>> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, THE 13th DAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR 2026, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL? >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 12 2026. >> Council President: NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: CAN WE GO THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS TO GO FORTHWITH. >> Council President: ALL ITEMS FORTHWITH. >> Clerk: THE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR ITEMS 11 AND 12 HAVER POSTED AND SUBMITTED TO RESPECTIVE ITEM FILES. ITEM 13 IS A ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN HELD AND ITEM 14 IS A CLOSE SESSION ITEM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SPECIALS MEMBERS? SPECIALS FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: HI, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 9 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS PLEASE. >> Council President: OKAY, ITEM 9 FOR COMMENTS. ANY OTHER SPECIALS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: 16 AND 19 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND QUESTIONS AND THEN, ITEM 9 FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. MRT. --PRESIDENT I RISE TO CALL ITEM 9 FOR AMENDMENT. CITY ATTORNEY CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE AMENDMENT INTO THE RECORD? >> Council President: IF IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED, WE DON'T HAVE TO READ IT. >> City Attorney: WE DO HAVE IT YES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER I CAN'T ROZ SKI? --YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: FOR ITEM 14, I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. >> Council President: OKAY, 1-4, CLOSE SESSION. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? ? >> M. Rodriguez: ALSO 17 FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: 17, ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? GOING ONCE, ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 2 THROUGH 8 AND 10 THROUGH 12. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS? >> Council President: WE WILL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. WE WILL BEGIN OUR EXCITING MORNING OF PRESENTATION WZ OUR COUNCILMEMBER OF 1-5, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND AS HE'S COMING TO THE TABLE, I WANT TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR A SPECIAL RECOGNITION. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. TODAY, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME THE CONSUL GENERAL OF BULL DID NOTED BULGARIA, TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS. HE AND HIS WIFE AS WELL AS A SPECIAL COUNCIL FOR FROM BULGARIAN, AS WE WELCOME BULGARIAN HERITAGE MONTH. CONSUL HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE BULGARIAN COMMUNITY ACROSS THE WEST COAST TO PROMOTE BULGARIAN CULTURE, EDUCATION AND STRONG FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND REPUBLIC OF BULL GARY. --BULL GAYER I CAN'T. --BULL GARIAN. WE RECOGNIZE THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT STRENGTHEN THE SOCIAL CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FABRIC. THE MONTH OF MARCH HOLD SPECIAL SIGNATURES, MARCH 3, BULGARIA'S NATIONAL DAY COMMEMORATING BULGARIAN STATEHOOD. IN HONOR, THE CITY HALL WAS LIT IN THE COLORS OF BULGARIAN FLAG. MORE THAN 13 CENTURIES OF HISTORY AND A REMARKABLE CULTURAL LEGACY. THE BULGARIAN PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN THE PEOPLE, THE ALPHABET AND LITERACY TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. AND MOST CHERISHED TRADITION TZ, BABAMARTA WHEN THEY EXCHANGE BRACELETS AS A SYMBOL OF HEALTH AND GOOD FORTUNE AND ARRIVAL OF SPRING. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT BULGARIA, IT'S A PLACE OF BEAUTY AND HISTORY, VERY ANCIENT. THERE ARE ANCIENTS CITIES OF PL TO* IV ONE OF THE INHABITED CITY'S EUROPE AND THE ROSE OIL HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR CENTURIES. IT'S MY HONOR TO GET TO PRESENT THE CONSUL GENERAL WITH THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WELCOME AGAIN TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND WELCOME OUR DEAR FRIENDS FROM BULGARIA. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WITH COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, I WANT TO THANK CONSUL GENERAL. AND I HAVE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD BUT ON THIS FRIDAY THE 13th, I WANT TO BRING A LITTLE LUCK OF THE IRISH TO OUR CHAMBERS AND DON'T WORRY THAT'S THE LAST SMULCHTY THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THE IRISH TODAY. WE'RE HONORED TO BE HONORING THE IRISH SPIRIT OF CITY HALL TO CELEBRATE SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. CELEBRATED ON MARCH 17th, IN HONOR OF PA TRON OF IRELAND. BUT TODAY WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER St. PATRICK, IT'S BECOME A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF IRISH CULTURE AND HERITAGE AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S AN TUBT TO REFLECT AND APPRECIATE IRISH CULTURE, HISTORY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD OF THE IRISH PEOPLE INCLUDING IN LITERATURE, MUSIC AND DANCE AND EVEN IN POLITICS. WHETHER YOU'RE IRISH OR JUST IRISH AT HEART, St. PATRICK'S DAY IS A DAY OF CELEBRATION. TOMORROW IN THE 1-5, WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING OUR ANNUAL GALIC AND GARLIC CELEBRATION SO WE HAVE THE ITALIAN CULTURE AND IRISH CULTURE UNITED IN OUR OWN BRAND NEW PIZA MIRAMARE WHICH IS HOME TO SO MANY PEOPLE OF IRISH HERITAGE AND I ITALIAN HERITAGE. BUT BACK TODAY. I'M HONORED TO BE JOINED BY CONSUL OF IRELANDS. AND IT'S NOT SPELLED LIKE THAT AT ALL. CATHLIN REPRESENTS IRELAND, ARIZONA, HAWAII, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH AND US IN LOS ANGELES. I'M HONORED TO BE JOINED BY THIS IS A GREAT GREAT HONOR BY VERONA MURPHY, IRELAND'S KIANG CORLA, DID I SAY IT RIGHT? >> CLOSE ENOUGH. >> T. McOsker: CLOSE ENOUGH, THE SPEAKER, SHE IS THE SPEAKER OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT AND VERONA BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE HISTORY OF REPUBLIC OF IRELAND TO HOLD THIS OFFICE AND SHE WAS ELECTED IN 2024. [APPLAUSE] AND SHE IS JUST AN DELIGHT, WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET BEFORE COUNCIL AND SHE IS HERE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE US A FEW WORDS. SO WE'RE HONORED BY SPEAKER, VERONA MURPHY. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME HERE IN LOS ANGELES CITY HALL. IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO VISIT THIS REMARKABLE CITY ON BEHALF OF THE IRISH STATE AND TO BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM THE IRISH COMMUNITY. LOS ANGELES AND IRELAND MAY BE SEPARATE BID THOUSANDS OF MILES BUT WE ARE CONNECTED BY OUR PEOPLE. OUR SHARED HISTORY, AND OUR EXISTING VALUES. FOR GENERATIONS, IRISH MEN AND WOMEN HAVE MADE THEIR HOME IN THIS CITY AND ALL ACROSS CALIFORNIA. THEY'VE HELPED BUILD COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT COME TO SHAPE LOS ANGELES TODAY. IN TURN, THIS CITY HAS EMBRACED THE IRISH PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE, OUR LITERATURE, OUR MUSIC AND OUR DANCE. TODAY WE'RE SO PROUD OF THE IRISH MAKING THEIR MARK ON LOS ANGELES AND ITS CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND WE'LL BE CHEERING ON OUR MANY NOMINEES AT THE OSCARS THIS COMING SUNDAY. CITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES, REMIND US OF THE STRENGTHS THAT COMES FROM DIVERSITY AND OPENNESS. THIS IS A CITY BUILT ON TALENT FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD WHICH DEMONSTRATES WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WHEN COMMUNITIES WORK TOGETHER WITH IMAGINATION AND AMBITION. IN IRELAND, OUR PARLIAMENT, THE ERACTUS HAS LONG VALUED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS, CITIES AND CIVIC LEADERS PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN STRENGTHENING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE THE CONVENER OF THE IRELAND-AMERICAN MEMBERSHIP OF WHICH WE HAVE 190 FRIENDSHIP GROUPS. WHAT VISITS SUCH AS THIS ONE, HELP US LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, SHARE EXPERIENCES, WHICH DEEPEN THE BONDS THAT ALREADY EXIST BETWEEN OUR PEOPLE. IRELAND TODAY IS A MODERN OUTWARD LOOKING COUNTRY WITH STRONG TIES TO THE UNITED STATES. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS PROUDLY CLAIM IRISH ANCESTRY AND HERE IN L.A. THAT IS CONNECTION IS VISIBLE IN THE ACTS AND BUSINESSES AND IN PUBLIC LIFE. PEOPLE LIKE COUNCILOR McOSKER AND I ALSO MET WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE, JIM McDONNELL AND IN ADDITION TO THESE HISTORIC FAMILY TIES, WE ENJOY A VERY STRONG ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP. IRISH COMPANIES IN THE U.S. PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT TO OVER 200,000 AMERICANS. AND IRELAND IS NOW THE 5th BIGGEST SOURCE OF FOREIGN-DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE U.S. IRELAND IS ONE OF MANY COUNTRIES WITH THE CONSUL HERE, A SIGNAL OF THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE ATTACH TO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS CITY. AS CORLA, WELL PRONOUNCED BY COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, I ALSO WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INSTEWSSING AT EVERY LEVEL FROM NATIONAL TO CITY COUNCILS. THE WORK DONE IN CHAMBERS LIKE THIS ONE, SERVING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND RESPONDING TO THEIR NEEDS, IS THE FOUNDATION OF VIBRANT DEMOCRACY. THANK YOU, AGAIN, IN PARTICULAR TO COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, FOR FACILITATING THIS ENGAGEMENT. AND I HOPE THAT THIS VISIT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN IRELAND AND THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND THAT THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES GROW STRONGER IN THE YEARS AHEAD. [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BEAUTIFULLY SAID. PERSONAL SIDE, SHE ASKED ME WHAT IS YOUR IRISH AMERICAN STORY WHERE ARE YOUR PEOPLE FROM? AND I TOLD HER THAT MY GRANDMOTHER WAS FROM NEW WOULD SAY, THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE DISTRICT THAT SHE REPRESENTS AND SHE SAID WHAT WAS YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S NAME BECAUSE McOSKER IS A USUAL NAME. SHE WAS AN ORPHAN BUT PROUD THAT HER FAMILY NAME WAS POWER. AND VERONA LOOKED AT ME AND SAID YOU LOOK LIKE A POWER. I WAS PUDY IN HER HANDS. I'M GOING TO TAKE TIME OFF TO WORK ON HER CAMPAIGN. SO THIS IS THE TIME IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE SO LOOK FORWARD TO YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, THE LION'S ACADEMY AND THE 1-5 HAS BEEN GRADUATION US WITH THEIR BEAUTY AND ART AND IRISH DANCE AND ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR, THEY ARE HERE ON THE COUNCIL FLOOR TO SHOW US THE BEST ARTS AND CULTURE. THE LION'S ACADEMY EVENTS. [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC] [IRISH MUSIC] [IRISH MUSIC] [IRISH MUSIC] [IRISH MUSIC] [IRISH MUSIC] [IRISH MUSIC] [IRISH MUSIC] [IRISH MUSIC] [IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC] [IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC] [IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC] [IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC] [IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: THE LION'S ACADEMY OF IRISH DANCE, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THEY'LL BE PERFORMING TOMORROW AT GALIC AND GARLIC. I MAY EVEN JOIN THEM FOR A SLIP JIG, YOU NEVER KNOW. I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER, THE CONSUL GENERAL. WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY THE PRESIDENT OF IRISH FAIR FOUNDATION! GIVEAWAY. [APPLAUSE] AND WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY St. PATRICK'S DAY. >> Council President: AND MR. McOSKER, WE'RE HAPPY TO GET OUR St. PATRICK'S DAY KICKED OFF BY THESE DANCERS. WE HAVE A COMMENT BY MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, I THINK YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT MY FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING St. PATRICK'S DAY, I HAVE IRISH, NOT ONLY IRISH GREEN COUSIN BUT MY WIFE SHEILA'S WHOSE POWERS IS IRISH AND VISITING ME FROM PART KOREAN PART IRISH DAUGHTER, JAYLIN, RIGHT THERE. AND IT'S ALWAYS A SPECIAL OCCASION IN OUR HOUSEHOLD AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, LAST YEAR WHEN I DID THE CINCO DE MAYO, CELEBRATION, YOU SAID, YOU'RE ELEVATING IRISH AMERICANS, SO I'M GLAD YOU HAD YOUR PRESENTATION, REALLY LIKE HEARING THE STORY ABOUT THE IRISH AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP GROUP AND KNOWING YOU'RE THE LARGEST ONE. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD HOLIDAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE ONE TO BRING HERE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MR. McOSKER FOR THIS, SO DELIGHTFUL TO SEE THESE ORIGINAL DANCES ON A GLOOMY FRIDAY MORNING. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE BRINGING CULTURE INTO OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO HOLD ON TO OUR CULTURE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL CERTIFICATES FOR OUR HONORED GUESTS. >> Council President: HOLD ON, THE BOARD KEEPS LIGHTING UP. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. McOSKER, WE LOOK FARTHER TO THIS PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR. AND I FEEL LIKE I SEE THE YOUNG LADIES GROWING UP, EVERY YEAR THAT THEY COME PERFORM. THEY ALWAYS DO A MAG NIFICENT JOB, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION OF CULTURE AND THE PRESERVATION TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF WORK. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SEE YOU ALL, AND SEE NEWER ADDITIONS. LADIES WITH AS HIGH AS YOUR KICKS ARE, I THINK YOU'RE MADE FOR POLITICS. WE NEED TO KICK A FEW THINGS AROUND HERE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK YOU FOR COMING EVERY YEAR, FOR GRACING US WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL PRIDE AND PRESERVATION. IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO COUNCIL EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MANY, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TEACH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ THOSE HIGH KICKS. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CERTIFICATES FIRST TO THE LION'S A CAD ME OF DANCE. ONE OF YOU LADIES COME FORWARD. YES. OUR DIPLOMATIC OFFICER FOR THE LIONS ACADEMY. AND NOW WE HAVE OUR GOOD FRIEND WHO HAS BEEN HERE ON THE FLOOR, CONSUL GENERAL OF IRELAND. [APPLAUSE] SORRY. AND WHAT A GREAT HONOR, ONCE AGAIN THE FIRST FEMALE SPEAKER OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT OF THE HISTORY OF IRELAND, SHARING THAT WITH OUR OWN MAYOR BASS. WE HAVE VERONA MURPHY. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MEMBERS, HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. McOSKER. ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO US FROM THE MEMBER OF OUR FIRST DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBER UNISSES HERNANDEZ. WE GOT TO GET YOU UP THERE, COUNCILMEMBER. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A BROWN ACT VIOLATION OF STATE LEGISLATORS UP HERE. >> E. Hernandez: HELLO, HELLO. JOIN IN, JOIN IN, SQUEEZE IN. SQUEEZE IN P THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. COME ON IN, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. AND CITY ATTORNEY, WE HAVE HERMAN MAKING SOME SOUNDS AND SAYING BEING LOUD BACK HERE, CAN YOU GIVE HIM HIS WARNING PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OF COURSE, MR. HERMAN, THE COUNCILMEMBER SAID THAT YOU'RE DISRUPTING THIS THIS MEET ANDING PRESENTATION. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. YOU'RE NOT BEING REMOVED AT THIS TIME BUT PLEASE DON'T DISRUPT THE MEETING AGAIN. SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER GO AHEAD. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. AS A LATINA SERVING ON THIS COUNCIL, I KNOW DEEPLY THAT I DON'T GET A SEAT IN CHAMBERS BY ACCIDENT. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE SOMEBODY BEFORE US DID THE HEAVY LIFTING AND SOMEBODY DECIDED THAT IT'S BETTER TO BE ON THE TABLE THAN THE MENU. WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THAT, RICHARD PALANCO. RICHARD GPALANCO. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE'RE JOINED ALSO BY SOME HEAVY HITERS LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER COUNCIL PRESIDENT. A LOT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE'RE BROUGHT TOGETHER A STAR-STUDED LINE UP OF SOME EXCITING FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. FORMER STATE SENATOR, MARTHA A STATE SENATOR, MARIA HELENA, RICHARD ALARCON AND FORMER CITY COUNCILMEMBER TONY CARDENAS. THESE ARE TRAILBLAZERS WHO KNOW HOW TO WALK THROUGH THE DOORS THAT SENATOR OPENED. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. BUT I'LL SHARE WHAT INSPIRED ME AND WHY WE HAD TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION. SENATOR PALANCO STARTED HIS WORK IN THE STREETS OF, A MAN IN LOS ANGELES WHO UNDERSTOOD EARLY ON THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS AND EVERY DAY STRUGGLES OF FAMILIES. SHE WAS SHOWING UP AT A YOUTH COUNSELOR, ORGANIZING IN THE MARAVILLA HOUSING PROJECTS AND FIGHTING THAT MOTHERS HAD ACCESS TO CARE BY HELPING TO ESTABLISH THE ARROYO VISTA CENTER THAT I WENT TO AS A KID. HE IS THE KIND OF LEADER THAT KNOWS THAT SYSTEMIC CHANGE MEANS INVESTING IN PEOPLE. AND LEADING THE FIGHT. TRANSFORM THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR STATE. SENATOR UNDERSTOOD PEOPLE POWER AND BECAUSE OF HIS WORK, WE SEE IT EMBEDDED IN THE VERY CONCRETE AND SOIL COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN BENEFITING THE COMMUNITIES. TODAY WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT HIS LEGACY IS ETCHED INTO THE CITY HE LOVES. WE'RE MOVING TO DES I GO NAILT THE AVENUE OF 26 AND NORTH SAN FERNANDO ROAD BY THE L.A. RIVER CENTER AS SENATOR RICHARD POLANCO SQUARE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT BUT SENATOR HAD A LOT TO DO WITH BRINGING GREEN SPACE TO CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND I KNOW FOR THAT GENERATIONS OF ANGELINOS ARE GRATEFUL. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, MARTHA ING ESCUTIA TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. I'M A FORMER STATE SENATOR. >> E. Hernandez: STILL YOUR TITLE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT RICHARD POLANCO, HE HAS NOT ONLY BEEN A BROTHER TO ME, THE BROTHER I NEVER HAD AND A MENTOR AND THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS MAN. HE DESERVES THE DESCRIPTION OF BEINGER THE ARCHITECT OF LATINO STATE LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS WHICH BY THE WAY TO GO TO THE 80s, IT WAS RICHARD ALATORRE WHO SERVED HERE WHO CREATED THE SEATS FOR SLATE LEGISLATURE AS WELL AS CONGRESS AND EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAD HAD THE VISION BY ALATORRE BUT IT TOOK A MAN LIKE RICHARD TO MAKE THAT VISION INTO REALITY AND IMPLEMENT IT. IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT RICHARD PALANCO THAT WAS THE RIGHT MAN AT THE RIGHT TIME. IT WAS HIM THAT RECRUITED DIANE MARTINEZ TO RUN FOR ASSEMBLY LITERALLY WHEN SHE WAS IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE. IT WAS HIM THAT HE TOLD HER, YOUR TIME TO RUN FOR OFFICE NOW AN OLDER WOMEN AND SHE HAD TO DO IT BECAUSE HER HUSBAND WOULD BE PROUD OF HER WHO SERVED IN THE 60s. AND ALSO THE RICHARD POLANCO THAT GAVE ME THE ABILITY TO RUN. AND HE PROMISED THAT I WOULD NOT BE ALONE. >> E. Hernandez: THEY ALWAYS DO IT WHEN SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN ARE SPEAKING IN CHAMBERS. >> Speaker: IT'S A CONSPIRACY. THAT'S A LAWSUIT. I LIKE YOU. ANYWAY AS I WAS TELLING YOU, POLANCO GAVE US OUR FIRST BREAK IN POLITICS. AND IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, POLANCO TOLD WILLIE BROWN, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO RUN CAUCUS CANDIDATES AGAINST YOUR AND WILLIE SAID WHAT? AND WILLIE JUST, HE'S A COOL CAL AND HE WISHED POLANCO A LOT OF LUCK, THINKING THAT HE WOULD FAIL. AND I THINK THAT WILLIE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE ENERGETIC DISCIPLINE THAT SENATOR POLANCO HAD. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, EVERY CANDIDATE THAT WE HAD THAT RAN, THE LATINO CAUCUS WON! THE LATINO CAUCUS WON. TONY WAS ONE OF THEM. I REMEMBER TALK TO GO TONY AT UNIVERSAL CITY, TRYING TO RECRUIT HIM. SO THAT, I ONLY TELL THAT STORY BECAUSE, ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. SO WHEN RICHARD WAS ABLE, TO NOT ONLY WIN IN 94 BUT ALSO WIN IN 96, BY THAT TIME, ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS LOST THE HOUSE, AND IT TOOK RICHARD POLANCO TO BRING BACK THE ASSEMBLY TO THE DEMOCRATIC COLUMN. BECAUSE WILLIE LOST THE HOUSE. HE DOES NOT SAY THAT TOO LOUD BUT I DO. AND WHO IS KEEPING SCORE, RICHARD NEVER KEPT SCORE BUT I DO. NIMODO. 96 WAS WATER SHIP FOR LATINO CAUCUS, WE ELECT THED THE FIRST LATINO SPEAKER, FIRST MAJORITY LEADER ANTONIA, THE FIRST CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE LATINA DENISE FROM BARRIO LOGAN IN SAN DIEGO AND FIRST WOMAN LATINA TO CHAIR THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE EVER, YOURS TRULY MARTA ESCUTIA. IN 1997, WE HAD TO STOP THE BUDGET FOR ONE THING, FOOD STAMPS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT WE HAD TO FIGHT FOR FOOD STAMPS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. AND WE HAD TO FIGHT OUR OWN DEMOCRATS, WHAT DID RICHARD AND I AND DENISE AND ANTONIA DID? --ANTONIO DID? WE HIT AND WE PREVENTED A QUORUM AND IT GAVE TIME FOR PETE WILSON TO NEGOTIATE THE FOOD STAMPS AND PETA GREED. WE JUST HAD TO ASK HIM AND HE AGREED. I TELL THAT STORY BECAUSE MANY TIMES OUR OPPONENTS ARE OUR ALLIES. I CANNOT BELIEVE STILL TO THIS MOMENT THAT WE HAD TO NEGOTIATE MORALITY BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING VERY IMMORAL ABOUT NEGOTIATING FOOD STAMPS FOR POOR PEOPLE. WE DID IT BECAUSE WE HAD HAD THE POWER AND WE DID IT BECAUSE RICHARD HAD A VISION. AND SO MANY TIMES, IT TAKES, AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSON TO DELIVER EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT TO DO ORDINARY THINGS. A FOOD STAMP IS VERY ORDINARY BUT TO THAT PERSON IT MEANS A LOT YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS RICHARD WHO CRISSCROSSED THE STATE, LITERALLY CRISSCROSSED THE STATE FINDING PEOPLE, RECRUITING CANDIDATES PROMISING THAT HE WOULD NOT ONLY ENDORSE THEM BUT FUNDING RAISING EFFORTS WHO WAS GOOD AT THAT. AND RICHARD WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. FOR RICHARD, HE WAS NOT LOOKING FOR POLITICAL TRANSACTIONS, HE WAS LOOKING FOR RELATIONSHIPS ON THE SHARED VALUES THAT WE ALL SHARE. THAT'S THE RICHARD POLANCO THAT I KNOW, THAT I RESPECT AND THAT'S THE RICHARD POLANCO THAT I LOVE. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR RECOGNIZING A MAN THAT MANY TIMES DOES NOT GET THE RECOGNITION THAT HE DESERVES. I THANK THE BODY AND THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME TO HONOR THIS MAN, THE WAY HE SHOULD BE HONORED. LIBBY, GABRIEL, LIANA, RIFPTD JUNIOR, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, I THANK YOU FOR GIVING US RICHARD DURING THOSE VERY FORMATIVE YEARS AND VERY TURBULENT YEARS. IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE FAMILY, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE HERE. SO THANK YOU, LIBBY. THANK YOU. AND RICHARD [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ALL OF US. I DON'T THINK THERE IS TIME IN THIS EARTH TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, RICHARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TITAN OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT, MARIA HELENA SHARE A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS AND COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. IT IS AN HONOR TO WITH YOU TODAY IN THE CITY COUNCIL TO CELEBRATE A REMARKABLE LEADER, A DEAR FRIEND, AND A TRUE CHAMPION FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, SENATOR RICHARD POLANCO. [APPLAUSE] I MET RICHARD, THROUGH MY HUSBAND MIGUEL. THROUGH MIG PEL AS YOU KNOW IS REALLY BRILLIANT ABOUT POLITICS. HE WAS FRIENDS WITH RICHARD THROUGH THE FARMWORKERS UNION THROUGH BEING OUT THERE IN EAST L.A. AND DOING VOTER REGISTRATION, THE REALLY HARD WORK. PEOPLE DIDN'T GET THE BALLOT IN THE MAIL, YOU HAD TO, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T GET THE VOTER REGISTRATION, IT WAS HARD HARD WORK ONE BY ONE BY ONE. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL AS THE NEWLY HEAD OF THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT WORKERS UNION THAT HI A FRIEND IN POLITICS. THAT HI A FRIEND THAT BELIEVED IN HARD WORKING PEOPLE AND POOR PEOPLE P.PART A GENERATION OF LEADERS WHO CHANGED THE FACE OF CALIFORNIA POLITICS AS MY, DEAR FRIEND MARTA SAID S HE DEVELOPED THE MASTER PLAN WHERE LATINO COMMUNITIES FINALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT REPRESENTATIVES WHO ELECTED. HE TOOK THAT VISION AND TURNED IT INTO REALITY. HE HELPED CREATE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS IN STATE GOLF, THE CALIFORNIA LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS. BUT RICHARD'S LEGACY IS NOT ONLY ABOUT REPRESENTATION, IT IS ALSO ABOUT JUSTICE. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, EVERYWHERE HE WENT TO THIS DAY, HE STOOD FIRMLY WITH WORKING PEOPLE, WITH IMMIGRANTS, WITH LABOR, WITH FARMWORKERS, AND WITH WOMEN, WITH YOU JUST NAME IT, HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO THIS DAY. WE ARE TOGETHER, FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS INTERNET AND CONNECTIVITY FOR EVERYONE. THINKS ABOUT THAT. TO THIS DAY. RICHARD, ALWAYS LEAD WITH COURAGE, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE POWER, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE COURAGE. HE IS ALWAYS HAS COURAGE. THERE IS AN OLD SEXIST SAYING THAT BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN IS A GOOD WOMAN. RICHARD BUILT THE LATINO CAUCUS BY FLIPPING THAT OLD SAYING ON ITS HEAD. RICHARD RECOGNIZED THAT BY SUPPORTING LATINAS, WE COULD CAPITALIZE ON THE WOMENS MOVEMENT AND BREAKOUT OF THE BARRIOS. IN EARLY 90s, HE BACKED, MART. >>>, LIZ, DEBRA ORTIZ, DIANE MARTINEZ, GRACE NAPOLITANO, HILDA SOLIS, JENNY, OROPESA AND NELLY AND NOW SOTO. HE BROUGHT THE MEANING OF SI SE PUEDE, TO LATINAS. I'M ONE OF 22 WOMEN SITTING IN LEGISLATURE. HE HAS BROUGHT SOME GOOD WOMEN. JUST AS HE WELCOMED US, LET US WELCOME HIM. TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE HIS 75th BIRTHDAY, RICHARD ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TO YOU. >> E. Hernndez: NICE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. LET ME GET OUT OF YOUR WAY. THANK YOU SENATOR. NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME AND INTRODUCE CITY COUNCILMEMBER RICHARD TO YOU. >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL HAVING TO SPEAK AFTER THESE TWO INCREDIBLE WOMEN IS A TASK IN DEED. BUT, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE, RICHARD POLANCO TO BE RECOGNIZED NOT FOR HIM PERSONALLY, HE HAS PRESENT' OF RECOGNITIONS HANGING ON HIS WALL BUT ALL WELL DESERVED. I DON'T GO THROUGH THE LITANY OF THINGS, BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE IN JUST ONE DAY TO EXPLAIN ALL THE THINGS THAT RICHARD HAS DONE LEGISLATIVELY. BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE REASON SO MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON SCHOOL BOARDS, ON WATER DISTRICTS ON, YOU NAME IT, THE PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO BENEFITED FROM THE CALIFORNIA, VOTING RIGHTS ACT, EXCUSE ME. BECAUSE THEY, KNEES JURISDICTIONS --THESE JURISDICTIONS, DIDN'T HAVE ELECTIONS THAT EXCLUDED MINORITIES NOT JUST LATINO BUT MINORITIES FROM BEING ELECTED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT RICHARD, THE GUY THAT FOUGHT FOR ME AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS A RACE FOR SENATE. AND I WAS LOSING BY 600 VOTES. AND EVEN MY STAFF LEFT. [LAUGHTER] THE LITTLE RESTAURANT THAT WE WERE AT. >> I DIDN'T LEAVE. >> Speaker: THEY WERE LIKE 3 PEOPLE THERE, AND YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY, I WAS PAYING MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER, SO THEY WERE THERE. BUT AT 12:00 O'CLOCK, I WAS LOSING BY 400 VOTES. AT 1:00 O'CLOCK I WAS LOSING BY 300 VOTES, I COULD BE OFF A VOTE OR TWO. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, RICHARD STAYED THE WHOLE TIME, PRAYING, PRAYING, >> BABY JESUS. >> YES TO BABY JESUS, PRAYING FOR HIM TO PULL US THROUGH. AT 3:00 O'CLOCK, I WON BY 29 VOTES. IT WAS THE CLOSEST, [APPLAUSE] IT WAS THE CLOSEST RACE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY AT THE TIME. BUT THE TIME I'M TRYING TO MAKE, RICHARD WITH THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HE'S HELPED GET ELECTED, HE'S NOT JUST THERE IN NUMERICAL COUNTS TO DO PUBLICITY, HE'S THERE BECOMING THEIR FRIEND, BECOMING THEIR ADVOCATE. AD FINALLY, LET ME SAY THIS H WHATEVER YOU THINK ABOUT POLITICAL STALLWARDS, RICHARD NEVER ASKED ME TO CHANGE MY OPINION ON A VOTE. HE ALWAYS LET WHOEVER GOT ELECTED UNDER HIS WING, HE ALWAYS LET THEM DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO AS AN INDIVIDUAL. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF RICHARD POLANCO THAT'S WHY HE CONTINUED TO BUILD BECAUSE HIS LOYALTY GENERATED A RETURN LOYALTY TEE --FROM ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HERE AND HUNDREDS MORE. WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE POLITICIANS IN HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. I TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE ENERGIZER BUNNY HAS NOTHING ON THIS GUY. SO WE'RE SO GRACIOUS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, OF COURSE TONY AND I SERVED HERE. AND SO WE ARE JUST HONORED TO TELL YOU WHAT A GREAT MAN WE HAD THE PLEASURE TO KNOW AND WORK WITH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, THANK YOU RICHARD. FINALLY BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE MAN OF THE HOUR, PLEASE WELCOME FORMER CITY COUNCILMEMBER, TONY CARDENAS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. THE FIRST PERSON WHO EVER ENDORSED ME WHEN I DECIDE TODAY RUN FOR OFFICE WAS STATE SENATOR RICHARD POLANCO. YES, AND EVERY MOMENT WITH HIM WAS LIKE GOING TO SCHOOL. PEOPLE DON'T, SOME PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT, RABBI MEANS TEACHER AND HE'S MY RABBI. HE IS MY TEACHER. I WAS FORTUNATE TO GO TO SACRAMENTO AND WE HAD POSTAL SERVICE THAT DIDN'T DELIVER THE MAIL UNTIL WE HAD CASHIERS CHECKS AND THE ONLY PERSON IN THE POSITION TO HELP ME WAS SENATOR RICHARD POLANCO WITH ONE PHONE CALL, WE TOLD HIM HOW MUCH MONEY HE NEEDED AND SENT IT AND WE WON THAT RACE! WHEN I GOT TO SACRAMENTO, I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A PLACE TO STAY. SO I SLEPT ON THE COUCH OF RICHARD POLANCO'S AND THEN SPEAKER CRUZ BUSTAMETE. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY JUST WANTED TO SOMEBODY TO MAKE FUN OF. I WAS NEW TO POLITICS AND I WAS VETERANOS, AND EVERY NIGHT THEY OPENED A BOTTLE OF WINE AND I DIDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TYPES AND THANKS TO HIM, I DO NOW THE DIFFERENCE. THEY WOULD ASK ME QUESTIONS AND THEY WOULD LAUGH AND SAY THIS GUY DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. AND THEY COULD SCOLD ME AND TEACH ME. I TELL YOU BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT. AND IF THEY AFFORD THE TIME TO OFFER YOU THEIR WISDOM, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE IT BECAUSE THEY WILL TELL YOU THE MISTAKES THAT THEY MADE. SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THEM. THEY WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND, AND READ BETWEEN THE LINES SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO IT FOR YOURSELF. THAT IS WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS MAN AND THAT'S WHAT I APPRECIATE HIM, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING. SO WHEN I GOT ELECTED I ENTER WITH FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND TO WASHINGTON ALWAYS WITH THIS MAN'S SUPPORT AND WHEN I GOT TO WASHINGTON, I SAT THERE AND I SAID SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES, HE SAID THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LATINOS HERE. WHEN I GOT TO WASHINGTON, I SAID THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LATINOS HERE. SO I VIE TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE THAT ELECTS LATINOS ON THE BEHALF OF LATIN CAUCUS AND THEY ELECTED AND I MADE SOME LOFTY PROMISES, BUT I KNEW THAT BY CHANNELING RICHARD POLANCO I COULD MAKE IT HAPPEN. THEY HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO RAISE A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE. AND I WAS CRAZY ENOUGH TO SAY, THAT WE WERE GOING TO RAISE THREE MILLION. AND THEY LAUGHED AT ME BUT THEY VOTED FOR ME. HE'S A FRESHMAN BUT I LIKE HIS ENERGY. WE RAISED 6 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST TERM AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 11 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEXT TERM AND ANOTHER 18 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEXT TERM AND WENT FROM 25 MEMBERS OF HISPANIC TO 43 IN JUST 6 YEARS. BUT THAT IS WHAT HE DID. THAT IS WHAT THIS MAN DID IN SACRAMENTO. HE MORE THAN DOUBLED AND TRIPLED THE NUMBER OF HISPANICS SINCE THE DAY HE GOT THERE. HE IS A RABBI, HE IS A TEACHER OF THE BEST KIND. AND PEOPLE THINK THAT HE ONLY HELP LATINOS AND LATINAS GET ELECTED. SENATOR ALEX PADILLA AND ADAM SCHIFT. RICHARD POLANCO MUSCLED THAT GOOD MAN INTO OFFICE AND HE WAS GRATEFUL BUT THERE WAS NOT A QUIT PRO QUO BECAUSE WHEN HE RAN FOR PRO TEM, HE DID NOT GET THE COMMITMENT OF SENATOR STATE SENATOR SCHIFT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS CONTINUE A CONDITION. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SET STRAIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OFFICIALS OF COLOR, PEOPLE ASSUME THAT WE DON'T HAVE INTEGRITY AND THAT WE WORK ON QUIT PRO QUO AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO WHEN I GOT TO WASHINGTON DC, I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE HISPANIC CAUCUS, I BEGGED THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS WHO DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A PACK TO OPEN A PACK, I BEGGED THE GAY CAUCUS AND ASIAN CAUCUS TO DO THE SAME. AND TOGETHER, WE RAISED OVER 50 MILLION DOLLARS TO ELECT PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO WASHINGTON DC. AND THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME, PEOPLE WHO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HAVE TO MEET WITH THE HISPANIC CAUCUS IF THEY WANT OUR ENDORSEMENT. THA NEVER HAPPENED. THAT IS TRUE POWER. WHERE IT BELONGS. [APPLAUSE] I GIVE YOU THESE EXAMPLES NOT BECAUSE I WAS A PART, BUT BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE TEACH TORE TEACH ME HOW TO BE EMPOWERED AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND MY POWER AND FOLLOW MY PASSION FOR IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE, I WOULD WITHIN BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S THE SIMPLE TRUTH, SO SI STAND HERE GRATEFUL AND HONORED TO CALL THIS MAN MY FRIEND. AND BACK THEN, I DID NOT SAY IT I LOVE YOU RICHARD, NOW THAT I'M A GRANDFATHER NOW THAT I LEARNED HOW TO SAY THAT MORE THAN EVER, RICHARD, I LOVE YOU BROTHER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND BEFORE I PASS IT TO THE MAN OF THE POWER, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW OTHER TITANS AND LEADERS. WE HAVE RETIRED DEAN FLORES WITH US TODAY. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE CONGRESSWOMAN LUCILLE HERE TODAY. [APPLAUSE] AND RETIRED ASSEMBLYMAN, MANNY GOMEZ ALSO JOINING US TODAY. MANNY DIAZ, SORRY. JOINING US HERE TODAY. AND NOW, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE MAN WHO TAUGHT US WHAT IT MEANS TO BUILD TRUE PEOPLE POWER, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BUILD PIPELINES, PLEASE LET'S GIVE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO WELCOME RICHARD POLANCO TO THE PODIUM. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [LOUD APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR. [SPEAKING SPANISH] LET ME BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING SENATOR ESCUTIA, FORMER CONGRESS MEMBER TONY CARDENAS, SENATOR DURACSO, MY FORMER COLLEAGUES, DANNY DIAZ, LUCILLE, ROY, DEAN FLORES. AND PAPA CHULO. [LAUGHTER] WHICH IS IS THE NICKNAME WE GAVE TO SENATOR ALARCON. I'M ONE THAT BELIEVES THAT NO ONE MAKES IT ALONE IN THIS WORLD. AT SOME POINT IN OUR PATH, WE WERE TOUCHED BY A TEACHER WHO SAW MORE IN US THAN WE SAW IN OUR SELVES. WE ARE TOUCHED AND BLESSED WITH PARENTS, WHO PROVIDED AT TIMES WORKED TWO JOBS, WE WERE BLESSED WITH OPPORTUNITIES THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME GROWING UP WERE LIMITED. BUT BEFORE I GO FURTHER, LET ME INTRODUCE MY FAMILY. LET ME BEGIN BY INTRODUCING THE FOUNDATION, THE ROCK OF THE POLANCO FAMILY. A QUICK STORY, WHEN WE MET, WHEN WE MET, WE WERE BOTH IN A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP. AND MY WIFE WAS ENGAGED. [LAUGHTER] THEY'RE LAUGHING BUT IT'S A GREAT STORY BECAUSE [LAUGHTER] LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, WE ENDED UP 47 YEARS AGO IN MARRIAGE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE CELEBRATE THIS YEAR OUR 48th. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THE WOMAN BEHIND OR A SPOUSE, A GOOD PARTNER, THEY STAND WITH YOU. NEXT TO YOU. ON THAT JOURNEY AND SO TO MY WIFE, LIBBY, THANK YOU YOU'RE MY PARTNER AND SOUL MATE AND TE QUIERO MUCHO. [APPLAUSE] LET ME INTRODUCE MY SIBLINGS, THE OLDEST, RICHARD JUNIOR. EXCUSE ME, MY CHILDREN! MY CHILDREN! [LAUGHTER] HE LOOKS LIKE MY BROTHER SO I'LL INTRODUCE HIM AS A BROTHER. MY OLDEST SON, RICHARD JUNIOR, HIS SON, MY GRANDSON, ROCCO POLANCO AND ALSO WITH US, IS GABRIEL RIGHT HERE, HIS WIFE, MELISSA, MY GRANDDAUGHTER LONDON, MY GRANDDAUGHTER BERLIN, THE JOY OF MY LIFE. AND THE JULY MY PRECIOUS ONE, LEANA POLANCO, MY DAUGHTER. PLEASE WELCOME. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. SO I'M GOING TO PUT THIS AWAY. THANK YOU. AND BE VERY VERY SHORT. I GOT INTO POLITICS BECAUSE I BELIEVED THAT GOVERNMENT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. I GREW UP IN A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE 60s AND 70s, OUR COUNTRY WAS TORN APART MUCH LIKE WE SEE TODAY. IT WAS A TIME WHEN, U.S. STUDENTS WERE PROTESTING OUR MILITARY NATIONAL GUARD HAD KILLED STUDENTS AT KEN STATE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PARALLELS THAT ARE HAPPENING TODAY AND THAT I WATCHED AND WATCHED. SO MY WAY OF BEING IS BASED ON A SERIES OF DECADES OF EVENTS THAT OCCURED. AND SO, WHEN I REALIZED THAT, WE COULD EITHER CONTINUE TO DO THE MARCHING AND THE PROTESTERS OF WHICH I PARTICIPATED STUDENT WALK OUT, CHICANO MORATORIUM, OR WE CAN GET INTO THE SYSTEM AND MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE. AND I GOT TO SEE, HOW GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE WAR ON POVERTY, THE GREAT SOCIETY, WAS ABLE TO INVEST MONEY IN MAKING QUALITY OF LIFE MORE PLEASANT, MORE ENJOYABLE, AND SO, WHEN I GOT TO THE LEGISLATURE, I MADE IT A POINT TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE. THE FIRST HEARINGS ON HIV AND AIDS, I REMEMBER HOLDING THEM AT PLUMBER'S PARK. FROM THERE CAME THE LEGISLATION THAT I AUTHORED DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF STANDARD FOR HOSPICE CARE. AND OF THE 250 BILLS THAT WERE SIGNED BY 3 DIFFERENT GOVERNORS MAJORITY WERE BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES THAT ONE HAD OR EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT TO MIA TENSION. FOR EXAMPLE, I SAVED MY DEAR FRIEND MONICA LOZANO, THE DAUGHTER OF LA OPINION , HER REPORTER REPORTED THE A BAOUFS MEXICANOS AND SALVADORIAN THAT WOULD SEND MONEY AND IT WOULD NOT GET THERE. AND ALL OF THOSE TRANSACTION HAVE STANDARDS BUT IT WAS LISTENING AND WATCHING AND NOT BEING AFRAID. NOT BEING VICTIM TO CIRCUMSTANCE AND BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THE PROCESS WORKS. I'LL END MY COMMENTS BY THANKING THE CITY COUNCIL, I'LL END MY COMMENTS BUSINESS SAYING, THERE ARE ISSUES THAT CAN IN FACT, BE DEALT WITH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AT THE STATE LEVEL. YOU REPRESENT AN ENTITY OF GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT CAN LEVERAGE, THAT CAN LEVERAGE PROCUREMENT, SO THAT WOMEN AND MINORITY BUSINESSES CAN STRIFE. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE WHEN THEY STRIVE, THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES GROWS. YOU HAVE A PENSION FUND, I WOULD REQUEST MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT SENDING MONEY TO THE EQUITY MANAGERS WHO ARE FUNDING THE DETENTION FACILITY. MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESSES IN LOS ANGELES [APPLAUSE] ARE NOT ALLOWING FOR SURVEILLANCE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION OF OUR PEOPLE. THEY'RE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. AND SO, I, I, I WANT TO JUST SAY TO ALL OF YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCILS YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. DON'T BE AFRAID TO EXERCISE IT. UTILIZE IT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF PEOPLE. DON'T MAKE IT AN AGENDA ABOUT YOU! MAKE IT AGENDA ABOUT COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO COUNCILWOMAN, TO THE COUNCILWOMAN BUT I WANT TO HAVE MY FAMILY WHO IS HERE MY NIECES, MY GREAT GRAND NIECES. MY COUSIN. PLEASE STAND! [APPLAUSE] THIS IS, THIS IS THIS, THIS IS WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE, IT WAS LIKE, I HAD A TEAM. AND SO TO MY FAMILY THAT ARE HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. TO MY BROTHER JOHN, MY PARENTS WHO ARE UP IN HEAVEN, I APPRECIATE YOU, I LOVE YOU, WE MISS YOU, YOU'RE ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS. AGAIN COUNCILWOMAN, MIL GRACIAS. YOU HAVE NO IDEA, NO IDEA, MY FEELINGS. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THEY HAVE TO KNOW THE SHOULDERSIER STANDING ON. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TO KNOW THE SHOULDERS THAT WE'RE STANDING ON. THANK YOU SENATOR. I NOW WANT TO OFFER MY COLLEAGUES TO OFFER A FEW WORDS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR POLANCO, IT'S A LONG LIST SO I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO TO START. >> >> Y. Jurado:, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR POLANCO YOU HAVE BUILT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN CD14 AND I CANNOT UNDERSTATE AND UNDERSCORE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SAID, WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS, SO MANY OF THEM ARE RIGHT THERE! AND I'M TRYING TO FILL THE SHOES AND SUPPORT THE LEGACY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES ON WARDS. AND REMIND US TO BE COURAGEOUS IN THIS MOMENT. WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT HOLDING FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. YOU FOUGHT SO HARD, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LATINO COMMUNITIES WERE NO LONGER ICED OUT FOR GOVERNMENT AND DECISION-MAKING AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THAT AND WIDEN OUR ABILITIES TO REPRESENT AND GOVERN OURSELVES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE YOU'RE A TRUE CD14, OR COMPANERO AND THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU BUILT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: I JUST-- >> Council President: SO YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING, THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING AND THAT'S YOUR SECOND WARN ANDING YOU'RE LEAVING AND THAT'S EXCELLENT BECAUSE YOU'RE DISMISSED. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD AND SENATOR POLANCO AND ETCHER THAT IS HERE IT'S INCREDIBLE LISTENING TO YOUR MEMORIES OF BUILDING POWER AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY CAME FROM. VISION THAT HAD YOU AND EVERY STEP YOU HAD TOWARDS IT. IT'S BEEN AWE INSPIRING TO HEAR IT AND TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT IT TOOK TO BUILD IT. AND TO KNOW THAT, IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE BUILDING THAT POWER TODAY, WE HAVE TO BE AS DELIBERATE AS THOUGHTFUL AS GENEROUS TO OTHER PEOPLE, AS OPEN TO BRINGING MORE PEOPLE INTO THIS WORK AS YOU WERE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FROM THE POLANCO FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY. THIS FULL HOUSE IS RECOGNITION OF WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR REALLY BRINGING SOMEONE THAT IS A TITAN TO OUR COUNCIL AND RECOGNIZING HIM AND THEN, BRINGING HIS STREET NAME AFTER HIM. YOU'RE DOING A SQUARE NAME AFTER HIM. BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR WORK IS AND REPRESENTATION REALLY DOES MATTER. AND THE GROUP THAT YOU SEE TODAY, IN FRONT OF US, HAD THE COURAGE TO FIGHT WHEN THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE. AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. TO MAKE IT UNIFIED FOR ALL OF US. AND THIS IS ABOUT UNITY AND COURAGE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING HIM, LOG I LOVE TO BE THERE FOR THE SQUARE DEDICATION, I THINK IT WILL TB EXCITING. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. AND THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR SHARING YOU WITH OUR CITY AND WITH OUR STATE. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUSINS AND UNCLES AND EVERYBODY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT I WANT TO BE INVITED TO THE SQUARE OPENING AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT MY TALKING POINTS AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING THAT WAS ALREADY SAID. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS FOR ME TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU. WHEN I HEAR YOUR GUY'S HISTORY, I HAVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR WHAT IT IS THAT DID TO AT LEAST HAVE LATINOS BE TAKEN SERIOUS TO RUN FOR OFFICE IN GENERAL. AND I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE OF THAT EARLY WORK NOW WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE VOTERS HAVE MULTIPLE LATINOS BUT THAT TOOK WORK. AND NICE TO SEE EVERYONE TOGETHER TO HELP GET US TO THAT PLACE. IN A FEW VIDEO I'M SUPPOSE TO DO A VIDEO FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE TO ANSWER IS WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GET INTO POLITICS AND WHAT A DAY, BECAUSE TWO OF THE PEOPLE THAT EXPOSED ME TO LOCAL POLITICS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. RICHARD ALRCON MY NEPHEW IS ENJOYING THAT WATER SLIDE THAT YOU PUT IN SUN VALLEY PARK WHERE I WAS INVITED. AND TONY CARDNESS, --CARDENAS, YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE TO EXPOSE TO WORKING IN CAMPAIGN AND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO INTO SOMEBODY'S LIVING ROOM AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS STILL SO MANY PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT YOU STARTED THAT BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG, I'M STILL WORKING WITH THEM AND COMMUNITY IS STILL ENJOYING THEM. IT'S A JUST A REMINDER THAT THE EXPOSURE COMES EARLY, AND THE WORK COMES EARLY AND IT CONTINUES. IT'S REALLY REFRESHING TO SEE THE GIANTS THAT STARTED THE WORK THAT INSPIRED ME AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT I'M CONTINUE TO GO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU MR. POLANCO, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR DAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER FOR HERNANDEZ FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, I, IS LOVE READING ABOUT HISTORY, YOU KNOW, AMERICAN HISTORY, LATINO HISTORY, CHICANO HISTORY AND BLACK HISTORY, AND YOU GAVE ME A LESSON OF WORK. IT REALLY CRYSTALLIZED WHEN YOU STARTED SPEAK SENATOR, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE GREAT SOCIETY AND THE FUNDING THAT CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZING. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW INCREDIBLE THAT WAS AT THE TIME, THE AT THE TIME THAT YOU GROW UP IN IN THE 60s, YOU'RE SEEING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOVE CREATING THESE POLICIES. I FELT LIKE WHEN YOU TOLD THAT STORY, I UNDERSTOOD THE VISION THAT WAS, THAT THE SEED THAT WAS PUT IN YOUR BRAIN AT THE TIME AND HOW ALL THAT WORK OF THE FOLKS YOU PUSHING, WHAT YOU'RE STRIVING FOR. YOU NEED TO WRITE A BOOK, LIKE SERIOUSLY, YOU NEED TO WRITE A BOOK. >> Council President: SECOND. >> H. Soto-Martinez: YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, I WOULD SAY AS A HISTORIAN CONNOISSEUR OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THERE IS LESS VISION TO FOLKS MOVING FROM POLITICS. THERE IS A HUNGER AND LATINOS DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARDS AND SAY, I WANT TO BE LIKE HIM. WE TALK ABOUT MLK AND HE WILL A--ELLA BAKER. YOU HAVE TO CEMENT IT. I WANT TO READ ABOUT YOUR TEENAGERS AND GROWING UP AND EVEN TODAY WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE FOLKS THAT YOU HELP UPLIFT. I HOPE TO BE AT THE BOOK SIGNING WHEN YOU HAVE IT. PLEASE WRITE A BOOK. MUCHAS GRACIAS. >> Council President: THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ TO CLOSE. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. WELL FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR AN INVITATION BECAUSE I WILL BE AT THE SQUARE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT. WHEN I LOOKED ACROSS THE CHAMBER, I SEE RICHARD ALDOVAR, CAN ALL THE RICHARD POLANCO PLEASE BE ACKNOWLEDGED. EVERYONE THAT IS HERE FOR RICHARD, STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED. [APPLAUSE] TO ALL HERE TODAY, DEAN RICHARD, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE TO LEARN THIS HISTORY CAUSE I WATCHED IT LIVE. I GOT TO LIVE IT. GROWING UP, STARTING MY CAREER IN THE NORTHEAST, WATCHING YOUR LEGACY UNFOLD. WATCHING YOU, IDENTIFY INCREDIBLE FEMALE LEADERS AND EMPOWER THEM. AT A TIME THAT EVEN WHEN I, WAS EAGER TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE AND WAS BEING TOLD BY OTHERS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH THAT HAD YOU TO TELL ME TO WAIT MY TURN, I WAS NEVER ABOUT TO ASK FOR PERMISSION, NEVER HAVE BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE. YOU WERE THE EXAMPLE THAT MACHISMO WOULD BE SHELVED. YOU DID ALL OF THIS WORK, THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, YOU WERE IN FACT THE WINDS OF CHANGE. WE'RE HERE TO BE AFFECTIVE LEADERS ON THE INSIDE. IT'S AMAZING TO ME. YOUR RULES RUNS DEEPER THAN YOUR DIMPLES. [LAUGHTER] AND THAT IS MADE YOU AFFECTIVE. UNDERSTANDING HOW TO SHIFT POWER AND LEAD CHANGE, ISN'T BY NOISE ALONE. IT'S BY UNDERSTANDING THE RULES, UNDERING THE STRUCTURE OF POWER AND UNDERSTANDING HOW TO LEAD CHANGE AND THAT MY FRIEND IS WHAT MADE YOU AN INCREDIBLE ELECTED LEADER THAT HAS MADE ALL OF THIS CHANGE THROUGHOUT OUR STATE. [APPLAUSE] SO CONGRATULATIONS, ON THIS WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION ON THE FUTURE SQUARE THAT WILL BE ADJACENT TO WHAT WAS FORMERLY LAURIES. I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS LAWYERRY'S AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS. AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS, FROM THE STATE PARK, THERE ARE A LOT OF LEGACY PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE TO DESERVING TO HAVE YOUR NAME BECAUSE YOU WERE IN FACT THE LEADER THAT LEAD THAT CHANGE. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BE EXAMPLE. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALL HERE FOR YOU. BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY TAUGHT US HOW TO BE BETTER. YOU MADE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD A STRONG AND UNAPOLOGETIC VOICE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, YOU AND MARTA CONVENING EVERYBODY WITH LEGA TO BRING ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THOSE CONCERNS WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS KOUPT --COUNTRY, LAST YEAR. YOU HAVE NOT RETIRED. YOU HAVE NOT SLOWED DOWN, YOU CONTINUE TO BE THAT STRONG VOICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND LIBBY, THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A HUGE SACRIFICE AND I KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR FAMILY HAS SACRIFICED FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO DEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE. I'M GRATEFUL THAT I CONTINUE TO BE A STUDENT OF ALL OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR LESSONS AND EXAMPLE. BUT THANK YOU FOR PERSONALLY BE A MENTOR AND DEAR FRIEND TO ME. I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED WORK THAT, THE CONTINUED LEADERSHIP THAT YOU OFFER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT NOT JUST THE LATINO COMMUNITY FOR EVER WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY OF COLOR IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. YOU MY FRIEND HAVE CREATED THAT LEGACY IN HISTORY FOR EVERYONE AND YOU DESERVE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. I KNOW THIS IS JUST A START OF MORE TO COME AND SINCE HEATHER ACCIDENTALLY MENTIONED A STREET, WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT IN FRONT OF LAWRY'S. IT'S BEEN AN INTENTIONAL ACT VAIGTS OF MINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STREETS OF THIS CITY, AS WE HAVE, PRESIDENT THAT CONTINUES TO ERASE OUR STORIES THAT WE CONTINUE TO EMBRACE AND DOCUMENT THIS LIVING HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES. AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE AMONG THOSE THAT ARE GETTING RECOGNIZED FOR ALL YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND COLLEAGUES. ALL OF THE WORDS ARE DEEPLY FELT, SENATOR POLANCO ON BEHALF OF THIS COUNCIL WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. I'M JUST STRUCK HEARING YOUR STORIES THIS MORNING AND THINKING JUST A WEEK AGO, WE WERE RECOGNIZING REV. JESSE JACKSON WHO HAD PASSED AWAY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT IN 84 WHEN HE RAN, HE KICKED OPEN DOOR AND SHOWED PEOPLE WE CAN WIN. AND UPER THE FIRST PEOPLE TO STEP UP AND RUN AND RUN WITHOUT AN INVITATION FROM THE RULING CLASS. AND YOU KICKED IN THE DOOR AND ONCE YOU KICKED DOWN THE DOOR, THE DOOR DOES NOT COME BACK. WE'RE GRATEFUL AND ALL OF US AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, WE ARE AT OUR BEST WHEN WE BUILD ON YOUR WORK AND EXAMPLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU WILL DO. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SENATOR, IF PUCK PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE. HAPPY BELATED 75th BIRTHDAY, THE CITY IS BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU. I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO YOU AND SENATOR RICHARD POLANCO HIS TRONS FORMATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND MANY WISHES OF CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND FOR BEING HERE WITH US. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYBODY. [APPLAUSE] CELEBRATE THIS GIANT. TRY TO GIVE THEM A SECOND TO GET TO THE BACK FOR PHOTOS AS COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FROM THE FIRST DISTRICT IS COMING FORWARD FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. Are you gonna help? Nancy? I can't remember. Good, good, good. You're good. Hey, how are you? Thank you. Okay Perfect. Are you nice? Very, very nice. All right. Hi Nice to see you. By the end. Ready? Yeah Uh. Good morningdo: GOOD MORNING. IT'S OKAY. [PLEASE STAND BY] I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET 10,000 STEPS NOW. BUT SOMETIMES. YEAH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. IF YOU CAN GET CHATTER DOWN TO A LOW LEVEL AND WE WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO OUR COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBERS JURADO AND SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Y. Jurado: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE OF REV. ZACHARY HOOVER, A MAN WHO HAS TURNED FAITH INTO ACTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR A DECADE OF SERVICE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF L.A. VOICE. [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I KNOW MANY OF US HERE HAVE WORKED HAVE L.A. VOICE WHERE REV. HAS HELP BRING TOGETHER A CONGREGATIONS ACROSS L.A. COUNTY. AT HIS CORE, HE BELIEVES DEEPLY IN PEOPLE AND IN NR DIGNITY AND POWER WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER. DRING HIS TIME AT L.A. VOICE THAT WORK HAS TAKEN MANY FORMS THROUGH ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS, HE HAS EXPANDED ACCESS TO GROCERIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, FOOD DESERT AND PUSHED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO SEE REINVEST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT TOO OFTEN HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED. HE HAS HELPED INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, REMOVED BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE RETURNING HOME AFTER INCARCERATION. AND KEY EFFORTS TO EXPAND HOUSING. HOUSING PROGRAM, HE HELPED MAKE IT EASIER FOR FAITH INSTITUTION TO SEE BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING BRINGING TOGETHER FAITH BASE COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING ADVOCATES TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE MOST URGENT CHALLENGES HERE IN LOS ANGELES. AND WHAT STANDS OUT ABOUT REV.'S SACK --ZACHARY IS HOW HE DOES IT. WHETHER HE'S WORK WITHING CLERGY OR COMMUNITIES LEADERS, HE BRINGS A HUMILITY AND SINCERITY THAT PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY FEEL. HE REMINDS US THAT REAL CHANGE DOES NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BUT THROUGH RELATIONSHIP AND PER CH --PERSEVERANCE THAT BUILT SOMETHING TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU, ZACHARY, REV. ZACHARY AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TRN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TO HONOR AN INCREDIBLE LEADER THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE WORKING WITH. MANY TIMES DURING MY CAREER. REV. HOOVER BEEN A POWERFUL VOICE FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE IN L.A. VOICE BUT ADD HIS ENTIRE CAREER FOR MORE THAN DECADES. THROUGH THE ORGANIZING WORK I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW L.A. VOICE HAS PROTECTED IMMIGRANTS, UPLIFTED RENTERS, AND BROUGHT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IGNORED BY THIS CITY FOR DECADES. REV. HOOVER IS A TRUMAN OF FAITH, ONE THAT BELIEVES OUR SPIRITUALITY NEEDS TO BE AT THE CORE OF OUR ACTIVISM AND OUR ORGANIZING AND PROTESTS. WHEN I FIRST MET THE REVEREND, IT WAS IMMEDIATE CONNECTION. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOW SPIRITUALITY NEEDS TO BE AT THE CENTER OF WHAT WE DO AND WHEN YOU FIGHT, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TRYING TO DEFEAT YOUR OPPONENT BUT TRYING TO WIN OVER YOUR OPPONENTS. HE PLACES THE NEEDS OF OTHERS FIRST AND BEEN AMAZING ALLY. NO MATTER WHERE HE GOES NEXT, I'M SURE WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE HIM OUT THERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR MAKING US BELIEVE IN PROGRESS AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: AND NOW IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO WELCOME REV. ZACHARY HOOVER TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND MY COUNCILMEMBER JAOUR DO. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. I REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED WITH L.A. VOICE, IT WAS HARD TO GET MEETING HERE AND NOW WE'RE HERE TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS AND PEOPLE WE'VE WORKED WITH US. WHEN YOUR STAFF AMERICAN, ISABELA SAID, IT MAY BE 90 AND MY WIFE SAID 90 MINUTES AND I SAID, I'M LATINO AND YOU'RE IRISH, IT'S GOING TO BE 90 MINUTES. I WANT TO THANK YOU, IT'S ABOUT THE VOICE AND WITH GRASS ROOTS LEADERS ALL ACROSS COUNTY, OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND REGULAR FOLKS FROM COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES. I HAVE FOND MEMORIES, IT WAS COOL TO SEE MR. ALACON HERE, WE WORKED ON ONE OF MY PROJECTS HERE. AND IT WAS FUN PRESENTING SOME CHALLENGES ON THAT FRONT. IT BEEN GREAT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND DIFFERENT SEATS IN THESE CHAMBERS. L.A. VOICE IS REALLY SPECIAL. I HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE FOR 17 YEARS AS AN ORGANIZER AND AS THE ED AND I THINK WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL IS A LOT OF WHAT YOU CAPTURE IN YOUR REMARKS. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE BELIEVING IN EACH OTHER AND ALL OF US, NO MATTER HOW MUCH POWER, WE THINK, WE HAVE MORE THAN WE THINK AND WE CANNOT GO BEYOND OURSELVES TO CREATE THE COMMUNITIES WE WANT TO LIVE IN. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HARRIS-DAWSON WHO HAS BEEN A FRIEND AND MENTOR, HELPFUL IN THINKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND LEADING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND FOR YOUR TEACHING. I ALSO GET TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TODAY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL KNOWS, I THINK THE COUNCIL MOSTLY KNOWS BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE, FIRST OF ALL, LAST TIME I WAS HERE AT THE PASS ING--PASSING OF OUR BOARD CHAIR JOAQUIN AND ON THAT SAD NOTE, I WANT TO SAY THAT OUR NEW BOARD CHAIR IS HERE WITH US TODAY. AND ALSO, I'M SO PLEASED TO BE FOLLOWED BY AND EXCELLENT LEADER WHO IS ALREADY TAKING L.A. VOICE INTO ITS NEXT STEPS AND WILL WORK WITH THE FAMILY AND DEVELOPING HER OWN VISION FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND POWER OF L.A. VOICE AND THAT'S DR. CHARITY COLE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS. SHE DOES NOT LIKE IT. SO JUST TWO FINAL COMMENTS, FIRST, IS, I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY, MY WIFE IS HERE, MY SON ANDRES WHO IS TEN YEARS OLD AND HAPPILY MISSING SCHOOL AND GOT A HISTORY LESSON TODAY AND ALSO I'M TAKING HIM TO IRELAND ON HIS SPRING BREAK SO HE GOT A TASTE TODAY. MY MOM IS A FLYNN SO WE CAN START LATER. I STARTED IN COACHELLA VALLEY AND HE SAID [SPEAKING SPANISH] ZACHARY, NO ONE IS INDISPENSABLE BUT WE'RE ALL NECESSARY. EVERY SING SL OF US IS REQUIRED TO BUILDING OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR CITIES AND CREATING THE KIND OF WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN. SO IT'S A GREAT RELIEF TO NOT BE INDISPENSABLE AND A GREAT GIFT TO BE NECESSARY. I WISH THE SAME EXPERIENCE FOR EACH OF YOU. CS LEWIS THE ATHEIST TURNED CHRISTIAN WRITER SUNS SAID THAT WHEN WE DIE, GOD DOES NOT ASK US WHO WE WERE DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR BUT INSTEAD GOD LOOKS AT WHAT WE DID AND SAYS, WHATEVER YOU DID THAT WAS GOOD, DID YOU FOR ME. WE NEED TO VIEW POLITICS THE SAME. LET'S LOOK FOR THEM, LET'S LIFT THEM UP AND WHO CARES WHO THEY'RE DOING IT FOR, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING EACH OTHER WITH GRACE AND DOING IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, REV. HOOVER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SRVICE AND OUR CITY IS SO MUCH STRONGER BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOU PUT IT SO WELL. SO NOW I WANT TO PASS IT BACK TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN CASE THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. >> Council President: THERE ARE MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT EVERYBODY TODAY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR, TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT L.A. VOICE AND REV. ZACH FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE, HE'S A UNIFIER AND ORGANIZER AND SEES THE VALUE OF WHAT HAPPENS NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK. YOU CAME ON A PERFECT DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING HIM TODAY. THANKS. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR ORGANIZING THIS RECOGNITION AND HAVING IT FALL ON OUR St. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION FOR ONE OF OUR FAVORITE IRISH MAN HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND A GREAT LEADER AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS DEDICATED HIS TIME. WE MAY HAVE AN OBJECTION ON THE FLOOR ZACH. BUT, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE YOUR WORK AND BRINGING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH YOU. I THINK THERE IS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. I'LL PAY YOU EXTREMELY COMPLIMENT, ONE OF THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENTS THAT I CAN PAY TO ANYBODY, MY MOTHER CALLED ME ON FRIDAY AND YOU KNOW, ASKED IF I CAN COME TO SERVICE THAT WEEKEND. AND SHE SAID YEAH, YOU SHOULD COME BECAUSE ZACH AND L.A. VOICE ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING DURING SERVICE. AND I SAID MOM, YOU DON'T LET ME SPEAK DURING SERVICE. WHO IS THIS ZACH AND HOW DID HE GET SO FAMILIAR AT THE PARISHIONERS AT YOUR CONGREGATION. THAT'S THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU BUILD IN THE CITY OF COMMUNITIES OF FAITH AND CREATING THE PATHWAY WHICH IS NOT A SMALL THING AT ALL, WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED IN THIS CITY BUT CREATING THE PATHWAY, FOR PEOPLE OF FAITH, TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL STRUGGLE, AS CRAZY AS OUR POLITICAL LIFE IS IN THIS COUNTRY. MOST PEOPLE OF FAITH SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO GOOD IN OUR LITTLE BOX AND YOU PROVIDE A WAY FOR THEM TO GET INVOLVED AND HELP SHAPE THE WORLD FOR ALL OF US. AND FOR THAT, WE'RE GRATEFUL. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> >> Y. Jurado:, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE PRESENT THIS PLAQUE TO HONOR YOUR LEGACY AT L.A. VOICE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Council President: WHILE THE PICTURES ARE FLASHING, WE GOT ANOTHER SPEAKER. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: REAL FAST, I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE CHORUS, RIGHT NOW, HAVING INTER FAITH WORK MOVING LOS ANGELES FORWARD, IN WAY THAT'S BENEFIT ALL ANGELINO IS SOMETHING THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED AND THE SPACE THAT YOU CREATE AND COMMUNITY YOU BUILD TO PUSH FORWARD, TOWARD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR CITY IS SOMETHING I'M GRATEFUL FOR. YOU AND MY TEAM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD AND DEVELOP, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL DESERVED HONOR. THANK YOU. >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN REV. ZACHARY AND L.A. VOICE. ALL RIGHT. AS THEY ARE DEPARTING TO DO PHOTOS, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL DISTRICT 11. >> T. Park: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE AND THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE COACH DYLAN SMITH FROM POLI HIGH AS THE 2025 AFC DON SHOELA COACH OF THE YEAR. L.A. HAS A LONG AND PROUD FOOTBALL TRADITION, PROGRAMS LIKE CRENSHAW, DORSY VENICE AND LAYOLA JUST TO NAME A FEW, HAVE PRODUCED GENERATIONS OF GREAT PLAYERS IN A CITY KNOWN AT COMPETING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. AND IT'S NOT JUST LOCAL PRIDE, CALIFORNIA HAS PRODUCED MORE NFL PLAYERS THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY. THAT TELLS UZ SOMETHING ABOUT THE LEVEL OF TALENT AND COMPETITION IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS EVERY SEASON. SO WHEN A TEAM LIKE PALI CHARTER HIGH PUTS TOGETHER THE KIND OF SEASON THEY DID IN 2025, IT MEANS SOMETHING. COACH SMITH WAS NOMINATED BY THE L.A. CHARGERS HE AND EDINGER WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE PRO BOWL GAME AND ATTENDED THE LAST SUPER BOWL AS GUEST OF THE NFL WHERE THEY GOT TO WALK THE RED CARPETS AND GET NFL HONORS. THE DON SHULA IS NAMED AFTER THE WINNINGLESS COACH. ALL NOMINATE A HIGH SCHOOL COACH FOR THE HONOR WITH ONE WINNER SELECTED FROM EACH CONFERENCE. NOMINEES ARE JUDGED ON THE VALUES THAT COACH SHULA EXEMPLIFIED CHARACTER INTEGRITY LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, PLAYER HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ON-FIELD SUCCESS. COACH SMITH EARNED THIS RECOGNITION AFTER GUIDING THE DOLPHINS THROUGH A SEASON WITH UNDENIABLE ADVERSITY. THE PALISADES FIRE DESTROYED THE FOOTBALL FIELDS, THE WEIGHT ROOM AND EQUIPMENT LEAVING THE PROGRAM WITHOUT A HOMEBASE. TEN PLAYERS LOST THEIR HOMES IN THE BLAZE. BUT RATHER THAN WALK AWAY FROM THE SEASON, COACH SMITH AND HIS STAFF FOUND A WAY TO KEEP THE PROGRAM GOING. THE TEAM PRACTICES AND PLAYED AT ALL ALTERNATE SITES ALL OVER THE CITY. THEY BORROWED EQUIPMENT AND PULLED TOGETHER RESOURCES FROM ANYWHERE THEY COULD. COACH SMITH EVEN REACHED OUT TO THE L.A. CHARGERS AND THE ORGANIZATION STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT THE TEAM. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, PALI HIGH COMPLETED A PERFECT 10-0 REGULAR SEASON AND EARNED A BIRTH IN THE PLAYOFFS. THAT'S AWESOME! WITH THAT WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. >> OUR NOMINEE TO A COACH THAT PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL COACH, SMITH? THIS IS THE HIGH SCHOOL TIME LAPSE. In this season, turning theSHOW. [APPLAUSE]. >> WOW, COACH IF IN A WE NEEDED WINS, WE DELIVERED. COACH SMITH HIMSELF HAS DEEP ROOTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL. HE WAS A QUARTERBACK AT SANTA MONICA HIGH AND PLAYED A AT SANTA MONICA COLLEGE BEFORE BECOMING THE QUARTERBACK IN KANSAS IN 1999 AND 2000, AFTER HIS PLAYING CAREER, HE TRANSITIONED INTO COACHING SERVING TWO STINTS AS AN ASSISTANT AT MALIBU HIGH AND SPENDING 9 SEASONS AS AN ASSISTANT COACH AT THE BRENTWOOD SCHOOL. IN FEBRUARY, 2023, HE WAS HIRED AS THE 13TH HEAD FOOT BAM BEACH AT PALY HIGH, CHALLENGES HIS TEAM FACED A LAST YEAR MIRRORED THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE PAL SIDES HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THE FIRE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED MOST OF THE CAMPUS FORCING STUDENTS TO A RARE CAMPUS IN THE SEARS BUILD INING SANTA MONICA. ENROLLMENT DROOPED FAMILIES WERE DISPLACED, STUDENTS FACED LONG COMMUTES AND LIMITED FACILITIES. YET ALL OF THAT THEY KEPT MOVING FORWARD AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYED THROUGH THE ADVERSITY. ONE YEAR AND 20 DAYS AFTER THE FIRE, WE PROUDLY WELCOMED THE PALY DOLPHINS BACK TO OUR HOME CAMPUS. THE RESILIENCE OF THESE FAMILIES AND THIS SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THE ENTIRE CITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD STAO*URD AND AIDEN WILSON TURNER, A PARENT AND STUDENT ATHLETE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, COME ON UP. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> HELL LOOSING -- HELL LOOSING EVERYONE, I PLAY SAFETY FOR PALISADES HIGH, I'M GLAD TO TALK ABOUT MY COACH, COACH SMITH. TO MOST PEEL, -- PEOPLE, HE'S A FOOTBALL COACH, HE SHAPES WHO WE BECOME, HE TEACHES US ACCOUNTABILITY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO SHOW UP FOR YOUR TEAMMATES EVERY DAY, FOOTBALL IS A SDIFLT SPORT AND HE PUSHES US TO WORK HARDER. HE REMINDS US THE LESSONS WE LEARN CARRY ON TO OUR LIVES OFF THE FIELD AS WELL. THAT BELIEF PUSHES US TO BECOME BETTER ATHLETES, BETTER PEOPLE, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE PLAYERS WHOSE LIVES HE'S IMPACTED, I THANK COACH SMITH FOR NABBING US BECOME BETTER PEOPLE OVERALL FM >> MY NAME IS STEWART WILSON TURNER, I'M THE FATHER OF AIDEN, HE GOT HIS HEIGHT FROM HIS MOTHER, NOT FROM ME. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ON A MICRO LEVEL ABOUT COACH SMITH, AS A PARENT, AS YOUR CHILD GETS OLDER, YOU HAVE LESS INFLUENCE ON THEM AND WHO THEY WILL BECOME. AND SO YOU HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HANG OUT WITH, THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS THAT THEY ENCOUNTER ON A DAILY BASIS WILL MIRROR WHAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOUR CHILD AND THE VALUES THAT YOU INSTILL IN THEM. DYLEN SMITH IS A STRONG QUIET EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT MAN WHO LEADS BY EXAMPLE IN A SPORT WHERE OFTENTIMES BEING THE LOUDEST AND BEING THE WILDEST IS OFTENTIMES PRAISED, HE IS A QUIET, STRONG LEADER. I AM GRATEFUL ALONG WITH MY WIFE KAREN AND I'M SURE MANY OF THE PARENTS AT PALY HIGH TO BE DYLEN BE THE INFLUENCE OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE IN THEIR -- MY SON'S UPCOMING FOURTH YEAR. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SHOW DIFFERENT SIDES OF WHO MEN ARE AND WHAT THEY CAN BE AND I AM VERY, VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE DYLEN AS THE KIND OF INFLUENCE THAT I HOLD STRONG AND THAT I HOLD DEAR IN MY HEART TO LEAD MY SON AND I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THAT HE IS HIS COACH THIS YEAR AND NOT ONLY THIS YEAR BUT AS HE GOES THROUGH HIS LIFE, I'M SURE DYLEN WILL BE AROUND TO CHAMPION AIDEN AS HE MOVES FORWARD IN HIS LIFE, TO DYLEN, THANK YOU, BROTHER. [APPLAUSE]. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS TEAM WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR THEIR SCHOOL, THEIR EQUIPMENT THEIR HOMES, THEIR TOWN, HAVING A PERFECT SEASON REALLY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT COACH SMITH BRINGS TO THIS TEAM AND THESE INCREDIBLE YOUNG MEN, SO IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE COACH DYLEN SMITH WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR BASS AK -- ANG A*K ENROBING AND CONGRATULATIONS YOU FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY MARE WORK AND LEADERSHIP YOU SHOWED DURING THE LAST SEASON, COACH, THIS IS AMAZING, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. >> ALRIGHT, KO*M, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS ON THE QUU, BEGINNING WITH COUPES MEMBER HUTT. >> YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. -- COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT. >> YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. DON'T MESS ME UP BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING EVERY TIME YOU BRING SOMEBODY UP HERE. I WANT TO SAY MY NAME *F NIECE TWOENT PALISADES, SHE HAS TWO CIF RINGS FROM BASKETBALL. AND WHEN THAT DEVASTATING FIRE HIT, SHE TEXT ME BEFORE TRACI EVEN KNEW BECAUSE SHE LOVED THAT SCHOOL SO MUCH AND WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE EDUCATION BUT THE SPORTS, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US TODAY IS PERSEVERANCE AND RESILIENCE AND YOU GAVE THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE REST OF THE CITY HOPE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I WAS HOLDING BACK THE TEARS AND I SAW TRACI AND I HAD TO LOOK AWAY BECAUSE I GET EMOTIONAL BUT THIS MOPS SOMETHING TO THIS CITY, IT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING TO THE STUDENTS AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DID. IT WAS ALL GOOD FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT. COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ ?FRNLTS THANK >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARK, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IN THESE SHINING LIGHTS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED OUT OF THE ASHES, IT'S YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, THE STORIES OF RESILIENCE THAT CONTINUE TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD AND THE RECOGNITION, THE WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF YOUR BODY OF WORK, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, IT'S THE EXAMPLE OF HOW PEOPLE CAN SHOW UP AFTER INCREDIBLY DEVASTATING MOMENTS BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU'RE GETTINGTHE RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE, SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARK, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS BRINGING IN THESE SHINING LIGHTS THAT I THINK AFTER SUCH -- AFTER SUCH INCREDIBLE ODDS THAT IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE THE STRENGTH AND THE RESILL WRENS THAT ARE BRINGING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER. BACK TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. >> I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY DONE COUNCIL COMMENTS BUT I WANT TO CAN ASK COACH SMITH TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO CLOSE US OUT. THANK YOU, COACH, COME ON UP. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PARK AND COUNCIL FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY, THEY ALLOW ME TO BE AWAY FROM THEM AND DO WHAT I DO AND MY KIDS, THE PARENTS, THEY SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND ALL THESE PEOPLE REPRESENT EVERYTHING THAT ALLOW ME TO DO WHAT I DO FOR THE KIDS AND DO AS A PARENT AND ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY WERE BRINGING WATER EVERY DAY, EQUIPMENT, AND A LOT OF PARENT JUST GOT TOGETHER AND DID EVERYTHING TO DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS TEAM AND AIDEN'S HERE TO REPRESENT THE PLAYERS, I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT THE KIDS, THE LITTLE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THEY LEFT ON THE FIELD TO HAVE A A PERFECT SEASON, AND THOSE KIDS DID IT FOR THE COMMUNITY, THEY COULD HAVE TRANSFERRED AND LEFT AND WENT TO OTHER SCHOOLS, THEY ALL SAID THEY WANT TO STAY HERE AND DO IT FOR PALISADES, THAT'S WHY I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND LOSE SLEEP AND WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO TO SEE THESE KIDS SUCCEED IN LIFE AND ON THE FEEL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> WE'LL MOVER TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 AND 13. >> THANK HELL -- HELLO, IT'S A PLEASURE TO LEAD TODAY'S PRESENTATION TO ACKNOWLEDGE SEIU LOCAL 99 FOR THE RELENTLESS WORK ON THE FRONT LINES OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. COUNCIL MEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND I ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT YOU TO PEOPLE'S HOUSE, WE STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH YOU AND WHEN YOU SIT AT THE BARGAINING TABLE, YOU AE NOT ALONE BECAUSE THE PEEL ARE WITH YOU, WE ARE WITH YOU. WE HAVE A POWER HOUSE SIGNED UP TODAY. NORMALLY WE GET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE TO COME IN, ONE DAY TO HAVE THIS MANY OF GREAT PEOPLE IS IS EXCITING. WE HAVE YVONNE WHEELER PRESIDENT OF THE LA FED JOINING US WHO'S HERE WITH US TODAY JAOEL -- JULIE ANNE WINK L, TITANS IN THE WORLD OF LABOR, IN A FEW MOMENTS, THEY WILL LAY OUT THE COLD HARD FACTS AND SPEAK ABOUT THE STRUGGLES OF WORKING CLAS FAMILIES AND THE REAL STRUGGLE FOR A FAIR CONTRACT. BEFORE WE MOVER ONSINGER I THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT I RESTATE THE OBSERVE, THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IS A HISTORY OF STRUGGLE, IT SAYS IF SOME PEOPLE FORGOT THE RIGHT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS FOUGHT AND WON. TODAY THAT FIGHT CONTINUES WE'LL TALK ABOUT FIGHTING FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FOR OUR YOUTH, IT MEANS FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO EDUCATE THEM, WHO FEED THEM AND CARE FOR THEM, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY. THROWING DOWN FOR THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES MEANS THROWING DOWN FOR EDUCATOR, ISN'T THAT RIGHT, UCLA, -- UTLA? >> YES. >> TLA'S RIGHT, WE CANNOT EXPECT OUR STUDENT TOS THRIVE IF THE WORKERS SUPPORTING THEM ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. EDUCATORS ARE STRUGGLING TO BUILD SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS ARE FULLY SUPPORTED AND WHERE EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IS PROUD TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN SO I ASK LAUSD TO DO RIGHT THINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND NOW I'LL CALL ON MY COLLEAGUE SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MER HERNANDEZ, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD SO MAZEINGMANY AMAZING POWERFUL FOLK, IT WOULDN'T BE THE HOUSE OF LABOR IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SOME YUAN YN -- UNION CLAPS. LET'S GET THAT STARTED. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE TWO INCREDIBLE UNIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR STUDENTS FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ANGELENOS. NELSON MANDELA SAID IT BEST EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND THE WORKERS OF SEIU99 AND LATU, WE KNOW THAT YOUNG DUTLA HAVE BEEN AS PART OF SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT WIDTHS STEVE BECO TO COLONIAL INDIA TO THE CIVIC RIGHT MOVEMENT HERE AT HOME, IT IS YOUNG PEOPLE AND EDUCATORS THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE TIP OF THE SPHERE. WE SAW THAT LEADERSHIP FIRSTHAND WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVADED OUR COMMUNITIES LAST SUMMER AND AS THEY CONTINUE TO RIP OUR FAMILIES APART TO THIS DAY. OUR EDUCATORS ORGANIZED MOBILIZED AND BUILT A NETWORK TO MAKE SURE SAFE PASSAGE WAS AVAILABLE TO OUR FAMILIES, THESE PEOPLE STEPPED UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT AS THEY FIGHT FOR THEIR OWN FUTURES BUT THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR US O DO IT FOR THEM, THEY'RE ASKING US TO BE THERE WITH THEM IN SOLIDARITY AND THAT'S WHAT'S AT THE HEART OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT. OUR EDUCATION WORKERS, THE TEACHING AIDS, SUPPORT STAFF BUS DRIFTS *IFR -- DRIVERS AND WHO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE MANY THE CITY THEY WORK IN. O TOO MANY OF THESE WORKERS RELY ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, TOO MANY OF THEM HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS THAT IS NOT A REALITY THAT WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO ACCEPT ANY SINGLE DAY, NOT NOW, NOT YESTERDAY, NOT IN THE FUTURE. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE CARING FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEY DESERVE FAIR WAGES, STABLE WORKING CONDITIONS AND RESPECT IN THE WORKPLACE. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'S A PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEE, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM RIGHT NOW JUST LIKE THEY SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES EVERY SINGLE DAY. TODAY I WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR EDGEUCATORS AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN THEM IN A FIGHT FOR A FAIR CONTRACT. IF THEY AREN'T LISTENING NOW, WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LISTEN TO US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> AND NOW PLEASE MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE ICON, YVONNE WHEELER, PRESIDENT OF THE LA FED. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS YVONNE WHEELER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY LABOR UNION AND OVER 300 AFFILIATE INS LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND I'M PROUD TO STAND HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE WORKERS OF THE UNITED TEACHERS OF LOS ANGELES, UTLA AND SEIU LOCAL 99. PUBLIC EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE ECONOMIC MORBIDITIES IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO BUILD LIVE AND IS DIGNITY AND SECURITY, NONE OF THIS HAPPENS BY ACCIDENT. IT IS THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT EDUCATORS COUNSELOR NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS OF UTLA SPEND INSTRUCTING AND CARING FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT MAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLACES OR POSSIBILITIES. IT IS HARD, THE HARD WORK OF THE BUS DRIVERS, TEACHERS AIDS AND CAFETERIA WORKERS, CUSTODIANS OF SEIU LOCAL 99 THAT KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE, FED AND CARED FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY. THESE WORKERS LOVE THEIR PROFESSION, THEY LOVE THEIR STUDENTS AND THEY LOVE THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT THEY LIVE IN. YOU HAVE FAR TOO MANY EDUCATORS AND EDUCATOR WORKERS STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. TOO MANY OF THEM ARE FORCED INTO IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS AND HEARTBREAKING SACRIFICES TO CONTINUE SERVING THEIR STUDENTS. MEANWHILE LAUSD IS SITTING MORE THAN A 5 BILLION DOLLARS IN RESERVE, WORKERS HAVE BEEN LEFT WITHOUT A FAIR CONTRACT FOR YEARS, INSTEAD OF INVEST -- IN VESTING IN MAKING THE SCHOOLS WORK, THEY GIVE TO MULTIBILLION CORPORATIONS. THESE WORKERS ARE NOT ONLY FIGHTING FOR THEMSELVES, THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR THOSE THAT ARE FUNDING OUR COMMUNITIES. IT IS LONG PAST TIME FOR LAUSD TO GIVE THEM A FAIR CONTRACT AND I URGE THIS BODY TO STAND WITH THE EDUCATORS, STAND WITH SEIU LOCAL 99, STAND WITH UTLA AND GIVE THEM A CONTRACT THEY FAIRLY DESERVE. >> [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, NOW PLEASE JOIN ME IN JOINING MS. VAN WINK L, UTLA PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. WE ARE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS OF LOS ANGELES, UTLA REPRESENTS 38 THOUSAND TEACHERS SPECIAL EDUCATORS, COUNSELORS NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS LIBRARIANS AND MORE. MY FELLOW EDUCATORS AND I ARE PROUD TO HAVE DEDICATED OUR PROFESSION TO SERVING STUDENT FAMILIES OF LOS ANGELES. WE BELIEVE DEEPLY IN THE NEED AND VALUE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOW MORE THAN EVER. WE KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION IS UNDER ATTACK, NOT JUST BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BUT BY BILLIONAIRE PRIVATIZES WOULD ARE HELL BENT ON TURNING OUR STUDENTS INTO PROFITS. THEY'VE COME AFTER ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PROFESSION AND UTLA EDUCATORS ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. 21% OF OUR MEMBERS, YOUR TEACHERS AND YOUR CHILDREN'S TEACHERS QUALIFY FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING ASSISTANCE, ONE IN THREE NEW EDUCATORS LEAVE THE PROFESSION WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE YEAR AND IS ALMOST A THIRD OF UTLA MEMBERS WORK A SECOND JOB JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET. THIS IS NOT EVEN -- IT USED TO BE -- WE USED TO COMPLAIN THAT LA UNIFIED EDUCATORS COULDN'T AFFORD THE BUY A HOME IN LA, NOW WE'RE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD RENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF HEARTBREAKING TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR MEMBERS WHO SHARE THEY'RE PUTTING OFF STARTING FAMILIES OR THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO RETIRE BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY. THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND NOT SUSTAINABLE. FOR YEARS, OUR DISTRICT HAS PRIORITIZED CONTRACTING OVER MEET THING NEEDS AND DEMRANDS OF OUR EDUCATE WORKERS. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, LA UNIFIED HAS SPENT OVER 6.7 BILLION DOLLARS OF PUBLIC MONEY ON PRIVATE CONTRACTS AND PRIVATE COMPANIES. AND MANY OF THESE ARE IN BIG TECH, THIS IS BOTH FAIL TOG MEET THE REQUIREMENTS ON SPENDING IN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY SITTING ON OVER 5 BILLION DOLLARS IN REZ SERVES AND IS PROJECTED TO RECEIVE INCREASED FUNDING FROM THE STATE THIS YEAR. THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS, IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT HAVING THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT NOT HAVING THE PRIORITIES AND WE NEED THE SDRIGT TO HAVE PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EDUCATORS ARE ABLE TO LIVER NR THIS CITY AND OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THE SUPPORTS THEY DEPRAVEMENT OUR FIGHT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT TODAY'S DOLLARS GO INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND NOT INTO THE POCKETS OF BILLIONAIRES. OUR WORKING CONDITIONS ARE OUR STUDENT'S LEARNING CONDITIONS OUR CONTRACT DEMANDS WERE DEVELOPED BY EDUCATORS, PARENT AND IS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEY REFLECT THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR FAIR PAY, SMALLER CLASS SIZES, MORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, INCREASED ARTS AND PE EDUCATION, MORE SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. AND I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL, EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS, YOU CAN EVEN SCAN THE QR CODE THERE TO JOIN US ON MARCH 18 FOR OUR RALLY FOR THE FIGHT FOR LA, WE NEED TO SHOW THE LEADERS OF LA UNIFIED SOME OF WHICH OWN SIX OR 7 HOUSES HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND IN FLORIDA WHILE OUR WORKERS IN THE SCHOOLS CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO PAY RENT, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO JOIN US TO TELL THEM THAT THEY NEED TO SETTLE OUR CONTRACT AND GIVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR EDUCATORS WHAT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. >> ABSOLUTELY, WE ARE -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM CONTINUE TO GET AWAY WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, TO SHOW WE ARE WITH YOU. NOW LET'S HEAR IT UP FOR OUR FINAL SPEAKER, MAX, EXEC TIER DIRECTOR OF SEIU99. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, MY NAME IS MAX ARDISO, SEIU99, WE ARE OVER 55 THOUSAND EDUCATOR WOE,, TK CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CLASSIFIED. NEXT PIECE. AT THE LA YUAN TID SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE REPRESENT 30 THOUSAND WORKERS. AND THAT IS WHO WE ARE PREDICATORS, BUS DRIVERS, YOU CAN SEE THERE, OVER 100 CLASSIFICATIONS WITHOUT OUR MEMBERS, THE DISTRICT DOES NOT WAKE UP, CHILDREN WILL NOT GET TO SCHOOL AND NOT EAT NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND IS TEACHERS NEED THE SUPPORT THEIR MEMBERS GIVE THEM IN THE CLASSROOM ESPECIALLY IF YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE LARGE CLASSROOM SIZES, WE NEED THE CHANGE THAT TOO. WE ARE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN WORKFORCE, OVER 90% OF CLASSIFIED WORKERS ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. FURTHER, IT'S A MAJORITY WOMEN WORKFORCE AND WE'RE IN WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE NEED TO START DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT, IT'S TOO LATE IN SOCIETY TO HAVE THIS SITUATION. 43% OF CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ARE PARENTS OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN MANY WHO ATTEND LAUSD SCHOOLS. HOW DO WE TREAT THESE WOMEN AND STUDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE THERE, LOCAL 99 MEMBERS GET PAID POVERTY WAGES, I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE, THE AVERAGE CLASS FIED EMPLOYEE MAKES 35 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, SOME AS LITTLE AS 29 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. THIS IS WAY BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, WAY BELOW JUST ABOUT ANY POVERTY LINE ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF LA WHERE IT TAKES INDIVIDUALS TO -- THAT'S THE POVERTY LINE, SO THAT'S NOT OKAY. SO, AS A RESULT, 99% OF OUR MEMBERS CANNOT AFFORD A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT IN LA 99% 65% STRUGGLE WITH FOOD INSECURITY CANNOT AFFORD, ONE IN TEN PEOPLE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE NATION, THIS HAS AN IMPACT ON STUDENTS, THE LOW STAFFING OF CUSTODIAL STAFF THAT IS STAFFED ONLY 40% OF WHAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS, NOT EVERY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT HAVING THE CLEANLINESS IT DESERVES, THAT STUDENTS DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO LEARN IN DIGNITY. SO, WHAT ARE WE DEMANDING AT THE END OF THE DAY? WE HAVE BEEN BARGAINING FOR THE DISTRICT FOR TWO YEARS, IN 23, WE HAD TO STRIKE. WE WR* 25 THOUSAND WAS THE AVERAGE WAGE IN 23, WE GOT IT TO 35 THOUSAND, THAT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH. AND WE HAD TO STRIKE FOR THE SAME REASON, DISRESPECT AND HARASSMENT, FOR TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN BARGAINING, THE DISTRICT HAS STALLED AND HARASSED OUR MEMBER TOS THE POINT WHERE WE'VE HAD TO FILE MULTIPLE ULP'S THAT'S CHARGES AGAINST THEM FOR NOT RESPECTING WORKERS IEKT RAOS AND OUR MEMBERS TOOK VET, 97% ARE READY TO WALK OUT BECAUSE OF THIS TREATMENT AND BECAUSE THEY'RE STRUGGLING AND WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS. SO, WHAT ARE OUR DEMANDS, LET'S START WITH PROVIDING ESSENTIAL STUDENT SERVICES. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO CUT WRKERS HOURS TO TRY TO BALANCE A BUDGET, IT DOESN'T BALANCE THE BUDGET. YOU HEARD THE LAYOFFS THE DISTRICT IS TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAVE 25 MILLION DOLLARS AND IT REALLY HAS A HORRIBLE IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES AND SHUNTS IN THE SCHOOL SITES. WE'RE ALSO DEMANDING HIGHER WAGES, HIGH WAGES, I DON'T HAVE TO GET ANY JUSTIFICATION WHY, THEY WORK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY EDUCATE THE CILDREN OF LA AND THE STUDENTS OF LA, SO WHY SHOULD THEY BE LIVENING ON POVERTY WAGES IN WHICH THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT TO EAT. NO, IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. WE ARE DEMANDING THEY STOP OUTSOURCING TO PRIVATE FORPROFIT COMPANIES. EVER SINCE THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT CAME IN, I WON'T SAY A NAME, THEY SPENT 650 MILLION DWLARS A YEAR IN CONTRACTING OUT SERVICES. BEFORE HE CAME, IT WASS 250 MILLION DOLLARS A A YEAR WHICH IS ALSO OBSCENE BUT 650 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, THAT IS IS NOT -- SO, WHEN THEY TELL YOU THEY SPEND MORE THAN THEY RECEIVE, WE ASKED THEM, WHERE. THE LAST DEMAND IS -- THERE'S MANY OTHER DEMANDS, RESPECT AND DIGNITY OF THE WORKPLACE, IT IS DECADES OF NOT VALUING THE WORK THEY DO, NOT VALUING WHO THEY ARE BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE, BLACK BROWN WOMEN IT IS EXPECTED THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR SMALL WAGES, THAZ UNACCEPTABLE, WE WILL NOT PUT UP WITH IT AND WE THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE SUPPORT AND KE *F WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. UNLIKE THE CITY OR COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, LAUSD IS NOT FACING CUTS, THEY CONTINUE THE MAKE RECORD BREAKING INVESTMENTS IN SCHOOL WITH MORE COMING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THEY DO NOT HAVE A A BUDGET PROBLEM, IT HAS A PRIORITY PROBLEM. LAUSD, 5 THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS, WHEN WE GET 5 BILLION WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THOSE RESERVES ARE MORE THAN DOUBLE THE BUJTS -- BUDGET OF LAX AND 5 BILLION DOLLARS IS 5% -- 35% OF THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET. WHILE OUR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO SUFFER, EXECUTIVE PAY CONTINUES TO CLIMB. THERE ARE OVER 200 LAUSD EXECUTIVES WOULD MAKE MORE THAN THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA WORKERS ARE AT A BREAKING POINT. WE ASKED THE LA CITY COUNCIL TO IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE WORKERS WOULD SUP BORT OUR XHIRN AND KEEP OUR CAMPUSES CLEAN, SAFE AND SUPPORTED. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBERS WE E HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, BEGINNING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCOSKER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBERS FOR BRINGING UTLA AND 99 IN TODAY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBERS HERNANDEZ AND SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SECOND A MOTION IN SUPPORT OF YOUR EFFORTS. IN SUP PRESIDENT OF YOUR EFFORTS, I'M CONFIDENT WE'LL BE EWE NAN NAN -- -- YOU MAN NOWS -- YOU UNANIMOUSLY EFFORTS. MY WIFE IS A RETIRED TEACHER SHE WAS IN ADULT EDUCATION FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS WHICH MEANS THEY LAID HER OFF ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIME AND IS THEY CUT HER HOUR TOS SAVE ON BENEFITS AND EVERY SINGLE TIME SHE TURNED TO UTLA AND YOU HAD HER BACK EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND I'M ACUTELY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MY WIFE, CONNIE, IN MY COMMUNITY EVEN TREATED THAT WAY BY LAUSD IN HER TIME IN THE CLASSROOM HAS HAD MORE EFFECT ON GOODNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY TEACHING ESL AND CITIZENSHIP AND PARENTING EDUCATION HAS HAD MORE EFFECT IN JUST A YEAR OF HER PRAKTSZ THAT SHE DID FOR 30 YEARS THAN I WILL EVER HAVE THAN I WILL L -- EVER HAVE BECAUSE THE WORK YOU DO IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE CAMPUSES IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND THE FUTURE OF OUR SOCIETY. YOU AFFECT OUR WORLD MORE THAN THAN THIS HORSE SHOE EVER WILL AND THIS INDIGNITY THAT YOU ARE FACING FROM LAUSD IS NOT THEM DOING IT TO YOU, IT IS US, IT IS ALL OF US. THIS IS OUR PUBLIC SYSTEM AND WE NEED TO ALL OWN IT, WE NEED O THE ALL OWN THE FACT THAT THIS IS HOW WE CURRENTLY TODAY IN 2026 ARE TEACHING -- ARE TREATING TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONALS WHO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN AND KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE AND KEEP THEM CLEAN AND WELL EQUIPPED SO WE NEED TO BE THERE AT THE RALLY, WE NEED TO BE THERE ON THE LINE YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT IF WE OWN THIS, WE NEED THE MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT FOR OUR KIDS SO THANK YOU IN YOUR WORK AND WE WILL WIN THIS ONE TOGETHER. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, MR. MCOSKER. COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ AND SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR BRINGING ALL OF OUR PARTNERS FROM EDUCATION HERE. YOU KNOW, MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WHI FOUND OUT YOU GUYS ARE ONCE AGAIN IN THIS POSITION IS LIKE, REALLY AGAIN. I FEEL LIKE ALMOST EVERY OTHER YEAR, WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO PLEDGE AND HIT THE STREETS TO GET SOME SERIOUS ATTENTION RELATED TO WHAT EDUCATORS AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS ON THE CAMPUS DESERVE. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CONVINCE THE BOARD AND THOSE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE IMPORTANT, THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT, THAT THE SEIU MEMBERS WHO DO ALL OF THE EXTRA WORK ALSO SHOULD NOT HAVE THEIR HEALTH CARE CUT. I WAS AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY EVEN THAT I HOSTED AND I HAD SEIU MEMBERS WEARING THEIR T-SHIRTS PROUDLY, THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE I CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE YOUR MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN MY DISTRICT. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR HEALTH CARE? SO, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE YOU ALSO PUSHING FOR THE ART COMPONENT AND THE PE COMPONENT. HOW DO WE NOT HAVE A STRONG PHYSICAL EDUCATION COMPONENT IN OUR SCHOOLS IN THE GENERATION WHEN THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING BACK TO LOS ANGELES, RIGHT. HOW DO WE NOT HAVE A STRONG ARTS EDUCATION COMPONENT WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A MANDATE NOW ON THE STATE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE ARE WORKING SO HARD TO BRING BACK HOLLYWOOD JOBS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL TO THRIVE, IF YOU WANT HOLLYWOOD TO SDRAO*IF, -- THRIVER, YOU NEED TO HAVE A STRONG ARTS EDUCATION. THANK YOU FOR THE FIGHT AND KNOW IN THIS BUILDING, YOU HAVE ALLIES, SO KEEP PUSHING HARD, AS I MENTIONED IN ANOTHER PRESENTATION, I'M ABOUT TO DO A VIDEO ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WHAT INSPIRED ME TO GET INTO POLITIC X IT WASN'T JUST LOOKING AT MY LOCAL LEADERS, A LOT OF WHY I AM HERE TODAY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH MY TEACHERS. I CAN STILL NAME EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY TEACHERS FROM LINGER GARDEN -- KINDERGARTEN TO SENIOR YEAR BECAUSE SHE PLAYED SUCH A CRUCIAL ROLE IN MY LOVE AND PASSION FOR LOS ANGELES, IF YOU WILL GO TO ALL THE TIMES I RAN FOR OFFICE, I'M THE ONE WHO SAID I'M A LAUSD ALUM, AND I'M GOING THE KEEP SAYING THAT, PLEASE KNOW WE HAVE YOUR BACKS. [APPLAUSE]. >> COUNCIL MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] >> I AM COMPELLED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. I AM AN LAUSD ALUM, MY MOM WAS A UTLA TEACHER IN THE 60'S AT JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE DID ADULT HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES, I DIDN'T WANT THIS O GO BY WITHOUT SAYING THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PADILLA SAID ARE TRUE. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO FIGHT SO HARD EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR TEACHERS, OUR WORKERS, AND SO WE ALL STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU. AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S A [INAUDIBLE] DAY, WE'LL BE ON THE STREET ON THE 18TH, IS THAT THE DATE, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAMEN? >> THANK -- RAMAN. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD, I WANTED TO STAND UP AND ECHO SOME OF THE WORDS OF MY COLLEAGUES AS A LAUSD MOM. I KNOW THE WORK THAT UTLA AND 99 MEMBERS WORK TO THE CLASSROOMS BRING TO THE SCHOOLS. MY CHILDREN ARE -- THEY LOVE THEIR SCHOOL AND THEY LOVE THEIR TEACHERS AND THEY LOVE THE STAFF THAT WORK THERE AND THE VIERM THAT -- ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY HAVE IS THE PROUD CARE THAT YOUR MEMBERS BRING TO THOSE SCHOOLS EVERY DAY. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THAT. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. WHEN THEY GET SICK, THEY DON'T WANT TO MISS SCHOOL. THEY ARE UPSET ABOUT NOT GOING TO SCHOOL, AND SO -- SXIT'S ALL BECAUSE OF WHO IS THERE AND THE ENVIRONMENT THEY CREATE FOR THEM. WE AS PARENTS, I KNOW IN LOS ANGELES, I KNOW HOW GRATEFUL WE ALL ARE FOR WHAT YOU DO AND I KNOW PARENTS WILL STAND WITH YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AT THE WORKPLACE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBERS BACK TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT EVERYBODY HAS HAS A CONNECTION TO UTLA BECAUSE I HOPE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUT IF THEY HAVE TO GO ON STRIKE, IT WILL BE WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF OUR FACES OUT THERE STRIKING WITH THEM TO MAKING SURE THAT LAUSD FOE -- KNOW THEY DOCTOR v TO COME THROUGH FOR OUR WORK WEBBER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WANT TO BRING SEXIER IU LOCAL 99 WITH THE RESOLUTION THANKING YOU FOR YOUR EFRTS AND IS YOUR FIGHT. AND WE HAVE ONE FOR UTLA, JAOUM -- JULIE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES. ( TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS ). >> THANK YOU A ALL SO MUCH. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT INTO THE RECORD? >> YES, MR. PRESIDENT, FOR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE, THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING, THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING LATER ON IN THE DAY, SO THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS ONLY FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. WITH THAT, I WILL READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHIT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE THE SPEAK TO. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM, UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. IF WE CANNOT TELL IF YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT THAT POINT YOU NEED TO BE TO* GET IMMEDIATELY ON TOPIC. IF YOU STRAY OFF TOPIC AGAIN YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME. THE ITEM ESOPEN FOR PUBLIC XHEN ON THE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, ITEMS 13 AND 14 AND IT ALSO INCLUDES ITEM 15 ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA. SO, AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1, 13, 14 AND 15. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC , MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING IN CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THE FIRST ONE ALLOW TODAY THE LOT, IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER [APPLAUSE] EVERY FEW SECONDS SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. ( >> SPANISH INTERPRETATION. >> DON'T WORRY WEBSINGER WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE, THANK YOU. >> ( SPANISH INTERPRETATION ). ER >> UNFAILINGLY, IF YOU HAVE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST PURSUANT TO THE A ADA WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND YOU WOULD LIKE THE MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS HAND-HELD MICROPHONE ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD AND IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE SERGEANTS CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT WIRELESS HAND-HELD MIKE CROPHONE. FINALLY THE ORDER IN WHICH WE CALL NAMES IS AT RANDOM, IT IS RANDOMLY GENERATED, IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE TSAI SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD AND THEN YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER AT THE BACK. >>( CALLING SPEAKER NAMES ). >> GOOD AFTERNOON, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR ITEM AND IS ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> IMD LIKE TO TALK TO ALL ITEMS AND SMOKE AND SCAN. RULES VERSUS LOS ANGELES, I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY TWO YEARS AGO EVERYONE, SMOKE AND SCAN. AND EVER SINCE I STARTED THREATENING THEM WITH BARTON VERSUS SACRAMENTO, THESE BITCHES ON ITEM 14 OF CLOSED SESSION NOW ARE AWARE THAT OUR SACRAMENTO GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO FUCK LOS ANGELES ON ITEM 14, CLOSED SESSION, WELL, IT'S ETA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR NOT HAVING ADEQUATE CURBS OR GRAMPUSES, CURB CUTS AND SAFE SIDEWALKS BUT YOU KNOW I'M NOT HERE TO CUSS, I NEVER SWEAR, I NEVER USE VULGARITY, I USE ART AND I BELIEVE IN THE AB28 STANDARD, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I FUCKEN BROKE UP SMOKE AND SCAN. LET ME GO INTO 12 AND 13, DICK HEAD. ITEM 13 REGARDING JEFFREY EPSTEIN, IN SCIENTOLOGY, THEY DO IT. LAPD WAS KNOWN FOR FUCKEN CADETS, ANY DIFFERENT THAN THAT? LA COUNTY SHERIFFS WERE FUCKEN CADETS BUT THEY DON'T CALL THEM CADETS, THEY HAVE ANOTHER NAME FOR THAT, MS. PADILLA MIGHT KNOW BECAUSE SHE'S STUPID. WHEN YOU GO TO LAUSD LIKE ME, YOU READ THINGS ABOUT RODRIGUEZ AND PADILLA. >> PLEASE CONNECT THIS TO ITEM 13, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. >> IT'S A REGULAR MEETING RIGHT, YEAH, I'M REFERRING TO ITEM -- >> I'M ASKING YOU THE KEK YOUR COMMENTS TO ITEM 13. >> IT WAS ITEM ONE WHEN I WAS RULED INTERRUPTED, CD8, I JUST WANT THE REMIND EVERYONE IN SMOKE AND SCAN TO CALL IN ON MARCH 18, 2026 AT 10 A.M., WE WILL HAVE A LIVESTREAM ACCESS LIVESTREAM AT ZOOM ID1618580186 AND HERE'S A PASS CODE, SMOKE AND SCAN FOLKS, PROP 21A, FUCK THE POLICE, YEAH. THEN WE GO TO ITEM -- I WISH TO SPEAK ON SPECIAL ITEMS, IS THAT UP YET? >> IF YOU WERE LISTENING TO INSTRUCTIONS EARLIER AND THIS GOES FOR EVERYBODY -- >> I DON'T LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS. >> THEY ARE NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT CURRENTLY. >> NOW TO HI NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT, SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF LOS ANGELES AND TO THE FUCKEN POLICE OF EL MONTE IN THE CITY OF EL MONTE, WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON A PERSON'S DICK -- >> MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE SAID YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE POLICE AND THE CITY OF EL MONTE -- THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. >> THIS IS NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT. >> IT HAS TO BE WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION. >> IN LOS ANGELES, I'M PUTTING ON RECORD, SMOKE AND SCAN, ABOUT SMOKE AND SCAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN AN ADULT GRABS ME *F ME BY THE NUT AND IS SAYS IF I HAVE A WEAPON, IT'S NOT A WEAPON, IT'S A DICK, YOU DICK. SO, WHEN AN OFFICER ASKED ME WHO ATE ALL THE PUSSIE, THAT'S WHY IT'S ON MY SHIRT, THAT'S NOT A WEAPON, FUCK THE POLICE AND FUCK YOU, YOU DICK. >> AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AS A CURTLY, LY -- COURTESY, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ALREADY SO PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTER -- GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE SPEAK TO? >>( SPEAKING SPANISH ). >> ONE MINUTE GOSLING AHEAD. >> MY NAME -- GO AHEAD. >> MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], I'M A FAST FOOD WORKER IN VALENCIA. >> I'M ASKING YOU URGENTLY TO APPROVE THE FAST FOOD FAIR WORK ORDINANCE WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. ( SPEAKING THROUGH INTERPRETER ). YES, THE TRAINING I LEARNED ABOUT THE WORKERS RIGHTS ALLOWED ME TO GAIN POWER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MANAGERS WHO WERE GUILTY OF WAGE THEFT AGAINST ME. HOW DO I KNOW MY RIGHTS. I'M DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN JUSTICE. BUT I'M ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE WORKERS OF THE OTHER STORE THAT IS IS UNDER THE SAME OWNER THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SIMILAR THINGS. AND WE ASK URGENTLY PLEASE APPROVE THE FAST FOOD FAIR WORK ORDER FANS SO THE FAD FOOD WORKERS CAN BE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHT AND IS CAN FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICES. SO THEY CAN ALSO DEFEND THEIR CO-WORKERS AS WELL AS THE CLIENTS' RIGHTS TOO. THAT IS ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY. >> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LYING TO CALL UP HAIRY ELLIOTT, SIMON NICK MILLER, SAGE MENDOSA AND ELLIE VALLEY. >> WHAT YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. >>( SPEAKING SPANISH ). >> MY NAME IS KEVIN PARKS, I'M WORK AT WIENER SNITZEL IN LOS ANGELES. I ASK YOU URGENTLY TO PLEASE APPROVE THE FAST FOOD FAIR WORK ORDINANCE WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. THE ROOF AND THE n THE WIENER SNITZEL AT THE LOCATION I'VE BEEN WORKING HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR SEVERAL YEAR, AFTER WE REPORTED IT TO THE OWNERS IN CHARGE, THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO FIK IT AND US AS WORKERS ARE SCARED IT WILL COLLAPSE. WHEN THE YAOUP I DON'T KNOW FOUND US, WE LEARNED OF OUR RIGHTS. WE WENT ON STRIKE AFTER FORMING A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST -- WITH OSHA. THE OWNER DID NOT CARE, HE CUT OUR HOURS AND THE ROOF STILL STAYED BROKEN. BUT MY CO-WORKERS AND I, WE KNOW OUR RIGHTS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT. WITH YOUR HELP, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT NO OWNER FEELS THAT THEY CAN BREAK THE LAW. >> SO, SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED BUT PLEASE TELL US THE LAST SENTENCE. >> YES, WE MUST APPROVE THIS, YOU MUST ENFORCE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFENDING OUR RIGHTS AND TO ENFORCE THIS FAST FOOD WORK ORDINANCE AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THIS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT YOU *F WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> THIS IS PUBLIC TIME, NOT [INAUDIBLE] TIME. CLOSE THE JAIL, THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH DEATH THERE. GET RID OF WASSERSTEIN AND ANYONE INVOLVED WITH EPSTEIN RECALL PA DAOE OWE AND REFUND THE EL MONTE POLICE DEPARTMENT. . ER BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP( CALLING SPEAKER NAMES ). >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> I THINK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM 136789 >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 13 AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> ANY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], I A SENIOR ORGANIZER WITH JOBS TO MOVE AMERICA, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FAIR GAMES COALITION. WE'RE MADE UP OF 100 ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING UNIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, HOUSING ADVOCATES AND IMMIGRATION LEADERS. WE SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND PADILLA'S RESOLUTION. OUR A*F COALITION HAS EXPRESSED SIMILAR CONCERNS, WE DEMAND A PROCESS TO CHOOSE THE NEXT LEADER FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, ELECTED OFFICIALS MUST HAVE A REAL VOICE, THEIR LEADERSHIP MUST REFLECT OUR CITY'S VALUES OF TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPECT FOR WORKING FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS REALLY IMPORTANT MATTER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> I'LL TAKE ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> ONE OF THE ITEMS IS A CLOSED SESSION ITEM REGARDING SETTLEMENT FOR A LAWSUIT FOR ADA VIOLATIONS ON THE SIDEWALK. THE SIDEWALS IN LA, THE PLACES THERE ARE SIDEWALKS ARE IN IMMENSE DISREPAIR. AND THEN A LOT OF PLACE ESDON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS FOR EXAMPLE IN DISTRICT 2, I DON'T KNOW, BUT ON VINE LAND BETWEEN LIKE VENTURA AND WIPPLE, THERE ARE LOTS MISSING SIDEWALKS. WE REALLY NEED TO INVEST MORE IN OUR PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW WAYS WE'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS IS MAKE IT SAFER TO WALK AND REDUCE THESE LIABILITY LAYOUTS. 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR LEGAL SERVICES RELATED TO CHARTER REFORM. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE CHARTER REFORM IS BADLY NEEDED BUT THE WAY THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN SET UP AND THE WAY IT'S PLAYED OUT HAS BEEN REALLY MESSY AND THERE IS A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS -- TIS THEY'RE MORE OF A RUBBER STAMP BODY THAT ACTUALLY LISTENING O -- TO THE PUBLIC WHICH WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE COMMISSION REALLY. IT WAS REINSTATED BECAUSE OF FED TAPES ALTHOUGH I'M SUSPICION THAT WASN'T THE CASE, THEY'RE TRYING TO MANIPULATE HOW THESE GIVE MORE POW TORE THE MAYORFINGER REDUCE THE CONTROLLER'S POWER, I THINK WE NEED TO THROW OUT THIS COMMISSION AND INSTATE AN ELECTED COMMISSION THAT CAN TRULY SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE. THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME OKAY WORK AND COMMISSIONERS THOMAS AND IF -- FUENTES IS GREAT. ( SINGING ). >> GENERAL? >> THANK YOU. >>( SINGING ). >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, IMD LIKE TO CALL UP( CALLING SPEAKER NAMES ). >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE SPEAK TO? >> I'M SORRY, CITY ATTORNEY COULD WITH YOU *F YOU REPEAT WITH ME WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE. >> THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1 AND 13 THROUGH 15 FOR THE REGULAR MEETING. THAT'S ALL ITEMS, 13-15 AS WELL. >> 15? >> IT'S ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA. >> GOT YOU. I'LL TAKE THOSE AS WELL AS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THREE MINUTES. ER >> ITEM 15 I BELIEVE IS A 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE CHARTER REFORM COMMISSION. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT CONSIDERING THEY'VE BEEN BREAKING OWL KINDS OF ETHICS, GUIDELINES AND LAWS AND RULES PROBABLY. THEY'VE BEEN DOING WEIRD COMMUNE KAIG WIDTHS YOUR CITY COUNCIL OFFICES, THEY HAD TO PASS AN EX-PARTE THINGFINGER THAT BASICALLY MEANS IF YOU TALK TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE, YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE WHAT THOSE COMMUNICATIONS WERE IN THE MEETINGS AND NO ONE IS DISCLOSING EVERYTHING EVEN THOUGH THIS CONVERSATION IS STILL HAPPENING. IT'S A WARNING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, GUYS, YOU ALL NEED TO CHILL. AND THEN WE'LL FIND OUT YEARS LATER WHEN THE LA [INAUDIBLE] WRITES AN ARTICLE. ITEM NUMBER -- THERE'S AN ITEM ABOUT KC WASER MAN, I DON'T LIKE GOSSIP AND WHOEVER DID WHATEVER ON WHOEVER'S BED IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS, I SPENT TIME CLIMBING OUT OF BEDROOMS, WE'RE ALL HUMANS HERE, THAT'S NOT THE BIG DEAL. THE BIG DEAL IS THIS GUY'S NAME IS CONNECTED TO PROBABLY THE BIGGEST SCANDAL OF OUR LIFETIMES AND JUST THE OPTICS OF THAT IS WILD, SO THIS WEAK MOTION BASICALLY CALLING FOR MORE INFORMATION, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO FIND THAT WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO THROUGH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WEBSITE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY INT SIGHT ON A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION THAT IS HAPPENING SO THIS IS PIECEMEAL BAOUL -- BULLSHIT. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS -- IT'S A LIGHT DISTRICT. THE STREET'S BEEN LOOKING PRETTY LIGHT, IT'S FUCKED UP, WE LAD A LOT OF REASONS WHY, BUT WE HEARD FROM THE LIGHTING PEOPLE IT WILL NOT TAKE THAT LONG TO GET THE WHOLE CITY LOOKING PRETTY LIT UP SO YOU SHOULD NOT CUT THEIR BUDGETS IN FAVOR OF MORE SETTLEMENT LAYOUTS, PAYOUT. I'M SURE IF WE -- THEY'VE BEEN CALLING FOR STREET LIGHTS PROBABLY FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE THIS, OTHERWISE IT WOULDN'T ENUP ON THE AGENDA, YOU GO AHEAD AND CUT THE BUDGET OF THE STREET LIGHTING DEPARTMENT OR BOWER ROW AND STREET LIGHTS AND SHIT, YOU GUY ARES NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND YOU'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THE PRESIDENT IN THE MIDDLE OF PUBLIC COMMENT. [INAUDIBLE] WHO IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR IS TALKING THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT. I MET TRACI ONCE OUTSIDE OF HERE, SHE'S VERY POLITE, I CAN BE MORE POLITE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY I CRY AND TEAR UP AND SHIT, IT REALLY ESCAPES ME THAT YOU HAVE TEARS IN THAT MOMENT AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING UP HERE SAYING THEY'RE EVICTED AND BEING THREATENED BY THEIR LANDLORD AND SLEEPING OUT ON THE STREET, HOW DOES THAT NOT PULL TEARS OUT OF YOUR FACES. AND I KEEP FORGET TOG SAY THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF FAKE PROGRESS I EVER SHIT FROM HAOE *F HUGO YSABEL, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PALESTINIAN FLAG, NONE OF THEM HAVE THE PALESTINE FLAG ON THEIR SHIT. NO ONE SAID FREE IRELAND FREE PALESTINE, YOU ALL ARE FULL OF SHIT. >> SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE]. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ? >> ALL ITEMS AND NOBODY NEEDS THE PAY ATTENTION. >> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> SO YOU'VE BEEN GOOD -- I'M ABLE TO SPEAK BECAUSE THAT MAN IS MAKING SURE THAT -- >> YOUR TIME IS PAUSED, SO I'M TRYING TO ASSIST YOU SO YOU CAN VIBE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. THE IE STEPS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND ITEMS 13-15, IF YOU WOULD TLIEK CONTINUE, YOU CAN DO IT DURING GENERAL BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU REQUESTED TIME FOR THE ITEMS. >> THANK YOU, SIR, I'M NOT BEING DISRESPECTFUL, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN, ALL OF YOU. ITEM 13, ARE WE GOING SIT ON THIS BOMB, WASSERMAN, EPSTEIN WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN THAT YOU FOLKS REALIZE THIS IS NOT GOOD. THIS MAN IS NOT GOOD FOR THE CITY, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS THAT WE'LL EVER HAVE IN THIS CITY AND YET HONESTLY I DON'T SEE ANYBODY TAKING THE LEADERSHIP ON THIS, SO, YOU KNOW, CHILD ABUSE IS HORRIBLE AND A LOT OF LIES ARE DESTROYED SO I'M HOPING THIS COUNCIL HAS ENOUGH GUTS TO STAND UP TO THAT. LET'S SEE, SORRY, I FORGET SOMETIMES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THE 28 OLYMPICS AND WE HAVE AN OLD SONG FROM 1984, WE LOVE LA, SO STACEY, I HOPE YOU'LL LEAD US IN FINDING A SONG, A NEW SONG FOR LA, OKAY, AND I'M GOING TO THROW A FEW WORDS OUT FOR YOU GUYS T CITY OF TODAY IS FOR THE CITY OF LA, LA'S GOT IT ALL, FROM ITS MOUNTAINS TO ITS SEA, THIS TOWN IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME, THIS IS LA, LA'S EVERYBODY AOEG TOWN, ROLLS-ROYCES AND CAVIAR, EVERYONE THINKS THEY'RE SUPERSTAR, NEW YORK, THEY DON'T HAVE ARE THAT GLOAT, LA WAS THE TOWN WHERE FRID STA IRE DANCED ON AIR, THIS IS LA, MY TOWN THIS IS LA, YOUR TOWN, THIS IS LA, EVERYBODY'S TOWN, SO STACEY AND WHOEVER CAN MAKE A SONG, PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND TO MS. PARK, I WANT TO THANK YOU, YOU WERE VERY NICE. NICE TO FINALLY HAVE MET YOU. >> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP( CALLING SPEAKER NAMES ). >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> SO, ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, CD8 IS A FOOD DESERT, THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THE HIGHEST HOMELESS RATE, MARQUEECE TURNED IT INTO A COVID TESTING SITE WITH VOTES OF RAMAN, THAT IS WHAT THEY MAY THINK ABOUT BLACK CULTURE. OUR CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED TO DROP BOMBS IN YET ANOTHER WAR FOR ISRAEL AND DEMAND -- AND I DEMAND AN PAOED YAT REVOLUTION FOR THIS CRIMINAL COUNCIL WOULD CONDEMNS ANOTHER WAR AGAINST THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AT THE Beheads OF ISRAEL. WE THE PEOPLE ARE STARVING WHILE THESE COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ARE SILENT WHILE THEY DROP BOMBS. THAOER IS A SOLUTION, LET'S ELECT RAMAN AS MAYOR. >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? . >> 13 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE EACH. >> I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT WASSERMAN, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE IT ON THE AGENDA, AS A NATION, WE SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AND WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT IS IN THE FILES, WE KNOW THAT WASSERMAN'S IN THE FILE AND IS WE NEED JUSTICE THERE THOSE VICTIMS. I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYBODY'S NOT ON THE STREETS FIGHTING PROTESTING. THIS GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. LIKE, LITERALLY, YOU GUYS ARE SHEAVES. ISTARTED COMING HERE IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR BECAUSE I BELIEVED YOU GUYS HAD POWER AND I REALIZED THAT WE ALL HAVE POWER, WE JUST ARE NOT USING CORRECTLY AND I'M TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN CITIZENS. SO, PLEASE DO MORE THAN JUST TELLING A WARNING -- JUST REMOVE WASSERMAN. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT MARQUEECE, I SAY YOUR TESTIMONY ABOUT LAPD LAST WEEK AND IT WAS A VERY POWERFUL STATEMENT AND YOU HAVE SO MUCH POWER. YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, NOT ALL BLACK MEN CAN HAVE THE POWER THAT YOU DO. KEITH PARTNER, HIS MOTHER CAME HERE THANK TOS HER -- HERNANDEZ AND HAVE WE PROS CUED HER -- PROS -- PROSECUTED HER KILLER, NO, WE HAVEN'T. EVERY AMERICAN -- WE HAVE HEADLINE NEWS AND THEN WE FORGET ABOUT IT. I HOPE YOU GUYS DO SOMETHING. WE PROBABLY NEED A GENERAL STRIKE AND YOU GUYS SHOULD REPAIR FAR GENERAL STRIKE OR AN ELECTION OF SBEKT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE [INAUDIBLE] ON THE POLLING STATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WILL GO VOTE. THANK YOU, BRIAN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> MADAM CLERK, WHAT'S NEXT? >> BEFORE WE BEGIN, MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER 1 IS A PROTEST HEARING FOR A STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT SO I DO RECOMMEND WE EXHAUST TO THE EXTENT WE VN, IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WHO HAS NOT YET BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, SO MR. HERMAN, YOU ALREADY HAD YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 1, THAT IS THE PROTEST HEARING FOR THE STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO WE CAN SEE IF WE'VE EXHAUSTED, GOING ONCE GOING TWICE, OKAY. MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE EXHAUSTED PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 1 AND WE CAN CONTINUE. >> ALRIGHT, MADAM CLERK? >> THANK YOU MR, PRESIDENT WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE O RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE THE SPECIAL MEET? ING >> YES, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL)INGER. >> (ROLL CALL). 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> ALRIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE ALL ITEMS ON THE SPECIAL GENERAL KA TO GO FORTH WITH TODAY? >> YES. . ER ITEM 16 AND 19 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEAR HARVESTING NOT BEEN HELD, 17 AND 18 ARE FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BE HELD, TEN VOTE ARES REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION AND JUST TO CONFIRM THAT ITEMS 16, 17 AND 19 HAVE BEEN CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND THERE HAS BEEN AN AMENDMENT CIRCULATED FOR ITEM 19. >> ALRIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, CAN WE TAKE 16 AND 17 TOGETHER? >> YES, HOLD ON. WHICH ONE IS THE -- >> GOTCHA, OKAY, MADAM CLERK -- >> WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO GO STRAIGHT TO PUB LUCK -- PUBLIC COMMENT. >> ONLY FOR THE SPECIAL AGENDA, MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> YES, I'M NOT GOING READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS IN AGAIN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 16-19 ANY OF THOSE ITEM, MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP, IF WE HAVE THE NAMES, WE CAN START READING THEM AFTER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE YOU WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS, THERE ARE -- THERE NIECE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE'RE IN A SPECIAL MEETING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP( CALLING SPEAKER NAMES ). >> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS, GO AHEAD. WITH THAT NUMBER 9 NOW, SMOKE AND SCAN. REGARDING THIS HOUSING BULLSHIT DVID CARTER HAS TOLD YOU GUYS REPEATEDLY THAT THIS CITY IS INCOMPETENT INCOHERENT AND ALL YOUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL SUCKS A BIG DICK LIKE YOU, MR. ATTORNEY. ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOU DON'T SUCK DICK BECAUSE YOU'RE KOREAN, YOU EAT DOG. . ER THIS IS OFF TOPIC. >> ALRIGHT, LET ME GO TO ANOTHER ITEM, HOW ABOUT 17, SUBSIDY PROGRAM, ATTENDING ALLIANCE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HOUSING AUTHORITY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REDESIGN PROGRAM BY DAVID, ON THE RECORD, AND A SPECIAL MASTER FUCK LOS ANGELES, MOTHER FUCKER, DO YOU HEAR ME NOW THANK YOU, SMOKE AND SCAN. SO, EVERYBODY, I GOT ANOTHER ITEM HERE. THAT WAS 17 FRORLD, DICK HEAD. YEAH. IN CD8, THE UNCLE TOM ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE, THE REPORT ON TEXT EQUITY, TEFRA THIS IS NUMBER 18 BY THE WAY, DICK HEAD. AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1982 DONALD J. TRUMP, THESE FUCKEN ASHLESS FROM LOS ANGELES IN CD8, THAT FUCKEN MONKEY UP HERE THAT SCRATCHES HIS FACE AND WIPES HIS SWEAT OFF BECAUSE HE NOES DONALD J. TRUMP IS AN EXCELLENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DONALD J. TRUMP IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMITTEES IN LOS ANGELES BECAUSE HE HAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO KEEP FAT PIG HERNANDEZ AND THE OTHER IDIOT SOTO IN SANCTUARY CITIES BECAUSE DONALD J. TRUMP LIKE ME AND GOD HATE SANCTUARY CITIES. >> THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS OR YOU'RE GOING TO FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME. THAFRJTS WAS SMOKE AND SCAN TELL THE DICK HEAD IT WAS ITEM 18. >> JUST BECAUSE YOU SAY THE ITEM DOESN'T MEAN IT'S RELATED TO THE ITEM. >> PUBLIC BUDGET AND FINANCE YOU SEE ALL THESE VULTURES BEHIND ME ON THE BUDGET, SMOKE AND SCAN, THEY'RE HERE THE INSTITUTE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES STREET LIGHT MAINTENANCE. THE REASON IS BECAUSE PHILLIP JONATHAN SUCKS A DICK. ER SXFRJTS YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS ON THE LIST. ( CALLING SPEAKER NAMES ). THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CAN WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE SPEAK TO? >> I GUESS I'LL TAKE ALL ITEM IFS THEY'RE AVAILABLE. ER >> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS, GO AHEAD. >> SO, THIS IS BY IN LARGE REPORTS FROM THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE AND THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ITEM 17 IS RELATED TO THE ALLIANCE SETTLEMENT, BASICALLY WE'RE DOING A LOT ON PAPER TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS, THE HUGE UNHOUSED RESIDENT POPULATION. I KNOW THAT RECENTLY IT'S BEEN SAID THAT MORTALITY RATES AMONG THE UNHOUSED POPULATION HAS SLIGHTLY GONE DOWN ALTHOUGH DEATHS OF UNHOUSED RESIDENTS BY -- BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC RELATED ISSUES, CAR COLLISIONS HAS INCREASED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT NUMBER IS BUT UP UNTIL RECENTLY THE AVERAGE WAS 6 UNHOUSED PEOPLE DYING EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE STOIF -- CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE CAN MOVE ALL KINDS OF MONEY AROUND ON PAPER, DEAL WITH LEGAL SETTLEMENTS, DEAL WITH MISMANAGEMENT. THIS IS ALL COSTING THE CITY SO MUCH MORE THAN IT WOULD COST TO JUST HOUSE PEOPLE. IT WOULD BE MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO JUST TAKE A ALL THIS MONEY THAT'S BEING FUNNELED THROUGH NON-PROFITS THAT HAVE HUGE ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS ADMINISTRATORS WITH SIX FIGURE SALARIES. IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO JUST GIVE THESE PEOPLE HOUSING UNCONDITIONALLY OR TO JUST GIVE EACH UNHOUSED RESIDENT A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS EVERY MONTH TO FIND THEIR OWN HOUSE AND IF SOME PEOPLE ON THIS BODY CARE AS MUCH AS THEY SAY THEY DO ABOUT THE UNHOUSED RESIDENT POPULATION, I THINK THINGS WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT BUT IT'S PRETTY DISGUSTING, THIS CRISIS IS LEVERAGED TOWARDS POLITICAL CAREERS AND USED AS AN EXCUSE TO GIVE DEVELOPERS HANDOUTS. >> THIS IS LIMITED TO 16 AND 17. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGIN, IMLIKE TO CALL YOU UP AN ADDITIONAL NAME, SIMON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL OPEN, RIGHT? >> SO, IT WOULD BE 16-19. >> OKAY, I'LL TAKE THOSE. >> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THOSE ITEMS. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A FUNDING REPORT FOR HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE. I'M SORRY. IT'S BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. I BELIEVE THE CHAIR OF THE HOMELESS AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE IS NOT IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, IF SHE IS, SHE'S PROBABLY ON A WALL STUCK TO A PIECE OF GUM. I THINK IT'S REALLY PATHETIC. I'VE NOTICED IN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE CHAIR OF A COMMITTEE OR SOMEONE THAT'S INVOLVED IN AN ITEM, LET'S SAY IT WAS A BUMGT INVOLVING SOME KIND OF OUTING RELATED TO THAT COMMITTEE. THE PERSON THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT COMMITTEE WOULD BE THERE. >> COUNCIL RULES ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. >> I'M TALKING THAT THE HOMELESSNESS FUNDS GO PRIMARILY THROUGH THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ORGANIZE THE HOMELESS AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE AND THAT KHAUR OF THAT COMMITTEE IS NOT HERE WHILE THE ITEM FOR THE ITEM OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IS BEING HANDLED RIGHT NOW. THERE IS [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT THE LAWSUITS RELATING LA ALLIANCE YOU HEAR ABOUT GEORGE CARTER, I LOVE HERMAN, HE'S VERY POLARIZING BUT HE'S VERY EDUCATIONAL, JUDGE CARTER RELATES TO THE -- IS A WHOLE CASE GOING ON INVOLVE -- INVOLVE THING CITY AND THESE DIFFERENT FUCKEN NON-PROFITS AND IT'S FUNNY THEY'RE CALLED NON-PROFITS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THEM ARE LOOKING PRETTY COMFORTABLE. THE CITY MADE ALL THE MONEY FOR THE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS DISAPPEAR. I THINK IT'S FUNNY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL SEEMS TO CUT YOU OFF, IT'S FIN u FUNNY, YOU ALL RUINED BY APPETITE. >> YOU HAVE EXHAUSTED YOUR TWO MINUTES ON 16 AND 17. >> CAN I GET THIS LAST MINUTE SO I CAN START THE NEXT ITEM PLEASE BECAUSE YOU WERE GIVING ME INSTRUCTIONS. I WAS JUST BEING GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, SO NOW I BELIEVE FOR ITEM 19, ITEM 19 IS ABOUT MORE STREET LIGHTING STUFF. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT A LOT OF THESE ITEMS I BELIEVE INCLUDING THIS ONE OFTENTIMES DON'T INVOLVE A FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT. THIS IS BEING ONE OF THEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE ITEMS COULD NOT HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT ON THE CITY WHEN PEOPLE IN THE LIGHTS AREN'T THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO HIT SOMETHING, EITHER A PERSON, A PIECE OF CITY FURNITURE OR WHATEVER. I WOULD CALL THAT A FISCAL IMPACT. I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S LIKE -- I'M NOT A LAWYER, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S CERTAIN PARAMETERS YOU NEED THE MEET FAR FISCAL IMPACT, I WOULD THEY'S A FISCAL IMPACT. YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT ON HIS PHONE, YOU GUYS ARE BEING A JOKE, IT'S PATHETIC, THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS BALLS IS MONICA OVER HERE IS IS NOT APARADE TO CALL OUT THE MAYOR. >> THAT'S YOUR TIME, NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> ITEM 19. >> YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> MY NAME IS MICHAELA GIBSON ON BEHALF OF THE COMMERCE ASSOCIATION OR VIKA, VIKA CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL OTION, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP CONCERNS. THIS WOULD TRIPLE WHAT PROPERTY OWNERS PAY FROM 45 MILLION TO 125 MILLION A YEARFINGER EVEN AS THE CITY FACE AS BUDGET DEFICIT OF MORE THAN 100 MILLION PROPERTY OWNERS DESERVE TO KNOW THAT LIGHTS ON THEIR STREETS WORK. IT HAS A STREET LIGHT RELIABILITY PROBLEM. WE'RE IN A SEVERE STREET LIGHTING CRISIS THAT AFFECTS PUBLIC SAFETY YET THIS PROPOSAL WOULD EXPAND THE BUREAU OF STREET LIGHTING INTO BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND FIBER POLICY. THE CITY SHOULD GET BACK TO BASICS, FIX THE LIGHTING AND DEMONSTRATE RELIABLE SERVICE AND THEN ASK PROPERTY OWNERS TO FUND THAT AS AN OBLIGATION, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> 16. >> OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> DESTROY AND BURN DOWN THE ENTIRE EL MONTE CIVIC CENTER. >> OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING. WHAT'S BEFORE US? >> THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 18. >> LET'S OPEN ITEM 18. I HAVE -- CLOSE THE ROLL. TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 12 AYES. >> ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVER ON TO ITEM 16 AND 17 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE? >> COUNCILOR MEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> YES, I HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING 17. >> 17, ALRIGHT. >> YEAH. FOR CAO OR HOUSING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU. SO, JUST TO KIND OF SET THE TABLE, COLLEAGUES, THO ONE HAS BEEN A BIGGER ADVOCATE FROM DAY ONE ABOUT WORKING TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE WITH OUR ALLIANCE AGREEMENT. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OBSTRUCTIONS AND DETOURS AND AVOIDANCE OF THAT BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE WE'RE HERE NOW ACTIVELY WORKING ON FULFILLING THAT COMPLIANCE. HOWEVER, I DID HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TIME LIMITED SUBSIDIES. SO, ONE OF THE ITEMS -- I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN TLS. NOW, MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC DON'T UNDERSTAND SO WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF HOUSING SLUTIONS THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO HELP ADDRESS THE UNHOUSED POPULATION. WE HAVE THE INTERIM HOUSING, WE HAVE THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE BOTH HAVE RATHER ROBUST SUPPORT, CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TLS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A BROAD DISTRIBUTION OF HOW PEOPLE ARE PLACED. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE HOW TLS IS IMPLEMENTED. >> IS THIS ABOUT THE SPECIFIC SERVICES? >> WHAT IS THE CORRESPONDING CASE MANAGEMENT APPROACH? SO, JUST TO FRAME IT, WHEN WE HAVE AN INTERIM HOUSING LOCATION THAT I HAVE IS SOMAR, WE HAVE PEOPLE TO HELP ADDRESS THE SERVICE AND NEEDS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE FACILITIES. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THAT IS EVEN FRANKLY EVEN MORE SO IN TERMS OF THE DEPTH OF SERVICES, THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE SECURING. NOW WE HAVE A VERY DYNAMIC CIRCUMSTANCE WITH THE LEVEL OF ACUITY THAT MANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL WES ARE PLACING INTO HOUSING HAVE. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ATTEMPT -- & I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT, ATTEMPT THE PROPER PLACEMENT WITH INDIVIDUALS SHOULD THEY BE PERHAPS EXPERIENCING SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES IN COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY. WHAT I BETTER WANT TO UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF THE TLS, WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF ACUITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS, WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF CASE MANAGEMENT ASK SUPPORT SERVICE THAT IS ARE GOING TO BE OFFERED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REALLY ASSESSED AND SURVEYED FOR EFFICACY. THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUAL ARES NOT ALL PLACED IN ONE LOCATION, RIGHT, SO I JUST WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED, HOW ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS D ON WHAT BASIS ARE INDIVIDUALS BEING SELECTED, WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE, SO THAT -- BECAUSE -- AND I'LL ALLOW -- I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE ARE SELECTED, HOW LOCATIONS ARE DETERMINED, WHAT ARE THE -- HOW DOES TLS WORK AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TLS WORKS, HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE MEASURING THE RESULTS OF IT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW DO YOU ENSURE THE PLACEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS AND NOT DISRUPTING PERHAPS IF THEY'RE IN A RESIDENTIAL, WHICH THEY WILL BE, IN A RESIDENTIAL UNIT DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. HOW DO WE MITIGATE ANY POSSIBLE RISK? GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, SOPHIA RICE, CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER AT LASA, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. I THINK A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO GETS TO THE REASONS FOR SOME OF THE STRENGTHENING OF THE NEW CITY ALLIANCE TLS PROGRAM WE'VE WORKED ON. THE SORT OF BEAUTY OF THE TLS DESIGN IN GENERAL IS THAT IT DOES HELP ENCOURAGE THROUGHPUT IN THE SYSTEM, SO WE ARE -- CITY TLS PROGRAM AND NEW TLS PROGRAM, IT WILL PRIORITIZE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN CITY FUNDED INTERIM HOUSING, WHO HAVE STAYED FOR A LONG TIME, SO -- >> STABILIZE? >> RIGHT. THEY'VE BEEN IN INTERIM HOUSING FOR 12 MONTHS OR MORE AT FIRST AND REALLY PRIORITIZING HELPING TO GET PEOPLE INTO A TLS SLOT SO THEY CAN HAVE THE SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THE TLS PROGRAM AND MOVE INTO A MORE PERMANENT SITUATION, WHETHER WL* THAT BE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR THEY TAKE OVER THE RENT OR AN AFFORDABLE UNIT, SO PART OF A REDESIGN OF THE NEW CITY TLS PROGRAM IS TO CALL OUT THOSE THREE SEPARATE TRACKS. SO, WHEN PEOPLE ENTER THE TLS PROGRAM, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SUPPORTS THEY'LL BE ASSESSED WITH A NEW ASSESSMENT WE'RE DEVELOPING WITH THE HELP OF GPL TO REALLY BAIBL DESIGNATE WHERE WE THINK THAT -- THAT PEOPLE WILL SORT OF COMPLETE THE PROGRAM IN WHICH PATH SO THAT'S EITHER THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT CAN GET EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT AND GROW YOUR INCOME AND TAKE OVER YOUR RENT WHETHER THAT BE LEASE IN PLACE OR WHETHER YOU MOVE INTO A UNIT THAT'S MORE AFFORDABLE OR A ROOMMATE SITUATION. YOU ALSO HAVE PEOPLE WE KNOW ARE ON FIXED INCOME THAT MAY NOT NEED SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT IN TERM OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICE BUT WE KNOW THEIR INCOME IS GOING TO BE LIMITED AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PROHIBITIVE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION OUT OF TLS SO THE WORK WILL BE MORE GEARED ON GETTING THEM ON A WAIT LIST FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH LA COUNTY, THERE'S A WEB OF DIFFERENT WAIT LISTS TO NAVIGATE, THERE'S SUPPORT THERE. AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WILL NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS IN THE PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES FOR THEM. SO, THE GOAL IS REALLY TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF INTERIM HOUSING TO BE ABLE TO ALSO FREE UP SLOTS AND INTERIM HOUSING BEDS AND THEN MOVER PEOPLE INTO TLS ARE WE CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND HELP THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND MOVE THEM INTO A MORE PERMANENT PLACEMENT. >> NOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS PULLED OUT OF LA, SA -- LASA AND THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDING WHETHER PEOPLE ARE IN INTERIM OR THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR TLS, WILL THEY BE COLLUSIVELY FOR LA CITY? >> YES. ER >> AND THEN WHO IS DETERMINE THING ACUITY LEVEL OR THE PREPAREDNESS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO MATRICULATE INTO TLS? >> SO, IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG THE PARTSZ PANT HAS STAY INED INTERIM HOUSING, THEY SHOULD BE DOING ASSESSMENTS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NEED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THEM SBR*I ENTERING THE SHELTER, THEY SHOULD HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN ASSESSED BEFORE WE ARE LINKING THEM TO TLS. AS SOPHIA MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT ONCE FOLKS MOVER INTO THEIR TLS PLACEMENT. ONCE FOLKS GET INTO AN APARTMENT, OUT OF SHELTER WHICH COULD BE MORE OF A CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT, FOLKS TEND TO STABILIZE, SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ASSESS NEED SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING ON A TRACK TO PERMANENT SUPPORTING HOUSING WHICH IS NOT WHAT THEY NEED. IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE THAT ASSESSMENT SO WE'RE NOT SIZING HIGH COST RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO DON'T TRULY NEED THOSE. >> THEY DON'T NEED TO.MEET THE TLAOESH HOLD TO BE ABLE TO MOVER INTO THE TLS PROGRAM? >> AND IT COULD BE A MIX, AND ALSO CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE FOR PEOPLE -- THAT'S WHY THE ASSESSMENTS ARE ONGOING. >> WHAT IS THE PRIORITIZATION AROUND FAMILIES? THERE'S BEEN A LOT O*F K*FLTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE HOMELESS RESPONSE WE'VE HAD IN THIS CITY AND THE BIGGEST FAILURE HAS BEEN AROUND THE LACK OF OPTIONS FOR A NUMBER OF FAMILIES. WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE TLS TO HELP ADDRESS THAT POPULATION? >> SO, FAMILIES CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROJECT. AT THIS POINT THE RATE FOR EACH SLOT HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR SINGLE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE FAMILIES TEND TO NEED LARGER UNITS WHICH COME WITH A LARGER RENTAL COST SO IT WOULD IMPACT OVERALL THE NEED FOR POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT, IF WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF FAMILY THAT IS COST MORE PER HOUSEHOLD OR IT WOULD CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WE SERVE. THE INITIAL DESIGN WAS PRIMARILY BASED ON SERVING INDIVIDUALS BUT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE FAMILIES. >> IS THIS JUST TO GET US TO A MINIMUM -- THE MINIMUM TLESH HOLE OF WHAT WE NEED TO FULFILL IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR ALLIANCE GOALS? >> IT'S FUNDED FOR 2 THOUSAND SLOTS AT THE INDIVIDUAL RATE, CORRECT. >> OKAY. WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO ADDRESS WHAT IS A GROWING CIRCUMSTANCE OF A NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED COST OF HELPING -- LIKE, A LOT OF US DONE KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER OF FAMILY ARES RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST CRITICAL AREAS WE CAN ADDRESS AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A PER UNIT COST, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT AT THE SIM TIME DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY GO IN THIS CITY, IT MIGHT BE THE SAME LEVEL OF SUBSIDY. SO, HAS THAT BEEN EVALUATED TO ADDRESS THAT POP LAYING? YOU HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ARE STRUGGLING SO HOW ARE YOU IDENTIFYING PATHWAYS TO HELP ADDRESS THAT POPULATION NEED? >> YEAH. WELL, ONE THING I'LL SAY IS JUST THAT PART OF THE REDESIGN FOR THIS PROGRAM AS WELL IS CENTRALIZING THE HOUSING LOCATION IN COLLABORATION WITH LASA BUT HOPEFULLY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT HOME INC. WHO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING -- HAVE CONNECTIONS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESOURCES, SO ONE OF THE BENEFITS TO CENTRALIZING THOSE SERVICES ALSO ALLOWS HOME TO REALLY BUILD A LARGE POOL OF AFFORDABLE RESOURCES ACROSS THE CITY AND SO -- IN MY FORMER LIFE, I WAS OVERSEEING THE FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY HOUSING POOL, ONE THING THAT SERVICES ARE DIFFERENT THAN HOME BUT THEY'RE SM WHAT THE SAME IN THAT A LOT OF WHAT WE FOUND, WHEN YOU MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH LANDLORD PARTNERS, USUALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDIOS AND ONE BEDROOMS OR SRO'S, BUT ONCE YOU MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, OWE OFTEN HAVE ACCESS TO A WHOLE PORTFOLIO ONCE YOU BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP OF OTHER UNIT SIZES SO TWO BEDROOM AND IS SOME THREE BEDROOMS AND ON THE WHOLE, THOSE BIGGER UNIT ARES GOING TO BE MORE COSTLY BUT NOT ALWAYS THE CASE AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE BUILT THOSE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PROPERTY PROVIDE AND HE ISER ARE ASSESSING FOR RENT REASONABLENESS AND WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH A PROVIDER SO WE NEGOTIATE THOSE RENTS TO AFFORDABILITY. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT FAMILIES CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN THE TLS PROGRAM. >> OKAY, AND THEN JUST IN TERMS OF THE QUEUING OF THOSE THAT BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR THE TLS, I WANT TO BE CLEAR AND JUST TO AFFIRM THAT -- BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE INTERIM FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WAITING FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MATRICULATE OUT, HOW IS THE QUEUING FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD IN TERMS OF THE PRIORITIZATION, HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK, WHO'S DETERMINING THAT? IS IT BASED ON ANY ONE PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR IS IT BASED ON WHO'S BEEN PLACED IN THAT INTERIM SOLUTION THE LONGEST? DOES IT HAVE FIRST-IN, FIRST-OUT DYNAMIC, WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE? >> YEAH. SO, THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPANTS WILL BE BASED ON LONGER STAYERS AND INTERIM HOUSING AND DEPENDENT ON LENGTH OF TIME. WE ALSO HAVE -- WE'RE BUILDING OUT A RAMP-UP SCHEDULE OF PROVIDERS BECAUSE WE SORT OF UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WORKING AT A VERY FAST PACE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE SORT OF DEADLINE WITH GETTING LEASED UP AND FUNDING , AND OH -- SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO RAMP UP THE SLOTS BASED ON PROVIDERS WHO ALREADY HAVE CAPACITY BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE RAMPING UP THE ALLIANCE PROGRAM, WE'RE RAMPING DOWN SOME TLS PROGRAMS AS YOU MENTIONED RELATED TO SYSTEM OF THE FUNDING CHANGES SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT INITIAL TRANCHE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH FOLKS IN THE TLS PROGRAM WERE ONE THAT IS ALREADY HAD THE CAPACITY OR WERE ALREADY WORKING WITH HOME INC. AS A FISCAL AGENT IS&WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE PROCESSES SO WE AOL BE LOOKING AT THOSE COUPLE OF PROVIDERS FOR THIS FIRST INITIAL PUSH, SO THE PRIORITIZATION WILL BE FOR LONG STAYERS. >> OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO -- I'VE ASKED MULTIPLE TIME FROM LASA ABOUT WHAT IS THE METHODOLOGY TO EVALUATE THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE DOING THAT CASE MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING AND WE'VE HAD A FEW THINGS ON THIS ACCIDENTER WHEN YOU HAVE TLS AND ENTER INTO THAT, IT BECOMES MORE CRITICAL THAT YOU HAVE REPUTABLE AGENCIES ENGAGED IN THAT WORK TO MONITOR BECAUSE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY UNDERMINE A ABILITY TO CONTINUE THE SUSTAIN THIS WORK, IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER FACILITY. IF IT FAILS TO PERFORM OR IT BECOMES A NUISANCE OR A BIGGER PROBLEM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE RESISTANCE FROM PEOPLE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE. >> POINT WELL TAKEN AND PART OF THE RFF -- RFP PROCESS WAS HIGH RATE OF SCORING FROM PROVIDERS THAT WERE CURRENTLY PROVIDING A TLS PROGRAM OR A SIMILAR PROGRAM AND WE LOOKED CLOSELY AT THEIR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO ENSURE THEY WERE SCORING VERY HIGH ON JUST THE BASICS OF DATA QUALITY, ENTERING IN THEIR DATA BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE WOULD WORK, TRYING TO RAISE THEIR INCOME SO, THAT WAS FOREFRONT OF MIND, THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS AROUND THE REDESIGN PART OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY IS BUILDING OUT EVEN BETTER AND EASIER TO USE MONITORING TOOLS FOR DOING EXACTLY THAT, SO REALLY AGAIN MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY DESIGNATED ON ONE OF THESE THREE PATHS WHICH WE KNOW CAN CHANGE OVER TIME, THERE'S THE FLEXIBILITY, BUT ALSO THEN BEING ABLE TO ASSESS HOW WELL FOLKS ARE ABLE TO MOVER THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION OUT SO IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. >> OKAY. WELL, AGAIN, I WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IN TERMSER OF PROCEDURE, MAKING SURE THE ACUITY LEVELS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE IN THE EFFORT TO TRY AND ACCELERATE THOSE PLACEMENTS OF INDIVIDUALS OR PERHAPS MOVE THEM FROM THE STREET, IF YOU DO IT TOO QUICKLY, THEN YOU'RE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR FAILURE AND A FAILURE OF THE WHOLE EFFORT SO I WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PROCEDURALLY HOW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I KNOW WE'LL ALL BE MONITORING VERY CLOSELY. ER IT'S CITY IMPORTANT NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ALLIANCE AGREEMENT BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ACCELERATOR TO HELP ADVANCE CERTAIN PLACEMENTS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT PERHAPS ARE NOT PREPARED TO BE LIVING IN THAT TYPE OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD IS TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO ALSO AID FAMILIES WHO ARE FRANKLY JUST PART OF THAT ECONOMIC SHORTFALL OF BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES SOS THE ACUITY LEVELS ARE BORN OUT OF EK NOIM KS WHICH ARE NOT ALL THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES GENERALLY, SO TO THE EXTENT, WHAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THAT POPULATION IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. >> AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN A HUGE NEED FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CURRENT TLS PROGRAM THAT IS RAMPING DOWN IS VERY STRONG AND HAS HAD STRONG OUTCOMES BUT WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO SEE THERE WERE GAPS THERE AND REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT DESIGNING THIS NEW PROGRAM TO BE IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I'LL QUICKLY SAY THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IS THAT, AGAIN, IT WILL BE THE LONGEST STAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN MORE STABILIZE IN INTERIM HOUSING FOR 12 MONTHS OR MORE INITIALLY AND THEN ALSO THE TLS CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THEY'LL BE GETTING. IT'S VERY INTENSIVE, IT'S MORE INTENSIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, SO ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT AS PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO A NEW LOCATION AND MOVING OUT OF INTERIM HOUSING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THAT WRAP AROUND SUPPORT IS REALLY FRO*ND FRONT LOADED SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND TO HELP THEM STABILIZE AND HAD PUT THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH THE TRANSITION OUT, WHETHER THAT'S AT 24 MONTHS WHICH IS THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM WHICH IS 24 MONTH CORDLESS OR SENIOR, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO NEED A COUPLE OF REALLY INTENSIVE MONTHS AND THEN ARE ABLE TO SORT OF GET BACK ON THEIR FEET OR GO TO A DIFFERENT HOUSING SETTING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU ALL FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THIS PROGRAM IS GETTING REFINED AND REDESIGNED AND CERTAINLY THE ISSUES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ RAISED ARE IMPORTANT AND ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN, I CAN SAY IN MY BRIDGE HOME SHELTER NOW, I HAVE PEOPLE WHO GET UP AND GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO, THEY DON'T NEED THE STAY THERE FOR 9 MONTHS OR A YEAR OR WHATEVER, THEY REALLY JUST NEED A BRIDGE BETWEEN WHERE THEY WERE LIVING THAT THEY SXLO*S WHERE THEY ARE NOW T BETTER THIS PROGRAM GET, HOPEFULLY WE ACHIEVE E FESHT SIS FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE FINDING THEMSELVES HOUSELESS. COUNCILOR MEMBER PARK ?FRJTS THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO ASK TO CLARIFY, WITH RESPECT TO THIS THIRD GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, WHO REQUIRE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR HIGH ACUITY, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT PURSUANT TO THE ALLIANCE AGREEMENT, THE COUNTY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGH ACUITY INDIVIDUALS. SO, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW AND WHY WE HAVE THIS CATEGORY ASSIGNED TO CITY OF LOS ANGELES RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL? I MEAN, ARE WE EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF OUR LIABLE AND WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR BY STAINING ON THIS CATEGORY? I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY CLEARLY CARVED OUT IN THE AGREEMENTS PREVIOUSLY? >> THANK YOU, SO THE PORTION OF THE SETTLEMENT DID CONTEMPLATE ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER -- A REQUIRED NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH, HAS WE NEED TO ESTABLISH IN TERMS OF BEDS OR UNITS OF HOUSING BY 2027 BASED ON THE TERM IN THE SETTLEMENT IS NOT THE BEST TERM BUT IS CITY SHELTER APPROPRIATE. THAT TERM IS USED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR US TO BUILD. IT IS WITHIN THE CITY'S DISCRETION TO ESTABLISH WHATEVER TYPE OF HOUSING THAT IT CHOOSES TO, AS AN EXAMPLE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR HOUSING THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AND THAT WILL MAKE UP OUR FINAL COMMITMENT IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSE, MUCH OF WHICH IS USED FOR HIGH ACUITY INDIVIDUALS. THE ISSUE IS THAT AS IT RELATE TOS THE COUNTY MOU, THE COUNTY HAS AGREED FOR THE TERM OF THE SETTLEMENT TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES BOTH IN PERMANENT HOUSING AND INTERIM HOUSING FOR ALLIANCE COMPLIANT BEDS. IN THIS CASE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVEN'T -- THAT WE INTEND TO ADD TO OUR ALLIANCE GOALS BUT ISN'T EXPLICITLY DISCUSSED IN THE MOU. IT IS GENERALLY, IT IS NOT EXPLICITLY IN TERMS OF TIME LIMIT SUBSIDIES BECAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE PERMANENT HOUSING WE WOULD CONSTRUCT FROM THE GROUND UP AND TRUE INTERIM HOUSING, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED INTERIM HOUSING. WE ARE IN ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY TO INCLUDE TLS SERVICES -- THE COMPONENT OF SERVICES OF TLS IN THEIR OBLIGATION PURSUANT TO THE MOU. >> IT SEEMS TO ME REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING INTERVENTION THEY'RE PLACED IN, WHETHER IT IS INTERIM CONGREGATE SELTER, AN INSIDE SAFE MOTEL ROOM, TLS OR SOMETHING ELSE ISN'T IT THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR AND PROVIDE THOSE HIGHER LEVEL SERVICES AND ARE THEY PAINING FOR THEM IN THESE TLS PLACEMENTS? >> SO, I'LL BE RETURNING TO THE THE COUNCIL WITH A RESOLUTION OF THAT LAST QUESTION, WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY CURRENTLY TO INCLUDE THE SERVICES COMPONENT IN THEIR OBLIGATION. THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING, SO I WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THAT. >> OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IT CONCERNS ME THOUGH THAT THERE IS EVEN A CATEGORY OF HIGH ACUITY COMING OUT OF OUR INTERIM AND OTHER PLACEMENTS. WHY ARE THERE FOLKS THAT STILL HAVE THIS LEVEL OF HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR TIME IN THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS? HOW IS PUTTING THEM IN A PRIVATE APARTMENT WITH MAYBE OCCASIONAL VISITS, WHATEVER THAT LEVEL OF S*FRS, HOW IS THAT GOING TO SOLVE THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM? >> I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE FROM -- ANYONE ELSE WANT TOS ADDRESS IT, AISLE -- I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE CURRENTLY HOUSE WITH CITY FUNDS WITH CITY RESOURCES CITY HOUSING INDIVIDUALS, HIGH ACUITY INDIVIDUALS, AND WE DO THAT AND WE DO THAT NOW AND WE DO THAT WITH THE INSIDE SAFE PROGRAM, WE DO THAT WITH OTHER INTERIM HOUSING PROGRAMS SO WE WANT A TLS PROGRAM THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CITY FUNDED INTERIM HOUSING AND CAN ACCOMMODATE THEIR TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING REGARDLESS OF THEIR ACUITY. THAT IS NOT IN ANY WAY CONCEITING THAT THE HIGH ACUITY INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY BUT IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE REALITY THAT WE HAVE HIGH ACUITY INDIVIDUALS IN CITY FUNDING TODAY. >> BUT OUR CITY FUNDING INTERIM HOUSING HAS ON-SITE SERVICES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT MANAGE THE EFFECTS OF THE HIGH ACUITY BEHAVIOR. HOW IS THAT GOING TO REPEAT IN A PRIVATELY OWNED APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE WE'RE JUST PAYING A RENTAL SUBSIDY? WHERE WAH ARE THE GUARDRAIL TOS MAKE SMAOUR THAT PERSON IS STABILIZE AND HAD NOT CAUSING A A PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE ELSE ?FRJTS ABSOLUTELY, SARAH, JUST TO BUILD ON THAT, AS OF THE LATEST DATA, 70% OF PEOPLE BHO WHO* ARE LIVING IN CITY FUNDED INTERIM HOLSTERING ELIGIBLE FOR PEM INNOCENT SUPPORT DOCTOR PERMANENT SUPPORT I EVER HOUSING SOIT OES A LARGE PROPORG, THE TLC SLOT IS ABOUT 29 THOUSAND DOLLARS, OF THAT, 22 IS D22 THOUSAND PER YEAR ARE RENTAL SUBSIDY AND IS THE BALANCE IS FOR INTENSIVE SERVICE THAT IS WILL HELP PEOPLE TO STABILIZES AND WILL HELP TO DEAL SOME OF THE ISSUES. >> 5, 6 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR PER PATIENT HOW IS THAT ADEQUATE? >> WHICH IS CONSISTENT PER SLOT FOR THE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT SERVE PEOPLE WITH ACUTE NEEDS IN OUR REGION. THAT IS CURRENTLY HOW IT'S PRICED RIGHT NOW, THAT'S HOW IT'S REGIONALLY PRICED RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR ABOUT IN THE CURRENT TLS PROGRAM THAT'S REGIONALLY FUNDED, 55% OF PARTICIPANTS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSE SOING THE CURRENT ITERATION OF THE CITY PROGRAM ARE SERVING PEOPLE WITH PRETTY ACUTE NEEDS AND THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF SUCCESS THIS YEAR IN HELPING THOSE HOUSEHOLDS TO STABILIZE IN THEIR OWN HOMES SO GET ONGOING S*FRS AND IS TO GET THE SUPPORT TO TRANSITION TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND HAVE LEARNED THINGS SO, THE SLOT COST FOR TLS THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN JANUARY FOR THE NEW CITY PROGRAM IS HIGHER, THE SERVICES COSTS ARE HIGHER SO WE THINK THAT UNDER THE NEW CITY PROGRAM, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE SLIGHTLY LOWER CASE MANAGER TO CLIENT RATIOS TO PROVIDE MORE INTENSIVE SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WITH AE CUTE NEEDS SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ON WHAT HAS WORKED AND DO IT A LITTLE BIT BET UNDER THE NEXT MODEL. THAFRJTS'S GOOD TO KNOW, SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO PLACE SOMEBODY THAT HAS HIGH ACUITY ADDICTION OR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS INTO AN APARTMENT BUILDING WITH OTHER RESIDENTS, WHAT ARE THE GUARDRAILS TO MAKE SURE THAT PERSON IS NOT CAUSING A PROBLEM OR DERAILING THE PROGRESS OF OTHERS? >> SURE. TO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? >> YEAH. >> THE HELL TH*U ANSWER IS IS YOU WON'T PLACE SOMEBODY IN AN APARTMENT AND WALK AWAY. >> WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMEBODY AT THAT HIGH LEVEL OF RISK INTO AN INDEPENDENT LIVING SITUATION. >> WE CERTAINLY NEVER PLACE ?B AN APARTMENT AND WALK AWAY. THE CASE RATIO IS 1-20 WHICH IS COMPARABLE, NOT ONLY THE RATE BUT THE PAYMENT RATE BUT ALSO THE CASE RATIO RATE IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT THE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMET SERVICES THROUGH THE COUNTY ARE. SO, ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THERE ARE TENANT BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHERE FOLK ARES IN PRIVATEER APARTMENT SOS THIS WORK IS DONE ALL THE TIME CURRENTLY ACROSS THE NATION AND HERE IN LOS ANGELES FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS WELL AS IN THE TIME LIMITED SUBSIDIES. SO, AS SOPHIA POINTED OUT EARLIER, WE HAVE DESIGNED THE PROGRAM SO THAT THERE'S MORE INTENSIVE SERVICES WHEN FOLKS INITIALLY MOVER IN SO THAT WE ARE WRAPPING FOLKS WITH SERVICES AS THEY MOVER IN AND n THAT TRANSITION WHICH CAN BE THE MOST TUMULTUOUS POINT FOR A PARTICIPANT WHEN THEY'RE COMING OUT OF AN ENVIRONMENT THEY KNOW, THEY'RE MOVING INTO AN APARTMENT POTENTIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME WHERE THEY'VE LIVED ON THEIR OWN, WE WRAP SERVICES AROUND FOR THAT INITIAL PERIOD. MORE INTENSIVELY THAN THEY MAY NECESSARILY NEED THROUGHOUT THEIR STAY IN THE TIME LIMIT SUBSIDY. THE EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF THE CASE MANAGERS IN THE TLS THEY'RE ALSO ACCESSING ADDITIONAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, SO IF A PARTICIPANT HAS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS THAT THEY ARE ENSURING THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUT PATIENT SERVICES AT VARIOUS LEVELS, WHETHER TLA'S THE FULL S*FRS PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS A HIGH INTENSIVE LEVEL OF WRAP AROUND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH OR JUST A MORE STANDARD CONNECTION TO AN OUT PATIENT CLINIC WHERE FOLKS CAN GO IN FOR THEIR MEDICATION AND THERAPY SERVICES ON A SCHEDULED BASIS. BUT THE CAN SANITATION IS THAT THOSE CASE MANAGERS IN TLS ARE ENSURING THOSE CONNECTION ARES MADE FOR PHYSICAL, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE, SO SUBSTANCE ABUSE, PREVENTION AND CONTROL THOSE WHO HAVE THOSE ISSUES REGARDLESS OF THEIR NEEDS WHETHER IT'S EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FOR FOLKS WHO MAY ALREADY BE WORKING BUT MAY NEED TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME, HAVE CAPACITY TO WORK BUT ARE NOT YET WORKING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THOSE RESOURCES. FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE CHALLENGES WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH THEY'LL BE KNEED TO DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THOSE SERVICES, FOR PHYSICAL HEALTH TO AN FQHC AND SIMILARLY FOR MENTAL HEALTH, THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH A SUBSTANCE USE SERVICE THAT IS ARE CONNECTED WITH THE LOCAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROVIDER. THE GOAL IS TO WRAP THOSE SERVICES AROUND INTENSIVELY AT THE BEGINNING AND BASED ON THEIR SERVICE NEED, POTENTIALLY TAPER OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE GET THING CONNECTION WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER, GETTING ADDITIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT THROUGH THERE. THE THAT THEN ALSO FREES UP SOME SERVICES FOR THEM AS A NEW PERSON COMES IN TO WRAP AROUND THAT NEW PERSON. THERE'S A BLEND OF SERVICES BASED OP THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE PARTICIPANT. >> THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD TO IT, I AGREE WITH WHAT NATHANIEL SAID, PART OF THE THINKING BEHIND THE REDESIGN IN BEING ABLE TO SORT OF ASSESS INDIVIDUALS FOR THESE THREE TRACKS IS IT ALSO HELPS DOCUMENT THAT AND BUILDING OUT TOOLS THAT MAKE THAT EASIER FOR OUR PROVIDERS SO THEY'RE ALSO ABLE TO STAFF AROUND THAT. OF COURSE AGAIN IT'S FLEXIBLE THINGS CHANGE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT THE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CRAFT CASELOADS FOR THEIR CASE MANAGERS THAT ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT MORE OF THEIR TIME INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MORE OF THAT ACUTE NEED ESPECIALLY INITIALLY AND THEY MAY HAVE EVILS WHO NEED OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT, APPLYING FOR WAITING LISTS BUT IT'S NOT AS MUCH OF THAT HIGH ACUITY NEED SO THEY'LL HAVE A MIXED CASELOAD IN A WAY THAT WORKS TO CREATE THAT CAPACITY THAT I THINK GETS AT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> IF I MAY ADD ONE LAST PIECE, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN SHELTER WHO ARE EXHIBITING REALLY PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR THAT IS ARE GOIPG TO BE CHALLENGING OUR WORK IS WITH THE INTERIM HOUSING PROVIDERS TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO BOARD AND CARE LEVEL SERVICES OR MORE HIGH ACUITY S*FRS, EVEN THEN PERMANENT SUPPORT I EVER HOUSE, SO OUR GEL IS TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH THE SHELTER SYSTEM SO WE CAN MOVER MORE FOLKS OFF OF THE STREETS AND INTO SHELTER BUT MAKING SURE THERE ARE VARIOUS PATHWAYS INCLUDING FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE REALLY SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES INCLUDING CONNECTING THEM TO HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE EVEN IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUT THAT IDEALLY WOULD HAPPEN DIRECTLY FROM THE STREET, IF THEY HAVE COME INTO THE SYSTEM AND EXHIBITING THOSE ISSUES, WE'LL CONNECT THEM TO THAT HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE DIRECTLY FROM THE DETERMENT >> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I APPRECIATE IT. IT JUST TROUBLING ME THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT OF OUR PROGRAM WHO STILL REQUIRE THAT WRAP AROUND INTENSIVE SERVICES AT ALL AND THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THEM INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHERE THEY HAVE THOSE ON-SITE SERVICS. WE'RE PUTTING THEM INTO AN INDEPENDENT APARTMENT AND HOPING THESE CONNECTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE STICK. I MEAN, IT'S GREAT IF PEOPLE CAN GO BY AND CHECK ON THEM. THAT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAN PLACING SOMEONE WITH HIGH ACUITY NEEDS INTO PSH WHERE THEY HAVE THE SERVICES ON-SITE. I DON'T KNOW, I FIND IT A STRANGE DISTINCTION AND I'M VERY, VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT FOLKS WITH HIGH ACUITY NEEDS IF THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE TREATMENT AND CARE THAT THEY NEED OR THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE CONNECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE CAN CAUSE A HUGE PROBLEM AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING WHAT ARE THE GUARDRAILS. BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING DESCRIBED ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO MOVER INTO AN INDEPENDENT APARTMENT AND REQUIRE MINIMUM MONTHS OF INTENSIVE WRAP AROUND SERVICES TO BE STABILIZE. THAT IS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE FOLKS SHOULD BE COMING OUT OF OUR OTHER HOUSING PROGRAMS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. IF YOU GUYS -- I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE ANSWERED THIS QUESTION A COUPLE OF TIME AND IS YOUR ANSWERS I THINK .STILL LEAVE QUESTIONS BUT COUNCIL MEMBER RAMAN? >> IF I COULD JUST -- I THINK WHAT YOU'RE STAINING, COUNCIL MEMBER PARK, IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I THINK THE COUNTY DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OUR HIGHEST ACUITY RESIDENT Z -- RESIDENTS IN OUR SHELTERS AND ON OUR STREETS, I DO WANT TO FLAGGING THAT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS WITH LESS SUPPORT, WE'VE FUNDED FOR THOUSANDS OF SLOTS AND HAVE HAD BETTER RESULTS FROM TLS IN TERMS OF THE SUCCESS FOR PARTICIPANTS TO STAY HOUSE AND HAD TO STAY INDOOR AND IS TO GRADUATE TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY THAN A CONGREGATE SHELTER WERE THERE'S STAFF THERE 24/7 AND OTHER KINDS OF SITES THAT WE FUND THROUGH THE CITY WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE. THIS PROGRAM IS LESS EXPENSIVE AND HAS HAD SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OUTCOMES, POSITIVE OUTCOME AND IS WE'VE FUNDED THOUSANDS OF SLOTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY AND COUNTY ALREADY, SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS. I THINK THERE'S WAYS TO ADDRESS THEM AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE ASKING MUCH MORE SPECIFICALLY FROM THE COUNTY FOR THE KINDS OF INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT THAT ONLY THEY CAN CAN PROVIDE AND ONLY THEY'RE FUNDED TO PROVIDE. AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T THINK THAT NEGATE THIS IS INTERVENTION AS A POSITIVE INTERVENTION FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR LONGEST STAYERS IN OUR VERY EXPENSIVE SHELTER SITES. >> WE'VE HAD GREAT RESULTS WITH TLS BUT WE DON'T PUT WITH HIGH ACUITY ADDICTION AND MENSAL HEALTH CHALLENGES INTO THOSE -- >> [INAUDIBLE] >> CURRENTLY. >> THE PROVIDERS WE'RE WORKING WITH, WE'RE USING THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STABILIZE AND READY TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARK. AS AN AM CHIU -- AM CHEWER -- AMATEUR WITH NO EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA, AT ONE POINT IN HISTORY, THOSE PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED, IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE SICK, WHEN SOMEONE HAS A HEALTH CONDITION, IT SEEMS ODD TO PUT THEM IN AN APARTMENT BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED IT AT LENGTH HERE TODAY. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? CAN YOU REMIND US ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND I CAN OPEN THE ROLL. ER >> IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO START WITH ITEM 17. >> ALRIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 17, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 12 AYES. >> WHAT'S NEXT? >> IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP ITEM 16. >> ALRIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> I ASK THAT WE MOVE THE B & F REPORT ON THIS ITEM. >> ALRIGHT RKTS LET OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 11 AYE, ONE NO. >> ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP ITEM 19 AS AMENDED. >> ALRIGHT. OPEN THE ROLL ON 19 AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL. >> EXCUSE ME. >> 19, WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSED, NO? >> 19, WE NEED TO THE TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT A, 19A TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T SLOW DOWN -- >> THERE'S DISCUSSION ON 19, ALRIGHT. IF WE CAN BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> YES, SO, IF WE COULD GET BSO UP HERE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST ANSWER ONE QUESTION I HAVE. >> THANK YOU. SO, COLLEAGUE ES, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY SO THAT IF IT'S NOT EWE NAN NOWS, IT TRAILS TO NEXT TUESDAY SO THE BALLOTS CAN GO OUT. IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY. SO, MY *F MY QUESTION ON COUNCIL MEMBER PARK'S AM -- AMENDMENT 19A, WOULD THAT IN ANY WAY IF WE ADOPT IT TODAY, WOULD IT IN ANY WAY SLOW DOWN OR HINDER OUR ABLE TO GET THE BALLOTS OUT THE DOOR IN APRIL? >> MIGUEL, [INAUDIBLE], MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE AMENDMENT IS A REPORT, THE REPORT ITSELF WOULD NOT AFFECT OUR TIMELINE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PRODUCE A REPORT AND PRESENT THE COUNCIL IN SUBSEQUENT DAYS. IS >> IS THE CITY ATTORNEY HERE? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS LEGAL AROUND STATE LAW AROUND ASSESSMENT FEES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING BY VOTING ON THIS TODAY BECAUSE IT DIRECTS A PLAN TO STAY THE ASSESSMENT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PLAN COMES BACK FOR A VOTE AND CONVERSATION BEFORE IT'S ADOPTED. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S LEGAL UNDER 218 LAW. >> YES, TED JORDAN, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. WE HAVE ASSESSMENT COUNSEL, BUT IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, I WILL -- >> THANK YOU, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE ADOPT 19 AS AMENDED BY A TODAY, HAVE YOU SEEN 19A? RJT YES. >> WHETHER THAT IN ANY WAY WOULD SLOW US DOWN OR POTENTIALLY CREATE CHALLENGES WITH THE OVERALL ASSESSMENT? MY UNDERSTANDING OF 19A IS IT CALLS FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING I THINK IS IT CALLS FOR A REPORT BUT I'M READING RIGHT NOW AND IT SAYS INSTRUCT THE BUREAU TO INSTRUCT? 30 DAYS ON A MRAP TO STAY THE ASSESSMENT FOR PROPERTIES IN PACIFIC PALISADES, CAN YOU STAY AN ASSESSMENT IF ONE PART OF AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT? IS THAT LEGAL TO DO? AND WHETHER OR NOT BY VOTING ON THIS TODAY, WE'RE IN ANY WAY COMPROMISING THE OVERALL ASSESSMENT ?RJTS MY UNDERSTANDING IS 19A IS A REPORT BACK. . INGER TO REPORT ON A PLAN. >> IT IS A REPORT BACK. >> SO THAT'S A REPORT BACK OKAY. >> YOU HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO TAKE ACTION ON THE PLAN, IT'S TO REPORT BACK. ER >> SO WE'RE VOTING THEN ON 19A OR 19 AS AMENDED BY A THAT CALLS FOR A REPORT BACK ON CARVING OUT THE PALISADES -- I'M FINE WITH THAT AS LONG AS IT'S ALLOWED AND IT DOESN'T SLOW DOWN THIS ASSESSMENT MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT TODAY. >> AND I'M NOT ADVISING YOU IN ANY WAY WHAT COULD BE DONE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PLAN MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOWER, WHETHER YOU CAN DO ALL THAT, I'M NOT ADVISING ON THAT, THIS MOTION CALLS FOR A REPORT BACK AND NOTHING MORE THAN THE REPORT BACK. IT DOESN'T STOP ANYTHING. >> ALRIGHT, THAT'S GOOD, I'M GOOD. TLFRJTS'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYBODY SITTING ON THAT TABLE TELLING US WE CAN'T DO THE ASSESSMENT ON TIME BECAUSE WE DID THIS AMENDMENT? >> BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR A REPORT BACK, THAT SHOULD NOT EVER HAPPEN. >> GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> ON THIS PROPOSED -- YOU GUYS WERE HERE I GUESS LAST WEEK, AND SOME OF MY CONCERNS THAT I ADDRESSED WAS IN TERMS OF THE ORDER IN WHICH -- HOW YOU'RE ACCELERATING AND MAXIMIZING THE RESOURCES YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AVAILABLE FOR YOU FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE STREET LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE. ADDITIONAL MONEY OR NOT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT MONEY, SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT HOW YOU PRIORITIZE YOUR RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ACTIVELY RECALIBRATING APPROACHING THE STREET LIGHT RESTORATION? I KNOW WE HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION LAST WEEK AND I KNOW FABIAN, I HAD ASKED YOU TO KIND OF IDENTIFY HOW WE COULD KIND OF COORDINATE AND ARRANGE THE RESTORATIONS IN A A MANNER THAT COULD MAXIMIZE OUR STAFFING RESOURCES IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY AND I ASK THIS BECAUSE WHAT THE PEOPLE DESERVE IS TO KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE. WE KNOW HOW UNDERSUBSCRIBED THE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR DECADES WITH THE 218 ASSESSMENTS, WE KNOW THIS, BUT WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN SUCH A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE BEEN SO FAR UNDER WATER WITH THE RESTORATIONS OF COPPER WIRE THEFT, WE'VE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS AT LEAST I CAN THINK OF FOR THE LAST 15 OR SO PLUS YEARS. SO, WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING ADOPTED SHOULD THE PUBLIC COMMIT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THROUGH THIS ASSESSMENT PROCESS, WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE? WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU APPROACH THIS CHALLENGE AND NOT JUST EXPEND IT ALL IN OVERTIME USAGE AND WHATEVER, HOW ARE WE GOING THE CURTAIL IT, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO -- WHAT EFFORTS HAVE YOU TAKEN IN TERMS OF PROTECTING THAT INFA HAVE YOU BEENING KHUR WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT I'VE RAISED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY? >> I CAN ANSWER THAT. EXCUSE ME. TO SURMISE, IT HAS CHANGED -- WILL CONTINUE THE CHANGE AND THEN WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE WELL AFTER. WE HAVE A SUITE OF SOLUTIONS WE HAVE DEPLOYED FROM RESTORATION FORTIFICATION, THERE WAS A CONSTANT REVIEW OF DATA AND THE PRACTICES ON THE FIELD IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION WE HAVE AN ONGOING MONTHLY COM STAT WITHIN THE BUREAU TO ANALYZE EVERY ACTION WE'VE TAKEN TO DEBRIEF AND LOOK INTO WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER. WE WITH CONTINUE TO DEPLOY TECHNOLOGIES THAT INCLUDE THE SMART MODES TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING OUT IN THE FIELD MUCH QUICKER WE. HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE -- >> YOU CAN'T START THE INSTALLATION OF SMART NODES, YOU HADN'T INSTALLED THEM ON THE RESTORATIONS SO, DID THAT JUST CHANGE? >> THAT HAS BEEN IN PRACTICE NOW SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS FISCAL YEAR WHERE WE ARE INSTALLING SMART MODES ALONGSIDE EACH PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE TOUCH. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED SMART NODES AS PART OF OUR LED REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BUILT INTO OUR LONG TERM PLAN FOR ANY TYPE OF MAINTENANCE AND LIFE CYCLE REPLACEMENT TLA WE HAVE. IN ADDITION TO THA, WE'VE DONE CERTAIN DEPLOYMENT REALIGNMENTS WHERE WE HAVE ADDED MORE -- THE HEAVIER CREWS TO THE VALLEY WHERE WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY HEAVY CREW THAT IS DEAL WITH THEFT AND VANDALS, PECKY FOR THE VALLEY WE HAVE THE SHARED YARD WE HAVE, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY GOTTEN ADDITIONAL HELP THROUGH THE HELP OF CITY COUNCIL FOR INCREASED STAFFING AND ADDITIONALLY WITH ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS IS THE MOST VISIBLE AND TRANSFORM TIER CHANGE WE'VE HAD, SOLAR LIGHTS WE'VE BEEN DEPLOYING AS WELL, MY WHOLE SLEW OF -- A WHOLE SLEW OF SOLUTIONS, THE WHOLE SUITE OF SOLUTIONS THAT WE CONTINUE THE PRACTICE THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE, IT IS AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THE MOST BASIC OF THINGS WE DO, THE LED PROGRAM IS NON-EXISTENT. SO, THAT IS A HUGE LIABLE FOR THE CITY, AGAIN, 100 THOUSAND STREET LIGHT HAVES THEIR LED'S WE CONSIDER END OF LIFE, SOME ARE BROKEN AND SOME HAVE FAILED AS WELL. >> WHAT'S THE LIFE OF SOLAR? >> LIFE OF SOLAR, WE ESTIMATE IT TO BE AROUND 8-10 YEARS. >> OKAY, WHAT IS THE COST OF REPLACEMENT? >> RIGHT NOW FOR US 6 THOUSAND OR 6500 DEPENDING ON WHAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT YOU'RE USING. >> WHAT IS THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE TRADITIONAL ASSUMING IT'S PRESERVED AND IT'S UNTOUCHED? >> IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO JUST THE -- >> NON-VANDALIZED, NON-THEFT WHAT IS THE SIGH L OF A TRADITIONAL VERSUS WHAT'S THE COMPARISON? >> EVERY STREET LIGHT ITSELF HAS THE -- WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS ABOUT A TEN YEAR LIFE SPAN AND TEN YEAR WARRANTY FOR THE THINGS WE HAVE. >> SO, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAXIMIZING THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. WHEN YOU'RE TELLING ME WE HAVE AN 8 YEAR LIFE CYCLE ON LED OR EXCUSE ME, ON SOLAR, I JUST WANT TO BE HONEST WITH THE PUBLIC IN MAIMING SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COSTS OF REPLACEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE AND BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AS A PERMANENT SOLUTION BUT THE DETAILS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME AND SHOULD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE STAY, WE KNOW WE HAVE LIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND -- MOST OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IF UNDISTURBED IS LONGER THAN A DECADE OR TWO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A REPLACEMENT OF A BULB, BUT LED'S LAST A LOT LONGER SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE DETAIL OF WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, THIS IS WHAT MY CONCERN IS. YOU GET A WINDFALL OF MONEY WITHOUT A PLAN AND IF WE'RE NOT REALLY STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT OUR PLAN IS, THAT BECOMES A BIG PROBLEM. BECAUSE A LOT OF IT, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE SEE THAT IN n HOMELESS, WE SEE WHEN EVERYONE'S GOT A TON OF MONEY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A REALLY THOUGHTFUL PLAN IN PLACE ABOUT HOW YOU PRIORITIZE THE RESTORATION, HOW YOU'RE MAINTAINING OR FORTIFYING OUR EXISTING RESOURCES AND HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT UP THIS CITY IN A MANNER THAT PROTECTS IT GOING FORWARD AND SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE TALL GUARDRAILS ARE UP WAUZ WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION LAST WEEK, THE COMMENT YOU'RE GIVING ME NOW ABOUT THE NODES IS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE RESPONSE YOU GAVE ME LAST WEEK BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ASKING YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE NODES TO WHICH YOU SAID I BELIEVE IT WAS 20 THOUSAND AND AGAIN I'M JUST PULLING OFF [INAUDIBLE], BUT WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE RESTORATIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAD PAID FOR AND THOSE THAT WERE OUT, YOU INDICATED THAT THEY WEREN'T BEING INSTALLED ON THAT. SO, -- AND THAT WAS A PROBLEM. SO, I JUST WANT THE KNOW WHAT THE REAL ANSWERS ARE AND WHAT THE PLAN IS ON PAPER AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THESE THINGS. THAT REALLY MATTERS TO ME BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WE'VE SEEN ABSENT A PLAN, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT GETS AVAILED AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAT HAVE WE MATERIALLY MADE DIFFERENT AND SO I JUST WAN TO MAKE SURE THAT -- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN WITH HOW THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO GET SPENT. >> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY -- YOUR CONCERN IS THE REASON WHY IN 2022, WE CREATED THE LONG TERM OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR THE BUREAU THA, PLAYS OUT THE ENTIRE PER PERSON, PER UNIT, PER STAFF MEMBER, PER MATERIAL THAT WE SPEND THE 125 MILLION DOLLARS ESTIMAE WE'RE PROPOSING TO CITY COUNCIL TODAY. >> AND THAT'S AUGMENTED GIVEN THE NEW SOLAR PACKAGES AND ALL THE OTHER REQUESTS THAT HAVE GONE IN? >> THAT PLAN WAS CE DYNAMITED IN 2022 REFLECTING ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO DO LIFE CYCLE REPLACEMENT, MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM AND ALSO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF SHEFT AND VANDALISM, IT DOES ALSO INCLUDE A COMPONENT TO VOTE OUT A LARGER SOLAR PANEL THAT WE THOUGHT AT THAT TIME WAS EFFECTIVE AND SOMETHING WE START INVESTING IN AS WELL, THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE STILL WORKING AS A WHOLE FOR THE BUREAU TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AMOUNT OF SOLAR IS THE RIGHT FIT. WE HAD -- ORIGINALLY HAD A REPORT OUT THAT WE EXPECT 60 THOUSAND OR SO STREET LIGHTS CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOLAR REPLACEMENT, WE HAVE TWO ENGINEERS WORKING ON THAT AND IT IS ESSENTIALLY TRANSFORMING AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO ANY TYPE OF POWER SOURCE AND USE SO WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE BUILDING AGO SE LAR POWER WITHIN THE ASSESSMENT, WE NEED TO HAVE A LONGER TERM OUTLOOK FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. >> IS IT GOING TO BE UPDATED IN 26? BECAUSE THAT'S A FOUR YEAR-OLD PLAN, IS IT GOING TO BE UPDATED GIVEN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AND WITH IS THAT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE? >> I HAVE SHARED WITH COUNCIL BEFORE FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE ASSESSMENT, OUR PLAN IS TO HIRE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITH REGARDS TO SINGING TARGET LOCAL HIRE, BRIDGE TO JOBS AND OTHER -- >> I'M ASKING FOR WHATEVER THE -- WHATEVER YOU SAID YOU HAD IN 22, WHAT WITH'S THE ONE YOU HAVE AVAILABLE IN 26 GIVEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROPOSAL? AND I WANT TO KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SELL US ON TARGETED LOCAL HIRE, YOU CAN SELL US ON WE'RE GOING THE MAKE SURE YOUR COMMUNITY GETS JOBS, COOL, WHAT I WANT IS THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT. SO, WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2026 CIRCUMSTANCES GIVEN THAT THESE MONIES ARE NO. NOW BEING CONSIDERED? >> THE BUREAU STANDS BEHIND ITS PLAN IN 2022 AS IT DOES TODAY, IN 2026 WE CANER WILL UPDATE IT, WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT NOES UPDATE THE LONG TERM PLAN AT THIS POINT. >> I THINK WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE TAXPAYERS DESERVE TO SEE A CURRENT PLAN. IF YOU HAVE SAID IT HASN'T CHANGED, THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 22 IN TERMS OF THE COST OF MATERIALS, THE COST OF LABOR AND SO I THINK THE PEOPLE DESERVE TO HAVE A 2026 PLAN. SO, I WOULD HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE CONSIDERING THIS. >> YES, MA'AM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> POINT OF ORDER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CAN I CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS? >> YOU'RE ALOU LOUSED TO CALL THE QUESTION? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NO OBJECTION, WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL AND TABULATE THE VOTE. >> 12 AYES. >> WHAT'S NEXT? >> I VOTED NO. >> IT TURNED OUT RED. ER >> WE DIDN'T NEED A VOTE, THERE WAS NO o. >> THAT WAS ON THE ITEM, THERE WAS NO o TO CALL THING QUESTION SO WE CALLED THE QUESTION -- WE CALLED THE ROLL ON THE ITEM. >> BUT I VOTED NO. >> SO, COUNCILOR MEMBER RODRIGUEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTED AS A NO VOTE. THAT WILL BE 11 AYE AND IS ONE NO ADOPTED FORTHWITH, THE ORDINANCE WILL BE HELD OVER TO TUESDAY MARCH 24 FOR A SECOND MEETING. >> WHAT'S NEXT? >> THANK YOU, THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THE SPECIAL AGENDA. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN ADOPTED FORTHWITH, WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO ADDJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING. >> YES, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> (ROLL CALL). 12 MEMBERS PRESENT ASK A QUORUM. WAFRNLT ITEM IS BEFORE US? >> WOULD THE COUNCILOR LIKE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR ITEM 14 >> LET'S GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR ITEM NUMBER 14. I WOULD ASK STAFF WHO'S NOT THE DEPARTMENT, COUNCIL OFFICE OR AEN LEAKED OFFICE TO VACATE THE CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME. ( MEETING IN CLOSED SESSION ). Repeat as needed. If the person is pregnant or you cannot get your arms around their stomach, give chest thrusts instead. Put your hands at the base of the breastbone. Press hard into the chest with a quick thrust. Perform five thrusts and check if the blockage is cleared. If the person becomes unconscious, you will need to begin CPR and. Contact 911. The building that we're in is a historic Carnegie library building that was built in 1915, and a fun fact about this building is that the architect was the architect of Union Station. So when you see the vast expanse you're in, like a little mini Union Station. It's a cultural monument. It's on the Register of Historic Places. The mission of center for the Arts, Eagle Rock is to be a cultural hub for the northeast. Los Angeles community, and beyond. We provide a creative environment for artists and members of our community to make art together and feel creatively inspired and connect them to the transcendent power of the arts. We have a very robust programing slate. We have an after school arts program called Imagine Studio, where we bring contemporary artists into elementary schools in northeast Los Angeles. We also have for families, we have a weekly doodle hour where children and their parents come and they draw like Matisse. They draw like Picasso. They learn to do character art. They do illustrations. So they learn different technique every week. And to see a father and his five year old daughter drawing side by side, it's just fills me with delight. On the other end of the spectrum, we have drawing Lab that is an online drawing workshop, and the median age of the artist is 80. Friendships have come out of that, and that's a really wonderful thing to see. How art connects people. And it expands your life in ways that you never thought possible . Being the director for the center, the most rewarding experiences I find are watching people blossom. I think of the center as a garden, and we're planting all of these seeds for the future. People grow when they come here. That is the philosophy of this place. I think it's important that the city of Los Angeles support the creative dreams of the people who live here, because people need to know that their inspiration matters. If you want to be a painter, you want to be a sculptor. You want to be a printmaker. You can the citizens of Los Angeles deserve to have their city support their dreams . We would love to invite you to come and experience our programing. And so the best thing to do is to go to our website, which is c f a e r dot o r g. In the my L.A. 311 app is easy. Download the Myla 311 app from the App Store or Google Play. Use Google Translate to view the page in up to 200 languages. Select the service. Need either by typing a topic in the new request search box, or select from the most popular service requests like street pavement issues or potholes. Answer a few questions. You can add a comment or even upload a picture. Keep track of your request via email, text, or create an Angelino account to become a registered user. Using my LA 311 keeps our city safe and clean . It's very hard to describe the watchtowers. It's just a major piece of folk art. It has colors and glass and shells and rocks and all recycled before it was vogue to recycle, I was out doing a tour one day and we had some of the elder ladies on the oh, that's my plate. That's my cup. It's wonderful to see them go through and show that ownership. The history of the Watts Towers is over 100 years old. Simon Rodia started to build these towers in the early 20s, and over a course of 33 years, the towers went up. And from there, this grassroots effort in providing arts education grew. Classes were started in 1961. Lucille Krasny taught the first classes on the burned out foundation of Simon Rodia House watchtowers Art center. We're now 64 years old. We're now 64 years old. In 1970, they were able to build this art center that we're in now. In 1975, the city of Los Angeles took over the Watts Towers, complements all of the artistic people that come from Watts. More artists come from this area than any other place in Los Angeles. And we can say that we have access to Master artists here. We have access to master musicians to teach our young people here. One of our mottos is we don't do mediocre because we don't have. To. That's why the city of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs invests so much in this campus. Because it provides art and museum education for this community that it could not get if we were not here. Our community can't afford to pay for piano classes or music classes or voice classes or art classes. They can't afford that . We provide museum and art education for our community when they can't get to LACMA, when they can't get to Moca, but they can come to the Watchtower's Arts Center campus to get fine arts. It really represents the city on so many levels. It's called Nuestro Pueblo. So everybody called it Nuestro Pueblo, which is in Spanish, is our our town, our people, our community. Our community has been very, very involved from the inception, which is a phenomenal thing. It shows what you can do with nothing in our community does a lot with nothing. Sometimes And but we're resilient. We're still here. We're not going anywhere. You can't you can't get rid of us . And. Make. Over 4000 choking related deaths occur each year with a very young and the elderly being the most at risk groups. The key to helping someone survive a choking incident is being able to immediately recognize the signs they are in trouble. These are the most common signs someone is choking one or both of their hands clutched to the throat. Look of panic, shock or confusion. Inability to talk or cough. Color changing to blue or gray. If the person can cough forcefully encourage them to keep coughing. If the person cannot cough or talk, you need to quickly take action and perform abdominal thrusts for an adult, stand behind the person with one foot slightly in front of the other for balance, wrap your arms around the waist and tip the person forward slightly . Make a fist and put it just above the person's navel. Grasp your fist with your other hand and press it into their stomach with a quick upward thrust, as if you're trying to lift the person up. Give five abdominal thrust, then check if the blockage is cleared. If it is not cleared, repeat is needed. If the person is pregnant or you cannot get your arms around their stomach. Give chest thrust . Instead, put your hands at the base of the breastbone. Press hard into the chest with a quick thrust. Perform five thrusts and check if the blockage is cleared . If the person becomes unconscious, you will need to begin CPR and. Contact 911. The building that we're in is a historic Carnegie library building that was built in 1915, and a fun fact about this building is that the architect was the architect of Union Station. So when you see the vast expanse you're in, like a little mini union Station, it's a cultural monument. It's on the register of Historic Places. The mission of center for the Arts, Eagle Rock is to be a cultural hub for the northeast. Los Angeles community, and beyond. We provide a creative environment for artists and members of our community to make art together and feel creatively inspired and connect them to the transcendent power of the arts. We have a very robust programing slate. We have an after school arts program called Imagine Studio, where we bring contemporary artists into elementary schools in Northeast Los Angeles. We also have for families, we have a weekly doodle hour where children and their parents come and they draw like Matisse. They draw like Picasso. They learn to do character art. They do illustrations. So they learn different technique every week. And to see a father and his five year old daughter drawing side by side. It's just fills me with delight on the other end of the spectrum, we have drawing lab that is an online drawing workshop, and the median age of the artist is 80. Friendships have come out of that, and that's a really wonderful thing to see how art connects people. And it expands your life in ways that you never thought possible . Being the director for the center, the most rewarding experiences I find are watching people blossom. I think of the center as a garden, and we're planting all of these seeds for the future. People grow when they come here that is the philosophy of this place. I think it's important that the city of Los Angeles support the creative dreams of the people who live here, because people need to know that their inspiration matters. If you want to be a painter, you want to be a sculptor. You want to be a printmaker. You can. The citizens of Los Angeles deserve to have their city support their dreams. We would love to invite you to come and experience our programing. And so the best thing to do is to go to our website, which is C, f a e r dot o r g. In the my L.A. 311 app is easy. Download the Myla 311 app from the App Store or Google Play. Use Google Translate to view the page in up to 200 languages. Select the service need either by typing a topic in the new request search box, or select from the most popular service requests like Street pavement issues or potholes. Answer a few questions. You can add a comment or even upload a picture. Keep track of your request via email, text, or create an Angelino account to become a registered user. Using my LA 311 keeps our city safe and clean. It's very hard to describe the watchtowers. It's just a major piece of folk art. It has colors and glass and shells and rocks and all recycled before it was vogue to recycle, I was out doing a tour one day and we had some of the elder ladies on there. Oh that's my plate. That's my cup. It's wonderful to see them go through and show that ownership, the history of the Watts Towers is over 100 years old. Simon Rodia started to build these towers in the early 20s, and over a course of 33 years, the towers went up. And from there, this grassroots effort in providing arts education grew. Classes were started. In 1961, Lucille Krasny taught the first classes on the Burned Out Foundation of Simon Rodia's house watchtowers Art center with 964 years old, we're now 64 years old. In 1970, they were able to build this art center that we're in now. In 1975, the city of Los Angeles took over the Watts Towers, complements all of the artistic people that come from Watts. More artists come from this area than any other place in Los Angeles, and we can say that we have access to master artists here. We have access to Master musicians to teach our young people here. One of our mottos is we don't do mediocre because we don't have. To. That's why the city of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs invests so much in this campus, because it provides art and museum education for this community that it could not get if we were not here. Our community can't afford to pay for piano classes or music classes or voice classes or art classes. They can't afford that . We provide museum and art education for our community. When they can't get to LACMA. When they can't get to Moca, but they can come to the Watchtower's Art center campus to get fine arts. It really represents the city on so many levels. It's called Nuestro Pueblo. Sam Rodia called it Nuestro Pueblo, which is in Spanish. It's our our town, our people, our community. Our community has been very, very involved from the inception, which is a phenomenal thing. It shows what you can do with nothing. And our community does a lot with nothing. Sometimes And but we're resilient. We're still here. We're not going anywhere. You can't you can't get rid of us . Every day, over 100 Americans die from secondhand smoke. And secondhand smoke in children can cause asthma. Ear infections and increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Go to smoke free homes. Larcom Learn how you can protect your home from secondhand smoke . Over 4000 choking related deaths occur each year with a very young and the elderly being the most at risk groups. The key to helping someone survive a choking incident is being able to immediately recognize the signs they are in trouble. These are the most common signs someone is choking one or both of their hands clutched to the throat. Look of panic, shock, or confusion. Inability to talk or cough. Color changing to blue or gray. If the person can cough forcefully encourage them to keep coughing. If the person cannot cough or talk, you need to quickly take action and perform abdominal thrusts for an adult, stand behind the person with one foot slightly in front of the other for balance, wrap your arms around the waist and tip the person forward slightly . Make a fist and put it just above the person's navel. Grasp your fist with your other hand and press it into their stomach with a quick upward thrust, as if you're trying to lift the person up. Give five abdominal thrusts, then check if the blockage is cleared. If it is not cleared, repeat is needed. If the person is pregnant or you cannot get your arms around their stomach. Give chest thrust instead. Put your hands at the base of the breastbone. Press hard into the chest with a quick thrust. Perform five thrusts and check if the blockage is cleared . If the person becomes unconscious, you will need to begin CPR and. Contact 911. The building that we're in is a historic Carnegie library building that was built in 1915, and a fun fact about this building is that the architect was the architect of Union Station. So when you see the vast expanse you're in, like a little mini union Station, it's a cultural monument. It's on the register of Historic Places. The mission of center for the Arts, Eagle Rock is to be a cultural hub for the northeast Los Angeles community, and beyond. We provide a creative environment for artists and members of our community to make art together and feel creatively inspired and connect them to the transcendent power of the arts. We have a very robust programing slate. We have an after school arts program called Imagine Studio, where we bring contemporary artists into elementary schools in northeast Los Angeles. We also have for families. We have a weekly doodle hour where children and their parents come and they draw like Matisse. They draw like Picasso. They learn to do character art. They do illustrations. So they learn a different technique every week. And to see a father and his five year old daughter drawing side by side, it's just fills me with delight on the other end of the spectrum, we have drawing Lab that is an online drawing workshop, and the median age of the artist is 80. Friendships have come out of that, and that's a really wonderful thing to see how art connects people and it expands your life in ways that you never thought possible . Teen is that ready to beIS THAT VOTED ON? >> I MRAIK A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT ITEM. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY MR. MCOSKER. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT'S NEXT? >> OKAY, THANK YOU, THEN WE CAN TAKE THE VOTE ON ITEM 15 SO TO* RECEIVE AND FILE. >> LET OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE ROLL. >> 12 AYES. >> WHAT'S NEXT? >> THERE MAY BE A QUESTION ON THE AMENDMENT 9B BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT. >> I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING IT WAS GOING TO BE A COMBINED AMENDMENT. >> I THINK THE TWO AMENDMENTS SAY ROUGHLY THE SAME THING. >> YEAH. >> SO, YOU OKAY WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK? MADAM CLERK SAYS WE'RE OKAY. >> OKAY. >> ALRIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT, PAD DAM CLERK? >> THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> ALRIGHT. >> THERE ARE MEGS FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. ER >> WE ARE POSTING AND REFERRALFINGER ANNOUNCEMENT MEMBERS? MR. LEE? >> MR. PRESIDENT, EEL MAKE THIS QUICK WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL AN VARY, ONE'S AN ANNIVERSARY, I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE, HARRY EDO WHO'S ALWAYS HERE IN COUNCIL, IT IS OFFICIALLY TODAY HIS 48TH YEAR WITH THE CITY. >> WOW. >> YOU KNOW IT'S A LONG MEETING. >> AND THEN LAST, EVERY DAY WE HAVE OFFICERS IN HERE THAT LOOK OUT FOR OUR SAFETY, YOU KNOW, ENSURE THAT COUNCIL CAN ACT AND HELPING US WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE UNRULY IN OUR AUDIENCE, AND WE HAD SOMEONE WHO SPENT THEIR LAST DAY WITH US, HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR FA*IF YEARS BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SAY THANK YOU TO MANNY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US, WE APPRECIATE THE TIME HERE. [APPLAUSE]. >> ALRIGHT, MR. MCOSKER ?FRJTS I TOO HAVE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, A FEW SHORT DAYS AGO WHEN THIS MEETING BEGAN, I MENTIONED THAT TOMORROW WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR FOURTH ANNUAL GAELIC CELEBRATION IN SAN PAID -- THE PEDRO, WE WILL CELEBRATE BOTH CULTURES, IT TAN YAN, EATING AMAZING FOOD FROM OUR LOCAL RESTAURANT AND IS VEND DOUGHIER RANGE FRAMING PIZZA, CORN BEEF, SHAMROCK COOKIES , WE WILL HAVE BAGPIPES AND AN IALIAN ELVIS. THIS YEAR WE'RE HAMSTRINGING THE EVENT IN THE RECENTLY COMPLETED PEE YANZ SA [INAUDIBLE] IN THE HEART OF THE LITTLE ITALY DISTRICT ON THE CORNER OF 6TH AND HARBOR, WE LOOK TOR WARD TO SEEING EVERYONE TOMORROW FOR THIS FREE ENTRY E SFRENT 3-7 P.M. >> ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ?FRJT ALRIGHT, ADDJOURNING MOTIONS? MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> I WANT EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE AND BE SILENT FOR ADJOURNING MOTION. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES, IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I ASK TO ADJOURN TODAY'S COUNCIL MEET INING HONOR OR JUAN KUEVAS TAKING TO US DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE AT THE AGE OF 26, WE ADJOURN IN HIS HONOR 7 YEARS AFTER HIS MURDER, HIS FAINTLY SEEKS TO FIND JUSTICE FOR THEIR SON, HE WAS A DEVOTED SON AND AN OGLER BROTHER TO THREE SISTERS. HE HELPED HIS FATHER WORK IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND TREATED REVENGER WITH RESPECT AND CARE, HE LOVED TO MAKE OTHERS LAUGH, SOMETHING THAT IS MISSED BY HIS FAMILY, HE WAS KILLED FROM AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT AT THE EMG OF KOREA TOWN, HIS MURDERER IS YET TO BE FOUND, TODAY WE REINTRODUCED A MOTION TO EXTEND THE OFFER OF REWARD WHO CAN COME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION WHO CAN SOLVE THIS HORRIBLE MURDER. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR JUAN'S FAMILY TO SEE THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH, HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND OBTAIN THE CLOSURE THEY DESERVE. JUAN'S LIFE WAS TAKEN FROM US TOO SOON, HIS MURDER ROBBED US OF HIS LIGHT. WE ASK ANYONE WITH INGATHERING MIGHT HELP BRING HIS KILLER TO JUSTICE, GET IN TOUCH WITH DETECTIVE LOUIS KARANZA, HIS FAMILY IS HERE WITH US, HIS TWO YEAR-OLD NIECE WHO WAS ROBBED OF THE CHANCE TO MEET HER UNCLE. AS WE ADD JAOURP THIS MEET, WE HOLD OUR LOVED ONES CLOSE, THE LOVE AND JOY WE BROUGHT REVENGER BRINGS INTO OUR ALDER AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. . ER THANK YOU, ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLIDING, BEFORE WE ADJOURN TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THE LIFE OF A REMARKABLE YOUNG WOMAN FROM RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES ALYSSA WILLIAMS KNOWN TO EVERYONE WHO LOVE HER AS PEPPER. PEPPER WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOSS ANGE COUNTY, SHE WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF OURS. THOSE WHO KNEW HER REMEMBER HER MOST FOR HER RAID YENT SMILE AND WARMTH. HE WAS A FREE SPIRIT WOULD LIVED LIFE ON HER OWN TERM, SHE SURFED RUNNING COOKING AND EXPLORED FARMER'S MARKETS, SHE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT FOR SHOWING UP FOR PEOPLE AND CREATING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WHEREVER SHE WENT. PEPPER HAD DEEP ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY, SHE TREASURED HER SATURDAY MORNING WITH HER PEACE FOR KIDS FAMILY WHERE SHE HAD LIFETIME OF MEMORY ALONGSIDE DAD, DIANNE AND SO MANY OTHERS AND IN THE COMMUNITY SHE FOUND AT THE SALVATION ARMY IN SANTA MONICA, SHE DIDN'T JUST FIND A PROGRAM, SHE FOUND A FAMILY WITH NICOLE LAM, ANTI-HERO AND MANY MORE. THE BOND SHE FORMED THERE WERE REAL LASTING AND A TESTAMENT TO THE KIND OF PERSON SHE WAS. SOMEONE WHO COULD WALK INTO ANY SPACE AND MAKE IT FEEL LIKE HOME FOR EVERYONE AROUND HER. A GRADUATE IN INGLEWOOD PEPPER'S PATH WAS SHAPED BY EXPERIENCES OF HOW MANY TOO MANY ANGELENOS FACED, SHE FACED HOMELESSNESS STRUGGLES OUR CITY IS GAMING WITH AND WRATH ETHAN LET THOSE EXPERIENCES DEFINE HER AS VICTIM, SHE LET THEM DEFINE HER AS SOMEONE WITH A MISSION SHE FOUND A CALM IN HAVING OTHERS HEAL, PURSUING HER CERTIFICATION AS A DRUG AND ALCOHOL WELLNESS COUNSELOR, NOT JUST AS A CAREER BUT AS A COMMITMENT. SHE WANTED TO BE FOR OTHERS AS SHE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE FOR HER. SHE WAS TOO CLOSE TO FINISHING AND SHE PURSUED THAT GOAL WITH UNWAVERING DEDICATION BECAUSE SHA* THAT WAS JUST PEPPER. EVERYONE THAT HAS STATIC, EVERY NAME NAVIGATING OUR SYSTEM THERE'S A FULL HUMAN BEING WITH GIFTS TO GIVE AND LOVE TO SHARE. COLLEAGUE, I WANT TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT MAKES PEPPER'S STORY PARTICULARLY POWERFUL, SHE HAD REAL HARDSHIP, THOSE DEEPLY UNFAIR TO THOSE WHO LOVED HER, SHE FACED MANY STRUGGLES AS TO MANY WHO EXPERIENCED THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, AND PEPPER KHO*ES CHOSE TO BE THE LIGHT, NOT BECAUSE HER LIFE HAD BEEN SIMPLE OR KIND TO HER BUT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT IT HADN'T. SHE DIDN'T WAIT UNTIL THINGS WERE PERFECT TO SHOW UP WITH A SMILE, SHE DIDN'T WAIT UNTIL HER BURDENS WERE LIFTED BEFORE SHE HELPED CARRY SOMEONE ELSE'S THAT'S A RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY QUALITY. THE PEOPLE AROUND HER DIDN'T JUST APPRECIATE HER, THEY WERE CHARGED BY HER, SHE LEFT AN IMPRONT ON EVERY LIFE WAS TOUCHED, NOT BECAUSE HER PATH WOUZ WITHOUT STRUGGLE, SHE REFUSED TO LET THAT STRUGGLE DIM WHAT SHE HAD TO GIVE. IN THE DARKNESS, PEPPER WAS A LIGHT AND SHE BROUGHT THAT LIGHT WITH HER EVERYWHERE SHE WENT, SHE'S SURVIVOR BY SHANE NA, FLOYD, YVETTE AND SHONDA AND BY EXTENDED FAMILY. SHE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BUT SHE WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD IN THE HEIGHTS OF EVERYONE SHE TOUCHED. I ASK FOR THIS ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY AND IN LOVE FOR ALYSSA PEPPER WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUTT, ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS. WITH THAT, WE'RE ADJOURNED EVERYBODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ( MEETING ADJOURNED ). The basic steps that you can take during and after an emergency to keep your loved ones safe. We will review earthquake, wildfire and active shooter scenarios. Angelenos know the big one is coming, but don't know when. It's very important to learn about earthquake safety now. If you are indoors when an earthquake strikes, drop immediately to the floor. Take cover as soon as you see or feel shaking and hold on. If there is no table nearby, sit on the floor against the wall, away from windows and tall furniture. Protect your head and neck with your arms and stay indoors until the shaking stops. If you are outside, move to a clear area and stay away from anything that could fall on you like buildings, power lines or trees. If you are at the beach, immediately move to higher ground and follow tsunami evacuation signs. If you are driving, pull over to a clear location and stop. Avoid bridges, overpasses, and power lines. If you are in a wheelchair, lock your wheels. Bend over and cover your head. For more information, visit the Earthquake Country Alliance's website. Now onto wildfire tips. If you do not receive warning in advance of a wildfire, only collect your grab and go kit. If it's safe to do so. Follow evacuation orders and help others. If moving through a smoke filled area. Stay low to the ground. If you do receive a prepare to evacuate warning, gather your loved ones and pets. Ready your go bags. Charge your cell phones and plan your evacuation route. Lastly, let's talk about an active shooter situation. An active shooter is someone who is trying to kill and injure people. If you find yourself in such a situation, it's important to keep in mind the run, hide, fight survival principles. Your first option is to drop everything and run. If possible, try to help others escape, but do not attempt to move the wounded. Once you're safe, call 911. If you cannot escape, find the nearest hiding place. Lock the door or block the entry to your hiding place with tables, chairs, or whatever you can find. Make sure to silence your cell phone. If you are out of all other options, then fight. Try to incapacitate the shooter in whatever way possible and remember, commit to your actions. Your life depends on it. Once law enforcement arrives, remain calm. Follow their instructions and keep your hands free and visible at all times. Learn more about active shooter protocols at Run, hide, fight, La org. It's not over. Just yet. The aftermath of an emergency is still a crucial time for you to remain alert and aware. Stay clear of hazards like downed power lines, damaged buildings, and avoid using gas until your gas line has been inspected. Cooperate fully with public safety officials and listen to local radio and TV stations for updated information. Avoid driving during this time and only use your vehicle if there is an evacuation order. Recovery time for different emergencies varies , but conditions commonly remain unstable. Two hours to two days after the emergency. If you have evacuated your home, don't reenter until officials say it's safe. If you're sheltering in place, it's important to assess and secure the area. Checking for gas and water leaks or broken wiring. If there is utility damage, turn them off at the source and check with your utility company before switching them on again. Do not shut off your gas valve unless you smell or hear gas leaking. A gas leak might smell like rotten eggs. To switch off your gas, you will most likely need to take a half turn on the main valve with a wrench. Report any gas leaks to your utility company. If a gas leak is suspected, do not operate any electrical switches. If water pipes are damaged, turn off the main water valve. Be sure not to flush the toilet until you know if the sewage lines are intact. If you have to shelter in place for a long time , assess your water sources. You can use water from Ice Cube's your plumbing as long as you turn off the shut off valve before using or your switched off water heater. Do not drink water from the reservoir tank of your toilet pool or spa. Use this water for sanitary purposes only. You can also purify water with bleach with the right ratio . After adding bleach, stir the container and let it stand for 30 minutes before drinking. You now have some basic knowledge to safely respond during and after an emergency . Hello, I'm Maria Hall-brown and this is La currents. Well, in May of 2025, our guest today made history by becoming the first Asian American to lead the commissioners for the Board of Public Works. I'm delighted to be joined by Stephen King. So nice to have you here. Thank you for being here. I'm delighted to join you today. So was that as momentous for you as it was for the city to be given this honor of becoming the president of the commissioners of the Board of Public Works? Absolutely. So I was first honored when the mayor asked me to join this Board of Public Works. But I never imagined that I would become president of the board. And then also becoming the first AAPI. And what was more meaningful is that I became president of the board of Public Works. In the beginning of May, which is also AAPI heritage Month. So more meaningful, lots of celebrations at your house. Absolutely. Actually, your point is valid. How are commissioners chosen for the Board of Public Works? Sure. Just like any other board or commissions here at the City of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass, she selects she has to first recommend to the city council, and then we're all vetted and confirmed by a city council. So for me, I was recommended by the mayor to the city council, subject to their confirmation. I went to the Public Works Committee at the City Council. I passed and then went to the full council for their full confirmation. So there are only five of you and this is a huge, huge responsibility. I mean, you're all full time in this position. Is this something that you solicit for or someone just approaches you and says, Stephen, I think you'd be really good in this commission because