>> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. IF I CAN HAVE EVERY ONE SETTLE DOWN. SHHH. SHHH. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SETTLE DOWN, LET'S GET THIS MEETING STARTED, FOLKS. WELCOME TO YOUR MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS FRIDAY, MAY 16th. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IN-PERSON IN COUNCIL CHAMBER. ONLY FOR TODAY HE'S SPECIAL MEETINGS, LET'S GET STARTED BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: GREAT, FIRST ORDER OF MINUTES. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 14th, 2025. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 1 IS ITEM NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD. >> Council President: OKAY. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO RUN? ITEM 1? >> Clerk: IF NO COUNCILMEMBER WANT TO CALL THIS ITEM SPECIAL, WE CAN VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 1. >> Council President: SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: GREAT, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENT ABESINGS, WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO START OUT COUNCILWOMAN RAMAN ON HOPA DAY. >> Council President: OKAY, TENSION IS RISING BUT WE'RE ALL EXCITED FOR HOPA DAY, I THINK MR. LEE WILL BE PART OF THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO KICKOFF OUR FRIDAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS TODAY. >> N. Raman: ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT TO COME UP? COME ON UP. WHERE IS YSABEL? HI, GOOD MORNING. >> Council President: FOR THOSE LISTENING AT HOME, WE HAVE FOLKS COMING UP TO JOIN OUR COUNCILMEMBERS AT THE PODIUM. >> N. Raman: OKAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE, THIS IS I THINK MY THIRD YEAR, LEADING OUR HOPA DAY PRESENTATION, AND I'M SO HONORED TO BE JOINED BY MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND JOHN LEE TO RECOGNIZE HOPA DAY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. LET'S GIVE OURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE DID THIS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THIS BODY TWO YEARS AGO. AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR HOPA NATION ONE FOR THEIR INVALUABLE PARTNERSHIP IN CONTINUING THIS TRADITION. HO PA* IS A HAWAIIAN WORD FOR PART AND BEING PART OF SOMETHING SOMETHING AND PART SOMETHING ELSE, HAS SPREAD AROUND THE ISLANDS OF HAWAII TO DESCRIBE NEVINER WHO IS PART ASIAN AND PART ISLANDERS AND FOR THOSE WHO FELT PART OF THAT BIGGER WHOLE, THIS TERMINATES FOR. IT'S THE FASTEST ASIAN GROUP OF AMERICANS AND THROUGH THEM WE HAVE THE JOY OF BEING EXPOSED TO A VAS ARRAY OF EXPERIENCE SXZ VALUES. I THINK, RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S A COMPLICATED TIME IN AMERICA TO BE A PERSON OF MIXED RACE HERITAGE, VERY COMPLICATED. IT FEELS LIKE DIVERSITY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THIS COUNTRY, EVEN THOUGH FOR ME AS SOMEBODY WHO MOVED HERE DIVERSITY IS IN THIS COUNTRY DNA, AND HERE IN LOS ANGELES I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HAPA DAY, BECAUSE THIS IS A SIGN THAT WE REJECT. WE DECLARE HAPA DAY AS A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE UNIQUENESS THAT MAKES US WHAT WE ARE AND DIVERSITY IS AMERICAN! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE REINFORCED THE DIVERSITY AND SEE THAT ALTHOUGH WE MAY COME FROM SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT, THAT FACT MAKES A MORE EMPATHETIC CITY, TO OUR HAPA FRIENDS WITH US TODAY, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING, DOESN'T MAKE YOU ANY LESS OF SOMETHING AND THAT TO BE PART MAKES YOU VIBRANT AND VITAL AND WITH THAT I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, HAPPY HAPA DAY, WOO! I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION WITH TODAY'S SPECIAL PRESENTATION. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MONTH IS THAT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT AND HIGHLIGHT THE RICH DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HAPA DAY IN PARTICULAR SHOWCASES THE MULTI CULTURISM IN OUR CITY, THIS IS WHAT WE EMBRACE IN LOSS LOXER ESPECIALLY AT A TIME LIKE COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN SAID, THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING TO DIVIDE US, BASED ON OUR DIVERSITY BUT HERE IN L.A., THAT'S WHAT MAKES US GREAT. WE CAN HOLD BOTH OUR ASIAN AMERICAN AND OTHER IDENTITIES, WE LIVE IN THE HYPHEN, NOT HAVING TO CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER BUT INSTEAD EMBRACING ALL THE IDENTITIES THAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO TODAY'S HONOREE, DJHAPA, WE'RE LOOKING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON AND I WISH THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT COULD JOIN YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE MENTORED HIM IN HIS DEJAY JOURNEY AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER LEE AND RAMAN FOR BEING PART OF THIS IMPORTANT MOMENT AND TO HELP CARRY IT FORWARD. WOO! [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: COLLEAGUES I'M HONORED TO JOIN COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND JURADO CELEBRATE A DAY THAT CELEBRATES THOSE WHO DON'T FIT NEATLY INTO A BOX BUT BELONG TO THAT ARE PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE AND ANOTHER BACKGROUND AND DURING NAPI HERITAGE MONTH, WE SPEAK ABOUT INCLUSION, IDENTITY AND BELONGING. HAPA INDIVIDUALS, SOMETIMES STRUGGLING TO BE FULLY ACCEPTED WITHIN BE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE INHERENTLY PART OF AND THAT'S WHY TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS SO MEANINGFUL BECAUSE T AFFIRMS THAT THERE IS BEAUTY IN COMPLEXITY AND STRENGTH IN MULTIPLICITY. THIS DAY HOLD'S SPECIAL SIGNATURES OF AS A FATHER OF TWO HAPA CHILDREN, MY HOPE IS THROUGH RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY WE BUILD A WORLD WHERE EVER CHILD FEELS SEEN, VALUED AND PROUD OF THEIR FULL IDENTITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES FOR LETTING US HAVE THIS HAPA DAY EVERY YEAR TO HELP US CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE DAY THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO US. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A VIDEO, WHICH ONE OF YOU IS DJ HAPA? >> Speaker: ORIGINAL THE COMES FROM WITHIN. MY LIFE AND MY CAREER PATH HAS BEEN PART OF LEADING A PASSION AND LETTING THAT GUIDE ME. BEING A POS TOUR OF GIVING AND RECEIVING FROM THOSE AROUND ME HAS HELPED SHAPE ON WHO I AM. I FOCUS ON BEING THE BEST VERSION OF MYSELF, BEING ONE PERCENT BETTER THAN I WAS YESTERDAY. MY PASSION SYSTEMS FROM THIS DESIRE THROUGH ME AS A VESSEL OR CONDUIT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE TOOLS AND CONFIDENCE TO PURSUE THEM. MY ROLE AS A COACH, FATHER AND LEADER IN MY COMMUNITY IS TO LIFT OTHERS UP AND REMIND THEM OF WHO THEY TRULY ARE AND HELP UNLOCK THE GIFTS AND POTENTIAL INSIDE OF EACH OF US. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> N. Raman: WE HAVE OUR VIDEO AND ARE YOU DOING A DEMO? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO INVITE DJ HAPA TO SAY A TWO WORDS AND THEN WE CAN HEAR FROM OTHER MEMBERS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, IT'S A BIT WEIRD FOR ME, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY INTRODUCED MYSELF AS HAPA, EVERYWHERE I GO. 99 PERCENT OF THIS WORLD KNOWS ME AS HAPA, THAT IS MY FIRST NAME. AND USUALLY I SHATTER PEOPLE'S DREAMS WHEN I TELL THEM WHAT MY GOVERNMENT NAME IS, I'LL SAVE THAT FOR LATER. I'M HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT ALL HAPAS AND ALL MIXED ASIAN, I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE ME, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO PIONEERED FOR HAPA DA AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR BEING AT THE FOR FRONT. CAN WE MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE CITY OF L.A. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'VE SPENT THE LAST 25 YEARS BUILDING MOMENTS FOR PEOPLE TO FIND CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND. HAPA WAS BORN DURING MY TIME AT UCLA, ANY UCLA FOLKS HERE, WE WILL NOT DO THE A-CLAP YET. MY DJ NAME AT THE TIME WAS ANY INITIALS WHICH WAS NOT A LOT OF CREATIVE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CREATIVENESS AS BRANDING MYSELF AS DJ HAPA AND NOW I KNOW GOD HAD A BIGGER PLAN FOR THAT, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT NOW BEING HERE ON STAGE. IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS A DJ AND EDUCATING OTHERS HOW TO DJ, WE FOCUS ON TWO CONCEPTS. CAN YOU PASS ME THE CONTROL ON THE FLOOR. THERE IS ONE BY YOUR FEET. THERE WE GO. WE HAVE TWO BIG CON CEPTS WHEN IT COMES TO DJ, IF NOBODY HAS DJ I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET A CRASH COURSE, EVERYBODY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. THIS IS DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE, THE DJ RIG IS DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE, WE HAVE A SOURCE ON SIDE A AND SOURCE ON SIDE B, SO WE CAN HAVE KENDRICK LAMAR ON SIDE A AND EARTH WIND AND FIRE ON SIDE B. DESPITE THAT KENDRICK LAMAR HAS BEEN MADE A RECORD WITH EARTH WIND AND FIRE, ON SIDE B. THE IDEA IS THAT YOU'RE BLENDING TWO THINGS TOGETHER, TO MAKE SOMETHING EVEN BETTER OR DIFFERENT AT DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS IF YOU WILL. SO THE WHOLE IDEA WITH THIS IS WE'RE TRYING TO FIND CONNECTION POINTS. AND WE'RE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT SONG A IS GREAT ON ITS OWN. AND SONG B IS GREAT ON ITS OWN BUT IT'S ALSO BEAUTIFUL TO PUT SONG B AND A TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THAT. [APPLAUSE] THE SECOND CONCEPT THAT I WANT TO SHARE REALLY QUICK, IS THIS IDEA OF DIGGING DEEPER. MY MAN HARRIS-DAWSON, KNOWS ABOUT DIGGING IN THE CRAPES. AND I WANT TO THANK TIAA AND YONA ALL THOSE THAT HELPED PUT THIS HAPA DAY TOGETHER, YEAH, CAN WE MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THEM. THIS IS ACTUALLY, FORCED ME TO DIG DEEPER AND TAKE THE SAME THINGS THAT I DO IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER WHERE I LEARNED WHO BOB JAMES WAS MRU RUN DMC, I LEARNED ABOUT JAZZ, I LOURND ABOUT SOUL AND ROOTS REGGAE THROUGH OTHER GENRESES. SEEKING THE REAL TRUTH THAT LIES BENEATH IT ALL AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I FEEL LIKE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR ME WITH HAPA DAY IS THE ABILITY TO GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS COMES FROM. THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THIS, WHEN I WAS HERE LAST YEAR AND I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET SO MANY OF MY HAPA BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I REALLY REALIZED WAS BECAUSE I GREW UP IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I WAS BORN IN THE 1980 I GREW UP IN THE 80s AND 90s, MIZ EXPERIENCE IS THE SAME AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN THE 60S AND 70. IN FACT MY GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER, MY FATHER'S PARENTS, THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO GO TO RENO TO GET MARRIED BECAUSE IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO BE MARRIED IN CALIFORNIA AND THAT WAS IN THE 40s. AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1967 IN WHICH INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE WAS ALLOWED AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO THAT'S CRAZY BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO AND YET HERE WE ARE. I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, LOVE AMONG ALL TF AND I'M JUST HONORED TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU ALL. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I CAN. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING, I KNOW I JUST HELD THIS UP BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW HOW IT WORKS. I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO COME WITH ME AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING TOGETHER. I CAN GET HERE. YEAH. CHECK, CHECK, HERE WE GO. THE FISSIONER THING YOU NEED DJ NAME. WHAT IS YOUR DJ NAME? >> J. Lee: PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO ME. >> Speaker: EVERYBODY MAKE NOISE FOR PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO ME! AND? >> N. Raman: DJ RAMAN. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT DJ RAMAN, WE'VE GOT PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO ME AND DJ RAMAN, WE'LL FACE THIS ONE. THAT'S FINE. SO WE CAN BLEND TWO THINGS TOGETHER. SO I'M GOING TO START BY BLENLDING TWO THINGS TOGETHER, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU HELP ME. I'M GOING TO START WITH THIS. LET'S SEE IF THIS IS COMING THROUGH HERE. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MAKE SURE. YEAH, I LIKE DJ DON'T DO THIS TO ME, THAT'S A GOOD ONE. COUNCILMEMBERS BE READY FOR YOUR DJ NAME. HERE WE GO. ARE YOU READY? I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU, AS THIS SONG IS PLAYING, WE'RE GOING TO ISOLATE THE VOCALS LIVE. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO. HERE WE GO. DJ, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO ME, CLICK ON THIS BUTTON RIGHT HERE. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, YEAH, LET'S GO! WE CAN CLAP. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DJ IN THE CHAMBERS BEFORE, THIS IS GREAT. WE DO HAVE A DJ EVERY DAY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. COME ON HERE, DJ RAMAN, THIS IS THE VOLUME, SO WE CAN, GO FOR IT. YEAH! AND YOU CAN DO IT ON THE VOCAL. YEP! YEAH! ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND ONE LAST THING, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SCRATCH MY NAME IN, DJ DON'T DO THIS TO ME. HERE WE GO. YEAH! ALL RIGHT, DJ RAMAN. OH! JOHN LEE. >> Speaker: CAN WE MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THEM FOR PARTICIPATING OVER HERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. [APPLAUSE] IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO? I CAN KEEP THIS THING GOING. I KNOW WE WANTED TO DO A HAPA DAY. >> N. Raman: EVERY ONE READY? [SAXOPHONE PLAYING] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THIS IS A SONG HAPA DAY, I WROTE THIS SONG. [MUSIC] ♪ [MUSIC] HEY, HEY, HEY, IT'S A HAPA DAY, OH YEAH ♪ HAPA NATION EVERYWHERE ♪ ♪ WAKING UP TO A BRAND NEW DAY ♪ OH GET UP ON A HAPA DAY, HEY, HEY, IT'S A HAPA DAY ♪ ♪ WE JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ♪ OH, OH ♪ ♪ YES, YOU ARE ♪ WE JUST WANT TO SAY YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ♪ OH, OH, OH ♪ ♪ YES, YOU ARE 7 HAPA HAPA ♪ ♪ EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ♪ THAT IS WHO WE ARE ♪ EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ♪ HAPA COURAGE TELLS IT ALL ♪ HAPPY HAPA DAY TO YOU ♪ HAPPY HAPA DAY TO YOU ♪ HAPA NATION AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATING HAPA DAY ♪ ♪ HAPA DAY TO YOU ♪ EVERYBODY COME ON. ♪ HAPA DAY TO YOU ♪ >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> N. Raman: YOU GUYS GIVE IT UP FOR HAPA NATION AND HAPA DAY! >> Council President: WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NEXT BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM. WE'LL START BY COUNCILMEMBER MR. PRICE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON. >> C. Price: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HAPA TO THE HOUSE, I'VE GOT A HAPA GRANDSON, AND [APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, RICH CULTURE DIVERSITY IS REALLY WHAT MAKES L.A. L.A. I'M JUST SO PROUD THAT YOU'RE HERE PROUD THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ARE WHAT MAKES EACH OTHER GREAT. > N. Raman: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> Council President: MR. HARRIS-DAWSON. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CHAIR AND THANK YOU MEMBERS, RAMAN AND JURADO AND PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS. YOU'RE NOT GETTING OUT OF THAT ONE. LISTEN, I JUST WANT TO RISE TO ONE, SHARE GRATITUDE FOR RECOGNITION OF HAPA DAY AND WHAT THE HAPA MOVEMENT MEANS. IT'S SUCH A LOS ANGELESTHING, THE WORLD TWO SETS OF PEOPLE THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE TOGETHER AND NOT ONLY DO YOU GET TOGETHER, YOU MAKE UP A TRIBE AND CREATE A WHOLE MOVEMENT BEHIND IT. THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE, THAT IS SO LOS ANGELES AND SO HAPA. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS PART OF THE HAPA MOVEMENT. AND THEN, AND OUR HONOREE DJ HA PA, I MET, IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE WE MET WHO, TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CREATING A DJ SCHOOL HERE IN LOS ANGELES AND THAT I DISCOVERED A LONG TIME AND REALLY BLEW MY MIND. A COUPLE OF THAT EXPERIENCE, ONE WHEN YOU GO, IT LOOKS LIKE L.A., IT'S EVERYBODY. IT'S PEOPLE FROM THIS TRIBE AND THAT TRIBE, MIXED TRIBES, CROSS TRIBES, EVERYBODY IS THERE. AND THE THING THAT HAPA WAS SO INSTRUCTIVE IN TEACHING ALL OF US, SOMETHING THAT IS CENTRAL TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. EVERYBODY'S MUSIC HAS GOT A WAY OF KEEPING TIME. IT'S MOSTLY THE DRUM, SOMETIMES IT'S ANOTHER INSTRUMENT BUT WHERE EVER YOU GO ON PLANET EARTH FROM ONE POLE TO ANOTHER, EVERY PEOPLE HAVE A WAY OF KEEPING TIME. AND THE WAY THEY KEEP TIME TENDS TO MATCH CLOSELY TO THE BEAT OF THE HUMAN HEART. WHERE EVER YOU GO. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, ANY MUSIC I FIND FROM ONE PART OF THE WORLD, IF I WORK HARD ENOUGH I CAN BLEND IT WITH MUSIC FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD AND WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING THAT NEW THAT PLANET HAS NEVER SEEN. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT LESSON THAT YOU TAUGHT US THROUGH THE FUN OF DJING AND I THINK IT'S A LESSON THAT WE CAN ALL USE AS WE GO AND TRY TO BUILD ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CALL THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DJ HAPA. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. BACK TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TO CLOSE. >> N. Raman: DJ HAPA, WE HAVE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES RECOGNITION TO YOU. WE WANTED GIVE THAT TO YOU, WE WANTED THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRINGING YOUR JOY TO COUNCIL CHAMERS AND HAPA NATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO RECOGNIZE THIS DAY TWO YEARS AGO, I'M ASIAN, I'M NOT HAPA BUT I FEEL PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY, I FEEL SEEN BY THIS COMMUNITY AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO LIFT IT UP TODAY. THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: HAPPY HAPA DAY EVERYBODY, IF I CAN ASK ALL THE FOLKS, TO EXIT CHAMBER, WE'RE HAVING FOLKS WAITING OUTSIDE COMING IN. WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A SMOOTH TRANSITION AS SOME FOLKS LEAVE AND SOME FOLKS COME IN. IF WE CAN GET THE FOLKS FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION, TO LEAD. THIS ONE WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND IT'S TO CELEBRATE JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE SO IF FOLKS WITH QUIETLY TRANSITION. >> K. Yaroslavsky: WE JUST NEED ONE MORE MINUTE WHILE FOLKS ARE COMING IN. ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. IT'S MY HONOR TO KICKOFF THE LOS ANGELES CITY CELEBRATION OF JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH! [APPLAUSE] A TIME TO HONOR THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWISH-AMERICANS AND WHAT WE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CITY. A LOT OF THE TIME, CONVERSATION OF JEWISH IS ROOTED IN THE PAIN AND CONTRIBUTION. BUT TODAY IS A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE SOMETHIG ELSE, OUR INCREDIBLE CULTURE FROM MUSIC TO MOVIES, JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE HELPED WRITE THE SOUND TRACK AND SOUL OF THIS COUNTRY. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO SEE THE IMPACT. THIS YEAR WE'RE SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON ONE PART OF THE STORY, THE JEWISH COMPOSERS WHO SHAPED. JEWISH COMPOSERS ARE SCORED THE SOUND TRACKS OF OUR LIVES, THEIR MUSIC CONNECTS, US MOVES US AND TELLS STORIES WE DON'T FORGET. IN A FEW MINUTES, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A MEDLEY OF SONGS, AND MANCAKE SCHWARTZNAR LIN, ROGERS AND HAMMER STEIN AND BEAR SAGER AND IF THAT'S NOT A DID EFINITIVE LIST OF JEWISH LAST NAMES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU. OF COURSE IT WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT SHARING FOOD WHICH IS PART OF THE TRADITION AND CULTURE. PLEASE JOIN US IN A LITTLE BIT OUT IN THE COURT FOR FOOD AND MUSIC. AND MAKE SURE YOU VISIT THE BRIDGE GALLERY SO SEE THE MUSIC, FROM WIZARD OF OZ TO THOSE WHO SHAPED SHAPE HOLLYWOOD. SO I WANT TO QUICKLY THANK EVERY ONE WHO HELPED BRING TODAY'S PROGRAM TO LIFE. UNTIL PARTICULAR MY STAFF, AND DAVE, HERMA LIS AND JEWISH FEDERATION, THE WHITES MAN MUSEUM OF HISTORY, FACTOR SELL', UCL AND SPECIFICALLY THANKS TO A DNA BLAKE OF DHM L.A. AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, THANK YOU FOR LEADING US IN THIS PRESENTATION AND BEING A GREAT PARTNER. AND I WILL NOT READ ALL THE THINGS, I'LL ECHO THAT AND HAPPY JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH. [APPLAUSE] K*Z AS THIS MENTIONED THIS YEAR IN CITY HALL WE'RE CELEBRATING MUSICAL COMPOSERS. SO MANY WHO WENT ON TO BECOME HOUSEHOLD NAMES OR CREATORS OF POPULAR SONGS WERE THOSE THAT WERE FLEEING, OR ESCAPING THE NAZI PURSE CUSHION. MANY OF THE INFLUENTIAL JEWISH-AMERICAN COMPOSE ERS HAVE BEEN HOUSEHOLD NAMES, STEVEN, LEONARD BERNSTEIN, IRVIN BERLIN JUST TO NAME A FEW. LIKE SO MANY OF OUR ANCESTORS THEY WERE STRIPPEDOF THEIR NAMES, IDENTITIES AND IN MANY INSTANCES THEIR BELOVED INSTRUMENTS BUT THEY PERSEVERE AND THEY DEFINE THE ODDS CONTINUE TO GO SING, MAKING INSTRUMENTS OUT OF WHATEVER WAS AROUND AND THERE WASN'T MUCH. IN THE CAMP JEWS WERE ALSO DEHUMANIZED BY ASKING THEM TO SING TO NAZI GUARDS. BUT CREATIVE AND THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ART HAS KEPT THE JEWISH PEOPLE ALIVE IN SO MANY WAY WZ. THE JEWISH SONGS AND TRADITIONS AND THEY HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE IN MUSIC AND COMPOSING MANY SONGS THAT CROSS MANY CULTURE BARRIERS. A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE BUT SO MANY OF THE CHRISTMAS CLASSICS ARE BIJOU ISSUE COMPOSE YOURS. SONG LIKE CHESTNUT ROASTING IN A FIRE AND SANTA BABY AND IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, WERE ALL WRITTEN BY JEWS. JUST TO NAME A FEW. JEWISH PEOPLE WERE DISCRIMINATED FROM WORKING IN MANY FIELDS OF EMPLOYMENT BUT OFTEN FOUND THEMSELVES IN HOLLYWOOD. SO MANY OF THESE COMPOSERS WERE FORCE TODAY JEWISH SOUNDING NAMES TO SOUND SOMETHING FOR ASSIMILATED TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. FORTUNATELY NOW THAT IS CHANGING. AND OSO PROUD TO BE JEWISH WHERE MANY REFUSE TO STAY QUIET AND SING INSTEAD. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK AND LET'S ENJOY THIS PRESENTATION. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER PARK TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR LEADING THIS INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION AND I'M HONORED TO JOIN YOU IN RECOGNIZING THE IMPACTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS MADE TO ALL OF LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND. I LOVE THE MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF JEWISH COMPOSERS FEATURED THIS YEAR BUT I WANT TODAY RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE JEWISH LEADERS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 WHO CONTINUE TO BE A BEACON OF STRENGTH, AND HOPE FOR THE ENTIRE PACIFIC PALISADES COMMUNITY. I'M SO PROUD TO BE JOINED BY RABBI DANIEL OF ISRAEL AND RABBI ABI FROM A BAD OF PACIFIC PALISADES. [APPLAUSE] YES. THEIR TEM LZ ARE MORE THAN PLACED OF WORSHIP. THERE ARE PLACES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO FORM AND TO GROW. PLACES FOR EXPERIENCES FOR GOOD TIMES LIKE WHEN I WAS AT HABAD MAKING BREAD AND IN DARK TIME WHEN I CAME BY FOR A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN LOS ANGELES. WHILE BOTH KI AND HABAD MOSTLY SURVIVED THE PALISADES FIRE, WE REMEMBER THAT SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY LOST EVERYTHING. YOUR RESILIENCE IS BEYOND ESSENTIAL AND AS WE RECOGNIZE THIS AS JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE YOU BOTH AND YOUR COMMUNITIES FOR ALL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO TO SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND LOVED ONE IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PARK. NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, YAROSLAVSKY, BLUMENFIELD AND PARK FOR YOUR REMARKS AND LEADERSHIP IN RECOGNIZING TODAY. I REALLY ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY THAT IT FEELS, IT FEELS REALLY LOVELY TO HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS WHO ARE CENTRAL TO LOS ANGELES, BE HERE TODAY AND BE RECOGNIZED. IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF IT. [APPLAUSE] AND TODAY, THE THEME OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, JEWISH COMPOSURE WHO SHAPED HOLLYWOOD REALLY SPOKE TO ME, AS SOMETHING WHO MOVED TO AMERICA BUT ALSO MOVED TO LOS ANGELES, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WAS WANTED WORK IN THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY, IT FEELS LIKE A PLACE AND A HISTORY THAT HAS WELCOMED OTHERS HERE WHEN OTHER PLACES WOULDN'T. IT FEELS LIKE AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS OPENED ITS ARMS FOR LEADERSHIP WHEN OTHERS WOULDN'T. AND IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE PART OF RECOGNIZING THIS PARTICULAR HISTORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND JEWISH COMPOSE YOURS WHO SHAPED HOLLYWOOD. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, THIS MUSIC FOR US, AGAIN, FOR MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, IT TRANSCENDED AMERICA. IT WAS WORLDWIDE MUSIC, AND IT WAS GLOBAL MUSIC, AND IT HAS CONTINUED TO BE THE CURRENCY AND THE LANGUAGE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD THINK OF AND SPEAK OF WHEN THEY CONNECT TO AMERICAN HISTORY. AND SO TODAY, AS WE RECOGNIZE THIS AS PART OF JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, TO ME IT IS SO MANY A PART OF MAKES AMERICA SPECIAL AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR HONORING THIS MONTH. HONORING THIS PARTICULAR HISTORY AND ALLOWING US A CHANCE IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO RECOGNIZE PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR WHEN IT FEELS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT TO DO. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU EVERY ONE FOR GIVING ME SOME SPACE TO BE PART OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT RECOGNITION. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR YOUR WORDS. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, OH THERE YOU ARE, HI. YOU'RE NEXT. >> C. Price: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD, YAROSLAVSKY, FOR LEADING US IN THIS IMPORTANT CELEBRATION. OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE MADE A REAL MARK ON OUR CITY, THROUGH MOUSSE PICK, CULINARY ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, BUSINESS STORYTELLING AND SO MUCH MORE. L.A. HAS PAID WITH THE POSITIVE IMPACTS OF JEWISH-AMERICAN CULTURE. THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION IS PERSONAL FOR ME, I'M LUCKY TO HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF MY STAFF WHO ARE MEMBERS OF JEWISH FAITH. OUR CIVIC STARS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. BUT I'M PROUD TO BE A COUNCILMEMBER AT THIS TIME, WHEN L.A. IS SO PROFOUNDLY DIVERSE IN ACCEPTING OF ALL PEOPLE AS EVIDENCE BY OUR ACTIVITIES HERE TODAY. LET THIS BE A DAY TO REMIND FOR ALL OF US THAT WE GOT TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AND AS IT THEY SAY IN THE JEWISH TRADITION, THE FIGHT FOR HE QUIT JUSTICE AND ACCEPTANCE FOR ALL, IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD T.GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO CELEBRATE JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE RESILIENCE THROUGH REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BOTH ACROSS OUR NATION AND RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF LOS ANGELES. FOR GENERATIONS, JEWISH ANGELINOS HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC AND CIVIC LIFES FOR OUR CITY. WE WITNESSED THE FOUNDATIONAL ROLE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY PLAYED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, WE SEE IT IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY IF WE LOOK AT THE GROWTH OF CEDAR-SINAI AN INSTITUTION FOUNDED BY THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. AND EXPERIENCED IN THE FAR WORK OF JEWISH NONPROFITS FIGHTING FOR INJUSTICES EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY. IN THE 10th DISTRICT, WE HAVE THE PICO ROBERTSON COMMUNITY, A STRONG DYNAMIC COMMUNITY AND WE CELEBRATE EVERY YEAR, A FESTIVAL OF LIFE AN EVENT THAT BRINGS ALL FAMILIES TOGETHER WITH PRIDE AND COMPASSION AND UNWAIVERING SENSE OF PURPOSE, WE DEFINE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE RADIANCE ON DISPLAY. THERE IS A PROFOUND INNER WOVEN WAY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE HISTORY AND TODAY COME TOGETHER AND IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE HERITAGE. SO TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE THE MONUMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWISH-AMERICAN COMPOSURE, I'M EXCITED BECAUSE THESE ARTIST HAVE OPEN ANOTHER PROFOUND LAYER INTO THE HOLLYWOOD MOST BELOVED STORIES. THEIR MUSIC ADD A DEBT AND THAT ENRICHES, WE SAW THAT WITH BERN STEIN BY USING, TWO OPPOSING GROUPS IN THAT STORY. OR PEOPLE LIKE RANDY NEWMAN WHO'S MUSIC AND TOY STORY AND PRINCESS AND THE FROG BROUGHT SO MUCH FUN TO OUR BELOVED DISNEY OR MY FAVORITE SONG AND PROBABLY YOURS BY RANDY NEWMAN, I LOVE L.A. WE LOVE IT! SO DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT AGAIN? THESE COMPOSE YOURS ARE LIKE MANY OTHERS, TALENTS TO BRING INFORGETTABLE CINEMA MAGIC THROUGH MUSIC AND THIS REPRESENTS A HUGE IMPACT OF JEWISH COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES AND ACROSS THE WORLD. I WANT TO THANK OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR YOUR RESILIENCE AND CREATIVTY AND LEADERSHIP AND YOUR LOVE FOR OUR CITY. WE HONOR YOUR HERITAGE AND STAND WITH YOU TODAY AND ALWAYS. THANK YOU, MEMBERS. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SO PROUD TO CELEBRATE HERITAGE MONTH. WE SAY THIS EVERY TIME THAT DIVERSITY IS EVERY STRENGTH. I'M PROUD TO WORK WITH SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER WHEN A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN ASIAN PEOPLE WERE BEING SCAPEGOATED BY THE CITY, BY PEOPLE AROUND THIS NATION, IT WAS THE JEWISH-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT CAME TO THE ASIAN COMMUNITY AND TOLD US, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AND HELPED US THROUGH THAT STRUGGLE AND TAUGHT US AND WORK TOGETHER, TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IN CITY OF L.A., THERE IS NO ROOM FOR HATE OF ANY KIND! [APPLAUSE] WHEN THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED, THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS HAPPENED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, AND I REACHED OUT TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND I SAID I FEEL LIKE DOING SOMETHING. AND THEY SIMPLY GO, GO TO YOUR SYNAGOGUE AND SAY YOU SUPPORT THEM. I SAID I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. AND THEY SAID NO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. AND YOU DO HAVE MY SUPPORT, I WISH THE MONEY WERE HAPPY THINGS, COMMUNITY FESTIVALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE TIMES AND BECAUSE OF THE NATION OF WHAT IS GOING AROUND IN OUR WORLD, WE HELPED RAISE ABOUT 300,000 TO OUR SYNAGOGUE TO HELP WITH SECURITY MEASURES. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE PEOPLE CANNOT WORSHIP. IT'S A SHAME THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO TO* SPEND THAT MONEY ON THOSE THINGS. BUT WHETHER IT'S JEWISH, HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITY, IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER WE CAN OVERCOME THIS HATE. AND I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THANK YOU, EVERY ONE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE. NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, HOW MANY COUNCILMEMBER I DON'T --YAROSLAVSKY AND BLUMENFIELD FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. HAPPY JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE JEWISH COMPOSE YOURS WHO ARE PART OF OUR EVERY DAY LIVES. I HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPOSE YOURS BUT DIDN'T KNOW THAT SANTA BABY WAS PART OF THAT LEGACY AND WHO KNEW PHILIPS SPRINGER DIDN'T KNOW THAT TAYLOR SHIFT AND ARIANNA GRANDE WOULD BE PART OF THOSE WHO ALSO SING THOSE SONGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REMINDING US WHAT THIS COMMUNITY MEANS FOR EVERY ONE AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CELEBRATION. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER >> McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A GREAT DAY, I'M SO HAPPY TO CELEBRATE THIS WITH YOU. AND IF ANYONE KNOWS ME, I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THE 1-5, WE HAVE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE 1-5, TEMPLE BETHAL, LAST YEAR, WE CELEBRATED 100 YEARS OF TEMPLE BETH AL FOR 100 YEARS. SXLT THIS WEEK WE'RE SAYING BYE TO RABBI MARV, WE HAVE HE LON DAVIDSON, I KNOW WE HAVE ONE MORE THAN ONE KANTER IN THE ROOM. AND THE ARTS AND THE MUSIC AND THE THEATER I'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT I MENTION FILMS THAT WERE SHOT IN AND AROUND SAN PEDRO THAT INVOLVED JEWISH, SONG WRITERS. AND SCORES. WHILE HE WAS NOT BORN IN OUR CITY, THE LEGENDARY SAUN COMPOSED MOUSSE PICK FOR THE ROCK IN DOWNTOWN SAN PEDRO. AND HE WON COUNTLESS AWARDS. BUT I ALSO HAVE TO POINT OUT THE ADDITIONAL JEWISH COMPOSURE THAT SHOT IN THE 1-5, INCLUDED MARK SHAMEMAN OF A FEW GOOD MEN FILMED AT FORT McARTHUR AND JERRY GOLDSMITH OF CHINA TOWN. COMPOSED AT PASEO DEL MAR, THAT'S THE GAME WE PLAY IN 1-5 TO SAY THAT'S WHERE I LIVE. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO NOT ONLY TO THE 1-5 BUT TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND TO MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, I PRACTICE LAW IN L.A. FOR 40 YEARS, SO I REALLY I GOT TO LEARN SOME JIDISH AND SORT OF THE ETHIC OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WHICH IS STICK UP FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T STICK UP FOR THEMSELVES AND HANG TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT YOU KEEP A TIGHT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AND BLESS YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL MONTH. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, NEXT I'M GOING TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND OPEN IT UP TO ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. AND NEXT WE'LL OPEN UP IT FOR THE MUSIC. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP ON BRINGING IN FORWARD. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON THE DAILY BASIS AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF A COMMUNITY THAT IS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE FABRIC OF LOS ANGELES AND THE UNITED STATES. LOS ANGELES AND IN THAT VAIN, LOS ANGELES WOULD NOT BE THE WORLD CAPITOL OF POP CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, IF, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY. AND THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY AS WE KNOW IT IS LARGELY THE CREATION OF JEWISH IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEUR WHETHER IT'S THE WARNER BROTHERS, LASKI, COHEN, LENLY OR SUKH ZUCKER AND EVERY ETHNIC. THE MIEX OF HOLLYWOOD WAS THE COMPOSURE OF JEWISH COMPOSERS, MANY FROM GERMANY OR AUSTRIA WHETHER IT'S STEINBERGH, GOLDMAN THAT IS WHAT MAKES OUR COUNTRY SO VIBRANT. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT EVERY ONE HAS DONE AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF MUSIC, IT'S ALL THE AREAS THAT NOBODY WANTS TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME IN IT, THE GARMENT INDUSTR, THE TRASH INDUSTRY, THE DRY-CLEANING, THE TAXI YOU GO TO ANY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD AND YOU SEE WHO IS WORKING AT THESE TRADES, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S USUALLY THE MOST RECENTLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. THEY GROW IT, THEY MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL, AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE TREMENDOUS TITANS OF INDUSTRIES DEVELOPING ALL FROM A SMALL PLACE WHERE NOBODY ELSE WANTED TO TOUCH. SO THAT TO ME SPEAKS TO THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE RECOGNITION OF BRINGING THAT FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND BLUMENFIELD. AND I WAS INCREDIBLY THRILLED TO SEE THE THEME OF THE CELEBRATION TODAY. BECAUSE, BEFORE DECIDING THAT MY VOICE WOULD BE USED IN POLITICS ADVOCATING FOR MY COMMUNITY, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE USED IN MUSICAL THEATER. SO THE THEME FOR ME IS REALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE COMPOSERS THAT WE'RE HONORING AND CELEBRATING THE LEGACY, WE'RE VERY MUCH SMFT VERY SONGS THAT I SANG ON THE STAGE WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL AND ALMOST PURSUED PROFESSIONALLY BUT DECIDED TO USE MY VOICE IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND PROUD OF THE CHOICE THAT I MADE BUT VERY CONTINUE TO BE INFLUENCED BECAUSE IT'S THE MUSIC THAT KEEPS ME GOING SO OFTEN IN SOME OF OUR DARKEST MOMENTS, IT'S THE WORDS THAT EMPOWER AND LIFT UP SO MANY COMMUNITIES. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO CELEBRATE WITH ALL OF YOU THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CONTINUE TO ENDURE FROM THE JEWISH-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THAT HELPED TO WRITE THE MUSIC AND THE STORY LINES THAT CONTINUE TO UPLIFT OUR LIVES AND SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES. HAPPY JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS. OH, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, SO MUCH, TODAY HAS BEEN A JOYOUS DAY IN COUNCIL. IT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY, WITH YOU IS TOTALLY OUR STRENGTH, I REPRESENT HIGHLAND PARK EAGLE PARK, WHICH IS HOME TO YSABEL TEMPLE, MY NAME IS ON THE BOARD. I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY JEWISH-AMERICAN MONTH. I LISTEN TO THEM WHEN I BIKE THROUGH L.A. AND IMAGINE THAT I'M A MAGICAL RIDE MYSELF. AND I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ BARS. CAN YOU DO THE WIZARD OF OZ, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT ON THE FLOOR. HAPPY JEWISH-AMERICAN MONTH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> K. Yaroslavsky: SO BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE MUSICAL PIECE, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. A BUNCH OF AMAZING PEOPLE FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HERE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LAUSD SCHOOL MEMBER, CHARLOTTE WHO IS NOT JEWISH BUT A STRONG ADVOCATE AT LAUSD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND JOINING US TODAY. NEXT, I THINK WE'VE DONE ABOUT THE TALKING. THE ONLY WAY TO HONOR THE LEGACY IS TO SING THEIR SONGS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME FOLKS WHO WILL DO JUST THAT. EMILY, JULIA GOGLIA AND PETER WHITE WHO ARE GOING TO SING AS MANY OF THESE SONGS AS POSSIBLE IN UNDER 10 MINUTES. THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IS ALL YOURS. [APPLAUSE] [MUSIC] ♪ ♪ SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW WAY UP HIGH ♪ ♪ THERE IS A MAN THAT I HEARD OF ONCE IN A LULLABY ♪ >> Speaker: HELLO EVERYBODY WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE COMPOSE YOURS, WE TRY TO FIT THEM INTO THIS MEDLEY. PLEASE JOIN US AND. LE♪ BE OUR GUEST, BE OUR GUEST PUT OUR SERVICE TO THE TEST ♪ [SINGING] ♪ TRY THE GRAY STUFF. IT'S DELICIOUS. >> DON'T BELIEVE ME IT'S THE DISHES ♪ GO ON AND FOLD YOUR MENU, TAKE A GLANCE, BE OUR GUEST BE OUR GUEST. ♪ THERE IS NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOWBIZ LIKE NO BUSINESS I KNOW ♪ EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS APPEALING ♪ ♪ EVERYTHING THE TRAFFIC WILL ALLOW ♪ NOWHERE CAN YOU GET THAT HAPPY FEELING WHEN YOU ARE STEALING ♪ ♪ IT'S SUPER CALILICIOUS EXTRAPREKOESH ABESER SUPER GRAPHFACUOUS. AND HOW WOULD WE KNOW WHAT ROMANCE SOUNDED LIKE WITHOUT THESE CLASSICS? ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH, SOME DAY, WHEN I'M AWFULLY LOW, WHEN THE WORLD IS COLD, I'LL FEEL THE GROW JUST THINKING OF YOU AND THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT ♪ ♪ NOBODY DOES IT BETTER MAKES ME FEEL SAD FOR THE REST ♪ NOBODY DOES IT HALF AS GOOD AS YOU ♪ ♪ BABY, YOU'RE THE BEST ♪ ♪ BUT, YOU SAY YOU PO TATO AND I SAY POTA TOMATO, TOMATOE, LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF ♪ LET'S CUT THE WHOLE THING OFF ♪ ♪ MEMORIES, LIKE THE CORNERS. ♪ RAIN DROPS KEEP ON FALLING ON MY HEAD ♪ ♪ WHAT A COLOR MEMORIES ♪ OF THE WAY YOU WERE ♪ RAIN DROPS KEEP FALLING ON ME ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME WHEN THE ROAD IS ROUGH AHEAD AND YOU'RE MILES AND MILES FROM YOUR NICE WARM BED ♪ JUST REMEMBER WHAT YOUR OL' PAL SAID ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ AND WHAT WOULD THE SOUND TRACK OF OUR CHILDHOOD BE LIKE WITHOUT THESE CLASSICS, WE THOUGHT WEED --WE'D SHOW YOU A FEW OF OUR FAVORITES. ♪ I HAVE OFTEN DREAMED OF A FAR OFF PLACE ♪ ♪ WHERE A HERO IS WELCOME WILL BE WAITING FOR ME ♪ ♪ WHERE THE CROWDS WILL CHEER ♪ WHEN THEY SEE MY FACE ♪ ♪ AND A VOICE KEEPS SAYING, THIS IS WHERE I'M MEANT TO BE ♪ I'LL BE THERE SOME DAY ♪ ♪ I CAN GO THE DISTANCE ♪ ♪ I WILL FIND MY WAY IF I CAN BE STRONG ♪ ♪ I KNOW EVERY MILE WILL BE WORTH MY WHILE ♪ ♪ WHEN I GO THE DISTANCE, I'LL BE RIGHT WHERE I BELONG ♪ ♪ I WANT WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SEE WANT TO SEE THEM DANCING ♪ WALKING ON THOSE WHAT IS THAT WORD AGAIN? OH FEET ♪ YES ♪ UP WHERE THEY WALK, UP WHERE THEY RUN WHERE THEY PLAY ALL DAY ♪ ♪ WISH I COULD BE PART OF THAT WORLD ♪ ♪ A WHOLE NEW WORLD ♪ ♪ A HUNDRED THOUSAND DREAMS TO SEE ♪ ♪ I'M LIKE A SHOOTING STAR ♪ ♪ I'VE COME SO FAR I CAN'T COME BACK TO WHERE I USED TO BE ♪ ♪ NEW HORIZONS ♪ ♪ I'LL TAKE THEM ANYWHERE, IT'S TIME TO SHARE, LET ME SHARE THIS WHOLE NEW WORLD WITH YOU ♪ ♪ WHO'S AFRAID OF BIG BAD WOLF ♪ LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ AND WHAT WOULD OUR CLASSIC AMERICAN HOLIDAY SOUND LIKE WITHOUT THESE SONGS WRITTEN BIJOU --BY JEWISH COMPOSERS. ♪ IN YOUR EASTER BONNET ♪ YOU'LL BE THE GRANDEST LADY IN THE EASTER PARADE ♪ ♪ BOYS AND GIRLS OF EVERY AGE WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING STRANGE COME WITH ME AND YOU SHALL SEE ♪ ♪ IN THIS TOWN OF HOLLYWOOD, SHOULDS HOLLYWOOD PUMPKIN SCREAM IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT ♪ ♪ THIS IS HALLOWEEN ♪ ♪ I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ WITH EVERY CHRISTMAS CARD I <u>RITE ♪</u> ♪ MAY YOUR DAYS BE MERRY ♪ ♪ AND BRIGHT, AND MAY ALL YOUR CHRISTMASES BE WHITE ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ THESE SONGS .S THANK YOU. THESE SONGS HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND IT'S AMAZE THATING WE'RE ALL STILL SO FAMILIAR WITH THEM. >> YES, THEY'RE STILL VERY VERY POPULAR. WHAT? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SUPER SUPER POPULAR. ♪ YOU'RE SO RIGHT AND IT CAN JUST KEEP GOING, IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH THEY'RE? ♪ UNLIMITED ♪ TOGETHER WE'RE UNLIMITED ♪ TOGETHER WE'LL BE THE GREATEST TEAM THERE IS EVER BEEN♪ DREAMS THE WAY WE PLANNED THEM ♪ IF WE WORK IN TANDEM ♪ ♪ THERE IS NO FIGHT WE CANNOT WIN MAO*UFS JUST YOU AND I ♪ ♪ DEFYING GRAVITY ♪ WE'RE UNITIED BY GRAVITY ♪ ♪ THEY'LL NEVER BRING US DOWN ♪ ♪ IT'S A WORLD OF LAUGHTER A WORLD *F TEARS, IT'S A WORLD OF HOPE A WORLD OF FEARS ♪ ♪ THERE IS A WORLD THAT SHARE, IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL ♪ ♪ SING WITH US! IT IS♪ IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL ♪ ♪ IT'S A SMALL, SMALL WORLD ♪ ♪ IT'S A SMALL, SMALL WORLD ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THAT WAS FANTASTIC, LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR JULIA AND EMILY AND PETER WHITE. IT WAS AMAZING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION PLEASE JOIN US IN THE FOR COURT FOR FOOD. THANK YOU. IF THE PEOPLE FROM THIS PRESENTATION, CAN CLEAR OUT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS TRYING TO GET IN. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR THIS PRESENTATION, CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT, AS WE TRANSITION, TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, EARLIER WE HAD A CHANCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER, FROM THE L.A. BOARD OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL MEMBER NUGLE. WE ALSO FROM THE PASADENA SCHOOL DISTRICT, SCHOOL BOARD PATRICE MckENZIE, LET'S GIVE PATRICE A HAND TOO. THERE SHE IS. ALL RIGHT, LADIES. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN PARK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BIGGER THAN US IS IN THE HOUSE. COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES WHO I THINK WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY HERE TO JOIN ME IN JUST A MOMEN. >> C. Price: OKAY, WE CAN WAIT FOR A SECOND. >> T. Park: THAT IS A HARD CELEBRATION TO FOLLOW. THE ROOM WAS PAL PABLE. I'M HAPPY TO KICKOFF IN ANOTHER SPECIAL PRESENTATION. FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, IT'S BIGGER THAN US. LET ME JUST SAY, BIGGER THAN US IS DOING THE GRASS ROOT WORK THAT EVERY CITY NEEDS. MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND HELPING THEM MOVE FORWARD. WHAT BEGAN AS POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION IN L.A. HAS GROWN IN SOMETHING REMARKABLE AND MUCH MUCH BIGGER. THERE ARE NOW CITY WIDE MOVEMENT HELPING FAMILIES PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND HELPING STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES AND MOST RECENTLY LIFTING UP PEOPLE FROM THE DEVASTATING FIRES FROM RESOURCE AND TAX PREP PROGRAMMING, EVERYTHING THEY DO IS WITH INTENTION, IT'S THOUGHTFUL, AND IT'S IMPACTFUL. WHEN THE FIRES HIT IN JANUARY, IT'S BIGGER THAN US, SHOWED UP AND SHOWED US WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. AT THE HUB ONE STOP SHOP FOR RELIEF IN THE CRENSHAW COMMUNITY, THEY CREATED A SPACE FOR WELLNESS, RECOVERY, AND COMMUNITY ALL UNDER ONE ROOF. AND THEN, THEY BROUGHT THOSE SAME SERVICES TO OAK WOOD IN MY DISTRICT, HELPING DISPLACE RESIDENTS WITH EVERYTHING FROM TAXES TO HOUSING SUPPORT. GEP BRINGING JOY, CONNECTION AND HEALING. AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE'RE NOT DONE, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. CD11 PROUD TO BE YOUR PARTNER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MORE TOGETHER IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AWAY. WE'VE GOT A VIDEO THAT SHOWCASES JUST A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN UP TO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> HI IT'S DANIELE FROM IT'S BIGGER THAN US. WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT RESOURCES AND ESSENTIALS TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HAD EVERYTHING FROM LULULEMON CLOTHES TO PRODUCTS TO DIAPERS BABY TO BABY AND SO MUCH MORE. WE'VE BEEN PART ENERGY WITH SCHOOLS. SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILWOMAN TRACI PARK FOR HELPING US. WE COULD NOT DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT HER. THANK YOU GUYS. >> HI I'M AUGUST I'M WITH THE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION. WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR THE PRETAX INFORMATION, WE ARE PARTNER WITH THE L.A. CITY AND IT'S BIGGER THAN US. TO FOR THE COMMISSION, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET YOUR TAXES FREE AND GET YOUR REFUND AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. >> T. Park: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VIDEO. AND STIE RON I WANT TO SAY WHEN YOU CAME OUT TO OAK WOOD, IT WAS A GRAY RAINY DAY, WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT ATTENDANCE, WAS ANYBODY GOING TO SHOW UP AND WORTH OUR TIME? BUT I TELL YOU WHAT? YOU TURNED UP THE MUSIC, YOU BROUGHT THE JOY AND DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DAY DANCE THAT AFTERNOON AT OAK WOOD AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE THERE AND TO PIT YOUR ACTS OF SERVICE THAT HAVE LIFTED UP MY CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS IN AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME OF NEED. NOW IT'S TIME TO TURN THE MIC OVER TO MY ESTEEMED COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS-DAWSON. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTING TO US. IT'S BIGGER THAN US, THERE IS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THEM, THEY STARTED IN 2020, THEY WORKED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, LINING UP TO HELP PEOPLE WIN AND WHERE THEY NEED IT. AND THERE IS A LOT TO APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION. THE THING I APPRECIATE MOST AND I TRY TO REMIND TIE RON--TYRONE, THEY TO LOSE THIS ENERGY, THEY DON'T WAIT FOR A CITY COUNCIL MOTION, THEY JUST DO THE WORK NA NEEDS TO BE DONE AND IF THEY NEED MORE PEOPLE, THEY CALL MORE PEOPLE. IF THEY NEED RESOURCES, THEY CALL US. IN THE CASE OF THE, FIRES AND THE PALISADES, THEY CALLED US AND US AND WE NEED SOME HELP BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT SOME FOODS. AND WE HELPED THEM STORE. WE FOUND A PLACE AND LESS THAN TEN DAYS LETTER, WE WERE LIKE WE NEED MUCH CENTER. AND THEY ENDED UP IN THE CLOSED SEARS DEPARTMENT STORE WITH FULL OF RESOURCES, BUT ALSO SERVICES FOR FOLKS WHO NEEDED HELP FROM THE FIRES. SO THAT'S THE SPIRIT I THINK THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF FOR ITS BIGGER THAN US AND TO SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND BROADER LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT OF THE 10th DISTRICT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN TRACI PARK FOR BRINGING THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION TO CHAMBERS TODAY. TYRONE AND MOLLY, I'M A FAN IN CD10. THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING SURE THAT CONSTITUENTS GET THINGS THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY NEEDED FOR MANY MANY YEARS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK. I WANT TO CALL IT, IT'S BIGGER THINKING THAN US, BECAUSE THEY GO OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TO GET THINGS DONE. EVERY SINGLE DAY, THEY PROVIDE ESSENTIAL RELIEF TO SO MANY FAMILIES, PROVIDING FOOD, DIAPERS ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SERVICES. BUT THEY GO FAR BEYOND CHARITY BECAUSE THEY ALSO WORK TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S BIGGER THAN US, LIVES UP TO ITS POWERFUL MONIKER BY ACTIVELY ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY, THEY SHOWCASE A VITAL TRUTH THAT IS SHAPING A LASTING LEGACY FOR LOS ANGELES THA. DEMANDS THIS KIND OF COMMITMENT OUT OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. THROUGH THEIR WORK THEY INSPIRE ANGELINOS TO BUILD A BIGGER BRIGHTER FUTURE. BUT WHAT MAKES ORGANIZATION TRULY REMARK IS NOT WHAT THEY DO IT'S HOW TO THIS DO WITH EMPATHY AND RESPECT AND FAMILY AND ON ANY GIVEN FRIDAY, YOU CAN SEE TYRONE'S MOM IS OUT THERE MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED. EVERY MEAL SERVES EVERY DOOR OPENED IS A STATEMENT THAT EVERY ONE DESERVES A CHANCE AND OUR COLLECTIVE HUMANITY IS NOT ONLY AS STRONG AS ONLY AS STRONG AS OUR COMPASSION FOR ONE ANOTHER. WHEN THE FIRES BROKE, THAT FOLLOWING WEEKEND, I WENT TO THEIR VERY SMALL PLACE ON CRENSHAW AND IT WAS HUMANITY AT ITS BEST. WHERE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT IMPACTED BY FIRES WERE COMING TO BRING BRAND NEW FRESH THINGS, DIAPERS, CLOTHES WITH TAGS, WATER, THINGS THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULD GIVE AND THAT WAS REPOSITORY IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE TRUSTED RESOURCE. WHEN THE FIRE STRUCK ITS BIGGER THAN US, IF YOU LET TYRONE TELL IT, YOU WILL REMIND YOU THAT HE WOKE UP TO DO SOMETHING AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAW HIM DO. REALLY WE WITNESSED, HE HITED SUFFERING AND HE SOFRD SOLACE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUOUSLY ACTING WITH PURPOSE AND DRIVING OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD AND LOVE. YOUR ACTIONS DURING THE CHALLENGING TIME PERFECTLY MIRROR A COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY AND SETS A POWERFUL STANDARD FOR ALL *F US. I'M SO GLAD THAT COUNCILMEMBER PARK IS ACKNOWLEDGING YOU BOTH TODAY AND THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE FOLKS THAT VOLUNTEER FOR THE ORGANIZATION ARE SO AMAZING, THAT IF YOU EVER GO THERE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO STEAL ONE. OH I THINK, I DID! [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HUTT. I WANT TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT HOW YOU AND I FIRST MET. IT'S INDICATIVE OF HOW YOU AND MOLLY AND YOUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION WAS. I DID NOT KNOW TYRONE AND IT'S BIGGER THAN US BACK IN THE DAY, WE HAD NEVER MET BEFORE. AND NOT LONG AFTER THE JANUARY FIRES, MY TEAM AND I WERE OUTDOING A TRASH CLEAN UP, I DON'T KNOW KNOW HOW YOU KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BE OUT TL. >> ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> T. Park: I GUESS PEOPLE DO FOLLOW ME. HE WENT TO PARTICIPATE ON THE CLEAN UP AND TYRONE CAME UP TO ME AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF IT WAS WITH INTENTION, AND IT WAS IN SERVICE, TO HELPING THE THOUSANDS OF MIE CONSTITUENTS AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THAT HE HAD NEVER MET BEFORE. AND WHEN WE AGREED THAT WE WOULD PARTNER AND START TRYING TO DO SOME THINGS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, I WAS HOPEFUL THAT HE WOULD SHOW UP. HE DIDN'T JUST SHOW UP, HE SHOWED UP BIG, HIM AND MOLLY AND THE ENTIRE TEAM AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW UP! AND NOT JUST DOING RESOURCES FARES, DOING BEACH CLEAN UPS AND ANSWERING EVERY CALL, LOOKING FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND DOING THOSE THINGS WITHOUT BEING ASKED TO DO IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND THAT IS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE NEED IN OUR CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND WHAT MAKES IT SUCH AN INCREDIBLE HONOR, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND MAYOR BASS HERSELF TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND IT'S BIGGER THAN US FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO SUPPORT ANGELINOS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: LET'S GIVE A HAND TO COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND HUTT AND MARQUEECE DAWSON FOR BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION TO US TODAY. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING TYRONE AND MOLLY ON THE GROUND. THEY WERE IN BALDWIN HILLS AT THE TIME, IN LA MER PARK GATHERING AND GOING TO PASADENA TO PASS THOSE SUPPLIES OUT AS THEY HAD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND FINALLY, THE NOW AND BALDWIN HILLS IN THE MALL, VERY UNIQUE SPOT DESIGNED BY MOLLY AND THAT'S BEEN SERVING WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU EMPOWER, AND YOU SERVE, YOU DO IT SIMULTANEOUSLY AND IT'S BEEN VERY AFFECTIVE. CONGRATULATIONS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> T. Park: AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TYRONE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> GOOD MORNING, CAN THANK YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE RECOGNITION. ON BEHALF OF IT'S BIGGER THAN US, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK AND HER ENTIRE OFFICE. [APPLAUSE] AND ALSO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN HEATHER HUTT AND MARQUEECE DAWSON AND COUNCILMEMBER CURREN PRICE AS WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR TEAM IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, PARTNERING WITH YOU IS ALSO PARTNERING WITH YOUR ENTIRE TEAM AND EVERYBODY ACROSS THE CITY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL IN THEIR LEADERSHIP. AS A FOUND OF THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION, BORN AND RAITZED IN SOUTH CENTRAL, A PROUD ANGELINO AND GRADUATE OF CRENSHAW HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW OPERATING OUR HEADQUARTERS IN THE VERY COMMUNITY I WAS ABLE TO GROW UP IN IS TRULY A DREAM. IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. NOW WE'RE REACHING THE ENTIRE CITY AND WE CONTINUALLY GO DEEPER AS WE'RE BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS. SO BEING A SERVANT LEADER AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT PURPOSE AND COMMUNITY, HAS BEEN TRULY A JOURNEY AND IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND HERE TODAY. IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND WITH MOLLY OUR COO AND SOME OF OUR LEAD VOLUNTEERS TO TALK ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BRIDGE THE GAPS. IN ORDER TO BRIDGE GAPS YOU NEED BRIDGE BUILDERS. BEING AT THE INTERSECTION OF IMPACT, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT LOOKS LIKE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND CONTINUING TO FIND WAYS TO BE A SOLUTION. WE'RE SO HAPPY AND THANKFUL TO BE RECOGNIZED NOT JUST FOR US BUT FOR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND THE FAMILIES WE GET TO SERVE AND AND YEAH, THAT'S IT. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK AND THANK YOU IT'S BIGGER THAN US. LET'S GIVE IT UP AGAIN FOR AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY BASE ORGANIZATION DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSE. OKAY. WE'RE READY TO TRANSITION TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. LEAD BY CD10. >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS. IN HONOR OF 100tH BIRTHDAY OF MALCOLM X I'M GRATEFUL TO PROMOTING THE LEGACY OF MALCOLM X AND THAT'S MR. ANDRE AND MR. TORERENS. THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING AND SUSTAINING THE LOS ANGELES MALCOLM X FESTIVAL. THE FESTIVAL WHICH BEGAN IN 1993 IS A LIVING TESTAMENT TO MALCOLM X ENDURING INFLUENCE IT OFFERS ECLECTIC MIX AND A SPACE FOR INTELLECTUAL CHANGE THAT ENSURE THAT THE POWERFUL LEGACY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER REMAINS ALIVE AND RELEVANT. THE MALCOLM X INTRODUCES MALCOLM X TO NEW GENERATIONS IT CONNECTS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THESE IDEAS AND PASSION AND UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO HUMAN DIGITY. IT REMINDS US ALL OF OUR OWN POWER AND IF WE BELIEVE CHANGE, WE SEE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. BUT WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT MALCOLM X LEGACY WILL BE CEMENTED IN THE LEGACY OF OUR CITY, THEY HAVE HAD A DREAM FOR OVER THREE DECADES TO HONOR MALCOLM X WITH A STREET THAT BARES HIS NAME. ON SATURDAY, WE WILL UNMAIL MALCOLM X WAY DEDICATING A FIVE-MILE STRETCH OF CRENSHAW BOULEVARD TO THIS EXTRAORDINARY MAN. AS YOUR COUNCILWOMAN I'M DEEPLY MOVED AND INSPIRED WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR PROGRESS. WE STRIFE FOR EVEN TODAY. THE MALCOLM X WILL BE MORE THAN A STREET NAME IT'S A RECOGNITION OF PROFOUND IMPACT OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY, AND OUR WORLD. THANK YOU. NOW ANDRE IS GOING TO SPEAK. >> Speaker: IT'S A PLEASURE. WHAT A PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE, AS A FORMER CITY PLANNER, HERE, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS HONORED IN THIS VERY SAME ROOM. AND AFTER LEAVING CITY PLANNING, I BEGAN WORK AS A STATE COMMISSIONER AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THIS WONDERINGFUL ORGANIZATION, FAMILY INCORPORATED THAT IN MY VIEW IS ONE OF THE MOST PROACTIVE COMMUNITY ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THIS VERY SAME ROOM AFTER WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR 15 YEARS. AND I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE HERE TO BE HONORED, I'VE COME HERE AND I, AND I'VE SEEN, LIKE I SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGED. IT'S SO GOOD TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR DOING SOMETHING GOOD IN MY GOOD WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HAVE MY NAME MENTION IN ADJOURNMENT. SO IT'S A REAL PLEASURE BEING HERE. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN HUTT, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR TAKING THIS ON AND WE'RE DOING SOME GOOD WORK AND WE WANT YOU TO COME ON AND SUPPORT OUR FURTHER EFFORTS. THANK YOU AGAIN. >> H. Hutt: HERE'S A CERTIFICATE FOR ANDRE IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. AND THIS ONE IS FOR FAMILY NEEDS. >> GIVING THANKS TO MY ELDERS AND OUR HIGHER POWER. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY. I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCILWOMAN HEATHER HUTT FOR HAVING THE TENACITY AND COURAGE AND LOVE TO DEAL WITH THE LEGACY OF MALCOLM X. LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MARQUEECE, THANK YOU ALL WHO VOTED FOR THIS INITIATIVE. AND I WANT TO SAY THE IMPOTENCE FOR THIS WHOLE MALCOLM X PIECE THAT WE DO IS FOR THE YOUTH AND MALCOLM ONCE SAID, OF ALL OUR STUDIES HISTORY IS BEST QUALIFIED TO REWARD OUR RESEARCH. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LOOKING BACK TO KNOW THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING AND DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IN, WE'RE VERY HONORED TO BE HERE AND WE HOPE EVERYBODY CAN BE EMBRACE EVERYBODY'S IDEAOLOGIES. UP, UP, AND NEVER DOWN. PIECE, LOVE AND SOUL, THANK YOU. >> M. Harris-Dawson: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. I REMEMBER GOING TO MEETINGS MANY MANY YEARS AGO, AND ANDRE, AND TORY JUST, YOU GUYS JUST POUNDING AND POUNDING AND DOING THE WORK TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE YOU RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, A FEW THINGS ABOUT MALCOLM X THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TODAY, WHAT IS ONE MALCOLM X DID A LOT IN LOS ANGELES THAT DOES NOT GET PUBLICIZED, IT DIDN'T MAKE THE MOVIE AND PARTS HIGHLIGHT THED IN THE BOOK, MALCOLM X ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF WORK IN LOS ANGELES THAT EVERY ANGELINO OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF THAT HISTORY. AND ALSO A DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME IN HISTORY, POPULAR CULTURE REJECTS PEOPLE LIKE MALCOLM X BECAUSE THEY TALK TOUGH AND DIRECTLY TO WHITE SUPREMACY AND COMPROMISE ING ABOUT THE POLITICAL SITUATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN. YOU'RE HOLDING IT UP WHEN IT'S POPULAR AND WHEN IT'S NOT POPULAR IS AN IMPORTANT GIFT TO ALL OF US THAT I HOPE GENERATIONS THAT COME APPRECIATE, AND ENACT ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> C. Price: THANK YOU. >> H. Soto-Martinez: YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS TODAY. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERY ONE HERE CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF MALCOLM X. I'VE SHARED THIS QUITE A BIT, MALCOLM X IS MY NUMBER ONE HERE O WHEN I THINK OF ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE THE WORLD, HE IS MY FAVORITE. WHEN I READ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X IT RESONATED WITH MY UPBRINGING, WITH SOMEBODY WHO GOT IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AND CONSTANTLY REIMAGINING HIMSELF AND RECREATING HIMSELF EVERY SINGLE TIME, HE WAS DEDICATE TODAY LEARNING AND READING AND ALWAYS WILLING TO ACCEPT NEW FACTS AND CHANGING HIS OPINION UNTIL HIS VERY LAST BREATH, HE DISPLAYED THAT. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THAT BIXER I REALLY RECOMMEND TO FOLKS, IT WILL DISPLAY HOW RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY, AND OF COURSE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY NO COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HARMED AS MUCH AS THE BLACK COMMUNITY HERE IN AMERICA. IF YOU EVER VISIT MY APARTMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A REALLY BIG PICTURE OF MALCOLM X, OVERSEES ME EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I WANT TO SHARE MY FAVORITE QUOTE OF MALCOLM X, IT'S ONE THAT I THINK ABOUT A LOT. IT SAYS, IF YOU STICK A KNIFE I MY BACK NINE INCHES AND PULL IT OUT SIX INCHES, THERE IS NO PROGRESS. IF YOU PULL IT OUT ALL THE WAY, THAT'S NOT PROGRESS, THE PROGRESS IS HEALING THE WOUND THAT THE BLOW MADE AND AMERICA WON'T EVEN ADMIT THAT THERE IS A KNIFE. I LOVE THAT QUOTE, IT'S JUST B IT'S ABOUT UNDOING ALL THE HARM THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS DONE TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE NATIVE COMMUNITY AND THE LATINO COMMUNITY, SO MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN HARMED BY THIS IDEAOLOGY OF WHITE SUPREMACY. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, YOU BRIGHTENED MY DAY EVEN MORE AFTER THE MUSIC. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND EVERY ONE THAT IS HERE TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE WARRIORS THESE WARRIORS AND WE KNOW THAT AND ANDRE AND COREY HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME. WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE EVOLUTION OF THOUGHT OVERTIME THAT HAS REALLY BROUGHT GREATER ACCEPTANCE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MALCOLM, HIS WORDS AND WISDOM. WE SEE THE CLIPS NOW, AND YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT SUCH A RADICAL, HE'S RIGHT IN LINE WITH THINKING WITH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND HOW BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO COME TOGETHER, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THIS MALCOLM WAY IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT. WE KNEW SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE CREATED ACORNER --A CORNER AND CIRCLE FOR MALCOLM X, THIS WILL BE A CONTINUING PART OF THE SPIRIT AND SUPPORT AND THE LOVE MAN THAT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. AS WE KNOW NOW, HE WAS A GREAT AMERICAN AND HE MADE A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> >> Y. Jurado:, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND ALL OF THE ADVOCATES HERE FOR HONORING MALCOLM X THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. LIKE COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, I'VE BEEN INSPIRED BY HIS WORK, GONE EVEN FURTHER AND REALLY TRIED TO EN VIEW INTER COMMUNALISM INTO THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HERE IN CITY COUNCIL AND AS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF ONE DENSES BLACK POPULATION IN THE CITY THAT IS UNHOUSED I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY SO STANDING WITH MY COLLEAGUES. I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MOMENT FOR LIBERATION AND SELF DETERMINATION BECAUSE NAMING, IS PART OF THAT AND THE MEMORIALIZING THE MALCOLM X TO HAVE US NEVER FORGET IS VERY IMPORTANT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK AND DILIGENCE TO THE ADVOCATES HERE FOR MAKING YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMUNITY, SEEN, HEARD AND MAKE THISING PERMANENT CHANGE IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR KIND WORDS OF INSPIRATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO BRINGING OUR CITY TO A WHOLE AND MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE DIVERSITY THAT WE EXPERIENCE TODAY. IT REALLY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN SAID IT EARLIER, IT REALLY FEELS GOOD TO BE IN THIS PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY IS SEEN AND ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKE THISING A BEAUTIFUL CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SHOUT OUT TO CAPTAIN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, LEAD ANOTHER VERY VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION THIS MORNING, LEAD BY OUR COUNCIL RAMAN OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT. >> N. Raman: OKAY, BACK HERE ONE MORE TIME, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE DAY, COME, YEAH, COME JOIN US. CAUSE TODAY, MARKS WELL WEDNESDAY MARKED, WEDNESDAY MARKED THE 90th BIRTHDAY OF OUR GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY. A REMARKABLE INSTITUTION. IT'S THE MOST VISITED PUBLIC OBSERVATORY ON THE PLANET WITH 1.8 MILLION VISITORS ANNUAL LEE ANN INCREDIBLE NUMBERS AND IT MANAGES TO HOST THIS MANY VISITORS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. KRUPP WHO IS A AMBASSADOR FOR THE TEE AND --OBSERVATORY. THEY LEARNED HOW TO NAVIGATE BIT STARS. IN 19 95 OBSERVATORY SHOWCASED IN A FILM. APOLLO ASTRONAUTS TRAINED IS THERE AND IN 1995 HALEY'S COMMENT BROUGHT UNPRECEDENTED CROWDS WITH MORE PEOPLE VIEWING THE COMET HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELTS. I THINK FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES AND WHO VISIT GRIFFITH PARK AND OBSERVATORY, MY MEMBER PRAOEZ AND SO MANY OF OUR MEMORIES OF VISIT THISING OBSERVATORY, ARE SHROUDED. IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE AT SUNSET, YOU KNOW HOW MYSTICAL IS. WHETHER IT'S JUST GOING THERE TO START YOUR HIKES AS I DID COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH MY KIDS TO EARN THEIR FIRST CUB SCOUT BADGE. AND THE VERY PRESENCE OF THE LOCATION MAKES IT A PLACE WHICH, LIFTS YOU UP, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING THROUGH ITS TELESCOPE IT BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO THE STARS. AND THIS WEEK I HAD HAD THE PRIVILEGE ON WEDNESDAY OF JOINING THE OBSERVATORY AND WE WATCHED TOGETHER AS A SUNSET ACCOMPANIED BY A TUMOSH SONG AND IT WAS REMARKABLE AND AS WE HEAD INTO A TIME WHERE WE'RE HOPING THAT MILLIONS OF MORE TOURIST WILL BE VISITING OUR CITY FOR BIG EVENTS, WE KNOW MANY WILL BE COMING TO THE OBSERVE TORI AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE PART OF LOS ANGELES. AND AS WE'RE CONSIDERING A TOUGH BUDGET PROCESS, I CANNOT HELP BUT TO STRESS THAT WE EN TOUR THE OBSERVATORY HAS WHAT IT NEEDS TO SHOWCASE LOS ANGELES. AND WITH THAT I WANT TO WISH THE OBSERVATORY A HAPPY 90th BUT THINGER DAY AND YOU HAVE A GIFT BAG FROM THE OBSERVATORY TODAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS. I DO THANK YOU FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO CELEBRATE THE OBSERVATORY 90th BIRTHDAY T.BECAME AND REMAINS AS YOU HEARD, FROM THE COUNCILMEMBER THE MOST VISITED PUBLIC OBSERVATORY ON EARTH, ACTUALLY IN THE WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM, PROBABLY IN THE ENTIRE MILKY WAY GALAXY. THE OBSERVATORY IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IT AWARDS 1.8 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR FROM ALL ALL OVER THE PLANET AND LOS ANGELES AND IT HAS BEEN IN SO MANY MOTION PICTURES, IT SHOULD HAVE A STAR DOWN IN THE BOULEVARD. THE OBSERVATORY IS NOT JUST A PRET OTHER FACE, IT'S EYEBALL TO THE UNIVERSE AND INSPIRED THEM TO OBSERVE, PONDER AND UNDERSTAND THE SKY. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ASTRONOMY, IT'S ABOUT ASTRONOMY AND PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT MEANING, COMMUNITY, PERSPECTIVE AND WONDER. AS YOU KNOW, GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY IS OWNED BIT RECREATION AND PARKS AND PARTNERED BY THE OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR ADVOCACY, I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE JOINED BY GENERAL MANAGER JIMMY KIM AND GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ELIZABETH GREEN LAY AND ESSENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE OBSERVATORY STAFF. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES SHARES WITH THE WORLD AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, AND HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURE LANDMARK, A FIELD WORK DESTINATION FOR STUDENTS EACH YEAR. A POWERHOUSE INTERNET BROADCASTERS THAT REACHES MILLIONS ONLINE AND ASTRONOMICAL. FOR THE GIFT ADMISSION IS FREE AND THAT ATTRACT AND SERVES VISITORS AS DIVERSE AS THE FACES IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IN FACT AS THE FACES WE'VE ALL SEEN TODAY. WE ARE THINKING COSMICALLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM, YOUR CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT, WE'LL SEE YOU ON MAY 14th, 2035 FOR THE CENTENNIAL. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND BEFORE WE PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY ON THIS 90th ANNIVERSARY, I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE MARK PINE HERE WHO IS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALSO MANNING THE TELESCOPE WHICH IS ON THE THIRD FLOOR, VANESSA, PIXI, CHRISTINE WHO ARE ALSO HERE WITH US TODAY, AND I WANT TODAY WELCOME ALL OF THEM TO OUR CHAMBERS AND THANK FOR ALL THAT THEY DO TO KEEP THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, SPARKLING AND WELCOMING FOR SO MANY VISITORS ANNUALLY. AND I JUST WANTED TO ON THIS OCCASION, PRESENT WITH YOU A RESOLUTION SIGNED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL. HAPPY 9th GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY. >> Council President: OKAY, WE HAVE A SPEAKER, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU DR. KRUPP FOR BEING A STEWARD AND L.A. TREASURE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO KEEP THE OBSERVATORY A PLACE AND ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR CXZ BUT A PLACE THAT FRANKLY, SO MANY ANGELINOS COME TO ENJOY ON THE DAILY, BUT MORE IMPORTANT LOW YOU'RE AS MUCH AS L.A. TREASURE TO THE OBSERVATORY AS THE TAM LABONGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DEDICATING YOURSELF TO KEEPING THIS WONDERFUL L.A. PRESSURE OPEN, ACTIVE AND REALLY A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO LEARN BUT YOU ARE SIR, A REMARKABLE TREASURE FOR US AND FOR THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR WONDERFUL CITY. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> Council Presidet: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC THINGS IN THE WORLD OR YOU SAID IN THE GALAXY. BUT YOU LEFT OUT THE LASERIUM, IT WAS IN THE LATE 70s, IT WAS THE COOLEST THING TO DO IN ALL OF LOS ANGELES. I WILL TELL YOU HOW COOL IT WAS, NO ONE EVER INVITED ME. BUT IT WAS THE THING AND IT WAS AND IT DID INTRODUCE A LOT OF FOLKS TO THE OBSERVATORY. THANK YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOFK AND HER TO ALL THE TEAM AT THE GRIFFITH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAINTAINING AND GROWING THIS TREASURE FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. ON THIS COUNCIL WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DROP IN TOURISM IN THE CITY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. IF YOU GO TO GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY, YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THE OBSERVATORY IS ALWAYS FULL OF PEOPLE. YOU HEAR A DOZEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AS YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH IF YOU WATCH AS I DID. AND THE GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY DOES NOT DISAPPOINT NO MATTER WHERE IN THE EARTH YOU COME FROM. THAT'S A SPECIAL GIFT THAT YOU GIVE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU AND PROPS ON A GREAT TIE FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND TO ALL OF YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE ROLE THAT GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY PLAYS. AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, YOU MENTIONED TOM LABONGE I TALKED ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP TO HIM WHEN I WAS AT THE OBSERVATORY FOR THE ACTUAL ANS VERSE REEVENT AND I WANT TO SAY TO EVERYBODY HERE, WHEN I GO TO GRIGT I HAVE PARK, IS WHEN I FEEL MY STRONGEST CONNECTION. AND I WISH HE WAS STILL HERE SO I CAN NAVIGATE THE CITY I MISS HIM AND THANK YOU GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOR HELPING ME ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PLACE IN HISTORY AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS MORNING. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MR. CLERK? CAN WE PREPARE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Clerk: YES MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL CAN NOW PROCEED TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: AND THE ONLY ITEM NA WAS --THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA ALREADY HAD A HEARING HELD SO IT'S JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WHEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COME UP TO THE PODIUM, THEY'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTIONOF THE CITY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BEGIN CALLING OUT NAMES NOW. >> Clerk: TIM DODD, BRIAN BRENSON, NURISH BACKTA, CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ. >> City Attorney: AND IF THE INTERPRETER COULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO SAY THIS TO THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU WANT SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION, EVERY SO OFTEN PLEASE STOP SO THAT THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET FOR US. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ALMOST NOON NOW. DEAR COUNCIL NOW. THE IMMIGRANT STORY IN OURS TOO, COUNCILMEMBERS OFTEN SPEAK ABOUT HOTEL WORKERS AS A REFLECTION OF IMMIGRANT STORY IN LOS ANGELES. BUT, PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE WE ARE ALSO IMMIGRANTS. WE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WITH A LITTLE, AND RISK TO BUILT A SMALL AND FAMILY EARNED HOTELS. OFTEN, WITH OUR OWN HANDS AND SAVINGS. OUR STORY IS JUST AS MUCH PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. THIS POLICY PAINS OUR HOTELS WITH THE SAME BRUSH, IGNORING THE FACT THAT MANY OF US ARE INDEPENDENT, IMMIGRANT OWNED AND SMALL BUSINESSES NOT A BILLION DOLLARS CORPORATIONS. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN CARVING US OUT FROM THIS BIG BURDEN TO US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: HELLO SPEAKER. >> Speaker: I'M TIM PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 3 I'M A LICENSED AND LEGAL OPERATOR, PAID OVER 8 MILLION DOLLARS TO CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND I EMPLOY 200 PEOPLE THAT ARE CERTIFIED. HOW ARE WE SUPPOSE TO SURVIVE AS ONE OF 1100 LICENSES WHEN WE'RE FORCE TODAY COMPETE AGAINST 4,000 UNLICENSEDS. L.A. IS A MESS, THE EMPACY SHOWN TO US AS A LEGAL INDUSTRY LAST NIGHT BIT CANNABIS COMMISSION WAS APPALLING. YOU HEARD US LEGAL OPERATORS, EQUITY BUSINESS, WE HAVE BEGGED FOR ACTION AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING. YOU FAILED THE MOST VULNERABLE ENTREPRENEURS. THE CITY COULD HAVE LEAD ITS FAILED. FREEZE THE TAXES EXAMINE ENFORCE THE LAW. >> City Attorney: ITEM 3 IS IN THE SPECIAL. >> Speaker: WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT CAN YOUR TIME TO LISTEN TO US AS STAKEHOLDERS. WE'RE SOUNDING AN ALARM AND NEED YOU TO REVIVE THE DYING INDUSTRY THAT HAS SUPPORTED THIS CITY BY SUPPORTING 17 PERCENT OF TAX REVENUE WHEN WE'RE A 3 PERCENT OF TOTAL BUSINESSES. FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS WE'VE BEEN CALLING FOR COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION WITH CRC ABOUT THE DYING STATE OF THE LOCAL CANNABIS AND A NEED FOR TAX DECREASE. INSTEAD OF ENGAGING WITH OPERATORS ON THE GROUND STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE, DCR HAS CHOSEN TO CREATE ANOTHER, L.A. SOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE. WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO JUSTIFY 147 PERCENT COST INCREASE, PUTTING THAT BURDEN ON OUR BACKS. IT'S NOT JUST A MISSED OPPORTUNITY, DCR AND TAXES ARE THE KNIFE IN OUR BACK, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU HELP US TAKE IT OUT AND HEAL THE WOUND. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL CALL MORE NAMES MIKE GRACE PICKERING JAMIE RODRIGUEZ AND ANGELICA. >> City Attorney: WHEN YOU COME UP, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT ORDER YOU SPEAK IN BUT DON'T COME UP UNTIL YOUR NAME IS CALLED. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS BRANDO NOT, THE OWNER OF GREEN PARADISE LOCATED AT IN DISTRICT 10, HEATHER HUTT DISTRICT. COUNCIL, I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO. THE FEE STUDY IS, THEY'RE STEALING. THIS MAN AND HIS CULT AT THE DCR HAVE STOLEN EVERY SINGLE CENT FROM SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE MINE. HIS COLLEAGUE ANDREW JUST TRIED TO ASSAULT ME. YOU HAVE FUCKED MY BUSINESS, MY FAMILY, MY LIFE ALL BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID ALL PROGRAM YOU TOLD US TO BE PART OF. I TOLD YOU A CUSTODY ABOUT, THAT YOU HAVE NOT DONE SHIT. NONE OF JASON FEE STUDY IS CORRECT IT'S ALL A LIE JUST LIKE THE EQUITY. I PRAY TO GOD AT THAT ANDREW, AND MARQUEECE AND AND BROWN ARE ALL INVESTIGATED BIT FBI FOR THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE CAUSED TO THE VERY PEOPLE OF THIS PROGRAM. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HI, SPEAKER YOU HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS ANGELICA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHERLA AND I'M GATHERED WITH OUR MEMBERS FROM CHERLA. TODAY I'M URGED TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO SAVE THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. PROVIDED TO PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION FROM TAX AND INDIM NATION IN FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. IT WAS FUNDED AT A MILLION DOLLARS. UNDER THE CURRENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THERE ARE ARRESTS AND DISAPPEARANCES AND MASS DEPORTATIONS, WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS. IT STRIPS THE CITY'S FUNDING FROM REPRESENTATIVE L.A. PUTTING US ON A PATH TO ENDING THE PROGRAM AND CURRENT RECIPIENTS LOSING REPRESENTATION. IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTED 53 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE ECONOMY TO THE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL TAXES, AND THEY CONSUMED, THEY HAVE INCREDIBLE SPENDING POWER THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO FUND A MILLION DOLLARS. FOR THIS PROGRAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HI SPEAKER, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, MY NAME IS JAMIE RODRIGUEZ I'M A SOCIAL EQUITY OWNER AND MY DISPENSARY HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES HOW WE'RE REGULATED. HOWEVER THE BIGGEST IS THE TAXES, I WORK HARD TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON BUYING LEGALLY BUT I'S DIFFICULT WHEN THE CITY IS SLOW TO CLOSE DOWN ILLEGAL SHOPS AND OUR PRICES AUTOMATICALLY DOUBLE BECAUSE OF THE TAXES YOU'RE REQUIRING THEM TO PAY. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY ALL OVER EXAMINE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN GET TAX-FREE SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE'RE IN A CRISIS AND WE NEED YOUR HELP. ALLOW US TO CONTINUE BY THE SUPPOSED OPPORTUNITY AND LOWER THE TAX RATE TO LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HI, SPEAKER, YOU HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: HI I'M GRACE PICKERING AND I WORK AT FIGURE TREES, A LICENSE SOCIAL EQUITY DISPENSERY IN THE CITY. I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. FIGURE TREES PROVIDES ACCESS TO CANNABIS AND CREATES REAL JOBS FOR REAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING ME. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN THE WAY OF OVERWHELMING TAXES, IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T CHANGE, FIGURE TREES MAY BE FORCE TODAY CLOSE AND I ALONG WITH TEN OF OUR WORKERS WILL LOSE OUR LIVELIHOOD. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT BUSINESS, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE. IT'S ABOUT EQUITY AND IT'S ABOUT THE PROMISED MADE TO COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS WHO WERE MEANT TO HAVE A FAIR SHOT IN THIS SPACE. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THE TAX STRUCTURE, AND GIVE SMALL DISPENSARIES A FIGHTING CHANCE, HELP US STAY OPEN AND EMPLOYED, IT . THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL CALL WENDY BROWN, YSABEL BELLTRAN ELIZABETH RIVERA. >> City Attorney: HI, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, YOU HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS MIKE, I'M A VERTICAL INTEGRATED OPERATOR IN DISTRICT 6 REPRESENTED UNDER MONICA RODRIGUEZ. I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO PROPOSE 1 33 PERCENT INCREASE. AND OPERATORS AND CONSUMERS IS NOT THE SOLUTION. THIS APPROACH IS DRIVING MORE BUSINESSES OUT OF LEGAL MARKET AND PUSHING CONSUMERS BACK TO THE UNREGULATED ONE. IT CUTS OFF TAX REVENUE AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISK. WHAT WE NEED IS INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY, THERE IS BEEN A CLEAR LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND MISMANAGEMENTS BETWEEN THE AGENCIES THAT OVERSEE. THE INCREASING COSTS ON ANYTHING, WE'RE BARELY HANGING ON THE CITY SHOULD CONDUCT A FULL AUDIT OF DCR. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BRANDI BROWN I'M A SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSE HOLDER. I WAS ARRESTED EVERY YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONSUMING AND A LOST A PARENT TO THE SYSTEM FOR THE RICKO ACT TO FULLY MY REQUIREMENT AND IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS LATER AND I HAVE NO STORE, I HAVE NO MONEY. AND I'M IN TAX DEBT AND I'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT PREYED UPON BY BAD ACTORS IN THIS SPACE THAT ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE FREELY. I'M LEFT HOLDING THE TAX BAG AND IN-PERSON AL DEBT AND I HAVE TO PAY MORE IF I WANT TO REMAIN IN THIS BUSINESS. JUNE THE 22, I HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER 3500 FEES. THE FEES ARE EXCESSIVE, THE TAXES ARE RIDICULOUS NO OTHER INDUSTRY IS FACING THIS TAXATION THAT THE CANNABIS BUSINESS IS GOING THROUGH. WE WANT THE DCR AUDITED AND INVESTIGATED AND WANT THEM DISSOLVE, WE WANT JASON TO RESIGN. FOR WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HELLO YOU HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: BUENAS TARDES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] GOOD AFTERNOON, YSABEL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I AM LATINA AND I HAVE CULTURAL ROOTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF THE L.A. COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE AT THIS MOMENT, I REMEMBER HAVING ADVOCATED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IN 2017, SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE TO HELP TO FUND THIS PROGRAM. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: SO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW UGLY IT IS TO HAVE A FAMILY BE SEPARATED AND THIS PROGRAM CURRENTLY STILL HAS OPEN CASES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] AND THROUGH THIS REPARATION WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP FAMILIES UNITED AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GRACIAS. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WILL CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. MELISSA TOMEO, ERNESTO AYALA AND JUDITH SURLIN. >> City Attorney: HELLO. >> Speaker: BUENAS TARDES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS ELIZABETH. I AM REPRESENTING CHERLA AND I AM PLEASE BEGGING THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO APPROVE THE MOTION REPRESENTING LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WE IMMIGRANT REPRESENT MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF LOS ANGELES AND PAY TAXES AT THE STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEVELS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: YEAH, AND MOST OF US ARE JUST TRYING TO COME OUT ON TOP, DESPITE FACING ALL OF THESE OBSTACLES AND EVEN THEN WE ARE STILL TRYING TO BE HERE ADVOCATING TO RECEIVE WHAT WITH DESERVE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND SUPPORT THE PROGRAM REPRESENT L.A. SO THAT WE MAY SUPPORT OUR RIGHTS UNIVERSALLY ALL AROUND. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GRACIAS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HELLO. YES HELLO I'M ERNESTO AYALA I'M ONE OF THE COORDINATOR AT THE DAY LABOR CENTER. I JUST, THERE IS A LOT OF TALK HERE TODAY ABOUT INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, IMMIGRANTS, AND THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, YET WE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CITY PROUDLY PRO CLAIMS ITSELF A SANCTUARY CITY, AND YET WE ARE HAVING OUR FUNDS CUT TO THE CENTER THAT PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN FOR MIGRANT CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE NOT CUT THE FUNDING. KEEP THE CENTERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HELP IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE A SPACE WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS ALL THE WORDS THAT ARE BEING SAID HERE, LET'S NOT MAKE THEM EMPTY WORDS AND SLOGANS, LET'S MAKE THEM A REALITY IN OUR CITY. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HELLO. >> Speaker: BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES MELISSA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS MELISSA I'M A DAY WORKER AT THE LABOR CENTER AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO THE DAY LABOR CENTER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THESE SERVICES STAY HOPE SO OUR SERVICES CAN CONDITION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: TO BE ABLE TO PAY OUR RENT AND EXPENSES, AND TO SURVIVE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HELLO. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS PER LA AND I'M WITH THE TEAMSTERS. I RECOGNIZE THE GUARDS IN THE ROOM AND THOSE AT THE WORK SITE. CROSSING GUARDS HELP CHILDREN AND THEIR CARE GIVERS NEGOTIATE THE STREETS, THEY SAFE LIVES, THEY'RE ALSO PART OF IMPORTANT PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY FABRIC AND THEY, PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PUBLIC SAFETY. MAYOR BASS, WHEN SHE PROVIDED FINANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS SAID TO ADDRESS COSTS AND MINIMIZE LAYOFFS. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES LAYING OFF 450 CROSSING GUARDS IN ORDER TO SAVE 97 TRAFFIC OFFICERS AND 54 VACANT POSITIONS SOMEBODY GOT THE MATH WRONG. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT COST. THE DEPARTMENT HAS SAID THAT TRAFFIC OFFICERS WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK PERFORMED BY CROSSING GUARDS, CROSSING GUARDS, ARE PART-TIME NON BENEFITED EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE FULL-TIME BENEFITED. AGAIN YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE MATH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING. I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO STOP DISRUPTING THE MEETING. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING. >> City Attorney: FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, WE'RE GOING INTO THE SPECIAL MEETING IN WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERING AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE SO YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS IN THE SPECIAL MEETING. >> Clerk: IF I MAY CALL THE ROLL FOR SPECIAL MEETING. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 14 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. [SHOUTING IN THE BACKGROUND] [BOOING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH OUR BUSINESS THIS MORNING, WHAT IS NEXT MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, 2 AND 3 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND DRAFT ORDINANCE DATED MAY 15, 2025 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND UPLOADED TO COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 1-137113. [CHANTING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> City Attorney: THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE PONY TAIL WHO IS WILDING UP THE CROWD, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO STOP RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE IT'S MR. CIGARBOWLINGER. >> CHANTING: IF WE DON'T GET IT, SHUT IT DOWN! [CHANTING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WE'VE GOT THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE PONY TAIL WITH THE BLACK SHIRT HAS DISRUPTED THE MEET ING REPEATEDLY, HE'S ORDERED TO REMOVED. >> City Attorney: MR. CIGAR BOLGER, YOU'VE BEEN ORDERED REMOVED. THE GENTLEMAN IN THE AISLE RIGHT NOW. >> City Attorney: MR. SIGERA YOU'VE BEEN ORDERED REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. PLEASE LEAVE QUIETLY NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE MS. BOLGER, THIS IS YOUR SECOND AND LAST WARNING, ANY FURTHER DISRUPT YOU'LL B REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. NOW WE WILL BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT AND HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS 2 AND 3 IN THE SPECIAL MEETING. MR. CLERK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN PREPARE US. >> Clerk: YES MR. PRESIDENT AND FOR THE RECORD, ITEMS 2 AND 3 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HERINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. DRAFT ORDINANCE AND CITY REPORT DATED MAY 15, 2025 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND UPLOAD TODAY COUNCIL FILE 114-371-S13. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. WE CAN NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS. >> City Attorney: YES, SIR. AND JUST, SO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING, SO WE'RE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT ONLY ON THE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. >> Council President: SERGEANT AND CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE RECORD THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BLACK T-SHIRT HAS THREATENED TO COME TO MY HOUSE AS HE'S EXITING THE BUILDING. FOR THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: SO MR. KWAN, JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE ITEMS BEFORE US ARE ITEM 2 WHICH IS AN ASSERTION OF THE JURISDICTION UNDER SECTION 245 OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS, CLEAN AIR HARBOR, ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICAL SERVICES AND ITEM 3, IS AN ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION CITY ATTORNEY REPORT RELATIVE TO THE LIVING WAGE AND HOTEL WORKER ORDINANCE AND ADDING AND AMENDING TO THE MUNICIPAL BOARD REGARDING INCREASES WAGES. SO, WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE LET US KNOW, WHICH OR BOTH OF THE TWO ITEMS YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM TO SPEAK. THERE IS NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO YOU MUST SPEAK TO EITHER BOTH OF THESE ITEMS, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM MAXIMUM. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT AND FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 15 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT OF THIS. SO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, GIVE YOUR COMMENT EXPEDITIOUSLY. >> Clerk: VANESSA CA NO, MA RISOL CLAIRE OL', AND JOHNNY G. >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER WHAT ITEM DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: MINIMUM WAGE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M CURRENTLY AT OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR AVENUE BOULEVARD HOTEL AND STUDIOS LOCATED AT STUDIO CITY. I GENUINE' ENJOY MY JOB ESPECIALLY THE FLEXIBILITY IT OFFERS ME AS A MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. WHILE THE IDEA OF INCREATION MINIMUM WAGE SOUNDS BENEFICIAL DURING THE CLIMATE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON BOULEVARD HOTEL AND STUDIOS. WITH OUR OCCUPANCY BEING LOW THIS CAN LEAD TO THE HOTEL'S CLOSURE, ALTERNATIVELY TO MANAGE INCREASE LABOR COSTS, THE COMPANY MUST BE FORCED TO REDUCE STAFF WHICH COULD MEAN THE LOST OF POSITION AND FINDING ANOTHER JOB THAT OFFERS THE FLEXIBILITY THAT I NEED FOR MY FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM OR ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 3 MINIMUM WAGE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: I'M MA RISOL I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER, I'VE BEEN WITH THEM SINCE 2011 AND THOUGH I SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE, I AM CONCERNED OF WHAT THIS WOULD COST TO OUR SMALL LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS GIVEN THE PANDEMIC THAT WE ARE IN NOW. WE'RE STRUGGLING TO MEET PAYROLL DUE TO TOURISM BEING DONE AND INCREASE OF LABOR COSTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT OBSERVE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT HOWEVER WE'RE FACING A DIFFERENT WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO TOURISM. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE FORCED TO COMPETE WITH THE BIG, YOU KNOW, HOTELS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT BEFORE. AND THIS INCREASE, WOULD ULTIMATELY TAKE CLOSURE TO A PROPERTY AS SMALL AS WE ARE AND CAUSING THE LOSS OF MY JOB AND MY STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, JOHNNY G, ONE OF MY TEN NAMES. ITEM 3, SIR. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SIR. HERE WE HAVE THOSE WHO DREAM IMMIGRANTS WHO COME HERE AND BUILD AND LEARN AND CHANGEOVER HERE, WE HAVE THE IMMIGRANTS WHO WORK HARD, BUT YOU'RE NOT LEARNING ENOUGH. YOU NEED TO LEARN MORE. BUT DON'T DEPEND ON THEM! DON'T DEPEND ON THEM! BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY ORGANIZERS THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT SUPPOSEDLY REPRESENT YOU BUT LOOK WHAT THEY DO HERE! LOOK WHAT THEY DO HERE! YOU BROUGHT SO MUCH DISGRACE TO THIS CITY! WITH THE CORRUPTION WITH MARTINEZ, WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE DEGRADED THIS CITY. SO THANK YOU THOSE OF WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE COME ON BOTH SIDES AND WHO ARE BUILDING THIS CITY AND MAKE THISING A GREATER PLACE TO LIVE. THANK BOTH OF YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, MR. MARES. >> Clerk: ROB KWAN, JOE M, NARISH BACKTA. >> City Attorney: IF YOU'RE NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME UP, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT ORDER YOU SPEAK IN, AS LONG AS YOUR NAME WAS CALLED. >> City Attorney: HELLO MR. KWAN, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST THE SPECIAL? WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY? WHY ARE WE DOING A DO OVER? WHAT IS FAUBLE IN THE BIG CHAIR AND NOT GROAT? DID SOMETHING HAPPEN? WE JUST SAW MARQUEECE SHUT DOWN PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER 20 MINUTES, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHO LIKES PUBLIC COMMENT. HE WON REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NO DAM REASON. SO, I WONDER IS ANYTHING AROUND THE HORSESHOE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT? ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? I MEAN YOU MIGHT NOT CARE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BROWN ACT, YOU CAN REALLY GET INTO SOME TROUBLE WHEN YOU DO STUFF LIKE THIS. WHAT WHAT WAS THE RUSH? VERY VERY INTERESTING. I'LL JUST END BY SAYING I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE APPOINTMENTS BUT THEY BETTER BE ON THE AGENDA THAT COMES UP THIS AFTERNOON, OR ELSE YOU'LL KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BRIAN SHAW, LAURA, CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ. STACY CIGAR BOLGER. CANDIDO. >> City Attorney: HELLO. >> Speaker: BUENAS TARDES. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] OLYMPIC WAGE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] LAURA SKIBELL. >> Translator: AS MANY OF YOU KNOW MY NAME IS LAURA SKIBEL AND I WORK AT LAX AIRPORT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M ONCE AGAIN HERE TO GIVE AND TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR US. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND THANK THEM BECAUSE THIS WAS CARRIED OUT AND JUSTICE BECAUSE GIVEN FOR THE AIRPORT WORKERS OF LOS ANGELES. WE ARE ONCE AGAIN HERE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: JUSTICE FOR OTHERS. EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE AND WE KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE WERE, WERE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WITH HUMANITY AND RESPECT WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND WE DESERVE A FAIR WAGE SO WE MAY SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND BETTER MEDICAL COVERAGE. BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES IN THE FRONTLINES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND WE MAKE THE AIRPORT FUNCTION. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Translator: THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >> Clerk: ISSUEMAN BABER, RAY PATEL, KISHEN H, JOHNNY G. >> City Attorney: HI, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: 2 AND 3 BUT I'LL BE MORE 20 SECONDS. COUNCILORS THIS IS DIRECTED TO YOU, THESE ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ACCOMMODATING INDIVIDUALS IN THE PUBLIC IN THE HORSESHOE AND I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL ACCORDINGLY, UNLESS YOU WANT MR. GROAT TO BE THE LEAD ON THIS OR SOMEBODY ELSE. IT DOESN'T MEAN SOMEBODY HAS TO DROP EVERYTHING TO ACCOMMODATE, THERE JUST NEEDS A DIFFERENT PROCESS BECAUSE THERE IS CERTAIN DEPUTIES WITH CERTAIN COUNCIL OFFICE THAT'S THINK THAT THE >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: 1 AND 3? >> City Attorney: 1 WAS IN THE REGULAR MEETING, YOU'VE GOT 3 IN THE SPECIAL. WE'LL GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M RISHMAN FOR SOCIAL EQUITY, DISPENSARY, MS. HUTT, I LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT. SIR YOU KNOW WHO I AM. YOU SIT HERE AND YOU ACT LIKE THE PEOPLE DON'T MEAN NOTHING BUT WE'RE THE ONES THAT PUT YOU WHERE YOU ARE. >> City Attorney: THE ONLY ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ASSERTION OF JURISDICTION OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS AND ORDINANCE ON WAGE OF AIRPORT AND HOTELS. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK THOSE? >> Speaker: NO BUT I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND WE WILL BE VOTING YOU OUT, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, DISTRICT 10, HUTT. >> Speaker: MY FAMILY IS PLAN TO GO BUILD A 177-ROOM HOTEL. WE ARE A SMALL FAMILY-RUN CORPORATION. WE DON'T BUILD LUXURY HOTELS FOR WEALTHY TRAVELERS BUT FOR EVERY DAY FAMILIES LIVING IN LOS ANGELES AND BUDGET-MINDED TRAVELERS. WE COULD START BUILDING TOMORROW, FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE VIABLE, YOU NEED TO CARVE LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS FROM THIS ORDINANCE JUST LIKE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DID FOR THEIR HOTELIER, WITHOUT IT WE SIMPLY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD. I'LL HAVE TO MOVE THE PROJECT TO LONG BEACH. OUR GOAL IS TO OFFER ROOM AT $100 A NIGHT, NOT $300 LIKE A HIGH-END HOTEL. BUT THE ADDED BURDENS THIS MEASURE WOULD I MPOSE, THAT PRICE-POINT IS IMPOSSIBLE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: ARMANDO MONEY OZ, BOBBY G, MARIA GUTIERREZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: WAGE ORDINANCE. I WANT TO THANK JOHN LEE, COUNCILMEMBER PARK, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND COUNCILMEMBER A DRIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT WEDNESDAY TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES, FAMILY-OWNED IMMIGRANT OWNED, HOTELS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHICH I REFER TO AS LIMITED HOTELS WHICH ARE RENTING TO ANGELINOS. TODAY WE'RE TO ASK AGAIN FOR YOU TO CONSIDER ON THIS READING A CARVE OUT FOR THE LIMITED HOTELS THAT SIMILAR TO LONG BEACH AND A CITY SOUTH OF HERE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE 5th LARGEST THAT CATERS TO TOURIST HOTELS, CONVENTION BUSINESS, ARTS DISTRICTS, BEAUTIFUL CITY, THEY'RE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THEIR LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS CATER TO THEIR CITIZENRY AND THEY CARVED THEM OUT. WE ASK YOU TO STILL CARVING OUT THE LIMITED HOTELS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HERE IN LOS ANGELES. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] HI WHICH ITEM OR ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 3. MARQUEECE I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL THE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT, THIS LIVING WAGE HAS HAD AN IMPACT WE CAN NO LONGER LIVE IN OUR CITIES, YESTERDAY WAS A HISTORIC DAY, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN NO LONGER WAIT BECAUSE THESE THE INCREASES, THAT IS COMING HERE IN THE CITY AND WE'RE GETTING KICKED OUT OF THE CITY. SO THIS IS A REASON WHY WE NEED TO PASS THIS WAGE. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. LET THERE BE NO MORE AMENDMENTS OR HOLDUPS. THE STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT WHEN YOU INVEST ON ANGELINOS, THE ANGELINOS WILL INVEST BACK IN THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP YESTERDAY, WE JUST MADE HISTORY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SPECIAL MEET ING. MR. CLERK WHAT ITEM IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, 2 AND 3 ARE BEFORE COUNCIL. WOULD SOME COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE TO CALL THESE SPECIAL? >> Council President: WE'LL CALL 2 SPECIAL WHICH LEAVES THREE ON ITS OWN AND WE'LL CONSIDER 2 AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU MEMBERS, ITEM 2 IS VERY TROUBLING TO ME, ACTUALLY. SOME WEEKS AGO, YOU WERE VERY KIND ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSAL TO GO WITH SOMETHING CALLED CLEAN HARBORS FOR A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT MULTI MILLION DOLLARS VALUE, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THEM BECAUSE OF, THEIR LABOR PRACTICES, AND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC WHICH IS WHY I ASKED. WHICH IS WHY I ASKED THE DEPARTMENT WHETHER THEY HAD ANY VIOLATIONS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY WITHIN THE CITY. AND WE GOT A REPORT IN APRIL, SAYING, CLEAN HARBORS HAS BEEN CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS AND HAS NOT ANYTHING THEY'VE BEEN CERTIFIED AS LBE AND HAVE THREE BRANCH LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY AND ONE OF WHICH IS IN WILMINGTON HAS HAD ANY RESENT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS, WE NEED TO ASK, HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES, PROBABLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, OCCURRING WITHIN THE CITY, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A MAP TO THE DEPARTMENT AS TO WHAT IS IN THE CITY AND WHAT ISN'T IN THE CITY BECAUSE AFTER THAT, ACTION I BEGAN GETTING CONCERN CALLS FROM MY CONSTITUENTS, AND THEY WANT TODAY --WANTED TO KNOW IF I HAD CONCERN ABOUT ROB'S COMPLAINT BY THE PEOPLE OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE, EXECUTORS OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AGAINST WILMINGTON LLC, CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES A CORPORATION AND CLEAN HARBORS INC. A CORPORATION THAT WAS FILED IN 2021 BASED ON VIOLATIONS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE CITY OF WILMINGTON AT A SITE WHICH IS ADDRESSED AS 1737 EAST WILMINGTON IF THERE IS ANY AMBIGUITY FOR THE FIRE, DENNY STREET IS IN WILMINGTON CALIFORNIA IT'S WITHIN A SITE OF A BLOCK, COUPLE OF BLOCKS OF A MOBILE HOME PARK AND RESIDENTS, IT IS SURROUNDED BY CHILDREN WHO TRY TO WALK TO A REC CENTER. AND THE, INSPECTIONS BY DTSE, FOUND A NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS AT THIS SITE AGAIN, IT'S BACK IN 2021, BUT IT WAS A SERIES OF VIOLATION THAT'S RESULTED IN A PIECE OF LITIGATION FOR CAUSE OF ACTION TO COMPLY, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODES, OF MANY OF VARIETY. A SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION, AGAIN, FOR THE FACILITY IN WILMINGTON AND QUAER' WHETHER 2021 IS RESENT FAILURE TO CONTAINMENT SYSTEM THAT KEEPS THE TOXIC MATERIALS ON THE SITE. A THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION FOR FAILURE TO RECORD PROPERLY THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE CONTAINED ON THE SITE, AND A FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION, UNLAWFUL STORAGE OF INCOMPATIBLE WASTE TOGETHER CREATING ENOUGH OF A CONDITION THAT THIS LITIGATION WAS FILED, IT WAS PURSUED VIGOROUSLY AND I WILL SAY, I WILL SAY THAT IT HAS RESULTED IN A FINAL JUDGMENT, WHETHER JANUARY IS RESENT, JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, IT RESULTED IN A FINAL JUDGMENT ON THESE VARIOUS CAUSE OF ACTION WHERE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STORED IN WILMINGTON, THE BERMS WERE BROKEN ALLOWING MATERIALS TO SEEP INTO THE GROUND WHICH INCLUDED RECREATIONAL PROPERTIES AND UNTIL STIPULATED FINAL JUDGMENT, JUST IN CASE, FOLKS WANT TO COME FORWARD AND SAY, WELL IT WAS SETTLED, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THE VIOLATIONS IN THE ARE ADMITTED AND DEEMED PROVEN FOR ANY PURPOSES, BY DTSE SUCH PURPOSES MAY SHOW A PATTERN AND A COURSE OF CONDUCT AND HISTORY OF NON COMPLIANCE, SO MEMBERS, WHAT HAPPENED WAS, I MADE A MISTAKE. WHEN I GOT A SENTENCE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT SAID THERE IS NO RESENT VIOLATIONS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I DID WHAT SHOULD OTHERWISE BE REASONABLE, I BELIEVED THEM. THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO TELL US 2021-2025 IS NOT RESENT OR MIXING MATERIALS AND OVERLOADING BINS IS NOT A VIOLATION. YOU PICK ONE OR WILMINGTON IS NOT IN THE CITY LOS ANGELES. YOU PICK ONE, ONE OF THEM HAS TO BE TRUE. OTHERWISE, PROBABLY THE SECOND BIGGEST FIB I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM THE PAST WEEK. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU MEMBERS TO ASSURE JURISDICTION, IF THIS HAPPENED SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY T IF THIS HAPPENED IN YOUR DISTRICT, I WOULD BE BEHIND YOU, IF IT HAPPENED IN THE VALLEY, IF IT HAPPENED IN THE NICE PART OF THE VALUE, --VALLEY. IT HAPPENED IN WILMINGTON OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN WILMINGTON AND YOU KNOW WHO IS DOING TO US? NOT SOME COMPANY OFF-SHORE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ENOUGH! MEMBERS, I HUMBLY ASK YOU TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE I WILL NOT PUT UP WITH IT. AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS IN INTO YOUR JURISDICTION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WANT TO SAY YOU WENT ABOVE THE BAR THAT WE NEED MORE TODAY. ALL WE HAVE TO DO TODAY IS WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE THE MERITS, ALTHOUGH YOU LAID IT OUT CLEARLY, IS THAT WE'RE ASSERTING JURISDICTION. I ALWAYS SAY, I NEVER MET A 245 I DIDN'T LIKE. WHEN WE DO A 245 THAT IS US AS A COUNCIL THERE IS A DECISION THAT ONE OF THE BODIES HAS MADE THAT WE WANT TO REVIEW. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT ALL OF THESE COMMISSIONS OF A POINTED FOLKS, HAVE WHAT IS CALLED BORROWED AUTHORITY, THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT HAS BEEN LENT BY THIS BODY, TO THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH OTHER THINGS GOING ON. SO WHEN WE WANT TO TAKE BACK THAT BORROWED AUTHORITY, WE DON'T NEED THE THRESHOLD THAT MR. McOSKER WENT TO. AND WE DON'T NEED TO GO THAT FAR, ALTHOUGH YOU DID IT AND VERY ABLELY. WE JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS A DECISION THAT WE MADE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH IT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. SO, BOTH BECAUSE YOU MADE A CONVINCING CASE ABOUT THE MERITS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MERITS COMING TO US AND I'LL LISTEN FOR CAREFULLY TO THOSE THINGS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH FOR ME IN THE NAME OF US ASSERTING OUR COUNCIL JURISDICTION AND TAKING BACK AUTHORITY. I FIRMLY SUPPORT. >> >> J. Lee: I SUPPORT TAKING 245 AND ANY COUNCILMEMBER THAT WANTS TO TAKE A DECISION. IT'S OUR RIGHT TO BUT I HAD ONE QUESTION, I SEE CAPTAIN JONES, YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, DO YOU MIND COMING TO THE TABLE, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. >> Speaker: BRIAN JONESSINGER CAPTAIN 2, LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, CAPTAIN JONES FOR BEING HERE. JUST ONE QUESTION, HAVE WE SUSPENDED WAS IT TWIN HARBORS FROM CONTINUING TO PICK UP? HAZARDOUS WASTE? >> AS OF NOW, THEY ARE NOT PICKING UP HAZARDOUS WASTE? >> J. Lee: WHO IS? >> AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO PICKUP AND WE'RE ALMOST AT CAPACITY WITH 12 FACILITIES WE HAVE ANOTHER 30 COMING UP. IF WE DON'T PICKUP HAZARDOUS WASTE, WE COULD BE UP TO 12 MILLION DOLLARS VIOLATIONS. IF WE DON'T GET THIS CONTRACT DONE. >> J. Lee: IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A TEMPORARY CONTRACT? >> YES, WE'RE WORK WITHING OUR CITY ATTORNEY, IF WE CANNOT USE CLEAN HARBOR WITH THE PIGGY BACK CONTRACT. WE'RE WORKING ON A SOLUTION. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, WELL I SUPPORT YOUR 245, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE WHERE WE'RE PICKING UP HAZARDOUS WASTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR, MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I SAY FIGURE IT OUT. BECAUSE, I HAVE CHAPTER REVERSE OF VIOLATIONS AT THE SITE IN WILMINGTON, AND I AM NOT GOING TO STAND BY SOME ASSERTION THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AT A FIRE HOUSE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A RESIDENT IN WILMINGTON. I'M TIRED, I'M TIRED, THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK THAT THE FIRE STATION ASSERTS THIS THEIR LIVES ARE MORE IMPORTANT. I'M GOING TO SAY FIGURE IT OUT. >> YES, SIR, WE WANT TO MAKE THIS WORK, ANYWAY THAT WE CAN PROTECT THE PUBLIC. >> T. McOsker: IT DIDN'T SOUND MUCH LIKE PROTECTING THE PUBLIC. IT SOUNDED LIKE ABOUT THE CONVENIENCE OF GETTING OIL OUT OF THE FIRE HOUSE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN VIOLATION. I JUST WANT TO HEAR, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT THEY HAVE NO VIOLATIONS AND FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A FEDERAL CASE THAT WAS GOING ON FOR FOUR YEARS THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THERE WERE NO VIOLATIONS. THAT'S ALL, NO QUESTION. >> Council President: AND I THINK THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE. MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> City Attorney: TO BE CLEAR THIS IS A VOTE TO ASSERT JURISDICTION AND TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE JAO. FOR THE RECORD, TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE MOTION. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOKAYER? FORTHWITH WITHOUT OBJECTION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 3. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 3 IS BEFORE US. THIS IS A REVOTE OF THE VOTE THAT WE TOOK ON WEDNESDAY. I DON'T SEE ANY SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE. SO LET'S--. >> Clerk: IF I MAY, A MOTION IS NEEDED TO ADOPT UPDATED ORDINANCE DATED MAY 15, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON UPDATING. >> Clerk: IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS? >> Council President: I MOVE THAT WE UPDATE THE MOTION. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. THANK YOU. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Clerk: THE ORDINANCE WILL BE HELD OVER TO FRIDAY 23, FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEET ANDING RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING. IF I MAY CALL THE ROLL. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 15 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAZ MOTIONS FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. BEFORE WE GET ANNOUNCEMENT, BUDGET AND FINANCE WILL BEGIN AT 1:30 IN JOHN FERRARO CHAMBERS AT 1:30. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENT, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I'LL ASK UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE TO RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO THE GRAND OPENING THE RAIL TO RAIL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR. IT'S A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR THAT GOES ALONG THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OVER TO WILMINGTON, THIS IS 166 MILLION DOLLARS ACTIVE TRANSPORT PROJECT THAT GOT STARTED BY CHAIRMAN OF THE METRO BOARD MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS BACK IN 2012 TO WALK PATH AND BIKE PATH THE TWO RAIL LINES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE CELEBRATION TOMORROW. SEEING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I ASK ALL OTHERS TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ALL RIGHT ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU, TODAY I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF EMILIA CHICO WHO RECENTLY PASSED A DAY AFTER HER 95th BIRTHDAY. GREW UP IN ELICIAN PARK. A DE VOTED MOTHER OF FIVE AND DOEDING GRANDMA TO 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 24 GREAT GRAND CHURN AND TREASURED GREAT GREAT GRANDMA TO FOUR GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. EMILIA WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD. OTHERS TO MY LEFT? TO MY PRIET? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.