understanding what the port is doing to not only impact the community, but to impact what is happening here and really try to engage with as much information so that we can also be of support to the port. From marine architects to dock workers and truck drivers, everyone in between, many of us here grew up and started working in this port. So the connection runs through streets and neighborhoods, schools and friendships. It's important to do this because we've got a responsibility as the city and port of Los Angeles to give back, and that's our motivation every day. Here at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, we're surrounded by the sea life that calls Southern California home. And just beyond it, the waters that will host Olympic sailing in 2028. But first, the world arrives in LA for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The city is already getting ready with the opening of its first official hospitality house at La Plaza, a place of culture, community and soccer pride. Known as Casa Mexico, Los Angeles is proud to announce something truly extraordinary. La Plaza will serve as Casa Mexico, Mexico's hospitality house for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Together we look forward to welcoming the World for us, it means a combination of all the various programing that we do always free, always accessible under the umbrella of Casa Mexico and we're sprinkling in some special events. We will be doing community days, we will have film series, we're going to have our summer of salsa programing. And the goal is that folks can just walk in at any time, sit down on our grass and watch whatever match may be on that day. Plus, we'll have some pretty exciting viewing parties as well. It is more important. Cue nosotros tengamos un espacio digno abierto incluyente para evitar a Los miles de turistas Q van a venir a Los Angeles. I mean, it's great to have this here because it is the birthplace of Los Angeles. And so to make it an attraction and to expose people to Mexican country identity and culture, especially emerging ones to our Mexican American and American communities, that's going to be really important. ES una oportunidad para celebrar juntos de un lado, la riqueza cultural de nuestro pais, pero de otro la diversidad de Los Angeles. Aqui se celebra aqui en esta casa. SE VA a celebrar. Entonces es un espacio abierto para todos Q la si aprovechado por el mayor numero de gente posible. Across Los Angeles, thousands of volunteers stepped up for a count that helps tell a deeper story. Over three nights, more than 4500 people counted important information on those living without shelter, information that helps shape funding policy and pathways to housing because at its core, the Greater Los Angeles homeless count is about one thing helping people get inside. We're here in the Skid Row neighborhood, but it's a county wide effort to count everybody who is homeless tonight. We use the numbers we get for our federal data or state data, county and city data , so we know exactly who's out there, what our numbers are, and we can use that data to then help people get inside every year we get better and better at counting the data and the accuracy is really important for the data so that we know we can rely on it. And we know that we can ask our funders to rely on it as well. We're looking at the maps we have 4600 volunteers. We have 150 sites across the region . There is something I have to say so satisfying about, number one being part of the count to become a part of the data collection, but also meeting other like minded people who who see the challenge that we're facing in Los Angeles year over year and want to be part of the solution. It's super simple. You go online, you sign up, they give you your station where you're deployed, you go through a quick training. Sometimes you get that sent ahead of time to kind of cut your training time down. You go out into a car or if you're doing it on foot, that's another thing. As well. And really, it only takes about 2 or 3 hours. I'd say. And then you go home and you're done. We understand that people are really hoping to see a big change in Los Angeles, because so much money has been dedicated to this issue, but we have to remember that the federal government, the county and the state are all doing cuts to the homeless service sector. So we may not see the decreases that we've seen. I think it's a different perspective seeing the streets at night. I'm not essentially looking forward to it, but I'm looking forward to helping with the whole count and everything. The port of LA takes pride in being community strong while continuing to undergo a major transformation, including West Harbor, a mile long waterfront development opening this summer. And in South LA. The story of a long abandoned site is beginning to change. This transformation will take time, but a recent community workshop marked an important first step sharing the process ahead and making sure residents are part of every stage along the way. We're here in the constituent service center and council district eight to talk about a really exciting project on an abandoned site at 94th and Broadway in South LA. The lot on 94th and Broadway is a lot that is owned by the city that we're looking to get developed. We're looking forward to turning it into 180 units of housing and a full service grocery store. Constituent site. A lack of healthy food options is a major health challenge for this area. Before we could begin development, we do have to clear the site environmentally. However, we did find out that the soil was contaminated, so the city, which would be CD eight economic workforce development along with sanitation, is partnering up to apply for a federal grant through the Environmental Protection Agency to secure 2 million in grant funding, which will help remediate the site. Part of the EPA application process is to hold a community workshop to make the community aware that the site is contaminated and our plans to remediate the soil so that we could go ahead and develop it. Council President Marquis Harris Dawson has been extremely supportive of this project and really wants to make it a reality. If we can identify any additional city funds in this next as an economic development department, we're really excited to help transform this site into something that will be a positive economic benefit for the community, for those in the community that are interested in tracking this project to completion, you could go to our website for more information. While it dates from 1907, today's port of Los Angeles is a hub of 21st century industry finance and sustainability, and still ahead, a quick look at some of the stories shaping life around the city. Efforts to keep Hollywood production in LA. Recognition for the city's housing authority, and why LAPD sworn officer hiring remains in place. This year. Mayor Karen Bass announced that her executive directive on the entertainment industry is yielding results. Bass has worked to make filming within LA easier and more cost effective. In 2026, the Central Library will reopen for filming and additional city locations will offer reduced permit fees. Mayor bass recognized Councilmember Nazarian for his partnership through the Keep Hollywood Home initiative. Bass reaffirmed that this work will continue to support the next great stories filmed on LA streets by World class talent. For more information, visit Mayor L.A. City Dovepress. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance has recognized LA City Housing Authority, Hacla as a 2025 digital inclusion trailblazer. The award honors Harkless leadership in providing residents with high speed internet devices and digital literacy training. Hacla achieved this status by meeting rigorous national standards across seven categories, with this accomplishment, Hacla serves as a blueprint for local governments working to bridge the digital divide. For more information, visit hacla. Agnew's. The LA City Council has approved a plan to continue hiring sworn police officers during the current fiscal year. 410 sworn officers could be hired by using savings from within the police department's existing budget. Council member Yaroslavsky, chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, said the plan keeps hiring moving this year, the council approved plan also directs the city to identify funding for future years as part of the upcoming budget process. Learn more at LA city Gov slash government. Imagine neighborhoods all across Los Angeles lit up by art, music and performance all at the same time. That's the idea behind a tune from the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and their partner, Arts organizations. A massive free celebration designed to bring art straight to the community. So the Department of Cultural Affairs is really excited to be partnering with Next Art to create a tune. A tune is an exhibition that's going to be region wide. Ten sites across our city and our county. It's a way of using art for healing, for community gathering, for being together at a time when we particularly need it. The exhibition will be hosted at many different parks across our region. We're really proud to be able to host it at Barnsdall Park, one of our department's flagship sites, where we have several different art centers and historic sites as a place to come together. And what is so unique about this exhibition is creating an interconnectedness between the different sites. So this is a free event that is really nested in ten hyperlocal communities. And so we're really trying to get people to come out and feel connected on Valentine's Day. It's not just a passive listening experience. You'll participate in the actual event. And the project, and you'll be going through breathwork. You'll be hearing compositions that are symphonic. You'll be seeing musicians playing, but the key is that we're all connected in every single one of these locations together in a unified experience . The Department of Cultural Affairs works to reinforce people's feelings of community, of belonging, of coming together. This exhibition is one of those that's really important , particularly on a day like Valentine's Day. That can be a wonderful day for some. A challenging day for others as an opportunity to be able to gather and to come together to meet some new people and see how others are experiencing similar types of exhibitions at the same time. So we as a department really are very proud to be able to use the resources that we have to be able to celebrate and to use the power of art for healing and the power of culture and the intermixing of cultures to strengthen who we are as a city. So we are at the South Valley Worksource center and we're having an exciting day of a job fair to kind of navigate that. So we have about 15 employers here looking to hire people and we have plenty, plenty of job seekers here. It was honestly really easy to be a part of this event just because they had a walk ins available. And the very easy process to sign in, and they call you when you're ready. Once I was ready, I walked in and just put my best foot forward and spoke to every booth I could, which is all of them. You get to see people here speak with them one on one. Have your questions answered versus online and just doing those you don't know where you're headed. So this is the way I see it. It's a little bit nerve wracking having to talk to people, meeting people for the first time, but it's a wonderful opportunity to see the positions available, to see the different jobs that are out there. And then just a great way to connect with employers. It's better, in my opinion, than just applying online. It's important for them to step out of their comfort zone, because that way they can realize that it's not that bad, and it's not that difficult to just go out and talk to an employer and ask what opportunities are for them. And employers are very receptive to talking to them and giving them guidance on what they can do to either improve their skills or acquire skills that they need in order to find the job. There's absolutely nothing to be nervous about. Come on over. And there are people here and you just apply it. You just have to take a chance on yourself and it's just a good exercise to practice before you actually get an interview, to talk to people and build your confidence in a way and come with a good attitude. And you'll probably do pretty good. We're here in the busiest port in the nation and in San Pedro there is a brand new public space creating room to connect Piazza Miramare was conceived by the local Italian community as a tribute to their roots and their contributions to Los Angeles and beyond. We have another beautiful event in the one five. We are having the grand opening of the Piazza Miramare today. It is an Italian style, European style piazza and we have so many folks that are going to use this space to gather right here in the piazza , Piazza San Pedro and its Italian community, which is the largest Italian community in Los Angeles, in southern California, will finally have a place to gather and to remember how important was the contribution of Italians to this place and to Los Angeles. It was a long time coming. Seven years as a founding board member of Little Italy for several of those years, it's exciting to be a part of this, to finally get to the finish line and today is the start of many great things to show our Italian culture to Los Angeles. Having the Piazza in San Pedro is incredibly important because it's going to be the entryway for folks coming in from the harbor area, from the cruise lines. It's going to be the breadcrumb that brings people into downtown. The gathering place for people that visit. It's a gathering place for people that live here. A lot of people talk about the third space. You don't live there, you don't work there. You need a place where you can just convene as a community and like we see when we travel Europe or other destinations, you come around the corner and you see a beautiful piazza or a plaza or a zocalo. This is our piazza where folks can relax. They can enjoy each other's company and enjoy the beauty of the harbor on one side. And our beautiful historic downtown on the other. There'll be plenty of programing arts festivals, food, our annual event, our street carnival will be here. Any kind of festival throughout Italy will have some kind of celebration here in this piazza. This is a place where Italy welcomes everybody. So we look forward to welcome everybody here. We all need to make sure that we are keeping our eye on this place and keeping it beautiful and keeping it safe, and the best way to keep it beautiful and safe is to use it. Come down for brunch and then walk through the piazza and just enjoy a cup of coffee. Today we have two public programs in celebration of our two exhibits. More is More by John Berdahl and two Fast to sing by Jazzy Romero and The Pine Groves. The goal of these events are really to bring artists and the public together, and to really activate the beauty of Barnsdall Art Park. Partly what we wanted to do is I make all these different pictures and print them on fabrics, or have them woven, and a lot of them are on the walls in the exhibition. But I also like to take them in different places and lay them out for a picnic. A lot of the things in the show are made to kind of be touched or used or sat on or played with. Today I'm here making a performance with my dog Rocky. Could this be true not just for us, but for others too. Too much love is a non-problem when Rocky was eight weeks old, she was separated from her mother and her sister. Whatever my artwork can do to kind of bring people together, whether it's in conversation or to bring people together in a similar space to witness a performance, is what what drives me to do it . Part of the nice thing about doing a show here at Barnsdall is there's this beautiful park with this beautiful view. I'd like to bring people together. I feel like people like to come together so often. Right now, we're very isolated. Art is a good way to be together as human beings. And I like art that can kind of find people wherever they're at. And it's just nice for people to kind of come out and have a cultural experience. I invite everybody to come and visit Barnsdall Art Park, stay for the views, but don't forget to come in and see the beautiful art shows that we have organized for you guys. We are at the Islamic Center here in Council District ten, right here in Koreatown, to really celebrate the unveiling of the Muhammad Ali stamp. Ali Ali Ali, he was a champion in the ring and outside the ring. And of course, for us, as Muslims, he's one of the greatest examples of what it means to be a muslim in America, somebody who's thriving, somebody who's successful, somebody who's contributing, and somebody who people love. Muhammad Ali was that change agent and that unifier to bring us together. So we're glad to celebrate him today. Muhammad Ali was a friend of mine. I did this about, uh, the original piece, uh, maybe six years ago. And I've done murals from the same image throughout the city. What people remember when they see the stamp in their post office is all the great challenges he faced in life. Learning how to box and then going quickly to becoming champion of the world and then taking a stand against the Vietnam War. Something that we all think was a great stand that he took at that time. But at that time he was considered a radical. He was considered to be un-American. And then he lost his championship belt because he had to go to prison. Being a conscientious objector. And later on he regained his title. And so it's a great story of a person who stood tall both in the ring and outside the ring. He wanted to be great at what he did and it is through his work that he put in and giving back to people that made him become the hero that he has become. To everybody. On behalf of Councilwoman Heather hut, she wants everyone to go out, get the stamp, utilize it. Use it to talk to your kids. Not only about him as an athlete, but the world and community and just use it as a time where we can talk about justice and equality for all. From fine dining to bustling commerce, the port of L.A. and San Pedro has something for everyone. And if you're looking for ways to experience the city, we've got a few ideas for you. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with short films. Explore a hands on robotics workshop, and learn about a historic heroine at the Banning Museum. Check it out. Gallop into the Lunar New Year of the horse with a festival of short films at the Barnsdall Gallery Theater, curated by Bad Asians. The program features film, video art and live performance in a celebration of intergenerational intimacy and queer kinship with material intended for a mature audience. The festival ancestral Dreamscapes, Asian American Moving Image will present works by Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese artists, enjoy tea service, the program of films and a reception at this one day short film festival. Ancestral dreamscapes Asian American Moving Image takes place on Saturday, February 7th, beginning at 1 p.m. Learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at Culture Dot, L.A. city Gov. Parents of budding creators or engineers. This event at the Chinatown Branch Library could be for your children, the kids robotics Workshop on February 7th is open to grades 3 to 6 and promises to be a fun and hands on way to inspire creativity and problem solving skills. LED by the Girls Academic Leadership Academy, the workshops teach robot design, coding and teamwork. Check the listings for other dates and be sure to sign up for a spot. As places are limited. Head to Chinatown Branch Library for kids robotic workshop on Saturday, February 7th at 10 a.m. for more information, visit lapl.org. Slash events. Join the Department of Rec and Parks at the Banning Museum to learn more about a remarkable hero. Harriet Mason Museum director Michael Sanborn shines a light on this incredible woman and her impact on the banning family and beyond. Mason was a former slave whose actions saved many lives in the Los Angeles harbor after the Ada Hancock disaster in 1863. Tickets are free for museum members and $5 for nonmembers from darkness to light discovering Harriet Mason is on Saturday, February seventh at 11 a.m. For more details, visit the events tab at the Banning Museum.org. And that's a look at some things to do. With more than 43 miles of coastline, the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro Bay is the busiest container port in the Western Hemisphere, and that revitalization that is underway promises to transform the LA waterfront into a world class visitor destination. Our thanks to CD 15 and the Port of Los Angeles from all of us at LA City. Thank you for joining us. Watch these stories and more anytime online at LA City.org. Slash TV and follow us at LA city on Instagram, Facebook X and YouTube. Until next time, get out, explore and enjoy everything LA has to offer. Hi, my name is Amanda Charles. I'm the librarian three at Teen Scape. Teen scape is the library within Central Library that serves teens and young adults age 12 to 19. When we opened in 1998, we were the first public library dedicated space for teens. We have over 4000ft■!S of space with a collection of over 30,000 items. We act as ambassadors to the rest of the collection for young adults. There may be some teens who are reluctant to approach a librarian in the art department. They are unaware that they can make an appointment and view materials and special collections, and so we'll often be the ones to reach out and help make that connection and introduce them to that collection. The item I brought today is, um, it's a book. It's not rare. It's not unusual. It's called Korematsu V the United States. World War II Japanese American internment camps. It's part of a series on important supreme Court decisions. I chose it because the Supreme Court is in the news. A lot right now, and there's a lot of talk about how important it is to choose the right justice. Korematsu v the United States is an example of what can happen when the Supreme Court goes wrong, and how it can have tragic effects on the lives of American citizens. So if a teen came to me and they wanted to know why the Supreme Court mattered, I might choose a book from this series and offer that to them. But the thing I really wanted to point out about this book is that it has this yellow and red y, a sticker on the spine. You will find books with the Y, a sticker on the spine sprinkled throughout the collections. Everywhere in Los Angeles, public Library system. However at Teen Scape, every single one of our books, all 10,000 of our nonfiction books, all 10,000 of our fiction books, our graphic novels, our manga, everything has this young adult sticker because everything in our collection is dedicated to young adults. We're where students come and learn to be researchers . And I'm really proud of that. Thanks. STAND BY. Good morning and welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting GOO MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE RGULARLY SCHEDULED MEET OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2026, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BING TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING 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: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: A PRAO AL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 2, 2026. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'M ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE AND FACE THE FLAG AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN >> >> N. Raman: FOLLOW ALONG, IS PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH THE OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. ITEM NUMBER 1 ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 2 THROUGH 14 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. THERE IS A CORRECTION FOR ITEM 11 ON THE LANGUAGE AND--AND--FOR ITEM 14 IT SHOULD BE HELD ON THE DESK UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MEETING JUST RECENTLY ADJOURNED. 15 THROUGH 31 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. ARE THERE SPECIALS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES ON ITEM 30, I AM CIRCULATING AN AMENDMENT AND I HAVE COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: CAN I CALL ITEM SPECIAL ITEM 11 SPECIAL. I MAY HAVE AN AMENDMENT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD IT FOR AFTER PUBLIC DOCUMENT. --COMMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I WOULD DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 11 AND I WOULD LIKE 13 FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: OKAY, 1-3 FOR QUESTIONS? >> E. Hernandez: YES. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. YA*Z I ASK THAT WE MOVE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT FOR ITEM 30. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? >> Clerk: PARDON ME, MR. CHAIR, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: ITEM 20 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: 2-0 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 2 THROUGH 10, 12 AND 14. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CAN WE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT INTO THE RECORD? >> City Attorney: YES MR. PRESIDENT. >> Clerk: APOLOGIES, ITEM NUMBER 14 SHOULD BE HELD ON THE DESK. CAN WE REOPEN THE VOTE TO HOLD ON THE DESK. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL IF YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A WARNING. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS 1 AND 15 THROUGH 31. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1, AND ITEMS 15 THROUGH 31. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS, OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY SUBJECT JURISDICTION. FOR COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THE FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRET CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY IF YOU'VE HAD ADDITIONAL REQUEST WITH THE ADA TO USE THE HANDHELD MICROPHONE OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE SERGEANT WITH PROVIDE YOU WITH THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE. FINALLY, THE WAY WE TAKE NAMES IS ADD RANDOM, THAT IS TO SAY IT'S RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO IN ORDER TO RUN AN EFFICIENT COMMENT PERIOD, WE ASK THAT HAD YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED ALLOWED BEFORE LINING TOUP SPEAK. ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL BE CALLING, I'LL BEGIN TO CALL THE NEXT FEW NAMESED. MARK SMITH, BARK YOUNG, PACUMAM, DANIEL SOSA AND MICHAELA AKERMAN. >> IF THE GENTLEMAN, IF YOU'RE HEER HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN PROCEED TO THE PODIUM. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM 30 ON THE FEE WAIVERS. YOU HAVE >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M MARK SMITH, I LOST MY HOME IN THE FIRE AND I'LL BE DISPLACED FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS. I'M ASKING YOU TO EX--IN MY 71 YEARS, I'VE WITNESSED THE BEL AIR FIRE, THE BALDWIN DAM LAPSE AND LIVED THROUGH THE EARTHQUAKES OF 71, 94 AND THE FIRE THAT BURNED FROM NEW HALL DOWN TO MALIBU, IN SHORT, DID SASTER CAN STRIKE ANYTIME, ANYWHERE AND IN MUCH CASES, DISTRICTS WILL REQUIRE CITY SUPPORT. THIS IS NT DID REVENUE TO THE CITY, THIS IS ABOUT HUMANITY, EQUITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS ETHICALLY AND MORALLY RIGHT. WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, WE'RE ONE CITY, PLEASE PASS THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE AND THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR TO TRACY, FOR YOUR HEROIC, SUPPORT IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> GENERAL COMMENT. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: RECENTLY THE COUNCIL PASSED A MOTION THAT EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION BE DISCLOSED. UNFORTUNATELY THIS WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THEY'RE STILL VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT, DISCLOSING THEM WILL NOT CHANGE THAT. THE RULE MAY MITIGATE VIOLATIONS LIKE IF SOMEBODY SITTING NEAR YOU AT A RESTAURANT STARTS TALKING LOUDLY ABOUT CITY BUSINESS BUT THEY REMAIN VIOLATIONS. THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HAULED INTO COURT DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE GETTING GOOD ADVISE FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, IT NAENZ THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS NOT DOING A GOOD JOB. YOU ALTHOUGH NA THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS PLAN BENT, THEY DISREGARD MORE DEBRAVED CRIMES LIKE REPORTS BY MEDICAL EXAMINER. RIGHT THE GOVERNOR. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS BART YOUNG, I'M HERE TODAY AS A RESIDENT OF PACIFIC PALISADES. WHICH I LOST TO THE FIRE LAST JANUARY. THAT HOME REPRESENTED 29 YEARS OF HARD WORK, SACRIFICE EVERYTHING I BUILT FOR MY FUTURE IT WAS PAID FOR, IT WAS MY SECURITY AND IN A SINGLE DAY, IT WAS GONE LIKE MANY FIRE SUR ARRIVORS I'M NOW TRYING TO REBUILD BUT FACING FINANCIAL REALITY THAT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE. MY INSURANCE WILL ONLY COVER HALF OF THE COST, THE CITY AND THIS IS LADBS CANNOT TELL ME HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST FOR THE PERMITS BUT IT CAN BE IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. YET, I HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON GEOLOGICAL STUDIES, AK TECH TOUR AL PLANS JUST TO GET A IDEA ON HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. I'M LIVING ON SOCIAL SECURITY, I LOST EVERYTHING. I'M NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT, I'M ASKING FOR SOMETHING FAIR AND WITH SOME COMPASSION. EXECUTIVE PLEASE WAIVE THOSE FEES AND PERMITS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: BEFORE THE --. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAK BEGINS, I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES, ALLISON H, KEN FEDER, PAUL, JAMES COHEN AND TOMAS D. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK ON 22 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR THE GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M DANIEL SOSA I OWN AND OPERATE FOUR LICENSES DISPENSARIES IN THE CITY. WITHOUT IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADJUST THE CITY'S CANNABIS POLICIES PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATED TO TAXATION AND ILLEGAL ENFORCEMENT, THE LICENSED CANNABIS MARKET WILL COLLAPSE. THE LICENSED CANNABIS MARKET WILL COLLAPSE! THOSE ARE NOT MY WORDS, THOSE ARE WORDS WRITTEN IN BOLD IN THE CANNABIS REGULATIONS COMMISSION URGENT RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FROM 7 MONTHS AGO IN JULY. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAVE OUR INDUSTRY. WE ONLY NEED ONE THING! AND THAT IS A REDUCTION IN TAXES. LICENSES CANNABIS DISPENSARIES ARE CURRENTLY SUBJECT TO A 10 PERCENT TAX RATE. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS RATE. CITY COUNCIL HAS THE EXPLICIT AUTHORITY TO LOWER THE CANNABIS TAXES UNDER MEASURE M. YOU'RE NOT TAXING BIG CORPORATIONS, THESE RATES, PAY POINT, 1, TAX PERCENT, TAX RATE IN THE CITY. GUN SALES, ALCOHOL SALES, TOBACCO SALES ARE TAXED AT POINT 1 PERCENT. BUT YOU ARE TAXING SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS, PEOPLE WHO HAD TO BE LOW INCOME TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE AT 100 TIMES THAT RATE, NOT DOUBLE NOT TEN TIMES, 100 TIMES THE RATE. IF RALPH'S AND STARBUCKS GROSS A A MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES, THEY OWE 1,000 IN TAXES. IF I GROW ONE MILLION DOLLARS, I SEW 100,000 IN TAXES. THIS INDUSTRY NEEDS A LOT OF CHANGES, IT'S A DISTRACTION. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 30, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: AND FEEL FREE TO ADJUST THE MIKE PHOB. --MICROPHONE. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR TO ADDRESS ITEM 30. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. THIS COMMUNITY PACIFIC PALISADES, DESPERATELY NEEDS THE FEE PERMIT WAIVERS AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT TODAY YOU'VE INCLUDED OUR CONDOS, APARTMENTS AND TOWN HOMES THAT IS AFFECTIVELY OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AS YOU KNOW, A NATURAL DID SASTER OF THIS TYPE CAN HAPPEN IN ANY ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS, IN FACT WE'VE DONE A MAPPING OF ALL AREAS IN EVERY DISTRICT, HIGH FIRE IS SEVERITY ZONES AND WE'RE ALL ANGELINOS AND APPRECIATE YOU MAKING SURE THAT OUR PERMIT FEES CAN BE WAVED. WE LOST OUR HOUSE OF 30 YEARS, WE BOUGHT IT IN 1996, WE LOW PRICE. MY NEIGHBOR WHO IS SECOND TO SPEAK FROM ME, IS AN ELECTRICIAN. WE ARE NOT ALL RICH MOVIE STARS. THIS IS VERY MEANINGFUL, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 30. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M KIM AND I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE KASMARI HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. APRIL 2026, MARKS 25 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN IN MY HOME. I HAVE TO SAY THAT IF I WERE TO BUY NOW, I COULD NOT AFFORD MY OWN HOME. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THAT POSITION, MORE SO THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO REBUILD. FEES HAVE TO BE WAVED FOR NOT ONLY THOSE UP 10 PERCENT SINGLE RESIDENT BUT ALSO FOR COMMERCIAL AND MULTI UNIT COMPLEXES IN THE MOBILE HOME PARKS, PEOPLE ARE RELIANT OR STILL, THE DECISIONS TO BE PAID--MADE. I KNOW MANY THAT LIVE AROUND ME THAT LOST THEIR HOMES THAT ARE ARE NOT YET REBUILDING BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD, BECAUSE DUE TO BEING CANCELED. THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO REBUILD AND THE FEES ONLY PRESS HARDER THAT THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO REBUILD. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. CAROLINE NICK, F, JA VA*NESS A B, AND TIFFANY WRIGHT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 30. MY NAME IS TOM DOREEN, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF IN THE PALISADES FOR 40 YEARS. NEARLY 13 MONTHS AGO, AFTER THE DEVASTATING PALISADES FIRE, DESTROYED THOUSANDS OF HOME, MANY OF US ARE WAITING FOR THE FULL RELIEF WE WERE PROMISEDS --PROMISED BY MAYOR BASS. HER SUSPENDED COLLECTION OF THE FEES BUT IT DID NOT WAIVE THEM. SURVIVORS ARE IN LIMBO, FACING MASSIVE COSTS ON TOP OF IRREPLACEABLE LOSSES, INSURANCE SHORT FALLS AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA. WAVING THESE FEES ARE NOT CHARITY, IT JUSTICE. OTHER AREAS LIKE L.A. COUNTY AND MALIBU ARE ALREADY APPROVED WAIVERS. PLEASE PASS THIS, AND LET US GET OUR LIVES GOING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 1, 20911, CD5, THE MOTION IS TO HAVE 125 COMMA 00 WHICH IS A COMMA AND NOT A DASH AGAINST BLUMENFIELD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AGAINST I YAROSLAVSKY IS BLUMENFIELD AND I YAROSLAVSKY? >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THIS IS A MOTION I YAROSLAVSKY AND BLUMENFIELD. IS I YAROSLAVSKY OF THIRD DISTRICT? THAT'S A QUESTION. >> City Attorney: UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BACK AND FORTH BUT YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE. GO AHEAD, >> Speaker: I YAROSLAVSKY IS NOT THIRD DISTRICT AND I DO NOT AGREE WITH THEM BEING IMPAIRED. I KNOW THAT THE 125, IS INACCURATE AND THEY NEED 31000, NO THOUSAND OR MILLION, THEY NEED 310 FOR 15 BY 5-FOOT SPACE. THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M A RESIDENT OF PACIFIC PALISADES. THE SET ISING OF CITY BUDGET IS A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES A DEGREE SPECULATION AND PROJECTION. JUST PROJECTIONS IS UNDERABLY IN EXACT AND THE NUMBERS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS DISAPPOINTING, COSTS ARE HIGHER, REVENUES ARE LOWER. AN EXCEPTION IS THE PERMIT FEE WAIVER. OVER 120 PROPERTIES ARE FOR SALE IN THE PALISADES AND THE NEW OWNERS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR WAIVERS. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE 300 PROPERTIES ALREADY SOLD. THIS NUMBER WILL STEADILY AND SIGNIFICANTLY GROW OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THUS THE GAO REPORT OF THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE CITY WAIVERS OVER ESTIMATES THESE REVENUE LOSSES WHICH WILL WEEK BY WEEK CONTINUE TO GO DOWN. THIS AND FOR ALL THE OTHER REASONS, PREVIOUSLY HEARD, I URGE SUPPORT OF ITEM 30. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 11. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 11 IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR OPEN 3B COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IN IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M JAMES FINELY CONHEN AND I'M HERE TO PROUDLY SUPPORT ITEM 11 WHICH WOULD CREATE EXEMPTIONS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING REQUIREMENTS WE GET READY FOR THE OLYMPIC SXZ PARALYMPIC GAMES. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE READY FOR ONCE IN A GENERAL RITION ECONOMIC EVENT AND REALLY A CATALYST ECONOMICALLY FOR THE REGION. I REALLY HOPE THAT I CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YOU KNOW, THE WIFE OF JOSEPH IN EGYPT HER NAME IS INU, JAPANESE NAME, I KNEW PEOPLE. AND HIS SON, MANSSHE MEANS FORGET IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS. IN TURN MEAN, TO REMEMBER. NOW, LET ME TELL YOU HOW IT'S RELATED TO ALL OF US IN HERE. RELATED TO EVERYBODY. LET ME TELL YOU. NAME, TOET, OT, I. H.U.A.C.A., O.T.U.A. GOD INTERNMENT. I. A.U.A., THAT'S JESUS. NOW JEWISH PEOPLE CALL HIM JABER OOH JOSHUA. NO EH. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE OTHER SPEAKERS. WOULD YOU PLEASE EXIT THE PODIUM, THANK YOU. GO AHEAD AND EXIT TO YOUR RIGHT-HAND SIDE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT AND ITEM 30. >> City Attorney: SO SUFFICIENT A MINUTE FOR GENERAL AND ONE FOR ITEM 30. >> Speaker: THIS IS MY THIRD TIME HERE TO TALK. I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK. I'M SURE YOU'RE TIRED OF ME SAYING THE SAME THING. I'M HERE TO TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION OF OPTION 3, TO WAIVE PLAN AND PERMIT FEE WAIVERS FOR ALL STRUCTURES DAMAGE IN THE PALISADES FIRE. I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, ABOUT HOW MY OWN CONDO BUILDING IS COMPOSE OF SENIOR CITIZENS ON A FIX APPROXIMATED BUDGET. CONDO, TOWN HOLES AND APARTMENTS, THEY HAVE THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, RETIREE, THOSE ARE LIMITED ACCESS TO CREDIT. WHEN THIS HOUSING IS GONE, IT IS GONE PERMANENTLY. BY PASSING PLAN AND PERMIT FEE WAIVERS, YOU'RE NOT SUBSIDIZING ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU'RE PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT FROM CASK CADING ACROSS THE SYSTEM AND RELEAVING PLEASURE. AS A C A O REPORT CON FIRMDS, PASSING PLANNING PERM PIT FEES IS GOING TO SPEED RECOVERY AND RESTORE TAX BASE AND SUPPORT JOBS AND BRING RESIDENT SXZ BUSINESSES BACK SOONER. THIS IS THE TIME THING TO DO. WE ARE ALL ANGELINO FZ, WE ARE NOT JUST CD11. WHAT HAPPENED TO US CAN HAPPEN TO YOUR DISTRICT. AND AS BOB BLUMENFIELD SAID, A YEAR AGO, WE HAVE TO FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE THE WAY WE DO THINGS IN THIS CITY SO WE CAN GROW BACK AND REBUILD BACK IN A STRONG WAY. AND ONE WAY YOU CAN DO THAT TO DO THAT TO START IS BY PASSING THIS ORDINANCE TO WAIVE FEE WAIVERS. YOU CAN ALSO SET UP A CRD OR DID SASTER RECOVERY DISTRICT AND MAKE SURE THAT PALISADESIANS ARE NOT DINGED BY THE TAX WHEN THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HELLO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING I'M VANESSA BATISTA, I'M HERE ON BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY TO SHARE A SNAP SHOP OF WHAT WE DID IN L.A. 2025 SUPPORTED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 4400 CATS AND PULLED FROM ANIMAL SERVICES, SHELTERS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH L.A. ANIMAL SERVICES AND LOCAL RESCUES, WE HELPED FA SALE TATE 3000 ADOPTIONS. DURING THE FIRES YOU'RE ROLES EXPANDED EVEN FURTHER. WE HELPED MOVE HUNDREDS OF PETS TO SAFETY. THESE NUMBERS REFLECT MORE THAN STATISTICS BUT. BEST FRIENDS REMAINS COMMIT TODAY SUPPORTING L.A. SERVICES IN THE CITY OF L.A. AS WE WORK TOGETHER THROUGH A NO-KILL CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY HAS BEEN A PROVEN AND PLAYS A LEGITIMATE ROLE IN HEALTHCARE AND ECONOMY, EXCESSIVE CANNABIS TAXES PUSH CONSUMERS OUT OF THE MARKET HURTING BUSINESSES. THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE, WE NEED TO LOWER TAX TO SEE SUPPORT LEGAL OPERATORS AND MAKE LEGALIZATION WORK AS WE DESERVE. LOWER THE TAXES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, THE NEKTS FEW NAMES. HARRIS, ROSEANNE L, TIESEAN FRED AND PAUL N. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 22 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M TIFFANY WRIGHT I HAVE WORKED IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY FOR NEARLY 18 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS BEFORE AND AFTER ADULT LEGALIZATION. BEFORE ADULT LEGALIZED, IT WAS A GOOD BUSINESS IT PROVIDED A VALUABLE SERVICE AND MEDICINE, IT HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE. SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT I HAVE REPRESENTED WITH GIVEN AWAY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN FREE MEDICINE. HOWEVER, AFTER LEGALIZATION, THERE WAS INSTITUTION IN OUR TAXIZATION WHERE CANNABIS DISPENSARIES ARE KHARLGING THE CUSTOMERS THE SAME AMOUNTS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY MORE BUT WE ARE SO REVISIT TEN PERCENT TO THE CITY OF L.A. WHICH IS UNSUSTAINABLE FOR ANY BUSINESS MUCH LESS A BUSINESS THAT PROVIDES MEDICINE. MEDICINE IS GENERALLY NOT TAXED. FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE ONLY PATHWAY TO MOVE FORWARD FROM BEING COMPLICITY IN A SYSTEM OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMIC ABUSE IS TO SYMPTOMATIC ABUSE. I RECOMMEND ONE OR TWO PERCENT WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES. TEN PERCENT IS A SYMPTOMATIC FINANCIAL ABUSE THAT THE CITY WILL BE COMPLICITY IN. AND ANY OTHER ACTION WOULD MAKE THIS COUNCIL COMPLICITY. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND I URGE YOU TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION AND LOWER THE TAX RATE FOR MORE THAN ONE PERCENT FOR MEDICAL AND 2 PERCENT FOR ADULT USE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND NUMBER 30. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND ONE FOR 30. >> Speaker: I'M JOEL, ON 12-23--MY HOME TEMPERATURES AND MY SON'S AT THE POINT WAS 80 DEGREES. I LISTENED AS MY BOWINGER LARA LAMBER, FIRE ALARM WENT OFF, THINKING THAT MY HOME WAS BEING ROBBED BECAUSE THAT WAS PREFERABLE OVER MY HOME BEING BURNED ON. I CAME ON, I JOINED THE BOARD. I'M HERE NOT JUST FOR MY FAMILY BUT FOR MY COMMUNITY. WE HAVE MEMBERS WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOMES, WHO DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INSURANCE AND OUR BUDGET TO REBUILD IS TIGHT AND OUR DEADLINES CLOSE. WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. WE WORKED TOGETHER AS NEIGHBORS, COUNCILMEMBERS WE ALL HAVE NEIGHBORS, WE ALL HELP OTHER, WE LEND, WE BORROW. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WE WORK TOGETHER AND WHEN WE NEED HELP, WE COME AND ASK, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO MEET OUR BUDGETS TO REBUILD TO BRING BACK WHAT WE LOST TO BRING BACK MY SON'S BEDROOM, MY HOUSE, TO BRING BACK MY NEIGHBORS, TOGETHER AND WE SUPPORT OPTION 3, THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE CAME THROUGH. TRACI PARK HAS WORKED FOR US SO HARD AND NOW WE'RE COMING TO YOU ASKING FOR HELP, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. I AM TRYING TO BRING BACK MY COMMUNITY I'M TRYING TO PROTECT HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED, WHO ARE AND I ASK HUMBLY FOR YOUR HELP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY STORY. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL BE CALLING THE LAST NAME. RENE PITMAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 30, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: I YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M HARRIS SMITH, WE USED TO LIVE IN 956 HEARTSHOL THE ALPHABET STREETS. I SUPPORT ALL THAT HAS BEEN SET BEFORE ME AND THE TWO PRIOR MEETINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON A DIFFERENT ISSUE. I AM I HAVE BEEN A CP A FOR 49 YEARS, I UNDERSTAND RETURN ON INVESTMENT. UNTIL WE GET PEOPLE BACK IN THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL NOT HAVE THE BUSINESSES. GAL SONS SAID THEY NEED 10,000 BEFORE THEY REOPEN. THE COMMUNITY HAD 25,000 BEFORE THE FIRE. IT IS SHADOW OF THAT NOW. SO, I UNDERSTAND RETURN ON INVESTMENT, IF WE GET PEOPLE BACK. IF WE CAN GET THE FEES WAVES, THAT'S A CHUNK OF MONEY, WE'RE ALL POSSIBLE UNDER INSURED. WE'RE STILL FIGHTING THE INSURANCE COMPANY. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: >> Speaker:, NO THAT'S IT, THANK YOU *. >> >> City Attorney: SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: DEAR HEATHER HUTT, I DON'T THINK YOU ARE A GOOD LEADER. I DON'T THINK YOU CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE BUT ONLY RECEIVING YOUR CHANGE RECEIVING YOUR PAYCHECK AND PLAYING POLITICS. YOU HAVE A--ARE YOU AWARE HEATHER THAT THE MAN THAT YOU SELECTED MADE COMMENTS TO ME THAT, HE HAS TO BELIEVE WHAT THE POLICE EVERYTHING THAT THE POLICE TELLS HIM. HOW TO PERSON IS SUPPOSE TO HELP EVERYONE ESPECIALLY A PERSON OF COLOR EVEN IF ATS A LIE. I LIVED AT THE ADDRESS, 2229 IN KOREATOWN FOR MONTHS, AND I WAS BEING HARASSED BY PROPERTY MANAGER, THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AND I HAD MY POWER AND MY UNIT BURGLARIZED BY THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND THE POLICE, THE OLYMPIC POLICE STATION DID NOTHING. WORSE OF ALL. >> City Attorney: SO SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HI. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 30. I ECHO THE COMMENTS OF PALISADESIANS SAID. AND HOW MUCH THEY HAVE LOST FINANCIALLY BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF PALISADES TAX BASE. OVERTIME IT WOULD PUT THE CITY IN A BETTER POSITION IF YOU MADE IT AS EASY FOR POSSIBLE TO REBUILD. THAT WOULD MEAN CHOOSE TO GO PAY OUR FEES. AND THAT WOULD GO BOTH WAYS TO BENEFIT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND OUR SWEET HOMETOWN OF PACIFIC PALISADES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: WE'LL BE CALLING ADDITIONAL NAMES. AUDIT L.A., CAROL ROSS AND DAF G. EXCUSE ME, DAPHNE G. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. I KNOW YOU CAME LATE SO THE ITEMS OPEN 1 AND 15 THROUGH 31. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S BEGIN. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ONE THAT I GUESS THE ONES ABOUT BANNERS AND PARADE. I LOVE BANNERS, I LOVE PARADES BUT I I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CANNOT GET CIVIC GROUPS TO PAY FOR THIS. THERE IS TWO THEM BEYOND 15. ONE IS A ABOUT THE PARADE AND ONE IS ABOUT A BANNER, IT'S THERE SIR AND BUT THE THING IS, WE NEED SIDEWALKS, OKAY. WE NEED STREETS, WE'RE HAVING WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO TRY TO PASS LAWS WHERE IF AN OLD PERSON FALLS IN A NURSING HOME, THEY'RE GOING TO CHARMING THEM A FINE FOR NEEDING FIRE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU'RE THAT DESPERATE FOR MONEY, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR BANNERS AND PARADE? HAVE THE CIVIC GROUPS, WHATEVER THE CIVIC GROUP IS TO COME PUT THAT MONEY FORWARD. THIS IS RIDICULOUS, AND I KNOW THAT SMOKING SCAN WILL AGREE WITH WITH ME THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEND THINGS ON THIS RIDICULOUS, IT'S NO OFFENSE TO THE PEOPLE CELEBRATING BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU'RE ABOUT SO BROKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OLD PEOPLE THAT FALL SERIOUSLY. AND THE NEXT ONE IS FOR CIVIL SERVICE. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY AN EXEMPTION, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PASS WITH CIVIL SERVICE, THAT MEANS YOU CAN HIRE ALL YOUR CRONIES. AND THE CRONIES DIDN'T GET THE JOB, OF COURSE, THERE WAS HELL TO BE PAID BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THEIR CRONIES GOT THE JOB BUT I WANTED THE JOB AND I GOT IT AND I WAS A NEUTRAL PERSON, I WAS NOT PAID FOR BY POLITICALS THAT WANTED THEIR CRONIES IN. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THE ONE ABOUT THE SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, PUTTING ALL OF THIS MONEY TO SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS ARE POSH. --IMPORTANT. I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD A DELPHI ACADEMY WHICH IS OWNED BY SCIENTOLOGY WHICH MEANS IT WILL RUIN THE STUDENTS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO SNEAK IN MY KIND OF SCIENTOLOGY SCHOOL. AS MUCH AS I KNOW, KIRSTEN, LIND AL HAM LE. TO NUMBER ONE, YOU DON'T NAME IT. YOU HAVE IN THE AGENDA THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL. SO SICK ONLY ASSUME THAT IT'S A DELPHI. >> City Attorney: AT THIS POINT, IT'S REPETITIVE SO I NEED TO YOU MOVE ON. >> Speaker: OKAY, I CAN DO THAT. AS FAR AS LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW I GUESS WE CAN SAY HI TO SMOKING SCAN ONE MORE TIME. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE WIN MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY, I AM HERE TO ASK MR. HUGO, MY FRIEND LAURA FM, SHE NEEDS HELP, WE COME HERE REPEATEDLY TELLING YOU THAT SCIENTOLOGY, LOST HER JOB. THEY WERE HARASSING HER EMPLOYER SHE LOST HER JOB. BOB I'M TALKING TO YOU TOO. MR. HUGO, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT. I NEED ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE TO CONNECT HER TO SERVICES TODAY. RIGHT NOW, TODAY, YOU'RE THE ONES ALLOWING SCIENTOLOGY TO GET PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR JOB AND SHE IS ABOUT TO BECOME UNHOUSED. SHE HAD THIS JOB FOR IF FIFTEEN YEARS AND UNEMPLOYMENT DOES NOT COVER THE RENT THAT IT COSTS HERE OKAY. SO MR. HUGO, IF YOU CAN PLEASE LISTEN AND SEND ONE OF YOUR WORKERS RIGHT HERE TO MS. LAURA FM TO HELP HER. IF HE CAN'T LOOK AT ME, CAN SOMEBODY ELSE HELP MS. LAURA FEM? >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL BE CALL THE NEKTS FEW NAMES, CAROL ROSS, FRIDA M AND HARRIETTE ELLIOT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 30 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M CAROL ROSS, I LIVED IN THE PALISADES SINCE I WAS 5 YEARS OLD AND WENT AWAY TO SCHOOL AND ALL, BUT ABLE TO COME BACK 40 YEARS AGO AND BUY A HOME AND RAISE MY CHILDREN IN THE SPAL SAYSED. SUBSEQUENTLY MY OLDER DAUGHTER AND THE CHILDREN LIVED IN A RENTAL DOWN THE STREET AND MY OTHER DAUGHTER LIVED IN A CONDO. WE ALL LOST OUR HOMES. THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE US WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE PALISADES FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. AND WHEN WE PURCHASED A HOMES IT WAS A MILL SCHOOL AND --MILLISCULE AMOUNT OF MONEY. WE HAVE RECEIVED LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM TRACI PARK. SUPPORT FROM FEMA FROM THE SBA LOANS, EVERYTHING HAS MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS P THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. BUT BUT THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF SAVING THESE FEES WOULD HAVE SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON THE BALANCING BAR OF WHETHER OR NOT ONE CAN MAKE IT BACK INTO THE PALISADES. AND EMOTIONALLY TO KNOW THAT LOS ANGELES SUPPORTS US, THE WAY WE HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THIS. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IF? >> Speaker: ITEM 30, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'VE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES AND IT'S TOUGH TO BE HERE AND TO SAY THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND TO FIND THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE AREN'T LISTENING AND WE FEEL WE NEED TO BE HEARD AND WE'RE NOT SENSING THAT AT CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE KEEP COMING AND SAYING THE SAME THINGS. THE COMMUNITY THAT I COME FROM AND I LIVED IN ALMOST 30 YEARS, WHERE WE RAISED OUR CHILD. I HAVE ONE THING FROM MY PARENTS THAT I'M WEARING TODAY, WE LOST EVERYTHING. 52 WEEKS AWAY FROM NOW, PEOPLE WERE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES. IT'S TIME TO PASS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FEE WAIVERS RATHER THAN GOING BACK AND FORTH. WE REALLY NEED THE HELP. EVERY DAY THAT PASSES, THERE ARE PEOPLE LOSING HOME AND GIVING UP ON THE PACT THAT THEY CAN COME BACK. WE WANT DO ENCOURAGE THAT, WHETHER IT'S RENTALS THAT WANT TO COME BACK TO RENTAL HOLES. OTHERS, >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> WE NEED THE MOBILE HOME PARKS TO ALSO BE PUT BACK. AND THE WAY THAT THESE FOLKS CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP BUILDING AND HOPE THAT IF THEY CAN GET THE FEE WAIVERS, AND FIND THE MONEY THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REBUILD AND FIND INSURANCE. A LOT OF US ARE JUST PLANNING AND MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT EVEN KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE INSURANCE. WE NEED YOUR HELP, IT HELPS OUR ENTIRE CITY TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY REBUILT. I A TOURIST DESTINATION. WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT, WE WANT TO PUT THAT BACK INTO THE ECONOMY AND WE WANT TO START PAYING OUR TAXES AS WE SHOULD BE. BUT WE NEED OUR HAZARDS TO DO THATMENT WE NEED TO YOU TREAT US AS YOU WOULD YOUR OWN OWN DISTRICT. THANK YOU TO TRACI PARK AND OTHERS MEMBERS AND COUNCIL THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES, WILLIAM GA,, LAURA U AND SMOKE M. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 2, 11 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU ITEM 2 IS NOT OPEN FOR COMMENT. >> Speaker: ANYTHING RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, ADD THAT TOO. OKAY. SO FIRST OFF, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT, KAREN BASS IS ON THE TV LAST NIGHT TOUTING HER INSIDE SAFE PROGRAM. WELL IT'S LOOK AT THE PROGRAM. YOU LOOK AT IT, WE HAVE SPENT 323 MILLION ON THE PROGRAM AND PERMANENTLY HOUSED JUST 1200 PEOPLE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, CAN WE PAUSE HIS TIME. I'M LOOKING AT THE JAEPD, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE GENERAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT I NEED YOU TO SPEAK TO JEND FIRST. >> Speaker: WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 23 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. DOES THAT WORK. >> City Attorney: OKAY, CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE 23. >> Speaker: THERE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY THERE IS A COP OR EX COP LAPD WHO RAPED A WOMAN AND RAPED HER. >> City Attorney: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ITEM 23. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COP THAT RAPED A WOMAN, GABRIEL SPAT US, AND SONSING HE GOT OUT, WENT TO HER HOUSE AND HAD ANAL SEX AND TRIED TO GET HER TO HAVE SEX WITH HER DOG. NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS COP COMMITTED RAPE AND THERE ARE MORE VICTIMS THERE ARE SIX MORE THAT HAVE COME FORWARD AND NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHY IS THIS GUY NOT BEING PROSECUTED? HOW CAN YOU ALL SIT HERE AND KNOW THIS COP WAS OUT THERE DOING THIS? AND NOT SAY ANYTHING! I THINK ALL OF YOU ARE DISGUSTING FOR SITTING BACK QUIETLY. HOW ABOUT THAT. ENJOY YOUR DAY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HARRIETTE ELLIOT, ITEM 2 ON THE JAENTD IS FOR HOMELESSNESS FOR ELDERLY WOMEN. >> City Attorney: ITEM NUMBER 2 IS NOT OPEN FEHR COMMENT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL. >> City Attorney: OKAY, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PAGE 111 DEVON JOHNSON DIRECTED ENERGY GUNS CAN EMIT ANY TYPE OF--. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] THE AFFLICTION COME FROM SOMETHING ARTIFICIAL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: RENEE PITMAN I'M GOING TO OUT TO RENEE PITMAN VETERAN FROM PALMDALE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: EVEN THOUGH SHOULD A VICTIM OF INTELLIGENT SERVICES, EVERYBODY HAS M.O. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: INDIVIDUAL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I WANT TO READ ALL THE SEVEN BOOKS THAT SHE HAS. SHE IS STILL LIVING IN PALMDALE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. MAX' S AND LISA LOCKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI I'M HERE AGAIN TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN AND X SCIENCETOLOGIST THAT HAVE BEEN TORTURED AND ABUSED AND MOLESTED AND ANYWAY AND ALL THE WAYS IN THE CULT OF SCIENTOLOGY, SO IF YOU ALL TAKE A SECOND AND MAKE A POINT IN YOUR MIND THIS WEEK, TO NOTE THAT IF THERE IS A DRUG FREE PROGRAM OR ANY NARCON OR ANY OF THE THESE BS FRONT GROUPS OF SCIENCETOLOGIST THAT ARE LITERALLY NOT HELPING THE HOME HLS, NOT HELPING ANYBODY, IF YOU CAN BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING YOUR POSITION IN THE CITY FOR THEM TO BE INFILTRATED IN WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU DO. HUGO, I WOULD REALLY LIKE HELP. I'M BEING FAIR GAMED AND ATTACKED BY SCIENTOLOGY, I'M UNEMPLOYED NOW BECAUSE OF IT AND LITERALLY ANY UNEMPLOYMENT CANNOT COVER MY RENT. SO I TOO MAY BE FUCKEN HOMELESS. EVERY SINGLE FUCKEN WEEK, WE COME HERE AND SPEAK ABOUT THIS AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE, USE THE EMPTY PARKING LOTS IN THE HOUSES OF THE SCIENTOLOGY FOR THE HOMELESS. YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT. NOW I'M GETTING ATTACKED FAIR GAME AND NOW I NEED HELP FROM THE CITY. DIVORCE YOURSELVES FROM SCIENTOLOGY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? >> City Attorney: GAOTD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS YOU GET A CIRCLE. ITEM NUMBER, POLITICAL FAVORS TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND I YAROSLAVSKY WHILE ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES LANGUISH HOMELESSNESS. THIS ITEM IS FOR 125 MILLION DOLLARS! FOR IMPROVEMENT TO A JEWISH EDUCATIONAL FACILITY IN A LUXURY AREA OF THE CITY. 125 MILLION DOLLARS, FOR IMPROVEMENT TO ALREADY LUXURY CAMPUS FOR THE HEALTHY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. MEANWHILE IN CONTRAST, SLEAZY MARQUEECE' DAWSON IS RUN A FOOD DESERT AND COMPLETE DISMANTLING OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER WITH DIM WIT. I DEMAND A NO-VOTE ON THIS 125 MILLION DOLLARS ABUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS WHEN HOMELESSNESS IS STILL EPIDEMIC IN LOS ANGELES. ALL SHOULD RECEIVE A NO-VOTE IF CAREER CRIMINALS INDICTED CURREN PRICE ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE. WHERE IS THE 125 EDUCATION PROJECT. >> City Attorney: SO SPEAKER YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR COMMENT ON ITEM 1. YOU CAN GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC CO. >> Speaker: I'LL TRY TO FINISH. I DEMAND THIS SLEAZY STOP. SINCE IS THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS ZERO REPRESENTATION, DEMAND THAT ALL OTHER AVAILABLE ITEMS BE REWORD TODAY INCLUDE 125 MILLION DOLLARS FOR UPGRADES TO THE BLACK COMMUNITIES PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. ALSO DEMAND THESE ITEMS INCLUDE A DEMAND FOR RES I GOLATION OF THE BLACK POVERTY PIMPS. GENERAL PUBLIC COME, 30 SECONDS, BECAUSE THE CLOWNS BANKRUPT THE CITY GIVING ONE BILLION DOLLARS INCREASE TO LAPD, THE CLOWNS WILL NOT GIVE THE MONEY BACK. MONICA WILL LEWINSKY AND RACIST JOHN LEE. TENS OF THOUSANDS EPIDEMIC EMERGENCY, FIRE DAMAGE EMERGENCIES, SO RI DICULOUS, SLEAZY D, HAS THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 30. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEM 30 IN THE PALISADES AND ASKING THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO WAIVE THE PERMIT FEES FOR ALL STRUCTURES IN PALISADES. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MONEY HERE. AS I UNDERSTAND, THE CITY IN THIS, CALCULATIONS, IS FOCUSED MOSTLY ON THE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF THE REVENUE, INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE POTENTIAL PROFIT FROM THE REBUILT. IF THOSE 7,000 STRUCTURE SXZ PALISADES GET REBUILD WITH MORE THAN 110 PERCENT, ESTIMATE VALUE OF 3 BILLION DOLLARS OF REAL ESTATE WOULD BRING ADDITIONAL 30 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO THE CITY. THESE 3 MILLION DOLLARS WILL COVER THE LOSS FROM THE WAIVER FEES IN THREE YEARS. PLEASE FOCUS ON THE LONG TERM BENEFITS OF BRINGING THE COMMUNITY BACK AND PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR HOMES. PLEASE VOTE FOR THE WAIVER OF PERMITS AND TRACI PARK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK WITH THE PALISADES COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HI I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON 30, I'M GOING TO SPEAK FAST. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN HAVE 30 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. SO ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MORE GENERAL. >> Speaker: GREAT. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PALISADES WHEN THE CITY DOES NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH SUPPORT? WE HAVE 1789 CURRENT HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE USED TO HAVE 7,000 STRUCTURES. CONTRARY TO STORIES, THERE ARE NO CORPORATIONS TRYING TO GOBBLE UP OR LAND, SOME LOTS HAVE BEEN SITTING FOR SALE SINCE THE FIRE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE FEW HUNDRED FINISH REBUILDING? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REST OF THE CITY? IT BECOMES A BURDEN TO LOS ANGELES WITH INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES AND HILLSIDE LANDSLIDES AND RODENT AND ANIMAL INFESTMENT, CRIME INCAMPMENTS IT'S YOUR IF I IF HE FIDUCIARY DUTY TO INVEST NOW. OPTION 3 WAS THE BEST OF WHAT WAS OFFERED BUT STILL VERY BARE BONES. THAT MEANS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: THAT MEANS PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAD TO LAEL LOT FOR REASONS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL AND SOLD FOR PENNIES FOR THE DOLLAR. BETWEEN THAT AND UNFAIR PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY. WE HAD A NEIGHBOR THAT WAS TOLD THAT TECH NOT START REBUILDING UNTIL HE REPAIRS CITY SIDEWALK FOR 58,000. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR REPLACING CITY FIRE HYDRANT FOR 34,000. ANOTHER LA WDP HAD A FREE CUT DOWN BECAUSE OF SITE. WITHOUT MORE CITY SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT, THIS LAND WILL NOT FULLY BE BUILT AND YOU'LL BE ASKED FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF ALLOWING FOR MORE INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE SO IT PERTAINS TO ALL RESIDENTS EVEN IF THEY WERE RENTING OR TRANS ACCOUNT I IVE PROPERTIES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL COMMENT AND ITEM NUMBER 30. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. I'M A PALISADESIANS SINCE THE 1970, MY FAMILY LOST FOUR PROPERTIES. MY MOTHER LOST HER HOME AND I LOST MY HOME AND MY SON LOST HIS HOME AND OUR RENT STABILIZATION, OUR RSO MULTI FAMILY PROPERTY THAT BROUGHT INCOME TO OUR WHOLE FAMILY. SO WE'RE FACING FOUR PROPERTIES TO HAVE TO REBUILD, WAVING THE FEE FOR THE PERMITS WILL HELP MY FAMILY CONSIDERABLY, WE HAVE LOTS AHEAD-US AND THIS WOULD JUST BE ONE STEP IN THE LONG JOURNEY TO RECOVERY. MY MOM IN HER 80, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH HER FAMILY HOME. SHE DOES NOT THE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REBUILD. MY SON IN MIZ 30, HE DOES NOT HAVE MONEY TO REBUILD I'M BARELY MAKE ITING MYSELF. SO TO REBUILD OUR RENT STABILIZATION PROPERTY, WE'VE VERY MUCH NEED THE FEE WAIVER FOR THAT AS WELL. AGAIN, WE'RE JUST A NORMAL FAMILY IN THE PALISADES, LIVING THEIR SINCE THE 70s WHERE ANGELINO WERE JUST LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT. WE DESPERATELY NEED THIS FEE WAIVER FOR THE MOBILE HOME PARKS, THE CONDOMINIUM COMPLEXES, THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, FOR THE COMMERCIAL REPORTS, WE ALL NEED TO GO HOME. WE ALL NEED THIS HELP FROM OUR FELLOW ANGELINOS, ALL OF YOU HAVE PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME JUST LIKE MY FAMILY IN YOUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED YOUR HELP, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE PASS THE FEE WAIVER THAT TRACY HAS WORKED FOR OPTION 3 IS THE BEST FOR US AND IT'S THE BEST FOR LOS ANGELES AS A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: WE'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. KENDRIX, SEBA AND SENA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO WAIVE THE FEES FOR PACIFIC PALISADES. >> City Attorney: OKAY. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS BARCZAR, I AM THE FORMER OWNER OF ONE OF THE MULTI FAMILIES IN PACIFIC PALISADES. WITH THREE OTHER FAMILIES, WE LOST OUR PROPERTY IN THAT AREA. AND EVERY DAY, I GET A CALL FROM THE TENANTS THAT I HAD AND THEY ASK ME, ARE WE GOING TO REBUILD? AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT, THE CITY COME TO HELP, TO THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR PROPERTIES IN THE DID SASTER, BY WAVING THE FEES. WE USED TO PAY, 40,000 PROPERTY TAXES EVERY YEAR. AND ABOUT 30,000 STATE AND FEDERAL TAX. CURRENTLY WE HAVE NO INCOME AND OUR PROPERTY TAX HAS REDUCED TO ABOUT 15,000. THE CITY, THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL ARE NOT GETTING BENEFITS FROM THE PROPERTIES THAT WE USED TO MANAGE. I THINK IT ONLY MAKE SENSE. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT CITY HELPS US BY WAVING THE FEES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> City Attorney: >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING I'M HERE TO GIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS SELLIA CRUZ AND I WORK AT THE SUBWAY HERE IN DISTRICT 11. >> City Attorney: BEFORE WE START THE TIME, CAN WE HAVE EVERYONE SPEAK UP IT'S HARD TO HEAR THE INTERPRETER AND SPEAKER. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: OKAY. OKAY. [SPEAKING SPANISH] MI NOMBRE ES ELIZABETH CRUZ. >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS ELIZABETH CRUZ AT A SUBWAY AT DISTRICT 11. >> >> Interpreter: SPEAKER NEEDS TO CLARIFY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOUR BOSS BRINGS YOUR CHECK, HAS YOU SIGN IT AND THEN IT TAKES IT AWAY FROM YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME AT SUBWAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER MY EXPENSES I HAVE TO USE MY CREDIT CARD AND MY BOSS GIVES ME CHECKS THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO DEPOSIT, HE PAYS ME AT A LATER DATE OR REDUCES MY HOURS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. BUT IF WE CAN GET THE LAST BIT INTERPRETED PLEASE. >> City Attorney: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M ASK YOUING TO PLEASE HELP US WITH THE ORDINANCE FOR US TO GET MORE JUSTICE ON THIS. AS FAST FOOD WORKERS, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DEBT BECAUSE OF THIS. >> Clerk: COUNCIL THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH US THIS MORNING. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 1, 14 THROUGH 19, 21 THROUGH 29 AND 31. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THERE IS A REQUEST TO ACCEPTED ITEM 22 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> City Attorney: ITEM 10, FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 13 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? FOR QUESTIONS ON ITEM 13? >> E. Hernandez: YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE THE C A O COME TO THE TABLE, PLEASE? >> GOOD MORNING. >> E. Hernandez: GOOD MORNING, TAKE TIME TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> I'M EVE BLACOF FROM THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE THAT THE NUMBER IS 109 VERSUS 43 WHICH IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT DECREASE. >> YES, SO POLICY--OUR OFFICE WORKED WITH LAHD TO DETERMINE WHICH POSITIONS WERE NEEDED THIS FISCAL YEAR AND RECOMMENDED THOSE. IN CONVERSATION WZ LAHD, THE DEPARTMENT STATED THEY DID NOT INTEND TO FILL ALL INFORMATIONS THIS FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR EITHER. IN LINE WITH WITH THE FISCAL POLICY WHILE THE BALANCE WILL BE CONSIDERED THROUGH THE PROCESS. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL THE POSITIONS DISCUSSED ARE FULLY FUNDED BY ULA AND HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND. IS CAO TO RECOMMEND POSITIONS TIED TO ULA FUNDING? >> THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING FOR POSITIONS IS BASED ON REVENUE. AND WE'RE DEVELOPING THE REVENUE AVAILABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR. THE FULL COSTS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED UNDER THE 25-26 ADMINISTRATION, ADMIN CAP. AND AS I SAID, THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND ADMIN CAP FOR NEXT YEAR ARE BEING DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU AND WE'LL KNOW IF WE'RE ABLE TO BRING MORE OF THOSE FOLKS BACK, THANK YOU. >> YES. >> E. Hernandez: AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE C A O WILL RECOMMEND APPROVING THE POSITIONS. >> I CANNOT SAY THAT WHAT WILL BE IN THE MAYOR'S POSITION BUT THOSE POSITIONS WAS RECOMMENDED ON WHAT WAS MOST URGENTLY NEEDED THIS YEAR. >> E. Hernandez: WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA OF MOST URGENTLY NEEDED? >> WHAT THEY TOLD US WAS URGENTLY NEEDED AND ALSO LOOKING AT VACANCY RATES IN DEPARTMENT. >> E. Hernandez: SO WHAT IS ABOVE MOST URGENT NEED, WHAT IS THAT CRITERIA? >> THERE WAS NOT REALLY A SEVERAL LEVELS SET, IT WAS SORT OF WHAT IS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND WHAT CAN BE PUT ASIDE FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, AND DO YOU KNOW IF A TIER APPROACH WILL BE PRESENTED. I JUST WANT US TO HAVE OPTIONS. RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY OPTION IS GOING FROM 109 TO 43, THERE IS PROBABLY ADDITIONAL LEVELS AND ULA MONEY CAN BE USED ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. >> YES, SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE MADE TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE MAYOR WILL MAKE, WILL PRESENT THAT IN THE BUDGET AND THEN THROUGH THE BUDGET AND HEARINGS, AND COUNCIL HEARINGS THAT CAN BE AMENDED. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM 20 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER HAS QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. >> H. Soto-Martinez: GOOD MORNING. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THIS POSITION WILL BE DOING. >> GOOD MORNING, I'M DEBRA PINTO ON BEHALF OF CHIEF JIM McDONNELL. THE POLICE ADMINISTRATOR POSITION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATION PLANS TO ACHIEVE DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES. THIS WILL ACT AS DEPARTMENT'S EXECUTIVE ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION SXZ REPORT DIRECTLY TO POLICE CHIEF. THEY WILL ENSURE CONSISTENCY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND NARRATIVE THAT ARTICULATE THE DEPARTMENT MISSION AND ACROSS THE VARIOUS CHANNELS. IT WILL 401-K US ON BUILDING INTERNAL COMMUNICATION AS OPPOSE TODAY EXTERNAL TO CONNECT EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDE LEADERSHIP CAN CONSISTENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS. RESPONSIBILITY WILL INCLUDE, BRAND AWARENESS AND RECRUITMENT, MESSAGING AND STAYING CURRENT WITH MEDIA TRENDS TO SUPPORT MEDIA LEAD. >> WHY DOES THE DEPARTMENT NEED LIKE THEY NEED SOMEBODY FOR THIS POSITION? IS SOMEBODY DOING THIS WORK CURRENTLY? >> CURRENTLY, YOU'RE AWARE OF PIO POSITION, WHICH SETS UP MEETINGS, RESPONDS TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS. WHERE CHIEF McDONNELL PART OF HIS REORG WAS FOR A COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR, DEALS WITH IMMEDIATE YA, DEALS WITH REQUESTS ON CALL FOR CRITICAL INCIDENTS. THE ASK IS FROM CHIEF McDONNELL THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT HAVE AN INTERNAL ADVISOR. >> SO THIS IS ONLY FOR INTERNAL? >> CORRECT. >> THIS REQUEST FOR THE LAST YEAR, HAS BEEN ASKED FOR INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS MESSAGING OR LEADERSHIP FOR EMPLOYEES BOTH PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND SWORN. >> MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS LETTER, TALK ABOUT MESSAGING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. >> CORRECT. >> I'M SORRY THERE IS A POINT TO THAT, THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION. PART OF THAT WAS UNIFIED TALKING POINTS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUT WORKING THROUGH OUR CLA OFFICERS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ONE VOICE FROM CHIEF OF POLICE TO OFFICERS. SO IN ASPECT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ONE MESSAGE THAT IS NOT CONFLICTING WITH THINGS THAT WE MAY HEAR IN THE MEDIA, BUT MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ONE MESSAGE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: AND WHAT IS,--HAS THERE BEEN ANY INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THE MESSAGING COME OUT OF LAPD IN REGARDS TO ALL THE RAIDS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT? IS THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF LACK OF CONFIDENCE WITH LAPD ESPECIALLY WITH THE MUTUAL AID REQUESTS, WE HAD THE CHIEF SAYING A FEW DAYS AGO, SAYING HE'S NOT GOING TO ENFORCE THE MASK BAN. THE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, COULD BE IMPROVED. HAS THERE BEEN ANY INTERNAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT. >> YES THERE HAS BEEN. >> H. Soto-Martinez: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH US. >> THE CHIEF HAS BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT WITH OUR MEDIA WHAT IS OCCURRING ICE AGENTS. I THINK THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COMMUNE CASING IS IT WILL HELP UNIFIED INTERNALLY OUR MESSAGING SO WHEN OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE DEALING WITH THE COMMUNITY OR DEALING WITH THE MEDIA, THAT IT'S ONE UNIFIED MESSAGE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I WANT TO KNOW, WHAT IS THE MESSAGING. YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE A POSITION, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE MESSAGING IS. IF THE MESSAGING IS CONTRARY. HAVE YOU GIVEN SOME INSIDE ON THAT? >> OKAY. I WOULD SAY THE CHIEF'S MESSAGE, OUR DEPARTMENT'S MESSAGING HAS BEEN ALONG THAT, WE DO NOT SUPPORT OR GET INVOLVED WITH ANY ISAAC TIFF ITS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE MADE IT CLEAR OVER THE YEARS THAT WE DO NOT LOOK AT IMMIGRATION STATUS DURING THE COURSE OF OUR DUTIES BUT THAT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WE ARE CALLED TO SCENES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: A FEW DAYS, HE SAID HE WOULD NOT ENFORCE THE MASK BAN, OKAY. AND DO WE MUCH, HOW MUCH ARE YOU ASKING FROM THIS COUNCIL? WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST? WHAT IS THE PRICE. >> THE POLICE ADMINISTRATOR, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT AT THIS TIME BUT I CAN FOLLOW-UP. >> H. Soto-Martinez: SO IT COULD BE A MILLION DOLLARS AND WE DON'T KNOW. >> THE POLICE ADMINISTRATOR, YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE SALARY AND BENEFITS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: YEAH. HOW MUCH IS IT GOING OB. MY APOLOGIZE. >> DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY LINED UP FOR IN POSITION? >> WE DO. >> H. Soto-Martinez: DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT PERSON. >> WE HAVE SOMETHING VETTING? >> WHAT IS THEIR NAME. >> WE'LL PROVIDE THAT THE A LATER TIME. >> H. Soto-Martinez: SO WE DON'T KNOW THE SALLY AND MESSAGING AND YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO SHARE THE PERSON. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> I DID GET AN UPDATE, THE POLICE ADMINISTRATOR RANGE STEP 2 IS 191. >> H. Soto-Martinez: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ IN ENGAGING IN THIS CONVERSATION. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING RISE TO SMFT CONFLICTED MESSAGING THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE CHIEF DISCUSSING, WHETHER OR NOT A MISDEMEANOR WOULD BE ENFORCED AND WHAT THE TEST AND WHAT IS DEEMED AS GOOD OR BAD POLICY. IT WAS REALLY PROBLEMATIC AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHEN WHICH HEARD ABOUT IT AND WAS ASKED ON A LIVE INTERVIEW. AND I, I RAISED THE CONCERNS ABOUT YOU KNOW, ARE WE, SETTING OURSELVES UP OR IS THE CHIEF SETTING US UP FOR THIS DYNAMIC WHERE HE INDEPENDENTLY OPINES WHETHER A APOLOGY IS GOOD OR ENFORCED BY THE DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT'S CAUSING GREATER CON STERNATION AMONG PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE INFORMATION. THAT INFORMATION IS IS NOT FORTHCOMING TO TUESDAY. FEELS A LITTLE CART-BEFORE-THE-HORSE. AS SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE FROM THIS DEPARTMENT, IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN WE GET THIS GAMING PROCEDURELY, AND I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT COME TO THIS COUNCIL FOR PROPER CONVERSATION. AND AGAIN, AND THIS IS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU, WHEN THE CHIEF HAS BEEN HERE, THERE IS BEEN A VERY DEFENSIVE RESPONSE TO SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WOULD BE ASKED OF ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY WE'RE AMID SUCH FISCAL CRISIS. SO I JUST WANT TO COMMUNICATE FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO HEAR, THE QUESTIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL ASKSED, SHOULDN'T BE MET WITH THIS, REACTIVE DEFENSIVE RESPONSE. IT SHOULD BE VERY, IT SHOULD BE FORTHCOMING. IF WE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE, WE SHOULD NOT ACT LIKE THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE. I WANT THAT MESSAGE CONVEYED TO THE CHIEF. I WELCOME HIS RETURN TO THIS COUNCIL SO WE CAN HAVE THE PROPER CONVERSATION THAT'S A SIGN OF MUTUAL RESPECT. NOT ADVERSARYIAL AND NOT WHETHER THEY FEEL APPRECIATED OR NOT. EVERYONE IN THE SERVICE, IS APPRECIATED. BUT WE'RE ALSO THE STEWART OF POLICIES. BUT WHEN WITH THE STATE OR ANYONE ADVANCES A CHANGE OF LAW, WE EXPECT EVERYONE TO HONOR IT. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY PROBLEMATIC WHEN WE'VE HAD WHEN I'VE EVEN MADE INQUIRIES AROUND THE REDISTRIBUTION OF STAFF AND ALLOCATION OF STAFF AND MAXIMIZING THE DEPLOYMENT, WE'RE ASKING ADDING ANOTHER CIVILIAN POSITION, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, WE'RE TALKING ADDING ANOTHER CIVILIAN POSITION AT A TIME WHEN CIVILIANS ARE BEING FURLOUGHED, THE CIVILIAN POSITION THAT ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF DOING THE WRK OF, HELPING TO SUPPORT INVESTIGATIVE WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT SUPPORTS THE ROLE OF SWORN PERSONNEL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SALARIED POSITION, TO DO MORE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY AND THE LIKE. I WOULD CUSTOMARY BE SUPPORTIVE, I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS ONE BASED ON PROCEDURALLY HOW WE'VE GOTTEN HERE BUT SOME OF THE OTHER OCCURRENCES AND COMMENTARY BUT ALSO WE'RE AT A POINT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THIS BUDGET WHAT IS THREATENED IS A LOT OF OTHER POSITIONS. HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE WHICH ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER WHEN I THINK OF ALL THE CIVILIAN ROLES THAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY, THEY'RE UNDER DURESS TO RETAIN BECAUSE OF BEJET --BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS. THIS IS TOUGH. I WELCOME THE CHIEF COMING BACK AND HAVING A DEEPER DIVE AND PERHAPS IT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT HE AND I NEED TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING ALL THE RIGHT PIECES FOR THE THE PURPOSES OF EN STHAOURG THAT ALL THE CONSTITUENTS ARE GETTING THE SERVICES THAT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, I'LL REPORT THIS BACK TO THE CHIEF. AND I CAN SHARE WITH YOU AS THE CHIEF OVER HUMAN RESOURCES BUREAU, THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO THIS DEPARTMENT, TO OUR CHIEF THAN OUR PROFESSIONALS STAFF. THROUGHOUT THE LAST SEVERAL COUNCILMEMBERS, THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO DO TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONALS CIVILIAN STAFF. SO I WANT TO REITERATE, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT, THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE POTENTIALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT FAKING POSITIONS, WE DON'T WANT TO BACK FILL WITH OUR SWORN. I'M HERE TO SAY THAT, I WILL SHARE EVERYTHING YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE CHIEF AND WE WILL DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO EVERY POSITION THAT WE HAVE WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THROUGH THIS YEAR AND NEXT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUT WANT TO GO IN THE SENTIMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ ABOUT THE DISAPPOINTING COMMENTS BY THE CHIEF AROUND MASKS. IT FELT FOR ME IN THAT MOMENT WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE STOOD FOR THE CITY OF DEPARTMENT AND HE SAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO ENFORCE THE LAW. AND I FIND THAT VERY PROBLEMATIC, ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO STAND TEN TOES DOWN FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, HOW MANY COMMUNICATIONS, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ MENTIONED THIS A COUPLE OF WAOEKDS AGO, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT? >> OUR PA OFFICE? >> Y. Jurado: YES. >> WE HAVE 20 OR 25 ASSIGNED TO THAT OPERATION. >> Y. Jurado: AND I THINK UNDER CITY RULES, ESPECIALLY FOR CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS, I BELIEVE THERE IS A POLICY THAT CIVIL SERVANTS CAN PROMOTE FROM WITHIN FOR PROMOTIONAL POSITIONS IS THAT NOT SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT CAN DO IN ORDER TO PRUDE EPTLY USE ITS RESOURCES IN ORDER TO STRUCTURE I SO WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPEND MORE MONEY? >> IS WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY THAT CIVIL SERVICE ROLE. I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A VACANT PIO POSITION WHICH IS THE PERSON IS IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA, WE HAVE A SWORN PERSON DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. THE ASK FROM OUR CHIEF IS TO AUTHORIZE A ADMINISTRATOR 2 POSITION WHICH WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OUR DIRECTOR DOES. >> Y. Jurado: YEAH, I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR PIO POSITION IS OPEN, AND THAT'S YOUR SECRETARY OF SORT. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A DIRECTOR, BUT I'M WONDERING OF THOSE 20 POSITION THAT'S ARE FILLED IS THERE ANY POSITION, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONSIDER EVERYWHERE HERE IN THE CITY, AND IN THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING IS DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER SINCE THERE IS 20 COMMUNICATIONS STAFF TO TRY TO DO THE BEST YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. MA'AM OR THE OF THAT STAFF IS IT SWORN. SO WE DON'T HAVE CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES OR POSITIONS IN THE P.I. O. OFFICE TO UTILIZE FOR THIS POSITION. >> Y. Jurado: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO MOOTER NECESSARY. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I HAVE A BURNING DESIRE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR JOB NOT TO, YOU KNOW, THE MESSENGER, IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER. I JUST HAVE TO SAY FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND PUBLIC AND THE DEPARTMENT RIGHT, IT IS TRUE THAT THE MESSAGING HAS BEEN CONSISTENT AND THE MESS ANGER AND THE LAPD IS WE DON'T ENGAGE IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AND THAT'S PROBABLY, WE CAN DEBATE WHETHER THAT'S FACTS OR NOT. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PUBLIC WANT TO HEAR. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT ANGELINOS ARE ASKING FOR, THEY'RE ASKING FOR EVERY LEADER TO SAY, WE ARE AGAINST EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE, WE'RE AGAINST RACIAL PROFILING, AGAINST WARRANT LISTS ARRESTS AND PROCEDURES, WE WANT TO BITE FAK AGAINST THIS WHITE FASCIST GOVERNMENT. THAT'S THE MESSAGING I WANT TO SEE. AND I WANT TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY, WE RESPONDED UNCORRECTLY, WE SHOULD HAVE NOT FIRED OVER THOUSAND SKIP ROUNDS, THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO HEAR. THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE THE CITY BE LEADERS IN THE MOMENT. SO THE MESSAGING, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE MESSAGING THAT IS COMING OUT OF LAPD AND I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS, BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR THE DEPARTMENT SAY, OUR MESSAGING HAS BEEN LACKING, IT HAS NOT LEFT THE MOMENT AND WE'RE HIRING THIS PERSON BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO BETTER WITH THE PUBLIC. I KNOW THESE CONVERSATIONS WILL NOT END ANYTIME SOON. THE RAIDS WILL CONTINUE. I WOULD SAY, WE JUST NEED LIKE A TOTAL REARRANGEMENT OF HOW TO DO THINGS. I'LL SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC AND YOU. I HAD A RAIDS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT AND TWO WEEKS AGO, IT WAS A SUNDAY MORNING, 9:00 AM, READY TO READ THE L.A. TIEMDS --TIMES, AND THAT PEOPLE WERE RAIDED AT ECHO PARK AND IT WAS I GET THERE, AND THERE WAS A COMMUNITY TELLING STREET VENDORS THAT ICE WAS IN THE AREA. AND YOU KNOW WHO I DIDN'T SEE? LAPD, I DIDN'T SEE THE WORK DOING THIS WORK. IT'S NOT JUST THAT OUR MESSAGING IS WRONG, IS THAT OUR ACTIONS ARE MISGUIDED RIGHT NOW. SO AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSIONS BUT I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO BUT WE REALLY AS A COUNCIL, WE'VE GOT TO CHECK WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND I'VE TOLD PEOPLE FROM THIS MOMENT, THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND EVERYBODY MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC THAT IN THIS MOMENT, WE DON'T GIVE A INCH TO THIS FASCIST GOVERNMENT AND APPROVING THIS, IS GIVING AN INCH. I DON'T APPROVE. >> Council President:er THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. SOTO MOOTER NECESSARY AND SOTO-MARTINEZ AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS, I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE CONTENT WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH WITH THE ITEM WHICH I'LL BE SUPPORTING. BUT I WANT TO JOIN WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO HEAR THAT SPECIFIC MESSAGE THAT SOMETHING LIKE WELL IT IS NOT A SMART LAW AND I DON'T LIKE IT, SO WE'RE NOT DOING IT. THAT WAS WAY BEYOND THE PAIL, I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THE CHIEF, I'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. BUT I WANT TO JOIN THE COUNCILMEMBERS FROM THIS DESK AND TELL YOU THAT WAS WHOLELY UNACCEPTABLE. THE OTHER THING, I'LL POINT OUT TO MEMBERS, I HAD OCCASION TO LISTEN TO 9-1-1 CALLS AND PEOPLE ARE CALLING AND SAYING, I HAVE A VAN WITH COVERED LICENSE PLATES ROLLING UP TO MY BUSINESS, I DON'T WHETHER TO LET THEM IN OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ICE OR NOT AND THE PERSON SAYING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND THE POLICE TO HELP YOU. ABSOLUTELY HEART BREAKING. SO AND INTIER YATING THAT WE SET UP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN THEY CALL FOR HELP AND THEIR --THEY'RE BASICALLY TOLD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP YOU. I KNOW THIS SPECIFIC JOB IS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEAR FROM THIS COUNCIL. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS, WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 5 NOES. >> Clerk: THIS ITEM A ADOPTED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM 30 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THOSE ITEMS THOSE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, SECONDED AND CIRCULATED. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES, IT WAS EXACTLY TWO MONTHS AGO THAT WE CONSIDERED AND SENT THIS ITEM BACK TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER ANALYSI AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK THE WORK OF THE CAO'S LOOK AND GOING BACK. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY FOR PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP TO HELP US ARRIVE AT A MOMENT WHERE WE CAN FINALLY BEGIN TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS THAT ARE CAUSING SO MANY PEOPLE THE INABILITY TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING AND RETURNING HOME. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR AN AMENDMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOURS, AND THAT IS TO EXEMPT CONDOS AND TOWN HOMES FROM YOUR AMENDMENT. >> SECOND. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MS. PARK FOR FOR YOUR COLLABORATION, I MEAN, SERVING ON AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH YOU ON THIS ITEM AND HAVING ENGAGED WITH MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS REGULARLY, I OFFERED THIS AMENDMENT AS YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO A FEW OF YOU, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE PROPER GUARD RAILS ON FUNDS. SO THIS IS JUST TO CORRECTLY FRAME IT, THIS IS NOT A FEE WAIVER, IT'S A FEE SUB SIDY OF WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING. YOU KNOW, MY AMENDMENT IS SIMPLY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REI MBURSE THE CITY AND THE TAXPAYERS FOR THE, FOR THIS SUBSIDY, SHOULD THE OWNER SELL THE PROPERTY BEFORE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED. SO IT'S A SIMPLE GUARDRAIL SO HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE FRIENDLY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND DEFINITELY HOW DIFFERENT IT IS WHEN IT COMES TO, ISSUES RELATED TO HOSEs --HOAs. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> >> Clerk: 15 AYES. [APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 20 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THIS ITEM WILL GO FORTHWITH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS ITEM 11. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK? I GOT YOU STILL ON THE QUEUE. >> T. Park: MY APOLOGIES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 14 AND 30 ALL GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: I'M SORRY THAT WAS 12, 14 AND 30? >> Council President: 3-0. ALL RIGHT, WE NOW HAVE 11 BEFORE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AGENDAS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A THROUGH F AND WE PEOPLE SPONTANEOUSLY JOINING US AT THE TABLE. WELCOME. I'LL ASK FOLKS FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO WHAT IS BEFORE US. IF YOU CAN COVER THE AMENDMENTS AS YOU KNOW THEM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THAT'S A TALL ORDER, I WILL DO MY BEST. OVERALL WE'RE HEREAFTER TWO COMMITTEES PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT AND AD HOC FOR AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS TO THE PROJECTS WOULD SEE IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THE GAMES, PER COUNCIL INSTRUCTION. SO, THE FIRST MOTION BEFORE ME WHICH I BELIEVE IS, HERNANDEZ-SOTO-MARTINEZ MOTION, ASKS TO ENSURE THAT DIGITAL DISPLAYS LOCATED IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL LOTS NEAR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS HAVE A DIFFERENT TIME ALLOWANCE. ESSENTIALLY THE HOURS OF OPERATION BEING 7:00 AM TO 10:00 P.M. AND THAT AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO PAGE 10, I BELIEVE OF THE ORDINANCE. STAFF WOULD KIND OF RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT THAT AMENDMENT BE TO PAGE 4 I BELIEVE, BECAUSE THIS ORDINANCE DOES COVER CHAPTER 1 AND CHAPTER 1 A OF THE ZONING CODE WHICH AS YOU KNOW IS APPLICABLE TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. SO IN ORDER TO HAVE PARITY, WE WOULD LIKE THAT SAME AMENDMENT TO BOTH SECTIONS OF THE BUILDING CODE. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS 1 1-D, I BELIEVE THIS IS FROM CD4. THIS ONE INSTRUCTS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND REQUESTS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY CREATE A CLEAR NECESSARILY FINDING RELATEDS TO CONVERSION OF TEM PORARY TO PERMANENT PROJECTS. IN ADDITION, INSTRUCTS THE CITY LIASON TO REPORT QUARTERLY REPORTS DETAILING INFORMATION ABOUT RECEIVED APPLICATIONS FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE LIASON ANALYZE AND REPORT ON TREND OVER CONCENTRATION OF REQUESTS AND APPROVALS IN CERTAIN AREAS. OKAY. 1 1-E FROM CD5, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, REQUESTS THAT THERE BE A CLASS STATING THAT NO CONSTRUCTION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF CONVERTATION MAY COMMENCE ALL DEVELOPMENTAL SIGN OFFS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED. SECONDLY, REQUEST A CLOCK SO SET A DECISION TIMELINE FOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS FORCING A TIMELY DECISION HELPS OFFICIAL OLYMPIC PARTNERS ESTABLISH DIRECTLY, AND PUNISHING ILLEGAL OPERATIONS. I SHOULD PREFACE BY SAYING I BELIEVE THIS IS RELATED TO SIGNAGE. AND THIRDLY, PROHIBIT OF ISSUANCE OF ANY SIGN TO ANY OFF SITE OR PROPERTY OWNER THAT IS OPERATING OR FACILITATING THE OPERATION OF ILLEGAL SIGNAGE WITHIN CITY LIMITS. ALL THESE ARE RELATED TO SIGNAGE IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THEN LASTLY, FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 5-2, REQUESTING THAT REQUESTING TO STAUD' A MECHANISM WHERE THE CITY RECEIVES 50 PERCENT OF THE PROJECTED NET REVENUE RENOVATED BY THESE DIGITAL ASSETS BENEFIT FROM THE ANY COMMERCIAL WIND FALL. SO THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT IN THE VERSIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM PLANNING AND DBS. >> Council President: OKAY, MEMBERSED WE HAVE 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 AMENDMENTS BEFORE US. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER MEMBERS SO WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY AND WE'LL TAKE EACH AMENDMENT ONE BY ONE AND THEN VOTE ON THE WHOLE ITEM AS AMENDED. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO, THIS IS COMPLICATED. THERE IS A LOT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING ALL AT ONCE. MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CITY WIDE SIGNAGE ORDINANCE ANYWAY TO WE TOOK THIS CHANCE TO DIVE INTO THIS. SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PREPARE FOR THE 2028 GAMES AND THERE IS OBVIOUSLY AN OBLIGATION TO MOVE QUICKLY. WE KNOW THAT THE FINANCIAL STAKES ARE VERY CLEAR. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS COULD TURN INTO A SIGN FREE FOR ALL, GENERATE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH NO DIRECT BENEFIT TO REVENUES OR SERVICES. COUNCIL WE NEED TO MOVE FAST AND THINK CAREFULLY AT THE SAME TIME. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERN CENTERS ON DIGITAL ADVERTISING, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DIGITAL SIGNAGE. IT WOULD BE A GREAT DEAL WITHOUT INCREASING TAXES BUT THERE IS NO GAMES RELATED REASON TO RUN ADS SIX MONTHS TO TWO YEARS BEFORE THE OPENING CEREMONY. LA28 REVENUE PROJECTIONS RELY ON ASSETS AND ANY NEW DIGITAL SITS AT THE TOP OF THAT BASE LINE. THAT OUTCOME WELCOMES WELL FOR PRIVATE OPERATINGS BUT COMMUNITY DESERVE A CUT. OTHERWISE, RESIDENTS END UP WITH LIGHTING UP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. IN ITS CURRENT HOME, THIS ORDINANCE, LOCK REVENUE FOR THE SIGN INDUSTRY WITHOUT CLEAR RETURN FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE ANOTHER SERIOUS CONCERN AND THAT IS AROUND ENFORCEMENT. TOO MANY OPERATORS BUILD FIRST AND DEAL WITH ENFORCEMENT LATER IF IT COMES UP AT ALL. AND THERE IS NO REALISTIC WAY FOR DBS TO KEEP UP WITH CURRENT CONDITIONS. A ZONE ISING EXEMPTION CREATES A PERFECT COVER FOR BAD ACTORS. OPERATORS CLAIM OLYMPIC AFFILIATION. IF THE CITY IS GOING TO FACILITATE THIS ACTIVITY THIS NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY. IN EXCHANGE, I BELIEVE COLLEAGUES WE SHOULD COMMIT TO A STRICT 14-DAY SIGN OFF SO THEY CAN--AGAINST ILLEGAL SIGNS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT. BUT I DON'T SUPPORT CREATING ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS, THE CITY ALREADY STRUGGLES TO MANAGE. AND BEFORE GRANTING SHOULD TIGHTEN THE ROLES SO NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PROTECTED. AND I HAVE INTRODUCED A COUPLE OF MOTION TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE, FIRST 11F I HAVE A MINOR DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO READ THAT. SO RIGHT NOW, ONE, SAYS REQUIRE A REVENUE SHARING, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, I RO AMEND TO SAY, REPORT BACK ON 60 DAYS TO ESTABLISH A MECHANISM WHERE THE CITY RECEIVES UP TO 50 PERCENT OF THE NET NEW REVENUE GENERATED BY THESE REVENUE ASSETS. >> Council President: SECOND. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S TEAM, THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM, THE OLYMPICS TEAM. MUCH OF THE SIGNAGE IS ALREADY COVERED BY EXISTING ADVERTISING WITH LA28 SPONSORS BUT SOME LOCATIONS LIKE FAN ZONES ARE NOT NECESSARILY ALREADY COVERED UNDER EXISTING AGREEMENTS. AND IT CAN BE LUCRATIVE FOR ALL OF US. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON 1 1-E, WHICH IS THE SEPARATE MOTION I INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT, MAKE EXPLICIT, I WANT TO TO SAY IT WOULD BE A 14-DAY CLOCK WHICH WOULD BE HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE SO IT DOES NOT JUST GO INTO A BLACK HOLE WHERE PEOPLE ARE WAITING MONTHS, IT PUTS THE OWN US FOR US TO GET ORGANIZED AND EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING TO NEED TO GO INTO THE GAMES. AND FINALLY, BILLBOARD COMPANIES AND LAND OWNERS CURRENTLY FACILITATING AN ILLEGAL DIGITAL SIGN ANYWHERE UNDER THE CITY SHOULD IS NOT BE PERMITTED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE. I HAVE THE TWO AMENDMENT, SORRY IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOPPY BUT THERE IS A LOT HERE. ADDING IN.14 DAYS ON THE SHOCK CLOCK. >> Council President: I'LL SECOND BOTH OF THOSE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY AND A NUMBER OF MEMBERS PUT IN AMENDMENTS, I WANT TO THANK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, HAS BEEN A FEW COMMITTEES AND TODAY WE'RE HERE WITH THE REPORT THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO VOTE ON. I JUST WANT TO SAY, ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY, TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I KNOW A BUNCH OF US LAST NIGHT WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS, GOT, A DOCUMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT FOR ME CONSTITUTED A SERIOUS POLICY INTERVENTION AT THE LAST MINUTE, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN INTO TWO COMMITTEES. I WANT TO GO ON RECORD SAYING, THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR THIS COUNCIL. AND IT LEADS CREED YENS TO THOSE THAT SAY FUNCTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO MUNICIPAL LEGAL WORK SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM AN ELECTED OFFICE. SO WE'RE VERY TROUBLED BY THAT AT THE LAST MINUTE BUT I'M GLAD WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO READ THROUGH THAT AND DIGEST IT AND MOVE TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE READY TO TAKE A VOTE. SO BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: YE, I GUESS I HAVE A REQUEST REGARDING THE AMENDING MOTION FOR 1 1-E FOR THE SHOCK CLOCK, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA BUT I WANT TO FIGURE OUT AS A CITY, IF WE'RE UNABLE TO MEET THAT, WHAT WHAT IS A REMEDY? TO MAKE IT ENFORCEABLE BECAUSE WE MISLEAD LINES ALL THE TIME? AND SO, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIGURE THAT OUT OR MAYBE AMEND THE MOTION TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY AT THE TABLE HAS ANYTHING? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. HELLGAL FOR THE RECORD, I THINK IT'S A EXCELLENT QUESTION, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE CONTEXT. BOTH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE FOR SOMETIME. SO I THINK THERE IS IN MIND AN EXPEDITIOUS PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE LIASON AND DLG DEPARTMENT PROVIDE IN A TIMELY MANNER. BUT THE IT PRODUCES THE QUESTION, WHAT IF IT DOES NOT HAPPEN. ONE OPTION IS THAT IT COULD BE DEFAULT APPROVED OR DEFAULT, YOU KNOW, DECLINED BUT, I'LL OFFER MY COLLEAGUE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. >> Speaker: YES, KEN, WE CAN LEAVE IT TO THE MAKER OF THE MOTION TO CLARIFY THAT BUT TO DEEMED QUALIFICATION OR DEEMED DENIED. I UNDERSTOOD IT FROM THE MOTION THAT THIS SHOCK CLOCK IS FOR THE CLEAR ENS FOR THE GAME LIASON, WHICH IS MAYOR'S OFFICE, C A O AND CITY ATTORNEY WHICH WAS ADDED IN COMMITTEE. AND THAT IS FOR THE EXEMPTION FROM PLANNING AND ZONING REQUIREMENT. ONCE THAT IS EXEMPTION IS CLEARED, IT WOULD GO ON TO DBS FOR THE ISSUANCE WHICH IS A SEPARATE PROCESS. I THINK THE INTENTION IS THAT THIS WAS RELATED TO THE CLEARANCE, BUT WE CAN LET THE COUNCILMEMBER CLARIFY. >> IT'S NOT ON. >> K. Yaroslavsky: OUR INTENTION IS THAT IT WOULD BE DEEMED APPROVED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING GOES TO DB A AND IF THERE ARE SERIOUS, ISSUES, THERE IS A CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS IS NOT LAND VISH. AND DISCIPLINE IF THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE NO OR IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BUILD IN. IT'S JUST NOT A YES OR A KNOXER YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND MAYBE THAT RESTARTS THE FOUR DAYS. WE NEED TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN MOVING QUICKLY AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LETTING PEOPLE PUT UP CRAZY STUFF THAT IS IS NOT SAFE. PERHAPS, WE CAN HAVE THEM REPORT BACK ON WHAT IS THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT IT'S IN CHECKS IN PLACE THAT IT'S NOT OWNEROUS BUT TAKES AWAY THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE WITH THIS ORDINANCE. >> BLAH BLAH, OKAY. %-@. What happens in the ACTION IS N TAKEN. WHERE THIS IS A FOUR-MEMBER BODY WHERE TWO MEMBERS VOTE YES AND TWO MEMBERS VOTE NO. SO THEY'VE TAKEN AN ACTION. THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT FORMED AS A COMMITTEE THIS IS MET AS A ADMINISTRATIVE CLEARANCE AND STRUCTURES SO ALL THE GAME LIASONS WOULD HAVE TO SIGN OFF AND AGREE THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS NECESSARY FOR THE STAGING OF THE GAMES AND THOSE LIASONS BECAUSE THEY'RE WRITTEN INTO THE GAMES AGREEMENT, THEY HAVE EXPERTISE TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS NECESSARY FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND MAYOR'S OFFICE AND CAO AND CLA SO ALL OF THEM HAD TO AGREE, THIS WAS AN OLYMPIC, PARALYMPIC PROJECTS AND IT'S A ADMINISTRATIVE SIGN OFF. THAT OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WOULD HELP PROVIDE THAT SERVICE OF INTAKE AND CIRCULATING THE CLEARANCE TO THOSE LIASONS BUT IT WOULD BE A SPLIT VOTE. >> SO IF SOME MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE THINK IT IS AND SOME MEMBERS THINK IT'S NOT, WHAT HAPPENS? IT WOULD NOT RECEIVE THE CLEARANCE, IT WOULD HAVE AN EXEMPTION, IT WOULD NOT BE DEEMED EXEMPT FROM PLANNING AND ZONING. AND NA IS CONSIDERED AN ACTION. NO ACTION BE TAKEN BEFORE FOUR CALENDAR DAYS SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IS COMING TO THE DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE PER YOUR POINT. >> >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD, SO YOU'VE GOT TO ALL WIN ALL FOUR IN ORDER TO GET APPROVAL, KIND OF LIKE THE NBA FINALS. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY FOR BEING THE FIRST PERSON TO USE SHOCK CLOCK. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CHANGES PUT FORWARD BY THE CITY ATTORNEY? THE RED LINED DOCUMENT THAT WE RECEIVED THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER. ARE WE, ARE WE VOTING ON THAT TODAY? OR WHAT? >> NO. >> NO, WE'RE NOT. >> NO WE'RE VOTING ON WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US. >> N. Raman: WHICH IS WHAT CAME THROUGH THE PLUM COMMITTEE. >> Council President: YES, THE PLUM COMMITTEE PROCESS. >> N. Raman: SO THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS THAT WAS OFFERED BEFORE TODAY? >> Council President: YES. SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, MADAM CLERK CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: THE FIRST ONE IS TO A ALSO INSTRUCT THE OFFICE AND FINANCE TO REPORT BACK IN 60 DAYS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS AMENDMENT, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 11-E I YAROSLAVSKY RAMAN TO SET THE 14 DAY SHOCK CLOCK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON AMENDING MOTION 11-D, RAMAN I YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WLAZ NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 11C SOTO-MARTINEZ-- >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 11 WHICH INCLUDES 11 A, THE PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT AND AD HOC COMMITTEES REPORT AS AMENDED BY 11, CD, E AND F. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU,-- >> Council President: THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY. MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: TER POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT. ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. Parks so that it's a place for folks to be able to congregate. And my goal is to make sure that we're making parks as utilized as possible. The tax incentives for the film industry are slowly starting to kick in. And I know that you've been very much a part of that. How are things going? What are you hoping for and what are you seeing at this moment? Is it is there a shift or are we have we hit bottom and starting to move back up when it comes to work coming back to the entertainment capital of the world. I'm optimistic in seeing at least the first wave of distributions that were made, and all the feature films, and especially a lot of the independent films that are going to be now shot in California and in Los Angeles. But we got to make sure that as the incentives are doing their work and their magic, and I'm very grateful to the governor for pushing this the way he did. But as that's happening, we got to make sure as a city, what are we doing to roll out the red carpet and to make sure that smaller productions aren't finding it difficult or onerous to work with the city, to work with film LA, to work with the different departments and agencies. If there are inefficiencies, because we have multiple duplicative requirements, well, then maybe it's time for us to look at that and shorten that to make the appropriate changes and adjustments needed. You know, so we need to continuously figure out how we stay competitive and fight against these other factors that are constantly taking filming away from us and make it easier to continue filming here. Uh maybe in the past, we needed to have multiple onerous requirements for safety purposes, but maybe we can now modify those so that it's easier to film here and not have that increasing cost of doing the business here. Yeah taking the hassle out will always make it much more appealing to people. And let's not forget, Los Angeles is a place of a lot of folks coming into the area to pursue entertainment. This is how Los Angeles grew. If we're going to make it difficult for people to come in, we're going to forego on the opportunity of having the talent that came with these individuals. You know, not just the talent of performing, but also the talent of wanting to leave the comfort of their family in another state hundreds of miles away, maybe in another country, to pursue the dream. Because even if they end up not being in the industry, those that that raw talent is what puts us ahead of everybody else , because those are the attributes that character that strengthened the area, that allowed us to have people with grit and perseverance. I hear a lot of hope and promise in everything that you've been saying. What do you love best about being a council member? Right now? Being able to make an impact. That's the goal of this . You want to make an impact. You want to you want to make things. Obviously, you want to make things better off than when you took the role. So if people want to know what you're doing or ask you questions or just keep informed, what's the best way for them to follow up on our conversation in a more intimate way? Multiple ways? They can, first of all, call our office to traditional way. Uh they can follow us on one of our handles, Instagram handle is CD2 Los Angeles. Uh or they can go to our website at L.A. city and be able to follow us as well. I also have to thank your office for being so gracious and so quiet while we've been chatting. This morning. They've all been very kind and very courteous. We really appreciate it. Thank you for saying that. I have a wonderful team. They make me look good. Well I'm sure they're attracted to that because you are such a good person. So thank you so much. It's been wonderful to talk to you and I hope we get a chance to talk again. Looking forward. Thank you. Three Los Angeles City firefighters, all from southern California, but with an even deeper connection. These men serve not only their city, but their country as well, with pride in both uniforms to celebrate Veterans Day, we highlighted these firefighter and marine veterans each one with over 20 years of experience . So I definitely take great pride in wearing both uniforms. I didn't think I would still be in the Marine Corps after 24 years. There aren't very many of us on the fire department that are still actively in the reserves and Marine Corps. I'm Master Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Darcy. I've been in the Marines for 24 years now. Did five years active duty, been in the reserves ever since, and then on the fire department, it's firefighter paramedic, and I've been on the fire department since 2007. So about almost going on 19 years. My name is David Arellano, an inspector with the Los Angeles City Fire Department. I've been on the fire department for 22 years. I'm also in the United States Marines reserves. I hold the rank of master gunnery sergeant. I've been faithfully serving for the past 28 years. I was born in East L.A. my dad was LAPD, so kind of a hard individual. His dad, my grandpa, was a World War Two marine who was a Purple Heart recipient during the battle of the Pacific, and specifically on the island of Guadalcanal. So he was brought up by a marine and he pretty much volun told my brother and I that we were going to be going into the marine Corps after we graduated from high school. My name is Jason Noll. I'm a master gunnery sergeant, retired in the United States Marine Corps. I did 29 years of service with the Marine Corps. I've been with the Los Angeles Fire Department for about 17 years at this point. I was born in Torrance, raised in Hermosa Beach. When I was in high school, there was a marine Corps ROTC program. I found out I wanted to join the Marine Corps, mostly because I got to see the Marines that were running the program there. I grew up in Castaic, a little town outside of Santa Clarita, and being outside as much as I did kind of gave me the reason why I wanted to become a marine. So I default to Operation Iraqi Freedom because that's the most memorable of my deployments. Obviously, going to Iraq and Iraq. We were doing convoys a lot of convoys. We were doing a lot of protection of diplomats. The ambassador, you know, generals, stuff like that. Through Iraqi freedom, enduring freedom. Our other missions that we did was ship boarding. We probably boarded a dozen ships that were suspected al Qaeda ships, and we would search them with other branches of the military and deem who was a terrorist and who wasn't, and then just escorting ships through very dangerous waters as far as how it impacted me, I would say it gave me a great appreciation and deeper love for our nation, our military, and deep down, pride of what I was doing and, you know, helping people. When I was in Iraq, we were in Kuwait. We were like living in a large tent city, and there was an electrical fire, and it burned down all of our tents, all of our equipment burned down all of our personal belongings burned down. We all tried to put it out with the fire extinguishers, but none of us had any, like, formal training on how to extinguish a fire at that point, I started to have the desire to know what to do in that situation. So then I started pursuing fire tech classes and that's what kind of set me on the path to end up being a firefighter. While I was in the Marine Corps, the decision to look towards the lAFD was not really a decision that I made growing up in the in the 90s, everyone wanted to be a firefighter, and I didn't think that it was something that that was really possible for me to do. Not because I wasn't strong enough, but I just didn't know anything about it. And so I went into the Marine Corps kind of found my voice, but I still didn't have any direction towards the fire department. My mom, God bless her soul, she worked in the city and she was like, come downtown with me to a fire. And police expo and hesitantly, I, I just honored her and went downtown and filled out one of those green interest cards and from that, from that interest card came this job. It's a wonderful testament to the dedication that my mom had to raise her son and to put me in a position that can provide for my family in the future. It means a lot to have fellow firefighters in the Los Angeles City Fire Department that are also fellow master Gunnery sergeants in the Marine Corps Reserves. To get to that