perseverance, activism and identity. So my mission in life has been to educate Americans about Americans, both its glory and its failure. And I can still be sending that same message long after I'm in the galaxies. At Janome, we've always had the benefit of having our docents, many of whom were survivors of the incarceration themselves, and it was an extraordinary ability for them to be able to talk to people, to talk to audiences from the first hand perspective, and be able to tell their own stories as that generation is passing. It was this incredible opportunity to be able to use this technology to preserve the opportunity to have conversations with them and for people to engage with them in a very real way. So today was the unveiling of five story files, which is new technology, AI based technology that conserves the ability to have engaging conversations with people. We've previewed four of them today, one with George Takei, which is an amazing opportunity for people to engage with him about his life, about his history while he was incarcerated as a child, what the impact of the incarceration was on him, his life as the civil rights icon and defender of democracy and also to ask questions about what the impact of that is today. Human storytelling is really, since we've been cavemen, the way that we tell, hey, don't go in the bushes over there, don't eat those berries, don't go in the trees. That's dangerous. It's the way societally we can grow beyond an individual human lifespan. So we're sort of hijacking that human innate storytelling and listening call and response and using it to preserve in amber the real, authentic, original storytelling. So it's hard to tell if this has been eight years in the making or if this has been three lifetimes. You know, my grandmother was the first volunteer here at the museum. My mother then raised money for their very first tape recorder, and they used that tape recorder to capture oral histories. And so this has sort of been three generations in the making and eight years of wanting to take the gift that my grandmother, her friends, and all the people we spoke to today have given back to American society, telling the stories of wrongs that have happened to them in American history so that they do not happen again. Well, I learned a lesson early on from five years old on one injustice after another. When we were in prison, Roosevelt, my father said, was a president that he respected back in the 30s when the nation was in a deep depression, high unemployment, people had given up. And he said to the people of America, there's nothing to fear but fear itself. And this galvanized the people and brought the country up. And then when the bombing of Pearl Harbor happened, everybody went crazy and we have to look like the people that bombed Pearl Harbor and he saw us as the enemy. And as great a man as Roosevelt was. Roosevelt was a human being. He got swept up in the hysteria. There are people on the West Coast that look exactly like the people that bombed. Ah, who knows what could be a spy. They might be planning to bomb San Pedro. After a year of that unjust imprisonment, the government realizes there is a wartime manpower shortage. And here are all these young people , men and women, that they've categorized just arbitrarily as enemy aliens. We're Americans born and raised and imprisoned by America, born here. They just made up this enemy alien thing, but now they need us. So they come down with a loyalty questionnaire. What's the matter with this government? They should have asked that before they imprisoned us. Before they took our homes, destroyed my father's business. But young people today, hearing this story, I keep telling people the ideals of democracy are noble. A government of the people by the people and for the people. That's us. The people. And my father said, we have to be involved. All of us at that time, the civil rights movement was going on. He said. What the black people are doing is that they are out speaking up for themselves. They have a history that's a part of American history. And he said, you, when you get the vote, you are the part of the people that speak for this country. We have to participate. I am so grateful to be sitting here with Tina Knowles, to have a chance to hear a little bit more about your work and the creation of the Waco Theater Center, the creation of the Waco Theater Center has been a dream of mine since I was a teenager. Because I had a mentor actually gave me exposure to the arts, and it made me feel seen and heard. So I know the effect of the arts on the community and especially on kids who don't have great opportunities and that is what Waco is all about. We started this charity very small, in a little tiny 100 seat theater, and the challenge was that our students that we mentor, we had to bus them. So we spent all our money on bussing them to North Hollywood. And so this is a dream come true because we're in that community. We can do community programs. How cool is that? I came out here to go to one of the shops on the main street here, which I thought was amazing because it was all these black owned, artistic businesses. So that was exciting. Within itself. And then my friend Mark Bradford brought me here, and of course it was before all the renovations and I was like, oh my God, this is just sitting here. Are you kidding me? It looked completely different. And so when I heard that it was being restored, it was music to my ears. And when there was an opportunity for us to help manage this place, it was like a dream come true. And for it to be a place where this community can easily access. And so that's what we're hoping for, this place we're praying that it is a cultural community center, which it was meant to be in the first place. The history, the legacy that is in this building. If the walls could talk. We are so lucky here in the city of Los Angeles to be able to celebrate and to be able to do that through our theaters, through our arts centers, through our grant programs, through public art, it's all about helping people feel comfortable and confident with where they are and who they are. I really have to commend the city of Los Angeles. What you've done here is historical. It's selfless, and it's inclusive, and it is really amazing. So I really commend the city of Los Angeles for that. I think that it will be a beacon of pride for many people to bring commerce here, to bring attention to this wonderful street with all these beautiful businesses. I feel like it's going to be contagious. That touches my heart. I just cannot wait. I mean, we just got to get started . Founded in 1885, little Tokyo became the center of Japanese American life before World War Two. And remains one of only three surviving Japantowns in the United States. It stands as a lasting testament to community resilience, heritage, and small business legacy. Designated a National Historic Landmark, this two block stretch connects historic sites from Union Church to the Japanese American National Museum, reflecting one of the largest concentrations of Nisei or second generation Japanese Americans in the country. Across L.A, historic neighborhoods like Little Tokyo, Filipino Town, Chinatown, and Koreatown are deeply woven into the city's identity. Driving culture, connection and renewal . In nearby MacArthur Park, once known as the Ellis Island of the West, a new stormwater capture project is transforming the lake , reflecting how the city continues to reinvest in its public spaces for future generations. Good morning. This park, MacArthur Park, has been here for this community through a lot of history. Good history. And hard history. This lake has seen it all. It's also absorbed it all. The runoff, the pollution and the years when this neighborhood was not the first on anybody's list. Today that changes. This is the MacArthur Lake stormwater capture project. We're so excited. It's one of the first. It's going to be one of the iconic projects that we implement under the safe, Clean Water program. So the project is going to actually capture that stormwater, which is polluted from all of the area that it's running off from. It's going to treat the water, and we're going to use that in MacArthur Park Lake. So what that means is we don't have to turn on the faucet for potable water. That means we conserve water and we're actually beneficially reusing stormwater that would otherwise go out into the bionic Creek and be lost to the ocean. In the very near future, we're going to have our pedal boat operations back here at this lake. We I really believe that that's an amenity that's going to really bring in community to use the space not only to look at the space, but also be able to get on the water, even exercise, because, you know, pedal boat is a cardiovascular exercise. So super excited about that as well. Coming into into this park and into this space. Projects like this are not only bringing a community benefit, they're also helping to improve the environment through saving that water, reusing water through building trees, and creating shade and bringing an overall esthetic beauty to the neighborhood. So there's always been so much misconception around around the lake in MacArthur Park, and we're trying to fix that. I think that folks want to see clean water. They want to see a beautiful project that accentuates the beauty of this area. And that's what we're trying to bring an opportunity for folks to be proud of the community that they live in. And this is just going to help make an already beautiful park even more beautiful. The Korean Marine Aquarium is an extremely special place serving this community. It's all about connecting people with nature. When visitors come here, they get to see animals that live right off our coast. Here in southern California. It's an enjoyable place and I'm really thrilled. The team that works here at Korean Aquarium is excellent. Whether we're teaching about whales or grunion, it's just a very, very special place. And I'm glad to be a part of it. This is the entry to the exhibit hall, and behind me is the story of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, our 90 year history. This wonderful exhibit has a map that explains what's happening inside the exhibit hall. As you're walking around through the maze of the exhibit hall, there's different habitats this helps you guide along through the exhibits and see all the beautiful animals that are here in their habitats . We've been here 90 years teaching about marine life of southern California and we teach about the conservation, how everyone can help do their part to conserve the beautiful animals and the life of Southern California. Here we are at the Jelly Lab. This is a very special lab, brand new. We just finished completing it. We have a culture area where we're growing baby jellies. We're growing about three different species right now. We grow jellies here for our education and also for our research and to share with our other institutions that we partner with. Welcome to our Jelly Tunnel. The entrance to the Drifters of the deep exhibit. This is a great space to come and learn about the natural history of jellies, and get up close and personal. Really up close and see the beauty of these jellies. We have moon jellies. We have pot of gold jellies, and we have purple striped jellies here on exhibit. All of the animals that you see here on exhibit in the Jelly Lab are part of the work that we do here. We are growing these jellies in the jelly lab, and we are sharing those jellies with our visitors every single day. Welcome to the exhibit hall. Pump house. In this room is the life support system that provides clean water to our exhibit hall and to our living collections. We have an array of pumps, filters, chillers, UV sterilizers, and other components that provide the animals that are living here with the highest quality of water. It's all happening right here in the future. As we add more exhibits, or as we change exhibits. The living habitats with animals in the exhibit hall are going to get the best care because of everything you see around you. Right here. Growing up in this area and now working , Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is a reminder of how special it is to live here in Southern California. We live in a very vibrant and diverse community, and I'm thrilled to hear different languages and different people and different experiences and cultures. And it's all happening right here. So please come be a part of it. Communities like Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Koreatown, and Historic Filipinotown reflect over a century of migration, settlement and cultural preservation in the city. The 1970s marked a turning point for Little Tokyo, as Japanese companies established international headquarters in the heart of Los Angeles. By the mid 1980s, the Little Tokyo Service Center helped guide that growth, balancing economic development with the preservation of the neighborhood's cultural legacy. This era also aligned with the rise of nearby arts communities in repurposed downtown warehouses, now more connected than ever through expanded metro transit. In Los Angeles, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is not just commemorative, it's visible in everyday life through museums, temples, festivals, small businesses and public art across many neighborhoods. Places like Barnsdall Art Park invite visitors to experience exhibitions from emerging artists and reflect on the evolving artistic identity that defines the city. Heavy metal is comprised of 20 women artists. One of the things about heavy metal is it's a play on words. It's a play on concept. There are a lot of works that deal very literally with large scale sculpture, heavy sculpture. However heavy ness and heavy also references the psychological weight that comes with the female perspective. Attending different galleries in exhibitions is relatively new to me, so this one is really eye popping because of the way that the different artists have conceptualized the idea of heavy metal. It's not just rigid structures as you would normally think. It's actually some of the ways that the artists interpret. These are pretty amazing, right ? The heavy metal exhibition was beautiful. So many unique artworks, lots of different forms, so many arrays of colors and textures, very engaging. It was beautiful. I really enjoyed our time here. In addition to heavy metal, we have two exhibitions in the project room. Ivan Bridges and Rachel Bridges . Those are exhibitions focused on painting and drawing and are a nice complement, but also a juxtaposition to the artworks in heavy metal. I would definitely recommend people to come and check out this exhibition. There's lots of 3D artwork, installations, there's wall artwork, different colors, there's sounds. It's really interactive and a beautiful place to walk around. The municipal Art Gallery is located at Barnsdall Park. The exhibition is on view through June 20th, and the hours of operation are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m, with the exception of Juneteenth, June 19th, we will be closed for the holiday. This is my first time as a museum and it has a diversity of thought, diversity of artists and expression of the art, which is amazing and I think it's important nowadays to be able to step away from digital and come and just be introspective. And art galleries is one way to do that. Today, the Chinese American Museum, El Pueblo is doing Spring Fest. It celebrates the new season for all Asian people. AAPI included, and it starts with the festival family introduces good health and wealth. One of the reasons why we hold this event is because we really want to celebrate the diversity of Los Angeles, really bringing and showing our visitors Chinese American culture and our community. We have arts and crafts, we have live entertainment, and it really is a space where we want to have people learn about our community. People learn about our culture, but also create a space of appreciation. And also bring a lot of awareness to the museum. These are the museum is very important to not just the Chinese American community, but also the community in general. Just to understand where we come from and where we're going in the future. And the people that kind of built the way for us. It's so important that we share the cultures, the LA city is the multicultural, you know, societies and their contribution to the society is not only economically and most importantly, culturally. And the Chinese American Museum is here to record us history as well as sharing, you know, the stories and further encourage people to celebrate together and looking forward to a better society. And I think that's our mission here . Hi. Would you guys like a free cookie? Metro partnered with the Wiley Center. They have a wonderful program where they take students in their autism program and they teach them life skills. And one of the life skills they teach them is how to bake cookies. So they wanted to do a station activation for Autism Awareness Month. Hand out free cookies. We think it's a great thing for our customers as well as the students of the Wiley Center. I'm one of those students who are passing out cookies in honor of Autism Awareness Month. I felt pretty good handing a cookie to a bunch of people to brighten their day. Basically, just selling out cookies and Metro cards to people in honor of Autism Awareness Month. It's autism Awareness Month, so we are spreading a little bit of awareness, acceptance and celebration with transit riders. Our students were actually sharing their own personal testimonies and giving information to people about autism. When I was in school, people used to make fun of a lot of other people for having autism. People think autism is like a negative thing, which which is not true at all. We're just trying to show that autism is not what they think it is. We're human too. It really came about when we were given an oven in a kitchen, a professional one, and we wanted our kids to figure out what they could do with this and what they decided was we want to make cookies, and they have just become cookie preneurs. And that was the name that we kind of called them cookie Preneurs. You're able to learn real life skills, learn how to be independent, learn how to be productive citizens. Thank you for this. I appreciate you giving this. We've been here since 1979, serving families, changing lives, and we have training centers. We have a CVS, a UPS and an Outback Steakhouse training center. We're preparing our kids for the next phase of their lives. Me and my friend Kyle designed the logo right here. He drew like the concept art. I used a digital artwork software to make the logo. The response is very exciting. Smiles for Miles. The kids are having a great time handing out the cookies, so I think it's a positive experience for both parties. Happy autism Awareness Month from Metro. AA and Nhpi communities have played key roles in LA's growth from railroads and agriculture to business, entertainment, public service and civic leadership. Established in 1903, the Rafu Shimpo remains a critical cultural anchor for Japanese Americans in LA. Despite the forced closure during the incarceration era. The publication reemerged to help reconstruct the neighborhood's legacy. Following World War Two. That same spirit of community continues across Los Angeles, where programs supported by the city's civil rights department empower neighborhoods to directly shape how help and resources are delivered, placing decision making in local hands. You are the people who help the people, and you're making history and you're making a difference. And it's a truly an honor to be here with you all. Today we are in Boyle Heights at Proyecto Pastor, a community center making a difference with our repair dollars. We have the repair program, which is providing resources for residents who may be a little short on their rent. We wanted to make sure that if you are at risk of being unhoused, that you have a place where you can get real dollars from real people to make a real difference. Los Angeles Repair program stands for reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgment of Institutional Racism. Proyecto Pastorale was awarded 270,000 to help 75 families. We were able to budget and stretch out the money and help 174 families. This last year with rental assistance out of those families, 230 children also received this assistance. Proyecto Pastoral Ayudado en C principalmente para la Renta. Lo mas pasado porque ayuda para toda clase de villes en Los cuales incluyendo la luz, el agua. Los principales es la renta en la cual este ahorita muchos de nosotros. Este estamos en una economia muy baja por la cual podiamos esa asistencia. I mean, families were having to choose between paying rent, buying groceries, paying bills and a lot of times getting food for their children was a priority and they weren't able to afford to pay their rent. So today we're having a celebration because we enter our grant through LA Repair. So we wanted to highlight all of the hard work, everything that we did throughout this year, like success stories and all the people in the community that we were able to help through the repair grant. So thank you. We're celebrating World Autism Awareness Month. We're just trying to get the word out so we can promote water safety. Today at Lincoln Park Pool, we're hosting the World Autism Awareness Day event. This event is really important for all communities. Water safety is such an important topic that I believe everyone should learn about, because anything can go wrong at any time. So the more people that we can invite to our facility and teach them how to swim, the safer that we can be. We're offering free swim lessons to everyone. We're also doing stand up paddle boarding and kayaking. I think it's important because a lot of our kids with autism are love water, and they don't understand the safety yet. So I love it. I love it because now hopefully he'll learn not only the safety part, but how to swim. Ready Three. Two. One. Let's kick together. Kick together. Kick kick kick. There you go, Marco. Good job to teach someone who has autism. I wouldn't say that. It's more difficult, but it does take some extra training because sometimes we will need to accommodate and take a different approach to our lessons for this community. So we offer adaptive swim classes so that we can really focus on the child. Depending on what special need they might have, we try to make sure they're as comfortable as possible, and it's very important because at the end of the day, everyone should learn how to swim. Hold it like this. Up in the front. Estamos aqui invitado a toda la comunidad. Esta parte en Los programas disponibles para gente de todo alrededor. No solo gente con autismo para qué venga y toman parte. Tenemos programas de todos tipos y mucha gente. No sabe estamos aqui en la piscina . The inclusion is awesome. I know it's not just going to be with kids with autism, so that's even more awesomer because they'll be included with other children. And that's what we need. That's what we want. And I love that. So I thank all Lincoln Park for that. Honestly, it's pretty cool. And the city. Check out these fun things around LA. Kick off America's 250th birthday in Los Angeles with LA Fleet. Week 2026. The annual multi-day celebration of our nation's sea services held on the LA waterfront over the Memorial Day weekend. From touring active Navy vessels to competitions and band performances to honoring those who gave all to preserve our freedoms, La Fleet Week offers something for everyone with festivities from May 20th 2nd to May 25th. Join the Port of Los Angeles to celebrate the nation's military with public ship tours, welcome parties and the main Fleet Week Expo alongside the battleship Iowa. For the full schedule, visit La Fleet Week.com. Head to the Edendale branch for the ongoing celebration marking 100 years of La Central Library on Saturday, May 23rd. Historian Mary Mallory presents a look at the first women of Los Angeles. Women have often been the movers and shakers behind community improvements, and this talk will feature the pioneering women who shaped our city's history, including organizers, activists , journalists, Hollywood stars, and even librarians. Join the Los Angeles Public Library at Edendale branch for First Women of Los Angeles, with historian Mary Mallory on Saturday, May 23rd. Beginning at 1 p.m. Find more at lapl.org. On Sunday, May 24th, enjoy a concert in the park for Memorial Day honoring those who died in service. The featured performance at Brand Park will be from the third Marine Aircraft Wing Band. The concert event will also feature a veterans resource Fair on site pay tribute and enjoy a memorial day concert in the park taking place on Sunday, May 24th at 11 a.m. for more information, visit cd7. L.A. City Governor and that's a look at some things to do. Contemporary L.A. continues to be shaped by Asian American voices in media, sports, politics and the arts, reflecting a living, evolving cultural story rather than a historical one. Alone in Little Tokyo. That cultural legacy comes alive within one of the city's most visited districts. As a National Historic Landmark, it stands as a living connection to generations of Japanese American history where food, art and community reflect both heritage and evolution. Thank you so much for watching. Catch these stories and more on channel 35 or at L city.gov/tv and fall at L.A. city on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Until next time, get out there and experience everything Los Angeles has to offer . Gracias por estar aqui a tiempos cada semana a todos nos acompanan a la camara para poder empezar la reunion esta manana. I'm sorry I didn't do my. I'm sorry. I'm just . TO THE ARINGLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY THE 27th DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR 2026. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER. MR. CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT, JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN, PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN, RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ, YAROSLAVSKY TEN MEMBERS AND QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF MAY 26, 2026. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA MOVES COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. ITEM 1 IS AN ITEM NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 2 THROUGH 10 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. THE ARTS PARKS AND LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT REPORTS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED ONLINE. ITEMS 11 THROUGH 34 ARE ITEMS FOR PI PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. PLEASE NOTE NO ACTION IS NECESSARY FOR ITEM 34. 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THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REUEST PURSUANT TO THE ADA WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SO IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND TO THE SERGEANTS KNOW TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT WIRELESS MICROPHONE. ADDITIONALLY, IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP TO SPEAK. DOING SO, ALLOWS US TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT UNIQUE TO TODAY, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ITEM 37 AND DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE FOR A BARGAINING UNIT, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE AND WHO YOU ARE SO WE KNOW HOW MANY REPRESENTATIVES WE HAVE FOR THAT HEARING AND AGAIN THAT IS FOR ITEM NUMBER 37, AND ONLY IF YOU ARE THE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE FOR ONE OF THE BARGAINING UNITS THAT IS GOING TO PRESENT. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: CALLING THE FIRST FEW NAMES. A QUILLA SALAMB. BRANDON. JOHN RAVLIN BEINGER POWER, STILL MAIDEN, AND WOO POOH. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, JUST GENERAL COMMENT TODAY. I'M NOT PREPARED TO SPEAK ON AGENDAS. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY. MY NAME IS BRANON TELIANO. I WENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING, IT'S MY FIRST TIME GOING TO ONE OF THOSE. IT WAS QUICK AND BRIEF, THANK GOD. YES, I PULLED AN ALL NIGHTER ON THAT BEHALF. SO YEAH I'M A LITTLE TIRED. BUT YEAH, THANK YOU GUYS. SO SUE GUYS READY FOR THE OLYMPICS? I KNOW, I AM. HAVE I DONE ANYTHING FOR THE OLYMPICS? NOT YET BUT THERE IS SOME STUFF ON PAPER AND I DO GO TO LOS ANGELES FILM SCHOOL AND WE DO HAVE SOME CELEBITIES COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE EVERY NOW AND THEN. BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. BUT YEAH, GUYS, THAT'S IT. I JUST I WANT TO HELP YOU GUYS. IF YOU CAN HELP ME HELP YOU GUYS, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. MR. NEWSOM,WHETHER HE'S GOOD OR BAD HE DID SOME STUFF OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND MAYBE WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. THANK YOU, GUYS. BYE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M AKILA, I'M SPEAKING ON PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY, GREAT. WHY IS SKID ROW TRAITED DIFFERENTLY? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, WE SENT YOU A MEET ING REGARDING OPERATIONAL HEALTH STREET SWEEP. A STREET WAS CALLED BETWEEN 6:00 AND 7:00 THURSDAY AND THE PAPER SIGNS S PUT UP AHEAD OF TIME N.SKID ROW, WE HAVE METAL SIGNS THAT GIVE PEOPLE ADVANCE NOTICE BUT THESE ARE INSUFFICIENT WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR MEETING IN FEBRUARY. PUTTING UP PAPER SIGNS SHOWS THAT THE METAL SIGNS ARE UNSUFFICIENT. WHY IS SKID ROW TREATED DIFFERENTLY AGAIN? THESE STREETS SHOULD STOP AND THEY LEAST, WHEN THE CITY IS DESTROYING PEOPLE'S LIVES, A CITY EMPLOYER'S MOTHER ASHES WERE THROWN AWAY AT ONE OF THE SWEEPS THREE WEEKS AGO. WE SHOULD GET THE SAME NOTICE THAT CONSTITUENTS DO, WHY DIDN'T WE NOT? SO THAT LETTER THAT WE SENT YOU, OKAY, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER? >> Speaker: JOHN, ARE L.A. CAN SPEAKING ON GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, FIRST UP, WE OBJECT TO THE DESTRUCTION SANITATION SWEEPS THE CITY DOES TO DESTROY ENCAMPMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, SPECIFICALLY. THE PRACTICE OF THE SWEEPS ARE ESPECIALLY BAD ON SKID ROW BECAUSE THEY DON'T GIVE FAIR NOTICE WHEN THEY'RE COMING. INSTEAD WE HAVE METAL SIGNS TO GIVE GENERAL INFORMATION, SOMETIMES THEY COME SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE WASTE A BUNCH OF TIME MOVING AND NOTHING HAPPENS OR THEY DON'T MOVE, RELYING ON THE FACT THAT SANITATION HAS NOT COME FOR WEEKS AND ALL THEIR STUFF IS DESTROYED. TWO WEEKS, THERE WERE PAPER SIGNS FOR A SWEEP ON SERIES BETWEEN 6:00 AND 7:00 SO PEOPLE KNEW WHAT TO DO. THERE IS NO REASON THAT PEOPLE CAN DO THAT. WE ASKED ABOUT NA AND WE AWAIT YOUR REPLY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, ADAM, HERMILIA, IMELDA CUSH, TOMMY AND LOWER' AN FARROW. --LORI ANNE FARROW. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS A TODOS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, HELLO EVERYBODY I'M ARMAOEN I CAN'T I WORK IN McDONALD'S HERE AT DISTRICT 10. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HERE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M URGING YOU TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE FAST FOOD WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BY APPROVING THE FAST FOOD FAIR WORK ORDINANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE WHEN WORKERS KNOW OUR RIGHTS, EVERYBODY THRIVES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND IN MY CASE, I FELL DOWN AT WORK AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR SOMETIME, IT WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: INDICATE HOW MUCH TIME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND IT TOOK THAT LONG BEFORE MANAGEMENT CALLED AN AMBULANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THEN DURING THAT TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW MY RIGHTS AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD RECEIVE WORKMEN'S COMP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT NOW, AFTER JOINING THE UNION, I KNOW MY RIGHTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK UP AND USE MY VOICE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND GO ON STRIKE AFTER THE AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING IN THE KITCHEN AND WE WERE FORCED TO KEEP COOKING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE WERE FORCED TO KEEP WORKING DESPITE BEING COVERED IN SWEAT FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR BEFORE EVEN BEING GIVEN WATER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THESE ARE THE EXAMPLE THAT OUR BOSSES DON'T WANT US TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS SECTION PIEEDER, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: OKAY. GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND IF WE CAN LET EVERYBODY KNOW ALSO IN SPANISH, THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING, YOU CAN DO SO AT L.A.COUNCILCOMMENT.COM. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND YOU CAN FIND THAT URL OR LINK BY DOING A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH OR CHECKING AT THE TOP OF EVERY COUNCIL AGENDA. >> >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SUFFICIENT ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JESSE AND I AM PROUD L.A. CAN MEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, GOOD MORNING. WE ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT WOMEN FROM L.A. CAN CAME LAST WEEK AND TOLD US THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE SWEEPS WERE HAPPENING AND SHE LOST EVERYTHING INCLUDING HER DEAD MOTHER'S PICTURES, THAT'S EVERYTHING SHE HAD. THE CITY PUT OUT PAPER SIGNS ON SERIES AND SHOWS THAT THE CITY IS AWARE THAT THE METAL SIGNS DON'T DO ANYTHING AND THE PAPER ARE REQUIRED SO PEOPLE KNOW THE SWEEPS ARE COMING. EVERYONE ELSE GETS PAPER SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING SWEEP. L.A. CAN MEMBERS ARE DEMANDING THE SAME TREATMENT. WE SENT YOU A LETTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND WE HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHY ARE HOUSES IN SKID ROW TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS IN YOUR DISTRICT? THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKERS, TOMMY, NORA JONES THE THIRD AND DR. GRIZZLY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, >> Speaker: I'M ADAM FROM L.A. CAN ON PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, LAST WEEK L.A. CAN WENT TO THE CCA BOARD MEETING AND LISTENED TO YOUR STAFF SHARE HOW THEY WORK ON THE BID TO SCHEDULE SWEEPS IN SKID ROW. HE ALSO SAYS THAT YOUR OFFICE DOES OUT REACH BEFORE EVERY SWEEP WHICH IS A WILD THING TO HEAR. WE SENT A LETTER TO YOU TWO WEEKS AGO, ABOUT THESE SWEEPS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE INSUFFICIENT NOTICE THAT RESIDENT RIGHT SIDE FORCED TO CONTEND WHEN SANITATION COME DAILY TO DESTROY PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. THE CITY KNOWS THAT WE GET INSUFFICIENT NOTICE WHEN YOU PUT OUT NOTICE THAT ALSO SAID THE SAME DAY. IF THE METAL SIGNS WERE SUFFICIENT, PAPER SIGNS WOULD NOT BE NEEDED. WHILE WE THINK SWEEPS SHOULD STOP, THEY SHOULD GET THE SAME WARNING, GET AND WE ARE DEMANDING PAPER SIGNS. WHY ARE WE TREATED DIFFERENTLY? >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? [APPLAUSE] GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HELLO SIR, I'LL BE DOING PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MY NAME IS TOMMY I'M FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 15 AND PROUD MEMBER OF L.A. CAN. HERE TO SPEAK ON HEALTHY STREET SWEEPS, WHY IS SKID ROW NOT ISSUED THE SAME WARNING ABOUT THE SWEEPS? COUNCILMEMBER JAOUR DO, WE , COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, WE KNOW UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE NOT SEEN YOUR STAFF DURING OR BEFORE OR AFTER. WHILE WE'RE AGAINST SWEEPS AT ALL, L.A. CAN IS DEMANDING THAT OUR MEMBERS GET THE SAME TREATMENT AS OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT. WHY DO WE NOT? THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NET SPEAKER? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS SAMSON, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AT A RESENT ASSOCIATE MEETING, YOUR DEPUTY TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT AND LAPD ON COORDINATING SWEEPS IN SKID ROW. AND THAT YOUR OFFICE DOES OUT REACH BEFOREHAND. THE FIRST TWO PARTS OF THIS SENT SENSE ARE REALLY TROUBLING AND LAST PART IS NOT TRUE. AT COUNTLESS SWEEPS WHERE WE GO, L.A. CANS COMMUNITY WATCH TEAM HAS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING TALK TO GO PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE. THESE SWEEPS ARE VIOLENT AND TRAUMATIC. AND MEMBERS ARE DEMANDING THAT YOU PROVIDE THE SAME ITEMS TO SKID ROW RESIDENTS AS YOU DO IN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP A FEW NEXT FEW NAMES, CODIAC AND ANDREW. >> City Attorney: AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE SPEAKERS, I'VE NOTICED PEOPLE TRICKLE IN THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. IF PURCHASE HERE FOR ITEM 37 AND YOU ARE THE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, UNIT AND YOU'RE HERE TO PROVIDE PRESENTATION FOR THAT ITEM, PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT KNOW AT EITHER SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT YOU ARE HERE AS THE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: AS INDICATED IN THE KIOSK ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: ITEM 36 IS RELATED TO CHANGING THE NAME OF 39th STREET BETWEEN MAIN AND FIGUEROA STREET AS PARAO WILL --PARALYMPIC STREET. OBVIOUSLY, I'M CURIOUS HOW THE SIDEWALK THERE? IS IT ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES? THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING. BECAUSE THE CITY HAS DEFUNDED ANY SIDEWALK OR STREET REPAIRS TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE LAPD. SO I'M INTERESTED TO KNOWING, YOU NAME THIS PARAO LYMPIC WAY IS THE AMENDMENT. IS THIS ACCESSIBLE? ARE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE SIDEWALK? IS THE SIDEWALK BEING REPAIRED? THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS AS TO THE ACCESSIBILITY TO PARALYMPIC WAY? IS IT ACCESSIBLE OR JUST ANOTHER VIRTUAL SIGNALING MOTION? WE HAVE ITEM 28 WHICH IS RELATE TODAY CREATING A AD HOC COMMITTEE, ON FILM INDUSTRY. SO MORE PEOPLE WILL BE INTERESTED IN COMING TO WORK HERE, IN THE CITY WERE NOT SO CORRUPT. MAYBE YOU CAN WORK MORE DEALS. BUT PEOPLE ARE SEEING ALL THE CORRUPTION AND THEY'RE JUST, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT SHIT. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CONVENTION CENTER WHICH IS BANKRUPTING THE CITY. FURTHER, BEYOND EVERYTHING ELSE, ITEM 31 AND 32, SO WE HAVE THE SPECIAL I GUESS THE CONTINUATION AGENDA. WE HAVE ITEM 37 WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES YOU'RE LAYING OFF. SO, THIS, THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT ADD VOLUNTARY KAIGT COUNCIL PRESIDENT HELP DEVISE, THAT BUDGET DOES NOT REVERSE ALL THE HIRING VACANCIES, ALL THE POSITIONS YOU LAID OFF, TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE LAPD. SO THAT'S MORE MONEY THAT IS GOING TO VIOLENCE AND ASSIST ICE KIDNAPPING. THAT CONTINUES ITEM 38. UNISSES THAT SPEECH YOU GAVE LAST THURSDAY, WAS SO DISINGENUOUS, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. 1 MILLION HERE, 1,000 HERE, DOES NOT ALLEVIATE THE ALMOST 3.6 BILLION DOLLARS THAT THE LAPD IS GETTING NEXT YEAR. ALMOST ALL OF YOU VOTED FOR. AND YOU CLAIM YOU OPPOSE IT, YOU OPPOSE GIVING ALL OF THIS MONEY TO THE LAPD AND WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU VOTE FOR IT T.YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF COWARDS. HUGO IS NOT EVEN HERE, NITHYA IS NOT EVEN HERE, HUGO IS GETTING THE BEAUTY SWEEP AFTER THE SWEEP IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE YESTERDAY. [LAUGHTER] BUT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YSABEL, WHY ARE YOU EVEN DOING SWEEPS IN GENERAL? I THOUGHT YOU OPPOSED THAT. SO NOW YOU'RE DOING SWEEPS WITHOUT PROPER WARNING? WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? THAT SOUNDS VERY CONCERNING. SO YEAH, NONE OF YOU ARE EVEN PAYING ATTENTION. YOU'VE ALL ALREADY DECIDED HOW YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE, IT'S NOT IN FAVOR OF THE PUBLIC. SO WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY SEE IS THE LAPD WILL GET ALMOST 3.6 BILLION DOLLARS VOTED BY ALL THE PROGRESSIVE IN SUPPORT. AND WE'LL SEE LAPD KILL A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. WE WILL SEE LAPD AID AND ABET ICE KIDNAPPINGS AND LYING ABOUT ITAND THAT'S WHAT SELF PROGRESSIVE IS VOTING FOR ON THIS BUDGET. SO CONGRATULATIONS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M AIFD AND I'M A MEMBER OF L.A. CAN HERE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: EVERY DAY IN SKID ROW, OUR NEIGHBORS WHO FACE SWEEPS BY SANITATION AND LAPD AMONG OTHERS. THAT OPERATE TO STEAL AND DESTROY PEOPLE'S PROPERTY WITH NO WARNING. EVERY SINGLE DAY. SINCE, A MEETING OUR HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, HAD WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, IN FEBRUARY, WE RAISED THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN THAT THE PERMANENT METAL SIGNS THAT SAY, WHEN THE SWEEP IS HAPPENING, ARE INSUFFICIENT WARNING. DESPITE THE MAPS ON THESE METAL SIGNS, NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY WILL POP UP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE SWEEP. WHILE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT, GETS PAPER SIGNS. SKID ROW DOESN'T. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT THOSE ARE ALL THE NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. APOLOGIES, THERE IS ONE MORE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THIS PAPER IS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: OKAY, BALD-->> City Attorney: CAN WE PAUSE HIS TIME. [CHANTING] >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE CONTINUE PROCEEDING TO THE EXIT. AND TO THE EXTENT YOU COME BACK, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. GO AHEAD, CONTINUE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO FAT ATTORNEY, LOOK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: LOOK AT 96 STREET FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THERE IS NO STREET FOR THIS SHIT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: LOOK LADY, SAY ALL THE WORDS OR DON'T SPEAK RIGHT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BECAUSE MY WORDS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO FUCK YOUR MOTHER ON NUMBER 1, DICK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THERE IS ANOTHER PLACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THERE IS ONE THING IN CLOSED SESSION CALLED DELUCA. THE FUCKEN WATER WENT UP. >> Council President: WHAT ITEM ARE YOU ON? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M ON NUMBER 35, FUCKING UNCLE TOM. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO FOR EXAMPLE NUMBER 3, THE FUCKEN SHELL, THE MEXICAN ASSHOLE BECERA SAYS IT'S OKAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT HE PUTS IN HIS OIL LINE, FUCKEN ASSHOLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: NOW I DON'T KNOW, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING TO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ASSHOLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] 33 ASSHOLE. >> Interpreter: LOOK ASSHOLE NUMBER 33. >> Council President: YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A MINUTE ON 33. >> Speaker: OKAY, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: OKAY, I'LL GO TO NUMBER 25 AND THIS SPEAKS OF REGION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: NEVER MIND, I DON'T WANT 25. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I WANT TO SPEAK ON NUMBER 26 WITH PADILLA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: BUT ALSO SHE CAN GO TO HER MOTHER. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING, OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL. DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE INTERPRETERS, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE ITEMS OR MOVE TO YOU GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MORE WARNINGS. >> Speaker: OH I'M SO AFRAID. WELL, SINCE I'M BEING THREATENED NOT TO SPEAK IN SPANISH ANYMORE, FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING TO A SO-CALLED CREATING AD HOC COMMITTEE, FILM ENTERTAINMENT BOB. NOW, I DON'T THINK WE NEED THAT INDUSTRY IN LOS ANGELES. WHEN WE'RE THE WORSE CITY FOR DEPLOYMENT WITH THE FILM ENTERTAINMENT, THAT'S WHY THEY ALL LEFT. THAT'S WHY THEY ALL LEFT. THERE IS NO MONEY STICKING IN LOS ANGELES, YOU HAVE TO GET A PERMIT. WHY IS THAT? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE A BUSINESS OWNER AND FIGHT FOR A FUCKEN PERMIT WHEN SCIENTOLOGY GETS PERMITS ALL THE TIME. SO, THAT'S ONE ISSUE. NOW THIS MORNING WHEN MS. HUTT ON ITEM 27, REGARDING THE, DESIGNATING TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE UPSTAIRS, ON THE THIRD FLOOR. I'M SORRY, FOURTH FLOOR, AS A 8:45, WELL YOU KNOW WHAT, MS. HERNANDEZ WALKED IN LATE, ALONG WITH THE OTHER LADY BUT HEY. >> City Attorney: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ITEMS, I'VE GIVEN YOU WIDE LATITUDE TO CONNECT IT. YOU KNOW THE RULES, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THIS ASSHOLE ATTORNEY, SEE HOW HE IS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HE'S TRYING TO TELL ME HOW I CAN SPEAK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO FAT AS WATERMELON HEAD WHY IS THIS ININTELLIGIBLE WORD ONLY WITH ME, TELL ME WHY FUCKER. >> Speaker: AND THE REASON WHY IS I CONTROL THE NARRATIVE. I SAY WHAT I BELIEVE, I LIKE THE REST OF YOU FUCKS, WITH MENTAL BELIEVE THAT THE THINGS I SAY ARE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIVE FREE SPEECH. BUT APPARENTLY AS YOU HEARD AND HEAR FROM DUMB DUMB FAT ATTORNEY FROM KOREA, WOOF WOOF, WOOF WOOF, RIGHT SMOKING SCAN THIS, BITCH IS CONSTANTLY UP MY AS LIKE THE TOILET PAPER THAT I WIPE AND PUT IN THE TRASH. 42 USC GROAT POLITELY, FUCK YOU. >> City Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. IF WE HEAR YOU AGAIN, IT WILL BE DISRUPTION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE OFFENSIVE NATURE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE JUST HEARD. I ALSO WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE INTERPRETERS, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY THAT THEY HAVE TO INTERPRET WHAT THE SPEAK CER SAYING. IT'S AS YOU KNOW COMFORTABLE FOR THEM AS IT IS FOR TO US HAVE TO LISTEN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. I BELIEVE MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE EXHAUSTED PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: AND ALL RIGHT ALSO FOR THE RECORD, WE CANNOT PREVENT HIM FROM WEARING A SWASTIKA TO THE COUNCIL AND OFFENDING OUR EN PIER POLITIC. >> City Attorney: CORRECT. >> Council President: WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON 1, 11 THROUGH 25, 2729 THROUGH 33 AND 37. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 37 BECAUSE WE DID NOT CREATE SPECIAL TESTIMONY TIME FOR THE BARGAINING, SO OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: SO MR. PRESIDENT, WE CAN MOVE ON--MR. CLERK, ITEM 37? >> Clerk: THAT'S CORRECT. >> City Attorney: SO FOR ITEM 37, THIS IS THE HEARING WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS. SO THE COUNCIL HAS TWO OPTIONS, WE CAN START WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. IF YOU ARE A DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE BARGAINING UNIT, PLEASE LET CHECK IN WITH THE SERGEANT AND MR. PRESIDENT WOULD YOU LIKE THEM AT THE PODIUM OR AT THE TABLE UP FRONT? >> Speaker: AT -- >> Council President:er THE PODIUM IS FINE. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN GIVE THE PRESENTATION FROM THE PODIUM. YOU WILL GET THREE MINUTES FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND AFTERWARDS, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL ON THE VACANCY REPORT. > Clerk: AND THEN MR. PRESIDENT, FOR ITEM 1, ORDINANCE FOR ITEM FOR 1 WILL BE HELD OVER UNLESS RECONSIDERED WITH 12 MEMBERS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE MEMBERS REPRESENTING BARGAINING UNITS. GOING ONCE. >> City Attorney: I KNOW WE HAVE ONE OR TWO ON OUR HAND SIDE, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COME ON UP. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, IF YOU CAN JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND IS THIS ALL FOR ONE PRESENTATION? >> Speaker: YES. >> City Attorney: OKAY. >> Speaker: YES. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M CHARLES LEON I'M A COORDINATOR, FOR 721, IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THIS BUILDING. >> City Attorney: SORRY. HOLD ON,--. > Speaker: I HAVE A QUESTION, LAST YEAR, WE WERE GIVEN MORE THAN 3 MINUTES AND WE WERE ABLE TO SIT AT THE TABLE, I KINDLY ASK IF SOMEBODY WITH THE DISCRETION THAT THE THE DISCRETION, TO ALLOW US THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GAR BIN. WE CAN DO 5 MINUTES FROM THERE OR 3 MINUTES AT THE TABLE. IT'S A BARGAIN. >> Speaker: SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WE GAVE. >> Council President: YOU SHOULD GO WITH IT, WE'LL BE FINE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CUT YOU OFF, JUST. >> Speaker: I APPRECIATE THAT MR. PRESIDENT. AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY SHARED AND I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE A CLICKER AROUND, I'M NOT THE MOST I.T. SAVVY. AND I'M HERE WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS WITH THE COALITION OF L.A. CITY UNION, I'VE INTRODUCED MYSELF. >> Speaker: COUNCILMEMBER I'M STEVE COFROF I'M THE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH COLLECTIVE AND I SERVE AS A CHAIR OF COALITION OF UNION. >> Speaker: LISA AND I WORK FOR YOU AS A LIBERIAN AND I SERVE MY COLLEAGUES AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LIBERIAN ASKME 24-26. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALL THREE OR THE GENTLEMAN IN THE MIDDLE, COLLECTIVELY. >> Speaker: COLLECTIVELY, WE'RE PRESENTING AND I KINDLY ASK THAT WE MAY GO BEYOND 5. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE THE COALITION OF L.A. CITY UNIONS. >> Speaker: AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW, GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE THE SLIDE. OH THERE IS A CLICKER, THERE IS A CLICKER. >> Speaker: THERE IT IS! >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, WE REPRESENT THE SUBSTANTIAL EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTED BY THE BUILDING TRADES, OPERATING ENGINEERING, 501, THE TEAMSTERS AND LAUNA ARE REPRESENTED. >> Speaker: MY TURN. WE'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE FROM BEFORE, UNTIL THE RECESSION UNTIL NOW, WE HAVE NOT RECOVERED, YET WE'RE STILL REQUIRED TO DOT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO KEEP RUNNING. >> Speaker: AND AS LISA SAID, THIS SLIDE SEEN BEFORE. THE DATA AND PRESENTATION THAT WE RECEIVED, I'M CLICKING. WELL, ANYWAYS. >> Speaker: THERE IT IS. >> Speaker: THERE IT IS. I WENT A LITTLE TOO FAR, PROPRIETARY REPRESENTATIVES HAVE NOT BEEN IMMUNE. ESPECIALLY WITH THE DATA, THAT WE RECEIVED INCLUDING THE HARBOR AND THE AIRPORT. THE COALITION CITY UNIONS. >> GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NEXT TABLE, THIS IS A BREAK DOWN OF THE VACANCIES BY BARGAINING UNIT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT LEGISLATIVELY WHEN A INDIVIDUAL BARGAINING UNIT EXCEEDS THE 20 PERCENT FRESH HOLD, THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THINGS CAN BE DONE TO RESOLVE THOSE DISCREPANCIES AND I WANT TO ALIGN THIS CHART, WITH THE REPORT THAT PERSONNEL ALSO PROVIDED. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE BREAK DOWN OF BARGAINING UNIT 14 WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE YEAR OF THIS TABLE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TESTING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE POSITIONS IS IN SOME CASES NON EXISTENT IN OTHER OCCASIONS, MORE THAN TWO YEARS. WE ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HIRING ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL STAFF SO THEY CAN ADMINISTER THESE TESTS WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE PLENTY OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ACCORDING TO THE CITY THAT CAN FILL THESE VACANCIES. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROCESS IS PAID ATTENTION TO AND THAT WE MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN SERVE THE CITY. >> Speaker: THESE ARE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THE 15 PERCENT OR HIGHER--GIVE ME A SECOND, WITH THE HIGHEST COALITION JOB VACANCIES. THERE YOU GO. >> Speaker: YOU KNOW THEY BRING ME ME TO THESE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I WORK FOR THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT AND THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENTS ON THE LIST. BUT LIBRARY RELIES ON ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR SERVICES TO KEEP THE LIBRARIES RUNNING. THAT PERCENTAGE MAY SEEM WORKBLE THAT IS A LIBRARY THAT IS MISSING I 18 PERCENT OF THEIR PERSONNEL HAS SAFETY PUBLIC ISSUES AND WHEN WE TURN TO POLICE AND FIRE TO HELP US OUT, WE HAVE TROUBLE IF SOMEBODY IS BROKEN, WE TURN TO GSD AND THEY HAVE VACANCY ISSUES, WE AGAIN ARE IN TROUBLE. SO SUE PROBABLY HEAR IT FROM YOUR SKAOUNTS BUT HEAR IT FROM THE PEOPLE WORKING FOR YOU, THIS IS A PROBLEM TO HAVE VACANCY RATES LIKE THIS. >> Speaker: SO WE'VE, IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE TOP DRAW CLASSIFICATION THAT HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST VACANCY RATES AND SOME OF THE TOP. AND WE KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION WE'RE SHARING WITH THIS BODY IS NOTHING NEW. YOU ARE AKIN LEA WARE THAT THERE ARE A HIGH NUMBER OF VACANCIES, THE OLYMPICS YOU HAVE TO TRY YOURSELF WHY I'M CONFIDENT AND READY? DO WE HAVE THE WORKFORCE THAT IS NEEDED TO EMBRACE THE OLYMPICS. SOME HONORABLE MENTIONS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUREAU OF SANITATION AND THEIR HIGH VACANCY RATE, THEY ARE AT 23 PERCENT. LAB TEXT IN PARTICULAR HAVE A 40 PERCENT VACANCY RATE. OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN MLU4, THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT, 34 PERCENT VACANCY. THE WASTE WATER MECHANICS, 31 PERCENT VACANCY. THERE IS A SIGH LETTER THAT WE'RE WORK WITHING THE CAO RIGHT NOW. WE IDENTIFIED VACANCIES AND FIND REMEDIES TO ADDRESS AND WE WANT TO KEEP YOU POSTED AS A BODY THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CAO OFFICE TO ADDRESS THE HIGH LEVELS OF VACANCIES IS A PERPETUAL PROBLEM. AS STEVE MENTIONED, SOME HIGH VACANCIES, WE CAN DO BETTER. WE'VE BEEN WALKING A PATH OF BROKEN PROMISES. FOR SOME THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AROUND IN 2015, WE WERE NEGOTIATED WITH THE CAO'S OFFICE. THE CAO'S MADE A PROMISE THAT WE'LL GET THE POSITION, BUT IT NEVER MATERIALIZED. AND WE'VE BEEN WALKING THIS BROKEN PATH SINCE. WE IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE ASK THE QUESTIONS OF PERSONNEL, WHAT IDEAS DO THEY HAVE TO FILL THESE VACANCIES? WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY WITH THE CAO'S OFFICE, PER THE LETTER THAT WE HAVE. WE CAN DO BETTER, THE OLYMPICS ARE AROUND THE CORNER. WITH THAT IN CLOSING, I WANT TO SEE IF STEVE OR LISA HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> Speaker: THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I WOULD LIKE TO YOU REMEMBER THAT WE ERASED A LOT OF POSITIONS WHEN WE WERE VYING TO BALANCE AND THIS VACANCY COMES AFTER THAT ERASURE OF JOBS. >> Speaker: AND I WANT TO ECHO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES, MANAGERS SAYING THE PROCESS DOES NOT WORK. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN YOU TEST, YOU WORK WITH YOUR LABOR PARTNERS, YOU CAN FIND SOLUTIONS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THIS, YOU DO NOT NEED TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT NA IN ANOTHER MEETING. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THIS VACANCY IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE ASSEMBLY BILL AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LANGUAGE TO TRY TO HAVE BETTER PREPARATION AND MORE COLLABORATION WITH US AND THE CAO'S OFFICE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE COLLABORATION OF SERVICE RESTORATION AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES. AND WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY, THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE LOVE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND I KNOW YOU DO TOO. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT? I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM? I DON'T SEE ANYONE, MR. PRESIDENT. AND FOR THE RECORD, THE LETTERS WERE SENT OUT NOTIFYING EACH UNIT THAT TODAY WAS THE HEARING. WITH NA, COUNCIL CAN MOVE ON TO THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTATION. BEFORE THAT TAKE PLACE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 12 MEMBERS NOW IF COUNCIL WANTS TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 1 AND 7. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL OF RECONSIDERATION OF 12 AND 7. >> Clerk: 1 AND 7. >> Council President: 1 AND 7, I'M SORRY. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS BEFORE US, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: WE HAVE ITEMS 1 AND 7, >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> City Attorney: NEXT, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, THE PRESENTATION ON THE VACANCY REPORT. THIS IS STILL WITH REGARDS TO ITEM 37. >> Council President: YES. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING P SA MANTHA JOINED BY STEVE RIVERA OF THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. BEFORE THE COUNCIL ARE TWO VACANCY STUDY REPORTS. >> City Attorney: CAN WE GET TO YOU LOWER. >> Speaker: I CAN START OVER. >> City Attorney: THEY'RE REALLY FINICKY, YOU'VE GOT TO GET CLOSER THAN YOU THINK. >> Speaker: BEFORE THE COUNCIL ARE TWO REPORTS ARE. THAT REQUIRES THAT EACH AGENCY WITHIN THE STATE PRESENT STATUS OF VACANCIES AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS AT LEAST ONCE DURING A FISCAL YEAR. THIS MUST BE DONE BEFORE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. THIS ALSO STATES THAT ANY BARGAINING UNIT MAY REQUEST ADDITIONAL POSITION. THE FOLLOWING BARGAINING UNITS HAVE A VACANCY RATE THAT EXCEED 25 PERCENT. SERVICE AND CASTS AND--FIRE CHIEF OFFICERS, AND MOU28 LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS AND M.O. U32, MANAGEMENT ATTORNEYS AND M, OU ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE, MOU65 PARK RANGER. I JUST WANT TO NOTE IN CIRCUMSTANCES, MOU14 THERE WAS A MASSIVE RELOCATION, THAT OCCURED DURING THE YEAR SO THERE IS A A NUMBER OF THAT ARE NOT COUNTED IN THIS SO THEY'RE VACANCY RATE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN REPORTED IN THIS REPORT. AND I HAVE THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS THE REPORT ON THE CITY'S EFFORTS AND RECRUITMENT AND EMPLOYEE SELECTION AND RETENTION. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, STEVE RIVERA WITH THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS BEING HERE AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON A REPORT. I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON RECRUITMENT AND THE CIVIL SERVICE SELECTION PROCESS. OUR RECRUITMEN EFFORTS, HAVE A MULTIPLE LEVEL OF STRATEGIES. OUR EXAMINATIONS WHEN THEY OPEN, THEY POST ON TWO SPECIFIC WEBSITES. OUR FIRST ONE IS GOVERNMENT JOBS.COM WHICH IS A HIGHLY VISIT ASKED TRAFFIC WEBSITES WHERE ALL OF OUR CIVIL POSITION RIGHT SIDE POSTED. SECOND IS PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT WEBSITE WHERE EVERY POTENTIAL APPLICANT ARE ABLE TO REVIEW EXAMS AND CAN VIEW EXAMS THAT WILL BE UPCOMING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. IN ADDITION TO VIEWING THOSE EXAMINATION THAT'S ARE OPEN FOR FILING, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PLATFORMS AND RESOURCE THAT'S INDIVIDUALS CAN USE. WE HAVE A JOB MATCH FEATURE, AND IT WILL MATCH THEM WITH A JOB THAT WILL BE OF INTEREST WITH THEM. IF THAT AND IS NOT OPEN FOR FILING, THEY CAN SUBMIT AN ONLINE INTEREST CARD AND WHEN THEY OPEN FOR FILING, THEY ARE NOTIFIED. AND WE HAVE CAREER WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN REVIEW, IF THEY CHOOSE AND WORK WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THEY CAN SEE THE PROMOTION AL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IN ADDITION TO POSTING OUR JOBS ON THESE WEBSITES, WE ALSO USE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. THE FIVE PLATFORMS THAT REFOCUS, LINKEDIN, X AND YOUTUBE, RECENTLY, WE ACHIEVED WHICH IS TO HAVE OVER 2000 FOLLOWERS, WITH LINKEDIN BEING ONE OF OUR FOLLOWERS. WE MUST KEEP THEM ENGAGED. OUR APPROACH TO SOCIAL MEDIA, IS TO POST CONTENT AND RESPOND T QUESTIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE GET A LOT OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. SO IT'S AN ABILITY FOR US TO EDUCATE IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO APPLY WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IN ADDITION, WE HIGHLIGHT THE MANY BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH THE CITY. ONE THING WOULD I LIKE TO MENTION IS THE APPLICANT POOL IS CHANGING. THE APPLICANTS, NOT NECESSARILY DRIVEN JUST BY THE SALARY. THE CITY HAS BENEFITS THAT ARE AMAZING AND WE HIGHLIGHT THOSE AND THE PURPOSE OF WORKING WITH THE CITY AND FOR THE CITY. WE FIND THAT THAT APPROACH HAS KEPT US MORE ENGAGED WITH OUR APPLICANT AND VICE VERSA. IN ADDITION WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WE ALSO ATTEND VARIOUS JOB FARES. ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SO. CAL. TRADES. THIS ALLOWS US TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND RECRUIT AND PROMOTE CITY JOBS THERE. WE WORK WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND BRING JOB EXPERTS THAT CAN SPEAK ON WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND THE PURPOSE AND GOAL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE'VE WORKED WITH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS L.A. COUNTY AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AS WELL. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PURSUING THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO SO. CAL. TRADES, WE ATTEND VARIOUS CAREER FARES AND WE ALSO DO CAMPUS RECRUITMENT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, WHERE THE DEPARTMENTS CAN GO AND PROMOTE THEIR JOBS AND CONDUCT SAME DAY JOB INTERVIEWS THERE, WHAT NA MEANS, IS THEY CAN WORK WITH THE COLLEGES AND CONFERENCES AND IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY CAN MAKE JOB OFFERS FOR. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND LOOKING TO EXPAND AS WELL AND WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ON THOSE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO USE OUR PLATFORM TO ATTRACT HARD TO FILL POSITIONS, WE DO THAT TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE WORKED WITH US BEFORE AND LOOKING FOR POSITIONS SIMILAR TO US. SOME OF OUR HARD TO FILL WOULD BE OUR NURSING POSITIONS. IT'S HARD FOR TO US RECRUIT, HIRE AND RETAIN OUR NURSES. SO WE DO A FULL CAMPAIGN TO DO HIRE OUR NURSES. WE DO A VIDEO CONTENT AND DISCUSS THE BENEFITS OF WORKING AS A NURSE PRACTITIONER AND OUR EFFORTS ALTHOUGH SLOW HAVE BEEN PROMISING OVER THE LAST YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THE, RECRUITMNT EVENTS THAT WE HOLD, WE HAVE IN THE PAST YEAR, IMPLEMENTED WHAT WE CALL RECRUITER CONNECT. RECRUITER CONNECT IS IN-PERSON OR WEBINAR PRESENTATION TO SEE INDIVIDUALS ABOUT WORKING FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND MANY OF US HAVE HEARD WHAT DIFFICULTIES THEY MAY POSE. SO IT IS A CHANCE FOR US TO REALLY, COMMUNICATE WITH POTENTIAL APPLICANTS REGARDING THE SELECTION PROCESS WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT AND HOW IT WORKS. AND THAT HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE AS WELL. SO, OUR RECRUITMENT EVENTS, I SAY HAVE BEEN VERY ENGAGING, AND FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL. ALL OF THIS LEADS TO OUR SELECTION PROCESS. AND AS I MENTIONED SOME OF THE LABOR THERE, DISCUSSING SOME CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE. WOULD I LIKE TO DISCUSS THE SELECTION PROCESS AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP WITH THE VACANCY RATES. WHEN WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ARE READY TO FILET VACANCY, THEY SUBMIT AN AND REQUEST. I'LL GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT OF THE WORKLOAD. WHEN THE AND REQUESTS COMES IN, WHEN I HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE TO WORK ON THE AND, WE DO A JOB ANALYSIS, WE IDENTIFY THE CRITICAL NEEDED FOR THAT JOB TO PERFORM THAT JOB. THAT HELPS US DEVELOP THE BULLETIN AND SELECTION PROCESS AND HELPS US DEVELOP THE TEST THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO ASSESS THIS CAPPED DATES. THAT IS DONE IN A FAIRLY EFFICIENT MANNER AND WE USE A COMPETENCY MODEL WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. IT ALLOWS US TO DESCRIBE ALL OF OUR JOBS USING THE SAME LANGUAGE. THEN WE DEVELOP OUR BULLETIN AND OPEN TWO WEEKS AND WE RECEIVE THE APPLICATIONS AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MEET THE RIMERS ARE THEN TESTED. OUR SELECTION PROCESS VARIES T COULD BE A SINGLE TEST PART OR MULTI TEST PART. THE TEST CAN CONSIST OF A MULTIPLE CHOICE, PHYSICAL ABILITY TEST OR ANY COMBINATION OF THOSE. ONCE THE SELECTION IS COMPLETED, THEN WE GO AHEAD AND ESTABLISH THE ELIGIBLE LIST. THROUGH THAT PROCESS, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THE ASSISTANCE THAT WE GET FROM THE DEPARTMENTS. IF IT'S AN INTERVIEW OR PERFORMANCE TEST PHYSICAL ABILITY TEST, A LOT OF TIMES WE NEED RAIDERS TO COME EVALUATE. SO THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PERSONNEL AND HIRING DEPARTMENT WHETHER IT'S ONE DEPARTMENT OR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. IN TERMS OF CONTENT, JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THE WORKLOAD, WE RECEIVED ROUGHLY 210 AND REQUESTS A YEAR AND THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT PUTS OUT ABOUT 185 TO 190 EXAMS A YEAR. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE CONTINUOUS EXAMS THAT WE HAVE. WE'RE AT ABOUT 60 EXAMS THAT ARE CONTINUOUS. AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, A LOT NURSING AND SOME OF THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS AS ADMIN CLERKS, VARIOUS I.T. CLASSIFICATIONS, AS WELL. IN ADDITION, WE DO OUR CAMPUS RECRUITMENT WHERE WE ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT AND RECRUIT AND THEY CAN CONDUCT THEIR SAME DAY OFFER INTERVIEWS THERE. SO IT'S A MULTI APPROACH. ONE THING OF NOTE, WE HAVE BEEN DOING ONLINE TESTING FOR QUITE A WHILE. WE'RE ONE OF, IF NOT THE FIRST BIG CITY TO MOVE ON TO ONLINE TEST. 100 PERCENT OF OUR MULTIPLE CHOICE ARE ONLINE AND ABOUT 90 PERCENT CHOOSE TO TAKE THE TEST REMOTELY, WHICH THEY TAKE IT FROM HOME. OUR INTERVIEWS ROUGHLY AT 97 PERCENT ONLINE, AND REMOTE WHERE THE GRADERS ARE REMOTE AND CANDIDATE ARE REMOTE. THE CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN POSITIVE SINCE MOVING TO ONLINE. ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS TO MOVE ONLINE IS PART OF A RECRUITMENT STRATEGY, WE REMOVED THE BARRIERS, PRIOR TO ONLINE TESTING AND INDIVIDUAL WAS FROM OUT OF STATE, THEY WOULD COME IN AND TAKE THE TEST IN-PERSON. NOW, WE CAN RECRUIT INDIVIDUALS EITHER HERE IN SO. CAL. BUT OTHERWISE BE TAXING FOR THEM TO COME IN OR THEY CAN COME FROM OUT OF STATE. SO THEY TECHNICALLY DON'T HAVE TO COME INTO LOS ANGELES UNTIL THE JOB OFFER IS MADE. THAT'S BEN ANOTHER BENEFIT TO ONLINE TESTING. IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE OTHER WORKLOAD THAT I WANT TODAY PRESENT WE RECEIVE 85 TO 90,000 APPLICATIONS A YEAR. PRECOVID WERE HIGHER. AND WE PLACED ANYWHERE BETWEEN 18,000 OR SO CANDIDATES ON ELIGIBLE LIST FOR EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION. I THINK IN TERMS OF STRATEGIES, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY TO OUR SELECTION PROCESS AND WE'VE DONE IMPROVEMENT. REMOVES TEST WHEN NECESSARY, PROVIDE FURTHER EFFICIENCIES TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FROM THE TIME A BULLETIN OPENS T USED TO TAKE 185 DAYS, WE GOT THAT DOWN TO 125 DAYS, SO ABOUT 55 DAYS. SO THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IS WORKING. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT FUTURE TECHNOLOGY WILL ASSIST WHETHER IT'S AI OR VIRTUAL REALITY. SO FOCUS ON THE QUANTITY BUT QUALITY OF THE CANDIDATES, WE ASSESS THAT AND WE SURVEY OUR DEPARTMENTS TO ASSESS THE CANDIDATES AND IF THEY HAD THE SKILL SETS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR SO. WE'RE CONTINUALLY LOOKING TO IMPROVE. IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN ASSIST AND SEE, IS EXPANDING OUR CONTINUOUS AND CONTINUOUSEXAMS, LIKE I SENSINGED WE HAVE ABOUT 60 EXAMS. I WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND THAT. EXAM. IF WE CAN GET IT TO 80 TO 85, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. TECHNOLOGY CAN GET US SO FAR, PROJECT IMPROVEMENT CAN GET US SO FAR. AS I MENTIONED, STAFFING WOULD BE GREAT. PERSONNEL JUST LIKE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS DID GET HIT, I LOST ROUGHLY 28 POSITIONS IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING BUT IT IS TAXING. AND THE ADDITIONAL STAFF NOT JUST MAINTAINS THE CURRENT WORKLOAD BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PRIDE OURSELF IS DEVELOPMENT, TO GET TO TESTING, WE NEED STAFF TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON RESEARCH IN ADDITION TO OUR MAINTAINING OUR EXAMS IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND WE HAVE GREAT STAFF BUT ADDITIONAL STAFF WOULD BE GREAT. WOULD I SAY THE EXPANSION OF OUR INTERMITTENT XAZ AND EXPANDING OUR CAMPUS, WOULD REALLY HELP IN TERMS OF GIVEN THE DEPARTMENT'S FLEXIBILITY AND ABILITY TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE GOT A MEMBER ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: HI THERE. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. EVEN AS A, WHEN I WAS APPLYING FOR NOT MY CURRENT JOB BUT PREVIOUSLY, LOOKING AT WHY CERTAIN TESTS REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SAT MATH COMPONENT WHERE YOU COULD NOT USE A CALCULATOR FOR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS BEING A CLERK. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERY DAY ANGELINOS TO APPLY. AND AS MUCH AS YOU MADE ADVANCEMENTS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS TO REDUCE IT BY 40 DAYS, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE LOSE APPLICANTS IN THE DELAY OF THEM NOT HEARING, THEY APPLY, THEY DON'T HEAR FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEY'RE WAITING OR SOMETHING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HEARD FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE. AND ONCE YOU GET IN HERE, IT'S EASIER TO MOVE AROUND. SO, JUST WONDERING HOW WE CAN GET TO 14 DAYS INSTEAD OF 120? >> SURE, I THINK THERE IS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN THERE. ONE THING YOU MENTIONED IS YOUR PERSONNEL EXPERIENCE AND PART OF THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS LIKE CALCULATOR AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESS. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WAS A WHILE AGO. WE DO ALLOW CALCULATOR IF IT'S PART OF THE JOB. WE ALWAYS LOOK TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS DEVELOPING PRACTICE TESTS BOTH IN MULTIPLE CHOICES SO INDIVIDUALS CAN SEE THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS AND PRACTICE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT TYPE OF QUESTIONS THEY CAN ASK. A LOT OF OUR STAFF, I'M SORRY A LOT OF OUR APPLICANT, REALLY FIRST-TIME APPLICANTS, THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO APPLY AND ESPECIALLY APPLYING FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCY. WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THAT SURPRISE ELEMENT. SO DETERMINE SOMEBODY'S TRUE SCORE IT'S GOOD TO PUT THEM AS EASE. IN TERMS OF REDUCTION, OUR AVERAGE IS 130 DAYS. TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT INFLATE THAT T CUSTOMER SERVICE REP IF A DWP EXAM, WE RECEIVE 15,000 APPLICATIONS, WE TEST OVER 1,000 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THAT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE, BECAUSE WE DO INTERVIEW AND MULTIPLE CHOICE. BUT A LOT ARE AROUND 95 TO 100 DAYS. SO IT'S VERY COMPLEX JOB CLASSIFICATIONS WHERE IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET THAT IN THERE. WOULD I LOVE TO SEE OUR REDUCTION GO DOWN FURTHER. WE HAD A LITTLE MORE STAFF TO GET TO THAT NUMBER. IN TERMS OF CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CANDIDATES, WE EMAIL THEM, TEXT MESSAGE THEM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO KEEP THEM EN GAIJDS. AND HOPEFULLY PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE HIRING DEPARTMENTS TO GET MORE INFORMATION. >> Y. Jurado: YEAH, I GUESS MY INTEREST, HAVING A CIVIL SERVICE JOB IN GOVERNMENT, IT'S A PRIVILEGE, THE BENEFIT ARE GREAT, YOUR MISSION-ORIENTED USUALLY AND TO DO THE WORK THAT KEEPS YOUR CITY, WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WORRY ABOUT THE TEST FICKATION OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS KNOWING THAT HISTORICALLY, TESTING HAS RACIAL DISPARITY OUTCOME IN TERMS OF WHO IS A ABLE TO APPLY. INITIALLY TESTING AT LAW SCHOOL, WERE PROHIBITED TO KEEP FROM JEWISH TO APPLY. SO IN A CITY WHERE WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE DIVERSITY OF OUR APPLICANT POOL AND PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, WE'RE MAKE THISING PROCESS EASIER AND IF IT'S THE SAME WAY THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IN THE LAST 12 YEARS, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, BETTER, THERE HAVE BEEN ADVANCED BUT TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE REDUCE IT TO A MONTH LAG TIME, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE 15,000 APPLICANTS FOR CERTAIN JOBS. AND I KNOW THE ANSWER IS MORE STAFF. BUT MAYBE THE JOB EXPERTS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT, BECAUSE WE NEED TO STAFF OUR CITY. THE DELAYS IN FILLING THOSE SPOTS, LEAD TO THOSE POSITIONS GETTING SWEPT. AND SO I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE HIRING PROCESS IS SO IMPORTANT AND TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY ANGELINO AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOLS, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE SERVICE JOB IS AVAILABLE TO THEM EVEN WHEN THEY'RE IN THIRD GRADE. KNOWING THAT THERE IS MORE. WE HAVE IS THE FIRE TRUCKS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY FAMILY THAT PROVIDE GOOD PAYING JOBS AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT, EVEN BEFORE, THEY GET INTO THE JOB MARKET, I THINK IS SOMETHING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A CONSISTENT PIPELINE, RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU GAME IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THE TESTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN. I'M GOING TO LAND THIS--I KNOW I'M GOING OVER. THE TESTING, THAT YOU SAID, ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING TO DO IT, THAT'S LIKE SAT PREP, THAT'S L.A. SAT PREP WHY ARE WE DOING THAT FOR A JOB INTERVIEW FOR A CITY. IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT INSTEAD OF MAKING IT EASIER. >> IF I MAY. >> Council President: HOLD ON, I'LL GO TO MR. BLUMENFIELD AND THEN I'LL LET YOU CLOSE. >> B. Blumenfield: SIMILAR LINE, YOU'VE DONE SOME IMPRESSIVE THINGS. THEY'RE ALL INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED. IS THERE A QUANTUM IMPROVEMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE. ARE THERE SOME RESTRICTION THAT'S ARE OUT THERE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL COULD HELP REDUCE OR PUT ON CHARTER TO USE. SO THE EQUATION, CHANGES SO YOU CAN HIRE PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEKEND AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND ALSO RELATED TO THAT, HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES IN TERMS OF OUR TIMING AND OUR ABILITY TO DO ON-DEMAND HIRING. >> TRYING TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I MISS ANYTHING. WE COMPARE OURSELVES WITH STATES BECAUSE OF THE SIZE THAT WE ARE. WE COMPARE WITH THEM, SMFT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE COMPARED TO THEM IS FLEXIBILITY. SOME SFT DEPARTMENTS ORTIONS ARE NOT GOVERNED BY A CHARTER. I THINK WE'RE COMPARABLE, WE WORK WITH CONJUNCTION, THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, LAUSD, NEW YORK WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING THINGS. IT REQUIRES A STATE LICENSE, A STATE CERTIFICATE. ONE THING WE'RE ARGUING IF THEY'VE GONE THROUGH STATE TESTING, WE PUT THEM ON THE TEST AS OPPOSED TO GOING THROUGH ANOTHER TEST. THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THE CHARTER THAT PREVENTS US FROM THAT. HOPEFULLY FLEXIBLE IN CHARTER, CHANGE THAT WILL ALLOW US FOR SOME OF OUR JOB CLASSIFICATIONS. ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL CRITICAL AND WE HEAR FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS, YES WE WANT FASTER BUT ALSO GOOD CANDIDATES ON THERE. AND I'M SORRY, I KNOW HAD YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. >> B. Blumenfield: IT WAS JUST FIGURING HOW YOU CAN GET TO A QUANTUM CHANGE, WEEKEND HIRING OR DOING MORE THINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY RATHER THAN SEQUENTIALLY. AND HOW WE CAN HELP YOU REREMOVE. >> INCREASING CAMPUS EXAMS AND OUR CONTINUOUS EXAMS WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY. HAVE PEOPLE COME IN WITH A RESUME AT HAND AND COME OUT WITH A JOB. THOSE ARE THE EVENTS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO INCREASE. AND THE DEPARTMENTS ARE EAGER TO DO THAT AND WE WOULD BE EAGER TO DO THAT. WE JUST NEED THE RESOURCE TO SEE GET TO THAT LEVEL. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND THEN WE NEED TO MOVE TO DISPOSE OF THIS ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT INFO. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES OF UPDATING THIS. WHAT POSITION OF POSITIONS HAVE TO DO TESTING? >> I'M SORRY? >> E. Hernandez: WHAT PERCENTAGE OF L.A. CITY POSITIONS ARE REQUIRED TO DO TESTING TO GET THE JOB? >> ALL EXAMINATION REQUIRE FORM OF A TEST. ALL CIVIL SERVICE. >> E. Hernandez: SO ALL CITY POSITIONS. >> ALL CIVIL SERVICE POSITION. >> Council President: EXCEPT TORE TARGETED LOCAL HIRE. >> CLH GETS THROUGH A DIFFERENT. >> E. Hernandez: CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TARGETED LOCAL HIRE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND PASS THE TEST TO DO THE CIVIL SERVICE SIDE? >> SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THEIR TEST IS ON THEIR JOB TRAINING. ANYBODY THAT PASSES THEIR ON THE JOB TRAINING WILL MOVE ON TO CIVIL SEFBS CLASS. >> E. Hernandez: AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL EMPLOYED WITH L.A. >> I WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK WITH THAT NUMBER, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE THAT BUT I CAN EASILY GET THAT TO YOU. >> Council President: IT'S IN THE HIGH 90 PERCENT. >> E. Hernandez: I WANT TO UPLIFT THAT, THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED BY DIFFERENT THINGS, NOT TESTING AND STAYING ON A JOB FOR HIGHER PERCENTAGE. LIFTING UP AN EXAMPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EXPAND TO OTHER POSITION THAT'S DON'T REQUIRE THE LEVEL OF TESTING TO DO THE JOB RIGHT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER HERNES AND THANK --COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT REFLECTS EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY PURSUES. I APPRECIATE YOU LAYING IT OUT AND YOU HEARD THE CONCERNS OF THE COUNCIL, AND WE HOPE THOSE ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND WE COME BACK WITH RESULTS. MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 37. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 37. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 4 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 4 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council Presiden ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE ITEM COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR COMMENTS. >> B. Blumenfield: GREAT, I CALLED THIS SPECIAL FOR COMMENT SO WE CAN ALSO HEAR FROM OUR NOMINEE FROM GENERAL MANAGER. TODAY I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT GABRIELE'S NOMINATION TO BECOME THE NEXT MANAGER FOR MAN AL SERVICES. IT'S BEEN--ANIMAL SERVICES. I'M PROUD THAT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WE WERE ABLE TO REVERSE DEVASTATING CUTS BY FULLY FUNDING THE SUCCESSFUL DOGS PLAYING FOR LIFE PROGRAM AND INCREASE THE SPADE AND NEUTER BUDGET BY ALMOST 20 PERCENT AND TRUST FUND BY ALLOCATING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. WHILE THIS IS POSITIVE, THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS A FULL-TIME LEADER WHO BRINGS FRESH EYES AND TRUSTED LEADERSHIP TO THE ISSUES WE FACE AND I'M HAPPY THAT MS. AMSTER IS STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE BRINGING HER EXPERIENCE TO OUR CITY. MOST RECENTLY DIRECTOR AS PET SPACE WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH L.A. ANIMAL SERVICES, COUNTY, ASPCA AND OTHER MUNICIPALITY AND OTHER NONPROFITS. SHE GETS IT. SHE ALSO SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OF PALM SPRINGS ANIMAL SHELTER WHERE ONE OF OUR DUTIES WAS TO MOLD WITH A NONPROFIT CREATING AN INNOVATIVE STRUCTURE TO BRING CARE TO ANIMALS. WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION SO SHE IS PERFECT TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF OAR ACCOMPLISHMENT AND I WANT TO ADD THAT WHEN MAYOR BASS NOMINATED HER, WE SPOKE TO LEADERS, WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM MANY PEOPLE ON HOW APPRECIATED MS. AM STER IS IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO GOOD CHOICE, MAYOR BASS. AND GABRIELE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE CALL TO SERVE OUR CITY ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN OUR DEPARTMENT NEEDS AN INNOVATIVE LEADER. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORK TOGETHER, OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE IT AND THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS WE CARE FOR DESERVE IT TOO. COLLEAGUES I HOPE YOU JOIN ME IN VOTING IN SUPPORT OF NOMINATION OF MS. AMSTER AND I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO HER TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR THAT WARM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF ANIMALS IN THIS COMMUNITY. PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF THIS MOMENT. I'M IT'S HONOR TO COME TO SERVE AS GENERAL MANAGER. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE FAITH SHE HAS SHOWN BY ENTRUSTING WITH THE HUMANE CARE OF THE CITY'S VULNERABLE ANIMALS AND SERVING MANY TO WHOM PETS ARE FAMILY. I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING THIS COUNCIL FOR ITS WORK DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND ALL THOSE WHO HELPED ADVOCATE FOR THE RESOURCES THAT OUR SHELTERS DEPEND ON. I'LL BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THIS INVESTMENT. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANNETTE RAMES WHO HAS CARRIED THIS DEPARTMENT WITH GRACE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE HER AS SHE RETURNS TO HER ROLE AS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. I'VE SPENT ON NONPROFIT AND MUNICIPAL, I LEARNED THAT THE COMMUNITIES WE'VE SERVED ARE NOT LOOK FOR A PERFECT DEPARTMENT BUT ONE THEY CAN TRUST. MY EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ME A FEW THINGS, A TRACK RECORD THROUGH REDESIGN AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE DISCIPLINE TO IMPLEMENT OPERATING PROCEDURES CONSISTENTLY AND A DEEP COMMITMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO STAY. BECAUSE STABLE MOTIVATED TEAMS. I'M BRINGING THESE PRIORITIES TO A DEPARTMENT THAT RIGHT NOW, HAS REASON FOR OPTIMISM. I HOPE TO HAVE THE BRIEF WINDOW OF MOMENTUM AND GOODWILL THAT COMES FROM NEW LEADERSHIP. THE DEPARTMENT HAS A STRONG PROFESSIONAL STAFF MANY OF WHOM HAVE SERVED THE CITY FOR DECADES. A CADRE OF VOLUNTEERS. WE ALSO HAVE A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE ASPCA AND BEST FRIENDS. NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THESE GRANTORS, THE GRANTS ARE DESIGNED TO PRIORITIZE, KEEPING OWNED PETS WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND MOVING SHELTER PETS QUICKLY AND THOUGHTFULLY OUT OF KENNELS AND INTO HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY. TOGETHER, WITH THE L.A. ANIMAL SERVICES TEAM AND DEPARTMENT STAKEHOLDERS, WE WILL BRING NEW ITEMS AND CREATIVE THINKING TO DEPARTMENT RESOURCE CHALLENGES. WE WILL EXPLORE EVERY AVENUE AVAILABLE TO US, TO HOW WE APPROACH TO INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL FOR PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS. HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDERS NOT JUST ABOUT OUR CHALLENGES BUT ABOUT OUR TRIUMPH. THIS DEPARTMENT DOES EXTRAORDINARY WORK THAT GOES LARGELY UNTOLD AND CHANGING THAT NARRATIVE IS IMPORTANT TO DO. THE HEART *F L.A. ANIMAL SERVICE SOUTH SIDE THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY. CARING FOR ANIMALS, RESPOND TO GO EMERGENCIES AND SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN CRISIS. AND THE ADOPTERS WHO SEE THE VALUE OF PETS. I INTEND TO INVEST AND HOLD THE DEPARTMENT TO HIGH STANDARD AND BE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTABLE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. THE ANIMALS AND PEOPLE OF THIS LOS ANGELES ARE COUNTING TO US, I'M READY TO GET TO WORK AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE. >> Council President: MR. BLUMENFIELD? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 26 FOR A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE JAO. 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 28 FOR A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN DIRK LATED. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 38 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND PRICE RECUSAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. NAZARIAN? COMMENTS. >> A. Nazarian: IT WAS GOING TO BE THE COMMENTS ON 28. >> Council President: HAVE AT IT. I CAN KEEP IT BRIEF AND JUST SAY, COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR VOTING TO SUPPORT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ENTERTAINMENT AND FILMING INDUSTRY AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY AS WELL. FIRST I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON FOR CONCEPTUALIZING THIS AND FORESEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE. AND HIGHLIGTING IT IN A COMMITTEE. SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUES NOT JUST ISSUE BY ISSUE OR MOTION BY MOTION BUT ALSO HAVE MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE INDUSTRY. SO I'LL KEEP IT AT THAT AND SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS. BELATED AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE WONDERFUL WORK AHEAD. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT TAKES US TO THE NEXT ITEM CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. OPEN ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS 35 AND 35 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? NO NEED TO GO. OPEN THE ROLL--. >> Clerk: ONE MOMENT, I JUST NEED TO CHECK ABOUT PROCEDURE FOR THESE ITEMS? >> City Attorney: I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT GOING INTO CLOSE IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON CONFIDENTIAL REPORT. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO MOVED. >> Council President: SECOND. >> Clerk: NOW WE MAY VOTE, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE THE VOTE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WE'LL GO TO YOU MR. PRICE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND FOR THE GOOD OF THE RECORD, MR. PRICE, REGARDING OUR PREVIOUS ITEM. >> C. Price: YES, I HAD TO RECUSE MYSELF FOR ITEM 38 BECAUSE I PROVIDE HOUSING AND MY WIFE'S WORK WAS INVOLVED. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I JUST NEED TO READ THE SET SLMENT AMOUNTS. FOR ITEM 35 IN THE CASE DOMINIC DELUCA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, 160,000 IN SETTLEMENT. AND FOR 36 IN THE CASE NES SE LIA ET AL VERSUS LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A SETTLEMENT TO A EXTEND 180,000. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Council President: THEY ARE POST ASKED REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: ALL RIGHT, THERE IS THE GRAPHIC, VERY GOOD. SO, COLLEAGUES, WATCHING US ONLINE IS THE POLY PARROTS GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. I WANT TO TAKE THIS PERSONAL PRIVILEGE FOR CONGRATULATING FOR TAKING THE WIN IN THE INTER GA LAXIC 4 SECTION. UNFORTUNATELY THE TEAM WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE DUE TO FINALS AND TIMING AND WE ALL BUREAUCRACY, BUT IT'S OKAY, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE WATCHING AND WE KNOW WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM. SO WE WANT TO SAY HELLO DIGITALLY. ON FRIDAY MAY 23rd, THEY EARNED A VICTORY, AND THEN LATER IN THE SEASON BEFORER A SENIOR NIGHT LONG AGAINST VER DUE GO, THIS TEAM COULD HAVE ALLOWED THAT MOMENT TO DEFINE THEM, BUT EVEN AFTER A DOWN PLAYER DUE TO A RED CARD, THEY SHOWED PASSION THAT WOULD CARRY THEM. ONCE THEY GOT TO THE POST-SEASON, THAT'S WHERE THEY MADE THEIR STATEMENTS. AFTER QUALIFYING, THEY OUT SCORED THEIR O POEN--OPPONENTS. THEY SHOWCASE THE VERY BEST OF OUR STUDENTATHLETES. THIS IS A TEAM THAT EXPERIENCED CLOSE MATCHES, DIFFICULT MOMENTS AND SETBACKS. THEY KEPT THEIR HEADS HIGH AND LEARNED FROM BEING MISTAKE AND STAYED FOCUSED. THIS IS WHAT MAKES IN CHAMPIONSHIP SO MEANINGFUL, WHETHER IT WAS A MISS SHOP OR EVEN A GREAT PLAY, THEY CONSISTENCY REFOCUSED AND GAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD TO THE NEXT GAME. BY THE TIME THEY REACHED THE FINALS, THEY HAD PROVEN THAT THIS SEASON WAS NOT ABOUT HOW THEY START BUT THEY FINISHED. SO AS A PROUD PARENT ALUMN, THIS THIS VICTORY IS MEANINGFUL TO ME TO SEE THE YOUNG LADIES BRING TREMENDOUS PRIDE TO THE SCHOOL AND COACHES AND EN TOUR XAOUNT. --COMMUNITY, THEY SHOWED WHAT IT MEANS TO COMPETE WITH HEART DESPITE SET BACKS AND ALWAYS FINISHING STRONG WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM AND EVERYONE WHO HELPED THEM GET THERE. THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP IS A REFLECTION OFF WHAT IT MEANS TO WORK HARD AND BELIEVE IN EACH OTHER. WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU, PROUD PARENTS, MAY WE BE ABLE TO BRING IN HOME AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. YES, CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND WE'LL NOTE THAT NORTH HOLLYWOOD AND VERDUGO, AND MONROE EXPERIENCED DEFEAT IN THIS, BUT WE'RE PROUD OF ALL OUR SCHOOLS. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? WITH THAT I ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND I LOOK TO MY LEFT FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES, AND COLLEAGUES IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS AND PROFOUND RESPECT THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMBER REEF SCOUT MASTER MIKE LANING. MIKE LANING WAS A LONG TIME SCOUT MASTER OF TROOP 223 IN PACIFIC PALISADES. HE WAS A COMMUNITY LEADER, AND YOUTH ADVOCATE, HE WAS BORN ON MAY 1, 1932, AND HE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 16, 2026 AT THE AGE OF 93. HE LEFT BEHIND A LEGACY THAT SHAPED GENERATIONS OF YOUNG LEADERS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND. MIKE'S JOURNEY IN SCOUTING BEGAN AS A BOY WHERE HE EXPERIENCED THE IMPACT OF MENTORSHIP AND OUTDOOR DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE FIRSTHAND. THAT EARLY EXPERIENCE STOOD WITH HIM THROUGH COLLEGE AT USC, WHERE HE SFOTED SCOUTS AT A LOCAL MARKET AND STARTED VOLUNTEERING WITH THE TROOP. LATER THAT YEAR, HE BECAME SCOUT MASTER OF TROOP 223 A ROLE HE WOULD HOLD FOR MORE THAN 7 DECADES. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, TROOP 223 HAS PRODUCED OVER 1,000 EAGLE SCOUTS AND GROWN FROM 7 YOUTH MEMBERS TO ABOUT 200 YOUTH AND 150 REGISTERED ADULT VOLUNTEERS. FROM THE BEGINNING, MIKE BELIEVED SCOUTING WAS EDUCATION THROUGH EXPERIENCE, COMBINING FUN ACTIVITIES, CHALLENGES AND SERVICE TO TEACH LEADERSHIP, SOUND DECISION-MAKING AND THE JOY OF HELPING OTHERS. HE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO LEADERS AND HE BUILT A CULTURE WHERE OLDER SCOUTS ACTIVELY MENTORS AND GUIDED YOUNGER MEMBERS. AND THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, MIKE MENTORED MANY HUNDREDS OF EAGLE SCOUTS WITH NEARLY 100 OF THOSE GOING ON TO BECOME SCOUT MASTERS THEMSELVES. HE ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF WESTERN L.A. COUNCIL'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND LEAD DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. AMONG HIS MANY SCOUTING RECOGNITION RIGHT SIDE THE SILVER BUFF LOXER DISTINGUISHED EAGLE SCOUT AWARD, SILVER ANTELOPE, SILVER BEAVER AND AMERICANISM AWARD AND VIGIL HONOR. ALTHOUGH HE WORKED AS AN ATTORNEY IN REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT, MIKE'S PASSION AND LIFE WORK WERE REALLY SCOUTING. HIS LEGACY, I KNOW WILL LIVE ON IN THE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE HE MENT ORDER, THE LEADERS HE BECAME AND THE ENDURING VALUES THAT HE INSTILLED IN THEM OF SERVICE LEADERSHIP, AND INTEGRITY. SO ON BEHALF OF THE VERY GRATEFUL COUNCIL DISTRICT OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES, OUR CONDOLENCES ON YOUR LOSS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. WE ARE ADJOURNED. >> Clerk: BEFORE WE ADJOURN, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR ITEM 38 TO GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. A very special. We need to make sure that they're tuning in. They are aware because if it takes extra time for them to evacuate, we want to make sure they have that time and they're able to get out and into a safe area. Yeah. Yeah. Appreciate that. And certainly back about going. We always remind people too. You don't have to wait till we formally tell you to go. If there's a wildfire threatening your neighborhood or community. We encourage people to get out. Well ahead of that wildfire. And also, excellent points about animal shelters and the actual locations will be determined. And they go out on those alerts. So we really want people to get those alerts. So you know, ahead of time where the evacuation shelters are set up for large animals, small animals, as well as as people if they need to go to them. So I thank you for that as well as the Ada compliance. Excellent. Thank you. So now, Jennifer, we're going to turn it back over to you. You know during a wildfire or really any significant natural disaster. How is the emergency operation center activated. And what functions does that EOC perform? So the fire department, the police department and the mayor's office can all request the activation of the emergency operations center when an incident gets beyond the scope of any one department's normal emergency response functions, and that has happened for everything from the Covid pandemic to even when we have a large special event like the Super Bowl or the L.A. marathon, because this becomes the brain of the city, a place where all of the departments can come together, coordinate with each other, make sure they have the resources they need, and that they're communicating really freely about the current information. So we most recently activated for the hurricane and earthquake. The earthquake part was a surprise, but for Tropical Storm Hilary, we were able to activate the EOC to level two. That's our medium level and bring together all of the departments that had an active response role to make sure that we were well coordinated and were communicating effectively. We go to a lower level, a level three, for something like a planned event, and if we had a major destructive wildfire or a major earthquake in LA, we would activate to level one, which could be more than 80 people in our emergency operations center, all working together to make sure that the city is responding effectively. Yeah, it's such a key coordination. Central hub where we might have a lot of spokes of other city agencies that come together now under one building, one roof. You have all these decision makers that can give us quick situational awareness, but also helps us to mitigate the problem because we have the people all in one room. So thank you for being a part of that critical role. Pleasure and I will tell everybody we actually want their information about what they think our biggest threats are here in the city of Los Angeles right now, we're in the process of updating our local hazard mitigation plan . Wildfire is a key element of that plan, and we've got a survey out there that we're really asking everyone if you live, work or play in LA, please fill out this survey. You can find it at Emergency La City.org. To tell us what hazards you're most worried about and what projects you want the city to work on to address those hazards. Yeah, thank you for that. Good points. And David, we're going to turn it back over to you for a minute now we know that LA has wildfires all year round. Now And weather plays such a critical role in how we fight them and how