>> Council President: IN THE JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL? >> Clerk: YES. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF MINUTES. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 29, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECOND, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDS, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, SHALL I RUN TLUT AGENDA? >> Council President: YES, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: ITEM 1 IS AN YELLOW LIGHT NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 2 THROUGH 28 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. THE COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM 16 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 23-0550-S2. ITEMS 29 THROUGH 49 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WHICH YOU'D LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL? I'LL START ON MY LEFT SIDE TO THE EAST? PORTION OF THE BUILDING, ANY SPECIALS THERE? MR. PRICE, YOU SURE WE GOT NO SPECIALS. ALL RIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM FOR COMMENT SXZ AMENDMENT. AND 17, 20 FOR SPECIAL VOTE. >> Clerk: I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT. >> E. Hernandez: YES, ITEM SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS AND AMENDMENT AND ITEMS 17, 20 AND 40 FOR SPECIAL VOTE. >> Clerk: 17, 20 AND 40 FOR SPECIAL VOTE. >> E. Hernandez: YES AND THE AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 8 IS GOING TO BE CIRCULATING SHORTLY. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: CAN I CALL 18 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: YES, WOULD I LIKE CALL 28 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS AND A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD LIKE 30 TO HEAR IN CLOSE SESSION. >> Council President: ITEM NUMBER 30 FOR CLOSE SESSION, ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 37 TO BE CONTINUED PLEASE FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 14. >> Clerk: FOR HOW LONG? >> E. Hernandez: 5-7. MAY 7. >> Clerk: ONE WEEK, THANK YOU. >> E. Hernandez: YES, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE TO VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> City Attorney: AND GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. AS WE WAIT FOR THE VOTES TO BE TALLIED. JUST A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE CHANNEL 35 STREAM IS CURRENTLY DOWN FOR ISSUES RELATED TO PROVIDER. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE WATCHING THIS MEETING OR LISTENING TO MEETING, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU SWITCH TO YOUTUBE, THE FEED SHOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON, ITEMS 2 THROUGH 7, 9 THROUGH 16, 19, AND 21 THROUGH 27, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Clerk: ACTUALLY, IT'S 13 WITH MR. McOSKER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE, 17, 20 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HENANDEZ FOR SEPARATE VOTES. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, MAY 17 AND 20 BE VOTED TOGETHER? (INAUDIBLE). >> Clerk: 40 IS NOT HELD YET, SO HAS TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, COUNCILMEMBER. SO AT THIS TIME, MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 17, AND 20 CALLED SPECIAL SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, TWO KNOWS. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT ANY COMMENTS? CAN YOU MAKE SURE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S MIC IS ON? >> I. Padilla: I WILL BE VOTING NO BECAUSE IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE TO THINGS TO THE COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS. >> Council President: GOT IT, THANK YOU. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL LIKES TO WAIT FOR AMENDMENT. SO AT THIS TIME, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO GO INTO PRESENTATIONS? >> Council President: SURE. TODAY IS DENIM DAY, I'M HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF US IN OUR FABULOUS DENIM AND I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ TO LEAD OUR PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION TODAY. >> M. Rodriguez: GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. I AM THRILLED TO BE LEADING THIS, THIS PRESENTATION FOR OUR COUNCIL. AND A TRADITION THAT WE'VE HONORED HERE IN CITY COUNCIL FOR MANY MANY YEARS BUT PROUD TO BE JOINED BY WHAT IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE MAJORITY FEMALE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND WE'RE HERE TO WE'RE JOINED TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY TO STAND UP AGAINST VICTIM BLAMING BY INSURING THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD. I WANT TO THANK WENDY FROM PEACE OVER VIOLENCE HERE JOINING US. AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY THAT IS WEARING THEIR DENIM IN SOLIDARITY WITH A RESPONSE THAT IS NOW BEING HEARD WELL AROUND THE WORLD. IT WAS BASED ON A 1999 ITALIAN SUPREME COURT CASE THAT WAS OVERTURNED A CONVICTION BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THE WOMEN'S JEANS WERE TOO TIGHT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, VICTIM BLAMING IS A TREND THAT HAS UNFORTUNATELY PLAGUED SO MANY INDIVIDUALS FOR SO MANY YEARS AND IT NEEDS TO STOP WITH US. ANA PERFORMATIVE SIGN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO EACH AND EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT VICTIMS ARE PROTECTED THAT, THEIR SERVICES AND THE SERVICES THAT WE ALL FIGHT FOR AND I WANT TO THANK, I KNOW SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN HELPING TO ENSURE THAT VICTIM RESOURCES AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS DEFUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL FROM THE DOJ, LESS AND LESS RESOURCES THAT TEND TO THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE OUR COLLECTIVE VOICES TO PROTECT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND I'M GRATEFUL TO STAND ALONGSIDE COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE RESOUNDING VOICES THAT CONTINUE TO SHOW UP IN SOLIDARITY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE HERE TO SAY NO MORE, THAT WE WILL PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS AND WE WILL FIGHT TO PROTECT THE INTEST THE INVESTMENTS IN THESE CRITICAL SERVICES. AS I'VE CREATED, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF US HAVE HAD INITIATIVES THAT HAVE HELPED TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS, IN MY DISTRICT, I HAVE THE FIRST SHELTER THAT IS WHOLELY DEDICATED TO WOMEN WHO HAVE BECOME HOMELESS AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE KNOW THAT THE TREND OF WHAT OCCURS, AND THE VULNERABILITIES OF VICTIMS CONTINUE TO BE UNDER ASSAULT. WELL WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY WITH ONE ANOTHER AND TO PROTECT ALL OF THOSE INVESTMENTS AND TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THEM OUT IN THE DARK BY THEMSELVES. THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHOW UP VERY STRONGLY VERY FIRMLY TO CHANGE WHAT HAS BEEN SADLY A NORMALIZED NOW IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WHAT SEEMS TO BE VERY NORMALIZED COMING FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS A CONTINUED ASSAULT ON THE MOST VULNERABLE AND WE NEED TO STAND UP AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST THAT. SO I WANT TO THANK PEACE OVER VIOLENCE FOR BEING THE EVERY DAY CHAMPION OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK BECAUSE AND PATTY GIGINGS WHO WE WERE OUT IN THE SOUTH LAWN WITH HER JUST ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO AGO, HAS BEEN AS I SAID, SHE IS SMALL? IN STATURE BUT BIG IN POWER AND FORCE. AND SHE HAS BEEN AMONG THOSE THAT HAS CONTINUED TO UPLIFT THIS MESSAGE TO HOLD EVERY ONE ACCOUNTABLE. WHEN EVERY ONE PUBLICLY LIKES TO SAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHOW UP IN ACTION AND NOT JUST IN PERFORMANCE AND WORD. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO NOW INVIELT SOMEBODY WHO SHOWS UP IN ACTION EVERY DAY ON THIS WORK. THEY HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT RESOUNDING FORCE THAT HAS ENSURED THAT THIS FUNDING STAYS STRONG HERE IN LOS ANGELES. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING WENDY BLANCO. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. I'M HERE REPRESENTING PEACE OVER VIOLENCE. AS YOU MENTIONED, PATTY IS SMALL YET MIGHTY. AND AS A TEENAGER, I REMEMBER SEEING HER AT A RALLY WHEN IT WAS CALLED L.A. LIVE AND I REMEMBER HER STANDING STRONG AND TALKING ABOUT ELEVATING THE PLATFORM SO THAT WE HAVE SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS. SO WE STARTED THIS MONTH REALLY STRONG WITH A LUNCH OF DENIM DAY AND WE'RE ENDING REALLY STRONG WITH THIS PROCLAMATION AND THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL. SOY WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO EVERY ONE THAT COORDINATED THIS INTO WHO BROUGHT US HERE BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO ELEVATE SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A CASE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENED ALMOST 26 YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS WHAT SPARKED PATTY'S INTEREST IN STARTING THIS CAMPAIGN. AND AS YOU SAID, JEANS ARE A REPRESENTATION OF US NEEDING TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE AND TALKING ABOUT THESE STATISTICS BECAUSE AS WE KNOW ONE IN THREE WOMEN ARE SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND ONE IN SIX MEN ARE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE. SO IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE ROOM HOW MANY HAVE BEEN SURVIVORS AND MOVED TO THRIVERS. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS STILL AN EPIDEMIC, AND IT HAPPENS FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS CLOSE TO US WHO HAS ACCESS TO US AND OFTEN TIMES POWER OVER US. AND IS TO STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR BEHAVIOR. SO WE ALL HAVE TO BE IN THIS FIGHT, ALONG WITH NOT JUST THE SURVIVORS BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO GO TALK TO YOUNG FOLKS ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP SXZ PREVENTING VIOLENCE AND SO OUR ORGANIZATION DOES THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY, WE PROVIDE WRAP AROUND SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WHEN SOMEBODY IS A SURVIVOR, WE ARE THERE FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS POST SURVIVORSHIP, RIGHT. SO THAT MEANS, HOUSING AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT MEANS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THAT MEANS EMPLOYMENT HELP, THAT MEANS GROUP COUNSELING. EVERYTHING THAT SURVIVOR NEEDS TO FEEL WHOLE AGAIN, SO WE PARTNER WITH A LOT OF AGENCIES AROUND THE COMMUNITY, LOCAL RAPE CRISIS CENTERS WHICH AS YOU ALL KNOW ARE LIKE UP FUNDING CUTS SO. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS MOMENT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT YOU KNOW, OUR SURVIVORS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. SEXUAL ASSAULT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, WE HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM SO THE FUNDS ARE STILL NECESSARY AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE STILL NECESSARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO TALK ABOUT DENIM DAY AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE A RECURRING THING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, WENDY. AND SO NOW COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, MY COLLEAGUES AND ALLIES UP HERE IN THIS FIGHT, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE ALLIES EVERYWHERE BUT I WANT WE'LL GO IN NUMERICAL ORDER, AND SO NUMERICAL BY OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT STARTING FROM COUNCILMEMBER FROM THE FIRST DISTRICT, MS. UNISSES HERNANDEZ. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES, GOOD MORNING EVERY ONE. 26 YEARS OF DENIM DAY, IT'S A PHENOMENAL TO SEE HOW MANY COUNTRIES THIS HAS GONE THROUGH. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE EVENTS HAPPENING IN NEW YORK. AND YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE I WAS SAYING SOMETHING TO THE AFFECT OF NO MORE, NO MORE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ASSAULT. IT IS TIME TO FIGHT BACK AND FIGHT BACK. IT'S TIME TO STOP I WISH PEOPLE WOULD NOT SEXUALLY ASSAULT PEOPLE BUT WE SEE IT HAPPENING, EMPOWER YOURSELVES. I TRAINED MY AND MY TEAM TRAINED HOW TO PROTECT OURSELVES WITH PEACE OVER SILENCE. GH--VIOLENCE. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO EXERCISE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO RESPOND AFTER HARM AND VIOLENCE HAS HAPPENED. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT AND THAT MEANS DEFENDING OURSELVES AND ARMING OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND OFTEN TIMES THAT'S OUR HANDS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO EMPOWER FOLKS TO DO SOED. --TODAY AND ALSO LOOKING AT MY COLLEAGUES IN THE HORSESHOE, WHERE WERE YOU THIS MORNING TO JOIN US? WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US. WE NEED OUR COLLEAGUES TO BE WITH US, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY IT HERE IN CHAMBERS, WE NEEDED YOU OUTSIDE AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOU GOING FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR, STAND IN SOLIDARITY, IN PEOPLE, JUST LIKE MY PRINCESS, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, NOT IN MY GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE WE STAND TOGETHER. I'M JUST CALLING YOU ALL IN. ANOTHER 26, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON FIGHTING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MS. HERNANDEZ, NOW MS. YAROSLAVSKY. OH SORRY NITHYA. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR LEADING THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR STANDING AS ALLIES AND IN SOLIDARITY AND THANK YOU PEACE OVER VIOLENCE FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO YEAR AFTER YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISSUE STAYS TOP OF MIND. AS SOMEBODY WHO, WHO WORKED ON ISSUES RELATED TO SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT PRIOR TO MY WORK HERE IN CITY COUNCIL. AS SOMEBODY WHO IS MYSELF AS A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, I, YOU KNOW FOR ME THIS KIND OF MOMENT IS IT IS, IT'S SYMBOLIC, WE DO IT YEAR AFTER YEAR, IT CAN FEEL ROUGE TO SOME BUT I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE STOOD UP WHEN THE ME TOO MOVEMENT STILL HAPPENED AND TALKED ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND FOR ME PERVASIVELY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY STEPPED UP AND SAID, I TOO AM A SURVIVOR. IT HELPED ALL OF US, WHO EXPERIENCE HARASSMENT, AND WORSE FORMS OF VIOLENCE, TO UNDERSTAND HOW PERVASIVE THIS ISSUE IS. AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO DO YEAR AFTER, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BRING ATTENTION TO IT. I WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES, TO SHARE YOUR SOLIDARITY AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE OPEN AND TALK ABOUT THIS AS WELL. BUT FOR ME, THIS IS NOT JUST A SYMBOLIC ISSUE IT'S AN ISSUE THAT CAN REALLY GET CHANGE. AND AS SOMEBODY TOO WHO IS FROM, WHO IS ASIAN, IN THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL. AND SO, FOR US, FOR MANY OF US FOR ME, AMONG MY FRIEND CIRCLES AND MY ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND MY INDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, THAT MOMENT WHEN THE WEINSTEIN ISSUES FIRST CAME OUT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR TIME A ATTENTION TO THIS. IT NEEDS MORE THAN AN ANNUAL REMINDER BUT I'M HAPPY TO PART OF LIFT THIS UP EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MS. RAMAN. NOW MS. YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU FOR PEACE OVER VIOLENCE FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW UP YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR SURVIVORS. THAT'S WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT, SHOWING UP FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE GONE ON WITHOUT HELP FOR TOO LONG. SURVIVORS DO EVERYTHING WE ASK, THEY REPORT, THEY SPEAK UP, THEY SEEK HELP AND FAR TOO OFTEN THAT LEADS TO MORE HARM, NOT LESS HARM. THIS VAELT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR YOUNG WOMEN'S BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24, THEY EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST RATES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY. IN L.A. THAT INCLUDES STUDENTS ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES INCLUDING UCLA WHERE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS FILE REPORTS MOST SURVIVOR NEVER FILE A REPORT AT ALL. TODAY IS REMEMBERING THAT BEHIND EVERY RAPE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT IS SURVIVOR TRYING TO RECOVER IN A SYSTEM THAT FAR TOO OFTEN FALLS SHORT. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE MADE REAL PROGRESS HERE IN THE CHAMBERS THIS PROVIDE SD THE LARGEST INCREASE IN CITY HISTORY. WE REQUIRED TRAINING FOR HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BETTER SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE CAELTED A TASK FORCED TO STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT FROM DV AND REMOVED FIREARMS FROM DANGEROUS PEOPLE. THESE ARE IMPORTANT CHANGES BUT PROGRESS DOES DEPEND ON FOLLOW THROUGH. 15 YEARS AGO, L.A. WAS IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT FOR MASSIVE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. THERE WERE MANY REASONS FOR THAT FAILURE. THERE WAS A LACK OF POLICY AND PROCEDURE OF SUBMITTING RAPE KITS. SOME OFFICERS FAILED TO SUBMIT RAPE KITS ALT ALL THAT WAS DUE TO CULTURE PROBLEM AND CULTURE TAKES TIME TO SHIFT. BUT ANOTHER WAS A LOT SIMPLER THE LAPD WAS UNDER STAFFED AND RESOURCED, THAT IS NOT A CULTURAL ISSUE BUT A DECISION. AND THAT'S ONE THAT THE CITY WANTS TO GET RIGHT OR WRONG. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS WORKING IN THE SYSTEMS, WE RELY ON ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THEIR JOBS. THAT MEANS HAVING ENOUGH PEOPLE TO PROCESS EVIDENCE, MAKING SURE THAT SURVIVORS ARE NOT LEFT WAIT ANDING IT INCLUDES KEEPING IN PLACE THE CHANGES THAT ADVOCATES HAVE PUSHED FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO WEARING DENIM TODAY IS ONE WAY TO EXPRESS OUR SOLIDARITY MAKING SURE THAT THIS CITY PROMISES TO SURVIVORS IS ANOTHER, THAT'S THE WORK AND IT DOESN'T END TODAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MS. YAROSLAVSKY. MS. PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW COUNCIL, THROUGH OTHER COMMUNICATION MEASURES. I WANT TO START BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR LEADING THIS PRENLTATION AND OF --PRESENTATION, AND OF COURSE TO OUR PARTNER THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE DON'T FORGET THIS ORGANIZATION, THE PEACE OVER VIOLENCE FOR YOUR POWERFUL LEADERSHIP. I'M PROUD TO START WITH MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT PEACE OVER VIOLENCE AND REMIND FOLKS OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS ONCE UPON HAPPENED RELATED TO DISMISSING GENDER BASE VIOLENCE. YOU KNOW AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US COME HERE WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING ANYONE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, THAT WE DO. IT'S ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BE WILLING TO HAVE THESE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION BUZZ THE SORT OF THINGS THAT WOMEN HAVE TO ENDURE WHEN THEY SPEAK UP FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH. BUT WHAT I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, IS THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION FOR WOMEN ANYMORE. WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE BILLBOARDS OF MOVEMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE GENDER BASE VIOLENCE HAPPENING TO YOUNG BOYS. SO WE NEED TO BE WILLING AS LEADERS TO HAVE THESE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO PUT A STOP TO IT. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE SHOULDN'T JUST DO THE WORK HERE TODAY, BUT LET'S BE RESPONSIBLE TO TAKE IT OUTSIDE OF OUR CHAMBERS. LET'S TAKE IT INTO OUR TEAMS, OUR CONSTITUENTS, JUST RECENTLY. I HAD A SITUATION WHERE I WAS CONTACTED BY MY FOOTHILL DIVISION ABOUT A FAMILY WHO SENT THEIR YOUNG CHILD A BOY TO GO HANG OUT WITH A COACH TO GET THINGS READY FOR SOCCER COMPETITION. AND ENDED UP SEXUALLY A BEAUCING HIM AND KILLING HIM AND DROPPING OFF THE BODY IN OXNARD. BECAUSE CULTURALLY, WE THINK THAT BOYS ARE LESS SUSCEPTIBLE, NO THIS IS REAL. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO WORE THEIR JEANS TODAY AND LET'S CONTINUE THIS WORK AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU MS. PADILLA AND NOW FROM THE 10th DISTRICT, MS. HUTT. >> H. Hutt: , THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT WHAT DID HE NIM DAY IS ABOUT. AS A SURVIVOR, IT WAS NOT UNTIL I START TODAY PARTICIPATE IN DENIM DAY THAT I HAD AN ADMISSION TO MYSELF ABOUT A CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE. NOT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT BUT LIFT YOUR HAND IN YOUR HEART IF YOU'VE HAD AN EXPERIENCE AND IT MAKES YOU A SURVIVOR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT PUBLICLY BUT IN YOUR HEART. AND NOW I WANT TO YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, IT WAS NOT MY FAULT. I DIDN'T MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I AM A VICTIM, BUT I AM A SURVIVOR AND I AM RESILIENT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO YOU SAY TO YOURSELF. AMONG WOMEN OF COLOR, THE NUMBERS ARE EVEN MORE STAGGERING THAN WE HEAR BECAUSE THEY DON'T TELL ANYBODY. AND I DON'T KNOW JUST A POLICE REPORT I MEAN THEY DON'T TELL ANYBODY. IT'S DISPROPORTIONATE IN THE BLACK FAMILIES AND HISPANIC LATINO INDIGENOUS ASIAN AND TRANS FAMILIES. THE HIGHER RATES OF ASSAULT ARE ALL TOO OFTEN AND THEIR VOICES ARE SILENCED OUT OF FEAR. AS A MOTHER, YOU KNOW I'M A MOM, I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE NOT JUST STATISTICS, THESE ARE FRIENDS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY. BUT WE'RE NOT HELPLESS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGE AND WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT CONSENT, AND RESPECT, EARLY AND OFTEN. WE CAN BELIEVE OUR FRIENDS ARE SURVIVORS BUT WE CAN'T DO IT IF WE DON'T TEACH THEM EARLY ABOUT HOW THIS IS NOT OKAY. WE CAN SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS BY DOING THE WORK AND PROVIDE TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, LEGAL ADVOCACY AND SAFE SPACES BUT HONESTLY, WE HAVE TO REJECT VICTIM BLAMING EXAMINE --AND WE HAVE TO REMIND THOSE THAT EXPERIENCED ABUSE, THAT THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. THANK YOU FOR DENIM DAY AND ALWAYS LEADING THIS CHARGE. THANK YOU PEACE OVER VIOLENCE AND PATTY, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS ú. THANK YOU. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MS. HUTT, MS. PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR THE PEACE OVER VIOLENCE THE TRUTHLY LIFE SAVING WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. AND TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES STANDING WITH ME THIS MORNING, FOR SHARING YOUR PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THIS ISSUE. I AM REALLY PROUD TO STAND HERE IN THIS SHARED COMMITMENT TO ENDING SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY. DENIM DAY IS MORE THAN A STATEMENT, IT'S A STAND. IT'S A STAND AGAINST VICTIM BLAMING, AGAINST VICTIM SHAMING, AND IT'S STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR SURVIVORS. IT'S ALSO A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. AND UNTIL EVERY WOMEN FEELS AND IS ACTUALLY SAFE WALKING DOWN THE STREETS HERE IN LOS ANGELES, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, THE WORK ISN'T DONE. THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN FIGHTING ON THIS COUNCIL FLOOR FOR THE REAL RESOURCES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND TO SUPPORT VICTIMS WHEN IT HAPPENS. AND THAT INCLUDES FIGHTING ALONGSIDE AND FOR GROUPS LIKE PEACE OVER VIOLENCE WHO'S LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO EDUCATE AND INTERVENE WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. AND IT ALSO INCLUDES SUPPORTING THE LAPD'S OPERATIONS WEST BUREAU SEXUAL ASSAULT SECTION. I CAN ATTEST TO THEIR DEDICATED WORK AND CAPTURING SEXUAL PREDATORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BRUTAL ATTACKS IN MY DISTRICT AND IT'S A POWERFUL REMINDER OF WHY WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE SPECIALIZED TEAM OF OFFICERS AND HEARD FIRSTHAND WHAT THEY FACE, WHAT SURVIVORS GO THROUGH AND WHAT IT TAKES TO DELIVER JUSTICE. AND NOT ONLY STRENGTHENS MY COMMITMENT AND RESOLVE ON THIS ISSUE. SEXUAL VIOLENCE ENDS WITH ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER AND I'LL KEEP FIGHTING UNTIL IT'S NOT JUST A MESSAGE BUT A REALITY. THANKS. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU MS. PARK AND OUR NEWEST ADDITION. MS. JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ I'M YSABEL JURADO COUNCILMEMBER TO THE 14th DISTRICT. WHAT STARTED AS A PROTEST IS NOW A DAY OF AWARENESS AND I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH YOU TO EMPHASIS A SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT MESSAGE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE AND NO INVITATION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT EVER. MANY OF THE WOMEN THAT ARE STANDING UP HERE, I APPRECIATE YOUR CAN DUR AND A LOT OF WOMEN KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN OFFICE OR HAVING TO PUT YOUR KEYS IN BETWEEN YOUR KNUCKLES TO MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENS TO YOU. AND REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND RACIAL IDENTITY THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR YOU TOO. ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MEMBERS OF THE TRANS COMMUNITY WHO ALMOST HAVE OF THEM HAVE BEEN SEXUAL ASSAULTED AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE AND AT LEAST HALF OF OUR LGBTQ YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED FOR SEXUAL CONTENT AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE A DAY LIKE THIS TO THINK ABOUT THIS AND COMMEMORATE THE SURVIVORS OF WHICH I STAND WITH SOME OF THEM AND I SEE YOU AND I STAND WITH YOU, SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MS. JURADO AND COLLEAGUES WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE QUEUE? >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ AND TO ITS A BEAUTIFUL SITE TO SEE MAJORITY WOMEN STANDING UP THERE AND IT'S VERY WELL DESERVED AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CLOSEST THING TO JUSTICE. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE CALL OUT BY MY COLLEAGUE HERNANDEZ AND WE DESERVE TO BE CALLED OUT ABSOLUTELY. AND I'LL SAY, LOOK I STARTED MY CAREER AS A 23-YEAR-OLD IN A UNION IS A MATRIARCHY, IT WAS FORMED BY MARIA HELENA, THE HOUSE KEEPERS THAT FIGHT TENACIOUSLY TO CHANGE LIVES AND MUCH OF MY LIFE EXPERIENCE WAS WORKING WITH THOSE AND THEY TAUGHT ME A BUNCH. AND ONE OF MY GREATEST MENTOR MAY SHE REST IN PEACE, CARLA CHAVEZ WAS MY LEAD ORGANIZER FOR SOMETIME AND SHE WOULD CHALLENGE A YOUNG ORGANIZER TO GET RID OF THE MACHISMO AND NOT BE SO MUCH EMBEDDED INTO THE MTRIARCHY AND SHE SAID YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK BY A FREDDIE ANGLES SOUNDS FAMILIAR BUT IT TALKS ABOUT HOW--I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO REFLECT TO YOU ALL IS, WHEN YOU SEE ME UP HERE FIGHTING AGAINST CORPORATIONS, I DON'T SEE THAT DIFFERENT FROM FIGHTING AGAINST PATRIARCHY. IT'S NOT COINCIDENCE THAT THE PEOPLE IN POWER ARE MEN, THEY HAVE ACCUMULATED MONEY, THEY HAVE CONTROL A LOT OF RELIGIOUS, THEY CONTROL GOVERNMENT AND EVERYTHING. AND SO, I WILL CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM Y'ALL, I WILL CONTINUE TO MOLD MY BELIEVES. BUT I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT I'LL ALWAYS TRY TO BE A FIERCE ADVOCATE. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THE PRESENTATIONS MADE BY OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, YOU'VE DONE US PROUD AND HELP US REALLY TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF CALLING OUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS IT OCCURS WE'VE GOT TO DO MORE THAN JUST WEAR DENIM. WE HAVE TO ACT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROGRAMS AND ARE REFLECTED. THANK YOU FOR UNDER SCORING THE IMPORTANCE AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING US OUT AND THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS BODY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND AGAIN THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU MS. HERNANDEZ, BECAUSE I LIKE TO NOT ONLY BE THE ONLY PERSON CALLING THINGS OUT, SO I APPRECIATE YOU. BUT COLLEAGUES AGAIN, ON THIS IMPORTANT COMMEMORATION, 26 YEARS OF THIS ADVOCACY AND WORK, REALLY GRATEFUL TO PEACE OVER VIOLENCE, BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE A PARTNER IN SUPPORT OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AND REST ASSURED YOU HAVE A MAJORITY COUNCIL THAT IS EQUALLY COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THIS IS NOT A PERFORMATIVE MOMENT BUT A SUSTAINED WORK. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF HOLDING EVERYBODY'S FEET TO THE FIRE BECAUSE IT'S SO OFTEN THAT PEOPLE SAY ONE THING AND DO ANOTHER. LET'S KEEP IT DAYLIGHT IN THE DAYLIGHT EVERY DAY AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MARCH ALONGSIDE TO CONTINUE THIS WORK AND FIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: WHEN SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC, IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, ITEMS 29 THROUGH 36, AND ITEMS 38 THROUGH 49. SO AGAIN, LET ME REPEAT, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, ITEMS 29 THROUGH 36, AND ITEMS 38 THROUGH 49. ITEM 47 HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO MAY 7th. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTING. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY JURISDICTION. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF YOUR ITEM THAT YOU CAME HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN DO SO DURING THE ONE MINUTE OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM PREYS. --PLEASE. SO WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL INTERPRETER WHO HELP WITH PEOPLE WHO REQUIRE SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND IN ORDER TO HELP THEM OUT OR HELP YOU OUT, IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PAUSE SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND ONE MORE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE ROOM, THE STAFFERS WILL CALL OUT NAMES, THAT IS AT RANDOM SO IN ORDER TO RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU SIGN THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER SO LINE UP. SO AFTER YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, YOU CAN LINE UP ON YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. DIANE Z, SOPHIA MENDOZA, KIRSTEN PETERSON. >> City Attorney: SO AGAIN CAN WE REPEAT THE NAMES ONE MORE. >> Clerk: AGAIN THE NAMES ARE DIANE Z, SOPHIA MENDOZA KIRSTEN PETERSON. >> City Attorney: SO AGAIN ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, PLEASE LINE UP ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? CAN WE MAKE SURE? WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> Speaker: OKAY. WELL I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE JEAN DAY ONE, THE PROCLAMATION AND I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS I'M JUST GOING TO GO, BUT I WANT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT TOO. IT'S ON THE AGENDA THE JEAN THING, AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO ACT LIKE A PATRIARCHY KHAIM ON YOU. --SHAME ON YOU. AND DON'T FORGET YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY MR. GROAT. >> City Attorney: I BELIEVE I APOLOGIZED TO THE BEFORE, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT I DIDN'T, I APOLOGIZE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. I'M GOING TO TALK TO THE JEAN DAY, I LOVE THAT THE WOMEN OF THIS COUNCIL ARE, YOU KNOW STANDING UP AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE. I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND TELL MY STORY I COME TO TALK ABOUT THE ABUSE OF SCIENTOLOGY, THERE IS A CASE RIGHT NOW GOING ON IN L.A., OKAY, ABOUT A CHILD BRIDE WHO SCIENTOLOGY FORCED TO MARRY HER SEXUAL ABUSER TO COVER THE ABUSE. SO EVERYBODY WEARING JEANS CAN YOU CHANGE THE LAWS WHERE CHILDREN CANNOT BE BRIDES, VERY IMPORTANT. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE SPOKEN HERE, OR POLICE COMMISSION SAYING, WE'RE VICTIMS, WE'VE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED, RAPED, GROOMED AT SCIENCE TOLOGY AND IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS. AS YOU ALL STAND UP HERE, FIGHTING FOR YOU KNOW, VICTIMS PLEASE REMEMBER THERE IS PEOPLE COMING HERE EVERY SINGLE, WHAT THREE TIMES A WEEK TO TALK ABOUT, AND NOW MY MINUTE IS OVER, I GET IT. OKAY. ABOUT THE RANDOM ODDS, I KNOW SMOKING SCAN AND I WANT PROOF. >> City Attorney: YOU MAY DO IN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THE NEXT ONE IS HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE MR. JERVAIS NO OFFENSE TO HIM, HE CAN BE FUNNY. I WOULD RATHER SEE REAL LIFE PEOPLE HONORED, OKAY. WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO FIGHT FOR VICTIMS? WHAT ABOUT VICTIMS? HOW ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF SCIENTOLOGY? HOW ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DO REAL THINGS AND MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE? YOU KNOW, I'M FUNNY AND I GET FAMOUS AND I MAKE A LOT OF MONEY, WHAT DOES THAT RATE? WE NEED TO START CHANGING OUR, I THINK FOCUS ON WHAT A HERO IS. OKAY. IT'S PEOPLE THAT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND I'M CURIOUS ON REPLY IF SMOKING SCAN AGREES, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. THE NEXT ONE, THE NEXT ONE ABOUT THE LAW FIRM ONE. I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO HIRE THIS LAWYER AND HE'S A BIG, YOU KNOW, LAWYER FOR LAND USE STUFF, BUT SCIENTOLOGY HAS HIRED BILL VOLUMEVAIK AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO CONNECTION OR TIES AND ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO BE SIGNED UP FOR, WHATEVER I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, THERE IS A LOT OF SHENANIGANS GOING ON AND I DON'T LIKE IT AND I KNOW SMOKING SCAN DOESN'T EVEN. SMOKING SCAN AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE RANDOM IZER. IS IT THAT YOU PUT YOUR NAMES IN A BASKET AND PULL IT OUT? IS IT SOME LITTLE COMPUTERIZED THING? IS IT A FIGMENT OF OUR EMERGENCIATIONS? DOES--IMAGINATIONS, THERE NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENCY AND WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE RANDOMIZER, THERE IS TIMES IF I DON'T GET CALLED, THAT'S RIDICULOUS. I KNOW SMOKING SCAN DOES TOO, RIGHT, YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ALLEGED RANDOMIZER, BUT I'M WASTING MY TIME ON THAT. AND ALSO THE A BEWSES OF THEIR SYSTEM OF PERMITS. I TOLD YOU THAT I'M ABOUT TO SUE THE CITY BECAUSE I HAVE YET AGAIN BEEN RESTRICTED AND YOU KEEP GIVING THEM PERMITS DESPITE THEIR CONTINUAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. PLEASE STOP DOING IT. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Translator: GOOD DAY MY NAME IS SOPHIA MENDOZA AND I NEED TRANSLATION. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: SI. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M HERE AS A MEMBER OF ACE TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF YOU TO KEEP L.A. HOUSED IN TERMS OF LARSO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: TO PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON AND COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE LAST WEEK WE HAD A TOWN HALL AND IT'S A SHAME THAT NEITHER YOU COULD SHOW UP OR YOUR STAFF. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MORE THAN A 100 RESIDENTS GOT TOGETHER. IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND WE URNLD YOU TO ACCEPT LARSO AND WE'RE SAD THAT YOU COULDN'T SHOW UP, YOU OR YOUR PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL MORE NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BONNIE BLUE, TOMASA MARTINEZ, SKYLER MEYERS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: COME ON, YOU DON'T EVEN ASK MY NAME, THAT'S WEIRD. LET'S START WITH DENIM ITEM. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE DENIM ITEM BECAUSE I WAS A SEXUAL VIOLENCE WHEN I WAS A KID. BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ONE YEARS OLD, MY FATHER WAS VIOLENTLY TAKING A SHOWER FOR ME. AND HE WAS TOUCHING ME ALL OVER FOR 20 MINUTES NON STOP, I DIDN'T GIVE HIM MY CONSENT BUT I WAS VIOLATED EVERY DAY UNTIL I WAS FIVE OR SOMETHING, THAT'S MORE THAN 1500 DAYS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. WHEN I REPORT TO THE LAPD, NOBODY TAKE MY REPORT. AND THEN I'M GLAD OUR COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ TALK ABOUT THIS SEXUAL VIOLENCE DAY AND I CAN ASSURE THAT OUR COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, THAT EVERY RAPIST WILL STAY 100 FEET AWAY FROM YOU, I'M PRETTY SURE SHE IS VERY INTIMIDATING. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR ONE MINUTE ON THIS ITEM. >> Speaker: SEXUAL VIOLENCE. ITEM NUMBER 40, ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTAINING PERSON WHO IS PROPERTIES ON THE STREET. OKAY, SOY WANT TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER THAT, OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT IF I'M HOMELESS AND SITTING ON THE STREET SLEEPING ON THE STREET, WILL END ME IN JAIL. I WANT TO ASK A CITY ATTORNEY, WHERE DO I GO? IF I DON'T HAVE A TOILET ON FIGUEROA STREET, BUT YOU HAVE A RULE THAT WILL END UP WITH CITATION WITH THE LAPD WILL JAIL IN THE LAPD BUT I HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. I TOLD YOU, I KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR CAN I USE YOUR BATHROOM BUT YOU DENY ME. I WANT TO GO TO THE HOTEL AND I WANT TO USE THEIR TOILET BUT THEY DENY ME, WHERE DO I GO? NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 43. ITEM NUMBER 43 IS ABOUT WORD WISH DAY, YES CITY ATTORNEY. I HAVE A WISH, MY WISH IS EVERY TIME YOU CAN SELECT MY NAME, RANDOMLY GUARANTEED. SO WORD WISH DAY, I HAVE A WISH THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHENEVER I GO TO FIGUEROA STREET FOR FIGUEROA SERVICES, I WILL NOT GET A RANDOMLY SELECTED FIGUEROA PROSTITUTE TO GIVING ME SERVICES. I WANT MY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SPECIFIC FIGUEROA LADY, NOT RANDOMLY SELECTED FIGUEROA LADY. I HAVE A WISH THAT IN IN COUNCIL, I WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE ON MY ABILITY TO SPEAK PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE I HAVE A THREE-INCH SIZE. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO ASSURE THIS SEXUAL VIOLENCE DAY WITH SOME WOMEN, I UNDERSTAND THIS ISING A HUGE CONCERN. BUT I WANT TO ASSURE COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, NO MAN WANT TO STAND NEAR YOU 100 FEET WITHIN YOUR DISTANCE. UNLESS THERE IS A VIOLENT RAPIST HAS THE SIZE OF 100 INCH, I WANT TO ASSURE THAT COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 THAT YOU HAVE NO WORRY ABOUT THIS SEXUAL VIOLENCE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU ARE NOW BEING REPETITIVE. YOU CAN CONTINUE. >> Speaker: I WILL CONTINUE TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE, WE HAVE SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON FIGUEROA STREET EVERY SINGLE DAY. I SPOKE ON FIGUEROA ITEM EVERY SINGLE DAY AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CONTINUE TO USE RANDOMLY SELECTED METHOD TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO SEE RANDOMLY FIGUEROA PROSTITUTES. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AS WE WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF NEW FACES HERE, IF IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT PEOPLE EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IT IS, I WISH I COULD SAY THAT IS THE WORSE THING THAT YOU'LL HEAR TODAY BUT IT VERY WELL MAY NOT BE. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO LISTEN TO THE OTHER SPEAKER SO IF YOU HAVE HEADPHONES AND YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE THOSE ON OR TAKE A STROLL OUTSIDE AND COME BACK. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT OFF THE STAFFER READING NAMES. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE SPEAKER SPEAKS, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES. DOERSIA, HASSAN, VERONICA TORRES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: LARSO? L.A. RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE. I'M GIVING A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS SKY LER, I WORK WITH SAGE IN DISTRICT 2. AND I'M GIVING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU PLEASE SUPPORT KEEP L.A. HOUSE DEMAND LARSO IS AN IMPORTANT LAW BUT IT'S ALLOWED. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PETITIONS HERE DEMONSTRATING ANGELINO SUPPORT FOR AN UPDATE. I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT KEEP L.A. HOUSES, TO CAP INCREASES WITH NO MINIMUM INCREASE AND REMOVE UNFAIR ADDITIONAL INCREASES. DURING THE RENT MORATORIUM IN THE CITY OF L.A., THE RATE OF EVICTIONS WERE DOWN AND NOW THAT THE MORATORIUM HAS ENDED, EVEN WITH THE CURRENT LARSO HE CONVICTIONS THEY'RE SIMILAR TO THE NUMBERS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THAT STRONGER PROTECTIONS ARE PASSED. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO OUR ARC COUNCIL DISTRICT PRESIDENT, MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON AND TO HEATHER HUTT AS WELL. WE ACTUALLY HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING RECENTLY. WE WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT NOBODY SHOWED TOUP REPRESENT YOUR OFFICES. THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT, WE HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY BEING PUT OUT OF THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THESE RENT INCREASES. WE'RE ASKING TO YOU SUPPORT LARSO, L.A. R.S.O., CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. MY RENT IS GOING UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 10 PERCENT OR MORE. THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE. SO I'M HERE TO SAY PLEASE SUPPORT KEEP L.A. HOUSED, DEMANDS FOR UPDATING LARSO, COUNCIL HARRIS-DAWSON, LAST WEEK, I TOLD YOU WE HAD A TOWN HALL. IT WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING, OVER 100 PEOPLE CAME. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL YOU CAN PROVIDE THEM TO THE SERGEANT. BUT YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. AS A JENNA NOUNSMENT, I KNOW THE TIME CAN GO RATHER QUICKLY SO, IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO FINISH YOUR COMMENTS DURING THE ONE MINUTE OR YOU'RE OUT ALLOTTED TIME IF IT'S AN ABOUT AGENDA ITEM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. SO THE URL IS AT THE TOP OF EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL AGENDA. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE TODAY. >> Speaker: I'M HASSAN, CONSTITUENT IN DISTRICT , GOOD MORNING, MARQUEECE, GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING MEET ING IN THE LAST 10 MONTHS ABOUT LARSO, I'M HAPPY THAT I SPOKE TO BLUMENFIELD AND NITHYA RAMAN AND MR. SOTO, IT'S REFRESHING BUT LIKE SHE SAID MARQUEECE, WHEN WE'RE DOOR KNOCKING CLOSE TO 400 DOORS AND DR. PASTOR HARRIS-DAWSON, DAVIS, THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH WHERE WE HAD THE TOWN HALL. HE WAS PRETTY UPSET, WE EXPECTED THAT THE RENT IS TOO DAM HIGH, SOME DON'T HAVE TOILETS, SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY AND OUT OF THAT, WE DON'T SEE ANYBODY FROM OUR DISTRICT. SO GET IT TOGETHER, MAN. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER SPEAKS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. McKAYLA SCALES, LUCIA, LILLY PHILIPS, MARIA SANCHEZ. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HI MY NAME IS VERONICA TORRES I'M FROM DISTRICT 8 AND I'M HERE TO GIVE A COMMENT REGARDING CAPPING THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. >> Translator: I'M PERSONALLY HERE BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A 40 PERCENT INCREASE IN MY RENT AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY I'M COMING TO GIVE THIS COMMENT. AND I'M ASKING TO YOU PLEASE APPROVE THIS BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED IT, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: BEFORE YOU BEGIN, FEEL FREE TO MOVE THE MICROPHONE IF YOU NEED TO. GO AHEAD YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS McKAYLA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 LIVING IN THE McARTHUR AREA AND I'M ALSO A MASTER GRADUATE STUDENT AT USC AND MOST IMPORTANT I'M A MOTHER AS TO A TWO-YEAR-OLD SON. I'M HERE AS A MOTHER WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY CHILD. WHEN I NEED TO WALK OR EVERY DAY ER RANDED, MY SON AND I ARE FORCE TODAY WALK IN THE STREET BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS ARE COMPLETELY BLOCKED, TENTS, AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA COVER THE WALKWAY. THIS IS NOT JUST AN INCONVENIENCE BUT A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I HAVE COMPASSION FOR OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP BUT THIS SITUATION PUTS RESIDENTS AND OURSELVES AT-RISK AND NOT HUMANE OR ANYONE. >> City Attorney: SORRY, THAT IS YOUR TIME. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: AND AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOU CAN DO TO AT LACOUNCILCOMMENT.COM, I UNDERSTAND THE TIME GOES FAST BUT WE DO NEED TO TREAT EVERYBODY EQUALLY AND GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS EN ESPANOL. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS LUCIA A BAR AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE DEMANDS FOR KEEP L.A. HOUSED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO I'M HERE HERE TO GIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT DIRECTLY TO MR. MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON AND MS. HUTT WE HAD A COMMUNITY FORUM AND WE DESERVE THE RESPECT OF YOU BEING THERE AND LISTENING TO THE NEEDS AND WANTS THAT WE HAVE REGARDING LARSO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WE ASK YOU TO PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR SHOES AS TENANTS WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION OF EITHER PAYING THE RENT OR HAVING A GOOD MEAL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WE HOPE TO GET A SOLUTION FROM YOU AND SOME SORT OF SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO STAY HOUSED. BECAUSE WITHOUT HOUSING WE'RE GOING TO END UP ON THE STREET AND WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOO MORNING WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YA? BUENOS DIAS, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD MORNING I'M MARIA SANCHEZ I'M AND FROM ACE ORGANIZATION AND FROM DISTRICT 9 AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO I'M GIVING A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT TO ASK FOR YOU TO SUPPORT THE KEEP L.A. HOUSES DEMAND AND TO SUPPORT AND UPDATE THE NEW LARSO FORMULA BECAUSE THIS LAW IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE INCREASES IN RENT, THE ANNUAL INCREASES ARE WAY TOO HIGH AND I CERTAINLY I HAVE A CHILD THAT HAS SPECIAL NEEDS AND I'VE HAD TO LIVE WITH FAMILY BECAUSE I CAN AN FORD TO PAY THE RENT ON MY OWN. SO WE HAD OVER 100 ATTENDEES AND CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS UPDATE TO THE LARSO FORMULA TO A 60 PERCENT OF THE I PC INDEX WITH OUT ANY ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGES FOR UTILITIES OR ADDITIONAL OCCUPANTS. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: LARSO. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ES MARIA VARGAS. >> Translator: GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MARIA VAR GAZ I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE LOW INCOME COMMUNITY WHICH IS IN REGARDS TO THIS ALLOWABLE TEN PERCENT INCREASE TO OUR ANNUAL, TO OUR RENT ANNUALLY. AND I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE JUST A CAP AT 3 PERCENT THAT INCLUDES, APARTMENTS AS WELL AND OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE RENT CONTROL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: FOR ME, I RECEIVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RETIREMENT INCOME. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK THIS, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THE INTERPRETER FEEL FREE TO HOP IN IF WE NEED TO ASK THE SPEAKERS TO PAUSE AND IF I CAN MAKE YOU MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. INTERPRETER, MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN ACTUALLY INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: WE WANT TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND THE PAUSE WILL ALLOW THE INTERPRETATION. >> Translator: ] SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND DON'T WORRY JUST LIKE NOW, THE TIME IS PAUSED SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Translator: I'M GOING TO START WHERE SHE LEFT OFF. I RECEIVE 1,000 IN RETIREMENT AND MY RENT IS 956 DOLLARS THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ME TO PAY UTILITIES OUT OF THAT AMOUNT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE VOTING FOR OUR POLITICIAN SO WE'RE ASKING FOR OUR POLITICIAN TO SEE HELP US AND TO SUPPORT US. THANK YOU. >> >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, MARIA BRINES, MARIA JIMENEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I PREFER ESPECIALLY TO DIRECT ME AT MY COMMENT. FOR EVERYBODY BUT THIS IS SPECIAL FOR HEATHER HUTT, I'M FROM DISTRICT 10. AND I WANT FIRST OF ALL, TO PLEASE HELP US WITH LARSO. AND WE REALLY NEED IT. AND VERY DISAPPOINTED TO THE WEDNESDAY 23 MEETING AND SHE NEVER SHOW UP, NEVER CAME OVER WITH US FOR THAT APPOINTMENT. SO THAT'S VERY FOR ME UNPROFESSIONAL, YOU KNOW. LARSO IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND WHEN YOU WANT OUR VOTES, YOU HAVE IT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ESPANOL POR FAVOR? [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ES TOMASA. >> Translator: er I'M TOMASA AND I'M FROM DISTRICT 15 AND I'M A MEMBER OF ACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] SO I'M HERE TO ASK TO FOR TO YOU SUPPORT THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED AND UPDATE THE LARSO FORMULA. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT MR. MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, LAST WEEK WE HAD A MEETING WITH OVER 100 RESIDENTS. YOU AND YOUR STAFF WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO THIS MEETING AND LISTEN TO COMMENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO WE'RE ASKING TO YOU SUPPORT THE UPDATED FORMULA. IN 2020, THE OWNER OF THE APARTMENT WHERE I LIVE WAS TRYING TO GET ME OUT OF THE HOUSE. AND JUST IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR HOMES NOW TO END UP IN THE STREETS AND WE'RE ALREADY HAVING A HOMELESS CRISIS, SO I'M ASKING YOU TO GET TO WORK AND START SUPPORTING THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MOANSINGER EVERYBODY. I WISH THAT ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PAY ATTENTION TO US AS WE ARE SPEAKING BECAUSE I CAN SEE EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN THEIR OWN CONVERSATIONS OR WHATEVER ELSE. WE INVITED MR. MARQUEECE AND HEATHER HUTT TO TOWN HALL. AND NONE OF THEM SHOW UP. WE GIVE YOU OUR SUPPORT AND VOICES AND THEY ARE NOT HEARD. WE WANT YOU TO SUPPORT LARS O. THE CHANGES HAD TO BE CHANGED. WE NEED THEM RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO END UP ON THE STREET. WE ARE THE SECOND STREET, THE SECOND CITY AND THE WHOLE UNITED STATES WITH HOMELESS, WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE. WE NEED THOSE CHANGES NOW, NOT TOMORROW, NOT TOMORROW AFTER, NOT NEXT YEAR OR 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WE NEED THEM NOW AND WE NEED THE SUPPORT AND I HOPE YOU GUYS DO LISTEN TO US. WE ARE YOUR SUPPORTERS. WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT, YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH ACE AND I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERY COUNCILMEMBER HERE TO ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE WHAT I'M SEEING IS YOU'RE TAKING THIS TIME AS A FRICKIN' BREAK. THIS IS NOT YOUR TIME TO HAVE A BREAK. THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO GO LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE UP HERE BUT ALL I SEE IS CONVERSATIONS TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE LISTENING, YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE HEARING THESE PUBLIC COMMENTS. MARQUEECE AND HUTT, THESE PEOPLE WORKED THEIR ASSES OFF WALKING THE STREETS TO GET THE TOWN HALL TOGETHER AND WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU GUYS DIDN'T SHOW UP? THAT WAS NONE OF YOU GUYS, NOTHING OF YOU GUYS AND YOU CAN LAUGH ALL YOU WANT MR. MARQUEECE, IT'S GREAT, THAT IS AMAZING THAT YOU TAKE ALL OF THIS AS A JOKE BUT JUST REMEMBER, WHEN PEOPLE IS VOTING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET YOU THE VOTE. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, JOEL, CHRISTA FIGUEROA, ADAM SMITH. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M PART OF 8th DISTRICT. COUNCILMAN PRESIDENT HARRIS WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO LISTEN TO US BECAUSE, THE RENT IS TOO HIGH. AND WE WERE ALTOGETHER, WE HAVE OVER 100 RESIDENTS THAT GATHER AND SIGN A PETITION. WE NEED THE 3 PERCENT RENT INCREASE. I'M DISABLED AND I JUST GOT AN INCREASE OF ALMOST $300 ON MY RENT. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS. AND WE NEED YOU ALL TO REALLY HELP US BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ANOTHER PART OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE HOMELESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M WITH SAGE IN DISTRICT 2 BUT I LIVE IN DISTRICT 14 AND I'M GIVING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE SUPPORT ACE DEMAND FOR SUPPORTING LARSO, IT IS CURRENT ALLOWED FOR RENTS IS TOO HIGH FOR ANGELINOS. I URGE THE CITY COUNSEL TO KEEP DEMANDS TO CAP INCREASES AT 16 PERCENT OR THREE PERCENT WITH NO MINIMUM INCREASE AND REMOVE UNFAIR USES. I'M GRATEFUL THAT I LIVE IN A LARSO PROTECTED APARTMENT AND I LOVE LIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE RATES, I'M AFRAID THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD WHERE I LIVE. EVERYTHING IS BECOMING MORE EXPENSIVE AND HAVING LARGE RENT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. THIS MAKES COMMON SENSE AND IT WILL BENEFIT ALL ANGELINOS. WE NEED TO UPDATE THIS IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HI I'M JOEL I WORK AS A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE IN LAPD. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING TO EARLIER, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. SMFT THINGS THAT I HANDLE EVERY DAY IS SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE, I'M AN EXPERT AT WHAT I DO. AND I WOULD REALLY HATE FOR THESE POSITIONS TO BE CUT ALONG WITH CRIMINAL FORENSICS TEAM BECAUSE THESE ITEMS WILL NOT BE HANDLED IN TIME. THE OFFICERS WAIT TIME AND DRIVE TIMES WILL BE EXTENDED. THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY WILL NOT BE THERE AND RAISE THE LIABILITY FOR THE CITY. BUT MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME, THIS IS A GREAT CITY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY AS L.A. AS A MEMBER OF THE LAPD AS A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M CRYSTA FIGUEROA AND I'M AN EVIDENCE AND PROPERTY OFFICER. I'M A UNIFORMED CIVILIAN. I WORK FOR THE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR LAPD. I'M HERE TODAY AND I STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR ALL THE SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS. AS AN EVIDENCE AND PROPERTY OFFICER, I HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY, I LOOK ALL EVIDENCE FOR MISDEMEANOR AND FOR FEMALE CRIMES. THOSE CRIMES INCLUDE SEXUAL ASSAULT, RAPES, SEX TRAFFICKING AND MURDERS AND I STAND HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 17 OFFICERS AND THREE SUPERVISORS AND ONE OFFICER IN CHARGE THAT ARE ON THE POTENTIAL OF LAYOFFS. WE HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR CHAIN OF CUSTODY FROM SWORN OFFICERS THAT BRING IN ALL THE EVIDENCE FOR THESE HEINOUS CRIMES AND WE BOOK THAT EVIDENCE AND WE PRESERVE THAT EVIDENCE. SO THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DETECTIVES AND OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITH GO TO COURT AND PUT THESE PEOPLE AWAY, THESE MONSTERS THAT COMMIT THESE CRIMES. PLEASE HELP US, HELP YOU. PRIVATE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE VOTED FOR YOU. >>City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AGAIN WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. BRENDAN FISHER, WENDY, JANET WHEELAND. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M BRENDAN FISHER AND I LIVE HERE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE WITH KEEP L.A. HOUSED IN SUPPORT LARSO. WHILE IT'S AN IMPORTANT LAW, IT'S OUTDATED. AND RIGHT NOW THE ALLOWABLE RENT INCREASE RIGHT SIDE WAY TOO HIGH. TO I URGE L.A. CITY COUNCIL TO KEEP DEMAND TO CONSIDER THE CAP INCREASES AT 0 PERCENT OR 6 PERCENT, CPI OR 3 PERCENT WITH NO MINIMUM INCREASE AND REMOVE THE UNFAIR INCREASES FOR UTILITIES AND EXTRA OCCUPANTS. IN THE CONTEXT OF GENERAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINITY AND THE BUDGET CUTS AND LAYOFFS, THIS OPPORTUNITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE ECONOMIC BURDENS ON ALREADY RENT BURDEN CITY. THEREFORE I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THESE IN THE COMING MONTHS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ELOISA SULLIVAN. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU'RE NAME CAUSE WALLED COME UP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HELLO I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE POINT OF SEXUAL ABUSE AS WELL AS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE HE IS HE ELOISA. HERE I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO PASS THE LARSO RENT CAP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT CAPITALISM IS LOGICAL IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE CENTER OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THOSE ARE A PRODUCT OF CAPITALISM THOSE ARE BY PEOPLE BUILT BY PEOPLE THAT PAY FOR YOUR CAMPAIGNS THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR US WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LARSO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WHERE IS MR. LEE WHO IS PUTTING MORE AND MORE OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF PASSING LARSO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ONE OF THE SERIOUS PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S HOMELESS WOMEN THAT ARE BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED DAY AFTER DAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THIS IS A SERIES PROBLEM THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE LIVING SPACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO REALLY FORTH LAWS THAT PROTECT RENTERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Translator: PASS LARSO AND STOP PLAYING AROUND WITH THE INTEREST OF RENTERS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: JINGLE, ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL COMMENT. AS I WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE AUDIENCE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR EARS, YOU THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE DO NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TOLT OTHER COMMENTERS. BE WARN THAT I EXPECT THERE TO BE OFFENSIVE CONTENT HERE. GO AHEAD YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: LET'S GO ON, MY TIME IS UP ALREADY, SHIT! THAT WAS QUICK. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON, YOUR PUBLIC DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOUR TIMER STARTS. MR. SPINDLER. COULD DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING, THIS IS NOT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THE TIMER HAS NOT STARTED, YOU WILL GET THE FULL-TIME IF YOU ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THIS COUNCIL. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND FORMAL WARNING, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. OKAY, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ITEM 33. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I AM ON ITEM NUMBER 33. >> City Attorney: MR. SPINDLER, IF YOU WOULD NOT LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT PREVENT ME FROM SPEAK. I'M SILENTLY PROTESTING ITEM 33. >> Council President: CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: BOB, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH LAWSUITS COST, NOT TODAY, BOD. >> Council President: YOU SEEM TO BE OFF TOPIC. >> Speaker: EXCUSE ME I'M SILENTLY PROTESTING ITEM NUMBER 33. I'M PROTESTING IT SILENTLY. AND I'M GOING TO USE SIGN LANGUAGE SIR. I'M DOING GANG SIGNS, BRO. I'M PUBLICLY PROTESTING NUMBER 33. I AM ON TOPIC. MONICA, I'M ON TOPIC. I'M PROTESTING NUMBER 33 IN MY OWN SELECTIVE CONTENT OF SPEECH SIR. SO PLEASE, PUT MY TIME BACK ON THE CLOCK, SIR. >> City Attorney: WE HAVE NOT STOPPED YOU, YOU'RE STILL ON THE ITEM. STICK TO THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT CLICKING CLOCK MACHINE MY THREE MINUTES. YOU TOOK TWO MINUTES, PLEASE PUT ME BACK ON THE ITEM SIR! >> City Attorney: I JUST CONFIRMED WITH THE CLERK, WE DID NOT RESET YOUR TIME. >> Speaker: I COME UP ON 12 SECONDS, MAN, I DIDN'T EVEN USE A MINUTE. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M TRYING TO SPEAK. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'VE GOT TWO MORE MINUTES, I'VE GOT TWO MORE MINUTES ON MY ITEM, SIR. RIGHT? RIGHT, MONICA, DON'T I HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES BEFORE GENERAL? >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE THE MINUTE GENERAL COMMENTS BEGINS, THE QUICKEST WAY IS IF WE DON'T DISRUPT IT, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED PATIENCE. >> Speaker: YOU'VE GOT MY CONTINUED PATIENCE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GIVE ME BACK MY TIME ON MY ITEMS, I STILL GOT TWO MINUTES ON THE ITEM SIR, WHERE IS MY OTHER MINUTES? I SAID ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WHERE IS MY TIME? OH! LOOK AT YOU, BIG SHOT! LOOK AT YOU. YOUR HOUSE IS PERFECTLY CLEAN. ISN'T IT? >> Council President: MR. SPINDLER, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND NOT SPECIFIC MEMBERS. >> Speaker: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU ROBBED ME OF MY TWO MINUTES OF ITEMS, THAT'S 10,000 ON MINUTE. YOU ILLEGALLY PUT ME BACK ON GENERAL, ANOTHER 10,000 DOLLARS. BUT I HAVE GOOD NEWS DID YOU KNOW THAT CURREN PRICE DOES NOT RECUSE HIMSELF PROPERLY AND THAT COULD LAND HIM BACK IN PRISON. STAY TUNED, MOTHER FUCKER, STAY TUNED, THE FUN IS GOING TO FUCKEN BEGIN! >> City Attorney: THANK YOU AGAIN EVERY ONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. ESPANOL. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Translator: GOOD DAY, PUBLIC COMMENT IN SPANISH. YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE IS NORMA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HI MY NAME IS IRMA LOPEZ AND I'M HERE TO URGE TO YOU PASS DEMAND FROM KEEP L.A. HOUSED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WANT YOU, TO SUPPORT LARSO BUT, TO UPDATE IT, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 40 YEARS SINCE IT'S BEEN UPDATED AND IT'S NOT SUPPORTING US AS RENTERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE'RE ASKING YOU TOO PASS IT WITH A 3 PERCENT RENT CAP BECAUSE THE RENT KEEPS GOING UP AND IT CAN'T BE PAID BY A LOT OF THE RENTERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I ALSO ASK THAT I ALSO ASK THAT IT NOT BE PERMITTED THAT, THAT IT NOT BE PERMITTED TO INCREMENT DUE TO SERVICES AND/OR ADDITIONAL OCCUPANTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PLEASE SUPPORT THE L.A. HOUSED DEMANDS FOR LARSO, THE COMMUNITIES NEED IT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE RENTERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE DON'T WANT TO SEE FAMILIES EVICTED, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE STREETS WITH MORE UNHOUSED PEOPLE. LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COME PLEASE. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LENA I'M HERE WITH SAGE AS WELL WZ THIS POWERFUL GROUP OF TENANTS, AGAIN, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF AN UPDATE TO THE LARSO FORMULA. I'M A DISTRICT 13, BUT I WORK WITH TENANTS ACROSS THE CITY WHO ARE FIGHTING ILLEGAL OR EXTREME RENT INCREASES TRYING THEIR BEST TO AVOID FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS AND STAY IN THEIR HOUSING BUT THEY NEED HELP, THEY NEED THIS LAW TO BE UPDATED WHICH HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN 40 YEARS. IT'S TIME TO CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. WE NEED THE RENT FORMULA TO BE BASED ON 60 PERCENT WITH A CAP OF 3 PERCENT AND NO FLOOR. WE HAVE SO MANY TENANTS HERE TODAY EXPRESSING THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PETITIONS WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THEM INTO COUNCILMEMBERS IN DISTRICT 8. FOR DISTRICT 2, WE WOULD HAVE A LIST IF A DEPUTY CAN COME TENANT SUPPORT UPDATING LARSO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE WHO CAME TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT TO OUR PROCESS. WE'VE TAKEN 45 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK WHAT BUSINESS IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 1, 29, 31 THROUGH 36, 38, 41 THROUGH 44, AND 46 THROUGH 49, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 8 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR AMENDMENT AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ HAD COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES, ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2024 A FIRE BROKE OUT AT AN INACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE IN CHINA TOWN DISPLACING 50 RESIDENTS AND INJURING SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING AN ELDERLY MAN. THE BLAZE SPREAD TO THREE BUILDINGS. THIS WAS THE THIRD KNOWN FIRE AT THAT SITE WHICH HAD BEEN ABANDONED SINCE NOVEMBER 2022, DESPITE CONCERNS AFTER A FIRE IN JULY, AUTHORITY SITED LIMITED POWER, THE DEPARTMENT AND SAFETY AND LAPD REQUIRED PERMISSION TO ACT ON TRESPASSING. THIS INCIDENT IS A GLARE EXAMPLE OF BROADER ISSUE IN LOS ANGELES. THE RISK OF UNDEVELOPED SITES. THE CHINA FIRE HIGHLIGHTS ARE URGENT NEED FOR OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE. PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE FOR HISTORY OF INACTIVE PROJECT. THE CURRENT REGULATORY FRAME WORKS LACKS THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO PREVENT SIMILAR DISASTER, LEAVING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES WITH SIMILAR RISKS. STREAMLINING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS, WE NEED THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE TABLE INCLUDING CITY PLANNING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS -DAWSON FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS MOTION SO WE CAN DELIVER PEACE O MIND FOR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? NEXT ITEM? LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 45 PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. ON ITEM 45 A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. AND SO, >> Council President: SO THIS IS AS AMEND ASKED YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN AYE VOTE. >> H. Hutt: AND I'M ASKING FOR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 18, AND THERE IS AN AMENDMENT ON THAT ONE. >> Council President: MS. RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I FIE FUR INDICATING. -- >> M. Rodriguez: TO AMEND RECOMMENDATION 3. >> Clerk: AND IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS AMENDMENT TO ADD TO CHANGE RECOMMENDATION THREE OF THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION REPORT ON TODAY'S AGENDA? >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY. >> B. Blumenfield: SO I'M JUST READING AND THAT IS SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDATIONS 1 AND 3, AND I'M LOOKING AT TWO THINGS AND I DON'T SEE WHY IT THEY CAN'T EXIST TODAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IT THE AMEND TODAY ADD THE FOLLOWING AND HAVE THOSE INSTRUCTIONS. SO IN OTHER WORDS, TO PUT IT IN LAY TERMS, THE AMENDMENT IS ASKING TO DIVIDE IT BY DISTRICT 750,000 WHICH IS A PIT ENTER, IT'S LIKE TWO SPEED HUMPS PER DISTRICT AND THE MOTION IS ASKING TO DO IT BY EQUITY. AND THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE A HUGE BACKLOG OF SPEED HUMPS AND ALL OF OUR DISTRICT HAVE ENOUGH EQUITY THAT WOULD BE ON THE EQUITY LIST. SO I WOULD SAY, SORT OF, SPLITTING THE BABY IN THIS CASE, YEAH DIVIDE THIS BY DISTRICT AND THEN KEEP THE REQUIREMENTS THAT SAY, YOU KNOW CREATING THE EQUITY LIST AND LET EACH PICK OFF THE EQUITY DISTRICT.ED HUMPS IN THEIR - WE CAN DO BOTH OF THESE ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO ME ARE NOT SELF THEY'RE NOT EXCLUSIVE OF EACH OTHER. SO I'M GOING TO CHANGE IT FROM EXCLUSIVE MEANING AMENDING AS A SUBSTITUTE TO JUST SAYING BE AMENDED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING. SO ADD MR. LEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THIS CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY EQUITY AND IT ALSO CREATES THE EQUITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE UNDERLYING DOCUMENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THAT AMENDMENT TO MY AMENDMENT. COLLEAGUES, OFTEN YOU HEAR IN THE VALLEY THAT WE ARE FORGOTTEN, THAT WE PROVIDE THE MOST TAX BASE AND THAT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS CONSTANTLY REMOVE THE ABILITY FOR US AS COUNCILMEMBERS TO PUT THESE SAFETY MEASURES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO LOCATION, TWO LOCATIONS HERE. ON THIS NEXT FORMULA, I WILL GET ZERO. I WILL GET ZERO EVERY YEAR, AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE TRY TO MAKE IT, IT'S A, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO, IF YOU FULLY FUND SPEED PROGRAM LATER ON FOR 15 MILLION DOLLARS, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS. BUT AS IT'S FUNDED NOW, IT'S TWO PER DISTRICT. SO I'M ASKING YOU, I'M ASKING THE VALLEY COUNCILMEMBERS TO REMEMBER THAT, TO HOPEFULLY FIGHTED FOR THE VALLEY AND FIGHT FOR OUR FAIR SHARE THAT THE RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HAS. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR YOUR PASSIONATE ADVOCACY FOR THE VALLEY. I COULD NOT AGREE MORE THAT THE VALLEY HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RESOURCES FROM HOMELESSNESS BUDGET BUT ALSO FROM EVERY PIECE OF OUR TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WE SERVE THE VALLEY. THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SPENT A LONG TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER HUTT THAT YOU HAD AND I WANT TO PUSH BACK THAT EVERY GOOD POLICY MEANS THAT YOU DIVIDE EVERY POT OF MONEY BY 15. THAT'S NOT HOW OUR BIG ISSUES ARE RESOLVED. THAT'S NOT HOW THE CITY'S NEEDS ARE STRUCTURES AND IF YOU WANT MONEY FOR TWO SPEED HUMPS, I'M SURE COUNCILMEMBER LEE THAT ARE POTS OF MONEY THAT WE CAN WORK ON, POTS OF MONEY THAT YOU CONTROL. WE HAVE FIND WAYS TO FIND THEM. BUT WHEN WE HAVE A CITY WIDE POT OF MONEY AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING TRYING TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC VIOLENCE, THERE ARE PLACES IN THE CITY WHICH ARE HIGH RIGHTS OF VIOLENCE. THERE ARE PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS WALKING. THAT'S WHAT THIS DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE WAS ABOUT. AND IT WAS A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AND I WANT TO LIFT UP THE WORK OF CHAIR WOMAN HUTT AND TO SUPPORT HER RECOMMENDATION AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BECAUSE THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. ONCE AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER LEE, I WANT TO WELCOME YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN FIGHTING FOR THE VALLEY BUT AGAIN FOR CERTAIN KIND OF POLICIES WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH ISSUES DIVIDING BY 15 IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THESE ITEMS, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? >> Clerk: I AM NOT QUITE SURE, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN [LAUGHTER] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY WITH MR. BLUMENFIELD'S AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT WHAT IS MORE PRUDENT IS IF WE BIFURCATE THE ITEMS. >> Council President: SO, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, MADE AN AMENDMENT TO DIVIDE THESE INSTRUCTIONS, THAT'S ONE. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD MADE AN AMENDMENT TO ALTER INSTRUCTION NUMBER 1. AND THEN, >> B. Blumenfield: MINE WAS TO ADD THE FOLLOWING. >> Clerk: TO ADD 1 AND 3 TO THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION REPORT ON TODAY'S AGENDA. >> B. Blumenfield: WHICH JUST ADS THE TWO. >> M. Rodriguez: RIGHT. >> B. Blumenfield: SO THE AMENDMENT WOULD GO FIRST AND THEN THE AMENDMENT AND THENT UNDERLYING MOTION. >> M. Rodriguez: SO TO BE CLEAR, BOB, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS I ASSUME THAT WAS FRIENDLY? >> Council President: WELL MR. LEE SECONDED IT. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY, SO IT'S TO ADD NOT REPLACE, CAUSE THE AMENDMENT, SO MR. LEE INTRODUCED AN AMENDMENT, 18-A WHICH THE LANGUAGE AS PRESENTED WOULD REPLACE THE RECOMMENDATION AS LISTED ON THE REPORT. BOB AMENDED THAT AMENDMENT TO ADD RATHER THAN REPLACE. SO THAT IS FRIENDLY, CORRECT? >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY. >> M. Rodriguez: SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY WITH THIS AMENDMENT. I WOULD STILL LIKE TO BIFURCATE THE ITEMS AND TAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY. >> Clerk: SO YOUR WISH TO BIFURCATE IS TO VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 1 AND 18-A AS A SEPARATE VOTE AS WELL AS TO VOTE ON RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 3 ON THE AMENDMENT SEPARATELY. OKAY. SINCE YOU BROUGHT THIS UP LAST, THEN IT IS BEST TO VOTE ON THE FIRST VOTE, WOULD BE TO RECOMMENDATION ON THE AMENDMENT WHICH IS TO INSTRUCT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DIVIDE AT SPEED PROGRAM BUDGET OF 715,000 DOLLARS EVENLY BETWEEN THE 15 COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICTS IN BOTH THE PRESENT AND FUTURE FISCAL YEAR. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST VOTE OF COUNCIL MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council Presidet: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> >> A. Nazarian: POINT OF ORDER, IF WE HAVE A FRIENDLY MOTION AND A SECOND, AREN'T WE JUST VOTING ON THIS ITEM NOW? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS BEING DONE. >> Council President: SO WE HAVE TWO THINGS BEFORE US, ONE OF THEM IS 18-A WHICH IS WE WOULD VOTE ON THAT AS AMENDED BY MR. BLUMENFIELD, WE HAVE A SECOND AMENDMENT WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON BY IS TO BIFURCATE INSTRUCTION NUMBER 1 AND 3 IN 18-A. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON WHETHER TO BIFURCATE FIRST. >> Council President: ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO ADD COMPLEXITY. ALL RIGHT, SO OUR FIRST VOTE IS COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ'S AMENDMENT TO BIFURCATE INSTRUCTIONS 1 AND 3 FROM EACH OTHER? SO OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NOW IT SEEMS LOGICAL AND YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MADAM CLERK, IT SEEMS LOGICAL THAT WE WOULD VOTE ON 1 THEN 3. >> Clerk: YES. SO THIS A VOTE ON RECOMMENDATION 1 WHICH IS TO SBRAID THE 715,000 EVENLY BETWEEN THE 15 DISTRICTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS JUST ON RECOMMENDATION ONE ON 18-A TO DIVIDE THE SPEED HUMP PROGRAM OF 715,000 EVENLY BETWEEN THE 15 COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN BOTH THE PRESENT AND FUTURE FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT IS THE CURRENT VOTE AT THIS TIME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. >> B. Blumenfield: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT. SPEAKING TO THE ITEM THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON. JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS SPLITTING IT, BUT ALSO MAINTAINING THE EQUITY FOCUS CRITERIA, INSTRUCTING THEM TO USE THE EQUITY LENS SO WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS, THEY WOULD USE EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD IN THE PROGRAM AND WE WOULD EACH HAVE TWO EQUITY FOCUSED SPEED HUMPS. >> Council President: SO EQUITY FOR THE DISTRICT. >> A. Nazarian: I MISSED THE LAST VOTE, I'M A NO ON BIFURCATING. >> Clerk: THE BIFURCATE VOTE WITH MR. NAZARIAN AS A NO IS 11-4 AND BIFURCATE STILL PASSES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> B. Blumenfield: NOT BY DISTRICT. >> Clerk: RIGHT. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL AS INSTRUCTION BY 1 AS AMENDED BY MR. BLUMENFIELD. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 7 AYES, 8 NOES. >> Clerk: THE VOTE ON RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 1, FAILS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND NOW WE HAVE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 3. >> Clerk: RECOMMENDATION, SO THAT ONE IS-- >> Council President: HOLD ON MADAM CLERK. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT THIS IS WRITTEN, IT'S SAYING CONSTITUTING RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 3 IN THE REPORT, IT'S ADDING IT, AS A RECOMMENDATION. AS OPPOSE TODAY SUBSTITUTING ANY OF THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. >> Clerk: THAT, OKAY AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL IS GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM 1 AND THEN ITEM 3 AND THEN, THERE IS AMENDMENT-- >> Council President: WE JUST DID 1. >> Clerk: YES, I'M JUST SUMMARIZING, AND THEN THERE IS THE AMENDMENT BLUMENFIELD-LEE WHICH IS TO ADD THE TO THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION REPORT. ITEMS 1 AND 3 OF 18-A. >> Council President: I THINK MADAM CLERK, WE JUST VOTED ON ITEM 1 AS AMENDED BY MR. BLUMENFIELD. SO WE TOOK CARE OF THAT. TO THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARITY. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ADDING, INSTRUCTION NUMBER 3 TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT? CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT? SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE THE FULL TRANSPORTATION AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: OKAY, SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE FULL COMMITTEE REPORT AS AMENDED BY THE VARIOUS VOTES THAT WE'VE JUST TAKEN. THAT WILL BE 13 AYES AND 2 NOES. >> Council President: I THINK YOU MEAN 13 YESES AND 2 KNOWS. >> Clerk: YES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: ITEM 40 CALLED SEPARATELY BY A SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES AND 3 NOES. >> Council President: WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 30 AND THAT'S CLOSE SESSION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT I'LL ASK THE SERGEANT TO PREPARE FOR CLOSE SESSION. IF YOU'RE NOT STAFF, I ASK YOU TO VACATE THE PREMISE. THE DOOR IS THE OTHER DIRECTION, MR. SPINDLER. [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] >> Council President: WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION. >> Clerk: MAY I CALL THE ROLL. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 14 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. WHILE THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, THERE WILL NEED TO BE A MOTION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD HAS MOVED. I'LL SECOND. >> Clerk: OKAY. THEN MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT DATED APRIL 14, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THAT CLEARS THE D*EFK SIR. --DESK SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, BEFORE ADJOURNMENT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE FOR ITEM 40. >> Council President: IS THAT POSSIBLE? MADAM CLERK, GIVEN WE POSTED AND REFERRED ALREADY? >> Council President: IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT. >> Y. Jurado: I'M SO SORRY. >> Clerk: I CAN CHANGE THE VOTE TO--NOW THAT I LOCATED THE VOTE, MR. PRESIDENT, IT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE MEETING HAS YET TO ADJOURN. SO THE CHANGE COULD BE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO WOULD BE LIKE A NO, AND FOR THE RECORD, ITEM 40 IS 11 YESES AND 4 NOES AND THE MOTION STILL PASSES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. NOW, I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE, SEEING NONE, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.