WANT SB79 OR A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT HAS THE GOALS OF SB79 WHICH IS TO BUILD MORE HOUSE, TO PLAY OUT IN A CITY LIKE LOS ANGELES, THE LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE. THE HOUSING LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE STATE. WE HAD A LOT OF POWER TO SHAPE THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE SB79 WAS PASSED. THIS BODY CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT AND UNILATERAL LY OPPOSE IT. AND WE'RE SAYING AGAIN, LET'S PAUSE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE MINIMUM AMOUNT POSSIBLE AND TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE LAW FOUR YEARS FROM NOW. COLLEAGUES WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS, WE HAVE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD HOUSING AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE AT ANY MOMENT, A CONVERSATION ABOUT URGENCY AROUND HOUSING, IS THIS BODY ACTUALLY MOVING WITH THE URGENCY REQUIRED AT THIS MOMENT? [APPLAUSE] SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WOULD I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ TODAY'S, I THINK IT MOVES US MORE QUICKLY TOWARDS WHAT SB79 IS ASKING TO DO AT A MOMENT WHEN WE ALL AGREE THAT IT'S NECESSARY. AND IF IT DOESN'T FIND SUPPORT, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SPEED THAT COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD UNDER SCORED, AND CLARITY SO THAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH OPTIONS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SEE AS LEGIBLE THAT THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED. THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COMING AND WE USE TOOLS TO EXPLAIN TO EVERYONE WHAT IS HAPPENING, I THINK THAT IS A HUGE PART FROM WHERE THE OPTION COMES FROM. YOU THINK REZONING IS HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SUDDENLY, RATHER THAN A TWO TO THREE-STOREY BUILDING, YOU SEE A FOUR-STORY BUILDING. LET'S LAYOUT A PLAN FOR LOS ANGELES THAT IS LEGIBLE AROUND ANYBODY IN THIS HORSESHOE. AS YOU PUT YOUR MOTION FORWARD, THAT WE ALSO ASK PLANNING TO PRESENT US OPTIONS THAT ARE LEGIBLE TO EVERYONE WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THEM. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: , JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, CAN YOU CONFIRM, C1 IS NOT THE ONE DOING THE LEAST. THERE IS A REDUCED VERSION THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD TURN ON FAR FEWER OF THE CIRCLES AND WE CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES, C1 EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR DELAYING THAT WOULD ONLY BE ABOUT 12 PERCENT OF PARCELS IN THE CITY, C1 APPLIES TO FAR LARGER NUMBER. >> K. Yaroslavsky: OKAY, THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFICATIONS. COLLEAGUES, C1 DOES A LOT MORE AND IT GIVES US TIME IN OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PUT THE LAST 50 PERCENT OF DENSITY. WE'RE SAYING YES TO 50 PERCENT RIGHT NOW. IF YOU RECALL WHEN WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT CHIP A YEAR PLUS AGO, CERTAIN PEOPLE WERE ADVOCATING FOR THIS. C1 GOES HALF A MILE. SO THIS GOES FAR BEYOND THAT PEOPLE WERE ADVOCATING A YEAR AGO AND NOW THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT ENOUGH. SO THE GOALPOST KEEPS MOVING. I JUST WANT TO GROUND US IN THAT. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, IT ADS A LOT OF ALLOWABLE BUILDING INTO SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS OF HALF A MILE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND I WANTED TO THANK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOU'VE GOT TO DO THIS NOW TWICE BECAUSE YOU ALREADY ALREADY DID IT UNDER CHIP. SO THIS FALSE MOTION THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS NOT COMMITTED, THIS IS NOT A NEW CONCEPT AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WAS NOT EMBRACING. BACK WHEN I WAS WORK WITHING L.A. UNIFIED, WE DID IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NON UNIFIED. SO THAT'S A BUNCH OF NONSENSE FOR ANYBODY THAT ACTS LIKE IT'S BRAND NEW. WE CONSIDERED ALL THOSE THINGS AND NOW WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN, BECAUSE SACRAMENTO DECIDED THEY WANTED A STEP THEIR FOOT IN IT. I SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SIGN ON INTO THIS FALSE NARRATIVE THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO PERPETUATE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN OBSTRUCTING. THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF THE CHIP ORDINANCE, WE WERE ALREADY DOING IT. BUT GLAZESING, --CONGRATULATIONS, WE MADE YOU DO THE WORK AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REPEAT THAT WE END UP ASSIGNING TO YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CALLING THE QUESTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE THAT AS A CALL OF THE QUESTION. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. BEFORE THE COUNCIL NOW, WE WILL START WITH THE LAST AMENDING MOTION INTRODUCED WHICH WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, MOTION SECONDED BY MS. RAMAN, WE WOULD CALL IT 4E, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ IF YOU CAN CLARIFY WHAT THAT AMENDING MOTION IS? >> H. Soto-Martinez: INSTRUCT THE DEPARTMENT TO INITIAL A CODE AMENDMENT IN ALIGNMENT WITH APPROACHED C OPTION 2 WITH IMPACTS AND SENATE BILL SB79. AFFECTUATION. >> Clerk: AND THAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. >> Council President: AND SO IS THE COUNCIL IS CLEAR, WE HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT GIVE THE DIFFERENT ANSWERS TO THE SAME QUESTION. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY BOTH PASS? WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY BOTH FAIL? >> Clerk: THE LAST VOTE WILL PREVAIL. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 4 AYES, 9 NOES. >> Clerk: THIS MOTION FAILS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE AMENDING MOTION 4D WHICH IS THE NAZARIAN SOTO-MARTINEZ, JAOUR DO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO MOVE THIS THIS, MR. NAZARIAN, I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE GIVE THIS TO BUDGET COMMITTEE IN AS MUCH IT HAS A GENERAL BUDGET IMPACT. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THERE IS NO GENERAL IMPACT. >> Council President: AM I READING THE RIGHT ONE, 605,000. >> A. Nazarian: YES BUT THERE IS A INSTRUCTION THAT THEY ASK THE C A O TO IDENTIFY AMOUNT NOT FOR PICKING UPER OF MAILING CURTSY NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS WITHIN SB79TOD ZONE PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TO PHASE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF SB79. SO I'M ASKING FOR IDENTIFYING OF THE FUNDS. AND I WAS GOING TO ADD A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT WHICH WAS NOT WRITTEN THAT SAYS, TO FOR THE ONCE THE FUNDS ARE IDENTIFIED FOR THEM TO BE TRANSFERRED TO PLANNING 68/100 ACCOUNT FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAILING. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT THAT GO TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AS I WOULD WITH ANY ITEM THAT SPENDS THAT MUCH. I'M NOT SURE IT COMES FROM GENERAL FUND, BUT IT COMES FROM SOMEWHERE. >> A. Nazarian: I WOULD ASK FOR A VOTE ON THIS MATTER. THIS IS IN PARCEL, IN FACT THIS WAS A MOTION I PLAYED IN PLUM COMMITTEE AND SO FOR THERE TO NOW BE A NEW MOTION, THAT ALSO EXCLUDES THAT. >> Council President: THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT. >> A. Nazarian: I FIND IT TO BE, AT BEST, DISHONEST WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY ASKED FOR AND IT'S CRITICALLY NECESSARY FOR US TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT. WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS HERE BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO US HERE? OUR ACTIONS ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT AND HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY AND INFORM OUR CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW WHERE OUR DECISIONS ARE MAKING. I RESPECT A VOTE ON THIS. >> Council President: A I HAVE A FEW MEMBERS ON THE FEW, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> E. Hernandez: CAN I HAVE A VOTE TO A YES ON THE LAST AMENDMENT. >> Council President: CAN WE COME BACK TO THAT. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I WANT TO CONCUR WITH COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THIS WAS A CONVERSATION AT PLUM BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE FINAL REPORT. I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH PLANNING ON HOW THEY CAN DO THAT. OUR ABILITY TO REACH OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE LIMITED FOR US RIGHT NOW. SO WE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE PARTS OF MY DISTRICT THAT ARE COULD BE AFFECTED BY THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN ANSWER THE BUDGETING QUESTION OR HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WAS A WAY TO DO IT? >> Council President: OKAY. >> Clerk: THE QUESTION IS ABOUT WHERE THE FUNTDING? >> I'M PROBABLY NOT THE BEST PERSON TO ANSWER THIS. BUT SOMEWHERE ELSE. >> Speaker: KEVIN KELLER, CITY PLANNER. THE DEPARTMENT DID PREPARE A QUOTE FOR A COURTESY NOTIFICATION THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR PUBLICATION IN OUR NEWSPAPERS OR RECORDS. WE DID PREPARE THAT QUOTE, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE FUNDED. WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT THAT IS LESS THAN THAT NUMBER IN OUR BUDGET, IF THAT'S THE MOTION WAS DONE. IT WOULD LIKELY BE COMING FROM A GENERAL FUND OR DIFFERENT SOURCE BUT WE CAN TAKE A DIFFERENT LOOK WITH THE CAO. >> Council President: WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED WHICH YOUR MOTION IS CALLED FOR AND THEN THAT REPORT COMES TO BUDGET AND WE BRING IT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A MOTION AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE ON IT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A MOTION THAT SAYS GO FIND MONEY AND PUT IT IN AN ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER REVIEW. THAT'S WOO I UNDERSTOOD YOU READ. >> A. Nazarian: ONCE THEY FIND THE FUNDING, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WITH THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT, BUT IF WE CAN APPROPRIATE THAT OURSELF AS A COUNCIL. >> Council President: WE WILL APPROPRIATE IT OURSELVS, IT WOULD JUST GO THROUGH BUDGET BECAUSE APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THAT MAY MEAN NOT APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE. >> A. Nazarian: SO LONG IT'S A, IDENTIFIED AND B, IT IS NOT DELAYED. >> Council President: GOT IT. >> A. Nazarian: KEY. THAT'S THE MOST. >> Council President: AND I'LL DIFFER TO THE BUDGET CHAIR BUT I THINK WE CAN GET IT THIS DONE IN TIME BEFORE--COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> A. Nazarian: IF WE CAN MAKE SURE IT'S BEFORE PC P. PRIOR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. >> K. Yaroslavsky: YEAH. OUR NEXT BUDGET MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL AND MY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. AS YOU KNOW, THIS GREATLY IMPACTS MY DISTRICT AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTHING MORE THAN TO GIVE EVERYBODY NOTICE. YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL FIND THE MONEY. >> Council President: THANK YOU. OKAY, I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF FOLKS ON THE QUEUE FOR THIS ITEM. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. AND I THINK WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN PLUM COMMITTEE WAS ASKING THEM TO IDENTIFY HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST WHICH THEY DID DO IN THIS. I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY DIDN'T DO WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS, AN APPROPRIATE ASK BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN PLUM COMMITTEE IS HOW MUCH WOULD THIS COST AND YOU CAME BACK WITH A NUMBER. SO YOU CHECKED THAT BOX. NOW THE QUESTION IS, WHERE WE GET THE MONEY FOR THIS? AND DO WE DO THIS? I WILL SAY IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING TO DO. WE DIDN'T DO SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE APARTMENT FOLKS, WE DIDN'T DO IT WHEN WE DO COMMUNITY PLANS. SO, IT IS, IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MEASURE THAO IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY DO. SO IS THE QUESTION OF, IDENTIFYING FUNDS IS ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WANT TO SPLIT HIRES ON IT BUT IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, THEY CAN FIND PRIVATE FUNDS. THERE WOULD BE PHILANTHROPIC FOLKS THAT WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON THIS. I WOULD BE OPEN ON THAT. IF WE JUST TELL THEM TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDS, THEY WILL COME BACK AND THE C A O WILL SAY TAKE IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND AT THAT POINT, WE NEED TO HAVE A REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE VALUE OF THIS IS, THAT'S SIX JOBS OF CITY WORKERS THAT WE WOULD BE CUTTING IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY COMPARED TO ALL OF THE OTHER ZONE CHANGES AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT WE DON'T DO. SO I GUESS, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT LOOKING ASKING THE CAO TO COME BACK WITH POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING NON GENERAL FUND SOURCES, INCLUDING PRIVATE SOURCE SOUTH SIDE, BECAUSE IF WE CAN FIND A SOURCE OF FUN THAT DOES NOT TAP THE GENERAL FUND AND DOESN'T COMPETE WITH SOMETHING ELSE, THEN DOING SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY LIKE THIS MAY MAKE SENSE. BUT I WOULD HAVE RESERVATIONS TAKING IT OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND. I'M TOO AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO FACE IN THE BUDGET AND THAT ALSO MEANS REAL JOBS. SO, I DON'T KNOW DP THERE IS A WAY TO TWEAK THAT BUT TO ASK THE CAO TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL GENERAL FUND OR NON GENERAL FUNDING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD, I THINK WE GOT MORE FROM COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: YOU KNOW, SINCE MY GOOD COLLEAGUE, SEAT MATE SHOWED ME A PREVIOUS 4D, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, PLEASE READ THE 4D THAT HAS THE BULLET POINT. THERE WAS A 4D MOTION INTRODUCED THAT WAS ERRONEOUS AND IT SHOULD BE THE ONE WITH THE BULLET POINT, THAT ADDRESSES YOUR CONCERN AS WELL MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, RAMAN AND RODRIGUEZ. >> Y. Jurado: NOTHING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I'M OKAY, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I WANTED TO OFFER UP, IF THERE IS PEOPLE THAT IS CONCERNED THE BUDGET IS WHAT IT IS AND FOR THE AFFECTED BY THIS. THAT SHOULD NOT BE A LIFT, GIVEN THOSE THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREAS TO DO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO SEARCH GENERAL FUNDS. JUST OFFERING A SOLUTION FOR THOSE THAT ARE CONCERNED. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ WANTS TO VOTE--OKAY, MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US. I THINK WE GOT TO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MOVE ON. >> Clerk: IS THERE STILL A MOTION TO REFER THIS ITEM 4D TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE? >> Council President: UNLESS THERE IS CHANGE IN THE LANGUAGE SO THAT THE WHEN THE RESOURCES ARE DISCOVERED, THAT THAT GETS BROUGHT TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. >> Clerk: COUNCILEMBER NAZARIAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE IN YOUR AMENDING MOTION? >> A. >> A. Nazarian: I THINK I GOT THE COMMITMENT OF THE BUDGET CHAIR TO ADDRESS THIS IN APRIL, SO I'LL BE FINE WITH THAT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. NAZARIAN. ALL RIGHT. SO, WE CAN WITH THAT, CHANGE MADAM CLERK, WE CAN OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM? >> Clerk: YES. >> Council President: CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS ITEM 4C, MOTION RAMAN, SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPENLE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL AN THIS ITEM, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ CHANGED FEHR VOTE FOR 5E AND NOW 5 AYE SXZ 8 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: NOW MOTION 4BB HERNANDEZ JAOUR DO. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS MOTION 4 A, AND THAT IS INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD/YAROSLAVSKY SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS 4 A AS AMENDED BY 4C, 4B, AND 4D. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 4 AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING. >> Clerk: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ITEM 30 FORTHWITH WITHOUT OBJECTION. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? MR. McOSKER? NO? THAT WAS A HEAD SHAKE. OKAY, I'LL ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND WE ASK FOR AS MUCH AS SILENCE AND REVERENCE AS YOU CAN MUSTER AS WE CONDUCT ADJOURNING MOTIONS. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES I RISE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF THOMAS CARL, BETTER KNOWN AS TOMMY OR JUST TOMMY. HE SUCCESSFULLY LEAD THE WORLD FAMOUS FISH MARKET FOR YEARS AND YEARS FOR DECADES AND A LOVING, UNFORGETTABLE PILLAR IN THE HARBOR COMMUNITY. HE WAS BORN IN SAN PEDRO HOSPITAL, 1942, HIS FAMILY WAS FROM THE ITALIAN ISLAND OF ISKIA AND THEY HAD A BACKGROUND IN FISHING, A LOT OF ISKATANIA. THEY SETTLED IN THE LIFE OF HARBOR IN 1956, TOMMY'S UNCLE, OPENED A SMALL STORE CALLED VISTA SEA FOOD ON 9th AND MILER IN SAN PEDRO. HE EMPLOYED HIS SON, HENRY AND TOMMY PUTTING THEM IN CHARGE OF THE SHOP WHEN THEY WERE 15 YEARS OLD, THOSE TWO BOYS. TOMMY AND HENRY WERE INNOVATIVE BUSINESS DUO EXPANDING THE BUSINESS BY INTRODUCING NEW ITEMS LIKE LIVE CRAB AND SHRIMP COCKTAILS. IN 1972 A BRAND NEW RESTAURANT WAS OPENED AT THE OLD NORMS LANDING AND THIS LOCATION BECAME KNOWN AS THE SAN PEDRO FISH MARKET. SINCE THEN IT HAS BECOME A STAPLE OF THE SCENE AND EVEN HAS GAINED WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION, MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE KINGS OF FISH IF NOT, STREAMING LIFE, ON PRIME VIDEO, THE KINGS OF FISH. IT WAS A KEY PART OF THE ORIGINAL PORTS OF CALL, IT BECAME A COASTAL ATTRACTION T SERVED 200 TONS OF SHRIMP ANNUALLY. WHILE THE PORTS OF CALL NO LONGER EXIST, THEY'LL BE THE ONE OF THE NEW RESTAURANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT. THEY HAVE OPENED NOW AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO MORE PERMANENT SPACE INTO WEST HARBOR WHEN THAT REOPENS. TODAY THEY SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE TWO LOCATIONS IN SAN PEDRO AND LONG BEACH. TOMMY MADE A THE MOST OF EVERY MINUTE. BELIEVED IN HARD WORK AND STRAIGHT TALK AND EARNING YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD, HE WAS PROUD OF THE BUSINESS AND TESTAMENT OF PERSEVERANCE, THERE WAS NOTHING FANCY ABOUT TOMMY, HE WAS LOYAL, RELIABLE, TOUGH, HARD WORKING, HE WAS KNOWN FOR QUICK HUMOR THAT CAUGHT MANY BY SURPRISE AND UNFORGETTABLE PRESENCE, HE HAD A COMMAND PRESENCE. AND MADE EVERYBODY FEEL COMFORTABLE, EVERYBODY AROUND HIM. ABOVE ALL, HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND DID INDICATED TO THOSE CLOSE TO HIM. TOMMY WAS A SUPPORTER OF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE L.A. HARBOR. HE SAID HE WOULD INHIRITIED THE QUALITIES FOR HIS MOTHER MARY. SURVIVED BY A GIGANTIC FAMILY, INCLUDING HIS DEVOTED PARTNER, MITCHY, CHILDREN, MICHAEL AND AMY AND GRANDCHILDREN, KYLEY, ALEX AND SAMANTHA AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN MILLI OLIVIA ANDRES AND CARA AND SURVIVED BY A SISTER, ROSE MARIE, HIS NEPHEW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, MARIA, PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER MARY, HIS DAUGHTER TIFFANY AND ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SON TOMMY JUNIOR. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, A DONATION CAN BE MADE BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HARBOR. MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON TOMMY. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO THE ADJOURNING MOTIONS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, BEFORE I RELEASE EVERYONE, I WANT TO ONE RECOGNIZE THAT I HAD IN OUR PRESENCE, THREE OF OUR FORMER MEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, AND COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND BUSCAINO UPSTAIRS, THEY'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION--. BONIN, BONIN, WHAT DID I SAY? ? BLUMENFIELD. SORRY BONIN. S ON SB79, BONIN AND BUSCAINO. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY IS HOSTING A DISCUSSION AND DISAGREED ABOUT ALMOST EVERYTHING YEAH. DISAGREED ABOUT ALMOST EVERYTHING BUT FOUND WAY TO SEE WORK TOGETHER AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY TO ANY STAFF OR MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE'RE ADJOURNED. I think I'd venture with Kelly, so I'd venture to say we're iconic. I mean, there there's other places in the continental US that might have slightly larger systems. So for instance , Houston, I believe is nearing 300,000. We're at a quarter of a million, right, for the city of Los Angeles. But given the history, given the fact that we looked at design over a long period of time and all the interesting things we do because we are our own bureau, right? The city has a bureau and department that's looking at these assets. We've been able to evolve really quickly to. All right. So let's actually talk about the Bureau legitimately a quarter of a million lamps. Yeah. What does that geographically encompass and are there, you know, more in one area, more more in another area. I mean, that that seems like a lot of light bulbs to change. Yeah. So 250,000 lamps. Yeah. It is. So quarter of a million lights connected by about 9000 miles of conduit underground. 27,000 miles of copper wire that powered the whole system. And it covers about two thirds of the city. Now there's obviously some neighborhoods that that don't have lighting for various reasons, including the desire to have less light. Um, but also there's large places like Griffith Park, right where it would be a little bit, uh, darker because there's not as many street lights, but we cover almost every neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles. Right? Every, you know, two out of three streets in Los Angeles will have a street light on it that we manage. And I would say, too, that we've been doing a lot in terms to modernize that to ten years ago. We were embarking on our LED replacement. Right to actually drive down our cost and increase efficiencies and save some greenhouse gases, too. All right. So with the switch to LED, though, I'm going to switch into something slightly problematic. And Los Angeles is not the only city that is facing this, but the LEDs did have an unforeseen challenge as time passed and they age, they turn purple and blue. Some of them, not all of them. I should be very specific about that. And it's not just LA's issue, it's a, you know, it's all over the place. So that must have been slightly unexpected to everyone that was responsible and how are how is that going to get fixed. Right. Well, the interesting thing is it is a problem with with LEDs for some it's actually a manufacturing defect. So the LED films are peeling apart from each other, which is forcing that type of light to come through because led by its very nature is blue and it's the filter on top that allows it to appear white to the human eye. Right. So there's all of those then that are actually peeling off. So, um, and for LA, luckily that is a small share. Now granted, it's a quarter of a million lights, so a small share can be 500 to 1000, right? Right. Um, but but those are small share because we've done extensive testing to actually make sure that the manufacturers we have are of the highest quality in comparison to other cities, which have then deployed larger kind of swaths early on. Um when whenever someone sees that, I do ask that they report it to 311 because it's a manufacturing defect, we might be able to actually get it replaced at no cost. Oh, good plan. Good plan. And how has the whole progression you mentioned led lighting because they're more cost efficient, etc. How has the progression of what's the best way to light an urban area for the benefit of every living creature in that area? You mentioned Griffith. I'm sure it's dark because there's animals there, etc. but what are what are some of the progressive things that are happening within the whole idea of? I think that's that's a great question because you know, we're obviously at our 100 year and we're thinking about what the next 100 years are and what we see on our end is, you know, we really want to go back to some of our roots where it's a neighborhood asset, right. It's part of the culture of where you grew up. And we've we've been looking at options that include more dynamic lighting. So some of the things that we've done, which includes Second Street Tunnel, right. And we also did one with Council District 15, where we lit an underpass with more dynamic lighting to just make it a little bit more vibrant. we were able to have a neighborhood block party and you wanted to light it up blue or red or whatever color you'd like? That's possible. It is now with technology, right? And what we have is the ability to deploy very dynamic systems in comparison to just having the light itself there. Now um, and talking about LEDs that actually freed up many, many different things for us to do. So one of the things that most people don't know about the beer, street lighting, again, when you look at the name, it's fairly straightforward, but below it is a lot of different things. We're one of the largest municipal deployments of EV chargers on the right of way. I was going to ask you so about about 700. We expect to have about 900 by the end of this fiscal year. And those are great opportunities for us to ensure that we are approaching transportation electrification in an equitable way. Right. Being able to get to neighborhoods that are dense, that might not be able to build their own EV charger, where the public option it seems a natural fit. And the fact that they're both electrically powered. And if you have electricity going to a street lamp, why not utilize that electricity for something else? But then again, who's responsible for care, maintenance and cost of all that too? Is that something that is. I mean, that seems that it could possibly be problematic, especially in an urban environment, because the you know, that's kind of a that's an expensive piece of technology to be putting on the street. Yeah And so if I'm I think a couple of questions in your question there, where, you know, who's who's responsible, ultimately us , right. And that's why we're testing. And piloting a range of technologies. Uh, that includes EVs, that includes sensors, that includes, um, air quality monitors, etc. because we're trying to see what actually works on the right of way. Got it. And I would go back to, to our history, where we originated by bringing the most innovative thing and the most dangerous thing to where people congregate . We're at that time again. So we're we're actually testing and iterating to see what works when it comes to something like EV chargers. I mean, it makes sense because the fact that there is electricity there, but it's also expensive technology. It's also, uh, you know, who's responsible for it, considering it's sitting right there in an urban environment. It seems that it's a great idea. Slash an unknown as well. And the answer is yes. It is. Okay because we are ultimately responsible for it. As the Bureau, we're deploying those EV chargers. Those are owned and operated by us. Okay. It is it is something that we're testing and we're seeing we do see benefits, though, because again, we're we're seeing what other considerations should we have for the public right away. And I think people are using it in many different ways now. And is it being rolled out in certain neighborhoods, as you said, you were looking, you know, for an equitable solution to something like this. When EV chargers may not be able to go into a neighborhood that had space or the resources for it. So is it specific or is it kind of in a swath not. We're looking for existing markets and hoping to create emerging markets. What I mean by that is we're going to places where there have been requests, high demand, where we've placed chargers, we're looking at our analytics and seeing should we place another one close by right in o