>> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING TO THE PUBLIC AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2025, MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN THE 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 AUGUST 26, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK MOVES COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 1 IS ITEM NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 2 THROUGH 34 ARE ITEMS FOR PI PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM NUMBER 2 LIBRARY AND ARTS EXAMINE PARK AND COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 25-1200-S35. ITEMS 21 IS HAS COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY THE COASTAL SAN PEDRO AND WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. ITEM 34 IS A TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 25-0977. ITEMS 35 THROUGH 40 ARE ITEMS WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEM 41 IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS BEEN HELD. AND FOR THE RECORD ITEM 21 ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS A PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT. THE CORRECTION IS, IS A RESOLUTION NAZARIAN-McOSKER, TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUTOBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. SPECIALS MEMBERS? I SEE COUNCILMMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ITEM 8 FOR COMMENT SXZ ITEM 39 FOR COMMENT SXZ A SEPARATE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ITEM 33 22 FOR A SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ON THIS SIDE, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 31 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS, PLEASE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: I MOVE THAT ITEM 1 IS RECEIVED AND FILED AND I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ITEM 2 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER JURADO'S NUMBER 1, RECEIVE AND FILE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, SECONDS. >> Clerk: McOSKER, THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: ON ITEM 13, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT FOR 30 DAYS AND ON 32, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONTINUE, ITEM 21, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE CIRCULATED. >> Clerk: AND THAT IS ITEM 21 FOR AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: YES. AND ITEM 30 AND 32 CONTINUED FOR 30 DAYS, THAT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 26, 2025. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? MR. NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: NO. >> Council President: OKAY, JUST STRETCHING. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES? ALL RIGHT. WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, MADAM CLERK, IS IT OKAY IF WE CALL ITEM 2? >> Clerk: YES, ITEM 2 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado:, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW I'M EXCITED TODAY THAT WE'RE VOTING ON THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF DOMINICKA LYNCH AS MANAGER FOR EL PUEBLO AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT. I'M SO EXCITED TO PRESENT HER HERE TODAY AND ASK FOR YOUR YES-VOTE, SHE COMES WITH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE OF YOU KNOW AS A YOUNG GIRL AT USC WALKING THROUGH EL PUEBLO AND NOW BRINGING HER OWN CHILD TO WALK TLUT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE, IT'S PROMISE. AND SHE BRINGS A LOT OF OPTIMISM TO THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE VISION TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY IS IT COMMERCIALLY SUSTAINABLE RIGHT, BUT IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE RICH HISTORY THAT IT HAS. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR STEPPIN UP AND IF YOU WANTED SAY A FEW WORDS AT THE TABLE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OUR COLLEAGUES, AND I'LL ASK YOU ALL FOR AN AYE-VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COME ON FORWARD. >> Speaker: CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. I'M DOMINICKA LYNCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON, COUNCILMEMBERS, IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS GENERAL MANAGER OF EL PUEBLO OF LOS ANGELES, HISTORICAL MONUMENT. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE CHAIR, JURADO AND NAZARIAN AND HERNANDEZ FOR A THOUGHTFUL COMMITTEE REVIEW YESTERDAY, I WALKED AWAY ENERGIZED INSPIRED. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I HAVE TIES TO EL PUEBLO IN THE 80s AND 90s IT WAS A BUZZLING PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WENT TO CREATE MEMORIES TO ENJOY THE AMBIANCE, CELEBRATE FAMILY AND FOOD AND CULTURE. IT'S THE KIND OF PLACE THAT MADE YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND FOR ME, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND TAP INTO THOSE MEMORIES, MAKING IT A PLACE OF BELONGINGS. WHY AM I NOW PREPARED TO LEAD EL PUEBLO? WELL I HAVE 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BUILDING COALITIONS AND WORK WITHING CROSS-SECTOR LEADERS TO ENVISION MORE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN FULFILL THEIR AMERICAN DREAM. I CURRENTLY LEAD THE INSTITUTE OF LATINO SOCIETY PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF AMERICAN LATINOS. PREVIOUSLY, LET ME GO BACK. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS PREPARED ME VERY WELL, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHEN WHICH WAS HARD AT ASPEN, WE BROUGHT TOGETHER DIFFERENT CITY LEADERS TO THINK THROUGH WHAT STRATEGIES WESTBOUND DEPLOYED AND MAXIMIZE FEDERAL INVESTMENT AND HELP BUILD BACK THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THE EXPERIENCE AROUND EVENTS AND FUNDRAISING, THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT. BECAUSE THERE IS SOME REALLY KEY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO HAVE A STRATEGY, WE NEED TO HAVE THE PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDRAISING AND THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT ON THAT VISION AND THAT'S THE EXPERTISE THAT I BRING TO EL PUEBLO. MY VISION IS THAT A EL PUEBLO BECOMES A CAMPUS OF CONNECTION. WE KNOW THAT ACROSS AMERICA AND EPIDEMIC OF LOAN'NESS AND LONELINESS, AND WHAT BETTER PLACE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH CIVIC COMMUNITY AND MANY OF YOU HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PART OF THAT INVESTMENT OF EL PUEBLO. I DO HAVE AN ASK AND THAT EVERY COUNCILMEMBERS PLEASE PLEASE ONE DAY A MONTH, COME BREAK BREAD WITH US, BREAKFAST LUNCH OR DINNER AND BRING SOMEONE. YOUR DISTRICT HAS A TIE TO EL PUEBLO, LET'S DISCOVER THAT TOGETHER. I'M SO GRATEFUL, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ YESTERDAY SHARED HOW THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING HER CONSTITUENTS THROUGH SHUTTLING. TRUST US, MY PERT HE'S--EXPERTISE IS TO FUND THAT VISION. WE WANT TO DO THAT TOGETHER. I ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE WORKING BEFORE THE BIG GAMES BEFORE US, THE WORLD CUP, OLYMPIC SXZ SO WE HAVE A TIME LINE TO MEET. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF AND TO ALL OF YOU AND OF COURSE EL PUEBLO COMMISSIONERS AS WELL. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE HONOR, AS AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF TO SERVE YOU AND TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND TO COLLABORATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THAT VISION TO YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, WHILE YOU'RE STILL SITTING THERE, AND CAN SEE US ALL AND LOOK US ALL IN THE EYE, CAN WE OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS, 3 THROUGH 7, 9 THROUGH 12, 14 THROUGH 20, 22 THROUGH 30, AND 34 SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO READ THE RULES INTO THE RECORD. AND JUST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE WILL PLAN TO GO UNTIL 5 MINUTES OF 11:00 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO THAT GIVES ABOUT 35 MINUTES FOR FOLKS TO GET TO THE MIC AS QUICK AS YOU CAN SO WE CAN GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GEL ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO, OR AGAIN STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, AND ITEMS 35 THROUGH 41. AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND ITEMS 35 THROUGH 41. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN EFFICIENTLY, DON'T LINE UP UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED. AFTER YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE LEFT OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SO BEAR WITH US MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MICROPHONE SITUATION FIGURED OUT. >> Speaker: HELLO TESTING, THANK YOU. OKAY. I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING NAMES. DANA MELISSA, DAVE BATISTA, VANESSA B, JAMES O, AND RAY MESIRIO. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER 35. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Speaker: NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 36. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 37. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Speaker: GENERAL, SO THE OTHER DAY I WAS TRYING TO CALL THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I WAS TRYING TO CALL MY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, I WAS TRYING TO REPORT A NOISE COMPLAINT, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF I. C.E.OFFICERS, THEY'RE TRYING TO GANG BANG THE ILLEGALS. I CANNOT GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF GANG BANGERS ACTIVITIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT HOWEVER, WITHOUT ANY SURPRISE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, NO RESPONSE AND OUR COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, NO RESPONSE. BUT I'M GLAD MY FRIEND DANA WAS CAME INTO MY RESCUE LAST NIGHT. DANA CAME INTO MY DREAM, DANA CAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN MY SLEEP SO I WAS ABLE TO SLEEP. SO I WANT TO THANK DANA THAT I WAS ABLE TO SLEEP IN YOUR ARM AND UNDER YOUR SHOULDER, AND YOUR HAIR SMELL SO GOOD, LIKE KOREAN BBQ, I CANNOT GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT YOU DANA! THANK YOU! >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL THREE MORE NAMES, ANDREW H, ANDREW G, CHRISTINA M. >> Speaker: HI HELLO JUST FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY COUNCILMEMBERS I'M VANESSA BAPTIST A I'M WITH BEST FRIENDS LOS ANGELES. I AM HERE TO HIGHLIGHT AN IMPORTANT EVENT WE HAD THIS PAST WEEKEND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST L.A. SHELTERS. WE JOINED FORCES TO HAVE AN ADVENTURE BUDDY DAY WHERE RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO CHECK OUT A SHELTER DOG FOR THE DAY GIVING THEM AN OUTING WHILE REDUCING KENNEL STRESS. BEST FRIENDS SENDS STAFF TO EACH SHELTER, UPON ARRIVAL, THERE WERE HUNDREDS WAITING TO MEET THEIR BUDDY FOR THE DAY. SOUTH L.A. SEND OUT 78 DOGS. A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF AND SHELTERS FOR DOING AMAZING WORK WHICH IS USUALLY VERY TOUGH TO DO WITHIN A DAY. THIS WAS, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THEIR ADVENTURE BUDDY PROGRAM AND WE HOPE WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, AMBER, HEARD, ANDREW GRABNER, CHRISTINA MORRIS, LIZ BETSING HERNANDEZ, ELOISA GA LINDA. >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY SO ITEM 36 IS RELATED TO INSTALLING A NEW CROSSWALK IN CD9, THAT'S CURREN PRICE SO HOPEFULLY THERE IS NO CORRUPTION. I DO THINK THAT FOR THIS CROSSWALK, YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING THIS A RAINBOW CROSSWALK TO HONOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, TO PROTEST TRUMP, AND TO HELP SHOW THAT WE WILL, WE WILL FIGHT THIS LEGALLY, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE A RAINBOW CROSSWALK AND WE SISTER ANY EFFORTS FROM TRUMP TO TRY TO FORCE REMOVAL. RAINBOW CROSSWALKS ARE GOOD, IT HELPS HONOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 39, WHICH IS RELATED TO INSTALLING A SIGN DISTRICT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO LOOKS LIKE MORE ADVERTISING OR SOMETHING? MAYBE, YOU SHOULD BUT WHERE IS THIS MONEY GOING TO GO ONCE YOU GET THEM ALL THAT MONEY FOR THE ADVERTISING? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. OKAY. I DON'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING ELSE, LET'S GO TO GENERAL COMMENT. SO FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, LET'S--SO I WENT TO THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING AND I NOTED THAT, YOU HAD THE LA28 REPRESENTATIVES THERE BUT NONE OF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE POSSIBILITY, NOT REALLY POSSIBILITY THE CERTAINITY AT THIS POINT, OF TRUMP FASCISM SEEPING INTO IT THE OLYMPICS. THEY EVEN MENTIONED THIS TASK FORCE THAT TRUMP CREATE ASKED NONE OF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS. THE ONE THAT TRUMP IS USING TO CENTRALIZE, YOU KNOW, TARGETING IMMIGRANTS TARGETING UNHOUSED PEOPLE AT THE OLYMPICS, NONE OF YOU HAVE HAD ANYTHING TO SAY AGAINST TARGETING TRANS ATHLETES, WHERE ARE YOUR STATEMENTS ON THAT? I MEAN, AND I NOTICED, YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR STATE PRESENTATION TODAY ON HONORING THAT.RANTS, USUALLY YOU HAVE UNO LONGER CARE OR WHAT? CANCEL THE OLYMPICS. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL FIVE MORE NAMES, JAMIE, JASON REED', JOE HERNANDEZ, KATIE HERMAN, AND KELLY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 36. >> City Attorney: I'M SORRY. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MEMBERS AND CHAIR OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M GENESIS CORONADO AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD. I'M HERE TO URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF ITEM 36 WHICH WOULD SUPPORT THE FUNDING TO BUILD WHERE OVER A YEAR AGO ONE OF OUR STUDENTS TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIFE AS A RESULT OF A VEHICLE IMPACT. SO THIS FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN THAT SAME INTERSECTION. AS WE KNOW THIS, THIS FULL TRAFFIC SIGNAL HAS ACTUALLY COME AS A RESULT OF TRONG PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OUT REACH AND PRESSURE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE I THANK THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND CD9 STAFF FOR FINDING THE NECESSARY DISCRETIONARY FUND TO GO MAKE THIS A REALITY. STUDENTS ALREADY BACK IN SCHOOL, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. SO I URGE L.A. DOT AND OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH COUNCILMEMBER OTHER PRICE'S OFFICE AND L.A. DOT TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: 36. >> Translator: 36 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, MI NOMBRE ES TOMASA MARTINEZ. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, HELLO MY NAME IS TOMASA MARTINEZ I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF ACE I'M WORK WIDTH SCHOOL AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED WITH THE POOR STUDENT DEREK SERRANO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING MORE THAN 200 SIGNATURES TO GET A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE A MEET TO GO NOTE THE TIMELINE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND FOR OUR ORGANIZATION TO BE GIVEN CREDIT AS PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS ACTION. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE ALSO NEED YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT LARSO. JAO*I, ITEM 6 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE FOR ITEM 6 AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M PART OF ACE AND ORGANIZER PART OF RECLAIM OUR SCHOOLS L.A. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON COLLECTING SIGNATURES, KNOKING ON DOORS, TALKING TO THE FAMILIES GIVING THEM THE SUPPORT AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER FOR ACTUALLY COMMITTING TO PUT A FULL TRAFFIC LIGHT AFTER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS WHAT HE WAS SAYING BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO PUT A HOC. AND I FIND DISRESPECTFUL, THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO MEET UP WITH THE MOM ON LAST WEEK ON THE 20th AND AS SOON AS THEY SAW ME WALKING INTO THE HOUSE, THEY LEFT AND THEY HAD AN EXCUSE THAT THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER NOTICE UNTIL LATER ON THAT SHE GOT A CALL THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT A LIGHT UP THERE. IT'S KIND OF SAD THAT THE STAFF FROM CURREN PRICE HAS BEEN DOING THAT AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY, BE IN OUR MEETINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HIS STAFF BUT THEY NEED BETTER COMMUNICATION. BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO IT. MY PUBLIC COMMENT? >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW, THE STAFF OF EVERY COUNCILMEMBER HERE, LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. I CAN SAY THAT THE PEOPLE COLLECTING THE SIGNATURES ARE PEOPLE WHO WAS VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, PUTTING ASIDE THEIR OWN THINGS TO BE OUT THERE IN THE STREETS, COLLECTING THE SIGNATURES AND FOR THEM TO JUST SAY, OH WE DID THIS, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. WE WERE THE ONES OUT THERE ON THE FIELD IN FRONT OF HIS OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE FARMERS MARKET. WE WERE DOING ALL THAT WORK AND IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SAY THAT THEY JUST DID THE WORK WHEN THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THE NEXT MEETING. AND I A WANT TO ATTEND COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, BECAUSE HE'S TAKING A ACTION WITH THE SMOKE SHOPS AND HARBOR, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE SHOP, THEY JUST PUT A NEW SMOKE SHOP, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR OUR KIDS TO PASS THROUGH THAT. AMAZING PRESS CONFERENCE MR. McOSKER, AND I'M SEEING THAT YOU ACTUALLY CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN NOT LIKE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL MORE NAMES, McARTHUR G, SHERLA, SHIRLEY AND SUSAN C. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Translator: GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: 36 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE FOR ITEM 36 AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HELLO YES, MY NAME IS HE WILLLOISA MART NECESSARIER AND I'M PART OF ACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE DAY OF THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT INVOLVING DEREK, FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF RECLAIMING OUR SCHOOLS, WE WERE CLOSE TO THE MOTHER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE MOTHER HAS BEEN SUFFERING A LOT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND SHE JOINED OUR FIGHT IN CAUSE OF SUPPORT THE CAUSE FOR THE LIGHT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] SHE IS ASKING FOR FOR YOU GUYS TO CONFIRM OR TO BE ABLE TO SECURE SAFE STREETS SO WE CAN AVOID TRAGIC DEATHS LIKE THE ONE THAT HAPPENED TO HER SON. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: BUT WE WANT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THEM SO THEY CAN CONFIRM THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A REAL STREET LIGHT NOT JUST A FLASHING LIGHT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AS MEMBERS OF ACE, WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS FIGHT, WE WANT TO BE SURE TAT YOU GUYS ARE TELLING US THE TRUTH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN PUT THE NAME OF DEREK ON THE STREETLIGHT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE MOTHER IS STILL SUFFERING A LOT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SHE'S THINKING OF MOVING TO ANOTHER PLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: BECAUSE SHE IS NOT SEEING THE RESULTS OF HER VOICE BEING HEARD AND THEM PUTTING A NEW LIGHT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: BUT SHE HAS NOT DONE IT BECAUSE THE RENT IS WAY TOO HIGH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] WE'RE TELLING ALL COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT SUPPORTED IN LARS O. TO DO IT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND THE 6 PERCENT OF LAUSD ARE HOMELESS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND MANY PARENTS OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DEPORTED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND MANY FAMILIES FROM L.A. U.S. D.ARE TAKING SHELTER IN THEIR HOUSES AS DUE TO FEAR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SUPPORT LARSO WE NEED LAWS THAT PROTECT THE WORKING COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE WORKING COMMUNITY THAT HAS MADE CALIFORNIA THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> Translator: WE NEED PROTECTION BY LARSO, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO >> Speaker: I'M RODNEY BROWN, OUR PROJECT IS PROJECT NEW LIFE. WE WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CLEAN UP GREEN UP INITIATIVE THAT IS GOING ON AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF EVICTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON. WE BLOWING UP THROUGH MY L.A. 311 AND I DON'T THINK THE CITY CAN KEEP UP. BUT WE HAVE CREWS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE DOING IT AS VOLUNTEERS. WITH THE EVICTIONS GOING ON, IT'S COMPOUNDED WITH A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON THE DBS BATED AND VACANT LIST. IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THOSE AREAS I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE 15 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS THOSE VACANT AND ABATED BLIGHTED SITES THAT ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT. SO WE'RE READY TO STEP UP AND HELP THE CLEAN UP GREEN UP. SO RODNEY BROWN, PROJECT NEW LIFE. U.S. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: PUBLIC, WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS YOU GET THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORRUPT INCOMPETENCE. THIS IS YOUR SLEAZY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SLEAZELY MARQUEECY DAWSON OF CD8. HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE NOT IN THE CITY OR COUNTRY BUT IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES AT OVER 12 AND A HALF PERCENT. CD8 IS A FOOD DESERT, SLEAZY MARQUEECY ATTEMPTED TO PRO CURE BLACK COMMUNITIES FOR HIS PERSONAL LUXURY OFFICE. HE HAS SPENT OVER TEN MILLION DOLLARS OF OUR MONEY ON LUXURY OFFICES FOR HIMSELF WHILE THE PEOPLE STARVE AND DIE HOMELESS. DAWSON WAS APPOINTED BY THE PETTY PINK FACE ARMENIAN DICTATOR, PAUL KREKORIAN, THE FOOL. THE COUNCIL IS ENTERPRISE OF ORGANIZED CRIME, PROFESSIONAL CRIMINAL CURREN PRICE IS FACING MORE CHARGES FOR VOTING ON HIS WIFE'S CITY COUNCIL. THERE WE GO. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, >> Speaker: I'M HERE TORE TO REQUEST THE BOARD FOR A TEAM OF ATTORNEYS BUILDING 1300 PER ATTORNEY PER HOUR TO OPPOSE JUDGE CARTER'S REMEDY. SINCE ITS INCEPTION LAHSA HAS ADMITTED TO PRODUCING ACCURATE DATA. OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, MOST IS UNACCOUNTED FOR. TO OVERSEE LAHSA'S PROGRAM PERFORMANCE. THE CITY AND THEIR ATTORNEYS ARE NOT DIS PUTING THE AUDIT INSTEAD THEY WANT TO SPEND SIX MILLION DOLLARS ACCOUNTABILITY THAT. CURRENTLY THE CITY IS LAYING OFF WORKERS AND DISCONTINUING CITY SERVICES, FAMILIES WITH YOUNG FAMILIES ARE BEING TOLD THAT THE CITY CAN'T AFFORD TO HOUSE THEM. YET THEY'RE ASKING FOR SIX MILLION DOLLARS TO OPPOSE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT THOSE FAMILIES DEPEND ON. THIS IS A DISGRACE AND I'M BEGGING THIS COUNCIL TO OPPOSE. ON MAY 20th, THIS COUNCIL AMENDED THE INITIAL APPROVAL OF 900,000 FOR THIS LITIGATION TO STATE, QUOTE, INFORM AND ENGAGE THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE CLIENT IN CONTROL OF LITIGATION PRIOR TO TAKING ACTION. THE CITY THEN PAID GIBSON AND DUNN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT SHE WAS AUTHORIZED TO DO SO WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY PRIOR NOTICE. THIS ACTION IRONICALLY PERFECTLY ILLUSTRATES THE NEED FOR THE MONITOR AS DIRECTED BY JUDGE CARTER. GIBSON AND DUNN HAS ALMOST BEEN MADE ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS ON A SIX-MONTH CONTRACT. WHAT IS 6 MILLION DOLLARS GOING TO GET US? WASTEFUL SPENDING CANNOT GET MORE REPUGNANT THAN THIS, PLEASE VOTE NO ON AGENDA ITEM. PLEASE VOTE NO. >> Clerk: I WILL CALL TWO MORE NAMES, TO MASSA MARTINEZ AND SANDERS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: THAT'S RIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE. CD14, THE DEMON JURADO. IS TRYING TO DO A LIEN, WHAT IS DOING HERE, 3800 IN CD FUCKEN 14? NOBODY CAN AFFORD THAT. YSABEL, I THOUGHT USABEL WAS FOR THE PEOPLE. I DON'T EVEN SEE HER IN HER FUCKEN CHAIR. IS SHE HERE? SHE'S HERE ON THE BOARD BUT NOT ON THE MAYDAY. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN GO AND FIND PEOPLE FOR SHIT AND NOT EVEN BE ATTENDING YOUR MEETING, EVEN THOUGH THE CLERK LIES AND SAYS YOU'RE IN THE MEETING WHEN YOU'RE NOT. AND THEN WE HAVE, LEASING ASSIGNMENT WITH EXPRESS NEWS. NUMBER 2. LET'S SEE HERE, 1558 SOUTH MAIN STREET. LET'S SEE WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE ANNUAL RENT REVENUE OF 111275 DOLLARS, WHAT! WHAT! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS ABOUT? HOW DO YOU LEASE ON MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, A LARGE COMMERCIAL ENTITY FOR UNDER 12,000 A YEAR. IT'S UNDER 1,000 MONDAY. RENTS GO FOR $200 TO $300 A SQUARE FOOT, HOW WHAT IS GOING ON MONICA? WHY ARE YOU FAVORING? HOW ABOUT THAT, HOW DOES THIS GUY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THIS SWEET HOT DEAL LEASE, WHY CAN'T THE REST OF THE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CITY HAVE A LEASE LIKE THAT? HOW COME JEWS CAN'T HAVE A LEASE. NO, ONLY THIS GUY WITH PULL THIS OFF, I WANT TO ASK BOB BLOG FIELD HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GOT PAID? AS A CITY COUNCIL, I'M TAKING THE 5th, THAT'S RIGHT. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE CD11, THE EVIL ONE, TRACI PARK AND FIRE STATION NUMBER 2, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? THE FRIENDS OF HISTORIC FIRE STATION 2 FOR A LEASE AGREEMENT. SO WHAT YOU DO IS, YOU TAKE MULTI MILLION DOLLARS CITY PROPERTIES AND RATHER THAN SELL IT, AND PUT IT IN OUR TREASURY, YOU KEEP IT AND LEASE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS FOR ALMOST A DOLLAR A YEAR. THIS IS CALLED WHAT? MONEY LAUNDERING? AND WHY IS IT MONEY LAUNDERING? BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING CAMPAIGN DONATION SXZ THEY'RE GETTING DONATION TO SEE THEIR NONPROFIT IN EXCHANGE FOR A QUIT QUO PRO, FUCK THIS SHIT! SO I HAVE BAD NEWS I READ ACTUAL READ 7 AND 13, THE "N" WORD WAS NOT BANNED FROM MEETINGS AND I DIDN'T KNOW THA. I WAS NOT AWARE, SO UNFORTUNATELY, FOR SLEAZY MARQUEECY, PEOPLE CAN COME UP HERE AND SAY THE "N" WORD ALL THEY WANT. BUT ONLY ONE TIME, YOU GET TO DO IT ONE TIME PER MEETING AND THEY CAN'T THROW YOU OUT, BOB. AND I'M GOING TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THIS WORKS. SEE, NOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS GOING TO UPSET THE STOMACHES OF SO MANY ATTORNEYS LIKE THIS GUY PUMPKIN HEAD, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW HOW TO SLEEP WHEN I DO THIS. AND YOU SEE, THE REASON I'M DOING THIS IS BECAUSE. >> Council President: ON WHAT TOPIC YOU'RE ON, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR VOICE. >> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR FUCKEN RULES, I'M GOING TO DEMONSTRATE. >> Council President: I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. >> Speaker: SO ANYWAY YOU CAN USE THE "N" WORD ONE TIME. SO LONG DIRTY NIGGER! >> Clerk: I WILL CALL MORE SPEAKERS, SHCITA, SMOKING SCAN. >> Council President: MR. MADAM CLERK, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE SPEAKER HAS USED THE FORBIDDEN "N" WORD WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF RULE 7. THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING THAT THIS WORD AS YOU POINTED OUT IS A VIOLATION OF COUNCIL RULES, SPECIFICALLY RULE 7 AND MAY NOT BE USED AGAIN IN ANY MEETING OR COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS. IF YOU VIOLATE THIS RULE AGAIN, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THIS MEETING. >> Speaker: COME ON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. AS I START TODAY SAY YESTERDAY, A CHILD COULD VERIFY THAT YOUR RULES ON BAD WORDS VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION. THE MESSAGE THAT YOU SEND IT IS NOT THAT YOU HAVE CLEVER LAWYERS BUT THAT THE LAW IS NOT BEING ENFORCED AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON YOU AREN'T IN DEEP TROUBLE ALREADY. VIOLATING FREE SPEECH RIGHTS MAY NOT CAUSE IMMEDIATE HARM BUT THE POLICE ON GOING VIOLATION OF EQUAL PROTECTION IS CAUSING MASSIVE HARM AND IS GETTING PEOPLE KILLED. THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT A LAW YOU TO RESPOND TO THESE COMMENTS BUT IT DOES A LAW YOU TO CORRESPOND WITH ME. SO HAVE A STAFFER GET MIZ EMAIL BUT I ASK THAT YOU DO NOT WASTE TIME AND ASK A GOVERNOR FOR OVERSIGHT OVER THE POLICE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ALL THE SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE HAVE BEEN CALLED. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED FROM THIS MEETING. WE CALL ON ALL SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1 AS WELL AS 35 THROUGH 38, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S 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 8 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR 38 AND 39, SO IF WE CAN TAKE THEM AFTER ONE ANOTHER. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. HAS SERVED AS ONE OF THE MOST ACCESS POINTS FOR CONSTITUENTS OF LOS ANGELES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SERVICES THAT ANGELINOS DEPEND ON BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR THE PURPOSES TO HELP MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FROM NON EMERGENCY ISSUES, FROM GRAFFITI REMOVAL TO ILLEGAL DUMPING, THAT PLATFORM IS IMPERATIVE TO CONNECTING ANGELINOS, BUSINESS OWNERS TO ALL THE CITY SERVICES THAT HELP MAKE L.A. FUNCTION, INCLUDING AND OF COURSE I FORGOT ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CALLS FOR POTHOLE REPAIRS AND STREET REPAIRS. BUT WHILE IT'S WIDELY USED, WE CONTINUE TO HEAR INCREASING CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE NEWER SYSTEM AND I WANT TO THANK MR. LEE FOR JOINING ME IN COPRESENTING THIS MOTION. BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING SOME OPERATIONAL ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THE GPS SYSTEM. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUNCTIONALLY ACCELERATE PEOPLE'S REPORTING AND LOCATING WHERE THESE ITEMS ARE OCCURRING, MOST IMPORTANTLY I KNOW THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR EXAMPLE IN THE LA TUNA CANYON AREA IN MY DISTRICT BUT IT'S HAPPENED ACROSS THE CITY. INTERNALLY STAFF HAVE REPORT ASKED NOTED THAT THE DATA ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO ACCESS. SO IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MARKED COSE WHEN IN FACT NOT CLOSED, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACT OF HOW WE HOLD OUR PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE WHEN THESE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE BEING MADE THROUGH THE 311 APP, THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND THE TIMELINESS OF THEM RESPONDING TO CLOSE OUT THESE CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND THAT'S WHY MR. LEE AND I HAVE INTRODUCED THIS MOTION TOGETHER. IT'S ABOUT INSURING THAT THE MODERNIZATION TRULY DELIVERS ON THE PROMISE. SO IF MY L.A. 311 IS TO REMAIN THE MOST RELIED UPON SERVICES AND PLATFORM NZ OUR CITY, WE HAVE TO GUARANTEE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE EFFICIENCY AND USER-FRIENDLINESS FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND OUR EMPLOYEES TO ENSURE THAT IT, WORKS SO THAT EVERY ONE IS ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB. SO I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE SO WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD AND STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEM THAT IS VITAL TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY DEPEND ON EVERY DAY. AND I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Clerk: SO JUST FOR CLAIRE FICK, WHILE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ CAN SPEAK ON 8 AND 39 TOGETHER. COUNCILMEMBER DID YOU WANT TO SEPARATE VOTE ON 39? OKAY. SO YOU CAN HEAR IT TOGETHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: YOU KNOW, SHE DOES NOT A SEPARATE VOTE ON BOTH JUST COMMENTING ON BOTH. TAKE 8. >> Clerk: SO FOR THE RECORD THE VOTE IS ON 8. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL DO 39. >> Clerk: YES. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. SO I RISE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS RELATED TO A B770 PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE RESENT REPORT WE JUST RECEIVED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO I'M EAGER TO SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MAXIMIZE REVENUE GENERATIONS SO WE CAN HELP FULFILL SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE. BUT CURRENTLY IT'S BEEN RELAYED TO US, I HAVE SOME REAL RESERVATIONS ABOUT PUTTING ANOTHER TARGET ON OURSELVES THAT POTENTIALLY JEOPARDIZE AND POTENTIALLY CAN CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD. SO WITH THE HIGHWAY, WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, MAKING CLEAR THAT EXEMPTIONS LIKE THIS WILL PUSH OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW, I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE AMENDMENTS AS 770, THAT HELP TO ENSURE THAT WE WOULDN'T FURTHER JEOPARDIZE OURSELVES AS ITS CURRENTLY PROPOSED. SO, IT REALLY, THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THAT THE BILL SHOULD SHIFT THE LIABILITY FROM THE STATE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND GIVING US GREATER EXPOSURE. SO I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE WAY IT'S BEING PRESENTED I ALSO JUST THIS MORNING HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE SPONSOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARK GONZALEZ, JUST TO RAISE MORE OF THE CONCERNS IN LETTING HIM KNOW. SO AT THIS JUNCTURE, BASED ON HOW IT'S CURRENTLY PRESENTED I CANNOT BE IN SUPPORT OF 770 BECAUSE IT CURRENTLY DOES RAISE THOSE ISSUES. MY CONVERSATION REFLECTED THAT IF THERE ARE AMENDMENT AND I KNOW THAT HAS NOT CURRENTLY ADOPTED BUT SHOULD THERE BE AMENDMENTED THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. FOR ME, THE GREATER CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ON THIS ISSUE. AND THAT'S NOT LIABILITY RISK THAT I THINK WE CAN AFFORD TO TAKE. SO ABSENT AMENDMENTS, I HAVE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? SEEING NONE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 39. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE CAN GO TO 31. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? ITEM 31? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, THIS MOTION IS ABOUT COMMENCE AND MAKING SURE STREET SWEEPING ACTUALLY WORKS AND THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE TREATED FAIRLY IN THE PROCESS. OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE FRUFT ATE ASKED THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE. IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE GETTING TICKETS EVEN WHEN SWEPERS DOESN'T SHOW UP AND OTHERS, THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH. AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF A LACK OF RESOURCES THE WAY OUR SYSTEM IS SET UP. BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS SYSTEM NO ONE IS WING. INCLUDING BETTER COORDINATION BETWEEN SWEEPERS AND ENFORCEMENT, EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY AND STOPPING TICKETS WHEN NO SWEEPING OCCURS OR ONCE THE SWEEPER HAS ALREADY PASSED. WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR DATA TO SEE WHO IS BEING IMPACTED IN THE CITY, WORKING CLASS FAMILIES REPUBLIC IMPACTED, COSTITUENTS ARE BEING IMPACTED. IN OTHER CITIES ARE ALREADY DOING THIS. SOME PARENT FORCEMENT DIRECTLY WITH SWEEPERS, OTHER STOP USING CITATIONS ONCE THE STREETS HAVE BEEN CLEANED. WE DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL WE JUST NEED TO FIX OUR CURRENT PROCESS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR RESIDENTS, DESERVE CLEAN STREETS AND FAIR TREATMENT. NOT THE SYSTEM THAT TREATS THEM FOR PROBLEM AND A SYSTEM THAT WE CAN BE FIXING AND HOPEFULLY WITH THIS DATA WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIX. I URGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE VOTE YES ON ITEM 31. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, OPEN THE ROLL ON 311, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 21 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL, THERE IS AN AMENDMENT, MOTION McOSKER-LEE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 33 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL DUE TO AN AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT MOTION PARK-McOSKER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND CIRCULATE ASKED BEFORE COUNCIL NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND JUST TO TRIPLE CHECK, THIS IS AN AMENDED ITEM NOT REPLACEMENT. JAOT AMENDMENT WAS TO AMEND THE REPORT TO ADOPT THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION, SO BASICALLY IT'S STILL AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 41 AND THAT IS CLOSE SESSION, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS AND SERGEANTS, WE'LL ASK THAT WE PREPARE THE CHAMBER FOR CLOSED SESSION. DWK [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] . PLEASE STAND BY. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] . >> Clerk: 15 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. >> City Attorney: NO ACTION REPORTED, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN ITEM 40 IS STILL ON THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: ITEM 40 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND THERE IS A REQUEST TO HAVE 38 AND 39 GO FORTHWITH SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: AND NEXT IS RECONSIDERATION OF ITEM 21. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SORRY, COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE RECONSIDER ITEM 21, IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT MR. McOSKER HAS AGREED TO SEKTD. AND IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED, IT ASK EXPLICIT INDIRECTION IN TWO AREAS. ONE IS STAKEHOLDER OUT REACH AND THEN THE SECOND IS TO GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS ON HOW THE PROFIT TO THE CITY IS GOING TO BE SPLIT. THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT COUNCIL DISTRICTS GETTING SOME OF THAT AND NOT HAVING IT ALL TO GO TO THE FUND SO THE AMENDMENT ALSO ASKED FOR THAT TO BE REPORTED BACK ON. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO TWO VOTES? >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. FIRST THERE NEEDS TO BE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY RECONSIDERATION OF 21. >> Council President: MR. McOSKER SECONDS. >> Clerk: THAT VOTE SHOULD OCCUR. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS 21 WHICH WAS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT A AND B MOTION YAROSLAVSKY McOSKER. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: THAT WAS A DOFPT ASKED AMENDED, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: WANTED TO LET MY COLLEAGUES AND GENERAL PUBLIC KNOW THIS FRIDAY AUGUST 29 IS ADMISSION DAY WHA. IS ADMISSION DAY, YOU ASK? IT'S THE DAY THAT CALIFORNIA WAS ADMITTED INTO THE UNION. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT LAUSD IS ALL CLOSED WHICH MAKES IT A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FAMILY OUTING THURSDAY NIGHT AND COME TO THE VALLEY PLAZA RECREATIONAL CENTER, WE'LL BE SHOWING LIVE ACTION LITTLE O AND STITCH AND WEIBEL OFFERING FREE POPCORN AND SNOW CONES FOR EVERY ONE SO BRING A CHAIR AND UNDER THE STARS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. NAZARIAN, AND WHAT IS THE DAY? >> A. Nazarian: ADMISSION DAY. >> Council President: L.A. CITY COUNCIL WILL CELEBRATE BY HAVING THE MEETING IN THE VALLEY. SEE YOU ALL ON FRIDAY IN THE VALLEY. I ASK EVERY ONE TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ALL RIGHT, ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.