PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, THE 28th DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MR. CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOT-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT OF THE >> Council President: FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL OCTOBER 24 MINUTES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER MOVES COUNCILMEMBER HUTT SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: I ASK EVERYBODY TO STAND AND PLEASE FOLLOW ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. FACE THE FLAG AND PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. ITEM 1 IS AN ITEM NOTICE FOR HEARING. 2 THROUGH 21 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 2 THROUGH 38 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEMS 47 THROUGH 49 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. DO ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I'D LIKE TO CALL ITEM 17 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. ITEM 18, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 31, AND FOR ITEM 38, I'D LIKE TO HOLD FOR COMMENTS, PLEASE. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT WE RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER 10. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? THANK YOU. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND I WILL I'D LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL ITEMS NUMBER 15 AND 16. AND MOVE TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT FOR THOSE ITEMS. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECONDS TO THIS MOTION? THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO 15, 16 AND 21 SPSH FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 27 AND AMENDMENT AND COMMENTS FOR ITEM 30. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND FOR CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMEMBER YOU WOULD LIKE SEPARATE VOTE ON 15 AND 16? >> E. Hernandez: AND 21. >> Clerk: AND 21, THANK YOU. AND WHICH OTHER ITEMS DID YOU CALL SPECIAL? >> E. Hernandez: I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR ITEM 27 AND I HAVE AN AMENDMENT AND COMMENTS FOR ITEM 30. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ITEM 19 CAN WE HOLD THAT UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Council President: AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT? >> H. Soto-Martinez: YES, PLEASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A VOTE AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 11 TO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5. 2025. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 2 THROUGH 9, 12, 13, AND 14, AND 20. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT WILL BE 2 THROUGH 9, 12, 13 AND 14, AND 20. >> Council President: I THINK, 9 WAS JUST HELD ON THE DESK BY CD13? 19 19 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY, MR. CLERK, ONE MORE TIME. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 2 THROUGH 9, 12, 13, 14, AND ITEM 20. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, FOR CLARIFICATION, THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEM 9 ON THE DESK. AND THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE VOTED ON, ARE ITEMS 2 THROUGH 8, 12, 13, 14 AND 20. AND FOR THE RECORD, THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM 3 WILL BE HELD OVER TO TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2025 FOR SECT CONSIDERATION UNLESS RECONSIDERED WITH 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT, MR. CLERK? WHAT'S NEXT, MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEMS 39 THROUGH 46, CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY READ THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS FOR THE RECORD. >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: AND DOES THE COMMITTEE CHAIR OF BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WISH TO COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS? 39 THROUGH 46? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: , THANK YOU THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED AND CONSIDERED 39 THROUGH 46 ON COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 21, I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THESE ITEMS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, DO YOU WANT TO READ THE DETAILS INTO THE RECORD. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IN THE CASE 39, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REFUND OVERPAYMENT OF 193,597.51 AS SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 40 IN THE CASE GAYNEL WALKER ET AL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE PLAINTIFF'S OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 41, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 1 MILLION DOLLARS IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 42 IN THE CASE ENTITLED ANA BEGIN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 43 BAKER ELECTRIC AND RENEWABLE LLC VS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION 265,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 44 TIMES COMMUNICATION LLC VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 203,624.80 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 45 IN THE CASE ENTITLED LORENZO VERSUS LAC ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 375,000 IN SETTLEMENT. AND FOR ITEM 46 IN THE CASE ROBERT FREEDMAN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW RECONSIDER ITEM 12 WITH 12 MEMBERS PRESENT IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO DO SO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM--. >> Clerk: SIR, THERE WILL BE A RECONSIDERATION VOTE. >> Council President: LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION OF ITEM 12, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. > Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 12, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN OF THE SECOND COUNCIL DISTRICT. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES ALSO FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. GIVES ME IMMENSE HONOR AND PLEASURE TO INVITE CATHLICO THE FIRST TO OUR CITY CHAMBERS. I WANT TODAY SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS HOLINESS AND TELL YOU A FEW POINTS OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. BORN IN BEIRUT LEBANON, HE PURSUED HIS STUDIES IN BAY CUT, GENEVA AND UNITED STATES EARNING MULTIPLE DEGREES, LEAD THE ARMENIAN ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF LEBANON THROUGH THE AGONIZING YEARS OF THE LEBANESE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO. ELECTED BY ASSEMBLY COMPOSED OF CLERGY FROM ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES, HIS HELLONESS HAS TRANSFORMED THE HOLY SEA INTO A THRIVING CENTER OF FAITH, LEARNING AND SERVICE FOUNDING MUSEUMS, TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIP AND SOCIAL OUT REACH. AS HEAD OF THE SEARCH, HE HAS ESTABLISHED HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY ORPHANAGE AND BLIND SCHOOLS FOR THE DISABLED, HOUSING INITIATIVES FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, EMBODYING THE CHURCH'S CALLING TO SERVE THOSE IN NEED. ALSO BEEN A PIONEERING FIGURE IN THE MOVEMENT. FIRST ORTHODOX PRIEST AND YOUNGEST PERSON EVER ELECT TODAY SERVE AS MODERATOR OF WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES LEADING GLOBAL DIALOGUE TO STRENGTHEN UNITE AMONG CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS. AN OUT SPOKER DEFENDER OF HUMAN RIGHTS, HE HAS CONVENED INTERNATIONAL CON FENCES ON JUSTICE AND REPARATION. AS THEY MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF PONTIFICATE, HONORING THE FIRST TO FAITH, SCHOLARSHIP, GLOBAL PEACE AND ENDURING STRENGTH OF THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WELCOME A GROUP OF 20 RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND LAY REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE VOIND OUR CATHOLICOs TODAY AND WE WERE JOINED BY PAUL KREKORIAN, FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT HERE, WELCOME. BEFORE I ASK THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS AT THE DESK. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARMENIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP. DON'T FORGET THAT THIS IS BEEN A COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY IN A WARING STATE, WHETHER HAVING AULD WAY STARTING FROM THE GREEK TO THE ROMAN TO THE PERSIAN, TO THE ARAB EMPIRES COMING THROUGH THE REGION. SO WHILE, KINGS AND LEADERS HAVE EITHER BEEN DETHROWNED, ADVOCATED, KILLED IN WAR, YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THE CONTINUITY OF CHURCH. YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THE CONTINUITY OF EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE. EVERYWHERE FROM THE LOCAL VILLAGES, ALL THE WAY TO THE MAIN CITY HUBS FOR CENTURIES ON END, FOR ME ILLENNIAL. AFTER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 100 YEARS, AFTER THE VIOLENT, VIOLENT SENTIMENTS OF THE AUTOMAN, THE RESIDUE OF THE AUTOMAN EMPIRE AND TURKISH STATE TOWARDS ARMENIAN. WHEN THE MASSACRES HAPPENED, WHEN THE GENOCIDE HAPPENED IN 1915, YOU LITERALLY HAD A COUNTRY OF ORPHANS LEFT BEHIND. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE CHURCHES LEADING THE MISSIONS, COLLABORATING WITH RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS, HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE WOULDN'T BE AN ARMENIA TODAY. THE SOVIET UNION CAME OVER AND GRABBED WHAT WAS LEFT OF ARMENIAN LANDS AND THESE ORPHAN THAT'S WERE LEFT BEHIND. AND UNDER THAT YOLK SOVIET ERA, COULD YOU NOT HAVE YOUR OWN LEADER SHIP AND THE CHURCH WAS QUITE MUTED AS WELL IN THAT PROCESS. SO WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING WAS, WE HAD A LOT OF CHURCH LEADERS ACTING AS GUIDERS OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY, OF ARMENIANS IN ARMENIA AND ARMENIANS IN THE DIASPORA. SO THAT'S THE LIENAGE THAT THE CATHOLICOS TO BRING TO ME, AND WHAT HE HAS DONE TO PRESERVE THE LANGUAGE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE ARMENIANS WHAT THEY ARE TODAY. SO WITH THAT, IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR AND PLEASURE TO WELCOME CATHOLICOS TO THE CITY CHAMBERS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER 30 YEARS OF YOUR SERVICE, OR LONTION YOU WANT TO CONTINUE SERVING. AND I WOULD BE HONORED IF YOU WOULD SAY A FEW WORDS TO OUR DAIS, TO OUR BODY FROM THE DESK PLEASE. >> Speaker: YOUR EXCELLENCY, DEAR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I AM VERY GLAD THAT ONCE AGAIN, I AM IN THIS CITY OF ANGELS. YOU ARE SURROUNDED WITH ANGELS, AND REALLY I BELIEVE THAT THE PRESENCE OF ANGELS STRENGTHEN YOUR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. I BELIEVE THAT THIS COUNCIL IS NOT ONLY A CENTER OF AUTHORITY BUT ALSO A SOURCE OF RESPONSIBILITY. NOT ONLY A CENTER OF DECISION-MAKING BUT ALSO A CHALLENGE, A REMINDER OF PEOPLE ORIENTED SERVICE. WE ARE NOT NOTHING WITHOUT THE PEOPLE. PEOPLE IS THE SUSTAINING POWER OF WHAT WE ARE. PEOPLE REMINDS US CHALLENGES US WITH WHO WE ARE, YOU SEE WHAT WE SHOULD DO. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BECOME THE DRIVING FORCE OF OUR REFLECTION AND ACTION AND OUR DECISION WHICH SHOULD ALWAYS BECOME PEOPLE-ORIENTED DECISION. LOOKING AROUND ME, I SEE YOUNG FACES, YOUR EXCELLENCY. THE PRESENCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS COUNCIL AND IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND COUNCILS AND STRUCTURES AND COMMITTEES AND GOVERNMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS. IN OTHER WORDS, IN THE SOCIETY, I THINK IT'S OF CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT. SPEAKING ABOUT OUR YOUTH, I ALWAYS REMIND THEM AND REMIND US, BELONGING TO ALL GENERATION, THAT THE YOUTH DOESN'T BELONG TO THE FUTURE, THEY BELONG TO THE PRESENCE AND AS SUCH OUR YOUTH ARE CALLED TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN ALL OF SPHERES AND ALL LEVELS OF OUR SOCIETY LIFE. SOCIETY WITHOUT THE ACT ITCH PRESENCE *F YOUTH. SO I REALLY GREET THE PRESENCE OF YOUTH IN THIS COUNCIL. AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ALL OF YOUR ACTIONS AND REFLECTION. AMERICAN IS A COUNTRY OF OPPORTUNITIES AND VALUES, FREEDOM WE BELONG TO DIFFERENT RELIGIOUSESETH NIECITY, WE HAVE DIFFERENT BACK GROUNDS, BUT WE ARE ONE IN THIS CITY. THIS IS THE CITY OF COHERENT DIVERSITIES AND THIS DIVERSITIES, I BELIEVE ARE CONCRETELY EXPRESSED IN THIS COUNCIL. A COUNCIL WHICH HAS ONE GOAL, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES WITH THE PROFOUND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY. THEREFORE I GREET YOU IN THIS SPIRIT AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. [APPLAUSE] >> A. Nazarian: COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. NAZARIAN AND THANK YOU HIS HOLINESS FOR GRACING US WITH YOUR PRESENCE. I THINK THIS IS MY SECOND TIME BEING IN YOUR PRESENCE SINCE BEING IN THIS COUNCIL, WE COUNT IT A PRIVILEGE THAT YOU FIND WHAT YOU IS HAPPENING HERE IN LOS ANGELES, IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO STOP BY THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. YOU'RE ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS WELCOMED. [APPLAUSE] >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS SHORT TIMELINE ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION AND OUR HOUSE WAS OPENED TO HIS HOLINESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALL. >> THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT AND WE'LL LET HIS HOLINESS AND PARTY EXIT AND AFTER THAT, WE WILL GO TO MR. BLUMENFIELD. MR. BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: COLLEAGUES, I'M HERE TO PRESENT ANOTHER STORY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY AND COUNTRY WITH THE ICE RAIDS. LAST WEEK, I HAD SOME PHOBEDING LINED UP WHO HAD WITNESSED THEIR CARWASH CO-WORKERS LEAVING BEHIND MINOR CHILDREN WHO WERE NOT CITIZENS, UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY GOT CONCERNED ABOUT COMING IN TODAY. TODAY I HAVE A DIFFERENT AB TUX --ABDUCTION STORY WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, EQUALLY AS HEART BREAKING BUT NOT TALKED ABOUT AS MUCH. I'M REFERRING TO THE HORRIBLE WAY THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TREATING ASYLUM SEEKER. I HAVE TATIANA AND ANTON, ABDUCTED BY ICE DESPITE SAYING THAT THEY WERE HERE ON ASYLUM. THEIR LIVES WOULD BE DISRUPTED IF THEY WERE SENT BACK TO RUSSIAN. WHILE THEY WERE ABDUCTED, THEIR CHILDREN WERE LEFT UNATTENDED. THEIR AWFUL CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT, BEING COLD, SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR, BEING REFUSED MEDICATION AND BEING DENIED CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. REPEATEDLY QUESTIONED IN A LANGUAGE THAT THEY CAN BARELY UNDERSTAND DESPITE ASKING FOR TRANSLATORS. I NOW WANT TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET US KNOW AND THEY HAVE BRAVELY AGREED TO COME FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, SHE HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN TODAY. SHE ALSO WORKED WITH ASYLUM SEEKERS. WITH THAT, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO TATIANA AND ANTON. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANTON AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR STORY WHAT HAPPENED WITH US. WE CAME TO UNITED STATES, AND THEN OF THE 2022, TO PREVIOUSLY WENT TO TRIP CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK. AND WHILE WE BEEN THERE, WE RECEIVED MESSAGE ABOUT ACTION POLICE. SOMEBODY'S FOR INTERROGATION US, ACCORDING OUR POLITICAL OPINION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS OUR--WE WERE FRIGHTENED AND DECIDED TO STAY IN THE U.S. AND AFTER WE RECEIVED ONE MORE MESSAGE ABOUT, WE DECIDED TO APPLY FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM. WE TALKED TO TONY TO HELP US TO FILL, FORM 589 AND AFTER 150 DAYS SINCE OUR CASE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ADJUDICATED, WE SUBMITTED FOR I765 AND RECEIVE TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR JOBS. I WANT STUDIO, MY WIFE HOUSE MANAGER, RESPONSIBLE FOR HOUSEHOLD OVERSIGHT ASSISTANCE TO HOMEOWNERS. OUR SON ENROLLED IN LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. WE JUST A WAITING OUR INTERVIEW WITH IMMIGRATIONS SERVICES. BUT, ON AUGUST 21, 2025, AROUND 7:00 AM I WENT OUT FOR MY USUAL WALK WITH OUR DOG, SUDDENLY A CAR WITHOUT ANY IDENTIFICATION MAXED UP IN FRONT OF ME. MAN GOT OUT, HIS EXPRESSION AND SECOND ONE CITIZEN, I NOTED. NEXT, HE IMMEDIATELY SAID, YOU ARE UNDER ARREST YOU OVER STAYED YOUR VISA. TWO OTHER MEN BE APPROACHED FROM BEHIND, ONE GRABBED MY PHONE AS HE PUT HANDCUFFS ON ME. I SAID I HAVE DOCUMENTS PROVIDING I WAS LEGAL TO WORK IN U.S. AND SAID I COULD SHOW THEM. THEY SAID IT DIDN'T MATTER, YOU WASTED YOUR ADVISE A YOU'RE UNDER ARREST YOU'RE COMING WITH US. THEY, THEY PLACED ME IN THE CAR IN THE FRONT SEAT. ALSO THEY ASK, IS IS YOUR WIFE HOME? LIT, TELL HER TO TAKE DOG. WHEN TANIA COME OUT, THEY IMMEDIATELY HANDCUFFED HER AND SAID SHE WAS UNDER ARREST TOO FOR OVER STAYED VISA. I TRIED ONCE AGAIN TO EXPLAIN THAT WE HAD ALL DOCUMENTS TO REMAIN LEGALLY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND ALSO, WE HAD WORK PERMIT, REAL IDs AND IT WAS DOESN'T MATTER. FOR THEM, I WAS VERY WEARING SHORTS AND T-SHIRTS MY WIFE WAS IN HER PAJAMAS. THEY TOOK US TO ICE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. I WAS PLACED IN HOLDING CELL WITH ABOUT 50 OTHER MEN. THEY HAD OPEN TOILET AND SINKS IN A 1,000 SQUARE FOOT ROOM. LIGHTS NEVER TURNING OFF, MAKING IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL THE TIME. THERE WAS NO ACCESS TO TOOTHBRUSH OR TOWELS, IT WAS EXTREMELY COLD. AROUND 55-60 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITH AIRCONDITIONER CONSTANTLY ON. I WAS CALLED BY AND QUESTIONED AND FIRST QUESTION WAS WHEN DID YOU CROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY THE FIRST TIME? I REPLIED I NEVER CROSSED ILLEGALLY, I CAME WITH VALID VISA FOR ASYLUM AND I HAVE PRIORITIZATION AND I HAVE FORM THAT SAYS, I MAY REMAIN IN U.S. WHILE MY CASE PENDING. THEY SEEM SURPRISED AND SENT ME BACK TO HOLDING CELL. WHEN I ASKED ICE OFFICER WHEN I WAS ARRESTED WHEN I HAD LEGAL DOCUMENTS, ONE SAID YOU'RE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WE'RE GOING TO DEPORT YOU. AFTER, I WAS TRANSFERRED BY BUS TO DETENTION CENTER IN SAN DIEGO. MY HANDS WERE CUFFED, LEGS SHACKLED AND CHAIN WAS PLACED AROUND MY WAIST. UP IN THE SAN DIEGO DETENTION CENTER I WAS GIVEN A UNIFORM. I SPENT ANOTHER 26 DAYS THERE. IT'S NOT EASY TO RECALL THIS TIME. BUT THEY, THEY APPROXIMATELY 130 OTHER MEN IN DETENTION CELL. ON SEPTEMBER 22, I WAS RELEASED ON 6500 BONDS AND ANKLE ON MY LEG. MY WIFE TANIA WAS ALSO RELEASED WITH 1500 BONDS WITHOUT ANY BRACELETS. AND TO THIS DAY, WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY WE WERE ARRESTED AND WE STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE TO LEAVE MINOR CHILD AT HOME WITHOUT CARE. I NEVER THOUGHT SUCH A THING WOULD HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING EVERY ONE. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION BUT I TRY. THE DAY AUGUST 21, IT WAS MY DAY OFF. I WOKE UP AT LIKE USUALLY 7:30 AND TAKE MY PILLS AND FALL ASLEEP AGAIN. WHEN I WOKE AND PICKUP MY PHONE, I SAW ABOUT FIVE MISSED CALLS FROM MY HUSBAND WHO WAS OUT WALK WITH OUR DOG. I CALLED HIM BACK AND HE SAID, TANIA, I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. I AM WITH OFFICER, YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH OUR DOG. AND IN THE BACKGROUND, I HEARD A MAN'S VOICE AND SPEAKING ENGLISH SAY YOUR WIFE? SHE SHOULD COME AND PICKUP DOG. I JUMPED OUT OF THE BED IN MY PAJAMAS AND PUT ON MY SLEEPERS AND TOLD OUR SON, DAD HAS BEEN ARRESTED, NO WORRIES I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. LOG THE DOG AND DON'T LET ANYONE IN. AND THEN, I RUN OUT OF HOUSE. OUTSIDE, I SAW TWO UNMARKED CARS AND FOUR MANS IN THE PLAINCLOTHES. AND IT WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE CAR WITH HIS HANDS HANDCUFFS BEHIND HIS BACK. ONE OF THE MANS WAS HOLDING OUR DOG I APPROACHED THEM, THEY ASKED, ARE YOU TATIANA, I ANSWERED YES AND THAT MOMENT, THEY ONE MAN TOOK MY PHONE AND ANOTHER, WITH MY ARM BEHIND MY BACK AND PUT MY HAND HUFFS FOR ME AND SAID I WAS ARRESTED. I ASKED THEM WHY, HE TOLD ME, YOU'RE ILLEGAL HERE. YOU'RE, OVER STAYED VISA. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM, IT'S SOME MISTAKE, BECAUSE WE HAVE WHOLE DOCUMENTS AND WE CAN STAY HERE BECAUSE OUR MY HUSBAND'S CASE IS STILL PENDING. BUT, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT MY ANSWER AND THEN, I WAS--I'M SORRY. IT'S VERY. >> B. Blumenfield: YOU'RE DOING GREAT. >> E. Hernandez: YOU'RE DOING GREAT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. >> Speaker I'M SORRY SO SORRY. >> E. Hernandez: IT'S OKAY. >> Speaker: I'M SORRY. >> B. Blumenfield: IT'S OKAY. IT'S A VERY TOUGH SITUATIONS. BUT THESE SHOCKING STORIES ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, OUR COMMUNITY HERE IS NO EXCEPTION, WHAT SHE WAS DESCRIBING IS HOW THEY LEFT HER SON AND HOUSE AND THE CONDITIONS THAT SHE HAD TO BE UNDER. AS JOAN AS POINTED OUT, THERE ARE MANY RUSSIANS COUPLE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE KILLED IF SENT BACK TO RUSSIA. AND THEY'RE IN THESE SITUATION, PEOPLE HERE ON ASYLUM AS WELL, THIS ADMINISTRATION IS HARMING OUR COMMUNITIES AND SEEMS TO BE THROWING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OUT OF THE WINDOW. THIS IS AMERICA, THIS IS NOT RUSSIA. SADLY THE STORIES WE HEAR TODAY, MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE HAVE MORE INCREASINGLY COMMON WITH RUSSIA FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WE NEED TO DO SO MANY MORE AND I THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR HAVING THESE MEETINGS, WE'RE COLLECTING THE RECEIPTS, WE'RE DOCUMENTING THESE STORIES. WE'RE BRINGING BRAVE PEOPLE LIKE TATIANA AND ANTON WHO HAVE COME HERE TO SPEAK IT PUBLICLY HERE, WHICH IS NO SMALL FEAT. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I HAD PEOPLE WHO PULLED OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE OUT OF FEAR. THIS IS A CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN IN THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED TO UPHOLD THE AMERICAN VALUES. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, WE PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, WHAT IT DOES IT STAND FOR ANYMORE? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STANDS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO START THIS MEETING WITH THIS PRESENTATION AS YOU HAVE ON SO MANY MANY OTHER OCCASIONS. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO IT AND THANK YOU JOAN, FOR BRINGING THEM IN AND ANTON AND TATIANA THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BLUMENFIELD, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: MR. BLUMENFIELD, I KNOW THEY WERE JUST SO OVERCOME AND OVERWHELMED WITH THE TRAUMA THAT HAS BEEN INFLECTED ON THEM. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO COME AND SPEAK. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT FOR THE FAMILIES TO REALLY RECONCILE WHAT IS BEING DONE TO THEM. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WAS THE FALSE NARRATIVE THAT'S IS BEING PROJECTED. THIS IS A COUPLE AND FAMILY THAT WAS TOLD TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. AND WHAT THE RIGHT WAY REPRESENTS, NO LONGER STANDS. IT'S BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION AS CONTINUED TO LEVEE THEIR ASSAULTS ON PEOPLE THAT TAUGHT --THOUGHT IT WAS PROTECTED. AND IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE INDISCRIMINATE ABOUT WHO IS BEING TARGETED. AND SADLY JUST A REMINDER FOR ME, AS I FIND MYSELF CONTINUE TO BE TORN BY BEING CELEBRATORY AROUND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY AT A MOMENT IN TIME WHEN THIS ASSAULT CONTINUES TO BE LEVIED AROUND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S A REMINDER FOR EVERY ONE TO USE YOUR DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS IN SUCH A WAY THAT DOES NOT CONTINUE TO UPHOLD AND CELEBRATE INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T STAND WITH US! AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHILE EVERY ONE LIKES TO TWEET AND CELEBRATE ALL OF THESE FALSE NARRATIVES OF ORGANIZATION THAT'S DON'T STAND WITH US, IT'S A REMINDER THAT THESE ASSAULTS CONTINUE TO INFLECT HARM, IRREPARABLE HARM, WE NEED STAND. MY THANKS FOR YOU FOR BRINGING THEM IN AND FOR THEM TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO SPEAK AND I HOPE THIS COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND WITH PEOPLE LIKE THEM IN THE WAKE OF OTHER ACTIVITIES HAPPENING. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK THE FAMILY WHO CAME IN TO TESTIMONY TODAY AND MR. BLUMENFIELD FOR BRINGING THEM. AND SO THE RECORD IS CRYSTAL CLEAR AS I HEARD IT, HER HUSBAND WAS ARRESTED WALKING THE DOG, HE GOT INSTRUCTIONS AND PERMISSION TO CALL HIS WIFE TO COME GET THE DOG WHICH WAS A TRAP FOR HER TO WALK OUT OF HER HOUSE AT WHICH TIME SHE WAS ARRESTED. SO WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN OUR CITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND, MR. BLUMENFIELD IS EXACTLY RIGHT, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE RECEIPT BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IS NOT GOING TO LAST ALWAYS AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE FORGOTTEN. AND TWO, AT SOME POINT, WE WANT TO COME BACK FOR JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. >> City Attorney: AND MR. PRESIDENT, BEFORE I READ OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS, I WANT TO WARN MR. HERMAN TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT BECAUSE OF YOU DANCING IN THE MIDDLE OF AISLE AS DISTRACTING AS IT MIGHT BE, THIS IS NOT BECAUSE YOU CONTINUE TO FLIP US OFF, THIS WARNING IS BECAUSE YOU INTERRUPTED COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO INTRODUCE THE SPEAKERS DURING THE PRESENTATION. I HEARD YOU YELL OUT F-U AND WHIELT YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CANNOT DO SO WHEN A COUNCILMEMBER IS GIVING A PRESENTATION, I CANNOT REQUIRE YOU TO BE A DECENT HUMAN BEING, BUT WE CAN REQUIRE YOU TO FOLLOW THE BROWN ACT. DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING, IF YOU DO SO AGAIN, YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PURSUANT RULE 7 AND 12. NOW I'LL READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. >> Council President: BEFORE YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS, I WANT TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AROUND ITEM 30 AT THIS TIME, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN ME HERE. COLLEAGUES, MY MOTION INSTRUCTS DOT TO HAVE A CEREMONIAL SIGN ON SOUTH PARK STREET AT KENT WONG SQUARE THE CHAMPION OF JUSTICE AND WORKER AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS. IT'S A SYMBOLIC LOCATION WHERE KENT SPENT OVER 32 YEARS BUILDING UP HIS WORK. HIS ADVOCACY WAS WHAT SECURED THE 15 MILLION FROM THE STATE TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE THAT BUILDING AND MAKE IT AN ICON FOR MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, MANY CAMPAIGNS, HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE AN IMPACT TODAY IN THE CITY SUCH AS LANES, SAGE, AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMES TO THE AREA, REMEMBERS FOREVER THE WORK THAT KENT WONG HAS DONE TO IMPACT OUR CITY FOREVER. AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE DONE THIS. I WELCOME ALL COLLEAGUES. I WANT TO THANK HIS FAMILY FOR BEING HERE. WE HAVE JAY LEE WONG, HIS WIFE, HIS SON, HIS BROTHER IS NOT PRESENT WITH US TODAY BUT MARSHAL WONG WAS HERE THE ANOTHER DAY. AND THEN WE HAVE FRIENDS HERE WITH LABOR THAT ARE ALSO JOINING IN SUPPORT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR SECONDING MY MOTION. MAY KENT WONG BE RESTING IN THE WARM EMBRACE OF OUR ANCESTORS AND MAY LOS ANGELES REMEMBER HIM AND HIS WORK AND PEOPLE FOREVER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND THANK YOU TO THE WONG FAMILY FOR BEING WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF KENT WONG. BRIAN. >> Speaker: I'M RYAN LEE WONG I'M KENT DOUGLAS WONG'S OLDER SON AND I OFFER GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF MY MOM. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS MOTION. TODAY WE'RE MOURNING NOT ONLY A LEADER FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BUT ALSO MY FATHER AND A LOVING HUSBAND. DESPITE HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TOOK TIME TO PACK ME LUNCH EVERY DAY OF MY SCHOOL LIFE. TO HE CARED NOT ONLY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE BUT PERSONAL INTERPERSONAL JUSTICE. MY FATHER'S VISION FOR UCLA LABOR CENTER, NOW THE JAMES LAWSON JUSTICE CENTER WAS IT TO BE A CROSSROADS, A PLACE TO EXTEND UCLA INTO THE IMMIGRANT AND WORKING COMMUNITIES NEAR MAC ARTHUR PARK, HE VISIONED A PLACE WHERE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND SCHOLARS CAN COME TOGETHER TO ENVISION A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE CITY. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR PUTTING FORTH THIS IDEA OF RENAMING THE SQUARE IN FRONT KENT DOUGLAS WONG SQUARE. MY DAD WAS A HUMBLE PERSON, HE WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN THE NAME BUT WHAT HE STOOD FOR. MY HOPE IS THAT THIS SQUARE SERVES AS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT HE BELIEVED FOR AND FOUGHTED --FOUGHT FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE. I WORK THIS SERVES AS A WELCOME TO EVERYBODY WHO WALKS THROUGH IT. CREATIVE, NON VIOLENT, PEOPLE-DRIVEN MOVEMENT TO RESHAPE OUR CITY AND WORLD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. [APPLAUSE] AND I CAN SEE THAT THE SPIRIT AND ENERGY OF KENT WONG LIVES ON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM U TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, 21, 22 THROUGH 38 AND 47 THROUGH 49. SO AGAIN, LET ME REPEAT, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 1, 21, 22 THROUGH 38 AND 47 THROUGH 49. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT IF I CAN INTEREST THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRET RESIDENTER INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT AND ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE BEFORE YOU SPEAK. THE NAMES ARE CALLED RANDOM. THAT IS TO SAY IT'S RANDOMLY GENERATED. IF YOU HAVE REQUESTED AN ACCOMMODATION, UNDER THE ADA, PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT KNOW SO THEY CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE HAND-HELD MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: YOU CAN BEGIN CALLING NAMES. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, GOD IS DANE A MARK, LILLY FELLOWSHIP IPZ, RYAN LEE WONG AND ESTELLA FLORES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE OUR FIRST SPEAKER, I WANT TO CALL ON MR. NAZARIAN, WE GOT A VERBAL AMENDMENT? >> A. Nazarian: IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, I MOVE THAT ITEM 9 ON TODAY'S COUNCIL AGENDA BE AMENDED TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING REVISED RECOMMENDATION AND I'LL READ FOR THE RECORD. RESOLVE TO ADOPT PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 242B A CHANGE TO THE JURISDICTIONS OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT SECOND. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. >> Council President: MR. CLERK, YOU GOT THAT? >> Clerk: YES, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. NOW WE CAN GO TO CALL NAMES AND HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OKAY, HOW DO I ADJUST? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AS A PERSON WITH DISABILITY. IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> City Attorney: AND SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: HE'S GOING TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY. >> Speaker: I LIVE AT TRIANGLE SQUARE APARTMENTS IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER IN LOS ANGELES AS WELL. AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT, I MOVED IN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM ILLINOIS AND I'M VERY SURPRISED WITH LOS ANGELES AND THEIR APPROACH TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL AS LGBT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHICH ARE COVERED UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. WHERE I LIVE AT, THERE IS NO ACCESSIBILITY TO DOORS WHERE I LIVE AT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS. I'M APPEALING PLEASE, HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK. WE NEED SOME ASSISTANCE, REAL ASSISTANCE. AND I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN AT THE LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER, THERE IS A PRIME AL FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS. SO I'M APPEALING TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS WELL AS THE MEMBERS HERE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. >> Speaker: SO YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR LAST REMARK YOUR TIME HAS ENDED. >> Speaker: OKAY, SO. THIS IS WHAT I'M REQUESTING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL VANESSA B, HAIRET ELLIOT, B B.C., SABRA, SIZE QUEEN AND MICHAEL ACROWMAN. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING EXTRA FIVE MINUTES EXTRA TIME AFTER HIS TIME EXPIRED. STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER 23, SERGEANT ARTURO IT'S ABOUT THE TYPOLOGIES, I'M HERE TO REJECT THIS ITEM. BECAUSE ALL OF MY HOMEYS ON FIGUEROA STREET, WE DON'T WANT SHARED HOUSING. MEAN THATING I HAVE TO SHARE MY ROOM WITH HIV WHICH IS NOBODY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WANTS TO AGREE WITH ITEM NUMBER 23. I WANT TO ASK OUR COUNCILMEMBERS AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE YOUR ROOM WITH HIV FIGUEROA GANG BANGERS? SO NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 24, BUSTERS PROGRAM. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THIS GRAFFITI BUSTER, ON TOP OF THAT, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT GANG BANGING BUSTERS AS WELL. RIGHT NOW ONCE YOU CLEAR UP THE GRAFFITI, THE SECOND DAY OUR CITY ATTORNEY BRING HIS BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THEY DID ANOTHER GRAFFITI AND THEN WE CLEAN UP AGAIN AND THEN CITY ATTORNEY GET HIS BLACK LIVES MATTER, GRAFFITI AGAIN. THIS IS A CYCLE, IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET ANY BETTER. NOW ITEM 25, ITEM 25 IS ABOUT THE FRIDAY MEETING WILL BE HELD IN VAN NUYS CITY COUNCIL. I THINK THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS TRYING TO DENY ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON FRIDAY IS BECAUSE THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY UNDERSTAND THAT I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET TO VAN NUYS CITY HALL TO SPEAK, THAT'S THE REASON WHY OUR CITY ATTORNEY CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE DOWNTOWN L.A. DOWN TO VAN NUYS IN ORDER TO SPEAK THIS ITEM NUMBER 25 WHICH IS A RACIST ITEM TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN VAN NUYS. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 26, IT'S ABOUT SANITATION SERVICES IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 9. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT IN THIS ITEM NUMBER 26, IT'S BECAUSE I ADVOCATED SO MANY TIMES THAT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE FIGUEROA STREET SO THAT THAT'S WHY THE GIRLS, THEY CAN HAVE A SAFE STREET, THEY CAN HAVE A CLEAN STREET TO PROVIDE THEIR HEAD SERVICES ON THE STREET OF FIGUEROA. BUT THE THING IS, WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW FECES AND URINE WITHOUT ANY SANITATION SERVICES. THAT'S WHY NO FIGUEROA GIRL WANTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES ANYMORE. WE NEED SANITATION SERVICES ON COUNCIL DISTRICT 9. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 27, IT IS ABOUT STREET LIGHTING ON THE LINCOLN HEIGHTS. YES, LINCOLN HEIGHTS GIRLS NEED STREET LIGHTING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GETTING SERVICES FROM A MALE OR FEMALE BECAUSE THERE IS NO STREET LIGHTING, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS GIVING ME SERVICES, MALE OR FEMALE. I NEED STREET LIGHTING. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT, TO DENOUNCE THE ICY RAID, BECAUSE ONE OF MY BELOVED COMMUNITY MEMBER MS. GUADALUPE WAS KIDNAPPED BY ICE. SO RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A BURRITO TACO SERVICES ANYMORE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY TOOK AWAY MS. HERNANDEZ. AND RIGHT NOW, IN OTHER PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY WHENEVER THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HEAD SERVICES, WE ALWAYS GO TO MS. HERNANDEZ BUT RIGHT NOW, ICE TOOK OUR COMMUNITY HEAD SERVICES PROVIDER MS. HERNANDEZ, WE NO LONGER, ANYBODY WITH GET ANY HEAD IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ESPECIALLY DANA TOLD ME SHE DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THREE-INCH SIZE. WE LOVE MS. HERNANDEZ, MS. GUADALUPE, WE MAKE SURE THAT ICE RELEASE MS. GUADALUPE SO WE CAN HAVE SERVICES WHENEVER DANA DENIES ME ME. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HARRIETTE ELLIOT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON ONE AND ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS NO PROLIFERATION OF LIQUOR STORES. NUMBER 22, I'M TOTALLY ON THE SIDE OF YOUNG PEOPLE FINDING, YOUTH FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS FOR YOUTH, I'M SO GLAD WE'RE DOING THAT. SOMEBODY THOUGHT THAT WE LIKED PUTIN, I DON'T THINK ANYONE LIKES PUTIN. MY OTHER THING ABOUT THIS MORNING, IS THAT, THE, IN THE LIBRARY, THERE IS A, A THING ABOUT AR MERE --ARMENIA AND IT'S SOMETHING THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD. I URGE PEOPLE TO SEE THAT, IT'S VERY NICE. THIS IS A VERY RIGHT-WINGER. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHAT ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THIS GUY IS MORE RIGHT-WING THAN TRUMP AND I HOPE YOU CALL HIM, I LEFT HIS PHONE NUMBER HIS EMAIL ET CETERA. AND IT'S UP TO YOU TO CALL HIM, BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH ANYTHING HE SAYS ALMOST ANYTHING. THE ENTIRE WORLD IS GOING TO BE RAPED BY THIS B-SYSTEM, HE'S TALKING ABOUT DIRECTED ENERGY. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I AGREE WITH THIS GUY. SO IF YOU'RE REALLY DETERMINED TO FIGHT THIS NEW WORLD ORDER IN THE FUTURE, YOU NEED TO START BUILDING EMF BUNKERS. HAVING THIS READY TO GO CAN TAKE UP TO A YEAR BY THE TIME YOU START. THE SYSTEM HAS BEGAN APPLYING AND LISTEN TO THIS GUY, YOU CAN TELL WHERE HE'S COMING FROM, AND CONSERVATIVE AS A DEMOGRAPHIC. I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP THE WOMAN, RENE PITMAN AND I'LL BRING HER NEXT WEEK. I ALREADY HAVE IT IT'S ABOUT SILENT SOUND THAT GOES INTO YOUR EAR AND AVOIDS THE EARS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL DUTIER A B B.C., JER OWN, WILLIAM GOOD, BONNIE BLUE AND GEORGE BICYCLE A NEGRA. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M VANESSA BEAU TIST A I'M STRATEGIST HERE IN L.A. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERY ONE AT THE ROSE BOWL THIS IS LOS ANGELES LARGEST ADOPTION EVENT FEATURINGS HUNDREDS OF DOGS AND CATS. IT'S A FUN FAMILY-FRIENDLY WEEKEND WHERE ANGELINOS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAYBE EVEN MEET THEIR NEW BEST FRIEND. EVENTS HELPS REDUCE SHELTER OVERCROWD ANDING CONNECT THE COMMUNITY WITH VITAL CARE RESOURCES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP IN HELPING L.A. MAKE L.A. A MODEL FOR COMPASSIONATE LIFE-SAVING COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NEIGHBORS I'M NOT A FAN OF BAD WORDS OR FIRST AMENDMENT BUT I'M A FAN OF THE LAW. AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT, YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO HEAR BAD WORDS. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED AT THE NO-KINGS RALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT POLICE IGNORING VIOLENT EXTORTIONIST FOR A LONG TIME. THE CITY PRESIDENT SHOULD PLACE A BIG RED SIGN OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ATTENTION SISY,S IF YOU DON'T LIKE BAD WORDS, MOVE TO NORTH KOREA. GO BLUE JAYS! >> Speaker: TEST, TEST. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL MOTHER FUCKEN ITEMS. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR HONOR, AND ASSHOLES OF CD13 REGARDING THIS CONVENIENCE FOR MORE ALCOHOL. HAVE WE NOT SEEN WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THAT IMMIGRANT DROVE HIS SEMI WITHOUT HIS BRAKE ON AND KILLED THREE PEOPLE. BUT YET WE GRANDSTAND ABOUT THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE AFRAID OF OUR DONALD TRUMP OUR HERO, OUR ONLY PRESIDENT 45-47 WHO IS OVER INDULGE, LIKE THE BAD HAIRCUT LIKE THAT DUMB ATTORNEY OVER THERE. GOD BLESS DONALD TRUMP. YES. MY RECOMMENDATION FOR OFF SITE CONSUMPTION IS FUCK YOU DAWSON. NO MORE ALCOHOL, THANK YOU SMOKING SCAN FOR THE SHOUT OUT AND THE SCREAM. SMOKE SCAN AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DRIVING ON OUR FREEWAYS KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO FUCKED UP, DRUNK, FUCKED UP ON DRUGS AND FUCKED UP LIKE DAWSON WITH THAT FAT GIRL. THEN YOU GO ITEM 23 REGARDING HOUSING, FUCK HOUSING IN LOS ANGELES. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT ANY VETERAN, ANY AMERICAN, ANY INDIVIDUAL IN HERE BECAUSE OF THESE RACISTS, INDESPICABLE PIECE OF SHIT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CALLED LAW BREAKERS, CRIMINAL CORRUPTION. JUST LIKE IN THE DAYS OF NOAH'S ARC, CORRUPTION AND CRIMINAL LIFE STYLES THAT THEY LOVE. THAT'S ITEM 23 FOR THE RECORD, DICK HEAD WITH THE BAD HAIRCUT, GROAT. THEN SMOKING SCAN I GO TO INTO HARRIS DOGSON AND THAT ITY BITTY PARROT FROM PACOIMA. THEY'RE HAVING A MEETING ON FRIDAY, ON HALLOWEEN. THE ONLY HALLOWEENY I'M GOING TO GRAB IS LIKE THE ONE MICHAEL JACKSON, THIS SOCIETY IS GOING TO THE FUCKEN DOGS, WOOF WOOF, WOOF, AND THE ONLY HERO BESIDES SMOKING SCAN AND HIS AUDIENCE IS DONALD J TRUMP, VOTE NO ON 50, FUCK YOU DAWSON BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LISTENING. ITEM 25 AND JEW JEW FUCK YOU TOO ON ITEM 26, THANK YOU SMOKING SCAN. THEN ITEM NUMBER 31, BLUMENFIELD AND THAT CRIMINAL FROM CD14 WHO ALLOWS OUR COMMUNITY TO BE RUN DOWN BY YOUR ILLEGAL, INAPPROPRIATE ACTIONS AGAINST ICE, AGAINST OUR GOVERNMENT, AND AGAINST DONALD J TRUMP. NOW ON TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: AS YOU'VE HEARD, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR SOCIETY HAS BECOME A CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT. AND I'LL READ INTO THE RECORD THIS CASE UNDER CASE NUMBER 24STCV16690, ABRAHAM CRUZ VERSUS THE CITY OF INDUSTRY. NOW ILLEGALS COMING HERE AND THEY GET EVERYTHING FUCKEN FREE, RIGHT SMOKING SCAN? NO, FUCK LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT'S NOT FREE. I AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, I AKA BATMAN KNOW THAT GOD DAMN AMERICA IS DOOMED. SO IN THIS CASE, EVERYBODY, WHY IS IT AFTER FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AND THE CITY OF INDUSTRY, THIS FUCKEN GOVERNMENT IS GIVING THESE MOTHER FUCKERS, FIVE YEARS OF LIFETIME INSURANCE, 40 USC POLITELY, FUCK YOU. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE LAST SIX NAMES ON THE LIST DANIEL COREY DAMIAN BATMAN, RAY LOUSE ON AND PETE. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 26, 24 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN. >> Speaker: SO YOU'RE SEEKING SUPPLEMENTAL MONEY TO COVER FOR THE CUTS YOU MADE FOR OUR SERVICES. LAST YEAR, YOU CUT SERVICES BY 61 MILLION. PUBLIC WORKS BY 8.1 MILLION. STREET LIGHTING BY 7.5 MILLION. YOU CUT AGING BY 5.4 MILLION YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO HELL FOR THAT ONE. YOU MADE THE CUTS, AND RATHER THAN RESTORE THEM, YOU SAY, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 100 MILLION A YEAR AT THE VANITY PROJECT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, THAT WE DID NOT NEED. SOMEHOW TAKING CARE OF THE UNIONS WAS A PRIORITY, THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS WAS A PRIORITY, WHILE OUR STREETS ARE DARK, WHILE OUR SIDEWALKS ARE FALLING APART, WHILE OUR ROADS ARE FALLING APART. I'M GOING TO GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. LAST WEEK, THE LAPD TRIED TO GO TO COURT TO REMOVE THE RESTRAINING ORDER AND INJUNCTION THAT STOPS THEM FROM BEATING THE HELL OUT OF PRESS. THEY VIOLATED AND YOU SAID NOTHING. THEY INVITED THE RESTRAINING ORDER, YOU SAID NOTHING. THEY VIOLATED THE INJUNCTION, YOU SAID NOTHING. BUT FINALLY LAST WEEK, YOU STOOD UP AND SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR THIS ANYMORE AND THE VERY NEXT DAY LAPD WENT OUT THERE AND STARTED SHOOTING JOURNALIST. AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU ARE SAYING NOTHING. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU! FOR THAT, AND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT SOMETHING HERE, MONICA RODRIGUEZ, MONICA I RECOGNIZED WHAT YOU DID LEADING UP TO THE FIRES FOR TWO YEARS, WARNING ABOUT HOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS BEING DEFUNDED, HOW EQUIPMENT WASN'T BEING REPLACED AND YOU KNOW WHAT, NOBODY LISTENED TO YOU. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ALL FOUGHT AGAINST AND DEFINITELY THE MAYOR DID. I RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU DID. IF THEY HAD LISTENED TO YOU, I THINK LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED, PROPERTIES WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED. ENJOY YOUR DAY. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HOLA MUY BUENAS DIAS, A TODOS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER CAN YOU PAUSE FOR THE TRANSLATOR. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M SORRY THE INTERPRETER HAD THE PROBLEM WITH THE HEADSET AND WAS UNABLE TO HEAR WHAT THE PERSON WAS SAYING. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SI. >> Speaker: MUY BUENOS DIAS A TODOS. MY NOMBRE ES STELLA FLORES. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HELLO MY NAME IS STELLA FLORES I'M HERE SUPPORTING MY CO-WORKERS SO YOU CAN APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. YEAH, BECAUSE US THE WORKER SUFFER WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF OUR EMPLOYERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AS WELL AS CRIMINAL VIOLENCE ME AS A YEAR AGO, I WAS A VICTIM OF A CRIMINAL VIOLENCE BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THEY DIDN'T TAKE US INTO ACCOUNT, THEY DON'T VALLEY OUR LIVES AT ALL, THEY DON'T CARE IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO US. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO THAT IS WHY THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO OUR VOICES SO THAT YOU APPROVE THE NEW ORDINANCE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, SORRY YOUR TIME IS UP. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: SO WE CAN KNOW OUR RIGHTS AND WE CAN DEFEND OURSELVES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS DANIEL SOSA ON FRIDAY, ABOUT 30 MEMBERS CAME TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE VIOLENCE WE EXPERIENCED ON NO-KINGS DAY AND TO DEMAND THE REMOVAL OF CHIEF McDONNELL. THE PUBLIC FELT DISMISSED WHEN SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. WE DIDN'T SHOW UP TO GIVE YOU GUYS A HARD TIME. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU THE REAL VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY EXPERIENCING AT THE HANDS OF LAPD, THE MOST WELL-FUNDED DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE CITY. AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO MORE TO HOLD LAPD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR UNHINGED AND ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR WHICH BY THE WAY IS BREAKING THE CITY'S BUDGET. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS RAY LOUSE ON I'M A MEMBER OF THE REGION OF CARPENTERS I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 20. I ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THIS CRITICAL STUDY TO CREATE A MINIMUM WAGE. THIS IS GOES TO THE BIGIST ISSUE, WHO BUILDS THE HOUSING WE NEED? IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A RELIABLE WORKFORCE SO L.A. CAN FINALLY SOLVE ITS HOUSING CRIES. THIS STUDY NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND HAPPEN QUICKLY. IT'S TIME FOR ACTION NOW. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 20. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS COREY I'M PART OF THE REGIONAL OF CARPENTER. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL TODAY TO PASS THIS MOTION TO DO THIS STUDY BUT FIGHT LIKE OUR DODGERS FOR 18 ININGS BECAUSE THE FIGHT CANNOT STOP HERE. A WORKER WAGE IS A SIMPLE SIMPLE COMMITMENT, IF YOU LIVE LOS ANGELES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES. FAIR WAGES WILL NOT DRIVE UP HOUSING, ONLY 14 PERCENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS GOES TO LABOR. A MINIMUM WAGE WILL NOT ONLY ENSURE LIBERAL WAGES FOR THOUSANDS OF ANGELINOS, IT WILL STRENGTHEN OUR HOUSING WORKFORCE AND ENSURE THAT WE CAN BUILD THE HOUSING L.A. DESPERATELY NEEDS NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE. I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING AND URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER MINIMUM WAGE IN THE COMING MONTHS. OUR WORKERS CAN'T WAIT AND ANGELINOS ARE DEPENDING ON YOU. THANK YOU! [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERY ONE WHO CAME TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY HE'S MEETING. WE HAVE A MEATY LIST OF ITEMS FOR VOTES. MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 1, 19, 22 THROUGH 26, 28, 29, 31 THROUGH 37. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 10. >> Council President: THERE WAS A REQUEST TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS, DOES THAT NEED A MOTION? >> Clerk: YES, IT'S FOR THE MOTION McOSKER RODRIGUEZ RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 10. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: THERE WE GO. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW-- >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ITEM 10. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE-- >> E. Hernandez: NEVER MIND. >> Council President: ARE YOU SURE, HOW ABOUT YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: I'M FINE, THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 14 AND 15 WHICH THEY INTRODUCED TO ADOPT THE REPORT FOR TRANSPORTATION. >> Council President: SO IT'S MY MOTION THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A NO-VOTE ON, ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEMS 17 AND 38 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE'RE TAKING A BIG AND VERY IMPORTANT AND LONG OVERDUE STEP IN ADOPTING THE CITY'S LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AND IT FEELS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL DURING THIS TIME THAT WE'RE LIVING THROUGH. PARTICULARLY, AS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO REWRITE THE HISTORY AND TRUTH ABOUT OUR COUNTRY. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WE ARE CHOOSING A VERY DISTINCT AND DIFFERENT PATH ONE THAT IS ROOTED IN TRUTH, RECOGNITION AND RESPECT FOR FIRST PEOPLES OF THIS LAND. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ FOR MOVING THIS THROUGH COMMITTEE AND ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ORIGINAL AUGTER OF THIS MOTION, OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER MITCH O'FARRELL, THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN EVER ELECTED TO SERVE ON THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE YAINDA NATION. TODAY'S VOTE IS NOT JUST ABOUT WORDS ON PAPER, IT'S ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING TRUTH AND COMMITTING TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACTION. THE CAO REPORT THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS ITEM CALLS FOR AN UPDATE THAT ADDRESSES THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE PAST. THAT HONEST REFLECTION PAIRED WITH A PLAN WITH MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP IS THE KIND OF FOLLOW THROUGH THIS MOMENT DESERVES. THIS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND IT REMINDS US THAT HONORING THAT HONORING HISTORY IS NOT SYMBOLIC BUT AN ESSENTIAL STEP TOWARDS RECONCILIATION AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION. SO AS WE LOOK AHEAD, LET'S CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THE PAST, MAKE SURE OUR ACTIONS MATCH OUR WORDS AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE AS WE ADOPT THIS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER, ONE GROUNDED ON TRUTH, ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO GAVE BEFORE US. AND MY SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO THE TRIBE ALL THE TRIBES AND THE COMMISSION THAT WE'RE SO INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US REFINE THIS STATEMENT THAT IS NOW BEFORE ALL OF US TODAY. AND I ASK YOU FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THE ITEM. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: AND THIS ITEM WILL GO FORTHWITH ACCORD TO GO COUNCILMEMBER REQUEST. >> Clerk: AND ALSO REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 22 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 38? >> Clerk: THAT'S CORRECT. >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN INTERIM CONTROL ORDINANCE THAT WILL TEMPORARY PAUSE THE ISSUANCE OF NEW PERMITS FOR RV PARKS. OUR MUNICIPAL CODE HAS DEFINITION THAT'S CLEARLY DEFINES FOR WHAT DID HE FINES FOR WHAT A MOBILE PARK IS AND WHAT ARE NOT RV PARK IS. SADLY, WE KNOW THOSE ARE VERY DIFFERENT AND DISTINCT DEFINITIONS OF WHAT HOMES ARE BUT SADLY THE CORRESPONDING REQUIREMENTS AND HOW IT'S BEEN INTERPRETED, HAS FRANKLY CAUSED SOME SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AND SO, OUR EFFORT IN WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE NOW HAVE BEFORE YOU, THIS PROPOSED INTERIM CONTROL ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THAT SECTION 14 OF THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CODE USES TERMS SEEMINGLY INTERCHANGABLY OPENING UP NEARLY EVERY ZONE TO CONFUSION AND HAZARDS TO HEALTH AND SAFETY AS A RESULT, LIMITING AND FURTHER DEFINING WHAT THAT CODE MEANS AND WHAT IT EXPLICITLY SAYS. THEY FAIL TO ADDRESS CLEANLINESS AND OCCUPANCY AND SEWAGE AND TRASH DISPOSAL, WATER ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS SYSTEMS, LANDSCAPING, AND SCREENING DRAINAGE GRADING UTILITIES SYSTEMS, CIRCULATION, FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESTROOMS AND ACCESSIBILITY. MY DISTRICT AND OTHERS, LIKE MR. McOSKER, HAVE SEEN AN UP TICK IN APPLICATIONS USING THIS GRAY AREA, EXPLOITING WHAT IS NOT EXPLICITLY BEING DEFINED AND WHILE WE ALL KNOW, WHAT IT MEANS, THIS GRAY AREA IS BEING EXPLOITED BY INDIVIDUALS THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT BETTER MORE CLEARLY DEFINED TO ENSURE PROCEDURELY, THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE USE CONCERNS THAT ARE HAVING THE POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS TO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO PAUSE THE ISSUANCE TO FURTHER PERMITS UNTIL THIS IS CORRECTED. AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN DIRECTED TO WORK ON THESE CODE UPDATES THROUGH A COMPANION MOTION AND I HOPE THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES CAN HELP TO MOVE FORWARD IN A MANNER THAT IS TRANSPARENT, CLEAR AND PROTECTS ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR CLARITY AND USE OF THESE PERMITS THAT IS NOT FURTHER EXPLOITED. SO I WANT TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU MR. McOSKER FOR SIGNING ON TO THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WIDTH CITY TO ENSURE THAT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IS PROTECTED. THANK YOU AND I ASK YOU FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THE ISSUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: AND THIS GOES FORTHWITH. >> M. Rodriguez: URGENT FORTHWITH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: CAN I BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD, WHAT WILL BE 12 AYES AND 1 NO SO THE ORDINANCE WILL BE HELD OVER FOR ONE WEEK. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 1 AS AMENDED BY MOTION NAZARIAN-HARRIS-DAWSON. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 27 FOR WHICH COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR WHICH SUBSTITUTE MOTION 27 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED CIRCULATE ASKED POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. PLEASE NOTE TWO VOTES ARE REQUIRED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON SUBSTITUTION, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL ON SUBSTITUTE ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYESS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT SF. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 30 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR WHICH A MENDING MOTION 30-A HERNANDEZ-HUTT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, POSTEDED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER 21 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM. CLOSE THE ROLL TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEMS 47, 48 AND 49 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME, SIR? >> Council President: YES. SO WE'LL PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED SESSION FOR THE REMAINING THREE ITEMS. THAT MEANS WE CLEARED THE ROOM EXCEPT FOR STAFF AND OTHER CITY WIDE ELECTED OFFICES. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] . >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY 12 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OFED SESSION? --OF CLOSED SESSION. >> City Attorney: NOTHING TO REPORT. >> Council President: JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, WE'RE CONTINUING 47 AND 48 UNTIL NOVEMBER 5th. NEXT, MR. CLERK, WE HAVE A RECONSIDERATION OF 38 TO RECONSIDER. >> Clerk: AND YES IF THERE IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER NUMBER 38. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ IS MAKING MOTION COUNCILMEMBER JURADO IS SECONDING. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> M. Rodriguez: I'D LIKE TO REQUEST IT GOES FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WE'VE GOT TO VOTE ON IT. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: URGENT FORTHWITH. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, IT'S ADOPTED TODAY AND WILL NOT BE HELD OVER FOR A WEEK. >> Council President: GREAT. GREAT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED EXAMINE REFERRED. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> Clerk: THERE IS FOR A REQUEST FOR ITEM 49 THERE IS A REQUEST TO REFER THE ITEM BACK TO HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ASK EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? ADD JOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU ALL IN THE MORNING.