We are here in City Hall commemorating the ten years of the day religious pluralism to honor, to acknowledge the beautiful tapestry of our faith communities, more so to reaffirm the sacredness exists in all of humanity, because that's what our city is about. Pluralism is a recognition that there are different religions. We have to go beyond just a mere that yes, there are different religions. We have to towards that genuine feeling of, warm heartedness towards each other, a genuine feeling of community that we are seekers of sacred, manifesting something in our lives. Faith Leaders do work together and there's really the best example of what it means to be building bridges, serving community at a greater expanse, but to this today, it just should have flow outward, outward. So ripple effect when you drop the little stone where those ripples go. So starting and then out the doors of city hall into our communities, city council declaration, for example, are not just something that in a vacuum and forgotten about for ten years now we've tried to live this declaration to show the city of Los Angeles we're all different pieces of mosaic and we put together pluralistic. We make it beautiful image. It takes effort to, reach across to try to understand other more deeply and to create space for each other and making sure that we truly are paying attention and listening that we're lifting each other up. Unfortunately, there are parts not just here in the US, but different parts of the world where we see religion as a source of, violence and sectarianism when in religion is a source of love. And that's why this is really important. Manhattan Place Elementary School A new outdoor literacy corner. We know that reading is always a good but just in case, the kids don't know that yet. The school drafted a Dodgers star. Help them catch the reading habit. Yes, yes. Today we are celebrating in our partnership with the LA Dodgers and the Will and Karen Smith Foundation are unveiling our outdoor literacy corner of this . Our students with multiple opportunities to develop their love for literacy and, a love for reading. And it also shows the students that reading is fun and reading doesn't only take place inside the classroom, but really naturally can take place outdoors. You guys ready? Read a book. I read the Berenstain Bears. Go out for the teeth. Today is really special because we're partnering with Manhattan Place and they are actually the second school this year that we're doing a literacy corner renovation when we were the World Series, we launched our literacy corner as part of our MLB series Legacy Initiative and . We did so in partnership with our Will Smith and his wife, Cara, their foundation Catching Hope. So All four organizations came together and we committed doing three unveilings during 2025 season. And this is the second of three all for the ball had second and declared him out he made a big splash she out that those were the rules so I hope they get to just enjoy this moment you know with me, the Dodgers here, it's a fun day. You know they're all super excited. I love I love hearing the excitement have so hopefully when they come here each and every day they're at school and the literacy corner they'll remember this day and remember, you know, the impact that we had and how we just to enjoy reading and you know hopefully this makes the space a little more enjoyable for them. Books are a gateway to knowledge and the world around us and having this literacy corner outdoor provides our students with an operating to continue developing love of reading and gaining multiple experiences through books. And it's a great way to knit. Our students don't we have people in the community that love care for your success and why? We are partnered with people like Will Smith and his foundation just to show our students like you matter. We see you, we hear you and you are important. We'll help you go. LA Memorial Coliseum and Sofi Stadium in Inglewood will as the official venues for the opening closing ceremonies of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. The announcement, along with Council member Curren Price and Olympic and Paralympic athletes, the Coliseum was first host to the Olympics in 1932, again in 1984, and In 2028, it will become the first venue in history host the Olympic Games for a third time, the stadium Inglewood will host the Paralympic ceremony and will share the Olympic opening ceremony with the LA Coliseum, a dual venue celebration. For more information, visit Mayor LA City Gov slash Press Angelinos celebrating with metallic balloons should keep them secure and prevent them from floating into power lines, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water Power, LA, DWP the utility said that recently metallic hitting equipment had caused five outages in one week, leaving nearly 3000 customers without power. California Law requires all metallic balloons to be anchored with a weight to prevent them from going into power lines. In addition, the DWP advises that metallic balloons should never be released outdoors, always be deflated before discarding Angelenos should report any incident of metallic balloons and power lines contact by calling one 800 dial DWP. For more information, visit LA DWP, News.com. Mayor Karen Bass and the Economic and Workforce Development Department invite Business owners to attend the 2025 Procure LA Summit. The summit will highlight working with the City's Big Three, the LA Department of Water and Power Los Angeles World Airports, the Port of Los Angeles. Attendees will gain insight into accessing capital and procurement opportunities for upcoming events like the World Cup, the Super and the 2028 Olympic Games. According Procure LA, the summit will include networking with over 30 government agencies and Prime vendors, training workshops and onsite support from its team. The 2025 Procure LA Summit Working the Big Three takes place on Thursday 29th, beginning at 8 a.m. For more information visit, procure LA. Weather sworn or civilian Asian representation has grown in the of LA's police department at a cultural celebration. The Department gathered to celebrate all that makes Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month a special occasion occasion. I'm here and thrilled again to come back to emcee the LAPD a HPI celebration as we know we're in Asian American, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Month. And this is just wonderful event that the LAPD hosts each and every year along with Leap, the Short for Law Enforcement Association of Asian-American Pacific, we have the Korean American Enforcement Organization. We're co-hosting event. We have brought Filipino Americans, the Chinese American, Korean Americans, Japanese American, Thai. We've also brought in a of food because I think that's how you best people so we have Chinese food Korean food and some Filipino food as well so everybody can enjoy a little bit we did put together about five or six different performances as K-Pop and Chinese is very popular. So we also performance by Chinese group today the Asian community grown in population in the city Los Angeles. So we really wanted to celebrate and highlight all the people the forefathers before us that brought us and we just want to celebrate with the community. And as you can see, it's big production and we >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 30th DAY OF MAY, IN THE YEAR 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS JOHN FERRARO CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MR. CLERK LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: FIRST ORDER OF MINUTES. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 28, 2025. >> Council President: JURADO MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council Presiden: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PRICE SECONDS. LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM NUMBER 2 ON THE DESKMENT >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 3 ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. SUBMITTED AND UPLOADED TO COUNCIL FILE. ITEM 4 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 25-0600. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SPECIALS MEMBERS? ON COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 4 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OKAY. ANY OTHERS ON THIS SIDE? MR. PRICE? NOTHING TODAY? ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD. ANY ON MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME, MR. CLERK. JAOL MR. PRESIDENT THE ITEMS MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR 1 AND 3. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: EXCITING MORNING OF PRESENTATIONS TO BE KICKED OFF BY COUNCILWOMAN IMELDA PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY'RE SO SHY IN THIS BUILDING, SHARE SO SHY. I FEEL SO SHORT TODAY. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES, HAPPY FRIDAY. HONORED GUESTS AND OF COURSE TO MY PAULEY PARROT FAMILY. TODAY I HAVE THE SPECIAL PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING SUN VALLEY'S VERY OWN JOHN H FRANCIS TECHNICAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM. CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE? [APPLAUSE] THIS IS A TEAM THAT DIDN'T JUST PLAY THE GAME, THEY REWROTE THE STORY OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN DETERMINATION AND DRIVE MEET HEAD ON. LET'S TALK ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THIS YEAR, OUR PAULEY PARROTS SHOWEDER DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONS AND UNDEFEATED TITLE HOLDERS WITH A FLAWLESS 12-0 RECORD. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE. SO TO THE PLAYERS, YOU SHOWED THAT EXCELLENCE IS NOT BUILD IN EVERY MORNING, EVERY PRACTICE, EVERY SPINT, EVERY HUDDLE EVERY DIVISION TO PUSH HARDER WHEN NOBODY IS WATCHING. INCLUDING HAVING THE GRADES TO PLAY BECAUSE ACADEMICS ARE IMPORTANT TOO. SO COACH JOE WATT DIVISION 1 OF THE YEAR, YOU DID NOT ONLY GUIDE A TEAM YOU GAVE CONFIDENCE AND TO YOUR SON, OUR CD1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR, LET'S HEAR IT. YOU ON THE COURT SET THE TEAM FOR THE SEASON. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS WRONG, QUION AND JAUL, WHO EARNED ALL CITY DIVISION 12 HONORS REPRESENTING NOT JUST SKILLS BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE POLY PARROTS. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE TIME TO MENTION THE PRINCIPAL MR, WAKE. THIS IS A WRONG NAME, I HAVE TO CHECK THAT OUT. AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MARIA HERNANDEZ. SO TODAY ON ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOSS LOXER WE SAYS LOUD AND PROUD, SI SE S PUDO. AND NOW I'M HONORED TO PRESENT COACH JOE WHAT. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, WE'VE THEY HELPED ME AND MY SON, SO WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT THIS YEAR. THE TEAM, WE GOT TO THE CHAMPION, IT WAS A GREAT RUN, WE DID OUR THING, WE GOT AFTER IT. THE BOYS THEY WORKED HARD THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. WE HAD A GREAT ATMOSPHERE. THE BOYS GOT AFTER IT. IT WAS A GREAT THING THIS YEAR. THIS TEAM IS ONE OF MY SPECIAL TEAMS. THAT'S WHAT MADE THE RUN THAT MUCH BETTER. AND MIKE HAMILTON, THEY HELPED ME OUT. SO WE TRIED TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE FOR THESE KIDS. AND THEY, THEY, THEY BOUGHT INTO EVERYTHING WE WANTED. SO THAT'S WHY WE GOT THE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM. SO, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US. I'M GOING TO LET JAL COME OUT AND TALK IN --MY CAPTAINS. ?I. JUST WANT TO SAY I'M THANKFUL FOR OUR TEAMMATES AND COACHES AND IT WAS A HARD YEAR AND OUR COACHES PUSHED US AND MADE IT THIS FAR. THEY'RE MY FAMILY, THEY'RE MY BUDDIES AND THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY AND WE'RE CITY CHAMPS. >> I. Padilla: TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I WANT THIS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHY YOUTH SPORTS MATTER AND RECREATION. FOR A VERY LONG TIME, THE COMMUNITY OF SUN VALLEY AND ENTIRE CD6 COMMUNITY I WOULD SAY WAS KNOWN FOR BEING A BASEBALL COMMUNITY. BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND THIS PRESENTATION THAT'S I'VE BEEN MAKING, I'VE NOTICED THAT BASKETBALL IS START TO GO DOMINATE WHAT YOUTH IN THIS XLAOUNT' REALLY DO. AND I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST, BECAME A FIELD DEPUTY, I NOTICED THIS STRANGE THING AT SOME OF OUR PARKS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE FULL COURTS, WE ONLY HAD HALF COURTS. AND THEN I HEARD THAT THE REASON WHY THEY DO HALF COURTS WAS BECAUSE, LAPD BELIEVED THAT IT MADE EASIER TO PATROL A PARK. AND I WAS VERY OFFENDED. BECAUSE WITHOUT FURTHER ADO LAPD, YOU SHOULD NOT TELL US. WHAT IF THE NEXT KOBE BRYANT DIDN'T HAVE A FULL COURT. NO MORE HALF COURTS, FULL COURTS, DO YOU AGREE? SHOULD WE HAVE FULL COURTS? HALF COURTS? FULL COURTS! ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] SO OUR YOUNG ATHLETES, MAY THIS MOMENT REMIND YOU THAT YOU'RE NOT ONLY CHAMPIONS BUT SCHOLARS, ROLL MODELS AND ALSO INSPIRING US WITH OUR WORK. THANK YOU AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE PARROTS LOOK GOOD AND THE ENTIRE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THANK YOU AGAIN, COLLEAGUES FOR GIVING ME THE TIME FOR THIS PRESENTATION. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE TWO THINGS FOR YOU. THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR BRINGING IN THIS TEAM. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE OUR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYERS DO THEIR BEST TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES PROUD. CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. YOUR FUTURE LOOKS REALLY BRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I WILL NOTE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, WE NOW HAVE DEAT --DECATHLON, ALWAYS KNOW ANY POLY HIGH STUDENT, YOU SHOULD FEEL ESPECIALLY AT HOME HERE AT LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. THE GREATEST MAYOR THE CITY HAS KNOWN AND A POLY ALUMNI SO YOU'RE IN GOOD TRADITION WITH TOM BRADLEY AND LEE PAUL AND SO MANY IN HISTORY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY THAT YOU'RE MAKING FOR US HERE IN LOS ANGELES. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, ALL. >> Council President: ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. >> J. Lee: HAS CHANGES THOUSANDS OF LIFES. THROUGH A NETWORK OF OVER 50 HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS FAITH BASE GROUPS AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, THEY'VE DELIVERED HELP WHERE IT MATTERS MOST, DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, WHEN THEY NEED IT. GREG ONCE EXPLAINED TO YOU, THAT WHEN YOU DONATE A LARGE SUM TO A CHARITY YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THE BENEFIT BUT WHEN YOU GIVE DIRECTLY TO THOSE IN NEED, YOU SEE THE IMPACT AND THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO GIVE MORE. HE SET OUT TO INSPIRE, AND THAT WOULD HELPFULLY, MAKE THEM GIVE MORE. LAST YEAR ALONE THIS CONTRIBUTIONS DISTRIBUTED OVER 16 MILLION DOLLARS TO MORE THAN 17,500 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. ALL OF US HAVE HAD THOSE MOMENTS WHERE YOU HEAR THE STORY AND THERE IS NO PROGRAM TO HELP THEM OUT OF THEIR SITUATION. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN JOYCE LOST HER HOME, IT WAS NOT HER HOME LETTER, IT WAS A PHONE CALL, A CONVERSATION, AND A HEARTFELT RESPONSE THAT SHE DESCRIBED AS A MORE TOUCHING AND SINCERE GESTURE SHE HAD RECEIVED. RECEIVED AN AING THE FUNTD GRANT AND GIFT CARD TO OFFSET FOOD COSTS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO STRINGS ATTACHED. AND JUST DOWN THE LOAD IN MY DISTRICT, IN WEST HILLS, TONY ROBERTS AND THE TEAM AT KIDS CLUB AN ESSENTIAL CHILDCARE AND CAMP PROGRAM, WERE ABLE TO STAY AFLOAT THANKS TO THE CHANGE REACTION SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF FUND. NOW THESE ARE FEW OF A THOUSANDS OF LIVES TOUCHED BY THIS ORGANIZATION COMPASSION AND INNOVATION, WHETHER IT'S RENT, GROCERIES AND TRANSPORTATION AND MEDICAL BILLS, THEY DON'T WAIT FOR THE SYSTEM TO CATCH UP, THEY STEP IN AND THEY MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE. THE CHANGE REACTION BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A GROUP OF WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WHO MAKE AN INCOME WHERE THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY QUALIFY FOR ANY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS BUT ALSO DO NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF SAFETY NET. WHAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE, WAS THAT, WHEN PEOPLE WERE CLIMBING UP THE MOUNTAIN OF LIFE, THAT ONE INCIDENT, ONE TRAGEDY, ONE CAR ACCIDENT, ONE MEDICAL BILL DIDN'T BRING THOSE PEOPLE ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN. THEIR MOTTO ROOTED IN TRUST, AND DIGNITY IS ONE THAT WE SHOULD ALL LEARN FROM. AND THE COMMITMENT TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS HAS ONLY DEEP END. IN FACT THEIR RESENT RESPONSE TO THE WILDFIRES, THEY LAUNCHED A WILDFIRE DIRECT GIVING FUND WITH INITIAL 120 MILLION DOLLARS COMMITMENT AND WITH A GOAL TO REACH 50 MILLION DOLLARS. NOT TO JUST HOMEOWNERS BUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE OFTEN DISCUSS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS, WHILE LIVING, WHILE WORKING IN THOSE AREAS AFFECTED BY THOSE FIRES. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO TO SHOW OF A BRIEF EXAMPLE OF THE CHANGE THAT THEY'RE MAKING IN OUR CITY. >> IT'S REALLY A MOVEMENT. IT'S A MOVEMENT OF GENEROSITY AND LOVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WE ACT QUICKLY, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE. [APPLAUSE] >> SINCE THE INCEPTION IN TO 19, CHANGE REACTION AS GIVEN AWAY 45 MILLION DOLLARS TO 37,000 PEOPLE! [APPLAUSE] >> THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR FIVE YEARS UNDER THE RADAR WITH NO PR, NOT RAISING MONEY. YOU KNOW, ONE VICTORY AT A TIME. WE HAVE A TEAM THAT HAS CRACKED THE CODE ON HOW TO GIVE TO PEOPLE DIRECTLY. >> WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT, WE MOBILIZED OUR TEAM, WE STARTED GETTING MONEY OUT TO PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY. >> IT'S TIME TO CREATE THE GREATEST DIRECT GIVING WILDFIRE REFUND EVER. >> IT GIVES ME HOPE TO SEE HUMANITY COME TOGETHER IS REALLY BREATHTAKING. >> BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT,--HELP. >> A LOT OF US ARE JUST REGULAR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET BY AND SURVIVE. WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO HELP A LOT MORE AND WE'RE ASKING ANGELINOS, HELP US TO THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. THIS MATTERS BECAUSE YOU MATTER TO US. >> PERFORMING MIRACLES HERE IN LOS ANGELES. AND AND CHAIN REACTION IS ONE OF THEM. >> CHAIN REACTION. >> CHAIN REACTION. >> SUPER EXCITED. >> IT INSPIRES TO US HELP OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. >> GOD BLESSED PEOPLE RIGHT HERE. >> MIRACLE PERSON. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: BUT PERHAPS IT'S JUST THE DLARD BUT THE SPIRIT THAT THEY RESCORED, THE BELIEVE THAT PHILANTHROPY SHOULD FEEL LIKE A NEIGHBOR KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR, NOT PAPERWORK OR WAITING ROOMS. WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO THINGS HERE TODAY WHO EXPERIENCED THE KINDNESS FIRSTHAND. THEY'RE HERE TO SHARE WHAT IT FELT LIKE WHEN THE CHAIN REACTION SHOWED UP NOT WITH RED TAPE BUT WITH REAL HELP. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, TO ALL. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. IT'S BEEN TOUGH HAVING ME UP HERE. BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO GREG AND JODIE. OKAY. I JUST HAVE A SMALL, JUST BEAR WITH ME. MY NAME IS JOAN AND I WANT TO SHARE A PIECE OF MY JOURNEY. IT'S A STORY OF ODD BREAKING LOSS AND SURVIVAL LOSS. ALSO ONE OF GRACE FAITH AND EXPECTED KINDNESS. WHILE I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, I STEPPED OUT TO FIX MY MIRROR AND I WAS HIT BY A HIT-AND-RUN. THE DRIVER WAS NEVER FOUND. THAT SINGLE MOMENT TURNED MY WORLD UPSIDE DOWN PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIAL. FINANCIALLY. BY 2009, FELT MY LIFE WAS TURNED. AND THEN HUSBAND, LOST THE HOME THAT HAD LOST THE HOME THAT I HAD BEEN IN FOR 30 YEARS. DEEP END MY DEPRESSION I DID HAVE THE STRENGTH TO LEAVE AT FIRST BUT WHEN I FINALLY DID, I FOUND MYSELF IN A WHOLE. PAYING ALIMONY TO THE VERY MAN THAT HELPED TEAR ME APART. I LOST MY JOB AND FIRED ME UNDER EXCHANGE SHANE SOON. I WAS SCAMMED OUT OF 40,000. I HAD MONEY, I WAS GOING TO USE TO RESTART MY LIFE. REALLY STATE AGENT PROMISED TO HELP ME BY INVESTMENT PROPERTY AND DISAPPEAR WITH EVERYTHING. BEAR WITH ME, OKAY. AND THEN IN 2022 A AN UNEXPECTED, I LOST ALL MY MOTHER, SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND. MY NORTH STAR, MY GUIDE, SHE LIVED TO BE 10 4 YEARS OLD AND MY WHOLE LIFE WERE APART. THEN, THE FIRE CAME, MY HOME WAS FULL OF SMOKE, MY FURNITURE REEKED. MY CAR DESTROYED, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH I COULD TAKE. MY SON TOLD ME TO CHECK THE CHURCH NEAR BY WHO WAS HELPING FAMILY. I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD VOLUNTEER TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT'S WHERE I MET ARIANA CHAIN REACTION. I OPENED UP TO HER ABOUT EVERYTHING, I HAD BEEN THROUGH AND INSTEAD OF PITY OR JUDGMENT, SHE RESPOND WITH SOMETHING I HAD NOT FELT IN A LONG TIME, COMPASSION, SHE LISTENED, SHE CARED AND SHE ACTED TO THE CHAIN REACTION. I AM ABLE TO GET RELIABLE VEHICLE, FURNITURE FOR MY HOME AND FINANCIAL RELIEF THAT GAVE ME ROOM TO BREATHE AGAIN WHAT MEANT THE MOST WAS THE HOPE SHE GAVE ME. SHE REMINDED ME THAT I STILL MATTER. THAT EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING GOOD THINGS CAN STILL FIND US. SO TODAY I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANKS TO JODIE AND GREG. FOR BELIEVING IN ME THAT GRACE IS REAL AND THAT GOD HADN'T GIVEN UP ON ME. YOU DIDN'T CHANGE MY SITUATION, YOU HELPED ME FIND STRENGTH TO BELIEVE AGAIN. THANKS AGAIN, OKAY. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS GLADSTONE, THIS IS MY MOM. THAT WAS A LOT FOR HER. SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT AS YOU HEARD THROUGH HER STORY. NOT ONLY DID THE CHAIN REACTION HELP MY MOTHER OUT. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ALTADENA AND PASADENA AND WENT TO ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL IN THAT AREA AND TO SEE IT TURNOVER NIGHT TO DUST AND ASHES IS UNBELIEVABLE. AND BEING THAT I WAS ABLE TO BUILD A SMALL BUSINESS IN THE CITY THAT I GREW UP, MEANT A LOT TO ME. ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE NEIGHBORS, MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, WE ALL GREW UP AND WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH ME. I HAVE A MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. AS YOU IMAGINE, ALL OF THEIR PEOPLE THAT I WORKED WITH, THEIR HOMES ARE GONE, EVERYTHING THAT I WORKED FOR IS GONE AND ALL MY EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS BURNT UP. AND I BASICALLY LOOKED AT HAVING TO START ALL OVER. BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND JUST THE RELATIONSHIPS WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE CHAIN REACTION AND ABLE TO WORK WITH ARIANA WHO IS A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE. I WANT TO GIVE THANKS AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY HELPS PEOPLE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: COLLEAGUES I'VE NEVER MET TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH BUT EXPECT NOTHING IN RETURN. IN FACT, THEY DON'T WANT THE C.I'VE HAD TO FIGHT TO TRY TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY WANT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE BUSINESS OF HELPING PEOPLE TO GIVE THOSE PEOPLE TO THE ABILITY TO SAY YES, WHEN TOO OFTEN THEY'VE HAD TO SAY NO. THEY KEEP ON GIVING, NOT JUST TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE MAKING ON THE INDIVIDUAL BUT, FROM THE INDIVIDUALS, THE CHANGE AGENTS AS THEY CALL THEM, WHO ARE STANDING BEHIND ME, WHO ARE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION WHO SHARE THE STORY WITH THEM OF HOW IT MADE THEM FEEL WHEN THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF ONE OF THEIR PROGRAMS. I HAVE FELT THIS FIRSTHAND, BY THEIR HELP THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OF BEING IN OFFICE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, I WANT TO THANK THE CHANGE REACTION FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY AND SO MANY OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. YOU'VE HELPED PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND KEEP BUSINESSES ALIVE AND YOU'VE DONE IT WITH HUMILITY AND HEART AND UNSHAKABLE BELIEF IN THE POWER OF KINDNESS. GREG AND JODIE, I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU TO YOU, TO YOUR TEAM, YOUR PARTNERS AND EVERY ONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MISSION, WE ARE GRATEFUL, WE ARE INSPIRED BY YOU, AND WE ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU. [APPLAUSE] COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE FOUNDERS OF CHANGE REACTIONS, MY FRIENDS, GREG AND JODIE PROMAN. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, JOHN. HE'S RIGHT, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE HERE. IT'S NICE TO MEET ALL OF YOU. WE DON'T DO THIS FOR ANYTHING, BUT TO HEAR THE STORIES OF WOMAN BEHIND ME. WE'VE HELPED CLOSE TO 4800 FAMILIES RECOVER FROM THE FIRES, STARTING WITH CASH ASSISTANCE, WHERE WE PROVIDED CHECKS FOR 2700 FAMILIES WITHIN THREE WEEKS OFFERING UP TO 5,000 DOLLARS AND WE'VE SECURED THOUSANDS OF SETS OF FURNITURE, DOING OUR PART WHERE WE'RE BUILDING A MOVEMENT WHICH IS WHAT YOU DO FOR A CITY YOU LOVE. THIS IS A CITY, WE LOVE, BORN AND RAISED HERE, THIRD GENERATION, MY WIFE IS FROM NEW YORK BUT HERE FOR 38 YEARS. L.A. MADE US, L.A. MADE SO MANY PEOPLE. I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, I WAS MACKING A JOKE, IN ALTADENA, I WOULD NOT BE HERE DOING THIS IF I WAS BORN IN WICHITA KANSAS, NO OFFENSE TO WICHITA. THIS CITY MADE US PEOPLE. WE JUST DECIDED THAT WE HAD TO STEP UP AND GIVE BACK. NOT JUST FOR THE WILDFIRES, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 2019 AND HELPING CLOSE TO 75,000 PEOPLE. AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST FELT THAT, TO STEP IN, AND SHOW THE CITY THIS KIND OF LOVE, AND GET THIS SORT OF RESPONSE, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS WOMAN THE MONEY THAT WE DID AND GET THESE RESPONSES, WE HAVE 28,000 THANK YOU NOTES AND TEARS. THERE IS NOBODY LIKE JOHN LEE. I'VE COME, I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE COME TO US FOR REQUESTS, WE'VE OFFERED IT TO YOU GUYS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WE'RE IN ALL OF YOUR DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE SUPPORT 200 ORGANIZATIONS. AND JOHN COMES TO US ON A WEEKLY BASIS, HEY THIS TEACHER HAD AN ISSUE, CAN WE GIVE HER A CHECK. HE'S A CHANGEth AND JOHN YOU'RE A SPECIAL HUMAN BEING, BEYOND BEING WHATEVER, THIS IS YOUR HEART AND SOUL, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME. THANKS FOR HONORING YOU, BUT REALLY YOU'RE AN AMAZING PARTNER. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE. ARIANA, JESSICA FROM ROCK, ERA, THESE ARE CHANGE AGENTS. WE HAVE 2000 PEOPLE ENDEBTED IN HOSPITALS NONPROFITS SCHOOLS LAW FIRMS, EVERY MAJOR EVICTION DEFENSE NETWORK. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE, WE'RE SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIKE YOU. WITHOUT ARIANA, I THINK THEIR ORGANIZATION, WE FUNDED THEM. EVERY SINGLE DAY, SHE IS IN CHURCH CRYING PRAYING HOLDING HER FRIENDS. WE DON'T ONLY LEAVE WITH THEIR WALLET WE LEAVE WITH THEIR HEARTS. YOU GUYS ARE ROCK STARS. THANKS FOR HAVING US. I HAVE TO RUN. MY WIFE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, WE LOVE WHAT YOU WE DO AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT EVERY SOLITARY DAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: COLLEAGUES, I DO HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GRE, HE OFTEN CALLS ME AND SAYS JOHN, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GIVE OUT MORE MONEY. I'M LIKE I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT GREG. BUT SO MANY TIMES THEY JUST HAVE WANTED TO HELP AND SOME OF YOU IN THE CHAMBERS, COUNCIL WERE AFFECTED BY THE FIRES AND YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND YOU REACHED OUT AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP OUT PEOPLE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT. WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE THE FIRE, WE THINK ABOUT THE CITY AS ONE. I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THOSE CHECKS HAPPEN. TO THE GARDENERS PEOPLE NOT NECESSARILY WHO LOST THEIR HOMES BUT THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FIRE FROM THE LOSS OF THEIR JOBS. PEOPLE WE TALK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THESE ARE THE TWO PEOPLE BEHIND IT. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO HONOR THESE TWO AMAZING SPECIAL PEOPLE. >> Council President: YOU'VE GOT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE, AS YOU IMAGINE. LET'S START WITH COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THEM AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR BRINGING THEM INTO MY LIFE AND THE LIFE OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 11. WADE AND GREG AND JODIE, THE EVENT YOU HELD IN THE WEST SIDE IN THE IMMEDIATE DAYS AFTER THE PACIFIC PALISADES FIRE, WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE VERY FIRST MOMENTS THAT PEOPLE WERE COMING TOGETHER IN-PERSON IN THE SAME PLAYBSINGER AND YOU CREATED THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HUMAN CONNECTION, REACTION IN A MOMENT WHEN I THINK WE WERE ALL STILL TRAUMATIZED. PEOPLE DISPLACED SLEEPING ON COUCHES, IN HOTELS. TRYING TO INVENTORY WHAT HAD BEEN LEFT. TRAPPED ABOUT WHAT WAS TO COME AND YOU SHOWED UP IN A WAY THAT WAS SO DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR SO MANY. OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND NEIGHBORS. SO JUST ON BEHALF OF A GREATFUL COUNCIL DISTRICT AND A GREATFUL CITY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID IN THE WAKE OF THE PALISADES FIRE BUT THANK YOU THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY EVERY YEAR. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU JOHN LEE, YOU KNOW, FOR REALLY REACHING OUT TO FOLKS AND MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE. WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED SHARING THAT THERE WAS SUPPORT AVAILABLE. I HAVE TO SAY I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU. YOU KNOW THAT, AND THEN YOU BRING THIS ORGANIZATION TO PEOPLE AND REALLY REAL LIFE SUPPORT. SO I WANT TO THANK GREG AND JODIE FOR YOUR HUMANITY FOR SPENDING THIS PART OF YOUR LIFE AND THIS CRISIS HELPING PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. AND THAT IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL THAT WE GET TESTIMONIES LIKE WE JUST GOT FROM SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T HAVE HOPE AND YOU BROUGHT THEM HOPE. THIS IS WHAT LOS ANGELES IS ABOUT. THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM NOW AND NOT IN A YEAR WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THIS. BUT RIGHT NOW WHILE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO RECOVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THIS LOS ANGELES IS THE CITY OF ANGELS AND JOHN, THANK YOU, IT'S RARE THAT WE BRING GENUINE ANGELS INTO OUR CHAMBERS AND I WANT TO ADD TO IT AND RECOGNIZE GREG AND JODIE FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS STEPPED UP DURING COVID AND PROVIDED STRUGGLING BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT, WE WORKED WITH YOU TO GET THEM LOANS, BETWEEN 5 AND 25,000, THAT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT WERE REALLY ON THE EDGE. AND A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT RELIED ON THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WERE REALLY ON THE EDGE AND YOU STEPPED IN. YOU KNOW, USUALLY, YOU SEE A LOT OF PUBLICKISITY AROUND BIG CHARITY CONTRIBUTIONS, MB GIVES A GIANT DONATION. YOU GUYS HAVE STEPPED IN AND SAID NO, IT'S ABOUT THE SMALL ONES. IT'S ABOUT, HELPING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. AGAIN, I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. WE HAD A SITUATION COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY WAS IN MY DISTRICT WAS NEEDED OXYGEN AND THEIR DWP BILLS GOT BEYOND THEM AND WE WORKED WITH YOU AND YOU GOT THEM STRAIGHT AND YOU GOT THEM THAT LITTLE BIT OF HELP THAT THEY NEED TODAY GET ON THEIR FEET. IT WAS NOT A HUGE DONATION BUT IT WAS A DONATION WHERE THERE WAS NO OTHER SOURCE WHERE THERE ARE THESE GAPS IN PUBLIC DOLLARS AND STATE AND CITY FUNDS. AND IT'S AMAZING TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO JUST SAYS, I'M GOING TO FILL THE GAPS AND STEP IN. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. WAYDE, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR YEARS. YOU HAD THE VISION BUT YOU FIGURED OUT A WAY TO IMPLEMENT IT IN A WAY THAT IS VERY GENUINE AND REAL AND THAT IMPACTS PEOPLE REALLY AT THE GROUND LEVEL. JOHN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM IN AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AND I JOIN IN THIS CELEBRATION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER LEE, YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG HEART AND YOU DISPLAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE GREAT WORK OF CHANGE REACTION. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND HUMILITY OF SAYING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HERE JUST EMPOWER THE ORGANIZATIONS. SXLT IN THAT REGARD, I WANT TO SAY I WANT TO LIFT UP ROCK ERA ARIANA AND JESS CABSINGER I FOUND OUT SOMETHING NEW TODAY. I KNOW THEM FROM WATTS WHERE ARIANA AND JESSICA UPLIFT THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG MEN AND I SEE JESSICA MILL MANYING, SHE'S A TECHNICAL WIZARD, THIS WILL BE ALL OVER THE INTERNET LATER. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU TO SEE HOW MUCH GOOD YOU DO, AND IT'S OKAY THAT YOU'RE DOING GOOD WORK OUTSIDE OF THE 1-5. EVERY ONE DESERVES YOUR GREAT WORK. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: I TOO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS EXTRAORDINARY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN DOING SO MUCH. AND YOU KNOW, AND DOING A LOT IN SOUTH L.A., YOU MENTIONED THE WATTS AREA BUT I KNOW IN CD9 I HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BENEFITED. WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT YOU'RE AN ANGEL IN OUR CITY. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW THIS TRAUMATIC FIRE HAPPENED WITHIN LIKE A MONTH OF ME GETTING HERE. AND AS I GOT TO GET MY COLLEAGUES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND AS A SEAT MATE, I'VE LEARNED ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S GENEROSITY AND HIS ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MATCH REALLY MATCH PEOPLE WITH THE NEED AND THE RESOURCES AND SO BRINGING YOU HERE, IS JUST AN EMBODIMENT OF THAT, OF SOMEBODY WHO RELIED ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS APPLYING TO EVERY GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP AND BEING LOCKED OUT OF THE SYSTEMS. PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE LIKE HOW I GOT HERE AND HEARING THEIR STORIES ARE SO TOUCHING. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND WANT TO DO THE SERVICE. SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW COUNCILMEMBER LEE HIGHLIGHTS IT AND EMBODIES THE PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT AND THE GIVING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THAT COLLABORATIVE L.A. SPIRIT THAT I LOVE. >> Council President: AND COUNCILMEMBER LEE, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU ALL ARE THE SHINING EXAMPLE AND FOR ME THE STANDARD FOR WHAT PHILANTHROPY SHOULD BE. COUNCILMEMBER LEE, PROBABLY DOESN'T REMEMBER THIS BUT WHEN HE FIRST TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR WORK, I NEARLY JUMPED ACROSS THE TABLE TO GET HIS PHONE, TO GET YOUR NUMBER OUT OF HIS TELEPHONE. I JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE SO MANY SAFETY GAPS ACROSS HOUSING AND UTILITIES AND SO MANY PLACES. AND NOT ONLY DO YOU ALL TAKE CARE HELP PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAPPEN TO SO MANY PEOPLE ON EVERY DAY BASIS, YOU FOUND PEOPLE THAT CAN INFILTRATE THE SYSTEMS AND IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THE GAPS. SO BOTH THE STRATEGY AND GENEROSITY, THE CONSISTENCY AND COMMITMENT AND MOST OF ALL THE HEART IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN ALL INSPIRE TO. THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE 4 MILLION SOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. THERE IS ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT THEY'VE HELPED IN THE DISTRICT AND I PROMISE YOU, THERE ARE THOUSANDS MORE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT. THIS THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THESE THAOU AMAZING PEOPLE. GREG AND JODIE ON BEHALF OF A GREATFUL CITY AND I WANT TO PRESENT THIS, RESOLUTION TO THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU DO. IT'S A SMALL TOKEN OF WHAT WE CAN GIVE YOU TO SHOW YOU ALL THAT WE APPRECIATE THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: NEXT, COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, WILL LEAD US IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU IN THE CELEBRATION OF AFRICA DAY HERE IN CITY HALL. ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AFRICA DAY ON MAY 25th, 1953. AS WE GATHER HERE TO CELEBRATE AFRICA DAY WE'RE NOT ONLY HONORING THE DATE ON THE CALENDAR BUT A HEART AND SOUL OF CONTINENT OF UNSTOPABLE POTENTIAL. AFRICA'S HOLDS A SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE IT AIMS TO SHOW INDIFFERENCE AND SOLIDARITY. >> THERE IS A BIG CELEBRATION UCLA FOLLOWING THE MUSEUM TO BIG EVENT. AND TODAY HERE IN CITY HALL FOR THE THIRD YEAR WE'RE CELEBRATING AFRICA DAY IN CITY HALL. AND ALTHOUGH, OUR HONORABLE MAYOR KAREN BASS COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. WE'RE PLEASED TO WELCOME CHIEF OF STAFF TO SHARE SOME REMARKS. CAROLYN? [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS AND HONORED GUESTS. I'M PLEASED HERE TO REPRESENT THE MAYOR ON THIS IMPORTANT OCCASION. AND I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER CURREN PRICE FOR LEADING THIS IMPORTANT RECOGNITION FOR AFRICA DAY AND FOR HIS UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT FOR UP LIFTING THE COMMUNITY. TODAY WE RECOGNIZE THE 62 ANNIVERSARY OF AFRICA DAY A DAY THAT COMMEMORATES THE FOUNDING OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN OF AFRICAN UNITY IN 1963, NOW KNOWN AS THE AFRICAN UNION. WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE STRONG AND GROWING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIPS AND TIES WITH AFRICAN NATIONS. REPRESENTED HERE BY THE AFRICAN CONSUL, PLEASE STAND AND RECOGNIZE OUR DISTINGUISHED. AMBASSADOR AL DENE MOHAMED ALI CONSUL GENERAL OF PUBLIC OF EGYPT. MR. EZRA, CONSUL GENERAL OF REPUBLIC OF KENYA. [APPLAUSE] MS. VBENITA DEPUTY CONSUL GENERAL OF REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA. [APPLAUSE] MR. JORDAN JOSE MARIA GARCIA HONORARY COUNCIL OF PUBLIC OF GUINEA. MS. MOM TAKULE, CONSUL OF SINGA. SXL MR. DEREK, HONORARY CONSUL GENERAL OF REPUBLIC OF GHANA. WELCOME EACH AND ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DEDICATION TO STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUR NATION S AND OUR GREAT CITY. AFRICA DAY IS MORE THAN A CEREMONIAL, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE PAST TO HONOR THE RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE AND TO DEEPEN OUR PARTNERSHIP ACROSS THE CONTINENT. MAYOR BASS AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, REMAIN DEEPLY COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING TIES WITH THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AND FOSTERING MEANINGFUL THROUGH TRADE, THROUGH CULTURAL RELATIONS EXCHANGE AND TO PEOPLE, PEOPLE CONNECTIONS THAT REFLECT OUR SHARED VALUES AND GLOBAL VISION. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THANK YOU AGAIN, TO THE AFRICAN CONSUL'S GENERAL AND HONORARY CONSUL FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR MAKING SPACE TO CELEBRATE THIS IMPORTANT MOMENT. HAPPY AFRICA DAY ALL. [APPLAUSE] HERE'S TO CELEBRATING HERITAGE, UNITY AND PROGRESS AND TO CONTINUING THE WORK IN BUILDING A STRONGER AND MORE CONNECTED LOS ANGELES TOGETHER. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR HER PLEASE. ALSO I SEE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IS IN THE HOUSE I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE AS WELL. SO WOO IS THE IMPORTANCE OF AFRICA TO L.A. YOU ASK? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE AFRICA IS PART OF THE WORLD WE SHOULD KNOW TOGETHER. IT'S ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES. TODAY THE CONTINENT MAKES ABOUT 18 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION WITH A YEARLY GROWTH RATE OF ALMOST 3 PERCENT. BY 2050 AFRICA'S POPULATION IS EXPECT TODAY NEARLY DOUBLE 2.5 BILLION THAT MEAN THATING 1 OUT OF 4 ON EARTH BEEN FROM AFRICA. BY--COUNCILMEMBER HUTT I WILL BE 100 YEARS YOUNG IN 2050, AND PROJECTED TO BECOME THE WORLD'S THIRD MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY, SO PASS ING THE UNITED STATES. WITH AN AREA SURPASSING THE SIZE OF KHIEN A EUROPE, INDIA AND U.S., OFFICERS EXTENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP. AND NEVERTHELESS ALTHOUGH AFRICA HAS MANY OPPORTUNITIES, IT IS UNREPRESENTED IN TRADE AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN LOS ANGELES. AFRICAN COUNTRIES ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF TOTAL LOS ANGELES GOODS EXPERTS AND LESS THAN 5 PERCENT IN U.S. THE CITY OF L.A. RECOGNIZES THE POTENTIAL IN ENHANCING ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES FOR AFRICA. TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF GEOGRAPHY, TIME ZONES AND CONNECTIVITY, THE CITY HAS BEEN PROMPTED TO CONSIDER DEVELOPING AFRICA, L.A. AFRICA TRADE INVESTMENT STRATEGY. IN 2024, IN FACT, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF AFFAIRS, SUPPORTED BY CADEGI CONDUCTED LISTENING SESSIONS WITH THE AFRICAN DIAPORA HERE IN L.A. WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED AND COMMERCIAL TIES TO VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE CONTINENTS. THESE IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES, GOALS AND ACTIONS THE CITY AND ITS PARTNERS COULD TAKE TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND REGISTER --REGIONS IN AFRICA. NOW AS FAR AS THE 2028 OLYMPICS IS CONCERNS, IT WAS REPORTED THAT 54 AFRICAN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THE 2024 OLYMPICS IN PARIS AND WE ANTICIPATED GREATER LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION HERE IN LOS ANGELES IN THE 2028 GAMES. THE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 2028 WILL OFFER VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO THE CITY, INCLUDING ECONOMIC GROWTH, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT. L.A.'S DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION FOSTER, CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES. THE PARTICIPATION OF AFRICAN NATIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITIES, CULTURAL AND OFFER A RICHER AND MORE INCLUSIVE OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE UPCOMING WORLD CUP IN 2026 AND OLYMPICS IN 2028, AN INITIATIVE CALLED AFRICA WORLD HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY SEVERAL PARTIES. AS ENVISIONED AFRICA WORLD WOULD BE A DYNAMIC MARKETPLACE BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CREATED WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES CAN ENGAGE, WITH FOOD, ART AND EXHIBITIONS AND SOCCER AND MORE. THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO ESTABLISH A HUB IN SOUTH L.A. TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE CULTURES, INNOVATION, AND TALENTS FROM ACROSS THE COULDN'T TENT. AFRICA--CONTINENT. AFRICA WORLD INTENDS TO BE AS A BRIDGE WHERE RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES, AND VISITORS CAN IMMERSE THEMSELVE IN THE RICH CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF AFRICA. INVOLVEMENT, OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES IN THE 2028 OLYMPICS, ENHANCES L.A.'S PROFILE, STRENGTHENING OUR TIES AND SHOWCASES OUR CITY AS A HUB FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS BEYOND THE OLYMPICS. AND, WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, THESE OPPORTUNITIES NEEDS TO START HAPPENING NOW. ESPECIALLY AS OUR CITY APPROACHES THE GLOBAL STAGE FOR THE WORLD CUP AND THE OLYMPICS. TODAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE AFRICA DAY BY HONORING A BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL. A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND A FORMER ATHLETE TURNED ENTREPRENEUR. THEY REPRESENT THE ESSENCE OF AFRICA DAY CELEBRATES. FOR OUR FIRST HONOREE, PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF GLOBAL L.A., MS. TERRY BATCH. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW GLOBAL L.A. IS A PUBLIC PARTNER PARTNERSHIP DEDICATE TODAY PROMOTELING DIVERSE BUSINESSE AROUND THE WORLD AND HIGHLIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIRECT INVESTMENT HERE IN L.A. TERRY HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE GUIDING TRADE MISSIONS AND TRADE EVENTS AND PROVIDING ACTIVITIES REALLY FOR ENTREPRENEUR AND BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE WORLD. SHE TRAVELS AND HAS BEEN AN AFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR ENCOURAGING INVESTMENTS IN LOS ANGELES AND WE BRING YOU TERRY BATCH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PRICE AND TO OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THE COUNCIL HERE, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY AND ALSO TO PRESENT, GLOBAL L.A. A NONPROFIT THAT WAS STARTED TO PROMOTE LOS ANGELES AHEAD OF THE OLYMPICS AHEAD OF THE WORLD EVENTS THAT ARE COMING FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY TO OUR MOST, THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT THE MOST IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT OR UNDER SERVED AND UNDER REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. LIKE COUNCILMAN PRICE SAID I'M TERRY BATCH AND I'VE BEEN HEAD THISING ORGANIZATION FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF POSSIBILITY IN TERMS OF DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES. AND THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE SO FAR, HAS FOCUSED ON HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE THINGS ABOUT LOS ANGELES THAT WHEN PEOPLE THINK L.A. THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH L.A. AND EAST L.A. AND PARTS OF THE VALLEY. SO IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THAT AND TO BRING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. SO I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITH THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. THERE IS A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT AFRICA. I THINK THE MEDIA DOES A DISSERVICE ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT INHABIT THE CONTINENT AND ALL THE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE. SO PART OF GLOBAL L.A. IS ALSO THE DISPELLING THOSE MYTHS AND BRINGING US TOGETHER AS A PEOPLE, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NOT ONLY THE, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST BUT ALSO JUST BE TOGETHER AS THE PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO END MY COMMENTS BY JUST A LITTLE STORY. AS I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS VERY LATE, YESTERDAY, BEING AS I WAS AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WOULD SAY TODAY. AND AS I WAS SITTING DOWN THINKING I HAD A FEW BEES THAT STARTED TO APPEAR IN MY ROOM OUT OF NOWHERE AND I FREAKED OUT A LITTLE BIT AND I WAS LIKE WHAT ARE THESE BEES DOING. I IMMEDIATELY CLOSED THE DOOR AND LEFT THE HOUSE AND SAID I'M NOT GOING IN THERE UNTIL THE BEES ARE GONE. AND I TOLD A FRIEND AND SHE SAID BEES ARE A GOOD THING ESPECIALLY IN THE AFRICAN CULTURE. I'M SURE OUR COLLEAGUES CAN BACK ME UP. THE BEES STAND FOR OUR ANCESTORS TO TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES. I KNOW THAT OUR ANCESTORS ARE WATCHING AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER, AND BE AS ONE. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT, WITH RELATIONSHIP TO SEE BEES, THERE IS SYMBOLISM ACROSS THE CULTURE AND THE COMMON THEME IS HARD WORK AND COOPERATION AND POWER OF SMALL ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS. AND I BELIEVE BY OUR INTERACTING BY OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS EVEN THE SMALLEST OF ACTIONS, WE CAN ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS TOGETHER. AND I'M LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE DO WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, THANK YOU FOR HONORING MYSELF, HONORING THE WORK THAT GLOBAL L.A. IS DOING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AHEAD. THANK YOU. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, TERRY FOR BEE-ING THERE. ALL RIGHT. AFRICA'S WORKFORCE IS EXPANDING RAPIDLY AND COK EYESED AS DIVERSE ENTREPRENEUR SKILLS. I'M PROUD TO NEXT HONOR THE U.S. AFRICA INSTITUTE. THIS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS PARTNERED WITH MY OFFICE AND OTHERS, TO BRING COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAMS, MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS DIRECTLY TO YOUTH IN SOUTH L.A. FMGT THE INSTITUTE ALSO PARTNERS WITH A RANGE OF AGENCIES TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. PLEASE WELCOME THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. AFRICA INSTITUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SO MANY COUNCILMAN CURREN PRICE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY. I AM THE FOUNDR OF U.S. AFRICA STUDIO AN ORGANIZATION THAT I FOUNDED WHEN I WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT. TO PROMOTE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND AFRICA BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES THROUGH THE COLLABORATION, EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. TWO DAYS IS AFRICA DAY. IT'S NOT JUST CELEBRATING, THE FOUNDATION OF AFRICAN UNION OR THE ORGANIZATION FOR AFRICAN UNIT. IN FACT, IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN MY HOME COUNTY ETHIOPIA THE COUNTRY BUT IT'S, IT IS A POWERFUL REMINDER, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AND STRUGGLING TO MAKE THIS PLACE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR DIGNITY, UNITY, AND REPARATION FOR AFRICAN, AND CONTINENT AND OUR PART --BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE SYSTEM, WHO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY COLUMNISM, A STRUCTURE OF RACISM. AND I WISH OUR MAYOR WAS HERE TODAY, SHE A CHAMPION BETWEEN THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA AND OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY, WHEN SHE WAS A CONGRESS, SHE HAS DONE SUCH A GREAT WORK IN TERMS OF PROMOTING OUR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY, AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND OF COURSE COUNCIL PRICE, ENGAGING US AND EMPOWERING US TO UPLIFT US TO PROVIDE RESOURCE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE YOU COUNCILMEMBER CURREN PRICE. IN AFRICA, WE SAY ASHAA, WE ARE BECAUSE WE ARE. THAT'S WHAT CELEBRATING AFRICA DAY. IT'S ALL ABOUT BRINGING UNIT AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER AS A HUMAN FAMILY. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE AFRICA DAY. IT'S EVERY DAY. IT'S ALL ABOUT BRINGING EVERY ONE OF US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. AS WE COME FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND ALL ABOUT FIGHTING FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, FOR THOSE STRUGGLING ON OUR STREETS AND SEEKING ASYLUM FOR THOSE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND REFUGEE. I APPRECIATE THIS COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND ALL OF YOU HERE, OUR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR AND HAPPY AFRICA DAY. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: THANK YOU, WE'LL BE PRESENTING OUR HONOREE AND FLOWERS IN THE BACK AFTER THE PROGRAM. LAST UP, IS OUR THIRD HONOREE FOR THE DAY. JACK LAYTAU, FOUNDER OF SILVER CUP COFFEE COMPANY. NAMED AFTER THE ENDANGERED GORILLA SILVER BACK COFFEE, IMPORTS COFFEE IN RWANDA AND SHIPPED HERE TO U.S. FOR PROCESSING DISTRIBUTION AND SALE. SILVER BACK ALSO DONATES A PORTION OF PROFITS TO SCHOOLS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO WIDOWS AND/OR FANS ORPHANS. AND MAKING SURE THAT NATURAL RESOURCE RIGHT SIDE AVAILABLE. AGAIN, LET'S WELCOME JACK TO THE PODIUM. JACK? >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANKS FOR HAVING US, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS SO FORGIVE ME. ANY JOURNEY TO THE U.S. WAS DIFFERENT THAN MOST. I GOT TO LOS ANGELES ESCAPING A GENOCIDE OVER 1994. WHEN I WAS GOT TO THE U.S. I GOT A BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP. HOWEVER AFTER MY BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP THE SITUATION AT HOME HAD GOTTEN WORSE AND I HAD NO IDEA WHETHER MY PARENTS WERE ALIVE OR DEAD. WE HAD LOST COMMUNICATION. LUCKILY FOR ME I HAD RUN INTO A COACH WHO ASKED ME TO PURSUE BASKETBALL WHICH I DID AND, WAS WORKING OUT WELL. HOWEVER AT THE SAME TIME, I HAD THE ISSUE OF THINKING WHAT IS GOING ON BACK HOME. I KNEW THAT ONE DAY I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD REPRESENT MY COUNTRY AND ALSO REPRESENT THE U.S., AS A COUNTRY THAT HAD ALLOWED MRE TO COME IN. SO I DECIDED, LET ME PURSUE BASKETBALL AND BRING THE ONE PRODUCT THAT CAN'T BE GROWN ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS COFFEE. I KNEW PEOPLE LOVED COFFEE IN THE U.S. BUT I HAD NO FUNDS TO DO THAT. SO I PURSUED BASKETBALL, I WAS FORTUNATE TO PLAY FOR MAGIC JOHNSON ALL STARS AND TROTERS AND I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO CAMP VIA THE NUGGETS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME I BROKE MY LEGS IN A MOTORCYCLE SO THAT ENDED AS IT WAS BEGINNING. BUT I KNEW I ALWAYS WANTED DO COFFEE. SO I SLOWLY STARTED GETTING SAMPLES FROM HOME AND BRINGING IT THEM TO U.S. AND GOING TO DOOR TO DOOR AND I GOT A LOT OF NOs AND THIS WENT ON FOR YEARS. ONE DAY I GOT A FAMOUS RESTAURANT IN BEVERLY HILLS THAT LOVED OUR COFFEE AND THE COFFEE STARTED GROWING. AND I HAD RAN INTO COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND HE SUPPORTED US. HE RECOGNIZED US, AND THROUGH AFRICA DAY, IT HAS ALSO HELPED US PROMOTE OUR BRAND. LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD PLACE FOR US, IT'S A ALLOWED US TO BRING OUR COFFEE IN AND SHOWCASE IT. IT'S ALLOWED US TO HELP THE FARMERS ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN FARMERS BACK HOME. IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO EMPLOY SOME LOCAL TALENT HERE IN THE U.S. OUR COFFEE HAS GROWN FROM REALLY TINY STUDIO APARTMENT WHERE I STORED MY COFFEE, WE NOW HAVE A WAREHOUSE, WE'RE IN TRADER JOES AND ALSO IN, SOME OF THE REALLY GOOD RESTAURANTS IN WEST L.A., DOWNTOWN L.A. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE LOVE YOU'VE GIVEN US. THANK YOU FOR HAVING AFRICA DAY TO HELP US, PROMOTE OUR PRODUCT. AND IT'S TRULY TRUE WILL HE BEEN AN INTENSE JOURNEY BUT A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: THANK YOU, WE REALLY APPRECIATE SILVER BACK THE COFFEE, THEY PROVIDED A RECEPTION FOR US THIS MORNING. AND WE'VE GOT SOME COFFEE BAGS ON OUR DESK, MEMBERS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PROGRAM TODAY. I'M JUST SO PROUD THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME EXPOSURE AND INFORMATION, SOME EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTINENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF AFRICA DAY. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER TO APPRECIATE THE RICH AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY THAT REPRESENTS OUR CITY AND THAT IS OUR STRENGTH. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE WORLD EVENTS, THE WORLD CUP AND THE OLYMPICS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THE STAGE TO SPOTLIGHT THE DIVERSITY AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST HERE IN LOS ANGELES. SO I HOPE YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM. AND SUPPORTING AFRICA DAY IS A PART OF THAT. THE MAYOR'S IS GOING TO BE HAVING A CELEBRATION AT THE GETTY HOUSE ON SUNDAY, IF YOU WANT INFORMATION YOU CAN CONTACT OUR OFFICE. OTHERWISE, KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR OUR HONOREES AND FOR THE CONSUL. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR COMMENTS. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR REMINDING US OF THE CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE WITH AFRICA AND BRINGING DIFFERENT FOLKS REPRESENTING THE DIAPORA WITH THEIR BUSINESSES AND RELATIONSHIPS TO LOS ANGELES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONOREES, WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COFFEE AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING IN RETAIL OUTLETS AND RESTAURANTS AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU EVERY ONE GROW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, AND THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND TO THE CONSUL CORPS, YOU KEEP THIS ALIVE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND KEEP IT AT THE FOR FRONT OF OUR DISCUSSION AND EVERY YEAR, LIKE WE DO, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND ALL OF US THAT IT'S A MIRACLE AND A RESULT OF STRUGGLE THAT WE'RE EVEN HERE TODAY. MAKING SHOULD CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES AND PEOPLE IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT THAT WAS NOT THE WAY HISTORY PLANNED IT. BUT THERE WERE INTERVENTIONS SO IN THIS WEEK, THIS VERY SPECIAL WEEK IN MAY WHERE WE CELEBRATE AFRICAN DAY, AFRICA DAY AND THE BIRTHDAY OF MAL COLM X, WHO POPULARIZED THE UNITY BETWEEN THE AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR MAKE THATING MATERIAL AND MAKING THAT REAL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR GUESTS AND HONOREES. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, IT'S A WONDERFUL HONOR AND DISTINCT PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL HERE TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I WANT TO FIRST AND FOR MOST CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU FOR A PHENOMENALLY, WELL JOB DONE. NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL WON THIRD PLACE AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE COMPETITION HELD IN WASHINGTON DC THIS YEAR. THE NATIONAL SCIENCE IS THE AMONG THE NATION'S LARGEST ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS AND THE ONLY ONE SPONSORED BY A FEDERAL AGENCY. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1991, MORE THAN 3000 STUDENTS ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM. BIT WAI, I NEED TO MAKE A NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH HAS SHOWN UP TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2001 AND WON IT AGAIN JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, IN 2021. SO THESE GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL TRACK RECORD RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES, CONTINUOUSLY PUTTING LOS ANGELES ON THE MP. NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE AND TEAM WORK AGAINST 65 OTHER REGIONAL TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE STUDENTS STOOD OUT FROM TOUGH COMPETITORS SUCH AS MONTGOMERY BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL AND LEXINGTON FROM MASSACHUSETTS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRINCIPAL ROSALES, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CHAVEZ, COACH ALTER MAIN AND OF COURSE THE STARS THEMSELVES, SUSUKO, CONNOR, CONNOR CHAN, CHARLES WANG AND MINGUH GROW FOR THEIR IMPORTANT REPRESENTATION OF LOS ANGELES AND THE VALLEY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. THIS IS MORE THAN A WIN, THIS I A DEMONSTRATION OF DEDICATION, PASSION, AND THE ABILITY TO PERSEVERE IN THE FACE OF STRESS AND ADVERSITY. NOT ONLY EMPHASIZES THEIR EXPERTISE BUT ALSO UNDER SCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEM AND EDUCATION AND PREPARING STUDENTS FOR FUTURE SUCCESS IN SCIENTIFIC FIELDS. I ALSO WHAT HIGHLIGHT THEIR IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE REGIONAL COMPETITION WHERE THEY SECURED FIRST PLACE AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE ORGANIZERS, OUR VERY OWN LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER. FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS,-->> City Attorney: SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. MR. SPINDLER, YOU'VE DISRUPTED THE PRESENTATION, WE'VE HAD TO STOP THIS PRESENTATION, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING AGAIN OR YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS LAWDP HAS COMMITTED SO HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING STEM CONCEPTS AND PLAN FOR FUTURE CAREERS. THE FACILITATED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THE SCIENTIFIC TALENT OF OUR YOUNGER GENERATION. I'M SURE THE PEOPLE THAT WITNESSED YOUR SUCCESS WILL FEEL INSPIRED TO FEEL EXCELLENCE. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, GLAZESING --CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE TO NORTH HOLLYWOOD. ON YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP. WELL ONCOMING IN THIRD PLACE. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO AND THEN I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE HEAD OF THE DWP. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU AND IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO WELCOME THE CE, O OF DWP, JANISSE QUINONES. >> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR CHANGE REACTION, AND COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR AFRICA DAY. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR INVITING ME TO HAVE A BRIEF MOMENT TO THANK EVERYBODY. DWP HAS BEEN THE PROUD SPONSOR SINCE 1993 AND WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS. I WANT TO START BY THANKING OUR VOLUNTEERS. THEY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY YEARS, OVER 30 YEARS AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. WALTER HERE. CAN YOU STAND UP? RECENTLY RETIRED FROM DWP BUT HE WAS THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER HE BROUGHT IT UP TO US OVER 30 YEARS AGO. SO THANK YOU WALTER FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS. [APPLAUSE] I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK MR. ROSALES, THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH, PRINCIPAL AND MR. MAYNE, THE COACH OF THE SCIENCE BOWL, WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS MATTER. I AM REALLY THANKFUL THAT YOU CARE FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN THEM AND WE NEED OUR NEW FUTURE GENERATION TO HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING TO THEM. SO THANK YOU. AND THEN TO THE STUDENTS, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF THEM, I WAS ABLE TO WATCH THEM COMPETE IN THE REGIONAL AT DWP AND I'LL TELL YOU, THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS IS REALLY SPECIAL. THERE IS NO ONE SENIOR IN THE TEAM WHICH IS THAT'S NOT NORMAL. WE HAVE A FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE AND JUNIORS ON THE TEAM SO I KNOW NEXT YEAR YOU'LL DO BETTER, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE. I'VE BEEN AN ENGINEER A LONG TIME AND I COULD NOT ANSWER MORE THAN HALF OF THEM. I'M NOT GOING TO ADMIT TO HOW MANY I COULD NOT ANSWER. THEIR AGILITY WAS IMPRESSIVE. KEEP SOARING YOU'RE THE FUTURE GENERATION FOR INNOVATION, DWP WANTS YOU AND WELCOME YOU WHEN YOU'RE READY TO JOIN US TO FIGHT OUR BATTLES AND OUR AMBITIOUS GOALS. GLAZESING AGAIN. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE A FRIEND AND SOMEBODY I GOT TO WORK WITH WHEN I WAS IN ZETA SEM BLEED REPRESENTING THE NORTH COMMUNITY, PRINCIPAL RICARDO ROSALES TO SAY A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, MR. NAZARIAN, THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR HONORING OUR STUDENTS TODAY. IT'S ONE OF THESE MOMENTS WHERE I REFLECT, I REFLECT ON HOW A SCHOOL YEAR AFTER YEAR, WINS A REGION WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH TALENT. SO MANY BRIGHT STUDENTS IN ALL OF OUR REGION, YET ONE SCHOOL ONES EVERY YEAR IN A ROW. NOT ONLY WIN, REGIONALLY BUT COMPETE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE THEIR STUDENTS, THE BRIGHTEST STUDENTS NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES BUT THAT COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY, ON NATIONAL TEAMS. YET, YEAR AFTER YEAR, NORTH HOLLYWOOD WILL PLACE, AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOWL. HOW IS IT DONE? JUST LIKE ANY GREAT TEAM, AS MENTIONED, DEDICATION, TIRELESS HOURS, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME SUPPORTING PARENTS THERE, RIGHT. JUST LIKE ANY TEAM, HAVING GOALS, SHOOTING FOR THE BEST, WHAT WAS MENTIONED, THIS UNDER CLASSMAN, THIS IS OUR A-TEAM, BUT GUESS WHAT OUR B-TEAM CAME IN THIRD. SO THE CULTURE AT NORTH HOLLYWOOD AND SCIENCE BOWL HAS BEEN CREATED TO ACHIEVE FOR THE BEST AND AIM FOR THE STARS AND DEFINITELY COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. BUT LIKE ANY GREAT TEAM, THEY NEED A GOOD COACH. THERE IS TALENT EVERYWHERE BUT WHY AREN'T THERE NOT MORE PEOPLE KNOCKING NORTH HOLLYWOOD DOWN, BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT COACH. THE PROGRAM WAS GOING, WE HAD A FANTASTIC COACH, HE VOLUNTEERS AND PASSED ON THE MANTLE TO MR. MAYNE. WALTER MAYNE IS OUR COACH AND YEAR AFTER YEAR, IT'S NOT A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION HERE, NO FREE AGENTS, THESE WORKING WITH THE TALENT THAT COMES THROUGH OUR DOORS AND THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND PUT IN THE HOURS AND HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND THEY KNOW WHEN THEY GO TO NATIONALS THEY'RE GOING AGAINST THE BEST. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR COACH, ART TRIMING. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR INVITING US HERE. I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF THESE STUDENTS NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE BRILLIANT WHICH IS OBVIOUS BUT THEY'RE A DELIGHTFUL GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY'RE SUPER KIND, THEY'RE FUN AND FUNNY. I ENJOY EVERY MINUTE AND TEACHING EVERY DAY BUT SCIENCE IS PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT. AND IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM FOR THE STUDENTS FOR THE STUDENTS AND CITY. IT PROVIDES AN OUTLET FOR REALLY RARE STUDENTS, WHO REALLY NEED MORE THAN A HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY NORMALLY GIVE THEM. I HAVE TWO OF MY STUDENTS AND THEY CAN TEACH IT. THIS GIVES THEM LIKE A VENUE TO DO, MORE AND KEEP PUSHING THEIR TALENTS AND THEIR INTEREST IN A WAY THAT IS GREAT FOR THEM, I THINK AND GREAT FOR EVERYBODY. BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO SEE THAT TALENT WASTED. SO FM CREDIT TO THE CITY AND DWP, I THINK THIS IS RARE REGIONALS ABOUT 7 OF THEM AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS IS THE ONLY ONE SPONSORED BY MUNICIPAL UTILITY. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT A PHENOMENAL AMOUNT OF WORK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN EVERY YEAR. WALTER HAS BEEN DOING IT SINCE BEGINNING OF TIME AND HE'S RETIRED AND STILL HERE. MY COCOACH IS 86 YEARS OLD AND STILL COMES BACK EVERY WEEK TO HELP BECAUSE HE LOVES THE COMPETITION AND LOVES THE STUDENTS AND HE COULD NOT BE HERE BECAUSE HE'S RECOVERING FROM SURGERY BUT IT'S A TESTAMENT TO A GREAT PROGRAM. I SOME SEIZE THE MIC BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, I WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU AND SAY THE MAN WHO HAS THE MAGIC SAUCE TO DO THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS. THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING THERE, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING BUT THE REALITY IS THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT DO THE HARD WORK. IT'S THE BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS OF THE PARENTS AND MENTORS AND LOVED ONE OF SIBLINGS AND COUSINS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CONSTANTLY SHOW BELIEVE IN EACH INDIVIDUAL STANDING BEHIND US. THOSE OF US WHO ARE FORTUNATE TO BE IN A POSITION TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAD OUR OWN BELIEVERS, OUR OWN FOLKS WHO CONSTANTLY SUPPORTED US AND OUR CHEERLEADERS AS WELL. THOSE FOLKS, MANY OF THOSE FOLKS ARE NOT HERE TODAY BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THEM AND I ALSO WANT TO, HEAR FROM, OUR COCAPTAINS ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SUSUKO AND CONNOR, AND I MIGHT BE CALLING THEM SURPRISINGLY SO COME ON UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HELLO I'M SUSUKO, I'M COCAPTAIN. >> I'M CONNOR AND THE OTHER COCAPTAIN. >> Speaker: OKAY, SO I THINK, FOR ME SCIENCE MEANS A LOT BECAUSE WHEN I CAME INTO HIGH SCHOOL, I WASN'T EN SHIRE LEISURE WHAT I WANTED TO DO FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. BUT EVERY SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR WHEN I WALKED INTO MR. MAIN'S ROOM, I FOUND I FOUND WHAT I WANT TODAY DO, I WANT TO KEEP STUDYING SCIENCE, I WANT TO WORK IN SCIENCE AFTER COLLEGE, EVEN AT THE LADWP, IT'S JUST LIKE, SCIENCE BOWL AND THE LADWP AND SCIENCE THE DEPARTMENT HAS OPENED A LOT OF DOORS FOR ME AND I'M GRATEFUL. I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT MY TEAMMATES, WE HAVE MING AND HE'S JUST A FRESHMAN BUT HIS GENIUS IS CRAZY TO WATCH. WE HAVE CHARLES AND IT'S REALLY ENJOYABLE TO SEE HIS JOYFUL SPLASHES OF INSPIRATION IN THE MIDDLE OF GAME. CONNOR WHO COMBINES A DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF EARTH SCIENCE WITH LIKE, A LOT OF HUMOR WITHIN OUR MEETINGS WHICH IS APPRECIATED AND OBVIOUSLY, CONNOR WE'VE BEEN ON THE SAME TEAM FOR THREE YEARS AND I'M EXCITED TO PLAY ANOTHER YEAR OF SCIENCE BOWL. FOR OUR TEAM, ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM, WOULD I LIKE TO THANK A WHOLE VARIETY OF PEOPLE. SO OF COURSE OUR PARENTS, LIKE, AS MR. ROSALES MENTIONED WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THEM. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR COCOACH WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT AND OF COURSE MR. MAIN WHO SUPPORTED US, PUSHED US FOR I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE COULD BE HERE WITHOUT HIM NO WHAT HE SAYS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DWP AND THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT SCIENCE BOWL HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO ME BUT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE'VE MADE FRIENDS FROM MANY DIFFERENT STATES AND THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE COMPETITION THAT BRINGS EVERY ONE TOGETHER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT, COLLEAGUES. AND NOT JUST, BRAINS BUT ALSO HUMILITY WHICH ARE RARE COMBINATION. THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING A WONDERFUL JULY JEWEL THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: QUICKLY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE SCHOLARS HERE. IT'S NICE TO SEE THE HUSKIES IN THE HOUSE. I HAD TO SAY BYE TO MY POLY STUDENTS, I KNOW HISTORICALLY THERE WAS A RIVALRY. BUT MY BEST PRESENT WENT TO HOLLYWOOD AND I WENT TO POLY AND MIDDLE YEAR, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND GAVE EACH OTHER A BIG HUG. SHOWS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE. BUT CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE THE FUTURE SCIENTIST THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US GET OUT OF WORLD PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE IN TODAY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY ON THIS PATH OF SCIENCE TO CONTINUE TO BE CRITICAL THINKSER, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED YOU TO HELP US TO BUILD THE FUTURE CITIES, THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND TO HELP US SOLVE TODAY'S PROBLEMS. SO CONGRATULATIONS, WELCOME TO YOUR CITY HALL I KNOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE YOUR BACK. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH PADILLA AND COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR HELPING THE CITY WELL FOR HELPING YOUR FAMILIES AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN YOURSELF THAT WILL PAYOFF FOR ALL OF US IN DECADES AND GENERATION TO SEE COME. SO ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR NORTH HOLLYWOOD. AND, MEMBERS, I WILL NOTE JUST ANOTHER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, DOING THEIR THING JUST FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEE AT THIS TIME. A VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. >> J. Lee: SO COLLEAGUES THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS QUICK PRESENTATION. I'M WAITING FOR HONOREE, HE DOES NOT KNOW THAT I'M DOING THIS BUT THERE IS ONE PERSON HERE, WHILE THERE IS MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT KEEP US AND COUNCIL ON TRACK AND IN ORDER AND ADVISE US ON WHAT TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ITEM WE'RE VOTING ON. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT HE GOT MARRIED AND NOBODY KNEW, ANDREW, COME HERE. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW ALL OF US ARE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO HERE IN COUNCIL EVERY DAY AND WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU THIS WEDDING CERTIFICATE ON YOUR WEDDING IN DECEMBER CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: GLAZESING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, MR. LEE. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCILMEMBER 3. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, GOOD MORNING OR ALMOST AFTERNOON. I'M HERE WITH TWO AMAZING PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, DURING ANNOUNCEMENT, I ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE DOING THE CANOGA PARK PARADE AND I INVITED EVERYBODY TO COME. AND I MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT ALL THE TIME, AND I GIVE YOU A PREVIEW THAT IT'S HAPPENING. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PARADE AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BECAUSE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU MAY FEEL LIKE IT'S CLOCK WORK EVERY YEAR, BOB MAKES THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. IT HAPPENS BECAUSE PEOPLE MAKE IT HAPPEN. THIS IS NOT A CITY-RUN PARADE, THIS IS A PASSION AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE WEST VALLEY AND IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL FOR ALL OF US. YOU GET A LITTLE GLIMPSE, YOU'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A SLIDE SHOW UP THERE. THIS IS THE 33rd THAT WE'VE DONE THIS PARADE. IT IS THE ONLY MEMORIAL DAY PARADE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND IT'S IN AN AMAZING PART OF THE CITY. IT'S IN CANOGA PARK WHERE MANY OF YOU, MAY THINK ABOUT IT OR HEAR IT ABOUT THAT IT'S AN UNDER SERVED COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS. AND OFTEN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS DIFFERENT STRUGGLES BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT HAS TREMENDOUS HEART. AND THAT HEART COMES OUT IN THIS PARADE IS THIS EXPRESSION OF PATRIOTISM AND EXPRESSION OF COMMUNITY, IT'S JUST, AN INCREDIBLE EVENT THAT YOU'RE SEEING SOME PICTURES OF. WHERE IT'S NOT JUST PARADE ITSELF BUT A WREATH LAYING CEREMONY WHERE FOLKS IN HIGH SCHOOL REMEMBER THE FOLKS, THE ALUMNI OF THAT SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES PROTECTING THEIR FREEDOMS AND THAT'S THE WHOLE PARADE. I'M--IN THE CAR AND EVERY YEAR, I BRING VETERAN WITH ME IN THAT VEHICLE AND I TYPICALLY BRING MY DAD WHO IS A VETERAN, WHO SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE AND WE HAVE SO MANY VETERANS WHO PARTICIPATE IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND IT'S JUST AN AMAZING EVENT. AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING INVOLVED WITH IT. IT'S GOING ON FOR 33 YEARS. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO TWO AMAZING PEOPLE. AND I WANTED TO START WITH BILL RATNER WHO SI RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN, THE CURRENT KHAIFRT CANOGA CHAIR FOUNDATION. HE PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN MAKE THISING PARADE HAPPEN. THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DO IT. AND I WANT TODAY GIVE BILL AND MARY, I'LL INTRODUCE HER NEXT. A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THIS PARADE IS AND WHAT IT MEANS. AND BILL IS SOMEBODY, HE WAS A SEA CADET WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND HE'S JUST AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS BEYOND THIS PARADE. SO BILL I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE MICROPHONE FOR A MOMENT. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: L.A. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON, AND OTHER COUNCIL. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR YOUR KIND INTRODUCTION. THE CANOGA PARK PARADE IS A GRASS ROOTS HOMETOWN PARADE. IN THE PROGRAM, THAT YOU MAY HAVE WITH YOU, YOU'LL SEE, A LIST OF OUR SPONSORED ALL HAVE TIES TO THE GREATER CANOGA PARK AREA. PARADE PARTICIPANTS WERE LEAD BY OUR LOCAL SCOUTS WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ACTIVE DUTY COLOR GUARD. THEY LEAD THE WAY FOR 5 VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, TWO U.S. ARMY DEMANDS, CB BATTALION THREE, YOUTH GROUPS INCLUDING THE TOPANGA STATION CADETS, LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS. QUESTION UNITS AND CAR CLUBS AND OF COURSE, CANOGA PARKS FIRE STATION NUMBER 72. ALL UNDER THE BANNER OF SALUTING THE PRICE OF FREEDOM. OF SPECIAL NOTE, THERE WERE TWO GOLD STAR FAMILIES THERE ATTENDING MONDAY. WHO'S LOVED ONES APPEAR ON OUR PORTAL MEMORIAL WALL. THIS WALL CONTAINS THE NAMES OF CANOGA PARK GRADUATES, AS BOB WAS SAYING EARLIER WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY SINCE WWII. IT FOLLOWS THE NAMES ETCHED IN STONE, IN THE MEMORIAL WALL AT THE CANOGA PARK CAMPUS. THIS PARADE IS ALSO A TEACHING MOMENT AS WE TRY TO ENSURE THE SO LUM PURPOSE BEHIND MEMORIAL DAY IS HANDED DOWN. OF THE SHAPE OUR OPENING CEREMONY WITH REPLAYING IN FRONT OF THE MEMORIAL WALL WITH THE STUDENTS SINGING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM AND ANOTHER STUDENT PLAYING TAPS. AS EACH PARADE UNIT PASSES, THE WALL A SALUTE IS MADE AND IT IS RETURNED BY U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL. OUR GRAND MARSHAL AND ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS MADE REMARKS THAT ADDED A GREATER COMMENCING OF THIS REMEMBRANCE. WE COULD NOT PUT THIS PARADE TOGETHER WITHOUT THE HELP OF COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, HIS STAFF, LAPD, LA FIRE DEPARTMENT, LADOT AND L.A. SANITATION. OUR PARADE COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF A VERY DEDICATED AND TALENTED GROUP. ALL PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE PARADE SUCCESS AND MADE IT A TRUE COMMUNITY EFFORT. MY LAST THOUGHT ON THIS IS, WE STRIFE TO ENSURE THAT THE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL NOT BE BECOME A WHISPER IN THE WIND. BUT A YEARLY REAFFIRMATION OF SOLEMN PURPOSE OF REMEMBRANCE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> B. Blumenfield: BEAUTIFULLY SAID, BILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT I WANT TO BRING UP MARY, ANOTHER INCREDIBLE VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SHE WORKS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, SHE IS REALLY JUST ALWAYS AT A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, HELPING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, HELPING OUR COMMUNITY THRIVE. IN THIS PARADE, YOU'LL HEAR HER VOICE IF YOU WERE THERE. SHE WAS ONE OF THE ANNOUNCERS IN THE CENTER SPOT AND ANNOUNCING ALL THE VEHICLES AS THEY GO BY AND SAYING KIND WORDS TO THE FOLKS AND REALLY JUST KEEPING EVERYBODY SPIRIT GOING. SHE REPRESENTS THAT COMMITTEE AND ENERGY OF THAT COMMITTEE AND REALLY BRINGS AN AMAZING ENERGY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THIS EVENT. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MARY WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE MIC? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT AN INCREDIBLY INSPIRED MORNING TODAY. WHAT AN HONOR CELEBRATING THE 33 MEMORIAL DAY A DAY THAT BRINGS TOGETHER TRADITION AND COMMUNITY IN THE MOST POWERFUL WAY. I'VE HAD HAD THE HONOR OF ATEND ITING THE PARADE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS AND EMCEE THE LAST 24. IT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE VALLEY AND IN MANY WAYS THE HEART OF THIS COUNTRY. MEMORIAL DAY IS A TIME TO REFLECT ON EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICE MADE BIT MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES. THEIR BRAVERY IS THE REASON WE GATHER. WHAT MAKES THIS DAY EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL IS WHAT BILL TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS WHAT BILL TALKED ABOUT TO THE BANNER THAT LINE SHERMAN WAY WITH ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT. WE'RE SURROUNDED OF REMINDERS OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE. SPEAKING OF THOSE HEROES, MY DEAR FRIEND, BILL, IS ONE OF THOSE HEROES. HE SERVED FROM VIETNAM TO DESERT STORM AND HE AND HIS WIFE CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY AND WE CAN NEVER THANK THEM ENOUGH. THIS PARADE IS FOR THEM AND ALL OF YOU AND THE GENERATION THAT'S WILL CARRY THIS SPIRIT FORWARD. THANK YOU AND MAY WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE A COMMUNITY WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICES MADE FOR US. [APPLAUSE] >> B. Blumenfield: ALL RIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU GUYS CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL BOTH FOR UMAR' AND YOU BILL AND ONE HERE FOR THE CANOGA PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. SO IF I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS THESE CERTIFICATES. A PHOTO. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BLUMENFIELD. WHILE YOU'RE SNAPPING PHOTOS, WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON THE BORDER, IN YOUR DISTRICT, ALONG OUR BORDER, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GAVE TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS EVENTS HAPPENS. BILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR HELP IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. MARY, YOU KNOW, WHAT BOB SAID WAS ABSOLUTELY TRUE, YOU ARE EVERYWHERE, YOU'RE IN MY DISTRICT, BOB'S DISTRICT, I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF L.A. ANYMORE, BUT I CAN ONLY%BACKER ALWAYS, I'M ALWAYS ENCOURAGED WHEN I DO SOMETHING IN COUNCIL AND THEN I GET A TEXT FROM YOU THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, GOOD JOBSINGER --JOB, I AGREE. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT POSITIVE AFFIRMATION. THANK YOU, MARY, WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR SO MANY YEARS AND WORKED TOGETHER SO CLOSELY ON SO MANY THINGS. THAT IS A WELL DESERVED HONOR AND GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. LEE AND THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS WORK. WE HAVE A BIG PARADE IN SOUTH L.A. EVERY JANUARY AND REALLY IS A YEAR LONG COMMITMENT. THE AS SOON AS THE PARADE IS OVER, YOU START WORKING ON THE NEXT ONE. IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE, IT'S SOMETHING WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO DO SOMETHING TOGETHER AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE MEMORIES ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORS AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO US SEE OUR COMMUNITIES ON TV. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT MEANS SO MUCH BUT TO THE CITY OF L.A. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE MORE BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I'M SORRY, HOLD TIGHT, I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: JUST REALLY SHORT. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION. TOTALLY UNDERESTIMATED, UNDER CELEBRATED EVENT. I'VE GONE A FEW TIMES, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED IT, TOTALLY FEELS LIKE COMMUNITY. YOU CAN TELL THAT THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND OUR VETERANS VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW MR. BLUMENFIELD, YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH EVERYTHING AND CREATE ITING. THIS ONE IN CANOGA PARK, THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FEELS MUCH MORE COMMUNITY AND I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PUT IT TOGETHER EVERY YEAR. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, IS BROUGHT TO US BY DISTRICT 2. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES. I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY, I'M HONORED TO WELCOME THE TEAM FROM THE USC BRAIN TUMOR CENTER WHERE WORLD CLASS NUERO SURGEONS AND ONCOLOGIST CAN COMMIT TODAY DEVELOPING NEW TECHNIQUES TO ENSURE HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR BRAIN TUMOR PATIENTS. MANY HAVE WLIFG A PRIME AIR EYE BRAIN TUMOR. MALIGNANT ARE MONTH DEADLIEST FORM OF CANCER WITH JUST 35 PERCENT FIVE-YEAR RELATIVE SURVIVAL RATE AND REDUCE CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE AND WELL BEING FOR PATIENTS AS WELL AS THEIR LOVED ONES. MAY IS BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH AND HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL GROUP OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, CARING FOR THOSE IN NEED. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AT THIS TIME THAT WE TAKE TWO MINUTES TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM. IF WE CAN HAVE THE VIDEO PLAY. >> HERE AT USC BRAIN TUMOR CENTER IN THE HEART OF LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE PATIENTS THAT VISIT US FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, WE OFFER NAVIGATED TREATMENT PLAN WHERE PATIENTS CAN COME IN, SEE THE SPECIALIST ON THE SAME DAY GET THEIR ADVANCED IMAGING AND PREAND POST SURGICAL CARE. >> THED USC BRAIN TUMOR IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT BRINGS TOGETHER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SPECIALISTS AND ALSO ALLIED HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. >> WE HAVE NOT ONLY EXPERTS IN NUERO SURGICAL, NUERO ONCOLOGY BUT ALSO EXPERTS WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS OVERALL. TRULY NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM AND KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO MEET BECAUSE IT CAN BE A CONFUSING THING WHEN WE COME ACROSS THE DIAGNOSIS BUT THE WHOLE TEAM TOGETHER HELPS TO GET OUR PATIENTS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. >> WE ALSO FOCUS STRONGLY IN-PERSONIZED TREATMENT FOR OUR PATIENTS. THE PATIENT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IMMUNO THERAPY AND VACCINE AND VACCINE IS GENERATED USING THE PERSON'S OWN TUMOR. >> WE TAKE THE PATIENT'S TUMOR FROM THE OPERATING ROOM AND BRING THEM TO THE LABORATORY AND GROW LIVING TUMOR AND THEN TRAIN AND DO CHEMOTHERAPY TO SEE WHAT KILLS SO RATHER THAN THE PATIENT RECEIVING A CHEMOTHERAPY THAT DOES NOT WORK AND THEY HAVE DAMAGE, WE SPARE THEM THAT. >> WE HAD TWO ACTIVE CLINICAL TRIALS AND NOW WE'RE UP TO 10. THIS IS WHAT REALLY EXCITE US. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES BEFORE I INTRODUCE DR. GABRIEL SEDA, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND MENTION EVERY ONE BY NAME WHO IS STANDING BEHIND ME AND AROUND ME. THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT MAKE OTHER PEOPLE LIVE A BETTER LIFE AND GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE. WITH ME, ARE GABRIEL, JOSH, WILLIAM MAC, ERIC CHANG, FRANK, FRANCES CHOW, AREM, KYLE HUTINGER, REBECCA GACZARIA. GINS' ROGERS, TAN YA, NANCY HEART AND PAULA MOCKER. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT. I BRIEFLY WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN SUPPORTING ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. I WENT TO VAN NUYS HIGH SCHOOL AND MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOWL SO IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THIS, AND DID HANNAH LEE YOUR STAFF HERE, CLASS OF 96. THIS IS BEEN AMAZING JOURNEY, YOU'RE RUNNING A CITY AND NEXT DAY YOUR LOVED ONE IS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN TUMOR. IT'S AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DESTROYING OF LIVES. AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT IT TAKES A TEAM EFFORT TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS AND CARE GIVERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THESE LIFE CHANGING DISEASES. BUT WE NEED BETSER THERAPIES, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS CURES, LONG TERM TREATMENT SXZ IT TAKES A TEAM TO DO THAT. AND WOULD I SAY THAT THE TEAM RIGHT HERE THAT I'M FORTUNATE OF, DOES IT BETTER THAN ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. WHAT YOU MAY NOT SEE FROM THE VIDEO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A MILE AWAY AND PASTER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE TAKE CARE OF SAFETY NET PATIENTS AT GENERAL DAY IN AND DAY OUT FROM ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND DHS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR HELPING US RAISE AWARENESS, MAY IS BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH AND YOU'VE ALL HELPED US IN HELPING AWARENESS FOR THIS IMPORTANT DISEASE. I WANT TO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR JOSH SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE STATE OF RESEARCH FOR BRAIN TUMORS AND AGAIN A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR MYSELF AND OUR ENTIRE TEAM. THANKS. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. EVERY ONE IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, THE BRAIN TUMOR CENTER AT USC AND ALSO THE BRAIN TUMOR COMMUNITY. AS A SCIENTIFIC, IT'S NOT OUR JOB BUT IT'S A MISSION OF LIFE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD FOR OUR CANCER PATIENTS. AND THAT INCLUDES COMING WUP BETTER THERAPIES, MORE PERSONALIZED TREATMENTS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR PATIENTS LIVE LONGER SO THEY CAN SEE BIRTHDAYS, YOU KNOW, FAMILY EVENTS, THIS RECOGNITION TODAY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WITH RESPECT TO RESEARCH FUNDING BEING CUT SEVERELY. SO THE ADVOCACY THAT HAPPENS THROUGH THIS PROCLAMATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING TODAY IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY SO WE CAN HELP PATIENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. THANK YOU. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DR. SETA AND DR. KNEEMAN. IT GIVES MY GREAT HONOR AND PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM IS DOING ON BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES, ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHLAND AND ON BEHALF OF EVERY ONE AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO HERE, AND THE TECHNIQUES THAT YOU REFINE CONTRIBUTES TO THE BETTERMENT OF NOT JUST HERE BUT THE WORLD AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH A RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY. FROM ALL OF US MEMBERS SIGNED. GET CLOSE. GET CLOSE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO MANY MR. NAZARIAN. MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. NAZARIAN FOR BRINGING THESE INCREDIBLE HEROES TO COUNCIL TODAY. I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP A NAME. A COME OF YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME ON COUNCIL, WE RECOGNIZED THIS MONTH AND WE RECOGNIZED THE YOUNG WOMAN IN MY DISTRICT, VALENTINA HERNANDEZ WHO PASSED AWAY, AND I KEEP HER PICTURE, AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT THIS. SHE HAD CHILDHOOD DIPE, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS, WHAT MOMS AND GRANDMOTHERS AND NEIGHBORS KNOW THAT IS AS A DIAGNOSIS THAT IS TERMINAL. AND VA LENT TINA PASS ADD WAYS IN 2019 AND HER GRANDMOTHER AND HER MOTHER AND HER AUNT ALL TOLD ME HER STORY AND WHEN THEY TELL HER STORY THEY TALK ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE BRIEF TIME THEY HAD WITH HER AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS. BUT I WILL ALWAYS SAY IN THEIR BRAVERY, THEY TALK ABOUT THE WOMEN AND MEN AND RESEARCHERS AND DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS AND THE NURSES AND THE CARE GIVERS WHO WERE SO GREAT. VALENTINA'S TUMOR WAS DONATED TO ANOTHER UNIVERSITY FOR RESEARCH AND THEY TAKE COMFORT TO KNOW THAT YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE OUT THERE SEARCHING FOR A CURE. JUST AT OUR WALK FOR LIFE RESEARCH I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT WITH THE FAMILY AND THEY CONTINUE TO HOLD OUT HOPE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOU AND WHAT YOUR COLLEAGUES DO EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN MR. NAZARIAN FOR THIS VERY VERY IMPORTANT PRESENTATION. THESE ISSUES CAN BE SO DEBILITATING TO PATIENT AND FAMILIES WHEN WE'RE FACED WITH THEM. SO HAVING FOLKS LIKE YOU TO HELP US UBDS THE PROCESS AND THE TREATMENT AND PROCESS TOWARDS HEALING AND HELP GUIDE US THROUGH THAT IS A VALUE WHICH WE CANNOT POSSIBLY EXPRESS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] CED >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK THE CLERK AND THE ATTORNEY TO PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, AS THERE IS ONLY ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. TODAY YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THAT ITEM, THAT IS THE BUDGET ITSELF. THIS WILL BE THE PASSAGE OF THE FINAL BUDGET RESOLUTION. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM, YOU CAN HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND THEN UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU STILL HAVE TO SPEAK TO MATTERS WITHIN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. IF YES. >> Council President: YES, PLEASE, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: AS THERE AREN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT EITHER ON THE ITEM THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 4 OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I WOULD ALSO ASK TO LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT THE ITEM AND SLASH GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'LL TAKE THE ITEM AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND NICE PENS THAT SOMEBODY LEFT UP HERE. THANKS. SO THE ITEM OPEN FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE IT'S LISTED DIFFERENTLY ON THE PAPER AGENDA YOU PRINTED ON THE PDF ONLINE AND KIOSK UP THERE. SO ITEM 4 AS PRINTED SAYS ANNUAL BUDGET RESOLUTION TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF LEDGE --LEGISLATIVE ANALYST. BUT ON THE KIOSK IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S VETO AND THEN, SAYING THAT SHE HAS UNTIL TINGE SHOULD SAY A DATE BUT IT JUST SAYS XXX TO SEND A MEET O. IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSION, I DIDN'T SEE A VETO SO I ASSUME THAT ITEM IS JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE MAYOR HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO ISSUE A VETO AFTER THE VOTE. THAT WOULD BE STUPID, DON'T DO THAT MAYOR BASS. [SINGING] WHAT'S THIS W THIS COUNCIL, IGNORING US, CAN'T THEY PRETEND TO CARE, WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING, THEY ALL JUST CHAT, THAT'S A FAIRY THERE. SOMETIMES THEY LEAVE THE ROOM, SOMETIMES, THEY GO OUTSIDE, SOMETIMES, THEY GO IN THE BACK TO HIDE, COUNCIL HOW HARD IS IT JUST TO LISTEN? TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN WE SPEAK? IT'S CLEAR YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT US, WHAT WE SAY, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, MARQUEECE SAYS NO MORE, TELEPHONE COMMENT FOR THEM TO IGNORE, OH NO WHAT DO THEY DO ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU IF THEY CANNOT GET TO CITY HALL, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A CALL, WHY DON'T NITHYA RAMAN SAY A WORD. I'M IN AWE ABOUT HOW MANY OF YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: ALL AVAILABLE ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM NUMBER 4 AND ONE MONEY FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO, WE HAD SOMEBODY UP HERE EARLIER DURING THE PRESENTATIONS, I BELIEVE A DWP WHO MAKES 750,000 A YEAR, I BELIEVE, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF THE BUDGET FOR EMPLOYEE AND SHE ALSO RECEIVES A HOUSING ALLOWANCE, HERE'S SOME MONEY FIND A PLACE TO STAY. OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND SHE MAY BE HAVE BEEN IN HERE WITH PRIVATE SECURITY OR SOMETHING, THAT'S PRETTY WILD. I LIKE THAT THE LIGHTS STAY ON, THAT MAYBE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP HER, KEEP THAT, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT IN CASE YOU DECIDE TO FUCK HER, YOU PUT THESE WOMEN IN CHARGE AND THEN SELL THEM UP THE RIVER THE WAY KAREN BASS TO KRISTIN CROWLEY. EVERYBODY SAW IT UNISSES, SORRY YOU DON'T LIKE THE LANGUAGE. YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY SAD AND PATHETIC, IS THAT ALL CAN HANDLE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE CITY BEING INVOLVED WITH THE WORKINGS OF THE PLACE THAT THEY LIVE. YOU CANNOT PROCESS HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF THE CITY COMING HERE, YOU KNOW, OUR PRESIDENT HAS A PODCAST, YOU KNOW, HE CAN TALK AS MUCH AS HE WANTS, AND HE SILENCES THE PUBLIC AND THAT'S FUCKED UP, THAT IS KIND OF WHACK. THE WAY YOU DID THE CHIEF CROWLEY IS WAU, --WHACK, I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU FORGET THAT. YOU SEE THE WAY KAREN BASS PUTS PEM IN POWER AND THEN DUCK. I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS. PEOPLE COME HERE AND SING AND DO SILLY STUFF BUT YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THAT SHIT BECAUSE THE NEXT LEVEL IS RIOTS AFTER THAT. >> Clerk: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. >> City Attorney: THE ITEM IN GENERAL? >> Speaker: YES, YOU LEAD THIS COMMENT. ITEM 4 AND ALSO PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE. 4 IS ABOUT THE BUDGET, THREE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, MR. BLUMENFIELD, IF THAT PARADE IS PART OF THE FUNDING, PLEASE CONTINUE IT. I HAVE BEEN THERE, THAT'S ABOUT 33 YEARS. SO IT'S ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS. MR. RATNER AND I DID THE CADET PROGRAM FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS. GREAT PEOPLE YOU HAVE SUPPORTING YOU FOR THAT. I HOPE WE CONTINUE WITH THE PARADE. SECOND, THE ONE ON CHANNEL 5, PROGRAM CALLED HOPE. I HOPE THAT YOU FOLKS CONDITION THAT, THAT THAT WASN'T CUT BECAUSE IT HELPS FORMER GANG MEMBERS AND IT ALSO HELPS THE HOMELESS. THE THIRD ONE, ONE OF OUR HEROES, MR. RODRIGUEZ IN COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. UNLESS YOU KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN AND WHAT HE HAS DONE. LET'S GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MS. PARKS TALKS ABOUT TRAVELING LINE THAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN HER AREA AND THEN WE HAD A SCUM BAG BACK HERE, HE CALLED THEM PEASANTS, HE CALLED THEM JAIL BREAKING PEASANTS. MR. SPINDLER, THEY'RE NOT PEASANTS, THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE. I CAN HEAR THE RACIST WHILE THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY WAS BEING HONORED. I DIDN'T HEAR THESE RACIST TALK ABOUT ANYTHING. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, TALK TO PEOPLE IN THEIR FACE. I KNOW, OH NOW I'VE GOT TO TALK. I HAD A BUS READY TO TAKE TO YOU PORTER RANCH AND HAVE LUNCH. I'M TAKING MY TIME. YES, I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU, I WANT TO BE PRODUCTIVE, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A TIE TO DOES SHIT FOR YOU. PORTER RANCH LOOKS LIKE HELL AND IF I GOT TO GO ON ANOTHER--. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. YOU'RE DISRUPTING THIS MEETING AS WE CANNOT MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKERS. DO NOT CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THIS MEETING. OR YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PURSUANT RULE 7 AND RULE 12. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO UNFORTUNATELY, NIGGERS, I HEARD THAT UNISSES IS HIDING A GRANT FOR REMOVAL OF ENCAMPMENT OF VERMONT AND OVER ON NORMANDIE OFF THE 10 FREEWAY, I'M HOPE THAT BUDGET UNISSES IS GOING TO TELL US WHAT SHE DOING WITH THAT EXTRA MONEY THAT SHE GOT? THAT IS ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL SNITCH YESTERDAY IN THE COURTHOUSE. TALKING TO THE FEDS. RIGHT? SO THE DEPUTY MAYOR, FOR HOMELESSNESS RATED OUT UNISSES HERNANDEZ BUT NOT. SHE RAT IT OUT, THAT MOTHER FUCKEN PROCESS AS WELL. HE GOT ONE OF THOSE GRANTS. TRACI PARK DIDN'T GET ONE. BUT YSABEL JURADO DID. SO YOU GOT TO CLEAN UP ALL THE HOMELESS UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAYS BITCHES OR YOU'RE VIOLATING THE LAW. THERE WERE SO MANY GOD DAMN SNITCHES LAST NIGHT, I WAS THERE UNTIL 7:00 AT NIGHT I SAW THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I SAID TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO THAT PERFORM, I SAID WHEN THE CITY GOES TO CLOSE SESSION ARE THERE ANY UNDERCOVER FEDERAL AGENCIES IN THE SESSION? SHE RAN AWAY. WHAT'S GOING ON? ON ARE THEY REPORTING A CLOSE SESSION? I HAPPEN TO KNOW FOR A FACT ONE OF THEM. SO WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM FOO? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUCKING WITH. JOHN LEE IF HE HAS THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT HE'S RECORDING IT AND GIVING IT TO THE FEDS, RIGHT? SO EVERYTHING YOU SAY HERE, EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE, GOT EARS AND LEAKED FOR THE PAST FIVE FUCKEN YEARS! SO EAT THAT MOTHER FUCKER! >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. MR. SPINDLER, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED ALREADY, YOUR TIME IS OVER. WE DO NOT NEED YOU TO HEAR YOU ANYMORE. PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM OR YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. NEXT SPEAKER. MR. CHAIR, MR. SPINDLER HAS REFUSED COULD COMPLY WITH RULES. HE'S ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL IF YOU'D LIKE. >> Speaker: ALL MOTHER FUCKEN ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC DOCUMENT. --PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE MONEY FOR ITEM AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. JAOU, I KNOW WHAT A CEO IS, BECAUSE THAT MOTHER FUCKER BY THE NAME OF MATT SZABO WAS BISHING TO DAVID O CARTER THIS MORNING IN THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE SAYING I DON'T KNOW SHIT! LIKE THE REST OF YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT. SO YOU COUGH IT UP, WHERE IS RAMAN NAOD --NOODLE AND BOB, DAVID O'CONNOR WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE FUCK YOU RUNNING WITH THE FACTS AND THE TRUTH? WHEN IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BUDGET. DIDN'T YOU FUCK THE BUDGET UP, BOB? DIDN'T YOU RAMAN NOODLE AND WHAT THE REST OF YOU BITCHES LIKE PADILLA AND CHEERLEADER, GIVE ME A C., U. N.--WHAT DOES IT SPELL? BUDGET. BUDGET. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEFORE YOU CONTINUE. PLEASE DO NOT YELL IN THE MICROPHONE. I'M HEADING LOOKS FROM INTERPRETER WHO ARE WEARING HEADPHONES AND JUST DOING THEIR JOB. DO NOT SCREAM INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> Speaker: NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS IN CAHOOTS WITH SILENCING US, WE KNOW AGENTS ARE SNEAKING INTO YOUR BUSINESS TELLING THE JUDGE, DAVID O CARTER AND HEIDI OR HYDEE THE K*UNT ABOUT THE BAD BUSINESS OF DOING BUSINESS IN LOS ANGELES. THAT'S THE REASON SHE RAN AWAY FROM MR. ATTORNEY, I WILL NOT QUOTE HIS NAME, BUT HE DID TELL HER, YOU KEEP SMOKING SCANNING OUR ASS WE'RE GOING TO SMOKING SKA*N YOUR ASS ALL OVER THE INTERNET SO THE WORLD KNOWS WHAT KIND OF CUNT, CAUSE YOU FOOLS CONTINUE TO LIE TO THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM, YOU CONTINUE TO BELLIGERENTLY SPEAK LIES. SO 42 USC 93, ON BEHALF OF THE MARINES HURRAH. FUCK YOU! >> City Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE MORE SPEAKER COMING UP. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, I PRESUME YOU WANT BOTH ITEM AND GENERAL? >> Speaker: YES, ITEM AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE AND ONE. >> Speaker: TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, RIGHT, I WAS OVER AT THE FEDERAL COURT BUILDING LISTEN ON THE JUDGE CARTER CASE AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE HEARD THROUGH THROUGH YOUR MAYOR'S DEPUTIES, NOT THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOMELESS INITIATIVE BUT ANOTHER DEPUTY THAT THE CITY IS DOUBLING DIPPING ON WHAT IS COUNTING FOR UNITS AS FOR ALL THE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS AND APPARENTLY THOSE ARE ALL USED TO JUSTIFY A HIGHER BUDGET EVEN THOUGH NONE OF THOSE SERVICES WERE GOING TO THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED THEM AND NEEDED AND CAN EXECUTE THEM. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. AND YET THE MAYOR TODAY STILL REFUSES AND COACHING ALL WITNESSES TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO BUDGET CRISIS BUT LITERALLY CON EXTRA DICTING THEMSELVES ON THE STAND ABOUT LYING WHEN THE CITY IS NOT IN CRISIS WHEN IN FACT IT'S IN CRISIS. I WANTED TO REPORT THAT TO THIS COUNCIL. GOING ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO HYDEE BOO, THE REASON I WON MY CASE BECAUSE I CAUGHT HER DOING ILLEGAL EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION. SHE IS FACING A LEGITIMATE INVESTIGATION, SHE KNOWS SHE FUCKED UP AND WILL BE HELD. THAT'S WHY I ESCAPED NO CONVICTIONS, NO CRIMINAL HISTORY, NO FINES NO NOTHING AND THAT'S WHY HYDEE BOO IS SCARED SHITLESS. I WENT TO THE SHERMAN OAKS ASSOCIATION MEETING, I RECORDED HER AND I SIMPLY ASKED HER ABOUT MYSELF AND SHE WAS MORE THAN DELIGHTED TO RAMBLE ON. SHE KNEW I SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN PROSECUTED AND KNEW THAT THE CITY HAD A LOT OF OTHER PRIORITIES. SO ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY, I WISH HYDEE BOO, I WILL LIKELY SEE YOU IN COURT FOR THAT. AND UNTIL THEN, FUCK THE CITY COUNCIL. >> City Attorney: AND MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS, WE HAVE OPENED IT UP TO EVERY ONE ALREADY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS. MEMBERS WE WILL OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 4. ITEM NUMBER 4, EVERYBODY? ITEM NUMBER 4. ALL RIGHT, LET'S CLOSE THE ROLL, ITEM NUMBER 4. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND THIS ITEM FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. ITEM NUMBER 2. >> Clerk: ITEM 2, MOTION 2-A HAS BEEN CIRCULATE ASKED POSTED ON THE BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I ASK THAT THAT ITEM GO FORTHWITH, PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: WE J*UFT --JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BUDGET CHAIR. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT? COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF DR. SACKY, PASSED AWAY ON MAY 9, AT THE AGE OF 91. HE'S SUR VUVUZELAED BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE, LILA, HIS THREE CHILDREN AND SHEREDER ISSUED GRANDCHILDREN, ANDREW, INDICATE EN AND JUDE. BORN IN CAIRO EGYPT IN OCTOBER 29 1933. AFTER COMPLETING MEDICAL SCHOOL IN EGYPT HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA WITH HIS NEW WIFE, AND BEGINNING A LIFE TOGETHER THAT WOULD SPAN 57-YEAR MARRIAG BUILT ON DEDICATION TO FAMILY. DR. ZACKY, KNOWN AS DOCTORZ DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO ANESS ANESEOLOGY. HE FOUND JOY AND LIFE A NEW RED CAR, THE WARMTH OF THE CAR AND SOUND OF THE WAVES AND JOYFUL MUSIC AND SPIRITED CONVERSATION AND THE BEAUTY OF SEEING THE WORLD. HE HAD A CALMING PRESENCE AND A CLEAR GROUND PERSPECTIVE THAT OFFERED SOUND AND TRUSTED GUIDANCE ON ALL WHO RELIED. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED NOT ONLY FOR HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR HIS KINDNESS OF SPIRIT AND EVER PRESENT SENSE OF HUMOR AND GENEROSITY. THE ESSENCE OF A LIFE DEEPLY LIVED AND DEEPLY MISSED. THE BELOVED COUSIN HE WAS THE BEST OF US. DR. ZACY REST IN PIECE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD. SEEING NO MORE ADJOURNING MOTIONS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.