PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER FOR TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN THE PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 3, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, MOVES COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK EVERY ONE TO RISE AND PLEASE JOIN COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM BOB BLUMENFIELD IN THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY, IF YOU 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 R&B FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH OUR JAEPD. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. GIVEN THE UPCOMING COUNCIL RECESS WOULD COUNCIL TO ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 5 RESOURCE RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR THERE TO BE A MAJORITY PROTEST VALID WRITTEN PROTEST ASSOCIATED WITH 370,622 PARCELS MUST HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY SEPTEMBER 20th, 2025. 6680 WRITTEN PROTEST WERE SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 209ING. THE MAJORITY THRESHOLD WAS NOT AND COUNCIL MAY PROCEED WITH THE PRO SOLID RESOURCE RATE ADJUSTMENT. ALSO FOR ITEM 5, THE MULTI FAMILY BULKY RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR THIS THERE WOULD BE A VALID PROTEST ASSOCIATED WITH 291,170 PARCELED MUST HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY SEPTEMBER 20, 2025. 866 VALID WRITTEN PROTEST WERE SUBMITTED ON OR BEHALF SEPTEMBER 30th, 2025. THE MAJORITY PROTEST THRESHOLD WAS NOT MET AND COUNCIL MAY PROCEED WITH THE PROPOSED MULTI FAMILY BULKY ITEM RATE ADJUSTMENT. 6 THROUGH 24 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER THE RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. ITEM 25 THROUGH 56 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S GO TO SPECIALS NOW, MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER 1 AS THE INVOICE HAS BEEN PAID AND FULL AND DBS IS SATISFIED. ON ITEM 16, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT BOTH OPTIONS ON THE AGENDA, THE RULES COMMITTEE REPORT, THE RESOLUTION AND THE MOTION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THAT ITEM SPECIAL AND HOLD IT FOR REMARKS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. McOSKER'S MOTION FOR ITEM 1 AND 16? COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 24 FOR A COMMENT SXZ VOTE AND THE--AND SEPARATE FOR VOTES A DIFFERENT VOTE. >> Council President: CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE IS I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR. >> E. Hernandez: YES, CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, GOT TONGUE TWISTED AND I WOULD LIKE TO REFER ITEM 37 TO PUBLIC WORKS AND I HAVE A SUBSTITUTION FOR ITEM 31. >> Clerk: AND JUST TO RECAP COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ 24 IS SPECIAL FOR COMMENT SXZ SEPARATE VOTE. 41, 56 ARE JUST SEPARATE VOTES. THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND 37 BACK TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. AND IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS? >> IT'S ITEMS 40 AND 56 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Clerk: PARDON ME, 40 AND 56 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. 37 IS REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. AND 41 IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? >> E. Hernandez: YES, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: PERFECT, THANK YOU. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE HOLD 22 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND FOR QUESTIONS. 25 FOR QUESTIONS. AND 30 FOR AN AMENDMENT WHICH HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND JUST TO RECAP MR. BLAOULD FIELD, 25 QUESTIONS AND 30 AMENDMENT SIR? >> B. Blumenfield: YES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: WOULD I LIKE TO ASK IF WE CAN CALL ITEM 9 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MORE ON THAT SIDE, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 18 BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT AND ALSO 19 TO MOVE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT FOR ITEM 19. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND BOTH OF THOSE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: I'D--MR. BLUMENFIELD, YOU CALLED 22 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, CORRECT? AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 12 ADOPTING THE PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SECONDED BY MR. McOSKER. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 16 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OKAY. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: TO MAKE BRIEF REMARKS BEFORE WE VOTED ON ITEM 15. AND WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE CALLING 25 SPECIAL FOR A DISCUSSION? OR QUESTIONS? >> Council President: I THINK IT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COMMENTS BY SOMEBODY? >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD CALLED 25 SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS. >> N. Raman: I HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ANY OTHER SPECIALS MEMBERS? MR. NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: I'M NOT SURE IF 5 WAS CALLED OUT FOR A SPECIAL VOTE? BUT 5 FOR A SPECIAL VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHICH ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME? JUST A SECOND. WHILE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND DO A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION, WE HAVE JOINING US THE ESTEEMED DR. ASFIOR AND POLITICS CLASS FROM OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, IF YOU CAN STAND AND WAVE AT US FROM THE BACK. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL WHILE WE SETTLE UP. WE'LL GET READY FOR PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. >> E. Hernandez: LET'S GO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY PHONE IS ON MUTE. OH HERE. >> E. Hernandez: WONDERFUL, WE ARE NOW GOING TO WELCOME THE WILD HORSE NATIVE AMERICAN DRUMERS TO OPEN UP THE SPACE FOR US. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, RELATIVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS, THOSE OF YOU IN THE COUNCIL, THOSE OF YOU BEHIND ME IN CHAMBERS, WELCOME THIS MORNING. I'M SOULLE RICHARD YANEZ FROM STANDING ROCK NEW MEXICO. I'M GRATEFUL TO STAND BEFORE YOU, MY BROTHER JORGE LECHUGA TO MY LEFT, MY NEPHEW, NOTA. THROUGH THE HELP OF OUR COMMUNITY, I SAY COREY IS A GRADUATE OF, EXCUSE ME, BISHOP MONTGOMERY OUT OF SAN PEDRO AND REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL, MYSELF I DID NOT TAKE THE SAME VENTURE BUT OUR CULTURE AND LIVES BROUGHT US BACK TOGETHER. IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. TALK TO MY CALIFORNIA RELATIVES IF I HAVE THE PERMISSION TO CONTINUE. I KNOW WE'RE ON YOUR LAND WE MAY ALL BE NATIVE BUT YOU TOOK CARE OF THIS LAND BEFORE YOU DID. WITH YOUR PERMISSION, SIR. THANK YOU. MOST OF US ARE RAISED IN THE SOUTH L.A. BAY YAI, ALL THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SO TODAY, WE WANT TO SHARE TWO SONGS WITH YOU. FIRST A PRAYER SONG IN YOUR LANGUAGE, AND WE HAVE A WHOLE LANGUAGE THAT TALKS TO US ABOUT PEOPLE. AND AFTER THAT A SECOND SONG, AS YOU PROCEED WITH THE PEOPLE BEHIND US OUR INDIGENOUS FAMILIES FROM ALL ACROSS L.A. COUNTY THAT HAVE COME TO SHARE A WORD WITH YOU TODAY, THAT YOU KEEP AN OPEN FIND. THE SECOND SONG IS A REFERRED TO AS A ROUND DANCE, A WAY OF LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. [SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, WE WISH YOU ALL A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU COUNCIL. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERY ONE. ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE WILD HORSE MALE SINGERS. FOR JOINING IN THE CELEBRATION AND. IT'S A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU ALL, HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE OUR PRESENTATION, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE LAND ON WHICH WE STAND. TO LEAD US IN THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, PLEASE WELCOME ELLIE OF MISSION GABRIELINO. >> Speaker: HELLO. ELLIE, SPIRIT WALKER. I'M A YOUTH LEADER FOR GABRIELO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND L.A. CITY COUNCIL FOR HONORING AND ACKNOWLEDGING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY. LET'S GIVE THAT A SHORT ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE RESILIENCE IN OUR LANGUAGE EQISHEM AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF OUR RESILIENCE AND OUR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE'RE HERE. THIS IS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT I KEEP DEEP IN MY HEART. BEING GABRIELO TONGA, MEANS THAT I CARRY MY ANCESTORS, EVEN THOUGH IT CARRIES PAIN AND LOSS T HOLDS SURVIVAL AND CONNECTION TO THE LAND THAT WE CALL HOME. I LEARN THAT RESILIENCE IS STANDING TALL BY LEARNING, LISTENING AND NEVER FOR GETTING WHO WE CAN. ON THE VILLAGE LAND IT'S CALLED YAGNA, THE TERRITORY OF OUR PEOPLE INCLUDES THE GREATER L.A. BASIN, THE ORANGE COUNTY AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. TODAY WE WELCOME YOU TO VONNGAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CHIEF ANTHONY IS GOING TO SPEAK NOW. [APPLAUSE] [SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE] AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR RECOGNIZING TODAY AS INDIGENOUS DAY. I WANT TO SING A SONG WITH MY SON, AND WE ASK OUR ANCESTORS TO PROTECT US, BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT IS GOING ON. THE INTERPRETATION IS O MY ANCESTORS, LISTEN TO MY HEART, OH MY ANCESTORS, HERE IS MY HEART. [SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE] IN THE MEMORY OF ALL OUR ANCESTORS, THANK YOU. [SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE] >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ELLIE, AND THANK YOU CHIEF ANTHONY MORALES AND YOUR LOVED ONE FOR BRINGING IN THE ANCESTORS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. TODAY WE RECOGNIZE THE FIRST PEOPLES OF THE LAND WHO'S STORIES CONTINUE TO BREATHE LIFE INTO THE CITY, I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO CARRIED THE SONGS BEFORE US AND PLANTING THE NEW SEEDS FOR THE GENERATION TO COME. TODAY, WE'RE JOINED BIT NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIAN COMMISSION. CHIEF ANTHONY MORALES WHO JUST SANG, WITH THE GABRIELO, PRESIDENT BERTHA OF CHEROKEE NATION, INDIGENOUS POLICE ADVISORY BOARD. PACHECO IS ALSO HERE TODAY. HOME TO NEARLY 3000 WHO IDENTIFY AS INDIAN, ORNATE I HAVE AMERICANS FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA AS WELL. WE KNOW THE U IS S CENSUS UNDER COUNTS FOREIGN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. AS WE CELEBRATE, WE MUST RECOGNIZE WHERE WE'RE LIVING IN. WE SEE THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION FUN ISSUING CULT'. ICE AGENTS WITH KIDNAPPING PEOPLE FOR NOW THEY LOOK AND HOW THEY SPEAK AND WHERE THEY COME FROM. THAT VIOLENCE ECHOS THE PAST, THE ERASURE BUT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE TURNED SURVIVAL AND WHAT IT MEANS TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE. ARMORED WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT NO GOVERNMENT CAN PENETRATE AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY HAVE ILLUMINATED FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, THERE IS UNFINISHED WORK TO CREATE, A CITY LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT POLICY. IT'S LONG OVERDUE AND AN IMPORTANT STEP. AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO'S LAND WE STAND ON, IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND DECISION-MAKING. THE PROPOSED GANDOLA, WE NEED TO OPPOSE UNCHECKED DEVELOPMENT THAT THREATENS OPEN SPACE WZ RICH INDIGENOUS HISTORY AND SACREDNESS. IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT HONORING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, WE MUST THROW DOWN WITH THEM EVERY DAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, IS MARK VILLA SENOR, THE TRIBAL AND VICE CHAIR OF INDIAN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMISSION. >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR INVITING US. I'M CURRENTLY THE VICE CHAIR FOR INDIAN COMMISSION, THIS COMMISSION IS VERY UNIQUE IT WAS CREATED BACK IN 1976 IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE HISTORICAL DISPARITY OF REPRESENTATION WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT RESIDE WITHIN L.A. COUNTY, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT CONTAINS APPOINTEES FROM THE COUNTY AND ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALSO CITY APPOINTED MEMBERS AS WELL WHICH I'M ALSO CITY APPOINTED APPOINTED BY MAYOR BASS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY BACK IN 17, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO CHANGE COLUMBUS DAY TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY, THAT IT'S ABLE TO SHOW THE RICHNESS AND VIBRANCY OF THIS NATIVE COMMUNITY HERE. THIS COMMISSION IS ALSO INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AS IT MOVES FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN CLOSING, OUR DENISE AND OUR PAST DIRECTOR MONA PARALES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE GABRIELO TO SAY A FEW WORDS WITH US. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M JOE AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR TRIBE MISSION INDIANS. OUR AN ZEST AR LANDS ARE SAN FERNANDO, SANTA CLARITA AND PART OF SEMI VALUE, I DESCEND FROM THE VILLAGE OF AT TUJUNGA, SO I TAKE PRIDE WHEN I SAY I'M FROM THE VALLEY. I'M GLAD TO STAND HERE AS OUR PRAYERS FROM OUR ANCESTORS AND I TAKE PRIDE IN BEING HERE KNOWING THAT WE'RE TAKING OUR TRIBE TO ANOTHER LEVEL. WE SURVIVED AND WE'RE NOW PUSHING FORWARD. WE HAVE SEVERALLE FOR PROFIT ENTITIES AS WELL AS NONPROFIT NOT ONLY OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY BUT OUR COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. IT'S AN HONOR TO SPEAK HERE ON BEHALF OF THEM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. >> >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THIS IS YOUR HOUSE. MRA*EZ --[APPLAUSE] NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM ERIC ANGEL FROM THE MAYA PARUPACHE COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE] GOOD MORNING TO ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR INDIGENOUS DAY. BORN IN THE BUSTLING STREETS OF COMPTON STREETS OF. OF THREATS OF LAND AND ITS PEOPLE. ON INDIGENOUS AND BEYOND. HISTORY BY MIGRATION ON HIS MOTHER'S SIDE. HIS GRANDPARENTS LEFT THE FIELDS OF MEE MICUACAN AND CAME. THREE VOICES, SPANISH, PURE FROM GRANDMOTHER AND ENGLISH IN SCHOOL. EDUCATION WAS GUIDED BY FAMILY, EXITED AND GRADUATED FROM USC IRVINE. AFTER COLLEGE, ERIC BEGAN HIS CAREER AS ANALYST CONTRIBUTING TO BATTERY PROJECTS. THEN HE REALIZE HIS PASSION FOR REAL ESTATE. THROUGHOUT HIS JOURNEY, ERIC HAS BEEN--COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND ESPECIALLY WITH SABOR DE MICHOACAN. BUILDING SOMETHING NEW WITH THE TOOLS THEY GAVE HIM, HARD WORK, EDUCATION, CULTURE AND PRIDE IN HIS INDIGENOUS HERITAGE. TODAY ON OCTOBER 7th, WE NOT ONLY CELEBRATE OUR HISTORY BUT WE AFFIRM THAT WE'RE STILLHERE. PRESENT IN THE QUIET REVOLUTION OF DAILY LIFE. AS A RAISED IN LOS ANGELES, I ASK FOR RESISTANCE NOT BY SHOUTS BUT BY WAIVING OUR CULTURE INTO EVERY THREAD OF OUR EXISTENCE. EVERY MEAL I COOK, BECOMES AN ACT OF REMEMBRANCE AND RESISTANCE. OUR PRESENCE IS A TESTAMENT THAT COMES FROM HONORING OUR ROOTS BY BUILDING NEW LIVES FAV FROM OUR AN ZEST RAL LAND. INSTEAD NRAOUR YOU SHALL A NEW SOIL. FOR ME TO RESIST THIS, IT'S NOT ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD IT'S ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. IT IS ABOUT LIVING EVERY DAY IN A WAY THAT HONORS MY ROOTS, IT MEANS CARRY MY GRANDMOTHER'S VOICE SHOWING HER LULLABIES WHERE WE SHARE OUR FOOD, DANCES AND MUSIC AND OUR ART. EACH EVENT A LIVING BRIDGE OF MICHOACAN. THEY CAN FIND COMFORT AND CONNECTION IN OUR COLLECTIVE MEMORY. IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, DISCIPLINE, PERSEVERANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ME, THAT IS ALSO RESISTANCE, SHOWING THAT BEING INDIGENOUS IS NOT A BARRIER BUT A SOURCE OF STRENGTH. I STRIFE TO BE A ROLL MODEL, DEMONSTRATING THAT WE CAN SUCCEED WHILE REMAINING TRUE TO OURSELVES, WHETHER MENTOINGER STUDENTS, OR LAUNCHING INITIATIVE THAT SUPPORT OUR YOUTH. I AM DRIVEN BY A SENSE OF DUTY TO BREAK BARRIERS AND UPLIFT OTHERS. MY IDENTITY MOTIVATES ME TO TURN OBSTACLES INTO GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY. TO RESIST TO KEEP KEEPING OUR LANGUAGE, TO KEEP GATHERING SUCH AS THIS ONE, TO KEEP REMEMBERING WHERE WE COME FROM, IS TO REMIND THAT IT'S NOT PART OF THE PAST BUT SHAPING THE PRESENT AND FUTURE. OUR TRADITIONAL LANGUAGES AND CELEBRATIONS ARE LIVING PROOF THAT WE'RE HERE, INSPIRING OTHERS TO HONOR THEIR OWN ROOTS AND FOSTERING RESPECT ACROSS ALL CULTURES. EACH TIME WE TEACH A CHILD TO DANCE OR SHARE A RECIPE, WE PLANT SEEDS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION TO CARRY FORWARD. WE RESIST BY THRIVING, EDUCATING AS MY PARENT'S URGED AND ENGINEERING AS MY BROTHER ENGINEERED AND OTHERS--AND MY BLOOD ON UNBREAKABLE. I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN THIS DANCE OF RESILIENCE, OUR CULTURE ENDURES BECAUSE WE LIVE IT, CELEBRATE IT AND PASSES THROUGH PRIDE. THROUGH EVERY GENERATION WE ADOPT INTEREST FORM, CHALLENGES TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES THERE BY STRENGTHENING OUR IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY. I'M PROUD OF MY BLOOD, PROUD OF MY CULTURE AND ANCESTORS AND COMMITTED TO CARRYING THE STEP WITH ME. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE MY STORY AND FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE TO KEEP THE CULTURE ALIVE. LE [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. EVERYBODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, WE ARE GOING TO CONCLUDE WITH SOMETHING REALLY INCREDIBLE. WE HAVE MARCO CALSIA THAT WILL GRACE US WITH THE MAYAN FLUTE PERFORMANCE. [PLAYINGTHE FLUTE] [FLUTE MUSIC] [FLUTE MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU CHIEF ANTHONY MORALES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE. VICE PRESIDENT VILLA SENOR, SENATOR, MONA ELLIE, THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING ME EVERY DAY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BRAVERY. MI GENTE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND TO ONE OF MY FAVORITES HERE, WHO MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE STEADY AND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ALWAYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HECTOR. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, LET STAND AS A COMMITMENT TO HONOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES HISTORY AND PROTECT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I'M PLEASE TODAY PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TO INDIAN COMMISSION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 13th, 2025 AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY IN LOS ANGELES. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND IF IT'S OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU, ELLIE TO HOLD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE OUR PRESENTATION IN MEMORY OF ERNIE STEVENS JUNIOR WHO LEAD THE INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION FOR 2 YEARS, AND DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO PROTECTING TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND LIFTING UP COMMUNITIES, HE PASSED A SUDDENLY ON SEPTEMBER 26, AT THE AGE OF 66, IN WISCONSIN. MAY WE NEVER FORGET THE WORK THAT HE DID FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: THERE ARE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL CAN VOTE PRIOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON, BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS SATISFIED IN COMMITTEE, 10 THROUGH 1417 THROUGH 21 AS WELL AS 12, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. COUNCIL MAY NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT SIRMENT >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: 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'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM, UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 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'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR 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 ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 5 AND ITEMS 25 THROUGH 56. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS, 1 THROUGH 5 AND ITEMS 25 THROUGH 56. 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 OTHER ITEMS OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALLOWED TO THE ROOM, PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAWS YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE ROOM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HARE YOUR NAME CALLED ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP, IT WILL HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT AND HEAR FROM AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. THE ORDER WHICH THE NAMES ARE CALLED, ARE RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO AGAIN, IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED ALOUD, YOU CAN THEN LINE UP ON ANY ORDER ON YOUR SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, DEVIN ABLARD, JOSE TREJO, HAIRET ELLIOT, SMOKING SCAN AND CHRIS CHAVEZ. >> City Attorney: YES, SO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW HERE, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THEN THE OFFICERS WILL LET YOU KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO TO GET TO THE PODIUM. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 16. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 16 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I PUT IN FOR ITEM 16, SO SHOULD I COME BACK UP WHEN THAT'S CALLED? >> City Attorney: NO, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO ITEM 16. >> Speaker: I'M DEVIN AND I'M DIRECTOR FOR FEDERATION OF LABOR. AND I'M HERE IN SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM 16 AND SB34. THOSE WHO OPPOSE SB34 ARE FIGHTING A GOOD FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF ALL PEOPLE. THOSE COMMUNITIES SUFFER GREAT CONSEQUENCES. BUT, THOSE VERY WORKERS WHO LIVE IN THAT SAME COMPLEX ARE HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE BECAUSE THEY KNOW FIRSTHAND THE CONSEQUENCE THAT'S HAPPENS TO FAMILIES WHEN THE PORT COMPLEX SLOWS DOWN. YOU LOSE YOUR JOB, HOME, YOU LOSE YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE. I'VE BEEN WORK WITHING COMMUNITY AND LABOR GROUPS FOR A LONG TIME. I'M AN ENVIRONMENTALIST MYSELF BUT YOU HAVE TO ENSURE, THE LARGEST DRIVER OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS POVERTY SO. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING OUR WORKERS WITH US. PLEASE VOTE ON ITEM 16, SB34. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MORE GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I LIKE MR. LEE'S AT THE END HELPING WITH THE PLANTS AND STUFF, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO PUT HIS ITEMS ON HOLD UNTIL I RECEIVE MY APOLOGY. HE HAS YET TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIS RUDENESS AND AFTER HE APOLOGIZED, I WILL GLADLY SUPPORT HIS ITEMS, BECAUSE THEY WERE GOOD. OKAY, SO THAT BEING SAID, OKAY, I WANT TO START WITH NUMBER 30. BOB, THIS IS ONE OF YOURS BOB. OKAY. LIKE I DON'T THINK WHY YOU'RE TRYING TO NOT HAVE THE PERMIT PROCESS GO TO THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS. AND BOB SHOULD BE LISTENING, HE'S ABOUT TO OWE ME AN APOLOGY, THIS IS HIS ITEM. THANK YOU, BOB. THAT'S WHAT SCIENTOLOGY DOES, THEY TRY TO PUT THINGS THROUGH ILLEGALLY OR SKIP THE SYSTEM, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, I'M SURE THAT THE ONE-NIGHT PUBLIC, THE RESEDA RISING ART WALK IS A LOVELY WONDERFUL THING, AND THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR NIGHT OF DANCE. BUT WHY NOT LET IT RUN THROUGH THE PROPER PROCESS? I WANT TO GET A PERMIT, I'M APPLYING FOR ONE, THE RIGHT TO PROTEST. BOB, CAN YOU PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR ME TO BUY PASS THE PROCESS. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT BYPASS. IS THAT MY ONE MINUTE? OKAY AND THEN MY OTHER ONE, I THINK IT'S 41. YES. AGAIN, THIS IS MS. HERNANDEZ AND LOVELY, THANK YOU FOR THE LOVELY PRESENTATION, THIS MORNING, MS. HERNANDEZ. AND I DO AGREE WITH GETTING SOFTWARE THAT YOU GUYS CAN FINALLY INVENT TORI AND ASSESS THE, THE KNOW AND PUBLIC EASEMENT AND PUBLIC STREETS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS A PLACE THAT DOESN'T HAVE. KEN DRI, LIKE AN ENGINEER, REGULAR LEVEL ENGINEER, GAVE THEM A NO-PARKING FOR INDEFINITE WHICH WE KNOW IS NOT TRUE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR NO-PARKING STREETS ARE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER I'M NOT SURE WHAT ITEM YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. >> Speaker: 41. >> City Attorney: REGARDLESS, YOU'VE EXHAUSTED THE MINUTE FOR ITEM 41. >> Speaker: AND THE OTHER IS STREET VACATIONS, WE NO AND NO. WE WANT HUBBARD OPEN SO THAT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO USE THE STREET CAN USE IT. SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN, I GET THREE-MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL TAKE IT. OKAY. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY, RANDOMLY, IT WAS A SCIENTOLOGY FILM PERMIT FROM THE POLICE APPARENTLY, AND WHAT THEY DID, IS THEY HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, THEIR PEOPLE WHO MIND YOU MAKE SLAVE WAGES, THEY DON'T MAKE HUMAN WAGES, HAD HAD THE STANDSTILL FOR FOUR HOURS, THEY WERE NOT GIVEN BATHROOM BREAKS, WERE NOT GIVEN DRINKS OR WATER OR ANYTHING, THEY HAD TO STANDSTILL EVEN THOUGH NO ONE WAS FILMING? HOW STUPID DO YOU LOOK AS A CITY TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN ON OUR CITY STREETS. AND THEN THEY LIED, THEY SAID THEY ONLY HAD THE STREET APARTMENT, AND THE PRIVILEGER WENT ALONG WITH IT. YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING STUPID. THESE PEOPLE ARE ABUSING, THEIR WAGES AND THEIR EARNERS AND THEY'RE GOING AFTER ME TOO. I'M IN FEAR OF MY SAFETY BECAUSE OF CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THERE. THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER? >> City Attorney: YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: LOOK WHAT I'VE GOT HERE. I'VE GOT MY OWN COUNCIL RULE, IF I GET THROWN OUT OF ONE MIGHTING, --MEETING, I GET DISPOSED THE NEXT DAY. LET'S SEE YSABEL IS A LAWYER, LET'S GIVE THE CITY A HAND FOR GETTING SUED FOR THREE MILLION DOLLARS INSTEAD OF TWO. YEAH, YOU SEE, YOU'RE RAMPING IT UP AND WHO SPONSORED IT? HUGO SOTO STALLING, YOU LITTLE BITCH. YOU'RE TURNING INTO A LITTLE JEWISH LITTLE BITCH. I'M GOING TO BRING YOU A YAMECA. >> City Attorney: PLEASE MOVE TO ITEMS OR YOU'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M TALKING. IT'S MY TIME, YOU'LL GET YOUR FUCKEN TIME. NOW AS I WAS SAYING, NUMBER 49, THE DOG-EATING FESTIVAL, YES, SIR. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE BUSES DOWN TO CD10 AND HEATHER HUTT IS GOING TO SERVE US UP SOME LAMB CHOPS MADE OF DOG, UM-UM, NOTHING BETTER THAN WHEN I GO TO K-TOWN CELEBRATIONS WITH PUMPKIN HEAD. I EAT DOG, IT'S DELICIOUS WITH ALL OF THAT DELICIOUS SAUCE. NOW WE GET GRAFFITI SERVICE FRZ STAFFER B, TARGET, 30,000 TO REMOVE GRAFFITI, THEN HE GETS ANOTHER 75,000 FOR TREES, WHAT? WHAT? LOOK AT THIS, IT PAYS TO BE AN FBI SNITCH, DOESN'T IT? THEN WE'VE GOT OTHER SHIT HERE, LOOK HERE, HEATHER HUTT AGAIN, SHE IS GOING TO STOP SLEEPING, IN OTHER WORDS, SHE IS GOING TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, SO THEN WE CAN PUSH ALL THE HOMELESS OVER TO MADAM SNIFFLES AT CD6, SHE ALWAYS GOT HER FINGER IN HER NOSE. ALWAYS HAVING ALLERGIES AND THEN CD1 HAMBURGER HERNANDEZ. SO YOU SEE, HAMBURGER, YOU'RE FUCKED UP IN THE FUCKEN HAID, YOU UNDERSTAND. YOU CANNOT HAVE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, THE JEWS OWN THE GOD DAMN LAND. NOT THE INDIANS, INDIANS GOT DEBEATED IN 1823, BACK WHEN GENERAL JACKSON BECAME PRESIDENT, HE PUSHED THEM OFF THE LAND. GET IT RIGHT. ONLY THE JEWISH LEAD. AND MY GENERAL COMMENT. AS YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT, WE HAD THE CHIEF OF HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPUTY BRIAN, DEPUTY MAYOR, BOMB THREAT THE ENTIRE CITY HALL FACING UP TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON, WHAT HAPPENS IMELDA? HE GETS A 5,000 DOLLAR FINE AND PROBATION? WHY? ISN'T IT SAD NA IN SEPTEMBER 23, HE FILED SEAL DOCUMENTS, I HOPE IT DIDN'T LEAK. YEAH, I HOPE THERE WAS NOT A LEAK. OH MAN, I SMELL SNITCHES, I SMELL THEM THEY'RE ALL OVER THIS FUCKEN ROOM, THAT'S WHY IMELDA, THAT'S WHY THE SNITCHES GET STITCHES. THE YEAR IS NOT GOING TO GO OUT, WHAT I HEARD YESTERDAY, WITHOUT A NEW COUNCILMEMBER BEING INDICTED. SO YOU TAKE THAT AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR FAT ASS NIGGERS, NAKED. >> City Attorney: AND AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE OCCIDENTAL SCHOOL, ALL OF THAT IS ON THE TEST SO I HOPE YOU TOOK NOTES. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: CHRIS CHAVEZ, WE'RE OPPOSED TO ITEM 16 AS WELL AS SB34. SB34 SEEKS TO CONSTRAINT THE ABILITY TO REDUCE POLLUTION FROM THE PORTS. IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT IT'S ALREADY CA PIT LATED, THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY, AND FROM LABOR, AND IT'S ELECTED TO PURSUE A VOLUNTARILY AGREEMENT THAT WE OPPOSE. THE SB34 SENDS A MESSAGE THAT CALIFORNIA WILL PROTECT THE SMALLEST SOURCE OF POLLUTANT, ALSO SENDS A MESSAGE THAT THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WILL WORK AGAINST THE DECADES OF EFFORTS BY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 1500 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S DIE EVERY YEAR DUE TO OUR ABILITY TO MEET CLEAN AIR STANDARDS. SB34 WOULD MOVE LOS ANGELES EVEN FURTHER IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP CARLA MARTINEZ, CRAIG, CASH PATEL, PANCAKE AND SURPRISE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, WE'LL FREE TO ADJUST THE MIC. >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO READ TRANS GENOCIDE. I'M ASKING EVERY ONE ELSE TO HELP ME. HERE'S ONE OF MY LETTERS, RON JOHNSON, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU ON ZOOM TO OUR CITY COUNCIL OR ANY TUESDAY. YOU MUST ASK THE PRESIDENT IF YOU CAN SPEAK FOR TEN MINUTES. WE'RE WE GO, NOTES ON A MESH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NETWORK IN A GRIT LIKE PATTERN, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR TARGETING CAN PICK OUT VICTIMS IN A COUL. OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY ONE OF MY FRNDS, WHAT I FEEL SOLE SISTER IN PALM DAY, LAST OF WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT HER, AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HER, SHE IS RELIGIOUS SO I FEEL SHE IS ON THE LIGHT, JUST LIKE RON JOHNSON IS ON THE RIGHT, MORE RIGHT WING THAN TRUMP. I'LL HAVE TO GET AROUND NEXT WEEK. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. JAOU, TO THOSE OF SPEECH AS YOU EXERCISE THE AMENDMENT. MOTHER FUCKER I'M A 48 PUMPKIN HEAD Y.DO YOU HAVE TO INTERPRET ME? EVERY MOTHER FUCKEN TIME. >> City Attorney: PLEASE STICK TO ITEM 48. YOU'RE WELCOME TO CONTINUE IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M ON PROBATION ASSHOLE, YOUR FUCKED RULE ON 7 AND DUMB ASS SOTO, RULE NUMBER 77, WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO AMEND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO CRITICAL CRITICISM AGAINST US, BUNCH OF CRY BABIES, FUCK YOU! 42 USC, AND 42, 45 SECTION, UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRIOR RESTRAINT ON MY FREE SPEECH, GUESS WHAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FUCK YOU! STRAIGHT OUT, THAT'S MY CONSTITUTIONAL BELIEF. A LITTLE LYING BISH LIKE YOU HAVE TO CRY ABOUT CHANGING RULES? WEREN'T THEY BETTER? >> City Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED ON ITEM NUMBER 48. PLEASE MOVE TO ANOTHER ITEM. >> Speaker: I'LL SPEAK ON ANOTHER ITEM ASSHOLE. WHY IS IT THAT ON 45, DICK HEAD WE'RE CHANGING THE NAME SO JUNIPER STREET, WHEN WE SHOULD CALL IT NICKERSON GUARD STREET WHERE ALL THE LITTLE NICKERSON CHILDREN CAN KNOW THE NAME OF THE REAL STREET. HOW ABOUT THE 103 SHOWDOWN EXHIBIT WHERE THE WATCH TOWERS ARE. LET'S PUT A FLAG ON IT, REPRESENTING THE DUMB ASS ATTORNEY UP THERE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH NUMBER I'M ON. >> Council President: HOLD HIS TIME ON THE TIME. YOU USED THE "N" WORD. >> Speaker: I SAID NICKERSON GARDEN IS A LOCATION BY WATTS. >> Council President: THIS IS ONLY WARNING USING THAT WORD AS DESCRIBED IN RULE 7, IF YOU VIOLATE RULE 7 AGAIN AND USE THE "N" WORD YOU WILL FORFEIT THE SPEAKING TIME AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PURSUANT TO RULE 7 AND 12. YOU CAN RESUME YOUR TIME. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE CLARITY ON THAT NAME. YOU'RE USING AN OFFENSE WORD AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING I MADE A STATEMENT ON THAT? >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, I NEED YOU TO STAY TO THE AGENDA ITEMS OR I'LL MOVE TO YOU GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WOW. WOW, LOOK AT THIS, ROSCOE WHERE THE JEW JEW MONEY TREES, OUT IN WOODLAND SQUARE. THEY WANT TO PUT A CAWAPA SQUAI, S.A.W.S.S.T.I. K.SQUARE. WHAT DOES THAT SPELL? DOES MY SPELLING HAVE ANY OFFENSE TO ANYONE HERE? DOES ANYBODY WANT TO REBUT REBUTTAL FOR THE CLARITY OF WORDS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE SAID, YOU'RE FULL OF SHIT, BOB, YOU MARRIED A BLACK WOMEN AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SO IGNORANT TO UNDERSTAND ENGLISH. AND NOW TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT, WHITNEY VERSUS CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND OUR FIRST AMENDMENT, WHY IS THAT? WHY BECAUSE? BECAUSE YOU HEARD ON ITEM NUMBER BULL SHIT 48, THE GOD DAMN FAT BALD IDIOTS HERE, AND I'M MAKING REFERENCE TO ALL THE ILLEGAL ASSHOLES THAT SUPPORT THAT H*IT, RIGHT PADILLA, LITTLE WETBACK, GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY WHEN YOU COME TO MINE. I DID NOT HAVE TO CROSS MY BOARD, I WAS BORN HERE. NOT LIKE THAT PUSSY SOTO, ANOTHER WETBACK. FAT BURGER, PUT THE CHEESE IN YOUR MOUTH AND SHUT THE FUCK UP. >> Council President: I APOLOGIZE TO THE AUDIENCE, WE HAVE INCREDIBLY OFFENSIVE FOLKS THAT COME AND TALK, BUT WE DO HAVE TO LISTEN TO THEM ACCORDING TO THE BROWN ACT. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS ADAM, AKA SURPRISE, JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS ADAM FROM HUMAN CAN DURING OUT REACH AND NEARLY TWO HOUSING BUILDINGS SOLD TO LEO, I HAVE WITNESSED SO MANY ISSUES WITH TENANT SAFETY. SINCE HE TOOK OVER, SECURITY WENT MISSING AND MAIL AK IS SES AS WELL. WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE IMPORTANCE TO FIND THEIR WAY TO ELECTED OFFICIAL TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. THE CITY SIGNED OFF NOT THE SALE OF THESE BUILDINGS. WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE LIVABLE TO MAKE SURE THE TENANTS ARE SAFE? WHOIL THEY EXPANDS THROUGH THE BIDS REVIVED DT LA PLAN, SHOWER TRUCKS, BATHROOMS, ET CETERA. IT ALLOWED LEO EVERER BUILDING WAS PULLED WHETHER HOUSED OR UNHOUSED IN SKID ROW, THE CITY DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT RESIDENTS'S WELL BEING. YOU SHOULD START. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI I'M GREG WITH L.A. CAN SPEAKING ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY O YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'VE LIVED ON THE SKID ROW PLANT, DURING THAT TIME, I'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN CLEANLINESS REQUIRED FOR A DIGNIFIED ENVIRONMENT. SINCE LEO FROM AFFORDABLE L.A., HE IMMEDIATELY CUT SECURITY CLASS TICKLY INCREASING TIME AND THREATS. IT'S INTERMITTENT AND ENTIRELY UNRELIABLE. I FIND IT UNFAIR THAT LEO LEVERAGING TO FINANCE HIS MORE GLAMOROUS PROJECTS. WHILE THE CITY CELEBRATES OUR BUILDING FANT REESE ARE OVER ONE ARE WITH RATS. IT'S TO YOUR PER VIEW TO REVIEED HE SHALL'S SAFETY. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HELLO. >> City Attorney: HELI WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THIS IS GOING TO BE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M CARLA MARTINEZ AND I'M HERE TO THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED COALITION AND INNER-CITY STRUGGLE. BUT REALLY CD14 AND OTHERS IN THE AREA. WE NEED LARSO TO PASS, IT'S NOT A WANT BUT A NEED. WE DESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND COUNCILMEMBERS THAT VOTE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT GRET'. AND WE DESERVE LARS O TO PASS NOW. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS AND WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER. OKAY, WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER. THE CITY OF L.A. SAYS THAT THEY WANT TO DEAL HOMELESSNESS, THIS IS HOW YOU CAN STOP IT. BY ACTUALLY HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED AND GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO BE HOUSED OR NOT LOSING THEIR CURRENT HOUSING. RENT KEEPS GOING UP WHILE OUR SALARIES REMAIN THE SAME. AND THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE L.A. ONE, CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ANDREW, MARIA CHAVEZ, DUE GUTIERREZ, AUDIT L.A. AND GARY. >> Speaker: I LOVE L.A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IF I MAY. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: WE'RE GOOD. MY NAME IS MR. PANCAKE. HOUSING ORGANIZER WITH LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK, JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON OBSERVATIONS DURING OUT REACH IN VARIOUS BUILDINGS. SO TO LEO CALL, I HAVE WITNESSED SO MANY ISSUES WITH REGARD TO HABIT ABILITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THERE WAS A TEN AT IN ONE OF THE TENANTS THAT WAS ASSAULTED BECAUSE OF LACK OF SECURITY. SINCE HE TOOK OVER, MAIL ACCESS WAS COMPROMISED. WHILE PEOPLE THERE WORKED FOR LEO ASKED US NOT TO BRING THESE THINGS UP IN CITY COUNCIL, WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR SKID ROW TO COME AND TELL WHAT THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS GOING ON. WHAT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE LIVABLE? ALL RIGHT. HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. >> Speaker: TODAY I'LL SPEAK TO 1 2 3 5 26 27 29 30 31 32 33. >> City Attorney: OKAY SO NOT ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MORE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL. 25 IS RELATED TO RETAINING THE SERVICES OF THE FORMER CITY CONTROLLER, RON GALPRINCIPLE FOR THE L.A. --ALLIANCE, WHY NOT USE KENNETH MEJIA, WHY ISN'T HE USING HIS SERVICES SO DO THESE AUDITS. IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. SO WE HAVE 26 WHICH IS THE RELATED TO THE DECLARATION RELATED TO THE WILDFIRES. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A LOT OF, NOT ACTUALLY, PRIORITIZING REBUILDING COMMUNITIES, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PRIORITIZING, JUST, REBUILDING THE AREAS AROUND THE OLYMPICS, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU SEEM TO CARE ABOUT AT THIS POINT. AND SO, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE REBUILDING EFFORTS DO PARTICULARLY PRIORITIZE THE COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT FIRST AND FOR MOST. SO 2032 IS RELATED TO HARM REDUCTION AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION IN THE McARTHUR AREA IN CD1. IT'S GOOD IF SERVICE SOUTH SIDE ALTERNATE TO POLICING, BECAUSE POLICING NOT THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE. CRIMINAL LIESING DRUGS IS NOT GOOD POLICY. YOU NEED HARM PREVENTION, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THINGS TO HELP, HELP PEOPLE RATHER THAN CRIMINALIZING DRUGS. SO, LET'S SEE, WE HAVE SOME STREET BANNERS, OKAY. SO WE'RE MOVING OUT TOWARDS ITEM 48, I HAVE A MINUTE NOW. SO 48, THE COUNCIL IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO MISLEAD PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS ITEM. SO THEY WANT THE PUBLIC TO THINK THAT THEY TARGET THE PEOPLE THAT SAY OFFENSIVE THINGS DURING THEIR COMMENTS BUT THIS RULE AS A HISTORY. SO PREVIOUSLY, SO THIS RULE HAS BEEN REGULARLY USED TO TARGET BLACK, BROWN, ACTIVIST, WHO COME HERE AND AND FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. THIS WAS USED FREQUENTLY, WHILE THIS COUNCIL WEPT, COUNCIL PROTECTED KEVIN DE LEON FOR TWO YEARS, A RACIST ANTI BLABSINGER ANTI INDIGENOUS COUNCILMEMBER THEY REGULARLY USE THIS RULE TO TARGET PEOPLE WHO CAME TO PROTEST. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: IT WAS NOT ENFORCED FOR A WHILE BUT THEY DECIDED TO START ENFORCING IT, BECAUSE THEY WERE MAD THAT PEOPLE WERE COMING TO PROTEST THIS. SO THIS RULE IS NOT REALLY, A LET'S TARGET THE RACIST OR WHATEVER, THIS IS TARGETING THE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE TO FIGHT RACISM, AND IT'S A BROWN ACT VIOLATION. IF SOMEBODY SUED, THE CITY WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALMOST CERTAINITY, AND SHAME ON, MAYBE YOU SHOULD WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE DISRUPTING THE MEETINGS SO MUCH. A LOT OF ITS PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET THAT THIS COUNCIL, PEOPLE HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT LIMB NATURED CALL AND COMMENT, SO THEY HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE ON A WEEK DAY TO MAYBE GET THEIR COMMENTS HEARD AND IT'S NOT LIKE ANY OF THIS COUNCIL PAYS ANY ATTENTION, WE HAVE CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE CITY IS NOT FIGHTING THE FASCIST IN THE COURTHOUSE, SO YOU KNOW. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WITH YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 16. >> City Attorney: SO YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M A MEMBER OF LOCAL 94, BORN AND RAISED IN THE PORT OF L.A., BEEN IN THE LONGSHORE INDUSTRY FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I'M HERE TODAY, IN FAVOR OF SB34, THIS BILL WILL HELP US TO KEEP OUR JOB HERE AND NOT LOSE OUR JOB TO A RULE TO OTHER PORTS. THIS IS, CON 101, WHERE THE TERMINAL OPERATORS IS BASED ON THE CONTAINERS. WE MUST PROTECT THE JOBS AND SUSTAIN ONE OF THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC ENGINES THAT THE CITY HAS. VOTE YES, ON ITEM 16 AND SB34, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, ADAM SMITH, MICKEY CHAVEZ AND DANA B B.C. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 16, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE LONGSHORE UNION LOCAL 13. I REPRESENT CLOSE TO 14,000 WORKERS AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I'M IN SUPPORT FOR SB34 FOR NUMEROUS REASONS. IT CREATES A BALANCE BETWEEN ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, IT DOES NOT STOP TO REACH THEIR GOAL OF CLEAN AND ZERO EMISSIONS. BUT WHAT SB34 DOES, IT HAS SAVE GUARDS FOR WORKERS, PROTECTS WORKERS FROM LOSING THEIR JOBS AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR PUBLIC MONEY TO GET RID OF THE TAXPAYERS DAUGHTER WHO'LL THEY LOSE A JOB. SO THE FALSE NARRATIVE THAT THEY CANNOT IMPLEMENT A RULE, IS WRONG, THEY CAN. BUT THEY HAVE A JOB TO PROTECT AND THAT'S WHY VOTING YES ON THIS RESOLUTION, NOT JUST THE WORKERS BUT EVERY WORKER, CARPENTER OR A WAREHOUSE MAN OR LADY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MORE GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. STARTING WITH NUMBER 1. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Speaker: NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO GENERAL. I AM HERE TO TALKING ABOUT CONTINUE TO TALKING ABOUT THE CITY WIDE SIZE DISCRIMINATION. EVERY TIME I'M GOING TO MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE, I'M DENIED A SERVICE BECAUSE I'M HAVING A THREE-INCH SIZE. BUT OUR CITY ATTORNEY DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THAT. EVERY TIME I GO SHOPPING, I JUST PURCHASED THE BRAND NEW iPHONE AND TOLD ME THAT IT HAS EVERYTHING I LOVE AND WHEN I OPEN, THERE IS NO DANA THERE. THEY TOLD ME THAT CUSTOMER PROTECTION, IT'S CALLED LOS ANGELES CUSTOMER PROTECTION, THEY TOLD ME TO PURCHASE APPLE CARE. >> THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING, YOU'RE GOING TO FORFEIT YOUR TIME IF YOU DON'T CONNECT TO LOS ANGELES JURISDICTION. >> Speaker: PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE ABUSED BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SMALL SIZE LIKE ME. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE FORFEITED YOUR TIME. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M WILL LETICIA WITH L.A. CAN, WHERE THEY'RE FORCING TO PUT DOWN TENTS FROM 6:00 AM, THEY'RE MISTREATING OUR COMMUNITY UNDER THE GUYS OF CLEANING THE STREET. I ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT LANDLORDS LIKE LEE ARE NEGLECTING THEIR TENANTS, TENANTS WHO PAY RENT BUT EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T, BECAUSE OF HOW PISS POOR THE BUILDINGS ARE MAINTAINED, WE THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. IT'S TIME THAT WE HELD THEM ACCOUNTABLE IN CONSIDERATION FOR THEIR TENANTS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 16SB34. I'M DANNY I'M CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF IOW LOCAL 63. A BALANCE, PROTECTING GOOD UNION JOBS WHILE CONTINUING STRONG RECORD ON CLEAN AIR. THE PORTS HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED HUGE AIR QUALITY GAINS, 92 PERCENT DIESEL POLLUTION, 70 PERCENT LESS KNOCKS, 98 PERCENT LESS SOCKS PROVIDING COLLABORATION WORKS. IT WILL PUSH TO OTHER STATES AND COUNTRIES WITH WEAKER STANDARDS. THE LAW STANDARDS WITH THE BACK OF OUR PORT. LONG BEACH SUPPORTS 42 PERCENT AND SUPPORTS THOUSANDS OF JOBS. WE CANNOT RISK CARGO CAPS THAT THREATEN THAT. SB34 SIMILE HOLDS THEM TO THEIR WORD. IT KEEPS OUR PORTS CLEAN, COMPETITIVE AND STRONG. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, BEGINS, BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL UPBRAID' COLLINS, LETICIA, JACK O, NATURE NATURE EN NATENYAHU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M MICKEY CHAVEZ PRESIDENT OF WAREHOUSE UNION COUNCIL. AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL 34. WOULD I LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION. FROM CONSIDERATION THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CARGO CAPS THAT WOULD DECIMATE MANY OTHERS. REPRESENTATIVES LOCALS AND AFFILIATES IN CALIFORNIA AND NOT ALL OUR LONGSHORE AND THEY TOO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THESE CARGO CAPS AS WELL AS MOST ANGELINOS. OUR INLAND, WITHOUT CARGO, THE FUNDING OF OUR PORT POLICE WILL BE IN JEOPARDY, THEY'RE THE FIRST FUND OF DEFENSE FROM TERRORISTS ATTACKS. THERE ARE WAREHOUSES ALL OVER LOS ANGELES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS. I ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND WITH FAMILY TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M KEWA COFOUNDED THE EQUITY ALLIANCE WITH CENTER, AND LITTLE TOKYO AND EXCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF TWO MOTION THAT'S WILL HELP MAKE THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY A MORE JUST SECTOR FOR WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. THE RESTAURANT EQUITY ALLIANCE WAS RECOGNIZED SOUGHT AFTER DINING SCENES IN THE WORLD, LOS ANGELES IS PLAGUED BY ECONOMIC AND SECURITY. WORKERS FACE WAGE THEFT AND BUSINESS OWNERS, MANY WHO ARE ENTREPRENEURS. BY BRINGING TOGETHER, INCORPORATION SXZ CFIs OUR COALITION AIMS TO CREATE A RESTAURANT INDUSTRY WITH ECONOMIC RESILIENCY. WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE WORKED WITH COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND JURADO THAT WILL MAKE THE CITY'S RESTAURANT INDUSTRY A MORE EQUITABLE PLACE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M ELISA AND I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT MORE THAN HALF OF RENTERS ARE BEING HOUSE BURDEN WITH ONE BEING ONE RENT HIKE AWAY FROM LOSING THEIR HOME. MANY HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM KEEPING YOUR LIGHTS ON OR KEEPING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT, DEMANDS FOR LARS O WHICH HAS A CAP WHICH EVER IS LOWER, NO BUMPS FOR UTILITY IN ADDITIONAL OCCUPANTS AND NO RENT BANKING. HOW MANY MORE STATE OF EMERGENCIES DO ANGELINOS HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR YOU TO SUPPORT AN ORDER THAT WILL STRENGTHEN WHERE YOUR RESIDENTS LIVE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DUARTE GRASIANO, ALYSSA, GEORGE QUINT ERO. AND DENNIS AND DAYMON. >> Speaker: ITEM 24, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU SAID 44? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. I'M CARRY I'M A LAW FELLOW AT PUBLIC KO* COUNCIL. RECEIVED THE LETTER OF INQUIRY FROM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT REQUESTING INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SIGNIFICANTLY DELAY AND EFFECTIVELY DELAY THE VENICE PROJECT. THESE ACTIONS COULD BE RESULT IN FINDING OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND DESIGNATION FOR FAILURE TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS. WE HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT. PARKING LOT IS THE SIDE OF PROJECT AND COUNCIL APPROVED 100 PERCENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THE CITY'S ACTION HAVE LEAD TO FOUR SEPARATE LAWSUITS AND THE BOARD DECISION IN DECEMBER 2024 TO NOT TRANSFER THE FAMILIES. INSTEAD OF WASTING FUNDS ON A FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE URGE THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE USING ITS RESOURCES TO BUILD VENICE OUT. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, HOTTY KATIE, IRMA, HENRY, LEANNE, BIG AMY AND MEGA KAREN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NUMBER 16. ?AOUF A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS JORGE QUINTETRO AND I'M ON THE CARPENTER, REPRESENTING THE THOUSANDS OF CARPENTER THAT KEEPS LOS ANGELES MOVING. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT SB34 AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU. TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP NOT CABS THAT CAN HARM JOBS IN COMMERCE. OUR MEMBERS BELIEVE THAT GOOD JOBS AND CLEANER TECHNOLOGY AND USE AND SKILL LABOR, WE CAN CONTINUE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS WHILE PROTECTING FAMILIES. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL CAPERED ENDERS, WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKING FAMILIES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: MUY BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: GENERAL. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO I'M MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION. >> Interpreter: I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE COALITION FROM KEEP L.A. HOUSED TO SUPPORT LARSO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE RENT STABILIZATION FOR LOS ANGELES. I ALSO SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 3 TO LIMIT THE TEMPERATURE GAP TO 82 DEGREES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THE I ASK YOU TO NOT VOTE YES ON ITEM 6. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN SO I ASK YOU PLEASE WITH ALL OF MY HEART, PASS THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYMORE FAMILIES ON THE STREET. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Speaker: MUY BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SI? OKAY GRACIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES MY NAME IS ALYSSA GODINES, I COME HERE IN THE NAME OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND HAVE BEEN EVICT ASKED WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES AND STRUGGLING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I WANT TO EXPRESS MY RIGHTS SINCE I LIVE WITHIN THE L.A. COUNTY. TO BE HEARD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES AS AN ADULT PERSON I HAVE SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC AND THE HIGH COST OF HIGH LIVING. >> Speaker: >> Interpreter: AND I RECENTLY LOST MY ROOMMATE AND TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN MY HOUSE, IT HAS BEEN COMPLICATED FOR ME RECENTLY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] WE JUST ASK FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE DON'T WANT THE RENT TO BE RAISED MORE THAN 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PLEASE KEEP L.A. WITH GOOD RENT, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR YOU AND APPROVE THE RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING. THANK YOU SO EVERY ONE WHO CAME OUT TO PUT INPUT THIS MORNING. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 2 TO NOVEMBER 5, 2025. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS NUMBER 1, 3, 4, 26 THROUGH 29, 31 THROUGH 36, 38, AS WELL AS 43 THROUGH 55, SIR. >> 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, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 9 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO ITEM NUMBER 15. >> Clerk: ITEM 15 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN ITEM 15? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, SORRY THAT TOOK MY A MOMENT. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IN THIS REPORT. WHEN MY STAFF AND I VISITED THE JAIL FACILITY, WE REALIZED THE CHANGES WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CLOSURE OF TWO OUT OF OUR THREE MEDICAL FACILITIES ACROSS OUR JAIL SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED HEALTH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING HELD BY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THIS WOULD MEAN, THE CLOSURE MEAN THAT A, THE PEOPLE BEING RESTED WOULD NOT GET THE CLOSURE, WHICH IS A DERELICTIONS OF OUR DUTY TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE THAT ARE IN OUR CUSTODY. AND THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED MEDICAL CARE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED OFFICERS TO ACCOMPANY THEM TO THE FACILITY FOR MEDICAL CARE. WHAT THAT MOTION DOES TODAY OR WHAT THIS REPORT DOES, IS TO IDENTIFY FUNDING, ASK THE CAO TO IDENTIFY FUNDING TO KEEP ALL THREE FACILITIES OPEN, HONORING OUR COMMITMENTS TO KEEPING PEOPLE IN OUR CUSTODY, SAFE AND HEALTHY AND HOPEFULLY ENSURING THAT OUR SYSTEM CAN FUNCTION SMOOTHLY GOING FORWARD. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR HIS SUPPORT IN MOVING THIS FORWARD AND FOR ALL THE MEMBERS WHO SUPPORTED IT THERE AND ENSURED THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS SECURED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. LEE AND I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE TO VOTE YEAH. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, OPEN THE ROLL ON 5, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CAN WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 9. OKAY, MR. LEE. ITEM NUMBER 9. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I URGE YOU IN JOIN ME IN OPPOSING THE FOREST TREE ZONE ZERO RECOMMENDATIONS. WHILE I KNOW WE ALL SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS AND GOALS OF REDUCING FIRE RISK THIS WILL DO HARM THAN GOOD. THEY HAVE POSTED REGULATIONS THAT WILL YOU GO NOR THE REALITY OF FIRE LANDSCAPE AND IMPOSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND COSTS ON RESIDENTS WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD THEM. WE NEED POLICIES THAT RISK THE STAEBLT OF OUR CITY AND ENVIRONMENT. I UFRJ ALL OF US TO STAND WITH OUR LOCAL FIRE EXPERTS AND RESIDENTS IN CALLING FOR MORE THOUGHTFUL INFORMED APPROACH. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH MR. LEE. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR INTRODUCING THIS MOTION AND HEARING IT IN COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHARLES MILLER IN THE PROCESS. BOTH THE LEGISLATURE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT EMBER IS NEEDED. WE WE DO NEED TO ACT BUT HOW WE RESPOND IS MORE COMPLICATED. MY OFFICE REACHED OUT TO THE STATE AGENCY OVERSEEING THIS THIS YEAR. THAT CONVERSATION ALONG WITH FEEDBACK, INCLUDING AEFRL OF US LEAD FOR A CALL FOR DEEPER ENGAGEMENT IN L.A. WHICH KNOW IS NECESSARY. THE STATE SHOULD HAVE COME TO US FIRST, BUT THEY DIDN'T. LOS ANGELES IS THE LARGEST WITH MORE ACREAGE OF HIGH FIRE ZONES THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN CALIFORNIA. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, YOU'LL SEE THAT SACRAMENTO AGAIN, STUCK IN A SACRAMENTO MIND SET. THEY WERE LOOKING SUBURBAN LIKE SOUTH LAKE AT TAHOE OR SANTA ROSA, NOT DOWNTOWN. USING LARGE WOULD HARM OUR COMMUNITIES AND BIODIVERSITY AND THAT'S A MISTAKE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR FIRE RESILIENCE. MANY OF OUR PLANS ARE NATURALLY FIRE RESILIENT AND PROTECT STRUCTURES FROM FIRE. THE SHIFT WE'VE SEEN SHOWS THE VALUE OF LOCAL INPUT IF, IF THE STATE HAD STARTED WITH ENGAGING WITH L.A., THEY WOULD HAVE REFLECTED THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING WELL MAINTAINED VEGETATION, TWO PRIORITIZING FUZER ADOPTIVE NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS. MY MAIN CONCERN, COLLEAGUES IS THAT REGULATORS CAN'T FOCUS ON ONE ISSUE. THE STATE MUST CONSIDERED UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. SO, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR THIS. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President:er THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR ADVOCACY AND ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. WE DID HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND WE DIVED INTO THE PROPOSED RULES COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE. MY TEAM ALSO HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE FROM ENGAGE WITHING C FACT TO ATTENDING ZONE ZERO WORKSHOPS EVEN IN PASADENA JUST THIS LAST MONTH, WE'VE BEEN SHARING OUR CONCERNS ABOUT IT. AND MORE THAN ANYONE, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF MITT GAIGT FIRE RISKS AND PROPERLY, PARDON ENING HOMES AND MAINTAINING VEGETATION. AND THAT'S WHY WE DO NEED TO TAKE A METHODICAL APPROACH. I THINK THAT IN THEIR CURRENT HOMES, THESE RULES MISS THAT PARK. THAT SAID, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN ADVOCATE ON THIS ISSUE AND I LOOK FORWARD ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTING BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. SEEING NO OTHER ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM 16, 1-6? >> Clerk: ITEM 16 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DID WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION FOR I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE FACTS, THAT ARE I THINK, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MISUNDERSTOOD HERE. RIGHT NOW WHAT IS BEFORE THE A QMD FOR CONSIDERATION IN TERMS OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PORTS IS NOT EVEN COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO MAKE A PLAN FOR ZERO EMISSIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE PORTS. SO THIS IS A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO MAKE A PLAN TO LATER BUILD ZERO EMISSIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, AND NOWHERE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS PROCESS, WAS THERE A DISCUSSION OF A RULE THAT WOULD INVOLVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD RESEMBLE CARGO PACKS. THEY HAVE BE CRITICIZED FOR BEING TOO FRIENDLY IN BUSINESS. PORTS WOULD NOT REDUCE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE PORTS, WOULD MERELY SUPPORT THE PORTS TO MOVE TOWARDS LOWERING EMISSIONS AROUND THAT AREA. WHAT SB34 DOES IS TO RESTRICT THE ABILITY OF OUR LOCAL REGULATORY AGENCY, TO REGULATE AIR QUALITY IN OUR REGION. AND IT SPECIFICALLY DOES IT IN THE REGION WHERE CANCER RATES FROM AIR POLLUTANTS ARE HIGHER. THIS IS A PLACE THAT NEEDS CLEAN AIR. AND I THINK THE APPROACH OF AQMD THAT HAS BEEN DEEPLY APPROACHED WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHER PARTNERS, HAVE BEEN RESPECTFUL OF THE WORK, BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO TAKE ACTION ON AN EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION, BECAUSE WE ARE HERE FIGHTING FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THOSE RESIDENTS AROUND THE PORTS AND SUFFERING FROM SOME OF THESE QUALITY ISSUES. AS TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, I WANT TODAY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION WHICH TAKES AWAY OUR POWER TO REGULATE CLEAN AIR IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBERS, IT SOUNDS LIKE BASED ON THE ARGUMENT THAT MY LEARNED COLLEAGUE MADE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A UNANIMOUSLY VOTE TO SUPPORT SB34. LET'S GO BACK IN TIME. IN ONE OF THE WAYS THAT ENFORCES IS THROUGH RULES. IT PROPOSED A RULE, ONE RULE AGO ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THAT ACTUALLY HAD VERY FEW WORDS, BUT ALL OF US, REMEMBER THAT THAT RULE WAS DESCRIBED AS HAVING AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM THAT WASS CALLED CARGO DIVERSION. CARGO DIVERSION IS A CARGO GAP. THAT WAS WHEN THE EARS OF LABOR AND COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS, ALL PERKED UP. LET'S FAST FORWARD AND DESCRIBE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. A QMD ISSUED A PROPOSED SUBSEQUENT RULE. AND I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS A VERY WEAK RULE. AND THE BOARD, SAID, THAT RULE IS PENDING FOR CONSIDERATION. LET'S CONSIDER A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. LET'S SEE WHETHER WE CAN WE CAN SIT DOWN WITH THE BAY PORTS OF LONG BEACH AND L.A. AND WORKUP A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. REALITY TODAY IS IT THAT WE'RE CLOSE TO A AGREEMENT. STAFF IN MEETINGS, IN PUBLIC, AS GIVING UP NO AUTHORITY. AND ALSO DESCRIBED BY STAFF AS GOING FARTHER THAN THE PROPOSED RULE AND I WILL SAY THAT THE PORTS, HAVE BOTH DESCRIBED THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT AS BEING CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN OR PLUS, IT GOES BEYOND WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ACTION PLAN. THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, WHICH I EXPECT WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER, ACTUALLY GRANTS THE ABILITY FOR EITHER PARTY TO GET OUT WITHIN 90 DAYS, EITHER PARTY CAN GET OUT. ARM LENGTH NEGOTIATION, IT GOES FAR BEYOND WHAT THE PROPOSED RULE WAS. THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE GIVEN UP NO AUTHORITY. IN THE BACKGROUND, IS SOMETHING CALLED SB34, INTRODUCED BY MY SENATOR LAURA RICHARDSON. SB34 DOES TWO THINGS, BUT IN THE BIG PICTURE WHAT IT DOES IT TAKES THE WORDS THAT AQMD TOLD US IN PRIVATE WHILE WE WERE NEGOTIATING, AQMD SAID TWO THINGS, WE DO NOT WANT CAPS. EVEN THOUGH WE WROT WORDS, WE DON'T WANT QUAPZ. --CAPS, WE AQMD SAID IN PRIVATE, WE DON'T WANT POSITION THAT'S TAKE AWAY JOBS. WHAT SB34 DOES, IT SAYS IN LAW THAT AQMD WILL HAVE FULT AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT ANY RULE THAT IT HAS UNDER ITS STATUTORY ENTITLEMENT, BUT IT WILL TAKE AWAY TWO THINGS. IT WILL NOT ALLOW CARGO CAPS AND IT WILL NOT ALLOW A RULE THAT REQUIRES PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN ROBOTS THAT TAKE AWAY HUMAN JOBS. WHY WOULD CARGO CAP BE A STUPID THING TO DO? IT WOULD BE A STUPID THING TO DO BECAUSE IT HARMS THE ENVIRONMENT. IT DOES NOT JUST DESTROY THE ECONOMY T ACTUALLY HARMS THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SO THIS FALSE ARGUMENT, THAT SB34 HARMS THE ENVIRONMENT IS ABSOLUTELY, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE! IF YOU WERE TO SAY IN THE REAL WORLD WELL REAL ADULTS, DO A LITTLE LOGITICS, IF YOU TELL A SHIPPING COMPANY THAT THERE MAY BE A CAP. YOU KNOW WHAT THE SHIPPING COMPANY DOES? THEY MOVE THE CARGO ON DAY ONE. THIS IS NOT LIKE A UBER DRIVER WHO LOOKS AT HIS PHONE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT I'M HALFWAY TO LOS ANGELES, I'M GOING TO GO TO SEATTLE NOW, BECAUSE THEY JUST CLOSED LOS ANGELES. NO IN, 2025, IF THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF CARGO CAP, GUESS WHAT HAPPENS? CARGO MOVES. YOU KNOW WHERE IT MOVES? IT MOVES TO A PORT IN AMERICA, THAT HAS FEWER REGULATIONS THAN THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES AND PORT OF LONG BEACH. YOU KNOW WHAT PORTS? EVERY SINGLE OTHER ONE! WE ARE NOT CLEAN YET, WE ARE GOING TO GET TO ZERO, IF AQMD WILL GET OUT OF THE WAY, WE'LL GET TO ZERO. BUT WE ARE CLOSER THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. AND THOSE GOODS ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE TO OTHER COUNTRY, WE'RE THE ONES THAT SPENDS A LOT OF MONEY ON STUFF WE DON'T NEED. IT'S EITHER COMING THROUGH LOS ANGELES OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. IF IT COMES THROUGH SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WILL BE MORE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. THAT'S WHY CARGO GAP IS STUPID. SOUTHBOUNDEDINGLY, I'M JUST WONDERING, IN WHAT WORLD, IN WHAT WORLD? IN WHAT UNIVERSE, WOULD ANYBODY THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO INVEST PUBLIC MONEY, U.S. PUBLIC MONEY IN AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT SO THAT FOREIGN COMPANIES WITH MAKE MORE MONEY? WHAT IS IT ABOUT! WHAT SF AS AN O BLUGATION AS A TRUSTEE THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO DIS INVEST IN JOBS TO MAKE SMEBODY RICH IN EUROPE OR AISH? AISHA? ASIA? ALL SB34 DOES, ALL IT DOES, IS WALKS THAT TIGHTROPE. AND TO SAY THAT THE SQMD IS AGAINST THIS, WOULD BE A LIE. I HAVE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AUGUST 22, 2025, HE DESCRIBES TWO REASONS WHY HE'S OPPOSED TO SB M, TWO REASONS AND TWO REASONS ONLY. FORT NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE WOULD NOT PUT CREW SHIP PASSENGERS AT THE PORTS. SO IF YOU'RE DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT OF OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE NO TODAY. IF YOU'RE FOR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE YES TODAY. SECONDLY, WAYNE IN HIS PUBLIC EXPERT, SAYS I WILL BE UNABLE TO USE FUNDS AND INCENTIVIZE OR ENCOURAGE OR USE OPERATED EQUIPMENT. IF YOU'RE FOR INVESTING AMERICAN DOLLARS, PAID FOR BY OUR TAXPAYERS, INTO EQUIPMENT, THAT TAKES AWAY JOBS FROM AMERICANS, AND GIVES RICHER PROFITS TO FOREIGN COMPANIES, YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE NO TODAY. BUT IF YOU'RE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WORKER, YOU'LL VOTE YES. SO I'M GOING TO URGE YOU TO URGE THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THIS BILL. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: AGAIN, I MET WITH COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER IN THE PAST ON A QMD ISSUES AND I'VE MET WITH MANY MEMBERS OF OUR PARTNERS AND I WOULD SAY, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE WAY IF WHICH YOU'VE CHARACTERIZED THE OPPOSITION TO A B34, I WAS IN THE LEGISLATIVE MEETING, I'M NOT SURE WHAT LETTER YOU'RE REFERRING TO FROM WAYNE. BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THE BOARD HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THE NEED TO WORK WITH LABOR TO MAKE SURE JOBS ARE PRESERVED. THAT IS NOT WHAT AQMD OPPOSITION IS ABOUT. I HEAR YOU, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR THIS. BUT I WANT TO CORRECT THE WORD AND SAY THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT THE CHAIR OF AQMD MEETINGS HAVE SAID. AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE HOW THEY VOTE AND I IMAGINE THAT YOUR RESOLUTION WILL CARRY THE DAY BUT I THINK IT'S DOING THE WORK WHAT WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF INJUSTICE TO MAKE THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. I THINK THE AQMD'S PATHWAY FORWARD IS A GOOD ONE. IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: CALL THE QUESTION AND ASK IT BE FORWARDED TO THE MAYOR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, THIS MATTER IS BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WILL BE ITEM? I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT, NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 22 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL AS A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WOULD LIKE THE CAO'S OFFICE TO COME FORWARD. >> SO COLLEAGUES I CALL THIS SPECIAL NOT TO LITIGATE BUT CONCERNS ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS I WANTED TO RAISE TO SEE IF THERE ARE PROTECTION THAT'S WE CAN PUT IN PLACE. RECENTLY THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE L.A. PEOPLE MOVER THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO OPEN IN 2023 IT GOT PUSHED BACK AND PUSHED BACK AGAIN AND ALSO ENDED UP UP COSTING ANOTHER 880 MILLION DOLLARS. ANDIS HORRIFIED WHEN I READ THAT ARTICLE AND WORRIED THAT WE'RE IN A SIMILAR DYNAMIC WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER. WE HAVE AN OLYMPIC DEADLINE AND THAT, SO WE CANNOT HIDE THAT DEADLINE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT. BUT THE OTHER ONE HAD TO DO WITH RESOLUTION PROCESSES AND IMPROVING COORDINATION, BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGAIN THAT WAS ALSO A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, ALSO DESIGN BILL. THE DISPUTE GAVE THEM ALL THE LEVERAGE. SO MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER THAN THAT WERE IN PEOPLE MOVER PROJECT? AND IS IT TOO LATE TO GET ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS PUT INTO THIS M.O. U? PART OF THE QUESTION IS HAS THAT BEEN SIGNED YET? IS THERE ANY LEVERAGE FOR US TO DISPUTE SO THAT WE DON'T BASICALLY FOLLOW WHAT IT IS A BLUEPRINT FROM THE PEOPLE MOVER ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET WORKED AND HOW THE COST IS GOING TO TRIPLE AND QUADRUPLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. >> HATO FROM THE CAO'S OFFICE. I WANT TO NOTE THAT, IT INCLUDES CONTROL MECHANISMS TO KEEP THE SCHEDULE ON TRACK. IN A DOESING IF THE DEVELOPER BELIEVES THAT WE WILL NOT MEET OLYMPIC READINESS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONTINGENCY PLAN ACTIVATED, SO THAT WE COULD MEET OLYMPIC READINESS. AND THAT'S AT 12 MONTHS OLYMPIC READINESS. THOSE ARE THE CONTROL MECHANISM THAT'S WE HAVE IN PLACE IN THE PROJECT AGREEMENT. >> IF THEY DECIDE WE DON'T HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN, THAT ALSO PUSHES BACK THE COMPLETION DATE CORRECT? OUR DEBT SERVICE WILL BE FIX RATE SO UPON ISSUANCE, THE DEBTS SERVICE PAYMENT AMOUNT DOES NOT CHANGE. BUT ANY PROJECTED REVENUE THAT IS NOT RECEIVED, HAS TO BE MADE UP SOMEWHERE SO IT ENDS UP BEING MADE UP BY MORE MONEY? >> YES, THERE WILL BE A GENERAL FUND IMPACT. >> OF VERY HIGH MAGNITUDE. DIDN'T WE HAVE ALL OF THAT FORTILLA I CAN'T PROJECT? DO WE HAVE ANY DISPUTE, IS IT TOO LATE FOR US TO TRY TO INSERT SOMETHING THAT WILL PROTECT US MORE? >> THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A PROCESS FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION. IT INCLUDES A PROJECT NEUTRAL WHICH THE CITY NEEDS TO IDENTIFY A PROJECT NEUTRAL WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER PROJECT AGREEMENT EXECUTION WHICH IS ABOUT THE END OF THIS MONTH. >> Council President: IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN THE PEOPLE MOVER? >> I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THEIR PROCESS. >> B. Blumenfield: MY FEAR IS THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY PROTECTIONS FROM WHAT HAS BEEN A COLOSSAL INCREASE IN COSTS AND WE WANT TO LEARN FROM THAT MISTAKE. HOW CAN WE LEARN AND APPLY IT HERE? >> COUNCILMEMBER THIS IS A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A WORK STREAMS THAT LEAD TO OLYMPIC READINESS, WORK TRAEMZ HAT LEAD TO COMPLETION AND FINAL COMPLETION. IF THE OTHER WORK STREAMS DON'T, ENCOUNTER, OTHER ISSUES, WE SHOULD BE ON TRACK FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT IN THE LAST WEEK, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER TO ENSURE THAT THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE WAS STILL MET. BUT AS MY XLAOEG SAID, WE REACHED COMMERCIAL CLOSE ON THURSDAY THE 30th, THE DEAL IS DONE WORK IS PROCEEDING. BUT THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ENSURE IN ORDER TO KEEP ON TRACK TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO BE BELABOR THIS, READING THAT REPORT JUST DOUBLED MY FEARS ON HOW THESE COSTS ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF HAND VERY QUICKLY. BUT I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD. I SEE NO OTHERS SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY WANTS TO BE RECORDED AS A NO. >> Clerk: SO FOR THE RECORD, THE FINAL VOTE ON THIS ITEM IS 10 AYES, AND 4 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 30 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR AMENDMENT AND MOTION BLUMENFIELD-PARK HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED AND NOW ITEM 30 IS BEFORE COUNCIL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 30 IS AMENDED BY BLUMENFIELD-PARK BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 37 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ REQUESTED THAT THIS MATTER BE REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AND THIS REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE IS BEFORE COUNCIL NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THIS, WE CAN REFER TO COMMITTEE, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: ITEM 40 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 40, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 9 AYES, 5 NOES. >> Clerk: THIS MOTION PASSES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 41, WAS CALLED SPECIAL. THIS REQUIRES TWO VOTES. THE FIRST VOTE IS THE QUESTION WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE. SUBSTITUTION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. JAOT NEXT VOTE ON ITEM 42 IS SUBSTITUTE MOTION, HERNANDEZ-YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Council President: WHAT'S SNEX? >> Clerk: ITEM 56 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President:er OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, ITEM 56 PASSES. ALL RIGHT. I GOT MR. McOSKER ON THE QUEUE. >> T. McOsker: SORRY I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM, I WANT TO GO BACK TO 43 AND WANT TO BE NO-VOTE, McOSKER AS A NO ON THE CLEAN HARBOR CONTRACT. >> Clerk: ON THAT ITEM 43 WITH MR. McOSKER VOTING NO, THE VOTE IS NOW 13 AYES, AND 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 24 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS AS WELL AS A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, LOS ANGELES IS SHORT A QUARTER OF A MILLION AFFORDABLE UNITS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT MY DISTRICT, YOU CAN LOOK AT PICO UNION AS SOME OF THE PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN OVERLY DEVELOPD, PARTICULARLY AND WE WELCOME THAT AND THE ENTIRE SHOULD TOO. AT THE SAME TIME, MORE THAN 4 3000 ANGELINOS ARE UNHOUSED ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. WE'RE DOING OUR PART BUT WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE. WE WILL NOT OPT OUT WHEN THE SOLUTION HAPPENS TO BE IN A WEALTHY ZIP CODE. FULLY ENTITLED AND FULLY APPROVED AND 68 OF THE 120 UNITS ARE HOUSING UNITS THAT CAN AND SHOULD BE GOING TOWARDS THE CITY'S ALLIANCE GOALS. THE CITY IS FACING MULTIPLE ACTIVE LAWSUITS OVER THE DELAYS AND OBSTRUCTION. FORCING MORE OF THEM, MEANS MORE LEGAL FEES, MORE DAMAGE AND MORE TIME OUR CONSTITUENTS SPEND ON THE SIDEWALK. AND LET'S STATE THE OBVIOUS, WE'RE REALLY BROKE. THEY HAVE PUT 4 2000 ON THE TABLE TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. FUNDING THAT AGAIN, CAN BE GOING TO THE ALLIANCE GOALS WHEN WE'RE SCRAMBLING TO MEET OUR COURT OBLIGATED GOALS. TURNING THAT DOWN IN A YEAR WHERE WHEN WE JUST SURVIVED ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BUDGET SEASONS IS FISCAL MALPRACTICE. WE ALL WANT SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS, WELL HERE IT IS. FUNDED AND APPROVED BY THE STATE. WHAT I WOULD GIVE TO HAVE THEM GIVE US 42 MILLION DOLLARS AND THIS PROJECT IS READY TO BUILD. THE ONLY WAY WE SOLVE IS IF EVERY DISTRICT GETS ON BOARD AND GETS TO CHERRY PICK WHERE HOUSING BELONG. I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS MOTION AND I HOPE YOU JOIN ME AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: COLLEAGUES I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT FOR THIS ITEM, WE MOVE THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSINGNESS COMMITTEE REPORT AND I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT ADDITIONAL REQUEST. AND HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THE INQUIRY LETTER. YESTERDAY. WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE STATE HCD. ABOUT THE VENICE PROJECT WHICH THIS MOTION IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO BUT PARALLEL TO. WHICH ALSO ASKED THAT THE CITY RESPOND WITHIN 30 DAYS AND ASKED 8 QUESTIONS TO THE CITY. FAILURE TO TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUS, COULD HAVE POTENTIAL RISKS, WHETHER WE'RE LOSING FEDERAL FUNDS AND POTENTIALLY IMPOSING A BUILDER'S REMEDY WHICH WOULD MEAN ALL OUR REGULATION RIGHT SIDE OBSOLETE AND WE CAN BUILD WHATEVER WE WANTED. I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T CONSIDER THIS FOR THE PARKING LOT BUT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WE'RE FULLY INFORMED OF ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE AT PLAY IN THIS SITE BECAUSED THEY DO IMPACT THE REST OF THE CITY. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN'S? PARK? THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WILL ALSO BE VOTING NO ON THIS ITEM TODAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A MOBILE HUB AT A SITE WHERE IS LOT 31, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE STATE RECENTLY AWARD THE PROJECT ADDITIONAL 42 AND WE SHOULD NOT BE IN THE CITY OF TURNING DOWN MONEY TO BUILD HOUSING SITES KNOWING THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED THIS. NOW, I APPRECIATE THE EXPLORATION OF THE DIFFERENT LOT TO LOOK FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR AS LONG AS, WE HAVE SEEN THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN SUED. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN DESCRIBED THE RISK THAT WE RISK IF WE TAKE THIS PATH. I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE GOING TO GET SUED AND MAKE THINGS MORE DIFFICULT. I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A MOMENT AND PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING HERE. I HOPE FOLKS VOTE NO, BUT I MAY BE IN THE MINORITY. I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY THOSE WORDS WHENEVER THIS ISSUE COMES UP. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MY APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR THE LENGTH BUT THESE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. COLLEAGUES L.A. DOT PARKING LOT 731 SERVES AS A CRITICAL GATEWAY TO L.A.'S COAST LINE. IT PROVIDES PARKING ADJACENT ON THE CANALS ON FEDERAL AND A FEMA DESIGNATED FLOOD AND TSUNAMI ZONE ONE BLOCK FROM THE FAMOUS VENICE BOARDWALK IN ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST DENSE AND PARKING CHALLENGED NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH SEES A DAILY INFLOW OF ABOUT 30,000 VISITORS. UNCREASING COASTAL ACCESS, HAS BEEN A MANDATE SINCE 1936. PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN VENICE FOR DECADES. THAT'S WHY ON DECEMBER 10 OF LAST YEAR, THE BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONERS UNANIMOUS LEA GREED --UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT IT THAT THAT LOT WAS NOT FEASIBLE TO PARKING. ABOUT 25 FEET AWAY, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET AND CONVERTING 731 INTO A DESPERATELY NEEDED MOBILE HUB? WHY LOT 701 FOR HOUSING? IT'S ACTUALLY UNDER UTILIZED ALMOST ALWAYS CHANGED OFF NR THE PUBLIC AND FAR LESS REVENUE AND ZONED FOR AND PARTIALLY DEVELOPED WITH HOUSING. WELL AS THE BOARD QUOTED, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, BIKE PATHS AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY STREETS. IT OFFERS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION INTO A COHESIVE MOBILITY HUB, ITS SIZE AND FLEXIBILITY MAKE IT IDEAL FOR IMPLEMENTING A TRANSIT CENTER THAT WILL ADVANCE THE SUSTAINABLE GREEN FUTURE FOR VENICE. IT WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL TO OFF SITE PAPING FOR THE 100 VENICE RESTAURANTS LEFT BEHIND BY OUR CITY'S AL FRESCO PROGRAM, IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO REAL ECONOMIC WORK AND TOURISM AND HELP US GET READY FOR MAJOR PRODUCTIONS AND WORLD EVENTS COMING TO VENICE. BASICALLY WHAT THE BOARD RECOMMENDED AND WHAT WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE TODAY IS EVERYTHING VENICE NEEDS AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REQUESTING FOR NEARLY THE LAST DECADE. THAT'S WHY THIS EFFORT MOVED THROUGH TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE BACK IN MARCH AND HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. IT IS SUPPORTED BIT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND THE MAYOR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED IMMEDIATELY. 19 OF WHICH ARE AFFORDABLE. I HAVE ANOTHER 30 IN THE PIPELINE FOR ANOTHER 34 UNITS. THAT IS FOR A TOTAL THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO DELIVER OF OVER 90 PROJECTS FOR NEARLY 9500 NEW UNITS, NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF WHICH IS AFFORDABLE. WE ARE DOING HOUSING IN CD11. WILL THE ME ALSO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE DEFUNKED VENICE PROJECT THAT A PROJ THAEKT WAS VOTED DOWN MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN TIMES BIT VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, WHERE ALMOST A THOUSAND LOCALS TOOK TIME TO SUBMIT THEIR WRITTEN OPPOSITIONS THIS THIS PROJECT. NEVER MIND THE COUNTLESS ASKING FOR ALTERNATIVE. THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT HOMELESSNESS OR CREATE AGO FORDABLE HOUSING, IT WAS ABOUT A DEVELOPER WHO DIDN'T THINK THE RULES SHOULD A PLAY TO THEM AND A PROJECT THAT FROM THE BEGINNING WAS DECEPTIVE A WASTE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND IDEA. FIRST THE DEVELOPRS INTEND TODAY TEAR DOWN EXISTING HOUSING AND EVICT OUR CURRENT LOW INCOME AND DISABLED HOUSEHOLDS WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR DECADES. AND OUR CITY NEED FOR THE NEXT CENTURY. AND IN THE RUSH TO RUSH THIS THROUGH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF THE SITE WERE IGNORED. THE DEVELOPER DECIDED TO SKIP THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WHICH HAS THE CHARTER VESTED AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO CONVEY A CITY PARKING LOT FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. IN FACT, THEY ONLY GOT AROUND TO IT AFTER ANOTHER COURT POINTED OUT THAT NECESSARY STEP. IT TOOK OTHER SLIDES OF HAND TO SUPPORT A PROJECT THAT COULD HAVE NEVER BEEN LEGALLY BUILT ON THIS SITE. A HIDEOUS MASSIVE PRISON STRUCTURE, THE LARGEST STRUCTURE EVER BUILT IN VENICE ARE LITERAL PLAIN PROTECTING OUR TRAJ I WILL CANALS. IT LOOKS LIKE A DAM CRUISE SHIP CRASHED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ZERO RASHD FOR COASTAL ACCESS AND LESS THAN ZERO REGARD FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS, CONSTANT, DISRESPECT DEMONSTRATED BY THIS DEVELOPER. NAME CALLING, GASLIGHTING AND ENDLESS LYING. THIS PROJECT IS ONE OF THE MOST A GRAOESH EDGE, WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE LITERALLY GIVING AWAY ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE LAND ASSETS WORTH MANY TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR FREE FOR A PLAN TO BUILD 430 SQUARE FOOT MICRO UNITS OF HOUSING AT AN OBSCENE PRICE POINT. WE AREN'T EVEN REBUILDING IN THE PALISADES AT THAT PRICE POINT. BUT IT EXPLAINS A LOT WHY THIS DEVELOPER WILL LITERALLY STOP AT NOTHING. TO GET THEIR HANDS-ON THEIR HANDS. EVEN AFTER THE COMMISSION TOLD THEM, THERE WAS NOLAND TO BUILD ON. PLANTING MISLEADING STORIES IN THE PRESS, CALLING ME AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY ATTORNEY NAMES MAKING POLITICAL THREATS AND NOW FILING MULTIPLE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS, TRYING TO SHAKE THE CITY JUST TO PUSH A DEFUNCKED PROJECT THAT MAKES NO SENSE. THEY'RE LIKE A BAD BOY THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY AFTER A BREAKUP. COLLEAGUES DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHY THE PROJECT WAS CALLED THE VENICE DEL? BECAUSE IT USED TO BE NAMED THE REAL ESTATES DAVIDSON BUT IT BECAME SO HATED BY THE COMMUNITY THAT ARTHUR REESE'S GRANDDAUGHTER DEMANDED THAT THE REESE NAME REMOVED IT. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO REESE WAS, HE WORKED SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ABBOTT KENNY TO BUILD VENICE. THE BECAME THE FIRST HEAD OF THE BLACK FAMILY TO WORK AND LIVE IN VENICE, CALIFORNIA AND HE AND HIS LEGACY IS REVERED AND HIS GRAND NIECE, SENT A DEMAND LETTER TO THE DEVELOPERS, ASKING THAT THEIR FAMILY NAME BE REMOVED ASKING FOR APOLOGY TO VENICE TO ALL WHO HAVE LEARNED OF THIS ILL CONCEIVED PROJECT. ENOUGH COLLEAGUES, IT'S A LIVING COMMUNITY OF ARTIST AND WORKERS. IT DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT, TODAY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH A REAL PROJECT THAT MEETS ALL OF OUR GOALS. MUCH NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENT IN OUR TOURISM AND MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND LET'S DELIVER A PROJECT THAT OUR ENTIRE CITY WILL BE PROUD OF FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO ITEM 40. SO THIS IS TO RECONSIDER SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL ACTION TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 40. CAN WE OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 40? CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 6 AYES, 8 NOES. >> Clerk: THIS MOTION FAILS. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? NEXT IS ITEM 25 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: THIS IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM. FOLKS IN THE GALLERY, YOU'LL HAVE TO EXIT TO THE CLOSE SESSION, IT WILL BE LIMITED TO COUNCIL STAFF, CITY ATTORNEY. [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] [COUNSEL PLEASE STAND BY. PLEASE STAND BY. [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] >> City Attorney: IF COUNCIL IF THE CLERK WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ROLL FIRST. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT THE ITEM BE REFERRED TO HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE. WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: AND ALSO MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ITEM NUMBER 5 THE ORDINANCES WILL BE HELD OVER TO OCTOBER 14, 2025 *. AND ALSO FOR ITEM 48 PURSUE EPT TO COUNCIL RULE 77, THIS ITEM IS HELD ONE WEEK TO OCTOBER 14, 2025 BEFORE IT CAN BE ADOPTED. CAN THAT CLEARS COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING EXAMINE REFERRAL SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THAT CLEARS THE DESK SIR. >> Council President: COLLEAGUES ANNOUNCEMENTS? LOOKING TO MY LEFT, MR. McOFFER. >> T. McOsker: FOR THE BIGGEST FIESTA ITALIAN. ORGANIZED BY THE LITTLE ITALY ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES, THE FESTIVE CELEBRATES A START OF ITALIAN HERITAGE MONTH BY HIGHLIGHTING CULTURE, WITH AMAZING FOOD AND LOCAL VENDORS. DRAWS MASSIVE CROWDS. >> Council President: MR. NAZARIAN. >> >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU *, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AFTER YOU VISITED SAN PEDRO. TREK OVER TO THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY COME TO COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 BECAUSE FALL IS AROUND THE CORNER AND CELEBRATE, FALL FESTIVAL. ENJOY PUMPKIN PAINTING, DOG DOPSING SXZ MORE. AND ALSO FEATURING NEW ROMAN TAKE A TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE BAND FOR ALL THE SWIFT AO*. --SWIFTIES. AND THEN TREK TO SAN PEDRO. >> Council President: OKAY, OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT, BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS SCHEDULED FOR 2:00, THIS MEETING IS CONDITIONING, SO THAT WILL START AT 2:30. BUDGET WILL BE AT 2:30. ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT LET'S RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. EVERY ONE IS WELCOME TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. COLLEAGUES ANYONE ON MY LEFT FOR AN ADJOURNING MOTION? >> Council President: ANYONE ON MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS THAT I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY IN MEMORY OF NEIL. WHO TRAGICALLY LOST HIS LIFE ON HIS 23th BIRTH KAY SEPTEMBER, 20, 2025 IN A TRAGIC HIT AND RUN. IN VENICE BEACH. HE WAS KNOWNING FOR HIS KINDNESS, HUMOR AND DEDICATION A YOUNG MAN, WHO OFTEN MADE OTHERS LAUGH AND FEEL SEEN. NEIL ATTENDED ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS PALMS WHERE HE STOOD OUT AN ELECTED LEADER VOTED AS CLASS PRESIDENT AND CONTINUED HIS ACADEMIC JOURNEY AT WHERE HE EX SELLED ON THE BOTH ON THE YIELD AND CLASSROOM. PLAYED FLAG FOOTBALL, VARSITY FOOTBALL THROUGHOUT HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. HIS SENSE OF COMMUNITY EXTENDED FAR BEYOND HIS SCHOOL. FREQUENTLY VOLUNTEERED TO HELP THOSE IN NEED AND PARTICIPATED IN LOCAL BEACH CLEAN UPS. HE WAS ALWAYS GIVING US TIME AND ENERGY TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. JUST DH YEAR, IN 2025, NEIL GRADUATED FROM CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE WITH A BACHELOR'S IN FINANCE. A BRIGHT SKO LAR, HE HAD DREAMS AND AMBITIONS THAT WERE CUT TRAGICALLY SHORT. NEIL WAS DEEPLY LOVED BY HIS FAMILY INCLUDING HIS DEVOTED PARENTS, SIBLINGS UNCLE AND GRANDMOTHER WHO WILL FOREVER REMEMBER HIS MEMORY. ALSO LEAVES BEHIND, FRIENDS, TEAMMATES AND MENTOR WHO'S WERE TOUCHED BY HIS VIBRANT SPIRIT. NEIL BE REMEMBERED AS A KIND, FUNNY, AND CARING YOUNG MAN A PERSON WHO BROUGHT INSPIRATION AND LOVE INTO THE LIVES OF SO MANY. HIS LOSS LEAVES A VOID THAT CAN'T BE FILLED BUT HIS LEGACY OF COMPASSION, OF EXCELLENT WILL LIVE ON. LAPD IS ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THIS HIT-AND-RUN AND SEEKING THE PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE. DID OFFERING A $50,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST REST IN PEACE NEIL, YOU WILL BE MISSED BUT NOT FORGOT NOT. >> Council President: THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE AN ADJOURNING MOTION. TODAY, WE MARK THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HORRIFICALLY OCTOBER 7th ATTACKS IN ISRAEL. AND I HOPE YOU JOIN ME IN THE 11095 PEOPLE RUTHLESSLY MURDERED BY HAMAS THAT DAY. IN A WORLD THAT IN MANY WAYS HAVE BECOME DESENSITIZED THIS WAS A HEINOUS DAY. THE WORSE ATTACK ON JEWS SINCE THE HOLOCAUST. AS REPORTS CAME OUT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CONVERT, IT HAPPENED AT THE CONCERT THROUGHOUT ISRAEL THAT DAY, THE REPORTS SHOWED A LEVEL OF DEPRIVITY. DETAILS ARE HORRIFYING. IT WAS NOT JUST THE 4,000 ROCKETS THAT WERE SHOT AT CIVILIAN, THE TRUCKS FILLED WITH GLIDERS AND GUNMEN THAT KILLED HAMAS SOLDIERS HUNTED PEOPLE WHO WERE HIDING CIVILIANS, COMMITTED COUNTLESS RAPES AND ACTS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. DRUG AWAY HUNDREDS TO CAPTIVITY TO UNKNOW WHAT THE FATE WOULD BE. THEY REPRESENTED 9 COUNTRIES, MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN SXZ AMERICANS. ALL MURDERED, THERE WERE CHILDREN WHO WOULD NOT GROW UP TO SEE ADULTHOOD. >> THEY LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE LEVEL OF TERROR. AS WE MARK THIS SOLEMN TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY, I CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THE HOSTAGES. WE DON'T KNOW THEIR CONDITION FOR BUT OVER 700 DAYS THEY'VE BEEN KEPT IN AWFUL CONDITION. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT SOON THEY'LL HAVE PEACE IN THE REGION. THE MIDDLE AND THE WORLD REMAIN AT A PRECARIOUS CROSSROADS. BUT I HOPE TODAY YOU CAN JOIN ME AND HONOR THE LIVES LOST IN THIS TRAGIC DAY TWO YEARS AGO. MAY THEIR MEMORY BE A BLESSING. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL ADJOURNING MOTIONS. >> T. Park: IF I CAN BE ADDED TO THAT ADJOURNMENT AS WELL. >> Council President: ABSOLUTELY. SEEING NO OTHER ADD YEARNING MOTIONS, GO OUT AND SERVE THE CITY, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.