things right. If there's any issues that you have with with street lighting, please log your your service requests with Mila 311 or call 311 itself. If there's any issues. Live issues or theft and vandalism. That's happening. 911 for all other things. And if you're inquisitive about our history, please visit LA lights Dot la City.org. Uh, or if we can, we'll see you by the office on one of these Wednesdays in a month. Thank you so much. This is really, really fun. Thank you. Thank you. And that's a wrap on this LA Courant's . Hello, everyone. I'm Natalia Bilbao and here's what's happening in LA this week. Affordable housing is coming to Lincoln Heights. Council member Eunice Hernandez joined the community for the groundbreaking of Grace villas, the development includes a mix of units that will become much needed homes in the neighborhood. Right now, we're standing on a publicly owned parking lot in Lincoln Heights in Council District one. We are celebrating the groundbreaking for Grace villas, which is an affordable housing development that is long time in the making. Homes for families. Three bedrooms, two bedrooms and also some homes for transitional aged youth and for families with members that have developmental disabilities and all of them will receive affordable rents and services that support whatever their needs are so that they can move forward with the lives that they dream of. For themselves. So we're excited about it. I live in Highland Village and this organization called works about the apartment complex and the remodel of the whole apartments for and the many to low income for low income rents and I've been living there since they bought it. Like 20 years ago. So it's been a great experience for us. Welcome to the first District. Welcome to an Ladot lot that very shortly is going to be 48 units of affordable housing. It's good to be here surrounded by neighbors, partners and friends to celebrate the groundbreaking of Grace villas. We're here because we believe that everyone, no matter their income, age or ability, deserves a safe, dignified and affordable place to call home. Back in 2022, voters passed measure ULA , which is creating revenue to build affordable housing to keep people in their homes. And so this is just a demonstration and proof that when the voters asked for creating affordable housing, we can deliver on that. We literally completed the funding for this development on Friday and are ready to start construction in a week. But before we begin, we have a tradition of blessing the land, which will ultimately house 48 families and young people. Recognizing the peoples and communities who have preserved this place for us to use. You guys want to grab some dirt ? All right. When I count to three, you guys, you guys just toss it. Ready? One, two. Three. Toss Perfect. All right. Great. Remembering justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as part of a public art project. The city's Department of Cultural Affairs unveiled a memorial to Ginsburg, who blazed a trail in advocating for women's rights. A special monument will celebrate her impact and legacy. Good morning, everyone. It is a true honor to join you for the unveiling of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial and to celebrate a vision that has been in the works for years now. We are in the community of Van Nuys, particularly at the Van Nuys Civic Center, and we are so excited because we were finally able to unveil our Ruth Bader Ginsburg monument. It's a project that is being added to the DCA archives Department of Cultural Affairs, but it's a really great story of how, when our departments work together in public private partnerships, we can make these beautiful things happen. So this is a very long term project. I've been working on it for six years, and one of the things that I did to create the monument was to speak to family members of justice Ginsburg. I spoke to Jane Ginsburg, her daughter, and she told me about her incredible callers. So Justice Ginsburg would wear these beautiful collars when she would wear her robes and I was inspired by those collars to create the ceiling and the floor of the monument. And I also researched a little bit about her going to Harvard Law School and I was inspired by the benches at Harvard Law School to create the seating area inside of the monument. And finally, there is a door in the very back of the monument, which is slightly ajar, kind of reminding us of how much more work there is to do to open doors for young women and girls , but also how much work that justice Ginsburg began to do for us to open those doors of possibility. We hope this monument will be an inspiration , especially to young women, to know that law and government are careers that they can aspire to. It was built next to the library, and that was purposeful because they wanted to link it to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's love of books, love of reading and writing. But also just to enjoy a really beautiful green space. This project is a gift to the city of Los Angeles, and it's collectively held by all of us here in the United States. And that was a very important part to me of the project, that it actually changes history because it becomes a part of the public record. And I really hope that people who come to see the monument understand that it's their monument, it's our public monument. And that it's a gift for each and every member of the city of Los Angeles. Giving for Thanksgiving at the Hollenbeck Community Police Station, the Los Angeles Police Department joined my gathering Place International to help community members with turkeys and more during this holiday season. We're here at Hollenbeck Station. We're partnering up with my Gathering Place International, where we're here giving out turkeys to the community who are in need. Yes, well, we're from my gathering place, international. This is our fifth year to be here in Boyle Heights to do our Thanksgiving outreach. We call it unity in our community, and we love to give. We love to sow into people's lives. So it's a gathering from our church. We buy turkeys from our ministry. People donate. And this year we bought 50 turkeys. But we didn't have enough. So we had to run out to the store and pick up 38 more turkeys and some gift cards. So this year, people were lined up all the way to the street in the rain for hours. Some of them got here at 6 a.m, so we're thankful that we were able to meet a need. Thank you sir. God bless you. Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving. Excelente. Porque pues un poquito mas a la comunidad con estos tiempos dificiles esta pasando y se les agradece a ellos para hacer este este tipo de eventos verdad para ayudar nosotros la gente de la comunidad. So we want to make sure that the community knows that the Los Angeles Police Department is aware that a lot of people are going through tough times right now. So we always welcome the community here. We like to foster relationships with our local churches so that people feel more comfortable coming to us. Hopefully, that also bridges the gap between the community and the police. We just want to remind everyone that behind every badge is a heart, and our police station is open to everyone and anyone that is going through hard times and is in need of the police. Please come in and report whatever crime you need to report. You are encouraged to come in and speak with any of us or call 911. If needed. Thanksgiving in the city continues bringing community together. Council members Dennis Hernandez and Hugo Soto Martinez got into the spirit of the holiday by teaming up for a turkey giveaway, and the chance to connect with Angelenos. Today, we are here at the Dream Center right in the heart of Silver Lake in collaboration with my Companera Ianis Hernandez. We're giving out 9000 turkeys to Angelenos from Council District one, 13 and beyond to make sure that we can fill the gap of food disparity and lack of income for a lot of our families. What better thing to give families and something they can share with their entire families, like a big old turkey? UN programa maravilloso qué nos ayuda para Los alimentos ahorita en esta época. Estamos de deficit no todo esta bien caro. Entonces eso nos ayuda muchisimo para toda la familia. Thank you very much you two. God bless you. Thank you. It's a beautiful display of community. I really miss the days in which we had more community. It's been really hard to connect with people and this is a great opportunity for different sorts of people to connect. And, you know, it's for a great cause. I see it as a great effort to come together. Something that's much needed for a little more unity within the government and within the city and the people in the city, just showing that they care. They care that they they're paying attention. You know, the most important thing about doing something like this is that we are telling people that we care about them, that we care about, that they have a wonderful experience during this Thanksgiving. And of course, you know, this is how we also build community. So when the volunteers come in today, we struggle together. We fight together, we support families together. And it just builds solidarity across so many different spectrums of our city. It is our responsibility as council members to be the guardians of some of our most vulnerable community members here in the city of LA. Today is an example of us stepping up to make sure that families have everything they need to have a wonderful holiday season. Happy holidays! It shows that people care even in the moment where it's not a lot of that going on right now. So we do appreciate that and it shows that there's still a lot of love and still a lot of compassion and empathy out there that we need to make sure that we continue to support , because folks are struggling and everything is really expensive, from rent to groceries. They can go to our online website or at CD one Los Angeles on social media. For more information on our regular food distribution and our rental assistance program. And as always, if there's ever a need, our social media city 13 Los Angeles. Mayor Karen Bass joined state and regional leaders to launch. LA is open a recovery campaign to boost LA's local economy and help businesses impacted by the January wildfires. The campaign invites Angelenos and visitors to rediscover LA through shop LA , Dine La and discover LA initiatives to prepare for upcoming events. Mayor Bass launched the city's contract financing program and announced the new centralized website, Business Navigator. According to bass, the new campaign sends a clear message that the city is open and visitors will see why La is second to none. For more information, visit Merely City dot gov slash press. LA city housing Authority Hacla joined Mayor Karen Bass along with veterans and their families, at a recent celebration of service and partnership under the Housing strategy, which began in January 2025. Nearly 400 veterans have already moved into stable housing. Hacla is partnering with the Veterans Administration to increase housing referrals, offer personalized help to match veterans to units and reduce move in delays, according to Mayor Bass, the partnership offers more opportunities to rent to veterans and clears barriers for the veterans to use vouchers to come inside. Hacla is calling on potential partners to join with them in a collaboration to get all veterans home for the holidays. For more information, visit hasselborg. Mayor Karen Bass began the 100 day countdown to the 2028 Paralympic Games by highlighting citywide efforts to deliver the most inclusive games in 2028. LA will make history by hosting its first ever Paralympic Games with the opening ceremony on Tuesday, August 15th. The 2028 Paralympic schedule sees competitions in 23 sports, including the new sport of para climbing. According to bass, the City Games mobility Working group, including the Department on Disability, will help deliver a safe, accessible and welcoming games experience. The city will also establish a task force to improve hiring and retaining individuals with disabilities in the city. For more information, visit Merely City dot gov slash press. With so much of life happening in the digital world, connection to the internet is a necessity. Council President Marquis Harris Dawson joined local groups and community members to celebrate new connectivity along Crenshaw . We're here on Crenshaw Boulevard in the Hyde Park neighborhood. We're celebrating this morning because we got live free 24 over seven Wi-Fi internet access to everybody. That's along the Crenshaw corridor. So if you're between Hyde Park and Leimert Park, you can use the internet for free. That means if you're in a coffee shop, you can use it. If you're in a park, you can use it if you're on the train on the metro, you can use it anywhere you are in this community, you'll have free Wi-Fi. There's a lot of inequity in internet availability, and we really saw it during Covid when all your business had to be conducted online. What you saw is people gathering outside libraries or outside McDonald's, even though those places were closed, they kept their Wi-Fi going. And eventually we started doing that at the parks and so to have this community disconnect, it creates a gap. Well, the California Community Foundation is the community's foundation and for us, providing digital equity to all of Angelenos is one of our most significant priorities. Now if you live in this community of which I'm one, I live not too far away from here. You'll be able to access Wi-Fi, but now also provides a quality lifeline to access to jobs, to education , to health care. In ways that all Angelenos deserve. So we found out about this program through Destination Crenshaw. They approached us about this new community Wi-Fi program and asked us if we would be interested in kind of being one of the first pilots for the program. And we were like, absolutely. That sounds amazing. Like especially being like a farmers market and an outdoor space with really no access to, like, electricity or anything. We're kind of like pack in, pack out. So just being able to kind of have the opportunity to test out what that would look like to have kind of free access on a weekly basis and see how we could utilize that was something that we were really excited about. You know, today we live in a digital world, and the amount of information, the amount of access you have really depends on your connectivity as well. And so this is just another way for us to make sure that every resident has equal footing. In the city's Department of Rec and Parks play is all about inclusivity in sport and empowering those with disabilities. They are teaching blind soccer, proving that being visually impaired is no barrier to staying active and taking part in a team sport. So today, the city of Los Angeles play L.A. and the United States Association of Blind Athletes are hosting our fourth clinic, where we're teaching blind and visually impaired children how to play the sport of blind soccer. Being active and healthy is a really important part of every child's life. And so for kids who are blind and visually impaired, there aren't a ton of opportunities for them to be active and be a part of a team sport. So it's a really great opportunity to be active, to learn a sport, and also be around other kids who are just like them. We invite anyone in our community to participate in our programs. We also like to educate the community around us to ensure that we're bringing awareness and attention to how we can empower our youth with disabilities. I'm here working with play L.A. as a recreational coach, working on blind soccer for visually impaired individuals specifically. It's kind of like a two fold gain. You have the idea that you get to understand that you don't have to just sit in a corner by yourself and not be able to do anything because you have a disability. But in fact, because you have a disability, you get to participate in a very unique and individualized sport that's tailor made and designed for individuals like yourself. And the second benefit is the fact that you get to teach non-disabled individuals about the sport and how it works, and you can have them play blind soccer with you as well. So that way they can kind of relate and connect to you more. So it's more or less about getting disabled people out there in the field, getting them exercising and connecting with other disabled youth. Yet also getting it to where sighted and non-disabled individuals can relate and kind of connect to us . Individuals who have disabilities may go to football . Queremos evitar a todos Los padres estén interesados y sus hijos tienen discapacidad visual pueden participar pueden ingresar en la pagina de la o usaba. También de la federacion y van a encontrar diferentes lugares, donde pueden venir a practicar futbol y lo mas importante divertirse y saber. Qué pueden aprender en espanol y en inglés? También. The office of Council member Curren Price hosted its annual city employee appreciation luncheon. It's an opportunity for city workers from many departments to gather together and be thanked for all they do for Angelenos. We're here at our district office for Councilman Curren Price. We're having our city employee appreciation luncheon. We have every year. This is basically a thank you to all the city employees for them coming out, doing all the work they do in South L.A, keeping our district clean, keeping it safe, keeping it memorable for people to live, work and play here. So thank you to our city employees. I'm here to visit current prices, community events in support of all of the great things that Curren Price is doing. That is uplifting the community. We really appreciate them. That's why we're having this luncheon because they do stuff like this. We care about the safety of the citizens. We serve. We care about the community, and we're trying to clean it up every day. We're doing our best for our community. We are the city of Los Angeles, and we serve its residents. I'm always improving myself to help the community because we enjoy working for the people. I think this is an amazing opportunity for the community to find appreciation to know that they are appreciated and that they are loved. So whenever you see a city employee walking by doing their job here in L.A, thank them. Thank them for us. Thank them for our councilors. Thank you for everything they do. I love my job and I love the city of Los Angeles. In this week's feature story, we head to Hermann Park, where the Department of Cultural Affairs supports art in the park. They began with the hope that more kids could become college graduates. Now the programs include intergenerational creativity and the popular community band . Art in the Park is a community based artist led arts organization. We are located in Hermann Park in the Arroyo Seco . We've been serving this community since 1997 through workshops and classes in art, music, dance. We also do readings and screenings. We really strive to be kind of like a space away from your home that you feel comfortable in. We've been working in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs since 1997. This partnership allows us to connect to community, amplify our programs and be supported by the cultural fabric of Los Angeles. Art in the Park is located in a building that was built in 1939 as a clubhouse for lawn bowlers . Bertha Sosa pioneered art in the park to be a space where youth could envision themselves going to college. There was a really, really low graduation rate in this area, and her main focus was she wanted kids to be able to envision a future in which they went to college. We have consistent programing throughout the week and on the weekends. We have a very robust Latin jazz program and community band, both those programs are multigenerational and open to all ages and abilities. We have Creativity Club and Elder Guitar Class, which is for our elders in the neighborhood. All of these programs are free and open to the community. Now, the event that I get the most joy from putting on is the weekly community, band and community Arts, which is music happening in tandem with art, where everybody can come out and create art or make music, and it's consistent so you can see your neighbors and community once a week because of how long we have been serving this community, we're able to see kids that have grown up within the programing bring their children to the programing. We want to be a space that people feel comfortable with, that they keep coming back to, that they bring their kids back to the art in the park, invites everybody to come down and participate in a class or a workshop or a film screening. For more information, you can go to Art in the Park, LA .org. In this week's Things to Do, get holidaying by the sea. Catch the library's creators in Residence showcase and celebrate 100 years of Granada Hills at their holiday parade. All this up next on things to do. There are holiday events and then there is holidays by the sea at LA's waterfront. Come celebrate with the Port of Los Angeles and Council member Tim McCosker on Saturday, December sixth. Enjoy performances from the San Pedro City Ballet, Victorian carolers and a holiday puppet show. Celebrate the season with snow, hot chocolate, churros and photos with Santa. Join the community for all the action, including the tree lighting, and finish the evening with the LA Harbor Holiday Boat Parade. Holidays by the sea takes place on Saturday, December 6th, beginning at 4 p.m. For more details, visit La Waterfront dot org. On Sunday, December seventh, join the LA Public Library for the creators and residents Showcase. When both creators will discuss their work. Creator Ashley Walker's project, called Threads of Los Angeles, reimagines LA history through the lens of fashion and features six newly designed costumes on display. Creator Tin Nguyen explored the library's menu collection and created new displays tracing the history of neighborhoods through their menus. Head to the Central Library for the creators and residents showcase on Sunday, December 7th at 2 p.m. for more information, visit lapl.org. Slash events. Celebrate with Granada Hills as they mark their 100th anniversary. The occasion means this year's holiday parade has a Roaring 20s theme. Over 100 entries are taking part and taking the theme to heart. Join the Department of Cultural Affairs Council member John Lee and the community on December seventh for the 42nd annual holiday Parade. The 2025 Official Grand Marshal is NFL Hall of Famer, Denver Quarterback John Elway, who went to the local high school, graduating in 1979, head to Chatsworth Street for the Granada Hills holiday Parade on Sunday, December seventh. Beginning at 1:30 p.m. For more information, visit Granada Hills holiday parade.org. And that's a look at some things to do. And that's all for this week. I'm Natalia Bilbao and from all of us here at La this week. Thank you so much for joining us. Remember that you can watch us online anytime at La Cityview. Org. And we're also on Instagram , Facebook and YouTube. See you next time for more LA. This week . Did you know the average LA resident uses about 89 gallons of water each day? Challenge yourself to conserve. Turning off the faucet when you brush saves up to ten gallons of water . Taking a five minute or less shower saves up to 15 gallons of water. Washing only full loads of laundry saves up to 30 gallons of water and fixing a running toilet can save up to 50 gallons of water. Keep it in mind all day, every day. It's water. Conservation. The La way . Back to the regularly President REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEET OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU CAN START THE PROCEEDSSING BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 14 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 2. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOA PROOF AL. >> Council President: MOVED AND SECOND. CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: 2 THROUGH 7 FOR ITEM 45 THE ECONOMIC AND JOBS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND POSTED TO THE RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILE. TO ITEM NUMBER 6, THIS ITEM IS NOW COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENT AND WILL REQUIRE PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS WILL ALSO REQUIRE TEN VOTES FOR CONSIDERATION A LON WITH OTHER ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. 8 THROUGH 53 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. 50 AND 55 HAVE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC MAERGZ HAVE BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? GOT IT. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 4 SPECIAL FOR TECHNICAL AMENDMENT CIRCULATED. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'LL RECUSE MYSELF FROM 41 AND 42 BECAUSE I'M A LANDLORD. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I'M INTRODUCING A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, IT SHOULD BE CIRCULATED SOON. >> Council President: 2-3 FOR AN AMENDMENT. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SEPARATE 51 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: 37 FOR COMMENTS AND 57 FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 49 TO JANUARY 21, 2026 AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 44 FOR SEPARATE VOTE AND COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL 51, 52 AND 54 FOR AMENDING MOTIONS THAT ARE BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 2 AND 1 9 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: THANK YOU. MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL FOR AMENDMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 43 FOR A AMENDMENT. AND ON ITEM 355, ON THE CONTINUATION, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT OUT OF ORDER AND HAVE IT HEARD BEFORE WE GET TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT HAD FULL PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE AND REOPENED YESTERDAY. I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO SO AND I HAVE A SECOND UNLESS MR. PRESIDENT, YOU WOULD MAKE THAT THE ORDER OF THE DAY. >> Council President: WE CAN MAKE IT THE ORDER OF THE DAY AND WITH MADAM CLERK, HOW DO WE PROCEED IN THIS REGARD? >> Clerk: YES, WE CAN GO TO ITEM 55, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU WILL INDULGE ME, MR. McOSKER, MAKE SURE THERE IS NO MORE SPECIALS FROM ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, ITEM 55 IS BEFORE US. AND WE'LL BEGIN BY HEARING FROM MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH MEMBERS. I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. YESTERDAY WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM THIS IS AN RV PARK PROPOSED IN CD15 IN THE HARBOR CITY AREA. WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENT ON THIS AND THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH INCLUDING LITIGATION ON THIS ISSUE. THE SIMPLE QUESTION THAT WAS PRESENTED YESTERDAY, WAS WHETHER A C.U.P. WOULD BE REQUIRED. THERE IS EVIDENCE INCLUDING DETERMINATION FROM OUI CPC AND IN THE LETTER OF DETERMINATION, THAT TELLS US THAT THE STANDARDS UNDER 14.007A HAVE NOT BEEN MET AND BY SIMPLE OPERATION OF LAW THAT REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BE PROCESSED OR A NEW PROJECT THAT COMPLIES BE SUBMITTED. I SUBMITTED AMENDMENT YESTERDAY THAT WAS SECONDED BY CUNCILMEMBER PARK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WOULD MEMORIALIZE THAT TO SAY THAT THIS PROJECT REQUIRES A CUP AND TO GRANT THE APPEAL IN PART ALREADY GRANTED TO GRANT THE REMAINDER OF THE APPEAL AND TO CONFIRM THAT IN FACT A C.U.P. IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR AN AYE-VOTE ON THAT MATTER. YESTERDAY WE ALSO HEARD THAT THERE IS LITIGATION ON THIS MATTER AND THAT THE TRIAL LEVEL THAT THERE WAS A FILING AND THE ISSUE PRESENTED WAS WHETHER OR NOT A C.U.P. WOULD BE REQUIRED ON A PROJECT THAT COMPLIED WITH ALL OF THE 7 STANDARDS CONDITIONS. AND AT TRIAL, THE COURT DETERMINED THAT IF ALL 7 STANDARD CONDITION, NOT 7, 12, IF THE 12 CONDITIONS, THE STANDARDS ARE MET THAT A C.U.P. IS NOT REQUIRED. AT THE END OF THAT TRIAL AND WHILE THE C PC DETERMINATION WAS GOING ON, AT THE END OF THAT TRIAL, THE COURT DETERMINED WITHOUT EVIDENCE, TO THE CONTRARY THAT THE STANDARDS HAD BEEN MET AND A C.U.P. WAS NOT REQUIRED. OUR CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE, THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE HERE TODAY IN CLOSED SAID BUT NOT GOING TO BE HERE, FOR REASONS OUT OF MY CONTROL, ARGUED THAT THEY WANTED A LONGER TIME PERIOD BEFORE THE COURTS ORDER TOOK PLACE, THAT WAS THE 15-DAY ISSUE PERMITS. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY CORRECTLY SAID, GIVE US A LONGER TIME PERIOD BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPEAL AND THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING GOING ON. BECAUSE ONE, THE APPELLANT, SYSTEM, THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT, HAD EXHAUSTED THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE, THEY HAD NOT GONE TO THE BOARD OF BUILDING COMMISSIONERS AND ARGUED THEIR CASE, WHICH NORMALLY WOULD BE A KNOCK-OUT PUNCH ON LITIGATION. AND TWO, WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY ARGUED CORRECTLY, WAS THERE THERE IS ALSO A PENDING APPEAL BY THE NEIGHBORS SAYING THAT THE PERMITS WERE ISSUED IN ERROR AND THE CONDITIONS HAD NOT NOT MET. THE COURT IGNORED THOSE ARGUMENTS, AND ISSUED ITS RULING CONFIRMED ITS RULING THAT IN 15 DAYS, I BELIEVE, THAT WE HAD TO EITHER ISSUE A PERMIT OR FILE OUR APPEAL. WE FILED A NOTICE OF APPEAL, WE'RE ON APPEAL TODAY, FOLKS. AND ONCE THAT NOTICE OF APPEAL IS FILED P THE CITY COUNCIL CONTROLS OUR LITIGATION. IT'S OUR DECISION WHETHER WE PROCEED OR NOT PROCEED. AND I SUSPECT WE WILL BE IN CLOSED SESSION SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, QUICKLY TO TALK ABOUT THAT APPEAL. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS IN THE APPEAL IS THE JUDGE IGNORED THE OFFER OR THE ARGUMENT THAT THERE WAS ALREADY ONE PENDING, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS THAT HADN'T BEEN DETERMINED YET AND THAT THE APPLICANT, THE LITIGANT, THE APPLICANT, THE PETITIONER HAD NOT FILED ITS OWN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING. THOSE ARE TWO GOOD APPELLANT ARGUMENTS AND WE'LL HEAR THAT IN CLOSED SESSION. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WILL NOT HEAR IT TODAY. TODAY, ALSO IS THE LAST DAY FOR US TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THE 245. IT IS A THE LAST DAY. IF WE DON'T ACT TODAY, THEN THE DECISION BELOW WILL STAND AND MY PROPOSED AMENDMENT CANNOT BE HEARD. MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON MY AMENDMENT AND TO TAKE THE EVIDENCE THAT IS IN THE RECORD AND SAY THAT A C.U.P. IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S IT DOES NOT MEET THE RECORDS. EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED. AND THEN SEPARATELY, SEPARATELY ALLOW THE APPEAL TO MOVE FORWARD. ON THE BASIS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED AND I'M SURE OTHER BASES, I'M GOING TO URGE THE AYE-VOTE TO KEEP EVERY OPTION OPEN TO US TODAY AND NOT FORECLOSE OPTION AND NOT JUST WALK AWAY BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO WALK AWAY FROM A CASE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WOULD LIKE TO GET PLANNING AND CITY ATTORNEY TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE. I DON'T REALLY, I'M IN A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION, IN THAT WE, IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE HEARD THIS AND THE CLOSE SESSION LEGAL CASE. AND IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR TO US THAT WHAT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID, IT, PURSUANT TO WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT, BASICALLY HAS TO MOVE FORWARD OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN APPEAL, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ON THE APPEAL, WE'RE GOING TO VEND, THERE IS A FEDERAL CASE AS WELL WHICH IS GOING TO COST US A LOT OF MONEY AND THERE IS A CROSS COMPLAINT ISSUE AS WELL THAT IS ALSO GOING TO COST US A LOT OF MONEY. IF WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH. AND I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WANT TO CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY AND I GET THAT. AS I SAID, I WAS THERE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH ED1 AND I WAS THERE TO SUPPORT YOU ON THE 245 AND TO SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD. BUT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM PLANNING AND WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AS MUCH AS THEY CAN SAY IN OPEN SESSION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO HAVE THIS BACK AND FORTH ON IT, I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON THIS ISSUE BUT WE HAVE PLANNING WHO HAS TALKED TO US ABOUT THIS. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO IS TO BASICALLY, WHAT THE COURT SAID TO SAY, THE COURT WAS WRONG, WHAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAID TO SAY THAT THEY WERE WRONG AND FOR TO US THEN, DENY THE, I MEAN TO ACCEPT THE APPEAL OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH, THEY HAVE VERY GOOD REASONS FOR NOT WANTING THE RV PARK. AND I GET THAT, THAT'S WHY WE DID THE I. C.O.SO MOVING FORWARD, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THIS POSITION. BUT IN TERMS OF THE CONDITIONS WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD MET ALL THE CONDITIONS AT THE TIME, THAT THAT IS TYPICAL, OF WHAT PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO COME FORWARD AND TELL US THIS, IN THAT PROJECT WHEN THEY GET THEIR PERMIT, THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT THEY WORKOUT. THEY DON'T GET TO DO THEIR PROJECT UNTIL THEY WORKOUT THESE CONDITIONS AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON A ROUTINE BASIS. BUT PLANNING DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO COME TO THE TABLE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM PLANNING OR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR BOTH THAT CAN COME AND SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? >> Council President: IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE IS. >> B. Blumenfield: AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE HEARING THIS IN CLOSED SESSION, YOU KNOW, OR THE OTHER PIECE. AGAIN, I SHOULDN'T BE HERE DOING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S WORK ON THIS. THEY NEED TO COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND EVEN ON THE MERITS OF IT OF WHY THEY SAID TO DENY THE APPEAL AND WHY THEY'RE ASKING US TO MAINTAIN THEIR POSITION. MR. McOSKER IS ASKING US TO DO UNDO THEIR POSITION. SO THEY NEED TO COME AND DEFEND THEIR DECISION. >> Council President: I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, MR. McOSKER. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: SORRY, I APPRECIATE APPRECIATE EVERY ONE'S WORDS ON THIS. WHY AREN'T WE GETTING THE BENEFIT OF LISTENING TO THIS IN CLOSED SESSION? >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> H. Soto-Martinez: IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. >> City Attorney: THE ISSUE IS ORIGINAL AGENDA FROM YESTERDAY DID NOT INCLUDE CLOSE SESSION LANGUAGE SO BY INCLUDING ON THE CONTINUATION, YOU CANNOT MAKE TERM CHANGES TO IT. THERE ARE TWO ISSUES, THE INTERNAL APPEAL AND ALSO THE JUDICIAL APPEAL. IT'S OKAY TO GO IN CLOSED SESSION ANJOU ON JUDICIAL NOTICE. WE CAN DO SO. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THERE IS A THREAT OF LITIGATION ON THIS ITEM, IT'S ALL LIKE, IT'S NARROW IN THIS, AND I'M BEING ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT BEING BRIEFED BY WHATEVER BENEFIT THEY HAD IN PLUM, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SIDE WITH MR. McOSKER WITH THIS ONE, IT'S JUST REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A DECISION IF WE'RE NOT GETTING ALL THE DETAILS. >> Council President: A DWRAOED. --AGREED. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO SOME THINGS I HEARD. OUR PURPOSE HERE, ALL OUR PURPOSES IS TO DEFEND THE CITY AND SUPPORT THE CITY. MY PURPOSE IS TO DEFEND THE AUTHORITY UNDER THE CODE, TO DEFEND THE PLAIN MEANING OF THE CODE. AND I AM NOT ASKING TO YOU ETIRELY OVERTURN THE C PC, IN FRANT THEY GRANTED THE APPEAL IN PART AND DENIED THE APPEAL IN PART. THEY DENIED THE PORTION THAT SAID THAT ANYBODY, THEY DENIED THE PORTION THAT SAID, AND I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN THE POSITIVE, IF YOU MEET ALL THE CONDITIONS, YOU CAN ACT MINISTERIALLY. THEY GRANTED BY SAYING, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THREE STANDARDS AND THEY'RE NOT CONDITIONS. THEY WERE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. IT'S WHAT IS THE REMEDY? THE REMEDY WHEN YOU DON'T MEET THE CONDITIONS IS DO A C.U.P. THE REMEDY IS YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE YOUR PROJECT AND THEN BRING IT BEFORE US, IT GETS APPROVED. NO. YOU EITHER DO A C.U.P. OR DO THE PROJECT. I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION AND ASK FOR AN AYE-VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. >> Council President: THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED, MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: HOW DO YOU CALL THE QUESTION WHEN WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM IF THE CITY ATTORNEY OR PLANNING DEPARTMENT? I MEAN? >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION? SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> City Attorney: A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION IS NOT DEBATABLE, IT WOULD REQUIRE TEN VOTES TO SUCCEED. SO IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM NOW, THEN YOU WOULD VOTE NO AGAINST THE MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. BUT IT HAS BEEN DUELLY SECONDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON CALLING THE QUESTION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Clerk: THE MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION PASSES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM NUMBER 55 IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS ITEM 55-B, AMENDING MOTION McOSKER-PARK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. 55B IS BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THIS ITEM PASSES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAZE CONTINUE TO THE REST OF THE AGENDA. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE'RE AT WE'VE CALL OUR SPECIALS WHAT ITEM ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON ARE ITEMS 3, 5 THROUGH 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 THROUGH 36, 38 THROUGH 41, 45 THROUGH 47. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: ITEM 45 FORTHWITH PLEASE. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. ITEM 45 FORTHWITH. WHAT'S NEXT, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: APOLOGIES, IF THE COUNCIL SHOULD REOPEN ITEM 46, IT SHOULD REMAIN OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S REOPEN ITEM 46, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. TABULATE THE VOTE? >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, ONE MINUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE 56 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL GO UNTIL 11:35, THAT GIVES US ABOUT AN HOUR FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM. PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS SUPE. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY OR CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ITEMS NUMBER 1, NUMBER 46 AND NUMBER 48 AND 50 THROUGH 53. AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 46, ITEM 48, AND ITEMS 50 THROUGH 53. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THE FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRET RESIDENTER INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU HAVE MADE AN ACCOMMODAION REQUEST OR WOULD LIKE TO MIKE USE OF THE WIRELESS HAND HELD MICROPHONE BECAUSE A QUALIFYING DISABILITY UNDER THE ADA, PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT KNOW BY RAISING YOUR HAND, ONCE YOU HAVE HEARD YOUR NAME. ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IN ORDER TO HELP US ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALLOWED --ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP. WE CALL NAMES RANDOMLY GENERATED. YOU CAN LINE UP ON ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, JOSE TREJO McKAYLA, ANTONIA LOPEZ, CA SAND A WICKS AND STACY B. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Clerk: >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I WANT TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT ITH REGARDS TO THE FAST FOOD WORK ORDINANCE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, MY NAME IS ANTONIO LOPEZ I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FAST FOOD WORK ORDINANCE TO HAVE IT APPROVED WITHOUT ANYMORE FURTHER DELAY. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, WE NEED TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS SO THAT OUR MANAGERS AND OUR BOSSES CANNOT CONTINUE TO HARASS US AND SO THAT WE MAY NOT CONTINUE TO FACE ANY INJUSTICES IN THE WORKPLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FROM MY EXPERIENCE THAT HAVE UNJUST RULES LIKE CLOCKING IN BEFORE TIME TO WORK AND BEING FORCED TO WORK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND ALSO NOT HAVING TIME OFF TO SPEND WITH OUR FAMILIES DURING THE HOLIDAYS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO LEARN OUR--THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEARN OUR RIGHTS OUTSIDE OF THE WORKPLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND I THINK HERE IN LOS ANGELES, THERE IS MANY WORKERS SUCH AS MYSELF WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS LAW. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE ASK YOU COUNCILMEMBER TO APPROVE THE FAST FOOD, THE JUST FAST FOOD WORK ORDINANCE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. FYI, ONCE YOU SPEAK, YOU CAN EXIT TO YOUR LEFT. SORRY, EXIT TO YOUR RIGHT, MY LEFT. GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL. >> City Attorney: OKAY, ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I ALWAYS COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND I ALWAYS, SAY A LOT OF THINGS BUT I JUST, TRYING TO LEARN MORE THAN ANYTHING. >> City Attorney: CAN WE PAUSE HIS TIME MORE THAN ANYTHING. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IF YOU MOVE THE MICROPHONE UP, IT WILL BE EASIER TO HEAR YOU. IT'S DIFFICULT TO HEAR RIGHT NOW. >> Speaker: IS THAT BETTER? >> City Attorney: YES, MUCH BETTER, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT. I JUST COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND I COME AS MUCH AS I CAN. [LAUGHTER] IT IS BASICALLY TO LEARN AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP. I MEAN THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS I CAN MENTION BUT NOTHING YOU HAVE NOT HEARD ALREADY. I GUESS, I'M HERE TO LEARN MORE AND JUST HELP? OR UNDERSTAND THINGS BETTER THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW. NO COMPLAINTS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 17. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO ITEM NUMBER 17 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. SO SUFFICIENT ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THAT'S FINE. I'M McKAYLA AND I'M HERE ON THE BEHALF OF VICA. SINCE 2023, THESE TRANSPORT COSTS HAVE RISEN OVER 60 PERCENT. HOSPITALS RELY ON THESE TRANSFERS TO MOVE PATIENTS SAFELY AND WHEN PATIENTS ARE UNINSURED OR UNDOCUMENTS, HOSPITALS ENSURE THE FULL COST. FOR SETTING FUTURE RATES THAT MATCHES L.A.'S COUNTY'S APPROACH. BUT L.A., L.A. COUNTY USES A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RATE SO HOSPITALS AND AMBULANCE, COMPANIES CAN STILL NEGOTIATE LOWER CONTRACTED PRACTICES BASED ON VOLUME, A FLAT RATE REMOVES THAT FLEXIBILITY AND CAN LEAD TO HIGHER COST. VICA IS ASKING COUNCIL TO ADOPT THESE CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNTY MODEL. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE TO CALL UP JOSH PARKER, SYLVIA, EMMA LIVING, JUSTIN MACE OR, OZZY, CHRISTIE AND PATRICIA J. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GROAT, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHICH ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE. >> City Attorney: THIS IS FOR EVERY ONE IN THE ROOM, ITEMS NUMBER 1, ITEM 46, ITEM 48, AND ITEMS 50 THROUGH 53. >> Speaker: OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I'LL START WITH ITEMS AND THEN I'LL DO ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GREAT. ITEM NUMBER 46 IS APPOINTMENT TO THE WATER AND POWER COMISSIONERS FROM THE MAYOR. THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF WALK AMONG THIS BODY ABOUT MAKING, FOR EXAMPLE THE CITY ATTORNEY AN APPOINTED POSITION. WE HAVE A LOT OF APPOINTMENTS APPOINT APPROXIMATED POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND COUNCILMEMBER FROM CD4 SAID, WHEN, THAT IT REMOVES THE POLITICS FROM THE POSITION WHEN IT'S AN APPOINTED POSITION. BUT I HAVE TO DISAGREE AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THIS BOARD TO NOT APPROVE ANY OF THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE SHE IS WILDLY UNPOPULAR AND SHE HAS BEEN MAKING A LOT OF BAD DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER BUT OUR MAYOR HAS DISPLAYED A MASSIVE LACK IN JUDGMENT REGARDING A LOT OF THINGS. SO ITEM 50 IS RELATING TO COMMITTEE REPORT REGARDING THE SINCE REMOVED HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY DECLARATION. WE WERE UNDER THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR QUITE SOMETIME BUT THERE WAS REALLY A LACK OF ACTION ON THIS BODY TO MAKE IT ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE WHEN THE DECLARATION WAS LIFTED IF YOU'RE UNHOUSED, THAT'S AN EMERGENCY. MANY DIE IN THE CITY EVERY DAY. TO ME THAT'S AN EMERGENCY. LAHSA WAS CREATED BECAUSE ONE UNHOUSED RESIDENT DIED. NOW WE SORT OF ACCEPT THE DEATH OF OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION AS BUSINESS AS USUAL. AND I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR. AND I THINK THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT DECLARATION HAS BEEN LIFTED, WE SHOULD STILL BE TREATING IT LIKE THE EMERGENCY IT IS AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF UNISSES AND HEATHER WOULD STOP THEIR CHATTING AND PAY ATTENTION CAUSE IT'S REALLY DISRESPECTFUL FOR THE ELECTED ARE CHATTING WHILE PUBLIC IS UP HERE. ITEM NUMBER 42 IS AMENDING PRIOR ACTION. I ALWAYS TAKE NOTE WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU TIM FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THAT SEEKS TO CORRECT IT. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION THAT YOUR STAKEHOLDERS DON'T LIKE, YOU SAY IT'S ALREADY VOTED ON, IT'S SETTLED. WE SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVERSE BAD DECISIONS, TO REVISIT THINGS. SO WHILE I DON'T HAVE ANY REMARKS TO THE SPECIFICS OF THIS AMENDMENT, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS BODY DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVISIT PAST MOTIONS, WHEN YOU GET NEW INFORMATION OR WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH AND WE SHOULD SEE MORE OF THAT, WE SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE CONSIDERATION ESPECIALLY WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS WEIGH IN. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: [SINGING] I HEARD NITHYA RAMAN MENTION THAT SHE DOES NOT GIVE WAY TO CISEs BECAUSE VOTER TURN OUT SLOW SHE WILL NOT CONSIDER AND CEASE WHEN SHE CAST HER VOTES, I HATE TO TURN UP SO RARELY TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS, A LOT OF US ARE ANGERED, YOUR PRIORITIES NEED TO REARRANGING, IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CITY. [SINGING] STILL I WON'T CALL YOU A CUNT TO REITERATE, I'M NOT CALLING ANYONE A CUNT, [SINGING] EVEN THOUGH I'M UPSET BY YOUR CENSORSHIP STILL I WOULD NOT CALL YOU A CUNT. SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. >> Council President: CAN YOU PAUSE THE TIME, MADAM CLERK, YOU HAVE VIOLATED COUNCIL RULE NUMBER 7. THAT'S THE ONLY, ONE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING, SO YOU ARE NOT TO TALK WHILE I'M SPEAKING. MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: THE TIME IS CURRENTLY PAUSED SO IT'S NOT YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. IT'S DISRUPTIVE TO DISRUPT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND ANY COUNCILMEMBERS. >> Council President: YOU HAVE ONE SECOND LEFT. >> Speaker: CUNT. >> Council President: YOU'RE DISMISSED THIS MEETING AND FUTURE MEETINGS TODAY, SUBJECT TO RULE 12. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT WEEK. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker REGARDING LA TUNA CANYON, FUCK ITEM NUMBER 1. NOW, ON ITEM 50, DAVID O CARTER, ASKED THE BITCHES, HAMBURGER GUY AND THE L.A. COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PROVIDE A REPORT. DID HE GET THE REPORT? NOT! WHY NOT? BECAUSE ALL OF THESE BITCHES DO IS TALK. ALL OF THESE MOTHER FUCKERS DO WHAT THEY DON'T DO DO ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT FOR DAVID O CARTER AND FOR DONALD J TRUMP WHO WANTS TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT WITHOUT THIS HOMELESSNESS. HOWEVER, AS YOU SEE, 3-INCH DUARTE JUST WALKED BY ME, EVERYBODY. THAT I SHOULD BE AFRAID. HE'S ONLY A PIG. >> City Attorney: YOU EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE ON ITEM 50. MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ITEM. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, JUJUs THERE IS TWO OF THEM, ON ITEM 52, IT'S UP ON THE BOARD, SMOKING SCAN AND KATY. SO KATY, THIS IS WHAT LOS ANGELES IS LIKE, TAKE IT FROM ME. LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL FUCKEN LAMC, INCORPORATE BY THE FUCKEN REFERENCE AND FUCKEN PORTION OF THE MOTHER FUCKER DISTRICT TO THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARD CODES, DON'T MEAN A FUCKEN THING IF YOU CAN'T BUILD PALISADES RIGHT? BUT LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL CODE OR WHATEVER, IN THE ADDITION TO THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE UNDER BUILDING INSPECTORS, HEY, WASN'T THAT ONE INSPECT OR KNOWN TO DO A ROOF' AND A DATE RAPE, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT HIM, THAT'S ANDREW EDELMAN. NOW IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. BUT MOTHER FUCKERS, LIFE IS A BITCH WITHOUT LIFE. 44, PUBLIC SAFETY MONCAW YOU AND THE JEW JEW OVER THERE HAVING A CONVERSATION. I JUST WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW, ON MY HAND, THESE DOCUMENTS ABOUT THIS FUCKEN SHIT, L.A. CITY TOLD THE COURT 88 BEDS AT HOMELESS SHELTERS BUT 44 OF THEM WERE MISSING. WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THIS? BUT GOING BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY, FUCK HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS ON ITEM NUMBER 44. >> City Attorney: ITEM 44 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I'M ASKING YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER ITEM. IT'S NOT IN THE LIST OF ITEMS I READ ALOUD. ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: NOW TO MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, TO ALL OF YOU FROM MEXICO, TO ALL OF YOU FROM OTHER FUCKEN COUNTRIES, DONALD J.TRUMP IS A HERO I BELIEVE, HE IS CHANGING THE CULTURE OF THIS FUCKED CITY, THIS FUCKED UP L.A. AND THIS HOMELESS CRISIS, STAFFER B, YOU FUCKEN CHINK, PAY ATTENTION AND YOU TOO JEW JEW GIRL AND THAT FAT MOO! >> Council President: YOU'RE NOT NOT ON TOPIC, I'M GOING TO ASK TO YOU SIT DOWN IF YOU CANNOT STAY ON TOPIC. >> Speaker: THIS IS ON PUBLIC AGENDA, FUCK YOU FOO, I GOT THE FLOOR. NOW, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF YOU CHARGED ME TO INTERRUPT ME BY SAYING YOU'RE A FUCKEN CUNT MARQUEECY, FUCK YOU! >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT YOU VIOLATED RULE 7. THIS IS YOUR LAST AND ONLY WARNING. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM 17. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. SO GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JOSH PARKER AND I'VE BEEN A LOS ANGELES CITY PARAMEDIC FOR 15 YEARS, I SERVE AS A LEADER FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST PROVIDERS IN L.A. CITY WHICH IS PION AMBULANCE. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES. THIS APPROACH ENSURES THAT EVERY PATIENT RECEIVES THE SAME QUAI-QUALITY CARE WHETHER THEY HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE MEDICAL, OR MEDICARE, ON CARE AND READINESS AND NOT BILLING DIFFERENCES AND PRESSURES. PATIENTS ARE ALREADY PROTECTED FROM BALANCE MEANING. IT WOULD HELP US KEEP AMBULANCES EQUIPPED AND ENSURE THAT NURSES AND PARAMEDICS ARE PAID A FAIR WAGE. THIS PROPOSAL SIMPLY HELPS US TO KEEP WITH RISING COSTS AND INFLATION. I URGE YOU TO STAY WITH COMMUNITY AND ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL AS WRITTEN PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP RICHARDSON M, STACY S, BIG EN DE, A DENA, OAKLEY, JOE F, MATINDIE AND TERRY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM 17 AND GENERAL COMMENT, IF POSSIBLE. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 17 IS NOT IN OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT IN GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I REPRESENT PRN AMBULANCE ONE OF THE LARGEST AMBULANCE PROVIDERS AND I URGE TO YOU VOTE YES FOR A RATE INCREASE MUCH NEEDED FOR THE INDUSTRY AND VOTE AGAINST THE AMENDMENT. BECAUSE ALL OF THAT DOES IS CREATE A RACE TO THE BOTTOM, IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF EMTs AND CRITICAL CARE RNs THAT WE EMPLOY HERE IN THE CITY AND WE COULD NOT DO BUSINESS UNDER THAT SCENARIO WHERE THE LARGE MULTI BILLION DOLLARS HEALTH PLANS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRIVE COSTS DOWN FOR THE SAKE OF QUALITY AND EQUITY. WE'VE SEEN THE COUNTY'S MOTTO WITH A MAX ONLY DOES NOT WORK, THE LARGEST MOST SOPHISTICATED AMBULANCE COMPANY IN THE COMPANY, COMPLETELY EXITED L.A. COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT A SUSTAINABLE MODEL. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: ITEM 1, THIS ENTIRE AGENDA IS NOTHING MORE THAN OF AN EXAMPLE OF HOW CORRUPT AND INCOMPETENT CLOWNS MAKING OVER 20,000 PER MONTH RUNNING THE CITY INTO THE GROUND. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS THE BEST THESE CLOWNS CAN COME UP WITH AND SHOULD RECEIVE A NO-VOTE BY THIS CLOWNS IN THE RACE OF RAGING HOMELESSNESS AND A CITY WHERE THESE CLOWNS HAVE BANKRUPT. HOWEVER THESE CLOWNS ARE GOING TO SIT THERE BASKING IN THEIR CORRUPTION AND VOTE FOR YET ANOTHER DEDICATED EASEMENT WHILE GIVING STUPID PRESENTATIONS. THIS ITEM SHOULD BE ENTITLED, EASEMENTS FOR ME, AND HOMELENESS FOR THEE. I DEMAND TO KNOW FROM NITHYA RAMAN, BOB GENOCIDE BLUMENFIELD, PROPERTY PIMPLE HEATHER HUTT AND SLEAZY MARQUEECY DAWSON HOW THESE ITEMS OR ANY OTHER WORTHLESS ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS RAGING UNCONTROLABLY IN LOS ANGELES. ITEM 1 IS REGARDING ANOTHER HOMELESS DECLARATION REPORT. DID YOU HEAR THAT PUBLIC? IS ANYBODY DUMB ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THESE CLOWNS ARE THE SLEAZY AND COUNCIL HAVE GIVEN TO THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTING DEVELOPERS THAT THIS HOMELESS EMERGENCY DECLARATION REPORT IS GOING TO SHOW A REDUCTION IN HOMELESSNESS. IN MY OPINION, THIS SO-CALLED REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE FUNDING PROPOTIONALS AND MASSIVE INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS OF ALL THE SLEAZELY COUNCIL CRIMINALS INCLUDING MARQUEECE DAWSON, OUT ON BAIL AND CURRENTLY ON TRIAL, CURREN PRICE, HUTT, NITHYA RAMAN AND RACIST DEMON TRACI PARK AND GENOCIDE BOB BLUM SEED. ANY HOMELESS FUNDS BEING WASTED ON THIS CLOWN SHOW TO HAVE OVER 40 CITY EMPLOYEES STANDING AROUND DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR FOUR HOURS PER DAY THREE DAYS PER WEEK EVERY WEEK. ITEMS 51 AND 52 SHOULD RECEIVE NO VOTE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORTHLE FLUFF ITEMS THAT SERVE NOTHING AND DON'T HAVE A FUND A FIX IN THEM BECAUSE THESE INCOMPETENT CRIMINAL CLOWNS HAVE BANKRUPTED THE CITY WITH THEIR ONE BILLION DOLLARS INCREASE TO LAPD BUDGET AND THEIR HOMELESS INCOMPETENCE. ALL THREE OF THE ITEMS SHOULD INCLUDE FUNDING FOR INVESTIGATIONS AND DAWSON. KAREN BASS AND THE REST OF THE CLOWNS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE THESE CLOWNS BANKRUPTED THE CITY GIVING ONE BILLION DOLLARS DOLLAR INCREASE TO LAPD, THE CLOWNS WILL NOT TAKE THE MONEY BACK BECAUSE LAPD MAKES TREMENDOUS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION TO SEE SLEAZELY DAWSON, RODRIGUEZ AND RACIST ASIAN JOHN LEE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS EPIDEMIC EMERGENCY. SLEAZY D, HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY,. CD8 IS A FOOD DESERT. SLEAZY D HAS SPENT OVER 10 MILLION DOLLARS ON LUXURY OFFICES FOR HIMSELF WHILE TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS. THE MASS INCOMPETENCE OF THESE CLOWNS AND I DEMAND SLEAZY D RESIGNATION AND APOLOGIES FROM NITHYA RAMAN. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HO LO BUENAS DIAS. >> Interpreter: HELLO GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MATILDA PEDESTRIANGRINA. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE MOTION OF FAIR JOBS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M A FAST FOOD WORKER AND I WOULD LIKE THE MOTION TO BE APPROVED TODAY WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AS FAST FOOD WORKERS, WE NEED TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS TO STOP THE ABUSE AND UNFAIR SITUATIONS THAT WE FACE IN THE WORKPLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THERE ARE TOO MANY WORKERS HERE IN L.A. THAT DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] [BUZZARD] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE NEED TRAININGS OUTSIDE OF WORK HOURS, WE NEED THIS MOTION TO BE APPROVED SO WE CAN HAVE A FAIR WORK CONDITIONS AS FAST FOOD WORKERS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: SPEAKING ON ITEM 14 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M SORRY 54 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS JOSEPH AND I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL CHECK. I'M A MEMBER OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS, I WORK AND LIVE IN THE AREA AND I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT WILL IMPACT. HIRE LOCALLY AND PREVAILING WAGE. WORKFORCE REQUIREMENT REDUCE CONSTRUCTION RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WHILE BENEFITING THE ECONOMY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. IN THE RESENT 2020LE, THE JOBS, CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONCLUDED THAT INVESTMENTS IN IN GOING DIVERSIFIED AND UP SCALING CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE CAN POSITIVELY AFFECT RETURNS ON CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A PREVAILING WAGE JOB, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 17 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, A DENA ON BHAOF OF THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA. THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE COUNTY METHODOLOGY AND ASK THAT THE COUNCIL ALLOW A MAXIMUM A LAWABLE. THIS IS THE WAY EVERY JURISDICTION ACROSS CALIFORNIA HANDLES PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE SXZ L.A. CITY SHOULD DO THE SAME. ANYTHING ELSE DIS RUPTS THE MARKET. A HOSPITAL NEED TO NEGOTIATE CREATES HEALTHY COMPETITION AND ALLOWS HOSPITALS TO DETERMINE THE QUALITY, SAFETY AND SERVICE THEY RECEIVE. THIS IS NOT A RACE TO THE BOTTOM, IT IS A RACE TO AFFORDABILITY AND TO EQUITY. DOING SO IS BETTER FOR OUR HOSPITALS AND PATIENTS WHO WILL BEAR THE COST WHETHER THROUGH COST SHARING OR INFLATIONARY PRESSURES IN THE TOTAL COST OF HEALTHCARE. WE URGE TO YOU APPROVE ITEM 17 WITH THE AMENDMENT TO MAKE THE CITY'S RATE A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RATE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL UP DANIEL GARCIA, AUDIT L.A., SMOKING SCAN, AND MARIA GONZALEZ. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ITEM 15? >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I WANT TO SAY THAT ABOUT THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, IS THAT, ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE, AND IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE GOING TO BE IN, INCLUDING INVOLVED IN THE PATIENT LIFE. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE ADA SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AN AMBULANCE THAT THEY NEED TO GO INSIDE. THE PEOPLE. AND THAT IS MAIN POINT. NOW ON ITEM PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU WANT TO BE, PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: I'M SORRY, SO YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED BUT CAN YOU REMAIN OVER THERE, I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HELLO, TESTING, TESTING? GOOD JOB. TESTING, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >> City Attorney: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY, I WANT TO START OFF WITH, WELL FIRST OF ALL, HELLO EVERY ONE. AND THANK YOU MR. McOSKER, I SEE YOUR LISTENING, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STREET VACATIONS, I'M GOING TO SAY NO, ONLY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF THEM AND IF SCIENTOLOGY, EVER COMES BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO PUT FOR A STREET VACATION ON HUBBARD WAY, I WANT TO YOU SAY NO. IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU CHANGED THE NAME TO A FELON AND SOMEBODY WHO DESTROYS PEOPLE AND FAMILIES AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THERE TO BE ANYONE, ANY STREET IN THE CITY TO BE NAMED AFTER RON HUBBARD. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET IN THE HABIT OF SELLING OFF OUR STREETS OR GIVING AWAY. AND ALTHOUGH, THE PEOPLE WOULD TAKE BETTER CARE OF IT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE STREETS, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE CONVENTION CENTER COMING. THE CAO TOLD YOU NOT TO DO IT AND WHY HIRE HIM OR, LIKE IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE HIS ADVISE. HE'S SAYING, DON'T DO THIS AND I THINK HE'S RIGHT. YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO TAKE CARE OF. MAYBE WE NEED TO GET THE SIDEWALKS TAKEN CARE OF. IF WE'RE GOING TO INVITE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TO THE CITY, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES THAT, PEOPLE MAY WANT TO DRIVE AROUND WITHOUT POTHOLES AND TAKE A TRAIN THAT HAS ELEVATORS THAT WORK, YOU KNOW. THERE IS TWO STOPS RIGHT NOW IN THE ROAD, RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER WITH NO ELEVATOR SERVICE. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. SO INSTEAD OF BUILDING, I KNOW YOU WANT TO BUILD THE FUTURE, HOW ABOUT BUILDING THE PALISADES, LIKE YOU KNOW. I BET SMOKE SCAN WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT MAYBE YOU GUYS SHOULD REBUILD WHAT WAS BURNED DOWN AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE SUFFERING BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET THEIR PERMITS OR ANYTHING AND THEY DIDN'T BURN DOWN THEIR HOUSES. YOU GUYS CREATED A SITUATION THAT ALLOWED THE HOUSES TO BURN AND YOU KNOW, AND TO NOT HELP THEM IS CRIMINAL. SO PLEASE HELP THEM REBUILD. AND AFTER THAT, I'LL JUST GO ON TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, HE'S NOT LISTENING. I'M TIRED OF THE FACT OF SCIENTOLOGY DOING ALL OF THESE EVENTS. THEIR WINTER WONDERLAND DOES NOT HAVE ANY PERMITS OR INSPECTIONS, IF YOU CAN PROOF ME WRONG, PLEASE DO, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SAY I STAND CORRECTED. THEY HAVE ON RON L.HUP ARD WAY, THEY HAVE LIGHTS HOOKED UP TO HOUSES AND BUILDINGS AND IT'S A HOT MESS OVER THERE. I'M LOOKING AND I'LL SAY IF I'M BRONG. --WRONG. WERE ALLOW IT? IF I BUILD A LITTLE THING TO STORE IN PROPERTY A LITTLE 5 BY 5, YOU WOULD BE KNOCK ITING DOWN AND FINING ME AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. BUT HOW COME THEY CAN HAVE THESE HUGE STRUCTURES WHERE CHILDREN GO AND IF IT'S NOT INSPECTED. CAN YOU PLEASE STOP ALLOWING IT. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> Clerk: I WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: REGARDING FAST FOOD WORK. THIS IS MARIA GONZALEZ. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANIS H] >> Interpreter: I WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR WORK ORDINANCE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS MARIA GONZALEZ. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M A FAST FOOD WORKER AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO APPROVE THE MOTION FOR FAIR WORK AND THE FAST WORK ENVIRONMENT. WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH ] >> Interpreter: WE NEED TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS SO THE EMPLOYERS STOP ABUSING US AND DOING THINGS THAT ARE UNFAIR, FOR EXAMPLE IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE I WAS PREGNANT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH ] >> Interpreter: WHEN I GOT PREGNANT MY EMPLOYER CAPPED MY HOUR I HAD 37 PER WEEK AND IT WENT DOWN TO 5. AND THAT IS SO UNFAIR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO ASK YOU COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION FOR FAIR WORK IN THE FAST FOOD ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 17. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M WITH KAISER PERMANENTE. A NONPROFIT ENTITY, STRONG LEA POSED THE CURRENT LANGUAGE ON ITEM 17, AS IT IS BAD POLICY AND PLACE A BURDEN ON HOSPITALS THAT ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO MANAGE HEALTHCARE AFFORDABILITY. PROPOSED 30 PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR 30 PERCENT INCREASE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WILL COST OVER 800,000 ANGELINOS FOR A MEMBERS OF THE KAISER PERMANENTE ADDITIONAL 25 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR INTER FACILITY BENEFITING PRIVATE FOR PROFIT AMBULANCE COMPANIES. AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE ALL TRYING DESPERATELY TO HELP ANGELINOS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET BY MAKING HEALTHCARE COVERAGE MORE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE, THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS RUN COMPLETELY COUNTER TO THAT ATTEMPT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER . GOOD MORNING, WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR ACCOMMODATION REQUEST AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MINUTE. >> Speaker: THE IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT IS HAPPENING. BUT I THINK, IF THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE HAVING IS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT AGAINST ICE. AND CONTINUATION, CONTINUE COMMISSION AS YOU POWERFUL TO THE INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC IN PROVIDING INFORMATION TO YOU. THEREFORE, THEREFORE, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU SPEAKER. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, FOR THOSE THAT CAME TO SHARE WITH US. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEM IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS, 1, 46, 48 AND 53. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE THAT, WE CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND NUMBER 17, AND 17-A BACK TO COMMITTEE. >> Council President: 17 AND 17-A? MADAM CLERK, DID WE VOTE ON THOSE? >> Clerk: NO, THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN VOTED ON. >> Clerk: THERE IS A PENDING MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT COMMITTEES? >> H. Hutt: I CAN SEND THE AMENDMENT BACK TO COMMITTEE. 17-A. >> Council President: I THINK IF YOU SEND THE ITEM BACK TO COMMITTEE, THE AMENDMENT WOULD GO AS WELL, IS THAT CORRECT MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: YES, YOU CAN DO THAT. WHAT COMMITTEE? >> H. Hutt: BACK TO TRANSPORTATION. >> Clerk: IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: CAN IT COME BACK TO BUDGET TOO? >> Council President: YES. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT ITEM AND THE AMENDMENT WILL GO BACK TO BUDGET AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: YES THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 1, 48, 46 AND 53. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY GO TO ITEM 2 WHICH WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCILS, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR YOUR SUPPORT. BEFORE I GO INTO THE WEEDS OF MY MOTION, I'LL START WITH THE PHONE CALLS THAT WE AS COUNCILMEMBERS WILL GET. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU REPRESENT THE VALLEY OR EAST SIDE, THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR THE MOON, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE BASICS. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY A TRIM HAS NOT BEEN TRIMMED FOR 15 YEAR S. THIS INSTRUCTS THE DOT WITH THE SUPPORT OF C A O TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL WITHIN 60 DAYS WITH SOMETHING WE DESPERATELY NEED. THE TRUTH, WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY, WHAT ACTUALLY TAKES TO RUN THE CITY, NOT BASED ON LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND NOT BASED ON WHAT WE CAN AFFORD ON THE SHORT-TERM BUT BASED ON BEST PRACTICES. IF ASKED FOR FRAOU STAFFING LEVELS NEED TODAY MEET DEMAND AND FLEET REQUIREMENT TO SEE DO JOB AND A FIVE-YEAR PHASE TO GET US FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO WHERE BEST PRACTICES NEED TO BE. FINALLY, WE CANNOT HIRE MORE CREWS IF WE HAVE NOWHERE TO PUT THEM. MY MOTION REPORTS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON OUR MAINTENANCE YARDS AND CAPACITY. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT CAN SUPPORT THE WORKFORCE. THANK YOU FOR SECONDING THE MOTION MS. YAROSLAVSKY AND PADILLA FOR MOVING THIS THIS TO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WE CANNOT MAKE SMART INVESTMENTS IF WE DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE MOVE 3, FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM SQU THEN I'LL CALL THAT FORTHWITH. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, MADAM CLERK, ITEM 3 WILL GO FORTHWITH WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: 53 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: AND 5-3 FORTHWITH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. THAT TAKES TO US ITEM NUMBER 4. MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US AS AMENDED, SEEING NO COMMENTS, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT TAKES TO US ITEM 17 AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> Clerk: APOLOGIES, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT HAS BEEN REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE. SO WE CAN, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE TO 19 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: NOW THAT ITEM 4 HAS BEEN AMENDED I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO ALSO BE SENT FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON A MOTION TO HELP CONFRONT A REALITY THAT WE SEE ALL OVER THE CITY. YOU'LL SEE DELIVERY TRUCKS DOUBLE PARKED IN BIKE LANES, VEHICLES IN RED ZONES AND PARENTS PUSHING STROLLERS INTO SREETS BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK IS BLOCKED. WE HAVE SEEN AMBULANCES PARKED ON--BECAUSE THEY'RE RESPOND TODAY EMERGENCIES. BUT WITHOUT MANAGEMENT, RULES ARE IGNORED AND CHAOS REIGNS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL TO FIX THIS. INCUBATOR TO LAUNCH A PROGRAM AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT. ANOTHER CITY HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM WE STRUGGLE WITH. THIS MOTION INSTRUCTS DOT TO REPORT BACK TO BRING A SIMILAR LOADING ZONE PILOT PROGRAM TO LOS ANGELES. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. AND FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION, ESPECIALLY AS A CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WE'RE LETTING REVENUE EVAPORATE AND SAFETY HAZARD MULTIPLY BECAUSE WE'RE USING 20th CENTURY FOR 21sT‘ CENTURY DELIVER VOLUME ISSUES. WE NEED TO MODERNIZE LOADING ZONE ACCESS AND DELIVERY PARKING, IT IS TIME TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY AND RECLAIM THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. SO I HOPE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO HELP THE CURB OF OUR CITY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 23 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, NO COMMENTS, THAT ITEM IS AMENDED, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER 47 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. TODAY I SEEK YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM AND ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE. THIS REPORT WAS INTEND TODAY SERVE AS A BLUEPRINT TO THE RV TO HOME PROGRAM WHICH I PILOTED IN MY DISTRICT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST VALLEY HOMES YES. FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN RVs DID NOT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS BEING HOMELESS AND THEY WERE DISMISSED FROM EVERY REALLY BEING ENCOURAGED TO ENGAGE PROACTIVELY WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP ENSURE THAT THEY WERE MOVED OUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THESE RVs ARE POSING INCREDIBLE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M HAPPY TO SEE NAT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE INITIATIVE. WE'RE ABOUT TO HOUSE THE 300tH INDIVIDUAL IN MY DISTRICT. WE HAVE DISPOSED OF OVER 146RVs, MORE ON THE HORIZON. AND THE OBJECTIVE WITH THIS WAS TO CREATE A PROCESS AND A PROCEDURE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO SYSTEMATIC REPLICATE THIS EFFORT, NOT DIFFER SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THE JOB FOR US, WE NEEDED THE TOOLS TO DO THIS TO HELP EXPEDITIOUSLY HOUSE INDIVIDUALS AND DISPOSE OF THESE RVs AND THIS HAS PROCEDURELY CREATED A BLUEPRINT TO DO JUST THAT. WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE THIS SUCCESS, THAT WE'VE TEMPLATED AND PILOTED IN MY DISTRICT CAN NOW BE EXPAND TODAY DEPLOY CITY WIDE. SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK OF MY TEAM, THE WORK WITH OUR CLA AND CAO THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO DO THAT. IT IS ABOUT HOUSING INDIVIDUALS, AND DISPOSE ING OF THESE RVs BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED IT TO JUST GET MOVED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY. THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE EMPOWERED WITH THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE CAN HELP LEAD THE EFFORTS IN OUR OWN RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND I'LL DIFFER THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO ANYONE ELSE DOING SO I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT WE WERE 35 MILLION DOLLARS GRANT FROM THE STATE, IN ORDER TO EXPAND THIS WORK, BUT, WE REALLY WANT, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE EACH OF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THIS IN YOUR OWN RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND SO I'M HOPING THAT NOW WE HAVE THE MODEL, NOW WE CAN DO THE WORK TO HELP ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES SO THAT EVERY ONE CAN DO THIS UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE CITY. SO SI ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR MAKE THISING RECOMMENDATION. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON RVs FROM DAY ONE ON THIS COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM 43 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US AS AMENDED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO HAS CALLED ITEM 44 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT 4-4. --ITEM 4-4. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE ITEM BEFORE US PROPOSED MORE IN OVERTIME. OUR CITY IS FACING DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIMES AND WE'VE BEEN FORCED TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ALL YEAR AND THIS IS YET ANOTHER ONE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN I GONE ON A WALK OR TALKED TO RANK AND FILE, THEY TOLD ME, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE CLEAN UP AND OFTEN TIMES REFER THE ISSUE FOR TO US HANDLE. WHAT IS MORE, DATE BACK YEARS AND HAVE NOT BEEN MEANINGFULLY REVISITED. WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW OUR OUTDATED CONCERNS TO DICTATE HOW WE USE OUR LIMITED RESOURCES ESPECIALLY WHEN DOING SO MEANS TRADING REAL PUBLIC WORK FOR RESPONSE THAT'S DON'T EVEN MOVE US TOWARDS HOUSING STABILITY OR JUSTICE. I CAN'T SUPPORT EXPANDING AN APPROACH THAT CONTINUES TO VIEW OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AS SUSPECTS, VICTIMS OR WITNESSES INSTEAD OF ANGELINOS WHO NEED HOUSING CARE AND SERVICES. A LARGE PORTION OF THESE OVERTIME HOURS WOULD BE DIRECTED TOWARDS OPERATION THAT'S IN PRACTICE, CRIMINALIZE POVERTY AND OFTEN DESTABLELIZED PEOPLE FURTHER AND PUSHES THEM FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SERVICES THAT CAN HELP THEM GET OFF THE STREETS. IF OUR GOAL IS TRULY TO REDUCE ENCAMPMENTS, THEN OUR INVESTMENTS HAVE TO REFLECT THAT H THAT MEANS HOUSING, AND SUPPORTED SERVICE SXZ COORDINATED OUT REACH NOT ADDITIONAL POLICE OVERTIME. THOSE ARE THE TOOLS THAT CREATE LONG TERM CHANGE. OUR RESOURCES SHOULD REFLECT OUR VALUES IN WHAT WE KNOW WORKS INCREASING OVERTIME TO RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS, DOES NEITHER. FOR THIS REASON, I'M A NO VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 44 PASS, THE NEXT ITEM BEFORE COUNCIL IS ITEM 50 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM IS NOW BEFORE US AS AMENDED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 51 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMEFIELD FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US AS AMENDED, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 52 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US FOR AN AMENDMENT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 54 AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: JUST A QUICK COMMENT, THIS IS A LARGE USED PROJECT IN MY DISTRICT. I FULLY SUPPORT IT. THE REASON I CONTINUED IT YESTERDAY WAS WE WERE WORKING ON TECHNICAL WHICH RELANDED TODAY. I JUFPT WANTED TO MAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK FOR ALL THE WARNER, PROJECTS BUT I KNOW THIS--I WANT TODAY ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEMS 21 AND 42 ARE BEFORE COUNCIL IF COUNCILMEMBER PRICE WOULD LIKE TO STEP OUT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHILE COUNCILMEMBER IS RECUSING, I'LL REQUEST THAT ITEM 44 GO FORTHWITH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: 44. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE HAS RECUSED. SO ITEMS 21 AND 42 ARE BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE DESK IS CLEAR. JAOT DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: YES I WANT TO ANNOUNCE TO EVERY ONE HERE, THAT TOMORROW FROM 4:00 TO 7:00 IS MY TOY DRIVE AND HOLIDAY PARTY. I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO COME. IF YOU COME, YOU GET TO RAMPAGE. YOU GET TO SEE RAMPAGE WHO IS THE MASCOT FOR THE RAMS, WHO WILL BE THERE ALONG WITH WITH THE RAMS CHEERLEADERS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOOD AND JOHNNY PACIFIC EMPANADAS. WE IT WILL BE FUN, WE HAVE THE CHOIR, ALL INVITED. IF YOU CAN, BRING A TOY WE'RE ALSO COLLECTING FOR THE HOMELESS, CLOTHING AND FOOD SO WHATEVER YOU CAN BRING, IT WILL GET DISTRIBUTED, IT IS A HOLIDAY PARTY AND TOY DRIVE AND IT'S AT MY DISTRICT OFFICE WHICH IS THE WEST VALLEY MUNICIPAL BUILDING. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BLUMENFIELD. ADVISE YOUR STAFF TO MAKE YOU TALLER THAN THE SNOW MAN NEXT YEAR. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WE ARE STILL DOING OUR HOLIDAY DOOR CON FEST AND THE DUE DATE IS DECEMBER 8th, YOU'RE STANDING IN STIFF COMPETITION WITH COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA WHO HOOS ACORNER GOING. SO JUST WANT TO PUT PEOPLE ON NOTICE, THAT THE DECLARATIONS CONTEST IS HAPPENING. >> Council President: I THINK COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA IS SHUTTING DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US GOING TO TRY TO COMPETE. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: BOB, YOU INSPIRED ME AND I'M HOPING THAT WE EACH GET A SNOW GLOBE FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR, A LITTLE BOB RIGHT HERE WOULD BE FUN. I TOO AM HAVING A TREE LIGHTING. TIS THE SEASON, SO BEGINNING TOMORROW, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING AT THE CITY HALL WITH A BEAUTIFUL 20-FOOT TREE AND TONS OF ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES. BEGINS AT 6:00 O'CLOCK, AT PACOIMA CITY HALL AND FREE SANTA PHOTOS FOR EVERY ONE. AND ON FRIDAY IN SUN LAND AND SYLMAR PARK, OUR HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING EVENTS THERE AS WELL. I WANT TO INVITE EVERY ONE TO COME ON OUT AND COME HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THE COMMUNITY. THANKS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO THE RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY So that we can make sure that we are ready as a community to evacuate when that time comes. Another issue is, is making sure you have a go kit. And what I mean by that is you are prepared. You've got the essentials that you need. Now that does not include your home and everything in it because those things are all replaceable . So what we want to focus on are the people, the community members. Right. That's the those are the folks that are irreplaceable. Your loved ones. So we need to focus on those. And getting out of harm's way. And finally, when the evacuation time comes, we've got to make sure that we go and we leave when that order comes out. That being said, there's one more thing I'd like to talk about and that is if the warning comes out. Red flag that we need to not have street parking. We all need to focus and make sure our vehicles are off the roadways. And what I mean by that is that if people are parked on some of the streets that are tight in our community, it might be just barely enough for a small black and white to get by. But when it comes to the apparatus of the fire department, they're really going to struggle to get by those parked cars. And that could exacerbate the fire issue. Yeah, those are excellent points. Um knowing your neighbors having your go kit, and certainly we do have a lot of hairpin turns and natural choke points and narrow roads in some of the areas that are next to wildfire. So for those who want to get more information about that or to sign up for alerts to actually be notified when there are the red flag, no parking restrictions, you could go. To lafd.org/red flag. So thank you. Excellent points. And Jennifer we'll turn it to you for a minute with the emergency Management department. Now you play a very vital role in the preparation of wildfires. Can you talk to us a little bit more about the role of the EMD. And also particular to alerting? Yeah So the emergency management department makes sure that the city is ready to send emergency alerts in as many ways as possible. The second that a fire is dangerous. And so the notify la system is what we use to let everyone know what's going on. That system has a lot of elements, so if you go in and sign up and register yourself in the system, you can actually choose the addresses you care most about. It might be your home, it might be where your kids go to school, or where a parent is getting care. You can put all of those places into the system, along with which ways you want to be contacted. A cell phone, a TTY, or TDD device, text messages, landline, VoIP phone, email. All of those systems are available to you. So if you go to notify LA. Org and sign up, you can get alerts specifically for those areas you care about. There's another really important aspect to that emergency alerting system, and it's wireless emergency alerts. This is a federal national program that allows your cell phone to get an alert based on its active location. In the moment. The alert is sent. So if you are in a fire zone, maybe you're going on a hike in the hills. Maybe you're enjoying a concert and a fire breaks out. We can actually draw a shape around that area that needs to be notified and send a message to everyone's phones. A lot of folks have gotten those before. As an Amber alert or a Silver Alert. We use that same system, and so one thing that we ask everybody to do is check your phone settings and make sure that you're opted in to receiving those public safety and severe incident alerts that you that you haven't changed the phone settings because you really need to get those in the exact moment in which we send them. And the good news is, the city of LA really does have one of the most robust alerting systems. It's not just the emergency management department . We partner closely with the fire department and the police department and back each other up on sending those alerts. We've got the language prewritten. We just plug in the area that's at risk and we can get those alerts out really rapidly to let people know what's going on. One thing I'll add is we'll send a couple of kinds of alerts during a wildfire. So the first one is just going to be what we lovingly call the shake n shout. Wake up, there's something happening and we want you to know about it. We want you to start preparing. We're going to send that as soon as we know that a fire could be threatening structures or large area, then we'll send an evacuation warning . If we need people to be prepared to evacuate. And an evacuation order if we need them to evacuate now so that evacuation warning, if it's going to take you longer to get out, if you maybe have pets or somebody who needs special technology to be able to leave their home, leave them, get out then. But for everybody, when you get that evacuation order, as Sergeant Lee mentioned, we really need you to hit the road and get out of the way. That will let the firefighters the police officers protect your property, protect your home without having to worry about you. So thank you, Jennifer. That was really some great information about notify LA. I like too that you brought up the fact that you could kind of reduce signal to noise ratio and make sure you're getting signal, not too much noise by saying the geographic areas that actually matter to you. And also the way that you receive them can be specific via text or email. And I also know that when an emergency breaks out, we certainly have very close coordination. And we appreciate all that you do in notifying people. It's our pleasure. The key thing is make sure you get notifications in a lot of different ways. You don't want to rely on any one source to get those messages. Excellent point. The more the merrier, especially when it comes to life saving information. So it's not just about individually being prepared, but it's also important to be prepared collectively as a community. And so that's where David Barrett from my safe LA comes in. Can you talk a little bit about your neighborhood education? Sure You've been talking about the