>> REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETEDING OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2025. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, AND I SERVE AS CHAIR OF THIS COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN HERE IN PERSON IN THED JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBERS. LET'S BEGIN THE PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF MARCH 18, 2025. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK MOVES COUNCILMEMBER JURADO SECONDS. LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 8 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. A CORRECTED BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND UNDER RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILE. 29 THROUGH 43 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC. 44 IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE NEEDED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ARE SUBMITTED. STARTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 1 FAUXER A SEPARATE VOTE AND ITEM 2 CONTINUED TO APRIL SECOND. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> T. McOsker: FROM THE WEST SIDE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ITEM 13 TO BE CALLED SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS OF STAFF AND COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 16 FOR AN AMENDMENT WHICH SHOULD BE CIRCULATED AND 43 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: ITEM 28 FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD IS THAT YOU STANDING FOR A SPECIAL? OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 9 BECAUSE IT'S UNCLEAR WHO IS WORK ONING THIS PROJECT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: ITEM 43 UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY. >> Clerk: AND TO CLARIFY THAT WOULD BE MARCH 25th. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 4 FOR AN AMENDMENTED AND THAT IS BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: PERFECT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: CAN I CALL ITEM 10 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS AND ITEM 11 FOR AN AMENDMENT. WHICH I WILL CIRCULATE SHORTLY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: , THANK YOU, OH. >> Council President: SORRY, MORE? >> N. Raman: YEAH, CAN I READ THE AMENDMENT. >> Council President: IF IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED, WE DON'T NEED TO READ IT. >> N. Raman: IT HAS BEEN, I'M INTRODUCED IT UNDER COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. >> Council President: WE JUST HAVE TO GET IT CIRCULATED AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. >> N. Raman: OKAY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 28 FOR AN AMENDMENT. AND THAT IS BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President:er ANY OTHER SPECIALS? I HAVE A SPECIAL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES, WE ALL WANT TO WISH COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THERE IS CAKE LOTS OF CARBS IN THE BACK TO CELEBRATE THAT DAY. ALL RIGHT, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 3, 5 THROUGH 8, 12, 14, 15, AND 17--18 THROUGH 27. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE WE WILL THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE UP ITEM 1 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ITEM 1 CALLED SPECIAL LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE UP ITEM 9 AND COUNCILMEMBER PRICE WILL NEED TO RECUSE ON ITEM 9. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GIVE COUNCILMEMBER PRICE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECUSE. IN AS MUCH AS HE HAS DONE SO, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE UP ITEM 13 CALLED SPECIAL FOR COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ITEM 13 IS BEFORE US, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I BELIEVE WE HAVE LAWDP HERE, IS THE PORT HERE AS WELL? OH THERE YOU ARE, COME ON UP, PLEASE. SO COLLEAGUES THIS ISSUE INVOLVES THE POWER SUPPLY AND SURGES OR INTERRUPTIONS THAT OCCUR WHEN SURGES OCCUR AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. WE ARE ENDEAVORING COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CHANGE OUR ENGINES AND OUR FUEL SYSTEMS AND CLEAN OUR PORT TO GET TO ZERO AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS FOR POURING UP THAT HUMAN EQUIPMENT BY THE WAY WILL BE ELECTRICITY SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SOLID STEADY RELIABLE ELECTRIC SUPPLY AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO NEED TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF POWER THAT WE'RE BRINGING DOWN THE CLEAN POWER THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. WE FIND OURSELVES IN A CURRENT SITUATION WHERE THE ELECTRICITY THAT IS AVAILABLE TO PORT TERMINAL OPERATORS NOW, HAS SURGES OR INTERRUPTIONS WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON IN POWER SYSTEMS, IT OCCURS. BUT WHEN IT OCCURS AT THE PORT AND WE HAVE THIS VERY SENSITIVE, EXPENSIVE COMPLICATED EQUIPMENT AND A POWER SURGE HAPPENS, THAT EQUIPMENT SHUTS OFF TO PROTECT ITSELF. AND WHEN IT SHUTS OFF, AND THEN IT, IS IN THE PROCESS OF CORRECTING ITSELF, IT SOMETIMES TAKES HOURS IN SOME CASES TO RBOOT AND THAT MEANS THAT THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO ARE WORKING DOWN THERE AND THE COMPANIES THAT ARE MOVING GOODS, ARE INTERRUPTED FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME. SO WE ASK FOR A REPORT TO COME BACK AND WE HAVE A REPORT HERE WHICH I DON'T HAVE ANY QUARREL WITH, IT IDENTIFIES THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WE'VE SEEN INTERRUPTIONS AND THE WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE ON THE INTERRUPTIONS IT COULD BE ON THE CITY SIDE OF THE METER, IT COULD BE ON THE TENANTS SIDE OF THE METER, IT CAN HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS FOR WHY IT HAPPENED BUT WHAT IT SELL REAL ESTATE OTHER GOING TO BE IMPORTANT IS THAT WE KNOW WITH, THAT WE CAN FROM THIS INFORMATION, WE CAN DEVELOP WAYS THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE A BRIEF A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT FOR THE SAKE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THEN I'LL HAVE A CUP OF QUESTIONS AND THEN IDENTIFY WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEPS. SO GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> GOOD MORNING I'M JAVIER, I'M WITH DWP SYSTEM. >> T. McOsker: RIGHT INTO THE McAND NICE AND LOUED. >> Speaker: JAVIER WITH LA WDP SYSTEM. >> Speaker: I'M ASSISTANT SYSTEM ENGINEER WITH THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: WE RECOGNIZE-- >> T. McOsker: CLOSER RIGHT TO YOUR MOUTH. >> Speaker: WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS INITIAL A STUDY WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER INSTITUTE ON DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR TO BOTH ASSESS ON THE DWP SIDE A LOT OF THE POWER OUTAGES THAT WE EXPERIENCE BUT ALSO AT THE TERMINAL OPERATORS. SO THAT STUDY IS UNDER WAY TO BOTH HELP THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER TO ASSESS ON OUR SIDE SOME OF OUR SENSITIES AND OUR SYSTEM AND ALSO ON THE TERMINAL OPERATOR SIDE AND THE PORT AS THE ELECTRIFIED AND A LOT OF THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE FOR EQUIPMENT AND TRY TO ADDRESS PART OF THE SENSITIVITY. SO SOME OF THE STUDY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US, ON WHAT THEY CAN DO ON THEIR SIDE TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SENSITIVITY. WHEN THEY DO SEE A DISRUPTION ON THE POWER SYSTEM. AND ON OUR SYSTEM WE'LL BE DOING SIMILAR, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM THAT SUPPLIES THE POWER AND LOOK WHAT WE CAN DO FROM OUR OVERHEAD SYSTEM INCLUDING OUR UNDERGROUND SYSTEM ON OUR SIDE. SO THAT STUDY IS CURRENTLY UNDER WAY. THIS WEEK, THE ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE IS DOING SITE ASSESSMENT OF TWO OF THE TERMINAL OPERATORS. THEY'LL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MONTH AND MOVE ON IN APRIL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER. THE GOAL IS TO GET THAT STUDY COMPLETED AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND GIVE AND DWP ON ACTIONS THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE TO ADDRESS AND MINIMIZE THE MOST AS BEST WE CAN ON BOTH SIDE OF THE CUSTOMER SIDE AND ANY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. A LOT OF THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL POWER MOMENTARILY INTERRUPTIONS, AND THAT'S OUR GOAL TO TRY TOO ADDRESS AND MINIMIZE THOSE IN PARTICULAR AS THE PORT TERMINAL OPERATORS. >> T. McOsker: BEFORE WE TURN TO THE PORT, SO BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS ON THE DWP SIDE OF THE METER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS SMAOGTD I WILL SAY A SUPPLY OF POWER AS POSSIBLE. BUT ALSO COMMISSIONING A REPORT WITH THIS INDEPENDENT OPERATOR TO THEY WILL US WHAT WOULD THE AND FOR MY SAKE, I'LL SIMPLIFY IT WHAT WOULD BE THE SUMMINGER PROTECTERS THAT COULD BE ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE OF THE METER THAT WOULD BE AFFECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT INCREASES OR INTERRUPTIONS AND DECREASES AND POWERS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A SHUT DOWN, IS THAT RIGHT? WHEN WILL THAT BE READY THAT REPORT? >> OCTOBER, 2025. >> T. McOsker: ON OCTOBER OF 2025. ON THE PORT SIDE WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET THEM READY AND PUT THEM IN A POSITION TO PROTECT THEIR ASSETS AND PROTECT THEIR WORKERS. >> WE'RE WORKING HAND AND HAND WITH WATER AND POWER WITH THIS RORLT. WE'RE THE COORDINATING WITH THE OPERATORS TO BRING ON TO THE TERMINAL THESE LAST FEW DASING, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THEY WERE AT TRAY PACK. TODAY THEY ARE AT APM AND TOMORROW AT APM ALSO. SO THEY'RE ANALYZING EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THEY'RE, IDENTIFYING AND NOTING THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, THE MOTORS, THE SENSITIVITIES THAT THEY'RE RECOGNIZING. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT DATA BACK AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO ANALYZE THAT AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOK AT WHAT SOME EXISTING OPERATORS DO. ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT REALLY KNOCKS, OR THAT IMPACTS DELAYS IS REALLY WHEN THE SHIP TO CRANE SHIPS GO OUT. WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE OPERATORS WHEN EVEN A TEN-SECOND OUTAGE CAN PUT THEM OUT FOR FOUR HOURS SOMETIMES SIX HOURS WHERE THEY'RE NOT BEING PRODUCTIVE. NOTHING CAN MOVE UNTIL IT'S RESET. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ALSO ON NOT ONLY ON THE WATER POWER BUT ALSO ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE. AND WHAT IS WORKING AND NOT WORKING. SO WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON THAT REPORT TO KIND OF GIVE US THE ROAD MAP FOR THAT. >> T. McOsker: OKAY, SO A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE HAD A MEETING DOWN AT THE HARBOR WHERE WE WERE HOSTED BY ONE OF THE TERMINALS AND PSA AND PORT AND DWP AND WE CONSTRUCTED THIS PLAN. CAN I GET A COMMITMENT FROM DWP AND THE PORT THAT WE WILL RECONSTITUTE THAT MEETING AND MAKE OURSELVES READY FOR THE OCTOBER REPORT AND DISCUSS PROGRESS? >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> T. McOsker: ALSO, AND I'LL SAY, YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS, FOLKS ARE BUYING POWER FROM YOU, AND RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR TENANTS. THIS IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. THERE IS GOT TO BE A WAY THAT DWP AND THE PORT AND THE CITY SHARE COSTS. YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEADS BUT YOU CANNOT NOD YOUR HEADS BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR, THREE-WAY SHARE. COLLEAGUES THOSE ARE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO URGE THAT AFTER THE ITEM IS HEARD, BECAUSE IT STILL REQUIRES PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE VOTE AYE. I'LL BE INTRODUCING A MOTION TODAY THAT IS ASKING FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT ON OUTAGES AND ASKING FOR A PERIODIC REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARDS THIS AND ANNUAL REPORT FOR HOW WE SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. >> Council President: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH MR. McOSKER. THANK YOU TO THE PRESENTATION BY OUR TEAM. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THE ITEM, WE CAN OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND MR. PRESIDENT, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO TAKE ITEM 14 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: AND THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE UP ITEM 10 CALLED SPECIAL BY KOULD RAMAN FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES, IN ITEM 10, WE HAVE BEFORE YOU SOME WORK THAT HAS GONE THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE PRIMARILY ON OUT REACH, SHELTER BEDS AND LONG TERM HOUSING THAT INCLUDES PSH THAT WE'RE BUILDING AS WELL AS RENTAL SUBSIDIES. HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE IS COMPLICATED. IT IS NECESSARILY INTER JURISDICTIONAL, WE DEAL WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS LIKE HACLA AND ALSO INTER JURISDICTIONAL. WE'RE WORK WITHING LAHSA AND MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. WHEN WE STARTED WORK WITHING MULTIPLE RESPONSE WITH THE CITY WE WERE SPENDING A LOT LESS MONEY. WE WOULD ALLOCATE MONEY TO LAHSA AND THEN LAHSA WOULD THEN SUBCONTRACTER WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO MEET THE NEEDS THAT WE WERE FUNDING. BUT RIGHT NOW WHEN OUR FUNDING FOR THIS ISSUE HAS GROWN SO MUCH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE IN CITY HALL THAT IS TASKED WITH INSURING THAT OUR DOLLARS ARE YIELDING THE PERFORMANCE ARE GIVEN. AND HOW LONG ARE THOSE VACANCIES TAKING TO GET FILLED? THIS PRODUCES HOUSING IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WHICH HOLDS OUR CONTRACTS WITH LAHSA AND OUR WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING ON THIS THANKS TO FUNDING FROM PHILANTHROPY. JUST FROM COLLECT THISING DATA AND BEING LOOK AT OUTCOMES WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED MONTHLY IN OUR UNITS FROM 74 PER MONTH TO OVER 250 PER MONTH. AND WE'RE REDUCING TO WE'RE AT 90 PERCENT OCCUPANCY AND 95 PERCENT OKAY ANT SEE IN THOSE BUILDINGS. EMERGENCY IF WE HELD SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE AND MADE SURE THAT WE'RE MONITORING. THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION DOES AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL WIN YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COULD NOT SOL DATE. --CONSOLIDATE, WE HAVE A LOT OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT OVERSIGHT. AND IT'S PARTNERSHIP OF COURSE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH THIS BUREAU IS PART OF THE OAF ALL STRUCTURE THAT THE MAYOR IS THE EXECUTIVE FOR. I KNOW THE CONCERNS AND SOMETIMES, IF WE DO INSTITUTIONALIZE IT, THAT WE'RE ADMITTING THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM. WELL FOLKS, WE'VE HAD HOMELESSNESS FOR A WHILE. IT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE WOULD ALL HAVE TO SOLVE BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS HERE AND WE NEED TO DEAL WITH PROFESSIONALLY AS A CITY. AND THIS IS THE STEP TO DO THAT. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE MOVING IT FORWARD AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR GREAT WORK ON THIS. AND I URGE AN AYE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT PLEASE. MA'AM, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED ONCE. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, SEEING NONESINGER WE CAN OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 4 AS THE AMENDMENT WAS CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 4 AS AMENDED IS NOW BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE OTHER ITEMS AND THEIR AMENDMENTS TO BE CIRCULATED FOR ITEM 17, I BELIEVE THERE WILL NEED TO BE A MOTION. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I MOVE THAT I ASK THAT WE MOVE THE BNF COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Clerk: AND IF THERE IS A SECOND? >> Council President: SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE CONSIDER THAT ITEM AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WAIVING AN OBSCENE OBJECT IN THE AIR WHILE WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING BUSINESS THIS MORNING. SOY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. THANK YOU. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE UP TOO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COME. 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 ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR AGAIN STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COME. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. A COUPLE OF MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD IN THE RADIOED. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Council President: AND FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 28 AS AMENDED, IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE AMENDMENTS THEY'RE AVAILABLE ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE BULLETIN BOARD 29 THROUGH 32 AND ITEM 44. ITEMS 43 HAS BEEN CONTINUED. >> Clerk: MARINI, CLYDE BARREL, DAVID DUKE. CIBA. JEFFERY EPSTEIN, AUDIT L.A., AND SIMON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MR. EPSTEIN IS NOT HANGING AROUND. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TO THIS HERE. OKAY BEINGER LET'S SEE GETTING TO THE BUSINESS. AND THANK YOU BY CALLING ME BY MY NATURAL NAME, DAVID DUKE. LET'S SEE HERE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY? I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGENDA? LOOK AT THIS. LET'S SEE HERE. ITEM 91, LET'S START WITH THAT ONE. ITEM 91 I'M AGAINST. ITEM 92, I SUPPORT. 94 I'M AGAINST. 97 I'M IN FAVOR OF. ITEM 99, I DO NOT SUPPORT IT WITH AMENDMENTS. ITEM 100, ITEM 100 I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU PUT UP THE REPORT HOW DARE YOU FUCK YOU! AND THE REST OF YOU ASSHOLES ON ITEM 100. -->> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WHAT ARE YOU DOING, GET ON THE AGENDA. LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE. LET ME GO BACK. ITEM 29, FUCK ITEM AND FUCK THAT FAT MONICA RODRIGUEZ. AND THEN WE HAVE HAMBURGER HERNANDEZ, ON ITEM 30. HAMBURGER HERNANDEZ, WHEN YOU NEED A HELPING HAND. YEAH, SHE IS DOING A REAP. NOW HAMBURGER YOU'RE IN THE SUPPORT OF THE LANDLORDS, I'M GLAD, WE NEED LANDLORDS OR THERE IS NO HOUSING. ITEM 194 I'M AGAINST. AND GETTING BACK TO ITEM 31, FUCK ITEM 31 BY HUGO RODRIGUEZ. AND RODRIGUEZ AGAIN ON 3, ANOTHER REAP. SELL OUT OF PEOPLE TO THE LANDLORD. AND THEN WE HAVE HAMBURGER HERNANDEZ ON 34 AGAIN. AND THEN OF COURSE, ITEM 33, TEN-TIME INDICTED COUNCILMEMBER CURREN PRICE WILL BE GOING TO COURT TOMORROW MORNING IN DIVISION 2. LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND. THAT'S RIGHT. YES, AND TRACI PARK IS WAITING FOR THE INDICTMENT TO GO THROUGH. AND THEN ITEM 5, K.K.K., K KATY. FUCK HER. 37 THE SOON TO BE CONVICTED FELON AGAIN, CURREN PRICE. STOLEN WANTS A HALL OF FAME FOR ALAN PAPIO WHO THE FUCK IS ELLEN PAPIO. AND NOW FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL OF YOU LABOR ASSHOLES ARE NOW GOING TO RENEGOTIATE ALL OF THAT GRAPH AND GRAPH OF 20 PERCENT HIKES. BOB BLOG THE WORSE THING TO COME OUT OF ISRAEL SINCE TEL AVIV IS ASKING FOR YOUR MONEY BACK. FUCK YOU BOB, WE AND THE UNIONS WILL NOT ACCEPT MY PAY CUTS. AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT TRACI PARK IS GOING TO DO, SHE IS GOING TO START ISSUING FURLOUGHS AND LAYOFFS. THAT'S RIGHT, SHE WAS OFF EARLY THIS MORNING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO TODAY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE ILLUSTRIOUS IMELDA PADILLA SELLING OUT THE LABOR. AND WHAT ABOUT YOU JACKASS, STALEN, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A 20 PERCENT PAY CUT. I SAY FIRE THE PUMPKIN HEAD. FIRE THE PUMPKIN HEAD. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. ANISHA, CHRISTINE, FLORA GONZALEZ, JAY PALMER, JULIETA. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER BEFORE YOU BEGIN, LET ME MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR THE LAST SPEAKER AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. I KNOW YOU HEARD SOME THINGS THAT ARE VERY OFFENSIVE, IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE CITY OR THE COUNCIL. WE HAVE TO ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK BASED FIRST AMOUNT. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THE BAIT. THANK YOU, WHAT DO YOU WISH PO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THE SUBJECTS ARE HOMELESSNESS, I'D LIKE A GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL COMMENT. >> Speaker: INTERTWINING HOMELESSNESS WITH THE SLUM LORD ISSUE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS SUING AND CITY ATTORNEY IS PROSECUTOR, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M ALLOWED TO SAY HIS NAME. I'VE BEEN READING THE LETTERS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS ACCORD TO GO DETECTIVE RUIZ IS THERE ARE NO OPEN CASES INVESTIGATIONS FOR LABOR TRAFFIC INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY DON'T COME FORWARD. I MYSELF HAVE BEEN INVOLVED BY FORCE IN LABOR TRAFFICKING FOR SEVEN YEARS HERE IN LOS ANGELES. AND I'VE TOLD THE POLICE A NUMBER OF TIMES, THEY DID NOTHING. AND I STARTED READING INTO WHAT WAS GOING ON AND EVERYBODY THINKS THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST, IT DOES. I'VE BEEN A VICTIM AND I STILL NEED HELP. THE OTHER THING IS, THE SLUM LORDS ISSUE THAT LAPD DID AND ASSISTED EVICTION FROM MY HOUSE, ILLEGAL EVICTION. IT'S AN UNINHABITABLE DWELLING. ALL OF MY POSITIONS WERE BEING PUT IN THE CORNER TO BE SOLD AND STOLEN. >> City Attorney: THIS IS A JENNA NOUNSMENT. I REALIZE THAT TIME GOES BY QUICKLY, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WRITTEN COMMENT YOU CAN DO SO IT'S AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA THERE IS A URL AND IF YOU CAN WAIT AT THE SIDE. >> Speaker: I BELIEVE UNISSES IS MY COUNCILWOMAN I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY FROM HER OFFICE. >> City Attorney: I UNDERSTAND, PLEASE EXIT TO YOUR RIGHT. WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: TESTING, TESTING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> City Attorney: YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Speaker: BEFORE YOU START MY TIME. I WANT TO SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS PLUS. >> City Attorney: YEP. YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: BEFORE YOU START MY TIME CAN YOU GIVE ME RUN DOWN, WHAT OTHER TOPICS CAN I SPEAK ON. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE HERE ALL THE TIME, YOU'RE WELCOME TO BE HERE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE STICK TO THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: I WAS AT PUBLIC WORKS AT THE SAME TIME, CAN YOU GIVE ME WHAT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, YOU SAID SOME WERE REMOVED. >> City Attorney: AS RI 'EY REMINDER TO EVERYBODY HERE THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 28, AS AMENDED 29 THROUGH 32 AND ITEM 44. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, AND SMOKING SCAN WANTED TO KNOW TOO. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MAP, THE ONE WITH THE MAP, I DID SEE THAT, AND I'VE BEEN HERE TRYING TO TELL THAT YOU YOUR MAPS ARE WRONG. AND I DON'T TRUST THIS MAP BEING MAPPED CORRECTLY AND I'M GOING TO ASK SMOKING SCAN IF THEY DEGREE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE A FAKE STREET, RON HUBBARD WAY IS NOT A STREET. >> City Attorney: I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, I DO NOT SEE A MAP AGENDA. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEM OR YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK THROUGH THIS IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: IT'S IN THERE. IT'S ABOUT UPDATING THE MAP, MAPPING SOMETHING OUT. IF I'M NOT, MAYBE I'M NOT INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MEANING. >> City Attorney: I THINK YOU'RE TALK TALKING ABOUT THE AGENDA ON JEDER. YESTERDAY. >> Speaker: THERE IS ONE TODAY. MAKE SURE YOUR MAPS ARE MAPPING THE RIGHT THING. SO MY OTHER THING IS ALL THE OTHER HOUSES, LIKE YESTERDAY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL LIGHTING. TODAY IS GETTING RID OF HOUSES OFF THE RECORDS. YOU'RE NOT GIVING US THE BIGGER, JUICIER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER, LIKE CAN I HAVE ONE? I WOULD LIKE UNIF YOU'RE GETTING RID OF ONE, I WOULD LKE TO HAVE ONE, SMOKING SCAN MIGHT WANT ONE, CAN WE HAVE ONE? I WOULD LIKE THAT. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF RIDICULOUS STUFF AND JUST THINGS, WOULD I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER ONE AND BE THANKFUL THAT ALL OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DOING CIS. >> City Attorney: I PAUSED YOUR TIME. SPEAKER I'VE PAUSED YOUR TIME. ITEM 42 IS APPROVE AM OF FINAL MAP TRACK AT 6200. SO IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT NOT RON L HUBBARD WAY. >> Speaker: SO I CAN TALK ABOUT WILSHIRE BOULEVARD. >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SEE I WAS RIGHT, THERE WAS A MAP SO YOU KNOW, THANK YOU THAT YOU LET ME KNOW THAT I WAS RIGHT. AND I KNEW I WAS, I KNEW I WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY. ANYWAY, WHEN YOU'RE MAPPING WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, I POLITELY REQUEST THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAP IT CORRECTLY. LIKE IF THEY HAVE, ON THAT PROPERTY A STREET THAT DOES NOT HAVE RED CURBING, PLEASE AS A CITY DON'T MAP AND SAY THAT IT'S A PARKING AREA ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS FAKE PARKING SIGNS ON IT. I WILL NOT MENTION THAT IT'S LIKE RON L HUBBARD WAY. I'M TALKING ABOUT WILSHIRE BOULEVARD MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAP IT CORRECTLY BECAUSE LIKE RIGHT NOW, AND I WILL NOT MENTION WHAT IS HAPPENING, PEOPLE ARE GETTING TICKETS ON RON L HUBBARD WAY BECAUSE I'M NOT ALLOWED INTO TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE DUPED, MAYBE THEY WOULD DO BETTER IF YOU'RE GIVE THEM ONE OF THESE HOUSES. MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING ILLEGAL TICKETS BECAUSE YOU'RE LEAVING THE CITY OPEN TO LAWSUITS. THANK YOU I FEEL IT NOW, THANK YOU MS. PADILLA. SHE IS MAKING EYE CONTACT BUT SHE IS NOT LISTENING. THANK YOU I'M HERE ABOUT RON L HUBBARD WAY, FINALLY AND SHOUT OUT TO SMOKE SCAN. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT THEY HAD A NO PARKING, THEY SAY IT'S NO PARKING, THE CITY ENFORCES ON THE WORD OF SCIENTOLOGY, BECAUSE THEY'RE LORD AND MASTERS, APPARENTLY, THEY EVEN CLOSED A LAPD MEETING FOR THEM RIDICULOUS. BUT THERE IS NO AND MR. HUGO, YOUR OFFICE OR NO ONE CAN PROOF TO ME OR ANYONE THAT THAT STREET IS NO PARKING. SO WHY ARE YOU NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PARK ON IT? WHY ARE PEOPLE GETTING TICKETS AND SPENDING MONEY ILLEGALLY? YOU'RE OPENING UP TO LAWSUITS BECAUSE I WOULD SUE YOU IN A SECOND. AS FAR AS STREET VACATION I'M CONTINUOUSLY ASKING FOR TO YOU SAY NO. THEY WANT EVERYBODY PRIVATIZED. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, MR. NAZARIAN, I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, HE'S GUY. AND I'M GOING TO. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, ASSHOLE. NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN THE REPORTS REGARDING HOUSING, US HOUSE NIGGERS CANNOT LIVE IN LOS ANGELES. US HOUSE NIGGERS ARE FORCE TODAY WORK THREE JOBS BECAUSE YOUR MAYOR BURNED A POPULATION OF HOMES BELONGING TO THE JEW JEWS, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL HOMES BURNED. AND THAT SONG FROM JIM MORRISON TELLS YOU WHY. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEM ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ABOUT ALL THE HOUSING FOO. >> City Attorney: THOSE ARE REAP ITEMS, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE REAP ITEMS. OR YOU CAN DO SO IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: LET ME IN PARTICULAR SPEAK IN ONE ITEM, MR. ASSHOLE ATTORNEY. TAKE NUMBER 31 REMOVE THE PROPERTY OFF OF RECOMMEND A THAT I ARMANDO HERMAN ON THE RECORD STATE THAT IT'S UNCONTUSION AL TO ASSESS PEOPLE THESE TYPES OF FINES. EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA HAS A RIGHT TO THEIR HOUSE. AND IF THEY LIKE THEIR CHINCHERO IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, LET IT STAY THERE. YOUR MAYOR HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE HOUSING, YOU DUMB AS. EVEN PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'M MAKING A STATEMENT ON FACTS, JACK. LOOK AT 32 ASSHOLE, OCCIDENTAL BOULEVARD. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT OBAMA. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING, STAY ON TOPIC OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: THEN WE GO INTO CD9, NIGGER, NUMBER 33 FUCKEN RESOLUTIONS RELATIVE TO THE REMOVING OF PROPERTY AT 5292, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON RENT ESCROW PEOPLE, YOU NEED TO COME HERE IN THIS PODIUM TO HAVE THOSE LIENS AND THOSE CHARGES AND THOSE FINES WAVED, BECAUSE THEY'RE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. NOBODY SHOULD HAVE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSESS YOUR PROPERTY ON FINES AND MAKE YOU HOMELESS. AND THEN, WHAT DO I GOT 40 SECONDS ASSHOLE? LOOK AT NUMBER 36, ASSHOLE, ANOTHER HOUSING. LOOK AT NUMBER 35, ANOTHER HOUSING? AM I ON TOPIC, LOOK AT ANOTHER HOUSING, LOOK AT NUMBER 38, IT'S DIFFERENT. HOLLYWOOD WALK OF SHAME, FUCK YOU ELLEN POMIMO WHATEVER HER NAME IS. NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT YOU, OTHER THAN WE WANT OUR SIDEWALKS AND STREETS CLEAN OF THE SHIT THAT SCIENTOLOGY HAS PUT ON THE GOD DAMN SIDEWALK AND STREETS AND WE WANT OUR STREET TAKEN BACK. NOW ON TO MY NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YOU DIRTY NIGGERS, LOOK WHAT THE MAYOR HAS DONE TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. SHE HAS ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SLEEP ON THE SIDEWALK, ALLOWED PALESTINE TO BURN THE JEW, JEW'S LAND OFF THE HILLS AND NOW NOBODY WANT TO BUILD ON IT. WE CAN BUILD ALL THE HOMELESS CRIESES AND ALL THE PEOPLE. AND TOOK ONE CONSIDERATION, AND TRUMP IT ON RECORD, BUILD, BUILD, BUILD AND DRILL DRILL DRILL. THE REASON, THE REASON JONATHAN. >> City Attorney: NONE OF THIS IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. >> Speaker: IT HAS 20 DO WITH JEW, JEW, THEY HOLD THE SHACKLES AND THE KEYS TO THE BUNNY TREE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN STEALING. STOP THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES HERE IN L.A. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER, I KNOW THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. >> Speaker: HI I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS A NISHA I'M A FAST FOOD WORKER AND ALSO A FAST FOOD WORKERS UNION. I'M URGING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLEASE PUT OUR ORDINANCE, PLEASE PUT OUR ORDINANCE ON THE AGENDA. TOO MANY WORKERS ARE HOMELESS, TOO MANY WORKERS DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS. TOO MANY CEOs AND BOSSES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WORKERS, OF NOT KNOWING THEIR RIGHTS. STEALING OUR WAGES, PREGNANT WOMEN DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR RIGHTS, DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET FAMILY LEAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR UNBORN CHILDREN OR INFANT CHILDREN. IT'S VERY SICKENING HOW PEOPLE ALLOW THESE THINGS TO KEEP ON GOING AND WE'RE HOMELESS AND WE'RE WORKING FOR A COMPANY THAT MAKES SO MUCH MONEY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU CAN DO SO AT COUNCILCOMMENT.COM AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. MI NOMBRE JULIETA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M A FAST FOOD WORKER AND I'M HERE IN LOS ANGELES WHICH WE ARE VERY DECEIVED ON TODAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: BECAUSE YOU TOOK THE FAST FOODER ORDINANCE OFF THE AGENDA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND FROM MY CHECK THEY STEAL FROM ME $87 WHICH MEANS THREE DAYS OF FOOD FOR MY FAMILY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WHILE YOU GUYS DWET TO ENJOY GOOD FOOD, MY FAMILY AND I AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD DUE TO THE THEFT OF OUR WAGES THAT WE GET, THAT WE SUFFER ALL OF US WORKERS IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE PLEASE BEGGING YOU THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE APPROVED AND PUT INTO LAW. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO THERE ARE NO MORE ABUSES AND INJUSTICE IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PLEASE APPROVE THE FAIR AND JUST FAST FOOD ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, THIS IS GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS CHRISTINE AND I'M A LIBERIAN AT CENTRAL LIBRARY I LOST MY HOME IN JANUARY AT THE EATON FIRES AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CITY EMPLOYEE DISASTER RELIEF FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ALSO LOST THEIR HOMES IN ALTADENA, WE'RE ASKING FOR PAID CITY RELEASE TIME, THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE IS PAID TIME OFF TO REBUILD OUR LIVES. STARTING FROM SCRATCH IS EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING AND OVERWHELMING. WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH OUR INSURANCE AGENCIES, FIND HOUSING, REPLACE OUR POSITIONS, FIND MENTAL HEALTHCARE. PROVIDE HEALTHCARE FOR OUR CHILDREN, MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL WAS DIS PLAYEDS WHICH WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. TIME WOULD REALLY BENEFIT US TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. VIVIAN BIRD, TINA, PATRICK, NICHOLAS BAYALA, MISTY WAVE, MATTHEW HUNG AND LIDIA GRANT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 1, I'M JOANN FROM WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. WE MISSED IT BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC. >> City Attorney: NO WORRIES, SO ITEM NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN VOTED ON BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GENERAL, WE HAVE A HOUSING PROJECT ON WOOD LAKE AND SATCOY IS THEY WANT TO BUILD A 5-STORY APARTMENT APARTMENT HOUSING AND THEN THEY CHANGED IT, TO SENIOR HOUSING. BUT IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. THERE IS NOT ANOTHER APARTMENT BUILDING FOR ALMOST A MILE. ALSO, IT, IT HAS VERY BAD EGRESS AND INGRESS FOR THE--I'M SORRY. THE IN AND OUT. AND IT IS AN ABOMINATION. THESE HOUSES ARE VALUED AT 1.0 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THIS HOUSING PROJECT THERE. IT'S NOT, IT'S FROM SACRAMENTO, THEY'VE TAKEN YOUR. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME SECTION PIEEDER, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I'M LIDIA SPEAKING ON PUBLIC COME. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I JUST WANTED SAY THAT I'M DISAPPOINTED ABOUT A VOTE DONE EARLIER IN REGARD TO THE ITEM ONE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. I THINK WHILE THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS ARE HAVING THEIR ELECTIONS IT WAS A REALLY BAD TIME TO BASICALLY SEND A MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THAT IF YOU VOLUNTEER, YEARS AND PUT IN YEARS OF YOUR LIFE TO VOLUNTEER TO IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNITY, THAT THE CITY DOESN'T AND YOUR COMMUNITY DON'T VALUE YOU ANYMORE AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE REMOVED AND NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE ANY LONGER DUE TO TERM LIMITS. THAT IS A CONCERN OF MINE AND I WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY THAT ABOUT THE DISRESPECT THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM OTHERS, I KNOW THAT YOU WORK REALLY HARD AND IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE PERFECT BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'VE GOT GENERAL AND ALL AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO GOING TO 29, YOU HAVE SOMETHING BEING DISCUSSED BY LAHD AND I SEE HERE NON SUBMITTED ON THE CIS REPORT. I KNOW WHEN I A TINEDED THE BOARD OF COUNCIL MEETINGS, THEY APPROACHED AND STATED THAT NOBODY SOLICITED A CS REPORT. HOW CAN YOU SIT HERE AND ESPECIALLY YOU HUGO, I KNOW YOU HAVE ONE HERE, IT'S 31 THAT I'LL GET TO IN JUST A BIT. HOW CAN YOU SIT HERE AND SAY YOU'RE DOING RIGHT BY HOUSING AND YOU DON'T ACTIVELY SOLICIT YOUR OWN CONSTITUENTS. I KNOW KNOW EACH OF YOUR COUNCIL BETTER THAN YOU, THEY KNOW ME BY NAME AND THEY SAID YOU DON'T ATTEND YOUR MEETINGS AND DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE OF YOUR LIASON, HOW CAN YOU VOTE ON ANY OF THESE HOUSING ITEMS IN GOOD FAITH AT ALL. HOW ARE YOU NOT GETTING THE VOICE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AND HOW STILL TO THIS STILL TO THIS DAY DO WE NOT HAVE ANY FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT ON SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES LIKE INSIDE SAFE. YOUR OWN CITY CONTROLLER IS LITERALLY, NOT ONLY IS THE CITY BROKE BUT THAT INITIATIVE IS CORRUPT TO THE CORE AND HAS NO OVERSIGHT. I'LL MOVE ON TO 31 NOW. 31 IS ANOTHER LAHD ITEM BY NONE OTHER THAN HUGO. HUGO, YOU CAN'T EVEN LOOK ME IN THE EYE, YOUR OWN CONSTITUENTS ARE WHAT A SCUM BAG YOU ARE FOR CA LUTING WITH BASS. HUGO YOU'RE A DISGRACE JUST LIKE MANY OF YOU. YOU HAVE AN INDICTED ON CRIME STILL SITTING HERE BEING ALLOWED IN THIS ROOM. WHAT A ABSOLUTE CLOWN SHOW AND YET HERNANDEZ WHO SAYS SHE IS GOING TO STICK UP FOR SOMETHING ONLY TO LIE HERNANDEZ. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I WANT TO SAY THERE IS A SCAOET VACATION UNLAWFULLY BEING TAKEN ON L RON HUBBARD WAY AND THE CITY IS BROKE AND NEEDS MONEY. HOW DO YOU DO THAT, I'LL GIVE YOU A LEGAL WAY TO DO IT. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HARASS PROTESTERS WITH MALICIOUS PROSECUTION CHARGES. YOU CAN INSTALL LEGITIMATE PARK ING METERS AND ALSO BACK COLLECT ON 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS FOR VIOLATION OF 5611 UNLAWFUL BLOCK OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. YOU CAN ALSO PUNISH THEM WITH 647 PC, IT'S A CRIMINAL MISDEMEANOR, 2500 PER FINE PER VIOLATION. THROW THEM IN JAIL. THROW THEM IN THE COURT SYSTEM JUST LIKE YOU'RE DOING TO ACTIVIST. THERE YOU GO, MAKE MONEY THE LEGIT WAY NOT THROUGH YOUR SCUMY PROGRAMS THAT IS UNSAFE. >> City Attorney: THERE ARE OVER 99 NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT, YOU MAY DO AND SUBMIT THEM TO THE CITY CLERK'S PORTAL. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. AFTER ALL, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT IT DOESN'T COST US TEN CENTS AND I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT 558 MILLION IN THE RED, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME, IT'S CONVENIENT BECAUSE GOOD OL' JIMMY SWAG ARD CAN LOCATE THE PROSTITUTES TO THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. I'M JUST SAYING, 6533, AT THE ALLEN PAMPEO, AND I'LL MEET YOU THERE. HOW CONVENIENT, WE CAN BE A STREET CAPITOL USING THESE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME STARS'S LOCATIONS. GOOD FOR BUSINESS, IT'S PROBABLY MORE BUSINESS THAN ONE OF THOSE YOU HAVE NOT RUN OUT. NOW LET'S GO BUY SUBDIVISION? THINK ABOUT 14,064, THAT'S ITEM 42. WHAT CAN I SAY, IT'S 14,000 IT'S IN THE JEWISH DISTRICT, IT'S JEWISH PRICES. HOW YOU CAN BE IN DENIAL ABOUT THAT BUT DENIAL IS IN AFRICA, ALL THE WAY DOWN. SO, SO MANY FOR YOUR DENIAL. YOU HAVE PRICES THAT MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LOT OF HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD THE PRICES. NOW WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS, OH WOW, 43, YES, WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SITTING LYING SLEEPING OR STORING USE PLACING PERSONAL PROPERTY OR OTHERWISE INSTRUCTING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS FURTHER DETAIL IN L.A. M C-SECTION 4118, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS FOLKS? THIS IS CHOCK HOLD JACK RUN FOR MAYOR. BUT THAT'S ALL THIS WAS. LET'S COME UP WITH THE SILLY ORDINANCE THAT I'M JUST GOING TO DO FOR PUBLICITY BUT I'M GOING TO GET STOPPED BY BASS AND CARUSO. MOAB IS GOING TO VOTE FOR A RACIST PIG RUNNING FOR MAYOR. AND NOW WHAT IS HE DOING, HE'S A LOBBYIST SOMEPLACE. ANY PLACE BUT HERE. AT LEAST HE'S NOT GOING TO GO TO PRISON LIKE ENGLANDER, BUT AFTER ALL THAT'S ALL THIS THING WAS HIS GIMMICK FOR MAYOR, NOTHING ELSE. IT'S NOT ENFORCED, YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND OH BY THE WAY, SPEAKING OF WHICH, CURREN PRICE, WE'LL SEE YOU IN COURT TOMORROW. ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL. >> City Attorney: NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO--GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: OKAY, SOBOROFF, THERE HE GOES AGAIN. SOUNDS LIKE HE FAILED ATTEMPT FOR MAYOR. YES, HE WAS ON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HON TO GOER THE EXPENDITURE OF LS U.S. D SCHOOL REMAYOR. YES THE COMMITTEE LOOKED FOR SITES TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS. YES THE COMMITTEE WAS INTERESTED IN BUYING. YES, SOBOROFF PULLED OUT HIS REAL ESTATE LICENSE AND SOLD THE PROPERTY AND CONCERNED BURT. YES, BOBINGMAN FLIPPED THE PROPERTY AT OUR EXPENSE. YES THAT'S UH STEVIE SOBOROFF OPERATES TO LINE THEIR POCKETS. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS, IT SUCKS A DICK LIKE THIS ONE. YES, FOLKS, DON'T TRUST STEVIE SOBOROFF, ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS STEVIE SOBOROFF. AND AS FAR AS THAT--I'M GLAD IT BURNED. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEMS, 29 THROUGH 32 AND 38 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: THESE TYPE OF REAP ACCOUNT ITEMS ARE THE ONLY ONES TO COMMENT ON. BECAUSE THE SHORT MAN INCOMPETENT DAWSON AND HIS COUNCIL IS INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT. I SUPPORT THESE FOR PAY TO LAY. AND DAWSON CANNOT PLACE ADDITIONAL LIENS ON THESE CITIZENS PROPERTIES. IN MY OPINION, THE REAP ACCOUNT FOR THESE ITEMS ARE ALL PROPERTY WERE TARGETS OF INDICTED CRIMINAL PRICE AND DAWSON. THE FUNDS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THEM OR USED FOR SERVICE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES BECAUSE THE CITY IS BROKE WITH 260 BILLION DOLLARS IN FIRE DAMAGE FROM INCOMPETENT BASS. WORDINGS WOULD BE ADDED TO THESE ITEMS THAT WOULD SET UP A SPECIAL AUDIT PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTED FUNDS, AND COUNCIL INCOMPETENCE AND PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE PROPERTY OWNER VIA PAYMENT INTO A PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT FUND AND ANTI CORRUPTION FUND. FURTHER IN MY OPINION, DUE TO CORRUPTION TRIAL AN INVESTIGATION STARTING TOMORROW, CURREN PRICE AND SLEAZY MARQUEECY DAWSON SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THESE ITEMS UNTIL THEY PAY TO PLAY ON THE CHARGES THAT HE'S ON TRIAL FOR. IN MY OPINION THESE ITEMS SHOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE, QUOTE ALL FUNDS COLLECTED FROM THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE RETURNED TO THEM ALONG WITH ALL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIENS PLACED ON THESE PROPERTIES BY THE CORRUPT CITY GOVERNMENT, END QUOTE FPT NUMBER 38 IS FOR A WALK OF FAME FOR ELLEN PAM PEO THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A WALK OF FAME, WALK OF SHAME STAR FOR THE HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX EPIDEMIC AND TOO INCOMPETENT TO IMPROVE. THIS STAR SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS. IF ANYBODY OUT THERE DUMB ENOUGH TO THINK SLEAZELY MARQUEECE DAWSON AND THE REST OF THE CLOWN COUNCIL KNOW HOW TO IMPROVE HOMELESSNESS, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. BY THE NUMBERS, THE L.A. COUNCIL IS THE MOST CORRUPT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE HISTORY OF U.S. NEAR ZERO ITEMS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SLEAZINESS CORRUPTION. FIRE DAMAGE 275 BILLION, 6,000 HOMES DESTROYED, RAGING HOMELESSNESS. THE CITY IS BROKE. THE CITY PAID OUT OVER 600 MILLION LAST YEAR OVER LAPD PAY OUT. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO COMMENT BECAUSE THE KLAUNZ ARE DOING NOTHING. LOOK AT THEM SITTING AND STANDING AROUND IN THEIR INCOMPETENCE. WHILE THE CITY WAS BURNING, BASS WAS PARTYING AND TANNING. CORRUPT DAWSON WAS ACTING MAYOR IN HER ABSENCE WHAT WAS DAWSON'S RESPONSE? WHY WAS HE NOT COORDINATING WITH THE FIRE CHIEF. WE WILL FIND OUT LITTLE MAN, WE DEMAND DAWSON'S INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ONE IS ALREADY VOTED ON SO THAT'S OUT. SO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I WALKED THE SOUTHSIDE OF VENTURA BOULEVARD, IFYOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. THERE IS A LOST MILLIONAIRES. I WAS LOOKING FOR FAITH WINCEOR AND IT TOOK MORE THAN A MILE. AT LEAST A MILE. AND EVERY ONE, WHEN YOU GET TO HER PLACE WHERE THE WOMEN JULIE, THE GENETICIST TO GO DOWN. BY THE WAY, IT'S A HOMELESS ENCAMP MANY. IF YOU LOOK *, ALLEY, THIS IS NOT WHAT A SCIENCE PROFESSOR WOULD HAVE. I TALKED TO THE WOMEN THAT IS LIVING IN FRONT. I SAID THIS IS A HOMELESS ENCAPMENT, I SAID LOOK AT T THERE IS LITTLE HOMES. SOMEBODY IS MAKING FUN. SOMEBODY IS LETTING POOR PEOPLE LIVE IN A RICH MAN'S AREA IT'S A JOKE. AND SHE SAID THAT'S MY NEIGHBOR. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M LIBERIAN WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES I'M HERE TO ASK YOU FOR DID I SAFT RELIEF ASSISTANCE. I'M A VICTIM OF THE EATON FIRES AND RIGHT NOW, OUR MOST PRESSING ISSUE IS TIME. AND WE'RE ASKING FOR TIME FROM THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AFTER A DISASTER SUCH AS THIS. THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I'M HERE WITH GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FM >> Speaker: I AM CURRENTLY A LIBERIAN AT CENTRAL LIBRARY. I LOST EVERYTHING IN THE EATON FIRE THAT WAS NOT ON MY BACK. I ESTIMATE THAT I HAVE USED MORE THAN 100 HOURS DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRE. I HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL OF MY SICK VACATION AND PERSONAL LEAVE TIME. AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU FINALIZE THE CITY EMPLOYEE DISASTER RELIEF, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS I AM KIRSTEN. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAK INING GENERAL, I'M A CHILDREN'S LIBERIAN, I LOST MY HOME IN THE ALTADENA FIRES AND I'M HERE, ASKING FOR DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE OUR MOST URGENT NEED RIGHT NOW IS TIME. I DO BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL, THE EE, RC SPOKE ABOUT IT AT THE 9:00 MEETING. I THINK WAS THE COUNCIL MOTION. SO THIS IS, WE REALLY NEED SOME JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CITY TIME TO REBUILD OUR LIVES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. WE'VE RELOCATED MY DAUGHTER IS GETTING HOME MUCH LATER EVERY NIGHT, IT'S AFFECTING SLEEP, EATING, JUST EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: MORNING. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FM >> Speaker: I'M PATRICK I'M THE BRANCH MANAGER AT THE CYPRESS PARK LIBRARY. I'VE BEEN A LIBERIAN FOR 20 YEARS SERVING THE COMMUNITY. I'M ALSO A SURVIVOR OF FIRE, YOU JUST LISTENED TO MY WIFE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THE FIRE. AND I WANT TO URGE YOU TO PASS THAT MOTION TO PROVIDE CITY WORKERS WITH MORE TIME. WE NEED TIME TO ADDRESS OUR EMOTIONAL TRAUMA OF OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILY AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO CUT OFF AN HOUR OR HALF AN HOUR TO TALK TO A COUNSELOR. WE'RE DEALING WITH MORTGAGE ISSUES, INSURANCE ISSUES, THESE ARE REALLY URGENT FAMILY ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH TO, TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I URGE YOU TO PASS BECAUSE, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M LENS' AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION TO ABOLISH LABOR AND TRAFFICKING, ALSO KNOWN AS CAST. AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE OLYMPIC WAGE ORDINANCE. FOR OVER 25 YEARS CAST HAS PROVIDE SERVICES TO LABOR AND SEX TRAFFICKING HERE IN LOS ANGELES. WE KNOW THAT POPETER IS A RISK FACTOR FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND WORKERS WHO'S WAGES DON'T KEEP PACE TO HOUSING ARE VULNERABLE. THESE ARE NOT JUST NECESSARY BUT CRITICAL IN PROHIBITING EXPLOITATION, URGES THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE IN OUR COLLECTIVE FIGHT. WE HOPE THIS COMES TO COMMITTEE SOON SO WORKERS CAN GET THEIR OLYMPIC WAGE. VOTE YES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MR. CLERK WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR TO US VOTE ON AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP 29 THROUGH 42. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL BEINGER CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 11 AS THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 11 IS BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 16 AS THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON 16, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 16 AYES. >> Clerk: AND FINAL ITEM 28 AS AMENDED 28 A AND 28B. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THAT YELLOW LIGHT IS BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MR. NAZARIAN, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? ON 28? >> A. Nazarian: YES. >> Council President: OKAY, WE VOTED ON IT BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOUR QUESTION. >> A. Nazarian: SURE, IF THE CAO WANTS TO TAKE THE TABLE, I'M HAPPY TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. SZABO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. SZABO HAD A PRESENTATION FOR NUMBER 28 WHICH YOU ALREADY VOTED ON. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THE PRESENTATION NOW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CONFUSION, BUT I WILL HAVE PUBLIC PRESENTATION AND THEN WE MAY CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION IN CLOSED SESSION FOR THE ITEMS APPROPRIATE FOR CLOSE SESSION. SO WE ARE REPORTING ON THE MIDWAY FINANCIAL REPORT. I DO WANT TO WALK THROUGH SOME KEY TAKE AWAYS WHERE WE ARE GENERALLY IN OUR WITH OUR FINANCIAL STATUS THIS YEAR. WE'LL GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS IN THE REPORT THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED. THE CITY IS FACING SERIOUS FINANCIAL HEAD WIND. IT'S EXACERBATED BY THE RESENT FIRES WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS AND THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINITIES DUE TO FEDERAL ACTIONS AND POLICIES. IMMEDIATE SPENDING REDUCTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND THIS BODY NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR FURTHER REDUCTIONS IF REVENUES CONTINUE TO DECLINE. ON THE REVENUE SIDE AND THE EXPENDITURES ARE UP OVER 300 MILLION OVER THE BUDGET. THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WILL FALL SHORT OF BUDGET REVENUE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED. PROPERTY SALES, T.O.T., TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAX, SALES TAX, TOGETHER COMBINED FOR A 50 MILLION DOLLARS SHORTFALL IN THESE RECEIPTS TO DATE. RISK DUE TO THE JANUARY WILDFIRES. COMPOUNDS THAT LOSS. WE, WE DO EXPECT AND WE ARE SHOWING THAT BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, OUR YEAR-END THAT WE ARE 141 MILLION SHORT OF PLAN. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, OF COURSE WE HAVE DISCUSSED OVER EXPENDITURE RELATED TO THE FIRES PRINCIPALLY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. MOST OF THESE OVER EXPENDITURES WE HOPE WILL BE COVERED ULTIMATELY BY FEMA REIMBURSEMENT. WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO FACE DRAMATIC OVER EXPENDITURE IN THE AREA OF LIABILITY CLAIMS. WE EXPECT TO BE WELL OVER $300 MILLION WHERE WE HAD BUDGETED $100 MILLION THIS YEAR. THE REPORT THAT YOU JUST APPROVED RECOMMENDED 90 MILLION DOLLARS IN SOLUTIONS AND FUTURE SOLUTIONS WHICH INCLUDES THE WILDFIRE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THAT WOULD LEAVE 80 MILLION IN OVER SPENDING THAT THE REPORT DOES NOT INCLUDE. AND REDUCTIONS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL COMPONENT TO THAT 190 MILLION. IMPORTANTLY I DO NEED TO NOTE THAT THE REDUCTIONS IN THE REPORT, DO NOT INCLUDE ANY POSITION ELIMINATIONS, AND NO REDUCTIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT IS PRINCIPALLY REDUCTIONS IN SALARY ACCOUNTS AND TO CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND THE SALARY ACCOUNT SERVICES, WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY POSITION REDUCTIONS. THIS IS BEFORE USING THE RESERVE TO COVER ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE SHORTFALL. WE DO EXPECT THAT IF THE CITY USES THE RESERVE TO ADDRESS THE UNRESOLVED OVER SPENDING THAT IT WOULD DROP TO 2.2 PERCENT WHICH IS BELOW OR 2.5 PERCENT EMERGENCY LEVEL. SO THE RESERVE FUND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO RESOLVETHE PROBLEM, TO SOLVE ADDITIONAL OVER EXPENDITURES OR ADDITIONAL REVENUE SHORTFALL. THAT'S WHAT WE, JUST VOTED ON. NOW I DO NEED TO ADDRESS AND MAKE THIS BODY AWARE OF SOME URGENT AREAS OF CONCERN. AS WE ARE ABOUT MONTH AWAY FROM THIS BODY CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 25-26. PRINCIPALLY IN THREE AREAS. THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE CURRENT REVENUE TRENDS AND OUR COST INCREASES. AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THE COMBINATION OF INFLATION, AND HIGH INTEREST RATE HZ A SEVERE IMPACT ON CITY REVENUES. IN 23-24 WE FINISHED 200 MILLION SHORT WHICH CAUSE OUR RESERVE TO DROP BE THE MINIMUM LEVEL AGAIN THIS YEAR. THIS CURRENT YEAR WE ARE SEEING A CONTINUE SOFTENING OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT SUPPORTS OUR BUSINESS TAX OUR SALES TAX AND OUR HOTEL TAX. AND ALTHOUGH, I SAID IS THE FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT ON THE AGENDA TODAY SHOWS REVENUE 13 MILLION BELOW PLANNED WE PROJECT 140 MILLION ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH FEBRUARY. THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS REVENUE LOSS ARE PERSISTING AND IN MOST CASES ARE WEAKENING FURTHER. FEDERAL TRADE POLICY, IS NOT ONLY LIKELY TO SPUR FURTHER INFLATION BUT ALSO TO SLOW GROWTH AND DAMPEN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL UPON WHICH OUR HOTEL TAX RELIES. AND THERE IS AND THEREFORE THERE IS TALK ABOUT ECONOMIST THAT WE COULD BE A PERIOD OF STAG FLATION. THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 40 PERCENT UNDOCUMENTED. AND DUE TO THE FIRES THERE IS NOWHERE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE DEMAND AND CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WILL BE HIGHER THAN HERE IN LOS ANGELES. SO WITH THE CONFLUENCE OF THIS, WE ARE PROJECTING 250 MILLION SHORT OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED IN OUR FOUR-YEAR OUTLOOK. THIS IS AN ENORMOUS HOLE TO FILL AND THIS IS PF WE TAKE ON A NUMBER OF OBLIGATORY COST INCREASES THAT WE ARE FACING FOR THE COMING YEAR. SO I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE'RE FACING AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE TOTAL GAP IS. AS WE'RE A MONTH AWAY FROM CONSIDERING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. OUTLOOK IS 61 BILLION DOLLARS AS I JUST STATED DUE TO THE WORSENING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY SENSITIVE TAX REVENUES, WE ARE LOOKING TO BE 315 MILLION DOLLARS DOWN BELOW WHAT IS IN OUR CURRENT OUTLOOK. ON LIABILITY CLAIMS, AS I SAID WE ARE LIKELY TO SPEND 320 MILLION DOLLARS ON LIABILITY CLAIMS THIS YEAR, WE BUDGETED 100 MILLION. IN ORDER TO BUDGET APPROPRIATELY WE'LL HAVE TO INCREASE THAT $100 AND PROBABLY MORE. DUE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY LIABILITY PAY OUT REQUIRED THIS YEAR AND DUE TO THE LOWER THAN EXPECTED REVENUE THAT WE BEGAN THE YEAR WITH THAT WE FINISHED THE PRIOR YEAR SO WE STARTED WITH A RESERVE FUND AT 4 PERCENT AND THEN IT WAS REQUIRED TO DRAW ON THE RESERVE FUND TO COVER MANY OF THESE EXTRAORDINARY LIABILITIES. WE WILL FINISH THE YEAR WELL BELOW OUR 5 PERCENT MINIMUM AND THERE WILL BE A NECESSARY APPROPRIATION TO THE RESERVE FUND TO GET THE RESERVE FUND TO THE 5 PERCENT MINIMUM. AND THAT IS SIZABLE 275 MILLION DOLLARS. AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, I THINK ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE AT THIS POINT, WE ARE HEAVILY HEAVILY SUBSIDIZING OUR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM. WE PROJECT FOR OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THAT IF CHANGES ARE NOT FADE TO THE RATE STRUCTURE, THE GENERAL FUND WILL BE SUBSIDIZING THAT PROGRAM BY $200 MILLION. THAT WOULD BE 80 MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE SUBSIDIZING THIS YEAR. THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BUT IT'S PART OF THE GAP THAT WE HAVE TO FILL. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PENSION OBLIGATION DUE PRINCIPALLY TO PRINCIPALLY TO THE SALARY INCREASES, AND THEN THE MEASURE WHICH CONSOLIDATED THE EMPLOYEES OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES IN THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSIONS THAT DOES INCLUDE A ONE-TIME 22 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE. TO PENSIONS. SO THEREFORE THE GAP BETWEEN ANTICIPATED REVENUES AND PLANNED EXPENDITURE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26 IS NEARLY ONE BILLION DOLLARS. THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE MAYOR WILL DELIVER TO THIS COUNCIL IN JUST OVER A MONTH FROM TODAY, WILL CLOSE THAT GAP BUT IT WILL REQUIRE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT COST-CUTTING DECISIONS. THE SEVERITY OF THE REVENUE DECLINE PAIRED WITH RISING COSTS HAS CREATED A BUDGET GAP THAT MAKES LAYOFF NEARLY INEVITABLE. WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT DOZENS, OR EVEN HUNDREDS OF LAYOFFS BUT THOUSANDS. WHILE LAYOFFS MAY BE NECESSARY, IT CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE THE ONLY SOLUTION. SXIK TELL YOU THAT THE MAYOR IS ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO PRESERVING AS MANY JOBS IN CITY SERVICES AS POSSIBLE AS WE FACE THESE ECONOMIC HEAD WINDS. AND THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OTHER MEASURES IMMEDIATELY TO CURVE THE COST INCREASING THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEFICIT. AS I SAID, OUR SOLID WASTE PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN ADJUSTED IN 15 YEARS. OUR RENTERS MOST OF THE RENTERS IN THE CITY ARE PAYING THE FULL FREIGHT FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION THROUGH THE RECYCLA PROGRAM. BUT HOMEOWNERS ARE HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED BY THE GENERAL FUND. THIS YEAR IF THERE IS NOT ADJUSTMENT MADE IT WILL BE $200 MILLION OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO SANITATION HAS A PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE BEFORE THIS BODY AND WE URGE IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS THAT THAT PROPOSAL BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND MOVED FORWARD QUICKLY TO ACHIEVE FULL COST RECOVERY. ON THE ISSUE OF LIABILITY CLAIMS, WE SAID THE LIABILITY EXPOSURE TO THE CITY HAS EX PLODED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. WE HAD FOR A PERIOD ABOUT OF DECADE MANAGED LIABILITY AT AROUND THE $100 MILLION LEVEL AND OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT IS NOW NORTH OF $300 MILLION THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES TOWARDS A LIABILITY PAY OUT DUE TO A LAWSUIT, IS REDUCING THE CITY SERVICE. OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE ON A BUILD TO CAP DAMAGES. AGAIN OUR LIABILITIES ARE TRIPLES, PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS ARE GETTING RICH AT THE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYERS AND CITY SERVICES. AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS IN SACRAMENTO, SOME OF YOU HAVE HELD POWERFUL POSITIONS IN SACRAMENTO, I WOULD URGE AGAIN, IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS THAT WE LOOK TO SUPPORT THE CITY ATTORNEY IN COORDINATION WITH THE MAYOR TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WHICH IS UNSUSTAINABLE. AND ALONG THESE LINES, I TYPICALLY WOULD NOT DISCUSS THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BEFORE THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED HEIR --HER BUDGET. AS THEY PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER BUT BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE GAP THAT WE ARE FACING, THE MAYOR HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW. SHE HAS DIRECTED MY OFFICE TO TAKE A NUMBER OF STEPS FOR CONSIDERATION AND INCLUSION IN HER PROPOSED BUDGET. PRINCIPALLY REDUCING LIABILITY COST, MAKING PROPOSALS TO CHANGE THE NUMBER, STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS TO FOCUS THE CITY WORK ON THE MOST CRITICAL SERVICES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NEED TO DO IF WE ARE LOOKING AT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTS. SHE HAS ASKED THAT WE LOOK TO REDUCE CONTRACT EXPENSES THAT WE REALIZE PAYROLL AND BENEFIT SAVINGS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRUCTURAL REFORMS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL GAP THIS YEAR WITHOUT HAVING TO FACE IT FOR MULTIPLE-YEARS. MR. PRESIDENT, I WILL STOP THERE AND OPEN IT FOR QUESTIONS. THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR OPEN SESSION AND WE HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE IN CLOSED SESSION AS WELL. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. SZABO. WE'LL BEGIN WITH MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MR. SZABO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT GIVEN ALSO YOUR PRESENTATION, I'M SURE A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES NOW HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL. BUT JUST SINCE WE'RE ON THIS SLIDE, CHANGE THE NUMBER STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS THE CITY'S MOST CRITICAL SERVICES. SO HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT THAT EXACTLY? HAVE YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? OR ANYTHING IN THE WORKS THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED? AND I ASK THIS, NOT TO BE MEAN SPIRITED, NOT TO CALL IN TO QUESTION WHAT IS ALREADY CHALLENGING, BUT WE'RE ALREADY NOT GETTING TO A LOT OF BASIC SERVICES THAT WE NEED. SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS? >> EXCUSE ME, SO THAT IS, AS WE ARE EVALUATING OUR REQUIRED FIELD POSITION REDUCTIONS, WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT CONSOLIDATING SERVICES WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT ELIMINATING SOME DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. IT IF WE NEED TO CURTAIL A THE MOST DAMAGING WAY THAT WE COULD PROCEED WITH IT IS JUST TO, REMOVE THE BOTTOM LAYER OF THE CITY WORKFORCE ACROSS THE BOARD, KIND OF INDISCRIMINATELY. WHAT I BELIEVE THE MAYOR IS ASKING FOR BUT I DO NOT WANT TO GET AHEAD OF HER OFFICE IS A MORE STRATEGIC APPROACH TO REDUCING, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE FIELD POSITIONS. --FILLED POSITIONS. >> A. Nazarian: WHICH IF WE DO, WE'RE IMPACTING GENERATIONS AHEAD OF US. >> THE REASON THAT I BROUGHT THIS TO THIS BODY, IS TO PROVIDE THE REALITY THAT THE GAP TO CLOSE, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO OUR EXPENDITURES HAVE TO MEET WITH REVENUE. WHEN THE GAP BETWEEN EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE APPROACHES A BILLION DOLLARS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO CLOSE THAT GAP WITHOUT LOOKING AT REDUCTION OF SOME SERVICES, SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY. >> A. Nazarian: OKAY, SO IF IT'S A BILLION DOLLARS ROUGHLY WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT OF THE OVERALL BUDGET AND IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SAY THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THE BUDGET? >> OUR GENERAL FUND ADOPTED WAS BILLION DOLLARS. >> A. Nazarian: SO FAIR TO SAY ABOUT 15 PERCENT. AT WHAT POINT WERE THERE TRIGGERS IN PLACE THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER AWARE OF WHAT IS COMING DOWN? >> WE MONITOR. >> A. Nazarian: YOU DO A BILLION IS A BIT MUCH. >> THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY. IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU FOR USING THAT WORD. SO AT WHAT POINT WOULD WE KNOW, WHAT TRIGGERS WOULD BE IN PLACE TO TELL THAT YOUS WE ARE HEADED IN A VERY WRONG DIRECTION? ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF ALL THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE FACING US? >> SO, MY OFFICE PRODUCED REGULAR REPORTS FOR STATUS ON BUDGET WE PROVIDE FOUR FINANCIAL STATUS REPORTS EACH YEAR, EACH REPORT STATED AND WEAKNESSES AND REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATED AND OVER EXPENDITURE THAT'S WE'VE SEEN. SO STARTING WITH OUR FIRST FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT IN THE FALL, WE WERE IDENTIFYING OVER EXPENDITURES AGAIN PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF LIABILITY CLAIMS. OVER WHAT WAS BUDGETED, WE IDENTIFIED SOFTENING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WHICH COULD HAVE A AN IMPACT ON OUR REVENUES WHICH THEY HAVE, THAT HAS MATERIALIZED. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED SINCE WE REPORTED THAT BACK IN THE FALL HAS WORSENED. WE ARE HAVING FEDERAL POLICIES THAT, AT MINIMUM IN THE SHORT-TERM WILL HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR REVENUE. CITY OF LOS ANGELES UNLIKE OTHER CITIES RELIES HEAVILY ON REVENUES NOT JUST ON PROPERTY TAX. SO WE ARE SUBJECT TO SWINGS AND REVENUE WHEN THERE IS SWINGS IN THE ECONOMY. ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE HAD THE FIRES WHICH WHICH WILL NOT REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY SPENDING FROM THE CITY BUT WILL HAVE A NEAR TERM IMPACT FOR SURE ON OUR REVENUES PRINCIPALLY PROPERTY TAX, AND BUSINESS TAX WHICH HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH MOVING FORWARD. >> A. Nazarian: SO I'M NOT ON BUDGET COMMITTEE I DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE REGULAR MEETINGS OR THE REPORTS, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE AND I CAN GO THROUGH IT. MY STAFF HAS SCOURED THROUGH IT. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THOUGH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING, WE WERE MAKING PLANS ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD CUP, WE'RE TALKING OLYMPIC, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MAJOR INVESTMENTS SOME THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE MAYBE A DECADE AGO. AND/OR, JUST AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE WASTE FEE THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN A VERY LONG TIME. SO, I WANT TO BE A LOT MORE SPECIFIC TO MY QUESTIONS BUT THERE IS SO MUCH TO OBSERVE AND SO MANY DIFFERENT POINTS, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT TO AT LEAST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME AND BENEFIT OF OTHER QUESTIONS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DROP OF THE RESERVES FROM 3.22 TO 2.22 HOW MUCH MORE ARE WE GOING TO PAY IN INTEREST? WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO IN OUR ABILITY TO BORROW MORE MONEY WHEN WE ESPECIALLY NEED TO BORROW MORE MONEY? >> THAT IS THE BASIS OF OUR RECOMMENDATION AS WE ARE LOOKING, AS IN DEFINING WHAT THE GAP IS, THAT GAP INCLUDES AN EXTRAORDINARY APPROPRIATION TO THE RESERVE FUND. IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE GROWING UNCERTAINITIES IN THE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL ECONOMY, THAT WE HAVE A RESERVE FUND THAT IS AT OR ABOVE OUR FIVE PERCENT MINIMUM. WE STARTED THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF REVENUE LOSS BELOW 5 PERCENT AND IT IS CAUSED THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'VE SEEN. WE'VE HAD TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS AND OTHER CURTAILMENTS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESERVES TO RELY ON. THAT IS WHAT THE RESERVE FUND IS FOR. IT IS TO PROVIDE THE BUFFER BETWEEN SWINGS IN THE ECONOMY. AGAIN IT WILL BE OUR STRONGEST PSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION THAT EVEN AS THIS COUNCIL WILL SOON CONSIDER VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS ON SERVICES, THAT WE RESTORE THE RESERVE FUND TO THE 5 PERCENT LEVEL. >> A. Nazarian: SO IF I'M A CREDIT AGENCY LOOKING AT OUR CITY'S FINANCIAL HEALTH RIGHT NOW AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE IN RESERVES CURRENTLY WHAT DO WE HAVE UNDER 275? >> YEAH, WE'LL GET THAT NUMBER. NO IT'S CURRENTLY, THE PERCENTAGE IS 3.22 PERCENT CURRENTLY. >> A. Nazarian: WHAT IS THAT DOLLAR WISE? >> ABOUT 220 TO $200 MILLION. BUT WE'LL GET YOU THE EXACT FIGURE. >> A. Nazarian: SO IT'S LESS THAN ONE FOURTH OF THE OVERALL BUDGETARY GAP. >> I'M SORRY, 263. >> A. Nazarian: SO ROUGHLY A LITTLE ONE FOURTH. HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT US RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE? >> THE RESERVE FUND IS THERE TO OBSERVE FLUCTUATIONS, UNPLANNED FLUCTUATIONS IN EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE. >> A. Nazarian: BUT IT HAS A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT WEB OBSERVE THE COSTS. >> COUNCILMAN I'M IDENTIFYING THE LEVEL THAT THE RESERVE IS AT CURRENTLY AND THE NEED TO RESTORE THE RESERVE FUND TO THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL. IT IS MY HOPE AND MY STRONG RECOMMENDATION THAT WHEN THE MAYOR PROPOSES THE BUDGET THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE REQUIRED APPROPRIATION TO THE RESERVE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. >> A. Nazarian: OKAY, IF THERE IS TIME I'LL BE HAPPY TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS LATER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE? OKAY. >> C. Price: THANK YOU. MATT, ONE APPROACH NOT IN PROVIDING MORE REVENUE BUT EASING THE REVENUE PROCESS, BUMMINGETING --BUDGETING PROCESS IS TO GO THROUGH A TWO-YEAR PROCESS, WOULD THAT HELP? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PREPARED TO SUPPORT AT THIS TIME? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO MUCH INTO THAT. I THINK THERE WILL BE TIME TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THERE IS CERTAINLY POSITIVES AND NEGATIVE AND TRADE OFF WITH A TWO-YEAR BUDGET CONVERSATION. THE, THE PROCESS UNLESS THE PROCESS IS PROCESS THAT GENERATES REVENUE, THAT RESULTS IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR A PROCESS THAT RESULTS REDUCED EXPENDITURES THAT IS NOT GOING TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP. SO WE STILL NEED AT THE END OF THE DAY, TO ALIGN EXPENDITURES WITH REVENUE AND THAT VERY WELL MAY BE A, A MORE USEFUL PROCESS IN TERMS OF PLANNING BUT OF COURSE IT WOULD HAVE LIMITATIONS BECAUSE WITH IT, IN TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE TWO-YEAR PROJECTIONS AND GIVEN THE PACE OF SWINGS IN THE ECONOMY, IT WOULD BE, ACTUALLY MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE MORE PRECISE REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND TO BASE A BUDGET OFF THAT. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO UNDER ANY PROCESS THAT WE WOULD ADOPT WHETHER IT BE A TWO-YEAR OR MULTI-YEAR BUDGET, THERE WOULD STILL BE A NEED TO HAVE BUDGET CONTROL MECHANISMS PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE YEAR. >> C. Price: THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. DO YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN THE CITY WAS IN A SIMILAR FINANCIAL SITUATION SO THAT WE CAN PLACE OURSELVES IN THE GRAVITY OF THINGS EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THEY'RE GRAVE. >> SO THE CLOSEST THAT THIS WOULD COMPARE TO WOULD BE AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THE NINE 09-10 BUDGET WHICH WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE CITY FELT THE FULL IMPACT OF THE CRASH IN 2008 AND THE SUBSEQUENT RECESSION. WHERE I BELIEVE THE GAP TO CLOSE IN THAT YEAR WAS ABOUT 500 MILLION. AND THE BUDGET WAS AROUND 5 BILLION GIVE OR TAKE. SO THAT WOULD BE THE MOST, THE CLOSEST COMPARISON. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE FOLKS ON THE QUEUE. SO WE'VE ALREADY CONSIDERED ITEM NUMBER 28 SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT AND ASK YOU TO HANG TIGHT AT THE DESK AND THEN I'LL ASK THE SERGEANTS TO PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSE SESSIONED. SO CLOSE SESSION SHOULD INCLUDE THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE CLERK STAFF, C LA, CAO, TWO STAFF MEMBERS PER COUNCIL MEMBER AND WE'RE ASKING EVERYBODY TO HOLD IT TO TWO. MEMBERS PER COUNCIL OFFICE. AND EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD VACATE THE ROOM. AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, YES TWO PEOPLE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED SESSION] >> Council President: DO WE HAVE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? N*IP ANY ON THE RIGHT? SEEING NONE, WE ARE AT JUNEDER. --ADJOURNED. SEE YOU ALL ON FRIDAY.