>> Council President: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOSS ALSO CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS AUGUST 13, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN CHAMBER DURING THIS MORNING'S MEET BEING. THERE CLERK, LET'S BEGIN GI CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: FIRST ORDER OF MINUTES JAO. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 12, 2025. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 21 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 22 THROUGH 24 ARE HEARINGS FOR WHICH--SUBMITTED FOR ITEM 54 AND AVAILABLE ONLINE IN COUNCIL 25-08119. ITEMS 55 THROUGH 72 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. ITEM 72 IS FOR A VERBAL UPDATE WITH NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN. COUNCIL MAY RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THIS ITEM. ITEM 81 IS CLOSE SESSION ITEM CONSIDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. 82 AND 83 ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. ANY SPECIALS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE AND FILE, AND 15 AND CONTINUE 16 FOR SIX MONTHS. >> Clerk: AND FOR ITEM 16, THAT WOULD BE CONTINUED TO WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2025. --2026. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE 12 AND 18. >> Council President: SECOND. >> M. Rodriguez: AND ALSO 51 FOR SEPARATE VOTE AND REMARKS. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 40, 41 AND 42 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 11 TO OCTOBER 17th. AND I HAVE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 67 TO CHANGE THE DATE FROM SEPTEMBER 16 TO SEPTEMBER 15th. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. WOULD I LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 18 TO OCTOBER 15. >> Council President: OCTOBER 1-5? >> H. Hutt: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 25. ALSO MOVE TO ADOPT THE HNH REPORT FOR ITEM 37. >> Clerk: AND FOR ITEM 25 IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION, TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LIEN? THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER 2. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 29 THROUGH 39. 43 THROUGH 50, AND 52 THROUGH 54. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO CLOSE SESSION ITEMS 73 THROUGH 80 CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. BUDGET AND FINANCE APPROVED, I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THESE ITEMS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. JAOT AND IF MAY MAY SIR, READ THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS. FOR ITEM 73 IN THE CASE ROCK-N-ROLLED ROBERT, VERSUS MARVIN GONZALEZ ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 74 RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP $425,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 75 IN THE CASE ENTITLED MATHEWS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 349,999.99 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 76 RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $340,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 77, VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $895,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 78, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 1 MILLION DOLLARS 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 79 IN THE CASE LEE NEWSOM VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, EXPEND TO 2, 811, 253.56 PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST IN SETTLEMENT. FOR AND THE CASE VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE JAO. 13 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO CLOSE SESSION ITEM 81 CONSIDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE? >> E. Hernandez: IT WAS TO CONTINUE THE ITEM. >> Clerk: FOR ITEM 81 IN THE CASE RELATIVE TO THE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 2021-0226 AND 2023-0106 THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S WHA* IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE 1-3 WHICH WE MAY HAVE VOTED ON, FOR SIX MONTHS IN AS MUCH A PAYMENT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN GREED TO. >> Clerk: 13 AND THAT WOULD BE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2026. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEE. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE UPCOMING 80th ANNIVERSARY OF KOREAN INDEPENDENCE DAY, I SHOULD SAY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND I ARE RECOGNIZING THE KOREAN INDEPENDENCE DAY ON AUGUST 159ING, NORMALLY, WE WOULD HOST THIS EVENT ON FRIDAY FOR A BIGGER SWRAITION BUT BECAUSE IT'S A 80th ANNIVERSARY, THERE ARE EVENTS PLANNED AROUND THE KOREA TOWN AREA. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SPECIAL DAY AS IT COMMEMORATE THE DAY IN WHICH KOREANS GAINED SOVEREIGNTY FROM COLONIAL RULE. SACRIFICE WHO SECURED KOREAN'S INDEPENDENCE AFTERDECK AIDS OF COLONIAL RULE, EVERY YEAR ESPECIALLY BUT THIS YEAR, ON ITS 80th ANNIVERSARY, WE REMEMBER EVERY DAY CITIZENS WHO REFUSE THEIR NATIONS IDENTITY BE ERASED. TODAY ON THE WORLD STAGE IS STRONGER THAN EVER, FROM K-POP TO K BEAUTY, KOREAN CULTURE HAS BECOME A PART OF EVERY DAY LIFE FOR MILLIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. THESE ACHIEVE CANMENTS, NOT ONLY SHOWCASE THE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION OF KOREAN PEOPLE BUT ALSO FOSTER TRANSITIONS THAT TRANSCEND BORDERS. LET US HONOR THE STRUGGLES THAT CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS ACROSS CULTURE. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE KOREAN FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES FOR ITS DECADES OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO COMMUNITY INCLUDING HERITAGE AMPLIFYING OUR VOICES AND BRINGING GENERATIONS TOGETHE ACROSS LOS ANGELES. AND WOULD I LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR HER INVOLVEMENT AND PUTTING UP THE BANNERS TO ANNOUNCE THE CELEBRATION OF OUR 80th ANNIVERSARY. AND I'M PROUD TO BE JOINED BY ROBERT HAN WHO LEADS THIS ORGANIZATION AND WORKS DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO KEEP OUR LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD. MR. HAN DO YOU WISH TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER LEE I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING KOREAN-AMERICANS SO WELL, WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU AND ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BANNERS AND FOR PROVIDING THE SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT WE HAVE THIS COMING FRIDAY. THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING US EVERY DAY. EACH YEAR ON AUGUST 15th, WE CELEBRATE AND XHEN RACE KOREAN LIBERATION, 08 YEARS AGO. WE HONOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE, FREEDOM WHICH PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATION SXZ MODERN DAY KOREA AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY AND FOR JOINING IN ON THE COMMEMORATION, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER HAN. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY AT 200 SPRING WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE ILLUMINATION. COUNCILMEMBER LEE IS ILLUMINATING ON THE 13th AND I WILL BE ILLUMINATING ON THE 159ING. PLEASE JOIN ME, 9:30 P.M. SO WE CAN SEE THE ILLUMINATION. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH MEMBERS IN THE GALLERY, IT IS NOW, 25 MINUTES AFTER 10:00 AM. >> Clerk: EXCUSE ME, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEM 35 FOR CONSIDERATION OF A MOTION TO ADOPT THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, CAN WE DO THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION OR DO WE NEED A VOTE? >> Clerk: WE NEED INTRODUCTION OF THE MOTION AND A SECOND, SIR. WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE RECONSIDERATION FIRST. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER? >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 35. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS A MOTION TO ADOPT THE HOMELESS AND HOUSING REPORT, IS THERE A FIRST AND A SECOND? >> Y. Jurado: FIRST. >> Council President: RAMAN SECONDS. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: AND IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON ITEM 37 NOW, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 37, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON 40, 41 AND 42 CALLED SPECIAL WHICH COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SPECIAL VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 51 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND REMARKS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. AND I WANT TO THANK MR. BLUMENFIELD FOR HIS AMENDMENT TO ENSURING THAT THE LOT THAT IS GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR BYE THIS ACTION IS GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF US IN THE CITY AND NOT LIMITED TO ANYONE PARTICULAR OPERATION. BUT COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANTED AGAIN, FLAG BECAUSE ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT I KNOW, SO MANY TAXPAYERS CONTINUE TO, REFLECT ON, IS THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO REALLY GET OUR HANDS AROUND THE EXPENDITURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK ON HOMELESSNESS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, AS I'VE CONTINUED TO REQUEST AND I APPRECIATED THAT THERE IS BEEN SOME SUBSTANTIAL REPORT BACKS THAT HAVE COME AS A RESULT OF THE INSIDE SAFE OPERATIONS, WHAT CONTINUES TO BE LEFT BLANK AND PENDING DATING BACK TO, 2023. IS AN ACCOUNTING FOR HOW THESE DOLLARS REPUBLIC SPENT. SO GOING BACK TO 2023, WE'RE STILL NOT GETTING A DE TAILED REPORT OF THE EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH INSIDE SAFE. WE'RE NOT GETTING AN ACCOUNTING FOR HOW MUCH EACH FACILITY AND WHAT THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED WE'RE NOT GETTING A DE TAILED ACCOUNTING AND THIS GOES BACK TO 2023. NOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO REMIND OURSELVES OF THE FISCAL CRIES THAT WE'RE IN. BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET A HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MUCH IS SPENT ON THIS EFFORT WHAT IT'S TRULY COSTING AT A TIMES WHEN WE CONTINUE TO SEE PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES STRUG TOLL MAKE ENDS MEET. I RECOGNIZE THIS IS A REPORT, THERE IS PROCEDURALLY, ADVANCING SOME MARKED PROGRESS IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING FACILITIES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE FOR THE DISPOSITION AND TEMPORARY PLACEMENT FOR THE RVs. ONE OF THE REVENUES THAT CONTINUES TO REF NE THE WRONG WAY IS THAT THE CENTRALIZED EFFORT IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THIS BOUTIQUE PROGRAM IS NOT DELIVERING THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DOLLARS THAT IT'S BEEN AFFORDED TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM SO. WHEN EVERY ONE ASKED, WHERE IS THE MONEY, WE SHOULD HAVE A DE TAILED ACCOUNTING AND GOING BACK TO 2023, WE'RE STILL NOT GETTING IT. THERE IS AMPLE TIME TO UPDATE THESE RECORDS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CONTINUES TO THUMB THEIR NOSE AT US. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO VOTE NO BECAUSE THIS REPORT IS INCOMPLETE AND WE SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTING NON ANSWERS IN REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES TO FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY. SO I WILL BE CASTING A NO-VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. : THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IT'S 10:30 NOW, SO WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL 11:30, WE'LL TAKE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN SO PLEASE SPEAKERS BE RESPECTFUL, GET TO THE MIC AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN AND LEAVE THE PODIUM AS SOON AS THE TIME IS DONE SO THE NEXT PERSON CAN START. MR. CLERK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY? >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET MIEDLY AND CLEAR LEON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS 2 THROUGH 12, ITEMS 14 THROUGH 15, MR. HERMAN THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. DO NOT DISRUPT ME GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ROOM. IF YOU DISRUPT THIS MEETING AGAIN, YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PURSUANT TO RULE 7 AND RULE 12. APOLOGIES. 9 ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 2 THROUGH 12, 14 THROUGH 15, 17, 19 THROUGH 28, 55 THROUGH 72, AND 82 AND 83. LET ME REPEAT, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 2 THROUGH 12, 14 AND 15, 17, 19 THROUGH 28, 55 THROUGH 72, AND 82 AND 83. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. A COME MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES TO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT STATED WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL 11:30 OR IF WE EXHAUST BEFORE THAT, HE WILL END BEFORE THAT. IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, COWED ALOUD OVER THE SPEAKERS BEFORE LINING UP. THE ORDER IN WHICH THE NAMES ARE WARD ARE RANDOM AND RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED ALOUD. ONCE YOU DO SO, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN CALLING NAMES. GEORGE, DANA AND DIENAPOLI. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YOU DON'T WAY GOOD MORNING TO ME, BECAUSE YOU HATE MY ASS. ARE 38 AND 39 OPEN TO SPEAK TO? COME ON, GIVE ME AN ANSWER? >> City Attorney: NO, THEY ARE NOT. PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN HELD ON THAT. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'LL SIGN UP FOR 6. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: ARE YOU GUYS AWARE THAT IN YOUR JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT YOU BUDGETED, TO MAKE 500 PIECES OF PROPERTY, ANY OF YOU AWARE OF THAT? I KNOW YOU'RE NOT. BUT I HAVE THAT PLAN. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE UP TO DOING. YOU TOOK MY FRIEND'S 550,000 DOLLAR PROPERTY AND MADE HER AND HER HUSBAND HOMELESS. HE WAS FOUND IN A TRASH CAN. YOU'RE SO NICE, AREN'T YOU? AND YOU MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR BAR LICENSE AND PUT YOU IN JAIL FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH IT, BECAUSE YOU'RE A PARTY TO THIS ACTION ON LIENS, BUD, SO MAYBE YOU NEED TO LEARN THE LAW SINCE YOU DON'T KNOW IT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, WE'VE POLITELY ASKED YOU TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS. >> Speaker: I STILL HAVE ITEM 72 SINCE YOU PAY NO ATTENTION. YOU DON'T KNOW THE LAW, YOU HAVE NO CONCENTRATION ON YOUR SBRAIN. YOU'RE ASKING LIKE TRUMPER. HOW DO YOU SMART ASS PEOPLE, DO A DEAL WITH CEFPER FOR 900 GRAND FOR 3 YEARS, AND YOU NEED THEM RUN UP 1.8 MILLION IN TWO WEEKS. EVERYTHING IN THIS AGENDA ITEM IN YOUR AGENDA UNDER, HAVE YOU ANALYZED NIZ FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY? YOU'RE SO SMART THAT YOU CANNOT FIGURE HOW TO TAKE ME AN HOUR TO FIGURE OUT FINANCIAL. WHEN WE WERE IN COURT WE HEARD YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, SLIME THAT JUDGE, JUDGE CARTER, HIS PEOPLE, THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEMS NATIONALLY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER, YOU WERE WARNED TO GET ON AGENDA ITEMS. YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. YOU'RE NOW DISRUPTING THIS MEETING. I'M GOING TO ASK POLITELY PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING OR YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PURSUANT RULE 7 AND RULE 12. SO MR. PRESIDENT, THE SPEAKER IS REFUSE TO GO LEAVE THE PODIUM AND CONTINUE TO DISRUPT PUBLIC COMMENT. HE IS ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL AS HE HAS BEEN WARNED. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES. NIGERIA, RON AND RODRIGUEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SMOKING SCAN. WILL THES START WITH ITEM NUMBER 64. NUMBER 64 IS ABOUT PROVIDING MORE TREE SERVICES. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. BECAUSE ME, AND MY FRIEND DANA, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO PLAY ON THE TREES. BUT HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STRUGGLING IN CITY OF L.A. BECAUSE WE NO MORE TREES TO CLIMB ON TO. SO RIGHT NOW, THIS ITEM IS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXTENDING THE CONTRACT. WE ARE PLANTING MORE TREES SO PEOPLE LIKE ME, PEOPLE LIKE DANA, PEOPLE LIKE ME AND DANA, WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO ON TOP OF THE TREES AND WE CAN PLAY ON TOP OF THE TREES. SO YES, SECOND OF ALL, I WANT TO ADD ON THIS ITEM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER MINIMUM 25,000 TREES IN THE CITY OF L.A., BECAUSE CITY OF L.A. IS A BIG CITY. WE NEED 25,000 MORE TREES. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER, LET'S TRY NUMBER 66. THE ITEM NUMBER 66 IS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SECURITY OFFICERS FOR THE RUN ION CANYON PARK. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT, BUT I WANT FIVE LAPD OFFICERS IN THIS PARK, SECURITY OFFICERS, DOES NOT WORK. BECAUSE YOU'RE SECURITY OFFICER JUST STAND RIGHT THERE DOING NOTHING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FIVE FULLY ARMED LAPD OFFICER RUNNING PROTECTING, SECURING THIS PARK BECAUSE LAST TIME, ME AND DANA, WE WERE PLAYING ON THIS PARK, THEY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE GANG BANGOR CARTEL, THEY JUMP ON US AND BOTH OF ME AND DANE A WE GOT BEAT UP. SO WE NEED MORE SAFETY ON THIS PARK SO WE CONTINUE TO GO BACK TO THIS PARK TO PLAY. NOW, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER ITEM NUMBER 67. ITEM NUMBER 67, IT IS ABOUT THE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. I AM HERE TO DISAGREE WITH THIS ITEM. BECAUSE BECAUSE, THIS IS, THIS COUNTRY IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY, BUT HOWEVER, OUR COUNCILMEMBER LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UNISSES HERNANDEZ, OUR COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, THEY CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEXICAN HOLIDAY. I THINK BOTH OF THEM CHOSE THE WRONG JOB. THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO BELIEVE THE MEXICAN COUNCILMEMBER NOT THE AMERICAN COUNCILMEMBER. THAT'S THE PART I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE DANA AND I WE ARE TRYING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMERICAN TRADITION, WE ARE HERE TO OBSERVE THE AMERICAN HOLIDAY. WE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT MEXICAN CARTEL OR WHATSOEVER. NOW DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I AM HERE TO INFORM OUR FAMILY FROM SMOKING SCAN, THAT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GOING TO ELECT COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER INTO THE OFFICE. WE ARE GOING TO DEFEAT HERNANDEZ, WE'RE GOING TO WIN, WIN WIN, THAT OOH GOT TIRED OF WINNING. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE HAVE NOT STARTED BUT WE'RE GOING TO WIN, WIN WIN. THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2026, COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, ELECTION, SPINDLER IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEFEAT ALL THE WOKE, AND COUNCILMEMBER SPINDLER WILL PLEASE HOUSE. AT LEAST I RECEIVED SUNGLASSES FROM DANA, VERY PINK, I LOVE T.RECEIVED A T-SHIRT FROM DANA, THANK YOU DANA I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SMOKING SCAN, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS DONALD TRUMP. >> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING, YOU NEED TO STICK TO THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: I SHOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOW A INTRODUCTION. IF YOU'RE HERE TO PROTECT MEXICAN DAY, THAT TELLS ME THAT YOU'RE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP OUR PRESIDENT. STOP INTERFERING, LET ME TRY TO COME --COMPREHEND MY INTELLIGENCE, YOUR IGNORANCE. >> City Attorney: SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO INSULT ME DURING, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SMOKING SCAN, THERE SHE IS. CD6, THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7708 NORTH BECK AVENUE, MS. PADILLA. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO MAKE SOMEBODY HOMELESS. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR ONE HISPANIC OR BLACK OR MINORITY TO COME UP WITH, BECAUSE YOU LITTLE CRY BABY LATINA FROM MEXICO COMES INTO OUR COUNTRY AND WANT TO PUT ALIEN ON OUR PROPERTIES. IF YOU HERE WITH THE LIEN, I DEMAND THAT YOU PUT ON RECORD YOUR LIEN AND ASK FOR A RECEIPT. BECAUSE IF NOT, THESE DOUCHE BAG LIKE THAT DOUCHE BAG OVER THERE BESINGER CD6 WILL DO THE SAME. AND BY THE WAY, LOOK AT THREE ITEMS. THREE ITEMS, 15, 16 AND 17, YOU MORON. CURREN PRICE, A CONVICTED FELON, WHERE IS HE? HE WAS ALL OVER THE NEWS LAST NIGHT, SMEARED BY HIS MANIPULATION OF BAD DEVELOPMENT AND CORRUPTION WITH HIS TWO FUCKEN WIVES? WHY IS THAT SMOKING SCAN? >> City Attorney: I'M GOING TO ASK ONE LAST TIME, CONNECT THIS TO THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: THE 92 SECOND, THE OTHER ONE IS EAST 90th STREET, THE OTHER PROPERTY YOU JACKASS MORON, BEFORE YOU FUCKEN INTERRUPT ME, IS LOCATED AT 423 EAST 25th STREET. SO I AM ON TOPIC. FUCK YOU. MY LAST ITEM REGARDING THE GOD DAMN MOTHER FUCKEN BULLSHIT ABOUT ALLIANCE VERSUS RIGHTS, FOR 1.8 MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS! THANK YOURSELVES. THANK YOURSELVES FOR PAYING THESE ASSHOLES FOR TWO WEEKS OF WORK, BECAUSE THAT MONTH RON UP THERE CAN'T DO BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST, YOU DUMB AS, BIG HEAD. SMOKING SCAN! >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NOW GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. LE BRANDONBERGH VERSUS OHIO, A SUPREME COURT RULING, EVERY ONE, UNDER 395, 44411969, SPECIFICALLY STATES SEND THE JEWS BACK TO ISRAEL. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THE MONEY TREE IN THIS CITY AND IN MY PANTS. SUCK A DICK, DICKS. BUT WHEN WE GET MS. HERNANDEZ OUT OF DISTRICT 1, EVERY ONE IN LOS ANGELES, EVERY ONE IN SMOKING SCAN, EVERY WHITE MF LIKE ME IS GOING TO SAY, VOTE FOR WAYNE SPINDLER AND NOT FOR DUARTE, THE THREE-INCH DICK OVER THERE SERGEANT. BECAUSE WE KNOW FAT BURGER IS NOTHING WITHOUT CHEESE AND WE'LL GRILL HER FUCKEN FAT ASS. >> City Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I'LL REMIND THAT YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. >> Speaker: HI GOOD MORNING. I WANT TODAY SPEAK ON 35, CAN I STILL DO THAT? >> City Attorney: SO 35 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE TOOK IT AT COMMITTEE BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. SO YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: GOT IT. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE, I'M IN THE PASS DENA HOUSING BOARD, I'M A RENTER. I'M COMING HERE ON BEHALF OF THE RENTER BRIGADE. AND REGARDING ITEM 35, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLKS TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY SO WE CAN GET SOME DATA ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUT RENT GAUGING. THERE IS NOT BEEN ANY DECISION BUZZ HOW TO ENFORCE. I'M HOPING THAT WITH THE DATA THAT WE CAN GET WHO IS GETTING RENT GAUGE AND HOW LONG THAT IS GOING ON. WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOLD LANDLORDS ACCOUNTABLE FOR INCREASING THE RENTS SUCH AS LOSING YOUR HOME FOR A FIRE OR BEING DISPLACED IN THE FIRE. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA, AND ENCOURAGE TO YOU GET THAT DATA AND GET INFORMED DECISIONS. >> Clerk: BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES. DAVID CARLOS,. >> Speaker: GROAT, CAN YOU GET AHOLD OF THIS ROOM, EVERYBODY WAS TALK ITING OVER THE LAST SPEAKER AND THAT WAS COMPLETELY RUDE. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I SIGNED UP UNDER RON ARTEST, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 17, AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ITEM 17 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT IT IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: STILL A LOT OF CHATTER BUT I'LL MOVE ON. 16, 17, 62 WERE RELATED TO COUNCIL DISTRICT 9. AND IN LIGHT OF THE NEW CHARGES, I ASK FOR A SHUT DOWN OF CURREN PRICES ITEMS UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! THE MOST FASCINATING PART ABOUT THIS AND WE HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT THESE ITEMS WHEN WE FAILED TO RECUSE HIMSELF, PRICE'S STAFF HAD FLAGGED THE ITEMS OF INTEREST PRIOR TO THE VOTES WEIRD. AND I JUST THINK THAT A LITTLE BIRDIE INFORMED ME THAT THERE MAY BE MORE TO COME REGARDING CD9. THE PEOPLE OF L.A. HAS CALLED YOU A CLOWN SHOW BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PAY ATTENTION AND CAN'T SIT ON YOUR SEATS, AND LITTLE BY LITTLE YOU ARE DROPPING BY LIKE. DE LEON, LEE, HUIZAR, AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CIRCUS, A CLOWN SHOW. SOME PLAN TO HAVE ENERGY AND REALLY GOD A SIDE SHOW BOB ENERGY. AND ON THAT NOTE, I HAVE TO HAVE A HEART TO HEART WITH COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. I WORRY HE'S ON THE WRONG PATH AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO EXPOSE BOB TO WIDER AUDIENCE. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THE AUDACITY TO APPOINT A TRUMP SUPPORTER, APPOINTING A BLIND FUEL IN A CHINA SHOP THAT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING GOOD. TO APPOINT SOMEBODY REPEATEDLY REFERRED TO A THIRD OF THIS COUNCIL AS BEING PART OF THE CRAZY TRAIN AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LEFTIES IT INCLUDES LIKE OUR ESTEEMED AND HONORABLE PRESIDENT. I PREFER NOT TO GET MESSY BUT IF YOU LEAVE ME NO CHOICE, WE'LL HAVE A SIDE SHOW. YOU MAY BE TERMED OUT BUT THIS WILL FOLLOW YOU. SOME OF YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER PARK, JUST TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE A CONSERVATIVE DEMOCAT BUT NOT REALLY IN A POSITION TO TO TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO TALKS ABOUT ILLEGAL ALIENS, YOU MAY HAVE TO START ASKING, I MAY HAVE TO START ASKING HOW YOUR SUCCESSER IN CD3 FEELS ABOUT THIS CHOICE. I'LL GIVE YOU A COME OF DAYS TO CLEAN IT UP. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M EDWARD FLORES I'M SPEAKING ONLY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, NOT THE AGENDA. ?AOUF A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M EDWARD FLORES I'M A MEMBER OF THE OLVERA ASSOCIATION AND JUANITAS CAFE AND ALSO A COUNCILMEMBER. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE VISITORSHIP SO DOWN IN ALVERA AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE TWO FACTORS, THE ICE RAIDS FROM THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE YOUTH UTILIZATION AS A STAGING ROUTE FOR PROTEST. I UNDERSTAND THE INTENTIONS ARE WELL, HOWEVER, UTILIZING THAT SPACE FOR THAT PURPOSE CONSTANTLY AS IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, HAS SCARED AWAY MANY OF THE VISITORS, MANY FOREIGNERS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE COME TO ALVERA STREET. I'M ASKING THAT YOU PUT A HAULT AND ALSO VERY NEGLECTED, WE HAVE A LOT OF MENTAL ILLNESS THERE, AND OTHER EVENTS AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU'LL WORK AND REINVITIZING ALVERA STREET, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW NOR MAIMS. ANGELA, SOLIS, CHRIS TON AND AUDIT L.A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 64. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CITY PLANTS, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU ACTUALLY FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I'VE PHYSICALLY PLANTED TREES WITH ALL OF YOU THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BOTH IN MY TIME AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTER OF CITY PLANS BUT DURING MY 35 YEARS AT THE L.A. CONSERVATION CORPS AND I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO ASK YOU IF WOULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER APPROVING OUR EXTENSION THROUGH DECEMBER 31 AND THEN ANOTHER ITEM THAT I HOPE I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR MENTIONING, THERE IS REQUEST FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO START A REQUEST FOR (INAUDIBLE) AN RFP PROCESS. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ISN'T AN RFP IN PLACE AND THERE IS NOT AN AGENCY TO START THE RFP WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WILL CAUSE PAUSE OF POTENTIALLY A YEAR IN SERVICES OF TREES. AND THESE ARE TREES THAT WE PLANT AND PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, SPECIFICALLY TO UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES. SORRY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL BE SPEAK TO GO 72 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. YOU'LL SEE ONE MINUTE ON THE CLOCK, ONCE THAT IS DONE, YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: IT WILL BE CONTINUOUS, I'M SPEAKING ON 72 I'M ANGELA. I'M A HOUSING RIGHTS COORDINATE ITER FOR LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK BETTER KNOWN AS L.A. CAN. WHILE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS HAPPILY PAYING 1.8 MILLION DOLLARS TO A PRIVATE LAW FIRM PURSUANT TO SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR 13 DAYS OF WORK, AT THE SAME TIME THE CITY ATTORNEY, BLEW UP THE STAY HOUSED L.A. SOLE SOURCE WITH NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING, THERE IS NO RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR TENANTS BECAUSE THE 2025 TO 2026U LA BUDGET HAS BEEN ALLOCATED. TENANTS ARE BEING DISPLACED NEEDLESSLY WHILE 3.7 MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE SITS IN THE CITY COFFERS AND ISN'T BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES FOR SEVEN MONTHS WHILE THE RFP IS IN PROCESS. THIS WILL MEAN STAY HOUSED L.A., WILL HAVE TO STOP PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES, FOR BEFORE THE 7 MONTHS IS UP. EVEN THOUGH, THERE IS 39 MILLION DOLLARS OF ULA EVICTION DEFENSE SITTING IN THE CITY COFFERS THAT CAN'T BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE. THE CITY ATTORNEY IS PRESENTLY RIGHT NOW, AUDITING LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES, LEGAL SERVICES FOR POOR PEOPLE FOR SIGNING A BLANK CHECK FOR WIDE SHOE LAW FIRM TO REPRESENT THE CITY. WHY IS THE CITY TO WILLING TO PAY PRIVATE ATTORNEYS 1295 PER HOUR BUT NOT PAY FOR SERVICE AS PROVED FOR MONEY THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FOR THAT PURPOSE, 1.8 MILLION COULD PAY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSEHOLD AND EVICTION DEFENSE FOR SERVICES FOR APPROXIMATELY 240 HOUSEHOLDS. THIS REVERSE ROBINHOOD IS AN EVIL ACTION BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. MICHAEL JASON SOCOTO JASON SMOKING SCAN, SARAH AND KIM CHUNG. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL JUST SAY ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. WHERE DID GROAT GO, I WAS GOING TO TELL HIM HOW MUCH I MISSED HIM OVER THE BREAK. LET'S START WITH ITEM 66. SO APPARENTLY WHEN COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WAS CALLING TO DEFUND THE POLICE IN HER CAMPAIGN, SHE MENT DEFUND THE POLICE AND GIVE THAT MONEY TO PRIVATE SECURITY. WE ALSO HAVE ITEM 72, REGARDING L.A. ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ET AL FOR CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WHILE I DISAGREE WITH THE MOTIVE OF THE PLAINTIFFS IN THIS CASE, I DO FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE WAY THIS CITY HAS USED THE ISSUE OF OUR UNHOUSED RESIDENT POPULATION, TO FUNNEL MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF HIGHLY PAID ADMINISTRATORS AND IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT MEANS TANTMOUNT TO EMBEZZLEMENT. I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS WRECK EN WITH AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR HER THOUGHTFUL VOTES AND HER NO-VOTE FOR ACCEPTING THE REPORT FROM HOUSING COMMITTEE. THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE FOR REFUSING TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND MAKE EXISTING HOMES AFFORDABLE IS COSTING THE CITY LEAPS AND BOUNDS THAN TO JUST HOUSE PEOPLE AND KEEP FOLKS IN THEIR APARTMENTS. THEN IF WE DID THAT, WE THESE PEOPLE WOULD NOT MAKE SIX FIGURES, I GUESS THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO DO THA. 65 LIGHTING UP CITY HALL FOR QUOTE UNQUOTE EL GRITO WHICH IS THE TERM FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE DAY BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, A TRADITIONAL CALL TO ARMS. TO FIGHT FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE. SO WHILE I DISAGREE WITH SPENDING 438 TO THROW LIGHTS IN A BUILDING IN A FISCAL CRIES, I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE ECHOING A CALL TO ARMS. WHICH IS SEEMLY REDUNDANT, BECAUSE WE'RE LIGHTING UP CITY HALL FOR MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE WHICH I, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING GOOD TO HONOR, ESPECIALLY WHILE OUR CITY IS IN CAHOOTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRETHENED IT'S NOT, THE STATUS OF THE SECURITY EVENT RENDERS ANYTHING YOU SAY AGAINST THESE ICE RAIDS USELESS, BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETE JURISDICTION UNDER THAT STATUS. WE SHOULDN'T BE THROWING 438 DOLLARS TO LIGHT UP CITY HALL IN A FISCAL EMERGENCY. LET'S PLANT FOR TREE BUT LET'S NOT BULLDOZE AND UPROOT TREES TO BUILD GENTRIFYING BUILDINGS. LET'S FOCUS ON EMPTY SPACE INSTEAD. [SINGING] HOLDING US BACK, THE PRESIDENT IS HOLDING US BACK, AND I THOUGHT KREKORIAN WAS BAD COMPARED TO MARQUEECE, THE COUNCIL IS NOT LISTENING, THEY'RE WITH EACH OTHER CHATTING, OH, OH, THE DISRESPECT, YOU GIVE TO US. THE PRESIDENT IS A WORD THAT RHYMES WITH HUNT, AND EACH OF YOU, WHO IGNORES US, CAN YOU THINK OF A WORD THAT RHYMES WITH HUNT? [SINGING] RHYMES WITH HUNT. YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE THAT NAME, LEAVE HOME COME DOWNTOWN JUST TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL IGNORING US, IS THIS AMERICA? WHERE YOU CENSOR US YOU KNOW WHY THEY SAY THAT YOU RHYME WITH HUNT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MR. McOF COURSER R--McOSKER FOR PAYING ATTENTION. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT CALLER, A MARCH JACKSON, DUARTE SCOTT RODLY PHYLLIS STACY AND MIKE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: LET'S SEE, ITEM 72, WE HAVE THE L.A. ALLIANCE AND YOUR MOTHER FUCKEN OUTSIDE COUNCIL. LET'S GIVE DONNA CEFP A I BIG HAND FOR RAPING NITHYA RAMAN NOODLE ON THAT LAWSUIT. [APPLAUSE] YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. A SHOUT OUT TO NOODLE FOR FUCKING THE CITY ON HOMELESSNESS, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE, AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT ON THE ALLIANCE FOR MONICA RODRIGUEZ, FOR WILLING TO TESTIFY SHE WAS WILLING TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE CITY AND GIVE UP HER COLLEAGUES, LET'S GIVE HER A HAND. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MEG. NOW THE FBI IS DWG TO CALL YOU TOMORROW. >> Council President: WE CAN HOLD MR. SPINDLER'S TIME. >> Speaker: YES, GO AHEAD. >> Council President: MR. SPINDLER? YOU HAVE USED ONE OF OUR FORBIDDEN WORDS IN VIOLATION OF COUNCIL RULE 7, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. WHEN YOU INTERRUPT ME, YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MR. SPINDLER HAS THE FIRST WARNING FOR DISRUPTING THE MEETING. THIS WORD CAN'T BE USED IN ANY FUTURE MEETINGS. YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PURSUANT TO RULE 7 AND 12. PLEASE START THE TIMER AGAIN, AND DO NOTE YOU WILL BE WARNED. >> City Attorney: AND THAT IS FOR THE USE OF "C" WORD GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO ON THE ADVISE OF MY COUNCIL, I'M EXERCISING MY PRIVILEGE TO REMAIN SILENCE UNDER THE 5th AMOUNT AND 14th AMENDMENT. ON ITEM 6, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IMELDA AND HER FRAUD BUT ON THE ADVISE OF COUNCIL, NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF A CRIME I'M HERE BY EXERCISING MY RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENCE UNDERSTAND THE 4th, 16th AND 14th AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION. ON ITEM NUMBER 4, I MAY BE CALLED AGAINST A WITNESS AGAINST IMELDA PADILLA AND I EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO CONFIDENTIAL UNDERFED RAL PROTECTIONS AND UNDER PROTECTIONS UNDER THE 4th, 5th, 6th AND 14th OF THE UNITED STATES OF CONSTITUTION. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BOB BLUMFIELD AND THE FRAUD HE'S COMMITTING. HOWEVER ON THE ADVISE OF COUNCIL, I WILL HAVE TO EXERCISE MY RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT UNDER THE 4th, 5th AND 14th AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION. I WILL HAVE TO REMAIN UNDER THE 4th--. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, THE RIGHTS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO THE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO NUMBER 2. >> Speaker: I JUST SAID NUMBER 2. >> City Attorney: STICK TO THE AGENDA OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: PLEASE, I JUST DID. I'M TELLING YOU WHY I HAVE TO EXPRESS MY COMMENTS THE WAYS THAT I'M DOING. ON ITEM 1, HAMBURGER HERNANDEZ AND HER LIEN FOR 3800 DOLLARS, WOULD I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE CORRUPTION BUT ON THE ADVISE OF COUNCIL I HAVE TO REMAIN SILENCE UNDER THE 4th, 6th AND 14th AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION. NOW UNDER MY GENERAL COMMENT? GUESS WHO GOTTEN DIETED? --INDICTED! HA, HA, HA, HA, LOOK HE'S NOT HERE TODAY. WHAT A FUCKEN SHAME. WHAT A LOSER "N" WORD, I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. HOW DO YOU GET INDICTED WHEN YOU HAVE GOVERNMNT IMMUNITY, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT KILL PEOPLE AND NEVER CHARGED. HOW CAN THIS MAN WITH GOVERNMENT IMMUNITY BE CHARGED? AND OF COURSE I BROUGHT UNISSES A SNACK. SO IN HER HONOR I WILL EAT THIS DELICIOUS TREAT AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU COUNCILMEMBERS TO EAT THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO YOU WORK YOUR WAY TO A STROKE, HEART DISEASE, AIDS, PANCREATIC CANCER AND ANY CANCER SO YOUR SEATS WITH BE VACANT FASTER. I TOLD YOU THE SUMO DEFENDANT IS COMING INTO CASE. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: AM I ON? PEOPLE KNOW VERY WELL THAT THEY'RE BEING HARMED AS A RESULT OF POLICE NON FECENCE, AND--EXCUSE ME. I THINK YOU DO IT ONLY TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE BEING DILIGENT SO YOU DON'T GET BLAMED. AS I'VE SAID, THE ONLY LEGITIMATE EXCUSE FOR NOT REQUESTING THE NATIONAL GAFT IS IF YOU'RE UNDER DURESS AND THAT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SITUATION. PLEASE TELL THE PUBLIC WHY YOU'RE REFUSE TO GO TAKE THE ZERO COST ACTION. AND FINALLY SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN FOR HIS UNIQUE TAKE. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 711, I'M KAY CHUNG. THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SB71 IN MAY. BEFORE THE, A DIRTY HAND IS IN SECTION 3 IN THE PROPOSED SUPPORT OF BILLIONAIRE. 9 PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE OF L.A. IS MORONS? THAT DO NOT SEE THE CORRUPTION. AND HOW THEY BENEFIT THEMSELES? AS YOU CAN SEE, PEOPLE FIGHTING BACK. WE WANT THE CITY TO OPPOSE SB71 UNLESS SECTION 3 IS REMOVED. WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT PEOPLE OR SUPPORT THE BILLIONAIRES. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THIG. >> Speaker: DAVID MARTIN, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, PUBLIC, MY NAME IS DAMIAN MARTIN I'M A COFOUNDER AND ATTORNEY FOR CANNABIS KO. I SPENT A NUMBER OF TIMES ON SMOKE SHOPS SELLING CANNABIS. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR HIS MOTION TO PLACE A MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS IN CD15. IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. THESE SMOKE SHOPS SELL WEED, ATTRACTING THE CHILDREN DRAWING CHIP CREAM, THEY GOT THE DOORS WIDE OPEN. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO CHECK N THEY SELL CHEETO AND SODAS THINGS THAT ARE DRAWING CHILDREN. MY SON GOES TO SCHOOL NEXT TO THIS WORKSHOP. I TOLD THE PRINCIPAL THAT I WAS WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM, THEY WERE SO HAPPY ABOUT IT. THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF HAPPY PRINCIPAL, THIS SHOULD BE A CITY WIDE POLICY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: HI GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I TEACH AND DO RESEARCH IN UCLA FOR INNOVATION. THE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM 71 IS A CORRECTION OF FLAWED AND SERPTICKOUS PROCESS WITH NO TRANSPARENCY OR PUBLIC INPUT THAT HAS LEAD TO A BAD POLICY IN SENATE BILL 71 WHICH IS NOW BEFORE THE STATE ASSEMBLY. THIS COUNCIL SUPPORTED THE CEQA REFORM BILL ON MAY 23, SIX MONTHS LATER, LOBBYIST GOT LANGUAGE AND INSERTED THE GRANT SPECIAL FAVOR TO ONE PROJECT IN THE ENTIRE STATE T.ALSO EXPENSED SPECIAL STATUS WAY BEYOND CEQA. IF THE CITY WANTS TO DO THAT, IT SHOULD BE DONE HERE IN THIS COUNCIL, NOT IN SACRAMENTO. THE COUNCIL CAN CORRECT THIS FLAW BY PASSING THIS MOTION. AND LAST --UNLESS SECTION 3 IS REMOVED. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 71. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I'M TAWNY LANE I'M A CHINA TOWN RESIDENT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL ITEM 71. THE MOTION TO RESEND BILL SB71. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE SB71 STARTED EX PA LIGHT BIKE LANES AND BUS LANES AND THAT WHAT YOU VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT. NOW IT CONTAINS A THIRD AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS A BILLIONAIRE'S PROJECT. AND ALSO UNDERMINES LOCAL USE AUTHORITY AND DECISION-MAKING. AND IT'S A STATE LEGISLATION THAT WAS SNUCK? IN AND TARGETS CD1 AND 14, THIS IS ANOTHER ATTACK ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND LOCAL CONTROL. SO THIS IS A NO-BRAINER VOTE TO SUPPORT COUNCIL ITEM 71 WHICH IS RESCIND SUPPORT FOR 71 UNLESS SECTION 3 IS REMOVED. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 71. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MONEY FOR THE ITEM. >> Speaker: I'M A RESIDENT IN CHINA TOWN SPEAKING ACTION TO REMOVE SB71. UNLESS REMOVED SECTION 3. IT'S ONE BILLIONAIRE TO SPEND LOBBYIST SACRAMENTO. DOES NOT ONLY FAST TRACK CEQA BUT DECISIONS AT THE CITY LEVEL. THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU VOTED FOR WHEN YOU VOTED TO SUPPORT SB71 ON MAY 23EDING --23rd. NOW THE SAME PEOPLE THAT LOBBYING AGAINST IT, IS CLAIMING THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS IT. DON'T LET THEM GETAWAY WITH THIS CORRUPT LIE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND JURADO FOR THIS MOTION. PLEASE, SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 311. --31. I'M SOCHI AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WILLIAM HOMES. AND I'M SPEAKING OF ITEM 71, THE MOTION TO TAKE AWAY SUPPORT FOR SB71 UNLESS SECTION THREE IS REMOVED. SECTION 3 IS A SPECIAL FAVOR FOR ONE BILLIONAIRE WHO SPENT OVER $300,000 LOBBYING SACRAMENTO FOR IT. IT'S REALLY DIRTY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, TRYING TO GO AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKE AWAY LOCAL CONTROL. THAT'S WHY SECTION 3 DOES AND YOU CAN LET THEM DO THAT. YOU CAN LET THEM LIE ABOUT IT. THEY BEEN SAYING THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS SECTION 3 AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. PLEASE PASS THE MOTION 1. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER UNISSES HERNANDEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AS OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO SUPPORT US. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HI, GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 71. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINNESOTA. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS AMY LAST NAME IS H.O. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM 71 AND I'M HERE TO BEG OUR DEAREST AND RESPECTFUL COUNCILMEMBER, PLEASE, REMOVE SECTION 3. I'M HERE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE FOCUS MORE ON OUR PEOPLES LIVELIHOOD ISSUE, SUCH AS HOSPITAL FACILITIES, SUPERMARKET, AND PARKING BUT NOT TO PRAISE THE McCOURT DYNASTY, BILLIONAIRE, WE DON'T NEED HIM HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE GO FOR BUSINESS AND A VERY VERY SPECIAL ONE FIRST FROM OUR OWN COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME MY PARENTS, HERE TO THE CHAMBERS! THEY ARE VISITING FROM BOSTON FOR A WEEK. AND THEY'VE NEVER SEEN COUNCIL IN ACTION, I'M EXCITED FOR THEM TO SEE ALL THE DELIGHTS AND ALL THE ODDITIES, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME, ENJOY LOS ANGELES. COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: WELCOME, HERE'S ONE OF THOSE EXCITING ACTIONS FOR ITEM 27 AND 28 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE WAIVE THE LATE FEES AND INTEREST FOR BOTH PROPERTIES, BOTH PROPERTIES CAME IN AND SETTLED. I WOULD ASK FOR A SECOND. >> Council President: SECOND IT. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE 4 AND 7 TO SEPTEMBER 10th. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: EARLIER I MOVED TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 19 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD INSTRUCTION TO WAIVE THE LATE FEES AND INTEREST. >> Council President: ONE MORE TIME INTO THE MIC. >> T. Park: INSTRUCTIONAL TO WAIVE THE LATE FEES AND INTEREST ON ITEM 19. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 8 TO SEPTEMBER 10th. >> Council President: GREAT HOW THESE THINGS GET WORKED OUT WHA. IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19 THROUGH 23, AND 25 AND 26. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLLS ON THOSE ITEMS. >> City Attorney: MY APOLOGIES, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A NEW REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 3? ONE WEEK. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20th 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE R■OLL ON ? >> Council President: MR. McOSKER, THIS IS YOUR ITEM. >> T. McOsker: IT'S A CLOSE SESSION ITEM. >> Council President: I'LL ASK SERGEANT TO PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSE SESSION. THAT'S COUNCILMEMBERS AND STAFF AND STAFF OF CITY ELECTED. [COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] PLEASE STAND BY. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 13 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> City Attorney: NO ACTION TB TAKEN IN OPEN SESSION THEREFORE THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS TIME. >> Council President: WHAT IS NEXT MR. CLERK. JAOT COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 10 WHICH IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LIEN. AND WAIVE THE INTEREST AND LATE PENALTIES FEES. >> Council President: THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 55 THROUGH 66 AND 68 THROUGH 71. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13IZE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POSTED EXAMINE REFERRED. CAN MS. HERNANDEZ. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: I WILL NEED TWO MORE MINUTES, I'M SORRY. >> Council President: ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, I KNOW THAT LIBERATION DAY IS GOING TO BE MOSTLY CELEBRATED MOSTLY IN KOREA TOWN AS IT SHOULD BUT FOR THOSE NOT IN CITY COUNCIL IN FRIDAY, WE INVITE EVERYBODY IN FRIENDSHIP BELL IN SAN PEDRO WHERE AT 11:00 O'CLOCK, THERE WILL BE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOCAL KOREAN LEAD INVENTORIES CELEBRATE LIBERATION DAY FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. AND I DO WANT IT SAY THAT WE NAMED THE BELL, ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BELL. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: [LAUGHTER]. >> Clerk: TOO SOON? >> T. McOsker: TOO SOON? >> Council President: TOO SOON. >> T. McOsker: OKAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? YOU READY? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO THIS PAST WEEKEND, COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO AND I HOSTED A BACKPACK GIVEAWAY WHERE WE HAD OVER 35 RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES. WE HAD CIFD PROVIDING HELMETS AND CAR SEATS, WE HAD FREE HAIR CUTS AND GAVE OUTBACK PACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES. WE HAD MAGICIANS AND MUSICIANS AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATING BETWEEN DISTRICTS AND HELPING MULTIPLE DISTRICTS AT ONCE. AND I CANNOT WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: YES, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE COLLABORATION AND ADJOURNMENTS. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THREE INCREDIBLE INTERNS WHO BOUGHT THEIR TALENT, COMMITMENT AND DRIVE THIS SUMMER. KATHY, KYLE, AND RONYA. COME CLOSER. THEY BROUGHT US TO LIFE WHAT THIS WORK IS ALL ABOUT, BUILDING SOMETHING BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. KATHY IS A MASTER STUDENT REGIONAL PLANNING IN UCLA CONCENTRATING ON HOUSING. HER PASSION FOR HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT MADE KATHY AN INVALUABLE PART OF THE TEAM. KYLE JUST GRADUATED FROM USC WITH A DEGREE IN PUBLIC POLICY AND NOW HEADED TO LAW SCHOOL, BOO, BUT HE'LL BE A GREAT JUDGE HE SAID. HE WAS A GO-TO IN THE OFFICE. RONYA IS A GRADUATE OF BISHOP AND STARTING AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY THIS FALL. WE LOST HER TO NEW YORK, EVERYBODY. SHE IS QUICK ON HER FEET AND CURIOUS AS AND CAN BE AND ALWAYS READY TO GO FOR A CHALLENGE AND A PROUD CD12 RESIDENT. SHE IS GETTING HER WATER BACK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE FOR YOUR BRINGING YOUR TALENT. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU DO NEXT AND ON MAF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT TOMORROW L.A. U.S. D., KIDS ARE BACK AT SCHOOL. I HOPE YOU RECEIVED THE INVITATION TO ADOPT A CAMPUS. I KNOW I'LL BE MAKE IT TO TWO, HOPEFULLY YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE THERE TO SUPPORT THE CAMPUSES AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEMBERS? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. I SEE MR. LEE, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF CHARLES JOHNSON, A DE VOTED PUBLIC SERVANT A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN AND OUR BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY. CHARLES WAS BORN ON APRIL 26. HE ATTENDED HOE BART ELEMENTARY AND GRADUATED FROM ANNUAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1961 AT JUST 18 YEARS OLD CHARLES ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY SERVING UNTIL 1968 AND NOT LONG AFTER THAT, HE JOINED THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST 10, 1970. HE WORKED WITH THE NARCOTIC PROGRAM AND LATER SERVED NEWTON DIVISION. WITHIN THREE YEARS, ROSE TO POLICE OFFICER 3 AND JOINED SOUTH TRAFFIC DIVISION A ROLL THAT HE LOVED. OVER HIS DISTINGUISH CAREER, HE EARNED THE RESPECT OF COLLEAGUES AND TRUST OF COMMUNITY AND PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 93 SERVING THE 77th DIVISION AND WEST TRAFFIC AND RETURNING TO SOUTH TRAFFIC WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT UNTIL 1998. MORE THAN HIS ASSIGNMENT HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS FRIENDSHIPS. MANY OF THE BONDS LASTED A LIFETIME. ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST FIRST, KHARLGZ JOHNSON PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS CHILDREN, KEVIN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY OF NIECES NEPHEWS AND LONG LIFELONG FRIENDS. HE LIVED A LIFE OF SERVICE FIRST TO HIS COUNTRY AND THEN TO HIS CITY. MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING AND MAY WE HONOR HIM BY OUR OWN SERVICE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. LEE. AND THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AS WE ADJOURN, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND HNOR THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF FORMER AMBASSADOR, FRANK EDWARD BAXSTER, A 33-YEAR RESIDENT OF PACIFIC PALISADES. PASSED AWAY ON JULY 15th. HE WAS BORN ON AUBURN CALIFORNIA, ON NOVEMBER 20th, 1936 TO IR RIN AND HELEN. AFTER GRADE SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA, HE GRADUATED FROM CORNING HIGH SCHOOL, SPENT FOUR YEARS IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE, FLYING A TYPEWRITER IN GUAM, THERE HE LEARNED HOW BUREAUCRACY WORKED. AND THEN IN SACRAMENTO UNIVERSITY, HE GRADUATED FROM BERKELEY WITH HONORS IN ECONOMICS IN 1961. WHILE IN BERKELEY, HE MET KATHY STACY A STUDENT AT MILLS COLLEGE IN OAKLAND. MARRIED A YEAR LATER IN MANHATTAN KANSAS. FRANK STARTED HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN BANK OF CALIFORNIA IN SAN FRANCISCO GOING ON TO WORK FOR JS STRAUSS, A PIONEER IN OVER THE STOCK TRADING. HE AND KATHY WERE SENT TO FLOCKER BUT NOT BEFORE THEY HAD A DAUGHTER. FRANK TOOK A FERRY AND TRAIN TO GET TO WORK IN MANHATTAN. THEY HAD TWO MORE CHILDREN THERE AND IN 1969, RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA. IN 1974 FRANK BEGAN WORKING FOR JEFFERIES AND COMPANY IN NEW YORK L.A. AND IN 1996, BECAME THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO RETIRING IN 2001. THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY HAVE BENEFITED IN MANY WAYS IN FRANK'S WORK. HE AND KATHY HAD AN I HAVE A DREAM GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM 1987 TO 1992. CHAIRED AFTER SCHOOL ALL STARS, SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF OPERA BOARD AND LACMA BOARD WORKING HARD ON THE CURRENT EXPANSION. WITH OTHERS, HE IMAGINED THE START OF THE ALLIANCE FOR COLLEGE READY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A GROUP THAT HAS GIVEN THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS A BETTER FUTURE. HE ALSO WORKED HARD FOR THE SCHOOLS AT THE DIOCESE PARTICULARLY SAINT MONICA PREPARATORY. HE WORKED TIRELESS LEON THOSE AND OTHER PROJECTS ALWAYS COLLABORATING ON GROUPS THAT OFFER PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN. FROM 2006, TO 2009, FRANK WAS THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY, AND HE HE LOVED THEM AND THEY LOVED HIM. IT WAS A HIGH POINT IN LIFE FOR HIM AND KATHY. EVERYWHERE HE WENT, FRANK WAS KIND AND GENEROUS AND INVENTIVE. HIS BIG SMILE LEAD THE DAY. --LEAD THE WAY. HE MENTORED PEOPLE AND DREW OTHERS INTO WANTING TO HELP. ALTHOUGH IDEAS AND PUTTING IDEAS INTO REALITY WERE PROBABLY HIS FAVORITE PURSUIT, HE ALSO LOVED TO SKI, AND TO RUN. HE RAN OVER 40 MARATHON AFTER HE WAS 50 YEARS OLD WHICH IS WHEN HE STARTED TO RUN MARATHONS. HE TAUGHT ALL SIX OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN TO SKI. HE ALSO CLIMBED MOUNT RAINMERE AND MOUNT KILLMAN JARO AND SWAM IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN AFTER HE WAS 70. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND DEARLY LOVED THEM. HE ALWAYS INTRODUCED KATHY AS THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE OR THE AS 'EM BASSADORABLE. AT HIS MEMORIAL, SHARED STORIES OF HIS GENEROSITY AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. FRANK CARED FOR HIS FIVE YOUNGER SIBLING SXZ ALSO FOR KATHY YOUNGER SIBLING SXZ BOTH SETS OF PARENTS. HE'S SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE KATHY, HIS CHILDREN, STACY BELL, MATH' BAXSTER AND KEITH SILVA, HIS GRANDCHILDREN, VANESSA BELL, NICHOLAS BELL, JOSEPH BAXSTER THE 5th, SID BAXSTER, TERESA AND McTOAST SILVA AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ISABELA HERNANDEZ AND ROSE AND ALEX HERNANDEZ. TWO SISTERS MARY AND NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND BROTHERS AND SISTERSIN LAW. HIS LIFE WAS WELL LIVED. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE AMBASSADOR'S ADJOURNING MOTION. MR. McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: I TOO WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED. MR. BAXTER AND HIS FAMILY PARTICIPATED IN THE SAN PEDRO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON YOUR MEMORIAL. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEEING NO OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS, WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR TODAY.