>> Council President: TODAY IS APRIL 25, 20 25, MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. MR. CLERK, IF WE CAN BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLLING. --ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY 13 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 23, 2025. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEMS 10 AND 11 ON THE DESK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: ITEM 1 IS AN ITEM NOTICE HEARING. 2 THROUGH 16 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. THE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR ITEMS 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 15 ARE ONLINE UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE FILE. ITEM NUMBER 13 WAS CONTINUED IN COMMITTEE SO IT WILL BE HAVE TO BE SEND TO THE HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT SPECIALS MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> >> Y. Jurado:, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 1 THAT WILL CIRCULATE SHORTLY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TOO CONTINUE BOTH ITEMS 4 AND 7 TO A DATE CERTAIN OR I CAN WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE TO HAVE THEM COME BAB WHEN STAOF IS AVAILABLE AND READY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT COLLECT. >> Clerk: WE WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY A DATE TO CONTINUE TWO. 0 DAYS, WILL BE TUESDAY MAY 27. >> Council President: PERFECT, OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I ASK THAT WE MOVE ITEM 6BNF REPORT FOR ITEM 6. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: MR. PRESIDENT, CAN WE HOLD ITEM 10 FOR AMENDMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. BLUMENFIELD FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT, 2, 3 ON THAT ITEM. ANY OTHER SPECIALS? COUNCILMEMBER PARK? NO OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, MR. CLERK WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR TO US VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 2 AND 3, 5, 8, 9, AND 12. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: WHOA. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, SEEING HOW COUNCILMEMBER PRICE IS NOT HERE, THE COUNCIL CAN ACTUALLY VOTE ON 14 THROUGH 16. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEMS 14 THROUGH 16, MR. PRICE IS ABSENT. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS ITEM 11 WHICH WAS HELD ON THE DESK. THE COUNCIL CAN ACT ON IF COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> Council President: ITEM NUMBER 11, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? ALL RIGHT, WE CAN OPEN THE ROLL, OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 11, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXCITING PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY. WHICH WILL BEGIN WITH RECOGNITION OF FIESTA BROADWAY BY COUNCIL DISTRICT 14. >> Y. Jurado: [SPEAKING SPANISH] ALL RIGHT, BUENOS DIAS EVERY ONE. TODAY WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL. [SPEAKING SPANISH] TODAY WE'RE HERE TOO CELEBRATE SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL, FIESTA BROADWAY! WOO! OUR CITY'S LARGEST CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST CULTURAL FESTIVALS IN THE UNITED STATES. FOR MORE THAN DECADES FIESTA BROADWAY HAS BROUGHT THOUSANDS TO LOS ANGELES, TO COMMEMORATE NOT ONLY THE BATTLE OF PUEBLA BUT ALSO TO CELEBRATE THE VIBRANT ENERGY OF OUR BELOVED LATINO COMMUNITY. AND LET ME TELL YOU, I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION. WE'RE ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR RENOWNED SINGER AND SONGWRITER AND MUSIC ROYALTY THE ONE AND ONLY NA TALIA JIMENEZ, WHO WE'RE CROWNING AS LA REINA OF 2025. AND IT DOES NOT STOP THERE , JUN,TO, FIESTA BROADWAY WILL SHOWCASE MUSIC, WE'LL HAVE A CAR SHOW, LUCHA LIBRE. AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THE TO CELEBRATE OUR CITY'S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE WHILE EXPLORING THE HISTORIC BROADWAY CORRIDOR. TODAY, MEDICINE DA OF UNO PRODUCTIONS, THE HONORABLE GONZALEZ, CONSUL OF MEXICO AND ICONIC NATALIA JIMENEZ. SO WITH THAT, I WANT IT OFF TO LUIS MEDINA TO TELL US MORE OF WHAT WE CAN LOOK FOR ON SUNDAY. >> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU CONSUL YSABEL JURADO. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO GREET YOU AND ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAT MAKE UP THIS GREAT CITY OF LOS ANGELES. A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO FROM DISTRICT 14, YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO US. WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE AN EVENT THAT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE. FIESTA BROADWAY A FREE CELEBRATION THAT HAS BROUGHT JOY TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR 32 YEARS IN LOS ANGELES. IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT SO MANY LOCAL CORPORATION, LOCAL BUSINESSES, MEDIA OUTLETS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND OF COURSE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. FIESTA BROADWAY IS MORE THAN JUST A FESTIVAL, IT IS ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH MUSIC, FOOD, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY. AND IT WILL BE NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE ON GOING SUPPORT OF THE CITY LEADERS. THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROUD TO WELCOME AN INCREDIBLE LINE UP OF ARTIST WHO WILL BE PERFORMING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AMONG THEM VICTOR FLOWRENSIO, CONJUNTO, ALEX RIVERA. LA NINA MARCELA, CHAPARRO CATCHNEGER AND A HEART WHO HAS SHARED HER VOICE AND PASSION WITH LATINOS EVERYWHERE, NATALIT JIMENEZ. BEFORE INVITING NA TALIA TO SAY A FEW WORDS, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SOMEBODY WHO HAS HELPED US IN CELEBRATING THIS FIESTA BROADWAY, THE CONSUL OF MEXICO IN LOS ANGELES, CARLOS GONZALEZ-GAOUR TEZ, --GUTIERREZ, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ENJOYING THIS CELEBRATION FOR OUR NATALIA JIMENEZ AMBASSADOR. >> MUCHASIMAS GRACIAS, I'M GOING TO START WITH FEW WORDS IN SPANISH AND THEN SWITCH INTO ENGLISH. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 14'S REPRESENTATIVE YSABEL JURADO AS WELL AS THE REST OF YOU COUNCIL AND LUIS MEDINA FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND IT IS A STREET FESTIVAL AFTER ALL THESE DECADES A CELEBRATION OF CINCO DE MAYO, MAY 5th. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IT STARTED OUT IN 1990 AS A CELEBRATION OF ALL TRADITIONS BUT HE HAS EVOLVED PAST THAT INTO A PARTY, A FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES THE RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE SHARE A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE, WE HAVE INHERITED A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE WE'RE ALSO UNIFIED BY LANGUAGE, AND WE ALSO VALUE STANDING WITH OUR FAMILY IN SOLIDARITY AND UNION. >> Speaker: NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO RAISE OUR VOICE TO BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING, AND TO DEFEND AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF OUR IMMIGRANTS, OUR CULTURE, AND OUR ASPIRATIONS. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT THERE COULD NOT BE A BETTER QUEEN THAN NATALIA JIMENEZ, MUCHAS GRACIAS. >> Y. Jurado: AND NOW WOULD I LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE INCOMPARABLE NATALIA JIMENEZ. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS BILINGUAL SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONSIDERING ME AS THE QUEEN OF FIESTA BROADWAY. I KNOW THERE THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME TRADITION AND FOR ME TO BE PART OF IT, MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF MY TIES TO MEXICO AND LATIN COMMUNITY. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I HAVE LIVED IN MEXICO FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND ALSO HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO EMIGRATE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND SEEK OUT OPPORTUNITIES. >> Speaker: AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU CONSIDER ME AS THE QUEEN OF FIESTA THIS YEAR I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TIGHT THE LATIN COMMUNITY IS, ESPECIALLY IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU FOR THE FIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE ENDURED TO GET HERE WHERE YOU ARE. SO MUCHAS GRACIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME FOR THIS FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY. I'M VERY PROUD AND VERY HAPPY TO BE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I'LL SEE YOU GUYS SUNDAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Speaker: AND THANKS TO THE TRANSLATOR. >> Y. Jurado: ALL RIGHT, WOULD I LIKE TO PRESENT NATALIA WITH A CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY CELEBRATING YOUR REIGN FOR THIS YEAR. >> Speaker: QUE BONITO. THANK YOU, GUYS. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU. MUCHAS GRACIAS. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. I CANNOT SEE ANY SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS WORKING, SO JUST WAVE AT ME IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR BRINGING THIS FESTIVAL AND HONORING THIN CREDIBLE ARTIST. THANK YOU MS. JIMENEZ FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO EVERY ONE INVOLVED WITH THEY VENT. THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. NEXT I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD WHO WILL BE HONORING THE WORK OF THE U.N. CR. >> Council President: WELCOME MEMBERS, PLEASE ASSEMBLE. GET CLOSER, GET CLOSER TO THAT PODIUM. >> B. Blumenfield: ARE YOU READY? >> Council President: TAKE IT AWAY COUNCILMEMBERS. >> B. Blumenfield: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, FRIENDS COLLEAGUES. AS FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT HERB WESSON ORB USED TO SAY, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT WE. I BACK THEN WITH COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND HARRIS-DAWSON AND WESSON, WE INTRODUCED A MOTION TO DEAL WITH NON VIOLENT CALLS TO RESPOND TO AN INCIDENT. AND TODAY, WE STAND HERE WITH OUR UNARMED MODEL OF CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS AS WE COMPLETE ONE YEAR OF SERVICE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TO GET HERE, WE HAD TO FUND NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND CITY STFF TO DO THE WORK. IT ALSO TOOK THE WORK OF MONICA RODRIGUEZ IN PUBLIC SAFE CITY COMMITTEE AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND HERNANDEZ AND SO MANY OF YOU AROUND THE HORSESHOE WHO REALLY DUG IN TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THIS REALLY HAS BEEN A GROUP EFFORT AND SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR. AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE COUNCIL ACCOMPLISHED AND I KNOW MAYOR BASS AND HER OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORTS. WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO DEAL WITH CRISIS. AND THAT AN UNARMED CRISIS RESPONSE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT APPROACH TO DEAL WITH THE CRISIS IN THE CITY. SO WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE WORK OF UMCR PARTNERS AND BEFORE WE DO, I WANT TO TURN THE MIC OVER TO MY PARTNER IN PUSHING FOR THIS. COUNCILWOMAN, UNISSES HERNANDEZ. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO MOVE THIS WORK WITH YOU. NOW THAT I'M A PART OF COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, TODAY WE CELEBRATE A MILD STONE ONE YEAR THAT EVIDENCE BASE PROGRAMMING WORKS. FOR DECADES, OUR COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY BLACK, BROWN, LOW INCOME AND UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN MET WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSES. TODAY THE UNARMED MODEL OF UNARMED IS SAVING LIVES AND SAVING MONEY. BUT IT WAS BORN OUT OF URGENCY OUT OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSED TO HAVE VIOLENCE AS A PRICE OF SAFETY. SO TO EVERY ONE DARED TO DREAM OF ALTERNATIVES, THIS MILD STONE BELONGS TO YOU. PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THE CITY OF L.A. TOWARDS REIMAGINING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. TO MY COLLEAGUE AND CO-CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR BELIEVING THAT INVESTING IN SYSTEMS OF CARE IS WORTH IT AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR MANY YEARS. I KNOW THAT THE HORSESHOE HAS BEEN AROUND PART OF THAT WORK. SO YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR FROM THE INSIDE AND FROM THE OUTSIDE FOR A LONG TIME BUT IT'S GREAT TO FINALLY PUT IT TOGETHER. AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT A CUP OF FACTS, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW. AVERAGE ON SCENE RESPONSE COST IS $35. THAT IS WHAT IT COSTS. THE RESPONDED TO OVER 6,000 CALLS IN THEIR ONE YEAR AND 4 PERCENT AS THEY NEEDED TO CALL FOR LAPD BACK UP OR BACK UP FROM OTHER TEAMS. THOSE ARE PHENOMENAL NUMBERS, THOSE ARE RESPONSIBLE NUMBERS AND THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT KEEP US FROM YOU KNOW GETTING ADDITIONAL LIABILITIES. SO HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE CREATED SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE A PERFECT TAYLORED SHOE FOR THE CITYOF L.A. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, WE LEARNED FROM OTHER PLACES, BUT YOU BUILT IT FOR LOS ANGELES AND FOR OTHER CENTERS, EXODUS RECOVERY INK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR PROOFING TO FOLKS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO ANSWER THE CALLS. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY AND LEADERSHIP. THE TRUST YOU BUILT, THE TRUST AND THE TRAUMA YOU HELPED PREVENT WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO NOW LET'S CELEBRATE THIS MOMENT AND LET'S GET BACK TO WORK AND HELP INSTITUTIONALIZE THE RESPONSE. AND NOW I WILL HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FROM THE FOURTH DISTRICT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO SAY, HAVING BEEN NOT IN 2020 WHEN THE FIRST CALLS FOR NON RESPONSE CAME IN, BUT REALLY HAVING BEEN GRATEFUL TO PARTNER WITH COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND ROD NECESSARY AND NOW WITH SO MANY OF YOU AROUND THE HORSESHOE TO MOVE THIS PROGRAM FORWARD. IT HAS BEEN REMARKABLE TO SEE IT TAKE SHAPE, THE STATS THAT YOU SHARED COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, ARE REMARKABLE. THE SAVINGS TO THE CITY, WHEN WE SEND OUT THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THAT CALL FOR HELP. WHEN WE SEND OUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO PEOPLE IN NEED WHAT THEY NEED AT THAT MOMENT. IS REALLY A WONDERFUL WONDERFUL THING AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR BOTH OF YOU FOR LIFTING US UP TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS KIND OF WORK IS FUNDED AND SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO IS INVOLVED IN THIS REMARKABLE PROGRAM. YOU ARE BRAVE. YOU ARE THOUGHTFUL. YOU'RE COMPASSIONATE AND YOU BRING TO ANGELINOS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THEIR MOMENT OF NEED. AND IT IS REALLY AWE INSPIRING TO WATCH. SO THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE? >> Council President: YES. THERE ARE MULTIPLE MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, SO I WANT TO CALL ON COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR BRINGING THIS AND LETTING US SEE THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK FOR US. I KNOW YOU SEE THIS EVERY DAY, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT IN PUBLIC. IN MY DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE CITY, I'VE LOST COUNT OF NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO CALL ME AND SAY, MY SON, MY NEPHEW, MY NEIGHBOR, SOMEBODY IS HAVING AN EPISODE AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS HEAR SIRENS AND SHINY METAL AND GUNS AND ALL THAT THE THINGS THAT COME WITH OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FOR A LOST THINGS. A LOT OF TIMES, THAT CAN ESCALATE THE SITUATION AS OPPOSE TODAY DEESCALATE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO CALL BECAUSE THEY NEED HELP IN THAT MOMENT. AND YOU'RE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP AND HELP THEM. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I STOOD UP AND BEAR WITNESS, THERE IS A VALUE THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE LETH COMMUNITIES KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY THEY CAN CALL IN THE SITUATION AND GET THE PERSON THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP WITH THE PROBLEM THAT THEY'RE FACING, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> E. Hernandez: REAL QUICK, WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T UPLIFT THIS, BUT THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE IS ONLY EXISTING BECAUSE YOU CREATED IT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: WONDERFUL, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL CO-CHAIRS COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND HERNANDEZ. AND YES, ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON THIS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF EATING A DONUT AND HANGING OUT WITH YOU GUYS TODAY. AND I SAID A FEW WORDS, I WANT TO REPEAT I WAS THERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE VALLEY, MR. NAZARIAN, ALTHOUGH I REPRESENT THE 13th DISTRICT, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OF MY LIFE IN THE 9th DISTRICT, AND IF YOU LIVE WHERE I GREW UP, YOU KNOW HOW YOU EXPERIENCE PUBLIC SAFETY. IT WAS NOT WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A MODERN WAY OF GIVING FOLKS THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED FROM THE CITY, WHICH MANY THINGS WERE DESCRIBED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON. AND THESE NEW MODELS WERE THINGS THAT I LEARNED IN COLLEGE WHEN I WENT TO UC IRVINE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MODELS ON HOW WE CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT HAVING TO SACRIFICE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING IS INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE AND BRINGING OUR CITY INTO A MODERN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, TO GET REALLY WONKY IT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND IT'S A WIN-WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S BET FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHERE THEY SEFB THEIR ATTENTION AND MEETING PEOPLE'S NEEDS WHERE THEY'RE AT. WE NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT TOOLS. SO I'M GLAD FOR EVERY WORK THAT YOU DO BUT THAT IS, THAT IS DONE BY YOUR WORK. EVERY SINGLE CALL AND INTERSECTION EVERY DAY YOU MOVE TO WORK, THAT IS MOVING OUR DPOFT FORWARD. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR A DAY THAT THIS IS ACROSS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND PEOPLE CAN CALL 9-1-1 AND NOT BE AFRAID THAT THERE WILL BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THAT WILL MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE FROM EAST HOLLYWOOD. YOU KNOW, AS GOVERNMENT CARRIES OUT ITS ROLE AND FUNCTION OF PROVIDING SERVICES, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED, 100 YEARS, 50 YEARS AGO, HAVE BECOME EVEN MORE COMPLICATED OVERTIME. AS POPULATIONS GROW, CHALLENGES DIVERSIFY AND YOU CANNOT ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE ISSUES THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY. SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND I JUST WANTED CONCLUDE BY SAYING THAT NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE CELEBRATING YOUR WORK AGAIN, I WANT TO ALSO INCLUDED THE SAN FERNANDO HEALTH CENTER HERE WITH ALL OF YOU ONCE THEY START THEIR WORK IN CD2. BECAUSE AS YOU WERE DOING THIS UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL, WHEN I WAS BACK IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, I STARTED TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE TO CARVE OUT FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IMPORTANT WORK IS DONE AS WELL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM JOIN YOU NEXT YEAR SO WE COLLABORATE AND PASS ON BEST PRACTICES TO ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. NAZARIAN. AND SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRESENTERS. >> B. Blumenfield: NEXT WE'LL INTRODUCE OUR HONOREES. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M VANESSA WILLIS I'M WITH THE CAO THE OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER AND I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING A FEW OF OUR CRISIS RESPONDERS TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY PENNY LANE CENTERS. [APPLAUSE] AND EXODUS RECOVERY. [APPLAUSE] AND FINALLY ALCOT CENTER. [APPLAUSE] SO I'LL CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER UP, EPDEN FROM EXODUS RECOVERY. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS SPACE WAS CARVED OUT FOR OUR TEAM TODAY FOR ALL OF YOU MCR, WE HAVE PUT OUR HEART AND SOULS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE PROOF AND BELIEVE IS MEETING THE NEEDS FROM ANGELINOS. AS SOMEBODY NOT FROM LOS ANGELES BUT WHO CAME HERE TO SHARE MY EXPERTISE IN DEVELOPMENT AND MADE SURE THAT YOU GOT WHAT WAS SAFE AND THAT WAS AFFECTIVE, RIGHT? AND IT'S THE TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN THAT HAVE MADE IT WHAT IT IS AND I'M REALLY REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF IT. I'M PROUD TO HELP CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IT. AND ONE OF THE RESPONDERS FROM THE EXODUS TEAMS, KEIRA HAD SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTED TO SAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU. OH WOW, SO I CAN JUST CALL AND REQUEST YOUR SERVICES LIKE ANYTIME OF DAY OR NIGHT? THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I'LL KEEP IN MIND. WHILE WE MIGHT BE MET WITH SKEPTICISM BECAUSE LET'S BE REAL, WE DON'T LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE WHEN YOU CALL 9-1-1. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WE'RE MET WITH GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION ON THE WORK THAT WE DO UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE CALLS. AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN HESITANT TO RECEIVE SERVICES OR SEEK ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE, THAT CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT. HI MY NAME IS KEIRA LONG AND I'M A CRIES CANIS INTERVENTION SPECIALIST AND I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE VALUE THAT COMES FROM MEETING A PERSON WHERE WE'RE AT RATHER THAN WHERE WE EXPECT THEM TO BE. [APPLAUSE] I HAVE BEEN WITH THE UNARMED MODEL OF CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM SINCE WE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN MARCH OF 2024. IN THAT TIME, I'VE BEEN DISPATCHED TO OVER 200 CALLS AND I WORK NIGHT SHIFTS TO WE'VE SEEN A LOT. WE'VE SEEN THE GOOD SIDES OF L.A. AND NOT GOOD SIDES AND DEFINITELY THE MORE INTERESTING SIDES OF L.A. I GREW UP PERSONALLY IN SOUTH L.A., SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND JUST HOW VITAL A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS. LET'S GO SAVE A LIFE, THAT'S A SENTIMENT THAT MY PARTNERS AND I WILL SHARE WITH EACH OTHER AS WE GRAB THE KEYS AND HEAD OUT TO A CALL THAT WE JUST GOT DISPATCHED TO. WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING NEEDING HELP PLANNING THEIR 40th BIRTHDAY PARTY, YES, THAT WAS A REAL CALL ONE OF MY FIRST CALL OR THAT CALL IS CONVINCING SOMEBODY THAT IS READY TO END THEIR LIFE, NOT TO RUN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, ALSO A REAL CALL. EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES A CHANCE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR VOICE TO BE HEARD, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THE SPACE AND ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT SPACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO NEXT INVITE ASAD STEVEN TO SPEAK. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI GUYS. MY NAME IS A ADA N WITH THE PENNY LANE TEAM, I HAVE TO READ NOTES OTHERWISE I WILL GO OFF THE RAILS. I'M HERE ALSO REPRESENTING NIGHT SHIFT. AND IT DOES FEEL LIKE A PERSONAL ATTACK TO BE HERE AT 9:00 AM BUT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH IT. SOME OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR 20 HOURS, BEEN AWAKE, NOT WORKING BEEN AWAKE BUT WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THIS PROGRAM. 20 YEARS AGO, IF THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE HERE YOU WOULD BE RESPONDING TO ME ON RESEDA PROBABLY WITHOUT PANTS ON, AND JOKES ASIDE, I LOVE BEING PART OF THE CHANGE THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT AN XANL APPROXIMATELY OF A STORY, ME AND MY CO-WORKER MELISSA RESPONDED TO A COMBAT VETERAN WHO WAS SUFFERING FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA AND LIVING IN THE SIDEWALK FOR FOUR DAYS AND THE NEIGHBORS WERE VERY ANGRY THEY LIVED IN VERY NICE HOMES AND HAD SMALL CHILDREN AND HIS BEHAVIORS WHY SCARY, YELLING AND HATING HIMSELF VERY LOUDLY. AND THEY TRIED EVERYTHING TO GET RID OF THIS MAN, THEY THREATENING HIM, YELLING AT HOME AND YELLING TO THE POLICE ABOUT IN FRONT OF US ABOUT HOW VIOLENT HE WAS AND HE STILL WOULDN'T DO WHAT THEY WANTED. ONE MAN GOT IN HIS FACE YELLING, TRYING TO GET HIM TO SWING FIRST AND THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WE'RE TRYING TO ESCALATE, AND NEIGHBORS CAME OUT OF THEIR HOUSES TO ESCALATE. IF YOU'VE EVER DEALT WITH SIGH SIGH PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS, IT'S THE ENERGY TO HOW YOU SAY IT. AND WHEN I GOT TO TALK TO GO THIS INDIVIDUAL, HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE SECURITY GUARD FOR THIS STREET AND HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THESE PEOPLE WERE BEING SO MEAN TO HIM. AFTER THIS NEIGHBOR WAS YELLING AT HIM AND VENTING HIS FRUSTRATION, THERE WAS A MOMENT THAT HAPPENED AS WE WERE MEDIATING THIS. HE STOPPED BEING ANGRY AND REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A SICK PERSON AND HE WAS RESPONDING IN A SICK WAY, AND EMPATHY GREW. [APPLAUSE] UMCR, YOU CAN SEE PAST THE IMAGINARY DANGER THAT BUILT UP THIS PERSON TO BE AND ACTUALLY SEE THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION. UMCR ALLOWS US TO REACT TO THE HERE AND NOW HELPING NOT ONLY RECIPIENTS THAT ARE SICK BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT HAVE BECOME SICK ADAPTING TO AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION. ANY OF YOU GUYS IN THE TRENCHES, UNDERSTAND QUICKLY, YEAH, PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY ILL, YEAH, THEY'RE DOING DRUGS BUT SO MUCH IN THE NASTINESS IS NOT IN THE RECIPIENT'S BEHAVIOR BUT THE RESPONSE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY. IT'S IN THE SMALL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE AND TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO BE NEIGHBORS. AND IF YOU'RE BROTHER OR MOTHER, FRIEND IS OUT THERE IN THE STREET IN CRISIS, I HOPE UMCR IS OUT THERE WITH SOME PANTS FOR THEM. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> FROM ALCALL I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ASHLEY TO COME UP AND SPEAK. >> Speaker: OKAY. GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE MY NAME IS ASHLEY I AM HERE SPEAKING IN REPRESENTATION FOR THE AL COT, CENTER. AS ONE OF THE FOUR COORDINATORS ON OUR TEAM. IMAGINE A CITY WHERE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS ARE MET WITH SIRENS, HANDCUFFS, BUT WITH INSTEAD WITH COMPASSION. UNDERSTANDING REAL LASTING SOLUTIONS THAT VISION IS NOT JUST A DREAM, IT'S BECOME OUR REALITY. RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES, SINCE THE LUNCH OF THE UNARMED CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, THE PILOT PROGRAM STARTED IN 1994 AND IT'S AMAZING, IT'S AMAZING. AND THROUGH THAT TRANSFORMATION, OUR RESULTS HAVE WE'VE HAD OVER 6,000 CALLS, HAVE BEEN DIVERTED FROM POLICE TO UNARMED CRISIS RESPONSE. [APPLAUSE] WHERE 96 PERCENT RESOLVED WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT SAYS A LOT IN ITSELF. THROUGH CONSISTENT ENGAGEMENT WE FACILITATED INCREASE IN-HOUSING PLACEMENT, FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESS, CONNECTED THEM TO SHELTERS, CONNECTING THEM TO CASE MANAGEMENT AND PROVIDING THEM WITH SOLUTIONS. WE'RE NOT JUST LEAVING THEM AND SAYING GOODBYE, WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH SOLUTIONS. [APPLAUSE] BY ADDRESSING CRISIS WITHOUT FORCE, WE'VE CONTRIBUTED TO A DECREASE IN VIOLENT OUTCOMES AND ENHANCING SAFETY FOR BOTH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR OFFICERS. FINANCIALLY, THE PROGRAM IS INVESTMENT, THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY 14 MILLION, A FRACTION OF THE 3.3 BILLION ALLOCATED TO THE LAPD. THIS APPROACH NOT ONLY SAVES TAXPAYERS DOLLARS BUT ALSO REALLOCATES THE RESOURCES TO WHERE THEY ARE MOST AFFECTIVE. [APPLAUSE] NO SILENCE, NO HANDCUFFS, NO CITATIONS TODAY. JUST A WHOLE LOT OF COMPASSION AND A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE. WE ARE PART OF A HISTORY IN THE MAKING. WE ARE DEMONSTRATING THAT EMPATHY AND CARE CAN BE REDEFINED THROUGH PUBLIC SAFETY. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE BUILDING A LOS ANGELES WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN CRISIS IS MET WITH THE SUPPORT THEY DESERVE. WE ARE REWRITING THAT PUBLIC SAFELY LOOKS LIKE WE ARE TRANSFORMING SYSTEMS AND IN DOING SO WE ARE SAVING LIVES. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS THE FUTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE IN L.A. AND COULD NOT BE MORE BLESSED TO BE PART OF IT. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> CAN WE HAVE A FEW CERTIFICATES HERE TO GIVE OUT. KEIRA. [APPLAUSE] HELEN RIG. [APPLAUSE] VANESSA WILLIS. [APPLAUSE] ANDRE. [APPLAUSE] ALCOT, WHO WANTS TO BE THE REP FOR ALCOT. EXODUS! [APPLAUSE] AND PENNY LANE. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO A LITTLE PHOTO HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND HERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING THIS AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK. CONGRATULATIONS. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, UNARMED RESPONSE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE THEM A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. REALLY REALLY REMARKABLE WORK. I WANT TO INVITE UP TO THE PODIUM NOW, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER. >> Council President: I'M SORRY, TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SPEAKING IN THE AUDIENCE. SARNLT IF YOU CAN HELP ME IDENTIFY THEM, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND FINAL WARNING. IF YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. >> City Attorney: MADAM CHAIR, THE GUY THAT JUST RAISED HIS THUMBS UP WITH THE BEARD AND POLO SHIRT. >> Council President: SIR, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. COLLEAGUES, I RISE THROUGH MEMBER AND OBSERVE THE ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. BUT A DISCUSSION WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS BEING HAPPENING. THEY'RE HELD IN PRISON IN A JER BARJAN, FOR JUST BEING ARMENIAN. I NEED TO READ THE NAME OF THE 24. ARCABI, DAVID ISSUEHANIAN. DAVID, LOVAN, BACOT, RUBEN BARTANIAN, DAVID, N ADA T, LEVON RASHID DAVID VICAN ERIC GASALIAN, HAVIV, GARIK, LEWDWICK, MALESEC, AND GILBERT. ONE OF THE NAMES I READ FORMER PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THIS VERY BODY, AND RECEIVED A STATE LUNCH ON AT THE GETTY HOUSE BACK IN 2011 WITH THEN MAYOR ANTONIO VILLAREIGOSA, THE VERY FIRST NAME, WAS IN OUR CITY HALLS JUST THREE YEARS AGO, SITTING AT THE DESK THAT WE CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS AT. AND HE HAD THIS MESSAGE FOR US. IF WE CAN HAVE THE VIDEO PLAY NOW. >> WE'RE NOT ONLY STRUGGLING FOR OUR FUTURE, FOR THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN WHILE ALSO ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND TOTALITARIAN REGIME. OUR VICTORY WILL BE YOUR VICTORY TOO, OF JUSTICE. >> A. Nazarian: HE SPOKE THOSE WORDS IN FRONT OF OUR BODY A FEW YEARS AGO, HE'S NOW DETERIORATING IN A PRISON, AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CHARGES ARE. THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CHARGES ARE, WHY THEY'RE BEING DETAINED. NOBODY IS EVEN ASKING A QUESTION. NOBODY IS ASKING ANY QUESTIONS. A GENOCIDE TOOK PLACE SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS HERE BY WIPING OUT 120,000 ARMENIANS LIVING ON LANDS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TOTALLY AND WORKING ON FOR THE PAST -- 3000 YEARS. WHERE MY FATHER COMES FROM. ALL WERE FORCED OUT, SOME WERE KILLED DURING THE WAR AND AFTER THE REST WERE ALL DRIVEN OUT. ALL THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE A AZERBAIJAN, CAN'T BE BOTHERED. WE FEEL COMFORTABLE IN USING THEIR CHEAP OIL, THAT'S WHY WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS. ALL IN THE NAME OF CHEAP OIL. THIS DICTATOR, THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN RULED BY A MONARCHY, IN FACT THE PRINCE WAS A PLAYBOY PRINCE TO TAKE THE PLACE OF HIS FATHER. TO DETER THIS THIS PRESIDENT HAS APPOINTED HIS WIFE THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THEY CALL THEMSELVES A DEMOCRACY AND YET THE REST OF THE WORLD IS FINE WITH THIS. SO WHEN THIS DICTATOR DROVE FROM THE LAND WHERE THEY HAD LIVED OVER 3000 YEARS, THE WORLD LOOKED ON, ALL IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR OIL. SO HOW MANY TIMES, DO THE SAME LEADERS, SAY NEVER AGAIN WHEN SPEAKING OF GENOCIDES OF THE PAST WHEN CLOSING THEIR EYES TO GENOCIDE IN THE PRESENT? IF YOU LOVE HUMANITY, IF YOU HAVE A MORAL COMPASS IF THE WORDS ARE NEVER GOING TO MEAN ANYTHING AGAIN, IT'S UP TO PEOPLE LIKE ME YOU, US, TO SPEAK OUT, NOT NEXT TIME, NOT LAST TIME, THIS TIME. 100 YEARS, THEY TRIED TO WIPE THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE OFF THE EARTH, IT WAS A SYSTEMATIC MURDER. WOMEN WERE RAPED, INDIVIDUALS WERE MURDERED IN MASS EXECUTIONS HERDED INTO BUILDINGS TO BE BURNED ALIVE. NO GAS CHAMBERS YET. WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE DRIVEN INTO THE DESERT WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER, WE WILL NEVER KNOW THE REAL NUMBERS, BUT AT MINIMUM A MILLION PEOPLE DIED AT THE HANDS OF THE OTOMAN. THEY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS TOOK PLACE, EVEN THEE IT WAS WITNESSED. SURVIVORS OF THAT GENOCIDE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT EUROPE, AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, WHERE EVER THEY WENT THEY OVERCAME THEIR GRIEF AND LOSS THROUGH HARD WORK, FOR GETTING AND LEASKER THE TRAUMA BEHIND BY CONSTANTLY WORKED THROUGH IT, THEY LIVED IN AS ARTIST AS SCIENTIST AS PUBLIC SERVANTS AND ENTREPRENEURS. SO COLLEAGUES ON THIS DAY AND EVERY YEAR FORWARD FROM THIS POINT ON, THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING HERE, I WANT TO HONOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THESE VERY INDIVIDUALS, THAT THE DESCENDENTS OF THE MURDERED VICTIMS, OF THE SURVIVORS WHO STRUGGLED AND BUILT THEIR LIVES. OUR GENERATION IS NOT ONE OF A VICTIM AND I'LL BE ONLY BE FOCUSING ON PUSHING AHEAD. SO HERE IN L.A., WE LIVE IN THE CAPITOL OF THE INTERNATIONAL FILM INDUSTRY. ARMENIAIANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED, SOME HIDDEN BEHIND. THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE WENT TO A MOVIE WHERE ARMENIAN ACTORS PLAYED ARMENIAN CHARACTERS, SPEAK INING ARMENIAN THAT FILM "A NORA" IS A WORK OF DIRECTOR WHO'S EVER FILM SHOWS NO PICTURE IS COMPLETE WITHOUT INCLUDING THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE FPT WE HAVE TWO OF THE ACTORS, IT'S AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO HAVE TWO OF THE ACTORS FROM THAT FILM JOIN US TODAY. I ASKED THEM A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT APPEARING IN THIS YEAR'S BEST PICTURE MEANS TO THEM. HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH DIRECTOR SEAN BAKER AND EVERY ONE OF HIS FILMS AND WHO MADE HIS SECOND AMERICAN FILM APPEARANCE IS A WELL-KNOWN STAR OF FILM AND TELEVISION IN ARMENIA. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES I HAVE INVITED THEM TO BE HERE, NOT JUST AS INDIVIDUALS BUT AS EXAMPLES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED FOR THIS RECOGNITION TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION TODAY. BEING PART OF ANORA, WHICH HAS FILM HAS SO MUCH ARMENIAN REPRESENTATION IN IT AND SHARE OUR CULTURE ON THAT GRAND STAGE OF OSCAR IS A DREAM COME TRUE MOMENT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU EVERY ONE FOR THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS AND OF COURSE COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR THIS. THIS IS TRULY INSPIRING AND MOTIVATING ME AND US TO CONTINUE WORK AND TELLING STORY AND CELEBRATE OUR HERITAGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT MR. TOMAS SAID, IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER SAID. I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE'RE THANKFUL AND HONORED TO BE HERE AND I WANT TO THANK MR. NAZARIAN FOR HAVING US HERE. THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU. I KNOW YOU'RE CATCHING A FLIGHT TO NEW YORK FOR A --IN A COUPLE OF HOURS AND YOU CAME HERE TODAY. THIS IS A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A TRAILBLAZER AT LEAST IN MY ADMINISTRATION, TO CONTINUE THIS FORWARD AND I'M COMMITTING THIS TO YOU. I'M GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT FOLKS BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE DEMONSTRATE THAT WE NO LONGER VICTIMS BUT WE ACHIEVE SUCCESS BY SURVIVING AND BY LIVING, THAT'S WHAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PHOTOS THERE IS A COUPLE OF OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. OR MAYBE AFTER THE PHOTOGRAPHS. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? WE'LL GIVE THEM A MINUTE. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ESTEEMED GUESTS TODAY. AS REPRESENTING PART OF LITTLE ARMENIA, I GOT TO LEARN SO MUCH. PRESIDENT KREKORIAN WOULD ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS SUBJECT AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BE PARTNERS. AND I APPRECIATE IT HOW YOU FRAMED THIS DAY, I THINK OFTEN TIMES, IT'S LEAD WITH SO MUCH TRAGEDY AND SADNESS, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A STORY OF PEOPLE WHO PERSEVERED AND CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH. AND AS I SAID TO YOU PRIVATELY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES IS THAT THE REVENGE OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITY WILL BE THE LAUGHTER OF YOUR CHILDREN. SO WHEN I VISIT PILIVOS AND I SEE THE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN PLAYING AND LAUGHING, IT REMINDS ME OF THE RESILIENCE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING THIS TODAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I WANT TO START BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. I ALWAYS SAY THAT GROWING UP IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, YOU MAKE A LOT OF ARMENIAN FRIENDS AND IT INFURIATES YOU TO KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE WORLD. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALSO ATTENDED EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHERE I SEE THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER, FOR THESE DAYS AND THESE MOMENTS OF REMEMBRANCE AND I'VE ALWAYS TOLD MYSELF, WE NEED TO DO MORE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT HOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT HERE IN VAN NUYS, TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET, IF WE REALLY WANT THOSE MEANS TO REALLY MEAN SOMETHING, LET'S BE ABOUT IT. SO THERE IS THE INVITATION, BUT THANK YOU, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND ELEVATING WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, IT'S BEEN A CONVERSATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME. HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULY IN OUR LIFETIME WE'LL SEE IT GET BETTER. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE CHORUS AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE THEN. BUT YOUR RESOLVE AND THE RESOLVE OF THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT CHANGED. I ALSO WANTED TO REFERENCE, YOU DID SOMETHING GREAT THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, HOW YOU LINKED IT THAT THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF PEOPLE REMEMBERED THE GENOCIDE. BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ARE CONNECTED. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, THE BAD PEOPLE, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO FAILED TO STOP THEM. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, I TRIED TO PUT ASIDE ABOUT MY EXCITEMENT TO MEET THE PEOPLE NEXT TO YOU, BECAUSE I LOVED THE MOVIE SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THROUGH THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNCIL, COUNCILMEMBER KREKORIAN AND NOW YOU, BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. I EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, THE IMPORTANCE OF SHINING A LIGHT ON ATROCITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND WHY, WE HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP REMEMBERING THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS ISSUE AND ALWAYS KNOW THAT, YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT IN TRYING TO BRING ATTENTION TO THESE ATROCITIES, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD. I LEARNED ABOUT THE AR NAOENIAN COMMUNITY AND ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ONLY AFTER I BECAME A COUNCILMEMBER. I HAD HEARD ABOUT IT BUT I REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE GRAVITY OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED ONLY AFTER I JOINED THIS BODY. IT WAS THROUGH COUNCILMEMBER KREKORIAN, THAT I LEARNED ABOUT THIS AS PART OF MY COMMUNITY WHERE I HAVE TWO BIG ARMENIAN SCHOOLS AND SO MANY ARMENIAN CONSTITUENTS ACROSS MY DISTRICT BOTH ON THE VALLEY SIDE AND ON THE HOLLYWOOD SIDE, YOUR LEADERSHIP IN CARRYING ON THIS MESSAGE, THAT THIS BODY WILL NEVER FORGET, THIS BODY WILL NEVER LOOK AWAY AND FOR BRINGING IN SO MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR DOING THAT WORK, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY. THANK YOU. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. AND I COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME AND ECHOING THE SENTIMENTS. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, THAT IS OUR LAST PRESENTATION. MR. CLERK, ARE THERE ANY OTHER AVAILABLE ITEMS TO VOTE ON BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Clerk: YES THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 6 TO ADOPT THE BUDGET REPORT. >> Council President: GREAT. OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS THERE IS ANY OTHER ISSUES? >> City Attorney: SO MADAM PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE WE WERE HOLDING ITEM 10 FOR AN AMENDMENT. THAT AMENDMENT IS HAS BEEN CIRCULATED BUT IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED SPECIAL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND NOW MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. WE HAVE ONE OPEN ITEM. SO YOU'LL HAVE UP TO A MINUTE ON THAT ITEM. 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 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 SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEM OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, IS ITEM NUMBER 1. AGAIN THE ITEM THAT IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 1. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF WE CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES TO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRETER. >> 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] THAT ITEM AGAIN IS NUMBER 1 AND RELATED TO THE ISSUING OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFINANCING FOR INSTALLATION AND REFURNISHING BY EQUIPING OF THE JAPANESE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND FACILITIES LOCATED AT 100 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90012 *. SO YOU CAN HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR THAT ITEM AND UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: GREAT, LET'S START CALLING OUR SPEAKERS AND MOVING ON. >> Clerk: KATHY SCHREINER, MARK, CAMERON FLANNAGAN AND ROBERT SYLON. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERSED I'M KATHY SCHREINER I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NANN VIES NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ALTHOUGH I'M SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TO THE VALLEY. IT MEANS A LOT FOR US TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE MOMENT. >> Speaker: ON ITEM NUMBER 1 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES, ONE AND ONE. >> Speaker: I'M IN SUPPORT OF NUMBER ONE, I KNEW ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE JAPANESE NATIONAL MUSEUM, AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA AND I HOPE YOU VOTE FOR IT. AND FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THIS IS FROM THE BUDGET. PROPOSES TO CUT OUR 32, N*B--32,000 AND WE ALREADY HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY AND YOU KNOW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ARE MADE OF VOLUNTEERS, WE USE THAT MONEY TO PAY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AND ALSO TO MAKE NEIGHBORHOOD PURPOSE GRANTS AND COMMUNITY INPUT PROJECTS, FOR INSTANCE COUNCIL IS TRYING TO HELP THE LIBRARY IMPROVE THE SIGNAGE, SO IT WILL BE EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO FIND THE LIBRARY AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE DONE BUT HAVE NOT DONE. SO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS MAKE USE OF THE GOOD BUDGET. I AM ALSO REALLY SORRY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TREE PLANTING BECAUSE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, SHADE CANOPY IS SOMETHING IN THE VALLEY THAT NEEDS TO BE NURTURED. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> --. >> Council President: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS LINED UP, CAN WE HAVE THE STAFF PLEASE READ. >> Council President: CAN WE READ MORE NAMES WHO HAVE SIGNED UP? SPEAKER YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU'RE SPEAKING ON? >> Speaker: I'M MARK, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LITTLE TOKYO. >> Council President: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU WANT. >> Speaker: OKAY, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS MARK I'M A GRADUATE AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I HAVE A FOCUS IN ADULT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS BUT TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PRESERVE IN THE MIDST OF UPRISING COMMERCIAL COSTS. >> Council President: SORRY, I'M GOING TO INTERPRET YOU FOR A MOMENT. IF YOU CAN BRING THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER. AND IF I CAN ASK FOR PEOPLE TO GENERALLY BE QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS SO WE CAN HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTERS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE. >> Speaker: OF COURSE OVER 20 BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED SINCE THE PANDEMIC. AND THESE BUSINESSES NOT ONLY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY BUT IN MAINTAIN THE CULTURAL FABRIC. I CONSIDER COUNCIL THAT PROMOTE COMMERCIAL STABILITY AND CULTURAL INCLUDING SUPPORT SUCH AS LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY FUND. EFFORTS LIKE THIS CAN MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN WHAT IS PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOODS UNIQUE. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER? AND IF WE WANT TO CALL ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RIVERSIDE HOME SHELTER THAT IS LOCATED IN THE RIVERSIDE AND MS. RAMAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE IDEA THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR STRATEGY COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT HAVING PROPERTY MANAGERS GO TO THE RIVERSIDE SHELTER TO LET THEM KNOW AVAILABLE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE VOUCHERS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT WITH THOSE PEOPLE DIRECTLY, THAT WOULD BE ONE GOOD METHOD THAT YOU CAN IMPLEMENT AS A COUNCIL PERSON. IT WAS AN IDEA BROUGHT UP IN YOUR HOMELESS STRATEGY MEETING AND I SUPPORT THAT. THE SECOND THING THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS THE MEETING MORE HOUSE NAVIGATOR BECAUSE THE PERCENT AS YOU'RE AWARE OF MS. RAMAN, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH THE EMERGENCY AND THE INTERIM BRIDGE HOME SHELTER SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THAT SHELTER. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL MORE NAMES, SEBA, ROBERT M, JOSIE, CHRISTINA FLORES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT ON THE HOMELESSNESS. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M A RESIDENT OF ENCINO FOR 35 YEARS, NOW I MOVE TO TARZANA, OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE VIOLENT CRIMES, MURDERS, HOME INVASIONS, ARSON DRUG DEALERS, THE SITUATION HAS BECOME CHAOTIC, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES ALSO. YOU HAVE ALLOWED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES TO THRIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS HAVE BECOME HUBS FOR HOME USE AND SALES, YOU JUST HAVE TO SIT THERE AND LOOK AT THEM. YOU'LL SEE IT. OVER 2000 HOMES DIE IN THE STREETS EVERY YEAR. YOUR POLICIES HAVE BROUGHT 75,000 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO THE CITY AND THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR POLICIES ARE ALSO TAKING AWAY MONEY FROM HEALTHCARE, FROM SOCIAL SECURITY, AND REDIRECTED TO ILLEGALS AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF. YOU'RE ALWAYS UNITED IN YOUR ACTIVITY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING, YOU CAN LINE UP ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS COUNCIL ROOM AND EXIT TO THE LEFT. AND THAT WILL HELP US KEEP EFFICIENT FLOW OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE WAITING TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: ITEM 1 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. >> Speaker: ITEM 1, THIS ENTIRE LACK OF AGENDA IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SLEAZINESS OF SLEAZY MARQUEECY DAWSON, WHEN THE CITY IS IN A ONE BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET DEFICIT EMERGENCY. AND I'M GOING AND NEVER ENDING HOMELESS PANDEMIC EMERGENCY. 275 MILLION DOLLARS FIRE EMERGENCY I NATURALLY OPPOSE THIS MOTION AS IS DEMAND TO BE MODIFIED WITH LANGUAGE TO USE AT LEAST 12 MILLION TO INVESTIGATE THE CORRUPTION, GROSS INCOMPETENT AND PAY TO PLAY. AND ALSO TO INVESTIGATE WHAT DAWSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL WAS DOING WHILE THE CITY BURNED DOT GROUND. THE CITY BORROWING MORE MONEY FOR THIS MUSEUM IS AS ABSORB. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, DUE TO OUR INCOMPETENT CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT, THE CITY IS ONE BILLION DOLLARS DEFICIT EMERGENCY AND ON GOING AND NEVER ENDING HOMELESS EPIDEMIC EMERGENCY. AND AS ALWAYS, A SLEAZY COUNCIL CORRUPTION, LITTLE MAN DAWSON THINKS HE CAN PUT LITERALLY NOTHING ON THE AGENDA AND RUN OUT HERE TO VAN NUYS TO ESCAPE THE PUBLIC. BUT THE COWARD IS WRONG, IT SHOWS NOTHING WHAT MARQUEECE IS DOING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING. WHAT WAS THE RUPT LITTLE MAN DAWSON AND SLAES' COUNCIL WAS DOING WHILE THE CITY WAS BURNED? JUDGE CARTER HAS THREATENED TO REMOVE ALL HOMELESS FUNDS FROM THE CITY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR THE MONEY LET ALONE REDUCE HOMELESSNESS. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER SEAN BANDIDO. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M AN LAPD CITY EMPLOYEE WITH MEMBERSHIP CHRISTINA FLORES FOR GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 12 YEARS FIRST WITH ANIMAL SERVICES AND FINANCE AND NOW WITH LAPD AS A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE. I JUST WANTED TO PUT A VOICE FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK FOR LAYOFFS. WE ASSIST OTHER AGENCIES WITH GETTING REPORTS FOR ASSISTING THEM IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS, CURRENTLY WE'RE VERY LOW STAFFED, WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND. WE ARE VERY DESPERATELY NEEDING MORE STAFF. ALSO I URGE TO YOU REVIEW THE CHARTER CODE REGARDING LAYOFFS, DOES IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS US, IF WE'RE DISPLACED FROM LAYOFFS, IT WILL BUMP THE NEXT PERSON PRIOR ROLES WHICH WILL TRICKLE TO ADMIN CLERKS AND POTENTIALLY TARGET LOCAL HIRE WHICH I KNOW ARE JUST BEGINNING THEIR CAREERS AND THIS WILL AFFECT ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND WE NEED ALL PERSONNEL TO ASSIST OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE ITEM ONE AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Speaker: YES, SIR, ITEM ONE AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE AND ONE, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC. >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO WISH SEAN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> City Attorney: MR. CANNEDIDO, YOU KNOW THE RULES. PLEASE STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM 1, THE MUSEUM AND I'M SO PROUD TO MR. NAZARIAN, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WERE HERE. I'M TALK ABOUT THING MUSEUM, THE MUSEUM. ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT AND IN FAVOR OF WHAT MR. NAZARIAN. OKAY, I'VE GOT TWO SECONDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK MS. PADILLA. THIS IS NICE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: WELL WHERE IS MR. McOSKER, I WAS IN SAN PEDRO, THE PEOPLE IN SAN PEDRO ARE JUST AS NICE AS YOU ARE. YOU HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY. I DON'T WANT TO INVITE YOU UP IN PORTER RANCH BECAUSE RESEDA, IT'S A DANGER ZONE. WE HAVE THE ET PARK AND IT LOOKS LIKE A DISASTER ZONE. KIDS ARE AFRAID TO GO THERE, MOMMY WHAT HAPPENED THERE? CARS WRECK THERE? AM I GOING TO GET KILLED? MOMMY WHAT IS WRONG WITH ET PARK? WHEN, WHEN ARE THOSE ISSUES GOING TO BE FIXED? YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. I KNOW SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO GET BACK AT ME, SO BE IT. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HURTING YOURSELF AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED WITHIN THE CITY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MAY I LEAVE? OKAY, I'M GOING THIS WAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAN. >> City Attorney: MR. CANDIDO, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT ANYBODY. DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO THROW ANYBODY OUT. WHAT ITEMS? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM 1. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 1, I'M FOR THE MUSEUM, AND I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THE MUSEUM OPEN. NUMBER 1, SHAME ON THE MAYOR, CUTTING A LOT OF THINGS DOWN. SANITATION, TREE PLANTING, SHAME ON YOU, KAREN BASS. >> City Attorney: SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I WAS DOING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. STOP INTERRUPTING ME. ?AOUF ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YOU'RE INTERRUPTING ME BEFORE YOU GET A LAWSUIT ON YOUR HANDS. SHAME ON YOU KAREN BASS FOR CUTTING A LOT OF THINGS OUT, THE SANITATION, AND PLANTING OF THE TREES AND I HOPE THAT GOT, AND THE GUY WAS ARRESTED FOR TRIMMING THE TREES HERE IN DOWNTOWN L.A. YEAH, SHAME ON YOU KAREN BASS, I HOPE YOU RESIGN. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL MORE NAMES, LIONEL, STACY CIGAR BOLGER KEN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SINCE WE'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO PHONE AND PARTICIPATE, SOME OF US GET AN OPPORTUNITY ONCE A MONTH. CAN THE AGENDA EXCLUDE THE ITEMS THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN THE VALLEY, THAT WOULD HELP US VALLEY FOLKS THAT WANT TO HEAR MORE ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE VALLEY. AND THERE IS A WATER FOUNTAIN THAT HAS BEEN OUT OF ORDER FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. IF POSSIBLE, CAN YOU PLEASE FIX THE WATER FOUNTAIN AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAN. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER ONE AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. RICHARD SERRANO. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. START HIS TIME. >> Speaker: EVERY ONE FOR SMOKING SCAN, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME AND PAYING ATTENTION ON THIS THINGS AND WE CAN REBUTTAL. MAYOR BASS. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK TO YOU STICK TO NUMBER ONE. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING THERE. CAN YOU STOP MY TIME. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK OVER ME, STOP MY CLOCK. >> City Attorney: SIR, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ON TALKING ON AND YOU'RE INTERRUPTING MY TIME. 30 SECOND, NOW. >> City Attorney: SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM? >> Speaker: CAN YOU HELP ME GET BACK TO THE 50 SECONDS. YOU INTERRUPTED THE CONVERSATION. CAN YOU PUT IT BACK TO 50 SECONDS. >> City Attorney: WE'RE NOT GOING TO RESET THE CLOCK FOR ANYONE AT THIS POINT. >> Speaker: THE IDEA. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Council President: IF YOU CAN--. >> City Attorney: OKAY, I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: IT'S ON 1, 20 MILLION DOLLARS MOVING FORWARD FOR JAPANESE FUNDING. >> Council President: GO AHEAD MR. SERRANO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Speaker: THIS IS RIDICULOUS. >> Council President: WE APPRECIATE IT. >> Speaker: AND I HOPE THIS IS IN GENERAL BECAUSE HE TOOK MY TIME UP. THE IDEA THAT YOU GOT PEOPLE BEING LAID OFF, 1600 PEOPLE, AND YOU'VE GOT 12 MILLION DOLLARS GOING TO A MUSEUM. 12 MILLION DOLLARS, REALLY? WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? LET THEM EAT CAKE, MARIA ANDIONET, LET THEM SUFFER BECAUSE WE GOT OUR JOBS? THE MAYOR WENT AHEADED AND SCOLDED THREE CUSTODIALS THAT CAME HERE TO HOPE TO SAVE THEIR JOBS LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. WHY AREN'T THEY AT WORK? BUT WHEN SHE MADE THE CITY ADDRESS? WHAT DID SHE DO, LOADED HER STAFF ON THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE CLOCK AND PAID THEM. >> Council President: WE CAN GIVE YOU AN ADDITIONAL 30 SECONDS, FINISH YOUR COMMENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Speaker: YOU CANNOT DO THAT, YOU CANNOT DO THAT MAYOR. >> Council President: 30 SECOND. >> Speaker: WE ARE APPLAUDING WHAT? THE WRECKLESSNESS? THIS WAS ALREADY BEEN TOLD TO YOU, NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION HERE. OUR ELSE WE WOULD NOT HAVE THIS FINANCIAL THING. LOOK AT MY DOCKET AND GO AHEAD AND SAY, I DIDN'T SAY IN 2022, YOU WERE GOING TO BE BACK HERE IN WITH THIS. YES, BLUMENFIELD, YES I'M AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. >> Council President: NEXT SPEAKER. MR. MA RES. >> Speaker: GREAT TO BE BACK HERE. AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATE SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, PROVIDED FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION. ALSO NOTED THE HISTORY HAS SHOWN DISCRIMINATE REDUCTION, CAN RESULT IN UNATTENDED CONSEQUENCES, THEY WARN AGAINST SLASHING ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS SUCH AS PERSONNEL WHICH WOULD LEAVE THE CITY OF L.A. STRUGGLING TO RECOVER. THE CITY SERVICE UNDER ATTACK, FEDERAL LEVEL AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WE MUST ENSURE THAT THE CIVIL SERVANTS ARE PROTECTED ESPECIALLY THE LOW INCOME AREAS LIKE SUN VALLEY, PACOIMA, WE CANNOT ACCEPT THE BUDGET BY THE MAYOR AS IT IS, WE NEED TO ADJUST IT TO PROTECT CITY SERVICES, I'M A TAXPAYER AND A CIVIL SERVANT. I LOVE MY CITY, I WANT TO PROTECTION MY CITY SERVICES, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SEAN. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL MORE NAME. DUEWAN JONES, BOB M, ANDREW GRABNER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 1 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: SO ITEM 1 IS AN ISSUING BOND AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 12 MILLION, THERE IS GOING TO BE A TAX EQUITY AND RESPONSIBILITY HEARING AT CITY COUNCIL TODAY, THAT'S I GUESS THIS HEARING. SO, FOR THIS JAPANESE-AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, I ASSUME THAT PART OF THEIR EXHIBITS WILL BE COMMEMORATING THE INTERNMENT CAMPS THAT JAPANESE-AMERICANS WERE INPRESS OND IN DURING THE EVENTS OF WWII. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, BECAUSE OF INTHESE INTERNMENT CAMPS JAPANESE-AMERICANS WHO SURVIVED THOSE CAMPS SUFFERED REPARATIONS, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE A RO RACINGS FOR AMERICAN DID I SEND ENTER--DID I SEND ENTERS OF SLAVERY. [SINGING] MONDAY, THE MAYOR GIVE AN ADDRESS, SUMMARY, SHE THINKS SHE'S THE BEST, BUT LET'S BE HONEST SHE LIED WHEN SHE SAID THAT LAYOFFS ARE THE LAST RESORT. THE BUDGET THAT THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED IS SOME KIND OF JOKE, COUNCIL TAKE NOTE. IT'S ON YOU TO RECTIFY THIS, REJECT THIS BULL SHIT, MAINTAIN THE CITY WORKFORCE, HOW CAN SHE SAY EVERYTHING IS FINE, WHILE CITY WORKERS JOBS ARE ON THE LINE, WE'RE IN A CRISIS, OUR CITY SERVICES HAVE ALREADY BEEN LACKING FOR THE LONGEST TIME. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SEAN, I'M SO GLAD TO KNOW YOU, THANK YOU FAUXER COMING TODAY. --FOR COMING TODAY. >> Clerk: CHARLOTTE M, JOSIE AND MANNY C. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER BEFORE YOU BEGIN. MR. CANDIDO, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING, I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY. MR. CANDIDO. >> Council President: THIS IS A WARNING, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING, AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM NUMBER 1, THE TEFLA HEARING DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED. IT IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IF AMENDMENT IF APPROVED WOULD CHANGE THE DATE TO MAY 7th, 2025, SO FOR ANYBODY LISTENING, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. >> Speaker: 1 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO YOU JUST ANNOUNCED, MAYBE YOU ANNOUNCED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING BUT IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED NOW, DOES NOT MEAN THAT ANYBODY WHO SPOKE ON IT SHOULD GET ANOTHER CHANCE SINCE YOU THE DATE IS A DIFFERENT ONE. SO TECHNICALLY, YOU'RE WITHIN THE BROWN ACT BARELY, THAT'S THE GENERAL WAY YOU DO THINGS. MAYBE, BUT, BUT YEAH, YOU SHOULD, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS STUFF FOR THE MUSEUM, SO WE CAN YES. SO LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE OKAY. LOOKS LIKE SOME OF YOU HAVE FINALLY TAKEN YOUR SEATS AGAIN. IS TRACI BACK? TRACI LEFT, WENT DOWNSTAIRS, SHE IS NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM ANY ROOM, I CAN BARELY SEE ANYTHING, EVERY ONE IS SO FAR BACK. THE PUBLIC CANNOT SEE YOU. BUT IF TRACI IS NOT PRESENT, SHE SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE BOARD, SHE IS ABSENT SHE LEFT TO SHE'S NOT PRESENT. THE BUDGET IS ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. IT'S GOING TO DEVASTATE THE CITY. ALL BECAUSE WE NEED TO GIVE THE COPS MORE MONEY. THEY GET A BUDGET INCREASE, THEY WANT A FEW DEPARTMENTS TO GET A BUDGET INCREASE. OR THE MAYOR DID, BUT, I MEAN POLICE GET MORE MONEY WHILE CITY WORKERS GET LAID OFF, AND SERVICES GET CUT, DOGS GET EUTHANIZED. >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER? I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP. >> Speaker: HOW ABOUT HIM? >> Council President: OKAY. >> Speaker: SO ALL THE ITEM AND GENERAL COMMENT. [LAUGHTER] >> Council President: OKAY BEINGER THESE WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKERS. >> Speaker: LOOK HOW INTENTLY LEE STAFFER B IS LISTENING. UNDER TEFLA YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A FAIR HEARING UNDERFED RAL LAW. MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE ITEM. NOW WHEN YOU SIT IN YOUR CHAIRS AND YOU'RE ON THE BOARD, WHAT ONCE THE CLERK OPENS THE ROLL, HE NEVER TAKES THE ROLL, HE JUST OPENS IT AND CLOSES IT AND ALL OF YOU COUNCIL CRIMINALS AS LONG AS YOUR NAME IS ON THAT BOARD, THE CLERK AUTOMATICALLY ENTERS YOUR VOTE YES, WHETHER YOU VOTE OR NOT, WHETHER YOU PAY ATTENTION OR NOT. THAT'S CALLED VOTER FRAUD. AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. YEARS OF THIS VOTER FRAUD. SO UNDER TEFRA, I'M GIVING NOTICE, OR YOU'RE VIOLATING FEDERAL LAW. NOW FOR MY PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. PRICE'S NEXT HEARING IS JUNE 30th IN DIVISION 32. SO, JESUS, HE GETS 22,000 A MONTH TO BE ON AN INDICTMENT. FORMER CONGRESSMAN GOT 47 MONTHS IN THE PEN. MANY OF YOU ARE NOT THAT FAR BEHIND HIM. YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT. SO AGAIN, YOU WANT TO VIOLATE ME? THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. YOUR PROBLEM IS YOUR LAWYERS NOT GIVING YOU PROPER AFFECTIVE UNCONFLICTED LEGAL REPRESENTATION. SO, THE CITY CLERK YOU DON'T TAKE THE ROLE. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE IS A QUORUM BECAUSE YOU'RE EN GAINLD IN A CIVIL CONSPIRACY AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY WITH THESE COUNCILMEMBERS BECAUSE YOU NEVER TELL ME IF THESE CRIMINALS ARE VOTING YES OR NO. SO JUST KEEP A GOOD WORK, THERE IS A CELL RIGHT NEXT TO MR. SANTOS. >> Council President: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SIR, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: WHAT'S GOING ON, GORGEOUS? THAT WAS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM 1 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: HAS NO IDEA, SO DOES MY WIFE. I THINK 12 MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOMETHING LIKE, FOR SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW, HOW MANY JAPANESE-AMERICAN ACTORS AND CELEBRITIES AND PEOPLE FROM L.A. HAVE COME THROUGH HERE AND HONORED, HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE GIVEN BACK? CAN YOU CONTACT THEM FOR SOME OF THEM TO PUT IN MONEY. NITHYA USED TO SAY THERE WAS NO MONEY TO BUY BUILDING AND REBURR FISH THEM,--REFURBISH THEM. ESPECIALLY WHEN MAYOR IS SAYING THAT LAYOFF RIGHT SIDE INEVITABLE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE IS NOT A GIANT HOLE IN THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. IF THERE IS, I GUESS THIS IS THE ONLY CURE BUT I'M PRETTY SURE, THERE IS NOT. OHTANI, HE SHAZ OVER 10 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, MAYBE HE CAN GIVE UP A MILLION AND THIS COULD BE 11 MILLION INSTEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: APPEAR STRONG WHEN YOU ARE WEAK, I THINK SOMEBODY SAID THAT. AND NITHYA RAMAN IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT, IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT SHE APPEARS STRONG EVER, TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF THE MEETING WHEN EVEN HER, COHORTS WILL NOT PAY ATTENTION, HAVING TO BE OH LET'S, NEVER MIND, WE'LL LET IT KEEP GOING. IT'S REALLY PATHETIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE DOES NOT LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC WHEN SHE COME HERE TO SPEAK TO HER DIRECTLY AS YOU SAW TODAY. AND IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE I SPEAK FOR THOSE PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH THEY SPEAK AGAINST ME. THERE IS STL* A RIGHT TO BE HEARD HERE? I DON'T GET ALONG WITH ALL THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY TREAT ME LIKE A CRIMINAL EVEN THOUGH I JUST LIVE THERE BESINGER IT'S OKAY TO SPEAK UP. AND IF YOU'RE A COUNCILMEMBER YOU MAKEOVER $200,000 A YEAR. THAT'S REALLY SAD, YOU PROBABLY GOT A LOT COMING TO YOU, NOT FROM ME BUT FROM THEM. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AND MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M BEING TOLD THAT WE HAVE EXHAUSTED PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL NAMES SIGNED UP. WOULD COUNCIL PRESIDENT LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: WE CAN CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. WHAT ITEMS CAN THE COUNCIL VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 1 AS AMENDED. >> Council President: LET'S TAKE UP ITEM 1 AS AMENDED, MR. CLERK PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO I BELIEVE ITEM 10 WHICH HAS CIRCULATED AMENDMENT, MR. BLUMENFIELD, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD. >> B. Blumenfield: COLLEAGUES, THE AMENDMENT IS TECHNICAL. WITH THE UNDERLYING PROJECT, THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. BUT THIS IS A PROJECT THIS IS THE LAST REMAINING ORANGE GROVE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT IN TARZANA, AND WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING A LONG TIME FIGURING OUT HOW TO SAVE IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAME, WE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND THE SANTA MONICA CONSERVANCY, TO BE USED IN PERPETUITY AS BASICALLY, AN OMAGE TO THE ORANGE GROVE THAT MADE THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, AND THEY WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC IN AND RANGER STATION. SO TWO-THIRDS OF THE PROJECT WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO HOUSING, THE WAY VERY SIMILAR TO THE REST OF THE REGION IN THAT AREA AND ONE-THIRD WILL BE BASICALLY PRESERVE IN PERPETUITY, SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD DEAL AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR PEOPLE AND TAXPAYERS AND FOR HISTORY AND PROSPERITY. SO I URGE AN AYE VOTE ON THIS EXCITING PROJECT. >> Council President: GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. BLUM FILED. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THE ITEM, ITEM 10 AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: GREAT. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, IS THAT CORRECT MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: THAT'S CORRECT, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEMS 15 AND 16, FORTHWITH. >> Council President: OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: GREAT, MEMBERS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY? MR. McOSKER, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. HARRIS-DAWSON. >> M. Harris-Dawson: YES, I HAVE AN VERY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT TO WHICH THERE IS AN ACCOMPANYING VIDEO TO SHOW AT THIS MOMENT. NO SOUND? GREG DUELAND. THERE IS MUSIC. MR. GAZA LEZ, THE CEO OF VALLARTA GROCERY. >> Speaker: WE WERE VERY EXCITED WE OPENED A NEW GROCERY STORE IN LOS ANGELES, VALLARTA ON THE CRENSHAW BOULEVARD, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT T.YOU KNOW VALLARTA IS A MEXICAN MARKET, THAT HAS OPERATED IN THE SUBURBS OF THE CITY OR LESS DENSE. AND THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAME AVAILABLE AND WE TRIED TO GET SOME TO GET IN AND ALL THE OTHER GUYS CAME IN AND HAD CONCERNS ABOUT DOING IT, AND VALLARTA STEPPED UP AND THEY HAD TWO YEARS OF MEETINGS SO MAKE SURE THEY HIRE. MORE AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THIS STORE THAN ANY OTHER, THE FOOD RESOE, THE HIGH PARK COMMUNITY WHICH IS AN ABSOLUTE FOOD DESERT, THIS MARKET WE'RE CALLING IT THE HOOD WHOLE FOODS, EVERYBODY IS NICE AND WELCOMING. BETTER THAN WHOLE FOODS, IT'S A FAMILY BUSINESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VALLARTA FAMILY IN THE HIGH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. >> Council President: THANK YOU, AND THAT'S ALSO A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF THAT RECRUITED THEM HERE. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE MS. HUTT. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. ?*UT IS THIS ON? -- >> H. Hutt: THIS ON? CONGRATULATIONS, A FEW YEARS AGO, I PICKETED THAT KROGER DID NOT LEAVE THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT SPACE IS NEXT DOOR TO SENIOR HOUSING AND FOOD DESERT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE FROM MILES AROUND. SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR BRINGING THEM IN AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, LIKE DUELANDS I'M HAPPY THAT HE SOLD OUT IN HIS FIRST DAY ON HIS PREP MEALS. AND THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE BRING IN OUR OWN SMALL BUSINESSES TO RUN OUR COMMUNITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, I CAN'T VALLARTA. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, I WANT TO MAKE A ANNOUNCEMENT, SEAN MURPHY, ONE OF MY CONSTITUENT, IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY, I WANTED TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> Council President: I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS A COUNCIL DISTRICT 3, CONSTITUENT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> I. Padilla: AS I ALLUDED TO EARLY, I'M VERY PROUD TO INVITE YOU FOR ARMENIAN HERITAGE DAY ON SATURDAY. IT WAS SOMETHING I PROMISED, MY BIGGEST THING WAS WHY ARE WE GOING SO FAR WHEN I HAVE SO MANY ARMENIANS IN MY OWN BACK YARD, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TODAY START --WANTED TO START AND MAKE IT BIGGER. IT'S NOW HERE AT VAN NUYS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE IT. SO YOU'RE ALL INVITED FROM 10:00 TO 1:00 O'CLOCK, THERE WILL BE MUSIC, TRADITIONAL DANCE AND DELICIOUS FOOD AND MOMENT TO SEE REFLECT ON THE STRENGTH RESILIENCE AND LEGACY OF THE ARMENIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN L.A. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOR STARTING A NEW TRADITION. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, YOU DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >> T. McOsker: I DID, I CHANGED MY MIND. SO TOMORROW IN WATTS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY SIGNIFICANT EVENT, AND IT REALLY IT DUCK TAILS THAT WE CELEBRATED WITH THE UNARMED RESPONSES. AND THOSE BRINGING IN PEACE. IN 1992 IN THE EVE OF THE ACTIVIST, THEN GANG LEADERS WHO CAME TOGETHER AND ESTABLISHED A PEACE TREATY IN WATTS BETWEEN WAR AND RIVAL GROUPS. AND THAT PEACE TREATY HELD AND ACTUALLY DURING THE UNARREST AND DURING THE UPRISING IN 92, GANG VIOLENCE AND SHOOTINGS AND OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE WENT DOWN AND THIS GROUP HAS BEEN CELEBRATING EVERY YEAR THAT PEACE TREATY WHICH HAS HELD. SO TOMORROW AT THE WATTS HISTORIC TRAIN STATION, WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THAT TREATY WITH SOME OF THE ORIGINAL TREATY SIGNATURESIGNATORY. FOLKS WHO HAVE TAKEN THEIR ACTIVISM NATIONWIDE, THEY COME BACK AND CELEBRATE THAT PEACE MOMENT. AND I THINK THAT PEACE MOMENT HAS LEAD TO THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOW. WHERE WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED. SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO THOSE WATTS LEADERS. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER McOFK AND --McOSKER FOR THAT NOD OF HISTORY. >> M. Harris-Dawson: I WANTED TO THANK MR. McOSKER FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THIS TREATY ENOUGH. IN THE EARLY 1990, THE CITY OF L.A. WOULD AVERAGE 1,000 MAJORITY A YEAR. AND MAJORITY GANG-RELATED. THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE BELOW 300, IT'S AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE AND IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT THAT THAT TREATY STARTED. SO THANK YOU MR. McOSKER FOR CALLING THAT OUT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT TOMORROW IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, WE'RE HAVING AN ADOPTION DAY, AT THE NORTH CENTRAL ANIMAL SHELTER WHICH IS 3201 LAZY STREET LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. WHEN YOU A TONIGHT AN ANIMAL FROM THE SHELTER TOMORROW, THERE IS GOING TO BE REDUCED ADOPTION FEES, PETS THAT ARE ADOPTED WILL BE VACCINATED AND LICENSED. WE'RE GOING TO DO ID TAG AND ENGRAVING, AND TOYS AND BEDS AND FOOD AND OTHER TREATS WILL BE AVAILABLE. MANY OF THEM WILL BE FREE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALSO WELLNESS WITH HECTIC PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE PROVIDE FREE VACCINATION FOR UP TO 60 PETS, BUT YOU'LL GET RABIES AND DEWORMING. WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE TOMORROW IN NORTH PLACE, ANIMAL SHELTER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. ANY' ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, WE'RE GOING TO START OUR BUDGET HEARINGS TODAY IN THIS ROOM AT 1:00 O'CLOCK. >> Council President: GREAT, THANK YOU A MOMENTOUS MOMENT FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. IF THERE IS NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? TO MY RIGHT? OKAY, THANK YOU. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. >> HEY BUDDY, WHAT'S SHAKING? WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR AN EARTHQUAKE. I LOVE THE RAIN. WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR A FLOOD. >> SURE, IN THE MOVIES THIS IS ALL PRETEND, BUT IN REAL LIFE YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY TYPE OF AN EMERGENCY. YOU CAN'T PREDICT, BUT YOU CAN PREPARE. >> YEAH. >> HOW'D YOU KNOW? >> THE BALL CALLED. >> BE PREPARED AT LAFD.ORG.