or not go with the Corps of Engineers or not. We've mentioned the website a couple of times, but for if people it's an ever changing scenario. Updates what's the best approach , the best website for people to reach out recovery dot la county dot gov and I like to say because a lot of folks right. Have insurance questions they have a really good insurance page on there that's going to that's going to walk you through that much better than I did. This has been fascinating, incredibly informative. And I so appreciate your time. Thank you so much, Colonel Sasser, for being with us today. Thank you for having me. And that's a wrap . This current. Hello everyone. I'm Susan Huckle. And here's what's happening in LA this week it's LA icon that continually inspires it's turning 90. Griffith Observatory is celebrating owned and operated the city of Los Angeles. The observatory has starred in many movies, thousands of tourist, and now it has its own role. Today is Griffith Observatory 90th anniversary. On this day 90 years ago, Griffith Observatory opened to the public with its official. And of course, we've been operating as a public observatory the most visited public observatory on the planet. Over last nine decades, this morning, start with the opening ceremony where we have some distinguished folks talking about observatory and talking about its mission, obviously just kicking the whole thing off . You can't have an opening ceremony in celebration without birthday cake and cupcakes. You just got to shine. I didn't realize before that I've taken for granted something a lot of people don't have access to, which is a public observatory. This is rare and precious and we're very, very fortunate in Los Angeles to have an observatory where we can go explore the stars, learn about our in the universe all for free . So Griffith Observatory is of the Department of Recreation and Parks. We staff this facility. This is one of our largest and highest visited location. We have travelers from all over the world that come to the Griffith Observatory. Only to gather, but also to learn. We have the amazing Dr. Krupp that has been such a great opportunity for us and all Angelenos because he has so much to teach and educate our public about everything. That has to do with the sky. You know, it is hard to beat being at a place that open, free to the public and everybody glad to be here. Everybody kind of feels like own the place and they do. And those things have made it an enduring emblem for Los Angeles. It is in fact a gift to the city of Los Angeles. To me, you know, this is also my kid's favorite place in the city of Los Angeles. So to in Griffith Park, just this amazing long view that you have here of only the nature that we have, but also the entire city. I welcome everybody to come and visit the Griffith Observatory. It's been a wonderful wonderful 90th celebration. It's going to last all year long and the Griffith Observatory will have an amazing array of activities throughout the whole year. So everyone should go on the Griffith Observatory website. But check out what's happening that day. There are monthly opportunities to come up at night, view the heavens through telescopes. You can get your eye through major observatory telescope. It's An amazing opportunity throughout the year, not just today. The diversity of faiths and religious beliefs. L.A. is not just a fact, it's a feature to be celebrated and welcomed in civic life. LA's civil rights department hosted city's 10th annual religious plural day. We are here in City hall commemorating the ten years of day of religious pluralism to honor to acknowledge the beautiful tapestry of our faith communities. More so to reaffirm the sacred ness that exists in all of humanity. That's what our city is about. Pluralism Is a recognition that there are different. We have to go beyond just mere recognition that, yes, there are different religions have to go towards that genuine feeling of warm heartedness towards each other, a genuine feeling of community that. We are all seekers of the sacred, manifesting something in our lives. Faith leaders do work together and. There's really the best example of what it means to be building bridges, serving the community at a greater expanse. To do this today, it just should have flow and outward. So ripple effect when you drop the little stone where those ripples go. So starting and then out the doors of City Hall into communities. City Council declarations, for example, are not just something that in a vacuum then forgotten about for ten years. Now we've tried to live this declaration to show City of Los Angeles we're all different pieces. Mosaic and we put together pluralistic. We make it beautiful. Image It takes effort to reach across, try to understand each other more deeply, and to create space for each other. Making sure that we truly are attention and listening so that we're lifting other up. Unfortunately, there are parts not just in the US but different parts of the world where. We see religion as a source of violence and when in fact religion is a source of love. And that's why this is really important. Manhattan Place Elementary School unveiled a new outdoor literacy corner. We know that reading is always a good idea, but just in case the kids don't know that yet, the school drafted a Dodger star to help them catch reading habit. Today we are celebrating our partnership with the L.A. Dodgers in the will and Carter Smith Foundation. We are unveiling our outdoor literacy corner of this provides our students multiple opportunities to develop their love for literacy and a love for reading . And it also shows the students that reading is fun and that reading doesn't only take place inside the classroom, but really naturally can take place outdoors. You guys reading to read a book? Nice read. The Bernstein Bears go out for the team. Today is really special because we're with Manhattan Place Elementary and they are actually the second school this year that we're doing a literacy corner renovation. When we were in the World Series launched our first literacy corner as part of our MLB World Series Legacy Initiative. We did so in partnership with catcher Will Smith and his wife, Cara and their foundation, Catching Hope. So all four organizations came together and we to doing three unveilings during the 2025 season. And this is the second of three all for the ball has second and declared him out he made a big sponsorship out that those were the rules I hope they get to just enjoy this moment you know with and the Dodgers here it's a fun day know they're all super excited I love I love hearing excitement they have so hopefully when come here each and every day they're at school in the literacy corner they'll remember this day and remember, you know, the impacts that we had and how we just want to enjoy reading and, you know, hopefully this makes the space a little more enjoyable for them books are a gateway to knowledge the world around us and having this literacy corner outdoor provides our students with an opportunity to continue developing love of reading and gaining multiple experiences through books and also a great way to let our students don't like. We have people in the community that and care for your success and that's why we partner with people like will Smith and his foundation just to show our students like you matter we see we hear you and you are important we'll help you go. LA Memorial and Sofi Stadium in Inglewood will serve as the official venues for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. L.A. Mayor Karen made the announcement, along with Council Member Curren Price and Olympic and Paralympic athletes. The Coliseum was first host to the Olympics in 1932, again in 1984 and in 2028 it will become the first venue in history to host the Olympic Games for a third time. The stadium in Inglewood host the Paralympic opening ceremony and will share the Olympic opening ceremony with the LA Coliseum, creating a dual celebration. For more information, visit Mayor de la City. Dot gov. Slash press and celebrating with metallic balloons. Keep them secure and prevent them from floating into power lines. According to Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, LA DWP. The utility said recently. Metallic balloons hitting equipment had caused five outages in one week, leaving nearly thousand customers without power. Calif The law requires all metallic balloons to be anchored with a weight to prevent them from going into power lines. In addition, LA DWP advises that metallic >> Council President: ALL RIGHT GOOD MORNING, EVERY ONE. WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THE 28th DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR 2025. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING'S MEETING WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS JOHN FERRARO CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF LOS ANGELES CITY HALL. LET'S BEGIN OUR TIME TOGETHER TODAY BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, SIR. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 27, 2025. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN MOVES COUNCILMEMBER PARK SECONDS, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMEND ATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President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ouncil President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ARE THES ARE BEFORE US. BEFORE I CALL FOR SPECIALS, I WANT TO CHECK WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS IN THE ROOM, WE HAVE THESE FLASHING LIGHTS. THERE IS TESTING, NOBODY WORRY, IT'S JUST A TEST. SPECIALS MEMBERS? ANY SPECIALS IN COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER ANY ON MY LEFT? COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? PRAO*IS THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM 12 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WHICH ITEMS ARE BEFORE US? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MAY NOW VOTE ON ITEMS 3 THROUGH 9, AS WELL AS 13 AND 14 SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A ALSO A REQUEST TO HOLD NUMBER 24 ON THE DESK, THAT'S THE CLOSE SESSION MATTER. AND WHAT IS NEXT IS COUNCIL CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT OR? >> Council President: SO ITEM 24 IS CLOSE SESSION, RIGHT? GOT IT, SO WE'LL 24 ON THE DESK AND PERHAPS WE'LL HAVE CLOSE SESSION ON THAT ITEM. AND BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MADAM CLERK, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. >> E. Hernandez: PLEASE JOIN US, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE JOI US. AT LEAST WE KNOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, SO WE'RE GOOD. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ENGINEERS WITH YOU. >> E. Hernandez: YES, A LOT OF NUMBERS AND MATH. MY BROTHER IS AN ENGINEER, THE WHOLE WHITE BOARD IS FULL OF NUMBERS, PLEASE JOIN US, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COME ON IN, TEAM. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE RETIREMENT OF TWO OUTSTANDING SERVANTS WHO HAVE SHAPED LOS ANGELES WHO WE KNOW AND LOVE. TED ALLEN AND JULIE ALLEN, TOGETHER THEY HAVE DEVOTED MORE THAN 65 YEARS OF COMBINED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHAT IS MORE INSPIRING IS THAT THEY'VE DONE IT TOGETHER, THEY'RE PARTNERSHIP IS GOAL FOR A LOT OF US. WE'LL INTRODUCE EACH OF THEM WITH A CONTRIBUTION BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, START WITHING TED AND THEN JULIE. GREW UP IN WHITIER AND GRADUATED FROM UCLA IN 1992 AND MET HIS PARTNER IN LIFE, JULIE. HE JOINED THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING ASSISTANT BECOMING WHAT WOULD BE A 31-YEAR CAREER IN SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. TED ROWS --ROSE TO SEE BECOME RANK. PRIORITIZED EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT, BY LAUNCHING A LEADERSHIP TRAINING COURSE, LEAD A TECHNICAL SERIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE OTHER LEADERS THAT HE CAN BUILD UP BEHIND HIM. HE'S HAD A HAND IN NEARLY EVERY PROJECT, LANDSLIDE REPAIRS AND STREET INFRASTRUCTURE. FOR 20 YEARS, HE HAS BEEN A NATIONAL LEADER IN PUBLIC WORKS HELPING CITIES RAISE THE BAR ON THEIR CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVER WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. TED, HAS MANAGED THE CAPITAL PROJECT PORTFOLIO WORTH OVER 5 BILLION DOLLARS. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE CITY ADOPTED SYSTEMS TO PROJECT SCHEDULING. TED HELP THE BUILD L.A. PORTAL PROJECT HELPED MODERNIZE WITH AN APPOINTMENT SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON VISITS AND GAVE THE PUBLIC REAL TIEF ACCESS AND APPOINTMENTS. HE HELPED BUILD THE DASH BOARDS THAT TRACK EVERY CITY DATA, SERVICE FEES, HOMELESS HOUSING PROJECTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES GET THE SERVICES THEY DESERVE. IT'S HARD TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF A 31 YEAR CAREER BUT TED YOUR LEGACY IS BUILT INTO THE SYSTEMS AND THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TED ALLEN TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH US. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. I'M USED TO BEING HERE RECOGNIZING OTHERS SO IT FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE BEINGING ONE RECOGNIZED. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS. I WANT TO START BY THANK THE COUNCIL FOR ALL THE CHANGES YOU MADE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND JOBS YOU SAVED. I WANTED TO RELAY THE NUMBER THE NUMBER OF EMAILS AND THANK YOU THAT I RECEIVED FROM THIS OUR EMPLOYEES, WHOSE JOBS WERE AT-RISK. I WANTED TO START IN WITH THANK YOU. THERE WAS A LOT IN THERE, I WANT TO MAKE SHOULD SHORT. BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND YOU ENCOURAGE TO YOU CONTINUE WITH THAT PATH, TO PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE EMPLOYEE. SO MANY WE HAVE THE METRICS ON THE OUTPUTS AND PROJECTS AND PERMITS AND THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TOO BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT STRUCK ME LATE IN MY CAREER, WE NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION IN EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PREPARE THEM AND TRAIN THEM. I REALLY THANK YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT IN WITH THAT IN THE RESENT YEARS IN THE BUDGETS AS WELL. I DO WANT TO, I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS IT'S REALLY HARD TO LEAVE. I'VE REALLY REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE CITY AND ALL OF YOU. I'M GOING TO MISS IT, I'LL PROBABLY HANG OUT AT SOME OF THE SOCIAL GATHERING FROM S FROM TIME TO TIME IF THAT'S OKAY. THE BOOR OFF ENGINEER, HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO LEAD. I JUST FEEL LIKE THE I'M THE LUCKIEST PERSON TO LEAD THE CITY OF L.A. I WANT TO THANK YOU JULIE FOR MANY YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP AND MARRIAGE, WE OFTEN KIND OF VENT WITH EACH OTHER AND ABOUT STRESSFUL THINGS. VERY HELPFUL. I WANT TO THANK OUR FORMER CITY ENGINEER AND DEB RA, THEY'VE BEEN TWO OF THE KEY MENTORS IN MY CAREER. MANY MANY MORE AS WELL. AND MANY OF THOSE BUILD L.A. TEAM AND OTHERS, IT'S REALLY REALLY HARD TO LEAVE, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET TO SEE THE KIDS AND FAMILY MORE AND TRAVELING SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] CED >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. THIS ONE IS FOR TED. THANK YOU, TED. THANK YOU, TED. NOW, ALLOW ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT JULIE ALLEN, JULIE BEGAN IN 1991 AS A STUDENT ENGINEERING AT DWP AFTER GRADUATING FROM UCLA SHE ASCENDED IN LOS ANGELES LEADING TO A 33-YEAR CAREER. BY 2015, SHE WAS LEADING ONE OF THE HIGHEST INFRASTRUCTURE IN CITY, THE VIA DUCT. SHE TOOK THE HELM. OF THE CLEAN WATER PROGRAM AND LEADING WORK THAT IMPACTS US ALL LIKE WASTE WATER, WASTE PROTECTION AND SAFE CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS. HER PROJECT PORTFOLIO IS UNHATCHED. INCLUDES REHABILITATION PROJECT, 110 MILLION MECAHADO LAKE AND 587 MILLION SIXTH STREET VIA DUCT REPLACEMENT PROJECT. HAS BEEN AN AMAZING LEADER IN McARTHUR PORK RESTORATION PROJECT, INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES, YES IN McARTHUR PARK AND YES IN McARTHUR PARK LAKE. IN TIME OF CRISIS, JULIE STEPS US, SHE LEAD THE MITIGATION TASK FORCE FOCUSED ON PROTECTING LIVES AND HOMES AND ECO SYSTEMS FROM POST FIRE STORM DAMAGE. JULIE HAS HELD POSITIONS IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL, INCLUDING CO-CHAIR OF RESILIENCE COMMITTEE CLEAN WATER, A MEMBER OF THE UTILITY RIGHT-OF-WAY COMMITTEE FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND A BOARD MEMBER OF CLEAN WATER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. JULIE'S CAREER HAS BEEN AMBITIOUS, COLLABORATIVE AND IMPACTFUL AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR HER SERVICE. NOW I'LL INVITE HER TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HONORING TED AND I TODAY ON OUR LONG CAREER, IT'S BEEN SUCH A, A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO WORK FOR THE CITY AND DEVELOP SO MANY PROJECTS AND SERVICES THAT THE RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES CAN APPRECIATE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT DURING THE CHALLENGES TIMES WITH THE STORMS AND THE FIRES, IT HAS REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND HOW VALUABLE THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE BUREAU OF SANITATION AND HOW HARD ALL OF THEM WORK EVERY DAY AND MY ENGINEERING FRIENDS AND FAMILY TOO, HOW HARD THEY WORK EVERY DAY TO KEEP THE SEWAGE FLOWING AND THE STORMS FROM FLOODING RESIDENTS AND I'VE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE. I THANK YOU, I ALSO WANT TO THANK TED AND OUR KIDS FOR, SUPPORTING US DURING THIS LONG CAREER, YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT HAVING THE RIGHT SUPPORT WITH YOU AND I'M GOING TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO OUR DAUGHTER WHO IS GRADUATING FROM UCLA IN AEURO ENGINEERING WHICH IS NOT A EASY TASK. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE THINGS WE GET TO DO AFTER RETIREMENT. [APPLAUSE] AGAIN, THANK YOU. IT'S TOO LATE NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, SORRY. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. >> Council President: WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. >> E. Hernandez: OKAY, IF WE CAN BEGIN NOW, WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND TED AND JULIE, I HAVE NOT HAD AS MANY YEARS AS SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS TO WORK WITH EACH OF YOU, BUT IT HAS BEEN JUST A TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BOTH. JULIE THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COMMITMENT TO ALL THE CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE WATER SHED AND IN AND AROUND HIGH PEERIAN AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COAST LINE SXUNDSING THE SENSITIVE ISSUES. TED, YOUR RESPONSE IN THE WAKE OF THE WILDFIRES, YOU AND YOUR CREWS ON THE GROUND, IN THE PALISADES, EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE SITE OF YOU, PROVIDE RELIEF IN A MOMENT AND A TIME WHEN THAT IS WHAT WE ALL SO DESPERATELY NEEDED. WE ARE REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU BUT YOU LEAVE BEHIND AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS FAMILY IN CD11 AND YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME HANG. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. [APPLAUSE] >> I. Padilla: SO I GOT TO ADMIT, I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS COMING. I'M ACTUALLY REALLY SAD AND MAD AND REALLY MIXED EMOTIONS. BUT, I JUST GOT TO SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW THE, THE STORY TO TE COUPLE, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LIKE L.A. CITY HALL STORY. I HOPE YOU WRITE IT AND TURN IT INTO A BOOK AND TALK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU BUILT TOGETHER AND THE INTER INTRICACY OF HAVING THA. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU, TED, AND I WILL FOREVER REMEMBER YOU AND APPRECIATE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, YOU PUSHED THAT YOU NEEDED TO TALK TO ME THAT YOU NEEDED TO TALK TO MY OFFICE THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON IN CD6 AND YOU REALLY NEEDED ME TO TAKE SOME DECISIONS. AND I APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE JUST HOW MUCH WAS HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT BUT IT WAS, VERY REFRESHING TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A HISTORY WITH CD6 AND YOU HAVE BEEN BUILDING IN CD6 FROM. SO FROM EVERYTHING TO YOUR WORK IN THE IS SEPULVEDA AND AS WELL AS THE ROLLER DERBY COALITION WITH WRAP AND DWP, YOUR STAFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT TO SEE YOU IN ACTION WHEN I WAS IN THE PLUM COMMITTEE, AND ALSO TO GOV. OPERATIONS TO THE WAY THAT IT WORKS WITH ITA, I CAN REALLY TELL THAT YOU DEVELOPED A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL THINGS FOR THE CITY. AND I HOPE YOU'RE DAUGHTER WHO IS NOW THE NEW WAVE OF ENGINEER, IT'S LIKE SHE'S GOT A LOT TO GROW BECAUSE OF YOU WHAT BUILD. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOOD PARTNER WHEN I WAS STILL VERY NEW TO THIS PLACE. AND I WISH YOU LUCK AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO SEE YOU AROUND AND AGAIN, PLEASE WRITE THAT BOOK. I'M REALLY SAD, I'M REALLY MAD. THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIG SHOES TO BIG BECAUSE ONE THING THAT I WILL ALSO SAY, I KNOW WE'VE ALL FELT THIS BEFORE, MAN IS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ANY SUPPORT FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERING BUT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE BROUGHT THAT DOWN. THANK YOU AGAIN, TO YOU, TO JULIE, FOR HAVING A GREAT CAREER AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S A SAD DAY, AND I TOO DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE A COUPLE UNTIL RECENTLY. BUT YOU'RE SERVICE TO THE CITY HAS BEEN REMARKABLE AND YOUR ACHIEVEMENT HAVE BEEN IMMENSE AND VISIBLE TO ANGELINO EVERY SINGLE DAY. TED, I WANT TO SAY THAT, I THINK THIS MARKS BOTH OF YOUR CAREERS BUT, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU ON ISSUES THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES, THAT ARE THE SCAFFOLDING FOR HOW OUR CITY WORKS BETTER. BUILD L.A. THAT'S A PROJECT THAT IS ALL ABOUT MAKING OUR CITY WORK BETTER MAKING OUR DEPARTMENTS COMMUNICATE BETTER AND YOU HAVE SHEPHERDED THAT THROUGH MAYORAL ADMINISTRATIONS, THROUGH DEPARTMENTAL CHANGES ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY AND YOU PUSHED THAT FORWARD EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AND NOW WE'RE AT A BIG MILD STONE BUT, MAKING SURE THAT THAT KIND OF PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, THAT'S A LABOR OF LOVE TO L.A. AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF SERVICE THAT ACTUALLY BOTH OF YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE CITY SO I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: SO THIS IS A SAD DAY. JULIE, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER MY 23 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. I FEEL LIKE YOU STAFFED THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WHEN COUNCILMEMBER SMITH WAS CHAIR OF THAT. AND THEN, TED, REALLY APPRECIATE MY TIME IN OFFICE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BECOME CLOSER THEN AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND THE RESOURCE OF HAVING YOU AS SOMEBODY THAT I CAN TURN TO. BUT I WANT TO SAY, IT WASN'T UNTIL LAST YEAR, WHEN JULIE AND I WERE ON A TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC, TO ACCEPT AN AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THAT I ASKED JULIE WHY DID YOU MOVE FROM ENGINEERING TO SANITATION, AND SHE WAS LIKE I DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE CONFLICT. AND I SAID CONFLICT WITH WHAT? AND SHE SAID WITH TED. AND I SAID, YOU GUYS WERE MARRIED? AND I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR 20 YEARS AND I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE MARRIED. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS RETIRING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PLAN AS ME AND MY WIFE, MY SECOND WILL LET ME KNOW, THE SECOND I RETIRE, SHE IS RETIRING AS WELL. IT MEANS YOU LIKE EACH OTHER AND HANGING OUT WITH EACH. AND I WANT TO SAY IT'S WELL DESERVED AND THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND HAPPY RETIREMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOR BRINGING THIS REAL DYNAMIC COUPLE BEFORE US TODAY. TED, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN A REAL FRIEND TO DISTRICT ALWAYS A FRIEND, WHEN WE ASKED FOR HELP AND GUIDANCE YOU AND YOUR TEAM ALWAYS BEEN THERE. AND TO KNOW THAT YOU HAD A LITTLE SECRET FROM A SPOUSE WHO WAS AN ANGEL IN HER OWN RIGHT. JULIE, WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. I KNOW YOU BY REPUTATION AND LIKE YOUR HUSBAND, YOU'RE BOTH VALUED HERE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMIT SXMENT YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GIVE. CONGRATULATIONS ON EXCITING RETIREMENT. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING, OUR CITY WOULD NOT BE BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT YOU, FOR THE SIXTH DISTRICT VIA DUCT, THANK YOU BOTH. JULIE ESPECIALLY YOU, EVENTUALLY WE'LL LIGHT IT UP ESPECIALLY FOR YOU. EVENTUALLY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANKS I JUST WANTED ADD MY VOICE OF GRATITUDE AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. BUT THE TWO OF YOU ARE QUINTESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVANTS. WE'RE A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF BOTH OF YOU. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE AS YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS WALKING AROUND THE CITY WHAT THAT MUST BE LIKE. YOU'RE GOING TO POINT OUT ALL THE IN AND OUTS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN OR LOOK AT THE HILLSIDE AND THINK ABOUT THE STUDY AND YOU KNOW OR IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING BY THE IS HE RESEDA, YEAH, I WORKED WITH THAT PAIN IN THE ASS BOB AND WE FINALLY GOT IT DONE. EVERY BIT OF L.A. IS AS YOU WALK AROUND HAS A STORY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO. I JUST WANTED EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE, BOTH OF YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. WE ALL SEE IT, THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY NOT SEE IT EVERY DAY 'CAUSE YOU'RE SORT OF A BEHIND THE SCENES MAKE ITING HAPPEN, BUT YOU KNOW IT AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BE A FLY IN THE WALL NEXT TIME YOU'RE WALKING THE CITY WITH YOUR KIDS AND POINTING EVERYTHING OUT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Council President: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR THIS, THAT BOOK THAT COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA WANTS, SHOULD BE CALLED, ENGINEERS IN LOVE SUB TITLED OUR SECRET MARRIAGE. CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW EITHER. WHEN I WAS IN PRIVATE LIFE AND THE FIRST TIME GAIR LEE MOORE TOLD ME ABOUT TED ALLEN, WHAT WHAT A REVELATION, I NEVER CALLED GARY MOORE BACK, THANK YOU. IT HAS CONTINUED WITH PUBLIC LIFE IN YOUR FOCUS WITH NOT ONLY PROVIDING A GREAT PRODUCT BUT MENTORING FOLKS. AND JULIE, YOUR IMPRINT FROM VIA DUCT TO MACHADO LAKE, IS TO IMPORTANT AND GRATEFUL TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE, THANK YOU FOR EXAMPLE OF YOUR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE OF HARD WORK AND TED, WHEN YOU GET HOME, GIVE THOSE FLOWERS TO JULIE OKAY. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. [APPLAUSE] >> E. Hernandez: JULIE, AND TED, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND LEGACY ARE AN INSPIRATION, SIDE BY SIDE YOU RAISED TWO BRILLIANT CHILDREN NOAH AND KEIRA BOTH ENGINEERS THEMSELVES AND MADE AN LASTING IMPACT IN THE CITY BOTH IN THE LEADERSHIP BUT ALSO THE INPHA SFRUK TOUR THAT YOU BUILT HERE IN THE CITY AND ALL THE FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND FAMILY WHO JOINED US, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING TED AND JULIE A PROPER SEND OFF. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ AND COUNCIL AND ALLENS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY. ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CLERK TO PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU ARE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WANGER FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR 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 ITEMS 1 AND 2, AND ITEMS 15 THROUGH 23. SO AGAIN, LET ME REPEAT, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA TODAY ARE ITEMS 1 AND 2 AND ITEMS 15 THROUGH 23. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETER MAKE THIS FIRST ONE ALOUD TO THE ROOM PLEASE. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH LANGUAGER INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETER CAN INTERPRET. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, SO THE ORDER IN WHICH WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IS AT RANDOM IT'S RANDOMLY GENERATED SO I WOULD A*FK THAT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY SPEAKERS AND RUN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THE YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP BEFORE YOU LINE UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS. SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP ON THE KIOSK NOT NECESSARILY YOUR REAL NAME, ONCE YOU HEAR THAT, YOU CAN SIGN UP ON THE SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: KAREN PETERSON, JESSE AND KENDRANK MOXIN. >> Speaker: YES, GOOD MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE ITEMS. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO I WILL, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO WE TAKE A LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 1 AND IT'S REGARDING THE DEDICATION OF AN EASEMENT AND FOLLOWING UP ON EASEMENT. HERE'S THE ISSUE WE HAVE, I SPOKE WITH AN GENTLEMAN, HE OBTAINED THE TYPE R PERMIT. IT WAS AN EVENT HE HELD NEAR BY THIS AREA OVER ON WEST CENTRALLY BOULEVARD. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, HE TOLD ME ABOUT A STORY WHERE HE HAD OBTAINED A MEMO FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYING THAT QUOTE, WE DO NOT PROSECUTE DEPARTMENTS. WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT? WELL INTERESTING ENOUGH, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENFORCEMENT AND CITY ATTORNEY,-->> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL BUT I FAIL TO SEE HOW THIS IS CONNECTED TO ITEM 11. PLEASE STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS OR I'LL MOVE YOU TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: MY WORRY IS THAT WE HAVE THESE EASEMENTS, JUST LIKE ITEM 2 BUT WHOU ARE WE GOING TONE FORCE IT ON THE BLOCKADE. THAT'S MY PROBLEM. >> City Attorney: SO I THINK THIS IS LEFT FOR GENERAL. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS A DEDICATION OF A EASEMENT. YOU CAN MOVE ON OR MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 3, WE HAVE AN ISSUE HERE WITH BONDS. THE BOND ISSUE YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE METHOD OF PAYMENT WHICH IS NOT DISCLOSED HERE. AND AGAIN HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE ANY WRONGDOING. >> City Attorney: I COULD NOT HEAR WHAT ITEM. YOU SAID ITEM 3? SO ITEM 3 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT YOU CAN SFAEK TO IT DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: WE CAN STILL MAKE AN OPEN COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AN UP TO INITIAL THREE MINUTES ONE MINUTE PER ITEM FOR THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AS A COURTESY, AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 1 AND 2 AND 13 THROUGH 23. SPEAKER, I'M GOING TO START YOUR CLOCK AND USE REMAINING TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE ITEMS OR GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANOTHER WARNING. >> Speaker: WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A BUDGET RESOLUTION AND WE HAVE A CRISIS IN THE CITY REGARDING THE CITY'S BUDGET AND IT'S LIKELY BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY DOES NOT PROSECUTE PROSECUTORS TO ACCEPT REVENUE IN THE FORM OF FINES, WHETHER THEY BE A CORPORATE ENTITY THAT IS COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACCOUNTS AND OBTAINING FINES IN SUCH A WAY. AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY HERSELF WORKED FOR THE ARTHUR ANDERSON FIRM TO COMMIT WIDE SCALE FRAUD ALL ACROSS THE NATION. AND AGAIN, QUOTE IT TAKES ONE CONVICTION, THAT'S ALL IT TAKES. JUST ONE CONVICTION FOR A CORPORATION TO GO DOWN. WHILE HYDEE SOTO IS RIGHT IN THAT REGARD AND SCARED TO GIVE MONEY TO THE CITY IN A LEGAL WAY BECAUSE SHE KNOWS PEOPLE WILL EXPOSE HER. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO THANK MICHELE FOR DEPOSE HER. AND WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: WE HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE YOU HAVE A KNOWN CRIMINAL, THE BIGGEST GANG IN LOS ANGELES IS NOT THE LASD OR LAPD, IT'S THE PROSECUTORIAL GANG OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO RUNAWAY FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY THEMSELVES AND IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM. THE BIGGEST GANG IN LOS ANGELES IS HYDEE FEINSTEIN SOTO. THAT IS LOS ANGELES CONSTITUTES IT'S LEAD BY TWO CRIMINALS, HYDE AND NATHAN HACKMAN. SHE WAS DIS OBEYING COURT ORDERS FROM WITHDRAWING FROM COMMUNITY FUNDS AND ISSUING OVER 400 SUBPOENAS, THAT'S SHE IS A CRIMINAL. JAOL I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES. MALEK AND OLU. >> Speaker: GOOD MOANSINGER EVERY ONE. SORRY, YES, I WANT TO SPEAK ON EVERYTHING AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> OKAY SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. FIRST ONE NUMBER 1, I WANT TO DO A THING CALLED COMPARE AND CONTRAST. IT'S ABOUT GIVING UP AN EASEMENT AND I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH TRUST. I HAVE SEEN HOW THEY HAVE HANDLED THE PERMITS AND EVERYTHING WITH THEIR ILLEGAL PLANTERS. AND I LOST TRUST, I DID. THE CITY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I'VE BEEN SAOER HOW MANY TIMES? AND MR. HUGO DOESN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE HE DOES NOT WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH WHICH IS OKAY. BUT THE THING IS, IT TOOK A BUNCH OF PEOPLE STANDING UP AND PUSHING BACK AND GETTING A CAST REPORT TO FINALLY GET SOMEBODY TO GET THE ADA THINGS EASED UP. WHY DO WE HAVE TO GIVE AWAY CITY BRORT? >> City Attorney: SO YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR ONE MINUTE ON ITEM NUMBER 1. >> Speaker: OKAY, THANK YOU, SIR. OUBT NUMBER 2. CONTINUING WITH THIS PLACE, I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT I HAD IN NUMBER 1 AS FAR AS NOT TRUSTING BECAUSE OF ALL THE WHAT I SAW YOUR LACK OF DOING ANYTHING WITH THE SCIENTOLOGY ISSUES THAT I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR A YEAR. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. HUGO FOR THAT BECAUSE I'M THINKING HE MAY HAVE TO SOMETHING TO WITH THAT. I GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. WHY DO WE HAVE TO GIVE UP OUR LAND, IF THE CITY OWNS IT, I CAN SEE DOING LIKE THE ADOPTED MEDIAN TYPE OF THING AND MAYBE LETTING THEM ADOPT IT TO WHERE THEY TAKE CARE OF IT AND PUT THEIR NAME UP BUT WHY DO WE HAVE TO TURN IT OVER TO THEM TO THEIR OWNERSHIP DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I DID MY MINUTE, ALL RIGHT, I GOT YOU. I LIKE THAT I'M READING YOU, LOUD AND CLEAR. I WANT TO DO ABOUT THE FIRE EMERGENCY, I WANT TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO COUNCILWOMAN PARK, SHE STOOD UP AND TOOK LEADERSHIP AFTER THE FIRE. THAT WAS LIKE A CRISIS AND YOU KNOW, YOU WENT THROUGH HELL I BET BUT I FELT THAT YOU KEPT YOUR DIGNITY AND YOU KEPT FIGHTING FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO IF YOU FEEL THAT THIS NEEDS TO CONTINUE, I'M GOING TO SAY YES. JUST PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR ME, MA'AM. I DO APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN, THEY'RE WATCHING YOU TOO. MR. McOSKER, HE WAS ALWAYS THE GOOD ONE AND SMOKING SCAN, ARE YOU CATCHING THAT. I HAVE A PERMIT, THE CITY DOES NOT THINK WE'RE VIOLENT CRIMINALS, THEY GET WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE PROTESTING. SO ON FATHER'S DAY, I'M HOPING THAT SMOKING SCAN WILL BE THERE TO SEE AND HELL US CELEBRATE. WE'RE TAKING A STAND ON ADA ABUSE AND FAMILY SEPARATION, EVERYTHING IS ABOUT PEACE AND LOVING THE PEOPLE. WE'VE BEEN HERE FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE. THEY'RE STARTING TO SEND PEOPLE WHO OUT IN THE PROTEST OUR COMMUNITY TO ANTAGONIZE AND ASSAULT. ONE PROTESTER WAS ASSAULTED AND ONE WAS MENACES AND THE SAME GUY CAME TO ME TOO, HE LEFT ME ALONE, HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. HE WAS SCARED THAT I WOULD ROLL HIM BECAUSE I WOULD BUT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, THIS IS MOHAMED PEACE AND LOVING ON HIM. MY NAME IS I'M FROM MUSLIM COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO READ, HE IS NOT A BELIEVER WHO IS WHOSE STOMACH IS FILLED WHILE HIS FAMILY GOES HUNGRY. ALSO--THANK YOU. ADVISE TO HIS COMPANION IF YOU COOK A SOUP, INCREASE THE BROTH AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER? GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ON THE GENERAL COMMENT. MY NAME IS OLASHAY, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE GENERAL COMMENT. I'M A MEMBER OF L.A. CAN AND A RESIDENT LIVING IN CD14 IN SKID ROW. TERRAIN BOW HOTEL FOR ALMOST, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST 13 YEARS. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE CONDITION IN OUR BUILDING ARE TERRIBLE. WE ARE PART OF THE SKID ROW BUT NOW OWNED BIT HEARTMANAGEMENT COMPANY AND RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SECURITY. WE ARE, UNITS ARE SUB PAR RATS, ROACHES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF IS HAPPENING. AND TOO MANY TENANTS ARE LEFT TO FEEL UNSAFE INCLUDING CRIME ALL OVER THE PLACE. OUR VOICES MATTER, AND YOU NEED TO HEAR US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. AND PLEASE SUPPORT THE ANTI HARASSMENT TENANT BILL, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. [APPLAUSE]. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. STACY CIGAR BOLGER, CLYDE AND AUDIT L.A. >> Speaker: COUNCILMEMBERS. >> City Attorney: BEFORE YOU BEGIN, FEEL FREE TO ADJUST YOUR MICROPHONE. >> Speaker: NON-AGENDA ITEM. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GL AHEAD, SIR. >> Speaker: RESPECTFUL COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS IS ILAM MAHMOUD MISSIONARY OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO SHARE ONE VERSE OF THE HOLLY QURAN. GOD SAYS, WORSHIP GOD AND ASSOCIATE NOTHING WITH HIM AND TO PARENTS, DO GOOD. AND TO RELATIVES AND ORPHANS AND NEEDY, THAT TRAVELER, AND THOSE HONE YOUR RIGHT AND POSSES, IN DEED, ALLAH DOES NOT LIKE THOSE THAT ARE SELF DELUTING AND BOASTFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SUPPORT OF THE DEMANDS OF KEEP L.A. HOUSED. PUNISHES THE HARD WORKING WHILE REWARDING THE LAZINESS ON RENT COLLECTING. THIS DESPITE THE FACT THAT BASIC NECESSITIES ARE WHAT, ARE ALL THAT MOTIVATES ALL PEOPLE THAT STAND HERE TO ADDRESS THIS BODY, BASIC NECESSITY SUCH AS SIMPLE PEACE OF MIND AND JOY THAT SHELTER SO OFTEN PROVIDES. SHELTER FOR OUR DREAMS AND MEMORIES AND LIVES LIVED. I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF, WHAT GLIMORS OF HOPE I CAN FIND GROWING UP OR WINDING UP ON SKID ROW AND IT'S DANGEROUS ATROCITIES AND HOUSING SOLUTIONS. I HAVE TO WONDER, IN THREE SECONDS, HOW TO CONCLUDE. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT HOUSING RIGHTS AND THE UNHOUSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. GEORGE SHAMIKA. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER JUST AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE ROOM. I UNDERSTAND THE TIME CAN GO RATHER QUICKLY IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR IF WE RUN OUT OF TIME TO HEAR YOU TODAY OR ANY OTHER DAY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE WRITTEN COMMENTS ON L.A.COUNCIL.COM. IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IF NOT THE FIRST THING THAT COMES UP OR YOU CAN FIND THE URL AT THE TOP OF EVERY COUNCIL AGENDA OR TOWARDS THE TOP. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, GROAT, ALL ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, ITEM 15 IS RELATE TODAY DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO THE WIND STORMS AND SUBSEQUENT FIRES THAT HAPPEN BACK IN JANUARY. THIS BODY LOVES TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND IT DOES HELP US, OPEN REVENUES FOR FUND ANDING ACTION THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO IF WE DIDN'T DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES WE'RE GOING TO RENEW RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT TAKING STEPS TO DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT FROM THOSE EMERGENCIES. THERE WAS A HUGE BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE FIRES RAISED SOMETHING LIKE A $100 MILLION AND IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THAT FUNDING HAS GONE TO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO THE 501C3S THAT WERE THE BENEFICIARY OF THAT. THE COUNCIL SHOULD LOOK AT THOSE FRAUDULENT EVENTS AND GET THE FUNDING TO THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT. WE HAVE SOME REAP MOTIONS ON THIS AGENDA AS WELL. IT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE THAT REAP WORKS BUT CLEARLY IT'S NOT, THE CLEARLY ESCROW ACCOUNT PROGRAM IS NOT A DETERRENT OR INCENTIVE FOR LANDLORDS TO DO THEIR JOBS ABATE WHEN THEY GET NOTICES AND KEEP THEIR UNITS LIVABLE. WE SEE SO MANY ON THE AGENDA REGULARLY. AND I THINK THAT IF, AFTER CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, OF AN ACCOUNT BEING IN ESCROW, ONE OF THESE REAP MOTIONS AS TIME GOES ON, THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT ACCOUNT FUNDING THAT THE LANDLORD GETS BACK WOULD BE REDUCED, THAT WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE. IF THEY ABATE IN 1100 DAYS, THEY GET THE MONEY BACK. IF IT TAKES MORE THAN 90 DAYS, I THINK THE TENANT SHOULD KEEP ALL OF THEIR RENT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN BE LIVING IN SUB PAR CONDITIONS AND WE KNOW THAT DUE TO THE EXISTENCE OF THESE REAP ACCOUNTS. SO LET'S GO TO 23, THIS IS A MOTION TO ESSENTIALLY NOT GRANT RAISES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY BARGAINED MORE TO HELP THE % BUDGET. IT SAYS TO NOT ALLOW A 4 PERCENT SALARY ADJUSTMENT. I ASSUME ADJUSTMENT WAS MEANT TO BE A RAISE NOT A REDUCTION AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THIS BODY OR THE HIGHLY PAID ELECTED AND ADMINISTRATIVES THAT WORK FOR THE CITY HAVE MADE ANY SUCH ADJUSTMENTS. IF YOU'RE REDUCING YOUR OWN SALARIES OR REDUCING YOUR OWN STAFFING TO ACCOUNT FOR IT AND NOT JUST OFFLOADING THAT TO THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY SPREAD THIN. TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT FIELD DEPUTIES REALLY DO OTHER THAN ACT AS POLITICAL AGENTS THAT THEY WORK FOR AND THOSE ARE TAX FUNDED PAIR JOBS. >> City Attorney: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SINGING] WE KNOW THAT EQUITY IS BUYING UP A LOT OF HOUSING AND IT IS PLAIN TO SEE THAT IT'S DRIVING UP THE PRICE OF RENT. NITHYA SAYS, WE JUST NEED TO BUILD MORE, BUT WHEN WE BUILD MORE HOMES, WE SHOULD ASK WHO IT'S MORE? COUNCIL PRIVATE EQUITY SHOULD BE BANNED FROM LOANING RENTALS, NOT ONLY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES EVERY KIND OF RENTAL, YOU CAN GATHER INFORMATION, BUT THEN WE'VE GOT TO SEE SOME ACTION, CORPORATION DON'T NEED HOMES, PEOPLE DO. THANK YOU TIM FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT ONE. SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN, AND I HOPE THAT ALONG WITH SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING, WE CAN GET THE RENTAL EQUITY OUT OF THE MARKET ALTOGETHER. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING O, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GENERAL ORGANIZE WITH L.A. CAN. I'M HERE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE FORMER HOUSING SKID ROW, FOR LIKE TEN YEARS, I SKID IN SKID ROW HOUSING TRUST BUILDING ON MAINSTREAM AND IT GOT SO BAD THAT I WOULD NOT LIVE THERE FOR FREE SO. IT'S NO SURPRISE WHERE THESE BUILDINGS ARE TODAY, IN CONSERVESHIP. INSTEAD OF MAYOR TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND OWN SOME BUSINESS THE BUSINESS FOR PEOPLE THEY END UP PUTTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ALREADY KNOW WHO THEY DO. IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY FOR THEM. SO NOW, YOU CREATED THESE ANTI TENANTS SO WE AIN'T GOT NO OTHER CHOICE AND NO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO COME HERE BUT TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO WHICH YOU ALL VOTED TO DO, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S LANDLORDS TAKE CARE OF THESE BUILDINGS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE AWE MINUTE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS SHAMIKA I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH L.A. CAN AND I RESIDE IN CD14 IN THE SKID ROW AREA. AS A COALITION MEMBER OF KEEP L.A. HOUSED, WE SUPPORT THOSE DEMANDS INCLUDING CAPPING THE RENT AT 3 PERCENT. I'M HERE TODAY IN SOLIDARITY WITH TENANTS IN SKID ROW, LIVING IN BUILDINGS PART OF SKID ROW. THIS CITY COUNCIL PASSED TAHOE TENANTS ANTI HARASSMENT ORDINANCE AND WE'RE CURIOUS WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TENANTS IN THOSE HOTELS THAT MAKE IT INHABITABLE CONDITIONS. WHAT DOES ENFORCE LOOK LIKE WITH A LANDLORD WHO WAS PRACTICALLY GIVEN BUILDINGS? WHETHER AN ATTEMPT OR RSO, FOLKS LIVING IN SKID ROW ARE FORCE TODAY LIVE UNDER CONDITIONS APPARENTLY ACCEPTED BY THIS COUNCIL. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? >> BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE IT CALL A FEW MORE NAMES, CHRIST INCOME TAXER JASON READY AND COREY PATTERSON. >> Speaker: HOUSING HOUSING. [SINGING] HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. MORNING CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MR. PANCAKE. OOH, WITH L.A. CAN AND CD14 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AWARE OF THAT DEVELOPER LEO PUSHNO CALL, ACQUIRED 17 FORMER BUILDINGS AND HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH IN DRESSING HABIT ABILITY ISSUES IN THE BUILDINGS. REPORTS THERE IS NO SECURITY, WORKING ELEVATORS AND INFESTATION PLUMBING, 88 TENANTS BEING IMPACTED. CITY ASK TO WAKE UP AND KEEP FOLKS HOUSED, HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT WHAT IS IMPORTANT DEMANDS TO THE KEEPING L.A. HOUSED ALSO. THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO SAY MR. PANCAKE, ALL POWER. LET'S FIX THE CITY IT'S ALL ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY, YSABEL, HEATHER HUTT, CITY COUNCIL, LET'S LISTEN, IT'S ALL ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY. CAN I GET A RIGHT ON. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO PEAK TO? SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M HERE TO URGE COUNCIL TO MAKE COMMON SENSE UPDATES TO THE STABILIZATION FORMULA THAT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN 40 YEARS. THIS IS AN UNFAIR FORMULA YOU NEED TO MAKE 100,000 DOLLARS WITH THE CITY'S I AM PUNDING BUDGET CRISIS AND PENDING LAYOFF SXZ SLASHING OF SECTION 8 AND WILL SURELY BE IMPOSE ON COST OF LIVING, WE NEED OUR CITY TO PROTECT US MORE THAN EVER. PEOPLE ARE BARELY HANGING ON TO MAKE IT AS PROTECTIVE OF TENANTS AS POSSIBLE. IT'S A FREE WAY TO SYSTEM THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND A BUDGET CRISIS. WE NEED A FAIR LARSO NOW WITH A ANNUAL RENT BASE WITH 3 PERCENT CAP AND NO 4 AND ELIMINATING BUMPS FOR NEW TENANTS. NEW RENT INCREASES GO IN AFFECT IN JULY SO WE NEED TO MOVE THIS NOW, THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: AND BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I RECOGNIZE I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT WORDS TO USE. BUT I WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE IS A VERY YOUNG CHILD HERE, SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY AS LONG AS IT'S ON THE AGENDA BUT FOR ANYBODY HERE, YOU MAY HEAR OFFENSIVE WORDS OR SUBJECT MATTER. IF YOU DO SO, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO EXIT THE ROOM TEMPORARY, YOU CAN POP IN HEADPHONES, YOU CAN ALSO DO WHAT KIDS OFTEN DO WHICH IS EAR MUFFS OR STICK YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR EARS BUT PLEASE BEAR WITH US AND BE PATIENT. GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: START WITH ITEM NUMBER 15, WITH EXTRA SOY SAUCE 15. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ITEM NUMBER 16 WITH ACTUAL SHRIMP. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 17 WITH NO SOY SAUCE. [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. KHAORZ CHEERS [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] . >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES. KRISTIN AND CELIA. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M COREY PATTERSON, I RETURN TO YOU AGAIN, AFTER 18 MONTHS. I RECEIVED, PARDON ME, I'M SURVIVOR OF SKID ROW HOUSING COLLAPSE, I LIVED IN MY LINCOLN BUILDING FOR YEARS. WE STILL HAVE ROACHES AND RATS AND NONWORKING FIRE SYSTEM. WE HAVE A UNBOLTED FRONT DOOR, WE HAVE A BOLTED FRONT DOOR, I KNOW WE HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE, I'M GOING TO SAY, AFTER WORKING WITH MULTIPLE ENTITIES ACROSS THE NATION, WHAT WE'VE HAD FOR THIS SCENARIO AFTER 18 MONTHS IS A DES GRACE. AFTER TRANSMITTING THESE UNITS FOR LESS THAN 8300 PER UNIT WERE LEFT TO STILL DEFEND FOR OURSELVES. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HOLD A BATTERY PORT FROM MY PROPERTY MANAGER FROM YESTERDAY BUILDING TRYING TO COME TO MY BUILDING. PLEASE WE NEED SOME HELP. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: THAT'S RIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE NUMBER 3. >> City Attorney: ITEM 3 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: OH OKAY, YOU CANNOT BLAME A PUPPET, ITEM NUMBER 1 IS THAT OKAY MOTHER FUCKER, YES? IT'S A TRACI PARK ITEM, CENTURY BOULEVARD FOR EASEMENT. TRACI PARK HIDING A SECRET, SHE HAS GOT A DIFFERENT NAME AND CENTURY BOULEVARD IS LOOKING LIKE A COMPLETE SIT HOLE, TRACI, I DROVE DOWN THERE YESTERDAY, SHAME ON TRACI PARK, SHAME ON HER STAFF, THAT'S WHY WE ORDERED A PAY CUT TO YOUR STAFF YOU'RE DOING HORRIBLE JOB WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WILLIAM WHO CONTINUES TO DO A PERFECT JOB, LET'S GIVE WILLIAM THE STAFFER HAND. NOW WE GET TO NUMBER 2, LET'S SEE HERE. CD11 AGAIN, ANOTHER AIRPORT ISSUE. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TRACI PARK AND THE GOD DAMN LAX, THEY'RE GOING TO EP UP A NEW CHOO CHOO TRAIN ON FRIDAY, UNISSES IS GOING TO RIDE IT. IN FACT UNISSES IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO EVER RIDE A SUBWAY FROM THE GET TO TO LAX, LET'S GIVE HER A HAND. JAIL BREAKING THE PEASANTS. AND LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE GOT HERE. WHAT ELSE SHOULD I TALK ON? COME ON SPEAK UP, ADAMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING, HERE WE GO. LET'S SEE, A LOCAL EMERGENCY, AIN'T NO GOD DAMN EMERGENCY, FIRE IS OVER. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT. LOOK AT THAT, EVEN NAZARIAN KNOWS, THE FIRE IS OVER, HE KEEPS SCRATCHING HIS HEAD THAT'S WHY HE'S GOING BALD. BUCKET KNOW KNOWS THE FIRE IS OVER. HERNANDEZ KNOWS THE FIRE IS OVER. >> City Attorney: YOU'RE REPETITIVE AND YOU'RE OFF TOPIC. >> Speaker: I'M OFF TOPIC BECAUSE I'M RETARDED. HEATHER HUTT, THE QUEEN OF THE GHETTO, ALLOWING A RENT ESCROW PROGRAM TO BE REMOVED FROM SHIT HOLE IN. WHY THEY REAP? ISN'T THAT WHERE ALL THE COLORED FOLKS GO BY? ON THIRD AVENUE, THAT'S WHERE THE UPPER CLASS COLOREDS GO. AND THEN WE HAVE MARQUEECE ITEM, SLEAZY MARQUEECY A COMPLETE TOTAL GHETTO SHIT HO. NOW FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I'VE GOT TRACI PARK ON A COMPANY. I GOT FUCKEN RODRIGUEZ KNOWN AS MONI COW RODRIGUEZ, MON I COW CUNT RI GUESS, THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO TESTIFY. NOW I DON'T SEE HER OUT THERE SUPPORTING THE ALLIANCE, WHY? WHAT CHANGED? THEN LOOK AT THAT, UP THERE, JINGLE UP THERE, YOU STOLE ALL THE MONEY THERE, WHERE IS THE MOTHER FUCKEN MONEY? WHERE IS THE TWO BILLION DOLLARS? AND LET'S NOT FORGET WHO WE NEED TO CALL AS A WITNESS, NITHYA RAMAN NOODLE, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE, THE QUEEN HAS BEEN STEALING THE MONEY THE LAST TWO YEARS. FCK THE CITY COUNCIL . >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. JAOU, GOOD MORNING. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M SORRY FOR THAT. >> City Attorney: NOT YOUR FAULT, IT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. >> Speaker: I'M GOING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JESSICA A MEMBER OF L.A. CAN A RESIDENT AND I LIVED IN THE PRODUCE FOR 4 YEARS. CONTINUES ARE UNACCEPTABLE, THERE ARE RATS, MOLD AND THE BATHROOMS ARE FILTHY. THERE IS OFTEN FECES ON THE FLOOR AND WALLS AND MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE SHOWS UP ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK, SECURITY IS ABSENT OR THEY'RE JUST THERE FOR COUPLE OF HOURS USUALLY ON THEIR PHONES NOT PROTECTING ANYONE. THIS COUNCIL PASSED ANTI HARASSMENT ORDINANCE BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR PEOPLE ON THE SKID ROW. HOW IS IT BEING ENFORCED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEEING IT. THE CITY SIGNED OFF ON THE SALE OF MY BUILDING AND 16 OTHERS FOR NEXT TO NOTHING. I ASK YOU WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO US, THE TENANTS WHO ARE BEING FORCE TODAY LIVE IN UNINHABITABLE, I SUPPORT THE DEMANDS OF THE KEEP L.A. HOUSED CONDITIONS. COALITION. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: L.A. CAN. MR. GROAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ON COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT. DO YOU KNOW THE COUNCILMEMBERS READ IT? DO THEY READ WHAT PEOPLE SEND COMMENTS OR IS THAT JUST ANOTHER EMPTY THING THAT YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO DO. IN SOLIDARITY WITH TENANTS PART OF SKID ROW ANTITRUST. IMPLEMENTATION LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES IMPLEMENTATION LOOK LIKE ACROSS 17 BUILDINGS, THAT CITY SOLD--17 BUILDINGS WITH PERSISTENT ISSUES WITH ROACHES, RODENTS, WHAT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIGNING OFF FROM THE SALE OF THESE BUILDINGS TO A DEVELOPER. A PINER KNOWN TO MANAGEMENT WHO HAD BEEN BAND FROM THE BUILDING, SHOWED UP WITH A GUN, LAPD SHOWED UP WITH THEIR WEAPON, THE INDIVIDUAL WITH THE WEAPON WAS NOT FOUND BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE ROLE WHEN PROTECTING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. JUST FYI, IF YOU LEAVE A COMMENT, THAT COMMENT IS PART OF THE RECORD IT'S T GETS PUT INTO THE COUNCIL FILE ALONG WITH ANY MOTIONS AND REPORTS THAT IS AVAILABLE BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC REVIEW AND STAFF. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO SHARE WITH US TODAY. MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US? >> Clerk: LET'S SEE, ITEMS 11 AND 12 ARE BEFORE COUNCIL AND THAT IS CALLED SPECIAL FOR MR. PRICE. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GIVE MR. PRICE A SECOND TO BE TAKEN OFF THE BOARD AND EXIT THE CHAMBERS THAT HAS OCCUR. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 12 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: ITEM 10 AND THAT WAS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUES I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE, I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO GO OUT ON CONSENT AND INSTEAD I WANTED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ALL OF YOU ABOUT THIS. AND TELL YOU WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. WE LEARNED AS A SOCIETY AS LEGISLATIVE BODY OR BODIES, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST ECONOMIC DOWN TURN IN 2008, 9, 11, WE SAW THAT HOME PRICE WRZ GOING UP IN 6 AND 7 AND PEOPLE WERE INVESTING AND IT WAS DEVALUED BECAUSE OF THE BUBBLE AND PEOPLE STARTED TO LOSE HOMES AND ANYONE THAT HAD MADE AN INVESTMENT, INVESTMENT, BY THE WAY. THAT'S THE KEYWORD, WHEN WE MAKE AN INVESTMENT WE MAKE AN INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR FAMILIES AND KIDS AND OUR CHILDREN. THAT'S HOW GENERATIONAL WEALTH GROWS. AND WHAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS, WHEN THE ECONOMY WENT DOWN, PEOPLE STARTED LOSING HOMES. THEY LOST THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY HAD PLACED THEN. AND OVERTIME, THOUSANDS OF UPON THOUSANDS OF HOMES WERE LOST, WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING, BANKS HAD A LOT OF FORECLOSURES, DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SELL THEM PIECE BY PIECE SO THEY SOLD THEM A THOUSAND HOMES AT A TIME TURNED IT OVER TO HEDGE FUNDS, HEDGE FUNDS BOUGHT THESE PROPERTIES FOR LITERALLY DIMES ON THE DOLLAR, SAT ON IT AND ALLOWED THE PROPERTY VALUE TO GROW OVERTIME, SO NOW NOT ONLY DID THEY MAKE MONEY THROUGH EQUITY, THEY STARTED RENT ANDING COLLECTING RENT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THIS IS A BETTER SCHEME THAN PLAYING THE STOCK MARKET BECAUSE THE COMMON STOCK ONLY PAYS YOU QUARTERLY, YOU COLLECT RENT MONTHLY. SO INSTEAD OF FOUR PAYMENTS, YOU'RE COLLECTING 12 PAYMENTS. AND THIS WAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE LEAVING CALIFORNIA TODAY. THAT'S ONE ASPECT. SECOND ASPECT, OUR RESIDENTS, THE OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE VERY PEOPLE WE'RE FIGHTING FOR HERE ARE LOSING EQUITY. THEIR FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE LOSINGING EQUITY. AND I CAN GO ON AND ON ON THIS FRONT. BUT THERE WAS A SIMPLE SOLUTION, MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T ALLOW CORPORATIONS TO PURCHASE THESE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. SACRAMENTO HASN'T ACTED ON IT QUICKLY AND I SAY THAT COMING FROM LEGISLATURE, IN FACT I HAD A BILL THAT NEVER GOT HEARD. SO HERE TODAY WHEN I JOINED THIS BODY ONE OF THE FIRST ACT AND I WANTED IT TO BE THE ACT BUT PROCEDURALLY I INTRODUCED SOMETHING ELSE, THIS WAS MY FIRST ACT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUSH AHEAD ON ENSURING THAT WE PROTECT SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OWNERSHIP AND ALLOW IT TO BE THE PRECURSOR FOR GENERATIONAL WEALTH TO BE DEVELOPED FOR FAMILIES, FOR THE EQUITY FOR MIDDLE CLASS TO BE STRENGTHENED AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF FAMILY SUPPORT IN ORDER TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS. SO, FAST FORWARD AND THEN FROM DECEMBER, WHEN I INTRODUCED THIS TO JANUARY, WHEN THE HORRIFIC FIRES IMPACTED HOMES AND FAMILIES IN PALISADES AND ALTADENA, NOW WE HAVE A GREATER NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT CORPORATION SXZ HEDGE FUNDS DON'T COME AND PURCHASE THESE PROPERTIES. ALREADY IN NOT THE PALISADES BUT IN ALTADENA ACCORDING TO "L.A. TIMES" FROM A WEEK AGO, 80 BURN DOWN HOMES HAVE BEEN SOLD MAJORITY TO CORPORATE OWNERS. THAT ALREADY TELLS YOU WHERE THE TREND IS GOING. SO WE NEED TO ACT. I'VE PUT THIS MOTION SO THAT WE GET A REPORT BACK WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM CLA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO PLACE A VA LOT MEASURE TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST THE CITY OF L.A. IS TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS AND FAMILY DEVELOPERS SO WE PROTECT FUTURE GENERATIONS AND WE DON'T LOSE OUT. WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. >> Council President: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. NAZARIAN, THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: NEXT COUNCIL HAS ITEMS 1, 2, AND 15 THROUGH 23, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE FINAL ITEM IS 24 AND FOR THE RECORD, THE MOTION RAMAN, JURADO HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, POSTED AND THE BULLETIN BOARD AND BEFORE COUNCIL NOW. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THAT ITEM AS AMENDED. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SEND OLIVER WHO IS A CONSTITUENT OF CD13 GOOD LUCK AT THE SEMI FINALS AT THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE. AS YOU REMEMBER, WE BROUGHT HIM IN LAST YEAR AS THE CALIFORNIA CHAMPION, SO HE'S ONE-YEAR-OLDER, ONE YEAR STRONGER AND ONE YEAR MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ON SPELLING VERY DIFFERENT WORDS. HE ACTUALLY BEAT ME ON A ONE ON ONE CONTEST, NO SURPRISE. I WANT TO WISH YOU GOOD LUCK TODAY AND TOMORROW AND HOWEVER YOU END UP, JUST KNOW THAT YOU'VE MADE CD13 PROUD AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES PROUD. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND GOOD LUCK. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE. I'LL ASK EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ALL RIGHT, I'M LOOKING TO MY LEFT, I SEE MR. BLUMENFIELD AND COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. WE BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MARIA HELENA FIGUEROA A FIERCE MOTHER JUSTICE FOR PRODUCTIVE. ORIGINALLY FROM MEXICO, MARIA MADE HER HOME IN EAST L.A. WHERE SHE RAISED THREE CHILDREN. TRAGICALLY THE RAISING CHILDREN WAS TAKEN. MARIA WAS STERILIZED HER FALLOPIAN TUBES WERE TIED WITHOUT HER CONSENT. MARIA FRANCE FORMED HER PAIN INTO PURPOSE. BECOME A LIFELONG ADVOCATE DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE. MARIA IS ONE OF THE TEN COURAGEOUS MEXICAN-AMERICAN WHO SUED L.A. THE CASE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT AND WAS EVEN REPRESENTED BY L.A.'S VERY OWN ANTONIA HERNANDEZ. MARIA'S STORY BROUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE TARGETING OF MEXICAN WOMEN SPECIFICALLY IN EAST L.A. WHO HAD LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT RACISM, INEQUITY AND INJUSTICE EMBEDDED IN THE SYSTEM. AND DESPITE THE SUPREME COURT RULING AGAINST HER, IT LEAD TO CHANGE IN HOSPITALS AND ULTIMATELY CALIFORNIA REVOKED ITS STERILIZATION LAWS. IN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, EVEN WHEN THE COURTS FALL SHORT, THE MOVEMENT CAN STILL WIN. LOSS KZ PLANT THE SEEDS. AS A MOTHER, SURVIVOR AND ORGANIZER, MARIA LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY OF COURAGE AND COMPASSION. HER COMMITMENT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE THOSE OF US FIGHTING TODAY LIKE ME, FOR BODILY A AUTONOMY AND HUMAN DIGNITY. SHE WILL BE MISSED AND HER IMPACT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. THEY'RE COMING UP TO JOIN ME HERE. I'LL WAIT FOR THE FAMILY TO JOIN. >> Council President: MR. SPINDLER, THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING, YOUR DISRUPTING THE MEETING. >> B. Blumenfield: COLLEAGUES, THE FAMILY IS JOINING ME HERE. I RISE TODAY TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF A LEGENDARY EDUCATOR AND LEADER, WILLIAM LAMBBEHR. KNOWN TO MANY OF US AS BILL. WE'RE JOINED BY BILL'S FAMILY. HIS FUNERAL WAS JUST YESTERDAY AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW WILLIAM BUT MAY KNOW A TEACHER YOURSELF, KNOW THAT BILL WAS THE METAPHORCAL GUARDIAN ANGEL. HE WAS BORN IN THE BRONCS IN 1929 TO HELEN AND LIZZIE. GRADUATED FROM UCLA IN 1951 AND START TODAY TEACH IN PACOIMA IN 1955. HE LIVED LAST FEW DECADES IN TARZANA IN MY DISTRICT, IN 1962, HE LEFT TECHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO COFOUND LOS ANGELES TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION QUADRUPLING FOR FOUR YEARS TO FORM THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF LOS ANGELES WHICH BOASTED 14,000 MEMBERS. TWO YEARS LATER, BILL WOULD COFOUND WHAT HAS BECOME THE MIGHTY TEACHERS OF LOS ANGELES WHICH TODAY IS THE SECOND LARGEST TEACHER'S UNION IN THE NATION. IN HIS WORK ORGANIZING AND ADVOCATING FOR TEACHERS, BILL IMPROVED BENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS LEADING THE FIRST TEACHER STRIKE IN 1970. AND ACHIEVING PASSAGE OF LANDMARK LEGISLATION IN 1975 WHICH GAVE TEACHERS THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN. AND THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE LEAD EFFORTS TO APPEAL DISCRIMINATORY LAWS. AND HE HIRED DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS. IN 1991, HE FOUNDED CHILDREN OF THE DREAM WHICH WAS AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM FORMED TO IMPROVE RELATIONS IN HIGH SCHOOLS THAT OPERATED FOR 12 YEARS AND SPREAD TO OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. IN 2008, HE RETIRED AFTER 47 --27 YEARS. BILL WAS A FORCE OF NATURE, WHO CHANGED THE WAY TEACHERS WERE TREATED. HE WON THE RIGHT FOR ALL CALIFORNIA TEACH INVENTORIES COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN BY GETTING THE LAW PASS INSIDE --IN SACRAMENTO. THIS MAN CHANGED HISTORY. I FIRST MET BILL IN THE EARLY 1990 WHEN I WAS A STAFFER IN DC WORKING FOR CONGRESSMAN BURRMAN. HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH BURRMAN WHEN HE WAS IN THE ASSEMBLY AND DECIDED EVEN THOUGH I WORKED WITH HOWARD, I WAS TO UPDATE HIM ON ISSUES IN WASHINGTON DC. AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS A PAIN IN THE BACKSIDE BUT AFTER IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HIS TENACIOUSNESS WAS MOTIVATED BY THE PASSION FOR DOING WHAT WHAT WAS RIGHT WE DEVELOPED A GENUINE FRIENDSHIP, HE WAS NOT JUST A FRIEND OF CONGRESSMAN BURRMAN AND ADVOCATE FOR TEACHERS AND EDUCATION, BUT I REALIZED HE WAS ALSO A VISIONARY. HIS BIGGEST FEDERAL PRIORITY WAS REPEALING RONALD REGAN' ELIMINATION LAW THAT CAUSED SO MANY TEACHERS TO GET SHORT CHANGED WHEN IT CAME TO SOCIAL SECURITY. REPEALING WAS CONSIDERED BY MANY ESPECIALLY BACK THEN AS THIS OVERLY EXPENSIVE PIPE DREAM BUT IT WAS ONE THAT HE INSPIRED ME AND OTHERS TO TAKE SERIOUSLY. IN FACT, WE PUT FORWARD MULTIPLE EFFORTS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. EVERY YEAR, I WORKED THERE, WE PUT FORWARD THIS BILL. IT GAINS MOMENTUM, IT GAINS COSPONSORS AND SUPPORT, AT ONE POINT OVER 300 SPONSORS BUT IT COULD NEVER MAKE IT QUITE INTO LAW. NOW LONG STORY, AND ACTUALLY IT'S A VERY LONG STORY WHICH I WILL NOT TELL NOW AS IT LASTED 30 YEARS, BUT I'LL CUT TO THE HAPPY ENDING. THIS PAST JANUARY, THEN PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED INTO LAW SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACT WHICH ELIMINATED AND WIND FALL ELIMINATION AND MADE BILL'S IMPOSSIBLE VISION A REALITY. HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME ON SO MANY ISSUES AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I GOT TO KNOW HIM BEFORE AND AFTER HIS RETIREMENT. EVEN AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, HIS BOUNDLESS ENERGY BE IT FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM PROMOTING LITERACY. IN HIS LATER YAE,Z HE WAS FIX ATING ON HELPING SCHOOL CHILDREN RECEIVING THIS INEXPENSIVE EYE TEST THAT CAN IMPROVE THEIR LEARNING BY FIXING THIS VISION PROBLEM. HE CARED AND HE EXPRESSING HIS CARING BY TAKING ACTION. ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO TO THE DAY TODAY, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF RENAMING A STREET IN TARZANA AS BILL LAMBERT WAY, IT WAS MOVINGFUL CONSIDERING THAT WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR EDUCATION. SO MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT THAT DAY TO CELEBRATE BILL, CURRENT TEACHERS, FORMER VALLEY ELECTED OFFICIAL AS WELL AS UNION LEADERS AND UNIT MEMBERS AND FAMILY. THE OUT POURING WAS AMAZING BECAUSE BILL IS SOMEBODY WHO TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES AND SUCH A LEGENDARY ADVOCATE. I CONSIDER MYSELFLE LUCKY TO HAVE KNOWN BILL HE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON WITH WONDERFUL FAMILY MANY OF WHOM ARE BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW WHO I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW OVER THE YEARS. HIS INCREDIBLE WIFE LEANOR OF MORE THAN 60 YEARS IS HERE TODAY. TWO OF THEM WERE AMAZING, THEY TRAVELED AND HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THEIR HOME AND BILL WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS FAMILY THAT HE AND LEANOR CREATED, FOUR CHILDREN, MARK, LIZ, MELISSA AND RICHARD, FOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN LAW, JOANNA INGRID, 7 GRANDCHILDREN. TWO GRANDCHILDREN IN LAW, AND HIS FIRST GREAT GRANDCHILD MUSA, HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS INTENSELY AND HE WAS LOVED INTENSELY. REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND, REST IN POWER, MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING. KOINS THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BLUMENFIELD. TO THE LAMBERT FAMILY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS. MR. NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND I APOLOGIZE, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT BILL HAD PASSED AWAY IF NOT I WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE FUNERAL MYSELF. MY CONDOLENCES MY LOVE TO THE FAMILY. I'VE APPRECIATED WORK WITHING ALSO WITH MARK OVER THE YEARS, PASS ING LEGISLATION. I FIRST MET BILL WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHORAL FELLOW, I WAS ASSIGNED TO HIM FOR A FEW YEARS TO HIM AND TO DAWN BEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER DON BEAR, THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT TOLD ME TO TAUGHT THEY TO READ UP ON SOLONSKI AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT ORGANIZE. SO I HAVE EXTREMELY FOND MEMORIES OF BILL AND APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING HE DID FOR TEACHERS, THE EMPOWERING THAT HE DID FOR TEACHERS. AND I'LL LEAVE YOU ON THIS STORY, I WAS A AFTER, FELLOWSHIP WAS DONE I WORKED FOR CONGRESSMAN BRAD SHERMAN AND I WAS COMING UP WITH WAYS OF SUPPORTING MY BOSS AT THE TIME. AND, I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH BILL AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, CLINTON IS GOING TO BE IN TOWN, YOU MAY WANT TO GET THE KIDS FROM TAFT HIGH SCHOOL GO AHEAD AND MEET THEM. WHY DON'T YOU SHARE THAT WITH YOUR BOSS AND TAKE CREDIT AND I SAID SURE, THANK YOU, GO BACK TO THE BOSS AND I SAY CONGRESSMAN HOW ABOUT IF WE TAKE THE KIDS TO MEET THE PRESIDENT. THAT'S A FINE IDEA AND WE DID IT AND SURE ENOUGH AND I CALLED BILL AND I SAID THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT, HE KNEW HOW TO BUILD UP PEOPLE AND SOCIETIES, HE ALSO KNEW HOW TO BUILD UP THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. THANK YOU FOR SHARING HIM WITH US AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. NAZARIAN, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR TAKING THIS TUP. AS SOON AS I SAW THE LAST NAME, I KNEW WHO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. I HAD NO IDEA THIS HAPPENED. YOU DID A GREAT JOB TELLING THE STORY AND THANK YOU MR. NAZARIAN FOR THE STORY. WE ALL KNEW HIM AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADD TODAY THIS ADJOURNMENT PLEASE. IS OWE A LOT TO EVERYTHING HE DID AND BUILT OUT FOR YOU KNOW, FUTURE LEADERS LIKE MYSELF. SO, HE WILL BE IN MY MEMORIES. THANK YOU. FOR SHARING HIM WITH US. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD ANDS MEMBERS. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.