service resources needed by the community during these trying times the immigrant community as well as. African Americans and other groups Chinese-Americans actually have gone underground. Since the wildfires, because of the fear of ICE raids, are going to stand in solidarity with those families will stand up for those families. And as you need resources. We will make sure that you have the help that you need to move forward in the community. We are here to support our with know your rights trainings. We food resources, mental support and other for their children in these and challenging times, we with the recent raids and the ice presence families are afraid. Their concern their safety for their rights and what tomorrow may bring and. So we have assembled our team to make sure that families are aware of their rights. We have a know your rights campaign and are issuing red cards. We are conducting workshops and, trainings for service providers as well, community residents. So that they too are aware of what rights they have. ICE was driving through the community and so we have put together measures in place and you'll see across city a number of organizations are finding ways to distribute food directly to families without, putting them in harm's way in. The impulse is as important, said Apoyar, an A.K. Brendon Consuelo Mira, iReport.com. Again, it's Maslow's Necesitan Oil Encontramos Aqui. Various organizations. Garzon précisément esto. No solas the servicios somos vecinos collective 11 stories Improving Safety for Transit Riders starts on the sidewalk. A citywide program is giving bus shelters upgrades needed to connect people to their bus. In Koreatown, the 150th bus shelter transformation was cause for celebration. Let me see that we're here in Koreatown, at the intersection of Olympic and Vermont Boulevard, Selby, the 150th installation of our STAP bus. Koreatown is the most populated neighborhood in all of Los, with over 100,000 residents. And we're so excited . Celebrate with the community. Phenomenal Transformation of an existing bus shelter from a static to a much more amenity. Featured bus shelter. Welcome to not your mother's stop. Right. This is not what the bus stops look like. When I was in school . Dependent on it. It has lighting, has wi fi. If you've ever been on a bus stop and missed your that surge of frustration, not knowing when the next one's going to arrive, but this tells you it tells you when your next bus is coming. That's A sigh of relief. We're talking improved infrastructure for transit, dependent riders. Many essential workers in a neighborhood that's been overlooked for too long. The technology aspect of this investment is huge. But as summers get warmer sometimes the most important thing is shade a shelter to catch a bus and make our constituents a little bit easier. Moving forward, I'd like see more public and private partnership. The city does the good work. We as a community need to amplify that message and let people know what's happening in the city of LA in particular things that affect public transportation and infrastructure. We want to help get the message out, let them know that it's safe to be on the streets and taking public transportation once again. So stamp program is very community driven process. It Was born out of the need to provide shelters to many of our seniors and our young people the bus and other public infrastructure. But also in communities like Koreatown where it's been very underserved for many many generations, that the community of Koreatown has requested for these types of infrastructure being made here. And we're hoping to install many, many more across this community. Find out how bus shelters the city are being improved at L.A, L.A. City dot org. From bus shelter glow to making improvements elsewhere, Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, once Angelinos to give their evaluations to the Department of Parks. Feedback will help to assess future needs for city parks. Welcome. Thank you all for being here. What is a really important opportunity for our community? Today we're at Lakeview Terrace Rec Center, where we are engaging the park needs assessment. Something that I fought for while I was on the Budget and Finance Committee because I want Angelinos to be able to give direct feedback to the City of Los Angeles about their priorities and needs for their local. All in is a landscape architecture planning and urban design firm, and we're the city this year in the parks needs assessment. As a consultant, we help the community to help do drawings, help provide clarity, and to bring all of this data the community engagement together to really form a vision for the next 25 years under the direction of the Department of Rec and Parks. Really what we've been hearing is that people really want to see a lot of UN programmed spaces to do recreational activities. They want to see the department focus things like festivals. Those are the communities has places to gather. So really what we want to do as a part of our second phase of outreach is a talk more about those types of amenities and things that they'd like to see in the park system. Because again, for the next five years we're really setting the standard for what we want do. So we want a park system that reflects what hearing from the community, but also what we think want to do going forward into the future. We have a team, 13 different firms that are working to help city on this under a leadership and. All of them are coming together with different knowledge sets and different expertise. So we have people that are experts at water. We have people that are experts at equity. We have people that are around public art. We have people that are experts, stormwater. And when that is coming, we're able to map the city where different priorities really show up. It's really great data. But then when we support it with what we're hearing directly from the community, I think that's where it's most interesting. Everyone comes to their parks for different reasons. Some might come for youth recreation, sports, some might come for child care. There's a number of needs need to be met at our parks, facilities and. We want to encourage families to be able to give their so that we design a >> Council President: ALL RIGHT GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING *F YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, FIRST DAY OF JULY IN THE YEAR 2025, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING THIS THIS CHAMBER FOR A PERIOD OF 1 HOUR. WE WILL GET TO AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HOUR. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 27, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MOVES COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY, IT'S TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE". >> C. Price: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. READY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK IF WE CAN RUN THROUGH THE AGEDA. >> Clerk: YES, SIR, MR. PRESIDENT WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH TODAY? >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT, WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: ITEMS 11 THROUGH 11 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NUMBER 4 THE MATTER REGARDING THE LAND SIDE ACCESS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. FOR ITEM NUMBER 8 TABULATED VALUE OF OPPOSING BALLOTS DOES NOT EXCEED THE SUPPORTING BALLOTS CAST WHICH ARE 87.02 TO 1.98 PERCENT, THUS A MAJORITY PROTEST IS FOUND NOT TO EXIST AND PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LITTLE TOKYO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAY BE AUTHORIZED AT THIS TIME. ITEM NUMBER 9, TABULATED VALUE CAST DOES NOT EXCEED THE SUPPORTING BALANCE CAST, 76.81 PERCENT TO 23.19 PERCENT THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF PROTESTS FOUND NOT TO EXIST AND PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GATEWAY TO LAST BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAY BE AUTHORIZED AT THIS TIME. FOR ITEM 10 THE TABULATED VALUE OF THE OPPOSING VOTING TASK DOES NOT EXCEED THE SUPPORTING VALUE CAST, 96.4 PERCENT TO 5.16 PERCENT THUS THE MAJORITY PROTEST IS FOUND NOT TO EXIST AND THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT MAY BE AUTHORIZED AT THIS TIME. FOR ITEM 11, THE TABULATED VALUE OF THE OPPOSING BALLOTS CAST DOES NOT EXCEED THE TABULATED VALUE OF THE SUPPORTING CAST, 81.30 PERCENT TO 18.70 PERCENT THUS THE MAJORITY OF PROTEST IS FOUND NOT TO EXIST AND THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, MAY BE AUTHORIZED AT THIS TIME. ITEMS 12 THROUGH 1, 115 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. FOR ITEM 71 RECOMMENDATION TO A THE ACCOUNT AMOUNT IS 450,000 INSTEAD OF $200,000. FOR ITEMS 77, 85, 86 AND 105 FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND ARE NOW ONLINE UNDER THE RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. FOR ITEM 100, THE NORTHWEST WOOD NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SUBMITTED A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS. ITEMS 116 THROUGH 150 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEM 151 IS A CLOSED SESSION ITEM WHERE PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN HELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY SPECIALS MEMBERS? ANY SPECIALS? TO MY LEFT, MR. LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM NUMBER 114 JUST TO INCLUDE IN THE FIRST--I'M SORRY IN THE MOVING CLAUSE, TO ADD IN INCOME COSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING BUREAU SANITATION AND STREETS L.A. INTO THE PARAGRAPH AND ALSO ITEMS 120, 129, 134 FOR SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS WHICH I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS COPIES OF. >> Clerk: EXCUSE ME MR. LEE, AN AMENDMENT? >> J. Lee: TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: FOR AN AMENDMENT FOR 114, IS THERE A SECOND FOR MR. LEE'S AMENDMENT? MS. RODRIGUEZ IS THE SECOND. AND THE OTHER ITEMS ARE 120? 129 AND WHAT WERE THE OTHER ITEMS SIR? >> J. Lee: 120, 129, AND 34. >> Clerk: AND 134 IS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, SIR? >> J. Lee: THEY'RE ALL SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS. >> Clerk: ALL SUBSTITUTES, AND FOR YOUR 120, 129, 134, ARE THERE SECONDS TO THOSE MOTION ?Z. >> J. Lee: THEY'RE BEING CIRCULATED. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> A. Nazarian: AFTER YOU. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. I WOULD LIKE TO RISE IN SUPPORT OF INCREASE FOR PARKING METER FEES FOR ITEM NUMBER 2. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT YOU GOT THAT MADAM CLERK? >> Clerk: AND COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THE REVISED ORDINANCE? >> H. Hutt: CORRECT. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER HUTT'S? MS. HERNANDEZ, THANK YOU. >> H. Hutt: AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER ONE. ON ITEM 108, I RISE TO AMEND RECOMMENDATION 3 RELATIVE TO TEA COMMITTEE REPORT REGARDING THE FOUR PROJECT REPORT AND DELETE THE CLERK'S INSTRUCTION TO AGENDIZE FOR 7-1-25 AS IT IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE. >> Clerk: AND IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER HUTT'S AMENDMENT TO 108? MS. HERNANDEZ, THANK YOU. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 55 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. ITEM 112 FOR QUESTIONS. AND THEN FOR ITEM 32, TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. ON ATTACHMENT 10 PAGE 148, THE FUNDING FOR HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THAT STATEMENT SHOULD BE 170,000 WITH ONLY 20,000 ALLOCATED FOR OVERTIME GENERAL. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN'S AMENDMENT TO 32? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> Clerk: MS. PARK, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS ON THIS SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START ON THIS SIDE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ITEM 6 PENDING A MOTION THAT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SHORTLY. SO WE'LL THAT IT ON THE DESK. --WE'LL KEEP THAT ON THE DESK. AND REQUEST ITEM 77, 113 AND 118 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER THAT'S 77 13? --113? >> M. Rodriguez: AND 118 SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 125, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 56 AND 122 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. AND FOR ITEM 149, SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER, THAT'S FOR SEPARATE VOTE ITEMS, THAT WOULD BE 15, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, >> H. Soto-Martinez: 30, 31. >> Clerk: 30, 31. >> H. Soto-Martinez: 56 AND 122. >> Clerk: AND 122 AND 49 IS SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS? >> H. Soto-Martinez: 149 FOR COMMENTS. >> Clerk: 149 FOR COMMENTS, THANK YOU, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: I'D LIKE TO HOLD ITEMS 81, AND 137 FOR AN AMENDMENT AND THOSE AMENDMENTS WILL BE CIRCULATED VERY SHORTLY. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST A SEPARATE VOTE ON ITEM 56. >> Council President: 5-6, OKAY. AND JUST ALL OUR AMENDMENTS, WOULD JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE WANT TO GET THOSE IN BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT STARTS. SO WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS SO THERE SHOULD BE TIME. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: I MOVE TO AMEND ITEM 58 ON TODAY'S AGENDA TO DELETE THE CLERK'S INSTRUCTION AND ADOPT A AND B. AND WANT TO CONTINUE ITEM 123 TO AUGUST 1, 2025. AND OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 80 BECAUSE I'M A LANDLORD AND 81, 82, AND 143 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PAST. 112, BECAUSE IT'S UNCLEAR WHO IS WORKING ON THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WOULD I LIKE TO CALL 32 AND 113 FOR AMENDMENTS, THOSE ARE BEING CIRCULATED AND 139 FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: GOT IT. >> Clerk: AND JUST AGAIN, 32 AND 113 FOR AMENDMENTS? AND 139 FOR COMMENTS, MS. PARK? >> T. Park: THAT'S CORRECT. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 58 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT JUST TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. AND NUMBER 80, I WANTED, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT BUT BASICALLY MOVING B BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING CIRCULATED. AND THEN ON 140, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BUT I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSE SESSION FOR THAT, SO I'LL SAVE THOSE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 58 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM NUMBER 1 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT WHICH IS CIRCULATED, I BELIEVE. ITEM 58, ITEM 84, 112, AND 144 FOR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. SORRY AND 18 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, JUST TO RECAP 1 IS A AMENDMENT, 58, 54 AND 112 AND 154 FOR COMMENTS AND FOR SEPARATE VOTE WHAT WAS THAT? >> E. Hernandez: 18. >> Clerk: 1-8. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. PARDON ME? ALL RIGHT, THE CLERK NEEDS A FEW MINUTES. WHILE THE CLERK IS TAKING A FEW MINUTES TO TALLY UP, OUR SPECIALS AND AMENDMENT FOR THE 151 ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY, I'LL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR A VERY VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES. ON JANUARY 7 th OF THIS YEAR, WE ALL THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER AT THE START OF A NEW YEAR. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THE LIFE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE PACIFIC PALISADES. WHAT BEGAN AS A SMALL BRUSH FIRE QUICKLY EXPLODED FUEL BY DRY VEGETATION AND UNPRECEDENTED WIND CONDITIONS. WITHIN HOURS, THE FIRE WAS RAGING LIKE NOTHING WE HAVE EVER SEEN IN LOS ANGELES. THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WAS OVERWHELMED. HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DEVOURED BY FLAMES EVEN AS OUR FIREFIGHTERS FOUGHT BRAVELY TO PROTECT LIVES, AND PROPERTY. IN THE END, 12 PEOPLE DIED, 6837 STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED INCLUDING MORE THAN 5400 HOMES, 135 MULTI FAMILY BUILDINGS AND 160 COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. ANOTHER 1,000 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. AND THE SCALE OF THE DEVASTATION IS STAGGERING. AT THAT MOMENT, IT WAS HARD TO IMAGINE HOW WE WOULD EVEN BEGIN TO COVER. BUT THEN CAME THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, LEAD BY COLONEL WINSTON. THE CORPS ARRIVED IN THE PALISADES IN EARLY FEBRUARY. DEBRIS REMOVAL BEGAN ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11th. BY FEBRUARY 15th, THE FIRST PROPERTY WAS CLEARED. AND WE NEVER LOOKED BACK. THANKS TO COLONEL SWENSON'S OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, THE CORPS IS HAVING THE GREATEST DEBRIS OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY. SIMULTANEOUSLY, WITH THE EATON FIRE CLEAN NUP ALTADENA. COLONEL AS SET A NEW STANDARD FOR TRANSPARENCY EXAMINE TRUST. BUT WHAT REALLY SETS COLONEL SWENSON APART WHAT EARNED HIM THE LOVE AND RESPECT OF SO MANY IN THE PALISADES, WAS NOT JUST HOW FAST HE GOT THE WORK DONE. COLONEL SWENSON COMMITMENT TO BEING AT EVERY COMMUNITY SESSION LARGE OR SMALL HAS BEEN A MASTER CLASS IN LEADERSHIP THROUGH CRISIS. EVERYWHERE I WENT IN THE FIRST FEW AWFUL DAYS AND WEEKS, COLONEL SWENSON WAS THERE, EVERY BRIEFING, EVERY PRESS CONFERENCE, EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING. HIS MERE PRESENCE IN THE ROOM OFFERED ASSURANCE. COLONEL SWENSON TOOK MY FRANTIC CALLS AT ALL TIMES OF DAY AND NIGHT. HE HEARD MY CONCERNS AND HELPED ME LEAD MY COMMUNITY THROUGH IT ALL. FROM FIGHTS OVER HOUSE OLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TO TRAFFIC ON SUNSET AND PCH, COLONEL SWENSON STOOD WITH US THROUGH IT ALL. HE NEVER MINDED OUR ENDLESS TO-DO LIST, DO THIS FIRST AND ALSO THESE TEN OTHER THINGS THAT I NEED TO YOU DO FIRST. HE WAS A GREAT SPORT THROUGH IT ALL, LIFTING US UP IN THE HARDEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES. COLONEL SWENSON AOUFSH A STEADY VOICE IN THE SEA OF UNCERTAINITY AND A SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND ASSURANCE WHEN WE NEEDED IT MOST. YOU DIDN'T LEAD FROM BEHIND A DESK, YOU LEAD FROM THE FRONTLINES, SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY ALONGSIDE MEMBERS OF THE PALISADES COMMUNITY TO THANK YOU, COLONEL SWENSON FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS IN LEADING THE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS. COLONEL SWENSON YOUR WORK HAS NOT ONLY HELPED UP CLEAN UP WHAT WAS LOST BUT HELPED US REBUILD WHAT WAS BROKEN. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, ON BEHALF OF THE PACIFIC PALISADES AND GREAT OF THE CITY, I OFFER YOU OUR DEEPEST THANKS. WE HAVE A VIDEO WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AS WE LOOK BACK TO WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE ARE. >> T. Park: COLONEL SWENSON. [APPLAUSE] IT'S, IT'S HARD AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING TO LOOK BACK AND TO BE REMINDED OF WHAT HAPPENED AND, THE FACT THAT YOU CAME INTO OUR LIFE, IN THE WORSE DAYS OF IT, WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO YOU THE COMMUNITY OF THE PACIFIC PALISADES AND THIS COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY ARRANGED ANOTHER SURPRISE FOR YOU. AS A WAY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. WE HAVE ONE MORE VERY SPECIAL VIDEO FOR COLONEL SWENSON. >> HELLO I WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU TO COLONEL SWENSON FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN THE WAKE OF PALISADES FIRE. THIS FORCES HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES TO EVACUATE AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINITY AND FEAR YOU AND YOUR TEAM BROUGHT HOPE TO THE PALISADES COMMUNITY. YOUR TEAR CLEANED DEBRIS AND RESTORED INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESTORED ESSENTIAL SERVICES BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU TRAINED FOR. WHAT REALLY SET AWE PART IS THE TRUST YOU BUILT WITH THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU SAID YOU CAN ONLY MOVE AT THE SPEED OF TRUST AND THE REMARKABLE PROGRESS THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM MADE, DEMONSTRATE THE TRUST YOU EARNED. YOU FOCUSED ON THE PEOPLE AS MUCH AS THE PROJECT, USING COMPASSION AND EMPATHY TO BUILD REAL LEADERSHIP. YOUR APPROACH SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT THE KIND OF LEADER YOU ARE. OUR CORPS OF ENGINEERS ARE OFTEN THE FIRST TO ENGAGE IN DEVASTATING COMMUNITIES AND WE NEED COMPASSIONATE LEADERS LIKE YOU. SO THANK YOU COLONEL, SWENSON, IS WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THE BEST AS YOU MOVE TO COMMAND THE NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION. >> T. Park: I WOULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER THAN THE SECRETARY HIMSELF. COLONEL SWENSON IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU COULD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. [APPLAUSE] FOR THOSE THAT KNOW ME, KNOW I'M NOT SHORT OF WORDS AND I GRAVITATE TO THE MIC. I'LL MISS L.A., YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. BUT THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT, AND I HOPE TO COME BACK SOON AND WATCH THE PHOENIX RISE FROM THE ASHES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK, BEFORE THE BIG FINISH, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEGIN WITHING COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR BRINGING THIS COLONEL SWENSON. AND I HAVE TO IMAGINE, IN YOUR CAREER, THE AMOUNT OF DEVASTATION THAT YOU'VE HELPED SO MANY COMMUNITIES RECOVER FROM HAS GOT TO BE IMMENSE, BUT AS THE SECRETARY SAYS, IT'S WHAT YOU TRAIN FOR. AND IT'S REALLY AN EMBODIMENT OF WHAT SO MANY CIVIL SERVANTS DO IN DEDICATION AND THEIR CAREER PATHS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES AND SO OFTEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE, THE CHEAP POLITICS AND THE WORDS COME OUT ABOUT WHO GOVERNMENT IS, YOU ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF EXACTLY WHO OUR DEDICATED CIVIL SERVANTS ARE. THEY SUPPORT US IN THE MIDST OF THESE EMERGENCIES AND WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE FRONTLINE AND THERE IN THE RECOVERY WHETHER IT'S FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND ALL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, OUR STREET SERVICES, ALL OF OUR DEDICATED CIVIL SERVANTS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION. I KNOW WHAT A TREMENDOUS BURDEN IT IS ON YOUR HEART TO HAVE TO BE THERE AND EXHIBIT SUCH INCREDIBLE STRENGTH AND FOCUS TO PERFECTING YOUR WORK TO BEING THE EXEMPLARY LEADER TO HELP PEOPLE THAT HAVE OF COURSE THOUSAND OPINIONS ABOUT THE WAY IT SHOULD GO. BUT THANK YOU FOR DEDICATING YOUR LIFE'S WORK TO OUR COUNTRY IN THIS MANNER OF SERVICE, BECAUSE YOU DO HELP TO ACCELERATE THE REBUILT AND FOR ALL OF THOSE PHOENIXES THAT RISE FROM THE ASHES. L.A. IS JUST GOING TO BE THE LATEST VERSION OF THAT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE AND SERVICE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. WE ARE DEEPLY DEEPLY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: COLONEL, I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I THINK YOU HAVE TRULY BECOME THE FACE OF PRODUCTIVE ACCESS, AND FRIENDLY ACCESS ON BEHALF OF OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS. I WANT TO BE SPECIFICALLY THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP TO THE TOWN HALL THAT WE HAD AT SUN VALLEY AT POLY YOU WITNESSED, HOW MANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW MY REGION HAD RELATED TO HOW WHAT OUR ROLE WAS ON BEHALF OF THE CLEAN UP. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TENSION AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAME WITH THE ANSWERS, REALLY LEAD THE CONVERSATION ON BEHALF OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND HOW IT WORKS IN COLLABORATION AND IT REALLY HELPED TONE DOWN WHAT PEOPLE WERE FEELING, YOU GAVE US THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EVERY ONE. WE COULD COULD --CONSISTENTLY BEEN SHARING IT. WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO PUT A FACE TO ANYONE ON BEHALF OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER. BUT YOU REALLY MADE YOUR MARK. THANK YOU, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE THAT GET THINGS DONE THE WAY YOU DO. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN TRACI PARK FOR BRINGING IN THE COLONEL. COLONEL THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO REBUILD, NOT ONLY THE CITY BUT THE ZIP CODES THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR CITY. WE WERE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRISIS AND TO SEE YOU HERE AND YOUR FOLKS THAT YOU BROUGHT HERE TO PROTECT US AND UPLIFT US IS REALLY REASSURING. I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SERVE HERE IN THE CITY WHETHER THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT MY GRATITUDE FOR YOUR TEAM FOR LETTING US BEING WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING THAT BEAUTIFUL IMAGE OF PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASHES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. CAN YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. AS YOU KNOW, MY SON WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AT PALISADES AND SO DID MY NIECE. AND TO KNOW THIS WAS IN YOUR HANDS AND YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE AND YOU MADE PEOPLE IN THE PALISADES AND THE CITY FEEL CONFIDENT, THAT WE CAN GET THIS DONE, REALLY PROVES YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR THIS TO BE YOUR CAREER. AND WE ARE EXCITE BESIDE WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE OF YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU COLONEL FOR BRINGING THE MIGHT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO OUR CITY, TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND GETTING THIS WORK DONE IN RECORD TIME. WHICH WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SCREAMING IT UNTIL SOMEBODY PAYS ATTENTION BUT IT'S A GREAT STORY. IT'S GOOD NEWS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND YOU'VE BEEN AT THE FOR FRONT OF THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLONEL. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND A VERY GRATEFUL CITY OF LOS ANGELES, HE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK AND SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE COLONEL. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, FOR THE RECORD AND THE PUBLIC SPECIAL 1 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND THE MOTION HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE BULLETIN FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IT. ALL RIGHT. AND FOR OUR VINET FROM OUR COMMUNITIES GIVEN THE SITUATION WHY WE'RE WE'RE HERE, I WANT TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COMMUNITIES IS MENACING. THESE ARE NOT ISOLATING CASES OR--NEIGHBORS ARE BEING TAKEN OFF STREETS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WITHOUT WARNING, WITHOUT A BADGE, WITHOUT A TRACE. FAMILIES ARE BEING TORN APART IN FEELS THAT FEEL SCRIPTED FOR A MOVIE OR A SHOW BUT IT ISN'T, IT'S FICTION. THIS IS REAL LIFE. A WALKING NIGHTMARE. WITH MASKED MEN IN UNMARKED CARS ARE ABLE TO SNATCH PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS WITHOUT EXPLANATION, IT SHAKES THE VERY FOUNDATION OF WHO WE ARE. WELL THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO YULI, A MOTHER OF THREE, A COMMUNITY LEADER, A COMMUNITY WHO HAS CALLED SOUTH L.A. HOME FOR TWO DECADES, TAKEN ON HER WAY TO WORK, THIS HAPPENS FOR REFUSING TO VANISH QUIETLY. IN A MOMENT HER FAMILY WILL SHARE MORE OF THE HELL THEY HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ONE PERSON IT'S ABOUT THE COUNTRY WE'RE BECOMING. AND IT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST SHAMEFUL CHAPTERS IN OUR HISTORY. EVEN IN THE FACE OF ALL THIS, OUR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER IS LOUDER, THEY CANNOT SILENCE US, THEY CANNOT SUE US, THEY CANNOT NEUTRALIZE OUR STREETS AND TAKE AWAY OUR DIGITY AS THE PEOPLE AND OUR VALUES. NOT ONE MAN, NO KING NO PRESIDENT WILL EVER DO THAT. BUT TODAY, I'M HONORED TO BE JOINED BY YULI'S SISTER-IN-LAW GUADALUPE GONZALEZ ALONG WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS, JENNIFER. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRICE. HI I'M GUADALUPE GONZALEZ, BUT EVERYBODY KNOW ME BY LUPITA, BECAUSE I'M A SENIOR HOUSE ORGANIZING WITH ACE, BUT I'M HERE NOT BECAUSE I'M AN ORGANIZER, BECAUSE I'M FAMILY. AND THE IMPACT BY THIS, SITUATION AND TERRORISTS, WE HAVE HERE IN L.A. MY TWO NIECES, THEY, THEY HAVE ALMOST A WEEK WITHOUT THE MOTHER. AND THEN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE IS. WE DON'T KNOW WHO TAKEN. WE CALLING ICE AND HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS, WE DON'T HAVE NOBODY WITH THAT NAME. AND THEN, IT'S NOT ONLY YULI FROM OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S MORE 2000 PEOPLE LIKE THAT. WHEN WE LOOKING FOR EVERY SINGLE DETENTION CENTER, LOOKING FOR YULI, WE FIND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE SAME SITUATION WITH US. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR FAMILIES, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAPPEN, AND THEN, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPEN. THAT CONTRACTORS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TOOK THIS PEOPLE. WITHOUT THE LAW. AND THEN I ASKING EVERY ONE HERE, TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE A CALL, SEND A LETTERS TO OUR SENATORS TO OUR CONGRESSWOMAN OR CONGRESSMENS TO DO SOMETHING TO FIND THESE PEOPLE, IS IS TERRIBLE. IN UNITED STATES WE HAVE THIS SITUATION. THAT, I'M REALLY IMPACTED. IT'S NO ANSWER. EVEN THE POLICE, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUR THE REPORT. BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YULI, FINALLY THEY TOOK THE REPORT, BUT AFTER THAT H WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? TO ACTING, AND PLEASE, DO SOMETHING FOR OUR FAMILIES? FOR OUR LOVED ONES AND THEN FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, OUR COMMUNITIES LIVE LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRICE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN AND THANK YOU FOR THE COURAGE TO TELL YOUR STORIES AND, COMMUNICATION TO THE WORLD THAT WATCHES L.A. COUNCIL THE HORROR THAT OUR CITY IS UNDERGOING DURING THESE TIMES. MADAM CLERK, WE HAVE THE TALLY OF ITEMS THAT WILL HELP US PROCEED WITH THE REST OF THE MEETING. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. FIRST, COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 12 THROUGH 14, 16 THROUGH 17, 19 THROUGH 21, 25 THROUGH 27, 29, 33 THROUGH 54, 57, 59 THROUGH 76, 78, 79, 84, 85 THROUGH 107, 109 AND 110, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President:ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON THE SEPARATE VOTE ITEMS THAT MEMBERS CALLED SPECIAL. FIRST WOULD BE ITEM 55 THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 55 CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. NAZARIAN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: NEXT SET OF SEPARATE VOTES, WOULD BE CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, AND THOSE ARE ITEMS 77, 113, AND 118 FOR SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: FOR ITEMS. >> Clerk: SO SORRY, APOLOGIES, BUT IS 77 THROUGH 113 THAT IS CALLED SPECIAL FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: 77 THROUGH 113. >> Clerk: 77 AND 1113. >> M. Rodriguez: NO, IT WAS 77 AND 118 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND 113, THE THREE. HOWEVER, 77 AND 118 JUST UPLOADED THEIR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, SO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE TWO AND SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE NOW. >> Clerk: OKAY. FOR THE RECORD AGAIN, IS 77 AND 118 ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO VOTE ON. >> M. Rodriguez: RIGHT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: ALL RIGHT THE NEXT SEPARATE VOTES ARE CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, AND THOSE ARE ITEMS 15, 22, 23, 24, 28, 30 AND 31. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT ITEM 18 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR SEPARATE VOTE. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 56 CALLED SPECIAL FOR SEPARATE VOTE BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEMS COUNCILMEMBER PRICE IS RECUSED FROM AND THOSE WOULD BE ITEM 81, 82, 111 AND 112, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE IS NOT IN THE ROOM AND RECUSED OFF THE BOARD. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. WE'LL ASK THE SERGEANTS TO HELP US PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION. THAT MEANS YOU'RE ONLY HERE IF YOU'RE A CITY ATTORNEY OR STAFF OF A COUNCILMEMBER, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, OR THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE. THERE WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENT. [COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION] >> Council President: MADAM CLERK, WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 15 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? >> City Attorney: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT,. COUNCIL SHALL RECONSIDER 118 FOR RIGHT NOW. >> Council President: RECONSIDERATION, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: ALSO, IF MR. PRICE CAN BE RECUSED FROM 82 AND 111, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE IS LEAVING THE ROOM AND HIS NAME IS REMOVED FROM THE BOARD. LET'S TAKE UP THE ITEMS AT THIS TIME. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRICE IS RE--IS EXCUSED FROM RECUSED FROM 112, BUT THAT WAS ALSO CALLED SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS BY MS. HERNANDEZ AND MR. NAZARIAN HAS QUESTIONS ON 112. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE UP 1112 --112. IF WE CAN TRACK DOWN MR. NAZARIAN, BUT WE'LL START WITH COMMENTS BY MS. HERNANDEZ, ON 112. >> Clerk: 112. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I RISE IN SUPPORT OF ULA EXPENDITURE PLAN. THIS IS THE BIGGEST PLAN EVER. THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE REVENUE CONTINUES TO GROW, NEARLY EVERY QUARTER ULA BRINGS IN TO MAKE A DENT IN THE HOUSING CRISIS. THE ULA EXPENDITURE PLAN FUNDS 11 PROGRAMS, ACCORDABLE HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND PRESERVATION, HOME OWNERSHIP SUPPORT AND INCOME SUPPORT AND EVICTION PRECONVICTION. THIS IS HOW WE FUND THE ENFORCEMENT OF TENANT HAD ANTI HARASSMENT ORDINANCE. NEARLY $200 MILLION IS GOING INTO NEW SOCIAL HOUSING EXAMINE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS, THEY'RE REDUCING A--AT 376 MILLION DOLLARS WITH 316 MILLION FROM ULA ALONE. THE RESULTS ARE ALREADY EVIDENT, ULA FUNDS HAVE ADVANCED 795 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. OVER 10,000 TENANTS HAVE REMAINED HOUSES. 500 LOW INCOME SENIORS HAVE RECEIVED INCOME SUPPORT. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET INCLUDES MORE THAN 42 MILLION DOLLARS TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND THE PROGRAM. THE ULA EXPENDITURE PLAN IS PROGRESS THAT WE CAN MEASURE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT REFLECTS WHAT THE VOTERS WANTED. THESE ARE REAL INVESTMENTS THAT SOLD DOWN THE HE QUIX PIPELINE. COLLEAGUES, ULA IS WORKING, WE'RE KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED AND WE HAVE MOMENTUM AND I WANT TO SEE THE PEOPLE'S WILL THROUGH. THE VOTERS THEIR WILL, THAT'S WHY I'M VOTE INING SUPPORT AND I URGE YOU COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO MADAM CLERK, WE'LL HOLD THIS ON THE DESK. MR. NAZARIAN IS IN DISCUSSION WITH STAFF, SO WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE OTHER ITEMS. >> Clerk: OKAY, IF MR. PRICE WOULD LIKE TO RETURN, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS WHERE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED AND SUBMITTED AND PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN SATISFIED. WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO GO THROUGH THOSE ITEMS NOW, SIR? >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: OKAY, ITEM 32 IS AMENDMENT BY MS. PARK. SECOND BY MR. LEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE THE AMENDMENT ON ITEM 58 AND FOR 58, THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND MS. HERNANDEZ HAS COMMENTS ON 58. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. >> Clerk: MR. HERNANDEZ DO YOU STILL HAVE COMMENTS ON 58? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: YES, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME THREE MORE TIMES APOLOGIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, I RISE TODAY'S TO SPEAK ON ITEM 6, A MOTION I COINTRODUCED WITH COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND JURADO. LAST MONTH WAS THE LAST STRAW, WE WERE FORCE TODAY MAKE BRUTAL DECISIONS DUE A BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET DEFICIT, IT EXPOSED AND STRETCHED THIN AND CONSISTENTLY FAILS TO FUND THE THINGS THAT ANGELINOS ARE DEMANDING LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. TENS OF MILLIONS GO INTO THE VOULTS OF PRIVATE BANKS, NOT INTO FIXING SIDEWALKS OR TRASH PICKUP BUT TO LINE THE POCKETS OF WALL STREET INVESTORS AT THE EXPENSE OF HARD WORKING TAX PAYING ANGELINOS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST. A FINANCIALING SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO PROTECT JOBS AND CORE SERVICES WHILE INTEREST PAYMENT SXZ SETTLEMENT CHECKS GO OUT LIKE CLOCK WORK. THESE BANKS ARE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY FROM US. SO I'VE HAD ENOUGH AND MY COLLEAGUES ARE HAD ENOUGH AND OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE HAD ENOUGH. THIS MOTION ALLOCATES A TOTAL OF 45,000 FROM OUR COUNCIL FUNDS TO STUDY THE I MPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY TO LEVERAGE ITS OWN MONEY. WE'RE ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS INTO AN ACCOUNT THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY PAY FOR THE STUDY. SO LET'S PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MONTHS ARE AND FUND, LIKE WHAT WOULD IT COST TO START? WHAT COULD IT SAVE OVERTIME? AND WHAT WOULD THIS TOOL BE USED TO FUND IN THE FUTURE? THE ANSWER MIGHT BE YES, IF SO WHAT EXCUSE CAN WE HAVE TO DO BUSINESS AS USUAL. BECAUSE BUSINESS AS USUAL IS BLEEDING OUR CITY DRY. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND JURADO FOR PUT INING THE WORK AND TO COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR SENDING ME THIS MOTION AND THE COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PUSH THIS FORWARD SCIU21 AND INCLUSION I HAVE ACTION FOR THE CITY, ACE UNITED WAY AND MANY MORE. THANK YOU FOR REFUSING TO ACCEPT CRUMBS AND FOR PUSHING US. THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD WHO HAS AGREED TO PUT IN RESOURCES WELL WE TALKED ABOUT AT LEAST. SO THE QUESTION THE BANK OF L.A. IS A SILVER BULLET IT'S FINDING A SOLUTION TO THE FINANCIAL DRAIN AND CONTINUES TO MAKE PRIVATE BANKS RICH. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WANTED TO MAKE ONE CORRECTION, YOU STATED 45,000, WHERE I'M KICKING IN 15, THERE IS NOW 60,000. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MEMBERS FOR DOING IT AND THAT PUTS ENOUGH MONEY IN THE TILL TO DO IT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANYMORE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NUNL, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 108 AND THAT AMENDMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN SATISFIED ON 108. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 108, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE . >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT IS ITEM 113 THAT WAS AMENDED AND THE AMENDMENT HAS ALSO BEEN CIRCULATE ASKED IT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE 113 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE IT HAS ALSO BEEN AMENDED, THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Clerk: SORRY, 113, SORRY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK, SORRY. >> T. Park: THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, I HAD REAL CONCERNS AND SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM IN COMMITTEE. ANY ALLEGATIONS, OF UNTRUTHFULNESS AND INTIMIDATION SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND FULLY PROSECUTED. BUT THAT IS HAVING A REPORT THAT IS BROAD ENOUGH TO LOOK AT ALL ACTORS AND PROPONENTS, THOSE THAT COLLECTED SIGNATURES FOR THE REFERENDUM AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SOUGHT TO WITHDRAWAL THE VOTER SIGNATURES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ENGAGING IN MISLEADING TACTICS ARE NOT UNIQUE TO ONE GROUP OR ONE ORGANIZATION OR ONE CAUSE, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE. AND I KNOW THIS, BECAUSE I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN TARGETED BY THE VERY GROUP NOW COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS BEHAVIOR. I VOTED NO, ON THE TOURISM WAGE ORDINANCE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WAS THOUGHTFUL AND I DIDN'T THINK IT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE REALITIES AND I DIDN'T THINK THE TIME WAS RIGHT. AND I WAS WELL WITHIN MY RIGHTS TO VOTE THE WAY I DID JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU WERE FREE TO VOTE THE WAY YOU DID. YET IN THE LAST MOBSINGER I HEARD FROM DOZENS OF SENSER CITIZENS IN MY COUNCIL DISTRICT ABOUT A HARASSING AND MISLEADING COMMUNICATION THAT UNITE HERE AND THEIR COUNTER BALLOT MEASURES PUSHED OUT AND I'M GOING TO QUOTE IT TODAY JUST LIKE I DID IN COMMITTEE. QUOTE TRACI PARK VOTED AGAINST--CAN WE BE QUIET IN HERE PLEASE. IT'S REALLY HARD TO HEAR OVER THE TALKING. >> Council President: LET'S GIVE THE SPEAKER, ATTENTION. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, SERGEANT IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHO IS DISRUPTING THE MEETING AND I WILL ISSUE THEM THEIR FIRST WARNING. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: AND I QUOTE, TRACI PARK VOTED AGAINST SIGNATURE NOW BILLIONAIRE ARE COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE. DON'T SIGN THE PETITION, EMAIL TRACI PARK AND TELL HER TO STOP THIS MISLEADING EFFORT TO LOWER THE MINIMUM WAGE. THAT COMMUNICATION IS DIS DECEPTIVE, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO IT NOBODY CONSULTED ME ABOUT IT AND NOBODY ASKED MY OPINION AND THIS GROUP IS OUT THERE SUGGESTING TO PEOPLE THAT SOMEHOW I SHOULD STOP THIS, THE SAME DMOT --DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT THEY'RE USING. SO I TAKE SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THE DECEPTIVE AND MISLEADING AND DISHONEST TACTICS ON ALL SIDES! THAT'S WHY I HAVE TRIED TO INTRODUCE THIS AMENDMENT IN COMMITTEE OTHER I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BECAUSE ANY REPORT SHOULD LOOK AT THE SIGNATURES OF REFERENDUM AND THE SIGNATURES WHO ARE SOLICITING PEOPLE TO WITHDRAWAL THEIR SIGNATURES FROM REFERENDUM, I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, THANK YOU. SO, MY APOLOGIES BECAUSE I ATUALLY REGISTERED A NO, BUT WE'RE TAKING THE FIRST, CORRECT? >> Clerk: THERE--YES, THERE IS GOING TO BE THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST, AND THEN THE MATTER ITSELF DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF THE AMENDMENT. >> >> M. Rodriguez: RIGHT, THEN WE'LL TAKE THE OVERALL ITEM. I MISSED THE AMENDMENT, SO IF WE CAN CLEAR THE BOARD FOR A NEW VOTE. >> Council President: DO WE TAKE A VOTE ON ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM? >> Clerk: NO. A VOTE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER PARK WAS GIVING HER COMMENTS. >> Council President: I UNDERSTAND BUT I ACCIDENTALLY HIT MY NO-VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD, MS. PARK. I KNOW WE HAD A DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE. NO AMENDMENT WAS PRESENTED AT THAT MOMENT AND IF IT WAS, WRITTEN AS IT, I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED IT. I ALSO WANTED CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS. ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE SIGNED UP TO BE MISTREATED AND TARGETED BY THE PRESS AND PUBLIC. THAT IS PART OF OUR JOB. THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT ME THAT WERE MISLEADING AND I DID NOT BRING IT TO THIS CHAMBER. THE SECOND OF ALL, ARE ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ASSAULTED, LIED TO, MISTREAT ASKED THERE HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED RECORDED THROUGH TESTIMONY THROUGH VIDEO AND MANY OF OTHER THINGS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF, MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO THINGS. POLITICIAN WHZ WE RUN FOR OFFICE, WE SIGN UP FOR THAT. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. BUT THE PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE STREET, GETTING ASSAULTED BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, THEY DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THAT. SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR AMENDMENT BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THE CLEAR DISTINCTION, THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. I'M SUPPORTIVE AND I HOPE FOLKS SUPPORT IT AS WELL. I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ ON THE BOARD. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT ARE COMING OUT THE SIGNATURE GATHERING. BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE ENERGY PERHAPS IS MISPLACED. YOU KNOW THESE SIGNATURE GATHERS ARE WORKING FOR ENTITY, SOME OF THEM VERY RICH ENTITIES. SO IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY, I THINK YOU SHOULD BE WITH THOSE ENTITIES INSTEAD OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORK. I WAS LITERALLY AT A FARMERS MARKET SOMEBODY WAS COLLECTING SIGNATURES AGAINST THE WAGE INCREASE, THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. THEY WERE JUST GATHERING SIGNATURES. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO, PUT ALL OF THE WEIGHT OF REPERCUSSIONS ON THE SIGNATURE GATHERS, I THINK THE ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDS TO BE REDIRECTED TO THE FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY PAYING PEOPLE TO BE OUT THERE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, THANK YOU MS. HERNANDEZ ACTUALLY FOR BRINGING SOME KIND OF CALM AND YOU KNOW, THOUGHT TO THIS CONVERSATION. TO BE CLEAR, I DIDN'T SIGN UP TO BE ASSAULTED OR ABUSED, I SIGNED UP TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT MANY OF US DID, SO I WANT TODAY CLARIFY THAT RECORD. SO WHEN IT COMES TO BALLOT MEASURES AND EVERYTHING HAPPENING, OF ALL THE THINGS TO BE HONEST, ANYBODY WHO IS ASSAULTED, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOU DO, WHETHER IT'S BEING PURSUED BY A FEDERAL AGENT OR PURSUED BY A FALSE ACTOR OF A FEDERAL AGENT, THAT'S WHY I WANT LAPD'S TIME IN PURSUING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN ASSAULT, IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, AND I THINK THIS IDEA THAT IS TRYING TO ASSIGN BLAME TO ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER IS FUTILE OF WHAT WE NEED LAPD TO BE FOCUSED ON. BUT PERFORMATIVE POLITICS IS THE NAME OF THE GAME THESE DAYS. SO AGAIN, I SUPPORT MS. PARK'S AMENDMENT FOR THE SAKE OF BALANCE BUT TO BE HONEST, SUCH ALL A JOKE, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GROW THE HELL UP AND VOTERS NEED TO BE EDUCATED ON WHAT THEY'RE SIGNING NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN EXPLOITIVE TACTICS ALL THE WAY AROUND AND IT'S WRONG. BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S WHAT EVERY ONE FEELS COMFORTABLE TO DO THEMSELVES IN THIS JUNCTURE. AND IT'S SAD WHETHER IT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR LOCAL LEVEL, IT'S ALL WRONG. BUT WE NEED TO ADULTS IN THE ROOM TO SHOW UP AND WE NEED OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE INVOLVED IS BEING IN THE WORK OF PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES BASED ON THE AGRECIOUS ACTS THAT ARE HAPPENING FRANKLY AT ALL FRONTS. >> Council President: THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST ADD TO THIS, I WILL SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER PAK'S AMENDMENT. BUT, I WOULD SAY THIS ABOUT ALL OF IT, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY WHO CLAIMS TO CARE ABOUT THE CITY, NEXT ELECTION CYCLE YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON THE NATIONAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. WE DO NOT NEED TO BLOW NEW SOURCES FIGHTING AMONG OURSELVES, THAT IS MY EDITORIAL COMMENT ABOUT ALL OF IT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED? >> Clerk: I THINK IT IS BEST, MR. PRESIDENT, TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT ITSELF, AND THEN--. >> Council President: BUT THE MAKER OF THE MOTION IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: THEN THE ITEM CAN BE VOTED ON IN ONE VOTE. >> Council President: THE MAKER OF THE AMENDMENT SUPPORTED THE AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I WAS TOLD IF THERE IS AN OBJECTION ON THE FLOOR, IT CAN'T. >> Council President: IS THERE AN OBJECTION ON THE FLOOR? BESIDES MR. SPINDLER? >> Clerk: OKAY, THEN IT APPEARS NOT SO, SO THIS ITEM CAN BE VOTED AND RECAP AGAIN, 113 AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, TWO NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ONE LAST VOTE CAN BE TAKEN FOR AMENDMENT BUT MR. PRICE WAS RECUSED AND THAT WOULD BE ITEM 81, MR. PRICE, YOU REQUESTED RECUSAL ON 81, THE AMENDMENT FOR THIS HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO MR. PRICE IS LEAVING THE ROOM, AGAIN AND HIS NAME IS COMING OFF THE BOARD. SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: NOW COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON THE FINDINGS FOR SPECIAL 1-A CORRECT? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OEPT ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND. >> Clerk: NOW COUNCIL MAY GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAD THE EARLIER ITEM THAT COUNCIL 2 HAD QUESTIONS ON, ARE YOU READY TO PROCEED WITH THAT ITEM, MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THIS WAS NUMBER 2, AND I JUST LEFT A MEETING, MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. >> Clerk: WAIT A MOMENT, MR. PRICE IS RECUSED, HE HAS TO LEAVE THE ROOM AGAIN. >> Council President: OKAY, HE'LL REMAIN OUT OF THE ROOM, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WLAZ NEXT? >> Clerk: NOW, COUNCIL CAN GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: I'VE GOT MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ, YOU'RE ON THE BOARD FOR SOMETHING? NO? OKAY, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN SEND US THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLOSED SESSION. SORRY, SORRY, CONFUSED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WE WILL TAKE FOR ONE HOUR THAT WUTS US AT 1:28, THAT WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MEETING. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM U TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE PRESIDENT. IF YOU DO NOT GET ON TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 11, 116 TO 122, 124 TO 151. AGAIN 1 THROUGH 11, 116 TO 122, 124 TO 151. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH WILL BE HELD, WHICH YOU CAN GIVE AT THE END OF THE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN CALLING NAMES. KELS', DONALD HARELEN AND ALFRED GONZALEZ. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO TODAY? >> Speaker: YES, GOOD AFERNOON, ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AS WELL AS THE SPECIAL ITEM, DON'T FORGET THE SPECIAL. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: ACTUALLY BEFORE I TALK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECY, IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT YOU HAVE SNITCHES ON THE STAFF SO DON'T BLAME ME, BLAME YOUR STAFF. WE HAVE AN ITEM ON PARKING METERS. INCREASING THE RATES OF PARKING METERS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RATES OF PARKING METERS AND WHERE PARKING METERS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED. ON ENRON HUBBARD WAY, THERE IS NO PARKING METERS AND IT'S ILLEGAL FOR THE CULT OF SCIENTOLOGY, TO DO THAT AND THE CITY IS LOSING MONEY ON THIS. THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THE CITY IS LOSING MILLIONS WHERE THE BLUE SCIENTOLOGY BUILDING IS. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HERE WHO USE TIK TOK NO A LOT OF SCIENTOLOGY AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN WILLIAM BUT THIS IS LEGITIMATE MOTION THAT THE CITY IS DELIBERATELY CHOOSING NOT TO INSTALL PARK ING METERS OVER THERE SO THEY GET SHADY MONEY UNDER THE TABLE AS CUTS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PROSECUTOR PEOPLE THAT DARE CRITICIZE SCIENTOLOGY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO YET ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM AND IT'S ACTUALLY RELATING TO THE BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS FOR HAVING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN CLOSE SESSION. IN CLOSE SESSION THE ONLY PEOPLE ALLOWED ARE THE STAFFERS THEMSELVES AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY DEPUTIES. WHY IS IT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE PRESENT IN YOUR CLOSE SESSIONS? WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK I GET SNITCHES. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN CLOSED SESSION, IT'S ONLY SUPPOSE TO BE THE STAFFERS, COUNCILMEMBER AND DEPUTIES OVER AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THIS IS WHY THIS ENTIRE BODY HAS SO MANY ISSUES OF SNITCHES AND YOU HAVE YOURSELVES TO BLAME FOR IT. BUT I'M GLAD. BUT AT LEAST YOU DON'T GET ANY CUT OF THE MONEY THAT THEY SELL OVER TO KTLA, PROBABLY UNITED L.A. AND EVEN BIKE GIE, HAS TO GET IN THE CUT TOO. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER INTERESTING TOPIC, AS TO A SPECIAL ITEM THAT I KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ME TIME. THE REASON THEY HAD CLOSED SESSION, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO RETAIN THE FIRM BECAUSE THE CITY IS UNDER VARIOUS CRIMINAL CHARGES BY THE DOJ BY HAVING THEIR LITTLE NEST EGGS OF THEIR VARIOUS NONPROFITS, THAT ONCE THEY LEAVE BEING A COUNCILMEMBER THEY HAVE THAT CUSHION TO FLY BACK OB. --BACK ON. THEY STILL GET THEIR CUT OF THE MONEY. IT'S FINE THAT AT LEAST 70 --7 TO 8 PEOPLE ARE DYING. BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS ARE NOT HELPING PEOPLE AT ALL. IT'S FINE BECAUSE THEY GET THEIR CUT. AND IT'S FINE THAT WE KEEP IGNORING THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE. MOVING ON TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT. WE CAN ROOF ON ANYTHING WE WANT RIGHT. AND I'M HERE TO RIF ON THE FACT THAT FIRST OF ALL, HUGO FINALLY ANSWERED A QUESTION YESTERDAY, IN FRONT OF WILLIAM GOO, THE FIRST TIME THAT HUGO LOOKED AT A REPORTER IN THE EYE, HUGO RAN IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WOULD RATHER OFFED HIMSELF THAN ANSWER A SIMPLE QUESTION, THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON THAT HUGO IS, THAT'S WHAT HE THINKS LEADERSHIP CONSTITUTES. THIS IS AN ENTIRE CLOWN SHOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOU BELIEVE THIS THIS CRAP. YOU HAVE INDICTED CURREN PRICE, YOU HAVE HUIZAR THAT WENT DOWN ON FRAUD, AT LEAST TWO OTHERS THAT ARE GOING TO COME DOWN ON FELLY CHARGES. --FELONY CHARGES. AND PADILLA, WHAT SAID TO THE POLICE, CAN YOU GIVE ME HEADS UP WHEN ALL--AND MEDICATE THE COMMENT ON SPECIAL AGENDA ITEM. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NUMBER 80. >> City Attorney: NUMBER 80 IS IT NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT IN PUBLIC COMMENT. SO YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M KELSEY AND I'M A TENANT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 SPEAKING ON 80. PLEASE VOTE YES TO END RENT EVICTIONS FNLT THE RESENT WILDFIRES WERE SEND IN A LIMITED HOUSING MARKET, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED DUE TO RENOVATION WORK. RENOVATION IS A PROBLEM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO PUT AN END TO. CITY COUNCIL MUST ADOPT A ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE IN THEIR HOMES. I HAVE LIVED IN LOS ANGELES FOR 13 YEARS AND I LOVE MY COMMUNITY. THERE IS NO REASON THAT ME OR MY NEIGHBORS SHOULD LOSE OUR HOME TO RENOVATION WORK. THIS WILL DRIVE UP RENT AND ONLY WORSEN THE HOUSING CRISIS. PLEASE VOTE TO STOP LANDLORDS FROM EXPLOITING THIS LOOPHOLE, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: PLEASE START THE TIME. >> Speaker: PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF THE "N" WORD AND THE "C" WORD EP ITET. MR. DOBSON, THE DOJ AND THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU WERE SUPPRESSING THE C WORD SPELLED C AND U AND AN N LIKE YOU AND A T FOR TERRIFIC FOR TRUMP. THE REASON BEHIND THIS NON VULGAR VIEW POINT AS YOU SEE, WE GOT A YELLOW WHITE CAP HERE, LIKE ME A WHITE NIGGER TOO, TALKING ABOUT SPEAKER TIME TO SPEAK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. WELL, I'M LITERALLY PRACTICING THIS BECAUSE IT'S A PATTERN AND PRACTICE OF GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSING YOUR FREE SPEECH AS WHITE NIGGERS TOO AND YOUR FREE SPEECH OF WHITE NIGGERS TOO LIKE ME. >> City Attorney: YOU SHOULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. >> Speaker: OH I DON'T GET TO FINISH THE "N" WORD. ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. NOW REGARDING WHAT DAVID O CARTER SAID, JUST THE OTHER DAY REGARDING SHELTERS, FREE RENT, RENTABLE LIVING AND ASSHOLE TAXPAYERS LIKE YOU THAT PAY TAXES TO THESE STUPID ASSHOLES, DUMB ASS TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT, RAMAN NOODLE, NOODLE NOODLE, FOR THE RECORD, I'M ON ITEM 25, FOR THE RECORD, FUCK YOU. THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN DRIVE INTO MULHOLLAND IS THIS, DONALD TRUMP HATES YOU, YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HELL. THEN I GO INTO 138 WHERE THAT DICK HEAD HERNANDEZ AND JURADO ARE TALKING ABOUT CITY NEIGHBORHOODS EMERGENCY INCREASE WHILE SMOKING SCAN AND I ALREADY KNOW THE PROBLEM. WE'RE BEING SMOKED AND SCAMMED BY 90,000 IN DISTRICT 1 WHILE WE SHOULD BE VOTING FOR MR. SPINDLER AND NOT THE INTERRUPTION BY THE GUCCI BAG LADY IMELDA AND THAT OTHER BITCH WHO SENT HER STAFF TO TRY TO KILL A POLICE OFFICER, MS. JURADO THERE. NOW LET ME GO TO MY OTHER WORDS, BECAUSE I'M A WHITE NIGGER TOO, FOR THE RECORD, I'M HEARTBROKEN THAT YOU BOB BLUMENFIELD AND YOU, IS YOUR NAME PADILLA, WHERE IS YOUR LITTLE CHANGO, THE GUCCI BAG, TOO BAD YOU DIDN'T BRING HIM IN TODAY. NOW TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT, 40 USC, THE BANE ACT 142, FUCK LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE NAME OF DONALD TRUMP WHO SAVED THE FUCKEN LAPD FROM ALL THE RIOTS. IN THE NAME OF BONDY, WHO WILL SOON SUE THE GOVERNMENT OF LOS ANGELES FOR YOUR FUCKED SANCTUARY CITIES, STEALING TAXPAYERS MONEY AND ONLY ONE WHITE NIGGER LIKE ME AS THE RNC ON THEIR SIDE. SO IF YOU WANT TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC, THINK OF YOUR RENT SITUATION, THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE LIVING IN THIS FUCKED UP CITY OF LOS ANGELES WITH ALL THOSE BOARDED WINDOWS, WITH ALL THAT ILLEGAL SHIT GOING ON, BECAUSE ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL! AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS, SMOKING SCAN, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE ATTORNEY WEARS A MASK, WHAT A FUCKEN CUNT, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, DANIEL, AND SONIA DESMELL. >> Speaker: HOLD ON. ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL COMMENTS. SO NUMBER ONE 140, IT'S THE END OF RAP MUSIC, EVERYBODY. TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BAN WITH THE WORSE WORDS IN THE ENGLISH WORDS, STARTS WITH AN N AND ENDS WITH AN R, THANK GOODNESS THIS WAS MY PLAN. I SIT IN MY HOME IN JEWISH ISRAEL, ENCINO AND OUT OF THE WINDOWS, COME RAP ANTI-SEMITIC REMARKS, USING THE "N" WORD AND "F" WORD DISTURBING MY COMMUNITY AND TARGETING ME AS A WHITE MAN. SO TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BAN THE USE OF "N" WORD RAP MUSIC IN THE CITY AND IF ANYBODY BARES IT OUT, WILL BE ARRESTED ONSITE. LET'S GIVE UNISSES A HAND FOR HER MOTION. BECAUSE, IF A WHITE MAN CAN'T SAY A WORD THAT STARTS WITH AN N, A BLACK MAN CAN'T EITHER. AND THEN WE GET INTO THE OTHER AGENDAS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LIQUOR LICENSES TODAY, THE ONE IN TRACI PARK DISTRICT AND THE OTHER OVER THERE IN MONCOW DISTRICT, AND A MONICA AND LITTLE MS. PARK OVER THERE ARE MORE INTERESTED IN SELLING ALCOHOL AND HAVING MEN GET DRUNK AND BEAT THEIR WIVES AND KIDS INSTEAD OF PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY. IF YOU GO TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU TWO LUNATIC HOs, WHY DON'T YOU BAN LIQUOR LICENSE IN THE CITY FOR ONE STRAIGHT YEAR. WE ARE OVER SATURATED WITH ALCOHOL, EVERYWHERE I GO, BOB! THERE IS ALCOHOL. WHEN WHICH PICKUP A PROSTITUTE ON 77th AND FIGURE, THERE IS ALCOHOL. WHEN I GO HOME, THERE IS ALCOHOL. ALCOHOL EVERYWHERE! FUCK ALCOHOL! AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FISCAL EMERGENCY. WE ARE IN A CRISIS, WE ARE MISSING TWO BILLION DOLLARS OF STOLEN HOMELESS FUNDS BUT I HAVE GOOD NEWS, MARQUEECY KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY IS AND THE STAR WITNESS EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE MATT SZABO TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND SEND THEM TO PRISON, LET'S GIVE MATT SZABO A HAND. NOW YOU SEE, THE FOURTH FLOOR EVERYBODY, THEY GOT IT ON LOCK DOWN. YOU CANNOT GO TO THE COUNCIL OFFICES ANYMORE, ESPECIALLY IMELDA PADILLA WHO LOCKED DOWN HER COUNCIL OFFICE BECAUSE SHE IS AFRAID OF WHAT? THE FBI. AND WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE FBI, BECAUSE I'M A CRIMINAL ALLEGEDLY. THAT'S RIGHT, SO I SAY GO GET HIM FBI, GO GET THEM. AND NOW FOR A GENERAL COMMENT. IS MARQUEECY KNOWS WHEN I WAS LEAVING HIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS FRIDAY, IMELDA WAVED A FINGER AT ME AND SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MY DECEASED MOTHER IN SPANISH. NOW YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HERE, THAT MY MOTHER WAS A GOD DAMN HO, SHE FUCKED EVERY BLACK MAN. >> Council President: THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE PER VIEW OF LOS ANGELES. ATTACH YOUR NAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL >> Speaker: WOULD YOU LET ME TALK? WOULD YOU LET ME TALK? IF YOU'RE GOING TAKE AND ATTACK SOMEBODY'S FAMILY, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO RETARD. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE BODY. OTHERWISE YOU FORFEIT YOUR TIME. >> Speaker: AS SIMPLY PUT AS WE SEE IN THE SICILIANS, YOU DUMB BITCH FIX MY STREET LIGHTS OVER IN VAN NUYS. >> Speaker: YOU ALREADY KNOW WHO I AM, HELLO MR. PRESIDENT, I TELL YOU I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH HERNANDEZ AND ALSO HUGO FOR DOING THE THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR MIGRANTS. PEOPLE LIKE THAT IS NONSENSE. THIS LAND IS NOT THEIRS. THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE, IS BUILT BY SLAVES AND ALSO PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, EVEN THE WALLS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT NONSENSE, I HEARD SO MANY NONSENSE THAT MAN THAT JUST FINISHED TALKING AND THE OTHER IDIOT. THIS IS NOT A CIRCUIT, WE ARE PEOPLE, WE LOVE EACH:00 THIS IS GOD'S LAND. THIS IS NOT A WHITE LAND, THIS IS JESUS LAND. HE MADE IT FOR THE PEOPLE. SIR, I HOPE YOU MAKE A LAW AGAINST PEOPLE LIKE THAT. BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE THAT NEED A LAW WHEN THEY'RE INSULTING PEOPLE AND TALKING LIKE THAT ABOUT PEOPLE SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT RIGHT. IF THEY HAVE A LAW FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY SHOULD HAVE A LAW FOR DISCRIMINATION, IT SHOULD NOT SAY THAT AGAINST PEOPLE LIKE MS. HERNANDEZ AND HUGO. YOU TOO, IDIOT. ESPECIALLY YOU BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS ON 154 PAGE LONG AGENDA. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL COMMENT. >> Speaker: 116,--. >> Council President: HOLD ON. >> E. Hernandez: IT'S TOO LOUD, I CANNOT HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ASK THE PUBLIC TO QUIET DOWN. ALSO THOSE OF US AROUND THE HORSESHOE, IF WE CAN BE MINDFUL OF OUR VOLUME, OF OUR CONVERSATIONS. I'LL CALL ON YOU WHEN IT'S TIME TO COME BACK. SO EVERY ONE AROUND THE HORSESHOE, IF YOU CAN BE MINDFUL. THE ACOUSTIC IN THIS ROOM MAKES YOUR VOICES CARRY, SO I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO BE MINDFUL. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: SO WE KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS RUSHING THIS AGENDA SO HE CAN GO ON AGENDA, HIS JOB IS VERY HARD. WE'RE GLAD THAT IT'S A LONGER JUN. WE'RE GLAD NA A LOT OF YOU FEEL REALLY PROUD. AND WHILE YOU WERE DOING, PUTTING ON HEIGHTS AND HANGING ON LIGHTS, THE CITY WAS BEING RAID. FOLKS THAT CONTINUE TO BUILD THE CITY UNLIKE THE REST YOU WERE BEING RAID. I'M GLAD THAT ALL OF YOU FELT REALLY REALLY PROUD DURING JUNE. YOU CAN SETFORTH A RENT EVICTION PROTECTION, YOU CAN SET FORTH PROVIDING A SAFETY NET FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS AND EQUITY TRANSGENDER AND INTER SEX COMMUNITIES. YET THE CAO WAS REALLY QUICK TO COMMISSION A REPORT ON NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO PAY THE POLICE OVERTIME FOR BEATING ON PROTESTERS, NOT KNOWING HOW THEY'RE DOING, MAKING UP RULES LIKE THEY'RE DOING IN THIS MEETING. NOT MAURICE, NOT YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF NOT YOU. SO YOU CANNOT HIDE UNDER LAPD OR HOW TO RUN THESE MEETINGS. ITEM NUMBER, 122, AGAIN, MORE FUNDING FOR THE LAPD, MORE TRANSFERIAL FUNDS. SO AGAIN YOU CAN CONTINUE TO RUN THE CITY BROKE, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAY OUT TIME AND AGAIN, ALL THROUGH THE ABUSE AND EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE BY THE LAPD. ITEM NUMBER 134, AGAIN, INSTEAD OF FUNDING PUTEDING MORE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE LIGHTS, WE ASK THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL SETFORTH AN INITIATIVE A MOTION LIKE THE STATED, LIKE THE COUNTY DID THAT IS TRULY INVESTED IN THE LIVES OF OUR PEOPLE AND NOT JUST CONTINUE TO CRIMINALIZE US AND CREATE A FORCE THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO LEAD THE CITY TO BE BROKE. ITEM NUMBER, LASTLY ITEM NUMBER 144, AGAIN, WE NEED A REPORT BACK FROM THE LAPD. WE DONOUGH THAT THE LAPD IS WORK WITHING ICE. ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW THAT, THAT'S WHY OFFICER TRACI IS AFRAID. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE AFRAID, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY WALKING AROUND A LAPD. I'M SURE THE PROTESTERS ARE GOING TO GET TO YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MOVE FORWARD. YOU HAVE ONE MORE DAY, AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THE CHAOS, THE CIRCUS, NOT EVEN TRACI CAN BRING THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MAKE VENICE WHITE. LOOK AT THE JOKE YOU CREATE, AND THIS IS BEING LEFT WITH JOKE OF A COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO GET INDICTED LIKE ALL OF YOUR PREDECESSOR, DO I GET ANOTHER MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. GREAT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU TO THE OFFICES OF THIS BODY THAT RIN VESTED IN WORK WITHING US, MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO LEAD, POLICY, PROCEDURES THAT IS NOT JUST TRAINING FOR THE LAPD SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MUTTER PEOPLE LIKE LINDA BECERRA AND ANY TRANS PERSON, ANY HOMELESS PERSON THAT THEY CONTINUE TO SEE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITHING EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL OFFICE, IDEALY 9 OR 106 YOU. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I KNOW MONICA IS OUTDOING SOME THING, BUT HOW MANY PADILLA, [SPEAKING SPANISH] DO YOUR JOB, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR STAFFERS LISTENING AND NOT JUST CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE PUBLIC. JUST BECAUSE MARQUEECE LEADS BY EXAMPLE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: AGENDA ITEM 80. >> City Attorne: YOU CAN GET ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 80. >> Speaker: HI MY NAME IS DANNY, I WAS BORN AT CEDAR-SINAI AND MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN CEDAR-SINAI, WE'RE A FAMILY OF RENTERS. WHEN THEY ASK ME ABOUT MY WORK, I COULD USE JARGON LIKE DECARBONIZATION, BUT INSTEAD I EXPLAIN THAT I'M WORK TO GO GET RENTERS GOOD AIR CONDITIONING TO WITHSTAND THIS HEAT WAVE. THE BIGGEST RESPONSE I GET, IS WON'T THOSE UPGRADES INCREASE MY RENT OR PUT ME AT-RISK OF EVICTION? TENANTS SHOULD SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HOUSING STABILITY. THIS IS A FALSE CHOICE, COUNCILMEMBERS YOU HAVE THE POWER TO ACHIEVE A MAJOR WIN ACROSS BOTH HOUSING AND CLIMATE. PLEASE VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE PERMANENT ORDINANCE TO END RENT EVICTIONS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1. >> Speaker: LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER 11. ITEM NUMBER 1. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 140. SEEMS LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO BAN SOME WORDS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT SMOKING SCAN. NOW I WANT TO ASK COUNCIL PRESIDENT SMOKING SCAN, AM I ALLOWED TO USE THE WORD SMOKING SCAM? AM I ALOUD TO USE THE WORD DANA, BIG AMY, I'M NOT ALOUD TO USE THE WORD AUDIT L.A. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TRYING TO BAN ONE WORD AND NEXT YEAR, TWO WORDS AND EVENTUALLY EVERY SINGLE ENGLISH WORD RIGHT THERE. IT SEEMS LIKE OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS DOING A GOOD JOB IN VIOLATING OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. I'M HERE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY ONE OF YOUR FAMILIES ARE INFORMED THAT, WE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO USE SOME WORDS. CONTINUE THAT I HEARD A LOT OF BLACKS ARE USING THE WORD EVERY SINGLE DAY ON THE TRAIN, ON THE BUS, ON THE HALLWAY, ON THE STREET JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK SO THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE. JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK THEY HAVE A SPECIAL RIGHT. SO JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK SO THEY HAVE A SPECIAL RIGHTS OVER ANY OTHER CAUCASIAN, SO BECAUSE I'M CAUCASIAN, THAT MEANS I DON'T HAVE A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE. SO I THOUGHT, THAT WE ARE NO LONGER IN THE SEGREGATION, I THOUGHT WHITE SLAVERY IS NO LONGER ALLOWED. I THOUGHT WHITE SLAVELY IS NO LONGER PERMITTED BUT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE BLACK, YOU'LL BE AFFORDED THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE WHITE, YOU ARE NOT AFFORDED THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY ATTORNEY, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THANK YOU SMOKING SCAM, I WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY USE THE LAPD TO ARREST ME. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. NICHOLAS, SAUK, JAN, ELIZA AND STACY CIGAR BOWLINGER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND I'M NICHOLAS SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 97. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN HELD ON THAT ITEM ALREADY. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MANY CITIES ARE BANNING SHORT-TERM RENTALS. SHORT-TERM RENTALS DO NOT DISPLAY THE ADDRESS, MAKE ITING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL IF A UNITY IS LICENSED. SB343 WILL PROVIDE PHYSICAL ADDRESSES OF EACH SHORT-TERM RENTAL, ENHANCING AND ENSURING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TOT IS COLLECTEDED. WITH MAJOR EVENTS HAPPENING HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL JUST SAY ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, 116 AND 117 ARE EXTENSIONS TO EMERGENCY ORDERS, ONE TO THE FIRES AND ONE, TO THINGS LIKE VANDALISM AND LOOTING, BUT I THINK THE REAL EMERGENCY IS THE WAY THAT LAPD ARE TREATING DEMONSTRATORS AND WE'VE ALREADY PAID OUT CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS IN LIABILITY. AND ALL OF THIS BULL FIT TORE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND FOR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACCOUNTS. AS A QUEER PERSON, OBVIOUSLY I SUPPORT THE LGBT AND ADVOCATE I SUPPORT DISABILITY. BUT WHAT IS A BULL SHIT, YOU THROW $400 AT LIGHTS BUT YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY TANGIBLE STEPS TO IMPROVE THE LIFES OF THOSE PEOPLE. MEMBERS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO BECOME HOMELESS, AT LEAST 31 PERCENT OF UNHOUSED POPULATION HAVE SOME SORT OF DISABILITY. SO INSTEAD OF SPENDING 438,000 ON SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT MEAN A LOT, MAYBE PUT THAT TOWARDS WHAT HELPS THE POPULATIONS. AND FUND THE LAPD FURTHER, THE LAPD GOT OVER 40 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET IN THE MOST RESENT FISCAL YEAR FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WE JUST STARTED. ALSO, WAS NEGOTIATED TO HIGHER THE POSITIONS THAT ORIGINALLY VOTED TO REMOVE IN THE INITIAL BUDGET, SO IT'S BULL SHIT THAT YOU CAN'T JUST LET THE DEPARTMENT TO WORK OUT THOSE THINGS THEMSELVES. ITEM 140, C IS FOR COUNCIL AND THEIR CORRUPTION U IS FOR UNDERMINING, THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE BROWN ACT WHILE OUR CITY IS DECLINING. AND N IS NOW, NOT IS A GOOD TIME TO ATTACK FREEDOM OF SPEECH, T IS FOR TRAGEDY, THE PEOPLE ARE ENDURING IN YOUR FAILURE TO LEAD. ANYBODY CATCH WHAT THAT SPELLED OUT, I THINK IT'S BULL SHIT THAT YOU'RE PRIORITIZING THINGS, BECAUSE YOU'RE EARS ARE OFFENDED, YOU'RE SO WEAK THAT YOU HAVE TO CURVE FREEDOM FOR EVERY ONE. IT'S BULL SHIT THAT COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN HAS SECONDED, INCLUDING THE LIABILITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENTS IN THE PAST TO GO AGAINST HER CONSTITUENTS. BUT IN THIS CASE, MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, SAYS HE CANNOT WAIT TO GET IN FRONT OF A JUDGE, WHICH MEANS HE'S ANTICIPATING LAW ENFORCEMENTS. THIS IS NOT FREE SPEECH. COUNCIL YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO TO RECESS BUT FIRST YOU'VE GOT TO DO, 150 FOR IDEAS FOR US--ITEMS FOR US TO ASSESS. NITHYA RAMAN ONCE SAID SHE WANTS ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THEIR GOVERNMENT. IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU CHALLENGE MARQUEECE TO REINSTATE REMOTE COMMENT. VICE CHAIR OF THE RULES COMMITTEE, YOU'VE GOT THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING. AND I, KNOW THAT YOU'RE FULL OF LIES, BUT IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO KEEP YOUR PROMISES. BRING BACK REMOTE COMMENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE, YOU SHOULD GO WAY PAST AN HOUR FOR COMMENT AND IF ANY OF YOU DON'T STAND UP FOR YOUR PEOPLE AND ASK YOUR PRESIDENT TO EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, YOU'RE A LITTLE BITCH. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO EVERYTHING AND PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE START WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: I CONSTITUTELY STAND HERE AND FOR THE RECORD, I DETEST THE "N" WORD, I HATE HEARING IT, EVEN WHEN I LISTEN TO RAP MUSIC, I LIKE RAP MUSIC, I WILL NOT SAY IT OR SING IT AND I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR IT FROM THE RAPERS. I WISH THE WORD WOULD GO AWAY COMPLETELY THAT'S MY THOUGHT. BUT YOU'RE PICKING WHICH WORDS TO BAN. WHAT ABOUT SLUR WORDS ON LATINO OR LGBT, OR, OKAY YOU COVER ONE WITH THE C WORD BUT YOU'RE PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH WORDS PEOPLE CAN AND CANNOT SPEAK. AND I THINK THAT'S A DISINGENUOUS, THERE IS A THING CALLED FREE SPEECH AND EVEN UNPOPULAR SPEECH OR PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T LIKE, WHICH WE DETEST, I LET EVERYBODY KNOW I DETEST. WHAT I DETEST MORE IS FOYER TO SIT THERE AND VOTE ON WHAT WE CAN SAY OR NOT SAY. OKAY. I DON'T LIKE IT, IT'S CALLED THE FIRST AMENDMENT FOR A REASON, YOU CAN LAUGH SIR, THAT'S OKAY. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. >> Speaker: I AGREE WITH YOU, I DON'T WANT TO SEE ICE IN SCHOOLS. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT, AS A MOM, I WOULD BE TERRIFIED THINKING THAT, THEY CAN COME TO THE SCHOOLS, THAT TERRIFIES ME. BUT ONE THING I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, ICE IS COMING IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHATEVER, BUT THERE IS A BIG BLUE BUILDING THAT I'VE BEEN WARNING YOU GUYS ABOUT. THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT THEY TRAFFIC HERE, SCIENTOLOGY, THEY TOLD THEIR CREDENTIALS AND VISAS SO THEY CANNOT LEAVE. MAYBE SOMEBODY IN THERE WOULD LIKE TO BE RESCUED. YOU'RE JUST PICKING AND CHOOSING, YOU DON'T WANT TO HELP ANYBODY THAT MAY WANT HELP. SO NO, I DON'T WANT THEM DOING, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE HERE, LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TERRORIZE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT ABOUT IF THERE IS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED AND THEY HAVE THEIR CREDENTIALS, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO WAS IN THAT SITUATION, AND COULD NOT LEAVE BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHECK THEM. NEXT ONE, BOUNTY HUNTERS, NOT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES. I THINK THAT'S CRAP TOO. I THINK EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. EVERY PUBLIC OFFICIAL SHOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. I HAD A COP ONCE WHO WOULDN'T IDENTIFY THEMSELVES HOW DO YOU FILE A COMPLAINT? PEOPLE NEED TO IDENTIFY EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE IDENTIFIED AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S JUST A FACT. BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARKING, ALL RIGHT, I SAY NO DON'T INCREASE IT UNTIL YOU PUT PARK ING METERS ON RON L HUBBARD WAY, WHY DO THEY GET SPECIAL FAVOR. PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAM, I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR A LONG TIME, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DIVA BEAUCES OF SCIENTOLOGY AND MR. HUGO SAYS, OH WE'RE HERE TO TAKE THE ABUSES OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S WHAT WE GET PAID TO DO. WE'RE HIRED, NO YOU WERE NOT HIRED TO TAKE THE ABUSE. YOU'RE HIRED TO WORK FOR US. YOU'RE ALL HIRED TO LISTEN. YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE LISTEN, YOU DON'T. EXCEPT FOR MR. McOSKER, WELL HE'S NOT LISTENING NOW, BIG FAILURE MR. McOSKER. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HIRED TO DO, TO DO YOUR JOBS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN FAILING MISSABLY ON SO MANY LEVELS. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF HATE IN RETURN, I GET IT. I COME HERE A LOT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS SLAVE LABOR, OKAY, PEOPLE ARE MAKING SLAIB LABOR IN AMERICA AND YOU DON'T CARE. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP SHRIMP, E HE WILLINVESTIGATORS, AND HE ESMERALDA AND JOVIN HOUSTON. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M JAN, I WAS ALSO CALLED BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT IT THANK THE PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS AND MY PARTICULAR COUNCILMEMBER FOR HAVING THE PATIENCE FORTITUDE AND STAMINA TO ACTUALLY SURVIVE THIS ON AS DAILY BASIS, AS A BUSINESS OWNER. AS SAID, I'M JAN AND I'M SPEAKING ON NUMBER 8 AGENDA ITEM FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE BID TO A PROPERTY FROM MERCHANT BASE ONE. I ALSO AM REPRESENTING A LOT OF THE LITTLE TOKYO SENIORS, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED AS YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING HA HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR PERSONAL SAFETY AND AND HAVING A BID CONVERSION WILL HELP US FOR LITTLE TOKYO AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL SAY NOW BECAUSE MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT. I HAVE MADE THESE COMMENT NZ PUBLIC FORM BEFORE BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND PATIENCE AND FORTITUDE AND SUPPORT AND I HOPE YOU VOTE TO APPROVE THIS AND ADOPT THIS FOR THE BIG CONVERSION FOR LITTLE TOKYO TO PROPERTY BASE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 113 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. START WITH THE ITEM. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M JOVAN AFTER FIGHTING TWO YEARS TO IMPROVE MY HEALTHCARE AND WAS TAKEN BY ME BY A GRIED' CORPORATIONS, TODAY WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTHCARE. AND THE LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE BUT NOW IT'S DELAYED. THESE SIGNATURE GATHERING INTIMIDATED AND LIED TO LOS ANGELES. WE DEMAND AND URGE THE CITY CLERK TO INVALIDATE THE PETITION AND OVERTURN THE OLYMPIC WAGE. WE NEED THIS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGHT AS HARD AS WE DO TO GET A DECENT WAGE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. WE ARE THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES. WE MAKE AIRPORTS RUN. WE MAKE HOTELS RUN. WE ARE THE WORKERS. PLEASE. STOP THE DELAYS, STOP THE SHENANIGANS. WE NEED THIS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT LONGER, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGHT PHYSICALLY FOR THIS. YOU CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, PLEASE DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE WORKERS AND THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, BECAUSE WE MAKE THE CITY RUN. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP STEPH, JAKE, ALLEN BYRON AND SAGE MARCOS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ALL THE ITEMS BUT YOU PUT THEM IN THE AGENDA, THAT'S REALLY CUTE. IT'S A SHAME THAT YOU ACT LIKE ADULTS, WHEN YOU CANNOT EVEN BE IN YOUR SEATS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S A SHAME. WE HAVE ALL OF THESE SETTLEMENT ALL OVER, AND IT REALLY MAKES YOU WONDER HOW YOU CAN CRAM MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLS AND MILLS AND MILLIONS AND ANY OTHER WAY YOU CAN SAY IT, AMONG DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ITEMS FOR THE LAST DAY OF COUNCIL BUSINESS, IT'S LIKE THE SEASON FINALE OF CITY COUNCIL. THEY WILL COME BACK FROM RECESS, SOME GO SOUTH OF THE BORDER, AND NORTH OF THE BORDER, THERE IS A LOT OF CANADIANS IN L.A., BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE. THEY WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND THEN THEY'LL CALL UP AND SAY, OH I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE PROBLEMS. THESE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF SETTLEMENT, PER ITEM IS CLEARLY Y EVIDENCE OF THIS. THE SYSTEM LOVES IT EVEN MORE. THAT'S WHY THERE IS A NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF COURT CASES TO GO THROUGH. THERE IS A BACKLOG, THE SIZE OF MAYBE TWO OF THESE AGENDAS OF CASES, BECAUSE THIS AGENDA, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN SEE THIS ON THE CAM RA, IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FUCKEN TEXTBOOK AND IT'S JUST PAPER, IT'S NOT EVEN A COVER ON THIS. BUT THEY DID PRINT IT IN COLOR WHICH WAS NICE. . I BELIEVE THERE IS A ITEM ABOUT, SENSORSHIP, THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT LIKE NAUGHTY WORDS. IT'S DISGUSTING LIKE THEY CAN TELL US WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT SAY. THIS IS WHAT GOVERNMENT, WHAT ANYBODY REALLY DOES,000. WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE SCREAMING ABOUT SOMETHING, THEY CALL IT VIOLENCE, I SAY ABOVE, I FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT BUT YOU'RE NOT LISTENING ANYWAY, SO WHO CARES. BUT THE C WORD AND "N" WORD, YOU KNOW WHAT IS CUNT, WHAT YOU GET PAID AND YOU GO UP THERE AND, AND YOU DO THE MOST CRAZIEST THINGS, WE HAD TRACI PARK COMPLAINING ABOUT PEOPLE CRITICIZING HER. THAT'S THE MOST UNHINGED SHIT I HAVE EVER SEEN. WE'RE ALLOWED TO CALL YOU ALL CUNT, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE. YOU TAKE OUR MONEY AND MAKE IT DISAPPEAR AND TELL TO US SH*UT THE FUCK UP AND DEAL WITH IT. IN THE U.S. THINGS SHOULD BE WORSE THAN CALL YOU A CUNT WHEN YOU SHOWER THE PUBLIC IN GRIEVANCES. IT'S REALLY A SHAME. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP KATHLEEN, G NORTH WAY, JULIAN, ALEXANDER McCARA, AND STEVE ALEXANDER. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES HE IS SPE RANZ A. >> Translator: IEMES PE RANZ A AND I'M A MEMBER OF UNIQUE HERE LOCAL 11. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN FLYING FOOD GROUP AS A DISHWASHER FOR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS GOING OUT OF LAX. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WAS DEPENDING ON THE OLYMPIC WAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND AS THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS BRINGING IN INCOME FOR MY HOME, I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND BE ABLE TO BUY MEDICATION FOR MY HUSBAND, MY SICK HUSBAND THAT CAN NO LONGER WORK. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M HERE BECAUSE THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT, I HAVE NOT SLEPT AT ALL, I LEFT WORK AT 7:00 AM THIS MORNING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I CAME STRAIGHT HERE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I CAME HERE SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME AND LISTEN TO ME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND FOR TO YOU JOIN US IN SUPPORT US IN THIS FIGHT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PLEASE COUNCILMEMBERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ASK THE CITY CLERK TO INVALIDATE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE REFERENDUM TO OVERTURN THE OLYMPIC WAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND SUPPORT MOTION FOR ITEM 113 FROM COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE FOR LISTENING. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS KATHLEEN AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 84. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU CAN SPEAK TO 84 IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF ANTONIA OF FULIRO PIZZA AND I WANT TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND WENDY CASTRO WHO'S ONE OF THE KINDEST AND MOST ORGANIZED PEOPLE I'VE MET, THE HISTORIAN HIGHLAND PARK COUNCIL WITH DARREN GOLD AT THE HELM WHO HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE. OUR INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORTED MY FAMILY'S SMALL BUSINESS SINCE 1968, SQUARE WOULD BE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO HONOR THE WORK OF MY GRANDFATHER AND MOTHER AND OUR STAFF AND OUR SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY. AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS IS JUST A SYMBOL OF HARD WORK AND TRADITION AND COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE FULORIO'S LEGACY IN HISTORIC HIGHLAND PARK FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, I WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SOLIDARITY BY ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY WHAT IS GOING ON. MANY HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED, FAMILY MEDICALS OF THIS AUDIENCE AS WE SPEAK. ALL THE WHILE STILL UNCOVERED FROM THE FIRES. THE COMMUNITY LOOKS AT YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP. THE COMMUNITY IS TAKE THE LOAD. WE SEE NO COALITION--THE PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE POLICIES. EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE CONSOLIDATING THEIR OWN INTEREST. WHO IS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY NOW? OUR MAYOR? ANYONE OF YOU? WE NEED TO PUT THE INTEREST AT THE FOR FRONT, PRESSURE THE MAYOR TO MAKE AFFECTIVE CHANGES WNT LAPD ALLOW FOR ACCESS WITHIN CITY WAREHOUSES FOR COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTIONS, WE CANNOT KEEP PAYING FOR STORAGE UNITS TO DO YOUR WORK. STOP IGNORING SMALL GROUPS LIKE OPERATION HEALTHY HEARTS WHO ARE DOING THE GROUNDWORK. WE NEED YOUR HELP. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP LIDIA PONSE, JONAH HENRY, WENDY AND A LEJANDRO. >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP AS STEVE ALEXANDER, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON 1, 3, 5,-->> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY, SO WE HAVE 116 AND 1117, THEY ARE MAYOR'S EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS. 116 IS RELATED SWORD TO THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE THE MAYOR'S DECLARATION IS MORE FOCUSED ON THE PROTESTS AGAINST THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS EXACT THE BIG EMERGENCY WHICH IS THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS THEMSELVES. THAT IS THE EMERGENCY, AND THAT IS WHAT THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION SHOULD REFLECT IS THE FACT THAT THESE IMMIGRATION RAIDS ARE HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. NOW IT SEEMS LIKE YOU DID SOME CORRECTIVE TO MAKE IT REFLECT A LITTLE BIT MORE, THAT'S GOOD IF THAT'S THE CASE. THE EMERGENCY IS NOT OH THERE IS PROTESTS AGAINST THE IMMIGRATION RIGHTS. THE EMERGENCY IS THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS THEMSELVES AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ADDRESSING HERE. OKAY, WE HAVE, I THINK 122, JUST MORE, I THINK THAT IS CONTINUED. SO WE HAVE 122 IS STILL THERE, THAT IS MORE POLICE FUNDING IN STAFFER B DISTRICT, NO ON THAT, NO ON MY POLICE FUNDING WHETHER OR NOT WHATSOEVER. WE HAVE ITEMS 124 AND 125 WHICH IS LIGHTING UP CITY HALL FOR PRIDE, WHILE NONE OF YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HOW TRUMP IS ALREADY PLANNING TO USE THE OLYMPICS AS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE, TO PROMOTE HIS TRANS PHOBIA, AND TO PREVENT TRANS PEOPLE FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE OLYMPICS BEING HELD HERE IN THE CITY OF L.A. NONE OF YOU ARE SAYING ANYTHING LIKE THAT ABOUT WHATSOEVER, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE NOTING HERE. WE HAVE LIGHTING UP CITY HALL FOR ANNIVERSARY. WHILE YOU MADE THE CHAMBER LESS ACCESSIBLE BY PUTTING THIS BARRIER. IN FACT THE COUNCIL RULES DO SAY THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO USE THE PODIUM USING THE CENTER AISLE, YOU'RE MAKE ING US VIOLATE THE COUNCIL RULES EVERY DAY WHILE MAKING THE CHAMBER LESS ACCESSIBLE. WE HAVE A STREET BANNER, FOR DINE IN L.A. YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HELP MAKE, HELP THE RESTAURANTS, WORKING TO GET RID, WHAT WOULD HELP RESTAURANTS IS ICE LEAVING THE CITY SO YOU NEED TO PUSH MORE THAT. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GO OUT AT THE RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT UNDOCUMENTED, EVEN IF THEY'RE DOCUMENTED, THEY JUST LOOK LIKE UNDOCUMENTED, THEY COME OUT AND THEY'RE AFRAID TO COME OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO BE KIDNAPPED BY ICE OR BOUNTY HUNTERS. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EAT AT THE RESTAURANTS. WE HAVE 140 WHICH IS THE HATE SPEECH MOTION, BUT THE, BUT YEAH, THE, WHAT I'LL SAY ON THAT ON THE HATE SPEECH MOTION IS THAT, I, I ABSOLUTELY, AM AGAINST ANY USE OF THE N AND C WORDS, IT'S RACIST, SEXIEST, IT IS DISGRACEFUL TO HAVE TO HEAR DURING THESE MEETINGS. THAT SAID, THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET YOU IN A LOT OF LEGAL TROUBLES, IF YOU PASS THIS. SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE, WE CAN AFFORD THOSE, IT'S KIND OF YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK WITH THE CONSTITUTION PROBABLY AND IT'S SLIPPERY SLOPE ON THINGS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE THAT IS NOT HATE SPEECH. SO I HAVE 20 SECONDS. YOU SHOULD NOT BE TAKING THIS RECESS, YOU CLEARLY HAVE A LOT OF WORKS. THAT'S I COULDN'T SCRAMED 151 AGENDA ITEMS. IT WAS SO LARGE, MY PHONE COULD NOT HANDLE THE FILE. CANCEL THE RECESS AND WORK ON THE SERIOUS EMERGENCY OF THE CITY. >> City Attorney: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE ARE PLAYING THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES PREVENTING OTHER MEMBERS FROM HEARING IN THIS ROOM. SO TO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, WE ASK YOU NOT TO USE YOUR DWIESZ AND NOW YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. IF YOU DO, YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM THIS CHAMBER. THANK YOU. SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 140, 127 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS, ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEMS, THE OTHER TWO ITEMS YOU CAN DISCUSS IN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAK FROM THE TANGA LANDS STOLEN FROM THE PEOPLE. MS. HERNANDEZ THE ONLY ITEM THAT MATTERS, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE PAGES OF BULL SHIT, WE HAVE NOTHING MATTER MORE THAN THE CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND ON THE STREET. AND YOU WANT TO TAKE INSULT ON 140 AND "N" WORD AND C WORD? WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN THAT BEING TAKEN. WHY DO YOU TAKE INSULT WHILE YOU WORRY ABOUT YOUR SIX FIGURES FOR THE YEAR, CRYING CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND. THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. 127. THE IMMIGRATION CHILDREN, I JUST SPOKE TO THAT. AND I JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE "N" WORD AND THE C WORD. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE IS A CITY LOS ANGELES, MUTUAL AID RAPID RESPONSE AND TENANTS RIGHT, WITHOUT ALL OF YOU, WE'RE DOING IT WITHOUT YOU. DON'T SHOW UP YOUR INFORMATIVE MOMENT YOUR NEXT SITE FOR REELECTION. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU'RE TAKING RECESS. YOU HAVE NOT DONE SHIT TO HELP FAMILIES. IT'S LOS ANGELES, IT'S LOS ANGELES, GO WITH THE COMMUNITY. DO YOUR FUCKEN JOB. FOR THE PEOPLE! ICE OUT OF L.A. ICE OUT OF L.A. ICE OUT OF L.A. THIS IS 150 BULLSHIT AGENDA ITEMS AND FUCK ALL OF YOU FOR NOT SHOWING UP. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: GENTLEMAN WITH THE CAMERA HAS DISRUPTED THE MEETING MORE THAN ONCE, WE'LL DISCUSS YOU FROM THE MEETING PURSUANT TO RULE 7. SERGEANTS, WE ASK THAT YOU SEE THIS GENTLEMAN OUT. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: SPEAKING ON ITEM 80 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS MARO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF WENDY MIRANDA WITH HE ESPERANZA AND ALEX FROM PHYSICIANS LOS ANGELES WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. WE SUPPORT THE DRAFT ORDINANCE TO REMOVE SUBSTANTIAL REMODELS. WE WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND HELPING US GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE TO PROTECT TENANTS. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK BLUMENFIELD AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR KEEPING THEIR WORD. MOST RENT EVICTIONS ARE CARRIED OUT BY LANDLORDS WHO ARE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, GETTING RID OF LONGSTANDING TENANTS PAYING BELOW MARKET RATES AND SUBSTANTIAL LOOPHOLE ALLOWS THEM TO DO IT, WE MUST PUT A STOP TO THIS AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I CALL ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS COME OUT TO SHARE WITH US. MADAM CLERK? WHAT ITEMS ARE FOR US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE COUNCIL AT PRESENT IS, ITEM 3 AND 4 AND THAT IS, THE AIRPORT PUBLIC HEARING IMMINENT DOMAIN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. >> Clerk: NO, OKAY, COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO VOTE BEFORE GOING INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE AIRPORT IMMINENT DOMAIN, SIR? >> Council President: WE CAN SATISFY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE AIRPORT ITEM AT THIS TIME. >> Clerk: OKAY, THAT IS A FORMAL PROCESS, SO THEN, THE AIRPORT PERSONNEL SHOULD COME UPTO THE TABLE NOW AND BEGIN THE IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS. SO, LET ME JUST MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS ITEM CONCERNS THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES APPROVING RESOLUTIONS OF NECESSITY TO AUTHORITY COMMENCEMENT OF IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED IN AGENDA ITEMS 3 AND 4. FIRST, COUNCIL WILL HEAR AN ORAL PRESENTATION FROM MR. MARK A DAMSING DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS. AFTER THE STAFF REPORT, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MAY ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE, THEY MIGHT HAVE FOR MR. ADAMS. FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL EACH OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS OR REPRESENTATIVES ON THEIR BEHALF MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MAY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MAY THEN ASK STAFF ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS AND FINALLY AFTER FINAL QUESTIONS, FROM THE COUNCIL, THE PRESIDENT WILL CLOSE THE HEARING, AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE IF IT WISHES TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AS PROOFING THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITIES. NOW, THE HEARING, THE HEARING IS OPEN AND COUNCIL SHOULD HEAR FROM MR. ADAMS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I'M DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORT. THE HEARING TODAY IS WHETHER THE COUNCIL WISHES TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCES OF NECESSITY, RESOLUTIONS OF NECESSITY TO AUTHORITY IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE INTEREST IN PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED IN THE ITEMS. THIS DOES NOT ADDRESS DISAGREEMENTS OVER THE AMOUNT OF XEN COMPENSATION. IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT SETTLEMENTS MAY PUBLIC REACHED WITHOUT A TRIAL AND THAT ALWAYS OUR HOPE. BUT IN THIS CASE FOR THE REASONS EXPLAINED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE SO THAT STAFF MAY MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP. THE ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL. AT THE END OF THE HEARING, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO APPROVE THE RES LOOSESING OF NECESSITY, WHICH SETFORTH A FEW KEY FINDINGS. THE COUNCIL FILE AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL GIVE YOU THE FACTS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THESE FINDINGS. THE PRESENTATION COUNCIL FILE AND ALL REFERENCE DOCUMENTS WILL BECOME PART OF THE RECORD OF THESE PROCEEDINGS. THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACTS, DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK ME. IF YOU HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINDINGS, PLEASE ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY. I WILL REMIND YOU, THAT THE FIRST TWO FINDINGS, THE PUBLIC INTEREST OR NECESSITY, REQUIRING THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT BEING PLANNED OR LOCATED IN THE MANNER, MOST COMPATIBLE WITH THE PUBLIC GOOD AND LEAST ARE APPLICABLE TO THE ENTIRE RESPECTIVE PROJECTS AND NOT SOLELY TO THE USE OF DOMAIN FOR ANY ONE OF THE ACQUISITIONS AT ISSUE HERE. THE REMAINING FINDING APPLY TO EACH OF THE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES AT ISSUE. WHILE THE COUNCIL FILE DETAILS MUCH OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DISCUSS, I COULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON A FEW ITEMS. FIRST EACH OF THE PROPERTIES ARE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS. ONE TERMINAL AND MODERNIZATION PROJECT OR ATMP AS AGENDA ITEM 3. AND LAND SITE ACCESS LAMP, AS TO AGENDA ITEM 4. THE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS FOR ATMP AND LAMP ARE PURSUED ONLY IMMINENT DOMAIN AFTER VOLUNTARY TEE ACQUISITION MEASURES HAVE BEEN PURSUED AND PROVEN UNSUCCESSABLE. DESPITE EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE, WE HAVE NOT YET REACHED AGREEMENT TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY RIGHTS. FINALLY, NOTICED OF THIS HEARING WERE SENT VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL TO THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT IT REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >> City Attorney: SO I WANT TO CHECK AND SEE, IF THERE ARE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE REPORT OWNERS AT ISSUE? AT 5828 WEST 96th STREET, OR 9775 AIRPORT BOULEVARD, I'D ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COME BACK TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS SO YOU CAN COME TO THE TABLE. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, MR. PRESIDENT, I DO NOT SEE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. GIVEN THAT PROCEDURE, MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US? JUST TO BE CLEAR, MR. SPINDLER IS RAISING HIS HANDS, BUT I DON'T KNOW I KNOW HE DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PROPERTY OWNERS. MADAM CLERK. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, SIR. THE COUNCIL RECEIVED TWO LETTERS DATED JUNE 27, 2025 FROM THE LAW FIRM ALANMac ADKINS WHICH REPRESENTS BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS. THESE LETTERS WERE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. AND IF COUNCIL HAS NO QUESTIONS, THEN, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEMS 3 AND 4 CAN--IS NOW CLOSED. AND THE ITEMS CAN BE VOTED ON BY COUNCIL. SO COUNCIL CAN NOW VOTE ON 3 AND 4, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEMS 3 AND 4 ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE LET'S SEE, SEVERAL ITEMS WHERE MR. PRICE IS RECUSED. WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO HAVE THOSE NOW? >> Council President: SURE. MR. PRICE IS RECUSING. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THOSE ITEMS ARE ITEM 81, 143, NOT YET, SO NOW, SINCE MR. PRICE IS RECUSED, COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON 81, URGENT FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT MR. PRICE IS RECUSED ON ITEM 1, 4, 3, AND THAT CAN BE VOTED ON NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT MR. PRICE IS RECUSED FROM ITEM 80 AND THAT IS AN AMENDMENT SO IT SHOULD BE ADOPTED AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE ANYMORE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE MR. PRICE RECUSED FOR THAT WE CAN HEAR NOW. >> Clerk: NO, THAT WILL BE THE FINAL ONE. >> >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? WE'LL INVITE MR. PRICE BACK TO THE HORSESHOE. WHO? MR. BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: WELL, WE JUST VOTED ON IT BUT I HAD CALLED SPECIAL TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON IT. I CAN DO IT AFTER THE FACT. NOW THAT I KNOW THE OUTCOME, THE SURPRISE IS GONE. BUT, BASICALLY I WANT TODAY ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU VOTED THIS TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION B FOR THIS ITEM. THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT THE ORDINANCE EFFECTUATING THE COUNCIL BAN ON SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL EVICTIONS. AND TO MAKE IT CLEAR, WE'RE DENYING RENT EVICTIONS BUT ALSO CREATING A CLEAR PATHWAY TO RENOVATION THAT IT WORKS FOR THE TENANTS AND THE LANDLORDS. WHEN I FIRST INTRODUCED THIS ITEM, I DID SO TO PROTECT OUR CONSTITUENTS TO CLARIFY THE RULES AND RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EVERY ONE INVOLVED INCLUDING THE TENANTS AND LANDLORDS. IT WAS MY GOAL TO FURTHER THE WORK THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE WITH REGARDING THE JUST ORDINANCE. BECAUSE OUR WORK WAS TO ADOPT AND INCLUDE A PROGRAM EFFECTUATING THE 2018, STATE LAW WE ADOPTED A LAW THAT CREATE AID LOOPHOLE FOR A TENANT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FAIR, IT'S OUR CURRENT LAW BUT THE ACTION THAT WE JUST TOOK FIXES THAT. SO IN ADOPTING THIS COUNCIL HAS ASSURED THAT CLARITY UNDER THE LAW IN L.A., YOU CANNOT BE EVICTED FOR SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL. BUT I WANT TO BE KLAE, THE LANDLORD HAS THE RIGHT TO REHAB TATE THE UNIT AND SHOULD DO SO IF NECESSARY. IN FACT, THE ACTION THAT WE'RE TAKING, WILL ENSURE THAT LAPD WILL COME UP WITH RULES AND REGULATION TO SEE CLARIFY THINGS FOR EVERY ONE INVOLVED AND QUICKLY. THAT'S ONE OF THE AMENDMENTED THAT WE JUST VOTED THAT THOSE REGULATIONS HAPPEN WITHIN 90 DAYS. JI WANT TO DO THIS AND JUST HAVE IT SIT THERE. WE WANT TO HAVE A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR LEGITIMATE RENOVATIONS NOT RENT EVICTIONS. I WANT IT THANK HYDEE, TO GET THIS ITEM BEFORE US AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE LAHD STAFF THAT MOVED QUICKLY ON THIS AND I THANK YOU ANA ORTEGA AND HER TEAM FOR IT. AND WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT MY OFFICE HAS HAD AN OPEN DOOR WE HAVE SPOKEN TO EVERY ONE FROM ADVOCATES TRADE ASSOCIATION. THIS HAS TAKEN A LOT OF COLLABORATION. I'M SATISFIED THAT THIS POLICY IS THE RIGHT STEP AND WE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HAVE A COMPELLING INTEREST IN NOT ALLOWING THESE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE THAT MET WITH ME IN MY OFFICE, NOT LIMITED TO ADVOCATES, SUCH AS SAGE, GROUPS SUCH AS THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES AND OWNERS, OWNERS ASSOCIATION. REALLY, EVERY ONE WORKED ON THIS. SO FINALLY COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE, WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY GIVEN SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND REPRESENTING THE RECOMMENDATION ADOPTING OPTION B AND TO UNANIMOUS DO SO AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE END OF THE SESSION. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE AND ALLOWING ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BLUMENFIELD, CONGRATULATIONS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THE PEOPLE'S CHAT, MR. BOB BLUMENFIELD. >> Clerk: NEXT COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 2 THROUGH 11, 116 THROUGH 1 19, 121, 124 THROUGH 128, 130 THROUGH 133, 135, 136, 138, 140, 141, 142, 145 THROUGH 148 AND 150, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, IS ITEM 4, I'M SORRY, ITEM 84 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY MS. HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHERS? I SEE 144, CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AS WELL. CAN WE DO BOTH OF THOSE? >> E. Hernandez: LET'S DO IT. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN DESIGNATING POLLEROS PIZZA, FOUNDED BY ANTONIA AN IMMIGRANT FROM NAPELE ITALY AND SON OF ARTIST IN BAKER. FOR OVER 50 YEARS, THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF JOBS, I MEAN THE PEOPLE WORKING HAVE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR DECADES, EVEN GOING BACK TO WHEN I WAS A KID. TONY AND HIS DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER AND FAMILY ARE PRESERVING THE RECIPE AND BELOVED RESTAURANT SYNONYMOUS. I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE A MOTION TO DESIGNATE A AREA AS FOYEROS SQUARE AND START A SIGN TO MAKE THIS VISIBLE AT THIS LOCATION. SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR SECONDING THIS MOTION. TO RECOGNIZE A BUSINESS THAT HAS HELPED SHAPE NORTHEAST L.A. A BORDER THAT WE BOTH CHERISH AND SHARE THIS. SMALL BUT POWERFUL GESTURE ASSURES LEGACY BUSINESSES, LEGACY BUSINESS THAT'S HAVE OUR BUDGET THRIVE. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO DESIGNATE AN AREA FOR THEM. >> Council President: THANK YOU. THAT'S ITEM 84 COMMENTS ON 144? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> E. Hernandez: GREAT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I RISE IN FULL SUPPORT OF WAIT, THIS IS 144. GOT IT. SORRY, AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. OVER THE LAST MONTHS, FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENCY HAVE CARRIED RAIDS ACROSS LOS ANGELES LEAVING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SHAKEN AND TORN APART. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THEIR WORKPLACES, PARENTS HAVE NOT RETURNED TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL AND GRANDPARENTS ARE TERRIFIED TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND WE'VE SEEN DISTURBING VIDEOS OF LAPD FOR RESPONDING RATHER THAN THE VIOLENCE BEING ENACTED BY THE MASKED MEN. IT REQUESTS THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPORT BACK ON 14 DAYS ON ANY LAWS THAT REQUIRE LAPD TO RESPOND TO REQUEST FROM OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS AND WHETHER CITY POLICY OR MUNICIPAL CODE CAN BE ASSISTED TO PROTECT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. HOW THEY HANDLE REQUESTS FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. IT DIRECTS LAPD TO REPORT BACK WITHIN 15 DAYS ON ALL CALLS RESPOND TODAY FROM OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENTS. THIS INCLUDES WHO MADE THE REQUEST, WHEN IT WAS MADE, THE LAPD DEPLOYED, ACTIONS TAKEN ON THE SCENE AND WHETHER ANY WEAPONS LESS THAN LETHAL WEAPONS USED. AND LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING TO ENSURE THAT LAPD'S RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST ALIGN WITH CODES AND POLICIES. COLLEAGUES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT VIOLATING ANY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND TAKING ACTION THAT CAN INFRINGE. THIS CONFIRMS IDENTIFYING AND MAKING SURE THAT LAPD DO NOT ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT EXCEED WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS MOTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'VE GOT 84 BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 84. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE . >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: AND NOW 144, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 1 AND THERE ARE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS ON 1. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON 1. >> Clerk: I BELIEVE THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR AMENDMENT THAT'S WERE INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO RESINNED AMENDMENT 1-D AND MOVE FORWARD WITH 1B AS IN BOY. >> B. Blumenfield: SECOND. >> Council President: SECONDED BY MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> City Attorney: AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I BELIEVE THIS IS PERFECTLY FINE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ BUT THERE WAS, ERRONEOUSLY WHAT WAS 1-D SHOULD HAVE BEEN 1-A, SO THERE IS NO 1C. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: SO WHAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL IS, 1B AS IN BOY, AND THAT ITEM AS AMENDED. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 114 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY AN AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND BEFORE COUNCIL NOW SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE RECONSIDERED ITEM 118 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR SEPARATE VOTE BUT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT NOW? OKAY. >> Council President: I THINK WE VOTED ON 118. >> Clerk: IT WAS 118 BUT--IT WAS RECONSIDERED BECAUSE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS NOT TAKEN BUT NOW IT IS TAKEN AND BEFORE COUNCIL SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 118, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEMS 120, 129, AND 134 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND TWO VOTES ARE REQUIRED. SO THE FIRST VOTE IS WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE FOR ITEMS 120, 129 AND 134 FROM MR. LEE. >> Council President: OKAY, THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: NEXT VOTE IS ON THE MOTIONS THEMSELVES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE 122 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ITEM 122 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. I CAN'T SEE YOU BECAUSE OF THE CD14 FLOWERS, SEPARATE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 137 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AGAIN. >> Y. Jurado: MS. CITY CLERK, CAN I BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE FOR 122. >> Clerk: OKAY FOR THE RECORD, THE FINAL VOTE IS 12 AYES, AND 3 NOES. NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 137, AND THAT IS CALLED SPECIAL BECAUSE OF A SPECIAL SUBSTITUTE MOTION, FOR THIS ITEM, THERE ARE TWO VOTES. FIRST VOTE IS WHETHER TO SUBSTITUTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON SUBSTITUTION, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE VOTE, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: NEXT IS THE MATTER ITSELF. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE 139 THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES THE PACIFIC PALISADES REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON JUNE 14th. AND SADLY SINCE THAT TIME, MY OFFICE AND OTHERS HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS ABOUT COMMERCIAL TOUR OPERATORS CONDUCTING DISASTER TOURS IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES DISASTER AREA. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO PROFIT OUT OF DESTRUCTION AND OTHER PEOPLE'S LOSSES. IT'S REALLY GROSS. AND IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. IT'S ALSO A PLAN THAT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ACTIVELY CLEARING FIRE DEBRIS, WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY NAIR' SUBSTANDARD ROADS THAT ARE DIFFICULT FOR TRUCKS AND LARGE VEHICLES TO MANEUVER THROUGH ON A GOOD DAY AND THEY'RE ALL BUSY CAN THE ARMY CORPS AND THE OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MANEUVER IN AND AROUND THE AREA AND CONTINUE TO DO AS WE LAUNCH THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION ZONE IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. THIS MOTION ASKED US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO AMEND THEIR INTERNAL RULES ABOUT TOUR BUS OPERATION SXZ PROHIBIT THIS ACTIVITY IN DISASTER AREAS. WHILE THE PROHIBITION IS IN PLACE THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A PERMANENT SET OF RESTRICTIONS FOR THIS VERY SENSITIVE AREA. I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR RESPONDING WITH THE URGENCY THAT WAS NECESSARY AND WORKING WITH MY TEAM TO WAIVE THIS ITEM OUT OF COMMITTEE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER PARK. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE ITEM 149 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE HUNDREDS OF RESIDENT WHO'S RAISED THEIR VOICE TO SEE TRY TO SAVE THIS INCREDIBLE PROGRAM CALLED THE SHOWERS OF HOPE FM IT'S A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES UNHOUSED ANGELINOS ACROSS THE CITY, THAT DIGNITY OF HAVING A SHOWER. DURING THIS BUDGET CYCLE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME REALLY DIFFICULT CUTS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE SHOWERS OF HOPE DIDN'T MAKE IT. BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT THAT REPRESENTS. THIS IS A FIRST-POINT OF CONTACT FOR EXCESSING ADDITIONAL SERVICES, A CRUCIAL STEP TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING WHICH ALSO BUILTS RELATES SHIPS OF TRUSTS WITH PEOPLE LIVINGER ON THE STREETS AND MANY OF THE STAFF AND SHOWERS OF HOPE ARE FORMERLY UNHOUSED THEMSELVES AND MANY AT-RISK YOUTH MEANING BY LOSING THIS PROGRAM IT ALSO PUTS THEM AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HOUSELESSNESS COMMITTEE AND FIND A SOLUTION. IN THE MEANTIME, THIS MOTION USES A DISCRETIONARY SITES. WHILE WE PUSH FOR MORE LONG TERM FIX. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE THE VOTE ON SPECIAL 1 AND 1 A. >> Council President: I HAVE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT FROM 1 A TO JULY FROM JULY 2025, TO JUNE 30th 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO THIS ITEM IS NOW BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATETHE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 140, THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED TODAY AS THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE HELD OVER ONE WEEK OR TO JULY 30th, 2025, BEFORE ADOPTION. >> Council President: EXCELLENT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY'S? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE'RE GOING TO START THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AT 2:45. >> Council President: EXCELLENT. AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING COUNCIL ALL OF US WILL BE IN THE FOR COURT FOR A PRESS STATEMENT AROUND THE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. TODAY YOU'LL FIND A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS ON YOUR DESK A SMALL GESTURE BUT BIG MEANING, THEY COME FROM THE FLOWER DISTRICT, A VIBRANT IRREPLACEABLE COMMUNITY MADE UP OF SMALL STORE FRONTS AND STREET VENDORS MANY OF WHOM ARE IMMIGRANTS. THEY'RE THE HEART AND SOUL OF THIS INDUSTRY, THEY BRING BEAUTY INTO OUR LIVES, ONE STEM AT A TIME. BUT THESE DAYS, ICE RAIDS HAVE DEVASTATED NOT ONLY THE STORE FRONTS BUT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY. DETAINED OUTSIDE OF FOREST LAWN CEMETERY WHILE WORKING PROVIDING FLOWERS TO GRIEVING FAMILIES. THESE ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS THEY'RE PART OF A PAT PERSON SILENCING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A HONEST LIVING. I INVITED VENDORS TODAY, BUT THEY ARE AFRAID THAT EVEN SHOWING UP AT CITY HALL THEY WOULD BE A TARGET. AND EVEN WITH THIS PRESSURE, THEY STILL CREATE FLOWERS FOR WEDDINGS AND MEMORIAL SXZ THESE BOUQUET RIGHT SIDE CONTRIBUTE TO RESILIENCE. I INVITE YOU TO STAKE A STROLL AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE WLO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. SUPPORT THEM NOT JUST WITH YOUR POLICIES BUT WITH YOUR PRESENCE. TO LET'S UPLIFT THOSE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND THE FLOWERS FROM THE FLOUR MART. --FLOWER MART. WE HAVE AREAS THAT ARE EMPTY, THE FLOWER MART IS ONE, THE 11th STREET, LECTICS BIZARRE IS ANOTHER, GARMENT DISTRICT. IF YOU HAVE OCCASION TO USE THOSE PLACES, PLEASE USE THEM. THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMETIME, I THINK BEFORE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE POPULATING AND CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE YEARS PAST. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU FOR THE FLOWERS, I WILL ALSO ADD TO THAT IN MY DISTRICT. WILMINGTON, AVOLON BOULEVARD IN MY FARMERS MARKET, SHOW UP AND BUY SOMETHING. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I HAD A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENT BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I'LL MAKE ONE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS. THIS WEEK THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND L.A. 28 AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY'RE MOVING THE BOAT SAILING EVENTS FROM LONG BEACH TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IT WILL BE GREAT FOR THE ATHLETES AND GREAT FOR THE SPECTATORS AND GREAT FOR LOST. --L.A. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS FROM McOSKER. >> B. Blumenfield: MIA ANNOUNCEMENT, YOU CAN GO TO THE BEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONVERTING TO DRONES, WE'RE CONVERTING BUT YOU STILL WANT TO SEE THE BIG BOOM IN THE SKY AND CELEBRATE WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS COME TO THE WEST VALLEY JULY BEFORE THE FIREWORKS WHICH START OFFICIALLY AT 9, AND YOU GET THERE AT 6:00. WE'VE GOT FOOD TRUCKS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS. THERE IS A REASON WHY WE CALL TT BLUMENFIELD FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANCE A, COME ONE, ONE ALL AND COME ENJOY. >> Council President: OKAY, WE'LL VISIT CD3 FOR EXTRAVAGANCE. MS. RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I WANTED TO ADD, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF DRONES 800 ON SUNDAY, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES CAME OUT BECAUSE WE DID IT AS A BEACH PARTY AS AT THE AQUATIC CENTER. BUT I WANTED TO ADD MS. JURADO TO SUPPORT SO MANY OF THOSE BEING AFFECTED BY THESE RAIDS. WE WANT TO REMEMBER THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND HOW THEY'RE BEING DECIMATED. I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WHILE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST VOICE OUR SUPPORT WE NEED TO SHOW UP IN POLICY TO ENSURE THAT THESE BUSINESSES REMAIN IN TACT, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO EMPLOY PEOPLE. THAT'S ANOTHER REMINDER OF WHAT WE HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LEND MORE THAN OUR VOICES OF SUPPORT, WE HAVE TO SHOW UP AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO REMAIN IN BUSINESS AND CONTINUE TO OFFER EMPLOYMENT TO ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FRANKLY, ALL, ALL IN FEAR. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS I THINK SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT WE MUST UNDERSCORE. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN FROM INDIVIDUALS ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN THE CELEBRATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY. AND I KNOW I RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS AND CONCERNS FROM INDIVIDUALS SAYING THAT THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. WHAT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO IS REMEMBER, THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO SHOW UP AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTS FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES AND SHOW UP IN SUPPORT WITH ONE ANOTHER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT AND HEAVY TIMES. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE OUTLETS TO ENJOY THEMSELVES AND HAVE POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENTS WITH EACH OTHER AND COMMUNITY. THAT'S IMPORTANT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THIS CELEBRATION MARKS THE FIRST TIME WE SEPARATED FROM KING RULE. SO IT'S A REMINDER THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD ON ALL FRONTS TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT WAS IN THE FOUNDING OF THIS COUNTRY, WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THAT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND WE'LL START TO MY LEFT WITH COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK YOU, OKAY I'M NOW, I'M STUMBLING BUT TODAY I HONOR MY MOTHER, WE HAVE MISSED SO MANY MILESTONES TOGETHER AND I EN HOPE YOU INDULGE ME AS I HONOR HER, HER DEATH ANNIVERSARY IS THIS JULY. HER NAME IS JOCELYN, GOGH, JURADO WHO WAS BORN LAGUNA PHILIPPINES. SHE WAS ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. MY LOHER FATHER GAMBLED HER MEMBER AND MY LA LA, MY UNCLE BACHELOR DECIDE TODAY BECOME A SINGLE DAD AND RAISE HER AS AN EN JIE NAOER. --ENGINEER. AT AGE 3 MY MOTHER WAS WASHING CLOTHES BY HAND AND TAKING CARE OF OTHER CHILDREN. MY MOM NEVER LET THE SUNSET ON HER. AT SCHOOL SHE EX SELLED AND SOCIAL BUTTERFLY AND EXQUISITE DANCER. MY MOM WANTED TO BE A JOURNALIST, BUT UNDER MARTIAL LAW SHE WAS NOT ALOUD. BUT AND BECAME A BANKER INSTEAD, THERE SHE MET MY FATHER AND MY DAD DECIDE TODAY RIDE OFF IN THE SUNSET WITH MY MOM. WHICH PRESENTED MY MOM AN OPPORTUNITY AT A BETTER LIFE. IN HER 20s, SHE MOVED TO AMERICA TO LIVE WITH HER MOTHER AND GAVE MY FATHER AN ULTIMATUM, AND WITH 1,000 IN HIS BOKT HE FLEW TO BURR BARK, WENT TO MACY'S TO GET THE CLOTHING AND RINGS AND GOT A WEDDING AT A NON DENOMINATION AND WITH 50 DOLLARS THEY STARTED THEIR LIFE IN A BASEMENT IN ECHO PARK. MY DAD, WHO IS HERE TODAY, WORKED MULTIPLE-JOBS AS YOU KNOW DOCUMENTED WORKER UNTIL CITIZENSHIP WAS FINALIZED AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, THEY THROUGH SELF BOOKS OFF THE TRUCKS THEY WERE CALL CENTER AND EVENTUALLY MY MOM GOT A JOB HERE AT UNION BANK. WITH THAT BANK THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE TO A HOME IN HIGHLAND PARK WHERE THEY RAISED ME AND MY BROTHER. ON THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL I EVER WORKED ON I WOULD GET MANY VOTES FROM FILIPINOS BECAUSE THEY KNEW MY MOM. SHE WAS A DANCER, SHE DANCED WITH A GROOM, AND HE DIED, AND WE HAD TO LEAVE. THAT'S THE KIND OF DANCER. WHEN I CAME A MOM, SO, UNPLANNED, SHE WAS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED IN ME AND SHOWED ME WHAT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE LOOKED LIKE AND SHOWING UP WAS PART OF THE DOING THE WORK. SHE SHOWED ME HOW TO BE AN ORGANIZER AND ALWAYS OFFERING PEOPLE A SOFT LANDING EAR OR HELPING HAND. THE JOIN THE STRUGGLE MEANS DANCING SINGING AND YES GOOD FOOD AND SOMETIMES IT ALSO MEANT PLANNING FOR THE JOY TO HAPPEN OR WOULD NOT GET ON THE CALENDAR. ALL THOSE TIMES, SHE FORCED ME TO THE CONTEST HELPED ME BECOME THE PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT I AM TODAY AND TAUGHT ME TO CHALLENGE IS TO LOVE WHICH WE DID QUITE OFTEN. IT'S NOT LOST IN ME THAT I DO NOT GRIEF ALONE AND THE GRIEVE IS SHARED BY THOSE PARENTS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR CHILDREN, THEY CANNOT FIND WHERE THEIR PARENTS HAVE GONE. SOY PRAY TO YOU, MY MOM, AS I ALWAYS DO WHEN I PRAY THAT THEY FIND THEIR WAY HOME AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR INDULGING ME AND MAY YOU REST IN PAY MAY THE PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. I WANT TO WELCOME YOUR FAMILY FOR BEING WITH US. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTION ON THIS SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE. SEEING NONE, I HAVE AN ADJOURNING MOTION. I ASK THE COUNCIL TO JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THE POWERFUL LIFE AND GIFT OF ONE REV. DR. JOSEPH BENJAMIN HARDWICK WHO'S PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY MADE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE. BORN IN OKLAHOMA, MOVED TO SOUTH L.A. AND DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL DECIDED THAT IT WAS HIS TO BE HIS MINISTER. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT CALIFORNIA STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS AND THEN UNIVERSITY THE SAN FRANCISCO AND THEN GOT DUEL DOCTOR DEGREES. FOCUSING ON SPIRITUAL EDUCATION COUNSELING. THEY SAW SO MUCH SUCCESS THAT DOCTOR HARDWICK WAS CALLED HERE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ON SAN PEDRO AND 83 TO BE THE PASTOR AND TO HELP BUILD PLACES OF ZION. IN 1955, THIS CONGREGATION OPENED HIS DOORS. IN THE COMING YEAR, THE CHURCH WOULD HELP SOUTH L.A. THROUGH TURBULENT TIMES, IT REMAINS A PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH LOVE AND RESPECT, FOR HIS PEOPLE AND DEEP SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS, DR. HARDWICK SERVED AS A MENTOR AND GUIDE TO DOZENS AND DOZENS OF MINISTERS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF VENICE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE INLAND EMPIRE. TO FURTHER HIS MISSION, HE FOUNDED IN 1971, THE PERMANENT INVOLVEMENT ITER, IN 1987, HE WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF WESTERN CONVENTION. HIS TERM WOULD END IN 91 AND HE WAS KIND OF ALWAYS, IN CHARGE NO MATTER WHO HELD THE TITLE. HE MENTORS SO MANY MINISTERS IN OUR REGION, I WOULD HAVE IMAGINE SEVERAL DISTRICTS THAT WERE MENTORS BUT A PASTOR HARDWICK, HE RECEIVED MANY AWARDS INCLUDING A HUMANITARIAN AWARD FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THE KEYS TO THE CITY AS WELL AS INDUCTION TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HALL OF PREACHERS. ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN IN SOUTH L.A. IN OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY, KNOWS, REV. HARDWICK, DR. BENJAMIN HARDWICK. AS AN ACTIVIST I FIRST MET HIM BECAUSE WE WANTED GO TO CHURCHES TO ANNOUNCE WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON. HE WOULD SIT YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU TELL YOU WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. AND IF HE AGREED WITH YOU, HE WOULD MAKE YOU MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WHILE THE CHURCH WAS BEING BROADCAST IN THE RADIO. IF HE DIDN'T, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT AND DO THE ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER THE CHURCH. SO SUPPORTIVE OF SO MANY OF US. SO I ASK THAT WE ALL, JIEN SOUTH L.A. IN THE PLACE OF ZION COMMUNITY AND HARDWICK COMMUNITY IN WISHING HIM HIS DESERVED REST AND BEYOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON THIS SIDE? COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY HARD ONE. I RISE WITH DEEP SADNESS TO ASK TODAY THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF BRAUN LEVEE, A BELOVED PALISADES RESIDENT, STUDENT AT LAYOLA HIGH SCHOOL, TENNIS STAR, AND BELOVED SON, BROTHER, FRIEND, AND TEAMMATE. WE'RE JOINED IN COUNCIL BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS WE GRIEF THE LOSS OF SOMEBODY SO YOUNG, SO FULL OF PROMISE, AND SO DEEPLY LOVED. OUR ENTIRE PALISADES COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GRIEF AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL OF BRAUN'S FRIENDS, AND CLASSMATES AT LAYOLA WHICH HAS BEEN HOME TO THOUSANDS OF CD11 STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS. IT'S HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS WHEN A TRAGEDY STRIKES WITH SUCH CRUELTY AND FINALITY. BRAUN WAS ONLY 17, A HIGH SCHOOLER, HEADED OFF TO COLLEGE AT UVA THIS FALL WITH DREAMS AS BIG AS HIS HEART AND A FUTURE AS BRIGHT AS HIS SMILE. HE WAS JUST A TEENAGER BUT BRAUN CARRIED HIMSELF WITH A GRACE AND MATURITY THAT LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON EVERY ONE WHO MET HIM. HE WASN'T JUST A GOOD KID, HE WAS EXTRAORDINARY, FOCUS, HARD WORKING. FUNNY, AND KIND. A SMILE SO WIDE, A STAR SO BRIGHT, THAT LITERALLY EVERY ROOM LIT UP WHEN HE WALKED IN. AND OUT ON THE TENNIS COURT, BRAUN WAS A FORCE, FIERCE, COMPETITIVE, DISCIPLINED, AND TALENTED BEYOND HIS YEARS. PEOPLE DIDN'T JUST SEE POTENTIAL IN BRAUN, THEY SAW EXCELLENCE AND ACTION. HIS PERFORMANCE ON THE COURT WAS MATCHED ONLY BY HIS KINDNESS OFF OF IT. BRAUN'S MOM, JEN, SHOWED WITH ME THE OTHER DAY, HOW MANY PEOPLE MANY SHE HAD NEVER EVEN MET BEFORE, HAVE SHARED STORIES ABOUT BRAUN, HOW HE TOUCHED THEIR LIVES IN BIG AND SMALL WAYS. WHETHER CHEERING ON A TEAMMATE, STANDING UP FOR A FRIEND, OR JUST SHOWING QUIET STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF HARDSHIP, BRAUN WAS A STAR. BRAUN AND HIS FAMILY KNEW HARDSHIP IN JANUARY, THEY LOST EVERYTHING IN THE PALISADES FIRE, THEIR HOME, THEIR FOUNDATION, REDUCED TO ASH. THAT WAS LOSS WOULD SHAKE ANYONE. BUT AS THE FAMILY TEMPORARILY RELOCATED DOWN TO MANHATTAN BEACH, BRAUN HELD IT TOGETHER WITH AN INNER STRENGTH THAT FEW ADULTS CAN MUSTER. HE DIDN'T EXPLAIN, HE JUST KEPT SHOWING UP FOR SCHOOL, PRACTICE FOR HIS FRIENDS, FOR HIS FAMILY, FOR LIFE. BAUN WAS SET TO GRADUATE ON JUNE 7th, THEN HE WAS HEADED OFF TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THIS FALL. I KNOW, JEN, HOW INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HIM YOU AND DAN ARE. BUT ON SUNDAY, MAY 4th, BRAUN WAS STOLEN FROM US, KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER, SENSELESS, SELFISH CHOICE THAT ENDED A BEAUTIFUL LIFE AND LEFT A HOLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WILL NEVER BE FILLED, AND CHANGED THE LIVES OF EVERY ONE WHO LOVED HIM. AS THE COUNCILMEMBER FOR OUR DEVASTATED COMMUNITY, I'M HEARTBROKEN, BUT I'M ALSO INSPIRED BY BRAUN'S LEGACY AND THE MOVEMENT THAT IS TAKING SHAPE IN HIS NAME. IN THE WAKE OF UNSPEAKABLE GRIEF, BRAUN'S FAMILY LAUNCHED THE LIVE LONG FOUNDATION AND I WOULD LIKE JEN HIS MOM TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN TRACI PARK, WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE BRAUN'S LIFE AND LEGACY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT SO THANK YOU. I'M ALSO AWARE IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING AND I'M A MOM SO I KNOW WHAT HANGRY LOOKS LIKE, SO I ASK THAT YOU HOLD ON FOR THREE MORE MINUTES AND THEN WE CAN ALL SPEAK AND GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS. ON MAY 4, MY HUSBAND AND I GOT A CALL FROM POLICE OFFICER IT'S THE CALL, WE NEVER WANT TO HEAR. I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU BUT YOUR SON DID NOT SURVIVE A ACCIDENT. OUR SON WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER, HIS FUTURE, HIS LIFE GONE IN AN INSTANT. OUR LIFES HAVE BEEN SHATTERED EVERY MINUTE, AND HOUR, IS SUV INDICATED. MY DAUGHTER LOST HER ONLY SIBLING, MY HUSBAND LOST HIS SON, AND I LOST MY BABY BOY, NO DPRAITER LOSS THAN THE --GREATER LOSS THAN THE ONE WE CARRY NOW. HE THRIVED ACADEMIC AND ATHLETICKLY, LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM GRADUATING ASSUME SUMACUM LOUD. BUT WHAT WE'RE SO PROUD IS HE LEAD BY KINDNESS AND SO MUCH ENTHUSIASM. HIS ALOUD HIM TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND EVERY ONE HE MET. HE WAS EVERY ONE'S BEST FRIEND. HE LIVED BIG, HE LOVED HARD. HE HAD A BRIGHT SMILE AND WOKE UP EVERY DAY, THINKING HOW AM I GOING TO MAKE THIS A BETTER DAY. THE LEADER WHO DOES IT QUIETLY WITH MEANING AND PURPOSE. OUR FAMILIES ONLY WAY TO COEXIST WITH THIS DEVASTATING IS TO TURN PAIN INTO PURPOSE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS CREATE A SCHOLARSHIP AT LAYOLA HIGH SCHOOL IS NOW IN DOW. AND LIVE LIKE BRAUN FOUNDATION, SHOW KINDNESS AND MAKE THEIR IMPACT. THIS MOVEMENT IS ACTUALLY BEEN INCREDIBLE. THE SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ANYTHING LIKE WE'VE EXPERIENCED OR EXPECTED. IT'S GONE FAR BEYOND OUR LOCAL AREAS FROM NATIONAL NEWS TO COMPLETE STRANGERS. IT'S THIS SUPPORT THAT PUSHES US FORWARD AND FUELS OUR VISION. HOWEVER, I WOULD WOULD BE REMISS IF I TAKE THIS MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACTS WHY WE'RE HERE. OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND BROWN'S LIFE TRAGICALLY ENDED BY A DRUNK DRIVER. THE WOMEN WHO KILLED OUR BEAUTIFUL SON, WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED FOR DUI AND CHARGED AND FROM THIS DUI, SHE MADE A PLEA DEAL FOR A HIT-AND-RUN. SHE WAS FREE. SHE WAS ON PROBATION AT THE TIME SHE KILLED MY SON. HER LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED DUE TO HER PRIOR DUI ARREST. SHE WAS NOT PERMITTED TO BE DRIVING. BUT GUESS WHAT? SHE WAS DRIVING AND SHE WAS DRINK. AND SHE KILLED OUR SON. AND SHE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF JAIL. AND WE ARE LEFT TO PICK UP THE TRAGIC PIECES OF LOSING OUR SON. OUR ONLY SON. THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE SYSTEM'S FAILURES, A SYSTEM THAT IS TAXPAYERS AND LAW ABIDING CITIZENS ARE HERE TO PROTECT US, WE VOTE ON THEM. THIS SYSTEM HAS FAILED BEFORE. IT CONTINUES TO FAIL AND NOW I HAVE PAID THE PRICE, I HAVE PAID THE PRICE, FOR THIS FAILURE WITH THE LIFE OF OUR ONLY SON. MY SINGULAR VOICE IS BACKED BY A COURSE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTRAGED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. STATISTIC SHOW THAT MOST DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS OCCUR DUE TO SECOND TIME OFFENDERS. THIS WOMAN HAD A PLEA DEAL, SHE KILLED MY SON AND WHAT IS MOST SHOCKING SHE IS STILL OUT OF JAIL. I'M NOT ONLY SAD I AM ANGRY. SO I ASK ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE CHANGE, PLEASE HELP. LIVE LIKE BRAUN, BE A STRONG LEADER AND INSPIRE CHANGE AND PLEASE HELP US PREVENT OTHER LIVES THAT BE TAKEN. TO LIVE BY BRAUN IS MORE THAN A PHRASE, IT'S A WAY TO SHOW UP IN THE WORLD AND I ASK ALL OF YOU HERE, PLEASE SHOW UP, EVERY SINGLE DAY IS PAINFUL. HOWEVER, I WILL ENSURE THAT BRAUN'S LEGACY LIVES ON AND I WILL WORK TIRELESS LY ON HIS BEHALF, BEING THE CHANGE THAT I KNOW BRAUN WILL WANT ME TO BE AND HELP PREVENT THESE TRAGEDIES. MY ONLY REQUEST FROM ALL OF YOU OFFICIALS, SENSER CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LEADERS, LET'S FIX THE PROBLEM, ADDRESS THE SYSTEM FAILURE. AND PLEASE DO NOT LET MY CHILD'S DEATH GO IN VAIN. I FOR ONE WILL NOT STOP. I WILL KEEP FIGHTING. UNTIL MY LAST BREATH, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR CARING AND PLEASE MAY ALL OF YOU LIVE LIKE BRAUN, I LOVE YOU BRAUN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> T. Park: THANK YOU, JEN. WE OWE BRAUN MORE THAN JUST OUR GRIEF, WE OWE HIM ACTION, THAT'S WHY TODAY I INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A B366 A STATE BUILD THAT WOULD MANDATE DEVICES FOR ALL DUI OFFENDERS INCLUDING FIRST TIME OFFENDERS. JEN, TO YOU AND DAN, AND THE DEL AND TO EVERY ONE, WHO LOVED HIM, MAY WE ALL STRIFE TO LIVE A LITTLE BIT LIKE BRAUN AND MAY HIS MEMORY LIVE ON THROUGH LAUGHTER AND MEMORIES. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. AND BRAUN FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WITH THAT, MEMBERS WE ARE ADJOURNED. WE ARE IN RECESS, WE HOPE TO SEE ALL MEMBERS IN THE FOR COURT FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE REGARDING THE LAWSUIT AGAINST US.