saves up to 15 gallons of water washing full loads of laundry saves up to 30 gallons of water and fixing a running toilet can save up to 50 gallons of water, keep it in mind all day, every day. It's conservation the LA way. Hello everyone I'm Susan Huckle and here's what's happening in LA this week, Mayor Karen Bass joined LA City's bureau of Street Lighting as it made an important switch. The bureau is innovating existing infrastructure, so solar energy become the power for some streetlights. An Added bonus is that the new tech will mean less reliance on copper wire. So we are at the corner of and ocean view in Council District one and we're doing a groundbreaking thing for a solar street lighting project where going to convert 235 lights to solar street lighting. This is an example of how we are going to improve public safety and quality of life in our city. We know that one of the problems that we face in the city is copper wire. We know that LAPD has, a copper wire task force and they've able to make many arrests. But at the end of the day, we have to come up with a better way of keeping our streets lit. What will happen is the streetlight itself and we add a new fixture and a new arm on top of it to and convert to solar street lighting. It will be across CD one and CD 13 and CD one. We're going to or convert 92 streetlights to solar and we will convert 143 lights in Council District 13 in this area for anyone has a report of a streetlight issue, a streetlight out. They should always request to 311. They can do it through the mylar 311 app or directly to 311 itself. It's been called LA's Mansion. Measure EULA is now two years old. The EULA is for united to house Los Angeles and this transfer tax is a dedicated stream which has supported renters, jobs and construction and affordable housing developments like this one being opened. We are at the Enlightenment Plaza, newly built affordable housing, funded by measure EULA just a voter is intended. We can see the new development that's happening because of the mansion that voters passed in 2022. Today marks, the two years of measure EULA, two years of the voters being loud and clear, the mandate, two years of a much needed dedicated funding stream for affordable housing and homelessness prevention. And we're pleased to see it working right here. And as of the beginning of this year, EULA helped keep 11,000 Angelenos house rental assistance helped kick start the construction of 795 affordable units and helped create 10,000 union construction jobs. And we're just getting started. We were fortunate enough to get some funding from ULA to be able construct this multiphase project. One of the huge benefits of the ULA funding is that we leverage this public dollars for about $200 million of additional dollars to build these units out. And then secondly, we've been to create 225 prevailing wage jobs and we've been working with about 36 subcontractor jobs throughout, the Los Angeles area, to make this project a reality. I'm living in a motel right now. I've been living there for a and a half, waiting to get a permanent place. And as long as we continue building, I know that eventually I will get my place, if you will get to this things you know at a time where, you know, the city is going through a really tough fiscal crisis. There's the housing crisis. You know, this is about what's really working. You know, every day we talk to people who have been helped by Missoula, and that's what this is about. It's about community coming together and making sure that we're our neighbors. That's what measure ULA is for. This is not the unveiling of a regular playground. This is DeGarmo Park, extreme play Zone, LA City Recreation and Parks heard that park users wanted something different and they were more than happy to make that happen. In fact, it was no park, so we just did the ribbon cutting of extreme ninja program that has been set up right behind me this an obstacle course? That's only the second in the city and wanted to do something special for community. First we built a playground the community asked for with integrated shade and a water fountain. Then there was fitness equipment for adults to exercise and next the community asked for something exciting like this this. I live in this neighborhood is very nice and I'm glad I remember when this park was only just a little pirate ship and then eventually the blue exercise part came in and. I saw this and it's grown so much. It's great. I'm here to try out the ramp. Try out this, of course, because heard it was going to open today and it's I heard it's going to be really, really fun. We you can see looking around these kids, they see the equipment and they're on it. They're exercising, they're being they're doing things that are physical. To me, the more important advantage having a neighborhood park like this is that it builds community. It's a place where families come together. It's a way to build positive memories for kids that they'll take with them for the rest of their lives. My favorite part, my part that I did at the ramp, my favorite part when, they did the ramp and they have my wrist. The bars. I'm going to come to this of my space. Very I'm my mom and my mom. I tried climbing. I got close, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it one day. I'm excited to have this ready to do this all the time and maybe one day I will be able to get off the ramp. It does take some time to get used to, but It is something the community asked for and we were really excited to have it installed here at the Carmel Park. DeGarmo Park, yeah. As Los Angeles advances, you're going to need to make sure that you're protecting open spaces and putting spaces to good use so that people recreate. Kids can enjoy living in the communities that they're growing in and getting to have places to run around. If you'd like ninjas in your neighborhood or something else entirely, let city rec and Parks know they're surveying Angelenos now at needs parks la city govt. In the show we'll have more on how you can your park ideas regional planning takes in many other local governments besides the city of LA at the most. Southern California Association of Government meeting members were forging partnership ups to ensure the zero emissions movement of goods around our SoCal region. Today we have a regional council meeting. It's typically the first Thursday of every month. We are having a conversation about one of our presidential priorities, which has to do with clean technology as well as goods movement SKOG or the Southern California Association of governments is a metropol urban planning organization. Metropolitan organizations or NPOs are designated by the federal government and typically what an MPO does is to coordinate planning across a precise region. We just about the importance of the zero emissions goods movement, how we help support getting electric chargers and, zero emission trucks on the road, given we have 40% of the world's cargo coming. The ports of L.A. and Long Beach, the largest source of air pollution in our region in is the goods movement. We have this opportunity to receive $500 million as a region through the air district from the federal government, 50 million of that 500 million will be coming to our asthma free program. And so it allows us to expand on the $17 million that we had spending over the last four years. Anything electrification in California is always a partnership between public and, private and as a private company. It was good to see who our public counterparts are and what kind of rules and regulations can help. The L.A. clean tech incubator. Our mission is to create an inclusive green economy for LA and beyond, and we're doing that through of startups, green workforce training, and partnering with places like Skaggs and Long Beach and the city of Los Angeles to accelerate progress towards a zero emissions future. >> Council President: CITY ATTORNEY AND THANK YOU ALL WHO HAVE JOINED US IN-PERSON FOR THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 11th OF DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR 2025, MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN CHAMBER FOR TODAY'S MEETING. LET'S--. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 8, 20256789 >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMEND TORE RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PRICE SECONDS. CAN WE RUN TLUT AGENDA. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM ON THE DESK FOR SUBMITTAL OF PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL HOLD THAT ON THE DESK. >> Clerk: ALSO REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM NUMBER 5 ON THE DESK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS MEMBERS? MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: HOLD ITEM 4 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND COMMENT. >> Council President: GOT T.MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: AN AMENDMENT I JUST SUBMITTED FOR COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: NUMBER 1 WHICH IS BEING CIRCULATED. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 4 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ITEM 4, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? MR. PRICE, NOT TODAY, ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO CONSIDER AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. THED PERSONNEL AND COMMITTEE REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED AND POSTED ONLINE ON COUNCIL FILE 5-0322 AS WELL AS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. THE PLANNING AND LAND USE FOR ITEM 3 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE 25-0211. THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM 4 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE IN COUNCIL FILE 23-0600. THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WAVED CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 3, AND 6. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 3 AND 6 ARE BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Clerk: THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM 6 WILL BE HELD OVER TO APRIL 22, FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION UNLESS RECONSIDERED WITH 12 MEMBERS. >> Council President: LGBTSINGER IF WE GET 12 MEMBERS, WE'LL DO THAT IF NOT WE'LL SEND TO TO THE DATE. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW GO TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: AND I WANT TO CALL FOR COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: GOOD MORNING, THIS YEAR'S COHORT UCLA OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. IF YOU CAN ALL RISE, SO WELCOME THEM THIS GROUP OF 20 FELLOWS REPRESENTS THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING, THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE IS INCREDIBLE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE UP TO AT CITY HALL. SO IF YOU SEE THEM, SAY HI AND IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU. WELCOME. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME WELCOME. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, I'M PROUD TO BE HERE TO REMEMBER THE 2025 JUNIOR GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW THE LEONARD RECREATION CENTER WAS STARTED IN 1986 AND IT'S BEEN ACORNER STONE FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS. OVER THE YEARS I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARK DIRECTIONS BUT JEREMY IN PARTICULAR HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN SO MANY WAYS, INVESTING IN THE PARK AND CREATING SAFE HEALTHY OPPORTUNITIEDS FOR AN ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE COMMUNITY. A FEW YEARS, LEN ARC DRAGONS ALL BOYS MADE HISTORY WINNING AGAINST THE ODDS. I HAD THE HONOR TO WELCOME THEM TO THIS CHAMBER AND TODAY I'M PROUD TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT. THE JUNIOR GIRLS SOCCER TEAM HAS BECOME THE FIRST-EVER GIRLS TEAM FROM LENARC TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] COMPOSED OF TALENTED YOUNG ATHLETES FROM 12 TO 15 YEARS OLD, THEY REPRESENT CANOGA PARK. THEY PUSH THEIR LIMITS AND NEVER GIVE UP. THEY'VE SHOWN US THAT THE DEDICATION CAN LEAD TO INCREDIBLE SUCCESS. PROGRAMS LIKE GIRLS PLAY L.A. ARE VITAL NOT JUST FOR PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIEDS BUT ENSURING THAT YOUNG GIRLS HAVE ROLE MODELS TO LOOK UP TO. COACHES DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND PARENTS MAKE SACRIFICES FOR THEIR DAUGHTERS AND THEY PUSH THEMSELVES TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS, WATCHING PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS FUELS THEIR DREAMS OF GOING PRO ONE DAY. WE MUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE GIRLS TO GO HIGH AND I'M PROUD OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN FOR PUTTING A RECREATION CENTER ON THE MAP AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HONORING THE NEXT GENERATION OF STAR ATHLETES FOR YEARS TO COME. SO I'M GOING TO START TO START WITH JUSTIN EDWARDS THEIR COORDINATION TO SAY A FEW WORDS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. THE GIRLS PLAY LOS ANGELES PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON GIRLS SPORTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM STRIVES TO KEEP AND GET GIRLS INVOLVED IN SPORTS AND LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. IT'S BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT IN MANY UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES, BARRIERS EXIST BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC GENDER ROLES OR INCOME THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED ON MALE FAMILY MEMBERS FIRST. THE PROGRAM IS SUBSIDIZED SO ALL GIRLS CAN PARTICIPATE REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC INQUAULITIES. >> NEXT JEREMY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. SO YE, AS COUNCILMAN BLOOMFIELD MENTIONED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PARK HISTORY, THE GIRLS HAS PRODUCED A CITY CHAMPION! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] OUR JUNIORS DIVISION TEAM WENT UNDEFEATED THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT AND WITH THE REGULAR SEASON THESE PLAYERS WERE ABLE TO PLAY 13 GAMES AND EXPERIENCE TOURNAMENT COMPETITION FOR $10. WE ARE SO PROUD OF THESE PLAYERS, OUR VOLUNTEER COACHES, COACH BRANDON AND COACH SAUK WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY AND COACH SARAH WHO GIVE THEIR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY. FOR HONORING THE TEAM, AND BOB FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE VITAL WORK THAT WE DO BUILDING SAFER AND MORE DYNAMIC COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE SEE. WE KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF HARD DECISIONS COMING UP TO MAKE FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND WE HOPE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS WILL BE FOR MOST IN YOUR MIND AS THINGS MAY BE GETTING MORE DIFFICULT, OUR WORK BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. SO TO THE MEMBERS OF 2025, LENARC JUNIOR TEAM, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN YOU MADE US ALL PROUD AND YOUR LEGACY WILL INSPIRE MANY FOR YEARS TO COME. I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A CERTIFICATE FOR THE WHOLE TEAM, TAKE A LOOK, WE'LL SEE YOU THERE. SO, YOUR VICTORY IS WHAT I'M SURE IS A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR EACH ONE OF YOU WHICH WE'LL GIVE YOU IN THE BACK. BUT FIRST A QUICK PICTURE. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR CHAMPIONS THAT HAS JOINED US. BEFORE WE MOVE MR. CLERK, I WANT TO CALL EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBERS ATTENTION TO A VERY SPECIAL GUEST. LEGENDARY MEMBER OF THIS BODY AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, EVERYBODY PLEASE WELCOME THE ONE AND ONLY ZEV YAROSLAVSKY WHO HAS JOINED US TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. CAN WE TAKE UP ITEM 2 AT THIS TIME, MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 2 HOWEVER THE VOTE SHOULD BE TAKEN AFTER THE REPORT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED. >> Council President: SO I TAKE THAT TO MEAN IT HAS NOT BEEN DISTRIBUTED? >> Clerk: IT HAS NOT BEEN DISTRIBUTED SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? PLEASE, MR. McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: FOR ITEM NUMBER 2, I AM PLEASED TO GIVE A VERBAL REPORT ON OUR ACTION. WE RECEIVED MS. BILLUPS IN OUR COMMITTEE WHO HAS AN EXCEPTIONAL, EXCEPTIONAL REPUTATION IN PRACTICE AND IN LAW IN ADMINISTRATIVE WORK AND KNOWN IN OUR COMMIT TEE AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN A TRUSTED ADVISOR AND WE WERE PLEASE TODAY RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM HER THAT WAS REALLY EXCEPTIONAL, CHARTING OUT A VISION FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING PROMOTING ADVANCING, GIVING THE TOOLS, AND TREATING WITH RESPECT AND EMPATHY OUR EMPLOYEES. AND AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PARTICULARLY FOCUS ON FAIRNESS AND EMPATHY. SO WE WERE PLEASED TO UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND MS. BILLUPS TO THIS INFORMATION AND I'M QUITE SURE THAT YOU WILL SHARE THE COMMITTEE'S SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S EXCEPTIONAL APPOINTMENT TO GENERAL MANAGER OF PERSONNEL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: WE'RE GOING TO WAIT. I WANTED TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION BUT IF WE HAVE TO WAIT, I'LL WAIT. >> Council President: IT'S A GOOD TIME TO ADD. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, WELL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY--. >> Council President: I'M SORRY, MS. BILLUPS CAN YOU JOIN US AT THE TABLE SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOU FOR A MINUTE. >> Clerk: AND MR. PRESIDENT, THE PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED. >> Council President: HOW ABOUT THAT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY EXCITED FOR YOU THAT YOU'RE TAKING THIS ROLE. OUR PERSONNEL IS HAS BEEN FACING A LOT OF ISSUES IN NEED OF SUPPORT AND A LOT OF CRISIS, IT'S A BIG BIG CRISIS, BUT I'VE SEEN YOU BUILD UP OUR UNARMED CRISIS RESPONSE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND IT'S BEEN SO THOUGHTFUL, DILIGENT, LIKE EVER EVOLVING, YOU'VE BEEN DOCUMENTING ILTS GROWTH SO YOU CAN LEGITIMIZE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE. AND IF YOU CAN DO THAT FROM SCRATCH, FROM ZERO, I CANNOT P IMAGINE THE NEW INNOVATIVE THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU'LL HAVE, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. A DEPARTMENT THAT NEEDS A LOT OF THIS FORWARD THINKING AIBLT TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE AND KEEP RECORDS AND AGAIN LEGITIMIZE THE WORK. SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO THIS POSITION, I'M EXCITED AND I CANNOT WAIT TO KEEP WORKING WITH YOU IN YOUR NEW ROLE. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THE CHOIR ABOUT HOW EXCITED WE ARE ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP, BRINGING YOUR BEST THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCE TO THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. WE'RE LOOKING REALLY FORWARD TO YOU STEPPING IN AND STEPPING UP DOING THE WORK. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WHO SAT THROUGH PERSONNEL AND UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SO MUCH, MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU MS. BILLUPS FOR ACCEPTING THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND AND WE THANK THE MAYOR FOR MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. YOU HAVE AN EXPERIENCE THAT DEMONSTRATE YOU CAN GET THINGS DONE. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT BACKGROUND AND THAT TRAINING AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP INTO THE ROLE AT A VERY CRITICAL TIME IN-PERSON HE WILL. SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND OF COURSE WITH THE BILLUPS CLAN, YOU CANNOT GO WRONG. THANK YOU. >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. SO EXCITED FOR YOU MS. BILLUPS AS SIMILAR TO MANY COMMENTS HERE. I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ON SO MANY ISSUES AND I'VE ALWAYS FOUND YOU TO BE DETAIL ORIENTED PASSIONATE DRIVEN AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL BRING THE SAME QUALITIES TO THIS DEPARTMENT. I KNOW WE'RE FACING SOME CHALLENGES BUT I KNOW THAT THE LONG TERM VISION AND STEWARDSHIP OF YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL MOVE THE CITY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOUR FAMILY HERE. WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A CELEBRATORY TONE TO THESE THINGS, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING THAT YOU'RE DOING. I'LL BE VOTING YES AND SHALL YOU PASS, PREMATURE CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. I HAVE TWO THINGS, ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT 11, WHO IS NOT HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT SENT A NOTE AND THE COUNCILWOMAN ASKED ME TO READ T I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING YOUR CAREER BLOSSOM FROM WORKING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ON LITIGATION TO LEAD THE ENTIRE CITY. NO DOUBT THE DAYS AHEAD WILL BE LONG AND HARD BUT I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN YOUR JUDGMENT AND LEADERSHIP. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MORNING'S VOTE. CONGRATULATIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBER PARK FROM THE 11th DISTRICT. AND I'M ALWAYS EXCITED WHEN WE SEE THE LEADERSHIP THAT COMES FROM OUR CITY, BUT ALSO FROM H B.C. U, YOU'RE SPECIAL TO ME. YOU'RE A SPELLMAN GRADUATE WHICH FOR THOSE WHO UNLIKE MR. McOSKER AND I SPENT TIME IN MOORE HOUSE COLLEGE, KNOW THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM MOORE HOUSE COLLEGE. CONGRATULATIONS AND I'LL ASK FOR TO YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE AT THIS MOMENT THAT THE CITY FACES? >> AS SOON AS I GET, OH THE MIC IS ALREADY LOOKING, I WAS LOOKING FOR A LIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS TO THE LEADERSHIP AND WORKFORCE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY. IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY HONOR TO BE CONSIDERED OF THE ROLE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE TO MAYOR BASS FOR THE NOMINATION AND FOR EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP IN THIS CRITICAL MOMENT IN OUR CITY. BEING HERE TODAY, IS BOTH HUMBLING AND DEEPLY PERSONAL. I COME TO YOU NOT ONLY AS A PROFESSIONAL BUT AS SOMEBODY SHAPED BY THE LAW, PUBLIC SERVICE AND BY A BELIEF IN WHAT INSTITUTIONS CAN DO WHEN THEY PUT PEOPLE AT THE CENTER. MY PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY TO THIS NOMINATION IS CATALOGUED IN MY RESUME SO I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT I'VE DONE BUT WHAT I KNOW AS A RESULT OF THAT JOURNEY AND WHAT I INTEND TO DO. SPECIFICALLY MY PRIVATE PRACTICE EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION YEARS IN PART WITH COUNCILMEMBER PARK, GAVE ME A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYSTEM AND STRUCTURES THAT EITHER SUPPORT OR FAIL THE PEOPLE WITHIN THEM. IT ALSO TAUGHT ME THAT AT THE HEART OF EVERY PERSONNEL ISSUE IS A PERSON. SOMEBODY SEEKING CLARITY, FAIRNESS AND DIGNITY. IN MY YEARS AS A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, I LEARNED HOW IMPORTANT TRUST AND CLEAR COMMUNICATION ARE WHEN RESOLVING SENSITIVE WORKPLACE CHALLENGES. AND HOW FRAGILE PROGRESS CAN BE IF THOSE TWO THINGS ARE MISSING. THROUGH MY PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AT THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT I CAME TO UNDERSTAND, THE RULES THAT SERVE AS A FRAMEWORK, AND OUR CULTURE THAT ALTHOUGH THE RULE SERVE AS A FRAMEWORK OUR CULTURE IS A REALITY. YOU CAN HAVE POLICIES WRITTEN ON PAPER BUT IF THAT DOESN'T REFLECT, IF THE CULTURE DOES NOT REFLECT, THEY WILL FALL FLAT. AS A RESULT I AM AWARE OF THE CULTURE BUILDING WORK WE NEED TO DO NOT JUST IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS BUT ON EVERY DAY IN HOW WE TRAIN AND SUPPORT AND RECOGNIZE OUR PEOPLE. AND NOW, AS ASSISTANT CAO, I SEE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH STAKEHOLDERS, LISTENING, REALLY LISTENING TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND, CONDUCT RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES AND ON GOING ASSESSMENT ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF IMPROVING THE PROCESSES. THESE EXPERIENCES HELPED ME DEVELOP MY MIND SET AND THE MIND SET I'LL BRING TO THIS ROLE IF CONFIRMED. ONE THAT IS GROUNDED IN THE LAW AND SYSTEMS BUT MOTIVATED BY SERVICE, COLLABORATION, AND A BELIEF IN OUR COLLECTIVE CAPACITY TO IMPROVE. I DON'T SEE THIS POSITION AS A MERE MANAGEMENT ROLE BUT AS A CHANCE TO HELP SHAPE THE CITY'S IDENTITY AS A WORKFORCE. TOO OFTEN WE OPERATE LIKE A FEDERATION OF DEPARTMENTS, EACH WIH ITS NORMS AND PROCESSES, BUT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE, AND THE RESIDENTS WE SERVE DON'T EXIST IN SILOS. WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS A CITY WIDE WORKFORCE CULTURE THAT IS UNIFIED, ACCOUNTABLE AND MISSION-DRIVEN. AND THAT STARTS WITH HOW WE BRING PEOPLE TO THE SYSTEM, GIVEN THE FISCAL CHALLENGES AHEAD, THIS MAY NOT BE THE TIME FOR BROAD EXPANSION OF HIRING BUT IT IS A TIME OF RIGHT TIME TO BUILD A SMARTER, MORE RESPONSIVE AND MORE NIMBLE HIRING SYSTEM. OUR CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM IS THE MOST FOUNDATIONAL ASPECT OF HOW WE MANAGE TALENT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IT WAS BUILT TO PROTECT FAIRNESS AND MERIT AND PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE TO GENERATIONS OF CITY EMPLOYEES. BUT AS A SYSTEM, BUT THE SYSTEM AS THE SYSTEM IS EXECUTED TODAY IT ALSO PRESENTS REAL CHALLENGES WITH FLEXIBILITY, SPEED AND INNOVATION IS REQUIRED. I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY PRESENTED IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO EXAMINE AND EXPLORE THE SYSTEM OF RULES THAT ARE THE CITY'S CIVIL SERVICE PROCESS. SXIL CONTINUE THAT EXAMINATION BUT WITHOUT A FIXED IDEAOLOGY AND WITHOUT AN INTENDED OUTCOME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ASSESS IN COLLABORATION WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS WHETHER AND THERE MAY BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE NIMBLE AND THOUGHTFUL. I INTEND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT THOUGHTFUL ASSESSMENT AND COLLABORATION. THE EVALUATION OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT WILL BENEFIT THE WHOLE CITY BUT NOWHERE IS IT MORE URGENT THAN IN PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS, TRUST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT GIVEN IT MUST BE EARNED. AND THAT BEGINS WITH WHO WE HIRE, HOW WE SUPPORT THEM, AND THE VALUES WE EMBED FROM DAY ONE. I AM CLEAR THAT ONE OF MY KEY TASKS WILL BE TO ELIMINATE AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS, REMOVE DELAYS AND HELP POLICE CANDIDATES NAVIGATE A HIRING PROCESS THAT VALUES THE CITY. BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE NUMBERS GAME, IT'S ABOUT FIT, INTEGRITY AND SERVICE. THIS DOESN'T MEAN LOWERING EXPECTATIONS, IT MEANS RAISING OUR PERFORMANCE AS A SYSTEM. SO I WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH LAPD, THE LEAGUE AND RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS TO PRIORITIZE HIRING PROCESS AND STRONG ON BOARDING TRAINING AND ENSURE THAT OFFICERS ARE CULTURELY PART OF THE FABRIC. LAWA AND THE PORT HAVE UNIQUE OPERATIONAL NEEDS THAT THEY ARE A PART OF THIS COLLECTIVE TEE WORKFORCE. I WILL WORK WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP AND HR TEAMS TO ENSURE THAT WHILE THEY SUPPORT SPECIFIC MISSIONS WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE BROADER KUMENT YOU'RE AND WORKPLACE VALUES THAT BIND US ALL. NOW I DO WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE THAT WE ALL FEEL LOOMING OVER US WHICH IS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL CONDITION. WE HAVE HEARD THE CITY IS FACING AS THE CAO HAS SAID SERIOUS FINANCIAL HEAD WINDS AND WITH THAT COMES THE LIKELIHOOD OF DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT MAY IMPACT OPERATION S AND SERVICE DELIVERY. WE KNOW THEY WILL NOT BE EASY AND MAY BE FELT. BUT HOW WE MANAGE THIS MOMENT WILL DEFINE OUR CREDIBILITY AND CULTURE. I DO NOT WISH THE DEPARTMENT TO BE MERELY A ADMINISTRATION OR I EXPECT I WILL BE A PARTNER WITH EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ALIKE IN NAVIGATING ANY CHALLENGES TO ENSURE THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY AND COMPASSION. WE AT PERSONNEL WILL COMMUNICATE REGULARLY AND CLEARLY, WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH OUR CITY LEADERSHIP, THE CAO, DEPARTMENTS AND LABOR TO ENSURE EVERY STEP IS CONSIDERED COMMUNICATED AND CENTERED ON PRESERVING THE STABILITY AND DIGNITY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP THE CITY RUNNING. WE WILL ENSURE THAT EMPLOYEES WHETHER THEY'RE IMPACTED OR NOT, KNOW THEY ARE SEEN, VALUED AND SUPPORTED THROUGH WHATEVER TRANSITIONS LIE A SAID. EVEN EVEN AT A TIME OF CONSTRAINT, WE CAN LEAD WITH CARE. THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO NAVIGATE THOSE CHALLENGES BUT THERE IS A RIGHT WAY. IN CLOSING, I WILL SAY THIS. I BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORKFORCE, I'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE, I'VE ADVOCATED FOR THEM AND I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY GIVE TO THE CITY EVERY DAY. DESPITE THE TITLE THIS ROLE DEMANDS MORE THAN MANAGEMENT, EMPATHY AND RESOLVE, I DO NOT TAKE LA LIGHTLY, I'M READY TO LISTEN, I'M READY TO LEAD AND WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ALL OF YOU TO BUILD A CITY WORKFORCE AS EXTRAORDINARY AS THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE. I WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS, IF ANY. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE PRESENTATION ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU TO MAYOR BASS, OUR COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, McOSKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. MR. CLERK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF WE CAN PREPARE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO ONE MINUTE TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY. PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN SATISFIED FOR ALL OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. SO, WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 7, SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 7. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THIS CASE, MAY SPEAK TO ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES TO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. IF YOU CAN PLEASE, IN ORDER TO HEAR FROM AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, IT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED BY THE COUNCIL STAFF BEFORE YOU LINE UP. SO ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LINE UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR TODAY, BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN SATISFIED FOR ALL OTHER ITEMS, YOU'LL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES TOTAL. THAT'S ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WENDY LOPEZ, RHONDA RIGHT, SE, 71, RANDY NEFFLES, PAUL MORALES, SIU721, CHARLES LEON, SCU LOCAL 21. >> City Attorney: CAN WE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKERS. >> Clerk: I WILL CALL A FEW MORE SPEAKERS, VICTIM YA, EN VICTORIA, MICHAEL MARTINEZ. >> City Attorney: AND IF OUR SPEAKERS CAN MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE PODIUM. SPEAKERS, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. >> City Attorney: SO AGAIN, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SPEAK IN THE ORDER IN WHICH YOUR NAME IS CALLED BUT PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOUR NAME IS CALLED AND THEN YOU CAN LINE UP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CAN FOLKS HEAR ME? >> City Attorney: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 4. >> City Attorney: ITEM NUMBER 4 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: WELL IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH EVERYBODY. I'M CHARLES LEON I'M A COORDINATOR WITH LOCAL 721, HELLO COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. GOOD TO BE HERE. WE STAND WITH THE BUREAU OF SANITATION TODAY WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED IS PROPOSED RATE ACTION. THIS PROPOSED RATE ACTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN PLACE DECADES AGO. IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE THERE WAS A PROPOSED RATE ACTION. THIS IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE SERVICES THAT THE BUREAU OF SANITATION PROVIDES, ANGELINOS, THEY TAKE ON THE HOMELESS CRISIS, HEAD ON. THEY TAKE OUT THE TRASH EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY LIFT UP THE MATTRESSES EVERY DAY, THEY ADDRESS THE COUCHES EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THEY DO IT THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. WHEN THE REST US ARE SLEEPING ON THE COUCH, STILL HAVING THAT TURKEY IN OUR BELLY, THEY'RE OUT TL. THEY DO IT DURING THE HOLIDAYS WHEN WE'RE OPENING HOLIDAY PRESENTS. >> City Attorney: WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU CAN EXIT ON YOUR RIGHT-HAND SIDE. IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR IF YOUR NAME IS NOT CALLED BECAUSE WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON LACOUNCILCOMMENT.COM. YOU CAN FIND THE URL AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. >> Speaker: I'M HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 4 PLUS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE. I'M EVAN, REFUGE COLLECTION CENTER FOR THE SOLID SIDE. I'M HERE ALSO WITH MY FELLOW MEMBERS. WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING REFUSE COLLECTION MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF MOU4. INFLATION IS IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE A GROWTH, RESIDENTIAL TRASH SERVICE, WE SERVICE AROUND 800,000 HOUSEHOLD AND MANY SERVICE LIKE LAX, HYPE RAREIAN AND LAPD, AND DWP AND ALSO CITY HALL. OUR LAST RATE ADJUSTMENT WAS IN 2008. WHILE INFLATION CONTINUES TO GROW, OUR RATE HAS STAYED CONSTANT. IF YOU RECALL IN 2019, WE ENTERED THE COVID ERA BUT THE AFFECTS ARE STILL PRESENT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED AND WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: ITEM 4. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: HELLO COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'M PAUL MORA LEZ I'M A PROUD EMPLOYEE OF SANITATION. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RATE INCREASE AS WE GET SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL, FOR THE HARD WORK THAT WE PROVIDE. AS THE CITY MEMBERS KNOW, THAT WE ARE, THE ONE OF THE CHEAPEST OR I'M SORRY, LEAST COST AS FAR AS PROVIDING OUR SERVICE, PRIVATE SECTORS CHARGE A LOT MORE MONEY AND DON'T PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES THAT WE DO. ALSO, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF OUR RESIDENTS. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE CLEAN AND SAFE STREETS. THE RATE INCREASE IS NEED TODAY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SERVICES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE AND FEEL FREE TO ADJUST THE MIC AS YOU SEE FIT. >> Speaker: NO PROBLEM. HELLO COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND HONORABLE MEMBERS. I'M RANDOLPH AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE RAISE FOR SANITATION FOR THE TRASH COLLECTION. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NE SPEAKER. AND I'M GOING TO ASK, I CAN'T TELL IF PEOPLE ARE BLOCK THE EXIT ROW BUT IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN A ROW THAT IS NOT THE SAME OF THE PODIUM SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT. GOOD MORNING WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS AND STAFF. I'M ERIC I'M A REFUSE COLLECTION TRUCK OPERATOR OUT OF THE WEST VALLEY. IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RATE HIKE AND BENEFITS, SOLID RESOURCES HAS BEEN DOING MORE WITH LESS FOR FAR TOO LONG. THE UPKEEP OF UNHOUSED ENCAMPMENTS AND ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN NEIGHBORHOOD ALL FALLS UNDER THE MISSION AND RESPONSIBILITY OF SANITATION. SOME OF THE FUNDS FROM THIS RATE INCREASE WILL GO TO ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES. BEING A SECOND LARGEST BUREAU OF SANITATION IN THE COUNTRY WE SHOULD BE IN THE EXAMPLE THAT THE INDUSTRY LOOKS TO IN TERMS OF SAFETY EFFICIENCY AND AVAILABILITY OF RATE. WE IN SOLID RESOURCES ARE EXCITED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THESE RAISES WILL BRING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AS WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT AND SERVE. GO DODGERS! [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: MI NOMBRE ES WENDY LOPEZ. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: UNMOMENTO. >> Speaker: I FORGOT SORRY. >> Translator: MY NAME IS WENDY LOPEZ I LIVE IN DISTRICT 9 AND WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THE RATE INCREASE PERMITTED BY LARSO IS TOO HIGH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WE NEED THE INCREASE OF RENT TO BE LIMITED FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE LIVE UNDER LIMITED CONDITIONS AND EACH INCREASE PUT THESE FAMILIES AT-RISK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M A MOTHER OF THREE KIDS AND EACH TIME I SEE ONE OF THESE RENT INCREASES I HAVE TO MY QUESTION, SHOULD I BUY FOOD FOR MY KIDS OR PAY RENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THIS IS A QUESTION THAT NO MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES AND WE ARE HARD WORKING FAMILIES THAT MAINTAIN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND NOW IS THE MOMENT YOU NEED TO ACT WITH DIGNITY AND IN A JUST WAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, HELLO MY NAME IS SOPHIA MEN DO SA AND I'M A MEMBER OF ACE. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO YES, IMPART OF KEEP L.A. HOUSED AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, PLEASE HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE CANNOT PAY MORE RENT AND THE RENT INCREASES NEED TO BE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF 0 AND 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WE THAT ARE LIVING AND WORKING AND LIVING CHECK BY CHECK, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY A RENT INCREASE SUCH AS 3 PERCENT BECAUSE IF THAT WAS THE CASE, WE WOULD END UP ON THE STRAOELT. --STREET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FORMULA PROVIDED BY LARSO. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Translator: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, HELLO MY NAME IS VICTORIA HENRIQUES. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO YES, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE BOARD DIRECTORS FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO APPROVE THE RENT STABILIZATION FORMULA BY LARSO SO THAT WE WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PAY RENT INCREASES FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YES, YESTERDAY WHEN I WENT TO WORK, I'M AM BULATORY WORK, I'M I MADE ONLY $5. I'M A SINGLE MOTHER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I ASK THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR CITY? PLEASE APPLY THIS THIS LAW FAST. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 4, I'M MICHAEL MARTINEZ I'M THE FOUNSER FOR THE COMPOST FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF L.A. AND I WANT TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE BUREAU OF SANIZATION. PROVIDING GREEN JOBS, SUPPORTING YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND GONE FROM A TEAM FROM 1 TO 30. WE AT L.A. COMPOST WE OFFER OUR FULL SUPPORT TO THE GROWTH, TO THE NEEDS THAT THEY NEED FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE AND WE JUST WANT TO SEE THEIR CRITICAL WORK CONTINUE. BUT THE CRITICAL WORK OF DIVERTING FOOD AND ORGAN I CANS--ORGANICS LANDFILL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MOANSINGER I'M GOING TO BE GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS SYLVIA AND I'M A, I'M A SENIOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH SAGE. AND I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT JOB FOR 8 YEARS AND THROUGHOUT THOSE 8 YEARS, I'VE SEEN A BIG CHANGE. I GREW UP HERE, I GREW UP IN HOLLYWOOD. I DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA, I CANNOT AFFORD IT. I CANNOT AFFORD 4500 IN RENT AND NEITHER CAN OUR MEMBERS. I HAVE A MEMBER THAT CALLED ME AND SHE IS LIVING UNDER A TABLE AND SHE IS PAYING $600 OF RENT. SHE SELLS FLOWERS AND SHE IS HARD OF HEARING AND DEAF. HOW MANY FLOWERS DO YOU THINK SHE HAS TO SELL A MONTH TO COLLECT $600? HOW MANY OF YOU BUY FLOWERS? SO LIKE, LIKE HER, I HEAR SO MANY STORIES, VERY HORRIBLE STORIES. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Speaker: SO PLEASE. >> City Attorney: WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, BUT IF YOU WAIT ON THE SIDE OVER THERE. I'M HERE TO YOU ADD LARSO AND VOTE YES TO SUPPORT THE FORMULA CHANGE AND CAP THE RENT AT PERCENT. I'M 33 YEARS OLD AND IT'S HARD TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND INCREASE IS ONCOMING. ACE IS HERE TO SUPPORT THE UNITED WORKERS AND FORESEE IN THE OLYMPICS AHEAD. AND ALSO TO STOP SEXUAL HAASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: ARE YOU SPEAKING ON PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Speaker: YES. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: KEEPS ANGELINOS STAY HOUSED BUT THE RENT INCREASE IS TOO HIGH FOR ANGELINOS WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO MAKE THE RENT. I'S EITHER WE HAVE TO CHOOSE TO PAY RENT, WE EAT FOOD OR PAY BILLS. IT'S REALLY UNAFFORDABLE FOR ME AS A AS A STREET VENDOR, IT'S VERY HARD. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE IN A BETTER WAY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO IS WORKING, HARDLY MAKING A LIVING AND STRUGGLING BUT STILL CONTINUE TO WORK AND BE ACTIVE PEOPLE AND BE NOT BURDEN TO THE CITY *. WE NEED TO MAKE THIS FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT, IT'S AN EMERGENCY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HELLO MY NAME IS LISA VIROS AND I'M HERE AS A MEMBER OF ACE, AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT A RENT GETS HIKED FROM 0 TO 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: VOTE YES AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALIZE THIS FORMULA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WITH THE MONEY THAT WE EARN RIGHT NOW, ANY INCREASE COULD MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND COULD PUT US IN THE STREETS AND WE HAVE FAMILIES AND THIS COULD BE INCREDIBLY HARD. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: EN ESPANOL. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HELLO CITY COUNCIL. I'M A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS ACE. DISTRICT 9. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE REASON I'M HERE IS TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE TERMS OF RENT THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT IN 40 YEARS AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS UNJUST. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M ASKING THAT THEY CAP THE RENT FROM 0 PERCENT TO 3 PERCENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M A RENTER AND A SINGLE MOM. I'M A SINGLE MOTHER AND I'M A PART-TIME WORKER AND SOMETIMES JUST TO MAKE RENT I HAVE TO RECYCLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND A LOT OF THE RENTERS ARE IN THE SAME POSITION THAT I AM AND SOMETIMES WE JUST CAN'T MAKE RENT. SO I'M ASKING US TO MAKE CHANGES TO LARSO AND SO YOU CAN SUPPORT THE RENTERS SO WE DON'T END UP ON THE STREETS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HI I'M TOMMY FROM CD14 WITH L.A. CAN IN SUPPORT OF KEEP L.A. HOUSED. I'M GIVING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. LOS ANGELES RENT STABILIZATION NEEDS UPDATE, MOST ANGELINOS RENT CIVILIZED UNITS. ANY STABILITY AND ABILITY TO KEEP HOUSED. THOUSANDS MORE IN RENT THAN THEY SHOULD, MAKING IT HARDER TO AFFORD FOOD, HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION. RENT INCREASES ARE A KEY DRIVER TO 9 PERCENT RISE IN HOMELESSNESS. L.A. CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP PUSHING RENTERS ON A BRINK. UPDATE THE FORMULA NOW. THE AVERAGE RENT IS 3388, THAT MEANS THAT A RENTER WOULD NEED TO MAKE $100,000 A YEAR TO STAY WITHIN THE 30 PERCENT RENT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND ONE FOR ITEM 2. >> Speaker: YOU HAVE A FISCAL EMERGENCY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INABILITY OF CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD FAIR HEARINGS ON ALL YOUR ITEMS. AND ALSO IT'S A FISCAL EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE--OH THIS IS FOR YOU MR. PRICE, YOU CAN USE THIS IN YOUR CRIMINAL TRIAL. YOUR CITY CLERK OPENS THE ROLL BUT NEVER TAKES THE ROLL. >> City Attorney: MR. SPINDLER, THIS IS NOT RELATED TO ITEM 7 WHICH IS THE ONLY ITEM, TIE IT TO THE ITEM OR I'LL MOVE YOU TO PUBLIC COMMENT OR YOU CAN CONTINUE. >> Speaker: THAT'S PART OF AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION. >> City Attorney: EMERGENCY AS IT RELATES TO THE FIRES. >> Speaker: I'M TRYING TO HELP CURREN PRICE. >> City Attorney: OKAY I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I TRIED TO ASK YOU POLITELY. >> Speaker: I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU. SO NOW I HAD MY MAIL STOLEN IN MY OFFICE, START I WAS THREATENED, WEDNESDAY, I WAS GIVEN A DEATH THREAT ON MY CELL PHONE AND YESTERDAY, I WAS WILLFULLY INTERFERED WITH MY WATER SERVICE AT MY BUILDING SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND NOT COME TO THESE MEETINGS FOR A WHLE. AND TODAY THEY PASSED A MOTION BANNING FAIR HEARINGS. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET MY LEADERSHIP ANYMORE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY OF MY HELP, SNITCHES, WHERE EVER YOU ARE, EVERYBODY HAS TO PREPARE FOR WAR. WE HAVE TO PUT UP OUR SANDBAGS, WE HAVE TO GET OUR LEGAL TEAMS TOGETHER. WE HAVE TO GET OUR TROOPS ON THE LINE. L.A. IS INVOLVED IN A CIVIL WAR, THEREFORE THE PEACE TREATY IN 77th AND FIG IS HERE BY NULL FIED. >> City Attorney: WHILE MR. SPINDLER, WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE BUT IF YOU HAVE A CREDIBLE DEATH THREAT, I ASK TO YOU REACH OUT TO THE LAPD. THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU RESPOND. THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING, DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS MIGHTING AGAIN. MADAM CHAIR, MR. SPINDLER HAS BEEN WARNED AND ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL. SPEAKER? NEXT SPEAKER? YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND MR. SPINDLER CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO NOT DISRUPT THE NEXT SPEAKER'S OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. HE DID NOT INTERRUPT YOU. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Clerk: MR. GROAT. >> Council President: MR. SPINDLER, IF YOU CONTINUE TO INTERRUPT THIS MEETING, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE FPT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR CHOICE, YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN WARNED. IF YOU CONTINUE INTERRUPTING THIS MEETING, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES INCLUDING DURING THE COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING, WHICH WE'RE NOT COUNTING AGAINST YOU. MADAM CHAIR, HE IS ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> Council President: SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED AND CONTINUING TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT MR. SPINDLER BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. >> City Attorney: MR. SPINDLER, THE CHAIR HAS ORDERED YOU REMOVED FROM THIS MEETING AFTER YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN MULTIPLE WARNINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPLY. HAVE A NICE DAY. I'M SORRY, MEMBERS, WE CANNOT CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL MR. SPINDLER, AS STATED EARLIER, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING. MR. SPINDLER PLEASE KEEP MAKING YOUR WAY TOWARDS THE EXIT. [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> City Attorney: AND I WILL NOTE YOU'RE TAKE AGO WAY TIME FROM ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WHO SHOWED UP LIKE YOU TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DLAI, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, ITEM NUMBER 7 IS ABOUT LOCAL EMERGENCY ABOUT THE LOCAL FIRE. I'M DISAPPOINTED THREE MONTHS AFTER THE FIRE, THE HOUSE OWNERS, SPER STILL WAITING FOR THE PERMIT TO REBUILD THEIR HOUSE. AFTER THREE MONTHS LATER, THE INSURANCE, STILL DENY THEIR PAYMENT AFTER THEY LOST THEIR HOUSE. THREE MONTHS LATER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE CDs FAILED LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR HOUSE, THE CITY DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY COMPENSATION HOTEL, VOUCHERS, MEAT VOUCHERS OR WHATEVER VOUCHERS FOR THOSE. SO YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOREVER, IT'S GOING TO TAKE FIVE YEARS, TAKE TEN YEARS FOR THOSE HOUSE OWNER TO REBUILD THEIR HOUSE SUCCESSFULLY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, DISTRICT 1, WE STILL HAVING SO MANY RED TAPE ON THE REBUILDING. I CALL THAT RED TAPE PROCESS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. NOW, CONTINUE TO MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M REALLY DEEPLY CONCERNED ON THE 145 PERCENT TARIFF ON FIGUEROA STREET. BECAUSE RIGHT NOI, IT DOES NOT MATTER IF OUR SANITATION WORKER, IF WE ARE, TOILET WORKER, OR STREET WORKER OR POLICE WORKERS AND OUR FIGUEROA PROSTITUTION WORKER, THEY CANNOT HAVE A LIVING WAGE. THEY CANNOT KEEPING UP WITH THE RENT. THEY CANNOT KEEPING UP WITH THE 145 PERCENT TARIFF. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT OUR FIGUEROA STREET THAT I SUPPORT THAT THERE IS NO TARIFF ON SEX, THERE SHOULD BE NO TAX ON SEX AD I BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE CITY SHOULD HAVE ACCESSIBLE TO AFFORDABLE FIGUEROA SEX SERVICES WITHOUT TARIFF, WITHOUT TAXES. SO I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE ON FIGUEROA STREET ON ALL SEX WORKERS AND PROSTITUTION WORKER AND I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR FIGUEROA PROSTITUTE. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HAPPY FRIDAY EVERY ONE. >> City Attorney: HAPPY FRIDAY. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ALSO ON ITEM NUMBER 4 BUT I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN UP. >> City Attorney: YOU KNOW THE DRILL. YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: YES I DO. GERALD WITH THE REALITIORS AND HAPPY PASSOVER TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL. LET THE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED WITH WEDNESDAY WITH THE HEARING REGARDING THE SOLID WASTE INCREASE ON FEES. IT MIRRORS A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS HOUSING PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN HAVING FOR THE LAST 19 MONTHS REGARDING RAISING RENTS TO COMPARABLE RATES TO KEEPS UP WITH THE RATE OF MAINTAINING HOUSING. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT WE'RE ASKING WITH THIS TIME DEPENDING ON HOW THE FEES GO? WILL THE FEES BE PASSED THROUGH THE TENANT? AS OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE WITH THE RESPECT TO RENTS AND RESPECT TO COST OF LIVING INCREASES. WE LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE THE TIMING, COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFICULT WITH THE RISE OF INSURANCE GOING UP. THE COST OF UTILITIES GOING UP, THIS IS NATURALLY THE PROGRESSION OF THAT AND THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES OF THIS, CAN THE HOUSING PROVIDER SURVIVE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: PLEASE, I HOPE I HAVE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ATTENTION. THE MAYOR LIKES TO DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCIES SO THEY CAN STREAMLINE PROJECTS, DEVELOPMENT, FUNDS, GET IT GOING WHERE THEY WANT IT TO GO WITHOUT PEOPLE ASKING TOO MUCH QUESTIONS. IF THE CITY REALLY CARED ABOUT THE EMERGENCY, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE CUT PHONE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE WEEK BACK FROM THE FIRES. YET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD HAVE TOLD THE CITY ABOUT THEIR WOES AND THEIR NEEDS AND THEY COULD HAVE, IT WOULD HAVE HELPED THEM BUT YOU DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE CITY, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN NEED. THAT'S WHY COUNCILWOMAN LIKE YSABEL AND MONICA RODRIGUEZ WILL GO SPEAK TO SPEAK WHILE SOMEBODY UP HERE WITH TALK ABOUT THE DAMAGE THEY SUSTAINED DURING THE FIRE. PEOPLE LOST THEIR STUFF AND THEY CAN'T CALL IN ABOUT IT. SO WHILE THEY'RE PICKING UP ALL THE PIECES AND SWIFTING THROUGH THE ASHES, YOU'RE SIT THERING EATING YOUR YOGURT. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WHEN YOU TAKE PEOPLE'S HARD EARNED MONEY OUT OF TREASURE WHILE EVERYBODY IS RISKING THEIR LOSING THEIR HOMES, FORECLOSURE, RENT HIKES ALL KINDS OF STUFF, YOU SIT THERE AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP HERE CAN CRYING ABOUT BEING EVICTED, YOU DON'T LISTEN. YOU CAN'T PHONE PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU DON'T BOTHER IN COMMITTEES IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE FOUR MILLION PEOPLE AND YOU SOMETIMES TRY TO LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT TO 30 MINUTES OR AN HOUR. YOU KNOW THE CITY OF MALIBU, THEY HAD A LOT OF SITUATION WITH THE FIRE. THEY HAD PUBLIC COMMENT FOR HOURS. WHY IS IT THAT OTHER CITIES CARRY THEMSELVES BETTER THAN Y'ALL. YOU'RE ALL A DISGRACE AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP CALLING YOU OUT FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF I FOLLOW THE LAW OR NOT. JUST HELP US OUT. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: ITEM 7 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, ITEM 7 IS RELATIVELY TO THE DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY. THIS CITY LIKE TO DECLARE EMERGENCY BUT DON'T ACT LIKE AN EMERGENCY. SO THEY CAN GET FEDERAL FUNDING AND GET THINGS MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY BUT THROW THINGS LIKE MONEY TO LIGHT UP CITY HALL BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS GOING TO GIVE A SPEECH. OR 50,000 TO CELEBRATE A RECOGNITION MONTH OR A HOLIDAY. WE SHOULD BE ACTING LIKE AN IT'S EMERGENCY IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. PEOPLE ARE NOW AT-RISK OF EVICTION, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN LIKES TO CLAIM THAT THE ISSUE WITH AFFORDABILITY WITH HOUSING IS A HOUSING SHORTAGE, ZEV WHO IS HERE TODAY BLOCKED THE BUILDING OF 3000 HOMES IN 2012, MAYBE YOU CAN CONFRONT HIM ABOUT THAT WHILE HE'S HERE, NITHYA. >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SINGING] THERE USED TO BE AN OPTION TO CALL IN TO SPEAK FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS BUT WHILE MARQUEECE, TOOK OVER, HE DECIDED NOT TO HEAR REMOTE COMMENT FROM CONSTITUENTS, THEY SHUT PEOPLE OUT AND MAKE RULES ABOUT WHAT WE CAN SAY. COUNCIL, CAN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED TO LISTEN TO US, THEY SHOULD BE MADE FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING EXCESS, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BEND WORDS THEY SHOULD ENSURE WE ARE--ALONG THE YOU PAYING ATTENTION. I JUST WANT IT POINT OUT HOW MANY CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN WHILE OUR REFUSE COLLECTERS ARE UP HERE BEGGING FOR YOUR HELP. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT SPEAKER. WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, YOU DO NOT GET TO SPEAK WHILE YOU'RE AT THE PODIUM. SO DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. YOU HAVE--HOLD ON. YOUR TIME HAS NOT STARTED. YOU HAVE WIN MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Clerk: WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER WHO SHOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK. >> Speaker: WE HAVE A GOD DAMN CRISIS. >> Council President: THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER. >> Speaker: EVERY TIME I COME HERE, THE CITY CLERK VOTES FOR ALL OF YOU, WHERE IS THE MONEY? WE VOTE, THE PEOPLE! AND WE HAVE ALL OF THIS SANITATION PEOPLE THAT NEED THEIR MONEY SO THEY CAN CLEAN THE SHIT UP THAT YOU LEAVE IN THE HILLS AND THEY HAVE TO PICK UP THE GOD DAMN SHIT AND THEY DESERVE RAISES. BUT NO, EMERGENCY ACCORDING TO THE FUCKEN MAYOR. WELL YOU BETTER BE LISTENING, KAREN ASS, DO YOUR FUCKEN JOB AND GIVE SANITATION ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES A 20 PERCENT RAISE THIS YEAR! FUCK THE BUDGET, WE ARE THE BUDGET. NOW TO MY NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THE RULE OF DEQUORUM VIOLATE BECAUSE THEY CONSTITUTE IMPERMISSIBLE PRIOR SPEECH. GUIDELINES FOR ENFORCEMENT UNDER Z-V731, DDP DAWSON, SSX YOU STAGEDLY BLACK GIRL UP THERE BESINGER YOU'RE JUST A PUSSY, A BIG PUSSY DAWSON. I WANT YOU TO VOTE ON THIS, I WANT YOU TO VOTE THAT YOU WANT TO RESTRICT US, CENSOR US AND SAY THAT I CAN'T USE THE "N" WORD I CAN'T USE THE "C" WORD BECAUSE I SPELL IT K.U.N. T., YOU KUNT. SO THE BOTTOM LINE, FUCK YOU LOS ANGELES. >> City Attorney: THAT'S YOUR TIME. >> Council President: THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER, THANK YOU ALL. TO THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, APOLOGIES FOR THE NATURE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: JASON. >> City Attorney: ALL RIGHT, MR. HERMAN, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING OR YOU'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL. I'M SORRY SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO EAD HA. >> Speaker: HI I'M JASON I'M A RESIDENT OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD CD2, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN FOR AGREEING TO CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT AT OUR LOCAL TOWN HALL. I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE FOR THE REST OF COUNCILMEMBERS TO MEET WITH KEEP L.A. HOUSED AND ORGANIZE THEIR OWN TOWN HALLS. MR. NAZARIAN SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY ONE. YOU CAN JOIN US AND WE'LL HAVE A GREAT DISCUSSION WITH TENANTS LIKE WE DID WITH MR. NAZARIAN, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO YOU AGENDIZE THE LARSO, LANDLORDS CAN RAISE TEN PERCENT WHEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHILD, THAT IS RIDICULOUS. >> City Attorney: OKAY, CAN YOU HOLD HIS TIME. MADAM CHAIR, MR. HERMAN IS CONTINUING TO DISRUPT AND ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL IF WOULD YOU LIKE. >> Council President: MR. HERMAN, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED AND YOU'LL BE ASKED TO BE REMOVED. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN YOU'RE CONTINUING TO DISRUPT THIS MEETING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE HIM REMOVED? APOLOGIES. >> Council President: SORRY, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ANYWAY, THE RENT GOES UP AGAIN IN JULY, SO PLEASE AGENDIZE LARSO AND LET'S CAP THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT, WOO! >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW BE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M NOW CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CLERK, AT THIS TIME WHAT ITEMS DO WE HAVE BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MADAM CHAIR THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 1 TO WEDNESDAY, AMENDING MOTION 1-A, BLUMENFIELD RODRIGUEZ HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THIS ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED WITH AMENDING MOTION 1-A. >> Council President: OKAY. >> Clerk: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 7. >> Council President: OKAY. CAN WE OPEN--OKAY, ITEM 7 IS NOW BEFORE US. CAN WE OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 7? CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND THIS ITEM FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. AND NOW WE'LL HEAR ITEM 5 WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. McOSKER. MR. McOSKER FM >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, ITEM 5 IS A PROPOSAL OF A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE A FIRM TO WORK WITH TWO EXTENSIONS UP TO 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN COMMITTEE I ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS OF THE ABOUT THE CONTRACTOR, THERE WAS NO PRESENTATION BY CAO OR BY FIRE IN COMMITTEE. I SAID THEN THAT I WOULD BE A NO UNTIL SUCH TIME AS I GOT THE ANSWERS. WE VOTED NO, AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE IS TO REJECT THIS CONTRACT. SUBSEQUENT TO THE COMMITTEE MUCH SO MY DISMAY AND DISAPPOINTMENT, I'VE GOTTEN--NO ANSWER FROM FIRE. SO IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE TABLE. IF YOU WOULDN'T FIND? --MIND? >> Council President: ABSOLUTELY. DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT THE TABLE. >> T. McOsker: SO ESSENTIALLY DID I GET THAT RIGHT, HAZARDOUS REMOVAL, THE CONTRACT THAT WAS PROPOSED IS 3 YEARS WITH 2 YEAR EXTENSION NOT TO EXCEED 700,000 PER YEAR, NOT TO EXCEED 3.5 MILLION DOLLARS OVER A POTENTIAL FIVE YEARS. >> YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT. >> T. McOsker: SO I ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN COMMITTEE REGARDING CONTRACTING OUT, VIOLATIONS WHERE HOME OFFICES WERE, WHERE THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE LOCAL. THERE WERE NO ANSWERS TO THE COMMITTEE. FOR THE REASONS I STATED BEFORE, WE DO HAVE A WRITING HERE NOW THAT GIVES SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS. I WILL LET THE WRITING STAND FOR ITSELF. I AM STILL A NO, TODAY ON THIS. BUT THEN IN A BRIEF CONVERSATION BEFORE, THIS ITEM WAS CALLED, YOU GAVE ME SOME INFORMATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO YOU RELAY TO THE COUNCIL. LET ME KNOW WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THIS PROVIDER OF SERVICE AND WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE SERVICE OF COLLECTING THESE DANGEROUS MATERIALS AND YOU CAN DESCRIBE THE MATERIALS AND WHERE THEY'RE COLLECTED GENERALLY. >> YES, SIR. MY NAME IS RYAN JONES, CAPTAIN 2 FIRE FACILITIES. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SIXER RIGHT NOW CLEAN HARBORS HAS BEEN COLLECTING WASTE OIL, COOKING OIL AND BIOHAZARDS, WE OWE THEM ABOUT 260,000 AT THIS POINT. THEY HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE FACILITIES IN CITY FIRE. IF THIS MOTION GETS SHUT DOWN, WE'LL BE WITHOUT SERVICE SO WE'LL HAVE NO MECHANISM TO PICK UP WASTE OIL, COOKING OIL AND BIOHAZARD. AND THE CONTRACT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR, AND IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OF NO PICKUP. IF IT DOES NOT GET APPROVED. >> T. McOsker: I'M A LITTLE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE AFFECTS TO THE PEOPLE. WE'RE TEN MONTHS OUT OF CONTRACT THAT THIS FIRM HAS BEEN WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT FOR TEN MONTHS? >> YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT. >> T. McOsker: HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? >> Speaker: THROUGH THE PROCESS, GETTING RFP, COLLECT THE COMPANY IT'S JUST BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WAITING FOR IT TO GET APPROVED. >> T. McOsker: GO AHEAD. >> SIR, IF I CAN ALSO ADD. >> Council President: MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE DESK IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. >> T. McOsker: INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SPEAK INTO THE MIC. >> Speaker: EMILIA RODRIGUEZ ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THERE IS A RATIFICATION CLAUSE THAT WOULD ENABLE CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE OR CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICES WHILE THE CONTRACT IS BEING YOU KNOW, FORMALLY EXECUTED. SO THROUGH THAT CLAUSE, WE'RE ABLE TO PAY THE MEMBERS. >> T. McOsker: SO IF IT WAS REJECTED TODAY, IF THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEW CONTRACT WAS REJECTED THAT PROVISION WOULD REMAIN IN PLACE? >> CORRECT, WE WOULD HAVE TO DIFFER TO A MECHANISM TO MAKE A ONE-TIME PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERS TO DATE. SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE CITY CONTROLLER AND ATTORNEY. >> T. McOsker: SO THEY'RE CARRYING PROVIDING SERVICES PURSUANT THAT SAYS THEY'RE A CARRY OVER. AND WHAT YOU SAY YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY FOR TEN MONTHS TO PAY THEM? >> Speaker: THE FUNDING IS LIMITED WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MECHANISM TO DO IT WITHOUT A CONTRACT. >> T. McOsker: WELL THERE IS SUCH A THING OF GETTING A MECHANISM TO PAY FOLKS EVEN IF WE HAVE IS NOT EXTENDED THE CONTRACT. YOU'RE TELLING ME IF I GET THIS WRONG LET ME KNOW, THE CONTRACT CONSIDERED IF THEY EXPIRED THEY CAN CARRY OVER UNTIL WE PAY THEM. THERE IS--. THAT'S A GREAT DEAL, IF YOU CAN GET THAT. >> YEAH, WE CAN EXPLORE THE OPTION OF ONE-TIME APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO DATE THROUGH WHAT IS TERMED AUTHORITY FOR EXPENDITURE. AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, SO IF THE ACTION TODAY WAS TO REJECT THIS, TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE AND TO REJECT THIS NEW CONTRACT, THEN YOU WOULD INVOKE THE PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING EXPIRED CONTRACT AND SAY CONTINUE ON AND THEN WOULD YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY THEM FOR THE NEXT TEN MONTHS AND NEXT YEAR OR SO WHILE YOU PUT TOGETHER A NEW RFP? >> WE, THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES OF PAYING THEM FOR WORK TO DATE WE JUST CAN'T CONTINUE THEIR SERVICES FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. >> T. McOsker: WHY YOU COULDN'T YOU CONTINUE THEIR SERVICE YOU CONTINUED FOR TEN MONTHS AFTER THE CONTRACT EXPIRED. >> Speaker: FOR ONE THING, THAT WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON THE CONTRACTOR WHETHER THEY WANT TO CONTINUE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. >> T. McOsker: IF WE TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULD DO ONE-TIME SERVICES BUT THEY'RE GOING TO REFUSE, YOU HAVE TO GIVES THE CONTRACT? THEY WOULD SAY? >> Speaker: YEAH, AGAIN I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE VENDOR BUT, AGAIN IN THE ABSENCE OF A CONTRACT, WE YOU KNOW, COULD FIND A WAY TO PAY THEM FOR THE SERVICE TO SEE DATE. BUT I MEAN, THERE IS TOO MANY MOVING PARTS TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FURTHER WE CAN ALLOW THOSE SERVICES WITHOUT HAVING NORMAL CONTRACT EMPLOYEES. SO, THE MORE THEY PUSH INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, PROVIDING SERVICES VALID CONTRACT, THE A FE, OPTION BECOMES MUCH LESS OF A REALITY BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY BE INCREASING THAT AMOUNT. >> T. McOsker: WHAT HAPPENS IF WE, IF WE GO WITH THE COMMITTEE BELOW AND REJECT THE CONTRACT? WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE ARE THE SERVICES ON MONDAY THAT WE DON'T GET? >> Speaker: I THINK IF THE CONTRACT DOES NOT GET APPROVED THEY WOULD STOP SERVICE. I THINK IT WAS WAITING FOR THE CONTRACT TO BE DENIED OR APPROVED AND THEY'RE CARRYING OVER FROM THE NEXT CONTRACT, ALL SERVICES WOULD STOP AND IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY PICKUP. >> T. McOsker: WHERE ARE THE WEST OILS? WASTE OILS? >> FROM THE LOCATION, MOTOR OIL, WASTE OIL, A TRIPLE F, BIO HAZARD AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A SERVICE TO PICK THIS UP, IT WILL STOCKPILE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY QUALIFIED TO REMOVE THESE MATERIALS. >> T. McOsker: YOU DISCUSSED ON ME ON THE SHARP OBJECTS. >> THIS IS GIVING MEDICATIONS AND IV, FROM MEDICAL BIOHAZARD. THEY ALSO PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES, WE HAD A SEWAGE SPILL AT FIRE STATION 12, THEY ASSEMBLED THEY PICKED UP THE FECAL MATTER. IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY LIKE THAT, WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO CLEAN UP. SO A LOT OF SEFSHSZ WOULD BE LOST. >> T. McOsker: ONE MORE THING, MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS A, THIS IS A POSITION THAT YOU THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER YOU RELY ON, TO HELP YOU WITH THE RFP AND I'M SURE THERE IS A BUNCH OF FOLKS HAVE PUT US IN THIS POSITION WHERE THE COMMITTEE BELOW WHERE YOU DID NOT SHOW UP, SAID NO, WE WANT THIS TO GO BACK TO RFP, BECAUSE WE SAID NO, NOW WE GET HERE AND WE SAY, WE'VE HAD THIS SERVICES OF THESE FOLKS FOR UP TO TEN MONTHS AND IF YOU SAY NO, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO PICKUP THIS WASTE OIL, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DONE IT FOR TEN MONTHS. THE COMPANY THAT WANTS THIS CONTRACT. WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE, I'M GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDING MOION THAT WE APPROVE A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT AND DIRECT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GO BACK OUT TO RFP. >> Council President: I'LL SECOND THAT AMENDMENT. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: FOR BEING HERE AND ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. McOSKER FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND AMENDMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON ITEM 5, SO THAT WOULD BE TO, I THINK THE, IT WOULD BE TO NOT ADOPT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION. >> T. McOsker: TO REJECT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE AND TO AMEND, THE ACTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE A THE CONTRACT FOR ONE YEAR, SAME TERMS AND DIRECT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT TO RFP. THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THAT ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO REJECT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THE AMENDING MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONTRAC FOR A YEAR. OKAY. LET'S ANY OTHER? OH. -- >> E. Hernandez: IS IT ONE VOTE FOR EVERYTHING? >> Council President: ONE VOTE FOR EVERYTHING. >> E. Hernandez: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Council President: LET ME CLARIFY THAT WITH THE CLERK. >> T. McOsker: I'M GOING TO SAY, IF YOU VOTE NO,--. >> Council President: HOLD ON MR. McOSKER, MR. CLERK IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> Clerk: MADAM CHAIR, THE MATTER BEFORE COUNCIL IS TO REJECT THE COMMITTEE REPORT WITH AN AMENDMENT FOR TO APPROVE ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS. >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. HERNANDEZ DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> E. Hernandez: YES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> Council President: SORRY, MS. HERNANDEZ, YOU'LL HAVE TO SAY AGAIN FM >> E. Hernandez: YES, I UNDERSTAND BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE EXPLANATION. >> Council President: I'M CALLING ON HIM. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A NO-VOTE WOULD BE TO REJECT MY AMENDMENT AND MY REQUESTS FOR REJECTING BELOW, WHICH MEANS WHAT HAPPENED IN COMMITTEE. A YES VOTE WOULD BE THE RELUCTANT AMENDMENT THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD. SO A NO VOTE YOU'RE KEEPING FAITH AND A YES-VOTE WOULD BE MODIFYING TO DO THE ONE YEAR. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> B. Blumenfield: I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE DOING, WHEN WE'RE DOING A ONE-YEAR, ARE WE APPROVING A CONTINUATION OR A WHOLE NEW RFP? >> Council President: NO, THE ITEM WAS A CONTRACT AND IT'S BASICALLY AMENDING THE CONTRACT TO HAVE A TERM OF ONE YEAR. SO IT WOULD BE APPROVED FOR ONE YEAR CONTRACT SO THAT THE SERVICES FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND TODAY, THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO ANSWERS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT SAID THESE SERVICES WOULD BE INTERPRETED. NO NO NO, THE TEN MONTHS HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT A CONTRACT IN PLACE THIS WOULD BE FOR A YEAR GOING FORWARD. >> B. Blumenfield: A CONTINUATION OF NEW YEAR. >> Council President: A NEW CONTRACT FOR ONE YEAR, THAT'S CORRECT. >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY AND THEN AN RFP? WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO AN RFP ANYWAY? IS THAT CORRECT? >> Council President: IF MEMBERS CAN WAIT UNTIL I CALL ON YOU, I KNOW IT'S DELIGHTFUL TO JUST TALK TO EACH:00 I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES HERE AGAIN. DID YOU LEAVE ALREADY? NO YOU DIDN'T, GREAT. COULD YOU COME BACK TO THE TABLE TO ANSWER MR. BLUMENFIELD'S QUESTION? MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MAY ALSO BE ABLE IF YOU CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT QUESTION. >> B. Blumenfield: AND CLARIFY THE QUESTION. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE TAKING ON NEW COSTS IN TERMS OF RFP OR WE ALREADY HAD TO DO AN RFP ALREADY. >> AS I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH RFP JUST REDUCING FROM MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS TO ONE YEAR AND WE WOULD NOT DO A RFP UNTIL AFTER EXPIRATION OF THIS ONE-YEAR. >> Council President: MR. BLUM FIELD, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> B. Blumenfield: SO WE'RE TAKING ON A NEW RFP. SO WHAT WAS WRONG? THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE OPERATING WITHOUT A CONTRACT, RIGHT? BUT, WAS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE RFP AS WELL THAT EXISTED? >> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE RFP, I BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS MOVING FORWARD HERE IS TO SIMPLY, REDUCE THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT WITH OUR SELECTED BIDDER. BUT WE WOULD ACCELERATE THE NEXT RFP CYCLE TO ESSENTIALLY, JULY FIRST OF THIS YEAR. >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD. MR. McOSKER, YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? OR COMMENT? >> T. McOsker: COMMENT. THE NEW RFP WHICH IS A PAIN TO DO, I GET IT, GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED. LOCAL HIRE, AND RELATED ISSUES ALL THAT I HAD ASKED IN COMMITTEE AND I WILL EXPECT THAT ALL OF THOSE GO INTO THE NEW RFP. >> YES, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY. >> Clerk: MADAM CHAIR. >> Council President: YES, MR. GROAT. >> City Attorney: BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, I REALIZE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER ITEM, IF WE CAN HOLD THIS ON THE DESK I'M TRYING TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS ON THIS. IF WE CAN PROCEED WITH ITEM NUMBER 4 FIRST, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, WE WILL DO THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN, REPRESENTS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR BEING HERE. AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS ITEM AFTER OUR NEXT ITEM. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4 WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE BY MR. NAZARIAN AND COMMENTS BY MS. HERNANDEZ AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM SANITATION. IF WE CAN START WITH THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL MOVE TO YOU FOR COMMENTS. WELCOME. WELCOME. WELCOME. >> GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BARBARA ROMERO AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF AND GENERAL MANNER OF SANITATION. I'M JOINED YOU WITH A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ALEX LOU AND OUR C.F.O. AND NICOLE BURNSTEIN. >> Council President: AND JUST BEFORE WE MOVE AHEAD, IF I CAN ASK EVERYBODY WHO IS SPEAKING TODAY, IF YOU CAN FULL THAT MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOU, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR EVERY WORD. >> IN MAY OF 2023 AS PART OF THE PROCESS, L.A. SAN WAS ASKED TO REPORT THE ACTIONS NECESSARY, MAOELT REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS AND REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON THE GENERAL FUND. WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO EVALUATE THE EXITING SOLID RATE RATES AND CONDUCT A RATE STUDY THAT INDICATED THAT INCLUDED A COST OF SERVICE STUDY AND RATE DESIGN AND A FINANCIAL PLAN. WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SOLID RATE STUDIES. ONCE WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR PRESENTATION, ADDITIONAL STAFF ALONG WITH THE CONSULTANTS FROM HFNH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE LAST TIME THE CITY ADOPTED THE SOLID RESOURCES FEE, WAS IN 2008 TO SUPPORT THE SOLID RESOURCES PROGRAM. THE 3632 FEE HAS SUSTAINED THE PROGRAM UNTIL FISCAL YEAR, 2020-2021 WHEN IT WAS FIRST SUBSIDIZED BY THE GENERAL FUND BY 3.9 MILLION AND THAT SUB SUBSIDY HAS GROWN. AMOUNTS TO NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF THOSE COSTS AND THAT PERCENTAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IF WE DO NOT HAVE A RATE ADJUSTMENT. THIS STEEP JUMP IN OPERATIONAL COST IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS ATTRIBUTED TO A MULTIPLE FACTORS, INCREASE LABOR AND FUEL COST, CHANGESTO THE PROGRAM TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGULATORY MANDATES. AND GLOBAL AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGES ESPECIALLY IN RECYCLING. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU. WE PROVIDE SURF VIEED RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION AND BULKY ITEM PICKUP FOR 750,000 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, DUPLEXES, SMALL MULTI FAMILY TRIPLEXES AND QUADRO PLEXES AND PROVIDE CUSTOMERS THAT LIVE IN LARGER COMPLEXES OF FIVE OR MORE UNITS FM THESE ARE THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE SERVICED BY THE RECYCLA PROGRAM. RECYCLA COLLECT 5,000 MULTI FAMILY COMPLEXES OF FIVE UNITS OR MORE, CONDOMINIUM AND COMMERCIAL. WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS OUR SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUR OWN WORKFORCE 1200 STRONG. I WILL NOW HAND IT OVER TO ALEX HALUO TO DISCUSS OUR SERVICES AND HOW THE PROGRAM HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST 17 YEARS. ALEX. >> THANK YOU, BARBARA. GOOD MORNING, ALEX, ASSISTANTED MANAGER FOR SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENT. THE POLICEWOMAN OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE WITH THE LONG FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND PROVIDING ECONOMY. YOU WOULD SEE ON THE SLIDE, THERE IS A MANY SERVICES THAT L.A. SANIZATION PROVIDES. ONE I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE IS LIMITED BULKY ITEM AND KEEP COMMUNITIES CLEAN AND ENCOURAGE RECYCLING OF LARGE ITEMS SUCH ASTHMA TRESES WHERE WE COLLECT AND RECYCLE THE MATTRESSES. MOVE IN AND MOVE OUT THIS IS A SERVICE THAT L.A. SANZ SUPPORTS, ENCOURAGING WASTE MANAGEMENT DURING HIGH WASTE PERIODS. ANNUAL BRUSH CLEARANCE, WE NOTICED HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS IN PACIFIC PALISADES, THIS HELPS REMOVE OVERGROWN VEGETATION TO REDUCE FIRE RISKS. AND OPERATED 24-7 CALL ST, ENSURING CONTINUING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTS ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT OUR OUT REACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. L.A. SANS ENGAGES ABOUT RECYCLING, WASTE REDUCTION, AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. THIS SLIDE, OUTLINES THE FISCAL CHALLENGES THAT BARBARA HAS SPOKEN ABOUT AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE RECYCLING COST IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE. THE CITY USED TO GENERATE OVER A BILLION IN REVENUE. CURRENTLY THE CITY FACES A COST OF 17 MILLION TO RECYCLE MATERIAL. WITH COST OF ORGANIC HAS BEEN PROCESSES AT 40 A TON, NOW THE MATERIAL HAS TO BE COMPOSTED FOR 90 DAYS AND THAT COSTS US $120. AND THE SAFE CENTERS, THIS IS A CENTER THAT IS AVAILABLE, WE HAVE SEVEN ACROSS THE CITY AVAILABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO TAKE THEIR SOLVENT OR FLAMMABLES AND ELECTRONICS. WE COLLECT OVER 6200 TONS OF MATERIAL THAT IS BEING REMOVED FROM LAND FILLS. AND LAST ON THAT SLIDE IS THE NEW LNG TRUCKS. THE COST OF THE TRUCKS HAVE RISEN BY 103 PERCENT. WHEN L.A. SANIZATION USED TO PAY, OUR CURRENT COST IS 500,000 PER TRUCK. NEXT SLIDE. SB1833, TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, THIS IS MANDATING THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES PROVIDE RESIDENTS WHETHER IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES OR MULTI FAMILY DWELLINGS WITH A THREE CONTAINER FOR SEPARATED COLLECTION SERVICE. SB1383 SPECIFIES STRICT GUIDELINES STANDARDIZED ACROSS THE STATE. BLACK IS FOR REFUSE, RECYCLABLE AND GREEN BIN FOR ORGANICS SUCH AS FOOD CRAP, MEAT AND FOOD SOLD PAPER. THE STATE PROHIB HIT PLACING ORGANIC IN THE BLACK CONTAINER. REQUIRING ALL WASTE TO BE SEPARATED FOR RECYCLING AND RECYCLING. THERE ARE OTHER SLIDES BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM BECAUSE OF THE FIRE. TIME BUT IT PUT MEASURE TO ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAMS AS WELL AS CAPACITY PLANNING WORKING WITH THE L.A. COUNTY TO BUILD ANOTHER, TO BUILD COMPOST FACILITIES AND ESTABLISH EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY. AND NOW WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO SARAI OUR C.F.O. >> THANK YOU, ALEX. I'M GOING TO COVER THE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH TO DEVELOP THESE PROPOSED RATES. IN OCTOBER OF 2023, WE HIRED HFNH A FIRM WITH EXPERTISE IN TRASH FEE SETTING. WE WORKED WITH THEM TO DEVELOP A ANALYSIS AND RATE MODEL. THIS ANALYSIS INCLUDED EVALUATING OUR OPERATIONS, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, AND CAPITAL AND DEBT NECESSARY TO DETERMINE AND OPERATE OUR SYSTEM. WHICH ALSO DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS ACROSS CUSTOMER CLASSES BASED ON TYPE AND SIZE OF CONTAINERS AND SERVICE LEVELS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSED RATES MEET PROP 218 REQUIREMENTS. THE ANALYSIS TOOK INTO ACCOUNT MANY ASSUMPTIONS AS BARBARA MENTIONED WITH ORGANIC, LABOR, CAPITOL IMPROVELE FOR YARDS AND TELE MATIC AND DISPOSAL COSTS AND INCLUDING ELECTRIFICATION. THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT IT IS THE SAME COSTS TO PROVIDE SERVICE ACROSS ALL CUSTOMER CLASSES PRIMARY BECAUSE OF THE ORGANICKING MANDATES AND SUPPORTS MOVING TO A SINGLE RATE STRUCTURE FOR ALL CUSTOMERS. THIS TABLE SUMMARIZED OUR PROPOSED RATES AND PROGRAM COSTS USE TODAY DETERMINE THE REVENUE FOR BOTH FEE AND TOP HALF IN BLUE AND THE LOWER HALF IN ORANGE. THESE RATES ASSUME IMPLEMENTATION OF JANUARY 1, 2026 AND FUTURE ADJUSTMENT AFFECTIVE JULY FIRST FOR THE FOLLOW FIVE YEARS. THESE CHARGES ARE ON WDP BILL. SO WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE ADDITIONAL REVENUE COME IN AROUND THREE MONTHS AFTER IMPLEMENTATION. BECAUSE OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION AND THE BUILDING LACK, THIS PROGRAM WILL STILL NEED GENERAL FUND SUPPORT NEXT FISCAL FOR. FOR SOLID PROGRAM, WE'LL NEED ABOUT 184 MILLION AND FOR THE MULL' FAMILY BULKY FAMILIAR WE NEED ABOUT 9 AND A HALF MILLION. IF WE PROJECT THIS WILL REDUCE THE GENERAL FUND SUB --SUBSIDY BY ABOUT $20 A MONTH. FOR CUSTOMERS IN NEED OF CAPACITY BEYOND STANDARDS, WE ALSO OFFER BLACK, BLUE, GREEN AND MANURE SERVICES. THIS IS BASED ON SERVICE AND MOST COMMONLY USED CONTAINER SIZE TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL DEFICIENCY. THE MOST CHANGE WOULD BE FOR THE BLUE CONTAINER, WE DON'T CURRENTLY CHARGE BUT NOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHARGE THE ACTUAL COSTS TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS AT FULL COST RECOVERY. I WILL NOW HAND IT BACK TO BARB TO CONTINUE. >> HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES? THE PROPOSED RATE IS COMPARABLE AND SOME SOME CASES FAR BELOW. AT THE END OF THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, WILL STILL BE AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE REGION. OUR BASE RATE INCLUDES A STANDARD SET OF THREE CONTAINERS AND A SUITE OF CUSTOMER SERVICES, MANY OTHER CITIES CHARGE ADDITIONAL FEES, AFTER TWO BULKY COLLECTIONS. WE ARE PROPOSING TO EXPAND THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND ELIMINATE THE DUEL REQUIREMENT TO BE BOTH LOW INCOME AND DISABLED OR LOW INCOME AND SENIOR CITIZEN. TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO RATE PLAYERS. WITH LOW INCOME BEING THE ONLY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT WE ANTICIPATE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE RATE PLAYERS WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE CAP OF 514,000. IT WILL BRING THE MONTHLY CHARGE FOR THE BASE DOWN TO 39.17 PER MONTH. IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO EXPAND THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THE ADDITIONAL COST TO THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY TEN MILLION ANNUALLY FOR THIS FUND. NOW I INTRODUCE NICOLE. >> HI GOOD AFTERNOON, NICOLE BURN STEIN ASSISTANT IN SANITATION AND EN VIERM. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. PROP 218 WAS PASSED BY VOTERS IN 1996 AS IT PERTAINS TO PROPERTY RELATED FEES, CERTAIN PROCEDURES ARE REQUIRED BY LAW. MUNICIPALITIES MUST PROVIDE NOTIFICATION THAT MUST BE MAILED TO EVERY AFFECTED PROPERTY. THE NOTICES MUST INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE PROPOSED TO BE IMPOSED, THE BASIS UPON WHICH THE FEE OR INCREASE WAS CALCULATED. THE REASON FOR THE FEE AND THE DATE TIME AND LOCATION OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FEE. WE MUST HOLD A HEARING NO LESS THAN 45 DAYS AFTER THE MAILING OF THE LAST NOTICE. AND REJECT THE PROPOSED FEE IF WRITTEN PROTEST ARE PRESENTED BY A MAJORITY OF PROPERTIES. ADDITIONALLY, TOTAL REVENUES FROM THE CHARGE CANNOT EXCEED THE FUNDS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. THE CHARGE CAN BE NO MORE THAN PROPORTIONATE VALUE. ONE USER CANNOT SUBSIDIZE ANOTHER AND THE FEE SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A RATE MODEL OR ANALYSIS. IN TERMS OF THE OUT REACH, IF COUNCIL AUTHORIZES US TO PROCEED WITH THE 218 PROCESS, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY CREATE AN OUT REACH PLAN. IN ADDITION TO THE CREATION AND MAILING OF THE 218 NOTICES, WE WILL WORK WITH YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO US TO PERFORM OUT REACH IN YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. WHO ARE YOUR TRUSTED N G.O.s? WHAT EVENTS WOULD YOU LIKE US TO ATTEND AND WHAT LANGUAGES WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TRANSLATE OUT REACH MATERIALS FOR YOUR OFFICE'S USE. WE WILL CREATE A SUITE OF COLLATERAL MATERIALS INCLUDING FAU AND CALCULATOR AND HOST THESE MATERIALS ON OUR WEBSITE IN 16 LANGUAGES. WE WILL HAVE A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS FOR INQUIRIES RELATED TO THE RATE AND WE WILL BEGIN SUPPLEMENTING STAFF. WE WILL CREATE A TOOL KIT FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WISH TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THEIR CONSTITUENCIES, WE'LL PROVIDE WEB NAZER AS WELL AS MORE TARGETED ONES TO COMMUNITY OF INTEREST. OUR CALMS TEAM WILL PREPARE ARTICLES THAT CAN BE ADDED TO YOUR COUNCIL NEWSLETTERS OR COMMUNITY NEWSLETTERS. WE WILL PREPARE OUR MEDIA OUT REACH INCLUDING BROAD AND MORE TARGETED EMAILS. AND WE WILL PROVIDE A MEDIA STRATEGY THAT WILL PROVIDE CHANNEL 35 AND ADD PURCHASES AND NOT UNLIKE OUR PREVIOUS OUT REACH, WE WILL ATTEND AS MANY IN-PERSON EVENTS IN THE TIME ALLOTTED AS POSSIBLE STARTING WITH OUR OWN EARTH DAY THIS MONTH AND OUR SOLID WASTE OPEN YARD OPEN HOUSE EVENTS. AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE RATE INCREASE, THAT WE WILL PROVIDE ON GOING RELATED ON GOING OUT REACH RELATED TOLT AFFORDABLE MECHANISM SUCH AS LIFE LINE AND LOW INCOME AND EDUCATION TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE NEED TO INCUR ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR EXTRA CAPACITY. AND NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK TO BARBARA, THANK YOU. >> THIS IS THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE ARE JUST, WE WOULD LIKE YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THIS MOTION, ON OUR ACTIONS WHICH ARE LIFTED ABOVE AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH OUR CONSULTANT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR THAT DETAILED PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT IT ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ASKED ABOUT THIS RATE INCREASE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. MS. HERNANDEZ YOU CALLED THIS SPECIAL AND THEN MR. NAZARIAN IS NEXT. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I HAD A QUICK BEFORE I GOT TO COMMENTS, IF THAT'S OKAY. I BELIEVE IN ONE OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT AROUND THIS, YOU SHOWED UP A GRAPH OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES COMMUNITY MEMBERS RESPONDED TO THE RATE KHAI,Z IS THAT CORRECT? --CHANGES, IS THAT CORRECT? LIKE YOU DID OUT REACH. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT SLIDE, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT INFORMATION IS? >> YES, I'LL BE HAPPY TO. NICOLE BERNSTEIN L.A. SAN, WE DID ASK WHERE THE PROTEST CAME THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND I THINK THE MOST DISTRICT WERE IN THE 700s. BUT THE SUM TOTAL OF ALL THE PROTEST WERE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF STAKEHOLDERS. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE STAKEHOLDERS BUT PEOPLE HAD TIME TO REMRIE. HOW LONG DID THEY HAVE TO PROTEST? >> THEY HAVE A MINIMUM OF 45 DAYS FROM THE MAILING OF THE LAST NOTICE. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, THANK YOU. AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE FOLKS SOME FOLKS ARE SURPRISED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. BUT YOU HAVE DONE THE LEG WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION WENT OUT THAT IF THEY DON'T AGREE, THEY CAN PROTEST AND WE SAW THE LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF PEOPLE PROTESTED PROTESTED, THANK YOU. >> CORRECT. >> E. Hernandez: YOU KNOW I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES IN THE PUBLIC KO* WORKS FOR DILIGENT WORK AND DISCUSSION AROUND THE SOLID WASTE PROGRAM. FOR MORE THAN 16 YEARS, THE SOLID RESOURCES FEE, MULTI ITEM FEE AND EXTRA CAPACITY FEE HAVE GONE UNCHANGED. MEANWHILE THE COST OF LABOR, AND FUEL HAVE INCREASED. AND DEMANDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE SOLID RESOURCES PROGRAM OFFERS UNLIMB ILTED BOOK COLLECTION, DEAD ANIMAL REMOVAL, CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING EDUCATION. SOMETIMES I SEE, THE BIG OL' PILE OF COMPOST THAT ARE LEFT IN MY LIST AND I THINK ARE THEY GOING TO COLLECT THIS AND SURE ENOUGH IT IS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UPLIFT THE BREATH OF EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE HERE. THESE ARE SERVICES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH, OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT ALSO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THIS PROGRAM, THIS PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITY HAS RELIED ON THE GENERAL FUND TO RECOVER THE GAP AND KEEP THE PROGRAM AFLOAT. THAT MEANS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PICK UP YOUR TRASH, RECYCLABLE AND ORGAN I CAN FROM YOUR BLACK AND BLUE AND GREEN BINS, WE'VE BEEN NEEDING TO RELY ON OUR GENERAL FUNDS. THAT MEANS, EVERY TAXPAYER HAS BEEN SUBSIDIZING A PROGRAM PRIMARY SERVES A PORTION OF ANGELINO WHICH IS HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS SMALL MULTI FAMILY HOUSING. TENANTS WHETHER THERE IS FIVE UNITS OR MORE, THEY'RE PAYING THE FULL COST OF TRASH COLLECTION RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO ABOUT EQUITY. THANK YOU. TO PUT THIS IN INTO CONTEXT, WE'RE EXPECT TODAY SPEND 900 MILLION TO LID WASTE. THAT'S NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF WHAT WE WENT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS COMBINED. THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE AND IT IS NOT EQUITABLE. FOR 16 YEARS, L.A. DID NOT IMPLEMENT REGULAR CONSISTENT RATE INCREASES AND NOW WE'RE HERE AS THIS COMPOSITION OF MEMBERS HAVING TO DO THE WORK TO CLEAN TUP. IT'S DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN THIS DIFFICULT FINANCIAL SITUATION BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO MEET WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE ALSO MOVING. AND WE'RE NOT ALONE IN FACING RENT INCREASES, CITIES LIKE SANTA MONICA AND BURBANK AND PASADENA HAVE RAISED THEIR SOLID WASTE. CITIES LIKE GLENDALE AND LONG BEACH WILL CHARGE 60 TO 70 PER MONTH. AND SANTA MONICA WILL CHARGE 80 DOLLARS. ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VERY REAL CONCERN ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES. I'M REALLY ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND ENCOURAGED BY THE PROTECTIONS BY THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE TODAY. RIGHT NOW, FEWER THAN 52 HOUSEHOLDS CAN GET THEIR TRASH FEES, GET HELP WITH THEIR TRASH FEES, YOU HAVE TO BE BOTH LOW INCOME AND A SENIOR OR LOW INCOME AND A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR GETTING HELP WITH YOUR TRASH FEES. BUT THIS NEW PROPOSAL REMOVES THAT CAP AND ELIMINATES THE DUEL REQUIREMENT MAKING ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO FAR MORE PEOPLE. AS A CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS LONG OVERDUE AND INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT BUT THERE IS MORE ACCESS TO HELP WITH THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE TO DO THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AND IMPROVE QUALITY AND EQUITY AND STRENGTHEN THE SERVICES THAT WE ALL RELY ON. I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT TODAY HE'S FEES AND I URGE TO YOU SUPPORT IT AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] FOR THOSE COMMENTS. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF OUR HARD WORKING SANITATION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AND STAFF THAT ARE HERE BOTH IN THE PEW AS WELL AS AT THE DESK. I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK, YOU ESPECIALLY THAT ON A DAILY BASIS DO THE HARD WORK WHEN EVERYBODY WAS STAYING HOME DURING COVID, YOU DIDN'T STAY HOME. YOU CONTINUED DOING THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY STAYS CLEAN. SO I VERY MUCH VALUE WHAT YOU DO AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALSO THAT WHAT YOU DO AND WHO YOU REPRESENT, REST OF THE HUNDREDS OF BROTHERS AND HISTORIES THAT ARE NOT HERE, YOU REPRESENT THEM. SO THANK YOU. BUT, LET'S ALSO REMEMBER THAT SANITATION, STAFF OVER 80 SPECIAL FUNDED, THEY WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY BUDGETARY CUTS, AT LEAST THEY SHOULDN'T BE. GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES WILL BE. SO HAVING SAID THAT, COLLEAGUES I DON'T THINK ANY REASONABLE OR SENSIBLE INDIVIDUAL WOULD AGREE AS MANY OF YOU WHO WERE IN THE JOINT COMMITTEE HEARING, HEARD ME SAYING, REPEATEDLY HOW LONG THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADJUSTED, THIS RATE HAS NOT BEEN ADJUSTED AND NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. IN MY MIND THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. BUT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MADE THESE ADJUSTMENTS WE'RE PULLING FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO MAKE UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE, WHICH MEANS TAXPAYERS WHO DON'T RECEIVE THE SERVICE ARE PAYING FOR THOSE WHO DO, THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED AND UNACCEPTABLE. PAYING FOR A TRASH PICKUP ALSO TAKES MONEY AWAY FROM OTHER SERVICES THAT EVERYBODY ELSE NEEDS. IF WE WANT OUR TRASH TO BE PICKED UP, WE NEED TO PAY WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS AND WE CAN DEBATE AND COME TO A CONCLUSION ON THAT. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT SUCH OF A BIG INCREASE NOW TO RAISE THE RATES, WHILE THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING ELSE ROWS YEAR OVER YEAR AND I DON'T WANT TO BE LABOR THE POINT BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS DISGUSTED ALREADY. I DON'T AGREE WITH THE CURRENT RATE OF WHAT WHICH WANT TO CHARGE BUT BECAUSE THE STUDY HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ALMOST A YEAR, AND BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT GENERAL FUND MONEY TO GO INTO SUBSIDIZING THIS, I WAS WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THE FEE PROPOSAL. FULLY KNOWING WELL THAT THIS PROPOSAL HURT PEOPLE. PAGE 8 OF YOUR SLIDE. COLLEAGUES IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT, YOU JUST LOOK AT WHAT THREE TO FOUR, TRIPLEX, FOURPLEX UNITS INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THIS UNITS, IF THE COST IS PASSED DOWN TO THEM, NOT IN ALL OF THEM, IF THEY'RE PAYING $12 RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO GO TO $55 THAT UNIT IS GOING TO PAY AS MUCH AS THE WEALTHIEST PARTS OF THE CITY. JUST TO BE CLEAR. SO WHAT I ASKED FOR IS A STUDY THAT IS GOING TO ADOPT THIS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, LOOK AT COLLECTING BETTER DATA ALL KINDS OF DATA THAT WE ARE NOT COLLECTING NOW POTENTIALLY AND THEN, DO ANOTHER RATE REVIEW IN FIVE YEARS AND THEN THEREAFTER, DO RATE REVIEWS ON GOING. THERE IS A REASON FOR THE FIVE YEARS AS WELL. THAT STAGGERS IT. THAT PROPOSAL DID NOT MOVE FORWARD, WHICH IS FINE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BRING IT UP AGAIN HERE, I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP AGAIN DURING COMMITTEE BECAUSE I INTEND TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE. BUT, I WANTED TO VERY CLEARLY ARTICULATE MY CONCERNS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I THINK THIS SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED MORE WORK AND AT THE VERY LEAST, HAD BETTER DATA AT LEAST MOVING FORWARD, SO I WILL BE RESPECTFULLY A NO-VOTE TODAY. BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT FOR THE FUTURE AND NOT BE RUSHED INTO DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE WE DIN'T, BECAUSE OF OUR FAILURE OF TAKING STEPS BEFORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. NAZARIAN. MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. LET ME FIRST OF ALL JUST THANK, STAFF WHO HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THIS MATTER FOR THE LAST YEARS. AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN SOON, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD, I'M PREPARED TO SUPPORT IT. LET ME THANK OUR CITY FAMILY WHO SHOWED UP-TO-DATE TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN AND SUPPORT, WE KNOW THNS THE PERFECT SOLUTION BUT IT IS WHAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD. AND I SHARE MR. NAZARIAN CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT ING FOLKS WHO ARE IN NEED AND RELATED TO THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE COULD NOT--CONSOLIDATED SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS FOR ASSISTANCE, FOR LOW INCOME, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN? AND DESCRIBE HOW, REDUCTION IS NOW GOING TO PROVIDE AN EXPANSION OF SERVICES FOR MORE PEOPLE? >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR YOUR QUESTION. AND I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT COUNCILMEMBER HUTT ASKED IN COMMITTEE. I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT. AND THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED WAS, HOW DO I TELL MY SENIORS IN MY DISTRICT? AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO NOT DO THIS, TO PROVIDE YOU WEEKLY SERVICES ANYMORE. AND IT'S A HARD THING TO DO AND THAT'S WHY BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY I AM PACKED THE MOST, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE A PROGRAM AND INVEST IN THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A 30 PERCENT, SUPPORT SO THAT AT LEAST THE THOSE THAT WOULD THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, COULD NOT ONLY IS BY REDUCING THE REQUIREMENT TO MAKE IT EASE --EASIER TO BE ELIGIBLE AND THEN REMOVING THE CAP. WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO DOING TO ENSURE TO USE THAT PROGRAM THAT AFFORDABLE TOOL WHEN WE GO OUT HELP OUT PEOPLE, NOT ONLY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE, THAT IT'S AVAILABLE, AND THEN SECOND SUPPORT THEM AND WORKING WITH THEM AND WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM. SO THAT IS, THE IT'S GOING TO BE THE LOW INCOME PROGRAM THAT IS BEING ADMINISTERED BY DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER. BUT AT THAT POINT, THAT IS A POLICY DECISION THAT HAS TO BE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT'S HAS TO BE VOTED ON TODAY. >> IT'S CLEAR THAT SOME OF THE PARTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT REDUCTION PROGRAM. SO IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT AND PUBLICIZE IT. PROGRAMS DON'T GO GOOD IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM. >> YES, AND ONE OF THE ACTION IS TO, IF YOU DO SUPPORT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, IT WOULD START THE OUT REACH PROCESS SO WE'LL BE DEVELOPING A PLAN TO OUT REACH AND WE'RE GOING TO CUSTOMIZE IT TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS. >> C. Price: THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MR. HARRIS-DAWSON HAD HIS, YEAH. >> M. Harris-Dawson: SURE, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM FROM SANITATION C A O'S OFFICE WHO HELPED US TO FIGURE THIS OUT. I WANT TO JUST RISE AND THANK THE MEMBERS, THE LEADER SHIFP OUR COMMITTEE AND BROUGHT THIS THROUGH COMMITTEE. AND EVERY TIME WE KICK THE CAN, IT GETS HARDER TO DO. SO WE'RE NOW HAVE OUR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL AS A CITY AND AS A COUNCIL SOY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO IS, WHO IS TAKING THE STAND TO MAKE THIS TOUGH DECISION. NONE OF US WANT TO RAISE PRICES FOR OUR PEOPLE, IF THERE WAS A WAY TO LOWER PRICES, WE WOULD. BUT THANZ THE SITUATION WE'RE IN. LEADERSHIP CALLS FOR TOUGH DECISIONS IN TOUGH TIMES AND I WANT IT APPLAUD THIS COUNCIL FOR DOING THAT TODAY AND ASK FOR AN EYE-VOTE. --AYE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, I WANT TO MOVE TO A VOTE ON THIS ITEM. MR. CLERK IF YOU CAN OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL AND TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 1 NO. >> Clerk: THIS ITEM IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THIS IS A TOUGH THING TO DO FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BUT ALL OF US CAN TAKE PRIDE IN AT LEAST KNOWING THAT WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE TOUGH DECISIONS WHEN THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN. UNLIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, LET'S BE HONEST. SO THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW THIS IS, HARD FOR OUR COMMUNITIES BUT, I THINK ULTIMATELY, A NEEDED STEP FOR OUR CITY. LET'S MOVE ON BACK TO ITEM 4, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM BEFORE US, IS THAT RIGHT MR. CLERK? >> MADAM CHAIR, THAT WOULD BE IEM 5. >> Council President: ITEM 5 MY APOLOGIES. >> Clerk: FOR ITEM 5, THE MATTER BEFORE COUNCIL IS AMENDING MOTION 5-A WHICH WAS RECENTLY INTRODUCED AND CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON BULLETIN BOARD AND PRESENT BID COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. AND ALSO VERBAL MOTION McOSKER-RAMAN WITH A YES VOTE FOR VERBAL MOTION WOULD EFFECTIVELY REJECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, EXTEND THE AGREEMENT WITH THE HARBOR AND INSTRUCT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. A NO-VOTE WOULD EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE REPORT AS NOTED ON THE JAEBD WHICH RECOMMENDS TO DISPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH INSTRUCTION TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFER FOR REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL. IF THIS MOTION, IF THE VERBAL MOTION FAILS ADOPTION, THE MATTER BEFORE COUNCIL A IS A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR A VOTE. LAST DAY FOR ACTION IS TODAY, APRIL 11, 2025. PLEASE NOTE THAT COUNCIL HAS 60 DAYS TO APPROVE THE MOTION, APPROVE THE CONTRACT. IF APPROVED--. >> Council President: SORRY MR. CLERK. >> Clerk: YES, MADAM CHAIR. >> Council President: YOU WERE SAYING, SAY THAT LAST CENTS ONE MORE TIME. >> Clerk: YES, MADAM PURSUANT TO THE ADMINISTRATION CODE 10.5 IF THE COUNCIL DISAPPROVES IT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR RECONSIDERATION AND RESUBMITTION, IF THE COUNCIL SIMPLY FAILS TO ACT, THE CONTRACT WILL BE DEEMED APPROVED. >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAD MS. HERNANDEZ ON THE QUEUE FIRST. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? MR. McOSKER, GO AHEAD. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALL OF THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND I APOLOGIZE TO EACH OF YOU MY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY TO YOU MADAM PRESIDENT FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. WE HAVE BEEN PUT IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE THE ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO US, NOT AT THE LAST MINUTE BUT TEN MONTHS AFTER THE LAST MINUTE AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS PROVIDING SERVICES, I PRESUME IN GOOD FAITH BUT PROVIDING SERVICES BECAUSE THEY FULLY EXPECT THE CONTRACT WOULD BE AWARDED TO THEM. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN A PROCESS WITH A WINK AND A NOD. THAT FOR ME, IS NO GOOD. BUT, WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM THE CLERK ON ADVERTISE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY IS ALL WE GET HERE ON THE COUNCIL IS A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. THE CONTRACT IS A PROPOSED FOR A SERVICE PROVIDER THAT I DO NOT WANT PERSONALLY. FOR THREE YEARS, PLUS OPTION FOR TWO-FIVE-YEAR TERMS. WE HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD EVEN THOUGH I EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD EXPECT, THAT WE CANNOT AMEND TO SAY ONE YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE AN ELEGANT WAY OF RESOLVING A PROBLEM, WE CAN'T PAY BACKWARDS FOR THE TEN MONTHS AND GO ONE YEAR. WE ONLY HAVE AN OPTION TO SAY THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN ACCORDING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, I SEE THE QUIZZICAL LOOKS, I'M NOT BUYING IT EITHER. BUT IF THAT'S THE ADVISE, I'M GOING TO URGE A NO-VOTE. IF THAT IS THE ADVISE I'M GOING TO WITHDRAWAL MY MOTION WITHDRAWAL MY MOTION, WITH APOLOGIES TO MY GENEROUS SECONDER AND SAY AND URGE US TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION BELOW WHICH REJECTS THE CONTRACT AND SENDS IT BACK TO FIRE AND ASKS FIRE TO DO THEIR JOB. DO YOUR JOB. PRESENT WITH US SOMETHING THAT WE CAN APPROVE. I REALIZE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT ASK BUT THAT IS MY ASK. I AM WITHDRAWING MY MOTION WHAT IS BEFORE US IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM BELOW WHICH IS TO REJECT THIS PROPOSAL AND A YES NO WILL REJECT PROPOSAL AND A NO-VOTE WILL APPROVE THE CONTRACT BELOW. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER IF YOU CAN PLEASE CLARIFY WHICH MOTION OR--. >> Council President: IT'S ON THE ORIGINAL, HE HAS WITHDRAWN BOTH OF THE AMENDMENTS, AND NOW WE ARE TAKING A VOTE ON THE COMMITTEE REPORT WHICH REJECTS THE CONTRACT PUT FORWARD BY FIRE, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW, IS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT? GREAT. >> Clerk: AND TO CLARIFY MADAM CHAIR, A YES VOTE WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT RELATIVE TO AUTHORIZING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXECUTE A PROPOSAL--MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO DISPROVE THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH CLEAN HARBORS TO PROVIDE ROUTINE AND EMERGENCY HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AT ALL LAFD STATIONS FOR AN AMOUNT TO NOT EXCEED 700,000 ANNUALLY FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS BEGINNING JULY FIRST, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2027 WITH TWO ONE-YEAR OPTIONS TO RENEW SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL AND RECOMMENDATION TWO TO INSTRUCT THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO REPORT TO COUNCIL WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WHETHER CLEAN HARBORS HAS ANY RESENT SAFETY ISSUES ON JOB SITES OR HEALTH AND SAFETY MATTERS THAT HAVE RISEN IN JOBS AND WHETHER ANY WORKERS WHO ARE UNDER ANY COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT ARE PAID WAGES. B, SUBCONTRACT FOR THE WORK, AND WHETHER THE SUBCONTRACT FOR LOCAL WORKERS OR SUB LOCAL HIRE VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS ANALYSIS, C HOW THE CLEAN HARBOR COMPARE UNDER SUBCONTRACTING TO THEIR DIRECT COMPETITOR. AND HOW SOONING HAS CLEAN HOR BOHR HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY, HAS THE CITY HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THEM INCLUDING THE BUREAU OF SANITATION AND ANYWHERE. AND TO CLARIFY A YES VOTE WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. A NO-VOTE TO AGAINST RECOMMENDATIONS. >> Council President: GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CLERK. AND WITH THAT CLARIFICATION, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. JAOT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT IS ADOPTED. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBERS. MR. CLERK ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS BEFORE US TODAY? >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ALL ADOPTED ITEMS FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POST ASKED REFERRED. ANYTHING ELSE? JAOT DESK IS CLEAR, MADAM CHAIR. >> Council President: MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I HAVE TWO DIVA NOUNSMENTS. --DIFFERENT ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE OLD BILLS SITTING AROUND AND STUFF THAT THEY WANT TO SLED AND FINALLY GET RID OF IT, YOU'RE IN LUCK, THIS WEEKEND FROM 9 TO 12 WE'RE DOING A FREE SHREDING EVENT. YOUR OLD BILLS BECOME CONFETTI AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT, IT'S GOOD IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENT AND KEEPING YOURSELF SAFE FROM HACKERS AND THINGS. SECOND, SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT. I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY WHO IS OBSERVING AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME A HAPPY PASSOVER WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW NIGHT. COMMEMORATES THE SLAVERY OF RITE, THE SUBSTITUTION OF MATSA FOR BREAD AND RETELLING OF EXODUS, OCCURED 3000 YEARS AGO WHEN JEWS LEAD BY MOSES NUMBERS IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FLED EQUIP AND TREKD FOR 40 YEARS BEFORE REACHING THEIR AN ZEST AL HOME IN KANAN LATER KNOWN AS THE LAND OF ISRAEL A PLACE WHERE JEWS HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE. SO PASSOVER FOR THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS AND I WISH ALL OF YOU OBSERVING, A HAPPY PASSOVER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. BLUMENFIELD, AND HAPPY PASSOVER TO ALL THOSE WHO OBSERVE. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MS. HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT'S EASTER EGG SEASON IN CD10. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNTS AT THE RECREATION CENTER TOMORROW 10:00 AM, SPRING EGG HUNT. WE ALSO HAVE THE YOSHI EGG HUNT IT STARTS AT 11:00 AM, AND MICHELLE AND BARACK OBAMA SPORTS CENTER, WE HAVE SPRING FEST THAT STARTS AT 11:00 AM. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE BEGINNING OUR COMMUNITY SPRING CLEANING AND CLEAN UP AT QUEEN ANNE PARK, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CLEAN UP AND RESEARCH FAIR. SO IT'S SPRINGTIME, GOOD TIME TO GET OUT AND COME OUT IN CD10. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. HUTT. MR. HARRIS-DAWSON? >> M. Harris-Dawson: I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, A FEW WEEKS AGO, YOU SAW MR. McOSKER AND I PRESENT STUDENTS MOORE HOUSE COLLEGE, 120 STUDENTS TOUCHED DOWN AT LAX TONIGHT AND TONIGHT THEY'RE AT CRENSHAW HIGH SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE OF LAUSD AND TOMORROW IN WATTS, THERE WILL BE 100-MAN MARCH THROUGH THE CITY OF WATTS. MR. McOEFRK AND I WILL BE THERE ALONG WITH THE STUDENTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK MR. McOSKER FOR LEADING OUT ON THIS AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND PRICE FOR HELPING US PUT IT TOGETHER AND DELIVER I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY 120 MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS IF YOU CAN IMAGINE FROM ATLANTA TO LOS ANGELES TO DO COMMUNITY WORK AND TO DO OUT REACH FOR THE COLLEGE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, THAT SOUNDS REALLY INSPIRING. MS. HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL BE STARTING AT 1:20. >> Council President: 1:20 IT IS. SEEING NO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. CAN WE RAISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. MS. HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: COLLEAGUES I RISE TO ADJOURN IN HONOR OF SANTO GUTIERREZ, BORN IN 1973 IN WASHINGTON BUT LOS ANGELES IS WHERE HE GREW UP AND BUILT HIS HOME, GRADUATED FROM FREE MONT HIGH SCHOOL AND LIVED A LIFE GROUNDED IN SERVICE NOT JUST THROUGH HIS WORK BUT THROUGH HOW HE CARRIED HIMSELF. NEVER SOUGHT SPOTLIGHT YET HIS PRESENCE WAS HARD TO DK AT THE CATHOLIC SEARCH OR KOREAN CENTER. HE FILLED EVERY ROOM HE ENTERED WITH GENTLENESS AND GRACE. IN 2017, HE BEGAN AS A YOUTH PROGRAM ASSISTANT WHICH MADE WHICH WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE TRANSITIONAL SUBSIDIZE PROGRAM THROUGH THE WORK CENTER. HE SUPPORTED OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THAT SPEAKS INVOLVES ABOUT HIM FM THOSE WHO KNEW HIM, CAN TELL YOU AS HE HARDLY EVER MISSED A DAY. HE LATER DISCOVERED A PROFOUND COLLING FOR MENT ORGANIZE OTHERS. MY OFFICE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING HIM BECAUSE OF HIS WORK WITH THE KYCC URBAN FORESTRY. HE ROLLED UP HIS SLEEVES, TOOK PRIDE IN HIS TRUCK, CREW AND THE STREETS HE WORKED TO BEAUTIFY. BECAUSE HE BELIEVED OUR COMMUNITIES DESERVED BETTER AND THAT THE NEXT GENERATION SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DO THIS AS WELL. BELIEVED IN PURPOSE AND THE PURPOSE OF THROWING DOWN. TO HIS WIFE, HIS CHILDRENLY, DANIEL AND ANTHONY AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY AND KYCC FAMILY, WE FEEL YOUR LOSS AND WE ARE WITH YOU. MAY YOU FIND COMFORT IN KNOWING HOW DEEPLY SANTOS WAS LOVED AND HOW ENDURING HIS IMPACT WILL BE. THANK YOU TO THE GUTIERREZ FAMILY FOR JOINING US AND EVERYBODY IN THE YOUTH CAREER CENTER FOR SHOWING UP JUST LIKE SANT TOSS DID WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. WE SAY GOODBYE TO THIS GIANT. MAY SANTOS REST IN ETERNAL PEACE AND POWER IN THE WARM EMBRACE OF HIS ANCESTORS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR THOSE BEAUTIFUL WORDS, THANK YOU TO THE GUTIERREZ FAMILY FOR BEING HERE AND FOR A REMARKABLE MAN AND HIS SERVICE. ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON MY LEFT? ON MY RIGHT. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: IT'S WITH SADNESS THAT I ADJOURN PAUL JORDAN WHO TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK. OFFICER JORDAN SERVED WITH THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 29 YEARS, 22 OF THEM UNTIL HOLLYWOOD DIVISION WHERE HE BECAME A BELOVED FIGURE AND FIXTURE. KNOWN FOR HIS COMPASSION, DEDICATION AND LARGER THAN LIGHT PRESENCE, HE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH THE COMMUNITY HE SERVED. HE WAS A KIND OF OFFICER WHO KNEW YES, SIR NAME, REMEMBERED YOUR STORY AND SHOWED UP NOT JUST TO DO HIS JOB BUT TRULY LISTEN, CONNECT AND HELP. HE WAS A FAMILIAR AND REASSURING FACE, WLE WAS ON PATROL O WALK OF FAME OR DRESSED LIKE SANTA CLASS ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE WHO PLAYED MS. CLAUSE. PAUL WAS BORN IN MOUNT VERNON NEW YORK, THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE SIBLINGS HE MOVED TO L.A. AT THE AGE OF FOUR WHERE HE ATTEND ITED GRANADA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. EARNED A BACHELOR'S IN COMMUNICATION FRZ CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE AND MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART CAROLINE. MARRIED ON FEBRUARY 14, 1992 AND TOGETHER THEY RAISED TWO CHILDREN AMANDA AND PAUL MIKELE WHO WERE THE CENTER OF PAUL'S WORLD. CAROLINE AND PAUL ARE HERE WITH US TODAY AT THE FRONT ROW. HE COACHED HIS KID'S BASEBALL TEAM, TOOK THEM ON CAMPING TRIPS AND NEVER MISSED A CHANCE TO GO TO DISNEYLAND OR TAKE A FAMILY VACATION TO HAWAII. HE WAS ALSO A TRUE SPORTSMAN, CHEERING FOR THE DODGERS AND USC AND FANS AND EVEN TRAVELED WITH HIS KIDS TO VISIT STADIUM ACROSS THE U.S. IN ALL OF HIS ROLES AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, HUSBAND, FATHER AND NEIGHBOR, HE BROUGHT WARMTH AND DEEP LOVE FOR HIS CITY. AFTERDECK AIDS OF SERVICE, HE WAS JUST 11 MONTHS AWAY FROM RETIREMENT. READY TO BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER WITH HIS FAMILY. HE LOVED HOLLYWOOD, HE WAS FASHION AT ABOUT SERVICE AND ALONGSIDE OFFICERS HERE WITH US, EDIE VOTED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO THE COMMUNITY HE SERVED. THIS IS IN DEED A VERY TRAGIC LOSS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I SAY THIS, IT WAS A VERY TRAGIC TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENS, IF YOU WENT TO THE SERVICE, YOU WOULD SEE THE LOVE THAT HE BROUGHT TO HIS COMMUNITY. TRY TO CELEBRATE JORDAN NOT JUST FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE BUT FOR THE WAY HE SERVED WITH HIS HEART, WITH HIS GENEROSITY AND WITH UNWAIVERING DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. MAY PAUL JORDAN REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ AND MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO EVERYBODY HERE FROM HOLLYWOOD DIVISION AND HIS FAMILY. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEET MR.ING --MR. JORDAN AND REALLY REALLY FEEL HIS LOSS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. MR. HARRIS-DAWSON. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU SO MUCH S TODAY I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN HONOR OF HAL, WHO PASSED AWAY AFTER A FULL 91 YEARS WITH US. MR. FREDERICK WAS MUCH MORE THAN A BUSINESS OWNER, HE WAS A CULTURAL FORCE WHO HELPED SHAPE THE VENICE. CAME TO CALIFORNIA TO PURSUE A CAREER IN ACTING. HE APPEARED IN ICONIC TELEVISION SHOWS, LIKE WONDER WOMEN, CHIPS GA LAX CA INSIDE AND STARRED IN A FILM CALLED BORN FREE. HIS PERFORMANCE REFLECTED HIS CHARISMA AND GRACE BUT MOST ENDURING ROLE WAS THE ONE THAT HE PLAYED OFFSCREEN AS A CONNECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND BUILDER OF NEIGHBORHOODS. AFTER MOVING TO VENICE IN 1977, HAL LAUNCHED ROBERTS A RESTAURANT THAT BECAME A RESTAURANT NONING CELEBITY CIRCLES. TEN YEARS LATER, HE OPENED UP HALS, BAR AND GRILL ON WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AND THAT'S WHERE HIS IMPACT ON THE VENICE COMMUNITY DEEP END. THE RESTAURANT QUICKLY BECAME A PLACE THAT WOULD FOSTER CONNECTIONS AND CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR ACTORS AND NEIGHBORS ALIKE. HE DIDN'T JUST OPEN A RESTAURANT, HE HELPED REIMAGINE A NEIGHBORHOOD. IN FACT, HE PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE RENAMING OF WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, TO ABBOTT KENNY BOULEVARD IN HONOR OF THE FOUNDER OF THE VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR OVER THREE DECADES, HALZ BAR AND GRILL, THERE WAS A NIGHTLY PERFORMANCE AND A WARM WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE PLACES IN THE CITY THAT YOU WOULD JUST GO AND NOT BE SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. BUT YOU WOULD BE WARMLY RECEIVE AND GOOD FOOD AND GOOD LIVE MUSIC. THAT RESTAURANT MOVED FROM McKINNEY OVER TO PLAYA VISTA AND THEN LATER CLOSED. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS WERE JUST RECOGNIZED BY THE VINIS HERITAGE MUSEUM WHICH SHOWED REFLEXES ON HIS HISTORY IN AN INFORMATION WITH PHOTO RE. --PHOTOGRAPHY. HE LIVED A LIFE WITH LOVE FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND VISION AND VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD. ON BEHALF OF THIS BODY AND NEIGHBORHOOD HE SO PROFOUNDLY TOUCHED, I WANT TO OFFER HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIEND AND THE MANY LIVES HE TOUCHED. I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE HONOR OF VENICE'S OWN HAL FREDERICK. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. HARRIS-DAWSON AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY AND RESIDENT OF LOS ANGELES WE HAD IN HIM. SEEING NO OTHER ADJOURNMENTS, I BELIEVE OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED. TODAY, HOLD YOUR LOVED ONES AND EXPRESS GRATITUDE AND WE'LL SEE BACK HERE IN TEN DAYS. YES, THANK YOU.