have come out to support, because we recognize that. I want to remind our community that there is strength in numbers, and there are so many of us here in Los Angeles and where government isn't able to intervene or support. We have wonderful partnerships with the consul generals from all the different Latin American countries, from our nonprofit organizations, from our labor unions. This is what they're trying to erase and stop us from doing. They're trying to prevent us from being authentically who we are and this event with everyone that's turned out, is a reflection that we are in fact, here. And we will stay here right now. One of the most powerful things we could do to protect our families here in Los Angeles is to build community, is to know who your neighbor is, is to have their phone number and call and can call them in case of an emergency. Events like these are what help build relationships with communities so that we can survive these tough moments. And that's what helps the government do the right thing. That's what overcomes these moments, is community power, people power . Did you know the average LA resident uses about 89 gallons of water each day? Challenge yourself to conserve, turning off the faucet when you brush saves up to ten gallons of water . Taking a five minute or less shower saves up to 15 gallons of water. Washing only full loads of laundry saves up to 30 gallons of water and fixing a running toilet can save up to 50 gallons of water. Keep it in mind all day, every day it's water. Conservation. The La way . Welcome to the city of Los Angeles, where technology, sustainability and innovation converge to enhance the lives of nearly 4 million Angelenos beyond the city limits, the greater LA region is home to nearly 13 million people and interconnected, ever evolving community in a world linked by technology. Whether you're joining us in person or tuning in from afar, welcome to LA. This week. Across downtown Los Angeles, modern landmarks like the Department of Water and Power headquarters echo the forms and forces of nature. The skyline was further redefined in 2003 with Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall. Its sweeping exterior is said to capture the motion of a conductor's baton. Its interior meticulously crafted to elevate every note the city is investing in its future by expanding science and technology education, weaving innovation into young lives, and inspiring the next generation to lead in these essential fields. Today, the Hidden Genius Project is here with a host of partners putting on an event called Tech Slam in partnership with Leaders App. We're creating an opportunity for young people to explore career pathways, skills , networks all related to sports and technology. I've been participating in this project since last summer. It's been really cool. It's been a really great experience. I've learned a lot. I've met a lot of new people. So many of our young people love sports. So many of our communities love sports. Oftentimes we make a mistake and we say, well, it's not realistic to have a professional sports career. And so we want to make sure our young people get to understand what's possible for them and that they can pursue their dreams, even if those dreams are related to sports. They're very realistic and technology is a great way to get there. It's very important for youth to be exposed to technology and industries that aren't typically available for them. And so our tech slam is allowing them an opportunity to be exposed. So today we have eight workshops. We have robotics and Legos and a lot of expo partners as well that are teaching them and exposing them to technology. We're just really trying to expose them to the intersection between sports, tech and business and help them understand that if you love basketball, there's so much opportunity for a career that maybe isn't just being on the basketball court. If you love you know, F1, there are so many things you can do other than maybe just drive the car, have these kids understand that you can have a pro sports career without maybe being a pro sports athlete. The most exciting thing that I've done with the Hidden Genius Project will probably be today. To be able to enjoy all the benefits opportunities that come with the program. Since I was little, I know I always wanted to do something I had to do with tech joining the hidden Genius project really helped solidify like what I want to do . They're teaching us new stuff that would just help me and better like my resume for college. My veteran resumes for job applications, all that different type of stuff. So it's been a really good help overall , even though it is a long program and it takes a lot of work, it's definitely worth it. And it's been really fun. So Leaders Up has launched the LA Economic Empowerment Alliance that is really ensuring that we send our young people into designing a roadmap for their own economic empowerment. We know that $18 billion will be spent in this region because of major sporting events. We want to ensure that a billion of those dollars are spent on internships mentorship career pathways, skills development and real jobs that will help young people be included in our regional economy. I think it's critical mission critical. Listen, really, when you start talking about like, upstream approaches to making sure people don't become impoverished, you have to build out youth development trainings and pipelines so people are not actually scrambling at the last minute to figure out what they want to do, how they want to succeed. What are we putting in front of people? Who are we connecting to? Young folks with? What kind of mentorship programs are we putting together? I think you can only know what you're exposed to. And so, so many of our youth will see, you know, just the game on TV. But it's never demystified for them exactly how it works, what's going on behind the scenes, how many people have put this moment together? You really just want to connect these kids to their dreams and help them reveal the genius that's already within them. By making sure that they have the resources they need to do so. Today we have over 100 young minds taking over City Hall. Everybody stand up and wave. Yeah. We put this event on every year. We've been doing it for 13 years. We collaborate with a lot of different sponsors, and the kids are able to do all these wonderful K through 12 Stem activities. It's a really great opportunity to expose the youth to Stem, especially in areas where there isn't a lot of representation. It's important that we continue to create pathways for young people to come into City Hall. They have to know that this is their house and to get them politically engaged early on so that they understand that the quality of their life is based off of political decisions, political decisions, that they have an influence on. If they are politically engaged. And as you take on your activities, lean on your classmates. If your blueprint looks tough, brainstorm with your group. If your tower falls, ask your peers why. Ask them for help. That teamwork is how you can build and how you will build a future that works for everyone. They'll be drawing a blueprint of a tower made out of spaghetti and marshmallows, and then in the second activity, they'll be using their blueprint to build that tower as high as they can possibly build it. Even though with our paper, uh, we didn't make it exactly look alike, because when we first tried, it didn't go exactly to plan. So then we added more structure and we paid more attention to it. As engineers, we do our design, but then we get into construction. We learn that things don't always work the way that we designed them. There's external factors, so they're going to learn. Maybe we need more material, maybe we need to double up, maybe our drawing. We need to go completely different . We are working in a team. We didn't leave anybody out. The message is, you know what? As long as you're kind, you're creative and you like teamwork, then you've got all the ingredients to be a fabulous engineer. It's really important for us to make sure that the kids have representation that they know that people who look like them are building the city and keeping things going. So many of us here are Latino, and we really need to bridge that gap and show that it's possible because there's not many of us in civil engineering. It was fun working as a team and collaborate, collaborating and, um, that that was my favorite part. We want to inspire the children. They want to work hard , be creative and always ask questions. And these are the ingredients of any successful profession, not just engineering. As a matter of fact . In Los Angeles, collaboration drives the projects, programs and policies designed to deliver sustainable results for residents and businesses. The city remains a national leader in sustainability, generating more than 100,000 green jobs and installing the highest number of EV chargers in the country. Working in hand with communities, LA also advances neighborhood infrastructure projects from supportive housing to solar powered street lighting . Building a cleaner, more resilient future for all. Lighting is important to a community because it equals public safety. It equals access. One of the main calls that I get in my council office is, hey, when is my street light going to get fixed? And so today with the solar ization of these 91 lights in Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park, we're moving our city and our neighborhood to a 21st century. We are deploying around 91 solar lights. These lights will be able to provide lighting without the traditional electrical system that we have. Below the city of Los Angeles as a whole. Actually, many other major metropolitan areas have been hit by theft and vandalism. This actually takes away the incentive of theft, removing the copper wire removes that incentive. Lighting has always been an issue. The council member is correct about the time it takes the light pole outside of my house was out. I put in a service request and it literally took a year and a week before they came and serviced it right ? So having reliable lighting in this neighborhood, this is a working class area. People walk their dogs before they go to work. It's still dark when they come home at night. It's already dark. So having lights out there makes it safer for everybody. We all know sometimes lights go out and there's not enough money in the budget, but the solar lighting, it's economical. It's clean. I mean, I think it's a brilliant idea. I'm happy that we have lights and we're going to have lights. That makes me more confident in going out, walking around my neighborhood. I feel safer. There's been studies that prove what people feel intrinsically right. There's University of Chicago study that shows that adequate lighting can actually drive crime down by 30. So massive savings and a environmental change to what would have been, you know, a policing challenge. This is 91 lights in two neighborhoods. But my goal is that as chair of Public Works, to get this into the entire city of Los Angeles, because when an emergency happens and our grid goes out, these solarized lights will stay on and they'll keep our communities lit while we're having to deal with the different issues that come up. As a resident here for over 30 years, I have used the applications that the city provides as A311. As I walk around the neighborhood, I put up graffiti requests, street lighting, any other things that are a problem and they respond right. So part of the reason why this area was chosen was because of the amount of calls that we had, and stuff, right? So it's very important for people to get involved and not just complain about, oh, it's not working and they're not taking care of it, right? There's applications. There's ways for us to be proactive. I'm glad that the council office is listening to us, and it's paying attention to our requests. And the community is here. And they voiced their opinions, and I think it's important for the community to continue to voice their opinions and requests and be allies with the council office so we can better our neighborhood. It's going to benefit us all. Welcome to the Cielo, our newest supportive housing community for 99 individuals who now have a permanent home. Affordable housing development is a challenging process only because there are so many partners to make this work. Funding from the city, the county, the state and the federal government coupled with service dollars so that we can wrap all of our residents who live here in the care and support they need to remain stable and successful in their housing. This is a particularly interesting project because this was a modular project. So this is a project that kind of showed that it could be built quicker and for less money. If you see the outside, you'll see how beautiful project it is. And just really excited about it. After six years on the street, my mental health started to take control of me. I had accepted the streets to be my home for the rest of my life, to be honest with you, it was my first time doing any kind of speech like that. In front of that many people. So there was a little bit of nervousness, but everybody that was here, I know why they were here and appreciated every single one of them. So it made it a lot easier in permanent supportive housing. You're providing housing with supportive services for folks who have experienced chronic homelessness. Many of whom live with coexisting disorders, whether it's mental illness and substance abuse, whether it's physical disabilities. And so their journey out of homelessness is aided with the support at every step of that journey. Mental health for me, was the big resource and a big like help here, you know, and Cielo offering that was tremendous. We won't build anything in my district without wraparound services, without having that mental health. The drug addiction of components to it, and to try to take a chance to come into housing because we can help you get off the streets . That yourself, your city, your rights. It's a gender and public safety symposium. And we have a number of workshops, starting with gender based violence prevention and support. There are people who are dealing with tough situations and things that people don't like to talk about, but by us being here to provide the information we can change and save lives. When asked about public safety deeply and in dialog with people, the conversation is not about cops and robbers and victims. What we heard today about public safety is that what makes people feel safe is economic security is strong. Community self-empowerment at Cal State L.A. our mission is to educate the next generation, and that includes civic engagement. So beyond their major or their specific programs, they have a role to play in the civic community that they choose to be in. And so today is all about giving them those resources to do that work safely. This is where young people are with bright minds, and they're open minded still. They're here because they want to learn something. So why not share in a space where people are open to learn and can be contributors? Well, I want them to not just live in fear. I want them to live in the fact that the first thing they hear is to get an education, and we're trying to give them the surroundings for them to achieve that, and we want to have the workshops where they can go and not find all the solutions, but at least get the information. The folks who are in the room here, these are the doers. The motto here at Cal State L.A is that we are LA. So if we help the people who help the people, we will build a better Los Angeles. A Los Angeles is truly for everyone. Los Angeles was named one of the top digital cities in the nation for its use of technology to streamline services and to boost security, counted among the safer large cities in the nation, LA has built its progress on collaboration, city leaders, community members and the police department work side by side, strengthening neighborhoods protecting immigrant Angelenos and partnering with residents to address crime. Where it happens most. Here in the city of Los Angeles, where, you know, they say it's the city of Angels, right? You have a lot of darkness that's happening throughout the day. Throughout the night, where children as young as 11 years old are being trafficked on our local streets . Human trafficking is a major problem, not only here in Los Angeles, but globally. So it's important that we bring this into a visibility in the most powerful ways. Thank you all for being here today and more importantly, thank you for the work you do every day when no one is watching. This is our second annual human Trafficking summit for LAPD, and this is a collaboration summit where we have law enforcement officials. We have representatives from the city attorney's office, district attorney's office, U.S. Attorney's office, advocacy groups, and support groups for people who are trafficked, especially in the sex workers. And we all come together and we have presentations. We share ideas. We share intelligence, things that are happening on the streets. Best practices, and how to combat and address the human trafficking epidemic that we see on the streets of Los Angeles. And that is what today's summit is about. It is about bringing together this broad coalition of entities and communities to leverage all of our resources to combat this problem, particularly the sex trafficking of children. Summits like this are important not only for education of the people that are working within this industry, but also letting the community know how pervasive this issue is in L.A. County. It is one of the epicenters of sex trafficking, Figueroa, of course, is the most famous of all the tracks, as they call them. And that's where children as young as 12 years old are being trafficked. It's right in broad daylight. We drive past it every day. It's like these children are just lost. It is a collaborative effort because we can't just do it with law enforcement alone. Support groups and service groups can't do it alone. We all have to work together and also the prosecutorial part of that with the city attorney and the district attorney, the U.S. Attorney's Office of going forward with the prosecution of those who are offending and those who are trafficking. These especially minors here in the city of Los Angeles. We can't walk by situations where somebody is being held against their will. Somebody is being put in an extremely dangerous circumstance over and over again. So we all have an ability to be able to do something about it in our communities. All of you are doing that every single day, and the courage it takes to do what you're doing is amazing . Los Angeles is also advancing smart city initiatives, upgrading infrastructure like connecting street lighting that responds to real time conditions , expanding public Wi-Fi, and exploring new mobility solutions to reduce congestion and emissions. As part of long term plans through 2028, strong relationships lay the groundwork for lasting success while working together toward a common goal. Sports especially team competition, field discipline, perseverance, and resilience. A truth often echoed by basketball greats. Reflecting on the journey behind their achievements. I'm about to take you to the hole ready? I'm excited about being in LA as the CEO of the Legends of Basketball. Wanted to make sure that we got into the community and do the same thing for the community. It did for us, which was to raise us, give these kids an opportunity to hear from us, learn from us. One, two, three legends and feel the energy that we bring into any gym that we walk into. Come on, make shots. Make the shots inside the building. We're here in the 10th district at Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex, and what we have is an amazing thing. A free clinic from kids from the second grade to the ninth grade. We got so many great legends from WNBA legends, Harlem Globetrotters legends ABA legends and NBA legends. Just giving their fullness to the game. Just showing the kids life through basketball. And we're just excited to be here. Sports teaches us so much. And I was lucky to have a safe environment to experiment with different sports. And I quickly learned that. It taught me discipline. It taught me perseverance how to fall down and get up, how to believe in myself, how to be confident in who I am. And so I'm hoping that we can come here and give our kids that same message, because I know when we do, they end up being something far greater than they thought. That they could ever be. It is important for us to be here and put on these clinics because we again, we want this. We want to show the kids the opportunities we want to instill in them what someone instilled in us. And that's the morals, the values, the hard work, the dedication. Just being here is step one. And so once they're here now, we're going to teach them some of the life skills as well as basketball skills out here in today's world. Of all the technology that we have with social media, the internet, we're seeking to always empower our brains and our minds. But if they don't learn how to move their bodies in a way that keeps them healthy and not just healthy, but keeps them connected to others and having fun, then we're giving them something that is really going to be detrimental as they get older, because we need to learn how to take care of our bodies. I really just want to tell the parents, continue to put your kids in sport. They may not be NBA player, WNBA player next, you know, major soccer player, but there's something important about being on a team sport that they can carry over into the workforce. They can just carry on through life about being a teammate, about dedication, about sometimes working together for a common goal. So it's bigger opportunities, it's bigger reasons why sport is good for young kids who play you can't stop, won't stop, shoot the rock til you get enough to reach the top. Yo. Welcome to MacArthur Park. Welcome to Council District one. My comments might be a little bit longer, but there's a lot to share around the budget. The budget is so incredibly important to this city, but also to the quality of your life for next year. We are looking at a $91 million gap that is in our outlook based on continuing levels of service. The budget process is extremely important because it reflects how the city prioritizes the money that comes from us as taxpayers and residents. And so what the city allocates to different departments for different programs really shows what the city is prioritizing at that. Given moment. I believe that the city needs to invest more in our crumbling infrastructure and mobility, and transportation. We need to invest more in alternatives to just police. Well, for decades we've wanted unarmed alternatives to armed policing. We know that people are having mental health crises and we don't need armed police officers going to those doors. We need actual clinicians and so we know that about $45 million is just this really tiny part of that entire $13 billion can actually make that happen citywide. My hope that when the new budget is signed in June, that we have an expansion in unarmed crisis response teams that we have the investments to fix our sidewalks and create more curb ramps, and that we beef up departments such as our rec and parks department, our animal Services department, our Bureau of Street Services and Sanitation that have been cut the last several years. Just as a reminder of the incredible and costly needs that the city faces today, um, at least $1 billion in a backlog request. This is just backlog for sidewalk repair . This budget is going to be very difficult as as you mentioned, we're going to have to be a real balance of trying to reduce spending, reduce what we would do overall and hopefully have some revenue if we don't get involved in the budget process now, then we will never know where those tax dollars are going or have it go to the places that we desperately need for the people of Los Angeles. So that's why it's important that people pay attention right now. Before the budget gets dropped in April, because oftentimes people tell me, yes, my tax dollars pay for the government, but most times people don't know where their taxes are going to. And so if they want to learn more, they can go on to my website. You have a choice. Do you want to just be upset about your street lights not getting fixed? Or do you want to engage and get activated and tell the city, I want you to invest my tax dollars in fixing my street lights? Join an organization. This is where the action is happening and you are more powerful than you think. Nobody knows the trouble. I see nobody knows the sorrow. Nobody knows the trouble. I've seen glory. Hallelujah Cam was founded in 1977, so we're coming up on our 50th anniversary next year. For over 40 years, cam has been collecting African American artists and we've been at the vanguard of that work. So we have an incredible collection of works that range from Betye Saar to David Hammond to Noah Purifoy to John Outterbridge, and we try to show them as often as we can . Cam is unique in that we tell the stories of California and the West from a black perspective, and through the lens of artists and historical materials drawn from the world and our own collection. And it's a special place. It was made by the community for the community . At Cam, we say black history every day, but we recognize that black History Month is an important opportunity to reflect and celebrate the contributions of black people past, present, and future. It really is a unique place in Los Angeles where all people, but particularly black people, can come and be in their joy and their sense of togetherness. At Cam, we rotate our exhibitions regularly, so there's always an opportunity to come back and see something new. We also have a slate of programs that range from talks to performances to workshops to art activities, to yoga to dance parties. So there's something for everyone here at Cam. When visitors come to the museum, I hope that they leave with an understanding of the contributions of African Americans. But also to understand that that experience is multifaceted, diverse and extraordinary . In Los Angeles, technology is transforming daily life from smart street lights and sensor equipped infrastructure that improves safety and energy efficiency to high performance green buildings designed with advanced sustainability systems across transportation, the city is expanding EV charging networks, modernizing traffic management with real time data, and investing in cleaner public transit to create a more connected, low emission future. Thanks for joining us. You can watch these stories and more on channel 35 or at LA city.gov/tv and follow us at LA City on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Until next time, get out there and explore all that Los Angeles has to offer . Did you know the average LA resident uses about 89 gallons of water each day? Challenge yourself to conserve, turning off the faucet when you brush saves up to ten gallons of water . Taking a five minute or less shower saves up to 15 gallons of water. 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ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER PESHZ, MA DPAM CLERK WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 1 THROUGH 8 AND 12 THROUGH 17. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION ?Z >> Council President: YES, WE WILL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION, CELEBRATING AN IMPORTANT LOS ANGELES INSTITUTION TO BE LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY OF THE 5th DISTRICT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: COME ON IN. A LITTLE TIGHTER, BRING IT IN, SHORT PEOPLE IN FRONT. >> Council President: MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL IN THE SHOT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ONCE A YEAR, WE DO SOMETHING RARE AND FOR ONE DAY WE USE OUR ROADWAYS FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN L.A. COMMUTE. THE L.A. MARATHON ALLOWS US TO SEE OUR STREETS DIFFERENTLY, OUR STREETS LOOK DIFFERENT, THEY'RE FILLED WITH NEIGHBORS AND VOLUNTEERS AND FAMILIES CHEERING ON THE SIDEWALK, PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER. IT BRINGS RUNNERS FROM DODGER STADIUM THROUGH DOWNTOWN, KOREATOWN, KOREATOWN AND MID-CITY AND ALL WAY TO THE END LINE AT THE OCEAN. AND ALONG THE WAY, ACTUALLY ENDS IN CENTURY CITY, WHO WROTE THESE? NEIGHBORS SHOW UP EARLIER THAN MOST OF US ARE AWAKE, TO SUPPORT PEOPLE THEY NEVER MET. THEY ENCOURAGE RUNNERS, HANDOUT RUNNERS THEY CHEER ON RESIDENTS, THIS YEAR WE'RE MARKING 40 YEARS OF L.A. MARATHON, WHEN LOS ANGELES CHOSE TO THINK BIGGER, INSPIRED BY THE LEGACY OF 1984 OLYMPIC CLAIMS. AS WE PREPARE FOR 2028 AND WELCOME THE PARALYMPIC GAMES FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT LOS ANGELES SHOWS WELL. WE HOST THE WORLD AND ORGANIZE SCALE AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. TRAINING FOR 26.2 MILES TAKES DIS CIPLINE AND SUPPORT. ON MARCH 8th, LOS ANGELES SHOWS WHAT COMMITMENT LOOKS LIKE, PEOPLE LINE UP AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST SPEAKER, MURPHY WRIENSCHREIBER. PLEASE COME ON UP. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ACTUALLY, LET FINISH THIS. STAND WITHING ME ARE THE LEADERS AND McCOURT WHICH ORGANIZES THE EVENT EACH YEAR. BUSINESS INVITE THEM T WOULD I LIKE TO WELCOME MARY, AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE McCOURT FOUNDATION. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR WELCOME THE McCOURT LOS ANGELES AND THE LOS ANGELES MARATHON TODAY. ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED AS HOWARD AND LUCY MURRY BUT ALSO OUR RACE AMBASSADORS WHO ARE INFLUENTIAL RUNNERS AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH WITH THE T-SHIRT OUR LEGACY RUNNERS. OUR LEGACY RUNNERS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE DONE EVERY MARATHON DATING BACK TO 1986, THEIR 40th. AND THIS IS IT DEMONSTRATES THE GRIT AND DETERMINATION EMBODIED BY THE MARATHON AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. GETTING TO THE MARATHON ITSELF FOR THIS YEAR, EVERYTHING, EVERY ELEMENT OF THE ELEMENT HAS BEEN SOLD OUT AND SOLD OUT IN RECORD TIME. 27,000 RUNNERS AND TOMORROW 7200 KIDS RUNNING THE 26 MILE WHICH IS AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WE PRODUCE WITH L.A. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. ACCORDING TO BRAND FINANCE WHICH IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED BRAND VALUATION AGENCY OUT OF LONDON, THE LOS ANGELES MARATHON IS THE TENTH MOST VALUABLE BRAND IN THE WORLD. THAT BRAND RANKING IS BASED ON COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC IMPACT. FROM COMMUNITY IMPACT ARE THE LOS ANGELES MARATHON CHARITY PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS 125 NONPROFIT TO RAISE MONEY, HAS RAISED OVER 80 MILLION AND WILL RAISE ANOTHER 84 MILLION THIS YEAR FROM A SUSTAINABILITY STAND POINT, THE LOS ANGELES MARATHON IS ONE OF 8 MARATHONS OF THE WORLD THAT HAVE ACHIEVED GREEN STATUS ON RESPONSIBLE SPORT. THERE ARE VERY VERY FEW EVENTS WORLDWIDE THAT ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS STATUS AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN THERE LAST YEAR. FROM ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS PEGGED AT 120 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE OSCARS IS ABOUT 135 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. THE SUPER BOWL IS 500 MILLION. SO IF WE DO DO A LITTLE BIT OF PATH, EVERY 2.35 MARATHON EQUALS A SUPER BOWL. THE MARATHON IS A SUSTAINABLE AND RELIABLE, ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE CITY. IN CLOSING, WE ARE PROUD STEWARDS OF THIS RACE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND FOR TODAY'S PROCLAMATION AND MOST OF ALL, WE INVITE YOU TO COME OUT ON SUNDAY MARCH 8th AND SEE THE MARATHON. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, MURPHY. NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE RESOLUTION, FOR MARCH 8th L.A. MARATHON. LET'S DO IT OVER HERE. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND WE'LL ALL SMILE A LITTLE SMILE WHEN WE SEE OUR RUNNERS RUNNING THROUGH THE CITY. BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MADAM CLERK, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA HAD A COMMENT ON ONE OF THE ITEMS WE VOTED ON SO I WANT TODAY YIELD THE FLOOR TO HER, TO LET US KNOW HER THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT TODAY TAKE SOME TALKING POINTS RELATED TO ITEM 17. COUNCILMEMBERS, I RISE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS MOTION WHICH I SEE HAS ALREADY PASSED BUT REGARDLESS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. THIS SEEKS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND PROPER GOVERNANCE FOR ONE OF OUR CRITICAL ADVISORY BODIES, THE VAN NUYS CITIZEN AND ADVISORY COUNCIL. THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1995, TWO YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN. PROVIDING ESSENTIAL ADVISE. HOWEVER, RESENT ACTIONS BY THE BOARD OF AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS UNDER SCORES A NEED FOR CLARITY AND OVERSIGHT REGARDING HOW IT OPERATES ITS STRUCTURE. THIS IS A WIN FOR COMMUNITY TODAY WITH THE ACTIONS, MOVING FORWARD, THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GET INFORMED WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE TO HOW THEY OPERATE. MY MESSAGE IS SIMPLE, COMMUNITY VOICES MUST BE PROTECTED AND MOVING FORWARD. FAMILIES LIVING NEAR AND AROUND THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT, EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT MADE EVERY DAY. SO IT'S ABOUT BALANCE AND FAIRNESS AND PROTECTING THE WELL BEING OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE REPRESENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY WHEN THERE WAS A CHANGE, SHE REACHED OUT TO DISCUSS WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE THIS BODY. SO AS THE GOVERNING BODY OVERSEEING THE WORLD AIRPORTS, TO ESTABLISH CLEAR COUNCIL DIRECTION FOR COMMUNITY ADVISORY THAT REFLECTS NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE ONES THAT WE REPRESENT. AND HERE WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU FOR AGREEING DO THIS ON CONSENSUS, IT'S ABOUT STRENGTHENING AND MAKING SURE THAT NO OPERATIONAL CHANGES MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT LETTING THE COUNCIL KNOW. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ ON ITEMS 8, 9, AND 10. >> E. Hernandez: YES, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG WAY, BEAR WITH ME I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THESE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE BUT THEY'RE ALL VERY IMPORTANT. FOR ITEM NUMBER 9, COLLEAGUES ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS WE ALL GET IN EVERY DISTRICT IS STREETLIGHT, NOT JUST CD1 BUT ALL OF US. IT'S PART OF OUR ECOSYSTEM, IF THE LIGHTS ARE OUT, PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE. THIS LET'S US BRING LIGHT TO GO ALLEY WAYS AND OTHER PLACES TRADITIONAL POLES CAN'T REACH. AND IT WORKED AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY, LADWP INSTALLED THEIR LIGHTS ON THE EXISTING POLES. THE PROGRAM HAS SINCE STALLED. MEANWHILE WE'RE PAYING MILLIONS AND DIFFERED MAINTENANCE AS WE ALL KNOW IS VERY EXPENSIVE, INVESTING, IT'S FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND OUR COMMUNITY DON'T CARE WHAT DEPARTMENT OWNS THE POLE, THEY JUST WANT THE STREETLIGHTS TO WORK. EXPLORING ALL NECESSARY CHANGES AND INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORK CONTINUES WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION AND JOINING ME FOR CALLING TO RETURN FOR TOTAL AIRY STREETLIGHT. I URGE YOUR AYE VOTE. FOR ITEM NUMBER 10, COLLEAGUES WE TALK ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, WE SCRUTINIZE EXPENDITURE AND IDENTIFY ALLOCATIONS, TODAY I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON MY MOTION TO IMPROVE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR BECAUSE IT IMPACTS PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE ACROSS OUR CITY. BUT THE TRUTH IS, THAT GRAFFITI REMOVAL SERVICES ARE IN A FREE FALL AS PROGRAMS HAS BEEN REDUCED AND HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH RISING COSTS AND SERVICE DEMANDS. DATA FROM OFFICE OF BEAUTIFICATION, SHOWS THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 23-24, THE GRAFFITI HAS--48-HOUR RESPONSE RATE HAS DROPPED FROM 50 PERCENT DOWN FROM 76 PERCENT JUST TWO YEARS AGO. THE VOLUME OF GRAFFITI LOCATION ABATED WITHOUT PROACTIVE WORK HAS ALSO BEEN SEVERELY CONTRACTED, FALL FROM 131 LOCATIONS, TO UNDER 77,000 IN THE CURRENT YEAR. AS A CHAIR OF PUBLIC WORKS, I WANT TO REASSURE ANGELINOS THAT THIS COUNCIL AND IS THE CITY ARE NOT SIMPLY THROWING UP OUR HANDS BUZZ THAT WE CAN WORK SMAERT, OPTIMIZING OUR RESPONSES. THESE CONSTRAINTS MEAN WE HAVE TO ASSESS HOW WE DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES. WE HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH VANDALISM, WHILE GRAFFITI IS A UNDENIABLE ISSUE, AREAS THAT REQUIRE INFREQUENT SERVICING WHILE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DROWNING IN NEEDS, IS THE MOST, OPPOSITE OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. MY MOTION OFFERS SI COMMON SENSE FIX TO DELIVER A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON OUR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT ASSESS ISING THE PERFORMANCE AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND CREW SIZES. AND INVOLVES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND REPEATEDLY TARGETED LOCATION TO DEVELOP A FORMAL MATRIX. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. COLLEAGUES, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS MOTION, SO THAT WE CAN TRANSITION FROM INEFFICIENT MODEL TO ONE THAT IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND LAST ONE, I'LL SPEAK ON, ITEM NUMBER 11, COLLEAGUES I'M PROUD TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY TO BRING A LONG-AWAITED VISION TO LIFE FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. MY MOTION INSTRUCTS THE DEPARTMENT TO INSTALL A CEREMONIAL SIGN ON 8th AND VALENCIA NAMING AS FRANCISCO, MORASAN WAS A VISIONARY LEADER TO FOUGHT TO TRANSFORM THE REGION INTO A SING SL PROGRESSIVE NATION. HE WAS A FIERCE CHAMPION FOR REFORMS PARTICULARLY PROTECTING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RELIGION. COSTA RICA, GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR. TODAY NEARLY ONE MILLION CENTRAL AMERICANS LIVE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND 600 LIVING IN OUR CITY ALONE. THE PRESENCE DEFINES THE CULTURE AND LANDSCAPE OF NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WEST LIKE AND McCARTHER PARK. AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AGAIN FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES I URGE YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ WHO MADE A COMPELLING CASE FOR AN AYE VOTE. >> OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> City Attorney: MR. PRESIDENT, NONE OF THE ITEMS WITH OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. HOWEVER ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK ON ANYTHING WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY FOR A MINUTE. SO WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN AND YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING. >> Clerk: AND MR. PRESIDENT, THE VOTE IS TAKEN IS ON ITEMS 9 THROUGH 11. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP JOHNNY G, FRAN POSAKI, JOE C AND STACY CIGAR BOWLINGER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. I AM VERY UPSET AT THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT OF MY ENCINO TARZANA LIBRARY, ALL PEOPLE CAN VOLUNTEER, NOT JUST THE ELDERLY. LET'S PUT AN END TO INJUSTICE. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK MR. BLUMENFIELD, ESPECIALLY ELIZABETH, FOR HELPING, HELPING US HELP LATINOS IN YOUR DISTRICT IN REGARDS TO TRYING TO BUILD A HOME IN THEIR FAMILIES. THANKS BOB. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M STEVE BRACKET I'M A 50-PLUS RESIDENT OF VAN NUYS OR LAKE BALBOA I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE VAN NUYS ADVISORY COUNCIL. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE BOAC REGARDING COUNCIL. THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE IN THE PURVIEW AND RIGHTS OF YOU COUNCILMEMBERS THAT ARE IN JEOPARDY AND I HOPE THAT YOU PAY CLOSE OF ATTENTION TO YOUR FILE 25-1414, WE HAVE AMPLE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE UZ TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY FROM THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER DEPRIVE US FROM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL UP STEVE LEFFARTHER, MARGARET AND NICK MOSS. >> Speaker: HELLO MY NAME IS FRAN I'M IN CD12, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS MEETING IN THE VALLEY, IT'S HARD TO GET IN THE CITY. I HOPE YOU SUPPORT 15-1414, WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR AREA ALSO. BEFORE THE FAA ALONG WITH THE FLIGHT PASS AND THERE WAS 80 ACRES OF FARM LAND WHICH INCLUDED MY AREA IN CD12. WHEN WE ASKED FOR CHANGE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE AIRPORT WAS THERE FIRST. IT WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT TIME. LESS PLANES, NO JETS, THERE WAS NO, NO NOISE, AND FUMES, NOISE A LITTLE BIT, LESS FUMES, GOING 1200 FEET OVER OUR HOMES. I'M ASKING THAT THIS COUNCIL TO REQUIRE THE MASTER PLAN AND INTER PRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BEFORE ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES GOING ON WHICH THEY'RE TRYING TO SNEAK IN DIFFERENT CHANGES RIGHT NOW. PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED YOUR HELP, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: NITHYA RAMAN, HAD ALREADY END MAYOR BASS SING ISING] [SINGING] AND THEN SHE SAID I'M GOING TO ENTER THE RACE AND THEN SHE SAID, THEY WERE TERRORISTS ON A WEEK WEND THEY APPROACHED THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED ON THE POSITION DEVELOPMENT. [SINGING] THAT CONFRONTATION MADE HER CRY, I DON'T KNOW HOW SUCH A COWARD COULD RUN L.A., NITHYA RAMAN, IS A DRIFTER BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY DEVELOPERS AND HOLLYWOOD, AND ZIONIST, I KNOW I'M GOING TO VOTE, GOING TO VOTE FORAY. WHY IS IT THAT WHENEVER I MAKE A SONG FOR NITHYA, SHE DOES NOT SHOW UP. FUCK THE FDF AND SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. >> Speaker: HI NAME IS STEVE LEFFORD I'M A RESIDENT OF SAN FERNANDO LIVING ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM VAN NUYS AIRPORT. THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED IN 1985 DID NOT REQUIRE RESIDENTS BY THE APPOINTED COUNCILMEMBERS TO BE ON THAT PARTICULAR COUNCIL. SUDDENLY, BOAC DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE RESIDENT RIGHT SIDE, THEY COULDN'T BID JUST BUSINESS OWNERS OR A AN ASSOCIATION GROUP WITHIN THAT AREA. SO, I UNDERSTAND THE REASON, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT MORE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD ON THE COUNCIL, TO REPRESENT REPRESENT RESIDENTS TO LIVE WITH THE NOISE ALL THE TIME. BUT WHY IS IS THE MAYOR'S THREE APPOINTEE AND BOAC'S THREE APPOINTEES NOT REQUIRE THE SAME RESIDENCY TO BE ON THAT BOARD. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAK PER, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, MELL, BOBBY M, BEGUN' JOE AND CANDIDO. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: OKAY, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, SO A MINUTE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME SO IS JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR 25-1415 AND 25-1505, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR THE THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENT ON 1205. I DON'T KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING, THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THE UNETHICAL AND IMMORAL AND UNAUTHORIZED MANIPULATION. THIS IS A SYSTEMIC TOXIC CULTURE WITHIN LAWA THAT HAS BEEN ACRESING OVER REACH, MISCONDUCT, ABUSIVE OFFICE AND ABUSIVE AUTHORITY FOR THE PAST 3 DECADES. CITY COUNCIL WITH THE HELP OF COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA >> Council President: MA'AM, THAT'S YOUR TIME, THANK YOU SO MUCH S I APPRECIATE YOU COMING. >> THERE IS OPERATED THAT AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT FOR 5 4 YEARS UNDER 2 LEASES. THE FIVE RECENTLY RFP ARE SO POORLY DRAFTED MISSING DATA THAT A TRUE COMPETITIVE PROCESS CANNOT OCCUR. THIS WILL LEAD TO EXTENSIVE RENEGOTIATING WITH CHALLENGES OTHER PARTIES TO THE RFPs. TWO OFFER A TEN-YEAR LEASE AS AN EXAMPLE, A HAS PASSED BY LAWA THAT LIMIT TERMS TO FIVE YEARS. YOU WERE TOLD THAT IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THESE RFPs ARE NEEDED. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS IS YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES. DANIELLE, STEVEN, SUE, WANE KURNER AND WW. >> Council President: HOLD ON ONE SECOND. TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMMENTING ON THE LAWA ISSUE, WE PUT THIS ISSUE ON THE AGENDA IN THE VALLEY, SO YOU ALL CAN COME AND SPEAK, SO WE'RE HAPPY AND EAGER TO HEAR FROM YOU. WE HAVE TO KEEP EVERYONE TO THE SAME RULES THAT'S WHY WE KEEP CUTTING YOU OFF, WE HELD THIS ITEM HERE SO YOU CAN COME AND HEAR FROM YOU. >> ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTS AND SUPPORT HER HAVE COME AND WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEAK. SO SHE CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT WAS, I WAS THERE THAT DAY. THERE IS A RULE IN THE RULES AND WHATEVER, THAT ALLOW ANYONE OF THESE PEOPLE UP THERE IN THE HORSESHOE TO CALL FOR AN ITEM TO REOPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEY RARELY IF EVER THEY DO THAT. THAT'S HOW MUCH THEY CARE ABOUT OUR OPINION. THERE IS A WATERFALL BROKEN, IT'S HARD TO EVEN KNOW TO SAY TO YOU ALL, BECAUSE YOU'RE SO DESPICABLE. IT'S L.A. VALLEY GUN CLUB, HIT ME UP, WE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE CITY. THE CHARTER COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE DONE-- >> Council President: THAT'S YOUR TIME, WE NEED TO GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, WE NEED A MICROPHONE. OH SHE HAS IT, OKAY. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DANIELLE SUITE, I LIVE ACROSS FROM THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT, I'M BED BOUND 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME, I HAVE MS AND FYBRO MIALGIA, I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FUMES AND NOISE. I LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 30 YEARS, I BOUGHT MY HOUSE A YEAR AFTER THE QUAKE. IN THAT TIME TO NOW, IT FEELS LIKE I MOVED NEXT DOOR TO LAX. I HAVE NO PEACE, THE PLANES WAKE ME UP EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. I HAVE EMAILS, ALMOST EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL, AND ASKED FOR SOMEBODY TO PLEASE BESIDE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA TO PLEASE, LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORS! WE ARE DYING, I HAVE METALS IN MY HAIR. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO SPEAK. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAK PER, I'LL CALL THE REST OF THE NAME, LATINO PURPLE HEART, SAGE BEATRIZ. >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY, THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE BLACK BUTTON UP AND THE PONY TAIL AND THE WOMAN NEXT TO HEAR WITH A TRUCKER HAT ON, HAVE GOTTEN THEIR FIRST AND LAST WARNING. >> City Attorney: UNDERSTOOD, THERE PRESIDENT. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Council President: DON'T FEEL YOU LEFT OUT, MR. CANDIDO. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> Speaker: STEVE LEPFORD, THE ITEM THAT YOU PASS APPROXIMATED THE MOTION BEFORE YOU HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ON OT ISSUE, I THINK THAT'S DESPICABLE ON THE PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU WANT PUBLIC COMMENT AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, DO IT BEFORE YOU VOTE TO PASS A MOTION. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE YOUR MIND. YOU MIGHT WANT TO AMEND THAT MOTION. AND JUST, SEEMS TOTALLY UNFAIR ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, BOAC'S VISTA ACTION TO CHANGE THE BYLAW OF THE ACA WHENEVER THEY FEEL FIT OR THREATENED BY THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I'LL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, SEAN MURPHY, SUSAN GUTIERREZ AND KANDIDO. >> Speaker: BUSINESS THAT OPERATED UNDER TWO LEASES, FLIGHTS. THE CITY LEASE PROPOSAL ISSUED IN THE HEART STREET ARE THE DEATH FOR SMALL AIR XRAFT BUSINESS IN VAN NUYS. GENERAL AVIATION WHICH LAWA USES TO MEAN JETS OVER 12,000 POUND. THIS AREA IS CONVERTED TO JET OPERATIONS, NO AVAILABLE RELOCATION SPACES FOR OUR CURRENT TENANTS AND BUSINESSES AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT. THIS WILL DISPLACE THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF PILOT SCHOOLS. DISPLACED WOMEN AND MINORITY AND SMALL BUSINESS AND COST OF OVER 80 JOBS. IT WILL BE MASSIVE NOISY PARKING LOT AND FULL OF POLLUTION, THIS IS ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL LOSS FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: TWO MINUTES? >> City Attorney: ONE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU IMELDA FOR HAVING THE CITY COUNCIL. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WE'LL RESTART YOUR TIME. IF YOU CAN SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, IMELDA FOR HAVING THE MEETING HERE IN THE LAND OF THE FOR GOENT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE VALEY. THE BURBANK AND VAN NUYS AIRPORT ARE THE NEXT LIKELY LOCATION FOR AVIATION ACCIDENT SHOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL FOR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF AND BUT WHEN SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER OUR ALREADY OVERCROWDED SKIES ABOVE OUR HOMES. THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS MOTIONS PASSED BY THE L.A. CITY COUNSEL BUT YET TO BE ACTED ON, MOTION 1829 AND 39 HAVE BEEN IN THE BOOKS BUT YET TO TAKE AFFECT. MOTIONS NEED TO CONTINUE JUST BE PASS BUT IMPLEMENTED. IT SHOULDN'T BE, I ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS BUT I JUST WANT IT SAY IT SHOULD IS NOT BE BENEFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: WHAT CAN WE DO TO SLOW THESE CARS DOWN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF DISTRICT 3. JUST DON'T, WE NEED SLOW THESE CARS DOWN. THERE WAS THREE ACCIDENTS THIS YEAR, CHRISTMAS EVE, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN I WAS WAITING FOR THE BUS TO GO TO CHOIR REHEARSAL AND BACK IN JANUARY, TWO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. I WANT TO TALK TO MY MEMBER OF MY BOB BLUMENFIELD STAFF. I NEED, I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WE NEED TO STOP THESE CARS AND THEY ZOOM BY AT NIGHT, NOBODY CAN GET ANY SLEEP IN THE AREA IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Council President: SEAN, MEMBER FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 IS GOING TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU. >> City Attorney: HI, PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I'M SUSAN AND I'M A 23--YEAR-OLD RESIDENT, I'M CO-FOUNDER OF FUME FOUNDERS UNITED AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING MANY OF OUR POCKET NEIGHBORS WHO ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. THANK YOU FOR PASS ING OUR CONSENT 25-1414, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT. ON GOING LITIGATION WITH LAWA, IT'S ABOUT HIS LIES AND REMOVAL OF CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, HE DEFIANTLY LIED TO COUNCIL OFFICES AND PUBLIC ONLY TO BE EXPOSED BY THE BOAC RESOLUTIONS HE VIOLATED. LAWA'S DISHONESTY AND SHADY ACTIONS HAVE A REAL AFFECT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND VALLEY. IF YOU GO TO VIDEO AND TYPE IN JACOB PAKE MANAGER LIES, AND YOU CAN WATCH IN-PERSON WHAT HE'S DOING. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOLKS FOR COMING OUT HERE. QUICKLY, I'M A LITTLE PISSED OFF THIS MORNING, I WAKE UP AND A GENTLEMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE ME, MR. CARDASH CARVALHO, HE WAS TREATED LIKE A CRIMINAL. THAT'S WHY I FIGURE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CRIMINAL BECAUSE I'M A PRETTY GOOD CRIMINAL BUT I CHOSE TO BE A BETTER PERSON THAN THAT, IT JUMPED ME AND WENT TO MY, MY SONS. BUT WE'RE MILITARY, WE SUPPORT THIS COUNTRY AND WHEN I SEE A MAN LIKE DONALD TRUMP GETAWAY WITH EVERYTHING AND THEN EVERY PERSON THAT LOOKS LIKE ME, THEY'RE ALWAYS ACCUSED, THEY'RE ALWAYS TAKEN DOWN AND YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AROUND, MOST OF YOU, I THINK WE CAN COUNT ON YOU. PORT PER --PORTER RANCH, YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO CAME AND SHARED WITH US TODAY. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT, MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POST ASKED REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. AM I ON? HELLO? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AS WE CLOSE OUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS WELL AS THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN MILAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR DEBI THOMAS WHO WAS THE FIRST OLYMPIC WINNER. BORN ON MARCH 25th, 1967 IN NEW YORK AND GREW UP IN SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA. DEBI BEGAN SKATING AT THE AGE OF 5 AND ENTERED HER FIRST COMPETITION AT AGE OF 9. SHE QUICKLY DISTINGUISHED HERSELF AS A RISING TALENT. DEBI IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER INTENSE RIVALRY CATRINA WHO AT THE TIME WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE TOP FIGURE SKATER IN THE WORLD. AT JUST 18-YEAR-OLD, DEBI DEFEATED THE TWO-TIME METAL OLYMPIC METALIST. AFTER A BRONZE WINNER IN 1988 WINTER OLYMPICS, DEBI SOLIDIFIED HERSELF AS BEST SKATER IN THE 1980, EQUALLY AMBITIOUS OFF ICE, FIN I OBJECTED HER ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM STAN FORWARD AND GRADUATED BACK BECOMING AN ORTHOPAEDIC DOCTOR. PURSUED WINTER SPORTS, SINCE HER SUCCESS IN 1988 WINTER OLYMPICS A ALMOST A DOZEN OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES HAVE WON MEDALS AND I PERSONALLY THIS NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE COMING YEARS. SO AS WE PREPARE FOR ALL THE EXCITING EVENTS COMING TO LOS ANGELES FOR L.A. 18 OLYMPICS, LET'S REMEMBER THE ATHLETES LIKE DEBI THOMAS WHO BROKE BARRIERS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT RECOGNITION. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, I REMEMBER WHEN DEBI THOMAS SKATING AGAINST CATARINA, AND THAT WAS EXCITING TO SEE A YOUNG AFRICAN YOUNG WOMAN WIN THAT GOLD MEDAL AND PROPELLED WINTER OLYMPICS IN THE UNITED STATES. >> Council President: THAT'S RIGHT. >> T. McOsker: AND THAT'S WHEN THE SUMMER AND WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES WERE THE SAME YEAR. SO APROPOS, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THREE GIRLS BASEBALL HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS FROM THE 1-5 THAT WILL BE COMPETING TONIGHT IN THE L.A. CITY FINALS, FIRST WE HAVE THE GARDENA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM, THEY'RE BACK IN THE FINALS AFTER THEIR LAST APPEARANCE IN 2024, COMPETING AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE SEEDED TEAM FROM CD8, WASHINGTON PREP HIGH SCHOOL IN THE DIVISION 3 FINALS. THE GAME IS AT 4:00 P.M. AT L.A. SOUTHWEST. NEXT, NEXT, THE RICH IS IN THE 1-5 CONTINUE. NEXT WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN SEEDED BASKETBALL TEAM, THAT'S THE SCHOOL THAT IS AT HARBOR COLLEGE, IT'S A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL. WILL BE COMPETING FOR A CHANCE TO GO BACK-TO-BACK AND THEY WILL BE FACING OFF AGAINST CD2'S OWN NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AT BIRMINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL. AT BIRMINGHAM CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT AT 6:00 P.M., BUT WISHING I COULD BE IN THREE BASES AT ONCE, WILMINGTON'S GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM, THEY'LL BE MATCHED UP AGAINST, BRAVO HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE 1-4. AND THEY'LL BE PLAYING AT 8:00 P.M. AT GARFIELD FOR THE DIVISION 4 TITLE. BUT SERIOUSLY FOR ALL THE STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE THE FUTURE DEBI THOMASES OF THE WORLD, THEY'RE WORKING HARD ON OT COURT AND ALSO IN THE CLASSROOM I'M PROUD OF THE FIGHTING SPIR SIT OF THE TEAMS AND I WISH THEM ALL THE BEST OF LUCK. AND I I'M SORRY TO CD8 AND CD2 AND CD14 BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SWEEP TONIGHT. >> Council President: ALRIGHTY THEN, MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: JUST A FRIENDLY WAGER, WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE, I'LL TREAT YOU TO THE LUNCH AGAIN. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. McOSKER, ALSO COUNCIL I'M VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT TOMORROW MORNING 10:00 AM AT THE HIGH AT PARK METRO STATION, WE WILL UNVEIL THE SIGNAGE AND HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION MARK ING AND SLAUSON AS NIPSEY HUSTLE SQUARE, HE'LL BE THERE WITH FAMILY WE'RE EXPECTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOMORROW MORNING TO CELEBRATE THAT. IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO GET TO THIS POINT. YOU KNOW, NIPSEY HUSTLE LIVED A LIFE THAT IS COMESIRATE TO BE A SON OF THE CITY. HE CAUGHT THE BUS ON THAT CORNER AND SOLD T-SHIRTS AND SOCKS OUT OF THE BACK OF HIS FRUFRJ TO RAISE MONEY TO RECORD HIS FIRST ALBUM THAT LATER GOT NOMINATED AND EVENTUALLY BOUGHT THE CORNER BEFORE HE UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY. SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THE CELEBRATION TOMORROW IN CD8. YES, HE WAS TAKEN FROM US THROUGH GUN VIOLENCE. ALL RIGHT, SO TOMORROW 10:00 AM. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL ASK EVERYONE TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTION APPROXIMATES. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? TO MY RIGHT? WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK.