>> Council President: WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY HE'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, LET'S BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS AND PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 25, 2025. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT SECONDS. LET'S RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY HE'S MEETING. >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH TODAY. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 30 TO TUESDAY, JULY 31st. >> Council President: HOLD ON, WE HAVE AN OBJECTION. >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE TO CALL 25 FOR QUESTIONS AND 30, REQUEST ITEM 30 TO BE IN CLOSED SESSION FOR TUESDAY JULY 1. >> Clerk: WHAT WAS THE FIRST ITEM THAT YOU CALLED SPECIAL? >> I. Padilla: 25 FOR QUESTIONS. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 1 IS AN ITEM FOR NOTICE HEARING. 2 THROUGH 30 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR ITEM 13 HAS BEEN FILED. THE PLANNING AND LAND USE FOR ITEM 17 AND 18 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. TRADE AND TRAVEL REPORTS FOR 27, 28, 29 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAS BEEN FILED ONLINE. ITEM 30, HAS BEEN CONTINUED. ITEM 31, AND 32 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. ANY OTHER SPECIALS? MS. HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: NO, THANK YOU. >> Council President: MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: THE ATTORNEY HAS ASKED ME TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 32 BECAUSE I'M A LANDLORD AND I WANT TO CONTINUE ITEM 6 TO TUESDAY. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, THAT WILL BE JULY 31, 2025. --JULY 1. >> C. Price: THANK YOU. >> A. Nazarian: I THINK WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK HAS BEEN CONTINUED. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR 32 WHICH SHOULD BE CIRCULATING. >> Clerk: AND ITEM 31 IS STILL FOR CONSIDERATION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT MR. NAZARIAN. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 18 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: ANY OTHER SPECIALS? COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: IF THAT'S THE CASE, I WOULD LIKE A SEPARATE VOTE FOR ITEM 31. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I THINK IT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON ITEM 25. >> Council President: OKAY, COMMENTS ON 25. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AT THIS TIME, MR. CLERK. JAOT COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 2 THROUGH 5, 7 THROUGH 18, 20 THROUGH 24. AND 26 THROUGH 29. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BEGIN THIS MORNING'S PRESENTATIONS LIKE WE'VE DONE THE LAST SEVERAL MORNINGS WITH HEARING FROM REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS AROUND THE CITY. THE IMPACT OF MOBILIZATION OF ICE THROUGH OUR CITY STREETS AND WORKPLACE SXZ MEDICAL FACILITIES AND SCHOOLS TO DO SO, CALL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND REFORM. AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH A REPORT FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 11. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND ALL OVER THE WEST SIDE WHERE WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ISAAC TIFFITY. ICE ACTIVITY. WE'VE SEEN KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION AND RED CARDS. WE HAVE VISITED BUSINESSES, JOB CENTERS, REC CENTERS, HEALTH CLINICS, SCHOOLS, MARKETS AND COMMUNITIES WHERE WE KNOW OUR IMMIGRANTS LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT. THERE IS NO ONE THERE. YESTERDAY, I WAS IN HEALTH CLINICS AND DENTIST OFFICE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE OFTEN FULL AND VIBRANT WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SEEKING ESSENTIAL MEDICALCARE. THEY'RE NOT COMNG IN. WE'VE SPOKEN TO OUR PARTNERS THAT HELP US ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY ON THE WEST SIDE, AND TO BE CLEAR, THE NEEDS IN MY COUNCIL DISTRICT ARE VAS AND WIDESPREAD JUST AS THEY ARE IN EVERY DISTRICT IN OUR CITY. AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME TO GET THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. SO I'M VERY HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING WITH MY FRIEND EXAMINE COLLEAGUE GENAVIEVE FROM THE WEST SIDE FOODBANK. WE PARTNER TO DO DISTRIBUTION AND SHE IS ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY INTERACTING WITH THESE COMMUNITIES. SO I'M HONORED TO HAVE HER WITH US TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT SHE IS SEEING ON THE GOUND AND HOW PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO RECEIVE THE ESSENTIAL CARE AND SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED TO EXIST IN OUR CITY. GENAVIEVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PARK AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. THIS MOMENT DESERVES OUR FULL ATTENTION AND I HOPE WE CAN SHARE SOME UNIQUE INSIDES ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE OR MAYBE CONFIRM THINGS THAT YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED ABOUT. FOOD INSECURITY IN LOS ANGELES IS AT 25 PERCENT AND THAT CLIMBS OVER TO 35 PERCENT TO BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, SENIORS IMMIGRANTS, LGBTQ FOLKS AND LOW INCOME HOUSE HOLDS. TOO MANY ANGELINOS REGULARLY LACK ACCESS TO ENOUGH NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND THIS CRISIS IS GETTING WORSE. DURING COVID FOOD INSECURITY DROPPED, THANKS TO PANDEMIC EBT, BUT WHEN THOSE PROGRAMS ENDED, HUNGER FUELLED AGAIN. FOR UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS AND MIX STATUS FAMILIES, THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND IT'S BEEN INTENSIFIED BY THE RESENT WILDFIRES AND FEAR OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AS CEO OF WEST SIDE FOODBANK AND CO-CHAIR OF WEST SIDE COALITION OF HUNGER AND HEALTH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. WE'RE SEEING THE SAME HIGH DEMAND FOR FOOD AND SERVICES AS THE REST OF L.A. A RESENT STUDY SHOWED THAT THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE WEST SIDE THAT EXPERIENCE HIGHER FOOD INSECURITY. FOR OVER 40 YEARS, WEST SIDE FOODBANK HAS PROVIDED FOOD TO ANYONE IN NEED AND WE'VE HELPED LIFT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. WITHIN THE WEEK OF WIRES, FOOD PANTRY SAW AN ADDITIONAL 30 PERCENT INCREASE. BUT WITH REPORTS OF RAMP AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WE'RE SEEING SHARP DECLINES. SOME DROPS --DROPPED LAST WEEK. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES, EVEN FOR FREE FOOD. MANY OF THE THOSE THAT LOST THEIR HOMES DURING THE FIRES, ARE NOW STAYING HOME OUT OF FEAR. WE'RE DEEPLY CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY ABOUT CHILDREN AND SENIORS WHO WILL GO HUNGRY IF WE CAN'T GET THEM FOOD. THANKS TO PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDING COUNCILWOMAN PARK AND HER TEAM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE HOLIDAY AFFAIRS THAT BRING RELIEF IN CD11 AND BEYOND. WE'RE WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE HOME DELIVERY OF GROCERIES AND OTHER ESSENTIALS TO KEEP FAMILIES FED AND HOUSED. BECAUSE WE'VING FREE FOOD CAN SAVE FAMILIES OVER $300 A MONTH AND THAT'S OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAYING RENT AND A LOSING A HOME. WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LIKE THE TWO SISTERS WHO SHARED A CAR TO WORK AT PALISADES. OR A SINGLE MOM WHO NOW NEED ASSISTANCE. THE I MMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ARE--SMALL MARKET STORE OWNERS AND RESTAURANTS ARE LOSING BUSINESS AND MISS RENT PAYMENTS THREATEN TO INCREASE HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS HAPPENING IN EVERY PART OF OUR CITY AND FOOD INSECURITY CAN AFFECT ANYONE. I MYSELF WAS A SINGLE MOM WITH THREE SMALL CHILDREN EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY WHEN I STARTED WORKING AT THE WORK FOODBANK 30 YEARS AGO. I KNOW HOW FOOD PANTRIES LIFT FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY AS THEY WORK TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES. AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR NEXT STEPS AS A COUNCIL, I URGE TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND ON SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND POLICIES MEETING OUR COMMUNITIES MOST URGENT NEEDS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU AS IN MY ROLE IN WEST SIDE FOODBANK AND AS PART OF THE WEST SIDE COALITION AND L.A. WIDE COALITION TO ADDRESS HUNGER. AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN LOS ANGELES, WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE IN TIMES OF NEED. WE DID IT DURING COVID, DURING AND AFTER THE WILDFIRES AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING IT THROUGH THIS CHALLENGING TIME AND EMERGENCIES WITH COMPASSION IN OUR HEARTS AND A STRONG COMMITMENT TO EACH:00 MY NAME IS GENVIEVE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. >> Council President: THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: WE HAVE TWO MORE TODAY. ONE FROM COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR EBBSING --THE EXAMPLE. WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING TO SHOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IS NOT HAPPENING. SOMETIMES THERE IS INFORMATION THAT IS NOT ACCURATE AND NOT HELPFUL TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE FOLKS. BUT WE HAVE HAD OCCURRENCES IN THE 1-5 AND I WAS NOT INTENDING TO SPEAK TODAY BUT WE GOT SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST REPORTED. AND OUT OF ACCURACY, I WANT TO READ A STATEMENT. BUT THIS MORNING IN WILMINGTON, 97 PERCENT LATINO COMMUNITY AT THE CORNER OF PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND FIGUEROA, THREE INDIVIDUALS WERE DETAINED BY WHAT WE BELIEVE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THOSE THREE WERE EATING AT A TACO STAND. WITNESSES REPORT WHAT APPEARED TO BE IMMIGRATION AGENTS WEARING MASK SXZ NO IDENTIFIABLE UNIFORMS. THEY WERE DRIVING WESTBOUND TOWARDS THE 110 DRIVEWAY WHEN THEY ABRUPTLY MADE A U TURN. PULLED OVER AND RUSHED THE INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT WARNING OR IDENTIFICATION. THE AGENTS DID NOT ASK FOR NAME OR IDENTIFICATION DID NOT PRESENT A WARRANT. BASED ON THESE OBSERVATIONS AND WE'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION, THIS TO ME AS A PRACTICING LAWYER, YET I KNOW THIS ISN'T NEW. THIS IS NOT BEEN AS COMMON IN THE 1-5 AS IT BEEN IN YOUR DISTRICTS. WE ALSO GOT REPORTS ADDITIONALLY THIS MORNING OF ADDITIONAL RAIDS IN WILMINGTON ON PCH, IT'S BEEN TARGETED ON PCH, WE'RE ENDEAVORING TO GET THE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE FAMILIES THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY. OF THE DETAINED FOLKS AT PCH AND FIGUEROA. WE'RE STILL WORK TO GO IDENTIFYING AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS TAKEN. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE RAPID RESPONSE HOT LIKE WHAT WE'RE ALL WORKING WITH OR REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONNECT YOU TO THE RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK. AS WE ALWAYS SAY, IN ALL OF OUR INFORMATION AND WE TRY TO GET ONLINE AND TRY TO GET INFORMATION OUT, I KNOW YOU ALL DO, WE ASK FOLKS TO BE VIGILANT AND BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS, AND BE AWARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, BE AWARE OF YOUR FAMILY, HAVE NAMES AND BIRTHPLACE SXZ BIRTH NAMES. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR TO US SEND IN ADVOCATES WHEN FOLKS ARE DETAINED SO THAT FOLKS CAN HAVE A RIGHT TO COUNSEL OR RIGHT TO ADVOCACY. AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ASK OF LAPD AND ARE WE PERFECT, NO. WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING AND PROCESSES ALL AROUND US. WE'VE HAD THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE FOLKS ARE JUST AFRAID TO COME OUT. WE'VE LOST A FARMERS MARKET IN WILMINGTON WITH A DIRE NEED, AND THOSE FOLKS HAVE WITHOUT A FARMERS MARKET BECAUSE FOLKS ARE AFRAID TO SHOW UP. AND I'M HERE WITH YOLANDA DE LA TORRE WHO IS ABOUT TO BE RECONFIRMED AND PART OF OUR YMCA THAT SHE USE TODAY RUN IN WILMINGTON AND NOW DOES FOOD DELIVERIES. I'M ASKING EVERYBODY FIND OUT WHERE YOUR FOODBANKS ARE AND SUPPORT FOOD DELIVERIES, FOLKS ARE AFRAID TO SHOW UP AND THEY NEED FOOD. THEY NOT ONLY NEED CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS BUT THEY NEED FOOD. I'M REALLY GRATIFIED THAT I CAN'T LAND --YOLANDA IS HERE AND OUR TWO LOCAL COMMISSIONERS AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES REPRESENTING WILMINGTON AND SAN PEDRO AND THE ENTIRE CITY ON THAT COMMISSION AND THEY STAND WITH US JUST AS WE'RE ASKING LAPD TO DO THEIR JOBS AND TO FOLLOW SPECIAL ORDER 40, WE'RE HOLDING PORT POLICE ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS FIRST AND FOR MOST. AND WE'LL BE INTRODUCING A MOTION TO CONFIRM THOSE PROCESSES AND I KNOW I'LL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE TWO COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH MEMBERS FOR ALL YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITIES. THE 1-5 HAS NOT HAD AS MUCH AS ACTIVITIES AS THE OTHER DISTRICTS. BUT WE'RE HAVING IT NOW. AND JUST AS I STAND WITH YOU, I KNOW YOU'LL STAND WITH US. WE'RE ASKING THAT EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND CONSTITUTIONAL ROUTES THAT EVERYBODY DESERVES. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR WONDERFUL CITY, THE WONDERFUL REGION THAT WE KNOW AS LOS ANGELES. AND I HOPE FOLKS CAN UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE WE'RE EXPERIENCING A WHITE NATIONALIST, FASCIST THAT IS HELD ON CLEANSING OUR CITY OF MANY OF US THAT LOOK LIKE US HERE IN THIS ROOM. AND WE SHOULD CALL IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. I'M EXCITE TODAY REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT THAT IS A DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH LARGE ARMENIAN POPULATION, WE BORDER BANGLADESH WITH COUNCILMEMBER HUTT BUT WE ALSO HAVE CENTRAL AMERICAN AND I'M PROUD TO PRESENT HISTORIC FILIPINO TOWN, WHICH IS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF FILIPINO. AND WITH ME I HAVE A LEADER WHO HAS BEEN AT THE FOR FRONT ADVOCATING THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO TRAOT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FILIPINO CENTER WHO WILL GIVE US TESTIMONY ABOUT WHAT HER ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING. ACELINA. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR CONTINUE TO GO GIVE SPACE TO UPLIFT THIS STORIES FOR THIS ON GOING ON SLOT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ARE PART OF THE RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK, WHERE WE ARE RESPONDING TO SITINGS AND DOING VERIFICATION OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND SIGHTING AND PROVIDING AND CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMPACTED AND THEIR FAMILIES TO LEGAL RESOURCE SXZ SUPPORT. AND WE'RE ALSO PART OF THE LEGAL NETWORK. AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME STORIES OF THE IMPACT ESPECIALLY ON WORKERS. THE, THERE ARE UNFORTUNATELY, FLOR, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CLEAN CON BE HERE, BUT THERE ARE SOME INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THESE ATTACKS BECAUSE THEY OCCUR IN SPACES THAT ARE MORE PUBLIC, THAT ARE LESS EASY TO CLOSE DOORS ON. THERE HAVE BEEN 38 CAR WASHES THAT HAVE BEEN RAIDED SINCE JUNE 6th AND SOME OF THEM MULTIPLE TIMES. 74 CAR WASH WORKERS HAVE BEEN PICKED UP AND CUSTOMERS AS WELL HAVE BEEN PICKED UP. AND WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IS THE CARS, UNMARKED CARS WILL ROLL UP QUICKLY INTO THE CAR WASHES, MASKED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT IDENTIFIED WILL COME OUT AND START ASKING PEOPLE FOR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, AND WHETHER THEY GET THE ANSWERS OR NOT, PULLING PEOPLE INTO THE CARS. ON JUNE 8th, CAR WASH WORKERS FROM THE CULVER CITY WAR WASH WERE ABDUCTED BY ICE OR SOME OF THE OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY THAT'S ARE CONDUCTING THESE OPERATIONS WITH ICE. AND IT TOOK OVER A WEEK FOR A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO BE IDENTIFIED TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND THEM ON THE LOCATOR. ON THE DETAINER LOCATORS AND THEY'RE BEING DENIED ACCESS TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION, ADVOCATES HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THEM. THERE ARE STILL SOME OF THE WORKERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED YET, THE FAMILIES AND ADVOCATES CANNOT FIND THEM. AND SOME OF THEM HAVE REPORTED THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SO BAD, WHERE THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT THAT ALREADY TEN OF THEM HAVE DECIDED VOLUNTEER DEPARTURE JUST TO GET OUT OF THE SITUATION. NO BEDS, NO FOOD, NO HYGIENE. SOME OF THEM WHEN THEY'RE PICKED UP LOST A SHOE, YOU KNOW AND WERE IN THE CENTERS WITHOUT A SHOE. AND THERE IS A HUGE NEED BOTH FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCATE THEM BUT ALSO TO TAKE THEIR CASES. THESE ARE 74 WORKERS WHO HAVE FAMILIES AND BREAD THE WINNERS SO NOW THEIR FAMILIES ARE LEFT IN CRISIS. THERE IS ALSO THE AMBIANCE WORKERS FROM THE GARMENT APPAREL DISTRICT WHERE TWO DOZENS GARMENT WORKERS WERE PICKED UP ON JUNE 6th. MANY OF THEM WERE PICKED UP EARLY ON THE MORNING ON JUNE 6th AND THEY REPORTED THAT THEY REMAINED IN THE VAN THAT THEY WERE PICKED UP UNTIL THE NEXT DAY IN THE MORNING WITHOUT HYGIENE, WITHOUT MEANS OF LIKE BEING ABLE TO RELIEF THEMSELVES, THESE ARE THE INHUMANE SITUATION THAT'S WORKERS ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO. AND OF COURSE, SO THIS IS IMPACTING SO MANY WORKERS, IT'S IMPACTING THEIR ABILITY TO ALSO, NOT ONLY GO TO WORK AND HAVE A LIVING BUT IF THEY'RE EXPERIENCING VIOLATIONS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT ANY VIOLATIONS BECAUSE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE NOW IS JUST SAFETY. SO SO MANY FAMILIES, EVEN IF THEY'RE, IF THEIR WORKERS WERE NOT PICKED UP, MANY BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED DOWN JUST AS WE HEARD OTHER FACILITIES AND CLINICS AND OTHERS ARE CLOSING DOWN. SO THEIR FAMILIES ARE LEFT WITHOUT LIVELIHOOD. SO THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND PEOPLE ARE NOW, MANY OF OUR OWN WORKERS WHO ARE DOMESTIC WORKERS ARE VERY AFRAID TO TRAVEL TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. THERE IS SITINGS OF SITES AT CITY FOODS ACROSS CALIFORNIA WHICH IS A FILIPINO GROCERY STORE. AND ALSO MAKING DOMESTIC WORKERS BEFORE HAVE MORE OPTIONS CHOOSING LIVE-IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'RE EARNING LESS THAN LEGAL WAGES. SO WE JUST SEE A HUGE NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO STOP THESE ILLEGAL DETENSIONS AND THAT IT IS PROFILING OUR COMMUNITIES RIGHT? IT'S BRINGING THE MILITARIZING OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMUNITIES. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT IMMIGRATION, THIS IS ABOUT PROFILING OUR COMMUNITIES AND MAKING IT HARD FOR US TO LIVE OUR LIVES, NO MATTER IMMIGRATION STATUS AND REALLY DESTINATION OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE HORROR OF THIS MOMENT AND TO NEVER FORGET AND LOOK AWAY. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA HAS AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER? >> I. Padilla: HELLO COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SAYING RELATED TO THIS. MYSELF TODAY, I AM GOING TO BE INTRODUCING A MOTION RELATED TO ALL OF THIS BECAUSE I'M SURE SOME OF YOU NOTICED THAT ON WEDNESDAY, I HAD TO STORM OUT OF COUNCIL AND I STORMED OUT BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY LEADERS MENTIONED TO ME THAT THERE WAS A BUNCH OF ICE AGENTS AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT. I ARRIVED RIGHT ON TIME AND THERE WAS ABOUT CLOSE TO 8 VEHICLES, UNMARKED AGENTS INSIDE WOULD NOT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, MASKED UP, TINTED CARS, TINTED WINDOWS AND NONE OF THEM COULD TELL ME WHAT THEY WERE DOING THERE. GOT A LOT OF MIX MESSAGE FROM DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND MANAGEMENT AND IN LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE BUILDING. SAME THING WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE RIGHT? NOBODY WANTS TO TELL US WHAT WARRANT, THEIR OPERATING UNDER, NOBODY WANTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. SO TODAY I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PROTOCOL IS AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IN EVEN IN LOCATIONS LIKE AIRPORTS THAT WE FOLLOW OUR RULES THAT WE'RE A SANCTUARY CITY. WE BELIEVE THAT MAYBE ONE OF THE VENDORS LET THEM IN. SO I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO TELL PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTRACTS WITHIN OUR CITY PROPERTIES THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM ALLOWING ICE TO YOU KNOW, STAGE THEMSELVES. WE KNOW WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT WITH OUR SANCTUARY CITIES. SO WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO, I HOPE THAT YOU SEE THE MOTION AND THAT I GET THE SUPPORT. THIS IS NOT EASY, THIS IS NOT EASY. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE, I THINK OF THE LONGEST SUMMERS WE'VE EVER HAD. AND I ALSO THINK AS MR. McOSKER SAID, PAY ATTENTION, KNOW YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND REACH OUT YOUR NEIGHBORS SOMETHING TELLS US THAT IN THE MIDST OF WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SET UP FOR, I STAYED THERE FOR A TOTAL OF TWO TO THREE HOURS, GOT NO ANSWERS. WAS LOOKED AT LIKE A CRAZY WOMEN BECAUSE I WOULD NOT LEAVE. I'M GLAD I WAS THERE TO RECORD AND GIVE IT TOWER CITY ATTORNEY IN OUR LITIGATIONS THAT ARE COMING. A LOT IS STILL GOING ON. AND FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FIGHTING BACK, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SAY, PROTEST PEACEFULLY BUT IT REALLY IS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, HYPER LOCALLY. I NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR PARKING LOTS, HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR GROCERIES, HELP PEOPLE WITH LAUNDRY, WE'RE IN THIS FOR THE HOPEFULLY NOT TOO LONG BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR PLAYING A ROLE BECAUSE, WHILE I KNOW THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT IN EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES, THERE IS PEOPLE THAT ARE VULNERABLE THAT ARE BEING TARGETED. I HOPE FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND ON A POSITIVE NOTE, SINCE I'M ALREADY UP HERE. I WANT TO WELCOME, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW SCHOOL ENDED, SO I FOUND SOME TIME TO BRING MY NEPHEW TO THE BUILDING, EZEKIEL, HE'S HAPPY TO BE AT THE CASTLE THAT I WORK AT. THANK YOU ALL. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. AND WELCOME EZEKIEL, I BELIEVE HE'S HIDING UNDER THE TABLE AT THIS MOMENT. THERE HE IS. >> I. Padilla: HI, EVERYBODY, SAY HI. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR BOTH DRAWING OUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE ACKNOWLEDGING THE HORROR OF THIS MOMENT. WE ARE HERE WITH OUR STAFFS TRYING TO ASSIST OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE WAYS THAT THEY NEED. BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR ROLES. THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THAT AND REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE MUST COUNT THOSE HEAD ON. I'M GLAD FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND FOCUS. AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO INVITE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, WELCOME CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE A BRIEF ANNOUNCE OMENT BEFORE WE MOVE TO PRESENTATIONS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND THIS IS IN THE NATURE OF JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS MORNING'S SUPREME COURT ISSUED SEVERAL OPINIONS ONE OF WHICH IS TRUMP VERSUS CASA INC. MY OFFICE IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING THE OPINION AND I EXPECT TO BE BACK IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL WHAT AFFECT THIS MAY HAVE ON LITIGATION AND ON LEGISLATION. BUT I DID WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DECISION AT FIRST APPEARS TO BE PROCEDURAL. IT STAY THE INJUNCTION ISSUED ON NATIONWIDE BASIS AGAINST THE ENFORCEMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT CALLS INTO QUESTION BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR GENERAL FOR HAVING THE TORE SITE TO ADD CALIFORNIA TO THE PLAINTIFFS IN THIS LITIGATION. SO THE INJUNCTION ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COURT THIS MORNING IS NOT, THE INJUNCTION ISSUED IS AFFECTIVE IN CALIFORNIA DESPITE THE SUPREME COURT'S OPINION OF THIS MORNING. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ANYONE WHO RELIES ON BIRTH --BIRTHRIGHT FOR CITIZENSHIP, THINK TWICE ABOUT TRAVELING A WHO MAY NOT ENJOY THE INJUNCTION ISSUED. THAT IS MIA NOUNSMENT. I WILL SEE YOU ON TUESDAY. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: SO UNFORTUNATELY. >> N. Raman: YES, JUST A CLARIFICATION WHAT THE BIRTHRIGHT CLASSIFICATION IS. >> City Attorney: IN HIS FIRST WEEK IN OFFICE, THIS ADMINISTRATION USHD A SERIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS. ONE OF THOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS WAS THAT IT IS THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES TO NOT RECOGNIZE THE CITIZENSHIP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN BORN IN THIS COUNTRY BUT HAVE TWO PARENTS WHO WERE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S BIRTH OR WHO WERE NOT LAWFULLY PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A NUMBER OF STATES, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, SUED THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION TO GET THAT ORDER STAYED SO IT DID NOT APPLY. EVERY COURT THAT CONSIDERED THE ORDER, STATED AS PROBABLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE ADMINISTRATION APPEALED THAT TO THE SUPREME COURT. THE SUPREME COURT THIS MORNING DID NOT DECIDE THE UNDERLYING ISSUE. SO IT HAS NOT DECIDED WHETHER OR NOT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS VALID. WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DID IS SAY THAT FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS CANNOT ISSUE INJUNCTIONS THAT PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT BEFORE THE COURT. SO IF FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE 50 STATES AND I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF THEM, I'M SORRY, I'M DIGESTING THIS IN REALTIME. I JUST VERIFIED THAT CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF THEM. BUT IF YOU HAVE 50 STATES WHO SUED AND THE INJUNCTION APPLIES TO 20 OF THE 50 STATES, THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION THIS MORNING, LEFT THE INJUNCTION IN PLACE. SO PEOPLE IN THE STATES WHO SUED CAN STILL RETAIN THEIR BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND IT IS NOT TAKEN AWAY IN CALIFORNIA. AT THIS POINT. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE OF THE UPCOMING RECESS BECAUSE OF SUMMER, AND I WANTED EVERY ONE TO BE AWARE OF IT IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR TRAVEL PLANS. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY AND I ENCOURAGE MEMBERS WHO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW-UP WITH HER OFFICE IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT DISCUSSION. WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE TO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION AND I WANT TO WELCOME, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. WE'RE VERY VERY EXCITED THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE TROUBLING TIMES THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN TO RECOGNIZE BLACK MUSIC MONTH. AND FOR THIS YEAR, IN 2025, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A MORE APPROPRIATE YEAR FOR US TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE THE PARTICULAR SECTION OF BLACK MUSIC THAT WE REFER TO AS GOSPEL MUSIC OR GOOD-NEWS MUSIC. I'M EXCITED TO BE JOINED BY OUR HONOREE AND A HOST OF SUPPORTS AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR SPEECHES, AND OUR PRESENTATION, I WANT TO START US OFF LIKE WE DO IN SO MANY CHURCHES IN LOS ANGELES, AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE WANT TO START OFF US WITH A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM THE JUDY McALLISTER CHOIR. [GOSPEL SINGING] ♪ RIGHT ON, RIGHT ON JESUS CHRIST ♪ ♪ I DON'T DESERVE YOU ♪ RIGHT ON JESUS. ♪ NO MAN CANNOT DESERT ME ♪ [GOSPEL SINGING] ♪ NO, MAN, CANNOT DESERT ME ♪ ♪ NO MAN, CANNOT DESERT ME ♪ ♪ NO MAN, CANNOT DESERT ME ♪ [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> M. Harris-Dawson: ONE MORE TIME FOR THE JUDY McALLISTER CHOIR. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THAT WAS MY GRANDMOTHER'S FAVORITE SONG. SO FOLKS, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS IN THE GALLERY. EVERY JUNE, WE CELEBRATE BLACK MUSIC WHICH WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BY JIMMY CARTER AND CELEBRATED UP UNTIL 2016 WHEN A CERTAIN PRESIDENT DECIDED TO CANCEL IT. AND WE KEPT DOING IT HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND IT CAME BACK IN THE BIDEN YEARS AND HERE WE ARE, AND CANCELED AGAIN NATIONALLY BUT WE'RE DOING IT HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. [APPLAUSE] WE'LL ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE GOSPEL MUSIC IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CELEBRATE HERE IT. SOME OF THE FIRST RECORDINGS ARE BLACK GOSPEL MUSIC WERE MADE HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES COMING OUT OF THE AZUSA STREET REVIVAL AND OTHER CITIES. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE CELEBRATION AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR HONOREE. I WANT TO KICK TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO WILL HELP US LEAD THE CELEBRATION STARTING WITH COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE FOR BLACK MUSIC MONTH. A TIME TO CELEBRATE COMPOSE YOURS AND MUSICIANS HAVE HAD IN AMERICA AND WORLDWIDE AND WE FOUND THE SOUNDS OF SOUL WHEN THE GOSPEL GROUP CAME IN. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED AFTER THE TESTIMONIES FROM FOLKS THAT ARE SUFFERING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BLACK MUSIC IS AMERICAN MUSIC, EVERY POP, AND HIP-HOP BLUES JAZZ ET CETERA, PRESIDES IN BLACK MUSIC. BLACK ARTIST HAVE NOT INFLUENCED BUT TRANSFORMED IT IN EVERY FORM. THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO BE WITH MY COLLEAGUES WITH HONOR FOR FIRST LADY OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP, DR. JUDY McALLISTER, AND WE JUST SAW HER WORK. SHE WAS VERY YOUNG WHEN SHE STARTED. A GIFTED SONGWRITER CAN PIANIST AND DIRECTOR, HER LEADERSHIP OF CHURCH OF GOD AND CHRIST IN THE 10th DISTRICT AND HR TENURE AS PRESIDENT IN A NATIONAL MUSIC DEPARTMENT HAS INSPIRED WORSHIPERS AROUND THE WORLD. DR. DOESN'T ONLY CREATE MUSIC, SHE CREATES MINISTRY. MUSIC THAT SPEAKS TO YOUR SOUL. I BELIEVE WE FELT IT TODAY. HER MUSIC IS EMPOWERMENT FOR SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR FOR YOUR UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO THE LEGACY OF BLACK MUSIC. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR BRINGING US PEACE AND HEALING THROUGH YOUR MUSIC. YOU'RE A SHINING LIGHT IN THIS CELEBRATION AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HONOR YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, I'M HAPPY TO JOIN YOU, WE CELEBRATED A REAL SHERO IN THE PROCESS, SOMEBODY WHO IS REALLY DIS TINGUISH HERSELF, DR. JUDITH McALLISTER. GOSPEL MUSIC STANDS AS A SINGLE SOURCE, SOUND BUILT OUT OF STRUGGLE PERSEVERANCE AND UNWAIVERING FAITH. LAST SUNDAY, WE WITNESSED THAT POWER OF THAT IN OUR JUNETEENTH WHERE THEY LIFTED OUR SPIRITS AND BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN JOY, UNITY AND PEACE. IT'S A MOVING REMINDER OF BEAUTY FOUND IN OUR SHARED TRADITIONS. THIS YEAR, WE SET OUR CELEBRATIONS ON ONE OF MORE TRANSFORMATIVE FIGURES, JUDITH McALLISTER, HER INFLUENCE HAS HELPED RESHAPE THE SOUND OF GOSPEL. SHE HAS ELEVATED PRAYS AND WORSHIP FOR A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FOR COUNTLESS PEOPLE AROUND THE GROEB. JUDITH McALLISTER FOR THE CHURCH OF GOD AND CHRIST IN WORSHIP MUSIC. HER ALBUM LIKE IN HIS PRESENCE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE CHURCHES AND SOUND THAT HAS TRADITION AND INNOVATION. HER LEGACY IS ONE OF EMPOWERMENT. AS A BLACK WOMEN LEADING IN SPACES OFTEN DOMINATED BY MEN, SHE HAS OPENED DOORS IN THE GOSPEL MINISTRY AND SERVED AS A MENTOR AND MODEL FOR YOUNG MINISTERS. THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP, SHE IS COMMITTED TO NOT JUST THE MUSIC BUT TO MINISTRY AND HEALING AND SERVICE. IT'S HOW WE CELEBRATE BLACK MUSIC MONTH, IT'S NOT JUST A SUND IT'S A MOVEMENT, RIGHT? IT'S A SOUND TRACK OF RESILIENCE AND REJOICING OF MEMORY AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH THAT HAS CONTINUED TO CREATE THE MUSIC AND SPACES WHERE IT THRIVES FPT THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE POWER OF GOSPEL AND LEGACY OF LEADERS LIKE DR. JUDY McALLISTER. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES. I WANT TO PRESENT TO EVERY ONE THE VOICE OF GOSPEL MUSIC IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE DJ THAT IS THERE FOR EVER, ON KGLH EVERYBODY SUNDAY AT EVERY BIG GOSPEL EVENT WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA, THE ONE AND ONLY MR. ANDRE RUSSELL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. LISTEN, ON BEHALF OF A GREAT ARTIST, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD IT, STEVIE WONDER, WHO OWNS KJLH, WE RECOGNIZE EVERYTHING THAT IS TRYING TO BE ERASED, WE RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY MOBSINGER DR. MARTIN KING AOEGT BIRTHDAY, JUNETEENTH AND BLACK MUSIC MONTH WHICH IS NOW IN JUNE. AND WE WILL NOT SILENCE OUR HISTORY, WE CELEBRATE BLACK MUSIC MONTH AS WE PAY HOMAGE TO THIS GREAT LADY RIGHT HERE WHO IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GOSPEL ARTIST IN THE WORLD! WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND WE SALUTE MS. JUDY McALLISTER. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO MUCH ANDRE RUSSELL AND COLLEAGUES. WE'RE JUST SO PROUD TODAY, WE DO NOT HAVE MORE OF A GIANT, MORE OF AN ICON IN GOSPEL MUSIC PERHAPS IN THE COUNTRY THAN JUDY McALLISTER, AND LIKE YOU DO FOR MANY OF THE GREAT PREACHERS, BEFORE YOU GET UP AND SPEAK, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CHOIR ONE MORE TIME AND THEN WE'LL HEAR THE VOICE OF THAT, OUR HONOREE, DR. JUDY McALLISTER. [CLAPPING] [GOSPEL SINGING] ♪ WE GIVE THANKS ON TO THE LORD ♪ FOR HE IS GOOD, OH HE IS GOOD ♪ ♪ WE GIVE THANKS ON TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD, YES HE IS GOOD ♪ ♪ FOR HE IS WORTHY, WORTHY ♪ FOR HE IS WORTHY, WORTHY, FOR HE IS GOOD, YES HE IS GOOD. LORD GIVE THANKS ON TO THE LORD ♪ FOR HE IS GOOD, YES HE IS GOOD ♪ [GOSPEL SINGING] THAT IS ROOTED IN FAITH, GOSPEL IS MORE THAN RHYTHM AND HARMONY, IT IS A LIFETIME AND A LIFE LINE, A SPIRITUAL ANCHOR, IT CARRIES THE CRY OF THE OPPRESSES, IT SPEAKS COURAGE TO THE WEARY AND OFFER STRENGTH TO THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE. EVEN WHILE BURDENED BY LIVE'S WEIGHT. IT LEADS US STRAIGHT TO JESUS, THE SOURCE OF OUR HOPE, THE SOURCE OF OUR FAITH, AND THE SOURCE OF OUR LOVE. NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU FIND YOURSELF ON, I'M SURE THAT YOU CAN AGREE WITH ME THAT, OUR WORLD GROANS WITH THE STRAIN OF INJUSTICE LIKE WE HEARD THIS MORNING. RACIAL AND SOCIETAL DIVISION, THE INHUMANE TREATMENT OF BLACK AND BROWN LIVES, INEQUITIES IN LIVES OF THE DISENFRANCHISED, WE MUST CLING TO THAT HOPE MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. WE NEED JESUS! AND THROUGH HIM, WE ARE CALLED TO LOVE AND HONOR ONE ANOTHER. REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, OR CULTURE. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING STATED, LOVE IS THE ONLY FORCE CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMING AN ENEMY INTO A FRIEND. AND THE WORDS OF MALCOLM X, HE SAID, WHEN I IS REPLACED BY WE, EVEN ILLNESS BECOMES WELLNESS. TO THE MENTORS WHO HAVE SHAPED MY JOURNEY, I WISH TO SAY, THANK YOU YOUR WISDOM SACRIFICE AND BELIEF IN ME, TAUGHT ME TO PURSUE MINISTRY WITH EXCELLENCE AND HUMILITY. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT THE WE AND I STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS. ONE LEADER IN PARTICULAR MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED, PRESIDING BISHOP A AMETITES SENIOR THAT IN THE LATE 1980s, INTRODUCED THE IDIOM OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONGREGATION. BECAUSE OF HIS FORESIGHT, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK IN PURPOSE. THE REASON I AM AFFECTATIONLY THE FIRST LADY IS BECAUSE I PUT BISHOP'S BLAKE'S VISION INTO ACTION. HE IS NOT PRESENT HERE TODAY BUT I WISH TO SAY, BISHOP BLAKE, THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH WHAT GOD SHOWED YOU. I ATTEMPTED TO CARRY WITH IT WITH HONOR AND TODAY I STAND IN THIS SPACE OF RECOGNITION BECAUSE OF YOUR OBEDIENCE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. CAN WE TAKE JUST ONE MORE MOMENT AND CELEBRATE BISHOP CHARLES EDWARD BLAKE SENIOR. [APPLAUSE] LOOKING AHEAD MY COMMITMENT, REMAINS UNWAIVERING. THROUGH THE NEVER ENDING COLLECTIVE, I WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH THE TRAIN, TO EQUIP LEADERS AND BELIEVERS NOT JUST HOW TO PERFORM AND TO LEAD SKILLFULLY BUT TO LIVE WELL, TO WALK WITH INTEGRITY, TO SERVE WITH HUMILITY AND WORSHIP WITH ANOINTING. TO BE BETTER, BETTER WORSHIPERS, BETTER HUMAN BEINGS SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN HAVE A BETTER FUTURE. TO MY EXTENDED FAMILY AND DEAR FRIENDS AND WOULD YOU STAND THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME TO SUPPORT ME TODAY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIMEOUT OF YOUR BUSY--THAT'S RIGHT LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. [APPLAUSE]ED FOR TAKING TIMEOUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES TO WIT THIS MILD STONE FOR ME TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND TO MY INCREDIBLE IMMEDIATE FAMILY THAT IS STANDING BEHIND ME TOXER MY BELOVED HUSBAND, DARREN McALLISTER WHO LIVES THE QUESTION AS ONE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AT THE RESCUE MISSION. AND TO OUR AMAZING CHILDREN, MICHAEL CHRISTINA DESTINY YOUR LOVE, SACRIFICE AND SUPPORT HAVE UNDER GOODED ME EVERY STEP OF THE JOURNEY. THIS HONOR BELONGS TO YOU AS WELL. COME ON, LET'S GIVE MY FAMILY A HAND. THAT'S RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] FINALLY, AND IN THE CHURCH, WE HAVE THREE CLOSINGS BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE MY ONLY CLOSE. I AM DEEPLY HUMBLED BY AN EXTRAORDINARY HONOR, IT AFFIRMS THE WORK TO WHICH I HAVE DEDICATED MY LIFE, IT STRENGTHENS ME AND MY RESOLVE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. I ACCEPT IT WITH GRATITUDE AWARE OF THE LEGACY BEFORE ME AND COMMITTED TO THOSE THAT COME AFTER ME. I PRAY THAT THEY TOO WILL STAND STRONG, SERVE WELL AND KEEP JESUS AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOR THIS HONOR. THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL FOR BELIEVING IN MY CONTRIBUTION IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL WAY. GRATITUDE AS WELL TO MR. ANDRE RUSSELL AND ALSO TO MAURICE JOHNSON IN YOUR PART IN FACILITATING THIS SPECIAL OCCASION. MAY GOD BLESS YOU. MAY GOD BLESS OUR CITY AND MAY THE NAME OF JESUS ALWAYS BE LIFTED HIGH THROUGH THE POWER OF GOSPEL MUSIC. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: SO DR. McALLISTER ON BEHALF OF THIS ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND CITY ATTORNEY, AND CLERK,-- >> Council President: COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? NO? COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? OH YES, GO AHEAD. >> I. Padilla: I WAS NOT PREPARED TO SAY ANY COMMENTS TODAY AND MY NEPHEW PUSHED THE BUTTON SO I WILL SAY SOMETHING. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I THINK I NEEDED GOING INTO THE WEEKEND WAS TO HEAR SOME GOSPEL MUSIC INSIDE COUNCIL, IT TOUCHED MY SOUL AND IT REMINDED ME THAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR A REASON IN THESE HARD TIMES. THERE IS NO PRESIDENT TO LOOK BACK TO WITH WHAT IS GOING ON, OR, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE THERE IS NOWHERE TO LOOK FROM YOU'RE REMINDED THAT IT'S OUR SOUL AND MIND AND GUT AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT IS GOING TO GET US THROUGH THIS. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US OF THIS GOING INTO THIS WEEKEND AND WE GET THIS LONG SUMMER STARTED. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND PRICE AND HONOREES HERE TODAY. I WANT TO SAY THAT AS I WAS HEARING MY MUSIC, MY BODY BEGAN TO RELAX, TO FEEL A LOT OF JOY. IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS IN CHOIR CLASS FOR MANY YEARS IT BROUGHT BACK THOSE MEMORIES. MORE IMPORTANTLY I APPRECIATE HOW PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT MALCOLM X AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, WE CANNOT FORGET THAT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS MANY THINGS, IT WAS MILITANT, IT WAS PEACEFUL, IT WAS NON VIOLENT BUT IT HAD MUSIC. IT HAD MUSIC, IT HAD SO MUCH JOY, WHEN PEOPLE WERE MARCHING, THEY WERE SINGING. WHEN THEY MET AT NIGHT TO REORGANIZE THEMSELVES THEY WERE IN THE CHURCHES, THEY WERE SINGING. IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL REMINDER OF HOW WE NEED TO INCORPORATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND SO, I JUST, JUST FEEL GRATEFUL FOR THIS SPACE THAT YOU CREATED IN THESE HALLS OF POWER. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING SO MUCH JOY AND MASS NOSTALGIA FOR ME TODAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBERS AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THE COMMENT, A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS READ HISTORY, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND THEY'LL SAY, HOW DID AFRICAN AMERICANS GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT? HOW DID THEY STRUGGLE THROUGH? HOW DID THEY SUMMONED THE COURAGE TO NOT BECOME NILIST AND INTERNALLY PESSIMISTIC. PART OF IS WHAT YOU HEARD THIS MORNING, EVERY WEEK, OVER AND OVER AND AGAIN, WE KEEP SINGING TO EACH OTHER AND WE KEEP BRINGING EACH OTHER JOY AND TRYING TO CONNECT WITH OUR CENTER AND OUR SOUL. WITH THAT, I WANT TO ON BEHALF OF ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, PRESENT YOU WITH THIS RESOLUTION FOR RECOGNITION FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND CONTRIBUTION NOT JUST TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BUT TO THE WORLD OF GOSPEL MUSIC AROUND THE GLOBE. [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION, FOR THAT INCREDIBLE MUSIC WHICH UPLIFTED US AT A DARK TIME IN OUR CITY. >> Council President: AND THERE WILL BE FOOD AND MORE SINGING OUT IN THE FORE COURT AFTER COUNCIL TODAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE WILL BE MOVING TO A PRESENTATION ANCHORED BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL. >> T. McOsker: IN MY FAITH TRADITION, TO SING ONCE IS TO PRAY TWICE. SO THANK YOU FOR PRAYING US IN FROM THE GOD GIVEN TALENTS OF SINGING AND MUSIC AND PRAISE TO THE GOD GIVEN TALENT OF SPORTS. I BRING TO YOU, SAN PEDRO'S OWN HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM WHO WON THE FIRST-EVER DIVISION 7, CIF CHAMPIONSHIP THE MARY STAR STARS. IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART, MY MOM GRADUATED FROM MARY STAR, SHE MET MY DAD AT MARY STAR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EDUCATION PART OF MY LIFE. THE MARK OF A CHAMPION IS FIGHTING THROUGH ADVERSITY AND THE YOUNG STARS FOUGHT BRU IT ALL. THIS SEASON WAS MARKED BY GRIT AND SPIRIT OF PERSEVERANCE. THE STARS DID NOT START THE SEASON VERY WELL. THE MOMENTUM OF THE PLAYOFFS CARRIED THEM THROUGH. ONE OF THEIR MOST CLUTCH PLAYERS THIS SEASON WAS RYLEE. LET'S HEAR IT FOR RYLEE. [APPLAUSE] WHERE IS RYLEE? >> RIGHT HERE. >> T. McOsker: RYLEE, HE BATTED OVER 400 AND ALSO HAD A PITCHING ERA OF 1.333ER A, I NEVER HEARD OF THIS GUY, BUT I'M TOLD THAT'S LIKE SHOHEI OHTANI. IT STARTED WITH LANDCASTER WHICH LEAD THEM TO THE FINALS. THEY WERE KIND OF HEART ATTACK KIDS THEIR PARENTS WERE WATCHING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THEY, THEY SET UP A SEMIFINAL GAME AGAINST TOP SEEDED, TOP-SEEDED CHANNEL ISLANDS AND BEAT THEM. AND THEY DID IT AGAIN WITH A WALK-OFF HOMER TO WIN 7-6 AND THEN FACE NOTRE DAME HIGH IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST NOTRE DAME AND DON'T WORRY, I WAS STILL WITH THE STARS AS A NOTER DAME GRAD. THE STARS WERE DOWN BY FOUR YEARS AND A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, TEXTING ME DURING THE GAME TO SAY, WE'RE DOWN BY 4, IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. HOWEVER IN THE 7th INNING, THEY TIED THE GAME AT 7-7 AND CLAIM MARY STAR'S FIRST-EVER BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP! LET'S HEAR IT FOR THEM. [APPLAUSE] THE TOWER, THE TOWER, IT WAS A THRILLING INNING TO OUTSTANDING SEASON. ALTHOUGH COACH COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIM. THE STARS WERE INCREDIBLY COACHED AND FOCUSED AND READY TO GO AND THEY PEEKED AT A GOOD TIME. IT ALSO WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF ENTIRE SCHOOL FAMILY, MARY STAR IS A PERISH HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS UNUSUAL. AND WE HAVE FATHER HERBEGAN HERE WHO IS THE BOSS OF EVERYBODY WITHIN THE SYSTEM AT THE PARISH AND THEY SCHOOL. WE HAVE DR. GUZMAN. BUT THE INSPIRATIONAL LEADER, THE PERSON WITH WHOM WE TURN WHEN WE HAVE HARD CHOICES LIKE KEEP THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOING AND INSPIRATIONAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, I SEE HER EVERYWHERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DOES IT, THE MARY STAR FAMILY, SHE IS AT EVERY EVENT AND SHE IS ALWAYS, REALLY INSPIRED ME OVER THE COURSE OF MY TIME WATCHING HER, THAT'S PRINCIPAL RITA, WE WOULD LIKE PRINCIPAL TO GIVE A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR RECOGNIZING OUR CIF CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. IT'S OUR FIRST CIF CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE BOYS SPORT IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL. THESE GENTLEMAN WITH TRUE TO THEIR GOLDEN BLUE, AFTER THE ROUGH START THEY WERE A SCRAPPY TEAM. THEIR HEART ATTACK TEAM IS THEIR NICKNAME BECAUSE THEY WOULD COME WINNING WITHIN ONE. THEY CARRIED THEMSELVES AS GENTLEMAN ON AND OFF THE FIELD. THEY'RE A SCRAPPY TEAM THAT MADE US VERY PROUD. AND AS A PRINCIPAL, ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS. I SHOULD PROBABLY NOT SAY THAT, IT'S MADE FINE MEN OUT OF THESE GUYS. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG HAND! [APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: SO IN SAN PEDRO WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD WHAT MARY STAR HAS DONE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THESE KIDS AND FATHER HERBEGAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP FOR THE ENTIRE CHURCH COMMUNITY AND HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE REALLY REALLY PROUD OF THESE KIDS. THEY CARRY THEMSELVES WITH GRACE AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM AS OUR FUTURE LEADERS. WE'VE GIVEN CERTIFICATE TO SEE EACH ONE OF THEM. AND I WANT TO THANK THEM ONE MORE TIME FOR COMING AND CONGRATULATE AND THEIR PARENTS FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. THANK YOU. AND AS THEY FINISH UP, WE'LL ASK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TO HEAD TO THE PODIUM FOR HER PRESENTATION. OKAY, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO TAKE THE PODIUM, I WANT TO TAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. I HAVE TWO INTERNS, TATIANA DIAZ UNDERGRADUATE. AND DENAY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. I'M HAPPY THAT THEY'RE AT COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE HERE TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND TAKE PART OF IT. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. [APPLAUSE] OKAY, NOW WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE SPACE FOR DOING THIS PRESENTATION. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO CELEBRATE DIA DEL BOLERO, AND THE REASON I DO THIS PRESENTATION FOR BECAUSE OF A STAFF MEMBER WHO WORKED FOR ME AND WENT ON TO WORK FOR COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, SHE HAS GIFTED ME WITH A PLAYLIST THAT HAS BLESSED MY LIFE WITH THIS MUSIC EVER SINCE. AND I'VE BEEN VERY VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PRESENTATION NOT JUST THIS YEAR BUT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BOLERO'S DENOCHE, I WANT TO OPEN WITH A VIDEO THAT COMES WITH THE BO LERO DEL NOCHE AND JOIN WHAT IT IS AS A GENRE. [MUSIC] >> Speaker: GROWING UP HERE, YOU'RE STUCK BETWEEN AMERICAN AND MEXICAN, I THINK JUST STAYING TRUE TO OUR ROOTS IS IMPORTANT. >> IT'S A BUNCH OF LOVE SONGS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT NOW-A-DAYS. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HOLD ON TO THAT. >> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE ENJOYING THE BOLEROs, I COME WITH MY GRAND DAUGHTERS AND DAUGHTERS. THE WHOLE FAMILY. >> IT'S AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE EVERY TIME. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG. >> N. Raman: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOLEROs DEL NOCHE WAS LAUNCHED IN 2015 THAT BRINGS THE POWER OF BOLERO MUSIC ON STAGE AND ACROSS THE LIME LINE. ACROSS ISLANDS LATINO COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER THROUGH SONG, COMMUNITY AND RESISTANCE AND LOVE. BOLEROS IS AN EXAMPLE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNITE US ALL THROUGH PASSION AND RECOGNIZE THE EXQUISITE ANG --ANGUISH OF LOVE. THINK CONTINUE TO DO IT TODAY. I CANNOT TALK ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF LATINO MUSIC WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THE CHALLENGES THAT THE COMMUNITY IS FACING TODAY. LATINO AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER ATTACK, NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN STRUCK WITH TERROR, FEAR AND HEART BREAK. AND IT IS POIGNANT MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT MUSIC THAT CAPTURES THE AGONY, LOSS, HOPE AND REDEMPTION LIKE BO LEROS DO AT THIS MOMENT. IN 2023, DECLARED BOLERO, A MOMENT OF HUMANITY AND THAT'S THE MOMENT THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN RIGHT NOW. A MOMENT TO RECONNECT WITH OUR HUMANITY. IT HAS BEEN ALWAYS HOME TO VIBRANT LATINO COMMUNITIES, IN FACT LONG BEFORE THIS CITY AND EVEN THIS COUNTRY WERE ESTABLISHED. AND I'M PROUD TODAY TO UPLIFT BOLEROS AND THE MANY COMMUNITY THAT FIND SO LACE. NOW PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING BOLEROS DEL NOCHE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, BUENOS DIAS, GOOD MORNING. CITY OFFICIALS DISTINGUISHED GUESTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. MY NAME IS ROBERTO CARLOS I'M THE FOUNDER OF BOLEROs DEL NOCHE AND HONOR OF RECEIVING DIA DEL BOLERO, A PLACE THAT HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE. YES OR NO, WE HONOR LIVING TRADITION, THE BOLERO A GENRE THAT CARRIES THE MEMORIES OF OUR ELDERS, THE POETRY OF OUR ANCESTORS AND THE PASSION OF OUR PEOPLE. FROM SANTIAGO DECUBA TO MEXICO CITY FROM SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO TO LOS ANGELES, BOLERO HAS BEEN ELEGANCE, FOR MANY OF US IT'S THE SOUNDS OF OUR GRANDPARENT RADIOS AND BACKDROP OF MEMORIES, AN ARCHIVE THAT REMINDS US WHERE WE COME FROM. IT'S MORE THAN SYMBOLIC, IT'S A STATEMENT THAT OUR CULTURE MATTERS. THAT PRESERVING OUR ARTISTIC ROOTS IS NOT A LUXURY, IT'S A NECESSITY. AND THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF COMMUNITIES TO THE CULTURE FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY ARE NOT ONLY RECOGNIZED BUT CELEBRATED. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. AND FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE PRESERVATION. ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERY AUDIENCE MEMBER, EVERY FAMILY WHO HAS KEPT THIS TRADITION LIVE. THIS DAY BELONGS TO YOU. AND TODAY, WE ARE JOINED BY THE TALENTED BROTHERS, ARTURO AND JOSE LUIS, DIRECTLY FROM CHAPALA JALISCO, THEY'VE BEEN SERENADING AUDIENCES, THEY WILL JOIN US THIS MORNING AND ON AUGUST 7th AS WE CELEBRATE THE DIA DEL BOLERO AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR FOR OUR TENTH ANNUAL. QUE VIVA TODOS, QUE VIVA LOS BOLEROS. [SINGING IN SPANISH] [SINGING BOLERO MUSIC IN SPANISH] [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: BEAUTIFUL! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [SINGING IN SPANISH] KHAORZ CHEERS [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [GUITAR PLAYING] [SINGING IN SPANISH] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GRACIAS! I WANT TO THANK THESE INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS WHO BROUGHT POIGNANT TODAY TO HAVE YOU AND ROBERTO TO HONOR THIS ART FORM HERE IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS, A FORM THAT IS NOT RICH WITH MEANING FOR SO MANY AGELINOS AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE BO LEROS DE NOCHE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. >> Council President: WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. [APPLAUSE] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I THINK THIS IS GREAT FOR THE CITY, WE GO FROM SOMETHING GREAT FOR GOSPEL RINGERS THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON AND HUTT FOR BRINGING THEM IN AND BOLEROS TODAY, WE ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT HEARTACHE AND RIGHT HERE IS A PERFECT REFLECTION OF WHY LOS ANGELES IS THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU, FAN OF YOU I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME, YOU AND YOUR BAND AS WELL. PLEASE KEEP THAT UP. BRINGS A LOT OF JOY TO OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE OURSELVES IN THIS ART. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL. THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN. >> Council President: GREAT THANK YOU. AND BACK TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TO CLOSE. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US THIS SPACE TO HONOR THIS BEAUTIFUL FORM TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND TO THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. >> Council President: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S TAKE UP 19 REAL QUICK CAN THEN WE'LL MOVE TO 25. SO ON ITEM 19 AS AMENDED, DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM? SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S--THERE IS A MEMBER ON THE QUEUE FOR THIS. NO OKAY. NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, CORRECT? MR. PRICE, DOES NOT WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS. OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT MEASURE IS APPROVED. >> Clerk: THAT WAS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. >> Council President: AS AMENDED 19. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO 25, AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I KNOW THERE IS OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE QUESTIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THIS MOTION. EVERY YEAR, 70 PERCENT OF THE OVER 40,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PLACED INTO CUSTODY AT OUR CITY'S FACILITIES REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT, WHICH THE CITY PROVIDES THROUGH A STAFF OF MEDICAL SERVICE PROFESSIONALS WHO STAFF CLINICS AT EACH OF THESE FACILITIES. DURING A VERY CHALLENGING BUDGET PROCESS, THESE MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE FUNDING FOR THEM FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS. RESULTING IN A REQUEST THAT, THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THESE MEDICAL SERVICES AND ONLY PROVIDE THEM AT ONE A FOR MENTION FACILITIES. I HAPPENED TO LEARN TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT OUR JAIL SYSTEM AND OUR FACILITIES. BUT THE RAMIFICATION OF SHUTTING THESE DOWN--THEY WILL BE AT-RISK OF RECEIVING A REDUCED QUALITY OF CARE AND WAIT TIMES AND SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS FOR THEIR HEALTH. SHUTTING DOWN THESE FACILITIES WOULD ALSO MEAN THAT OFFICERS MAKING ARRESTS WOULD HAVE TO TRANSPORT OFFICERS, NO MATTER WHERE THE LOCATION OF THEIR ARRESTS WAS WHICH WOULD MEAN MANY MORE HOURS AND REDUCED QUALITY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. CONTINUITY OF CARE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ALSO FOR MAINTAINING THE BASIC PROMISES THAT WE MAKE HERE UPHOLDING A JUST PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM. THIS MOTION SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT THE MEDICAL SERVICES ARE NOT SHUTTERED ON JULY FIRST, WHICH IS WHY I'M GRATEFUL THAT IT WAS HEARD TODAY. AND SECOND TO CREATE A STRATEGY TO CREATE THE SERVICE SXZ WORKFORCE THAT CARRIES THEM OUT INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS IN A BETTER WAY, TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOES NOT OCCUR BUT ARE NOT IN DANGER OF OCCURRING. AS WE HEARD FROM THOSE WHO TESTIFIED DURING THE HEARINGS, THESE SERVICE RIGHT SIDE NOT OPTIONAL THEY'RE CRITICAL TO THOSE IN CUSTODY AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE. WE MUST BE ABLE TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LEE AND McOSKER WHO HEARD THIS IN THEIR COMMITTEES AND TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR PUT ITING ON TODAY'S AGENDA. AND WE HOPE AFTER THE DISCUSSION WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO SHOWED TOUP TESTIMONY IN THEIR VARIOUS COMMITTEES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. OUR DISTRICTS ARE AT JEOPARDY AT-RISKING BRINGING MEDICAL CARE TO OUR IMPRISONED. WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE LONG TERM IMPACTS ARE OF LIMITING. CUTTING SOMETHING AS INTEGRAL AS HEALTH TO OUR RESIDENTS, NO MATTER WHAT OUR CRIMINAL STATUS WILL BE DEEPLY FELT. EVERY ONE IS DESERVING OF HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL SERVICE SXZ ANY ATTEMPT BY CUTTING THOSE WILL BE FELT NOT ONLY BY THE FOLKS IN THE PENITENTIARY BUT THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WILL BE SHUTTLED FROM ONE PART TO THE OTHER JUST TO RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU FOR THIS. I WAS HAPPY TO SIGN ON FOR THIS, IT'S A REAL ISSUE. IT TAKES FOLKS OFF THE STREET FOR LONGER AND LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THE SERVICE REQUEST WILL BE. BUT FOR ALL, FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE IN CUSTODY ARE TAKEN CARE OF. I WAS JUST THANKING YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON IT. >> Council President: GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK AGAIN? OKAY, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE. OKAY, PADILLA JUST CAME ON. >> I. Padilla: DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FROM PERSONNEL THAT CAN TALK ABOUT IT? >> Council President: I BELIEVE WE DO. >> Speaker: WE PROVIDE AT THREE. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN IS CORRECT, A SUBSTANTIAL INDIVIDUALS THAT IS BROUGHT IN THROUGH LAPD ARE IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE AND THEY EMPLOY PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THAT CARE. THIS, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS, THEY VACANT POSITION, 7 VACANT POSITIONS OF PROVIDERS WERE ELIMINATED AS WELL AS 40 PERCENT OF OUR AS-NEEDED FUNDING. WE ADDRESSED THIS IN A BUDGET MEMO AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO ASK THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT TO REPORT BACK THROUGH A SPECIAL STUDY WHICH THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON. THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISCONCEPTION THAT THERE WILL BE AN IMMEDIATE CLOSURE OF DETENSION FACILITIES AS OF JULY FIRST AND THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. AND IT WAS WAS A PROEASE AL THAT THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT MADE TO CREATE OFFSETS AS WE WERE ASKED TO CREATE OFFSETS TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE NAVIGATE, YOU KNOW, PROPOSE CUTS AND FUNDING, THAT WAS A MERELY AT A PROPOSAL. AT PRESENT, WE BELIEVE AND WE'RE COMPLETING OUR STUDY, ROUGHLY, WE CAN ESTIMATE TO MAINTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES AT THREE DETENSION FACILITIES FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE FUNDING FOR MEDICAL WILL RUN OUT WITH THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CREATE THESE OFFSETS BUT, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. >> I. Padilla: THAT'S GREAT, THAT'S ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT I WANTED YOU TO SAY OR TALK TO US ABOUT. DO YOU KNOW BY ANY CHANCE WHAT THE AVERAGE DAY IS FOR INDIVIDUAL AT THESE LOCATIONS? >> I DO NOT. >> I. Padilla: OKAY, MY UNDERSTANDING, IF HISTORY, IF I REMEMBER THE HISTORY IS THAT THESE ARE LOCATIONS WHERE SOMETIMES, OUR LAPD OFFICERS NEEDED A SPACE TO HOLD INDIVIDUALS BEFORE, AND IF TO CHECK IF THEY, IT WAS AN ARREST THAT NEEDED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE METROPOLITAN JAIL, RIGHT? THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE SERVICE BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THESE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE HELD FOR A FEW DAYS? >> RIGHT, I DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE HELD FOR MORE THAN A DAY OR TWO IN THE DETENSION FACILITIES. WHEN PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED, SOMETIMES OFTEN TIMES THEY WILL NEED MEDICAL CARE, MOST PEOPLE REQUIRE SOME LEVEL OF MEDICAL CARE WHEN THEY COME IN. BUT MEDICAL ISSUES CAN ARISE WHILE PEOPLE ARE WITHIN THE DETENTION FACILITY. I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE WOULD BE IF LAPD WOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE NECESSITY FROM ONE DETENTION FACILITY BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE STAY WITHIN THE FACILITIES FOR A DAY OR TWO WHILE WAITING FOR HEARINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> I. Padilla: YEAH, THIS IS NOT WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE SENTENCED AT, THIS IS BEFORE THEY GET TRANSFERRED INTO THE COUNTY SYSTEM. >> CORRECT. >> I. Padilla: SO THE REASON I WAS INTRIGUED AND WANTED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE MOST RECENTLY THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS PUT INTO THE VAN NUYS JAIL, MYSELF AND ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER WERE ASKED TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT GETTING THEM OUT SOONER THAN LATER. AND NOW WE'RE BEING ACCUSED OF PLAYING PING-PONG OVER WHO WAS SUPPOSE TO ADVOCATE TO GET THEM SOONER OR GET QUESTIONS OUT. SO, WHAT I FEAR IS THAT YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE NOT WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE, IN THESE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE HELD FOR JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS IS CITY PROPERTY, AND WE'RE HOLDING FOLKS BEFORE SOMETHING IS DETERMINED FOR THEM TO GO INTO THE COUNTY SYSTEM, THAT WE AS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE HUMANE PLACES AND NOT GOING TO CAUSE MORE COUNCILMEMBERS TO GET THE HEAT AND ESPECIALLY NOT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY INTO THESE CONTENTIOUS TIMES. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HEAR BACK FROM THIS REPORT? >> I BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE A REPORT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, I THINK IT'S GOING BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY OR THE PAW COMMITTEE. WE'RE WORKING ON THE REPORT, WE CAN HAVE A REPORT TO YOU RELATIVELY SOON. >> I. Padilla: AND THE REPORT IS GOING TO SHOW US ALTERNATIVES TO MAKE SURE THIS CONTINUES CORRECT? CREATIVE WAYS? >> THE REPORT WILL TELL THE STORY AGAIN, THIS IS THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT ROLE IS NOT BROAD WITHIN THE DETENTION FACILITIES. IT'S REALLY RELATED TO THE MEDICAL DISPENSARIES AND WHETHER OR NOT NURSES ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS THERE. WITHIN THE DETENTION FACILITIES. SO THE SCOPE OF OUR REPORT BACK, WILL BE, WITHIN THE MOTION BUT ALSO REALLY RELATED TO THE COSTS OF MEDICAL CARE, THE SCOPE OF MEDICAL CARE THAT IS PROVIDED. THE TYPES OF PROVIDERS THAT WE PROVIDE, WHAT IS THE FUNDING THAT IS NECESSARY. THE TIME FRAME THERE WILL BE ASPECTS THAT LAPD WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO WORK ON AND WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC LAPD OPERATIONAL ISSUES. BUT THAT IS THE BROAD NATURE OF THE REPORT BACK. >> I. Padilla: OKAY, THANK YOU, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. PADILLA AND THANK YOU MS. BILLUPS, BEING BEING HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THE REPORT HAS 30-DAYS AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THE DEADLINES WITH SIGNIFICANT INTEREST. THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN FROM THIS COUNCIL TO KEEP THAT DEADLINE. WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT THAT WE MEET THAT DEADLINE THIS TIME. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND OTHERS AT THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT BEING ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SO WE CAN GET THIS REPORT IN A TIMELY FASHION. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 25, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU WANT TO READ THE DIRECTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> City Attorney: YES, THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS . YOU MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS 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 PRESIDENT. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR AGAIN STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE 1, 31 AND 32. AGAIN THAT'S 1, 31 AND 32, AND IF I CAN GET THE TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE THIS PART FOR ME. TO MEMBERS THAT ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT IN SPANISH, WE ASK THAT YOU PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THAT WAY THE TRANSLATOR CAN TRANSLATE YOUR COMMENT, WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS ALL THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN CALLING NAMES. TWO, KIMBERLY CHEN, DORICIA WHITEBRICK. >> Council President: YOU CAN START THIS INDIVIDUAL'S TIME. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M SORRY, NEGRA PUTA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] DUMB AS ASSHOLE, CHOLA CHOLOs, IT'S ABOUT THE CITY ATTORNEY NAMED CUFFINGTON AND BURR LING AND HYDEE, HYDEE BOO BOO. WHY DO YOU HAVE TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNCIL? YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH DAVID O CARTER JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES? YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH THE L.A. COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WELL THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THE MATTER THAT THE CITY AUTHORIZED $500,000 OF BALANCE OUTSIDE COUNSEL INCLUDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION LINE ITEM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL FUCKEN STUPID YOU ARE, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE. NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE. SEE, WHEN YOU KNOW HOW TO WIN, YOU DUMB AS CHOLA AND CHOLOS, THIS IS HOW WE DO IT. THIS IS HOW WE DO IT. >> Council President: CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW THIS IS RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTERS. >> Speaker: NEXT ITEM, CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTRUCT THE BITCH FOR ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENT YOU FUCKEN CUNT, CHOLA, DUMB AS, RAMAN NOODLE TO SUBJECT THE APPROVAL OF SZABO C A O AND AUTHORITY THE NIGGER CONTROLLER TO IMPLEMENT MY MOTHER FUCKEN INSTRUCTIONS. YEAH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. IT'S SHOW TIME L.A. THEN WE GO INTO CASE NUMBER 220CV O-2 291DOC ES. NOW HUMAN ALLIANCE WAS ALWAYS RIGHT ABOUT HOUSING. LEGAL AID FOUNDATION WAS ALWAYS RIGHT ABOUT HOUSING, YOU FUCKED NOODLE. ASSHOLE, AND YOU BLOG BLOG JEW JEW FILL, WHERE IS THE FUCKEN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU STOLE ON HOUSING, EVERYBODY? WHERE? WHERE DID IT GO? NOW YOU KNOW THE TRUTH BECAUSE IT COMES OUT OF ME MENTALLY THAT WE GOT TO SAM BOS UP HERE FUCKING UP OUR HOUSING BY THE APPROVAL OF OUR MAYOR. IT'S IRREPARABLE HARM, EVEN THE RENTERS, EVEN TO US WETBACKS LIKE ME. BUT, THE URGENCY IS ABOUT HUMAN SUFFERING! AGAIN, HUMAN SUFFERING, WHAT? HUMAN SUFFERING. WHAT? FUCK YOU! NOW POLITELY, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, WE LOVE YOU, PAM BONDY, WE LOVE THE WAY YOU ARREST THESE FEDERAL JUDGES AND THEIR ILLEGAL UNTOLERABLE HARM WHEN THE JUDGES ARE TAKING MONEY FROM THE PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA. I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, MOMMY. WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD, AND I WATCHED MY MOTHER CRY ON THE PHONE HEARING HOW YOU PUT DOWN EDWARD CHEN, THAT FUCKEN FLORIDA ASSHOLE JUDGE, AND THERE IS MORE TO COME. SO LONG, NEWSCUM SO LONG MAYOR OF L.A. AND FUCK YOUR SANCTUARY CITIES, YOU FUCKEN ASSHOLES. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. VAN, MARGARITA AND FOUR. >> Council President: CAN WE CALL A COUPLE OF TRA NAMES SO WE CAN HAVE A LIST. >> Clerk: DANA, HARRY KIM, 799 AND KAYMAN. >> Council President: SPEAKERS IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE PODIUM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE HAVE TIME FOR. GO AHEAD, NAME AND ITEMS YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] MI NOMBRE ES MARGARITA GONZALEZ. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARGARITA GONZALEZ AND I'M WITH ACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I'M HERE TO TELL CITY COUNSEL SO EXTEND L.A. HOUSES. WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE PERMANENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE ME RUNNING THE RISK OF BEING EVICTED FROM HOMES AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THERE ARE A LOT OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS ALREADY IN THE CITY AND IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THIS CONTRACT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Council President: THANK YOU SPEAKER. >> Translator: I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TALK A MOMENT TO PLEASE HAVE IT IN YOUR HEART TO THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN. I HAVE ONE CHILD WHO IS SPECIAL NEEDS AND HE EVEN ASKED IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE HOME WE LIVE IN. >> Council President: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. WENDY LOPEZ, MR. CRAWFORD, THIGH RON, VICTORIA ENRIQUEZ. >> Council President: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. ITEM NUMBER 32. >> City Attorney: ITEM NUMBER 32 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT AND ITEM NUMBER 32. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH. CAN YOU PLEASE START WITH ITEM 32 FIRST. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Translator: HELLO MY NAME IS HARRY KIM AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Translator: BECAUSE OF THE EVER RISING RENTAL FEE, I HAD TO FIND A STABLE LIKE A RESIDENCE. BUT THE PROCESS WAS VERY CONFUSING, AND IT WAS VERY COMPLICATED. BUT THEN I WAS ABLE TO GET HELP FROM THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION NAMED KEYA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Translator: THEY HELPED ME WITH EVERYTHING INCLUDING FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CHOICES AND THEN FILLING OUT APPLICATIONS AND THROUGHOUT ALL THE DOCUMENTATION PROCESS AND EVERYTHING. I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE MY ENGLISH WAS BAD AND IT WAS HELPFUL. RESPECTFULLY I ASK THE COUNCIL THIS KIND OF HELP IS NOT JUST GIVING ME IMPORTANT IFORMATION, IT'S LIKE A LIFE LINE FOR ME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Translator: I STRONGLY URGE TO SUPPORT THE L.A. PROGRAM AND FUNDING THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE LIKE US TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. HE ESMERALDA, CHRISTINA, ALEX, GEORGIA AND ANGELINA JIMENEZ. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN START THE SPEAKERS TIME. >> Speaker: SO WE HAVE THE ILLUSTRIOUS SCHEDULE TODAY. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT 500,000 FOR CRIMINAL ATTORNEYS. LET'S GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL AGAIN FOR ADMITTING THE CRIMINALS. I WILL NOT REFER TO YOU AS COUNCILMEMBERS, I'LL REFER TO YOU AS CRIMINALS OR DEFENDANTS. NOW HERB WESSON HAD THAT LAW FIRM WHEN HE WAS SCARED. MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS HAD HIM WHEN HE WAS SCARED. THERE IS NOTHING MORE FRIGHTENING THAN THE FBI THAN THESE COUNCIL PEOPLE, THEY ARE SCARED TO DEATH OF THE FBI, IN FACT I WILL PROOF IT RIGHT NOW. FBI RAID, SEE WHAT I MEAN, UNISSES JUMPED OUT OF HER CHAIR. NOW 32, WHAT IS THIS SHIT? EVICTION DEFENSE? WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S IMELDA THE PARROT. AND WE HAVE A RESENT SUPREME COURT DECISION INVOLVES RENTS, DID THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THE NEW DECISION? IT TURNS OUT THAT MOST NOTICES UNDER THE THREE-DAY ARE ILLEGAL IF THEY DO NOT TELL YOU WHERE TO PAY THE RENT INCREASE TO. THAT IS IN THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT. THESE MOTHER FUCKER UP HERE ARE GOING TO TELL YOU, UNISSES AIN'T GOING TO TELL YOU, BOB AIN'T GOING TO TELL YOU BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO THINK YOU NEED THESE LAWYERS, YOU DON'T NEED LAWYERS, LIKE THE LADY SAID, YOU JUST NEED JESUS CHRIST. [APPLAUSE] NOW WE GET TO NUMBER 1. NOW, LET'S SEE HERE, 5 DOLLARS. FOR THE LOS ANGELES ZOO, THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME 5 DOLLARS MORE TO LOOK AT A MONKEY. I CAN LOOK AT MONKEYS HERE FOR FREE ALL I WANT. LOOK AT THEM OVER HERE, WOO WOO WOO, I CAN LOOK AT TIGERS LIKE TRACI THE TIGER. I CAN LOOK AT PARROTS LIKE IMELDA PADILLA. AND I CAN LOOK AT A HAMBURGER LIKE UNISSES HAMBURGER HERNANDEZ AND I CAN DO IT FOR FREE WITHOUT PAYING FOR PARKING. I DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR COFFEE. I DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR POPCORN, I CAN LOOK AT A BUNCH OF GOD DAMN STAKE EN ANIMALS HERE AT THE PODIUM. SO I SAY NO TO NUMBER 1. AND NOW TO GENERAL COMMENT, MY INVESTIGATION OF DWP IS GOING VERY WELL, LET'S GIVE IT A HAND. [APPLAUSE] SO IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU GUYS IN VIOLATION OF MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH, CHARGED ME FOR MY WATER BILL. BUT THEY ALSO DID IT IN FEBRUARY AND THEY ALSO DID IT IN MARCH. HOW ABOUT THAT? LET'S GIVE EVERYBODY A HAND FOR RETALIATING AGAINST ME AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP DOING IT. KEEP DOING IT, FOO! KEEP FUCKING WITH ME FOO, BECAUSE EVERY FBI AGENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS COMING HERE. I SEE MORE OUT OF LICENSE PLATES THAN BACK IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN THE CRIPS WERE HERE. AND FINALLY A SHOUT OUT TO HUNTINGTON PARK AND ALL THE GANGS. I LOVE THAT LADY IN CUDAHY, SHE BITCHING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 32 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE START WITH 32. >> Speaker: I'M EDNA WITH SAGE AND PART OF STAY HOUSED L.A., UNITED HOUSE L.A. AND HONESTLY EVERY ONE HERE THAT IS FOR TENANTS. SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CONCERNING IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING GOING ON, IS THE STATEHOUSE PROGRAM THAT HAS HELPED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ANGELINOS TO STAY HOUSE IS NOW AT-RISK OF BEING DEFUNDED. ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS SAGE, ACE AND OTHERS AND COMMUNITY BASE ORGANIZATIONS ARE AT-RISK OF NOT SUPPORTING TENANTS WHO LIKE MYSELF, GOT TWO EVICTIONS BUT THANKS TO STAY HOUSED L.A. NOW I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THIRD EVICTION, SHOUT OUT TO EVICTION DEFENSE NETWORK. THIS IS VERY KENINGER BECAUSE AS THE RATES CONTINUE, A LOT OF US THAT ARE IMMIGRANTS AT-RISK, HIGH-RISK MIXED STATUS FAMILIES CAN ONLY BE HOUSED BUT IF WE CANNOT BE HOUSED BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH AN EVICTION? SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. RIGHT NOW, L.A. IS NOT SENDING THE RIGHTNESSAGE ACROSS. IT'S NOT LEADING, SO WE NEED TO GET IT TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY GET BACK ON OUR LEADING, ON OUR LEADING FORCE WHICH IS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. HELP ANGELINOS PRIORITIZE ANGELINOS, KEEP US HOUSED, PROTECTED AND SECURE. AND IT'S FUNDING THAT WAS ALREADY SECURE BY UNITED L.A. SO PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING, PRIORITIZE CB OS, STAY HOUSED L.A. AND PRIORITIZE ANGELINOS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HI MY NAME IS ANA JIMENEZ AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO SIGN STAY HOUSED L.A., WE DON'T WANT IT FOR TOMORROW, WE WANT IT FOR NOW. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M TIRED OF COMING BACK TIME AND TIME AGAIN ASKING FOR THE SAME THING AND I'M TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THERE IS A CRISIS THAT IS PERHAPS IS IN YOUR HANDS TO HANDLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THAT'S SIGNING STAY HOUSED L.A. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK TO YOU APPROVE THE PUBLIC BANK BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT FOR ALL OF US BUT ALSO CONVENIENT FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS. IT WILL BE CONVENIENT FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: 32. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M A MEMBER OF ACE AND THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME THE ABILITY TO LEARN MY RIGHTS. AND I AM HERE TO SUPPORT STAY HOUSED L.A. BECAUSE THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ALSO I'M A STREET VENDOR I DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PAY FOR A LAWYER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE INCLUDE IN THE AGENDA A PUBLIC BANK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND FOR THE WHOLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT AND VOTE FOR STAY HOUSED L.A. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS CHRISTINA CAMPOS I LIVE IN DISTRICT 9. AND I'M A MEMBER OF ACE. I'M HERE TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXTEND THE STAY HOUSED L.A. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I WISH IT WAS PERMANENT AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I'M AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. I'M FACING AN EVICTION. AND THANK YOU TO STAY HOUSED L.A., I HAVE ACCESS TO A LAWYER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THESE PROTECTIONS RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH CRISIS WHERE IT'S ALL RELATED TO ANOTHER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TOO AFRAID TO GO OUT TO WORK AND WITHOUT MONEY HOW ARE THEY GOING TO PAY THE RENT? AND WITHOUT PAYING THE RENT THEY'RE GOING TO END UP ON THE STREET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO I ASK YOU TODAY, PLEASE PASS THE PROTECTIONS OF STAY HOUSED L.A. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND ALSO, IF YOU COULD ADD INTO THE AGENDA, THE MOTION FOR PUBLIC BANK WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I SPEAK ON GENERAL COMMENT AND ITEM 32, I WORK IN DISTRICT 1. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HERE TODAY AND PUT TO EXTEND THE STAY HOUSED L.A. CONTRACT BECAUSE, THESE IS THE WAY SO THAT TENANTS BE EDUCATED, HAVE A LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN SOME CRITICAL MOMENTS AND I KNOW YOU'RE DOING YOUR PART WE'RE DOING OUR PART AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. WE SEE HOW IMPORTANT STAY HOUSED PROGRAM WORKS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW MORE SPEAKERS. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M CHRISTINA, I'M DIRECTOR AT STRATEGIC ACTIONS IN WEST ECONOMY ONE OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTs HOUSED L.A. WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO EXTEND THE STAY HOUSED L.A. CONTRACT AND PLACE INCLUDE THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THAT. WE'RE PROVIDING VITAL SERVICES ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE NEED SECURE HOMES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HOLA, MI NOMBRE ES HE ESMERALDA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS HE ESMERALDA AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT POINT 32. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PLEASE DON'T TAKE OUR RIGHT TO HAVE A LAWYER. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: RIGHT NOW WE'RE SUFFERING ATTACKS ON ALL SIDES. SO WE NEED THIS LEGAL ASSISTANCE, TO BE PERMANENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE NEED IT TO PROTECT OURSELVES. AND WE NEED TO TO GUARANTEE OUR FAMILIES HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. IF THIS RESOURCE IS ELIMINATED, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN END UP ON THE STREETS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THAT WILL ONLY INCREASE AND ADD TO THE TENSION THAT WE'RE ALREADY LIVING THROUGH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS, AT LEAST SO MORE FAMILIES CAN STAY IN THEIR HOME AND SO THEY CAN GO TO COURT WITH JUST DEFENSE. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Translator: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 32, I'M AN EVICTION DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR CALIFORNIA MOVEMENT LEGAL SERVICES, THANK YOU. AND MY WORK IS FUNDED BY STAY HOUSED L.A. I DO WANT TO SAY THOUGH, THAT AS AN ATTORNEY, DOING EVICTION DEFENSE I WILL BE FINE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROVIDE SERVICES INSTEAD WHICH IS LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION FOR TENANTS. THE SIMPLE FACT IS THAT TENANTS THAT KNOW THEIR RIGHTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO END UP IN COURT BECAUSE THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO STOP UNSCRUPULOUS LANDLORDS. PEOPLE ARE RENT BURDENED, THE WON MEE IS BAD, IT HAPPENS, THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE WHO NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. AND WITH THE PROGRAM STOPPED THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I HAVE MET THAT SOME THAT HAVE NOT BEEN. SO PLEASE, FUND THIS PROGRAM IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Council President: BEFORE YOU START, CAN YOU CALL TWO MORE NAMES. >> Clerk: CINDY MORGAN AND STACY CIGAR BOWLINGER. >> Speaker: SI BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT POINT 32 AND ALSO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ES SOPHIA. >> Translator: HELLO I'M A SOPHIA MENDOZA AND I'M A MEMBER OF ACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO I AM ASKING YOU NOW, CITY COUNCIL, TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT OF STAY HOUSED L.A., TODAY AND TO DO IT NOT ONLY FOR NOW, BUT FOR EVER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YOU SHOULD ALSO VOTE IN FAVOR OF POINT 32. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND ALSO IN THE AGENDA, TO INCLUDE THE MOTION FOR A PUBLIC BANKING SYSTEM. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ACT TODAY, ACT NOW NOT TOMORROW. I'M A PERSON WHO ALREADY FACED TWO EVICTIONS AND THANKS TO THIS PROGRAM I STILL HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO PLEASE I ASK ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, VOTE YES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. THE FIRST ITEM IS INCREASE FOR L.A. ZOO. I'M NOT GENERALLY OPPOSED TO INCREASING ADMISSION FOR THE ZOO, I AM OPPOSE TODAY ZOOS IN GENERAL THOUGH. WE RECENTLY HAD AN ISSUE WITH BILLY AND TINA, THE ELEPHANTS THAT MR. BLUMENFIELD AND MR. NAZARIAN RIGHTFULLY INTRODUCED TO COUNCIL FILE TO PUT THEM IN A SANCTUARY BECAUSE THE HABITAT THAT THEY HAVE AT THE ZOO, IS TERRIBLE. BUT BEFORE THAT, THEY GOT TRANSFERRED TO THE TULSA ZOO. THESE ELEPHANTS ARE BEING TORTURED. WE HEARD ABOUT P-22 BUT NOTHING ABOUT THE ELEPHANTS IN THE ZOO. WE HAVE SNOW LEOPARD, AND TONS OF SPECIES, MONKEYS, KANGAROOS, NONE OF THESE ARE SPECIES ARE EVOLVED TO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, THEY SHOULD BE IN A SANCTUARY NOT FOR PEOPLE'S ENTERTAINMENT, WE SHOULD CLOSE THE L.A. ZOO AND USE THAT LAND FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. ITEM 31 IS RELATIVE TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICE TO SEE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. SO MANY OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IS GOING TO DOLLARS AND LEGAL SERVICES FOR LITIGATION. THIS MOTION IS KIND OF VAGUE IT JUST SAYS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S REFERRED TO. BUT IT'S HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, THE CITY IS FINANCING LAWYERS, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BE A LAWYER. SPEAKING OF WHICH WE HAVE ITEM 32 REGARDING LEGAL AID FOR EVICTION DEFENSE. OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED EVICTION DEFENSE, LANDLORDS ARE NOT KNOWN FOR THEIR SCRUPLES. WE HAVE A LOT OF WRONGFUL EVICTIONS. WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY LITIGATING. THERE IS AN INSANE AMOUNT OF FUNDING DEDICATED AGAIN. THIS IS THE DEFENSE SERVICE RIGHT SIDE GOOD AND NEEDED BUT ULTIMATELY THE RESOURCES ARE BEING FUNNELED UP INTO THE HANDS OF LAWYERS. I WRON DER IF WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB LEVERAGING FUNDING LIKE THAT OF U LA TO CREATE SOCIAL HOUSING AND HOUSING OPTIONS THAT DON'T NECESSITATE GREEDY LANDLORDS. LANDLORDS IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO PAY ALL OF THIS MONEY. BECAUSE THEY'RE WRONGFULLY EVICTING PEOPLE AND WE MAKE BULL SHIT CONTRACTS LIKE THE ONE UNISSES TRIED TO GET HER TENANTS TO SIGN. MAYBE LANDLORDS THAT LIVE IN L.A. SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXPLOIT TENANTS IN L.A. [SINGING] YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU NEED IN VAN NUYS DESPITE DEMAND FOR THIS COMPROMISE ♪ REMEMBER YOU USED TO HEAR COMMENTS ON THE PHONE NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AND PAY ATTENTION! JUST RESTATE REMOTE COMMENT TO CREATE BETTER ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CALL IN, THIS COUNCIL COULDN'T CARELESS. YOU KNOW IT'S WRONG, SO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, WHY ARE YOU TOO SCARED TO FIGHT, JUST REINSTATE REMOTE COMMENT, REMOTE COMMENT, HEY UNISSES, JOHN LEE WHAT IS SO FUNNY OVER THERE? IS THIS A JOKE? REALLY? PAY ATTENTION, PLEASE. SHOUT OUT TO CHOKING SCAN. --SMOKING SCAN. >> AUDIENCE PAY ATTENTION. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I BELIEVE IT'S 1, 30 AND 32, THIS IS REALLY. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: HOWEVER IS WORKING THE AUDIO, AUDIO IS REALLY LOUD. 5 DOLLAR INCREASE IS NOT A LOT. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO GO TO DODGER GAMES. I DON'T REALLY LIKE ZOOS AT ALL, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BRING THEM BACK IN OLD TRADITION OF THE HUMAN ZOO AND INSTEAD OF BLACK AND NATIVE AND IRISH ORPHANS, WE SHOULD HAVE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ZOO EXHIBITS. WE'VE GOT 15 EXHIBITS RIGHT HERE. YOU WANT TO HARE SOME IDEAS, I WANT TO HEAR LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE HUGO EXHIBIT, WHERE HE CAN HAVE PICTURES OF DIFFERENT SPEAKERS LIKE MY WIFE. UNISSES, CAN HAVE PICTURES OF, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY FOOD, MONEY, TRACI CAN HAVE PICTURES OF VENICE. I THINK SHE HAS VENICE BEACH. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM. YOU'RE ALL GOING TO NEED MUCH MORE THAN $500,000 TO DEFEND YOU ALL FOR WHATEVER IS COMING DOWN THE PIPE. IT'S REALLY A SHAME HOW Y'ALL CAN HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DEFEND Y'ALL AND GIVE YOU ADVISE AND TELL YOU TO MEET IN CLOSE SESSION. EVEN THOUGH THE CITY DOES NOT TRUST YOU. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SUSPEND THE BROWN ACT FOR YOU ALL? AND CONTRACT OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNCIL WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY USING THE CITY'S RESOURCE TO SEE DEFEND YOUR AS ES. IT'S CRAZY, AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE IS A OLD JUDGE ARE DYING HOPES FOULING DOWN THE STAIRS WHO HAS YOUR ASS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE THAN $500,000, I HEAR LAWYERS ARE PRETTY EXPENSE. IT'S GOING TO COST LIKE 20 GRAN AN HOUR. HUGO IS GOING TO STAND UP, CAUSE HIS ASS IS GOING TO BE RAW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BECAUSE HE DOES NOT WANT TO PAY ATTENTION. THE LAST IS HOMELESSNESS DEFENSE, NOT TO DEFEND HOMELESSNESS, IT'S FOR EVICTION SERVICES AND ALL THAT STUFF. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GOOD. IT WOULD COST A LOT LESS TO DO THAT, IF YOU DIDN'T JUST RAISE ALL THE FEES AND THE TAXES AND ALL THE FUCKEN SMALL, HOMEOWNERS AND LAND OWNERS AND SHIT BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT CHARGE HIGH RENT. YOU'RE PUTTING THE MIDDLE CLASS AGAINST THE UPPER CLASS, BECAUSE YOU SERVE ALL THE UPPER CLASS. PEOPLE YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT, MAGA HAT, THEY'RE TALKING NOW AND JUST LIKE OVER TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN OCCUPY AND THE TEA PARTY WERE COMING TOGETHER AND Y'ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SHUT US DOWN, I WAS THERE LIVE, I SAW IT HAPPEN. WATCH. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY. >> Speaker: IT'S REALLY DESPICABLE HOW YOU ALL STUFF YOUR FACES AND MAKE CUTE LITTLE FACES AT EACH OTHER AND HAVE SIDE CONVERSATIONS WHILE PEOPLE ARE HERE, STILL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HONOR ANYMORE, BUT THE SELF DISREGARD TO STILL BE NICE Y'ALL, TO BE HONEST, THEY'VE GIVEN YOU ENOUGH NICE WORDS. AND BECAUSE YOU DON'T LISTEN TO THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT COME HERE, YOU'LL HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE UGLY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO FOLLOW YOUR RULES. AND YOU DON'T STOOD UP THERE, TALKING BACK AND FORTH, INTERRUPTING PUBLIC COMMENT. NITHYA RAMAN STUFFING HER FACE AT THE CHAIR. AND IN SCHOOL, YOU WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE MUNCHING IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS. CAN WE DEMAND SOME QUORUM, FROM YOU. YOU'RE LUCKY THAT WE COME HERE WITH WORDS, YOU REALLY ARE. OKAY. YOU DON'T GET, PEOPLE SAY THIS SHIT, I'M OLD ASS SAYING, POWER GIVES NOTHING WITHOUT DEMANDS. THAT'S BULL SHIT, POWER GIVES NOTHING WITHOUT FORCE. Y'ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE, YOU ONLY UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OF FORCE, THAT'S WHY YOU USE THE POLICE AGAINST THE ACTIVIST AND LATER ON, ACT LIKE YOU'RE FOR THEM. >> Council President: THANK YOU SPEAKER. YOUR TIME IS UP. OUR FINAL SPEAKER. THE NEXT SPEAKER, WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER, WE'LL BE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THIS SPEAKER. GO AHEAD. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M JENNY, I'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM 32 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE START WITH ITEM 32. >> Speaker: THESE ARE CRITICAL TIMES, I URGE THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO EXTEND THE STAY HOUSED L.A., AND FULLY FUND THE PROGRAM. WITHOUT IT, ANGELINOS WILL LOSE LEGAL ASSISTANCE. IT'S THE ONLY SOURCE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS THAT EDUCATES OUR COMMUNITIES, I'M EXTREMELY FORTUNATE, I HAVE RECEIVED LEGAL REPRESENTATION THAT I OTHERWISE WOULDN'T AFFORD. TENANTS, DISPROPORTIONATELY ARE UNDER REPRESENTED, LEGAL LEGAL MOST OF THE TIMES, NOT AT ALL. THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND COURTS ARE TRICKY TO NAVIGATE FOR EVERY ANGELINO. WHERE ARE WE TO TURN IS IT STAY HOUSED L.A. CONTRACT IS TERMINATED? HOW MANY MORE OF US, OUR CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY BECOME UNHOUSED? WHERE WILL OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES TURN TO? >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO CONTRIBUTE FOR THE L.A. PUBLIC BANK. COUNCILMEMBERS FROM DISTRICT 1, 9, 13 AND 14 ARE LEADING THE WAY. AND CONTRIBUTING THEIR OWN FUNDS. OUR CITY IS BROKE. IT'S IN A FINANCIAL EMERGENCY. MY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA HAS SPOKEN TO THE SCARCE RESOURCES IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. IT'S TIME TO SET UP AND EXPLORE A LIVE WAY ONE WHERE ANGELINOS ARE NOT FOOTING AN A MILLION DOLLARS BILL ANNUALLY. THE SITUATION IS DIRE, ACT NOW WITH URGENCY AND CONVICTION NECESSARY TO AGENDIZE THE MOTION AND BRING THE PUBLIC BANK NOW. >> Council President: THANK YOU SPEAKER. AND AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE HAVE TAKEN, WE'RE NOW CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ALL ITEMS. SERGEANT THE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN THE BACK HAVE BEEN WARNED IF YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. >> Clerk: MADAM PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 1. >> Council President: SORRY. THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS SPEAKING, WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AT THIS TIME, HE HAS ALREADY BEEN WARNED. SERGEANT IF YOU CAN ESCORT THIS INDIVIDUAL OUT OF THE MEETING. WE DO HAVE TO MOVE ON. WHAT ITEMS CAN WE VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 1. >> Council President: OKAY, PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL ON THESE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 31, WHICH WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BY MR. NAZARIAN. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 31. CLOSE THE ROLL AND TABULATE THE VOTE. TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: THANK YOU, LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 32, MR. PRICE I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE RECUSED. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, AMENDING MOTION 32 A.HAS BEEN POSTED AND CIRCULATED. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON ITEM 32 AS AMENDED. OPEN THE ROLL--SORRY, ONE MOMENT. SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, GO AHEAD. >> Y. Jurado: YES, THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ACTION ON 32-A IT'S BEEN THE ONE THAT IS PASSED WITH THE BLACK FONT AND NOT THE RED FONT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'RE VOTING ON ITEM 32 INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND SOTO-MARTINEZ. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: WONDERFUL. [APPLAUSE] MR. CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRED. MEMBERS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. JUNE MARKS GUN AWARENESS MONTH AND DEMANDS US TO REFLECT ON THE DEVASTATING IMPACT ON GUN VIOLENCE AND THOSE WORKING TO PREVENT IT. FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I SHARED THE SCREENING "DIE LIKE A MAN" THAT IS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE AT VALLEY COLLEGE, ALL ARE WELCOMED TO JOIN. I ALSO WANTED TAKE A MINUTE AND RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF INDIVIDUALS WHO, CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND WORK ON CAMPUSES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION. I HAD AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS GOING TO BE JOINING ME TODAY WHO UNFORTUNATELY GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND I'M ASSUMING THE SECURITY LINE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN HERE. SO I HAVE A CERTIFICATE THAT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING AND I WANTED TO BEFORE LOSING OUT THE MONTH OF JUNE TO TAKE A MINUTE AND RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO INDIVIDUALLY DO WHATEVER WE CAN IN OUR DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, DESPITE ALL THE CRAZINESS THAT IS SURROUNDING US RIGHT NOW. WE CANNOT FALL BEHIND ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE ON MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED AND MAKING EVERY ONE AWARE TO TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR THAT IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT AND RECOGNITION. MEMBERS, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. I WANT TO GIVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, THAT ON THE 29th ON SUNDAY, IS COUNCILMEMBER LEE'S BIRTHDAY. [APPLAUSE] SO IF WE CAN PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE COUNCILS HERE ON THE COUNCIL. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR THAT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. LEE, I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION. AMAZING, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY? SEEING NONE, PLEASE RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY I RISE TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF ELSA SPECKER. ELSIE WAS BORN ON MAY 16th, 1948. DAYS AFTER CELEBRATING HER 77th BIRTHDAY, ELSIE LOST HER ALMOST 7-YEAR BATTLE WITH OVARIAN CANCER. HER PASSION WAS MEANINGFUL FULL OF CHARM AND TOUCHING. AS SHE ACCEPTED HER DEATH WITH THE SAME GRACE THAT DEFINED HER LIFE, ELSIE WAS BORN IN L.A. TO ADORING PARENTS. IT WAS THERE THAT SHE ALSO MADE LIFELONG FRIENDS, MARRIED AND RISED HER TWO DAUGHTERS. SADLY HER FIRST HUSBAND PASSED WHILE SHE WAS VERY YOUNG. WENT ON TO MARY WILLIAM WITH WHOM SHE SHARED HALF OF HER LIFE. HER WARMTH ARE BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. SHE LEAVES HIM HER DAUGHTERS, SISTER NANCY AND HOST OF YOUNGER GENERATIONS. HER PASSING LEAVES A GAP IN OUR HEART WHICH WE HOPE THAT IN TIME, OUR HEARTS WILL REAL. MAY HER LEGACY LIVE ON. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT ADJOURNMENT. ANY OTHER ADJOURNMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. GO AHEAD. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN RAMAN. IT'S WITH DEEP SADNESS AND FRO PROFOUND RESPECT THAT WE DEDICATE IN HONOR OF MARTIN RUBEN. WE'RE HERE JOINED HERE IN COUNCIL BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM MARVISTA AS WE HONOR HIS LIFE AND LEGACY. MARTY WAS A LIFELONG LIFE ADVOCATE FOR MARCH VISTA COUNCIL. HE DIED ON MAY 29th AFTER A PROLONGED BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE KEY FIGURES IN FOUNDING THE MARCH VISTA COUNCIL AND DEDICATED DECADES OF THEIR TIME TO COMMUNITY ACTIVISM, PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT. AS COFOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF CONCERNED RESIDENTS AGAINST AIRPORT POLLUTION, FUNNILY NICKNAMED CRAP, FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, HE WORKED TIRELELY TO ADDRESS NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION FROM PRIVATE AIR TRAFFIC. BROUGHT TOGETHER CITY STATES AND OFFICIALS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY LEADERS TO ADVOCATE FOR CLEANER AIR AND SAFER AIR CONDITIONS. HE WAS NOT JUST AN ACTIVIST, HE WAS A LEADER, HIS LEADERSHIP IN CRAP RAISE ADD WARENESS, ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS, RALLIES AND EVENTS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. HIS COALITIONS AMONG RESIDENTS ELECTED OFFICIALS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND HELPED CREATE A STRONG NETWORK FOR CHANGE. BEFORE JIEN JOINING THE MARCH VISTA COUNCIL BOARD, MARTY SERVED 8 YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THE WEST DALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND LATER SAN FOR ZONE SUE DIRECTOR. I WAS DRIVEN TO REPRESENT ALL OF HIS STAKEHOLDERS. HIS WORK AND RESPECT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS INCLUDING MAYOR BASS, CONGRESSMAN LOU AND MYSELF. I GOT TO KNOW MARTY SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND AS WE ROLLED UP OUR SLEEVES, DIVING INTO COMMUNITY ISSUES, HE WAS ALWAYS A GREAT FRIEND, AND A GREAT MENTOR TO ME. MY MAR VISTA FIELD DEPUTY MELL AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOMETIME WITH MARTY IN THE HOSPITAL BEFORE HE PASSED. AND IN THE HOUR WE SPENT, HE CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS HE CARED MOST PASSIONATELY ABOUT. ADVOCATING FOR HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN MARVISTA AND FOR A CLEANER HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL THOSE THAT HE LOVED AND CARED ABOUT. BEYOND HIS ACTIVISM, HE WAS PROUD TO BE A GREAT SON, BROTHER AND UNCLE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER RUBIN ALSO AN ACTIVIST WITH US THIS MORNING IN COUNCIL. MARTY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BELOVED WIFE JOAN WHO PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE MARTY DIED. HE WAS ALSO PREDECEASED BY HIS OLDER BROTHER BOB WHO PASSED FROM CANCER, MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. MARTY'S LEGACY FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HIS DEDICATION WILL LIVE ON TO SUPPORT THE SANTA MONICA GREAT PARK COALITION. MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND MAY HIS LEGACY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE IN DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, EVEN IN DIFFICULT TIMES. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR THAT ADJOURNMENT. CAN OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE MAR VISTA COMMUNITY WHO CAME OUT TODAY TO BE HERE. ANY OTHER ADJOURNMENTS MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.