>> Council President: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. TODAY IS IT WEDNESDAY THE 6th OF YEAR IN THE YEAR 2025. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON. I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING. AND WE WILL PLAN ON AN HOUR OF PUBLIC COMMENT, 60 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. SO FOLKS, BE AWARE OF THAT. MADAM CLERK, IF WE CAN BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM. >> Council President: CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE JAEPD. >> Clerk: 33 THROUGH 23 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEM 24 IS A CLOSE ESTESING ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD AND FINALLY 25 THROUGH 28 ARE CLOSE SESSION 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. SPECIALS, MEMBERS DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIALS? MR. PRICE? >> YES, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL ITEM 2 FOR COMMENT. >> ITEM 2 FOR COMMENT FOR MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: OKAY. >> Council President: ITEM 2 FOR TWO MEMBERS. ANY OTHER SPECIALS ON THIS SIDE. ANY ON THIS SIDE? COUNCILMEMBER JEW DO? >> Y. Jurado: I --JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 4 AND 13. >> Council President: >> E. Hernandez: 17 AND 22 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: 127 AND 22 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: CAN I PLEASE CONTINUE ITEM 5 TO SEPTEMBER 23. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS. MADAM CLERK, WHAT OTHER ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE TO VOTE AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 1, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 1. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THAT IS ALL AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL TO VOTE ON AT THIS MOMENT. >> Council President: INCLUDING THE SEPARATE VOTES AND COMMENTS ONES? >> Clerk: YES, BECAUSE 17 AND 22 ARE SEPARATE VOTES, HOWEVER PUBLIC COMMENT HAS NOT BEEN SATISFIED FOR THOSE ITEMS. >> Council President: GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL CAN GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, IF IT WISHES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I APOLOGIZE, ITEM 2 IS AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL TO VOTE ON AND MR. PRICE AND MR. SOET --SOTO-MARTINEZ HAVE COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 2. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL OPEN UP ITEM NUMBER 2 AND HEAR FROM MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT NUMBER 2. A FEW YEARS AGO, WE REACHED THE LARGEST INCOME. TO PROVIDE STABILITY AND DIGNITY TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU REPRESENTS THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT MONUMENTAL WORK. MY OFFICE ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, HAVE COMMITTED 1 MILLION DOLLARS TO EXPAND THIS EFFORT. THE NEXT ROUND OF GPI, WILL PROVIDE A THOUSAND PER MONTH FO TWO YEARS TO TRANSITIONAL AD SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE. THESE GROUPS WERE INDEPENDENTLY CHOSEN FROM INSTITUTION THAT'S EVALUATED THE FIRST PROGRAM. TODAY SHOWS THAT THESE POPULATION RIGHT SIDE AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE AND SAW THE MOST POSITIVE OUTCOMES. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY FAMILY DEPARTMENT AND THEIR FEARLESS LEADER, ABIGAIL. WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THEIR COMMITMENT. AND COLLEAGUES I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU SO MANY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR GIVING A BRIEF SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE I GOT HERE. LET ME SAY IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO BUILD OFF THAT WORK. I'M VERY HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON THIS ISSUE. AND YOU KNOW, THIS MOTION IS ABOUT, CONTINUING AND INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM AS COUNCILMEMBER PRICE MENTIONED, THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY. IN 2022 AND 2023, A GROUP OF ANGELINOS WERE GIVEN WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED AND WE SAW LIFE CHANGING RESULTS. FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. WORKERS FINALLY HAD THE FLEXIBLE TO LEAVE DEAD END JOBS AND HAVE ECONOMIC MOVEMENT TO A BETTER JOB AND SOMETHING THAT GAVE ME A LOT OF HOPE, WAS SURVIVOR OF INTER NAT PARTNER VIOLENCE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO LEAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE THEY HAD THE MEANS TO DO IT. AND SO TODAY WE'RE BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM WITH A NEW TWO MILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENT. AND THIS NEXT PHASE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SUPPORTERS OF VIOLENCE, THE GROUP THAT SAW THE MOST DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTSS IN THE PROGRAM AND EXPAND SOMETHING THAT I FEEL PERSONALLY CONNECTED BECAUSE OF MY DISTRICT EXPAND TO INCLUDE TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH INCLUDING TRANS YOUTH TO STABILITY AND EMPLOYMENT. AND WE KNOW SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE EXITING THE FOSTER SYSTEM AND MAYBE JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHERE PARENT PAYMENTS WITH JOB TRAINING THROUGH THE HOSPITALITY TRAININ ACADEMY WHICH HAS A NEAR 100 SUCCESS RATE IN PLACING THEIR GRADUATES INTO HIGH-QUALITY, GOOD PAYING UNION JOBS. COLLEAGUES, THAT HAS A POTENTIAL OF TRULY TRANSFORMATIVE LIFE CHANGING THINGS HAPPEN FOR PEOPLE. SO I WANT TO THANK CIV DEPARTMENT, WE'RE HERE WITH MANAGERS AND ASSISTANT MANAGERS WHO HAVE LEAD MUCH OF THIS WORK. AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT HERE, PLEASE GIVE THEM BIG THANKS AND SO MUCH RECOGNITION FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AGAIN I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND HIS TEAM AND ANYONE WHO HAS WORKED WITH THE FIRST PILOT PROGRAM. BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THE KNOW-HOW ON THE NEXT PHASE. AND WE HOPE AS THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES, WE CAN LOOK AT POVERTY IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. MANY FOLKS WERE NOT BORN INTO THIS COUNTRY WITH MANY OF THE PRIVILEGES HAVE. INCLUDING MYSELF, I HAVE A LOT OF PRIVILEGE. SO GIVING FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE UP THROUGH LIFE, HAVE A LITTLE BIT ECONOMIC STABILITY, CAN HAVE REALLY LIFE CHANGING AFFECTS AND IT CAN BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AND PEOPLE. SO I ALSO URGE FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS REPORT EVOLVE IN THE COMING YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. AND ANOTHER PRAISE TO COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR BRINGING THIS TO LOS ANGELES. EITHER THIS PROGRAM WAS PIONEERED BY MAYOR TUBS IN STOCKTON CALIFORNIA. I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST-GO-ROUND THAT WE DID. AND IN ADDITION TO ALL THE THINGS THAT MR. PRICE AND MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ POINTED OUT, THE OTHER THING WE SAW TO MEASURE IN THE STUDY, WAS THE AFFECT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PEOPLE, THAT WE INVESTED IN. BECAUSE YOU INVEST IN ONE FAMILY, IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALL KNOW, ONE HOUSEHOLD IN THE BLOCK CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE WHOLE BLOCK AND ONE BLOCK CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE NOTICED THAT COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, WHICH WE ALL PAY FOR IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET, WHICH TAKES UP NEARLY 60, TWO-THIRDS OF OUR BUDGET. IT REDUESES THE STRAIN WHEN WE INVEST ON THOSE FAMILIES AND WE SAW THAT HERE IN A CLEAR WAY. THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT PEOPLE DID, WAS EITHER STOP TEIR DEAD-END JOB AND TOOK THEIR CLASS OR GOT THEIR CERTIFICATION AND ALLOW THEM TO GET A BETTER JOB. WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE AND THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE AT ALL, THE PEOPLE WITH THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR SOCIETY, ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ECONOMIC SECURITY. IT'S NOT COMPLICATED AT ALL. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO PEOPLE, I THINK WE DO BETTER AS, NOT JUST FOR THOSE FAMILIES AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS BUT WE DO BETTER AS A CITY AND COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU BOTH AND I JOIN YOU IN REQUESTING AN AYE-VOTE IN THIS ITEM. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND NOW WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE WILL GO WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, FOLKS SO EVERYBODY KNOWS. WE WILL GO UNTIL 11:25. SO EVERYBODY HERE, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THEY'RE WONDERING. WE'RE GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENT TO 11:25, WE'LL TAKE AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN BETWEEN NOW AND 11:25. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDE BE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAK TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 23, AND ITEMS 25 THROUGH 28. SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 23, AND ITEMS 25 THROUGH 28. PLEASE NOTE THAT ITEMS 3, 4 AND 5 HAVE BEEN CONTINUED AND ARE NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES 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: COUPLE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT STATED, WE WILL GO UNTIL11:125 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT AND INCLUDE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE ORDER IN WHICH PUBLIC COMMENTERS IS RANDOM. IT IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE SAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER READ ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP. AFTER YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, YOU CAN LINE UP ON ANY ORDER IN THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND I BELIEVE THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IS NOT RELATED TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. JAOL JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, FOR THE CONTINUANCE ON ITEM NUMBER 5, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, THE 23rd, SEPTEMBER 23rd, YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT TO SEPTEMBR 19, 2025, THAT'S NEW CONTINUATION DATE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN CALLING NAME. RAUL, JESSICA MENENDEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: DUE TO THE REFUSAL OF ANY ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT AND THE LACK OF ANY DECENCY AT ALL, ALL OF THE DETENTION CENTERS AND MEN CENTER JAILS NEED TO BE CLOSED IMMEDIATELY. TO FURTHER, GET RID OF THE CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICERS BILL OF RIGHTS. IT PROTECTS LEWD AND ABUSIVE COPS AND IS A THREAT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD AMONGER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: HI I'M JESSICA FROM DISTRICT 9. THIS YEAR LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN SIT WHICH DEVASTATING DISASTER FROM FIRES TO KIDNAPPING OF UNDOCUMENTED ANGELINOS. AS A RESULT OF THESE DISASTERS, LOW INCOME WORKERS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS MAKING THEM MORE ECONOMICALLY INSECURE. I ALSO SEE THAT YOU HAVE RAISED THE OLYMPIC FLAGS. A REMINDER THAT ALL EYES WILL BE IN THE CITY OF L.A. IN THE COMING YEARS. THEY ALREADY ARE, BUT HOW ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WITHOUT FAIR RENTER LAWS, L.A. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE RISING HOMELESSNESS AND OVERCROWDING AND WORKING IN MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES. I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT KEEP L.A. HOUSED DEMANDS FOR RSO FORMULA BASED ON 60 PERCENT RPI, A CAP OF 3 PERCENT AND NO FLOOR, NO REPRESENTATIVE BACKING, BANKING AND NO BUMPS FOR UTILITIES AND ADDITIONAL OCCUPANTS. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. NANCY VILLANUEVA, DOMINGOA AND RUDY CHAVEZ. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HAVE SIDE CONVERSATIONS. >> City Attorney: ARE YOU HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Speaker: YES. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. BEFORE YOU START HER TIME. IF YOU'RE HERE JUST FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S HELPFUL IF YOU KNOW WHAT ITEMS YOU'RE HERE HERE, ONCE WE KNOW, WE WILL SET THE TIME. SORRY, GOO AHEAD, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M ELIZABETH AND I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO STOP HAVING SIDES CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS TAKING TIME FROM THEIR FAMILY, FROM THEIR DAILY JOBS FOR YOU GUYS TO TO LISTEN TO THEM. AND WE WANT YOU GUYS TO BRING THE LARSO FORMULA AND ADOPT IT. THE RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES NEED IT. AND ON THE SIDE, I WANT TO TALK TO MR. CURREN PRICE, WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM YOUR OFFICE. HOW MUCH MORE CHILDREN HAS TO DIE. HOW MANY MORE ACCIDENTS ON VERNE NOR, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICE. WE HAD A MEET ING ON THE 4th. NOBODY IN YOUR OFFICE HAPPENED TO SHOW UP AT YOUR MEET ING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOUR STAFF, THEY'RE IGNORING OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAD COLLECTOR SIGNATURES AND WE HAD DOOR KNOCK, WE'VE BEEN IN THE FARMERS MARKET OUTSIDE OF YOUR OFFICE. AND WE HAVE NO RESPONSE. PLEASE REACH OUT TO ACE AND EDUCATION CHAPTER, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SO BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. I EXPECT THAT WE WILL HEAR SOME HIGHLY ONS I HAVE COMMENTS. THE QUICKEST IS TO GET THROUGH THIS IS TO NOT DISRUPT THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AFTER THE NEXT SPEAKER FINISHES, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK DURING THE REST OF THE MEETING. GOOD MORNING, MR. HERMAN. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I MPERMISSIBLE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE STICK TO THE ITEMS FOR YOUR FIRST THREE MINUTES. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: IN MULHOLLAND DRIVE, WE ARE BUILDING A FENCE LIKE DONALD TRUMP. DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE AMERICA A GOOD THING BY PROVIDING MULHOLLAND HIGHWAY, UNDER HOLLYWOOD SIGNING COUNCIL DISTRICT CD4, TO PREVENT THE CRISIS ON ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, ILLEGAL CRIMINALS AND ILLEGAL HOMELESSNESS, RAMAN NOODLE. AND THEN I LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 1, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 AND 13, FUCK THE FIRE! >> City Attorney: ITEM NUMBER 1 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD AT COMMITTEE. >> Speaker: OKAY, NUMBER 6, TALKS ABOUT WEED ABATEMENT. AND MANY OF US ALREADY KNOW THAT SMOKING WEED IS GOOD FOR YOU. AND CLEANING UP AFTER YOU SMOKE A BLUNT LIKE SMOKING SCAN,-->> City Attorney: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED PREVIOUSLY TO STICK TO THE AGENDA. IT'S ABOUT WEED ABATEMENT. YOU'VE FORFEITED THE COMMENT ON YOUR ITEMS. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED MULTIPLE TIME. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: AHHH, AHHH, SO NOW, WE SEE THAT THE UNITED STATES UNDER BRANDON BURKE VERSUS OHIO, GET READY EVERYBODY, BRANDON BURKE VERSUS OHIO, FOR THE RECORD, IT'S VERY WELL NOTED THAT THE COURTS AND THIS IS A SUPREME COURT DECISION BASED NOT ON RACIAL DOG-EATING KOREAN ATTORNEY, THIS IS ABOUT KOREANS THAT EAT DOG THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DOG LANGUAGE THAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: SO THIS IS INJURE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO BE REPETITIVE. >> Speaker: I'M ON THE CLOCK, SH*UT THE FUCK UP. NOW THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION THAT'S COULD BE UNDERSTOOD WERE, HOW FAR IS THE NIGGER GOING TO YELL? U.S. 395, 4441969, EVERYBODY. AND HERE IT IS FOR THE RECORD. >> City -- >> Council President: MR. HERMAN, YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY WARNED ABOUT USING THE "N" WORD, YOU CONTINUE TO USE THE "N" WORD YOU DISRUPTED THE MEETING AND I'VE HAD TO STOP THE MEET TO GO WARN YOU TO NOT VIOLATE THE RULE. YOU HAVE VIOLATED AND YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. >> City Attorney: AND AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERY ONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Translator: HELLO I'M SOPHIA MEN DO SA AND I'M GOING TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M A MEMBER OF ACE LIVING IN DISTRICT 9. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE INCREASING ICE RAIDS ON LOWER INCOME PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HAVE MADE THIS CRISIS EVEN MORE GRAVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE CITY SHOULD BE TAKING AS MANY MEASURES AS POSSIBLE TO STABILIZE THE CITIZENS RIGHT NOW. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING IS ADOPTING THE LARSO ORDINANCE SO THAT THE RENT IS CAPPED AT NO MORE THAN THREE PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE ARE ASKING, SPECIFICALLY THE SOUTH CENTRAL REPRESENTATIVES TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN CALLING YOU, AND EMAILING YOU AND YOU WON'T ANSWER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PUT THIS LARSO MEASUREMENT IN THE AGENDA NOW, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES FIRST. MARIA, PETER V AND JONATHAN DIAZ. >> Speaker: BUENAS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS MARIA AND I NEED TRANSLATION. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE ONE, IS IT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: S*I. SI. >> City Attorney: IF YOU CAN LET THE SPEAKER KNOW, YOU CAN ADJUST THE MIC IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE MEASURES TO STABILIZE THE RENTERS. AND ONE OF THOSE MEASURES THAT THE CITY CAN TAKE IS BY APPROVING THE LARSO CAP AT 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M ASKING AS A MOTHER, A LOW INCOME MOTHER TENANT OF DISTRICT 9, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I'M BEING VERY IMPACTED. MY HUSBAND IS LOW INCOME AS WELL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M VERY IMPACTED AND VERY ANXIOUS WITH EVERYTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN AS BOTH ME AND MY HUSBAND ARE LOW INCOME. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARIA BRIONE AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF ACE. THE FIRST THING IS THAT WE NEED TO A AGENDIZE LARSO, ASAP, NOT TOMORROW NOT NEXT YEAR. IT'S VERY URGENT THAT WE GET THE RENT CAP TO 3 PERCENT. WE KEEP IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE LANDLORDS, HAVE BENEFITED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. IT'S ALMOST 40 YEARS THAT THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. AND WE, THE TENANTS HAD NO PROFIT AT ALL. WE CANNOT CONTINUE DOING THIS. WE HAVE TO STOP IT, WE HAVE TO SOMETIME LEVEL, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION BETWEEN THE TENANTS AND THE LANDLORDS. IT'S ONLY THE, BIG OPERATION THAT'S ARE PAYING. YOUR VOTE, NO RIGHT? OR YES? MAYBE YES. SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE TENANTS ARE ASKING. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS TRIVIAL OR SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT DO. YOU CAN DO IT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS IRMA. IRMA MARTINEZ AND I'M A MEMBER OF ACE. >> City Attorney: SO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> >> Translator: WELL I'M 'EY AN OLDER PERSON AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFICULT IN BEING ABLE TO WORK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I AM I WILL BUT AS YOU KNOW, I'M STILL FIGHTING TO BE ABLE TO WORK, TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT RIGHT NOW, YOU CANNOT MAKE ENDS MEET TO AFFORD RENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DO THE BEST YOU CAN WORK WITHING AS HARD AS YOU CAN BUT IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE LARSO CAMPAIGN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: TO UPDATE LARSO, THE LARSO FORMULA TO CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT WITH NO FLOOR. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS PETER, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON RSO AND THE NEED FOR GREATER RENT CONTROL. WHERE PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO LIVE AND RSO RENT CONTROL APARTMENTS IS THE ONLY THING KEEPING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. IN A CITY OF WHERE NEARLY 100,000 PEOPLE RECEIVE EVICTION NOTICES OVER THE LAST YEAR, INDEXING RSO INCREASES TO 60 PERCENT CPI AND HARD CAP ON RENT INCREASES IS ESSENTIAL TO PREVENT THOUSANDS OF MORE PEOPLE BEING PUSHED ON TO THE STREETS OF THE CITY. WE NEED ADOPTION OF THE LARSO RENT CAP NOW. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, MI NOMBRE IS MARIA. >> Translator: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARIA RAFAEL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I AM HERE AS A SENIOR CITIZEN, AS A PERSON HERE ASKING YOU GUYS FOR A FAVOR FOR EVERY ONE THAT IS HERE AND EVERY ONE WHO IS NOT ABLE TO BE PRESENT FOR PEOPLE OF LOWER INCOME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE CITY SHOULD BE TAKING STEPS TO STABILIZE THE TENANTS AND ONE OF THE CONCRETE WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN DO THAT IS BY ADOPTING THE LARSO FORMULA AND CAPPING THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I'M A MEMBER OF ACE AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 8 AND THEY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT US. SO I'M GIVING THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ARRIVED HERE TO LEND US SUPPORT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Translator: PLEASE CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. KEVIN, 24 HOURS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY ATTORNEY AND SMOKING SCAN. STARTING WITH ITEM 21. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 22. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 23. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MY FRIEND FROM SMOKING SCAN DANA, TEXT ME LAST NIGHT THAT SHE WILL NOT EAT BRAZILIAN BBQ UNLESS I WEAR ANY SHIRT. SHE SENT ME LAST NIGHT SO I'M WEARING THE SHIRT. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM EVERYBODY THAT LOS ANGELES CONTINUE TO HAVING A HOMELESS CRISIS. AND LOS ANGELES CONTINUE TO HAVE A PUBLIC CORRUPTION ISSUES. THAT IS THE REASON WHY THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE THE COUNCILMEMBER IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, THAT IS THE REASON WHY THAT MY FRIEND DANA CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR SPINDLER, CONTINUE TO LOVE SPINDLER BUT DANA NEVER LIKES ME. BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE SMOKING SCAN FAMILY MEMBER, EVERY SINGLE DANA, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TELL OUR FRIENDS, SPREAD THE RUMOURS, SPREAD THE NEWS WE'RE GOING TO ELECT SPINDLER FOR 2026. SPINDLER LET'S GO! >> Clerk: I'M GOING TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, HHH, STEVEN AND SEKEVAL. >> City Attorney: WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M BRANDDO NOT AND I'M HERE IN KEEP HOUSE L.A. THE ALLOWABLE RENT INCREASE DOWN TO 30 PERCENT. YOU KNOW, WITH THE FIRES AND. WITH THE CONTEXT OF THE RAIDS ICE RAIDS IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHETHER OR NOT YOU TRULY BELIEVE YOURSELFS TO BE REPRESENTED OF THE PEOPLE OR IF YOU'RE CONTENT ACCORDING TO KENNETH MEJIA RAKE IN A $200,000 SALARY AND ACT LIKE ARISTOCRAT IN WAITING TRYING NOT TO DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO THAT HAS BENEFITED YOUR DONORS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M SEKEVA, I'M THE STAND UP FOR BLACK GIRLS COALITION. IAPPRECIATE THAT THE COUNCIL IS PROVIDING DEDICATED INCOME. WE DEMAND THAT GU FURTHER TO ENSURE THAT BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE PRIORITIZES IN THE ALLOCATION OF THIS FUNDING. IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT RELEASED A REPORT THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE GROSSLY OVER REPRESENTED IN SEXUAL ABUSE. WHILE MAYOR BASS HAS BEEN ACTIVE ABOUT PROTECTING OTHERS, THE BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE LEAST PROTECTED. OUR BODIES LINE. SO COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON, WE ARE ASKING AGAIN THAT YOU STAND FOR BLACK GIRLS AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY UTILIZING ALL THE DESTINATION CRENSHAW MILLIONS TO CREATE A SAFETY PLACE AND HONOR VICTIMS THAT PROVIDES PREVENTION EDUCATION AND FOR BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS. STAND FOR BLACK GIRLS AND PRIORITIZE OUR LIVES. PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE DAM MOUTH IS! >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. SUZETTE SAW, MANNY READY' AND RAUL DIAZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENTATION. MY NAME IS PAULBLO, I WAS ARRESTED AT MY WORKPLACE BY IMMIGRATION. I DON'T WISH THIS TO ANYONE AFFECTED MY HOUSE. LIKE MANY ORDERS, WE'RE HERE IN THE LOW INCOME. I CANNOT WORRY FOR A MOMENT. WE NEED TO COVER RENT AND BILLS. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE, HOW WE AFFECT, WE ASK THAT A MORE FORMULA RENT INCREASE MANY OF US WHO WERE AFFECTED CAN NOW COVER THIS EXPENSE. AND WE ASK THAT FOR YOU, SCHEDULE FOR CONTROL RENT CONTROL FROM 0 PERCENT TO MAXIMUM IN CRISIS. THIS IS THE TIME FOR CONSOLING THE RENT INCREASE, TENANTS AND PROMOTE HOUSING STABILITY. LOS ANGELES CANNOT A LAW CENTRAL CITY. --. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Speaker: MEANS KEEPING THE PEOPLE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. AS THE NEXT SPEAKER IS COMING UP. SO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, THE BROWN ACT REQUIRES US TO TREAT EVERYBODY EQUALLY. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU, BUT WE HAVE TO ADHERE CLOSELY TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME PRESCRIBED IN THE COUNCIL RULES. FOR ANY REASON THAT YOU'RE UNABLE TO FINISH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT OR IF WE RUN OUT OF TIME TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY, YOU CAN COME TO A FUTURE MEETING. YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENT, AT LACOUNCIL.COM. THAT URL IS AT THE TOP OF EVERY COUNCIL AGENDA. AND YOU DO NOT NEED A COUNCIL FILE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Translator: GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MATEO CHRISTOVALA AND WOULD I LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THANK YOU. I'M HERE BECAUSE I AM A VICTIM OF THE RAIDS. I WAS DETAINED FOR SIX WEEKS IN ADELANTO CALIFORNIA AND NOW I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER AFFECTS THAT I'M FACING. I HAVE TO PAY MY RENT. I HAVE TO BUY FOOD AND I CAN'T WORK BECAUSE I HAVE AN ANKLE BRACELET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I'M HERE FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR TO YOU SUPPORT US. I'M A MEMBER OF ACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US IS HORRIBLE AND I WOULDN'T WISH IT ON ANYONE. I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 9, AND I'M LOW INCOME. AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MYSELF AND UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT ABLE TO WORK. SO I NEED YOUR HELP. I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Translator: THANK YOU, THAT'S IT. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO YOU WILL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. MARIA PONSE, GLORIA SANT OZ AND BRIAN ODEGA. >> City Attorney: SO I SEE THOSE PEOPLE COMING UP. AS WE WAIT, JUST FYI, WE'VE TAKEN ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED FOR ANYONE WHO JUST NOW COME INTO THE ROOMS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ALL THE WAY TO 11:25, SO WE'RE HALFWAY DONE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HI GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS GLORIA SANTOS AND I NEED TRANSLATION PLEASE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 14 AND I COME HERE WITH IN SUPPORT OF ACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RENT SITUATION AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO ASK FOR THE RENT TO NOT CONTINUE GOING UP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND OUR COMMUNITY WE'RE BEING ATTACKED AND WE'RE BEING TARGETED AND NOT EVERY ONE IS ABLE TO WORK AT THIS POINT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO YOU AS A GOVERNMENT ARE SAYING YOU DON'T WANT MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE BUT YOU'RE NOT HELPING WITH THIS PROBLEM. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: BECAUSE WHAT IS GOING ON IS AS THE RENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY ANYMORE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE MAIMS. AMOR JACKSON, BLANCA, AND MATEA WHITE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M BRIAN, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 15, HEY, TIM. I'M A TEACHER, RENTER, MEMBER OF LOS ANGELES AND I'M HERE WITH ACE. WORKING FAMILIES ARE UNDER ATTACK. OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BEING RAIDED WITH ICE, KIDS ARE AFRAID TO COME TO SCHOOL AND FAMILIES ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY'VE NOIN ALL OF THEIR LIVES. THE LEAST CITY COUNCIL CAN DO IS A KOPT THE DEMAND OF THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED COALITION, STABILIZE THE RENTS, KEEP IT AT 3 PERCENT, NO RENT BANKING. SCHOOLS ARE ON THE FRONTLINES OF THESE CRISIS, WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS IMPACTS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE. OVER 20 STUDENTS EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS, NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN L.A. IT'S AN INJUSTICE. CAP AT 3 PERCENT AND KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER AND PROTECT OUR MOST MARGINIZED COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: OKAY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: BEFORE YOU BEGIN. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WHOEVER IS YELLING OUT, PLEASE DO NOT YELL OUT WHEN SOMEBODY IS AT THE PODIUM TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THAT THE GENTLEMAN IN THE WHITE BEARD AND BLACK T-SHIRT. THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING, I'VE HEARD YOU YELL OUT MULTIPLE TIMES. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M AMOR JACKSON I'M A STUDENT AT KING DREW HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M A MEMBER FOR STANDING FOR BLACK GIRLS COALITION. I ASK COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS-DAWSON, HUTT, AND McOSKER TO CREATE A DEDICATED FUNDED PROGRAM FOR TARGETED PROVISION PROGRAMS. MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND SAFE SPACES IN SOUTH L.A. A.LONG WITH ACCESS OF AFFORDABLE RESOURCES FOR BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH. AS A TEENAGE I HAVE STRUGGLED TO GET ACCESS TO THERAPY AND AFFORDABLE FOOD. TOO MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR CAN AFFORD OR GAIN ACCESS TO A MENTAL HEALTH CENTER AND CD8 AND CD15. WHEN I GO TO THE STORE, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO STORE I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE PROCESSES FOODS OR SNACKS. OR LIS TONE A BREAK DOWN VOICE. I ASK TO YOU PLEASE INVEST AND PRIORITIZE OUR ISSUES NOW. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 22, CAN I SPEAK TO THAT? >> City Attorney: YES, SO IS IT JUST ITEM 22? >> Speaker: NO, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE WIN MINUTE FOR ITEM 22 AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO YESTERDAY, WE MET WITH YOHAN AND OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S OFFICE WHO PROMISED WE WOULD GET A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND KEEP L.A. HOUSED, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN ASAP. ALSO IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD THE POSITION OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON LARSO, WE NEED OUR SOUTH LOS ANGELES CENTRAL LEADERS TO STAND WITH US. AS YOU SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS, MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, YOU SAID WHEN SOMETHING AFFECTS ONE FAMILY IT CAN AFFECT AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE JUST A MINUTE AGO. SO CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. THESE RENT INCREASES ARE CAUSING EVICTIONS AND THAT CAUSES HOMELESSNESS. AND WE KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO END HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY. WE DOOR KNOCKED AND GOT PETITIONED SIGNED TO CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. THESE WERE SMALL LANDLORDS AS WELL AS TENANTS. SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU AGENDIZE THIS MEETING NIGT RA RAMAN AND MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, AND THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT RIGHT NOW. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I STILL HAVE TIME. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, DO I STILL HAVE MORE TIME? I HAVE 1 MORE MINUTE? OKAY. SO AS-->> City Attorney: YOU STILL HAVE YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO YOU'VE GOT ONE MONEY FOR GENERAL. AND THEN AFTER WE'LL READ OUT MORE NAMES. >> Speaker: OKAY WHERE I LIVE IN MY BUILDING, THIS IS CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS. ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS JUST SELF EVICTED. SHE IS TIRED OF GETTING RENT INCREASES. IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP TO SELF EVICT, IT'S GOING TO KEEP THE CYCLE GOING. THIS LIGHT TECH BUILDINGS AND THESE LANDLORDS THAT ABUSE THIS SYSTEM, IT'S A REALLY BIG PROBLEM. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. AND THEN WITH THE RAIDS, IT'S NOT MAKE ITING ANY BETTER. HOUSING INSECURITY AND FOOD INSECURITY AND HEALTH INSURANCE INSECURITY IS CAUSING A BIG PROBLEM. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. WE'RE EXPECTING OUR CITY COUNCIL. WE LOOKED TO Y'ALL. WE LOOK TO YOU. YOU ARE OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, WE VOTED TO END. WE LOOK TO YOU FOR AN ANSWER FOR HELP, FOR RELIEF FROM THE SUFFERING. IT IS DIFFICULT TO WATCH MY NEIGHBORS, TO LITERALLY SELF EVICT BECAUSE THEY, THEY CANNOT AFFORD WHERE THEY LIVE SO THEY GO MOVE IN WITH A FAMILY MEMBER, THAT'S CALLED BEING HOMELESS. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. SOEF YA, ROBERT AND AMA BOTEC. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. SECOND WARNING. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO GENERAL REPUBLIC. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS A DEGREE AN GOEMZ I LIVE IN CD8 AND I'M A ACE MEMBER. L.A. IS A CITY OF RENTERS AND RENT IS MORE UNAFFORDABLE THAN EVER. WE NEED TO PREVENT HOUSING ESPECIALLY IN INCREASING NATURAL DISASTER AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINITY. DESPITE WARNINGS AND ECONOMIC, REPORTS SHOWS THE FORMULA IS UNFAIR TO TENANTS. COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DELAY A VOTE TO UPDATE THE CITY'S DECADES OLD RENT CONTROL RULES. AS A RESULT L.A. RENTERS MANY OF THEM LOW INCOME AND IMMIGRANTS ARE STUCK WITH UNNECESSARY RENT HIKES DURING BOTH A POLITICAL CRIES AND A HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. WE CANNOT LET CITY LEADERS PRIORITIZE LANDLORDS AND DEVELOPERS OVER PROTECTING THE OF 60 PERCENT OF ANGELINOS THAT RENT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. DOERSIA, GEORGE AND JOEY MENDES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M ALMA, AND I'M A 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AND MEMBER FOR STANDING FOR BLACK GIRLS COALITION. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SPONSORS ASSIGNED TO HANDLE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS. SOCIAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN AS MASCULINE STRONG. SO IN CASES OF VIOLENCE, THEY'RE OFTEN DISMISSED OR SEEN AS DESERVING OF ABUSE, THE PRESENCE OF POLICE OFFICERS WHEN CAUSED, OFTEN ESCALATES THE VIOLENCE LEADS TO BLACK WOMEN BEING ARRESTED AND CRIMINAL LIESED. THIS INSTILLS THE FEAR THAT IS PREVALENT IN BLACK WOMEN THAT ARE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE ARE OFTEN, SORRY, WE ARE OFTEN--THIS SHOULD BE ERADICATED AND THEY SHOULD FIND FUNDING FOR GENDER BASE. THANK YOU AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: MR. PANCAKE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: BLACK OFFICE STALL, 1979, Y'ALL KNOW THE HISTORY HERE IN CALIFORNIA. MY NAME IS PANCAKE HOUSING ORGANIZER. LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK. I'M HERE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14, NATIVE OF LOS ANGELES, THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, HOUSING CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. HERE TODAY TO URGE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT, KEEP L.A. HOUSED DEMANDS FOR RESIDENT FOR RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE FORMULA, LET'S GET REAL L.A. RENT IS TOO WHAT? >> AUDIENCE: TOO HIGH! >> Speaker: SUPPORTING PEOPLE OVER PROFIT. END HOMELESSNESS NOW! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. GRACE, DENISE AND WILLIAM GOOD. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M JOEY AND I'M WITH ORGANIZATION ACE AND CHAPTER FROM DISTRICT 9. RENT IS DANGEROUS LEHIGH, IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THE CITIZENS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FIRES AND RAIDS. FIRES TOOK BUSINESSES AND THE RAIDS TOOK FAMILIES. FAMILIES WHO WERE THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THEIR KIDS. I NOW ADDRESS CURREN PRICE, WE URGE THAT YOU PUT AN ACTUAL PRICE NOT A HOG LIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR A WHILE. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM YOU OR ANYONE SINCE FEBRUARY. THE SCHOOL YEAR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN AND, CHILDREN WILL USE THAT CROSS LIGHT, WILL USE THAT CROSS BECAUSE IT'S THE FASTEST WAY TO GET TO HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. DRIVERS ON THAT STREET ARE WRECKLESS DESPITE IT BEING A SCHOOL ZONE. HOW MANY CHILDREN HAVE TO DIE BEFORE WE GET THAT LIGHT? [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. ROBERT, MARIA AND MARIA BRIONES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS GRACE I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AT LANE AND RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOUSING ALL ACROSS LOS ANGELES. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, LET ALONE OF THE WILDFIRES AND IMMIGRATION RAIDS SCARING WORKING FAMILIES FROM GOING OUTSIDE AND ALSO NOW BUDGET CUTS IMPACTING LOW INCOME RESIDENTS THE MOST. PEOPLE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO EVICTION AND HOMELESSNESS EVERY DAY. I'M URGING CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT KEEP L.A. HOUSED DEMANDS, RENT INCREASES BASED ON 60 PERCENT AND CAP WITH NO FLOOR, NO RENT BANK ANDING ADDITIONAL OCCUPANTS. L.A. IS A CITY OF RENTERS AND IT'S CLEAR THAT L.A. IS UNDER ATTACK FROM ALL SIDES AND GOVERNMENT OVER REACH. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES BY ADOPTING THESE DEMANDS. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE HOUSING TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE IN THEIR HOMES. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZE WE ARE SCOPE, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION DOWN IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES. I CAN SAY FROM SECOND-HAND THAT THE RENT IS REALLY RIDICULOUSLY HIGH. WHAT MAYOR BASS FIRST GOT INTO OFFICE, SHE SAID THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. THAT'S WHY WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED DEMANDS FOR THE RSO FORMULA. THAT IS RENT INCREASE OFF OF 60 PERCENT CPI ON ALL RENTS AND RENT CAP, NO RENT BANKING AND NO UTILITIES ON--THIS IS A CRISIS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. TON YA, ANGELICA, AND MARIA SANCHEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M I'M MARIA AND I'M 18-YEAR-OLD OF HASHTAG STAND FOR BLACK GIRLS COALITION. I'M HERE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO CREATE SELF-HELP YOUTH THAT HAVE INITIATIVES FOR BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN AND GIRLS OF LGBTQ PLUS AND COLOR. WE DEMAND THAT THE BUILDINGS BE TURNED TO THE FACILITIES THAT CAN SUPPORT VULNERABLE YOUTH AND WOMEN OF COLOR. I LIVE ON THE BORDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND WATTS. BEING UNHOUSED CAN COUSIN STABILITY AND LIVES OF LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH. I HAVE FRIENDS. IF LGBTQ PLUS CAN'T FIND SUPPORT IN THEIR HOMES, THESE CENTER CAN HELP SUPPORT LGBTQ YOUTH WHO ARE FORCED TO ESCAPE THEIR DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU USED TAXPAYER MONEY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES. YOU ARE BEING WATCHED, YOU'LL BE ALLEGABLE AS ELECTION APPROACHES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT, GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ISS ES MARIA. >> Translator: er MY NAME IS MARIA SANCHEZ AND FROM ACE ORGANIZATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M ASK THING COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE RSO ORDINANCE FOR KEEP L.A. HOUSED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I AM ALSO GOING TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT 9 AND HIS PERSONNEL TO PLEASE SPEAK WITH US. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A MEETING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> >> Translator: AND THIS WOULD BE REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. HOW MANY MORE LIVES NEED TO BE LOST UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THAT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> >> Translator: SO YES, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYMORE LIVES LOST, ANYMORE STUDENT LIVES LOST. I'VE HAD TO LIVE THROUGH IT MYSELF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS JOSE CLATENCHI AND I'M GOING TO GIVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER RENT INCREASE CAP AT 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING AN INCREASE IN SOCIAL SECURITY. MORE OF US ARE GOING TO END UP ON THE STREETS. AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE AS MUCH FAULT AS XWOFSH NEWSOM, THE GOVERN OR IF YOU DON'T HELP US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M TONYA AND I LIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. THE RENT ORDINANCE IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT LAW. RENTS ARE TOO HIGH AND UNAFFORDABLE FOR ANGELINOS AREADY STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT. PERSONALLY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAY HOME BECAUSE OF THE INCREASES. BECAUSE OF IMMIGRATION RAIDS MY FAMILY HAS BEEN AFFECTED AND HAS AFFECTED THE COST OF MY BILLS AND I'M ALSO THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR FOR MY FAMILY'S NEEDS. I HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER THAT DEPENDS ON ME. AND MY STORY IS A UNIQUE STORY. IT'S DEVASTATING. I URGE L.A. COUNCIL TO KEEP DEMANDS FOR SRO WITH NO FLOOR AND NO RENT BANKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: SPANISH. >> Translator: ESPANOL? >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE E--CHIRLA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translaor: I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MY BROTHER'S SITUATION WHICH IS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ICE RAIDS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK, PAY RENT OR PAY HIS BILLS. CAUSE HE'S SO AFRAID. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO HELP FAMILIES LIKE MINE WHO ARE LIVING IN FEAR. AND I'M HOPING YOU ALSO CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. HE'S ALREADY PAYING 5 PERCENT. AND IT'S TOO MUCH. IT'S TOO DIFFICULT. SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO HELP US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. ANDREW, JUSTICE CURREN AND ROBERTA STEWARTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HI MY NAME IS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS SYLVIA COST I'M FROM DISTRICT 1 AND I'M FROM CHIRLA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO I'M HERE ASKING THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE UPDATE THE LARSO ORDINANCE TO CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT WITH NO FLOOR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THIS YEAR IN THE BUILDING THAT I'VE LIVED IN, THEY'VE ALREADY RAISED MY RENT TWICE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IT'S A BUILDING WITH NO RENT CONTROL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY RENT WENT UP $300. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I AM AN IMMIGRANT AND I AM A LOW INCOME PERSON. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I NEED HELP FROM THE COUNCIL TO PUT A STOP TO THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: HI ITEM 22 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: HI MR. NAZARIAN, I'M JASON I'M FROM THE SOUTHEAST COUNCIL. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, ALL 14 ORDINANCES ARE NOT THE WAY TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS OUR NEIGHBORS AND CRIMINAL IZING THEM IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING. I WENT BY THE SITES. THESE ARE JUST PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HOMES. AND I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THEM AND THEY'VE BEEN SHOVELED AROUND TWO OR THREE TIMES THIS YEAR. MOVED FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY JUST WANT A PLACE TO LIVE. YOU KNOW, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, YOU BROKE GROUND ON HUNDRED NEW TINY HOMES AND WE CELEBRATED THAT. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD WORK. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IT. YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE PLACES TO PUT PEOPLE. WE DON'T NEED TO BE CRIMINALIZING THEM. SO I WANT TO SAY, I'M AGAINST THIS. MOTION OF YOURS, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING 4118 ZONES TO OUR NEIGHBORS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MOVING ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL, YOU SAID IN THAT SPEECH WHEN YOU OPENED YOUR THE TINY HOMES, THAT THIS IS ONE CHAPTER IN THIS. THAT WAS YOUR WORDS. YOU WANT TO END THAT BOOK AND MAKE THIS SHORTER, YOU NEED TO LOWER THE RENT. YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE LOWER THE RENT, UNTIL WE MAKE LIVING IN L.A. AFFORDABLE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EVER END HOMELESSNESS. MY WIFE IS A UNION, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN FIGHTING HARD FOR UNION. THEY FOUGHT HARD FOR A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, OVER THREE YEARS THEY'RE GOING TO GET A SIX PERCENT RAISE. RENT AND ONE OF THESE RSO CAN GO UP 5 PERCENT. SO THEY'RE GETTING A 6 PERCENT RAISE AND THEIR WAGES AND 5 PERCENT RAISE IN ONE YEAR. VERSUS THREE YEARS. WE NEED TO STOP THAT. WE NEED TO CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. I GAVE YOUR WORKERS A WHOLE PACKET ABOUT OUR ASK OUR LARSO. SO PLEASE, I URGE TO YOU VOTE YES ON THAT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO TRIM MY COMMENT DOWN TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I HOPE YOU TAKE ONE MORE PERSON'S COMMENT HERE. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO WE HAVE A STREET BANNER FOR THE JUST SAY HELL O PROGRAM. SO I GUESS, THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO BUT MEANWHILE, WHILE YOU HAVE THIS CIVIL RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PROMOTING CIVIL RIGHTS, YOU'VE GOT ITEM 17 AND 18, 17 AND 22 WHICH ARE 4118 MOTIONS, CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS AND BEING HATEFUL TOWARDS UNHOUSED PEOPLE WHILE YOU HAVE THIS APPARENTLY CAMPAIGN WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMING OUT IN HATE SPEECH APPARENTLY. AND THEN, YOU'VE GOT, MEANWHILE, IN THIS CITY, YOU'RE ALL EXCITEDLY PROMOTING AND HOSTING THIS EVENT, THE OLYMPICS WHERE THEY HAVE JUST RECENTLY DECIDED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE AND TRANS ATHLETES AND NOT LET THEM PARTICIPATE. SO WE'VE GOT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE. ARE ANY OF YOU GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? ANY OF YOU? >> Council President: THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEET BEING. WE'RE AT 11:25. WE TOOK 60 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 6 THROUGH 16, 18 THROUGH 21, AS WELL AS 23, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEMS [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT SERGEANTS, WE'RE GOING TO CLEAR THE ROOM. COUNCIL IS GOING TO STAND IN RECESS MR. CITY ATTORNEY UNTIL WE CLEAR THE ROOM. [COUNSEL --[COUNCIL IN RECESS] >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY WHO IS YELLING OUT, OR ADVISE YOU THAT YOU'RE DISRUPTING THIS MEETING AND OUR ABILITY-- [COUNCIL IN RECESS] . >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRCE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 14 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT ITEM IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: ITEM 17 AND 22 WERE CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 17 AND 22 CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. DO YOU WANT MAKE COMMENTS? OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: OH NO, I JUST WANT TO VOTE. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE THE CLOSE SESSION ITEM SIR, SO THAT WOULD BE 24 THROUGH 28, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S SERGEANT AND STAFF LET'S PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION. SO THAT INCLUDES STAFF IN THE COUNCIL OFFICES, THE PERMANENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE OTHER CITY WIDE ELECTED OFFICES. AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR CLOSE SESSION AS SOON AS THE ROOM HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR SUCH. [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] >> Council President: MADAM COLLECTIONER YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, ANYTHING YOU NEED TO REPORT ON THE CLOSED SESSION? >> City Attorney: NO MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT ON THE CLOSED SESSION. ITEMS 27 AND 28--. >> Clerk: YES. SO ITEMS 27 AND 28 CLOSE SESSION ITEMS ARE CONTINUED TO ONE WEEK AND THAT'S AUGUST 13th 2025. >> Council President: THAT'S FINE, WE'LL CONTINUE ITEM 24. WE'LL CONTINUE ITEM 24 TO NEXT WEEK FRIDAY. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE CLERK, MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 24 IS ALSO CONTINUED ONE WEEK TO AUGUST 13 2025. SO AGAIN, 24, 27, 28, CONTINUED TO AUGUST 13th, 2025, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MOTIONS FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POST ASKED REFERRED. >> Clerk: DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS. SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, I ASK EVERY ONE TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. >> Council President: YOU CAN USE MR. NAZARIAN'S DESK IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. HI EVERYBODY. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS MORNING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT CONDUCTED AT THE WESTLAKE HOME DEPOT. THE VIDEO SHOWS AGENTS HIDE ANDING ARRESTING DAY LABORS. IT WAS ABOUT 10 TO 15 PEOPLE. THESE ARE MY CONSTITUENTS. HUMAN BEINGS. TARGETED AND TERRORIZED WITH NO WARRANT, NO DUE PROCESS AND IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF A FEDERAL COURT ORDER. THERE IS CURRENTLY A TEMPORARY RESTRAINT ORDER THAT PROHIBITS, INDISCRIMINATE IMMIGRANT ENFORCEMENT AND THIS ADMINISTRATION, LOOKS OVER HUMAN DIGITY. I'M CALLING ON ALL ANGELINOS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HOLD THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS TRANSGRESSION. IF YOU WITNESS ACTIONS AND SAFE AND ABLE TO DO THAT, RECORD THE ACTION AND AFTERWARDS, WRITE DOWN OR RECORD YOURSELF DETAILING EVERYTHING YOU WITNESS. THE SOONER, YOU CAN DO THIS, THE BETTER. PLEASE SHARE THE VIDEO EVIDENCE IN YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION WITH YOUR LOCAL CITY REPRESENTATIVES. WE ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN VIDEOS THAT ARE ORIGINAL AND NOT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED ON SAOESH MODE I --MEDIA. LET ME BE CLEAR YOUR SAFETY COMES FIRST, BUT KNOW THAT YOU'RE STRENGTHENING OUR CASE ON UNLAWFUL OVER REACH. WE NEED TO HOLD THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE BUT WE NEED TO DO IT TOGETHER. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER AND ALL OF US SAW THAT VIDEO. WE NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, HOW MANY HERNANDEZ. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.