>> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 20256789 PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER DURING THIS MEETING. MR. CLERK, LET'S BEGIN 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 1212 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> CouncilPresident: FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PRICE SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, TODAY IS TUESDAY, AND IT'S TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: I'LL ASK EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR OUR "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". XLA*RK -- >> T. Park: PLEASE PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA JAO. APPOINTEE HAS WITHDRAWN FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION AS NOTED IN THE MAYOR'S REPORT DATED JULY 24, 2025. ITEMS 1 THROUGH 10 ARE ITEMS PUBLIC HEARING. ITEMS 19 THROUGH 35 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY SPECIALS? ANY SPECIALS TO MY LEFT? ANY SPECIALS TO MY RIGHT? MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, SO MUCH MR, PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 6 AND 18 FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 16 AND 18 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. MR. PRICE, ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE CHECK ON THIS SIDE? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. SAME ONES, ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, WHAT OTHER ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE TO CONSIDER AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 15 AND 17, >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 16 CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Council President: 1-6, ANY COMMENTS MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 9 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 18 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER O MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 9 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL 10:45, THAT ACCOMMODATE EVERY ONE IN THE ROOM IF EVERY ONE GETS TO THE MIC QUICKLY WHEN EVERYBODY IS CALLED. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MR. CITY CLERK. >> City Attorney: SO WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE YAEND ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE OPEN ITEMS OPEN FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYONE ELSE WITHIN CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. WE'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. 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'RE NOT ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 10 AND 19 THROUGH 35. 1 THROUGH 10 AND 19 THROUGH 35. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 7 TO TUESDAY OCTOBER 7, 2025. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WE CAN BEGIN CALLING NAMES. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, AN DEGREE GRABNER, AUDIT L.A., STACY, CIGARA BOWLINGER, RACK STEVENSON. >> Speaker: I WILL SPEAK TO THE ITEMS THAT I SELECTED ON THE KIOSK, THAT'S ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, SO I'M ITEM NUMBER 1 IS RELATED TO POLICE PERMIT FEES, AND ITEM 2 IS RELATED TO COMMISSION SERVICE FEES. SO MAYBE INSTEAD OF CHARGING THESE FEES FOR EVERYTHNG, FOR ALL OF THESE PERMITS, MAYBE INSTEAD YOU SHOULD TAKE SOME MONEY FROM THE LAPD AND PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS SUBSIDIZING THESE FEES FOR PERMITS. OKAY, SO NOW, I THINK WE'RE MOVING ON THE THESE ITEMS. SO ITEM 19, IS RELATED TO THE EXTENSION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PATTY SANTOS AS CITY CLERK SHE IS INTERIM AT THIS POINT. BUT IT SEEMS THE CITY COULD DO A BETTER JOB GETTING THINGS PUBLISHED FASTER ON THEIR WEBSITE. SO ITEM 20 NOMINATION OF MARY LEE TO THE POLICE COMMISSION, BUT IT SEEMS TO SUGGESTS THAT YOU'RE APPROVING THE NOMINATION AND ALSO RECEIVING THE REPORT THAT, THAT MARY LEE HAS WITHDRAWN HER NOMINATION. SO ARE YOU APPROVING IT? EVEN THOUGH, SHE IS GETTING CONFIRMED OR NOT? THIS MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DESIGNED TO CONFUSE THE PUBLIC WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE POLICE COMMISSION IS SUCH A MESSED UP COMMISSION, YOU WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASILY AS POSSIBLE TO CONFUSE PEOPLE ABOUT IT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE LET'S SEE, ABOUT THE COMMISSION. LET'S SEE, SO WE HAVE COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION SERVICES IN CD10, LET'S SEE. OKAY, SO NO ON ITEM 27. ITEM 27 IS MORE MONEY MORE CARE PLUS SERVICES IN CD3, FUCK CARE PLUS. THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER MECHANISM FOR SWEEPS, IT'S NOT GETTING THEM HOUSING, IT'S NOT GETTING THEM SERVICES, IT'S CRIMINAL LIESING HOMELESSNESS, SWEEPING THEM OVER TO THE NEXT BLOCK WHILE THEY LOSE ALL OF THEIR BELONGINGS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE FACT THAT 7 PEOPLE ARE DYING EVERY DAY ON THE STREETS OF L.A. EVERY DAY? IS IT SEVEN NOW? OKAY, SO LET'S SEE, WE HAVE ITEM 29, ABSOLUTELY NO ON ITEM 29. THIS IS RELATED TO THE DEVINSHIR PALS PROGRAM. SO THIS IS WHERE, THIS IS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY GROOMING OF KIDS BY LAPD OFFICERS, MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE, LIKE ALL OF THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED BY ACTUAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE ALL GOING TOWARDS THESE YOUTH, THESE WEIRD POLICE YOUTH PROGRAMS WHERE IT'S JUST EN DOCTRINATION AND MAKING THEM THINK THEY CARE WHEN THEY DON'T. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WEEKEND. SO THIS WEEKEND OVER AT CITY HALL EAST, WE HAD SECURITY POLICE OFFICER SHOOT HIMSELF, SO THAT CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF A QUESTION THAT, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THESE WAYS? IF THE LAPD IS NOT EVEN SAFE FROM THEMSELVES AT CITY HALL, HOW CAN WE BE ASSURED THAT WE'RE SAFE FROM THE LAPD HERE? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. THEY'RE NOT SAFE FROM THEMSELVES, WHO IS SAFE HERE? WE KNOW WE'RE NOT SAFE HERE, WE'RE SURROUNDED BY HALF DOZEN ARMED COPS HERE, AND WE GOT THEM SHOOTING THEMSELVES HERE. THAT WAS A BIT OF COWARDLESS, MARQUEECE, BECAUSE YOU FEEL SO ASHAMED YOU CANNOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ALL THE TRANS PHOBIA AT THE OLYMPICS. >> Speaker: HELLO TESTING, TESTING. TESTING. TAKE YOUR TIME. I WOULD LIKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. AND THERE IS SEVERAL THROUGHOUT, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS BUT IT'S THE FULL AMOUNT, I WANT THE FULL-TIME PLEASE. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR 9 THROUGH 10 AND 19 THROUGH 35 THEN DO YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING, FIRST OF ALL. AND I NOTICED THERE IS THREE STREET VACATIONS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. I GET NERVOUS WHEN I HEAR STREET VACATIONS, THAT MEANS YOU'RE SELLING OUR LAND TO WHOEVER WANTS IT. AND I KNOW THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, WANTS TO YOU VACATE THEIR LAND TO THEM. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU LISTEN AND VACATE THEIR STREET. HAVE SOME DISCERNMENT AND IT SHOULD MATTER IF YOU NEED TO DO T.I'M CONCERNED IF THEY DO EVER GET THE CHANCE TO VACATE THEIR, NOT THEIR STREETS OUR STREETS, L.RON HUBBARD WAY, THAT WOULD PREVENT THE PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO ESCAPE LIKE THE TWO GIRLS THAT TRIED TO ESCAPE AND THEY COULDN'T. IT DOES NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO MONITOR WHAT IS GOING ON. LABOR ABUSES, I'VE BEEN TRYING MR. HUGO ABOUT THAT, I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK ON PUBLIC STREETS FOR 27 DOLLARS A WEEK. I'M JUST SAYING ABOUT THE STREET VACATION. THIS COULD BE HAPPENING ON SHIK HAERN, I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THE SAME THING IS DWG GOING ON THERE. PEOPLE MAKE ING EXEMPTIONS FOR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS BUT THERE IS NO RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS WHEN IT COMES ON THE STREET, YET YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN, EVERY DAY. EXCEPT M I SHOW UP, THEY RUN INSIDE BECAUSE THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO REPORT IT, WHATEVER. AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CITY LIGHTS, YEAH, IT'S REALLY DARK. IT DOES NEED TO HURT. I JUST LOST A TIRE THE OTHER DAY ON MY CHAIR FROM THE DARK CITY STREET, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING UP THE STREET, I MEAN THE BANNERS AND CHANGING THE LIGHTS FOR THE CITY HALL TO HONOR EVERYTHING, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE ONE DAY WHERE WE HONOR THE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WHO KIND THEMSELVES IN DEGRADING CIRCUMSTANCES, AT THE CULT SCIENTOLOGY, EVEN KRISTEN PIERSON DOESN'T WANT ME TO DO IT T PEOPLE MAKING WORK EVEN MINERS, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT HERE AND ALSO ABUSE OF SENIORS, THERE ARE SENIORS WHO HAVE COME OUT. THERE IS SO MANY SURVIVORS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, CAN YOU GET ON THE AGENDA ITEMS. >> Speaker: SORRY, DID I GO, SORRY. YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BANNERS OKAY. I LIKE BANNERS BUT I WOULD LIKE ONE THAT SAYS NO MORE KIDS IN SCIENTOLOGY, I WOULD LIKE THAT ON THE AGENDA, THANK YOU. OKAY, SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. BECAUSE I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO, OKAY, THEY SIT HERE AND THEY COME AND THEY WATCH, THE WHOLE WORLD IS LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IN L.A. AND ALSO LEARN ABOUTING WHAT IS GOING ON IN SCIENTOLOGY WHICH I APPRECIATE. AND MR. LEE, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT MR. LEE OWES ME AN APOLOGY, AT PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN I WAS TRYING TO TELL HIM THAT I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF ONE OF HIS MOTIONS, I THINK HE KNOWS THAT I LIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, WE HAVE A GOOD GUYS, YOU'RE NOT ON THE COMPUTER, DANG, NOT MY GUY, COME ON MR. NAZARIAN. BUT MR. LEE, YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY. I DON'T TOLERATE THAT KIND OF RUDENESS, I GET YOU ALL GET SIDE BARS, YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M HERE TALKING AND YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. THAT'S A SIGN OF RUDENESS. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. KATIE HERMAN, HARDY KATIE. >> City Attorney: HELLO, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> Speaker: GOOD TO SEE YOU FAUBLE, ALL ITEMS. >> City Attorney: NICE TO SEE YOU TOO, START WITH THE ITEMS AND THEN GENERAL. >> Speaker: I REMEMBER HOW IT GOES, THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE, I'LL JUST BEGIN RANDOMLY WITH ITEM 33, FOR BEAUTIFICATION SERVICES, PERFORMED BY THE LOS ANGELES CONSERVATION CORE. BEAUTIFICATION IS OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING WE NEED BUT I, I DON'T APPRECIATE OFTEN HOW VAGUE THESE MOTIONS FOR BEAUTIFICATION SERVICES ARE. BEAUTIFICATION CAN MEAN A LOST THINGS. I ASSUME IT'S TALKING ABOUT MAYBE PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS BECAUSE IT'S WITH THE CONSERVATION CORE. I FEEL LIKE MOST BEAUTIFICATION FUNDING SHOULD GO TO SANITATION WAS THE STREETS ARE DIRTY, Y'ALL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUTSIDE LATELY. BUT, WE SHOULDN'T, WE SHOULD BE FUNDING SANITATION BETTER. SOME FANCY PLANTS, SOME STRING LIGHTS AND LIGHT BANNERS, ONLY GOES SO FAR WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH GARBAGE AND PISS AND SHIT. SPEAK ABOUTING SANITATION, WE ALSO HAVE MOTION FOESER CARE PLUS. SO I DON'T KNOW, CARE PLUS ENHANCES SERVICES IN CD3. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE LAST I CHECKED CARE PLUS BECAUSE BASICALLY SWEEPED SO THEY PUT THIS NICE NAME ON IT, THEY CALL IT CARE BUT THEN THEY GO IN AND THEY TELL PEOPLE TO MOVE AND THEY THROW AWAY, THEIR OWN, IDs, BIRTH CERTIFICATES, IMPORTANT MEDICATION. SO IT'S REALLY SINISTER THE WAY IT'S CALLED CARE PLUS, BECAUSE WHEN WE SEE THIS, WE KNOW THAT UNHOUSED RESIDENT RIGHT SIDE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO SWEEPS. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. SPEAKING OF WHICH, ITEM 28 IS RELATIVE FOR OUT REACH AND NAVIGATION SERVICES THROUGH COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. NOW NOTICE, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR HOUSING, QUOTE UNQUOTE NAVIGATIONS SERVICES. THE HOUSING ISN'T THERE, APPARENTLY, WE HAVE TO GET FUNDING TO HELP FOLKS QUOTE UNQUOTE NAVIGATE THE HOUSING SYSTEMS THAT EXIST AND I'VE BEEN ON LA HD'S REGISTRY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR YEARS NOW AND THE TWO TIMES I CAME CLOSE TO GETTING SOMETHING, I WAS DENIED, BECAUSE I DON'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR L.A., EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE CUT THE RENT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS IN HALF. BUT QUOTE UNQUOTA FORDABLE HOUSING IS EARMARKED FOR PEOPLE MAKING UPWARDS OF 60,000 OFTEN IN THE REALM OF 80 TO 100,000. SO THESE IN THEORY GREAT MOTIONS BUT IN PRACTICE, Y'ALL JUST FUCK US OVER. AND IT'S REALLY EXHAUSTING. PLEASE, PLEASE, JUST GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED. JUST GIVE US HOUSING. NITHYA RAN ON A PLATFORM OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND SHE GOT OUR VOTES, [SINGING] I REMEMBER SHE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ME AND I TRUSTED WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT STOPPING COP SERVICES, BUT NOW SHE IS VOTING LIKE LAPD OVERTIME, I'M GIVING MILLIONS TO POLICE, HOW MANY MILLIONS 17.3, I SPOKE BRUTALIZING SO NOW SHE IS SUPPORTS POLICE, ALSO CHANGE COURSE ON 41, NANCY IN HER DISTRICT, SHE IS FORCING, HMM, WE SEE THE THINGS YOU DO, FLIP AND FLOP ON POSITIONS TOO, LETTING THOSE WHO VOTED ON YOU, THE CORRUPTION ON THIS BODY, THERE IS NO ROOM. YOU SAID THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO, THESE CRISIS, THEY ALL FALL ON YOU, THOSE CORRUPTION ON THE BODY. [SINGING] THAT WAS AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF PAYING ATTENTION TODAY, THANK YOU. SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. MR. HERMAN, WHICH ITEMS DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP AS KATIE HERMAN, SIR, FOR THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: OKAY, WHICH ITEMS DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: HELLO SMOKING SCAN AND KATIE. >> City Attorney: 9 THROUGH 10 AND 19 THROUGH 35 AND THEN A MINUTE FOR GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker:IN THIS CONCRETE JUNGLE, CALLED LOS ANGELES WE HAVE WHAT THEY CALL POLICE PERMITS, BUT TODAY, MY ALLEGED ALLEGATION IS AGAINST THE BIG FAT BURGER WHO HAD LAPD SECURITY KICK ME OUT OF THE CONCRETE JUNGLE JUST BEHIND ME IN AN OPEN SPACE AREA. NOW, DO I HAVE TO GET A PERMIT TO PARTICIPATE? DO ANY OF YOU HAVE TO GO GET A PERMIT TO PARTICIPATE TO SHOW ONE GOOD FEELING ABOUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS GOING WRONG WITH LOS ANGELES? TODAY? WELL, THAT'S JUST ONE PUBLIC SAFEY ISSUE, BUT THESE ASSHOLE, THEY KEEP THINKING THEY CAN GETAWAY WITH IT. NOW, ITEM 58 AS YOU--35, AS YOU SEE. THE STREET BANNER TO PROMOTE CHING CHONG FESTIVAL, LISTEN CHING CHONG CHINA AND ALL OF YOU ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING FROM YOUR COUNTRY TO DESTROY AMERICA, THAT YOU KEEP SAYING IS DOOMED. MY BANNER OF LOS ANGELES, WILL BE THIS, FUCK YOU. EVERY ONE WILL RECOGNIZE THIS ONE ADDITIONAL BANNER BECAUSE IT REFLECTS WHAT LOS ANGELES IS. ONE BIG BANANA LIKE THE ONE IN MY HAND. SO, IN A DOESING TO THAT, WE GOT THE TWO JEW JEW, I'M SORRY, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE FEMALE JEW JEW AND BIG BURGER HERNANDEZ. OH SHE SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VACATION PORTION OF MARGARITA LANE IN NORTH VILLA RETA LANE, WHO FUCKEN CARES. WHY DON'T YOU SAVE YOUR ILLEGALS FAT GIRLS AND YOUR OTHER JEW JEW, GO BACK TO THE DARK GARDEN. NOW INTO MY PUBLIC, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, EVERY ONE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YEAH. [SINGING] I SEE WHAT AMERICA STREETS LOOK LUKE WHEN I WALK THE STREETS. WE NEED DONALD TRUMP TO COME AND SAVE YOU FROM YOU ASSHOLES, YOU DUMB ASSES BECAUSE THE STREETS ARE DIRTY. [SINGING] I WANT SOMETHING TO PROOF TO THE WORLD WHEN I WALK THE STREETS THAT I AND I TRUMP CLEANED UP BECAUSE OF YOUR HOSTILITY, BECAUSE LOS ANGELES IS SO FUCKEN DIRTY. [SINGING] THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD IS MADE OF, A BUNCH OF CRIMINALS LIKE YOU NOODLE, AND YAROSLAVSKY AND THE OTHER JEW BOY, THIS IS WHAT I'LL DO, WHEN I MAKE AMERICA GREAT FOR YOU. BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE PROBLEM [SINGING] WE GOT THE CHINESE AND RUSSIANS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HATE YOU, SOON THIS WORLD WILL BE DOOMED! [SINGING] AND AMERICA WILL UNDERSTAND MY COMPLETE ARROGANCE OF PROPHECY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS 32 AND 33. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS CASSIE HORTON AND I'M HERE WITH ABOUT 20 DOWN SOUN RESIDENT TO SEE SUPPORT DOWNTOWN RECOVERY. WE SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS 32 AND 33 BOTH ARE ITEMS WE SUPPORT. THEY ARE DIRECT INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN L.A. LIVE SUPPORTING OUR TREE CAN OPY, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, CAN YOU HOLD ONE MINUTE. MR. HERMAN, YOU'VE GOT STUFF PLAYING ON YOUR PHONE, I CANNOT FOCUS ON THE SPEAKER AND I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T, PLEASE TURN IT OFF. I'M SORRY, SPEAKER. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> City Attorney: WE COULDN'T HEAR SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAID, LET'S RESET THE CLOCK. >> Speaker: OKAY, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CASSIE HORTON I'M A COFOUNDER OF THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE WITH FELLOW DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT DOWNTOWN RECOVERY NOW. WE'RE SPEAKING ON 32 AND 33 WHICH ARE BROADER DOWNTOWN ECONOMY AND ALSO SUPPORTING OUR TREE CANOPY AFTER VANDALISM IN DOWNTOWN. THIS INVESTMENT MATTERS, IT'S NOT JUST GOOD FOR DOWNTOWN, IT'S GOOD FOR ALL OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, ESPECIALLY THE REVENUE THAT WE GENERATE AND HOW TO SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS. DOWNTOWN NEVER RECOVERED AFTER COVID. AFTER THE CURFEWS AND RAIDS, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN RECOVERY. AND AS RESIDENTS, WE HAVE A VISION FOR HOW WE CAN DO THAT BETTER HERE IN LOS ANGELES. SO WE SENT Y'ALL A LETTER, A COUPLE OF TIMES ON AUGUST 19th AND AGAIN THIS MORNING. 700 RESIDENTS HAVE WEIGHED ON WHAT DOWNTOWN RECOVERY HERE LOOKS LIKE BEFORE THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU TODAY. AND WE'RE REALLY COMING WITH, A SPIRIT OF COGOVERNANCE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, ONE OF OUR MAJOR REPRESENTATIVES HAS BROUGHT FORWARD. SO WE HAVE FOLKS WHO KIND OF WANT TO BROADCAST VISION FOR HOW RECOVERY CAN LOOK LIKE IN COMMUNITY. THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC SAFETY AND INCLUDES ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN PARTICULAR. WE HOPE YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE LETTER, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH THE FULL DOWNTOWN, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARN WHAT GROUND IS WORK INING YOUR DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN APPLY TO DOWNTOWN WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY, TWO OF THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL THE FOLLOWING NAMES. DEBRA, JOSH, MICHAEL AKERMAN AND SATOSHI NAKAMOTO. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP FOR 27 BUT YOU --7 BUT YOU LOOK IT AWAY. >> Council President: BEFORE YOU START YOUR GENERAL, MR. BLUMENFIELD AS AN AMENDMENT TO HIS ITEM. >> City Attorney: YEAH, IT'S A VERY TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, CHANGING FROM 301 TO 302, IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: YOU MAY BEGIN. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS HARRIETTE ELLIOT, THIS BOOK IS THE FOURTH BOOK OF REN A MITCHELL, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH L.A. BUSINESS? WELL I BELIEVE SHE IS KILLED. SHE IS IN PALMDALE. HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO CHECK ON IT? AND I DON'T THINK YOU'LL DO IT. AND IF OUR MAIN GUY WHOSE NAME IS ROBERT DUNCAN WAS KILLED. ANYWAY, IF YOU READ RENE PITMAN THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS IN HERE. DID YOU EVER LEARN ABOUT ALEXIS, THIS GUY KILLED 12 PEOPLE IN THE YARD. HE'S TALKING ABOUT IT IN HIS LETTER, THEY DIDN'T HELP HIM. YEAH, WHAT DO YOU CALL? CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE, ALL OF THESE, PEOPLE IN HERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DID IT, BUT SHE WROTE AN EXCELLENT BOOK. YOU KNOW LEWIS CAROL WAS A PEDOPHILE. THE WRITER OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND, SHE WAS VICTIM OF PEDOPHILIA IN THE CIA, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, READ HER BOOK. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> Speaker: THANK YOU, ATTORNEY ON SMOKING SCAN. WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK ON 1, 2, 3 GENERAL. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOLLOWED WITH ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. STARTING WITH SMOKING SCAN, ITEM NUMBER 1. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] SMOKING SCAN, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NOW MR. SMOKING SCAN, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NOW MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR L.A. DWP BECAUSE IN MY HOME RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL OUT OF ELECTRICITY AND WHEN I REACH OUT TO THE COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT STILL NO RESPONSE. SO RIGHT NOW IN MY HOME, IT'S TOO HOT THAT DANA CANNOT EVEN COME TO MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE DANA LAST NIGHT, WE CAME ON TO MY ROOF TOM AND DANA WAS COMING FOR MY ROOF TOP FOR THREE HOURS NON STOP BECAUSE IN MY HOME IT'S WAY TOO HOT THERE IS NO A.C. AND DANA COULD NOT COME UNTIL THREE HOURS UNTIL THERE IS AN A.C. I WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST DWP AND EVEN IF MY NEIGHBOR SAYING THAT, OH MY GOD, WHERE ARE ALL THOSE WATER, ALL FLOOD MY WINDOW FLOODED MY DOOR, I WAS LIKE NO NO NO, NO DANA WAS COMING TOO HARD THAT'S WHY THE WATER FLOODED THE WINDOW. I HOPE THE DWP FIX THE A.C. FOR DANA, FIX THE STREET FOR DANA. >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> Speaker: 32 AND 33. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE GOT TWO MIBZ GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 32 AND 33 WHICH IMPACT DOWNTOWN L.A. WHAT CASSIE ALREADY SAID, THAT'S A START. BUT THE RESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN REALIZE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT DOUB TOWN SURVIVES, EVERY MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA, NEEDS A STRONG VIBRANT DOWNTOWN THAT BRINGS ENERGY, BRINGS RESIDENTS, BRINGS PEOPLE TO VISIT OUR CITY, BRINGS THE OLYMPICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MAY BE. IN SOUTH PARK, TWO THINGS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON, ONE IS LOSS OF BUSINESS, IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE HAVE LOST, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THEM THRIVE. NUMBER TWO, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS PUBLIC SAFETY. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ALREADY TAXED OURSELVES MORE THROUGH OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR CLEAN AND SAFE. SO WE DO OUR NORMAL TAXES, WE DO OUR BID TAXES, AND NOW MANY OF THE BUILDINGS HAVE ADDED EXTRA SECURITY. ALL OF THIS IS BEING PAID FOR BY THE CITIZENS OF DOWNTOWN. WE NEED YOUR HELP, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN AND WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF DOWNTOWN WHICH DOES PRODUCE A LOT OF REVENUE, NOT JUST FOR OUR DISTRICT BUT FOR YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: EVERY TIME I ASK THE SAME THING, PLEASE SEND A NOTICE TO LOOK INTO POLICE MISCONDUCT AND YOU DO NOTHING. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MY TWITTER @ MACKER2 AND THIS IS FOR ANYONE ELSE TOO. EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU'RE REFUSE TO GO PROVIDE THIS HIGHEST LEVEL OF POLICE OAR SITE. TELL ME WHY YOU DON'T THINK WE DESERVE IT? >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: HI, 32, 33 AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOLLOWED BY ONE. >> Speaker: I'M JOSH, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES FOR 22 YEARS. I LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I LOVE OUR CITY. I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, PLEASE SUPPORT OUR COUNCILMEMBER'S MOTION TO GET BEAUTIFICATION FUNDS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE REALLY NEED THEM AND, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO NEEDS A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM ALL OF YOU GUYS. WE'RE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES CAN BE THE THRIVING CENTER FOR OUR ENTIRE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY. WE GENERAL SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE FOR EVERY ONE HERE. AND WE NEED YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT IN KEEPING IT CLEAN AND SAFE AND MAKE ITING THRIVE. AND THAT INCLUDES BEAUTIFICATION FUNDS. SO PLEASE SUPPORT OUR COUNCILMEMBER. ALSO JUST SWITCHING TO GENERAL. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE LISTENING TO COMMENTS AND CONSIDERING THE, THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION LATER TODAY AND WE REALLY REALLY NEED YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT THAT, THE CONVENTION CENTER IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, WE NEED TO BE THAT THRIVING CENTER FOR EVERY ONE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT SPEAKER? HI, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: HI THERE, AGENDA 32 AND 33, I'M HERE WITH THE DOWNTOWN L.A. RA AS WELL. AND I SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE ITEMS OF THE AGENDA. I'M A NEW RESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN L.A., I LIVED IN LOSS FELIZ--LOS FELIZ AND IN NEW YORK, AND I WANT TODAY LIVE IN DOWNTOWN. IT'S THE BEAUTIFUL PLACE, IT'S THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC BUILDINGS, AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL HERITAGE OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO LIVE AMONG THEM. I LOOK DOWN AT THE SIDEWALK AND I'M SADDENED EVERY DAY. I SEE PEOPLE, OPEN DRUG USE, JUST WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SHAME WHATSOEVER. I SEE PUBLIC NUDITY ON THE WAY TO WORK. STREETS THAT ARE JUST FILTHY NOBODY EVER BOTHERS TO CLEAN THE SIDEWALK? WHY IS THAT HAPPENING? IFLS JUST IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO CITY IS BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED, IT BLOWS ME AWAY. I UNDERSTAND IT'S LIKE HERDING CATS AROUND YOU, IT'S VERY VERY DIFFICULT, VERY CHALLENGING CITY, BUT DOWNTOWN L.A. IS REALLY HURTING AND, WE JUST RECENTLY HAD THE TREES CHOPPED DOWN WHICH IS SHOCKING. AND OUR COUNCILMEMBER JURADO WENT INTO QUICK ACTION AND TOOK CARE OF THAT. WE APPRECIATE THAT, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE NEED. WE NEED QUICK ACTIONS ON THAOZ ITEMS. FOR THAT REASON, I DO SUPPORT, MORE POLICE OFFICERS, I HEARD FROM OUR POLICE OFFICER REPRESENTATIVES, OFFICER HELPER THAT WE LITERALLY HAVE AIDS POLICE OFFICER IN ALL OF DOWNTOWN L.A. FOR ALL OF THEIR SHIFTS. 8 IS NEVER ENOUGH, I HARDLY EVER SEE A POLICE OFFICER, WE NEED FOOT TRAFFIC, WE NEED POLICE BEATS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL, IF YOU WISH. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL, IF YOU WISH. >> Speaker: YES, OKAY. SOMENT THAT IS, I'M SPEAKING A LOT ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY BUT THAT TIES ALSO IN THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY. JUST WALKING UP HERE, I WALKED UP MAIN STREET, MAIN STREET, LOS ANGELES, IT JUST MAKES YOU THINK WHAT WERE THE ORIGINAL CITY PLANNERS, WHAT WERE THEIR DREAMS FOR MAIN STREET LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN? LOS ANGELES STREET, WHAT WERE THEIR AMBITIONS FOR LOS ANGELES STREET WHEN THEY SET IT UP? BROADWAY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO TAKE A WALK INTO THE HISTORIC CORE TODAY, TAKE A RIDE ON THE METRO, SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE. IT'S REALLY REALLY SAD. AND, WE NEED HELP AND SO, I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED, THE SMALL BUSINESSES, LARGE BUSINESSES, NEED TAX INCENTIVES TO COME DOWNTOWN. WE NEED, I MEAN, I SEE, IS THAT IT? >> City Attorney: THAT'S IT, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THE ALLOTTED TIME, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PUBLIC COMMENT HASndED. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDET, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 1 THROUGH 6, 8 TROUGHS 10, 19 THROUGH 29 AND 31 THROUGH 35. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 30 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR WHICH AN AMENDING MOTION 30-A BLUMENFIELD-LEE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED? >> Council President:er OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A PERSON THAT DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK. TAKE IT UP WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE. >> City Attorney: HI, WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ANY OF THESE MEETINGS, I NEVER SHOW UP FOR ANY OF THIS. I JUFLT MOVED TO MACARTHUR HERE PARK, MS. HERNANDEZ, I'M NOT GOING TO KICK YOU OUT LIKE YOUR ASSISTANT KICKED ME OUT. I WANT TO YOU COME TO MACARTHUR PARK, I'M A REGULAR JOE, A WORKING GUY WHO GETS UP AND GOES TO WORK. AND IT'S PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS JUST LIKE YOU WHO WANT A BETTER LIFE AND YOU CANNOT EVEN WALK THE STREET BECAUSE OF JUNKIES EVERYWHERE, PEOPLE, THE LITTLE MEXICAN GRANDMOTHER TODAY, I LIVE IN 8th AND ALVARADO, YOU CANNOT EVEN WALK ON THE SIDEWALK, THE JUNKIES, IT'S LIKE NOBODY CARES ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME AND SPEAK BECAUSE THEY'RE IMMIGRANTS. AND WE NEED HELP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THE POLICE DON'T SHOW UP. THERE IS ONLY POLICE AT THE TRAIN STATION. AND THAT'S UNFAIR, MAN, COME ON, IT'S PEOPLE, JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD, PEOPLE THERE MATTER TOO. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, OKAY, MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US, AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND RELEVANTEDER. --REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS? MS. HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: TODAY WE HAVE OPENED UP THE ART EXHIBIT ON THE THIRD FLOOR BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE TO START THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. I'M THE MADRINA OF THE EL GRITO, AND WE HAVE EXHIBITS ON ITS LIKE TO RESIST. IT'S FREE, ALL MONTH, THIRD FLOOR BRIDGE HERE IN CITY HALL, 200 NORTH MAIN STREET. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I ASK EVERY ONE ELSE TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? THE WEST SIDE? ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT SIDE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE'RE ADJOURNED EVERYBODY.