PLEASE STAND BY. >> Council President: WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS AUGUST 1, 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE GIVEN IN-PERSON. I'LL GIVE THE FIRST WARNING TO THE GENTLEMAN, IF YOU RECEIVE A SECOND WARNING, YOU'LL BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 30, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD MOVES COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY SECONDS. CAN WE RUN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS ITEM NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 2 THROUGH 18 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 19 IS AN ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT BEEN YELLED. ITEMS 20 THROUGH 38 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SPECIALS MEMBERS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S NAME ON THE QUEUE. >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 9 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEING CIRCULATED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 9. OTHER SPECIALS MEMBERS? TO THE WEST, EAST? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, MADAM CLERK,--COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU. ITEM 9 I ASK THAT WE MOVE THE COMMITTEE FINANCE REPORT AS AMENDED. I BELIEVE CD6 HAS AN AMENDMENT WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN 17, MOVE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT AS AMENDED. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 14 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: CAN WE HOLD ITEM 6 ON THE DESK FOR NOW, MAY BE A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 6 HELD ON THE DESK. ANY OTHER SPECIALS? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, WHAT OTHER ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: COUNSEL SUL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 2 THROUGH 5, 10 THROUGH 13, 15 THROUGH 18, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEMS 20 THROUGH 38 ARE CLOSE SESSION ITEMS CONSIDERED IN BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY? >> BUDGET CHAIR? >> K. Yaroslavsky: OH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE BNF CONSIDERED 20 THROUGH 38 ON COMMITTEE ON JULY FIRST AND I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THOSE ITEMS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN READ THE DETAILS INTO THE RECORD AND CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. ITEM 20 IN THE CASE ENTITLED 737-747 NORTHWESTERN OPPORTUNITY OWNER LLC VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE PLAINTIFF'S OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. 21 IN THE CASE ENTITLED ESTATE OF A LEJANDRO VALENCIA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. THERE IS A RECOMMEND TICING EXPEND UP TO $600,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 22 IN THE CASE ENTITLED DAKOTA SAW VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $110,000 IN SETTLE. 23 TITLED COVI VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 24 DIANE RIOS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CITY'S ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION. ITEM 25 IN THE CASE ELIAN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $215,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 26 IN THE CASE ENTITLED CHRISTINE HALFLEMAN VERSUS TARZANA TREATMENT CENTERS ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $975,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 27 IN THE CASE ENTITLED GILBERT PENAT VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 28 IN THE CASE ENTITLED HEMENIGALDA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 29 TAMARA BITNER VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $280,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 30 NORMA GONZALEZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 375,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 31 IN THE CASE ENTITLED JOHN NEAL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $500,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 32 IN THE CASE ENTITLED SAIDA, HUSSEIN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 650,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 33 JASON ARMENDOES VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 1.5 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT. IN THE 38 BRENDA VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION UP TO 3,700,184. 19 PLUS INTEREST IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 35 JEFFERY DOUGAN VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATION. ITEM 36 IN THE CASE ENTITLED SYLVIA ALEXAN STRRS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 37 IN THE CASE ENTITLED OCTAGON INCORPORATED THERE IS A REMOVATION TO UP 95,957.54 PLUS INTEREST IN SETTLEMENT. ITEM 38 IN THE CASE ENTITLED GETTY IMAGES U.S. INCORPORATED THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO WAIVE PENALTIES TOTALING TO $107,429.46. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 14 WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 14 WHICH WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT, COUNCIL HAS EITHER PRESENTATIONS OR PUBLIC COMMENT SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS MORNING. WHICH WE'RE VERY VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH CD5s, COUNCILMEMBER 5, 12 AND 9. >> K. Yaroslavsky: GOOD MORNING. >> Council President: GOOD MORNING. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES AND VISITORS. IT'S AN HONOR TO JOIN COUNCILMEMBERS LEE AND PRICE IN RECOGNITION OF A CELEBRATION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER GLOBAL CULTURE AND LOCAL PRIDE AND KOREAN COMMUNITY THAT HELPS MAKES LOS ANGELES SUCH A VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND INCREDIBLE PLACE TO LIVE. K CON HAS LIVED INTO A PHENOMENON AND NO PLACE EMBRACES IT MORE THAN L.A. MANY COUNTRIES AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND CRYPTO ARENA. I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD TO HONOR THE CULTURE OF KOREAN COMMUNITY FROM THE BUSTLING STREETS OF K TOWN, KOREAN CULTURE IS CENTRAL TO WHO WE ARE. KCON IS A CELEBRATION OF IDENTITY, CONNECTION AND JOY. EVERY FAN XHANT IS A THREAD IN THE AT TATA PES TREE THAT MAKES LOS ANGELES, IT'S MORE THAN JUST HONORING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE PAST, IT'S HOW WE CARRY FORWARD THOSE TRADITIONS INTO THE FUTURE. TODAY WE HAVE A PRIVILEGE OF WITNESSING MANY CULTURES THAT LIVE SIDE BY SIDE AND WORK CLOSES. SO FROM OUR PARTNERS, THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EVERY ONE WHO MADE TODAY POSSIBLE, THANK YOU, WE'RE SO PROUD TO WELCOME YOU TO CITY HALL. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM AMAZING STAFF WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTHS. AND MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, THE COUNCILMEMBER FROM THE 12th DISTRICT, JOHN LEE, WHO WILL GUIDE US THROUGH THE REST OF THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR KICKING US OFF AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR JOINING IN THE FESTIVITY. WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE KCON WHICH IS ABOUT THE KOREAN CULTURE BUT THE COMMUNITY WE ALL LIVE IN TODAY. SO WHAT BEGAN AS A LITTLE FESTIVAL WHICH STARTED HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ABOUT A DECADE AGO, HAS GROWN TO THIS PHENOMENON THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IT'S NOT JUST A CULTURE, IT'S A CULTURAL EXCHANGE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER ARTISTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, FANS AND INNOVATORS TO CELEBRATE NOT ONLY THE POWER OF K-POP BUT THE CULTURE, MUSIC, FASHION, FOOD, LANGUAGE AND MORE. IT ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF VISITORS, GENERATED LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND HIGHLIGHTS LOS ANGELES AS THE GLOBAL CULTURAL CAPITAL THAT WE ARE. IF YOU TOLD ME WHEN I WAS A KID, THAT MY RALPH'S MARKET WOULD SOME DAY BE A KOREAN MARKET, I WOULD TELL YOU YOU'RE CRAZY. IF YOU WERE TO TELL ME THAT A KOREAN WOULD ONE DAY WIN BEST PICTURE, I WOULD SAY THE SAME. TV SHOW BECOMING A CULTURAL PHENOMENON AND NOW CELEBRATING THE MUSIC AND CULTURE AT THIS CONVENTION CENTER IS TRULY AMAZING TO ME. AS A KOREAN-AMERICAN WHO HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH THEIR IDENTITY WHO HAD TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE ABOUT KOREAN CULTURE, IT'S GREAT TO GO TO MY FRIEND'S HOUSE AND OPEN THE FRIDGE AND SEE A BOTTLE OF KIMCHI. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE GENERAL CONSUL. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT IN THIS BUILDING, HOW THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS THAT CAPITOL OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HAVING KCON DAY HERE IN LOS ANGELES WHERE WE CELEBRATE ONE OF THE AMAZING CULTURES AND CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH NOT ONLY TO THE POP CULTURE BUT TO THE ECONOMY AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, CURREN PRICE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LEE, I'M GLAD TO JOIN YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AS WE CELEBRATE KCON'S IMPACT HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. AS RENOWNED, IT HAS HELPED BOOST LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ATTRACT TOURISM AND HIGHLIGHT THE ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE KOREAN COMMUNITY. TODAY, AUGUST 1, YOU CAN HEAD OVER TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, AT MY DISTRICT, A DESTINATION THAT WILL BE AT THE GLOBAL CENTER FOR MANY YEARS TO GO AND EXPERIENCE ONE OF A KIND K-POP BAND. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF KCON CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. IT'S A CULTURE EXCHANGE AND ECONOMIC DRIVER AND LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL BEACH. TODAY IS A MULTIMILLION-PARTICIPANT OF ART MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT FASHION AND TECHNOLOGY. AND EVENTS LIKE KCON ARE ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THRIVING WELL RESOURCES CONVENTION CENTERS THAT CAN ATTRACT AND SUPPORT LARGE SCALE HIGH VALUE INTERNATIONAL. THEY CREATE JOBS, AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEY ELEVATE THE GLOBAL PROFILE OF OUR CITY. THE THEY INVESTIGATE AND MAINTAIN THESE VALUES IS NOT ONLY ESSENTIAL BUT ENSURING THAT ANGELINOS BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURE THAT THEY BRING. AND WHILE THIS EVENT LAST A COUPLE OF DAYS, THE BONDS THAT ARE BUILT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES ARE LONG LASTING. SO WE'RE GOING PROUD TO HOST KCON HERE IN CD9 AND WE THANK THE FANS THAT MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE. CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU! [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT WE WANT TO SHOW. BUT BEFORE WE SHOW A VIDEO, I WANT TO INTRODUCE A YOUNG MAN THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, JERRY? CAN YOU SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: I'M JERRY YANG FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, I'M HERE HAVING SERVED THE 2024-2025 L.A. YOUTH PRESIDENT. I WANT TO SAY THAT KCON ALIGNS WITH INCLUSION AND WITH L.A.'S DIVERSE AND GLOBAL' CONNECTED POPULATION AND ADS TO THE MELTING POT THAT WE CALL OUR HOME OF LOS ANGELES. PROMOTES CULTURE EXCHANGES AND MY OWN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. I'VE SEEN HOW K-POP AND OTHER GENRES BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER LIKE THE K-POP DANCE AT MY SCHOOL. AND NOT JUST A CONVERSATION STARTER BUT A CONVERSATION TO DO. PERSONALLY, MY SISTER AND I REALLY ENJOY K-POP AND THE DANCES. IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO BOND AND HAVE FUN WHILE ALSO EXERCISING AND ALTHOUGH I MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE, I UNDERSTAND POSITIVE VIBES AND THE UP SPIRIT. IT ALSO BRINGS CREATIVE AVAILABLE IN THE WORLD WHICH IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT DURING TIMES LIKE THIS WHEN DIVERSITY IS BEING STRIPPED AWAY AND INCLUSION IS BEING UNDER VALUED. KCON AND K-POP INCREASES ASIAN AMERICAN IN MEDIA PROMOTING POSITIVE MESSAGES OF LOVE, CONFIDENCE AND EDUCATION AND DANCING AS A FORM OF EXERCISE. FINALLY, KCON REINFORCED LOS ANGELES AS A ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ROLE THAT LOS ANGELES PLAYS IN ENTERTAINMENT AND AS THE EVER CHANGING LANDSCAPE TRIES TO ENCOMPASS MORE THAN JUST HOLLYWOOD, WE NEED TO CELEBRATE WHAT SETS LOS ANGELES APART P THE PEOPLE AND DIVERSITY. IT'S RARE TO FIND AN EVENT WITH SO MANY CULTURAL BENEFITS SO, WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE KCON L.A. AND ALL IT HAS DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. YANG. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SHORT KCON VIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW. >> ARE YOU READY? YOUR KCON HAS ENTERED THE CHAT. OUR BIGGEST COUNTDOWN YET. SARE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH YOUR IDOL ON DREAM STAGE. GET FACE-TO-FACE WITH YOUR FAVES AT ARTIST STAGE AND MEET AND GREET. DISCOVER RISING STARS HERE AT X-STAGE. DANCE YOUR HEART OUT AT DANCE STAGE. BE THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE KTRENDS K-BEAUTY K-FOOD K-CULTURE AT FESTIVAL GROUNDS. GET READY FOR SPECIAL STAGES ONLY AT KCON. BE THERE, OB HEAR ABOUT IT FOREVER. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: YOU KNOW COLLEAGUES A LOT OF THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT PEOPLE. ATTENTION AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING THESE TYPES OF CONVENTIONS TO OUR ECONOMY. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR VERY OWN GENERAL MANAGER OF CONVENTION TOURS, THERE YOU GO, MR. DON LOU. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THE CITY TOURISM DEPARTMENT AND THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER ARE PROUD TO HOST KCONNOR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT K-CHELA. MORE PEOPLE WILL ATTEND KCON THAN THE SUPER BOWL IN 2027. LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, MORE PEOPLE WILL ATTEND KCON THIS YEAR THAN WILL ATTEND THE SUPER BOWL IN INGLEWOOD IN 2027. THE CONVENTION CENTER HOSTS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THE CONVENTION CENTER HOSTS ALMOST 300 EVENTS A YEAR. MOST OF THE LARGE CONVENTION ROTATE AROUND THE COUNTRY SO WE DON'T GET THEM EVERY YEAR, WE'RE LUCKY IF WE GET EVERY FIVE YEARS. BUT KCON IS SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY COME TO LOS ANGELES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING KCON EVERY YEAR AND WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH KCON TO MAKE SURE THAT'S INKED, WE'RE GOING TO SIGN THIS LONG TERM AGREEMENT WITH KCON. SO ON, IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR, KCON DAY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I WISH YOU K-CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NO STRANGER TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBER, HE'S SOMEBODY THAT I NOT ONLY HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH BUT ALSO YOU. HE'S THE CONSUL FROM KOREA AND WE CAN SAY THAT HIS TIME IN OFFICE, HERE IN LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF KOREAN WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH SO MANY OF US. PLEASE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR CONSUL GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER TOGETHER WITH OUR KOREAN COMMUNITY AND ENTREPRENEURS. I THANK YOU FOR ADOPTING AND RECOGNITION OF KCON HAS SPECIAL MEETINGS NOT ONLY TO KOREAN AND ANGELINOS BUT WORLDWIDE FANS OF ALL AGES AND ALL DIFFERENT BACK GROUNDS AND ALL ETHNICITIES. L.A., THE CITY OF L.A. IS A SYMBOL OF GLOBAL POP CULTURE AND WITH A RESOLUTION, YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN HAVE SHOWN A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO EMBRACE MULTI CULTURISM. I HOPE KCON WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PLATFORM TO CELEBRATE UNITE AND DIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND ENCOURAGING CULTURAL EXCHANGES WITH PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BACK GROUNDS. AND I HOPE THE CITY REINFORCES THE UNITY THAT KCONCRETED OR TO REACH OUT EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY. AGAIN, I EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO EACH COUNCILMEMBERS FOR PROVIDING THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR KOREAN CULTURE AND OUR KOREAN PEOPLE AND ORGANIZING THIS PLANNED CEREMONY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, CONSUL GENERAL. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE MORE PROMO VIDEO THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW. >> Speaker: C.J., KOREAN FOOD, FUELING THE NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND INVENTING EDGE BIOTECH SOLUTIONS FOR A HEALTHIER SOLUTIONS. WE'VE BEEN PROUD TO BE PART OF A AMERICAN STORY. CREATING 13,500 JOBS AND INVESTING 6 BILLION DOLLARS, WE ARE C.J., PARTNERING WITH AMERICA TO BUILD A STRONGER FUTURE. >> J. Lee: C.J. AMERICA HAS A LOT OF THINGS, KCON AND SOME OF THE T SHOULD BESINGER SHOWS THAT WE HAVE AND I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY WHO OBVIOUSLY PLAYS AN ENORMOUS PART OF THAT, IT'S C.J. AMERICA CEO. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL AND ESTEEMED CONSTITUENTS. IT'S PROFOUND HONOR AS KCON IS RECOGNIZED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT IS INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL TO ALL OF US AT C.J. FIRST YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER JOHN LEE, COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY AND COUNCILMEMBER CURREN PRICE FOR SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION AND HIGHLIGHTING KCON'S ROLE AS A KOREAN POP CULTURE CONVENTION. I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE CONSUL OF KOREA. L.A. DISTRICT OFFICE, L.A. CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND L.A. ECONOMIC CORPORATION, THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CITY OF L.A., THE L.A. TOURISM DEPARTMENT AND THE L.A. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. KCON GROWTH SUCCESS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR UNWAIVERING SUPPORT. KCON BEGAN HERE IN LOS ANGELES WITH A DREAM TO SHARE THE KOREAN CULTURE WITH THE AUDIENCE. BACK THEN, KPOP WAS MAINSTREAM. COULD K-POP CULTURE TRULY RESONATE WITH AUDIENCES. BUT OCTOBER 13 YEARS AGO, SEEING THOUSANDS OF FANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, SINGING IN KOREAN, WE KNEW WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL. KCON HAS SINCE GROWN MORE THAN TEN-FOLD, REACHING A RECORD-BREAKING 9.5 MILLION FANS, INCLUDING ONLINE VIEWERS THANKS TO THE BROADCAST ON THE CW NETWORK. FOR 13 UNFORGETTABLE YEARS, KCON HAS BEEN THE LAUNCH FOR K-POP ARTIST. ON 2013, COLLABORATED WITH MISS ELLIOT RIGHT HERE IN KCON. AS A FESTIVAL FOR KOREAN POP CULTURE, KCON IS MORE THAN A MUSIC CONCERT. IT'S A CELEBRATION OF KOREAN FOOD, BEAUTY AND ENTERTAINMENT. IT'S A PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL AND CULTURES MEET AND CONNECT AND GROW TOGETHER AND LOS ANGELES MADE THIS POSSIBLE. CALIFORNIA HAS PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THIS JOURNEY. OF THE 30 PLUS STATES, C.J. PARTICIPATES IN, CALIFORNIA IS HOME OF THE LARGEST HOMEWORK WITH MORE THAN 1500 EMPLOYEES, C.J. LOGITICS, AND MRAX AMERICA AND HEADQUARTERS AND MORE. WE ALSO PROUD TO RUN TWO FOOD PLANTS IN VERMONT AND FULLERTON. CARRYING THE SPIRIT OF L.A. AND ENERGY OF KOREAN CULTURE TO THE CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD, INCLUDING THAILAND, SAUDI ARABIA AND FRANCE JUST TO NAME A FEW. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO KCON, I INVITE YOU, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER. BUT OUR WORK HERE IS FAR FROM OVER. THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT KCON HAS MADE TO L.A. AND TO CALIFORNIA ARE JUST THE BEGINNING. OUR VISION IS TO MAKE KCON A CULTURE LANDMARK AND EXPORT THAT CONTINUES TO EXPIRE AND GENERATE JOBS AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH THE POWER OF KOREAN CULTURE. WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO KEEP BUILDING TOGETHER. IF THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED JUST OVER A DECADE, IMAGINE WHAT THE NEXT TEN YEARS CAN BRING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> J. Lee: AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE. >> J. Lee: SO I HOPE YOU ALL JOIN US AT KCON THIS WEEKEND. I KNOW ME AND MY FAMILY WILL BE THERE TODAY. IT'S A GREAT EVENT BUT IT'S DWRAIT TO CELEBRATE OUR CULTURE. WHAT IS IT THAT WE SAY EVERY YEAR. LET'S KCON! >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COME ON EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. TODAY WE'RE JOINED BY THE 2025, MS. CHINA QUEEN COURT AND MANY OF THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. COME ON, ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY RIGHT HERE. TODAY'S PRESENTATION CELEBRATES HERITAGE, IDENTITY AND LEADERSHIP. AS A COUNCILMEMBER FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 AND PROUD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHINA TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S MY PLEASURE TO UPLIFT THESE YOUNG LEADERS AS THEY STEP INTO THEIR POWER CAN CARRY THEIR LEGACY. YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM TODAY HE'S LEADERS. A GOOD FRIEND, CHESTER CHONG WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AMY WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. TOM ANG, CHAIR OF THE QUEEN CON TEST. I HOPE THAT BY THE END OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, MORE PEOPLE WALK AWAY WITH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF WHAT MISS LOS ANGELES XHIEN A TOWN PAGEANT MEANS TO THE CITY. WITH THAT, I'LL PRESENT TOM ANG WHO WILL PRESENT A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT THIS YEAR'S COURT. PLEASE, TOM, JOIN US. >> Speaker: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , MEMBERS OF THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M A NATIVE ANGELINO, SO I'M PROUD OF OUR CITY AND WE TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY AND MAKE IT ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. HERE'S A VIDEO SHOWING SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF CHINA TOWN THIS YEAR. I HOPE YOU ENJOY AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. >> Speaker: MS. L.A. CHINA TOWN EMBODY THE BEAUTY AND PRIDE AND CULTURE OF CHINESE COMMUNITY. UPLIFTING THE NEXT GENERATION. FOR ALMOST 60 YEARS, THE MISS L.A. CHINA TOWN HAS CELEBRATED NOT ONLY CULTURE BUT LEADERSHIP FOSTERING. THROUGH THE CHAMBER COMMERCE OF LOS ANGELES, THE QUEEN AND HER COURT VOLUNTEER INCLUDING TOY DRIVES, ELEMENTARY YOUTH VISITS AND YOUTH OUT REACH. THE COURT ALSO ORGANIZES THE LITTLE KING AND QUEEN CONTEST CELEBRATING THE YOUTH OF THEIR COMMUNITY WITH THEIR CULTURAL PRIDE, THESE CHILDREN GAIN CONFIDENCE AND LEARN ABOUT TRADITION AND FORGE LASTING RELATIONSHIP. THE MISSION OF MS. L.A. CHINA TOWN IS TO UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACTS OF SERVICE HONORING THE PAST WHILE INSPIRING THE FUTURE. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TOM. AND WOW, IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE YOUNG LEADERS THAT ARE STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF STRONG LEGACY IN CHINA TOWN. IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, WE KNOW HOW HARD IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HAVE BUILT TO LAST. SO WITH YOU YOUNG ONES DO THAT, IT'S SO PRECIOUS. I'VE WALKED THE STREETS OF CHINA TOWN, I'VE SEEN THE IMPACT THAT THIS CHAMBER HAS ON LEGACY, PRESERVING THE TRADITION AND COMMUNITY. WHAT INSPIRED ME THE MOST IS THE YOUNG PEOPLE STANDING WITH US TODAY, ARE DOING THE SAME, THEY'RE ASKING THE SAME IMPORTANT, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT CHINA TOWN STAYS AFFORDABLE HOER FAMILIES, WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TO KEEP THE STREETS SAFE FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS. THOSE QUESTIONS MATTER AND THE LEADERSHIP OF MS. CHINA TOWN COURT MEANS THE FUTURE OF CHINA TOWN EXAMINE OUR CITY IS IN GOOD HANDS. NOW PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CHESTER CHONG TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER ON THIS. IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO ON BEHALF OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF LOS ANGELES, EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ AND LONG TERM SUPPORT. OUR CHAMBER, IN LOS ANGELES, FOR 127 YEARS. WE ALWAYS BEEN DEDICATED TO CONNECTING COMMUNITY, SERVING SOCIETY AND PROMOTING THE CULTURE. LOOKING FORWARD, WE HAVE FUTURE, CITY OF LOS ANGELES, COUNCIL CITY 1 HERNANDEZ AND MAKING EFFORT TO MORE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. THANK YOU. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. MY NAME IS NINA KO, AND I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO SERVE AS THE 2025, MISS LOS ANGELES CHINA TOWN QUEEN. [APPLAUSE] I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN MARINO AND NOW IN USC, I WILL GRADUATE IN THE SPRING AND I PLAN TO PURSUE A MASTERS DEGREE AFTERWARDS. GROWING UP. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SURROUNDED BY A STRONG COMMUNITY MY PARENTS HAVE INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEERING AND SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATIONS. BEING RAISED IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IS WHAT INSPIRED ME TO DO THE MISS CHINA TOWN PAGEANT. I TRAVEL WITH MY FAMILY. I BELIEVE IN WORKING HARD AND BEING DETERMINED BUT ALSO IN HAVING FUN AND STAYING POSITIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND FOR SUPPORTING OUR WORK AS CULTURAL AMBASSADORS. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: YEAH! >> Speaker: HELLO GOO MORNING, I'M YOUR 2025, MISS LOS ANGELES CHINA TOWN, FIRST PRINCESS. THANK YOU. I GREW UP IN THE VIBRANT COMMUNITIES OF WEST HOLLYWOOD AND SHERMAN OAKS. I'M THE OLDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN, I HAVE A CAT AND BUNNY AND TWO TURTLES AND I'M DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF ACADEMY OF L.A. IN ENCINO. WE PUT UP PERFORMANCES FOR OUR COUNCILS ALL THE TIME. I'M PROUD OF MY SOUND OF MUSIC AND NUTCRACKER WAS BALLET WHICH WAS HOSTED BY THE AUDITORIUM THERE. IN THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE, I'M DEVELOPING MY FIRST LINE UP OF UNCOVERING NEW JOBS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WHICH IN A TIME IN SILICON VALLEY IS AUTOMATED A LOT OF JOBS LIKE THAT, THIS IS CONSIDERED ETHICAL AI, I HOPE TO DEVELOP THAT FOR MY GENERATION Z. AND GROWING UP, OFTEN THE ONLY CHINESE AMERICAN IN THE ROOM, I RECEIVED A LOT OF HOSTILITY. MY FAMILY AND I ATTEMPTED THREATS AND VIOLENCE. THIS PROUD IS ABOUT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ASIAN AMERICANS. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. MY NAME IS JANET CHANG AND I AM THE SECOND PRINCESS AND MS. FRIENDSHIP OF THE MISS LOS ANGELES CHINA TOWN COURTS. THANK YOU. I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. I RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM USC WITH MY BACHELOR BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND I WORK AT A UNICO AS BUSINESSMANAGEMENT. OUTSIDE OF WORK, I TRULY ENJOY EXPRESSING MY CREATIVITY, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH FASHION OR BEAUTY AND ONE THING THAT I VALUE IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO WITH THAT, BEING IN THE LOS ANGELES CHINA TOWN COURT HAS BEEN MEANINGFUL TO ME. THIS HAS GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SO MANY EVENTS AND CONNECT WITH MY CULTURE AND OF COURSE UPLIFT THOSE IN MY COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER GENERATION. TODAY I'M SUPER SUPER PROUD TO BE ALONGSIDE MY COURT SISTERS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MICHELLE BEAUPONT I'M THE THIRD PRINCESS. THIS PAGEANT IS MORE THAN JUST SITTING STILL AND LOOKING PRETTY. I THINK GROWING UP, I'VE BEEN VERY IN TOUCH WITH THE CULTURE BUT IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY, THIS ORGANIZATION HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF BRINGING US CLOSER AND BEING THE FIGURE HEADS OF THE COMMUNITY. LETTING US WORK ONE ON ONE AND LETTING US SEE THE POLITICAL TENSIONS DOMESTICALLY. I GO TO UCLA I STUDY GLOBAL STUDIES AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS WITH THE MIX OF ECON AND GOING TO STUDY ABROAD IN LONDON SOON, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE HOW THEY LINE UP INTERNATIONALLY. BUT YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M TARINA I'M FOURTH PRINCESS. AS A GRADUATE FROM NORTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE I WORK AS A PARALEGAL AS A FIRM AND IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE TO ONE DAY OWN MY OWN BUSINESS OR WORK IN POLICY. AS A VIETNAMESE AMERICAN, I'M PROUD TO HAVE GROWN IN SAN GABRIEL. I'M SO BLESSED AND FORTUNATE TO HAVE GROWN-UP IN SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY WHERE WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE OUR CULTURE BACKGROUND AND ETHNICITY. AND I HOPE TO ONE DAY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE JUNGER GENERATION AND HONOR OUR CULTURE AND ANCESTORS, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDED THIS PLATFORM FOR ALL OF US TO REALLY EMBRACE OUR CULTURE. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOTIVATE THE YOUNGER GENERATE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR INVITING TO CITY HALL. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. MY FRAME IS TROY CHUNG I'M 8 YEARS OLD AND I'LL BE A THIRD GRADER. AT MONTHMORENGO. MY FRIEND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE AND I'M GLAD TO READ HER WORDS. I'LL BE STARTING 7th GRADE AT SIERRA MADRE. I LOVE ACTING AND DANCING. I'M HONORED TO BE PART OF THE COURT. I'M VERY PROUD OF MY CHINESE HERITAGE. THANK YOU, LENA. NOW ABOUT MYSELF. I'VE BEEN SAYING SINCE I WAS 5 YEARS OLD AND ALSO PRACTICE KUNG-FU. MY FOLKS LIVE IN CHINA TOWN AND I LOVE CHINA TOWN. AND THE COMMUNITY I REPRESENTATIVE AS LITTLE KING, THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI. MY NAME IS JACOB LEE, THE 2025 LITTLE PRINCE. I'M NINE YEARS OLD AND GOING INTO FOURTH GRADE ATLEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THESE ARE SOME ACTIVITIES I LIKE TO DO. THEATER, KARATE AND THEATER SHOW. I I'VE ENJOYED BEING LITTLE PRINCE THIS YEAR. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI EVERY ONE I'M KATELIN LEE I'M THE 2025 LITTLE PRINCESS. I'M 12 JAZZER --YEARS OLD AND I'M GOING TO 7th GRADE. THE FUN ACTIVITIES THAT I LIKE TO DO IS THEATER, SPORTS AND DANCE. I HAVE BEEN DANCING EVER SINCE I WAS THREE YEARS OLD. AND I SERVED ADD SECOND LIEUTENANT ON DANCE TEAM ELEMENTARY. I'M HONORED AND THANKFUL TO BE THE LITTLE PRINCESS THIS YEAR. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MEME. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M MIMI, I'M ONE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN LOS ANGELES. MY ROOTS RUN VERY DEEP IN CD1 IN CHINA TOWN. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. MY FATHER ACTUALLY, I'M CONSIDERED A LEGACY BECAUSE MY FATHER ACTUALLY WAS PRESIDENT AS WELL AS REPRESENTING OTHER CABINET POSITIONS SINCE I WAS A CHILD. ALSO, YOU MIGHT KNOW MY DAD'S RESTAURANTS, HUNG KONG LO AND THE INFAMOUS KUNG CAFE. HERE I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF OUR LEGACY EVENTS THAT ARE COMING IN THE YEAR OF 2026. OUR LITTLE ONING IS A LITTLE QUEEN AND KING CONTEST ON DECEMBER 6th OF THIS YEAR AND HOSTED BY OUR LOS ANGELES CHINA TOWN COURT. THAT HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE A LOT OF YOU IN ATTENDANCE. OUR NEXT EVENT WILL BE OUR 2026 MISS LOS ANGELES PAGEANT WHERE WE AGAIN WILL BE SEARCHING FOR A GROUP OF YOUNG ARTICULATE WOMEN TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIRDLY OUR EVENT ON FEBRUARY 21, WILL BE OUR 127 ANNUAL GOLDEN DRAGON PARADE, WHICH I HAVE THE HONOR OF CHAIRING THIS YEAR. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALL ATTEND. I INVITE ALL OF YOU. YOU CAN CHEER ON COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AS SHE RIDES BY IN HER CONVERTIBLE WAVING TO THE AUDIENCE. I AM SO HONORED THAT YOU HAVE INVITED US HERE TO PARTICIPATE, TO PRESENT OUR COURT. IT REALLY IS TRULY AN HONOR AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU 2026 IN CHINA TOWN AS WE USHER IN THE YEAR OF THE HORSE. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU TO OUR PRESIDENTS. NOW I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY. LOOK, I HAVE TPs, THE PRINCE HAD NO TPs, AND THAT IS THE QUALITY OF, I FEEL INVESTMENT. THEY KEEP ASKING, THEY ASK HOW DO YOU SPEAK PUBLICLY WITHOUT BE SCARED. WELL FIRST OF ALL, I'M ALWAYS SCARED BUT, IT TAKES INVESTMENT ON YOUR PART, FOR YOURSELVES AND YOUR CULTURE AND YOUR COMMUNITIES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I NO TAKES BOTH SIDES TO GET TO THAT PLACE WHERE YOU CAN DELIVER WITHOUT FEAR, WITHOUT NEEDING TALKING POINTS AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHO HAS BUILT A PROGRAM THAT EMPOWERS YOUNG WOMEN EXAMINE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HERE WITH THE LITTLE KING AND QUEEN COURT AS WELL. SXL THIS PROGRAM HAS SINCE 1963, THEY'VE BEEN MAKING THESE INVESTMENTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. IF WE CAN DO THAT. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> M. Rodriguez: LET ME LET THEM TAKE THEIR PHOTO REAL QUICK. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MS. HERNANDEZ FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHINA TOWN CHAMBER. AND I THINK YOU NAILED IT ON THE HEAD. THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WELL ROUNDED NATURE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING CELEBRATED AND HONORED HERE TODAY, YOU MAKE NOT ONLY YOUR COMMUNITY PROUD YOU MAKE US ALL PROUD. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, AND OF COURSE THESE YOUNG PRINCES AS THE GROW AND FILL THOSE CROWNS. THOSE CROWNS, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY ON THEIR HEAD. BUT AS THEY GROW TO FILLING THOSE CROWNS, I LOOK AT ALL OF YOU COLLECTIVELY, CAN KNOW THAT WE'RE IN REALLY GREAT HANDS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAINTAINING THE CULTURAL CENTERPIECE WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, GROWING UP THERE USED TO BE THIS IDEA THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS A MELTING POT. AND I ALWAYS FELT, THAT WAS A WRONG WAY TO DESCRIBE US. WE'RE NOT ALL HERE TO MELT TOGETHER AND LOSE OUR CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHAT WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY GREAT. WE'RE LEER TO PRESERVE THE STORIES AND HISTORIES AND THE CULTURAL RICHNESS OF EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES. CHINA TOWN AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN CHINA TOWN AND ALL THE RESIDENTS IN CHINA TOWN HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN CELEBRATING CHINESE CULTURE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT'S THROUGH THE PRESERVATION IN RECOGNIZING ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE SO ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS THAT HAVE BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'S CELEBRATING THE ADVANCEMENT AND THE CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHAT EACH OF YOU BRING. WE DON'T LOSE OURSELVES IN THIS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR OUR CITY. BECAUSE EACH OF US BRINGS IN OUR CULTURES, SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE THAT THROUGH FOOD, THROUGH MUSIC, AND CULTURE CELEBRATIONS, WE ALL GET TO ENJOY ALL OF THAT TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NO SMALL FEAT THAT IN A DOESING TO BEING A BUSINESS OWNER, IS A LOT OF WORK. BUT YOU WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY, I WANT TO THANK MS. HERNANDEZ FOR BEING A SUPPORTER OF THIS, THAT'S WHAT MAKES LOS ANGELES UNIQUELY WHO WE ARE. IT'S THE CELEBRATION AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE DIAPORA THAT HAVE GONE INTO MONTEREY PARK, THAT'S OKAY, WE'RE ALL HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, TO CELEBRATE WHO WE ARE. AND THAT'S EACH OF OUR CULTURES REPRESENTED SO BEAUTIFULLY BUT IN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY REPRESENTED BY YOU ALL. MY THANKS TO YOU FOR BRINGING THIS IN TODAY. IT'S JUST A REMINDER THAT WE SHARE THE SAME STRUGGLES AND THE PRESERVATION OF EACH OF OUR UNIQUENESS IS WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. WE'RE NOT HERE TO MELT A NEW ROAD, WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE AND UPLIFT THE CULTURAL TRADITIONS. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL BLUMENFIELD. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR HONORING THIS EXCELLENT XWRAOUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBER. YOU KNOW, I ADMIRE YOU ALL SO MUCH, BECAUSE I FAILED TO BECOMING MILL MS. PHILIPPINE. IT IS EXCITING FOR YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT WE BELONG THIS. AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU! [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU AND TO CLOSE OUT, COLLEAGUES WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THE 2025 COURT AND SMALLE KING AND QUEEN OF 2025 AND TO MIMI FOR ALL THEY'VE BEEN DOING HERE. THANK YOU SO*FP. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL CAN GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, NO OTHER ITEMS TO TAKE UP BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU CAN READ THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. CHAIR. 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 TWO MINUTES TOTAL FOR ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE REASONS IS THERE IS ONLY TWO ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR AGAIN STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEM OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE 1 AND ITEMS 19. AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, AND ITEM 19. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE WILL HOLD YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETER IS INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERY ONE ELSE. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, THE ORDER IN WHICH WE CALL PEOPLE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS AT RANDOM. THIS IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO IT IS NOT GENERALLY IN THE ORDER WHERE YOU SIGNED UP. SO IN ORDER TO RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE WILL ASK THAT YOU WAIT UNDER THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP BEFORE LINING UP. AND AT THAT POINT, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE. I'LL BEGIN CALLING NAMES. CANDIDO. MATT. >> City Attorney: SO AGAIN, IF YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, YOU CAN LINE UP IN ANY ORDER ON YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THEY WILL BE CALLED OUT IN SMALLER BATCHES. SO IF YOU CAN REREAD THE NAMES, REALLY QUICK JUST IN CASE PEOPLE COULDN'T HEAR. >> Clerk: CANNEDIDO, KS AND MATT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, THERE IS SOME THINGS AS MIRACLES. CANDIDO MARES, 1 AND 19 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: OUR 1-5 REPRESENTATIVE IS INVOLVED IN, I LOVE TO BE PART OF THAT TOO. HE PROTECTS HIS PEOPLE IN THE 15, AND RECENTLY ALEX PADILLA CAME OUT AND HE'S GOING TO HELP THE LATINO COMMUNITY. BUT IN 1995, WE CAME HERE, 20 SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE LOCAL AREA, PUT UP 20,000 TO EDUCATE MINORITY AND NOBODY DID ANYTHING. AND HERE THEY ARE SUFFERING ALMOST 25 YEARS LATER. SO, MR. PADILLA, THANK YOU BUT YOU'RE A FEW YEARS LATE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GREAT FIRES. I HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE RESTED AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TWO HOR UBL FIRES AND THEN, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE THIRD ONE TO TAKE PLACE, THE PORTER RANCH CITY COUNCIL NEGLECTED FIRE! AND HERE ARE THE PICTURES, FOLKS. >> City Attorney: MR. CANDIDO. >> Speaker: I WANT YOUR ATTENTION. >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, OR GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'LL NEVER BE DISRESPECTFUL SIR. BUT THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. YOU FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE CRY BABIES AND TELLING US, OH MY GOD, WE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING. THIS WAS ON FOURTH OF JULY, THEY TOOK SOME OF THE BIGGEST FIREWORKS AND WENT UP ON RESEDA AMONG ALL OF THESE WEEDS. AND WHAT DID YOU DO? NOTHING! SO THE NEXT WILL BE KNOWN AS THE PORTER RANCH CITY COUNCIL NEGLECTED FIRE. BECAUSE YOU FOLKS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. YOU WILL NOT REINSTALL THE RESTRICTED PARKING. THEY'RE THROWING OUT CIGARETTES THERE IS BEEN TWO SMALL FIRES AND THEN YOU DO NOTHING. BUT WHEN THE FIRES HAPPEN, YOU'LL GO INTO THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE US YOUR SYMPATHY AND YOU WILL NOT DO SHIT. AND I'M TIRED OF THIS HAPPENING. THERE IS A BIG DISASTER GOING ON IN PORTER RANCH AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE! THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY, YOU NEED TO VACATE THE PODIUM, I KNOW YOU COME OFF, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE SERGEANT. PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS KATIE AND I HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT I WILL NOT START MY TIME UNTIL I HAVE EVERY ONE'S ATTENTION. >> City Attorney: THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. >> Speaker: DO NOT START MY TIME UNTIL I HAVE NOBODY'S TIME. NO YOU RESTART THAT. I TOOK OFF WORK, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS WORK FOR US. AND NOBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION. HI. HI. YOU WORK FOR US! AND WE HAVE A COMMENT, WE NEED YOU TO LISTEN. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS TYPICALLY, PARKS AND REC IS YOUR JOB, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS. WE'RE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY THE MAYOR DECLARED THAT AND WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR ATTENTION. YOU HAD A SUMMER BREAK. DON'T ROLL YOUR FUCKEN EYES AT ME. YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT, IN TWO WEEKS, IS BACK TO SCHOOL SESSION. 50 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT FEELING SAFE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. SEATTLE THEIR POLICE CHIEF INSTRUCTED THEIR POLICE TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS. WHY CAN'T YOU! WHY CAN'T THE LAPD BE ON OUR SIDE. WE WANT LAPD ON OUR SIDE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER, WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. PLEASE MAKE WAY FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE NOW DISRUPTING THE MEETING BECAUSE WE CANNOT CONTINUE WITH COMMENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE SUBMIT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, YOU CAN DO TO ONLINE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WARN THE GENTLEMAN IN RED WHO WAS YELLING OUT WHEN I WAS TRYING TO ISSUE INSTRUCTIONS. SIR, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. JOHN G. >> City Attorney: AND ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE. >> Clerk: YES. THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 6 FOR ONE WEEK AND THAT WOULD BE TO AUGUST 8th, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> City Attorney: OKAY. ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER? >> Speaker: YES, ITEM NUMBER 1, ITEM 19, AND--. >> City Attorney: TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY DANA. START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> Council President: PARDON ME SIR, WHAT LANGUAGE ARE YOU SPEAKING? PARDON ME, WHAT LANGUAGE ARE YOU SPEAKING? IF YOU CANNOT TELL US, I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT YOU'RE OFF TOPIC. >> Speaker: [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SMOKING SCAN FOR THE WARNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY DANA FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VERY APPRECIATED. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SMOKING SCAN, DISCRIMINATION ISSUES THAT MY FRIEND DANA SAID THAT SHE ONLY LIKES OUR 24-INCH CITY ATTORNEY AND DOES NOT LIKE THREE-INCH SHRIMP. THAT REALLY HURTS MY FEELING. I BELIEVE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND I BELIEVE NOBODY SHOULD BE DISCRIMINATED JUST BECAUSE I'M TRANSGENDER, JUST BECAUSE I'M ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, JUST BECAUSE I'M THREE-TIME RECIPIENT AWARD, TRANSGENDER OF THE YEAR, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. SO I MAKE SURE THAT MY DANA, CAN LOOK AT ME, NOT ONLY HER FAVORITE 24-INCH CITY ATTORNEY. EVERY ONE, EQUALITY. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. A LEJANDRO, EDDIE EXAMINE KATHY. >> City Attorney: SO AGAIN IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED, OR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LINE UP IN THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO FIGHT FOR STRANGERS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES WHO ARE TARGETED FOR THEIR ACCENT, THEIR SKIN COLOR. I'M ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS AT PROTEST, THIS PROTEST HAS BROUGHT A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN THE TIME OF CRUELTY AND PURE EVIL. HEY GUYS, ARE YOU LISTENING? PADILLA? SOTO, RODRIGUEZ, PLEASE LISTEN TO ME. REPRESENTATIVE JIMMY GOMEZ, VISITED US, HE SAW THE COMMUNITY WE'RE BUILDING AND HE INVITED US TO A TOWN HALL. I PLEA THAT YOU INVITE US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU. I INVITE TO COME TO 535 ALAMEDA TO SEE WHAT WE'RE BUILDING. WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO CREATE A COMMUNITY WITH YOU GUYS. PLEASE REACH OUT TO US, PLEASE SHOW UP TO 535 ALAMEDA. PLEASE COME VISIT US, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, KAREN, NORMA AND JULIAN ALEXANDER McCARA. >> City Attoey: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M KATHY I'M A PARALEGAL AND PART OF A PROTEST IN ALAMEDA BUT ONE OF ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ALWAYS VOTES. YOU SEE HOW WE KEEP SHOWING UP EVEN AFTER YOU VIOLATE, AND YOU, LAPD BEAT US, BRUISE US AND ARREST US AND MAKE US BLEED. WE KEEP COMING BACK AND SHOWING UP, YOU KNOW WHY? WE'RE NOT AFRAID? AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE? WE STILL SHOW UP. OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND OUR LOVE FOR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY ALWAYS OVERPOWER ANY FEAR THAT WE HAVE YOU, LAPD AND DHS AND ANY FEDERAL AGENTS. REMINDER SINCE YOU NEED TO BE REMINDED, OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT SUPERCEDES, YOU WILL NEVER KILL OUR SPIRITS AND THAT IS POWERFUL. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE LEAVE THE PODIUM. NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON. PREVIOUS SPEAKER IN THE BLUE AND WHITE TOP, THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING, PLEASE THIS IS FORMAL WARNING. GO AHEAD STAFFER. GO AHEAD CALL ADDITIONAL NAMES. >> Clerk: TAYLOR AND WILL DALIA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M DISCUSSING GENERAL COMMENT, JULIAN ALEXANDER. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: ONE MINUTE. I HAD A PREARRANGED SPEECH WITH THE ACTIONS OF THIS COUNCIL, OF MR. LEE SMILING AND OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, ROLLING HIS HANDS AS HE DID TO THE YOUNG LADY, WHICH SHE'S TALKING HER HEART OUT. YOUR ACTIONS ARE MODELED THROUGHOUT YOUR STAFF, THROUGHOUT YOUR PEERS AND YOU ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LARGEST CITY IN THE WEST COAST. ENTITLEMENT, ENTITLEMENT IS NOT AN OPTION IF YOU'RE GETTING REELECTED. ALLOW, PLEASE FOR GOD'S GRACE TO ANSWER YOUR HEART SO YOU CAN FIND HUMILITY. OUR ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE BEEN DOING YOUR WORK AND MAINTAINING THE COMMUNITY AND BACKBONE. WE NEED ASSET AND RESOURCES AND ASSETS FROM YOUR OFFICE TO SEE CONTINUE PEOPLE BEING FED, CLOTHED AND HYGIENE. THAT'S IT. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. CHARLIE. ANDREW GRABNER. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, I BELIEVE IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. PLEASE MOVE TO THE PODIUM AND BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU'RE NOT READY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, AND TAKE YOU AFTERWARDS. UNDERSTOOD, BUT HE DOES NOT NEED TO BRING UP ALL OF HIS TIME. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S 1 AND 19. >> Speaker: YEAH, TOURISM. HONG KONG, CHING AND CHONG, CHONG WONG, DO DO. >> City Attorney: SO THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. YOU NEED TO STICK TO THE JEND ITEMS. --AGENDA ITEMS. >> Speaker: WE NEED COMMISSIONER TO REPORT TO OUR DUTY TO APPROVE PRESENT, FEBRUARY PHC, ALL C, LOS ANGELES, MAN PORT LOS ANGELES SHERIFF. WELL FUCK! DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTS TARIFFS AND I SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP! MORE TARIFFS, MORE TARIFFS. AND THEN GOING ON TO 19 ON SAFETY NOW THAT I'M HEARD AND I GOT YOUR ATTENTION, THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MANNER OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS NOT COMMUNITY SAFETY BECAUSE IF COMMUNITY SAFETY WAS A CONCERN, RIGHT SMOKING SCAN? SMOKING SCAN? RIGHT? WE HAVE THIS ISSUE HERE, REGARDING THE MAYOR, WHAT DOES SHE DO ABOUT THE 405 FREEWAY FIRES? WHERE WAS HER CONCERN OF SAFETY THEN? THE SAMBO, BLACK MAYOR WAS DOING CACA I'LL TRANSLATE. GOOGLE GOOGLE GOOGLE, SHIT! SHE HASN'T DONE SHIT, JUST LIKE THE REST OF YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHITS. 42 USC, POLITELY, FUCK YOU HONG KONG DOG EATER AND YOUR KOREAN DOG SOUP. NOW TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: BRANDON BURKE VERSUS OHIO, 395 U.S. 44, 1969, SMOKING SCAN, I'M GOING TO READ IT INTO MY RECORD, IT'S MY POLITICAL RIGHT. IT'S HERE, IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO EXERCISE THAT RIGHT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, SMOKING SCAN. OH. THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE HOW FAR IS THE NIGGER GOING TO YEAH. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO THE NIGGERS, A DIRTY NIGGER, SEND THE JEWS BACK TO ISRAEL. >> Council President: MADAM CLERK, PLEASE PAUSE HIS TIME. YOU HAVE USED THE "N" WORD THIS IS YOUR ONLY WORD, THAT MAY NOT BE USED AGAIN IN ANY FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS IF YOU VIOLATE RULE 7 AGAIN BY USING THIS WORD YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL PURSUANT TO RULE 7 AND 12. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE RESUME THIS PERSON'S TIME. >> Speaker: SO YOU WANT ME TO FUCK ME ON MY PRESENTATION ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT DAWSON AND THE REST OF YOU 15 CLOWNS, LET ME BEND OVER NOW, AND GET FUCKED. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO THE PUBLIC. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. YOU KNOW YOU CAN RETURN IT TO THE SERGEANTS. PLEASE VACATE THE PODIUM SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE'S PATIENCE. CERTAINLY THE VIEWS THAT ARE STATED DO NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE CITY OF THIS BODY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OR ANY STAFF. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED PATIENCE. GOOD MORNING, MEMBER, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M SORRY, CAN YOU TELL ME THE ITEMS AGAIN PLEASE. >> City Attorney: IT'S A LOT TO FOLLOW. 1 AND 19. >> Speaker: OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE EXEMPTION. ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: SO WE HAVE A CEQA EXEMPTION, CEQA IS ONE OF THOSE LAWS THAT DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING UNTIL THEY WANT IT TO MEAN SOMETHING, LIKE THEY'RE DOING HERE FROM EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE A TARIFF ALL THE WAY TO DEVELOPMENTS, THEY DO CEQA EX SEM MANISINGS, --EXEMPTIONS, NOW DO YOU NEED CEQA TO COLLECT, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY DO CATEGORCAL, THEY DO IT FOR DEVELOPMENTS TOO. WHICH WOULD YOU THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THESE EXEMPTIONS. THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS SUPERCEDING STATE LAW. THE OTHER ITEMS, ITEM NUMBER 19, AND, THAT'S FOR COMMUNITY HIP PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE COMMUNITY REALLY SAFE IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY COME IN HERE FROM THE AREAS AND HOW THEY BROUGHT THE PROBLEM. IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY, YOU CAN STOP SENDING THEM TO PLACES WHERE THEY'RE NOT NEEDED. LESS THAN ONE HALF PERCENT OF THE PUBLIC WILL STEP THROUGH THESE DOORS AND YOU DON'T LISTEN TO THEM WHEN THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR ISSUES. NOW WHY DO YOU SEND COPS WHERE THEY'RE NOT NEEDED? THIS COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM CAN BE ENHANCED BY PUTTING IN SOME KIND OF THING, THAT FORCES THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO SIT HERE AND FACE THE PUBLIC, TO LOOK UP FROM THEIR PHONES EXAMINE SNACKS LIKE HOW THEY'RE DOING NOW, LIKE ALL KIDS IN A CLASS IN 2025. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO A GENTLEMAN SUMA DOG, HE WAS COMING HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS. AND HE'S A FUCKEN LEGEND, A FREE SPEECH WARRIOR AND HE INSPIRED ME AND COUNTLESS OF OTHERS. I THOUGHT WE NEEDED SUMA DOG RIGHT NOW. HE GOT SOME BAD MEDICAL EXPENSES AND SMOKING SCAN, PLEASE HELP ME OUT, I NEVER ASKED ANYBODY FOR ANYBODY. HE LIVES IN LOS ANGELES AND HE'S GOT A LOT OF TROUBLE. A PAYPAL PP @ SUMA DOG WITH TWO Gs. >> City Attorney: YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WITHIN THE JURISDICTION. >> Speaker: ACTUALLY HE'S TRYING TO GET RESOURCED AND HE'S BEING IGNORED BECAUSE THE CITY KNOWS HE'S AN ABSOLUTIST. YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY COME IN. HE GAVE SO MUCH SERVICE TO THE CITY. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. AND FOR THE RECORD, THE MEETING HAD STARTED. NEXT SPEAKER? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 14 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: 14 AS IN 1-4? SO ITEM 14 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE. SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: TODAY MARKS 57 DAYS OF PROTEST AND DAY 22 OF 24-HOUR PROTEST OUTSIDE OF METRO DETENTION CENTER DENSE ICE'S --AGAINST ICE'S PRESENCE IN OUR CITY. THEY'RE PEOPLE DEDICATE TODAY HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREE SPEECH. CURIOUSLY BUT UNSURPRISINGLY, THE CITY OF L.A. BY WAVE LAPD HAS MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO HARASS AND INTIMIDATE AND ARRESTS THESE PROTESTERS EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THEY BLOCKED OFF THE STREET AND TORN DOWN OUR ART WORK AND STOLEN OUR STUFF. THEY HAVE PULLED US OVER AND HARASSED US. THE ORDINANCE MEANT TO ADDRESS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO PROTESTERS ARE WRONG AND ILLEGAL. THEY'RE OPENING UP THE CITY TO LIABILITY. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THE PROTESTERS AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> >> City Attorney: MORE SPEAKERS. BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, BILL ANDERSON AND AUDIT L.A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IT >> City Attorney: >> Speaker: GENERAL. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT I HELPED FUNDRAISE AND PRESENT THE PROFILES AND THE PLATFORMS OF SOET --SOTO-MARTINEZ AND HERNANDEZ AND RAMAN. I BROUGHT PEOPLE ON TO FUNDRAISE FOR YOU. AND THIS IS A TIME THAT IS VERY UNPRECEDENTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL FOR YOU ALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU COME HERE ALL THE TIME AND YOU WORK HERE, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS A HISTORICAL MOMENT AND YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT WITH US AT 5:35. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP. AND I KNOW IT'S BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL BUT THIS IS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL IN OUR CITY. AND I FEEL IT'S SO DISAPPOINTED AND DISHEARTENING FOR WHAT I HELPED ELECT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: AND I'M BEING SIGNALED THAT THERE IS NO, NO ONE ELSE LINED UP. >> Council President: SO WE'LL TAKE THREE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS THAT I SEE LINED UP. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THIS IS ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT ARE HAD YOUERINGING THE HUMANS. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 5th, A MAN WAS STABBED AND HIS DOG WAS STABBED. PRIOR TO THAT WE HAD A DERIVATIVE ACCIDENTAL MURDER MARCH COT --NARCOTIC OVERDOSE. HARM REDUCTION IS NOT WORKING. I SEE IT EVERY DAY AT OUR RIVERSIDE SHELTER. I FOLLOW PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR HOUSING AND I GET THEIR CASES. THEY'RE KILLING THEMSELVES. SO I SUGGEST THAT ALL PAY ATTENTION TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. IF WE REALLY WANT TO HELP THE HOMELESS, THEY'RE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY'RE PEOPLE AND THEY DESERVE OUR ATTENTION. WE NEED BETTER MANAGEMENT AND ONSITE OF THESE SHELTERS TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING IS BEING SPENT WELL. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? >> Speaker: HELLO MAY I DO 19 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YE, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM NUMBER 19 AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO FOR THE, FOR THE SAFETY AND THE PUBLIC SPEAKING, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAPD HERE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF MISUNDERSTANDING ON WHAT IS ALLOWED IN PROTESTING AND WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO STAND. I WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION HOW FAR AND WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE? IF WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE BULL HORNS OR NOT? AND MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US THE RULES BEFORE YOU PUT A FACE ON THE GROUND. IT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY SO PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET ARRESTED OR GO TO COURT OR HAVE TO BE DROPPED BECAUSE OF LACK OF EVIDENCE. IN ADDITION, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CULTURAL. 20 YEARS AGO, I WAS A PRINCESS WITH A CROWN HERE FOR THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND I'M ALSO HALF LATINA. SO IT'S FUNNY TO SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT. WELCOME BACK. >> Speaker: SO NOW THIS IS WHAT I STAND HERE FOR THE ASIAN COMMUNITY AND LATINA COMMUNITY. I ALMOST GOT ARRESTED FOR BLOWING BUBBLING. GLOBAL BLUBLING. JAPANESE WERE INTERNED AND I'VE SEEN IT DONE AGAIN TO MY OTHER SIDE. SO IF WE CAN STAND TOGETHER AND NOT BE A PAWN FOR DC. I KNOW WE'RE ALL PROUD TO BE ANGELINOS OR WE WOULD NOT STILL BE HERE FIGHTING FOR THIS, FOR OUR VERY VERY STRONG COMMUNITY IN ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS. ALL OF US ARE IMMIGRANTS OR FROM IMMIGRANTS. WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER. I JUST WANT A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING. SO IF LAPD CAN BE A LITTLE NICER AND GIVE US THE RULES AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE PEOPLE GET ARRESTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO WE WILL TAKE THE FINAL SPEAKER, GO AHEAD. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: IS PEOPLE GOING TO LISTEN THOUGH? JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SPEAK AS SOMEBODY WHO'S SOIL. THIS IS FOR ALL MY PEOPLE PLUG OFFICERS. YOU WEAR THE UNIFORM BUT THAT DOES NOT PREVENT YOU IN HISTORY, WHITE POWER, WHITE WASHED LAWS DRESSED UP AS SAFETY. LET'S BE CLEAR, NONE OF YOU WOULD BE SITTING IN THESE POSITIONS OF POLITICAL POWER IF YOUR ANCESTORS HAD NOT FOUGHT AND BLED FOR JUSTICE. THEY WANT TO BAN TEACHING OF SLAVERY, POLICE BRUTALITY, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS ERASE BLACK AND HISTORY SO OUR CHILDREN FORGET WHO AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM. WE'RE SUPPOSE TO BE PROTECTED BY THE ENTRY THAT BRUTALIZES US SAYLY. WHY ARE WE DOING YOUR JOB? YOU SHOULD BE DEFENDING US FROM THE NAZIS DOWN THE STREET. YOUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING. YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE WATCHING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. YOU HAVE TO VACATE THE PODIUM SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CLEARS US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MEETING. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US. GENTLEMAN IN THE RED, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. THE WOMEN WITH THE FIXED SUNGLASSES ON THE AFRO. SIR, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. THIS IS YOUR SECOND WARNING. SO SERGEANT, THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM WITH THE BLACK SHIRT THAT'S APPROACHING THE COUNCIL HERE. YOU'RE ORDERED REMOVED FROM THIS MEETING. >> City Attorney: UNDERSTAND. AND SIR, YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED AND YOU'LL BE ORDERED TO MOVED. ON MY LEFT WITH THE FIST RAISED, PLEASE EXIT QUIETLY SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING. THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, TOOK THREE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. MR. CANNEDIDO, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY WARNING. PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING. PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN CLOSED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING, YOU CAN DO SO ON PUBLIC COMMENT.COM. >> Council President: SERGEANTS, THOSE FOLKS REMOVED. IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON THAT DID NOT GET TO SPEAK. OKAY, COME ON UP QUICKLY. ASK HER TO COME QUICKLY. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCE AGAINST STARWOOD CORPORATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR 30 YEARS AND THIS COMPANY TOOK IT IN 2012, THEY'VE BEEN HARASSING ME FOR THIS TIME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IEB LOOKING FOR HELP WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEY HAVE IGNORED ME. AND I HAVE LOOKED FOR HELP WITH HILDA SOLIS AND HERNANDEZ AND THEY HAVE IGNORED ME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT ONLY--THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT I'M JUST LIVING THERE UNDER THE RENTAL CONTROL, THEY ARE HARASSING ME AND THEY WANT TO GET ME OUT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M TALKING TO ALL COUNCILMEMBERS. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. IT IS NOT JUST THAT WE'RE BEING HARASSED BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER RENTAL CONTROL AND THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF FAMILIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. WE'LL ASK THIS GENTLEMAN TO LEAVE THE PODIUM. MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEMS 1 AND 19 ARE AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 1 AND 19 ARE BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM 11 --1, WILL BE HELD OVER ONE WEEK TO AUGUST 8 2025. ITEM 9 IS BEFORE COUNCIL, ITEM 9 IS MOTION YAROSLAVSKY HARRIS-DAWSON TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT AS AMENDED BY MOTION 9-A PADILLA RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 9 AS AMENDED, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THE MOTIONS ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> Council President: WITH A CLEAR DESK, I'LL ASK IF COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: YES, SOMEBODY HERE SPOKE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN PREPARATION TO SUPPORT KIDS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THAT JUST YESTERDAY I WAS TOLD THAT THE TEACHERS UNION TOGETHER WITH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS ARE TRYING TO SEE IF THERE IS ELECTED OFFICES OR NONPROFIT OR COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ARE WILLING TO GO ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TO DO A SHOW AND TELL AND A PARADE AS THE KIDS WALK IN SO THAT THE FAMILIES DO FEEL THAT THE COMMUNITIES HAVE THEIR BACK. I WAS JUST TOLD ABOUT IT YESTERDAY, AND I HOPE YOUR TEAMS, YOUR COMMUNITY LEADERS CAN WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO PLAY A ROLE HELPING THE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THEIR BACK BACK. >> Council President: THANK YOU, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'LL CIRCULATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND BEING OUT THERE WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S A BITTERSWEET DAY IN CD9. WE'RE GOING TO BE SAYING GOODBYE TO A DEDICATED STAFFER, KENDAL LAKE. KENDAL? SHE BEGAN AS AN INTERN, THEN A FIELD DEPUTY FINALLY AS A SENIOR LEGISLATIVE DEPUTY. SHE IS A VALUABLE ASSET NOT JUST TO CD9 BUT TO OUR CITY. AS A NATIVE ANGELINO, CANNED--KENDAL HAS BEEN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONSIVE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. KENDAL WAS A ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY CONNECT L.A. TO AFRICA. SHE HAS BEEN ALSO, A REAL ALLY ADVISING ME ON CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING DISABILITY, AND WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR HER INSIDES. HER DEDICATION TO CREATING A EQUITABLE DISTRICT FOR OUR RESIDENTS HAS MADE OUR CITY CLEANER AND GREENER AND CERTAINLY MORE LIVABLE. SHE IS GOING TO BE ON TO LAW SCHOOL AT PEPPERDINE LAW SCHOOL. WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY PROUD OF HER AND SHE EMBARKS AS IN THIS NEW CHAPTER IN HER LIFE. WE BENEFITED ON HER SKILL AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE GOOD THINGS TO COME IN THE FUTURE. CONGRATULATIONS KENDAL. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: ALL RIGHT CONGRATULATIONS. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT, MR. PRICE? >> C. Price: ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO OUR STREET SKATE BLOCK PARTY TOMORROW. STARTS AT 7:00 AM IN THE MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE WITH FREE FOOD AND LOCAL RESOURCES AND WE'LL BE ENJOYING THE NEW LANDSCAPE ALONG KING BOULEVARD THAT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL. STARTING TIME IS GOING TO BE AT 7:00 AND YOU'RE IN INVITED TO COME OUT AND HAVE SOME FOOD. THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT AND I'M TRYING TO GIVE TIME FOR THE GRAPHIC TO GET UP. BUT ON TOMORROW MORNING, BEGINNING AT 9:00, STARTING IT AT McCATHERERER PARK IN CD1, THERE WILL BE A STOP THE HATE AND STOP THE HATE RIDE, FROM McARTHUR TO PECK PARK AND IT WILL RUN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND PROCLAIM OUR RESISTANCE TO THE RAIDS AND OUR STAND AGAINST HATE. SO EVERYBODY LOOK OUT FOR THAT TOMORROW MORNING BEGINNING AT McARTHUR PARK. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? COUNCILMEMBER JURADO IS THIS >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY I ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF MY FRIEND BENITO FLORES A GUIDING LIGHT IN THE HOUSING JUSTICE. HE WAS A CAR TOONIST AND CAPITALISM. A MAN WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN CARED FOR BUT INSTEAD MET WITH HARE MUCH INDIVIDUAL OF CAPITALISM AND VIOLENCE. HE WAS DOING HANDYMAN WORK TO MAKE ENDS MEET. HE HAD A DISABILITY AND STILL NEVER STOPPED ORGANIZING AND SHOWING UP. HE DIDN'T JUST TALK ABOUT JUSTICE, HE LIVED IT, EVEN WHEN THE COST WAS HIGH. I MET BE KNIT O WHEN I WAS TRYING TO FORM A HOUSING IN EL SERENO. HE HE SHARED HIS PAN DULCE AND THEN SHARED A VISION. AND AFTER THAT, WE BECAME FRIENDS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES WITH BENITO WAS SHARING A MEAL AT THE PANTRY. THAT WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SPOTS BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS OPEN. I OFFERED TO DRIVE HIM HOME AND INSTEAD, HE DROVE ME TO A FRIEND'S PLACE, WHO WAS AFRAID TO GO TO A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT BECAUSE HE WAS LANDLORD WOULD THROW HIS THINGS AWAY. IT WAS COLD AND NO INSULATION AND A LEAK HAD SPRUNG OUT. HIS FRIEND LIKE HIM WAS A SINGLE SENIOR TRYING TO FIND A BETTER LIFE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. LIKE THE RELIABLE FRIEND BENITO STAYED THERE SO HIS FRIEND CAN GET THE CARE HE NEEDED. THAT WAS BENITO, NO WALLS AND SAFETY AND COMMUNITY. HE WALKED EVERYWHERE AND WALKED FOR MY CAMPAIGN AND YES, CALLED ME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? KISSING BABIES YOU SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE. I APPRECIATED THAT, I KNEW IT CAME FROM COMMIT TOMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND NEVER GAVE UP ON WHAT HE BELIEVED IN AND LIVED HIS VALUES UNTIL THE END. AND THIS IS A PROFOUND LOSS NOT JUST FOR ME BUT THE MOVEMENT. WE LOST SOMEBODY WHO SHOWED UP AND NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING IN THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM AND EVEN WHEN THE SYSTEM MEANT TO PROTECT US FAILED HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN. HE REMAINS AN INSPIRATION FOR ME, NOT JUST FOR WHAT HE STOOD BUT FOR HOW HE LIVED. AND TO THOSE WHO TRIED TO LIVE THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAIN WHO SAW HIM AS A SYMBOL RATHER THAN A HUMAN PERSON, HE WAS, SHAME ON YOU. AND AS WE GRIEF, I ASK THIS BODY TO REFLECT ON HOW WE TALK ABOUT UNHOUSED. TOO OFTEN THEY'RE FLATTENED INTO HEADLINES OR STATISTICS OR EVEN CODES IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. ARGUMENT PEOPLE WITH NAMES, RELATIONSHIPS BENITO WAS NONE OF THOSE ABSTRACTIONS HE WAS MY FRIEND. HE WILL BE MISSED AND DESERVES TO BE REMEMBERED THAT WAY. REST IN POWER, BENITO FLORES, AKA, THE MAN IN THE TREE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BEAUTIFULLY SAID, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? TO MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. JUST WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF DR. JAMES JAMIE A REGALAO, BROTHER, EDUCATOR, VETERAN AND COMMUNITY LEADER WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON JUNE 16, 2025 AT THE AGE OF 80. BORN IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, HIS LIFE WAS IN SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND IDEALS OF EDUCATION AND JUSTICE. HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE NAVY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. HE EARNED HIS Ph.d FROM UC RIVERSIDE. FROM HIS FATHER, JAMIE INHERITED A POWERFUL SENSE OF DUTY, INTEGRITY AND LOVE FOR LEANINGER. THESE VALUES GUIDED EVERY CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE. SHE SHAPED HIS CAREER, PARENTING AND HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS TO UPLIFT OTHERS THROUGH EDUCATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AS PROFESSOR EMETIS, TURNED TO COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT. HIS LEADERSHIP HAD A TANGIBLE IMPACT IN CALIFORNIA PARTICULARLY TO REDUCE GANG VIOLENCE AND PROVIDE HOPE TO UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES. HE WAS NOT ONLY A ACCOMPLISHED SCHOLAR BUT A GIFT THE STORY TELLER. JAMIE BROUGHT HIS UPBRINGING IN BOYLE HEIGHTS WITH STORIES AND HUMOR AND RICH DETAIL. THROUGH HIS STORY, HE REMIND US US OF STRENGTH. HIS DEEP PRIDE IN MEXICAN HERITAGE AND CURIOSITY CARRIED HIM ACROSS THE BORDER AND CONTINENT. TOOK HIM TO MEXICO CITY FOR DISSERTATION RESEARCH AND EUROPE AND LATER SCOTLAND AND NETHER LAND TO EXPLORE HIS MATERNAL ROOTS. THESE JOURNEY HE NREKTED NOT ONLY ACADEMIC MIND BUT SOULFUL. HE TAUGHT AT CAL STATE L.A., CAL POLY POMONA AND MY ALMA MATER OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE. HE WAS EDITOR IN POLICY ISSUES ANNUAL AND ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW. HE DIDN'T JUST STUDY POLITICS, HE SHAPED THE CONVERSATION. TO THOSE WHO KNEW HIM PERSONALLY, JAMIE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR MORE THAN HIS ACCOLADES, HE WAS WARM, HUMBLE, HILARIOUS. HE LIT UP A ROOM WITH HIS ONE-LINER. HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE UP IN THE COMMUNITY HE SO PASSION ALLEY SERVED. JAMIE LIVES BEHIND A DEVOTED WIFE OF 26 YEARS, ROSIO AND 8 ADORING GRANDCHILDREN, SISTER AND AND WIDE CIRCLE OF COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS WHO'S LIVES HE TOUCHED. MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND POWER AND MAY WE CONTINUE HIS WORK WITH THE SAME HEART AND COURAGE THAT HE CARRIED IN HIS LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND COLLEAGUES I JUST WANT TO ADD, YOU KNOW, IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE SEE IN POLITICS IN PARTICULAR, INDIVIDUALS WHOSE COMMENTARY IS CORRUPTED BY THEIR OWN ABUSE OF THEIR INFLUENCE, JAMIE IS SOMEBODY WHO ACTED WITH GREAT INTEGRITY IN ONE OF THE ORIGINAL LATINO ACADEMIC, INSTITUTIONS. FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY, WE DON'T HAVE H B.C. U BUT I LOOK AT CAL STATE L.A. THAT HAS BECOME A HUB WHERE SO MANY LATINO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THAT POST SECONDARY EDUCATION. JAMIE WAS A BEEK ON AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS WELL REPRESENTED BUT THERE WAS NO BREACH IN THE CONFIDENCE OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING. HE SPOKE WITH HEART AND TRUTH AND WELL RESPECTED BUT IT WAS EARNED BY HIS CONSISTENT AND REPEATED ACTIONS. SO FOR THAT, I HAD TREMENDOUS ADMIRATION FOR THIS MAN. HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND AND HE IS TREMENDOUS LOSS. WHEN HE RETIRED WAS A TREMENDOUS LOSS AND LOSING HIM AND HIS VOICE IS A TREMENDOUS LOSS FOR THE CITY AND FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND FOR ALL LATINOS IN LOS ANGELES. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED FOR THAT ADJOURNING MOTION. ONE OF THE CITY'S GREATEST MINDS AND EVEN GREATER HEARTS. >> M. Rodriguez: WE SHOULD HAVE ALL COUNCIL. >> Council President: ALL COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU. TODAY I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE PHILANTHROPIST. WHO PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY AT AGE 86 AS PRESIDENT AND CHAIR OF ANNE FOUNDATION. MOSTLY IN L.A. AREA. HER NAME IS ETCHED INTO SOME OF THE CITY OES MOST BELOVED PUBLIC SPACE S FROM ANNE. BUT HER IMPACT WAS NEVER JUST ABOUT BUILDINGS, IT WAS ABOUT PEOPLE. SHE BELIEVED DEEPLY IN WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE INVEST IN EACH OTHER AND SHE BROUGHT THAT BELIEVE TO LIFE ACROSS EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY. THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP, CAUSES THAT OFTEN WENT OVERLOOKED, SUPPORTING EARLY INVESTMENTS IN LOCAL JOURNALISM AND ACCESSIBLE SENIOR CARE AND ANIMAL WELFARE AND CONSERVATION LONG BEFORE THEY WERE MAINSTREAM PRIORITIES. SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL, A CIVIC AND GENUINE SOUL. SHE GAVE LOS ANGELES RESOURCES BUT ALSO HER HEART. ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT 5 AND ENTIRE CITY OF L.A., I EXTEND OUR THOUGHTS TO THE FAMILY. MAY HER MEMORY BE A REMINDER WHAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER I YAROSLAVSKY. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. I RISE, A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLUMBIA, IRA, OPENED KEY PHARMACY IN 1964 WHICH BECAME A GO-TO PHARMACY FOR VALLEY RESIDENTS WHO PRAISED UNPARALLEL SERVICE AND UNCONDITIONAL KINDNESS FOR DECADES. FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE FREE CLINIC IN 69 WHICH LATER BECAME THE VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE. HE WAS A THE SOLE FARMIST IN THE ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUNDERS WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELL BEING OF LOCAL YOUTH AND STUDENTS AT VALLEY COLLEGE. HIS WORK WAS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN LIGHT OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC OF THE 80s AND UNFORTUNATE RUNAWAY OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGE YOUTH WHO WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED IN THEIR FAMILIES AND WOULD FIND THEIR WAY TO LOS ANGELES OR SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. AND HE WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL AT A DIFFICULT TIME WHEN THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE SEEKING ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE AND GUIDE CARE NEEDS. IRA WAS QUOTED IN "L.A. TIMES" ARTICLE AS SAYING, I WANT TODAY HAVE A MORE POSITIVE AFFECT ON SOCIETY. THIS GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT BEING SERVED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR OVER 25 YEARS MAKING HIM THE LARGEST BOARD MEMBER IN THE ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY. IRA'S DEDICATION TO HELP OTHERS TO EXPAND INTO MEDICAL CARE. FOR OVER 40 YEARS, HE VOLUNTEERED DISPENSING MEDICATIONS ON TUESDAY EVENINGS AND SATURDAYS. HE WAS A CONSTANT PRESENCE OFFERING CARE, COMPASSION AND GUIDANCE TO TEENS AND STAFF. AS A LONG TIME AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA PHARMACIST ASSOCIATION IRA WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE PHARMACY PROFESSION. BEING NAMED PHARMACIST OF THE YEAR. AS PART OF HIS ADD VOCACY HE WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE PHARMACIST ASSOCIATION AS WELL. HIS PARTICIPATION IN PHARMACY ORGANIZATION SPAN A LOCAL AND STATE FEDERAL LEVELS WHERE HE WAS KNOWN AS A ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITIES. AND SOME OF US HAD THE BENEFIT OF WORKING WITH HIM AND CALLING OUT WISDOM FROM HIM. HIS LEADERSHIP WENT OVER. HE WAS ALSO AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FOR MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS GENERALLY SERVING THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS DINNERS AND SUPPORTING LOCAL WOMAN ORGANIZATIONS. MR. FREEMAN WAS KNOWN FOR HIS CARING PERSONALITY AND A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. THE VALLEY IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF HIS DEDICATION AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO MANY OF US. HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED AND WE ADJOURN TODAY IN HIS HONOR. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: MR. NAZARIAN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADD TODAY THAT ONE. I KNEW IRA FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS. AMAZING GUY, YOU SAID IT WELL WITH HIS CREDENTIALS BUT ALSO SOMEBODY SO ACTIVE IN DEMOCRATIC CLUBS AND HE, YOU KNOW, HE CARED NOT JUST ABOUT HIS ISSUED HIS PROFESSIONAL ISSUES BUT ALSO CARED ABOUT SERVING PEOPLE. AND I JUST ALWAYS KNEW HIM TO BE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD STAND IN AND LOOK AFTER THE LITTLE GUY AND BE PART OF ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING A WORLD A BERT PLACE AND HE CERTAINLY DID, SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED TO THAT. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MEMBERS I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF THE L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE FIGHTER PARAMEDIC CHRISTIAN GASLER. CHRISTIAN JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN 2002 AND BRAVELY SERVED THE CITY FOR MORE THAN TW DECADES. SAD LEON JUNE 21, HE TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY IN HIS HOME AND TAKEN FROM HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FAR TOO SOON. CHRISTIAN WAS A PROUD MILITARY VETERAN AND DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE. FIRST, AS A NAVY CORPSMAN ATTACHED TO THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION AND THEN FOR 23 YEARS WITH THE LAFD WHERE HIS LAST ASSIGNMENT WAS AT STATION 51 SERVING AT LAX. THOSE WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORK WITHING CHRISTIAN KNEW HIM FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM, SKILL KNOW-HOW, HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS LONG TIME PARTNER LAURA AND DAUGHTER TYLER. LAST FRIDAY, FRIENDS AND FAMILY HELD A MEMORIAL AND LAID HIM TO REST. MAY BLESS THE GLASSER FAMILY AND ALL WHO HAD THE HONOR OF KNOWING AND LOVING CHRISTIAN GASLER. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.