>> GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> (ROLL CALL) >> 10 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. ER. ER APPROVAL OF THE MEN NUT OF OCTOBER 14, 2025. COUNCIL MEMBER MCOSKER MOVES COUNCIL MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] SECONDS. ER >> RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> COUNCILOR MEMBER PADILLA MOVES, COUNCIL MEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ SECONDS. >> THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR ITEM 3 AND 4 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE IN THE RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. ITEM 1 IS IS A NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, ITEM 2 IS IN WHICH A A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. ITEM 3 AND 4 ARE IE STEPS WHICH A PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN HEARD. >> THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US, ANY SPECIALS, MR. LEE? NO? ALRIGHT, ANY SPECIALS? ALRIGHT. SEEING NO SPECIALS, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME, MR. CLERK? >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT, AND THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 3 TO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22 2025. >> ALRIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> ITEM 2. >> ALRIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 11 AYES. >> ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT ?FRJTS FOR COUNCIL -- WE'LL MOVER ON TO PRESENTATIONS. >> WE HAVE AN EXCITING MORNING OF PRESENTATIONS BEGINNING WITH COUNCIL DISTRICT 13, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GIVE OUR FOLKS A FEW SECONDS TO GET UP HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WOULD CAME OUT TO CITY HALL TODAY INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS, LOVED ONES AND SUPER FANS TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF A TRUE LEGEND, QUEEN OF SALSA, CELIA CRUZ. [APPLAUSE]. AND CELIA, AS SHE WOULD AMANY TIMES, ASUKA, TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF CELIA CRUZ, ONE OF THE ICONIC LATINA SINGERS, A TRUE CHAMPION FOR LATINO ARTISTS EVERYONE WR*. SHE LEFT HER HOME COUNTRY OFP CUBA AFTER THE REVOLUTION AND BECAME A SHINING SYMBOL OF THE CUBAN COMMUNITY BRINGING THE SOUNDS TO MEXICO, THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. SHE BROUGHT THOSE SOUNDS TO PROBABLY EVERY LATINO HOUSEHOLD SUNDAY MORNING WHEN YOUR PARENT AND IS MOM WERE COOKING AND CLEANING THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW CELIA CRUZ WAS PLAYING IN THOSE >> HOUSEHOLDS, SHE SANG AFTER RA, RUMBA, SHE INFUSED HER MUSIC, SHE RECORDED 37 STUDIO ALBUMS, WON 7 GRAMMIES AND ACTED IN MOVER VIES, AND TELENOVELLA'S, SHE A CELIA CRUZ SQUARE HERE IN HOLLYWOOD, IN 2024, SHE BECAME THE FIRST AFTER RA LATINA TO BE IN THE FIRST QUARTER. SO, WE CELEBRATE HER LEGACY AND WE SAY 100TH HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A TRUE LEGEND. [APPLAUSE]. NOW IN HONOR OF CELIA, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FROM STEPHANIE STEVENSON'S LATIN DANCE STUDIO. SHE'LL BE ENTERING IN ANY MOMENT. ( DANCING ). [APPLAUSE]. >> OH MY GOD. THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE MY CULTURE, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GIVE IT ONCE AGAIN TO THE DANCERS. [APPLAUSE]. THAT WAS WONDERFUL. NOW, CELIA TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES FROM MANY GREAT ARTISTS THAT CAME AFTER HER, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GREETING FROM ANOTHER ICON FROM LATIN MUSIC, GLORIA ESTEFAN. >>( SPEAKING SPANISH ). >> GRACIAS, GLORIA. [APPLAUSE]. >> NOW HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT CELIA IS HER NEPHEW, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY GROUP CYPRESS HILL AND AN INCREDIBLE SOLAR ARTIST IN HIS OWN RIGHT, THE ONE AND ONLY MEL MAN ACE. [APPLAUSE]. >> HI, GUYS, EVERYBODY, I'M REALLY SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL TO BE HERE TODAY ON SUCH A GLORIOUS DAY FOR CELIA AND FOR ALL OF US, I THINK IF WE'RE LATINO, WHETHER YOU'RE FROM MEXICO, COSTA RICA, PUERTO RICO, WE CAN FIND A REASON TO BE PROUD TODAY. LOOKING AT THIS BEAUTIFUL LADYFINGER MYSELF BEING AFROCUANA AND LISTENING TO HER RECORDS GROWING UP AS A A KID, I THINK IT'S A LATINO THING. ( SPEAKING SPANISH ). AND FOR ALL THOSE UNSUNG HEROES THAT STOOD BEHIND CELIA LIKE MY [INAUDIBLE] SANCHEZ RIGHT HERE, CELIA WAS NOT MY ACTUAL BLOOD RELATIVE, SHE TOOK ME IN WHEN I WOULD TOUR WITH HER AND OPEN UP FOR HER ON TOUR, PEOPLE LIKE JOSE JOSE, JOSE FELICIANO IN THE 1990'S, BUT NONETHELESS, SHE WAS ANY THEA, SHE PROTECTED ME FROM PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE BUSINESS WHEN NEEDED. ( SPEAKING SPANISH ). A VERY UNSUNG HERO, THESE LADIES HELPED BUILD CELIA HERE ON THE WEST COAST. ( SPEAKING SPANISH ). CAN YOU ALL CLAP IT UP FOR THESE LADIES. [APPLAUSE]. >> AND I'M SAYING THIS RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE LADY BECAUSE CELIA CRUZ -- IF CELIA CRUZ HAD A HOPE [INAUDIBLE] THESE LADIES WOULD BE HER [INAUDIBLE], THEY LOOKED OUT AND MADE SURE WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR CELIA TO WALK ON THAT HALL OF FAME, SHE *F THEY HAD THAT CHARGE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT TOLD ME. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, SO MY WHOLE FAMILY DROVE DOWN THERE AND LOOK, I'M GETTING A LITTLE LENGTHY, I'M ALSO SPEAKING FOR MY THE,, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK HERE TODAY OR AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M GETTING LONG WINDED BUT I WANT TO SAY WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IT IS TO BE LATINO AND GRACIAS, CELIA CRUZ,( SPEAKING SPANISH ). THANK YOU. ( SPEAKING SPANISH ). I'M MEL, THAT'D MY TIME. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND OF COURSE WE ARE JOINED BY TINA WOULD HAS CHOSEN NOT TO SPEAK, SHE'S SUPPORTIVE AND HERE WITH HER FRIENDS, BEFORE WE WRAP UP, I DO WANT TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DECLARING TODAY, OCTOBER 17TH, AS CELIA CRUZ DAY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. [APPLAUSE]. >> CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAVE MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE QUEUE, BEGINNING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA? >> COUNCIL ME SOTO-MARTINEZ THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION, ONE OF THE BEST WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR. I'M A HUGE CELIA CRUZ FAN HUGE. YOU CAN'T GO TO ANY PARTY AND BE SATISFIED IF YOU DON'T HEAR AT LEAST A FEW SONGS BY THE QUEEN OF SALSA, TO ME, SHE WAS MORE THAN THAT, TO ME YOU SAW HER PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT ARTISTS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER. YOU KNEW HER AS ALSO MAKING SONGS WITH SCOTT ARTIST, JUST EVERYTHING, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF HER MUSIC, WHAT A GREAT ICON SHE WAS IN TERMS OF HOW SHE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT LIVING A POSITIVE LIFE. SHE WAS ALSO VERY POSITIVE. ID ALWAYS GIGGLED, MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD ME,( SPEAKING SPANISH ). AND I KEPT THAT WITH ME AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL THAT SHE CARED SO MUCH AND LOVED HER AUDIENCE THAT MUCH, EVEN THE WAY SHE DRESSED WAS IMPORTANT FOR HOW THEY PERCEIVED HER. HER SONGS WAS ALWAYS A POSITIVITY ABOUT POSITIVITY USING TANS AS A WAY OF UNWINDING AND I ALWAYS LOVED SEEING INTERVIEWS WHERE SHE LOVED HER HUSBAND AND YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT, SHE WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS SO I'M GLAD HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WE'RE HONORING HER, VERY WELL DESERVED, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND MR. ACE, I KNOW WE DID A DOUBLE TAKE, YOU'RE WONDERING IF I'M THAT GIRL YOU MET A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE ANSWER IS YES, I ENED UP HAVING AN OFFICE INSTEAD OF BEING A WANNA-BE WRITER, MIDDLEMAN FAI, YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, AFTER 30 YEARS, HE HAS THE RIGHT TOS THE SONG MENTAROSA, IF YOU HAVE NOT DOWNLOADED IT, YOU SHOULD BECAUSE HE'S NOW GET THING THE LOYALTY FOR IT AND CHECK OUT WITH WIND LINE, I HAVE PURCHASED IT ASK ENJOYED IT AND YOU SHOULD TOO, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> ASUKAR, IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE ALL OF YOU IN THE HOUSE. AS MY HOUSEHOLD, WE CELEBRATE BOTH BEING MEXICAN AND CUBAN FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A HOUSE PARTY OR JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, JUST A SATURDAY OR A DOMINO'S GAME, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT COMPETING WITH GLORIA OR CELIA, SO IT'S WONDERFUL THAT HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, NOT JUST FROM KOWO CC O, THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, WE ARE HONORING THIS GODDESS IN OUR CHAMBER AND IN OUR CITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS FROM ANOTHER CUBAN GODDESS IS GLORIA ESTEFAN. IT'S A SONG ABOUT HOW WE ARE AS LATINOS, THAT WE ALL SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM, THAT WE'RE ALL FIGHTING AND CELEBRATING UNDER [INAUDIBLE] AND WHAT I FIND IN THIS MOMENT THAT IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER CELEBRATE HOW BAOUF AND TWERS OUR LATINO CULTURE IS. IT'S EMBLEMATIC OF EVERYTHING THAT CELIA CRUZ WAS, FROM HER RADIATING BEAUTIFUL SMILE, FROM CONNECTING US THROUGH SONG AND OUR CULTURAL DIVERSITY, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I AM SO PROUD TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT EVEN POSTHUMOUSLY, WRE CELEBRATING ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MUSICIANS THAT STILL, HER MUSIC REVERBERATES TODAY. AND IT TRANSCENDS GENERATION HAPPY CELIA CRUZ DAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY CELIA CRUZ DAY AD JOIN US AT THE FOUR COURT LATER TODAY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE CELEBRATION AND CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY AND MEL WILL BE PERFORMING. >> ARE YOU GOING TO BE [INAUDIBLE] >> [APPLAUSE]. >> WE HAVE THE RIGHTS NOW SO THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO. >> GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR CELIA CRUZ DAY. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ AND THE DECLARE RATION OF CELIA CRUZ TAI IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE'LL HEAR FROM CD7, MR. RODRIGUEZ, WITH A SPECIAL PRESENTATION. >> JUST BRING THEM RIGHT HERE. ALRIGHT. WELL, I KNOW CELIA CRUZ IS A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT I'VE GOT A GREAT HONOREE TODAY HERE WITH ME AS WELL, SO GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES AND ALL OUR -- BOTH OUR [INAUDIBLE] AND OUR FILIPINO FAMILY THAT IS HERE VISITING US TODAY IN CHAMBERS. IT IS MY HONOR WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE ONE OF -- I THINK ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS, NOT JUST IN MY DISTRICT BUT I THINK THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND TODAY I HAVE WITH ME PAUSE FOR LIFE, PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND AFTER -- OF APPLAUSE. PAWS FOR LIFE CANINE RESCUE IS OPERATING IN MY DISTRICT IN MISSION HILLS AND THEY ARE FRANKLY SAVIORS. WITH I THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO, ALEX, IT'S INCREDIBLE, YOU'RE NOT JUST GIVING THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE BUT WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THE WORK FOR PAWS FOR LIFE, THEY'RE EMPLOYING FORMERLY INCARCERATED VINING TO BE PART OF THE TRAINING AND REHABILITATION OF SO MANY ANIMALS THAT OFTEN IF NOT RESCUED WOULD BE EUTHANIZED SO IS THEY'RE GIVING BOTH INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE FORMERLY INCOURSE RATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND SO MANY OF US KNOW AND I KNOW MR. BOUNDEN -- BLUMENFIELD, THIS IS AN ISSUE YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. WE SEE HOW SO MANY ANIMALS ARE LEFT UNADAPTED FOR WHATEVER PERCEIVED CONCERNS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE BREED OF THESE ANIMALS AND WHETHER THEY CAN BE WITH FAMILIES. I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE INCREDIBLE AND MAGICAL WORK AND THE COMPASSION OF ALEX AND HER INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT HAVE NOT ONLY REHABILITATED AND TRAINED SO MANY ANIMALS THAT SO OFTEN WOULD BE CONSIDERED PERHAPS FOR MANY FAMILIES THREATENING OR CONCERNED TO BE ADOPTED BUT REALLY I HAVE SEEN -- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE CHANGED MY PERCEPTION AND BELIEF ABOUT PIT-BULLS FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE SEEN THE MOST DOCILE AND FRIENDLY AND AF*X GNAT BEHAVIOR FROM THESE ANIMALS THAT SADLY SO OF THE REASON THE ANIMALS THAT BECOME EUTHANIZED AS A RESULT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BE ADOPTESO I'M PROUD TO HAVE WITH ME TODAY ALEX TRONER WHO'S THE CEO, TIF KNIT, RITA TOMMY ALYSSA ZOE, DIANA AND DIEGO FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO, THE WORK THEY DO IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. THEY PROVIDE SO MANY SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY HELPING TO ALSO TRAIN OWNERS, LET'S BE HONEST WE HAVE TO TRAIN OWNERS ON HOW TO TREAT THEIR ANIMALS AND GARNER STOFM BEHAVIORS WE WANT. I THINK IT WAS CESAR MELAN, IT'S NOT THE ANIMAL'S PROBLEM, THE OWNER'S PROBLEM SOMETIMES THAT WE HAVE TO COURSE CORRECT THE BEHAVIOR OF THESE ANIMALS SO WE GIVE THEM THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR SURVIVAL AND LONG SWR*EFT IN THEIR LIFESTYLE. SO, IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND I'M SO PROUD THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS WORK IN MY DISTRICT AND I THINK IT'S A MODEL FOR HOW WE HELP ADDRESS MULTIPLE CONCERNS. WE LIVE IN A CITY THAT WE DON'T -- I MEAN, LET'S BRING IT OUT IN THE OPEN, WE LIVE IN A CITY WHERE WE HAVE SHELTERS THAT ARE FRANKLY STRUGGLING. WE HAVE ANIMALS IN DESPERATE NEED OF CARE AND THE WORK THAT I HAVE SEEN AT PAWS FOR LIFE FROM THE VETERINARY STAFF THAT HAS FRANKLY I DON'T KNOW, SHE KEEPS ADOPTING ALL THE ANIMALS SHE SAVES, BUT IT'S REALLY WHEN YOU SEE THE COMPASSION AND THE LOVE AND THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AT THIS FACILITY, IT SHOWS WE DON'T DO MORE WIDESPREAD TO HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF MORE ANIMALS AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TRAINING HEM AND CARING FOR THEM IN THESE FACILITIES. IT'S A MAGICAL WAY OF HELPING TO ADDRESS SO MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE ALL AT ONCE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE AND BEAUTIFUL THAT IT'S HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BUT MOST PROUDLY I'M GLAD IT'S IN MY DISTRICT AND THAT'S YOUR AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO HELP ENSURE THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS ARE CARED FOR AND HAVE A LONGER LEASE IN LIFE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LEAVING INCARCERATION ARE FINDING NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT SO OFTEN THEY WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE. SO, WITH THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF PAWS FOR LIFE CANINE RESCUE ALEX POMER. >> THANK YOU, THAT WAS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU, MONICA, FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT WHICH HASN'T BEEN EASY FOR US BUT YOU HAVE REALLY WELCOMED US TO THIS CITY AND IN THAT FACILITY AND HAVE SUPPORTED US FROM DAY ONE. WHAT WE DO EACH YEAR, WE HELP AROUND ABOUT 4200 DOGS AND WE OFFER THE COMMUNITY FREE TRAINING FOR AS MANY SESSIONS AS THEY WANT FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANT, ONE ON ONE PRIVATE SESSIONS, WE DO TRANSPORTS. MY TEAM HAS BEEN UP SINCE 2 A.M. THIS THIS MORNING AS WE PUT 100 ANIMAL ON A FLIGHT AT 4:30 A.M. THIS MORNING AND THEY'RE HERE NOW SUPPORTING THIS AWARD THAT YOU'RE GIVING UP. SO, WE REALLY THINK THIS CENTER IS A MODEL THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BY EVERYONE AND THE WAY WE RUN THIS CENTER, NOT ONLY ARE THE DOGS ENRICHED EVERY SINGLE DAY, IT'S SILENT TO THE NIGHT, THEY SLEEP PEACEFULLY BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT FOR UP TO SIX AND A HALF HOURS EVERY DAY BEING ENRICHED, AND OUR TEAM WORKS REALLY, REALLY HARD FOR THOSE DOGS' LIVES. WE HAVE OUR CHARGER DOG WHICH IS THE CHARGERS FOOTBALL TEAM PUP, THIS DOG IS GOING TO BE A SERVICE DOG FOR A VETERAN OF WAR, WE GIFT AROUND TEN DOGS THAT ARE TRAINED IN OUR PRISON SYSTEM FOR VETERANS OF WARS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. WE HAVE ABOUT 11 DOGS THROUGHOUT THE FIREHOUSES UP AND DOWN THE STATE. SO, IT'S AMAZING JUST TO HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM YOU AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND WE REALLY, REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. SO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'RE GOING TO TEACH DOGS TO DO THE SALSA. >> AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR DOG TRAINED, THEY SEND THEM TO A PRISON, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT STORY? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT -- FOLKS NEED TO KNOW THE TYPE OF WORK THEY DO FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ANIMALS THAT NEED TRAINING. >> SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN RESCUING DOGS IN THE CITY OF LA SINCE 2008, WHEN I WAS AT THE SOUTH LA SHELTER FOR MANY YEARS, NO KILL MOVEMENT CAME IN WHICH WAS A GREAT MOVEMENT BUT I SAW DOGS IN THEIR SHELTERS STRINGING THERE FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS AT A TIME WITHOUT ANYTHING HAPPENING, AND THEN ULTIMATELY BEING EUTHANIZED BECAUSE OF THE BEHAVIOR THEY DEVELOPED IN THOSE KENNELS. SO, I DEVELOPED A PROGRAM FOR ANY DOG AT THAT TIME, I THINK I DEALT WITH BARBARA BARNETT IN 2017, MY DOG THAT HAD BEEN AT THE SHELTER FOR MORE THAN NINE MONTHS WOULD GO TO OUR PRISON PROGRAM FOR A FREE SIX WEEK TRAINING COURSE, IT WOULD LIVE THERE AND WE WOULD TRAIN IT ASK HAND IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE SIX WEEKS LATER AND BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM FOR THE LIFE OF THAT DOG. WE BLEW THROUGH THOSE DOGS ANYONE WHO ADOPT FROM ANY ONE OF OUR CITY SHELTERS HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEND TO THEIR DOG TO THE PRISON PROGRAM FOR SIX WEEKS FOR FREE, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PART WITH THEIR ANIMAL, THEY CAN GET THE TRAINING FREE AT THE CENTER, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. >> THANK YOU, ALEX. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALEX AND HER INCREDIBLE TEAM OF JUST SOME OF THE MOST COMPASSIONATE AND CONSIDERATE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DEDICATED THEIR WORK TO SAVING SO MANY LIVES AND IT'S NOT JUST THE ANIMALS THEY'RE SAVING, IT'S CREATING AN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SEE SO OFTEN DON'T HAVE MANY OPTIONS POST INCARCERATION. THEY'RE PROVIDING A CRITICAL SERVICE IN HELPING TO TRAIN THESE ANIMALS, HELPING TO ENSURE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A SURVIVAL RATE THAT SO OFTEN FALLS SHORT IN OUR OWN SHELTERS, SO IT'S A MODEL, I BELIEVE, FOR HOW WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS WORK GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT ANIMALS ARE ADOPTED, IT'S MAKING SURE THEY STAY IN THOSE HOUSEHOLDS AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE A LONG, HEALTHY LIFE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO PROVIDE THAT CRITICAL GAP IN SERVICE BUT DOING IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IS GENERATING INCREDIBLE RESULTS AND I'M SO PROUD YOU'RE IN MY DISTRICT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU EXPANDING THAT WORK AND SAVING MORE LIVES THROUGH THE PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WOULD LIKE THE RECOGNIZE FORMALLY ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND STAFF FROM THE INDIVIDUALS HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO THOSE THAT ARE TRAINING THE ANIMALS MANY IN THE PRISON, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION AND IT'S ONE THAT I FEEL THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIND NEW WAYS OF HELPING TO FIND MULTIBENEFIT SOLUTION AND IS YOU'VE DONE IT HERE AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE WORK. PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE PAWS FOR LIFE FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ, SUPER IMPORTANT WORK THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN THE CRACKS IF YOU DID NOT STAND IN THE GAP FOR US, FOR BOTH OUR HUMANS WHO HAVE GOTTEN IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE INCARCERATED AND ARE OUT AND OUR ANIMALS. SO MANY ANIMALS THAT WE JUST LEAVE BEHIND. I REPRESENT THE SOUTH LA SHELTER, SO I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT AND YOUR WORK IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE LED BY THE ONE AND ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN OF THE SECOND COUNCIL DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. THANK YOU TO ALL THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS. TODAY IS A JAM PACKED DAY OF WONDERFUL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING. I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND HIGHLIGHT AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S TRANSFORMATIVE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IT'S GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR LOS ANGELES AND CALIFORNIA AS WELL. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANTED TO TO TAKE A MINUTE AND TELL YOU ALSO WHY I'M HIGHLIGHTING THIS ORGANIZATION. OCTOBER IS A CRITICAL MONTH FOR THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY. IT'S THE GOLDEN AGE, WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN AGE MONTH FOR THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY. AND BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY, HORRIFIC INCIDENTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY MOST OF WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT ARMENIA AND ARMENIANS HAS O DO WITH THE GENOCIDE, BUT IF YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT A VICTIM MINDSET COMMUNITY. IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT'S TRANSCENDED THE HORRIFIC CHALLENGES AND HARDSHIPS OF SOVIET UNION ERA PROGRAMS, PRIOR TO THAT, GENOCIDE, PRIOR TO THAT, CONSTANT TRAMPLING OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT EMPIRES, AND ONE OF THE WAYS IT'S SECURED DURING SO IS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY, ESTABLISHING ITS OWN ALPHABET. ESTABLISHING THE ALPHABET SO THAT IT CAN COMMUNICATE AMONGST ITSELF, PEOPLE CAN COMMUNICATE AMONGST THEMSELVES. THE WHOLE CONCEPT ALSO OF THE ALPHABET WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE BIBLE, THE WORD OF GOD, IS TRANSMITTED TO EVERYONE BECAUSE ARMENIA WAS THE FIRST NATION FIRST PEOPLE TO ADOPT CHRISTIANITY SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, WITHIN 100 YEARS AFTER THAT CAME UP WITH THE ALPHABET TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE LANGUAGE AND MINTAIN THEIR FAITH THROUGH THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE. BUT ONCE THAT HAPPENED, IT WAS THE INTERNET OF THAT ERA RIGHT. ONCE EVERYONE FOUND OUT THERE'S A TOOL OF COMMUNICATION, YOU COULD WRITE ABOUT THINGS, YOU CAN INSCRIBE THINGS, MEMORIALIZE THINGS RATHER THAN JUST SPEAK IT, SO IT BECAME A FORM OF -- A FORM OF COMMUNICATION THAT GAVE GROWTH TO LITERATURE, TO THE ARTS, AND ESTABLISHED THE RICH CULTURE THAT BECAME THE ARMENIAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE. SO, I WILL BE INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION IN MOMENTS THAT IS GOING TO ESTABLISH OCTOBER AS THE GOLDEN AGE MONTH FOR THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY AND FROM HERE ON OUT FOR US TO BE CELEBRATING ARMENIAN HERITAGE MONTH IN OCTOBER. BUT FOR THE FIRST YEAR IN DOING SO, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS DOING SO MUCH FOR THE YOUTH IN ARMENIA AND NOW THE YOUTH ALL OVER THE WORLD. BY ESTABLISHING LOCATIONS ALMOST IN ALL -- WELL, RIGHT NOW, IN THREE CONTINENTS, APPROACHING THE FOURTH CONTINENT AS WELL, POSSIBLY GOING TO THE FIFTH CONTINENT, THEY'VE COME UP WITH THAT SECRET SAUCE OF HOW THEY TAKE YOUNG STUDENTS, YOUNG MINDS, CURIOUS MINDS, TRAINING THEM TO SPEAK IN THE TECHNOLOGY TERMS BUT ALSO LEARN HOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME, HOW TO BECOME GOOD LEADERS, HOW TO BECOME GOOD DEVELOPERS OF IDEAS AND SHEP -- SHEPHERDS OF THOSE IDEAS FORWARD. I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND ASK YOU TO WATCH TWO VIDEOS THAT ARE COMBINED A LITTLE OVER THREE MINUTES SO YOU GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT TUMO RATHER THAN FOR ME TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. >> AT TUMO, WE BELIEVER IN THE INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL OF TEENAGERS, NOT JUST TO BUILD AND IMAGINE A FUTURE THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. WE CHANGED LIVES THROUGH AFTER SCHOOL EDUCATION, TUMO TEAMS HAVE MENTORS TO FULLY EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY AND EXPRESS THEIR PASSION. WE ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT IF TEENS WERE IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN LEARNING, WHAT QUESTIONS WOULD THEY ANSWER, WHAT WOULD THEY BUILD AND CARE ABOUT, WHAT TOOLS WOULD WE NEED. WE WORKED WITH THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF TECHNOLOGY, AND DESIGN TO THE ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THE RESULTS, A NEW APPROACH TO LEARNING WHICH USES TECHNOLOGY AND MENTORSHIP TO MAKE EACH LEARNER'S JOURNEY TECHNIQUE. IT HAS GROWN INTO AN INTERNATIONAL UNIQUE. OVER 35 THOUSAND STUDENT ARES DISCOVERING THEIR PASSIONS AT TUMO CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD EACH WEEK. AT TUMO, STUDENTS DON'T SIT THROUGH LECTURES, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN IMPACT. THEY BUILD SKILLS STEP BY STEP LEARNING TO ANIMATE, CODE CREATE SONGS, MAKE VIDEO GAMES AND MORE. TEENS PUT THEIR SKILLS TO WORK IN WORKSHOPS LED BY OUR TRAINED STAFF OF EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY LEADING VOLUNTEERS. IT'S NOT ABOUT GRADES, IT'S ABOUT CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND CONFIDENCE, THE KIND THAT LASTS A LIFETIME. IT CANER UMO HAS FOUND A CREATIVE CAPITAL OF WORLD, LA, A PLACE WHERE EVERY YUNGANG LEAN KNOW CAN EXPERIENCE THE POTENTIAL IN CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE. FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES LOCAL PARTNERS AND OUR INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY, TUOM LA IS READY TO IGNITE CREATORS BUILDERS AND INNOVATORS. [APPLAUSE]. >> THAT'S THE FIRST SEGMENT. >> IN MAY, 2025, WE RAN A TWO WEEK AI WORKSHOP IN MUMBAI, THE TEENS USED AI TOOLS TO GENERATE CREATIVE WRITING AND VIDEOS IN ENGLISH, HINDI AND [INAUDIBLE]. THEY ALSO LEARNED TO CONFIGURE AI AGENTS TO EMBODY THEIR CREATIONS. THESE AGENTS WOULD RECEIVE A CHARACTER FROM ANOTHER PARTICIPANT, WIND UP WITH THEIR OWN USING OF AI MODEL AND PASS THE NEW HYBRID FORWARD, EACH PARTICIPANTS IMAGINED A CHARACTER, A MONSTER, A SUPERHERO OR ANY KIND OF PROTAGONIST NA REFLECTED THEIR INTEREST AND CREATIVITY, HE USED AI TO FLUSH OUT THEIR CHARACTER AND IS PROMPTED MODELS TO CAPTURE THEIR PERSONALITIES LOOKS AND VOICE. THEY GENERATED VISUALS AND JINGLES AND THEY BUILT DYNAMIC WEBSITES, ALL THESE TEAMS CAME FROM INFORMAL SETTLES AND THEY WERE SUPER INVESTED THIS THE LEARNING PROCESS. SOME OF THEM TOOK THE WORKSHOP LAPTOPS BACK TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO SHOW THE YOUNGER KIDS WHAT THEY LEARNED AND OUR TEAM ENDED UP DOING THE SAME. OUR GOAL IS TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF AI, THEY NEED TO EXERCISE THEIR AGENCY AS CREATORS AND MASTER NEW TOOLS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY EMERGE. >> EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. [APPLAUSE]. WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO VISIT TUMO WHICH I PERSONALLY AM OFFERING MY SERVICES OF GIVING YOU ALL A TOUR, ALL MY COLLEAGUES A TOUR OF THE LOCATION IN NORTH HOLLY *FLY WOOD, YOU WILL FEEL THE ELECTRICITY AND THE NEURONS SNAPPING, YOU WILL SEE HOW THIS PLACE IS ENERGIZED AND GOING TO GENERATE AMAZING THINGS TO COME FOR OUR YOUTH BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO NOT ONLY TEACH THEM A LANGUAGE BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO GIVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE OF KNOWING HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO KIND OF PLAY A ROLE OF INITIATING SOMETHING I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITH I WAS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, TO BRING THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO BRING THIS, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO DO THAT, YOU NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT PARTNERS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STEPPING UP AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN. SO, I WANT TO INTRODUCE A FEW FOLKS AND START OUT WITH OUR -- AS SHE'S MENTIONED, INCOME -- INCOMPARABLE GENERAL MANAGER OF CIFD WHO HAS HELPED SHEPHERD THIS PROJECT ALONG AND ALSO HAS IDENTIFIED CITY FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE STATE FUNDING IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. ABIGAIL, PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE]. >> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN, I'M JUST TRULY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS REMARKABLE CELEBRATION TO WELCOME HUMO TO LOS ANGELES, ONE OF THE MANY HIGHLIGHTS OF MY JOB, WHEN I GET TO VISIT THE COMPLETION OF THESE PROJECTS AND SEE THEM COME TO LIFE. TAZ ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WE DIRECTLY OVERA NULL OF PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE REMARKABLE INVESTMENTS WE MADE AS A CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT WAS HONORED TO SUPPORT FIRST THE INITIAL 3 MILLION DOLLAR ACQUISITION, THAT WAS ALLOCATED -- 3 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE ACQUISITION OF TUMO ADDITIONAL 2.5 MILLION THAT WAS ALSO ALLOCATED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. WE WORK WITH OVER 19 CITY DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT CDBG FUNDED POTASHES BUT ALSO WORK DIRECTLY WITH NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TUMO, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE PRIVATE DOLLARS AND IN TIMES OF GREAT UNCERTAINTY WHERE OUR FEDERAL FUNDING IS AT STAKE AND BEING THREATENED CONSTANTLY, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT, IT IS A REMARKABLE FACILITY, I TO HOPE YOU ALL GET A CHANCE TO VISIT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM THIS FACILITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND I WANT TO REALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN FOR LEVERAGING HIS RESOURCES WHEN HE WAS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO BRING OVER 20 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE PROJECT AND ALSO TO WORK ALONGSIDE OUR DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST OUR FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THIS FACILITY AND TO THE TUMO TEAM WHO'S HERE, YOU'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE PARTNER AND IS WE'RE COMMITTED TO SEE THE GROWTH OF THE FACILITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, ABIGAIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH WHAT STARTED OUT AS A PROGRAM BY AN ENGINEER, AN INNOVATIVE VINING WHO LOOKED AT ARMENIA AND SAID HERE'S A LANDLOCKED COUNTRY THAT IS IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSTANTLY HAS CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT CAN IT DO INTERNALLY TO SUCCEED, TO THRIVE AND TO START EXPORTING A GOOD, A BENEFIT, IT DOESN'T HAVE OIL AND GIVEN THE HOSTILITY OF ITS NEIGHBORS, IT'S NOT EASILY COMING BY IT. HE ESTABLISHED TUMO IN ARMENIA TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 12-18 BENEFIT FROM UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGY SO THAT THEY CAN EXPORT TECHNOLOGY OUTSIDE AND BEYOND THE CONFINES OF HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS, AND HE DID THAT SO SUCCESSFULLY THAT NOW TUMO IS FOUND IN 12 DIFFERENT CITIES WORLDWIDE AND TEACHES TECHNOLOGY TO OVER 30 THOUSAND CHILDREN WEEKLY. AND I'M VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE AND BRING SAM SAMONIAN AND SILVA SIMONIAN TO THE PODIUM BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. [APPLAUSE]. >> GOOD MORNING, TODAY I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ONLY ABOUT ESTABLISHMENTS, I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT GRATITUDE BECAUSE MORE THAN ANYTHING, I KNOW I'M A LUCKY PERSON. I WAS BORN INTO A MODEST FAMILY IN A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT HAD MORE CHALLENGES THAN RESOURCES, YET EVEN THERE, I RECEIVED SOMETHING PRICELESS OPPORTUNITY. THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE ARMENIAN BENEFACTORS, OUR COMMUNITY OPENED SCHOOLS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND I RECEIVED SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION. THEY NEVER KNEW MY NAME BUT THEY BELIEVED THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES A CHANCE AND THAT BELIEF SHAPED MY LIFE ENTIRELY. WHEN I MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES, I WAS WELCOMED. I CONTINUED MY EDUCATION ENTERED THE WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVENTUALLY STARTED AND SOLD A TECH COMPANY, BUT I HAD NOT FORGOTTEN HOW I GOT HERE. MY STORY IS NOT JUST ABOUT HARD WORK, IT IS ALSO ABOUT THE KINDNESS AND VISION OF OTHERS. MANY THE YEAR 2000, I VISITED ARMENIA, I SAW POVERTY BUT I ALSO SAW POTENTIAL IN THE EYES OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND I MADE MYSELF A PROMISE. IF I WAS GIVEN A CHANCE, I WOULD CREATE CHANCES FOR OTHERS Z. I WANTED TO MAKE CHILDREN AS LUCKY AS I DID BY GIVING THEM EARLY ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND A PLACE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES CREATIVE. NOT JUST FOR THOSE WHO EXCEL IN MATH AND SCIENCE, NOT JUST FOR THOSE NATURALLY TALENTED IN ART AND DESIGN, BUT FOR ALL YOUTH REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER RELIGION RACE ETHNICITY OR FAMILY OF ORIGIN. THAT PROMISE BECAME TUMO, A PROGRAM THAT IS COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE SO THAT NO KHIEL -- CHILD IS LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS. TODAY, I AM PROUD TO SAY THE PROJECT IS STRIVING IN ARMENIA WE'RE SERVING HALF THE COUNTRY ABOUT 30 THOUSAND TEENS EACH WEEK AND ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO REACH THE REST THROUGH AMBITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. MEANWHILE, MEMBERS OF OUR ALUMNI ARE PLAYING AN OUTSIDE ROLE IN ARMENIA'S TECH RENAISSANCE. WHAT BEGAN AS A DREAM IS NOW A GLOBAL MOVEMENT. TWO MORE CENTERS HAVE OPENED IN PORTUGAL FRANCE GERMANY ALBANIA GEORGIA ARGENTINA JAPAN, AND TODAY I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THAT THANKS TO BEAU THE VISION AND TIRELESS EFFORTS OF COUNCIL MEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN FORMER PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL PAUL KREKORIAN, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION MR. CHARLIE [INAUDIBLE] WHO EFFORTLESSLY WORKED ON THIS, WE ARE FINALLY BRINGING TUMO TO LA WHERE WE ARE READY TO CHANGE LIVES ONCE AGAIN. BECAUSE SOMEWHERE HERE, JUST LIKE I ONCE WAS, THERE'S A YOUNG PERSON WAITING FOR A DOOR TO OPEN AND ONE DAY THAT YOUNG PERSON WILL STAND WHERE I'M STANDING HERE TODAY AND SAY, I WAS LUCKY TOO. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH SAM THANK YOU AND SOVA FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR YOUTH ACROSS THE WORLD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP NOW WITH LOS ANGELES AND CALIFORNIA AND BRINGING TUMO HERE. LAST, I WANT TO BRING UP MARY LOU, THE CEO AND THE PERSON THAT TOOK THE DREAM THAT SAM HAD, SAM AND SYLVIA HAD AND MADE IT INTO A REALITY AND MADE IT GANG BUSTERS AND MADE SURE THAT IT IS EXPORTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, MARY LOU? >> GOOD MORNING, I'M A LITTLE BIT TOUCHED, I'M A FAN OF [INAUDIBLE], I HOPE THAT WE CREATE NEW [INAUDIBLE] IN THE TUMO CENTER IN LA, AND SHE WILL BE HAPPY. SO, 20 YEARS AGO, [INAUDIBLE] AND MY FAMILY OF FIVE KIDS MOVED FROM LA TO ARMENIA. WE MOVED THERE, WE MET SAM WOULD HAD THIS DREAM AND WHO HAD ALREADY STARTED BUILDING THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING YOU SAW MANY THE VIDEOS, THE CHEMISTRY CLICKED AND WE STARTED THIS CENTER NOT KNOWING THAT ONE DAY WE WILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. AND I REMEMBER WHEN AFTER TWO, THREE THOUSAND STUDENTS CAME TO THE TUMO CENTER, I WROTE TO SAM SAYING WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE STUDENTS AND IS WE HAVE NO COMPUTERS AND NO SPACE AND HE SAID THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM, THAT'S A GOOD THING TO SOLVE AND WE'LL FIND A SOLUTION DON'T WORRY, AND WE DID. AFTER THE TUMO, WE OPENED OTHER FIVE CENTERS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO TO OPEN AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE 16 CENTERS IN ARMENIA, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD AND VERY, VERY HONORED TO BE BACK HOME WHERE I THINK THERE IS THE BIGGEST POTENTIAL FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT EVERYTHING WILL START FROM LA. REMEMBER MY WORDS, WE WELL EEL HAVE A LOT OF CENTERS IN THE U.S. BUT THE FIRST ONE IS IN LA, I'M PRETTY SURE WE'LL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS I TOLD YOU, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WE'LL HAVE MANY STUDENTS AND YOU WILL HAVE TO HELP US. I KNOW YOU DID ALREADY, I KNOW YOU DID YOUR PART AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT ADRIN AND THE CITY OF LA SPONSORED IT AND HELPED US, MADE IT A REALITY. SOON WE'LL HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE MORE STUDENTS AND YOU WILL BE PROUD OF THAT MOMENT BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO REACH THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. THESE KIDS FROM 12-18 COMING AND WANTING TO LEARN AND SPENDING TIME ARE NOT WANTING TO GO BACK HOME BECAUSE THEY'RE ENJOYING WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'RE PREPARING THEIR AMAZING FUTURE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THOSE ARE GOOD CHALLENGES TO HAVE, MARY LOU, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE CHALLENGES. IN A TIME WHEN ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY DEPENDS SO MUCH ON PRIVILEGE, TUMO REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT THE EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE. TO EVERY YOUNG PERSON IN LOS ANGELES, THIS SPACE BELONGS TO YOU. STEP INSIDE, TRY SOMETHING NEW, MAKE MISTAKES, GOD KNOWS WE MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES HERE. LEARN DEEPLY AND CREATE BOLDLY. YOU ARE NOT JUST STUDENTS, YOU ARE INNOVATORS, ARTISTS BUILDERS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ALSO, OUR FUTURE LEADERS. I URGE OUR COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED, SPREAD THE WORD MENTOR AND SUPPORT THIS GROWING NETWORK SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE IN NURTURING THIS CITY AND ENSURING ITS SUCCESS IN FUTURE. AS I STARTED SAYING EARLIER NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT GOOD PARTNERS, SO, I WANT TO -- YOU HEARD FROM THE PARTNERS THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN TODAY WITH YOU THERE'S ALSO THREE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE. PEGRA [INAUDIBLE], MARY LOU'S HUSBAND, THIS IS A DYNAMIC DUE THE QUO *F WOE THAT HAS BEEN LEADING THIS CHARGE. PEDRO WORKS SIDE BY SIDE WITH MARY LOU AND SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH SIDE BY SIDE, HE'S FLYING AROUND THE WORLD OPENING UP THESE NEW CENTERS AS WELL AS MARY LOU IS MAKING SURE THE HOME BASE RUNS ?AO*TLY. PEDRO, THANK YOU VERY MCH FOR BEING HERE AS WELL AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR T THE UMO. I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE ALSO AND RECOGNIZE [INAUDIBLE] HISCOCK WOULD LEFT HIS HOME FROM THE UNITED STATES, MADE IT TO ARMENIA TREKKING THERE, LEFT THE TUMO LEADERSHIP, WORKED THERE FOR FIVE YEARS, MADE IT A SUCCESS THERE AND GOT UNIMPORTANT BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTRY IN ORDER TO RUN AND ESTABLISH TUMO LA HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, STIEPS YOU NEED THE GLUE THAT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER, THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, THE COMMUNITY, THE INFA HAVE YOU BEENING KHUR, THE CAPITAL SUPPORT AND THAT IS CHARLIE GALLEAN, OUR LOCAL ANGELENO HERE WHO I PARTNERED UP YEARS AGONIZING TO MAKE SURE THIS BECOMES A REALITY. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THIS WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION. >> MR. MA SAIR YAN, WE HAVE A MEMBER ON THE QUEUE. >> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN, FOR BRINGING THIS INCREDIBLE WORK TO OUR ATTENTION AND AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN IN INDIA, NOW IS HERE, HAS A LARGE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT, COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 IN BOTH THE VALLEY AND IN THE HOLLYWOOD AREAS, I WANTED TO SAY TO SEE THOSE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOMBAY AND [INAUDIBLE] AND LA, THAT FEELS REALLY EXCITING TO ME AND IT FEELS LIKE WHAT MAKES ME -- THE THING THAT REALLY KEEPS ME SO INSPIRED BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS INCREDIBLE CITY IS THE FACT THAT IT IS SO INTERNATIONAL AND THAT PEOPLE MAINTAIN THOSE CONNECTIONS AND THAT THEY LIFT EACH OTHER UP AND THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WITNESS AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION TODAY, I'M SO GLAD TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK YOU'RE DOING IT'S MEANINGFUL TO SEE IT, SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU. I ECHO THAT CONGRATULATIONS AND IS SEND IT BACK TO MR. NAZARIAN TO CLOSE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE KIND WORDS, THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING, THE OFFICE STANDS FOR THE -- I'M HAPPEN FI *F PI TO OFFER YOU A PERSONAL TOUR MYSELF. I HAVE RECOGNITION FOR EVERYONE HERE INVOLVED BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO TUMO ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US HERE, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, TO SAWYER, TO SAM TORX MARY LOU AND ALL OF US HERE FOR MAKING LOS ANGELES THE NEW HOME FOR THE NEWEST, THE UMO, THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE]. >> OKAY, AS THEY'RE TAKING THEIR FINAL PICTURES, WE CAN ASK COUNCIL MEMBER YAR YAROSLAVSKY TO GET HER GROUP TOGETHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH. LET'S GATHER THE FOLKS TOGETHER ALL OF US WEARING PURPLE IN HONOR OF THAT DAY, I HAVE MY PURPLE SHIRT ON. ALRIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ER >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL WOMAN HERNANDEZ, DID YOU WANT TO JOIN US UP HERE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES, I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE THIS PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND TO BE JOINED BY SO MANY PASSIONATE ADVOCATES PROVIDERS AND SURVIVORS. I WANT TO BEGIN BY CENTERING THE DEVASTATING AND FAR REACHING IMPACTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS ON OUR CITY. LAST YEAR, LAPD RECEIVED 43 THOUSAND DV RELATED CALLS AND RESPONDED TO 15 THOUSAND DV RELATED CRIMES. AND TRAGICALLY 13% OF ALL HOMICIDE VICTIMS IN LA COUNTY LOST THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 13%. DV ALSO CONTINUES TO FUEL OUR HOMELESSNESS CRISIS PER THE 2025 HOMELESS COUNT, 41% OF ALL UNHOUSED ANGELENOS HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND A NUMBER OF UNHOUSED SURVIVORS IN LA HAVE INCREASED AT NEARLY DOUBLE THE RATE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION SINCE 2020. MEANWHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED BUT SO FAR HAS BEEN STYMIED IN COURT TO CUT OFF VITAL S*FRS FUNDING. THE CURRENT SHUTDOWN HAS PHOTOOWED IN THE OFFICE OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE ALONG WITH OTHER PROGRAMS UTILIZE BY SURVIVORS SUCH AS CAL FRESH AND CALWORKS, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY BY NOVEMBER 1, THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. EVEN IN THE FACE OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS COUNCIL HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE HISTORIC AND UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENTS IN SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S PROGRESS BUT IT'S NOT VIGT RI. IN 2024, WE SECURED AND HAVE CONTINUED TO TO SUSTAIN THE SINGLE LARGEST INCREASE IN SURVIVOR SERVICE INS THE CITY'S HISTORY ADDING 188 NEW DO -- DOMESTIC SHELTER BEDS IN OUR SYSTEM, THEY DESERVE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PART OF THEIR JOURNEY, WE CREATED THE DV RESTRAINING ORDER TASK FORCE WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ALL RELEVANT SI AGENTS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL WHICH SECURED A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO SCALE ITS WORK. THIS DV AWARENESS MONTH IS A MOMENT FOR US TO REFLECT ON THE PROGRESS WE MADE BUT MORE SO TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT AS A CITY AND COMMUNITY TO BUILDING A CITY, A COUNTRY AND A WORLD THAT UPLIFTERS THE SAFETY AND HUMANITY OF ALL OF US. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ FOR YEARS WHO HAS BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR SURVIVORS COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ? >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN YAR SLO*FR SKI. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE TALK ABOUT CARE AND WHEN CARE IS DENIED. EVERY SURVIVOR DESERVES SAFETY, TOO MANY ARE TRAPPED BY POVERTY AND FEAR, SURVIVORS MAKE UP 10% OF THE UNHOUSED POPULATION AND A BIGGER CHUNK IN LOS ANGELES, AND WHEN WHAT COSTS MORE THAN YOUR PAYCHECK, LEAVES ABUSE CAN FEEL IMPOSSIBLE. UNDER TRUMP'S RENEWED ATTACKS THAT FEAR HAS GROWN. I'VE SPOKEN TO MOTHERS WHO ARE TOO SCARED TO CALL FOR HELP BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IF THE PERSON WHO SHOWS UP WILL PROTECT THEM OR DEPORT THEM, THAT'S NOT SAFETY, THAT'S STATE VIOLENCE SURVIVORS FIRST MATTER, THEY TURN CARE INTO POLICY PROVIDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE SO SURVIVOR AND IS CHILDREN CAN START OVER SAFELY. THIS YEAR WE EXPANDED THAT WORK THROUGH PLACES LIKE SATS ANNE'S FAMILY SERVICES IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, TEEN MOM AND IS YOUNG WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM, THEY SUPPORT THEM. WHEN WE INVEST IN THEM, WE ARE INVESTING IN PREVENTION, IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. WE ALWAYS PUT CARE FIRST AND WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S UPLIFTED SO THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY FOR BEING BRAVE FOR TELLING YOUR STORIES, LET'S INVEST IN SURVIVOR AND IS MAKE THOSE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ, FOR YOUR STRENGTH, YOUR RESOLVE TO CREATE A SAFER AND MORE CARING CITY FOR ALL ANGELENOS. NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ABIGAIL MARQUEZ, THE COMMUNITY GENERAL WHO OVERSEES SURVIVORS PROGRAMS. [APPLAUSE]. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, AT CIFD, WE'RE BOTH PROUD AND INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY O WORK ALONGSIDE OUR SERVICE PROVIDER COMMUNITY, THE AGENCIES THAT ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY DAY NR AND DAY OUT TO SUPPORT AND ELEVATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE NEEDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS SO I WANT TO LIFT THEM UP TODAY AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND ELEVATE OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, I WANT TO START THERE WITH RECOGNIZING THEM AND THANKING THEM FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE ADVOCACY. [APPLAUSE]. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND HERNANDEZ, I WANT TO THANK EVERY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO SUPPORT SURVIVORS YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. EVERY YEAR, THIS LAST YEAR, WE CAME BEFORE YOU AT THE REQUEST OF MANY OF YOU WHO AUTHORED A MOTION AND DIRECTED OUR DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOMELESSNESS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OUR DEPARTMENT AS A DEPARTMENT THAT OVERSEES THE CITY FUNDED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTERS, WE REPORTED TO YOU WE HAVE A PUBLIC HALTH AND A PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS IN OUR CITY, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE 41% OF OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION WHOSE HAD A A PRIOR INCIDENT WITH INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, THAT NUMBER IS GREATER IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF WOMEN INTERFACING HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO FLEE TO BUT WE TURNED AWAY 9 THOUSAND SURVIVORS WOULD WERE SEEKING SHELTER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BEDS IN OUR CITY. AND I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STATEMENT, THIS IS NOT A VICTORY BUT IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I WANT TO REALLY LIFT UP THE INCREDIBLE COMMITMENT YOU ALL DISPLAYED AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU SHARED FOR PROVIDERS. OUR DEPARTMENT, THE WORK CONTINUES BUT THIS INVESTMENT HAS PLOWED FOR US TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. WE'RE NOW ABLE TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS AT EVERY PART OF THEIR JAOURN MAOE AND HELP THEM TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING. WE HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME A PREVENTION PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE ACTUAL FRUITS OF THAT INVESTMENT. OUR SURVIVORS FIRST PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE FIRST HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT LA AN OVER 92% RATE OF KEEPING SURVIVORS HOUSED SO WE KNOW PREVENTION THAT IS TARGETED TO KEEPING SURVIVORS HOUSED WORKS AND WE HAVE FLEXIBLE FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR PROVIDERS WHO ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH SURVIVORS. THEY ARE ARE OFFERING A COMPREHENSIVE WRAP AROUND S*FRS FROM LEGAL TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING S*FRS TOS SUPPORT FOR THEIR CHILDREN SO WE'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE PROVIDED NOT JUST THIS PAST YEAR BUT I KNOW THE IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR AND IN OUR CITY FISCAL BUDGET BUT YOU STOOD FIRM I YOUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE LEADER SHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER YAROSLAVSKY TAZ THE CHAIR OF BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR MAKING SURE THIS COMMITMENT STOOD FIRM, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, ALL, THANK YOU TO CIFD TEAM WHO'S HERE, FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND AGAIN TO LIFT UP -- [APPLAUSE] -- OUR SERVICE PROVIDER COMMUNITY WHO'S HERE WHO CONTINUES TO EDUCATE US ON THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF SURVIVORS, SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ABIGAIL WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO TO PRESENT IN HONOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE, OTHERWISE WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH THE CERT. OKAY. SO, COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ, WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE. SO, OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH SXIT'S AN HONOR TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WOULD DO WORK DAY NA AND TAI OUT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO GO WHEN THEY NEED HELP, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, MAKING SURE THERE IS A PLACE TO GO FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. [APPLAUSE]. >> ALRIGHT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WE HAVE ONE FINAL PRESENTATION TODAY AND SO I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO TO HEAD TO THE PODIUM. WE'RE GOING THE CELEBRATE FILIPINO HERITAGE AMERICAN MONTH, VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION. [APPLAUSE]. >> ALRIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> ALRIGHT. OKAY. WHERE'S MONIQUE, LET'S START IT PROPERLY. IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME AT CITY HALL? >> INSIDE THE THE CITY CHAMBERS. >> AMAZING, WELL, OCTOBER IS A VERY, VERY FUN MONTH AND AS A FIRST FILIPINO AMERICAN EVER E LEGISLATED -- ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL, I GET TO DO FOR THE FIRST TIME CELEBRATE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, THIS IS THE PART ONE, WE'RE DOING IT WITH THE LOS ANGELES FILIPINO AMERICAN -- LOS ANGELES FILIPINO ASSOCIATION WITH CITY EMPLOYEES GIVE IT UP FOR LAFAC, I WANT TO CALL UP MONIQUE TO SING THE PHILIPPINES NATIONAL ANTHEM. >>( SINGING PHILIPPINES NATIONAL ANTHEM ). >> THANK YOU, MONIQUE FOR THE POWERFUL RENDITION OF THE PHILIPPINES NATIONAL ANTHEM, IT IS SUCH A MAJESTIC SONG ASK A MOVING WAY TO WE GIN TODAY'S CELEBRATION HONORING OUR ROOTS, OUR RESILIENCE AND OUR SHARED PRIDE AS FILIPINO AMERICANS, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MALAI FILIPINO DANCE ASPERSES, A LOS ANGELES CULTURA GROUP DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND SHARING THE BEAUTY OF TRADITION -- TRADITIONAL FILIPINO DANCE. ( PERFORMING FILIPINO DANCE ). [APPLAUSE]. ( PERFORMANCE ). [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MALAI GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ER SEEING THE INDIGENOUS AND MUSLIM SUITE IS NOT OFTEN AND HIGHLIGHTING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. NOW I WANT TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE WHO ALMOST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, ONE OF THE FIRST CITY-WIDE FILIPINOS TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF LA, MAQUIA, MY PREDECESSOR IN ELECTED OFFICE LA CITY CONTROLLER MAHIA. >> TO MY ATTA, COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO, THE THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND HAPPY FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, EVERYONE, AND YOU CAN'T START ANY CELEBRATION WITHOUT THE LOUD MABUHA, EVERYONE. SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KOW, WE CELEBRATE IN OCTOBER THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FILIPINO AMERICANS AND WE DO THIS BECAUSE THE WORLD IS MOVING SO FAST, WE KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON AND THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE TIME TO JUST THINK AND REFLECT AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SO MANY FILIPINO AMERICANS WHO MADE WHO WE ARE TODAY, SO THE FIRST FILIPINOS LAMED IN [INAUDIBLE] IN 1587 IN THE COLONIZATION FROM SPAIN AND CAME TO AMERICA AS PROPERTY AND AS TIME WENT ON, WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE EXCLUSIONS OF BECOMING NATIONALS, WE WERE CONSIDERED ALIENS, WE COULDN'T MIGRATE TO THIS COUNTRY, EVEN THOUGH MANY OF US FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE LED GREAT MOVEMENTS WORKER STRIKES, THE DELANO GREAT MOVEMENT WORKER, YOU KNOW ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] CRUZ AND LALO EXACTLY, SO THERE WAS SO MUCH CONTRIBUTIONS BY FILIPINO AMERICANS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND TODAY NOT ONLY DO WE CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH AND ANY NURSES HERE, IN HEALTH CARE, BUT WE ALSO CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH IN MUSIC, IN ENTERTAINMENT ACCOUNTANTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE NAVY, THERE'S A JOKE, THEY SAID YOU'RE A FILIPINO, A NURSE, AN ACCOUNTANT OR THE POST OFFICE OR IN THE NAVY, SO ONE OF THOSE. AND SO I'M VERY, YOU KNOW EXCITED WE GET TO HONOR SO MANY OF OUR FOLKS HERE TODAY. I WANT TO ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FIRST FEEL PAOEN KNOW ELECTED TO THE LA CITY COUNCIL MS. JURADO, THERE'S 18 ELECTED OFFICIAL INS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE MAKE UP 11%, THERE'S TWO, OF ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE SO, WE'RE MOVING ON UP. SO, YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A FILIPINO PARTY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE MISSING THE FOOD AND KARAOKE EXACTLY, BUT I'M SO EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE HERE AMONGST SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OF OUT TO HONOREES, TONY CABRERA JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE], SO MUCH OF THE WORK THEY DO AFFECTING US HERE LOCALLY, WE SEE THEIR WORK WHETHER IT'S ON THE NEWS, THE PROGRAMMING, THE EVENTS OR WHETHER IT TAOES THE AMAZING CRK I CLA VIA, WE'RE GOING GREAT WORK HERE AND I'M GLAD TO BE EVERYONE'S CITY CONTROLLER AND THANK YOU EVERYONE, HAPPY FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LA CITY CONTROLLER KENNETH MAHIA, FOR BLAZING A TRAIL, NOW WE'D LIKE THE CELEBRATE ALL THE OTHERS WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN VOICING A TRAIL IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. BEFORE I GET TO THAT, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO THE UPLIFT FILIPINO HISTORIC TOWN AND FILIPINOS IN LA EVERY SINGLE DAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA, I SEE YOU WITH THE KAPA SQUARE DEDICATION IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. A LOT OF THE NURSES THAT WORK IN CEDAR SINAI, IT MEANS BEING WITH OTHERESS, A RECOGNITION THAT WE ARE INTERESTED, WHO WE ARE BOUND UP IS IN ONE ANOTHER IT'S A REMINDER THAT COMMUNITY ISN'T JUST WHERE WE LIVE, IT'S HOW WE LIVE TOGETHER AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT TODAY REPRESENTS. AS A FIRST FILIPINA ELECTED TO THIS BODY, I FEEL PROUD AND HUMBLED TO STAND HERE TODAY. THIS MOMENT MEANS SO MUCH NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR EVERY FILIPINO ANGELENO WHOSE STORY, LABOR AND LOVE WHO SHAPED IN CITY IN WAYS BIG AND SMALL SP MAKE ME WHO I AM. OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PART OF THE CITY STORY FROM NURSES CARING FOR OUR FAMILY TOS TEACHERS INSPIRING OUR KIDS, TO UNION LEADERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS STRONG, WE EVER ALWAYS BEEN HERE BUILDING SERVING LEADING AND EVEN WHEN WE WEREN'T ALWAYS SEEN BUT TODAY WE ARE SEEN AND TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING AND THAT VISIBILITY MATTERS BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN LEADERSHIP LIKE I DID WHEN KENNETH RAN AND WON, IT REMINDS US THAT WE BELONG HERE, THAT OUR STORIES MATTER AND THAT WE ARE PART OF MOVING LA FORWARD, AS WE HONOR FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, LET'S CELEBRATE THE WAY FILIPINOS DO BEST, WITH JOY, FOOD, AND THAT SHARED PRIDE AND PURPOSE THAT CONNECTS US ALL. NOW I WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS YEAR'S FILIPINO AMERICAN MONTH HISTORY HONOREES, KONY CABRERA MORNING NEWS ANCHOR FOR ABC7I-WITNESS NEWS, HE CONTINUE TOS USE HIS PLATFORM THE BRING REPRESENTATION TO FILIPINO AMERICANS TO BROADCAST JOURNALISM, HE LEADS WITH HEART, PROFESSIONALISM AND AUTHENTICITY TELLING OUR STORIES WITH PRIDE AND PURPOSE, HE'S ALSO VERY HILARIOUS, ON BEHALF HALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I COMMEND YOU, TONY CABRERA, FOR ALL OF THE THINGS YOU DO FOR OUR CITY, AND CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. AND TONY, PLEASE GIVE US A FEW WORZ. >> OH, MAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU. ONLY IN LA CAN YOU CELEBRATE ARMENIANS, LATINOS AND FILIPINOS IN ONE COUNCIL MEETING. [APPLAUSE]. I MEAN, I LOVE DIVERSITY, I REALLY DO. MY PARENTS ARE HERE, SPEAKING OF DIVERSITY, MY DAD WAS BORN IF THE PHILIPPINES, MOVED TO HAWAII AND THEN CALIFORNIA WHERE HE MET MY BEAUTIFUL BLOND HAIRED, BLUE EYED MOM, BUT I DO WANT TO CELEBRATE MY DAD BECAUSE WE ARE HERE FOR FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH AND HE HAS WORKED SO HARD TO GET OUR FAMILY TO WHERE THEY ARE AND HE HAS TAUGHT US TO WORK HARD. THAT'S LIKE A BIG THING FOR OUR FAMILY AND FOR OUR CULTURE. HIM AND HIS EXTENDED FAMILY, WE HAD THIS CABRERA STRONG THING WEBSINGER KEEP GOING AND FIGHT ON, GO USC, BUT THE IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THE PASS ON TO MY KIDS TOO, SO DAD, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND MY BROTHERS HERE AS WELL WHO ALSO CELEBRATES OUR CULTURE, WE GREW UP BEING IN THE FILIPINO CLUBS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IN COLLEGE, I WAS IN TROY [INAUDIBLE] USC, WE DID ALL THAT AND CELEBRATED AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US, AND FOR MY CO-WORKERS THAT ARE HERE. [APPLAUSE]. THEY PULT -- PUT UP WITH ME WAVERING THE FILIPINO FLAG, SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND FOR CELEBRATING THAT, SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO, RIGHT HERE, THEN THE FILIPINO ASSOCIATION OF CITY EMPLOYEES THANK YOU, ALL. AND THEN TO THE FELLOW HONOREES JENNIFER AND RAMEL, THANK YOU FOR ALSO BEING A PART OF IT AND FOR ENCOURAGING ME TO PUT US OUT THERE, SO u THE, THANK YOU THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU, MY BUHAI. >> DON'T FORGET YOUR CERT, THANK YOU THE, TONY, FOR HIGHLIGHTING YOUR FATHER, SO MUCH OF THIS -- BEING FILIPINO IS BEING ABFAMILY. I LIKE TO SAY I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS ON FOUR FOOT GIANT, MY LOLA'S, MY MOM, AND THEY SCARED ME. NEXT I WANT TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE WHO IS SCARY IN HER RIGHT AND SHAOES A FORMIDABLE WOMAN A RESPECTED LEADER WHOSE COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC *FRS EQUITY EMPOWERFUL HAS MADE A LONG LASTING IMPACT ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND SHE'S JUST GETTING STARTED, HER NAME IS JENNIFER TAYLOR, HER WORK IS ROOTED IN COMPASSION ASK EXCELLENCE, THE SAME VALUES THAT DEFINE THE BEST OF PUBLIC SERVICE SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE'D LIKE TO HONOR YOU, JENNIFER TAYLOR. [APPLAUSE]. ALRIGHT JENNIFER SHARE A FEW WORDS FOR US. ER >> T*UR, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR HAVING ME SX, THANK YOU LAFACE FOR THE NOMINATION, THE FOLKS ARE HERE BECAUSE OF MY PARENTS I AM A PROUD CHILD OF IMMIGRANT MY PARENTS ARE HERE, THEY'RE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE 60'S, I WAS BORN IF THE 70'S, RAISED IN ARCADIA AT A TIME NOBODY LOOKED LIKE US. TO BE HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES, OUR ROOTS ARE FROM HISTORIC FILIPINO TOWN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCIL MEMBER SEW TOE OTO-MARTINEZ WHO'S BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE FACES OF COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO AND HODGES IN THIS ROOM AND KNOW THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY OF LA FALLS ON SO MANY OF THESE FILIPINO AMERICAN IS PRIDEFUL FOR ME. IT'S A GREAT MOMENT FOR FILIPINO AMERICANS AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE]. >> SHE'S SO MODEST, Y'ALL, THANK YOU, JENNIFER, AND FINALLY I WANTED TO HONOR RAMEL PASS QUAL, THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE CELEBRATED IT'S 15TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY BRINGING SEPSES OF THOUSANDS OF ANGELENOS TOGETHER TO ROLL TOWN, IN CHINATOWN AND MCCARTHUR PARK AND CD ONE, WE'RE CLAIMING CAR PACKED STREET AND IS TURNING THEM INTO PEOPLE POWERED SPACES. YOU'VE SHOWN OUR STREETS ARE NOT JUST FROM GETTING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, THEY'RE FOR COMING TOGETHER. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU OP BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, RAMEL PASS QUA*L, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. AND RAMEL, CAN YOU GIVE US THE HONOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THANK YOU CONTROLLER MAHIA, FOR REPRESENTING FILIPINOS TODAY IN LEADERSHIP ROLES. I LOOK AROUND THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND I SEE FAMILIAR FACES BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TO A CYCLIVIA AND SAW THE POWER OF CONNECTION. I WOULD LIKE THE THINK *F THINK THE CULTURE IN WHICH WE AS FILIPINOS HAVE, YOU CAN SEE IT AT A CYCLIVIA, IT IS ABOUT CONNECTION, IT IS ABOUT PRIDE, IT IS ABOUT JOY AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAN A JOYFUL PARTY WITH A PURPOSE, BUT I THINK AS FILIPINOS AND AS FILIPINO AMERICANS, WHAT WE REPRESENT IS MORE THAN THAT, WE REALLY REPRESENT THE SENSE OF GATHERING FOR A COMMON PURPOSE AND CYCLIVIA I THINK REPRESENTS THAT. IT IS WHAT WE CALL TODAY AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR BINGEING THERE THIS PAST SUNDAY, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE DAY OF JOY BUT MORE SO AS JOY AS A HUMAN RIGHT THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PLUG UCLA, I HEARD A USC PERSON HERE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. [APPLAUSE]. >> THERE'S -- I WENT TO PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, SO I WAS PART OF TROPA, THAT'S MY GROUP, I WANT US TO BE REPRESENTED FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL AS WELL. SO, AT THE HEART OF TODAY'S CELEBRATION IS LAFACE, THE LOS ANGELES FILIPINO CITY EMPLOYEES WHO THEY UNITED FILIPINO AMERICANS ACROSS CITY GOVERNMENT FOR DECADES AND JOINING US TO HONOR THEM, I'M INVITING DEPUTY COUNSEL GENERAL, GIVE ME ONE SECOND, MARIA ALNIGAMBO TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF GENERAL CRUZ AND ABOUT LAFACE. . ER ON BEHALF OF THE FILE PAOEN KNOW COUNSEL IN LOS ANGELES AND CRUZ, THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL AND COULD BE GARAGE LATE LAFACE AND REPRESENTATIVES GATHERED TODAY FOR THIS ANNUAL RECOGNITION. THIS HONOR BELONG TOS THE COUNTLESS FILIPINO AMERICANS INVOLVED IN THEIR LIVES AND TO THE FABRIC OF THE CITY OF ANGELS, FROM THE PIONEERING FARM WORKERS OF THE PAST TO THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS, THE DYNAMIC REPRESENT I FEVERS BY DA AYES T CITY IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGE E AND MOST VIBRANT FILIPINO POPULATIONS INS THE UNITED STATES. THIS COMMUNITY IS DEFINED BY THEIR SENSE OF [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S FAITH OF COMMON UNITY AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO MAKING LOS ANGELES A BETTER PLACE. THIS YEAR'S RECOGNITION IS OF COURSE EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE THE COMMUNITIES NOW HAS DIRECT REPRESENTATION IN THE CITY COUNCIL WITH DISTRICT 14 REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER ISABEL JURADO, THIS IS ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SHOULD BE RIGHTLY PROUD OF. WE CANNOT FORGET THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL MEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ WHO HAS BEEN SPEAKING FOR AND SPONSORING THE ANNUAL RESOLUTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN HISTORIC FILIPINO TOWN. AND THE LOS ANGELES CITY CITY, THANK YOU THE, FOR ALWAYS RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE]. >> ASK TOGETHER WE'D LIKE TO HONOR THE LOS ANGELES FILIPINO ASSOCIATION OF CITY EMPLOYEES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS POWERED BY MANY FILIPINOS WHO DO A LOTS OF OUR ACCOUNTING WORK AS WELL. SO I WOULD LIKE THE GIVE A CONGRATULATIONS TOS THE LOS ANGELES CITY ASSOCIATION. [APPLAUSE]. >> I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO, WITH YOU'RE READY. >> NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION WILL SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE HORSE SHOE, THANK YOU. >> I WON'T TAKE LONG. GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY LEADERS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, ON BEHALF OF LAFACE, LOS ANGELES FILIPINO ASSOCIATION OF CITY EMPLOYEES I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING THE PRESENTATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT JUST SYMBOLIC, IT IS A REFLECTION OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN'S COMMUNITY PROFOUND GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF THIS GREAT CITY. FILIPINOS A LONG PART OF STORY, FROM HEALTH CARE, ENGINEERING AND THE ARTS GUIDED BY THE VALUES OF [INAUDIBLE], SBEKT AND HARD WORK. WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD THAT TODAY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS REPRESENTED BY FILIPINO AMERICAN LEADERS WHO EM BODY THESE VALUES IN PUBLIC SERVICE. COUNCIL MEMBER ISABEL TUR RAD DOUGH T FIRST FILIPINO ELECTED TO THE LA CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTS LEADERSHIP AND THIS ABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. CITY COUNCIL KENNETH MAHIA, MY YOUNGEST BROTHER, THE FIRST FILIPINO AMERICAN ELECTED TO CITY-WIDE OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES, CONTINUES TO LEAD WITH TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THEIR PRESENCE HERE TODAY IS AN INSPIRATION TO MANY, PROOF THAT WHEN OUR COMMUNITY IS GIVEN A SEAT AT THE TABLE, WE UPLIFT NOT ONLY OURSELVES BUT THE ENTIRE CITY WE SERVE. THIS MORNING WE ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR 2025 LAFACE HONOREES, THREE OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WHOSE WORK REFLECTS EXCELLENCE AND SPIRIT OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY, TONY CABRERA, ANCHOR REPORTER WHOSE PLATFORM VOICE BRINGS REPRESENTATION TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA, JENNIFER TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OF FIIRE AND FOUNDER OF ADVISOR, THIS LEADERSHIP IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY CONTINUES TO EMPOWER OTHER AND IS OPEN DOORS OF TUN. RENEL PASQUAL,, SHE HAS A STRONG BACKGROUND IN SOCIAL EQUITY. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF LAFACE, I EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOUR PARTNERSHIP REMINDS US THAT OUR SHARED SUCCESS AS A CITY IS BUILT ON INCLUSION, UNITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL OUR CULTURES. TO OUR HONOREES, SPEAKERS AND FILIPINO AMERICANS SERVING IN AND BEYOND CITY GOVERNMENT THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING US THROUGH YOUR SERVICE AND FOR CONTINUING TO BRING PRIDE AND HEART TO OUR COMMUNITY. HAPPY FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, SO THERE'S SEVERAL MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. ER >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING IT GIVERS ME SO MUCH JOY FOR YOU, COUNCILWOMAN JURADO, TO BRING IN SO MANY PEOPLE I'VE WORKED WITH THAT I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW OVER THE LAST TWO YEAR AND IS I WAS HAPPY TO HOLD IT DOWN UNTIL YOU GOT ELECTED, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN DOING IT AND I CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW SO MANY OF THE LEADERS THERE, JENNIFER IS AN AMAZING, INCREDIBLE EVENT THAT HAPPENS YEARLY, SO MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP ON WHAT IS HISTORIC FILIPINO TWN, I BIKED TO AN EVENT AND I BIKED TO AN EVENT AT UNIDAD PARK WHICH WE WERE DOING AN UNVEILING OF OUR OWN COUNCILWOMAN, IF YOU WANT TO SEE ISABEL JURADO, GO TO THAT PARK AND THERE'S A WONDERFUL PAINTING OF HER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THESE PRESENTATIONS AND AS YOU KNOW, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING A TON OF FUN, ENJOYING THE CULTURE BECAUSE THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY IS LOS ANGELES, IT IS THIS COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY NOW, WE HAVE TO KEEP SHOWING THAT AND BEING PROUD, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A WONDERFUL PARTNER AND FRIEND, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ FOLLOWED BY COUNCILWOMAN PADILLA. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN JURADO FOR BRINGING IN THIS PE NOMINAL PRSENTATION AND SHOWING US WHAT THE SPECTRUM OF FILIPINOS LOOKS LIKE HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ALL OF Y'ALL ARE PLAYING YOUR PART THE MAKE SURE YOUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE THEMSELVES INS YOU AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO I KNOW HAS IMPACTED GENERATIONS OF YOUNG FILIPINA WOMEN THAT WAN TO BE IN THESE ROLES BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU ALL PLAY -- EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU PLAY A ROLE IN MAKING THE DREAMERS OF THE CITY COME TRUE, WHETHER IT'S MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S DESIGN THE PROJECTS OR WHETHER IT'S BEING ON THE GROUND AND SHOWING US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO BE BE ABLE TO ENJOY OUR STREETS INS A CAR CENTRIC CITY, YOU'RE MAKING THINGS A REALITY AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BROWSING TO THE CITY, CONTINUE TO BRING TO THE CITY BECAUSE I SEE MYSELF IN YOU ALL, IN YOUR CULTURE AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT WHEN WE'RE PUSHED TO TRY TO HIDEAWAY FROM OUR CULTURE. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN THAT I SEE MYSELF IN YOU THAT YOU'RE STANDING BRAVE AND WOULD LOVE AND SHARING WITH EVERYTHING WHICH WE NEED TO, WE CAN'T HIDEAWAY FROM OUR CULTURE, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO AND ZAYAN RIGHT THERE, AN AMAZING VOLUNTEER ALL THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICTS BUT JUST THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, I APPRECIATE YOU AND I THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> COUNCILWOMAN PADILLA FOLLOWED BY COUNCILWOMAN RADIOED G*EZ? >> -- RODRIGUEZ. ER >> WHAT A GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FILIPINO REPRESENT I EVER BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE IT THIS YEAR, I'M PROUD OF YOU, IF I HAD A DOLLAR EVERY TIME MY FILIPINO STAKEHOLDERS, WELL, I KNOW YOU, WHETHER YOU'RE MY FRIEND OR WORKING TOGETHER, TRUSTEE *F ME, THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE NOW, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR THAT. AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR WORK WITCHING ME TO DESIGNATE MY HAPLA SQUARE, IN THE SOUTH FERNANDO VALLEY, SWRE A BIG FILIPINO COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DESIGNATING WOODMAN AND ROSCOE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, YOU CAN FIND SOME OF THE FILIPINO REST RANTS, FILIPINO GROCERY STORE, NOT JUST INCLINER BUT QUITE A FEW, AND EVERYTHING IN IT, TWO ITEMS, FROM THE PHILIPPINES SO NOW YOU KNOW THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO ALL OF MY PERSONAL FRIENDS T PHILIPPINE NOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, IRA, ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE ME MOVE, SHE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE ME DO THINGS, NOT A LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN, SHOUT-OUT TO YOU, MICHELLE AND YOUR FAMILY, AND ALSO TO EVERYONE FROM [INAUDIBLE] WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY DISTRICT IN DISTRICT 2, BUT YOU KNOW, I GIGGLE BECAUSE MY MOM RECENTLY TOLD ME SHE HAS ALMOST FORGOTTEN HOW TO SAY THE ROSARY IN SPANISH BECAUSE SHE'S SAYING IT MORE OFTEN IN TAGALG, SO KUDOS TO THAT TOO, AND ALSO YOU KNOW A VERY FAMOUS MEXICAN AMERICAN COMEDIAN ONCE SAID FILIPINOS, THEY'RE OUR COUSINS AND I HAVE TO SAY VERY RELATABLE, SO CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY FILIPINO AMERICAN MONTH TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ? >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU VISITING US EVERY YEAR. WE KNOW THE VERY DEEP ROOTS THAT FILIPINO AMERICANS HAVE HAD NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BUT ESPECIALLY SO IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO OUR DEAR FRIEND DR. JOE BERNARDO WHO WROTE AN INCREDIBLE BOOK ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS FILIPINO AMERICAN INS THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. WE FLOW THE RICH AND DEEP HISTORY THAT IS ROOTED IN BOTH OUR LATINO COMMUNITY AND IS THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN THE COUNTRY, FROM THOSE EARLY DAYS IN STRIKES, FOR HELPING FARM WORKERS AND BEING TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP AND FIGHTING FOR THOSE WORKERS' RIGHTS TO HOW WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR RIGHTERS TODAY, PARTICULARLY AS THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO BE STRIPPED DOWN FROM ALL OF US. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE AND REFLECT AND UPHOLD BUT THIS HISTORY IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN JUSTICE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PART OF THAT STORY, FOR HELPING TO CONNECT US, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN SUCH IMPORTANT WAYS, IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL WE'VE CONTINUED TO ADVANCE THIS WORK TOGETHER AND SO HAPPY FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, LET US ALL CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE AND DEEP ROOTED CONTRIBUTIONS THAT EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES MAKES TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP. >> GREAT, COUNCIL MEMBER JURADO, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. >> TODAY'S EVENT IS MORE THAN A CELEBRATION, IT'S A REFLECTION OF HOW FAR THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY HAS COME AND A COMMITMENT TO HOW FAR WE WILL GO, IT DOESN'T END, THEY START HERE, I THINK WITH OUR HON REIS, I CAN SENSE TONE-- IT, A C CAN D14 EVENT SHOULD BE IN THE MIX, THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF OCTOBER, NEXT WEEK WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE HONOREES. >> ONE MORE THING, THE PHILIPPINES THAT WERE AFFECTED FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. ER >> YES, ONE LAST THING, WE WANT THE MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND SEND PRAYER TOS OUR FILIPINO COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE PHILIPPINES IN THESE PAST WEEKS AND THAT'S BEEN DEVASTATING AOUR COUNTRY. I KNOW ALL OF US ARE CONTRIBUTING IN OUR OWN RIGHTERS THROUGH FUNDRAISERS AND CHECKING IN WITH OUR FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO TELEPHONES AT THIS TIME, SO PLEASE, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY BACK HOME AND THANK YOU AGAIN. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY. WHAT'S NEXT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC XHEN. >> IF YOU CAN READ THE INSTRUCTIONS IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> FOR PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS UL LIKE THE SPEAK TO, YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM TO SPEAK UP TO TWO MINUTES OAT FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PEER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE IE EPS OR ANYTHING WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA IE TEP, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND MOVER AON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE OPENBACKER ITEMS ARE 1 AND 4 MA THA* ARE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THE INTERPRETER WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO STATE ON THE MIC. IF ANYBODY NEEDS SPANISH TRANSLATION, PLEASE PAUSE EVERY COUPLE OF SECONDS SO WE CAN TRANSLATE. YOUR TIME WILL BE HELD DURING THIS SO YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF SPEAKING TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. ( SPANISH INTERPRETATION ). >> AND WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE WE'RE READY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> IF WE COULD READ THE NAMES. >> I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES. ( CALL ING SPEAKER NAMES ). >> IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, COME ON UP TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHAMBER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO IN THE EXACT ORDER, JUST WE'LL TAKE YOU AS YOU COME. OKAY, WE HAVE OUR FIRST SPEAKER. >> WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT THE SPEAK ON? >> GENERAL COMMENT. ER >> GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN CLOSED SESSIONS, IF SOMEONE TRY TOS CONVINCE YOU IT'S OKAY FOR THE POLICE TO IGNORE PR*IF LOUSE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS, THEN YOU ARE BEING SET UP. YOU WOULD BE GIVING THE POLICE A GREEN LIGHT TO DO THE JURY'S JOB TO SIDE STEP THE CRIMINAL PROCESS COMPLETELY. MAYBE SOMEONE CLAIMS IT'S UNTENABLE FOR THE POLICE TO DOCUMENT EVERY LITTLE THING. WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN IF A VICTIM WAS THREATENED WITH FURTHER VIOLENCE IF SHE GOES TO THE POLICE, YOU WOULD EXPECT HER NOT TO REPORT THE THE CRIME BUT THE PD EXPOSES [INAUDIBLE] AS THE EVIDENCE OF A LOW RATED CRIME. COMMISSIONER SUTHERS HAS THE SENSE TO COME OFF OF A SUNKEN SHIP, HE LEFT WITHOUT MAKING WAVES BUT WHAT'S NEEDED IS TO DEMAND MILITARY OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE. ANYTHING LESS IS DOOMED TO FAIL, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER? >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, ILL LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAMES. ( CALLING SPEAKER NAMES SMFMD. >> HI, SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS OR GENERAL PUBLIC XHEN DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR. >> DID YOU WANT THE SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR PUBLIC XHEN ?FRJTS PUBLIC XHEN. >> GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, MY NAME IS -- >> PULL THE MIC. CLOSER TO YOU. >> I SPOKE BEFORE, BASICALLY RISKING MY LIFE AS I COMMENTED AND MADE MEMBERS OF THE MEETING AWARE OF THE PREDATORS WHILE OPPRESSING ME, [INAUDIBLE] THE SKILLED HACKER, MY NEIGHBOR, HE HAS HIRED AND IS SPONSORING OR PERSECUTING ME WHO HAVE RENDERED ME TOTALLY HOMELESS. AND WANTS THE TO KEEP ME THAT WAY FOREVER AND WANTS TO DESTROY MY LIFE. I THOUGHT I WOULD RECEIVE SOME REAL HELP FROM LASA MEMBERS, BUT I WAS TOLD I DISTURBED THE MEETING WHEN I WAS TALKING. ALL MY ATTEMPTS TO BE HOUSED AND FIND HOUSING ARE INTERPRETED INTERCEPTED AND HIJACKED. >> THANK YOU, SORRY, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. >> HI, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE SPEAK ON. >> WOULD FOUNDED THE FIRST FILIPINO NIGHTIES OF COLUMBUS IN THE UNITED STATES. PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU KNOW WEDNESDAY I BELIEVE YOU HAD [INAUDIBLE], IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATIONS, WHEN YOU SEE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING WITHIN THIS CITY AND I REMEMBER SOMETHING THEY SAID TO MAKE A HOLY AND SACRED COMMUNITY, AND OUR PRESIDENT, HE SAID A HOLY SPOT, NOT A HOLY SPOT, BUT FROM SAN PEDRO TO MAYBE [INAUDIBLE], MR. MCOSKER YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND THE ONE THING I REALLY LEARN ISING A LOT OF YOU ARE DOING THAT BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING THE BAD ONES TO CONTROL THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, IT ALSO SAYS WE SHOULD NOT OPPRESS THE STRANGER, WELL, HOW ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR, HOW ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO HAS WORKED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HAS BEEN HERE FOR 36 YEARS AND HAS TO FILL OUT SO MANY NAMES TO BE CALLED. >> THANK YOU. >> FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP( CALLING SPEAKER NAMES ). >> HI, SPEAKER, DID YOU WAN TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> YES. >> YOU HIRE CLOWNS, YOU GET A CIRCUS, YOU GIVE ONE MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE TO LAPD, THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE THE MONEY BACK BECAUSE LAPD MAKES TREMENDOUS CAMPAIGN COULDN'T BOURSES TO SLEAZILY DAWSON, MONICA RODRIGUEZ AND RACIST ASIAN JOHN LEE. ONE BILLION DOLLAR EMERGENCY TEN THOUSANDS HOMELESS, 275 BILLION DOLLAR DAMAGE EMERGENCY. SLEAZY CD8 HAS THE HIGHEST INCOURSE RATION RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, OVER 12.5%, CD8 IS A FOOD DESERT. SLEAZY D HAS SPENT OVER 10 MILLION DOLLARS ON LUXURY OFFICES FOR HIMSELF WHILE TENS OF THURS ARE HOMELESS. I PROTEST SOME PRESENTATIONS. THE MASS INCOMPETENCE OF TEASE CLOWNS AND I DEMAND AIN DB AIN POLL JIE FROM -- >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER. IS ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IF YOU ARE, JUST GO AEAD AND LINE UP, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC XHEN AND WE'LL HANDLE THE FINAL NAMES THAT WAY. THAT'S OKAY, SPEAKER. >> DID YOU WANT THE SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM OR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> I'M BACK HERE AGAIN JUST TO AGAIN RAISE THE AWARENESS OF SCIENTOLOGIST INTO THE BOARD THEIR HALLS, THEIR MEETINGS CONSTANTLY, WE HAVE PERMITS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY BEING GIVEN TO THEM OUT ON HUBBARD WAY FOR RANDOM EVENTS LIKE HALLOWEEN CHRISTMAS, SCIENTOLOGY DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BELIEF OR IDEA -- ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH HOLIDAYS, THEY USE THESE RECRUITMENT O VENTS TO GET CITY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF CITY TO BE LIKENED TOWARD FOR SCIENTOLOGY, WHILE SCIENTOLOGY TURNS AROUND AND USES THE CITY'S TAXPAYER MONEY, THEY DON'T PAY TAXES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE LAPD IS USED FOR THEIR CITY POSITION, ALL BEING USED BY THE CITY, SCIENTOLOGY LG DOES NOT HELP THIS CITY OR ENVIRONMENT WHATSOEVER AND YOU GUY ARES BEING USED BY THEIR TACTICS PLEASE DISCONNECT AND DISASSOCIATE FROM ANY SCIENTOLOGY CONNECTIONS. ER >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER, AND HI, YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON GENERAL COMMENT OR -- >> ITS'S ON THE ABATEMENT, IS THAT THE ONE THAT'S OPEN T ABATEMENT? >> YES, NUMBER 1. THAFRJTS'S ALL THERE IS AVAILABLE. TLFRJTS'S ALSO NUMBER 4 WHICH IS ABOUT A GRANT AGREEMENT. >> I'LL DO THE PUBLIC AND THEN THE NUMBER 1. >> PLEASE START WITH NUMBER 1 WHICH IS ABOUT A LIEN ON SOUTH ALBANY STREET. >> I WANT TO TALK, IT'S LIKE NUISANCE ABATEMENTS IN GENERAL. >> THAT'S OKAY AS IT RELATES TO IT, THAT'S GOOD. >> I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT -- YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO GO AFTER NUISANCE PROPERTIES BUT I DO WANT TO JUST REMIND THAT THERE IS -- LIKE, I THINK HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS, SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT NEIGHBORS AROUND RON HUBBARD WAY BEGGING AND BEGGING THE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH HELP WITH THE MUSIC THAT IS PLAYED SO LOUD THAT THEIR WALLS SHAKE AND THEY SAY THEY FEEL IT IN THEIR BONES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A RESPECT FOR THE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR [INAUDIBLE] SO THAT'S ALSO A NUISANCE, AND I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT MR. LEE OWES ME AN APOLOGY AND SO I DON'T KNOW ANY OF HIS THINGS, I JUST HAD TO THROW THAT IN THERE, HE WAS RUDE, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. ER >> DO YOU WANT TO MOVER ON TO GENERAL? >> SURE, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SMOKE AND SCAN AND I JUST WANT THE SAY THAT LAST SATURDAY THERE WAS THE FAITH AND BLUE EVENT AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BY THE LA CLERGY WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MULTIPLE [INAUDIBLE] BUT IT WAS ONLY SCIENTOLOGY, WHEN WE WE WENT INTO THE EVENT, SCIENTOLOGY SWOOPED THE POLICE AND TOLD THEM TO KICK US OUT, WE WERE KICKED OUT FOR VIEW POINT OF DISCRIMINATION, IT WAS ON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES PROPERTY BUT THERE WAS NO OTHER RELIGIONS THERE, IT WAS JUST SCIENTOLOGY. THANKFULLY THE SERGEANT CAME AND HE REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON AND TURNED IT AROUND AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO, THIS IS THE STUFF IS THAT THA*'S HAPPENING, AND ALEX VILLUNUEVA IS GOING TO BE THERE, I'M NOT GOING TO CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS, BECAUSE I'M A CRITIC, I CAN'T GO TO THEIR PUBLIC EVENTS. THANK YOU. ER >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER. >> HI, SPEAKER, WHICH AGENDA ITEM OR GENERAL PUBLIC XHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> IT'S UNDER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ER >> YOU HAVE A MINUTE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ER >> I'M SPEAKING IN REGARDS TODAY WITH ALL THE RENTERS IN LOS ANGELES AND SOMETHING CONCERNING HOMELESSNESS. MY GOAL TODAY IS TO INSPIRE COUNCIL MEMBER TO CREATE A MOTION TOWARDS PEACEFULLY BRINGING ABOUT EQUAL RIGHTS IN THE CITY. WE DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS ONLY PAY PROPERTY TAX, NOT RENT. OVER 43% OF ALL RENTAL UNIT INS THE CITY ARE OWNED BY CORPORATE LANDLORDS. ONCE THE PROPERTY TAX IS PAID, OVER 350% OF THAT INCOME IS PROFIT. ARE WE NOT IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY CONSIDERING HOMELESSNESS? OR IS THAT JUST GOOD BUSINESS TO CHARGE THAT MUCH PRICE GOUGING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S SO NECESSARY? HOUSE ISING A HUMAN RIGHT AND WE DEMAN THE SAME RIGHT AS OWNERS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SPEAKER. >> ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS WHOSE NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED AND WISH TO SPEAK, LINE UP RIGHT NOW, WE'LL GIVE ABOUT FIVE SECONDS FOR SOMEBODY TO APPROACH THE LINE, IF NOT THA, WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT. I DONE SEE ANYBODY APPROACHING. MR. CLERK, WHAT'S BEFORE US? >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOT VOTE ON ITEMS 1 AND 4. ER >> ALRIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 12 AYES. ER >> ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> MR. PRESIDENT, THERE'S A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 4 FORTHWITH. ER >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> WHAT'S NEXT? >> A SPECIAL ONE MOTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ ASK SECONDED COUNCIL MEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, RODRIGUEZ AND JURADO. A VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR THE FINDING BUT THAT IT NEEDS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND IT CAME TO ATTENTION BY THE CITY SQUEN TO THE PURSUIT OF THE GENERAL DA. >> ARE WE PREPARED TO OPEN THE ROLLS ON THE FINDINGS AND WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HER HAN -- HERNANDEZ AFTER THAT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> I BELIEVE THE MOTION HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED, I ASSUME THE MEMBERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK ATS IT, UNLESS SOMEBODY OBJECTS, I THINK WE CAN VOTE ON THE FINDINGS. ER >> WITH, THAT WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON THE FINDINGS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 12 AYES. ER >> ALRIGHT. WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, SO IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBER THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE -- OR LEFT SIDE OF THE AUDITORIUM. >> AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE MOTION HAD BEEN POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD, SO IT HAS BEEN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR A WHILE. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE FWR THE PUBLIC WOULD WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION. SO, UNLESS SOMEBODY INDICATES NOW, I THINK YOU CAN CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER -- PUBLIC COMMENT WAS CLOSED, COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE -- THERE'S BEEN MOMENTS WE HAVE BEEN CONFRONTED WITH A FEW TIMES WHERE DECISIONS HAVE FELT THEY'VE BEEN MADE WITHOUT CONFER WITCHING THIS BODY, THIS MOTION IS CALLING OUT AN OPPORTUNITY AND A REQUEST AND A DIRECTION FOR ACTION NOT TO BE TAKEN ON THE INJUNCTION AROUND THE 2025 -- SEPTEMBER 2025 PROTEST UNTIL WE CAN CONFER WITH THIS TH* BODY. MOTION HAS BEEN PASSED AROUND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. >> ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, MEMBERS? I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ AND THE FOLKSIEST WHO HAVE SIGNED ON TO THIS MOTION FOR BRINGING IT TO US. THIS IS A TRICKY SITUATION WITH THE SAFETY OF THE ISSUE, THERE ARE ALWAYS LOTS OF CONCERNS WHEN WE HAVE A BIG MARCH IN DOWNTOWN LA OR ANYWHERE IN THE CITY AND HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATES TO THAT, I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS TRYING TO RESPOND TO THAT, BUT AS THE MEMBERS SAID, IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CONFER WITH THIS BODY EITHER AS A WHOLE OR WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, A PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR, SWRE A PRO TEM, A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, SOMEBODY, SO THIS MOTION SEEKS TO PRESS THAT POINT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY IN A WAY THAT'S PUBLIC AND ON THE RECORD. YOU KNOW, THIS DOES NOT BIND OUR CITY IN ANY WAY, IT SIMPLY SAYS THE CITY ATTORNEY NEEDS TO CONFER WITH THE GOVERNING BODY WITH CITY WHICH IS THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS, COUNCIL MEMBER ROD G*ERZ? >> THANK YOU, MS. HERNANDEZ NOR, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMIND EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN <u>%-t)</u>