celebrate our city and to count down for the amazing events that are going to come to us. So here, from the mayor at this critical time is super important. And at the same time , we're getting prepared for the world Cup. We're getting prepared for the Olympics. We've got a ton of infrastructure going all around the city, and we've got an excited city. It is so exciting to see and hear what she's going to share. The great accomplishments that we've been able to do as a city, and the way that we're facing many of the upcoming challenges this is a moment where the city comes together to learn how we can work together, shoulder to shoulder, to lift a better Los Angeles, a Los Angeles that is truly for everyone. And as we prepare for the US Women's Open , the FIFA World Cup, and soon after the greatest Olympic and Paralympic Games in history, we will continue to focus on the fundamentals. So here is our path forward. We will continue to resolve encampments and housed Angelenos through inside safe and other programs. We will intensify our efforts on focusing on housing veterans and making housing affordable. We will accelerate beautification efforts along major city corridors from our new clean corridors initiative, and we will continue installing solar lights in neighborhoods across the city. As these big events come in, people they want to know what the city is doing right? And as the Comptroller, it's my job to provide that transparency. So I'm happy to collaborate with the mayor, especially on the budget and the city's finances. So that way everyone can get the services that they need and deserve from the World Cup to the NBA, all Star game to the Super Bowl, and then the 34th Olympiad to be held here in Los Angeles with six events down at the Port of LA alone on the sailing side of our business. It's going to help drive local businesses, local employment, as well as for the world to see how important it is to continue their investment in global Los Angeles. Angelenos let's get to work. Let's keep building. Let's keep lifting. People up as the world comes here once again, let's show the nation and the world. Let's show the nation and the world. We are the greatest city on earth. Thank you. Thank you, thank you Los Angeles. We're in the home of Los Angeles. This is Exposition Park. It's 160 acres. State property that has four museums, four stadiums, two schools. We're here to celebrate that. Over $100 million has been invested into Exposition Park. And we are excited that we are going to be ready to host the world. And we're going to deliver projects that will create 300 jobs and prepare us for the Olympic Games. We know the power of being able to lock arms with our local, state and federal leaders, and that's what we see today. So, you know, we have some critical changes and repairs that need to be made. That's a first, right? When we have not had, you know, that kind of investment for that many years, right. In 1984, that is a long time ago. And so we recognize we have to do the work to ensure accessibility, ensure safety, ensure security, because we don't want to be an afterthought. We want to be a part of that development process. Now this investment is exciting for the community to sort of create 300 family sustaining jobs, jobs. That's your city, the city and the community has been preparing for through our partnership with the IOC building and construction Trades. We look forward at connecting the community to these jobs, continuing to provide training and ensuring that we have a lasting benefit beyond 2028. The fact that we're here to talk about a $100 million investment is a really big deal. This park is a jewel. It is a bridge. It connects some of our most diverse communities with our downtown area. And it is a place where the state is on exhibition in California. We've done a lot to make sure that there is an Ada compliance that everyone, whether you're a senior or someone with disabilities or a world class athlete, can be able to get to all corners of this great park. And so the $100 million today is a down payment on that. It will allow us to do the necessary work and to start it now so that we're ready by those games. It's a team effort here at Exposition Park. We are always engaging in partnerships with our city, with our state, with our federal, our community partners, our labor partners. All of the work that we do here is to benefit the community for the long term, Exposition Park has been here for over 100 years, and it will be here for another 100 years. So what we do today is going to impact and support generations to come. We're at City Hall, the heart of local government and one of the city's most recognizable landmarks inside, painted tiles honor the indigenous Tongva, Chumash and Tataviam peoples, who lived on this land long before Spanish settlement in 1781, just down the road, 44 settlers established the Pueblo de Los Angeles. The start of what would become the second largest city in the nation. From these earliest roots to the young people shaping LA's future today , we turn to youth development across the city, beginning with a warm welcome back for Palisades Charter High School as students return to campus after last year's devastating fires. We're here this morning at Palisades Charter High School, back in the Palisades. We're really excited to be back on campus. Back in my old classes, like on the fields. It's been such a long struggle to be back after such a hard year. Gratitude and excitement. I'm a freshman. This is like my real first time being on campus. We are here in front of our school as we watch our parents and busses and students roll in for the first day. Back at our campus here in the Palisades, going back to school, I'm here to cheer on all the students who are returning back to campus today. Our families have been through so much and for them to be able to come back to a restored and refreshed campus on such a beautiful day is, uh, it's just, uh, I think really moving and emotional to be able to see that. So it's a bit of a delivery on a promise that we've made that if we were able to stick together through all of these multiple phases, that we would ultimately be back here on our campus and here we are. And today is the day our students are finally returning to their home campus. Just over a year after the devastation and destruction across this community. This is an incredible moment in our recovery and frankly, the best day we've had. So far. I understand things aren't going to be perfect on the first day. It's been a quick move. We anticipated that we'd have a little more time to do this, but we ended up making a full move from Santa Monica in three days. So things are coming and they will be in place. But you know, initially just understand we're all re-acclimating and let's support each other and have some grace as we commit to our community. But just know that things will be in order and running smoothly very soon. The classrooms are all done and open. They're still putting a couple of little finishing touches out on the football field, but homecoming is going to be on campus in just another week or so. Go poly, go Dolphins. Make a splash, Dolphins. Funding the next generation has brought together folks from long Beach, from LA, from Pomona, from Oakland to talk about how city government can work with nonprofits and how we can do more around children and youth services and what that looks like. I'm here to provide a youth perspective on, you know, what we hope to see in the future of the city of Los Angeles. I think what I want to take away from today's meeting is the perspectives from all of these different leaders, what they're doing in their own cities, and also what we may be in Los Angeles lack and could improve on. And it is such an important strategy to support young people to have an infrastructure, an office inside city government that keeps the vision of what's good for kids and focus and constantly raises issues, brings people together, comes up with creative ideas about what to do for young people. Having professionals in youth development from up and down the state of California is such a great benefit, because we get to hear the perspectives of not only the work that is happening in their cities and learn from them, share our ideas, our work that we do here in Los Angeles, but also find how we can align with the different strategies that are serving young people and quite frankly, we're learning that young people up and down the state of California are facing the same challenges that young people face here in Los Angeles , something that I would like to mention is how important having youth voices in these spaces is, because when we have all of these executive directors talking about youth and the programs and the funding that they put there, having the youth explain what this actually looks like in practice and the constraints that we face and also the good things that we have with these, like opportunities that they're providing us. It's very important to have these youth voices, because then they actually understand in practice what they're doing behind the scenes looks like we want to see young people engaged in every aspect of what a city does, and to have their voices heard. So I'm hoping that young people here will see and feel inspired and learn enough about what else is happening around the state. So they have the confidence and ideas to participate in city government. So these are big problems that are not easily solved. And by bringing folks from across the state together to share how they're addressing these challenges, it's just so beneficial. The youth development Department is a is an amazing department. I've worked with all of their staff and they continue to really elevate youth voices and include youth. I think this is a great example of a convening where you bring together youth leaders. It's something that I don't think has been done before. And I hope to see things just like it. And, you know, I'll be graduating this year, but I'm I'm sure that the work will continue. And we'll stay stay true to our cause. Youth development is alive and strong in the city of Los Angeles. We're looking forward to the consolidation of youth development, which will now be the new Office of Youth Development under the new community Investment Department . And we're working on those transition plans, and we're really excited for the future. Yeah. L.A. city Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an anti-trafficking initiative on Western Avenue Corridor this partnership with the nonprofit Journey Out combines law enforcement and social services. The program aims to hold both traffickers and the buyers of sex accountable. The initiative's primary goal is to ensure that those committing these crimes are brought to justice. For more on this story, go to. City attorney, L.A. City Dot gov. L.A. City Sanitation is calling for new or gently used clothing to be donated. Donations are a part of L.A. Sanitation. S annual clothing drive running through Friday, March sixth. Clothing items go to city organizations and programs helping those in need. Donation drop offs can be made at six public locations Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more at Sanitation L.A. city Dot gov. L.A. city Hall's cornerstone was laid in 1927, and when the 452 foot tower was completed a year later, it was the tallest building downtown. Its foundation even includes sand from every county in California, a symbol of a growing state. Today that focus on the land continues in new ways, from tree planting efforts that help cool our neighborhoods to a major metro project now approved to connect the East San Fernando Valley to the west side, offering a long awaited alternative to sitting in traffic. Metro board meeting. The first one of the year and we have a lively meeting I expect today. And I'm so happy to see everybody here today. Today we are at the Metro Board meeting where board members have finally approved a modified alternative five, which the community has been very excited to finally see come into fruition after many years of research. We're finally moving forward with a plan that's going to connect the West Side to the San Fernando Valley . As a student from the San Fernando Valley, I know the struggle personally of trying to get to school from the Valley right now. I mean, the only real way is the 405, which is horrifically congested. It's not accessible. It's not easy for students, not affordable. And you say students deserve other ways to get around. This is my second time coming to a board meeting. This is my first time though. Giving public comment. It was seconds, but I felt like it was very necessary to do it. Share my story. I am a low income commuter student, so I think it's just very important to show how much more accessible higher education would be. If there is like a line, like a fast rail line. A modified alternative five emphasizes that this goes all the way into the Van Nuys community, where it borders the community of Van Nuys and Panorama City, and it also connects UCLA students and other major regions of the West Side for a long time, the San Fernando Valley, especially the East San Fernando Valley, hasn't been getting its fair share of metro resources. But now we're going to have the community of Van Nuys and Pacoima finally be able to connect to the greater system. I hope to see this built one day and know that you know, I had a piece in it and for future students to get to have more accessibility, it makes me really happy. Projects become so much better when you reach out to your elected officials. When you come to board meetings, when you come to council meetings, and the community is willing to make that phone call or write that email, it only makes us better at serving and visualizing what should come next. Today we're here with the partnership to expand the tree canopy and increase the shade in this community. But also providing resources through the 10th Street. Street closure. And this is a part of our city that doesn't have as much tree canopy as other parts of the city. And so we were able to partner with streets LA and KYC and urban forestry. The community is out today to celebrate that, and it's exciting to be able to see these trees go in. And in a couple of years they're going to be big and they'll be providing shade and make the neighborhood and the community much more walkable and pedestrian friendly. So it's exciting. The role for Urban Forestry Division streets L.A. is to provide tree planting permits for our nonprofit planting partners so that they can increase urban canopy in the city of Los Angeles. So for this particular project, we worked very closely with KYC, and we were able to identify all the tree planting locations and approve the tree stocks they selected. California native trees coast live oak and desert willows, and because of that close coordination, we were able to turn around 38 tree planting permits within 5 to 6 days so that this project can move forward without delay. Right now, they're in an early stage. We call it tree establishment, so it will take a bit of 2 to 3 years for them to be fully kind of teenage phase and to produce more benefits for the community. But yeah, so this is a long term investment. We're really excited though, because these trees will grow strong, big and produce really large canopies for the community. We should definitely keep planting , especially in the city of Los Angeles. We need to make sure that there's shade for everybody that there's cooling and that greenery is great for mental health. And we need that more now more than ever. For me, being able to show what it means to make our neighborhoods in Los Angeles more climate friendly and more livable is really important to me. And so when I get to do events like this, and community can come out and see tangibly what that means to have a healthy urban forest, it's really exciting. Inside City Hall's main elevator lobby, decorative panels tell the story of 20th century Los Angeles, from aviation and oil to the film industry depicted in a classical Greek style from the council chambers to the observation deck above, City Hall remains a place where city services connect communities across La that includes culture LA previewing Lunar New Year celebrations happening across the city, welcoming the year of the horse and the values of strength, perseverance and renewal. So one of the great aspects of what we do as a department is we provide opportunities for learning about different cultures. So it is really a wonderful opportunity. As you look at lunar New Year, while Lunar New Year may not be the holiday that you celebrate, it's a great opportunity for you to learn about some of those traditions. So the Lunar New Year celebration has been celebrated for several thousand years, and the Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures. So we as a city of Los Angeles, we want to uplift that celebration . The Chinese astrology pairs 12 animals with the five elements to celebrate each year. So this year is the year of the horse, but it's actually the year of the fire horse. And what that means. It's a year to celebrate energy and passion and new and innovative projects and new and innovative thinking. This year we have a lot of exciting events happening for Lunar New Year. We have the Lankershim Boulevard Block Party in North Hollywood, where we'll be welcoming several thousand people to be able to celebrate. We'll also have events in Northridge at a community park with council member Lee, and we have the Koreatown Night Market with council member Hutt. And we also have the annual Golden Dragon Parade happening in Chinatown. The port of LA hosts a celebration as well. So there is no shortage of opportunity for you to be able to go celebrate the Lunar New Year. Our events at DCA are free and open to the public. I encourage you to come look at our website at Culture L.A. city Gov to learn more. And there we have a listing of all of the events that both DCA hosts, as well as our community partners. So you'll see several dozen Lunar New Year events. And we encourage you to come and learn and let us know about how you've enjoyed it and what you've learned. So anybody that is interested or curious or wants to see, feel free to come on by. We hope you can join us. Hi, I'm Justin Cazabat. I'm the public relations specialist with LA Animal Services, and we're here at our East Valley Animal Services Center, which is one of our six locations in LA city. And we're here to talk about fostering, which is one of the services we provide. So the fostering program is a great way to help animals in the shelter. It gets dogs and cats out of the shelter environment and into home life. The commitment is anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. So whatever you're comfortable with. What you can do through fostering is network these pets and help them get adopted. We really support our fosters, whether it's providing supplies to make that transition into the home easy for the pet, or giving them opportunities to help network their pet at on site adoption events. So all you really need to do is be a resident within LA city and have a valid government ID and fill out some paperwork. It's available on our website at the Fostering section. Become an approved foster. Then you can start fostering right away. As long as you're willing to make space in your home for one of our pets, we have a pet for you . So for additional information about fostering or just all the services we provide, you can visit LA Animal Services, dot com and you can find us on social media, Facebook and Instagram. It's at LA Animal Services and X is at LA City Pets. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with passion of the cut sleeve. In partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the show galloping into the new year takes place on February 13th and will feature queer and trans Chinese folklore told through music, theater, poetry and performance art. Experience the joy of the New Year in an 80 minute show with a live band playing traditional Chinese instruments. Head to Plaza de la Raza for galloping into the New Year on Friday, February 13th at 7 p.m. learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at Culture Dot La City dot gov. Join the Los Angeles Public Library at one of its events to mark African American history Month on Saturday, February 14th. Enjoy a talk from author Glenda Almond as she tours food history to take you from awful to delicious on a short journey down an African American food way for African Americans, food has been more than nourishment. It has been tradition, income and a means of resistance. Almond highlights the stories of George Washington's enslaved cook, the ice cream entrepreneur Augustus Jackson, and Georgia Gilmore, whose cooking sustained the Montgomery bus Boycott. Head to the Central Library for Glenda Almond from Awful to Delicious on Saturday, February 14th at 10:30 a.m. for more details, go to lapl.org. Slash events. San Fernando Valley Audubon Society invites you to a guided tour of the reserve on the second Saturday of February . The walk will take in the many birds and other wildlife at Hansen Dam, and is for the beginner bird watchers, families and anyone who wants to visit the wildlife reserve. The emphasis of each tour will vary, with participants interests. Meet at the small amphitheater on the southeast of Woodley Park , Hansen Dam Bird Walk takes place on Saturday, February 14th at 9 a.m. check out this and other bird watching events at SFV Audubon.org. And that's a look at some things to do. On our thanks to everyone at City Hall, especially Project Restore , whose work preserves the building's rich cultural and historic details while sharing them with the world as the mayor and the city prepare Los Angeles for this year's World Cup and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, city Hall stands ready to welcome the World. And the best part? This historic building is open to the public, inviting visitors to explore it firsthand. Be sure to take in the breathtaking views from the observation deck on the 27th floor. A chance to see the whole city from above like never before. From all of us at LA city. Thank you so much for joining us . You're arriving at Los Angeles International Airport in beautiful southern California, one of the first things you will see as you are landing is the ever iconic LAX theme building. The LAX theme building is a modern icon and recognized worldwide as the Space Age landmark of one of the world's youngest and most influential cities. Designed by architectural firm Piera and Luckman, the building was completed in 1961 and features an observation deck and the Bob Hope USO. The spider like appearance of the building is a playful and futuristic design illusion created by topping four steel reinforced concrete legs with stucco. The building received cultural historic status from the City of Los Angeles for its distinguishing characteristics, which are valuable to the study of that period's style and method of construction. It is also an example of mid-century modern Googie architecture. The lax theme building serves as the symbolic gateway to Los Angeles, and the futuristic design is intended to convey new prosperity and the embrace of technological innovation. It has been and continues to be, a constant reminder of Los Angeles's drive to be the City of tomorrow STAND BY. The Los Angeles City CouncilPre ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY THE 16th DAY OF FEBRUARY IN THE YEAR 2026. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS CHAMBER. MADAM CLERK BEINGER LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ, YAROSLAVSKY 11 MEMBERS AND PRESENT AND A QUORUM MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 6, 2026. >> COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, TODAY IS TUESDAY AND IT'S TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: OKAY, PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY BEGIN, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TOLL FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President:er ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA FOR THIS MORNING. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. ITEMS THROUGH 8 ARE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 9 THROUGH--FOR ITEM 16 A CORRECTED GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED TO COUNCIL FILE TO REMOVE THE WORD ESTIMATE FROM INSTRUCTION 3. THERE IS A TECHNICAL CORRECTION FOR 36 THROUGH 37 AND TIME LIMIT AND LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL TO ACT ON THESE ITEMS IS FEBRUARY 27, 2026. ITEM 38 IS AN CLOSE SESSION ITEM. >> Council President: DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIALS, MEMBERS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ ON THE QUEUE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, ON ITEM 2, I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM THE LIEN. ITEM 29 FOR COMMENTS. AND 35 AND 37 FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: JUST TO CONFIRM, THAT'S ITEM 29 FOR COMMENT ?Z >> M. Rodriguez: CORRECT? >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO CONFIRM THE LIEN FOR NUMBER 2. >> Council President: SECOND. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: CAN I GET 21, 22 AND 23 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: SEPARATE VOTES, NO COMMENTS. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, ON MY LEFT ON MY RIGHT? GOING TWICE, THREE TIMES? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 9 THROUGH 20 AND 24 THROUGH 25. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WILL THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS, I FIRST GOT A COMMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. 3-7 FOR DISCUSSION? >> K. Yaroslavsky: YES. >> Council President: WE DID NOT VOTE ON THAT? >> Clerk: NO, WE DID NOT. >> Council President: THIS MORNING, WE GOT A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION, THIS IS A INTERNATIONALLILY RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED EVENT BEING HELD HERE IN LOS ANGELES THIS WEEK, THE NATIONALLY BASKETBALL ALL-STAR GAME AND FESTIVITIES WHERE THE WORLD THAT WAFPZ THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY OR IN THE WORLDCOM TO SEE. THEY'RE WITH US, ALL WEEK WITH THE GAME CULMINATING ON SUNDAY. THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO US BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT OF THE 10th DISTRICT TO KICKOFF THAT WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES AS OUR CITY GEARS UP FOR THE ENERGY OF ALL-STAR WEEKEND, I'M HONORED TO WELCOME THE LEGENDS OF BASKETBALL, FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL RETIRED PLAYERS ASSOCIATION. I'M HAPPY TO WELCOME THEM TO OUR COUNCIL. FOUNDED IN 1992 BY THE NBA LEGEND DAVID, I'M GOING TO SAY IT WRONG, DEBUSHER, THANK YOU. THEY BRING ARCHIE CLARK AND OFK OR ROBINSON, LEGENDS OF BASKETBALL IS A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION OF FORMER PRFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE NBA, ABA, W NBA, AND THE HARLEM GLOBE TROTERS. THEY'RE THE ONLY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SUPPORTED BY THE NBA AND THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION. THEIR MISSION IS TWO-FOLD, SUPPORTING PLAYERS IN THEIR LIFE AFTER THE GAME, AND USING THEIR MASSIVE INFLUENCE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT CHEERED THEM ON. WHILE THE WORLD WATCHES THE ALL-STAR GAME, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT FESTIVITIES LEAVE A LASTING FOOTPRINT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND EMPOWERMENT. I'M GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THROUGH THE, WE'LL DELIVER INVESTMENT TO THE NONPROFITS AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN CD10. WE PACKED A WEEKEND OF EVENTS DESIGNED TO UPLIFT SOUTH L.A. WHICH INCLUDES A BASKETBALL CLINIC BY THE HARLEM GLOBE TROTERS FOR OVER 200 OF OUR LOCAL CHILDREN. OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND RESOURCE FAIR WITH OVER 25 VENDORS PROVIDING FREE SCREENINGS AND THAT'S ON SATURDAY, THAT'S VALENTINE'S DAY SO LOVE YOURSELF AND GET SOME SCREENINGS. AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN UP WHICH WILL SHOW OUR LOCALS HOW MUCH WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. THESE EVENTS KICKOFF AT 11:00 AM AT OBAMA SPORTS COMPLEX AND FREE FOR EVERYONE. FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN GO TO LEGENDS OF BASKETBALL.COM. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE EVENT IS OVER, THE RESOURCES STAY. THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WE'RE WORK WITHING DOLLAR GENERAL TO SECURE 25,000 FOR CIENEGA SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED. THEY'RE GIVING THOUSANDS TO BRAND SUPPORT WITH PARTNERSHIP FROM SPECTRUM. THIS WILL PROVIDE 15,000 OF MARKETING FOR FOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND IT PROVIDING TWO NEW LAB TOPS TO DIGITAL TECH LAB IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS DONATING ESSENTIALS TO A WOMEN SHELTER IN THE 10th. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE MAJOR GLOBAL EVENTS COME TO LOS ANGELES, THEY BRING MORE THAN JUST FLASHING AND CAMERAS, THEY BRING PEOPLE AND OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BENEFIT THROUGH THAT EXPOSURE. WE'RE CREATING A ENTRY PART FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SCALE AND OUR NONPROFITS TO GROW AND OUR FAMILIES TO THRIVE. THIS PARTNERSHIP IS PROOF THAT WE CAN ENJOY THE BIG GAME ENERGY WHILE MAKING SURE THE HOME COURT ADVANTAGE ACTUALLY BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. EVERY SINGLE DAY. ALSO, WEEKEND CAN BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WHEN THE WORLD COMES TO L.A., OUR COMMUNITY DOES NOT JUST WATCH FROM THE SIDELINES, WE WIN. I WANT TO THANK, ANTONIA DAVIS THE PRESIDENT OF LEGENDS OF THE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FOR DETERMINING THAT CD10 IS WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. AND I WANT TO BRING UP NOW ANTONIA --ANTONIO DAVIS THE PRESIDENT, SO HE CAN GIVE US A FEW WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. SO HONORED TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR I DIDN'TER TIME. AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT COMING TO L.A., AND HAVING IT AN IMPACT ON THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, WE WERE BLESSED TO BE INTRODUCED TO COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT IN DISTRICT 10. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COLLABORATED WITH HER TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN COME IN AND NOT JUST COME AND GO BUT HOW CAN WE IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY. AND I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT SHE IS DOING. SO IT WAS VITAL THAT I GRAB MY TEAM AND BROUGHT THEM OUT HERE AND SHOWED ALL OF THIS WONDERFUL WORK, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WEEKEND. THE NBA BRINGS A MULTITUDE OF THINGS TO EVERY COMMUNITY THAT COME IN AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME HERE AND WE ESTABLISH FOR OUR LOCAL LEGENDS, WE HAVE A LOT OF L.A. LEGENDS HERE AND WE WANT TO ON BEHALF OF THEM, HONOR THEM BY HONORING THEIR CITY AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO THANK YOU HEATHER FOR HAVING US, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND NOW YOU'RE HERE, --YOU'LL HEAR A FEW WORDS FROM OUR BOARD, SMITH. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WE JUST HONORED AND BLESSED, THANK YOU COUNCIL WOMEN HUTT FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF YOUR FAMILY. ON BEHALF OF THE LEGENDS OF BASKETBALL, WE'RE JUST HERE TO SERVE AND GIVE BACK FOR A GAME THAT HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO US AS A KID AND JUST BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO RAISE UP THE NEXT GENERATION SO IT'S ABOUT COLLABORATING PARTNERING, AND DOING THIPGZ THAT CAN UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WE'RE JUST HONORED TO BE HERE ALL OF OUR LEGENDS ARE GOING TO BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND JUST ENJOYING THEMSELVES AND HAVING FUN WITH HOW YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALL THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT 10. WE THANK YOU ALL, APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO BE HERE AND WE LOVE YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART. THANK YOU. >> H. Hutt: AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP BRIAN PHILLIE WHO MADE EVERYTHING GEL TOGETHER. [APPLAUSE]S >> THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, GOOD MORNING TO THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. VERY SIMPLY, WE'RE COMING TO LOS ANGELES TO PARTY WITH A PURPOSE AND THE PURPOSE IS REALLY OUR NORTH STAR. AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND HER TEAM, IT WAS CRITICAL THAT WE REALLY IMPACTED DISTRICT 10 AND THE TWO THINGS THAT WE FOCUSED ON WERE THE BUSINESS ON WEST ADAMS WHERE WE CAN HAVE ECONOMIC IMPACT. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR MAIN FUNDRAISING EVENTS ON THE 152 BLOCK OF ADAMS AND HOW DO WE IMPACT CIENEGA, SO WE PARTNERED WITH DOLLAR GENERAL, WE'RE GOING TO REWARD THEM WITH 25,000 AND CREATE A READING LOUNGE WHERE OUR KIDS WITH COME AND LEARN AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND SAFE WELCOMING SPACE. THE PURPOSE IS OUR NORTH STAR. WE WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT THIS IS YOUR FOCUS AND WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARTS OF THE LEGENDS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THIS WEEKEND. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW I HAVE TO CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, COMMUNITY, YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND SELFLESS SERVICE HAS MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS. WE HONOR THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING MAKE OUR CITY A PLACE TO WORK AND GROW. AND THIS IS FOR ANTONIO DAVIS. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. [APPLAUSE] >> AND SMITH. AND YOU. SOME PIKE TOURS. >> Council President: WHILE YOU'RE TAKING PICTURES, WE GOT A SPEAKER ON THE QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE NBA LEGENDS, WE'RE HEADING TO A NICE WEEKEND. IT WAS NICE TO MEET THEM THEY'RE SO SO TALL, AND COUNCILMEMBER HUTT YOU'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF PRESENTATION, IF GREATNESS HAD A HEIGHT, YOU WOULD BE DOING THIS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: I KNOW I'M A SHORTY BUT BASKETBALL IS THE GAME THAT I'M ACTUALLY GOOD AT. AND I'M EXCITED YOU CAME AND PUSHING THE CON AT CEPT OF WORK. LOS ANGELES IS THE CITY WHERE TEAM WORK GETS THE WORK DONE. NOT A FEELING I FELT THIS WEEKEND BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL TODAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR BRINGING IN THIS PRESENTATION, FOR BRINGING THESE ICONS, ATHLETES, LEGENDS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH THIS IS A GREAT THING TO BE WITNESS AND BE PARTOF. THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH YOUR PRESENCE HERE IN YOUR CITY HALL. AND COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT BASKETBALL, WE PLAY, I WELCOME YOU ALL TO JOIN US. >> H. Hutt: OH, CHALLENGE. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND THANK YOU TO THE LEGENDS, WE REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE FOR THIS WEEKEND AND THAT WILL LAST THIS WEEK AND THIS YEAR IN GENERATIONS TO COME, BUT ALSO IN THE WORK OF LIFTING THE ROLE OF RETIRED NBA PLAYERS IN EVERY CITY BUT ESPECIALLY HERE IN LOS ANGELES. IN THE CRENSHAW DISTRICT, WE ONLY HAVE A THEATER IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF RETIRED BASKETBALL PLAYER SAID THEY WERE GOING TO GET IT DONE. STARBUCKS ONLY CAME TO OUR COMMUNITY WAS A RETIRED BASKETBALL PLAYER SAID STARBUCKS IS COMING TO SOUTH L.A. AND THAT GOES ON. I CAN NAME NAMES, BUT THERE ARE GENERATIONS OF FOLKS THAT HOLDUP OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SUPER SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS. SO WE THANK YOU FOR CENTERING THAT WORK AND LIFTING UP THAT WORK SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT THERE IS LIFE AFTER YOU TAKE OFF THE JERSEY AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MAKING EACH AND EVERY NBA CITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND A CITY OF CHAMPION. I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF BLING HERE, WHICH WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO IN LOS ANGELES. >> THAT IS RING THAT CLIFF HAS, IT'S WITH THE BULLS? HE GOT HIS TWO--HE HAS TWO RINGS. >> THAT WAS NOT THE 91 IN WITH THE BULLS? >> THAT WAS THE YEAR WE BEAT YOU GUYS. >> SLONG IT WAS NOT AGAINST THE LAKERS. >> M. Rodriguez: DID YOU SAY THAT'S WHEN YOU BEAT US? >> WE DIDN'T SAY NOTHING. >> I WANT TODAY ECHO COUNCILMEMBER PAD YA, THE LOS ANGELES SPUD WEB FOR HER COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ACTUAL GAME. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR BRINGING EVERYONE IN AND FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, IPG IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE RETIRED FROM THE GAME, YOU STILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS ROLE TO PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND MAKING SURE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN UNDERSTANDING THE WORK THAT GOES IN TO BEING THE BEST. THERE IS NO SHORTCUTS, THERE IS NO FALSEHOODS, YOU'VE GOT TO DO THE WORK. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT TRAN SENDS EVERY FIELD, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S IN POLITICS, WHETHER IT'S ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE COURT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO BUCKLE DOWN AND DO THE WORK THAT HELPS TO MAKE THEM THE SUCCESS AND BRING THE LEVEL OF GREATNESS THAT EVERYONE ASPIRES TO HAVE. IT'S NOT EASY AND YOU CANNOT JUST THROW IT AT THE WALL. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM IN. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU. JUST TO CLOSE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE 10th DISTRICT WITH THE STUDENTS, THE CLINIC AT MICHELLE AND BARACK OBAMA. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING US IN THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR NBA LEGENDS. ALL RIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. TO PEOPLE PROVIDING--OH. TO PEOPLE PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL. WHEN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, WUL GET A BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT P YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY OR CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 1 THROUGH 8 AND 26 THROUGH 38. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY ITEMS OR ANYTHING SUBJECT IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. I'M GOING TO MAKE COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF THE INTERPRETERS CAN MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRET RESIDENTER INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] ADDITIONALLY IF YOU MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST UNDER THE ADA OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS HANDHELD MICROPHONE, PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT KNOW, ONCE YOUR NAME IS CALLED AND IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. FINALLY, THE ORDER IN WHICH WE CALL NAMES IS AT RANDOM, THAT IS TO SAY, THIS IS RANDOMLY GENERATED. SO IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROOM TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: WE WILL NOW BEGIN CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. CLAWEDIA, A, NELA, AND BONNIE B, AND ABRAHAM L. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH OF THE ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? SDWRIE, I'M JUST HERE ON GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE AS PART OF THE TRANS LATINA COALITION. I'M ALSO PART OF THE ANGELS OF CHANGE, WE ARE GROUP OF LEADERS, THAT WANT TO GIVE A VOICE FOR THE TRANS WELLNESS AND EMPOWERING OF OUR LIVES. I'M HERE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE WELLNESS AND EQUALITY, EQUITY INITIATIVE THAT GIVES THE TRANS LATINO COALITION, FOUR MILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT ON THE WELLNESS OF TRANS LIVES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND TIME. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 37 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: NELA, L.A. HOTELS RANKED 23 IN THE TOP 25 PARKING LOTS ON POST PANDEMIC RECOVERY. WE'RE EXPERIENCING DOUBLE DIGITS DECLINES IN DEMAND. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 20 MILLION IN LOST TAX REVENUE EVERY YEAR. AND INSTEAD OF IMPROVING THIS PROBLEM, WE'RE CHOOSING TO IMPOSE MORE BURDENS ON THE SAME SHRINKING BASE. CURRENTLY L.A.'S TOTAL TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS FALL IN THE MIDDLE RANGE OF THOSE TOP 25. IF WE MOVE FORWARD, WITH OPTION A FOREIGN THANK YOU PROPOSAL WE'RE GOING TO RANK AS HIGHEST TOTAL COST IN THE NATION. LET'S STOP AND ASK OURSELVES IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE BASED ON EXPERIENCE WE'RE PROVIDING VISITORS. MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF L.A. HAVING SAFETY CONCERNS AND VISITORS WHO ARE ATTACKED. THE INDUSTRY IS FEELING AS THOUGH IT IS TOO DIFFICULT TO PURSUE NEW HOTEL PROJECTS IN LOS ANGELES. DO WE NEED TO INCREASE REVENUE? YES. BUT AGGRESSIVE T.O.T. HIKES ARE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, THEY'RE GOING TO COMPOUND THEM. THANK YOU. >> City --. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, PAMELA M, JESSICA E, RENE OCCAMPO, MARK S, AND JAZZLIN JOHNSON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL THAT YOU DO LEGENDS. TWO OF THOSE BASKETBALL PLAYERS THAT'S BEAUTIFUL THAT YOU DO THAT. LEGENDS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE ONE DAY THEY'RE HERE AND ONE DAY THEY'RE NOT, AND IT'S GOOD TO GIVE THEM THEIR FLOWERS WHILE THEY'RE LIVING. WE HAVE PROBLEMS IN OUR GENDER COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO FIX. WE COME HERE ALL THE TIME AND MARQUEE, I'M GLAD YOU'RE LISTENING TODAY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T. I GIVE YOU RESPECT, I KNOW YOU GOT PEOPLE LIKE THEM CUTTING UP. I COME WITH RESPECT AND I COME TO HONOR AND MAKE SURE THAT JOBS CAN BE DONE. MARQUEECE, HUGO AND MS. HEATHER AND MS. OH I FORGET HER NAME, I'M OLD. ANYWAY, I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN DELIVER. OUR CHILDREN RIGHT SIDE DYING ON THE STREETS AND IT'S SAD TO SEE PEOPLE HOMELESSNESS AND GOING THROUGH WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: DON'T LISTEN TO THIS. THAT ONE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, MORNING BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I LIKE TO GIVE YOU YOUR FIRST WARNING. MULTIPLE WITNESSES SAW YOU SIGN UP MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE KIOSK, WHEN YOU DO THAT, NOT ONLY DO YOU TAKE EXTRA TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO READ MORE NAMES BUT YOU TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK. SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE, PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER TRANSGENDER LATINA. LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER 26. NUMBER 26 IS ABOUT FIGUEROA STREET VACATION PROCEEDINGS, I FIND THIS ITEM IS VERY RACIST, WHY? BECAUSE FIGUEROA STREET IS ONLY STREET FOR TRANSGENDER PROSTITUTE LIKE ME THAT HAS A PLACE TO WORK. BUT RIGHT NOW IF PU USE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE ARE TRYING TO CLEAR THE STREET, CLEAR THE AREA, WE HAVE NOWHERE TO WORK ANYMORE. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STREET, PAUSE HIS TIME. SPEAKER, IF YOU INTERRUPT ME AGAIN, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME. SO ITEM 26 WHICH YOU'RE TRYING TO SPEAK TO IS INITIATION OF A STREET VACATION. SO SUE NEED TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM OR IF NOT, THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: YES, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT VACATION PROCEEDINGS, BECAUSE THIS VACATION PROCEEDINGS IS ILLEGAL BY NATURE. WHY? BECAUSE THIS IS THE CITY, EVERY COUNCILMEMBERS IS HE ELECTRIC BY PEOPLE MEANING THEY REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, IF THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IN FIGUEROA, DECLINE THIS VACATION PROCEEDINGS. >> City Attorney: YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME ON ITEM 26. PLEASE MOVE ON TO THE ANOTHER ITEM. >> Speaker: NO PROBLEM. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 32, THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY FOR DISRUPTING. IF YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT ME, I WILL FORFEIT THE REST YOUR TIME. ITEM 32, LGBTQ CROSSWALK AS A TRANSGENDER LATINA MYSELF, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE CROSSWALK IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ARE LGBTQ CERTIFIED AND EVERY STREET HAS LGBT BADGE ON IT, I SAY THIS ONE YEAR AGO, TWO YEAR AGO, THREE YEAR AGO, NOBODY LISTEN TO ME JUST BECAUSE I'M A TRANSGENDER LATINA, JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT A CAUCASIAN AND NOT BLACK ENOUGH DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE MY PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ITEM, CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR TIME. ITEM 34 IS ABOUT HOMELESS SHELTER SERVICES AGREEMENT. THIS IS NOTHING NEW. EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESS SERVICES, TRANSGENDER LATINA LIKE ME WERE ALWAYS FORGOTTEN AND IGNORED. HOW MANY TIMES THEY SEND A REQUEST LETTER TO THE OFFICE OF BLOOM DINGO AND ASKING FOR FRANCE GENDER HOUSING LATINA AND HOMELESS HOUSING, AND HOW MUCH RESPONSES? ABSOLUTELY ZERO. EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT TRANSGENDER LATINO HOMELESS SERVICES, YOU ONLY PROVIDE CAUCASIAN SERVICES, BLACK SERVICES AND WHATEVER SERVICES. ALL OF EVERY SINGLE QUESTION LATINA ARE FORGOTTEN, THAT IS THE RACIST FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY COUNCIL. FOR MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THAT, ELECTION MONTH JUNE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE SMOKING SCAN FAMILY MEMBERS THAT OUR COUNCILMEMBER WAYNE SPINDLER WILL BE ON THE BALLOT. REMEMBER WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF TOUGH COMPETITIONS IN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE SMOKING SCAN MEMBERS ARE TRYING TO PUT THE WORDS OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, QUESTION HAVE A COUNCILMEMBER WITH I INTEGRITY AND JUSTICE TO REPRESENT EVERYONE IN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. IF YOU'RE TIRED OF THOSE NONSENSE WOKE AGENDA DEI, IF YOU'RE TIRED OF THOSE SOFT ON CRIME, YOU NEED A TOUGH TOUGH, TOUGH COUNCILMEMBER TO GIVE YOU TO GIVE US A SAFE COMMUNITY THAT MEANS CRIMINALS WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT ONE, SPINDLER, LET'S GO! >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING TO THE BOARD COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M PAMELA AND I'M EQUITY 2026. WITH MY OWN EXPERIENCE I SUFFERED DISCRIMINATION WHEN I TRY TO GET A JOB AND ENTITLE OCCASION. I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL TO BE PART THE SOCIETY. THANKS TO TRANS LATINA COALITION WHO PROVIDED ME THE TOOLS LIKE DIAMONDS. DIAMONDS IS A PROGRAM FOR SENIOR PEOPLE WHO GIVE YOU INFORMATION TO GET INVOLVED IN SCHOOL OR GET WHATEVER WE NEED. ANGELS OF CHANGE AND MANY MORE, TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE. I ASKED TRANS LATINA TO HELP MY TRANS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JASLIN LISSEL JOHNSON. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HAS THE PART PERIOD OF TIME COMMUNITY, THE LGBT ONE. I'M PART OF ANGELS DELCAMBIO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE GIVEN AND ALSO AS A REMINDER US TRANS WOMEN ARE PRETTY VULNERABLE IN THIS SOCIETY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE ARE PART OF A SOCIETY THAT ON A DAILY BASIS, WE FIGHT FOR DISCRIMINATION. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: ALSO ON A DAILY BASIS, WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE BETTER HUMAN BEINGS AND FOR US TO BE CONSIDERED PART OF OUR SOCIETY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE ARE AT A LARGER VULNERABILITY AND DISCRIMINATION ON THIS SOCIETY AND WE HAVE THE SAME RIGHT AS EVERYONE ELSE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THANK YOU FOR TAKING US INTO ACCOUNT, AS HUMAN BEINGS WE HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS WE CAN CHANGE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: EVERY MORNING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ASKED THIS BODY FOR MORE FUNDING YET THE CITY--ONE OF CLEAREST EXAMPLE IS THE CONCEAL CARRY PROCESS, LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS RECENTLY SUED OVER UNCONSTITUTIONAL CCW DELAYS AND THOSE SAME LAWSUITS ARE NOW BEING FILED AGAINST LAPD. THESE CASES ARE PREDICTABLE AND EXPENSIVE AND ENTIRELY UNAVOIDABLE. THIS MATTER BECAUSE WHEN ALL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS CARRY SAME WEIGHT. IF WE TREAT ONE AMENDMENT AS OPTIONAL WHICH COMES NEXT? OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH? DUE PROCESS, PROTECTIVE FROM SEIZURE OR WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO VOTE? BY RESTRICTING UNLAWFUL CONCEAL AND CARRY, IT'S IT'S DISARMING ESPECIALLY IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. IF YOU CALL--. >> City Attorney: OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL BE CALLING FEW MORE NAMES, LO RECEIPT A, CRAIG JONES, MIKE G, AND INITIAL I A. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS JESSICA OR ASUL, I'M ALSO A ANGEL OF CHANGE. WE ARE OFTEN PUNISHED FOR BEING HUMAN FOR EMBRACING OUR PARTS OF US, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT GENDER TAMING, ABOUT OUR STRUGGLES AND VIOLENCE THAT WE FACE. PLEASE PLEASE, CONSIDER ALLOCATING FUNDS. PLEASE UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITIES WITH YOUR SUPPORT. REMEMBER OUR TRANS IMMIGRANTS, THE TRANS BLACK IMMIGRANTS, WE ARE ALL DESERVING OF YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M COMING HERE ABOUT THE HOUSING SITUATION. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. > Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M CARMEN CLOSE AND I'M GOING TO SITUATION, I HAVE A EMERGENCY VOUCHER AND NOW THEY WANT TO CUT IT OFF AND I AM DISABLED, I HAVE FOUR SURGERIES ON MY LEG. JUST LOST MY HUSBAND AND I'M ALONE AND I JUST NEED SOME HELP, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CUT MY HOUSING, AND I SLEPT IN MY CAR FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO SLEEP IN MY CAR ANYMORE. : I NEED YOU GUYS TO PLEASE HELP ME. I'M A VERY GOOD PERSON. I DO MY BEST. I WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS AND I CANNOT WORK ANYMORE DUE TO MY DISABILITY. SO I COME HERE TO PLEASE ASK YOU TO HELP ME. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU DON'T NEED TO ANSWER US NOW, BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, CAN YOU LET THE SERGEANT KNOW WHICH DISTRICT YOU'RE RESIDING AND THEN WAIT OVER TO THE SIDE, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT PLEASE. ?AOUF A ONE MINUTE. GO HEAD. >> Speaker: I'M NICK AND I'M A RESIDENT AND REGISTERED VOTER IN DISTRICT 10, BUSINESS OWNER, QUALITY OF FASHION WEEK AND MEMBERS OF THE ANGELS OF CHANGE ACADEMY. SINCE LAST YEAR, TGI COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE MYSELF HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE COMMUNITY TO ADD VOLUNTARY QUAIT FOR THE EQUITY INITIATIVE A COMMUNITY PROPOSAL READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION. TGI IS A TWO-YEAR FOUR MILLION DOLLARS PILOT THAT INVEST IN MANY ORGANIZATION SXZ COORDINATE AFFIRMING CARE CITY WIDE AND INVESTMENT IN CARE. OUR REQUEST IS CLEAR AND TIMELY. PLACE THE INITIATIVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TO IT CAN BE DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE. THE PROPOSAL IS READY, THE COMMUNITY IS READY, AND IN HONOR OF TEAM WORK AS YOU SAID EARLIER, THE TIME IS NOW. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS. >> Clerk: I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. MIA, LAUREN R, JAMES FIN' COULDLEN, CARMEN AND MARCH QUIEZA B. >> Speaker: NUMBER 31, A, I HAVE NOT SEEN CURREN PRICE. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE FOR 32. >> Speaker: LGBTQ SIDEWALKS. PUBLIC COMMENT, I GET BOTH RIGHT? HEY, MR. PRICE. I WAS LOOKING TO SEE THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 59 YEARS OLD, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU GUYS BEGGING ON THE STREET. I SEE THE PROCESS THAT GOES ON THE STREET, YOU'RE NO LONGER PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CONSTITUENTS. I'VE WATCHED YOU AND THESE PEOPLE ARE PLEADING TO HELP THEM AS A CITY COUNCIL. I REMEMBER ALL YOU GUYS, GO BACK BACK TO DANIEL AND CRENSHAW, BARBARA AND SYDNEY THOMPSON, NOW YOU EVEN BIG, MR. CURREN PRICE, Y'ALL USED TO BEG ON THE STREET FOR THE VOTES. MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MARQUEECE YOU USED TO BEG ON THE STREET BEFORE THEY HAD RESOURCE CENTERS, MS. JAMES PULLUP AND THE MAYOR KAREN BASS USED TO WALK ON 90th STREET BEGGING ON THE STREET. I REMEMBER WHEN WITH YOU ALL BEGGED ON THE STREET. I'M CLARENCE SHOENZ, THEY GAVE ME OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP. ITEM NUMBER 32, LGBTQ, ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA LAW, EACH CONSTITUENTS, I HAVE MY TIE I HAVE TO BE SAFE AND SECURE. I FEEL SAFE AND SECURE BUT I REMEMBER WHEN Y'ALL USED TO BEG ON THE STREET. HAVE A GOOD DAY. BYE BYE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM 37. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M NICK AND I'M HERE ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 25 AND 37. ITEM 25 WOULD INTRODUCE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION ON GLOBAL TRAITED AND ENDORSE THE PRACTICE OF INSERTING GOVERNMENT INTO WHAT SHOULD BE THE PROVINCE OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS. FURTHERMORE, THE LANGUAGE LIMITING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PROCESSES, WOULD PUT OUR PORTS AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE SEEING BUSINESSES RELOCATING TO OTHER PORTS. I URGE YOU TO EXPRESS CONCERN ON ITEM 25. WITH REGARDS TO ITEM 37, I ASK FOR TO YOU VOTE NO ON PROPOSED BALLOT MEASURES CALLING FOR AN INCREASE TOT FOR VARIOUS ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANIES WHO MAKE UP AND MAKE UP THE GLOBAL TOURISM INDUSTRY. >> I BELIEVE YOU DID GENERAL FIRST. YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE ITEM, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 37, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. I ASK FOR YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED BALLOT MEASURES CALLING FOR AN INCREASES T.O.T. FOR VARIOUS TRAVEL COMPANIES WHO MAKE UP AND PROUDLY SUPPORT THE GLOBAL TOURISM INDUSTRY NA L.A. RELIES ON FOR ITS REVENUE. WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THESE TAX LEFT SIDE FALL ON POTENTIAL TOURISM AND DISCOURAGE THEM FROM VISITING THE CITY OF L.A. AND CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ECONOMY. PLEASE CONSIDER RAMIFICATIONS OF THESE TAX INCREASE AND VOTE NO ON ITEM 37. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M MAYA DAN YELLS, MY PRONOUNCE ARE THEY THEM, I'M AND REPRESENTING THE TRANSLATINA COALITION. I LIVE AND WORK IN DISTRICT 10. I APPRECIATE DR. MARTINEZ FOR HAVING US AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR THEIR CONVERSATION. AND THE ADVOCACY AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. I'M HERE TO URGE THE COUNCIL AS AN INVESTMENT INTO FIVE SEPARATE TGI LEAD ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. TODAY WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR ANGELS OF CHANGE PROGRAM WHERE WE TEACH THEM ABOUT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND BUDGETARY PROCESS. SO WHEN DISCUSSIONS HAPPENS ABOUT THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, WHICH THEY WILL. OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE IN THAT PROCESS. ON MARCH 6ING, OUR MEMBERS WILL BE MEETING WITH COUNCILMEMBERS AND LEAD BY FOUNDERS OF INTERSECT ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN DIFFERENT AREAS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HI I'M SPEAKING ON PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS SABASTIAN BROCK AND I USE HE AND HIM PRONOUNDS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 8. INCLUSION EFFORTS FROM THIS COUNCIL, THERE ARE PEOPLE ON BROADWAY BOULEVARD AND ADAMS BOULEVARD IN WOODEN BOX SHELTERS DUE TO LACK OF VOUCHERS IN LOS ANGELES. THERE IS A RISING GANG VIOLENCE AND ICIS TERRORIZING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE, THE TGI COMMUNITY FACES HATE CRIMES AND DISCRIMINATION AND CONTINUED GENDER VIOLENCE AND EQUALITY. I SEE NO CHANGES BEING MADE AS U.S. CITIZENS. I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN MY DISTRICT. I'M ASKING FOR MY CHANGE BECAUSE I'M UNDER REPRESENTED AND I URGE YOU TO PLACE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS TGI LEAD ORGANIZATIONS AND AN EFFORT TO MAKING CALIFORNIA A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR TGI, LGBTQ COMMUNITIES IN AN ORDER TO PROMOTE INCLUSION. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. TOM H, MIKE J, SEBASTIAN B, DANA AND TOMAS J. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS A SPAS TODOS, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, I WANT TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS HERMIA CRUZ AND I WORK AT McDONALD'S IN LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO ASK FOR FAIR WORK ORDINANCE SO MORE WORKERS LIKE ME CAN KNOW THEIR RIGHTS IN WORK FACE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: YES, I UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT AWARE OF THESE RIGHTS AND I SUFFERED A LOT OF BULLYING AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SURPASS THIS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I FACED A LOT OF HARASSMENT BUT NOW THAT I KNOW MY RIGHTS I WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS SITUATION, UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE MANY OTHER WORKERS THAT ARE DEALING WITH THIS SITUATION STILL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND THAT'S WHY I ASK THAT AWE SUPPORT THE FAIR FAST FOOD ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: MY NAME IS FLOWRIND A I WORK AT McDONALD'S IN LOS ANGELES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO WORK ABOUT THE FAST FOOD ORDINANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW US FAST FOOD WORKERS TO HAVE A WEEK OFF. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: IN MY CASE, IT'S HARD TO MAKE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE I SUFFER FROM DIABETES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND MANY TIMES WHEN I MISS WORK BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO VISIT A DOCTOR AND I HAD TO MISS WORK BECAUSE THEY CHANGED MY SCHEDULE IN THE LAST MINUTE, THEY WOULD PUNISH ME BY TAKING AWAY HOURS OR TAKING AWAY MY DAYS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AND KNOWING MY RIGHTS HELPS ME DEFEND AGAINST THOSE INJUSTICES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THAT'S WHY I ASK FOR YOU TO SUPPORT THE FAIR FOOD WORK ORDINANCE WUT FURTHER DELAY. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL OF THEM. >> City Attorney: SO THAT IS ITEMS 1 THROUGH 8 AND 26 THROUGH 38 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL, I ASSUME, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: PEOPLE NEED TO VOTE IN CD1 FOR WEREWOLF CLAIRE I HAVE. >> City Attorney: SO I NEED YOU TO, I NEED YOU TO SPEAK TO THE ITEMS FIRST OR YOU CAN MOVE TO GENERAL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY, I'LL DO GENERAL. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: OKAY. VOTE FOR WOLF CLAIROS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. WE NEED SOMETHING WHO DOES THE WORK, WHO HAS BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHO KNOWS ALL THE AREAS WHO WILL DO SOMETHING FOR OUR DISTRICT. CLEAN UP THE ZOMBIES DOWN AT McARTHUR PARK WHICH IS REALLY HEART BREAKING, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT IS UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN THERE DOWN THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND YOU SEE PEOPLE, LEANING OVER, DOING DRUGS AND SHOOTING UP AND SLEEPING THROUGH ON STREETS, IT'S SO HEART BREAKING, YOU CANNOT DESCRIBE IT UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN THERE. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST SOMEBODY IN A HOMELESS CAMP. HERNANDEZ, HAS GOT TO GO. WE HAVE HOIMLESS EVERYWHERE AND TRASH AND NOW SHE IS START TO GO CLEAN THINGS UP BECAUSE SHE IS UP FOR A VOTE. I'M ASKING FOR WOLF IN CD1. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. SOCK, SO YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LEAVE THE PODIUM, THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY FORMAL WARNING. PLEASE DON'T DISRUPT, WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY. AND MR. PRESIDENT, THE--NEXT SPEAKER? >> Clerk: BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER, WE'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES, NICK K, ELLIOT AND ROXY AND C. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OH AND IF YOU CAN MOVE THE MICROPHONE UP. GENERAL? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] XED >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I WANT TO DESCRIBE TO COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ TO OPPOSE ICE BY INTELLIGENT SERVICES ARE IMPEDING MY ABILITY TO DO THIS T LIKE ALWAYS. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THANK YOU PAGE 99 OF TRANS HUMAN GENOCIDE, I'M GOING TO TRANSLATE THIS PAGE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: THE SPECIALIZED ADVANCE WEAPONS INCLUDED IN THIS HAVE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT. >> Speaker: TUNNEL. >> Interpreter: FOR THE TUNNEL AND TELE PORTATION FROM THE TUNNEL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M SORRY, THE INTERPRETER IS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: FOR UNACCESSIBLE AREAS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT RENEE PITMAN I HOPE YOU CAN READ HER BOOK, YOU ARE NOT MY OLDER BROTHER. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: AGAIN WITH RON JOHNSON, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 6, 34 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: 6 RELATES TO LIGHTING PROGRAM, YOU LOOK AROUND THE STREET AND THAT HURTS PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT OVER THE SAME TIME, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, YOU'VE CUT STREET LIGHTING BY 7.5 MILLION DOLLARS. WHY? THOSE ARE NOT THE ONLY SERVICES THAT YOU CUT, YOU CUT STREET SERVICES BY 61 MILLION. SANITATION BY 11 MILLION. YOU CUT THE OLD PROGRAMS, TAKING CARE OF OLD PEOPLE. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE WELCOMED TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW IN GENERAL YOU'VE MISMANAGED IT AND HURT ALL THE PROGRAMS. AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? YOU UPGRADE THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RESTORING STREET LIGHTING. >> City Attorney: I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU NEED TO SPEAK THAT THROUGH GENERAL. >> Speaker:WHAT A VOEK YOU HAVE SAT AROUND WHEN YOU HAD THIS IDEA PROGRAM WHERE WE SPEND 350 MILLION DOLLARS AND ONLY PERMANENTLY 1342 PEOPLE. WHAT AN OBJECT JEKT FAILURE. VERY FEW HAVE SPOKEN UP AND TRACI PARK HAS SPOKE UNUP. HUGO GOES ALONG BECAUSE HE'S IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING BAZES BIDDING, WHAT A FAILURE THAT IS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING DONE, THAT'S WHY KAREN BASS DOES NOT NEED BE REELECTED, WE NEED TO GET HER OUT OF HERE. NOW TALKING TO THE PALISADES FIRE F I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYONE CRITICIZE KAREN BASS FOR COVERING THAT UP. MONICA, YOU HAVE, BUT MONICA HAS BEEN ON TOP OF THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING. IF MONICA WAS MAYOR DURING THIS TIME, THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF LESS DESTRUCTION AND LIFES SAFE. WHERE ARE THE SAME OF THESE PEOPLE. TRACI YOU'RE DOING THAT CAMPAIGN WITH HER I DIDN'TEDER, THAT'S YOUR DISTRICT, DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT? YOU'RE FINE WITH HER COVERING UP EVER ACTION REPORT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU AND WHY SHOULD CONSTITUENTS BE HOLDING HER HAND RUNNING FOR ELECTION AND NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, WE'RE YOU OF. AND ONLY TWO VOTED AGAINST THE CONVENTION, NITHYA AND YAROSLAVSKY. GOOD FOR YOU ON THAT. ENJOY YOUR DAY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, MI NOMBRE ES ADRIANA. >> Interpreter: HELLO GOOD MORNING, I'M ADRIANA I'M REPRESENTING THE TRANS LATINA COALITION AND THE TRANS COMMUNITY COALITION AS WELL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] XED >> Interpreter: I WANT THERE TO BE AWARENESS THAT WE ARE HUMAN AND PEOPLE THAT NEED PUBLIC HELP, WE NEED HELP FROM THE PUBLIC. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE WANT US TO BE PROTECTED AND TAKEN ACCOUNTED FOR WITH EVERYTHING INCLUDING IN EQUITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> >> Interpreter: AND WE NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN MEDICAL AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND WELL BEING IN PLACE OF RESIDENT. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M ROXY GUTIERREZ, GOOD AFTERNOON, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I WANTED TO THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK IN THE STANDS SPEAKING WITH SMART SOULS THAT WANT THE BEST FOR THIS WORLD. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT GOD MAKES NO MISTAKES AND THAT HE LOVES ALL HIS CHILDREN. ANGELS OF CHANGE HAS TRIED THEIR BEST TO HEAL, ONE ANOTHER, WE WILL CHANT OUR WAY TO WORLD PEACE AND HEALING OUR FAMILY AND ANCESTOR'S PRICE, LET'S DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND HEAL ONE ANOTHER. GOD IS WATCHING. THANK YOU, MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >> MAKE SOME NOISE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M EDDIE, I SEE THAT SOME SF YOU ARE TAKING ACTION TO FIGHT FASCISM, EVEN YOU TRACI, THAT'S CRAZY. CAN WE PROTECT ELECTION INTEGRITY. THE IDEA OF HAVING ICE AT THE POLLING PLACE, IF ELECTIONS ARE NOT PROTECTED, WE SHOULD BE GEARING UP FOR A SUSTAINED GENERAL STRIKE. WE NEED TO SET IS THE SYSTEMS UP NOW. SOME SF YOU ARE RUNNING FOR REELECTION IN THE SPOTLIGHT IS EXTRA BRIGHT, NITHYA, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE LAPD CHIEF OF POLICE JIM McDONNELL, HE WOULD NOT ENFORCE LAWS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT ICE FROM WEARING MASKS. DON'T YOU EVER HOLD JIM McDONNELL ACCOUNTABLE, STOP APPROVING DONATIONS AND FUNDS. NITHYA RAMAN YOUR VOTING RECORDS SPEAKS INVOLVES. YOU HAVE THAT POWER. DO IT. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 36 AND 37. >> City Attorney: 36 AND 37? YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS. GO HEAD. >> Speaker: I'M JACKIE AND I'M PRESIDENT AND CEO OF HOTEL ASSOCIATION OF LOSS REPRESENTING L.A.'S HOTELS, LARGE AND SMALL. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO OPPOSE ITEM 36 AND 37, RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR INCREASING TOT, IT RISKS THE ABILITY TO FULLY CAPITALIZE ON GLOBAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE WORLD CUP BY MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. A TAX SPIKE DIRECTED AT GUEST COMING FOR THESE MAJOR EVENTS WILL MAKE EXISTING BLOCK AGREEMENTS AND MAYBING CITIES MORE AFFORDABLE AND ATTRACTIVE, PARTICULARLY AT A 4 PERCENT RATE WHICH WOULD MAKE LOS ANGELES BY ENLARGE THE MOST EXPENSIVE TOT IN THE COUNTRY. WHILE THESE EVENTS WOULD BE TEMPORARY, ANY TAX INCREASE WOULD BE PERMANENT, TO COMPETE FOR BUDGET CONVENTIONS AND FAMILY TRAVELERS. TOURISM ARE ALREADY UNDER PERFORMED MUCH OF THE REGION AND NATION AND CONSISTENTLY UNDER PERFORM TO MAXIMIZE OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE, THE CITY SHOULD GET POLICIES TO ATTRACT VISITORS, SUPPORT HIGHER ROOM RATES AND ENCOURAGE NEW HOTEL IN CONSTRUCTION, RATHER THAN POLICIES THAT CONSTRAINT DEMAND OR SHIFT VISITATIONS ELSEWHERE. RISK REDUCING, NOT INCREASING LONG TERM CITY REVENUES. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: WE WILL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. JACKIE FILLA, HAIRET ELLIOT, LAURA FM AND TAYLOR S. >> Speaker: HI GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS OF THE ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL BE HERE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE WARNING ABOUT THE HARMFUL INFILTRATION OF SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE, THAT THEY USE AS FAKE DRUG PROGRAMS OR HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS OR WHATEVER THING THAT THEY FEEL IS NECESSARY LIKE THE VOLUNTEER MINISTERS, THESE ARE ALL FRONT GROUPS OF SCIENTOLOGY AND SCIENTOLOGY IS A MANIPULATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING CULT. THIS IS DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH THE CITY AND IT HAS BEEN THAT SOME PEOPLE IN THE BACK MAY BE TALKING OVER WHILE I'M DOING MY PUBLIC COMMENT BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT INFILTRATED FRONT GROUPS FROM SCIENTOLOGY. A LOT OF THEM ARE, THE WAY TO HAPPINESS, APPLIED SKA LOSS TICKS AND COVERAGE OF ADMINISTRATION, AND VOLUNTEER MINISTERS AND MANY OTHERS. SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR ALL, YOU'LL GET THE PAMPHLETS SOON. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAKING TO? >> Speaker: 34 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONCE THAT IS TIME IS OVER, YOU'LL SEE A MINUTE POUP FM >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 2, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR UPLIFTING THE LGBT VISIBILITY AND CREATING PUBLIC SPACES WHERE OUR COMMUNITIES CAN FEEL SEEN. SYMBOLIC GESTURES DO MATTER AND THEY REMIND LGBT AND TGI PEOPLE, FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HE RAISED. AT THE SAME TIME SYMBOLISM MUST BE PAIRED WITH SUBSTANCE, IT CANNOT ALONE HOUSE PEOPLE OR KEEP OUR PEOPLE SAFE. WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT BEHIND THE ITEM, WE NEED THE CITY TO MATCH IN THE LIVES OF LGBTQ AND TGI, ESPECIALLY TRANS WOMEN AND TGI AND OTHERS WHO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE HOMELESSNESS. IF THE CITY INVEST IN SYMBOLS IT CAN INVEST IN SERVICES AND SAFETY AND CAN INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE GESTURE. AND TGI PEOPLE ACROSS LOS ANGELES. ON ITEM 34, I WANT TO UPLIFT SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR SAFE PARKING L.A. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PARKING, FOR GENDER TRANS, ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS, TRANS VETERANS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE MARGIN, SAFE PARKING IS THE LAST REMAINING FORM OF SHELTER. TGI, ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESS AND MANY ARE PUSHED INTO LIVING IN THEIR CARS BECAUSE SHELTERS ARE UNSAFE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO NAME THE LARGER TRUTH. OUR GOVERNMENT HAS LEAD OUR COMMUNITIES DOWN. RENTS ARE TOO DAM HIGH, FOOD AND BASIC NECESSITIES, PEOPLE RISING, PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVESTED IN THE CITY, INCLUDING TRANS VETERANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AREN'T BEING PUSHED THROUGH HOMELESSNESS THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AS I WANT TO UPLIFT OUR TRANS AND CONTINUE TO LEAD AND SURVIVE DESPITE SOME OF THE MOST HARSHES CONDITIONS. THEY'RE SAFETY AND WELLNESS MUST BE CENTERED IN EVERY CONVERSATION. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE, ESPECIALLY ITS CHAIR HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ. THAT COMMITTEE SHOWED WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY HAVE MOST IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE. NOW WE NEED THE FULL COUNCIL TO MATCH THE LEAERSHIP. ARE FACING A CRISIS OF SURVIVAL IN THE CITY. WE CANNOT WAIT, WE NEED TGI THAT WE INTRODUCED AS A MOTION SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND BUILD THE COMMUNITY IT URGENTLY NEEDS. LOS ANGELES HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE NATION BY INVESTING THE DIGITY OF TGI PEOPLE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO PEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS CANA PRONOUNS ARE HE AND THEM I'M A 22-YEAR-OLD TRANSGENDER MAN AND A PROUD ANGELINO. I'M ABLE TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU BECAUSE OF PROGRAMS FUNDED BY INITIATIVE LIKE TGIE COMMUNITY LEAD PROVIDED ME WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT AND THE NEED AND THE CARE THAT I DESPERATELY NEEDED, MANY GENDER EXPANSIVE AND INTER SEX PEOPLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN THE CITY. THEY PUT RESOURCES DIRECTLY IN THE HANDS OF TGI LEAD ORGANIZATIONS THAT KNOW HOW TO CARE FOR US. THIS IS ABOUT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT PUNISHMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT OTHER YOUTH LIKE ME HAVE A FUTURE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. FLOWRINDA CRUZ, ADRIANG. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: HELLO MY NAME IS ANGEL, PRONOUNS A HE AND HIM, I'M HERE AS A MEMBER OF TRANS LATINA COALITION. AS TRANS PEOPLE GO SEGREGATION, STRENGTHENING LOCAL FUNDING STREAMS IS THE MOST DIRECT AVENUE OF CONNECTING TGI PEOPLE WITH MATERIAL AND RESOURCES. THE COUNTY HAS RECOGNIZED THIS. TGI COMMUNITY, ARE THE ESSENTIAL COURSE THAT CONNECTS TGIF PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. DECISIONS MADE AT THE JUNCTURE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL HAVE LASTING IMPLICATIONS AND MORE APPOINTEDLY FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE FACE ING TARGET ING OF THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. FUNDED TGI INITIATIVE AND FUND TRANS LEAD AND TRANS SERVING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS ALEX, I'M HERE SPEAKING ON PUBLIC DOCUMENT. --PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M A MEMBER OF LATINA COALITION, AND MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I WAS AN ADDICT AND THEY HELPED ME RECOVER, I'VE BEEN SOBER FOR TEN YEARS. SO PLEASE, KEEP FUNDING TRANS LATINA COALITION, THEY'VE BEEN HELPING US THE COMMUNITY, AND TO FEEL SAFE AND SECURE AND WELCOME. SO MANY LIVES WILL BE HELPED TO FIND HOPE AND MEANING TO GUARD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, I'M GOING TO CALL THE NEXT FEW NAMES. ANGEL J, SUSAN AND GREG AND EDDIE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: KATIE LAFOON I'M HERE TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, NONE OF YOU LISTEN TO US, IT'S VERY CLEAR. PEOPLE COME IN WEEK AND AFTER WEEK AND WE TELL YOU WHAT THE LAPD IS DOING. LAST WEEK THEY SHOT KIDS. THEY SHOT KIDS, THEY SHOT KIDS. THEY DIDN'T EVEN PAUSE, THEY'RE KIDS AND I'M SAYING THAT NONE OF ARE EVEN PAUSING YOUR FUCKEN CONVERSATIONS, THE LAPD SHOT KIDS ON THE STREETS OF L.A. A HALF A BLOCK FROM WHERE THE MAYOR WAS GIVING HER SPEECH. THAT'S THE CITY WE LIVE IN AND YOU HOLD THESE MEETINGS AND YOU GIVE 60 SECONDS AND IT'S DOG AND PONY SHOW, ACTING LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING. BUT YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD MAYOR, ALL OF THIS IS A SHOW. AND WE'RE TIRED, AND IF NONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO STAND UP, YOU CAN'T GET ANGRY AT US FOR NON VIOLENTLY PROTESTING. >> Clerk: I'LL BE CALLING THE LAST FEW NAMES, MARK S, MAYA DANIELLES, GH, AND CRUZ AND MIRANDA GARCIA. >> City Attorney: AND I SEE AT LEAST ONE PERSON COMING UP. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL I'M HERE THIS MORNING-- >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL HERE, I'M HERE REPRESENTING TRANS LATINA COALITION WE'RE GOING THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT TIMES AND WE'RE VERY VULNERABLE TODAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: I'M HERE THIS MORNING, REPRESENTING THE COALITION TRANS LATINA AND THE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: HERE WE'RE TO RAISE OUR VOICES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES WE'RE VERY VULNERABLE AND WE'RE BEING ATTACKED SO WE HAVE TO GET TOGETHER MORE OFTEN CONSTANTLY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Interpreter: WE'RE ASKING I'M ASKING HERETOFORE THIS PROGRAMS TO REMAIN ACTIVE AND FOR YOU AS A AUTHORITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COVER THOSE THINGS SO WE CAN GET THAT HELP. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Interpreter: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M JERRY ANNE HUBBARD I'M IN THE SECOND DISTRICT AND I'M A MOM-AND-POP OWNER. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE UPCOMING CONSIDERATION OF 90 DAYS FOR AN EVICTION. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE, I'M IN THE GAME FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW AND CHANGE IS COMING, CHANGE HAS COME, I'M HANGING WITH IT, LITERALLY HANGING. BETWEEN THE INSURANCE AND BY THE WAY, I AM A PROPERTY TAXPAYER, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, THAT IN PROCESSING A RENTAL APPLICATION, I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS. THEY CAN SAY WHERE THEY'VE BEEN, THERE IS REALLY NOT 100 PERCENT WAY TO PROVE IT, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT. EVICTION RECORDS ARE SEALED. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH. SO THAT'S WHERE, WE ARE, THE MOM AND POPS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS LOREN, I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE TRANS LATINA COALITION, I RESIDE IN CUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER 10 AND I'M HERE TODAY WITH OUR ANGELS OF CHANGE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND I'M ADD COULD VAITING FOR TGI WELLNESS INITIATIVE. IT IS A TIME WHEN A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS ATTACKING OUR TGI COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE ASK THAT THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES THEIR LEGACY OF BEING A SAFE AND INCLUSIONARY PLACE FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. ?AOUF A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M ERIC I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING L.A.'S RESPONSE TO ICE, SINCE JUNE, I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU GUYS A CUP OF NAMES, INCLUDING LAST WEEK, THAT I CAME TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY DRESSED LIKE A BOO-A-LOO. THE WALK WALK OUT, THE LAPD MONITORED THE CROWD. THAT IS A LIE, I WITNESSED A POLICE OFFICER SHOOT INTO THE CROWD, I SAW TEENAGERS BEING CHASED BY LAPD ON THE STREET, I WITNESSED BEING HIT BY BA TOPS. --BATONS. THE LAPD MERELY MONITORED ON WEDNESDAY. THAT IS A LIE. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: THAT IS THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. WHAT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 3 THROUGH 8, 26 THROUGH 28 AND 30 THROUGH 34 AND 36. >> Council President: OKAY, DO ANY MEMBERS WISH TO BE HEARD ON THOSE ITEMS? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 38. >> Council President: OKAY. 38. THAT'S A CLOSE SESSION ITEM? YES, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: COLLEAGUES, BUDGET AND FINANCE WAVED ITEM 38, I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THIS ON CONSENT AND NOT GO INTO CLOSE SESSION. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT REPORTS, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE TWO REPORTS. >> Council President: I SECOND THAT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? IS YOUR BUTTON PRESSED? >> E. Hernandez: YES, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM 1 TO ACCEPT THE LIEN. THANK YOU. >> Council President: YES, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM BY. ADVISED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD THE LIEN ON ITEM NUMBER 1. THANK YOU. >>Clerk: THANK YOU, IS THERE A SECOND TO CONFIRM THE LIEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 1. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 1. >> Council President: LET'S TAKE A VOTE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> City Attorney: SINCE COUNCIL APPROVED ITEM 38, AND APPROVED, I'LL READ IN THE INSTRUCTIONS. SO IT SAYS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF MAYOR, ONE, AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO A, EXPEND UP TO 2,01,148.46 TO PAY THE YMENT AND COSTS 1,740,954.68 JUDGMENT AND 133,776.71 COSTS AND 140,454.10 FOR ACCRUED INTEREST IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ABOVED ENTITLED MATTER THAT IS SHARE LIN HERNANDEZ ET AL VIA CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, SUPERIOR CASE NUMBER 20STSC43582B, EXPEND UP TO 140,000 IN SETTLEMENT OF THE ABOVE ENTITLED MATTER. 2, AUTHORIZE THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE TO A, TRANSFER 2,.1 FROM FUND 100/59 SECRETARY NUMBER 009798, MISS LIENOUS LIABILITY PAY OUT. 2, FUND NUMBER 100-59 ACCOUNT NUMBER 009795, PUBLIC WORKS STREET SERVICES LIABILITY PAY OUTS. B, TRANSFER 140,000 FROM THE LIABILITY CLAIMS FUND NUMBER 100-559 ACCOUNT NUMBER 009798. MISCELLANEOUS LIABILITY PAY OUTS TO FUND NUMBER 100/59 ACT NUMBER 00--STREET SERVICES LIABILITY PAY OUT. AND 3 AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO A, DROP THE DEMANDS FROM FUND NUMBER 100-59 ACCOUNT NUMBER 009795, PUBLIC WORKS, LIABILITY PAY OUT PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS FJTS 886,796 TO B.C. CLIENT TRUST ACT. 2, 140,678.12 TO BDNJ PC FOR COSTS GRANTED INCLUSIVE OF INTEREST. 3, 854,154.74 TO MET LIFE ASSIGNMENT INC. NBO A LEJANDRO PAYMENT APPROXIMATES FOR UP TO 133,552.69 TO BE DEPOSITED IN A BLOCKED ACCOUNT FBO A LEJANDRO JUNIOR, B, DRAW DEMANDS FROM FUND NUMBER 100-59 ACCOUNT NUMBER 009795 PUBLIC WORKS STREET LIABILITY PAY OUTS, PAYABLE AS NOW, 85,954 TO BD TRUST ACCOUNT. 2, --DESTINY LEYVA. 3 35773.56. FB PIXER SHARYL HERNANDEZ AND 4, AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY OR DESIGNEE TO MAKE NECESSARY TECHNICAL AMOUNTS, NECESSARY AND AUTHORIZE THE CONTROLLER TO IMPLEMENT THE INSTRUCTIONS. AND THIS MATTER WAS ALREADY APPROVED. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: IF WE CAN CONFIRM WHO IS THE SECOND TO THE YAROSLAVSKY MOTION? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. THANK YOU THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEM 2 TO CONFIRM THE LIEN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON. OPEN THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE 21 THROUGH 23. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S GOING TO BE 12 AYES AND 3 NOES. COUNCILMEMBER HERN DIZ --HERNANDEZ IS ALSO A NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 29 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: COLLEAGUES I'M VERY THRILLED AND I WANT TO THANK, GIVE DEEP GRATITUDE TO MAYOR BASS FOR THIS NOMINEE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TO BE A POIBTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER COMMISSION. CHAIRMAN, RUDY MARTINEZ, RUDY OR TEGA IS A DEAR FRIEND AND SOMEBODY REPRESENTATIVE AS FIRST CALIFORNIAN NATIVE TO SERVE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER COMMISSION. AND IT'S, I MEAN, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMISSION FOR THE WORK THAT IT DOES AND HELPING TO BE A STEWARD ON THE WATER SYSTEMS BUT FOR THE NORTHEAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IN PARTICULAR, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE WORK THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE ON UNDER GROUNDING THE UTILITIES LINES IN OUR COMMUNITY ALONG VAN NUYS BEFORED WITH SUCH AN ANTIQUATE SYSTEMS. I COULD P BE MORE PROUD TO HAVE YOU SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT STEWARD AND GUIDE FOR BHA THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INVESTMENTS THAT OCCUR IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ARE MEET EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES WITH THE LEVEL OF DIGNITY AND ATTENTION TO TO EQUITY DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE DES*EFSH. DEFSH. --DESERVE. AS SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN HELPING TO ADVOCATE AND BEING A STRONG STEWART THAT THIS GOVERNMENT WRITES THE WRONGS. I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE JOINING IN THIS ROLE. AND I KNOW IT COULD NOT BE AT A MORE PERFECT TIME. SO MY GRATITUDE TO MAYOR BASS AND COLLEAGUES, I URGE YOUR AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN ORTEGA, RUDY, I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME. I'VE SEEN YOU DO AMAZEDING THINGS, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE WORKING, CARRYING THE CONSERVE YENT SEE AND ORGANIZATION THAT I USED TO WORK FOR AND WE SHARE THESE VALUES, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES. SO I'M JUST THRILLED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PART OF DWP. I'VE GOT THINGS THAT I'M WORKING ON GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR AND OTHER INITIATIVES IN TERMS OF SOLARIZING SOME OF THE SITES WHICH I KNOW YOU'LL BE A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR. I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES BUT REALLY FOR THE VALLEY AND FOR THE CITY OVERALL OF THESE YEARS. AND I'M JUST, JUST PLEASED AND HONORED THAT YOU WILL GRACE US AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER. SO SI STRONGLY URGE AN AYE VOTE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. BLUM FILED. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: RUDY, WHEN I SAW THAT IT WAS YOU, WHO WAS GOING TO TAKE THE SEAT, I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER, EVERYTHING RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND I THINK YOUR ROLE IN CREATING A NEW CONSERVATION CORE SPECIFICALLY THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IS A TESTAMENT TO WHY YOU BELONG HERE. CONGRATULATIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBERS AND CONGRATULATIONS, MR. CHAIR. MADAM CLERK, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM 35, CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: DON'T GO TOO FAR, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? LET'S. IT'S 35, IS 35 FOR SEPARATE VOTE OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 35, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE AT 37. SO 37, COMES OUT OF OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE, WE HAVE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS BEFORE US TODAY. WE CAN BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION WITH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. NO? >> M. Rodriguez: NO, IT WAS JUST A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US, I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS? >> Clerk: THERE IS ONLY ONE AMENDMENT BEFORE US, AT THIS TIME 37 A COUNCILMEMBER INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND THAT IS TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATIONS A, AS AMENDED AND THE AMENDMENT IS TO CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS A TO AMEND THE BALLOT RESOLUTION DOCUMENTS AND ORDINANCES DATED FEBRUARY 5, 2026 TO INCREASE THE OCCUPANCY TAX BY 2 PERCENT WITH NO ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY INCREASE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAO WITH THIS CHANGE, I PUT THE AMENDMENT FORWARD BECAUSE, ONE WHEN YOU PUT A VALID INITIATIVE THAT HAS CHANGED IN IT WHEN YOU'RE STARTING AT 2 PERCENT AND GOING DOWN TO ONE, IT CAN CAUSE CONFUSION MAKING IT SOMETHING HA IS NOT AS DIGESTABLE. I PUT IT FORWARD TO KEEP IT AT 2 PERCENT FLAT BECAUSE WE NEED CONSISTENCY, AFTER THE OLYMPICS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MARKET CAN LOOK LIKE AND WE HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER TO PAY IT. AND ALSO THERE IS POLLING THAT WAS DONE AND 2 PERCENT PEL IN THE APPROVAL RATINGS IN MOVING THIS FORWARD. AND ALSO, IF BY THE TIME THE OLYMPICS COME AND GO, AND WE STILL DON'T SEE A BETTER MARKET, WE CAN JUST PUT AN ORDINANCE TO PUT IT DOWN TO 1 PERCENT. WE ONLY NEED TO PUT THINGS ON THE BALLOT WHEN WE'RE INCREASING NOT REDUCING. SO IN 2028, THINGS CAN LOOK DIFFERENTLY AND IF NOT, WE CAN REDUCE IT AND IF THE MARKET CAN HANDLE A 2 PERCENT, THEN WE CAN KEEP IT. I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE CHANGE, I KNOW COLLEAGUES ARE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF PRESSURE. I'M LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE. >> Council President: GOT IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR THIS CONVERSATION AND TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT DRAFT ORDINANCE B AND RESOLUTION B, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEED THE ADVISE OF OUR STAFF WHO HAVE COME UP WITH DILIGENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR US TO GIVEN HOW MANY DIFFERENT MEASURES ON THE BALLOT, I WOULD HATE TO SEE US HAVE A FAILED ATTEMPT OF GAINING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY HAVING THE VOTERS ON OUR SIDE FOR. I WOULD LOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE B AND RESOLUTION B, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE AND RES DUCING B. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> Council President: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION SXZ AMENDMENTS ON THIS THIS. UNFORTUNATELY WHAT I STILL STRUGGLE WITH AND WHY I ADVANCED A MOTION ON APPLYING THIS TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY INSENT MORE OF INDIVIDUALS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR HOTEL INDUSTRY AND OUR HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS. AND DIS INSENTING ALL OF THE, THE USE OF HOMES THAT SHOULD BE FURTHER DEDICATED FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND WORK IN LOS ANGELES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT RESTIAL HOUSING STOCK. WE NEED TO CREATE SOME DIS INCENTIVE TO EXPANSION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE EXTRA HURDLES, THAT WE'RE ADOPTED AND IN ADVANCE BY MANY OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL, IT'S ALREADY CAUSED A GREAT INABILITY FOR THE HOTEL INDUSTRY AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO CREATE MORE COSTS. IT CREATES A SITUATION WHERE EVEN IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CUP OF PERCENT DIFFERENCE, PEOPLE HAVE OPTIONS IN BURBANK AND OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES FOR THEIR HOTEL NIGHTS. AND THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE AND CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ABOUT ALL OF THESE ISSUES. NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE NOT HAD AN CONVERSATION ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE, YOU CANNOT ASK PEOPLE TO PAY MORE WHEN YOU HAVE NOT EVEN DONE THE WORK TO CLAW BACK ON THE EXPENSES THAT HAVE REPEATEDLY DEMOSED MISS APPROPRIATION AND MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. SO I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A NO-VOTE ON THIS BUT I ALSO WANT TO URGE YOU ALL AND THANK COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT YOU AND I WOULD BE IN THAT MOTION TOGETHER. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE POOREST PEOPLE IN THE CITY YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND NOW PROPOSING TAX INCREASES BUT NOT APPLYING IT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING STOCK THAT IS BEING USED TO PROVIDE VACATION RENTALS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING LOS ANGELES. OUR HOUSING STOCK NEED TO BE PROTECTED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AND LIVE IN LOS ANGELES. I ASK TO YOU RECONSIDER BUT AT THIS JUNCTURE I'M GOING TO REMAIN A NO-VOTE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU, I WANT TO PREFACE BY SAYING I WAS THE MAKER OF AMENDMENT THAT BROUGHT US OPTION A. AS A PROPOSAL OF FOUR PERCENT INCREASE GOING DOWN TO 2 PERCENT INCREASE. WE ARE TOO USED TO THAT CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE COME UP WITH A DECISION AND FIND OUT IT HAS TO COME BACK TO THE STAFF. I'M GLAD TO SEE THE 4-2 AND 21 AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ RECOMMENDATION OR MOTION SECONDED BY MR. BLUMENFIELD FOR A 2 PERCENT. AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WE CAN DO 2 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD THROUGH THE OLYMPIC SXZ AFTER, WE WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REDUCE IT TO DOWN TO 1 IF WE SO CHOSE. ALTHOUGH ON BALANCE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, TODAY, I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION BINA SAYERIAN TO ADOPT OPTION B TO GO TO 2 PERCENT NOW BY THE WILL OF THE VOTERS THROUGH THE OLYMPICS DOWN TO 1 PERCENT. I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A LOGIC THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN TO THE ELECTORATE AND TO OURSELVES THAT THE OLYMPIC CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY AND THAT OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO ADD SOME JET FUEL TO OUR VISITORS, OUR VISITORS SERVING COMMUNITY AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO 1 PERCENT BECAUSE IN FACT, 2 IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT JUMP BUT IT'S A JUMP THAT IS JUSTIFIED BY THE OLYMPICS. I THINK ON BALANCE THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO HAVE A 2 PERCENT, 1 PERCENT THAT IS ACROSS THE BOARD THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF LOS ANGELES, AND I THINK IT'S PROTECTIVE OF OUR DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT. I THINK IT'S PROTECTIVE OF OUR WEST SIDE WHERE FOLKS HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE MORE. I APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION, I DO THINK WE NEED TO COME TO HOME SHARING AND MAKE SURE THAT HOME SHARING IS DOING ITS PART. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD TODAY, I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE NAZARIAN MOTION TO ADOPT B AS DRAFTED. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McOSKER, SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU TILL US WHAT IS BEFORE US AND WHAT ORDER? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, THE CURRENT ORDER FOR THE VOTE ON ITEM 37 WOULD BE TO START WITH MOTION NAZARIAN HUTT TO MOVE RECOMMENDATION B. THE SECOND VOTE WILL BE TO TAKE UP MOTION AMENDING MOTION HERNANDEZ BLUMENFIELD 37-A. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: THAT'S IT. >> Council President: AND PROVIDED THEY BOTH PASS, WHAT HAPPENS? >> Clerk: CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT. >> City Attorney: SO ASSUMING THEY BOTH PASS IS GOING TO BE WHICH EVER ONE IS APPROVED LAST IS THE ONE THAT CONTROLS. >> Council President: SO WHICH EVER ONE PASSES LAST IS THE ONE THAT HOLDS AND WE'RE GOING IN THE ORDER OF B, NAZARIAN HUTT THEN, A, HERNANDEZ BLUMENFIELD. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 37B. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES, 1 NO. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, AND LET'S LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 37 A, HERNANDEZ BLUMENFIELD. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 3 AYES, 8 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: MOTION NAZARIAN HUTT PASSES. AND MOTION HERNANDEZ BLUMENFIELD FAILS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND THE ENTIRE MATTER AS AMENDED, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THERE IS HUDDLING. >> Clerk: THANK YOU THE JUST TO CLARIFY, 37, THE MOTELSING THAT WAS A DOPTD WAS NAZARIAN HUTT WHICH IS BHA IS ADOPTED, 37B. >> Council President: 37B, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL OP THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES, 2 NOES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THEY'RE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ HAD A BIRTHDAY? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO I THINK, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT IS GOING TO SING IS THE STEVIE WONDER VERSION OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY. [LAUGHTER] [SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY] HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: YEAH, DON'T ASK ME TO SING. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: I SAID I'M A BETTER DANCER THAN SINGER. THANK YOU. > Council President: . POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE ANNOUNCEMENTS, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY ON THE FLOOR AND TEAM MEMBERS KNOW, MANY OF YOU, WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH MY SENIOR ADVISORY RACHEL BRAISER WHO LEFT US TO WORK IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE BROUGHT A NEW SENIOR ADVISOR WHO MANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS. MARGARET SLAGER IS WITH US. I WANT TO INTRODUCE HIM AND REINTRODUCE HIM TO OTHERS. WITH THAT, I'M ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. AND WE HAVE AN ADJOURNING MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, I RISE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM, HOWARD YULER WHO PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 4, 2026, AT THE AGE OF 4, BORN IN JUNE SECOND IN CHICAGO, HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AT A YOUNG AGE, ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER UCLA WHERE HE RAN TRACK WHERE HE LEARNED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. FOLLOWED A MASTER IN ARTSZ IN HISTORY I DID NOT KNOW THAT BUT I ALSO DID KNOW THAT HE HAD A MAST PER SOCIAL WORK. HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVICE, SPENDING DECADES OF DIRECTOR OF TOBERMAN HOUSE IN SAN PEDRO WORKING TIRELESS LEON BEHALF OF SERVICE MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. A LITTLE SIDE NOTE, WHEN HOWARD WAS AT UCLA, HE WAS ONE OF THE PROBABLY, ONE OF THE FIRST ACADEMIC REFERENCES IN HIS WORK THERE TO LTO, LICENSE TO OPERATE. AND I KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE LEANED IN ON LICENSE TO OPERATE BUT HE PUT IN ON HIS MASTER THESIS OF WHAT IT WAS TO HAVE A LICENSE TO OPERATE. HE BRIEFLY GOT BOARD OF RETIREMENT, HE ACTUALLY TRIED REAL ESTATE AND HE SAID NO, THAT'S NOT FOR ME. HE RETURNED TO THE WORK THAT AT THE LOVED MOST. HOWARD'S GREATEST JOY WAS HIS WIFE, HIS WIFE WAS TEACHER AND TOGETHER THEY RAISED TWO SONS JEFFERY AND MATTHEW AND SPENT YEARS MENT ORGANIZING COUNTER AND COACHING BASKETBALL AND CHILDREN ALONG THE WAY. HE WAS AN AVID FLY FISHERMAN AND MEMBER OF THE CASTING CLUB WHERE HE FORMED LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS AND ORGANIZED CASTING TOURNAMENTS THAT GREW TO ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF TEMPLE BETH EL IN SAN PEED RA--PEDRO. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON AND WILL BE REND FOR HIS WARMTH AND TIRELESS PURSUIT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. HIS LEADERSHIP IN SAN PEDRO AND DEVOTION TO UCL A AND LOVE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS A MENTOR TO SO MANY PEOPLE, HE MENTORED SO MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN THE WORK, THE TIRELESS IMPORTANT LIFE SAVING WORK OF INTERVENTION AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONIST AND MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAM HERE TODAY WHO I'M SURE HOWARD TOUCHED THEIR LIFES IN SO MANY WAYS. HE TOUCHED MINE. THE FACT THAT WE CAN CONSIDER HOWARD A MENTOR IN OUR OWN WAY IS A TRIBUTE ABOUT HOW ONE PERSON WITH CHANGE THE COURSE OF OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF PEOPLE YOU TOUCH. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO HONOR HOWARD ULLER MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND MAY HIS WORK CONTINUE SEIZELESSLY NR THIS DAY FORWARD. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. McOSKER AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US, ALONGSIDE THE WORK MR. ULLER. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, SEE YOU TOMORROW. WE ARE ADJOURNED. Today For someone who's not familiar, the Board of Public Works impacts a swath of the city. What are some of the areas that the Commission actually has oversight on? Sure. We're a five member body, all appointed by the mayor, with confirmation by the city council. What makes us so unique is that we're all full time. We're the only full time commission body in the city. We meet three times a week, similar to City Council. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. So we hold over 150 public meetings and the role of the board is really to provide that oversight, transparency public accountability and that governance to five of the most critical infrastructure, core building blocks of our city. So we oversee the Bureau of Sanitation lights streets contracts and engineering that basically works on pretty much all the public right of ways from your streets to your sidewalks to your trees, to your sewers, to new construction projects, and then leading up to the Olympics as well. Right now, we're in sort of that growing pains phase where you're seeing a lot of construction in different parts of town, but you're not seeing those headlines and you're not seeing sort of the final ribbon cutting projects that are coming to life . But what I tell them is that our city has been working on this for many years before, because a lot of the infrastructure projects are not just city standalone, but it is a partnership with Metro, with Caltrans, with all the other government entities that help manage the City of Los Angeles. So, for example, there's a brand new Purple Line that's been an underground Metro project that is partnership with the City that connecting from the Wiltern Theater in Koreatown, Wilshire and Western to UCLA. So with stops once that's open way before the Olympics, that's an 18 minute, one way those things are going to be opening up. I know the people mover system at LAX. There's going to be other underground construction projects and also many of the sidewalks and the trees and the streets are now being prepped for the games ahead of time. Most recently, along with the city council, the mayor, the Board of Public Works also approved the construction contract for the La Convention Center expansion and modernization project. So that is a very robust project that will expand the size of the convention center. We felt that the urgency of the moment in terms of revitalizing downtown LA to where it needs to be, could not wait another three years because you know, a lot of these public infrastructure projects take many years to develop and complete, and we didn't want to wait until after the Olympics to get started on this project. And also, you know, time is money. And every day that we wait, you know, construction costs will rise even further. And I know there are concerns about the budget and cost overruns. So yes, there has been some delays, unfortunately, because of the fires and recently the ice raids, those things are not helping to move projects along. But I have hope that, you know, and I have firm belief that when we have a firm deadline and we do have a firm deadline because we can't push back the Olympics. So our staff and our construction partners and the labor partners are well aware of that timeline. We can get it done on time. I have to ask you about the 105 freeway. Sure. That is a Caltrans and a metro joint project, although because it impacts our city's right of way, it is a partnership. It is led by Caltrans because freeways are within the jurisdiction of the state of California under Caltrans. However because it runs within the city of Los Angeles, we it is a partnership. So 105 freeway project is what we're essentially doing. We've already started the phase one earlier of 2025 is to convert sort of the carpool lanes into the fast track lanes. So two lanes of fast track on each side of the freeway, and that should be completed within three years in advance of the Olympics to ensure that we have drivers and people moving from point A to point B for the Olympic Games in terms of all the things that make a city run, in particular in Los Angeles, the film industry has become kind of one of those conversation cornerstones a lot. And you now from the mayor's office, have the position of oversight in that regard, too. Are you a film buff and what's going on with what's happening in filming in LA? I think I was chosen for this role, not because I'm a Hollywood expert per se, but I'm a you know, problem solver. I know how the city works. I know which levers to press to get things done. And the film industry has had some struggles over the years. Of course, the pandemic. And you've seen headlines about production leaving California for different reasons, financial reasons. Right. So it might be cheaper to film in other states or other countries. So what my job is and why I, as president of the board, is tasked with this responsibility, is that we're very much intertwined. My job is to lure production back into Los Angeles by streamlining many of its old archaic processes and making our city a friendly open for business in terms of production. So we now have a detailed list of landmarks, popular neighborhoods, streets that are very much in demand by our filming industry, whether it's, you know, major blockbuster films or their TV shows. But one of the other areas that I'm working on is that even if this particular location is a very desirable location for Hollywood, sometimes the neighbors are not as receptive to the things that are associated with production coming into their street. So I'm also working with our neighborhood council leaders, our city council partners, and our mayor's team to really kind of set that tone, set that expectation, and explain to our residents what are some of the benefits. Yes, some of the street parking might be taken up by production crews for a limited number of days, but that really translates to, you know, thousands sometimes millions of dollars to the local economy that benefits everybody. Recently, Sacramento passed a very historic film tax credit. It builds upon what mayor Bass helped passed in Sacramento when she was in the state legislature. So that is helping to bring some of that production back. But what I'm focused on is really taking an equity lens into the film, permitting process, where different permits incur different levels of costs. So we're looking at ways to okay, if not only just major blockbuster, but small, low impact filming also happens in Los Angeles quite frequently. And why don't we lower the barrier in terms of the threshold so that we don't charge you the same amount of money for a major blockbuster film versus a student run or a nonprofit film? So we're looking at a tiered pricing model to implement here in LA, so that we welcome all different sizes of production back. So we contract out our permitting services right now with an entity called film LA, which is a nonprofit. And yes, they were recently awarded a five year extension with the City of LA. They serve as sort of that one stop shop. Yes there are issues related to the filming process, and we're having some extensive dialog with film LA to make some major amendments to that, including tiered pricing. But that's your go to first entry. And then if there are issues, people can contact me directly. But to give you an example here, we're inside City Hall in downtown Los Angeles. City Hall is the people's building. And it is free to film that doesn't mean all of your costs get covered, but at least to reserve this building there is no added cost, right? However, you know, the security janitorial things will add up. But this is a very desirable landmark that people have shot. Courtrooms in or different types of law enforcement productions and others. Well, there is so much happening in this, and we've barely scratched the surface of everything that the board of Public Works does. So if somebody wants to learn about what current priorities are or what's happening in the city or plans for the Olympics, what's the best way for them to find out? Sure, you can go to our main website, which is DPW Department of Public Works, dot L.A. city gov. You'll find pictures of all the five commissioners, including myself and what we do, our background or our assignments, and also links to all of our social media pages so that you'll get the latest information about, you know, shine L.A. other mayoral priorities, other priorities that we're working on. And then updates related to the convention center and so much more. Hi. My name is Michael Canales. I'm a police officer here at the Port of Los Angeles. And this is my career report. Okay Let's see what kind of questions they have for me. Okay. How many subscribers do you have on your YouTube channel? Well, I just recently started a YouTube channel kind of like a hobby and it's grown to 760 ish subscribers. So if you guys want , go ahead and tune in. I talk about a lot of cool stuff and I think you'll like it. So go ahead, check out the channel, hit the like button, subscribe and I'll see you there. Next question. Have you ever caught someone? I'm assuming. Have I ever caught somebody here at work? All the time. You know, as a police officer, part of our duties is to apprehend suspects or bad people. And that