undocumented, who gave so much of her life make this country better. And just everyone I've worked over the years. So today we're here to uplift them, fight for them, and make sure to tell everybody that La is for everyone. And I hope that this is an example of what we need to be doing in this moment. This time I said, we're not going to take it sitting. We're going to stand up, we're going to protest. We're to exercise our First Amendment rights and we're to make our voices heard. And to the point that they cannot us no longer. The idea of denim came from an Italian case of injustice has grown into an annual event. Council all members joined in wearing denim to show LA support for victims of sexual assault assault. Welcome to Denim Day in LA. Denim Day began in 1999 as a bold response to a devastating injustice yes because so often is what we see and experience as women or victims is the silence of our voices. There was a rape case in, Rome, Italy, where the judge overturned, turned a rape , saying that it couldn't be rape because the woman was wearing tight jeans. Therefore it was and he won the appeal. And the women parliamentarians in Rome wore jeans as a protest on the steps of the Supreme Court. It's so important the campaign that we have but this one is particularly important and. It's because the city council members actually come and speak out against that kind of behavior to try to change the culture of in our city and then in our country, across the worlh stronger. And together we can that change and an environment where so often victims are silent that we together will amplify voices. And that is what we are here to commemorate each and every day. Today marks 26 years of Denim Day, 26 years of powerful, visible defiance in in the face of shame and injustice , six years of saying no more. We went denim as a testimony. We wear denim as resistance. We wear denim to, reclaim our stories and stand up to the systems that blamed us, silenced us and ignored us. We wear denim to say we believe survival is all survivors. You didn't do anything to deserve. They that somebody else forced on you and don't hold it for years and decades. Get some therapy. Tell somebody go peace over violence and talk about what you experience. Talk about how we can make change and support others that had the experience. The County of LA declared denim day in the county and the city's denim day in the city LAUSD has declared denim day throughout the district. So it's a really important for LA to pay attention. Hopefully people will learn more about what causes sexual violence and how to prevent it. The LA wildfires were another blow to those working in the film industry. Councilmember Adriene Nazarian welcomed Industry workers to City Hall as the council. His motion to make filming in LA more affordable. We're in front of City Hall right now. We just took a unanimous vote of a that I introduced with several of my colleagues to make sure that help protect filming in Los Angeles production has really dried up. We actually have members who haven't worked in almost years, two years. Think about that they've exhausted their unemployment. They've run out of health care. They don't really have money to bills buy food, just do the everyday stuff to survive. So That's why this was really critical for to be here in support. I think about the downtown ecosystem when think about this problem because we've seen shuttered, we have empty storefronts, we have less traffic on our streets. Why not use this moment to increase production in parts of our city that also need that economic boost? Yes this was a first step to making sure that we look at how we can reduce permitting costs, how we can reduce to personnel usage other permitting fees in to make sure that we're lowering costs on all fronts. And to that filmmaker are motivated to continue filming and making films in Los Angeles . Those of us that come here from other states and other cities, we come here because is the Mecca. This is the place where all of the magic happens. And the idea that in the last or five years, it's really to get a job in the city this a first good step to make sure that we let entertainment industry that Los Angeles is listening cares and wants take the right steps to make sure that we protect and preserve and grow this industry back again in Los Angeles Angeles. The old zoo area, Griffith Park, is giving way to something new. Council member Nithya Rahman and the Department Recreation and Parks joined community members to break ground on what will be a new space for the performing arts. We're in Griffith Park at the site of the Old Zoo, where we just broke ground on a new performing arts center that's going be located right here. It is the site of years of performances, the independent Shakespeare Company, but this performing arts center is built. We're going to host Shakespeare. And so much more art in beauty of Griffith Park over the last 14 years, we've had to build a temporary platform. We're on a slope right now. It's kind of difficult to build that so it can really be that big or that high. So we had sightline problems with the audience. The sets couldn't be all that impressive. Very hard to light from above. So this is going to have a much bigger stage, a tall overhead grid, lighting, the sets. Everything is going to look so more impressive when you have art performing in nature that it attracts families young people in to enjoy Griffith Park in particular such a beautiful gem here in the city of Los Angeles and to have the ability to art here as is done in major parks across the world this is something that Los Angeles is long overdue. One of the things that I think I would love to highlight, just this space is that it's seen so many functions. It was the old zoo before the L.A. Zoo opened up. Then it sort of a picnic area. It's still a space where you congregate, really getting those family moments together. These are places where people celebrate, know that's what we say about our parks. There are places where people but they're also spaces where people people been waiting for the groundbreaking of this theater a very long time. Actually, my predecessor in this role, Tom LaBonge, thought about doing this 14 years ago for it's just been an honor to be able to move this project along and carry his dreams forward of making a permanent home for art right here in Griffith Park. My may is Wildfire Awareness Month. L.A. City Hall now has its own digital guide, and the Port of La Marks, a decade of public access investment. These stories up next on City Beat. In the wake of the LA wildfires, the city's emergency department wants Angelenos to know may is wildfire awareness month. Wildfires are unplanned fires that burn in areas like forests, grasslands and in places with dry brush or heavy vegetation, depending on weather conditions. These fires can spread quickly and can devastate the natural landscape, along with neighborhoods and communities. The Emergency Management Department preparing a personal and family community action plan that details how loved ones will communicate and reconnect in the event of a wildfire. Keep a list of your emergency contact s set up group text in your phone use social media to share your status and the plan with your family. For more information, visit emergency LA City Gov slash newsletters a free Digital Guide to Los Angeles City Hall, which allows users to explore the building's history architecture and legacy, is now available online. The guide was made by Project Restore, a nonprofit, which uses public private funding to support historic and upkeep of L.A. landmarks and public spaces, according to Project Restore the Guide brings behind the scenes stories of L.A. City Hall to live with video, commentary and curated content points of interest in the guide include sealing murals, the Zodiac Medallion Rotunda, floor and dome, the council chambers and mayoral portrait gallery users access the Free Digital Guide to L.A. City Hall via desktop, mobile browser and the Bloomberg Connects App for more information visit project restore LA .org slash digital dash guide the of Los Angeles is celebrating ten years of its public access investment plan, which puts 10% of its operating income back into the community, according the port. The plan links cargo success to community investment and involves greater public input into building projects. Since 15, the port has invested over $400 million into San Pedro and Wilmington communities through waterfront projects initiatives and education. Recently Completed projects include Wilmington Waterfront, San Pedro, Town Square and Road Improvement for West Harbor, which is due to open in 2026. New planned public access project will be announced by the port later this year. For more information, see the news release archive tab at Port of Los Angeles .org news. The Festival books celebrates storytelling in all its forms and every Angeleno has their own to tell. The result is amazing tales poetry performance art happening beyond the pages pages . We're at the festival books. I'm here with the Department of Cultural Affairs. I'm working with the community Arts, Division and Outreach. As an artist, I'm really excited. This piece myself and the other artists with our division we put together, the basis of it is that you're in Los Angeles, you're an Angelino, you have a unique experience and a story to share tell. You know, we can be like neighbors. We can be clear across the city, but we all come together and it really tells a beautiful story. Well, I believe this event, it's to not only bring the community together, also to expose everybody cultural differences and, to enhance the knowledge of, those experiences. This festival of books is a wonderful we have mystery writers. We have non fiction, we have poets. We have young adult literature. I teach high school students and I teach poetry to my 11th graders and. There is nothing more compatible than young people in poetry. I never really like writing for poetry, and he kind of just, you know, my songs and kind of just got me into it and started my coach and I started noticing more of the beauty of L.A. and then Compton and everything and because of him. I keep writing. I keep writing like every day the Los Angeles Civil Rights Department is thrilled to be here. Incredible exhibition. Los Angeles is made up of the fabric of an incredible diversity of people. And Every single person has a story to tell. This festival is absolutely people are just having a time. The energy is absolutely positive. The kids, adults is having a fun time. I mean, as an artist that's all that matters to me is that people are enjoying themselves and they're just loving the process of making something. It was all hands at Expo Park, LA's public library, and Los Angeles Maker Faire brought, a super sized science fair to th >> Council President: LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, MAY 9th, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IN-PERSON IN COUNCIL CHAMBER. WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM YET, SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH PRESENTATION SXZ THEN AS WE GET TO QUORUM, WE WILL MOVE THERE. BEFORE WE DO PRESENTATIONS, COUNCILMEMBER PARK, DO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? NO? >> T. Park: I DO, SORRY. SORRY. >> Council President: NO WORRIES, I WAS TOLD YOU WANT TODAY SPEAK BEFORE PRESENTATIONS. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WAS NOT READY TO GO. IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO WELCOME SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE INCREDIBLE STUDENTS FROM THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. THESE YOUNG WOMEN GOT AN EDUCATION THEY LEARN TO BE CRITICAL THINKERS AND PROBLEM SOLVERS WHO ALSO TAKE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR WELL BEING. ETHICAL LEADERS WHO ARE READY TO TAKE ON THE CRISIS WITH COURAGE, EMPATHY AND INTEGRITY. TODAY MY STAFF IS GIVING THEM A TOUR OF CITY HALL AND THEY'RE SCHEDULING MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND HOPEFULLY, WHAT YOU SEE TODAY WILL INSPIRE SOME OF YOU TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND TO HELPFULLY TAKE OVER THE HOME OF LEADING OUR CITY SO. IF YOU SEE ANY THEM AROUND CITY HALL, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY HELLO. >> Council President: GREAT. WELCOME. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. THIS IS A PRESENTATION PRESENTATION, OPERATION HOPE IN JOHN BRE A? >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, MEMBER PARK, I JUST I'M HEARING A HAT FOR A MEMENT. --MOMENT. TODAY, I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME--WHERE ARE YOU? CEO OF OPERATION, SO MANY ANGELINOS HAVE STRUGGLED TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM. OPERATION HOPE COMBATS BY GIVING THE BUSINESSES THED TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. THE ORGANIZATION THAT AIMS TO FIND NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL, DRIVING BUSINESS FORMATION. POLICY THAT WILL HELP ACHIEVE --OFFERING PROGRAMS, ONE ON ONE COURSES ON CREDIT COURSE. AND OWNERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. OPERATES UNDER POWER PRINCIPAL THAT ECONOMIC SECURITY SHOULDN'T BE A SOLID AIRY. TO BUILD, A LEGACY. WE DON'T CELEBRATE, 33 YEARS. AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE THREE DECADES OF GIVING UNWAIVERING SUPPORT. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. TO PROVIDE 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES AS A CRUCIAL RESOURCE IN TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL A SIFPT ASSISTANCE TO BLACK OWNED BUSINESS. THIS IS A KEY STEP TO ADVANCING OUR OFFICES COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, AND WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP OF OPERATION HOPE ONE MILLION BUSINESS PROGRAM OFFERING ENTREPRENEURS, COMPREHENSIVE NO COSTS ASSISTANCE AT EVERY STAGE. THE PROGRAM WILL OFFER THINGS LIKE ACCESS TO EXPERIENCE MENTORS, FOSTER BUSINESS GROWTH AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. INFORMATION SESSION WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL TOOLS TO OUR BUSINESSES, BUILDING SKILLS, AND TELLING ONE ON ONE COACHING. A SPECIAL SPOTIFY DISCOUNT COMES WITH THIS, WHERE CURRENT BUSINESS OWNERS CAN ACCESS FOR JUST ONE DOLLAR SIX MONTHS OF SPOTIFY. THE PARTNERSHIP OFFERS OUR BUSINESS OWNERS A POWERFUL TOWARDS ECONOMIC EQUITY. I'M JOINED TO JOINED FORCES WITH OPERATION TO HELP CD10 CONSTITUENTS THRIVE IN THEIR BUSINESSES. THANK YOU AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF OPERATION HOPE, JOHN. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, LOS ANGELES. CITY COUNCIL, MR. PRICE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HUTT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU ARE A FORCE OF NATURE AND A LIGHT. AS A GENTLEMAN, YOUNG MAN, CHILD WHO CAME FROM 35th AND WESTERN, BORN AT GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE HERE IN DOWNTOWN WHO WENT TO SCHOOL HERE AND GREW UP HERE AND DEEP SOUTH CENTRAL, WHO HAD A DREAM THAT WAS EMBRACED BY THEN MAYOR TOM BRADLEY, WHO MENTORED ME. TOOK ME ON TRADE MISSIONS TO SOUTH KOREA EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS REALLY NO REASON TO HAVE ME THERE, OTHER THAN I WAS IRRITATE ANDING WOULDN'T GIVE UP. BUT HE BELIEVED IN ME AND I WAS INVISIBLE TO MOST LEADERS BUT I WAS VISIBLE TO TOM BRADLEY. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR. FAST FORWARD TO THE RIOTS 1992, APRIL 29, 1992, WE FOUNDED PROJECT HOPE 33 YEARS THIS WEEK. AND WE ARE NOW, THE LARGE FINANCIAL LITERACY COACHING ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA. WE HAVE 1500 OFFICES, IN 42 STATES, WE'VE INVESTED 4.5 BILLION DOLLARS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER SERVED. ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF OUR CLIENTS ARE SPANISH SPEAKING LATINA. MOST IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WE EVEN HELP POOR WHITE. WE'RE ALSO THE LARGEST BLACK MALE FOUNDED COMMUNITY BASE NONPROFIT IN U.S. HISTORY. 75 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUAL PRESIDENT. I SIFSHD THREE U.S. PRESIDENTS AND THIS IS LIKE COMING BACK HOME, LITERALLY IS FULL CIRCLE. SO TO BE ABLE TO STAND THE COUNCILWOMAN, I HAD AN OFFICE IN, NO, NA LEMER PARK, WHAT WAS MARLA GIBBS AND OFFICE IN LA BREA. TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AROUND FULL CIRCLE AND NOW TODAY, PROVIDE THROUGH SHOPFY WHO IS OUR PARTNER WHO COMMITTED 90 MILLION DOLLARS TO OPERATION HOPE, WE WANTED TO ALLOCATE 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS TO EMERGING BLACK BUSINESSES AND BROWN BUSINESSES IN LOS ANGELES. THIS IS NOT GOVERNMENT MONEY, THIS IS NOT SUBSIDIZED IN MY WAY, THIS IS LITERALLY 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS MADE BY OPERATION HOPE AND SHOPFY TO MAKE THEM E-COMMERCE BUSINESSES, GIVING THEIR BUSINESS A WEBSITE AND SHOTFY, A DEBT DOWN THEIR SAVINGS UP. MAKE THEM PLAYERS, MAKE THEM COMPETITIVE. WE CAN BE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD. BUT IT REQUIRES SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVED NEW, JUST LIKE TOM BRADLEY BELIEVED IN ME, JUST LIKE YOU'RE OPENING THE DOOR RIGHT NOW FOR OTHERS, FOR US TO HELP OTHERS. I'M GOING TO YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME FOR LANCE TRIGZ WHO HAS KNOWN ME FOR 30 YEARS IN PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS SO HE CAN SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT HOW THIS IS FULL CIRCLE. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AS BOTH MENTIONED, IT IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE BUT THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE HERE DOING THIS PARTNERSHIP TIED TO SUPPORTING BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES AND BLACK OWNED PARTNERS, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 50 OFFICES HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WE HAD A GREAT OPENING WITH WELLS FARGO WHO AMONG OTHER PARTNERS AND U.S. BANK WERE ABLE TO HELP THESE SILO LOCATIONS WHO ARE BENEFIT ITING ALL MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY SO. TUTU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR GREAT CITY OF LOS ANGELES, PROUD. >> I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN AND THE MAYOR AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU, WE HAVE DECIDED WE COMMITTED TO A PROJECT RESTORE L.A. SO WE'RE PART OF THE FEMA AND HOMELAND SECURITY RESPONSE AGENCY. ONE OF THE UNITS HELPING WITH THE FIRE RECOVERY SPECIFICALLY THE HOMES DAMAGED IN ALTADENA, WE'LL BE HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. WE HAVE 50 OFFICES IN LOS ANGELES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. IT'S TRIGGERED BY THE COUNCILWOMAN'S SUPPORT AND THE MAYOR. >> H. Hutt: WELL THANK YOU. >> Council President: AND WE HAVE MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. >> H. Hutt: OKAY, LET'S DO THE MEMBERS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS REMARKABLE ORGANIZATION TO US TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE, OPERATION HOPE JOHN, YOU DID A REMARKABLE JOB DURING THE YEARS. AND WHILE YOUR FOOTPRINT HAS BEEN WIDE AND DEEP, I REMEMBER WHEN IT GOT STARTED ON THOSE INFAMOUS BUS RIDES, REMEMBER THE BUS TOURS THAT WE USED TO DO, ONCE A YEAR OR MORE FREQUENTLY THAT HELPED YOU INTRODUCE A BROADER BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO OPPORTUNITIES IN SOUTH L.A. OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU'VE CONDITIONED TO BUILD ON THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE TEAM. REALLY DEMONSTRATED A UNIQUE ABILITY, LOCALLY, DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO SPREAD THE IMPORTANCE OF WEALTH AND COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >> Council President: THANK YOU, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, SO WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENT TODAY JOHN HOPE BRYANT, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND 10th DISTRICT WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE 33rd AN VERSUS REOF OPERATION HOPE. THE CITY XHENDS OPERATION HOPE FOR STED FAST DEDICATION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEW PARTNERSHIP THROUGHTHE ONE MILLION BLACK BUSINESS PROGRAM AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, OPERATION HOPE HAS COMMITTED 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN RESOURCES AND TRAINING TO SUPPORT BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES ACROSS LOS ANGELES. THIS INVESTMENT REFLECTS A PROFOUND COMMIT TOMENT FOSTERING, OPPORTUNITY, LONG TERM GROWTH FOR THE CITY DIVERSE ENTREPRENEURAL COMMUNITY. WE HONOR OPERATION HOPE FOR LEADERSHIP AND GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION THAT'S ARE HELPING TO SHAPE A STRONGER MORE INCLUSIVE LOS ANGELES FOR GENERATIONS. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE JUST IN TIME BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING READY FOR ALL OUR COMPANY, WE HAVE THE FIFA COMING TO TOWN, THE OLYMPICS, WE HAVE OUR BASKETBALL ALL-STAR WEEKEND, WE NEED OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE READY AND THIS WILL BE AN AMAZING DRIVER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU. >> Council President:er WHILE THEY'RE TAKING PICTURE, WE'LL TAKE THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: GREAT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MAY 7, 2025. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: GREAT, COUNCILMEMBER NA SAYER NANN MOVES COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SECONDS. NEXT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, SHALL I RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA? >> Council President: YES, PLEASE. >> Clerk: ITEM ONE IS AN ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 2 THROUGH 8 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEMS 5 THROUGH 8, THE COMMITTEE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION SIR. >> Council President: OKAY. AND COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 6 AND 7 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: OKAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION. OKAY. WHAT ELSE, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US NOW? >> Clerk: 2 THROUGH 5 AND 8 SIR. >> Council President: THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. ANY MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 10 EEWHS. --AYES. >> City Attorney: --. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEMS FORTHWITH. >> Council : WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE RECORD. >> Clerk: WE CAN GO TO PRESENTATIONS? >> Council President: OKAY, WE'LL GO TO PRESENTATIONS. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> Y. Jurado: GOOD MORNING, IT'S TREMENDOUS HONOR TO WELCOME THE LOS ANGELES MASTER CORRAL TODAY AS THEY CELEBRATE THEIR 60th AN VERSUS RE. THEY HAVE BEEN ACORNER STONE OF MUSICAL AND CULTURAL MUSIC OF LOS ANGELES. THEY ARE THE CHORUS OF ICONIC DISNEY CONCERT HALL, FABRIC OF DOWNTOWN L.A. AND IT'S A TRUE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU IN MY DISTRICT. THEY BUILT A REPRESENT FACING PERFORMING A WIDE RANGE OF REPERTOIRE. OVER THE YEARS, THE MASTER CORRAL HAS COMMISSIONED OVER 50 NEW WORKS SHOWCASING TO INNOVATION AND FUTURE OF CHORAL MUSIC. TODAY I'M JOINED BY TWO LEADERS OF THIS REMARKABLE ORGANIZATION, SCOTT PRESIDENT AND CEO AND GRANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP, ENSEMBLE HAS REACHED NEW HEIGHTS INCLUDING A GRAMMY AWARD WIN AND PERFORMANCE THAT'S HAVE CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD. THEY HAVE CELEBRATED WITH THE L.A. PHIL HARMONIC AND THIS YEAR THEY WILL PARTICIPATE, A A TRUE MILESTONE IN LOS ANGELES MUSIC HISTORY. BUT THEIR IMPACT GOES FAR BEYOND THE CONCERT STAGE. THEY HAVE ROBUST EDUCATION AND OUT REACH PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE YOUTH CHOIR AND VOICES WITHIN. IMPACTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT L.A. COUNTY. THEY'RE DEEPLY COMMITTED BRINGING TRANSFORMATIVE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE TO SEE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION AND THEIR DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE, EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT HAS MADE THEM NOT A PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION BUT A TREASURED CULTURAL INSTITUTION, SO PLEASE NOW ENJOY THIS VIDEO CELEBRATING THE MASTER CORRAL REMARKABLE JOURNEY OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. >> FOR 60 YEARS THE GRAMMY ACADEMY WINNER MASTER CORRAL HAS LEAD THE DAY FOR CHOIRS ACROSS THE NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD. REFERRED TO BY THE "L.A. TIMES" AS THE FINEST BY FAR CHORUS IN AMERICA, FOUNDED IN 1964 WHEN THE THOER THEE CHANDLER PAVILLION WAS CREATED. PRESENTING ITS OWN CONCERT SERIES, THE MAN WHO SPHERE HEADED THIS EFFORT WAS THE FORMER CONDUCTER ROGER ALONG WITH SEEWAYNE AND LOS ANGELES JUNIOR OF COMMERCE LEAD BY MARSHAL RUTTER WHO WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CORRAL FOR SIX DECADES. ROGER WHO WAS KNOWN AS A FASHION AT SHOW MAN, CREATE AID SOUND THAT COULD BE BOTH REFINE AND ROBUST WITH AN ECLECTIC PROGRAMMING MIX, RANGING FROM RENAISSANCE TO 60th CENTURY. IN 1996, THE BATON WAS PASSED. IN 1991, PAUL WHO HAVE BEEN THE CORRAL'S ASSISTANT CONDUCTER UNDER HIS MENTOR ROGER WAGONER, A ASSUMED THE ROLE OF MUSIC DIRECTOR. CORRALED FORMED A SYMBOLIC RELATIONSHIP WHO CREATED TWO OF THE MOST BELOVED WORKS, O MON I.SINGER MYSTERYIUM. IN 1998, TO FIRST GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR PAUL IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. DURING HIS TENURE, CREATED PHRASING THE FLOWED THAT FLOWED FREELY WITHOUT BAR LINE. PAUL ALSO CHAMPIONS CLASSICAL WORKS OF MOZART AND BEETHOVEN. DURING THIS PERIOD, CORRAL ALSO FOCUSED ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF SINGERS CREATING THEIR RENOWNED HIGH SCHOOL FESTIVAL, THIS LONGSTANDING EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS OFFERED THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR VOICED TOGETHER AND DEEPEN THEIR CONNECTION TO THE CHORAL ARTS. THE 2000 BROUGHT CHANGES INCLUDING A SPECTACULAR NEW HOME AND A VISIONARY NEW LEADER. UNTIL 2001, GRANT BECAME THE FOURTH MUSIC DIRECTOR, TWO YEARS LATER, CHO RAL'S NEW HOME, THE WALT DISNEY HALL OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE WORLD. THE ACOUSTIC WERE NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS, LIFTING THE VOICES OF THE CHORAL TO NEW HEIGHTS. [SINGING] FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS GRANT HAS WIDENED THE MUSICAL BOUNDARIES WITH DOZENS OF WORLD PREMIERS ALONG WITH INTERPRETSSING OF THE CLASSICS. ARMED WITH A SENSE OF ARTISTIC ADVENTURE AND INNOVATION, GRANT AND CHO RAL HAVE HELPED TO FOSTER THE RENAISSANCE IN MUSIC. JOHN ADAMS, STEVE RICE, A LANGUAGE REED, BILLY CHILDS AND ARTIST AND RESIDENTS RITA, SEAN AND ERIC WITACRE. THIS SEASON THE CHORAL LAUNCHED YOUTH CHORUS L.A. A PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS YOUNG VOICES FROM ALL BACK GROUNDS. FOR MUSICAL GROWTH AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION CELEBRATING DIVERSE VOICE SXZ INSPIRING CREATIVITY IN EVERY YOUNG SINGER. AMONG THEM, MANY HIGHLIGHTS, CHOW RAL HAS APPEARED ON LINK ON CENTERS, TWICE OVER THE PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVAL TO SING THE FINAL TWO "STAR WARS" FILMED AND EARLIER THIS MONTH FEATURED ACADEMY SHOW, BROADCAST LIVE AROUND THE GLOBE. SIX DECADES OF EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC, AN INCREDIBLE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF CHORAL MUSIC FROM THE WORLD'S MOST ACCOMPLISHED CHOIR, YOUR LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORAL. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SCOTT, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF LOS ANGELES MASTER CHO CHORAL TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. WOULD I LIKE TO THANK THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THIS TREMENDOUS HONOR. TODAY ITS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MY COLLEAGUE, MY PARTNER, AT THE MASTER CHORAL, OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, GRANT GERSEAN WHO UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP IT'S BEEN A CULTURAL INSTITUTION REPRESENTING LOS ANGELES AROUND THE WORLD OVER THE PAST MANY MANY MANY DECADES. GRANT KESHAN. >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY TO COUNCILWOMAN JURADO. WE ARE, REALLY DEEPLY HONORED BY THIS RECOGNITION OF THIS COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, SCOTT AND OUR ENTIRE STAFF ALL OF THE ARTIST OF L.A. MASTER CHORAL AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE SO PROUD OF THIS ORGANIZATION, IS SO PROUD TO PRESENT THE EXCELLENCE AND ASPIRATIONS OF THIS CITY OF LOS ANGELES HERE AT HOME AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS THE L.A. DODGERS OF CHORAL MUSIC, THAT IS IF THE DODGERS WOULD WIN THE DODGERS WOULD WIN THE WORLD SERIES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I WILL SAY ON A PERSONAL NOTE I'M A ANGELINO AND RESIDENT OF THE 14th DISTRICT AND IN THAT CONTEXT, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR ON GOING SUPPORT OF EDUCATION AND THE ARTS. WE PASSIONATELY BELIEVE THAT SINGING TOGETHER, CREATES THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TRULY LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. YOU CANNOT SING IN TUNE, IF YOU'RE NOT A TUNED TO EACH OTHER AND FEELING EACH OTHER HEARING, EACH OTHER AND THAT'S WHAT WE MODEL IN THE FUTURE. THE IDEA OF HARMONIZING TOGETHER. WE'RE FOCUSED ON CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SING TOGETHER. WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VISION OF BRIGHTER AND MORE CARING FUTURE THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE CITY AND TO THE WORLD. SO, AGAIN I'M BEHALF OF THE L.A. MASTER CHORAL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT 60 YEARS OF BLENDING VOICES, OF HARMONIZING OUR VOICES AND CREATING A CITY OF VOICES HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, GRANT, FOR YOUR POETRY EXAMINE YOUR ART AND SHARING IT WITH US. YOU KNOW, WE ON COUNCIL HAVE DIFFERENT VOICES AND AS MUCH AS WE TRY TO WE'RE TRYING TO HARMONIZE SO WE CAN HAVE AFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP SO. THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AND KNOW THAT IT'S TIME FOR MASTER CHORAL'S 60th ANNIVERSARY W.THAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES, A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING YOUR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION. THERE YOU GO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS THEY'RE LEAVING, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CINCO DE MAYO PRESENTATION, BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, THE FOOR IS YOURS. >> I. Padilla: OKAY, LET MY GUESTS TRICKLE IN AND WE'LL GET STARTED. MAY IS A VERY SPECIAL MONTH, MOTHER'S WEEKEND THAT WE'RE GETTING READY. WE JUST HAD MAYDAY BUT THERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT DAY IN MAY THAT I WANTED TO CELEBRATE TODAY, WHICH IS THE UNFORGETTABLE CINCO DE MAYO. TODAY I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE VERY GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE, INSPIRATION GROUP KNOWN AS CHICANO HOLLYWOOD. NOT ONLY SHAPING THE WAY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BUT RECLAIMING PART OF WHAT I CALL TAKING BACK CINCO DE MAYO, TAKING BACK WHAT PEOPLE SEE AS MEXICAN-AMERICAN HOLIDAYS THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE STORYTELLING. MANY DON'T REALIZE THAT CINCO DE MAYO IS NOT MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY THAT IS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER, AND IT'S NOT JUST HOLIDAY OF IN MEXICO, IT'S JUST AOD WAY. BUT IT'S THE PUEBLA BATTLE ON MAY 5th, 1862. IN RETRO SPECK HOW MUCH ATTENTION IT GETS HERE IN THE STATES. ONCE UPON HERE IN THE STATES, IN THE 60s AND 70s, YOUNG CHICANO WHO WHY STUDENTS BEGAN STANDING UP AGAINST DEEP ROUTED RACISM AND EXPLOITATION, EXPLOITED LABOR CONDITIONS AND A LACK OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION. SO THE THEY, MADE IT BECOME A SYMBOL OF CULTURE PRIDE AND RESISTANCE. EVOLVING INTO A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE BATTLES WE'VE FOUGHT AND WON AND A REMINDER THAT YOU'RE COMMUNITY CANNOT BE EASILY DEFEATED EVEN WHEN OUTNUMBERED. SO OVERTIME, THAT SYMBOLISM FROM THE CHICANO MOVEMENT HAS DILUTED, WE KNOW THAT IT'S SUPER COMMERCIALIZES AND HERE'S MY CONTRIBUTION AND MORE ABOUT STORYTELLING ABOUT MEXICAN-AMERICANS. AND THAT IS WHY TODAY I WANTED TO INTRODUCE FSH IN CHAMBER AND EVERYBODY WHO WATCHES, TO CHICANO HOLLYWOOD. IT'S A PLATFORM WHERE YOU CAN GET ACCESS BOTH IN SOCIAL MEDIA, MUCH BETTER ACCESS TO TRUE AUTHENTIC MEXICAN-AMERICAN STORIES. TODAY YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT THROUGH THE FOUNDER, CHICANO HOLLYWOOD AS I MENTIONED, A MULTIPLE PLATFORMS. I'LL LET YOU BE THE ONE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT UNDER JOHNNY'S LEADERSHIP IT EMPOWERS LATINO CONTENT TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES ON THEIR OWN TERMS WITH PRIDE AND DEPENDING ON WHO THE CREATER IS, A LOT OF TIMES, LOTS OF COMEDY. SO FROM ACTORS AND WRITERS TO FILMMAKERS, MAKE UP ARTIST AND PRODUCERS COMEDIAN SO MUCH MORE. THIS IS HIS WAY OF ELEVATING A NEW GENERATION OF TALENT THAT REFUSES TO BE SIDELINE. THEIR MOTTO IS CLEAR, CHICANO IS A CULTURE NOT A COLOR. NOT JUST IN HOL BOOED WAO*D BUT ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS. SO TODAY WE HONOR A COLLECTIVE OF CREATIVES, VISION AIR HE'S WHO HAVE TURNED THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES INTO NARRATIVE THAT'S CHALLENGE AND UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY AND BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE SPIRIT OF CINCO DE MAYO, ESPECIALLY HERE LOCALLY IN LOS ANGELES. SO WITH THAT, I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE THE FOUNDER OF CHICANO HOLLYWOOD, JOHNNY MU RI LLO, A CHAMPION FOR OUR STORIES. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, FOR THIS HONOR, I'M A LITTLE TALLR THAN COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR SHARING WHO WE ARE. WORE A COLLECTIVE, THERE IS NOT PARTICULAR PERSON GRANDER THAN THE OTHER BUT WE'RE A COLLECTIVE OF CHICANO PROFESSIONALS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS THAT ARE STRIVING HARD TO ACHIEVE AND PULL THOSE BEHIND US. THE DAYS ARE OVER WHEN LATINOS STEP ON EACH TO GET TO THE OTHER TIME. NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOCK ARMS. WE HAVE OVER 100,000 FOLLOWERS ACROSS THE NATION, HERE IN L.A., THIS IS OUR BASE, THIS IS OUR HOME. AND IT WAS OUT OF THIS, A MOVIE THAT WE SHOT HERE, RIGHT AFTER COVID CALLED HOR CHATA WITH OAT MILK THAT GREW. I WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW OF THE PEOPLE. CADEN PHOENIX, RECLAIMING THE POSITION OF LATINO SUPERHEROS, HER MISSION IS TO CREATE SUPERHERO SO THAT OUR YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN CAN ZOO THAT WE CAN ALSO BE A SUPERHERO, LATINO. AND BERNIECE GET INTOING PRODUCTION AND SHE HAS SHOWS O WITH HULU AND HER AS ACTRESS AS WELL. BUT TAKING THEM FROM GANG MEMBERS TO NOW CRUEL AND TALENT BEHIND THE CAMERAS. WE ALSO BLANCA WHO IS WAY BEHIND ME OVER HERE. HER GIFT, HER AND HER TEAM'S GIFT OF CHOLA VISION TO TAKE SHAKESPEAREAN AND CHICANO AND PUT THEM ON STAGE, AND HERE AGAIN, YOU HAVE MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN ON A PRISON WALK BUT NOW ON STAGE, DRESSED AND RECLAIMING THE SHAKESPEAREAN STORIES OF ROMEO AND JULIET AND OTHERS. OVER TO MY RIGHT, YOU HAVE THE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF HORCHAT AND OAT MILK. HERE YOU HAVE THE NEW VOICES OF DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS, CHRIS REYEZ AND TALENT LIKE ANTHONY AND ALEX BACK OVER HERE. THEY ARE JUST TALENTS, THEY'RE TAKING LEAD ROLES AND APPLE AND IF YOU DRINK MODELO, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HIS FACE, HE HAS A CONTRACT WITH THEM AND NACHO, I'M GOING TO SAY T THREE YEARS AGO, HE HIT ME UP, I WAS CONNECTED TO HIM AND THE WARNING THEY GAVE ME P HE JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON, HE WAS A LIFER. AND I SAID, BRING HIM ON, AND NOW THREE YEARS LATER, HE'S PRODUCTION FOR GREAT PROJECTS NOT JUST HERE IN L.A. BUT NEW YORK CITY AS WELL. WE HAVE OUR FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR FRANCISCO WHO IS PUTTING TOGETHER OUR FILM VEST RAL THIS COMING JULY. AND THAT'S ALL TO CELEBRATE OUR VOICE. I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYBODY. BUT THIS IS WHO WE ARE, I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, THAT'S THE CHICANO VOICE, WE WERE HERE FIRST AND WE WANT TO STRIFE HARD, AND BUILD. WE'RE NOT THE PEASANTS ANYMORE THAT PEOPLE,--WHO WE ARE HE WE EMBODY THE BODY OF CINCO DE MAYO, WHEN THEY SHOW UP TO FIGHT THE FRENCH, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE OUTNUMBERED, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY OR TRAINING BUT THEY FOUGHT HARD AND MADE A HISTORICAL STAND. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. I HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS, KENNETH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS MY WORD. >> I. Padilla: THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW JOHNNY IS THE LETTER, HE'S BRINGING THEM UP AS OPPOSE TODAY TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS, NOW WE GO TO KENNETH CASTILLO A LONG TIME DIRECTOR WHO CHAMPIONED VOICES THROUGH FILM AND ALSO SUPPORTS AT-RISK YOUTH. AS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR HEYING. --HEALING. WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, KENNETH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT YOU'RE GIVING CHICANO HOLLYWOOD AND IN PARTICULAR JOHNNY MORENO, I'VE BEEN A FILMMAKER FOR 25 YEARS, BORN AND RAISED IN LOS ANGELES IN A SMALL HARBOR TOWN, WILMINGTON, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF IT. BUT I REALLY WISH THAT CHICANO HOLLYWOOD WAS THERE AT THE START OF MY CAREER. IT WAS LONELY, I WAS NOT A FILM SCHOOL GRADUATE, I HAD TO LEARN A LOT ON MY OWN. AND THERE WERE MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DURING THE LAST 25 YEARS, THAT HAD COME UP WITH THE GOAL OF PROMOTING AND HELPING LATINO TALENT. BUT I FOUND THAT THEY HAD ALL HAD A MISSION STATION --STATEMENT, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A MISSION. WHEN JOHNNY REACHED OUT, THE FIRST THING HE SENT OUT WAS HEY, I WANT IT TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING. AND BEING A FILMMAKER, THAT MEANT SOMEBODY WANTED SOMETHING FROM ME. JOHN OWE WAS SMART, HE SENT ME A AUDIO MESSAGE, SOY GOT TO HEAR HOW GENUINE HE WAS, I FELT CONFIDENT THAT HE COULD EXECUTE THAT PLAN. EVERYBODY HAS IDEAS BUT THEY'RE CHEAP UNLESS YOU CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM, I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU, THAT DAY, FOUR YEARS AGO. AND HE HAD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND HIS IDEA, WE NEED TO ELEVATE AND WE NEED TO UTILIZE OUR AUDIENCE. THAT WAS A MISSION THAT I WANTED TO TO BE PART OF. I WATCHED CHICANO HOLLYWOOD GROW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE DIRECTORS AND ACTORS HE'S HAD WORKSHOPS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO BE GRIPS, HE HAD PARTNERSHIPS ARE WITH QIOTE STUDIOS THAT WAS HUGE WHERE THEY OFFER SHOPS HOW TO BE ONSET. I'VE MADE MORE CONNECTIONS IN THOSE TWO CONFERENCES THAN I HAVE IN MY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. IT'S BEEN A REAL HONOR TO BE HERE WHEN HE INVITED ME AND GIVE ME AT LEAST TEN HOURS NOTICE THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE SPEAKING. ALSO REMINDS ME OF THE FIRST CONFERENCE FIVE DAYS BEFORE AND HE SAID, LISTEN, KEN, YOU KNOW MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTERS SAID THAT I SHOULDN'T DO THE LEGEND'S PANEL YOU SHOULD DO IT. AND I SAID COOL, WHO IS ON IT. HE'S ALL, EDWARD JAMES OLMOS, LOUIS GUSMAN, AND I SAID, GIVE ME FIVE DAYS. BUT I'LL ALWAYS COME TO ANYTHING THAT HE ASKS ME TO, HIS HONESTY AND IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE FIND SOMEBODY IN TOWN WHO WILL DO SOMETHING AND NOT WANT SOMEBODY IN RETURN. ALSO THE EXECUTION THAT HE WANTS TO BRING TO FRUITION. SO IT RALLY BRINGS A LOT THAT YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING NOT JUST CHICANO HOLLYWOOD BUT JOHNNY MURILLO. THANK YOU. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, SO MUCH KENNETH. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING NATANIA AZUSA PACIFIC GRADUATE OF FILM AND DIRECTOR OF HOLLYWOOD MUSICA WHERE SHE HELPS UP LISTS LATINO ARTIST AND HELPS SHAPE CULTURAL CHANGE MAKERS THROUGH MUSIC AND MEDIA. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND THANK YOU TEAM FOR MAKING TODAY HAPPEN. TODAY IS VERY SPECIAL NOT ONLY CELEBRATING WHAT CHICANO HOLLYWOOD WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO US AS A FAMILY BUSINESS AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME. SO MANY OF OUR ELEVATE PLANNING SESSION IS BIRTH FROMED OUR KITCHEN TABLE EXAMINE AND OUR LIVING ROOM. WE'RE REALLY A SMALL BUSINESS, IT'S GREAT TO BE PART OF A CITY THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO US. I THINK ABOUT, THE CONFERENCE THAT'S WE HAVE ANNUALLY IT'S ABOUT 500 PLUS PEOPLE. THEY WALK AWAY, SAYING THIS DOES NOT FEEL LIKE A HOLLYWOOD EVENT, THIS FEELS LIKE FAMILY AND THAT IS BIRTHED OUT OF OUR FAMILY AND LOVE GIVING RIGHT BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M SO THANKFUL FOR HOW MUCH OUR FAMILY HAS GROWN AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME AND THE WAY THAT WE COME AT THE PROBLEM OF LATINO REPRESENTATION FROM EVERY ANGLE AND THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. SO WE THANK YOU FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND WE'RE READY TO KEEP WORKING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I. Padilla: OKAY, SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE HONOREEs, I KNOW THIS IS A BIG NETWORK BUT THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT CAME. THANK YOU ALL FOR USING THIS PLATFORM, AS I MENTIONED REDEFINE ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION HOW WE TALK ABOUT THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN STORIES. IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WITH ALL OF OUR SIGNATURES. >> Council President: AND COUNCILMEMBER WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE IF YOU'RE READY FOR THAT. >> I. Padilla: GO FOR IT. >> Council President: WE'LL START BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> M. Rodriguez: COME ON, CURREN, HOW ARE YOU PASSING THIS ONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING A TRUE CHICANA FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE OU HERE. AND THE PERFECT CORRELATION AROUND CINCO DE MAYO, BECAUSE IT WAS A FIGHT OF WHAT WAS PERCEIVED AS ENYOU ARE--INSUR MOUNTABLE TO OVERCOME. RESENT LAO A FRIEND OF MINE WENT TO BROADWAY TO SEE JESEFINA TO SEE "WOMEN HAVE REAL CURVE" TO HAVE A CHICANA IN THERE DOING ALL WORK. YOU'RE MAKING THE SPACE WHERE POLITICALLY WE HAVE CONTINUED TO SEE, THIS SILENCING OF OUR COMMUNITY, THIS DES PAGERMENT OF OUR XHAOURJ OR LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE FOR THE FACT THAT OUR VOICES SHOULD BE REPRESENTED BY OURSELVES. THAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF LEADING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. YOU'RE HELPING TO ENFORCE THAT CONVERSATION IN A HOLLYWOOD THAT HAS HISTORICALLY NEVER ACCEPTED OR ACKNOWLEDGED US. I WANT IT THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ARE MORE THAN JUST THE GANG STORIES, WE ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN HOW WE HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THAT COLLECTIVE FORCED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. THANK YOU FOR DOING UNAPOLOGETIC THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING UNRELENTING IN THAT CHICANO PRIDE, BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING SPACE AND WE AIN'T LEAVING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Y. Jurado: CHICANO ART IS IN THE HEART OF MY DISTRICT, I GREW UP WITH IT, WE HELPED PAINT MURALS AT MY SCHOOL GROWING UP. THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT CHICANO ARE NOT JUST AN ASTERISK IN HOLLYWOOD AND WE'RE TAKING UP SPACE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU GOT YOUR SHINE ON HERE IN CITY COUNCIL. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE NOT IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU'RE OUT HERE LEADING. WE LOVE SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE YOURS THAT ARE ABLE TO SUCCEED AND PUSH BACK ON THE STEREOTYPES AND SHOW L.A. WHO WE REALLY ARE, WHICH IS A CITY DHA IS MULTI CULTURE AND ETHNIC. BUT THAT CHICANO COMMUNITY HAS SO MUCH RICHNESS TO OFFER AND AT THE FOR FRONT OF L.A. IDENTITY. SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND CHICANO HOLLYWOOD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I THOUGHT THIS WAS AWESOME WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT SUPERHERO, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN IMELDA PADILLA. IT WAS SO GREAT, YOU EXUDE SO MUCH OF A FAMILY, OF A MOVEMENT, IT WAS REALLY REALLY INSPIRING YOU TO HEAR YOU SPEAK. YOU WANT TO SAY TO KENNETH, I REPRESENT WILMINGTON YOU'RE A SON OF THE 1-5. I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, I REPRESENT HARBOR AREA AND WHERE THE VINCE ENTER THOMAS BRIDGE, THERE WAS A COMMUNITY WHEN MY DAD WAS A KID, IT WAS CALLED MEXICAN HOLLYWOOD, AND GOT WIPED OUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT, A BRIDGE AND IN THE COMING WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING MEXICAN HOLLYWOOD DOWN IN SAN PEDRO AND IT'S THE--PLEASE IMELDA, I WANT YOU TO BE THERE BECAUSE THE OLDER GENERATION, MY FATHER GREW UP IN SOMETHING CALLED, BARTON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S WHERE HE LIVED. A LOT OF HIS CON TEMPORARIES CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, WE CANNOT PASS AWAY AND LET THIS BE FOR GOENT. AND IT'S VERY INSPIRATIONAL TO ME JUST AS YOU'RE IN --INSPIRATIONAL AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU TAKE BACK THE HOLIDAY. AS IRISH I WANT TO TAKE BACK SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. >> I. Padilla: WITHIN THE CROWD, I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR TO REYEZ, THIS IS MY VIDEOGRAPHER, THIS IS MY CAMPAIGN. HE TOLD MY STORY WELL IN LESS THAN 90 SECONDS. ALSO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE EVERYBODY STARTS IT DOWN, HOW YOU CAME TOGETHER, THE FILM IS HORCHATA WITH OAT MILK, IF YOU PAY CLOSELY DURING MY TIME OF WANTING TO BE A COUNTY. YOU'LL SEE ME IN THE FILM. AND MS. RODRIGUEZ, WE'LL INVITE YOU NEXT TIME AND HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO AND HAPPY MOTHERS DAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, HONORING CROATIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE. SO WE'LL MAKE THAT TRANSITION. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> T. McOsker: IT IS TIME FOR TO CELEBRATE THE CROATIAN AMERICAN MONTH. AND OUR ESTEEMED FRNDS FROM 1-5 AND TODAY WE KICKOFF THIS MONTH CELEBRATING CROATIAN INDEPENDENT IANA ANS AND CULTURE. I WANT TODAY PRESENT A VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING THE BEAUTY OF THIS COUNTRY THAT I HAD A CHANCE WITH THE DELEGATION FROM THE CITY VISIT JUST LAST YEAR. WILL THES SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL VIDEO. >> YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS VIDEO. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH HONORABLE PRESIDENT, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS, HONORABLE McOSKER. IT'S A PRIVILEGE STANDING BEFORE YOU, SPEAKING ONCE AGAIN ON THE CROATIAN MONTH, IT USED TO BE JUST A DAY AND NOW A MONTH. IT HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN THAT, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE CELEBRATED NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO THEDING. JUST IN THE PAST YEAR SINCE LAST MAY, WE HAD THE HONOR OF WELCOMING CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER HERE. WE HONORED ONE OF OUR OWN, THE FORMER AMBASSADOR TO CROATIA, REYEZ, AND WE WERE HONORED THAT COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND DIFFERENT LEADERS VISITED CROATIA AND SIGNED THE AGREEMENT WHICH MADE CROATIA TO SIGN CROATIA HOUSE FOR OLYMPICS IN THE SAN PEED RA. I'M TRULY IN AWE OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER IN ONLY A YEAR AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER McOFK AND HER HIS TEAM AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL FOR BEING CHERISHED PARTNERS CAN FRIENDS. IT'S NO WON OR, I FEEL AT HOME HERE BEFORE THIS AT HOME HERE IN FRONT OF THIS BODY. FOR MORE THAN 30,000 WHO MADE THIS GREAT CITY WHAT IT IS TODAY WITH THEIR INVALUABLE DISTRIBUTIONS TO CANNING, SPORTS, MEDICINE EDUCATION AND SO MUCH MORE. THIS YEAR IS A SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR CROATIA BECAUSE WE'RE CELEBRATING 1100 YEARS OF KINGDOM WHO MADE IT ONE COUNTRY AND ONE PEOPLE WAS CROWNED. WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING 30 YEARS SINCE OPERATIONS FLASH AND STORM THAT LIBERATED OUR COUNTRY AND SOLIDIFIED OUR INDEPENDENCE OF FREEDOM. A BIG PART WAS PLAYED BY UNITED STATES OUR LONG TERM FRIEND AND ALLY. TODAY, AS PROUD MEMBERS OF THE U.N. AND NATO, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE U.S. FOR SUPPORT IN MOST TRYING TIMES AND ENDEBTED TO THE PERSIAN COMMUNITY HERE AND U.S. WHICH IS THE STRONGEST BOND BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE WITH ALL THE MAJOR GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS COMING TO L.A. SUCH AS FIFA WORLD CUP AS WELL AS THE 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPICS GAMES, CROATIA IS A SMALL COUNTRY FOR SMALL SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENT IS VERY EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DEEPENING OUR RELATIONSHIP IN THE OLYMPIC AND WORLD CUP. IN CONCLUSION AND MORE PERSONAL NOTE I WOULD LIKE TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY THANK YOU ALL AND COUNCILMEMBER McOFK AND HER HIS TEAM IN PARTICULAR FOR THEIR ALL THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT AND TRUE FRIENDSHIP THAT WAS FORMED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALLOW ME TO THANK OUR SMALL AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES WHO DO A WONDERFUL FOR ORGANIZING SOME TEN PLUS EVENTS FOR CROATIA AMERICAN MONTH. PLEASE JOIN US FOR ALL THE EVENTS, THEY'RE POSTED AT THE CONSULATE SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THE CROATIAN CLUBS HERE. AND COME AND EXPERIENCE RICH CROATIAN HERITAGE, FOOD AND WINE. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU CONSUL GENERAL, ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT SPOTS FOR CROATIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE, IS A IN SAN PEDRO, WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS THERE AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND ESTEEMED COUNCILMEMBERS REPRESENTING THE GREAT CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IT'S WITH A GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOR THAT I STAND ON THIS PODIUM TODAY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CROATIAN COMMUNITY. TO SHARE SOME INSIDES INTO THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS CROATIANS HAVE MADE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE CAN BEGIN WITH THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN SAN PEDRO WHICH PLAYED A VITAL ROLE DURING THE WWII BY FEEDING, HELPING TO HELP OUR SOLDIERS OVERSEAS. CROATIAN WORKERS WERE ALSO ACTIVE IN THE SHIP YARDS, REVISITING VESSELS AND RUNINGER THEM TO SERVICE. AS LONGSHOREMEN, THEY LOADED AND UNLOADED ESSENTIAL GOODS ENSURING SUPPLIES REACHED THE MARKETS AND SUSTAINED THE ECONOMY. TODAY, MANY CROATIAN OWN BUSINESSES TRIED PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD ON ON THE GROUND CONSTRUCTION, CONDITIONING AND TRADITION OF HARD WORK AND UNOVATION. THANKS TO THE DEDICATED MEN CAN WOMEN AND THE OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED THIS GREAT CITY. OUR COMMUNITY HAS PROSPERED, MANY CROATIAN FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIFT AMERICAN DREAM. AND SO FOR THAT, WE'RE ALL DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AS YOU MAY KNOW, IT WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR CROATIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY ON MAY 25th. AND WE WARMLY INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT THE CROATIAN-AMERICAN CLUB IN SAN PEDRO TO JOIN OUR TRADITIONAL FOODS, MUSIC AND DANCES. I WILL LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR FRIEND AND COUNCILMAN TIM McOSKER. AS WELL AS OUR BOARD MEMBER JACK WHO HAVE BOTH BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO CELEBRATE THE MONTH OF CROATIAN HERITAGE EVENTS IN LOS ANGELES. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CONSUL GENERAL OF CROATIA RENE WHO HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN ORGANIZING MANY ACTIVITIES MAKING PLACE THIS MONTH. THANK YOU TO ALL FOR GIVING US THIS HONOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, FRIEND. THANK YOU,. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FRANEH REFERRED TO WAS FEEDING SAILORS. IF YOU THINK OF TUNA IN A CAN, THEY WERE THE CENTER OF THE TUNA FISHERY AND CANERS. BUT NO CELEBRATION OF CROATIAN-AMERICAN WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT SOME TRADITIONAL CROATIAN MUSIC AND WE HAVE A FAMOUS PERFORMER FROM CROATIA, IS GOING TO PERFORM FOR US NOW. [APPLAUSE] ROCCO? WHILE HE'S SETTING UP, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE CROATIAN BROUGHT US THE TIE, WE'RE GOING TO FORGIVE THEM FOR THAT ONE. THE TUNA IS IN A CAN REPLACED THAT SO NOW WE LIKE THEM AGAIN. ROCCO. >> ONE, TWO, ONE TWO, HELLO EVERYBODY, HONORABLE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS, ESTEEMED GUESTS, MY DEAR FRIENDS AND BEAUTIFUL REPRESENTATIVES OF CROATIAN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, I'LL BE DOING TWO SONGS FROM DELCAMICIA WITH IS MUSIC FROM THE CROATIAN THAT I GREW UP. YOU CAN SEE SPLIT THAT WAS MY HOMETOWN. I WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCE ASKED MY ARTISTRY HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THEM. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS. [MUSIC] [SINGING IN CROATIAN] ALL MY CROATIAN FELLOWS ARE DOING VERY WELL, KNEW ME VERY WELL. I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. [MUSIC] [SINGING IN CROATIAN] [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBERS, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CROATIAN-AMERICAN AND CITY HALL ONLY DEEPENS. WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL MONTH, WE'LL CELEBRATE TOGETHER. I PREDICT THAT NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE OVERTAKE EN WITH THE GURB WHEN THE WORLD CUP IS ON. AND TWO YEARS BEYOND THAT, WE'LL HAVE CROATIAN HOUSE IN SAN PEDRO. THANK YOU CONSUL GENERAL, AND THANK YOU TO CROATIAN OF THE COMMUNITIES. YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO PRESENT, WELL IT'S RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND 1-5, WE PRESENT THIS FANTASTIC GROUP FOR THE SECOND YEAR, WE THANK YOU AND WE WISH YOU WELL AND GREAT THINGS IN OUR FUTURE TOGETHER. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND FOR BRINGING CROATIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE RIGHT HERE TO CITY HALL. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION? COUNCILMEMBER PARK? YOU CAN HAVE THE FLOOR. >> T. Park: OKAY, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES. CONSUL PAULINA IS OUR DISTINGUISH CONSUL GENERAL REPRESENTING NATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAPPY EUROPEAN I DON'T KNOW UNION DAY, IT'S WONDERFUL SPEND TO THE DAY WITH OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES FROM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. DEMOCRACY COOPERATION AND HUMAN DIGNITY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS JUST YESTERDAY CELEBRATING THE 80th ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY, TOTALIUMISM MODERN INTEGRATION AND VARIOUS TREATIES WHICH LEAD TO THE CREATION OF EU BEGAN IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS WITH ONE GOAL IN MIND, TO PREVENT THE REGULAR CONTINENT WIDE CONFLICTS THAT HAD OCCURED IN EUROPE. FREE DOFM EUROPE IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS WORK. AS THE CHAIR OF TRADE TRAVEL AND TOURISMFOR ONE OF THE MOST GLOBALLY CONNECTED CITIES IN THE WORLD, AND REPRESENTING A DISTRICT WHERE MOST OF THE EUROPEAN CONSULATE OFFICE RIGHT SIDE PROUD, I'M PROUD OF THE RELATIONSHIP. L.A. REMAINS STEADFAST IN MAINTAINING THE RELATIONSHIP IN THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINITY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY EUROPEAN CONSULATES THAT CALL LOS ANGELES HOME AND FOR THE CULTURAL VIBRANCY THAT THEY BRING TO OUR CITY. AS WE PREPARE TO WELCOME THE WORLD FOR EVENTS LIKE 2026 WORLD CUP AND 2028 OLYMPICS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO DEEPENING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS AND CONTINUING TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND EXCHANGE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL, I WISH YOU A WONDERFUL EUROPEAN UNION DAY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A PROSPEROUS UNITED AND PEACEFUL WORLD. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES TO HAVE YOU HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WELCOME YOU ALL TO LOS ANGELES. >> Council President: OKAY, AND COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? >> I. Padilla: YES, I DO, WHAT A FUN PLACE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PRICE I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS ON THE QUEUE. I WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIRST GO TO EUROPE, IT WAS PART OF THE AP EUROPEAN CLASS CURRICULUM. AND WE WOULD LEARN ABOUT THE EU AS THE MODERN THING IN EUROPEAN HISTORY. AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I VERY MUCH ADMIRED. THE WAY THE EU TOLD THEMSELVES WE'RE STRONGER WHEN WE EMMERSE OUR COMMERCE, OUR CAPITOL AND LABOR, SHOWS TO BE COMPLETELY ACCURATE. AND JUST BEFORE OUR LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, I FOUND MYSELF IN ROOMS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM MEXICO WHEN WE WERE READY TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE EU DID COMMERCE CAPITOL AND LABOR AND WANTED MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEXT ROUND OF NAFTA WOULD INCORPORATE LABOR. WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM YOU. I TOTALLY WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS AND PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER GLOBAL, YOU KNOW, TRADE GROUPS THAT ARE LOOKING TO YOUR SUCCESS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OUR ACT TOGETHER HERE BASED ON YOUR BEST PRACTICES. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU. OKAY. MAYBE, AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER PARK HAS ANOTHER PRESENTATION? YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO THAT? >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER PARK, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> T. Park: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN, TODAY I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE GET TO BE JOINED BY THREE YOUNG MEN FROM THE PACIFIC PALISADES WHO HAVE STEPPED UP FOR THEIR COMMUNITY IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS. JAKE YUN AND DILLIAN ARE BOTH STUDENTS AT WESTLAKE AND MASON IS STUDENT AT WINWARD. THESE YOUNG MEN ARE LIFELONG FRIENDS, THEY GROUP IN THE PALISADES SPENDING THEIR CHILD HOOSED, RIDING BIKES TLUT CANYONS AND WATCHING THE ANNUAL FOURTH OF JULY PARADE. BUT IN THE EARLY DAYS AFTER THE PALISADES FIRE, IT WAS NOT JUST HOMES THAT WERE GONE, OUR LOCAL BUSINESS CORRIDOR, BLOCK AFTER BLOCK, WAS REDUCED TO ASH. STORE FRONTS WHERE FAMILY GATHERED WHERE KIDS GRABBED SNACKS AFTER SCHOOL, WHERE FRIENDS METAPHOR FROZEN YOGURT AND PIZZA ON FRIDAY NIGHT WERE JUST ALL GONE. THE HEART OF OUR PALISADES, THE FAMILIAR PLACE THAT'S DEFINED BOTH OUR ROUTINES AND OUR MEMORIES, WAS HOLLOWED OUT. AND IT'S IN THAT MOMENT WHEN MOST ADULTS WERE STILL TRYING TO PROCESS THE SCALE OF THE LOSS, THREE TEENAGERS JOINED TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO ACT. DESPITE THE FIRE DEVASTATING THEIR COMMUNITY AND DESTROYING THEIR HOMES, THEY DIDN'T JUST GRIEF THE LOSS, THEY GOT TO WORK. THESE THREE REMARKABLE YOUNG MEN CREATED BUILD BACK ALLEY A GRASS ROOTS TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES RECOVER AND PRESERVE THE HEART OF THE PALISADES. IN JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS, THEY HAVE RAISED OVER 100,000 DOLLARS AND STARTED A 501C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH EVERY DOLLAR GOING DIRECTLY BACK TO THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO LOST EVERYTHING IN THE PALISADES. WHAT THEIR DOING IS NOT JUST SYMBOLIC, IT'S REAL HELP, IT'S REAL COMMITMENT, AND IT'S REAL IMPACT. THESE ARE TEENAGERS WHO ARE SHOWING UP AND SHOWING US WHAT IT MEANS TO LEAD. WITHOUT A TITLE, WITHOUT A JOB DESCRIPTION, AND WITHOUT BEING ASKED. THE ORGANIZATION IS NOW FISCALLY SPONSORED UNDER LEGACY GLOBAL PROGRAMS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, AND PROPER USE OF THEIR FUNDS. THEY'VE MADE IT CLEAR, THIS ISN'T ABOUT RECOGNITION, IT'S ABOUT REBUILDING THE PLACE RECALL HOME, AND DOING IT WITH HEART, INTEGRITY, AND ACTION. JAKE, DYLAN, MASON, YOUR WORK INSPIRING, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS AUTHENTIC, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WANT IT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO BRING THE PALISADES BACK. WE HAVE A GREAT VIDEO THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU NOW. >> HIS GRANDMOTHER DINING TABLE IS DILLIAN'S NEW WORK STATION. >> HERE ARE IN PHOTOS. REPORT HE AND HIS TWO BEST FRIENDS ARE WRITING A LOVE LETTER TO THEIR HOMETOWN OF PACIFIC PALISADES. THE FRIENDSHIP BEGAN HERE AS KINDERGARTNER AT THE VILLAGE SCHOOL, EVER SINCE THENCIOUS THEY'VE BEEN INSEPARABLE FROM TRICK-OR-TREATING TO DINING ADVENTURES AND SLEEP OVERS. >> WE USED TO HANG OUT AND GO SUBBING A LOT AND BASKETBALL AND COMING TO MY HOUSE AND SWIM IN MY POOL. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE POOL AND BASKETBALL HAOP IN MASON'S NOW NOW. THEY'RE STAYING IN RENTALS AND MASON A MOBILE HOME. >> IT IS DEVASTATING TO SEE ALL OF THESE PLACES THAT WE LOVED GROWING UP, ALL BURNED DOWN. BUT FOR ME IT WAS ALSO INSPIRING AS WE, THIS REALLY SPARKED US TO WANT TO HELP OUT OUR COMMUNITY AND REBUILD. >> Reporter: SO THEY DECIDE TODAY TURN SADNESS INTO ACTION AND DID WHAT TEENAGERS DO BEST, JUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> HE POSTED THE PHOTOS WE TOOK. >> YEAH. >> Reporter: THROUGH THEIR ONLINE OUT REACH, THEY GOT DONATIONS AND FOUND SPONRS, THEY START AID NONPROFIT, BRING BACK PALI. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, SO MUCH, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO JAKE YUN, COME ON UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. >> HELLO EVERYBODY, I HOPE YOU'RE ALL DOING GREAT RIGHT NOW. I'M JAKE YUN AND I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF PACIFIC PALISADES. I ALSO FOUNDED BUILT BACK PALI WITH OUR HOMES, WE LOST OUR HOME, COMMUNITY AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, IN THE AFTERMATH, ME AND MY FRIENDS, CREATE CANED A GRASS ROOTS OPERATION TO HELP RESTORE PALISADES. WE RECOGNIZE THAT LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE THE CORNER STONE FOR US TO REBUILD AS BEST AND AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND RECOGNITION FOR US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP BUILD BACK PALI BERT THAN EVER. THANK YOU! >> T. Park: YES, JAKE. DYLAN, COME ON UP AND A SAY A FEW WORDS. >> HI, I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF BUILD BACK PALI SINCE JUST STARTED, WE HAVE RAISED OVER $100,000 AND KOUBT COUNTING 501C. PARTNERING WITH NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AS WELL AS ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR MORE BUSINESS TO SEE SUPPORT. AS WE KNOW THOSE ARE THE CORNER STONES OF WHAT MADE PALISADES SO SPECIAL. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON MULTIPLE NEWS CHANNELS SUCH AS AP NEWS, K CAL, KT LA AS WELL AS MULTIPLE RADIO STATIONS AND NEWSPAPERS. THIS SUMMER WE PLAN ON HOSTING MULTIPLE FUNDRAISING EVENTS AS WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR PART IN REBUILDING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> T. Park: ALL RIGHT, MASON, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS NEXT. >> Speaker: FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TRACI PARK FOR HER LEADERSHIP. AND OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE IS TO REBUILD THE PALISADES TO HAVE THE SAME SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT WE LOVED TO GROW UP IN FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF KIDS AND CHILDREN TO HAVE THE GREAT EXPERIENCE WE'VE HAD. AND THIS STARTS WITH REBUILDING OUR LOCAL BUSINESS THAT'S MADE OUR COMMUNITY SO SPECIAL. SO WITH YOUR HEART, WE'LL REBUILD, RESTORE AND REVIVE TO RECREATE A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE PALISADES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> T. Park: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO THEREFORE COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A MOMENT AND PRESENT THESE CERTIFICATES, JAKE, DYLAN, HERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. SO I WANTED TO PRESENT THESE RECOGNITIONS TO THESE REMARKABLE YOUNG MEN FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE VISION, THEIR DEDICATION, AND THEIR SENSE OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THEIR SMALL GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATION IS ACTUALLY INFORMING THE VISION THAT WE ARE BUILDING INTO OUR PLANS TO FULLY RESTORE THIS INCREDIBLE PART OF OUR CITY. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JAKE, AND DYLAN, AND MASON AND THEIR VERY PROUD INCREDIBLE PARENTS, FOR ALL OF THE VERY HARD WORK. IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I KNOW YOU'RE ALL GETTING THE MORNING OFF OF SCHOOL SO WE'RE GOING TO SAY GOODBYE AND LET YOU GET BACK TO IT. I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE STEPPING UP TO LEAD IN REMARKABLE WAYS. THANK YOU AND ON BEHALF OF A VERY GRATEFUL, COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND CITY OF LOS ANGELES, IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: WE HAVE A MEMBER ON THE QUEUE, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER PARK. I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO TAKE YOUR PHOTOS REAL QUICK. FIRST THE PAPARAZZI. SO JAKE, MASON, DYLAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXHIBITING WHAT I KNOW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. YOU ARE THE RESILIENT PART OF WHAT MAKES LOS ANGELES REALLY WHO WE ARE. AND I NO YOU'RE PARENTS RIN CAEDABLY PROUD WATCHING YOU BE HONORED TODAY. BUT I KNOW I'M IT'S MICRO CAUSISM WHAT YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES. IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS DEVASTATION, THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF THE STORY OF PALISADES. HOW YOU ALL HAVE COME TOGETHER. YOU'VE SEEN THE NEED, AND YOU'RE FILLING THE NEED AND OF COURSE DOING IT IN COLLABORATION WITH ONE OF OUR MY GREAT COLLEAGUE MS. PARK WHO HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE FACE OF STRENGTH, ALONG WITH SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERSED THAT IN THE WAKE OF SUCH INCREDIBLE TRAGEDY, CONTINUE TO DAYLIGHT, THE MOST REMARKABLE, COME BACK AND THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST SO AWE STRUCK BY. YOUR INCREDIBLE HISTORY AND. I HAVE TWO OF MY BEST FRIENDS FROM KINDERGARTEN, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT VERY TIGHT KNIT SENSE OF FRIENDSHIP, THAT YOU ALL HAVE BUT THEN YOU'RE DOING THIS TOGETHER FOR YOUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY REMARKABLE. AND DOING SO, FRANKLY AGAIN, THE FOCUS ON THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE HOMETOWN FEEL OF WHAT MAKES THE PALISADES, THE PALISADES, SO OFTEN IT'S THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT IS LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES. AND YOU ALL IDENTIFYING THAT AS YOUR FOCUS IS PART OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT BUT PART OF HOW THE COMMUNITY SHOWS ITS TRUE COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORTING THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, THAT IS GOING TO HELP CREATE THAT SENSE, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT UNIQUE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT HAD YOU THERE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES AND THE FACT THAT YOU ALL CAME TOGETHER, TO FOCUS ON THAT PART OF IT IS REALLY REMARKABLE AND I'M JUST IN CAEDABLY GRATEFUL FOR IT. BUT AGAIN FOR ME, ALL YOU DO IS UNDERSCORE WHAT I KNOW IS TRUE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHICH SO OFTEN LEADERSHIP DISMISSES. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF DOING AND IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE AND EXCITING FOR ME TO SEE THAT YOU'RE DOING IT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE WAKE OF SUCH TRAGEDY AND I KNOW THE IMPACT AND THE TRAUMA THAT IT HAS CAUSED. BUT YOU TOOK THAT AND YOU TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE. AND FOR THAT, JUST CONGRATULATIONS, MY HATS OFF TO YOU AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU ALL WITH YOUR NEXT FUND RAISINGING EFFORT. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK, FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. >> T. Park: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: NEXT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ITEM 6 AND 7, IS THAT CORRECT? >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, 6 AND 7 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> Council President: OKAY, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFF THER FLOOR TO COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 16 OR MORE SO, 18 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS IN ASSEMBLY STAFFER, I WORKED ON THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF CALIFORNIA TAX CREDIT AND AT THE TIME IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PUSH SOMETHING UP THE HILL WHERE THERE WAS SO MUCH RESISTANCE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. AND SO IT TOOK A LOT OF DETERMINATION 2006, 7, TO FINALLY PUT IT IN THE BUDGET IN 2009 WHEN THERE WAS A DEAL STRUCK BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATIC TO PUT AN INCENTIVE IN THAT WILL SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY. SINCE 2009, THE TAX CREDIT HAS GENERATED 26 BILLION DOLLARS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND SAVED NEARLY 2000 JOBS. EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT TAX CREDIT GENERATES MORE THAN 24 DOLLARS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. LET ME REPEAT THAT AGAIN, EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT TAX CREDIT GENERATES MORE THAN 24 DOLLARS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND ACTUALLY INCREASES STATE AND LOCAL STATE TAX REVENUE BY 7 PERCENT ON EVERY DOLLAR. BUT THE CHALLENGE OF FOREIGN COMPETITION AND GLOBAL MARKET HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY, WE'RE LOSING JOBS, NOT JUST TO OTHER STATES BUT TO OTHER COUNTRIES. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE JOBS OF MOVIE STARS AND STUDIO EXECUTIVES, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BLUE COLLAR JOBS, THE CARPENTER, THE GRIPS, ELECTRICIANS, CAMERA AND THEN THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IMPACT LIKE CATERS, FLOWER SHOPS AND DRY-CLEANERS AND OTHER BUSINESS THAT HAVE CREATED THE COTTAGE VILLAGE AROUND, AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPERATING IN THIS AREA. THESE ARE THE JOBS THAT L.A. FELONIES AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS DEPEND ON. LAST WEEK THE COUNCIL APPROVED MY MOTION TO KEEP HOLLYWOOD HOME, BY STREAMLINING THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR FILMING IN L.A. WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE RED TAPE TO A RED CARPET, FOR FILM CREWS AND ART STREETS, AND OUR CITY PROPERTY. TODAY, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE ON MY RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF TWO STATE MEASURES. ASSEMBLY BILL 1138 AND SENATE BILL 630, WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO THE FILM AND TELEVISION TAX CREDIT TO MORE SMALL AND INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS AND CREATORS OF SHORTER FORMED CONTENT CAN PARTICIPATE. LET'S PASS THESE MEASURES IN SACRAMENTO, LET'S ENACT GOVERN NEWSOM'S EXPANSION OF STATE'S TAX CREDIT AND LET'S PRESSURE WASHINGTON DC TO CREATE A TAX CREDIT FOR MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION. OTHER COUNTRIES SUPPORT THEIR FILM INDUSTRIES, WE NEED TO DOT SAME THING. JOIN ME IN KEEPING HOLLYWOOD HOME. >> Council President: THANK YOU, I STRONGLY AGREE WITH YOU. IN PACT I WAS SUPPORT TO SUPPORT THE FIRST TAX CREDIT AND TO BE CO-AUTHOR OF THE NEXT ONE AND GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE GOVERNOR WITH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS CRITICAL IN OUR AREA INVOLVED WITH FOR A LONG TIME. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS IMPORTANT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT IS AGREED CONGRATULATIONS. MR. NAZARIAN. >> >> A. Nazarian: FORTHWITH ON THIS MEASURE. >> Council President: FORTHWITH? >> Clerk: FORTHWITH ON BOTH, 6 AND 7? >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: OKAY. >> Council President: NOW WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU CAN READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND CALL THE NAMES. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 1, YOU WILL HAVE A MINUTE FOR ITEM AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINTSINGER YOU NEED TO GET ON TOPIC, IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH WILL BE HELD, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. >> Council President: GREAT, CALL THE NAMES. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. LASANDRO MARIA GONZALEZ, HER BURT, STACY, MARIA GONZALEZ, MARIA SANTOS, LESLIE MESA. >> Council President: AGAIN, IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME YOU CAN LINE UP IN THE HOUSE LEFT, STAGE RIGHT AND GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE READ SOME NAMES. MS. STACY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I ASSUME YOU WANT ITEM AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YOU GOT IT, NUMBER ONE IS REVENUE BONDS FOR SO-CALLED HOUSING PROJECT. NOW LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS REPURPOSING OFFICE SPACE FOR HOUSING. I HAD A MEETING WITH COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, A WHILE BACK. SHE SAID THAT REHAB IS EXPENSIVE AND IMPOSSIBLE BUT SHE IS MOVING THIS MOTION TO DO JUST THAT. SO I'M REALLY GLAD FOR THAT, HOWEVER I HAVE ISSUES WITH CAPSTONE EQUITY WHO'S MISSION IS TO SEEK OUT SUPERIOR RETURNS UNDER VALUED REAL ESTATE ASSETS, THEY'RE ALSO BASED IN NEW YORK. I'M WONDERING WHY WE COULDN'T FIND A NONPROFIT DEVELOP THAER IS ALTO GIVE THIS 65 MILLION DOLLARS BOND FOR. OR WHY IT WOULDN'T BE MORTGAGE REVENUE BONDS BECAUSE HOMEOWNERS ARE FAR LESS LIKELY TO BECOME HOMELESS THAN RENTERS. I'LL NOW GO INTO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE HAVE A BUDGET FROM DOT SUGGESTING THAT WE LAYOFF 460 CROSSING GUARDS. AND TO REPLACE THOSE GUARDS WITH TRAFFIC OFFICERS ON THE CORNERS, NOW THEY WOULDN'T BE AUTOMOBILE TO DEPLOY NEARLY AS MANY TRAFFIC OFFICERS, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE 460 OFFICERS OF THEM. IT WOULD NOT BE THE FRIENDLY FAMILIAR FACES THAT THE CROSSING GUARDS ARE ON THESE CORNERS. ALSO IT'S NOT GOING TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY. MANY OFFICERS END UP MORE IN OVERTIME THAN THEIR BASE SALARY SO IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MORE TRAFFIC OFFICERS, THIS IS JUST GOING TO COST YOU MORE IN OVERTIME. AND YOU WOULD ALSO LIKELY TO HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH LAUSD FOR AN INHE INEFFECTIVE PROGRAM. SO THIS IS REALLY AN EXPENSIVE BAD PROPOSAL. SAVING THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM PLEASE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: BUENAS TARDES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND FOR ME THE OLYMPIC WAGE WOULD HELP ME SUPPORT MY FAMILY IN MY COUNTRY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WITH WHAT I EARN ON FLYING GROUP, I'M TRULY DROWNING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO PAY THE RENT BECAUSE MY RENT THIS YEAR HAS GONE UP TO $300 A MONTH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND ALSO ADDING TO THAT MY BILLS AND GROCERIES, THE THE WAGE THAT I MAKE 2073 AN HOUR IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR ME TO LIVE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE NEED TO APPROVE OF THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE INVESTING IN WORKING FAMILIES SUCH AS MINE WOULD HELP OUR ECONOMY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO THAT ALL OF US DON'T HAVE TO END UP ON THE STREETS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE YES. >> Council President: GRACIAS. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: BUENAS TARDES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ADELANTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR FLYING FOOD FOR FIVE YEARS. WINNING 20.73 AN HOUR WHEN I HAVE A DIABETIC HUSBAND WHO DOES NOT WORK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND A GRANDCHILD UNDER MY CARE AND I DON'T DEPEND ON ANYBODY ELSE'S HELP. I PAY 3000 IN RENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT'S WHY HYME HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR INTERVENTION. SO THAT FLYING FOOD CAN GIVE US A JUST WAGE. AND THANK YOU TO ALL FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M LESANDRO I WORK AT LAX AND I'M PROUD OF LOCAL 11. FOR OVER TWO YEARS IEB SHOWING UP HERE. LEADING WITH YOU NOT TO DELAY THE OLYMPIC WAGE. THIS YEAR MY RENT WENT UP $200 MAKE ITING A TOTAL OF 1800 A MNTH FOR STUDIO IN HAWTHORN. I'M STILL STRUGGLING TO AFFORD FOOD AND MEDICATION AND JUST BASIC LIVING. THE OLYMPIC WAGE WILL NOT MAKE ME RICH BUT IT WILL LET ME BREATHE. LESS STRESS MEANS FEWER HEALTH ISSUES I LIVE WITH AUTOIMMUNE ISSUES AND EVERY DOLLAR MAKES A DIFFERENCE. NOT JUST FOR ME BUT EVERY WORKING PERSON TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. PLEASE VOTE YES, NEXT WEEK. WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER. >> Clerk: EDDIE, JADA, JUDY, EVERETER. LISANDRO JANICE, JOSEPH WENT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE OR JUST PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH? >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ES HERWETER. >> Translator: I'M HERBERT I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR FLYING FOOD FOR 20 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, I REPRESENT PART OF THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS WORKERS, I'M MAKING 20.73 AN HOUR AND I'M TRYING TO SUPPORT A DAUGHTER WHO DREAMS OF GOING TO A UNIVERSITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'VE HAD TO TAKE ON ANOTHER JOB TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH MY FAMILY'S BILLS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND NOW I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR YOU TO HELP US BY APPROVING THE OLYMPIC WAGE OR LIVABLE WAGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE. >> Translator: HELLO EVERYBODY MY NAME IS MARIA GONZALEZ. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I NEED YOU APPROVE THE OLYMPIC WAGE. I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR FLYING FOOD FOR 7 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND I AM STILL MAKING $20.73 AND IT IS NOT FAIR GIVEN WHAT THE COST THAT WE FACE HERE ON A DAILY BASIS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] I LIVE BY MYSELF AND I'M PAYING MORE THAN 2500 FOR RENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I WOULD HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PART-TIME JOB TO COVER ALL OF MY EXPENSES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I AM 66 YEARS OLD AND STILL I KEEP ON WORKING BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE IT RETIRE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THAT'S WHY I'M REPRESENTING ALL THE WORKERS THAT ARE FACING THE CHALLENGES THAT I AM, PLEASE WE ASK YOUR SUPPORT TO APPROVE THIS SO WE MAY ALL EARN A LIVABLE WAGE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M LESLIE I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH LOCAL 11 AND PROUD DAUGHTER OF A HOUSE KEEPER. I'M ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS ASSIGNED TO FLYING FOOD GROUP. I WAS DISGUSTED AND ANGRY WHEN I HEARD THE STORIES OF SEVEN WOMEN WHEN THEY SHARED THEIR STORIES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. HOWEVER I FELT EMPOWERED TO SEE THEM OVERCOME THEIR FEAR AND CONTINUE THEIR STORIES TO SEEK CHANGE. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO SEE THAT THEIR COMPANY HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION. THEY HAVE SPOKEN AT LAWA, SPOKEN TO SOME OF YOU AND SOME OF YOUR STAFFERS TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. FLYING FOOD GROUP IS A COMPANY OPERATING AT THE LAX AIRPORT AND THAT'S WHY WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THESE WORKERS AS THEY SEEK TO FIGHT AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THEIR WORKPLACE. WE CALL ON YOU TO MAKE FLYING FOOD GROUP ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: --. >> Clerk: BFT NEXT SPEAKER SPEAKS, I WOULD LIKE THE CALL THE REST OF THE NAMES. ANA P AID A, JASMINE, JESSICA DELA CRUZ, HE ESPERANZA MONTES. >> City Attorney: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH? >> Speaker: I AM EADIE MONTHRIN, A VETERAN. WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONDUCT A MEMORIAL OBSERVANCE THIS YEAR AT THE 5 POUNTS IN EAST LOS ANGELES, THERE IS ONE PROBLEM, IN MY COMMENTS ARE ADDRESSED TO MS. JURADO. ISABELA, WE'VE TRIED TO CONTACT YOUR OFFICE, THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY IGNORED US, WE PHONED THEM, WE TEXTED THEM. I WANT VERY MUCH TO GET TOGETHER SO WE CAN HAVE A MEETING AND DISCUSS THE PARTICULARERS WITH YOU OR YOUR STAFF. PLEASE HELP US OUT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE OR PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH? >> Speaker: WHAT IS THE SECOND ITEM? >> City Attorney: HE CAN SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE. >> Speaker: I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS SO I'LL SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT. I LIVE IN CD14, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR YEARS TO HAVE DIGNIFIED STREETS. I CAME WITH MR. MORIN BECAUSE HE'S A HERO, AN AUTHOR, A SECOND GENERATION, THIRD GENERATION HERE IN THIS COUNTRY AND HIS, HE FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY, HIS DAD FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY, HIS DAD CREATED THE GI FORUM IN CALIFORNIA. HE'S AN AUTHOR OF MANY BOOKS. I'M HERE BECAUSE OUR MEMORIAL FOR VETANS, IN EAST L.A. AT THE CINCO PUNTOS, HAS DRY GRABSINGER THE MONUMENTS HAVE BEEN STOLEN, WE HAD TO REPLACE THEM OURSELVES. THE GRASS SHOULD NOT BE BROWN. THE GRASS SHOULD LOOK NICE, THE GUTTERS SHOULD LOOK NICE. OUR CITY, OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY TRASHY AND IT'S NOT OKAY. WE HAVE OLYMPIC THAT'S IS VERY BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY HERE AND OUR CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING. AND OUR MEMORIALS TO OUR VETERANS ARE NOT THE WAY THEY SHOULD LOOK. FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: OR FOR THE CITY OF L.A. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE OR PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKERS TO THE TEAMSTERS, WE'RE SPEAK TO GO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: WE LEARNED THAT THE CROSSING GUARDS THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO KEEP THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM. WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO MOVE CAREFULLY AND NOT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. ONCE UPON A TIME, CROSSING GUARD DUTIES WAS PERFORMED BY POLICE OFFICER AND BECAUSE IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE IT WAS GIVEN TO CROSSING GUARDS. THE CITY COUNCIL ONCE UPON A TIME TRIED TO CONTRACT OUT THE PROGRAM, IT DIDN'T WORK. THEY HAD TO HIRE BACK THE CROSSING GUARDS, THEY HAD TO HIRE BACK THE CROSSING GUARDS AND THEN THEY HAD PAY ADDITION AT COSTS FOR THA. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COSTS, THE COSTS OF TRAFFIC OFFICERS FULL-TIME PERMANENT. CROSSING GUARDS ARE PART-TIME. PEOPLE ARE IN HARD TO FILL POSITIONS, THEY COME INTO THE POSITIONS, THEY COME INTO THESE JOBS FOR THE FIRST TIME. SECONDLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT JURISDICTION ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S CROSSING GUARDS WHETHER IT IS, THE WORK OF CROSSING GUARDS CANNOT BE PERFORMED BY TRAFFIC OFFICERS. THIRD THING, WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FURTHER AND WILL AT OTHER TIMES AROUND THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Council President: THANK YOU. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> City Attorney: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ITEM NUMBER ONE OR PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH? >> Speaker: BOTH. >> City Attorney: PLEASE START WITH THE ITEM. >> Speaker: WITH THE ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT ANY FORM OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'RE CUTTING OUR BUDGET FOR HOUSING WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH A HOUSING CRISIS. AND OUR MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TO MORE HOUSING THAN SOMETHING LIKE THAT THIS CAN HELP IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE INTO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PROPOSED DOUBLES LAPD FUND FROMING 217, THE CRIME HAS GONE DOWN. RICHEST COUNTRIES DON'T HAVE MORE POLICE THEY HAVE MORE EQUITY. DAYCARES AND CENTERS, AND VISION ZERO SHOWS THE GOAL OF THIS BUDGET IS NOT TO HELP PEOPLE BUT TO PREPARE TO EXPEL THE POOR HOMELESS FOLKS FROM THE STREETS. THE POLICE BUDGET SHOULD BE SCALED BACK TO 20 PERCENT INSTEAD OF 48 PERCENT. EVERY YEAR THE BUDGET INCREASES, YET THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASES. I STRONG LEO POSE MONEY BEING SPENT ON HELICOPTERS, RATHER THAN PEOPLE. OUR CITY SHOULD BE PRAOPG FOR FLOODS AND MORE DISASTER NOT ON MORE PUNITIVE MEASURES. IT'S ALSO A SHAME THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT BEHAVE IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL MANNER WALKS AROUND WHILE PEOPLE ARE GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S EMBARRASSING FOR OUR CITY TO SEE THIS. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKR, WOULD YOU LUKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI I'M JASMINE, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE. I BEG FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US ON THE OLYMPIC WAGE. IT'S CRUCIAL FOR US THE EMPLOYEES AT LAX IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE AND NOT HAVE TO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THIS RAISE SO WE CAN PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLESES AND PAY RENT AND PAY BILLS. DUE TO INFLATION, EVERYTHING IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO SURVIVE WITH OUR CURRENT WAGES IN THIS ECONOMY ANYMORE. WE CANNOT LIVE HERE ANY LONG AND HER POVERTY WITH MISSABLE WAGES, WE ASK FOR RESPECT AND DIGNITY FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS OF LOS ANGELES, NO MORE DELAYS, PLEASE VOTE YES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE OR PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M ADAM AND I'M HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH SOME TENANTS WITH THE PRODUCE PLACE AND PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT COME HERE LIKE ELDERLY DISABLED FOLKS, WHO HAVE A HARD TIME TO COME HERE ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T LISTEN. YOU VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO TAKE THE PRODUCE HOTEL OUT OF THE REAP PROGRAM AND WHILE THE INITIAL COMPLAINTS THAT PUT IN THE REAP PROGRAM MIGHT HAVE BEEN META CORDING TO WHAT LIMITED WORK IS DONE BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. WE SEE THE CONDITIONS IN THERE, THE TEN ANS HAVE TO CONTINUE LIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS AND DEMANDING THAT LAHD DOES NOT ONLY DO A TENANT PROTECTION. >> Council President: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GIVE ME ATTENTION. IM PART OF THE PRODUCE HOTEL AND I WANT TO BE PART OF L.A. CAN. I THE LIVING CONDITIONS ARE INHABITABLE, WE HAVE ROACHES AND MICE. I LIVE IN THE GAY COMMUNITY AND EVEN OFFICERS COMING TO RESPOND, ATTEMPTED RAIRKTS TIME THAT THEY GET THERE BESINGER BECAUSE IT'S THE PRODUCE, WE'RE THE LAST RESORT, OH YEAH, I FORGOT I GOT TO GO. ALL I ASK IF YOU GUYS WOULD PLEASE DO A FULL REINSPECTION OF OUR BUILDING ALONG THE TENANTS WHO LIVE THERE AND THESE CONDITIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR BOTH? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JEREMIAH, I LIVE AT THE PRODUCE I'VE BEEN THERE FOR THREE YEARS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE WHOLE RECEIVERSHIP BUT I'M SURE YOU HAVE, SINCE YOU VOTED ON IT. THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED IN MY BUILDING IS THE FLOORS GET WAXED AND THEY'RE SHINIER, AND THEY PUT A MURAL IN, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE THINGS ARE THE SAME. NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN FIXED, WE HAVE NOT HAD SOAP IN THE BATHROOMS SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE. AND IT COST 600 A DAY 4200 A WEEK 16,000 FOR ONE MONTH THAT'S THE FOR ONE BUILDING. FOR THE 17th AND FOR THE LAST TWO, THAT'S OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. OUT OF THAT MILLION DOLLARS, NONE OF IT WENT TO US, AT ALL. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE VOTING ON HOW YOU'RE MAKE THATING OKAY BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S OKAY WHEN THAT IS SUPPOSE TO SET ASIDE TO HELP THE TENANTS. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT PEAKER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK--? >> Speaker: WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC COMMENT, COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS EMPTY, THE ONLY TRUE ANGELINO IS HERE IS THE ROACHES BUT NEVERTHELESS, I TESTIFY. I'M HERE TODAY WITH THE HUMAN CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT TENANTS IN THE PRODUCE HOTEL. AND%BACKER YOU GET MAD AND PISSED OFF AT US, WE COME HERE, ONE REINSPECTION DATE ON THE CALENDAR, A ZAP, TWO WE NEED TENANTS TO BE PART OF THAT INSPECTION, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE LIVING IN THE CONDITIONS, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S CAN POINT IT OUT AND THREE, WE NEED FOR THE CONDITIONS TO BE MADE. WE'RE GOING TO PAY TO COME BACK, AND JUST LIKE WE SAY IN THE HOOD, DON'T START NOTHING, THERE AIN'T GOING TO BE DONE, PRICE, WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE HERE, RIGHT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT? SPEAKERS? OKAY. SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. >> Clerk: THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: OKAY, COLLEAGUES WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> Clerk: THERE IS STILL ONE ITEM LEFT ON THE DESK, SIR. ITEM 1? >> Council President: WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM AT THE MOMENT SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTIONS. >> Clerk: SO FOR THE RECORD, ITEM 1 IS LEFT ON THE DESK DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM. >> Council President: OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT AND IF THERE IS ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS WE CAN DO THAT BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. MS. RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE GREATEST TITLE ON EARTH. AND TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD THINGS TOGETHER WHEN WE'RE OUTDOING THE WORK THAT WE DO. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I WANT TO THANK THE SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT I HAVE ALLOWS ME TO DO WHAT I DO. I SAID MANY TIMES, I'VE BEEN CALLED A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT MOM IS MY FAVORITE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: I DO WANT TO THANK ALL THE MOTHERS IN THE HOUSE, I APPRECIATE THE UNIQUE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY. AND ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, AND MY COLLEAGUE HEATHER HUTT, WE'RE HOSTING A MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION AT OBAMA PARK TOMORROW, IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING CELEBRATION, MUSIC, FOOD, FUN, CHANCE TO HONOR OUR MOTHERS AND CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A FREE EVENT FROM 11:00 CLOCK ON TO ABOUT 3:00 OR 4:00 AS I SAID MUSIC FUN AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NO ADJOURNING MOTIONS. LET'S GO OUT THERE AND HONOR THE MOTHERS OF THE WORLD AND OF LOS ANGELES. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.