discharge 38,000 gallons of water per minute. These fire boats ensure that the port and the fire department maintain a high level of service for many years to. We are back at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. We hope you enjoyed virtual harbor tour at the Port of Los. Hello, everyone. I'm Susan Huckle and here's what's happening in LA week. 26,000 runners taking to the streets and many more people lining the route in support. It can only be the L.A. Marathon. An international race of this caliber puts L.A. in the spotlight. Many departments were hard at work to have everything and everyone running smoothly. Today, the city of Los Angeles is activated for the 40th running of the Los Angeles Marathon. Multiple Agencies across the city are working together to make sure this is a fun, safe and well event. >> Council President: LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, THE 25th DAY OF MARCH, 2025. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON. I SERVE AS PRESIDET OF THIS COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THE JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MR. CLERK, 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. 10 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 21, 2025. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: TODAY IS TIME AND FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: I ASK EVERYBODY TO STAND AND JOIN COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> J. Lee: IF EVERYBODY CAN STAND AND PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD 3, 4, 8 AND 16 ON THE DESK. 1 THROUGH 17 ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 18 THROUGH 32 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEMS 33 THROUGH 41 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS WHICH WERE CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. ANY SPECIALS TO MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I ASK THAT WE MOVE THE RULES COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM 14 AND I WOULD LIKE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE ON ITEM 15. >> Council President: 5-0? >> K. Yaroslavsky: NO, 15. >> Council President: 1-5, OKAY. MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM NUMBER 1 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED ON THE PROJECT IN THE PAST. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: ITEM 1 AND AND CLOSE SESSION. AND MY APOLOGIES WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR THE ITEMS. >> Council President: FOR WHICH ITEM? >> H. Soto-Martinez: ITEM 20. >> Clerk: SUBSTITUTE ON 21 AND 22? >> H. Soto-Martinez: YES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON 23. >> Council President: OKAY, A SUBSTITUTE ON ITEM 23 HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 8 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT WHICH HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. AND COMMENTS. >> Council President: SO COMMENTS AND AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND AMENDED. ALL RIGHT, NO MORE ON THIS SIDE? ALL RIGHT ON MY LEFT TO THE WEST, COUNCILMEMBER LEE WELCOME BACK. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. OUT AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM NUMBER 1 BECAUSE I'M DEALING WITH THIS LAW FIRM ON A PERSONAL MATTER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 1. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO CALL 32 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. 29 FOR COMMENTS AND FOR COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, CONTINUING ITEM 18 TO APRIL 22. >> Council President: OKAY. ALL RIGHT ANY OTHERS? ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROOM? ALL RIGHT, AND I HAVE A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM NUMBER 10 ON THE DESK FOR AN AMENDMENT. IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CIRCULATED AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE AT 12 MEMBERS, MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS DOES THAT LEAVE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL SO TO* VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 2, 5 THROUGH 7, 9, 11 THROUGH 13, 15 AND 17. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE UP ITEM 3 CALLED SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 3 IS BEFORE US, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: COLLEAGUES, VERY EXCITED THAT THIS MOTION IS FINALLY TAKING PLACE. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS RELATED TO A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT THAT I'VE PARTNERED AND COLLABORATED WITH LA YUNA LOCAL 300, TO INTRODUCE FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR WORK IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. THIS IS WORK THAT AND A CONCEPT THAT IS BASICALLY BEEN 7 YEARS IN THE MAKING. IT WAS WHEN I FIRST TOOK OFFICE BACK IN 2017 THAT I ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION WITH LABOR LOCAL 300 TO BEGIN THE WORK OF HELPING THE NEED OF MULTIPLE OF NEEDS. CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES, JOB TRAINING AND FIXING OUR AGED INFRASTRUCTURE, SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH. I WANT TO THANK OUR HE CAN CON MINIMUM DEVELOP WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LA YUNA, OF COURSE WHO HAS BEEN A COLLABORATE AND HER PARTNER VERY PATIENT FOR MAKING THIS COME TOGETHER. AND I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR ROLL AS WELL AS MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PARTNER IN THIS COLLABORATION. BUT OUR LABOR PARTNERS WERE ABLE TO HELP MEET A MULTIPLE OF NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING FOR JOB TRAINING FOR A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE GROWING DEMAND THAT AS WE CONSTRUCT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE JOB CREATOR AND JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MEET THIS NEED. I'M GRATEFUL OF THIS COLLABORATION. I'VE HAD A SIMILAR EFFORT THAT WE'VE DONE AND THAT IS CURRENTLY ON GOING AND WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 7 THAT ARE CURRENTLY BENEFITING FROM THAT WORK AS WELL AS CD7 THAT HAVE BENEFIT FROMED HAVING THEIR SIDEWALKS REPAIRED. RESOURCED THAT I PUT TOGETHER IN YEARS AGO BUT WE FINALLY HAVE THE ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE TO MAKE THIS A REALITY AND I HOPE IT DENY BECOMES A MODEL THAT WE CAN LAUNCH CITY WIDE. I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM. WE NEED THE SIDEWALKS FIXED YES, BUT WHEN A YOUNG PERSON GETS THAT SKILL THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO YOU WILL HAVE A CAREER THAT WILL CARRY YOU LITERALLY EVERYWHERE YOU GO. I'M A BIG FAN AND A FAN OF OF THIS PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT, THIS ITEM IS NOW BEFORE US, CLOSE THE ROLL TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE UP ITEM 4 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, WELCOME BACK. >> M. Rodriguez: A FEW ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND IT'S LAHSA, WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO SOME FAILURE, THERE IS NOT A LOT MORE DA THAT THAT WILL CONFIRM WHAT WE KNOW WHAT IS TRUE. THIS MONTH'S MONSTROSITY, HAS BEEN FUNDED WITH MULTIPLE SOURCES AND CONTINUES TO FAIL TO PERFORM AND THERE IS A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO CALL AN END TO FUNDING THE FAILURE. THIS MOTION WHICH I INTRODUCED BACK IN NOVEMBER UPON DISCOVERING WHAT WE CONFIRMED BY THE COUNTY CONTROLLER AUDIT. THERE WERE TENS OF MILLIONS ISSUED TO PROVIDERS WITHOUT SCOPE OF WORK WITHOUT CONTRACT THAT WAS JUST A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS. BUT WE HAVE SEEN, I HAVE EXPERIENCED DIRECTLY, FROM YEARS OF WAITING FOR LAHSA TO PRODUCE THE RESULTS AND THE RECEIPTS, AND FOR US TO HAVE FUNDED OUR OWN TWO MILLION DOLLARS AUDIT TO ONLY FURTHER CONFIRM, THE FACT THAT LAHSA IS NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE RECEIPTS AND IN AN ACCOUNTING OF THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE. LET ALONE SOME OF THE AGRECIOUS MALFEASANCE AND ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED BY THE ACTS OF THE CURRENT CEO, THERE IS A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO BRING THESE THINGS IN-HOUSE AND CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE THE DIRECT OVERSIGHT AND THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH HOMELESSNESS. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO FUND THE FAILURE, AND WE NEED TO SEPARATE OURSELVES AND BEGIN THE WORK OF CREATING THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE. THE COUNTY IS ALREADY BEGINNING THAT WORK AND HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS. WE CANNOT GET LEFT BEING STRAPPED TO THIS SINKING "TITANIC". SO I ASK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR AYE VOTE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK TO TEN SURE THAT WE MAKE A BETTER USE OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT WILL ENABLE US TO AID AND SUPPORT THE VERY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OF CONCERN TO HAVE SERVICES DELIVERED TO THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER, GET PEOPLE HOUSED AND MAKE THE BEST USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. SOY ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: SEEING NO OTHER MEMBER ON THE QUEUE, THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: MY POLL GAOE,Z ITEM 15 WILL NEED TO BE RECONSIDERED? >> Council President: BASE ON? >> Clerk: I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY WANTED TO HOLD A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM 15 IS BEFORE US AGAIN EVERYBODY. ITEM 15 IS NOW BEFORE US AGAIN. LET'S OEPT ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE UP ITEM 14. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ITEM 14 IS NOW BEFORE US. SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT ITEMS 8 AND 16 ARE HELD SPECIAL WE'RE WAITING FOR CIRCULATED AMENDMENT ON 8 AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ WANTED COMMENT ON 8 AND 16. >> Council President: HAS THE MOTION BEEN CIRCULATED? >> Clerk: NO SIR, I DO NOT HAVE THE AMENDMENT BEFORE ME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S HOLD THOSE UNTIL IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE UP 33 THROUGH 41 WHICH ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: WE CONSIDERED 33 THROUGH 41 ON BNF I RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THESE ITEMS. >> Council President: SEEING NO OTHER COMMENT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. >> Clerk: MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNT? >> Council President: YES, PLEASE. >> Clerk: FOR ITEM 31, $100,000 IN SELTMENT. FOR 34, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT FM FOR ITEM 35 STEVEN GREER VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, $10, --160,006,000. FOR ITEM NUMBER VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND UP TO 15,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 38 IN THE CASE MARIA VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 39 IN THE CASE ENTITLED ALBA RIVERA VERSUS THE STEVEN ROUTA ET AL THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT FOR ITEM 40 CHRISTINA ET AL VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 1 MILLION 250,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR KIMBERLY VERSUS UNIDENTIFIED POLICE OFFICER OFFICER THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND--IN SETTLE. MENT. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 8 HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO ITEMS 8 AND 15 ARE BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, VERY EXCITED, ITEM 16 IS ALSO ANOTHER YEARS, ACTUALLY MORE LIKE 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING. THE COMMUNITY OF SYLMAR IS IN A HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE AND SUBJECTED TO MULTIPLE MAJOR WILDFIRES OVER THE COURSE OF DECADES. FROM THE TOTAL DESIMATION AS A RESULT OF SAYER FIRE TO THE SUBSEQUENT LA TUNA CREEK SADDLE CREEK FIRES AND THE MOST RESENT, THE HURST FIRE. WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY OF SYLMAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN UNDER RESOURCED WHEN IT COMES TO THE STAFFING AND FIRE PERSONNEL THAT IS CURRENTLY PLACED IN THIS AREA. AND THIS IS A MATTER OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STANDARDS OF COVER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRE RESOURCES ARE DEPLOYED AND PLACED IN EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO ASSURE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF RESPONSE TIMES. THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAD TO ENDURE BEING SHORT CHANGED FOR MANY MANY YEARS AND THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY COMMITTED AS A RESULT OF THE CASCADES DEVELOPMENT BACK WHEN ALEX PADILLA WAS IN THE SEAT. IT'S BEEN NEARLY 30 YEARS OF THIS COMMUNITY NOT GETTING ITSZ FIRE STATION. BUT I'M THANKFUL TO MY STAFF AND THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE FINALLY REALIZED THE ACQUISITION THAT OF A PROPERTY THAT WILL BE A HOME TO THE FUTURE SYLMAR FIRE STATION. WHCH BRINGS US TO ITEM 8, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR THE COLLABORATION. WE KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE FIRE STATIONS THAT ARE IN DISREPAIR IN SEVERELY DELAPTATED CONDITION BUT THE RESOURCE THAT'S WILL ASSURE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SITE IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE DESPERATELY NEED TO BE INVESTED IN. SO WHILE WE ARE WORKING TO EXPAND OUR PERSONNEL RESOURCES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WORK AND PARTNERSHIP THAT I'VE HAD WITH CHIEF CROWLEY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE HELPED TO EXPAND APU, THE COMBINATION OF ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPERTY, ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF AN APPROVAL OF A FUTURE BOND WILL HELP FINALLY DELIVER THE OUTSTANDING PROMISE THAT NEEDS TO BE FULFILLED FOR THE COMMUNITY OF SYLMAR. AND I'M JUST IS TO SO* GLAD THIS IS A HUGE MILD STONE AMONG ALL THE PROJECTS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE I TOOK OFFICE, THIS IS A PROMISE DELIVERED FOR THE COMMUNITY OF SYLMAR THAT I'M PROUD TO HAVE MADE HAPPEN. FOR ME, THERE IS BEEN A LOST CHECKING OF THE BOXES OF PROMISES MADE BY PREVIOUS ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT WE ARE MAKING GOOD ON FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN OUR, IN THE 7th DISTRICT AND THIS IS ONE THAT I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF. I WANT TO MY STAFF AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND UFLAC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SUPPORTER. THEY RECOGNIZE THROUGH THE STANDARDS OF COVER AND UNIQUE THE DYNAMIC WITH RESPONSE TIMES THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN SERVED WELL BY PROMISED THAT HAVE BEEN FAILED TO KEPT BY PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. BUT WE'RE CHANGING THAT TODAY. AND SO WITH THAT, I ASK YOU FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT EFFORT. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS WITHOUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE PALISADES AND WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO OUR CITY ON JANUARY 7th. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PALISADES, WAS UNPRECEDENTED BUT IT WASN'T UNPREDICTABLE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE CENTURY, THE TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY OF THE PACIFIC PALISADES GREW FROM 100 HOMES IN 1925 TO OVER 10,000 HOMES BACK IN THE OLD DAYS BACK IN 2024 JUST LAST YEAR IN ADDITION TO ABOUT 5,000 COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC STRUCTURES. THE PACIFIC PALISADES GOT ITS FIRST FIRE STATION IN 1963, GOT ITS SECOND FIRE STATION IN 1967, AND DESPITE MASSIVE GROWTH SPURTS DURING WWII WHEN WE BEGAN TO PUSH INTO THE INTERFACE THE 1990s AND 2010s AND SO ON, WE HAVE NOT ADDED A SINGLE FIRE STATION OR EVEN A SINGLE FIRE FIGHTER. AND DESPITE THE GROWTH WE'VE SEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR WE'VE INCREASED DENSITY, ADDING MORE HOMES AND CONSTRAINTS, OUR ROADS OUR SCHOOLS, OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE STATIONS, BUT WE'VE NEVER INVESTED ENOUGH IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR RESOURCED TO SUPPORT ALL THE DENSITY AND TRAFFIC AND RISK AND NOT TO MENTION THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT LAST ALL YEAR, HOTTER TEMPERATURES AND DRIER AIR THAT MAKES FIRES EASIER TO START AND HARDER TO FIGHT. WE HEAR PHRASES LIKE IT WAS JUST THE STORM OF A CENTURY AND THEN ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT AND THEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND IT JUST CAN'T BE HOW WE PREPARE AND PLAN FOR WILDFIRES IN 2025 AND BEYOND. AND I TELL THIS STORY OF RAMPANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCE TO SEE SUPPORT IT. BECAUSE THE SAME STORY IS TRUE, IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER LOS ANGELES. SIMPLY PUT, WE NEED A 21st CENTURY FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN TACKLE 21st CENTURY FIRES. TOO MANY ARE PAST THEIR LIFE STAN, LEAKY ROOFS, BROKEN STAIRCASE SXZ THINGS THAT WE CANNOT PLUG INTO THE WALL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE CANNOT GET THE KIND OF INVESTMENT THAT WE NEED INSIDE THE WALLS OF OUR BUDGET THAT NEEDS WE NEED TO EXPLORE A BALLOT MEASURE FOR 2026 THAT CAN BE USED TO REPAIR OUR NEGLECTED FIRE STATION AND BUILD NEW ONES THAT WILL MEET THE STANDARDS EXPECTED OF US FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. I STRONGLY URGE AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBERS FOR UPLIFTING THIS. THE OLDEST FIRE STATION IN THE CITY IS IN LINCOLN HEIGHTS WHERE THE KITCHEN IS WHERE THEY USED TO KEEP THE HORSES WHICH IS STABLES, ALWAYS PLUMBING ISSUES AND THE BUSIEST FIRE STATION IS FIRE STATION 11 THAT TEAM NEEDS A BETTER FIRE STATION, ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND THE FIRE STATION THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE CENTER IS NOT THAT LEAD BUT WE ALREADY SEE THAT THERE IS LEAKAGE WHERE OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TO EAT AND SHOWER. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS ON THE BALLOT AND US MOVING IT FORWARD SO WE CAN REINFORCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ALSO BUILD NEW STATIONS. THANK YOU FOR THIS. >> Council President: THANK YOU MEMBERS. OKAY, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: AND JUST TO CLARIFY, ITEM 8 WAS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: I BELIEVE THE AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 10 HAS BEEN CIRCULATED SO THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE UP ITEM 10. > Council President: SEEING NO SPEAKERS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE ROLL. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, LET'S PREPARE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. > City Attorney: WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS LABELED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK ON THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES AND SPEAKERS MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR DPOEL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR 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 ARE ITEMS 19 THROUGH 32, AGAIN THAT'S 19 THROUGH 3. AND--32. AND IF I CAN GET THE SPANISH TRANSLATE TORE TRANSLATE. SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEEDING A SPANISH TRANSLATOR, WE ASK THAT YOU PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE TRANSLATORS CAN TRANSLATE YOUR COMMENT. WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME AND YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS THE OTHER SPEAKERS. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> Clerk: YOU WILL NOW CALL NAMES TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. ADAM S, KRISTIN CROWLEY, AUDIT L.A., BRIANNA TAYLOR, JASMINE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ADAM FROM THE L.A. COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK TO SPEAK ON ITEM 22, 32 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE START WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: START WITH ITEM 22, THIS IS FOR MORE MONEY TO LAPD, I DON'T NEED TO REMIND THIS BODY HOW YOU GAVE ADDITIONAL ONE BILLION DOLLARS TO THE LAPD WHILE WE WERE FACING A BILLION DOLLARS DEFICIT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND WHO WILL BE LEADING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S DISCUSSION, IS REQUESTING THIS MONEY. DO THEY NOT HAVE ENOUGH? WHAT IS THIS MONEY FOR? I HEARD COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ TALK ABOUT THERE IS NO SCOPE, THERE IS NO CONTRACT FOR A LOT OF LAHSA FUNDING, SAME GOES FOR HOW THE CITY POURS MONEY INTO THE LAPD. DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT THE OFFICIALS ARE VOTING ON? TO THE ALREADY FLOATED LAPD. NUMBER 32, THIS ITEM IS ABOUT ADDING AN ENFORCEMENT ZONE IN CD6 ADDING MUNICIPAL CODE 4118. IN FACT, WE KNOW THAT CRIMINAL LIESING POOR PEOPLE IS INCREDIBLY VIOLENT AND COUNTER PRODUCTIVE. FORCING HOUSING PEOPLE TO MOVE DISCONNECTS THEM FROM WHAT SERVICES THEY MAY BE RECEIVING OR AT LEAST SIGNING. SHUFFLING PEOPLE AROUND, LEAVE THEM TO GET PUSHED INTO COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND SWEEPS CAUSES PEOPLE TO LOSE CONTACT WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS, LOSE VITAL DOCUMENT REQUIRED FOR SERVICES. WHY DOES THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUE TO LEAN TOWARDS CRIMINAL LIESING POVERTY RATHER THAN ADDRESSING IT, WE NEED HOUSE KEYS, NOT HANDCUFFS. NOW I'LL GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE LISTEN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. [SINGING] RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO VOTERS HERE TODAY. WORKING PEOPLE TAKING PRECIOUS TIME OFF THEIR DAY, SO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY? DO YOU CARE WHAT CONSTITUENTS COME IN HERE TO DO? DO YOU CARE WHEN YOU'RE VOTING TO PASS THESE MOTIONS THROUGH? 218,000 EACH IS WHAT WE PAY TO YOU, SO CAN YOU PRETEND TO LISTEN, IT'S THE LEAST THAT YOU CAN DO. [SINGING] SO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE LISTENING, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE VOTERS HERE TODAY, WORKING PEOPLE TAKING PRECIOUS TIMEOUT--. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS UP. SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS UP. SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? MR. HERMAN, WE CAN START THE CLOCK NOW. >> Speaker: YES, SIR! MADAM SIR! REGARDING THE POLICE SERVICE, FOR YAROSLAVSKY K.K.K. I CAN'T --I YAROSLAVSKY AND McOSKER, WANT EXTRA POLICE OFFICERS TO PROTEST THE EAST SIDE WEST SIDE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THE CONTINUOUS MARCH AND PROTEST BETWEEN ONE GROUP AND ANOTHER GROUP WHICH I WILL NOT SAY THE N OR THE C WORD ABOUT. HOWEVER, THESE ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ENHANCEMENTS ARE NOT SO TRUE. BECAUSE POLICE OFFICERS FROM WHAT I HEARD ON THE NEWS, IN A STORY IN A MOVIE CALLED NIGGERS WITH ATTITUDE, SAY FUCK THE POLICE. AND THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE. LOOK AT ITEM 23, AGAIN! K.K.K. YAROSLAVSKY, WE'RE HAVING A JEWISH-AMERICAN MONTH. IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. WE SHALL RECOGNIZE THE NECESSARY PROVE THAT THE HOLOCAUST DID NOT EXIST. YES SIR! BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS I'M HERE TO PROTECT THE CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS AND REVISIONS ABOUT THE JOKE A-COST AND CELEBRATING ITS HERITAGE. GOD BLESS DONALD TRUMP. NOW MY LAST COMMENT WITHIN THE LAST MINUTE IS NUMBER 32. 32 PADILLA, AND THE ENFORCEMENT AGAINST SLEEPING AND LYING ON A MOTHER FUCKEN STREET WHEN YOU'RE HOMELESS. I'VE BEEN AT AN OUTRAGE ABOUT THIS, THAT'S WHY I USE INTENSIFIERS. BUT NO THEY'RE GETTING, GET YOUR STORAGE, GET YOUR SLEEPING OFF THE FUCKEN STREETS. BARREDAN IN SACRAMENTO, WHAT DO THEY GOT? WE GOT SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, AND I WILL IMPROVE THEM SOON. NOW INTO MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW, I A DISABLED PERSON IS HAVING MY RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH CENSORED OR SHUT OFF. AND FINDING OUT THAT THIS MOTION DECLARED BY MONKEY DAWSON UP THERE, WHO FINDS IT OFFENSIVE OF THESE EPISODES, BUT AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, I READ INTO THE RECORD ABOUT LOS ANGELES BEING DIRTY. I TALK ABOUT LOS ANGELES BEING DIRTY. I SAID IT THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, HHH, BITCH BITCH BITCH BUT 45 OF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. I GOT YOUR ATTENTION NOW. I'M IN THE NEWS! AND I HAVE NOT USED THE "N" WORD ON THE C WORD SO BRANDON VERSUS OHIO, A DIRTY NIGGER L.A. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER SPEAKS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL MORE NAMES. STACY CIGAR, JASON, JACK, JASMINE CROSSROADS, McKAYLA, KATELIN PAT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: GOOD MOANSINGER NIGGERS AND CUNTS. NUMBER 18. >> City Attorney: NUMBER 18 HAS BEEN CONTINUED. >> Speaker: IT'S A NIGGER ITEM, IS IT NOT? HOW ABOUT 19? CAN I SPEAK ON THAT? DEI, OF COURSE, SO K.K.K. YAROSLAVSKY, THE WORSE THING TO HAPPEN TO THE HEBREW PEOPLE SINCE THE OPENING OF AUSHWITZ. CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY CAME UP WITH MILLION DOLLARS, WHAT ABOUT? THE GHETTO DOES NOT GET THAT, BUT SHE GETS IT FOR THE HEBREW DEMON AND NUMBER 20, THE CULT ITEM, THE PROGRAM CELEBRATING THE 43rd ANNUAL AT CUNT ECHO PARK, WE VOTE NO ON THAT SHIT. ITEM 21, NIGGERS TRIMMING TREES IN CD4 FOR NITHYA RAMAN A KNOWN CERTIFIED CUNT, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE, THAT'S RIGHT, 75,000 DOLLARS THAT BITCH FINALLY FOUND UNDER THE MATTRESS. MATTRESSES OF CITY HALL OFFICES. THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE BEEN BENDING OVERALL THOSE CAMPAIGN DONORS RIGHT? AND THEN K.K.K. KATY AGAIN, FINDING 10,000 DLA,Z YOU DIRTY LITTLE CUNT YOU, LOOK HOW YOU CAN FIND THAT MONEY. RING A DING DING, RING A LING LING. AND THEN WE HAVE 23, THE FAKE HOLOCAUST MOTION BY K.K.K. KATY, THERE IS NO DAM HOLOCAUST, YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? EVERY GERMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED TRYING TO EXECUTE T.YOU HAVE NO HOLOCAUST, THAT BULL SHIT IS RIDICULOUS. THEY WERE WORK CAMPS FOOL, LIKE I AM WORKING HERE. NIGGERING AROUND, GOING AROUND, BITCHING AROUND, GOING AROUND. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU NEED TO STAY ON TOPIC. >> Speaker: I'M JUST RAPPING, I'M SORRY. IT'S MY TOURETTE SYNDROME, MY DISABILITY, I APOLOGIZE. NUMBER 24, WE GOT MONCOW, THE BIGGEST FATEST PIECE OF SHIT ON THE COUNCIL, SHE WANTS TO DO HOUSING BONDS. AIN'T NO GOD DAMN HOUSING BANDS. FUCK THAT. AND LET'S BE CLEAR, ON FRIDAY, OUR CITY ATTORNEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO SPELL TWO WORDS I WAS NOT SURE BOB. NIGGER IS SPELLED N.I. G.G-E-R. AND CUNT, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS BOB, IS SPELLED C-U-N-T. NOW HOW COME HEATHER HUTT DIDN'T SIGN THE MOTION, SHE HAS BEEN CALLED NIGGER AND CUNT AND SHE DIDN'T SIGN THE MOTION. HOW COME ONLY 17 OF YOU MEMBERS SIGN THE MOTION TO BAN THESE WORDS? WHY AM I DRESSED LIKE SANTA CLAUS NIGGER? BECAUSE MY FIRST AMENDMENT ATTORNEY ALREADY STARTED RACKING HIS $844 AN HOUR FEE. I'M GETTING READY FOR MY LAW ENFORCEMENT. I WANT MY MOTION TODAY LEAVE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE SO WE CAN ALL START GETTING PAID FOR NIGGERS. I WANT TO GET PAID AS A NIGGER. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I MINISTER MS. KELLY CLIFF AND I'M THE LADY THAT WAS RAPED AND ENSLAVED BY THE L.A. POLICE DEPARTMENT. THERE IS TOO MUCH TALKING. KELLY K CLIFF VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS TOO MUCH TALKING AND IT SEEMS LIKE FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS BEFORE SOME TYPE OF PAYMENT. I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING WHAT I EXPERIENCED FOR 30 YEARS IN OCTOBER 2025 FOR THE NEW COUNCIL PERSONS THAT ARE NOT AWARE. NOW NUMBER 2, ROLE MODELS, KAREN BASS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. KAREN BASS IS A WRONG ROLE MODEL SHE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND MAYOR CHRISTIAN BL BILLIONAIRE WRITE A CHECK. AND A LITTLE SHORT POLICE OFFICER CAME INTO MY APARTMENT AND COMMITTED SEXUAL ACCOUNTS AGAINST ME. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MS. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU ALLOW ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 19, 20 AND 21 AND THEN GENERAL IF YOU ALLOW ME. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND THEN ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: START WITHING ITEM 19 IF YOU ALLOW ME. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 20. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] . . NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 21. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] GENERAL. I AM HERE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MY POSITION TO COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER. SO I ATTENDED THE FIRST CD COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 ELECTION CAMPAIGN EVENT ONE WEEK AGO. AND THEN, INTERESTINGLY, THAT SOMEBODY TOOK MY VOICE AWAY. BUT, I WANT TO INFORM EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, THAT I WILL NOT BE DIS ENCOURAGED. EVEN THOUGH I NO LONGER HAVE MY VOICE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE COMING AFTER MY VOICE. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE COMING AFTER MY SAFETY BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER. THERE IS A HUGE ATTACK ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, THERE IS A THERE IS SO MANY ATTACK ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT ON COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ WILL TAKE YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT AWAY, WHO ARE GOING TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS? ONLY COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 18 IS OUT, NUMBER 22, 27, 28 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: ITEM 22 IS FOR MS. YAROSLAVSKY FOR 10,000 ON EXTRA POLICE SERVICES. NOW THIS IS REAL SMART. THIS CLOWN VOTED ONE BILLION DOLLARS POLICE DEPARTMENT INCREASE LAST YEAR AND THE CITY IS BROKE. AND THESE INCOMPETENT CLOWNS ARE VOTE TO GO GIVE LAPD AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 FOR SO-CALLED ADDITIONAL POLICE SERVICES, STUPID STUPID STUPID. IN MY OPINION THIS SHOULD BE DIVERTED TO THE 75 BILLION EMERGENCY CAUSED BY THIS CORRUPT COUNCIL. NUMBER 28 IS BY CRIMINAL INDICTED PRICE, FROM EMBEZZLING INTO HIM AND HIS FAMILY PERSONAL BUSINESS ACCOUNTS IN THINK OPINION THESE TWO ITEMS SHOULD RECEIVE A NO-VOTE UNLESS THEY CONTAIN SPECIAL AUDIT THAT WOULD PREVENT ON TRIAL CRIMINAL PRICE FROM EMBEZZLING. ETHICS COMMISSION INDICTED RACIST ASIAN JOHN LEE IS FOR 4118 MOTION TO FURTHER ABUSE SOME OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE L.A. CITY GOVERNMENT CREATED AND DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DECREASE. THIS MOTION OF COURSE DOES NOT OFFER ANY SOLUTION BUT ONLY MOVES PEOPLE AROUND TO ANOTHER LOCATION. STUPID STUPID STUPID. THIS ITEM SHOULD RECEIVE A NO-VOTE UNLESS IT PROVIDES A REAL SOLUTION THAT WILL SERVE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THIS ABUSIVE MOTION AFFECTS, BUT THESE INCOMPETENT KLAUNZ HAVE NO SOLUTION. --CLOWNS HAVE NO SOLUTION. DO YOU PADILLA? DO YOU DAWSON? MOST CORRUPT U.S. HISTORY--A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE WITHIN THE LAST COME OF YEARS, NURY MARTINEZ, GIL IS CEDILLO, KEVIN LOUIE DELON, ALL OUSTED FOR RACISM. DEPUTY MAYOR FOR FOR INVESTIGATING FOR BOMB THREATS, KURN PRICE TEN COUNT AND CURRENTLY ON TRIAL, MARKED 30-YEAR RIDLEY UNCLE TOM INDICTED AND CONVICTED. RACIST JOHN LEE INDICTED BY COMMISSION. JOSE HUIZAR INDICTED AND CONVICTED WITH 13 YEARS. MARQUEECE DAWSON IS NEXT. IS THERE ANY WONDER WHY L.A. HAS A ONE BILLION DOLLARS HOMELESS EP IDEMIC EMERGENCY? SLEAZY MARQUEECE DAWSON CD8 IS A GOOD DESERT, HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT AND INCARCERATION RATE AND PRO CURED OVER 10 MILLION IN LUXURY OFFICES IN HIMSELF. I'M GOING TO DO 18. 18 IS A REGARDING AMENDING LAND USE PROPOSAL. IN MY ITEM SHOULD RECEIVE A NO-VOTE UNLESS WORDINGS IS ADDED THAT FOR FUNDING AND INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY OUR INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENT ALLOWED OVER 6,000 HOMES TO BURN. WHILE ACTING MAYOR INCOMPETENT MARCH QUAEZ DAWSON AND PARTY HARDY KAREN BASS DID NOTHING. NOW THAT WOULD BE A CORRECT MOTION. 18, ALL RIGHT, GOT IT. >> Speaker: OKAY, MY TURN? GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS WHICH ARE 19 THROUGH 32 AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THE 4118 THING, I THINK YOU CAN TAKE GOOD LESSONS FROM SCIENTOLOGY ON HOW TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS PAST WEEK WE SAW A VETERAN, WHO, THE SCIENTOLOGY THAT THEY PASSED OUT, THEY'RE LIKE WELCOME EVERY ONE, WE'RE GIVING AWAY FREE FOOD. AND HE LOST EVERYTHING, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS ROBBED OR WHAT IT WAS. HE CAME THERE ASKING FOR FOOD AND C■LOTHING, HE'S A VETERAN, 3 I'M ALL FOR CELEBRATING NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT SHOULD COME OUT OF BIDS AND WHATEVER. PRIVATELY THEY CAN PAY FOR IT. I DON'T WANT THE CITY TO PAY FOR THINGS THAT WHEN WE'RE SO BROKE. COPS GET THE BIGGEST BUDGET, THEY GET HALF THE BUDGET. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NO OFFENSE TO YOU MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. LIKE YOU ALWAYS INTERRUPTING, I WAS IN THE RIGHT AND MR. GROAT NEEDS AN APOLOGY. IT STILL THREW ME OFF BASE. AND YOU TOO MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, I THINK SMOKE CAM WOULD AGREE, WE WOULD RATHER YOU DO THE JOB OF POLICING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LISTENING. HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE UP THERE ARE EVEN LISTENING. AND I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH MS. PADILLA BECAUSE SHE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, AND SHE IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION. MS. JURADO IS NEW AND SHE IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION. HE DOES NOT HEAR ME. MR. PRICE? MR. HUGO? WAVE TO ME IF YOU HEAR ME, SEE, THEY'RE NOT LISTENING. WHY DON'T YOU CALL THEM OUT ON IT? >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEMS 22, 23, 26, 32 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM 22. WE ARE TRANSFERRING 10,000 DOLLARS IN THE CD5 PORTION OF THE SERVICE ENHANCEMENT LINE ITEM TO GIVE OVERTIME TO POLICE. SO EVERY ONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY KNOWS THAT WE ARE LACKING IN SERVICES, WE'RE LACKING IN STREET SERVICES AND SANITATION SERVICES, LIGHTS GO OUT, THEY'RE OUT FOREVER, TRASH BUILDS UP, IT'S THERE FOREVER. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT $10,000 WOULD BE BETTER SERVED IN CD5 TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE SERVICES UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE ENHANCEMENT BUT IT'S GOING TO THE POLICE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE POLICE ARE OUR BIGGEST BUDGET LINE ITEM ALREADY. JUST THEIR OPERATING BUDGET IS HUGE, WE GAVE THEM A BILLION DOLLARS INCREASE LAST YEAR, THAT'S ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF THE DEFICIT THAT WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT. BUT KATY THINKS IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GIVE MORE TO POLICE, MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE. ITEM 23 SPEAKING OF FUNDING WAS AMENDED FROM 15,000 TO 25,000 DOLLARS FOR JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. NOW I THINK THAT JUDAISM IS A BEAUTIFUL RELIGIOUS, MANY FRIENDS OF MINE ARE JEWISH. AND I THINK THAT CELEBRATING JEWISH-AMERICANS IS WORTHY I JUST WONDER IF 25,000 MAKES SENSE FOR THAT? I WAS LOOKING AT COUNCIL FILES FOR OTHER HERITAGE MONTH RECOGNITION AND A LOT ARE LIKE 400 TO LIGHT UP CITY HALL. NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH, ONLY $400. NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO PARITY AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE SPENDING. BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CUT BACK ON THESE EXTRAS ON THE FUND STUFF ON THROWING PARTIES WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT AND BE SERIOUS ABOUT A BUDGET. ITEM 26 IS HOLDING FRIDAY MEETING AT VAN NUYS, THIS IS GREAT FOR ME BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE VALLEY BUT IT MAKES IT LESS ACCESSIBLE FOR MANY L.A. RESIDENTS AND IT'S NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY, WHICH YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY WHICH IS REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT OPTION. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN'S REPRESENTATIVE TRIED TO GIVE ME THAT AS A CONSOLATION, SHE SAID WE'RE HOLDING ONE MEETING A MONTH IN VAN NUYS AND THAT'S FINE FOR THE ITEMS ON THAT MEETING BUT THAT'S NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR BETTER ACCESSIBILITY WOULD BE BETTER. AND 42 IS A AN EXPANSION AND WE BETTER SEE A NO-VOTE FROM RAMAN ON THIS HER REP SAID THAT WAS A MISTAKE THAT SHE WAS LEFT THE MEETING BUT SHE WAS MARKED YES. I HOPE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN TODAY. [SINGING] THEY SAY YOUR SPEECH HAS TO BE VALUABLE IF IT'S POLITICAL AND CERTAIN WORDS ARE CRIMINAL, IF I CALL YOU A NAME, AND YOU FIND UNACCEPTABLE, NOT RESPECTABLE, WOULD YOU CONSIDER ME A EJECTABLE? MARQUEECE SAID THAT LANGUAGE WOULD GET YOU HURT. [SINGING] IF SAID OUTSIDE CHAMBERS, IS HE THREATENING TO THROW HANDS? BUT THEY DON'T, PAY ATTENTION ANYWAY. IS IT DIFFERENT IF I SAY, THAT I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TWO DAYS. DON'T FORGOT TO FOLLOW AT REQUEST TO SPEAK AT YOUTUBE. AND--WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LAHSA AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM CD4. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP TWO MORE NAMES TO SPEAK. HARRIETTE ELLIOT, WILLIAM GEE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M DAPHNE BRAD FORWARD AND I CAME WIH A MESSAGE TO HEATHER HUTT AND CURREN PRICE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON. THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF MY 99 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER. THE EXHIBIT HAS BEEN UP SINCE BLACK HISTORY. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN BEFORE DR. KING BEGAN TO WORK AT NASA AND PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE ON PLACING THE FIRST MAN IN THE MOON. IT'S ASHAME THAT NOT ONE HAVE SUPPORTED THE THREE GENERATIONS OF SPACE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS AND MATH LEGACY THAT OUR FAMILY HAS ESTABLISHED. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HARRIS-DAWSON, YOU CAN CHANGE THIS. WHO DO I CONTACT IN YOUR OFFICE? THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: POCO POCO. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SLOWLY AND SLOWLY I AM UNABLE TO THE INTERPRETER, DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REST. >> Speaker: YES, I'M SORRY GO AHEAD. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: LA MUJER--[PA*N] [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE WOMAN MIRACULOUS HAS DISAPPEARED AND I CANNOT FIND HER, THE INTERPRETER IS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE REST OF WHAT WAS COMMENTED. >> Speaker: OKAY, THAT'S FINE. THIS IN ENGLISH, I'LL GO BACK TO ENGLISH. ONLINE RESOURCES TO FIND PEOPLE DOWN LEVEL, SHE WILL HELP YOU, I TOLD HER EVERYTHING ABOUT FAITH WINTER'S HOUSE, SHE SAID THE MAILBOX IS STILL THERE. IT'S, IT'S DECREPIT BUT IT'S STILL TL. FAITH WINTER WAS STILL THERE, YEAH. BUT THEY HAVE HER AS LIVE. I HOPE YOU MAKE THE WALK BEINGER IT'S A FIVE-MILE WALK. BELOW VENTURA BOULEVARD HOMES AND LOOK WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN ENCHANTED FOREST. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH YELLOW ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 22 AND 21 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASES, THIS IS AFTER LAST YEAR, TO GIVE THE LAPD 26 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE STREET LIGHTING DECREASE BY 5 MILLION DOLLARS. SOMEHOW THAT WAS A PRIORITY. THEY SAID THE CRIME IS DOWN, YEAR AFTER YEAR, EVERY YEAR SINCE COVID. BUT YET YOU INCREASE THE FUND ANDING CUT STREET LIGHTING, YOU GO TO SOUTH CENTRAL GO ON ANY MAJOR STREET, GO DOWN WESTERN, GO DOWN NORMANDE, GO DOWN HOOVER, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DARK STREETS. AND IF YOU HAVE DARK STREETS, THAT IS GOING TO BREED CRIME. WE'RE GOING TO FIX THIS WE NEED MORE POLICE FUNDING. SO YOU END UP IN THAT DEATH SPIRAL BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO FUND SERVICES. YOU INCREASED POLICE FUNDING BY 126 MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR WHILE YOU CUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BY 18 AND CUT STREET SERVICES BY 22 AND CUT SANITATION BY 20 AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING? FOR POLICING. OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE. OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ALREADY OVER SPENT BY 100-SOMETHING MILLION. OUTSIDE THE FACT THAT THEIR LIABILITY ARE PUSHING AROUND 102 MILLION AS HUGO OVER THERE WHO DID VOTE FOR THE POLICE BUDGET TWO YEARS AGO. THESE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES BUT AS FAR AS PUBLIC COMMENT. I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU FUCKED UP THE BUDGET, WE'RE ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN THE HOLE! IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU, IT'S NOT OUTSIDE FORCES THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. YOU DID IT, KENNETH MEJIA WARNED YOU AND YOU DISREGARDED HIM. YOU SAID, THE MAYOR SAID THAT IT WAS THEORETICAL EXAGGERATION SXZ HE WAS DEAD ON. SO SHAME ON ALL OF YOU WHO SAT THERE AND VOTED FOR THESE BULLSHIT BUDGETS, THREE OF YOU GET A PASS, UNISSES AND NITHYA AND THE PIECE OF SHIT HUGO, AND NOW WE'RE IN CRISIS, 18 MONTHS AGO, WE HAD RECORD GENERAL FUND RESERVES. NOW WE'RE IN FISCAL EMERGENCY, 18 MONTHS LATER! GREAT JOB ALL OF YOU. YOU GUYS HAVE RUN THE CITY INTO THE FUCKEN GROUND! [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MEETING. MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 19, 21, 24 THROUGH 28, 30 THROUGH 31. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 20 FOR A SEPARATE MOTION INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SUBSTITUTE IS NOW--SUBSTITUTION IS NOW BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THE FIRST VOTE IS WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE. >> Council President: RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: THE SECOND VOTE WOULD BE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 22 CALLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 22, ITEM 22, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 23 FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 23 IS NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND THAT WAS WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE. SO THE SECOND MOTION, OR THE SECOND VOTE IS NOW ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION ITSELF. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 29 HELD SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: 29 IS NOW BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M COMMITTED $100,000 FOR OUR COUNCIL RESOURCE TO SEE KEEP CD1 TENANTS IN THEIR HOMES. THIS SHOWS THE COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT. I WANT TO SAY TO THANKS TO CCP, AND CF ID TO THE EMERGENCY WORK THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING WITH THE FAMILY RESOURCE. UNPAID DEBT HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO EVICTIONS AND SOMETIMES SMALL AMOUNT ARE ENOUGH TO STOP THIS. IN 2025, COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 IS AVERAGING 9 EVICTION NOTICES FILED EVERY WEEK. WHILE NOT ALL NOTICES LEAD DIRECTLY TO EVICTION A PUBLIC COUNCIL AT UCLA STUDY ESTIMATE THAT REAL NUMBER OF EVICTIONS COULD TRIPLE AS THEY EVICT SIMPLY BY THE TLAEFT EVICTION. WHETHER IT BE DUE TO JOB LOSS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRE OR HOUSING. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOUND THAT 51.4 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE LIVING WITH HOUSING BURDEN SPENTING 30 PERCENT OR MORE ON THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING COST. STOP EVICTION IS CRITICAL FOR US AND WE'RE THAOEPG THIS 100,000 HELPS. THE PRIORITIZING DEPARTMENT LIKE CC M.P. WHO OFTEN DO UNNOTICED WORK IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES IS PARAMOUNT TO ME AND MY OFFICE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, THAT ITEM IS NOW BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKEN ITEM 32 CALLED FOR SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: I WANTED TO RECONSIDER, 22 AND 23. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL COME BACK TO THA. LET'S TAKE 33 NOW, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 4 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 22 AND 23. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER 22 AND 23, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 22 AND 23 ARE NOW BEFORE US. DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER? YOU DON'T HAVE COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS--COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: CAN WE DO IT SEPARATELY PLEASE. >> Council President: 22 AND THEN 23, SURE. ITEM 22 IS NOW BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT ITEM 23 IS NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE. WHAT'S NEXT MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE THERE IS ITEM NUMBER 1 THAT IS STILL HELD ON THE DESK FOR CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'M ASK THE SERGEANTS TO PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION. [CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] >> PLEASE STAND BY. [CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. [CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] >> Council President: WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. MR. COLLECTIONER PLEASE KAULT ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS PRESENT FROM I QUORUM MR. PRLT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS ITEM NUMBER 1 BEFORE THE COUNCIL. >> City Attorney: AND MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF THE CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: IF WE CAN JUST KEEP IT AS LOW AS WE CAN, FOLKS ARE COMING BACK INTO THE CHAMBER. >> City Attorney: THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT FROM THE CLOSED SESSION. SUBSTITUTE MOTION. FOR ITEM NUMBER 1. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Clerk: SAOUBT MOTION READS THAT I MOVE ON TODAY'S AGENDA-1068 ROUD THE OUTSIDE CONSULT CONTRACT. TO INCREASE ITS AUTHORITY AS FOLLOWS. OF EACH OF THE CLAIMS, LAWSUIT AND ON DISCUSSION OR REQUEST THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY TO REMOVING OF THIS MANAGEMENT OF THIS LAWSUIT. 5 REQUEST THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF CONSOLIDATED ANY RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. >> Council President: I HEAR A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Clerk: NOW WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF SUBSTITUTE MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE NEED TO BE TWO VOTES ON THE MATTER, THE FIRST WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE THE MATTER? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST VOTE IS ON MOTION WITH ORIGINAL MOTION, MARTINEZ IS ASKING FOR A YES VOTE COUNCILMEMBER PARK IS ASKING FOR A NO-VOTE. ALL RIGHT, CAN WE OPEN THE ROLL, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Clerk: IT HAS FAILED, THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 1, OPEN THE ROLL CLOSE THE ROLL TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 5 NOES. JAOT MOTION MOVES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE. >> Clerk: WE CAN DO THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY. SO THE YESINGS WILL BE 9 AND THE NOES, 4. COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POST ASKED REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS JUST STANDING FOR FUN. I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ALL RIGHT, I'LL BEGIN TO MY LEFT ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES IT'S WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF ART LANKTINTRIED AND TRUE CONSERVATIONALIST DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND CREATURES THAT CALL THEM HOME. AS A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY SCOUT HE WAS SUPPOSE TO EARN A BIRD STUDY BAM WHICH ASKED HIM TO IDENTIFY 40 SPECIES OF BIRDS. HE COMPLETED MARKING THE KICKOFF TO HIS LIFETIME COMMITMENT TO NATURE AND SCIENCE. IN 196 6 HE EARNED HIS DEGREE AND JOINED HIS MOM ON FIELD STRIP STUDIES. ART'S TEACHING EXPERIENCE BEGAN AT JOHN A SOUTHERN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE BECAME THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AND ALONG WITH HIS COLLEAGUE RODRICK, BOTH SCIENCE TEACHERS, THEY CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS AT GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SAN FERNANDO MEMBER, VOLUNTEERING YEARS AND BIRD COUNTER IN GREATER LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND. DURING THE 1990, HE PROVIDED TRIPS INSIDE THE RESERVOIR PRESERVE ON BEHALF OF THE SEMI WILDLIFE OBSERVATORY, HE WAS PART OF THE BIRD SURVEYS. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT FOR THE AUTO BOUND STUDY AND WORKED FOR ROSEMARY WHYTE. MANY CONSIDERED HIM TO BE THE GODFATHER OF NATURE PRESERVE AND BIRD STUDIES AND PARTICIPATED IN COUNTLESS OTHER BIRD SCIENTIFIC STUDIES BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE NATURE PRESERVE. AFTER RETIRING FROM HIS EDUCATIONAL CAREER, HE LEAD OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE IS SEPULVEDA BASIN FOR THE AUTO BOND SOCIETY, THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND OF COURSE THE NATURAL NATURE PRESERVE. HE RECEIVED AN AWARD AT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, UNSUNG ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES AWARD. HE CONSIDERED THE CHAPTER THEORY OF THE NATURE PRESERVE HIS SECOND HOME AND HE WAS A VERY TALL PERSON BUT NOT IN TALL STATURE OF ART BUT TALL LEADERS AMONG CONSERVATIONALIST, HE PASS ADD WAY ON FEBRUARY 21 OF THIS YEAR AND HAS BEEN DEEPLY MISSED BY HIS FRIENDS, FAMILY, COLLEAGUES. TO HIS FAMIY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR SHARING HIM WITH US AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. LEE. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOMENT? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES I RISE TODAY TO ADJOURN TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING IN HONOR OF LINDA BECERA MONTH RAN WHO'S LIFE WAS CUT SHORT BY PD, A TRANS WOMEN, A SEX WORKER AND A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, ALSO EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. LINDA BELIEVED IN SOMETHING GREATER, A DE VOUT CATHOLIC, SHE CARRIED THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED IT OFFERED HER PROTECTION. SHE WAS SOMEBODY WHO LOVED, LAUGHED, APPRECIATED MUSIC AND ART AND SOMEBODY WHO MADE THOSE AROUND HER FEEL LESS ALONE. LINDA BECERAMORA DESERVED TO LIVE, INSTEAD SHE CALLED HER LIFE BECAUSE SHE CALLED 9-1-1 WHEN SHE NEEDED HELP. TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE ARE HERE AGAIN, FAILED THE TRANS HOMELESSNESS. OFTEN TIMES FATAL FORCE. LINDA'S DEATH IS NOT ISOLATED INCIDENT, VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR IS WELL DOCUMENTED. WE KNOW THE NUMBERS, WE'VE SEEN THE INDIVIDUALS AND YET WE'RE HERE AGAIN ADDING LINDA'S NAME TO THE LIST. I REFUSE TO LET LINDA BE ANOTHER PERSON IN THE POINT. IN LIFE SAVING SUPPORT LIKE ARM REDUCTION AND HOMELESSNESS AND CONTINUE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE SYSTEM THAT. LINDA'S STORY WILL LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF HER LOVED ONE. TODAY INTO THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, WE SAY HER NAME, LINDA BECERAAM MORAN. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH S.MEMBERS, I WILL ASK THAT THIS COUNCIL JOIN IN ADJOURNING FOR 7 ANGELINOS, WHO LOST THEIR LIFE DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, ALL IN THE 8th DISTRICT, ALL DUE TO TRAFFIC FATALITIES. WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, WE GET A REPORT THAT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT IN A PEDESTRIAN PASSED AWAY, A MOTORIST PASSED AWAY, I WILL SAY THEIR NAMES, GREGORY SIMPSON, JAMIE ENAMORADO, WENDY MORALES, HAYDEN NEIGHBORS, ALFRED WILLIAMS. AND TODAY WE HAVE WITH US THE FAMILY OF DAVID SIGOVIA AND MICHAEL WILSON. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MICHAEL AND DAVID, THEY WERE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. PARDON ME, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT ONE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING EVERY DAY PEOPLE. MIKE WAL AUZ A CAR ENTHUSIAST A VOLUNTEER FOR THE DRILL TEAM AND DRUM SQUAD, MR. SEGOVIA WHO'S FAMILY IS WITH US TODAY AS WELL, WAS A VERY RESPONSIBLE YOUNG MAN AND LOVING BROTHER. I WANT TO THANK ALSO SERGEANT GABRIEL NELI, DETECTIVE RYAN, DETECTIVE MIKE HERE WITH US TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THESE ACCIDENTS. BUT I ASK, EVERYBODY IN THE COUNCIL TO REMEMBER THESE FACES, REMEMBER THESE NAMES, REMEMBER THESE PICTURES WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT LIGHTING ON OUR STREETS, SAFETY MEASURES ON OUR ROADS AND INVESTMENTS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE ASK THAT ALL SEVEN OF THEM REST IN POWER, AND STAND AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT WE CAN ALL DO BETTER AS A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US AND ALLOWING US TO SHARE YOUR STORIES WITH THE COUNCIL. WITH THAT, WE'RE ADJOURNED. MR. PRICE. OH YOU HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT, I'M SO SORRY, GUYS. MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF SYLVIA LACKEY, BORN DECEMBER THE 7, 1941 AND MOVED TO LOS ANGELES IN 1943 AND THROUGH SECOND STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BY IN 1954, SHE HAD GRADUATED FROM FREE MONT HIGH. SINCE THE 50s, MS. LACKEY SERVED THE CD9 WITH HER SPIRIT AND GOODWILL. SHE WAS BLESSED TO SERVE HER CHILDREN AND. WORKED FOR 32 YEARS AT THE BLUE CROSS CALIFORNIA AND HER LEISURE, SHE WALKED BY FAITH. IN RECOGNITION OF HER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE SHE WAS RECIPIENT OF THE HIGHEST ESTEEM PAPA UH AWARD, SHE WAS LIGHT TO ALL WHO KNEW HER HER TRANSITION WAS MARCH 17th THIS YEAR AND HER SERVICES ARE BEING HELD TODAY. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: COLLEAGUES IT IS WITH DEED. A MOTHER ARTIST, ACTIVIST, AND LONG TIME RESIDENT OF VENICE. WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS WE HONOR HER LIFE AND LEGACY. EMILY WAS BORN IN QUINCY ILLINOIS AND AFTER GRADUATING FROM QUINCY HIGH SCHOOL, SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR'S OF FINE ARTS AT THE CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE. IN 1961 SHE MARRIED FELLOW ARTIST RAMON CORDOVA, JUST TWO YEARS LATER, SHE MOVED TO VENICE WHERE SHE WOULD SPEND MORE THAN SIX DECADES SHAPING AND DEFENDING HER COMMUNITY THROUGH ART AND ACTIVISM. EMILY RAISED TWO DAUGHTERS AND MADE HER MARK AS PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. SHE WAS PASTER WAVE OF ARTIST WHO HELPED DEFINE VENICE AS A CREATIVE AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY WE KNOW TODAY. EMILY HELPED THE VENICE JAPANESE-AMERICAN JAPANESE MEMORIAL AND INSTRUMENTAL IN RAISING THE MONUMENT THAT NOW STANDS AT THE CORNER OF LINCOLN AND VENICE BOULEVARD MARKING THE PLACE WHERE JAPANESE-AMERICANS WERE FORCABLY TAKEN TO EN TERMMENT CAMPS DURING WWII. SHE SERVED IN THE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE, THE VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND PARTICIPATED IN COUNTLESS FORUMS. HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE RECOGNIZED CITY WIDE AND HER WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED ACROSS THE REGION, INCLUDING AT LACMA AND THE LANDMARK MADE IN CALIFORNIA SHOW. EMILY WINTERS WAS A FORCE, AN ARTIST WHO DIDN'T JUST CREATE FOR BEAUTY BUT TO TELL THE TRUTH, BUILD CONNECTION AND PRESERVE THE SPIRIT OF VENICE. HER LOSS WILL BE FELT BY MANY. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE AND HER LEGACY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US WHO BELIEVE IN ART, JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY. >> Council President: SEEING NO OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.