>> Council President: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. WELCOME TO ANOTHER MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th, I AM NOT MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I'M NITHYA RAMAN, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN COUNCIL CHAMBER, CAN WE HAVE QUIET IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 12 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Council President: GREAT WHAT IS OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMEND TORE REREESE LOOSESING FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: GREAT, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, SECONDS. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: WOULD EVERYBODY RISE FOR THE FLAG SALUTE AND MADAM PARK, CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE FLAG SALUTE. >> T. Park: PLEASE STAND IF YOU COULD. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: GREAT, MR. CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH TODAY'S AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR ITEM 11. ITEMS 1 AND 2 ARE ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 3 THROUGH 28 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 29 THROUGH 47 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEMS 48 IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM CONSIDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. 49 THROUGH 56 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. TEN VOTES ARE NEEDED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: GREAT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. DO MEMBERS HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL. COUNCILMEMBER ROD NECESSARY? >> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 10 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: 28 FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, 28 FOR AN AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE CIRCULATED. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M GOING TO RECUSE MY FROM SELF FROM 45 BECAUSE I'M A LANDLORD. >> Council President: WAS THAT 10 AND 45? >> C. Price: CORRECT. >> Council President: GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 36 THAT SHOULD BE CIRCULATING AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 27 SPECIAL FOR SPECIAL COMMENTS. >> Council President: OKAY. OKAY, ITEM 36 AND 27. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 47 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: CAN YOU ITEM THAT ITEM? >> K. Yaroslavsky: 47. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, MADAM CLERK? >> Council President: NOT THE CLERK. >> H. Hutt: MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 33 SPECIAL FOR A COMMENT. >> Council President: ITEM 33 COUNCILMEMBER IN >> H. Hutt: YES. >> Council President: GREAT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS? AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HOLD 27 FOR BRIEF COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT. OKAY. SO MR. CLERK, WHAT CAN WE VOTE ON? OR WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MADAM PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 3 THROUGH 9, 11 THROUGH 26, 29 THROUGH 32, 34, 35, EXCUSE ME, I WILL REITERATE, ITEMS 3 THROUGH 9, 11 THROUGH 26. >> Council President: 3 THROUGH 9 AND 11 THROUGH 26 ARE AVAILABLE FOR TO US VOTE ON? >> Clerk: THAT IS CORRECT, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY GO AHEAD. >> Clerk: CAN I CALL 5 FOR AN AMENDING MOTION? >> Council President: YES, OKAY. GREAT. MR. CLERK WHAT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR TO US VOTE ON? >> Clerk: YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 3, 4, 6, THROUGH 9, 11 THROUGH 26. >> Council President: OKAY. 3, 4, 6 THROUGH 9 AND 11 THROUGH 26, MR. CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY. SO NOW, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 48 WHICH IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM. THAT I BELIEVE WAS CONSIDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY GUIDANCE FOR US ON THIS ITEM? >> E. Hernandez: YES, THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS ITEM IN CLOSED SESSION. I RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATIONS. >> Council President: OKAY, MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE SETTLEMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ITEM 48. >> Clerk: YES, MADAM CLERK. FOR ITEM 48 CITIZENS FOR BETTER LOS ANGELES VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO IMPROVE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 1 CONTINUING IN THE CONFIDENTIAL CITY ATTORNEY REPORT. >> Council President: OKAY, SO LET'S, UNLESS THERE IS ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 48. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO CLOSE SESSION ITEMS 49 THROUGH 56 WHICH I BELIEVE HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE BUT I'LL TURN TO COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR GUIDANCE. COUNCILMEMBER? ITEMS 49 THROUGH 56? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED ITEMS AND I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THESE ITEMS. >> Council President: MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE SETTLEMENT ITEMS FOR ITEMS 49 THROUGH 56. >> Clerk: YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. IN THE CASE HAZEL WOOD PATIENTS TO A PRAOFT PAYMENT TO THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT 498,665.46 INCLUSIVE OF INTEREST TO EFFECTUATE SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 50 RELATIVE TO A CON TECHNICAL SERVICES, RECOMMENDATION TO REFUND THE OVERPAYMENT OF BUSINESS TAX TZ OF 105,691.92 PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST. FOR ITEM 51 IN THE CASE ENTITLED SYLVIA ELIZABETH VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 725,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 52 IN THE CASE ENTITLED YNEZ CA BEZARAHS THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EX END 150,000. ITEM 53 MARTHA ROMERO VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND UP TO 171,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 54 ALEXANDRIA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND UP 195,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 55 IN THE CASE ENTITLED SYLVIA PEREZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 235,000 IN SETTLEMENT. AND FOR ITEM 56 IN THE CASE ENTITLED SYLVIA ANNE NOLTON VERSUS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 250,000 IN SETTLEMENT. >> Council President: OKAY. PROVIDED THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL ON THESE ITEMS? CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU MEMBERS, WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND ANY ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS ONLY, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE RULES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE WISHING TO SPEAK. >> City Attorney: YES, GIVE ME JUST ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. OKAY TOXER PEOPLE PROVIDE BE PARTICULAR COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHETHER SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL 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 1 AND 2, AND ITEMS 29 THROUGH 47. SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2 AND ITEMS 29 THROUGH 47. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: FINALLY, IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT COMMENT PERIOD, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD BEFORE YOU LINE UP. THE ORDER THAT THEY ARE CALLED IS RANDOM, SO ONCE HEAR YOUR NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, S BYE A, TERESA, B B.C., DUARTE, DEMIRA, AND MARY DANA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: ALL THE ITEMS LIKE 1 AND 2 ARE JUST THESE CLOWNS GOING THROUGH THE MOTION AND PRETENDING TO DO SOMETHING WHILE THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE COLLECTING THEIR 25,000 A MONTH. ITEM NUMBER 1 SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS. IT'S HOW IS THIS ITEM NUMBER 1 BY INCOMPETENT MARQUEECE' LOUSE ON AND THE REST OF THE CLOWNS GOING TO SOLVE THE CITY'S PROBLEM LIKE THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS. ITEM NUMBER 1 SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA. IT SHOULD RECEIVE A NO-VOTE IN INDICTED CURREN PRICE IS ALLOWED TO VOTE. INDICTED CRIMINALS OUT ON TRIAL FOR VOTING ON HIS WIFE'S BUSINESS WHERE THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE. ITEM 2 IS JUST THE WORSE AND IT'S FOR A LIQUOR LICENSE. THIS ITEM SHOULD BE REMOVED, OFF THE AGENDA OF THESE INCOMPETENT CLOWNS. THESE CLOWNS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA HOW TO INCREASE THE COMMERCE AND THEREFORE THE PROSPERITY AND JOBS OF THE CITY. SOLELY PUT ALCOHOL LICENSES ON THE AGENDA. MARQUEECE' IS INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT, I PROTEST THIS ITEM BE ON THE AGENDA WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS IN THE CITY AND IT'S OFFICIALLY BROKE. I ALSO FORMERLY PROTEST THE ILLEGAL SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING IN VAN NUYS AND DEMAND ALL ITEMS TO BE IMMEDIATELY REVERSED. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ?AO. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY. PUBLIC, WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS YOU GET A CIRCUS. WITH ALL THE MASSIVE CITY PROBLEMS, THIS IS HOW THESE CLOWNS ARE RUN THE CITY INTO THE GROUND BY JUST SITTING THERE COLLECTING THEIR 20 TO 30,000 PER MONTH SALARY. EMERGENCY BY GIVING ONE BILLION DOLLARS INCREASE TO LAPD LAST YEAR. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS EPIDEMIC EMERGENCIES, 275 BILLION EMERGENCY AND SLEAZELY D AND THE REST OF THEIR CLOWNS GIVING USELESS PRESENTATION WITH NOTHING ON THEIR AGENDA, NO PLAN AT ALL, NOTHING. THE CIRCUS OF INCOMPETENCE IS UNBELIEVABLE. SLEAZY MARQUEECY DAWSON HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND INCARCERATION RATE IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. CD8 IS A NEARLY COMPLETE FOOD DESERT. I'M DONE. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, HOTTY KATIE, DIDDY NET ANYAHU, HERMAN AND ANA HERNANDEZ. >> Speaker: SI, BUENOS DIAS A TODOS MI NOMBRE IS DELMIRA. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RAISE AND UTILITIES IN THE CITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER IT IS. >> City Attorney: I BELIEVE IT'S NUMBER ONE, SO YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE FOR NUMBER 1. >> Speaker: OKAY. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, I'M HERE TO SPEAK BECAUSE I'M HERE FROM PROJECT AND US OLDER PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE INCREASES IN PRICES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE'RE RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY THIS IS AN STRATA RIF AND WE'RE JUST BASICALLY AT-RISK OF BEING OUT ON THE STREET. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I AM TELLING YOU THIS PLEASE, ANALYZE THIS PROBLEM WELL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYMORE FAMILIES OUT ON THE STREETS. THERE ARE ALREADY PLENTY OF FAMILIES HOMELESS, SO PLEASE ANALYZE THIS WELL, DO YOUR JOB WELL. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ATTORNEY MR. SMOKING SCAN. LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER 31. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 32. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] LET'S GO HOMEY. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 33. ITEM NUMBER 33. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] DANA. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] DANA DANA DANA. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL. NOW, LET'S MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YES. RIGHT NOW, I AM AWARE THAT OUR CITY IS IN A BUDGET CRISIS, CITY ATTORNEY, BUT HOWEVER, WE ARE 800 MILLION DOLLARS IN DEFICIT, BUT YOU'RE CONTINUE TO PURCHASING SPECIAL L.A. CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOSING SO MUCH MONEY AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY CONTINUE TO OFFERING SPECIAL SERVICES FOR ILLEGAL CRIMINALS AND WE ARE LOSING SO MUCH MONEY AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY CONTINUE TO REFUSE, CONTINUE TO LAYOFF WHAT L.A. CITY WORKERS CONTINUE TO FIRING PEOPLE AND WE ARE IN THE HUGE HUGE BUDGET DEFICIT BUT OUR CRIME IS SKYROCKETED AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS STILL NOT DOING NOTHING. WHAT IS THE RESOLUTION? WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT MR. SPINDLER BE ELECTED FOR CD1, SPINDLER, COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, 2026! LET'S GO SPINDLER! >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, FOR PEOPLE TUNE INING, I SEE A LOT OF NEW FACES, THAT YOU'RE NOT WATCHING THE VOICE OF AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, PEOPLE EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN DIFFERENT WAY. TO THE LAST SPEAKER, AGAIN, WE'LL MAKE THE OFFER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, IF YOU LET US ROUGHLY 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GET THAT FOR YOU. MR. HERMAN, THERE IS NO REASON FOR YOU TO BRING ALL OF YOUR ITEMS UP. DO NOT DISRUPT OR DELAY THIS MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: WOW. WOW. NO PRIOR I MPERMISSIBLE VERDICT HERE? WELL LET'S READ INTO THE VERDICT HERE, SMOKING SCAN, WHY DURING OUR GREAT BUREAU OF SANITATION PEOPLE, HERE. WHO SHOULD BE GIVEN A RAISE EFFECTIVELY IMMEDIATELY AS I SPEAK, BECAUSE THEY GOT A LOT OF SHIT AND TRASH TO PICK UP IN OUR STREETS. [APPLAUSE] RIGHT? AND WITHOUT THE PROCESS, OF GETTING THEIR ASS TO WORK, IT DOES NO GOOD OR JUSTICE IN THIS SYSTEM AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO CUT OFF JOBS, SAVE THE DEFICIT AND CREATE A BUDGET THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL. SO, YOU DECIDE WHAT WE DO FOR THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO PICKUP YOUR SHIT AND TRASH AND BULKY ITEMS, BIG HEAD. NOW ITEM NUMBER 2, ASSHOLE, BAR LICENSE NUMBER 317217 FOR THE RECORD, I'M TALKING, HEY, KOREAN BOY, I'M TALKING. NOW. >> Council President: YOU'VE GOT TO STAY ON TOPIC, MR. HERMAN. >> Speaker: THAT'S RIGHT, SAMBO, I AM, FOR THE DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE, I FIND NO NECESSITY FOR MORE INDULGENCE IN THE FUCKEN ALCOHOL THAT CAN CREATE INABILITY TO WORK, INABILITY TO FUCK, INABILITY TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO DO AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THAT'S TO CONTROL YOUR DRINKING HABIT. DID YOU KNOW THAT DRINKING IS A DRUG? DID YOU KNOW THAT DRINKING CAN CAUSE YOU TO HAVE A BIG HEAD WITH A DOT IN YOUR FACE KOREAN BOY. >> City Attorney: AND YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE ON THE ITEM 2. MOVE ON TO THE OTHER ITEM. K*UNS YOU'VE CONCLUDED YOUR TIME ON THIS ITEM. THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, WHAT NUMBER DO YOU WANT ME TO BE OB? HOW ABOUT THE OLYMPICS ON NUMBER 28, UNCLE TOM? >> City Attorney: ITEM 28 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES, THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. STICK TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR I'M GOING PO MOVE YOU. >> Speaker: SMOKING SCAN SAID I SHOULD BE ON 35. >> City Attorney: THOSE ARE FINE. >> Speaker: I'VE GOT SO MUCH FUCKEN TIME ON MY MIND. AS A MATTER OF FACT, 34 MOTION BY FAT HERNANDEZ AND JURADO, FUCK YOU IN CD14. NOW TO MY NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ?AO. ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: PRIOR I MPERMISSIBLE RESTRAINTS MEAN THAT I CANNOT SAY FUCK. THAT YOU AND I AND THE PUBLIC BEHIND ME, CAN'T SAY, FUCK YOU TOO! BUT ACCORDING TO COHEN VERSUS CALIFORNIA, VULGARITY IS ONE MAN'S AND IT IS ANOTHER MAN'S LYRIC. NOW WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT BIG HEAD ATTORNEY BAR LICENSE 317217, IT MEANS THAT WHITNEY VERSUS CALIFORNIA AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT UNDER 42 USC 18983 GRANTS ME THAT PRIVILEGE AS A FIRST MOTHER FUCKER, BAD ASS NIGGER TO SAY FUCK YOU! >> Council President: MR. CLERK, PLEASE PAUSE YOUR SPEAKER'S TIME, YOU HAVE USED THE "N" WORD THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING AND ANY USE OF THIS WORD IS DESCRIBED IN RULE 7 MAY NOT BE USED IN THIS COUNCIL MEETING AGAIN BY YOU OR ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBER THAT WISHES TO SPEAK. IF YOU VIOLATE THE RULE AGAIN, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE SPEAKING TIME AND YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 7 AND 12. MR. CLERK, PLEASE FOR THE RECORD, MAKE A NOTE THAT MR. HERMAN IS HABITUAL VIOLATOR OF THIS RULE AND HAS HAD SEVERAL WARNINGS ACROSS SEVERAL MEETINGS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF DISMISSALS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. TODAY IS THE BIGGEST FUCK IN THE ASS, THE K.K.K. KATY YAROSLAVSKY INCREASE IN THE TRASH FEES. NOW YOU SEE UNDER THE LAW, YOU CAN ONLY FUCKEN HAVE FEES WHERE IT IS ENOUGH TO USE A SERVICE BUT WHAT K.K.K. KATY AND THE REST OF THE CRIMINALS DID, THEY TRIPLE THE TRASH FEE, SO STARTING THE OCTOBER THE FIRST, YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR BILL AND IT AIN'T GOING TO SAY 78 DOLLARS, IT'S GOING TO SAY 380 FUCKEN DOLLARS, THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEY'RE RAISING AND RAISING THE MOTHER FUCKEN MONEY BECAUSE THE CITY'S BANKRUPT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T STOP TALKING AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUCKET HEAD. SO NOW WE GET TO THE OLYMPICS. T ADA RAR ADA RA, >> City Attorney: EXCUSE ME, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU SPEAK TO GO? >> Speaker: YOU'RE FUCKEN BANKRUPT, SEE NOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, IS YOU'RE GOING TO PUT BONDS WITHOUT THE VOTE OF THE VOTERS. 130 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE NEXT 30 FUCKEN YEARS! ALONE IN THE, NOT INCLUDING THE OVERRUN CHARGES BECAUSE IF THERE IS OVERRUNS, YOU HAVE TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZIZATION TO SELL MORE BONDS. NOW IF BUCKET HEAD WOULD HAVE WAIT TODAY JANUARY, THE FEDS IS GOING TO REDUCE INTEREST RATES TWO MORE TIMES, IT WOULD HAVE SAVED 99 MILLION DOLLARS IN 30 YEARS, BUT HE DOES NOT CARE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ITEM OR YOU CAN MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW YOU GET TO THE LIQUOR LICENSE BY BOB BLUMENFIELD IN HONOR YOM KIPPUR, HE TAKES OFF HIS YAMIKA AND STUFFS IT UNDER HIS HEAD AND SAYS I WANT THEM TO SELL MORE LIQUOR. YOU'VE GOT TO GET DRUNK. YOU THINK I GOT COFFEE IN HERE, UH-HUH. WHY DON'T I HAVE A TRO? BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRO, CONTACT JAKOBI MEYERS. >> City Attorney: LET'S GET TO ITEMS. >> Speaker: LET'S GET TO IMELDA THAT CAN'T SHOW UP TO HER OWN MEETING FRIDAY AFTER A WEEK OF VACATION. DOWN 250 PETE FROM HER OFFICE WE MET ON FRIDAY AND SHE DROVE MARQUEECY A BLACK MAN ALL THE WAY OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL TO DRIVE INTO VAN NUYS PAST ALL THE GANGS JUST SO HE CAN HOLD A MEETING. AND HE RAN THE LITTLE ASS TO HIS CAR AND SAID I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE, I'M IN THE GHETTO. THAT'S RIGHT, FOO. SO YOU SEE IMELDA DOES NOT SHOW UP TO HER MEETING, AND OF COURSE BE CURREN PRICE, HI TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS 12th FELONY CHARGE, LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND. AND YOU HAVE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER MR. GRANT AND MR. GRANT WILL TESTIMONY, FINALLY YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY NIGGERS AND CUNTS. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS,-->> City Attorney: I'M SORRY, BEFORE YOU, MR. SPINDLER, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING, DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING BY YELLING OUT. IF YOU DO IT AGAIN, YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU START READING THE NAMES OVER AGAIN. APOLOGIES. >> Clerk: YES, THANK YOU. SO BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FATIMAH, JULY AN, LORNA PAISLEY, SMOKING SCAN AND DAMON HAYNARD. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS A TODOS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Interpreter: GOOD DAY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M ANA HERNANDEZ AND WOULD I LIKE TO SPEAK ON ARTICLE NUMBER 1 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> >> Interpreter: THE REASON I AM HERE IS BECAUSE I'M A RESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE WORRIED A LOT OF US ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT ALSO PEOPLE WHO NEED DEVICES, PEOPLE WHO NEED DEVICES FOR BREATHING, YOU KNOW NEED TO BE HOOKED UP TO SPAESH MACHINES SO WE NEED ELECTRICITIES AND THERE ARE OTHER EXPENSE THAT'S WE NEED TO PAY FOR AND WE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOW INCOME COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE POPULATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT IS VERY DELICATE BECAUSE IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR THE LIFE OF ALL OF THESE RESIDENTS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND SO INCREASE ON GAS IS TOO MUCH FOR US, WE HAVE OTHER THINGS TO PAY FOR. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR TRASH, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR INSURANCE JUST IN CASE THERE IS ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WHAT WE MAKE, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATCH OUR EXPENSES, OR THIS INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO, I ASK PERSONALLY AND I ASK ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING, FOR YOU TO COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION TO PUT A STOP TO THIS INCREASE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, I ASSUME ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YES, SIR. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. JUST AS A REMINDER FOR EVERY ONE IN THE ROOM, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2 AND 29 THROUGH 27, SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I HAVE A HARD TIME, AND MR. ATTORNEY, I HAVE A HARD TIME FOCUSING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE MR. LEE OWES ME AN APOLOGY AND HE STILL HAS NOT DONE IT. >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M JUST SAYING IN CASE I GET OFF TOPIC. I DO WANT TO SAY ANYTHING THAT MR. LEE IS PROPOSING IN THESE AVAILABLE THINGS, I'M GOING TO SAY VOTE NO, BECAUSE HE OWES ME AN APOLOGY. SO MR. PRESIDENT, UNTIL HE GIVES ME THAT APOLOGY, VOTE NO ON ALL OF THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE. NOW ON THE SERIOUS NOTE, THE ONE WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT THE LIGHTS OUT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERING AND CHILD TRAFFICKING, I 100 PERCENT SUPPORT THAT. BUT I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE IS ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAFFICKING, THERE IS, THERE IS, THERE IS SEX TRAFFICKING, LABOR TRAFFICKING AND I'M HERE TO MENTION THAT THE LABOR TRAFFICKING HAPPENS ALLEGEDLY I'LL SAY THAT FOR LEGAL CLARIFICATION, BY SCIENTOLOGY, TRAFFICKING CHILDREN FROM ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, OKAY AND BRINGING THEM HERE AND THEN, THEY END UP IN LABOR, SITUATIONS AND THEY END UP MANY VICTIMS HAVE COME FORWARD SAYING THAT THEY WERE TRAFFICKED AND THEY HAD TO DO HARD LABOR AND THEY WERE ALSO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PROTECTION. SO WHEN YOU ARE LIGHTING, CITY HALL FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKERING, CAN YOU PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IT'S STILL GOING ON UNDER YOUR NOSE BECAUSE THIS, THIS HAS NOT STHOPD. THERE IS STILL HUMAN TRAFFIC ANDING PEOPLE COMING FORWARD ABOUT THAT. I GUESS I CANNOT TALK ABOUT THE FIRE FIGHTER STUFF. ABOUT TIME YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING IN FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE THE BIG FIRE, BUT I KNOW THAT'S OFF TOPIC. LIKE I SAID I'M A LITTLE DISTRACTED, SMOKING SCAN GETS IT, BECAUSE MR. LEE OWES ME AN APOLOGY. LET'S GO TO NUMBER 1, WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO HIRE AN EXPERT, I THINK THAT'S NUMBER 2, YOU NEED EXPERT ADVISE UP IN HERE. ISN'T THAT THE ONE? >> City Attorney: THAT'S ITEM 3 AND 5, NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WOW, YOU CLOSED A LOT ON US. I TOLD YOU I'M OFF, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT, WE'LL GET THERE. OKAY, NUMBER ONE. NO, YOU SHOULD NOT BE RAISING ANY FEES, NOT ANY ONE. NOT ANY FEES. WHY DO THE PEOPLE GET PUNISHED FOR YOUR INEPTITUDE, HOW ABOUT LISTENING TO THE C A O, MR. SZABO, SAYS WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS AND THAT, DO YOU GUYS LISTEN? NO. SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. WHY? OKAY. >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT, AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN IS HERE WATCHING ALL OF THIS NONSENSE. MR. LEE, WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU'RE SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE. YOU OWE ME ON APOLOGY AGAIN. MR. PRESIDENT, COME ON. >> City Attorney: CAN WE PAUSE YOUR TIME. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HOLD ON, YOUR TIME IS PAUSED. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT OTHER PEOPLE'S PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU WANT TO CLAP, IF YOU WANT TO BOO, PLEASE HOLD THAT UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC SPEAKER IS FINISHED. SORRY, WE PAUSED YOUR TIME. GO AHEAD. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FAITH IN BLUE, EVENT COMING IN OCTOBER 11, THIS YEAR. LAPD IS JOINING FORCES AND I GET IT, IT'S A NATIONAL EVENT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE EVENT ITSELF, BUT YOU'RE DOING IT WITH SCIENTOLOGY THIS YEAR IN HOLLYWOOD DIVISION. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR TELLING YOU WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN BED WITH SCIENTOLOGY ANYMORE. SINCE VICTIMS WANT TO FEEL SAFE TO COME FORWARD, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 1. I'M JULIAN, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE INCREASE. I'M REPRESENTING THE WORKERS IN SANITATION AND I KNOW IT'S TO SUPPORT NOT JUST THE COLLECTION BUT THE BULKY ITEM PICKUP, THE MOVE IN MOVE OUT SUPPORT AND OTHER WORK THAT SANITATION WORKERS DO. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY RAISE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP KIRSTEN AND MAYOR BELL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEM, NUMBER 1. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'M LORNA PAISLEY, I LIVE IN LAKE BALBOA, I THINK THE INCREASE IS TOO HIGH, $20 IN A MONTH AND THEN BY 2029, IT WILL BE DOUBLE. FOOD IS GOING UP EVERY DAY, INSURANCE GOES UP, HEALTHCARE GOES UP, EVERYTHING GOES UP. I WAS ON ONE OF THE ZOOM MEETING AND THEY SAID WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCE OF NOT PASSING THE BILL AND SOMEBODY SAID, WELL THEN YOU WOULD LOSE YOUR STREET CLEANING, WELL GUESS WHAT? I'VE BEEN HERE 12 YEARS, AND I'VE SEEN ONE STREET SWEEPER GO BY MY HOUSE, I DON'T CARE. I'LL KEEP CLEANING MY STREETS FOR NOT HAVING A AN INCREASE. YOU NEED TO HAVE BETTER WAYS. I BELONG TO SOMETHING CALLED GOODWILL, I RECYCLE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY TOO. BE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE. FIND ANOTHER WAY TO LOWER THE GARBAGE. AND I'M A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE PRICE INCREASE BECAUSE I SAW WHAT THEY DID WITH THE HOMELESS MONEY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JULIAN MARKWITNESSES I'M HERE TO RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT MY LANDLORD PROPERTIES EXAMINE THEIR MANAGEMENT FIRM AVENUE FIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AS HIS OFFICE WAS THE FIRST TO RESPOND. DISPATCHED A YOUNG STAFFER TO MY BUILDING EARLY THEY ARE MONTH. I'M THE CHAIRMAN AND MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED ENDLESS ISSUES. ON SEPTEMBER 19th, LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT SITED MY BUILDING FOR THREE DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS. SINCE I STARTED I'VE BEEN SUBJECT OF VIOLENCE, OF COURSE I CANNOT SHARE THE DETAILS IN THIS FORUM BUT I ASK THAT YOU TAKE MY REMARKS TO HEART AND FOLLOW-UP WITH ME. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS MARIBEL AND I'M ASKING MR. MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON ATTENTION. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: YOU HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS MEETINGS BUT YET YOU WANT TO RAISE TRASH? MY STREET SMELLS LIKE PEE AND YOU TAKE YOUR MONEY TO THE WEST SIDE AND OURS SMELLS LIKE SHIT. ALL YOU DO IS TALK AMONG YOURSELF. YOU'RE NOT HEARING THE PUBLIC. WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OFFICE? I VISIT YOUR OFFICE, I EMAILED, I'VE SPOKEN TO YOUR PEOPLE AND YOU ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. MORE LESS, YOU DON'T RESPOND TO MY ISSUES. NO ON LIFTING UTILITIES, TRASH. I AM TALKING TO YOU SIR. WE PAY YOU! WE PAY ALL OF YOU! TAXES, YOU DO WANT TO CHARGE ON TIME, THEN YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE SERVICES ON TIME! HOMELESS--. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. BEFORE WE DO, WE'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT BUT THE WOMEN ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. SAME TO THE GENTLEMAN STANDING NEXT TO YOU, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT OTHER PEOPLE'S PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 1. ?AOUF A -->> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN OVER THE FEES. I KNOW THE FEES COVER MORE THAN JUST TRASH. THEY ALSO PAY FOR SERVICES LIKE UNLIMITED BULKY PICKUP, CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTION AND SAFE CENTERS FOR DISPOSAL WASTE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE WAY TO SOLVE PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE POLICE IN THIS CITY AND ELSEWHERE, AND THAT IS TO HAVE INVESTIGATORS FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD LOOK INTO POLICE MISCONDUCT, THERE IS NUTS AND BOLTS WHY THIS IS TRUE. FORTUNATE FOR US IT COSTS OUR REPRESENTATIVES NOTHING TO ASK FOR THIS POLICE OVERSIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, THE CITY COUNCIL WON'T DO IT AND THEY WON'T EXPLAIN WHY. IF ANYONE ELSE THINKS WE'RE ENTITLED TO THIS HIGHEST LEVEL OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, PLEASE SAY SO. WHETHER IT'S OBVIOUS OR NOT, POLICE ARE BEING THREATENED AND EXCUSE ME, PEOPLE ARE BEING THREATENED AND WORSE. AND IF ANYONE THINKS I'M GETTING SOMETHING WRONG, PLEASE GO TO MY TWITTER AND EDUCATE ME AND THAT'S FOR ANYONE HERE AND ANYONE ON SMOKING SCAN OR WHATEVER AT MACKERM2. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NUMBER ONE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I REALIZE OUR CITY, THE CITY STATE AND COUNTRY FACE A LARGER ISSUES THAN TRASH INCREASES, HOWEVER, BEFORE THE CITY CONSIDERS RAISING RATES FOR THE SAME LEVEL OF TRASH AND RECYCLING, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS EXPLORING A DIFFERENT OPTION THAT COULD IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS, IT'S WIDELY HELD PERCEPTION THAT WHAT GOES IN THE BLUE BINS ULTIMATELY ENDS UP INLAND FILLS T MAKES FUTURE INCREASE RATES HARD TORE JUSTIFY. I'M ASKING, INSTEAD OF ASKING ANGELINOS TO PAY MORE FOR THE SAME SERVICE, I ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO PARTNER WITH TARA CYCLE, THEY SPECIAL IET IN HARD TO RECYCLE INCORPORATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY EXPLORING A PARTNERSHIP, LOS ANGELES CAN DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING. WE'VE EXHAUSTED OUR TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S 11:05. MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 IS NOW CLOSED, NO ITEM NEEDED FOR THIS ITEM. THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 2, 34, 35, 37 THROUGH 44 AND 46. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THIS GENTLEMAN IN THE BLACK GLASS SXZ BLACK T-SHIRT, I BELIEVE MR. GROAT, HE'S BEEN WARNED. FINANCE THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. >> City Attorney: HE HAS BEEN WARNED AND ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL. >> Speaker: HE'S ORDERED REMOVED PURSUANT TO RULE 7 AND 12. >> City Attorney: SO SPEAKER, YOU HAVE BEEN PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN CLOSED. YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY WARNED FOR DISRUPTING ANOTHER SPEAKER. YOU'VE NOW BEEN ORDERED REMOVED FROM THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER FOR DISRUPTING THE PROCEEDINGS. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, FOR THE RECORD, THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEMS WILL BE HELD FOR FRIDAY OCTOBER 31 FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 6711 A. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CAN WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 47? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. ITEM 47 WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLASKY FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER? ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM 47 WILL BE HELD OVER TO TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 2025 FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION DUE TO LACK OF UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY-- >> Council President: I'M SORRY, MR. CLERK. >> M. Rodriguez: I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE REGISTERED AS A NO-VOTE. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS 10 AYES AND 4 NOES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 27 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND RAMAN FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. I'M SORRY, MS. JAOUR DO, YOU'VE BEEN REMOVED, MADAM IN THE BLACK TANK TOP, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: YES, SO MR. PRESIDENT. THE WOMAN IN THE BLACK TANK TOP HAS ALSO BEEN WARNED AND ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL FOR DISRUPTING THIS MEETING. >> Council President: YOU'VE BEEN ORDERED REMOVED. THIS PERSON HAS CERTAINLY EARNED A MULTI DAY SUSPENSION. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNSEL SIT PRESIDENT. I SUPPORTED THIS IN THE COMMITTEE. THE PLAN IS NEEDED. BUT I DO HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE'RE DEFINING WHICH BEDS COUNT. THE LACK OF CLARITY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE TLS APPROACH. IF WE'RE CREATING TIME LIMITED PLACEMENT WITHOUT A PLAN FOR WHAT HAPPENS OVER TWO YEARS ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS WITHOUT FIXED INCOMES, WE'RE SIMPLY KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. I'LL BE VOTING BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED TIME BEFORE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE COURT, BUT I SUSPECT THIS COUNCIL TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO LONG TERM EQUITABLE OUTCOMES. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES I WANT TODAY FLAG FOR WHAT APPROVING TODAY. WE'RE APPROVING TO FILL THE GAP IN BEDS FOR THE REST OF THE ALLIANCE SETTLEMENT. THE CAO HAS PROPOSED THAT WE FILL WITH SUBSIDIES WHICH IS COST AFFECTIVE AND EXCELLENT OUTCOMES AND THIS IS AN APPROACH THAT I SUPPORT. AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, THIS FOCUS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TLS IS PART OF THE TLS WORKING GROUP EFFORTS WHICH HAS REPORTED BACK TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE COMMITTEE AND I HOPE CAN REPORT BACK TO THIS WHOLE COUNCIL AS WELL. BUT THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED INSTRUCTIONS TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING BUT THE GAPS ASSUME THAT WE WOULD BE KEEPING OUR ENTIRE UNIVERSE OF BEDS IN TACT THAT WE'RE INVESTING FOR THE DURATION OF THE SETTLEMENT. IT WAS MISSING CRUCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COST PER BED ACROSS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WHICH WE ASKED FOR AND SO FAR HAVE RECEIVED IN PART AND WE NEED THE REST OF THE INFORMATION TO ANALYZE THAT INFORMATION. INCLUDING, OUR NEWLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOMES ACROSS INTERVENTIONS. IF WE FUND THE BEDS, ARE THEY FULL? ARE PEOPLE RUNINGER TO HOMELESSNESS OR STAYING HOUSED? THAT ANALYSIS NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY WISELY AND KEEPING AS MANY PEOPLE HOUSED AS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SEEING CUTS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WILL IMPACT US ACROSS OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. WE CANNOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT FUNDING WITHOUT DOING THIS ANALYSIS, AND RESPOND TO GO FULL COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT THAT ANALYSIS MEANS FOR HOW OUR SHELTER BED SYSTEM OPERATES TODAY. AND WE'VE ALSO SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE COUNTY, ASKING THEM TO DO THE SAME THING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE CUTS, WITHOUT ANY DATA ABOUT OUTCOMES OR PERFORMANCE OF THEIR INTERVENTIONS NOR WITHOUT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT COSTS. TO CUT THESE BEDS WITHOUT ASKING THESE QUESTIONS WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO OUR HOUSED AND UNHOUSED RESIDENTS ALIKE. SO COLLEAGUES, I HOPE THAT YOU JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THESE ALTERED RECOMMENDATION SXZ IN ENSURING THAT WE HAVE AN ANALYSIS OF OUR ENTIRE BED INVENTORY THAT MEETS THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, AND I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN ON THE TLS SITUATION BECAUSE WHAT WE DO HAVE IS A DYNAMIC WHERE IT'S BEEN REPORTED SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH LAHSA, AND HOW THEY HAVE MISMANAGED THE TLS DOLLARS IN IMPLEMENTING THIS. IT IS AN IMPORTANT METHOD TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE CAN EXCELLING RATE AND IT'S ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATED ITS ABILITY TO HELP FACILITATE INDIVIDUALS. SO WE KNOW ITS FUNCTIONALLY, IT WORKS. THAT BEING SAID AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE USE OF TLS PROGRAM TO HELP FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS NOT JUST WITH THE RESPECT TO THE ALLIANCE AGREEMENT BUT MORE SO AS A COST AFFECTIVE WAY TO US ENSURE THAT WE CAN HOUSE MORE PEOPLE QUICKLY AND MORE SUCCESSFULLY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FLAG SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT REALLY ADDRESSED. IS THAT WE HAVE CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASE AMONG FAMILIES THAT ARE FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS. AND ONE OF THE THAISHZ TLS MOST OF OUR EFFORTS HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON HAVE BEEN ON THE SINGLE INDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS WHICH, I UNDERSTAND THAT WORKS FOR THE NUMBERS BUT IN TERMS OF BROADENING OUR IMPACT WITH MORE FAMILIES THAT ARE FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS, WE CAN ACTUALLY GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TLS BEING APPLIED FOR FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE STRETCH OUR DOLLARS BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE PROGRAMS AND SO MANY OF THE HOUSING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND IN THE PIPELINE, ARE ADDRESSING SINGLE INDIVIDUALS, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY MISSES THE MARK ON ADDRESSING THE MORE GROWING AND CHRONIC PROBLEM THAT WE'RE FACING IN THE CITY AND THAT IS MORE FAMILIES THAT ARE FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS AS WELL SO. FOR THE FAMILIES, THE STUDENTS, I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, THAT HAVE AT SCHOOL HAD HAD TO SELF IDENTIFY AND LET THE SCHOOLS KNOW THAT THEY'RE FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATION BUZZ THE SOLUTION THAT'S WE'RE DEPLOYING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EXTERNAL PARTNERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY AFFECTIVE AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE USE OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND HELPING TO FULFILL THESE HOLES. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED WORK ON THIS. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS IT IN A TIMELY AND EXPEDITED FASHION BUT, AGAIN I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE FINALLY MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING WHAT IS AN ACTUAL COST AFFECTIVE SOLUTION WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND NOT SQUAUNDERING IT ON PROGRAMS THAT FRANKLY ARE UPWARDS OF $100 ,000 FOR A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL AN ACTUALLY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID ON THIS AND EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A FLOOR NOT A CEILING, THIS IS GETTING THIS BED PLAN TOGETHER BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVISIT IT, IN TERMS OF FAMILIES, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND THE OTHER ASPECT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING IS SHARED HOUSING CAN BE PART OF THIS TOO, IF TLS IS FLEXIBLE THAT'S ONE OF THE COST AFFECTIVE WAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND IF WE CAN USE TLS WE CAN EXTEND THE TIME OF TLS USING SHARED HOUSING AND CREATING OTHER SOLUTIONS. MY HOPE IS THAT THIS CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE AND WE'LL COME WUP GREATER SOLUTIONS THAT HELP OUR FAMILIES AND PROMOTE SHARED HOUSING AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN REVISIT THIS AS WE GET, AS WE NARROW IN ON OTHER SOLUTIONS. SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, NO OTHER SPEAKERS, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: >> Speaker: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 5 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, FOR WHICH AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: NO, NO NEED TO SAY ANYTHING. >> Council President: SEEING NO MORE COMMENTS, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 28 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR WHICH AMENDING MOTION PARK-RODRIGUEZ HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND SUBMITTED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE JAO. 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 33 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR 33-A JURADO HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER WITH THE ITEM 36 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR WHICH AMENDING MOTION 36-A HAS BEEN CIRCULATE ASKED POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 10. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE IS RECUSING AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? ALL RIGHT. THERE SHE IS, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 45 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR RECUSAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE IS RECUSED, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >> Y. Jurado: AFTER WE VOTE, CAN WE SEND FORTHWITH? >> Council President: WE'LL DO THAT. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 45 URGENT FORTHWITH FOR WHICH A SEPARATE VOTE IS REQUIRED. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE VOTE ON URGENT FORTHWITH. OPEN THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE JAO. 13 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? I THINK MR. PRICE CAN RETURN. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POST ASKED REFERRAL. >> Council President: POST ASKED REFERRED. MR. LEE? >> Clerk: CAN -- >> J. Lee: CAN I ASK THAT ITEM 45 GO FORTHWITH. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, THE ORDINANCE FOR 46 IS HELD OVER TO OCTOBER 21, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE MOTION THAT'S HAVE BEEN POST ASKED REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY FIGURE FROM THE VALLEY, MARIA ROSAS, CAN WE GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] MARY HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HER VERY WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT HER IMPACT OF HER CAREER IN COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. HER STORY IS SIMILAR TO THOSE WHO GREW UP IN THE VALLEY. RAISE BID NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PARENTS WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO PROINVITED FOR SEVEN CHILDREN. MARY HAS NOT FORGOTTEN WHERE SHE GREW UP IN. BEGIN INING CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WORK WITHING BARBARA LEE AND SERVING CAN KAISER PERMANENTE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SHE PIONEERED HER FOCUS IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY, COVERING HAWAII, NEVADA, ARIZONA NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS. AS A GUBERNATORIAL SERVED AS DIRECTOR AT THE CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS WHERE SHE LAUNCHED INITIATIVE THAT PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS. LEAD A TEAM WITH MORE THAN 120 CALIFORNIANS TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS WITH ENGLISH LIMITED PROFICIENCY. MARY SES SERVICES IS ALWAYS EXTENDED BEYOND HER DAY JOB AND FOR THOSE THAT KNOW HER WELL, KNOW THAT WELL. SERVED AS A COMMISSIONER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR VISION ONE OF MY FAVORITE ORGANIZATIONS, THE MASTER MINDS BEHIND THE PROMOTEORA MODEL. AND RECENTLY AN APPOINTMENT UNDER MAYOR BASS, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT TOO. SO, THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, MARIE BUILT STRONGER BRIDGES BETWEEN LOWER INCOME BRIDGES AND THOSE THAT SERVED THEM. THAT MEETS FAMILIES WHERE THEY ARE TO BETTER CONSUMER PROTECTION AND EDUCATION AND STRONGER PIPELINE OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS CONNECTED THROUGH SCHOOLS. MARY YOUR LEADERSHIP TURNED ADVOCACY FOR THE VALLEY AND BEYOND. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE THANK YOU FOR THE THREE DECADES OF SERVICE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MY CAREER AND EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN YOU DO TO CREATE LEADERS IN LATINOS LEAD. AND THANK YOU TO THE FRIENDS OF LATINA'S LEAD NETWORK BUT KNOW THIS IT'S BIG DEAL FOR LOS ANGELES BUT ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. I KNOW EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE RETIRING, YOU WILL STAY VERY ACTIVE IN THE CD12 COMMUNITY. I KNOW YOU LIVE IN GRANADA HILLS AND I WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S WELL-EARNED AND I LOOK IN YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE AND WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER FOR BRINGING MARY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK. WE HAVE A STORE IN WATTS THAT IS NOT JUST A GREAT STORE IN FREEDOM PLAZA BUT ALSO A TRAINING CENTER. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS COMING THROUGH AND LEARNING TO BE BARISTAS, BUT THE STORY THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER IS EARLY ON, I SAID YOU'RE NOT OPENING ANOTHER STARBUCKS IN SAN PEDRO UNTIL YOU OPEN ONE IN WILMINGTON AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT AND SHE SAID WE GOT YOU. AND THAT STORE IS IN WILMINGTON IS ABOUT TO OPEN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President:er THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, IMELDA FOR BRINGING IN OUR DEAR FRIEND, MARY, I KNOW WE GOT TO CELEBRATE YOUR RETIREMENT A FEW WEEKS AGO. BUT YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE LATINAS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE BROKEN INTO THE CORPORATE SECTOR IN HIGH PROFILE ROLES YOU'RE AMONG THE TRAILBLAZERS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU MAKE US ALL PROUD, FROM YOUR DAYS TO BARBARA LEE TO COMING DOWN HERE IN YOUR HOMETOWN, AND HELPING TO NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST STARBUCKS ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR CORPORATE LIFE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FROM YOUR WORK TOGETHER IN LATINA'S LEAGUE AND CALIFORNIA AND HOPE PACK, YOU HAVE BEEN AMONG THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PUT YOUR MONEY AND YOUR TIME WITH YOUR MOUTH IS. WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SHOWED UP FOR SO MANY OF US, AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ROLE MODEL IN NURTURING OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN TO HELPING TO ASCEND IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREER. SO ON BEHALF I'M PROUD AND PRIVILEGED TO CALL YOU A FRIEND AND HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR GOSH, 20-SOMETHING YEARS AND REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT, YOUR RETIREMENT AND WHAT GOOD TROUBLE YOU MIGHT GET IN DURING THIS TIME AND I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. GOD BLESS YOU, LOVE YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR MAKING SURE WE GIVE THIS RETIREMENT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IT DESERVES. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE KIND OF INDIVIDUAL, THIS IS THE KIND OF ANGELS THAT MAKES THIS THE CITY OF ANGELS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN BETWEEN THE VALLEY AND THE HARBOR IS SOUTH L.A. AND YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVERALL KINDS OF GOOD WORK IN THAT DISTRICT AND I'M SITTING HERE IN THIS CHAMBER AND IN THIS CHAIR, PARTLY BECAUSE YOU SAW YOUNG LEADERS, YOUNG BLACK AND BROWN LEADERS AND SAID, LET ME HELP YOU GUYS FIGURE THIS OUT. AND NOT JUST US BUT SO MANY OTHER PLACES AROUND SOUTH L.A. AND AROUND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE, THE CITY IS SO GRATEFUL AND WE COULD NOT GRAD LATE YOU ON YOUR RETIREMENT. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. YES? >> Clerk: PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT AMENDING MOTION 33-B HAS JUST INTRODUCED AND CIRCULATE ASKED POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD THEREFORE THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO RECONSIDER ITEM 33. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL FOR RECONSIDERATION? CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: ALL RIGHT AND FOR THE RECORD, AMENDING MOTION, 33-B, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ AND 33 A, HUTT JURADO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED FOR THIS ITEM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, ITEM 33 IS AMENDED BY AMENDING MOTIONS 33 A AND 33B. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND 33 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO ADJOURNING MOTIONS. >> Council President: I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO STAND FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT? MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: , THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. TODAY I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF REV. BETAWUD, A MAN WHO'S LIFE AND DEVOTION TO HIS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, REVEREND WAS BORN ON JULY 1, 1937 AND ENTERED ETERNAL REST ON SEPTEMBER 20th, 2025. FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS HE SERVED THE HOLLY APOSTOLIC CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE EAST AND EMBODIES HUMIDITY AND DEVOTION TO HIS CHURCH AND COMMUNITY. AS PROUD ASARIANS AND HE AND HIS WIFE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES, THE GREATEST PRIORITY WAS TO BECOME UNITED STATES CITIZEN, AN ACHIEVEMENT THEY PURSUED IMMEDIATE MRAOE AND WITH PRIDE. REVEREND, CHERISHED THIS COUNTRY AND ALL THAT IT REPRESENTS, EMBRACING FREEDOM AND WHILE HONORING THE RICH TRADITIONS OF HIS ASAIRIAN CULTURE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS AND GRAND DAUGHTERS. HIS FIRST DAUGHTER NATALIE CUDA, A MEMBER OF THE GRANADA HILLS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IS KNOWN GROUT THE GRANADA HILLS AS THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR, SHE CONTINUES HER FATHER'S LEGACY OF SERVICE AND DEVOTION TO OTHERS, A REFLECTION OF THE VALUES HE INSTILLED IN HIS FAMILY. REVEREND WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A YOU DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER AS WELL AS A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD AND PROUD AMERICAN CITIZEN. HIS LIFE AND LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWN HIM AND THE HIS COMMUNITY AND CHURCH WILL ENDURE. MAY WE HONOR THE MEMORY OF REVEREND BETDAOUD. AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: OKAY, ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTION TO SEE MY LEFT. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I STAND TO HONOR THE DEATH OF UMAR, WHO'S LIFE WAS SERVICE AND FAITH AND UNWAIVERING BELIEVE. UMAR GREW NUP COMPTON AND EMBRACED ISLAM AND FROM THAT DAY LIVED HIS LIFE IN ACTION, UPLIFTING YOUTH AND RESIDENT SXZ WORKING ACROSS CULTURES AND RELIGIONS TO WORK TOGETHER. LAUNCHED THE AMERICAN MUSLIM INSIDE COUNCIL AND SEVENEDER AS BOARD CHAIR FOR L.A. VOICE WHERE HE WORKED ALONG A MULTI FAITH COALITION, MANY WHO ARE HERE JOINING US TODAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THAT WAS DEDICATED TO BUILDING PEOPLE POWER EQUITY IN THE CITY. HE WAS A MAN OF PEACE BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY A MAN AT PEACE WITH HIMSELF SO. PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE FOR THE WORK THAT HE BELIEVED IN CAME READILY TO HIM. IN 2024 WORK WITHING HASSAN, THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND MY OFFICE, WE PASSED FOUR FREEDOMS FOR ANGELINOS IN THIS CHAMBER. FREEDOM FROM FEAR, FREEDOM FROM WANT, EXPRESSION AND FREEDOM OF WORSHIP. THOSE OF US WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORK WITHING OMAR, AND HIS CLARITY OF VISION. TODAY MANY OF HIS FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND FAMILY ARE HERE TO HONOR HIS MEMORY. I'M PARTICULARLY GLAD WE ARE JOINED BY HIS NEIGHBOR ANNE JAN AND HIS SON, IMAD SO THEY CAN SEE HOW MUCH THE CITY OF LOSS VALUED HER HUSBAND AND FATHER. I HOPE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTPRINT TO SEE WORK WITH PATIENCE AND PEACE TO HELP OUR CITY AND WORLD A BETTER PLACE. SHALON PEACE. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WHO WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR LEAD THISING ADJOURNMENT. AND THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I'M REALLY HONORED TO JOIN THIS ADJOURNMENT FOR A MAN I RESPECTED SO DEEPLY AND SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE HERE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT HE DID IN LOS ANGELES AND TO THE LEGACY THAT HE LEADS. TO KNOW WAS TO KNOW THAT YOU WERE CARED HOER AND LISTENED TO AND SUPPORTED AND HE HAD YOUR BACK. IN A SINGLE DAY, YOU CAN SEE HIM HOSTING A FAITH BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING HERE AT CITY HALL, HANDING OUT MEALS AT SKID ROW AT LUNCH, DELIVERING A SERMON IN THE AFTERNOON AND MARCHING AGAINST DEPRESSION IN THE EVENING, ALL IN ONE DAY. HE WAS A NOTE WORTHY CHAMPION NOT JUST FOR RIGHTS BUT JUSTICE REFORM, TRUE INTER FAITH DIALOGUE AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AMONG HIS MANY LASTING LEGACY CATALYST BEHIND HUMANITARIAN DAY, ONE OF THE LARGEST MUSLIN THAT PROVIDES FOOD. HE INSPIRED YOUNGER GENERATION TO SEE STEP INTO THEIR POWER AND PURPOSE FOR WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GET TO GO KNOW UMAR AT A TIME OF ANTI MUSLIM RHETORIC AND SOLIDARITY, NOT JUST IN LOS ANGELES BUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE WORLD, IN HIS APPROACH AND MENTORSHIP THROUGH THAT MOMENT, WAS ONE OF A PERSON WHO WAS ROOTED AND EMPATHY AND THOUGHTFULNESS AND GENEROSITY AND I LEARNED FROM HIM, I LEARNED FROM HIS APPROACH AND I'M SO GRATEFUL. JUST LIKE MANY OF YOU, I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR OF HIS PASSING, AND WE WISH HIM AN EASY JOURNEY AND TRANSITION, MAY HE REST IN POWER AND TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY WHO ARE HERE, WE GRIEF WITH YOU. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE ADJOURN IN CELEBRATION OF UMAR'S LIFE WITH A COMMITMENT TO CARRY FORWARD A CHAMPION IN DIGNITY, JUSTICE AND COMPASSION. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND TO THE FAMILY AND MANY OF YOU WHO WE SEE IN THE STREETS, AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WHEN WE HAVE TOUGH TIMES, WHEN WE HAVE CELEBRATIONS. IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF REVEREND UMAR TODAY, I WATCHED HIM JOIN THE ORGANIZATION WHEN IT HAD I THINK FIVE STAFF MEMBERS AND GREW THE NETWORK OF CHURCHES AROUND THE COUNTY INCLUDING A VERY TOUGH CUSTOMER, MY OWN MOTHER'S CHURCH GOT ORGANIZED DURING THAT TIME, WHICH IS QUITE A FEAT THAT SHOULD NOT GO UNRECOGNIZED BUT, THE TONSER OF RELATIONSHIPS AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY COUNTS AS A HUMAN. AND ROOTING FOR THIS IDEA THAT SOME HUMANS COUNTLESS THAN OTHERS OR SOME HUMANS ARE NOT WORTHY OF ENGAGEMENT, REALLY LEAD BY EXAMPLE IN A WAY THAT ALL ANGELINOS COULD EMBRACE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE OF SERVICE AND, AGAIN, VERY VERY SADLY WE ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY. THE CITY IS GRATEFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS AND PROFOUND RESPECT THAT WE ASK WE ADJOURN TODAY IN MEMORY OF DOUG DALE JUNIOR. WE'RE JOINED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS WE HONOR HIS LEGACY. BORN APRIL 24, 1951 PASSED AWAY AUGUST 27 AFTER A THREE-MONTH BOUT WITH PNEUMONIA. HE WAS 7 4, WEIGH WAS SON OF ERIC DOUGDALE A BUILDER FROM ENGLAND WHO CAME FROM CANADA TO BUILD HOME IN THE PALISADES. ERIC'S MOTHER CHARLOTTE FLED FROM GERMANY TO ENGLAND WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN AT AT TPANGA CANYON. AFTER GRADUATION, ERIC WENT ON TO WORK FOR COLD WELL BAEFRNG AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND LATER IN MARINA DELRAY, AND IN 1998, HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE PACIFIC MARINERS CLUB. HE ALSO WORKED FOR HIS FATHER'S CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, THAT WAS LOCATED ABOVE THE NOW PEARL DRAGON AND THE COMPANY ALSO BUILD ESTABLISH SUCH AS THE KING'S PUB IN SANTA MONICA. HIS PARENTS DIVORCED IN THE 70s AND HIS MOM REPAIRED AND PASSED AWAY IN 2019, ON AUGUST 27, THE SAME DAY AS ERIC. ERIC WAS A MEMBER OF THE PACIFIC PALISADES HISTORICAL SOCIETYITY SOCIETY, SERVING AS PRESIDENT. THEY REFLECTED IF YOU WANTED KNOW WHAT THE LIVING IN THE PALISADES WAS LIKE, ERIC WAS YOUR GO-TO SOURCE. HE HAD DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH EARLIER HISTORY, INCLUDING THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. HE ALSO REPRESENTED THE SOCIETY ON THE PACIFIC PALISADS COMMUNITY COUNCIL. EVER A FIXTURE ON THE STREETS OR STOPPING FOR HIS MORNING COFFEE AT STARBUCKS, HE WAS AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF WHO LOST THEIR HOME IN JANUARY 7th. HE SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER ANNETTE AND TWO NEPHEWS, JAMES AND CHRIS. TWO MEMORIALS WERE PLANNED. THE FIRST WAS AT THE PACIFIC MARINERS CLUB ON MARINA DELRAY ON SEPTEMBER 14th, THE SECOND BEING ARRANGED BY THE TAPANGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. AND IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, YOU MAY DONATE TO THE SOCIETY. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. AND THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT. SEEING NO OTHER ADJOURNMENTS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY