people to engage with him about his life, about his history while he was incarcerated as a child, what the impact of the incarceration was on him, his life as the civil rights icon and defender of democracy, and also to ask questions about what the impact of that is today. Human storytelling is really, since we've been cavemen, the way that we tell, hey, don't go in the bushes over there, don't eat those berries, don't go in the trees. That's dangerous. It's the way societally we can grow beyond an individual human lifespan. So we're sort of hijacking that human innate storytelling and listening call. And response and using it to preserve in amber the real, authentic original storytelling. So it's hard to tell if this has been eight years in the making or if this has been three lifetimes. You know, my grandmother was the first volunteer here at the museum. My mother then raised money for their very first tape recorder, and they used that tape recorder to capture oral histories. And so this has sort of been three generations in the making. And eight years of wanting to take the gift that my grandmother, her friends, and all the people we spoke to today have given back to American society, telling the stories of wrongs that have happened to them in American history so that they do not happen again. Back in 2010, 2011, when Carmageddon happened, the fire department reached out to our disaster response section and asked, what can the fire department do to help respond to 911 calls in a timely manner? A few of us here started the Moto Recon team to respond to hikers brush fires and structure fires to cut response times down a little while ago, Chief Moore reached out because I'm one of the last OGs left from the original program with the collaboration between YouTube, Google kind of revamped the old Moto Recon team back together. We're here because we've been working with YouTube on this initiative. We actually both lost our homes in the Palisades Fire and feel very passionately about the e-bikes, especially in the Palisades, and a lot of LA. There's kind of canyons and hills, and it's hard to navigate, hard to get to. And e-bikes was kind of the only way to get up there and help people . This is an all terrain type motorcycle, which will allow us to get into the canyons. It will allow us to go through traffic on the freeways, the battery life on one battery is two hours. We have additional batteries for them, but it allows us the flexibility to get an EMT or a paramedic to a patient in need much quicker. Oftentimes, we'll have to fly over, we'll bring our paramedics down on a hoist, they'll go down, they'll stabilize the patient until our firefighters can make their way up. A lot of times it's hiking. Other times it's with a pickup truck or it's with one of our fire engines. Those take time. This is going to allow our medic to be able to stabilize that patient. Whatever the type of injury it is. We put $15 million to work in the city and a bunch of different places . So this is really just a continuation of that effort and one that's really incredibly important. Empowering first responders to get to those places that they need to. And do the work. That's really necessary is incredibly important. From Venice Beach to the world, this iconic stretch of sand is gearing up for a global moment, taking center stage as an official fan zone for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Now, on July 11th, Venice Beach will transform into an all day celebration where the game meets the unmistakable Venice vibe. Live match viewing community driven soccer activations and immersive experiences that reflect the culture of this one of a kind. La neighborhood and of course, when the world shows up, you've got to feed it across Los Angeles, the city's dynamic culinary scene is ready to rise to the occasion. Local chefs are bringing their own stories to the table, inspired by the global spirit of the game serving up fan favorite dishes that feel like home. Whether your team wins or loses on the pitch. Argentina champions of the world . There's a lot of excitement. Customers to call all the time. They're asking us if we're going to play the games. Yes, of course they all want to get together to watch the games. They're very excited. 36 years since Maradona and Mexico, you know, we're all going to be very close together watching from here shouting and yelling and clapping. But I am pretty sure Argentina is going to be going to the finals for sure. And the nation will tango all night long . We started in 1995 and we're still coming strong. You know the food culture is very authentic in Argentina and we try to bring that over here. So good. When you sit at the table here, the first thing you get is the bread and the tomato sauce. Our tomato is very iconic. The second thing you see here, it's like they're craving it. Most people want an empanada, whether they're from Argentina or they're from Alaska. It doesn't matter. I mean, that's. Number one. We all grew up in Argentina , basically eating beef for lunch and dinner and breakfast. Sometimes we're carnivores. The flavor is extremely simple. Our secret is that the beef is excellent. It has to be really good beef. We have the same butcher since we opened. The key is good quality and all we have to do is just add salt to it and go straight to the grill with our marinade. We don't put any weird sauces to it. One of the greatest football matches ever played. I watched the World Cup. Yes, of course I'm extremely excited. I really, really hope that Argentina goes to the final. We have a beautiful mural outside. Argentina is a world champion three times already, and I wonder if we're going to have to change it and make it for four now, which I'm sure we'll be happy to change. We knew that the team was coming, but of course we couldn't tell a soul because otherwise a thousand people would have showed up. It is such an honor for us to have the national team come to our restaurant. It's incredible. We love sports, so now we are not only playing the Argentinian games, we're going to play in every single game. That explained on live TV. I'm actually worried about the rest of them because when the game is on and the people are just watching it, they forget where they are. They think they are at the field. They start yelling, they start pounding, they start screaming. I hope the building stays safe. It could be really crazy. Vamos, vamos, vamos, Argentina. Vamos muchachos. Tenemos qué vamos a hacer? Campeones Vamos vamos. There are so many careers and pathways that you can undertake to work in aviation. And a lot of people don't realize that you can be a planner. You can be an engineer, you can be a community relations specialist. You can also be a pilot or a mechanic. Anything that you want to do, you can look at it through the lens of aviation and eventually end up in an airport doing that. We are here at the Flyaway conference room for our second annual van Nuys Airport Youth Leadership Airport Academy. This is a now annual and hopefully soon to be biannual program where high school students from around the San Fernando Valley learn about aviation operations, airport leadership, all the different facets of running an airport here in the San Fernando Valley . I am the leader and founder of my school's aviation club, so I wanted to learn more about the Van Nuys Airport so that I could bring lessons to my school and just spread the aviation knowledge. I see myself in the future being a pilot in the aviation industry. So when my school counselor reached out giving us the opportunity to join this camp, I was all in. I just hope that we're opening their eyes to all of the different career paths we have in aviation, and that we're all about sustainable fuel for the Jets. I think the most important thing to remember is that if you can't see it, you can't be it. Young people need to know that these jobs exist before they embark on their studies. It's a really wonderful opportunity, especially for our young people, because we need to learn more about how to prepare for our future. So this is a really wonderful opportunity, even if it's just joining a camp to see if it's something that you're interested in. I think you should take that first step and really immerse yourself in this environment, because it's a great opportunity that we've been given. We like to create a program like this that really brings kids into the airport and teaches them all the opportunities that are here. Here's a little history for you. Venice was founded in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney, who imagined a Venice of America, complete with Italian style canals, gondolas and arched bridges. In its early days, Venice featured amusement piers, roller coasters, and even a miniature railroad, making it one of California's first major seaside resort destinations. You know, Venice has also been a filming hotspot for decades, most famously as the home of the hit TV show Baywatch and back here on the Sands of Venice Beach. The cameras are rolling once again. The return of Baywatch marks a new wave of major production hitting these shores, and L.A. bringing that unmistakable slow motion lifeguard sprint back to where it belongs and in 2028, Venice Beach will take center stage as part of the Summer Olympics, hosting some of the games most iconic endurance events. The triathlon, marathon and road cycling races will all pass through or begin along the legendary coastline, turning the boardwalk and shoreline into a global arena of competition. For a brief moment, the same sands known for LA Surf Culture will echo with the footsteps of the world's fastest athletes, blending global competition with the colors and chaos of Venice at its peak and on the shoreline of Venice, a brand new kids playground is opening, bringing laughter, imagination and a fresh space for the next generation to play by the Pacific. Today, after two years, the Venice Ocean View Playground is reopening three, two one. And Venice couldn't be more excited to have it. Venice Beach is iconic. It's a tourist destination, so not only would the community enjoy this amenity, but so will all of the tourists that come visit us here in Los Angeles. Some of the things I think are so cool about this playground is that it has playground structure for the bigger kids and has a whole separate structure for the littler kids. This is great because she loves to swing and she's into gymnastics. So with the rubber down here, she can tumble and do flips and it's a great thing for her. My little gymnast. We homeschool, so the kids don't necessarily have as many opportunities to kind of hang out with other kids and play. Having this park actually, for our family means everything. We're going to probably be here every single day after we get done with school. It is a community hub for all of Venetian children, and the lack of a playground here for the last two years has hurt the businesses. And it's hurt. The community. This amazing brand new playground is going to revitalize this corner of Venice. The kids couldn't be more excited. The parents couldn't be more excited, and the community has come together in a way that is just beautiful . We travel up and down the beach all the time and to have a place where she can play and swing is a good thing for the community. I want to do a special invitation to all the Angelenos, as well as all of the tourists that visit Los Angeles to really visit iconic Venice Beach. Come and explore the playground. One of the things we're most happy about in Venice is that everybody is accepted, and you can just be who you are, so we really appreciate the diversity of people who come here from all over Venice, the city and the world. Welcome welcome, welcome. There's only two types of people in this world. There's tabs which are temporarily able bodied, and people with disabilities. Eventually, everybody is going to become disabled. We are here at the Abilities Expo, which is one of the largest events in the nation, supporting people with disabilities and their families and caregivers. And people with disabilities need access to all sorts of programs, services and facilities. Community is here to learn about all the services that are available. So I came with my cousin, her husband and her daughter because they have a special needs son. He has down syndrome. He's 15, so just coming to see about getting certain services for him. Clothing, special needs clothing, buttons for certain people that have hard times with their hands. It could be difficult. So just to know that it's easier with magnets, all genders, all ages, all disabilities. We have our performance coming up. We have some new dances coming up that no one has ever seen before. We really cherish this performance. Every single year. This gives them hope. It gives them camaraderie. They get to network with people and realize that you know what you don't have to stay home because of your disabilities. There is life after injury. They're still such a stigma around disabled people as a whole. People aren't used to seeing disabled people out loud and proud, and I feel we do just that. And it breaks the barriers and people are like, whoa, this is what disabled people are capable of, and we're capable of literally everything. It just looks a little different . But there's still a lot of services that are welcome for anybody. Hopefully this influences more cities, more government officials to push for inclusivity. Play LA. They have all sorts of adaptive recreation from archery to golf. These are things we're very excited about as we move towards the 2028 Olympics. And Paralympics in Los Angeles. Disability doesn't mean that you're disabled. The only disability you have is the one you place on yourself. You can do anything anybody else does out there. This is one of the really heartfelt events of our disability community. Abbot Kinney began transforming this stretch of coastline in the early 1900s on Independence Day 1905, he unveiled his dream an American answer to Europe's romance, complete with an intricate canal system inspired by Venice, Italy itself. Gondolas glided through the waterways, steered by authentic Italian gondoliers, bringing a touch of old world charm to the Southern California coast town. But as cars began to reshape Los Angeles, the canal slowly fell out of favor. Roads replaced waterways, and only a portion survived. Now known as the Venice Canal Historic District for decades, they lingered in disrepair. A forgotten piece of the city's past. But that changed when the canals earned recognition on the National Register of Historic Places, sparking a revival that restored the walkways and waterways in the 1990s, preserving a piece of Kinney's original vision for generations to come. And that idea of preserving history carries forward into the stories ahead, from honoring veterans to uncovering powerful personal collections that help illuminate black history. Today, we are celebrating a new home for a very special collection at the Los Angeles Public Library. It's the Dorothy Vena Johnson Black History Collection. The collection is really very special. It has all types of historical titles, biographies. It has scholarly texts. It has music scores. The collection is very valuable, very important to this community. It's so difficult for black writers to get published and to finally be published. And now have their books available for our generation, just continues the legacy of what we are doing. Miriam Matthews began that collection and Miriam Matthews was someone who really was a pioneer among librarians. She was the first African-American librarian hired at the Los Angeles Public Library in 1927. She was the first credentialed African-American librarian in the state of California, but she also was a champion of historic preservation and certainly this collection that now resides at the Baldwin Hills Library is a celebration of her and her commitment and her good work as well. Having the collection so close in our neighborhood that the demographics show reflects people of color is so vital to our children who can read and be inspired. The access that that individuals will have is here in a neighborhood library and so that means that folks can come here as opposed to traveling to our central library downtown. And we'll have some of the same titles or some unique titles that are here at this location that are not also available at our central library. So I had an opportunity to take a walk and look at that beautiful collection that really started over 100 years ago. And this is in part for us to preserve those things. And right here in our home community where you can walk and see. We encourage everyone in the community to come and peruse the collection, to read the books here in the library and tell your friends and family that it is available for them as well. To be able to read and learn from our people is just. It's a double win. It's golden . This event was mostly for them, for our homeless veterans, housing, employment benefits information, especially our homeless veterans and our unemployed veterans. It's eligible. We're be able to pay your security deposit, pay a couple of months of rental assistance so you get stable access to service for spouses and children. So we help the entire family. All the benefits are things that you work for. We serve the country for. Sometimes one of the speakers may mention something that you weren't aware of, that is available and you might be able to qualify. I myself am a veteran who has taken advantage of many of these programs. Many of these training certificates, many of these are just opportunities. As a veteran , we all have this sort of I can just get it done on my own sort of attitude. I'm a veteran. I tell them, let your guard down. Many of us are veterans. We understand what you're going through and we have empathy at the VA. We have empathy for the for the veterans who need help. So no judgment. It's a no judgment zone. And the services are free. I know that with all of the vendors that were here, they're able to answer a lot of the questions that I had at this particular time and also give me resources and phone numbers and things that I would be able to reach out. So many times things are done online. This is in person. It makes a difference. The most important thing is being able to ask for help. That's that. Four letter words are the most important words to me because that's the hardest word to use. But it's the most important word to me to receive . Everyone is doing this from their heart. This is social work right at the end of the day. So everyone is doing this because we want to see our community better. If the veterans are helping our community, then everyone's everyone's thriving and winning. So it's just to help everyone understand that no judgment. We understand you've been through things like homelessness, substance abuse, addiction here to help you get over those. Those barriers. Here at Venice Beach, Los Angeles, surf culture lives in constant motion. We're early morning sets. Boardwalk energy and a deep ocean spirit shape everyday life along the Pacific. Venice has always been a place of reinvention, from its beginnings as a seaside resort to decades of bohemian art scenes and skate and surf culture that helped define a global youth style. It's never stopped evolving. Today historic bungalows sit alongside modern mixed use spaces with community hubs being reimagined rather than replaced around 40,000 residents call Venice home, giving it the feel of a tight knit coastal neighborhood. With that global spotlight, that transformation is especially visible along the Rose Avenue corridor, where pedestrian friendly design, local retail and small business growth are reconnecting the inland neighborhood to the beach across Venice. The focus is on walkability, housing balance and protecting its creative identity and woven through it all is everyday culture. Boardwalk staples like fresh churros, fish tacos and acai bowls just steps away from the sand, reminding visitors that Venice is more than a destination but a living neighborhood where history, food and innovation meet. Thank you all for joining us. Catch this story and many more on channel 35 or at LA city Dot gov forward slash TV and you can follow us on LA City on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Until next time, get out there and experience everything that Los Angeles has to offer . All right. Good morning and welcome toident: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, 29th DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR 2026. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. TEN MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 24, 2026. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council Presiden: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO STAND. AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR BUDGET CHAIRWOMAN, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY TO LEAD US IN THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF YOU'RE ABLE, STAND, RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, READY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TOLL FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK CAN WE RUN TLUT AGENDA. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 8 ARE NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. FOR ITEM 1 TABULATED VALUE DOES NOT EXCEED THE TABULATED OF THE SUPPORTED BALLOT COSTS, THUS THE MAJORITY PROTEST IS FOUND NOT TO EXIST AND PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF DOWNTOWN PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAY BE AUTHORIZED AT THIS TIME. 9 THROUGH 25 ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD 26 THROUGH 82 ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR WHICH PUBLIC COMMENT HAS NOT BEEN HELD. COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR ITEM 33, FOR LOS FELIZ. ITEM 83 IS CLOSE SESSION ITEM. KOINS THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SPECIALS? SI SEE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA BUT BEFORE YOU GO, COUNCILMEMBER, I HAVE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN A REQUEST TO NOTE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER 39. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION SIR? >> Council President: SECONDED BY MR. McOSKER. ALL RIGHT. SPECIALS? COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: YES, I WOULD LIKE ITEM 2 TO BE CONTINUED TILL JUNE 16th. AND ALSO ITEM 20, LATER ON FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. TO BE CONTINUOUS. THE LAST DAY TO ACT ON THAT IS JUNE 12th? >> I. Padilla: THAT'S FINE. >> Council President: SO CONTINUE TO JUNE 12th IS GOOD WITH YOU? OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION. LET'S GO TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 56 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I WAS WONDERING IF I CAN ADD A VERBAL AMENDMENT TO ITEM 21 REQUESTING THAT DBS REPORT BACK ON SHADE STRUCTURES RATHER THAN BUILDING STRUCTURES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT. SEEMS STRAIGHTFORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEMS 10 AND 56 AS MY WIFE'S PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS HAS WORKED WITH AN ORGANIZATION LISTED ON THE ITEM AND WOULD I LIKE TO CALL ITEM 23 FOR AN AMENDMENT, THE LANGUAGE SHOULD BE CIRCULATING SHORTLY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO ITEM 83 WAS CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE ON APRIL 13th AND I WOULD REQUEST APPROVAL. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 20 AND 22 FOR COMMENTS AND HOLD 24 ON THE DESK FOR CONVERSATION AND POTENTIAL AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. WOULD I LIKE TO CALL ITEM 15 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS AND IT HAS HAD A PUBLIC HEARING BUT I WILL ASK THAT WE MAKE THAT THAT I'M ALLOWED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTAS I HAVE SPEAKERS TO SPEAK TO IT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND THOSE SPEAKERS CAN TALK ABOUT IT GENERALLY DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> T. McOsker: GREAT, THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 10 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 10 FOR COMMENTS, JURADO? ANY OTHER SPECIALS? SEEING NONE, NO OTHER SPECIALS, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTE? >> Clerk: IF PICK CONFIRM COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ YOUR IEM CALLED SPECIAL IS 56? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? 5-6 IS YOUR ITEM? YES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. BEFORE THE COUNCIL ARE ITEMS 9, 11 THROUGH 14 AND 16 THROUGH 20, 24 AND 25. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE OB ON TO PRESENTATION ?Z >> Council President: LET'S MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BEGIN FIRST WITH DENIM DAY, EVERYBODY LOOKING GREAT IN THEIR DEANYONE, --DENIM, THAT WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER FROM DISTRICT 6, MONICA RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: GOOD MORNING, KLAOE,Z IT'S AN HONOR TO AGAIN BE LEADING WITH ALL OF YOU. THIS ANNUAL TRADITION WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. AT A TIME WHEN WE CONTINUE TO SEE, SO MANY VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, WE'VE SEEN ENTIRE SYSTEMS, THAT HAVE EXPLOITED YOUNG PEOPLE AND HARMED THEM. WE'RE STANDING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT OF THE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY WEARING OUR DENIM AND REMINDING EVERYBODY THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS SOMETHING THAT IS OFTEN GETS OVERLOOKED, GETS SILENCED AND WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOGETHER CONTINUE TO UPLIFT OUR VOICES AND HELP CHANGE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE AVAILABLED, THE VERY BEHAVIORS THAT HAVE BEEN SO AGRECIOUS THAT HAVE CREATED SO MUCH TRAUMA AROUND THE WORLD. SO I STAND HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND OF COURSE, THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF PEACE OVER VIOLENCE THAT HAS CONTINUED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK OF DENIM DAY, THIS IS OUR 27th ANNUAL DENIM DAY RECOGNITION HERE IN LOS ANGELES. AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE PATTY GIGINGS AND HER TEAM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE HELP ME GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. DENIM BEGAN IN 1999, AS A BOLD RESPONSE TO DEVASTATING INJUSTICE, AFTER THE ITALIAN SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED A RAPE VICTIM, RULING THAT THE VICTIM WORE TIGHT JEANS SO SHE MUST HAVE CONSENTED. AND WE KNOW THAT SURVIVORS, THEIR TRUTH IS IS NOT RECOGNIZED, IT IS QUESTIONED SO TOGETHER WE ARE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS SILENCES OR IS DENIED JUSTICE. TODAY DENIM DAY IS THE LONGEST RUNNING SEXUAL PREVENTION CAMPAIGN IN HISTORY. BY WEARING DENIM TODAY, WE'RE MAKING AN STATEMENT THAT THERE IS NEVER EXCUSE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. TODAY SERVES AS A REMINDER AND CALL ATTENTION TO MISCONCEPTIONS AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND IT'S A REMINDER THAT WE STILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO DO. I WANT TO THANK, PATTY BECAUSE OF YOUR ADVOCACY AND SO MANY ADVOCATES THAT OUR LOS ANGELES, POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ACTUALLY REFORMED AND CHANGED HOW ITS TREATED VICTIMS. SO MUCH HAS COME BECAUSE OF YOUR ADD VOLUNTARY SEE AND THE--ADVOCACY THAT THE BRAVERY TO SAY THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS NOT TO BE EXPERIENCED BY ANY OTHER VICTIM, THAT WE WANTED CHANGE THE SYSTEM FOR GOOD. WE WANT TO THANK YOU. BECAUSE SO OFTEN THESE SYSTEMS REMAIN IN TACT BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW THE POWER IS STRUCTURE. AS WE'VE SEEN WITH THE EPSTEIN, WE'VE SEEN THE PROTECTION AND THE VICTIMS CONTINUED TO BE DENIED JUSTICE. WE'RE HERE TO SAY, TO HELL WITH THAT, NO MORE WE'RE GOING TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND MAKE SURE THAT SURVIVOR'S VOICE RIGHT SIDE UPLIFTED AND HEARD. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY IN HONORING THEIR STRENGTH, AND THEIR VOICE WITH THIS ANNUAL TRADITION OF WEARING DENIM. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, PATTY, AND EVERYBODY ON YOUR TEAM THAT HAS BEEN REMARKABLE IN LEADING THIS, FRANKLY AROUND THE WORLD. THEY KNOW BETTER THAN TO TRY TO STOP YOU, YOU'RE A FORCE. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE JOINED US THIS MORNING AND EVERYBODY AT CITY HALL. YOU KNOW, THE DENIM AGAIN IS ONE SHOW OF SUPPORT BUT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT REAL SUPPORTS LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ISSUES AND LEADING CHANGE. TALK IS CHEAP. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT THIS AND EXEMPLIFY THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS CITY, LET'S DO IT. LET'S DO IT AT ALL LEVELS. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT REFORM IS NOT AN OPTION. AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO FULFILL THAT. SO AGAIN I'M THANKFUL FOR THE COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT OF PATTY AND ALL OF THE SURVIVORS THAT HAVE HAD THE STRENGTH TO COME FORWARD AND TELL THEIR STORIES. TOGETHER WE WILL GIVE THEM THE POWER TO STAND UP AND FIGHT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. SO WITH THAT, WOULD I LIKE TO INVITE THE INCREDIBLE, PATTY GIGINGS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SO MUCH MONICA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE YEARS. I WANT TO INTRODUCE, WENDY, SOON TO BE DR. WENDY BLANCO. AND I JUST WANT, I'M KIND OF OVERWHELMED TODAY, THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS IS THE LARGEST AND MOST COHESIVE ONE WE'VE HAD IN A WHILE. I KNOW COVID INTERRUPTED EVERYTHING, BUT THE FEELING OUT IN THE SOUTH LAWN AND THE, THE WORDS AND TESTIMONIES FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE THERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE ALSO HAD DR. DEBBIE DAOURTO SUPERINTENDENT OF L.A. COUNTY SCHOOLS AND WE HAD A SURVIVOR WHO SPOKE FROM THE HEART. I FELT LIKE TODAY, IN MY MIND, I FELT THINKING GROUNDSWELL, I HOPE TODAY IS THAT TURNING POINT. SO MANY PREDATOR RIGHT SIDE BEING EXPOSED WITH NOT A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES. SO MANY SURVIVORS, DON'T GET THEIR DAY IN COURT. SO MANY SURVIVORS ARE SILENCED WHEN THEY START TO TELL BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO RECEIVE AND LISTEN TO TRAUMA OR LISTEN TO SOMEBODY'S EXPERIENCE. BUT WE'VE BEEN AT IT. FIRST OF ALL THE GENDER BASE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN MOVEMENT IS 55 YEARS OLD. OUR ORGANIZATION USED TO BE LA CAW THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN 1971 AND NOW WE HAVE NETWORKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY, WHO ARE ALL LOOKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. I AM SO GLAD THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL SEVERAL YEARS AGO, STARTED LOOKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING. AND WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING THAT, KEEP DOING THAT TOGETHER. LAST YEAR, POV ALONE, WE SERVED 20,000 PEOPLE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE HAVING TO REDUCE SOME OF OUR STAFF BECAUSE OF CUT BACKS. SO NOW WE HAVE MORE WAITING LISTS. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE READY AND WILLING, WE ARE NOT READY TO SERVE THEM. AND YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WE KEEP COMING BEFORE YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SO TODAY IS A DAY OF ADRENALINE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT. I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOSE THAT. FOR US TO CONTINUE TO KEEP TRAUMA AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR MINDS. THE TRAUMA FROM SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ARE THE ROOT CAUSES OF SO MANY MENTAL DEPRESSION, ADDICTION, EVEN GUN VIOLENCE. MANY OF THE SHOOTERS DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEN GO OUT AND SHOOT A GROCERY STORE OR SUPERMARKET. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS. SO IF WE DON'T TREAT DIRECT SERVICES AS PART OF POWER BUILDING, I THINK WE WILL KEEP GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES. EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO COMMUNITY POWER BUILDING AND I DO TOO. THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT POV, THE WAY WE DO IT IS THROUGH INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ON THE GROUND ROOTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS AND TODAY IS, EXTREMELY SPECIAL EVERYONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE, TODAY, THEY OUT DID THEMSELVES AND ALSO FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR DENIM DAY, IT FUELS OUR PROGRAM. I WANT WENDY TO SAY BY AUTOPSY --ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DOES. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT. I WAS HERE LAST YEAR TALKING ABOUT DENIM DAY AND EVERYBODY BEHIND ME WAS BEHIND ME LAST YEAR, REALLY CHAMPIONING THIS MOVEMENT. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR THE FUNDING WHICH IS CRITICAL RIGHT NOW. BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT ONE IN, I THINK IT'S ONE IN TWO WOMEN ARE AFFECTED BISEXUAL ABUSE IN THEIR LIFETIME AND ONE IN ONE MEN BUT ALSO FOLKS THAT DON'T COME FORWARD ABOUT THE ABUSE THAT THEY'VE SUFFERED. SO MANY OF US ARE SUFFERING IN SILENCE. THERE WOULD BE HALF OF THE WOMEN IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED IF NOT, THEY FOR SURE KNOW SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN. SO THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC, AS PATTY MENTIONED IT SHOULD BE TREATED AGO SOMEBODY THAT DESERVES PRIORITY BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRAUMA SYMPTOMS THAT WE SEE FOLKS ENDURING. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AT PEACE OVER VIOLENCE, WE FOCUS ON TWO TIERS, ONE IS PREVENTION. SO MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEAM IS OUT THERE EDUCATING FOLKS, YOUNG FOLKS AND ANYONE WHO REALLY IS, IS REALLY TO LISTEN ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT VIOLENCE. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT MAKING SURVIVORS, SAFER, YES, WE DO SELF-DEFENSE EMPOWERMENT CLASSES AND COUNSELING AND ALL THE THINGS BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT ENGAGING MEN TO ALSO BE GOOD-BYE STANDARDS TO QUESTION THE JOKES THAT ARE NOT FUNNY AND TO QUESTION THE RHETORIC THAT COMES OUT ON MEDIA AND TO BE CHAMPIONED ON THIS MOVEMENT. I'M THANKFUL TO SEE SOME SFT MEN THAT CAME OUT THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT. RIGHT, AND SO IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE. THE OTHER, OTHER PIECE REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE INTERVENTION PIECE THAT PATTY TALKED ABOUT. WE HAVE A BIG TRAINING PROGRAM. WE TAKE IN VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE WILLING TO BE TRAINED AND WE, WE HAVE THEM WORK THE HOTLINE AND LISTENING TO THESE REAL CASES IN REALTIME. AND WE ALSO HAVE CLINICAL INTERNS WHICH WE EDUCATE AND MENTOR AND FOSTER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY ARE WE EDUCATING SOCIAL WORKERS BUT THE FUTURE POOL, WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SEXUALLY ABUSED, THERE ARE A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES, WHETHER IT'S INTERPERSONAL OR COMMUNITY LEVEL AND MACRO LEVEL TOO, SO SYSTEMS BASE. AGAIN SO THANKFUL THAT THOSE FUNDING SOURCES HAVE YOU ALL HAVE ADVOCATED TO CONTINUE FUNDS AND YOU HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THESE PROGRAMS TO EXIST BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND STILL A LOT OF CONCERN AROUND OUR FUNDING. RIGHT, SO IF WE TREAT THIS AS AN EPIDEMIC AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS TOP PRIORITY, WE WOULD ALSO EXPECT TO SEE THE FUNDING FOLLOW. SO, AGAIN I'M THANKFUL TO BE AND REALLY HAPPY THAT I CAN STAND AGAIN THIS YEAR TO REALLY HONOR DENIM DAY, THE WORK THAT WE ARE ALL DOING IN THE CITY OF L.A. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN HERE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE TREAT FOLKS AND COMMUNITY LIKE THEY'RE FAMILY. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. [APPLAUSE] >> I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT TODAY UNITED STATES CONGRESS HAS PUT OUT A RESOLUTION HONORING DENIM DAY AND A CALL FOR SUPPORT TO SURVIVORS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND ITS THE CONGRESS. SO WE CAN BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY AND SO NOW I'VE BEEN JOINED BY. >> Council President: WILL THES ALMOST A BROWN ACT VIOLATION UP THERE. >> M. Rodriguez: WE'RE WORKING ON IT T.I KNOW MS. HERNANDEZ JOINED US IN THE LAWN. I KNOW SHE IS WITH US IN SPIR SIT. WE'RE GOING TO GO IN ORDER. MS. RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR ALWAYS BRINGING THIS EVENT FORWARD YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND PATTY AND EVERYONE FROM PEACE OVER VIOLENCE, IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE AND TO MARK THIS DAY. AS A SURVIVOR MYSELF AND AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS WORKED WITH SURVIVORS, IN MY WORK, I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE ON A SUSTAINED BASIS. DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS PERVASIVE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH IT. I FEEL LIKE THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS AT THE FOREFRONT AND ENSURE THAT POLICY CHANGE IS HAPPENING, IS ALWAYS A STRUGGLE. AND I WANT TO THANK PEACE OVER VIOLENCE FOR LEADING IN THAT STRUGGLE. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT DAYS LIKE THIS ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE SO MANY WORK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CHANGING POWER STRUCTURES, FOR CHANGING PROCESSES THAT LEAD TO ABUSE AND TO VIOLENCE, HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES. THEY DON'T EVER MAKE IT OUT INTO PUBLIC. SO THE RECOGNITION AND A THE ATTENTION THAT IS BROUGHT TO THIS ISSUE OB ON DENIM DAY IS A MARKER ON HOW WE NEED TO RAISE OUR VOICES BUT ALSO THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAPPENS YEAR-ROUND BEHIND THE SCENES TO CHANGE THE POWER STRUCTURES, TO CHANGE THE PROCESSES THAT LEAD TO THIS BEING AN ON GOING ISSUE IN OUR SEW SOIT. --SOCIETY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTNER AND ENGAGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING THIS AGAIN THIS YEAR AND WELCOME AGAIN PEACE OVER VIOLENCE, PATTY IS TEAM. TODAY IS A REMINDER OF HOW FAR WE STILL HAVE TO GO AND HOW WE TREAT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE, BELIEVE WOMEN, WHEN WE SAY WE DON'T CONSENT, LISTEN TO THE WORDS COMING OUT OF OUR MOUTHS NOT WHAT WE ARE WEARING, NOT WHAT YOU THINK OUR BODY LANGUAGE IS TELLING YOU, BUT OUR WORDS. BELIEVING WOMEN IS IS THE BARE MINIMUM. IT HAS TO BE MATCHED WITH ACTION. SHOWING UP FOR WOMEN MEANS REAL SUPPORT IT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN HAVE WHAT THEY NEED WHEN THEY COME FORWARD. IT MEANS FUNDING THE SYSTEMS THAT MAKE JUSTICE POSSIBLE. MAKING SURE FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE LAPD CIVILIAN STAFF TO PROCESS RAPE KITS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER TODAY DURING THE BUDGET HEARING. MAKING SURE SURVIVORS ARE NOT LEFT WAITING FOR HELP. IT MEANS MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE SO WHEN SOMEBODY EXPERIENCES VIOLENCE, THEY CAN GET HELP RIGHT AWAY WITH HOUSING, COUNSELING, LEGAL SUPPORT, THAT'S THE STANDARD. DENIM DAY IS A CALL TO REJECT VICTIM BLAMING AND BELIEVE WOMEN, THEN DO THE WORK TO BACK IT UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING HAPPY TO WELCOME UP MY COLLEAGUE, WHO AM I WELCOMING NOW? COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY AND FOR THE THOUGHTFUL REMARKS ABOUT THE NEED TO INVEST IN THE SYSTEMS THAT PROMOTE JUSTICE AND PROTECT VICTIMS. WE'RE HERE TODAY OF COURSE FOR DENIM DAY BUT IT'S REALLY A LOT MORE ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN WHAT SOMEBODY WORE AND EVEN WHAT STARTED AS ONE COURT CASE. TODAY, THIS IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SYSTEMS AND WHETHER THEY BELIEVE WOMEN AND GIRLS WHEN THEY COME FORWARD. I'M REALLY PROUD TO STAND WITH PEACE OVER VIOLENCE, PATTY, THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO ON THE FRONTLINES OF THIS ISSUE, DAY IN AND DAY OUT AROUND THIS CITY. BUT IF IT'S GOING TO WORK, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT WE ARE CONFRONTING AND ACROSS L.A. COUNTY, EXPLOITATION ISN'T THEORETICAL, IT'S HAPPENING IN REALTIME. WE SEE IT IN DOMESTIC AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, WE SEE IT UP AND DOWN THE FIGUEROA CORRIDOR, WE SEE IT ALL TOO OFTEN IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES. IT HAPPENS TO GIRLS, TO YOUNG WOMEN TO IMMIGRANTS, TO FOSTER YOUTH AND TO PEOPLE WHO ALL TOO OFTEN ARE INVISIBLE AND UNTIL THEY BECOME A STATISTIC. AND EVEN WHEN SURVIVORS COME FORWARD, ALL TOO OFTEN THEY ARE MET WITH THE SAME QUESTIONS, WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE? WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING SOONER? WE CANNOT KEEP ASKING VICTIMS WHY THEY DIDN'T DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY. WE NEED TO BE ASKING INSTEAD WHY SO MANY SYSTEMS FAILED TO SEE THEM, TO PROTECT THEM AND TO HOLD ABUSERS ACCOUNTABLE. AND THAT MEANS, SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE PEACE OVER VIOLENCE, AND IT ABSOLUTELY DOES MEAN SUPPORTING THE MEN AND WOMEN IN LAPD WHO DO THE DIFFICULT WORK OF INVESTIGATING THESE CASES AND HOLDING OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE. I'VE SPENT TIME WITH LAPD SEXUAL ASSAULT SECTION AND I'VE HEARD FROM THEM WHAT THEY FACE AND LIMITATIONS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND WITH THE CHALLENGES ON GETTING RESOURCES TO THE SURVIVORS TO DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA THAT THESE CRIMES BRING. IT IS A STARK REMINDER OF THE WORK THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO. SO DENIM BEGAN AS A PROTEST AGAINST VICTIM BLAMING AND THAT MESSAGE IS STILL NECESSARY TODAY IN LOS ANGELES. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT CLEAR. HERE IN THE CITY OF L.A., WE ARE NOT GOING TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> I. Padilla: HELLO COUNCIL, COLLEAGUES, FOLKS IN THE CROWD AS WELL AS THE FOLKS ONLINE. I WANT TO START BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. FORWARD. BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DURING THIS PRESENTATION, I GIVE THE PROPS AND THE CREDIT AND THE BIG THANK YOU TO THE WONDERFUL PATTY GIGINGS, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT HER. PATTY, WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER A LONG TIME THERE ARE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BUT YOU'VE TOLD ME NOT TO SAY, BECAUSE IT'S--TOO MANY DEALING WITH FOLKS ENGAGING IN SEXUAL VIOLENCE, BUT I WILL NOT SAY THEM. MAYBE I'LL SAY IT AT THE END IF I WANT. SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS VERY REAL AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THIS DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR. BECAUSE IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE, WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, WE DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. WE DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN A VICTIM OR WE'VE SEEN, BUT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT'S A SOCIAL CRISIS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS. IT IS A TECHNICALLY A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE AS LEADERS AND THOSE OF US WITH A BULLY PULPIT, WE FIND OURSELVES THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK ABOUT THIS AND EMPHASIZE WHAT WE ALSO NEED IS COUNCILMEMBER, TRACY PARK MENTIONED SYSTEMS, THERE IS A LOT THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO FIXING SYSTEMS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AS A SOCIETY, I TELL EVERYBODY, LET'S HAVE CONVERSATION BUZZ HOW WE NEED TO RAISE BETTER BOYS AND STRONGER GIRLS AND ALSO, BE WILLING TO TELL FOLKS THAT WE SEE HITTING A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF BEHAVIOR TO STOP. WE ALSO HAVE TO EMMERSE OURSELVES IN MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS AN ENDING TO THIS. I KNOW COLLEGE UNIVERSITY DO A LOT OF WORK-RELATED TO TALKING ABOUT THIS BUT EVERYONE IN EVERY SYSTEM HAS TO PLAY A ROLE. AND I THINK, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A VERY, THIS WAS A YEAR WHERE WE WERE REMINDED OF HOW PREVALENT THE PROBLEM IS S.THE LATINA COMMUNITY THIS YEAR, THE CHICANA COMMUNITY, LOST A LEADER AS WE LEARNED STORIES ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE IN, AGRICULTURE UNITED FARMWORKER MOVEMENT. CALIFORNIA LOST A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERN OR THAT'S HOW PREVALENT. AND SOME OF US CAN'T SLEEP WHEN WE THINKS ABOUT HOW WE HAVE THIS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WITH OUR PRESIDENT. BUT FOR THOSE DISGUSTED AND UNHAPPY FOR HOW IT'S BEEN PACKAGED, WE ALL PLAY A ROLE. I WANT TO THANK YOU PATTY AND EVERYONE OVER AT PEACE OVER VIOLENCE, FOR NOT ALLOWING US TO FORGET THIS AND CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT IN THIS UNIQUE WAY THAT HAS EVERYONE HERE LOOKING LIKE WE'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, I DIG IT. BUT IT'S ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES ABOVE TODAY'S EVENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MS. HUTT. >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO START BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND OUR CHAMPION FOR CHANGE, FOR REAL, PATTY GIGING FOR BRINGING THIS TO LIGHT FOR ORGANIZING AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD. DENIM DAY IS A DAY OF POWERFUL SOLIDARITY, WHERE WE USE OUR DENIM TO PROTECT THE--TO PROTEST, SORRY PROTEST, THE HARMFUL MYTH THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS THE VICTIM'S FAULT. NOW MORE THAN EVER IS OUR DUTY AS A CITY TO PROTECT, TO BELIEVE AND UPLIFT THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED FROM THIS KIND OF TRAUMA. THIS MORNING, AT THE RALLY, WE HEARD FROM A THRIVING, NOT A SURVIVOR. SHE IS A THRIVER WHO WAS RAPED BY HER FATHER AT FOUR YEARS OLD. AND IT BROKE MY HEART BECAUSE AS A CHILD YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN IT. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO TO TALK TO. WHEN A TRUSTED FAMILY MEMBER HAS ABUSED YOU THIS WAY. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN HOMES, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER TO LISTEN TO CHILDREN, IF THEY TELL YOU SOMETHING HURTS, BELIEVE THEM. IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE, DON'T GO. MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THEM TO THE DOCTOR SO THEY CAN GET CHECKED OUT AND YOU KNOW WHAT, DON'T BE AFRAID TO CHANGE YOUR HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE, YOU HAVE TO SAVE THAT CHILD AND I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT SAVING CHILDREN. THE CLICHE IS THEY ARE OUR FUTURE BUT THEY REALLY ARE. PEACE OVER VIOLENCE, WORKS TIRELESSLY TO EMPOWER SURVIVORS TO SPEAK OUT BUT LITTLE CHILDREN CAN'T SO ADULTS HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION. I WANT TO WANT TO LOOK AT THE WORK DONE FOR THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC FAMILIES. THEY ALSO WORK EVERY DAY TO PROTECT VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, HELPING THEM FORGE NEW PATHWAYS. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR ESSENTIAL SERVICES. SO TO EVERYBODY SURVIVOR, I'M GOING TO CALL YOU A THRIVER, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY OR IF IF YOU CAN HEAR MY VOICE, YOU'R DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN CAN WITH THE CARDS THAT YOU CAN DEALT AND I JUST, I JUST WANT TO SEND YOU SPIRITUAL LOVE. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, WE SEE YOU, WE STAND WITH YOU, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A LOS ANGELES WHERE YOUR SAFETY AND VOICE IS PRIORITIZED. THANK YOU AND I WANT TO BRING UP MY GOOD FRIEND, FROM THE 14th DISTRICT, OUR CLOSER, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH, TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. AND FOR PATTY, THE FOUNDER AS IT SAYS ON YOUR JACKET. TO BE HONEST, I'M PRETTY NERVOUS TO STAND UP HERE TODAY, I HATE THIS DAY. I REALLY HATE THIS DAY. I HATE THAT WE HAVE TO STAND UP HERE TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE AT ALL. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR THE SHOCK I FELT THAT I HAD TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE LEAGUE OF THESE WOMEN BECAUSE LIME A LEADER AND I WAS PROCESSING IN REALTIME ALL THE MOMENTS THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME AND TO ALL THE STRONG WOMEN THAT I LEAD WITH TODAY. THE TRUTH IS, IN POLITICS AND IN MOVEMENTS SPACES AND MORE THAT WE CARE TO ADMIT IN OUR FAMILIES, THIS IS HAPPEN FAR TOO OFTEN AND SECRET. SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE ARE REALITIES THAT WOMEN AND NON BINARY FACE AT HOME IN THE WORKPLACE AND OUTSIDE. TOO OFTEN IT BECOMES PART OF OUR CULTURE IN THE NAME OF PROTECTING INSTITUTIONS OR SHIELDING PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEN AS HONORABLE TOO MANY ARE FORCED INTO SILENCE. A DECADE AGO I WAS AN ASSISTANT IN POLITICS, THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE WHO COMMENTED ON MY CLOTHING AND MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE AND TOUCHED ME WHEN I DIDN'T WANT TO BE TOUCHED. I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY SMIG, I WAS A SINGLE MOTHER AND I DIDN'T WANT TO RUFFLE FEATHERS. I TOLD MYSELF THIS WAS THE COST OF ENTRY OF BEING IN THIS FIELD. IT WAS NOT INTO A INTERN THAT MADE A FORMAL COMPLAINT THAT I ACCEPTED SOMETHING THAT I SHOULDN'T. NOW COUNCIL LEAD BY WOMEN AND I CAN SAY THAT THE CULTURE HAS CHANGED BUT CHANGE DOES NOT MEAN CURE. THERE ARE STILL ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH NICKNAME THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEIR BEHAVIOR WITH WOMEN AND HOW THEY HUG THEM. THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT I CALL HAPPY HANDS THAT I TELL MY STAFF TO NOT MEET ALONE BECAUSE OF THE WAYS HE BEHAVES. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO TEST BOUNDARIES IN ORDER TO EMPOWER. THEY FORCE INTERACTIONS, DESPITE POLITE REFUSAL. THEY MANEUVER THROUGH CROWDS EVEN ON THIS FLOOR JUST TO INVADE OUR SPACE. I HAVE CONDUCTED TO BUSINESS BY TOURING ME AND USING VOICE WHERE RESPECT SHOULD BE ENOUGH! THIS ONLY SEEMS TOO SMALL TO SOME PEOPLE BUT IT'S NOT. THIS IS THE DOMINANCE THAT EVERY DAY MECHANICS, THE CORE OF WHAT WE ARE AGAINST AND WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING OVER IN DENIM DAY, THAT'S WHAT PEACE OVER VIOLENCE MEANS. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY USES A BADGE, A TITLE, A POSITION OR THEIR GENDER TO FORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR DEMANDS SEXUALLY OR OTHERWISE IT STRIPS THESE PEOPLE OF THEIR AGENCY, THAT'S WHY WE'RE STEPPING HERE. BECAUSE OF OTHERS STEPPED DOWN THE RECKONING THAT COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ A MONTH OR SO, THAT RECKONING IS STILL IP COMPLETE. AND IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS THAT WE PERMIT THIS BEHAVIOR, END WITH US. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MANY MEMBERS FOR THIS AMAZING PRESENTATION TODAY. AND THIS, RITUAL THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR IN THIS BUILDING IN OUR CITY, TO LEAD THE MOVEMENT AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE. I'VE GOT A FEW MEMBERS ON THE QUEUES BEGINNING WITH THE CHAIR OF OUR PUBLIC COMMITTEE, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, THANK YOU PATTY FOR ALL YOU DO NOT JUST TODAY BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HELP RAISE THE VOICES OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BISEXUAL VIOLENCE. AND I AGREE WITH YOU, TODAY'S EVENT OUTSIDE, HAD A DIFFERENT FEEL. WHEN YOU SAY ADHESIVENESS, YOU HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. I DO FEEL THAT SPECIALNESS OF TODAY. THANK YOU ALWAYS TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU BRING WITH YOU THAT ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND WHAT THE TRAUMA THAT THEY WENT THROUGH BECAUSE THOSE ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT ALL OF US NEED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IN THOSE, IN THEIR LIVES THAT MANY OF US MAY SEEM JUST UNPHANTOMABLE BUT YET THAT THEY'RE HAPPENING BUT EVERY YEAR YOU BRING SOMEBODY TO SHARE THEIR STORY AND IT'S INCREDIBLY POWERFUL FOR ALL AVENUE US. YOU KNOW, DENIM DAY IS OUR ANNUAL REMINDER BUT IT IS SOMETHING ANNUAL REMINDER THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TODAY BUT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WHAT WE DO AND THANK YOU FOR, TEACHING US MEN, THE PART THAT WE HAVE TO PLAY EVEN WITH OUR SCHOOLS OR OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT ESPECIALLY IN OUR OWN HOMES AND IN OUR PART IN HELPING RAISE THIS NEXT GENERATION OF MEN IN THIS WORLD. SO THANK YOU TO PEACE OVER VIOLENCE AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO HELP RAISE ALL THE VOICES AND, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS USE YOUR VOICE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED TO USE YOUR VOICE AND SPEAK UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR HAVING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. LEE. MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S HONOR TO STAND WITH YOU IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS NEVER OKAY. NEVER OKAY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT WHENEVER WE CAN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON FREQUENTLY AND THE AREA THAT I REPRESENT, THIS ISSUE IS LOOKED OVER AND IT HAPPENS TOO FREQUENTLY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE AND RAISE THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS AND AGAIN, JUST SEXUAL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS NEVER, NEVER, NEVER OKAY. THANK YOU, LADIES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LEADING THIS PRESENTATION FOR PATTY AND THE ENTIRE PEACE OVER VIOLENCE ORGANIZATION. AND FOR MY FEMALE COLLEAGUES FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES AND REMINDING THAT THIS PATRIARCHY COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS, PHYSICAL ACTS. AND WE ALL HAVE TO DO BETTER. LET'S KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND ALL PRESENTED. ONE, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT UP AND ACKNOWLEDGE, OUR OWN PATTY GIGINGS, LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE SIT IN THESE SEATS AND WE CAN MAKE STATEMENTS AND CHANGE LAWS AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, I DON'T WANT TO UNDERESTIMATE OR DEVALUE THE IMPORTANCE OF POLICY. BUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND A WHILE KNOW THAT POLY ONLY REALLY REALLY MATTERS IF YOU CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS. IF YOU'VE LEAD MOVEMENT TO DO THAT, THIS DENIM DAY IS A CULTURAL PHENOMENA, THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY YOU CANNOT DO BUSINESS WITHOUT SOMEBODY WEARING DENIM AND YOU ASK WHY THEY'RE WEARING DENIM AND YOU NEED TO CONFRONT THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR CHALLENGING THE POLICY MAKERS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, BUILDING A MOVEMENT TO CHALLENGE THE CULTURE TO MOVE, TO CHANGE NORMS, TO MAKE THINGS THAT WERE ACCEPTABLE OR THINGS THAT WE WERE SILENCE ABOUT, THINGS THAT WE WERE NOT SILENT ABOUT ANYMORE. ALL AVENUE US, WOMEN AND MEN AND PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED AND PEOPLE WHO ARE UNINVOLVED. WHEN PEOPLE KNOW BETTER AND BECAUSE OF YOU PEOPLE KNOW BETTER, THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS PEOPLE THAT KNOW BETTER. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT IS PART OF THIS MOVEMENT AND HOPE THAT IT LASTS IN THIS CITY UNTIL THE LAST INCIDENT OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU SO MANY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORDS AND SUPPORT. IT'S INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT WE SAW THIS MORNING, AND THE TURN OUT, IT REAL OTHER WAS REMARKABLE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STANDING UP AND SPEAKING OUT. AND IT'S FRANKLY, MORE BY THE INCREDIBLE STRATEGY BY THE EPSTEIN FILES THAT ARE STILL BEING SEALED. WE NEED TO BE THE COLLECTIVE VOICES TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS AT EVERY LEVEL ESPECIALLY WITHIN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT. SO WITH THAT, PATTY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EXAMPLE OF HEROISM AND LEADERSHIP FOR THIS 27th ANNUAL DENIM DAY. AND ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS RELEASE THE DAMN EPSTEIN FILES! [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: DUE TO ERROR CAN WE HAVE COUNCIL RECONSIDER ITEMS 19, 20 AND 24. >> Council President: YES, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION OF 19, 20 AND 24, CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. TABULATE THE VOTE. DO WE NEED TO DO A VOICE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: THERE WE GO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT ON THE RECORD THAT MR. PRICE ASKED TO BE RECUSED, YOU'RE GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT ON THE RECORD THAT WE MISTAKEN CALLED THAT ITEM WITHOUT YOU BEING ABLE TO RECUSE. SO WE'RE RECONSIDERING, BUT THAT'S THE MISTAKE OF THE CHAIR AND CLERK NOT THE MISTAKE OF COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR THE GOOD OF THE RECORD. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER 61 FOR TECHNICAL CHANGE. THE UNIT COUNT SHOULD BE 70 UNITS AND NOT 71. MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THIS ITEM AS AMENDED WITH THE TECHNICAL CHANGE TO 70 UNITS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, DID WE ALREADY VOTE ON THIS ITEM. >> Clerk: NO, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE RECONSIDERED. >> Council President: WE DO NOT NEED TO RECONSIDER, WE'LL JUST HAVE THAT AMENDMENT. SECONDED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, CAN WE ADOPT THE REVISED BOE FOR 7 AND 8 PLEASE. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER CHANGES BEFORE WE GO TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND CUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WAINT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK ALL THE LABOR LEADERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HERE TODAY. IS LABOR IN THE HOUSE? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IS IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE HOUSE? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE ARE HERE TO SEPARATE MAYDAY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WHICH WILL BE HAPPENING IN TWO DAYS. EVERY YEAR, ON MAY 1st, PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLDCOM TOGETHER TO SEPARATE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. ORIGINALLY, A CELEBRATION IN RECOGNITION OF THE HAY MARKET AFFAIR IN CHICAGO OF 1886 AND SOCIALIST STRUGGLE FOR WORKERS RIGHTS, IT'S NOW A DAY WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THE STRUGGLES AND VICTORIES OF THE WORKING CLASS WHO MAKE OUR SOCIETY RUN. AND HERE IN LOS ANGELES, MAYDAY HAS AN EXTRA SPECIAL MEANING. ONE OF THE FIRST BIG MAYDAY MARS IN LOS ANGELES, WAS IN 2000, WHEN CHIRLA, THE GARMENT CENTER, AND WORKER ALLIANCE AND OTHERS CAME TOGETHER IN AN INCREDIBLE COALITION OF ANGELINOS. THEN IN 20006, LA GRAN MRCHA CULMINATED A MASSIVE MARCH HERE IN LOS ANGELES ON WHAT BECAME TO BE KNOWN AS A DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS. IT IS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ONE THAT HAS INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING MYSELF TO BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER. AND SINCE DAY, MAYDAY IN LOS ANGELES HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS NOT JUST WITH WORKERS RIGHT BUT IMMIGRANTS. TODAY WE SEPARATE 20 YEARS AND FEEL THE IMPORTANCE OF SOLIDARITY AS WE FIGHT THE FASCISM DRIVING SO MUCH OF OUR POLITICS TODAY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND CELEBRATING WITH US AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ON FRIDAY ON 10:00 AM AT McARTHUR PARK WHERE THE MARCH WILL BE ENDING RIGHT HERE AS WE TAKE TO THE STREETS TO UPLIFT WORKERS. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE OF MINE, THE COUNCILMEMBER OF 4th DISTRICT WHERE THE DAY MAY MARCH WILL BE CONCLUDED THIS EVENING. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE AGAIN, ON MAYDAY WE'RE HERE TO SAY SOMETHING SIMPLE AND TRUE, WORKERS RUN THE CITY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WITHOUT WORKERS, L.A. STOPS, I'M TALKING ABOUT CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, TEACHING SHOWING UP FOR OUR KIDS EVEN WHEN RESOURCES FALL SHORT, DELIVERY STREET VENDORS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS PEOPLE WHO KEEP THE CITY MOVING EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU KNOW, AND EVEN IN THESE HARD TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW TO BE TRUE IS WORKERS STILL SHOW UP. YOU KEEP WORKING AND CARING FOR THE CITY AND EVEN WHEN IT DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU IN THE WAYS THAT YOU NEED AND THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH CARESEN AND CHIRLA WHO ARE NOT JUST TALK BUG DELIVERING IN REALTIME, RAPID RESPONSE, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, SHOWING UP. WE BELIEVE EVERY WORKER DESERVES TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR. SO LET ME BE CLEAR, WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THE RAIDS AS NORMAL AND ON MAYDAY, WE DON'T JUST HONOR HISTORY, WE TAKE IT. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL, COME OUT WITH US, COME OUT WITH WITH THE WORKERS, LET'S STOP THE CITY AND BELIEVE SURVIVORS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. YOU KNOW, IN WASHINGTON DC, THE SUPREME COURT IS HEARING CASE BUZZ THE TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS FOR OVER 3000 IMMIGRANTS. THESE ARE FOLKS FROM UKRAINE, IT, SYRIA, EL SALVADOR AND HONDURAS, THEY IMPACT THE LIVES OF SO MANY, MANY FOLKS THAT WE KNOW. SO TODAY I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY INVOLVED IN THAT FIGHT, A COMMUNITY LEADER A TPS HOLDER FROM EL SALVADOR AND MEMBER OF CARESEN, VICTOR GONZALEZ. >> Speaker: MUY BUENOS DIAS A TODOS. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY I'M SANTOS GONZALEZ. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M ORIGINALLY FROM EL SALVADOR BUT LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ABOUT 26 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M A FATHER, A HEAD OF A FAMILY AND I WORK IN CONSTRUCTION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: RIGHT NOW WE'RE LIVING A LOT OF UNCERTAINITY ABOUT TPS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: EVEN THOUGH MY WORK PERMIT IS SECURE UNTIL THE 9th OF SEPTEMBER THAT DOES NOT GIVE ME THE GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AND JOB STABILITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE ALL IS IN LITIGATION RIGHT NOW WITH THE COURTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] TL*EP >> Interpreter: I WANT TO MENTION THAT RIGHT NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY IN WASHINGTON DC. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: OUR PEERS FROM TPS ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE SUPREME COURT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THEY ARE HEARING ARGUMENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: OF THE CASES WITH THE BROTHERS SISTERS FROM SYRIA AND HAITI. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT THIS IS NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE CASE INVOLVING SYRIANS AND HAITIAN BUT ALSO AFFECT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: 1. MORE THAN 1.3 BENEFICIARIES FROM DPS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: US HERE FROM LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE SENT OUT A GROUP THAT IS COMPOSED OF MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MANY PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA FROM ALL OVER CALIFORNIA OF DIVERSE BACK GROUNDS TO SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY OUT IN WASHINGTON DC. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MANY HAVE TRAVELED BY PLANE AND TRAIN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: CARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FOR THE HEARING THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE IT IS AFFECTING ALL OF US, MANY OF US AT THE TPS BENEFICIARIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: REMEMBERING THAT HONDURAS, NAPAL AND NICARAGUA ARE ALSO UNDER THE COURT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THESE COUNTRIES DON'T HAVE ANY PROTECTIONS IN THESE MOMENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THEY ARE LIVING THROUGH AN UNCERTAINITY HOWEVER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING PANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE THEY ARE LOSING WORK, THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND MEDICAL COVERAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND FIOR THAT WE ASK THAT YOU PRIORITIZE RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE NOW DURING THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THESE RESOURCES WILL BE OF HIGH IMPORTANCE FOR ALL OF US IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE OF TPS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: MUCHAS GRACIAS, THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THE FIGHT THAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH THE HAITIANS AND SYRIANS, BUT WE KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS AT-RISK THAT HAS DPS. NEXT UP I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A DAY LABORER TO SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE AS WE KNOW DAY LABOR CENTERS HAVE BEEN THE AREAS MOST ATTACKED UNDER THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME JOSE PEPE DE LA TORRE. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS GRACIAS A IT IS TODOS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YEAH, I'VE BEEN A I'VE BEEN A DAY LABORER FOR I SAY MORE THAN 40 YEARS BUT RIGHT NOW I'M IN MY HOUSE IN CYPRESS PARK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE, EVERYBODY UNITED, I KNOW NEVER REALLY MANLD COMING HERE SEEING ALL THE FLAGS THE NORTH AMERICAN FLAGS, AMERICAN FLAG ALTOGETHER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, WE HAVE SUFFERED MUCH VIOLENCE THERE AT HOME DEPOT AT THE HANDS OF ICE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I DON'T WANT MAKE MYSELF A VICTIM I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY AND FORTUNATE BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AS FORTUNATE, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO THE WORK CENTER AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND ME, AT THE DAY LABOR CENTER, IT'S BEEN MY HOME FOR ME, THEY'VE HELPED PROVIDE ME WITH WORK AND ECONOMIC STABILITY AND EVEN ME, I'VE BEEN, I'VE TAKEN PRIDE IN BEING A HARD WORKER AND HELPING OUT THE COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I HAVE SUPPORT ALL OF MY GREAT PEERS BEHIND ME TOO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHILE I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING, OUR COMMUNITY STILL HAS A LOT NEEDS AND WE STILL NEED A LOT OF FUNDS AND RESOURCES FOR THE CENTER. >> Speaker: MUCHAS GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> H. Soto-Martinez: MUCHAS GRACIAS PEPE. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORKERS THE MOVEMENT. SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LOS ANGELES FAST FOOD WORKER WHO HAS BEEN A ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FAST FOOD WORKER, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN HER GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT AND SHE HAS FOUGHT FOR HIGHER WAGES, PLEASE WELCOME CANDIDA MASIN. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. MI NOMBRE CSRIDA. >> Interpreter: HELLO MY NAME IS CANDIDA AND I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE McDO NOT OLD'S HERE IN LOS ANGELES FOR 30 YEARS. AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] ADD >> Interpreter: JUST RECENTLY, A BLOCK AWAY FROM MY STORE, WE ENDED UP HAVING ILLEGAL RAIDS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I WATCHED PEOPLE GO THROUGH A LOT OF FEAR, I WATCHED A FATHER IN FEAR OF BEING SEPARATED FROM HIS CHILDREN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN THAT MOMENT, KNOWING WHAT MY RIGHTS WERE, I GOT UP TO BOTH CALM MY CO-WORKERS AS WELL AS THE CLIENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: REMINDING THEM THAT WE ALL HAVE RIGHTS, NO MATTER WHERE WE COME FROM. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT STILL, THE FEAR PERSIST AS CORPORATIONS LIKE McDONALDS DON'T DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT US. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN FACT, HERE IN AT A WIENER SUBMITLE THE OWNERS THREATENED TO CALL ICE IF PEOPLE VOICE THINGS LIKE SALARY AND WAGE THEFT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FINALLY, THROUGH OUR UNION, THESE CO-WORKERS, THESE WORKERS LEARNED WHAT THEIR RIGHTS WERE AND THEY WENT TO THE PROTEST. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT'S WHY WHEN WE KNOW WHAT OUR RIGHTS ARE, WE GET UP AND FIGHT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A LAW THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE CAN LEARN WHAT OUR RIGHTS ARE IN OUR WORKPLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TO LEARN OUR RIGHTS, OUR LABOR RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT WE DON'T WANT THESE TO BE VIRTUAL KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WORKSHOP, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE SOMETHING IN WHICH THE COMPANIES JUST WANT US TO PRESS A BUTTON AND BE ALE TO GETAWAY WITH STUFF. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TO KEEP WORKING, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LEARN OUR RIGHTS WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF CORPORATIONS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THE FAST FOOD WORK ORDINANCE THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO GET US THERE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO IT'S TIME FOYER CHANGE, FOR THE JANITORS, FOR THE PUBLIC WORKERS AND EVERYONE WHO KEEPS THIS CITY MOVING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO JUST THE WAY I STOOD UP IN MY WORKPLACE DURING THE ICE RAIDS, IT'S TIME FOR ALL OF US TO STAND UP FOR FAIR WORK FOR EVERYONE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND REMEMBER, WE CAN DO IT. YES, WE WILL. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: SI SE PUEDE. BEFORE I CLOSE, I HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, CHIRLA, HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFROT OF THE BATTLE FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND MAKING MAYDAY WHAT IT IS. SO ON BEHALF OF CHIRLA, PLEASE WELCOME THEIR DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING, PEDRO TRUE >> Speaker: HELLO ALL I'M GOING TO DO A QUICK QUESTION IN SPANISH AND THEN I'LL SAY IT IN ENGLISH. [SPEAKING SPANISH] ANYONE PARTICIPATED IN THE MARCH OF 2006 FOR MAYDAY? WE RECALL HOW IN OUR CITY, THERE WAS GRIDLOCK NOT BY VEHICLES THIS TIME, BUT BY PEOPLE. AND PEOPLE POWER. BECAUSE FOR BLOCKS, AND BLOCKS AND BLOCKS THERE WAS A SEA OF FOLKS WEARING WHITE T-SHIRTS. PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE. I WAS 17-YEAR-OLD, I WAS A 17-YEAR-OLD AT THE TIME, AND I CAME WITH MY PARENTS. AND WITH MY YOUNGER SISTER, WE WERE WEARING WHITE, WE TOOK THE DASH, PUBLIC TRANSFO TO JOIN THE CROWD THAT HAD GATHERED HERE IN CITY HALL. AND IT GAVE ME SO MUCH HOPE. SO MUCH HOPE THAT THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CARED ABOUT JUSTICE AND FIGHT AGAINST A FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT WAS ATTACKING IMMIGRANTS. AND WE WON. BUT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY STOOD UP THE SAME WAY IN CITIES THAT DON'T TYPICALLY ARE KNOWN FOR PROTEST, WERE OUT THERE. IN THE THOUSANDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. AND SO WE ONCE AGAIN, COME TOGETHER WITH A NEW THREAT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST OUR WAY OF LIFE, AGAINST THE FABRIC AND MAKE UP OF OUR COMMUNITY WHICH IS SO HEAVILY IMMIGRANTS AND WORKER. IN CALIFORNIA, HAVE OF ALL CHILDREN HAVE AT LEAST ONE IMMIGRANT PARENT. THAT'S JUST THE NEW REALITY THAT NOT ONLY THE CITY BUT THE STATE HAS AND, WE ARE STANDING UP TO DEFEND OUR FAMILIES. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. AND SO ON MAY 1st, WE HAVE A COALITION OF OVER 125 ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS, UNIONS THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER AT 10:00 AM AT HISTORIC McARTHUR PARK TO ONCE AGAIN, SHUT IT DOWN. FOR WORKER POWER P IMMIGRANT POWER, FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY, WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM A FIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHO WE ARE. WE STAND UP FOR OUR VALUES AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, PEDRO. COLLEAGUES, AND FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND FOLKS THAT YOU WILL SEE OUT THERE MARCHING. CANDIDA, A 30-YEAR FAST FOOD WORKER FIGHTING FOR PROTECTIONS ON JOB. PEPE WHO IS ASKING FOR MORE SUPPORT TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE ATTACKED MOST AND SANTOS IN THIS COUNTRY FOR 25 YEARS FIGHTING FOR TPS TO STAY IN THIS COUNTRY AND FIND A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP. I HOPE YOU ALL COME THIS FRIDAY AT 10:00 AM WHERE AS PEDRO SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE SHUTTING IT DOWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. SOTO-MARTINEZ AND WE WANT TO JOIN THE FIRST TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO THE MAYDAY RALLY ON THIS COMING FRIDAY AT 10:00 AM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TEN OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE STILL HERE SO WE CAN CONDUCT BUSINESS BUT OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYBODY GO TO McARTHUR PARK. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR THIS IMPORTANT PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF US. SADLY, THIS HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL MARCH BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN TODAY. AND SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO ORGANIZING THIS MARCH. I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE CROWDS THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NEVER SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF THIS MOVEMENT. AND, THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER SEEN QUITE THE LEVEL OF ASSAULT THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPACTED BY AS WE HAVE IN THIS LAST YEAR. SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND REMIND YOU HOW INCREDIBLE YOUR STRENGTH IS TO EVERYBODY WHO CAN'T PARTICIPATE AND FEARFUL OF PARTICIPATING. AND THIS IS A REMINDER EVERYBODY WATCHING OR IN THE AUDIENCE THAT OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THESE MOMENTS BUT TO SHOW UP IN THEIR ABILITY, IN THEIR INABILITY TO DO SO THEMSELVES. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND BEING IN THIS FIGHT AND WE STAND WITH YOU AND YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S BRING THIS CITY TO A STANDSTILL IN REMINDING AND BEING THE EXAMPLE IN THIS COUNTRY OF EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRANTS BRING TO THIS COUNTY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR LEADING ON THIS PRESENTATION. I KNOW THIS IS THE KIND OF PRESENTATION THAT ALL OF US CARE ABOUT BUT YOU ALWAYS OWN IT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, I, I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO MAYDAY. SIMILAR TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, HOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE THINGS BECAUSE IT FORCES US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT. AND AS MAYDAY COMES AROUND, YOU KNOW, AS I LISTEN TO THE DIFFERENT TESTAMENT OF THE DIFFERENT WORKERS, I'M REMINDED THAT, THE INTERNATIONAL WORKER, CHANGES WITH EVERY GENERATION, RIGHT. AND BECAUSE WORKERS AND WORK CHANGES IN EVERY GENERATION, IT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE POLICY SIDE HEAR FROM YOU GUYS AND WE USE THIS DAY TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW, WORK HAS CHANGED. RIGHT. WORK HAS CHANGED. THERE ARE AS SOMEBODY WHO USED TO WORK AT LANE LOS ANGELES ALIANCE FOR ECONOMY, FOR THOSE DON'T KNOW, THE REASON THEY EXIST AND THE WHOLE THING WITH LANE, THEY WANT TO MAKE WORK BETTER FOR JOBS THAT CANNOT BE EXPORTED RIGHT. THERE IS SOME JOBS THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE FOR. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. SO TO ALL THE FAST FOOD WORKERS AND EVERYONE SHARING THEIR STORY ABOUT HOW IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE YOUR DIGNITY AT YOUR PLACE OF WORK, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOME THINGS CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT WORKERS. SO ARIBA WORKERS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HOLD A-LINE IN THIS DAY, IT'S SO IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IN THIS COUNTRY, THE BOSSES ALL OVER THE WORLD DO THE SAME THING, THEY TRY TO DIVIDE THE WORKING CLASS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE AN ACTIVE MOVEMENT TO DIVIDE THE WHITE WORKING CLASS TO THE REST OF THE WORK CLASS TO DIVIDE IMMIGRANT WORKERS TO DOCUMENTED WORKERS TO DIVIDE WORKERS WHO WORK FOR COMPANIES OR CORPORATIONS FROM WORKERS WHO LIVE IN SMALL BUSINESSES AND TAT MAYDAY IS A REMINDER THAT EVERYBODY WINS WHEN WORKERS WIN. AT THIS MOMENT, IN THIS COUNTRY, WE JUST FOUND OUT THIS MORNING, THE COST OF WAR IN IRAN IS 25 BILLION DOLLARS. AND SITTING HERE HAVING A BUDGET COMMITTEE TRYING TO SCRAMBLE HOW WE GET MONEY FOR POLICE AND HOMELESSNESS. MONEY THAT COULD HAVE WIPED OUT HOMELESSNESS IT COULD HAVE PROVIDED HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN THE COUNTRY. SO KEEPING THE EYE ON THE PRIZE EVERY TIME THAT THEY TRY TO DIVIDE US IS IMPORTANT SO MAYDAY IS SO IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY HERE IN LOS ANGELES, MORE THAN ANY ACTION. 2006 IS THE CLOSEST THING THAT UNITED STATES HAS SEEN TO A GENERAL STRIKE. SO WE WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THE WHOLE THING SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WORKERS AND WORKERS NEED TO STAND TOGETHER, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS, HONORING MAYDAY ON BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES. SI SE PUEDE AND SEE YOU OUT ON THE STREETS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES PHOTO AL. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAK ER AS WE CAN, IF YOU DON'T REMAIN ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ARE 1, ITEMS 3 THROUGH 8, ITEM 15, AND ITEMS 26 THROUGH 83. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1, ITEMS 3 THROUGH 8, ITEM NUMBER 15 AND ITEMS 26 THROUGH 93. ITEM NUMBER 2 IS CONTINUED AND THUS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND ITEM 15 IS REOPENED AT THE REQUEST COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. A FEW MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER 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 INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. ADDITIONALLY IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST UNDER THE ADA OR PURSUANT TO THE ADA IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP CALLED ALLOWED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE SERGEANT CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT MICROPHONE. FINALLY IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE, WE WILL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALLOWED BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> Clerk: I LIKE TO BEGIN BY CALLING A FEW NAMES. KING CHARLES, FIGUEROA, AND HOO 8. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WOO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: FOR ITEM NUMBER 10. >> City Attorney: ITEM NUMBER 10? SO ITEM NUMBER 10 IS NOT CURRENTLY OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M JACQUELINE FIGUEROA I'M A PRESIDENT. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 10 THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF ROUND ONE HOMES FOR L.A. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE 110 NEW HOMES FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF UNITS. WITH ULA SERVING AS THE CITY'S ONLY SIGNIFICANT MECHANISM THIS OPPORTUNITY IS CRUCIAL TO CONTINUE BUILDING AND SERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO PRESERVE THIS SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WE WORK TO DELIVER THIS HOMES TO RESIDENTS OF THE EAST SIDE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> >> Speaker: ITEM 82. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M WITH THE PROJECT HERE, THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE TWO-LOT SUBDIVISION THAT IS READY TO GO AND BE RECORDED AT THE COUNTY. WE ARE JUST HERE TO REQUEST THAT ONE COUNCILMEMBER MIGHT PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT AN ITEM FORTHWITH, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING TO DELIVER THAT MAP TO RECORDERS OFFICE TOMORROW AND THE COUNTY IS WAITING TO RECEIVE IT TOMORROW. SO THAT IT CAN BE RECORDED TOMORROW. SO IF WE CAN GET THAT ITEM ADOPTED FORTHWITH, SO IT CAN BE RECORDED TOMORROW TO MEET SOME OBLIGATIONS THAT OWNERSHIP HAS THAT THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY HOPEFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU AND BY WAY OF INFORMATION, ITEM NUMBER 2 HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO GO FORTHWITH. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: LET'S LOOK AT NUMBER 1, GOD DAMN FUCKEN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. WHO THE HELL DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS? AMERICA? AND IT'S A COMMUNIST. SHE IS A BLOODY COMMUNIST. JURADO. SO ALL OF YOU THAT VOTED FOR THIS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT UNDER THE UNITED STATES CODE 41 USC 1983, FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. NOW THE OTHER PEOPLE HERE IN THE PUBLIC STREET, WE CALL THESE THINGS BRIBES OVER IN LONDON AND SCOTLAND, WE CALL IT A BLOODY SHANK AND IT'S A PUBLIC SIDEWALK, THIS IS WHERE YOU PAYOFF OT LOCAL CONSTABLES AND LOOK AT THESE COCK SUCKERS, NOT DOING THEIR JOB. SO I SAY NO. AND THEN NUMBER 4, WE HAVE CD6, WE CALL HER IMELDA SMELLEDA OVER THERE ACROSS THE POND, THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE SHE HAS TURNED HER WHOLE DISTRICT, THE ENTIRE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CANNOT VOTE TO PUT EVENTS IN THE IS SEPULVEDA BASIS BECAUSE YOU'RE STEPPING ALL OVER THE NEEDLES AND ACTIVITIES OVER THERE ON WOODY AVENUE BETWEEN BURBANK BOULEVARD AND VICTORY. WE HAVE URGED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO INTO THIS AREA, RESTORE THE STREET LIGHTS, KICK OUT THE DRUG DEALERS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKERS BUT NO IMELDA SAYS NO, I WANT MORE DRUG DEALING. I WANT MORE HOMELESS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING TO? >> Speaker: WHAT IS IS THE SIZE, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT HEAD. >> City Attorney: WHAT ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING TO, IF NOT I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THEY CALL YOU PUMPKIN HEAD, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M ON ITEM 9. >> City Attorney: ITEM 9 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: LET'S TRY NUMBER 40. CAN WE SPEAK ON ITEM 40? YES. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ANYBODY DOES HERE AND SPEAKS, THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION. THE ONLY THING. >> City Attorney: SO I ASKED YOU POLITELY TO STAY ON TOPIC, YOU WERE WARNED. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: WHEN THE FBI SAYS, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST THEN THEY PAY ATTENTION. NOW ON GENERAL COMMENT, NO ON NITHYA RAMAN NOODLE FOR MAYOR. SHE IS A CANCER. READ DAN GUS'S BLOG TODAY ABOUT NAKED BLACK MEN SHOW THEIR GENITALS TO WHITE MOTHERS. THIS IS THE WORK OF NITHYA RAMAN NOODLE. THIS IS WHAT SHE WANTS TO TURN OUR CITY INTO. VOTE NO ON NIGT RA RAMAN NOODLE, NO ON KAREN BASS, THE ONLY PERSON LEFT IS THE HOMELESS MAN IN CD11 WHO TRACI PARK WILL NOT GIVE AN ENDORSEMENT TO AND SHE DOES NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES IN THE PALISADES. SO FINALLY, WE KNOW THE ARREST WARRANTS ARE COMING, COME ON U.S. ATTORNEY, START ARRESTING THESE 15 PIECES OF DOG SHIT. WOOF WOOF. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. STACY, J.D. ADVANCE, MARTHA, SMOKING SCAN AND STEWARD SILVER. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: SORRY ABOUT THAT MR. DICK TATOR, BUT PUMPKIN HEAD ON ITEM 40, I WANT TO DISCLOSE THAT CURRENT INDICTER, CURREN PRICE REGARDING THE FUNDING TO BALANCE AND MAINTAIN HOUSING. NOW, IF I WAS SMOKING SCAN, I WOULD BE WRITING YOU A LETTER RIGHT NOW, SAYING FUCK HOUSING. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ASSHOLES GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THAT'S THE HONEST TRUTH? I MEAN, A WHITE GUY LIKE ME SPEAKING TO ALL YOU MOTHER FUCKERS, THERE IS NO VULGARITY IN AMERICA. THIS IS CALLED THE FIRST AMENDMENT, MR. PUMPKIN HEAD. I HEAR A BACKGROUND VOICE, ARE YOU GOING TO STOP IT OR LET THEM TALK OVER ME. >> City Attorney: STAY ON TOPIC, OR I'LL MOVE YOU TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: AS I WATCH MY ASS WITH MY LANGUAGE, I WANT TO YOU KNOW TO KNOW. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING, STAY ON TOPIC, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THEM OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NUMBER 1, MOTION PRICE, YAROSLAVSKY, I AM ON TOPIC. >> City Attorney: NOW YOU ARE. >> Speaker: CD9. SO, OPEN UP YOUR SHIT AND READ IT WITH ME. FUCK IT LET ME GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, BECAUSE I'M TIRED. REGARDING HARRIS-DAWSON, AND MR. SANTOS AND HUTT, REWARD FOR THE INFORMATION LEADING TO THE APPREHENSION AND CONVICTION OF ONE FUCKEN PERSON, REALLY? YOU CAN'T EVEN DO YOUR JOB AND YOU WANT APPREHENSION OF ONE FUCKEN PERSON? YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO FIND ONE FUCKEN PERSON, PUMPKIN? NO ANSWER? ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. REGARDING 49, POR [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FOR EXAMPLE, LISTEN TO ME, PLEASE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THESE THINGS HERE IN BOYLE HEIGHTS AREA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: NOBODY WANTS ELIMINATION OF THOSE FUCKEN STREETS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PERSON [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [LAUGHTER] DOWN TO MY LAST SECONDS ON NUMBER 46 IN CD9, THAT FUCKEN CRIMINAL PRICE AND CD13. 40 MILLION DOLLARS OF FINANCE WORK THIS AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY. DAVID O CARTER, THE FEDERAL JUDGE HAS WARNED YOU ASSHOLES, YOU'RE IN CONTEMPT. >> City Attorney: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ITEM. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW TO MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ONCE AN ASSHOLE, ALWAYS AN ASSHOLE. IT'S LIKE A SUMMER NIGHT, SMOKING SCAN WHEN I'M OUT ON THE BEACH THINKING ABOUT THE ROSEANNE, NO NOT THE ROSEANNE YOU'RE THINKING OF ME BUT THE KIND ROSEANNE THAT I SMELL MY ASS WHEN I GO TO THE BEACH. HOW MANY TIMES WHEN I GO TO VENICE BEACH AND THEY SMELL LIKE SHIT, THE BATHROOMS ARE CLODES BECAUSE THE PUBLIC CANNOT CLOSE THE FACILITIES BECAUSE THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT YOU REFUSE TO PUT IN A HOUSING SITUATION. RIGHT, SMOKING SCAN? YOU KNOW IT. THAT FUCKEN ASSHOLE, PUMPKIN HEAD CONTINUES TO INTERFERE WITH MY PUBLIC COMMENT, CAUSE HE'S A RACIST, ROOF ROOF, DOG-EATING PIECE OF SHIT AS HOLE, PINCHE MADRE DE HA HAMON. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, CHRIST INCOME TAXER LUNA, BLACK PIFRK P BLACK EYED AND PREVIOUSLY. >> Interpreter: PREVIOUS TRANSLATION WAS FUCKEN HAM MOTHER FUCKER. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO HEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS PRESIDENT. MY NAME IS MARTHA, A LIFELONG ANGELINO RESIDING IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, BRINGING BACK BROOKLYN AVENUE, MACY STREET. SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER. BUT SOMEHOW FEELS LIKE 1993 DEJA VU, THAT IGNORED BACK DOOR SCHEMING FEELING AND HERE WE ARE 30 PLUS YEARS LATER, I TOLD YOU SO, DOES NOT APPLY. BECAUSE WHO KNEW THE NIGHT THIS 1993 BLUNDER WOULD COME BACK AND HAUNT US. I'M PERPLEXED AS TO HOW EASY IT IS TO REMOVE HISTORIC NAMES IN THE CITY WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION, TO ITS RICH HISTORY OR ITS RESIDENTS. SINCE 1875, TO PRESENT DAY, BROOKLYN AVENUE AND MACY'S STREET BRING NO SCANDALS, BRING NO CRIME, JUST GOOD FAMILY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. DO WHAT IS RIGHT. BRING BACK THE ONLY NAME. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER GOES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, JASMINE, TWO PUFFS, EDDIE ALVAREZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO START TO? >> Speaker: SHOULD I START MY NAME IS STEWARD SILVER. >> City Attorney: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? GENERAL OR SPECIFIC ITEMS? >> Speaker: GENERAL. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS STEWARD SILVER, I'M HERE TO TALK BUT ABOUT THE POSITION. THREE WITH THE STATE AND WITH THE FEDERAL. TWO RVs PARK. THESE PARKS IMPROVED AND BUILT OUT 100 PERCENT. NOW I FIND OUT, THE CITY WANTS TO PAY A LAW FIRM. FOR THIS APPEAL. YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE OF ASK HIM. THIS COULD BE PRETTY BAD FOR THE CITY. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN McOSKER. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER, SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAK SPER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. BRANDON, MARIA, PAL MAXER FERNANDO PEREZ, PUFF, SHANIK WILLIAM, SOCHI AND LORRAINE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M DIANA IBARRA, NATIVE ANG INTO. --ANGELINO. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BRINGING BCK BROOKE. PRIOR TO THAT IN THE 1990s I STARTED TO RESEARCH MIA MAZING COMMUNITY OF BOYLE HEIGHTS, NEVER KNOWING ITS HISTORY. SO BROOKLYN AVENUE IS IMPORTANT WITH THIS IDENTIT AND CONNECTED TO THE FIRST FAMILIES EVEN BEFORE, IT WAS KNOWN AS BOYLE HEIGHTS. SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS YOU START RENAMING REPLACING CAESAR CHAVEZ. WHO I ALSO KNEW. BUT THANK YOU, I'M HOPING WE'LL SEE BROOKLYN AVENUE ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WOO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 10. >> Interpreter: ITEM 10. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS CHRISTINA GONZALEZ FROM RANCHO SAN PEDRO. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M FROM RANCHO SAN PEDRO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSITION FOR THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE FOR THE NEW HOUSES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD NEW HOMES AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY PRETTY. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Interpreter: I THINK THAT IS ALL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: MARIA MONTES, I'M GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT ON NUMBER 10. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL G.AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THIS PROJECT STARTED AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY BECAUSE IT'S BIG FOR US. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I'M HERE TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S KEPT US WELL-INFORMED SINCE THE GING OF THIS PROJECT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH EVERY CHANGE THAT HAS HAPPENED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THEY HAVE INVITED US TO ALL THE MEETINGS AND SEND US CARDS WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCATION AND TIME OF WHERE ALL THE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THEY HAVE INFORMED US OF ALL THE CHANGES WITH TIME IN ADVANCE, OF WHATEVER THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR WHATEVER CHANGES ARE GONG TO BE PUT IN PLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE ARE ALSO, OUR DOUBTS ARE BEING SATISFIED WITH WHATEVER QUESTIONS WE HAVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND WE'RE GIVEN EMAILS AND PHONE NUMBERS IF THERE IS EVER A MOMENT THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS BECAUSE IF THERE IS ANY DOUBTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE INTERPRETER TO INTERPRET THE LAST SENTENCE. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: YES, WE ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THESE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: OKAY. >> Interpreter: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE MONEY WIN. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS FERNANDO AND I WORK AT WIENER SNITCHLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO ASK THAT AWE PROOF THE FAST FOOD ORDINANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I DECLARED MYSELF ON STRIKE AFTER FINDING OUT THAT THE BOSS WAS STEALING WAGES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND AFTER FINDING OUT THE MANAGEMENT TRIED TO INTIMIDATE US TO MAKE US ABANDON THIS STRIKE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT ME AND MY CO-WORKERS WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF OUR RIGHTS AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO ON STRIKE SO WE GET OUR RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THAT IS THE POWER OF LEARNING TOGETHER AND IN-PERSON ABOUT OUR RIGHTS AND NOW IT'S NOT SO EASY TO FOOL US. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN THESE SITUATIONS OF TRAINING, ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY VALUABLE TO US BUT ONLY IF THEY'RE TAKEN SERIOUS AND IF THEY'RE REALIZED IN-PERSON. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WITH THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN ALL GO TO WORK WITH BEING, BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ALL THIS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ON ITEM NUMBER 2 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >>City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE FOR 32. >> Speaker: ON ITEM 32 YOU'LL BE VOTING FOR FIRE INSURANCE AS A RESIDENT OF GRANADA WHICH IS A IN A HIGH FIRE HAZARD IS HE VER SIT ZONE, WE MAINTAIN OUR PROPERTIES WITHIN CITY REQUIREMENT BUT OUR COMMUNITY SUFFERS FROM FIRE INSURANCE CNCELLATIONS AND WE'VE BEEN SUBJECT TO EVACUATIONS, MR. LEE, DON'T LEAVE, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU, THE HERTZ AND ARCHER TO FIRE, MY COUNCILMEMBER JUST WALKED OUT WHEN HE HEARD THAT I'M HERE TO TALK TO HIM AND THE LACK OF AFFORDABILITY THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS CASE AND THE ISSUES WITH THE CAL FAIR PLAN. AND AS WE CONTINUE WITH GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: IT'S SURPRISING THAT THE APPLICATION FOR ELDER CARE FACILITIES BY CON FLEW ENTER AND MORNING STAR, THAT MR. LEE IS AWARE OF WHICH IS WHY HE SCURRIED OUT OF HERE LIKE A FRIGHTENED MOUSE. THANK YOU AT LEAST SOME PERSON, SOMEBODY IS WATCHING HERE. AND WE AS A COMMUNITY, WE OURSELVES FOUND DEFECTS IN THE APPLICATION, CITY PLANNING SHOULD RENDER THAT APPLICATION VOID. CON FLUENT IS THE DEVELOPER, SIGNED AS THE PROPERTY OWNER UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY AND WE HAVE TO FIND IT AND SEND IT TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND YET WE HAVE FOUND NO RESPONSE WHETHER THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN VOIDED OR NOT, THEY HAVE BEEN APPLYING AROUND SEEK WAXER --CEQA. WILDFIRE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS AN F BUT AN WHEN ?U PREFERENCING DEVELOPERS? THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SOME MORE SPEAKERS BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER GOES. ANDREW GRAB NER, ALFONSO, JACQUELINE, AND EVA AND ANGELICA AND DANIEL BARAJAS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M THE DIRECTOR OF IRON WORKERS AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ITEM NUMBER 10. BY STREAMLINING THE REVIEW, THE CITY IS REMOVING THE READ STAIP THAT STALLS CRITICAL PROJECTS AND KEEPS THE MEMBERS OF THE JOB SITE. WE SUPPORT THIS MOVE BECAUSE IT PROVIDES WHAT YOU NEED TO GET THE SHOVELS ON THE GROUND FASTER AND UNION JOBS THAT OFFER SUSTAINING WAGES AND BENEFIT. WE URGE A YES-VOTE TO KEEP LOS ANGELES BUILDING AND OUR WORKFORCE MOVING. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, TESTING TESTING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I WANT TO START WITH THE ONE, THAT COULDN'T FRONTED MR. McOSKER AND MR. LEE, IF YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE. MR. McOSKER STAYED AND LISTENED AND EVEN MADE EYE CONTACT WITH HIS CONSTITUENT. MR. LEE RAN OFF LIKE A LITTLE CHICKEN AND HE OWES ME AN APOLOGY AND HE OWES THE SPEAKER AN APOLOGY. GOOD JOB, MR. McOSKER, I WILL GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THAT. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO CRITICISM. AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON 41, I THINK SMOKING SCAN WILL AGREE, I SAW THAT CD9 ASKING FOR $200,000 FOR A CLEAN UP, LIKE THIS IS SAD, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH. MY THOUGHT WAS, IT'S CD9 AND THAT COUNCIL PERSON THERE, WHO IS CD9, OKAY, IS SK HAS NUMEROUS INDICTMENTS AGAINST HIM FOR FRAUD. AND MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, IS THIS A FRAUDULENT, AGENDA ITEM, HOPEFULLY NOT. BUT BECAUSE MR. PRICE, I'M ASKING YOU, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE NOT STEPPING DOWN UNTIL IT'S ADJUDICATED, THAT'S WHAT COURT IS GOING TO DECIDE. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE STILL HERE AND NOW WE HAVE NO CONFIDENCE, I HAVE ZERO CONFIDENCE WHEN I SEE ANYTHING CD9 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU HELPED SCIENTOLOGY AT THE SHINE EVENT, WHICH ARE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO KAOEPT SIDEWALKS OPEN BUT CD9 ALLOWED THEM TO KEEP IT SHUT AND EVEN ALLOWED SCIENCETOLOGIST TO CARD ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO GET THROUGH. THIS IS THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE WANT FROM OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE, WE NEED CONFIDENCE AND I'M GOING TO GUESS AND HAZARD TO GET SMOKING SCAN AND SAY THAT HE HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN ANY OF YOU. RESPECTFULLY, I'M NOT, IT'S DISRESPECTFULLY, THE NUMBER 53. OKAY, YOU'RE PREPARED AN ORDINANCE TO ADD TO THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC NUISANCE, I WANT TO YOU ADD, OKAY. TO THE DEFINITION ANYTHING LIKE THE SCIENTOLOGY TEST CENTER THAT IS A NUISANCE BECAUSE IT ATTRACTS GLOBAL PROTEST. IT'S A NUISANCE ALL OF THESE YEARS OF CRIMES, RECRUITMENT, TACTICS THAT ARE NOT, GOOD, OKAY. AND IT'S A NUISANCE, SO I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE ADD THAT DEFINITION. OKAY. AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, I'M SAYING NO TO ANY OF YOUR STREET VACATIONS, I DON'T WANT SCIENTOLOGY, THINKING THAT'S OKAY. OKAY, I'M HERE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DENIM DAY, I'M GLAD YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DENIEM DAY, BUT I'M GOING TO SIT HERE, I DON'T HAVE DENIM BUT DENIM COLOR TO STAND ALL THE WOMEN IN SCIENTOLOGY THAT HAD TO HAVE FORCED ABORTIONS TO IN ORDER TO NOT LOSE EVERYTHING. I'M GOING TO TALK FOR ALL THE GIRLS AND CHILDREN AND BOYS WHO WERE PEDOPHILED BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE CHILDREN AS CHILDREN AND THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, EVEN NOW AS VICTIMS COME FORWARD YOU'RE DOING NOTHING. THE VICTIMS OF DANNY MASTERSON, WHO WERE NOT ALLOWED, WHO WERE HORABLY TREATED AND NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO THE HALL YES, WE'RE GETTING JUSTICE. I'M STANDING UP FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY GOT EX COMMUTED FOR GOING TO POLICE AND SAYING THEY GOT RAPED. AND YOU DON'T CARE. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: OKAY, DO WE HAVE. >> DO YOU WANT TO DO IT FROM HERE? OR DO YOU WANT TO WALK UP? >> Council President: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YE, I'M LORRAINE KEELING AND I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT, I LIVE IN A HOME IN SAN PEDRO AND THAT HOME WAS SUPPOSE TO ALWAYS BE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. AND NOW, IT SEEMS THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING. AND IT COULD BE END UP DRUG ADDICTION. AND WITH THAT, OUR SENIORS WOULD HAVE TO MOVE. AND AT MY AGE THAT WOULD REALLY BE AN IMPOSITION. AND I FEEL THAT, DRUG ADDICTION IS A CHOICE. OLD AGE IS GOD'S CHOICE. SO I WANT TO LOOK AFTER OUR SENIORS AND NOT HAVE THAT HOME BECOME A SENIOR--A DRUG ADDICTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPAOEK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU REGARD ARING THE COUNCIL FILE 26-0430 I'M HERE TO ADDRESS A PROFOUND HISTORICAL GRIEVANCE. IN 1993, THE RENAMING OF BROOKLYN AVENUE WAS UPON US SILENCING THE RESIDENTS WHILE PRIORITIZING OUTSIDE INTEREST. THIS MANEUVER DID NOT JUST CHANGE A SIGN, IT ERASED A VITAL LAYER OF OUR DIVERSE HERITAGE. HISTORY CANNOT BE BURIED, SINCE 1875 BROOKLYN HAS REMAINED THE MAIN IDENTITY. IT'S TIME FOR COUNCIL TO RESTORE THE NAME TO THE PEOPLE AND HUERTA SQUARE BE RENAMED TO TRUE. AND AMEND THE ROLE MODELS WHO ARE SERVED OUR COMMUNITIES RATHER THAN FIGURES WHO COMPROMISE OUR CULTURAL INTEGRITY, WE MUST RESTORE ACCURACY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 10. >> City Attorney: IS IT 10 OR JUST 10? I'M SORRY, 101 NOT OPEN, 10 IS NOT OPEN. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M STEVEN SPAOEL BERGH, A DEVELOPER OF WORKFORCE AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING. I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING HOUSING IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA SO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN MANY OF YOUR DISTRICTS. I'M HERE TODAY TO APPROVE THE AD HOC COMMUNITY AS RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE FUNDING AWARDS. AS ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS SELECTED TO RECEIVE AN AWARD WE'RE TRULY GRATEFUL AND EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP 200 AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TODAY, HOWEVER TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL THE PROJECTS, MANY OF US ON THE LIST, ARE ALREADY BUSY WORKING ON OUR TAX CREDIT APPLICATIONS DUE ON MAY 19th. SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU APPROVE TODAY AND NOT MOVE IT. MANY OF THE APPLICATIONS ON THE LIST ARE STATING TAX CREDITS WHICH WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AGAIN AFTER MAY 19th. >> Clerk: CALLING MORE NAMES, VIVIAN, ADRIAN MOON, DAVID A, JESSICA SANCHEZ AND RICK WESTBERGH. >> City Attorney: SORRY, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 53 AND THEN GENERAL COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU SAID WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: 53. >> City Attorney: 53 AND GENERAL? >> Speaker: YES, SIR. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEN AND COUNCIL WOMEN. SEVERAL OF YOUR AGENDA ITEMS TODAY, BRING ME HERE. HOUSING POLICIES, CEQA DETERMINATIONS, LAND USE, CONTROLS, AND THEY'RE BEING SHAPED IN REALTIME IN GRANADA HILLS CALIFORNIA WITH THE MORNING STAR, ELDER CARE FACILITY WHICH I HOPE IS ON YOUR RADAR. MORNING STAR IS YOU'LL SEE THIS CASE AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR AT WHAT IS AT STAKE. THIS IS A DEPENDENT POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SELF EVACUATION ON A CONSTRAINT EVACUATION ROUTE. AND THE REASON THIS IS HAPPENING IS THEY'RE TRYING THE CITY, THE CITY IS APPLYING A B130 WHICH YOU'LL BE HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT AND CON NRAIDING IT WITH THE CITY ORDINANCE, LAMC. AB130. OKAY. GENERAL COMMENT NOW. AB130 WAS NEVER INTENDED TO RECLASSIFY INSTITUTIONAL ELDER CARE AS HOUSING NOR TO BUY PASS ERRs, THESE ARE FACILITIES THAT CONCENTRATE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN A HIGH-FIRE SEVERITY ZONE. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT I'M EVEN HERE WORRYING ABOUT THIS. IF THIS PATHWAY IS ALLOWED TO STAND, IT BECOMES A TEMPLATE, ONE THAT CAN PLACE SIMILAR HIGH-RISK FACILITIES INTO HIGH PRONE AREAS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE STATE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT O POSING HOUSING, IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT DEFINITIONS ARE APPLIED CORRECTLY. THAT VULNERABLE RESIDENTS ARE PROTECTED AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ARE NOT QUIETLY REINTERPRETED THROUGH A PROCESS. AND I REALLY SORRY, JOHN LEE WALKED OUT ON US. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. >> Clerk: I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN LINE TO ONLY LINE UP IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS MARTHA AND I'M A RESIDENT 38 YEARS IN GRANADA HILLS. I'M HERE FOR PUBLIC DOCUMENT. --COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY U YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE FOR THE CEQA EXCEPTION OF THE MORNING STAR PROJECT AT THE CORNER OF GRANADA HILLS AND SHISHONI. THIS IS ON 1K, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR LOW DENSITY USES. A 98-UNIT WITH ASSISTANT LIVING IN MEMORY SCARE IS INSTITUTIONAL AND SIMPLY DOES NOT MUCH THAT ZONING. THIS PROJECT REQUIRES DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL THEREFORE SHOULD NOT QUALIFY. SHISHONI IS A NARROW AND TWO-LANE ROAD AND SERVES AS A TWO-WAY ROAD. AND COMPROMISE EVACUATION DURING A FIRE AND EMERGENCY. THIS PROJECT HAS--. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. OH AND IF YOU COULD ALL, EXIT TO YOUR RIGHT HAPPENED SIDE WOULD HELP US. TANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M VERY UPSET WITH THE FACT THAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE LEFT WITHOUT HEARING, AND LISTENING TO WHAT WE NEED TO SAY. I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE MORNING STAR FOR BUILDING A SHESHONI IN GRANADA HILLS FOR ELDERLY CARE. AT THIS POIPT P I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS 98-UNIT OPERATION WITH STAFFING SHIFTS DELIVERIES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACTIVITY THAT LEVEL OF INTENSITY IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH A-1, K1 ZONING AND NOT CLEAR FUNDING OF CONSISTENCY HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED. AB130 WAS NOT--CONSTRAINT HIGH-RISK LOCATION, USING IT BYPASS APPROXIMATES THE LEVEL OF REVIEW. THE ISSUE IS CUMULATIVE IMPACT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO I'M HERE-- HELLO I'M HERE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT MY NAME IS FELIX AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE FAST FOOD WORKERS UNION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I WORK AT A McDONALDS WHERE THEY TREAT US LIKE SUBJECTS NOT PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NEED TO PASS THE FAST FOOD FAIR WORK ORDINANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THERE ARE MORE THAN 50,000 ANGELINOS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY AND MAJORITY DO NOT KNOW THEIR RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I AM ONE OF THOSE AND THE ONLY TRAINING THAT AT THIS EVER RECEIVED CONSISTED OF VIDEOS THAT ARE PLAYED FOR US THAT SIMPLY INSTRUCT US TO MIMIC EVERYTHING AND THEY THOUGHT US LIKE WE'RE ROBOTS AND THEY JUST HAVE A SIGN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO WE WANT SOMETHING NEW, WE WANT DEDICATED TIME, TIME TO SET ASIDE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND OUR RIGHTS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR RIGHTS SO WE CAN PUT AN END TO THE ABUSE WITHIN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE FAST FOOD ORDINANCE. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I HAVE A REAP CASE THAT IS HERE TODAY? >> City Attorney: A WHAT? >> Speaker: A REAP. >> City Attorney: OH OKAY, >> Speaker: S66, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M STEVEN HOLMES I'M A MEMBER OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 6, AND I'M BUILDING A UNIT IN THE BACK OF MY HOUSE. YOU PUT ME ON REAP OVER CHIPPING PAINT. IT'S A GUY IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW, A HOMELESS GUY AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S GIVEN GRACE WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS GETTING TICKETS. I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO GIVE SMALL MOM-AND-POP SOME GRACE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WHEN YOU CALL THE NUMBER, IT'S A 5 TO DAY WAIT. IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO BE A OWNER AND DEAL WITH TENANTS, I'M HOPING THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS TO PUT UP SOMETHING FOR SMALL MOM-AND-POPS THAT ARE BRINGING HOUSING TO LOS ANGELES. THAT'S IT. BUT THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU TODAY. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL BE CALLING MORE NAMES. RICHARD, RICHARD WELSH, IRVIN, ZACHARY SMITH AND CA RISA. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO ITEMS 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 26, 17, >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR THE GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE ITEMS RELATED TO LIGHTING UP CITY HALL. SO YOU LIGHT UP CITY HALL TO REPRESENT THAT ISSUE AND THEN YOU POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA HOW YOU SUPPORT THAT ISSUE. WHILE MEANWHILE NO LEGISLATION IS GOING FOR THIS COUNCIL IN ALL IN SUPPORT OF THAT ISSUE OR DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S ALL PERFORMATIVE AND IT BLOWS THROUGH LIMITED RESOURCES FOR A VANITY PROJECT THAT DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING SINCE YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO FURTHER ANY OF THOSE ISSUES. WE HAVE, MULTIPLE, STREET BANNERS TO BEAUTIFY THE PORT OF L.A., THAT'S JUST ANOTHER WASTE OF MONEY RIGHT NOW. MAYBE BEAUTIFY THE PORT OF L.A. INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY BEAUTIFY, IT SAYS STREET BANNERS. SO WE'VE GOT WETLANDS IN ITEM 64, I ASSUME THIS IS MORE MONEY FOR POLICING AND VIOLENCE AND INSTEAD OF ANYTHING THAT ACTUALLY HELPS PEOPLE, ACTUALLY HELPS KEEP PEOPLE SAFE OR PROVIDES RESOURCES THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST MORE OVER POLICING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO ITEM 33 IS IMPORTANT OF A STATE LAW BANNING POLICE EMPLOYMENT AT ICE. SO, SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE MOSTLY SUPPORTING IT. ALTHOUGH I DO QUESTION WHY YOU HAVE IT ON LIKE YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO THAT SAYS IT'S SOMETHING THAT ONLY DHS TO MAKING SHAO NONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS GETS CAUGHT UP, BECAUSE THEY KEEP ASSISTING IN THE ICE KIDNAPPING AND NONE OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT WHATSOEVER. SO I WONDER THAT'S WHY YOU WANT THAT EXCEPTION BECAUSE YOUR OWN OFFICERS WOULD BE FOUND TO BE DOING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND MIGHT BE GET CAUGHT UP IN THE LAW THAT'S I COULDN'T WANT THIS AMENDMENT TO PROTECT MA GA McDONNELL AND THE FASCISM. SO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M CURIOUS THAT WHAT THE GIRLS SAID EARLIER, A CUSHION, YOU OPENLY ALLOW RACISM, YOU ALLOW ANTI BLACKNESS AND ANTI POOR RHETORIC AND ANTI INDIGENOUS, YOU WORKED ALONGSIDE KEVIN DELON AND NOW SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE BACK. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNCIL? SO PASS THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET, YOU SAW CLEARLY SAW DURING THE BUDGET HEARING AN OVERWHELMING ALMOST UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR DEFUNDING THE LAPD AND PUTTING THAT MONEY TOWARDS THINGS THAT HELP THE COMMUNITY AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOMELESSNESS, I CAN GET 1 THROUGH 28 ON THE BOARD AND I ALSO WANT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ITEMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HOMELESSNESS, I'M GOING TO START YOU WITH GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE'LL START THERE. GO AHEAD. I CAN GIVEN, ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT MY NAME ON THE RECORD, ADRIAN, AKA THE REDEEMER. HUMANS, H.U.M.A.N.S.AS WE ARE THE PEOPLE, THERE IS NO SUCH PERSON OR HUMAN AS A WHITE PERSON, A WHITE HUMAN OR BLACK HUMAN. BOND SERVICE TOGETHER IN THE MIGHTY NAME, JESUS CHRIST THE MESSIAH, ALL PRAISE AND GLORY TO THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE. HUMANS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN CASE L.A. ALLIANCE, CASE NUMBER 2-20C V-22 91, THE REDEEMER REQUEST. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED FOR GENERAL PUBLIC. AGAIN, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC ITEMS YOU CAN IDENTIFY, YOU CAN, OTHERWISE WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAK PER. I NEED YOU TO IDENTIFY THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 10. >> City Attorney: THAEZ FINE BUT THOSE ARE NOT ITEMS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS. YOU CAN SPEAK TO ITEM 5 AND 3 BUT THEY'RE NOT RELATED TO HOMEsNESS. >> Speaker: OKAY, 3 AND 5. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: OKAY O I WOULD LIKE THE HUMANS OF THE CITY COUNCIL H.A.U.M.A.N., TO SCHEDULE A HEARING U.S. CONGRESSIONAL. >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT, THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU ALREADY USED THAT TIME. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER, I NEED TO YOU VACATE THE PODIUM SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: SO ITEMS NUMBER 1, 3 THROUGH 8 AND 26 TO 83, SO ALL ITEMS. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO ITEM NUMBER 1 WE'RE IN FAVOR OF, IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE HAVE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, SO WE CAN HAVE INDUSTRIES AND WE CAN HAVE A THRIVING CITY THAT ATTRACTS BUSINESS. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. WHETHER IT WILL HAPPEN OR NOT, THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN. MOVING ON TO ITEMS 3 THROUGH 8. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT *F CRITIQUE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE ITEMS ARE EXEMPT FROM CEQA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT OR NOT. BUT JUST CURIOUS, WHY ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE EXEMPT FROM CEQA AND WHICH CITY ENGINEER IS THE ONE THAT MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION? THAT SHOULD IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. IS IT THE ENGINEER THAT IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR? OR FRESHMAN NOT --ENGINEER, ANYWAY, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. MOVING ALONG TO, ITEM 15, ITEM 15 WE ARE IN FAVOR OF, SO YEAH. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. I'LL MOVE TO GENERAL NOW. TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE WIN MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. SO IT'S A SAD BAY WHEN TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE WEST VALLEY WITH NOT HERE THAT I'M A DIRECT CONSTITUENT MR. BOB AND JOHN. BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE ACCOLADES. I AM IN FAVOR OF A COUPLE OF COUNCILMEMBERS THAT ACTUALLY STAY AND LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS WHICH ARE MR. McOSKER AND NAZARIAN, THEY TRY THEIR BEST TO LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. OTHER THAN THAT, MOST OF THE USUAL STUFF GOING ON IN THE CITY WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO REGURGITATE. MY RECOMMENDATION IS FOR NEXT YEAR, ALL 15 COUNCIL DISTRICTS SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN COMMITTEE SO MORE PEOPLE WILL GIVE THEIR OPINION ON THE BUDGET AND IT WOULD ACTUALLY IMPACT THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL DISTRICTS MORE. THANK YOU, BYE. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS BRENANN, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THREE THINGS, GENERAL COMMENT AND TWO ITEMS. >> City Attorney: TWO MINUTES FOR ITEMS AND ONE MORE GENERAL. >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 44 I WANT TO RELATE TO THE SITUATION OF THE OLYMPICS COMING TO TOWN. I DIDN'T GROW UP IN HIGH SCHOOL, LEARNING ABOUT POLITICS, BUT I DID, I WAS FOND IT DURING THE OBAMA RUN WITH MR. ROMNEY. SO YEAH, I LIVED A GREAT TIME. THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE BLESSED WITH GREAT AMUSEMENT AND THERE WERE CHILDS THAT ARE NOT. AND TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MY NAME IS BRANON, I'LL BE RUNNING ONE DAY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER. >> Speaker: SANITATION. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BODY. >> Speaker: YES, SANITATION, I'M LEARNING ON LEARNING. BUT YEAH YOU'LL SEE ME AT SOME PROGRAMS. I DO WANT TO GET INTO POLITICS NOW. I DON'T WANT TO SCARE ANYBODY. I DON'T WANT TO SCARE COUNCIL PEOPLE ON THE YOUTH IS GOING TO START RUNNING. >> City Attorney: THIS SOUNDS LIKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ITEMS, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: IN GENERAL COMMENT, THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING, WE SHOULD GET SANITATION TO START PRODUCING, WORK AND WORK AND WORK. AND THEN, ON MY SECOND ONE, SO TAT WAS 44, MY SECOND ONE BEING NUMBER 50, IT'S TO, WITH EXCEEDING FUNDS. SO, I HAVE A FRIEND NAME RICHIE A COUNCILMEMBER IN DISTRICT 1 IN CITY OF ORANGE AND HE'S RUNNING FOR COUNCIL AND HE EDUCATED ON ONE OF MY INSTAGRAM POSTS. HE USES HIS FUNDS WISELY, HE WAS NOT A POPULAR STUDENT BUT WE STILL LOVED HIM IN THE POPULAR GROUPS. FOR HIM RUNNING DISTRICT ONE IN THE CITY OF ORANGE COUNTY, I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT FUNDS SHOULD BE LOOKED AFTER AND OUR SAN ITATION FOR OUR OLYMPICS SHOULD BE LOOKED UP AND THE CRACKS IN THE STREETS AND THE FILTH AND THE VIOLENCE SHOULD BE LOOKED AFTER. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 10. HI NAME IS ALFONSO THE ADVOCACY WHERE ADVANCING HOUSING AND TRANSIT. ALSO PART OF THE ULA COALITION AND WE URGE TO YOU APPROVE ITEM 10. SO THAT RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE RENERS OR OWNERS HAVE PERMANENT HOUSE HADING STABILITY. WITH YOUR APPROVAL OF ITEM 10, HOUSING WILL BE COMING A BIG WAY. ALLOWS UNITS TO BE BUILT, CREATING ABOUT 1,000 UNITS IN ALL CORNERS OF THE CITY. THIS IS AN EXCITING MILESTONE FOR HOUSING JUSTICE AND THINGS ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. THREE YEARS SINCE ULA TOOK AFFECT. ULA IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE IN THE CITY INVESTING THROUGHOUT RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND LEGAL SUPPORT AND UNION AND CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND SERVICE WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIESMENT LIKE MOST THINGS, THERE IS--WE URGE YOU TO WORK WITH THEM. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President:er COME ON, WE'VE GOT TO GET GOING. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GRACIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS ANGELINA AND I AM A MEMBER PF SAN PEDRO AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 26 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: RIGHT NOW I'M HERE TO SUPPORT CIRCLE NUMBER 10 FOR REHABILITATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE WAITED SINCE 2015. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'VE BEEN A PARTICIPANT EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THEY'VE BEEN INFORMED US WITH COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THEY HAVE DONE IT BECAUSE I'M PART OF COMMUNITY COSH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO THE EVENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND MEANWHILE I THANK YOU FOR ALLOCATING THE FUNDS, WE ARE APPRECIATIVE AS RESIDENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: TO ALL OF YOU, ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS BECAUSE YOUR SUPPORT THIS REHABILITATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND ABOVE ALL THANK GOD FOR MOVING ALL OF YOUR HEARTS SO YOU TOOK THE DECISION TO APPROVE THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT US. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DANIEL AS A RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY LEADER OF PUBLIC HOUSING SITE, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE THE EXPANSION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOMES FOR OUR HOUSING COMMUNITY. THIS WILL NOT ONLY IMPACT OUR OLDER RESIDENTS BUT ALSO YOUNGER PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE IN NEED OF A REDEVELOPMENT. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS DONE AN AMAZING IN KEEPING THE RESIDENTS INFORMED AND KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES HOUSED. I HOPE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THESE FUNDS WE CAN TOGETHER MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 15. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF FAVOR OF TIM McOSKER COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER'S MOTION. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SAN PEDRO FOR 52 YEARS. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND JERRY GAINS, OUR SECRETARY. MAKE SIX QUICK BRIEF STATEMENTS, ONE PROPOSED AREA IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SEVERAL YEARS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL. THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THE REAL PHASE VALUE OF BOTH ADDRESSING ALCOHOL AND AS WELL AS ELDERLY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED EQUALLY. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT A LAND REVIEW HAS BEEN PERFORMED. NO TRAFFIC STUDY WAS PERFORMED. THE PROXIMITY TO PROPOSE PRAX I AM TO PARKS AND DAYCARE CENTERS HAS NOT BEEN DONE. THE DISPOSITION TO SENIOR LIVING HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AS A YOUNG LADY BEFORE ME ADDRESSED LATER. THERE IS NO SUPPORTING EVIDENCE THAT THE, THAT THE APPLICANT HAS EXPERIENCED CAPACITY OR SUCCESS IN THE OPERATING A LARGE SOBER LIVING AND JUSTICE INVOLVED FACILITY. THANK YOU. I REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT FOR MR. McOSKER'S MOTION. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. AND MR. HERMAN. >> City Attorney: JUST A SECOND, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING, I BELIEVE HE JUST LEFT BUT WE WILL REMIND YOU. ITEM 15 AND GENERAL? >> Speaker: YES, THAT'S CORRECT. ITEM 15, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. McOSKER, OR COUNCIL PERSON McOSKER FOR BEING OUT HERE. SORRY I MISS APPROXIMATED THE MEMO ON OT DENIM IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COMFORTABLE. SAN PEDRO ROE IS MADE OF SOME 85,000 PLUS, AND WITH TURNING THE SENIOR INTO A SOBER LIVING REHABILITATION CENTER, THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE A TREMENDOUS DEMAND ON THE EMERGENCY SERVICES. SAN PEDRO HAS ONE ADVANCED AMBULANCE TO HANDLE OUR POPULATION WITH THREE BASIC AMBULANCES, THIS IS SIMPLY NOT GOING TO WORK. IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WHEN AN UNLICENSED FACILITY WAS OPERATING SOME 70 INDIVIDUALS THERE FOR SOBER LIVING, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD 85 CALLS. IT'S UNWORKABLE, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: IRWIN I'M HERE ON BEHALF PF SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND THIS IS RELATED TO ITEM 15. I'M IN FULL SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER'S MOTION, THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO BE THOROUGH LEA DRESSED IN TERMS OF PARK ING IMPACTS, LOCATION TO SEARCHES. AND IN ADDITION, THE USE IS DISPLACING SENIORS WHICH IS A PROBLEM. WITH 200 VISITS PER DAY. AND THAT DOES NOT COUNT EMPLOYEES, THERE IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS LAND EVALUATION. THE CABINET WITHIN THE PROPERTY THAT RUN WITH THE LAND PER THE TITLE THAT I PULLED HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS RELATE TODAY SENIOR HOUSING AND SENIOR CARE AT THIS FACILITY AS WELL AS PARKING. THIS NEEDS TO BE THOROUGH LEANNE LIESED. THOROUGHLY ANALYZED. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO TALK 15 AND GENERAL. >> Cty Attorney: GO AHEAD YOU A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: I LIVE A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. AFTER, I WANT TO START BY SAYING I'M NOT OPPOSED TO EFFORTS THAT SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL BUT I AM INDUSTRIAL EN JI KNEELINGER AFTER REVIEWING THE MOTION AND DISCUSSED WHAT IS--FOR A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE A RISK ASSESSMENT SHOULD BE PART OF THE PROPOSAL. THAT WOULD BE IDENTIFYING INCIDENT TYPES SUCH AS BEHAVIORAL INCIDENTS. IT WOULD ALSO HELP TO EXPECTED RESPONSE TIMES AND HOW NEAR BY RESIDENTS CAN QUICKLY CONTACT WHEN ISSUES ARISE. MY NAME IS STRAIGHTFORWARD THAT SAFETY BE DEMONSTRATED. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: AND ITEMS. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 15 AND GENERAL. I'M ZACHARY SMITH I'M A IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 15, I'M McOSKER'S MOTION. I SERVED THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR 23 YEARS, I ALSO HAVE LOST TWO OF MY SIB LINGS TO THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION, I'VE PLACED WITH FRED BROWN CLIENTS OF MINE. I'M KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH THE AREA OF ADDITION ALSO AS A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY HAVE SEEN HOW WELL MEANING IDEAS IMPLEMENTED GREAT BACK LASH AND DON'T SERVE PEOPLE THAT IT INTENDS TO SERVE. I CAN'T SUPPORT WAY IT'S BEING PROPOSED NOW AND IT NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED AS HE'S ASKING FOR. ONE BECAUSE OF THE SCALE, TREATMENT PROGRAMS NEED TO BE SMALL AND INTIMATE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES. WHEN YOU HAVE AT THE SCALE THEY'RE ASKING FOR, 110 OR 116, 116 ACUTE BEDS, PEOPLE COMING STRAIGHT FROM JAIL. WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM BROUGHT FROM JAIL. THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO DO WHEN THEY GET OUT OF JAIL, IS USE, THAT'S NORMAL. ABOUT 60 PERCENT ARE GOING TO RELAPSE. THAT'S AN INDICTMENT IT'S JUST A REALITY. WE CANNOT LIVE IN A DREAM LAND WHERE WE DON'T DEAL WITH THE REALITIES. THEY'RE GOING TO WALK DOWN THE STREET AND ONE BUS THAT TAKES THEM FROM THE END OF WESTERN AND SAN PEDRO TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. THE COURT HAS ORDERED THEM THERE SO THEY CANNOT DO THAT. THEY CAN WALK INTO THE COMMUNITY, I'M NOT SAYING THIS AS A NIMBY, IT SHOULD IS NOT BE AT ANY COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THIS. I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT IS ALL THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE HAD A LONG SESSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO GET TO EVERYONE. BEFORE WE START TAKING VOTES, I WANT TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR AN NOUNS. --ANNOUNCEMENT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, WE'RE GOING TO HART BUDGET AND FINANCE, HOPEFULLY AT 1:30. >> Council President: 1:30, LET'S GET THROUGH THIS. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO UPDATE CONTINUATION TO ITEM NUMBER 2 TO JUNE 12, 2026. >> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL 1, 3 THROUGH 6, AND 26 THROUGH 38, 40 THROUGH 55, 57 THROUGH 60, 62 AND 82. 62 THROUGH 82. EXCUSE ME, 62 THROUGH 82. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND 58 AND 82 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO SEND ITEM 65 FORTHWITH AS WELL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. >> Council President: I THINK WE'RE ON ITEM 7 AND 8. >> Clerk: AND 8 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 15 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING THE ITEM TO REOPEN. WE HEARD FROM SIX SPEAKERS TODAY AND I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKERS FOR BEING VERY CAREFUL ABOUT SELECTING A FEW FOLKS ON OT COMMUNITY FROM THE SUBJECT. IF IF THE IDEA HAD BEEN OPEN AND WE HAD ALLOWED ALL COMMENTS, I WILL TELL YOU, I HELD A TOWN HALL ON THIS ISSUE AND WE HAD 400 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND WE WENT TO ZOOM WE HAD 500 PEOPLE ON ZOOM. THIS IS A GIGANTIC ISSUE AND I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE LONG. THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT BECAME A PROPERTY OF THE ASH MUCH DIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES AND OPENED AS A MEMORY AND CONVALESCENT HOME, IT'S A CHERISHED PIECE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THAT USE. AND RECENTLY THE ARCH DIOCESE STOLE THAT MADE A COMMITMENT TO KEEP A MEMORY CARE FACILITY. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT ONE OF OUR SIX SPEAKERS WAS LORRAINE AND SHE WAS VERY ARTICULATE, LORRAINE IS A RESIDENT AMONG 70 OTHER RESIDENTS AND SHE IS 96 YEARS YOUNG. I WANT TO THANK HER FOR COMING AND BEING HERE TODAY. SO IS THE STATUTORY SCHEME AND I WILL BE LABOR BECAUSE IT WILL COME BACK. THERE IS A STATE STATUTE THAT ATTEMPT TO OVER STEP OVERRIDE, LOCAL LAND USE CONTROLS IT DOESN'T DO SO COMPLETELY BUT WE FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE ELEMENTS. WHAT IS OUR LAND USE AND DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND WE MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE TRAFFIC AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND ALL OUR RESIDENT THAT'S ARE RESIDENTS SO ARTICULATELY DESCRIBED. THERE IS A PROBLEMATIC ISSUE IN THIS MOTION WHERE THIS PROPERTY WAS SOLD AND THAT TRANSACTION I DESCRIBED FOR 20 MILLION DOLLARS. AND WITH STATE MONEY, BOND MONEY, THE PURCHASE PRICE IS 47 MILLION DOLLARS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT MY HOUSE DIDN'T GO UP TWO AND A HALF TIMES. WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THAT TRANSACTION. THE MOST IMPORTANT IS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF HUMAN BEING. WE HAVE A REQUEST TO DESCRIBE OUR AUTHORITY AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN MEMORY CARE AND CONVALESCENT CARE. BECAUSE THIS PROPOSAL AS IS, TELLS US THAT THIS PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD SELL TO THIS NONPROFIT AND THE NONPROFIT WOULD PAY WITH OUR MONEY 47 MILLION DOLLARS AND EVICT EVICT, FOLKS WHO ARE MEMORY AND CON VALESCENT CARE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PICKING UPER ANOTHER FACILITY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE DRUG AND REHABILITATION. BUT I WILL SAY IF WE TAKE THAT ON IF WE SPEND--BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE GRANT MONEY, IF WE SPEND 74 MILLION DOLLARS WE NEED TO GET IT RIGHT. AND THE NONPROFIT, THE WELL INTENTION NONPROFIT THAT IS PROPOSED TO GET THE 74 MILLION DOLLARS IS A SMALL WELL INTENTIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME AND EXPENSE SHEET OF 12 MILLION DOLLARS. WE WOULD BE USING PUBLIC MONEY TO QUADRUPLE THEIR ANNUAL EXPENDITURE AND THEY HAVE A PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD AND I KNEE PLANNING TO UNDERSTAND THIS, THEY HAVE A PROPOSAL TO DO OVER 100, DEPENDS ON WHICH ANSWER, IT'S EITHER 110 OR 112 OR 116 BEDS OR 200 OR 1,000 APPOINTMENTS IT DEPENDS WHICH ANALYSIS. AND THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS HAVE NEVER MANAGED A LARGER PIECE OF PROPERTY LARGER THAN 20 PEOPLE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THIS. AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT RIGHT. IF WE SPEND 74 MILLION DOLLARS OF BOND MONEY, WE BETTER GET IT RIGHT AND WE SHOULD NEVER SPEND 74 MILLION DOLLARS OF BOND MONEY TO KICK FOLKS OUT OF CONVALESCENT CARE. I WOULD URGE AN AYE VOTE AND FOR ANALYSIS IN THIS MOTION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO JOINED US FOR THIS DISCUSSION. OWN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS 19 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU. SO, SORRY, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO COLLEAGUES, I THIS APPEAL IS WHETHER OR NOT OIL OPERATORS CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT CITY OVERSIGHT EVEN WHEN THOSE ACTIVITIES POSE REAL RISK TO SEE NEAR BY COMMUNITIES. AFTER WE WERE REQUIRED TO RESINNED THE PREVIOUS OIL DRILLING THERE WAS A GAP. WE START TODAY SEE AN INCREASE IN WELL MAINTENANCE ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDIN IN MY DISTRICT OFTEN WITH LIMITED NOTICE AND LITTLE CLARITY ON WHAT APPROVALS WERE REQUIRED. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE ZONE ISING ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE A FORMER ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THESE ACTIVITIES ARE SUBJECT TO PROPER REVIEW. THEY ISSUED THAT INTERPRETATION ON JUNE 12th, 2025. BUT THE ALERTED MY OFFICE THAT THEY PLAN TO DO A MAINTENANCE. ACID MAINTENANCE VOLVE CHEMICALS WITH NO STUDY, THE EMPLOYEES HAVE TO WEAR HAZARD SUIT. MY OFFICE STEPPED IN AND A NOTIFIED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED APPROVAL. COMMUNICATED THAT POSITION TO ENB. ENB DID THE WORK ANYWAY. NOW THEY'RE APPEALING ORGANIZING THAT THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR INTERPRETATION SHOULD BE TREATED AS A PROJECT UNDER CEQA. I DON'T THINK THE IRON SEE TRYING TO DO CEQA SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO UNMITIGATED HARM. IS LOST ON ALL OF US. IT SHOULDN'T BE. THEY REJECTED AS DID PLUM. THEY SIGNALED THAT THEY INTEND TO SUE. I URGE THIS BODY TO DENY FOR A ZONING ADMINISTRATOR APPLICANT TO OIL AND GAS WHILE OPERATIONS IN THE CITY. THIS IS PART OF A BROWDER PUSH TO READOPT A CITY-WIDE PHASE OUT OF OIL DRILLING WHICH INCLUDES MAINTENANCE WORK BUT BECAUSE WE WERE FORCED TO REPEAL THAT, AND WE HAVE NOT REPLACED, WE NEED THIS IN PLACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: ITEM 20 CALLED SPECIAL BY PADILLA FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. >> I. Padilla: YES, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 20 WITH AN ATTACHMENT OF MOTION 20-A AS MANY OF YOU NOTICE APPROXIMATED, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT IS FRIENDLY AMONG COUNCIL OFFICES ON MARCH 11 WAS CANCELED AND THERE WAS A REASON, IS BECAUSE WE ADMIT, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PROBLEM WITH THE APP AS WE SPEAK. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATION WZ ITA AND WITH WITH NEW MOTION, I WANT THE CAO AND CLA AS WELL AS OUR COUNCIL OFFICES TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THIS ON GOING CONVERSATION AND THE COSTS OF IT BEING BROKEN. MY L.A. APP IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE THEIR CITY RELATED ISSUES ADDRESSED AND AS LATE IT HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT PERFECT. TO TRAINING NEEDS, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AND LET'S REMEMBER THAT FOR DECADES THIS APP CREATED SYSTEMS BETWEEN CONSTITUENTS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY, IMPACTED AND WERE PART OF THE DAILY OPERATIONS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS AND THAT NO LONGER IS AFFECTIVE, REPORTS AND INDIVIDUALS ARE TELLING US THAT BECAUSE OF THIS BROKEN 311 APP, FOLKS ARE GOING BACK TO USING EXCEL SHEETS, PHONE CALLS AND PAPER AND PEN IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN SERVICE DELIVERY AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM. SOY HOPE THAT EVERYONE, WILL SUPPORT THIS AND THAT WE CAN GET 311 BACK TO BEING SOMETHING THAT IS USEFUL FOR OUR OFFICES AND OUR CONSTITUENTS BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. I'M REALLY HOPING THAT EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE AND EVERY DEPARTMENT, CONTINUES TO SPEAK WITH ITA SO THAT THE CONSISTENT AND INTENTIONAL FEEDBACK CAN GET US BACK TO WHERE WE ONCE WERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FIGURING OUT HOW THIS CHANGE IS COSTING, SXIBL IT'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION DURING THIS BUDGET SEASON BUT THAT IS NO EXCUSE TO AT MINIMUM HAVING ITA TALK TO OUR OFFICE SXZ EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE MEANTIME ABOUT GETTING IT DONE SOONER THAN LATER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT BEFORE COUNCIL IS 21 AS AMENDED BY VERBAL AMENDMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 40 LESS. PLEASE. 12 AYES. >> 22 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU, KNOWING DISCUSS THIS TODAY. OFFICIAL CAPACITY. THAT IS AN ADDITION. SEPARATE LOGOS. SAME CITY, THIS IS HOW WE PRESENT OURSELVES AS AN ORGANIZATION. FOR CONSTITUENTS IT CREATES CONFUSION, IN A REGION WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES, IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR WHAT COMES FROM THE CITY WHAT SERVICES WE PROVIDE OR HOW TO NAVIGATE THEM. IT REFLECTS THE SILOS AND EACH DEPARTMENT IS OPERATING IN ITS OWN LANE WHEN PEOPLE INTERACT WITH CITY SERVICES CONSISTENCY SIGNALS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS ACCOUNTABLE, THIS IS BASIC GOVERNANCE. THERE IS A FINANCIAL SIDE TO THIS. OTHERS MANAGE AS AN ASSET. GENERATES TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP AND MERCHANDISE TIED TO SEE OWNED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. PARIS USED A SYSTEM TO EXPAND REVENUE TIED TO MAJOR EVENTS LIKE THE OLYMPICS THEY JUST HOSTED. L.A. IS NOT UNKNOWN TOWN, WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE GLOBAL VISIBILITY THAT BRANDS ARE PAYING TENS OF MILLIONS TO TAP INTO. WE'RE LEAVING REVENUE ON TABLE TO THE LEVEL OUR CONSTITUENTS EXPECT. THIS IS ABOUT OPERATING AS ONE CITY AND MANAGING OUR ASSETS WITH DISCIPLINE. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS 23 AMENDED BY MOTION 23-A, PRICE PARK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S SNEX? > Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 24 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND AMENDED MOTION 24 A. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I ASK THIS THIS BE CONTINUED TO FRIDAY AT THE REQUEST OF CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CLERK BECAUSE IT WAS THE WAY IT WAS NOTICED. WE'RE PROPOSED, IT WAS IN THE AGENDA IT SAYS NOTE AND FILE BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY AMENDING IT. SO WE NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO THIS CONTINUE WILL BE CONTINUED TO FRIDAY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: UNFORTUNATELY YES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER 39 TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ITEM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 10 CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. PRICE FOR RECUSAL AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: MR. PRICE WILL RECUSE AND WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THE ITEM BEFORE IS ABOUT ONE THING, DELIVERING HOUSE HADING, TOO MANY ANGELINOS ARE ONE RENT AWAY FROM LOSING THEIR HOME. 70 PERCENT ARE RENTERS AND MANY ARE PAYING HALF THEIR INCOME OR MORE JUST TO STAY HOUSED. THESE ARE THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT CARRY THE CITY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND RISING COSTS AND THROUGH EVERY CRISIS WE FACE AND STILL BEING PUSHED OUT. VOTERS SAW THAT IN PAST MEASURE U LA AND TODAY WE DELIVER. TODAY WE MOVE 360 MILLION DOLLARS IN ULA FUNDING THE LARGEST TO DATE TO BUILD REBUILD AND ENHANCE HOUSING. WE'RE TALK ABOUT 4,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES. IN MY DISTRICT, WHERE DISPLACEMENT IS HIGHEST IN THE CITY, THIS MEANS OVER 107 UNITS ACROSS 25 PROJECTS THAT IS INVESTMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE SERVE AND LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHY THIS MATTERS. THIS IS ABOUT WHY WORKING FAMILIES STAY IN LOS ANGELES AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, LIVING IN FIXED INCOME WHILE THE COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO RISE, CAN REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES. FOR TOO LONG ANGELINOS HAVE HEARD BIG PROMISES WITHOUT SEEING RESULTS BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. AS CHAIR OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, I'VE FOCUSED MAKING SURE THAT THESE DOLLARS MOVE INTO ACTUAL HOUSE HADING. NOT DELAYED, BUT BUILDING, SO TODAY WE'RE NOT JUST APPROVING FUNDING WE'RE MAKING A CLEAR CHOICE, INVESTING IN PEOPLE, KEEPING COMMUNITIES IN PLACE AND TURNING PUBLIC DOLLARS INTO REAL HOUSING. I'M PROUD TO LEAD THIS WORK AND I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND I WANT TO THANK THE SAN PEDRO RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY'VE BEEN LEADING IN THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT HACLA IS LISTENING. >> Council President: 47 MILLION INTERESTING. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS ITEM AND SAYING SOME COMMENTS. IT IS A GOOD DAY TODAY IN LOS ANGELES, THIS IS FINALLY A MOVING FORWARD. AND I ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO SAY WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING, I WANT TO GIVE PROPS AND KUDOS TO ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE BUILDING IN THEIR DISTRICTS, PRESERVING IN THEIR DIFFERENCE, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, 95 PERCENT OF US ARE DOING SOMETHING. SO TO THE 5 PERCENT, GET TO WORK. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO COUNCILMEMBER LEE, PADILLA WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF JURADO ON OUR ULA COMMITTEE THAT WE STOOD UP, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? NEXT BEFORE COUNCIL IS ITEM NUMBER 56, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE HAS RECUSE HIM AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ HAS REQUESTED A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT BEFORE COUNCIL IS ITEM 61 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR AN AMENDING MOTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. ARE WE WAITING FOR COUNCILMEMBER PRICE TO COME BACK? ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 83 CALLED SPECIAL. >> Y. Jurado: SORRY, CITY CLERK, MAY I SEND ITEM 10 FORTHWITH. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. AND SO NEXT BEFORE COUNCIL IS ITEM NUMBER 83 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO THIS IS A CLOSE SESSION? WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SERGEANTS WE'RE GOING TO PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION. WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOURSELF TO 2 STAFF. EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BE GONE AND WE PLEASE ASK YOU TO DO SO QUICKLY IN AS MUCH AS WE'RE VERY SHORT ON TIME. [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] Help people to encourage them to think about the light that they bring. And to show appreciation for those who help to nurture that light. So from that idea, we thought, well, let's let's walk in our light. Let us have stories along the way where people can stop and hear performances and storytelling of other people saying, this is my light. This is how I shine it. And these are the people I want to show appreciation to. So we do this walk around the block, and then we end up with a little gathering and performances inside and lots of time to just reflect on. Yeah, this is my light, you know? And these are the people who've helped me get there. Our communities don't always see what the city of Los Angeles provides them, providing access to the arts says to me, that's a city that's proud of the stories it wants to tell. The people who want to tell them, and the ways that they want to tell them. A space like this gives opportunity for folks of all ages, cultures, experience to say, I can be seen. I can be heard and I'm walking in these doors and it feels welcoming. It feels nurturing, and people are excited to listen to me and to hear me. We don't have that all the time. So it's a it's a live space that's here to welcome and nurture those sparks of inspiration and vision. There's a few ways to find us. We are always on social media, so we are on Instagram. We have a Facebook page. You can go to the Department of Cultural Affairs. There website, you'll find the Tosco theater may take a few clicks here and there, but we try to stay present iany way that we can . The my La 311 app is easy. Download the Myla 311 app from the App Store or Google Play. Use Google Translate to view the page in up to 200 languages. Select the service. Need either by typing a topic in the new request search box, or select from the most popular service requests like Street pavement issues or potholes. Answer a few questions. You can add a comment or even upload a picture. Keep track of your request via email, text, or create an Angelino account to become a registered user. Using my LA 311 keeps our city safe and clean . Every day, over 100 Americans die from secondhand smoke. And secondhand smoke in children can cause asthma. Ear infections, and increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Go to smoke free homes LA .com. Learn how you can protect your home from secondhand smoke. And. The doors have been opened. Um madam clerk, we're back in. Open session. Can you call? Thank you . Lee McCosker, city Park. Bryce Ramon Rodriguez. Soto. Martinez. Yaroslavsky Members present. A member of Mr. President. All right. Anything to report, Mr. City attorney? No Mr. President, nothing to report. Council member Yaroslavsky. Thank you. We're going to start budget and finance committee with budget hearings at 141 45. All right. And, uhFINANCE COMMITTEE WILL START AT 1:45. >> Council President: CLERK? >> Clerk: POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Council President: ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. HEALTH DAY THE LOS ANGELES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN ADVANCING HEALTH FOR ALL ANGELINOS AND I'M PROUD TO BE JOINED TODAY BY OUR OWN HEALTH LEADSERS RON WHO SERVED AS CD11 APPOINTEE TO OUR CITY'S HEALTH COMMISSION. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, THERE ARE SIX COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT HAVE A COMMISSIONER ON THE HEALTH COMMISSION SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU WHO DO NOT HAVE AN APPOINTEE TO HAVE ONE. RON HAS SERVED FOR TEN YEARS IN THIS ROLL AND HE ORGANIZES THE KIDS ENVISION A HEALTHY L.A. CONTEST WHICH WAS STARTED BACK IN 2007 BY COUNCILMEMBER BILL ROSENDOL. HE IS INSTRUMENT ALTO CALLING THE PLAN FOR HEALTHY L.A. WE KNOW THAT EVIDENCE BASE RESEARCH ARE INCREASINGLY UNDER ATTACK, LAST YEAR, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MOVED TO WITHDRAWAL THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WHICH IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO ADDRESS GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND FURTHER UNDERMINES HEALTH. SO IN ACKNOWLEDGE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH RON, REINTRODUCED A RESOLUTION TODAY FORMERLY DECLARE APRIL 7th AS HEALTH DAY AND REAFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT FOR A HEALTHY LOSS. --LOS ANGELES. >> Council President: THANK YOU, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT WE OF COURSE EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? I DON'T SEE ANY COUNCILMEMBERS TO MY LEFT. ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? OKAY I DON'T SEE NONE. WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THE MOTIONING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. I mean, and as you can see, it's just one big happy family. Nowhere. Because I'm sick right now. This is the best day for LA. Back to back. Best day of my life. Go shop forever. A Dodger. Yamamoto is the goat. There's no beating that dude. Yama goat! Shout out him! As you can see, I'm rocking the Jackie Robinson of the historical piece. I mean , just from them coming over from New York to being here in Los Angeles, a crazy, nice, organized organization. Man, I love the blue and white. And I've been coming here since I was a little kid. So I'm 56. That's a long time of Dodger history. It's a family thing, right? Like my grandpa on my dad's side. He worked with the team for a couple of years back in the 70s. My dad born and raised here. He just passed down the fandom to me. Like I remember being a kid, him telling me about Kirk Gibson's walk off. Like, I remember coming to games back