>> HEY BUDDY, WHAT'S SHAKING? WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR AN EARTHQUAKE. I LOVE THE RAIN. WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR A FLOOD. >> SURE, IN THE MOVIES THIS IS ALL PRETEND, BUT IN REAL LIFE YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY TYPE OF AN EMERGENCY. YOU CAN'T PREDICT, BUT YOU CAN PREPARE. >> YEAH. >> HOW'D YOU KNOW? >> THE BALL CALLED. >> BE PREPARED AT LAFD.ORG. >> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR CITY LOS ANGELES. MEETING IN CITY HALL OF VAN NUYS. TODAY IS OCTOBER 31, 2025. HALLOWEEN. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS VAN NUYS CITY HALL. MR. CLERK, LET'S BEGIN THE 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. 10 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 29, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT MOVES COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SECONDS, CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA? >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 5 AND 6 ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SPECIALS MEMBERS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: YES, I WANT TO PULL ITEM 6 JUST FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 5 FOR A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATE ASKED SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, WE'LL BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THAT AMENDMENT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS? MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDET THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL THROUGH THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 4 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE ITEM 6 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR COMMENTS. >> I. Padilla: GOOD MORNING, HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2025. I RISE AND CALL ON YOUR SUPPORT FOR ITEM 6 WHICH AUTHORIZES A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR METRO TO BE ALLOWED AS A TEMPORARY AND I EMPHASIZE TEMPORARY A V SITE FOR A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT. AS WE KNOW, OUR CITY CONTINUES TO FACE A HOUSING CRISIS. ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNCIL OFFICES, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, LAHSA AND THE COUNTY ARE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TIRELESSLY TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS TO HOUSING AND SERVICE SXZ MIZ COUNCIL OFFICE IS CONSTANTLY--MY COUNCIL OFFICE IS CONSTANTLY PUSHING TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE INDUSTRIAL LOTS, WE KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING IT'S BEEN. WE HAVE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH ABANDONED RV THAT IS HAVE REMAINED ON OUR SEATS FOR TOO LONG. TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN. HOWEVER, OUR EFFORTS ARE OFTEN SLOWED BY A LACK OF AVAILABLE STORAGE LOTS WITH LIMITED CAPACITY CITY WIDE, COUNCIL DISTRICTS FREQUENTLY COMPETE FOR SPACE TO STORE RVs. BEFORE BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD, MY OFFICE MET WITH THE SCHOOL THAT IS KITTY CORNER TO THE LOT, NEIGHBORHOODS STAKEHOLDERS AND WE SENT OUT MEETINGS AND HOSTED FOCUS GROUPS. WE KNOW THAT WE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND WE HEARD LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND VISUAL IMPACT. IN RESPONSE, WE HAVE REQUESTED 24-7 ONSITE SECURITY, IN ADDITION TO CAMERAS. THERE WILL BE AN DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL MANAGE THE SITES. I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ONLY AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL. AND IT WILL NOT SERVE AS INTERIM HOUSING LOCATION. STRICTLY SHORT-TERM STORAGE. IT WILL ONLY STORE EMPTY RVs FOR UP TO ONE TO TWO MONTHS AT THE TIME BEFORE THEY ARE PROPERLY DISPOSED OF. THIS IS A NECESSARY TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS, ONE THAT HELPS US RESPOND TO THE NEED OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE BROADER EFFORT TO MOVE FORWARD FROM HAVING PEOPLE IN VEHICLES TO HOUSING. WE NEED THIS SPACE TO CONTINUE EXPEDITING REMOVAL OF OUR A BAND ONSED RVs ON STREETS. IT WILL TAKE TIME TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE BUT ACTION HAPPENS NOW. THIS IS FORWARD AND SAFER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, I WANT TO THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZE WHAT A CHALLENGING DYNAMIC THIS IS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS PLAGUING OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I ALSO WANT TO LET YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW, BECAUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARK GONZALES'S BILL THERE IS NOW AN EVEN MORE EXPEDITED PROCESS TO HELP FACILITATE THIS DISPOSITION OF THESE RVs WHICH IS CRITICAL. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LEGALLY REQUIRED TIMELINE TO AID IN THE FA TILL--FACILITATION OF THOSE RVs MORE IMPORTANTLY I'M PROUD TO HAVE PIONEER ITED THE WORK TO THE RV PILOT THAT HAS ACCELERATED THE POSITION OF THE RVs BUT THAT COMES AT THE COOPERATION OF INDIVIDUALS TURNING OVER THEIR PINK SLIP. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A MUCH DIFFERENT PROCESS, PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE, TWO KINDS OF TIME LINES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, BUT I WANT TO THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBER GONZALES FOR HIS SUPPORT ON THIS TO HELP ACCELERATE THE DISPOSITION, BUT THIS SITE IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL IN HELPING TO AID US HERE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. ALL OF THOSE RVs JUST WAITING FOR DISPOSITION, THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT ON OUR STREETS, THEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED INTERMITTENTLY TO THIS LOCATION. I WANT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WORK FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES AND FRUSTRATIONS, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS AS WELL TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HELP CLEAN UP THE STREETS OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND THE BALANCE OF THE LOS ANGELES. FOR THAT I WANTED TO THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR THOSE WORDS. THE COUNCIL JOINS COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ IN THANKING YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, FOR COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION, WE KNOW THE STRUGGLE AND THE CONVERSATIONS GETTING EVERY ONE ON THE SAME PAGE. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE CITY FOR YOUR WORK. YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ DIDN'T POINT OUT THAT SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT TAKE ON RVs IN A SERIOUS WAY IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALUE AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE NOT JUST THERE BUT FOR THE WHOLE CITY. THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE. WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, WE CAN OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? , MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, EXCITING DAY OF PRESENTATIONS HERE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BEGINNING WITH THE GENTLE PERSON FROM CANOGA PARK, MR. BOB BLUMENFIELD OF THE THIRD COUNCIL DISTRICT. [APPLAUSE] GATHER CLOSER, COME ON OVER. OKAY. COLLEAGUES, I WAS VERY HARDENED ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK, WE WERE TAKE ITING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE ANNOUNCING DIFFERENT DIA DE LOS MUERTOS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THEIR DISTRICTS. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HONOR CANOGA PARK FOR HOSTING AND CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF FOR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS FESTIVAL IN CANOGA PARK. [APPLAUSE] AND WITH ME, YOU HAVE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF THAT FIRST DIA IN LOS ANGELES, THE VERY FIRST DIA IN LOS ANGELES WAS IN CANOGA PARK JUST DOWN THE ROAD AND WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT PUT YOU FORWARD AND THEY WORKED WITH THEIR COUNCILWOMAN AT THE TIME, WAS LAURA CHICK WITH SOME CRA FUNDS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND YOU'LL HEAR SOME GREAT STORIES AND YOU'RE SEEING SOME PICTURES TOO BEHIND YOU, SOME FROM THE ORIGINAL AND SOME FROM THE ONES THAT HAVE GONE ON OVER THE YEARS. I WANT TODAY START WITH A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO LID YA, JACQUELINE, MARY PATTERSON, THE ENTIRE TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS WHO TIRELESSLY WORKED TO BRING THIS EVENT TO LIFE, THIS YEAR AND EACH AND EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY. AND WHAT BEGAN 25 YEARS AGO, IN A SMALL PARKING LOT HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF OUR MORE CHERISHED COMMUNITY TRADITIONS. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IS MORE THAN JUST AN EVENT, IT'S A DAY OF LOVE CULTURE AND REMEMBRANCE AND PRIDE. THE MAIN STREET IN CANOGA HAS BEEN GATHERING FOR NEIGHBORS AND FAMILIES TO CONNECT AND REFLECT. IT STARTED TO TALK ABOUT JUST A FEW ALTERS THAT WERE PUT UP IN PLACE, AND GROWN TO A LARGE FESTIVAL HA HAS THE COMMERCIAL ELEMENT BUT HAS REMAINED TRUE TO THE CULTURE WITH ALTERS AND FOLKS COMING TOGETHER. CREATING A SPACE WHERE EVERY ONE FEELS SEEN, VALUED AND EMBRACED. AND REMINDS US THAT DEATH IS AN AN END BUT A CONTINUATION WITH THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, WE CELEBRATE MEMORY WITH JOY AND NOT SORROW. YOUR PRESENCE AND SUPPORT THIS WEEKEND IS GOING TO HELP SUSTAIN NOT ONLY THE SPIRIT OF BUT THE CREATIVITY AND CULTURE. THIS FESTIVAL HAS ALSO GIVEN RISE TO THAT AREA BECOMING A CENTER FOR CULTURE. WE'RE CREATING THE CANOGA PARK ARTS HUB AND HAVE DONE ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN THAT AREA AND IT'S ALL LINKED, IT'S ALL LINKED AND AS YOUR COUNCILMEMBER I'M ENSURING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVENTS LIKE THIS CONTINUE TO THRIVE. BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SPACES SHOULD REFLECT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND TODAY MAIN STREET REFLECTS THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE POURED THEIR TIME AND ENERGY AND EVENT OVER THE YEARS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MAIN STREET CANOGA A HOME FOR HERITAGE AND HEALING AND TO EVERY ONE WHO HAS COME HERE TODAY WHETHER YOU'RE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OR THE CURRENT ORGANIZERS OR FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES AND TRADITION AND JOY. SO LET US CONTINUE TO HONOR THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US BY BUILDING A CITY WHERE EVERYBODY THRIVES AND COMMUNITY LEAD. I WANT TO START BY INTRODUCING LIDIA LASIO THE PRESIDENT OF CANOGA PARK. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. MY NAME IS IEDA, I'M ONE OF THE MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE HELPED IN THE FESTIVAL SINCE THE EARLY DAYS. SOME ARE NOT HERE WITH US ANY LONGER, WE HONOR THEM TOO AS WE REMEMBER THEM. I'M SURE THEY ARE JUST AS PROUD AS WE ARE TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE CITY STAFF MEMBERS FOR MAKING THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY OF DIA DE LOS MUERTOS FAMILY FESTIVAL WHICH HAS ALWAYS TAKEN PLACE EVERY FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER. IT IS INCREDIBLE WHAT STARTED WITH FOUR ALTERS SET UP ALONG THE STREET, IT'S NOW A MILE LONG FULL OF COLORFUL AND MEANINGFUL TRADITION. OUR FESTIVAL HAS GROWN MORE EXAMINE MORE OVER THE YEARS. THIS FESTIVAL HAS PLANTED ITS ROOTS IN MY COMMUNITY IN CANOGA PARK HERE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY FROM WHAT OTHERS HAVE ADAPTED OUR IDEA BY CELEBRATING THE TRADITION AND CULTURE OF OUR HIGHLY POPULATED HISTORIC RACE. OUR FAMILY FESTIVAL IS TO POWERFUL AND WELL HELPED AMONG OUR COMMUNITIES WHICH CAN ONLY MAKE US MORE PROUD. THE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IS A TRADITION ORIGINALED NATURED IN MEXICO AND CARRIED OVER FOR 300 YEARS AND HONORS THE LIVE OF THOSE PASSES IT'S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRADITION, WHICH IS CELEBRATED EVERY NOVEMBER 2 PD. 2nd, IT MAKES ME TWICE AS PROUD, OUR FESTIVAL WHICH BRINGS MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IT IS SUCH A REWARDING FEELING SEEING EVERY ONE AROUND THE FESTIVAL WITH SUCH JOYFUL EXPRESSION ON THEIR FACES WHICH GIVES US THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN EACH YEAR. OUR FESTIVAL NOT ONLY A TRACKS PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO BRINGS OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, IT INCREASES THE EXPOSURES AND REVENUE AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT BRINGS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OTHERS ON BECOMING A CANOGA PACK BUSINESS OWNER. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN OUR FESTIVAL, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND GET INSPIRED AND SEE WHAT MANY DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE BETTER OF THE COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF MAIN STREET CANOGA PARK, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS FAMILY FESTIVAL, WITH YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGE AND HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY FOR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS TO US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, NEXT I WANT TO INTRODUCE JACQUELINE BURN STEIN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MAINSTREAM CANOGA PARK. >> Speaker: THAT'S DEFINITELY A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY IS A PRECIOUS COMMODITY. IT TAKES TIME TO GROW AND NURTURE IT HAS VALUE THAT EN RICHES THE LIVES OF EVERY ONE IT TOUCHES. NOW A DAYS, COMMUNITY CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS, WHERE YOU FEEL SAFE TO BE SEEN AND SHOW UP FROM WHO AND HOW YOU'RE LISTENED TO. IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE YOUR HOME IS. AND IN THE RUSHED MORNING TO GET ON WITH THE DAY. PEOPLE WHO ARE AT FIRST STRANGERS BUT HOPEFULLY OVERTIME BECOME FRIENDS. IT IS IN THE PARENTS WHO YOU RAISE YOUR CHILDREN WITH, MARK ING BIRTHDAY THROUGH ADOLESCENCE AND. IT'S IN THE PARKS, PUBLIC PLAZAS WHERE YOU RUN INTO PEOPLE AND A CHANCE ENCOUNTER CA REMIND YOU THAT THE WORLD CAN STILL BE FRIENDLY. COMMUNITY, IS IN THE PEOPLE WE LIVE OUR LIFE OUT WITH ALONGSIDE OF. SUPPORTED BY DEDICATED STAFF AND OFTEN UNSUNG TEAMS CHAMPIONING POLICY FOR STREET CLEAN UP, PROPER DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTIVE MEASURES FOR THE ARTS ALL ON THE BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS MANY OF WHOM THEY MAY NEVER ACTUALLY KNOW. FOR CANOGA PARK, COMMUNITY IS EVERYTHING. CANOGA PARK, THE HISTORIC PARK THAT SITS AT THE BASE OF THE L.A. RIVER OF THE HOME LANDS OF THE TATAVIAN, IT IS ALL THAT AND MORE. ONCE WHERE THE RED CAR RAMBLED FROM DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND THE FIRST OPERATOR CONNECTED THE WEST VALLEY TO THE WORLD, CANOGA PARK HAS A HISTORY OF REACHING FOR THE STARS. IT'S IN THE FABRIC OF THE DISTRICT, A MIX OF MOM-AND-POP BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET OVER A DOZEN SCHOOLS, FORTIFIED BY SECOND AND THIRD FAMILIES. IT'S IN THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO INVEST IN MAINTAINING THE AREA THROUGH STEWARDSHIP MANY TO KEEP A DREAM PROJECT ALIVE. TODAY WE HONOR THE MAIN STRAET CANOGA PARK. WHAT BEGAN HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, 25 YEARS OF MAIN STREET CANOGA PARK BY SISTER PARK IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. WE WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF LONG TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARY, WHO SHEPHERDED THE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS VOLUNTEERS AND ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THEIR STAFF WHO HAVE CARED DEEPLY OF THIS ENDEAVOR. THE HEART OF THIS PROJECT, THE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, A PROJECT THAT HELPED CANOGA RECEIVE AN AWARD 20 YEARS AGO, A FIRST FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS FUELLED BY COMMUNITY. IT IS A HOLIDAY ABOUT GRIEF, MEMORY AND JOY. THIS FESTIVAL WAS CREATED AND SUPPORTED BY HANDFUL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR WHOM ARE HERE TODAY DONNA LAURA AND AURELIA [APPLAUSE] OUR CAR SHOW CURATER, JESS. OVER THE YEAR ITS FESTIVAL AND ITS LEADERSHIP HAVE INCLUDED FAR TOO MANY NAMES BUT TODAY WE HONOR YOU TOO, WE HONOR EVERY CAR SHOW CLUB THAT BROUGHT OUT THEIR BEST IN MEMORY HONORING CRAFTSMANSHIP, WE HONOR OUR VENDORS AND ALL ARTIST WHO BRING A FREE ARTS EXPERIENCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS WHO SHOW UP AND SUPPLIES OF DONATED GOODS AND SERVICED. THE FESTIVAL IS A LIVING EMBODIMENT OF COMMUNITY AND IT HAS GROWN TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST RUNNING ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THANK YOU. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE DOZENS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL PROVIDE THEIR RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS OVER 100 PARTICIPATING ARTIST AND NOT TO MENTION, THE BEST CAR SHOW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED EVERY ONE NOW-A-DAYS IS DOING A CAR SHOW BUT IT STARTED IN CANOGA PARK! [APPLAUSE] IN RESENT YEARS THE FESTIVAL HAS EMBRACED A NOD TOWARDS THE FUTURE A CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS TOWN, SOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A HUB OF ART, THEATER AND CULTURE NOW HOME TO OUR THEATER AS WELL AS THE YOUTH ART CENTER AND THE MADRID CANOGA PARK IS WHERE THE ARTS LIVE. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT COMMUNITY AND ALWAYS WILL AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE NEED IT MORE THAN EVER. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO JENNY PORTILLO WE APPRECIATE THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND THE SHARE IT WITH YOU IN COLLABORATIVE WORK AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, WE HAVE A FEW ON THE QUEUE BEFORE YOU HANDOUT THE PRIZE. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY BUT IT'S AN HONOR TO SEE AND MEET ALL OF YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT YOUR WORK. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST DID MY CAREER MOVE OUT OF THE VALLEY AND WORKED IN LOS ANGELES, PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME IN THIS COULD --CANOGA PARK, AND THERE IS REALLY THERE IS LATINOS IN THE VALLEY, INCLUDING CANOGA PARK. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BECAUSE 25 YEARS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION, AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU START THE PARTY, I HOPE TO SOME DAY HAVE IT LIKE YOU. >> Council President: MS. RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: TO ALL THE ORGANIZERS AND EVERY ONE INVOLVED. IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER JUN RODRIGUEZ, [APPLAUSE] WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR MAYOR RIORDAN AND YOU ALL START THISED ENDEAVOR. YOU KNOW, IT WAS FUNNY, I FORGOT ABOUT MY HUSBAND WORKING WITH JOE VOTE WHEN THE MADRID THEATER WAS RENOVATED AND WE WERE DOING THE WORK WITH THE TARGETED NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE AT THE TIME. SO I'M VERY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT EARLY HISTORY IN CANOGA PARK. AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW IT CONTINUED TO GROW AND IT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR TALENT AND OUR COMMUNITY TO BRING EVERY ONE TOGETHER IN CELEBRATING WHAT IS A SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THAT WORK, FOR BEING THAT EXAMPLE AND BRINGING THAT TREMENDOUS CELEBRATION IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. YOU ARE THE ORIGINATERS OF THAT WORK. SO FOR THAT, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE FOR HAVING THE ENDURANCE TO CONTINUE TO GROW IT. YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY PROUD WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN 2017 AND WE HAD A SMALL ONE THAT HAD PRECEDED IN PACOIMA HALL. WHEN I GOT ELECTED I SHUT IT DOWN AND TOOK IT ON VAN NUYS BOULEVARD, AND IT'S SIMILAR WORK THAT YOU ALL DID. AND THAT BECAME THE FIRST TIME THAT IN THE 7th DISTRICT, A STREET WAS EVER CLOSED FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY. MORE THAN JUST FOR A PARADE. AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY ONE ELSE TO EMBRACE, ACROSS THE CITY. BECAUSE WHEN WE SHUT DOWN OUR STREETS MUCH LIKE WE DO FOR CYLAVILLA, IT HELPS TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND GIVE MORE EXPOSURE AND IT GIVES EVERYBODY A PURPOSE TO COME TOGETHER IN A CONSTRUCTIVE AND POSITIVE MANNER. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT ORIGINAL EXAMPLE 25 YEARS AGO. AND I FORGOT ALL OF THAT HISTORY UNTIL YOU CAME AND TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT THIS MORNING. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING ON SUNDAY WITH YOU ALL. AFTER I'M, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO BE PART OF OUR FIRST YEAR WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE SAN FERNANDO MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARCH DIOCESE TO BRING THAT ACTUAL TRADITION TO BE EMBRACED AT THE SAN FERNANDO MISSION. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU WE'RE DOING THAT WITH ON SATURDAY WITH THE ARCH DIOCESE. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. WANTED TO BRINGING YOU, WANT TO GIVE THU BEAUTIFUL CERTIFICATE FIND BY ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYOR, TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THIS 25 YEARS. SO PLEASE IN FACT, I WILL HAND IT TO TWO OF THE FOUNDERS RIGHT NOW FOR THE PHOTO TO HOLD ONTO IT AND WELCOME TAKE A GROUP PHOTO. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, GIVE IT UP FOR THE MAIN STREET CANOGA PARK, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, 25 YEARS. >> Council President: WHAT TIME DO YOU START ON SUNDAY? >> 10:00 AM TO 5:00 ALL DAY, EVERYBODY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, TO THE GENTLEMAN REPRESENTING GRANADA HILLS, MR. JOHN LEE OF THE 12th DISTRICT. >> J. Lee: GOOD MORNING EVERY ONE. TODAY IS AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY WHO WHO'S SERVICE HAS BEEN TO THE COMMUNITY, AND COUNTRY AND PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES. FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, DR. JIMMY HARA HAS SEFBD ON THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS HELPING TO DIRECT ONE OF THE LARGEST FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE WORLD. HIS DEEP COMPASSION HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE. DR. HARA SERVICE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THESE WALLS FROM HIS DISTINGUISH CAREER IN MEDICINE, EDUCATION AND VETERAN SUPPORT WORK. HE HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO HEALING AND HELPING OTHERS. HIS TIME ON THE FIRE COMMISSION REFLECTED THE SAME VALUES OF COMMITMENT, FAIRNESS AND CARE FOR EVERY ANGELINO. DR. HARA ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINAR CONTRIBUTIONS, YOUR GUIDANCE, AND YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY. IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE FOR ALL OF US TO WORK ALONG YOU, AND WITNESS YOUR UNWAIVERING DID OCCASION TO PUBLIC SERVICE. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, MR. LEE AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT CONSTITUENTS IN THE THIRD DISTRICT ARE VERY SPECIAL. BUT DR. JIMMY HARA TRULY SETS THE BAR FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE EXCEPTIONAL. IF WE TRULY TOOK TIME TO MENTION EVERY ACCOLADE OF SERVICE, SHOW EVERY DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE'D BE ALL WEEKEND. HE HAS DONE SO MUCH. HE HAS DONE IT ALL AND THEN SOME FROM ASSOCIATED DEAN AT CHARLES DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE, TO PROFESSOR OF UCLA DAVID SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TO VOLUNTEER PHYSICIAN AT MULTIPLE CLINICS AND NOW TO FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF OVER 10 YEARS. BUT WHAT MAY SURPRISE FOLKS HERE IS THAT DR. HARA IS ALSO AN OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE FOR PEACE, BEING THE ANNUAL KAE NOTE SPEAKERS FOR SATAKO PEACE FOUNDATION. ALSO A VETERAN OF THE VIETNAM WAR AND ACTIVE IN THE WOUNDED WARRIOR ORGANIZATION. IN SHORT, HE DOES IT ALL AND THEN SOME. WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH, DR. HARA, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT FOR OUR CITY BUT ALSO FOR OUR WORLD. IF YOU TALK ABOUT ANGELS IN THE CITY OF ANGELS, YOU'RE TRULY ONE OF THOSE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO CALL YOU A CONSTITUENT AS WELL. SO, I HOPE TO SEE YOU AROUND AS YOU LEARN WHAT FREE TIME MEANS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING BECAUSE YOU DO SO MUCH SO OFTEN. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S HEAR FROM DR. JIMMY HARA. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: I CAN START OFF BY SAYING THAT THE REASON I'M A FIRE COMMISSIONER IS MY FORMER PATIENT AT KAISER PERMANENTE FOR 20 YEARS WAS ERIC GARCETTI AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT HELPED ME TO SERVE IN THE FIRE COMMISSION BACK THEN. AND IN RETROSPECT, I'M SO HAPPY HE ASKED ME TO SERVE NOT THE FIRE COMMISSION AND NOT THE POLICE COMMISSION. SO I ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW, I'M INVOLVED WITH THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. NAVY BECAUSE AS IT TURNS OUT, I WAS ON BOARD ON THE U.S.S. TURNER JOY WHEN I WENT OVERSEAS. AND THE TURNER JOY, AND THE MADDOX WERE THE TWO DESTROYERS THAT WERE FIRED UPON BY VIETNAMESE FISH ITING BOATS IN THE TOMKIN INCIDENT AND IN THE WORDS OF LBJ, WE REPLIED AND THAT GOT US INTO THE WAR. SO WHEN I WENT OVERSEAS, THE WAR WAS ENDING AND, AT THE POINT OF THE CEASE-FIRE, THE TURNER JOY, WAS ALLOWED TO FIRE THE LAST TWO ROUNDS OF NAVAL GUN FIRE PRIOR TO THE CEASE-FIRE. AND SO, I WAS ON BOARD THE TURNER JOY AND WE HEARD, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, BOOM, BOOM! AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR. AND IN TERMS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, MY BOAT MATE HAPPENED TO BE FROM TEXAS INSTRUMENTS. AND THEY WERE PIONEERS A NEW TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS CALLED FORWARD LOOKING INPHA RED. FLORAL IS WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USES NOW TO FIND EMBERS FROM FIRES AFAR AND LIKEWISE, WARM BODIES. AND SO, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S BEEN MY HONOR ACTUALLY TO SERVE ON THE FIRE COMMISSION AND, AS I HAVE, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LAFD HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND EVERY SATURDAY I'M WITH THEM NOW. STILL TAKING PART WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, DR. HARA I JUST WANT IT SAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT. ANYTIME I'VE BEEN TO ANY TYPE OF EVENT, I'M ALWAYS SITTING THERE NEXT TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE THERE SUPPORTING THIS AMAZING DEPARTMENT AND YOU'RE PART OF THIS AMAZING DEPARTMENT. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU THIS. THANK YOU TOERER YOUR TEN YEARS OF YOUR AMAZING SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. LEE AND MR. HARA. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUR GENTLE PERSON, OUR HOST COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. I'M SO PROUD TO HAVE COUNCIL BACK IN THE VALLEY AND LOOK AT THE PACKED HOUSE. I'M HONORED TO HAVE AN INSTITUTION AND FAMILY TO REPRESENTS THE BEST OF WHO WE ARE AS ANGELINOS IN VALLEY RESIDENTS. LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE ACE BUILDING MATERIAL ARE AT THE CORE OF VITALITY. THEY CREATE JOBS AND SERVE AS ANCHORS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEIR STORY IS EMBEDDED TO THE HISTORY ITSELF. ACE BEGAN IN 1950 RIGHT ALONG WHAT WAS THEN A RAILROAD TRACK NOW KNOWN AS THE ORANGE LINE. BACK THEN, THERE WERE KNOWN AS ACE BRICK AND PATIO HELPING SUPPLY THE BRICKS THAT BUILT HOMES AND BUSINESS AS CROSS LOS ANGELES. OVER THE DECADES, THE COMPANY EVOLVED WHILE STAYING TRUE TO ITS ROOTS. WHEN THE SACARIA FAMILY TOOK OVER, THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY FACED WITH CHALLENGES AND URGE NEED. BUT RATHER THAN STEPPING BACK, THEY STEPPED UP. THEY LEANED INTO THE MOMENT HELPING REBUILD AND RESTORE OUR COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY MATTERED THE MOST. TODAY ACE BUILDING MATERIAL CONTINUES THAT LEGACY, RUN BY A DYNAMIC DUO, SIBLINGS JOSH AND JESSICA. THEY HAVE EXPANDED THEIR SEFBS TO SEE INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE VARIETY OF BUILDING MATERIALS ALL WHILE MAINTAIN THE SAME LOCATION AND SPIRIT FIRST. FOR THREE GENERATIONS, THEY HAVE SHOWN UP AND SUPPORTED THE COMMUNITY AND ABOUT BECOME PART OF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH. SO ACE BUILDING MATERIAL IS MORE THAN JUST A BUSINESS, IT'S A REMINDER THAT WHEN LOCAL FAMILIES INVEST, THEY HELP BUILD A MORE RESILIENT SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. WITH THAT I WANT TO INVITE JOSH TO THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW WORDS. OH, JESSICA IS GOING TO SPEAK. COME ON UP. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I. Padilla: YEAH, OF COURSE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. WHAT A WONDERFUL TREAT HERE. FOR HALLOWEEN ESPECIALLY WHAT A WONDERFUL TREAT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT HONOR AND RECOGNIZING OUR FAMILY BUSINESS. ON BEHALF OF ACE BUILDING MATERIALS AND MY FAMILY, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. SO WHO WE ARE, WE'RE A FAMILY-RUN BUSINESS THAT GREW UP WITH THIS COMMUNITY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 6. ME AND MY FAMILY ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND WE ARE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET ON OXNARD AND IS SEPULVEDA FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE LOCATED. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES, HIRING LOCALLY AND TRYING TO BE USEFUL. BY EARLY LOADS, WE STAY LET UNTIL SUN SETS, WE DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. THAT'S OUR STORY, WE SHOW UP, WE DO OUR WORK AND TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE. I HAVE THE GREAT LUXURY OF WORKING ALONG MY BROTHERS, JOSHUA AND JASON, AND WE DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. FAMILY IS HOW WE RUN ACE, IT'S HOW WE SHOW UP FOR THE CITY. MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR YEARS AND SOME FOR DECADES. OUR TEAM MEMBERS, OUR VENDORS AND OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE LITERALLY BECOME AN EXTENSION OF OUR FAMILY. EACH YAE, AROUND CINCO DE MAYO, WE HOST OUR ANNUAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY WHERE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS INVITED, NEIGHBORS, FAMILIES AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S TEAM JOINED US THIS YEAR WITH RESOURCE TABLE CONNECTING WITH OUR ACE COMMUNITY. THAT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOU THERE. AND WE'RE PROUD OF OUR ON GOING SUPPORT FOR THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT. STANDING WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND FAMILIES. LOOKING AHEAD, OUR COMMITMENT IS SIMPLE, HELP REBUILD LOS ANGELES, ONE HOME, ONE BUSINESS, ONE STREET AT A TIME. WE'LL KEEP HIRING AND TRAINING LOCALLY AND PARTNERING WITH SUPPLIERS, WE'RE GOING TO STEP UP FOERLT TOUGH PROJECTS THAT MOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND THIS ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS RECOGNITION. AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS AND NEIGHBORS, YOU ARE THE HEART OF ACE. WE ARE HONORED TO KEEP BUILDING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I. Padilla: ANY OF THE BROTHERS WANT TO SPEAK? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE? >> Council President: REMARKABLE, WELL-RUN FAMILY. >> I. Padilla: YES, LEAVE THE HARD WORK TO THE SISTERS, SIMILAR TO MY FAMILY, I LOVE IT. >> Council President: HOLD ON, I'VE GOT ONE MEMBER ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR BRINGING THIS GREAT FAMILY HERE AND CELEBRATING THEIR LEGACY HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. YOU'RE RIGHT ON OUR BORDER, WE MET AT YOUR METRO CEREMONY AT ICON AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO THEM ABOUT AN ISSUE AT OUR SHARED BORDER AND BEYOND DISCUSSION THE ISSUE AND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY JUST BROUGHT A SPIRIT OF JOY, AND HAPPINESS TO BEING THERE AND BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU FOFTD ERRED. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM AND RECOGNIZING THEIR WORK FOR THE CITY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: HI THERE BESINGER THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, I LOVE YOUR COSTUME, YOU'RE OUT OF THIS WORLD. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THIS FAMILY FOR THEIR HARDWARE AND SUPPLY STORE. WE NEED MORE FOLKS LIKE YOU THAT ARE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND HAVE A LASTING LEGACY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND SUPPORTING VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND BEING OUR LOCAL HARDWARE EXPERTS AND EXCITED TO SEE SOME STONE AND TILES DOWN THE STREET LATER THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND THANK YOU TO THIS FAMILY AND BUSINESS. JUST FYI, IN CASE YOU HAVE NOT HEARD, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, SO YOU SHOULD BE PLENTY BUSY, YOU'RE EXACTLY THE KIND OF BUSINESSES THAT WE NEED, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME WHEN SOME OF THE NATIONAL HARDWARE PLACES THAT I WON'T NAME HAVE NOT BEEN UP FRONT ABOUT RESISTING THE ACTIVITY OF GOVERNMENT. >> I. Padilla: PLEASE LET THE PRESIDENT SPEAK. >> Council President: THANK YOU. TAT HAVEN'T BEEN AS LOUD AS THEY SHOULD BE ABOUT DEFENDING THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE YOUR WORK. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU. SO NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE RECOGNITION OF--CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE ACE BUILDING TEAM AS WELL AS ALL OF YOUR WORKERS AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND MENTION WHAT YOU DO FOR THEM. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. HERE WE GO. THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS! >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY THE MEMBER REPRESENTING SYLMAR AND NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND 7th COUNCIL DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ STARTS, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESIDENT, THE LEADER OF FIRE COMMISSION WAS WITH US, COMMISSIONER DENITHIA AND FORMER COUNCILMEMBER BOARD MEMBER JOE BUSCAINO WAS WITH US, I WANT TO WELCOME THEM. YOU STILL GOT IT, COUNCILMEMBER BUSCAINO. >> M. Rodriguez: GO BUCKETS. GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. COLLEAGUES I'M HONORED TO BE JOUND THIS MORNING BY OUR DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS TO DECLARE TODAY AS COACH L.A. DAY IN THE CITY OF L.A. PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE], WE ARE CELEBRATING AND HAN ORGANIZE THE PROFOUND DEDICATION AND TRANSFORMATIVE AND POSITIVE IMPACT THAT COACHES BRING TO OUR COMMUNITIES. AS I'VE OFTEN SAID ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE FOR OUR FUTURE IS THE INVESTMENT FOR OUR YOUTH. HIGH-QUALITY COACHING IS A PROVEN APPROVING PERSISTENT, FITNESS AND TEAM WORK AND LIFELONG SPORT. COACH L.A. IS THE INITIATIVE THAT EQUIPPED VOLUNTEER AND PROFESSIONAL COACHES WITH EVIDENCE BASE TRAINING MENTORSHIP AND RESOURCES THAT FOSTER SAFE SUPPORTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROACH SPORT EXPERIENCES FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. REC AND PARKS IS IMPLEMENTING COACH L.A. AS A CITY WIDE FRAMEWORK TO STANDARD COACHING LEVELS AND COMPETENCIES, ENSURING THAT YOU RECEIVES EXCELLENT AND CONSISTENT EXPERIENCE WHILE PARTICIPATING IN YOUTH SPORTS. THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF COACH L.A. WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OF NIKE HE'S MULTI-YEAR INVESTMENT IN THE PROGRAM PROVIDES CRITICAL FUNDING FOR CURRICULAR PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY OUT REACH. COACHES ARE MORE THAN SPORTS, ROLE MODELS, THEY TEACH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO LEAD AND FOLLOW AND PERSEVERE AND WIN WITH HUMILITY AND LOSE WITH GRACE. THEY DO NOT ONLY BUILD TEAMS, THEY BUILD CHARACTER. YOU KNOW WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE ROLE THAT COACHES PLAY AND IT IS TRUE T TRAN SENDS SPORTS BUT COACHES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART HOW WE TEACH PEOPLE THE RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH THAT THEY NEED THE KNOW-HOW TO PURSUE AND ACHIEVE THEIR WILDEST POTENTIAL. AND SO, IT'S, IT'S REALLY APROPOS THAT NOT ONLY WITH THE IMPENDING OLYMPIC THAT'S WE HAVE COMING TO LOS ANGELES, THIS IS MORE ABOUT GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT SO MUCH OF THEIR PERSEVERANCE AND TENACITY IS WITHIN THEM TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING THAT THEY PUT THEIR MIND TO. YOU KNOW MY SISTER SHE STARTED RUNNING THE L.A. MARATHON AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT BRAVO MEDICAL MAGNET. AND SHE HAS NOW BECOME THE TEACHER TRAINER, FOR THE L.A. MARATHON FOR THE STUDENTS AT PACOIMA AT HER ALMA MATER. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE TOOLS AND PEOPLE LIKE MY TEACHER WHO WERE FIRST INSPIRED BIT EARLY INSTRUCTORS STUDENTS RUN L.A., THEY TAUGHT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, NOT JUST ABOUT HOW TO RUN A MARATHON BUT HOW MUCH LIFE IS THAT MARATHON AND HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESSES AND MILD STONE EACH AND EVERY YEAR AND EACH AND EVERY DAY AT THE AFTER SCHOOL RUNS TO CONTINUE TO HELP ADVANCE, AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR WILDEST DREAMS AND SO IT'S FOR THAT REASON, THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING AND I WANT TO THANK RECREATION AND PARK AND NIKE FOR THEIR SUPPORT. BECAUSE NO YOUNG PERSONA CROSS THIS CITY SHOULD BE DENIED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THAT EXPERIENCE. BY THE LACK OF RESOURCES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE AS A CITY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT AND EXPOSE EVERY YOUNG PERSON IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR ZIP CODE, THE ACCESS TO LEARN, THESE CRITICAL LIFE CHANGING SKILLS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON, I WANT TO THANK OUR DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS FOR BEING THAT CRITICAL EXAMPLE AND FOR THE FORTITUDE TO GO AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT WE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNG PEOPLE. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU, JIMMY. YOU'RE ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, IN A MOMENT OF TIME WHEN WE CONTINUE TO SEE, LEADERS, CHALLENGED YOU'VE CONTINUED AN EXAMPLE ALONG WITH YOUR TEAM, THE INCREDIBLE RESILIENCY OF YOUR OWN TEAM TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE WAY OF INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES. BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNER IN OUR CITY FAMILY. BECAUSE AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN OUR KOREA TOWN, IN OUR LOCAL PARKS, YOU UNDERSTAND AND EMBRACE AND EMBODY ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO SEE IN YOUR GENERAL MANAGERS. AND I'M GRATEFUL IN YOUR LEADERSHIP. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WOULD I LIKE TO INVITE OUR GENERAL MANAGER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS, JIMMY KIM. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: WELL THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS AND GUESTS. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARK AS CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS THIS RESOLUTION TO DECLARE OCTOBER 6, 2025, AS COACH L.A. DAY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AGAIN, I WANT TO TAKE JUST A QUICK MOMENT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND THIS COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING OUR COACHES AND VOLUNTEERS WHO'S INCREDIBLE WORK CREATES SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SPORTS EN BODIMENT L.A.'S CORE VALUES. COACH L.A. IS OUR COMMITMENT TO RAISING THE STANDARD OF COACHING ACROSS THIS CITY. THIS INITIATIVE EQUIPS ALL COACHES WITH THE NECESSARY TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO FOSTER POSITIVE, CHARACTER BUILDING AND SAFE EXPERIENCES FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. WE FIRMLY BELIEVE EVERY YOUNG AGENTLY DESERVES A CHAMPION INVESTED IN THEIR COMPLETE GROWTH. THIS SUCCESS, IS ONLY POSSIBLE THANKS TO OUR PARTNERSHIPS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LA28 FOR THEIR SHARED COMMIT TOMENT EXPANDING YOUTH SPORTS AND EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO NIKE, FOR THEIR MULTI-YEAR INVESTMENT THAT FUNDED THE LAUNCH OF COACH L.A. INCLUDING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND OUT REACH. THESE COLLABORATIONS DEMONSTRATE THE SHARED PURPOSE THAT STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SPORTS AND OPPORTUNITY. COACH L.A. ENSURES A SINGLE STANDARD OF INCLUSION AND SAFETY FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT. FROM THE YOUNGEST ATHLETES TO THE MOST SEASONED COACH, TODAY, WE CELEBRATE THE COACHES, PARTNERS AND STAFF WHO LEADS THIS VITAL MISSION. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR COACH AMBASSADORS AND SOME OF OUR COACHES THAT COACH RIGHT HERE IN THE VALLEY STANDING BEHIND ME. SO PLEASE, BE RECOGNIZED. [APPLAUSE] AND ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS, WE'RE INCREDIBLY COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL MAKE THISING O FUTBOLERLY COACH L.A. DAY. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP MR. ALDRIDGE TO SHOWER SOME WORDS ON LA28, OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AGAIN MY ERIC IS ALDRIDGE I SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF IMPACT FOR LA28, THE GROUP FOR OLYMPIC GAMES COMING TO MY HOMETOWN LOS ANGELES IN 2028. OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUTH SPORT IS ANCHORED ON OUR 160 MILLION DOLLARS COMMITMENT RECREATION DEPARTMENTS AND PLAY L.A. PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS REALLY CENTERED ON CREATING ACCESS, TO HIGH-QUALITY O FORDABLE YOUTH SPORTS TO OUR CITY'S YOUTH. IN ADDITION, OUR ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM WHICH GIVES EVERY FAMILY HA AS A CHILD A DISABILITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE A SPORT IS A CRITICAL AND GROUND BREAKING PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN STOOD UP BY PLAY L.A. AND EVERY ONE THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU HERE. JOINING ME TODAY IS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, NOLANI DAY WHO IS AN OLYMPIAN, A USC GRAD, PARTICIPATED IN THE RESENT 2024 PARIS GAMES AS A SWIMMER IN THE 50 METERS. NOAHLANI HAS A NON TRADITIONAL JOURNEY, REPRESENTED TEAM TANGVA, BEGAN SWIMMING IN THE OPEN WATERS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN BEFORE SHE SWAM IN A POOL, BEFORE SHE HAD A TRAINED COACH, SHE HAD PEOPLE SUPPORTING HER JOURNEY ONE THAT LEAD ALL THE WAY TO PARIS A JOURNEY THAT JUST MOST ATHLETES DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE. AND SO SHE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT JEREMY OUTLINED, WHICH IS THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AS A PART OF OUR 1160 MILLION DOLLARS COMMITMENT, WE HAVE HELPED ESTABLISH THE PLAY SAFE L.A. PROGRAM THA. PROGRAM IS NOT JUST ABOUT TEACHING AND TRAINING SPORTS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR OUR YOUNG ATHLETES BUT PHYSICALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY. I KNOW FOR ME AS A YOUNG PERSON WHO GREW UP HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, A COACH NAMED JAMES HENRY WHO SAID YOUNG ERIC ALDRIDGE, IF YOU MASTER HITTING AND THROWING THIS WHITE STITCHED BALL, IT CAN TAKE YOU A LOT OF PLACES. AND SO FOR ME, THAT TOOK ME TO COLLEGE BASEBALL UC SAN DIEGO, TOOK ME TO 30-YEAR CAREER IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND MY CURRENT POSITION AT LA28. SO I UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF SPORT, ALL THE COACHES BEHIND US HERE, ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADING THE WAY EACH AND EVERY DAY. THEY ARE REALLY TRULY THE CHANGE MAKERS AND THE GAME CHANGERS WHEN IT COMES TO YOUTH SPORTS. AND SO, OUR PURPOSE HERE, IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE GAMES DON'T JUST COME AND GO, BUT THE LEGACY LIVES BEYOND 28 AND YOUTH SPORTS, IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO THAT LEGACY THAT CONTINUES ON LONG PAST THE CALDERON GOING OUT. SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, ERIC AND JIMMY. AND YES, THE PLAY SAFE L.A. PROGRAM, I WANT TO THANK LA28 FOR BEING INSTRUMENTAL AND HELPING TO CRAFT THAT LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES CAN FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE QUALITY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HAVING ACROSS THE CITY. IT'S A COMMITMENT TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE BUT TO ENSURE THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE'RE HAVING. COUPLED WITH THE INVESTMENT FROM LA28, THE 160 MILLION DOLLARS WHICH IS NOW EXPAND TO GO SO MANY DIFFERENT, IT'S NOT JUST TRADITIONAL BASKETBALL SWIMMING, NOW WE'VE ADDED THE HE QUESTIONS EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES, WE'VE ADDED A SUITE OF ACTIVITIES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ENSURING THAT THIS IS NOT ONE-AND-DONE THIS IS AN INVESTMENT TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CITY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO COLLEAGUES, MR. PRESIDENT, YEP. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, THE BUTTON DOES NOT WORK. I WAS WAVING MY BROOM. >> Council President: I WAS LOOKING AT THE SCREEN. >> H. Hutt: I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, AS MANY KNOW I'M A SINGLE MOM, I RAISED MY KIDS IN THE RECREATION AND PARKS. I STARTED WRITING THEM DOWN, THEY WERE ADD GARDNER AND HARE VOR, WE MOVED THEM AROUND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BEST COACHES WERE. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COACHES, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES GETTING THE TROPHY WHEN WE HAVE THE BANQUETS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS AND I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH. IT'S SUPER SUPPORT, I HAVE ONE KID THAT WENT TO COLLEGE CAN YOUING RUGBY AND ANOTHER COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY STARTED PLAYING GAMES AT GARDNER PARK, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE NAME. IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. I WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE PROGRAM SO YOU'RE LIFTING UP COACHES AND ENCOURAGING MORE TALENT TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. IT'S REALLY BHA WE NEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING. SUPER SMART, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ NEXT. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I VISIT THE REC CENTERS AND SEE THE COACHES VOLUNTEERING, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE. IT'S A LOT OF LEADERSHIP THAT THEY CAN TAKE. I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR OWN COACH, WHO IS ON STAFF HE COACHES AT REC CENTER, MULTIPLE CENTERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE CALLED THE KNICKS, I THINK YOU WON A CHAMPIONSHIP? >> THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: OKAY, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF LOVE FOR SPORTS AND COMMUNITY. THE WORK OFTEN TIMES GOES INVISIBLE BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILWOMAN. >> Council President: COUNCILWOMAN JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: OH, THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE REC AND PARKS, DEPARTMENT, MENTORSHIP AND SPORTS IS SO IMPORTANT. I MYSELF WAS A BARRACUDA SWIMMING AT HIGHLAND PARK. I ONLY GOT TO VARSITY IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE LOWEST DIVISION TEAM SO NO CAREER THERE BUT GLASSO PARK IS WHERE THINK DAUGHTER STARTED HER ATHLETIC CAREER AND SHE SAW HERSELF BECAUSE OF A GOOD COACH AND FOUND VALIDATION AND COMMUNITY AND A PURPOSE THAT BEFORE THAT, SHE WAS JUST DIDN'T REALLY KNOW. AND IT STARTED OFF WITH A CHEAP CLASS FOR SKILLS AND TURNED INTO A TEAM AND REALLY THE POWERFUL, YOU KNOW, SET UP OF HAVING COACHES AS MENTORS AND DEVELOPING THAT PLAYER MENTAL WHICH IS SO TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PART OF YOUR LIFE. AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH HAVING HER HAVE A GOOD COACH IN HOW TO STAY IN THE GAME AND BE A TEAM PLAYER AND NOT BE IN YOUR FEELINGS AND BE PART OF THE TEAM EXAMINE DELIVER. SO I SEE THESE YOUNG OLYMPIANS AND I'M KIND OF JEALOUS, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LIFE AND PARENTS, THAT'S GREAT. BUT JUST THE POWER OF COACHES AND HOW THEY SHAPE OUR YOUTH HERE IN L.A. AND LIKE COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, IT WAS LIKE A PLACE FOR ME TO CHECK MY KID AND SHE BECAME SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF IT AS WELL SO. IT'S A SAVING GRACE FOR WORK CLASS FAMILIES LIKE OURS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: YES, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, WHAT A GREAT DAY. WHAT A GREAT THING TO NAME A DAY AFTER, DEDICATED TO OUR COACHES. I'VE ALREADY CONSIDERED SOMEBODY FOR A BIG ADVOCATE FOR OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO GO BUILD OUT MORE GREEN SPACE. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY PARKS IN MY OPINION. BUT, WE KNOW THAT PLAY L.A. IS ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM LA28 SO THANK YOU LA28 FOR THAT. AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE FACT THAT WE MOVE INTO THE DIRECTION TO INCORPORATE ADAPTIVE SPORTS. BECAUSE IF WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY, IS THAT THEY WANT TO BE ACTIVE AND THEY WANT TO BE CONTRIBUTORS TO SHOW SITE, THEY DON'T JUST WANT TO BE KEPT IN THE DARK. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, TO THE COACHES, I ALSO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO IS A COACH, FRANKLIN PEREZ FROM MY STRIKE TEAM WHO WILL BE HERE LATER. HIS GIRL SOCCER TEAM JUST WON MID-SEASON TOURNAMENT KHAM MZ. I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I, IT'S A LIFESTYLE TO BE A COACH. RIGHT. IT'S A LIFESTYLE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW YOU LOVE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DO BECAUSE, IT'S VERY MUCH PART OF A OWN PERSONALITIES AND YOU ARE TECHNICALLY, SEMI BABY SITTERS AND SOMETIMES YOU BECOME GOD PARTIES TO SOME OF THESE KIDS THAT YOU COACH. I KNOW, I GO TO BBQs AND BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND THERE IS A COACH THAT GETS INVITED BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEN AS PART OF THE FAMILY AND YOU END UP BECOMING GOD PARENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR CARING SO MUCH AND CHOOSING THIS AS YOUR HOBBY BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR TIME. THANKS AGAIN. >> Council President: THANK YOU. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE COACHES, THEY MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. BACK TO YOU TO CLOSE. >> M. Rodriguez: AND TO THE WELL PAID VOLUNTEER COACHES, OUR GRATITUDE FOR HELPING CHANGE THE LIVES OF SO MANY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND GENERAL RAISESING. YOUR WORK WILL CONTINUE TO REVERB RATE AND WITH ALL OF THIS SUPPORT AND EDUCATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THESE PARTNERSHIPS, IT'S INFINITE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, EXAMINE IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT I'LL BE HERE TO DEDICATE THIS DAY, COACH DAY IN L.A. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 5 FOR WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ-HUTT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: BEFORE THAT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I WANT TO REQUEST THAT ITEM 6 MOVE FORTH W. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, AND NOW WE CAN TAKE ITEM 5 AS AMENDED. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 5? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 5 AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THAT MEASURE IS ADOPTED. WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, IF YOU CAN READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. IF YOU'RE HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'LL HAVE UP TO ONE MONEY FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. TODAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE OTHER ITEMS HAS BEEN SATISFIED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SIGN UP AT THE KIOSK. IF YOU CAN PLEASE, IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMENT, AND ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER READ ALLOWED BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE HERE. AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED IN THAT ORDER. THE ORDER IN WHICH NAMES ARE READ OUT IS AT RANDOM WHICH IS TO SAY IT'S GENERALLY GENERATED. IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALLOWED TO THE ROOM, PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [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. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: FINALLY, IF YOU'VE SUBMITTED AN ACCOMMODATE REQUEST PURSUANT TO THE ADA, PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT KNOW SO WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALOUD, THEY CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A WIRELESS MIC. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY. LET'S CALL IT IN. >> Clerk: HI, I'LL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, MARK LAMBERT, EDDIE, JOHN G, ARIANA AND VERONICA. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GET TO START WITH MARK LAMBERT. WELCOME MARK. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME, WELCOME COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S MOTION FILE NUMBER 22-1535 REGARDING TEMPORARY STORAGE FACILITY. I'M THE ORIGINAL COMMISSIONER IN ENCINO. WE HAVE 1500 PARENTS AND KIDS THERE EVERY SATURDAY. THERE IS AN RV RIGHT NOW THAT HAS BEEN PARKED FOR WEEKS. WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT COME TO ME AND SAY, WE CAN'T, THERE IS NOWHERE TO PARK. IT'S VERY LIMITED PARKING. WE CANNOT REMOVE THIS RV THAT IS TAKING FIVE SPACES, BECAUSE THERE IS NOWHERE TO TOE IT TO. I URGE YOU TO PASS THIS. IT MEANS A LOT TO THE FAMILIES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT, STE FA NO PADILLA, HERE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THAT SOUTH COAST HAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED TWO MAJOR FUNDING INITIATIVES. THE FIRST THAT I WANT TO IS OUR INVEST CLEAN PROGRAM WHICH HAS UP TO 417 MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE. THE PROGRAM PURPOSE IS TO DECARBONIZE OUR GOODS MOVEMENT SECTOR AND TO HELP DEPLOYMENT OF ELECTRIC TRUCKS HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS AND CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RATE EQUIPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT, THE NEXT PROGRAM I WANT TO SHARE IS THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED LAST MONTH. THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ADOPT SPACE AND WATER HEATERS, JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS, MORE FUNDS ARE RESERVED FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, FOR MORE INFO VISIT AQ.COM. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE FLEET AND BUSINESSES TO APPLY EARLY. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DANA, B B.C., BOXER, NORA, DAVID EVANS, RAYMOND AND ALEXANDER BEARING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, IF ACCOUNTABILITY WERE ON THE AGENDA, I WOULD NOT NEED THIS MICROPHONE. MS. FERNANDEZ, FORGOT HER WAY HERE. AND MR. MARQUEECE, YOU FORGOT WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR. YOU SAID YOU'RE COMMUNITY FIRST, BUT THAT DISSOLVED THE MOMENT THE CAMERA SHUT OFF. MR. MARQUEECE, YOU TALK ABOUT LOYALTY BUT YOUR--YOU MANAGE TO DISAPPOINTMENT YOUR WIFE, YOUR ADVISOR, QUITE THE DOUBLE ACT, NOW YOU SCREW THE PEOPLE. YOU DO NOT PROTECT PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT US. YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR WIFE AND YOU'RE NOT PAYING TOO MUCH ATTENTION NOW. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE FOR PEOPLE WHILE YOU DEBATE BUDGETS, WE'RE FEEDING FAMILIES, WE'RE FIXING WHAT NEGLIGENCE THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BUILT AND WE ARE THE COMMUNITY THAT Y'ALL KEEP SCHEDULING AROUND AND KEEP UNDERESTIMATING. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND WE'LL KEEP SHOWING UP. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> >> Council President: OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, IF I CAN ASK EVERY ONE TO KEEP QUIET WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I'M NORM GRIMES AND I'M A BUSINESS OWNER AND I WANT TO SIMPLY THANK COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND HER STAFF FOR HER EFFORTS TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE AND CLEAN. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. WE HOPE THAT THIS NEW PROJECT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE THIS AREA. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NEXT SPEAKER. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M DAVID EVANS, I'M REACHING OUT TO, VOTE YES ON ITEM NUMBER 6. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S MOTION TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY STORAGE FOR RVS, THAT'S MY FIRST ISSUE. DO I NEED TO WAIT FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: DO I NEED FOR IT? >> Council President: YOU HAVE A MINUTE TO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SPEAK OF? >> Speaker: OH, I'LL MAKE IT QUICKLY. I'M SPEAKING ON RSO, I REPRESENT A NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN LOS ANGELES AND THEY CAN'T DEAL WITH A LOWER RENT INCREASE ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR EXPENSES, TRIPLE THE A LAWABLE RENT INCREASE, I'M SAYING PLEASE, RECONSIDER THE RSO CALCULATION FORMULA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BLOMANDINGO. I'M HERE TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN CITIZENS LOSING THEIR SNAP AND ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES. SO, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET ANY MEDICATIONS AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED OF VIAGRA AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET IT UNDER MEDICAL ESPECIALLY IF YOU CONTINUE TO CUT THE MEDICAL AND CONTINUE TO FUND THE HAMAS, AND I'M CONCERNED THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE NO LONGER HAVING SNAP AND FOOD STAMP IN L.A. COUNTY, IN CALIFORNIA STATE IN THE FEDERAL LEVEL CONTINUE TO GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN BECAUSE YOU CONTINUE TO FUND HAMAS LIVES MATTER. I'M TRYING TO ADVOCATE EVERY ONE CAN PUT MORE FOOD ON THE TABLE AND EVERYBODY JUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS, NOT THE ILLEGAL AMERICAN CITIZEN. >> Council President: PLEASE, WE CANNOT HAVE EVERY ONE OUT FROM THE AUDIENCE. EVERY ONE IS ENTITLED TO SPEAK AND YOU CANNOT YELL OUT, OTHERWISE WE'LL HAVE TO REMOVE YOU FROM THE MEETING. IF THE PEOPLE IN THED BACK NEED TO KEEP QUIET AS WELL. LET'S GIVE EVERY ONE THEIR ATTENTION. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. JOI, MELLOW I'M ALEXERDRA IEFM A CITIZEN AND A MOM, I NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE PROTESTERS THAT ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE BEING BRUTALIZED BY THE LAPD. I'M REALLY CONFUSED BECAUSE WHEN I GO OUT THERE, AND I MARCH FOR MY FAMILY WHICH HAS MIXED STATUS, I EXPECT MY POLICE TO PROTECT ME BECAUSE A I'M A CITIZEN AND B, IF THEY'RE NOT PROTECTING ME WHY ARE THEY NOT PROTECTING ME. I'M A MODERATE WOMEN FOR ME TO TAKE THE DAY OFF AND COME DOWN HERE, IT'S NOT RIGHT. I APPRECIATE THE EYE CONTACT, I'VE SEEN A LACK OF DIGNITY GIVEN TO CITIZENS THAT COME UP HERE AND SPEAK. IF I'M DWG TO MISS OUT ON WORK AND NOT GET PAID TODAY AND YOU ARE, THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS COME UP WITH A SOLUTION SO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE NOT BEING BRUTALIZED. WHILE PROTECTING OTHERS THAT ARE BEING KIDNAPPED. >> Council President: OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. MR. GUS. >> Speaker: DANIEL GUS, I WANT TO SECOND MINUTE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CONTINUATION AGENDA. IF YOU DON'T GRANT IT FOR ME, I'LL FILE A COMPLAINT AND A CLAIM SO YOU'LL SPEND THOUSANDS RATHER THAN GIVING ME AND EVERY ONE ELSE THAT WANTS A SECOND MINUTE, THIS IS PROCEDURAL, YOU SHOULD NOT BE RUNNING MY CLOCK. MR. GROAT? >> City Attorney: YOU'RE NOT A ENTITLED TO THE SECOND MINUTE. YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH YOUR 32 SECONDS. >> Speaker: 32 SECONDS, YOU ARE CHECKING WITH BLUMENFIELD TO SEE IF I HAVE A TIME TO SPEAK AT ALL. YOU'RE GOING TO GET A CLAIM, THAT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. HOW MANY OF YOU HYPOCRITES ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE WITH GAME 6 TODAY AND TOMORROW? ARE YOU GOING TO BE ON THE BUS? MS. HERNANDEZ, YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT THIS CITY GOVERNMENT AND COUNCIL DID TO THE PEOPLE IN CHAVEZ RAVINE? ARE YOU GOING TO CELEBRATE OR BE ON THE BUS? OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE A HYPOCRITE? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, HOLD HIS TIME UNTIL HE GETS TO THE MICROPHONE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, IDO FLORES, DAVID EVANS, GEORGE AND KITTY AND STACY SIGNIFICANTA. >> Speaker: DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT RED FLAG SEASON IS? IN PORTER RANCH, WE DO. RED FLAG MEANS ACCORD TO GO MARK KRISTI ON CHANNEL 5, THE ONESED GET TOUP 50 AND 60 MILES PER HOUR. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN PALISADES, A LITTLE MATCH, DESTROYED THE EAT ON COMMUNITY. AND YET, MR. LEE DOES NOTHING. YOU KNOW, THE CHANNEL 5 WAS UP THERE EXAMINE THEY HAD 10 OF THE FIREMEN. GOD BLESS THE FIREMEN BUT WHERE WERE THEY AT? THEY WERE BY MR. LEE'S HOUSE, NOT WHERE THE FIRES CAN START. NOT ON RESEDA WHERE WE'VE SEEN THREE FIRES. NO, THEY'RE GOING TO PROTECT HIS WIFE. I'M GOING TO MOVE IN WITH YOU, I'LL TALK MY PHOTOER HOME AND I'LL DRIVE-THRU YOUR GATE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PRO TKT THE PEOPLE OF PORTER RANCH. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER, WELCOME. >> Speaker: I WISH I COULD SPEAK HERE INDEFINITELY, TELLING YOU EVERYTHING AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING WHAT IS GOING ON. BUT I CAN'T SO I'M GOING IT MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. YOU ALL CAN SEE AND YOU CAN ALL WALK, YOU CAN ALL SPEAK. THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE SURE ON TOP OF ASSAULTING CITIZENS, AND ANGELINOS THAT THEY HAVE REMOVED THOSE FREEDOM THAT'S WE HAVE. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR CORNEAS I MYSELF HAD A BROKEN KNEE. YERKTS I STILL STAND BEFORE YOU TAKING A DAY OFF WHEN I SHOULD BE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE FOOD ON THE TABLE. MAKING SURE THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPETENCY, BEFORE ALL OF US, FROM THIS SHE PEOPLE IS BEYOND SHAMEFUL. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING EVERYBODY BUT YOUR CONSTITUENCY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: IT'S HOT IN THERE. NACC ENABLES ICE RAIDS, POLICE OVERTIME, DA DA DA DARAA, DEMONSTRATORS ARE BEING PEN ALIZED. [SINGING] LAPD IS NOT AFRAID OF THE PRESS, LAPD IS AFRAID OF THE PRESS. WHAT DOES COUNCIL DO? BEND BACKWARDS, SO MANY ISSUES AND NONE OF THEM GOOD, WHAT DOES COUNCIL DO? BAN BAD WORDS. DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO THE COUNCIL IS AFRAID OF THE WORD K*UNT. COUNCIL AFRAID OF THE WORD CUNT. COUNSEL SUL IS AFRAID OF THE WORD CUNT, COUNCIL IS AFRAID OF THE WORD CUNT. IT'S INSANE HOW YOU'RE MORE AFRAID OF BAD WORDS THAN POLICE BRUTALIZING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS. FUCK ICE AND SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. >> Speaker: I'M OFFENDED BY THAT, PLEASE READ THE RULE. >> Council President: CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RULE. PULLING UP THE LANGUAGE, BASICALLY AS YOU KNOW, THAT WORD IS NOT ALLOWED IN THIS CHAMBER. AND YOU'RE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FOR USING THAT WORD AND YOU'RE BEING WARNED NOT TO USE THAT WORD AGAIN. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL READ THE OFFICIAL WORDS INTO THE RECORD, IF THEY HAVE IT. OKAY. WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING THAT UP, WHY DON'T WE HEAR FROM THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I'M NATO FLORES AND I'M A RESIDENT OF LOS ANGELES. I'M A PROPERTY OWNER AND I OWN, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, SMALLER ONES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE MANDATE BEING CONSIDERED TO FORCE APARTMENT OWNERS TO INSTALL AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS IN APARTMENTS. YOU GUYS ARE REALLY TAKING A VERY DIFFICULT METHOD OF COOLING DOWN BUILDINGS CAN VENTILATING THEM. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE COSTS FOR SMALL OPERATORS. IT'S GOING TO DRIVE A LOT OF US OUT OF THE MARKET. THERE ARE BETTER WAY TO SEE USE IT BY USING WHOLE FANS THAT BRING IN COOL AIR AT NIGHT AND OFFER AND DURING THE DAY, THE HOUSE CAN THE APARTMENT STAY COOL IDEAL A UNTIL EARLY EVENING. THAT'S WHAT I CAME TO SAY, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: FIRST I WANT TO UNINVITE YOU TO MAYOR BASS'S TOWN HALL ON MONDAY AT 5:30. THERE IS A TOWN HALL I RSVP. I GAVE YOU DOCUMENT THAT'S YOU SHOULD LOOK AT. TIMES ARE TERRIFYING IN THIS COUNTY. LOS ANGELES DC PORTLAND KICK CHICK, NEW YORK ARE BEING USED A BACKDROP TO AUTHORITARIAN TAKE OVER. THEY'RE GOING TO GROW IN FREQUENCY. THEY PROTECT FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RIGHT TO SAFELY ASSEMBLE AND REDRESS, SADLY ANGELINOS ARE BEING ARMED BY LAPD. SEE THE IMAGES HUNDRED YOU. CHIEF McDONNELL HAS LIED. CALLING UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY IS SIMPLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL. U.S. CITIZENS HAVE A WARPED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PROTEST ARE. PROTESTS DON'T END BECAUSE GOVERNMENT WANT THEM TO END. THEY'RE TAILY ACTIONS UNTIL PEOPLE'S DEMANDS ARE MET AGAIN. UNTIL THE PEOPLE'S DEMANDS ARE MET. THE MAYOR, OR TWO THURDS OF TEE COUNCIL CAN MMM THE PLEASE HELP PROTESTERS. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS TOO. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, CANDIDO, MICHAEL, JENNIFER, KATHY AND ELIZABETH HUERTA. >> OKAY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. YOU WANT TO EARMARKED FOR THE UNHOUSED TO PAY OVERTIME FOR THE LAPD IN AN AREA THAT IS WHITE AND WEALTHY. SORRY ARE THE WHITE PEOPLE BEING TERRORIZED BY ICE? THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. IF THEY CANNOT WORK WITHIN THAT BUDGET, THEY NEED NEW LEADERSHIP, REMOVE JIM McDONNELL. ADDITIONALLY, YOU ALL UNANIMOUSLY VOTED FOR MORE OVER TIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN HUTT, YOU SAID ONE OF THE GREATEST PORT IS HAVING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ARING THESE PROTESTS. FORT RESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND AVAILABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER, WAOFB THERE AND THEY DO NOT ISSUE PERMITS. THE LAPD DOES NOT ISSUE PERMITS. IT IS OUR RIGHT TO PROTECT. IT IS OUR RIGHT. WE DO NOT NEED A PERMIT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. IN COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THIS IS NOT ABOUT FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PROTEST. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO. IT'S ABOUT PARADE. >> Council President: WE CANNOT HAVE A BACK AND FORTH, SORRY. WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE SPEAKER. WE CANNOT HAVE A BACK AND FORTH. IT'S NOW UP TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, GO AHEAD, SIR. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER GEORGE REPRESENTING SUN VALLEY CARE GIVERS LOCATED IN SUN VALLEY CALIFORNIA. FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS, RATHER STREET WAS OCCUPIED BY ILLEGALLY PARKED RVs WHICH CREATED AWE LOT OF HARDSHIPS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS. WITH THE HELP OF COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, THE STREET GOT CLEANED UP. WE SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 6, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JENNIFER COSESACK AND I'M HERE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY, WHEN APPOINTED AS FIRE CHIEF JIM McDONNELL SAID HIS GOAL WAS TO GROW LAPD TO FULL STRENGTH, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. COMMUNITY RELATING SHIP AND ENSURE RESPECTFUL AND CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING PRACTICES. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, HE HAS DEMONSTRATED AS POLICE TSH AND TO CERTAIN OUR DISTRICT, HE HOLDS OTHER OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. NOBODY COULD HAVE BEEN PREDICTED LIVING IN THIS DIS TOPIA. BOUGHING DOWN WILL NOT GET US FURTHER. WE ARE WITHIN THE ENEMY, WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST ANYMORE. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS COMPLICITY WITH ICE AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: YES, MY NAME IS KATHY SCHREINER I'M SPEAKING AS NOT, I WELCOME YOU BACK TO VAN NUYS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF NATIVE TREES. ONLY 3 PERCENT OF THE TREES ARE NATURE NATIVE TREES. AND THEY'RE NOT ADAPTIVE TO THIS CLIMATE. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL START TO HELP US ADVOCATE WITHIN FORESTRY TO DO MORE SPECIFYING NATIVE TREES WHENEVER THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLANT STREET TREES IN LOS ANGELES. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING, THERE IS A CHARTER SCHOOL, THAT IN VAN NUYS THAT HAS TO PLANT TREES AND ALL THE TREES ARE SPECIFIED AND NON NATIVE TREES. WE FEEL THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT APPROACH AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL HELP US URGING A MORE NATIVE AND WE'RE ALSO ADVOCATE TO GO REC AND PARK IN THEIR COMMISSION TO PLANT FOR NATIVE TREES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP JOHNNY G, JAKE HEART, AN DRAW GRAB--ANDREW GRAB NER AND JACQUE. >> Speaker: I'M AS YOU HEARD, THERE IS DEMAND TO GET RID OF JIM McDONNELL, THEY'RE PROTECTING ICE INSTEAD OF PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. IT'S BEGIN TO GO RESEMBLE THE LAPD WITH THE 1980s AND I STAND WITH OTHERS TO DEMAND ACKNOWLEDGE ABILITY. THE AFTER ACTION REPORTS WHERE THE MILITARY AND NATIONAL GUARD WERE DEPLOYED TO OUR CITY. CIVILIANS WERE SHOT BY LESS THAN LETHAL ROUNDS. COUNCILMEMBER LEE AS CHAIR, YOUR SILENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE, YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AND AGENDIZING THESE REPORTS AS PART OF THE ACCEPTABLE COMMITTEE. IT'S NOT MOTIONED TO BE AGENDIZED. YOU FIELD MY TIME, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE TIME. >> Speaker: YOU'RE RUNNING MU TIME ALREADY. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICE, YOU BUT THEY NEVER THANK THE TAXPAYERS FOR FUNDING ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. AND IF YOU NOTICED, THEY TAKE JOY IN THE PUBLIC HATING THEM AND THAT'S A BAD SIGN. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THIS FAKE SUPPORT WHEN THEY BRING ITEMS TO VAN NUYS AND THEY DON'T LEAVE THEM OPEN. LAST MEETING, THEY TRIED TO ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN THE PUBLIC. THE CITY CLERK HAD TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY DIDN'T LOSE QUORUM. THEY'RE FOCUSED ON OLYMPIC 2028 WHILE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT TOMORROW. WE'RE BEING BLED DRY BY CLAIMS THAT YOU GO INTO CLOSED IS SESSION AND YOU COME BACK. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COMMENT ON THE CLOSED SESSION, TALKING ABOUT 125,000 HERE AND 750,000. EVERY TIME YOU BUY A PACK OF GUM, THAT COMES OUT OF OUR POCKET NOT YOURS. DON'T FORGET THAT SHIT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: AT LEAST, I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING FOR HALLOWEEN TONIGHT, I'M SCARED ENOUGH COMING HERE WITH THIS CRAP. SO IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE PUBLIC, YOU WOULD HAVE ANAGE TO SLOWS THE GAPS BEING PUT IN PLACE BY TRUMP HOLDING FOOD AID TO PEOPLE FROM L.A. YOU CAN TALK IT TO THE 3 BILLION DOLLARS WHILE THEY TERRORIZE AND BRUTALIZE THE CITY. WHY IS JIM McDONNELL CHIEF OF POLICE? WHY IS HE EVEN POLICE OF POLICE? YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS GOING TO PROTECT TRUMP, WE JUST LOOK AT HIS HISTORY WHEN HE WAS SHERIFF, THAT'S WHAT HE DID. AND LOOK AT WHAT HE IS DOING NOW. LAPD IS ASSISTING ICE. REMOVE JIM McDONNELL. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER, PETRA RODRIGUEZ AND KATIE LAFOON. >> Council President: GO AHEAD SIR. JAO*I, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, YOU'RE MY COUNCILMEMBER, I WAS PROUD TO VOTE FOR YOU WHEN YOU STOOD WITH US NEXT TO THE NETFLIX. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, YOU GIVE US FOOD AND THOSE MOVES WERE WISE AND SO TOO WOULD BE REMOVING JIM McDICK ON HE WILL--McDONNELL, WE NEED LOCAL STATE BODIES LIKE THIS TO SHOW THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THAT YOU WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT, YOU WILL STAND UP AGAINST CONSERVATIVE OFFICIALS TRYING TO PUT A BOOT IN THE PURSUIT OF LIFE. I WOULD LOVE TO GO WIDE WITH DEMOCRATS DOING RGHTEOUS ACTS. THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IS ALL WE HAVE. I FEEL LIKE IF THE FAITH IN THE PARTY FAILS, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE GOP RUN THIS COUNTRY. PLEASE REMOVE JIM McDONNELL, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. WELCOME, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. INTO WELCOME, YOU HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE AWARENESS, IF POSSIBLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PETITION THAT A MOTION TO DISMISS FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BY THE CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES BE IMPLEMENTED AND I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN TO MACK IT HAPPEN. THE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND FEAR IS CAUSING SUFFERING FROM WITHIN AND AROUND THE NEGLECT OF CLEAR DISTRESS IS ON ABUSIVE ON OUR GOVERNMENT'S PARK. FREELY GIFP RESOURCES, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED AND A CONCEPT IS NOW HINDERING AND DISTRIBUTING HUMAN BEINGS AND THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, ONE TO GET SO, SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY. I'M NERVOUS BUT THE POINT IS, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PETITION THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY NO LONGER BE ON THE UNITED STATES CITIZENS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL MICHELLE AND JOHN MADINGLY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MONEY. >> Speaker: TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF L.A., GOOD MORNING, TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, SHAME, SHAME FOR SHUTTING DOWN FORUM LAST FRIDAY LEAVING FIVE OF YOUR VOTERS WITHOUT A VOICE TO EXPRESS THEIR ANGER AGAINST LAPD. YOU WOULD THINK FOR A CITY THAT WANTS TO HOST THE OLYMPICS IN THREE YEARS, THAT THAT WOULD BE ALIGNED ABOUT APPARENTLY WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. SCONDLY, WE DEMAND THE ROLLING NITION AND TO THE MEMBERS OF L.A. LAPD, I WANT TO YOU MAIN TRUST R YOU WOULD TREAT YOUR CITIZENS WITH RESPECT WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEIR SITES. YOU KNOW THE A PROCESSITY IS CARRYING OUT AND YOU CAN'T EVEN BRING YOURSELF TO SAY THE NAME OF HOME DEPOT. SO WITH THAT, I SAY LONG LIVED LOS ANGELES AND THE PEOPLE OF L.A. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP JED, DANIEL GUS, SAN JUNE A, JESSE AND STEVE HILL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO HEAD. >> Speaker: I'M JEFF FARRELL THE PRESIDENT OF THE OWNERS OF CALIFORNIA. I WANT TO THANK IMELDA PADILLA FOR ITEM 6 THAT SHE BROUGHT FORWARD. I WANT TO SUPPORT THAT. WE'RE STAKEHOLDERS IN DISTRICT 6 AND PERSONALLY IN DISTRICT 12, SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. IS KNOW YOU HAVE NEXT WEEK, THE RENT CONTROL ON THE AGENDA. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK WHY IS OUR RENT SO DAM HIGH AND I HAVE TO POINT TO THE 1970 WITHS WHERE G.D.P. USED TO TRACK ACROSS, ROBOTS REPLACING PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF THAT HAPPENING, G.D.P. HAS GONE UP AND PEOPLE'S WAGES HAVE BEEN STAGNANT SINCE THEN. AND AI IS GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE. IT'S NOT THE LANDLORD'S PRICE. WHY DON'T YOU CARVE OUT THE RICH PEOPLE FROM IT, IT SHOULD BE FOR THE POOR NOT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVEY ONE. FUNDS SHOULD GO TO THE TENANTS THAT ACTUALLY NEED IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WE ARE DEMANDING THE REMOVAL OF CHIEF McDONNELL. >> City Attorney: BEFORE WE MOVE, CAN YOU MOVE THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT, IT'S HARD TO HEAR YOU. GL AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WE'RE DEMANDING THE REMOVAL OF JIM McDONNELL, WHY ARE WE ALLOWING POLICE TO BRUTALIZE. WE DEMAND CHANGE AND WE DESERVE ANSWERS. ON SUNDAY, WE WERE PROTESTING AT THE MAYOR'S HOUSE AND WE WERE MET WITH UNHINGED AND UNHAPPY DATING. SXL HE HAD NO WEAPONS ON TIM. WE DEMAND AWE REFUND OR A REGROUP. WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF GOOD OL' BOYS AND I PROMISE YOU THAT. MOVING FORWARD, YOU WILL KNOW OUR NAMES. BECAUSE WE WILL KEEP COMING BACK AND WE WILL KEEP DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR EVERY ANGELINO. AND AS ALWAYS, QUE VIVA LA RESISTANCIA AND CHINGA LA MIGRA! >> Council President: NEXT SPEAKER. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M STEVE HILL UNITED STATES VETERAN AND RETIRED PEACE OFFICER. I'VE BEEN REAL ESTATE, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THE ANTELOPE VALLEY THE PLACE WHERE YOU NOBODY WANTS TO GO BUT YOU SEND YOUR HOMELESS THERE AND I WITNESSED AS AN APPRAISEOR. I WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE A FORMER MEETING TO TALK ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES, BECAUSE WE NOTICED WE HAVE NO HOMELESSNESS. I LIVE DOWN THE STREET FROM KID ROW, SKID ROW ADJACENT. A LOT OF IS ANT INDICATED. YOUR BUILDINGS ARE NOT AS HIGHEST AND BEST USE, KIND OF YOUR POLICING, HIGHEST AND BEST USE TO HELP THE PEOPLE. I LIVE AT 32nD AND SAN PEDRO, SO WHOEVER MY DISTRICT MEMBER IS, WOULD I LIKE TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH YOU AND PROTESTERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROTEST. THAT'S WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT. >> Council President: AND AS THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES OUT. THERE IS A LOT OF NAMES, A LOT OF ARE FAKE. ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN WHO HAS COME TO SPEAK, GO AHEAD AND LINE UP. WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ ANYMORE NAMES, BUT IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK, YOU'RE FREE TO LINE UP IF YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN ALREADY. GO AHEAD, SIR. YOU HAVE ONE MONEY. >> Speaker: I'M ASKING THAT MISS CHRIS McDONNELL, THERE ARE OMS TO PROBLEM THEIR IS INTIMLATION. LAPD GRABS BATON SXZ TIGHTEN THEIR GRIP. I WAS THERE ON OCTOBER 18th WHEN THE CROWD WAS START TO GO DISSIPATE. I HEARD HELICOPTER AND MY FRIENDS AND I DECIDE TODAY LEAVE BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE BECAUSE POLICE WERE BLOCKING OUR EXIT. THEY TOLD US TO TURN AROUND, IF THE GOAL WAS TO LEAVE THEY WOULD HAVE LET US LEAVE, BUT THE GOAL WAS TO INTIMIDATE AND CHALLENGE. I CHALLENGE YOU TO ATTEND A PROTEST. YOU CAN BE IN A CROWD OF 50, OR 50,000 AND YOU'LL BE SAFE I AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT STANDING FROM THE POLICE OFFICER. XHAOEF McDONNELL IS TO BLAME FOR THIS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: GOOD DAY MY NAME IS JUANA, I'M A WORKER OF FAST FOOD. I COME HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: OF FAST FOOD. MANY WORKERS LIKE MYSELF, CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS. THEY CAN BETTER THEMSELVES AND PROTECT THEMSELVES WITH TRAINING. REGARDING OUR RIGHTS. >> Speaker: OKAY, MUCHAS GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: AND WE BROUGHT THESE LETTERS FOR OUR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. >> Speaker: OKAY, MUCHAS GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JOE A AN LIGHTFOOT WITH ICE TERRORIZING, I DON'T THINK THAT JIM McDONNELL'S LEADERSHIP IS MEETING MOMENT. CITIZENS WANT TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS TO PROTEST. WHY ARE THEY CALLING FOR UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES WHEN PROTESTS ARE PEACEFUL. WHAT I'VE SEEN, IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ESCALATING THEM. THEY HAVE SHOT AT PRESS WHO POSE NO THREAT AND USED EXCESSIVE FORCE ON CITIZENS. AS A TAXPAYER I WANT TO KNOW WHO WILL HOLD THIS DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE. OUR TEE IS IT ALREADY IN DED, IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR L.A. LEADERSHIP TO CHANGE THEIR TRAGEDIES EXAMINE ALLOW FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTING. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI I'M ARI AND I'M A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 4. RECENTLY MY REPRESENTATIVE NITHYA RAMAN CELEBRATED A SIGNAL EYESED CROSSWALK BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED TO CARE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND SAVING LIVES. BUT THEN TELL ME WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING WITH ICE AND WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WHICH IS MADE OF A GROUP OF BOUNTY HUNTERS. NOW IN NEW YORK, BE O FUTBOLERS ARE GETTING CITIZENS FOR THEIR PROTECTING THEIR COMMUNITIES THEY'RE GOING ICE PATROL, THEY'RE DRIVING ICE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN L.A., THEY'RE GIVING THE LAPD MORE AND MORE DOLLARS. ALLOCATING MORE FOR THE HOMELESS TO THE LAPD WHICH MY REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS TO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT, THE HOMELESS AND HOUSING CRISIS. THEY'RE ALLOWING LAPD TO PROTECT ICE WHILE THEY GO THROUGH INNOCENT PROTESTERS, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, THE POLICE NEED TO ARREST THE ICE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I WANT TO DISTRIBUTE THESE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DANIEL SOSA, PLEASE REMOVE CHIEF McDONNELL BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE. LAPD IS CONSISTENCY ASSAULTING PEACEFUL PROTESTERS AND PRESS. THEY CONTINUE TO DO IT EVEN AFTER COURT ORDERS AND MOTION BUSINESS THIS BODY. THEY DECLARE UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES BY PEACEFUL CROWDS. THEY ARE USING PRIOR RESTRAINTS TO BLOCK LISTS. THE LIST GOES ON, THEY'RE DOING SO MANY ILLEGAL THINGS AND THEY'RE OPENING UP THE TEE UP TO LIABILITY TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WE NEED A NEW POLICE CHIEF. CHIEF McDONNELL IS BEING INFLUENCED BY THE TRUM ADMINISTRATION, AS WE REPORTED BY THE "L.A. TIMES". HIS FAITH IS NOT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, IT'S TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. PLEASE REMOVE CHIEF McDONNELL BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS ARMOND, I WORK AND OWN PROPERTY IN LAKE BALBOA AND I AM HERE TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA MOTION FOR RV STORAGE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS FENCING WITH PROPER SCREENING SO IT DOES NOT BECOME AN ICE SORE AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CLEAN UP. THE STREETS ARE FILTHY AND THEY REMAIN FILTHY FOR A LONG TIME. YOU NEED MORE TIME CLEANING THE STREETS, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M ALSO HERE TO REQUEST THE REMOVAL OF CHIEF McDONNELL. I DO HAVE A STORY TO TELL AND THAT'S A FEW MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A SWAT TRAINING ON MY BLOCK, THEY DID NOT LET THE NEIGHBORS KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING. AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE FUCK YOU'RE HAVING MILITARIZED POLICE SET OFF EXPLOSIVES IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT OF THE RESIDENTS. WHAT THE HELL? DON'T WE HAVE ANY SAY WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE MILITARIZED TRAINING. WHEN I WENT TO SPEAK TO A POLICE OFFICER, THEY WERE LIKE BACK UP, BACK UP, WHEN I FINALIZED BACKED UP, I SAID WILL YOU TALK TO ME NOW AND THEY SAID NO. AND I SAID, I'M A RESIDENT AND I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS HAPPENING. THERE IS NOW 30 SWAT OFFICERS IN FULL MILITARY GEAR WALKING DOWN MY BLOCK. >> City Attorney: SO SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: WE CAN'T HAVE YELLING FROMED AUDIENCE. PLEASE BE QUIET. >> Speaker: HI MY NAME IS DAVINA, THERE IS NO LIGHTS ON MY VAOET BUT WE--STREET BUT WE HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR OFFICERS IN A PROTEST. I WAS PUNCHED IN MY HEAD AND CALLED THE POLICE, THE POLICE TOOK 20 MINUTES TO SHOW UP BUT WE HAVE THEM 10 MINUTES INTO A PROTEST. IT'S KIND OF INSANE. I'M A VETERAN, I WALKED AROUND THESE STREETS, YOU TELL ME ALL THE TIME, THANK YOU FOR DWRUR SERVICE. BUT HERE I AM GETTING PUNCHED IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD A BLOCK AWAY FROM WHERE I FRICKIN' LIVE AND YOU CANNOT SOLVE THAT CRIME! THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IS ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? SEEING NOBODY COMING FORWARD, THAT EXHAUST PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU ALREADY SPOKE MA'AM. OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, POSTED AND REFERRED. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >> Y. Jurado: YES. >> Council President: THE MEETING IS STILL GOING ON, WE HAVE ADJOURN MOTIONS AND THENT MEETING WILL BING TAKEN. JUST WAIT A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THE MEETING IS OVER. THERE IS A FINAL WARNING. OKAY, YOU'VE GOT TO GO. >> City Attorney: GENTLEMAN WITH THE BLACK POLO SHIRT. >> Council President: HE'S ALREADY BEEN WARNED. HE'S REMOVED. OKAY. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHAIR, WOULD I LIKE TO, THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR THE CITY OF L.A. IT'S HALLOWEEN, IT'S A VERY SAD DAY FOR THE CITY OF L.A. AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO OUR SOMEBODY WHO HAS WORKED IN MULTIPLE COUNCIL OFFICES, FOR 11, 1 AND 14 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE CITY OF L.A., SANTI CHEFS, COME HERE! THERE IS A PETITION GOING AROUND THAT SAYS PLEASE DON'T LET HER GO. IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED IT, PLEASE SIGN IT, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IT. IF ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS, THAT SHE WORKED FOR, OR JUST WANT TO COME UP AND TAKE A PHOTO. BUT IF YOU WANT IT SAY A FEW WORDS. I KNOW THIS IS UNCOMFORTABLE. >> Speaker: I WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO TALK. >> Y. Jurado: WELL YOU WILL NOT SOON. AO*UF GIFP SO SO MUCH TO THE CITY OF L.A. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU, AND IS KNOW YOU LOVE THE CITY SO MUCH. I KNOW I APPRECIATED YOUR MENTORSHIP AND GUIDANCE. AND I KNOW YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE IS GOING TO BE FUN BECAUSE THAT'S WHO YOU ARE AND YOU BRING SO MUCH TO THE WORK SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU, BUT YES, IN CASE YOU WOULD HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY? >> Speaker: IS WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU BECAUSE I HAVE LEARNED SO INCREDIBLY MUCH AND IT'S BEEN THE HONOR OF MY LIFE TO SERVE THE CITY THAT RAISED ME. AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE MENTORSHIP OF EVERY ONE IN THIS ROOM. AND THE FRIENDSHIP OF EVERY ONE IN THIS ROOM. I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE VERY FAR AND I'M GOING TO BE EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF YOU AND KEEP IN TOUCH AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS SPEAK TO THIS? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SANTI, YOU WERE MY FIRST LEGISLATIVE DEPUTY ON MY TEAM. I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY THAT WE WALKED INTO CHAMBERS, I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS AND I FELT MY HEART PUMPING OUT OF MY CHEST BECAUSE I WAS SO NERVOUS. BUT I REMEMBER, YOU WERE THE PERSON IN PARTICULR WHO MADE ME FEEL SAFE IN A ROOM THAT I HAD NEVER BEEN IN, THAT I HAD TO START MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT, I FEEL LIKE YOU SET ME UP FOR SUCCESS AND YOU MADE ME FEEL SAFE IN A SPACE WHERE I WAS REALLY SCARED. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. FOR BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN ME, TO TAKE UP SPACE IN CHAMBERS IN MIA NAL SISTO TRUST MIA NAL SIS AND TEAM. I'M JEALOUS OF WHERE EVER ELSE YOU GO. JUST DON'T GO TOO FAR AND KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS LEAN ON US, BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME FEEL SAFE AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US BUILD THE PLANE WHEN WE WERE FLYING IT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED SUCCESS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. I WANT TO WISH YOU THE VERY BEST. COUNCILMEMBER IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THEIR STAFF. AND YOU EMBODY ALL THE RIGHT CHARACTERISTICS THAT ACTUALLY HELPED WHATEVER MEMBER YOU WERE WORKING WITH FOR, YOU ACTUALLY WERE A BRIDGE OF TRUST. AND I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU AND ALL THE DIFFERENT ROLES THAT YOU'VE HAD. YOU, YOU, YOU AND YOU ALONE, WERE SO MANY OF THE REASON WHY, MANY OF THE STAFFS WERE ABLE TO WORK AND COLLABORATE TOGETHER. SO I WANT TODAY PERSONALLY THANK YOU AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN WHATEVER YOU DO. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO YOUR POTENTIAL AND I JUST, I WANT TODAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, YOU AND YOU ALONE, WHY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING BRIDGE A LOT OF GAPS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND WISH YOU THE BEST AS ALWAYS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TOLD YOU, BUT I WAS REALLY IRRITATED WHEN I GOT THE NEWS THAT YOU WHY LEAVING. JUST LIKE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, SAID, YOU'RE SOMETHING THAT THINKS OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND SOMEBODY THAT REALLY SOLVES THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT. TO BE SPECIFIC, I KNOW THERE IS PEOPLE IN THE COUNCIL HOW FRUSTRATED I AM TO CLEAR BRUSH I REALLY WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE GIVE UP ON THAT BUT I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT THAT IT WAS YOUR IDEA THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PETTING ZOO AT ONE OF OUR MAJOR PARKS, WHETHER IT HANSON DAM OR GRIFFIN PARK OR THE BASIN, SO THAT WE CAN USE THESE GOATS AT A PETTING ZOO TO HELP US CLEARING BRUSH. WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA AND I'M THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE TO PUT IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING FRIENDLY AND THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX IN A WAY THAT WILL HELP US ALL. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: I LIVED ON YOU ON ONE SIDE AND THEN I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO THE WRONG MEMBER AND I WAS GOING WHAT IS GOING ON. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR WORK. YOU GAVE THE SAME ATTENTION TO THE NEWER MEMBER THAN YOU DID TO THE OTHER MEMBER AND IT WAS FUN TO WATCH, THEIR CONFIDENCE BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE. I KNOW THAT YOU WERE DILIGENT WITH YOUR WORK, AND I KNOW WHEN A CAT CAME IN, YOU WERE LIKE, I'LL ADOPT HIM. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOUR ENERGY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOUR PROTECTIVENESS, BECAUSE YOU PROTECT YOUR MEMBERS. BUT I SIGNED THE PETITION AND I, WAS AGAINST SIGNING IT BUT I WRITE LIVE YOUR LIFE AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE FLIER FOR TOMORROW'S EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS AT THE SAN FERNANDO DO CEMETARY, MISSION CEMETARY AND WE WANT TO INVITE TO COME. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE TAKE ITING FROM MISSION BOULEVARD WHERE IT HAS BEEN HELD FOR 8 YEARS AND WE'RE NOW DOING IT WITH THE ARCH DIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES AND WE WANT EVERY ONE TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS TOMORROW AND FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 AND AT 4:00 O'CLOCK WE HAVE A CATRINA CONTEST AND IT'S BEEN HIGHLY COMPETITIVE EACH YEAR. SO WE WANT TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME ON OUT AND ENJOIN US TOMORROW. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTION ?Z LOOKING TO MY LEFT FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS? LOOKING TO MY LEFT. SEEMS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ADJOURNING MOTIONS. SO FOLKS GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A SPOOKY WEEKEND, HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND SERVE THE CITY WELL. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.