>> Council President: ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, THE 23rd DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR 2025. MY NAME IS MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, I SERVE AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBERS. LET'S BEGIN THE PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. TEN MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF APRIL 22, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA MOVES, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER SECONDS. NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD ITEMS 7 AND 8 ON THE DESK AS WELL AS 23 ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: ITEMS 3 THROUGH 29 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. THE TRADE TRAVEL AND TOURISM REPORTS FOR ITEMS 22 AND 23 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND VERBAL ONLINE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILES. 30 THROUGH 52 ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. SPECIALS MEMBERS? SPECIALS TO THE WEST? COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEMS 12 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. AND ON THIS SIDE, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 19 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS AND A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, 7 WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE CIRCULATED AND HELD FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: WHICH ONE HLD FOR COMMENTS? >> M. Rodriguez: 8. >> Council President: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 22 FOR QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 14. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 14. ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER PRICE OF COURSE? >> C. Price: MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. OUT AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 51 BECAUSE IT'S UNCLEAR WHO IS WORKING ON THE PROJECT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS? COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: CAN I CALL ITEM 17 SPECIAL FOR COMMENTS AND FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: AN AMENDMENT AND COMMENTS? >> J. Lee: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT, MR. NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: SORRY, I HAVE A SLOW WALK RIGHT NOW. MOVING TO ADOPT ANE REPORT FOR ITEM 17. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SECONDED BY MR. LEE. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHERS? SEEING NONE, WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR TO US VOTE ON AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 3 THROUGH 6, 9 THROUGH 11, 13 THROUGH 16. 18, 21, 24 THROUGH 29. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 17 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR COMMENTS AS WELL AS TO MOTION NAZARIAN LEE TO ADOPT THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, MR. LEE? NO COMMENTS, JUST THE AMENDMENT? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT ITEM IS NOW BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 19 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA FOR COMMENTS AND A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? >> I. Padilla: I JUST WANTED TO SAY MEMBERS THAT I THINK THIS IS SNAG I HOPE WE CAN VOTE NO ON I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO EASE OUR POWER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. MY UNDERSTAND ISING THAT THIS MOTION WAS CREATED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND TALK ABOUT WHETHER THEY AGREE OR DISAGREE WHICH ARTIST OR CREATIVE PERSON DESERVES TO BE ON THE WALK OF FAME. SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE EXCUSE SO TO SPEAK TO EASE OUR RIGHT TO APPROVE AND DISPROVE THESE. SOIL BE VOTING NO AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU WILL RECONSIDER. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: I THINK COUNCILMEMBER WANTED TO BE RECORDED AS A NO-VOTE. >> Clerk: FOR THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE 11 AYES, 1 NO BY COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. THE ORDINANCE WILL BE HELD OVER FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CALL ITEM 12 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERN DIZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND L.A. RECOVERY FOR THE INPUT ON THE MOTION THAT I COINTRODUCED WITH COUNCIL PRICE FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE JANUARY 2025 WILDFIRES AND ALTADENA. THE EMOTIONAL AFTER SHOCKS ARE STILL BEING FELT. SOME FAMILIES ARE STILL LIVING OUT OF SUITCASES AND SOME WONDERING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THE RENT NEXT MONTH. AFTER THE FIRE, THERE WAS A LOT MORE THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE PARTICULARLY AROUND OUR TENANTS BUT WE SAW THE COUNTED' MOVED MUCH MORE QUICKER AND WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME PROTECTIONS FOR OUR TENANTS HERE IN THE CITY. AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR OUTDOOR WORKERS, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE GAPS SO WHEN A CRISIS HAPPENS NEXT, WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW UP BETTER ESPECIALLY OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MOST IMPACTED NOT DIRECTLY BUT THE IMPACT BUT THE REBURBRATION. I KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER. TO REPORT BACK WITH OPTIONS TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BASIC INCOME PROGRAM OR EMERGENCY CASH ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS AFFECTED BIT JANUARY 2025 WILDFIRES. REPORTS THE COUNCIL INFORMATION ON USING UP TO ONE MILLION FROM 2024-2025, FOR PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS WILL LIKELY INCLUDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I HOPE THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THESE MOMENTS FROM THESE DISASTERS THAT WILL HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY. WE WANT TO BE A RESILIENT CITY AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LEAVE ANYBODY BEHIND. KLAOE,Z --COLLEAGUES I URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 8 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: COLLEAGUES, IT WAS HURST PALISADES, SWEPT THROUGH LOS ANGELES WITH A FORCE OF WINDS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN OR EXPERIENCED BEFORE. AND WHILE OUR RESPONSE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, WERE IMMEDIATE, WE KNOW THAT PREVENTIVE MEASURES ARE ALWAYS THE MOST COST AFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA KNOWING THAT WILDFIRE SEASON HAS BECOME A NW NORMAL FOR CALIFORNIANS BUT MOST RECENTLY EXPERIENCED BY ANGELINOS. AND WE'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE REBUILD BUT WE MUST THINK ABOUT HOW WE REBUILD SMARTER AND IN A MANNER THAT IS GOING TO ACTUALLY MITIGATE SO MUCH OF THE RISK THAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CONTINUE TO BE EXPOSED TO. THAT'S WHY I HAD INTRODUCED THE MOTION THAT IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY ALONG WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF OTHER AGENCIES TO REPORT BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE HAVE A MORE FIRE RESILIENT CONSTRUCTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM. THAT IS CRITICAL BUT IT'S, TIED INTO AND DUCK TAILS WITH THE MOTION I JUST INTRODUCED IN SUPPORT OF SENATOR SHIF'S EFFORT TO CREATE A TAX INCENTIVE, TAX SUPPORT FOR ANGELINOS OR FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS TO BE ABLE TO DERIVE THE REASONS FOR THE HOME HEARTENING EFFORTS AND MORE FIRE RESILIENT PROTECTIONS TOO THEIR HOMES. AMBER RESISTANT VENTS AND IGNITION RESISTANT SIGHTING HAVE ALL DEMONSTRATED VERY CLEAR BENEFITS AND RESULTS. AND WITH INSURER ON THE FRINGE OF LEAVING CALIFORNIA, WE ALL MUST DO OUR PARTS TO BE FAR MORE PROACTIVE IN CREATING HOUSING ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS GREATER FIRE RESILIENCY. SO FOR THAT REASON, I BROUGHT THIS MOTION AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR YOU SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION THAT I INTRODUCED IN SUPPORT OF SENATOR SCHIFF'S LEGISLATION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WHETHER IT'S RESOURCES AND TAX INCENTIVE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED PARLAYED WHAT THE STATE MAY BRING IN BUT IT'S ALL HOW REREBUILD AND HOW ANGELINOS HAVE THE TOOLS AND INFORMATION TO CREATE A MORE RESILIENT HOUSING STOCK. AS WE REBUILD WE CANNOT REBUILD FOR THE NEXT WILDFIRE, WE HAVE TO BUILD SMARTER AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE INTEGRATE THOSE FIRE RESILIENT APPROACHES TO THE EXISTING STOCK THAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND ALL OF THESE PIECES COUPLED TOGETHER WILL HELP TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES FOR ANGELINOS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO WITH THAT, I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. SO SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 22 CALLED SPECIAL FOR COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR QUESTIONS AND FOR THE TRADE AND TRAVEL HAS BEEN POSTED ON RESPECTIVE COUNCIL FILE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS IS REGARDING 2? --22? >> Council President: YES. >> Y. Jurado: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MR. ADAMS TO THE TABLE. >> GOOD MORNING. >> Y. Jurado: GOOD MORNING, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE TO PRESS IT, MAYBE AND PULL IT AS CLOSE. YES! GOOD MORNING, MR. ADAMS, CAN YOU SPEAK YOUR NAME AND POSITION INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> Speaker: I'M MARK ADAMS I'M THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR THE LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. I WANT TODAY ASK A COME OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LEASE. OBVIOUSLY CUSTOMS HAS BEEN UTILIZING THIS SPACE FOR SOMETIME CAN YOU CONFIRM WHAT OCCURS ON THIS FACILITY? WHAT IS IT? >> THIS IS OFFICE SPACE AND SOME TRAINING ROOMS BASICALLY FOR THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION STAFF BASED AT LAX WHERE PRIMARILY ENGAGED WITH THE CARGO OPERATIONS AT LAX. THERE ARE SOME CBP OPERATIONS RELATED TO CUSTOMER FACING OPERATIONS SUCH AS, GLOBAL ENTRY, IF YOU APPLY FOR GLOBAL ENTRY CARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU WILL GO TO THIS OFFICE TO GET YOUR FINGERPRINTS AND SUCH FOR THE GLOBAL ENTRY CARD. BUT IT'S ALL CPS OFFICES AND TRAINING ROOMS. >> Y. Jurado: SO IN ADDITION THERE ARE SOME SCREENING CONDUCTED AT THIS FACILITIES? >> WELL IT WOULD JUST BE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT WOULD JUST BE U.S. CITIZENS WHO APPLY FOR GLOBAL ENTRY CARD AND FINALIZING THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS THERE. >> Y. Jurado: UH-HUH. SO, OBVIOUSLY CBP AND ICE BOTH FALL UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. SOY WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR BEFORE APPROVING THIS LEASE THAT THIS SPACE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SUPPORT ANY DETAINMENT ANY ISAAC TIFF ITS. ICE ACTIVITIES, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT? >> YES. >> Y. Jurado: BUT CAN CBP SUBCONTRACTOR ALLOW OTHER FED CAL DEPARTMENTS --FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS TO USE THAT SPACE FOR OTHER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND STATED ON THE RECORD TODAY? >> NO. >> Y. Jurado: EXCELLENT. AND IF THEY GO ESTRAY HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THIS HAPPENS DURING THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION WHO SEEMS TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE, I'M NOT EXACTLY FAMILIAR WITH EVERY DETAIL OF THE LEASE, BUT THAT WOULD BE, A VIOLATION OF THEIR LEASE CONDITIONS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LEASE ITING FOR OFFICE SPACE. >> Y. Jurado: OKAY. >> SO IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, WE WOULD FOLLOW-UP WITH THEM TO, YOU KNOW, ENFORCE THOSE LEASE PROVISIONS. >> Y. Jurado: I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE FRUSTRATION AND THE PASSION IS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU IT'S THE GLOBAL ISSUE. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO AMEND THE LEASE THAT IT WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL CITY LAWS ESPECIALLY THE SANCTUARY ORDINANCE AND IT WILL NOT RUN CONTRARY. >> I'M NOT SURE, WOULD I HAVE TO CULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH THAT. >> Y. Jurado: OKAY, I'M HOPING WE CAN MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS BUT REPORT BACK OR PUT COME BACK WITH A LEASE WITH AN AMENDMENT TO IT THAT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S GUIDANCE THAT THIS WILL LEASE WILL ALSO BE COME IN COMPLIANT WITH THE CITY LAWS AND SANCTUARY ORDINANCE. BECAUSE LEASES FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND CAN HAVE A GENERAL AND VAGUE SERVICES AND IF THEY CONDUCT CARGO SCREENINGS AND INDIVIDUAL SCREENINGS, I'M AFRAID THAT THAT WILL BE VAGUE AND AMBIGUOUS ENOUGH THAT THAT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR NEGATIVE USES. I HOPE WE CAN ADD THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDS. ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEM 22. >> Council President: OKAY, GIVEN COUNCILMEMBER AMENDMENT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS AND DEAL WITH IT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE IT ALLOWS THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO COMMENT AND TWO WE CAN GET THE LANGUAGE TO MIRROR WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN HAS REQUESTED AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ SECONDED. WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY CNSIDER ITEM 53 ON THE CONTINUATION AGENDA CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? OR IS THIS COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? 5-3. >> H. Hutt: OH SORRY. YEAH. ON 53, WE HAVE THE MOTION IT SHOULD BE CIRCULATED. DO YOU HAVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? >> Clerk: THE AMENDMENT HAS NOT BEEN DISTRIBUTED FOR ITEM 53, THIS WILL BE HELD ON THE DESK. >> Council President: WE'LL HOLD IT ON THE DESK UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? >> Y. Jurado: I MOVE TO RECONSIDER ITEM 53 FROM YESTERDAY'S AGENDA, AND APPROVE THE MATTER. THAT WAS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ADDED PREVIOUSLY, I'M SORRY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: WE'LL GET IT STRAIGHT AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 7 WILL BE HELD ON THE DESK FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE AMENDMENT AND FOR ITEM 53, ON YESTERDAY TUESDAY APRIL 22, COUNCIL AGENDA A RECONSIDERATION IS REQUIRED FOR RECONSIDERATION. AND THAT WOULD BE COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY CLERK AND ORDINANCE OF INTENTION FIRST CONSIDERATION RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHED OF THE LITTLE TOKYO PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO LEVEE ASSESSMENTS ON REAL PROPERTY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON RECONSIDERATION. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. I WANT TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL DISTRICT 5. COUNCILWOMAN YAROSLAVSKY? >> Council President: FIRST, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: I WANT TO START BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I KNOW THIS DAY IS IMPORTANT, FOR MANY FAMILIES, MY FAMILY, FOR JEWS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS YOMHASHOA WHICH IN HEBREW IT MEANS DAY OF THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE HOLOCAUST. EVEN THOUGH THIS DAY WAS CREATED 65 YEARS AGO, AND THE HOLOCAUST ENDED 80 YEARS AGO, SO MANY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL. SADLY SO MANY OF THE SURVIVORS ARE NO LONGER AROUND. ALL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE FOLKS THAT WERE TARGETED AND SIX MILLION JEWISH LIFES WERE SNUFFED OUT. FOR WHAT REASON? SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE JEWISH. IT'S IMPORTANT IN MANY WAYS THAT I CAN THINK OF IN MY ENTIRE LIFETIME AS WE GET FURTHER AWAY FROM THAT HISTORIC MOMENT TO BE REMINDED ESPECIALLY OF WHAT HAPPENED, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED. HOW IT CAME TO BE, THAT ALL OF THESE SOULS WERE WIPED OUT. YOU KNOW, THE FAMOUS QUOTATION, IF, IF WE DO NOT REMEMBER HISTORY, WE'RE DOOMED TO ARE THE IT, WHETHER YOU GO WITH THE SARJ GEORGE SANTANA VERSION OR NOT. THIS HORRIBLE SCAR ON OUR HISTORY, THIS DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ARYANISM, GREW IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S EYES WHO WERE JUST LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. AND THE PARALLELS IN TODAY'S WORLD ARE JUST TOO STRIKING TO NOT MENTION AS WE LOOK ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND WE SEE A LOST PARALLELS TO WHAT HAPPENED PRE-WWII IN GERMANY. SO DAYS LIKE TODAY, ARE IMPORTANT AND WE REMEMBER NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENED BUT THE HUMAN ASPECT OF IT. AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY TALKING ABOUT ANNE FRANK'S STORY CAN BE HUMAN IZED, SO IT DOES NOT JUST BECOME HISTORY, AND IT BECOMES THAT WARNING FOR THE FUTURE, FOR A FUTURE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED YET BUT THAT IS QUITE FRIGHTENING AS WE LOOK FORWARD. SO THE EVENT STARTS TONIGHT AT SUN DOWN. WE'RE ALL CONNECTED, AND TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE HEROES WHO TRIED TO SAVE FOLKS DURING THE HOLOCAUST, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY WILL TOUCH ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. IN FACT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER WHO ORGANIZED THIS INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. THE HOWL CAST IS NOT JUST--HOLOCAUST ACROSS THE HISTORY, MOST PEOPLE KNOW FAMILY OR KNOW SOMEBODY THAT DID ACROSS THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED THREE GENERATIONS BACK. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO OUR PARENTS KNEW. AND FOR MANY IT STILL FEELS CLOSE. BUT THAT CLOSENESS IS BEGINNING TO SLIP AWAY, THE SURVIVORS ARE FEWER EVERY YEAR. NOW WE HAVE TO ASK HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO REMEMBER BECAUSE REMEMBRANCE IS NOT PASSIVE, IT'S A DECISION, IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S HOW WE CARRY FORWARD TRUTH IN THE FACE OF DENIAL, DIGNITY IN THE FACE OF DEHUMANATION AND THE STORY FOR THOSE WHO CAN NO LONGER SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 100tH --ANNIVERSARY OF ANNE FRANK. SHE WAS A TEENAGE GIRL, A DAUGHTER A WRITING, AND EVEN FROM HIDING, SHE GAVE VOICE TO PERSPECTIVE AND A DEEP SENSE OF HUMANITY WHICH IS WHY HER STORY RESONATES SO DEEPLY YEARS LATER. HER DIARY SURVIVED WHAT SHE DID NOT. THE ANNE FRANK FOUNDATION CARRIES THAT LEGACY FORWARD. THEY HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME TRUTH TOWERS, SHARING WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED WITH THEIR PEERS AND STEPPING INTO THE ROLE OF REMEMBRANCE THEMSELVES. AND THAT WORK IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING SOPHIA FIELD OF ANNE FRANK L.A. WHO WILL SHARE FOR ABOUT THEIR MISSION AND INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS JOINING US THIS MORNING. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND FOR THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SOPHIA FIELD IT'S AN HONOR TO REPRESENT ANNE FRANK L.A. AS A GRANDCHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, I'VE NEVER QUESTIONED. FOR ME IT'S THE SAME AS LEARNING MY FAMILY'S HISTORY. AND FROM AN EARLY AGE, IT WAS EN GRAINED THAT WE MUST NOT FORGET THIS PART OF HISTORY LESS WE WILL REPEAT THE PAST. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INNOVATING NEW WAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL BACK GROUNDS TO CONNECT WITH THESE THEMES IN ORDER FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND HOW THEY CAN BE UP STANDARDS RATHER THAN BY STANDARDS. TODAY YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THREE OF OUR YOUTH AMBASSADOR ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED HOW THEY CONNECT TO ANNE FRANK STORIES AND HOW THEY HAVE APPLIED LESSONS FROM THE HOLOCAUST TO OUR LIVES. AND TO KEEP LEARN ABOUTING THESE TOPICS. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY HERE AND ALSO FOR ALAN ZIPPER FOR UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT FOUR YEARS AGO, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WORKED WITH US TO BE THE FIRST CITY IN THE COUNTY TO DECLARE ANNE FRANK DAY. THIS YEAR OUR FOURTH AND FIFTH CITIES HAVE DECLARED THE DAY. ANNE FRANK DAY IS GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK DOWNTOWN ON MAY 12th FOR THE OFFICIAL ANNE FRANK CELEBRATION. MY GRANDPARENTS SURVIVED CONCENTRATION CAMP, TWO OF THE CAMPS ANNE FRANK WAS ALSO N.MY GRANDFATHER WAS MY BEST FRIEND AND WORKED TIRELESSLY TO TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE OF THEIR EXPERIENCES IN ORDER TO PROVENT THE HOLOCAUST FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN. I'M NOW CARRYING ON THE LEGACY, CARRYING THE YELLOW STAR HE WORE IN THE CAMPS WITH ME TODAY. EMIGRATEFUL TO USE THIS PLATFORM TO AMPLIFIED SOME YOUNG VOICES WHO LIKE ANNE FRANK ARE USING THEIR VOICE TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU SOPHIA, SO I'M VERY EXCITE TODAY INTRODUCE OUR FIRST AMBASSADOR CAMERON WILLIAMS, WELCOME. [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO I'M CAMERON I'M 17 AND I ATTEND OAK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST AND FOR MOST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE. IT'S HAN HONOR TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH YOU ALL. AND LIKE AS A PEER GUIDE FOR ANNE FRANK L.A. BEING CHOSEN FOR THIS ROLE HAS MEANT A LOT TO ME. I WAS ABLE TO LEARN MORE THINGS THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD EVER LEARN. ABOUT ANNE'S LIFE, ABOUT HUMAN NATURE, ABOUT PEOPLE. ONE THING STOOD OUT MORE THAN ANYTHING AND THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE AND THAT WAS HER HOPE. EVEN WHEN HER WORLD WAS FALLING APART, SHE HELD ONTO THE DEEP BELIEF THAT SHE KNEW THAT PEOPLE WERE GOOD INSIDE. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I HAD SEVERE ATTENDANCE ISSUES AND I WAS NOT REALLY A GOOD STUDENT. AND THE ONE DAY I DECIDED TO SHOW UP TO SCHOOL THIS WAS ONE THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I HADN'T LEARNED ANYTHING, LIKE REMOTELY CLOSELY TO THIS. SO I FOUND A PASSION IN THIS AND I FOUND A EXPERIENCE THAT I LOVED. LIKE DURING MY TIME, GUIDING OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH THIS EXHIBIT AND HER STORY, THE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT TO THEM IS THE VERY THING I NOTICED AND IT'S HOPE. IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM SOMEBODY IN HER SITUATION BUT IT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO IMPORTANT, EVEN FOR HER AGE, SHE WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT GIRL. ANNE'S STORY HAS TAUGHT ME AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW HER STORY THAT EVEN IN THE DARKEST OF TIMES, WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE HOPE. WE HAVE THE POWER TO STAND UP FOR ONE ANOTHER AND TO NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN EACH OTHER. FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT BEING A PEER GUIDE IS ALL ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT PASSING ON THAT MESSAGE SO THAT WE DON'T FORGET AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW. AND THAT WE TRUST IN ONE ANOTHER AND TRUST EVERY ONE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU CAMERON. NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON JASMINE RAMOS. >> HELLO EVERY ONE, MY NAME IS JASMINE RAMOS I'M 15 YEARS OLD AND I CURRENTLY ATTEND THEDAOAR HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST FROM KLASZ --KLASZ CLASSES BEFORE BUT A STORY LIKE ANNE FRANK'S STOOD OUT TO ME. THIS ALLOWED ME TO REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HER STORY, ANNE FRANK A GIRL THAT WAS AROUND MY AGE DURING THE TIME OF HOLOCAUST WENT THROUGH SO MUCH JUST BECAUSE SHE WAS JEWISH. I COULD NEVER IMAGINE THE EXPERIENCES SHE WENT FLU AND HAD TO GO THROUGH DURING THIS TIME. SO MUCH WAS TAKEN A NOT JUST FROM HER BUT OTHER TARGETED GROUPS JUST BECAUSE OF WHO THEY WERE. THE NAZI DURING THE TIME OF THE NAZIS, THEY WANTED TO ERASE THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR MEMORY AND YET IT IS THROUGH THIS LEARN THATING WE REMEMBER THEM. WE REMEMBER THEM IN ORDER IN MANY WAYS IN ORDER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNFAIRNESS THAT THEY FACED. THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERY ONE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST SO THAT WE DO NOT REPEAT THESE MISTAKES OF OUR PAST. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE IMPROVED SO MUCH TOGETHER, BUT I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE. LOS ANGELES IS A HOME TO A COMMUNITY FULL OF DIVERSITY, WE LEARN OF EACH OTHER'S CULTURES AND BELIEVES AND WE COME TOGETHER TO SHOW APPRECIATION AND ACCEPTANCE. I SINCERELY WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS DIVERSITY THROUGH UNITY AND WHAT OUR HISTORY HAS TO TEACH US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, JASMINE. AND OUR LAST YOUTH AMBASSADOR IS KEVIN SAL DANA. >> GOOD MORNING I'M KEVIN SALDANA. MY LEFT FAMILY CAME TO EL SALVADOR AND CAME T■O THE UNITE. : THE WORK OF ANNE FRANK L.A. PLACING EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION. I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ANNE FRANK CONFERENCE THAT IS HELD IN AMSTERDAM RAN BIT ANNE FRANK HOUSE. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE I WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE. EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS ARE WHAT YOUTH SHOULD BE HAVE ACCESS TO TO CREATE A SAFER AND MORE TOLERANT WORLD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WITH EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD IT'S THROUGH FASCISM, IT'S VERY HARD TO RAP YOUR HEAD AROUND 6 MILLION PEOPLE BEING DECIMATED BUT PERHAPS COUNTER INTUITIVELY ONE YOUNG GIRL'S STORY IS THE ENTRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR BEING A PART OF THIS AND FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE DO HAVE MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IN THIS IMPORTANT PRESENTATION. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU CAMERON, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS. AND I THINK CAMERON, I THINK YOU SAID IT BEST. THE IDEA THAT IN MIDST OF HER DARKNESS, SHE STILL FOUND THE STRENGTH TO FIND THE PATH FORWARD. WE'RE SADLY IN THAT SAD MOMENT FOR MANY OF US IN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE EXPOSED TO THE SAME KIND OF ATTACKS, SAME LIBELIST BEHAVIOR THAT ONLY INVIGORATING THIS AMOUNT OF HATE. THIS DYNAMIC THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IS NOT UNFAMILIAR TO US, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY AND YOU TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK AND YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST OR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY EXAMPLES, TRAGICALLY TO CONTINUE TO SITE THAT DIDN'T END WITH THE HOLOCAUST. IT SADLY CONTINUES. BUT, FOR YOU ALL, AND THE LESSON THAT YOU'RE LEARNING FROM THOSE MOMENTS IN HISTORY, WHAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE FROM IT, IS THAT YOU ARE THE HEROES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK WITHIN YOURSELF EACH OF US HAS TO LOOK WITHIN OURSELVES ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS DYNAMIC AND FIGHT BACK INTELLIGENTLY TO PROTECT MORE MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES FROM BEING LEFT TO THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCE. SO, THESE ARE THE MOMENTS WHERE ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO BE INVIGORATED AND STRENGTHENED BY THEIR RESOLVE, THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND THEIR VOICE. BECAUSE FOR SO MANY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THEY'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE FOLKS FROM THE EAST SIDE GETTING THIS EDUCATION FOR THOSE IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, FROM THE HISTORY WITH THE SHAOUL AND THE HISTORY OF BOYLE HEIGHTS. AND THAT EMANATES THROUGHOUT ALL OF LOS ANGELES. IT'S INCAEDLY IMPORTANT THAT EACH OF US TAKE THOSE EXPERIENCES AND TURN THEM INTO ACTION. FOR THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR SPEAKING HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND I HOPE IT'S A START ON HOW YOU USE YOUR VOICE GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU, SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND BLUMENFIELD FOR BRINGING THESE STUDENTS HERE AND FOR SHOWCASING THE WORK OF ANNE FRANK FOUNDATION. I HAVE BEEN SO ALARMED IN THE RISE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THEY DON'T THINK THE HOLOCAUST IS UNREAL. THE INFORMATION OUT THERE IS SCARY AND IT'S A SIGN OF HOW QUICKLY THIS KIND OF MISINFORMATION CAN SPREAD AND HOW IT CAN CHANGE THE CURRENT CHALLENGES WHICH SO MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID ARE VERY REAL IMPACTING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BUT SO MANY OF US ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, HEARING YOU, AND HEARING THE STUDENTS AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE ANNE FRANK'S VOICE AS A WAY TO, BRING ABOUT THAT UNDERSTANDING, I THINK IS REALLY, IT MOVED ME. AND I THINK IT'S TRUE. IT IS TRUE THAT ONE STORY OUT OF SIX MILLION CAN BE MORE POWERFUL. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOCUS ON HER VOICE ON AS A PATHWAY OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE HOLOCAUST BUT WE CAN WORK TO PREVENT SOMETHING FROM THAT HAPPENING AGAIN. SO THANK YOU ALL. >> CouncilPresident: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUE AT A TIME WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE, WHEN WE SHOULD BE IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION, WHERE EVERYTHING IS READILY AVAILABLE RESEARCH AND DATA IS AVAILABLE, YET WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE DENIALISM, WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH PEOPLE TRYING, NOT JUST TRYING, WORKING ACTIVELY ON REWRITING HISTORY. SO I COMMEND YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A TIDBIT OF WHAT DIFFERENT BEEM'S STRUGGLE HAVE HELPED OTHERS BE BETTER AWARE AND FINISH THE WORK THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE WAS NOT ABLE TO. ON A DARK NOTE, IT WAS ADOLPH HITLER IN 1939 WHO SAID WHO NOW REMEMBERS THE ARMENIAN RIGHT AS HE WAS STARTING TO INVADE POLAND. HE TOLD HIS GENERALS, WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE NOBODY IS GOING TO PAY ATTENTION. HE WAS WRONG ABOUT THAT. BUT THE WORLD DID NOT LEARN QUICKLY ENOUGH AND HE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT HORRIFIC DAMAGE BEFORE BEING STOPPED. AND IN THE VERY COUNTRY OF POLAND A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF RAFAEL LENKIN BORN IN THE EARLY 1900s, HE WAS AN ATTORNEY AND HE WAS STUDYING ACTS OF INHUMANITY AND HIS ATTEMPT OF WORKING TOWARDS MAKING THE WORLD UNDERSTAND WHAT GENOCIDE IS, WHICH IS ERADICATION OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE, FELL SHORT. IT WASN'T UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO SURVIVE, COME TO THE UNITED STATES AND IN 1944 HELP HOST THE FIRST GENOCIDE CONVENTION THAT THEN HE COINED THE TERM GENOCIDE USING WHAT HAPPENED 30 YEARS PRIOR IN ARMENIA. SO THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL ASPECTS ALSO THAT YOU'RE HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT LIVE ON AND THROUGH YOUR WORK MAKE SURE OTHERS BECOME AWARE. AND YOU'RE CONTINUING TO FINISH OFF THE WORK THAT OTHERS STARTED BEFORE YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND AGAIN THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. NAZARIAN AND ALL THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN AND COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND BLUMENFIELD. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION IN THE WAY THAT YOU BROUGHT IT. I THINK IT'S ESPECIALLY POIGNANT AS SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID. BUT IN LOS ANGELES, ONE OF THE THINGS, I LOVE ABOUT THIS CITY IS WE DON'T JUST LEARN OUR STORIES, WE LEARN THE STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE STRUGGLES OF OUR NEIGHBORS. SO THAT PEOPLE FROM THE EAST SIDE AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY ARE LEARNING THROUGH THE COMPELLING STORY OF ANNE FRANK WHICH FRANKLY, I STILL REMEMBER IN FOURTH GRADE, LEARN ABOUTING ANNE FRANK AND IT MADE THE HOLOCAUST A DIFFERENT THING FOR ME, A DIFFERENT VISUALATION AND INDUCED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF EMPATHY FOR THE STRUGGLES THAT ARE INFLICTED UPON HUMANS BY OTHER HUMANS AND CAN HAPPEN AT ANY POINT IN HISTORY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS WHEN WE SEE BEST AND BRIGHTEST. [APPLAUSE] THE WOMEN IN THE BLACK HAT IS DISRUPTING THE MEETING MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IT'S THE FIRST AND LAST WARNING. ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS BEFORE US MR. CLERK? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEM 7 FOR WHICH MOTION 7-A RODRIGUEZ PADILLA HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. >> OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: AMENDING MOTION 53-A McOSKER HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OWNERSHIP THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: LET'S PREPARE AND PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL IF YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF WARNING. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE 1, 2, 30 THROUGH 52 AND ITEM 53 FROM YESTERDAY'S AGENDA, THAT'S THE ITEM THAT IS BEING RECONSIDERED AND TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S THE LITTLE TOKYO BID. SO LET ME REPEAT, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, 1 AND 2, ITEMS 30 THROUGH 52 AND ITEM 53 FROM YESTERDAY'S AGENDA THAT IS BEING RECONSIDERED THE LITTLE TOKYO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPAINER INTERPRETER PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE DOING THEIR JOB. SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. THANK YOU. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: AND ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EVERY ONE THAT IS HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE TODAY. AS WE STATED WE WILL GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. BUT PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER BEFORE YOU LINE UP. THE WAY WE DO THIS IS RANDOMIZED SO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOUR NAME IS CALLED AND ONCE YOU HEAR THAT NAME, YOU CAN LINE UP ON YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND YOU CAN DO TO IN ANY ORDER. THANK YOU. >> >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. . BRENDA, EMILY, WARNEN BAITLY. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 12. >> City Attorney: ITEM 12 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS GLORIA I'M WITH UNITED PARENTS AND STUDENTS. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE MOTION IN SUPPORT OF REFUND A INCOME PROGRAM FOR WORKERS IMPACTED BY THE RESENT WILDFIRES. NOW WE WANT TO YOU ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS FULLY FUNDED SO THIS CAN REACH THE STREET WORKERS AND GARDENERS AND OTHERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVELIHOOD. THEY WILL NOT RECOVER FROM A SUDDEN LOSS AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THEM WHILE THEY GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBERS. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M EVELYN AND I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A SOCIAL EQUITY AT THE GREEN PARADISE LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, HEATHER HUTT'S DISTRICT. I'M HERE TODAY NOT JUST AS A BUSINESS OWNER BUT AS A SURVIVOR AS A SYSTEM THAT MADE A PROMISE YET FAILED TO UPHOLD IT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MARQUEECE, HERB WESSON AND MANY OTHERS WHO ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY. THE PROMISE WAS OF EQUITY AND RIGHTING THE WRONGS ON COMMUNITIES INFLICTED LIKE MINE. ADOPT THE CANNABIS EQUITY REFORM. DIS BAND, MOVE THE SOCIAL EQUITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHERE IT BELONGS AND EXTEND THE PROGRAM TO ALIGN WITH S B-51. I YIELD MY TIME. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, JANICE, QUEND K*ENDRA, ECLESIA. >> City Attorney: SO CAN YOU REPEAT THE THREE NAMES JUST REALLY QUICK, THANK YOU. >> Clerk: JANICE VACAHER, KENDRA. >> City Attorney: SO IF YOU SIGNED UP UNDER ANY OF THOSE THREE NAMES, FEEL FREE TO LINE UP ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M WHITNEY AND I'M A CANNABIS BUSINESS OWNER. WE'RE BEING TAXED INTO EXTINCTION, WE'RE BEING PENALIZED FOR BEING COMPLY APARTMENT. --COMPLIANT. LOWERING CANNABIS TAXES IS NOT A HAND OUT BUT IT'S A STRATEGY. OTHERS HAVE DONE AND IT HAS WORKED. MORE REVENUE THAT'S COME N.THE LARGEST LEGAL MARKET IN THE WORLD, WE HAVE NOT DONE THE SAME. IF WE CANNOT GET EQUITY RIGHT, WHAT HOPE IS THERE FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY? YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, ADOPT THE CANNABIS EQUITY REFORM, GIVE US A CHANCE NOT JUST TO SURVIVE BUT TO SUCCEED. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HI, THIS IS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COMMUNITY MY NAME IS ECLESIA AND I'M A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR WITH THE CENTER FOUNDATION WITH THE TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM HELPING BREATHE FREE L.A. FOCUS ON REDUCES THE HARM OF SECOND-HAND SMOKE. OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE SAFE SPACES AND ELEVATE COMMUNITY VOICES WHILE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR TENANTS OF LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TODAY OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATE WERE HERE YESTERDAY TO INFORM AND EDUCATE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ABOUT HEALTHY LIVES, FREE OF TOBACCO SMOKE. THEY HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING ON APRIL 24 FROM 5:00 TO :00 LOCATED AT 501 NORTH MAIN STREET. WE HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTEND TO IMMEDIATE WITH OTHER ADVOCATE AND SPEAK ABOUT THE SECOND-HAND ISSUE. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, SPEAKER WHAT IS THE NAME THAT YOU SIGNED UNDER? THE NAME IS. >> City Attorney: WE HAVE NOT STARTED YOUR TIME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL LET YOU STAND UP AND THEN HE WILL START YOUR NAME. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS KENDRA SOUTHER LAND. I'LL START WITH ITEM 31. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 32. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: SORRY CAN WE PAUSE YOUR TIME, YOUR TIME IS HELD, DON'T WORRY. MR. HERMAN, NOT ONLY DURING THIS PUBLIC SPEAKER BUT DURING PRESENTATIONS, YOU WERE CLAPPING AND DISRUPTING. I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS GENTLEMAN, HE HAS NEVER INTERRUPTED YOUR SPEAKING. I ASK THAT YOU DON'T INTERRUPT HIS. >> Council President: LAST WARNING. >> City Attorney: I'M SORRY, THE WOMAN IN THE CENTER OF THE AISLE, PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING, IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN FEEL FREE TO TALK TO THE SERGEANTS. THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND WARNING. >> Speaker: YOU STOPPED ME AT 1:04, IT IS NOW 57. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. ITEM NUMBER 33. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BRING YOUR FIRST ATTENTION THAT THE BLACK LADY SIGNATURE BEHIND MR. HERMAN, SHE SAID, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU AND KILL YOUR DOG. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROTECT MR. HERMAN. YESTERDAY YOU TOLD ME TO GO BACK TO MY SEAT AND WAIT FOR MY NAME TO BE CALLED. I FOLLOWED YOUR ORDER BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET ARRESTED. HOWEVER AFTER I TAKE MY SEAT, YOUR FRIEND ANNOUNCED THERE WILL BE NO MORE NAME CALLED. I FIND THIS CONTRADICTORY, YOUR INSTRUCTION TOLD ME TO GO BACK TO MY SEAT. THERE IS NO MORE NAME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MR. CITY ATTORNEY, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DICRIMINATE ME BECAUSE OF MY THREE-INCH SIZE AND YOU ONLY ALLOW 24-INCH SIZE, IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU HAVE A THREE-INCH OR 24-INCH EVERYBODY SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY. ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR ORDER. >> City Attorney: SO BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER BEGINS, A COUPLE OF POINTS OF ORDER. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO EXPRESS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW HERE, IF WOULD YOU LIKE A FOREIGN INTERPRETER, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE. FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, I WILL SAY THAT WE TRY TO TAKE AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A BAL ABS. --BALANCE. SO WHILE WE USE A RANDOMIZER, SO IT'S FAIR. IT'S NOT THE GUARANTEED THAT YOU'LL BE HEARD. YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENT. AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A DIGITAL OR HARD COPY OF THE AGENDA, THAT URL IS AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. SO IF YOU RUN OUT OF TIME OR IF YOUR NAME IS NOT CALLED BECAUSE IT JUST DOES NOT COME UP ON THE RANDOMIZER, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT WILL BE A LITTLE TOUGH AFTER THIS BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE COMMENTS. I'M JAN AND I'M SPEAKING IN REFERENCE TO ITEM 53 WHICH WAS CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY, THE CONVERSION OF A MERCHANT BASE TO PROPERTY BASE IN LITTLE TOKYO. AGAIN MY NAME IS JAN, I'VE BEEN RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNER AND INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS COMMUNITY MEMBER AND STAKEHOLDER TAXPAYER IN LITTLE TOKYO FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONVERSION FROM THE BASE TO THE PROPERTY BASE BID. I LIVE IN AN INTEND SENIOR RESIDENT COMMUNITY AND WE'RE FACED DAILY WITH INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM, AND WE WOULD FEEL SAFER, EVEN THOUGH I'M SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE MORE POLICE PRESENCE BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAINTAIN OUR SAFETY. I WOULD APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THIS AND I YIELD MY TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: WOULD I LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES, MAYA, OLIVIA GAR SEE A IRENE SIMONIN. >> City Attorney: I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING UP WITH THOSE NAMES, CAN WE READ ANOTHER BATCH THREE NAMES, PLEASE. OH. >> Clerk: I'LL READ A FEW MORE NAMES. ISSUEMAN KIRSTEN PETER SON, ALAN LEWIS. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN BEFORE YOU BEGIN, YOUR TIME IS NOT RUNNING, DON'T WORRY. SO FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE, I JUST WANT TO FLAG IT FOR YOU THAT I EXPECT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR SOME OFFENSIVE THINGS TO SAY THE LEAST, I HOPE THAT WE DON'T, IF YOU HAVE HEADPHONES, AND WOULD LIKE TO WATCH A VIDEO OR LISTEN TO MUSIC AT THIS TIME, THAT'S FINE. THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU, THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I, YOU KNOW, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STEP OUT FOR THE NEXT FOUR MINUTES YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO DO SO. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH THIS. MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: RIGHT, MOTHER FUCKER, I DIDN'T PUT MY NAME IN THE PUBLIC CARD STOP GIVING AWAY MY INFORMATION. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS DURING GENERAL. YOU KNOW THE RULES. STICK TO THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 2, SAME FUCKEN SHIT, AN EXEMPTION, WHY? WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE SHIT, ARE YOU STUPID? LOOK AT THE EASTER RIDER LANE, STUPID. HEY STUPID, EAST RIDER BIKES. WE DON'T NEED BIKES, WE NEED ADA COMPLIANCE TO RIDE A BIKE IN THE SAFE LANE, FIX THE SIDEWALK STREETS. THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET IS ABOUT STUPID. HEY STUPID, LOOK AT HERE. IT SAYS HERE THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES JUST LIKE THE ONE DOWN THE STREET ON FIRST STREET AT 200 WEST BIT FEDERAL BUILDING YOU NEED TO FIX THE SIDEWALK AND STREET, I CANNOT RIDE ANY FUCKEN BICYCLE RETARRED, STUPID, IDIOT MORON, THAT WAS ITEM 50. LOOK AT NUMBER 53 ON MOMMY HUTT WHO DON'T WANT TO HELP THE PEOPLE WITH HER CANNABIS. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 53 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ON TODAY'S AGENDA. ITEM 53 ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS NOT OPEN. PLEASE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. >> Speaker: I HEARD YOU. SO REGARDING LOS ANGELES HOUSING, ALL OF THESE HOUSING ITEMS, NOT ONE FUCKEN GREAT IDEA FROM YOUR STUPID FIRE, OR YOUR STUPID DAWSON WHO CREATED THE FIRES. NOT ONE MOTHER FUCKER HERE CAN AFFORD TO PAY $3000 OR 4,000 IN RENT. THAT'S HOUSING? IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL HOUSING, FOO? I DON'T APPRECIATE IT. MY BLACK ASS, WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT LIKE ON ITEM 43, HOMELESS SERVICE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT CD7, YOU DON'T NEED IT THERE. YOU NEED IT IN EVER FUCKEN DISTRICT. THERE ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN EVERY FUCKEN DISTRICT. DONALD TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP, DO NOT SEND CALIFORNIA ANYMORE MONE! THEY ARE NOT SPENDING THE BILLIONS ON HOMELESSNESS LIKE ON ITEM 43, MR. GROAT, YOU STUPID ATTORNEY, PAY ATTENTION. NOW TO MY NON-AGENDA ITEM. >> City Attorney: SO I'M GETTING SMRAINTS FROM THE STAFF THAT WHEN YOU YELL IN THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE DO NOT YELL INTO THE MICROPHONE AS THERE ARE MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WEAR HEADPHONES IN ORDER TO TRANSLATE AND MONITOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT CAN HURT THEIR EARS, PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT. GO, YOU HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: THE BANE ACT 54.3 STATES THAT YOU CRIMINALS CANNOT MAKE CRIMINAL THREATS AGAINST THE PUBLIC BY YOUR RULES OF DEQUORUM. THIS REPRESENTS CALIFORNIA, FUCK THE DRAFT AND FUCK YOU CALIFORNIA. GAVIN NEWSON, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE OLYMPICS WHEN THE SIDEWALKS OR STREETS ARE NOT REPAIRED OR FIXED? WHERE IS THE BUDGET NEW SCUM, IF THE DUMB DUMB MAYOR IS ASKING YOU FOR TWO BILLION DOLLARS IT'S GOING TO OFFSET THE ONE BILLION DOLLARS THAT THE DUMB CUNT CAN'T UNDERSTAND, THERE IS NO FUCKEN MONEY IN LOS ANGELES CAUSE YOU FOOLS PAY IT OUT TO THE SLIP AND FALLS. POLITELY, FUCK YOU GROAT. >> City Attorney: THAT'S IT, YOU'RE DONE. YOU PROVIDED YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TOO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MINIMUM DANA PRONOUNS, THEY THEM. I'M HAVING A TROUBLE WHAT THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET IS INFLUENCED BY. I FEEL ENGAGEMENT NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED. IT SEEMS TO BE LESS DEMOCRATIC AND MORE WHAT IS IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET CANNOT EASILY BE CHANGED. IT SEEMS TO ME AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THE BUDGET IS MORE PERCEIVED KNOWLEDGE AND DISBURSE OF FUNDS BASED OFF POPULATIONS AND COMMUNIY NEEDS. THERE IS A POPULATION OF TRANSGENDER, GENDER NON CONFORMED PEOPLE BEING ATTACKED. A GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS BEING ATTACKS. TAKE A STAND AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: HELLO, IT'S NOT WORKING. >> City Attorney: IT'S ON NOW. >> Speaker: I WANT ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO I GET FOUR. IT GETS CONFUSING. >> City Attorney: YES FOR EVERYBODY YOU'LL NOTICE WE SET THE CLOCK FOR THE ITEMS, IN THIS CASE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND THEN WE RESET FOR ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'LL GET YOUR FULL-TIME. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, MR. NAZARIAN LEFT AND HERE I WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM SOME KUDOS. I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR WORKING ON THE BIKE PATH. I AGREE, I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING THAT AND CONTINUING THAT GOOD WORK, IT'S COMING ALONG NICELY. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO ASK IN HONOR OF MY FRIEND AMY AND SHE IS JEWISH AND SHE CAN'T CALL IN AND ASK FOR THIS, BECAUSE MR. PRESIDENT LIKES TO HAVE DEAL ANSES--WITH PRIOR RESTRAINT. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: WE WOULD ALL LIKE A PLAQUE HONORING, YOU KNOW, HOLOCAUST ON THE BIKE PATH. IT'S THE ONE ABOUT THE BIKE PATH IN CD2, SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO YELL FOR THE INTERPRETERS. THE FURNITURE CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A PLAQUE THAT HONORS THE HOLOCAUST. BUT ALSO WANTS TO YOU KNOW THAT HE WISELY SAID THAT THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT TRUTH AND STUFF THAT YOU'RE IGNORING SCIENTOLOGY LIKE PEOPLE ARE DENYING THE HOLOCAUST. THE NEXT ONE IS, THE LEAMARPARK, I'M SURE SMOKING SCAN IS WONDERING TOO, AMBASSADOR THAT TO KEEP US FROM BEING MAULED BECAUSE THE PARKS HAVE GOENT REALLY SCARY? SOMETIMES IT YOU SEE NEEDLES. WHY IS THERE AMBASSADORS IN THE PARK? I'M JUST CURIOUS, I'M NOT EXPLAINING. AND WHOEVER IS HECKLING, CAN YOU PLEASE, IF THEY'RE HECKLING IT NEEDS TO STOP. ADULTS WANT TO SH*UT SHUT THE F UP. I'M BEING TOLD TO SHUT THE F UP, YOU STOPPED HIS TIME TO STOP HIM FROM CLAPPING BUT YOU WILL NOT STOP HIS TIME BECAUSE HE'S TELLING ME TO SHUT THE "F" UP. >> City Attorney: MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU HEAR THINGS THAT YOU DISAGREE, THAT YOU PLEASE DO NOT DISRUPT PEOPLE'S PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT GOES THE SAME THING. >> Speaker: SO NICELY ASK THEM WHERE YOU THREATE EVERYBODY ELSE TO GET KICKED OUT. NOW I'M OFF TOPIC, I'M SHOOK UP I'M BEING TOLD TO SHUT THE F UP, I DON'T TALK TO PEOPLE LIKE THAT. IT'S WHATEVER. SO I GUESS WITH ALL THE HOUSES, YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE THEM TO THE UNHOUSED. I SEE YOU'RE DUMPING A LOT OF HOUSES. I'M REALLY DISGUSTED THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO TELL ME TO SHUT THE F UP, IN PUBLIC. THEY WERE NOT RAISED RIGHT. LET'S ABOUT THE 39, MAKE IT FREE FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL TO DO BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO VOTE IN A BUDGET THAT YOU WILL BE BE DEPRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. >> City Attorney: MR. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MR. CITY ATTORNEY, YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY. YOU NEVER APOLOGIZED FOR THA. COUNCIL PRESIDENT OWES ME AN APOLOGY BECAUSE I HAD THE MIC ON MY HAND BUT YOU HAD IT SNATCHED FROM ME. YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY AND I'M HERE TO COLLECT FROM THE BOTH OF YOU. AND SMOKING SCAN AND I ALSO WANT TO KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, SORRY FOR SPEAKING FOR SMOKING SCAN, I KNOW HE WANTS TO KNOW THIS. YOU'RE STUPID LITTLE RANDOMIZING, IS THAT SOMEBODY CLOSING THEIR EYES AND PICKING NAMES OR ACTUAL RANDOMIZER. HOW ARE YOU RANDOMIZING THE NAMES? PEOPLE HAVE IS TO USE FAKE NAMES BECAUSE WE CANNOT USE OUR REAL NAME BECAUSE YOUR LITTLE RANDOMIZER CAN PICK NAMES. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Council President: WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOU IN THE FUTURE. I APOLOGIZE IF WE DIDN'T MAKE YOU FEEL THAT WAY. >> City Attorney: WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT YESTERDAY'S 53. MY NAME IS IRENE SEMONIAN AND I GET THREE MINUTES, RIGHT? >> City Attorney: HOLD OAR TIME. --HOLD HER TIME. YOU GET ONE MINUTE PER ITEM AND YOU CAN GET ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: BUT FOR AGENDA ITEM? >> City Attorney: YES, I THINK YOU REQUESTED THE LITTLE TOKYO, THAT'S ONE MINUTE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER. WE'LL DOO ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO YOU'LL SEE ONE MINUTE AND THEN ANOTHER MINUTE AFTERWARDS. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS IRENE, I'M THE OWNER OF GIFT SHOP AT 340 EAST FOURTH STREET. I'M THE THIRD GENERATION FAMILY MEMBER OPERATING THIS BUSINESS SINCE 1947. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY SUPPORT TO A PROPERTY BASE SYSTEM. LITTLE TOKYO IS ONLY AMONG TWO BIDS LEFT IN L.A. COUNTY THAT IS NOT PROPERTY BASE AND FOR GOOD REASON. THE CURRENT MERCHANT BASE IS INADEQUATE ESPECIALLY WHEN A THIRD OF THE BUSINESSES IGNORE THE INVOICES THEY RECEIVE FROM. CITY CLERK OFFICE AND THERE IS ZERO ENFORCEMENT. I'M THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING SO WHY AM I IN FAVOR OF THE INCREASED ASSESSMENT. IT'S BECAUSE THE RETURNS THE COMMUNITY AND I WILL RECEIVE IN THE FORM OF PROPER SECURITY COVERAGE, REGULAR STREET COVERING AND STREET TRASH AND GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ONE PERSON IN LITTLE TOKYO WHO WILL ARGUE THAT THESE ARE NOT POSITIVE AND NECESSARILY FOR THE COMMUNITY HELP. I HEARD COMPLAINTS THAT THERE IS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY BUT I HAVE FOUND THROUGH FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THAT COMMUNITY FORMS ARE THE LEAST AFFECTIVE WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE LITTLE TOKYO BUSINESSES ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN GOING TO THE STAKEHOLDERS NOT ASKING THEM TO COME TO THEM AND THEY ARE EXPLAINING TO AFFECTED STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE CONVERSION. I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANY ASSESSMENT. I WISH THAT THE CITY PROVIDED THESE SERVICES. BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CITY CANNOT AFFORD IT AND WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH OUR OWN FUNDS BUT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WEAK LOU US TO HELP OURSELVES. I ASK THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS PROPOSAL THEREFORE ENSURING THE SUCCESSFUL CULTURE OF HISTORIC GEM THAT IS LITTLE TOKYO. OOH, GOOD TIMING. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS ELLIOT LEWIS,-->> City Attorney: WHICH ITEM IS THAT? >> Speaker: IT'S OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, SHE DID A GREAT JOB OF INAT THING RATING. MY COMMENT IS SIMLE ABOLISH THE DBR, THE TRANSLATION WAS, OH WE DIDN'T KNOW WE CAN STEAL ALL THE MONIES AND PAY OURSELVES HIGH SALARIES AND NOT GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE WE PROMISED IT TO. AND I'M HERE TO SAY THIS, REAL QUICK AND NOBODY HERE ACTUALLY THINKS THE TAX MONEY IS GOING TO GOOD USE, WE NEED A HERO, WE NEED A HERO TO PASS A MOTION AND SAVE AN INDUSTRY. YOUR OWN POLICE OFFICERS ARE TELLING US NOT TO PAY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. WHY SHOULD WE PAY? UNTIL WE GET SERVICES, AND A BUNCH OF OTHERS, COMING TO WITHHOLDING OUR TAX MONEY FROM THE CITY OF L.A. EQUITY FOR THE PEOPLE. >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M DISPENSARY OPERATOR IN LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TO SAY SOME OF YOU IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW, SOMEBODY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING TACTICAL COPS TO OUR EX GUERILLA TO COLLECT TAX MONEY. THIS KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER, SOMEBODY IN THIS BUILDING KNOWS THIS IS GOING ON AND SOMEBODY IN THIS BUILDING CAN STOP THIS NOW. YOU NEED TO STOP THIS. THIS IS UNFAIR, THIS IS NOT RIGHT. YOU COME INTO OUR STORES AND TAKING OUR MONEY LIKE WE'RE CRIMINALS ON THE STREET BUT YOU ALLOW THREE TO FOUR THOUSANDS ILLEGAL DISPENSARIES AND SMOKE SHOPS TO SELL UNTESTED MARIJUANA TO OUR CHILDREN! TO YOUR KIDS! TO YOUR KIDS! OKAY, WHEN YOU COME, THAT PRODUCT IS TESTED, YOU CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE'RE ALL GOING TO PAY FOR T.NOT JUST ME BUT ALL OF US IN THE BUILDING, YOU YOU, AND YOU! [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: SO MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE WE'VE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 30 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT? >> OKAY, SO IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO SPEAK TODAY, WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO A FUTURE MEETING AND YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT, WE HAVE A CREATION OF A BID ITEM, ITEM 53 THAT IS BEING RECONSIDERED BY YESTERDAY. SO IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO HAS NOT YET SPOKEN, EMPHASIS WHO HAS NOT YET SPOKEN, WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK, RECREATION OF TOKYO DISTRICT, ONLY FOR ITEM 53 THAT IS BEING RECONSIDERED. THE LITTLE TOKYO BUSINESS RECREATION. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME ELLEN ENDO I'M CO-CHAIR OF THE LITTLE TOKYO IMPROVEMENT BUSINESS, IT'S A MERCHANT BASE BID. WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR 22 YEARS NOW AND WE WANT TO CONVERT TO A PROPERTY BASE BID. AND YEAH, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT IS GROWING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, JUST WALK DOWN THE STREET, A COUPLE OF BLOCKS EAST AND YOU WILL SEE, YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE LINED UP IN THE RESTAURANT, YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE, OF ALL AGES, GOING HAVING FUN ENJOYING THE AREA AND WE THANK BASEBALL FOR THAT IN PART. BUT ALSO, WE THANK THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES FOR DISCOVERING LITTLE TOKYO. SO I BASICALLY, WANT TO SAY, THIS IS, THIS IS A KEY MOMENT FOR US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, GO AHEAD YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: ITEM 53 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: BEFORE YOU START HIS TIME. SO WE HAVE CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL OTHER ITEMS AND THAT INCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker:CAN SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN IT BACK UP, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TAKEN TIME FROM THEIR DAY, CAN WE BE HEARD, PLEASE, SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION. >> City Attorney: FOR RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE. >> Speaker: PLEASE. RODRIGUEZ PLEASE. THE COUNCIL HAS ABANDONED US, PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE. >> City Attorney: SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: UNISSES, PLEASE, McOSKER, PLEASE, A MOTION TO REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO, HOLD HIS TIME. EVERYBODY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE. >> I BELIEVE THERE IS A MOTION TO REOPEN FOR ADDITIONAL 15 MINUTES FROM COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, A VOTE SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH THIS MATTER. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 15 MINUTES. >> City Attorney: SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THEN, IS BECAUSE, WE HAVE TO EXHAUST PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE LITTLE TOKYO BID ITEM. SPEAKER I KNOW YOU'RE ALREADY HERE, AFTER YOU GET DONE AND I'LL ASK YOU WHICH ITEM. THE STAFF CONTINUE TO READ OUT THREE NAMES AT A TIME THAT WILL BE WE WILL DO OUR BEST, BUT IT WILL BE AT RANDOM. >> Speaker: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO COME BACK? >> City Attorney:, NO, WE'LL DO THAT AFTERWARDS. AGAIN, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? YOU SAID 53? >> Speaker: 53, 31, 32, AND GENERAL. >> City Attorney: SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS, AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MAD SON SHACKLY I'M A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AND I OWN A DISPENSARY. HERB WESSON USHERED THIS IN AS A PROMISE FOR RESTORIVE JUSTICE. HARRIS-DAWSON. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEM ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: DO I HAVE TO SING IN A LANGUAGE THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. >> City Attorney: WE'VE REOPENED PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: WE HAVE TO CONDUCT CITY BUSINESS. I'M GOING TO GIVE ONE WARNING, ANYONE DISRUPTING THIS MEET, IF I GIVE YOU A SECOND WARNING, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. >> City Attorney: AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE TO TREAT EVERYBODY EQUALLY. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING ITEMS FIRST AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANYONE'S TIME. IF YOU, PUBLIC COMMENT. I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE WITH THE ITEMS FIRST AND THEN YOU'LL GET YOUR ONE MINUTE OF GENERAL COMMENT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND THEN THE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AFTERWARDS. >> Speaker: CAN YOU RESTORE MY TIME. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE JUST WASTING TIME. >> Council President: YOU'RE WASTING TIME. PROCEED, WITH THE DIRECTIONS, YOU'VE SPENT 30 SECONDS TALKING ABOUT THIS. >> City Attorney: AND WE PAUSED YOUR TIME, I CANNOT GIVE MORE TIME WITHOUT GIVING OTHER PEOPLE MORE TIME INCLUDING PEOPLE SAYING THINGS THAT WERE OFFENSIVE. >> Speaker: THIS IS THE REASON WE'RE UPSET. WE'RE BEING FILIBUSTER WHILE YOU'RE BUSINESS BURN. WE'RE GOING IN DEBT. ANY STORE HAS BEEN RAIDED BY THE STATE, MILITARY RAIDS, 20SUVs PULL UP AND YOU ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. AND IT'S NOT HAPPENING TO ME IT'S HAPPENING TO SEVERAL OF OUR EQUITY. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RAIDED FOUR TIMES THIS MONTH AND YOU SIT THERE SILENT WHILE WE SUFFER. WE'RE CANNABIS, WE'RE NOT FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED, WE CANNOT GO BANKRUPT. >> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE STICK TO THE AGENDA OR I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: WHAT IS THE INSTRUCTION. >> City Attorney: I NEED TO YOU STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS OR YOU CAN MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: YOU SAID THIS IS EQUAL FOR EVERYBODY. WHEN HE SAT SONGS YOU DID NOT STOP HIM. >> Council President: WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARGUE YOU, WE'VE GIVEN YOU 15 MINUTES, YOU'RE TAKING TIME FROM EVERYBODY ELSE TRYING TO SPEAK. WE'RE ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] >> City . >> Clerk: I'M GOING TO CALL OUT OTHER NAMES. CHRISTOPHER. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GREETINGS, COUNCILMEMBERS, ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES, I'M A SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANT AND HERE IS, THE THING. LEADER SHIP IS A MATTER OF EATING LAST AND SERVING YOUR PEPLE. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS REGULATIONS SEEMS TO HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE THEY'RE EATING FIRST AND NOT TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY DOING THE FRONTLINE WORK AND COLLECTING THE FUNDS SO WE CAN FUND THIS ENTIRE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEMOCRACY. MR. CURREN PRICE HAS SAID THAT HE'S GOING TO BRING A MOTION, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. REALLY THIS IS A MATTER OF SUPER IMPORTANCE FOR US. THE URGENCY IS DIRE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS FOR YOU TO A PLEASE ADOPT THE MARKING STABILIZATION ACT AND MOVE THE POGRAM TO THE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT WHERE IT BELONGS AND TO ALIGN WITH THE S B-51, BECAUSE WHEN THE MORATORIUM FOR PEOPLE LIKE PHILIP MORRIS TO COME IN, THEY'RE GOING TO KILL US. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2025, WITH THE EMAIL OF ADDRESS OF CHAVEZ.DR.LLC @ EYE CLOUD.COM HAS NOT HEARD OR SEEN OR EMAILS OR ANYTHING IN THE MAIL PERTAINING MONIES OWED DUE TO EARNING IT WHILE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND PARTNERS. THIS AGENCY WORKS WITH OTHER AGENCIES HAS TRANSFERRED FUND THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE KEPT HERE IN LOS ANGELES. OFFER PEOPLE A GOVERNMENT ISSUED EBT CARD AS ANOTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE TACTIC TO HIDE SLAVERY STILL EXIST FOR OTHERS WHO'S VOICES ARE STILL TRYING TO BE SILENCED FOR NOT GETTING THEIR ACCURATE PAY. >> Speaker: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MIRRORS NAMES. ANGELA WHITE. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS LOUIS RIVERA AND I'M HERE NOT ONLY AS A ADVOCACY BUT AS A LICENSEE WHO HAS RECEIVED UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL STRAIN CALLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS REGULATION. BEFORE THE CITY APPROVES ANY FEE INCREASES, THE DCR MUST FIX WHAT IS BROKEN THE LICENSE ISING COMPLICATED AND FAR TOO SLOW AND RIDDLED WITH INEFFICIENCIES, THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON EXPEDITING LICENSES AND TAX REVENUE WOULD INCREASE. THE FEE STUDY THAT THEY CONDUCTED NEEDS TO BE DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY AND THOSE OF US THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM LIKE SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSE HOLDERS. I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU AND THE CITY COUNCIL UNTIL INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTIES CAN CONDUCT THAT AND WE ADOPT THE CANNABIS EQUITY MARKET AND STAEBLIZATION ACT AS WELL AS EXTEND TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MEMBERSHIP. >> Speaker: I'M A BLACK WOMEN OWNED LGBTQ DISPENSARY IN DISTRICT 10. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES RECEIVED 22 MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE EQUITY FUNDING. THAT MONEY WAS SUPPORT OPERATORS LIKE MYSELF WHILE WE WAITED MONTHS AND MONTHS SOMETIMES OVER YEAR FOR GRANTS THAT WERE PROMISED, WHILE WE'RE STILL EXPECTED TO PAY THE 40 TO 50 PERCENT IN TAXES. WHILE WE COULDN'T. WE ALSO HAVE INTEREST AND TEN ALT FEES--PENALTY FEES UP TO 50 PERCENT. WHEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS LATE DELIVERING OUR GRANTS WHERE IS OUR PAY BACK WHERE IS OUR RETRIBUTION. I PAID ALMOST 8,000 IN ANNUAL FEE, ALMOST 10,000 IN RENEWAL AND ANOTHER 10,000 TO RENEW MY LICENSE. MEANWHILE UNLICENSED SHOPS ARE STILL GOING. SOCIAL EQUITY, WE'RE AFRICAN-AMERICAN. THE ALICO SHOPS, THEY'RE ARMENIAN. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M A SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSE HOLDER AS WELL SO HAS MY CUSS IN. IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT PROCESS, IT'S TAKEN US FIVE TO SIX YEARS TO GET FROM APPLICATION TO OPEN UP AND EVEN OPENING UP, WE FACE HURDLES. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT EQUITY REFORM AND THE MARKET STABILIZATION MOTION. I THINK IT'S AN URGENT ITEM TO TOUCH ON TO ENSURE THAT THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS SAVED IN THE CITY. WE'RE ONE OF THE 5th LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BEING THE BIGGEST CANNABIS MARKET YET THE CANNABIS MARKET IS STRUGGLING, WE PAY OUR TAXES AND FEES YET WE DON'T GET A RETURN OFF OUR INVESTMENT. WE GOT A 30 PERCENT PARTNER THAT DOES NOT GIVE US ANYTHING IN RETURN OTHER THAN OVER TAXATION AND FINES. YOU HAVE US IN A CHOCK HOLD WE HAVE PUT BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS INTO OUR BUSINESS AND WE MAY NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE OF THE FINES. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FEW MORE NAMES, ANNE SIMON, TINA, LOUIS LOPEZ. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, I OWN A DISPENSARY IN LOS ANGELES CALLED DOPE SUGAR ON MELROSE, DISTRICT 5. I'M ALSO A SINGLE MOM AND I'M HERE TO SHED LIGHT IN THE HARSH REALITY THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AS SOCIAL EQUITY OWNERS. THE PROMISE OF SOCIAL EQUITY WAS TO THRIVE IN THE LEGAL MARKET, DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. INSTEAD WE'RE BEING CRUSHED UNDER EXCESSIVE TAXATION AND FUNDING THAT WERE MEANT TO SUPPORT US. SO WE HAVE ILLEGAL SHOTS, OF DOING BUSINESS AND WE'RE GETTING TAKEN 40-50 PERCENT WHERE THEY'RE THRIVING AND WE ARE STRUGGLING. THEY ALSO STEAL FROM US, I'M ASKING THAT YOU ADOPT THE EQUITY REFORM STABILIZATION MOTION AND MOVE THE SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT WHERE IT CAN ACTUALLY SERVE US. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NUMBER 4 AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO ITEM NUMBER 4 IS NOT OPEN FAUXER PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL. YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: COUNCILMEMBERS, I PROVIDE ALL YOU HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE CANNABIS EQUITY REFORM AND MARKET STABLATION GRANT MOTION. I I ASK YOU TO READ IT. I REPRESENT THE CANNABIS COUNCIL. WE REPRESENT SOCIAL EQUITY, OPERATORS BLACK AND BROWN ACROSS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY. HELLO EVERYBODY, WE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY! WE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY! IT IS IMPERATIVE, WE PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, I PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE DCR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THEY HAVE TO GIVE TEN MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND CHARGE US. LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE. WILL YOU READ IT, WILL YOU TAKE MEETINGS WITH US. ANY OTHER BUSINESS, THEY WOULD BE FIRED BY NOW. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PAY ATENTION. PLEASE READ AND PLEASE TAKE MEETINGS WITH US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. RISHA KENDRICK. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL. I'M A SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANT AND OPERATOR IN LOS ANGELES AND CEO AND FOUNDER OF SANIKA CAN DIS. I GOT ARRESTED WHEN I WAS 18 WHEN I WAS JUST SMOKING A JOINT THEY PUT ME AS POSITION AND NOW THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US OUT AND PUT IN, GIVE US LICENSES AND START UP PROGRAMS. THAT'S A LIE. RIGHT NOW I'M FACING PENALTIES AND EVICTIONS BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORK INING DCR ARE FUNNELING THEIR PENSIONS AND NOT GIVING THEM TO US. NO OFFENSE, IT'S BULLSHIT RIGHT NOW I'M STARTLED AND I'M SO MAD FOR MY PEOPLE. I'M ON THE BUS TRYING TO PLEAD TO YOU, THAT THIS IS NOT WORKING. DCR NEEDS TO HELP US OUT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO IMPLEMENT NEW PROGRAMS AND OTHER THINGS THAT DOES NOT REFLECT US. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? BEFORE YOU BEGIN, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO ADJUST THE MIC. >> Speaker: THANKS I WAS UP ON MY TIPPY TOES. I'M GIGIE *, I'M A SALES REPRESENT FOR THE BRANDS AND I'M HERE ASKING THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO ADOPT THE CANNABIS EQUITY REFORM AND MARKET STAINLIZATION MOTION. MOVE THE ASSOCIATE EQUITY PROGRAM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHERE IT CAN ACTUALLY SERVE US. EXTEND THE PROGRAM TO 2031 AND FINALLY DIS BAND THE DCR, IT HAS LOST OUR COMMUNITY'S TRUST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M WITH THE COALITION, OUR PEOPLE WENT THROUGH THE DRUG WAR THE 80s WITH THE CRACK COCAINE AND DRUGS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. SO THE FOUNDATION BLACK AMERICA, WE BMENT THIS COUNTRY, THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL CLAIMING OUR STORY WITH PEOPLE NOT FROM HERE. I KNOW THAT MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON TALK ABOUT THE--WHERE THE HATE CRIME TASK FORCE OF HARM THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO OUR PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. THE CEO OF LAHSA, SHE IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR MISS APPROPRIATING THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS. AND OVER TEN PEOPLE IN L.A., MOST PEOPLE ON SKID ROW ARE MOSTLY BLACK PEOPLE, WE GO THROUGHOUT THE COMPTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL ENGELWOOD THAT HOUSE OUR PEOPLE, WE DON'T SEE ANY OF THESE LIKE SOME GUY THAT GOT DEFUNDED. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SANDY, KIRKLAND, JANET WAYLAND. >> City Attorney: OKAY SO I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE WITH THOSE NAMES. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY COMING TO THE PODIUM AT THIS POINT. SO. >> Council President: WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TWO MORE SPEAKERS AND THEN MOVE ON TO ITEM 53. >> Clerk: I WILL CALL ADDITIONAL NAMES. ARMANDO FLORES JUNIOR, EDWARD TORRES. >> City Attorney: I SEE ONE PERSON COMING UP. GOING ONCE ON THE OTHER NAME? GOING TWICE? ONE MORE NAME. YEAH. >> Clerk: CHRISTINA WILLIAR. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HOW IS IT FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: HOWDY I'M EDGAR TORRES, WE WORK WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF SOCIAL APPLICANTS NOT JUST THROUGHOUT THE STATE BUT HEER IN L.A. COUNTY. WE'VE SEEN THE FIRSTHAND THE DAMAGES THAT INEFFICIENT SEES CAN CAUSE BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO LOOK AT THE PAST. LET NOT YOUR INACTIONS BE THE SHADOW IN WHICH WE RESIDE. COME TOGETHER AS A WHOLE TO WE CAN THRIVE AND FUEL THIS MACHINE THAT NOT ONLY STANDS FOR COMMENTS LIKE THIS BUT ALSO FOR RIGHTING WRONG. SO I URGE YOU RIGHT YOUR WRONG, LET US COME TOGETHER AND LET US FIND A PATH FORWARD AND LET US MOVE TOGETHER INTO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC CO. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE TO HEAR COMMENTS REGARDING NUMBER 53 AND THE BID. >> City Attorney: YES FOR EVERY ONE STILL HERE, ITEM 53 ON YESTERDAY'S AGENDA THAT IS BEING RECONSIDERED. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SPOKEN ON ITEM 53, FROM YESTERDAY'S AGENDA THAT IS THE LITTLE TOKYO BID ITEM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LINE UP. YOU'VE ALREADY USED YOUR TOTAL OF MINUTES, THAT MEANS YOU USED THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL, THEN YOU'VE ALREADY GUN GIVEN YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE ONE MINUTE FROM ITEM 53 FROM YESTERDAY'S AGENDA, THE CREATION OF LITTLE TOKYO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, PLEASE LINE UP ON THE LEFT OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I CAN'T TELL, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE LINED UP THERE. CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND FOR THE LITTLE CREATION BID ITEM? NO? GOING ONCE? GOING TWICE. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE PERSON COMING UP NOW. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JOE A COMATO AND I'VE BEEN A BASE CHAIR AS A VOLUNTEER SINCE THE BEGINNING. WE'RE JUST AFTER COVID, THE MERCHANTS ARE THE ONES SUPPORTING THE BID AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PAY FOR ONE SECURITY OFFER AND VERY MINIMUM WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING OUT TO DO THE CLEANING. SO IF WE CAN GET THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN LITTLE TOKYO HAVE STEPPED UP AND MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE SAID THEY WOULD HELP PROVIDE 24-7 SECURITY AS WELL AS CLEANING SERVICES TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE. WE'VE HAD OVER A MILLION INCREASE IN VISITORS IN LITTLE TOKYO OVER LAST YEAR AND WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SECURITY AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL CLEANING SERVICES. JUST TO PROVIDE WHAT WE CAN FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> Speaker: I URGE EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT THE PROPERTY BASE BID. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: OKAY, I DO NOT SEE ANYONE ELSE HERE MR. PRESIDENT THAT IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. >> Council President: OKAY, NOW THAT WE'VE TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL ITEMS, MR. CLERK, WHAT ITEMS CAN COUNCIL VOTE ON? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 1, 2, 30 THROUGH 50 AND 52. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT CAN YOU PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: WILL ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS THAT THE MEMBERS CALLED SPECIAL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 51 CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. PRICE FOR RECUSAL. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE IS LEAVING. I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER PRICE HAS LEFT THE ROOM. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON ITEM 51, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 22 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR WHICH MOTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. >> Council President: SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 22, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: THE NEXT VOTE IS CONSIDER THE VOTE AS AMENDED JURADO HERNANDEZ. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Council President: WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 53 ON THE APRIL 22, 2025 COUNCIL AGENDA WHICH IS COUNCIL FILE 25-040 FOR THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY CLERK AND ORDINANCE OF INTENTION FIRST CONSIDERATION RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROPERTY BASE LITTLE TOKYO PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO LEVEE ASSESSMENTS ON YOUR PROPERTY. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 15 AYES. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND THIS ITEM FOURTH WITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR, SIR. >> CouncilPresident: ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: 44 FORTHWITH, PLEASE. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER JURADO YOU'RE ON THE QUEUE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY? >> Y. Jurado: OH YES, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON A MOTION TODAY REGARDING WHAT MANY OF HAVE SEEN OVER THE WEEKEND. DTLA SUFFERED AVENUE A VANDALISM OF SOMEBODY CUTTING TREES IN URBAN WAY. COMMUNITY THAT ADVOCATE IN THE REINVITATION OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE KNOW THIS IS RANDOM BUT WE WERE QUICK TO ACT. BSS CONFIRMED THAT THE TREES WILL BE REPLACED. URBAN FORESTRY CLEANED UP AND IT'S TREES CANOPY. THAT'S WHY TODAY I'M INTRODUCING A MOTION TO DETER SIMILAR MOTIONS. SO MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA, THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT AS SOON AS YOU LEARNED ABOUT THIS AND COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AS WELL. AND THANK YOU TO QUICKLY MOBILE EYESING AND TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CONSTITUENTS THAT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, NORTHEAST, TREES, L.A. CONSERVATION CORE WHO IS HELPING US TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO REPLACE THOSE TREES. THIS IS CHA CODE GOVERNANCE LOOKS LIKE. STAY TUNED FOR MORE NEWS REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE TREES. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND ITEM 46 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT SHOULD BE THE ORDER. MEMBERS ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, CAN WE PLEASE STAND FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS? ON MY RIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, TODAY I RISE WITH A HEAVY HEART TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF JESUS PORTILLO A DE VOTED FATHER AND MEMBER. JESUS WAS 50 YEARS OLD BORN ON JUNE 21, 1964. --1974, HE WAS AN AVID EQUESTRIAN KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ETHIC AND DEDICATION TO HIS FAMILY. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE OF 25 YEARS AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN WHONOW FACE THE UNIMAGINABLE LOSS OF A MAN WHO MEANT EVERYTHING TO THEM. ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 6, JUST AFTER 9:00 P.M. JESUS WAS STRUCK BY A DARK COLOR SEDAN WHILE TRYING TO HELP A DOG CROSS. TH DRIVER NEVER STOPPED AND NEVER OFFERED HELP AND INSTEAD FLED THE SCENE. THE DRIVER HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. HIS FINAL ACT WAS ONE OF COMPASSION, HE DID NOT HESITATE TO STEP IN AND HELP. THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON HE WAS. IT WAS A SENSELESS ACT THAT TOOK SOMEBODY CHERISHED BY HIS FAMILY AND TO ANYONE THAT HAS INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP IDENTIFY THE PERSON RESPONSIBILITY, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD. A 50,000 REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THAT SUSPECT. EVEN THE SHAWLEST DETAIL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. PLEASE CONTACT OFFICER. IF YOU PREFER TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, YOU CAN ALSO JUST CALL L.A. CRIME STOPPERS AT 1-800-222-TIPS. OR VISIT WWW.L.A. CRIME STOPPERS.ORG. ADD WE ADJOURN TODAY IN THE MEMORY OF JESUS, I ASK THAT WE KEEP HIS FAMILY IN OUR THOUGHTS AND CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO BRING JUSTICE AS THEY DESERVE. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. >> Council President: ANY OTHER MEMBERS TO MY RIGHT? ANY MEMBERS ON MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.