an idea of what we do, how we protect our. You've never been to a Fleet Week before. What you will find is that there really is something for everyone. You can come on in the US Iowa, but you can also see one of our visiting ships. You can see a tall ship or you can see a modern ship and you can go around the grounds and enjoy food, music, be to interact with all kinds of folks who are involved. And this is a way to showcase our Los Angeles waterfront and have people really enjoy themselves in a unique way that they don't get to do anywhere else. We're really grateful to all of the folks in the sea service, especially here in the harbor area, because so much depends upon a safe and free trade across the oceans. And so we're grateful the Marines and to the Navy and to the Guard for making sure that they protect the of life that we enjoy the Internet against children task force is multi agency law enforcement operation. LA's police department shared their success in holding internet predators to account rescuing children from ongoing sexual abuse. You know, we just finished up a press conference bringing together all of the partners from the Internet crimes Against Children Task Force. We have federal and local agencies, all who personnel to this effort. The work they do is incredible it's disgusting work that they have to go through these of photos and videos, day and day out. But they do it despite the toll takes on the individual to be able to hold people accountable for their actions. But as importantly, rescue the victims. Today, we're here to announce the results of Operation Spring Cleaning, a large scale enforcement effort that took place between April 6th and April 19 of this year. The goal was to identify and arrest predators who are using the Internet to sexually exploit children and to rescue young victims from abuse. I'm proud to share the results of this work. During the operational period, 27 children were rescued from ongoing abuse. 265 suspects were identified and taken into custody. These not just numbers, these are lives saved, futures restored, and predators are removed from our neighborhoods. Every one of these children that are in these videos or these images are someone's son or daughter. These are often children who are 1 to 3 years old Five five six seven eight, nine, ten years old every who is watching this knows and can visualize someone who's at that age that we are supposed to protect. So today, be a very loud warning call that if you are one of these sick and depraved people that produce, distribute or possess this child sexual abuse material that we are coming after you, the of stuff that they see every day you know these victims are damaged for life in many very very sadly. And so the more we can do this and the more we can get the word out there to protect your kids. What you see , not what you get on the Internet. And it could very detrimental to your future. From a neighborhood brick and mortar store to selling online. It is easier said than done. Councilwoman Ann Heather Hutt joined Operation Hope, Leimert Park, where around 50 storefront businesses are getting hand to get e commerce ready. So we're on Degnan in his Starkel Leimert Park right here in the 10th District and. We're talking about developing business into E commerce. So these merchants in this community can take advantage of Shopify, which is a E commerce business. And that's really what it's all about, giving folks the opportunity to what they have and giving folks an opportunity to sell outside of your little neighborhood, have a jewel of a community. This is the black business district. And the only thing that's missing is that we don't have the PR we don't have some of the know how that's necessary . More importantly, we don't have the funding. I'm in collaboration with, Operation Hope, and they have us a grant for $1.2 million and we have about 50 different businesses in the district that we're going to support with that grant and hopefully get even more. We've just got a whole wealth of knowledge, you know, just letting us know about resources that District ten and Operation Hope have for the community with help of city officials like Heather Hutt, she was able to go out there and her relationships to bring something like that into this community at the time that we needed most rapper for we have all these amazing sporting events and the best thing that probably happened to this area in the long time, just knowing there's resources from the community to help strengthen the community and help us thrive. It's more than my heart can take. I'm really grateful. It's great to have the local businesses come out. Even the merchant associate president was here in Leimert Park so they could learn about what is available to them. We're in a partnership and our job in government. CD ten is to make sure that all our businesses thrive. LA City Council honored the contributions of Jewish Americans to LA and beyond as part of Jewish Heritage Month this year. Honored who fled Germany and, rebuilt their lives in the US, giving Hollywood and the world incredible music. The process. So we're here today to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month, which celebrates the entire volume and diversity of the Jewish community and their contributions to America and, particularly jam Jewish America. Los Angeles celebrates the contributions Jewish Angelenos. And that's why the this year was about composers who in fleeing oppression in Europe under Germany came to America and built a new life and in building new life, they actually built the most iconic songs in Hollywood. One of the things that I want people to take away from the event is that our contributions are everywhere from law and medicine and culture and food and all sorts different ways. You know, and this is just one example of it through the music that's in musicals and film, but the different ways that one can contribute to civil Jews are there and participating, and engaging and leading one on honor and recognize that and lift that up to that. The great thing about in LA is it's such a beautiful melting. We're lucky to live in a city that's very multicultural and it's for every community to understand everyone's story and be able to actually celebrate their stories, to be able celebrate Jewish heritage, especially They brought in the idea of composers and people in Hollywood to be able to show and introduce that a lot of people don't know the history of the that happen to be Jewish that have played an important role in our culture and you know in so I think the standout point is something that was built into the mission of Los Angeles jam which was to be inclusive of everybody not just to have Jewish community support ourselves. So I think seeing so many of council members who are not members of the Jewish standing up and saying, salute our Jewish brothers and sisters and, we see your resilience and we know you're going through a hard time right now. And to then to bring the joy into it for me, I actually, I actually got a little emotional and teared up of that because a lot of people in the Jewish community, many other marginalized communities are really a lot of hate right now. And see LA City come together, I just thought this is what Los Angeles is about. This is what L.A. is about. Some are increases danger for children. An update debris removal in the Palisades and. A heart attack survivor reunites LA City firefighters. These stories up next on city beat. With summer months ahead. L.A. City Community Investment for families. CFD is reminder Angelenos about the dangers of children unattended in hot cars . According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 39 children died of heatstroke in in 2024. A rise of 35% from the previous year. Common ways that heat stroke occur include a child forgotten in the backseat and a child access to a car on their own. Families can take action to child heatstroke by remembering to look before you lock and keeping keys securely away from children's reach for more information visit. Community Investments LA gov mayor Karen Bass announced that almost 2000 property cars have been cleared . The US Army Corps of Engineers , amounting to nearly 900,000 tons of debris removed from the Palisades area to date 54 permits related to rebuilding efforts have been issued for 40 addresses. The first permit was issued 57 days after the start of the Palisades wildfire and hundreds of applications are in process, according Bass. Recovery efforts are on track to be the fastest in California, with utilities restored in record time, including relief and protections for wildfire survivors. For more information, visit. Near LA City Gov slash press at a commission meeting, the Los Angeles Fire Department held a presentation for city firefighters 911 operators and medics who swift action saved a woman's life in October 2020 for the patient's daughter. Witness to the 81 year old's collapse at home 911 and immediately CPR under the guidance of an LA Fire Department dispatcher. Firefighters arrived quickly and began advanced life support including the use of the Lucas device which performs mechanical chest compressions. The woman was reunited with fire department personnel and medical staff who coordinated emergency response led to her full recovery from cardiac arrest. For more information, visit LAFD . Agnew's. Firehouses across the city opened in celebration of Fire Service Day. The annual event gives community members a chance to peek inside. Learn more about firefighter teams and thank them for all. Do today as firefighters state, the communities get together, stations open up their doors. So People can get to know their firefighters. The amount of people that come out here is outstanding. They show the love. They show the support to their firefighters. This is a day for them to get to know their firefighters. They to take a tour of the fire station to get to their community. And it's just great day that they have here. For a lot of people, it's an opportunity to come and thank you to the firefighters. But in reality, it's an opportunity for us as your fire department to say thank you to our community for all your support. Ask a firefighter what it is we do. We can sit down and we can explain it to you. We can actually get hands on tools and show you what we're doing and all those things that have a question about what happens in a firehouse and how we respond to calls. We'll be answered for you today. We have opportunities that every single fire station where the various activities some having pancake breakfasts, some are having. A two fold accomplishment here today we get to thank our local firefighters for of their great service. And it's also an opportunity to raise money for the beautiful community of Toluca Lake. It's like a fair but a community fair. I tell the people this the time they can come by and tell fire department thank you personally you know like you say hug a fireman come and talk to the fireman. They love to hear from you. So that's why I'm here. This Guy right here has been a huge supporter of our program and. We're very grateful to have him come by on service days. It happens around the same time every year. May I take a look at social media pages. All the stations have banners out in front that advertise the date of when it is . Of course, we encourage everyone to come out and. Meet your firefighters, come. Council member Imelda Padilla hosted a resource fair for the neighborhood at this family. Community members could enjoy the park with therapy animals and take a deep breath. It was all a part of mental Health Awareness Month in our Alita. Today Council six is in the beautiful community of Alita at Branford Park. I'm to be here I'm super happy rocking Branford Park sweater this is family event we're excited to be because when we're talking to the families about is that may is mental health awareness month . I think that mental health gets overlooked in a lot of communities like this one so I'm glad that we can be a resource for them to come out and find resources or just have a day to themselves to think about their mental health and work DATA PROVIDED FAILED FULLY REFLECT THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER. WHILE WE MAIN WE STILL LACK THE CLARITY OF THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT THIS ORDER HAS ACCOMPLISHED BEYOND THE MAYOR'S ABILITY TO DIRECTLY CONTRACT WITH MOTEL OWNERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. THE SUCCESS AND EXPANSION OF THESE OPERATIONS, ARE EXCUSE ME, PRESENTING THEM AS OUTCOMES I'M MAKING REFERENCE TO THE HIGHLIGHTING OF CARE AND CARE PLUS OPERATIONS AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE OPERATIONS WHICH ARE BOTH INDEPENDENTLY FUNCTIONING OUTSIDE. THESE ARE EFFORTS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ORGANIZED WITH THE CAO'S OFFICE INDEPENDENT OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER. AND SO WHILE, ONE OF THE CRITERIAED NEED TODAY DECLARE THE EMERGENCY ORDER IS WHETHER OR NOT OUR HOUSING SUPPLY IS PROJECTED TO BE AT LEAST 40 PERCENT BELOW THE ANNUAL HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS AS ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY'S REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, IN OUR RENA'S NUMBERS. IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT AND COMPARE TO THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF US, OUR HOUSING SHORTFALL HAS GROWN BY 5 PERCENT. SO THE EMERGENCY ORDER HAS NOT IMPROVED OUR ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT NEW HOUSING UNITS WHICH IS ONE OF THE MEASURES OF HOW WE DETERMINE THE NEED FOR THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION. DESPITE ED-1 WHICH A LOUDS FOR THE EX PA DIETING AND PURPOSES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, DEVELOPERS ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE RISING CONSTRUCTION IN LOWER COST LIMITED ACCESS TO SUBSIDIES AND BURDENSOME AND CONFUSING--IN SHORT, WE HAVE NOT MADE IT IN SPITE OF THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION, ANY EASIER FOYER THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IN FACT IT REMAINS, AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS INHOSPITABLE TO DEVELOPMENT IN LOS ANGELES. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS HOLE ANYTIME SOON. HOWEVER, THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION HAS NOT ADDRESSED ANY OF THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE HOUSING PRODUCTION. SO WHILE WE'RE GREEN LIGHTING. NR HAS BEEN A SLOWING DOWN OF NEW CONSTRUCTION HERE IN OUR CITY. AND SO WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET OUT F.THAT'S OUR MEASURE OF THE NEED OF THIS EMERGENCY ORDER, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET OUT OF IT BECAUSE WE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT DETERMINE THE FINANCIAL VALUE OF BUILDING IN LOS ANGELES. AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED WITH THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION *. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND RAMAN FOR INTRODUCING THE MOTION LAST WEEK THAT CALLS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ON THE TRUE IMPACT AND VALUE OF THIS EMERGENCY ORDER, IT'S GOING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY DELIVERING, BECAUSE AT THIS TIME, IT'S HARD TO TRULY ASCERTAIN ITS VALUE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. IT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WLA IT ACHIEVES AND WHAT WOULD OCCUR IF WE A LAW --A LLOW IT TO FINALLY EXPIRE. THIS COUNCIL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY START LEADING ON THIS EFFORT AND WHILE HOMELESSNESS REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST URGENT ISSUES IN OUR CITY, WE MUST ADDRESS AND MOVE WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY THAT IT DESERVES, WE CANNOT ANY LONGER CONTINUE TO RUBBER STAMP THIS EMERGENCY ORDER WITHOUT REALLY REFLECTING THE TRUE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO MAKE IT AFFECTIVE. BECAUSE DECLARING IT AN EMERGENCY HAS NOT RESOLVED WHAT IS AT THE ROOT OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AT THE CITY, NAMING OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION AND OUR *EFRT TO MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY UTILIZE DOLLARS FORTRESS LOSING OF ENCAMPMENTS AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. SO I BELIEVE COLLEAGUES, THAT YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE REMAINING BEFORE US THE CONVERSATION OF THE MOTION THAT I INTRODUCED WELL OVER A YEAR AGO, ON THE CENTRALIZATION OF THIS WORK WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS OF OUR CITY AND THAT MOTION I BELIEVE WILL HELP BRING SOME OF THE, CONVENE THE CONVERSATION FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR PATH TO GO FORWARD. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, BEING PART OF HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION ENSUING IN SHORT ORDER IN-HOUSELESSNESS COMMITTEE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. AS WE MOVE FATEDER AS A CITY. SO WHILE I'LL CONTINUING TO BE VOTING NO ON TODAY'S QUARTERLY REPORT, I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THAT AGAIN I WILL LOOK FORWARD FROM THE FIND THAT'SING WILL COME FROM THE MOTION THAT ARE BEFORE US, I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWER SOME CRITICAL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO ASK. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE EMERGENCY ORDERS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS ITEM IS NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE CLOSE SESSION ITEM TO FRIDAY JUNE 6th. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO RECONSIDERING ITEM 16. >> Council President: SURE, ITEM 16 IS BEFORE US, WITH 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW RECONSIDER THE ITEM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. > Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 16 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 6 CALL SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR RECUSAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE WILL RECUSE. ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE HAS LEFT THE ROOM, LET'S OPEN THE BOARD ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ OF THE 7th DISTRICT. >> M. Rodriguez: GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES, I'M DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED TODAY BY OUR ESTEEMED CREW HERE FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, OUR VALLEY BUREAU FOR BOTH, FOR L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FOOTHILL DIVISION AND VALLEY BUREAU TO CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW WHEN SOMETHING GOES RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT TO CELEBRATE IT. SO OFTEN WE'VE GOT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT COURSE CORRECTING WHEN THINGS GO WRONG OR THINGS GO AWRY. BUT THESE ARE THE MOMENT THAT'S WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE WHEN THINGS GO RIGHT. AND IT WAS DONE SO WITH AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF COOPERATION WITH ONE ANOTHER, RESPECTING EACH OTHER'S ROLES AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS A VERY VOLATILE SITUATION AND I'M TALKING ABOUT, IT WAS BACK IN MARCH IN THE COMMUNITY OF PACOIMA, WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL, DECIDED TO HARNESS GREAT DEAL OF EXPLOSIVES FOR HOME MANUFACTURING OF PYROTECHNICS, OTHER WISE KNOWN AS FIREWORKS AND BLEW THE ROOF OFF THEIR RENTAL PROPERTY. AND WHAT REMAINED IN THE WAKE OF THAT INDIVIDUAL'S WRECKLESS BEHAVIOR WAS A VOLATILE SITUATION THAT REQUIRED BOTH L.A. CITY FIRE AND LAPD BOMB SQUAD AND OUR FOOTHILL DIVISION OFFICERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE REMAINING EXPLOSIVES THAT WERE ON PROPERTY. AND IT WAS A VERY VOLATILE SITUATION BECAUSE IT WAS HAPPENING IN THE MIDST OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, SOMETHING THAT WE OBVIOUSLY SAW HAPPEN FEW YEARS AGO, THAT WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM. BUT I HAVE TO SAY, IT WAS REMARKABLE, THE AMOUNT OF TAUGHT, --THOUGHT, THE AMOUNT OF RESPECT AND PREPARATION THAT EVERY ONE WENT THROUGH IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO MITIGATE THE RISK FOR THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY RESOLVED, THEY RESOLVED THIS VOLATILE SITUATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND WITHOUT IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE THAT CALLS FOR A GREAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] ON MARCH 20th IN PAY COULD I MA AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 AM, THE PACOIMA POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A EXPLOSION. THEY CAPTURED A COLLAPSES STRUCTURE AND A YOUNG MAN SEVERELY INJURED. DESPITE THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS WASTED NO TIME TO THE VICTIM WHO SUFFERED WOUNDS. AS THEY SEARCHED FOR MISSING DOGS, IT QUICKLY BECAME CLEAR THAT IT WAS NOT JUST AN ORDINARY HOUSE FIRE, IN FACT WITH THE LARGE QUANTITY OF FIREWORKS MATERIAL FOUND INSIDE THE HOME, IT POSED A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS, ARSON, COUNTER TERRORISM PERSONNEL, LAPD BOMB SQUAD AND L.A. SEVENSERS SMART TEAM AND MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING BUILDING AND SAFETY, SANITATION, DWP AND DOT AS WELL AS THE GAS COMPANY CAME TOGETHER TO HAVE A RESPONSE THAT PRESERVES SAFETY AND PRESERVATION OF DOGS. THREE OF FOUR DOGS WERE RESCUED. THE FINAL DOG TRAPPED INSIDE, WAITED PATIENTLY WHILE THEY ADDRESSED THE STABILITY OF THE BUILDING AND ONCE SECURE, THEY WERE ABLE TO RESCUE THAT LAST ANIMAL. WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE FIREWORKS MATERIALS POSED AN ON GOING THREAT, THE TEAM WORKED TIRELESSLY TO PREPARE THE AREA FOR A CONTROLLED BURN, APPLYING A THERMO GEL TO THE NEAR BY HOMES ERECTING BARRICADES TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE AND HE VAC EVACUATED 06 HOMES. TOGETHER WE WORKED WITH REPUBLIC RACING AND PARKS TO PROVIDE A INTERIM SHELTER, ICON CDC AND THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PROVIDED GIFT CARDS TO HELP COVER THE UNEXPECTED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OVERNIGHT EVACUATION FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. THAT OPERATION MANAGED TO GET US THROUGH THE NIGHT ENSURED NO ADDITIONAL LIVES OR HOMES WERE LOST AND THIS SDIPT WAS A REMINDER OF THE RISKS THAT ARE EVER PRESENT AND THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND LAPD OFFICERS ARE EXPOSED TO ON THE DAILY. WHAT THEY DID WAS NOTHING SHORT OF EXTRAORDINARY AND WHAT I'M MOST GRATEFUL FOR IS THE SEEMLESS COLLABORATION AND I HAVE TO REENFORCE THIS, WHEN ALL OF THIS OCCURED, WHEN I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT THE CALL ALSO FROM JAMIE MOORE AND WE WERE TALKING THROUGH WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT, WHAT WERE THE STEPS THAT WERE BEING TAKEN? AND AS I SAID TO THEM, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, THAT WE MEASURE TWICE AND CUT ONCE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PLAN EVERY ONE IS EVALUATED WHAT THE COURSE OF ACTION IS GOING FORWARD AND EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD WITH HOW WE WERE GOING TO PROCEED. FROM LAPD AND I WANT TO THANK OUR MARCO WHO ALSO HAD HISTORY AT THE BOMB SQUAD, THEY UNDERSTOOD THE DYNAMIC AND UNIQUE DELICATE NATURE OF HOW WE NEED TODAY MOVE FORWARD. AND EVERY ONE JUST WORKED HAND AND GLOVE. IT WAS A COMPLETELY COOPERATIVE MOMENT WHERE EVERY ONE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD TO GET IT RIGHT AND THERE WAS JUST THAT LEVEL OF COORDINATION AND COOPERATION WHERE THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY WALKED AWAY FEELING INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND WELL-INFORMED THE ENTIRE TIME. THERE WAS NO QUESTION, LAPD WAS NOT KNOCKING ON THE DOORS TALKING TO EVERY ONE, MY STAFF, EVERYBODY WAS OUT THERE ENGAGED IN EXCHANGING AND COMMUNICATING WITH EVERYBODY SO KNOWN WAS LEFT IN THE DARK AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THE IMMENSE RISK THAT'S WAS INVOLVED BUT THEY DID SO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AS ONE TEAM CAN ONE CITY TO ENSURE THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD REMAINED SAFE. AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EFFORT, WHAT THEY DID, TO ENSURE THAT THERE WERE NO FURTHER RISKS POSED TO THE MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO THANK MY TWO STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE ON THE GROUND THAT DAY, MY WHOLE TEAM WAS INVOLVED, BUT I WANT TO THANK ESMERALDA, MY FIELD DEPUTY FROM POI PACOIMA AND BILLY JEAN FOR YOUR WORK IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS WELL-INFORMED AND HAD ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE AS MINIMALLY IMPACTED BY THE INCONVENIENCE THAT THIS WRECKLESS INDIVIDUAL CAUSED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH. BUT AT THIS TIME, AND I'VE GOT A LONG LIST OF EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE TODAY. TO BE RECOGNIZED, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO A LAW FIRE AND POLICE TO GO ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. BUT WE'VE GOT FOOTHILL, VALLEY BUREAU BOTH FROM PD AND FIRE. AND AT THIS TIME I WANT TO THANK AND INVITE DEPUTY CHIEF JAMIE MOORE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS INCIDENT. THERE WILL WE GO. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SAID IT ALL, THIS WAS ABOUT COLLABORATION, IT WAS A TRUE SNAP SHOT OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOUR PUBLIC PROFESSIONALS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT DO EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MANAGE INCIDENTS. THIS CARELESS PRACTICE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATED IN, ENDANGERED HIS LIFE AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE REPRESENTED TODAY RESPONDED TO THAT INCIDENT, THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE THIS MAN'S LIFE AND ABLE TO RESCUE THE FOUR ANIMALS THERE. IT TOOK COORDINATION DWAOEN THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SPECIAL OPERATINS DEPARTMENT NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS BUT OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, THE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS, FIRE PREVENTION, BUREAU, COORDINATED EFFORT FROM OUR PART TO WORK SEEMLESSLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I'LL LET CHIEF TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR SIDE DID. BUT WE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE TO FOR THIS INCIDENT, AFTER THE VOLATILE CHEMICALS THAT INDIVIDUAL PUTTING TOGETHER FOR PYROTECHNIC REASONS ALL MIXED TOGETHER AND THEN WE WERE FACED WITH HOW DO WE DISPOSE OF THESE EXPLOSIVES, WITHOUT ENDANGERING THE LIFES OF THAT COMMUNITY AND DOING MORE HARM TO THE RESIDENTS AND STRUCTURE THAT'S ARE ON THAT BLOCK. AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT, COORDINATE IT, TOOK THREE DAYS TO GET IT ALL DONE BUT ALL SAID AND DONE, THE ONLY STRUCTURE THAT WAS DAMAGED WAS THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS INITIALLY DAMAGED AND THE ONLY THING DAMAGED AROUND THOSE HOMES WAS ONE SINGLE POT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL TRIPPED OVER WHILE THEY WERE GETTING READY TO WALK AWAY FROM THE INCIDENT. AND AS IRONIC AS THAT IS, THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT HAPPENED, WE WERE ABLE TO BURN THE STRUCTURE AND CONSUME ALL OF THOSE EXPLOSIVES WITHOUT CAUSING ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THEY'RE VERY HUMBLE, THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS ANOTHER DAY FOR THEM. WE RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS AND WHAT WE DO FOR YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY. CHIEF? >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. JUST TO ADD WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND CHIEF MOORE SAID, THIS WAS A VERY INTENSE BUT METHODICAL OPERATIONS, WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH INCIDENTS LIKE THIS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITHIN ONLY OUR CITY FAMILY TO INCLUDE THE FIRE DISTRICT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO OUR PARTNERSHIPS. WE CONSULTED HOW WE WERE GOING TO ASSESS THIS PROBLEM. WE USED OUR RESOURCES TO WORK HAND AND HAND WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WAS HANDLED NOT ONLY SAFELY BUT WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF INCONVENIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT WORKED OUT TREMENDOUSLY FOR ALL OF US. AND MOVING FORWARD, THERE WERE LESSONS LEARNED ALSO FROM THIS INCIDENT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IN TALKING TO OUR PARTNERS, THIS INCIDENT WILL BE USED AS A BEST PRACTICE BECAUSE IT WAS UNPRECEDENT ASKED HOW WE HANDLED AND EXTINGUISHED THIS LOCATION IN SUCH A SAFE MANNER WITHOUT ANY FURTHER IMPACT TO NEIGHBORS AROUND THAT AREA. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS. WE'RE PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DID ALL THE WORK HERE DAY AND NIGHT AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT TODAY. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, CHIEFS, AND AGAIN I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE CITY FAMILY THAT WERE INVOLVED TO MITIGATE AT ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE THAT THIS INCIDENT POSED ON THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, PACOIMA IS A VERY HUMBLE, HARD WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY, THAT OFTEN STRUGGLES WITH A NUMBER OF SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACTS THAT MAKE LIFE CHALLENGING ON THE REGULAR. TO HAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL FURTHER EXPOSE THEM TO THE RISK THAT POTENTIALLY THESE HOMEOWNERS IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD, WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY HAD AT-RISK, WAS REALLY REMARKABLE THAT YOU ALL WERE SO SEEMLESS IN PROTECTING ALL THE RESIDENTS AND THE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORING HOMES. IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE THAT THERE WASN'T FURTHER LOSS OF STRUCTURES BUT THAT YOU ACTUALLY, AGAIN, IT WAS IMPRESSIVE HOW YOU ALL JUST WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO MAKE SURE EVERY ONE WAS CARED FOR AND THAT, YOU EXECUTED IT SO FLAWLESSLY THAT, NO ONE ELSE WAS AFFECTED BY THIS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. I WANT TO QUICKLY, I'M GOING TO RUN TLUT NAMES BECAUSE YOU ALL DESERVE TO GO TO GET ROTEDING. FROM OUR LAPD VALUE BOOR O WE'VE GOT CAPTAIN MARCO AND ANDRE RAINY, SERGEANT OHEDA, NEILSON, JAD MAN. WILLIAM, RANDY, JESUS ROMAN. ILIAN. FROM LAPD CAPTAIN MARIA MOTA, LIEUTENANT ROBERT BECKERS, TRINA BUFF, ARMONDAY. NICOLE, JESSICA GUTIERREZ, VINCENTE LOPEZ. JONATHAN LOSAN AND MAJOR CRIMES, LAURA CURTAIN, ROGER ALAN, DOUGLAS BEARD, JERRY TORRES, SHANNON, CHRISTINA MONTYA FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, GUY TOMLAND SON, CHIEF DAN, DAN CASTILLO, ADAM, ED, DENNIS LAFAIR. MICHAEL, RICHARD DEDE, SEAN DAVIS, HASSAN HABDULL JABBAR AND BLAS CHAVEZ AND WES. AND THANK YOU ALL AND OUR STREET SERVICES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS INVOLVED FROM REC AND PARKS. TO MY STAFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ AND THANK YOU TO OUR FIRE AND POLICE TEAMS THAT HELPED US WITH THIS VERY IMPORTANT EVENT AND VERY CRITICAL EVENT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ FOR BRINGING AN EXAMPLE WHEN OUR FOLKS GET IT RIGHT. WE GET FEW EXAMPLES OF THAT. AND THANK YOU AND ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MR. CLERK, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING WESTBOUND COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO, OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEM NUMBER 1 PUBLIC HEARING, 18 THROUGH 23, SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, AND ITEMS 18 THROUGH 23. ITEM NUMBER 24 HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO THIS FRIDAY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS ALOUD. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT AND ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOUR NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER ALOUD. THE NAMES ARE CALLED RANDOM NOT NECESSARILY IN THE ORDER YOU SIGNED UP W.PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LINE UP ON THE LEFT OF YOUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN BY CALLING NAMES. KIR CITY PETERSON, CHRISTOPHER,ENSA MALIQUE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITY LOS ANGELES. THE MORAL TRAINING OF THE KID IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE A GOOD PRODIGY. GOD HAS MADE EMPHASIS ON IT AND HAS TAUGHT US MANY PRAYERS FOR KIDS. HERE ARE SOME OF THEM. AND KEEP ME AND MY CHILDRENS AWAY FROM THE WORSHIPING OF IDOLS. MY LORD, MAKE ME OBSERVE PRAYERS AND MY CHILDREN'S TOO. ABRAHAM, OUR LORD, GRANT US A SPOUSE AND A CHILDRENS THE DELIGHT OF OUR EYES AND MAKE EACH OF US A LEADER OF THE RIGHTEOUS. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >> City Attorney: PLEASE FREE TO EXIT TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT YOU ENTERED INTO. GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YES, GOOD MORNING, LET ME HAVE, ALL MULTIPLE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL AS ITEM ITEMS. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO BEGIN WIDTH 13, THIS WAS A CASE DISCUSSED AT THE JUDGE CARTER CASE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DISCUSSED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ACCOUNT IS THAT THERE WAS NO DEFINITIONS AS TO THE STIPULATION FOR HOW LONG THE UNIT NEEDED TO BE LASTING AS WELL AS WHETHER OR NOT THE BEDDING CREATED FOR THAT PARTICULAR ACCOUNT WAS ACTUALLY DEFINED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PROGRAM. >> City Attorney: I'M SORRY, YOU MENTIONED ITEM 18, THAT SI REAP ITEM, A ESCROW ITEM. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK TO THIS DURING GENERAL IF WOULD YOU LIKE. >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING TO 18 THROUGH 23 AND ITEM NUMBER 1. AGAIN, ON THE R.E.P.PROGRAM TESTIMONY WAS GIVEN WHETHER THAT ACCOUNT IS FEASIBLE ACT TO GO INTO ESCROW AND ANY OF THE FUNDING IN THAT ESCROW ACCOUNT IS ABLE TO BE TRACKED, WHETHER THERE IS EXPENDITURE OR TRACKED AND NON EXPENDITURES. THE INTERESTING THING IS IN THE JUDGE CARTER CASE TESTIMONY WAS GIVEN EITHER ON REP PROGRAM OR ANY OTHER ACCOUNT FOR HOMELESS INITIATIVE. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19, WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION FROM LAHD AND AGAIN IT'S ANOTHER PROPERTY UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS NOT DEFINED CLEARLY AS TO WHETHER THE BEDDING USED AT THE PROPERTY WAS CLEARLY DEFINED AS WHAT CONSTITUTES A BED, WHO HAS SUPERVISOR OF THE BED, WHO HAS TRACKING OF THE EXPENDITURES OF ANY OF THE PROPERTIES INCLUDING THE ONE ON OXNARD STREET. AND SIMILARLY YET AGAIN, WE FIND ANOTHER MOTION, ITEM NUMBER 20 THAT AGAIN WAS TESTIFIED TO, LACK OF EXPENDITURE, LACK OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPALS. >> City Attorney: YEAH, SPEAKER, ITEM 20 IS ABOUT REMOVING A PROPERTY FROM RENT ESCROW PROGRAM. I'M ASKING TO PLEASE STICK TO THE ITEMS OR I'LL MOVE TO YOU PUBLIC. >> Speaker: WE HAVE ITEM 22, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE UNDER TESTIMONY WERE ACTUALLY THAT NO COMMUNITY OUT REACH IS DONE AS PART OF THESE ALLEGED FUNDS. THERE IS NOBODY GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY DOING ANY SORT OF INTAKE, ANY SORT OF TRACKING AS TO WHO IS GETTING THESE ALLEGED PROGRAM SERVICES AS TO HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING AFTER RECEIVING THE ALLEGED PROGRAM SERVICES, AS TO HOW MUCH TIME AND MONEY WAS SPENT IN EACH OF THE OUT REACHES. TEN HOW COULD YOU TRACK ANY SORT OF SUCCESS AND POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR THE INDIVIDUALS ALLEGEDLY THAT ARE BEING CLAIMED TO BE HELP. WHILE JUDGE CARTER HAS A VERY CLEAR STANCE ON THAT AND SO DO ALL THE TESTIMONY FROM ALL YOU DEPUTIES, THEY ALL SAY IT'S FRAUD AND NON EXISTENCE, AND WE CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE IT ANYWAY AT THE--WITH THAT, MAKES A GREAT TRANSITION TO A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WHICH IS WHO AT THE HELM OF MAKING ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS AND KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING AND ALL THE FRAUD OCCURRING? WHO IS THE GENERAL COUNCIL FOR THE CITY? WELL GEE GOLLEE IT'S THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? WHO DO YOU THINK KNOWS FROM DAY ONE THAT ALL OF THIS CRIMINAL RACKETEERING OF FRAUD IS GOING ON. FROM ALL THE DEALS HAPPENING WITH INTEREST NOT BEING CLEARLY DEFINED AS TO WHETHER IT'S FAIR MARKET OR PROPRIETARY MARGIN AND WHO GETS THAT MONEY? NOBODY HAS DEFINED IT, IT WAS DEFINED BY SZABO BY THE MAYOR THAT WAS HIRED TO OVERSEE. AND THE TWO BILLION IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET WHERE IT'S GUARANTEED AND WHEN THE CITY CAN'T PAY THAT IN CASH SETTLEMENT, THEY HAVE TO PAY IN ASSETS THAT THEY TURNOVER TO PRIVATE ENTITIES IN THIS CASE, DEVELOPERS WHERE HYDEE HAD CONNECTION . >> Clerk: BOB, CHRISTINA CARD NAZ. >> City Attorney: HI, CAN WE MAKE SURE THE HAND HELD MIC IS ON. >> Speaker: IS THAT BETTER? >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I FORGET THE NUMBERS BUT YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THEM WHEN I SPEAK, IF THAT HELPS. >> City Attorney: BEFORE YOU BEGIN, THE ITEMS ARE THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM NUMBER 1, LAWA IMMINENT DOMAIN. 18 THROUGH 21 WHICH ARE REAP ITEMS, ITEM 22 AND ITEM 23. >> Speaker: THAT'S THE ONES ABOUT TAKING PEOPLE'S HOUSES? LIKE EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID? I DON'T KNOW I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMMINENT DOMAIN PLAN TRANSFERRING OF PROPERTY AND VETO POWER, IF THAT'S OKAY. >> City Attorney: THAT'S TWO ITEMS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: THAT'S THREE ITEMS. I WANT ALL ITEMS. >> City Attorney: THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: DON'T BE TAKING MY MINUTE, MR. ATTORNEY. GOOD MORNING MR. NAZARIAN. MR. McOSKER, I KNOW, MAKING SURE THEY'RE AWAKE. LET'S GET STARTED. I WANT TO START TALKING ABOUT THE TAKING OF PEOPLE'S PROPERTY WHAT IS IT CALLED IMMINENT DOMAIN? I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THAT. AND I CANNOT WAIT TO DO THE REPLAY ON SMOKING SCAN, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW HE FEELS BECAUSE I LIKE TO HEAR HIS OPINIONS ON THINGS. AND CAUSE MY OPINION IS, THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY BUY A HOUSE, SAY I GREW UP IN A HOUSE AND I'VE BEEN LIVING ALL MY LIFE IN THIS HOUSE AND SAY MY PARENTS, WORKED HARD TO GET IT AND THEN I HAVE IT, AND I, SORRY, AND I THINK IT'S HORRIBLE THAT YOU GUYS CAN JUST COME AND TAKE IT FROM ME. BECAUSE YOU NEED WHATEVER AND I'M NOT SAYING, I UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS, LIKE YOU NEED LAND AND EVERYTHING BUT YOU WOULD THINK WITH ALL OF YOUR CITY PLANNING, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE PLANNED A LONG TIME AGO OR TRY TO WORK IT OUT. AND I WORRY ON THE FLIP SIDE, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE'S LAND, ARE YOU JUST DOING IT AS A GRAB AND NOT BEING CONSIDERATE WHO IS LIVING THERE? AND I KNOW MR. PRICE'S WIFE HELPS WITH THOSE TRANSITIONS AND EVERYTHING. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR ITEM NUMBER 1. >> Speaker: OKAY, THANK YOU SIR. WHAT ABOUT THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE YOU'RE TAKING OFF ESCROW? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THEM? CAN WE GIVE THEM TO PEOPLE? I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A YARD, LET MY DOGS RUN AROUND, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I WOULD LOVE THAT AND ALSO THE OTHER ONE, LET'S GO WITH THE VETO ONE. TO ME, IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS TROUBLE IN PARADISE, IF YOU HEAR A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO, MY FIRST INKLING IS THAT YOU HAVE NO CONFIDENCE. I GUESS I'M CONFLICTED, YEAH, I DON'T THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE THE LAST SAY. AND IF YOU CAN GET 10 OF YOU TO OVERRIDE HER, AS LONG AS YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE AND NOT YOURSELF INTEREST, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. I FORGET, CAN I SEE IF EVERYBODY IS AWAKE, THEY'RE NAMES IS ON THERE. >> City Attorney: YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: I DON'T THINK BOB IS AWAKE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE AWAKE AND LISTENING. WE'LL SEE, I HAVE A PERMIT FOR A PEACEFUL, PEACEFUL PROTEST, WE'RE PROTESTING AGAINST THE ABUSES OF FAMILY SEPARATION AND ADA ABUSES ON A D HUBBARD WAY. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ME ABOUT THE ABUSES OF SCIENTOLOGY, OF COURSE THEY'RE COMING AFTER ME IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WHICH I'M NOT SURPRISED BUT I BELIEVE IT SO MUCH IN STANDING UP FOR THE VICTIMS THAT HAVE NOT HAD A VOICE OR STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND THEIR VOICE AND I'M WILLING TO TAKE THE SLINGS AND ARROWS FOR THE VICTIMS. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUICIDAL, SO IF ANYBODY HAPPENS TO ME, OKAY, YOU KNOW, I'M BEING THREATENED. BUT JENNIFER COSTOFF WHO IS A SCIENCE --SCIENCETOLOGIST IS HELPING US OUT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I START WITH ITEM NUMBER 18, KAMPAU CHICKEN. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 20, NO MORE SOY SAUCE. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR, DAMAGING BUDGET CRISIS, AND I HEARD THAT THE AGENDA ON ITEM IS THAT MAYOR WAS TRYING TO VETO AND SOMEHOW THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGHT WITH THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR TRYING TO FIGHT WITH THE COUNCIL. NOBODY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE BUDGET. LET ME TELL YOU WHO KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH THE BUDGET ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE SMOKING SCAN LISTENS, THAT COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER IS THE EXPERT DEALING WITH THE BUDGET. HE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT WASTE BILLIONS OF BILLIONS OF MONEY TO GO TO HOMELESS WHILE YOUR HOMELESS POPULATION CONTINUES TO GO UP. OUR COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERY LAPD LIKE SERGEANT HUARTE, THEY WILL HAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN THE GAY AND SHOOTERS AND ALL ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AND AS ALWAYS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE LET THE CLERK KNOW 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE AND WE'LL TAKE DO WHAT WE CAN TO DO THAT. >> Clerk: TOMAS BAILEY AND ADAM. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA CARDENAS AND I'M A PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR MEDICAL FOUNDATION, JOINED BY FREE L.A. COALITION THAT STAND IN SOLIDARITY TO SHARE ON GOING EFFORTS RELATED TO SECOND-HAND SMOKE ON MULTIPLE HOUSING. ONE OUT OF THREE WHO LIVE IN RENTAL HOUSING ARE EXPOSE TODAY SECOND-HAND SMOKE. WE KNOW THAT A CERTAIN POPULATION INCLUDING SENIORS AND CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABLED ARE UNDER REPRESENTED IN RENTAL HOUSING. IN 2023, MEMBERS OF BREATH FOR L.A. COALITION HIGHLIGHTING CONCERNS AROUND TOBACCO, VAPE AND MARIJUANA EXPOSURE, SINCE THEN WE HAVE REMAINED ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL LEADERS ACROSS ALL 15 COUNCIL DISTRICTS THROUGH DISTRICT EVENTS. AND I HAVE PACKETS FOR THE CITY CLERK. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER, TO COME UP. I UNDERSTAND THE TIME CAN GO QUICKLY AND FOR SOME REASON WE RUN OUT OF TIME AND UNABLE TO CALL YOUR NAME TODAY, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING. BUT IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE A WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO. YOU CAN DO A QUICK GOOGLE CHURCH IT WILL BE THE FIRST THING THAT COMES UP, URL IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE TOP OF EVERY COUNCIL AGENDA. GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M OUT ON BOND FROM COLORADO SPRINGS. SO WE TALK ABOUT THE VETO MESSAGE FROM YOUR MAYOR, PEACE OF SHIT MAYOR. SECTION 315 OF THE LAW, DEALING WITH THE BUDGET. THE BUDGET IS FILLED WITH FRAUD AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS TALKED TO THE FBI THE OTHER WEEK, THEY TOLD US THAT THE MAYOR IS UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT OUR MAYOR IS GOING TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING REGARDING THE BUDGET AND THE REGARDING SECURITY. ALSO, THE OTHER THING THAT WE LIKE TO MENTION IN THE BUDGET AND MOTION BY UNISSES HERNANDEZ IS TO HAVE MORE SNACKS AVAILABLE SO YOU CAN HAVE MORE EATING PLEASURES, IT WILL INCREASE ATTENDANCE TO THE MEETINGS. NOW WE HAVE, IMMINENT DOMAIN, I KNOW THAT VERY WELL FROM MY COUNTRY, I COME FROM EGYPT, I KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT IMMINENT DOMAIN, THE SECRET POLICE, THEY GO HALAHALA, AND I'M I SAY, I SAY HALA, AND THEN WHAT YOU DO, THEY CUT YOU OFF AND BUY YOUR GOATS AND OFFER MONEY FOR YOUR PROPERTY AND THEY TAKE YOUR ENTIRE HERD AND HOUSE AND I COME TO UNITED STATES WITH VISITOR VISA AND APPLY FOR ASYLUM, THIS IS WHAT I COME. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS. ALL THE AUTHORIZATION REGARDING THE DETERMINIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. YOU SEE, MARQUEECE, I CAN DO ANYTHING, I CAN GO FUCK, FUCK. >> City Attorney: STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS OR I'LL MOVE TO YOU GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I DID TRY. NOW WE NOT, I APOLOGIZE MY ENGLISH LITTLE BIT. NUMBER 22 FOR THE FUNDS TO STEAL FOR GANG PREVENTION. FIRST OF ALL YOU HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE GANGS, IS WHAT WE DO, SO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, THIS IS WHAT UNISSES TAUGHT ME, WE SUPPORT THE GANG INITIATIVE THAT WE WANT TO TAKE PEOPLE OFF AND PUT THEM IN THE TENTS TO SELL THE METHAMPHETAMINE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO. WE TOOK AND SELL THE DRUGS. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE BEING REPETITIVE AT THIS POINT, I'LL MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THIS IS WHAT WE DO, NUMBER 22, THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT OF MY SPRING LER AND BACK YARD AND EVERYBODY IT EXPLODED ON TUESDAY NIGHT, THE WORK OF CITY HALL, LET'S GIVE CITY HALL A HAND. SEE WHAT HAPPENED MARQUEECY IS THEY GO IN YOUR BACK YARD AND THEY CUT A TINY INCISION INTO YOUR SPRINKLER AND THEN IT LEAK A LITTLE BIT AND THEN YOU OPEN THE BOX AND IT BLOWUP AND IT TAKES THE SIDE OF YOUR EYE COMPLETELY OUT. THIS IS WHAT CITY HALL DO. NOW HOW DO CITY HALL DO IT? THIS IS WHAT WE DO, WE WILL KILL YOU, IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT OUR NONPROFITS. THE FBI IS BLIND, THEY DON'T GIVE A SHIT, THEY WON'T CALL THE WEAKNESSES. I WISH I HAD MORE TIME BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE THE PERPETRATOR ON CAMERA. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AND AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER TO COME UP. MR. SPINDLER, I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE, DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING AGAIN OR YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO RULE 12 AND ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL. YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN YOUR TIME, WE DO NOT NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU ANYMORE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, OBVIOUSLY THE VIEWS STATED BY ANY SPEAKER DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MAY HEAR ESPECIALLY THE LAST SPEAKER ARE OFFENSIVE, THE FASTEST WAY TO GET THROUGH IT IS TO JUST LET IT PLAY OUT. WE DO APOLOGIZE. IT IS MORE EMBARRASSING FOR HIM THAN ANYONE ELSE. GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER, I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT ACT TO FOLLOW, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I JUST HAVE A GENERAL STATEMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON AND PLY NAME IS THOMAS DION BAILEY AND I AM A RENTER IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 AND BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR RENT STABILIZATION BY ENSURING THAT SMALL LANDLORD CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTIES IN LOS ANGELES. AS A RENTER, I PLAN TORE MY FUTURE WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING PRICED OUT OF MY HOME. I'M NOT ASKING FOR RENT TO BE FROZEN I UNDERSTAND THE COSTS HAS RISE BUT THE FORMULA OUT PACE INFLATION MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR WORKING PEOPLE TO KEEP UP ESPECIALLY WITH A CITY ALREADY GRAPPLING WITH AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. THANK YOU. SQUAO BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, HENRY, JESSE, AND ABDUL MARSFALL. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 1, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS AND MR. CITY ATTORNEY. MY NAME IS ADAM I'M AN ATTORNEY AT GREENBERGH AND I REPRESENT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AT 9600 IS SEPULVEDA WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY. WE HAVE TIMELY SUBMITTED A LETTER DATED MAY 29, 2025, STATING OUR OBJECTIONS. I WOULD ASK THAT THAT BE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD AND INCORPORATED IN MY REMARKS HERE TODAY. BRIEFLY STATED, WE BELIEVE THAT THE DECISION TO ACQUIRE OUR CLIENT'S PROPERTY WAS TAKEN WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION WHICH WOULD HAVE SOLVED ANY PROBLEM UNDER THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY STATUTE. I DON'T PROPOSE TO REARGUE ALL OF THOSE POINTS THAT ARE SETFORTH IN MY LETTER I JUST WANTED BRING THE MATTERS TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. I APPRECIATE THE CAREFUL REVIEW BIT CITY ATTORNEY'S STAFF AND WITH BY THE COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT. >> City Attorney: RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, SO YOUR NUMBER 1 IS. THERE IS A SEPARATE HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER 1, SO I ASK THAT YOU STICK AROUND SO YOU CAN BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. THIS IS THE COMMENT PERIOD, IF YOU'RE HERE REPRESENTING AN INTERESTED PARTY, PLEASE STICK AROUND. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ITEM 1 AND ALL THE ITEMS--OVERPAID SLEAZY COUNCIL OF BAFOONS. THE SINGULAR COMMENT ON LAX IMPACT REPORT IN A CITY OF OVER 4 MILLION PEOPLE THAT IS ALL THAT THE SHORT LITTLE MAN DAWSON COULD THINK TO PLACE IN THIS AGENDA IN INCOME AT THE PENT AND CORRUPT, STUPID, STUPID, THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY FUNDED TO INCLUDE WORDINGS INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT ON THE RAGING HOMELESS EPIDEMIC AROUND LAX AND CURREN PRICE AND HEATHER THE HUTT. IN MY OPINION, THIS IMPACT REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES AROUND LAX DUE TO INCOMPETENT DAWSON AND TOTAL AND COMPLETE INCOMPETENCE AND INACTION THAT LEAD TO THE 256 MILLION DOLLARS AND FILE DAMAGE IN LOS ANGELES. ITEM NUMBER 22, FOR 550,000 FOR SOCIAL SERVICES SHOULD BE DOUBLED IN WORDINGS ADDED TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS GANG INTERVENTION BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS AND INVESTIGATE THE SLEAZY COUNCIL OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPT POCKETING OF HOMELESS FUNDS BY DAWSON AND HEATHER THE >> HUTT. THE FUNDS SHOULD BE TAKEN FROM THE LAPD BUDGET AND INCREASE OF THESE CLOWN BAFOONS VOTED FOR LAST YEAR. CREATING THE ONE BILLION DOLLARS DEFICIT WHERE THOUSANDS WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS AND SOCIAL SERVICES CUT. NUMBER 23 IS CONCERNING THE INCOMPETENT AND HARDY WHILE THE CITY BURNED TO THE GROUND, IN MY OPINION, THIS VETO MESSAGE ITEM SHOULD INCLUDE WORDINGS THAT WOULD VETO ALL OF TODAY'S AND FUTURE VOTES OF THIS INCOMPETENT OVERPAID SLEAZY COUNCIL UNTIL THERE IS A FULL INVESTIGATION AND CORRUPT DAWSON AND THESE IDIOTS LET THE CITY BURN TO THE GROUND VIA NO EQUIPMENT. ITEMS UNTIL LAPD BUDGET IS CUT BY THE ONE BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET INCREASE GIVEN TO THEM BY THESE CLOWNS SITTING HERE. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, TIM McOSKER WANTED A SPEECH WILL TRUMP TARIFF'S HARMING THE PEOPLE OF L.A. BUT ON 8-23 McOSKER VOTED TO GIVE THE LAPD ONE BILLION DOLLARS INCREASE CAUSING THE DEFICIT WHERE THOUSANDS OF CITY EMPLOYEES WILL LOSE JOBS AND SERVICES CUT TO THE PUBLIC. SO WHEN IT COMES TO McOSKER TALKING ABOUT HARMING THE PEOPLE, WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND THAT YOU SIT THERE AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH, TIM McOSKER, YOU ARE BEING A HYPOCRITE. CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION, KAREN BASS DEPUTY MAYOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION FOR MAKING BOMB THREATS. L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY OUSTED $400,000 IN CREDIT CARD FRAUD. THE HEAD OF THE HOMELESS AUTHORITY FOR GIVING MILLION DOLLARS TO HER HUSBAND'S COMPANY AND PAYING MONEY TO WHISTLE BLOWERS. JUDGE CARTER REMOVING ALL FUNDS DUE TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS UNACCOUNTED FOR. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: ITEM 8 AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM NUMBER 8 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. YOU CAN HAVE ONE MONEY FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO. I WAS AS READING LAST NIGHT BEFORE I WENT TO BED AT MIDNIGHT THROUGH THESE NOTES, I NOTICED THAT NUMBER 8 WHICH I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON, BUT I NOTICED THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND I SAY A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, ANYTHING OVER $500,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY TODAY'S PUBLIC EYE. BUT YES, I SEE WE'RE SPENDING DOLLAR AMOUNT IN ONE CATEGORY FOR FOUR BUSINESSES, WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS COMING AR YOU --AFTER YOU GUYS FOR SPENDING. MAYBE WE SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME REWRITING SOME OF THESE ITEMS AND MAKING IT FOR ADJUSTABLE FOR THE ACCOUNTANTS WHETHER THEY BE GETTING FREE ACTS AND FREE PROGRAMS TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE 150,000 DOLLARS YOU'RE ADDING ON TO THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: RESPECTER MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS AND AUDIENCE, PEACE OF GOD BE WITH YOU ALL. UNDOUBTEDLY, THE BRIGHT FUTURE OF FOUNDATION IS BASED UNDER MORAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF THE KIDS. LET ME SHARE TWO THINGS OF PROPHET MOHAMED PEACE BE UPON HIM. HE SAID THAT THE BEST GIFT THAT PARENTS CAN GIVE TO THE KIDS IS EDUCATION. NUMBER TWO, HE SAID, THAT IF GOD GIVES ONE DAUGHTER OR TWO DAUGHTERS OR THREE DAUGHTERS TO ANYONE, AND HE FULFILLS THEIR LIVES AND EDUCATE THEM, HE WILL ENTER THE PARADISE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING. IF THERE IS JUST ONE MORE SPEAKER, BECAUSE IT'S MR. KWAN, WE WILL WARMLY WELCOME YOU TO THE PODIUM. >> Speaker: I APPRECIATE YOUR WARM WELCOME. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: WE HAVE A BUNCH OF REAP ITEMS AND L.A. CAN AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK WE CUT OFF PUBLIC COMMENT. APPARENTLY IF YOU'RE NOT WITH COCO, IT'S A NO-GO. WE'RE SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS ON OUR CHARTER COMMISSION, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD WASTE THIS PROCESS. ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED LETTER YESTERDAY A COALITION LETTER ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE NEED TO OPEN THAT UP OFFICIALLY. I DID SEE THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THE WEBSITE. THERE IS NO ANNOUNCEMENT AND DEADLINE. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A DEADLINE. Y'ALL AS CAMPAIGNERS, YOU MAKE UP DEADLINES. PLEASE, I HOPE YOU ALL DO SOME OUT REACH AND ENSURE THAT YOU'RE. JOHN, YOU'RE LAUGHING WE HAVE NOBODY FROM THE WEST VALUE BUT I'M SURE BOB IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. FOR THIS ONE COUNSEL I WILL AND THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE HAD A REPRESENTATION, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SOTO-MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ HAVE ALL BEEN SPOKEN FOR THE NEED OF REPRESENTATION. OUT OF OUR SEVEN COMMISSIONERS ON THE CHARTER REFORM COMMISSION, WE GOT NO ONE, NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 40, PRETTY MUCH, I'VE DONE THE MATH FOR ALL OF THEM. BUT MOST OF THEM ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE OVER 50. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A DIVERSE POOL, WE'VE GOT TO GET THE APPLICATIONS IN. I DO ALSO WANT TO END WITH MY GENERAL COMMENT ON THIS WHOLE LETTERS OF RESIGNATION THING, MAYOR BASS IS CIRCUMVENTING THE ORDINANCE YOU ALL PASSED AND GOT A NOOZE AROUND THE NECKS OF ALL OF THESE COMMISSIONERS. I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS, LIKE REFORM OR BULLYING SOTO-MARTINEZ OR UNISSES. I BEG THE PRESIDENT TO CIRCUMVENT WITH THE BOSS AND COMMIT THAT SHE IS NOT GOING TO USE THEM, OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO HARP ON THAT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK GOOD. MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT THAT PRACTICE GENERALLY SPEAKING DON'T LIKE IT. BUT WHEN WE HAVE A LAW ON THE BOOKS DESIGNED TO PROVENT IT, THAT'S REALLY ICKY, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME BE MEAN, I WOULD RATHER JUST BE A NERD. AND GROAT, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT IT IS THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF LAKERS WINNING GAME 7 AGAINST THE BLAZERS, SO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 18 THROUGH 22. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1. >> Council President: THIS CONCERNS THE CITY COUNCIL'S OF RES LOOSESING OF NECESSITY TO AUTHORIZE COMMENCEMENT TO ACQUIRE PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. WE WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS. FIRST, WE WILL HEAR AN ORAL PRESENTATION FROM MARK ADAMS, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT L.A. WORLD AIRPORTS. SECOND, WE WILL THE COUNCIL MAY ADDRESS MR. ADAMS. THIRD, A FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL EACH OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS OR REPRESENTATIVES ON THEIR BEHALF MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. MAY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL MAY ASK THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. AFTER FINAL QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE IF IT WISHES TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING THE RESOLUTIONS OF NECESSITY. SO WE'LL NOW OPEN THE HEARING AND HEAR FROM MR. ADAMS OF LAWA. >> THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS AS THE PRESIDENT SAID, MY NAME IS MARK ADAMS I'M THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR OF LAWA AIRPORTS. AND WE'RE CONDUCTING A SCRIPTED HEARING FOR IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS FOR THESE PROPERTIES NEAR LAX. THIS HEARING IS DETERMINED WHETHER THEY RESOLUTIONS OF NECESSITY TO AUTHORIZE COMMENCEMENT TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDINANCES. THESE ORDINANCES DO NOT ADDRESS DISAGREEMENTS OVER THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FOR THE TAKE ITING OF THE PROPERTY INTEREST. NOR DOES THE ADOPTION PREVENT THE PROPERTY FROM CONTINUE TO GO NEGOTIATE. IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT SETTLEMENTS MAY BE REACHED WITHOUT TRIAL OR SIGNIFICANT LITIGATION OVER THESE ACQUISITIONS AND THAT IS ALWAYS OUR HOPE. BUT IN THIS CASE, FOR THE REASONS EXPLAINED THE STAFF REPORT AND IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCES SO THAT STAFF MAY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT LEGAL STEP OF THE COME --CONDEMNATION PROCESS. IT REQUIRES A THIRD VOTES OF THE COUNCIL. AT THE CLOSE YOU'LL BE ASKED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCES APPROVING THE RESOLUTIONS OF NECESSITY WHICH SETFORTH A FEW KEY FINDINGS THAT ARE ALSO LISTED IN THE REPORT OF REPORT OF AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS. THE COUNCIL FILE ON THIS PRESENTATION WILL GIVE YOU THE FACT TO SUPPORT THESE FINDINGS, THE PRESENTATION, COUNCIL FILE AND ALL ITS REFERENCE DOCUMENT LEFT SIDE BECOME PART OF THE RECORD OF THESE PROCEEDINGS. IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, IT WILL ALSO BE ADDED TO THE RECORD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACTS, DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK ME. IF YOU HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY. I WILL REMIND YOU THAT THE FIRST TWO FINDINGS, THE PUBLIC INTEREST OR NECESSITY REQUIRING THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT BEING PLANNED OR LOCATED IN THE MANNER MOST COMPATIBLE WITH THE GREATEST PUBLIC GOOD IN THE LEAST PRIVATE INJURY ARE APPLICABLE TO THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND NOT SOLELY TO THE USE OF IMMINENT DOMAIN TO ANY ONE OF ACQUISITIONS AT ISSUE HERE. THE REMAINING FINDINGS APPLY TO EACH OF THE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES AT ISSUE. WHILE THE COUNCIL FILE DETAILS MUCH OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DISCUSS, I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON A FEW ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, THE PROJECT REQUIRING ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTIES IS THAT LAX AIRFIELD AND TERMINAL MODERNIZATION PROJECT ATMP. PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS FOR ATMP ARE ONLY PURSUED VIA IMMINENT DOMAIN AS A LAST RESORT AFTER VOLUNTARY ACQUISITION MEASURES HAVE BEEN PROVEN UNSUCCESSFUL. LAWA PROVIDED WRITTEN OFFERS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND DESPITE EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE, WE HAVE NOT REACHED AGREEMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE NEEDED PROPERTY RIGHTS. FINALLY, NOTICES OF THIS HEARING WERE SENT TO FIRST CLASS MAIL TO PRORLT OWNERS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRD VOTES OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES MR. ADAM'S PRESENTATION. I DO NOT SEE ANY SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE. SO NOW WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PRESENT AS WELL. MR. GROAT? >> City Attorney: AND I BELIEVE THERE IS AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE HERE, I SEE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN STANDING UP. ARE YOU HERE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL? OKAY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOUR WAY. MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE THEM AT THE TABLE OR PODIUM. >> Council President: THE TABLE IS FINE. >> City Attorney: OKAY. YES. >> City Attorney: SO JUST THE POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE ATTORNEYS, ARE YOU REPRESENTING THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER OR DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS? OKAY, SO WE WILL GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES EACH FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND SIT AT THE TABLE HERE AND THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY AFTERWARDS. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, FOR THE RECORD, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED TWO LETTERS FROM PROPERTY NOT OWNERS FROM DATED MAY 20th, JHJLLC ET AL AND ONE DATED JUNE 2, FROM THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT. THESE LETTERS WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'LL WAIT UNTIL ALL COUNCIL ARE SEATED. BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT ORDER, BUT PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN LET US KNOW WHO YOU REPRESENT AND AT THAT POINT, WE WILL START YOUR FIVE-MINUTE CLOCK. AGAIN YOU WILL GET 5 MINUTES EACH SINCE YOU REPRESENT TWO SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNERS. THE MICROPHONES ARE NOT THE MOST SENSITIVE SO YOU MAY HAVE TO MOVE IT BACK OR FORWARD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DR. LEE SATA I'M THE CHIEF OF SOEDY'S EXECUTIVE. WE APPRECIATE OFFERING COMMENTS OF THE NEED OF NECESSITY TO ACQUIRE A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AT 9700 SOUTH IS SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD. LACC, PROVIDES QUALITY EDUCATION TO OVER 400,000 STUDENTS WITHIN OUR 182 SQUARE MILES SERVICE AREA. WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF LAWA'S MODERNIZATION EFFORTS AT LAX, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE PROPOSED PARTIAL TAKING OF OUR PROPERTY THROUGH IMMINENT DOMAIN. THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY SUPPORTS THE STORAGE OF EDUCATION ARTIFACTS FOR OUR WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE THAT SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND WE HAVE A LEASE WITH A THIRD PARTY PARKING CONTRACTOR OR VENDOR. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINITY OF THE IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS, THE DISTRICT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RENEW THE LEASE RESULTING TO DISRUPTION OF OPERATION SXZ LOSS OF INCOME. PROPOSED PARTIAL TAKING WILL IMPACT OVER HALF OF THE PROPERTY, LEAVING OUR DISTRICT, LACCD WITH EQUIVALENT OF A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DONUT. ACCESS WILL BE FURTHER RESTRICTED AND THE ELEVATED ROADWAYS THAT EVENTUALLY FLY OVER THE PARKING LOT WILL CONSTRICT FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. WE BELIEVE THAT A FULL ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY WILL OFFER A MORE PRACTICAL AND EQUITABLE OUTCOME FOR BOTH PARTIES. A FULL TAKING WILL ALLOW LAWA TO PROCEED WITH DRUX IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER AND PROVIDE JUST COMPENSATION TO THE DISTRICT FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. IN CLOSING, WE APPRECIATE THE ON GOING AND PROFESSIONAL NEOTIATIONS OF THE LAWA NEGOTIATION TEAM LEAD DID I DEPUTY ATTORNEY CYNTHIA. OUTSIDE OF THE IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS AND HOPE THAT LAWA STAFF WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO DO SO. WE BELIEVE THAT A FULL TAKING OF THE PROPERTY WILL BEST SERVE THE INTEREST OF LAWA, LACCD AND THE PUBLIC GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT THIS MORNING. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO ON--OH YOU'RE OVER THERE? IF THAT MIC WORKS, YOU'RE FREE TO SPEAK FROM IT. >> Y. Jurado: SORRY, I WANTED TO KNOW, THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY. SO HOW ARE WE DETERMINING, I UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC INTEREST PORTION, THE MODERNIZATION OF LAX BUT HOW ARE WE DETERMINED? WOO IS THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF NECESSITY IN THIS INSTABS? INSTANCE? I THINK THIS QUESTION IS FORTILLA WHAT REPRESENTATIVE? >> IF IT'S A LEGAL Q I'M GOING TO DIFFER TO CITY ATTORNEY, CYNTHIA IS COMING UP. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. CYNTHIA ALEXANDER DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY FOR LAWA. THE NECESSITY FOR THESE PROPERTIES ARE FOR AS MARK ADAM'S MENTIONED, THE LAX AIRFIELD TERMINAL MODERNIZATION PROJECT AND SPECIFICALLY THESE PROJECTS ARE NEEDED FOR, THESE PROPERTIES ARE NEEDED FOR ROADWAY, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO, TO ASSIST WITH ROADWAY CONGESTION FOR LAX. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, MR. CLERK, MR. GROAT, ANYTHING ELSE? >> WE HAVE ONE MORE. >> Council President:er WE HAVE ONE MORE REPRESENTATIVE. SNOOT SECOND PROPERTY OWNER. >> THANK YOU, HONORABLE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS AND CITY ATTORNEY. ON BEHALF OF THE FOUR COOWNERS, WE ALSO HAD A LEASE ON THE ADJOINING PROPERTY REPRESENTED BY THE GENTLEMAN TO MY LEFT, SO OUR OPERATIONS OVERLAP BOTH. WE RESPECTFULLY OBJECT TO THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT TAKEN AFTER ALTERNATIVES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED. IN OTHER WORDS, WE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY AND LAWA HAD AGREED TO THE TAKING WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE--ELEMENT FOR RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE'VE HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH LAWA, WE ARE ENGAGED WITH ON GOING NEGOTIATIONS. AND I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE TO MY RIGHT, CYNTHIA ALEXANDER WHOSE OFFICE HAS BEEN RESPECTFUL AND WORKING. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO RESOLVE BUT WE MUST RESPECTFULLY RESERVE OUR OBJECTIONS AT THIS TIME. AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ONE REQUEST FOR A FULL TAKING AS OPPOSE TODAY PARTIAL TAKING AND ONE OBJECTION, WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT IT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO DIFFER UNTIL THE MATTERS ARE WORKED OUT BY THE PEOPLE PRESENT AT THIS TIME. I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS THAT WE ALL AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT BASED ON THAT. WITH THAT, WE RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT OUR WRITTEN OBJECTIONS WHICH ARE DATED MAY 29th. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND I STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING AND SHARING WITH US. I SEE MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: SORRY ABOUT THAT, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT. ASSUMING THAT WE MAKE THE FINDING NECESSITY, YOU'RE STILL AT THAT POINT GOING TO NEGOTIATE FAIR MARKET VALUE? >> YEAH. >> B. Blumenfield: AND YOU'RE ALREADY NEGOTIATING FAIR MARKET VALUE. YOU'RE ASKING US AND I UNDERSTAND THE POS TOUR THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SAME THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHETHER WE DO TE NECESSITY NOW OR LATER. YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING FAIR MARKET VALUE AND THAT'S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S A FRIENDLY COME --CONDEMNATION OR WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE SAME. >> YOU'RE CORRECT ON THAT. AND THERE ARE FOUR PROPERTIES THAT ARE AT ISSUE. TWO OWNERS THAT ARE NOT REPRESENTED HERE. SO WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH FAVORABLE AGREEMENT WITH THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE PRESENT HERE. BUT WE STILL NEED TO PROCEED WITH THIS AS AN INSURANCE POLICY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE NEEDS FOR THE PROJECT AND BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN A TIMELY MANNER. BUT WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT OUR NEGOTIATIONS, WE'VE ALREADY REACHED AN AGREEMENT AND PRINCIPAL WITH A THIRD PROPERTY OWNER AND ONE PROPERTY OWNER, WE'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO PROCEED WITH IMMINENT DOMAIN IN THAT CASE. BUT FOR THE TWO HERE, WE HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR MONTHS AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT AND WE'RE CLOSE TO REACHING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER. >> B. Blumenfield: COLLEAGUES, WOULD POS --POSTURE TO NOT MOVING WITH THAT WOULD SET US BACK I WOULD URGE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND GET TO A STAGE WHERE EVERY ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND I URGE YOUR APPROVAL. >> Council President: THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE SPEAKERS. I WANT TO WAIT FOR ANYONE WHO MAY PUSH THEIR BUTTON IN CASE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS. I GO TO MR. CITY ATTORNEY AND MR. CLERK ON WHAT WE DO NEXT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 MAY NOW BE CLOSED AND YOU MAY VOTE ON THE AGENDA. >> CouncilPresident: ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, WE WILL NOW GO TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE HAVE A GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT THE BUILDING NOW F YOU CAN TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST ROWS, THE FIRST SET OF PEWS. IN THE AUDIENCE, WE HAVE GIRL SCOUT TROOP NUMBER 70693 FROM THE SOUTHEAST AREA OF THE CITY. [APPLAUSE] FROM DISTRICT 9 AND DISTRICT 8 AND IS TATINUM HERE? WAIVE YOUR HAND? SO CONGRATULATIONS TO NATINUM, SHE JUST WON THE SCIENCE FAIR AT 42nd STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND WE WANT TO THANK AERIAL MENDES FOR HELPING TO ORGANIZE THEIR PRESENCE IN CITY HALL TODAY. WELCOME TO YOU ALL. WAVE SO YOU CAN BE ON CAMERA. LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON MY RIGHT? THE EAST SIDE? ADJOURNING MOTIONS ON MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.