big network of communications that most of us don't realize. We usually ignore a radio tower , a radio towers, provide, radio communications. If you've ever seen a police officer or firefighter, they're carrying a radio on their body and they have radios in their vehicles. The radio communications is how police and fire do their jobs. 0584 we have 33 different radio sites with 31 radio towers. And these are critical 911 dispatch utilizes radio communications to ensure that vehicles officers, firefighters, other agencies can all interact with each other during an emergency. Pressure is really high. Always 24 over seven. The radio that they use is their lifeline. It's a matter of life and death. So it's very critical that we maintain it and it's working all the time. All right. Good morning. Morning morning morning. All right. So today we're going to go ahead and change the bulbs at the top of the beacon. That will fall to Mike and Roberto while we're going up. We're also going to be adding some cables that might need weatherproofing. So if you look at these bulbs they're special type of bulbs because they're a little extra large. One of the things I'm most proud of, we have not had an incident since I've been here. Everybody goes home at night. Communications keep working and goals are met. So right here it's okay because it's a ladder with the ladder you have your safety guidewire. This piece attaches to that. So you're safe going straight up the ladder. Once you get to the very top where we're going to be, it's a monopole. So after you get off the ladder, you won't be able to use this no more. So you're going to be using a positioning lanyard. Let's go. Safety will be the primary thing on my mind. One foot in front of the other. One hand in front of the other, ensuring that I make it home safe. I would say 4 to 6 hours. If it's just a bulb that needs to be replaced. This one probably takes a little longer just because it's the biggest tower that we have here at the city. Oh, it's bad. The connector. Yeah Hey, Stevo. Yeah. Go ahead . It's the connector on the LAPD . Completely exposed. Weatherproofing first. Yeah. Weatherproofing first. We are weatherproofing some of these antennas over here. Okay so what causes the equipment on the towers to malfunction? Can be weather moisture, high winds, simply the age of the antennas or the connectors. So the ongoing maintenance of radio towers. It is an ongoing job. That's good. Yeah. The last stop will be the beacon bulbs up at the very top. Here, crucial flybys from LAPD need to know that there's a tower right underneath them. Awesome views. It's a view that only tower climbers would see. Mount Lee's pretty awesome, right? Because it's kind of like dead center for the city communications and operations. Every city entity comes through Mountain View, if you will. The frequency and frequency stand by engine 48 for Metro Officer needs help. So we were on the way back for what reason? Oh, let's coordinate our efforts. Go for 16. All resources. Hold the channel 19 is an opportunity clear. What we do is important. It keeps fire and PD moving all the time. All right, that's it. This location is one of a kind. What else can we say? It's iconic because you got the Hollywood sign down below. You see it in movies all the time. They span out and you see the tower. And, you know, people never really question what goes on on that tower. The suspect is in custody. All right . Great job guys. Today we're celebrating Matthew Nolan, who was named firefighter of the year for 2025, an incredible leader within our organization. Today's celebration is about an individual who's done it over a career. Matt is a humble leader and instrumental in the development of the culture within the Los Angeles fire Department. I'm just humbled to be firefighter. I'm still trying to get my head around it. I joke with some of the people, I think this is all a big mistake, and we'll all figure this out in a few minutes. But I started as a firefighter in North Hollywood, and that's actually the neighborhood I grew up in. I spent most of my career working as a firefighter, an apparatus operator, and a captain for almost 20 years at fire station 60, he promoted through the ranks, and now he's assigned to the drill tower as a captain to the drill master, and he's instrumental in the development of our future firefighters. His level of leadership has been implanted in every single one of the members who have gone through Drill Tower 81. There is no doubt this is one of the reasons why he is being recognized as firefighter of the year. Because of the effort, the contribution that he's done to make the lAFD better than it was the previous year. And so on and so on. His contribution to the lAFD has been phenomenal. It's so exciting to finish out my career at the Drill Tower, training the next generation. Essentially, I am so thankful to have had the career that I've had and now take that and then finish out my career and push the next generation forward. When an all hands situation unfolds, the city comes together at the emergency operations center, where police and fire command work side by side, powered by real time analysis, coordinated response and a centralized operations control. But true resilience goes beyond command centers. It depends on every resident being informed, prepared and ready to step in when it matters most. That's where notify LA comes in. The city's free mass notification system, delivering critical alerts by phone, text and email tailored to specific neighborhoods across Los Angeles. Together these tools help build a stronger, more connected community, one where individuals are empowered to make a real difference. In the next segments, we'll explore how everyday actions from reporting neighborhood concerns to using mobile alerts, play a vital role in protecting the well-being of every Angeleno. April is distracted driving Awareness Month. Some of the examples of distracted driving are people on their cell phone. That's probably primarily the main thing. People having a pet in front of the car. And then sometimes people dealing with their kids in the back seat that distracts their driving. When I see someone putting on their makeup, eating food, my first intuition is to pull that individual over that individual is obviously distracted. They're not paying attention. And the last thing I want is for that individual to spin out, lose control and cause an accident. Preventing distracted driving is incredibly important. It's not only important to the driver, but it's also important to everybody out on the road driving 100% safe requires 100% of a person's attention. Getting to where you're going safely is obviously everyone's top concern. So when you introduce distractions into the complicated task that is driving, it can get dangerous. Pretty quickly. We've seen some minor crashes. We've seen major crashes. We've seen injuries and even deaths. As a result of distracted driving, which is why it's so important that we press this message out, that distracting driving is dangerous and distracting driving can kill . A driver that is seen using their cell phone while while driving can expect a citation. Also you know, potentially a day in court, maybe loss of money or even driving privileges depending on the circumstances. Our suggestion is to set up for the journey before you start that journey right, start your maps, get a good playlist together, set up your phone, leave it, and then just driving, keeping two hands on the wheel, keeping your eyes up on the road , avoiding breaking concentration to eat or talk or look at a billboard. That's going to be the safest way to get to where you're going to be a good driver. You have to prepare by planning. If you're going to anticipate being late somewhere, or you're going to meet somebody and you need to make a phone call, make that phone call prior to driving. We want you to stay focused on the road, hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road. The property behind me is a private residential property at . 7779 Varna in the Valley Glen community. And this is a example of how a property owner allowed their property to fall into disrepair, become derelict over time, not respond to any questions or concerns either stemming out of the neighbors or from then city and government and agencies. Council, district two has known about this property for a while, and Council member Nazarian, they put in a resolution at council and gave the authority to the Board of Public Works to make that determination. To make this property a nuisance. So then city staff and city crews could come in and abate any of the issues that were here. And we can clean this up for the community. So the board of Public Works oversees all the Department of Public Works. So everything in your public right of way. So we work with the Department of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services, and so they are here today to do all the cleaning. And then we'll work directly with the council office to make sure and see how we can keep this clean. After the fact. Dealing with this property has been horrible. There's ongoings of people coming all times of day or night, walking up, riding bicycles, driving cars to buy drugs and they opened the gate and you can see the drug activity, the immediate neighbors have still photos and videos of them cooking meth, smoking meth, bringing guns out long AK 47 seconds. What we're going to do is clean up. We've already asked the property owner multiple times to talk with us, and we've never been able to connect. The city has never been able to connect. So what we're going to do at this point is clean up the property and submit the cost of that to the property owner and have them pay for it. If they don't pay for it, then the property itself becomes collateral for paying off those costs. And at that point, the city will figure out what the next steps are with I've asked my staff to keep a record when I took office, we started keeping track and record of every rundown property because that is the basis of communities falling apart. I don't want to see that . It's an honor to be here today to announce the launch of the fund for Advancing Public Health , LA. Today was a very important day, I think, for Los Angeles County. We have a public health infrastructure and public health activities that are disappearing right in front of us. These are activities that keep all of us safe and healthy. Setting up a new foundation, a private nonprofit foundation allows us to broaden the tent of people who can help us support public health activities here in LA County. For our Director of Department of Public Health to realize that she needs to start a foundation to help shore up private and public funding for these services should be a sign that we all should figure out ways in which we should step up to the plate and guarantee access to health care services for everyone. All of the work we do to protect ourselves and the people we love from communicable diseases, diseases like measles, the work we do on testing our water to make sure it's safe and clean, that work needs resources. And I think having a foundation, a step up and really fill in the void will allow us to bring more resources to the work as well. First of all, I think that the fund needs to be funded. There was a wonderful foundation here that has pledged the inaugural $150,000, and we heard from Doctor Ferrer that the goal is to have a $2 million fund. I ask her privately, do you have a path to get there and she's pretty confident that she'll be able to raise it. But I think this is one tool in the overall tool kit about how we shore up and reinforce our public health infrastructure here in LA County. You know what I'm very careful about lending my name to anything because a lot of times this comes back, you know, but with Doctor Ferrer, she's a you know, she's pretty ace. Deuce and, uh, uh, I would when she talked to me, I was absolutely, you know, and so I think that we can really do some good. My urgent plea right now is understand how important public health is to the very vitality of our economy, to the livelihood of so many people who live and work here in the county. And get involved in in being educated about public health efforts. And then by all means contribute to the fund. The City and County of Los Angeles execute comprehensive, full scale exercises that activate the emergency operation center, rigorously testing inter-agency coordination and protocols to ensure seamless operational readiness. The city's commitment to community resilience extends beyond emergency coordination to the vibrant rhythms of daily life. From celebrating our rich musical heritage to honoring the vital bond between Angeleno families and their animals, the city strives to foster connection and support in every corner of La. Hi, I'm Justin Cazabat. I'm here with LA Animal Services and I'm here to talk with you about flea prevention, especially because of the recent report from LA County Public Health about typhus. Typhus is a flea borne disease. Fleas jump from pets and animals and then can bite people. And then people can get sick. So some early symptoms of typhus would be fever nausea headaches rashes . And it may seem mild at first, but it can be pretty severe. Domestic pets get typhus from infected fleas, and the primary carriers of those infected fleas are neighboring wildlife. So rats, possums, raccoons they carry them. And if we take our dogs for walks or let our cats out in the backyard, they become targets for those fleas. Typhus can be transmitted from our pets to us, and that's where the issues lie. So it's very important to make sure that our pets at home do not have fleas or ticks, because it can have long term negative effects for us. The way to prevent flea borne typhus is cleaning up in our neighborhoods, making sure there's not a garbage, there's not scraps. That's particularly where rodents are likely to go. Then those fleas will jump from the rodents onto people. Flea prevention is a year long thing. Flea medication is a must, and giving them warm, soapy baths. And if you notice they have fleas, make sure you vacuum your rooms. Use pet safe repellent. Clearing out the area in your home to prevent wildlife from nesting in the area. Not leaving food out, especially pet food. Making sure that your trash is sealed and your trash can just deter wildlife from hanging around near your home. Taking care of fleas is important, just not for typhus, but for your pet's well-being. Our center was named after William Grant still, who was a famous African American composer, and so, to honor his legacy 18 years ago, we started the African American Composers Series, where we honor one African American composer. Each spring. And this exhibition, since its inception, has always included an arts education program that accompanies it, where we teach the students the work of that particular composer. This year's theme is Mystic Soil from the Roots of Reggie Andrews. He was a father, an educator, a musician, and a luminary. Reggie Andrews was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, but not only that, he spent more than 40 years educating students at Locke High in Watts, so his reach in arts education is expansive. But he is also a prolific musician who has worked with artists such as Earth, wind and Fire and some of his students have gone on to be famous as well. Like Tyrese Gibson, he was the mentor to Patrice Rushen, Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, one of LA's most renowned saxophonists as well, was one of his students. When you visit this exhibition, you will see the most intimate display of Reggie's journals. You'll also see his awards and commendations from the city, and you'll get an intimate look at his family and his daughters. We have videos, clips of him performing. We have all of the artists that he has impacted as well. So there are albums on the wall. Reggie Andrews not only taught music, he taught character and one of the things that he used to do is have his students sign a contract that they would bring the principles of music and practice and professionalism into other areas of their lives. And that is what we hope this exhibition inspires everyone to do. Achieving true resilience across the city requires that every Angeleno takes proactive preparation steps for themselves. Their families and their neighborhoods . Residents are encouraged to develop individual emergency plans, make safety preparations and consult the emergency department's website to understand local expectations. During an emergency. These tools and resources can help build stronger communities and empower individuals to make their own meaningful contributions. Our next segment highlights the story of an Angeleno whose desire to support their Chinatown neighbors led to the innovative creation of a mobile laundry truck. Today, we're at Alpine Rec Center on National Laundry Day, celebrating the launch of a new laundry service here in Chinatown. One of the things that we have heard in for years in Chinatown from residents seniors families working folks, is that there is no public facing laundromat in the entire community. And so what that has meant is that anybody who's trying to do their laundry has to use public transportation or drive outside of the community just to have that basic need met. I just recognized there was a big issue with homelessness. Like we all see every day, and I wanted to get involved. So I started volunteering. Now ten years ago, and I started volunteering down on Skid Row, which led me to volunteering with the shower of Hope and I was volunteering one day with the shower of Hope, and I was the towel girl. So one day I'm handing out the towels and I help this woman in and she takes the shower and she comes out. So clean, you know, like how you feel so good when you just get out of the shower. Totally transformed. And by being clean. And then I helped her put her dirty clothes back on. And so I was like, huh? I think this is something we can solve for, you know, maybe I can build a truck with laundry machines on it. So we did. So we built our first one. We did laundry all around town for about a year, and then CD one actually was our very first supporter. And contract. So CD one has been with us from the very beginning. As of now, nearly 300 people have used the laundry truck. We're doing about 40 loads every day. They're here every Wednesday and every Thursday providing services. So yeah, the response has been surprisingly great. Okay. We try to make it as simple as possible and remove any barriers. So you come in the morning, you know right when we arrive here at 8 a.m. and you drop off your laundry and you just sign in, that's it. You don't have to give any information. You don't have to give anything personal. We just take your first name and we wash, dry, fold your clothes. And then at the end of the shift , we ask you to come back at the end and we hand it back to you. Very simple. It's about clean clothes, but it's about dignity. And it's about everybody being able to, within their own community, just down the street from their house, come in, have their clothes clean, have it folded, being treated with respect and having that basic need that many of us take for granted. Single moms that have kids and so many responsibilities and they have to choose between food or laundry. You know, and so we're able to fill that gap and provide free laundry so that their kids can go to school with clean clothes. So we hear all the time how positive it is. And we hear just simple remarks like being clean makes me feel human again. And people treat me differently when I have a clean t shirt on in the grocery store. So it's a whole gamut of responses. But we know that we're making a big difference with this simple, simple thing. If anybody wants to contribute or support the laundry truck LA, we accept volunteers, of course, and also donations. And again, you can find us at the Laundry Truck L.A. Com or on social media. And we are always looking for support. So we can continue to grow our impact. Hey la, check out these things to do. It's open firehouse day around the city on May 9th. Every year, the second Saturday of May is designated as Fire Service Day in the city of La. This is your chance to see inside the firehouse. Meet your local firefighters and celebrate all that these first responders do to keep the community safe. Almost every lAFD firehouse is open and some will have additional firefighter tours and demonstrations. Food music, and family fun. LAFD neighborhood fire stations welcome you to their open firehouse celebration on Saturday, May ninth from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to find your nearest firehouse, check out Laforgue. On Saturday, May ninth, head to Point Fermin Lighthouse Gardens for tea by the sea. Enjoy a complimentary tea or coffee while you shop at the local craft and artist booths. A $5 donation is requested at the gate to benefit the lighthouse Gardens. Tea by the sea takes place on Saturday , May 9th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn more online at Recreation Parks dot gov. Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month on Saturday, May 9th with a day of kites and rockets. Join Angels Gate Rec Center Council District 15 and the Friendship Bell Foundation for this free celebration happening at the Friendship Bell Pavilion at Angels Gate Park. Head there for a day of fun on Saturday, May 9th, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing to 3 p.m. learn more on Social media or by visiting Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council at PNC .org . And that's a look at some things to do in Los Angeles. Stands at the center of the global stage from world class entertainment, from iconic awards shows and major sporting events to the energy of its own vibrant neighborhoods and with the FIFA World Cup on the horizon this summer, followed by the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the city is ready, prepared to respond to critical incidents and protect its communities. When the world is watching. But readiness starts with you through programs like Rylan Ready Your LA Neighborhood and the lAFD community Emergency Response Team, or CERT residents across the city are gaining the tools and training to step up when it counts. Together, these efforts strengthen a more resilient Los Angeles, one where every Angeleno plays a role in keeping the city safe. One of the simplest steps you can take is registering for notify LA, the city's essential service for receiving critical emergency alerts right when they matter most. Thanks for watching. You can catch these stories and more on channel 35 or at LA City Govtv and be sure to follow at LA City on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Until next time, get out and experience everything! Los Angeles has to offer. LA habilidad de Los empleados para qué hagan tengan qué hacer si eso si somos una agencia publica Senor Spindler usted es correcto. Aun no comenzado la reunion. Pero todavia debajo un Codigo Penal Y si esta siendo el trabajo de la ciudad. Entonces les vamos a la vamos a ver si quiere dar comentario publico y sé qué es es el caso. Por favor. No interrumpir el trabajo municipal. All right. Good morning RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEET OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS MAYDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY IN 2026, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THESE CHAMBERS. WE CAN BEGIN GI CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: OR THE, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF APRIL 29, 2026. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ SECONDS. NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: MOVED AND SEBLGD. SEBLGD. CAN WE ONE THROUGH THE AGENDA? >> Clerk: ITEM 20 IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS NOT BEEN HELD. THERE IS A JOURNAL CORRECTION, THE ORDINANCE DATE NUMBER 1 OF AMENDING 24-A SHOULD READ MARCH 13 2026. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. DO WE HAVE SPECIALS, MEMBERS? ANY SPECIALS ON MY LEFT? MY SPECIALS ON MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER PARK HAS A SPECIAL. >> >> T. Park: I WANT TODAY CALL ITEM 20 FOR A MINOR TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. IN EXHIBIT 1, ONE OF THE SPEED LIMITS AT CANYON ELEMENTARY IN CD11 IS MISSING, IT SHOULD READ 421ENTR ADA DRIVE BETWEEN EMALFI AND CHANNEL ROAD. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: SECOND. >> T. Park: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 4 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT. IT'S BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 17, 18, 19 FOR A SPECIAL VOTE. >> Council President: 17, 18, 19? >> Y. Jurado: YES. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ANY OTHER SPECIALS MEMBERS? MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION FROM ITEM 6 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH THEM. IN THE PAST. >> Council President: OKAY, ANY OTHER SPECIALS? GOING ONCE OR TWICE, THREE TICE. JAOT COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 THROUGH 11 AND 13 THROUGH 16. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THE FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY OUR COUNCILMEMBER FROM DISTRICT 12, MR. JOHN LEE. >> J. Lee: >> Council President: AND OUR COUNCILMEMBER FROM DISTRICT 14, YSABEL JURADO. >> Council President: AND OUR COUNCILMEMBER FROM TT 4th DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN. >> Council >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BEFORE WE START, IN HONOR OF NATIVE AMERICA PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH, WE HAVE. WE HAVE THE CALIFORNIA TAE KWAN DO WHO MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON TAE KWAN DO HERE. [MUSIC] [DRUMMING] [DRUMMING] [POOMSAE MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: WHAT A WAY TO KICKOFF THE MONTH. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE TAEKWONDO CENTER, THANK YOU YOU'RE HELPING KICKOFF THE CELEBRATION. EACH MAY, WE RECOGNIZE THE CULTURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AANHPI COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR NATION. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, THAT IMPACT IS FELT EVERY SINGLE DAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, OUR SCHOOLS, AND THROUGHOUT OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. I AM PROUD TO ONCE AGAIN, JOIN MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO IN HOSTING THIS YEAR'S OPENING CEREMONY. IT IS A ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO SEE THE CELEBRATION CONTINUE TO GROW, BRINGING TOGETHER LEADERS AND COMMUNITIES FROM ACROSS LOS ANGELES, I BELIEVE WE HAVE CONSUL GENERAL FROM THAILAND. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE'RE PROUD TO CELEBRATE AROUND EXCELLENCE AND RESILIENCE THROUGHOUT SPORTS RECOGNIZING ATHLETES WHO'S ACHIEVEMENT, EXTEND FAR BEYOND COMPETITION. ATHLETICS HAS A UNIQUE WAY TO BRING VISIBILITY TO OUR MANY MANY VARYING CULTURES, BEHIND EVERY RACE, EVERY MATCH AND EVERY GAME AND EVERY MEDAL. THERE IS A STORY OF SACRIFICE, DISCIPLINE AND DETERMINATION. FOR MANY A A NHPI ATHLETES, THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE CARRIED EVEN GREATER MEANING. THEY'VE SUCCEEDED WHILE BEING UNDER REPRESENTED, OVERLOOKED AND/OR NEVER HAD HAD THE CHANCE TO CHALLENGE. IN DOING SO, THEY HAVE NOT EXCELED IN THEIR SPORTS BUZZ WHAT BOYS AND GIRLS CAN SEE IN THEMSELVES. THAT'S WORTH CELEBRATING, BECAUSE EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE ATHLETES STEPS ON TO A FIELD, ON TO A COURT, INTO A POOL ON TO ON O AN OLYMPIC STAGE, THEY'RE NOT JUST XHAOETING AS AN INDIVIDUALS THEY'RE SHOWING A COMMUNITY THAT THEY BELONG IN EVERY ARENA. THAT'S A MESSAGE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THIS YEAR TEES EXHIBITION WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THESE ATHLETES. IN ALL SETTINGS FROM CASUAL PARTICIPATION TO TRIUMPH ON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST STAGES. THE GALLERY SERVES AS A POWERFUL EX TENSE OF TODAY'S THEME AND A REMINDER THAT REPRESENTATION CAN INSPIRE JUST AS DEEPLY AS ACCOMPLISHMENT. TODAY IT'S ABOUT HONORING THAT STIRITY AND HONORING THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP TO STAND MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND I'M HAPPY TO BE ONE OF THE CO-CHAIR AS WE CONTINUE TO HONOR, PRESERVE AND PROMOTE ASIAN-AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS HERITAGE MONTH. AND NOW MORE THAN EVER COMMUNITY SPACES LIKE THIS ARE ESSENTIAL, THIS IS A SAFE HAVEN FROM A COUNTRY THAT FEELS HOSTILE TO IMMIGRANTS IN A WAY THAT IT HASN'T BEFORE AND ENSURING FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR CULTURE, HISTORY AND THEIR PAST EVEN AS THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE RICH TAPESTRY OF AMERICA TODAY. FOR GENERATIONS, THE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DEEPLY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF L.A. AND INTO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS SPAN NUMEROUS SECTOR AGRICULTURE, HOTEL INDUSTRY AND BEAUTY SIGH LONS AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTED OFFICES, APPOINTED POSITIONS AND SO MUCH MORE. AS THE FIRST ASIAN WOMEN AND THE FIRST SOUTH ASIAN SERVING IN CITY COUNCIL AND BRINGING WITH ME AN IMMIGRANT'S PERSPECTIVE FROM MY BIRTHDAY, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE NATIVE HERITAGE REPRESENTATIVE AND RESPECTED IN THESE CHAMBERS. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE AND HIS STAFF AND COUNCILMEMBER JAOUR DO, COUNCILMEMBER LEE YOUR STAFF HAS ALWAYS TAKEN THIS DAY DAY WITH GUSTO AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE THIS. IT'S AN HONOR TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON THIS DAY. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE IN DISTRICT 12 FOR LEAD THISING PRESENTATION. GOOD MORNING, I'M PROUD TO BE HERE CELEBRATING A A NHPI HERITAGE MONTH WITH YOU ALL ALL. THIS FEELS POWERFUL HONORING EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS. BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HERITAGE, WE'RE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE COME FROM, BUT WHERE WE'RE BUILDING AND PUSHING FORWARD AND PROVING IS POSSIBLE. AND IN SPORTS, IT SHOWS THE CLEAREST WAY AS POSSIBLE AND SHOWING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY TO COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. ACROSS LOS ANGELES, ATHLETES ARE BREAKING RECORDS AND BARRIERS AND AND SHOWING WHAT EXCELLENCE LOOKS LIKE. ALL WAY TO OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS. AS WE MOVE TOWARD 2028 AND WITH THAT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER LEE. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: TO COLLEAGUES TODAY WE'RE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE A REMARKABLE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO'S IMPACT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS. THEY'RE CONTINUAL ONLY ACCOMPLISHED ATHLETES BUT ROLE MODELS WHO INSPIRE OUR COMMUNITIES AND UPLIFT OTHERS THROUGH THEIR DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP. AS WE CELEBRATE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, LET US REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. IT'S NOW OUR PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE THIS YEAR'S HONOREE. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: WONDERFUL, SO OUR FIRST HONOREE IS HOWARD CHU AND PROVEN THAT EXCELLENCE IS NOT DEFINED BUT ONLY BY THE DETERMINATION. SOFN TAIWANESE IMMIGRANTS. [APPLAUSE] HOWARD BEGAN PLAYING BAGMANTON UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS FATHER AND BECAME A LONG LONG PURSUIT OF REPRESENTING HIS COUNTRY ON THE WORLD STAGE. HOWARD PAVED OUT HIS PATH THROUGH DISCIPLINE, SACRIFICE AND UNWAIVING COMMITMENT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT HOWARD WENT ON TO BECOME A TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN FOR TEAM U.S.A. WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. [APPLAUSE] COMPETING IN BOTH THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPIC AND 2024 SUMMER OLYMPIC A DISTINCTION ACHIEVED BY ONLY A FEW BATTINGTON PLAYERS, HE EARNED MEDALS AND ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE TOP MEN'S SINGLE PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY. BUT HOWARD'S STORY IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT, HE BALANCED COMPETITION WITH PROFESSIONAL LIFE, BECOMING A SYMBOL OF PERSEVERANCE FOR YOUNG AAHI ATHLETES. TO TODAY WE HONOR OLYMPIAN HOWARD CHU FOR THE EXAMPLE HE CONTINUES TO SET. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Speaker: HI, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. FIRST AND FOR MOST THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THEIR RECOGNITION AND ALSO CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO RECEIVE SUCH A COMMUNITY AWARD. I'M HERE WITH VERY ACCOMPLISHED GROUP OF ATHLETES, SOME FAMILIAR FACES IN SCOTT AND WE ALSO SIT IN THE LA28 COMMISSION WITH MYSELF. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A GROUP THAT DEEPLY UNDERSTAND THAT OUR LEADERSHIP IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE PERSONAL ACCOLADES BUT OUR ABILITY TO UPLIFT OTHERS. AND NOW AS A NEW FATHER TO AN 8-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER, THIS WORK IS EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL TO ME. IT'S ABOUT OPENING DOORS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU KNOW, FOR OUR YOUTH AND OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO STEP FORWARD AND TO THRIVE, BE SEEN AND BE HEARD. THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE AANHPI GROUP FOR HAVING US HERE. I'M DEEPLY HONORED. >> N. Raman: BEFORE YOU GO, WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE HONORING YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT HONOREE, ANOLANI REPRESENTATIVE PERSEVERANCE. BORN IN THE UNITED STATES AND RAISED AT THE NATION OF TONGA, GREW UP WITH A DREAM THAT SEEMED ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BECOME AN OLYMPIC WHILE LIVING IN A COUNTRY WITHOUT AN OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL, YET WITH--SHE REFUSED TO MUCH OF HER EARLY TRAINING TOOK PLACE IN OPEN OCEAN AND LAGOON SXZ MAKE-SHIFT LAKES. FIRSTBORN AND RAISED IN TONGA HELPING HER NATION IN TOKYO IN 2021 AND REPRESENTED TONGA AT THE PARIS OLYMPIC APPROXIMATES WHERE SHE WAS SELECTED ONE OF HER FLAG BEARERS. SHE BECAME A SYMBOL OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN TALENT IS MATCHED WITH RESILIENCE, FOR YOUNG AANHPI ATHLETES EVERYWHERE, SHE STANDS AS PROOF THAT YOUR ACCESS DOES NOT DETERMINE HOW FAR YOU GO, IT IS YOUR PERSEVERANCE, YOUR MENTALITY AND YOUR STRENGTH. SHE HAS CARRIED HER HERITAGE WITH PRIDE AND HOPES OF NEW GENERATION WITH EVERY STROKE. TODAY WE HONOR YOU NOT JUST FOR YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE POOL BUT FOR YOUR COURAGE AND PRIDE AND DETERMINATION THAT HAS MADE YOU AN INSPIRATION. CONGRATULATIONS AND I WELCOME YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, EVERYONE. IT'S SUCH A JOY AND SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS. MY GRANDFATHER WAS WAY WHITE MAN FROM OKLAHOMA AND MY GRANDFATHER IS FROM THE PACIFIC ISLANDS WHERE I GREW UP. MEANING I'M THE PERFECT WALKING VERSION, I'M PACIFIC ISLANDER AND ASIAN AMERICAN. IT IS ALSO GRADUATION SEASON AND THE OTHER DAY, MY NATIVE HAWAIIAN FRIEND PUT ON HER INSTAGRAM POST AND WROTE THIS BEAUTIFUL CAPTION. IN 1993, WE WERE ALMOST AN EXTINCT POPULATION, IN 1986 OUR LANGUAGE WAS BANNED, ENGLISH DISPLACED HAWAIIAN, IN THE 1980s HAWAIIAN WAS REVITALIZED NOW HAWAIIANS ARE JUST AS EDUCATED AS THOSE WHO WANTED CERVEZA, CELEBRATION IS RECOGNIZING RESILIENCY AND IS THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME AND IT'S BIGGER THAN EXCELLENCE, STORIES THAT INTER WOVEN WITH ISSUES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE, DISPLACEMENT AND A LOT OF STEREOTYPES THAT PLACED UPON OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND ABOUT MY CULTURE IS THAT YOUR SUCCESS BELONG TO SEE YOUR VILLAGE AS MUCH AS IT BELONGS TO YOU. I WENT HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS OF BEING AN AMERICAN OTHER THAN IN AND OUT AND COSTCO ARE THE ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES BUT THE BEAUTIFUL THING OF BEING PACIFIC ISLANDER AND AMERICAN IS TO UPLIFT ENTIRE COMMUNITY. COUNCILMEMBERS AND CITY OF L.A., THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. IT IS TRULY SUCH A JOY TO BE HERE AND IT IS SO BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY TO BE ABLE TO LOVE THIS CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE] [APPLAUSE] >> N. Raman: WE ARE IS TO PROUD OF YOU AND ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH A RECOGNITION SIGNED BITTEN TIRE CITY COUNCIL. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: NOW OUR NEXT HONOREE IS YUNI ONE OF THE TOP PARALYMPIC SHOOTERS IN THE WORLD AND COMPETITOR FOR TEAM U.S.A., AMERICAN GAMES MEDALIST AND PARALYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST EARNING THAT IN PAIR RIS IN THE 25-METER PISTOL EVENT. HE CURRENTLY COMPETES INTERNATIONALLY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL REPRESENTING TEAM U.S.A. IN THE WORLD EVENTS AND CONSISTENTLY RANKING THE TOP SHOOTERS IN THE WORLD. WHAT STANDS OUT IS THE PRECISION AND CONSISTENCY HE BRINGS TO THE SPORT, WHERE FOCUS, CONTROL AND REPETITION DESIGN EXCELLENCE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND WHAT MAKES HIS CAREER SO REMARKABLE IS THAT HE NOT JUST BREAK INTO COMPETITION, HE SUSTAINED IT, YEAR AFTER YEAR, AGAINST THE BEST IN THE WORLD. NOW LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR YANXIAO GONG. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR THOSE EXCEPTIONALLY KIND WORDS, I WOULD HAVE NOT PUT THEM BETTER MYSELF. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I'M VERY MUCH GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AMERICA, THE BIG MELT ING POT RIGHT. REMEMBER WE USED TO USE THIS TERM ALL THE TIME BEFORE. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE GET SLOW COOKED AND INTO THIS MUSHY AND SINGULAR IDENTITY ON THE CONTRARY AMERICA OFFERS THE RESPONSIBILITY AND LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE FOR US TO REACH WHERE WE WANT TO DO. I WAS RAISED IN CHINA, I CAME TO AMERICA WITH A DREAM TO WIN AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IN THE UNITED STATES I DISCOVERED THE POWER OF LIBERTY AND WHAT IT MAKES OUT OF PEOPLE. THIS IS A LAND, THAT INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE WHERE FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY ALLOWS EVERY AMERICAN BY CHOICE STAND AS TALL AND REACH AS FAR AS THEIR OWN MERIT AND CONVICTION WILL EXTEND. THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY, COUNTLESS FRIENDS AND TEAM U.S.A., U.S.A. SHOOTING AND MY COLLEGE, I TRAINED AND COMPETED AND BECAME THE PARAOLYMPIAN THAT I AM TODAY. LOS ANGELES EMBRACED ME WITH ITS VIBRANT CREATIVE ATMOSPHERE A CITY WHERE IMAGINATION AND PERSONAL IMAGINATION FLOURISH. IN LOS ANGELES, I KNOW I'M ALWAYS WELCOMED WITH THE CITY'S AND BRIGHT SPIRITS TO PUSH NEW BOUNDARIES IN MY SPORT. I THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR, IT'S BEYOND MY WORDS FOR WHAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN OFFER. I CARRY BOTH PLACES WITH ME IN EVERY WORLD CUP AND EVERY PARALYMPICS, A MEDAL, I PROMISE. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WE BESTOW YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE HONORING YOU THIS MONTH. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS! >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> Y. Jurado: ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT HONOREE IS SCOUT BASSET IS ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED PARALYMPICS IN THE COUNTRY. U.S. PARAOLYMPIAN, MULTI TIME MEDALIST AND NATIONAL RECORD HOLDERS IN MULTI EVENTS INCLUDING, THE 100, 200, AND 400 METERS, SHE HAS REPRESENTED TEAM U.S.A. AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS AND CONSISTENTLY RANKED THE TOP PARAATHLETE. THROUGH YEARS OF TRAINING DISCIPLINE AND COMPETITION. SHE REPRESENTS EXCELLENCE, CONSISTENCY AND LONGEVITY. AND REALLY STAND OUDS ABOUT SCOUT IS HOW SHE USED HER PLATFORM. SHE HELPING EXPAND ACCESS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF ATHLETES, PUSHING FOR GREATER INCLUSION IN SPORTS AT EVERY LEVEL AND TURNING HER REMARKABLE CAREER TO SOMETHING BIGGER AND MAKING SURE REAL ATHLETES GET A CHANCE TO COMPETE, AND BE SEEN. SCOUT BASSET, HERE YOU GO. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS RECOGNITION. IT TRULY MEANS A LOT TO ME. AS A ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PARAOLYMPIAN I'VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND HOW POWERFUL REPRESENTATION CAN BE. WHEN PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN SPORTS, AND OUR COMMUNITIES, IT EXPANDS WHAT IS POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHY MOMENTS LIKE THIS MATTER. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CELEBRATING CULTURE, IT'S ALSO ABOUT CONTINUING TO BUILD A CITY WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SEEN, VALUED AND INCLUDED. HERE IN LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE AN AMAZING UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE UPCOMING LA28 PARALYMPIC GAMES, THE FIRST PARALYMPIC GAMES THAT THE CITY WILL HOST. [APPLAUSE] AND ACTUALLY, IT WILL BE THE FIRST MODERN DAY PARALYMPIC GAMES ON U.S. SOIL SO IT'S A HISTORIC MOMENT. BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE TO SHOW WHAT INCLUSION LOOKS LIKE AND ELEVATE THE STORIES AND TALENTS OF ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY ON A GLOBAL STAGE. I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT IS CONTINUING TO PUSH THAT VISION FORWARD AND THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION. [APPLAUSE] >> Y. Jurado: ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE BESTOW YOU THIS CERTIFICATE. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> J. Lee: ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF OUR HONOREE BUT I GET THE FINAL. MR. CHAN HO PARK, HE'S A TRUE PIONEER WHO'S LEGACY CHANGED THE FACE OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR DODGER LEGEND CHAN HO PARK. [APPLAUSE] WHEN HE MADE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT WITH LOS ANGELES IN 1994, BCAME THE FIRST SOUTH KOREAN PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY FOR EVER OPENING A DOOR THAT NEVER BEFORE EXISTED. FOR MILLIONS OF BASEBALL FANS IN KOREA, KOREAN-AMERICANS HERE IN LOS ANGELES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE WORLD, HIS ARRIVAL MEANT FAR MORE THAN A NEW PITCHER TAKING THE MOUND, IT WAS A TIME OF VISIBILITY AND PRIDE AND OPPORTUNITY. AND HE DID NOT ONLY ARRIVE, HE EXCELED. HE EARNED 124 WINS MORE THAN ANY OTHER ASIAN BORN PITCHER, SELECTED AS MLB ALL-STAR AND BECAME ONE OF THE MOST INTER FASHION AL PLAYERS OF THE ERA. BUT HERE IN LOS ANGELES, HE BECAME EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL A HOMETOWN HERO EMBRACED BY AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF DODGER FANS WHO SAW HIM AS A FIERCE CMPETITOR AND ALSO NOTICED HIS HUMIDITY. FIRST ATHLETE WHO MADE THEM SEEN ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST STAGES OF AMERICAN SPORTS. HE SHOWED YOUNG PEOPLE, THAT SOMEBODY WHO LOOKED LIKE THEM, SPOKE LIKE THEM AND CAME FROM WHERE THEY CAME FROM, COULD NOT ONLY BELONG IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES BUT THRIVE HERE, BECAUSE OF HIS COUNTLESS ATHLETE FOLLOWED, HIS CAREER HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF KOREAN STARS WHO WOULD LATER BECOME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ATHLETES AND HIS INFLUENCE CONTINUES TO BE FELT EVERY TIME ANOTHER YOUNG INTERNATIONAL PLAYER DARES TO DREAM BEYOND BORDERS. HIS STORY IS ONE OF TALENT BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT IT'S A STORY OF COURAGE, REPRESENTATION AND OPENING DOORS FOR OTHERS. TODAY WE HONOR HIM NOT ONLY FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT ON THE PITCHER'S MOUND BUT LASTING PRIDE AND INSPIRATION HE HAS GIVEN TO COMMUNITIES HERE IN LOS ANGELES AND AROUND THE WORLD, MR. PARK AS A DODGER FAN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE AMAZING YEARS. EVERYONE, MR. CHAN HO PARK! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: WOW. JUST FEEL LIKE PITCHING FOR THE WORLD SERIES, VERY NERVOUS. BUT I THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEE. HELLO EVERYONE, IT'S VERY AN HONOR TO BE TO JOIN YOU TODAY. CELEBRATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAII AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. I FEEL VERY SPECIAL. THANK YOU. TO THE ASIAN-AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR INVITING ME FOR THIS MEANINGFUL GATHERING AND FOR RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE DIVERSE CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WHEN WHICH BECAME THE FIRST KOREAN-BORN PLAYER TO REACH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, I WAS THE ONLY ASIAN PLAYER AT THE TIME T.I OFTEN JOKED THAT I DIDN'T JUST NEEDED A FAST CURVEBALL I ALWAYS NEEDED A GOOD TRANSLATOR. AND SOMETIMES COURAGE. SO I LEAN IT. IALWAYS FELT THAT IT WAS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST MY PERSONAL DREAM, I CARRIED WITH ME, THE POSSIBILITY, POSSIBILITY THAT OTHERS MIGHT ONE DAY FOLLOW THIS PATH. THAT PRESENTATION WAS RARE AT THE TIME, BUT ITS MEANING WAS PROFOUND. THE PAST OF THE PIONEER WAS LONELY BUT VERY SPECIAL. TODAY, I'M PROUD TO SEE HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED, PLAYERS FROM KOREA, JAPAN, TAIWAN AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES ARE NOW NOT ONLY MLB BUT ARE MAKING A REAL IMPACT ON TEAMS LIKE THE DODGERS AND ACROSS THE LEAGUE. I BELIEVE THIS CHANGES THE RESULT OF THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. AND IS ESPECIALLY MEAN INGFUL TO SEE THAT PROGRESS THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL GATHERED HERE TODAY. AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE 2028 L.A. OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, I FEEL EVEN GREATER, EXCITEMENT AND HOPE. I SINCERELY WISH FOR THE NEXT GENERATION TO ENCOUNTER, EVEN GREATER OPPORTUNITIES AND STAGED HERE IN THIS CITY. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO, EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBERS JOHN LEE, NITHYA RAMAN AND YSABEL JURADO FOR HELPING LEAD AND ORGANIZE THIS YEAR'S ASIAN PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU MR. PARK, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND A LIFELONG DREAM OF MINE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO UNVEIL THIS YEAR'S AANIPI COVER. >> Speaker: GAOTD MORNING, MR. LEE. IT'S CELEBRATE TO CELEBRATE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH, KNOWN AS AANHPI MONTH, GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY HERE IN LOS ANGELES. WE ALSO TAKE PRIDE THIS YEAR IN FORMERLY TRANSITIONING THE NAME NAMING TO THE AANAP PI RECOGNITION, TOWARDS ACKNOWLEDGING AND HONORING THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR CITY. TO UNDERSCORE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS BROADERCOMMUNITY, THE LOS ANGELES REGION IS HOME TO THE LARGEST COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES. WE HONOR THE EXTRAORDINARY AND UNIQUE RANGE OF EXPERIENCES AND CULTURE TRADITIONS WHICH STRENGTHEN OUR CITY AND SOCIETY AS A THRIVING METROPOLIS. LOS ANGELES IS HOME TO CULTURE COMMUNITIES SUCH AS KOREATOWN, LITTLE TOKYO, CHINA TOWN, HISTORIC FILIPINO TOWN AND THAI TOWN TO NAME A FEW. IN RECOGNITION OF THIS IMPORTANT MONTH, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT THIS MONTH'S BRIDGE GALLERY EXHIBITION, CURE RATING A HISTORY OF THESE ATHLETES. IT DRAWS FROM THE VISUAL COMMUNICATION ARCHIVE ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE REPOSITORY OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LIFE. THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AFFAIRS IS ALSO VERY PROUD TO CONTINUE OUR NEARLY 20-YEAR TRADITION BY PRESENTING THE 2026 HERITAGE MONTH CALENDAR AND CULTURAL GUIDE. THIS YEAR'S PUBLICATION CONTAINS VISUAL ART AND POETRY AND EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTIST AS WELL AS MANY PROGRAMS INCLUDING ART EXHIBITIONS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE GUIDE REFLECTS THE INPUT OF OUR MANY COLLABORATORS AND I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE COMMITTEE INCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER LEE, RAMAN AND JURADO AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY COUNCIL. HARNESSING THE HEALING POWER OF THE ARTS, IT CELEBRATES THE GENE YOR FOLKLORE AND HISTORY-ANGELINOS OF AANIPA DISETER AND ALSO REPRESENTING WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. AND NOW, I HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING THIS YEAR'S COVER ARTIST, JI ON LEE. BASED HERE IN THE CREATIVE LANDSCAPE OF LOS ANGELES, HE IS A DISTINGUISHED ARTIST AND EDUCATOR. SHE BEGAN AS A TEENAGER DRAWING COMICS TO SHARE AROUND HER PEERS. THIS BLOSSOMED INTO A CAREER IN DRAWING, PAINTING AND ANIMATION. AFTER PURSUING HER STUDIES IN DESIGN IN SOUTH CORE YA, SHE BROUGHT HER TALENTS HERE TO LOS ANGELES TO EARN A MASTERS DEGREE IN ANIMATION FROM THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND CONTINUES TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTIST AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT CAL POLY POMONA. PLEASE WELCOME HER TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE REPRESENT MY ART HERE, AS THIS GREAT EVENT. MY NAME IS XIONG LI, AND I CAME WITH A FAMILY WITH NO ARTIST AT ALL. I'M THE OM --ONLY ARTIST. AND MY PARENTS HAD NO INTEREST IN ARTS WHEN I TOLD THEM I WANT ED TO BECOME AN ARTIST, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FASCINATING AND STRANGE THAT THEIR OLDEST DAUGHTER WANTED TO PURSUE CAREER IN ART. MY FIRST WAS A FORM OF KOREAN COMIC AND WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, I READ EVERYTHING AND I RAN OUT AND STARTED DRAWING MY OWN AND SHARED WITH MY FRIENDS AND, AND THEN, AND THAT BECAME MY MOTIVATION TO BECOME AN ARTIST AND LOOKING BACK, I WAS DRAWN WITH IMAGES WITH STORIES AND THAT'S STILL AT THE CORE OF MY WORK. SO THE PAINTING THAT WE'LL UNVEIL TODAY, IT'S CALLED SALTON SEA AND INSPIRED BY MY CAMPING TRIP WITH MY FAMILY TO SALTON SEA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY HOW DESERTED AND BA BARON THE LANDSCAPE FELT. I WANT TODAY DRAW SOMETHING, DRAW THAT ENVIRONMENT CONTRASTING WITHIN THE SPHERE HEAD. AND THE GLASS SPHERE HAS YOU'LL SEE LATER, BUT IT HAS MORE VIBRANT AND FULL OF LIFE IMAGINE. SOY WANTED TO DRAW A WOMAN EXISTING IN A ROUGH AND BARON REALITY BUT WHAT SHE IS HOLDING WITHIN IS HOPEFUL DESPITE HER SURROUNDING. AND MY WORK OFTEN EXPLORES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE, MYSELF AND ENVIRONMENT. AND I'M INTERESTED IN DRAWING THINGS THAT ARE NOT VISIBLE BUT ALWAYS AROUND US. MY INVISIBLE PEOPLE SERIES FOCUS ON MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AS WELL MY OWN EXPERIENCE AS AN IMMIGRANT, THE TRASH SERIES LOOKS AT OVER CONSUMPTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THINGS THAT WE CREATE BUT SEE AROUND US. IN ART AND CULTURE ARE FUN AND POWERFUL WAYS TO LEARN ABOUT ONE ANOTHER AND I OFTEN SEE MY STUDENTS EXPRESSING THEIR IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND THROUGH THEIR WORK AND MY CLASSROOM BECOMES A SAFE PLACE TO SHARE STORIES AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. AND THE MORE WE SEE EACH OTHER AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, THERE IS LESS SPACE FOR MISUNDERSTANDING. AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE MY WORK AND TEACHING CAN CONTRIBUTE TO. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: AS WE CLOSE TODAY'S ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH CELEBRATION, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WHO ARE ALWAYS WILLING PARTICIPANTS IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR AMAZING ATHLETES AND. >> MR. LEE, I'VE GOT ONE SPEAKER ON THE QUEUE, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FROM THE 10th DISTRICT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND RAMAN FOR BRINGING THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO CITY HALL. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IN THIS AFTER OUR LONG BUDGET MEETINGS. IN HONOR OF ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH I WANT TODAY RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITIES IN CD15 ARE ARE A A NHPI CULTURE BACK GROUNDS. THE JAPANESE, THAI AND THE KOREAN COMMUNITIES IN CD10. AS ONE OF LOS ANGELES MOST DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS IT'S A PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE SFAEBD BUSINESS SXZ VITAL CULTURE INSTITUTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE STRONG COMMUNITY BONDS IN KOREATOWN WHICH HELPS CREATE THE LIVELY CULTURE THAT MAKES LOS ANGELES A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. I SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR KOREA CHAMBER PRESIDENT WITH US TODAY. ROBERT CHUNG. [APPLAUSE] AAHI CONTINUE TO SHAPE LOS ANGELES ACROSS OUR CITY, AAPI COMMUNITIES HAVE MADE LASTING CONTRIBUTESES IN MANY FIELDS, ART AS WE CAN SEE S CULTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICE LIKE JOHN LEE, JURADO AND RAMAN. AND SPORTS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY AANHPI HERITAGE MONTH AND OFFER MY SIN VEER CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF TODAY'S HONOREES. I WANT, OUR BASEBALL PLAYER CHUNG HOTHA MY NEPHEW TEXTED TO SAY I'VE SEEN HIM PLAY, I'VE SEEN HIM PLAY, AUNTIE. THAT'S SO EXCITING. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO CELEBRATE CULTURE IN LOS ANGELES. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. LEE TO CLOSE. >> J. Lee: EVERYONE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONTINUE CELEBRATION, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND JURADO, IN THE COURT, LITTLE BOXED LURJZ FOR YOU TO ENJOY. THANK YOU EVERYONE AND HAPPY AND AANHPI MONTH. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AS THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY FOR PHOTOS I'LL CALL ON MR. McOSKER AND MR. PRICE FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. >> T. McOsker: COME ON UP. COME ON UP. WE'VE GOT TO HUNKER DOWN TOGETHER. >> C. Price: COME ON ON THE OTHER SIDE HERE. >> PERFECT, PERFECT. >> C. Price: GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. TODAY COUNCILMAN McOSKER AND I ARE JOINED BY A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY FRIENDS AS WE CELEBRATE AN IMPORTANT DATE IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. TODAY WE COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF 1992 CRIPS AND BLOODS TRUCE, LET'S HEAR IT! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IN L.A., WE GOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE WE'VE BEEN. IN APRIL 1992 IN THE WAKE OF CIVIL UNREST FOLLOWING THE RIOTS, SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENED STARTING IN SOUTH L.A., STARTING IN WATTS AND ENDING IN SOUTH PARK. RIVAL GANGS LONG DIVIDED BY CYCLE OF VIOLENCE CAME TOGETHER AS WHAT IS KNOWN THE 1992 GANG TRUCE. THIS WAS NOT BROKERED BY CITY HALL AND NOT MANDATED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT CAME FROM THE STREETS, FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM FORMERLY INCANSER RATED PEOPLE FROM YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE SIMPLY TIRED OF BURYING THEIR FRIENDS. THE TRUTH DEMONSTRATED THAT PEACE IS POSSIBLE WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE EMPOWERED TO LEAD. IT RESULTED IN I AM MEASURABLE REDUCTION OF VIOLENCE PARTICULARLY IN YOUTH AND CREATED A SPACE FOR HEALING AND INVESTMENT. BUT JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, IT ALLOWED US TO RETHINK THE APPROACH AND THINK THAT ENFORCEMENT ALONE IS NOT PREVENTION. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY AND WHILE L.A.'S HAS MADE SOME PROGRESS, WE STILL SEE THE LEGACY OF DIS INVESTMENT. IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, WE KNOW THE CHALLENGES VERY CLOSELY. WE ALSO KNOW THE RESILIENCE THAT EXIST WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES. THE SPIRIT OF 1992 TRUCE LIVES IN COMMUNITY BASE INTERVENTION EFFORTS, CREDIBLE PROGRAMS AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. MY DISTRICT HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF THIS SUPPORT SUPPORTING GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATION AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE RECOGNIZED THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT JUST ABOUT POLICING, IT'S ABOUT HOUSING, JOBS, EDUCATION, AND DIGNITY. [APPLAUSE] THE SAME THAT LEAD TO TRUCE IN 1992, POVERTY, LACK OF OPPORTUNITY, SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES THE CONDITIONS THAT WE MUST CONTINUE WITH TODAY. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WE SUPPORTED WORKERS AND EXPANDED YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND PRIORITIZED RESOURCES WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED MOST. AND WORK WORKED TO MAINTAIN AND STRENGTHEN POLICING, BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND THE LAPD. BECAUSE TRUST IS THE FOUNDATION OF AFFECTIVE PUBLIC POLICY. ENFORCEMENT MUST BE BALANCED WITH OPPORTUNITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY MUST BE PAIRED WITH INVESTMENT. THE 1992 GANG TRUTH TEACHES US THAT SOLUTIONS DON'T JUST COME FROM INSTITUTIONS THEY COME FROM PEOPLE. IT REMINDS US THAT THOSE CLOSE TO THE PROBLEM ARE THE ONES CLOSEST TO THE SOLUTIONS AND IT UNDER SCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINED INVESTMENT, NOT JUST IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS BUT ALSO OVER THE LONG TERM. SO TODAY, AS WE REFLECT ON THE LEGACY OF THE 1992 GANG TRUCE, LET'S RECOMMIT OURSELF TO THE COMPREHENSIVE VISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY. ONE THAT UPLIFTS COMMUNITY VOICES, INVEST IN PREVENTION AND ADDRESSES ROOT CAUSES. LET'S CONTINUE BUILDING AN L.A. WHERE EVERY YOUNG PERSON ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS 9, 10 AND 15 HAVE A PATHWAY OF OPPORTUNITY. BECAUSE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE GOAL IS NOT JUST TO REDUCE VIOLENCE, BUT TO CREATE PEACE. AND PEACE IS WHAT WE SAW IN 1992. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUILD TOGETHER. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FROM THE 1-5 TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. COUNCILMEMBER? >> T. McOsker: FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THIS PRESENTATION AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT. SO, FOR SOME SPF US WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND LOS ANGELES FOR A LONG TIME, IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE EARLY 90s, IT WAS ROUGH. IT WAS DANGEROUS, AND I SAY AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS NOT LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY OF WATTS BUT IN THE COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND IT IS HARD TO DESCRIBE HOW FAR WE HAVE COME, IT'S EASY TO DESCRIBE HOW FAR WE NEED TO STILL GO BUT EASY TO DESCRIBE HOW FAR WE'VE COME. AND JUST THINK OF THIS, 1992 CRIME WAS HIGH, WE WERE SHOOTING EACH OTHER, WE WERE LOSING OUR BABIES, RIGHT? AND SOME FOLKS, ANTHONY, PERI, PROBABLIES, WENT TO THE LIBRARY AT USC, AND ACTUALLY PULLED THE 1934 ISRAELI EGYPT AR MISS DISAGREEMENT AND SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FRAMEWORK FOR US. AND I SAY THAT TO SAY, THIS IS NOT SOME UNSOPHISTICATED THING THAT SOME CRIPS AND BLOODS SAID, LET'S SIGN THIS WHICH WOULD BE GREAT. BUT THIS IS A VERY SOPHISTICATED, WELL-THOUGHT OUT, WELL-PLANNED AND DANGEROUS AND DANGEROUS ACTIVITY. WE CANNOT KNOW HOW MUCH RISK PEOPLE PUT ON THEMSELVES BY BEING BRAVE ENOUGH TO STEP ARD AND SAYING, WE WILL RISK OUR LIVES, LITERALLY, TO PROTECT TO SAVE LIVES IN THE FUTURE. AND THEY SIGNED THIS HISTORIC 92 AGREEMENT ON APRIL 28, 1992 AND UNLIKE OTHER ARMISSES IN THE WORLD AND PEACE AGREEMENTS, IT HAS STUCK. IT HAS STUCK, BECAUSE OF THE WORKDAY IN AND DAY OUT THAT FOLLOWED. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY TODAY, WE HAVE A SOPHISTICATED GRID AND INTERVENTION AND PEACE KEEPERS AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE THE PUBLIC IS IN THEIR OWN PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE OF THE FORESIGHT OF THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO STEPPED FORWARD AND SAID WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS IN 1992. I COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL AS THE COUNCILMAN OF MY BELOVED WATTS AND MY NORTH GATEWAY AND MY WHOLE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THIS HAS SPREAD THROUGH THE WHOLE 1-5 WITH THE WORK BEING DONE IN THE HARBOR AND WATTS AND SOUTH L.A., I COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR THE LIVES THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HAVE BEEN SAVED. THAT WE DON'T KNOW HAVE BEEN SAVED! FOR THE VIOLENCE THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HAS BEEN AVOIDED BUT WE KNOW IT'S A SAFER PLACE AS I WALK AROUND WATTS AS I SPEND TIME WITH MY BELOVED COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO CALL A FEW WORKERS BUT IT'S GOING TO GO OFF CRYPT AND--SCRIPT, I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT A LOT OF WOMEN DID A LOT OF WORK AND DR. CYNTHIA MANEN HAW. HAS YIGIA. [APPLAUSE] AND THERE IS PROBABLY TOO MANY PEOPLE TO CALL OUT BUT I WANT TO REMEMBER THE MEMORY OF MS. BETTY DAY. >> YES, MAMA! AND KATHY. >> >> T. McOsker: AND GOD BLESS, KATHY. WHO WE JUST LOSS. SO MANY INDIVIDUALS TOO MANY TO CALL OUT. BUT I DO WANT AT THIS MOMENT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS WHO WERE THERE, YOU CAN HEAR FROM ME. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT HISTORY BUT PEOPLE WHO LIVED THIS HISTORY, I WANT TO CALL OUT FIRST, MY DEAR FRIEND, DAUL, COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: YES. EXCUSE ME. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, I DON'T WRITE SPEECHES BUT I HAVE TO WRITE ONE TODAY, THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR US IN THE COMMUNITY. FIRST OF ALL, IS WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MAYOR OF OUR GREAT CITY OF LOS ANGELES, KAREN BASS. [APPLAUSE] IS WOULD LIKE TO THANK TT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE RESIDENTS OF WATTS, AND SOUTH LOS ANGELES. THE AUTHORS OF PEACE, THE AUTHORS OF PEACE THAT THE WORLD SAID WAS IMPOSSIBLE. I STAND HERE TO ACCEPT THIS THIS OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF THE 1992 WATTS GANG TRUCE AS A MOVEMENT THAT PROVED WE ARE THE SOLUTION TO OUR OWN STRUGGLES. N.YEAH! >> Speaker: THIS TRUCE WAS THE COMBINATION OF YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK. JULY OF 1988, TWILIGHT BAY AND A CRIP CALLED DWIL CLASPED HANDS IN A HISTORICAL HANDSHAKE --PROVING THE OTHER SIDE WAS A BROTHER OF THE SAME COLOR. GAL VA LIESED BLOODS AND CRIPS TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS ENDING THE CYCLE OF DEATH. THE VOICES OF THE MOVEMENT, STEVIE WONDER, KGLH DURING THOSE HISTORICAL DAYS DURING THE RIOTS AND THE VOLATILE, WE DIDN'T JUST NEED A LEADER ON THE GROUND, WE NEEDED A VOICE ON THE AIRWAY. STEVIE WONDER USED HIS RADIO STATION 102.3, STANDING FOR A KINDNESS, JOY, LOVE AND HAPPINESS AS A BEACON FOR THE COMMUNITY AS IT WAS SPREADING, USING THAT PLATFORM, WITH THE RIOTS WHERE TIE STICK WAS AND SPELL MAN WAS ABLE TO USE THAT STATION EFFECTIVELY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SPREADING THE PEACE. WHEN WITH THE CITY ERUPTED, KGLA STOPPED THE MUSIC AND GAVE US A PLATFORM TO VENT AND CRY AND SPREAD PEACE. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE TREATY, HOSTED BY 35 GANG MEMBERS TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE, STEVIE COMMITTED TO RADIO FREE L.A. ENSURE THAT THE MESSAGE OF THE TRUCE REACHED EVERY CAR AND EVERY HOME IN SOUTH CENTRAL. BY 19 BY APRIL OF 1992 THESE EFFORTS GREW INTO A FORMAL THER. THIS MOVEMENT MODELS AFTER THE 1949 EGYPT ISRAEL AGREEMENT AUTHORED BUSINESS OUR OWN ARTHUR SHOWING THAT CONFLICTS REQUIRES THE SAME SOPHISTICATED EXCELLENCE AND DIPLOMATIC AS INTERNATIONAL WARS. THE IMPACT, REAL LIVES, THE RESULTS OF INTERNAL OWNERSHIP WAS EN DENIABLE. A 44% DECREASE IN WATTS WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS. WHEN THE 1992 RIOTS BEGAN JUST DAYS AFTER THE TRUCE, NOT A SINGLE DEATH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO GANG RIVALLY. --RIVALRY, THE GREATEST LEGACY IS THAT IT'S PUT THE PUBLIC BACK IN PUBLIC SAFETY! >> POWER! >> Speaker: IT PROVES THAT TRUE SECURITY IS BUILT WITHIN, ROOTED IN RELATION SHIP AND SHARED ACCOUNTABILITY RATHER THAN FORCE AND PULSE FROM THE OUTSIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GRATITUDE IS HONORING SOME OF THE PEACE MAKERS. I ACCEPT THIS HONOR ON BEHALF OF THE PIONEERS, DUANE HOMES AND HIS MOTHER, ANTHONY PERI, WILLIE, TWILIGHT BAY, AND TONY, JIM BROWN, JAMAL KAREEM, MUSTAFA FROM UNIT 2. AND WILLIAMS IN 7s WHO HAVE DOCUMENTED THIS HISTORY FROM A PROFESSIONAL STAND POINT AND SHOWING IS THE IMPACT NOT JUST IN WATTS BUT THROUGHOUT THIS, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD REALLY. IT HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF IMPACT. LET THIS DAY SERVE AS A REMINDER, YOUR COMMUNITY IS IS NT A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED, IT IS THE SOLUTION, IT IS THE SOLUTION ITSELF AND THAT IS A WATTS UP. [APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH DAUL. SO THE MOVEMENT TAKES MANY MANY FORMS AND ONE OF THE OTHER--SOUTH OF MY BELOVED WATTS IS THE WATTS GANG TASKFORCE. IT FORMED FROM THE SAME SENTIMENT OF, THERE IS NO REASON TO TAKE THE PUBLIC OUT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE ARE THE SOLUTION AND I'M REALLY REALLY HONORED TO HAVE A DEAR FRIEND, THE PRESIDENT OF TASKFORCE, DONNIE JOEBEAR. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: FIRST LET'S GIVE HONOR TO GOD. [APPLAUSE] NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT GOD GETTING BEHIND HIM. AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TIME. THAT WE RECOGNIZE HOW HARD THIS WORK REALLY IS. FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT. BUT WHAT I AM PROUD TO SAY, THAT THAT WAS 1992, WHAT YEAR IS IT NOW? WE ARE STILL DOING THE SAME THING THAT WE WAS DOING BACK THEN 7 DAYS A WEEK RIGHT NOW. SEE IT MATTERS TO US ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE P THE YOUNG BABIES THAT IS GROWING UP IN THESE COMMUNITIES. THEY NEED THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO STAND ON THE SIDE ALL THESE FOLKS STANDING HERE, MY PARTNER HANK, RAISE YOUR HAND, BROTHER. HE WAS, HE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE GUYS THAT SIGNED THE PEACE TREATY. AND, AND DAUL, KILA, WE UNDERSTOOD ONE THING, WE ARE NOT GOING BACKWARDS. WE HAVE TO GO FORWARD AND WE MADE A STAND JUST AS WELL TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT WAS HARD, IT WAS ROUGH, YOU'RE DEALING WITH COMMUNITIES THAT STRUGGLED FOR MANY MANY YEARS AND FELT LIKE, THEY WAS ALWAYS LEFT OUT. BUT WE DECIDEDED WERE GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT NOW WE RELY ON YOU NOW TO PUT. MONEY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SAVING OUR BABIES AND OUR SENIORS, OUR SENIORS CAN NOW WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, THEY'RE NOT AFRAID NO MORE. THEY'RE NOT AFRAID OF HEARING HAND SHOTS AND THINGS FLYING OVER. YES, WE LOSING YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO TO SUPPORT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY? LET'S PUT THE FUNDING WHERE IT REALLY NEED TO BE, YOU GOT TO BOOTS ON THE GROUND, YOU GOT THE FOOT SOLDIERS AND LET ME TELL YOU THERE ARE SOME WARS RIGHT NOW, THEY CANNOT STOP BUT LOOK WHAT WE DID. LOOK WHAT WE WAS ABLE TO DO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO TONY MOHAMED, THE BROTHER THAT REALLY STAYED ON US THANKS FOR COMING TO OUR COMMUNITIES. HE WOULD HAVE A ONE ON ONE, A TWO ON TWO, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS AND THEN HE MARCHED WITH US TO SHOW THAT THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE MORE EACH OTHER. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE STANDING HERE AGAIN. I THANK GOD FOR, GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY. BUT LISTEN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TIM McOSKER, THE MAYOR, AND ALL THESE FOLKS NOW THAT IS UNDERSTANDING THIS WORK IS FOR REAL, WE TAKE OUR HAT OFF TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE US, YOU TRUST US AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AND WHAT THIS MOVEMENT HAVE DONE, IT WENT CITY TO CITY. IT STILL HAPPENING CITY TO CITY. WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE KILLAS SHOWING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. HUGE! AND SO, I'M EXCITED TODAY, THANK YOU GUYS FOR REALLY SEEING WHAT WE WENT THROUGH GROWING UP IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I GREW UP IN NIXON GARDEN, I'M PROUD TO SAY I GREW UP IN NIXON GARDEN PROJECT. I'M PROUD OF THAT. YES. AND WE HAVE TO GIVE IT FOR JANICE HAHN JUST AS WELL. THAT'S HOW WE FORMED THE WATTS TASKFORCE. WE GOT SOME ISSUES TAKING PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WONDERING WHY FOLKS WERE NOT LISTENING, IT WAS ON THE NEWS. BUT JANET WAS ABLE TO HELP US FORM THE TASKFORCE. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE LADIES EARLIER, BUT BETTY DAY, THESE ARE FIRST SOLDER WOMEN THAT WAS WITH US BACK-TO-BACK WHENEVER WE HAD ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. REMEMBER THIS ONCE WE WE LEAVE AND WE EXPLAIN THIS MANY TIMES, THEY USED TO ALWAYS TELL US, WE G INTO A ROOM AND WE TRIED TO ASK FOR RESOURCES AND TRIED TO ASK TO GIVE US SOME SUPPORT AND WHEN THEY TAKE OUT THE DOOR, THEY WOULD THROW OUR PAPERS IN THE TRASH CAN. DON'T DO THIS TODAY, HELP US, CONTINUE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY JUST AS WELL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: THANK YOU, DONNIE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WITH THIS COMMUNITY. WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING TO THE PODIUM, DR. SHEP CRA FORD, NO STRANGER IN THE PULPIT AND IN THE COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT KENNY GREEN, AND PERRY AND ANDRE FOR HELPING REALLY REALLY BRING THIS TOGETHER AND SHOWING US THE WAY ON HOW TO MAKE SURE WE CONNECT. IN 1992 I WAS AT MY MAMA'S HOUSE, WATCHING TV AND WHEN THE VERDICT CAME THROUGH, I WAS ANGRY, NOT FRUSTRATED, ANGRY. AND I GOT IN MY CAR WITH MY BROTHER MY CELICA AND I DROVE DOWN THE STREET AND I CAN FEEL THE HEAT HITTING MY CHEEK LIKE IF I WAS AT A BBQ AND EVEN THOUGH THE CITY WAS ON FIRE, IT WAS A REPRESENTATION OF THE FIRE THAT WAS INSIDE US. I HAVE NEVER BEEN THAT ANGRY IN MY LIFE. BUT THEN WHEN I WATCHED TV AGAIN, SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH MY ANGER. SOMETHING PHENOMENAL, I SAW TWO MEN WITH DIFFERENT RAGS, TIE THEIR RAGS TOGETHER AND HOLD IT AND MY ANGER TURNED TO HOPE. AND I UNDERSTOOD THEN, THAT THERE IS A WAY THAT L.A. CAN RISE OUT OF ALL THE ASHES THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. IT IS EASY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RODNEY KING VERDICT AND THAT ENTIRE WEEK AND WEEKEND, IT'S EASY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE VERDICT, TO TALK ABOUT THE RIOTS, TO TALK ABOUT THE BURNING, TO TALK ABOUT REGIONAL DENNY, THAT'S WE HEAR IN THE NEWS STATION, THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT. BUT NOBODY RARELY HAS TALKED ABOUT THE THING THAT HAPPENED FROM THAT PAIN. I DON'T WANT TO DISREGARD THE PAIN, BUT THE BIGGEST STORY IS, IS THAT THESE BROTHERS, BACKED BY SOME STRONG SISTERS, WALKED INTO THE OPPOSING NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT TO TAKE A LIFE BUT TO SAVE A LIFE! [APPLAUSE] AND THEY SAID, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES, THEY LEFT THEIR FAMILIE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN. AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST STORY OF THE 1992 MOVEMENT. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THAT STORY ALIVE EVEN TODAY. THE BIBLE LET'S US KNOW IN JOHN 16, THAT IF A WOMAN GOES INTO LABOR, SHE FEELS PAIN. BUT WHEN THE BABY IS BORN SHE DON'T REFLECT ON THE PAIN BUT. BIRTH OF THE BABY AND THAT IS THE JOY. I WANT YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RIOT, YOU WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BURNING, BUT THAT WAS THE PAIN. THE BABY WAS BORN. OUT OF THAT PAIN. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE REFLECT ON THE QUEENS AND KINGS THAT ARE STANDING RIGHT BEHIND US. SO I THANK YOU AND IS THANK YOU BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT IN THESE CHAMBERS I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THESE COMMUNITIES, ABLE TO PLAY WITH OUR CHILDREN IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE BRAVERY STANDING RIGHT HERE WITH US. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. [APPLAUSE] AT THIS TIME, AS YOU KNOW, THAT THIS WAS BIRTH IN WATTS, AND IT SPILLED INTO SOUTH PARK AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND A LOT OF EAST SIDE OF LOS ANGELES WHERE A LOT OF PEACE IS STILL MOVING. SO, TWO SPEAKERS THAT I WANT TO BRING AT THIS TIME, THIS IS A LEADER WHO DON'T LIKE TO SPEAK BUT I'M FORCING HIM TO THIS MIC WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT BROTHER LEON JILLET. LET US SHOW HIM SOME LOVE. >> Council President: STOP THE PRESSES. COME ON LEON, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS IN 30 YEARS. >> Speaker: I'M MORE OF A DOER THAN A SPEAKER. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE DOING SIDE, I DON'T LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT THE STUFF WE'VE DONE, I LIKE TO JUST MAKE STUFF HAPPEN. MY ROLE IN THIS IS NOT BEING A GANG MEMBER BUT BEING A STREET PERSON, WATCHING BULL WALKING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOING. WE'RE FROM THE EAST SIDE THE PUEBLO, SO HE WENT AND GOT CRIPS AND BLOODS AND WE ON THE STREETS DOING THE STUFF THAT WE WERE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE DOING AND HE WALKS WUP GUYS WE KNOW AND DIDN'T KNOW. IT SHOOK US UP WITH WHERE WE PULLED OUT WEAPONS TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND WHAT HE WAS BRINGING TO US IS WHAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN WITH WATTS. HE SAID THEY TOLD ME TO WALK INTO MY END AND HE WALKED INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND CONVINCED TO COME OVER TO SOUTH PARK TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. IT WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED IN MY LIFE TO SEE THESE FOLKS. MY ROLE WAS I WAS A HUSTLER, SO SIFS NOT BANGING I KNEW ALL THE CRIPS AND BLOODS, MY THING WAS TO PULL FOLKS TOGETHER TO WHERE THIS THING LAST. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CONVERSATION THE WHOLE THING IS GOING TO BLOWUP. MY THING WAS TO KEEP THE THINGS RIGHT AND BRING THE RESOURCES AND LET THEM ENJOY EACH OTHER. AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY REAL, ANY REAL GANG WARS IN A GOOD WHILE RIGHT. GOING FROM BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS LIKE, ABOUT 1600 HOMICIDES A YEAR TO US, SAYING THERE IS ONLY 266 HOMICIDES THIS YEAR. AND WE STILL WORKING BUT THAT'S BIG FOR US TO BE REDUCING FROM THOUSANDS TO MINIMUM HUNDREDS. AND SO THAWS THE ROLE. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE WHO WE HAVE BEEN CALLING BILL, I MEAN BULL, I'M GLAD THAT HE'S HERE AND HIS FAMILY IS ABLE TO SEE THIS LEGEND. I WANT TO BRING HIM TO THE MIC AT THIS TIME. AS YOU HEAR, YES. >> COME ON BULL. COME ON. >> YES. >> COME ON, BULL. [APPLAUSE] >> STOP THIS VIOLENCE, LET'S G. >> Speaker: HONOR THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, THIS IS MY PASTOR, I ATTEND HIS CHURCH AND PASTOR ISAIAH IS ALSO HERE. MY BROTHER, MINISTER, MOHAMED AND OTHER BROTHERS IN THE FAMILY. MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN. [APPLAUSE] >> AND YOUR SISTER STANDING HERE AMEN. >> Speaker: WE HAVE A LOT AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THIS IS MY SISTER. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW COMING FROM, THAT END WHERE AND I'M NEVER, I WANT THIS TO BE KNOWN TO ALL OF LOS ANGELES, I HAVE NEVER EVER NOT MENTIONED, I MEAN CAME IN NOBODY'S PLACE WHERE I DID NOT MENTION THE WATCH BODY, BECAUSE THE WATCH BODY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO ME THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WE EVER DONE IN THIS BECAUSE THOSE GUYS, THAT NIGHT, IT WAS COURAGEOUS. YOU COULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO THINK HOW MUCH THE ANGEL WAS REALLY IN THE AIR AND BECAUSE DUANE HOLMES HE'S NOT HERE, HE WAS THERE BUT WHEN DUANE CAME INTO THE IMPERIAL COURT PROJECTS, I STAYED IN THE PROJECTS AT THE TIME. HE WAS WALKING REAL FAST BUT, ALL THE NICKER SON GUARD EP WAS WERE WAITING. ALL THE STREETS, JORDAN DOWN, EVERYBODY. YOU COULDN'T EVEN SEE A BLADE OF GRASS IN THE PROJECTS. EVERY STEP THAT WAS TAKING AS IT WAS GETTING CLOSER, YOU COULD EVERYTHING WAS DISAPPEARING, YOU WOULD JUST SEE BODIES. AND HE WALKED UP TO ME, I WAS STANDING THERE WITH TONY, HE KNEW HE WAS OVER MY HOUSE. AND WHEN HE GOT THERE, HE SAID, BULL I NEED YOU. I SAID WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT IS THIS? HE LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE FIGHT. YOU NOT FROM WATTS. MEDIATE FOR US, HE SAID TONY RESPECT YOU. AND I SAID, I DIDN'T HAVE NO CHOICE. SO I WENT IN WITH IT BUT. >> IN YOUR HOUSE. >> IN MY HOUSE. THIS SISTER, THIS SISTER WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL. I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW OUT OF THE I MPERIAL SPORTS, SHE IS A SOLDIER, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GREAT WOMEN AND THERE ARE MANY MANY GREAT WOMEN, MY WIFE IS ONE. [LAUGHTER] >> YOU AIN'T GOING TO SLEEP ON THE COUCH. >> Speaker: SHE WAS DOING SOMETHING THAT A LOT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. SHE WAS TAKING A BACK SEAT. >> YES. >> Speaker: OUT IN THE OPENING. OUT IN THE PUBLIC. BUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, SHE WAS RUNNING A LOT OF MEN IN IMPERIAL COURTS. AND THEY TOOK EVERYTHING WHAT SHE SAID TO HEART A LOT AND THEY ACTED IT OUT. A LOT OF THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT DOING PEACE, CAME FROM HER. AND THE REASON I'M RAMBLING IS BECAUSE MY EMOTIONS IS REALLY GETTING THE BEST OF ME. >> YES, SIR. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: RAMBLING ABOUT BUT I'M GOING TO CUT IT OFF, BUT I CANNOT WHEN OTHER BROTHERS WAS GOING FORWARD, I WAS, I WAS WIPING MY TEARS ABOUT NOT LETTING THEM FALL BECAUSE WE LOST SO MUCH. I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE STARTED TOO LATE, WE STARTED. >> AT AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> Speaker: AND WE STILL GET ITING DONE AND WE STILL PUSHING, WE STILL IN PLACES, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO. THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE THERE TO HELP NOBODY BUT WE STILL GO. PEOPLE SAY, IT'S NOT IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO BE OVER THERE. MY FAVORITE WORD IS ALWAYS BEEN, GREATEST HE THAT IS IN ME IS HE THAT IS IN THIS WORLD. WE GOT TO GO. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE GOING TO REGRET SOMETHING. WE NEED TO START TO STOP. WE NEVER DID, IF ANYBODY KNOW IT, I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERY PERSON UP HERE AND PEOPLE THAT IS IS NOT HERE AT THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AND I THANK GOD FOR EVERYONE OF THEM, BECAUSE WHEN WE SAID COME ON, THEY WAS WILLING TO SERVICE US AND I THANK GOD FOR THEM. I THANK GOD FOR ALL OF THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS I LOVE YOU, I LOVE MY COMMUNITY. SOUTH PARK, EAST SIDE NEVER DIE! [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: OKAY, LISTEN, THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT LEFT OUT WHEN IT COME DOWN TO WATTS BECAUSE WATTS IS A COMMUNITY ITSELF. SO WE WANT ERIC TO SPEAK. YES. >> Speaker: GLAD TO BE HERE, THANK YOU GUYS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING US AT THIS TIME. I'M STANDING HERE WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES, I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL SIDES OF THE TRACKS AND WALKS OF LIFE. THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE INVOLVED WITH ON THIS SITUATION AND I WAS GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT. YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE FOR SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NEVER FORGET. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ME. I VOLUNTEERED AND VERY VERY, OH MAN. >> YOU GOT IT, PETE. >> Speaker: YOU KNOW, I PUT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THIS WAS A A VERY TOUCHY SITUATION. YOU KNOW, THAT YOU JUST CAN'T PLAY WITH, YOU KNOW. IF YOU WAS WITH IT T YOU HAD TO BE WITH IT, AND IF YOU WAS NOT WITH IT T YOU WAS NOT WITH IT. AND I WAS THERE AND IT TOOK A GREAT DEAL OF COURAGE AND HONOR, YOU KNOW TO DO IT, YOU KNOW. I'M A PERSON THAT WASN'T REALLY INTO A GANG BANGING BUT I LIVED AROUND IT ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE AND KNEW THAT WAS WASN'T COOL FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY. THE KIDS COMING UP, I ALWAYS HAD PEOPLE TALK TO ME AS A PERSON THINKING, KIND OF, GIVES THEM UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU KNOW, ABOUT LIFE, YOU KNOW, LIVING IT IN THE ENVIRONMENT. YOU KNOW, AND I DIDN'T TRY TO SEPARATE MYSELF JUST BECAUSE, I DIDN'T WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A GANG BANGOR, --BANGER. AT THE SAME TIME T I'M LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT SO WE'RE AROUND THIS STUFF AND IT AFFECTS US IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SO IT AFFECTED ME IN A DIFFERENT WAY BUT ALSO IN A GREAT THAT I CAN BE A TOOL, AN INSTRUMENT TO TEACH OTHER PEOPLE, LIKE THE YOUNGER GENERATION BECAUSE THEY LOOKED UP TO ME AND THEY LOVED THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE THAT I WAS SHOOTING OUT AND I WAS NOT FEEDING THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN MESS MESS. SO THEY BELIEVED IN, YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGE. SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO BE HERE IN HONOR OF THAT. AND [APPLAUSE] >> JUST BEFORE WE GIVE IT BACK TO THE COUNCILMEMBER, I'M A CHRIST AN BUT MY MUSLIM BIG BROTHER IS HERE, OUR COMMUNITY LEADER, IF YOU WILL SOMEBODY WHO IS REALLY REALLY BEEN THERE FOR ME AND BEEN THERE FOR THIS MOVEMENT AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE SOME TIME FOR OUR MINISTER ABDUL MALIQUE MOHAMED, KNOWN TO US AS MINISTER TONY. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. IN THE MAIM OF ALL NIGHTY GOD THE MERCIFUL, WE GIVE PRAISE AND THANKS TO THE GREATNESS OF THAT ONE GOD. TO THE GREAT ABRAHAM PROPHETS, ABRAHAM, MOSES, JESUS AND MOHAMED, IF THEY WAS HERE TODAY, THEY WOULD BE STANDING WITH THIS GROUP OF SOLDIERS. BUT I HAVE TO THANK GOD FOR INTERVENING IN OUR AFFAIRS IN THE PERSON OF MASTER MOHAMED THANKING HIM HIM FOR THE ELIJAH MOHAMED AND FARAKAN WHO SENT ME HERE ON A SPECIAL MISSION OVER 30 YEARS AGO, HE ORDERED ME, HE SAID DON'T LET ME CATCH YOU IN HOLLYWOOD. GO AND WIN THE STREETS BROTHER AND WORK WITH THOSE STREET SOLDIERS WHO HAVE START SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD WOULD BOW TO. I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FROM A DID EVINITY STAND POINT. I THANK GOD THAT IN THE BIBLE SAID THESE WORDS, CAN ANY GOOD COME OUT OF NAZARETH? NAZARETH 2000 YEARS AGO WOULD REFLECT WATTS. HE ALSO SAID, HE WOULD TAKE THOSE WHO ARE LAST AND TAKE THEM FIRST AND TAKE THE BOTTOM RAIL AND RAISE IT TO THE TOP. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE WITNESSING HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE AND IF THERE WAS AN ALGORITHM, SISTER, 34 YEARS, I'VE WITNESSED THESE MEN AND WOMEN IN MEETINGS, MEETING WITH CONFLICT WHERE GUNS WOULD BE DRAWN. SOME SF THEM HAVE BEEN WOUNDED TRYING TO SOLVE PEACE. TO ME, THEY ARE THE GREATEST PEACE MAKERS ON THE PLANET! THIS GROUP! [APPLAUSE] AND THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THIS WORLD. I CLOSE WITH A FEW SAYING IN THE HOLLY QURAN, WHAT GOD SAYS, I HAVE MADE YOU IN TRYJANT FAMILIES THAT YOU MAY KNOW ONE ANOTHER SO YOU WILL NOT DESPISE EACH OTHER. THEN HE SAID IN THE HOLLY QURAN WHEN YOU WERE ON THE BRINK OF PIT OF FIRE, I UNITED YOUR HEARTS! I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY KAREN BASS AND TO YOU THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, TO CITY COUNCILMEN CURREN PRICE TO CITY COUNCILMEN McOSKER, THANK YOU ALL. WE'LL TAKE THIS DAY. WHEN WE HAVE SEEN OTHERS GET A MONTH. [LAUGHTER] WE'LL START WITH A DAY. BUT I ALSO SAY TO YOU. DO ALL YOU CAN TO FUND AND TO PUT RESOURCES BEHIND THESE GROUPS. WHAT IS A BLACK AND BROWN LIFE WORTH? 34 YEARS, THEY HAVE SAVED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND NOW FROM WHAT THEY'VE DONE, NEW YORK, REACH OUT TO THEM. PHILADELPHIA IS REACHING OUT TO THEM. HUH, CHICAGO IS REACHING OUT TO THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR PROBLEM. I WAS JUST IN THE SOUTH, EVEN THE COUNTRY PEOPLE IN GANG BANGING ON TRACTORS REACHING OUT. SO THIS GROUP, THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL. BUT DO YOUR BEST TO DO MORE PEACE. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: THANK YOU, PASTOR, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR BEING PART OF HISTORY. COLLEAGUES THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY TO COMMEMORATE AND I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE ALL HERE TO DO IT. MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRICE. MR. McOSKER, WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE. BEGIN WITHING COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND McOSKER FOR BRINGING IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF HISTORY. YOUR WORK WAS NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPACT YOU BROUGHT TO WATTS AND LOS ANGELES, IT ACTUALLY SPREAD INTO THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. AND I PERSONALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT WITH AKILA TO WATCH THE WORK AS IT SPREAD ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND SEEING THE IMPACT IN NEWARK NEW JERSEY AND IT CONTINUES TO SPREAD. THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT IMPORTANT EXAMPLE AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FIRST PEBBLE IN THE POND AND THE RIPPLE AFFECTS THAT IMMINENT FROM IT. THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL REPRESENT IN THE WORK YOU STARTED IN 1992 AND THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME WHY I SIT ON THE SEAT TODAY WAS BORN OUT OF 1992 RIOTS BECAUSE I WATCHED AS A YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT GETTING READY TO ENTER THE WORLD GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I WATCHED THE L.A. RIOTS UNFOLD LIVE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. AND IT WAS MY FATHER WHO WAS FIRST, HE WAS ON DUTY AS A L.A. CITY FIRE FIGHTER DISPATCHED TO FLORENCE AND NORMANDIE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE FOR HOW I WANTED SHOW UP AND BE PART OF THE CHANGE. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BE THAT EXAMPLE THAT HAS TAUGHT SO MANY IMPORTANT LESSONS TO YOUNG INTERVENTION ALIST WHO STILL NEED THE TOOLS AND TRAIN TO GO HELP ADDRESS THE TRAUMA THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE EXPOSED TO AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AND SO, AS OUR COUNCIL EMBARKS UPON THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THOSE YOUNG INTERVENTIONIST TO GO OUT TO BE IN THE STREET. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL TO DEDICATE THE RESOURCES FOR THE TRAINING FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THEIR PERSONAL NEEDS. [APPLAUSE] >> YES! >> M. Rodriguez: TO COLLEAGUES I WANT TO USE THIS MOMENT NOT JUST AS A MARKER OF AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN HISTORY THAT HAS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND STILL DO IMPORTANT WORK IN OUR CITY. BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU AND I ASK THE MAYOR, TO DEDICATE SOME OF THAT GRID DOLLARS TO THE IMPORTANT TRAINING THAT THEY NEED TO HELP ADDRESS THE TRAUMA THAT THEY ARE IMPACTED WITH AND THEIR EXPOSED TO IN THE LINE OF WORK THAT THEY PROVIDE FOR MAINTAINING THE PEACE IN OUR STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IN THE NAME OF OUR FRIEND, OUR DEPARTED AND BELOVED DR. A KILLA BASHIR I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP IN A MEANINGFUL AND THOUGHTFUL WAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHOW UP IN A VERY RESPECTFUL AND INTENTIONAL WAY, TO THAT THE WORK WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN A POSITIVE MANNER. PEACE AND LOVE WITH ALL YOU YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMEMBER JAOUR DOO. --JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND McOSKER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT CITY COUNCIL, WE GET TO LEARN ABOUT OUR CITY AND HEARING YOU ALL WITH YOUR PRIDE, YOUR SUFFERING, YOUR JOY, YOUR PERSISTENCE IS A GREAT REMINDER OF WHY I LOVE THIS CITY AND STAY TEN-TOES DOWN LIVE FOR IT AND I KNOW YOU TOO DO AND I LOVE THE NOD, I WENT TO UCLA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND THE BUILDING IS NAMED AFTER HIM. BUT EVEN AS YOU WERE TALKING, OH THAT'S THE KISSINGER IN SOUTH L.A. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, THEY HAVE TO STUDY YOU TO SEE IT COME TO YOU AND HOW THAT IS AN INSPIRATION TO US. SO I REPRESENT THE EAST SIDE, I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE AND IT'S SUCH AN INSPIRATION THANK YOU FOR SHARING TODAY AND HAVING THIS PRESENTATION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS McOSKER AND COUNCILMEMBER CURREN PRICE FOR BRINGING, PEOPLE WHO CAN SEE THE FUTURE INTO OUR CITY COUNCIL. IN 1992, THEY KNEW, THEY WORKED HARD AND COMMITTED TO THEIR COMMUNITY THAT IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THAT WE WOULD SEE OUR CHILDREN LIVE AND THRIVE INSTEAD OF JUST SURVIVE. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN FOR A WHILE. MR. PRESIDENT, I USED TO WORK WITH WATTS GANG TASKFORCE AND THEY WERE IN A LITTLE TINY ROOM IN JANICE HAHN'S BUILDING AND IT GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER. AND NOW THEY ARE INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE FOR PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I WROTE DOWN SO MANY WORDS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU ARE PEACE MAKER AND YOU BROUGHT PROSE PERITY TO OUR COMMUNITY. OPENED UP MORE OPPORTUNITIES YOU'RE HEALERS FROM THE HEART, SOLDIERS FROM YOUR ANCESTORS AND RISK TAKERS BECAUSE YOU SAT IN PLACES THAT WERE NOT ALWAYS COMFORTABLE. YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH THAT YOUR MOTHER'S GAVE YOU AND SAVED SO MANY LIVES. AND I WANT TO SAYS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEGRITY AND THANK YOU FOR LOVING YOUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER, MR. PRICE. AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE BEFORE US TODAY. AND I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND HUTT. AND THOSE OF US WHO LIVE THROUGH THE 90s IN THIS CITY. JUST TO PAINT A PICTURE, IF YOU WERE SOUTH OF WILSHIRE BOULEVARD ON ANY DAY OF THE WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY AND YOU DROVE FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES, YOU WERE GOING TO SEE A FUNERAL. THERE WERE IN EXCESS OF 1200 HOMICIDES A YEAR. SO THAT MEANS WE WERE BURYING PEOPLE EVERY DAY. IF YOU HEARD YOU THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT, THAT WAS GOING TO BE A HALF DOZEN PEOPLE DEAD BY MONDAY MORNING. IT WAS JUST, THE WAY LIFE WAS IN THE CITY. THE POLITICAL CONVERSATION WAS ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOW FAST YOU CAN LOCK PEOPLE UP AND HOW MANY POLICE YOU CAN HIRE AND HOW MANY JAILS YOU CAN BUILD AND HOW LONG YOU CAN KEEP PEOPLE IN PRISON, THAT'S WHAT WAS BEING OFFERED. AND FROM THE STREETS, WITHOUT A CALL FROM ANYBODY, WITHOUT A PUSH FROM ANYBODY, Y'ALL SAID OKAY, IT IS TIME FOR US TO MOVE PAST THIS. AND DID THE WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION, WITHOUT A GRANT, WITHOUT ANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND FRANKLY WITH A WHOLE LOT OF SKEPTICISM BECAUSE THE MEDIA COVERED THE TRUCE BECAUSE EVERY DAY THE MEDIA WAS WAITING FOR THE TRUCE TO BE BROKEN. IT WAS THERE WAS A FIGHT IN PACOIMA, AND WE WERE LIKE PACOIMA IS NOT IN THE TRUCE YET. BUT THE MEDIA WANTED SO BADLY SO BADLY FOR THE TRUCE TO FAIL. [APPLAUSE] AND YOU STEPPED UP AND STEPPED THROUGH AND WON ANYWAY. AND WE'RE SO HE --ETERNALLY GRATEFUL AND LIKE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND HUTT, I'M SITTING ON THIS CHAIR BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOU ALL DID AND THE DECISION THAT YOU MADE, [APPLAUSE] ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AND SO, TO SEE ALL OF YOU UP THERE WITH GRAY HAIRS, YOU KNOW, MAKES ME EMOTIONAL. SO MANY OF YOU ARE LOSING YOUR HAIR, I'M NOT GOING TO NAME ANY NAMES, BUT, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU REACH YOUR AARP STAGES, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. [LAUGHTER] >> PULL THE CARD OUT. >> Council President: THE OTHER THING I WOULD OFFER FOR THE RECORD, IS YOU ALL ALSO DID SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T SET OUT TO DO BUT IT WAS A COMPLIMENT TO THE CITY, YOU ALL CHANGED POLICING AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> THANK YOU, YES! [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: SO I WAS JUST IN NEW YORK CITY THIS WEEK AND THEY HAVE A NEW MAYOR AND HE'S FLASHY AND GOT ALL OF THESE SOLUTIONS, AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT STUFF YOU GUYS DID 30 YEARS AGO. STARTING IT UP IN NEW YORK CITY AND CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SO, IT'S A COMPLIMENT TO YOU BUT ALSO A COMPLIMENT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THEY MOVED, THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR IT IN THE 1992 IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE THERE FOR IT NOW. THIS SHOWS US WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN OUR CITY AND NOW INSTEAD OF DRIVING THROUGH OUR STREETS AND SEEING FUNERALS, YOU KNOW, FUNERALS ARE FAR--MUCH MORE SELDOM THAN THERE WERE IN THE 90s, AND YOU SEE JUST THE OTHER NIGHT. I'M DRIVING FROM A COMMUNITY MEETING HOME AND I SEE, 6 GIRLS IN THEIR TEENS WALKING WITH THEIR SKATE BOARDS LONG AFTER DARK. AND THEY WERE NOT LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDERS AND THEY WERE NOT RUNNING, THEY WERE NOT AFRAID, THEY WERE GOING TO THE CORNER STORE LIKE TEENAGERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO AND THEY WERE GOING TO RIDE THEIR SKATE BOARDS BACK HOME. AND WHEN I SAW THAT, I THOUGHT OF YOU. CAUSE THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE IN THE 1990s IN THE CITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE RESPECT AND LOVE TO ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WITH US TO CELEBRATE, TO CELEBRATE THIS DAY AND THANK YOU FOR THE JOY THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO HAVE AND LIVE OUT. I SEE, KIMANI BLACK OVER HERE, FROM CD10. KIMANI BLACK AND I MET EACH OTHER AND AGAIN WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY GRAY HAIR, COME ON UP. HE AND I MET EACH OTHER, SOME 30 YEARS AGO AT A GANG INTERVENTION MEETING IN SOUTH CENTRAL WHEN WE WERE MUCH MORE SEWN YOR AND MUCH MORE YOUNG BUT WE'VE BEEN GROWING AND SEEING ALL OF YOU OVER THE YEARS AND I JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE BUILT IN THE STREETS BUT IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? I'M SORRY, I'VE GOT ONE SPEAK CER. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I■ GOT TO A ADMI A negative life, but I appreciate that you guys embody exactly that story that we know how to help ourselves. We know that we can create a community together, and we have better parks, better schools, better homes. We can save our businesses. We support our businesses. So thank you. Thank you for emphasizing that because there's nothing that rubs me the wrong way. When you have a savior complex coming into the neighborhood, so to speak. I just gotta say so thank you for that and I but if I can just make an ask you know, is, uh, stay motivated. I can see you are. But you know, as a council president mentioned, we're still working on this. There's a lot of folks that are community lost because of that lens of just incarcerate and keep them incarcerated for a long time. Throw the book at them. And our laws were set up that way. So there's still a lot of people that are still coming home from those impacts of the 90s. They're still coming home. Uh, and, you know, they went through their whole thing. It's a it's a personal journey. Those of us, those who were taken away. But as they come home, I think it's important that we have a new generation of leaders and organizers who continue to Nueva Generacion de leaders. We cannot continue to have intergenerational gangs and interracial intergenerational fights to come back. So I hope that you have all of the funding and all of the support to make sure that you can continue to program to make sure that this is something that we end in this generation. Um, because I know that there's definitely a lot of people that are still wondering what's next when I come home, based on what I experienced back in the 90s, it wasn't that long ago. So please know you can count on on myYOU CAN COUNT ON SUPPORT. BIG FAN OF GRID, I'M ALREADY TALKING ABOUT MY PEOPLE THAT I BETTER NOT SEE ANY GRAFFITI AND I BETTER SEE A LOT OF PROGRAMMING START. I DON'T WANT ANY SHAKINGNESS, BUT IT STARTS WITH US MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH YOU AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BUILT OUT IN THE CITY AND NEVER LET THEM KNOW. BUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY WORK, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> C. Price: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR YOUR CMMENTS. I'M SO HONORED TO BE STANDING HERE WITH THESE HEROES AND SHEROES. BACK IN 92 I WAS WORKING FOR DISTRICT 8 RUN ARING THE OFFICE AT THE VERMONT, I WAS AT THE BANK THAT WAS BURNED DOWN DURING THE RIOTS. BUT IT CONTINUED TO INSPIRE ME AND I DECIDED TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND I RAN FOR OFFICE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1993 AND ELECTED SO THE BEAT GOES ON. AND WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT. BUT ON BEHALF OF ALL THE COLLEAGUES HERE AND THE CITY. WE JUST WANT TO PRESENT THIS RECOGNITION FOR THE 1992 TRUCE DAY, JUST AS RECOGNITION CELEBRATION FOR THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE FOR THE COMMITMENT AND FOR THE PEACE THAT IS OURS. CONGRATULATIONS. >> BEAUTIFUL. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. >> SAY KENNY GREEN. KENNY GREEN. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] Thank you so. Package for all your fantastic. Work But now I see what you're talking. All right, we'll now prepare for ourALL RIGHT, WE'LL NOW PREPARE FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WHICH WILL BE LEAD BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ OF THE 7th DISTRICT. >> M. Rodriguez: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. WELL TO CONTINUE OUR CELEBRATION TODAY OF ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS HERITAGE MONTH, I THOUGHT I WOULD DO A LITTLE BLEND OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE. NOT JUST CELEBRATING THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE LOVE OF 80s AND ALL THINGS NEW WAVE. SO TODAY I HAVE WITH ME ELIZABETH I WHO IS JOINED BY A NUMBER OF REALLY IMPORTANT GUESTS TO CELEBRATE HER INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE DEEP CONNECTIONS OF HOW NEW WAVE MUSIC AND 90s MUSIC HAS CONTINUED TO BRING AN IMPORTANT INTERSECTION FOR COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, REALLY THE INTERSECTION ALITY OF ALL WHAT WE ALL LOVE WHICH IS MUSIC AND CULTURE, GET OVER HERE, YOU'VE GOT TO STAND CLOSER TO ME. ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS, I AM JOINED TODAY BY ELIZABETH RICK NAGUCCI, I KNOW, THAT JOHN SZABO OUR CITY LIBERIAN AND RACHEL SIGN, FOR ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE THAT THEY HAVE DONE. AND ELIZABETH, HAS THIS WONDERFUL BOOK, NEW WAVE WHICH IS CELEBRATING THE INCREDIBLE RICH CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF NEW WAVE MUSIC. PLEASE GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ELIZABETH IS AN EMMY AWARDING WIN WITHING PRODUCIG, WILL MANY MAKER AND WRITING WHO'S WORK HAS EXPLORED IDENTITY AND MEMORY AND CULTURAL SURVIVOR. HER DEBUT FEATURE DOCUMENTARY PEMIER EARNED A MENTION FOR THE ALBERT MESSO'S AWARD FOR DIRECTOR. SHE WON THE GRAND JURY AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM AT THE VIET FILM AND FIRST TIME AND THE FIRST TIME THE HONOR WAS AWARD AID VIETNAMESE AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE FESTIVAL'S 21-YEAR HISTORY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. OVER THE YEARS I'VE HAD HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HONORING THE BANDS FROM DEPECHE MODE TO OBVIOUSLY. >> Council President: OING O BINGO. >> M. Rodriguez: I CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR OINGO BOINGO THAT WAS COUNCILMEMBER HUIZAR, BUT RATHER SMITH AND THE CURE, I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THE INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HONOR HERE IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS. BUT NOW THIS IS A REALLY MOMENT TO WEAVE IT ALTOGETHER. BECAUSE MY LOVE OF THIS MUSIC AND I KNOW FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, FOR THOSE IMMIGRANTS OR CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS, THAT WAS THE MUSIC THAT PICTURED. GOING UP AGAINST THE GRAIN OF SOMETIMES A COUNTRY OR A CITY OR A COMMUNITY THAT WAS TRYING TO DEFINE US. WELL WE, GOT TO DEFINE OURSELVES THROUGH IDENTIFYING OURSELVES IN THROUGH THIS MUSIC. AND SO, THROUGH HER DOCUMENTARY AND HER BOOK "NEW WAVE" ELIZABETH CAPTURES HOW WE HAVE EMBRACED THIS MUSIC AND MADE THIS THEIR OWN, LASTING IMPACT OF VIETNAM WAR, THEY BUILD COMMUNITY AND FREEDOM IN A PLACE THAT WAS STILL LEARNING TO SEE THEM. WHAT MAKES THIS WORK SO MEANINGFUL IS NOT JUST THE MUSIC BUT WHAT MADE THE MUSIC POSSIBLE, IT'S THE LANGUAGE, A REFUGE, A BRIDGE BETWEEN CULTURES AND GENERATIONS AND IN THE TELLING OF THE STORY, ELIZABETH IS NOT ONLY DOCUMENTING A VIBRANT SUB CULTURE, SHE IS PRESERVE ISING THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT SESHL TO THE STORIES OF LOS ANGELES. HER BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE PUBLISHED BY, THIS IS FUN, THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY ANGEL CITY PRESS WHICH IS WHY JOHN SZABO IS HERE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WORKS UNDER SCORING HOW DEEPLY THIS STORY RESONATES. AS WE BEGIN, AAPI MONTH, THIS IS TIMELY. THIS REMINDS US THAT CULTURE IS MADE PICKUP OF STORIES JUST LIKE THIS, STORIES OF EXPERIENCE, REINVENTION AND BELONGING, OF WHO WE ARE AS A CITY AND STORIES THAT ENSURE THE NEXT GENERATION CAN SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. LIZ WETING YOUR WORK IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER STORYTELLING, TO HONOR OT PAST TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITIES AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, IT'S REALLY AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU KNOW F I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BEING A VALLEY GIRL WITH EAST SIDE ROOTS. MY FAMILY SET SLD ON THE EAST SIDE AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, SO MANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ALSO ENDED UP MOVING INTO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WHICH IS WHERE SHE WAS RAISED IN MONTEREY PARK. I WAS SHARING HOW, MY VALLEY HISTORY IS NOT JUST IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BUT ALSO IN THE SAN GABRIEL FROM VISITING MY COUSINS AND SHARING HOW I USED TO GO TO THE MUSIC PLUS ON SAN GABRIEL BOULEVARD WE WOULD WALK WITH MY COUSINS TO BUY RECORDS. IT WAS NOT JUST THE RECORD IN PACOIMA OR THE GEMCO BUT ALSO THE MUSIC PLUS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WHERE SO MANY OF MY CURE ALBUMS AND 45s AND SINGLES WERE ACQUIRED. IT'S A FUN HISTORY BUT I APPRECIATE THE INTERSECTIONALITY ON HOW THIS MUSIC HAS BEEN A BRIDGE FOR BOTH LATINA AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS NOT JUST LOS ANGELES BUT FRANKLY ACROSS THE WORLD. RIGHT. IT'S JUST REALLY BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT INTERSECTIONALITY. SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THE HONOREE TODAY, ELIZABETH. [APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE CITY OF L.A. AND FROM ONE VALLEY GIRL TO ANOTHER, I'M A BIG FAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN MONICA. THIS CITY RAISED ME P I GOT HERE WHEN WHICH WAS 3. AND I CONSIDER MYSELF AN L.A. NATIVE. JUST TO FOLLOW THIS GANG TRUCE RIGHT BEFORE THIS, IT JUST REMINDED ME, IFLS NOT QUITE YET A TEENAGER IN THAT TIME BUT I WAS IN MID-APPROXIMATELY SCHOOL. I WAS OR YEAH, I WAS I LIVED THROUGH THAT TIME. AND IT WAS, IT WAS HEART BREAKING. I HAD YOU KNOW, GREW UP IN A CITY THAT LOOKED, MANY PEOPLE GROWING UP IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY LOOKED LIKE ME. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT WAS A VERY DIVERSE PLACE TO GROW UP IN MONTEREY PARK, AND ALHAMBRA BUT WHEN I WENT TO THE MOVIES NOBODY LOOKED LIKE ME. AND THE NARRATIVE THAT'S WERE SHOWN ABOUT OUR PEOPLE, WERE ALWAYS THESE NARRATIVES INCREDIBLY VIOLENT EMBARRASSING, HUMILIATING SO TO BE IN THE CITY AND CLAIM THIS SPACE AND TO SEE THE L.A. PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SO MANY OF OUR FOUNDERS, COUNCILWOMAN AND THIS CITY IS YES, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO CELEBRATE RIGHT NO HAS BEEN SUCH A VAS DIFFERENCE FROM THE TIME WHAT I GREW UP. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I'VE PREPARED SOME WORDS AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS YESTERDAY, MARKED THE 51st HISTORY OF THE END OF AMERICAN WAR IN VIETNAM. IT WAS A DEEPLY PAINFUL TIME FOR MY PEOPLE. I COME FROM THREE GENERATIONS OF REFUGEE, MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS FLED CHINA AND MY GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS FLED VIETNAM, THERE WAS SO MUCH PTSD IN MY FAMILY AND I WAS RETRAUMATIZED OVER AND OVER FROM THE MEDIA THAT MENTIONED AND I KNEW WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER, SOME YEARS AGO, I WANTED TO SHARE A DIFFERENT NARRATIVE. AND I TURNED SOME ARCHIVES AND THEY DIDN'T EXIST. I WOULD, DIG AND DIG BECAUSE I KNEW I WANTED TO MAKE THIS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THIS MUSIC SCENE. SO I HAD TO START AN INSTAGRAM PAGE AND WORKED WITH MY TEAMMATE RACHEL AND NINA THAT HELPED ME GO THROUGH THESE ACTION SXZ ASK THEM TO SEND IN THE PHOTOS OF YOU, KNOW, KIDS, TEENS AND FAMILIES IN THE 80s THAT WERE CELEBRATING LIFE THAT WERE NOT HISTORY THAT'S WERE BEING SAVED BY THE INSTITUTION THAT'S WE WERE HOPING WOULD TELL OUR STORIES. AND SO, FROM THAT TIME, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MUSIC, NEW WAVE WAS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE TO TUNE OUT IT WAS SOMETHING TO TUNE IN IN ORDER TO FIND EACH OTHER AND OUR COMMUNITIES. AND I, I FIND SO MUCH PRIDE IN IT BECAUSE, I SPENT SO MUCH OF MY LIFE FEELING ASHAMED OF THE HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR COMING TO THIS COUNTRY THAT DID NOT WANT US TO TO GOING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES AND FINDING OUT THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. THAT WE'RE STILL HERE THAT WE SURVIVE ALL OF THOSE DECADES OF VIOLENCE AND WAR AND BEYOND FINDING THIS AMAZING HAIR AND MAKE UP AND THE CLOTHING THAT THEY WORE BACK IN THOSE DAYS THAT THIS WAS TEENAGERS WHO WERE TRYING TO FIND THEIR IDENTITY IN A WORLD. SO THIS FILM, THAT WAS MADE AND THIS BOOK, EVOLVED INTO MORE THAN A CELEBRATION MOUSSE PICK, IT WAS A JOURNEY OF EXPLORING OUR FEELINGS CONFRONTING OUR DEEPEST FEARS AND IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO UNDERSTAND OUR HISTORY AND IT WAS CRUCIAL FOR HEALING FOR SO MANY OF US FROM IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE BACK GROUNDS. AND TO THIS PRIVILEGE TO FACE OUR PAIN IS OFTEN DENIED. AND I THOUGHT MAKE THISING FILM WHEN I STARTED ON THIS ADVENTURE WAS SOMETHING I WOULD LEAVE BEHIND FOR MY DAUGHTER BUT I REALIZED IT WAS SOMETHING I NEEDED FOR MYSELF. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVED IN THIS STORY THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE. I WANT TO GIVE IT UP FOR ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS, CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE ELIZABETH AI AND THE WORK. I'M THE RICK I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CALIFORNIA HUE MAN PITS TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUE ANITIES. SINCE 1975 WE HAVE BROUGHT FEDERAL DOLLARS TO CELEBRATE HUMANITIES. WE FOCUS ON UNTOLD STORIES THROUGH GRANTS SUCH AS CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS AND ELIZABETH WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING SEVERAL GRANTS, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION GRANT AS AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT. CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES HAS BEEN DELIGHTED TO WATCH ELIZABETH DEVELOP INTO AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL STORY TELLER. ELIZABETH'S DOCUMENTARY "NEW WAVE" REFLECTS THE STORYTELLING THAT EXPANDS THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHO WE ARE, BRINGING EXPERIENCE THAT'S ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED. THROUGH NEW WAVE, ELIZABETH HAS SURFACES A HISTORY THAT HELPS US BETTER DEFINE WHO WE ARE AS CALIFORNIANS AND AS AMERICANS. AT CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES, WE BELIEVE STORIES LIKE THIS ARE ESSENTIAL, NOT JUST TO UNDERSTAND UNDERSTANDING THE PAST BUT TO SHAPING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND HONEST FUTURE. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS WORK. AND TO SEE IT REACH WIDEN AUDIENCES AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ELIZABETH'S DEDICATION TO CULTURAL WORK. SHE RECENTLY JOINED HUMANITIES DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON DC TO ADVOCATE FOR SUPPORT FOR HUMANITIES. AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT SHE WAS OUT WALK WITHING THE HILL, MEETING WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVES FROM CALIFORNIA TO HELP SECURE FUTURE FUNDING FOR OTHER STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD. SO THANK YOU ELIZABETH FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK. AND NOW IT'S MY GREAT PRESSURE TO INTRODUCE, A FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES AND ALSO PUBLISHER OF ANGEL CITY PRESS AND THE CITY LIBERIAN, JOHN SZABO. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH, RICK AND THANK YOU TO CALIFORNIA HUE MAN PITS AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND A HUGE THANK FOR ELIZABETH FOR GIVING US OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLISH THIS TIN CREDIBLE BOOK. IN ADDITION TO THE FABULOUS THINGS THAT LIBRARIES DO, WE'RE ALSO A PUBLISHER. AND AT THE CORE, WE'RE ABOUT TELLING STORIES AND PRESERVING STORIES AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT THOSE STORIES ARE HEARD AND KNOWN AND LIFT UP AND CELEBRATED. AND THIS BOOK IS JUST A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT MISSION IS ALL ABOUT. WE'RE BIG FANS OF THE BOOK. IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BOOKS AT CITY PRESS, IT'S ABOUT TO BE IN ITS THIRD PRINTING AND ELIZABETH HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL AMBASSADOR NOT ONLY OF THE STORIES AND BOOK BUT ALSO OF ANGEL CITY PRESS AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, I ALWAYS LIGHT UP WHEN WE HAVE 80s PRESENTATION. THIS IS THE CHAIRWOMAN OF OUR 80s CAUCUS OF THIS COUNCIL. SO THIS PRESENTATION IS, ALONG WITH AAPI MONTH, IS VERY VERY APPROPRIAT BUT YOUR WORK HERE, I DON'T WANT YOU TO FOR A SECOND, UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THESE PICTURES, THIS IS THE LOS ANGELES, I REMEMBER. AND THE PEOPLE I REMEMBER BEING SEEN AND INTERACTING WITH IN THE SAN FERNANDO AND HARBOR AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. BUT AT THE TIME, AS THE COB SIL WOMAN POINTED OUT, WE COULD NOT COUNT ON OT BUSINESS OR MOVIE BUSINESS TO SHOW US THE WAY WE REALLY WERE. AND YOU GOING BACK AND DOCUMENTING IT T I SEE A DATSON 1210, THAT IS INCREDIBLY AUTHENTIC AND REALLY REPRESENTS THE STREETS AND ENERGY AND LOVE OF LOS ANGELES THEN THAT LAID THE BASIS FOR THE GREAT CITY THAT WE SEE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY. THANK YOU TO YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO IMMIGRANTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMIGRATION AND HOW IT BUILDS PLACES AND HOW IT IS A BENEFIT TO US AND THE CENTRALALITY OF OUR CULTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, AND MY THANKS TO ELIZABETH FOR THIS IMPORTANT STORYTELLING FOR CAPTURING HAD BUT ALSO BECAUSE OUR MUTUAL LOVE FOR NEW WAVE MUSIC, EVERYTHING 80, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT HAIR STYLE I WAS ALWAYS SPORTING THE BOB AND THE DOCKS. AT A TIME WHEN OUR COUNTRY STILL STRUGGLES WITH SUCH DIVISION, IT'S A REMINDER HOW MUSIC CONTINUES TO BE A IMPORTANT BRIDGE. THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE PIECES THAT ARE AVAILABLE EVEN THROUGH ANGEL CITY PRESS TO REALLY CAPTURE AND DO BETTER STORY TELGZ BY OUR OWN HAND. NOT BY SOMEBODY ELSE'S LENS BUT THROUGH YOUR EXPERIENCE. ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE SUCCESS OF ALL OF YOUR WORKS. CONTINUED SUS SEC. --SUCCESS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS REQUESTED A SIGNED COPY OF THE BOOK. SO JUST YOU KNOW. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS BEING BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE AND PARK. >> J. Lee: COLLEAGUES TODAY I RISE TO RECOGNIZE A LEADER WHO'S IMPACT HAS BEEN FELT THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE TRACY BETTER FOR AS BIZ FED AND CONGRATULATE HER ON HER NEW ROLE AS CO-FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA COALITION. WELCOME TRACY. [APPLAUSE] TRACY HAS BUILT A CAREER ON THE CORE PRINCIPAL OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SOLVING REAL PROBLEMS. AT BIZ FED SHE DIDN'T JUST LEAD SHE BUILT SOMETHING THAT IS LASTING. SHE UNITED HUNDREDS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS INTO ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ADVOCACY VOICES IN THE REGION, ENSURING THAT EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN SHAPING POLICY. BEFORE THAT, SHE BROKE BARRIERS IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST FEMALE PUBLISHER OF LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS, A MILESTONE THAT REFLECTS HER LEADERSHIP AND HER WILLINGNESS TO LEAD IN SPACES WHERE OTHERS HAD NOT. NOW THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA COALITION, SHE IS EXPANDING THAT VISION STATE WIDE, LEADING A GROWING NON PARTISAN EFFORTS FOCUSED ON OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS. WHAT MAKES TRACY LEADERSHIP STAND OUT IS IS NOT JUST WHAT SHE BUILDS BUT HOW SHE BUILDS IT. SHE BRINGS PEOPLE ACROSS REGION SXZ INDUSTRIES AND PERSPECTIVES AND TURNS COLLABORATION INTO ACTION. THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP IS RARE AND IS EXACTLY OF WHAT WE NEED MORE TODAY FLT HER WORK HAS STRENGTHENED HER ECONOMY AND SUPPORTED JOB CREATION AND HELPED MOVE OUR COMMUNITIES IN MEANINGFUL WAY. ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE 12th COUNCIL DISTRICT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR VISION AND YOUR UNWAIVERING COMMITMENT TO LOCAL BUSINESS. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEXT CHAPTER AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU CONTINUE, YOU'VE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MS. HERNANDEZ. [APPLAUSE] DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, AMAZING COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE REAL CHAMPION OF ALL ANGELINO AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON AND CITY COUNCIL. SO EXCITING FOR ME, AS AN ANGELINO, FIRST TIME I CAME TO CALIFORNIA FEW YEARS AGO AS YOU HEARD THE COUNCILMAN SAY TO RUN THE DAILY NEWS. THE FIRST PLACE I LANDED WAS IN WOOD LAND HILLS AND I'VE BEEN AN ANGELINO EVERY SINCE. I RAISED MY DAUGHTERS IN SHERMAN OAKS IN THE VALLEY AND THEY ARE ZOOMING IN ON STREAMING ONE FROM KANSAS MISSOURI AND FROM ONE CHICAGO ILLINOIS, I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM AND THAT THEY CARE ABOUT OUR CITY. I CARE ABOUT OUR CITY AND APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE ALL DOING TO RISE IT UP. THAT'S WHY WE ORGANIZED THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO BUILD BRIDGES AND THIS IS EMBLEMATIC OF THAT H WE SAID LET'S GIVE PEOPLE WHO EMPLOY PEOPLE TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE AND BE BETTER. WE SAID LET'S BREAKDOWN BARRIERS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT. 240 DIFFERENT DISTINCT, DIVERSE, AND UNIQUE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING 400,000 COMPANIES EMPLOYING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE NOW ORGANIZED IN THE GREATER L.A. AREA WORKING WITH 88 CITY COUNCILS WITH OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH OUR STATE AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE IT BETTER. I AM PARTICULARLY HONORED THAT THIS CAME ABOUT TODAY. NOT ONLY TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR A A PI COMMUNITY AND THE AMAZING O LIMB MY AN AND OLYMPIANS BUT ALSO FOR THE TRUCE MAKERS AND AUTHORS AND ALL OF US GATHERED HERE TODAY. BUT WHAT IS TODAY ALSO? TODAY IS MAYDAY. AND I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL THAT I GET TO BE HONORED ON MAYDAY. ONE MAYDAY START AS A CELEBRATION OF SPRING, OF RENEWAL OF LOOKING FORWARD OF ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE OF STARTS. THEN IT TURNED INTO WORKERS DAY AND EVERYTHING THAT 140 YEARS AGO, THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED AND GET TO ENJOY NOW AS OUR 8-HOUR WORKDAY BECAME WORKERS DAY AND I AM HAPPY TO HELP AND LIFT UP THE EMPLOYERS, THE ENTREPRENEURS, THE RISK-TAKERS AND THE DREAMERS THAT PROVIDE ALL OF THOSE JOBS FOR OUR WORKERS. SO ME IT'S FULL CIRCLE, IT'S A DAY OF JOY AND I WANT TO CALL OUT AND THANK HILLARY NORTON ONE OF OUR PAST CHAIRS OF BIZ, SHE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK. AND I WANT TO THANK MY ROCK STAR HUSBAND, HERNANDEZ. BIZ INTRODUCED FERNANDO AND ME TO EACH WHICH LEAD TO A LOVE STORY AND GREAT CIVIC ACTION. ALL THAT, I'M GRATEFUL AS COUNCILMEMBER LEE SAID, WE'RE NOW GOING TO THE STATE. WE'RE ORGANIZE AGO THE STATE FOR ALL VOTERS, WE CALL TT RADICAL RISE OF THE CENTER, ALL 23 MILLION VOTERS WHO WANT TO RISE UP AND SOLVE ALL THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT FACE US WHO LIVE AND LOVE CALIFORNIA, WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TOGETHER IN THE NEW CALIFORNIA COALITION, AND I HAVE TEAMMATES, THEY'RE ON CAMERAS RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN AND FOR ALL OF YOU DOING YOUR CIVIC DUTY AND SHOWING UP AND ENGAGING, THAT'S HOW WE ALL MAKE THIS PLACE WORK BETTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY LOS ANGELES, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU THIS PROCLAMATION THANKING YOU FOR SUR YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE STATE. >> Council President: THANK YOU AND WE'VE GOT SOME SPEAKERS. BEGIN WITHING COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: ALL RIGHT, AS YOU TAKE YOUR PHOTOS. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU JOHN LEE FOR HONORING SUCH AN AMAZE ING WOMEN. SOMEBODY I'VE HAD HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING CONSTITUENTS IN WOODLAND HILLS, NEIGHBORS ACTUALLY. BUT I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE THE AMAZE ING WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE, THIS SIDE WAS JUST STARTING. AND I'VE SEEN IT GROW AND I'VE SEEN YOU GROW IT AND THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. IT'S NOT JUST ANOTHER BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST THOUGHTFUL ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORKS COLLABORATIVELY AND GETS THINGS DONE. IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT THING WHEN WITH YOU SEE BIZ FED SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAN JUST ANOTHER CHAMBER. IT MEANS THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE CREATIVE AND STRATEGY AND SOMETHING IS GOING TO COME FORWARD. I LOVE HAVING THE PARTNERSHIP AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU BOTH OVER THE YEARS. AND OF COURSE HILLARY IS ALWAYS MAKING GREAT THINGS HAPPEN AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW CHALLENGE AS YOU GO STATE WIDE AND I WANT TO MENTION, THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS ALSO A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY NOT JUST IN TERMS OF BUSINESS. BUT ALL THE NONPROFITS, USC, YOUR SYMPHONY STUFF, YOU DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS JUST TO HELP HAD THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU DON'T ASK ACCOLADES FOR, BUT YOU'RE THERE MAKE ING A COMMUNITY MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL, FOR THE RECOGNITION TODAY BUT ALSO FOR THE NEXT STEP THAT YOU'RE GOING ON AND I WANT TO BE HELPFUL ANYWAY AS YOU MOVE FORWARD AND ALL OF THIS GREAT NEW STUFF THAT YOU'RE DOING. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEEING YOU SOON. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: TRACY, I'M SO GLAD THAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL AT SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN ME OVER THE YEARS. I REMEMBER THE FIRST I WENT TO A BIZ FED EVENT AND CONTINUE TO GO. I HAVE TO SAY, IT WAS GOING TO BE A PLACE THAT WHERE YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING FOB INFORMATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE AND YOU WERE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE TEMPERATURE AND LANDSCAPE OF THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR BUILDING THAT OUT AND BRINGING THAT TOGETHER AND ALLOWING FOLKS LIKE MYSELF WHERE IT WAS A PLACE TO LEARN AND NETWORK AND UNDERSTAND THINGS. BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS THERE. AND IF ANYBODY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES, BIZ FED WAS THE LOCATION WHERE YOU GOT TO MEASURE THE TEMPERATURE. SO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU REALLY, YOU SAW THE WORK OF TRYING TO HELP FOLKS THAT WANTED TO COME TO LOS ANGELES UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS I SAID LEADER CONNECTOR AND CHANGE MAKER, I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT I SAW YOU WORK IT ON THE CONNECTOR SPACE AND I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU AND BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR NEW CAPACITY. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DID LOCALLY. WE KNOW GLOBALLY, YOU'LL DO EVEN MORE. I'M HAPPY I HAVE YOUR CELL NUMBER SO I CAN CALL YOU AS NEEDED. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR BRINGING THEM IN AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE HILLARY IN THE BUILDING OR ANYWHERE ELSE. CONGRATULATIONS, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT PART OF YOUR JOURNEY. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS TRACY, WHEN YOU TAP IN YOU DO IT WITH CURIOSITY AND INTELLIGENCE AND/OR YENTED PROBLEM SOLVING NATURE WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATED YOU WORK WITHING YOU ON MEASURE W AND OTHER STUFF. I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU, WORKING WITH YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE, YOU'RE VERY APPROACHABLE AND INTERESTED IN WORKING TOGETHER. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS NEXT THING. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHATEVER WE DO TOGETHER IN THAT NEXT CAPACITY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR BRINGING IN TRACY AND THIS IMPORTANT RECOGNITION. SO OFTEN IT GETS MISSED TO CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY HELPING TO ENSURE THAT AN IMPORTANT OF OUR ECONOMY IS HEARD. AND THAT'S THE JOB CREATORS OF OUR CITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PLAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS BALANCE AND POLICY MAKING THAT WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS, THAT WE DON'T CREATE UNDUE HARM. AND SOMETIMES DESPITE OF THAT, THERE IS, BUT YOU'VE BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART THAT MAKING SURE THAT AS POLICY MAKERS PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS OF DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE. IT'S CLEAR THAT THAT DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS GETTING IT RIGHT BUT THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING ON ON THAT FIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE ON THAT STATE, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID, ALL THE FRIENDSHIP AND THE PARTNERSHIP, I'M SURE THOSE SELFIES WILL STILL BE COMING IN HANDY NOW JUST AT THE STATE LEVEL. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING HER IN. SO OFTEN WE MISS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THESE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER WITH YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. MR. LEE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IN A REAL SHERO, SHE HAS BEEN A HARD WORKER. SHE'S GOT A GOOD PARTNER WITH HER H MR. HERNANDEZ FOR THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR HER AND HER COMMUNITY. CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK, CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU. SO MUCH MR. PRICE AND THANK YOU MR. LEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE TRACY HERNANDEZ AND WITH SHOW BIZ I FED. I WOULD ADD TO THIS. IT GETS LOST IN A LOT OF OUR POLICY STRUGGLES, WE'RE GOING THROUGH BUDGET WHERE IT NEVER SEEMS LIKE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. LOS ANGELES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS ABSOLUTELY ECONOMIC MIRACLE. WE PRODUCE POUND FOR POUND MORE THAN OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD. WE JUST PASSED JAPAN AS THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE EARTH. AND THAT DOES NOT FALLOUT OF THE HAPPEN. THAT DOES NOT JUST HAPPEN. IT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE SET SUPE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FAOEM PO BUILD AND GENERATE VALUE FOR WORKERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNI AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AT LARGE. YOU'RE PART OF THAT BACKBONE HERE, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU'LL DO TO HELP US BUILD CALIFORNIA EVEN MORE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO. COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> City Attorney: MR. PRESIDENT, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION, I DID NOT WANT TO DISRUPT THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. I'M PUTTING MR. SPINDLER AND HERMAN ON NOTICE. MR. HERMAN, YOU'VE INTERRUPTED MULTIPLE INTERRUPTION AND I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. MR. SPINDLER, YOU ARE A LICENSED ATTORNEY THAT CLAIMS TO KNOW THE BROWN ACT BETTER THAN WE DO, I WOULD CONDUCT YOURSELF AS A AN ADULT RATHER AN THAN A CHILD. WE'VE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. APOLOGIES, MR. McOSKER AND MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS. SO GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. I'M GLAD THAT I'M HONORING SOME LAWYERS AS WE HEARD THE LAWYER LANGUAGE. I HAVE THE PRESSURE OF CELEBRATING TWO CAREERS, JULIE SAN JUAN AND LOUIS CALPAKIN. [APPLAUSE] LISTEN TO THIS, BETWEEN JULIE AND FELIZ, THEY HAVE A COMBINED 66 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SORRY TO AGE YOU THERE. 66 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. TEIR CAREERS ARE DEFINED BY EXPERTISE AND LOVE OF BEING PUBLIC SERVANTS. BUT TODAY'S RECOGNITION IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL FOR ME, BACK IN THE 1990, I WAS WORKING FOR THEN JAMES HAHN. YES HE HAS FANS EVAN EVERYWHERE. AND JULIE AND FELIZ WERE--WE CAME UP TOGETHER IN THE OFFICE. WE'VE HAD A LONG WAY SINCE THEN. BUT WHO THEY ARE IS PEOPLE AND PROFESSIONAL HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT TO THIS DAY FROM THE DAY THAT I MADE THAT PHONE CALL TO TODAY. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JULIE'S ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH A CITY ATTORNEY AS A LAW CLERK BEFORE BEING APPOINT APPROXIMATED DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. IN THIS ROLE PROSECUTED A BROAD RANGE OF MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES, THOSE IMPORTANT QUALITY OF LIFE OFFENSES, SERVED AND STOOD OUT A MOST SKILLED. ROSE IN THE RANKS TASKED ARE SUPERVISING MULTIPLE BRANCHES INCLUDING HOLLYWOOD, SAN PEDRO AND LONG BEACH AND PACIFIC OFFICES. UPHELD A PROFESSIONAL WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDED ACCOUNTABILITY AND MENTORSHIP TO SO MANY ATTORNEYS. SERVING UNDER 5 CITY ATTORNEYS ALTHOUGH WE KNOW WHICH ONE IS BEST. JULIE IS RETIRING AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WITH REPUTATION OF LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND WOULD LIKE MY FRIEND JULIE TO COME UP AND AND SAY A FAW WORDS. >> Speaker: FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PRESENTING ME WITH THIS HONOR. I'M HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL TO BE RECOGNIZED BY YOU TODAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRAD FUTURE AND THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER AND HIS STAFF OF CD15 FOR ORGANIZING AND ARRANGING THIS PRESENTATION. IT MEANS A LOT THAT YOU TOOK YOUR TIME DESPITE OF BUSY SCHEDULED. I FEEL BLESSED AND HUMBLED TO BE HERE TODAY AND RECEIVE THIS PRESENTATION. I SPENT THE LAST 33 YEARS WORKING AS A PROSECUTOR FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH SO MANY COMMITTED AND DEDICATED COLLEAGUES. WORK WITHING VICTIMS OF CRIME AND BEING AN ADVOCATE AND VOICE FOR THEM HAS BEEN A FULFILLING EXPERIENCE. IT'S MY HOPE THAT I WAS ABLE IN SOME SMALL WAY TO POSITIVELY IMPCT SOME OF THEIR LIVES AND THOSE THAT OUR OFFICE REPRESENTS AND BRING THEM LEVEL OF PEACE COMFORTABLE AND JUSTICE FOR THE WRONGS THEY HAD ENDURED. WHEN I STARTED WITH THE CITY IN 19 93, I NEVER IMAGINED THE GROWTH AND CHANGES THAT I WOULD EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. THIS RECOGNITION REPRESENTS NOT JUST MY TIME BUT THE EFFORTS OF SO MANY TALENTED PROFESSIONALS I'VE HAD THE HONOR TO WORK WITH IN MY OFFICE AT CITY HALL AND ALL THE JUSTICE PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR MAKING PUBLIC SERVICE A PRIORITY. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING UPPED YOUR GUIDANCE TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THIS CITY CONTINUE TO THRIVE, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY JOURNEY AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR SHARED SUCCESS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY MOM WHO IS CONSTANT LOVE AND SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HAS BEEN I AM MEASURABLE AND COULD NEVER BE REPAID I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO MY FAMILY WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. LASTLY, I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO MY HUSBAND WHO I MET ON THE JOB 31 YEARS AGO AT THE HOLLYWOOD COURTHOUSE. HE HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS BEEN MY BIGGEST SUPPORTER AND LOUDER CHEERLEADER ESPECIALLY DURING MY LONG CAREER WITH THE CITY. BEHIND EVERY STRONG WOMEN IS A HUSBAND WHO BELIEVES IN HER AND I'M SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM IN MY CORNER. AS I ENTER THIS NEXT PHASE OF MY LIFE, I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE IN SOME MANNER, HOWEVER I THINK I'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO RELAX, SLEEP IN AND ENJOY LIFE FOR A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE EMBARKING ON A NEW CAUSE. THANK YOU FOR THIS TREMENDOUS HONOR. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, JULIE. I REMEMBER THAT MEET ING. OKAY. SO NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL CAREER, FELIZ JOINED AS A LAW CLERK ALSO BEFORE SHE TRANSITIONED TO ATTORNEY IN CENTRAL TRIALS AND YOU WERE IN THE PIT BACK THEN, YEAH YOU WERE IN THE PIT WHICH WAS HARD WORK. IN THIS CAPACITY PROSECUTED A VARIETY OF CRIMINAL MISDEMEANOR. IN 1997 JOINED THE CENTRAL PRETRIAL UNIT WHERE SHE BECAME AN EXPERT ON THE COMPLEXITY OF LAW AND MOTION AND PROVIDED CRITICAL STRATEGY ACROSS ALL FORMS OF CRIMINAL LAW. IN 2009 FELIZ BEGAN A NEW ROLE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF PRETRIAL UNIT, VERY BUSY UNIT THE HIGHEST AND MOST VOLUME BRANCH IN THE CITY WHERE SHE DELIVERED STELLARSHIP AND LEADERSHIP. A DECADE LATER IN 2019 BECAME THE--THE BRADY UNIT, THAT'S A CASE, WHERE SHE MADE SURE THE OFFICE UPHELD TRANSPARENCY ON BEHALF OF CITY AND LAPD. IN 2020, FELIZ WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS AND AFTER 36 YEARS OF SERVICE UNDER 5 CITY ATTORNEYS, AGAIN, SHE KNOWS WHO HER FAVORITE IS, SHE LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY OF DISTINGUISHED AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE HER UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS. FELIZ. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS HONOR AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TIM McOSKER FOR BEING THE ONE TO PRESENT IT TO US, IT IS VERY SPECIAL AND EVEN THOUGH SHE IS IS NOT HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JIM HAHN FORESEEING FIT TO HIRE ME. I WAS HIRED IN 1989 AS A LAW CLERK AND I HEARD ALL THE TERRY STORIES ABOUT THE 1981 HIRING FREEZE AND I WAS TERRIFIED I WAS NOT GOING TO GET A JOB. AND THEN WHEN THE TIME CAME FOR ME TO WANT TO BECOME A CITY ATTORNEY, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT ANOTHER TERRIBLE HIRING FREEZE. SO I REALLY HOPED THAT I WOULD GET THIS JOB. I FELT LIKE, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CALLING TO BE A PROSECUTOR NOT JUST AN ATTORNEY. AND IT'S FUNNY I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER, AND I THINK JULIE FEELS THIS WAY I NEVER INTRODUCED MYSELF AS A ATTORNEY OR LAWYER I ALWAYS SAID I'M A PROSECUTOR. IT'S A DIFFERENT IDENTITY, TO ME IT WAS ABOUT DOING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF LEGAL WORK THAT WE COULD DO. AND IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU, TODAY IS THE DAY THAT WE'RE HERE WHEN WE'RE CELEBRATING THE ISSUE OF 1992 BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE RECORD AT BOSHAY AT OUR ARRAIGNMENT COURT AT 3:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WHEN THOSE HARD TIMES WERE GOING ON. SO I FELT VERY HONORED TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN TODAY WHEN THAT WAS BEING RECOGNIZED. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU RETIRE IT'S VERY INTERESTING. YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, I'M GOING TO TO MISS MY FRIENDS AND ALL THE SOCIAL INTERACTION, BUT THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND, THE FIRST MORNING I WOKE UP TECHNICALLY RETIRED, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, OH MY GOD, I'M NEVER GOING TO ANNOUNCE MY APPEARANCE. >> T. McOsker: SAY IT RIGHT NOW. >> Speaker: THAT'S SO WEIRD. IT'S SO HARD. BUT I JULIE FEELS THE SAME WAY. WHEN YOU SAY ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY FELIZ, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, IT'S A BIG DEAL. IT REALLY IS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FRIENDS, WHO BY NOW KNOW I CRY FOR ANYTHING. WOULD I LIKE TO THANK MY SISTERS AND FAMILY HERE, MY HUSBAND, MY SON, ALL THE COUNTLESS PHONE CALLS, DURING VACATIONS, THE THAET THEY ARE, YOU NAME IT, THE BATHROOM THAT I HAVE ANSWERED AND HELPED MY FELLOW CITY ATTORNEYS WITH THEIR ISSUES AND ALL OF IT HAS MEANT SO MUCH. IT'S BEEN THE JOY OF MY LIFE. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I DO WANT TO SAY THAT JUDGE JAMES KENNETH HAHN IS AT A JUDGE'S CONFERENCE AND HE WANTED TO BE HERE. SEW WANTED ME TO EXPRESS CONGRATULATIONS AND HE WISHES YOU BEST AND WELL FOR YOUR RETIREMENT. AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY, WE HAVE JULIE, I DON'T WANT TO DROP THESE. THERE IS JULIE'S AND WE HAVE FELIZ'S. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU MEMBERS AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS HERE TO CELEBRATE THESE GREAT WOMEN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I THINK WE HAVE SOME FOLKS JOINING US UP HERE, SO GIVE ME A SEC. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I RISE TO RECOGNIZE A PERSON WHOM I HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE OF CALL A LONG TIME COCON PIR TORE NANCY. SHE IS RETIRING FROM SERVICE FROM TWO MAYORS AND ONE GOVERNOR AND TWO PRESIDENTS. PROUD DAUGHTER OF QUEENS NEW YORK AS A CHILD HER MOTHER WARNED HER NOT TO GO INTO THE WATERS OF LITTLE NECK BAY BECAUSE SHE WAS DANGEROUSLY. HER TOWN IS THE ONLY FLAW THAT I KNOW OF THAT SHE IS STILL A METS FAN. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, WE WITH US IN CHAMBERS HER COLLEAGUE IN THAT EFFORT, ROMEL, WELCOME TOGETHER THEY ESTABLISHED A FRAMEWORK FOR BRINGING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN A WAY THAT IS STILL THE MODEL TODAY. AS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHAIR OF COUNCIL, SHE IS IMPRESSIVE. OVER SAUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2009 RECOVERY ACT AND FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS WITH THE AUTO INDUSTRY AND PURSUIT AND THE 111th CONGRESS, THE INTERAGENCY REVIEW OF THE EXTENSION TO THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE, CALCULATION OF THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON, RECONVENING OF WORKING GROUP OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, STAFFING PRESIDENT OBAMA IN SUM YOU WHERE HE FAMOUSLY WENT ROUGE AND 'EM BARGED IN THE CHINESE DELEGATION TO TRY TO GET A DEAL AND MUCH MORE. BUT WHAT IS MORE INCREDIBLE TOOK BEFORE SHE TOOK A STEP IN THE BUILDING. WHEN OBAMA ANNOUNCED NANCY APPOINTMENT, SHE BECAME THE FIRST GAY MEMBER BREAKING BARRIERS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I WANT TO LIFT UP HOW FITTING IT IS THAT SHE RETIRED FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN A BELIEVER OF ROLE IN CITIES. IT'S PLACE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MOST CONNECTION TO THOSE AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. AS DEPUTY MAYOR FOR BOTH MAYOR'S KAREN BASS AND ANTONIA VILLA REGOSA, NANCY HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LOS ANGELES FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, SPHERE HEAD THE--GRID PLAN AND BUILD SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN A HUGE FAN GIRL FOR LIKE 20 YEARS. HER DEDICATION TO THE INTERSECTION OF POLICY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEAD TO THE CREATION OF INNOVATION CAMPUS, A GLOBELY REFOUND CLEAN HUB THAT HAS BECOME A MODEL. AND RELEASE OF MAYOR BASS'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. LUCKILY, SHE IS IS NOT OFF THE LUCK TO SERVICE, SHE WILL CONTINUE TO INSPECT IS THE PIPES IN HER CAPACITY AT THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS. YOU FORGOT TO DO ONE THING BEFORE YOU LEFT, THEY SAY THEY STILL YOU STILL OWE A DOLLAR THAT THEY HAVE NOT COLLECTED. I WISH YOU THE BEST AS YOU FILL YOUR DAY WITH BASEBALL AND OTHER THINGS. I INVITE YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO KNOW YOU ALL THESE YEARS AND WE HAVE, MUTUAL FRIENDS AND TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT THINGS. AND I WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR INDULGENCE HERE AND YOUR SUPPORT AND HOW MUCH I'VE APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU AND MANY YOUR PREDECESSOR OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO, EXCEPT THE FIVE YEARS I WAS IN DC. I, I WANT TO SAY, A DEEP DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO MAYOR BASS FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND BRINGING ME ON BOARD TO HELP HER STARE ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY, SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL AND SUPPORTED BY ANGELINOS TO HELP US CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PRIMATE CHANGE. WHERE IN WASHINGTON IDEAOLOGY IS SUPERCEDING REALITY. I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT WORKING TOGETHER, WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND ANGELINOS ON ALL OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE DOING GREAT WORK, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE INCREDIBLE PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR REDUCING OUR IMPACT, OUR CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE K.I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS WHO CAME DOWN TODAY TO SEE ME, TO SEE ME OFF IN MY INCREDIBLE TEAM HERE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. LIKE MY FRIENDS, MY DEAREST FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE. NOW I'M GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL. AND JUST, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR, THIS RECOGNITION. AND THE LAST THIPG I WANTED TO SAY WAS, THAT EXCUSE ME. MY FATHER WAS A JEWELER, HE WAS A DIAMOND SETTER AND HE WORKED IN A LITTLE WORKSHOP IN A GRIME' BUILDING IN MID-TOWN MANHATTAN THAT WAS NO BIGGER THAN THE TABLE IN FRONT OF US. BUT EVERY DAY HE WENT TO WORK HE MADE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. AND I WISH FOR ALL OF YOU THAT EVERY DAY WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A FEW ITEMS THAT WE CAN VOTE ON IF YOU WOULD LIKE BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: LET'S DO THAT. >> Clerk: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 4. > Council President: LET'S OPEN ROLL, AND CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President:er WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM 12 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 17 AND 18 AND 19 CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President:er LET'S OPEN 17, 18, 19 AND CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 6 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR RECUSAL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LET MR. PRICE RECUSE. ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE IS RECUSED. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> City Attorney: YES MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. THE ONLY ITEM THAT IS OPEN IS ITEM NUMBER 20. SO SUL HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR THE AGENDA ITEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEM, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAK EARS WE CAN. IF YOU CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING. AT THAT POINT P YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU WILL FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC DOCUMENT. DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS MAY SPEAK TO ANY OTHER ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. AGAIN, WE'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. 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 INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SOUL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATION, IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE, ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO IS THE SARJTS KNOW--SERGEANTS SO THEY KNOW TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE MICROPHONE. THE WAY WE CALL NAMES IS AT RANDOM, THAT IS TO SAY IT IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. IN ORDER FOR TO US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOUR NAME IS CALLED BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT BY CALLING UP A FEW NAMES. HERMAN, BILL, K, JESSE, ADRIAN MOON. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 20 AND GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, MOTHER FUCKERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND OTHER BASTARDS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHY IS LEE NOT HERE. >> City Attorney: BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING, STAY ON TOPIC FOR ITEM 20 OR YOU CAN MOVE ON TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M TALKING ABOUT YAROSLAVSKY AND THEN THE OTHER BLACK MAN. >> Speaker: YEAH. [SPEAKING SPANISH] YOU MOTHER FUCKER, WANT ME TO FILE A REPORTS FOR COUNCIL FILE, REPEALING ARTICLE OF CHARTER. YOU SEE BOB, I TOO SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGE LIKE YOU. I ONLY THINK OF MONEY. FUCKEN MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, BOB, YOU LISTENING, ASSHOLE? PAY ATTENTION. SO YOU AMERICAN PEOPLE, SO LONG AS YOU'RE HERE IN AMERICA, I WILL ALWAYS BE THE BLACK MOTHER FUCKER HERE. >> City Attorney: SO YOU WERE WARNED. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE FORFEITED YOUR ITEM PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW ON TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS THE PROBLEM, BIG SAYS THAT I AND JOHN LEE ARE RELATED. LEE, WALKS OUT OF MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AFTER THAT WOMEN HERE SPOKE HIGHLY ABOUT WHY YOU CAN'T CLEAN UP NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN DISTRICT LEE. BUT NO STAFFER B LEE RATHER BE SUCKING ON VEGAS TRIP VERSUS HELPING OUT HIS CLAN. RIGHT? AM I RIGHT, BUCKET HEAD? TALKING TO YOU BIG HEAD. YOU WITH THE BROWN ACT RULES. ARE YOU LISTENING. >> Council President: YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC, SIT DOWN. >> Speaker: YES, I AM MR. TOM. I HAVE THE FLOOR. I'LL ALWAYS BE ON TOM I OBJECT. NIGGER. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. AND DO NOT LITTER. THIS IS NOT YOUR HOUSE, PICKUP WHATEVER YOU THREW ON THE GROUND. AND IF WE HEAR YOU AGAIN, IT WILL CAUSE DISRUPTION, BECAUSE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OVER. GOOD AFTER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON, ITEM NUMBER 20. I DON'T HAVE ANY PAPER. . LET ME GET MY PAPER. >> Council President: PLEASE START THE TIME. ?AOUF A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS BRANAN I'M JUST SPEAK ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT. I'M HERE TO PRACTICE ANY CIVIC DUTY HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEMS ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND WHAT THE COUNCIL HOLDS EVERY DAY OR EVERY OTHER DAY. BUT, YEAH, THE STAFFING DEPARTMENT, I THINK THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS HOLDING UP A GOOD STANDARD. I BELIEVE THE STANDARDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES CAN BE RISEN, OR WE CAN HELP THEM BE RISED TO, TO HOW DO I SAY THIS, TO A MORE APPROPRIATE STANDARD FOR THE PEOPLE WHERE EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE WHERE ONE PLUS ONE IS TWO AND THERE IS NO OTHER FORMULAS IN BETWEEN. TT PRETTY EASY. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB FOR THE LAX, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THAT'S GOING TO BE IT FOR THAT ONE. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO THE COUNCIL TEAM HERE, AND TO HOUR MAYOR MADAM KAREN BASS. I DO WRITE TO HER EVERY NOW AND THEN AND I SAY THANK YOU AS A REPUBLICAN. AND I SAW AS A MAN AND I SAW THANK YOU AS A GODLY MAN OF THIS PLACE, WE CALL EARTH, AMERICA THE PLANET. HOME, RIGHT, HOME, LET'S GO BUY A HOME SHIRT TODAY. BUT MR. PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS MS. RAMAN ON YOUR RUN, I HOPE YOU WIN, OF COURSE. THANK YOU MR. McOSKER, I HOPE YOU WIN MAYOR ONE DAY AS WELL. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY, LIFE IS PRETTY EASY OUT THERE IN L.A., DON'T FEEL BAD FOR FUSS, AS LONG AS THERE IS FREE EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, AND ONE FAMILY MEMBER OR A GOOD FRIEND, THAT'S ALL SOMEBODY NEEDS. YOU KEEP WORKING HARD, CLEAN IT UP AND HELP US OUT. GOD BLESS. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YES, MY NAME IS BILL CHEN I'M A RESIDENT AND VICTOR HEIGHTS CD1, I MEAN, CD1 HERNANDEZ. >> City Attorney: WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I HAVE A COMPLAINT AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO COMPLAIN FOR THE LAST YEAR ABOUT RACING UP BODRY, DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, UP TO 3 OR 4:00 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, THESE ARE OFF-ROAD VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES AND TRICYCLES AND ALSO SPORTS CARS WITH MODIFIED EXHAUST MAKING LOTS OF NOISE. RACING UP AND DOWN VICTOR HEIGHTS. THERE HAS BEEN RECENTLY AN ACCIDENT THAT I OBSERVED AND THERE ARE GANGS AND GRAFFITI COMING IN FROM THE DIAMOND STREET GANG. 18, AND LINCOLN HEIGHTS HAZARD. EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, MEETING, I'VE REQUESTED PD TO SHOW UP, THEY DON'T SHOW UP. >> City Attorney: SO SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED BUT CAN YOU WAIT ON THE SIDE FOR A SECOND, NEXT TO THE OFFICER OVER THERE. BUT WE DO NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS A DRIAN MOON. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: IN THE SPIR SIT OF TRUTH ALL PRAISE AND GLORY TO THE SO VERB AND CREATER OF UNIVERSE, JESUS CHRIST MESSIAH, EVERY COUNCILMEMBER WAS SERVED WITH A ANTI STALKING TRO PETTION, I WANT TO KNOW HOW I CAN AGENDIZE THAT PETITION AND HAVE IT HEARD BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. I NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM YOUR OFFICES, IT WAS DIRECTED TO THE PRESIDENT IN BANK AND HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD BUT BE COURTEOUS YOUNG MAN. YEAH I HEARD YOU EARLIERAND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE GANG THING. MAYBE THE COUNCIL SHOULD JOIN THE TRUCE AS WELL, PRAISE GOD, YEAH, THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. I HAD TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. TO MOVE ALONG PUBLIC COMMENT WILL EVERYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, TODAY, PLEASE LINE UP ON YOUR LEFT. TODAY. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO ENDORSE THE WEARING WILDFIRE HELMETS ON E-BIKES THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY ACCIDENTS IN CAR DRIVEN PLACES WITHIN LOS ANGELES. MANY MOTORS CANNOT IDENTIFY WITH CERTAIN MODES OF TRAVEL AND E-BIKE IS A PRIME TARGET FOR DEADLY OCCURRENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ALL E-BIKES REQUIRE A HELMET FOR SAFE TRAVEL. AND ALSO CONSIDERATE IF CITY SERVICES WOULD LOOK AT STREET LIGHTING THAT DON'T LOOK AND METER OUTAGE FOR PARKED CARS. SO PLEASE FIX STREET LIGHTS AND ADDRESS STREETS FOR E-BIKES AND REPAIR PARKING METERS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. PUBLIC COMMENT AND NO, ITEM 20 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. SIR. >> City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. TRANSPORTATION, THERE IS A LOT OF FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION AND I WANT TO THANK MR. PRICE AND MR. McOSKER FOR BRINGING FORTH THESE FORMER GANG MEMBERS BECAUSE, THAT IS A FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. CRIME, GANJA FEELATION, ALL THAT. IT CAN EVEN EACH PORTER RANCH. I LOST MY SON TO GANGS. SO WHAT YOU DID TODAY, AND ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN NR LIVES THAT'S A FORM OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE'RE ELIMINATING GANGS. AND SMOKING SCAN CAN SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT ME BUT MR. PRICE, I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED YOU AND I HOPE THE BEST FOR YOU. LET'S GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorne: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: LISTEN, DID YOU SEE LAST WEEK, THEY HAD THIS FORESTRY AND FIRE PREVENTION ACADEMY FOR STUDENTS. AND GRANADA HILLS, THERE WAS 24 TEAMS AND GRANADA HILLS TOOK FIRST AND THIRD. YOU KNOW WHAT? BECAUSE THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE THINGS THEY WENT UP THERE TO DISCUSS, FIRE BRUSHES, HOW TO PREVENT FIRES. AND SO MANY TIMES, WE'VE COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION AND YET YOU DO NOTHING! YOU DO NOTHING! MS. PARKS, I KNOW YOU REPRESENT AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FIRES, I HOPE I PRAY, THAT SOMEBODY HERE LISTENS AND STARTS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. MYBE, MS. RAMAN IS A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, I HOPE SHE IS LISTENING. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS NOT LOOKING, THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM 20. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 20 AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] MY NAME IS SOPHIA AND I'M THE FOUNDER OF EAST L.A. BOYLE HEIGHTS COALITION AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR CLOSING TODAY'S MEETING ON BEHALF OF MA ESTERO, I WANT TO THANK HIS STUDENTS TO HONOR HIS LEGACY AND WHO ORGANIZED THE EVENT TODAY AT MANTECA PARK. SHE WAS DENIED A PARTNERSHIP AND THOSE WHO MAIJ ORDER IN CHICANO STUDIES, WE WERE TUNED IN AND STARTED A MOVEMENT AND REIT VIVED A MOVEMENT. --REVIVED THE MOVEMENT WE MARRED A HUNGRY RIGHT AND WE HAD 14 STUDENTS ON A HUNGER STRIKE AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT. THEN WE WENT TO SANTA BARBARA ANOTHER 9 DAYS, NINE STUDENTS IN A HUNGER STRIKE. DURING THAT TIME, IN THE SAME YEAR, WE LOST ENRIQUE GOMEZ? >> City Attorney: WAS YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THAT'S 20 THAT IS SPECIFIC TO A TRANSPORTATION, >> Speaker: TRANSPORTATION IS ALSO RELATE. THEY WERE GOING TO USE TRANSPORTATION TO MTA TO ILLEGAL USE IMMINENT DOMAIN TO TAKE PROPERTY AND TO HE MACE THE MEXICAN SOLDIERS AT CINCO PUNTOS. THEY WERE TRYING TO CONTINUE USLY ERASE THAT MONUMENT AND CHANGE THE NAME TO ALL WARS MEMORIAL AND IT'S DEDICATE TODAY MEXICAN SOLDIERS AND KUHNIA LIVED. SO IN CLOSING IN HONOR OF OUR AN OEFT URI LeKUNA AND WE THANK YOU FOR HONORING HIM TODAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAK CER BEGINS I WOULD GIVE ONE MORE REMINDER IF YOU WERE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND HAVE NOT GIVEN PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP ON YOUR LEFT. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FUCK THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO, YOU GO AND YOU SWITCH ALL OF THIS BULL SHIT FOR WHAT? COST RECOVERY THAT MEANS RAIDSING PEOPLE'S TAXES. YOU'RE RAISING FEES. THAT'S A BALD HEAD OF MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, IT'S THE SNIFFING IMELDA PADILLA. THE FAILED NITHYA RAMAN NOODLE AND THE INVITED CURREN PRICE, I LOVE IT. DON'T YOU. LOOK AT THIS, AS McOSKER, WALKS AWAY, DIDN'T I SEE YOU WALKING OVER TO U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DURING LUNCH? AND DIDN'T COME BACK FOR THE MEETING? I DON'T KNOW. SO YOU SEE, SNITCHES EVERYWHERE. SNITCHES ARE NOT GOING TO GET STITCHES. >> City Attorney: WAS YOUR GENERAL. IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 20, YOU CAN. >> Speaker: I JUST DID, FOOL. >> City Attorney: YOU DID NOT SPEAK ON ITEM 20. I'M NOT HERE TO ARGUE, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEM 20, YOU CAN OR VACATE THE PODIUM. TIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE, YOU WERE NOT ON TOPIC BEFORE. I'M GIVING YOU YOUR GENERAL AT THAT POINT. YOU CAN SPEAK TO ITEM 20. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THIS LANGUAGE IS VERY DIRTY BUT I DON'T WANT THIS PROJECT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THESE ASSHOLES INCREMENTING BUSINESS TAX. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THEY ARE VERY DIRTY AND INVESTIGATED BY THE FEDERAL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE PRESIDENT IS VERY MAD AT THE THIEVES OF THIS TAX. >> Speaker: [SPEAKIN SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THE FEDS ARE GOING TO PUT MANY COUNCILMEMBERS IN PRISON. >> Speaker: YES, THAT IS THE CORRECT TRANSLATION. SO AGAIN, I WOULD CONCLUDE THAT DESPITE HOW YOU TRY TO HURT ME, DODGE ME, INJURE ME P I WILL BE HERE. YOU WILL BE IN FEDERAL PRISON AND MR. PRICE, WILL BE SERVING HIS SEVEN YEARS IN COKERIN STATE PRISON. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: THIS IS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JAY, I'M A WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZER AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO FULLY FUND THE PEOPLE'S BANK FEASIBILITY. I'M HERE TO PITCH EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM. WE SENT TO FEES BUT IMAGINE WHERE A WORLD WHERE ALL THAT MONEY WENT TO A NONPROFIT BANK THAT CAN PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO FUND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS AND BUY TRUST LAND TO ALLOW US TO BUILD WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD, WE CAN A BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE ALL THE MAYOR HAD TO DO WAS PUT MONEY INTO THE STUDY BUT IT'S 2.1 BILLION FOR THE COPS INSTEAD. IF YOU WERE TO SUPPORT IT COULD BE A WATER SHED MOMENT. PLEASE SHOW US YOU HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL. AND I'M NOT KIDDING, THIS IS HOW WE TAKE THE POWER BACK. PUBLIC BANK L.A.ORG. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THIS IS FOR COUNCIL AND POLICE OFFICERS. YOU SERIOUSLY NEED TO SEEK AUTO POSING LEGAL OPINIONS BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT DOING ITS JOB. IT SEEMS LIKE ITEMS ARE BEING PASSED WITHOUT THEIR GETTING THEIR CONSENT WHICH MAYBE THE CITY CLERK'S FAULT AS WELL. THE CITY COUNCIL RULES VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION AND BROWN ACT. WHEN POLICE EXPEL SPAOEM FROM IF THE PUBLIC BY MAKE ING BAD HAND MOTIONS THE COUNCIL IS NO LONGER VALID AND NULL FIED. A JURY WOULD RULE IF HAND GESTURE, WERE DISRUPTIVE. THE JURY WOULD SAY THAT IT NEVER GOES TO THE JURY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH DELICATE FLOWERS PURSUEDED PLACE TO PUT BARRICADES [INDISCERNIBLE] >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, I LIVE IN VICTOR HEIGHTS OUT AT THE BORDER OF ECHO PARK AND CHINA TOWN. MANY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR DECADES. UNTIL THEN, IT HAS BEEN A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY, VICTOR HAS RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING ATTENTION FROM OUTSIDE VISITORS WHO ARE COMING TO PARTICIPATE IN DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN GETAWAY BECAUSE THERE IS LITTLE TO NO DETERENCE IN OUR CITY. I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO NAME THE UBZ, PROPOSAL FOR REMEDIES AND IT'S FOR ALL THINGS THAT SURROUND ISING NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE ANGELINO HEIGHTS AND ECHO PARK AND ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE WIN MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS BETHANY I'M A LOS ANGELES NATIVE AND I'VE LIVED IN VICTOR HEIGHTS FOR OVER A DECADE. IT A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTED TO CHINA TOWN AND CHAVEZ RAVINE. I'M HERE TO DOCUMENT ACTIVITIES GATHERING BETWEEN 100 TO 200 PEOPLE WITH UNSAFE DRIVING AND INDECENT EXPOSURE AND REPEATED GANG TAGGING. THIS WEEK ALONE THERE WERE THREE CAR CRASHES INCLUDING ONE THAT SHUT THE 110 ON FIGUEROA FOR OVER AN HOUR. I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE LAPD. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT ACTIVITY IS CONCENTRATED LATE AT NIGHT AND NOT BEING CAPTURED AT ITS PEAK. THIS IS A TIPPING POINT MOMENT. THIS IS A DOCUMENT REPEATED WITH REPEATED CALLS FROM RESIDENTS INCLUDING MULTIPLE WHO CONTACTED LAPD FOR YEARS. I'M ASKING FOR ALIGNMENT HOW THIS AREA IS BEING MONITORED WHEN THE ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING AND COORDINATION BETWEEN ALL DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THIS IS DENNIS, I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF L.A., I JUST WANT TO SHARE THIS TOPIC, IT'S A PROPOSAL, I WANT TO MAKE CHESS BIG IN LOS ANGELES IN OTHER CITIES THEY HAVE CHESS BIG LIKE IN ST. LOUIS, I'M A LIFELONG CHESS PLAYER I LOVE THE GAME. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A REQUIRED SUBJECT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OLYMPICS COMING IS GOING TO BE LIKE A CATALYST FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I THINK WE CAN REALLY DO SOMETHING BIG WITH CHESS WITH THE CHESS COMMUNITY. ALSO I THINK CHESS BRIDGES GAPS BETWEEN ALL DIFFERENT RACES, AGES IT'S SUCH A GREAT THING. IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT AS A REGULAR SCHOOL SUBJECT AND ALSO AI IS TAKING OVER A LOT OF JOBS SO WE NEED TO CREATE JOBS IN L.A. I JUST THOUGHT IT'S A GREAT THING IT SHOULD BE INTRODUCED. IS THERE ANYTHING? >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS JEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD AFTERNOON, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THE CHESS PETITION. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 20. >> Speaker: WE ALWAYS BRING FLOWERS AND KINDNESS, SIMPREBRIYANTE. >> Interpreter: ALWAYS BRIGHT LIKE THE FLOWERS THAT ARE IN ABUNDANCE >> Speaker: AND KINDNESS. SO I DO TWO LANGUAGES. ESPANOL AND ENGLISH. I ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE HOW TO DRIVE ON STREETS. BECAUSE DUE TO ACCIDENTS, NOT ON PURPOSE RESERVE. SO RECOMMENDED POLICE AND STUFF, POLICE SAID TO OUR PEOPLE AROUND, TO BE MORE PATIENT TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS. SO, THIS JUST, I WANT TO SHARE, ANOTHER POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ORDER TO PREVENT DANGEROUS ACCIDENTS TO HAPPEN. GOD BLESS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE ON ITEM 20 FOR AMENDMENT 20C AND COMMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU T COLLEAGUES A 300 UNIT IN MY DISTRICT HAS BEEN FULLY BUILT SINCE SEPTEMBER AND IT'S NOT OPEN. IT'S NOW MAY AND THE PEOPLE CANNOT MOVE IN BECAUSE THE BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE POWER. THE DAY L.A. IS NOT FINANCING OR LABOR, THE DELAYS ARE BUREAUCRACY. DWP NEEDS TO DO WORK ON THE STREET TO TURN THE POWER ON. THAT'S THE TITLE THIS COMMUNITY BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SHORTENING IT TO. AND THAT REVIEW HAS LASTED MONTH. COMMITTEE WAS CREATED IN 1995. BUT THE COMMITTEE NEVER MEETS, IT'S SLOW AND OFTEN THE PROJECTS LIKE THE ONE I JUST MENTIONED ARE NEVER NEAR THE METRO STATION TO BEGIN WITH. I CALL IT A SOLUTION BUT IT'S NOT AN AFFECTIVE SOLUTION. WE HAVE HOUSE HADING SIT ISING EMPTY AND WHILE THE UNITS SIT EMPTY, THE DEVELOPERS CARRYING THE FULL COST EVERY SINGLE MONTH, IT'S MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO FAR. THAT IS MONTHS OF LOSS REVENUE ON GOING DEBT SERVICE AND REAL FINANCIAL STRAIN CAUSED BUT A DELAY THAT IS ZEN TIRELY WITHIN OUR CONTROL. AND WE WONDER WHY HOUSING IS EXPENSIVE. IT SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE. W TALKED ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS TO BUILD HOUSING IN L.A., ABOUT ZONING AND STATE MANDATES BUT OPINION ENOUGH IS ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO DELIVER A PROJECT. IF A BUILDING IS DONE AND PEOPLE STILL CAN'T MOVE IN, WE HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. IT TREATS SMALL PROJECTS, THE SAME AS LARGE ONE AND RELIES ON A PROCESS THAT IS NOT DESIGNED TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SB79 WHICH CALLS FOR HOUSE HADING DENSITY NEAR THE STATIONS NEAR THIS COMMITTEE IMPLICATES ITSELF. MY DISTRICT IS SEEING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF--AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT. THIS BODY ALSO MADE A POLICY DECISION AS A BODY TO FOCUS AND HIGHER OPPORTUNITY AREAS. I SUPPORT THAT TOO. BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS IN PRACTICES WE'RE WHILE MAKE ITING HARDER TO DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN-HOUSING THAT ONLY EXIST ON PAPER, I'M INTERESTED IN-HOUSING THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND FOR INTRODUCING THIS MOTION WHICH BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE NECESSARY REFORMS TO THE MAJOR TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION IMPACT AREA CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS. I'M INTRODUCING AN AMENDMENT THAT REPEALS THIS PROCESS NOW AND INSTRUCTS BOE TO INSTRUCT SOMETHING THAT WORKS. WE SHOULD REREMOVE THE BOTTLE NECK AND MOVE FORWARD. IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT HOUSING AND DELAYS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THE THINGS WE'RE IN CONTROL. ALSO COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA HAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT WHICH I'M COOL WITH. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND HUTT AND PADILLA FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION YESTERDAY AND WE HAD TO DELAY IT UNTIL TODAY. BUT I CAN BARE WITNESS, IN MY DISTRICT, CRENSHAW HAS THE HIGHEST CAPACITY TO DO HOUSING WITHOUT DISRUPTING EXCEPT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A PROJ HE CAN. I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW ALMOST 300 UNITS WAITING FOR THIS PROCESS P.P.M. OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DESTINATION CRENSHAW PROJECT THAT I'M WORKING ON. THIS COMMITTEE RESULTED IN A MILLION AND A HALF COST OVER RUNS BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS. I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING ON THIS AS A COUNCIL. IF IN FACT, WE WANT THERE TO BE DENSITY, WE CANNOT SET UP EXTRA BARRIERS ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE. WITH THAT, LET'S OPEN ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTLE AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE. SOLEMNLY AND REVERENTLY FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ON MY RIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES TODAY WE HONOR RO DOLFO RUDY ACUNA AN EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST. KNOWN AS THE GODFATHER OF CHICANO STUDIES HIS INFLUENCE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND ACADEMIA. AS PROFESSOR HE MEMRITSU AT CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE, HIS BOOK REMAINS A FOUNDATIONAL TEXT THAT HAS EDUCATED GENERAL RAISESING. DR. OCUNA DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUITY AND EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES. HE ALSO PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN CONSCIOUSNESS OF LATINO COMMUNITIES, CHALLENGING LONGSTANDING NARRATIVES, THAT MARGE PIN EYESED THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR RECOGNITION REPRESENTATION AND POWER WITHIN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. HIS SCHOLARSHIP AND ACTIVISM HELPED NOT AS POPULATION BUT VITAL AND POLITICAL FORCE WHO'S FORCES SHAPE POLICY AND CIVIC LIFELE THROUGH HIS WORK, DURING AND AFTER THE CHICANO MOVITY ACCOUNTSER HE INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS TO PURSUE LEADERSHIP AND DEMAND EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION. HIS LEGACY HELP LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR LATINO PARTICIPATION IN VOTING ACTION PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY. FOLLOWING HIS PASSING ON MARCH, 2026, HE REMINDED TO FIGHT FOR REPRESENTATION AND DIGNITY IS ON GOING AND ESSENTIAL. MAY HE REST IN POWER AND PEACE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER ROD GUESS. I TOO WANT TO ADJOURN IN THE LEGACY OF GODFATHER OF CHICANO ACTIVIST AND SOMEBODY WE WILL MISS. AS MENTIONED HE PASSED AWAY AT MARCH 23, AT THE AGE OF 93 LEAVING A LIFE THAT TRANSFORMED NOT ONLY ACADEMIA BUT THE WAY THAT CHICANOS UNDERSTOOD OUR PLACE. SHAPED BUSINESS UPBRINGING IN EAST LOS ANGELES AND EAST HOLLYWOOD, HE LIVED THROUGH SOME SFT MOST DESIGNING MOMENTS IN OUR COUNTRY HISTORY. THOSE EXPERIENCES CARRIED INTO HIS WORK AND TEACHING TO ENSURE THAT MEXICAN AND AMERICANS AND OUR HISTORY IS NOT ERASED OR PUSHED OUT OF THE MARGINS. IN 1969 FIRST PROFESSOR IN WHAT IS NOW THE CHICANO STUDIES. HE HELPED TO PUSH IT INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST PROGRAMS IN THE NATION. HOWEVER HIS LANDMARK BOOKS OCCUPIED AMERICA HISTORY OF CHICANOS, ANYTHING BUT MEXICAN ARE TAUGHT ACROSS THE CLASSROOMS. WHETHER THEY HAVE AN EKT --ETHIC OR HISPANIC THERE IS A CLASS THAT IS, THAT IS TEACHING THESE BOOKS. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIS MAIN THESIS, IT'S SONS THE TREATY GUADALUPE HAPPENED IN 1848 THERE BEGAN OUR ROLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY. BECAUSE, WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE BOARD, THE BORDER MADE US. THE BORDER CHANGE MADE US. SO WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM FOR THAT. THROUGH HIS DECADES AT CSUN HE DIRECTLY AND INCORRECTLY MENTORED THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND ORGANIZERS AND PUBLIC SERVE ATTRIBUTES WHO CARRIED HIS TEACHINGS INTO CLASSROOM. HIS WORK WAS CHALLENGE INSTITUTION OPENED DOOR AND MADE SURE THAT OUR HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. SO TO THOSE HERE TODAY HIS STUDENTS AND HIS WIFE GUADALUPE, HIS CHILDREN ANGELA AND FRANK AND WALTER AND COUNTLESS STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES AND THOSE WHO HAVE HIS BOOK ON OUR BOOKSHELVES, I EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES. MAY WE HONOR HIM NOT ONLY BY WHAT HE BUILT BUT WHAT HE DEMANDED FOR US, TO FIGHT AND TO MAKE SURE FUTURE GENERATIONS KNOW WHERE THEY COME FROM WHAT THE TRUE THINGS HAPPEN IN HISTORY AND CULTURE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR POWERFUL WORTHY AND ENDURING STORIES OF THE CHICANO IDENTITY. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President:er THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER WITH PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE ADJOURNING MOTION. IT'S IRONIC THAT WE DID THE MOVEMENT FROM THE WATTS TRUCE, DR. ACUNA WAS KEY, IN MAKING SURE WE HAD HAD THE CURRICULUM AT THE PREP BROWN INSTITUTE. HE'S ONE WITH THE THAT SAID TO THE UNIVERSITY, YOU'VE GOT TO LET THESE KIDS AND LET THEM ME TRI CA LATE. SOME HAD NEVER GONE TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS WITHOUT. I SEE SOME OF THE FOLKS I WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS HERE TO CELEBRATE THE PROFESSOR. BUT A TRUE ANGEL IN OUR CITY OF ANGELS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAY HE REST IN POWER. MR. PRICE? IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS AN ALL-MEMBER ADJOURNING MOTION. WITH THAT, ALL MEMBERS ADJOURN. WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVERYBODY. And not by these protesters or these kids. They are locking their doors to their buildings from the outside, and they have people there, people on the inside. They just do not care about their own people because they believe when you die, it's okay, you're going to have another life and we'll pick it up then. Okay? So they are locking the doors and that has to stop. And I am like, it's at the point where they needs to have a new system nuisance abatement. They have to shut down. Okay. And it has the crimes have to be dealt with and not turn it into where they, you know, like Kirsten Peterson, I bet she's been, you know, sending you emails or, um, Kendrick Moxon saying, oh, we're under siege. We're victims. They're not the victims. She's a victim right there. That lady right there is a victim, and there's many probably every every Sea Org member is a victim. You have another victim who wants to call in Nora. She's She's a victim. Okay? Of Scientology. They're not victims with what the kids are doing. Like I said, I don't condone it. I don't agree with it. They shouldn't be doing it, you know? But, you know. But Scientology is not the victim here. And please, make it stop. They need to be shut down. Thank you. Next on zoom, we have Sandra. Hi Good morning. Last week, I heard yet another life story from a woman who grew up drenched in the abuses of Scientology. Being raised in the slum conditions Scientology calls housing where there are so many cockroaches and rodents because Scientology can't use chemical pest control due to the amount of kids they have in their bunk beds stacked so high you can touch the ceiling. She spoke of how she is a witness to their cover up of child sexual abuse, because she was raped, as she was a child. Behind those Scientology walls. Why does Scientology not report these crimes to the authorities? Because it's a crime in Scientology to go to law enforcement, and you will be punished in their internal jail, forced labor camps in Scientology, if a crime is committed against you, it's because you brought it on yourself. Either in this life or a previous one. She also told of how, as a young child, she and other children were shipped off to slave labor to work and build the pack ranch where all the kids were shipped off to from the baby slum farm and at the age of three, to work as Scientologist child slave labor. Workforce She spoke how at the celebrity center, she worked in the kitchen as a young kid, not a grown teenager, a child. What company is like providing liability insurance for this obvious human rights and labor law violations? There she was, cooking and prepping meals that you, LAPD and lAFD senior staff and chiefs were enjoying. When you go to their party. Scientology, you know, accepting their bribe money under the guise of $20,000 donations for the LAPD holiday toy Drive and the Hollywood Cadet program. You are helping them to recruit kids into a cult that perpetuates child sexual abuse and human trafficking. That one little item, cash, is all it takes for LAPD and lAFD, and this commission to turn a blind eye to child rape, mental and physical abuse. Meanwhile, Scientology keeps the relationship with LAPD sweet. Thank you. I yield back my time . Next we have Laura FM. Hi. Good morning. So I'm going to echo what everybody was just saying about the Scientology stuff. I'm sure you've heard about the Scientology runs that these kids are doing. It's not just in Hollywood. It's a lot about all the major quote, Scientology buildings. That building in Hollywood is not a religious building. So those children, when a sign outside where you have indentured servants in the cult outside recruiting kids all day long on Hollywood Boulevard, when a sign says all are welcome, kids are allowed to protest and they're artful sense and run in and do whatever. If it says all are welcome, that is not disturbing any religious entity whatsoever. So keep that in mind when you have Jennifer Croston and Kirsten Peterson and, uh, Moxon, Kendrick Moxon going to the police station trying to get these kids arrested, it says open to public. There should be no reason that the indentured servants have their hands on minors. Why were they shoving them, screaming them, throwing them out? That's illegal. Where's their internal security? Who's trained and ready to deal with children? Scientology sits there recruiting children and their family members on Elrond, on Hollywood Boulevard all day long. And yet here they are, kicking children out that are running through. Why Because this is the child's protest. They are so sick of the board, Commission, board not doing anything about Scientology yet you have Karen Bass and Hugo sharing the same flier about the events happening on L Ron Hubbard way that are used to promote and get people into Scientology. It's a human trafficking gang. It's a cartel . And you're going to get your literally they what did they do , Jim? They ripped the handles off the outside of the doors of the testing center, locked the members inside. They had them all chained up, linked arm in arm. Why, that's mental. Jim, this is us exposing this cult. And this is what their reaction is. This is dangerous. So Scientology has to be shut down on testing center right now. It has to be. Otherwise they're going to mentally they don't have mental. They do not believe in mental health. They don't believe in psychiatry. That is their enemy. So you have people who are brainwashed, signed a billion year contract under mental distress, has very little sleep being ordered by David Miscavige and below to do these criminal acts because they will do anything to protect Scientology. Protecting Scientology is protecting pedophilia, protecting rape, protecting victims that decided to not be a part of Scientology. Their family disconnection policies. This is what you're