>> Council President: GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. HAPPY PRIDE DAY FOR 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11, MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 4, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN MOVES COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ, SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 9 TO JUNE 10, 2025, SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: ITEM 1 AN ITEM NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEMS 2 THROUGH 5 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. THE COMMITTEE REPORT FOR ITEM NUMBER 5 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 25-0166, ITEM NUMBER 6 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS NOT BEEN HELD. NOTE THAT ITEM 6 IS THE MAYOR'S VETO MESSAGE. NO ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME IN AS MUCH AS THE BUDGET IS STILL PENDING. ALSO THE TIME LIMIT DATES ARE NOT APPLICABLE. NO SPECIALS, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK? >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 2 THROUGH 5 SIR. >> ALL RIGHT OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED BY BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEMS 7 AND 8 WERE CONSIDERED AND I'LL ASK OUR BUDGET CHAIR, WELCOME TO, ADVISE THE COUNCIL IN THESE MATTERS. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: ALL RIGHT, WE TOOK CARE OF THESE ITEMS IN THE WORDS EDWARD VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMEND ITION TO EXPEND UP TO 1,193,493.62 PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM NUMBER 8 IN THE CASE ENTITLED SHARON SHERIFF VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO TWO MILLION 250,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ALL RIGHT ACCOUNTSER THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEMS 7 AND 8 FORTHWITH, SIR. >> Council President: WITHOUT OJECTION, WHAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: NEXT, COUNCIL HAS PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: EXCITING DAYS OF PRESENTATION, WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL HAS WON SOMETHING. >> WHEN WE THINK OF DYNASTIES, OUR MINDS GO TO SPORTS TEAM, JOHN WORD ON UCL AND ACRES AND 80s, WELL IT MIGHT BE TIME TO ADD A NEW CATEGORY TO THAT LIST, EL CAMINO REAL, CHARTER DECATHLON TEAM. NOW, I KNOW A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD VERDUGO, AS THEY WON THEIR DIVISION WHICH IS WONDERFUL. HOWEVER, TODAY, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HONORING THE NATIONAL ACADEMIC DECATHLON CHAMPIONS. THE ROYALS OF EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE TO KEEP THIS PRESENTATION QUICK BECAUSE THEY'RE WEARING SO MUCH MEDAL THEY WILL HAVE TO DRAGON IF THEY GO ON TOO LONG. THE ROYALS TRAVELED TO RHODE ISLAND WHERE THEY WON THE TITLE OF WITH A SCORE. >> THE WAY THAT THEY HANDLED THEMSELVES THEIR STUDIES AND LIVES IS REALLY REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND FRANKLY INSPIRATIONAL. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE COACH UP HERE AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN HER HERE BEFORE, THAT IS THE BEAUTY SHOULD SHE IS NOT A STRANGER, SHE COMES HERE EVERY TIME SHE MAKES HER TEAM WIN THESE INCREDIBLE FEATS, COACH. [APPLAUSE] I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR EDUCATION AND SACRIFICE MY BABIES MAKE. IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AND IT MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD THAT YOU HONOR THAT THEY DO. THERE IS A LOT OF A CO NOMY NOBODY STOPS FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY DO. >> B. Blumenfield: COACH, YES, YOU HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS GENIUS HERE, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, TELLS US THAT THERE IS SOMETHING NOT JUST ABOUT AMAZING STUDENTS THAT COME BUT IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU BRING THEM TOGETHER, IS TRULY IMPRESSIVE. I WANT TO NAME THE TEAM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT HERE IN FRONT. ASHLEY ACASTA, MISSA, EMILY SIMS AND LEANNE WARREN. LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. BLUMENFIELD AND CONGRATULATIONS. I AM SO GLAD THAT WE KEEP THIS TRADITION IN THE SAN FERNANDO WHERE WE CAN EXHIBIT ALL THE BRAINS THAT REACH FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST VALLEY AS WE JUST HAD VERDUGO HILLS HERE, CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL WHEN WE SEE THIS KIND OF, THIS ACADEMIC EFFORTS THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE, BECAUSE SO OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE. IT'S REALLY FOR ME, ALWAYS REALLY REFRESHING WHEN WE GET TO SEE THE ACADEMICS SUCCESS THAT YOU ALL REALLY DEDICATE YOURSELVES TO. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL DESERVED VICTORY AND WATCH YOUR USE OF THREE-PETE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY PAT RYLEE ANY ROYALTIES. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. MY BEST TO YOU. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EL CAMINO HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. >> Y. Jurado: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. OKAY. WE ARE WAITING TO CUE MUSIC. >> LOOK WHO IS HERE. >> SELENA, WHAT KIND OF NAME IS SELENA? YOU MEAN SALIVA. >> SELENA IS A PRETTY NAME. >> I'M SO PRETTY, I'M SO PERFECT, >> I'M SELENA, BRUJA, NINA, BRUJA? BIBIBI BAM, BAM. >> THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE, THANK YOU. GRACIAS. >> Y. Jurado: WOO, EVERYBODY GIVE IT UP FOR PINK, FOR THE PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE, WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START A CELEBRATION. ONLY OPENLY QUEER IN COUNCIL. THERE IS A LOT YOU CAN PUT. IT'S AN HONOR TO SOLE ON THIS BODY. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. BIG TREE WAS AMPLIFIED FOR HIGHEST LEVEL OF POWER. THE PRIDE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A ACT OF RESISTANCE AND TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION. IT IS UNAPOLOGETIC ACCEPTION OF WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE REFUSED TO STOP BEING AND IT'S NOT A CHOICE, IT'S A LIFE. I WANT TO START WITH A QUOTE OF ACTIVIST AND COFOUNDER OF U.K. PRIDE, WE STRUGGLE AND FIGHT FOR YOUR JOY AND UNRESERVING AND UNAPOLOGETIC JOY TO LIVE AS WE ARE. IT'S A JOY WORTH FIGHTING FOR, AD IT'S A JOY THAT LINKS OUR STRUGGLES TOGETHER. THAT JOY, SUSTAINED BY COMMUNITY IS WHAT UNITES US AND WHAT FUELS OUR FIGHT FROM WAR JUST IN CONCLUSIVE LOS ANGELES ESPECIALLY NOW. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF THIS MOVEMENT. I KNOW TODAY IS A PARTY FULL OF JOY, I KNOW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU ARE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER ATTACK. AND IT'S A DARING ACT TO BE HERE. TODAY WE HONOR OUR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO DO JUST THAT. THEY'RE NOT JUST CREATING SPACE BUT BUILDING POWER AND REMIND US THAT OUR LIBERATION IS BOUND UP IN ONE ANOTHER. FROM CD2, BROS, FROM CD3EMA, CD4, PETER NICKELS. CD5 NICHOLES, CD6, ANONYMOUS, CD7 RAVEN. CD8 AUGUSTINE, FROM CD9, RICHARD, FROM CD10 JASMINE. FROM CD11 RAINBOW BUS. FROM CD12, NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, FROM CD13, MAYBE A GIRL. FROM CD15, PETE SUTTER MIRE. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT NOW. THANK YOU. FOUNDED BY ARTIST AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS. THEY BEGAN TO RESPONSE AS HIV CRISIS AND TODAY THEY ARE BEACON OF SUPPORT OFFERING ANYTHING FROM MENTAL HEALTHCARE ALL GROUNDED TO AUTHENTICITY AND HEALING. PLEASE WELCOME CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF REACH L.A. >> REACH L.A. HAS PROVIDED SERVICES FOR OVER 30 YEARS IN DOWN DOWN LOS ANGELES. AND I'M PROUD THAT WE CONTINUE OUR MISSION TO ENGAGE IN POWER AND CELEBRATE LGBTQ PLUS. THIS RECOGNITION MEANS A LOT TO US, IT'S A REMINDER OF HOW IMPACTFUL THAT OUR SERVICES ARE THAT WE DO AND HOW IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW OUR VOICES OR VISIBILITY TO BE SILENCES, DISSOLVED OR DISMISSED. WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO WE ARE COMMITTED TO INDIVIDUALS DEPENDENT ON US AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE TO REACH L.A. >> Y. Jurado: AND OUR SECOND HONOREE IS LATINO ALLIANCE. COME ON UP HERE! FOUNDED IN THE WAKE OF PROPOSITION 8, LEA EMERGED FROM A POWERFUL NEED TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT TO THE LGBTQ RIGHTS WITHIN THE LACLA COMMUNITY. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE REMAINS URGENT TODAY. LEA CONTINUES TO BUILD BRIDGES, SHIFT CULTURE AND FIGHT FOR OUR COLLECTIVE LIBERATIONS. PLEASE WELCOME OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEA. HAPPY PRIDE EVERYBODY, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR GIVING US THIS RECOGNITION. A LITTLE BIT OF OUR HISTORY, WE WERE FOUNDED AS DRUG RESPONSIVE AFTER PROPOSITION 8 WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF EDUCATION IN THE LATINX COMMUNITY. SO THE MESSAGE I WANT TO SEND TODAY TO OUR FAMILIES, I KNOW WE'RE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF HOPE AS WE WANT. BUT LEA WAS FOUNDED BECAUSE OF SOME GREAT CHALLENGE WE FACED. SO WHAT WE'RE FACING TODAY IT'S OKAY TO HAVE SOME GOOD TROUBLE AND DO WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND KINDNESS AND WE WILL HAVE VICTORY THAT WE'RE FACING TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAPPY PRIDE. THIS IS YOUR CITY HALL, SO RIP IT OFF BABY. AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ALL KNOW THAT, WE LOVE THEM. THE LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER HAS CARED FOR AND CHAMPIONED AND CELEBRATED LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND BEYOND SINCE 1969, COME ON, COME ON! HAS 800 EMPLOYEES PROVIDE SERVICES FOR MORE QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE THAN ANY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD OFFERING PROGRAMS SERVICES AND GLOBAL ADVOCACY THAT HAS SPAN FOUR CATEGORIES, HOUSING, EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY. THEIR LEGAL SERVICES TEAM IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN UNSTOPABLE FORCE IN THE FIGHT ABOUT BIGGEST RE. HERE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF IS MONICA VALENCIA THEIR ATTORNEY MANAGER FOR THEIR CLINICS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, I'M ATTORNEY MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINICS AT THE LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER. AND ON BEHALF OF LEGAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE LGBT TEA CENTER AS A WHOLE, WE WANT TO SEND OUR DEEP THANK YOUS TO COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK AND OF COURSE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. IT'S ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO BE RECOGNIZED DURING PRIDE MONTH BECAUSE WE ARE CELEBRATING NOT JUST WHO WE ARE BUT WHAT WE CAN BUILD TOGETHER. AND I WANTED TO SAY TODAY THAT NONE OF OUR WORK IS POSSIBLE FOR THE MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HELPED TO UPLIFT FOR PROSAY WORK AND IT REALLY IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION. SO I WANT TODAY THANK, SARAH, AND NORMA SANCHEZ, ASH ROJO, JOE SERTA, ARTURO FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR BOYLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR LEADERSHIP HERE TODAY. AND SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION, RIGHT. SO BEYOND THE MECHANICAL ASPECTS, I WANT TO UPLIFT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED US ENDURE WHAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US OUR CHOSEN FAMILIES AND OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE, PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE STRENGTH OF WHAT WE TRY TO DO AND TRYING TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY. AND JUST LASTLY, I WANTED TO SAY THAT PRIDE HAS BEEN RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY AND IT WAS BORN FROM A COLLECTIVE ACTION TO FACE INJUSTICE THROUGH OUR HOLISTIC LEGAL WORK, WE DO THE QUIET WORK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAT DOES NOT ALWAYS MAKE THE HEADLINES BUT I CAN ASSURE THAT YOU IN EVERY NAME CHANGE AND ASYLUM, AND KNOW YOUR RIGHTS PRESENTATION, THAT WE GET GRANTED, IT'S IN THE QUIET VICTORIES THAT WE BUILD A STRONGER AND MORE PROUD LOS ANGELES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DANIEL GENERAL MANAGER OF CULTURE AFFAIRS TO UNVEIL THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ PLUS IA BOOK COVER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS. HAPPY PRIDE. IT IS SO EXCITING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IT'S SO EXCITING TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO CELEBRATE LGBT PRIDE MONTH. AS WE STEP INTO THIS MONTH OF JUNE, WE'RE THRILLED TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME AND TO EACH OF YOU TO JOIN US TODAY CELEBRATING LGBT HERITAGE MONTH. WITH EXCITING EVENTS, WE HONOR THE EXTRAORDINARY RANGE OF LGBTQ + TRANSFORMING LOS ANGELES INTO A CREATIVE METROPOLIS. TO FOSTERING THE WELL BEING OF LOS ANGELES FOR THE GREATER GOOD AND DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AFFAIRS AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY USE THE POWER OF ARTS TO CONTINUE A TRADITION OF TAKING CARE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE WHILE DEMONSTRATING HOW TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN OUR CITY AS A WHOLE. THROUGH A SERIES OF EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS, WE AIM TO AMPLIFY THE VOICE SXZ PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY AND DIVERSITY IN ALL OF ITS FORMS SO. 2025, CALENDAR AND CULTURAL GUIDE, I HOPE YOU CAN ALL GET A COPY OF THIS, SHOWCASES A CON TEMPORARY ART PRODUCED BY OUR VISUAL ARTIST, PERFORMING ARTIST AND POETS. AND WE JOIN TODAY IN CONGRATULATING HONOREES. LOOK AHEAD TOWARDS THE FUTURE FOR EQUALITY FOR ALL. AND LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, AND ALL OF THEIR COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT AND OUR COMMISSIONERS AS WELL. DOCTOR IS FEMINIST AND CRITICAL AND PAN AFRICANIST, POC BOOK ACTIVIST AND RESEARCHER, SHE IS A FORD FELLOW, AND UCLA ALUMNI AND ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE BLACK CRITICAL MEDIA LITERACY CONFERENCE AWARENESS ADVOCACY IN THE AFRICAN DIAPORA. A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST, QUILTER AND PAINT AND HER PHOTOGRAPHER FROM A SMALL ARM IN ARKANSAS. HER ART REFLECTS EMPOWERMENT AS SHE ACKNOWLEDGES THE UNDER REPRESENTED AND MISREPRESENTED. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DR. HUMPHREY. >> Speaker: GREETINGS. Y'ALL. I THANK EVERYBODY MAKING THIS A SPECIAL DAY. I THANK MY ETHNIC STUDIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE STUDENTS. I THANK MY COMRADES AND OUR ETHNIC STUDY BOOK CANON AND I THANK MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY, AS WELL AS MY BELOVED COMMUNITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES. ART IS TO TRY. LIVING IN LOS ANGELES AND TRAVELING THROUGHOUT AFRICA HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE COLORFUL BEAUTY OF HUMANITY. I SEE LOVE, HOPE, JOY, RESILIENCY AND EMPOWERMENT. JUSTICE AND UNITY, A LIFESTYLE FOR ME, A LIFESTYLE FOR US, A LIFESTYLE FOR THIS NATION. ALL RIGHT IS TO TRY. SOME OF US ARE CLAIMING AND RECLAIMING OUR LIVES AFTER 40 OR 50 YEARS, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE. I NEVER FORGOTTEN MY GRADUATION SPEECH, I'M AN ARTIST, I CAN PAINT. SO MAKE MORE TIME FOR ARTISTIC JOY DAILY, DANCING IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, PLANTING FRUITS AND VEJABLES IN THE FRONT YARD AND SHARING THAT WITH THE NEIGHBORS. REVELING IN THE SHAPE OF THE SKY, FEELING THE VIE BRANS OF A FLOWER, FOOLING THE COOLNESS WARMTH OF THE OCEAN. LET THE POWER AND TRUTH OF ART LEAD US, LIVE EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE AS YOUR GRADUATION FOR KINDERGARTEN WAS I'M AN ARTIST, I CAN PAINT. AND IN THIS MONTH, LET'S CELEBRATE THIS NATION IN SHAPE OF RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, INDIGO, BLACK, BROWN, BABY BLUE, PINK AND WHITE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CHEERS TO US, CHEERS TO THE ARTS, CHEERS TO THE FUTURE. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO UNVEIL OUR BOOK FOR THE MONTH, AND REVEAL HER ART WORK. >> WOO! YOU CAN GET A COPY HERE AT CITY HALL AT OF YOUR DISTRICT OFFICES, YOU CAN COME TO SEE 14, WE HAVE PLENTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR BEAUTY WITH US. TO ALL THE LGBTQ ANGELINOS, HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, YOU DESERVE TO LIVE FULL JOYFUL AUTHENTIC LIVES AND TO BE SEEN, HEARD AND SUPPORTED BY YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT. AND EVEN IN THIS TIME WHEN THINGS ARE REALLY REALLY HARD AND WE'RE BEING STRESSED TO OUR LIMITS, IT'S INCUMBENT ON OUR OFFICIAL TO SEE PROTECT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW. AND, ONE SMALL BUT VISIBLE SYMBOL OF THAT, WAS I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, IF THIS IS A FIRST TIME EVER, BUT NOW WE HAVE THE PRIDE FLAG HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOLLOWING COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER'S HANGING THE PLAGUE OUTSIDE BUT NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT IN CHAMBERS RIGHT BEFORE YOU. WOO! I AM HAPPY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG NOW, ONE SMALL BUT VISIBLE SYMBOL NOW IS CITY HALL WILL BE LIT IN PRIDE COLORS AND LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ALL WILL BE AVAILABLE. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL AND MAYOR BASS AND LET TODAY REMIND YOU THAT LOVE IS UNSTOPABLE. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR HONOREES AND HAPPY PRIDE! >> Y. Jurado: I THINK THERE ARE MEMBERS THAT WANT TO SAY STUFF. I DON'T KNOW. >> Council President: OKAY, WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: PERFECT, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GO BY DISTRICT. >> Council President: WHY DON'T WE DO THAT. WE'LL GO IN NUMERICAL ORDER. >> E. Hernandez: HAPPY PRIDE! THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING ANDREW MONTE A LEGRE, BUILT 30 YEARS WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENT AND UNLIKE MOST, HE WOULD LOOK AT A HOMEOWNER IN THE EYE AND SAY, I DON'T --I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD. HE COULD HAVE BEEN ALL RIGHT, I'M ABOUT TO GO TRAVEL, I DON'T NEED TO DO THIS ANYMORE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID, HE STAYED AND BUILT SOME PHENOMENAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE EVERY DAY. HE COFOUNDED TWO NONPROFITS, BOTH BUILT OUT OF HIS HOME. THE FIRST IS MANOS THAT SUPPORT THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS DELIVERING FOOD AND RESOURCES. THE OTHER STUDIO CULTURAL ART FOUNDATION BUILT SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH FASHION AND DESIGN. ANDREW WILL TELL YOU HE GETS MORE FROM SERVICE THAN HE GIVES. THAT'S THE TYPE OF PERSON HE IS, HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO THROW DOWN FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S BEEN IN HIS HEART AND SELF FOR DECADES. WHAT HE HAS GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CARE, THROUGH LOVE, THROUGH RESOURCES IS I AM MERABLE. HE'S A LEADER WHO MAKES THE CITY BETTER. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT HIM WITH THE CERTIFICATE FOR 2025 LGBTQ + PRIDE MONTH. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THROWING DOWN WITH OUR SENIORS AND OUR FAMILIES AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 AND ENABLING DISTRICT, I KNOW YOU DO IT WITH LOVE. IT'S NOT A JOB THAT PAYS A LOT BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, DISTRICT 2. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, HAPPY PRIDE EVERY ONE. NEXT TIME I'LL HAVE BEADS TO THROW OUT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. SO NOTE TO MYSELF. IT GIVES ME A GREAT HONOR AND JOY TO RECOGNIZE A PILLAR IN OUR VALLEY COMMUNITY. SOMEBODY WHO DOES HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY BUT MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION, MY DEAR FRIEND ANTHONY. AT THE HEIGHT AT THE AIDS EPIDEMIC, TONY SEFSHDS AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AID ATLANTA. WITH HIS EXPERTISE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, HE TURNED IT INTO A PROFESSIONAL OPERATION, THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL AIDS ORGANIZATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. AT A TIME WHEN MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE RELUCTANT TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH THIS CAUSE. HE RECRUITED A HERO OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT NONE OTHER THAN REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS, GOD REST HIS SOUL TO SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY. TONY ALSO SERVED AS NATIONAL CHAIR OF THE AIDS ACTION COUNCIL IN WASHINGTON DC, OVER 20 YEARS AND OVER 20 YEARS AGO, HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES WHERE HE QUICKLY BECAME A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY. ONCE YOU'RE AN ACTIST AND ORGANIZER YOU CAN'T STOP. WHAT DID HE DO? HE JOINED THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, HE HAS BEEN SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE AND HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. SO TODAY, HE'S A PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAM, THE UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I AM IMMENSELY HONORED AS WE ALL ARE TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE BUT IT'S THE INDIVIDUALS THAT STAND UP TO THE OCCASION. AND I'VE GOT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT. I KNOW THIS IS YOUR MOMENT, BUT ALSO TO SHARE THAT IN THE BACK IS STANDING CRAIG MILLER, IT'S MEN AND INDIVIDUALS LIKE THIS WHO COMING OUT OF THE HARDSHIPS AND THE DISASTER CIRCUMSTANCES, HARE MUCH CIRCUMSTANCES OF BEING ALONE IN THE 80s HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY OF HOW TO ORGANIZE, HOW TO OVERCOME THE TRAUMA AND HOW TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. AND IT'S ON THEIR SHOULDERS THAT WE'RE STANDING ON. I NEEDED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY STAFF AND GREG, HE TURNED THAT TRAUMA INTO STARTING AIDS WALK L.A. IN LOS ANGELES WITH THIS FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER. BUT TONY, IT GIVES ME IMMENSE PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND TO ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL YOU A FRIEND AND TO HAVE YOU AS A FRIEND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AS YOU'RE FINISHING UP THE PICTURES. I WILL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION OVER HERE, COME OVER HERE. AMOS MARBLE IS THE HONOREE FOR THE AREA I REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. HE'S A BUSINESS OWNER AND DEDICATED LEADER WHO CALLS RESEDA HIS HOME. HE SERVES AS COUNCIL AND CHAIR OF THE UNHOUSED NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCACY COMMITTEE. SINCE JOINING THE BOARD IN 1983, HE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH MY OFFICE AND SERVING AS HOMELESSNESS LIASON TO NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT. A FAMILIAR FACE AT MANY LOCAL EVENTS, ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE PREPAREDNESS FAIR, DAYS OF SERVICE, THE SENIORS SYMPOSIUM AT ONE GENERATION, WE WERE JUST TALKING THE LAST WEEKEND, HIS IMPACT IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED. WHERE EVER YOU GO, NOT JUST IN RESEDA BUT THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. PEOPLE KNOW HIS NAME HE'S A GO-GETER. AS A MEMBER OF THE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, HE PARTNERS WITH SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT TO AMPLIFY NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES. A PROUD MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ + COMMUNITY HE'S WORKING LEADERS TO ORGANIZE THE 2025 VALLEY PRIDE CELEBRATION WHICH I EXPECT EVERYBODY TO COME OUT TO THE PRIDE CELEBRATION L.A. THIS WEEKEND BUT WHEN THE VALLEY ONE COMES OUT, WE'VE ALL GOT TO COME OUT FOR THAT AND HE'S GOING TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR GREATER VISIBILITY AND SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ LEADERSHIP. HE'S AN AMAZING GUY. AND I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE AMOS AND HIS PARTNER FOR THEIR RESENT ENGAGEMENT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND ON THIS AWARD, AS WELL AS AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU. HERE YOU GO. WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE 4th, WHICH I DON'T SEE, WE MOVE ON TO THE 5th. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR ORGANIZING THIS CELEBRATION TODAY. THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR, WE DON'T GET ENOUGH TIME TO CELEBRATE THE LOVE AND COMMUNITY. IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE AND LIFT UP THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP THAT SPIRIT ALIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TODAY. THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO HONOR PETER NICKELS A LONG TIME MELROSE RESIDENT AND PROUD LGBT ANGELINO AND NETWORK THAT HE STARTED. HE STARTED IT WHEN SOMEBODY WAS MURDERED DOWN FROM HIS HOUSE. AND AFTERMATH, COULD HAVE BEEN MET WITH SILENCE BUT PETER RESPOND WITHED ACTION. HIS WORK IS ROOTED THAT SAFETY DOES NOT COME FROM THE TOP DOWN, IT STARTS WITH NEIGHBORS SHOWING UP FOR EACH OTHER. AND THAT IDEA THAT WE BUILD POWER AND PROTECTION THROUGH COMMUNITY IS AT THE HEART OF PRIDE, IT'S THE LEGACY OF THE LGBTQ PLUS MOVEMENT AND IT'S THE LEGACY PETER CARRIES EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO MAKING MELROSE A SAFE PLACE. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> I. Padilla: HELLO EVERYBODY, LET ME START BY SAYING, IT'S A HARD YEAR WHEN LGBTQ + COMMUNITY WHEN ONE OF THESE HONOREE WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. BUT I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THIS HONOREE. BUT LET ME START BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR LIFT UP THE VOICES. PRIDE MONTH IS A TIME FOR CELEBRATION BUT ALSO A TIME FOR REFLECTION, WE KNOW VISIBILITY MATTERS BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE NEEDED, THEY FEEL VALUED AND SAFE. THAT'S WHY PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS ARE SO MEANINGFUL. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY SAD THAT MY HONOREE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE. THEY TOO ARE FROM THE GENERATIONS OF THE 80s WHEN THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING WE REALLY SAW. BUT I WANT TO, MY HONOREE WHO IS WATCHING, TO KNOW TO BE INTRODUCED TO THIS SPACE AND BE REMINDED THAT OUR STANDS FOR INCLUSION AND DIGNITY FOR ALL. I'M A BIG BELIEVE THAER VISIBILITY SHOWS UP IN MANY WAYS, NOT JUST FOR WHAT WE SEE BUT WHAT WE SEE IN OUR HEARTS AND IMPACT WE HAVE ON ANOTHER. TODAY I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE A CONSTITUENTS FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 WHO EMBODIES THOSE VALUES IN THE COMMUNITY. AS THE OWNER OF A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT I HAVE SUPPORTED, SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, AND, FOR THOSE OF WHO DON'T KNOW, I WILL SAY, THEY PLAY A LARGE CONTRIBUTION TO MY STYLE AND COOL EARRINGS THAT EVERYBODY ALWAYS COMPLIMENTS. YEP. [APPLAUSE] THEIR BUSINESS IS A SPACE THAT IS WELCOME AFFORDABLE SUSTAINABLE AND FULL OF HEART, A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE RESEE RESILIENCE. WE'RE HONORING OUR HONOREE AND IN THESE DAYS THEY WANT TO BE ANONYMOUS. WHEN I TOLD THEM I WANTED TO HONOR THEM, THEY WERE HONORED, GOT TEARY, WANTED TO MAKE IT BUT THE MORE THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND THE DAY CAME THROUGH, THEY START TODAY SEND ME REELS AND TIK TOKS THAT PUSHED A LOT OF FEAR MONGERING, SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO THEIR NAME OR BUSINESS TO BE OUSTED. SO WHAT I DECIDED TO DO WAS MAKE A CERTIFICATE IN A WAY THAT WHERE, IT'S LIKE A MINI POEM, ALL THINGS, ALL THE TIME, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL BE DELIVERIG TO T TO THEM LATER ON TODAY. WE'LL TAKE PICTURES BUT THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO DO. I WANTED TO GET IT FROM SOMEBODY IN CD6, LONG TIME CD6 SO THEY CAN PUT THIS UP ON THEIR SHOP. AT THE END OF THE DAY, [APPLAUSE] REGARDLESS OF ALL OF THESE SCARY REELS THAT ARE MAKE ITING DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL LUKE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES, THEY DON'T STOP LIVING, THEY CONTINUE TO LEAD AND LOVE AND CREATE AND CONTINUE TO SERVICE AND CONTINUE TO BE OUR NEIGHBORS. SO, TODAY I WANTED IT TO BE A REMINDER THAT OUR WORK IS NOT OVER UNTIL EVERYBODY FEELS SAFE BEING WHO THEY ARE. WE CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS, ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. AND I HOPE THAT THEY ARE AS THEY ARE WATCHING THEY CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF YOUNG LEADERS IN THE CROWD OF THIS COMMUNITY AND TRUST ME, THIS GENERATION IS GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE NEXT. I CAN TELL. ONE DAY AT A TIME. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND PROVE THAT EVEN QUIET ACTS OF PRIDE CAN SPARK REAL CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO TO MY HONOREE, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME, HAPPY PRIDE LOS ANGELES, FRIEND, I LOVE YOU, AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE FOR ME, ALL THINGS, ALL THE TIME, IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. NEXT WE GO TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR REALLY VERY POWERFULLY FRAMING EXACTLY HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S REMARKABLE IN THE WAY YOU'VE PRESENTED TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, DAN, I'M A LITTLE UPSET I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A DUET, I'M A LITTLE UPSET, WE'LL FIND ANOTHER TIME FOR THAT. ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATIONS AND IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THE DIVERSITY, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. UNFORTUNATELY, MY HONOREE WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US. IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A TREK TO COME FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. TODAY FOR CD7 I'M HONORING THE WORSHIP AND ARTS PASTOR AT OUR MISSION HILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. IT'S UNFORTUNATELY SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US BUT I WANTED TO CELEBRATE HER INCREDIBLE WORK. KELLY HAS BEEN SERVING AT THE MISSION HILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH. HOLDS A DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY FROM LA I YOLA IN CHICAGO AND ALSO ORDAINED MINISTER IN THE CHURCH DISCIPLES OF CHRIST. BUT WHAT MAKES KELLY TRULY SPECIAL IS THE WAY SHE CREATES SPACE FOR OTHERS. HELPS TO LEAD A COMMUNITY THAT IS FULLY AFFIRMING OF LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE CHURCH AND THAT INCLUDES LEADERSHIP, MARRIAGE AND MINISTRY. NOBODY HAS TO WONDER WHETHER THEY BELONG BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS YES. THE CHURCH SHE HELPS TO LEAD IS A PLACE WHERE FAMILY'S COME TOGETHER AND MUSIC IS CENTERED ON COMPASSION JUSTICE AND KINDNESS. IT'S A SPACE THAT REMINDS PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE LOVED EXACTLY FOR WHO AND HOW THEY ARE. KELLY ALSO WORKS TO BUILD AN ACTIVELY ANTI RACIST COMMUNITY MEANING THAT RECOGNIZING IS DISMANTLING SYSTEMS OF INJUSTICE. SHE HELPED SHAPE A CHURCH CULTURE THAT LEANS INTO THEM WITH GRACE AND HONESTY. SHE IS A PROUD DOG MOM TO KUSCU, WHO I'M TOLD CAN BE FOUND ROAMING THE SANCTUARY AND THAT SHOWS THE WARMTH THAT SHE BRINGS INTO EVERY SPACE THAT SHE IS A PART OF. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS NOT HERE TODAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU KELLY, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE LEADING IN ALL THE PART OF LOS ANGELES. HER LEADERSHIP REMINDS US THAT FAITH AND JUSTICE CAN GO HAND AND HAND IN THE WORK OF INCLUSION AND THAT STARTS WITH LOVE. THANK YOU, KELLY AND HAPPY PRIDE. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. NOW WE MOVE TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR KEEPING THE TRADITION HERE ALIVE AND STRONG IN CITY HALL INVITING OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY TO THEIR HOUSE, OUR HOUSE IN SEEING. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT, HONOREE, ONE AUGUSTINE CA BRERA WHO IS A CLIENTS RIGHT, WORKED FOR SCIU AND ANOTHER ANOTHER POINT WORKED L.A. ALLIANCE WITH COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND CHIEF OF STAFF COUNCIL DISTRICT 13 AND NOW WORKS FOR SCOPE INSIDE OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 8. SCOPE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 8. FAMILY IS RIGHT THERE, EVERY ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS HAS A CAMERA UPRIGHT NOW. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. AND PRESENT HIM WITH A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS AND CERTIFICATE BUT ALSO HEARTFELT GRATITUDE ON TODAY. TODAY IS A HARD AND HEAVY DAY FOR A LOT OF US, ICE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SENT ARMED GUARDS TO DAY LABOR CENTERS. THERE IS A RUMOR THAT THEY WILL SEND THEM TO GRADUATIONS THIS WEEKEND. IMAGINE, A GRADUATION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SUCH A FIT THAT YOU HAVE TO INTERVENE IN THE GRADUATION OF HIGH SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO CARRY OUT YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA. STOD A DAY TO CELEBRATE THOSE WHO FIGHT BACK AND STAND TALL IN THE FACE OF IT ALL. THANK YOU AUGUSTINE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, AS WE TAKE THE PHOTO, REMOVE TO COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND JURADO AND PARK FOR CONTINUING OUR LEGACY, KICKING OFF OUR PRIDE CELEBRATION. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY WHO'S COURAGE, RESILIENCE AND COMPASSION AND DRIVE HAS SHAPED L.A. FOR OVER 100 YEARS AND MORE. IN MY DISTRICT, WE JUST DON'T TALK INCLUSION WE LIVE IT. I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE TWO STELLARS OF MY STAFF WHO REPRESENT THE BEST. ALEX, MY SENIOR ADVISOR HAS DEDICATED 20 YEARS TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, HIS INTEGRITY AND HEART ARE KEY QUALITIES THAT MAKE ALEX A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE STAND FOR IN THE NEW 9th. STEP FORWARD, ALEX. ALEX'S LEADERSHIP BEHIND THE SCENE CONTINUES TO MOVE WORK FORWARD. AND WE'RE BETTER FOR IT. AND RICKY, ONE OF OUR STELLAR CASE MANAGERS IN OUR FIELD OFFICE IS A TRUSTED ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WHETHER IT'S ASSISTING A SENIOR OR ADVOCATING OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, RICKY BRINGS EMPATHY AND CARE TO HIS WORK. BOTH ALEX ARE MEMBERS OF THE CD9 COMMUNITY AND LGBT COMMUNITY AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO SEE OUR DISTRICT AND CITIES ARE INVALUABLE. AS WE CELEBRATE PRIDE THIS JUNE, WE'RE REMINDED OF THE BRAVE ANGELINOS WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY AS WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO MAKING L.A. A CITY WHERE EVERY ONE, NO MATTER WHO THEY LOVE OR WHO THEY ARE SEEING, MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THEY ARE SEEN, THEY'RE SAFE AND THEY'RE SUPPORTED. HAPPY PRIDE DAY, LOS ANGELES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: IT'S STILL MORNING, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND COUNCILMEMBER PARK TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A CELEBRATION WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN. PRIDE MONTH IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION REFLECTION HONORING THE INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ADVOCATE AND CHAMPION THE LGBTQ + COMMUNITY. TODAY I'M EXCITED TO HONOR A INDIVIDUAL WHO EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF PRIDE AND RELENTLESS ADVOCACY. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO THE JASMINE TANON. SHE HAS DEDICATED HER CAREER TO USING HER VOICE TO SHED LIGHT ON ISSUES SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER. HER WORK IS CONSISTENCY AMPLIFIED THE VOICES OF MARGINIZED COMMUNITIES AND ENSURING THEIR STORIES ARE HEARD AND THEIR CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED. BEYOND PROFESSIONAL ACCOLADES, JASMINE IS A COMMUNITY BUILDER, ONE OF THE VISIONARY AND COFOUNDERS OF PRIDE EVENT. EVERYBODY FROM SOUTH L.A. PRIDE, CAN YOU HOL OR? --HOLLER! YES! A CELEBRATION THAT WAS IN THE 8th BUT I STOLE IT AND NOW IN THE 10th DISTRICT. IN THE CORNER STONE OF LGBTQ PLUS. IT SPEAKS INVOLVES OF JASMINE'S DEDICATION TO ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY FEELS SEEN, CELEBRATED AND IN THESE DAYS AND TIMES, SAFE. WE'RE HONORING JASMINE TODAY FOR A PASSIONATE ALSO COMMITMENT TO CREATING A JUST AS I SAID SAFE SPACES. IN A WORLD WHERE SAFE HAVENS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. HER WORK WAS SOUTH L.A. PRIDE AS PROVIDED A VITAL SPACE FOR JOY, EXPRESSION AND SOLIDARITY. IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND GATHER AND CELEBRATE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES WITH RESERVATION. WHAT IS OUR DATE? OUR DATE IS AUGUST 9th, COME TO MICHELLE OBAMA COMPLEX. THANK YOU JASMINE FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS AND POWERFUL VOICE AND BUILDING FOR INCLUSIVE AND LOVING COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US. YOUR WORK TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. HAPPY PRIDE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. THANK YOU COUNCIL JURADO FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS JOYOUS CELEBRATION HERE IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS MORNING WE LAUNCHED OUR EXHIBIT ON THE GALLERY BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE GALLERY, IT IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. THIS YEAR OUR EXHIBIT IS PRIDE IN PRINT. LGBTQ+ LIVES THROUGH LITERATURE. AND THIS IS A INCREDIBLE AND REALLY FUN COLLABORATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AFFAIRS REALLY WELL DONE, THANK YOU GUYS THE PUBLIC LIEB WEE AND IT INCLUDES 21 LITERARY CONTRIBUTORS AND AUTHORS WHO TELL THEIR STORY THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES. SO GO UP AND HAVE A VISIT TO THE EXHIBIT. IT'S FANTASTIC AND GET YOUR SUMMER READING LIST READY. IN ADDITION TO THIS INCREDIBLE CELEBRATION IN CHAMBERS THIS MORNING, TONIGHT, TO KICKOFF L.A. PRIDE WEEKEND, WE ARE GOING TO BE LIGHTING L.A. CITY HALL IN THE PRIDE COLORS SO MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT. IT'S A GREAT SPOT FOR A SELFIE. FINALLY I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND INVITE YOU TO VENICE PRIDE THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY. WE WILL BE TAKING OVER WINWORD, THERE ARE FOOD TRUCKS, DJs, QUEER MARKET, IT'S A FANTASTIC EVENT SO. WHATEVER YOU THOUGHT YOUR PLANS WERE ON SATURDAY, COME AND HANG OUT WITH US IN VENICE WAEFP. --BEACH. FINALLY, I'M GLAD TO HONOR CD11'S HONOREE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ADAM POWELL. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE RAINBOW BOOK BUS, THIS INCREDIBLE SPACE, TRAVELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PLACES LIKE TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, FLORIDA, LOUISIANA, AND TEXAS, BRINGING LITERATURE AND OFTEN BANNED BOOKS TO COMMUNITIES WHERE CHILDREN AND OTHERS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE MATERIALS. SO YOU'RE CONTINUE TO GO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE AND BRING PRIDE EVERYWHERE YOU GO IN LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND. SO ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 11, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK. >> Council President: GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. NOW WE MOVE TO COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, HAPPY PRIDE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WOO WOO. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR LEADING US IN THIS INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION, AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH MANY OF THE WORDS THAT WERE SAID HERE TODAY ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF PRIDE. IT WAS BORN OUT OF PROTESTS, IT WAS JOY BORN OUT OF SUFFERING, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT OFTEN TIMES WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE SPIRIT AND SOMEBODY WHO IS EPITOME OF THAT SPIRIT IS MY HONOREE FROM SILVER LAKE, MAYBE A GIRL. ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE. NOW I'VE GOT TO SAY, IF YOU'RE A QUEER ACTIVIST IN CD13, YOU'VE GOT SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL, THAT'S THE HOME OF THE BLACK HAT PROTEST, THE MOAN OF THE FIRST PRIDE PARADE IN THE WORLD, AT THE SAME TIME WE DID IT WITH CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. THE MAYBE HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB FILLING THOSE SHOES. A MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, A DEDICATED MEMBER OF CELA, NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION TO HELP HOMELESSNESS AND MANY OF THE TRANS YOUTH COMING HERE TO LOS ANGELES. NO U TURN SIGNS THAT WERE USED AGAINST THE ACTIVITIES TO CRIMINALIZE THEM AND SHE'S A LEGENDARY DRAG QUEEN, IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF HER SHOWS. I'VE SEEN HER MANY TIMES. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE LEADER IN THE DISTRICT AND IN THE CITY AND KEEPING THAT FIGHTING SPIRIT FOR 13. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO IS NEXT? OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO IS NEXT. >> Y. Jurado: I ALREADY DID MINE, CITY WIDE. I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> Council President: OKAY, SO TAKE US HOME. >> T. McOsker: ONCE AGAIN, 1-5 IS GOING TO BRING IT HOME. OUR HONOREE IN THE 1-5 IS PETE SUTTERMIRE! WHERE IS HE? THERE HE IS, RIGHT THERE. SO, PETE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CEO OF HARBOR AREA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB? DO WE HAVE A CLUB FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS HARBOR CLUB? SO PETE WAS RAISED IN WHITIER CALIFORNIA EXAMINE HAD A CAREER, BUT HIS MOM, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE 1-5, HIS MOM WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN PEDRO THAT GAVE HIM A FOOT IN THE DOOR. PETE HAD A CAREER THAT TOOK HIM ALL OVER THE PLACE TO ATLANTA WHERE HE WAS AN EDUCATOR AND HE WORKED IN EQUITY AND WORKED WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS MOVEMENT BUT OUTSIDE OF SAN PEDRO, OUTSIDE OF THE HARBOR AREA, AND WHEN WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LEE, RETIRE, WE DID THIS GIGANTIC SEARCH FOR WHO WOULD BE THE DIRECTOR. IT'S PROBABLY 27 LOCATIONS, SERVED ALMOST 2000 KIDS A DAY. CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. WE WERE SO HONORED, SO PLEASED TO HAVE PETE, APPLY FOR THE WORK INTERVIEW FOR THE WORK, GET THE JOB, AND PETE CAME IN TO THE HARBOR AREA WHICH IS A HARD PLACE TO COME TO. HE CAME IN AS A NEWCOMER AND AS A GAY MAN, A MARRIED MAN AND I WILL SAY IT IS A TRIBUTE TO HIM, TO HIS GOODNESS, TO HIS ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE HE'S LIFTING UP THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALL THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HE HAS BEEN IMMEDIATELY ACCEPTED BY THIS COMMUNITY AND LOVED BY THIS COMMUNITY. AS WITNESSED BY ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, LET'S HEAR IT FOR HIM RIGHT NOW! AND JAKE THOMPSON, HIS HUSBAND, SUPPORTING EVERYTHING IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WILL SAY THAT PETE AS A GREAT TEAM AROUND HIM. HE HAS A GREAT BOARD, GREAT LEADERSHIP IN THE CLUBS, HE ALSO, I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE. JADE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING PETE WITH US. HE ALSO HAS GREAT SUPPORT FROM SOMEBODY WHO USED TO BE IN MY STAFF WHO MANY KNOW HE'S A GAY MAN, AND THAT IS SERGIO CARRILLO, WHERE ARE YOU? SERGIO, PRETENDS, HE DOES NOT WANT THE ATTENTION. SO THE 1-5 IS REALLY REALLY HONORED TO HAVE PETE. WE HAVE, ON BEHALF OF THE 265 SOULS, WE HAVE THIS GREAT CONGRATULATIONS TO PETE AND JAKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ORCHID. WE COULD NOT BE MORE PLEASED TO ENTRUST OUR CHILDREN, OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET TO OUR ORGANIZATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PETE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO, WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION. >> Y. Jurado: I'M GOING TO CLOSE IT OUT. >> Council President: BEFORE YOU CLOSE IT OUT, WE HAVE ONE MORE HONOREE. >> Y. Jurado: OKAY, GAY PEOPLE, WOO. >> Council President: WE HAVE ONE MORE HONOREE, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, CAN'T BE HERE TODAY AND SHE IS MY NEIGHBORING COUNCILWOMAN AND IT'S APPROACH AND I'LL SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MY HONOREE AND THIS HONOREE. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN'S HONOREE SHE IS UNABLE TO BE HERE, HIS NAME IS STEVEN MILE, AND OWNER OF THE FIRST AND ONLY GAY BAR IN RESEDA CALLED SEA FRIENDS. AND THIS IS THE BAR THAT AMOS MY HONOREE MET HIS PARTNER WHO WE ANNOUNCED THE ENGAGEMENT EARLIER. SO IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL CONNECTED. IT'S ALL CONNECTED. AND SEA FRIENDS HAS BEEN A HAVEN AND SAFE PLACE FOR QUEER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF ALL BACK GROUNDS SINCE 2005. BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK IN 1952 WHERE HE WORKED IN THE BUSINESS. HE ULTIMATELY MOVED TO THE VALLEY AND PRACTICED UNTIL 1994 WHICH IS WHEN HE DECIDE TODAY FILL GEARS AND FILET COMMUNITY NEED. THE SCENE WAS VERY DIFFICULT, BACK THEN THERE WAS NOT SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE WERE NOT DATING APPS JUST GOOD OLD FASHION DATING PEOPLE IN BARS. QUESTIONING YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN THE VALLEY. GAY BARS HAVE BEEN A PLACE WHERE LGBTQ+ CAN MEET AND SOCIALIZE BUT MORE THAN THAT, THEY BECAME LIFE LINE FOR GAY PEOPLE. AS A GAY MAN, HIMSELF, STEVEN CREATED A THIRD PLACE THAT FOFTERS INCLUSIVE, FRIENDSHIP AND COMMUNITY AND CARE. AND NOW AFTER 20 YEARS OF BUILDING THAT PLACE, IT HAS BECOME AN OASIS. STEVEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATION, AND ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND YOU AS THE OWNER OF SEA FRIENDS, MOST IMPORTANTLY BEING A CARE TAKER OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY IN THE VALLEY, WE THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND NOW, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, I TURN IT BACK TO YOU. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY GOT EMOTIONAL BEING HERE, HEARING MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT AND SEEING EVERYBODY AND THEN, THIS IS, IT MEANS A LOT, RIGHT. BUT, LIKE FANI LOU HAMMER SAYS, I'M TIRED OF SYMBOLISM, I WANT SOMETHING MATERIAL. AND SO I'M GOING TO END IN SAYING THAT PRIDE IS MORE THAN A PARTY, WE NEED TO MEANINGFULLY PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HERE IS A PRIVILEGE, AND NOT A RIGHT. BECCA MERON, I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF REBA WHO DIED AT THE HANDS OF HANDS OF LAPD IN PACOIMA. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY, WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGET REFLECTS THE VALUE AND SAFETY IS NOT JUST FOR A FEW OF US THAO HAVE MONEY OR LOOK A CERTAIN WAY. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE CRAFTING OUR BUDGET AND THE DUTY THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU MAKE YOUR VOTES AND WHERE YOU PUT YOUR MONEY. SO FOR EVERY ONE THAT IS IN THIS ROOM THAT IS HERE AND IT'S OUR FIRST TIME OR THEIR CRYING LIKE ME BECAUSE I'M FEELING SEEN, LET'S TELL THEM RIGHT NOW, LOOK THEM IN THE EYE AND TELL THEM, DO THE RIGHT THING! ONE MORE TIME, Y'ALL, LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, DO THE RIGHT THING! ONE MORE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE LEFT, DO THE RIGHT THING AND THE ONE ON THE TOP TOO, DOT RIGHT THING! THANK YOU, HAPPY PRIDE EVERYBODY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. GREAT HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION. WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION AND TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER HUTT WHO IS GOING TO LEAD US IN A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION. HONORING LILA JAMES. SO IF WE CAN QUIETLY TRANSITION. >> H. Hutt: , IS IT STILL MORNING? GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY HAPPY FRIDAY. AND IT'S ALSO BLACK MUSIC MONTH, YAY SXWLAIM. --YAY! GIVE IT TUP. BLACK MUSIC IS FOUNDATIONAL TO EVERY GENRE, BLUES, JAZZ, R&B, SOUL, HOUSE AND ROCK AND MORE. THOSE SOUNDS DON'T JUST INFLUENCE OUR CULTURE, THEY CREATE IT FROM THE SONGS SUNG BY ENSLAVED AMERICANS TO THE BIRTH OF JAZZ IN NEW ORLEANS, TO HIP-HOP IN THE BRONX, THIS MUSIC REFLECTS THE LIVED EXPERIENCES, PAIN JOY SQU PERSEVERANCE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND TODAY IN HONOR OF BLACK MUSIC MONTH, I'M EXCITED TO HONOR AN INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN, MS. LILA JAMES. BORN AND RAISED IN CD10, ATTENDED DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL, SHE IS AN ALUMN AND WE RECENTLY DID AN EVENT THERE. AND HAS BEEN A PART OF THE SOLE OF R&B MUSIC. COMBINING CLASSIC SOUL, LILA FORGED HER OWN PATH INTO THE INDUSTRY AND NICK NAMED THE GOD DAUGHTER OF SOUL BY THE LEGENDARY JAMES BROWN. STANDS IN THE SHOULDERS OF ARENA FRANKLIN, AL GREEN AND HATHAWAY. HER ALBUM "A CHANGE IS GOING TO COME REQUESTSING WAS TRIBUTE TO SOUL MUSIC AND TITLED BY SAM COOK'S ICONIC CIVIL RIGHTS ANTHEM. LILA HAS LANDED 7 TOP R&B RADIO HITS INCLUDING TWO NUMBER ONE SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD CHART, HER SONG "COMPLICATED" WHICH IS STORY OF MY LIFE, WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY POPULAR HOLDING THE NUMBER ONE SPOT, YOU CAUGHT IT. NUMBER ONE CAUGHT ON BILLBOARD CHARTS FOR THREE WEEKS STRAIGHT. HER TALENT HAS ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED BY SOUL TRAIN AND NAACP IMAGE AWARDS. LILA JAMES USES HER VOICE NOT ONLY TO ENTERTAIN BUT EMPOWER. WHETHER SHE'S SINGING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF YOURSELF TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS OR STANDING STRONG IN HER VULNERABILITY, HER MUSIC RAISES PEOPLE. SHE USES HER VOICE NOT JUST TO ENTERTAIN BUT TO EMPOWER. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE BLACK MUSIC MONTH, LET'S NOT JUST LISTEN TO THE MUSIC BUT FEEL IT. LET'S RECOGNIZE THE PROFOUND ARTIST LIKE LILA JAMES HAVE ON OUR SOULS AND REMIND US OF OUR EN DURING POWER AND SHARE BRILLIANCE OF BLACK MUSIC. HER VOICE IS NOT JUST ENTERTAINMENT IT'S A LEGACY AND EXAMPLE OF HOW A SONG WITH UPLIFT AND INSPIRE US ALL. THANK YOU, LILA JAMES FOR YOUR GIFTS AND FOR SHARING THEM FOR US AND I'M EXCITED TO BRING YOU TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HELLO EVERYBODY. AND I'M VERY HONORED TO BE HERE. A LITTLE NERVOUS RIGHT NOW. BUT, LET ME SEE. I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF QUICK WORDS. THIS IS THE INCREDIBLE MOMENT FOR ME AND I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE STANDING HERE TODAY. FIRST I WANT TO EXTEND MY DEEPEST THANKS TO COUNCILWOMAN HEATHER HUTT AND CITY COUNCIL. TO MY MANAGEMENT, THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME ON THE DAYS THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE IN MYSELF. TO MY FAMILY, YOU ARE MY FOUNDATION, MY HEART, TO BMG THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A VOICE AND A PLACE TO SHARE MY STORY WITH THE WORLD. TO MY AMAZING FANS, THIS IS AS MUCH YOURS AS IT IS MINE YOUR LOVE HAS CARRIED ME THROUGH EVERY HIGH AND LOW. TO MY FAMILY, YOU HAVE SEEN THE SWEAT AND SACRIFICES AND THE JOYS BEHIND THE SCENE. AND TO MY PUBLICIST THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, MY HOME WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED SOME SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BRACED AND LOVED BY YOUR OWN. THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. I APPRECIATE YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, WE HAVE MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. MR. HARRIS-DAWSON. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR BRINGING THE GREAT AMAZING AND GREAT LILA JAMES, WE CELEBRATED AS A PART OF BLACK MUSIC MONTH. HERE, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF ALL THE PEOPLE ON BEHALF OF THIS CITY ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH L.A. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE JUST START TO GO DEVELOP YOUR CAREER AND BACK THEN, WE CAN HEAR YOU FOR FREE IN LA MER PARK AND NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR A PARKING AND A TICKET BECAUSE OF YOUR SUCCESS. AND THOSE LISTENING, IF YOU DON'T KNOW LILA NAMES, GWEN STEFANI MADE A SONG, AND YOU WILL NOT HEARD THAT SONG UNTIL YOU HEAR LILA SING IT. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: BACK TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT TO CLOSE. >> H. Hutt: WE HAVE MANY GIFTS. FIRST WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. AND IT'S BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE 10th DISTRICT, WE HONOR YOU FOR EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO RHYTHM OF BLUES AND AUTHENTIC STORYTELLING THROUGH MUSIC HAS MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT. AS A TRAILBLAZER AND CON TEMPORARY R&B YOU HAVE INSPIRED GENERATION SXZ TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF WORLDWIDE. WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN OUR MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION AND WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION, TALENT AND ENDURING LEGACY. SIGNED BY ME, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON AND COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SO BEAUTIFUL. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: ONE MORE THING. >> Council President: WOW, LOOK AT THAT. AND A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO TAKE HOME. AND IT IS, TRIBUTE TO YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATION TO MUSIC AND THE MANY PHASES OF LILA JAMES. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> Council President: BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR LILA JAMES. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HUTTMENT OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ, COME ON UP. CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF HOLLYWOOD FRINGE. HE HAS AN IMPORTANT PRESENTATION FOR US. MR. MARTINEZ, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE COME UP. WELL, GOOD MORNING, HE SHALL. WELCOME HAPPY PRIDE ONCE AGAIN. BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE HAVE A TRAILER TO KICKOFF THE 2025 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL. IF WE CAN PLEASE CUE THAT UP. YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. INCREDIBLE VIDEO. IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE 15th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL. EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, HOLLYWOOD FRINGE HAS PROVIDED A PLATFORM FOR EMERGING, AND UNDER REPRESENTED ARTIST TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. WE KNOW CD13 IS A HUB FOR ENERGY BUT THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION, HAS BUILD COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPED A CREATIVE ON STAGE IN FRONT OF AUDIENCES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE GOAL OF FRINGE IS TO MAKE LIVE THEATER MORE ACCESSIBLE NOT JUST FOR THE ARTIST BUT FOR THE AUDIENCES TOO. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO FRINGE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN CATCH MULTIPLE SHOWS ON ONE NIGHT. THE VENUES ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AND WALKABLE, I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO BOOK AS MANY AS YOU CAN ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. LAST YEAR, I TOOK THAT WITH MY OWN PERSONAL STAFF. THEY'RE LAUGHING BECAUSE ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, KELLY RYLEE, PRODUCED A SHOW CALLED "THE DOLPHIN I LOVED" AND IT WAS A TRUE YET VERY FUNNY AND OUT RIGHT FUNNY STORY ABOUT AN ARTIST THAT FELL IN LOVE WITH A DOLPHIN, THE SHOW WAS FUNNY AND NOT SUITABLE FOR THE AUDIENCE TODAY. MAINTAINED AN ENVIRONMENT NOT WELCOME TO ALL. PART OF THE PROCEEDS TO FRINGE. A COMMUNITY THAT TRULY REFLECTS THE CITY OF ANGELS. FRINGE ALSO HELPS LOCAL BUSINESSES, PEOPLE GO THERE TO WATCH A SHOW, GET A BEER AND HAVE DRINKS WITH THEIR FRIENDS. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR FOR HOLLYWOOD FRINGE. LEWIS NEFFLE. >> Speaker: WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A FLIP. I'M NEVIN, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. 30 PERCENT OF OUR PROGRAMMING IS QUEER AND SO SO GRATEFUL TO BE PRESENTED THAT HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE IS THE LARGEST ACT THEATER IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE'RE THE LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES. WE'RE A MIGHTY FEAST WITH A HUGE IMPACT AND TINY TINY TEAM OF ARTIST AND CREATIVES WHO ARE REALLY PUSHING THE BAR. I REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REINSTATING THE ARTS BUDGET FOR THE DCA BECAUSE WE'RE A GRANT RECIPIENT AND IT MEANS SO MUCH. WE HAVE ABOUT 2000 ARTIST THAT PERFORM UNDER US ANNUALLY AND IT'S A HUGE HUGE IMPACT FOR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE YOU COME TO US FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF JUNE AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO MY COEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILLIS. >> FUNDING PROGRAMS LIKE FRINGE EXCHANGE AND ARTIST FUND WHICH PROVIDE CULTURAL EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTIST AND QUEER AND LOW INCOME ANGELINOS IN HOLLYWOOD WE WANT OUR THAET TORE REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY. WE HOST A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM THAT HOSTS EDUCATION, TO EXPERIENCE THE ENTREPRENEUR SPIRIT THAT IS THE ARTS, BECOMING ARTIST THAT ARE PRODUCERS. IT IS BEEN OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE SPACE AND A SPOTLIGHT TO OUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT ARTIST, BECAUSE IT'S OUT THERE, AND THEY HAVE STORIES TO SHOW. --SHARE. IT'S HAN OR TO BRING RAW AND IMPACTFUL WORK TO HOLLYWOOD. THEATER IS NOT DEAD AND VERY MUCH ALIVE AND VITALS UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER. THEATER MAKES LIFE BETTER AND WE'RE HONORED TO BRING THAT HERE EVERY JUNE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HELLO! GUESS WHO THE ACTOR IS? [LAUGHTER] THEY BROUGHT AN ARTIST TO TALK TO YOU ALL AND THAT PERSON IS ME. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE, CHRIS FAIR I'M A BOARD OF THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL. I FIRST STARTED FOR SHOW, I WAS NOM NATURED FOR BEST SHOW, MY QUEER SHOW WAS REALLY BAD AND THEN I CAME BACK AND WON. AND THEN IN 2015 I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE BEST THING EVER AND I CREATED THE DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. IS SINCE 2015, WE'VE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SHOWS AND ARTIST CREATING WORK, NOT ONLY THAT SERVES THEIR MARGINIZED UNDER REPRESENTED VOICES BUT THE MARGINIZED AND UNDER REPRESENTED VOICES OF LOS ANGELES! THAT MEANS, A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMMING HAPPENS IN SPANISH. THAT MEANS A LOST DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP THAT WE'VE GIVEN, IN LOS ANGELES SMALLER GROUPS THAT DON'T GET TO SEE THEMSELVES. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I FEEL LIKE YOU DO. LET ME SAY, NOT ONLY THAT, THIS WHOLE CITY IS FILLED WITH ARTIST ARTIST WRITERS DESIGNERS THAT NEED WORK. WHEN THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID FROM THE FILM INDUSTRY, THEY NEED TO HAVE A SPACE TO WORK OUT THEIR CRAFT AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW PRODUCTION IS LEAVING, LET'S AT LEAST GIVE A SPACE FOR ART TO BE CREATED HERE. ESPECIALLY THE ART THAT SERVES THIS CITY. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH BUT ALSO THANK YOU TO THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE WITHOUT THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LANDSCAPE LOS ANGELES ARTS WOULD BE. BYE! >> Council President: THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING SOMETHING IMPORTANT, WE TALK ABOUT FILM CREDITS AND MAKING MOVIES EASIER, WE'VE GOT TO START AT THE GRASS ROOTS LEVEL, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE. THOSE FOLKS THAT WE KNOW, SUPER FAMOUS STARTED AS PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THIS CITY AND STRUGGLED TO GET THE NAME RECOGNITION AND PERFECT THEIR CRAFT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S TRULY AT THE GRASS ROOTS LEVEL HELPING SUPPORT MANY DIFFERENT ARTIST. SO I HOPE FOLKS CAN GO TO HOLLYWOOD FRINGE.ORG, CHECK OUT THE SHOWS AND SUPPORT THESE LOCAL ARTIST. AND ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE FOR THE 15th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL. MAY WE HAVE 15 YEARS MORE AND 15 YEARS MORE, LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR ARTIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EERY ONE. >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU HAVING A SHOW. >> Council President: I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING AND SEEING AN AMAZING SHOW. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN IS ON THE QUEUE. GO AHEAD. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. IT WAS A VERY LAST MINUTE THOUGHT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. WHEN I WAS, WHEN I HAD THE PLEASURE TO SERVE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, ONE OF THE FIRST ACTS I DID WAS TO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR THE ARTS WHICH LEAD TO GETTING BACK TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND WITH RESENT DEVASTATION IT'S BEEN CUT AGAIN. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE STATE BUDGET ON THE ARTS, ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE ARTS COUNCIL WAS ONLY 5 MILLION. ONLY 5 MILLION FOR A STATE, THE SIZE, AT THE TIME THE BUDGET WAS 155 BILLION. SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND ARTS IS THE BEST WAY OF EXPRESSING AND BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BUZZ IT DOES NOT REQUIRE LETTERS, WORDS SPOKEN. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. >> CouncilPresident: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION PORTION OF THIS MEETING. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. WHAT IS THERE ANYTHING BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT? OR CAN WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, NOW, SIR. >> Council President: GREAT. PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT IS 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 TWO MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY GET ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR TRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN, ARE ITEMS 1 AND 6. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN READING NAMES. BOBBY M, QUINN AND HAMID KAN. >> Council President: IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHAMBER. HOUSE LEFT, STAGE RIGHT. >> Speaker: SOME PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE THERE ARE ABOUT NINE RAIDS GOING ON WITHIN A TEN-MILE RADIUS. AT THE GARMENT FACTORY OVER THERE IN THE FASHION DISTRICT AND THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ME ABOUT THIS REALTIME CRIME CENTER. WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS EXPANDING MASS SURVEILLANCE, CREATING A DRAGNET AND THE INFORMATION SHARING THAT IS PICKED UP THROUGH THESE REALTIME CRIME CENTERS. YOU HAVE THE LICENSE PLATES, READERS, YOU HAVE C CTV CAMERAS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WHICH IS A CONSTANT FEEDER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH GOES TO THE CENTER, WHICH BECOMES A FLIGHT PLAN OF HOW DOES ICE KNOW WHERE SOMEBODY STILL LIVES? HOW DO THEY KNOW WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS? AND WE ARE PART OF THE SELF-DEFENSE COALITION, EVERY DAY WE'RE GOING AND INTERVENING INTO SEVERAL ICE RAIDS AND HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE FINDING OUT. WE SENT A LETTER, YOU'VE GOT TO STOP THIS THING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SOME MORE NAME. AHMED, JULIO AND ROB SHIELDS. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'LL START WITH THE BUDGET. ONE THING THAT FALLS UNDER BUDGET IS PARKS AND I WANT TO THANK WHOEVER WAS IN ET PARK, I STOOD THERE AND I JUST WATCHED AS THEY WERE DOING THE JOB TO REPAIR THE WRECKS THAT ARE TAKEN PLACE. SO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE MADE THAT POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY GETTING TIRED OF PUTTING IN TEN NAMES JUST SO I CAN GET UP HERE. I THINK IT'S TIME TO STOP PLAYING THESE GAMES, WE HAVE TO DO THIS, YOU GUYS DO THAT. YOU GUYS CAN DENY IT, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 26 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. IT STARTED WITH MARTINEZ AND IT SEEMS TO BE CONDITIONING. I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD START TO TREAT US WITH A LITTLE DIGNITY AND AT LEAST ALLOW US TO SPEAK WHEN WE DO COME HERE AND IT IS A LONG WAYS FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, BUT IT'S WORTH IT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME TO THE LEFT SIDE OF CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 1. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO OBJECT TO THE HEARING ABOUT THE LIEN BEING I AM FORCED ON THE PROPERTY. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET PERMITS OURSELVES TO DEMO THE PROPERTY. THERE WAS WORK DONE PRIOR BY THE CITY'S CONTRACTORS, PRIOR TO US BEING DEEMED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AT THE PROPERTY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FULL INFORMATION AND DETAILS THAT HAD BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY AND THAT HAD BEEN CHARGED FOR AND HAVING A METER WITH A SMALLER GROUP OF PEOPLE TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED BEFORE THIS IS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED AND RECORDED ON THE PROPERTY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY FROM CD13 TALK TO YOU ON THE SIDE. OKAY. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, AND HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE WHO TOOK A MOMENT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IN >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M COREY PATTERSON, I'M CD14 CONSTITUENT RESIDENT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON OUR SKID ROW TRUST ABILITY STILL THE 17 THAT ARE IN DISARRAY. I HAVE A TENANT A NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT EVEN THIS MORNING, TWO DAYS HAS BEEN WITHOUT A WATER AND SHOWER. MAINTENANCE ALMOST RAN US OVER ON THE ROAD WITNESSING IT. I WANT TO SAY REALLY QUICK, MS. RODRIGUEZ, YOU'RE RIGHT, THROUGH ALL OF THESE HEARINGS THAT WE SAT IN THIS THIS ROOM, WERE DEEP, IT'S HORRIBLE HOW MUCH MONEY WE WASTE IN THE CITY BUT WE HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I JUST SAW MR. HEATHER IN THE HALLWAY. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, WE NEED HELP STILL AND I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO GO IN DEAF EARS BUT ACTION IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. AND I WISH MS. RAMAN, WILL BE IN COMMITTEE SO WE'RE ABLE TO TALK. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] OR SINGER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: WE'LL TAKE BOTH ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR EACH AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, THE FIRST ITEM IS NEWSOM ABATEMENT FOR $200-SOME THOUSAND. SOMETIMES THESE LIENS ARE JUSTIFIED, SOMETIMES THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER KILL, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION AND WHO THE OWNER IS. IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHO ARE WE NOT SEEKING NUISANCE ABATEMENT FROM? I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT REALLY A POPULAR TOPIC ANYMORE, IT'S NOT REALLY SO MUCH IN THE NEWS, BUT OCEAN WIDE PLAZA HAS CAUSED THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY IN SECURITY FEES. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SOUGHT NUANCE ABATEMENT TO DEAL WITH THE COST THAT THE CITY HAS INCURRED ON THAT. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING. ON ITEM 6, CONSIDERATION ON THE TIME THAT THE MAYOR HAS TO VETO THE BUDGET. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO EARLIER MENTIONED THAT THE BUDGET REFLECTS YOUR PRIORITIES WHEN YOU WERE ALL UP HERE, WAXING POETIC ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT GAY PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR MR. BLUMENFIELD WHO HONORED AMOS FROM RESEDA, I KNOW AMOS, NOBODY IS MORE DESERVING FOR THE HONOR BUT I CANNOT HELP TO RECALL WHEN HE WAS LEADING A CHARGE TO TRY TO REINSTATE A BOARD FOR PEOPLE XAOERNTION HOMELESSNESS AND EVEN THOUGH HE GOT BROAD SUPPORT ON DHA MOTION, NOTHING HAPPENED IN THIS BODY. YOU TOLD HIM, WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT, BUT WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID IS WE WANT. YOU APPRECIATE HIS FREE LABOR BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. [APPLAUSE] [SINGING] JUST SIT BACK AND YOU'LL HEAR A COUNCILMEMBER SHIT, SHE SAID SHE WOULD BREAK THE STATUS QUO BUT WHEN SHE TOOK OFFICE, SHE QUICKLY DROPPED THE BALL IN FEBRUARY AN ALLIANCE OF 34NCs PASSED A MOTION OF REMOTE COMMENTS, COMMENTS MADE BY CALLING, DESPITE HER CAMPAIGN PROMISE SXZ BROUGHT SUPPORT FOR THIS REQUEST, HER OFFICE SAYS, THAT SHE WON'T MOVE TO CHALLENGE MHD'S DECISION. SHE IS TOO AFRAID, CAN YOU GUESS WHO IT IS? COWARD NITHYA RAMAN. I MADE A MISTAKE WRITING THAT ONE ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH BECAUSE SHE IS NEVER HERE ON THAT DAY. PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ASHAMED THAT YOU HAVE NOT KHAL --CHALLENGED. >> Council President: I LIKE THE CHANGE TO 70s. >> Speaker: THAT IS WAY BEFORE MY TIME. 1 AND 6 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS IS PRETTY LOUD TODAY, JUST SO YOU KNOW. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> Speaker: YOU JUST STARTED WHILE YOU WERE INTRODUCING ME. THANK YOU. SO, THE LIENS, YOU KNOW, WE GO BACK AND FORTH, I'M NOT A PROPERTY OWNER, I DO STAND UP FOR A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS BECAUSE I'M A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT AND I'M ADDICTED TO HELPING PEOPLE WHO TREAT ME LIKE SHIT, IT COULD BE MY OWN PERSONAL TRAITS, IT COULD BE A RESULT OF MY OWN LIVING SITUATION, ME FEELING GUILTY FOR ME NOT TAKING CARE OF MY OWN PARENTS. I TRY TO STICK FOR THESE PEOPLE. YOU LOOK FOR PENNIES ON THE COUCH, YOU WOULD GO OVER YOUR, BROKE GRANDMOTHER HOUSE AND START LOOKING FOR PENNIES IF YOU COULD AND IT'S REALLY SAD. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT INCOME TAXER BUT GET YOUR BACK OFF. THE HOMEOWNERS, MAKE YOUR LIFE UNCOMFORTABLE. I DON'T HAVE NO POWER, I'M BARELY A CITIZEN, THEY'RE THE ONES, THE REAL MEANS TO HARM YOU ALL. ITEM NUMBER 6, I HOPE THE MAYOR DOES VETO THAT SHIT, Y'ALL ALL ON SOME WEIRDNESS. YOU KNOW, YOU HAD, HUGO FUCKEN SOTO-MARTINEZ, HUGO LIKE JUICE, STANDING LIKE A GOON BEHIND KAREN BASS WHEN SHE FIRED THE FIRE CHIEF, WE KNOW HE IS DOWN WITH HER. THE MAYOR DOES VETO THAT SHIT, SO WE CAN SHUT THIS DOWN. NEWS, THE PUBLIC SHUT DOWN THE MEETING AND THE BUDGET WAS NOT ABLE TO GET PASSED. WE CAN DO THAT, LOS ANGELES. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE UP THERE THAT USED TO ACT LIKE THEY WERE FROM THE STREETS AND ALL THAT BULLSHIT, THEY GOT THEIR BANGS AND PRETEND THEY'RE ALL SHEET BUT PEOPLE IN THE STREETS KNOW EXACTLY. SHOUT OUT TO MR. PANCAKE, FUCK YOU ALL FAKENESS. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT TO SAY TO YOU ALL SOMETIMES. A LOT OF THE HATE IF NOT ALL THE HATE IN MY HEART HAS GONE AWAY. SO IT'S MORE A MIX BETWEEN RAGE AND SADNESS AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I BALANCED BETWEEN WHEN I COME HERE SOMETIMES, IS RAGE AT THE WAY YOU TREAT THE PUBLIC AND SADNESS AT THE WAY YOU PARADE IMMIGRANTS AND GAY PEOPLE . THERE IS BINARY TRANS, THEY GOT A REAL NICE STYLE AND SHORT HAIR GLASSES, WITH LIKE A BLAZER ALL THE TIME AND YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEM. AND THEY GOT A LOT OF GOOD SHIT TO THEM. THERE IS A LOT OF ALLIES UP HERE. LOOK AT YOU ALL OF YOU ON YOUR PHONES, THE PUBLIC IS HAVING ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT. I DON'T GOT THE ENERGY TO DO ANYTHING TO YOU ALL, I DON'T HAVE THE MEANS. BUT LOS ANGELES KNOWS BETTER, THAN YOU ALL. Y'ALL HAVE TO REPRESENT THEM AND GET OFF YOUR FUCKEN PHONES. > City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS EMILY I LIVE IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY ABOUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT, SOMETHING THAT HURTS PEOPLE EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T THINK SO. THAT'S MICROAGGRESSIONS, SOMETIMES THEY'RE LOUD OR EVEN A REMARK THAT SEEMS HARMLESS BUT CUTS DEEP AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS OVER AND OVER, IT CAN MAKE PEOPLE NOT MATTER. I'VE HEARD THINGS, ARMENIANS ARE KNOWN FOR COMMITING FRAUD AND ALWAYS ANGRY. IT SOME EVEN SAY THAT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DID NOT HAPPEN. IT MIGHT OPINION SEEM LUKE A BIG DEAL TO THE PERSON SAYING T BUT THE PERSON HEARING IT, IT SUCKS. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR A CHANGE. I BELIEVE WE CAN DO BETTER BY DOING THREE SIMPLE THINGS. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE REALTIME CRIME CENTERS, I KNOW THERE IS SOME HERE THAT WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE SPYING COALITION, FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DANGERS OF INFORMATION INTEGRATION. SO THIS REALTIME CRIME CENTERS WANTING TO BE SPREAD THROUGH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND AS WE KNOW THAT SKID ROW WAS UNDER ATTACK BY ICE. THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION SHARING IS WHAT CAUSES THIS TO HAPPEN. SO YOU HAVE AUTOMATIC LICENSE READERS THAT ICE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO. WE HAVE LAPD WANT TO GO BUY FUSES AND THAT C CTV WILL BE CONNECTED TO THAT. UNISSES, YOU KNOW THAT YOU WORKED WITH STOP L.A. SPYING, YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO STOP THIS! [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IT'S GOING TO BE ITEM 4 BUT I'LL DO A GENERAL COMMENT INSTEAD. I'M FROM DISTRICT 11, I REFUSE TO GIVE UP MY FREEDOM FOR FAKE SAFETY. SO MANY OFFICIALS WILLINGLY GIVE UP THEIR OWN. WHAT IS DANGEROUS IS YOU THINK YOU UNDERSTAND ALL THE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, YOU PROBABLY READ SOME BROCHURE SXZ HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH EXPERTS EXPLAINING IT ALL TO YOU. BUT YOU FEEL LIKE AN INSIDER BUT THAT'S MARKETING AND YOU'RE BUYING IT. LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT PREVENT CRIME. THERE IS A LONG LIST OF REASONS WHY WE SHOULD ROLLOUT OUR RRTRs BUT BOTTOM LINE IT INFRINGES ON THE PRIVACY OF ALL US. BUT WE KNOW WHO WILL BE TARGETED. EXPLOITED AND INDIGENOUS 'EM IMPOVERISHES COMMUNITY. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE THE CITY SAFER, UNFUSE RESOURCES INTO THEM, NOT SURVEILLANCE. THANK YOU MUCH [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 1, 4, 6 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS 1 AND 6, YOU CAN SPEAK TO ITEM 4 IN YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: CHOOSING PART OF THE COUNCIL CHOOSING TO DO THEIR JOB, PIG SCUM, EVERY TIME I'M HERE I WATCH YOU NOT PAYING ATTENTION, SO I'LL MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET. THIS BULL SHIT DOES NOT PREVENT CRIME. >> City Attorney: THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: EXPANDING A TECHNOLOGICAL ECOSYSTEM THAT IS USED BY THE LAPD AND CITY ATTORNEY WHO IS HERSELF UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR RACIALIZED BIAS, IS A FUNDMENT JUSTICE. THIS WASTE OF CITY FUNDS DOES NOT HELP PEOPLE. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THESE TOOLS IS TO MANUFACTURE CONSENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE LITANY OF INJUSTICES THAT VOTERS WILL SEE ON THE NEWS AND WILL DEFINE YOUR LEGACY SHOULD HISTORY BOTHER TO REMEMBER YOU AT ALL. TO DISCUSS THE EXPANSION OF POLICE SURVEILLANCE AFTER CELEBRATIONS OF PRIDE IS DOUBLY IRONIC. THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY AND THINGS THAT PREDATED ARE THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM 1 OR CONSIDER THIS YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. OVER. >> Speaker: AMONG THEM LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS-- >> Council President: OKAY BEINGER HIS TIME IS DONE. YOUR TIME IS DONE. YOU SPOKE ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. WE HAVE BASIC RULES YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW, YOU CANNOT JUST KEEP GOING ON. NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY, YOU ARE REMOVED. SERGEANTS, SUBJECT TO RULE 6, RULE 12, YOU'RE DISRUPTING THIS METING, WE TOLD YOU TO STOP. OKAY, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: I'LL BE SPEAKING ON GENERAL AND ITEM 6. >> City Attorney: OKAY, CAN YOU START WITH ITEM 6, YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE FOR THAT AND A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS SITUATION, WE REPRESENT OVER 6,000 EMPLOYEES, WE'RE HERE, HAPPY PRIDE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT YOU DID ON THE BUDGET. HUNDREDS OF HOURS, WERE SPENT LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC, HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL FILE ON THIS ITEM. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LAND THE PLANE. LET'S WRAP THIS UP. MY MEMBERS WANT TO GET BACK TO WORK. WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN LIMBO ANYMORE, WONDERING IF OUR JOBS WILL BE SECURE IN THE COMING WEEKS. WE WANT THE DELICATE GENERALING A TOWER THAT WE'VE CONSTRUCTED IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, TO REMAIN STANDING. THAT MEANS YOU CANNOT PULL OUT LITTLE BLOCKS FROM THE JENGA TOWER, MAINTAIN THE BUDGET, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT THIS BODY HAS DONE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. I'LL SWITCH OVER TO GENERAL. I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK THAT HAS GONE IN FROM HEARING FROM US AND CONSTITUENTS ON THE CRITICAL WORK THAT THAT CITY SERVICES TO PROVIDE FROM SYLMAR TO SAN PEDRO FROM LAWA TO THE BORDERS OF EAST L.A., OUR MEMBERS ARE THERE FROM AIRPORT TO ZOO AS WE SAY, PROVIDING THE CRITICAL SERVICES. SO WE APPRECIATE THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE HAD TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT AND WHY WE'RE SO COMMITTED TO RESTORING PRIDE IN THE CITY AND PRIDE IN HOW THIS CITY WORKS AND PRIDE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE INSTILLED WITHIN ALL OF YOU THAT WE HAVE EMPOWERED THIS BODY WITH. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU AS WE SAID TAKE PRIDE IN THE WORK AND BUDGET THAT YOU'VE PASSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HAPPY PRIDE. >> City Attorney: MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENT IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. WHAT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 1, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, ITEM 1 IS BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO? LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT MEASURE IS APPROVED. NEXT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, COLLEAGUES ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? STOP YELLING OUT. OKAY, SIR, YOU'RE REMOVED. SUBJECT TO RULE 7, RULE 12, YOU KEEP YELLING OUT EURO EFFICIENTLILY REMOVED FROM THIS MEETING. GET OUT. YOU CAN'T JUST YELL OUT SIR, YOU'RE DISRUPTING OUR MEETING. WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR YOU WHEN YOU'RE HERE BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SERGEANT PLEASE REMOVE HIM. OKAY. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, I'M JUST WAITING FOR. >> Council President: WE'LL COME BACK. MR. McOSKER HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >> T. McOsker: YEAH. >> Council President: MR. McOSKER THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS, I WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TOMORROW ON JUNE 7, AT 10:30 AM, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING MEXICAN HOLLYWOOD IN THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES ON HARBOR BOULEVARD. I BRIEFLY REFERRED TO THIS A WEEK AGO, WHEN ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAD ANOTHER PRESENTATION. BUT IN THE 1920s, THERE WAS A FIRE ACRE AREA, IT WAS AT FIRST STREET WHERE THE VINCENT TOMAS BRIDGE NOW STANDS. SO THE FOOT, IT WAS A THRIVING BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT WAS KNOWN LOCALLY AS MEXICAN HOLLYWOOD. IT WAS ONCE A TIGHT KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD FULL OF CULTURE AND COMMUNITY AND NOW UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS A FOOT 93. MY DAD GREW UP IN THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED BARTON HILL AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME AS A KID. IT ENDURED AND THRIVED UNTIL 1952 WHEN FAMILIES WERE EVICTED DUE TO THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF THE VINCENT TOMAS BRING WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 1963. IT IS UNKNOWN, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY FAMILIES RECEIVED ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THEIR DISPLACEMENT. WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE GATHERED THE INFORMATION AND ADVOCATED FOR YEARS TO RECOGNIZE MEXICAN HOLLYWOOD AND TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEXICAN HOLLYWOOD AND ON THE PROMENADE AND THE PLANS, AFTER TOMORROW, IS THAT WE WILL HAVE, A NUMBER OF CULTURAL EVENTS, RIGHT THERE AT MEXICAN HOLLYWOOD AND I THANK THE COMMITTEE AND I THANK EVERYBODY IN THE COMMITTEE FOR SHOWING UP AND SUPPORTING THIS TOMORROW AT 10:30 AM. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. NEXT MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE WOMEN'S WELLNESS FAIR TAKING PLACE TOMORROW SATURDAY JUNE 7th FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:30 IN MY DISTRICT IN SUN VALLEY. PLEASE JOIN US FOR WOMEN'S WELLNESS FAIR IN COLLABORATION OF COUNCIL AND OUR LADY OF ROSARY CHURCH. WE'LL HAVE WORKSHOP AT SELF-DEFENSE, KARATE, AEROBICS AND DIABETES SCREENING. THIS INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUPPORT. FREE GENTLY USED CLOTHING AND SHOES AND MUCH MORE. FOR ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE, WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY THERE, AND I WELCOME ALL OF YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. NAZARIAN. CONTINUED ANNOUNCEMENTS? NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, PLEASE JOIN ME LANDTON FAMILY AND TEAM. GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M EXCITED TO BE JOINED BY LANCE MOCOTO OISHI WHO HAS GIVEN 37 YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK TO LOS ANGELES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I WANT TO THANK HIS COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE AND HIS WIFE SHIN AORA LOUING HIM --FOR ALLOWING LANCE TO COME OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR THIS. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 1998 AND BECAME ARCHITECT IN 1990 AND WORKED THROUGH THE RANKS OF BUREAU ENGINEERING AND STREET SERVICES. IMPACTED PROGRAMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED MILLIONS OF ANGELINOS. OVERSAW BUS BENCHES AND LEAD THE SIDEWALK AND TRANSIT AMENITIES PROGRAM, THE STOP PROGRAM. AND JUST YESTERDAY, WE UNVEILED THE SHELTER HERE IN THE CITY OF L.A. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE 3000, I KNOW WE ARE. THANKS TO LANCE. LANCE HELP BRING INFRASTRUCTURE TO COMMUNITIES WHO NEEDED IT MOST. AND ASK ANYBODY WHO WORKED WITH HIM AND THEY'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE TITLE AND MORE ABOUT THE AMERICAN. HE WAS CALM UNDER PRESSURE AND THOUGHTFUL IN HIS LEADERSHIP, TECHNICAL AND HONEST AND KIND A ONE OF A KIND. LANCE, YOUR LEGACY WILL LIVE ALONG. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOUR COMMITMENT ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANGELINOS FOR THE LAST 37 YEARS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS THAT WANT TO CHIME IN ON THIS AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO GET UP AND SAY THANK YOU TO LANCE FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE. LANCE WAS A GUY WHO WOULD SEE THE YOUNG STAFFERS WHO HAD NO CLUE WOO WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY. AND WITH HIS SOFT GENTLE APPROACH, CODDLE THEM, AND JOIN THEM. SO WHEN I JOINED AS A STAFFER FOR TOM LABONGE, LANCE, HELPED NOT JUST ME BUT TIM McOSKER, GENIE CHAN AT THE TIME, GENIE MIN NOW AS WELL AS OUR GOOD FRIEND MICHELLE HAHN NOW. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE CONGRATULATIONS. AND I THINK IT'S TIME YOUR FAMILY HAS YOU BACK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS LANCE ON YOUR EARNED RETIREMENT. AS COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SAID YOU WERE SPRINKLED AROUND LOS ANGELES WITH ALL THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IT. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK WE DID TOGETHER DURING MY TENURE. WE HELPED TO RECALIBRATE HOW THEY CAN, SO WE MADE IT EASIER FOR COMMUNITIES TO DO THAT WORK. THE WORK ON OBVIOUSLY THE STREET FURNITURE. I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS IN THAT TRANSITION AND I APPRECIATED THE AMOUNT, OF YOU KNOW, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK ON THESE ISSUES. OBVIOUSLY, THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS AS THEY WERE, WERE DIFFICULT BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT THE CITY FIRST AND YOU ALWAYS PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST AND ALWAYS REALLY HONEST ABOUT IT. DIDN'T MATTER WHAT THE FACTS OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO SUGGEST THEY WERE. YOU WERE TRUE TO BEING A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT IN YOUR WORK AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT. BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF YOUR COLLABORATION WHEN WE INTRODUCED THE VERY FIRST SMART SHELTER AT CITY, AT GRAND PARK. THAT WHEN EVERYBODY SAID THAT WE COULDN'T DO T WE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND NOW IT'S PART OF HOW WE'RE, IMPLEMENTING IT NOW CITY WIDE. BECAUSE WHEN GOOD IDEAS WORK, WE HELP FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO GET IN THE SAME ROOM TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND FOR THAT, I'LL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT. >> Council President: AND BEFORE YOU G I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE CHORUS. I GOT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU AS WE TRANSITIONED OUT OF THE OTHER CONTRACT AND YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE THE SEXIEST WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT STREET FURNITURE BUT IT'S REALLY AMAZING AND YOU WERE AMAZING IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER, YOU EMBODY WHAT A GREAT PUBLIC SERVANT AND CAN BE. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, THANK YOUMENT I'M EXCITED TOMORROW, WE ALSO HAVE A BIG UNVEILING. I'M INVITING THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW JUNE 7th, FROM 10:00 TO 1:00 WHERE WE'LL BE HOSTING THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE NEWLY FOOTHILL RECREATION AND DOG BARK. AGAIN, IT'S DOG BARK. UNLESS PROPERTY IS MAINTAINED, IT CAN'T BE CALLED A PARK. SO WE HAVE THE FIRST DOG BARK OPENING UP FOR LARGE DOGS, SMALL DOGS ON WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY LOPEZ LANDFILL, IT WAS BEEN DECOMMISSIONED FOR MANY YEARS BUT WE HAVE REVITALIZED THIS SPACE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, I WANT TO THANK PAULA AND RICARDO, AND ALL THOSE WORKING WITH THE GREAT FOLKS OF RETAB TATION. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO REINCORPORATE SO MANY NEEDS. WE HAVE ADA COMPLIANT, RECREATION AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT THAT IS THERE, PICNIC TABLES, WALKING SPACES, RAIN GARDENS, BUT THE DOG BARK, MY DOG HERCULES ALREADY WENT TO TEST IT OUT, HE APPROVED. WE'RE HAPPY TO BE UNVEILING THIS TOMORROW. AND IT WILL BE FILLED WITH DISCOVERY CUBE, WE'LL BE DOING SOME SCIENCE ACTIVATION FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS FOOD TRUCKS AND FACE PAINTING, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT GREAT EVENT FOR EVERY ONE TO ENJOY. WE WANT TO INVITE ALL THE FAMILIES OUT FOR PARTICIPATING THIS GRAND REOPENING. IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN FABULOUS TO WATCH IT COME TOGETHER AND I WANT TO THANK PAULA, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS VERY, YOU KNOW, FERRY-LIKE INSPIRING SEATING AREA THAT IS GOING TO BE FUN FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES. AND THE AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT WENT INTO REIMAGINING THE SPACE IS REALLY PHENOMENAL, TO MY THANKS TO THE BUREAU OF SANITATION FOR THEIR COLLABORATION WITH THIS. >> Council President: CONTINUING WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, I WANT TO INVITE EVERY ONE HERE TO THE 55th PRIDE PARADE AND PRIDE VILLAGE HAPPENING IN THE HEART OF CD13, IT WILL BE THIS SUNDAY JUNE 28th, THE PARADE WILL START AT 11:00 AM AND PRIDE VILLAGE FROM 11:00 AM TO 8:00 P.M., IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC, A TON OF VENDORS AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME. I INVITE EVERY ONE TO PLEASE COME. AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN GO TO L.A. PRIDE, JUST CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION. >> Council President: THANK YOU, I WILL BE THERE AND SO MANY OF US. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING REPORTS ABOUT SWIFT AND AGGRESSIVE RAIDS. MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH RAPID ORGANIZERS SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. IN MY DISTRICT THEY WERE AT THE DAY LABOR HOME DEPOT THERE. L.A. IS A SANCTUARY CITY AND WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE WILL NOT USE OUR FUNDS. BUT THAT DOES NOT STOP THEM FROM SHOWING UP. THEIR SWOOPING IN FAST WITHOUT WARNING AND LEAVING JUST AS QUICKLY. THEY DON'T HANG OUT, BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE MOBILIZE. OUR RESISTANCE IS WORKING AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ELEVATING AND CHANGING THEIR APPROACH. COLLEAGUES AND ANGELINOS, GET READY, MY FIELD OFFICES ARE OPEN TO ANYBODY WHO NEEDS TO GET TO KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE BEING IMPACTED. TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, CARRY CARDS AND GET INFORMED STAY TOGETHER STAY VIGILANT. I THINK WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND I HOPE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO DO WHAT IT WANTS AND IT'S COMING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, BUT THIS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF. WE SAW THIS IN THE 90s, 80s, IN 2017, THIS IS NOT NEW AND WE CANNOT ACT LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KIDNAP OUR PEEP BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTIVELY DOING IT. PLEASE PLUG IN WITH YOUR COMMUNITIES AND EDUCATE YOURSELF. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE BEING KIDNAPPED AND DISAPPEARING, SOME OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE. IT'S A TRAUMA THAT NEVER LEAVES YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THIS INFORMATION AND GET THIS INFORMATION TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS COLLEAGUES? SEEING NO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. IF I CAN ASK EVERY ONE TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND LOOKING TO MY RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ TO GET US STARTED. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF LOIS BUCKMAN WHO PASSED AWAY AFTERDECK AIDS OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF SO MANY. LOIS IS THE KIND OF WOMAN WHO LEAD WITH PURPOSE. WHETHER IN THE WORKPLACE OR THE COMMUNITY, SHE SHOWED UP WITH STRENGTH, COMPASSION AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO OTHERS. SHE WAS BORN IN DETROIT, BUT MADE LOS ANGELES HER HOME FOR NEARLY SIX DECADES. AS A SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS AND A GRANDMOTHER TO FOUR, SHE POURED LOVE INTO HER FAMILY WHILE ALSO BUILDING A REMARKABLE CAREER. SHE SPENT 27 YEARS AT THE GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY CORPORATION, GTE AND LATER IS REVISE ON. ALONG THE WAY, SHE LEAD--VERIZON, MANAGED A 30 MILLION DOLLARS BUDGET. LOIS WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO EVER HOLD THAT ROLE. SHE DIDN'T JUST OPEN DOORS, SHE HELD THEM OPEN FOR OTHERS. WHAT DID HE FIND LOIS WAS HER COMMITMENT TO GIVING BACK. DEDICATED OVER 40 YEARS A NONPROFIT UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND YOUTH PROGRAMS AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT. FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS SHE SERVED AS PRESIDENT EXPANDING ITS REACH TO MORE YOUNG PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES. SHE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SISTER'S INVOLVED IN LINKING KNOWLEDGE OR SILK AND HELPED BUILD A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. TOGETHER THEY LAUNCHED THE CREATING, YOUR OWN PATH TEAM CONFERENCE A SPACE THAT HELPED GUIDE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH WORKSHOPS ACADEMIC AND FINANCIAL LITERACY AND MORE. EVEN WHILE WORKING FULL-TIME, LOIS STILL FOUND TIME TO SUPPORT GROUPS SERVING ON NATIONAL BOARDS FOR BOTH THE WOMEN ASSOCIATION AND CONSORTIUM OF INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEES. SHE WAS A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR OPPORTUNITY AND ESPECIALLY OF WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE WORKPLACE. LOIS SHOWED US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LEAD WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART. SHE BELIEVED IN MENTORSHIP AND CREATING OPPORTUNITY. AND BELIEVED THAT EVERY YOUNG PERSON DESERVED TO BE SEEN, SUPPORTED AND INSPIRED TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. GAVE SO MUCH TO HER COMMUNITY, TO HER COLLEAGUE AND MOST OF ALL TO HER FAMILY. HER LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH THE STUDENTS SHE SENT TO COLLEGE, PROFESSIONALS SHE MENT ORDER AND ORGANIZATIONS SHE STRENGTHENED AND THE GRANDCHILDREN SHE ADORED. MIE WE HONOR HER MEMORY BY CONTINUING THE WORK SHE DID BY SERVING OTHERS, LIFTING UP OUR COMMUNITIES AND OPENING DOORS FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER US. >> Council President: MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: I WANT TO JOIN. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: I WANT TO BE ADDED TO THE ADJOURNING MOTION FOR LOIS, I KNEW HER FOR MANY YEARS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY IN THE MEMORY OF MICHELE, THE LOSS FIRE DEPARTMENT'S FIRST TRANSGENDER FIRE CAPTAIN. MICHELLE WAS A BUDDHIST, A DEMOCRAT A FEMINIST, AND A TRANSGENDER WOMAN, BUSTED STEREOTYPES OF WHAT IT WAS TO BE A FIRE FIGHTER. JOINED THE LAFD IN 1969 LONG BEFORE SHE TRANSITIONED IN 1991. BECAME A CAPTAIN TEN YEARS AFTER JOINING IN 1979. IN THE 1990 WHEN MICHELLE ARRIVED AT FIRE HOUSES ACROSS LOS ANGELES, AS YOU CAN EXPECT, SADLY, MANY COLLEAGUES DID NOT WANT TO WORK WITH HER. SOME ASKED TO BE HOME SOME CALLED IN SICK BUT MICHELLE STAYED IN, STAYED THERE, AND KEPT SHOWING UP, AND THE DEPARTMENT DID STAND BY HER. THOSE CLOSE TO HER, SAID THAT MICHELLE WHO RETIRED IN 2003, WAS ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE SCRUTINY AND THE SNIDE REMARKS, THE INSULTS AND DISRESPECT BECAUSE SHE WAS BRAVE, STRONG OPTIMISTIC, SAW THE BEST IN PEOPLE. IN THE PAPER TODAY, IN THE O BITUARY, BRENDA BURKEMAN SAID, SHE REALLY DIDN'T DWELL ON THAT STUFF. BRENDA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN IN THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT. MET MICHELLE IN THE 1990s THROUGH THEIR WORK TOGETHER FOR WOMEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE. NOT SURPRISINGLY, MEN WERE VERY HOSTILE BUT SOMETIMES WOMEN WERE SUSPICIOUS AS WELL. WHEN MICHELLE JOINED THE WOMEN IN FIRE SERVICE IN THE EARLY 90s, SOME MEMBERS DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO GO WITH HER IN THE TRIPS OR OUTINGS. SOME ARGUED THAT MICHELLE WAS NOT A REAL WOMAN, WONDERING WHAT BATHROOM SHE WOULD USE OR WHERE SHE WOULD SLEEP. I WILL SAY THAT, THE UNION STUCK BY HER. I KNOW THE PAPER SAYS THE DEPARTMENT STUCK BY HER, BUT THE UNION, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 35 YEARS AGO, NEARLY. AND THE WORLD WAS DIFFERENT, IN A BAD WAY. MY BROTHER MIKE, GOD REST HIS SOUL, WAS MICHELLE'S ADVOCATE. AND I REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT ABOUT MIKE, I DON'T MEAN TO DIMINISH. BUT I REMEMBER MIKE COMING HOME, IRISH CATHOLIC GUY, EXPLAINING WHAT HE WAS DOING AT WORK AND MICHELLE'S BRAVERY AND WITNESS TO WHO SHE WAS AND WHERE SHE BELONG WAS STRONG. BUT TWO OF THE PEOPLE THAT STOOD BY HER ALSO GIVE WITNESS. AND OUR COUNCIL WOULD SAY, DOING THE RIGHT THING. SO MICHELLE CARRIED HERSELF WITH DIGITY AND MADE BETTER FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. WE THANK HER FOR SERVICE. CAPTAIN KAEMMERER REST IN SPAES AND THOSE TOUCHED BY HER, IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY HAS ASKED THAT DONATIONS BE SENT TO WIDOWER OF FIREFIGHTERS OF LOS ANGELES. >> Council President: THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, LET'S GO OUT AND SERVE THIS CITY EQUITABLY AND WITH CONVICTION. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.