Palisades Fire and Eden Fire and all of these amazing families are going to have the opportunity to receive a huge fire safe to protect all of those valuables in their homes. Thank you so much. In light of all the recent events that we've had going on in the city of Los Angeles with the Palisades Fire and the repetitive nature of brush fires and the Southern California area, this is just an opportunity to remind the citizens of the importance of being prepared. As far as the fire department helping, I really appreciate that it's something within my local neighborhood that I could have access to. We've had, I would say, over 200 households that have come through are coming through right now. I know that this is going to be a difficult holiday season for a lot of people. One, for all of those families that were impacted by the fires. And I just think about the families who are not at home right now because they lost their homes in the fires. The whole point is to support the community right? We identify a need in the community and we reach out and try to form a public private partnerships so that it benefits the community. So we want you to know that your city still stands with you and will always stand with you. So stay safe. Stay strong Angelenos. We will always stick together. The city's economic and workforce development department is connecting Angelenos to job opportunities at a recent fair, the Department provided personal resume and interview coaching for those seeking jobs and brought in employers who were hiring on the spot. So that's the first step. Go ahead and sign in here. Right now we're at La mission College and this event is a partnership between LA Family Housing and JCC. And its job fair hire. Hope so. First of course they need to enroll in our program after that we do have resume workshops, interview workshops, job readiness workshops. So once you accomplish those three, your job ready and then you can attend any of these events because we want you to be job ready. A lot of these city jobs are sticking out because you don't find these everywhere. This is a good resource for that. So we have the LAPD here, the Marine Corps here, retail to warehouse work. I feel good about the city putting on events like this because this is very necessary. We're hiring on this spot. No barriers here. You can just walk right in, sign up at our sign up table and receive any of the services. Yeah, I want to say I really recommend this event because it's got a lot of resources and a lot of jobs that's hiring, right now. If you feel hesitant or unsure about coming out to one of these events, there is a place for everyone and there's a resource for everyone. Speak one on one with the employers. So we're all here to lift you up and help you. We try to eliminate all the intimidation here and bring the resources to you. Jackie Goldberg is a community legend at the junction of policy, law changes, civic engagement and leadership. In a fitting tribute to her many accomplishments, a junction on sunset and Silverlake has been renamed in Goldberg's honor. We're here in the heart of Silver Lake sunset Junction, but today we are renaming it Jackie Goldberg. Sunset Junction for three two, one. Ta da! Yay Woo! We know that she was a councilwoman for many years. The assemblywoman and school board member resident of this district. So today we're honoring her for all the things she's done to make the city a better place. She sent everything from authoring LA's landmark Living Wage to domestic partnership law that I coauthored with her that allowed all the rights of marriage to same sex couples. It's hard to talk about all the things that she accomplished, but it's great that we're recognizing her with five different signs for Jackie Goldberg Square, each one talking about some of her major accomplishments. Very few will actually be able to say that they did so much for so many as Jackie, no doubt can say, for the school district, Jackie is an iconic leader. She was a teacher. She's been a leader, a board member, a board president. She has always advocated for that which is right, righteous and rightful for everybody. It is a great day for Los Angeles. Jackie is somebody who is such a tenacious fighter, and she is unapologetic about her values and a woman who represents the LGBTQ plus community. She is representing a big voice that is sorely needed in all the positions that she served. And she's somebody that I look up. To. Over 40 years in public office, we changed a lot of laws and made a lot of people get protections they never had before. And we tried to bring communities together where there was not harmony always. But I think that we changed Los Angeles for the good. And I'm getting the honor, which I think is quite remarkable. But I'm I'm overwhelmed. Mayor bass announces the stormwater capture from the recent rains and LA zoo is celebrating the birth of a new baby gorilla. These stories up next on City Beat. Mayor Karen Bass announced recent rains in LA have helped to push the captured stormwater total to over 5 billion gallons since October 1st. LA's Department of Water and Power estimates that close to 5.5 billion gallons have been captured, enough to meet the annual water needs of around 68,000 households. The department captures rainwater using residential rain barrels and cisterns, stormwater infrastructure and large spreading grounds like those in Tujunga. Mayor bass noted that city investments are helping to improve local water supply and reduce runoff into the ocean and enhance LA's overall resilience . For more information, visit mayor L.A. City Governor slash press. The Los Angeles Zoo is celebrating the birth of a new baby gorilla, bringing the number of great apes born at the zoo this year to five. In the last four months, the LA zoo has seen the birth of three chimpanzees, one orangutan and this new baby gorilla. The new baby has not been named yet, and its gender has not been identified so far. They have a sister, Angela, who was born in 2020, and the whe family can be seen at the Campo Gorilla Reserve area of the zoo. Western lowland gorillas are social animals that live in groups of one silverback, adult male, several adult females and their offspring. For more information, visit La. Zoo.org. To celebrating creative culture, the Los Angeles Public Library held its annual Independent Voices Festival. This event helps to build community among local writers, poets and zine makers, honoring their voices and independence. Today, we have our independent voices Festival. It's a celebration of independent authors and zines. This event is an opportunity for our local author, community, our local zinesters and anyone who's interested in the written word to gather to network, to get advice about publishing their book, making connections with each other, really just being part of the community today so the people will be able to make their own zines, which they can keep or donate to us for a potential inclusion. And there's also poetry workshops. They'll learn from many different voices of the community how to be a published author or self-published author or zinester. And that's what I love zine making, because you never know what you're going to make. It's up to how you feel that day . Being a self-published or independent author is a really lonely business. People who are working with the big established publishers have whole teams behind them. Editors publicists , marketing folks. These independent authors are just a one man, one woman show, and it can be a very lonely, challenging field. So we love having this event to just offer them advice and a sense of community so they can talk to each other, share tips, and really help each other out. For more information about all the library's resources and events, visit lapl.org. A basketball legend is sharing his support for LA's youth. The one and only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar brought inspiration and giveaways to a local school. His support will help the kids get in the paint on and off the basketball court . We are at the amazing UCLA, RFK Community School and we're here with the Skyhook Foundation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the great in a sneaker and backpack giveaway for our children in LAUSD. I connected with the kids, definitely. I saw the smiles on their faces, and I hope they used the equipment to, uh, to do meaningful things. The students are overjoyed. They're very surprised. It feels like Christmas. The students are opening up their new shoes and sharing this moment with their friends. And they're just excited to be part of this event . I think just being here in the presence of the partners and also Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is very inspiring. Some of the athletes that I admired really set a great example. I'm talking about Bill Russell, Jackie Robinson. Those guys were like my heroes when I was a kid, and they really had a serious approach to what was going on, both on the playing field and away from it. So amazing in his philanthropy and his support for young people and particularly young people in Los Angeles. We care a lot about every student, and we're bringing every opportunity possible to enrich their lives and their experiences here at our school. The kids are the future and what they need to hear from us is that we're with them on their journey to whatever it is that they imagine themselves to be. And for a lot of our kids in L.A. unified, that journey isn't as easy as it is for kids in other places. So anything we can do to support them, that's what today is about . Just sharing the message of achieving their dreams and trying their best. I feel like it's really helpful when they know that people outside of the school actually care and want to actually show them, you know, love. Some of these kids will get into science, technology, engineering, or math and come back as a doctor or a chemist or a physicist or some type of scientist because they got encouragement. Connecting with local artists and makers this holiday season supports their creativity and business at the Port of LA. The crafted Marketplace showcases a wide variety of handcrafted items and one of a kind gifts for everyone on your list. Welcome to crafted. We are a unique handmade marketplace filled with local artists, makers, small business owners, entrepreneurs and today is a special day to support local artists and shop small in your neighborhood. I'm here today in my shop. I'm a metalsmith and jewelry designer. I also teach Metalsmithing classes here at Crafted. I think we have a really strong group of artists. There's so many different classes you can take. You can literally spend a whole day here. There is sewing classes, there's metalsmithing classes, there's pottery, candle making. It's a perfect place for you to spend the day with your family and your loved ones. It's always family friendly in here. They always have like a thing for everyone. Like if your thing is sea creatures or if you're just like making slime over here, it's just really fun. Overall Always has like positive energy in here and you should come support. Crafted is a fantastic environment to bring local jobs for local artists and makers in the Port of Los Angeles. Somewhere That's a really big city of industry. We're bringing it back to our small town makers right here in the market. As an artist, we spend a lot of time making and creating our craft. So when you come and support us, I believe that you know, you're taking home a little bit of us, a little love that we make for you and everything you're going to find in the marketplace here is truly one of a kind, handmade and something you are not going to find anywhere else. This place is truly unique and special. Shop small. This holiday season at crafted and you can also visit Santa every Saturday here in December. Merry Christmas! Oh ho ho! Happy holidays to everybody! Oh ho ho ! The unique combination of palm trees and ice makes the Pershing Square Holiday Ice Rink the coolest spot in LA. The Department of Rec and Parks kicked off the holidays downtown with the promise of gliding into this season of goodwill. We're here today at the wonderful Pershing Square for the grand opening of our ice skating rink and for our annual tree lighting ceremony. It's my first time lighting up a 75 foot tree, one. Events like this and activities like this bring community together. Just so we can be together with with our neighbors and our families and enjoy each other and enjoy the holiday spirit. We're always up for anything, even in the rain. And look at it, it's happening and it's fun. This might be the closest thing we can get to snow, but it's very fun. Let's have fun together. Let's celebrate community. Let's celebrate coming together. No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you can belong on this ice. My favorite part is just the performances and just seeing everybody out there. We have some experts out there that do amazing moves. And then we have the very, very beginners. Okay okay. Practice makes perfect. That's why I try to come as often as I can. Um, my goal today is to make it off of the barrier. It's the beginning of the holiday season. We have the lights, we're bringing the ice. I don't know where else in the world you can have this metropolitan experience. Skating and icing rink to get your winter holiday vibes. And also be right next to all of the palm trees. It's so beautiful. We have a lot of families that it's a Christmas tradition for them to come here every year. I think one common thing is the desire to just be with other people and find similarities, and just find the love and connection that everyone else has, which is just wanting to be a part of like family in a community. And so the ice skating rink is not just for tourists, it's really for our residents and people to come and join us and celebrate downtown. I invite everybody to join us on the ice skating rink and I'll try not to sprain my ankle, and we'll be open all the way through January 19th. Go to the website Holiday Ice Rink downtown LA .com. Come skate. It's a beautiful, beautiful view and LA is also beautiful right now. So come and enjoy on the dark winter nights. It's good to know that the LA zoo is aglow. The festive favorite LA zoo lights, Animals Aglow is back for the season, helping to make those holiday memories. It's photo filled family fun, full of holiday cheer. Three two, one. We are at the Los Angeles Zoo where we are kicking off LA zoo lights animals aglow for the 20 2526 season. And it's an amazing time of the year to come and make some holiday memories here at the LA zoo. So it's marrying the lights with our little little boy. What I was telling my wife is, this is the first time that we've been here together. And with our one year old son, it's going to be like a great. See, he's even excited to be here. And we're just enjoying this moment of our family time. I brought my wife, my kids, my brother in law and his family. They loved it. They enjoyed it. It's very pleasant. Will definitely come next year with my family. I think that it's about creating holiday traditions. It's an opportunity that families can look forward to. Like I said, creating memories that will last a lifetime. It's amazing the lights, the fun, taking different pictures with the different exhibits and the way they set up is very beautiful. It's really pretty. Like everyone did a really good job setting up. It's just nice to see the families and everybody in the holiday spirit. It's really nice. You can tell that there's a lot of work that came to completing this, and it's a huge it would be a huge waste for people not to come and attend this event. And the program will run until January 11th. And so there's plenty of opportunity for people to come and have a great experience during the holiday season. In this week's Things to Do, enjoy the tradition of Las Posadas at El Pueblo. Celebrate the winter solstice at the city's only nature preserve and get your picture with Santa at the North Pole in Vermont Square. Park all this up next on things to do. Join El Pueblo at the birthplace of Los Angeles to celebrate the tradition of Las Posadas, the Olvera Street Merchants Association hosts this special holiday tradition of a nightly procession through the streets of El Pueblo. Enjoy traditional songs, colorful costumes, and vibrant music that brings the celebration of the holiday season to life in the historical heart of Los Angeles. Each night, we'll have a children's pinata, live entertainment and the procession. Enjoy Las Posadas on nine nights, beginning on Tuesday, December 16th through Wednesday, December 24th, with festivities beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit Olvera, Events.com. Celebrate the winter solstice with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power at the only nature preserve in the city. The department will host a sunrise ceremony to mark the solstice at the Chatsworth Nature Preserve on Friday, December 19th. Gates open at 6:45 a.m, with sunrise at 6:55 a.m. The opening ceremony with Native American blessing will begin at 7 a.m. Head to Chatsworth Nature Preserve for the winter solstice celebration , taking place on Friday, December 19th at 7 a.m. for more details and updates, visit ladwp .com. Slash Winter solstice. Join Council member Curren Price and his office for holidays in the ninth celebration. Events on Friday, December 19th. The holiday season celebration is North Pole at Vermont Square Park. Join the community to get into the holiday spirit with all the magic of snow. Enjoy family fun with arts and crafts, tasty treats and much more. Attendees will also get to take their own pictures with Santa Claus. Head to West 47th Street and enjoy the North Pole at Vermont Square Park on Friday, December 19th at 4 p.m. for more information, see the calendar section at CD nine dot. City dot gov. And that's a look at some things to do. And that's all for this week. I'm Natalia Bilbao and from all of us here at LA this week. Thank you so much for joining us. Remember that you can watch us online anytime at LA Cityview. Org. And we're also on Instagram , Facebook and YouTube. See you next time for more LA. This week . Did you know the average LA resident uses about 89 gallons of water each day? Challenge yourself to conserve. Turning off the faucet when you brush saves up to ten gallons of water . Taking a five minute or less shower saves up to 15 gallons of water. Washing only full loads of laundry saves up to 30 gallons of water, and fixing a running toilet can save up to 50 gallons of water. Keep it in mind all day, every day. It's water. Conservation. The La way >> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 12th DAY OF DECEMBER THE YEAR OF 2025, THE LAST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FOR 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN THIS CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE 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. 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 10, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN MOVES COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER INTO SAIRIAN MOVES COUNCILMEMBER HUTT SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA? YES SIR. MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH TODAY? >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: 2 THROUGH 15 WILL BE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 16--16, 18, 19, 32, 40, 44, 46 THROUGH 49 THE COMMITTEE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND ARE ONLINE UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. ITEMS 37 AND 45 SHOULD BE HELD ON THE DESK UNTIL THE PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. ITEMS 50 THROUGH 82 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEMS 83 THROUGH 94 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA, ITEM 95 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. SPECIALS MEMBERS? I'LL START ON MY LEFT WITH MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: ON ITEM 4 FOR THE CHAIR TO MOVE THE BUDGET FSR REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 80 FOR COMMENT SXZ CONTINUE ITEM 52 UNTIL JANUARY 13th, AND ITEM 62 FOR ONE MONTH. >> Clerk: 62 IS CONTINUED FOR ONE MONTH, AND THAT WOULD BE LET'S SEE, THAT WOULD BE JANUARY 9, 2025. >> E. Hernandez: YOU CAN DO THE OTHER ONE FOR ONE MONTH TOO. WHICH IS 52. >> Clerk: SO 52 IS CONTINUED TO JANUARY 9th, FRIDAY, 2026 AS WELL AS 62 IS CONTINUED FOR JANUARY 9, 2025. THANK YOU. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ASK, WE CALL SPECIAL ITEM 41 FOR AN AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING CIRCULATED AND I'M SORRY, ITEM 40, THAT IS BEING CIRCULATED AT THE MOMENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ITEMS 41 AND 45 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Clerk: SO MR. LEE 40 IS CALLED SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT 41 AND 45 ARE SEPARATE VOTES. THANK YOU, SIR. AND IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. BLUMENFIELD'S MOTION FOR ITEM 4 TO MOVE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT? MS. HUTT, THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO BUDGET COMMITTEE BIFURCATE NUMBER 40 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: YOU GOT THAT, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: YES. SO MR. NAZARIAN WOULD LIKE TO BIFURCATE ITEM 40 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, JUST A MOMENT, SIR. OKAY AND IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. NAZARIAN'S MOTION FOR SEPARATE VOTE ON E FOR THE FS, FOR THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT? >> J. Lee: SECOND? LEE. >> Clerk: MR. LEE, THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS ON MY LEFT, I'LL GO TO MY RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM 4 AS I AM A LANDLORD AND ALSO FROM 20, 21, 42 AND 76 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED IN THE PAST. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: CAN I CALL ITEM 44 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM 1, SO IF WE CAN HOLD THAT ON THE DESK UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, ITEMS 20 AND 21 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS? COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: YEAH, I'M ON ITEM 39 I'M GOING TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT, WE'RE STILL WORKING THE LANGUAGE ADDING INSTRUCTION TO CLA REGARDING A REPORT BACK. SO IT'S JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE TO THE REPORT BACK AND WE'LL CIRCULATE THAT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? GOING ONCE? GOING TWICE? COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 73 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. AND, ITEM 35 FOR SOME BRIEF COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT SOMETHING, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. FOR ITEM 45, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THAT SPECIAL AND MOVE THE THE MOTION FROM THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE OF THIS MORNING FOR ITEM 45. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. McOSKER'S MOTION TO ADOPT THE PERSONNEL AND HIRING REPORT? MS. RAMAN, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS? ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME? MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 16, 18 THROUGH 18 AND 19, SO IT'S 16, 18, AND 19, 22 THROUGH 34. ITEM 36, AND THEN 43, 44, 46 THROUGH 48, AND 49, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND ALSO, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 17 TO JANUARY 14, 2026. AS WELL AS TO REFER ITEM 38 TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: NEXT, WOULD BE THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: I'LL ASK IF MR. BLUMENFIELD OUR VICE CHAIR OF BUDGET AND FINANCE CAN GIVE US A REPORT BACK ON THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS? >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY. RIGHT, I BELIEVE THESE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE, WE CONSIDERED ALL OF THESE ITEMS IN COMMITTEE AND IT'S FINE TO HEAR THEM IN OPEN SESSION AND GO ALONG WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THESE ITEMS. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, 90 IN THE CLOSE SESSION ITEM SHOULD BE HELD ON THE DESK BUT LET ME READ THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNT, SIR. ITEM 83 IN THE CASE ENTITLED TALHITI CHUNG ET AL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 300,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 84 IN THE CASE ENTITLED TATIANA VERSUS CAROL L.GUTIERREZ ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 365,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 85 IN THE CASE ENTITLED PAUL ALBERTA SANCHEZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 599,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 86 IN THE CASE ENTITLED MS. REIGNER MORLES GONZALEZ VERSUS SABASTIAN ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 990,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 87 IN THE CASE ENTITLED ROY BERKLER VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 250,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 88 IN THE CASE ENTITLED JOES A HERNANDEZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $300,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 89 IN THE CASE ENTITLED STEFP BLAHA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 690,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 90 IN THE CASE LOS ANGELES POLICE PROTECTIVE LEAGUE VERSUS MATT SZABO, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 450,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 91 IN THE CASE END LARA VERSE CITY OF LOSS LOTS ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE PLAINTIFF'S OFFER FOR SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 92 TRY STAR MANAGEMENT VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPENDS UP TO 225,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 93 IN THE CASE ENTITLED CELINE VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 250,000 IN SETTLEMENT FOR ITEM 94 IN THE CASE ENTITLED TERRY MANNER SENIOR HOUSING LP, AND TERRY MANNER PRESERVATION LP, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 2, 475,000 AND 275,000 RESPECTIVELY PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST IN SETTLEMENT. THAT'S ALL, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THESE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS SIR. >> Council President: YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL BEGIN OUR PRESENTATIONS WITH A SPOTLIGHT ON OUR CITY AND HOW WE'RE WEATHERING THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON OUR BUSINESSES AND TO OUR PEOPLE. THIS MORNING, WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. PRAO*IS THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, THE ICE RAIDS ON OUR LATINO NEIGHBORS ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA HAVE REALLY BEEN DISRUPTIVE, DISRUPTIVE TO CITIES, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. LESS PI BLI SIZED ARE THE RAIDS THAT HAVE IMPACTED THE PEOPLE FROM AFRICA AND CARIBBEAN. WITH US TODAY IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN, ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM U.S. AFRICA INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE IS A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION, BASED IN CD9, HERE TO ADDRESS THE URGENT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING NEEDS. THE INSTITUTE SERVES BLACK COMMUNITIES FROM AFRICA, CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES WORKING TO ENSURE THEIR UNIQUE EXPERIENCE RIGHT SIDE --EXPERIENCES. IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER GROUPS AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY RESOURCES ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE FOR IMMIGRANTS, IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE THE ONES THAT REMAIN UNSHEEN AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DR. TALIS, PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. AFRICA INSTITUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMAN, GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HARRIS-DAWSON. I AM THE FOUNDER OF AFRICAN CITY. WE FOUNDED WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUPPORT FOR THE BLACK IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO OUR COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR HIS COMPLIMENT TO UPLIFTING THE COMMUNITIES AND IN THE BLACK DIASPORA COMMUNITIES IN OUR DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE CLOSE COUNTRY. THE BLACK IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IS UNDER ATTACK RIGHT NOW. AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS WAGED A WAR AGAINST NOT JUST BLACK COMMUNITY BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, INCLUDING BROTHERS FROM THE HIS HISPANIC COMMUNITIES AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES. THE PRESIDENT CALLED US GARBAGE AND SAID THE HISPANICS ARE RAPIST. BUT LET US BE CLEAR. WE'RE NOT RAPIST, WE'RE NOT GARBAGE, WE'RE EDUCATORS, WE'RE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, WE ARE DOCTORS, WE'RE NURSES, WE CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH TO THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY, CULTURALLY, ECONOMICALLY AND IN COUNTLESS AS OTHER WAYS. TODAY COUNCILMEMBERS AND PRESIDENT AND MAYOR TO CONDEMN THESE HATRED ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALSO TO SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY IN THE CITY BUT OUR COAST CITY. COUNCILMEMBER WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THE FIGHT. WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS OUR BROTHERS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. WHAT COUNCILMEMBER IS DOING TODAY AND EVERY DAY TO EMPOWER AFRICAN AMERICANS OR BLACK IMMIGRANTS OR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN GENERAL, IS, A LEGACY OF THE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IN THE FRONTLINE. XWU EVERYONE FIGHTING FOR THOSE MARGINIZED IN THIS COUNTRY. WEAVER GRATEFUL FOR--WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING BUT WE NEED COLLABORATION TO EMPOWER THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE BLACK, PARTICULARLY AFRICAN MYSELF I WAS A REFUGEE. I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES 15-16 YEARS AGO, AND I'VE BEEN FIGHTING AND ORGANIZING OUR COMMUNITIES. NOT ONLY IN LOS ANGELES BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF MEMBERS IN CONGRESS. SO DEMANDING YOU TO SUPPORT US NOW. TO CONDEMN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW. I SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCILMAN AND THE STAFF AND ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR WHAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NOW WE GO TO PRESENTATIONS, WHICH WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. >> COLLEAGUES WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE CAREER OF A LEADER. IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE BARBARA ROMERO. THIS CITY MOVES BECAUSE OF OUR WORKFORCE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEDICATED WORKERS OF L.A. SAN. SINCE 2021, THEY'VE BEEN LEAD BY SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TRASH TRUCKS AND BINS. IT'S ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE. LONG BEFORE SHE BECAME GENERAL MANAGER, THEY SERVED IN OTHER CAPACITY. AND PUSHED THE CITY TO THINK ABOUT BIGGER ABOUT EQUITY, SUSTAINABLE AND INPHA SFRUK TOUR. L.A. SAN BECAME THE STANDARD OF HIRE PROGRAM. SAW POTENTIAL IN EVERYBODY GIVING A REAL SHOT FOR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE UNDER INCARCERATION AND HOMELESSNESS. BECAUSE OF HER, MANY HAVE PATHWAY TO MIDDLE CLASS. BARBARA HAS FOUGHT FOR THE WATER SUPPLY, PLAYED A ROLE IN THE WATER SAFE PROGRAM SECURING MORE THAN 250 MILLION DOLLARS FOR STORM WATER AND GREENING PROJECT. CHAMPIONED PURE WATER LOS ANGELES AN EFFORT WITH DWP WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY RECYCLE TWO MILLION GALLONS OF WATER, EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND BARBARA IMPLEMENTED A CITY-WIDE PROGRAM SERVING 750 HOUSEHOLDS AND IF YOU LOOK UP AT THE SCREEN, RIGHT BEHIND YOU, YOU CAN SEE HOW HAPPY SHE WAS ABOUT OVERSEEING ONE OF THE LARGEST GREEN VEHICLE FLEETS IN THE NATION. SHE LAUNCHED PILOTS TO TRANSITION THE PROGRAM TOWARDS ELECTRIFICATION. BUT ANYONE WHO KNOWS BARBARA, KNOWS SHE BRINGS MORE THAN TITLES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SHE BLEEDS DODGER BLUE, SHE MAKES CHI LA QUI LES. AND LIGHTS UP WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT HER SON BRADY. WHO IS EXCELLING IN SCHOOL AND BASEBALL. BARBARA LEADS WITH COMMITMENT, CREATIVITY AND HEART AND LOS ANGELES IS BETTER BECAUSE OF THE WORK SHE HAS POURED INTO IT AND THE TEAMS SHE HAS BUILT. BARBARA YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. IS KNOW THAT, AND I SEE YOU, I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT CHALLENGE YOU TAKE ON NEXT AND PLEASE KNOW THAT I'M HERE FOR YOU. I SEE HOW YOU MOVE AND THE PEOPLE YOU UPLIFT AND THAT'S LEADERSHIP. I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU. TO KEEP THIS CELEBRATION GOING, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUE, ADRIN NAZARIAN TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. FOLKS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE 13 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP. BARBARA ROMERO'S LEADERSHIP IN LOS ANGELES IS UNDENIABLE, THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP AT L.A. SANITATION ENVIRONMENT, SHE HAS HELPED OUR CITY TOWARDS A MORE RESILIENT FUTURE. SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY LEAD WITH INTEGRITY AND EQUITY BRINGING A PEOPLE-FIRST-APPROACH TO EVERY LEVEL OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AND I FOR ONE APPRECIATE HER WORK AS A FORMER ADVOCATE, A STAFFER AND FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, A GENERAL MANAGER VERY MUCH, BECAUSE DURING THAT TIME WE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ALWAYS BENEFIT LOS ANGELES BUT ALSO OUR SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. SO BEYOND THE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES, BARBARA HAS SHAPED THE CULTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE ITSELF FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL ANGELINOS. THANK YOU BARBARA FOR 13 REMARKABLE YEARS OF SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO LOS ANGELES AND THANK YOU TO MY WONDERFUL COLLEAGUE FOR WANTING TO DO THIS ON BARBARA'S BEHALF. THANK YOU ALL. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. NOW LET'S HEAR FROM THE PERSON OF THE HOUR, BARBARA ROMERO. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI, BARBARA ROMERO, DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER. FIRST I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION TO COUNCIL. TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS COMING 13 YEARS AGO, SOME OF YOU WERE HERE IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, THE WORK, IT SOMETIMES TAKES DECADES, WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY, MY SON WAS SITTING HERE IN DIAPERS WITH A BOTTLE AND AS YOU HEARD HE'S NOW A TEENAGER. AND THE REASON HE IS NOT HERE IS BECAUSE HE HAS TWO TESTS HE CAN NOT MISS. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR SERVICE IN THAT WAY, IT IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART AND THAT IT TAKES, A WHOLE VILLAGE OF PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE. AND I KNOW MY FAMILY, WILL GET ME BACK FOR A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE 24-HOUR OPERATION THAT WE DO AT SANITATION, IS IT HAS A PRICE TO IT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK, I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT COMING HERE 13 YEARS AGO, I, I MADE A COMMITMENT TO COUNCIL THEN, THAT I WAS THAT I WANTED TO BE A LEADER TO ALL THOSE KIDS, A KID FROM THE EAST SIDE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THEY COULD BECOME THE RUN A DEPARTMENT, THE SECOND LARGEST DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT YOU CAN DO IT WITH FINESSE, YOU CAN DO IT WITH INTEGRITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU CAN DO IT WITH A TEAM OF EXECS, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE NOT HERE, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, OUR STAFF ARE OUT THERE SERVING THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND I CANNOT HAVE DONE ANYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE TODAY, WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT. SO I WANT TO AGAIN, THANK THE WORKFORCE. IT HAS BEEN THE LAST COUPLE SIX WEEKS, IN TALKING TO STAFF ABOUT GETTING THEIR THANK YOUS AND THEIR YOU KNOW, THE RECOGNITION THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM THEM IN DIFFERENT CELEBRATIONS, WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST HUMBLING AND THE MOST QUITE FRANKLY THE MOST PROUD THAT I AM, IS HOW I IMPACTED THEM PERSONALLY. HOW WHETHER THEY REALIZED THAT THEY WANT MORE, THEY REALIZE THAT I COULD BE, YOU KNOW THAT I WAS A MENTOR AND ADVISOR. SOMETHING THAT I SAID, SOMETHING THAT I DID IN A MEETING BEFORE YOU, IN OUR PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS. THAT THAT IS WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, THE PEOPLE, THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ME I'M PEOPLE-FOCUS. AND THIS WORK THE MOST MEANINGFUL WAS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH STAFF AND SEEING THEIR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT WE DELIVER SERVICES. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO, I'M JUST FEELING THE GRATITUDE BECAUSE THEY END OF THE DAY, ALL THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING, IT WAS A GIFT. THESE 13 YEARS HAVE BEEN A GIFT TO ME AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS ENDEAVOR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO--I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS NEXT, I DO THE ONLY THING ASKED ME EARLIER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEXT? I'M GOING TO MEXICO CITY TO SEE BAD BUNNY. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS I WILL COME BACK IN SOME CAPACITY AND WILL LEAN ON ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING SOME OF THE TOUGHEST WORK THAT IS OUT THERE. AND I KNOW THAT, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS FEEL THAT WAY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS HOPE IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE DOING THIS PUBLIC SERVICE WORK IS, IS ADD MEASURABLE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE MANY WAYS AND PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS PLENTY OTHER WORK THAT I CAN SUPPORT ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY IN YOUR EFFORTS IN YOUR DISTRICTS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE RECOGNITION TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS. MS. ROMERO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF SPEAKERS ON QUEUE AS YOU MAY IMAGINE. BEGIN WITHING COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, BARBARA, YOU KNOW YOU AND I STARTED AT THE SAME TIME. AND I REMEMBER YOU HAD JUST, YOU WERE, YOU WERE BRAND NEW MOM. AND WE WERE SITTING IN THIS FRONT PEW AWAITING TO GET CONFIRMED DOING SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAD NOT DONE, NO MAYOR IN THE HISTORY HAD EVER REPLACED AN ENTIRE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THEIR TERM. AND WE WERE THE FIRST TO DO THAT. AND WHEN WE DID IT, WE CAME IN TOGETHER, AND WE WERE ALL DETERMINED TO WORK TOGETHER AND CHANGE THINGS TOGETHER. AND WHEN I LOOK BACK HOW WE MIGRATED INTO DIFFERENT ROLES, IT WAS GROUNDED IN THAT FIRST MOMENTS OF US COMING TOGETHER, FOCUSED ON HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE CITY SERVICES, PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT FROM WHEN WE FIRST SAT HERE BEFORE, THAT COUNCIL AND MADE THAT COMMITMENT. BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, YOU HAVE HAD SUCH A REMARKABLE CAREER, GOING BACK TO BEING PART OF THE CONSERVATION CORE, MRCA, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE, THIS IS A CULMINATING PART OF REALLY, YOUR BIGGEST STORY WHICH HAS ALWAYS ROOTED IN ENVIRONMENTALISM, IN PARK EQUITY, IN ACCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND STEMMING BACK TO THOSE EAST SIDE ROOTS. I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M PROUD TO CALL YOU A FRIEND. TO CALL YOU A COLLEAGUE. WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR TEAM AND EVEN WHEN PEPE WHEN WE WERE DOING SOME OF THE WORK IN THE FIELD FROM BOB POTTER, EVERYBODY NA IS HERE, ALEX, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ENGROSSED IN THIS WORK FOR DECADES, ALL RESPECTED YOU AND APPRECIATED THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU BROUGHT TO SANITATION WHEN YOU CAME ON BOARD. WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED. AND THAT SPEAKS INVOLVES. THAT SPEAKS MORE THAN ANY, FLIPIN DECISION THAT ANYBODY MAKES THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND. YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE LEADER FOR HAVING EARNED THE RESPECT OF THE VERY PEOPLE WHO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, EACH AND EVERY DAY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT RAIN OR SHINE. SO MY FRIEND, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INTEGRITY YOU EXCEED AND THE LEADERSHIP YOU'VE DELIVERED AND WHAT I KNOW, WILL JUST BE, THIS WAS JUST ONE STOP IN THE LONGER STORY. WHERE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AND BE THAT EXAMPLE THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD OF. SO CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I THINK IT'S, IT'S SADLY, IN THIS FUNK TOUR, WE WILL BE IMPACTED NOT FOR THE BETTER BY YOUR DEPARTURE. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU LEAVE WITH AN INCREDIBLE TEAM STILL IN PLACE TO CARRY ON THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT I HOPE WILL BE HONEST, ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO ENSURE THE BEST QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. SO THANK YOU AND I WISH YOU THE BEST AND I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING BARBARA IN. BARBARA, YOU HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE TO LEAD WITH STRENGTH AND INTEGRITY SUCH A GIGANTIC DEPARTMENT. I DON'T THINK FOLKS APPRECIATE, THERE ARE SO FEW DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SO LARGE, SO DIVERSE, RUN 24-7, NOT ALL DEPARTMENT RUN 24-7 AND TOUCHES THE LIVES OF EVERY SINGLE ANGELINO, EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT REALLY IS A REMARKABLY IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT AND IT RUNS SO WELL, THAT IN PLACES. I AGREE WITH ALL OF THOSE COMMENT THAO YOUR ENJOY MEXICO CITY, ENJOY ONE OF THE GREATEST CITIES IN THE WORLD AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AT SOME OTHER CAPACITY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING REAL TREASURE IN TO SEE HERE. BARBARA, I'M A LITTLE PRO TURB BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MY CALLS YOU ANSWERED AT ANY % TIME. BUT THAT'S YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. SANITATION IS QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IS THE SERVICES THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM PROVIDE ARE VALUABLE AND LIFE CHANGING. SO AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. CONTINUED SUCCESS, WE KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER INTO SAIR--NAZARIAN FOR BRINGING THIS TOGETHER. VERY EXCITED FOR YOU. I WISH I WAS GOING TO MEXICO CITY. I HOPE YOU GET TO SEE SOME ROCK EN ESPANOL, GO GET SOMETHING UNIQUE, JUST MY OPINION. BUT ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU. NOT JUST FROM THE LIMITED THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL AND YOU'RE HERE RUNNING A AS MR. McOSKER MENTIONED, A VERY BIG AGENCY BUT IN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, IN THE WORK-RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. AND YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH THE BUILDING. AND I THINK YOUR STORY, YOUR LEGACY IS GOING TO BE ONE OF I GOT HERE I KNOW WHERE THE FUTURE NEEDED TO TAKE US AND GOT IT GOING. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AS WE'RE GOING, THE LAST 30 YEARS. THE LAST FEW YEARS, HAVING JUSTICE. AND VERY LATIN AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR BEING SOMEBODY THAT WAS ABLE TO TAKE THOSE COMPLEXES. AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE LEAVING, BEHIND AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. SO CONGRATULATIONS, HAVE FUN. AND GOOD LUCK IN WHATEVER IS NEXT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BARBARA IN. I DON'T WANT TO SAY GOODBYE AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU GO. THE TIME THAT WE'VE HAD TOGETHER HAS BEEN TOO SHORT AND YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE FRIEND AND A REMARKABLE PARTNER. YOU KNOW SO MUCH OF THE WORK IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE GROUND, ON THE WEST SIDE, HAS BEEN US WITH OUR SLEEVES ROLLED UP. MAKE ITING HAPPEN. I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU, UNDER EXTRAORDINARILY CHALLENGING AND STRESSFUL CIRCUMSTANCES AT HIGHPERIAN DURING STORMS WHERE BOTH OF US WERE WORRIED AND SCARED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE SAYING HAPPENING IN REALTIME. GRATEFUL FOR THE WE HAD. I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE NEXT TO YOU, WHATEVER IS NEXT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR BRINGING MS. ROMERO HERE. BARBARA, IT'S, IT'S SAD TO SEE YOU MOVING ON, YOU'VE BEEN SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY. YOU AND I SHARE SO MUCH, WE WERE BOTH FORJD IN THE KALD RINCON CONSERVANCY AND YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH DEPUTY MAYOR AND OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST FEMALE, FIRST FEMALE GENERAL MANAGER OF SANITATION. BUT THROUGH IT ALL, YOU ALWAYS KEPT INTEGRITY, KEPT US FOCUSED ON THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH I ALWAYS APPRECIATE AND ALWAYS THE NORTH STAR, HOW DO WE DO THIS THAT IS AFFECTIVE IN OUR CITY. THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU A GREAT GENERAL MANAGER AND A GREAT STEWARD OF THIS CITY. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT DOES NOT GO WITHOUT NOTICE. WE SEE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN ALL DIFFERENT CAPACITY AND THE REASONS THAT YOU'VE DONE IT AND IT'S JUST, THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND THE CITY OWES YOU A DEBT *F GRATITUDE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SO FAR AND WISH YOU GREAT LUCK IN YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO THIS CITY AND THIS NATION. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. BARBARA, AND AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR I THINK 25 YEARS, SHE WAS ONE OF MY FIRST BOSSES WHEN I WAS IN LAW SCHOOL AND WE HELPED BUILD A PARK TOGETHER. AND IT IS JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE HONOR AND PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND BE YOUR FRIEND AND BE A COLLABORATOR WITH YOU IN THE 25-YEARS SINCE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF ADMIRATION AND LOVE AND RESPECT FOR YOU AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES OF LOS ANGELES. TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, TO COMPLICATED COLLABORATION, ACROSS DIFFERENT SECTORS, MAKING PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER AROUND MULTI BENEFIT INFRASTRUCTURE AND, IT'S A SAD DAY FOR L.A. IT'S A SAD DAY PERSONALLY. BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT GREAT THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO DO NEXT AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR INCREDIBLE DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND I HOPE YOU GET SOME WELL DESERVED REST. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS HERNANDEZ AND NAZARIAN FOR HONORING BARBARA ROMERO. YOU KNOW, A GIRL FROM BOYLE HEIGHTS WHO ENDED UP TAKE A LIFE'S WORK IN SUSTAINABILITY, SHOWING THAT LABOR AND SUSTAINABILITY AND CITY SERVICE COULDN'T BE AT ODDS AND THEN LEADING A DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER CITY SERVICES, I THINK YOU MAKE THE DISTRICT SO PROUD. YOU KNOW, AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU GAVE BACK. OUR RESENT WORK WITH HOLLENBECK PARK WAS JUST EMBLEMATIC OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING FROM THE COMMUNITY YOU CAME UP FROM AND HOW YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK. SO YEAH, TODAY IS A VERY SAD DAY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO. FROM WHERE EVER YOU DO IT, SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND NAZARIAN FOR GIVING US ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK BARBARA FOR HER PUBLIC SERVICE. BARBARA, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ECHO ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'VE REALLY CHANGED THE INFOO STRUCTURE IN OUR CITY WHEN IT COMES TO SANITATION. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR SHOWING UP. UZ KNOW, WHEN WE DO LOCAL CLEAN UPS WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE WITH A PAIR OF JEANS AND BROOM READY TO DO IT. AND I THINK THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE WHERE YOU LEAD AMONG EVERYONE AND I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT PART OF YOUR JOURNEY. I WANT TO WISH YOU REST AND REPEAT, REST AND REPEAT, REST AND REPEAT AND ENJOY BAD BUNNY BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP, THE COLLABORATION, THE RELATIONSHIP AND YOU BEING BOOTS ON THE GROUND. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE? [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: BARB RA, I THINK THE CULTURE AND RESPONSIVENESS OF DEPARTMENT STARTS AT THE TOP AND WORKS ITS WAY DOWN. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEBODY, AT LEAST FOR ME THAT I NEVER HESITATED TO CALL. IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE I NEED TODAY TAKE CARE OF, I NEVER HESITATED TO CALL AND AS SAID BEFORE, YOU ALWAYS PICKED UP THE PHONE. YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR I GO TO MY YARDS AND YOU KNOW, 5 IN THE MORNING BEFORE THEY GO IN THE SHIP LET THEM KNOW HOW I APPRECIATE THEM AND BRINGING THEM SOME DONUTS. I JUST THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE COFFEE, GRAB THE DONUT AND HEAD OUT. SO MANY OF THEM, WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING TO ME, ARE POINTING OUT ISSUES IN THE CITY THAT AFFECT HOW THEY DO THEIR JOBS. AS LITTLE AS HOW POTHOLES MAY AFFECT THE TRUCKS THAT THEY'RE DRIVING IN, SPECIFIC ONES THAT THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, EN GRAINED IN THEM ABOUT THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED, PLEASE THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE TRUCK. THE WAY THEY CARE NOT ONLY ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT BUT THE WAY THEY CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF THAT. YOU'RE NOT SEEN AS SOMEBODY BY STAFF AND YOU SAID THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, BECAUSE IT'S TRUE. YOU'RE NOT SEEING AS SOMEBODY, YOU'RE SEEING AS ONE OF THEM. AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AS A GENERAL MANAGER. YOU AND KNOW YOU AND I HAVE HAD GREAT RELATIONSHIP OVER THE YEARS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE IN LOS ANGELES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN WHATEVER NEW CAPACITY YOU COME BACK TO US. ALL RIGHT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH ALL THE MEMBERS. THEY COVERED IT ALL. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU, YOU'VE BEEN SPECIAL TO US AS SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTATIVES THE DISTRICT WHO LEANS ON SANITATION EVEN MORE THAN A LOT OF DISTRICT. YOU'VE ALWAYS STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND FACED THE CHALLENGES HEAD ON AND PROVIDED THE KIND OF CLEANLINESS IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PEOPLE DESERVE. WE'RE SAD TO SEE YOU GO BUT ELATED AT THE EXAMPLE YOU'VE LEFT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND NAZARIAN. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF PAFSH FAMILY OF BARBARA ROMERO. AND WE HAVE A ROSE LOSING TO HER LOYALTY TO THE CITY AND WISHING HER THE BEST BUT DON'T GO TOO FAR BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE OF THE 12th COUNCIL DISTRICT. >> J. Lee: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE IT'S MY HONOR WHO'S ARTISTRY HAS TUPD NATION ACROSS THE WORLD AND OUR CITY. SOMEBODY WHO'S MUSIC HAS BEEN THE MILD STONE AND SOUND TRACK. TODAY WE HONOR AREF A REFKIA. [APPLAUSE] FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES, HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE FIGURES IN IRANIAN POP MUSIC, KNOWN AS SULTON OF HEART, POP WITH POET IC LYRICS. THEY'RE CULTURES THAT CONTINUE TORRES NATURE WITH LISTENERS OF EVERY AGE. TROUGHS HIS MUSIC, HE HAS CARE IDENTIFY THE EMOTION POETRY AND RICHNESS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRESERVED THEIR IDENTITY THROUGH JOY AND LOSS AND DISTANCE AND TIME. HE HAS CAPTURED UNIVERSAL FEELINGS OF LONGING AND LOVE, HOPE AND HEARTACHE, CELEBRATIONS AND NOSTALGIA ALL IN THE WAY THAT SPEAKS ACROSS BORDERS AND GENERATIONS. HIS VOICE HAS BECOME A BRIDGE FOR IRANIANS ALL OVER WORLD FOR THOSE WHO GREW UP LISTENING TO HIS SONGS FOR THOSE JUST DISCOVERING HIS MUSIC OR FAMILIES SEPARATED BY DISTANCE. IT SHARES A SENSE OF COMFORT AND FAMILIAR IRITY THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, YOU'RE STILL CONNECTED. WHAT MAKES HIM SO EXTRAORDINARY IS NOT ONLY THE LONGEVITY OF CAREER BUT THE DEPTH OF HIS IMPACT. IT HAS BROUGHT JOY TO WEDDINGS AND REUNIONS AND COMFORT IN MOMENTS OF HARDSHIP. FOR SO MANY, HOME TO ONE OF THE HARDEST IRANIAN DIASPORAS, MORE THAN JUST EPT TAIN, IT'S MEMORY, IT'S IDENTITY AND IT'S A PIECE OF HOME. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRANIAN CULTURE IS I MEASURABLE. SHOWS TO UP HEAL AND CONNECT US TO ONE ANOTHER. SO TODAY WE CELEBRATE NOT ONLY AN ARTIST BUT CULTURE ICON. COMFORTED AND INSPIRED AND UNITED MILLIONS. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THANK YOU FOR THE JOY THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO SO MANY AND FOR THE LASTING IMPACT THAT YOUR MUSIC HAS HAD ON THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO BRING ON MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEE, GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS ALL JOINING US TODAY. TODAY IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO JOIN COUNCILMEMBER LEE IN CELEBRATING A ICONIC FIGURE IN IRANIAN MUSIC, AREF. LOS ANGELES HAS LONG BEEN A HOME OF STORY TELLERS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE. IT'S A CITY WHERE DIASPERIN COMMUNITIES PRESERVE THE DEEPEST PART THEIR HERITAGE IS IMPORTANT. TODAY, AS WE RECOGNIZE A AREF, WE CELEBRATE WHAT LOS ANGELES REPRESENTS, A HUB WHERE ARTIST DISPLACED BY CONFLICT, HISTORY OR CIRCUMSTANCES CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE THEIR VOICE WITH THE WORLD. BORN IN TEHRAN IN 1940, AREF DISCOVERED MUSIC EARLY LISTENING TO BROADCAST AND INFLUENCE THAT'S WOULD LATER SHIP HIS REMARKABLE SOUND. BEFORE HE EVER STEPPED ON A STAGE, HE STUDIED AT THE TEHRAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL OF ART AND EVEN WORKED AS A TEACHER A REMINDER THAT GREAT ARTIST ARE OFTEN GROUNDED IN QUIET DEDICATION BEFORE THEIR TALENT TAKES FLIGHT. IN THE 1940s AND 60 IN THE LANGUAGE OF TEHRAN WAS SHIFTING, HE INTRODUCED BY BLENDING WESTERN ROMANTIC BALLADS WITH FARSI LYRICS THAT SPOKE TO THE YOUTH OF CHANGING NATION. FOR MANY YEARS, YOUTH MAGAZINES NAMED HIM AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND FAMOUS POPEYE CONS IRAN. AND THE IRAN IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE IRAN OF 50-60 YEARS AGO. BUT HIS IMPORTANCE GOES BEYOND CHART TOPPING SONGS, HE GAVE VOICE. AFTER THE 1979 REVOLUTION, AREF AND HIS FAMILY LIKE SO MANY ARTIST WERE FORCED INTO EXILE TOOK THEM FIRST TO LONDON AND EVENTUALLY TO LOS ANGELES, A CITY THAT BECAME A NEW STAGE FOR HIS ENDURING TALENT. HERE IN THIS CITY, HE CONTINUED TO RECORD, TO PERFORM AND TO REMIND A SCATTERED PEOPLE OF THE CULTURAL HOME THEY CARRIED WITHIN THEM. AND I SO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S COMMENTS, BECAUSE HOME IS WHERE YOU MAKE IT YOURSELF. SO WHEN A SEPARATE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL IN SHELL SHOCK AFTER HAVING BEEN DISPLACED COME TOGETHER, IT'S THESE WARM SOUNDS AND THE SMELLS OF THE FOOD AND THE CULTURAL TIES THAT BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND CREATE A NEW HOME. THROUGH HUNDREDS OF SONGS, AREF KEPT ALIVE NOT JUST MELODIES BUT MEMORIES FOR IRANIANS AROUND THE WORLD, HIS MUSIC REMAINS A BRIDGE TO THE PAST, TO IDENTITY AND TO EACH OTHER. LOS ANGELES IS PROUD TO BE THE CITY WHERE THAT BRIDGE WAS PRESERVED, WHERE DIASPORA ARTIST CAN CONTINUE CREATING, WHERE COMMUNITIES CAN GATHER AROUND THE SOUNDS THAT SHAPE THEM AND WHERE CULTURAL LEGACIES ARE NOT ONLY REMEMBERED BUT CELEBRATED. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTLESS ANGELINOS WHO'S LIFES HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY HIS SONGS AND ON BEHALF OF CITY WHO BELIEVES DEEPLY IN THE POWER OF ART TO CARRY HERITAGE FORWARD WE THANK AREF FOR HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION. I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: HOLD ON, WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. >> J. Lee: SO I WOULD LOVE TO BRING HIS DAUGHTER, NAZE TO SEE A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, PRESIDENT AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS. TODAY IS TRULY ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS OF MY LIFE, TO STAND HERE AND SPEAK ABOUT A MAN WHO HAS BEEN A LIGHT TO MILLIONS AND THE GREATEST INSPIRATION TO ME, MY FATHER AREF. FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES MY FATHER'S VOICE HAS CROSSED BORDERS, LANGUAGES AND GENERATIONS CARRYING HOPE, AND JOY AND EMOTION TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. ONE OF HIS ICONIC SONGS GAVE HIM A TITLE THAT SO MANY CHERISH, THE KING OF HEARTS. A NAME HE EARNED BECAUSE OF THE LOVE HE GAVE AND THE LOVE HE RECEIVED FROM THE PEOPLE. BUT TO ME, HE'S EVEN MO*ERN THAT, TO ME HE'S THE KING OF KINDNESS, THE KING OF HUMILITY AND THE KING OF OUR HOME THE MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC WHO'S HEART AND PASSION AND TRUE SPIRIT ARE THE FOUNDATION OF HIS GREATEST. THIS PROCLAMATION IS MORE THAN AWARD, IT A RECOGNITION OF LIFETIME DEVOTED TO ART, CULTURE AND TO CONNECTING HEART ACROSS THE GLOBE. ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR HONORING HIS LEGACY AND SHOWING THAT TRUE HISTORY DOES NOT PHASE, IT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, DAD, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU, CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. SPECIAL THANKS TO DEAR, SORRY, ABOUT THAT, I GOT SO HE MOTION AL. I WANTED TO SAY SPECIAL THANKS TO MAYOR KAREN BASS, SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. JOHN LEE, 12th DISTRICT. TO MR. ADRIN NAZARIAN 2nd DSTRICT, TO BOB BLUMENFIELD THIRD DISTRICT AND TO MY DEAR JOHN, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND THANK YOU TO MY DEAR FRIEND, DR. CONKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR BEING HERE. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN FARSI, IF IT'S OKAY. [SPEAKING FARSI] [SPEAKING FARSI] [SPEAKING FARSI] [SPEAKING FARSI] [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: AND NOW AREF, PLEASE IF YOU CAN SHARE A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. MY VOICE IS NOT BIG SORRY, AND CITY COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS GREAT HONOR. SPECIAL THANKS MAYOR BASS, MR. LEE, AND MR. NAZARIAN. MR. BLUMENFIELD. AND MR. ADELON. I'M GOING TO TALK TO FARSI. [SPEAKING FARSI] [SPEAKING FARSI] [SPEAKING FARSI] [SPEAKING FARSI] [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE YOU SAID SOMEBODY WAS ON THE QUEUE? >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. AREF CONGRATULATIONS ON A CAREER THAT HAS SPAN SIX DECADES AND THAT'S NO EASY FEAT IN A WORLD THAT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE NEXT BIG THING. FROM TEHRAN TO RIGHT HERE TO TEHRAN-GELES, YOU HAVE BEEN SINGING FOR SINCE YOU WERE 12. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO STOP NOW. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VOICE, YOU KNOW, L.A. IT'S, FILLED WITH MANY MULTI HIGH HYPHENATE. AND YOU HAVE SINGER AND MOVIE STAR, WE HERE IN LOS ANGELES, APPRECIATE THAT. MERCY, AREF, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING HIM TODAY AND MY FRIENDS IN THE PERSIAN COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING THIS. CONGRATULATIONS AND THE CITY HONORS YOU. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BLUMENFIELD AND THANK YOU MR. LEE FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THE GIFT OF SONG IS ONE THAT WE ALL ENJOY ALL ACROSS THE EARTH BUT WE ESPECIALLY LOVE WHEN THE MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE ON EARTH MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND MAKE THIS ENTERTAINMENT AND CREATIVITY CAPITOL OF THE WORLD. THANK YOU TO THE WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD AND MOST ESPECIALLY IN LOS ANGELES. >> J. Lee: MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN WHICH MENTION YOUR NAME TO FAOEM, THE SMILE THAT IT BRINGS, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS SFAOE PROCLAMATION, HONORING YOUR LIFELONG CAREER. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE LEAD AND FACILITATED BY OUR COUNCIL PRO TEM MR. BOB BLUMENFIELD OF THE THIRD DISTRICT. >> B. Blumenfield: ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES AS, PHEBESING, GOOD THINGS CAN'T LAST FOREVER, UNFORTUNATELY AND AFTER 25 YEARS, WENDY BUTTS IS RETIRING FROM THE CONSERVATION CORPS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE ORGANIZATIONS AND I'VE BEENER INVOLVED WITH THEM WITH YEARS WHEN I WAS A IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY, I TRIED TO CREATE A SAN FERNANDO CORE. WENDY WAS THEIR CEO FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SHE HAS LIVED MANY LIVES BEFORE LACC. SHE WAS PEACE CORPS ENGINEER IN HE ECUADOR, AND HELD MANY HATS IN A ORGANIZATION THAT SHE REALLY HELPED TRANSFORM. HER COULD CONSERVATION IN THE LIVES SHE HAS TRANSFORM. SHE HELPED SHAPE EVERY PROGRAM IN EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY. IT IS A GREENER, CLEANER AND BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF WENDY, BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE, BECAUSE OF THE CORPS. YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN I A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD CORPS AND YOU WERE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND I WAS LIKE, I WANT THE PLACE TO BE HOUSED IN MY OFFICE AND WE GOT AN EXTRA OFFICE WITHIN THE OFFICE BUILDING SO CORPS COULD BE THERE TO DO THE WORK. AND I KNOW YOU DO THE SAME KIND OF THING IN EVERY DISTRICT BUT FOR ME IT'S THE STRIKE FORCE THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. SOY ENJOY SOME WELL DESERVE RETIREMENT. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW BECAUSE OF THE FOUNDATION YOU HAVE LAID. CONGRATULATIONS WENDY AND I WOULD BE HONORED IF YOU WOULD SAY A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR THIS TRULY MEANINGFUL RECOGNITION, I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, NEARLY HALF MY LIFE, THE CONSERVATION CORPS HAS BEEN MY PROFESSIONAL HOME. AND STANDING HERE I'M REMINDED HOW ESSENTIAL THE PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN. THE CORPS'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY IS ONE OF THOSE RARE, GENUINE WIN-WINS. THE CITY GAINS A DEDICATED WORKFORCE IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES AND YOUNG PEOPLE GAIN SKILLS, CONFIDENCE AND EXPERIENCE THAT CAN CHANGE THE PROJECTORY OF THEIR LIFE. THIS COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL BELIEVED IN THEM. THEIR SUPPORT CREATES THE MEANINGFUL JOB EXPERIENCE THAT'S OPENED DOOR TO MANY OF THEM TO LONG TERM CAREERS. AND FOR ME, THE CONNECTION I'VE HAD WITH YOU AND YOUR PREDECESSORS MADE THE DIS. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND CHAMPION SUSTAIN THE CORE THROUGH CHALLENGES AND HELP GROW INTO A STATE WIDE AND NATIONAL LEADER AND WILL KEEP IT STRONG WELL BELONG THE 40 YEARS. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORE MEMBERS THAT INSPIRE US EVERY DAY. THEY'RE THE REASON THAT THEY EXIST. AND THE FORMER COLLEAGUES, THE STAFF AND BOARD MEMEBERS HERE TODAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND FAITH IN WHAT THE CORPS CAN ACCOMPLISHES. THIS IS INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL TO BUT IT BELONGS TO ALL OF US WHO WORK TOGETHER, CITY, THE CORE AND THE PEOPLE OF LOSS LO, TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES CLEANER AND BETTERMENT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS HONOR AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY. >> B. Blumenfield: WENDY, WOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS TOKEN OF APPRECIATION NOT JUST SIGNED BY ME BUT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS. >> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BLUMENFIELD. CONSERVATION CORPS AND MS. BUTTS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. TODAY IS A, WHERE ARE YOU? OH THERE YOU ARE. TODAY IS A BITTER-SWEET DAY FOR MY OFFICE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO JEFF CAMP. JEFF HAS DEDICATED THE MAJORITY OF HIS ADULT LIFE TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. HIS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE INCLUDES WORKING FOR TWO FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO THE TRUST AND CAPABILITY, HE EARNED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CITY GOVERNMENT. FOR 15 YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNNC COUNCIL, JEFF TIRELESSLY FOUGHT FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, SPHERE HEADED THAT BUILT COMMUNITY FROM THE GROUND UP. IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, JEFF'S WORK WAS THE BACKBONE. HE HELPED COUNTLESS RESIDENTS SOLVE COUNTLESS PROBLEM MAKING GOVERNMENT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE NEIGHBORS. HIS COMMUNITY TO ENGAGEMENT IS UNPARALLEL. JEFF IS A RESPECTED VOICE IN ISING LOSS LO, A COMPASSIONATE LEADER WHO ALWAYS SEEKS TO UPLIFT THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. I FIRST MET JEFF WHILE WORKING ON INITIATIVE WHERE HE PUSHED THE FAA TO RESPECT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH LOS ANGELES. YOU NEVER GUESS THAT SOMEBODY SO GENTLE AND THOUGHTFUL COULD ALSO BE A FIERCE AND UNWAIVERING WHEN IT CAME TO FIGHTING FOR HIS COMMUNITY BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHO JEFF IS. HIS PASSION EXTENDS BEYOND POLICY AND PAPERWORK. HE CONSISTENCY SHOWED UP FOR CONSTITUENTS, PLANNED EVENTS AND BRIDGED PARTNERSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS TO CORRECT RESIDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES. HE WASN'T JUST COMMITTED TO DOING THE JOB, HE WANTED TO BUILD TRUST. LIS HEING, CLOSELY AND UPLIFTING THE VOICES OF ALL WHO CALLED LOS ANGELES HOME. WHEN JUGGLING THE DEMANDS OF COUNCIL WORK, HAVING JEFFERY CAMP ON YOUR TEAM ISN'T, IS AN INDESCRIBABLE ADVANTAGE, HIS COMBINATION OF SHARP INTELLECT, UNDENIABLE CHARISMA AND IMPECCABLE FASHION SETS A STANDARD FOR US. NOW JEFF, I KNOW YOU'RE RETURNING HOME TO THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, WE NEVER WANT TO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE NOT A PART OF LOS ANGELES. WE WANT TO SEND YOU OFF AND REMIND YOU THAT NO MATTER WHERE LIFE TAKES YOU, YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO CD10 AND CD2, THE CITY IS BITTER BECAUSE OF IT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] PACK LIGHT JEFFERY. COME CLOSER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT NOW WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE US FOR THAT. >> Clerk: AND MR. PRESIDENT, FOR THE RECORD, THE PERSONNEL AND HIRING REPORTS FOR ITEM 37 AS WELL AS FOR ITEM 45 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED AND IS BEFORE COUNCIL NOW, SIR. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS WILL ALSO HAVE A MINUTE ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS WILL HAVE A MINUTE TO SPEAK ABOUT SUBJECT MATTERS. WHEN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF COMMENT WARNING FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, 1 THROUGH 15, 50 THROUGH 51, 53 THROUGH 61, 63 TO 82, 95 AND 96 THROUGH 99, AGAIN THAT'S 1 THROUGH 15, 50 AND 51, 53 THROUGH 61, 63 TO 28, 95 THROUGH 99. AND IF I CAN GET THE TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE THIS PART THE PROGRAM, SPEAKERS, IMMEDIATING A SPANISH TRANSLATOR, WE ASK THAT YOU PAUSE AFTER FEW SENTENCES SO IS THE TRANSLATOR CAN TRANSLATE FOR YOU. WE'LL PAUSE YOUR TIME AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE SAME TIME AS THE OTHER SPEAKERS. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS REALLY QUICK IF YOU REQUESTED AN ACCOMMODATION WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE USE OF YOUR WIRELESS MICROPHONE, FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT KNOW ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALOUD BY RAISING YOUR HAND. IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AT THE TIME, THEY WILL DO THE BEST TO GIVE YOU THE MICROPHONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE, WE ASK GNAW PLEASE WAIT TO LINE UP AFTER YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UP. THE NAMES ARE CALLED AT RANDOM THAT IS TO SAY IT'S RANDOMLY GENERATED. ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED ALOUD, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE SIDE OF THE COUNCIL KHAIM DECEMBERER. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, BINDI, LESLIE CHAN AND TERRY. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. MERRY CHRISTMAS IT ALL. I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF VAN NUYS AIRPORT. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY LEADERS IN THE VALLEY WHO HAVE MADE A WIN-WIN TOUCHDOWN AT THE AIRPORT OF VAN NUYS. INCLUDING MS. PADILLA. MS. PADILLA, IT'S UP TO YOU AND OTHER POLITICIANS TO CREATE BIGGER AND BETTER IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES. ONCE AGAIN, KEEP LOOKING UP TO THE SKIES, FOR A BETTER TOMORROW. GOD BLESS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. AND I'M SORRY YOU'RE NOT HERE MS. PADILLA BUT MERRY CHRISTMAS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. ACTUALLY, HOLD ON, WAIT UNTIL YOUR CLOCK HAS STARTED. CAN WE DO THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS? GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS PINCHE PUTOS. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, FUCKEN FAGGOTS OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] SMOKING SCAN. >> Interpreter: WHY IS THERE A BENEFIT PROJECT FOR FUCK INFOR NUMBER 1, THAT SAYS ALL OF THIS FOR SMOKING SCAN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FOR THIS NUMBER 2, NUMBER 3, NUMBER 4, NUMBER 5, NUMBER 6, SMOKING SCAN, FUCK YOUR MOTHERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, YOU KNOW THE RULES, YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD NOT THE PBZ >> Interpreter: I SAY EVERYTHING FROM HEART, BECAUSE THESE ASSHOLES DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING YOU SAY. THESE BITCHES. >> City Attorney: OKAY, HOLD HIS TIME. THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. AGAIN, YOU'RE HERE ALMOST EVERY DAY. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TALKING TO THE ITEMS, SPEAK TO THE ITEMS, OR YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IN FACT IF YOU STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: HEY, GOBBLE, GOBBLE, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 70, I BELIEVE FOR THE RECORD. LET'S PUT IT ON 71 DEALING WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS EQUITY IMMIGRATION FUCKEN BULLSHIT. DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT SUPPORT IMMIGRATION AND I SUPPORT DONALD J TRUMP. YEAH, DONALD J TRUMP AND I BELIEVE THAT BUILDING PROCESS. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: JINGLE BALLS, JINGLE BALLS, L.A. SUCKS MY DICK, DICK, DICK, ASS TERRY, WHO PUT HER NAME ON THE KIOSK, HO, JINGLE BELLS, SMOKING SCAN LOOK AT THIS STUPID ASSHOLE, HE HE TOOK MY TIME BECAUSE I'M ALL RIGHT AND THERE IS NO TRUTH, SMOKING SCAN, SMOKING SCAN, SMOKING SCAN, SMOKING SCAN, I KNOW THE TRUTH. >> City Attorney: YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING WITHIN JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OR ELSE YOU'RE GOING TO FORFEIT YOUR TIME. THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. >> Speaker: 42 USC, MOTHER FUCKER HEAR. 18 USC, THE COLOR OF LAW, 242 AND 245 FUCK YOU MOTHER FUCKER, ON NAME OF DONALD TRUMP, YOU RETARRED WITH THAT STUPID HAIRCUT. THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THAT PUMPKIN HEAD, PINCH E PUTO, MENDIGO VAVOSO. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU PUMPKIN HEAD, STUPID DUMB AS FUCKEN LAWYER. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RULES, THERE IS A WAY TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE LIKE MR. HERMAN TO DISREGARD THE SAME RULES. WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IS OBTAIN A DECREE FOR NEW RULES, INSTEAD OF JUST IGNORING THE ONE YOU DON'T LIKE. WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THE COURTS ARE UNDER THE SAME STRESSES WHICH HAVE IMPAIRED OTHER PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT SO MY PLEA THAT YOU APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR STILL STANDS. AND AGAIN INVITE YOU TO GO TO MY TWITTER AND SET ME STRAIGHT IF YOU THINK THAT I'M GETTING SOMETHING WRONG. AND THAT INVITATION GOES TO ANYONE HERE AND ANYONE ON SMOKING SCAN. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL JUANA, BOXER, AND CATHERINE AND BRAD MARCHLO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: 80 AND AMENDMENTS TO ITEM 40. >> City Attorney: SO THE AMENDMENTS TO--ACTUALLY, OKAY YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I'M JASON AND I'M RESIDENT OF CD2 I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO SUPPORT ITEM 80 HERNANDEZ-BLUMENFIELD-HARRIS-DAW SON ITEM. AND TO OPPOSE ANY AMENDMENT TO THE RESENT FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT TO INCREASE LAPD BY 4.4 MILLION BY 104 RECRUITS. SIMILARLY PUT, THE CITY CANNOT AFFORD THESE RECRUITS. WE'RE IN A DEFICIT. EVERY ONE OF THESE RECRUITS IS A JOB THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CUT ELSEWHERE IN THE BUDGET. FURTHERMORE THESE NEW HIRES WILL LEAD TO 33 MILLION DOLLARS ADDED TO FUTURE BUDGETS. WHILE THE CITY IS REQUESTING THAT ALL IDENTIFY 5 PERCENT REDUCTIONS NEXT YEAR, INSTEAD THE CITY OF L.A. SHOULD CONTINUE TO FUND AND EXPAND THE INTERIM MODEL OF CRISIS RESPONSE CITY WIDE. IN THE AREAS, LEAD TO A 5 PERCENT REDUCTION AND POLICE CALLS WHILE COSTING 30 PERCENT OF WHAT TRADITIONAL RESPONSE COSTS. MOST EFFICIENT AND INEXPENSIVE SERVICE TO INCREASE PUBLIC IN COMMUNITY SAFETY. THE 30 MILLION DOLLARS NEEDED NEXT YEAR, WOULD BE BETTER TO EXPAND IN THE PROGRAM CITY WIDE. >> City Attorney: CAN WE HOLD HIS TIME, PLEASE. >> Speaker: I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES AND NO ON THE FSR. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR LISTENING THIS YEAR. I'VE BEEN COMING HERE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT LARSO. I HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT YEAR, WE CAN DREAM BIGGER, FUND THINGS LIKE NCR AND EXPAND OUR STAVE TEE IN THOUGHTFUL WAYS. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP GORD, VERONICA, CANDIDO, LOUIS, JANET, AND JENNIFER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HI I'M SPEAKING ON ITEMS, 80, THE AMENDMENTS TO ITEM 40 AND THEN GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GREAT. I LIVE IN THE BEVERLY GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD OF COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY DISTRICT AND I'M ALSO A COMMUNITY MEMBER WITH L.A. FORWARD. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 80 WHICH WOULD BUILD A SUPPORTERS CRISIS RESPONSE CITY WIDE. WE KNOW THAT UMCR SAVES CAPACITY AND MONEY AND LIVES. LAPD CHIEF McDONNELL SAID THAT UNARMED RESPONSE PROGRAMS REDUCED LAPD CALLS BY 5 PERCENT, INCREASING OFFICERS CAPACITY TO MORE CRITICAL CALLS. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS SAVINGS SINCE A RESPONSE COST 59 PERCENT LESS THAN THE LAPD RESPONSE. 35 DOLLARS PERCENT 85 PER CAO'S OFFICE. MAKING THE BENCH OF SERVICE PROVIDERS GROW SO THEY CAN SAVE LIVES CITY WIDE IT'S MORAL AND FISCALLY PATH FORWARD. SPEAKING OF RESPONSIBILITY. I WILL NOW COMMENT ON ITEM 40 WHICH WILL GIVE ADDITIONAL 4.4 MILLION. BECAUSE LAPD LEADERSHIP HAS CHOSEN TO ACTIVELY IGNORE THEIR BUDGET IN THE MONTH SINCE IT WAS APPROVED AND ARE ON TRACK TO HIRE 410 RECRUITS WHICH IS 170 MORE WITHOUT SEEKING ANY APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. MANY OF L.A. BUDGETING ISSUES STEM FROM LIABILITY COST RESULTING FROM THEIR WRECKLESS ACTIONS. AS THE CITY IS PROJECTING ANOTHER ROUGH BUDGET YEAR WITH THE MAYOR ALREADY ASKING 5 PERCENT ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, IT IS ANGELINOS WHO WILL BEAR THE BRUNT EITHER BY LAYOFF CITY WORKERS OR ADDITIONAL FEES LIKELY A COMBINATION OF BOTH. THIS IS NOT JUST A BUDGETING ISSUE IT'S A GOVERNANCE ISSUE AND NOW THEY THREATEN SERVICES THAT MANY HANG NOES RELY ON. GENERAL COMMENT BY THE WAY, IF THE COUNCIL REWARDS THE LAPD'S BAD BUDGET BEHAVIOR, I HOPE THAT OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TAKE UPON THEIR SELVES TO EXCEED THEIR BUDGET WITHOUT REGARD. BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THE SIDEWALK DIVISION CAN HIRE ADDITIONAL 170 WORKERS IT MAY REDUCE THE TEN-YEAR WAIT TIME TO FIX A BROKEN SIDEWALK IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 39. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 39 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YES, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM MY NAME IS JUANA AND I AM SPEAKING ON ITEM 49. I AM PROUD MEMBER OF THE IRON STATE WORKERS LOCAL 8599, HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT FOR 2024-25 AMBULANCE SERVICE RATE ADJUSTMENT AND FOR--ANY ATTEMPT TO DEREGULATE PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE. THE L.A. CREATED PRIVATE AMBULANCE ORDINANCE 30 YEARS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY HAD ACCESS TO SAFE RELIABLE SERVICE, THIS IS A 30-PUBLIC SERVICE. NOW REGULATION BY TRANS COMPANIES. WE CANNOT LET INSURANCE COMPANIES GET THIS VITAL SERVICE. THE REGULATING L.A. CITIES PRIVATE AMBULANCE WOULD CREATE A RAISE TO BOTTOM OF COST AND SERVICE AND CARE. CREATING JOBS LIKE EMS, PROFESSIONALS AND DEVASTATE THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. THANK YOU, SPEAKER. WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. AND IF YOU RUN OUT OF TIME DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND YOU CAN ALWAYS LEAVE ADDITIONAL WRITTEN COMMENT AT L.A.COUNCIL COMMENT.COM. YOU CAN FIND THAT BY DOING A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH OR LOOKING AT THE TOP OF EVERY COUNCIL AGENDA. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 45. >> City Attorney: YOU SAID 45. SAME THING ITEM 45 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M JANET LOPEZ AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE HOMELESS ACTION COMMITTEE FOR THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. WE RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR APPROVE THIS MOWNSING WHICH OUTLINES THE STAFFING PLAN AND PRIORITY OF NEW BUREAU OF HOMELESS OVERSIGHT WITHIN THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT. ALIGNED WITH THE LEAGUE OF POSITION STATEMENT ON HOMELESSNESS POLICY, THIS EFFORT CONSTITUTES A FIRST SERIES OF STEPS TO CENTRALIZE LEADERSHIP, DATA AND RESOURCES TO LAUNCH AFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE MANAGE MANY WITHIN THE CITY'S HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND TO STANDARDIZE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY SO ALL OF US CAN BE ASSURED THAT MOST VALUABLE ANGELINOS ARE GETTING THE SERVICES IN-HOUSING THAT THEY NEED IN A TIMELY MANNER, GIVEN THE PRECARITY OF THE CITY'S BUDGET. HOWEVER, WE URGE YOU TO IDENTIFY ON GOING FUNDING STREAMS TO STAND UP AND EXPAND BUREAU'S OVERTIME PARTICULARLY IN SUPPORTING A STRONG DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS NEW AGENCY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: SPEAKER IF YOU CAN GIVE ME 30 SECONDS, I WANT TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: A LITTLE MORE THAN 30 SECONDS. I HAVE TWO INTERNS, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE HERE, COME ON UP GUYS, JACOB AND SERENA. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO HISTORY AND POLITICS, HIS ARMENIAN HERITAGE HAS PLAYED A ROLE TO STRUGGLE AND RESILIENCE AND HE HAS STARTED GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND NOW AT UCLA TALKED ABOUT HIS INTERNSHIP OF BEING POSITIVE AND RECOGNIZES THE SERVICE. PLANS ON EARNING HIS J.D. AND GRATEFUL TO YOU JACOB AND SERENA. SERENA DESCRIBES HERSELF AS A TRUE VALLEY GIRL, WHICH IS A POSITIVE THING FROM THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN THE VALLEY. SHE ATTENDED WEST MONT COLLEGE IN SANTA BARBARA RECENTLY GRADUATED WITH PSYCHOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. SHE SERVED AS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR WILDLIFE AND RECENTLY TRAVELED TO DC WHERE SHE MET WITH CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES SUPPORTING THE MAMMAL ACT AND ALSO PLANS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN LAW. THANK YOU FOR EN CULLINGING THIS QUICK MOMENT HERE. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU EACH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE CAN GO BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT. TUZ MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: MR. BLUM FILED? SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY HOPE IS THAT THE COUNCIL DOES NOT A LAW THE LOWER RENT INCREASE AS IT STANDS HERE. WE'RE HERE FOR THE SAME OBJECTIVE TO KEEP RENTERS HOUSED. HOWEVER IT FEELS THAT REPRESENTATIVERS GET ATTACKED. I HAVE SEVERAL SECTION 8 UNITS, A PROGRAM THAT NEEDS A LOT MORE SUPPORT. MY AVERAGE IS AT 60 PERCENT OF MARKET RATE. ALL I WANT TO DO IS PROVIDE A FAIR SERVICE TO MY TENANT. HOWEVER, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE WHEN INSURANCE AND TRASH AND WATER MORE THAN DOUBLED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WHILE OUR TENANTS RENTS WERE FROZEN IN AFFECT AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. MANY OF MY TENANTS, MOST OF MY TENANTS, THEIR IMPACT DID NOT GET NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE TENANTS. -->> City Attorney: SORRY, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. YOU CAN FINISH YOUR LAST SENTENCE BUT THEN WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. >> Speaker: I APPRECIATE THE CARVE OUT FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE UNDER TEN UNITS THE BETTER FORMULA ARE HOW CLOSE THE RENTS ARE TO MARKET RATE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM 39. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS CATHERINE FOR STEEL WORKERS AND LOCAL 911, I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF 2024, PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE RATE ADJUSTMENT. I THANK THE MEMBERS FOR THIS ITEM AND ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO PROTECT JOBS AND SUSTAINABLE WAGES. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THEY HAVE TRIED TO GET ORDINANCE AND CONTINUE TO BATTLE AGAINST THE SERVICE RATE ADJUSTMENT. IN THE HOPE THAT WE WILL GIVE UP BUT WE WILL NOT AND CANNOT GIVE UP BECAUSE THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO EMS, WORKING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE ORDINANCE CREATED 30 YEARS AGO, ENSURED THAT EVERYONE HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO SERVICE REGARDLESS THEIR SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS. OUR MEMBERS ARE DOING THIS WORK AND I ASK FOR TO YOU STAND WITH WORKERS, STAND WITH EMS WORKERS, STAND WITH THE COMMUNITY NOT WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WHO PUT THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND PROFITS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, SINCE YOU TOOK 41 OFF THE DOCKET. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL FOR POSTING MY RESENT OP-ED, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IT'S EASIER TO GET AUDIENCE WITH THEM THAN OUR ESTEEMED CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. FOR DECADES, LOS ANGELES HAS CHAMPIONED PROTECTION SXZ IN MANY WAYS RIGHTLY SO. BUT PUBSEDER RENTERS THEY HAVE CREATED A NEW CLASS OF CASH YOU'LL, THE HOUSING PROVIDERS WHO MAKE UP THE BACK OF--MANY OF THEM IMMIGRANTS AND LONG TERM COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN VIOLATE TODAY DISTRESS. THE RESENT VOTE TO CAP RENT INCREASES AT 4 PERCENT AT SOME CASES 1 PERCENT WAS HELD AS A WIN FOR TENANTS BUZZ FOR SMALL HOUSING PROVIDERS IT'S ANOTHER BLOW. OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THESE OWNERS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO RAISE RENTS ONLY TWICE WHILE OPERATING COSTS HAVE BEEN SKYROCKETED, UTILITIES HAVE DOUBLED. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, MR. HERMAN, IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE SERGEANT PLEASE DO SO AT THE SIDES OR IN THE BACK, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS. NUMBER 72, 72 IS A MOTION HARRIS-DAWSON McOSKER IN RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS FOR THE 75-UNIT MULTI FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 2657 LONG AVENUE, IT IS AN ADOPTION TO A LAW A LAW ALLOW TO NOTES TO FINANCE AND REFINANCE ACQUISITION CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT RENOVATION. IN MY OPINION, THIS ITEM SHOULD RECEIVE A NO-VOTE UNLESS WORDINGS IS ADDED THAT IT WILL INCLUDE FUNDING FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF WHAT THESE CLOWNS OF THE SLEAZY COUNCIL DID WHEN THE CITY WAS BURNING TO THE GROUND AND ANOTHER INVESTIGATION WHERE THE BILLIONS AND HOMELESS FUNDS WERE STIEF EN. A NO VOTE AND ON TRIAL CRIMINALS CURREN PRICE AND SLEAZY DAWSON ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE. ITEM NUMBER 77, MOTION BY SOTO-MARTINEZ AND PRICE RELATIVE TO THE RESCINDING THE COUNCIL ACTION FROM OCTOBER 7, ITEM 35, TRANSFERRING UP TO 20,000 FROM FUND NUMBER 904-14 BEING NUMBER 14, COUNCIL DISTRICT 13, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING SPECIAL FUND NUMBER 682-50. IN MY OPINION, THIS ITEM SHOULD RECEIVE A NO-VOTE UNLESS WORDINGS IS ADDED THAT WILL INCLUDE FUNDING FOR AN INVESTIGATION THE SLEAZY COUNCIL. WHEN THE CITY WAS BURNING TO THE GROUND AND ANOTHER INVESTIGATION OF WHERE THE BILLIONS IN HOMELESS FUNDS WERE STIFFENED. BOB GENOCIDE AND SLEAZY MARQUEECE' DAWSON ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: LAST WEEK, HERNANDEZ AND SOET A MARTINEZ WERE TALKING ABOUT GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY. THE SLEAZY COUNCIL AND COUNTY BOARDS ARE BASED ON HOW MUCH INCREASE IN COMMERCE AND INCREASE IN JOBS AND OVERALL COMMUNITY, WELL BEING THEY BRING TO THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT. INCREASE AND COMMERCE PEOPLE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT NONE OF THESE INCOMPETENT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO INCREASE COMMERCE. THEY ONLY KNOW STANDING ON STREET CORNERS, PLACING LIENS ON THE PUBLIC AND STRAIGHT UP CURREN PRICE AND POVERTY PIN HUTT, INCOMPETENCE WHILE COLLECTING THEIR SALARIES. PUBLIC, WE NEED A NEW SYSTEM. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FBI CURRENTLY MASSIVE INVESTIGATION OF OUR SLEAZY GOVERNMENT, MISS APPROPRIATIONS OF MILLIONS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL PAT BARRET AND-->> City Attorney: I REALIZE WE'VE HAD A FEW SPEAKERS, THE ITEMS THAT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 15, ITEM 40, 41 THROUGH 51, 53 THROUGH 61, ITEMS 63 THROUGH 82 AND ITEM NUMBER 95. I ASSUME ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: IT'S KIND OF HARD AND BE JUST, I'M TRYING TO WORK ON MYSELF. IT'S HARD NOT TO COME UP ANGRY, I'M FLAWED I'M A SINNER I'M A HUMAN, BUT WHEN IF COMES TO THESE ITEMS, IT'S HARD NOT TO BE UPSET WHEN YOU HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S ITEM 70-SOMETHING, IT'S MOVING MONEY FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCOUNT FROM BUREAU OF ENGINEERING TO TEST SOIL. DO WE HAVE MORE THAN MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE CAN USE IT FOR OTHER SHIT? I DON'T THINK. THERE IS A LOT OF REAP ITEMS ALL OVER THIS. IT IS COOL TO SEE THAT THERE ARE REMOVAL FROM REAP, BECAUSE WE SHOULD NOT SHAKE DOWN ALL THE HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MANAGE YOUR OWN BUDGET. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE REMOVAL FROM REAP, ESPECIALLY THE WAY REAP WORKS, IF THE LANDLORD OR OWNER DOES NOT MEET THE OBLIGATIONS, IT GOES INTO A LITTLE ACCOUNT AND IF AND WHEN THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, THEY JUST GET THE MONEY IN A WAY. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A PEN AMOUNT. YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE ITEM 72 WHICH IS 18 MILLION DOLLARS BONDS. I'VE TRIED TO GET INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SOME OF THEM REQUIRE THAT YOUR INCOME BE LIKE 120 PERCENT AMI THAT'S AFTERNOON MEDIUM INCOME. THAT'S CRAZY, IF I CAN AFFORD MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON, I DON'T NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT'S CRAZY. AND IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT, A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE GETTING EXEMPTIONS THROUGH WE HAD A PROGRAM RECENTLY THROUGH THE ULA THING AND IT SPECIFIED, SO I'M GUESSING THIS WOULD BE A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THAT, WHICH IS KIND OF BULLSHIT. ITEM 75 IS TO GET THE CITY MENOPAUSE FRIENDLY CITY. NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET A CHICK TAKE A DAY OFF BECAUSE SHE IS TAKING HOT FLASHES, IT'S NOT A CITY. SHE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CALL OUT, THAT'S IT NO QUESTIONS ASKED. YOU DON'T NEED TO DO A REPORT. TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE MENOPAUSE FRIENDLY CITY. DON'T TELL THE CHICK TO COME IN AT 7:00 AM, THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED. YOU DON'T NEED TO DO A BIG REPORT. WHATEVER IS ACCREDITED MENOPAUSE, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE MORE BULLSHIT. NOW I CAN GENERAL PUBLIC CO. >> Council President: GENERAL PUBLIC CO. >> Speaker: IT'S DISRESPECTFUL HW YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE SIDE CONVERSATIONS AND TALK ON PHONE AND ON YOUR PHONE, WHILE PEOPLE ARE HAVING PUBLIC SPEAKING. YOU HAVE JOHN LEE, ALL OF THESE LITTLE SIDE BARS, HUGO AND YAROSLAVSKY SPEAKING ABOUT WHO KNOWS WHAT. IT'S HARD NOT TO BE FUCKEN ENRAGED BUT THEY FEED OFF HATE. THEY'RE LIKE DEMONS AND WE NEED TO NOT HATE THEM, WE NEED TO FORGIVE THEM AND LOVE THEM. SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GRAB YOUR KID BY THE WRIST AND TAKE AWAY THEIR TOYS. AND LET'S NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL. I ONLY GOT SPARKED AS A KID AND I LEARNED MY LESSON. MAYBE THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO GET SPANKED. AND YSABEL YOU WERE SITTING IN A POLICE CAR WHILE YOU WERE BEING CLEARED OUT. AND CARE PLUS IS A SHAM. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HOLD THE TIME, HOLD THE TIME. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YE, ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: HERE'S THE AGENDA, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, WHO IS. LOOK AT THIS, IT'S IN BIG PRINT. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO MS. ESTHER TO PLAY YOUR GAME AND PUT IN 25 GAMES SO I CAN GET MY NAME CALLED ONCE. I OWE HER AN APOLOGY. >> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AGENDA. >> City Attorney: MR. CANDIDO, YOU'RE HERE OFTEN, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS IN GENERAL. JUST SPEAK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS FIRST. I'M TELLING YOU IT'S NOT, IT IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY. >> Speaker: LET ME JUST DO THIS. I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE OFFICERS FOR ALLOWING ME AND GIVING ME THIS AGENDA BECAUSE THE OFFICERS HERE, FOR OVER A YEAR, OVER A YEAR, YOU HAVE PROTECTED THE PEOPLE IN HERE, SO THAT WE CAN SPEAK. >> City Attorney: MR. CANNEDIDO, WE'VE ASKED YOU POLITELY. I'M GIVING YOU ONE FINAL WARNING, STICK TO THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: I AM. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN SPEAK IN ANOTHER 2:23 OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: MOVE ME TO GENERAL. >> City Attorney: A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY HOLIDAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS. I HOPE YOU CAN COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, OTHERS NEED SOME WORK. MR. McOSKER, YOU'VE IMPRESSED ME. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THIS COUNCIL. MS. JURADO, YOU'VE KNOCKED MY SOCKS OUT. MS. RODRIGUEZ, MS. RODRIGUEZ, I THINK I SHOULD NOMINATE HER FOR MAYOR, SHE IS REALLY PRODUCING, BUT AGAIN, TO THE OFFICERS WHO KEEP US SAFE, I WOULD ASK CHIEF McDONNELL, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PROTESTERS PLEASE. YOU'RE THE MOST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TO EVER HOLD THIS OFFICE. AND AS I TOLD YOU, BACK WHEN WE WERE BACK THERE IN 2009, GOD HAD A SPECIAL PLAN FOR YOU TO BE FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THAT'S TO MAKE THIS CITY SAFE AND BE GREAT. PLEASE, CHIEF McDONNELL, PLEASE, PLEASE, LISTEN TO THOSE PROTESTERS. THANK YOU AND HAVE A HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HELLO COUNCIL PEOPLE. I'M PAT BARRET AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT, 35 AND 40. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 40 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING APPROVING AL OF 4.4 MILLION DOLLARS FOR HIRING NEW POLICE. THE INVESTMENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR CITY. CURRENTLY THE FACTS ARE CONCERNING, HERE ARE SOME COMPARISONS WITH THREE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH I HAVE LEARNED DURING THE TIME WITH THE CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES, POLICE ACADEMY. NEW YORK CITY COVERS 472 SQUARE MILES WITH 33 OFFICERS. CHICAGO COVERS 234 SQUARE MILES WITH 12,000 COVERS. LOS ANGELES COVERS 469 MILES WITH 8700 OFFICERS. IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES INCLUDING CHINA TOWN AND THIS AREA, WE ONLY HAVE 7 CARS THAT GO OUT AT NIGHT. GIVEN THE INCREASING THREATS, DRONES, CYBER ISSUES, TRAFFICKING AND WORLD CUP, THE OLYMPICS IS APPROACHING. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES INCLUDING AREAS LIKE CHINA TOWN AND WE NEED MORE 4.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN FINANCING FOR POLICE. IN DOWNTOWN AREAS INCLUDING CHINA TOWN AND LITTLE TOKYO AND THE ART CENTRAL CITY SOUTH PARK, FASHION DISTRICT AND SKID ROW DISTRICT, WE HAVE JUST 7 PATROL CARS DURING A SHIFT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 CARS, AND FOR OUR PERIOD, GIVEN THE INCREASING THREATS, WE FACE DRONES, CYBER ATTACKS, ISSUES, THEFT, TRAFFICKING AND BOMB THREATS. WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS ESPECIALLY WITH THE MAJOR EVENTS, WE'RE SUBJECT TO BURN RIGHT NOW. WE'RE A TARGET TODAY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THE FUNDING, THE 4 HAD THE 4 MILLION DOLLARS FOR HIRING NEW OFFICERS IS NOT JUST AN INVESTMENT IT'S INVESTMENT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 14. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HI. I'M JESUS REJAS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WE URGE INCREASE FOR MOM-AND-POP OWNERS WITH TEN OR FEWER UNITS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OTHERS NECESSARY LIFE LINE, SMALL OWNERS WILL BE FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS BY SKYROCKETING COSTS. SMALL OWNERS PROVIDE SOME SFT MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSE HOUSING WITH RENT 60 PERCENT AVERAGE PER BEDROOM. THEY ALSO PROVIDE UNITS WITH MORE BEDROOM THAT'S ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED BY WORKING FAMILIES. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THE ALLOTTED TIME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, THAT IS ALL OUR SPEAKERS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING. MADAM CLERK, I WANT TO--. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE THE SPECIAL MEETING SIR? >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: OKAY, ISSUE CALL THE--I SHALL CALL THE ROLL, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 15 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, MAY I RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS CALLED SPECIAL FIRST SIR. >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: SO ITEMS 96 IS ITEM HELD WHERE PUBLIC HAS BEEN HELD. ITEMS 97 THROUGH 99 ARE ITEMS WHICH PUBLIC COMMENT HAS NOT BEEN HELD. AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE ARE ANY SPECIALS? >> Council President: ANY SPECIALS, MEMBERS, GOING ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES, NO SPECIALS, PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: I'M SORRY SIR. MS. HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE CAO REPORT ON ITEM 99. >> Council President: SECOND. >> Clerk: OKAY. COUNCIL MAY NOW GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS ONLY FOR THE ITEMS ON THE SPECIAL AGENDA. AGAIN THAT'S 96 THROUGH 99. SO BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL AGENDA THERE IS NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO YOU'LL BE LIMITED TO DISCUSSING 96 THROUGH 99. YOU HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL. IF YOU CAN PLEASE LET US KNOW, WHICH ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO, ONCE YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: THERE ARE ONLY TWO SPEAKERS FOR THIS SPECIAL ITEMS. LISTED. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP SMOKING SCAN. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON, MEMBERS I CAN SEE SOMEBODY HERE IS UPSET. BECAUSE YOU'RE REGULARS, YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK. YOU NEED TO SIGN UP IN THE BACK AND YOU'LL BE ELIGIBLE, HOLD ON, YOU'LL BE ELIGIBLE TO SPEAK DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING. SO PLEASE DO NOT YELL OUT, IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, LET THE SERGEANTS KNOW SO THEY CAN LET US KNOW. THANK YOU. CAN YOU CONTINUE READING NAMES? >> Clerk: YES. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP SMOKING SCAN AND CELINE L.A. >> City Attorney: YES, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, I ASSUME ALL ITEMS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP AS SMOKING SCAM, AT THE TRIBE, I HAD TO REWATCH HERMAN, FUNNY, OKAY. SO I'M SMOKING SCAN, OKAY. SO IN SMOKING SCAN, WE CAN SPEAK ON ITEM 95 BECAUSE LEE IS AN ASSHOLE. ITEM 97, BLUMENFIELD AND NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE THANK YOU, SMOKING SCAN. WE HAVE A VIEW BULL KID CAPITAL PROJECT. NOW WHAT THAT MEANS, WE NEED TO STOBBE A PACIFIC VIEW, BULKHEAD CAPITAL PROJECT FOR THE ANNUAL FUCKEN INSTRUCT THEM TO FUCKEN BEGIN TO BEGIN THE WORK FOR THAT FUCKEN PRESIDENT UP THERE SCATHING HIS NECK FOR EXISTING RESOURCES. NUMBER 99, IS ABOUT MY PROBATION SMOKING SCAN! SO, YEAH, AT THE TRIBE, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT AT THE TRIBE, ME AND SMOKING SCAN APPRECIATE YOU SIGNING IN AT THE TRIBE, 99. JUSTICE CRIME PRESENSING PROBATION DEPARTMENT, REENTRY, JUVENILE REENTRY. WELL FUCK YOU KIDS, DO YOUR JOB, STAY OUT OF TROUBLE. REMIND THESE MOTHER FUCKERS, GET THE FUCK OUT OF L.A., YOU WILL NOT GET IN TROUBLE. NUMBER 99 STILL HAS SUBMIT ANY OTHER NECESSARY AGREEMENTS, FOR THE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUCKEN ASSHOLE CITY ATTORNEY AS TO THE FORM AND LEGALITY, WHILE FUCKEN PUMPKIN HEAD, LET'S NEGOTIATE, EL CENTRO DEL PUEBLO, HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES. CAN YOU READ? SOLO DAD ENRICHMENT, FUCKEN PUMPKIN HEAD I'M STILL ON THE ITEM. I'M TALKING ABOUT WATTS, NICKER SON GARDEN. YEAH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF AT THE TRIBE. I LIKE THAT EMAIL AT THE TRIBE. I'M GOING TO REQUEST UNDER XX-TRASH DUMB, DUMB, BIDEN. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME ON ITEM 99, PLEASE MOVE TO ANOTHER ITEM. YOUR TIME IS STILL RUNNING. YOUR TIME IS STILL RUNNING. >> SMOKING SQUAN! THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> >> Clerk: I LIKE TO CALL UP ESTHER, JOHNNY J, AND MICHAEL FREEDMAN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICK, YOU HAD SAID 96 BUT YOU SAID PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. >> City Attorney: ALL THE ITEMS THAT ON THE SPECIAL AGENDA ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: JUST MAKING SURE. ALL ITEMS, AND OFFICER DUARTE SHOULD GET HIS BADGE REMOVED. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE ITEM 96, A PLUM COMMITTEE REPORT, IT'S AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR BUILDING STANDARDS. NOW THIS IS FUNNY, BECAUSE WHEN THE CITY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING, A LOT OF TIMES, THE MAYOR WILL JUST ENACT AN EXECUTIVE, NOT EXECUTIVE ORDER AN EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE. WHEN THE MAYOR CAN ACT ON LIKE THE PRESIDENT AND SIGN ORDERS THAT CAN COMPLETELY VALIDATE ALL MUNICIPAL CODE AND DON'T HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED INCLUDING BUILDING REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT HABSINGER SORRY THE BUREAU, SORRY, OFFICER DUARTE FUCKED ME UP, HE GOT UNDER MY SKIN A LITTLE BIT. WE GOT ITEM 97, IT'S FOR A, IT'S FOR A CAPITAL PROJECT. IT SAYS TO BEGIN PREDESIGNED WORK. IT DOES NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT FINANCIAL IMPACT. THERE IS NO COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT SUBMIT BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT AT COUNCIL AND RESPECTIVE COUNCIL OFFICES, DID NOT REACH OUT TO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ABOUT THIS. THEY USUALLY DON'T. AND USUALLY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL FIND OUT LIKE A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE IF NOT AFTER DIFFERENT ITEMS ARE VOTED ON. THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT. ITEM 98, PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CR AND CRR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT STANDS FOR. 11 MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT. IN THAT FUNDS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO, TAKE 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF IT FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE CITY BUILDINGS ARE PRETTY MESSY WITHOUT IT BEING USED. SO YOU NEED HELP CLEANING UP YOUR PROPERTY SO I HOPE YOU PUT THAT MONEY TO GOOD USE. ITEM 99, THIS IS ACTUALLY ON THE NEEDS, IT SAYS FOR THESE JUVENILE PROGRAMS AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO CRIME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD EXECUTION, IT'S LIKE PUTTING KIDS THROUGH PROGRAMS SO THEY CAN EITHER LEARN SKILLS AND/OR HELP CLEAN UP THE CITY, SHIT LIKE THAT AND THAT'S GOOD. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. AS LONG AS YOU TAKE THOSE KIDS OUT OF THERE AND MAYBE RESERVE A LITTLE SPOT SO IS THE CUSHY COUNCIL OFFICES INSTEAD OF PULLING PEOPLE THAT WERE FROM YOUR CAMPAIGN THAT WORK FOR YOU FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN. INSTEAD YOU SHOULD BE PUTTING THESE JUVENILE PROGRAM INTO YOUR MOCK CITY COUNCIL AND MIX THAT UP, YOU ALL USED TO BUS KIDS AROUND. THANK YOUMENT AND FUCK OFFICER DUARTE, HE'S A BITCH. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP CANDO AND DUARTE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: 40. I'M HERE TO-->> City Attorney: SPEAKER, I'M SORRY WE'RE IN THE SPECIAL MEETING. SO IS THE ONLY ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 96 THROUGH 99 PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE REGULAR MEETING HAS ALREADY BEEN CLOSED AFTER WE TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR. >> Speaker: SO YOU DIDN'T CALL MY THEN BUT YOU CALLED NOW. SO CAN I GO AHEAD AND SPEAK FOR IT NOW. >> City Attorney: WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE RULES. >> Speaker: WHETHER I COME BACK AND SPEAK FOR IT. >> City Attorney: THE ONLY ITEMS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 96 THROUGH 99. >> Speaker: OKAY WHY WASN'T MY NAME CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> City Attorney: I CANNOT HAVE A DISCUSSION FOR YOU NOW. BUT THE ORDER IN WHICH THE NAMES ARE CALLED ARE RANDOMLY GENERATED. >> Speaker: UNDERSTOOD. >> City Attorney: MR. CANDIDO. HOLD ON, JUST A SECOND. MR. DANCAN NDIDO IN THIS MEETING. I'M SORRY, WE CANNOT MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR YOU OR ANYONE ELSE. MR. CANDIDO, YOU ARE NOT AT THE PODIUM AND YOUR TIME IS NOT RUNNING. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ALREADY. YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, BUT DO NOT SPEAK BEFORE YOU GET TO THE PODIUM. WHICH WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 99 AND? >> Speaker: 99. ?AOUF A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THE ENTRY REJUVENATION PROGRAM. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THIS CITY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IS IS THE JUVENILE PROGRAMS FOR SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS IT, MORE THAN I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IT, I'VE SEEN WHAT THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN AND WHAT THESE NONPROFIT AND OUR GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE FOR THE JUVENILES THAT HAD HARD TIME. AND ALSO THE PENAL SYSTEM AND HOW THEIR PROGRAMMING HAS CHANGED A LOT OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMENS LIVES FPT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THESE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS, AND YOU KNOW, SINCE IT'S THE HOLIDAYS, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I WANT TO GET THROWN OUT BIT FINEST LAPD OFFICER, YOU WERE WRONG SIR, AND IN DENYING ESTHER HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. STICK TO YOUR ITEM OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU. >> Speaker: HAS BEEN DENIED HER RIGHT BECAUSE YOU MAKE ME PUT IN A BUNCH OF NAMES. >> Clerk: OKAY, YOUR NAME IS EXPIRED. >> Council President: MR. CANDIDO, YOU'RE EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED THREE TIMES. WE'LL ASK YOU TO EXIT THE CHAMBERS IMMEDIATELY. MR. CANDIDO YOU'VE BEEN EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING, PURSUANT TO RULE 7 AND 12. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED MULTIPLE AND EXCUSED FROM THIS MEET ING. PLEASE EXIT THE ROOM, FOR EVERYONE HERE, I WOULD NOTE THAT WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR MULTIPLE NAMES, IT DOES TAKES AWAY FROM OTHER FOLKS. SO I WOULD ASK, WHILE MR. CANDIDO TO PLEASE NOT SIGN UP IN MULTIPLE NAMES IN FAIRNESS TO EVERYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS. >> Speaker: MY NAME WAS CALLED, BUT I'M NOT CALLING ON THE SPECIAL ITEMS. IF I CAN SPEAK. >> City Attorney: YEAH, YOU UNDERSTAND NOW, IF YOU WAIT ON THE SIDE, WE'LL SEE IF ANYBODY IS AVAILABLE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR THE SPECIAL ITEM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING. MADAM CLERK WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 96 THROUGH 99, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS ON THE SPECIAL TO GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, AND WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO ADJOURNTHE SPECIAL MEETING AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING, SIR? >> Council President: YES. >>Clerk: OKAY. THEN, I WILL CALL THE ROLL TO RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 15 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT ITEM IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 40. THERE WERE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE COUNCIL. THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THE VOTING PROCESS FOR NUMBER 40 SINCE THERE ARE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: YES, SO WITH ITEM NUMBER 40, THERE ARE MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS EVERYBODY PLAY A CLOSE ATTENTION AND WE'LL GO SLOW SO WE CAN CALL THE VOTES METHODICALLY. IT'S THE LAST MOTION THAO IS APPROVED WILL CONTROL. BE COGNIZANT OF THAT WHEN YOU'RE VOTING, IF THERE IS A CONFLICT, YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE VOTING ON THE SUBSEQUENT MOTIONS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: THE FIRST VOTE IS ON AMENDING MOTION 40-C LIKE CAT, 40C AND THAT IS AMENDMENT YAROSLAVSKY-RODRIGUEZ-McOSKER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO INTO THESE SIX AMENDMENTS, I WANT TO CALL THE CAO FORWARD TO KIND OF EXPLAIN TO US WHAT IS BEFORE US AND WHAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN LEADING UP TO THIS. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PRESIDENT P MATT SZABO, CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. THE QUESTION IS AROUND POLICE HIRING CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. SO, THE ISSUE WHICH WAS RAISED IN THE FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT THAT IS BEFORE YOU, IS THE TRAJECTORY OF HIRING FOR LAPD. THE ADOPTED BUDGET AUTHORIZED 240 HIRES. SIX CLASSES. LAPD HAS HIRED AT A GREATER RATE THAN WHAT WAS ADOPTED. AND ALTHOUGH THE FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION UP THROUGH OCTOBER THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER. WE CAN PROJECT THAT BASED ON THE DECEMBER CLASS, WHICH WAS 56 RECRUITS, THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE EXHAUSTED THE AUTHORITY PROVIDED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. SO IN THE FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT WE PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE WITH FOUR OPTIONS. OPTION A, WOULD BE TO LIMIT THE HIRING OF ADDITIONAL OFFICERS TO WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET AT 240 THAT WOULD MEAN ESSENTIALLY THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ADDITIONAL HIRING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. THERE WAS OPTION B, WAS 360 OFFICERS, OPTION C410. AND OPTION D, 480 . THE COST IMPACT FOR THAT ADDITIONAL HIRING, FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT. IT IS ALSO THE COST IMPACT, THE ON GOING COST IMPACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26-27 IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REPORT AS WELL AS POTENTIAL RESERVE FUND IMPACT IF THAT ADDITIONAL HIRING IS AUTHORIZED WITHOUT OTHER FUNDS, IDENTIFIED TO COVER THE COST FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. AS IT RELATES TO RESERVE IMPACT, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT ADDITIONAL HIRING BE AUTHORIZED FROM REVERT, FUNDED BY THE RESERVE FUND. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL IS TO AUTHORITY ADDITIONAL HIRING, ADDITIONAL FUNDS WOULD NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED THAT WOULD NOT HAVE A RESERVE FUND IMPACT. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE WE ARE. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE ADOPTED OPTION A WHICH IS NO HIRING RIGHT NOW BUT INSTRUCTED MY OFFICE TO COME BACK IN JANUARY, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO REPORT ON FUNDING OPTIONS BUT TO CONTINUE HIRING IN A MANNER THAT WOULD NOT TRIGGER LAYOFFS, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE A RESERVE FUND IMPACT AND WOULD NOT AFFECT IMPACTS. >> Council President: SO YOU ASKED TO FOUND RESOURCES, YOU FOUND RESOURCES AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY? >> THERE ARE? IN ONE OF THE AMENDMENT, AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF THE AMENDMENTS. BUT ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS WHICH LISTS SIX SOURCES, THAT COULD FUND, THE 4.4 MILLION WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL 170 OFFICERS THAT WOULD BRING THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO 410, THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR OF 4.4 MILLION. WE IDENTIFIED 6 SOURCES WHERE WE ARE PROJECTING THERE WILL BE YEAR-END SAVINGS THAT WE WOULD REDUCE AND TRANSFER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT HIRING. AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. I GOT A FEW MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE STARTING COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. YOU'RE ON THE AIR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. >> T. McOsker: NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CAO. SO WE DO HAVE THE THREE AMENDING MOTIONS AND THE ONE YOU REFER TO IS 40B WHICH HAS THE 6 CATEGORIES. THE CATEGORIES ARE A MILLION DOLLARS OF HUMAN RESOURCES FUND, 400 GRAND FROM THE INNOVATION FUND, 700 FROM THE LEASING FUND, $500,000 FROM GENERAL PURPOSES IN CD12, 1 AND A HALF GENERAL PURPOSES FOR EMBRACE L.A., $300,000 FOR HERITAGE AND EVENTS. I WANTED TO ASK REALLY ABOUT FINANCIAL POLICIES. WE DO HAVE A FINANCIAL POLICY. IT HAS BEEN SAID IN CONVERSATION, THAT USING ONE-TIME FUNDS WOULD VIOLATE FINANCIAL POLICIES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENTIRELY THE CASE. FINANCIAL POLICY NUMBER 4 SAYS THE CITY WILL AVOID ONE-TIME REVENUE TO FUND OPERATIONS OR ZEBSERS THE USE OF UNENCUMBERED FUNDS. THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE PROHIBITED TO BE USE IF WE INSTRUCT OURSELVES TO AVOID USING THEM. AND I THINK WE DO USE ONE-TIME FUNDS QUITE OFTEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN A PINCH. WHAT IS USEFUL IS USING FUNDS TO GROW A PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO THE BUDGET NOTE. AND IF I MISS SPEAK, LET ME KNOW. BUT IT SAYS AND I'M LOOKING AT MOTION 35, LEE-RODRIGUEZ, THAT SAYS IN ITS PERTINENT PART THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO BUDGET 6 CLASSES, 240 OFFICERS WHICH THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO RECRUIT AND HIRE 48 AND RESTORE CIVILIAN POSITIONS, LET'S NOT FORGET CIVILIANS. IDENTIFY THE LAYOFF CONTINGENT UPON FUNDING AVAILABILITY AS REPORTED. SXWH SUBJECT TO THE MAYOR'S DETERMINATION THAT THE ADDITIONAL HIRES RESPONSIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR, THAT'S CLEAR TO ME ANYWAY AND TO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL FISCAL CONDITION. I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS UNCLEAR. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT USING ONE-TIME FUNDS IS PROHIBITED, IT'S DISCOURAGED WE ARE TO AVOID IT BUT THE REAL ISSUE BECOMES NEXT YEAR. WHAT DO WE DO, WHAT DO WE DO TO CONTINUE THESE POSITIONS IF WE DO THE FULL 480, I THINK THE NUMBER IS 33 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> T. McOsker: NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. CAO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I JUST HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE FACED WITH TRYING TO FUND REPRESENT L.A. AND WE ASKED THE BOARD TO FIND FUNDING, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS IN OUR CITY. SO INVESTING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES HELPING THEM THROUGH THIS TOUGH TIME THERE IS COUNCIL OFFICES FROM THEIR OWN FUNDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDING MONEY FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION, RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UNARMED RAPID RESPONSE BUT WHEN WE'RE ASKED TO ASK MONEY FROM REPRESENT L.A., YOU FOUND ZERO POCKETS OF MONEY FOR IT. BUT HERE, THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE. WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE? AND THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY. >> THE DIFFERENCE, COUNCILMEMBER REALLY IS THE CALENDAR. WE ARE NOW SIX MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR AND WE ARE IN A BETTER PLACE TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT ON VARIOUS ACCOUNTS THAT MAY HAVE YEAR-END SURPLUSES THAT WE WEREN'T IN THAT POSITION TO MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AT THE TIME. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE ITEMS IS REDUCTION IN THE HUMAN RESOURCE BENEFITS FUND FOR POLICE HEALTH AND WELFARE. AT THE TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT ATTRITION FOR LAPD WOULD BE HIGHER THAN PLANNED. THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE SITE FOERLT HUMAN RESOURCES BENEFITS FUND, WOULD BE SAVINGS AS A RESULT THE HIRE ATTRITION NOW. SO WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THERE WILL BE SAVINGS IN THAT ACCOUNT. THE SAME GOES FOR THE LEASING ACCOUNT, IN FACT IT WAS JUST, YESTERDAY AT THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES THAT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WILL BE SAVINGS IN THAT ACCOUNT. SO IT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SUBJECT MATTER, IT HAS TO DO WE'RE NOW TOWARDS THE END OF DECEMBER AND WE HAVE BETTER FORESIGHT AS TO WHAT WOULD BE YEAR-END BALANCES THAT WOULD BE REDUCED WITHOUT SERVICE IMPACTS. >> Y. Jurado: SO IF I HAD CREATED THE MOTION LAST WEEK, YOU WOULD HAVE FOUND THE MONEY NOW? BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT POINT IN TIME IN THE CALENDAR? >> THE AVAILABILITY OF YEAR-END BALANCE IS CLEARER NOW THAN IT WAS, SO YES. THAT WAS NOT, THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE NEN, IT JUST WASN'T. >> Y. Jurado: OKAY, THE SECOND THING I WANT TO BRING UP, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS SPECIAL POT OF MONEY IS SPECIAL EVENTS AND IN THE DISTRICT 14, WE HAVE MANY MAJOR EVENTS THAT GO THROUGH OUR DISTRICT. WE'RE AWARE OF FIRST AMENDMENT PROTEST HAPPEN A LOT, ESPECIALLY NOW DURING, YOU KNOW, THE CIVIL UNREST WITH THIS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND CONTINUALLY WE FOUND THAT FIRST AMENDMENT PROTESTS HAVE BEEN DENIED BECAUSE OF LACK OF L.A. DOT STAFFING AND AS A RESULT LAPD HAS BEEN STAFFING THOSE EVENTS FROM THE GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, IN EAGLE ROCK FOR VETERANS, I SAW LAPD SWORN OFFICERS PUTTING UP AND PUTTING DOWN THE A-STANDS FOR THE EVENT AND REALLY BEING SAFETY PATROL EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO DO THAT WAY. TO ME THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE BEST USE FOR OUR RESOURCES. ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS GET DENIED FOR FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH ACTUALLY DON'T NEED APPROVAL OTHERWISE, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ASKED TO FRONT LOAD THE COSTS. FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY THE LADY OF GUADALUPE WHICH IS HELD BY CHIRLA, WANTED THIS PROVIDE AND PAY 24,000 FOR THEIR PEACEFUL PROTEST THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO DO IT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE COMMITTED. SECONDLY, I THINK A MONTH YEAH AGO, THEY SPOKE AGAINST THE CRUELTY AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. PRIOR TO THAT, THEY HAD A MARCH TO EL PUEBLO WHICH WE TRIED TO GET PERMITTED BUT THEY WERE OUTSIDE THE TIMELINE AND DURING THAT EVENT, THE LAPD ARRESTED THE MUSICIANS THERE AND USED THE OFFICER TO REALLY PREPARE FOR ARREST BECAUSE WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE UNLAWFULLY ON THE STREET AND BLOCKING THE STREET. SO TO ME, IT WOULD BE FINANCIAL PRUDENT FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR L.A. DOT OFFICE TO HELP SUPPORT THE SPECIAL EVENTS MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO USE LAPD OFFICER TO DO THAT. THE OTHER THING, WAS ALSO THE LIABILITIES THAT COME FROM, LAPD'S STAFFING FIRST AMENDMENT. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH THIS YEAR, THE CITY HAS PAID FOR LAPD RELATED LAWSUITS? >> I'M SORRY? >> Y. Jurado: HOW MANY LAPD ASSAULTS HAVE CAUSED LIABILITIES FOR THE CITY? >> COUNCILMEMBER, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN ME. >> Y. Jurado: IT'S 45.3 MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S HALF OF EVERY LIABILITY DOLLAR WE HAVE SPENT. ONE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE HALF OF THE LEGAL DAMAGE TO THE CITY, AND THAT SHOULD STOP THE CITY IN ITS TRACKS. WHEN I CALCULATED 807 OFFICERS WE PAY THEIR SALARY, WE'RE SPENDING 5,000 PER OFFICER AS IN COMING COST FOR ADDITIONAL LIABILITY THAT WE DIDN'T PREDICT. NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR 410 OFFICERS TIMES 10,000 PER HEAD, LET'S EXPECT MORE LIABILITY THAT'S ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION OR 4 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT IN LIABILITY THAT IS NOT PREDICTED. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS BODY, WE AS A BODY, SAY THAT'S TOO MUCH, YOU CANNOT GO FURTHER THAN WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR. SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S MAKE IT MAKE SENSE FOR EVERYTHING. IF THEY'RE DRIVING THE CITY, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY THERE. AND IF WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ONE DEPARTMENT, WE NEED TO DEMAND IT FROM BOTH. AND YOU KNOW, I CONSISTENT IN THAT PUBLIC SAFETY MUST COME WITH ACCOUNTABILITY SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY 40C MOTION BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT TALKS TO THE NEEDS OF MY DISTRICT WHICH ARE DIVERSE IN NATURE ALL OVER. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CANNOT LET DEPARTMENT LIKE LAPD TO BANKRUPT OUR DEPARTMENTS. WHEN OUR FAMILIES ARE BEGGING US, BUT WE DO NEED BALANCE. SO I SUPPORT 40C. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I HAD A CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBERS HIRING NUMBERS. FOR LAPD I THINK FROM THE PRESS RELEASES THAT WE'VE SEEN AS WELL AS ANY AVAILABLE PUBLIC DATA, WE'RE NOT AT THE 240 CAP YET. AND THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE, WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT AUTHORIZING FUNDING WITHOUT HAVING A MORE WHOLESOME CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE THE FUNDING OF LONG TERM ON GOING STAFFING IS GOING TO COME FROM NEW RECRUITS. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE ASKED FOR THAT CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN IN JANUARY. I'M ASKING WHEN BASED ON THE PRERELEASES THAT I HAVE SEEN, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 170 RECRUITS WHICH PUTS US FAR FROM THE CAP AND GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO TO DO THE WORK FOR THE CITY. EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET TO A SAFER CITY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO IT BUT IF WE MAKE THE WRONG DECISIONS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT LAYOFF IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE WHICH IS BLEAKER THAN THE LAST? >> SO AS IT RELATES TO THE NUMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER, ON JULY 12, 2025, THERE WAS A PLUS OF 31 OFFICERS HIRED. ON AUGUST 9, CLASS OF 27. ON SEPTEMBER 26, CLASS OF 32. OCTOBER 4, THERE WAS A CLASS OF 33. ON NOVEMBER FIRST, THERE WAS A CLASS OF 31. AND ON NOVEMBER 29, THERE WAS A CLASS OF 30. THE CURRENT DECEMBER CLASS, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 27th OF DECEMBER, THERE WERE 56 OFFERS MADE. >> AND ALL 56 ARE LIKELY TO GRADUATE. >> I CANNOT ADDRESS THAT. >> SO 26 MORE, OR 23 MORE THAN THE HIGHEST NUMBER THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR. >> YES, I CAN'T ADDRESS WHY THE NUMBER IS HIGHER, I'M JUST PROVIDING THE INFORMATION. >> N. Raman: I GUESS I'M ASKING ARE ALL 56 LIKELY TO GRADUATE? >> IT VARIES IN IN THE JULY, I WOULD DIFFER TO LAPD. >> Council President: AND I'LL ASK FOR PERSONNEL TO COME UP AS WELL. THE NUMBERS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PER MONTH THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW. SO, WE NEED SOME LIGHT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING TEMPORARY AND LIKELY TO GO DOWN. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN'S POINT IS RIGHT, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THE 240 WHAT IS THE BASIS TO BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD MAKE IT TO THE 400 ESPECIALLY. >> >> N. Raman: AND JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, WE WANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN JANUARY. AND I'M SURE EVERYONE ON THE BUDGET WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN JANUARY. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE AT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO MAKE THIS DECISION BEFORE THE NEXT CLASS COMES IN AND PUTS US OVER THE 240, WE'RE NOT THERE YET AND IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE BASED ON OUR PAST NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LIKELY TO GET THERE. >> YEAH, IF I COULD JUST OFFER, WE HIRED, 420 EXACTLY, SO WE HAVE REACHED--I'M SORRY, IS THAT RIGHT? >> 240. >> STARTED THE CLASS WITH 56. DECEMBER 15, SO WITH THAT CLASS THAT 56 BROUGHT US TO EXACTLY 240. >> N. Raman: AND THAT 56 IS IT LIKELY TO BE 56, WE ALREADY HIRED 56, THEY ATTEND ORIENTATION AND THEY ARE STARTING ACADEMY MONDAY MORNING. THE 56 ARE ALREADY HIRED, THAT IS OUR DECEMBER CLASS, MA'AM. >> AND IS IT THAT FUTURE CLASSES ARE GOING TO BE AT 56 OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE AT 30 NUMBER. LITERALLY, IT'S BEEN ONE MONTH THAT HAS BEEN ONE. >> WE HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HIRE IN-PERSON HE WILL. THEY HAVE PERSONNEL. AND WE'RE GOING GOING TO PROCESS WHATEVER FINANCIAL ABILITIES WE HAVE FROM THE COUNCIL TO ENTERTAIN GOING MONTH TO MONTH. HOW WOULD YOU RUN ANY BUSINESS MONTH TO MONTH. IT'S LIKE RUNNING A MARATHON. >> N. Raman: YES, AND I WOULD SAY IN RESPONSE TO THAT. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED, WE WERE ASKED AT THE LAST OF THE BUDGET CYCLE TO PLAN AHEAD FOR INCREASE IN OFFICERS, YOU CANNOT MAKE A DECISION WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING FOR A BUSINESS TO HAVE ON GOING COSTS TO THAT AWE DON'T HAVE THE COSTS FOR. SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS NOT THAT WE DON'T DO HIRING, BUT THAT WE DO THE FINANCIAL, THE WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PAY INDIVIDUALS PAST THE NEXT, PAST THIS FISCAL YEAR AND IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PAY THEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT BY LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE REST OF THE CITY. BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT MONEY. I'M NOT ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO UNDERMINE THE IMPROVEMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE BUT REALLY TO SAY HOW DO WE DO APPROPRIATE FISCAL OVERSIGHT OVER THIS PROCESS. >> MY GOAL HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO JUST SHARE PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE AS YOU'RE CHIEF OF POLICE. AND I LOOK OF TRYING TO OPERATE MONTH TO MONTH. WE LOSE PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THEY TIMEOUT. AND IF WE CAN'T ENSURE THAT WE ON GOING HIRING PROCESS, MANY OF THOSE WILL GO TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ONE CONCERN THERE, CERTAINLY. THE TESTING ISSUE, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED MORE HERE. BUT AS WE GO FORWARD, I'M AWARE OF 94, I BELIEVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO RETIRE FROM LAPD IN JANUARY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING, 550 TO 600 PEOPLE LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION IN THE NEXT YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING HERE HAND AND HAND TRYING TO HIRE 410, THIS IS ALMOST 200 PERSON DEFICIT THAT WE CAN HOPE FOR, TWO AND A HALF YEARS FROM THE OLYMPICS. THAT IS INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT THE CITY IS IN A POSITION WHERE, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO COME UP WITH 170 BODIES TO MEET THE 410 AND STILL LEAVES US WITH THE DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE AT THIS STAGE IN THE WORLD EVENTS. I WOULD ASK, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON WHERE TO FIND MONEY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY RESPECTIVE THAT THE NEED IS NOT SOMETHING THROWING OUT THAT WE'RE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT. IF YOU KNEW, WHAT I KNEW ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THREATS IN THE YEARS AHEAD, WE WOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY. >> N. Raman: RIGHT. I WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE NUMBERS AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THE NEWS ROOM THAT THE POLICE IS PUTTING OUT. THE RECRUIT OFFICER CEREMONY FOR CLASS 6B IS 24, POLICE OFFICERS WHICH IS LOWER THAN ANY NUMBER THAT YOU STATED BEFORE. MR. SZABO, SO I'M JUST--THAT'S WHY I'M CONFUSED. I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP AND I'M NOT SEEING WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE 240. >> THE NUMBERS MA'AM, ARE INCLUDING THE ATTRITION AND ACADEMY. EVERY CLASS HAS A DIFFERENT SIZE AS YOU HEARD FROM MR. SZABO AND EVERY CLASS HAS A DIFFERENT ATTRITION RATE. >> N. Raman: I KNOW. >> THE GRADUATED NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE NUMBERS GOING IN. >> N. Raman: THIS IS THE GRADUATION NUMBER BUT THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR. >>ER WE'RE AT 14 PERCENT ATTRITION RATE FOR THE CURRENT CLASSES. >> SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING. IF WE HAVE A LOWER NUMBER THAT GRADUATES, THAT'S A LOWER NUMBER THAT OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR, EVERY SINGLE NUMBER THAT YOU SHARED HAS A LOWER NUMBER THAT GRADUATE. >> YES, MA'AM. >> N. Raman: SO TO HIT OUR 240, WE HAVE AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE MONTHS. I'M NOT SAYING I'M OPPOSE TODAY DOING ADDITIONAL HIRING. WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WHY ARE WE MAKING THIS DECISION NOW IF WE'RE NOT HITTING THAT NUMBER YET. >> SO IT'S THE 240 MINUS THE 26. SO 240 WERE HIRED, 26 WERE--OUT OF THOSE 240. >> N. Raman: AGAIN, I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR THE PRESS RELEASES AND MY MATH LOOKS DIFFERENT, I HAVE SOMETHING AROUND 167 JUST FROM YOUR PRESS RELEASES AND MAYBE I'M DOING THE MATH INCORRECTLY, BUT HERE'S MY NUMBERS FOR THE CLASSES. 21, 29, 16, 22, 27, 27 AND 24. ALL OF THOSE ARE LOWER. >> THE CLASSED THAT WERE GRADUATED FROM HIRED SIX MONTHS FORWARD SO YOU HAVE TO BACK UP THE SIX-MONTH WINDOW. SO THE CLASSES CURRENTLY HIRED, FOR THIS FISCAL RATE OF 26 OFFICERS WHICH IS 14 PERCENT OF THE 240. SO THE CLASSES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WERE CLASSES HIRED PRIOR TO THIS FISCAL YEAR. >> COUNCILMEMBER, THE NUMBERS WHAT I READ OFF ARE THE ACTUAL HIRES THAT WERE ACTUALLY MADE ON THOSE DAYS. THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET AUTHORIZED LAPD AND FUNDED LAPD TO MAKE 240 HIRES. AS OF THE DECEMBER CLASS, THEY'VE EXHAUSTED THAT AUTHORITY AND THAT FUNDING. SO IF THERE IS TO BE ADDITIONAL HIRING, IT MUST BE AUTHORIZED BY THIS COUNCIL AND FUNDED BY THIS COUNCIL. >> N. Raman: AND THAT NUMBER OF HIRING, YOU'RE SAYING IS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN NUMBER OF RECRUITS THAT ARE GRADUATING RECRUIT ACADEMY THAT YOU PUT OUT EVERY MONTH? >> THERE IS A SIX-MONTH GAP. >> SO THE CLASS OF 56, WILL NOT KNOW THEIR ATTRITION RATE UNTIL JUNE. >> N. Raman: ALL RIGHT, WELL I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THIS MATH HERE. >> Council President: RIGHT, MATH IS NOT MATH AT THIS MOMENT. >> N. Raman: RIGHT, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN LAST YEAR IN THE SPRING HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE HIRED NOW. SO I'M CURIOUS WHY THIS IS A SURPRISE. >> COUNCILMEMBER, IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S CONFUSING. THIS BUDGET. THIS BUDGET AUTHORIZED 240 HIRES TO BE MADE THIS YEAR. >> N. Raman: YEAH. >> 240 NEW HIRES, IT WAS FUNDED FOR 240 NEW HIRES SPREAD OUT THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR. THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS HIRED 240 OFFICERS AS OF THE TIME WE SIT HERE TODAY. IF WE NEED, IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO FUND BEYOND THAT, ADDITIONAL HIRING NEEDS TO BE AUTHORIZED BY THIS COUNCIL AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDS TO BE AUTHORIZED BY THIS COUNCIL. THE ALTERNATIVE IS THAT THERE BE WOULD BE NO MORE HIRING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR. >> Council President: MR. SZABO, LET ME SEE IF I CAN RESTATE THIS BECAUSE I SHARE SOME OF MS. RAMAN'S CONFUSION. IT JUST DOES NOT ADD UP. I GUESS WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A CLASS AND WHO ACTUALLY GETS HIRED? BECAUSE THEY DON'T, THE NUMBERS YOU GIVE US DON'T MATCH UP WITH THAT. IF AND IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME IF IT'S PERSONNEL OR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT EXPLAINS THE RELATES SHIP BETWEEN THE TWO THINGS. BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY YOU HAVE A CLASS OF 56, I THINK OH THAT MEANS YOU'RE HIRING 56. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT CASE. SOME OTHER NUMBER IS THE REAL NUMBER AND THE QUESTION IS, HOW DOES THE COUNCIL KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS FOR THAT MATTER? CLA? ANYBODY? >> I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION, I THINK WHAT THE CITY WAS SAYING, WE HAD THE POSITION TO HIRE 240. THE NUMBER YOU'RE LOOKING THOSE CLASSES WERE HIRED IN JANUARY. SO THEY WERE HIRED IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, THEY GRADUATED IN JUNE. SO LET'S SAY THE FIRST NUMBER WAS 22, THOSE 22 RECRUITS WERE NOT PART OF THE 240 BRAND NEW RECRUITS THAT WE HIRE STARTING ON JULY FIRST. RIGHT. >> SORRY. SO, YOU'RE SAYING WE HIRED THE 240 BASED ON THE CLASSES FROM LAST YEAR. >> SINCE JULY FIRST OF THIS YEAR. >> THE CONFUSION, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRING INTO THE ACADEMY CLASS. THE ACADEMY CLASS. >> N. Raman: BUT IF THE HIRING INTO THE ACADEMY DOES NOT MEAN PEOPLE STAYING IN THE POLICE FORCE, BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS ATTRITION, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE JOIN AND SMALLER NUMBER ARE GOING ON INTO THE FORCE. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. FICK JUST FINISH MY SENTENCE, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS YOU PUT IN 240 PEOPLE IN THE A CAM MEE CLASS BUT WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MANY WILL GET HIRED BUT CONSISTENTLY, MORE PEOPLE ARE IN THE ACADEMY THAN THE HIRE. WE HAVE NOT HIT OUR CAP YET? AND THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER MONTH TO JUST LOOK AT THE DATA AND MAKE A DECISION THAT IS FISCALLY PRUDENT AND DOES NOT CUT OTHER CIVILIAN POSITIONS BEFORE WE MAKE THIS POSITION. AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING LET'S NOT DOTHIS, I'M JUST SAYING, LET'S THINK ABOUT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. >> COUNCILMEMBER, IF I MAY. WHEN THE BUDGET WAS PUT TOGETHER, IT IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE HIRED INTO ACADEMY. SO WHEN WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, IT ANTICIPATED 240 ENTERING THE ACADEMY. THE ATTRITION IS CALCULATED IN A SEPARATE BUCKET. THE LAPD, WE ANTICIPATED THAT 510 WOULD TRET OUT OF LAPD. THAT INCLUDED RECRUIT ATTRITION AS WELL. SO THE ATTRITION IS CALCULATED ELSEWHERE. SO IN A SENSE, THE BUDGET HAS ACHIEVED THE 240 HIRED INTO THE ACADEMY. YOU ARE CORRECT IN THE SENSE THAT THERE ARE NUMBERS IN THE RECRUIT ACADEMY THAT WILL ATRIT OUT BUT THAT'S PART OF THE A FRIDAYSING NUMBER, HENCE THE 510 THAT WE ANTICIPATED IN ATTRITION FOR LAPD, LAPD IS NOW ESTIMATING ITS 552 AND IT MAY PRECISELY BE BECAUSE THERE IS ATTRITION COMING OUT THE ACADEMY BECAUSE THEY'VE HIRED MORE FOLKS THAT MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL ATTRITION. SO THE ATTRITION IS HANDLED IN A SEPARATE BUCKET. BUT THE 240 THAT THE BUDGET WAS BASED ON OF HIRING HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, IT WILL BE ACHIEVED WITH THE DECEMBER CLASS THAT STARTS ON MONDAY. IT'S THE JANUARY CLASS THAT IS PENDING THAT WILL PUT THEM OVER THE 240 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BUDGET ANYTHING ABOVE THE 240 OF RECRUITS HIRED INTO THE ACADEMY WOULD REQUIRE SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WAS THAT CLEAR? >> N. Raman: YES, THANK YOU. >> Council President: SO THANK YOU, SO MUCH, MADAM CLA THAT WAS CLEAREST. SO, I GUESS, I'LL GO BACK, MAYBE WE'LL STAY WITH YOU, MADAM CLA. WHEN THE STATEMENT IS MADE OH IT'S GOING TO COST 33 MILLION DOLLARS MORE NEXT YEAR, IS THAT BASED ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO THE ACADEMY OR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU GUESS, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE EXPLAINED TO US, IT'S JUST A GUESS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET HIRED IS THAT BASED ON A GUESS? BASED ON 240 ACADEMY RECRUITS? >> IT'S BASE ON 240 ACTUALLY GRADUATING. SO WHEN THE CAO MADE THE PRO DICTION OF 240 ADDITIONAL RECRUITS BEING HIRED BETWEEN JANUARY AND JUNE, THEIR ANALYZING THE COSTS THOSE 240 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE BEING HIRED AND THAT WOULD BE BASED, ON THE NUMBER, I DON'T THINK IT INCLUDED ATTRITION BUT I THINK IT WAS THE ENTIRE 240, GRANTED THERE WILL BE ATTRITION IN THAT NUMBER AND I THINK THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT, IT ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT ATTRITION WOULD BE OCCURRING IN THE CLASSES THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED SINCE JUNE THIS YEAR AND ATTRITION WILL BE HAPPENING AND THAT'S WHY THEIR REPORT RECOGNIZED THAT TO THE EXTENT OF GREATER ATTRITION, THAT ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WOULD BE HIRED TO MAKE UP FOR THAT ATTRITION. SO THE ATTEMPT WOULD BE TO GET TO A BOTTOM LINE NUMBER. >> THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, THE PROJECTIONS ON NUMBERS, INCLUDE THE ASSUMPTION OF ATTRITION. WE UPDATED THE NUMBERS BASED ON THE HIRE ATTRITION RATE AND THAT'S WHY IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE ON PAGE 19, WE LAYOUT THE SCENARIOS FOR EACH LEVEL OF HIRING. THAT IF WE DIDN'T DO MORE HIRING WE WOULD BE LOWER. IF WE HIRE ADDITIONAL 240, WE WILL BE 8626. THAT IS A NUMBER IN THE CORRESPONDING FULL IMPACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26-27 IS INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER BUT THAT NUMBER DOES INCLUDE ATTRITION. >> Council President: GOT IT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, YOU'RE GOING TO HELP US OUT? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, AND I'M SHARING YOU GOT US THERE. BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A CON NN FLTION, ON THE QUESTIONS THAT MS. RAMAN WAS QUESTIONS. OFFICERS ARE HIRED AS SOON AS THEY GO INTO THE ACADEMY BUT THAT DOES NOT EQUATE BEING SWORN. SO THANK YOU SHARON FOR EXPLAINING THAT AND DIFFERENTIATING THOSE TWO THINGS. THAT BEING SAID, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CALCULATIONS OF THE ATTRITION, AND WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED AND BUDGETED, WHAT IS IS THE DELTA BETWEEN WHAT WE EXPEND IN FINANCIAL RESOURCES GIVEN HOW MANY PEOPLE FALLOUT, WHAT IS THE DELTA OF THAT HOW MUCH IS NOT EXPENDED FOR THE BUDGET SO WHEN WE SAY 240 OFFICERS, IF 150 FALLOUT, THEN WOO IS THE ACTUAL COSTS. WOO IS THE DIFFERENCE? ESSENTIALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SALARIES, YOU'RE NOT PAYING THE SALARIES, DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY ATTRITION OUT, YOU'RE TRACKING THAT SEPARATELY. SO WHEN YOU TRACK IT SEPARATELY, YOU'RE STILL TAKING THE MONEY AS IF THEY'RE STILL GOING THROUGH AND COMPLETING THE ACADEMY. SO WHAT IS THE DELTA, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? >> ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE 240 OFFICERS, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT, THE DELTA IS GOING TO BE VERY SMALL. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE RECRUIT OFFICERS, I MEAN, EVEN TO HIRE THE 240 THAT WAS MENTIONED HERE IN THE REPORT, IT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY AROUND ROUGHLY 6 MILLION DOLLARS. SO THE DELTA IS VERY SMALL EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HIRE ANY OF THEM. SO THIS WILL BE A SAVING TO THE BUDGET. IT'S BECAUSE RECRUIT SALARIES IS MUCH LESS THAN THE COST OF A REGULAR OFFICER. SO IS THE DELTA VERY VERY LITTLE. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION. >> M. Rodriguez: NO, THAT'S FINE. BUT I GUESS MY CONCERN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE GRAD GRADUATION TODAY, HOW MANY GRADUATED VERSUS HOW MANY NUMBER. >> I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER THAT STARTED BUT WE AVERAGE 14 PERCENT. >> M. Rodriguez: SO WE HAVE 24 NEW OFFICERS. >> RIGHT. >> M. Rodriguez: I KNOW WE'RE, TRAINING THE OTHERS BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE WHEN WE BUDGET FOR SWORN WE'RE BUDGETING FOR OUR SOUTH SIDER NOT WHO GO THROUGH ACADEMY. >> YES >> M. Rodriguez: SO WE HAVE 24 YET A CLASS THAT STARTED? OF HOW MANY? >> 29. >> M. Rodriguez: 29 AND THEN THE NEXT PROJECTED CLASS IN JANUARY. >> MONDAY ONE STARTS. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, AND THAT ONE IS? 56 OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WHERE EVERYONE, JUST GIVEN THE CONVERSATION, JUST PROCEDURALLY, HOW THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, THERE IS RESISTANCE IN WANTING TO DO THIS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO IT RIGHT. RIGHT NOW, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW STAFF IS BEING LEVERAGED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS STRAIN ACROSS NOT JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALL DEPARTMENTS, FRANKLY, LET'S HIRE 1,000 MORE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW. SADLY THEY WOULD BE WORKING IN THE DARK IN THE STREETS BECAUSE OF THE STREETLIGHTS DON'T WORK. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CHALLENGES CONFRONTING US. AND SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT WE NEVER GET AHOLD IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE'RE NOT, TAKING KIND OF CONTROL OF OR HAVING A VERY COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATION AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOW DOLLARS ARE USED, WE GOT TO LOOK TOP TO BOTTOM. EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING IN ISOLATION AND THEN WE'RE HERE THE DAY OF AND IT'S POLITICAL THEATER, I GET IT. I KNOW, WHERE I WORK. BUT THAT'S NOT FINANCIAL PRUDENT WHEN WE HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS. I LOOK AT ALL THE AMENDMENTS, EVERYTHING THAT WAS APPROVED AND NOW WE'RE MOVING IT OVER HERE AND MOVE IT OVER HERE, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE OF THE DECISIONS BEING MADE. AND TT A WRECKLESS POLITICAL THEATER AND IT'S AWFUL BECAUSE WHAT IS BEING GAINED IS THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO--WE HAD HARD CONVERSATION BUZZ WHAT THE REORG LOOKS LIKE. AND WE KNOW THAT IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE WILL AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO OBTAIN CIVILIANS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO ARE WE JUST GOING TO HIRE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO PUT THEM IN THE SEATS OF WHERE CIVILIANS WERE. THOSE ARE REAL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. YES, WE NEED TO HIRE AND RAMP UP ALL THE ACADEMY CLASSES TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF FUND THATING WE'RE PROVIDING TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CATCH UP. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW OUR NUMBERS ARE DOWN. BUT ASKING FOR THE RESPECT THAT THIS BODY DESERVES TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. AND THAT'S WHAT IS PROBLEMATIC HERE. AND I UNDERSTAND. EVERYONE HERE IS RESPONDING TO A LETTER THAT CAME FROM ACROSS THE HALL, I GOT IT. BUT THERE IS, BUT THE REALITY IS, THAT IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO THIS BODY AND THE OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATIONS AND THAT'S WHERE TO ME, ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR, I THINK FOR SOME OF US, IS JUST THE RESPECT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN THOUGHTFULLY, BUILD UP THIS DEPARTMENT AS EX PEED YEPTLY--EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE BUT NOT TO THE DETRIMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE IN THE CITY. DOING THE JOB IN THE DARK, DOESN'T HELP US. HOW DO WE DO IT ALL? AND ALL WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS WE'RE PARTNERS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT ALL. BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING SO TO THE DETRIMENT OF SUSTAINING SOME OF THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT. AND LIKE, LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL OF IT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. SO I THINK THE IDEA OF EVEN ASKING FOR THIS CONVERSATION TO SAY, LOOK, WHERE CAN WE GIVE YOU TO HELP US GET US THROUGH TO ALLOW US TO ENGAGE IN A DEEPER CONVERSATION IN JANUARY, IS I DON'T THINK ASKING FOR A WHOLE LOT. AND THAT'S MY PIECE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I WANT TO SEE ALL THE POLICE ACADEMIES FULL, I WANT US TO PUT THE GAS ON HIRING, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE REASONS THE CHIEF OUTLINED PRIOR TO THE OLYMPICS WE NEED TO GET AS MANY OFFICERS TRAINED AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. THAT'S JUST USING ONE-TIME MONEY. YET, I GET IT, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE BEGINNING WE'RE NOT, WE NEED TO TIME TO DO THAT BUT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WILL SLOW US DOWN FROM OUR RESPECTIVE. THAT'S WHY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S MOTION PUTS ENOUGH MONEY OF ONE-TIME OR SHELL GAME MONEY AS COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, IT GETS US GOING TO WE DON'T HAVE TO SLOW DOWN. SO HER MOTION GETS US MOVING, IT ALLOWS THE JANUARY CLASS TO MOVE FORWARD. I WAS TOLD IT GETS US ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AND IT ALLOWS US TIME TO AS A BUDGET COMMITTEE GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS MONEY SHOULD REALLY COME FROM AND HOW WE REALLY FUND OFFICER RECRUITMENT IN WAY THAT'S ARE GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE THAT NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM CIVILIAN HIRING AS WELL. YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THE TWO TOGETHER. THE CHIEF KNOWS THIS, THEY GO HAND AND GLOVE. WE NEED A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH. THIS IS NOT A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH, ON MR. LEE'S MOTELING, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. IT'S JUST GRABBING ONE-TIME MONEY TO PLUG THE IMMEDIATE HOLE. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S MOTION BECAUSE IT TAKES ENOUGH MONEY TO GET US GOING AND KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE ACCELERATING BUT IT ALLOWS FOR DISCUSSION TO DO THIS IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S MOTION ULTIMATELY TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THAT AGAIN, IT IS IT IS NOT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF COPS, IT A FALSE NARRATIVE, WHEN I SEE PRESS RELEASES AND STORIES TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S SOFRZ TO SUPPORT. I DON'T THINK THIS IS ABOUT IT ALL. I'M A MAXIMALIST, I WANT TOO SEE US SUPPORT AS MANY AS WE CAN BUT I WANT US TO DO IT IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. SO PLEASE, PUBLIC, DON'T FALL INTO THE FALSE NARRATIVE, IT'S WHERE WE GET THE MONEY FROM AND WITH WHETHER WE DO IT IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY AND FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT IS LONG TERM THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, NOT USING ONE-TIME MONEY AND NOT JUST SWEEPING FUNDS INTO THE INNOVATION FUND THAT SHOULD NOT BE SWEPT. MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT BELIEVES IN INNOVATION FUND BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION. AND TO JUST, TO JUST SWEEP IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR AMENDING MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, WE FACE A REALLY CLEAR QUESTION, DO WE FOLLOW A BUDGET PROCESS THAT IS GROUNDED IN HONESTY AND FISCAL SOLVENTLY OR AN ENTIRE & DEADLINE. I SUPPORT HIRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS, MOST OF US SUPPORT HIRING POLICE OFFICERS. THE DISAGREEMENT IS NOT ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. THE DISAGREEMENT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE HEALTH OF THE CITY AND THE PROCESS WE USE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. ON JUNE 7th, THE MAYOR SIGNED A BUDGET TO HIRE NEW OFFICERS AND TO IDENTIFY NEW FUNDING FOR ANOTHER 240 WITHIN 90 DAYS. 14 OF US LEARNED FROM A PRESS RELEASE. THEN ANOTHER 90 DAYS PASSED AND NO SOURCE OF FUNDING. MEANWHILE LAPD HIRED AT AN ACCELERATED RATE. ALL 240 OFFICERS ARE NOW IN THE PIPELINE. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO REPAIRING THE PIPELINE. IT WAS REALLY GOOD WORK. BUT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD REACH HIRING LEVELS NEVER APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. AND DHA MATTERS, COLLEAGUES! THIS WEEK, DURING REVIEW OF THE SECOND FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT, WE FINALLY RECEIVED A COST ESTIMATE FOR ADDITIONAL HIRING. THE FIGURE BEFORE US TODAY, TODAY, IS 4.4 MILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE ON GOING ANNUAL COST IS CLOSER TO 24 MILLION DOLLARS. IF WE WERE TO HIRE TO 480 IT WOULD BE 33 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN ON GOING ANNUAL COSTS. ONCE HIRED, THOSE COSTS REPEAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR ADDING DIRECTLY TO OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT FOR NEXT YEAR. THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE PRESENTED FOR THIS WEEK, SORRY, THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE PRESENTED THIS WEEK AT BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, AS A WAY TO PAY FOR THESE NEW OFFICERS WAS THE RESERVE FUND. WE ONLY RECENTLY REBMENT RESERVES ABOUT 5 PERCENT. RESERVE FUNDS EXIST FOR EMERGENCIES. IT DOES NOT EXIST TO FUND ON GOING OPERATIONS. DRAWING IT DOWN, ALSO INCREASES OUR COST AT A MOMENT WHEN THE CITY IS PREPARING TO BORROW BILLIONS FOR MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE CONVENTION CENTER. I HEARD THAT THE 33 MILLION DOLLARS PROBLEM BELONG TO SEE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND THAT GIVES ME SERIOUS CONCERN. IT WAS PAID BY LETTING OFF ROUGHLY 400 LAPD STAFF. THOSE STAFF PERFORMED IMPORTANT WORK. MANY OF THOSE ROLES COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BACK FILLED AND ELIMINATING THE REST MEANS TAKING COPS OFF THE STREET TOO DO DESK WORK. COLLEAGUES 400 OF THOSE ARE STILL SLATED FOR LAYOFFS. THEY'RE IN POSITIONS THAT WILL EXPIRE THIS YEAR. WE'RE AT THE SAME TIME TALKING ABOUT LAYING OFF 200 PLUS LAPD EMPLOYEES THAT DO CIVILIAN SIDE. IT LIKE FIRING TRAFFIC CONTROLS TO HIRE MORE PILOT AND PAYING THEM THREE TIMES MORE MONEY. IT MAKES NO SENSE. I FEEL THIS TAKES US DOWN A PATH THAT WE SAW THE RISK OF LAST YEAR AND STILL DEALING WITH. AND THESE ARE POLICY DISAGREEMENTS BUT WHAT MAKES ME MOST FRUSTRATED IS THE EMERGENCY TO BUY PASS OUR PROCESS. PROCESS PROTECTS THE INTEGRITY OF THIS BODY. PRESERVES INDEPENDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND CHECKS AND BALANCES ALLOWS A BEST DECISIONS THAT WE ALL HAVE. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TREATING THIS ISSUE WITH URGENCY FOR SOMETIME. IN THE 188 DAYS SINCE THE BUDGET WAS SIGNED, THEY REACHED OUT TO MY TEAM TOWARDS COLLABORATIVELY TOWARDS A SOLUTION. WE ASKED THE CAO AND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR INFORMATION WHEN HIRING FIRST LEVELS IN OCTOBER. WE PRESSED FOR DETAILS DURING REVIEW OF THE FIRST FINANCIAL STATUS WROTE A MONTH AGO. WE CONTINUED PRESSING ALL LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK DURING THE REVIEW OF FSR. THEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE RECEIVED A LETTER THROUGH THE PRESS, NOW HERE WE ARE CONSIDERING AN UNVETTED PROPOSAL NONE OF US SAW UNTIL THIS MORNING AND ALL OF THIS LANDS ON THE FINAL MEETING OF THE YEAR. I WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS URGENCY OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS. WE'RE TOLD THAT WITHOUT ACTION, THE ACADEMY CLASS WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE IMPLICATION IS THIS VOTE MEANS WHETHER WE HIRE MORE OFFICERS OR NOT. IT'S FALSE, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT AT THE COST OF HIRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS. IT'S A FALSE DECISIO. THE CAO CONFIRMED THAT WITH OUR AMENDMENT, THE DEPARTMENT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH JANUARY'S CLASS AND RETURN IN NEW YEAR INCLUDING OPTIONS FOR RETAINING ALL OR SOME LAPD SILIANS WHO ARE STILL--CIVILIANS A LAW TIME FOR REVIEW AND DEBATE AND STILL HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO HIRE POLICE OFFICERS LATER THIS YEAR. UMS WE DECIDE EVERYTHING TODAY, RESPONSIBLE HIRING BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE OR THAT IT'S THE FAULT OF THIS COUNCIL FOR NOT ACTING AND THAT IS FALSE. WHAT THIS FALSE URGENCY SEEKS TO SEE IS FORCED TO RUSHED BUDGET DECISION. WE CANNOT KEEP DOING THIS! THIS IS NO WAY TO RUN A CITY. WE'RE HERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY BECAUSE THE REQUIRED WORK DIDN'T HAPPEN SOONER AND WE'RE STUCK HOLDING THE BAG. I WOULD LOVE TO BE VOTING ON VETTED THOUGHT COMMITTEE THAT HAD GONE THROUGH PROCESS AND BUDGET AND FINANCE AND ANYWHERE ELSE AND HAD ON GOING FUNDING IDENTIFIED SO THAT IN FOUR MONTHS WHEN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET COMES OUT, WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. THERE IS ANOTHER FACT THIS BODY MUST REMEMBER. WE ALREADY CREATED A STRUCTURE FAGT FORWARD. THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED AN AMENDMENT SFRD BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE AUTHORIZING LAPD TO HIRE UP TO 480 OFFICERS BUT IT WAS CONTINGENT ON FINDING AVAILABLE IN THE SECOND OR THIRD FINANCIAL STATUS. IT WAS ALSO CONTINGENT BY COUNCIL AND MAYOR THAT ADDITIONAL HIRING RESPONSE TO DEPARTMENT NEEDS AND CITY'S FISCAL CONDITION. THAT AMENDMENT MATTERED MR. LEE, IT WAS GOOD ONE AND I WAS PROUD TO SUPPORT IT. IT WAS RESPECTED PUBLIC SAFETY REQUIRED DATA AND IT REQUIRED FUNDING, IT REQUIRED TIME FOR THIS BODY TO EXERCISE JUDGMENT. THAT PROCESS BEGAN THIS WEEK BECAUSE WE ONLY JUST STARTED TO GET INFORMATION WE REQUESTED MONTHS AGO. I'M ALMOST DONE. THEY HAVE DIRECTED THE CAO AS OF TUESDAY'S MEETING, THIS IS THE DIRECTION COMING OUT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, DIRECTED THE CAO TO RETURN IN JANUARY, THREE WEEKS WITH OPTIONS THAT DO NOT RELY ON RESERVES OR CUTS TO CORE SERVICES, THAT IS WHAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE A RESPONSIBLE DECISION FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO THIS YEAR, BYPASSES. IF IT REPLACES POLICY WITH LAST-MINUTE PRESSURE. I DON'T TAKE PLEASURE SAYING ANY OF THIS, BUT I SAY IT BECAUSE THE STAKES ARE HIGH AND PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES DESERVE HONESTY, AND HONESTY ACKNOWLEDGES WHERE REAL PROGRESS HAS MADE. AS I MENTION APPROXIMATED EARLIER, MAYOR DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PERSONNEL AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAVE DONE GREAT WORK. I DEEPLY RESPECT AND VALUE THAT WORK. I WANT TO PROTECT THAT PROGRESS THROUGH RESPONSIBLE FUNDING. BUT WE MUST ALSO RESPECT AND VALUE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. SAFEGUARDING OUR CITY ESPECIALLY AT THIS MOMENT IS NOT OPTIONAL. PROTECTING CORE SERVICES IS NOT OPTIONAL. FOLLOWING ADOPTED FISCAL POLICY IS NOT OPTIONAL. RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRETENDING OTHERWISE RISK DOING SERIOUS LONG TERM HARM. I STILL BELIEVE COMPROMISE IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE SHARE THE GOAL OF HIRING MORE OFFICERS. THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR A JANUARY CLASS WITH A A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WILL RETURN IN JANUARY OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. THAT MUST IDENTIFY ON GOING SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICERS PROTECT CIVILIAN POSITIONS. ALONG THE CONDITION BEFORE ANY FURTHER HIRING IS APPROVED. A NOTE OF CAUTION IS NECESSARY. THE DOLLARS IDENTIFIED IN COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S MOTION AMENDMENT B NOT FROM THE RESERVE FUND BUT REMAIN ONE-TIME FUNDS. ADDITIONAL HIRING AS ROUGHLY 24 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CITY STRUCTURAL DEFICIT ON ANNUAL BASIS. THE FULL COST WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND IT CAN'T BE PAID FOR BY LAYING OFF CITY WORKERS OR REDUCING ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES. AS LONG AS I SERVE AS A BUDGET CHAIR WHICH IS A HONOR, CLARITY AVOIDS REPEATING THE SAME CONFLICT IN FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS. PUBLIC SAFETY IS MORE THAN POLICE, IT'S ABOUT FIXING STREETLIGHT SO IT WORKS IT IS ABOUT REPAIRING SIDEWALKS SO IT DOES NOT COST US. AND HAVING ENOUGH MONEY PAINTING SIDEWALKS AND NOT HAVING ROUGE VOLUNTEERS AND GETTING ARRESTED. THANK YOU, I'M GOING TO HAVE AN CHANGE TO MY AMENDMENT 40C I'M GOING TO RESCIND AMENDMENT 40C AND PROPOSE SOME AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE TIME. >> Council President: MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I REALLY HOPE THAT EVERYONE HERE THAT IS MADE THAT STATEMENT HAS A SAME ENERGY WHEN IT COMES TO ITEM 45, ITEM 45 WHICH I BELIEVE, I ASSUME THAT THIS COUNCIL IS ABOUT TO APPROVE LATER ON FOR THE NEW BUREAU OF HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT. LET ME READ TO YOU WHAT IT SAYS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS REPORT DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES BECAUSE ONE-TIME FUNDING IS USED TO FUND AN ON GOING PROGRAM. SO I REALLY HOPE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT ITEM, YOU TAKE THE SAME APPROACH THAT YOU'RE DOING TO THIS ITEM WHICH IS ABOUT HIRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS. COLLEAGUES, MY ASK IS SIMPLE, THAT YOU SUPPORT MY AMENDMENT THAT PROPERLY IDENTIFIED FUNDING SO THAT LAPD CAN CONTINUE TO HIRE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. I HEAR YOUR ARGUMENT BUT SOME OF US RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO FACE HISTORIC ATTRITION, SHRINKING ACADEMY CLASS SXZ GROWING DEMANDS ON PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES. IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT STABLING STAFFING AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE TO DO MORE THAN EXPRESS SUPPORT THROUGH WORDS WE MUST FUND THIS. THE MAYOR, CAO, MY OFFICE, WE HEARD THE INSTRUCTION FROM THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. DO NOT PULL FROM THE RESERVE FUND. THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU, DRAWS FROM SAVING DUE TO ATTRITION AND INCLUDES DISCRETION FUNDING FROM BOIGT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND $500,000 FROM MY OWN OFFICE. THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR BASS, THROUGH EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE 14, THE CITY HAS MODERNIZED AND STREAMLINED LAPD RECRUITMENT TO IMPROVE PROCESSING SOMETIMES AND STRENGTHEN OUT REACH. IT HAS GIVEN A SOLID FOUNDATION FO HIRING AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO GO BACKWARDS. I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS HERE, THIS DOES AFFECT HAVING MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON OUR STREETS. I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR YES-VOTE ON MY AMENDMENT AND NO ON COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S SO WE CAN CONTINUE REBUILDING THE REIGNS AND DELIVERING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT I BELIEVE OUR ANGELINOS EXPECT AND DESERVE. CHIEF, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN JUST A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL, IF WE GO MONTH TO MONTH TALK ABOUT POST REQUIREMENTS, HOW HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO STAY ON TRACK FOR THE NUMBERS THAT WE WANT, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS MONTH TO MONTH IF WE PUT THIS FUNDING ASIDE AND GO TO MONTH TO MONTH. >> WE CONTINUE TO TEST PEOPLE AND WHEN WE PROVIDE A JOB OFFICER, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FAR ENOUGH TO PLAN CLASS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE SELECTION PROCESS. SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING IS A MONTH TO MONTH. POST REQUIRES THAT PEOPLE COMPLETE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE SELECTION PROCESS WITHIN A YEAR. AND AS THE PROCESS MOVE ON, PEOPLE ARE FALLING OUT OF THAT. SOME OF THEM WILL COME BACK AND RETEST AND OTHERS WILL NOT. AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE LOST TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS BECAUSE THIS PROCESS IS TAKING UP TO A YEAR. WE COME TO A PLACE NOW WHERE WE CAN COMPLETE THE PROCESS WE BELIEVE IN SIX MONTHS. THAT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR US AND I'M THANKFUL TO THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR WORK IN DOING THAT. AS FAR AS, THIS WHOLE IDEA OF URGENCY FROM OUR STAND POINT AND I COMPLETELY RESPECT THIS BODY AND THE CHALLENGE AND WHERE YOU FIND THE MONEY FROM, MY HOPE IS TO CREATE A SENSE OF URGENCY AND AWARENESS THAT WE'RE BLEEDING OUT, THAT WE'RE NOT PREPARING FOR THE GAMES, AND WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. WE'RE 1400 DOWN, RIGHT NOW, SWORN OFFICERS. AND BEST CASE SCENARIO IF WE WERE TO GET 480 WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS FROM OFFICERS FROM WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE A TRITING MORE THAN HIRING HERE, EVEN BEST CASE SCENARIO. SO THAT IS MY CONCERN AT A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE BUILDING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WE'VE BEEN NOT, WE'VE BEEN GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. MY ASK IS TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR IN A STEADY PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN PLAN APPROPRIATELY AND NOT LOSE PEOPLE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHILE WE'RE GOING TO MONTH TO MONTH. EVERYBODY IS WATCHING WHAT I'M DOING, IF I'M A CANDIDATE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO BE HIRED OR NOT, I'M GOING TO APPLY SOMEBODY ELSE AND WE CAN LOSE SOME SFT BEST AND BRIGHTFUL THAT IF WE HIRE THEM WE HAVE THEM FOR 30-35 YEARS, THAT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT YOU CANNOT PUT A PRICE ON. >> J. Lee: I KNOW EVERYBODY IS WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. EVERY ISSING IS HIRING RIGHT NOW. >> RIGHT. >> SO IF WE HAVE TO TELL RECRUITS, HEY WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL YET, WE'RE NOT SURE, THEY HAVE WAITED 8 MONTHS AND IF THEIR BACKGROUND CHECKS, THEIR PSYCH EVALUATIONS IF THOSE THINGS LAPSE OVER A YEAR, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AGAIN, WHICH I'M GUESSING, AT THAT POINT, THEY MOVE ON TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. >> THAT'S ACCURATE. >> J. Lee: AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU KNOW, MY VIEWS I KNOW ARE DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, BUT FOR ME, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS IS NUMBER ONE. THIS WILL HELP US START GOING BACK TO THE NUMBER THAT I BELIEVE THIS CITY NEEDS TO BE. ESPECIALLY ON THE CUSP OF HOSTING TWO WORLDWIDE EVENTS IN OUR CITY, THAT IF THOSE PEOPLE DON'T FEEL, THOSE VISITORS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES FROM AROUND THIS COUNTRY, DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE AGAIN, WILL NOT HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, I ALWAYS BELIEVE SHOULD COME FIRST. THANK YOU CHIEF, I APPRECIATE IT. I URGE AN AYE VOTE ON MY AMENDMENT AND A NO ON THE OTHER ONE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR STAND ITING UP FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ARE BEGGING FOR MORE POLICE PRESENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, THE HIRING SCENARIO THAT WAS ULTIMATELY APPROVED DURING THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AT 240 WAS A LOW-BALL CAP AND ESSENTIALLY A CUT TO THE DEPARTMENT. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS THAT I VOTED NO ON THE BUDGET. AND LAPD SAT RIGHT HERE AT THE TABLE AND TOLD US THAT THEY WERE GOING TO EXCEED THAT HIRING CAP. IN 2022, THEY HIRED 433 OFFICERS. IN 23 IT WAS 396 AND LAST YEAR IT WAS 390 SO WE KNEW THAT LAPD WOULD EASILY AND THEY DESPERATELY NEEDED TO HIRE PAST THAT 240 WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIOR DIRECTION THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE ACROSS MULTIPLE POLICY COMMITTEES TO GET THEM WHERE THEY ARE. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE IMPACTS OF A SMALLER SWORN DEPARTMENT, DURING MULTIPLE EMERGENCY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR. LAPD, HAS BEEN SPREAD WAY TOO THIN FROM THE FIRES FROM JANUARY 7th TO THE CIVIL UNARREST TO TODAY, WE WATCHED THEM STRUGGLE TO BALANCE EVERY DAY NEEDS WITH THOSE CONCURRENT COMMITMENT TO STAFF MULTIPLE ON GOING EVENTS AND EMERGENCIES. WE HAVE MAJOR WORLD EVENTS COMING, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE CITY ARE BEGGING FOR MORE POLICE RESOURCES, OUR 9-1-1 AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES ARE ALREADY ABYSSMALY LOW. SO MOVING FORWARD WITH 40B IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND IT'S GOING TO HELP US ADDRESS THE ATTRITION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU ON THAT EFFORT BECAUSE THOSE HIRING DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE DON'T DEMOS FREIGHT COMMITMENT TO THOSE RECRUITS, PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING, TRYING TO COME HERE, RIGHT NOW, TO WORK FOR OUR CITY, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE FUTURE CLASSES TOO. THANK YOU AND I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE ON COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S MOTION 40B. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, I GOT ONE QUESTION AND THEN I THINK WE CAN BEGIN OUR PROCESS OF VOTING. MR. SZABO, JUST, I THINK I UNDERSTAND MORE CLEARLY TODAY. WHY IT'S OVERLY COMPLICATED CANNOT INTELLECTUAL TO MIX THE POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH YEARS. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE THE CATEGORY OF MATH, NOT MATHING. SO EVERY NUMBER I'VE HEARD THAT SAYS EVEN IF WE GET TO 480, EVEN IF THAT HAPPENS, MORE OFFICERS WILL RETIRE THAN THE RETIREMENT NUMBER WILL EXCEED 480 MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. HOW IS IT THAT REPLACING OFFICERS WITH HIGHER SALARY WITH FEWER OFFICERS WITH LOWER SALARY CREATES A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A BUDGET INCREASE OF 33 MILLION DOLLARS. >> SO AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT GOES INTO DEVELOPING THE BUDGET THAT YOU ALL ULTIMATELY SEE. THAT IS THAT IS BAKED IN. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HIRING, WE'RE ISOLATING THE COSTS TO WHAT THE HIRING WILL BE. >> Council President: SURE. >> FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE ADDED, WE RESET THE BUDGET BASED ON WHAT THE A ASSUMED ATTRITION IS, THAT'S ALREADY BAKED IN. AND WHEN WE START, WHEN WE START THE CONVERSATION FOR NEXT YEAR, WE, WE HAVE AN ASSUMED NUMBER OF, AN ASSUMED STARTING DEPLOYMENT. AND IF THAT NUMBERS IS BELOW THE GLOIMENT, --DEPLOYMENT THEN THAT WOULD BE A BUDGET TO THE SAVING. SO WE WOULD LOWER THE NUMBER. IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF CATEGORYING WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. ARE WE LOOKING AT IS THE WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS IS FOR THE NEXT YEAR? OR ARE WE LOOKING AT THE TOTAL COST AFTER WE DO THE HIRING. SO WE DO NEED TO ISOLATE THESE, THESE DECISIONS. I CAN JUST SAY THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT, THOSE COST SAVINGS ARE BAKED INTO THE PROJECTIONS. WE WOULD, BYWAY, TO YOUR POINT, IF WE, THE ISSUE IS, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS A NET INCREASE OTHER THAN THAT ADDITIONAL ATTRITION. BUT THE BUDGET ONLY ASSUMES 240 HIRES. SO ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE THAT, ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE THE STARTING OF 8836 IS GOING TO BE A NET INCREASE TO NEXT YEAR'S INCREASE. THAT'S I COULDN'T SEE THE INCREMENTAL COST, WHAT OUR ADOPTED BUDGET ACTUALLY APPROVED AND IT ONLY APPROVED A STARTING SWORN DEPLOYMENT OF 8336 SO ANYTHING ABOVE THAT, WOULD BE A NET INCREASE. THE 410, WOULD BRING THE DEPARTMENT UP TO 8556. SO THE DELTA DWAOEN THE TWO IS THE NET INCREASE. >> GOT IT. >> Council President: SO THE ONLY WAY YOU DON'T END UP WITH AN INCREASE IS IF YOU SHRINK THE DEPARTMENT. >> CORRECT. IT IS GOING DOWN. >> Council President: SO WHEN YOU ARGUE FOR KEEPING THE NUMBER THE SAME, YOU'RE ARGUING FOR SHRINKING THE DEPARTMENT? >> YES. >> Council President: GOT IT. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE. MEMBERS, THIS IS BEEN A FULL LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BEFORE BREAK. A LOT OF GOING AND FORTH IN THE MOTIONS BEFORE US. JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO OFFER TO THIS BODY BEFORE WE START TO VOTE. I HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THIS AND I DON'T WANT TO SEEM LIKE I DON'T. PARTICULARLY ABOUT SOME OF THE CHARACTERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT MY ROLE WHICH I RESENT. CONTEXT, ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL OVER POLICE HIRING HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST HALF CENTURY. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE CITY RUNS. I'M ONLY OLD ENOUGH TO RUN THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, ADIA AND HAHN AND I KNOW THEY HAPPENED A LOT WITH BRADLEY AND VILLA REIGOSA AND GARCETTI AND WE'RE IN THIS POSITION NOW. IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION. IT'S THE MONEY SPENT THE MOST MONEY ON AND IT'S THE BIGGEST DEPARTMENT, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TOUGH DISCUSSION AND IT SHOULD BE A TOUGH DISCUSSION AND WE SHOULDN'T TRY TO DUCK THAT. AND YOU KNOW, ASK AS IF WE HAD MORE TIME IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT OR IF PEOPLE HAD DIFFERENT SETS OF CONVERSATIONS, IT'S JUST TOUGH AND WE ALL ARE HERE, I THINK PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO FACE THE TOUGH QUESTIONS WITH THEIR BEST SETS OF VALUES. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S MOTION. I WILL VOTE WHAT NO MEMBER HAS DONE THAT HE PUT UP RESOURCES FROM HIS OWN DISTRICT AND SAID, THESE OFFICERS CAN ONLY BE 12, HE PUT THEM UP FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND I THINK THAT'S WORTHY OF RECOGNITION GIVEN THAT HE'S TRYING TO HELP US SOLVE A PROBLEM. SO MR. LEE, AGAIN FROM PRESIDENT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DO NOT THINK THE IDEA OF WAITING AT THREE FOR TIMES ON THE POLICE HIRING IS GOOD IDEA ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF IT TODAY. ESPECIALLY JUST LIKE WE DEBATE, WE COULD ALSO COME BACK AND DEBATE THE OTHER CATEGORIES, THE INNOVATION FUND, THE INVEST L.A. WHICH I WAS ONE OF THE MAKERS BEFORE THE COUNCIL WAS HERE. I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK AND DEBATE THOSE ISSUES, I THINK THAT'S A SMARTER PATH THAN COMING BACK TO DEBATE POLICE HIRING WHICH I THINK IS A FORGONE CONCLUSION. I JUST WANT TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE CAN TALK ABOUT SCENARIOS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IDEAS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THIS COUNCIL, GIVEN MAJORITY WILL FUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUE, SO WE SHOULD JUST EXPECT THAT. SO THE IDEA, THAT MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE AND BRING THAT BACK AT LEAST THREE TIMES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IT PROBABLY BE MORE. AS OPPOSED TO BRINGING BACK LESS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IS WRONG-HEADED AND NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR THAT BODY. BUT HERE WE ARE, PEOPLE HAVE MADE THEIR AMENDMENTS AND WITH THAT, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF CALLING THE ROLL ON THESE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS AS WE HAVE IT IN THE ORDER THAT IS APPROPRIATE. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. SO, FOR THE RECORD, AMENDMENT 40C LIKE CAT, YAROSLAVSKY RODRIGUEZ McOSKER HAS BEEN WITHDRAWAL SO WOO IS BEFORE US IS 40B AS A IN BOY, THAT IS MOTION LEE, HARRIS-DAWSON AND PARK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR 40B THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE LANGUAGE IN 40C WITH A SMALL REVISION AND THAT WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE IN 40C THAT READS AND IT'S THREE LITTLE LITTLE I LITTLE I LITTLE I, SO DOWN HERE. STRIKE THE LANGUAGE THAT READS DIRECT THE CAO TO TRANSFER FROM GENERAL CITY PURPOSES NUMBER 100-506 MAYOR HE'SES ACT NUMBER--0000--IN THE THIRD FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT. SO IN ALL REPORTS THE LANGUAGE FROM 40C THE ASK THAT WE SUBSTITUTE THAT LANGUAGE INTO 40B AND I ASK THAT WE TAKE A VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S--MR.-- >> Council President: I'M CONFUSED. SO, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. SO MR. LEE, YOU HAVE A MOTION BEFORE THE MOTION AND A MEMBER HAS ASKED TO CHANGE IT? >> TO ADD IT TO, AND ASSUMING HE DOES NOT WANT IT, WE TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO SUBSTITUTE. I THINK IT'S THE CORRECT PROCEDURE. >> J. Lee: MY UNDERSTANDING AS I READ THIS, I JUST CAME ON MY DESK IS THAT, WE AGAIN, GO MONTH TO MONTH IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: NO FUNDING THE JANUARY CLASS AND ASKING IN JANUARY THAT THEY COME BACK WITH A PLAN FOR THE CIVILIAN THAT ARE ABOUT TO GET LAID OFF, WE CAN DO THIS THE SECOND WEEK OF BUDGET AND FINANCE AND FIGURE OUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO COME FOR THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR AND WHAT THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE SO WE'RE NOT FACING A 33 MILLION DOLLARS DEFICIT WHEN THE MAYOR GIVES US HER BUDGET IN APRIL. >> J. Lee: WELL OF COURSE THE MAYOR BUDGET IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE FUNDS. COLLEAGUES I'M STILL URGING A NO ON THE AMENDMENT. LET'S A LAW ALLOW, LET THEM GET HIRE THE OFFICERS GET THEM ON THE STREETS LETS CREET A SAFER LOS ANGELES. >> LET'S OPEN THE ROLE ON SUBSTITUTIONS LANGUAGE IN MR. LEE'S MOTION 40B AS IN BOY. SO LET'S, IF YOU WANT TO REPLACE OR AMEND MR. LEE'S MOTION WITH LANGUAGE BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, YOU WILL VOTE YES. IF YOU DON'T DO NOT WANT TO, VOTE NO. MR. LEE IS ASKING FOR A NO VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY IS ASKING FOR A YES VOTE. MADAM CLERK, ARE WE READY? LET'S OPEN ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 5 NOES. >> Clerk: SO THAT MEANS, AT THIS POINT, IT IS THE MOTION YAROSLAVSKY JURADO THAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL AND THAT IS TO CHANGE PARTS OF 40B AS IN BOY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT IDEA--. >> Council President: THIS IS WHY I WAS CONFUSED. YOU HAD A MOTION THAT YOU COULD HAVE AMENDED, YOU CHOSE TO AMEND MR. LEE'S. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON LEE'S, YES? JUST MAKING SURE. > Clerk: THANK YOU, IT IS 40B, AS AMENDED. >> Council President: THANK YOU TELL US WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 40B AS AMENDED AND 40B THAT MR. LEE PUT FORWARD? >> Clerk: WHAT IS DELETED,--. >> City Attorney: I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL BUT WHO INTRODUCED THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING AND I'LL ASK COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY IF I'M WRONG, IT IS TO ADD IN WHAT WAS IN 40B. IS THAT CORRECT? >> K. Yaroslavsky: NO, IT'S TO SUBSTITUTE FOR 40B, ALL OF 40C EXCEPT FOR 3 THIS LITTLE PART THAT LITTLE, I, I, I, IT'S ALL OF IT EXCEPT THE DIRECT THE CAO FROM GCP BLAH BLAH BLAH. >> City Attorney: SO, MADAM CLERK, >> Council President: THIS IS ENTIRELY CONFUSING. SO MR. LEE IS BEING DENIED AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE SOMEBODY AMENDED IT TO SOMETHING ELSE. >> SO BEFORE THE COUNCIL WAS MOTION 40B INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE. NOW THERE WAS A SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY WHICH TAKES THE ENTIRE OF THE PREVIOUSLY 40C AND REMOVING THE THREE Is AND THE VOTE TAKEN BY COUNCIL WAS WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE THAO 40C WHICH WAS WITHDRAWN AND THEN REPLACING THAT AS THE NEW 40B AND I BELIEVE THE VOTE WAS 10-5. SO, BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS NOW 40B AS AMENDED BY YAROSLAVSKY JURADO WHICH IS THE 40C WITHOUT THE LAST ROMAN I. SO THE NEXT VOTE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE TO APPROVE THAT 40B AS AMENDED. >> BUT THAT ELIMINATES 1 THROUGH 7 THAT IS BROUGHT UP ON 40B. >> SHE SAID REPLACE IN ITS ENTIRELY. >> 1 THROUGH 7. YES. >> FROM 40C LOWER CASE I AND LOWER CASE B? THE NUMBER 2 DOUBLE Is. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO THIS IS 40C, WE ARE ONLY STRIKING IT FROM THIS LAST PART, I, I, I, DIRECT THE CAO TO TRANSFER. >> >> I. Padilla: AND I THINK THE CLARIFICATION IS LOWER 1 REPLACES WHAT? ITEMS 1 THROUGH 6? ON >> ALL OF 40B HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH THIS. >> I. Padilla: ENTIRELY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: EXCEPT FOR THIS? WHICH WAS STRIKING. SO 40C. >> I. Padilla: WHAT DOES THAT REPLACE ON 40B? >> K. Yaroslavsky: ALL OF IT. 40B IS GONE. >> Council President: SO INSTEAD OF TAKING THE MOTION 40C IT WAS DELETING, IT WAS REQUEST TO REPLACE 40B. >> Council President: MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CAN I TAKE THE LANGUAGE THAT I HAVE AND SUBSTITUTE THAT FOR 40 A? >> City Attorney: MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> J. Lee: 40B IS NO LONGER MY AMENDMENT. >> City Attorney: COUNCILMEMBER THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING YOU FROM INTRODUCING AN AMENDING MOTION ON 40 A, CORRECT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO MADAM CLERK, WE'RE VOTING ON 40B AS AMENDED BY HAS JOHN LEE'S NAME ON IT BUT IT'S NOT HIS AMENDMENT? I GOT IT. BUT THE PROBLEM MADAM CLERK, IS 40B WITHOUT ANY OF MR. LEE OTHERS LANGUAGE IS STILL GOING TO HAVE MR. LEE'S NAME ON IT, ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. >> THIS IS A LEE-MOTION THAT HOOS BEEN AMENDED BY YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: IT'S A LEE MOTION THAT DOES NOT REFLECT MR. LEE'S MATTER. >> I. Padilla: CAN WE CHANGE MY VOTE TO A NO, PLEASE. ON THE PREVIOUS. RECONSIDERATION. >> Clerk: SO FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA IS CHANGING HER QUESTION WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE VOTE TO A NO. SO THAT MEANS, THE QUESTION WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE VOTE IS 9 AYES, 6 NOES. THE QUESTION IS STILL GOES FORWARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: I DON'T WANT, I UNDERSTAND PROCEDURALLY, SO NOW, THEIR AMENDING MOTION IS MY MOTION? IT HAS MY NAME ON IT? MY NAME IS ON MOTION THAT COMPLETELY, IT'S NOT AMENDING IT CHANGES IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. HOW DOES THAT GET RECORDED, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: WITH COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S SUBSTITUTE, THE MOTION IN COMPILATION WILL BE RECORDED AS MOTION YAROSLAVSKY JURADO AMENDING MOTION LEE. >> Clerk: HARRIS-DAWSON AND PARK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: 40B AS AMENDED. >> Council President: 40B AS AMENDED IS BEFORE US, MR. LEE, IS ASKING FOR A NO-VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY IS ASKING FOR A YES VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON SINCE YOU SAID. BUT A NO-VOTE ON THIS SAYS THAT WE DON'T PUT ANY MONEY TO MOVING IN THE RECRUIT. A YES SAYS WE PUT FUND THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, IF YOU VOTE NO, YOU'RE VOTING AGAINST FUNDING THE JANUARY FEBRUARY CLASSES, SO I WOULD URGE YOU EVEN IF YOU SUPPORT MR. LEE'S MOTION TO VOTE YES SO WE HAVE MONEY FOR FEBRUARY. IF YOU VOTE NO, THERE IS NO MONEY MOVING FORWARD OTHER THAN GOING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. SO EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT, VOTE YES IF YOU WANT TO SEE JANUARY FEBRUARY FUNDED. >> Council President: MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THAT'S NOT TRUE, WE'RE GOING TO AMEND 42 TO GET FUNDING. >> 40 A--PROCEDURALLY, HAS BEEN AMENDED. >> Council President: 40 A IS NOT BEFORE US. >> B. Blumenfield: 40B WAS AMENDED. YOU CAN HAVE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SUBSTITUTE THAT'S THE WAY YOU WOULD DO IT. IF YOU VOTE NO, I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE THE FUNDING FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. VOTING THE YES ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. KEEPS THE MONEY THERE. SOME PEOPLE MAY WANT US. IF WE VOTE NO ON THIS, THEN WE HAVE, WE ARE NOT FUNDING JANUARY FEBRUARY CLASSES. I WANT US TO VOTE YES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD LIKE TO RESCIND AMENDMENT A. AND I WOULD LIKE A SECOND. >> J. Lee: TO AMEND. >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DOES HE HAVE THE ABILITY TO AMEND HIS OWN AMENDMENT? >> City Attorney: CAN YOU AMEND SUBSTITUTE. YOU MEAN THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION WITH MY ORIGINAL MOTION. >> OKAY, YES YOU CAN INTRODUCE AN SUBSTITUTE SORRY, I'M GOING TO GO SLOW. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION BECAUSE 40 A HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE MAKER. BUT YES, YOU CAN INTRODUCE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> J. Lee: OKAY, WE'LL DO A SERVE AL MOTION IS IT OKAY TO TAKE MY ORIGINAL MOTION AND SUBSTITUTE THAT FOR A, SO PEOPLE HAVE AN OPTION TO VOTE NO AND STILL FUND THEM. I'VE ALREADY WITHDRAWN IT. >> I RESCINDED. >> Council President: WE'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> K. Yaroslavsky: NO HE'S NOT. HE'S AMENDING 40 A, THAT'S MINE. >> J. Lee: YES. >> Council President: MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO RECESS SO WE CAN GET CLARITY. IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OTHER THINGS ARE GOING ON THAT I'M NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR ON. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS TO CLARIFY WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AS OPTIONS. [COUNCIL IN RECESS] Padilla, Parque Christ Ramon Rodriguez Soto Martinez Jaroslavsky 15 members. President Quorum. Mr. President. All right. Uh back at it again. Uh we've got. Uh, madam clerk, can you apprizes of what's before us? Yes. Mr. What council is going to vote on next is whether the question to substitute motion Lee Harris, Dawson Park, Dawson Park. For motion. 40 B and as amended by Yaroslavsky Guerrero. So, so we already voted on substitution. Is that right? That was the first substitution of. 40. That was of 40 C with the deletion of the I, she withdrew 40 C and then that became that 40 C with with with with which was withdrawn, was then amending 40 B, which 40 C is actually the same as the substitute. No the. So before the council, um as the votes state, we have here 40 b as amended by Yaroslavsky Gerardo um and just to restate what that amended looks like, it's 40 C with the last romanet removed. And I believe Council Member Lee was introducing a substitute. Is that correct? With uh, to take his original 40 B and to substitute the matter and we would need a second seconded by Council member Park . Park. So it's been duly introduced and seconded and I believe the vote is up to the council. All right. So we will now take up. Mr. Lee's, uh, substitution of his 40 B with the language from his original 40 B the council has already voted to substitute the entirety of uh, 40 C for 40 b, so, um, were his amendment to fail, it would go back to 40 C minus, uh, Roman numeral II. Uh that's in uh, 40 C. All right. So we're going to open the roll on substituting Mr. Lee's motion with Mr. Lee's language. Close the roll, tabulate the vote >> 6 AYES, 9 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. LEE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO URGE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR IT T NOW THAT MY AMENDMENT HAS LOST, I'M ASKING EVERYONE TO VOTE YES SO AT LEAST THEY HAVE FUNDING FOR IT. >> SO THIS IS 40B AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, 40-A WAS WITHDRAWN. SO THE NEXT VOTE IS GOING TO BE MOTION NAZARIAN LEE AND THAT IS TO VOTE ON RECOMMENDATION E AS EDWARD OF THE BUDGET AND BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 4 NOES. >> THE COUNCIL I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN MADE A MOTION TO BUY FEHR INDICATE. SOTHIS ACTION WOULD BASICALLY SEPARATE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE REST OF THE REPORT, AND COUNCIL WILL NEED TO, THE VOTE THAT WAS TAKEN EN TO APPROVE THE MOTION. >> Council President: WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO BIFURCATE. SO THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON WOO TO DO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION E FROM THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT. >> N. Raman: I WANTED TO BIFURCATE IT. JUST SO I'M CLEAR WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE RECOMMENDATION ITSELF, THE BIFURCATION. >> THE BUSINESS BIFURCATION HAS PASSED. >> NOW WE'RE VOTING. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT TO DO. JUST ON RECOMMENDATION E, THERE IS NO DIRECTION. THE COUNCIL CAN MOVE TO ADOPT E OR WHAT ACTION THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE. >> Council President: SO RECOMMENDATION E IS BEFORE US, <font color="#00FF00"><u>OUNCILMEMBER JURADO.</u></font> >> Y. Jurado: QUESTION BEFORE. I UNDERSTAND THE LAST VOTE WE JUST MADE WAS REGARDING THE BIFURCATION THAT WAS AN AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION BEFORE US PRIOR TO THAT? WAS THAT ONLY FOR THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS SUBSTITUTED FOR 40B AS SUBSTITUTED BY YAROSLAVSKY JURADO? AND ONLY FOR 40B NOT THE OVERALL ITEM? >> Council President: NO, THE OVERALL ITEM WOULD BE BEFORE US AFTER WE VOTE ON THIS ONE. >> Y. Jurado: ALL RIGHT JUST MAKING SURE. >> Council President: GOT IT. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: SO NOW THE VOTE IS ON RECOMMENDATION E, AS IN EDWARD, FOR THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 9 AYES, 6 NOES. >> Clerk: SO RECOMMENDATION E IS APPROVED. AND THE FINE AT VOTE NOW IS ON ITEM NUMBER 40 AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 40, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE. >> Clerk: SO THEREFORE THE RECORD IS 12 AYES AND 3 NOES. THE ITEM 40 STILL PASSES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WILL BE THE ITEMS THAT SEVERAL ITEMS THAT MR. PRICE REQUESTED TO BE RECUSED ON. FIRST ONE IS ON ITEMS 20 TO 21, MR. PRICE IS RECUSED AND ALSO CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Clerk: YES, COUNCILMEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE ON THEM TOGETHER OR SEPARATE? >> Council President: SO WE HAVE MR. PRICE RECUSED, WE'VE GOT 20 AND 21 AND 41 AND 76, IN THAT RECORD. SO 20 AND 21 ARE BEFORE US, CALLED SPECIAL FOR RECUSAL AND SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY ON RSO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY, RSO? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK, WHAT IS IT? >> T. Park: REAL QUICK QUESTION WHAT IS THE AFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST ASKED ME TO ASK THE QUESTION, SO I ASKED. >> Council President: SO WHAT IS THE DATE? >> City Attorney: THE AFFECTIVE DATE WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE DAYS FROM MAYORAL APPROVAL IS GIVEN AND SPECIFIC, 30 DAYS FROM THE CITY CLERK POST-IT. >> Council President: GOT IT. OKAY. >> T. Park: OKAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: SO WE'RE 20 AND 21 CALLED SPECIAL FOR REFUSAL BY MR. PRICE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 20 AND 21, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: DID EVERYONE GET THEIR VOTING? MAKING SURE. I THOUGHT THERE WERE MORE. ALL RIGHT, NOW, WITH MR. PRICE STILL RECUSED, 41 WAS CALLED FOR RECUSAL AND SEPARATE VOTE BY MR. LEE. SO OPEN THE ROLL ON 41, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY GET THEIR NOES IN. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: YES, CITY ATTORNEY FOR ITEM 40, RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORDING REFLECTS MY TRUE INTENTION WHICH IS A NO. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, FINAL VOTE FOR 40E AS IN EDWARD WITH THE CHANGE OF VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, IS NOW 8-7, 40E STILL PASSES. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. >> Council President: NOW WE'RE CALLED AT 42 AND 46, OPEN THE ROLL IN 42 AND 76, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BRING MR. PRICE BACK FOR THE REMAINDER THE VOTES. AND ONCE HE'S BACK, MADAM CLERK, IF PUCK TELL US WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT IS BEFORE COUNCIL NOW ARE ITEMS, 2 THROUGH 15, 37, 50, 51, 53 THROUGH 61, 63 THROUGH 72, 74, 75, 77 THROUGH 79, 81, 82, AND FINALLY 95. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 1 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, BUT I UNDERSTAND HER QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED? NO, YOU'RE OKAY? >> N. Raman: ITEMS 1 AND 44 TOGETHER, UNLESS COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN HAS COMMENTS ON ITEM 44. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THOSE ARE CALLED SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> N. Raman: I WANT TO TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON BOTH OF THEM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO 1 AND 44 ARE BEFORE US, CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR A SPECIAL VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 35, AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN ROLL ON 35, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 39 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY AN AMENDMENT AND THAT IS MOTION BLUMENFIELD-McOSKER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 45 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. LEE, FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR COMMENTS. MR. McOSKER'S MIKE GOING. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE STARTED THE MEET ING, I HAD MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AND WHEN THE RECOMMENDATION CAME FORWARD, I THINK THE CLERK HAS OMITTED ONE OMISSION. THE RECOMMENDATION ARE ALL ACCURATE EXCEPT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE RECOMMENDATION 2B, 2B WHICH WOULD SAY RECOMMENDATION 8 FROM H AND H WOULD BE INCLUDED TO ADD THREE NEW POSITIONS INCLUDING TWO SENIOR HOUSING PLANNING AND ECONOMIC ANALYSTS AND ONE DATA ANALYST TWO. SO JUST FOR CLARITY, THE MOTION AT THE COMMUNITY WOULD INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE, AMENDING AND APPROVING THE H & H REPORT, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IS THERE ANOTHER NO? COUNCILMEMBER PARK? NO-VOTE? I THINK RODRIGUEZ, NO RODRIGUEZ TOO. YOU'RE NO. OKAY, SO WE HAVE MORE NO VOTES THAT ARE ON THE RECORD. LET'S DO THIS AGAIN. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM CLOSE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 4 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 73 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. I GOT, OKAY, IT WENT AWAY. THIS LET'S OPEN ROLL ON THIS ITEM CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. LET'S CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: I CHANGE IN VOTE IN THE BIFURCATION. WHETHER OR NOT TO BIFURCATE, I THINK I MISTAKENLY CHANGED NO, THAT WAS MY OWN MOTION. 40, >> Council President: BIFURCATION OF 40E AS IN ELEPHANT. >> A. Nazarian: RIGHT, JUST FOR THE BIFURCATION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: JUST GIVE THE CLERK A MINUTE TO MAKE SURE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE ANY OUTCOMES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY, SAYS WE CAN MOVE ON. I BELIEVE THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER 80. >> Clerk: JUT FOR THE RECORD, MR. NAZARIAN, YOUR QUESTION TO BIFURCATE, YOU ALREADY VOTED NO. YOU WANT TO VOTE YES. >> Council President: YES, IT WAS HIS AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: OKAY SO THEN FOR THE RECORD, THE VOTE IS 12 AYES AND 3 NOES, OKAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, ON ITEM NUMBER 80? >> E. Hernandez: YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. EVERY MINUTE SPENT ON NON VIOLENT MENTAL HEALTH CALL IS A MINUTE TAKEN AWAY FROM A SERIES NECESSARY. THAT'S WHY THE HEALTH CRISIS IS NECESSARY AND THE NUMBERS PROVE. IN 2024, WE LAUNCHED SIX TEAMS. THESE TEAMS ARE MADE UP OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SOCIAL WORKERS AND MORE. THE TEAMS HAVE RESPONDED TO OVER 16,000 CALLS AND RESULT 96 PERCENT OF THOSE CALLS RESULTED WITHOUT AN OFFICER NO ARREST AND NO ESCALATION AND NOT REALLY THAT EXPENSIVE. WE'RE PROOFING THAT THE MODEL WORKS BUT WE CANNOT PROOF TEMPORARY SAFETY ON TEMPORARY CONTRACTS. A LONG YEAR PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO SECURE THE FUTURE OF THIS WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. THERE IS A FISCAL POLICY AND ISN'T THAT RIGHT TRAGEDY, SO LET'S MAKE THIS POLICY WORK. I URNL AN AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 90 AND THAT IS AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: 75? COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 75 SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 75 IS BEFORE US, WITH NO COMMENTS AND NO SPECIAL VOTES IT'S JUST HERE. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTING AND SEVERAL. >> AT 2:31, THE MOTION RIGHT SIDE POSTED AND SEVERED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND UP JUST YET. >> M. Rodriguez: THIS ONE MAY BE WORTHY OF A STANDING OVATION, SADLY, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT, CHRIST MA NROER--CHRISTINA FLORES IS MOVING ON TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, YEAH, I KNOW NONE OF US ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT. CHRISTINA CAME AND JOINED MY TEAM THREE YEARS AGO AND STARTED OFF DOING COMMUNICATIONS AND WAS OF COURSE BRILLIANT AT THAT. WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE OFFICE, SHE WAS EAGER TO TAKE A STAB AT POLICY. AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FINDING THEIR NICHE, NO ONE I THINK, HAS BEEN MORE AFFECTIVE AT BREAKING DO YOU KNOW WHETHER IT WAS HER STAFFING ON BUDGET, WHETHER IT WAS HER STAFFING ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND IN EVEN IN SEAN'S ABSENCE DURING HIS PATERNITY LEAVE. HELPING TO LEAD A POLICY TEAM AND ALL THE WORK THAT I'M SO PROUD OF. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR TEAM. AND CHRISTINA FLORES IS THE BEST OF YOUR TEAM. AND WE'RE ALL SAD THAT SHE IS GOING BUT SHE IS NOT GOING FAR. SHE IS JOINING TEAM AT NBC UNIVERSAL. INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HER, I'VE WATCHED HER BLOSSOM AS A PROFESSIONAL. SHE EARNED THE RESPECT OF MANY, SHE IS SMARTEST AS THEY COME BUT SHE IS HARD WORKING AS THEY COME. AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD THAT NOT ONLY WAS SHE A MEMBER OF MY STAFF BUT STILL A CONSTITUENT, STILL FROM.7th DISTRICT AND I KNOW SHE IS GOING TO KEEP US ON OUR TOES. AND GOD BLESS YOU, I HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WATCH MEETINGS LIKE THE ONE WE HAD TODAY. BUT I KNOW, THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ASCEND INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONAL HEIGHTS AND I ONLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN YOU RETURN TO THIS BUILDING TO HELP BE PART OF THE CHANGE THAT WE ALL KNOW ASPIRE TO HAVE. I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS GREAT NEW TUPT. --OPPORTUNITY, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO BEAUTIFULLY. WE'RE SO PROUD YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: RIGHT ON. ALL RIGHT. GLAZESING, --CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, BUT AS WE END THIS YEAR, I HAVE TO RELUCTANT LEA NOUNS. OVER THE YEARS, CHRIS HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED THIS COUNCIL AND THIS CITY BY SHARING HIS EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE TO YOU'LL OF US IN THIS ROOM. AND SO MANY MORE WHO HAVE COME THROUGH THESE DOORS BEFORE US AND THROUGH HIS 20 YEARS SERVING THIS CITY. HE HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE PLUG THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, THE ACQUISITION OF FIGUEROA PLAZA AS A GENERAL MANAGER OF THIS EL PUEBLO. CHRIS HAS MENTORED SO MANY IN CLA'S OFFICE AND LEADING BEHIND A LEGACY DEFINED BY INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP AND A GENUINE COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. SO CHRIS, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE, YOU WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. I'VE GOT A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU BUT PERHAPS YOU MAY WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> I DO HAVE A THANK YOU LIST HERE. AND YEAH, I SPENT 25 YEARS HERE IN CITY HALL AND YOU GET TO MEET A LOT INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND A LOT OF GREAT ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICKLY, THANK YOU TO SHARON SO, WHO TOOK A CHANCE ON ME TWICE, GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND PUT ME ON BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WHEN I WAS A YOUNG ANALYST, JUST TAUGHT ME THE POWER OF BUDGETING AND YOU KNOW, IT'S POWER. CLA STAFF, I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT I'VE MADE THERE THESE 25 YEARS, ALL THE ANALYST AND ADMIN STAFF, OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, CREATIVE SERVICES WE'RE A REALLY GOOD TEAM AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS EVERYONE. I WAS WORKING UNDER RON DETON AND HE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF JUST, I WOULD SIT AON THE DESK AND STAMP MOTIONS AND SEE THE FLOOR AND IT WAS SOMETHING AMAZING, ABOC, THE MOTION MASTER AND TAUGHT ME A LOT. AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH AVOK FOR SO MANY YEARS. LOL OSAGA WHO PASS AWAY AND BEAUTIFUL HEART. THE OLVERA STREET MERCHANTS, THESE ARE MY PEEPS OVER THERE, MY BROTHER MICHAEL WORKING AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GO TO LUNCH WITH HIM. THIS COUNCIL HORSESHOE, COUNCIL STAFF, ITA, CITY CLERK, TRANSLATORS, OUR LAPD OFFICERS, I LOVE HANGING OUT WITH YOU GUYS. IT'S ALWAYS FUN. ALWAYS CRAZINESS GOING ON, YOU KNOW IT. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO END MY CAREER ON THE FLOOR. WHAT AN HONORABLE CHANCE I HAVE TO EXPERIENCE. THE RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES, LOVE L.A. THROUGH AND THROUGH FROM WILMINGTON FROM EL SERENO TO VENICE, MY BROTHER AND I ARE CRAZY ABOUT L.A. AND LASTLY TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNCIL, THE HONORABLE MEMBERS, I LOVE TO SEE YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES. I LOVE TO SEE YOU MIX IT UP JUST LIKE RIGHT NOU, YOU BRING SUCH INTELLIGENCE AND JUST, ALL THAT FIGHT AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO SEE UP CLOSE. I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY OTHER? COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: OKAY, ENOUGH SADNESS OF PEOPLE LEAVING US. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS COMING BACK. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT NEXT WEEK THE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY OF WATTS WILL HOST ONCE AGAIN, LIVE MUSICAL SUPER STARS, WITH THE 12 ANNUAL TBE CHRISTMAS CONCERT, TOP DOG ENTERTAINMENT AND DOG HIMSELF ANTHONY IS RETURNING TO NICKERSON GARDENS FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND TOY DRIVE. LAST YEAR, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESS, WE HAD KENDRICK LAMAR, SHOWED UP AND PERFORMED THERE AT NICKER SON GARDENS. THIS YEAR, ONCE AGAIN, CHRISTMAS IS SPLIT INTO TWO DAYS. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15th, WE'LL HAVE INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCES FROM WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST WILL I ISA, J ROCK AND GOCHI. ARE YOU IMPRESSED? >> I'M VERY IMPRESSED. >> T. McOsker: AND OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS. SO DOORS WILL OPEN AT 10:00 AM, I SUGGEST YOU GET THERE EARLY. ENTRY IS FREE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BRING AN UNWRAPPED TOY ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19th AFTER THE CONCERT, T.D. IS HOSTING FAMILY FUN ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RAFFLE AND GIVEAWAY FROM THE DAY BEFORE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK T.D.'S ARTIST AND THEIR STAFF AND HIMSELF AND FAMILIES FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY OF WATTS, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A FULL HOUSE. IT'S THE LARGEST EVENT, WE HAVE EACH YEAR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. McOSKER. EXCITING EVENT. BIG FUN BRINGS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND GREAT ENTERTAINMENT FOR FREE. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT IS SNOW TIME IN LE MER PARK. COME OUT TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FUN TIME. FOR CHILDREN, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND CLIMATE CHANGE. 5:00 TO 9:00 WILL HE--LEMER PARK. >> Council President: THANK YOU, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. WE BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I RISE TO ADJOURN IN MON OR OF HOMELESS MEMORIAL DAY. EACH YEAR, THE STATE FALLS ON A WINTER SOLTACE. THIS YEAR THAT SO LUM DAY WILL BE DECEMBER 21 AND BECAUSE TODAY IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEET ING OF THE YEAR, I FEEL RESPONSIBILITY TO REFLECT AND HONOR THE 1365 LIVES WE HAVE LOST. THIS DAY STANDS AS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY WHILE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. MANY OF WHOM LEFT THIS WITHOUT A FAMILY TO MOURN THEM OR A HOME TO CALL THEIR OWN. AND EACH YEAR, PEOPLE GATHERED TO SPEAK THEIR NAMES AND HOLD SPACE FOR NEM AND TO BE THE VOICE FOR THOSE WHO REMAIN UNSEEN AND UNHEARD. MY DISTRICT IS HOME TO THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY, SKID ROW, REDUCED TO A HEADLINE IS A VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE NONE OTHER. A PLACE WHERE CREATIVITY AND HEART SHOW UP EVERY DAY. DESERVING OF DIGNITY HOPE AND SAME ACCESS THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD HAVE. SO EVERY WE ARE REMINDED OF THE SHARED HUMANITY. WORK ROOTED IN COMPASSION AND EQUITY AND HOMELESSNESS IS NOT AN EQUITABILITY IT'S A CRISIS THAT WE MUST END. UNHOUSED ANGELINO DESERVE SAFETY AND SUPPORT AND WE KNOW THAT INVESTING HOUSING SERVICES WORKS, WE SEE IT FEEL AND REBUILDS HOPE. I WELCOME EVERYONE TO JOIN ME AT THE HOMELESS'S PERSON INTER RELIGIOUS MEMORIAL AT 5:00 O'CLOCK AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ANGELS. MAY WE HONOR THEM NOT ONLY WITH OUR WORDS BUT WITH OUR ACTIONS EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES I RISE IN MEMORY OF JUAN AN THOEN I --ANTONIO PA CHECO. A BELOVED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE COMFORT PACOIMA. BORN ON JUNE 12, 19 39, IN SACK SACK SA ZACATECAS. HE BOXED AND WRESTLED IN TIJUANA. DON TONIO SPENT HIS CAREER WORKING AT DENY'S, AND NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERIES. HIS LOVE FOR BAKING LEAVES A IMPACT. HIS LOVE FOR COMMUNITY WAS APPARENT TO ALL THAT KNEW HIM. KNOWN FOR HIS WILD SENSE OF HUMOR AND JOYFUL SPIRIT, ALWAYS REDY TO RAISE A GLASS, CRACK A JOKE AND KEEP THE GOOD TIMES GOING. HIS STORIES ARE REMEMBERED WITH BOTH LAUGHTER AND AFFECTION. HE WAS AN AVID READER, SINGING AND DANCER WHO BROUGHT FRIENDS AND FAMILY CLOSE TOGETHER. HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR LIFE, WAS INFECTIOUS INSPIRING MANY TO COME TOGETHER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, HIS FOUR CHILDREN, JUAN, PATRICIA AND ROBERTO AND DEEPLY MISSED BY MIZ 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WILL LIVE ON BY MANY. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ADJOURNED FOR THE YEAR 2025. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.