Regular City Council - 9/3/25

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>> Council President:er OKAY. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO YET ANOTHER MEETING OF THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL. NOT YET? NO, WE NEED ONE MORE? WE'RE WAITING ON? OKAY, WE'RE WAITING FOR ONE MORE MINUTE BEFORE WE CAN GET STARTED. OKAY GREAT. WELCOME TO ANOTHER MEETING. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd 2025. I'M NITHYA RAMAN, ASSISTANT PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RUNNING TODAY'S MEETING. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ONLY FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS, PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2025. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER HUT SECONDS, NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: GREAT, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SECONDS. NEXT? MA DM CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, 2 THROUGH 30 WITH ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM 7, THE LOS FELIZ NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SUBMITTED A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT. FOR ITEM 30, THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE UNDER COUNCIL FILE 241006, ITEMS 31 THROUGH 36 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: YES, MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 23 THROUGH 28 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: 23 THROUGH 28 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE? >> Y. Jurado: YES, PLEASE. >> Council President: OKAY, ANY OTHER ITEMS? AND I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ITEM 22 ON THE DESK FOR TO BE VOTED ON AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, TODAY MEMBERS? OKAY, MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MADAM PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS I'M SORRY, ITEMS 2 THROUGH 21, AS WELL AS 29 AND 30. >> Council President: OKAY, 2 THROUGH 21, 29 AND 30. OKAY. PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL ON THESE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Clerk: MADAM PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 30 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. >> Council President: OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, MEMBERS, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ONLY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE SPEAKING RULES TO MEMBERS IN PUBLIC WISH TO GO SPEAK TODAY? >> City Attorney: YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WH, IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU GO FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND 31 THROUGH 36. SO AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND 31 THROUGH 36. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR TOUP ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE SUBJECT JURISDICTION. A COUPLE OF MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF WE CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHEN THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Council President: OKAY, GREAT. AND SINCE THERE ARE SO FEW PUBLIC SPEAKERS, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT TO MOVE TO YOUR LEFT SIDE AND THE SERGEANTS WILL GUIDE YOU TO THE PODIUM. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL HELP YOU MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HELLO I'M SPEAK TO GO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELI I'M ARNOLD, I'M A RESIDENT OF CD1. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON JUST A SECOND, WE'LL GET THE TIMER GOING. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M PETER I'M RESIDENT OF CD1 AND ALSO THE L.A. CHAPTER CHAIR WHERE WE ADVOCATE FOR A VOTING METHOD CALLED STAR VOTING. THEY HAVE NOMINATED STAR VOTE ANDING RANK CHOICE VOTING SO TODAY I WANT TO SHARE WHY I RECOMMEND STAR VOTING OVER REGULAR VOTING. IT WOULD GIVE EACH CANDIDATE A SCORE FROM 0 TO 5 THIS WAY FOLKS ALLOWS THEM TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS ON THE BALLOT. I USED TO BE AN RCV SUPPORTERS BUT SWITCHED. OFFER EXPRESSIVE BALLOT WE SAW THAT IN NEW YORK CITY. BUT RCV STILL HAS PROBLEM UNDER THE SYSTEM. I BUILT A WEBSITE AT RCV.COM TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IMPACTED ALASKA'S ELECTION AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, AND IF YOU NEED TO ADJUST THE MICROPHONE, YOU CAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH IT WILL GO. YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M BRUCE DIXON WITH STAR VOTING. IN A FEW MONTHS, THE CRC WILL LIKELY RECOMMEND A VOTING METHOD FOR DISTRICT ELECTIONS. THE GOAL OF ELECTIONS OUGHT TO BE LOCATING THE CENTER OF MAJORITY PREFERENCE FOR CHANGE. ANYONE READING, UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO PERFECT VOTING SYSTEM. ALL METHOD SCORE UNDER 20 PERCENT. YET TWO METHODS SCORE HIGHEST, APPROVAL VOTING AND STAR VOTING. WHAT ABOUT RANK CHOICE? 17 STATES HAVE BAND RCV, ALSO GERMANY'S SUPREME COURT RULED RCV UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE OF NON MONO TENACITY, THAT'S BIG IN SCIENCE. IT SHOWS RCV ONLY A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT OVER PLURALITY VOTING. WE WELCOME ANYONE INTERESTED IN IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF ELECTIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YOU --I WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO TAKE ACTION AS A GROUP NOT INDIVIDUAL. I'M NOT CALLING FOR COUNCIL VOTE JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON DECIDED THAT THEY WERE SLACKING OFF, DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD NOT REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS BY WRITING TO THE GOVERNOR. PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE VICTIMS OF SICKENING CRIMES. THEY KNOW VERY WELL THAT THE POLICE ARE DELIBERATELY IGNORING THESE CRIMES. PEOPLE KNOW VERY WELL THAT THEY ARE BEING INDIM TATED FROM COMING FORWARD AND THEY KNOW VERY WELL THAT YOU ARE REFUSING TO PROTECT THEM BY DEMANDING ACTUAL OVERSIGHT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M A PROTESTER AND DISTRICT 1 AS WELL. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS, McdONALD AND ALSO A FENCE THAT DHS PUT UP. LET'S TALK ABOUT JIM FOR A SECOND. I WENT TO POLICE COMMISSION MEETING AND I TOLD THIS MANY ABOUT OUR 24-HOUR PROTEST AND HOW LAPD HAS BEEN LESS THAN WELCOME. AND SOON AFTER, LAPD HAS NON STOP PUTTING HEAVILY, BEEN ON OUR BUTTS OUT THERE, I KNOW IT TAKES TWO-THIRDS OF TO YOU REMOVE HIM, LET'S WORK ON THAT. AND THEN DHS AND ICE PUT UP A GATE AROUND 5:35 AL AMEDA STREET BECAUSE WE'RE PROTESTING THERE. IT'S A HAZARD, IT TAKES UP ABOUT HALF A SIDEWALK AND NOW THEY'RE MACING US BECAUSE OF IT AND TEAR GASSING US BECAUSE OF IT. JUST PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1, 31, 32, 33 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE. >> Council President: SORRY SPEAKER, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MOVING THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ALL AGENDA ON THIS AGENDA LOOK LIKE A KINDERGARTEN CLASS PUT IT TOGETHER AS NONE OF THESE ITEMS ARE OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE DUE TO THE INCOMPETENCE OF THIS $20,000 PER MONTH COUNCIL CIRCUS CLOWNS. NUMBER ONE IS FOR SLEAZY DOWS' AND INDICTED CURREN PRICE ON TRIAL PUTTING ALIEN ON CITIZEN'S PROPERTY AT 6112 FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT, CONFISCATING THE FAMILY BUSINESS IN FUTURE. INSTEAD OF ASSISTING THE PROPERTY OWNER. ALL WHEN THE INCOMPETENCE OF ALL OF THESE CITY COUNCIL CLOWNS SITTING HERE CAUSING STRUCTURE TO SEE BURN. THIS MOTION SHOULD STATE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE NUISANCE INSTEAD OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. FURTHER IN MY OPINION INDICT WITHED ADDITIONAL CORRUPTION CHARGES AND ON TRIAL CORRUPTION, CURREN PRICE, SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO REPRESENT THE CITY BY VOTING ON ANY ITEM. I DEMAND THAT SLEAZY DAWSON AND ON TRIAL CURREN PRICE BE INVESTIGATED REGARDING THIS ITEM. 31, 32, 3 3, ARE ALL PROPERTIES TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM. IN MY OPINION, THESE OWNERS SHOULD BE REIMBURSED AS PRICE VOTED ON THESE THROUGH HIS WIFE'S BUSINESS. INDICTED ON TRIAL CURREN PRICE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE BECAUSE PRICE IS BEING CONVICTED AND DAWSON IS INDICTED FOR CORRUPTION AND IN MY OPINION, EXCUSE ME, IN MY OPINION, THESE REAP ITEMS ARE INDICATIVE OF TWISTED PRIORITIES OF THIS SLEAZY COUNCIL. WHEN BLACK WOMEN ARE ONLY 4 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION, BUT NEARLY 50 PERCENT OF THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AND RAPES IN LOS ANGELES. THIS IS OUR BLACK LEADERSHIP, AT THESE 20,000 PER-MONTH BLACK CLOWNS AND ALL THE REST TOO. THE ONLY HAVE THESE REAP ACCOUNTS ONLY THE AGENDA WHILE ITEMS OF THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS. IN ANY OPINION REAP ITEMS SHOULD INCLUDE SOME HOMELESS SOLUTIONS BUT THESE INCOMPETENT 20,000 PER MONTH CLOWNS HAVE NONE. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: PUBLIC WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS YOU GET THE CIRCUS OF CORRUPT INCOMPETENTS, DAWSON AND ALSO LEE NON CONFORM ATIVE ON TODAY HE'S AGENDA. CD8, THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT AND HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND ENTIRE UNITED STATES. OVER 12 AND A HALF PERCENT, CD8 IS A NEARLY COMPLETE FOOD DESERT. SLEAZY DAWSON HAS SPENT 20 MILLION DOLLARS ON LUXURY OFFICE FOR HIMSELF WHILE OTHERS ARE HOMELESS. DAWSON WAS APPOINTED BY PETTY PINK FACE ARMENIAN AND DICTATOR PAUL CLUCLUX. PROMOTING ON HIS CITY CONTRACTS AND--ONE BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET EMERGENCY HOME LTS EPIDEMIC EMERGENCY AND-->> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: NEXT SPEAKER, AND YOU CAN START THIS INDIVIDUAL'S TIME BECAUSE HE'S CLEARLY DELAYING. >> Speaker: MY I FINISH MY BANANA PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ON THE ADA COMPLIANT, I'M EATING MY BANANA. >> City Attorney: IF YOU DON'T STAY ON TOPIC, YOU'LL REMOVE YOU. >> Speaker: LISTEN MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WITH YOUR TRANSPARENCY BULLSHIT. WHAT ABOUT WHAT BLUMENFIELD IS DOING WITH THE CORRESPOND--CORBIN AVENUE. WHY IS YOUR JEW, PUTTING ALIEN AGAINST THIS INDIVIDUAL AT THIS PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6212 NORTH CORBIN AVENUE. YOU KNOW WHY? IT'S FOR YOUR COMMENT, AND WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ME RIGHT NOW. YOU INITIAL LEA TACKED ME ON MY FIRST AMENDMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU'RE SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. AND NOW YOU'RE ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY WARNED. >> Speaker: NOW I'M GOING TO ITEM NUMBER, TRANSPORTATION, FOO HEY FOO TRANSPORTATION. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HAS A PROJECT TO SPEND AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, MAYBE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ NUMBERS, HELP ME OUT SMOKE SCAN, IT'S 11.789.61800, THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR PROJECT IN JUST ONE BLACK AREA? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED THEIR PROJECTS REPAIRED, MR. TRANSPARENCY ATTORNEY? AREN'T YOU THE ONE HIDING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, ILLEGALLY CONDUCTING BAD BUSINESS ON TRANSPARENCY OF OUR TRANSPORTATION? THAT MAKES YOU A CRIMINAL. SUPPORTING THESE TYPE OF ACTIONS, MR. JONATHAN PHILIP GROAT ON ITEM 23 AND 24, YOU DUMB ASS, LOOK AT IT T YEAH, SIP IT DOWN, FOO. AND MY LAST TWO SECONDS, FUCK YOU. >> City Attorney: NO, YOU WERE ALREADY WARNED. YOU WERE ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, JUST NOW. WOULD I ALSO REMIND YOU THAT YOU'RE ON PROBATION SO PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM. >> Council President: AND TAKE YOUR BANANA PEEL WITH YOU. >> City Attorney: YOU CANNOT LEAVE YOUR GARBAGE ON THE PODIUM. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING. DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING, YOU'RE HERE EVERY DAY, YOU TRY TO BREAK THE RULES EVERY DAY. VACATE THE PODIUM, AND I BELIEVE, MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS. >> Council President: THERE ARE SOME SPEAKERS WHO CAME IN LATER, IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHAMBER. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE? OKAY. I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE CAN CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS CAN COUNCIL VOTE NOW? >> Clerk: MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 1 AS WELL AS 31 THROUGH 36. >> Council President: WE CAN ADD 22 TO THAT. >> Clerk: AS WELL AS 22. >> Council President: SO THAT'S 1, 22, 31 THROUGH 36, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEMS 23 THROUGH 28 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: OKAY, GREAT. IF THE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: OKAY, GREAT. WHAT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA, MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POST ASKED REFERRAL. >> Council President:er IT'S POSTED AND REFERRED. JAOT DESK IS CLEAR. . >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: MEMBERS, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, PLEASE. >> E. Hernandez: I HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY TO BE HERE. WE HAVE STARTED LATINO HERITAGE MONTH, WE HAVE AN ART EXHIBIT ON THE THIRD FLOOR BRIDGE WHERE THE THEME OF THIS YEAR IS VIVA LA RESISTANCEIA. AND I'M ALSO THE MADRINA AND THAT'S TAKING PLACE AT GLORIA MOLINA PARK, WE'RE GOING HAVE LUCHALIBRE. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE ART, IT'S A EXAMPLE OF WHAT RESISTANCE LOOKS LIKE THROUGH PAINTINGS, THROUGH ITEMS SUCH AS T-SHIRTS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT GENERATIONS AND THEIR TYPE OF RESISTANCE. SO I WELCOME YOU ALL, I WELCOME EVERYBODY, IT'S FREE. IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND I WANT TO THANK ARTURA FOR CURATING THIS PHENOMENAL EXHIBIT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, DO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? >> Y. Jurado: YES. >> Council President: GO AHEAD. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE IS AN ART EXHIBIT ALSO IN THE GALLERY THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ IS PUTTING FORWARD. AND I FORGOT I WANTED TO GIVE COMMENTS FOR ITEM 8, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. IF I MAY MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEM 8. >> Council President: YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEM 8. >> Clerk: UM. >> Council President: SHE IS JUST MAKING A JENNA NOUNSMENT? --GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE FINE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECONSIDER IS ALL. >> Y. Jurado: WE DON'T NEED TO REDO THE VOTE, I CAN JUST SPEAK. >> Council President: GO AHEAD. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, SO THIS MOTION IS BETWEEN ME AND COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR IMMIGRATION RELATED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. AND DESPITE THE MOTION NOT BEING ACTED ON YET, EWDD AND CO SUBMITTED REPORTS TO ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND EWDD, RECOMMENDED LAUNCHING THE LEGACY BUSINESS GRANT TO SUPPORT 130 EXISTING DETAIL LEGACY BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CURFEW MAP WITH 5,000 IN CASH GRANTS. THERE ARE ALSO LEVERAGING L.A. RISE TO SUPPORT THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL FROM ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. AND THE CAO, HIGHLIGHTED A PROGRAM THAT CIFD PUT FORWARD TO PROVIDE CASH ASSISTANCE. AND THE INSTRUCTION THAT CAME OUT OF EDJ WAS FOR THEM TO REPORT OUT OF CASH ASSISTANCE, AND YOU KNOW, MICRO ENTERPRISE GRANT LOTTERY WITH EWDD AND CIFD, AND THIS IS A EXAMPLE OF DEPARTMENTS COMING TOGETHER AND TAKING INITIATIVE. INITIALLY WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS MOTION FORWARD *, THERE WAS NO MONEY THAT COULD BE FOUND BY THE C A O, BUT I COMMEND THESE DEPARTMENTS FOR MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. AND THAT'S IT'S ONE OF THE FEW INSTANCES OF DEPARTMENTS PROACTIVELY SUBMITTING REPORTS AND THAT'S DUE TO THE DILIGENCE OF AND YOU YOUR FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO STAND AND MAKE A FOR ALL OF MY SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE WATCHING AND FOLLOWING, I JUST WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT ITEMS 21, 25 AND 26 ARE FOR YOU! I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED THE TOWN HALL THAT WE HAD ON THE TINY HOME AT OUR UTILIZED METROLINK STATION, THEY TOLD US THEIR FEARS AND WHAT WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE IT COULD BE A BETTER PROJECT. AND THESE MOTIONS INDICATE EXACTLY THAT FEEDBACK. SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE FOR YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, I'M SURE THE COMMUNITY WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE BEING LISTENED TO. OTHER MEMBERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO? OKAY, SEEING NONE, PLEASE RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND IF I CAN GET EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE IF YOU'RE ABLE. MEMBERS ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON MY LEFT? ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON MY RIGHT? OKAY, SEEING NONE. AN EFFICIENT MEETING. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.