>> Council President: REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 15th DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR 2025, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUALMER, MR. PRESIDENT OF THE >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF AUGUST 13, 2025. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS SEVERAL REQUESTS. THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 4, TO AUGUST 22, 2025. AND ALSO, TO REFER ITEMS 7 AND 8 BACK TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: ITEMS 1 THROUGH 6 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR ITEMS 5 AND 6 ARE SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA, ITEM 7 AND 8 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND ON THOSE, ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S THEY'RE IN COURT TODAY. SO I BELIEVE THERE IS A DESIRE TO CONTINUE THOSE CONTINUES? --ITEMS? >> Clerk: 7 AND 8 WAS REFERRED BACK TO BUDGET AND FINANCE. >> Council President: GOT IT, ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS WITH NOW BEFORE US. SPECIALS? MEMBERS? MY SPECIALS? I SEE MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: NO I THOUGHT IT WAS ALREADY HANDLED, I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR ITEM NUMBER 4 TO BE KICKED BACK ON THE RECORD. I THINK THE CLERK MENTIONED THAT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT JURADO? ANY SPECIALS? ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? I DON'T SEE ANY ON MY RIGHT OR MY LEFT? WHICH ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE. CONGRATULATIONS TO WHOEVER GOT THEIR THING VOTED ON AND LEAVING NOW. I TAKE IT THAT WAS A YES. WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3 AS WELL AS 5 AND 6, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW GO INTO PRESENTATIONS SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL BEGIN THIS MEETING AS WE'VE BEEN BEGINNING OUR MEETINGS FOR THE NOW ALMOST 70 DAY SEIGE IN OUR CITY BY FEDERAL ARMED AGENTS IN THE NAME OF IMMIGRATION REFORM, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND WE WILL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER 14 THIS MORNING. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I RISE TODAY CARRYING BOTH THE JOY OF MONUMENTAL VICTORY A DEEP SORROW OF THREAT. YESTERDAY WE CELEBRATED THE SKID CAMPUS, THE NECKER WAS ELECTRIC, THE JOY AND IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTAIN AND EVERY ONE CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE NOT JUST A RIBBON CUTTING BUT A BOLD RECOMMITMENT TO CARE, COMPASSION AND DIGNITY EVERY ANGELINO DESERVES. BUT WHILE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATED, ANOTHER SBRAISED ITSELF. JUST A SHORT WALK AWAY, NEAR THE JAPANESE MUSEUM, ONE WEEK AFTER WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR CONSUL GENERAL FROM JAPAN, SONSEI, ICE AGENTS DETAINED SOMEBODY, A WORKER DELIVERING PRODUCE TO A SERVICE, A BROWN MAN DOING HIS JOB. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WARRANT, THEY COULDN'T NAME THE CHARGES, AND THEY WATCHED HIM GO AFTER THE FIRST PERSON THAT THEY SAW. THIS WAS A STUNT AND POLITICAL THEATER STAGED DURING GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S CONFERENCE ON REDISTRICTING AS CALIFORNIA WORKS TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY. LITTLE TOKYO IS SACRED GROUND. IT HAS WITHSTOOD FORCED REMOVAL, INCARCERATION AND WHERE THAT MAN WAS TAKEN OUTSIDE OF THE JAPANESE NATIONAL MUSEUM WHICH IS A FORMER EN TERNMENT SITE. DURING THE CELEBRATION OF JAPANESE BORN HERE IN TO AMERICA IS A INSULT TO THOSE WHO ENDURE EN AT THERMENT. --INTERNMENT. I'M JOINED BY TWO LEADERS, IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE TO LEADS THE LITTLE TOKYO RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK WILL FIRST SPEAK, JUNE? [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker:HELLO GOOD MORNING. AND ON BEHALF OF NIKAY PROGRESSIVE, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR INVITING MYSELF. NIKAY PROGIVE IS A GRASS ROOTS MULTI INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, BASED IN LITTLE TOKYO. WE BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK SAFETY FROM VIOLENCE AND TO WORK TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR THEMSELVES AND FAMILIES. IS SINCE 2014, WE HAVE BEEN PROTECTING FAMILIES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND PART OF THE SHUT DOWN COALITION. WE HAVE SET UP A LITTLE TOKYO RESPECTIVE NETWORK AND CONDUCTED KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS TRAINING WHICH MY COLLEAGUE WILL TALK ABOUT. OUR JAPANESE-AMERICAN STORY LIKE THAT OF MOST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, IS IMMIGRANT STORY, ONE OF EXCLUSION, EXCLUSION AIRY LAWS OF BEING SCAPEGOATED AND PROFILED AS THE ENEMY AND BEING FORCED TO LEAVE THE WEST HOST OUR HOMES AND SHIPPED OFF TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING WWII. AND WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IS A PRELUDE TO WHAT HAPPENED 83 YEARS AGO. LAST NOVEMBER, THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTE TODAY ESTABLISH L.A. AS A SANCTUARY CITY AND PROHIBIT PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL FROM BEING UTILIZED FROM ANY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. SO MY QUESTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PROTECT THE CITY *F L.A. MORE THAN 1.35 MILLION IMMIGRANT COMPRISING OVER 30 PERCENT OF POPULATION. HOW CAN SCHOOL CHILDREN BE PROTECTED FROM HAVING THEIR PARENTS SNATCHED OFF THE STREET OR EVEN THEMSELVES BEING ARRESTED AS WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY. AND HOW CAN WORKERS WOULD ARE JUST TRYING TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES IT, BE PROTECTIVE FROM BEING KIDNAPPED BY MASKED FEDERAL AGENTS. AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS AND WORKERS WHO THOSE OF US WHO ENGAGE IN CHURCHES, SYSTEM APPROXIMATELIES AND SPECIAL SERVICES IN LITTLE TOKYO. LITTLE TOKYO IS OUR CULTURAL AND HISTORIC CENTER WHERE GENERATION SXZ WHERE WE PRACTICE OUR CULTURE. WHERE WE ORGANIZE OUR COMMUNITY TO WORK AND FIGHT TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE, FOR ALL PEOPLE. AND IT IS OUR BASE FROM WHERE WE REACH OUT TO OTHERS IN SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY. YESTERDAY LITTLE TOKYO WAS TRAMPLE ON AND DISRESPECTED BY MASKED AGENTS. CITY PROPERTY AND SIDEWALKS WERE BEING USED FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. SO I CALL ON THE LEADERS OF LOS ANGELES, TO ENACT SOME CONCRETE MEASURES THAT WILL PUT SOME TEETH INTO OUR CITY LAW ORDINANCE. SOMEHOW WE HAVE GOT TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES WHO ARE BEING TERRORIZED BY ICE AND CBT AND WHO'S CHILDREN REPUBLIC TRAUMATIZED EVERY DAY. WE'RE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP FROM OUR CITY, FROM OUR CITY LEADERS. PLEASE DON'T LET US DOWN, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M KIM' MOTTO I'M A PERSON OF NIKAY PROGRESSIVE AND I HAPPEN TO BE IN LITTLE TOKYO WHEN THE RAIDS HAPPENED. I WAS HAVING LUNCH AND THEN RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE THROUGH OUR RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK THAT WAS ICE WAS IN LITTLE TOKYO RIGHT IN FRONT OF JANAN. SO MYSELF AND COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE RAN DOWN THE STREET TO FIRST AND CENTRAL TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. IMMEDIATELY, THERE WERE ALREADY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WERE WARNING, PEOPLE IN LITTLE TOKYO THAT LA MIGRA WAS THERE, THEY WERE BLOWING WHISTLES AND TRYING TO ALERT PEOPLE TO BE THERE AND FOR PEOPLE TO CLOSE UP THEIR STORES AND WARNING OF STREET VENDORS. SO THE MYSELF AND OTHERS WHO ARE PART OF THE RA MID-RESPONSE NETWORK, NOTIFIED PEOPLE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND PEOPLE WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS TO TELL THEM TO LOCK THEIR DOORS, THAT THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLE ICE SWEEP IN TOKYO. WE ALSO TOLD STREET VENDORS ALONG THE JAPANESE VILLAGE PLAZA TO DO THE SAME. IT WAS A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE TO SEE SO MANY ARMED ICE AND CBP PEOPLE WEARING MASKS WHERE THEIR FACES WERE COMPLETELY COVERED ALONG WITH GLASS ES AND A HAT WHERE YOU CANNOT TELL WHO THEY WERE AT ALL. THEY WERE HOLDING LARGE RIFLES POINTING THEM AT PEOPLE AT MANY TIMES AND REALLY OUTRAGEOUS SHOW OF VICIOUS AGGRESSION AGAINST OUR COMMUNITY. I HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DO MORE TO STOP THESE KINDS OF THINGS FROM HAPPENING IN OUR CMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT WAS CLEARLY A CASE OF INTIMIDATION AND TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL FEARFUL OF JUST BEING OUT TRYING TO HAVE A REGULAR DAY, YOU KNOW, SHOPPING AND EATING AND CARRYING ON THEIR BUSINESS IN TOKYO. AND IT'S COMPLETELY UNJUST AND OUTRAGEOUS THAT THEY WOULD DO THIS, DURING NISAI WEEK IT WAS A POLITICAL STOUNT DO WHILE GOVERNOR NEWSOM WAS HAVING HIS PRESS CONFERENCE JUST A FEW FEET AWAY. THANK YOU. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, KIM' AND JUNE, AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT YESTERDAY WAS A PEACEFUL DAY. AND THE ONLY VIOLENCE HAS BEEN THE ONE BROUGHT TO US BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEIR ILLEGAL ICE RAIDS. AND NOW I WANT TO PRESENT FORMER CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN MUSEUM. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. IT'S BEEN QUITE SOMETIME SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THIS CHAMBER. I THINK MY CLAW MARKS PROSECUTE R IN THE PRESENT IN THE MIDDLE TABLE WHEN I SPENT TIME HERE. I SPENT 44 YEARS SERVING THE CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES AND CITIZENS OF COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. I'M NOW BOARD CHAIR OF THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN MUSEUM. SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF US, HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. YESTERDAY WHEN THE ARREST TOOK PLACE, IT HIT A NERVE. IT HIT US DEEPLY. BECAUSE WE'RE THE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED IS EXACT LOCATION WHERE INDIVIDUALS OF JAPANESE HERITAGE WERE FORCED ON THE BUSES AND TAKEN TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS. MY FAMILY, MY MOTHER'S FAMILY, MY FATHER'S FAMILY WERE FORCED ON THE BUSES ON THAT SITE. THEY ENDED UP IN A DESOLATE AIR OF WYOMING. WE LOST EVERYTHING FOLKS, I MEAN EVERYTHING. THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM STANDS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. A LOT OF MUSEUMS IN THIS NATION, START TODAY SCRUB THEIR WEBSITES OF ANY REFERENCE TO DEI. AS A BOARD, AS INDIVIDUALS, AND AS STAFF AT THE MUSEUM, WE MADE DECISION TO SCRUB NOTHING. WE'RE STANDING TALL FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE ARE. WE FEEL WE'RE A BEEK ON OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. WE STAND STAND FOR IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE, WHAT WE DO IS NOT POLITICAL. IT'S HONORING OUR LEGACY FOLKS. THE LEGACY OF MY IMMIGRANT GRANDPARENTS. THE LEGACY OF MY FATHER WHO FOUGHT WWII AND HIGHLY DECK ATED VETERAN. THE LEGACY OF MY UNCLE WHO LEAD THE DESCENTER OF HEART MOUNTAIN TO FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE. I HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND IN 1942, THE FOREIGN ALIEN ACT WAS ENACTED AND THOUSANDS WERE DEPORTED BACK TO JAPAN. THEN ROOSEVELT SIGNED ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 CAN I RESULTED IN INCARCERATION OF 125,000 INDIVIDUALS OF JAPANESE HERITAGE. 60 PERCENT WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS. WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF ALL IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE I AM THE GRANDSON OF AN IMMIGRANT. WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW, IS I HOPE OUR ELECTED LEADERS AND I'M CONFIDENT IN THIS, BECAUSE I LIVED HERE FOR SO MANY YEARS AND ALSO THE BOARD, WILL STAND UP AND SAY, THIS HAS TO STOP. BUT THE REST, I I DON'T THINK THEY UNDERSTAND. I DON'T THINK RESPECT IS IN THEIR VOCABULARY, IN THAT PLAZA WHERE THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS WERE FORCED ON THE BUSES IS SOMETHING THAT, I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT HIT ME TO THE CORE. AND PEOPLE KNOW, THOSE SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST, I HAVE A LITTLE TEMPER BUT I HAD TO CONTROL THAT. BUT FOR THE MUSEUM, WE'RE CLOSED RIGHT NOW FOR RENOVATION. I WANT TO YOU KNOW FOR WHAT I STAND FOR, JUSTICE AND DEI AND WE WILL SUPPORT THE RIGHTS FOR EVERY ONE LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, BILL, THANK YOU JUNE, THANK YOU KIMY FOR ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR REMINDING THAT HISTORY IS NOT BEHIND US, IT'S WITH US EVERY DAY. AND WE MUST MEET WITH MAOEMENT WITH CLARITY AND COURAGE THAT IT DEMANDS. YESTERDAY THANKS TO MEMBERS THAT ALERTED OUR OFFICE, MY FAMILY AND I RESPONDED QUICKLY. IF YOU SEE ICE, PLEASE CALL THE 1-888-624-5742. AGAIN 1-888-624-4752 THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. JUST A NOTE AS THINGS ARISE IN YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMFORTABLE TO COME TELL THEIR STORIES, WE INVITE YOU TO LET US KNOW AND BRING THEM TO COUNCIL. WE WANT EVERY ONE TO HEAR AND WE WANT TO CREATE A LONG PUBLIC RECORD FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY DURING THIS TROUBLE SEIGE. WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. A VERY VERY EXCITING ONE AND ONE THAT WILL BE EDUCATION FOR SOME OF US. LEAD BIT COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER OF THE 1-5. [APPLAUSE] COUNCILMEMBER HUTT WHILE MR. McOSKER IS GATHERING FORCES, YOU WANT TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT? YES. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT GENECY CENTER YOUTH PROGRAM IS TOURING CITY HALL AND IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBERS, YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS THAT ARE REALLY ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR COMING IN. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THEY'RE WAVING AT US. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND I ARE SO PLEASE ASKED HONORED TO RECOGNIZE A MONUMENTAL AS THE MONUMENTS ARE BEING ASSEMBLED. A MONUMENTAL MILD STONE AND THAT WOULD BE THE 100tH ANNIVERSARY OF BUREAU OF STREET LIGHTING. >> E. Hernandez: WHOO-HOO. >> T. McOsker: 100 YEARS OLD. SO THE BUREAU WAS TAEBD IN 1925 AND FOR A CENTURY THIS DEPARTMENT HAS ILLUMINATED OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR STREETS, OUR BUSINESSES OUR CITY. IN THE EARLY 1900s, LOS ANGELES WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT PLACE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW. STREET LIGHTS WERE A LUXURY IN THE 1900ING BUT --1900s. BUT NOW AN ESSENTIAL PART. TODAY THEY MAINTAIN OVER 223,000. THAT'S NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION STREET LIGHTS ACROSS THE CITY. EACH LIGHT PLAYS A ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITIES, WHETHER THAT'S A BUSINESS OR A RESIDENT, THE SAFETY OF OUR DRIVERS, THE SAFETY OF OUR PEDESTRIANS. WHILE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK IN FRONT OF US TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF THE GRID, THE BUREAU IS EMBRACING INNOVATION, WE BEGAN TO ADD SOLAR, ADDING EV CHARGE TO GO MANY OF OUR POLES AND THE BOOR AT THE FOR FRONT OF FIBEROPTIC CONNECTIVITY, WHOO-HOO, IS RIGHT, IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT COMPLETED LAST YEAR UNDER THE 105 FREEWAY OVER PASS WHICH. IT HAS BEEN FUN, IT'S BEEN EXCITING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND IT'S DRAMATICALLY ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY. THE NEIGHBORS LOVE T IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM A SCHOOL. THE KIDS LOVE IT, EVEN WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, THE BUREAU OPERATES INCREDIBLY EFFICIENTLY, THEY'RE INNOVATIVE TO EVERY CURRENT AND PAST EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR WORK IS SO ESSENTIAL FOR THE SAFETY AND FOR THE HEALTH OF THE CITY AND YOU WILL WLAED US INTO A BETTER AND BRIGHTER FUTURE. NOW IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC WORKS, WITHOUT WHOM NONE OF THIS COULD HAPPEN, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE BUREAU OF STREET LIGHTING. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS OCCASION. 100 YEARS OF STREET LIGHTING AND IN MY OPINION THERE IS NO BODY IN THIS CITY WHO DOES MORE WITH LESS. UNDER THE GENERAL FUND, THEY GET LESS THAN HALF PERCENT OF THAT BUDGET AND I WANT TO UPLIFT THAT AND I THEY DO SO MUCH WITH LESS. AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OVER GROWING DEMANDS, THEY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK. THE BUREAU MANAGES AND MAINTAINED OVER 220 STREET LIGHTS ACROSS THE CITY OF L.A. THEY REPAIR OUTAGES, UPGRADE EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAINED MILES AND MILES OF UNDERGROUND WIRING. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN EVERY CITY. AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON, THEY REDUCE CRIME. IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND GIVE RESIDENTS THE CONFIDENCE TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER DARK. YOUR WORK HAS AN IMPACT ON WHETHER PEOPLE FEEL SAFE RIDE THEIR BIKE OR WAIT FOR THE BUS TO GO BACK HOME. OUR STREET LIGHT NETWORK IS A CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE CITY. IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS WORK AND OFTEN INVISIBLE BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL SERVICES. AND EVEN WITH TIGHT RESOURCES, THEY CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH INNOVATION, LED LIGHTING, INTEGRATING SMART TECHNOLOGY AND FINDING WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK EVERY PAST AND PRESENT FOR 100 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND LIGHTING UP OUR CITY. I'M PROUD TO WORK ALONGSIDE AND FIGHT FOR YOU AND CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE MILESTONE WITH YOU TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. APPRECIATE YOU ALL. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. AND AT THE HELM OF THIS BUREAU IS G.M. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. I WANTED TO START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING, WELL MY NAME IS MIGUEL SANDLAND I'M HERE WITH THE REST OF OUR CITY FAMILY AND BUREAU. WE'RE A COLLECTION OF PEOPLE IN THE FIELD, CEMENT FINISHERS, ELECTRICIANS, OFFICE SUPPORT STAFF, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR ENGINEERS AS WELL. AND I KNOW BEHIND ME SOMEWHERE IS OUR CHIEF ENGINEERING WHO MAKE BUREAU RUN MUCH BETTER. RIGHT NOW I'M KIND OF DISPLAYING A SHOT OF VERMONICA IT'S AN INSTALLATION THAT IS ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF OUR ART BY OUR ARTIST SHE'LL A.IT'S A COLLECTION OF ALL OF OUR STREETLIGHTS OVER THE YEARS. WE LOVE IT BECAUSE IT OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTING ALLING OF OUR WORK. AND IT'S A STRIKING KIND OF FEATURE IN THE SIDEWALK BUT AS MOST CASES AS COUNCILMEMBER MENTIONED, MOST PEOPLE WANT TO THINK TWICE TO ABOUT THE STREETLIGHT AND THAT'S OKAY TO US. WE'VE BECOME PART OF THE FA FRICK, AND BACKGROUND AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY, IT'S FASCINATING. THESE ARE TWO OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES THAT I LIKE SHARING OF US, AND A YOUNGER CITY AND BUREAU ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO. AND THIS ARE TWO VERY FAMOUS PARTS OF L.A., YOU HAVE MIRACLE MILE AND SHERMAN WAY AND WHEN YOU SEE HERE ARE STREETLIGHTS AND A ROW. THERE IS A BILLBOARD IN THE BACK THAT SAYS LOCATE YOUR BUSINESS HERE IN MIRACLE MILE. NOT A SINGLE BUILDING INSIGHT. IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE THERE TODAY, IT'S A HUGE AREA OF BUILDINGS AND WHOLE DIFFERENT L.A. I LIKE TO POINT THESE OUT, BECAUSE IT STEMS TO OUR CORE. WE WERE BORN WIN OVATION IN MIND. WE TOOK THE MOST DANGEROUS THING IN THE WORLD, ELECTRICIAN, WE TOOK THE MOST INNOVATIVE THING IN THE WORLD LIGHT BULB AND PUT IT WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE. WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE SAW THE LIKES OF NEW YORK, AND MANHATTAN AND SAID WE DESERVE THAT TOO. OUR TINY PUEBLO IS ONE GOING ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN AMERICA. AND BY GOD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SHOW AND IMPROVE. OVERTIME WE'VE OBVIOUSLY GROWN-UP WITH THE CITY ITSELF, RIGHT. COUPLE OF PICTURES OF SPECIALS FROM BROADWAY, THE HOLLYWOOD TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOLLYWOOD SPECIALS HERE. TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS MENTIONED, QUARTER MILLION STREETLIGHT, 400 UNIQUE DESIGNS THAT REFLECT THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE. 9,000 MILES OF CONDUIT. BUT CENTURIES FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED HERE. AND THAT INNOVATION IS STILL PART OF OUR DNA, THAT'S WHY WEVE DONE LED, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE AMERICA WITH ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH OUR TELECOM PARTNERS AND COLOCATION, THAT'S WHY REDO EV CHARGERS AND MUCH MORE IN THE FUTURE. IS ACTUALLY WANT TO POINT OUT, A FEW PICTURES OF OUR LATEST THINGS, WHERE YOU HAVE MODERN AGAINST THE OLD. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW FIRSTS. THAT WE V.THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE HEAD OF OUR FIELD OFFICE, SYLVIA TORRES WHICH IS T OUR RIGHT, SHE IS OUR FIRST FEMALE SUPERINTENDENT THAT IS RUNING THE BUREAU. SHE IS HELPING LEAD THE CHARGE WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE REPAIRS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ALSO, A PROUD IMMIGRANT AS WELL WHO MOVED HERE FROM MEXICO WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG AND STAYED IN L.A. CITY PROPER, ECHO PARK ACTUALLY. AND LIKE MYSELF, CLUNG TO OUR IMMIGRANT HERITAGE AS WELL. WE'RE A BUREAU, WE CALL OURSELVES A CITY FAMILY, I CALLED L.A. HOME FOR A LONG TIME. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SERVE HERE. WE TOOK SOME OF OUR HISTORY AND PUT IT ONLINE. WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND SOME RECORDS, SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN SOME OF THESE STREETLIGHTS WERE BUILT. SO YOU CAN FIND THAT ON OUR RESOURCE TODAY. WE WANTED TAKE A MOMENT. WE OBVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON IS BECOME, A HARDER JOB. AND WE'RE DEDICATED TO IT. I WANT TO SAY THOUGH, THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TODAY AND TOMORROW. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE REPAIRING, WE'RE THINKING OF HOW WE CAN USE IT AS A PLATFORM. THIS IS WHAT I LOVE AT THE ORIGINAL PICTURES, WE WANT TO BE A PLATFORM THAT HELPS LAUNCH OTHER THINGS TOO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE THE CENTENNIAL THAT YOU'RE CELEBRATING WITH US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: MR. PRESIDENT, IF WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS FOR NOW. >> Council President: WE DO FROM THE GREAT 6 DISTRICT, OUR OWN COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND McOSKER FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. AS A MEMBER OF PUBLIC WORKS I'M EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW, 100 YEARS IS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S A BIG DEAL T.TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY AND I KNOW PERSONALLY, I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORK WITHING ALL OF YOU. THE COMMUNITY FEELS WHEN YOUR WORK IS DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED. YOU KNOW IN THE SAN VERNE VALLEY WE'RE A REGION WHERE IT'S, IT'S NICE OUTSIDE LATE INTO THE NIGHT BECAUSE OF HOW HOT IT GETS. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE A COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO BE OUTSIDE AND WE WANT AT THE PARKS LONGER AND WE WANT TO BE ON BUSINESS CORRIDORS LONGER INTO THE NIGHT. AND ALL OF THAT HELPS BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE MENTIONED, IT REDUCES CRIME BUT ALSO BRINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE SKILL YET, TO ALL THE WORKERS AND EVERYBODY THAT THOSE ARE ACTUAL WORKOUT THERE. THE CITY RECOGNIZES IT AND WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE FUTURE IS. I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES RECENTLY WITH WHAT WE EXPERIENCED WITH COPPER WIRE THEFT BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE LONG TERM. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON MY OFFICE AS A PARTNER BUT I WANT TO MENTION, IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL ART PIECE, I'M GLAD YOU GOT, THAT'S GREAT. GREAT THING TO ADD TO THE ARCHIVES OF LOS ANGELES BASE ART. BUT THIS OTHER IMAGE, DOES NOT HAVE THE ONE RELATE TODAY OUR NEW SOLAR PANEL LIGHTS. LET'S ADD IT, IT'S REALLY PART OF THE FUTURE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, YOU'RE DOING. AND, LET'S LIGHT UP L.A. A LITTLE BIT MORE AND ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL SITES AND CITIES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, YES, I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND. >> Speaker: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. YOU'VE MADE ME REALIZE THAT I FAILED TO MENTION THE TWO ART PIECES IN FRONT OF ME. BOTH WERE MADE IN-HOUSE. SO WE ACTUALLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, HAVE BUILT UP OUR WELDING SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE PLASMA CUTERS, 3-D PRINTERS NOW THAT WE'RE HOPING TO DRIVE DOWN THE COST TO A THIRD OF WHAT WE WOULD BUY OFF SHOP, WE'RE CREATING AT HOME. THIS WAS CREATED BY OUR SHOP JUST YESTERDAY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE NOW. AND THIS IS FEATURING I BELIEVE IT'S OUR OLYMPIC SPECIAL THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THEN, IN A SAFEWAY, IT FOLLOWS CODE, THE ELECTRICAL. BUT IT HIGHLIGHTS THE ABILITIES THAT OUR FIELD CREW HAS NOW AND WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS WELL. SXL THEN TO THE RIGHT, IS AN ART PIECE THAT WAS CREATED BUSINESS OUR VERY OWN DAN CAROSELI IN THE BUREAU, IT HIGHLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE DECADES DIFFERENT LIGHTING SCALES. WE HOPE TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE ONLINE WHO DOWNLOAD AND DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WE'LL HAVE SCREEN PRINTS OF THESE BEING DONE. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLASMA CUTERS. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THEM, GO CHECK THEM OUT Y.IS IT IMPORTANT? THE DOORS HAVE LITTLE METAL DOORS AND NOW WE CAN MAKE THE LITTLE METAL DOORS IN-HOUSE WHICH REDUCES THE COSTS FOR THEM DRAMATICALLY. NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING IT IN-HOUSE BUT ALSO CHEAPER. THAT'S AGAIN DOING WAY MORE WITH THE LESS THAT WE HAVE AND BEING INNOVATED. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR BRINGING IN THIS PRESENTATION. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AS A FORMER PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO BEING A LIASON, I WATCHED FROM THE GROUND, FROM THE FIELD SOME OF THE INNOVATION THAT'S WERE BORN AND BIRTHED AND WELCOMED BY THE LEADER SHIP TO BE IMPLEMENTED. AND THAT HAS CONTINUED TO SUSTAIN THE GROWTH AND THE WORK OF THE BUREAU OF STREET LIGHTING WHERE YOU HAD TO INNOVATE BECAUSE SADLY THE RESOURCE WRZ NOT--AUGMENTING. TO SOLAR LIGHTS TO MAKING SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS MITIGATING THE RISK WITH THE HIGH VOLTAGE. I WAS PROUD TO BE PART OF SO MUCH OF THAT WORK THAT YOU WERE ALL PART OF IT BECAUSE YOU HELPED TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY MITIGATED ITS LIABILITIES. AND I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO THOSE DOING THE WORK IN THE HOTTEST CLIMATE AND HOTTEST DAYS TO CLEARING UP THE BACKLOG. TO THE FORTIFICATION AFTER REPAIRING THE COPPER WIRE THEFTS. ALL OF THAT WORK, I'VE SEEN YOU ALL DO IT IN REALTIME. I'VE BEEN OUT IN THE FIELD AND WATCHING THE INNOVATIONSS OF ACTUALLY, WHAT EVERY ONE FOR DWETS IS BEFORE DWP, WAS COLOCATING THE EV CHARGERS, IT WAS REALLY SPARKED, NO PUN INTENDED, BUSINESS BUREAU OF STREET LIGHTS WILLINGNESS TO DO IT FIRST. YOU WERE ALL HELPING TO LEAD THE CITY IN WAY THAT'S PERHAPS OTHER DEPARTMENTS WERE RESISTANT TO DOING IT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU FOR CONSTANTLY KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES LIT EVEN IN SPITE OF THE COPPER WIRE THEFT. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE ADVANCING ON SOLAR INSTALLATIONS. I'M PROUD TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT HAS MADE, SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE IN MY DISTRICT. I KNOW WE JUST CLOSED OUT OVER 100 CASES IN MY DISTRICT WITH YOUR COLLABORATION AND YOUR WORK. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FROM THE BOTTOM UP, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO HELP AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL YOU DO WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. HAMMY BIRTHDAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, McOSKER AND HERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING THIS AMAZING DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU MIGUEL FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE LEADER WITH ALL OF YOUR STAFF WE WORK SO CLOSELY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY, I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL IN THE HEAD WHEN YOU SAID INNOVATION AND HAVING VISION. BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY EXCITES ME BECAUSE WE'RE WILLING TO DO SO MUCH WITH SOME THINGS, SOME MAY LOOK AT IT AND SAY IT'S ALL STREET LIGHTS BUT YOU SEE THE POTENTIAL ON WHAT THE CITY CAN DO. DOING THE SOLAR, DOING THE WI-FI ALL OF THAT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE AND, I TRY AS MUCH AS I CAN TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THE CITY COULD WORK FOR THEM IF WE PRIORITIZE IT THE WAY I BELIEVE. AND MANY OF US BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD. AND I'VE HAD ALSO THE HONOR OF GOING OUT THERE WITH YOUR CREWS TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. AND SO, LIKE THE POLICY WELCOMING ME HAS REALLY ENJOYED GOING OUT THERE AND SEEING THE INFRASTRUCTURE HOW IT'S ALL CONNECTED IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL TEAM. AND AS AN OFFICE WE TRY TO DO THE BEST TO SHOW THAT TO THE PUBLIC. BECAUSE IT SHOULD VALUE THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPLIFT ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND KEEP PUTTING YOU FRONT AND CENTER. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING A BEAUTIFUL LIT STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF L.A. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND AS COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SAID, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. I WANT TO A LOT HAS BEEN SAID BUT NOT EVERY ONE HAS SAID IT YET, BUT 100 YEARS IS PRETTY AMAZING AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE, THE AMAZING STUFF THAT WE'VE DONE. WE'RE AT AN INFLECTION POINT, THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME IN BUREAU OF LIGHTING BECAUSE ONE, WE HAVE NOT RAISED THE RATES SINCE 1996, WE'RE ABOUT TO GO TO THE VOTERS TO SAY TO THEM, HEY, WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING AS COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ MENTIONED, GETTING BY DOING SO MUCH WITH SO LITTLE BUT UNLESS WE START TO PAY THE COST, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE NEXT STEP. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THAT NEXT STEP OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LIGHT UP A CITY, IS DRAMATICALLY CHANGING. IT WAS GREAT BACK IN THE DAZE WHEN IT WAS AN LIGHT BULB IN THE STREET. BUT NOW YOU'RE NOT LIGHTING UP UNLESS YOU'RE PROVIDING ALL THAT LIGHT AND COLOCATION AND ALL OF THOSE 1s AND 0s AND PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION AND LIGHTING UP A CITY IS IT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING AND IT'S GOING TO BE CHANGING EVEN MORE RADICALLY, MORE QUICKLY WHEN YOU GO THROUGH DEVICES TALK TO GO EACH OTHER AND THEY'RE TALK TO GO EACH OTHER, MAKE YOU'RE COMMUNITIES FUNCTION BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN THOSE LIGHTS. THOSE LIGHTS ARE NOT JUST THE OLD FILLMENTS, ANYMORE. IT'S NOT EVEN LED ONLY ANYMORE NOW IT'S THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW THE CARS AT THAT TALK TO EACH:00 THIS IS AN AMAZING POINT IN TIME. THIS 100 YEAR MARK COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A BETTER 100 YEARS. AND I'M CONFIDENT WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL OF YOU MAKING THIS HAPPEN, THE NEXT 100 YEARS IS GOING TO BE BETTER. AND LIGHTING IS GOING TO MEAN THAINGZ WE CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR SPECIFICALLY MY DISTRICT, ON THE ORANGE LINE AND THE RIVER, PUT ING THE SOLAR LIGHTS IN, ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO TOGETHER. ALL OF YOU DOING IT. I KNOW IT'S, IT'S HARD WORK AND ESPECIALLY NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE STEALING ALL THE COPPER WIRE THEFT. USED TO BE WHEN YOU CREATED THIS, IT WAS CREATED TO QUICKLY GET IT ALL OUT. NOW WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO MUCH, MR. BLUMENFIELD AND THANK YOU MEMBERS. YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU, I ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH WHAT MY ASSOCIATES SAID. AND I WOULD ADD THIS, YOU ALL ARE IN ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY THAT THE AFTERNOON PERSON DOESN'T KNOW YOU EXIST UNTIL SOMETHING GOES WRONG. THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR JOB IS, UNTIL THE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. SO IT'S NOT A PART OF YOUR WORK TO DO CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH RESIDENTS AND I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU FOR THE REPORT BACKS THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM CONSTITUENTS WHEN YOU GO OUT AND FIX THE STREET AND IT'S BEEN OUT FOR THREE MONTHS OR FOUR MONTHS AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY AND THEY DECIDED YOU'RE THE PERSON THEY SHOULD TELL ABOUT IT. YOU'VE DONE REALLY GOOD WORK IS WHAT I'LL SAY. AND FOLKS HAVE HAD A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE. SO THANK YOU IN ADDITION TO WHAT EVERY ONE ELSE SAID, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND WHETHER THIS VERY PARTICULAR MOMENT IN HISTORY. MR. McOSKER, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> T. McOsker: HAVING ESTABLISHED THAT WE ALL LIKE OUR STREETLIGHTS. FROM ALL OF US TO MIGUEL TO YOUR TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HERE'S TO ANOTHER 100 YEARS! [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> City Attorney: ITEM 7 AND 8 WERE REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. AND IF I CAN GET THE SPANISH TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE THIS. TO MEMBERS PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT IN SPANISH, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PAUSE AFTER EVERY FEW SENTENCES. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE TRANSLATOR IS SPEAKING AND YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY OTHER SPEAKER. THANK YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN CALLING NAMES. DANA, JASON REEDY AND STACY CIGAR BOWLINGER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH ITEM I CAN SPEAK TO? >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY, ONE MINUTE EACH. WHICH ITEM? 7 OR 8? >> City Attorney: YOU'RE IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: BUT YOU SAID I HAVE ONE ITEM. >> City Attorney: I SAID YOU HAVE ONE MONEY FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY. WELL YOU JUST TOOK AWAY 20 SECONDS OFF MY TIME. YES, THANK YOU. IS JUST SAW THAT ON THE NEWS THAT LAPD, THE CITY ATTORNEY, ARRESTED 11 MEMBERS OF FIGUEROA PROSTITUTION RING. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT HAW RACIST ARE YOU TO ARREST 11 BLACK PEOPLE? HOW RACIST CAN YOU BE? I HAVE TO WORK MY JOB ON FIGUEROA PROVIDE $5 PER HEAD SERVICES IN ORDER TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE DANA TO A BIG DINNER, BBQ. THANK YOU, I NEED MY JOB ON FIGUEROA! >> Clerk: WOULD I LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. MARY F, MANNY, MICHAEL, PETE, ROB, SAL, AND SYLVIA. >> Speaker: I'M DISABLED TO ITS TAKING ME TIME. HOLD MY TIME. CANNEDIDO. DON'T START MY TIME. YOU ALREADY STARTED MY TIME. YOU CHEAT! YOU CHEAT! YOU'RE NO DIFFERENT THAN DONALD TRUMP. >> City Attorney: PLEASE STOP YELLING, WE STARTED YOUR TIME. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT. NOW THAT I CALMED DOWN, I WANT TO THANK FOR MS. YAROSLAVSKY FOR HER COMMUNITY STANDING UP. BILL HE WAS HERE FOR OVER 44 YEARS, I SAW AND SAW HIM SERVICE CEO, HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY BOTHERS ME, IS TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS ARE DOING THIS? AND WHAT ARE YOU DEMOCRATS DOING? NOTHING! NOTHING! THANK GOD, WE HAVE NEWSOM. WHY DON'T SOME OF YOU START ORGANIZING? ALL OF YOU WALK THE BIG WALK BUT YOU WALK THE SMALL WALK. SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO FIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE EVERY DAY AND HERE IS MORE PHOTOS OF THE PORTER RANCH COUNCIL FIRE. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE OFFICERS. AND AGAIN, YOU DO NOTHING! NOTHING! >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. DAN, EDDIE, AND KIMY CO. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO A FEW OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WERE THERE AT THE ICE RAIDS IN FRONT OF THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN THEATER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT THERE WAS LIKE 100 CARS THAT CAME OUT OF THE FEDERAL BUILDING, THEY COULDN'T EVEN GET ON TO FIRST STREET, THEY WERE AROUND THE CORNER. THERE WERE SO MANY CARS COMING OUT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF; SORRY. I GET VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS. I WAS HERE, I SAW YOU GUYS ON MONDAY. 20 YEARS, THIS IS MINE WHEN I WAS A PRINCESS 20 YEARS AGO, AND IT'S STILL NASAEI WEEK. CLOSING CEREMONIES ARE THIS WEEKEND, I WANT TO SEE YOU THERE. IF WE CAN GET HELP LIKE POLICE. I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO GET LIKE WASHINGTON DC. WE NEED SOME PRECAUTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Clerk: BFP THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. CHRIS CANDIDO. ?AOUF A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES AND LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME. WHERE I DO LIVE, THE CITY'S LEGAL ADVISOR HAS BEEN GIVING ADVISE WHICH IS INFRINGED TO SAY THE LEAST. I CAN ONLY SPECULATE TO WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. BUT THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING HERE. MY POINT IS, THAT AN ATTORNEY'S OPINION DOES NOT OB ABSOLVE YOU FROM HAVING COMMON SENSE. IT SEEMS THAT YOU'VE BEEN NRAUGT OTHER ACCEPTED PRACTICES AS WELL. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO SEEK OUT LAWYERS WITH OPPOSING VIEWS, HAVE THEM SWEAR CONFIDENTIAL IF NECESSARY AND SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THAT YOU'RE BEING LEAD ASTRAY. THE DANGER ISN'T THAT THE CITY WILL BE SUED. THE DANGER IS THAT YOU'LL BE TOSSED IN PRISON. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP AS WOODY DICK. WOODY DICK. ONE FUCKEN ITEM FOR ONE FUCKEN REASON, I HATE NEW SCUM! AS MUCH AS I HATE 15 MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL LIKE SOTO-MARTINEZ WHO SUPPORTS WETBACKS. HE SUPPORTS IMMIGRATION LIKE PADILLA THE COCKROACH WOMAN AND THAT FAT BURGER WITH NO CHEESE, HERNANDEZ. I DEMAND TO RECUSE HER AS WE DID WITH PRICE BUT WE'LL GO TO PRICE ISSUE'S SEPTEMBER 12, WHEN WE DEAL WITH THAT FUCKEN DEVELOPER WIFE BITCH SECOND WOMEN IN HIS LIFE, RICHARDSON, ROBERTSON, WHAT IS HER NAME? BUT AGAIN, HELP SUPPORT ICE. WE DEMAND ICE. MORE ICE! MORE ICE! >> City Attorney: MR.CANNEDIDO. PLEASE STOP DISRUPTING THIS MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, PLEASE STOP SHOUTING, THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW NOR MAIMS. FRANK, JP, JESSE, KEN, AND MICHAEL AKRMAN. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M EDDIE, GOOD MORNING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE. I'M SO TIRED. I DON'T WANT WANT TO BE HERE. I'M HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP AND VOICE THEIR FEELINGS. I'VE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE APRIL AND YOU DON'T EVEN TALK TO ME. I SEND YOU TO EMAILS AND MOST DON'T RESPOND. THERE IS LIKE THREE THAT HAVE RESPONDED. HERNANDEZ, YOU'RE MY PERSON AND YOU HAVE IGNORED ME. I HAVE A VIDEO, AND SHE CALLED OUT FOR YOUR NAME AND YOU IGNORED HER. WE HAVE SO MUCH VIDEO OF YOU GUYS, WIEFB COMING HERE SINCE APRIL. AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GET SHAMED. YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHAMED. PLEASE LISTEN TO US. WE'RE PROTESTERS, WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIED AS MUCH AS YOU GUYS PRETEND TO SAY THAT YOU DO. GOODBYE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE CONFUSION CAN ICE. ANYBODY CAN GET IN THIS NATION, IT'S SO EASY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT PEOPLE GO IN AND OUT OF HERE, IT'S NOT FUNNY. I DON'T BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT IS THAT VICIOUS TO ALL WHITE MEN LOOKING AFTER PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T THINK BELONG HERE. I BELIEVE HE HAS MORE COMPASSION THAN THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD HANDLE IT BETTER IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALLE WHITE MEN LOOK FOR PEOPLE TO DEPORT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DEPORTEE THEY WANT PEOPLE THAT COMMIT CRIMES. AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE, THERE ARE HOLES IN HERE THEY GET IN REAL QUICK. IF I RESPOND, I COULD GET IN AND OUT OF HERE REAL QUICK BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOLKS WHO CAME TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED--ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME A SECOND BEFORE WE POST AND REFER. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTIONS ARE NOW SIGNED AND THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT PEOPLE TO JOIN US FOR HOST WE'LL BE FEATURING BRITNEY BEEP, THE BRITNEY SPEARS, SO FROM LATE 90s TO 2000, PLEASE JOIN US, GRAB A BLANKET OR A CHAIR AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AT NO-HOPE PARK. AND DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR NON PERISHABLES TO DONATE AT THE PANTRY WHO WILL BE AT A BOOTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? NO ANNOUNCEMENT? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, FIRST I WANT THE GROUP OF COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT? YOU HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> H. Hutt: I DO HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT. I GUESS IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH ON THE THING. >> Council President: IT DID. THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FAILED TO LOOK AT THE SCREEN. >> H. Hutt: WELL, EVERY ONE TONIGHT AT SHATEUO RECREATION CENTER IN THE 10th DISTRICT WHICH IS 3941 FOURTH STREET, WE HAVE MOVIES IN THE PARK AND WE'LL BE SHOWING THE "WILD ROBOT" PLEASE JOIN US. AND THEN TOMORROW AT 11:00 AM, WE HAVE A SPLISH SPLASH, WE HAVE JUMPERS THAT HAS WATER COME AND JOIN US IN THE 10th FOR FAMILY MONEY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. I HAVE A NUMBER OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT I WANT TO MAKE, I BELIEVE THERE IS A ROUND, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A GRAPHIC. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF'S THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. LITERALLY ALL OF MY LIFE, LIVING IN LOS ANGELES, THERE HAS BEEN RAMPANT OPEN AND BLATANT PROSTITUTION ALONG FIGUEROA. WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, I ASK FOR A TASK FORCE. THIS CITY ATTORNEY BROUGHT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE COUNTY SHERIFFS, SET UP AN OPERATION, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANTLY. AND JUST THIS WEEK, WE GOT 11 PEOPLE CHARGED IN A FEDERAL INDICTMENT. [APPLAUSE] FOR SEX TRAFFICKER OF MINORS. AND I WANT FOLKS TO KNOW. THEY'RE PICKING UP FOLKS WHO ARE AS YOUNG AS 12 YEARS OLD. MOSTLY GIRLS BUT SOME BOYS. WE'VE BEEN WORK WITHING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SISTER FRIENDS, AWAY HOME, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THESE ARRESTS DONE. SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR WORK IN A PUBLIC WAY. AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MEAN, DOESN'T MEAN THAT PROSTITUTION IS GOING AWAY ON FIGUEROA BUT IT SHOWS THE WORLD THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOES NOT ACCEPT THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ROOT IT OUT AS FAST WE CAN. SO AGAIN, PLEASE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS. [APPLAUSE] ALSO, I'LL ASK OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO STAND WHO ARE THERE IN THE FRONT ROW. WE'RE SAYING GOODBYE TO OUR SUMMER INTERNS FOR THIS YEAR. WE HAVE MIA ALMOND, JULIET AND DANIELA TORRES WHO SERVED US WELL THIS SUMMER ALONG WITH DIANA CAST TROS, MELISSA RAMIREZ, MICHAEL PICKKNEE, KIMBERLY GUTIERREZ, ANDREW SMITH, NICHOLAS SEGORA, DID I GET EVERYBODY? ALL RIGHT. THERE THEY ARE, FOLKS PLEASE WAVE SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU ON THE CAMERAS. THESE FOLKS CAME TO WORK IN OUR OFFICE FOR THIS SUMMER. THEY ALLOWED TO US HAVE MORE MOVIES IN THE PARK AND MORE SUMMER ACTIVITIES THAN WE WOULD HAVE HAD OTHERWISE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND WE HOPE THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, HELPS YOU WITH YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU TO THEM. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, THIS WEEK WE LOST A PROLIFIC ARCHITECT LEWIS AT THE AGE OF 96. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAVEL THROUGH OUR CITY AND NOT COME ACROSS HIS WORK. SOME OF HIS MOST FAMOUS BUILDINGS, CAPITOL RECORDS BUILDINGS, CIVIC AUDITORIUM, THE NOW DEMOLISHED MEMORIAL SPORTS ARENA, THE BEVERAGE CENTER, THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL. THE RONALD REGAN STATE BUILDING. AND HE DESIGNED THE RANCHO MEASURE RESIDENTS. HE WAS BORN IN 1928 IN LOS ANGELES. H FOUND HIS CALLING AT A VERY YOUNG AGE GETTING HIS FIRST AK TECH TOUR AL LOOKS AND STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AT UC BERKELEY AND GOT HIS FIRST INDUSTRY JOB. AT THE TENDER AGE OF 24, HE GOT HIS FIRST BIG SHOT OF WHAT WAS THEN A SECRET PROJECT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE ICONIC CAPITOL RECORDS. HE NEVER FORGOT TO MENTOR GENERAL RAISESING OF YOUNG ARCHITECTS AND TEACHERS AT UCLA, USC, CAL POLY PO MONA. HE HELPED USHER IN A MODERN LOS ANGELES AND INDELABLE IMPACT HE MADE IN OUR CITY SHOULD NEVER BE FOR GOENT. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER, FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE AND FOUR STEP CHILDREN FROM HIS FOURTH MARRIAGE AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN. MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND MAY HE REDESIGNS THE HEAVENS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR, BLUMENFIELD. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING LOUIS. OUR TEAM HEARD ABOUT HIM, JUST BECAUSE OF CAPITOL RECORDS AND ALL OF HIS LEGACY AND HIS LOSS REBURBRATED IN OUR OFFICE. THANK YOU FOR HONORING LOUIS'S LIFE TODAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MANY MR. BLUMENFIELD. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON THIS SIDE. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH COLLEAGUES. I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF A MEMBER OF THE CITY FAMILY, NAJIB WHO WAS REMARKABLE PUBLIC SERVANT AND ATTORNEY AND ANGELINO BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY A GREAT HUSBAND AND FATHER. BORN AND RAISED IN LOS ANGELES, HIS FATHER WAS A WELL RESPECTED FAMILY PHYSICIAN AND ALONGSIDE HIS LOVING MOTHER AND HIS OLDER SISTER, MARRYBELL THEY WERE A TIGHT FAMILY UNIT. HIS AUNT ALSO LIVED NEAR BY. FOR THOSE WHO KNEW HIM, KNEW THE GRACE AND CURIOSITY AND INNATE WISDOM THAT DEFINED HIM. WHILE HE WAS A PHYSICIAN, HE WAS MORE INTERESTED IN HUMANITIES AND MOVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE ATTENDED COLLEGE IN MASSACHUSETTS. GRADUATED WITH A DOUBLE MAJOR IN HISTORY AND POLITICAL STUDIES. DURING HIS TIME IN WILLIAMS, HE SPENT A SEMESTER ABROAD WHERE HE STUDIED THE ARABIC WRITING AND LITERATURE. THIS SPARKED HIS INTEREST IN EQUALITY AND DECIDED BEST PATH WAS TO STUDY THE LAW. HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL. WHILE IN HARVARD ACCEPTED A CLERKSHIP IN ALASKA WHERE HE LEARNED ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS FROM A JUDICIAL. AFTER GRADUATING HE RETURNED TO ALASKA TO SERVE AS A LAW CLERK OF THE ALASKA SUPREME COURT. IN 2006, HE MARRIED FADIA, THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. IN 2008, JUST SIX MONTHS AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS DAUGHTER BAJIA, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE CANCER. THROUGHOUT THE EX HA*UFTING CHEMO TREATMENTS, HE FOUND THE TIME TO BE A GREAT FATHER AND HUSBAND. AFTER HIS SECOND TREATMENT, HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO HIS SECOND SON. FORMABLE FORCE AS AN ATTORNEY AND EX SELLED AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WHILE WORKING FOR HOWARTH AND SUBMIT%BACKER SMITH, HE WAS HIGHLIGHTED AS LAWYER MAGAZINE. IT'S BEEN SAID THAT ONCE AN OPPOSING ATTORNEY CALLED HIS FIRM TO TELL HIM HOW IMPRESSIVE HOW HE WAS IN A OPPOSING CASE. HE WOULD LATER GO ON TO BECOME LATER RELATIONS AT LAUSD WHERE HE OVER AWE THE BARGAINING OF 12 LABOR CONTRACTS. IN 2018 BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF RELATIONS BOARD, AS EXECUTIVE CORRECTER, HE OVERSAW THE RESOLUTION OF LABOR DISPUTES AND COMPLIANCE WITH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ALONG WITH OTHER ESSENTIAL PRACTICES WORKFORCE. HE ALSO RAN AN INDEPENDENT PRACTICE AS ARBITRATOR AND MEDIATOR IN A IT CAREER FILLED WITH MANY ACCOLADES, BEING INDUCTED IN THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARBITRATOR AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 47, VERY RARE. HE SHARED HIS INSIDE ON HISTORY AND SO MANY OTHER SUBJECTS A LIFELONG SCHOLAR, SCONED HIS INTELLECT, CURIOSITY ABOUT HIS WORLD AND A HEART THAT LEAD HIM TO PURSUE PEACE AND JUSTICE. THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF HIM. HE PASSED AWAY, SAD LEON AUGUST 8th 2025. HE RESIDED IN LA CRESCENTA AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING. ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE CARE OF FOREST LAWN IN GLENDALE. HE WILL TRULY BE MISSED BY THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND THOSE WHO KNEW HIM, TRUSTED HIM AND LOVED HIM. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? LEFT OR RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS AND ACUTE SENSE OF LOSS THAT I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN THE MEMORY OF ONE MR. DR. DARREL HERRINGTON. ONE OF OUR CITY'S GREAT RENAISSANCE MEN. DR. HERRINGTON WAS BORN IN 1964 IN SAN PEDRO AND GREW UP IN THE HARBOR GATEWAY AND CARSON. ATTENDED LOS ANGELES UNION AND LIN WOOD ACADEMIES. LATER ATTENDED UC RIVERSIDE. HIS MEDICAL CAREER SPANED MORE THAN THREE DECADES, MOST OF IT RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY. SERVED AS THE ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND CHIEF OF INTERNAL MEDICINES AT HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER AND DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE EDUCATION AND CHIEF ACADEMIC FOR L.A. COUNTY SERVICES AT HARBOR UCLA AND HARBOR GATEWAY. HIS EXPERTISE WAS MATCHED BY HIS LEADERSHIP IN TRAINING FUTURE DOCTORS. DEVELOPING CLINICAL PROTOCOLS AND SPUSHING THE STANDARD OF CARE HIGHER FOR PATIENTS ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY. HIS WORK WASN'T JUST WORK, BUT IT WAS AN INVESTMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN A SYSTEM WHERE OUR FOLKS ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO BENEFIT BUT HE MADE SURE TO PROVIDE REAL QUALITY SERVICES TO EVERYBODY WHO WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS OF THOSE HOSPITALS. MOST OF WHOM, WERE ON SOME TYPE OF SUBSIDIZED HEALTH INSURANCE. DR. HERRINGTON WAS NOT JUST BRILLIANT IN MEDICINE A TRUE RENAISSANCE MAN, A GIFTED MUSICIAN, BIKER, GOLFER, SALSA DANCER, DRUM AND HER A SCHOLAR. IF YOU KNEW HIM, YOU HIS JOY, HE PLAYED WITH THE COMPTON COMMUNITY SINGERS AND ALSO PLAYED AT HIS HOME CHURCH 7th DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. HE WAS EITHER A DRUMMER OR SINGER OR OTHERWISE HELPING TO CREATE THE SOUND. HE CHERISHED HIS FAMILY ABOVE ALL, HIS CHILDREN, AND SIBLING AND DWIN BROTHER DAVID. I FIRST MET DR. HERRINGTON AS A CHILD I THINK HE WAS A TEENAGER BY THE TIME I MET HIM. HE WAS ALREADY REALLY REALLY COOL AND HE WASN'T A DOCTOR YET. AND HE WAS, HE AND HIS TWIN BROTHER AND MY UNCLE, WE LOOKED UP TO THEM, AS YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY COULD PICKUP OUT THEIR CLOTHES AND DRIVE, BEFORE WE COULD. THEY COULD TALK TO GIRLS BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE TELEPHONE. AND THEY DID IT IN THE COOLEST WAY POSSIBLE AND SET THE EXAMPLE. DR. HERRINGTON WENT ON TO COMPLETE HIS EDUCATION AND BECOME AN PHYSICIAN. AND THE AS AN ADULT, IF WE HAD A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, WE KNEW THAT IF WE TOOK THEM TO HARBOR UCLA, AND SOMETIMES THEY HAD GOOD INSURANCE AND WE WOULD SAY, NO, WE'RE GOING TO GO BE WITH DARREL AND HE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING HE NEEDS. HIS FAMILY IS WITH US TODAY AND PART OF ANY FAMILY. A FEW RENAISSANCE MAN, NL ONLY WAS HE A GREAT PHYSICIAN AND SCHOLAR BUT ALSO A GREAT MUSICIAN AND WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A COMEDIAN. MY WIFE KERRY IS WITH US TODAY, HE SERVED AS THE EMCEE AS OUR WEDDING RECEPTION AND KEPT THE CROWD ENTERTAINED, WHILE WE DID THE FIRST CUT AND CAKE CUTTING AND WE STILL HAVE THAT AS ONE OF OUR FONDEST MEMORIES OF OUR UNION. SO IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS, THAT COLLEAGUES I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME AND MY FAMILY, MY EXTENDED FAMILY IN CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND ADJOURNING IN THE MEMORY OF ONE, DR. DARREL HERRINGTON. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.