. Just inside City Hall, an Olympic display looks ahead to 2028, when Los Angeles will join London and Paris as the only cities to host the games three times. The L.A. Memorial Coliseum, which hosted in 1932 and 1984, will once again take center stage for the opening and closing ceremonies and from Expo Park, we explore the investments tied to the games and hear the mayor's state of the city address, highlighting how these global moments are meant to benefit Angelenos long. After 2028. Hello everyone! Good afternoon. Everybody is here to celebrate our city and to count down for the amazing events that are going to come to us. So hearing from the mayor at this critical time, it's super important. And at the same time, we're getting prepared for the World Cup. We're getting prepared for the Olympics. We've got a ton of infrastructure going all around the city, and we've got an excited city. It is so exciting to see and hear what she's going to share. The great accomplishments that we've been able to do as a city, and the way that we're facing many of the upcoming challenges this is a moment where the city comes together to learn how we can work together, shoulder to shoulder, to lift a better Los Angeles, a Los Angeles that is truly for everyone. And as we prepare for the US Women's Open, the FIFA World Cup, and soon after, the greatest Olympic and Paralympic Games in history, we will continue to focus on the fundamentals. So here is our path forward. We will continue to resolve encampments and housed Angelenos through inside safe and other programs. We will intensify our efforts on focusing on housing veterans and making housing affordable. We will accelerate beautification efforts along major city corridors from our new clean corridors initiative, and we will continue installing solar lights in neighborhoods across the city. As these big events come in, people they want to know, you know what the city is doing, right? And as the comptroller, it's my job to provide that transparency. So I'm happy to collaborate with the mayor, especially on the budget and the city's finances. So that way everyone can get the services that they need and deserve. From the World Cup to the NBA all star game to the Super Bowl, and then the 34th Olympiad to be held here in Los Angeles with six events down at the Port of LA alone on the sailing side of our business. It's going to help drive local businesses, local employment, as well as for the world to see how important it is to continue their investment in global Los Angeles. Angelenos let's get to work. Let's keep building. Let's keep lifting. People up as the world comes here. Once again, let's show the nation and the world. Let's show the nation and the world. We are the greatest city on earth. Thank you, thank you, thank you Los Angeles. We're in the home of Los Angeles . This is Exposition Park. It's 160 acres. State property that has four museums, four stadiums, two schools. We're here to celebrate that over $100 million has been invested into Exposition Park. And we are excited that we are going to be ready to host the world. And we're going to deliver projects that will create 300 jobs and prepare us for the Olympic Games . We know the power of being able to lock arms with our local, state and federal leaders, and that's what we see today. So, you know, we have some critical changes and repairs that need to be made. That's a first, right? When we have not had, you know, that kind of investment for that many years, right. In 1984, that is a long time ago. And so we recognize we have to do the work to ensure accessibility and ensure safety. And sure, security, because we don't want to be an afterthought. We want to be a part of that development process. Now, this investment is exciting for the community because that will create 300 family sustaining jobs, jobs. That's your city, the city and the community has been preparing for through our partnership with the IOC Building and Construction Trades, we look forward at connecting the community to these jobs, continuing to provide training and ensuring that we have a lasting benefit beyond 2028. The fact that we're here to talk about a $100 million investment is a really big deal. This park is a jewel. It is a bridge. It connects some of our most diverse communities with our downtown area, and it is a place where the state is on exhibition in California. We've done a lot to make sure that there is an Ada compliance that everyone, whether you're a senior or someone with disabilities or a world class athlete, can be able to get to all corners of this great park. And so the $100 million today is a down payment on that. It will allow us to do the necessary work and to start it now so that we're ready by those games. It's a team effort here at Exposition Park. We are always engaging in partnerships with our city, with our state, with our federal, our community partners, our labor partners, all of the work that we do here is to benefit the community for the long term, Exposition Park has been here for over 100 years, and it will be here for another 100 years. So what we do today is going to impact and support generations to come. We're at City Hall, the heart of local government and one of the city's most recognizable landmarks inside, painted tiles honor the indigenous Tongva, Chumash and Tataviam peoples, who lived on this land long before Spanish settlement in 1781, just down the road, 44 settlers established the Pueblo de Los Angeles, the start of what would become the second largest city in the nation. From these earliest roots to the young people shaping LA's future today, we turn to youth development across the city, beginning with a warm welcome back for Palisades Charter High School. As students return to campus after last year's devastating fires. We're here this morning at Palisades Charter High School, back in the Palisades. We're really excited to be back on campus. Back in my old classes, like on the fields. It's been such a long struggle to be back after such a hard year. Gratitude and excitement. I'm a freshman. This is like my real first time being on campus . We are here in front of our school as we watch our parents and busses and students roll in for the first day. Back at our campus here in the Palisades, going back to school, I'm here to cheer on all the students who are returning back to campus today. Our families have been through so much, and for them to be able to come back to a restored and refreshed campus on such a beautiful day is, uh, it's just, uh, I think really moving and emotional to be able to see that. So it's a bit of a delivery on a promise that we've made that if we were able to stick together through all of these multiple phases, that we would ultimately be back here on our campus and here we are. And today is the day our students are finally returning to their home campus. Just over a year after the devastation and destruction across this community. This is an incredible moment in our recovery and frankly, the best day we've had. So far. I understand things aren't going to be perfect on the first day. It's been a quick move. We anticipated that we'd have a little more time to do this, but we ended up making a full move from Santa Monica in three days. So things are coming and they will be in place. But you know, initially just understand we're all reacclimating and let's support each other and have some grace as we commit to our community. But just know that things will be in order and running smoothly very soon. The classrooms are all done and open. They're still putting a couple of little finishing touches out on the football field, but homecoming is going to be on campus in just another week or so. Go poly, go Dolphins. Make a splash. Dolphins. Funding the next generation has brought together folks from long Beach, from LA, from Pomona, from Oakland to talk about how city government can work with nonprofits and how we can do more around children and youth services and what that looks like. I'm here to provide a youth perspective on, you know, what we hope to see in the future of the city of Los Angeles. I think what I want to take away from today's meeting is the perspectives from all of these different leaders, what they're doing in their own cities, and also what we may be in Los Angeles lack and could improve on. And it is such an important strategy to support young people to have an infrastructure, an office inside city government that keeps the vision of what's good for kids in focus and constantly raises issues, brings people together, comes up with creative ideas about what to do for young people. Having professionals in youth development from up and down the state of California is such a great benefit, because we get to hear the perspectives of not only the work that is happening in their cities and learn from them, share our ideas , our work that we do here in Los Angeles, but also find how we can align with the different strategies that are serving young people and quite frankly, we're learning that young people up and down the state of California are facing the same challenges that young people face here in Los Angeles, something that I would like to mention is how important having youth voices in these spaces is , because when we have all of these executive directors talking about youth and the programs and the funding that they put there, having the youth explain what this actually looks like in practice and the constraints that we face and also the good things that we have with these opportunities that they're providing us. It's very important to have these youth voices, because then they actually understand in practice what they're doing behind the scenes looks like we want to see young people engaged in every aspect of what a city does, and to have their voices heard. So I'm hoping that young people here will see and feel inspired and learn enough about what else is happening around the state. So they have the confidence and ideas to participate in city government. So these are big problems that are not easily solved. And by bringing folks from across the state together to share how they're addressing these challenges, it's just so beneficial. The youth Development Department is a is an amazing department. I've worked with all of their staff and they continue to really elevate youth voices and include youth. I think this is a great example of a convening where you bring together youth leaders. It's something that I don't think has been done before. And I hope to see things just like it. And, you know, I'll be graduating this year, but I'm I'm sure that the work will continue. And we'll stay stay true to our cause. Youth development is alive and strong in the city of Los Angeles. We're looking forward to the consolidation of youth development, which will now be the new Office of Youth Development under the new community Investment Department . And we're working on those transition plans, and we're really excited for the future. Yeah. L.A. city Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an anti-trafficking initiative on Western Avenue Corridor this partnership with the nonprofit Journey Out combines law enforcement and social services. The program aims to hold both traffickers and the buyers of sex accountable. The initiative's primary goal is to ensure that those committing these crimes are brought to justice. For more on this story, go to. City attorney L.A. city Dot. Gov. L.A. city Sanitation is calling for new or gently used clothing to be donated. Donations are a part of L.A. Sanitation. S annual clothing drive running through Friday, March sixth. Clothing items go to city organizations and programs, helping those in need. Donation drop offs can be made at six public locations Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more at Sanitation L.A. city Dot gov. L.A. City Hall's cornerstone was laid in 1927, and when the 452 foot tower was completed a year later, it was the tallest building downtown. Its foundation even includes sand from every county in California, a symbol of a growing state. Today that focus on the land continues in new ways, from tree planting efforts that help cool our neighborhoods to a major metro project now approved to connect the East San Fernando Valley to the west side , offering a long awaited alternative to sitting in traffic. Metro board meeting first one of the year and we have a lively meeting I expect today and I'm so happy to see everybody here today. Today we are at the Metro Board meeting where board members have finally approved a modified alternative five, which the community has been very excited to finally see come into fruition after many years of research. We're finally moving forward with a plan that's going to connect the West Side to the San Fernando Valley . As a student from the San Fernando Valley, I know the struggle personally of trying to get to school from the Valley right now. I mean, the only real way is the 405, which is horrifically congested. It's not accessible. It's not easy for students, not affordable, and usually students deserve other ways to get around. This is my second time coming to a board meeting. This is my first time though. Giving public comment. It was seconds, but I felt like it was very necessary to do it. Share my story. I am a low income commuter student, so I think it's just very important to show how much more accessible higher education would be if there is like a line, like a fast rail line. A modified alternative five emphasizes that this goes all the way into the Van Nuys community, where it borders the community of Van Nuys and Panorama City, and it also connects UCLA students and other major regions of the West Side for a long time, the San Fernando Valley, especially the East San Fernando Valley, hasn't been getting its fair share of metro resources. But now we're going to have the community of Van Nuys and Pacoima finally be able to connect to the greater system. I hope to see this built one day and know that you know, I had a piece in it and for future students to get to have more accessibility, it makes me really happy. Projects become so much better when you reach out to your elected officials, when you come to board meetings, when you come to council meetings, and the community is willing to make that phone call or write that email, it only makes us better at serving and visualizing what should come next. And. Today we're here with the partnership to expand the tree canopy and increase the shade in this community, but also providing resources through the 10th Street. Street closure . And this is a part of our city that doesn't have as much tree canopy as other parts of the city. And so we were able to partner with streets LA and KCC and Urban Forestry. The communities out today to celebrate that. And it's exciting to be able to see these trees go in. And in a couple of years they're going to be big and they'll be providing shade and make the neighborhood and the community much more walkable and pedestrian friendly. So it's exciting. The role for Urban Forestry Division streets L.A. is to provide tree planting permits for our nonprofit planting partners. So that they can increase urban canopy in the city of Los Angeles. So for this particular project, we worked very closely with KYC, and we were able to identify all the tree planting locations and approve the tree stocks. They selected. California native trees, coast live oak and desert willows, and because of that close coordination, we were able to turn around 38 tree planting permits within 5 to 6 days so that this project can move forward without delay. Right now , they're in an early stage. We call it tree establishment, so we'll take a bit of 2 to 3 years for them to be fully kind of teenage phase and to produce more benefits for the community. But yeah, so this is a long term investment. We're really excited though, because these trees will grow strong, big and produce really large canopies for the community. We should definitely keep planting, especially in the city of Los Angeles. We need to make sure that there's shade for everybody that there's cooling and that greenery is great for mental health. And we need that more now more than ever. For me, being able to show what it means to make our neighborhoods in Los Angeles more climate friendly, more livable is really important to me. And so when I get to do events like this and community can come out and see tangibly what that means to have a healthy urban forest, it's really exciting. Inside City Hall's main elevator lobby, decorative panels tell the story of 20th century Los Angeles, from aviation and oil to the film industry depicted in a classical Greek style from the council chambers to the observation deck above city Hall remains a place where city services connect communities across La that includes culture LA previewing Lunar New Year celebrations happening across the city, welcoming the year of the horse and the values of strength, perseverance and renewal. So one of the great aspects of what we do as a department is we provide opportunities for learning about different cultures. So it is really a wonderful opportunity. As you look at lunar New Year, while Lunar New Year may not be the holiday that you celebrate, it's a great opportunity for you to learn about some of those traditions. So the Lunar New Year celebration has been celebrated for several thousand years, and the Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures. So we as a city of Los Angeles, we want to uplift that celebration . The Chinese astrology pairs 12 animals with the five elements to celebrate each year. So this year is the year of the horse, but it's actually the year of the fire horse. And what that means. It's a year to celebrate energy and passion and new and innovative projects, and new and innovative thinking. This year we have a lot of exciting events happening for Lunar New Year. We have the Lankershim Boulevard Block Party in North Hollywood, where we'll be welcoming several thousand people to be able to celebrate. We'll also have events in Northridge at a community park with council Member Lee, and we have the Koreatown Night Market with Councilmember Hutt. And we also have the annual Golden Dragon Parade happening in Chinatown. The port of LA hosts a celebration as well, so there is no shortage of opportunity for you to be able to go celebrate the Lunar New Year. Our events at DCA are free and open to the public. I encourage you to come look at our website at Culture L.A. city Gov to learn more. And there we have a listing of all of the events that both DCA hosts, as well as our community partners. So you'll see several dozen Lunar New Year events. And we encourage you to come and learn and let us know about how you've enjoyed it and what you've learned. So anybody that is interested or curious or wants to see, feel free to come on by. We hope you can join us. Hi, I'm Justin Cazabat, I'm the public relations specialist with LA Animal Services and we're here at our East Valley Animal Services Center, which is one of our six locations in LA city. And we're here to talk about fostering, which is one of the services we provide. So the fostering program is a great way to help animals in the shelter. It gets dogs and cats out of the shelter environment and into home life. The commitment is anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. So whatever you're comfortable with. What you can do through fostering is network these pets and help them get adopted. We really support our fosters, whether it's providing supplies to make that transition into the home easy for the pet, or giving them opportunities to help network their pet at on site adoption events. So all you really need to do is be a resident within LA city and have a valid government ID and fill out some paperwork. It's available on our website at the Fostering section. Become an approved foster. Then you can start fostering right away. As long as you're willing to make space in your home for one of our pets, we have a pet for you . So for additional information about fostering or just all the services we provide, you can visit LA Animal services.com. And you can find us on social media, Facebook and Instagram. It's at LA Animal Services and X is at LA City Pets. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with passion of the cut sleeve. In partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the show galloping into the new year takes place on February 13th and will feature queer and trans Chinese folklore, told through music, theater, poetry and performance art. Experience the joy of the New Year in an 80 minute show with a live band playing traditional Chinese instruments. Head to Plaza de la Raza for galloping into the New Year on Friday, February 13th at 7 p.m. Learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at. Culture.la city.gov. During the Los Angeles Public Library, at one of its events to mark African American history Month. On Saturday, February 14th, enjoy a talk from author Glenda Almond as she tours food history to take you from awful to delicious on a short journey down an African American food way for African Americans, food has been more than nourishment. It has been tradition, income and a means of resistance. Almond highlights the stories of George Washington's enslaved cook, the Ice cream entrepreneur Augustus Jackson, and Georgia Gilmore, whose cooking sustained the Montgomery bus Boycott. Head to the Central Library for Glenda Almond from Awful to Delicious on Saturday, February 14th at 10:30 a.m. for more details, go to lapl.org. Slash events. San Fernando Valley Audubon Society invites you to a guided tour of the reserve on the second Saturday of February . The walk will take in the many birds and other wildlife at Hansen Dam, and is for the beginner bird watchers, families and anyone who wants to visit the wildlife reserve. The emphasis of each tour will vary, with participants interests. Meet at the small amphitheater on the southeast of Woodley Park , Hansen Dam Bird Walk takes place on Saturday, February 14th at 9 a.m. check out this and other bird watching events at SFV Audubon.org. And that's a look at some things to do. On our thanks to everyone at City Hall, especially Project Restore, whose work preserves the building's rich cultural and historic details. While sharing them with the world as the mayor and the city prepare, Los Angeles for this year's World Cup and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, city Hall stands ready to welcome the World. And the best part? This historic building is open to the public, inviting visitors to explore it firsthand. Be sure to take in the breathtaking views from the observation deck on the 27th floor. A chance to see the whole city from above like never before. From all of us at La city. Thank you so much for joining us . Did you know that the area of West Los Angeles used to be its own city, known as the City of Sawtelle? I'm Chris Kiefer, the senior librarian here at the West Los Angeles Regional Branch Library. And I have with me here the original seal from the city of Sawtelle. Sawtelle was incorporated in 1906, and in 1922, the citizens voted to merge the city of Sawtelle with the city of Los Angeles. The last city clerk from the city of Sawtelle was a man named Lyndon Brazell. He went on to be a local businessman and involved in many community organizations . This library was built in 1956, and upon its one year anniversary in 1957, Lyndon Brazell gifted the city of Sawtelle seal to the West L.A. library so that we could have it here for the future, and it still works. The city of Sawtelle, seal features the incorporation date. The motto progress, and in the middle a sycamore tree which used to be a local landmark here in the area until, unfortunately, it was burned down by some careless children and firecrackers . A Los miembros del Consejo en Presentes aqui en el tiempo. Bloomfield Jurado McCosker Padilla y press. Gracias por estar aqui y para las personas en sus oficinas por favor vayan al a la Sala del Consejo para qué podamos empezar tenemos una agenda ocupada . Meeting of your Los AngelesCoun SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. IT IS 19 MINUTES AFTER 10:00 AM. MADAM CLERK LET'S BEGIN OUR PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. 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, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 10, 2026. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RES HUGHESINGS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, 1 THROUGH 4 ARE ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 5 THROUGH 7 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM 7 AND THE TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 20-0508S2 ITEMS 8 THROUGH 27 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEMS 28 THROUGH 53 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS, 28 THROUGH 52 ARE ITEMS CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY SPECIALS, MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 11 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS? COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. FOR ITEM 9 I MOVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT AND ON ITEM 27, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THAT SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> City Attorney: IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. McOSKER MOTION FOR 9? BLUMENFIELD, AND I'M SORRY MR. McOSKER, WHAT WAS THE SECOND ITEM? >> T. McOsker: NUMBER 27. >> Clerk: 27 FOR COMMENTS, THANK YOU SIR. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. FOR ITEM 11, JUST MOVE THAT WE MOVE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT FOR THAT ITEM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. LEE'S MOTION FOR NUMBER 11? THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS TO MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I'M DOING AN PRESENTATION ON ITEM 8. >> Council President: WHAT'S THE TOPIC? >> N. Raman: THE STREET LIGHTING. >> Council President: STREET LIGHTING IS HERE, SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ASK WHEN THAT COMES UP. IF YOU WANT TO CALL THAT ONE SPECIAL? >> N. Raman: YES. >> Council President: MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: CONTINUE ITEM 2. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, TO A DATE? >> C. Price: NEXT WEEK. >> Clerk: AND YUFT FOR THE RECORD, ITEM 2 IS CONTINUED TO, WOULD THAT BE NEXT TUESDAY, SIR, THE 17th. >> C. Price: 24th. >> Clerk: YES, ITEM 2 IS CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY 24, 2026. THANK YOU SIR. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE TAKING ITEM 53 INTO CLOSED SESSION, BUT IF WE DON'T, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: SEPARATE VOTE? >> H. Soto-Martinez: YES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? MADAM CLERK WHAT OTHER ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 5 THROUGH 7 SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM 5 WILL BE HELD OVER TO FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2026 FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION UNLESS RECONSIDERED WITH 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN MAKE A NOTE OF THAT, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET TO 12 BUT IF WE DO WE CAN COME BACK TO IT. WE'RE AT 11. ALL RIGHT, WE MAY GET TO 12 TODAY. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE ON PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN, IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET CLEARLY ON TOPIC, IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE 1, 3 AND 4 AND 8 THROUGH 53. AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA, 1, 3 THROUGH 4 AND ITEMS 8 THROUGH 53. ITEM NUMBER 2 HAS BEEN CONTINUED. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK TOUP ONE MINUTE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE SPEAKERS MAY SPEAK TO ANYTHING IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. IF I CAN GET THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE PURSUANT WITH THE ADA OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD SO THE SERGEANT CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A WIRELESS MICROPHONE. FINALLY H THE NAMES THAT ARE CALLED ARE CALLED AT RANDOM, THAT MEANS IT'S RANDOMLY GENERATED. WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU CALLED UNDER CALLED ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE AT 12 MEMBERS NOW, BEFORE WE DO. SO MADAM CLERK, SO IF YOU CAN TEE UP THE RECONSIDERATION. >> Clerk: RECONSIDER ITEM 5, SIR. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND NOW THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US AGAIN. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: WE'LL BEGIN CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. ARNOLD S, BQ, FRANKLIN R, AND PE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, AND AS THE SPEAKER COMES UP, SPEAKER I WAS TOLD THAT YOU WERE ENTERING MULTIPLE NAMES. AND WE HAVE CALLED MULTIPLE NAMES, AND YOU DID THAT. AS WE ASKED YOU YESTERDAY, DO NOT SIGN UP UNDER MULTIPLE NAMES AS IT FORCES TO US READ THEM OUT AND IT TAKES AWAY TIME FROM OTHER SPEAKERS. DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING AGAIN, IF SO, YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND THAT'S MY ONLY NAME IN THE CITY COUNCIL. START WITH ITEM NUMBER 8. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Speaker: NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 9. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Speaker: NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] SO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON. PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THE TIME SARTS. WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I CONTINUE ON THAT ITEM NUMBER 8 FOR ALL THE SMOKING SCAN MEMBER. NUMBER 8, THE CITY ATTORNEY WITHOUT ANY SURPRISE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAXES AGAIN. SO FOR ANYONE WHO VOTED FOR CD1, FOR THE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, FOR ANYONE WHO VOTED THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT BLUM DINGO, NOW YOU'RE FACING ANOTHER CHALLENGE. YOU'RE FACING ANOTHER INCREASE OF PROPERTY TAXES, BUT THERE IS A SOLUTION FOR THAT. WHY? BECAUSE OUR FUTURE CD1 SCANNED DATE WAYNE SPINDLER WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NO LONG INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES ANYMORE. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE HERNANDEZ PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAXES, WHATEVER PROSTITUTION TAXES ON FIGUEROA, COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER COMMITTED TO LOWERING YOUR TAXES. LET'S VOTE CD1, TAKE HERNANDEZ OUT AND VOTE FOR SPINDLER CD1! >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. TOMAS J, MARY DANA AND THE INITIAL T. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 34 THROUGH 53 FMGT . >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: I KNOW YOUR STAFFERS ARE CATCHING YOU UP, I KNOW YOU HAVE NO OTHER TIME TO DO THAT SO THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. WE HAVE PAGES UPON PAGES, ADDING UP MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, YOU'RE GOING TO RUSH OFF TO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS. BUT WHILE YOU CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR BUDGET THAT IS BROKE, A CITY THAT HAS BEEN LEAD BROKE BY THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE LEADERSHIP HE INHERITED. THE ITEMS TO THE THERE IS LIABILITY PAY OUT FROM THE SIDEWALKS FROM THE CITY'S INABILITY TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SERVICES AND CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, REPAIRING THE STREETS, REPAIRING THE LIGHTS AND THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE IN MACARTHUR, THIS IS AN ISSUE IN ALL OF YOUR DISTRICT. SO REALLY QUICK, STOP POINTING TE FINGER, THIS IS AN ISSUE IN SAN PEDRO, IN THE VALLEY, IN THE WEST VALLEY, IT'S REFLECTED ON YOUR AGENDA. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO NOT FUND THESE SERVICES, CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE LIABILITY, NOT CLEAR THE LAPD THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MESS UP YOUR BUDGET TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH YOUR DAY. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR HAVING US ON FRIDAY AT THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL AS WE LOOK THROUGH THIS ISSUE THROUGH CIVIL RIGHTS LENS. WE MISSED COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, WE KNOW SHE IS ACTIVELY ON THE GROUND. SHE IS NOT RUNNING FOR MAYOR ANYMORE, SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT THIS RATE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT HER TEAM OR ANYONE ELSE FROM HER TEAM CAN SHOW UP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO INTRODUCE THE MOTION THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE OR BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, TOWARDS THE GENDER EXTENSIVE AND INTER SEX COMMUNITY INITIATIVE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH YOU. I KNOW YOUR OFFICES ARE BUSY IN A REASON BUT IF NOT YOU'RE GOING TO FUND THE LAPD. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO DO A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SES--ELSA SANCHEZ. >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS ELSA SANCHEZ AND I WORK AT McDONALD'S IN LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FAIR FAST FOOD WAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AS WORKERS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO IN MY CASE, I DIDN'T KNOW MY RIGHTS AND I ACTUALLY GOT HURT AT MY WORK, I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD FILE A COMPLAINT I DID NOT SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO LOSE MY JOB. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO THANKS TO THE UNION, I DO KNOW MY RIGHTS NOW AND I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF MY FELLOW FAST FOOD WORKERS TO KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND NOT TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SIT IN ON TRAININGS OUTSIDE OF THE WORKPLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND SO, THIS SERVES AS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE TO OUR EMPLOYERS BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THEY DON'T WANT US TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS BY US NOT KNOWING OUR RIGHTS, THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP US QUIET AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. GODDESS D, MICHAEL DIGIN, INITIALS JF, ENSELCIO SANCHEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THE MIC IS WORKING? >> Speaker: HELLO, HELLO. >> City Attorney: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS MICHAEL DIGIN. I AM A SHOP STEWART FOR THE BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 18. I'M A PROUD CIVIL SERVANT OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND IT PAINS ME DEEPLY TO SEE ALL OF THE MASSIVE CHAOS AND ABUSE OF THE CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES PERPETRATED BY THE LAPD. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT CHIEF JIM McDONALD WOULD SAY THAT HE CANNOT ENFORCE A STATE LAW WHEN IT WAS STILL BEING CONTESTED, NOT EVEN REJECTED YET. I DEMAND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DO SOMETHING TO REIGN IN LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN SHOT BY A 40 MILLIMETER AND HAVE SEEN A BIG ABUSE OF TEAR GAS BY LAPD. IT MUST STOP. >> Clerk: I'LL BE CALLING THE LAST TWO NAMES, DAR--DONALD HARELAND AND JOSE TREJO. >> City Attorney: AGAIN, IF YOUR NAMED HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE LINE UP IN THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBERS. AND WE HAVE A PERSON WITH THE MICROPHONE. GOOD MORNING, SIR, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? IF YOU WANT YOU CAN SIT AND YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT. >> Speaker: HI, I WAS HERE ON FRIDAY, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO COME HERE YESTERDAY. IN THE SKID ROW AREA, WE GOT ABOUT 20 BUILDINGS AND HE'S NOT KEEPING THEM UP. I TALKED TO THE INSPECT OR AND I CAME TO DO SOMETHING FOR COUNCILWOMAN DISTRICT 14. AND I ALSO GOT SHOT BY A RUBBER BULLET BUT THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I'LL BE HERE EVERY MEETING. EVERY TIME. >> City Attorney: OKAY, THANK YOU. AND HAVE WE READ ALL THE NAMES? >> Clerk: YES, WE DID. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP IN LINE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1, 3, 4, 9 AND 12 THROUGH 26, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY BUDGET AND FINANCE AND THOSE WOULD BE ITEMS 28 THROUGH 52, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL--COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? NOTHING ON THIS? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. >> Clerk: THAT'S FINE, SIR. IS IT OKAY IF I READ THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNT PRIOR TO COUNCIL VOTING. >> Council President: IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS 24 SETTLEMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO READ ALL 24? >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, YES, TECHNICALLY. LET ME GET THIS OVER WITH REAL QUICK. ITEM 28, VERSUS SEE OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, AND THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 135,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 29 IN THE CASE PATTY ET AL, VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 30 OF DEJOHN ROWE VERSUS LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 367,795. ITEM 31 IN THE CASE OF DENA DEMAS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 125,000 IN SET SLMENT. ITEM NUMBER 32 IN THE NASSER PALADIAN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 135,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 33 IN THE CASE TITLED JORGE RAMIREZ DEL GALLO VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 24, IN THE CASE ANTONIO VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 35 IN THE CASE ENTITLED HECTOR GAMESE A RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND $150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. SANDRA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM NUMBER 37 IN THE CASE JER MACO VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELESET HE AL. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 38 IN THE CASE MARTHA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 295,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 39 IN THE CASE ENTITLED ARIAN ORTIZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 30,000. MARIACHI A MAC DOO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $425,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 41 IN THE CASE ENTITLED ALEX CATSORE ET AL, VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $500,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 42 IN THE CASE ENTITLED JOSE GONZALEZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 565,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 43 IN THE CASE ENTITLED VICTOR VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 690,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 44 IN THE CASE ENTITLED KATHY FENDEL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $760,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 45 IN THE CASE ENTITLED GEORGE STEPHEN IS HE MOANIAN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND UP TO $850,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM NUMBER 46, RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND TOUP 135,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 47 IN THE CASE ENTITLED JACQUELINE RIVERA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 48 IN THE CASE CECELIA CASARES VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND $250,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM NUMBER 49 ENTITLED LOUIS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND TOUP $275,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 50 IN THE CASE ENTITLED JOSEPH LAROKA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $8,000? --800,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 5,040,414 PLUS ALL ACCRUED INTEREST IN SETTLEMENT. AND FINAL LOS ANGELES TIMES COMMUNICATION VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP 1551.42 IN SETTLEMENT. AND THAT'S ALL, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 8 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> Council President: THIS IS ON THE LIGHTING DISTRICT WHICH A LOT OF MEMBERS CARE ABOUT. WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR COMMITTEE CHAIR WHO HAS TAOED UP THIS ITEM TO BRING IT UP TO THE COUNCIL. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. CAN WE HAVE BSL PLEASE JOIN US AT THE TABLE. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> Speaker: MIGUEL I'M JOINED BY MEGHAN AND FABIAN CHAN OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT THANK YOU. SO MIGUEL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT FOR TODAY, FOR ITEM NUMBER 8, WE'RE LOOK TO GO EXTEND A CONTRACT THAT WE ALSO HAVE WITH NBS TO DO THREE THINGS. ONE IS TO UPDATE THE ENGINEER REPORT AND GET US DATA SO WE'RE SURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE RATES WITH BEING TIED TO THE PROPERTIES. AND THEN THE NEXT THING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS FINALIZE BALLOT DESIGN AND NOTICE. AND ALSO DO A 60-DAY OUT REACH PROGRAM. AROUND THIS VALID INITIATIVE? AND WHAT HAPPENS, WELL LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK, WHAT IS A TIMELINE TO GENERATING THE REVENUE UNDER THIS INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WHY DO WE NEED TO MEET THE CONTRACT TO MEET THAT TIMELINE? >> IN SHORT ANSWER, JUST TO ADDRESS THE ONES THAT YOU HAD LISTED OUT, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. IT'S A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO HAVE A ENGINEER REPORT, THE OUT REACH AND THEN THE MAILING OF THE ACTUAL BALLOTS AND RECEIPT OF IT AS WELL. IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS BASICALLY GETTING US TO THE GATE. THIS IS NOT THE, THE PROPOSAL FOR THE ASSESSMENT ITSELF, THIS IS A SUPPORTING CONTRACT IN ORDER FOR TO US GET TO THE GATE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PRESENT WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS THE, THE BALLOT PACKAGE SOMETIME IN MARCH TO COUNCIL. SO THE CONTRACT WILL WORK WITH US FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS SO WE CAN HAVE A FINALIZED REPORT THAT WILL INCLUDE EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY. IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE OVER A MILLION PROPERTIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED WE WILL HAVE ALL TOTALS TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL AT THAT POINT. >> E. Hernandez: WONDERFUL, THANK YOU. AND LET'S SAY THAT WE'RE DEFERRED FROM MOVING THIS FORWARD, WHAT WILL BE THE COP SEQUENCES? --CONSEQUENCES? >> LIKELY, IF WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MEET NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THE ASSESSMENT PART OF THAT BUDGET. WITH THE TIMELINE THAT WE EXPECT TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL, WITHIN MARCH TIME IN FRAME IN MIND WHERE WE WOULD BE PRESENT ING, THE ACTUAL BALLOT PACKAGE TO COUNCIL, WE'RE HOPING TO GO BEFORE VOTE SOMETIME IN APRIL. THERE IS A FIVE-DAY PERIOD FOR VOTING PERIOD. THAT PUTS US SOMETIME IN JUNE AND WE WOULD NEED EVERYTHING BUTTONED UP IN ORDER FOR TO US APPLY TO 26-27. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THIS ASSESSMENT WAS DONE? >> WE HAVE ACTUALLY NEVER DONE IT TO THIS SCALE. 1996 WAS WHEN ALL OF OUR RATES WERE FROZEN BY PROP 218. >> E. Hernandez: SO YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR ON A 1996 ASSESSMENT? >> YES. >> >> E. Hernandez: TO THIS ASSESSMENT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO MEET 2026, TODAY. JUST TWO MORE QUESTIONS. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE INFORMATION THAT WE WILL RECEIVE IN THE ENGINEER'S REPORT. >> THE ENGINEER'S REPORT IS ESSENTIALLY, THE REPORT THAT DETERMINES HOW THE ASSESSMENT IS VALUED FOR THE PROPERTIES. IT WILL ESSENTIALLY HAVE A POINT SYSTEM THAT WILL THEN ASSIGN POINTS BASED ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS, THERE WILL BE A MATRIX THAT SHOWS ALL OF THIS. BUT FOR INSTANCE, IT WILL BE BASED OFF OF LAND USE, THE SIZE OF THAT, THE TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AND, AND CHALLENGES THAT WE MIGHT BE FACING WITH EITHER IMPROVED OR UNPROVED SIDEWALKS SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT POINTS THAT ARE ASSIGNED. THAT POINT SYSTEM IS THEN USED TO DEVY UP THE TOTAL BUDGET. AND I EXPECT, WE DID, A NEEDS ASSESSMENT BACK IN 2022 WHERE WE CAME UP TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE NEED ABOUT 125 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN ORDER TO RUN IN TERMS OF THE ASSESSMENT. SO THE POINT SYSTEM WILL ESSENTIALLY DEVY UP THE SYSTEM TO COME UP WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS PER PROPERTIES. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, THANK YOU. CAN YOU PROVIDE US A BREAK DOWN? >> SO THIS IS AN OFF CYCLE. IT'S NOT ELECTRIC VOTE. THIS IS A BALLOT THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THOSE THAT ARE AFFECTED. IT'S BASED OFF 218. SO IN THAT CASE WE'RE SIMILAR TO SANITATION. WE FALL ON THE SPECIAL BENEFIT SIDE. THIS IS THEN MAILED ONLY TO THOSE SPECIFICALLY INVOLVED. IT COULD BE ESSENTIALLY HALF A MILLION PARCELS OF PROPERTY THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IT REQUIRES A 45-DAY VOTING PERIOD, TO WHICH THEN, WE WOULD HAVE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS TO COUNCIL. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU FOR THAT EXAMPLE. LAST THING, IS THE OUT REACH PIECE. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE DOING EDUCATION AND OUT REACH AND WE HAVE OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORK WITHING SUCH AS LAUSD AND OTHERS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AND THE LAST QUESTION, CAN YOU ALSO TELL US HOW, GETTING THIS ASSESSMENT FORWARD AND CHANGED WILL MAKE BE BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE WORK DELIVERY AND MORE EFFICIENTLY? >> GREAT, IF I CAN ANSWER IN REVERSE. THE INVESTMENT ESSENTIALLY WITH THE LONG TERM OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT WE HAD COME UP IN 2022, WE EXPECT TO BRING DOWN OUR REPAIR RATES WHICH RIGHT NOW FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW IS ABOUT A YEAR. WE EXPECT THAT MOST OF OUR ISSUES FULLY, FULLY OPERATIONAL WITH THIS ASSESSMENT, MOST OF OUR ISSUES WILLBE SOLVED WITHIN A WEEK, WITHIN A MONTH FOR MOST MAJOR ISSUES. AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT MAJOR ISSUES, I'M TALKING ABOUT VANDALISM, PLACES WHERE WE HAVE THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO STRIP THEM WITHIN A MONTH. THAT WOULD BE THE LARGEST CHANGE THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADHERING TO. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY, WITH IN ASSESSMENT, IT WILL TAKE US TO WEEK TO DO THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AND IF IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE, IT COULD TAKE US A MONTH, BUT IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A YEAR PLUS. WONDERFUL. AND OUT REACH, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. >> YES, WITH REGARD TO OUT REACH, THE CONTRACT ITSELF CONTEMPLATES AN OUT REACH PROGRAM. THERE IS THREE COMPONENTS, AROUND 300,000 THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THAT WE'VE GONE OUT. WE'RE TRYING TO REACH AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND THERE IS ALSO AN INFORMATIONAL MAILING THAT WILL GO AHEAD TO CAN AS WELL AS THE BALLOT MAILINGS INVOLVED IN THERE. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I URGE YOUR AYE-VOTE ON THIS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN RAMAN. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, I'M EXCITE BESIDE THIS ITEM. WE HAVE ALL HEARD HOW YOU'RE OPERATING WITH SUCH AN SMALL AMOUNT. AND AN OPERATION THAT IS SORT OF ANCIENT AT THIS POINT. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, AND THIS IS ASSUMING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. SO I'M ALREADY OPERATING FROM A POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I THINK OUR CITY NEEDS THIS THIS. MY UNDERSTANDING, VARIOUS MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF IN ORDER TO SAVE THEM THIS LAST FISCAL BUDGET, WERE SENT OVER TO DWP IN ORDER TO SAVE THEIR JOBS. HOW ARE YOU WORKING TOGETHER KNOWING THAT YOUR EXPERTISE MOVED OVER THERE? >> DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS ACTUALLY, MOST OF THAT WAS, ELIMINATED AS PART OF THE COUNCIL ACTION. SO WE ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE TO SEND STAFF DIRECTLY TO DWP. WE ACTUALLY LOST SOME DUE TO HIRING ATTRITION BUT THE WORK CONTINUES AS NORMAL. >> I. Padilla: OKAY. WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HIRE ASSUMING THAT THIS PASSES? >> WE HOPE TO DOUBLE THE SIZE. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPAIR MUCH FASTER AS WELL. >> I. Padilla: BY ANY CHANCE, ASSUMING THAT WE GET THIS. THE REASON WE'RE DEALING WITH LIGHTS NOT WORKING IS DUE TO WIRE THEFT. I WANT TO ASK, WHAT IS IS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH LAPD LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE CRIME? BUILDING AND SAFETY TO ADDRESS THE BUSINESSES WHERE THEY'RE SELLING THE COPPER WIRE? AND WHAT IS THE PLAN TO INCORPORATE MORE SOLAR TO DEAL WITH THAT. >> SPEAKING WITH THE CONTEXT OF THIS CONTRACT AND WHAT THE ASSESSMENT WILL, THIS CONTRACT GOING TO THE HOPEFUL PRESENTATION OF ASSESSMENT ITSELF. THE ASSESSMENT, ONE PRESENTED WITHIN THE TIME FRAME, WILL ADD COMPONENTS OF GREATER TECHNOLOGY THINGS, THINGS LIKE CAMERAS AND SENSE SORRIES TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO ENFORCE AGAINST IT. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A SOLAR PROGRAM IN THERE AS WELL. SO YOU'LL SEE MUCH MORE IN TERMS OF SOLAR PROJECTS. >> I. Padilla: SOUNDS EXCITING. CAN YOU ALSO TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR PLANS ABOUT POTENTIALLY INCORPORATING FIBEROPTICS, ASSUMING THAT WE GET THIS AS WELL. >> THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE ASSESSMENT ITSELF. THE ASSESSMENTS IS PURELY FOR OPERATION SXZ MAINTENANCE OF THE LIGHTS. MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE FIBEROPTICS THAT WAS PART OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT, SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS JOINT BUILT SO SEPARATE KIND OF ISSUES ON OUR END. WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INCLUDING OUR STATE, ON THE MIDDLE MILE INITIATIVE FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE 91 FREEWAY AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND. THIS WILL BE FOCUSED PURELY ON OPERATIONS AND NETWORK. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU VERY GOOD. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ DID A GOOD JOB ASKING THE QUESTIONS I HAD ON MARKETING AND OUT REACH. SO THANK YOU. SO I DID WANT TO, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I TALKED TO MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT STARTING A PETITION TO GET MORE LIHTS. BUT ONE SAID THAT THEY DID NOT WANT LIGHTS BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE STARS. SO NOT EVERYONE WANTS MORE LIGHTINGMENT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GET TO THE POINT, IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE FULLY FUNDED TO LIGHT UP THE CITY, WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE TO ADD MORE BUT IN ADDITION TO FIXING WHAT IS EXISTING? >> I BELIEVE YOU'RE ASKING HOW TO EXPAND THE STREET LIGHTING NETWORK. THIS ASSESSMENT, THAT WE'LL BE PROPOSING, WILL ESSENTIALLY JUST BE FOCUSED ON THE OPERATIONS AND MEANS WHAT IS EXISTING. FOR ADDITIONAL BILLS, WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR OFFICE AND OTHERS TO IDENTIFY OTHER SOURCES AND FUNDING FOR US TO DO THE PROJECT AND GO TO THE 218 PROCESS. >> I. Padilla: GREAT. I JUST HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE. I KNOW THERE IS SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PASS THIS FOR COMMUNITIES THAT WANT TO EXPAND, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TELL THEM WE HAVE TO WAIT BUT FOR THE UNEXPECTED THEFT THAT HAPPENED THAT HAS NOW CAUSED THE DAY OF FIXING CAN FINALLY BE TAKEN ON. SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: AND MANY OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND PADILLA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE OUT REACH PROCESS. YOU SAID IT'S A 60-DAY PROCESS, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT CONSIST OF AND IS IT CONCURRENT BEFORE YOU COME BACK TO US ABOUT THE DECISION? >> IT WOULD BE, CONCURRENT WITH THE DECISION ON THE LARGER ASSESSMENT ITSELF. SO MARCH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT INVOLVES A, A SOCIAL MEDIA KIND OF PURCHASE IN ORDER TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST AFFECTIVE WAY FOR US TO REACH OUT THERE. THERE IS A CUP OF COMPONENTS WHEN THERE IS DIRECT MAILINGS TO THE HOUSEHOLD, THE PROPERTY AFFECTED. SEPARATELY AS A BUREAU, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MANY OF OUR OFFICES WITH NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS TO WORK AND TO WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION THAT IS GOING BEFORE THEM AS WELL. SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TRYING TO GET OUT TO THE MORE LOCALIZED PLACES TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AS WELL. >> AND THERE WERE TWO NUMBERS, SITED IN THE EARLIER CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE ASSESSMENT, ONE THAT WAS HIGHER. THAT DECISION ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR TO BE FULLY COVERED IS YET TO COME? IS THAT CORRECT OR HAS THAT BEEN DETERMINED? >> THAT'S CORRECT. FROM THE BUREAU LIGHTING PERSPECTIVE, WHAT I INTEND TO DO IS PRESENT WHAT THE BUREAU RECOMMENDS. >> N. Raman: OKAY. >> I WILL LIKELY PRESENT IN MARCH, THE SAME RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DID IN 2022, IT WOULD THEN BE UP TO COUNCIL CONSIDERATION WHETHER TO FOLLOW THAT OR ADJUST THE NUMBERS TO SEE FIT. >> N. Raman: AND THAT NUMBER, DOES THAT ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE PRESSURES OR BASED AROUND OUR CURRENT EFFORTS? >> IT ACCOUNTS. >> N. Raman: OR CURRENT NEEDS. >> IT ACCOUNTS FOR CURRENT NEEDS AND WHERE THE BUREAU IS AND GOING AND WHY MUCH OF THE REASON WE'RE STUCK HERE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD A COST FACTOR THAT BUILDS IN TIME OVERTIME FROM INFLATION AND OUR MATERIALS COSTS. SO SOME WILL BE BUILT IN. AGAIN IN THE PREVIOUS ADORATION OF THE ASSESSMENT, THEFT AND VANDALISM WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED. SO WE HAVE A AREA THAT IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT. AND JUST ANOTHER PIECE THAT WOULD I LIKE TO ADD, WE'RE ADDING A THREE-YEAR MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE WHAT ONE WE'RE TRANSPARENT AND USING EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR AS WISELY AS POSSIBLE AND THEN THREE, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED AND WHAT WE USE AND WHAT WE'RE ACHIEVING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. >> N. Raman: GREAT, THANK YOU THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THE FOLKS THAT ASKED, ASKED WHAT I WANTED. YOU TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE TO GET FIXED. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS AS YOU KNOW THEM, THIS PASSES, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO CATCH UP? BECAUSE YOU'RE BEHIND, SO NO YMENT OF MONEY IS GOING TO BE THERE SO THAT YOU FIX EVERYTHING IN A MONTH. HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT AND I ASSUME THIS CLOCK STARTS? >> THIS CLOCK STARTS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, HOPEFULLY WITH A SUCCESSFUL ASSESSMENT. WE DO HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, OBVIOUSLY THE ASSESSMENT ITSELF ASSUMES THE LONG TERM PLAN. AND WE'RE GOING TO ADHERE TO THAT. THERE IS HOWEVER AS YOU'RE SAYING, A GAP WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, THERE IS GOING TO BE TIMES THAT WILL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR TO US HIRE ALL THE STAFF. SO, WHAT WE HAVE PUT INTO PLACE AND WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AND ONCE THE ASSESSMENT, ONCE WE GO, ONCE THE ASSESSMENT, I PLAN TO SHOW A WHOLE PLAN ABOUT IT. BUT WE ACTUALLY INTEND TO USE SOLAR TO ADDRESS MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE INITIALLY. SO A STRATEGY OF USING PROCUREMENT IN ORDER FOR US TO FIX THE LIGHTS THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF A THIRD OF ALL THE ISSUES WHILE WE AUGMENT OUR FIELD FORCE WZ HIRING HALL AND CONTRACTORS WHILE WE START THE HIRING PROCESS SO WE CAN HAVE THE LONGER TERM PLANNED IN PLACE. SO THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH A MAJOR SOLAR PURCHASE IN ORDER FOR US TO EFFECTUATE ESSENTIALLY IMMEDIATE REPAIRS THAT WE KNOW WOULD TAKE LARGER FIELD FORCES TO GET TO. >> Council President: SO HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE YOU TO CATCH UP? >> SIX MONTHS. >> Council President: IN TIME? >> SIX MONTHS. >> Council President: FROM JUNE OR WHATEVER? >> FROM JUNE. I WOULD SAY WHENEVER THE MONEY IS IN PLACE, OUR INTENT IS TO ACTUALLY START PURCHASING AS MUCH SOLAR AS WE CAN. >> Council President: OKAY. >> AND THAT USUALLY HAS A TWO TO THREE MONTH LEE TIME. >> Council President: SO AT THE TOP OF 2027, WE SHOULD HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT THINGS WILL BE NORMAL, DOES NOT MEAN 100 PERCENT OF THE LIGHTS BUT NOTHING LIKE WE SEE NOW? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> Council President: GOT IT. YOU SAID TWICE, YOU PLAN TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE FORCE. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT TAKES? AND DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLAN? WE'RE NOTORIOUS FOR TAKING A REALLY LONG TIME TO HIRE PEOPLE. >> YES, SO THE CURRENT FIELD OFFICE AS IT STANDS, CURRENTLY TODAY, IT'S ABOUT 185 PEOPLE NO TOTAL. WE HAVE SEEN GREAT SUCCESS IN USING THE PROGRAMS THE CITY HAS IN PLACE, INCLUDING TARGET LOCAL HIRE AND BRIDGE TO JOBS AND HOPEFULLY AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM FOR US. WHERE BEFORE, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHEN WE HAD TONED DOWN HIRING, WE WERE ABLE TO GET 45 PEOPLE THROUGH OUR DOORS AND IN PLACE WITHIN THE BUREAU IN A MATTER OF TWO MONTHS. SO WE SEE OUR SELLS BEING ABLE TO CATCH UP VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THESE HIRING LADERS THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT'S NEXT, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THAT WOULD BE ITEM 11 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOW CONSIDERING ITEM 11 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 9 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: WOULD BE ITEM 27 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS ITEM 27 IS ACTUALLY A VERY SIMPLE MATTER THAT HAS PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES DEPENDING ON HOW WE TREAT THE FILE. IT'S TO REACTIVATE FILE 1942, THAT WAS A MATTER INTRODUCED BY HERB WESSON IN 2019 AND IN 2019 IT WAS INTRODUCED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROHIBITING PRIVATE DETENTION CENTER FOR FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THAT FILE WAS WORKED UP AS A LAND USE MATTER. IT WENT THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES, CEQA REVIEW, CEQA WAS CONSIDERED, IT WAS DECIDED NOT TO BE A PROJECT, IT WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING, A RECOMMENDATIONS, IT MADE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT PRIVATE DETENTION CENTERS IN ANY ZONE ACROSS THE CITY. NOW THE FILE EXPIRED BECAUSE, THE CONCERN EXPIRED IN 2021. AND THE CONCERN OF COURSE WAS THE, THE WORRY THAT PROFITEERS, PRIVATE ENTITIES WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WERE CREATING DETENTION CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND CREATING POOR LIVING CONDITIONS AND DISEASE AND DEATH AND HARM THAT'S WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. THOSE ARE CONCERNS THAT HAVE ARISEN AGAIN TODAY. I'M ASKING THAT WE RENEW THE FILE AND WE UPDATE ITS RESEARCH AND APPLICABILITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS BEFORE US TODAY, WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERVENING FEDERAL CASE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MANTA INTRODUCED A B32 WHICH PROHIBITED PRIVATE DETENTION CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT WAS CHALLENGED BY PROFITEERS AND IT WAS DEEMED UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS PART OF THE SUPREMACY CLASS, THE STATE COULDN'T TELL THE FEDERAL HOW TO CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS. WE HAVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POWER WE HAVE IS NOT POLICE, IT'S LAND USE. SO WE HAVE LOCAL LAND USE AUTHORITY WHERE WE CAN SAY THAT AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY, THERE ARE CERTAIN USE THAT'S ARE ACCEPTABLE, THAT ARE CONDITIONAL AND THAT ARE PROHIBITED. AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY IS UPDATE OUR RESEARCH, GO BACK TO THE PLANNING AND TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICES AND HAVE THIS FILE AND ITS INFORMATION UPDATED TO PUT US IN A POSITION SO WE CAN CONSIDER THE QUESTION, DO WE WANT TO PROHIBIT PRIVATE DETENTION CENTERS IN EVERY ZONE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES? AND WE KNOW THIS IS A REAL ISSUE. NOT BECAUSE ANYONE IN LOS ANGELES IS PROPOSING A PRIVATE DETENTION CENTER. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T WANT TO BE ALARMIST, I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND THAT I HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT ANYBODY IS PROPOSING A PRIVATE DETENTION CENTER BUT WE KNOW THAT PUBLICATIONS ARE REPORTED AS "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTED THAT THERE ARE PRIVATE DETENTION POSTS IN AT LEAST EIGHT STATES AND THOSE STATES ARE BLUE AND RED AND WHAT IS UNIFORM ACROSS, IS THAT LOCAL RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT TO HAVE PRIVATE DETENTION CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES! THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE PART OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS,THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF IT. I ASSUME THE SAME WILL BE TRUE FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. SO, I PERSONALLY AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 1-5 BECAUSE IN THE 1-5 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WAREHOUSES. I HAVE A HARBOR AREA WITH A LOT OF LAND AND I HAVE A FEDERAL PENITENTIARY THAT IS CLOSING. AND I HAVE EVERY EXPECTATION THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION PLANS THIS AGGRESSIVE UNSUSTAINABLE GROWTH BY USING PRIVATE ENTITIES TO PROFIT OFF OF THE HARMS CAUSED TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE AN ACTIVE FILE AND WE'RE HEARING FROM CITY ATTORNEY AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WANT TO WEIGH IN ON HOW WE CAN REGULATE, REGULATE PRIVATE DETENTION CENTERS AND AGAIN, CAUSE WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THE A B32 CASE AND AGAIN, USE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POWER WE HAVE AND THAT'S LAND USE AUTHORITY TO PREVENT THIS USE. SO MEMBERS, I WOULD URGE AN AYE VOTE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU COOPERATIVELY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND WE WANT TO PUT OURSELVES IN A INFORMATION WHERE WE'RE NOT BEING REACTIVE WHEN ONE IS PROPOSED THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO THE WORK AND KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO OUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN AND IF A PROPOSAL COMES FORWARD. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. McOSKER. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FILE FORWARD. YOU WERE RIGHT ON A FEW COUNTS, ONE THAT LAND USE IS THE GREATEST AUTHORITY. AT THE TIME I WAS ELECTED THERE WERE TWO FACILITIES IN MY DISTRICT THAT WERE PROPOSED FOR DETENTION CENTERS BY AN ORGANIZATION CALLED G.O. GROUP, THAT ORGANIZATION HAS INCREASED BY A FACTOR OF TEN SINCE THAT TIME. SO THEY HAVE WAY MORE MONEY THAN THEY DID BEFORE. THE TWO PLACES THAT THEY WENT AFTER IN MY DISTRICT ARE NOW HOMELESS SHELTERS. BUT THEY'RE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY, THE BED RATE THAT WE PAY FOR SHELTER IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE BED RATE FOR A FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS, AND THE REQUIREMENTS ON THAT BUILDING THAT WE IMPOSE AS A CITY AS A COUNTY AND HUD AND ALL THE REST ON THAT BUILDING ARE MUCH GREATER THAN THEY WOULD BE IF THESE PLACES WERE TO WELCOME FEDERAL DETENTION CENTERS. SO THE REALITY IS THERE, THE LOCATION RIGHT SIDE THERE AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THOSE ARE THE TWO CASE THAT'S GAVE RISE TO THIS MOTION. WITH THAT T I'LL JOIN YOU AND ASKING FOR AN AYE VOTE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: FORTHWITH. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CAN WE SEND OUT 24 FORTHWITH AS WELL, PLEASE. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, MR. PRESIDENT ARE ITEMS 10 AND 53 AND THOSE ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR ITEMS 10 AND 53. WE'LL ASK THE SERGEANT TO PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION. HOW MANY HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: I WAS GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE ITEM 8 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ITEM 8 FORTHWITH. BUT IF WE CAN PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION, CITY ATTORNEY, SELECTED STAFF FROM COUNCIL OFFICES AND THE IMPACTED DEPARTMENTS. [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] Our city safe and clean IN CLOSE SESSION] [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] Department of Cultural Affairs. The show galloping into the new year takes place on February 13th and will feature queer and trans Chinese folklore told through music, theater, poetry and performance art. Experience. The joy of the New Year in an 80 minute show with a live band playing traditional Chinese instruments. Head to Plaza de la Raza for galloping into the new Year on Friday, February 13th at 7 p.m. Learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at Culture Dot L.A. city Dot gov. During the Los Angeles Public Library, at one of its events to mark African American history Month. On Saturday, February 14th, enjoy a talk from author Glenda Almond as she tours food history to take you from awful to delicious on a short journey down an African American food way for African Americans, food has been more than nourishment. It has been tradition, income and a means of resistance. Almond highlights the stories of George Washington's enslaved cook, the ice cream entrepreneur Augustus Jackson, and Georgia Gilmore, whose cooking sustained the Montgomery bus boycott. Head to the Central Library for Glenda Almond from Awful to Delicious on Saturday, February 14th at 10:30 a.m. for more details, go to lapl.org. Slash events. San Fernando Valley Audubon Society invites you to a guided tour of the reserve on the second Saturday of February. The walk will take in the many birds and other wildlife at Hansen Dam, and is for the beginner bird watchers, families and anyone who wants to visit the wildlife reserve. The emphasis of each tour will vary with participants interests. Meet at the small amphitheater on the southeast of Woodley Park. Hansen Dam. Bird walk takes place on Saturday, February 14th at 9 a.m. check out this and other bird watching events at SFV Audubon.org. And that's a look at some things to do. In. Every day over 100 Americans die from secondhand smoke. And secondhand smoke in children can cause asthma. Ear infections, and increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Go to smoke free homes. LA .com. Learn how you can protect your home from secondhand smoke. In your regularly scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles City Council. Here's what's happening in LA this week. This is La Courance. This is about all of us. It's about choosing to believe in our city again. And proving it with action. And no matter what our city faces, LA never, ever gives up on . La City Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an anti-trafficking initiative on Western Avenue Corridor. This partnership with the nonprofit Journey Out combines law enforcement and social services. The program aims to hold both traffickers and the buyers of sex accountable. The initiative's primary goal is to ensure that those committing these crimes are brought to justice. For more on this story, go to. City attorney. La City Govt. LA City Sanitation is calling for new or gently used clothing to be donated. Donations are a part of LA sanitation s annual clothing drive running through Friday, March 6th. Clothing items go to city organizations and programs helping those in need. Donation drop offs can be made at six public locations Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more at Sanitation LA city Dot gov . The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding. Someone who is severely bleeding can bleed to death in as little as five minutes. Minutes count in your lAFD. Thanks you for learning how to stop the bleed by following the ABCs. If someone has an injury with blood spurting out of the wound, clothing soaked in blood bleeding, that won't stop or loss of any part of an arm or leg, you need to act quickly. The first step is a for alert. Have someone call 911. The next step is B for bleeding. Locate the bleeding injury and remove any clothing covering the area so you can see the injury. The final step is C compress. If the injury is to the leg or arm, prepare to use the tourniquet kit. Unwrap the tourniquet and apply it 2 to 3in above the wound. Do not place the tourniquet onto a joint. Go above the joint. If necessary. Pull the free end of the tourniquet and wrap it until it is tight. Wind the wineglass until the bleeding stops. Secure the wineglass in place. Note the time the tourniquet was applied and write it down. If you can. Or tell first responders when they arrive . At the Lankershim Arts Center was constructed in 1939. When it was opened in 1939, it was originally a la Department of Water and Power Building. The City of L.A. became the owner of the Lankershim Arts Center when it was declared as a historical cultural monument. On the plaque, its purpose was that it is an example of adaptive reuse. The front building is actually an example of streamline modern design. And then if you come here after I think it's like 5 or 6:00, there's like lighting panels that will turn on, and then you get to see the full kind of marquee of the Lankershim Arts Center. We host a bevy of productions, be it dance productions, music productions. Sometimes we'll have a film screening. Uh, art. I think that sort of flexibility is something that brings me back every time. The theater is very intimate here. It really feels like you're just right up in front of the talent. When you come and watch a show here. We also do youth programing here. We work with a different local artist to be able to provide free programing for children, to learn how to. So we have a fashion class. We have music classes specifically for percussion and drums. We also have another music class for piano and then we also have a dance studio. It's in our mezzanine that is for our dance class that we have here. Our mission here is just to grow the performing arts, really. So whether it be someone trying to bring out their own original productions or like sometimes we even have different groups come in to teach after school classes. Being able to grow the performing arts in a community is what makes Lankershim Art center stand out. The city investing into places like this is because it gives a place for people that were not as confident. The ability to express themselves and give a space for people that are a little bit different, another space to play because being able to play is so important. Just for our mental health as well as for like the health of the community. And it just makes a world a better place. We look forward to having you here at Lankershim Arts Center. Whether it be taking part in our free programing as well as being able to come and just watch a movie or watch a show, we look forward to having you over here on Instagram. Our Instagram handle is DCA underscore lnk. You can also find out more about us on Cultureless. City dot gov. That's our website . Patapsco theater is located in Canoga Park. There is so much already here to offer. Cultural events, performances, folks do annual Dia de Los Muertos festivals. There is art walks, there's musical events, there's jazz, and I feel like we have the privilege to be added in that offering. The space had been left a little bit weary. And so when the city came in to renovate the space, it was offered another chance to breathe new life into the arts. Here. The Tosco Theater is here for everyone. It is here for young artists who are just starting out to the professional artists who are here to dream up their new vision. And we're here for the community at large and all of our community events. One of our signature events is called Walking in Our Light. This idea of how do we help people to encourage them to think about the light that they bring and to show appreciation for those who help to nurture that light. So from that idea, we thought, well, let's let's walk in our light. Let us have stories along the way where people can stop and hear performances and storytelling of other people saying, this is my light. This is how I shine it. And these are the people I want to show appreciation to. So we do this walk around the block, and then we end up with a little gathering and performances inside and lots of time to just reflect on. Yeah, this is my light, you know? And these are the people who've helped me get there. Our communities don't always see what the city of Los Angeles provides them, providing access to the arts says to me, that's a city that's proud of the stories it wants to tell. The people who want to tell them, and the ways that they want to tell them. A space like this gives opportunity for folks of all ages, cultures, experience to say, I can be seen. I can be heard, and I'm walking in these doors and it feels welcoming. It feels nurturing, and people are excited to listen to me and to hear me. We don't have that all the time. So it's a it's a live space that's here to welcome and nurture those sparks of inspiration and vision. There's a few ways to find us. We are always on social media, so we are on Instagram. We have a Facebook page. You can go to the Department of Cultural Affairs. There website, you'll find the Tosco theater may take a few clicks here and there, but we try to stay present in any way that we can. The my LA 311 app is easy. Download the Myla 311 app from the App Store or Google Play. Use Google Translate to view the page in up to 200 languages. Select the service need either by typing a topic in the new request search box, or select from the most popular service requests like street pavement issues or potholes. Answer a few questions. You can add a comment or even upload a picture. Keep track of your request via email, text, or create an Angelino account to become a registered user. Using my LA 311 keeps our city safe and clean . To celebrate the Lunar New Year with passion of the cut sleeve in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the show galloping into the New Year takes place on February 13th and will feature queer and trans Chinese folklore told through music, theater, poetry and performance art experience. The joy of the New Year in an 80 minute show with a live band playing traditional Chinese instruments. Head to Plaza de la Raza for galloping into the New Year on Friday, February 13th at 7 p.m. Learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at Culture Dot La City dot gov. During the Los Angeles Public Library at one of its events to mark African American history Month on Saturday, February 14th. Enjoy a talk from author Glenda Almond as she tours food history to take you from awful to delicious on a short journey down an African American food way for African Americans, food has been more than nourishment. It has been tradition, income and a means of resistance. Almond highlights the stories of George Washington's enslaved cook, the ice cream entrepreneur Augustus Jackson, and Georgia Gilmore, whose cooking sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Head to the Central Library for Glenda Almond from Awful to Delicious on Saturday, February 14th at 10:30 a.m. for more details, go to lapl.org. Slash events San Fernando Valley Audubon Society invites you to a guided tour of the reserve on the second Saturday of February . The walk will take in the many birds and other wildlife at Hansen Dam, and is for the beginner bird watchers, families and anyone who wants to visit the wildlife reserve. The emphasis of each tour will vary with participants interests meet at the small amphitheater on the southeast of Woodley Park, Hansen Dam, Bird Walk takes place on Saturday, February 14th at 9 a.m. check out this and other bird watching events at SFV Audubon.org. And that's a look at some things to do . In. Every day over 100 Americans die from secondhand smoke. And secondhand smoke and children can cause asthma. Ear infections , and increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Go to smoke free homes. Le.com. Learn how you can protect your home from second hand smoke . And. Your regularly scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles City Council. Here's what's happening in LA this week. This is La Courant's . This is about all of us. It's about choosing to believe in our city again and proving it with action. And no matter what our city faces, LA never, ever gives up on . You. L.A. city Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an anti-trafficking initiative on Western Avenue corridor. This partnership with the nonprofit Journey Out combines law enforcement and social services. The program aims to hold both traffickers and the buyers of sex accountable. The initiative's primary goal is to ensure that those committing these crimes are brought to justice. For more on this story, go to City Attorney, LA city Dot gov. LA City Sanitation is calling for new or gently used clothing to be donated. Donations are a part of La sanitation s annual clothing drive running through Friday, March sixth. Clothing items go to city organizations and programs, helping those in need. Donation drop offs can be made at six public locations Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more at sanitation L.A. city. Governor. The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding. Someone who is severely bleeding can bleed to death in as little as five minutes. Minutes. Count in your lAFD. Thanks you for learning how to stop the bleed by following the ABCs. If someone has an injury with blood spurting out of the wound, clothing soaked in blood, bleeding that won't stop or loss of any part of an arm or leg, you need to act quickly. The first step is a for alert. Have someone call 911. The next step is B for bleeding. Locate the bleeding injury and remove any clothing covering the area so you can see the injury. The final step is C compress. If the injury is to the leg or arm, prepare to use the tourniquet. Unwrap the tourniquet and apply it. 2 to 3in above the wound. Do not place the tourniquet onto a joint. Go above the joint if necessary. Pull the free end of the tourniquet and wrap it until it is tight. Wind the wineglass until the bleeding stops. Secure the wineglass in place. Note the time the tourniquet was applied and write it down if you can, or tell first responders when they arrive . The Lankershim Arts Center was constructed in 1939 when it was opened in 1939, it was originally a la Department of Water and Power Building. The city of L.A. became the owner of the Lankershim Arts Center when it was declared as a historical cultural monument on the plaque. Its purpose was that it is an example of adaptive reuse. The front building is actually an example of streamline modern design. And then if you come here after I think it's like 5 or 6:00, there's like lighting panels that will turn on, and then you get to see the full kind of marquee of the Lankershim Arts Center. We host a bevy of productions, be it dance productions, music productions. Sometimes we'll have a film screening, uh, art. I think that sort of flexibility is something that brings me back every time. The theater is very intimate here. It really feels like you're just right up in front of the talent when you come and watch a show here. We also do youth programing here. We work with a different local artist to be able to provide free programing for children, to learn how to. So we have a fashion class. We have music classes specifically for percussion and drums. We also have another music class for piano. And then we also have a dance studio. It's in our mezzanine that is for our dance class that we have here. Our mission here is just to grow the performing arts. Really. So whether it be someone trying to bring out their own original productions or like sometimes we even have different groups come in to teach after school classes. Being able to grow the performing arts in a community is what makes Lankershim Art center stand out. The city investing into places like this is because it gives a place for people that were not as confident. The ability to express themselves and give a space for people that are a little bit different. Another space to play, because being able to play is so important just for our mental health as well as for like the health of the community and it just makes a world a better place. We look forward to having you here at Lankershim Arts Center, whether it be taking part in our free programing as well as being able to come and just watch a movie or watch a show, we look forward to having you over here on Instagram. Our Instagram handle is DCA underscore lnk. You can also find out more about us on culture Dot L.A. city.gov. That's our website . Patapsco theater is located in Canoga Park. There is so much already here to offer. Cultural events, performances, folks do annual Dia de Los Muertos festivals. There is art walks. There is musical events. There's jazz, and I feel like we have the privilege to be added in that offering. The space had been left a little bit weary. And so when the city came in to renovate the space, it was offered another chance to breathe new life into the arts. Here The Tosco Theater is here for everyone. It is here for young artists who are just starting out to the professional artists who are here to dream up their new vision. And we're here for the community at large and all of our community events. One of our signature events is called walking in our Light. This idea of how do we help people to encourage them to think about the light that they bring and to show appreciation for those who help to nurture that light. So from that idea, we thought, well, let's let's walk in our light. Let us have a stories along the way where people can stop and hear performances and storytelling of other people saying, this is my light, this is how I shine it. And these are the people I want to show appreciation to. So we do this walk around the block, and then we end up with a little gathering and performances inside and lots of time to just reflect on. Yeah, this is my life, you know? And these are the people who've helped me get there. Our communities don't always see what the City of Los Angeles provides them, providing access to the arts says to me, that's a city that's proud of the stories. It wants to tell. The people who want to tell them, and the ways that they want to tell them. A space like this gives opportunity for folks of all ages, cultures, experience to say, I can be seen. I can be heard, and I'm walking in these doors and it feels welcoming. It feels nurturing and people are excited to listen to me and to hear me. We don't have that all the time . So it's a it's a live space that's here to welcome and nurture those sparks of inspiration and vision. There's a few ways to find us. We are always on social media, so we are on Instagram. We have a Facebook page you can go to the Department of Cultural Affairs, their website. You'll find the Tosco Theater may take a few clicks here and there, but we try to stay present in any way that we can. The my LA 311 app is easy. Download the Myla 311 app from the App Store or Google Play. Use Google Translate to view the page in up to 200 languages. Select the service need either by typing a topic in the new request search box or select from the most popular service requests like street pavement issues or potholes. Answer a few questions. You can add a comment or even upload a picture. Keep track of your request via email, text, or create an Angelino account to become a registered user. Using my LA 311 keeps our city safe and clean . Celebrate the Lunar New Year with passion of the cut sleeve in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the show galloping into the new Year takes place on February 13th and will feature queer and trans Chinese folklore told through music, theater, poetry and performance art experience. The joy of the New Year in an 80 minute show with a live band playing traditional Chinese instruments, head to Plaza de la Raza for galloping into the new year on Friday, February 13th at 7 p.m. learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at Cultures LA City. Dot gov. During the Los Angeles Public Library at one of its events to mark African American history Month on Saturday, February 14th. Enjoy a talk from author Glenda Almond as she tours food history to take you from awful to delicious on a short journey down an African American food way for African Americans, food has been more than nourishment. It has been tradition, income and a means of resistance. Almond highlights the stories of George Washington's enslaved cook, the ice cream entrepreneur Augustus Jackson, and Georgia Gilmore, whose cooking sustained the Montgomery bus boycott. Head to the Central Library for Glenda Almond from Awful to Delicious on Saturday, February 14th at 10:30 a.m. for more details, go to lapl.org. Slash events. San Fernando Valley Audubon Society invites you to a guided tour of the reserve on the second Saturday of February. The walk will take in the many birds and other wildlife at Hansen Dam, and is for the beginner bird watchers, families and anyone who wants to visit the wildlife reserve. The emphasis of each tour will vary, with participants interests meet at the small amphitheater on the southeast of Woodley Park, Hansen Dam, Bird Walk takes place on Saturday, February 14th at 9 a.m. check out this and other bird watching events at SFV Audubon.org. And that's a look at some things to do . In. Every day over 100 Americans die from secondhand smoke. And secondhand smoke in children can cause asthma. Ear infections, and increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Go to smoke free homes. Le.com. Learn how you can protect your home from second hand smoke . And. Your regularly scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles City Council. Here's what's happening in LA this week. This is LA currents. This is about all of us. It's about choosing to believe in our city again and proving it with action. And no matter what our city faces, LA never, ever gives up on . LA city Attorney Heidi Feldstein , Soto and LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an anti-trafficking initiative on Western Avenue Corridor. This partnership with the nonprofit Journey Out combines law enforcement and social services. The program aims to hold both traffickers and the buyers of sex accountable. The initiative's primary goal is to ensure that those committing these crimes are brought to justice. For more on this story , go to City Attorney, LA city Dot gov. LA City Sanitation is calling for new or gently used clothing to be donated. Donations are a part of LA sanitation s annual clothing drive running through Friday, March sixth. Clothing items go to city organizations and programs, helping those in need. Donation drop offs can be made at six public locations Monday to Friday from. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more at Sanitation LA city Dot gov . The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding. Someone who is severely bleeding can bleed to death in as little as five minutes. Minutes count in your lAFD. Thanks. You for learning how to stop the bleed by following the ABCs. If someone has an injury with blood spurting out of the wound, clothing soaked in blood, bleeding, that won't stop or loss of any part of an arm or leg, you need to act quickly. The first step is a for alert. Have someone call 911. The next step is B for bleeding. Locate the bleeding injury and remove any clothing covering the area so you can see the injury. The final step is C compress. If the injury is to the leg or arm, prepare to use the tourniquet kit. Unwrap the tourniquet and apply it. 2 to 3in above the wound. Do not place the tourniquet onto a joint. Go above the joint if necessary. Pull the free end of the tourniquet and wrap it until it is tight. Wind the wineglass until the bleeding stops. Secure the wineglass in place. Note the time the tourniquet was applied and write it down. If you can, or tell first responders when they arrive . At the Lankershim Arts Center was constructed in 1939. When it was opened in 1939, it was originally a la Department of Water and Power Building. The city of L.A. became the owner of the Lankershim Arts Center when it was declared as a historical , cultural monument. On the plaque, its purpose was that it is an example of adaptive reuse. The front building is actually an example of streamline modern design. And then if you come here after, I think it's like 5 or 6:00, there's like lighting panels that will turn on and then you get to see the full kind of marquee of the Lankershim Arts Center. We host a bevy of productions, be it dance productions, music productions, sometimes we'll have a film screening, uh, art, I think that sort of flexibility is something that brings me back every time. The theater is very intimate here. It really feels like you're just right up in front of the talent. When you come and watch a show here. We also do youth programing here. We work with a different local artist to be able to provide free programing for children, to learn how to. So we have a fashion class. We have music classes specifically for percussion and drums. We also have another music class for piano, and then we also have a dance studio. It's in our mezzanine that is for our dance class that we have here. Our mission here is just to grow the performing arts, really. So whether it be someone trying to bring out their own original productions or like sometimes we even have different groups come in to teach after school classes. Being able to grow the performing arts in a community is what makes Lankershim Art center stand out. The city investing into places like this is because it gives a place for people that were not as confident. The ability to express themselves and give a space for people that are a little bit different. Another space to play, because being able to play is so important just for our mental health as well as for like the health of the community. And it just makes a world a better place. We look forward to having you here at Lankershim Arts Center. Whether it be taking part in our free programing as well as being able to come and just watch a movie or watch a show, we look forward to having you over here on Instagram. Our Instagram handle is DCA underscore lnk. You can also find out more about us on culture LA city Dot gov. That's our website. Patapsco theater is located in Canoga Park. There is so much already here to offer. Cultural events, performances, folks do annual Dia de Los Muertos festivals. There is art walks, there's musical events, there's jazz, and I feel like we have the privilege to be added in that offering. The space had been left a little bit weary and so when the city came in to renovate the space, it was offered another chance to breathe new life into the arts. Here The Tosco Theater is here for everyone. It is here for young artists who are just starting out to the professional artists who are here to dream up their new vision. And we're here for the community at large and all of our community events. One of our signature events is called walking in our Light. This idea of how we help people to encourage them to think about the light that they bring and to show appreciation for those who help to nurture that light. So from that idea, we thought, well , let's let's walk in our light. Let us have stories along the way where people can stop and hear performances and storytelling of other people saying, this is my light, this is how I shine it. And these are the people I want to show appreciation to. So we do this, walk around the block and then we end up with a little gathering and performances inside and lots of time to just reflect on. Yeah, this is my life, you know? And these are the people who've helped me get there. Our communities don't always see what the City of Los Angeles provides them, providing access to the arts says to me, that's a city that's proud of the stories it wants to tell. The people who want to tell them, and the ways that they want to tell them. A space like this gives opportunity for folks of all ages, cultures, experience to say, I can be seen. I can be heard and I'm walking in these doors and it feels welcoming. It feels nurturing, and people are excited to listen to me and to hear me. We don't have that all the time. So it's a it's a live space that's here to welcome and nurture those sparks of inspiration and vision. There's a few ways to find us. We are always on social media, so we are on Instagram. We have a Facebook page. You can go to the Department of Cultural Affairs. There website, you'll find the Tosco theater may take a few clicks here and there, but we try to stay present in any way that we can. The my LA 311 app is easy. Download the Myla 311 app from the App Store or Google Play. Use Google Translate to view the page in up to 200 languages. Select the service need either by typing a topic in the new request search box, or select from the most popular service requests like Street pavement issues or potholes. Answer a few questions. You can add a comment or even upload a picture. Keep track of your request via email, text, or create an Angelino account to become a registered user. Using my LA 311 keeps our city safe and clean . Celebrate the Lunar New Year with passion of the cut sleeve in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the show galloping into the New year takes place on February 13th and will feature queer and trans Chinese folklore told through music, theater, poetry and performance art experience. The joy of the New Year in an 80 minute show with a live band playing traditional Chinese instruments, head to Plaza de la Raza for galloping into the New year on Friday, February 13th at 7 p.m. learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at Cultures LA City. Dot gov. During the Los Angeles Public Library at one of its events to mark African American History Month on Saturday, February 14th. Enjoy a talk from author Glenda Almond as she tours food history to take you from awful to delicious on a short journey down an African American food way for African Americans, food has been more than nourishment. It has been tradition, income and a means of resistance, almond highlights the stories of George Washington's enslaved cook, the ice cream entrepreneur Augustus Jackson, and Georgia Gilmore, whose cooking sustained the Montgomery bus boycott. Head to the Central Library for Glenda Almond from Awful to Delicious on Saturday, February 14th at 10:30 a.m. For more details, go to lapl.org. Slash events. San Fernando Valley Audubon Society invites you to a guided tour of the reserve on the second Saturday of February. The walk will take in the many birds and other wildlife at Hansen Dam and is for the beginner bird watchers, families and anyone who wants to visit the wildlife reserve. The emphasis of each tour will vary with participants interests meet at the small amphitheater on the southeast of Woodley Park, Hansen Dam, Bird Walk takes place on Saturday, February 14th at 9 a.m. check out this and other bird watching events at SFV Audubon.org. And that's a look at some things to do . In. Every day over 100 Americans die from secondhand smoke. From secondhand smoke. And children can cause asthma. Ear infections and increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Go to smoke free homes LA. Com learn how you can protect your home from secondhand smoke NCIL IN CL SESSION] Your regularly scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles City Council. Here's what's happening in LA this week. This is La Courant's . This is about all of us. It's about choosing to believe in our city again and proving it with action. And no matter what our city faces, LA never, ever gives up on . L.A. City Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an anti-trafficking initiative on Western Avenue corridor. This partnership with the nonprofit Journey Out combines law enforcement and social services. The program aims to hold both traffickers and the buyers of sex accountable. The initiative's primary goal is to ensure that those committing these crimes are brought to justice. For more on this story, go to City Attorney, L.A. city Dot gov. L.A. City Sanitation is calling for new or gently used clothing to be donated. Donations are a part of L.A. sanitation s annual clothing drive running through Friday, March 6th. Clothing items go to city organizations and programs, helping those in need. Donation drop offs can be made at six public locations Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more at Sanitation L.A. city Dot gov . The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding. Someone who is severely bleeding can bleed to death in as little as five minutes. Minutes count in your lAFD. Thanks you for learning how to stop the bleed by following the ABCs. If someone has an injury with blood spurting out of the wound, clothing soaked in blood, bleeding, that won't stop or loss of any part of an arm or leg you need to act quickly. The first step is a for alert. Have someone call 911. The next step is B for bleeding. Locate the bleeding injury and remove any clothing covering the area so you can see the injury. The final step is C compress. If the injury is to the leg or arm, prepare to use the tourniquet. Unwrap the tourniquet and apply it 2 to 3in above the wound. Do not place the tourniquet onto a joint. Go above the joint if necessary. Pull the free end of the tourniquet and wrap it until it is tight. Wind the wine glass until the bleeding stops. Secure the wine glass in place. Note the time the tourniquet was applied and write it down. If you can. Or tell first responders when they arrive . At the Lankershim Arts Center was constructed in 1939. When it was opened in 1939, it was originally a la Department of Water and Power Building. The city of L.A. became the owner of the Lankershim Arts Center when it was declared as a historical, cultural monument. On the plaque, its purpose was that it is an example of adaptive reuse . The front building is actually an example of streamline modern design. And then if you come here after, I think it's like 5 or 6:00, there's like lighting panels that will turn on and then you get to see the full kind of marquee of the Lankershim Arts Center. We host a bevy of productions, be it dance productions, music productions. Sometimes we'll have a film screening, uh, art. I think that sort of flexibility is something that brings me back every time. The theater is very intimate here. It really feels like you're just right up in front of the talent when you come and watch a show here. We also do youth programing here. We work with a different local artists to be able to provide free programing for children, to learn how to. So we have a fashion class. We have music classes specifically for percussion and drums. We also have another music class for piano, and then we also have a dance studio. It's in our mezzanine that is for our dance class that we have here. Our mission here is just to grow the performing arts. Really. So whether it be someone trying to bring out their own original productions or like sometimes we even have different groups come in to teach after school classes. Being able to grow the performing arts in a community is what makes Lankershim Art center stand out. The city investing into places like this is because it gives a place for people that were not as confident. The ability to express themselves and give a space for people that are a little bit different. Another space to play, because being able to play is so important just for our mental health as well as for like the health of the community. And it just makes a world a better place. We look forward to having you here at Lankershim Arts Center. Whether it be taking part in our free programing as well as being able to come and just watch a movie or watch a show, we look forward to having you over here on Instagram. Our Instagram handle is DCA underscore L and K. You can also find out more about us on cultural City gov. That's our website . Patapsco theater is located in Canoga Park. There is so much already here to offer. Cultural events, performances, folks do annual Dia de Los Muertos festivals. There is art walks, there's musical events, there's jazz, and I feel like we have the privilege to be added in that offering. The space had been left a little bit weary. And so when the city came in to renovate the space, it was offered another chance to breathe new life into the arts. Here. The Tosco Theater is here for everyone. It is here for young artists who are just starting out to the professional artists who are here to dream up their new vision. And we're here for the community at large and all of our community events. One of our signature events is called walking in our Light. This idea of how do we help people to encourage them to think about the light that they bring and to show appreciation for those who help to nurture that light. So from that idea, we thought, well, let's let's walk in our light. Let us have stories along the way where people can stop and hear performances and storytelling of other people saying, this is my light, this is how I shine it. And these are the people I want to show appreciation to. So we do this walk around the block and then we end up with a little gathering and performances inside and lots of time to just reflect on. Yeah, this is my life, you know? And these are the people who've helped me get there. Our communities don't always see what the city of Los Angeles provides them, providing access to the arts says to me, that's a city that's proud of the stories it wants to tell. The people who want to tell them, and the ways that they want to tell them. A space like this gives opportunity for folks of all ages, cultures, experience to say, I can be seen. I can be heard, and I'm walking in these doors and it feels welcoming. It feels nurturing, and people are excited to listen to me and to hear me. We don't have that all the time, so it's a it's a live space that's here to welcome and nurture those sparks of inspiration and vision. There's a few ways to find us. We are always on social media, so we are on Instagram. We have a Facebook page. You can go to the Department of Cultural Affairs there website. You'll find the Tosco theater may take a few clicks here and there, but we try to stay present in any way that we can. In the my L.A. 311 app is easy. Download the my L.A. 311 app from the App Store or Google Play. Use Google Translate to view the page in up to 200 languages. Select the service need either by typing a topic in the new request search box, or select from the most popular service requests like street pavement issues or potholes. Answer a few questions. You can add a comment or even upload a picture. Keep track of your request via email, text, or create an Angelino account to become a registered user using my LA 311 keeps our city safe and clean. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with passion of the cut sleeve. In partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the show galloping into the new Year takes place on February 13th and will feature queer and trans Chinese folklore told through music, theater, poetry and performance art experience. The joy of the New Year in an 80 minute show with a live band playing traditional Chinese instruments, head to Plaza de la Raza for galloping into the New Year on Friday, February 13th at 7 p.m. Learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at Culture Dot, L.A. city Dot gov. During the Los Angeles Public Library at one of its events to mark African American history Month on Saturday, February 14th. Enjoy a talk from author Glenda Almond as she tours food history to take you from awful to delicious on a short journey down an African American food way for African Americans, food has been more than nourishment. It has been tradition, income and a means of resistance. Almond highlights the stories of George Washington's enslaved cook, the ice cream entrepreneur Augustus Jackson, and Georgia Gilmore, whose cooking sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Head to the Central Library for Glenda Almond from Awful to Delicious on Saturday, February 14th at 10:30 a.m. for more details, go to lapl.org. Slash events. San Fernando Valley Audubon Society invites you to a guided tour of the reserve on the second Saturday of February. The walk will take in the many birds and other wildlife at Hansen Dam, and is for the beginner bird watchers, families and anyone who wants to visit the wildlife reserve. The emphasis of each tour will vary with participants interests. Meet at the small amphitheater on the southeast of Woodley Park. Hansen Dam Bird Walk takes place on Saturday, February 14th at 9 a.m. check out this and other bird watching events at SFV Audubon.org. And that's a look at some things to do . Every day, over 100 Americans die from secondhand smoke. And secondhand smoke in children can cause asthma. Ear infections, and increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Go to smoke free homes. Le.com. Learn how you can protect your home from secondhand smoke . And. Your regularly scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles City Council. Here's what's happening in LA this week. This is LA currents. This is about all of us. It's about choosing to believe in our city again. And proving it with action. And no matter what our city faces. La. Never ever gives up on you . L.A. city Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an anti-trafficking initiative on Western Avenue Corridor. This partnership with the nonprofit Journey Out combines law enforcement and social services. The program aims to hold both traffickers and the buyers of sex accountable. The initiative's primary goal is to ensure that those committing these crimes are brought to justice. For more on this story, go to. City attorney, L.A. City Dot gov. L.A. City Sanitation is calling for new or gently used clothing to be donated. Donations are a part of L.A. Sanitation. S annual clothing drive running through Friday, March sixth. Clothing items go to city organizations and programs, helping those in need. Donation drop offs can be made at six public locations Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more at Sanitation L.A. city Dot gov . The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding. Someone who is severely bleeding can bleed to death in as little as five minutes. Minutes count. Can you call the roll? Yes, sir. Blumenfield harris-dawson. Hernandez. Hut! Herrera Lee. McCosker. Nazarian Padilla. Park. Pryce Ramon. Rodriguez Soto. Martinez Yaroslavsky. 11 members present. Mr. president. All right. Mr. Pablo, anything to report out of closed session? There is nothing to report out of. Closed. All right. Madam clerk, what's before us? Uh, Mr. President, there's nothing to report on. Item 53, closed session. However, item ten is a budget, and finance committee report that council went into closed session, and there should be a vote on that one. Sir All right, members, um, there is a vote to adopt the budget Committee report on item number ten. Mr. Grove. Yeah All right, so let's open the roll. Close the roll. Tabulate the vote. 11 ayes. All right. What's next? Council has motions for posting referral. They are posted and referred announcements. Members thank you. Appreciate you for bringing those in. Yes Thank you for the great show and tell. Uh any other announcements? Members. All right. We'll ask everyone in the chamber to rise for adjourning motions ANY ADJO. AND WE BEGIN WITH MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES. I RISE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF FLORENCE LAFARGA. FLORENCE PASSED AWAY PEACEFUL AT HER HOME ON JANUARY 16, 2026 SURROUNDED BY HER CHILDREN. FLORENCE WAS BORN IN 1931 GREW UP IN RO DOND O AND HERMOSA BEACH AND RAISED BY HER PARENTS. WAS THE OLDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN AND GRADUATED FROM REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL AND WORKED AT A CHECKER AND LOVED TO GO DANCING AT THE REDONDO BARN. IT WAS BARN WHERE SHE META LEX, A YOUNG SAXOPHONE PLAYER FROM SAN PEDRO. FLORENCE AND ALEX FEEDLY FELL IN LOVE AND MARRIED IN 1950 AND HAD TWO CHILDREN LOU AND BOB AND SHARED THEIR LIVES TOGETHER FOR 60 YEARS. FLORENCE CONTINUED TO WORK IN VARIOUS MARKETS AND LATER VOLUNTEERED AS INTERPRETER FOR FAMILIES AT THE THEATERICS. SHE WORKED AT HARBOR UCLA FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE SHE RETIRED. OUTSIDE OF WORK, FLORENCE WAS EXTREMELY CREATIVE, SHE HAD VARIOUS HOBBIES INCLUDING QUILT MAKING AND CROCHET THAT EVERYONE GIFTED AT CHRISTMAS TIME. ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY. THEY'RE A BIG FAMILY OF ANTS AND COUSINS BUT IT WAS ALWAYS WATCHNG OVER HER YOUNGER SISTERS THAT CAPTURED HER HEART. ALSO ENJOYED SEARCH AND DANCING AT THE LOCAL TAREGAS AND HER FRIENDLY DANCE PARTNER WAS ALEX OF COURSE. IN HER LATER, FLORENCE AND ALEX BECAME SEASON TRAVELERS THAT TOOK MANY CRUISES AND TRIPS AND LOVED WORKING ON HER GARDEN AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER LUCILLE AND SON, ROBERT. AND GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDSONS, ALEX AND LOGAN, HER SISTER LENA, TRACY, BOTHER GILBERT LUJAN AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS, MAY SHE REST IN PEACE AND MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HER. >> Council President: THANK YOU, AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THAT ADJOURNING MOTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF ONE PASTOR LAWRENCE CHAMPION BLAKE, SENIOR. HE PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY 27 AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 54, OUR OWN COUNCILMEMBER HUTT IS AT THE SERVICE AND MY DEPUTY MAURICE, JOHNSON IS AT THE SERVICE AT THIS MOMENT. PASTOR BLAKE IS THE YOUNGEST SON OF PRESIDING BISHOP BLAKE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD. HE IS A DE VOTED HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER AND GREW UP IN ONE OF THE, FINEST--HERE IN THE LOS ANGELES CHURCH OF CHRIST. HE PASSED AWAY THIS PAST MONTH, HAVING BEEN PASTOR OF THE PALM DANE CHURCH AND CHRIST. HAD AN UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED IN THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WENT TO LAUSD SCHOOLS, ATTENDED MORRIS BROWNE COLLEGE IN ATLANTA GEORGIA. AT THAT POINT, HE WAS ALWAYS EXPOSED TO AND YOUNGEST SON OF THE VERY WELL KNOWN BISHOP BLAKE AND PREPARED TO HAVE A HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL ROLE IN THE COMMUNECAL COMMUNITY. HE PREACHED HIS FIRST SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 16, HOWEVER ADMITTED AND HAD MANY SERMONS FOR HIM THAT FAITH CAME THROUGH INHERITANCE. AND THROUGH A SERIES OF LIFE EXPERIENCES IN ATLANTA AND L.A., HE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE HE REHABILITATED HIMSELF AND BECAME A LEADER IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY, AND JOINED WITH HIS WIFE, JANINE. SO MOTIVATED TO RECEIVE EDUCATION, HE WENT ON TO GET HIS BACHELOR'S AGREE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY RETURNED TO HIS ROLE AS A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY. WHILE HE'S TRANSITIONS HIS MEMORY AND WIFE OF 23 YEARS, FLAKE, HIS CHILDREN, JEAN GRACE AND LARRY THE SECOND, HIS GRANDCHILD, HIS PARENTS, THE BISHOP AND HIS MOTHER LADY MAYBLAKE AND HIS SISTERS KIMBERLY PASTOR CHARLES AND A HOST OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES AND THE ENTIRE CHURCH OF CHRIST COMMUNITY ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MOURNS HIS LOSS. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. I SO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS IN HONOR OF LAWRENCE CHAMPION BLAKE. HE WAS A A RESENT PASTOR, MORE RESENT PASTOR IN WATTS. AT PALM LANE AND HE REALLY DOESN'T BELONG TO ONE DISTRICT. HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE AN INSPIRATION TO OUR ENTIRE CITY AND OUR REG YONL IN THE COUNTRY. I WAS PARTICULARLY MOVED BY, HIS EXPRESSION OF FAITH NOT AS SEEKING PERFECTION BUT AS TOTAL SURRENDER AND HUMIDITY AND SPOKE OPENLY ABOUT ALL THE MISTAKES THAT EACH OF US HAVE MADE AND HE WAS A GREAT INSPIRATION TO ME, AND I'M SURE TO YOU AND ALL OF US, SXEL BE GREATLY MISSED. AND SO, ON BEHALF OF THE 1-5, WE PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND, I WISH HIM REST AND POWER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER, MR. PRICE. ABSOLUTELY. >> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, EVERYBODY. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.