leaving behind fake jewelry. We have approximately in excess of 140 reports just in the Los Angeles Police Department that we become of and approximately 86 here in the San Fernando Valley. The seven divisions that make up what we call operations valley bureau pay attention to your surroundings look out for individuals or vehicles that may be following. Avoid engaging with who approach you in a vehicle on foot. So The press conference was one to bring awareness and to give some safety tips for our community. We know that men and women are together. They may have approached them in a vehicle and try to have them come over, lean in the car to give them directions or approach them on the sidewalk and them in conversation or, in some cases prayer, and get very close to them to where they can touch them. Our elderly population, a lot of times be targeted because they are from a generation of trust and they're in their neighborhood and they feel secure. We're looking any victims. We to know because that will help us identify these suspects but also to keep our community. After city trees were chopped down in an act of vandalism, groups mobilized concerns residents, business and the environment that propel them to act and quickly replacement trees. Over the weekend, downtown L.A. suffered an unconscionable act of when someone cut down several in the public right of way. For many of our downtown L.A. residents, the public right away is their front yard. It is their backyard. The loss of these trees is. I moved here about 20 years ago under the live work play in downtown L.A. So I'm very invested here. And like Councilwoman said, this is our backyard. And to have someone come in and, try to undo the progress that we have done, just infuriating our downtown LA stakeholders us about what was happening. Our district and our city family got quick to work. Urban Forestry division quickly cleaned the sites and the Bureau of Street Services started looking for replacement options and. LAPD caught the perpetrator. But I'm pleased to announce that the Bureau of Street Services has committed to the cut down trees. Thanks to the generosity of community organizations and members that have reached out, we're the trees. To one. We really want to thank the residents of downtown L.A. being our eyes and ears and letting us know what happened. And we encourage you to continue to do that report any kind tree violations through our mail. 311 service requests. Well downtown is alive and well want you to come downtown. It's very opening , very welcoming, very inclusive . And we're going to continue to advocate and we're going to have our trees restored so it won't like a heat desert. You know, we have the benefits of having mature trees. And so I'm excited about that. And thanks to Councilwoman for that. In honor of Earth Day Council, woman Monica Rodriguez worked with the Office of Community Beautification and the LA City Department of Transportation to enable a cleaner, greener and Pacoima. Today we're here Pacoima city hall celebrating Earth Day because it's incredibly important that we collaborate with our community to help rebuild our tree canopy. We're away 100 free trees in partnership. The L.A. Beautification Team. So Today we are here with the city council office. We're here to. Give free trees away for those people with they will be able to plant those trees in their yard. They can provide shade for them in the future. We're in a really hot area here. It's the valley. It gets pretty hot and obviously these trees will help shade your home and save yourself some electricity. I did get amazing pink tree and from people that were here helping me out like today, they me that it was a highly recommended tree so. I'm just hoping it blossoms and looks beautiful during the summer. Hey, guys, don't get a tree. Today we're also featuring our new dash bus, which is going to be put into operation here in Pacoima. What's important a dash system is that it's a hyperlocal solution for transportation needs the community desperately needs because so often our public transit doesn't also meet , the locations that are most often frequent by our community members, the were informed by the community and this is a fully electric system affordable it's clean and it's and I'm proud that this is going to be the second dash system I've introduced to the district since I've been in office. We're so excited to be here and offer amazing resources to the community We're here with Metro the Life program, as well as L.A. Dot Dash. So the dash has a services right now, especially with the life program they give 90 days unlimited on the bus and 20 free rides every month for life. So the dash is very good to get right now, especially because we don't want people driving many cars right now, especially with everything polluting the air. It's very good to take the dash. It's incredibly important for our community to be part of how we green and maintain our. This is not something that the city of Los Angeles will ever be able to accomplish alone. That's why together we need to exercise how we're going to make our communities greener cleaner and safer for all Angelenos. I appreciating the planet can start at a local park council president Marquis Harris-Dawson was at Harvard Park to celebrate Earth Day and plant idea of greater community engagement year round. We are here at beautiful Harvard Park to celebrate the seeds of Unity Festival, which marks Earth Day here in Los Angeles and around the world. This is the second year in a row that scope has stepped up to sponsor this event. It's a big deal to we want organizations to come populate, park, invite the neighborhood in, can do some education, some resources and a whole lot of fun and what's happening here today at Harvard Park, the point of coming together in this community to celebrate our work and, our advocacy for environmental justice here in South. The reason we do that is because are disproportionately affected by the environmental injustices that that plague this community community. The Earth is our >> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, IF WE CAN BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 6, 20256789 >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 17 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. RECOMMENDS TO CONFIRM THE LIENS FOR ITEMS 1, 2, 5 THROUGH 15 AND RECEIVE AND FILE FOR 3 AND 4. ITEMS 18 THROUGH 36 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. COMMITTEE REPORT FOR 35 HAS BEEN COMMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE. ITEMS 37 THROUGH 44 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT HELD. 45 AND 46 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. WE'LL TAKE SPECIALS NOW START WITHING MR. McO*FKER. >> T. McOsker: WOULD I LIKE TO CALL 37 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 32 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND 34 AND 35 FOR COMMENTS. >> J. Lee: ITEM 32 FOR QUESTIONS AND POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS. >> Council President: POSSIBLE AMENDMENT. OKAY, ANY OTHERS ON THIS SIDE? SEEING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 5 FOR A MONTH AND HOLD 36 FOR AN AMENDMENT JAO. AND FOR THE RECORD, 30 DAYS WILL BE JUNE 5th. >> Council President: AND WHAT IS THE OTHER ITEM CALLED SPECIAL. >> I. Padilla: 36 FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> C. Price: OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF AWESING, I'M RECHOOSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 20 AND 24 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH AN APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. PRICE. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: IS WONDERING IF WE CAN CONTINUE ITEM 46 TO NEXT WEEK? >> Council President: 7 DAYS? >> N. Raman: SURE. >> Clerk: AND THAT WOULD BE WEDNESDAY MAY 14, 2025. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I ASK THAT ON 3 AND 4 WE RECEIVE AND FILE THEM, THEY'RE LIENS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, MR. CLERK WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR STROETS AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW VOTE ON 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28 THROUGH 31, 33, AND 35. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT IS NEXT JAO. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 18 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 18 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, LOOKS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >> Y. Jurado: I'M TOLD I SHOULD BE ON THE BOARD. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT IS THE CASE, AND CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS RECORDED ON THE LAST VOTE. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: 18 IS FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: OKAY. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES. TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL HARM REDUCTION DAY. A REMINDER THAT HEALTH APPROACH TO SUBSTANCE USE SAVES LIVES AND A PERFECT DAY TO SUPPORT THE MOTION BEFORE US THROUGH EDUCATION. ONE YEAR INTO THE EMCR PILOT, THE RESULTS ARE CLEAR, LEADING WITH CARE WORKS. PROVIDING SOCIAL WORKERS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO RESPOND WITH EMPATHY, COMPASSION. AS CO-CHAIR CAN OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION, I'M COMMITTED TO DOING JUST THAT. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER BLUM FOLD --BLUMENFIELD FOR BEING A LEADER FOR MANY YEARS NOW. THIS ALLOWS THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TO REPORT BACK ON STRATEGIES TO COSPONSOR WORKSHOPS. IT'S ABOUT BUILDING THE WORKFORCE TO SUSTAIN THIS WORK. THANK YOU TO MY COUNCILMEMBER COLLEAGUE AND CO-CHAIR OF THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON, FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE SUPPORTERS. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 18, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, FOR 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28 THROUGH 31 AND 33 AND 35, THE VOTE IS 15 AYES WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO'S AND RAMAN PRESENT. >> Council President: PERFECT. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 32 AND 34 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR SPEIAL VOTE. >> E. Hernandez: 32 FOR SEPARATE VOTE. 34 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: OPEN 2, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES *. >> Council President: NOW ITEM NUMBER 34, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: AS A MEMBER OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE LEAD BY OUR FEARLESS AND PHENOMENAL COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT, I RISE IN SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT 15-MILES PER HOUR THIS IS AN URGENT AND NECESSARY STEP. TRAFFIC COLLISIONS ARE LEADING DEATH FOR YOUTH 2 THROUGH 18. AND CRASHES HAPPEN WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF A SCHOOL. FUNDING FOR SPEED BUMPS WAS CUT TO JUST ABOUT 120 CITY WIDE. SCHOOL SAFETY ZONES ON THE OTHER HAND, CAN BE DESIGNATED SOON. L.A. DOT HAS IDENTIFIED USING A MATRIX THAT ASSIGNS 15 PERCENT FOR SAFETY, 15 PERCENT FOR LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADVOCACY FROM MY OFFICE, 20 PERCENT FOR EQUITY. PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NINE OF WHICH ARE IN MY DISTRICT, AS MANY OF OUR OTHER COUNCIL OFFICES, AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND FOR HELPING MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH CLARITY AND CARE. LET'S INSTRUCT L.A. DOT TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 27 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. ITEM 27 WHICH I EXPECT WILL BE ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY AS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US TO BRING TO THE LIGHT OF DAY. I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR SECONDING THE MOTION, I APPRECIATE CHAIR PARK FOR SHEPHERDING THIS MOTION THROUGH TTT COMMITTEE. IT IS ABOUT THE TARIFFS, THE TARIFFS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED WORLDWIDE AND THE AFFECT THAT THEY WILL HAVE ON THE HARBOR AREA, THAT AFFECT WILL RADIATE THROUGH L.A. COUNTY AND THE NATION AND THE WORLD. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOTE THAT 40 PERCENT OF ALL THE GOODS THAT COME TO THE UNITED STATES COME THROUGH THE SAN PEDRO BAY COMPLEX OF L.A. AND LONG BEACH. AND ONE IN NINE JOBS IN L.A. COUNTY ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, THAT'S OVER 800,000 JOBS. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TARIFFS, WE INTRODUCED THIS MOTION JUST 30 DAYS AGO AND WE SAW 30 PERCENT OF DROP BLANK SALES COMING IN TO L.A. AND LONG BEACH. THE AFFECTS ARE ALREADY HAPPENING FOR FOLKS ON THE WATER FRONT. AND ON THE THE JOBS ON THE WATER FRONT, WE KNOW THAT 70 PERCENT LIVE WITHIN A TEN-MILE RADIUS. SO THE WHEN FEWER SHIPS COME IN, WE HAVE FEWER LOCAL 13 ON THE FRONTLINE, WE HAVE FEWER CLERKS, FEWER FORPERSON'S, WE HAVE FEWER TRUCK DRIVERS AND MECHANICS, THERE ARE FEWER JOBS ALREADY TODAY. WE ARE FEELING THE AFFECT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND MEMBERS, I WILL SAY THAT IN A FEW WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE AFFECTS ON STORE SHELVES ACROSS THIS REGION AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE WILL SEE SHORTAGES IN ON STORE SHELVES. THIS IS THE PEAK SEASON. RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME THAT SHIPMENTS WOULD BE COMING BACK IN FOR BACK TO SCHOOL, SUMMERTIME AND HOLIDAYS. BACK TO SCHOOL AND HOLIDAYS IS WHERE MOST OF THE FOLKS MAKE THEIR MONEY. WE ARE GOING TO SEE A SHORTAGE. ALL THIS MOTION DOES, BUT IT'S REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT, WHAT IT DOES, IS ASK THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PORT TO COME IN AND REPORT TO US, PROBABLY THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES POSSIBLY IN THE IN THE WORLD ON THE AFFECTS ON TARIFFS AND THE AFFECT ON SUPPLIES. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR PUBLIC. MY CONSTITUENTS ALREADY SEE LESS WORK, MY COFFEE SHOPS AND BARBER SHOPS ARE ALREADY SEEING LESS SPENDING IN THE HARBOR AREA. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS WHY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES. WHY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE STUFF READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET BACK TO THE BACKGROUND OF THESE TARIFFS. THE TARIFFS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ILLEGALLY. THERE IS NO STATUTORY, THEY'VE ALREADY ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN, THEY HAVE BEEN AMATEURISH IN THE WAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN PRESENTED TO US AND THE REASONS GIVEN HAVE BEEN INTERNALLY CONSISTENT, SO WE'VE BEEN LIED TO SOMEWHERE. IT'S EITHER FOR CREATING LEVERAGE TO CREATE A DEAL OR EITHER FOR BRINGING, BRINGING MANUFACTURING BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. PICK ONE AND STICK WITH IT. BUT DON'T LIE TO US. AND FINALLY, IT JUST HARMS THE UNITED STATES, IT WILL HARM THE WORLD ECONOMY AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION HERE. WE OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT. I APPRECIATE ALL THE FOKZ THAT ARE LEANING IN, ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS FILED LITIGATION, AND MAYOR AND CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS WILL BE IN MY DISTRICT ON FRIDAY HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE. I THINK IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS MANUFACTURED CRISIS. AMATEURISHLY, MANUFACTURED TO HARM PEOPLE IN THIS REGION, IN THIS COUNTY, IN THIS STATE, IN THIS COUNTRY AND DOING HARM TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ITEM. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 22 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR QUESTIONS AND POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. LEE? MAKE SURE MR. LEE'S MIC IS ON. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. DO YOU MIND JOINING US AT THE TABLE. THERE IS SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO ASK BEFORE WE INSTRUCT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WRITE A MANDATE. DOES THE--HAZARD HAPPENS? MAPS? >> CORRECT. >> J. Lee: WHEN CAN THE CITY EXPECT CAL FIRE TO FINALIZE THE WILDFIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS? >> THE STATE APPROVED THE MAP ON MARCH 24, WE NEED TO ADOPT IT WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH GIS AND OTHER CITIES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON -- ~>> CAN YOU PULL THE MIC ON? IS THAT WORKING? >> J. Lee: YEAH. >> THE STATE ADOPTED THE MAP MARCH 24th AND THE CITY NOW HAS 120 DAYS.THE ORDINANCE WITHIN - WE'RE WORK WITHING GIS AND OTHER PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND SAFETY, THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN A MEETING AT 10:00 O'CLOCK. IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE SHOULD HAVE A SOLID MAP THAT WE CAN ROLLOUT TO THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS AND CITY COUNCIL. >> J. Lee: AS OF TODAY, YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE. >> CORRECT. >> J. Lee: OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT OF THIS ITEM TO REQUEST THE CITY ATTORNEY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CAL FIRE TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL FORMERLY ADAPT THESE CHANGES AND POTENTIAL FUTURE CHANGES. THE ORDER --. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? >> Council President: SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THAT ITEM AS AMENDED IS NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 20 AND 24 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR RECUSAL. >> K. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WE'LL GIVE COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUT OF THE ROOM AND OFF THE BOARD, BOTH THINGS HAVE OCCURED. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ASK MR. PRICE TO RETURN. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 36 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA WILL BE HELD ON THE DESK FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE AMENDMENT. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S READ THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT INTO THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDE BE PARTICULAR COMMENT, WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD 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 GET A BRIEF WANGER FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4, ITEMS 6 THROUGH 17, AND ITEMS 37 THROUGH 45. AGAIN, LET ME REPEAT, THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4, ITEMS 6 THROUGH 17, AND ITEMS 37 THROUGH 45. ITEMS NUMBER 5 AND ITEM NUMBER 46 HAVE BEEN CONTINUED. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC DOCUMENT. --PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS 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. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: FINALLY BEFORE WE START CALLING NAMES, IF YOU'RE NEW OR NEED A REMINDER. THE CALLING OF NAMES IS RANDOM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED BEFORE LINING UP. SO ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALOUD, FEEL FREE TO LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> I WILL NOW CALL PUBLIC NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. JOE VONN HOUSTON, ANDREW GRABNER. LILLY PHILIPS. >> City Attorney: GOOSE MORNING WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT *. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: STARTING OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER, LET'S SEE, WE HAVE ITEM 36 WHICH IS RELATED TO LIGHTING UP CITY HALL FOR ALZHEIMER AWARENESS MONTH. WHAT IS CITY COUNCIL DOING FOR ALZHEIMER? I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU'RE TALKING A GREAT DEAL ABOUT HOW YOU'RE DOING ALL OF THESE, THE RECOGNITION AND SUCH, BUT YOU'RE MAKE ITING SEEM LIKE TO THE PUBLIC THAT YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT ALZHEIMER WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOT, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOMEBODY PAID ATTENTION TO MY COMMENT. OKAY, WE HAVE ITEM 40 INSTALLING THE WORD WAR, THIS IS LIKE A BAND I THINK, ACTUALLY. IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE BETTER PRIORITIES THAN PUTTING WALK OF FAME STARS, MORE WALK OF FAME STARS, WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON REPAIRING THE SIDEWALK. ALL KINDS OF STUFF. BUT, JUST WALK OF FAME STARS, LOTS OF PHOTO OPS FOR EVERY ONE. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 41 WHICH IS RELATED TO UPDATING THE LAPD I.T. INFRASTRUCTURE, INSTEAD YOU SHOULD UPDATE THE I.T. INFRASTRUCTURE OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS. INSTEAD YOU TAKE MONEY FROM THE LAPD TO UPDATE THE I.T. INFRASTRUCTURE OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WEBSITES, INSTEAD. THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. OKAY, WE HAVE ITEM 44 WHICH IS RELATED TO THE MAYOR'S REALLY BAD JOB OF RESPONDING TO THE FIRES. CAN YOU LISTEN, I CAN BARELY HEAR MYSELF STAFF FROM ALL THE STAFFERS. ITEM 44 RELATED AGAIN TO THE WILDFIRE. SO THIS RECOVERY *EFRT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON REBUILDING COMMUNITIES, GETTING PEOPLE BACK IN THEIR HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT INSTEAD, IT'S ALWAYS JUST FOCUSED ON THE REBUILDING FOR THE OLYMPICS AND BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE HERE. BUT YEAH, YOU'RE JUST, IT'S ALL REBUILDING FOR RICH PEOPLE, REBUILDING FOR THE OLYMPICS, NOTHING ABOUT REBUILDING COMMUNITIES, SO PEOPLE CAN BE BACK IN THEIR HOMES AFTER THESE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M WONDERING IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE COMMENT THAT'S TRUMP AND VANCE MADE YESTERDAY WHERE JOKING US ABOUT DEPORTING PEOPLE TO YOUR CITY. WE CAN ALREADY SEE THAT TRUMP WANTS TO USE THE OLYMPICS AND THE WORLD CUPS AND EVENTS THAT YU'RE HOLDING IN THE CITY FOR HIM, FOR PROPAGANDA FOR HIS FASCISM, FOR HIS VIOLENCE, ANTI BLACK, ANTI TRANS, ANTI IMMIGRANT BEHAVIOR AND POLICIES, AND YOU ALL SEEM TO BE OKAY WITH IT. YOU WILL NOT SPEAK UP ABOUT IT, YOU WILL NOT SAY THAT NO WE DON'T JOKE ABOUT DEPORTING VISITORS TO OUR EVENTS BUT YOU WILL NOT SAY ANYTHING. YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. I'M A WORKER AT LAX AND AUSU, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT VOTED YES FOR OUR ORDINANCE AND CONTINUE TO VOTE YES COMING FORWARD. WE DON'T NEED ANY AMENDMENTS ON OUR ORDINANCE, THESE ARE AIRPORT WORKERS LIVELIHOOD THAT YOU'RE TWEAKING AND AMENDING. WE NEED HEALTHCARE AND LIVABLE WAGES HERE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE UP-AND-COMING VOTE. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES ON PUBLIC COMMENT, ARMANDO MUNOZ, ESCABAL, JASON REEDY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IT WILL BE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, I JUST WANT TO BE SAY THANK YOU. YESTERDAY WAS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY FOR US, AS WE CAN SEE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY. I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE AIRPORT FOR 15 YEARS. LIVING HERE IN WLA. IS A STRUGGLE. MOST IMPORTANTLY WE CANNOT DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT HAVING OUR HEALTHCARE INSURANCE OR PAYING OUR RENT. THAT'S WHY THIS ORDINANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PASS. NEXT WEEK, IT'S GOING TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE HISTORY. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DECISION. AND FOR THE LEADERS THAT HAVE STAND WITH US BOLDLY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE PUT MORE FAITH WITHIN THE WORKING CLASS AND LET'S GET THIS PASSED, WILL THES HAVE NO AMENDMENTS, AND LET'S BE THE PLATFORM FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRIES, THAT WHEN YOU INVEST IN WORKERS, YOU INVEST IN YOUR CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES, CHARLIE, MARIA, CHARLO HENDRIX. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HI GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS LAURA SEQUVEL AND I WORK AT THE L.A. AIRPORT. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]. >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE LISTENING TO THE VOICES FROM THE AIRPORT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: TOGETHER WE MADE HISTORY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: BUT WE HAVE NOT FINISHED THE WORK YET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I URGE YOU TO NOT DELAY ANY FURTHER AND YOU APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE ECONOMY NEEDS TO GROW AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AS WORKERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE AS WORKERS, USE OUR MONEY FOR BASIC LIVING NEEDS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THAT WILL BE FOOD AND LIVING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO I'M PROOFING A LIFE OF WORKERS WOULD IMPROVE THE ECONOMY AS WELL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE NOT DELAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND PLEASE APPROVE FOR A FAIR WAGE AND LIVABLE WAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE CAN NO LONGER KEEP LIVING WITH THIS, WITH THIS STRUGGLE OF HAVING TO GO DAY BY DAY. WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD OUR BASIC NEEDS AND OUR BASIC COSTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND ALSO WE NEED UNITY AND DIGNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE DESERVE A BETTER LIFE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, FEEL FREE TO MOVE THE MIC. >> Speaker: I WANT TO START BY ASKING THE COUNCIL, WHY? WHAT HAS THE HOMELESS DONE TO THIS COUNCIL FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE S OUT HERE, HOMELESS NOT BY OUR OWN CHOICE BUT BY CIRCUMSTANCE. I'M AMONG THEM, I'M NOT NO BREAKING NO LAWS, I'M NOT CAUSING NO PROBLEMS, I'M OUT THERE BECAUSE OF MY SITUATION. THERE IS LACK OF FUNDING EVERYTHING. THERE IS A STATEMENT OUT THERE THAT SAYS AVERAGE SUPPOSE IS SUPPOSE TO GET 330 AND I ONLY GET 24. MY INCOME IS 1206, I'M OUT THERE NOT BY CHANCE BUT CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU MAY PUT ME IN JAIL BECAUSE OF MY CIRCUMSTANCES. WHY? THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO MY NAME IS MARIA, I WORK AT LAX, AT THE UNITED VIP CLUB, I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF SCIUW, I WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING UNTIL WE WIN THIS FIGHT AND WE SAY BEFORE THE SKY WON'T FALL. WHO WORKS AS GRAVEYARD I SACRIFICE MY SLEEP TO BE HEARD EACH DAY. I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES ALL MY WHOLE LIFE BUT I CAN NO LONGER TO AFFORD IN A CITY THAT I CALL HOME. IMPROVE KAELGT CARE FOR LAX WHO CHANGED MY LIFES AND LIFE FOR CO-WORKERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE END MEETS, EVEN THOUGH WE MAKE LAX FUNCTION. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I WOULD LUKE TO CALL MORE NAMES. SANIQUA, F, KIMBERLY AND BRO GLEN AND ADAM. I'LL CALL ADDITIONAL NAMES, SAVRA, RICK, DZ, AUDIT L.A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NUMBER 42 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M ADAM FROM TENANTS FROM THE PRODUCE HOTEL THAT IS SUPPOSE TO BE TAKE NOT OUT OF REAP. TENANTS FROM THE PRODUCE INVITED US AND WE SAW THE CEILING FALLING APART FROM A VERY VISIBLE LEAK IN A COMMON ROOM, YOU SAW ROACHES IN UNITS, WE'RE HERE FROM TENANTS FROM PRODUCE THAT YOU CONDUCT A FULL REINSPECTION WITH TENANTS ALONGSIDE AND TENANT VOICES INCLUDED. AND EN HORSE TAHOE. WHAT ARE THE GOOD ANTI HARASSMENT IF IT'S NOT BEING ENFORCED IN SUPPORT OF SOME OF OUR MOST VUL NER AND SUPPORTING TENANTS. IF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS SAYING THAT THE BUILDING MET THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT, FROM THE VIOLATIONS, AND YET WE STILL SEE ROPES AND WATER DAMAGE, WE THINK IT MAY BE WORTH LOOKING AT HOW REAP RESPONDS TO ISSUES NOT INCLUDED IN THE CODE OF VIOLATIONS. WOULD YOU ACCEPT ROACHES IN YOUR HOME? AND THERE ARE PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES WATCHING YOU NOT LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT CHARLIE CAME OUT TO YOU AND NONE OF YOU WERE LISTENING. AT A MEETING REQUIRED BY HUD IN FEBRUARY, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM AFFORDABLE L.A. THE NEW OWNER OF FORMER HUD BUILDINGS TOLD TENANTS THAT THEY WERE APPLYING FOR A PROGRAM, TRANSITION, THE PRODUCE IS IN BAD SHAPE. WHEN I ASKED IF THE APPLICATION WITH HUD DIDN'T GO THROUGH, HE REPLIED THAT PEOPLE WOULD JUST STAY AT THE PRODUCE. IS IT IN THAT BAD THAT PEOPLE NEED TO MOVE OR ISN'T IT? [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 42 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, YOU CAN MOVE THE MICROPHONE IF YOU NEED TO. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. JAOU -- >> Speaker: MY NAME IS KIMBERLY, AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE TENANTS, I WAS A PREVIOUS MANAGER AND UNFORTUNATELY I LEFT BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE THE THINGS THAT WAS DONE THERE. ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAPPEN TO LIVE IN UNIT AND PAY RENT WITHOUT NO HEAT FOR YEARS. DEALING WITH ROACHES AND RATS, DEALING WITH THOSE ISSUES. DEALINGS WITH THINGS WITH NOT BEING FIXED. DEALING WITH DEAD PROMISES, SO I LEFT BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. I DON'T SEE WHY THE RENT SHOULD GO UP AND THEY CAN BARELY LIVE IN THEM NOW, AND LIVING IN THE CONDITIONS ARE UNDER, THAT IS WORSE. THE SIMPLE FACT, I CARED ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT STAYED THERE EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T LIVE THERE. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD, UM, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE AS WELL IF OUR, IF WE WERE IN THE SAME POSITION, WE DEFINITELY WOULDN'T WANT TO BE LIVING THE WAY THEY'RE LIVING. WHERE CONDITIONS IS NOT RIGHT. THE CITY WOULD COME IN AND INSPECT AND I WOULD TELL THEM SAY, WE CANNOT PASS THAT, BUT THEY WILL PASS IT ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A RAPPORT, SO THEREFORE THINGS ARE GETTING OVERLOOKED ON PURPOSE, CONVENIENCINGLY WHICH IS NOT RIGHT. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR ISSUES TO BE OVERLOOKED @ YOUR HOUSING WHERE YOU STAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NUMBER 40, 2 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN A TENANT AT THE BUILDING FOR 20 YEARS, AND IT'S TERRIBLE NOW. I HAD MY SINK STUCK FOR SIX WEEKS BEFORE THEY FIXED. HOW YOU GOING TO TAKE THAT OUT OF REAP? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? BUILDING IS NOT SAFE, YOU MIGHT HAVE A TILE OFF THE SEE, THAT HAPPENED TO ME IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM. THAT HAPPENED TO ME. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY ROOM PAINTED FOR FOUR YEARS! STILL NEED IT PAUNTED BUT IT'S COMING OUT OF REAP, I DON'T THINK SO. HE HAS NOT MET THE STANDARDS, THE CONDITIONS ARE REAPED TOO, HAS THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY HAVE FOR. THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING. I'VE GOT PROOF RIGHT HERE IN MY POCKET. PICTURES RIGHT HERE. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES, DR. TRUTH BAY. SEVA JESSE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 42, I LIVE AT THE PRODUCE AS OF 2010. THERE HAS NT BEEN ANYBODY THAT HAS INSPECTED THE BUILDING OR EVEN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WE NEED SOMEBODY WITH HONESTLY AND TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BUILDING. I'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS, SIR. IF YOU CAN JUST PLEASE, PLEASE, G HELP US GET THAT BUILDING TOGETHER AND HELP US LIFT WAY WE'RE SUPPOSE TO LIVE THERE AND NOT BECAUSE THE WAY THE BUILDING IS IS. THEY'RE COLLECTING RENT, OKAY, BUT HOW ABOUT FIXING THE ITEMS? I HAVE PICTURES OF 2014 WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. WHAT ELSE? JUST YES, PLEASE. YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE BUILDING. HONESTLY IS THE BEST POLICY, IF YOU WERE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOK LOOKS, YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN LIVING LIKE THAT, BUT WE'LL SEE IF ONE OF YOU CAN GO SAFE. JAOU, GOOD MORNING, I'M JESSE. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LUKE TO SPAK TO? >> Speaker: 42 AND GENERAL COMMENT. FIRST, I WANT IT ASK THE PRESIDENT IF YOU CAN PAY ATTENTION OUT OF COMMON RESPECT, I DON'T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECTFUL OR CAUSE PROBLEMS, I JUST WANT SOME ATTENTION. I'M A TEN ANT AT THE PRODUCE, SO NOBODY IS GOING TO PAY ATTENTION? WE GOING TO PLAY THAT, ALL RIGHT. I'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE ASKED ME TO DO. MY LIVING SITUATION THERE BESINGER I'M A FEMALE, I'M ON A THIRD FLOOR AND THE MAJORITY IS MALE. I'VE BEEN ATTACKED TWICE, PHYSICALLY BY PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING, I REPORTED TT MANAGER TWICE, I MADE POLICE REPORTS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN FUCKEN FEAR, I HAVE TO PE IN MY TRASH CAN SO I DON'T GO IN THE HALL. WE LIVE WITH RATS, THERE IS RATS ON THE FUCKEN STOVE. THERE IS ROACHES. I PAY MY RENT EVERY MONTH P I'M A FIXED INCOME AND YOU WANT TO RAISE THE RENT, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AND I HAVE TO LIVE IN THIS SHIT HOLE, YOU GO HOME AT NIGHT AND SEE IF YOU WOULD LET YOUR MOTHER THERE, YOUR DAUGHTER OR SISTERS LIVE THERE. PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR POSITION, HAVE SOME COMPASSION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR NOT PAYING ATTENTION. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE REMAINING NAMES, KIM C, MIA K. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 42 AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MONEY FOR EACH. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO I'M HERE, MY NAME IS GENERAL DOGAN AND I'M HERE WITH OTHER MEMBERS ON THE SKID ROW CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE. AND WE HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT TENANTS IN THE PRODUCE AND ASK THAT THE BUILDING BE HOLD FROM TAKEN OUT OF REAP AND THE BUILDING REREINSPECTED AND FINALLY THEY GET SOME REPAIRS DONE. SOME OF THESE TENANTS HAVE BEEN LIVING TOO LONG IN THESE CONDITIONS, THIS IS RACISM STRAIGHT UP. HOW THEY JUST FALLING DOWN LIKE THIS. AND YOU LOOK AT THE SKID ROW COMMUNITY, YOU SEE DEGRADATION THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITIES. YOU CANNOT GET TRASH CANS, DIRT ALL OVER THE TRAOETS. THIS IS THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU WANT TO GENTRFY, YOU MOVE THEM OUT. THIS IS EXACT LAO WHAT IS GOING ON. AND THE CITY IS ALLOWING THEM TO DO IT. AND MY GENERAL COMMENT, 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AS HOUSING ORGANIZER WITH L.A. CARE AND I CAN SIT HERE AS A WITNESS, IT'S NOT A HOTEL DOWNTOWN, THE SECIL, IT'S NOT ONE OF THEM WHERE POOR BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS LIVE IN THEIR WE HAVE NOT TRIED TO SOME BACK TACKING TRICK. AND WE HAD TO FIGHT AND COME IN, AND IT'S THE SAME TRUCK THAT IS GOING ON, THE LEO THE OWNR OF THESE SEVEN BLZ, THEY DEVELOP TO MAKE MONEY AND MOVING WITH THE NEW DOWNTOWNS. SO WE HERE TODAY THAT WE AIN'T GOING AWAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR ZERO TOLERANCE IN-HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR INTERN SHELTERS AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THEM. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPAK TO? >> Speaker: BEFORE YOU START A TIMER, CAN I ASK A QUESTION. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU NEED A QUESTION, I SAY DO IT ON THE SIDE WITH THE SERGEANT BUT FOR NOW, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I HAVE TWO MINUTES OR ONE MINUTE? >> SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM. SO ONE MINUTE FOR 42 AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO ONE MINUTE TO BE HEARD? >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: SO I CAN WAIT FOR TO BE LISTENED. A MINUTE TO BE IGNORED BUT HEARD. THIS MINUTE CAN CHANGE MY LIFE. SO BY LAW, I GET A MINUTE TO BE HEARD. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING. >> City Attorney: AT THIS POINT, IT'S REPETITIVE. HOLD HIS TIME. THE REASON THE RULES ARE HERE, IS WE CAN RUN PUBLIC COMMENT EFFICIENCY. I'M GOING TO START YOUR CLOCK NOW. >> Speaker: TO BE HEARD, RIGHT? >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I GET A MINUTE TO BE HEARD AND SHE IS NOT LISTENING, SHE IS TALKING. ALL I GET IS A MINUTE. >> City Attorney: AT THIS POINT, I'VE ASKED RESPECTFULLY TO PLEASE TART YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WHERE YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY, FINE. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PRODUCE, I LIVED THERE THREE YEARS. THE BUILDING HAS NOT CHANGED AT ALL. HOWEVER MONEY HAS BEEN THROWN AT IT, HAS NOT GONE TO THE BUILDING WHETHER OR NOT, IT'S GONE THROUGH SECURITY BEING THERE TO MAKING THE FLOORS REALLY SHINY. WE HAVE NOT HAD TOILET PAPER OR SOAP IN THE BATHROOMS THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN THERE. THE BUILDING IS LITERALLY FALLING APART AND WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR IT TO GET BETTER AND YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY. WE HAVE ATTENTION FOR A LITTLE BIT AND YOU WANT TO TALK THAT A WOW, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT BUT FUCKED UP. LIKE EVERY ONE SAID, WE LIVE THERE. YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT STEP FOOT INSIDE THERE, AND WE'RE ASKING TO BE DONE WHAT YOU SAID WAS GOING TO BE DONE, WHICH IS THE BARE MINIMUM. LIKE COME ON. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, IF YOU RUN OUT OF TIME YOU CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN WRITING AND THAT IS THAT YOU CAN FIND THAT URL AT THE VERY TOP OF COUNCIL AGENDA OR YOU CAN GO A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AND IT WILL BE THE FIRST RESULT. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LUKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MONEY FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. BEGUN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: I'LL SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC AND ALL AVAILABLE ITEMS, 1 THROUGH 15 ARE SAID TO BE FOR THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC'S PERSONAL PROPERTY BUT IT'S RALLY FOR THE LACING OF GENES BY THIS CORRUPT SO THAT CURREN PRAOUS CAN GIVE ABATEMENT CONTRACTS TO THEIR BUDDIES EXAMINE RECEIVED KICKBACKS. I OBJECT MARQUEECE AND PRICE BEING OUT ON AND TILL SITTING DAILY ON THESE ITEMS. INSTEAD OF ASSISTING THE PUBLIC WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND IN THE FACE OF DEVASTATING INFLATION. THEY'RE ALLOWING CRIMINALLY INSANE, SAUCE ON AND CRIMINAL ON TRIAL CURREN PRICE TO PAD THEIR POCKETS, VIA PROPERTY LIENS. 17 IS FOR A NEW 60 MILLION DOLLARS MENTAL INSTITUTION. IN MY OPINION THIS MOTION SHOULD READ THAT VERY FIRST INMATES IN THIS FACILITY WILL BE EVERY MEMBER OF THIS CRIMINAL LAO AND CORRUPT AND INCOMPETENT, CITY COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME. IF WRITTEN PROPERTY, THIS MOTION AND THIS FACILITY CAN PROPERTY ADDRESS THE SLEAZY COUNCIL. I'M SORRY, BILLION DOLLARS, MY GOODNESS BUDGET. 256 MILLION DOLLARS FIRE, NEVER ENDING HOMELESSNESS AND INSANE CORRUPTION. EMERGENCY AFTER EMERGENCY BY EMERGENCY. BY TREATING THE CRIMINAL LOW INSANE MENTAL ILLNESS OF EACH ONE OF THESE COUNCIL CLOWNS THAT HAVE DRIVEN THE CITY INTO THE GROUND. ITEM 44 IS FOR THE DECLARATION OF FIRE EMERGENCY. DEMAND THAT IT INCLUDE INVESTIGATION, FUNDING LANGUAGE IN A SPKTING CHALLENGE IN ORDER TO PART ENING IN AFRICA DID WHAT THE SEE IT DID WHEN IT BURNED%BACKER BURNED. I COMMAND THIS MOTION CALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THAT FOR ALL RECORDS THAT THE BASS AND MARQUEECY DAWSON IS HOLDING AND THE INCOMPETENT CITY COUNSEL THEY'RE IN A STATE OF A EMERGENCY. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THE L.A. COUNTY IS AN ENTERPRISE OF ORGANIZED CRIME, ONE BILLION DOLLARS EMERGENCY, HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY, FIRE DAMAGE WITH 18 DESTROYED STRUCTURES, EMERGENCY. COUNCILMAN INDICTED FROM "S NOT, MARK PIMP RIDLEY-THOMAS CONVICTED ON APPEAL. RACIST JOHN LEE INDICTED FOR EKT I CANS VIOLATIONS, GILBERT GADILLO AND DE LEON FOR INCOMPETENCE. JOSE HUIZAR 12 YEARS. L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS RESEBTLY OUTED FOR 800,000 IN CREDIT CARD FRAUD. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I BROUGHT MY ED FAMILY HERE. ALL AVAILABLE ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SO I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE ITEMS OPEN FOR EVERYBODY IS 1 THROUGH 4 AND 6 THROUGH 17 AND ITEMS 37 THROUGH 45. SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M DR. TRUTH BAY, ADVOCATE, OBSERVER OF ALZHEIMER AWARENESS MONTH, YOU HAVE ARMENIAN AWARENESS MONTH, ASIAN AMERICAN AND YOU HAVE JEWISH-AMERICAN OR JEWISH HERITAGE AWARENESS MONTH. BUT WHAT I WANT TO PRESENT IS ALSO HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH, SO THIS IS SOR, HAITI, YOU HAVE RIHANNA, EMINEN, LITTLE WAYNE THAT WANTS TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE TO HAITI. SO LOS ANGELES DOES NOT HAVE A FERFER, TO HON OUR FLAG, THIS IS OUR FLAG. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, AND THERE IS NOT ONE IOTA OF FRENCH. NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I KNOW THAT WS A LITTLE TIRING. 42, HOUSING DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION, RELATIVE FOR REMOVING THE PROPERTY ON 676 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE. THIS IS IN THE SKID ROW VICINITY. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AND DEPARTMENTS FOR OUR FAMILIES IN SKID ROW? KAREN BASS, WHERE ARE YOU? WHAT IS HAPPENING? WHAT IS HAPPENING DISTRICT 14? RIGHT. CONSTANT COMPLAINTS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT IS BEING WASTED BY WLA SA, DISTRICT 7 ATROCIOUS, DISTRICT 4 UNBELIEVABLE, DISTRICT 14, YOU ALREADY KNOW. LET'S REINSTRUCT BECAUSE YOU HAD NOT BEEN U.S. ATTORNEY, LAHSA WOULD HAVE WASTED 20 MILLION MORE IN-HOUSING AND 500,000 A UNIT AND PEOPLE ARE STILL SLEEPING IN THEIR TENTS? WHAT IS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT 8. LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING BY OUR HOMELESS DOLLARS FIRST AND FOR MOST. AND YEAH LAST, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAN HOUSE. THIS BODY IS THE MOST CORRUPTED IN THE NATION AND EVERY DAY WE IGNORE THE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE. TOGETHER WE CAN, BUT NOT WITH THIS BODY. SO THAT WAY, 2026 THERE WILL BE IN NEW SEATS. AND WE THANK YOU FOR LOOKING DOWN AT YOUR PAPER, I KNOW YOU HEAR ME, THANK YOU SISTER HERNANDEZ FOR DOING THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, POWER TO THE PEOPLE. >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THIS CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: YES, AND SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU'LL NOTICE ITEMS 37 AND 38 ARE THE CREATION OF NEW BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. SO WE DO NEED TO EXHAUST PUBLIC COMMENT ON THERE, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN YET AND IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON 37 OR 38, THEN PLEASE LINE UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IF YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN, THEN PLEASE DO NOT LINE UP. SO AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN AT ALL, I'M GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND FEEL FREE TO LINE UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR 37 AND 38 ONLY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO SPEAKERS, WE'LL PROCEED, MR. CLERK. MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNSEL SUL MAY CONSIDER ITEMS. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE JAO. 15 AYES. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND 37, 38 AND 43 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: THE COUNSEL SUL MAY NOW VOTE ON 1 THROUGH 4 AND 6 THROUGH 14 FOR THE LIENS FOR WHICH A MOTION IS NEEDED TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF PUBLIC AND SAFETY TO CONFIRM LIENS FOR 1, 2 AND 6 THROUGH 15 AND TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LIEN FOR ITEMS 1 THROUGH 14. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OUR COMMITTEE PERSON? HELLO? THE LIENS, WE NEED A MOTION. TO ADOPT, I'LL MOVE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 36 FOR WHICH AMENDING MOTION 36-A INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. THIS HAS NOT BEEN DISTRIBUTED. >> Council President: SO WE CANNOT VOTE ON IT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE TO 45. >> Council President: WE CONTINUED 45? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL CONTINUED ITEM 46, SIR. >> Council President: 46, ALL RIGHT. SO OUR OUTSIDE COUNCIL, WILL NOT BE HERE UNTIL 11:15, OSO I'LL ASK FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WE COMMONLY HAVE AT THE END OF THE MEETING. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO INTO THE COUNCIL WILL BE IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. [COUNCIL IN RECESS] [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] OUTCOMES, BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES I JUST WANTED TO GIVE RISE AND BRING TO EVERY ONE'S ATTENTION, I KNOW I DISCUSSED THE INCREDIBLE MALPRACTICE THAT CONTINUES TO BE EXPOSED BY THE COVERAGE OF L.A. RECORDING LAHSA AND HOW THEY HAVE ACTUALLY USED SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO PAY OUT WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS THAT WAS NOT COMING TO THE COUNCIL. THAT AGAIN IS TAKING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS WHEN WE ARE IN SUCH FISCAL CRISIS. WE CAN NO LONGER CONTINUE TO FUND THIS FAILURE. I JUST WANTED BRING IT TO EVERY ONE'S ATTENTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF SOME MERRY GO ROUND FROM HELL AND EVEN PROVIDING WHISTLEBLOWER OBSTRUCTION OF PROVIDING REAL ACCURATE DATA REGARDING THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE PERFORMANCE WITH RESPECT TO INSIDE SAFE, THOSE ARE ALL THOSE ARE TENS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT CONTINUE TO BE EXPENDED OF OUR LIMITED AND VERY PRECIOUS TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AS WE HAVE SEEN ZERO RECAL BRACING OF INSIDE SAFE OPERATION SXZ CONTINUED EXPENDITURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL START TO REVERSE COURSE IN ENDORSING AND CONTINUING TO SUSTAIN THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK. IT'S FRANKLY, IT'S JUST GROSS MALPRACTICE THE WAY THATSER ARE MISS SPENT. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE ENDORSING THIS FAILURE BECAUSE OF THE BENEFIT IT SERVES THEIR DISTRICTS. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE ARE IN SUCH FISCAL CRISIS THAT WE CANNOT CONTINUE DO THIS. IT CONTINUES TO BE EXPOSED WITH EVERY SUCCEEDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AND IT NEEDS TO END. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS. ANY ADD JUNINGER MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? TO MY RIGHT? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. Took over three weeks to actually get them fully contained. And in the Palisades area, over 6800 properties were damaged. And now the recovery process is in process. And we're delighted to be joined today by someone who knows that recovery process intimately. We're delighted to be joined by Colonel Brian Sasser from the Army Corps of Engineers. So happy to have you here. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. So just really basically the Army Corps of Engineers does what is its role? What does it do? So the Army Corps of Engineers, you can trace back to the origins of our nation. And it's really unique for any army to have this component of your active duty force. It also has a crucial role in the infrastructure of the nation and we really exist to solve the nation's engineering challenges. So you can look at the Hoover Dam, you can look at the Mississippi River, you can look at the Washington Monument. Those are all projects by the Corps of Engineers. Not only do we have that infrastructure role for the nation, we also have environmental stewardship to protect the waterways. But we also have a role in a natural disaster declared emergency by the president. In a time of emergency, we are able to really harness the expertise that we need for that type of disaster and deploy quickly to that disaster and respond. And so that's that's the role of the Corps of Engineers. We do have a daytime mission that's always continuous building out the infrastructure of the nation. But in times of emergency, we can deploy forward and come to places like Southern California for a disaster response like this. When you came to the we're going to focus today on the Palisades fire, when you came and you saw that for the first time, what was your immediate impression when you looked up on those hillsides and you saw what had happened? Complete devastation. And I think as a citizen, seeing my fellow citizens in pain and suffering and seeing that they had lost everything, that certainly struck a different chord. So from the Corps perspective of we take this mission incredibly personal. There's a district headquarters here in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Our employees that work for that district. Several of the employees lost their homes. More employees were displaced from both of these fires. Palisades and Eaton fires. So it was not only a national response for us, it was also personal. What are the things that you were doing when you're on property? So on a property, when we come up upon a property, there's a lot of steps that people don't see. We do a hazardous site assessment. First, we have to understand the property from an engineering perspective, from an access perspective. So we have heavy machinery that we have to bring in to the property where are we going to put that heavy machinery? How are we going to get it to the property? How are we going to safely get it off the property? Is there any unique features of this property? Are the retaining walls or the swimming pools? Is there a Jacuzzi? Is there a buried septic tank? All that has to be diagrammed out. There's a load of pictures that are taken ahead of time and then we're going to go through an asbestos process where we bring in a certified asbestos consultant that comes in and surveys the property. And then we have to do an abatement of just the asbestos materials on that property. First, we're going to bring in an arborist that looks at all the associated trees on the property. They're deemed as hazardous. We'll cut them down and we'll put them into the Greenway stream. You do also have concrete and metals that we wash on site as we collect them from a from a from a house. So in the Palisades fire area, as an example to Mexico Canyon Road, the city of Los Angeles was incredibly gracious. Early in this process, we identified that as just a vital stretch of a artery coming right out of the Palisades by which we have set up now, which is essentially a recycling facility there, that where we consulted date both concrete's and metals. So we have a concrete crushing plant there. We have a metal baler there. So we're we're washing both of those materials. We crushed the concrete, we bale the metal. And then we're able to keep a lot of trucks off the road because that decreases the amount of volume per truck and then both the crushed aggregate or the rock, the concrete is now an aggregate that you can use in the construction supply system here in Southern California. It goes right back into the supply system. Same thing with the metals, goes to a metal recycling facility. There's several of them here in the Los Angeles area that we utilize. And so those that methodology that I just described in that process has been refined really over the last 20 years, refined over several wildfires here in California. On on in Hawaii, on the island of Maui. And it's really coming from a couple of decades of lessons learned on how to best collect this material transport sort the material, and then ultimately dispose the material in accordance with California regulations. So that's how it is done. Do you have a deadline? How long are you going to be here? So the president gave us a deadline of January of 26, which is again unprecedented for this kind of this expansive of a disaster in terms of the response rate and then the totality of our response. It's certainly the fastest one that we're going to experience in the Corps of Engineers. We will be here for 2025 and we'll be complete by January 26, but it won't look like the problem is still there, largely by summertime. Start your building permits now. Start, start, start with your architectural designs. Now start selecting your builders now if you so choose, and you can simultaneously as we're working debris removal, start the process towards the rebuild. So I have no doubt that there's going to be construction in the Palisades or in Malibu while we're still removing debris. Are there properties that are not eligible for your corps to come in and deal with? Yes. So I would encourage folks that if you have had destroyed structures on your property, absolutely. Submit an roae to the county, to L.A. County public Works, the eligibility determination is an evolving definition. As it stands now, you need to have a destroyed structure, private property. So this is the private property debris removal program. So it's private property that we are performing this mission on. In some cases, schools as we perform those, the Library and Pacific Palisades, we're going to do here very, very shortly. So additional properties can be added later at the discretion between the state of California and FEMA. And given to the Corps for execution. But for right now, it's just private property, destroyed structures. You've been doing this for decades. What did this particular project teach you? What have you learned ? Because this has this been work as usual or is this been an Orthodox enough that you have taken lessons from this that you will use in the remainder of your work across the world? Well that's an excellent question. I think for me personally, I've spent a lot of time overseas in many times. The Army, when we're overseas, we certainly always we always work with partners. But things tend to be a little bit easier because you don't necessarily need to build consensus for the different problem sets that we have overseas. We can we can drive a solution and maybe not have to rely so much on partnerships. When you come to a community in the United States, for the most part, I'm not from I'm not from Southern California. Most of our employees are not from some of the California that are working here. So we are we are strangers. We are guests of Southern California. So if you don't make those partnerships, if you don't understand how the community works and build those strong relationships, you absolutely cannot accomplish this mission. And I will say and I could go through a litany of different organizations, governmental agencies here in Southern California, but they have been without without an exception, very accommodating and very understanding of the governor's order to expedite everything. And they've been fantastic. That's at the local level, state level, and certainly our federal partners that are involved in this as well. And I think that the partnership pieces of this is key. And I will say and that's why coming on shows like this is critically important for us the most important partner is the affected communities. I mean, it really is. We cannot perform our mission without communicating with with those homeowners that lost their homes and those communities because it's those informal leaders and homeowners associations and churches that have that have their members in the community. We reach them. We're able to communicate to them, answer their questions directly, get out there in the field. I think that's what moves us along faster because then people feel comfortable making an election to go with the federal government or not go with the Corps of Engineers or not. What's the best website for people to reach out? It's Recovery dot LA County dot gov. This has been literally fascinating. Incredibly informative and I so appreciate your time. Thank you so much, Colonel Sasser, for being with us today. Thank you for having me. And that's a wrap on this. L.A. Currents. I am so excited to be here today. My name is Nithya Raman. I'm the council member for the fourth District, which is where you're at Griffith Park is my pride and joy. And I love being here. I don't live that far from here. I have the privilege of not living that far from here and coming to Independence, Shakespeare for Performances has been a really special thing for my family and me over the past few years. For us to be able to enjoy art in this miraculous work of art is really, really special. So thank you all so much for being here. There's so many people here. I know you're all as excited as I am about today. I want to just say that we are here today after a. 13 year journey. Is that right? 2011, yes. So 14 years, 14 year journey. A 14 year journey. Wow. So sorry. On behalf of the city of Los Angeles. But you know what? We're here today. We are here today. And that is all that matters. And we will do better. I promise you that. I want to recognize Bridgett Laban, who is in the audience. Where are you, Brigid? Where's Brigid. Tom LaBonge, Brigid's husband kicked us off on this process, so it's very meaningful to me to have Brigid here today bringing some of that. LaBonge Love into this space. I'm really, really happy to see you here. I'm also really excited to see so many people from our Griffith Park community . Griffith Park is cared for not just by our rec and park staff, and we have Brenda here from Rec and Parks. We have Tracy James here from Rec and Parks, Stephanie Stephanie Stephanie Smith, who is not here today, but we have so many people from the city of Los Angeles who care for this. We have our Rangers. We have our Rec and parks maintenance staff, and they help us care for this space. Let's give them a huge round of applause. But Griffith Park wouldn't be the space that it is without so many of our community members who give of their times to care for this space because they know how special this space is. The Griffith Park Advisory Board, we have members here. From there we have members from friends of Griffith Park. We have representatives here from the Los Feliz Improvement Association. We have members here from the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council. And these are all people who have held our feet to the fire, even as it has moved so slowly to move us forward to this day. So I want to thank all of them because they are part of the community that's shaped this space. And I want to thank them for their volunteerism, for giving of themselves to Los Angeles and to this beautiful resource that we have. I am I bring you regards from the mayor's office. Unfortunately, they weren't able to be here. But I know the mayor herself feels loves this park and is delighted about today's groundbreaking. So I wanted to just share that she sends her love as well. And Deputy Mayor Jacqueline Hamilton has been a partner as long as this mayoral administration has been there moving this along step by step. So thank them. Let's give them a huge round of applause. Even in a tough budget year, they're not going to stop supporting Griffith Park and everything in it. We're not going to let them . And I wanted to just thank all of you, the community that's out here today. Look at all these kids. Hi, kids. Thank all of you for being out here because Art in this park, art history in this park is a special thing. And you all have made it possible for so many years for this to be a secret pleasure here in Griffith Park. Not so secret, but a pleasure within Griffith Park that has sustained and now with this investment in the Performing Arts Center, we are going to give it the grandeur and the space that it really deserves. So thank you all for being out here. And I want to turn it over to you. Thank you so much, Councilmember. Let's give it up for our Councilmember, Nithya Raman and the CD four team. Thank you all so much. It really has been quite a journey. My name is Brenda Aguirre. I am the assistant general manager that oversees the special operations branch that has the privilege of encompassing Griffith Park. So for me personally, I am so excited to be here because when I first started my career with the city, this was one of the first projects that I started to work on back in 2011 when I was overseeing in Griffith. So to stand here today before I retire , you know, I was starting to wonder after a little while how long it was going to take. There was quite a few challenges. Not all of them were bureaucracy. But we're here and that's the important part, really. This project to me represents tenacity. It is the tenacity of the people that you see behind you. Because as as our council member said, Tom started this out, you know, moons and moons ago in 2011, it was a vision that he had for this area of the park that needed to be activated. We wanted to make sure the community enjoys all of Griffith and that was something that Tom was about. He wanted to make sure that people understood the gem that they had here in this park. He was here every day . Every single day we would see him hiking. You in the hills. He would, you know, always reach out to our maintenance staff and let them know what he saw, what he'd like to see, more of in the park or who he met that day. So this is a project that is as much for him as it is as for the community. So thank you. Thank you. To Tom LaBonge. Thank you to the council member. A few other people we wanted to recognize today, obviously, the council members did a great job already of mentioning a few. But right over here, gentleman in the White are in Galveston. This is our architect that has been helping to get this project moving forward. So thank you, Orrin. We hope that you bring us to the finish line. Orrin is part of our planning team. It's a small but mighty group that has to do parks all across the city. And it's always a challenge. So we really appreciate the work that they do . The park maintenance team as well and the team here at Griffith. One of the other things, one of the other stories that I wanted to share with you was how we came into contact with this couple that you see behind us. So again, dating back to when I was here in Griffith on, I kept hearing about this wonderful group called the Independent Shakespeare Company and then one day they showed up on our doorstep and they said, we have a problem. We are over at Barnsdall Art Park, which is not that far from here. It's just back in Hollywood. It's home to the Hollyhock House and a few other amenities and he said, It's a great park, it's a beautiful location. We love it, but we just don't fit there anymore. There's just not enough room, you know? Would you all be interested in allowing us to come to Griffith to share in the cultural enrichment that is Shakespeare? And that's how we brought that Shakespeare festival here was partnering with the Independent Shakespeare Company. And I have the pleasure of introducing them today. And really, I think there's probably nobody else that's more excited about this than the Independent Shakespeare Company and the community. But it is a stage, so I'm very pleased to introduce David and his lovely wife, Melissa. This is all right. We've we've prepared a little Shakespeare for you. But when we first started here in Griffith Park, we didn't have microphones . So we just used to yell. And I think we were known for a while. But in the offices of Shout Spear. So in the honor of going back to that tradition, we're going to give you some shout. Spear Now. And here's here's a line from every show we've produced. I like this place willingly could waste my time in it by the pricking of my bones. Something wicked this way. Come if I be waspish best beware my sting Alas, poor Yorick He was my friend Horatio. Oh oh, oh, my kingdom for the horn How many good creatures are there? Here How could you choose? Mankind is all a brave new world that have such people in. I Love You With So much of my heart that none is left to protest. Oh I too. The world am like a drop of water that in the ocean seeks another drop. I love, I sue, I seek a wife Oh, beware my lord of jealousy It is the green eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on Oh, come be buried a second time Within these arms I had a rather hear my dog bark at a crow that a man swear he loves me the course of true love never did run smooth lord what fall these. Double double toil and trouble you fire, burn and cauldron bubble I have down a thousand dreadful things as willingly as one would kill a fly And nothing grieves me Heart indeed as I cannot do 10,000 more Boy, may you kill her Let him kill a lion with a pest So husband lamb kill a line with the pestle. I have no reason but a woman's reason I think him so because I think him so some arise by sin and some by virtue fall you know which he fool then a foolish wit All the worlds escape and the men and women are merely players. Why then the world? My oyster, which I with sword will open all is not gold thick glitter pleasure seems sweet but proves the glass of bitters. I am a great eater of beef I believe that does harm to my weight but for my own part it was Greek to me. Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good night till it be morrow. We are such stuff as dreams are made on hand in hand with fairy grace will we sing and bless this place? Exit pursued by a bear. But I have something prepared But Leonora and I were on the LV knock which is the local vol inter Neighborhood Oversight Committee. All of those years ago, when it started going through the process of approval and Leonora was pregnant with her child who is now in seventh grade. So Leonora has really seen this whole process through. So it's so special to have you here today that. Yes, thank you, Leonora. That was what you just heard was one line from every play independent Shakespeare Company has produced here in Griffith Park. During these teens, nine productions we performed for nearly 500,000 Angeleno shows. In the process, we provided $25 million of free theater to the city that we love . This crazy. We've met countless families during our pre-show workshops, supported organizations striving to make Los Angeles work for everybody who lives here, worked with for hundred and 20 theater makers, we've experienced thunderstorms , fires, coyotes on stage, marriage proposals. We've met at least one baby, born several years after one of those on stage marriage proposals. The sky is opened during a performance of the two gentlemen of Verona. And when the rain stopped, audience members used their picnic blankets and sweatshirts to help us dry the stage. And in fact, Scott, who's over there, was one of those people during the Mid-Show blackout at a midsummer Night's Dream. We were able to carry on in the light of 5500 iPhones that were raised as one we've seen a lot here. And along the way, it has become our home. Shakespeare wrote stories for everyone. He called his theater The Globe, because he envisaged a place where everyone would be represented. His plays the most produced in the world connect us in the moment and also across time. They remind us of the humanity we share, not just with our neighbors, who we sit next to on the grass as we take in the performance. But with all those who have enjoyed these stories before us and all those who will follow us, we're grateful to be part of the story of this beautiful spot. Nearly 7000 years ago, the Gabrielle Nino Tongva people were the first humans to call this place home for 27 years until 1848, where we are standing would have been called Mexico, and in 1896, this land was given to the city of Los Angeles by the fairly controversial Griffith J. Griffith and he said it must be a place of recreation for the masses, a resort for the rank and file for the plain people. We are proud to count ourselves among the plain people. And for 15 years, this spot has been a home for accessible Shakespeare , for stories that have helped create a more connected Los Angeles, and for many young people's first experience of live theater. I think we want to give a really special thanks to Tom. Tom LaBonge, the great the great Tom LaBonge. When we started, we were doing a production of Love's Labor's Lost, which is a play that doesn't get produced all that much. It's a great play. I don't know why it doesn't produce, but it's not done very often. It was 2011 and I sent an email to Tom seeing if we could get the bathrooms fixed. And I said, You should come and see what's happening. It's great. There's thousands of people turning up. And he turned out one night and he said, Oh my God, this is like going to a Dodger game. He said, Come and meet me in my office, we'll talk about the bathrooms. And we went into the office after the season was closed and he goes, Let's build a stage and here we are. And it's a great sadness that Tom couldn't be here today. And we all loved him and we love working with him. Other people that we should thank Joe Selassie's. Of course , Aaron Gillison and. And Tom Gibson, who's retired now, and our partners in this to begin with. And the people who said you should go and check out the old zoo with Symphony in the Glen. Who we partnered with on several concerts and it was wonderful working with Barbara Ferris and her wonderful late husband, the great maestro Arthur B Rubinstein and this was as much their dream as it is ours and Rex and Parks, of course, wonderful. Brenda Aguirre, Stephanie Smith, Tracy, James. And Nicole Rowbottom in the special Events Department. And of course, Councilman Nithya Rahman and all the wonderful people at CD four. We couldn't do this without you. Thanks for getting this over the finish line. And of course, to the many, many theater artists whose incredible commitment made this possible. Several costs worth are here today and certainly not least to the audience whose support and love keeps us going. Thank you so much, everyone. I think I speak for all of us that we're really proud to be theatre makers and make theater here in Los Angeles and here in Griffith Park. And we promise to do everything we can to live up to the extraordinary commitment that the stage represents. Thank you. Thank you so much to both of you and to everyone from the independent Shakespeare Company. Let's give them a huge round of applause to Leonora and others who've seen this project through for so long. I just wanted to share that my I have nine year old twins and they saw Shakespeare for the first time here at at your performance and now we read Shakespeare every night before bed thanks to their exposure here. And they love the language. They love the poetry. So it's real what this production does for educating people about art. And I also just want to say before we move over to do the groundbreaking thing, you know, I think the whether echoes, I think a little bit of a bleak moment that we're here in in Los Angeles between the fires, our budget woes, the disappearance of entertainment industry jobs. It feels like there's something heavy here in L.A. right now. But this moment, this production in this investment, I think is a sign that Los Angeles does not give up on beauty. It does not give up on art. It does not give up on a brighter, more beautiful future here in this city. And we are all here affirming that future. Thank you all so much. And let's let's break this ground. Three one. Hello, everyone. I'm Natalia Bilbao. And here's what's happening in LA this week. Mayor Karen Bass leads Shine L.A, a new initiative to clean the city for world visitors. Coming our way, rain or shine. This will be an ongoing program to prepare city neighborhoods for the world stage. So today is shine La, which is a collaboration with the mayor and the Board of Public Works. And we are going to be going across the city of Los Angeles to beautify and clean up our city. But this morning we are starting in Hollywood, right in the heart of District 13. This is a great day in LA. Now it's supposed to be shine LA would be helpful if the sun came out and shined a little bit on us, but it doesn't matter because we're going to get the job done. Rain or shine. Today we brought a whole lot of volunteers in the Hollywood area . The part of Mayor Bass's La Shine. We had a bit of rain, but we still the volunteers went out, cleaned a whole lot of trash and debris from the streets around the Hollywood area. I'm an L.A. native and I just wanted to give back to the community. And we're here. Rain or shine, helping out. I think giving back is super important. The community of LA is a strong and resilient community and something I'm proud to be a part of and a recent part of and seeing everybody out here, even in the rain, was is super inspiring. It's just necessary to always be helping out the community, see where you see it fit, picking up the trash on the sides, saying hello to your friendly neighbor. Everyone had beautiful energy. It was just very inviting. So it was nice. Civic engagement is about being constant and persistent, and so this is an example of what we could be doing every single weekend or every single day in the city. And so hopefully we inspire a lot of folks to be and be involved in the political process, be involved with their city. The great thing about Shine L.A. is community resident . It's coming together. Community organization. These are businesses who are all excited and willing and ready to get L.A. together to welcome the world. The Los Angeles Police Department has issued a warning about a spate of jewelry thefts with distinct methods the thieves are using distract and techniques to steal personal jewelry. Take a look. Los Angeles police departments warning the public about a series of thefts and robberies that share some distinct and concerning commonalities. So today's press conference was really to bring awareness to distraction theft from person. This is a type of theft where we have individuals approaching mostly our elderly community who might be out walking a dog or just taking a leisurely walk, trying to show them jewelry and removing their valuable jewelry off of them, leaving behind fake jewelry. We have approximately an excess of 140 reports just in the Los Angeles Police Department that we become aware of and approximately 86 here in the San Fernando Valley between the seven divisions that make up what we call Operation Valley Bureau. Pay attention to your surroundings. Look out for individuals or vehicles that may be following you. Avoid engaging with strangers who approach you in a vehicle or on foot. So the press conference was one to bring awareness and to give some safety tips for our community. We know that men and women are working together. They may approach them in a vehicle and try to have them come over and lean in the car to give them direction, guns, or approach them on the sidewalk and engage them in conversation or in some cases, prayer, and get very close to them to where they can touch them. Our elderly population, a lot of times might be targeted because they are from a generation of trust and they're in their neighborhood and they feel secure. We're looking for any victims. We need to know because that will help us identify these suspects, but also to keep our community safe after city, trees were chopped down in an act of vandalism, community groups mobilized concerns for residents business and the environment propel them to act and quickly secure replacement trees. Over the weekend, downtown L.A. suffered from an unconscionable act of vandalism. When someone cut down several trees in the public right of way. For many of our downtown L.A. residents, the public right away is their front yard. It is their backyard. So the loss of these trees is personal. I moved here about 20 years ago under the live work in downtown L.A. So I'm very invested here. And like Councilwoman said, this is our backyard. And to have someone come and try to undo the progress that we have done is just infuriating. Our downtown LA stakeholders notified us about what was happening in our district and our city family got quick to work. The Urban Forestry Division quickly cleaned the sites and the Bureau of Street Services started looking for replacement options . And LAPD caught the perpetrator. But today, I'm pleased to announce that the Bureau of Street Services has committed to replacing the cut down trees. Thanks to the generosity of various community organizations and community members that have reached out, we're replacing the trees 2 to 1 . We really want to thank the residents of downtown L.A. for being our eyes and ears and letting us know what happened. And we encourage you to continue to do that report kind of tree violations through our mail, a311 service request. Well, downtown is and. Well. We want you to come downtown. It's very opening, very welcoming, very inclusive live. And we're going to continue to and we're going to have our trees restored. So It won't feel like a heat desert . You know, we will have the benefits of having mature trees. And so I'm excited about that. And thanks the councilwoman for that. In honor of Earth Day, Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez worked with the Office of Community Beautification and the L.A. City Department of Transportation Action to enable a cleaner, greener and safer Pacoima. To Today, we're here at Pacoima City Hall celebrating Earth Day because it's incredibly important that we collaborate with our community to help rebuild our tree canopy. We're giving away 100 free trees in partnership with the LA Beautification Team. So today we are here with the city council office. We're here to give free trees away for those people with homes. They will be able to plant those trees in their yard. So they can provide shade for them in the future. We're in a really hot area here. It's the valley. So it gets pretty hot. And obviously these trees will help shade your home and save yourself some electricity. I did get an amazing pink tree and from the people were here helping me out like today. They told me it was a highly recommended tree. So I'm just hoping it blossoms and looks beautiful during the summer. Hey, guys, go get a tree. Today, we're also featuring our new dash bus, which is going to be put into operation here in Pacoima. What's important about a dash system is that it's a hyperlocal solution for transportation needs, that the community desperately needs, because so often our public transit doesn't also meet the that are most often frequented by our community members. The stops were informed by the community and this is a fully electric system. It's affordable, it's clean, and it's hyperlocal. And I'm proud that this is going to be the second dash bus system I've introduced to the district since I've been in office. We're so excited to be here and offer this amazing resources to the community. We're here with Metro the Life Program, as well as Leader Dash . So the Dash has a services right now, especially with the life program. They give you 90 Days Unlimited on the bus and 20 free rides every month for life . So the dash is very good to get it right now, especially because we don't want people driving as many cars right now, especially with everything polluting the air. So it's very good to take the dash. It's incredible important for our community to be part of how we green and maintain our communities. This is not something that the city of Los Angeles ever be able to accomplish alone, and that's why together we need to exercise how going to make our communities greener, cleaner and safer for all Angelenos Angelenos. Appreciate the planet can start at a local park. Council President Marquis Harris-Dawson was at Harvard Park to celebrate Earth Day and plant the idea of greater community engagement year round. We are here at Beautiful Harvard Park to celebrate the seeds of unity, which marks Earth Day here in Los Angeles and around the world . This is the second year in a row that scope has stepped up to sponsor this event. It's a big deal to us. We want organizations to come populate the invite the neighborhood in. Can do some education, some resources and a whole lot of fun. And that's what's happening here today at Harvard Park. The point of coming together in this community is to celebrate our work and our advocacy for environmental justice here in South L.A. The reason we do that is because we are disproportionately affected by the environmental injustices that that plague this community . The Earth is our home. And to the young people, I would just say anything that you can do to clean your home, to for your home, it takes nothing to do. So you can start by cleaning up and your neighborhood. You can start by organizing in your neighborhood, come down to scope, communicate with your city council president Marquis Harris-Dawson. Let him what's important to you and how you want to show up here for your community and for your earth. These events are so important to our public safety. Getting people in the park doing everyday things, having visibility, connecting with their neighbors. That is really to me root of safety. And that's the public part of public safety. In addition to what we're doing for the environment, in addition to what we're doing for young people, addition to what we're doing for health and physical activity and all the resources that are being given out. The city of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department has opened applications for its 2025 camp Ready LA program, now in its third year. The program is for late high school early college students who are interested in city service and first response or who've been impacted by a disaster camp. Participants will learn practical skills for many types of emergencies over the four day program taking place from July 22nd to July 25th at LA City's Emergency Operations Center, participants will build connections with other campers and emergency management experts while developing their own community leadership skills. Young Angelenos age 18 to 24 can apply for the 2025 Camp Ready LA program beginning May 1st. For more information, visit emergency LA City Gov Forward slash ready la the los Angeles Police Department Commercial Crimes Division announced the arrest of two people and the recovery of dollars worth of goods by the cargo theft unit at storage unit facilities in the San Fernando Valley. Detectives recovered over $1.2 million in stolen goods, which included tequila, speakers, clothing and pet food. A stolen shipment of Bitcoin mining computers valued at $2.7 million was recovered at Los Angeles International Airport, just as the computers were about to be loaded onto a flight to Hong Kong. The two arrests followed an extensive investing mission in collaboration with Los Angeles Port Police, Union Pacific Police and the Los Angeles World Airport Police. For more information, visit LAPD online .org. Los Angeles Airports Law has recognized as the winners of the 2024 friendly High Flyer Award program at Van Nuys Airport. The Friendly Flyer Award program was established in 2012 and is part of Van Nuys Airport's overall outreach and sustainability efforts. Award winners must have no violation of laws. Noise abatement and curfew regulation and be in observance of the quieter nights program, avoiding flights between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Among the 26 award winners for 2024 are 22. Repeat winners and 4/1 time winners, including 80 jet emcee Group CVS and Ventura Air Services. According to LAWA, the Friendly Flyer Award winners reduced their nighttime jet operations by 21% year over year, benefiting the surrounding communities. For more information, visit La Dawg Forward. News Releases. Picture this. The historic part of downtown town. On a Saturday, the streets are crowded with long lines of people and animals to dog dogs, cats, birds and iguanas. It can only be the blessing of the animals we are at a walk out in Los Angeles on Olvera Street celebrating the blessing of the animals. If every Saturday, right before Easter, it's such a beautiful day for all the families to come together. This is my first time doing this at El Pueblo. I've never seen so many animals, dogs , cats, doves, turtles. It's not only imperative that we take care of our constituents and our human beings, but also our four legged loved ones and our reptiles. This tradition goes back to the early founding of Los Angeles. That's when a lot of the farmers here in and around Los Angeles in the 18th and 19th century would have their cattle blessed by the church here, by the Plaza Church . So in the 1930s, the Olvera Street merchants resurrected this tradition. But instead of cattle and cows now we have, our beloved dogs and cats and all the animals that we cherish every day. So this is a free and open event available to everybody of all faiths and backgrounds. But we have the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese that blesses the animals here. And so we have all kinds of animals don't really discriminate against any animals, so long as you love that animal and you bring it with you. It deserves a blessing, just like everybody else. And usually the animals are always well-behaved. You know, I think they know that this is important holy day for them. So they all are kind of in their Sunday best well dressed and they're here to really receive a blessing to hopefully have a good year for them. What's also really touching is that people also bring photos of their deceased animals and they also bring ashes of their animals. So again, this is all inclusive and all encompassing as possible in celebration of our animal friends. But today we have represented the zoo. Obviously, lots of animals at the zoo need blessings. We also have the Department of Animal Services. Animal Services is in charge of assuring safety and helping animals find homes. And we're offering free microchipping today. We saw during the fires that animals can get separate from their families and without a microchip, we don't know how to get them back because can't tell us. So it's absolutely critical . People microchip their animals and register the chip so that we know how to reunite you with your family member. Our Pope Francis says that we remain in hope, even though that our challenge is in our society. Hope And unity. And that respect for that creation make us to forward. We respect this beautiful tradition and we take the opportunity to be in contact with all the families and feel that also that the family have respect for animals is what God says. Jesus loves his little children, and it means to me that means my birds and they get blessed every year. I feel that they have accomplished one of the biggest events of the year and it's amazing. So if you haven't done it this year. I recommend that you come next year and bring your animals. Move your feet to a beat that probably comes from the Congo. You might not know that's where it hails from, but you can hear more at Congo Sonic, which is part of the African American Composer series. Today we are opening the exhibition Congo Sonic Band to Beat Across the Americas. It's our 17th annual African American Composers Series. And this is such an important time to do that as black composers get shut down throughout the nation, we are excited to keep featuring African American composers here . This year we decided to focus how important the democratic Republic of Congo and Greater Congo and the Bantu expansion have been to the music that we listen to. We dance too. We feel and we live with day in the American. Say, young man, I love Burna Boy wanna I bucket that that this I Calcutta come right now cut to yellow level you just try to tell American like African music is no we don't sing just because we love to sing all African music is like a story. So when I'm singing something is some story. I'm just a little bit excited and I just call all American people who love culture, love knowing the culture they can come and it's going to be okay for everybody I have been collecting African and Latin music for about 20 or 25 years. I donated some of the album covers and information for today's exhibit honoring the legacy of African American composers that have been such a huge influence. And part of all of the music on these records here and part of the music that I love with you guys to DJ and I think I like doing it because I like to experience the music with the people. Music has always been a strong influence and important aspect of my life. It keeps me motivated, it keeps me happy, and I like to share that experience with people. And I also like to take people on a journey with the music that I play. You know, I want to be part of this conversation to address the issues going on in the Congo and how their music has influenced different types of music throughout the world. But the country of Congo is giving to America a lot of roots. Its roots are here. The diaspora of African music, African culture, African, all of it which is intertwined, has become a big part of Latin America, of the United States. And often it's been marginalized, often it's been erased of that history. And having shows like this and having to be able to connect it to the current music or music in the past century allows folks in our community and abroad to be able to see and make those connections to center to the influences that the Congo and Africa indigenous people from around the world have had in making music today. While it's small in size, Westlake Park has substantial. Now that spring is here, the recently renovated hope and Peace Park hosted a bustling community celebration. Today we're here and hope and Peace Park in the Westlake neighborhood having our spring celebration with some of our partners such as Levitt, Ella and the Love versus Hate Campaign to come. Give some resources and some good times to our community for the spring and Easter. So today we are helping council District one with their spring egg hunt events. They went ahead and invited all our local organizations and partnerships to bring this beautiful event to our newly renovated Hope and Peace Park with our new playground. We had an egg hunt tacos that were graciously sponsored by Healing Urban Barrios. We have La Commons here doing an arts and crafts project and other community members and organizations. With gusto. I mean, that was going to be I. We're very fortunate today to have this beautiful weather where families were able to come and enjoy the sunshine, hang out on the grass, picnic with us and just enjoy our springtime activities. So hope and peace Park is the front yard and backyard for many of our community members. This is one of the densest areas of the county and the city of LA. It's important that we have these opportunities for our families, especially the ones that rely so much on our greenspace, our public on green space for activities for their families. In this week's feature story, Carolyn Hall is the general manager of the city's economy and Workforce Development Department. She tells our and police about job supports, business training and the matching services. The Department supplies across the city. Joining US today we welcome Carolyn Hull. She is the general manager of the Economic and Workforce Development Department or the whD. We're so glad to have you with us, Carolyn. It's great to be here. Thank you for inviting me. Yes, glad to have you. Give us an overview of what the whd does. The Economic and Workforce Development Department develops, delivers and promotes programs and initiatives that support small businesses, that support youth development. But we also have a real estate division that actually activates underutilized land so that we can provide revenue to the general fund. And we have a nationally recognized workforce development division that provides job training. We provide access to capital, we support incubators because really our goal is to provide the residents with an opportunity to have a sustainable and living wage. Talk a little bit more about the center. What exactly is that? The workforce center. It's a matching service for job seekers and employers. If you're a job seeker, you can go into one of our 17 workforce centers and you can get assistance where you're building your resumé, get assistance, doing mock interviews, job placement, understanding what training you're going to need. And it's all free. And if you're an employer and you're seeking employees, you can come to the workforce center and talk about the skills that you're looking for. And if skill set is not easily attainable, we can work with the job seekers and actually subsidize their training. Let's talk a little bit about the Jedi Zone. First of all, terrific name. So clever Jedi stands for jobs and economic Development Incentive Zone, correct? That's right. That's correct. I had to I had to check my work. What what? What happens in what is a Jedi zone? What happens there? What we found is that so many of our main streets are so vital to what makes la la for all of us. And so many of those main streets and communities need support for their small businesses. So what we did is we looked at communities and areas that were underserved were a challenge with high vacancy rates for their stores and quite frankly, just needed a refurbishment and revitalization. So instead of looking at the city as a whole, what we did is try to concentrate resources into those areas that so that they'd be it'd be most impactful. Okay Let's talk a little bit about the youth and adult job fairs. We are gearing up for our summer youth employment right now. And during the summer months, those are the big months for when we try to get our youth employed and into internships. I would encourage our youth to go to our social media page and to keep on the events that we are we are hosting. This is job fair season. So please stay connected with us on social media. When someone plans on going to a job fair, especially a young adult who may not have a lot of guidance in their life, should they go prepared to do an interview on the spot? They should. They should prepared to be interviewed on the spot. We try to make it as easygoing as possible so they shouldn't worry about going and buying a suit. Just come with you are exact. I love it. OC Any other partnerships and collaborations with WWD that you guys have over there that you that you'd like to speak more about? Well, WWD is working really closely with the mayor's office to develop strategies around the next five years of our workforce system. And looking at those industry skills that are going to be the job for the next 20, 25 years. Stay tuned. You guys are on Instagram. You're on Twitter, you're on LinkedIn. All the information that anybody could need about the services you folks offer over there, is there? Absolutely. LA City's Department of Recreation and Parks invites you to a nature hike with their urban ecologist through Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park urban ecologist Ryan Kinzel will be guiding participants through the unique habitat of this harbor City Park. The park's Mercado Lake is part of Socal's natural water habitat and home to over 300 species of migratory birds. Enjoy the sights and sounds of native animals and plants at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park, where comfortable shoes and bring water for this nature hike with urban ecologists on Saturday, May 10th at 8:00 pm. Learn more under the events tab at LA Parks org Saturday May 10th is board game day at the Downtown Central Library. Bring your favorite board game and connect with community members at this monthly meetup, which welcomes new and experienced players. Don't worry if you don't have a game, join a gaming group as it forms or borrow a game from the library's welcome table in the rotunda. Whether you bluff, strategize or simply want to roll the dice, join LA's Public Library at the Central Library for board game day on Saturday, May ten at 12 p.m. Learn more at Lapel Dawg Forward Events. Mother's Day is coming and Green Meadows Recreation Center presents its Mother's Day brunch on Saturday, May, May 10th. L.A. City's Department of Recreation and Parks and Council Member current price are making sure that moms get the honors they deserve at this annual community luncheon. The event will have music, food, entertainment, and an opportunity to celebrate and thank moms and mother figures. The Green Meadows Mother's Day Brunch takes place on Saturday, May ten, beginning at 10 a.m. For more information. See the calendar at nine L.A. City Govt . 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 in L.A. this week. Thank you so much for joining us remember that you can watch us online anytime and La Citywalk and we're also on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. See you next time for more la Izzy. Good morning, commissioners. Chief McDonnell, Executive Director Sibley. Madam Secretary , Inspector General Matthew Barragan, Mr. City Attorney Carlos de la Guerra and members of the public today as Tuesday, May six, 2025. It is 9:30 a.m. This is a regular meeting of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners. Madam Secretary, please call the roll. Good morning. Please let the record reflect that. Commissioners. Suthers, Sheila Colon. Chuy Garcia Sanchez, Gordon are present and we have a quorum. Mr. President, thank you. We welcome everyone attending this morning. 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Here are the presentations, dialogue in real time and provide feedback via the public comment period. During these meetings, there's a need for the board to out public business expeditiously, without delays or disruptions. Members of the audience shall not engage in any conduct which caused an actual disruption of the meeting. Those attending in person are reminded that disruptive behavior will cause for removal. If you disrupt this meeting, you will be provided with only one one to cease, disrupt or behavior. If you fail to see such behavior, you will be removed from the meeting. All attendees must be seated. Failure to follow this rule will result in a warning and or removal from the meeting . At this time we move to item number one, the report of the chief of Police Chief McDonald. Good morning. Morning President Suthers, Vice President Shields, Commissioners. Inspector General Barragan, City Attorney, Delegate and Mr. Sibley. Today I'll discuss significant events from the previous two weeks providing a crime and discussing our personnel strength. This law Enforcement Appreciation Month, as we move into May, I want to take a moment to recognize this month as set aside excuse me as law enforcement appreciation month a time to reflect on the service and sacrifice of officers across the country. The week of May 15th is known as National Police Week, and May 15th itself is Peace Officer Memorial, a day when the nation pauses to honor those who died in the line of duty. It's a time for all of us, not just in law enforcement, but as a community, to remember the men and women who never came home. This past weekend, I traveled to Sacramento for the California Peace Officers Memorial. It's a powerful experience to stand alongside the families and partners of those We've Lost, whose pain is lifelong. It's a reminder of the lasting impact of each of those officers had. Next week, I'll be in Washington, D.C. for National Police Week, joining officers and families from across the country to pay tribute together. And on May 22nd, we'll hold our own LAPD police memorial ceremony here at home. It's our way of honoring the 239 members of this department who died in the line of duty. It's one of our most important traditions as we keep honoring the fallen. I want to also recognize that May is Asian, American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This is an opportunity for our department to honor the contributions and rich cultural history of our AAPI personnel and the communities that we serve. If you visited our headquarters recently, you may have seen banners proudly displayed highlighting members of our department who represent the AAPI heritage. Displays are just one way of recognizing and celebrating diversity within our ranks. Throughout May, we'll be honoring AAPI Heritage Month with different events across the department. Officer involved shooting in Southeast on April 23rd, approximately 2 p.m. Southeast Patrol Division uniformed officers were conducting extra patrol in the area of West 113th Street and Compton Avenue when they observed a known suspect wanted for child abduction. The suspect identified identified as Ousmane Briseno, was to carry firearms. Officers attempted a traffic stop on Bruno's vehicle. However he suddenly fled at a high rate of speed. A short vehicle pursuit ensued, terminating on East 105 freeway onramp at Central Avenue. Bersin exited his vehicle, holding a red, gray backpack. Officers gave repeated commands to Basilio not to reach inside the backpack, which he ignored. Rosenthal led officers on a foot pursuit running west towards Central Avenue as he reached Central Avenue, Fresno suddenly stopped faced in pursuing officer reached inside the backpack, resulting in an officer involved shooting. Briseno was struck by struck by gunfire and fell to the pavement where he was taken into custody without further incident. Virginia was then to a local hospital where received treatment for multiple gunshot wounds to his torso and left arm. Virginia was absent, booked for an unrelated 245 APC or assault with a deadly weapon, a firearm crime report and other outstanding felony warrants. No Officers or community members were injured during this incident. No firearms were located at scene. Fresno's red and gray backpack was recovered and booked as evidence force investigation division investigators responded to the scene and are investigating the incident on May 3rd. About nine in the morning, southeast Patrol Division uniformed officers responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon. Domestic violence in progress at 929 East 118th Street or drive. Additional information indicated suspect later identified as Shamar Bennett was armed with a gun and possibly seeking suicide by police. While officers were at scene, screams could be heard coming from the inside. The resident. Officers made entry into the house and encountered Bennett armed with a rifle and an officer involved. Shooting occurred. Bennett was struck by gunfire and subsequently into custody without further incident . During this incident, officers were able to safely remove four additional people from inside the residence. Then it was transported to a local hospital where receive treatment a gunshot wound to his lower right leg. Then it was absent. Booked for two 73.5 CPL injury on a spouse or cohabitate. No officers or. Community members were injured as a result of this incident. A female was treated at scene by Los Angeles Fire Department personnel for injuries sustained during the domestic violence incident. The rifle Bennett was armed with was found to be a co two powered AR style pistol which was recovered from the scene and booked as evidence. The weapon was fully automatic and capable of firing metallic rounds. Force investigation. Investigators responded to the scene and are investigating the incident overall. Year to date, we've had 13 officer involved shootings to 12 at this time last year, which an increase of 8.3. We had a homicide in Van Nuys on April 26th, just after 230 in the afternoon. Van Nuys Division officers responded to a welfare check at 12629 Riverside Drive after a reported not hearing from a resident in several days. With the help of building management, officers entered the apartment and found the resident deceased inside. Based on what was found at the scene, it was clear that this was likely a homicide. Our Valley Bureau Homicide detectives were called in immediately and over the investigation. They were actively pursuing several leads and were currently searching for a person of interest. Photos of that individual have been released to the public, and we're asking anyone with information to come forward. As part of the investigation, we learned that Van Nuys officers had responded to the same location twice in the days leading up to the discovery. On April 23rd, around 50 AM officers responded to a radio call over an assault with a deadly in progress. They did not hear or see any signs of a disturbance, weren't able to make contact with anyone inside. So the officers cleared from the location. Then On April 25th, officers responded to separate call regarding a possible trespass, a vacant unit next door. Manager And again, provided access at. This time, officers discovered signs that someone had the unit by breaking through a skylight from the roof. They processed the scene, collected DNA evidence, and completed a trespass report. Given the circumstances that an administrative investigation has been opened to evaluate the handling of the initial call for service on April 23rd, this one is homicide in Topanga. On April 26th, about 1:01 a.m. Topanga, officers respond to a battery in progress radio call it a residence on Dela Rosa Street. The caller had reported an unknown suspect assaulting husband, but the line disconnected the call. Communications Division attempted several callbacks, but the calls went to voicemail. The original call included no information about weapons or medical needs. When officers arrived at the location, there was obvious signs of a disturbance. No one answered the door or call back and no additional information was available. Communications Division. Officers cleared the scene later that morning. 6:45 a.m. A second call was generated at the same location, this time for a death investigation. Topanga officers and LAFD responded and discovered a male victim, deceased, inside the residence. Our operations valley bureau homicide detectives responded, began their investigation to detectives, learn that the victim had gotten into a dispute with a known suspect that suspect along with two other men, arrived at the victim's home during the night. They assaulted and robbed both the victim and his wife. Tragically, the assault resulted in the victim's death. An administrative investigation underway to assess the response to the initial radio call earlier that morning as well. Detectives from OVP Homicide worked quickly and closely with federal law enforcement, and thanks to their coordinated efforts, three suspects were taken into custody, the same day. A search of the vehicle and a motel room connected. The suspects resulted in the recovery of key evidence and contraband. The case was presented to the district attorney's office and all three suspects have been charged murder, robbery and burglary. There was early speculation in the media that this homicide, along with the recent Van Nuys case, may have been connected and potentially motivate it by the victim's ethnicity or religion. However, investigations determined the two incidents are not related and there is no indication at this time that either crime was by the victim's religion, ethnicity, national origin. An update on the major theft task. The South American Theft Group. Their activity, the major theft task force continues to focus on organized burglary crews, particularly those associated with South America and theft groups. These groups are often transient, sophisticated and responsible for high value property crimes across jurisdictions. Over the last several weeks, the task force has been tracking a burglary crew believed to be responsible for two high profile residential burglaries in the North. Hollywood and Hollywood areas. On Monday, April 25th, the major theft task force working in coordination with LA Impact Observed members of the crew commit, another residential burglary in the Hollywood area. A short vehicle pursuit followed to suspects were taken into custody at the end of pursuit while a third suspect fled on foot and remains outstanding. Both suspects were arrested and for residential burglary. The DA's office filed charges on both individuals remain in custody. One of the arrestees, Jose Suarez Contreras, is a repeat offender. He had been previously arrested in November 24, along with four other Chilean nationals in connection to similar crimes. As part of the ongoing investigation, the task force alongside the cargo theft unit and Valley Financial section, served a search warrant on April 30th as a residence in Lancaster where known to be associated with the South Theft Group crew. While no suspects were found on site, the landlord and current tenants confirmed that a group of Chilean nationals recently there but had been evicted for non-payment. On Thursday, May 1st, detectives monitoring a vehicle linked to another South American theft group suspect involved in a burglary in the Devon Shore area, observed the individual on foot and took him into custody without. The suspect identified as Jose Pinto Leyva was arrested and booked for burglary in Wilshire Division. A kidnap, robbery, arrest on April 21st, about 9:00 pm. The victim who was employed as an Uber Eats driver, was approached by a Hispanic near the intersection of Seventh Street and Western Ave, which is Olympic division. The suspect produced a semi-automatic handgun with, an extended magazine, and the victim. After robbing the victim of his personal property, the suspects placed a hood over victim's head and drove him around the city for approximate 4 hours. The suspect stopped at various ATM machines and forced the victim to withdraw cash during the incident, the suspect placed a gun to the victim's head and on multiple occasions threatened to kill the victim and his family. The suspect also several gunshots from his handgun firing into the air as he drove the victim around. During this incident, the suspect was involved in a vehicle pursuit with Olympic patrol officers which terminated in the area of Washington Boulevard. And Houser. The suspects fled foot and was able to escape the perimeter that had been established by patrol officers. Wilshire area robbery detectives. Investigative responsibility for the case and based on their investigation, including scene canvassing, victim and witness interviews and a review of related surveillance video footage. Detectives identified the suspect, obtained a warrant for his arrest. Will detectives enlisted the help of robbery homicide Division's special investigation section to locate and arrest the suspect on May 5th. Since detectives located the suspect at an apartment building at 130 93001 Street and following a brief standoff the suspect submitted to arrest and was taken into custody without incident. During a subsequent search of the apartment located two handguns, one of which matched the description of the gun used in the robbery. The suspect was booked for 209 PC kidnap for robbery. During four week period, April six through May 30, compared to previous four weeks. Overall combined persons and property crimes in the city of Los Angeles are down 10.3. Roughly 877 fewer crimes. This decline is largely driven by a 15% decrease in property crimes, which is a reduction of 1020 incidents. However we're seeing an 8.3% increase in personal crimes or 143 more incidents. Homicide Ads year to date are down significantly by 28.8% or 30 fewer victims compared to the same period in 2020. For victims shot citywide or down 13.6% year to date, or reduction of 50 victims from the same period in 2020 for aggravated assaults have increased 9.7% or 106 more crimes during the last four weeks. Newton West, LA 77, and Olympic areas all experienced notable spikes. There is no current crime trend or pattern related to the increases. Increases rose incidents rose by 7.3% or our 39 more incidents over the same period. Olympic And 77th had the most significant increases as nearly half of the robberies or hundred and 76 were strong armed robberies was up 8.2. Robberies involving firearms decreased slightly, 1.6. And no identify guide series or patterns at this time have been noted. Burglaries fell by 12.7% during the period, with all bureaus showing decreases. Residential Burglaries are down 7.7% from the previous four week period, and non-residential burglaries are down 16.2. Motor Vehicle thefts decreased by 8.2% or 132 less. Vehicles taken over that same four week period. Currently, our personal strength as of May 5th, we have 8738 sworn personnel. And 2675 civilian professional staff. Reserve Officer Complement at 360. And that completes my report. Mr. President. Thank you, Chief. And thank you for a number of incidents you've summarized here. Most importantly, the kidnap or robbery arrest and the investigative work that went into, the detectives arresting that suspect or the ubereats victim. I also want to commend the officers who responded to the Spartan active shooter incident last Friday. There were a number of agencies who rolled to that scene immediately. And despite the quick response, the suspect was able to evade the perimeter and because of the automated license plate recognition system, the city they were able to locate him downtown just minutes later and took him into custody without further incident. Again, thank you for acknowledging the National Police Week. And you went to Sacramento. I know you're going to go to D.C. Really appreciate that. And last but not least, I want to thank those 360 officers who work our reserves. They worked through over 50000 hours last week, last last year and responded to the wildfire as well as those 30 officers who participated in the security efforts for the Paris Olympics was quite impressive. And I'm really glad they were able to do that. And with that, I will defer to President Vice President Shields. Any further comments? Thank you. And thank you to you for that very thorough review, and thank you for acknowledging both Law Enforcement Appreciation Month and Asian Heritage Month. I had a question about the officer involved shooting at South East. Is there a co dog with that one or was were they informed? They were certainly informed, yeah. I will check the status and get back to you on where they are on. Okay. Thank you. They would generally respond for an incident like that. Yeah, that's what I thought. I just wanted to confirm was the case. Excuse me. Those in the back. Can you please be quiet during this? Thank you. With regards to the homicide in Van eyes. And I understand that an ongoing administrative investigation action occurring in connection with that. And I think with regards to the initial appearance by officers earlier a couple of days earlier and they didn't hear anything and so they left. How what is it, a proper response? Right. Because we want to make sure people aren't victims of like swatting. So how do try to balance like how do you distinguish a false call or someone that may need your help inside a premises? Yeah it's difficult. It's a judgment by the officers on scene. They'll try and get additional follow up from communications with callbacks. Whatever they can work to look at prior incidents that occurred at that location. And then they'll try and talk to people in the area neighbors if they can get them to see information they can pull together like you said, there's a sensitivity to not wanting kick a door or go into a place and potentially have it be a swatting type call. But at the same time, balance that with the need to ensure that nobody is inside and down. So yeah we're doing a pretty deep dive on that and I understand some of the residents at that apartment complex have security concerns, both regards to building management, things like that. Is there anything the city attorney's office or have you reached out to the city attorney's office to see if there's anything that they can do to make sure that complex is kept safe and that the landlords are doing what they should be doing to keep residents safe? Yeah, that would be the senior lead officers in the area would would coordinate that. They often work closely with the partners at the city attorney's office to look at potential for abatement or property type activity and I'm not sure exactly where they are on one, but we can check that as well. Wonderful. Thank you. And I wanted to just take a minute to both. Thank and your team for the presentation that you did before the budget and committee last week. I think it was important for you to advocate for all of the civilians in the department and indicate how important civilian staff is, both with regards to specialized positions and ones that cannot be backfilled by our sworn personnel and also the fact that you don't want sworn personnel backfilling administrative positions either. I think especially if you're trying to recruit people, they're not likely to sign up for a desk job if that's what is entailed. Now, absolutely. If I could, to there were a number of positions were identified during that were specialized, licensed employees within the department. Deanna analysis fingerprint technicians , very technical skill jobs that require a lot of training, expertise, certification. But in addition to that, the ones that were addressed in a more generic sense, the people who work those jobs, an expertise over many years, that's not a job that you can pull someone in from the field and be able to successfully put them into any of those positions and the same level of service that we would get from our professional staff who've dedicated their lives to this. So every one of those 403 spots are critical to our ability to be able to move forward and maintain the current of service that we're at and value each one of those employees very, very thank you. And I know it means a lot to the civilian staff that there's always the feeling that they are not the same as, the sworn or not as important. And I think that your messaging was important to for them to hear that how valued they are. And I also wanted to commend your staff for having to turn around so many different budget memos in a very short of time and know how long that takes. So Thank you for that. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Clancy. I just have a thank you to I just have a quick question about and I might have missed it, but can you talk a little bit about the 8.2% rise in I think it was robberies in Olympic and 77 not specifically, but I'll get back to you on it. I just wanted to get a sense of like what? What you think is happening. I mean, when you're looking at 8.3. Let me see how 100 robberies involving firearms. Now, that was the decrease. I'll get back to you on that one. It could be it could be a lot of our robberies are strong arms. So it's going to be same individuals hitting a number of different in the same area. And they make reports and that that drives the numbers up. We're hopeful to be able to make, identify and make arrests on those people that are the serial offenders who are driving the numbers. So these are all crimes with a firearm no. Most of them are strong arm and. Then we have firearms. In addition to that, which I spelled out OC, OC and Strong ARM is what taking it by force or fear without without the use of a firearm. OC Yeah, would just be great to know like if there's something happening is that number I know it's an increase but that like something that goes up and down and it goes up and down they all, they're all subject to, to going up and down at any point. Trends, patterns, we identify those and work those. Is it that we should worry about or do you think that some point it would go back to like a steady we know it'll go it'll go back. We, we work these every week. When we talk about this, there's variations in the crime, different divisions are hot one week and not the next week. Are are detective are out there following up working with patrol to make arrests of those people who are out there doing repeated offenses and has a significant impact on the number it thank you I just had that was my question you thank you commissioner Garcia thank you, chief at this time. Thank you, Mr. Sanchez. Gordon Yes. Good morning, everyone. I thank you for your report. I do just have a couple of follow up questions and not to be repetitive because I think a lot was covered in regards to the robbery in in the Wilshire District, April 21. You indicated that it happened on April 21. And on May 5th, the suspect was arrested there. Only one suspect that was involved, all this criminal activity against the Uber driver on, that one that the going through here. Yeah, that was an individual suspect that was involved in that. And he had taken as far as I know right now. And if it's different, I'll get back to you on that. But one individual had taken suspect around the city and he was arrested. Another question and just to follow up on Commissioner Clancy on the strong arm robbery and the also robbery with use of a firearm, could you tell me again what specific area are we talking about? I will. I don't have that in front of me. I can get you any of that information any time. We're happy to give it you afterwards. But it's designated to a particular area where this crime has increased. Yeah. 77th and Olympic Avenue. No, 77th Division and Olympic Division. Okay Thank you, sir. Let's see. Yeah uh, that's. The, um, the investigation. The investigation regarding the response to the call both in Van Nuys and in Topanga. That's still ongoing the administrative analysis of what happened there. Yep Okay. Thank you. Yes, thank you. Thank you. We now move on to agenda item number. Public comment. Madam Secretary, please call for speaker. We have Andrew Grabnere chief's report, the Chief's trade port should be limited to a maximum of 3 minutes at every meeting. If the chief's reported exceeds 3 minutes, which will amount to the amount of time chief takes and regardless of how long that she takes to give us the report, everyone should be able to both in person and on the phone. So you've talked about a shooting case with a cop shot, someone and you talked about this backpack or something and you claimed that they were worried about a gun or something and then they charged him with a gun, having a gun. And then they found was no firearm. So they said they charged him. You said he was charged with having a firearm, but he didn't actually have a firearm arm in his backpack. So why is he still being charged with the firearm, having a firearm when he apparently didn't have one at all, even after they shot him. So that's that's a good question . Know is whether the guy is still being charged with a firearm after they found he didn't a firearm. So we have the consent agenda. And he also talked a lot about, you know, how great the cops are. You know, just just all kinds of wasting our time, this cop agenda nonsense. His report just , you know, almost 15 minutes for the report today. Come on, we have the consent agenda. We have we have a trip for the chief in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from the 24th to the 27th. What discussed at that summit that a lot interesting questions there we have a we have some donations from the part from the police foundation that was named after racist police chief from the sixties. Again once again and keep honoring that racist. Of course, they continue to be racist. So many. And that's who you are. Let's see. We have we have a donation for an hazmat training trailer for the emergency services division. We have Agenda item, what is it, three e, which has one, two, three, four, five. Completely unrelated donations shouldn't this all be separate agenda items, consent agenda items? Because I mean, this is like five different donations. None them having anything to do with each other and you're just trying to bunch it into an to make it easier for you to quickly rush through all these terrible donations. They should all be their own agenda items. I don't have time get through all this nonsense. But you know, the U.S. only give me 3 minutes. But as always, the LAPD continues to help trump immigration officials as they kidnap people. You've got to protect your students when Trump starts your students at us. Thank you. Next, we have Moscow's. Mass. Can I get 3 minutes? It's possible my. Question is for the chief. We're going to get a little nervous, but forgive me for that, Chief. April 4th, I was driving in North Hollywood area in Vancouver and there was a truck undercover. I thought it was undercover turn blue and red lights on. I pull over. He came next to me. The window was tinted. So put the window half down. Yeah, I ask him. Are you a police officer or law enforcement? He goes, Yes. And I ask him, Can I see your badge? And he declined to show anything and went me at the turn of lights on again. He's keep following me. The same time I was calling the and I went to the freeway. He went to the freeway so they transferred the. So I'm talking to the CHP. I went all the way to, I believe, Pacoima area. He's following me. So he went to the street. I went to follow him, get his license plate, and I, I got his license plate by the street. We went together. It was close. So he was one way out, I believe he called 911 and tell him I have a gun, things of that nature, and I have nothing by respect to good law enforcement in Pacoima. PD, I think the Foothill Division, they came, they put the handcuffs on me. It was so tired. It was all Bruce, I have a picture. I can send it to you. I did talk to your Chief of Staff about this last week and I have a very, very concerned about this because I know I don't know you personally, but I know you're from Long Beach, Chief. I know you from the sheriff. You have nothing great things about you. So I have faith on you. So I bring to reports I want to hand to you one, if you don't mind. And I want to hand to one to the inspector general's office to investigate this, because like I said, I always support the good law enforcement. All my life I've been here for years. Nothing but great to them. Even the cameras you check? I couldn't say bad words. Done them, but I never. I want to keep that respect between and the law enforcement, because end of the day, we humans and I love to keep that you can check the camera in their body camera or not but I asked for a sergeant. He came. He was bragging. He's been there in 30 years in the department. And you should tell me what it is. You should tell me this you should tell me that every time I go to court always win. I don't know why it was keep saying that stuff. I didn't want to give him the report. He got upset. He was keep telling me I was upset. I said, I'm not upset. Don't put words in my mouth. I'm concerned. And I have nothing. Like I said, I have nothing greater respect. They shouldn't happen to me. Shouldn't happen. Any good citizen because I was trying to the guy was impersonating a police officer. He wasn't. I was handcuffs. He wasn't in handcuffs. He was running in the street and. I asked the guy, I said, Can you take the evidence? Because the guy throw the evidence in the street, the lights and. They didn't want to pick up that. So I have to hold that to the another officer to come and pick up those lights. And I have very, very concerned about that department and. That's what I went through the next following week to file a complaint and I talked to the detective was a great detective , so I have two reports. If you don't mind, I can give it to you. I know my time is short, but one for you guys and one for the Attorney General. I appreciate it, sir. This officer will take your report. Thank you very much. Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. Be safe, all you guys. Next, we have Audit LA. Good morning, chief. I just have a clarifying about the Van Nuys homicide. Is that the same one? Because in North Hollywood, think it's North Hollywood. So is there two separate homicides or? Was it kind of near the border of North Hollywood? That's my one question. And also, I just want to let you know, I did promise on Easter Sunday. I had my rights violated at that at Scientology. I can't call it a church. And the police . And they they made them honor the Constitution and rights, which is not normally the what happens is when sadly, whenever the police are called and dealing with Scientology. But they did and I said I was going to put commendations in for them because I want to give I want to encourage every time it's done right. You know, I think we were you know, I'll complain to you I'll put a complaint in, but I'm going to also what I said and I did. So just to let you know, I appreciate those two officers and they deserve now the last time I was here it didn't end very well. The shields law is again, she is a victim. She was born and raised in Scientology and she and Serge, who was here before, are the reasons I fight so passionately to me, it's unbelievable that there are people in this city that grew up, born and raised and were abused, tortured mentally, physically, every different way , put in their own like they have a jail system. Don't know if you realize that and they are why I am so passionate and she wasn't treated very well. I'm sorry. She doesn't know about procedures of meetings all you want. You're saying do I? Do you hear me? All you have to say is Commissioner Shields just for learning. I'm not trying to come at you, but all you have to say is that, you know, because of Brown Act, I can't answer you, but the meeting's over. And you know, instead of threatening the get around, see, that's what then what what happens is I don't like I, you know, I don't want to ever get thrown out of a meeting. It's not my style, but I'm going to stand for the victims, especially since I'm the one who's been bugging her to come here to her story. The police need to hear. They need to know, even if you can't help her, you know, statue, you can always say statute of limitations. The city needs to know what is going on in this city and she's protesting and her father is stuck that blue building. They will not give her access to him. They will not give her a wellness check him. And he is also I've never met the man, but I am fighting for him to. I hate Scientologists. I hate what their organization, how they treat people and the abuses they do and you know, and the fraud that they commit and all these different things. In fact, their lawyer, Kendrick Moxon, you know, he's trying to get he's trying to get me in trouble with the city attorney because he says, oh, she keeps coming to these meetings demand that, you know, that they have force all that everything against them. Well, he didn't say we're innocent. He didn't say there's nothing to enforce. He just said, I'm upset. He's upset because I'm begging the to enforce what is enforceable because they are so used to having decades of they could do whatever they want, but days are over because people are watching and speaking up. Thank you. Thank you, William. Next we have William. Good Okay, Jason Reading. All right. So while you were all on break, we found about that on April 11, 2024. Joe Ward Wallace, the owner of South Lake Cafe, was assaulted and arrested by LAPD pigs. Joshua Sportello and Edward Pedrosa, the Attack occurred after Ward Wallace approached them to file a complaint about another pig who was recklessly driving through the neighborhood. Now, Ward Wallace wound up being arrested for assaulting a pig and was denied bail for five days until the charges were dropped. Of the harrowing experience included being into solitary confinement and being fed food with cockroaches in it. Now, one of the pigs involved in the assault ward of Ward Wallace Sportello has a documented history of violence against black men. Sportello was captured on video punching Mitchell, a handcuffed black man. July charges against him were also dropped. Coincidentally Now, William Gude uncovered that Joshua Sportello was in the Marines before becoming an LAPD pig. You know, in the in your main message, you were talking about Memorial Day and honoring these veterans. What was he known for? Joshua Sportello Yes. Papa being a racist and bullying the few black Marines in the unit, someone who was in his unit said that microwaved live rabbits, tarantulas and rats and would watch them explode for entertainment. Now, on May 2nd, 2024, LAPD Pigg Joshua Sportello was front and center during the full on assault on UCLA's solidarity encampment. Witnesses reported that he pushed multiple women into a steel garbage can. These three events happened over the span of 108 days now Joshua Portillo has been an LAPD pig since 2019. Who else has he preyed on in our communities now? At a time when LAPD liability payouts have reached historic highs, two lawsuits filed in the past nine months stem directly from acts of terror committed by Joshua Sportello. None of you asked about this this incident. None of you asked about it. Did you know about it you want to shake your head, yes or no? Nobody Asked about it today again, you released video of the shooting of Jillian Schriner that shows the pigs shouted at Shriner to drop her gun for one minute and 25 seconds before they say it's the police. They admit that she wasn't Amy a going to anyone and state law clearly out that it isn't against the law to carry a handgun your own property. Now moving on to McDonald's, you might be the most milquetoast chief the LAPD has ever had. If Bland was a person, this would be it. I've never seen someone so unhappy to be the chief in his main message, McDonald's said a cut in civilian personnel going to take a toll on the morale and of rank and file pigs. You'll see him acknowledge the, quote unquote, frustration, anger, anxiety and confusion of pigs, but will never do so with the communities who experience the acts of terror by this department, he's threatened to close three jails because of the civilian cuts. Good. Do it. Don't talk about it. Be about it. And lastly, I wanted to talk about how in honoring AAPI month, you couldn't miss a chance to in a picture of Ronald Reagan and your commemoration. And I want to just say again, why why wasn't that brought up? You guys are supposed to be the voice of the public and yet nobody had anything to say about . This attack on a black man, a respected black man in the South L.A. community, that's even talked about working with the LAPD. Thank you. Next on Zoom, we have defend the LAPD. Good morning. All items. Please. Six months ago into this administration, there has been no real change department clings to outdated leadership models, union driven decisions and symbolic while patrol units are overwhelmed and response times keep climbing, nearly 2000 positions have been lost, yet restructuring has occurred. Instead of adapting, the department leans on costly stopgaps, like assigning swarm officers to civilian roles, driving up overtime and worsening fatigue. Why is Metro so over deployed while investigative patrol units are stretched thin? Why is there still a full DEA unit with unclear operational impact while core public suffers? And why? Sir, I'm sorry. With the blue mask. You had your 3 minutes. Allow this speaker to have her 3 minutes. This is your first and last warning for disrupting meeting. Sorry, ma'am. Please continue. And why are CSP units originally designed outreach still operating at full strength when those officers are urgently needed elsewhere? Our armored has 28 officers in it. Why are so many necessary necessary now ? These are questions leadership refuses to confront. Chief McDonnell made one correct move removing lid rose Liz Rhodes from constitutional policing, a unit that damaged operations under her leadership. But One personnel decision isn't reform internal is overwhelmed not by a serious misconduct, but by anonymous retaliatory and frivolous complaints. Skilled officers are bogged down investigating personal grudge reports instead of real wrongdoing. Meanwhile, legitimate issues are ignored, and when that payouts skyrocket, loss Angeles is bleeding millions from settlements tied to preventable mismanagement. We urge the Police Commission and Chief McDonald to bring the city into closed session immediately identify legal and policy mechanisms that would allow the department to filter bad faith complaints before they waste resources or trigger avoidable. We also call on the commission and city Council to push for state legislation and local changes that protect public funds without weakening real accountability. The system punishes taxpayers and frontline alike and reinstate animal cruelty. Task Force d.A. Nathan Hochman has made it clear animal abuse is a serious crime. LAPD isn't acting like it. Leadership doesn't prioritize these cases, and the failure obvious on the ground. Citizen and animal rescue groups, reports go unanswered. Follow up is inconsistent and collaboration with the DA's office is weak. Animal Abuse isn't a minor issue. It's public safety indicator, often tied to domestic violence, child child abuse and escalating threats. Los Angeles doesn't need more public relations or stalled reform policies. It needs competent leadership and structural change. Chief McDonald, everyone was expecting you to shake things up and make LAPD great again. And we are still. Thank you. Thank you. Next, we have Laura Laura. Hi I was here two weeks ago. My PTSD has gotten a little bit better. I first just wanted to bring up I one of my main points. Last time was you guys could take 10 minutes to look up Operation Snow White and how Scientology infiltrated the government and got their IRS tax status. It sounds like a weird thing. Sounds like a conspiracy, but really, really happened. And I was one of the kids during that time. Why I'm bringing this up is you brought up a fake swatting calls are happening. There's a lot of fake swatting calls that have happened. And I know you've heard about them. Protesters like myself and other major protesters that really been exposing the exact crimes like child trafficking and the Operation Snow White and how lawyers like Kendrick Moxon are still putting protesters in jail on hate crime felonies like six. There's six hate crime felonies on, one protester right now for removing city property that that was never put there by city. It was put there by Scientology because they have the seed beams or the street closures that still, for some reason, allowed to access, you know, same with fire department. They say, oh, it's okay, we have the security guards phone number. No That's how like little things like this happen. They get away with getting fake for road closures when really they're having big fundraising events or recruiting child recruitment events or they'll use the R one visa to get people in the country and then recruit their family kids and say, you can be here because we have religious status, you can be here, we your family. Then once they're here, they're monitoring their every move with every camera, everything So they use that information, blackmail later to get back at that family from not wanting to leave Scientology at but thinking like, oh, this is their only way to freedom. And then they eventually recruit them into the C organization the billion year contract that I told you guys about earlier, Kendrick Moxon is putting these people like me and a bunch of other people protest leaders, sending the prosecco after that way, prosecutor who also is trying to get some protester law right, push through you have Kendrick Moxon from scientology 50 to 40 years later putting the protesters on a protest over a law that has nothing to do with the protesting of Scientology. Scientology is not a Scientology is a cult. It's not a religion. Look up, operate in Snow White, look up. Why this is intense, why there are protesters trying to say Scientology traffics, stop giving them the permits Ron Hubbard way give other people myself permits for that road that they overtook just naming a L Ron Hubbard way there should be parking meters. I live two blocks away from that blue. My father is there. I'm not going to leave. I will be loud and loud and loud and I will come back here with less and less PTSD to be able to explain that to you. You. Thank you, FOSTER. I definitely Jonathan Foster. Definitely not welcome here sometimes, but I just oh. Oh Lord. You know. I do appreciate and respect the and police but you just pushed me over to borderline I'm getting to the point where I just want to put your in jail all of you. Including you. Including you, including you. Rorschach. I saw the shoulder check. You know the dude, the Batman, and he was flipping you off and you and I saw you go like this with the shoulder check. I'm ■watching. That's twice you've assaulted me . And now Batman from sitting down there. You've assaulted two people here. Get out of here. You've assaulted two people from sitting down there. You think I'm not watching? I'm Not squeaky clean either, too, but I've got some other things to say. I got to say soon. Now talk about this. And there was a so Robin was at a helicopter. Where did the land and isn't that isn't every bullet attempted murder or did land that could have killed somebody he could have killed six people. He should be arrested for murder. So I came to talk about John Yang in the situation and boy, don't I wish I could it could just go the way I wish it would. Right? We would do a barricade. So what? And I'm not going to able to get to anything. So I wrote down so, let's look at what happens when and how does end, right? So going to arrest a mentally ill person, they're going to go to jail, then they're going to get released and they're just going to do the same thing again. There was a guy in Vancouver, he ran over people. This guy, Adam Lowe, but he had a history with police. So it doesn't matter if you arrest mentally ill people, put them in jail, they get let out and they get to do stuff again. Right. And I talked about assigning these people to a caretaker, but Yong Ying had to use assigned to both his parents and look what happened. So how come didn't go to the call? Aren't you the one with the most experience? You should win. Maybe he'd still be alive. You need to get in the car and go to every next call bro. So what I put down here was , let's see if I can establish conversate with Yong Yang. Right? And maybe that could have been his twin and the parent is not the mentally ill responded people who called LAPD now young Yang's dead. How come I'm the smartest one in the building that can get you out of this. But nobody listens to me. No more time, Arash. You need to stop assaulting people from up there. You need to leave Russia, leave. Thank you. Thanks. We have grace. Items This comment is on the LAPD Immigration Enforcement Task Force report. This annual sham pretends to be, quote unquote, compliance with 54. But what it really is, is your alibi. An alibi for how this department keeps sharpening the knives for ice homeland security and every other federal agency that hunts detains deport disappears our people and alibi for how you funnel data to the same you claim you don't collaborate with alibi for how you continuing your long war on migrants while pretending your hands clean. Let's be clear. Report is not transparent. It's not it's not even accurate. It's just a list of whatever the LAPD feels like reporting. You don't name every task force. You don't list all the arrests. You don't even admit which agencies are involved. You lie. Omission in hope. No one notices. But we notice you say the cyber fraud task force includes the Secret Service. But then say DHS participation as no. You say the Joint Terrorism Task Force includes CBP and the FBI. When ICE literally says they are one of the largest contributors to across the country, probable, including this one. Are you lying