>> Council President: ALL RIGHT, SETTLE DOWN AND START THIS MEETING. SHHH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL FIRST, BUT THIS IS NO APRIL FOOLS, WE'RE HAVING A REAL MEETING. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER FOR TODAY'S MEETING. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 12 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: GREAT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF MARCH 28, 2025. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE. >> Council President: IF WE CAN HAVE EVERYBODY STAND FOR THE FLAG SALUTE AND COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ IF YOU CAN LEAD US TODAY. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, PLEASE STAND, PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART, READY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Council President: OKAY, MR. CLERK, LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. THERE IS A REQUEST TO HOLD 54 AND 56 ON THE DESK. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. >> Clerk: THE LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING SAFETY RECOMMENDS TO CONFIRM THE LIENS FOR ITEMS 1 THROUGH 13, 15, 16, 18, 19 AND 21 THROUGH 24. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO RECOMMENDS TO RECEIVE A AND RECEIVE THE LIENS FOR 24, 17 AND 20 IN AS MUCH THE LIENS HAVE BEEN MADE. 26 THROUGH 38 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 39 THROUGH 49 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. >> Council President: OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. DO MEMBERS HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WISH TO CALL SPECIAL? WE HAVE A LONG LIST. WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 36 SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 36 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, ITEM 29, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL AND MOVE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT. AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 2, 3 AND 4 FOR AMENDMENT. >> Clerk: AND THERE A SECOND FOR THE MOTION ON ITEM 29? >> Council President: I'LL SECOND. OH COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. OKAY NEXT. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I'D LIKE TO HOLD ITEM 38 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND COMMENTS AND ITEM 49 FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: OKAY, 38 HELD, 39 HELD. FOR QUESTIONS, OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO CALL ITEM 15 SPECIAL TO BE CONTINUED FOR ONE WEEK. >> Council President: OKAY. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE TUESDAY APRIL 82025. >> Council President: OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT, IS CONTINUED. NEXT COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: WOULD I LIKE TO CALL 34 FOR COMMENT AND 35 FOR COMMENT. >> Council President: 34 AND 35 OKAY. NEXT MR. LEE? >> Clerk: I'D LIKE TO CALL ITEM 45 SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS AND DEPENDING ON THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS, I MAY HAVE AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, 456789 COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, NUMBER 38 FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, ITEM 38 FOR AMENDMENT. >> City Attorney: I HAVE THE AMENDMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO READ IT IN. SO FOR ITEM 38, THE MOTION IS TO IS TO AMEND THE ITEM TO ADD THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION. INSTRUCT C A O TO WORK WITH MAYOR'S OFFICE TO INCLUDE IN THE NEXT HEA REPORT AN ANALYSIS AND PLAN ON HOW TO MAKE THE INSIDE SAFE BEDS MORE COST AFFECTIVE. AND INCREASE THE THROUGH PUT OF INSIDE SAFE PARTICIPANTS TO PERMANENT HOUSING. >> Council President: I'LL SECOND. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Council President: MS. YAROSLAVSKY WILL SECOND. OKAY, ANY OTHER? I HAVE A FEW IF NOBODY ELSE DOES. ITEM 39 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL FOR COMMENT. ITEM 43 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL FOR COMMENT. AND ITEM 36 GOING TO MOVE TO ADOPT THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA. AND THEN ON ITEM 38 I HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT SHOULD BE CIRCULATING. >> Clerk: EXCUSE ME SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE LAST TWO RECOMMENDATIONS? >> Council President: I DON'T REMEMBER THE ORDER BUT 36 WAS TO ADOPT THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA. MR. LEE IS SECONDING IT. AND 38, IS AN AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING CIRCULATED. :. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, SIR. >> Council President: WHAT'S THAT? COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 42 SPECIAL FOR AN AMENDMENT. >> City Attorney: AND I HAVE IT. I'LL DO THIS ONE ORALLY. SO FOR RECOMMENDATION, FOR ITEM 42 RECOMMENDATION 2, I WILL READ THE CHANGES. SO SCHEDULE A MEETING OR SCHEDULE CONTINUATION OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE MAYOR'S 2025-26 BUDGET BEGINNING AT 9:00 AM ON THROUGH THURSDAY MAY 22, 2025 WHICH WILL BE ENTIRELY DEVOTED TO THE BUDGET REPORT. SO IT'S THE ADDITION AFTER SPECIAL MEETING OR SCHEDULED CONTINUATION OF REGULAR MEETING OF WEDNESDAY MAY 21 AND ADDITIONAL OF WORDS BEGINNING AT 9:00 AM. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> Council President: OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. AND A CORRECTION, HI CALLED 39 SPECIAL I MEANT TO CALL 49 SPECIAL WHICH WAS ALREADY CALLED SPECIAL. SO SCRATCH 39 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT DOES NOT MEAN TO BE SPECIAL, NOT THAT GREEN DAY IS NOT SPECIAL THEY'RE VERY SPECIAL BUT 49 IS WHAT I'M CALLING SPECIAL. OKAY. COLLEAGUES? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THERE IS A REQUEST FOR COUNCILMEMBER PRICE FOR RECUSALS. >> Council President: OKAY. MR. PRICE HERE? MR. PRICE IS ABSENT. YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THAT? >> Clerk: NOT AT THIS TIME, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY. COLLEAGUES ANY OTHER ITEMS? OKAY. SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US, WHAT CAN WE TAKE UP? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE 26, 27, 28, 30 THROUGH 33 AND 37. >> Council President: OKAY. THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US. SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: GREAT. THAT IS THOSE MEASURES ARE ADOPTED WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 34 AND 35 CALLED SPECIAL BY MR. McOSKER FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: OKAY YOU CAN TAKE THESE UP NOW. DO YOU WISH TO TAKE THEM TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY >> City Attorney: >> T. McOsker: I'LL TAKE TOGETHER. THEY RELATE TO TWO TOPICS, ONE IS PORT OF LOS ANGELES AND THE OTHER CHARTER. THE FOR ITEM 34 MOST IMPORTANTLY FROM THE VOTERS OF LOS ANGELES WHO AUTHORIZED OR REQUIRED IN THE CHARTER THAT WE MODIFIED THE WAY THAT THE PORT IS ESTABLISHED THAT THERE BE TWO COMMISSIONERS FROM THE LOCAL AREA. ONE FROM THE COMMUNITY OF SAN PEDRO AS DEFINED IN THIS ORDINANCE AND THE OTHER FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WILL MINGTON. THIS IS HISTORIC AND IMPORTANT. PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY OF WILMINGTON WHICH HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY UNDER REPRESENTED. ITS INTEREST ON THIS COMMISSION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SUPPORT. I'M PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT, THANK YOU TO THE VOTER BUT THIS WAS THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS REQUIRED OF US TO CONSIDER SO I URGE THAT WE MOVE THIS FORWARD. SECONDLY, IN THE NEXT ITEM, AND THANKS TO THE CHAIR OF TRIPLE T, IT RELATES TO TWO MORE CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE FOR THE 26 BALLOT. ONE INVOLVES THE PAIP, WHICH JUST TRIPS OFF THE TONGUE. THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND IT IS A PROGRAM THAT CURRENTLY IS VOLUNTARY BY THE PORT OF L.A. THAT REQUIRES THE PORT OF L.A. THAT HAS TO THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS, 10 PERCENT OF THEIR OPERATING BUDGET. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS TEN YEARS AGO, SAID WE WILL DO AND IT WILL BE A TEN-YEAR PROGRAM AS WE CAME TO THE END OF THE 10th YEAR, WE SAW A IT COULD INSTITUTIONALIZE THIS. WE DO HAVE THAT COMMITMENT BUT MY CONCERN IS WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE. THEY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY SIGNIFICANTLY. AIR IMPACTS, WATER IMPACTS, TRAFFIC IMPACTS, ALSO IMPACTS THE CITY OF LOSS LOXER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THE BUDGET. ON JUST SIDEWALKS, STREETS, TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AND IT RAID DIATE--RADIATES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THE BUDGET. BUT FOR THE CURRENT MOMENT WE NEED TO INSTITUTIONAL SNAG IS PUBLIC INVESTMENT OF PORT FUNDS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY WHICH ARE IMPORTANT OPERATIONS BUT ALSO OPERATION THAT'S HARM US. SECONDLY IN THE SAME MOTION, IS A REQUEST THAT WE PLACE BEFORE THE VOTERS A REQUIREMENT IN THE CHARTER THAT WHEN THE PORT ENGAGES IN ITS NEGOTIATIONS, ITS PERMIT, OBLIGATIONS, WHEN IT ACTS AS A PRO PRIORITY DEPARTMENT ALLOWING FOLKS TO USE PUBLIC LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA THAT WE CONSIDER WHAT IMPACTS THOSE DECISIONS BY THE PORT HAVE ON JOBS, ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TO DO THAT, THIS MEASURE WOULD REQUIRE THAT IN THE IN THE LEASING POLICIES, IN THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THESE PROPRIETARY LAND USE AND LANDLORD DECISIONS THAT THEY CONSIDER HOW MANY JOBS EXIST IN THE TERMINAL AS AN EXAMPLE BEFORE THE APPLICATION COMES IN. HOW MANY JOBS WILL BE CREATING DURING THE PENDENCY IT'S NOT REQUIRING THEM TO REPLACE THOSE ONE BY ONE, IT'S JUST REQUIRING THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER IT. THESE ARE ASSETS HELD BY THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, MANAGED AND TRUST BY THE CITY. WE GIVE THAT OVER TO THE PORT. WE CANNOT HAVE THE PORT GIVING DECISIONS THAT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR WORLDWIDE DEVELOPMENT FOR MULTI NATIONAL COMPANIES BUT REALLY BAD FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY. FOR LOCAL PEOPLE. SO THIS IS JUST ASKING ONCE AGAIN COMMISSIONERS COUNCILMEMBERS TO PUT ON THE BALLOT AND BEFORE THE VOTERS TO CONSIDER WHAT KIND OF INVESTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT LEAST MITIGATING SOME OF THESE HARMS AND WHAT SORT OF DECISION DO COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HARMING THE ECONOMY. I WOULD URGE AN AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKER ON THE QUEUE, LET'S TAKE THESE ITEMS UP, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THOSE ARE ADOPTED. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 29 FOR WHICH MOTION YAROSLAVSKY HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. --REPORT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM IS BEFORE US, ANY MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK TO THAT? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 36 FOR WHICH BLUMENFIELD-LEE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO CONTAIN IN THE COUNSEL SIM AGENDA AND CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, ANY COUNCIL WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE ON TO ITEMS 50 THROUGH 53 AND 54 AND 55 ARE HELD ON THE DESK ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN HELD BIT FINANCE COMMITTEE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? >> K. Yaroslavsky: CLOSE SESSION ITEMS 50 THROUGH 53 WERE CONSIDERED I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS. >> Council President: OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. LET'S OPEN THE ROLL--. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, IF I CAN READ THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS PLEASE. >> Council President: YES. >> Clerk: FOR ITEM 50 JESSICA VERSUS STEVE LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND TOUP $195,000. ITEM 51. FOR ITEM NUMBER 52 GRANT WOOD VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A--TO OBJECT. FOR ITEM 53 IN THE CASE ANA MARIA NA YA VERSUS LOS ANGELES ET AL, 55,000. IN CASE NUMBER 55, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE PLAINTIFF'S OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. >> Council President: OKAY. SO, SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THOSE ARE AGREED TO. WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, IF YOU'LL READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, WHICH STATE WHICH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE EACH, UP TO THREE MINUTES FOR FOR THE ITEMS. MEMBERS MAY ALSO SPEAK UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS MAY SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN, AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 14, 16 THROUGH 25 AND 38 THROUGH 49. SO THAT IS 1 THROUGH 14, 16 THROUGH 25 AND 38 THROUGH 49. AND IF I CAN HAVE THE TRANSLATOR TRANSLATE THIS, FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WILL BE SPEAKING SPANISH AND WANT LIVE TRANSLATION, PLEASE STOP EVERY COME OF SENTENCES SO THAT THE SPEAKER CAN TRANSLATE. YOU'LL GET YOUR FULL AMOUNT OF SPEAKING TIME. >> Translator: [SPEAKING SPANISH] . >> Clerk: I WILL NOW CALL NAMES TO GO UP AND SPEAK. ANDREW GRABER, STACY SIGARA, TIFFANY, RON HUBBARD. >> City Attorney: HELLO MR. GRABNER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: WE'VE GOT SOMETHING RELATED TO THE INSIDE STARVING PROGRAM, THE HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY, SO THIS EMERGENCY IS NOT BEING MANAGED WELL. THIS EMERGENCY IS NOT GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED ALL THAT IS IT'S DOING IS PUTTING A HANDFUL OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN A CHEAP MOTEL ROOM WITH NO FOOD OR BLANKETS. SOME THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROM WHERE THEY WERE LIVING AND IT'S NOT GETTING THEM ANY PERMANENT HOUSING AND MOST PEOPLE ARE JUST GETTING SWEPT AWAY WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH HOW THE THIS CITY TYPICALLY DOES EMERGENCE, HANDLES HOMELESSNESS. JUST SWEEPS, NO HOME, NO HOUSING NO SERVICES, JUST VIOLENCE AND DEATH. ITEM 39 IS PUTTING GREEN DAY ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. GREENBAY IS A OKAY AS A PERFORMER. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE CRISIS, MAYBE THEY SHOULD NOT GO TOWARD THE WALK OF FAME. AND ONCE WE'VE SOLVED THE CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES, WE CAN THEN SPEND SOME MONEY ON SOME WALK OF FAME STARS. SO WE HAVE ITEM 42 WHICH IS RELATED TO THE BUDGET HEARINGS WHICH WILL BE HELD HERE IN MAY. NOW WHAT YOU REALLY SHOULD BE DOING IS YOU SHOULD HAVE A BUDGET PARTICIPATORY BUDGET HEARING IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT IN THE CITY SO EVERY ONE GETS A OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH INTO THE BUDGET AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE BUDGET. AND EVERY MEETING SHOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT BOTH IN-PERSON AND ON THE PHONE AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY HEARD RELATED TO THE BUDGET AND HOW YOUR BUDGET IS GOING TO WRECK THE CITY, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE LAPD TO FUND THE REST OF THE CITY WHILE YOU GET US FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO A FINANCE CRISIS THAT WE WERE NOT IN UNTIL YOU START TODAY FUND THE LAPD MORE AND THEY GOT YOU IN ALL KINDS OF LIABILITY SUITS AND WRECK, THE CONTRACT TO PAY THEM WAS TOO MUCH. AND YOU SHOULD LET THE PEOPLE'S L.A. COALITION DO PRESENTATIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THE FULL COUNCIL. SO WE HAVE, ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE 45 IS A RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM? WHY WASN'T THIS ALREADY THING. THAT TENANTS SHOULD GET LAWYERS WHEN THEY'RE EVICTED AND THAT SHOULD BE PASSED. OKAY, WE JUDGE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE A DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT PAYING ATTENTION. ALTHOUGH SOME OF YOU ARE STILL MISSING FROM THE COUNCIL CHAMBER WHICH IS NOTICEABLE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT ?E WAS HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND THEN HE LIKE LEFT, SO BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL SHOULD BE DOING MORE TO START SPEAKING OUT AS TRUMP LIKELY STARTS TARGETING UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN THE CITY. AND WE ALTHOUGH NA IT'S COMING, THAT TRUMP IS GOING TO START KIDNAPPING STUDENT PROTESTERS AND TAKING THEM TO WHO KNOWS WHERE IN THE COLLEGES IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. AND YOU SHOULD BE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THAT. BUT YOU ALL JUST SPENT A YEAR DEMONIZING THEM SO I'M SURE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. LET'S START HIS CLOCK, FIRST, MR. HERMAN. >> Speaker: ALL MOTHER FUCKEN ITEMS. WHY CAN'T YOU GET A DISABLED PERSON TO GET TO THE MIC, YOU MOTHER FUCKER. ITEM 1, 2, 3, 4, NOODLE, NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE NOODLE, THAT'S THE PROTEST FOR TODAY. WHY ARE YOU VIOLATING PEOPLE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR THIS APPREHENSION OF THESE GOD DAMN LIENS, LEAN ON ME AND LEAVE THE MOTHER FUCKERS ALONE, THEY NEED A PLACE TO STAY, NITHYA NOODLE AND THE FUCKEN CITY JUST RAISED THE TAXES LIKE FALLING OFF THE GOD DAMN TREE. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A HOUSE? HOW MANY OF YOU CAN AFFORD THE RENT? HOW MANY ARE FUCKEN LIVE IN LOS ANGELES? THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THESE LIENS, THEY'RE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND DEAN FURGESON TOLD YOU GUYS, STOP FUCKING WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW TO ITEM 42, 42, K.K.K. I YAROSLAVSKY AND SAMBO UNCLE TOP, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. WHERE IS THE MONEY? WHERE IS THE GOD DAMN FUCKEN MONEY, I SAID! WHERE IS THE MONEY! WE NEED TO SCHEDULE TIME TO SPEND THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. SO THIS SHIRT CAN TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU PEOPLE DO FOR A LIVING. EAT ALL THE PUSSY, WITH OUR TAX PAYING MONEY THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH IT, RIGHT, BOB? LOOK AT 43 BOB, HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE AGAIN, BOB, LOOK AT THE OTHER ITEM, GREEN DAY, ANOTHER WALK OF SHAME. WHY ARE YOU PUTTING PEOPLE'S NAME ON STARS WHERE YOU DON'T CLEAN? YOU DON'T SANITIZE. WHY DO YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO DESTROY DONALD TRUMP'S STAR? SORRY BOB! IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU MARRIED A BLACK WOMAN, IT'S YOUR FAULT. TIME AGAIN, ALL OF THESE ITEMS SMOKING SCAN, 48 ITEMS HOW DO YOU EXPECT A WETBACK LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH 48 ITEMS. BOB? BOB? YOU THINK I'M A TURKEY BOB! NOW TO MY NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING J.D. VANCE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR TRUMP. BRANDENBERGH VERSUS OHIO, YES, U.S. 395, I'M EDUCATING YOU! BRANDO NOT VERSUS OHIO. >> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN, PLEASE SPEAK TO THE MEMBERS. FACE THE HORSESHOE. >> Speaker: I GOT THE FLOOR AND INTO THE RECORD, I BELIEVE MR. BRANDONBERG, K.K.K. PUT ON THE RECORD, THE SIGNIFICANT PERSON THAT I COULD BE UNDERSTAND IS HOW FAR IS THE M GOING TO? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO THE END? A DIRTY NIGGER, SEND HIM BACK TO ISRAEL. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, MR. HERMAN. >> Council President: YOU'RE DONE, YOU ADD SO MUCH TO THE DISCUSSION, APRIL FOOLS. NEXT. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES, GEORGE BOSETI, HARRIETTE ELLIOT, AMY, ANA CARRION. >> City Attorney: HI, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: I'LL TAKE ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SEVERAL OF THESE ITEMS ARE REGARDING THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT, LAHSA AND AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE COUNTY AND L.A. ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. ALL ABOUT DEALING WITH THE CRISIS OF UNHOUSED RESIDENT POPULATION. THIS IS A NO-VOTE EFFORT BUT A LOT OF THIS FUNDING GOES TO LEASES, SO WE'RE FUNNELING MORE HANDS, INTO THE LANDLORDS AND ALSO, SHELTER BEDS, COMFORT ITEMS THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO REDUCE THE SYMPTOMS OF HOMELESSNESS BUT DO NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE LOSS, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS OBTAIN THE HOUSING AND INVESTMENT FIRMS FROM OWNING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND CREATING A PUBLIC HOUSING TRUST FOR TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'VE BEEN TURNED AWAY FROM MANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT BECAUSE I DON'T MAKE ENOUGH AND I WORK FOR THE CITY. THIS IS ITEM 39, WHY ARE WE PUTTING STARS ON A DIRTY GRIMELY BOULEVARD? [SINGING] NOW GREENBAY GETS A STAR BUT THEY'RE NOT ALONE, THEY'RE NOT ALONE, THEY'RE NOT ALONE, ON THIS CITY STREET PEOPLE BEG TO GET A BITE TO EAT AND SOME PEOPLE SLEEP, THERE IS NO WAY FOR THEM TO BE A LOPE, THE CITY LEAVES THEM ON THEIR OWN, HOW MUCH DOES THE CITY COLLECT FOR THESE PERMITS? SHOULD WE INCREASE THE COST THAT COULD MAKE IT WORTH IT? WITH THAT, REVENUE WE CAN BUILD SOME BATHROOMS SO FOLKS WITH PISA LOAN. IT'S WEIRD DECORATING WITH YOUR STARS AND THERE IS PEOPLE AND STARS COVERED WITH SHIT AND PISS BECAUSE THERE IS NOWHERE TO USE THE BUDGET. HERE'S ITEM 42. [SINGING] SCHEDULED DIRTY HOURS IN THE MIDDLE OF WEEK AND EVEN THEN, WILL YOU LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THERE, COULD IT BE MORE OBVIOUS THAT YOU TOENT EVEN CARE, IT'S SOMETHING SO PREDICTABLE BUT STRAINING ALL THE SAME, YOU TREAT OUR LIVELIHOOD LIKE IT'S A GAME. SO CAN YOU ONE OF YOU MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, TO ADD MORE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPREHEND. THE PRIORITIES OF YOUR CONSTITUENCY, ARE WE NOT THE ONESED WHO PAY YOUR SALARY? YOU COULD BE LESS PREDICTABLE AND STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT, THE PEOPLE WILL NEVER GIVE UP A FIGHT. I CANNOT HELP BUT ITEMS HOW FEW COUNCILMEMBERS ARE THERE IN THEIR CHAIRS, THE ONES THAT ARE HERE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> Speaker: [SINGING] YOU YOU'RE NOT LISTENING AT ALL. YOU THINK THAT WE'RE FOOLS, YOU WANT TO HE CHANGE THE RULES SO YOU CAN KICK US OUT. THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS OFF RAID, OF PUBLIC OF WHAT WE SAY, HE WANTS TO CENSOR US, HIS MOTION SECONDED, YOU'RE ALL SO PARANOID, IT'S UPSET. YOU'RE GRASPING FOR CONTROL BUT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON. YOU WANT TO TRAMPLE ON OUR RIGHTS BUT WE WILL NEVER END THE FIGHT, WE ARE ALL FED UP BUT WE WILL NOT GIVE UP. YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF WORD THAT RHYME WITH GLAND. THANK YOU, FUCK ALL OF YOU. >> Council President: THANKS, WE APPRECIATE ON THE GREEN DAY PARITY ON THE DAY THAT WE'RE DOING GREENDAY, THANKS TO THAT FOR BEING RELEVANT. NXT. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER. >> Speaker: HI. I GUESS I'M NEXT. >> City Attorney: YES, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, THIS IS A GREAT MICROPHONE. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS NUMBER 31 REGARDING FEDERAL FUND TO GO LAPD. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS NUMBER 45. >> City Attorney: ALL RIGHT, SO YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH. FOR ITEM 31 WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON IT BUT YOU CAN DO THAT IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE BE KIND ENOUGH TO DO ITEM 45 FIRST. >> Speaker: MAY I PLEASE CITY COUNCIL AND MY ESTEEMED REPRESENTATIVE WHO I HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION FOR, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. I'M ASKING YOU FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN AN 18-YEAR TENANT OF THE CITY OF HOS LOSS NOW IN MY ADVANCE STAGE LIVING SOLELY SECURITY TO CONSIDER THE THREATS BEING DONE TO RENTERS OF THESE UNETHICAL CAPITOL LANDLORDS THAT HAVE INVADED THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS NUMBER 31. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT TO PROTECT THE LAPD. I BEG YOU TO WITHHOLD THE FUND ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON SILIA SMITH A SINGLE BLACK WOMEN THAT LAPD IS ENGAGING WITH HER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATORS. STATES NO RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING LIKE LAPD AND ITS ATTORNEY, WARREN CANNOT ENGAGE IN GENDERED RACISM. PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER THE FUNDING OF THIS PROGRAM AND WITHHOLD IT UNTIL YOU CONVINCE LAPD TO STOP ENGAGING IN THE MALICIOUS DEFENSE IN THE LAWSUITS, SYLVIA FILED IN FEDERAL COURT, SMITH DARDIAN CASE NUMBER 240673. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU SPEAKER. >> NOW BEFORE I LEAVE, I WAS TOLD BY A VERY KIND POLICE OFFICER THAT HE CAN TAKE THIS 35--PLEASE EACH OF YOU, COUNCIL PERSONS READ THIS IN DETAIL. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, IF YOU HAND IT TO THE SERGEANT, IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. AND GO THAT WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS RON L.HUBBARD AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 47, 48 AND THE GENERAL IF YOU ALLOW ME. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: START WITH NUMBER 42 ABOUT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED EVERY TIME THE MAYOR TALKING ABOUT HER BUDGET IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT SEE ANY BUDGET THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR OUR FIGUEROA SEX WORKER COMMUNITY. I SEE PEOPLE IN MAYOR'S BUDGET THE HOTEL WORKER GETTING THEIR 100 PERCENT RAISE, I SEE THE HOTEL AIRPORT WORKER GETTING THEIR 200 PERCENT RAISE AND OUT OUR FIGUEROA SEX WORKER ARE IGNORED AND FORGOTTEN. THAT HAS TO STOP, THAT IS A ACTION BY THE COUNCIL HAS TO STOP NOW. PAWS SEX WORKERS ARE WORKER. WE DESERVE TO BE ON THE MAYOR'S BUDGET AND THEN IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR YOU TO ONLY PUT YOUR BUDGET ON HOTEL AND AIRPORT WORKER AND FORGET ABOUT OUR SEX WORKER. CITY ATTORNEY. NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER 47, I NEED YOU TO PAY ATTENTION OTHERWISE YOU KEEP CALLING ME OUT OF TOPIC. 47 IS ABOUT HOMELESS SERVICES REGARDING THE PROGRAM. I SAW THE HOMELESS SERVICE ON THE NEWS THAT MR. YOUR CITY ATTORNEY BEINGER YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS FAILED THE PUBLIC AUDIT. 2.6 MILLION DOLLARS, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SAY WHERE YOU SEND THE MONEY TO. IT'S ON THE NEWS. AND YOU'RE STILL ASKING FOR MORE MONEY ON THE HOMELESS AFTER YOU WASTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY CORRUPT WORKERS THAT YOU HAVE TO HIRE IN ORDER TO STEAL MORE MONEY BY THE TAX MAYOR. NOW IF YOU ALLOW ME, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 48, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION, I'M ON TOPIC. HOW DO WE STOP LET MR. CITY ATTORNEY, LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN YOUR RENT IS TOO HIGH, WHEN QULUR HOUSING MORTGAGE IS TOO HIGH, HEN PEOPLE HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE, THEY HAVE TO PUT THEIR ENCAMPMENT ON THE SIDEWALK, ON THE STREET. AND WHEN LAPD KICKED THEM OUT, THEY HAVE TO MOVE DOWN TO FIGUEROA TO DO SEX WORK AGAIN. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HAVING THAT ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION BUT IT WILL NEVER WORK. UNTIL YOU RECOGNIZE OUR TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY THAT WE DESERVE DIGNITY, WE DESERVE SERVICES AND YOUR ATTENTION TOO. NOW LET MOVE ON TO NEN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE. >> Speaker: TALKING ABOUT FIGUEROA SERVICES THAT I AM HERE THAT CITY OF LOS ANGELES, NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE. BUT RIGHT NOW THE PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES HAVE NO ACCESS TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE. THAT IS A HEALTH HAZARD THAT HAS TO STOP. HOW DO WE PROVIDE AOEK AL ACCESS TO EVERY SING EVERY SINGLE ACCESS TO THE SEXUAL S*EFSHSES MUCH LET'S PUT THEM ON FIGURE ROW A WE HAVE A GREAT PRESIDENT JASON JENKINS AND HE MAKES SURE THAT EVERYBODY RECEIVED THEIR FAIR AND JUSTIFIED SEXUAL SERVICES, EVERYBODY $5 A HEAD. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL START PAYING SEX WORKERS A FAIR WAGE. WE NEED TO RAISE FIGUEROA TRANSGENDER SEX WORKER. LET'S GO! >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES, ANAJI GONZALEZ, ANDRES RODRIGUEZ, KARINA ROMO, CHRISTINA CAMPOS, GUADALUPE, HILL YOUNG LINDA PARK. >> Speaker: LA ENERGIA. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: SORRY. CAN YOU MOVE I HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE HEARING YOU, CAN YOU MOVE THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: WHICH ITEMS? >> Speaker: NO. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING EXCEPT THE BOOK OF ENERGY ON JOHNSON. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translaor: HE'S A MAN OF RELIGION, HE'S A MAN FROM THE RIGHT AND A FRIEND OF RUSH LIMBAUGH. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ROSS LIMBAUGH DIED FROM THE ENERGY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ANOTHER WOMEN THAT DIED FROM DIRECTED ENERGY AND IT'S WORTH THIS BOOK, I HOPE YOU CAN READ IT. IT IS WORTH TO READ IT. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> Translator: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: ITEM 46 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE EACH. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M BRAD WEST PRODUCT SPECIALIST WORK COALITION OF HOUSING DEVELOPERS ACROSS LOS ANGELES. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 46 TO STREAM LIENT PIPELINE, L.A. H.D NEEDS APPROVE FROM CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND FUNDS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION COST DESIGN CHANGES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. ONE PROJECT TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. UP TO 8 DIFFERENT TIMES, NOT INCLUDING ENTITLEMENT APPROVALS AND EVERY TIME IT ADS ANOTHER TIME. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE MOTION BEFORE YOU TODAY THAT WOULD STREAMLINE THE ONE-STEP PROCESS BY DELEGATING APPROVAL. ALL WHILE MAINTAINING A CITY COUNCIL. THIS MAKES IT EASIER AND CHEAPER AND SHAVES A YEAR OFF THE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE WHICH IS ENORMOUS. STRONGLY SUPPORT ITEM 4-D TO ALLOW THE RECEIPTS PAYMENTS FROM ONE PROJECT TO ANOTHER WITHIN THE PORTFOLIO, THIS GIVES US THE FLEXIBLE TO ALLOW NEWER BUILDINGS WITH RENTAL SUBSIDY WHILE WE WORK TO SECURE HOLDER SECURITY BUILDINGS WHERE WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR SUBSIDIES FOR OLDING BUILDINGS. I LIKE TO ALLOW FOR TRANSFERRING OF RESERVES, AS WELL AS RESIDUAL PAYMENTS, THIS WOULD BE THE STABILIZATION PROGRAM WHICH WE'RE WORKING WITH LAHD TO REPLICATE HERE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: STREFEN. >> Speaker: I'M ADAM FROM COMMUNITY NETWORK. I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY APRIL FOOLS DAY. TALKING ABOUT JOKES, HOW MANY OF YOU TRY TO SPREAD BLAME AROUND. YOU'RE VOTING ON TWO MILLION DOLLARS BEING ALLOCATED FOR MISSION SHELT NER SKID ROW AS WELL AS THREE MILLIONS ON SIXTH AND SAN PEDRO FOR INSIDE SAFE. THIS AMOUNTS TO OVER 40,000 PER YEAR OR 3300 PER MONTH PER BED. IN A CONGREGATE SHELTER, 3300 IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A SHELTER BED. HOW MANY OF THESE BEDS USE DAILY FOR SKID ROW ARE BEING HELD FOR INSIDE SAFE OPERATIONS THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE REPOPULATION OPERATIONS WHICH SHOWS EXTRAVAGANT. PUBLIC COMMENT. YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS BY PRODUCING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SHELTER BEDS, NOT REDUCING THE HOUSELESS AND AFFORDABLE AND POVERTY I WISH IT WAS A JOKE BUT HERE WE ARE AND HERE YOU ARE, I AM A RENTER I WORK IN SKID ROW, I SUPPORT A CODIFIED RATE TO COUNCIL AND IN SUPPORT OF ORDINANCE, AND OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION HAS PROVEN TO SAVE THE HOMELESSNESS, I'LL SAY YADA I YADA, I WANTED TO POINT OUT. THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED YOU INTO OFFICE COME UP HERE AND SPEAK WHILE NONE OF YOU LISTEN. JUST BECAUSE THERE IS SOME MISOGYNIST PIECES OF SHIT THAT COME HERE AND TALK SHIT, IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD NOT LISTEN TO EVERYBODY ELSE. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Speaker: HELLO GOOD MORNING. >> City Attorney: HI, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ALL AGENDA ITEMS. BUT IF I'M OFF TOPIC, YOU CAN CALL ME ON IT. AND PUBLIC COMMENT. I ALWAYS GET LOST, I STILL GET A MINUTE AFTER THIS? >> City Attorney: YES. >> Speaker: I NEED YOU TO TELL YOUR PARTNER, MR. GROAT, HE NEEDS GIVE ME AN APOLOGY. THE FIRST ONE WITH THE ALL THE FEES. IT'S ALL CHUM CHANGE THAT YOU'RE GETTING. I GET IT THAT YOU'RE DESPERATE FOR MONEY AFTER THE CITY BURNED DOWN BECAUSE OF BAD MANAGEMENT. BUT THIS IS CHUM CHANGE WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU HOW YOU CAN BRING REAL MONEY AGAINST THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, I THINK YOU'RE GOING AFTER THEM, THEY CALCULATED A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS NOW WHY DID AFTER THIS CHUM CHANGE WHEN YOU WERE GO AFTER THE REAL MONEY. YOU'RE GETTING FROM SOMEBODY ABUSING THE SYSTEM. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE GREENDAY, MAYBE BOB WILL LISTEN, IT'S HIS THING. DON'T VOTE FOR BOB'S THING HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO LISTEN. MY THING IS, WITH THIS EXTRA MONEY, IF YOU DON'T GET THE EXTRA MONEY, BOB, WILL THE ICE MELT? THEN OKAY, WE WANT TO BE THE ICE MELTING BUT BECAUSE IT'S HORRIBLE TO BE ICE SKATING WITHOUT ICE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, FINALLY. AND I WISH MS. PADILLA, SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DOING HOMEWORK. >> City Attorney: I THINK WE'RE NOT ON TOPIC. >> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR SIR FOR REMINDING ME. ABOUT THE MAYOR'S MEETING. I'M ALL FOR THE MAYOR'S MEETING, AM I ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS. IT SAYS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT WILL THE MAYOR, WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE HAVING IT, WILL THEY PUT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE AGENDA THAT THEY HAVE TO LISTEN. SHE IS TRYING AND YOU KNOW WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS, I CAUGHT MS. HERNANDEZ, SHE LISTENS. CAN WE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN. BOB IS NOT LISTENING, IT'S BACK TO JIBBERISH. ABOUT THE MAYOR'S MEETING, WILL YOU LISTEN TO MR. McOSKER. >> Council President: STAY ON TOPIC, LISTENING IS ON TOPIC. HUGO WAS THE ONLY ONE LISTENING. >> Council President: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING, STAY ON TOPIC. >> Speaker: YES, SIR. I WANT YOU TO SIR, TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I'M ASKING YOU TO INCLUDE THIS ON THE AGENDA ITEM. AND AS FAR AS DWRAOENGREENBAY, I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANYMORE STARS. >> City Attorney: GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M GOING TO ASK MR. CURREN PRICE WHERE EVER YOU ARE, IF THE STREET OF SCIENTOLOGY, HE NEEDS TO RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE HIS WIFE HAS EARNED MONEY FROM SCIENTOLOGY, JUST A REMINDER, WE'LL BE LOOKING. AND MR. McOSKER NOT LISTENING, MR. LEE, ARE YOU NOT LISTENING TO ME? MR. LEE, PAGING MR. LEE? PAGING MR. LEE? ARE YOU LISTENING? HELLO HELLO HELLO. OVER HERE, OKAY, NO, HE'S NOT LISTENING. AND MS. MONICA SHE WAS MY HERO AFTER THE FIRE, DON'T BE DISAPPOINTING WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO BE ENDURED. I'LL TAKE A NOD. NOW MR. McOSKER, I JUST DEFENDED MR. McOSKER AND HE'S NOT LISTENING TO ME. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ANA CARRION AND I'M A MEMBER FOR PAGE. IN ESSPANISH. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: HI GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARIA CAR I YO*N AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF LEGAL COUNCIL PROPOSAL. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR TENANTS. >> Speaker: ANA. >> Translator: NOT MARIA, IT'S ANA. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AGAIN MY NAME IS NOT MARIA IT'SING ANA CARRION AND HYME HERE FOR RIGHT TO COUNSEL. THIS IS IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN TENANTS GO TO COURT, THEY CAN'T REPRESENT THEMSELVES AND THEY END UP LOSING THEIR HOMES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PLEASE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 45 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SURE, YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. >> Speaker: I'M LIND PARK WITH THE LEGAL RIGHT OF FOUNDATION. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, IT ALLOWS THEM TO STAY HOUSED ESPECIALLY IN L.A. WHERE HOUSING COST IS UNPROHIBITED. ONE OF MY CLIENTS WAS UNHOUSED AND HER FAMILY SFOERSED TO BE SEPARATED. HOWEVER WHEN SHE GOT IN A SECTION-8 PROGRAM SHE WAS ABLE TO KEEP HER FAMILY TOGETHER. IT'S TOO EASY FOR FAMILIES TO LOSE THEIR BENEFITS. SECTION AND FAILURE TO NAVIGATE CAN RESULT IN A FAMILY LOSING THEIR SUBSIDIES. ONCE SUBSIDIES ARE TAKEN AWAY, MANY FAMILIES FACE EVICTIONS, THUS IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THERE SHIFT A RIGHT TO COUNCIL FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE RIGHT TO THAT COUNCIL ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker I'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM 45. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I GET HONOR TO WORK AND STAY HOUSED L.A. WITH LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE ABLE TO GATHER TO PROVIDE LOCALLY TAYLORED AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO RIGHT TO COUNCIL ORDINANCE AS IT IS A LIFE SAVING SERVICE TO TENANTS. I SEE TENANTS IN COURT WHO ARE UNAWARE TO NEED FOR UNLAWFUL DETAINER AND THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY LOSING THEIR CASE AND ON TO THE STREETS. I SEE TENANTS THAT IS DO NOT HAVE REPRESENTATION AND IT'S I LIFE OR DEATH ISSUE FOR THOSE TENANTS. IT IS A ALSO A MATTER OF KEEPING OUR INTER GENERATIONAL FAMILY TOGETHER. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YES, ON ITEM 45 PLEASE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M ANAI, I STRONGLY SUPPORT A CODIFIED RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND ORDINANCE. IT HAS PROVEN TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR YOUR LEADER SHIP ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE. STAYING HOUSED IN L.A. I SERVE TENANTS THAT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PAPERWORK HAS COME IN THE AREA. AND THE REST OF LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE TO GO IN A SYSTEM THAT ALREADY DOES NOT FIT THEM. I URGE ALL COUNCILMEMBERSED TO VOTE ON THIS ORDINANCE TODAY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS, [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ANY NAME IS CHRISTINA CAMPOS NUMBER 45, RIGHT TO COUNSEL. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO HEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I LIVE IN IN DISTRICT 9 AND I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON RIGHT TO COUNSEL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: RIGHT TO COUNSEL HAS PROVEN THAT THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY SAVED MONEY IN OTHER CITIES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE STREETS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR BEING A LEADER ON THIS FIGHT. BASED ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE WHEN I NEEDED AN ATTORNEY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I WAS NOT PART OF THE ZIP CODE THAT CAN RECEIVE SHOWS SERVICES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I LIVE IN DISTRICT 9 AND THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF POVERTY. >> Translator: THEREFORE TENANTS CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND NO ON 37. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MORE NAMES, CHRIS TYLER, IVANA, JOY RICHARDSON, JOSE TALENDI, CLAUDIA MEN DO SA, KAREN. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Speaker: 45. >> Translator: 45. >> City Attorney: PLEASE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS GUADALUPE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 45 AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I AM A TENANT I LIVE IN DISTRICT , I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT A RIGHT TO COUNSEL ORDINANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS WRITTEN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND HAS BEEN PROVEN TO HELP. IT HAS ALSO HELPED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR BEING A CHAMPION IN THIS ISSUE. AND I WITH LIKE YOU TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON 47. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 45 AND GIVING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: GREAT, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HI NAME IS TOMMY AND I'M A MEMBER OF L.A. CAN. I'M DISCUSSING ITEM 45 AND GIVING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF CODIFIED RIGHT TO COUNSEL. I'M A RENTER AND I LIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE HAS PROVEN TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY AND REDUCE THE NUMBER EVICTIONS, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR YOUR LEADER SHIP ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE. I URGE ALL CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE YES ON THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL. MOVING ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY. >> Speaker: PART OF INSIDE SAFE NOWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY IS THIS HOTEL PROGRAM FOR PARTICIPANTS SLATED TO SLEEP, IN SHELTER BEDS BUT IN SKID ROW, THE MAYOR HAS A DIFFERENT ORIENTATION, AND THE COST IS STILL 40,000 PER PERSON. SOMETHING IS WRONG AND IT NEEDS TO BE A DDRESSED AND CORRECTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: NUMBER 48. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO HEAD. >> Speaker: I REPRESENT ST. JOSEPH CENTER, FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, ST. JOSEPH HAS BEEN DEDICATED HELPING PEOPLE LIVING IN PROVEETER EXPERIENCING POVERTY. EACH YEAR WE SERVE 15,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY PROGRAMS. SINCE THIS DECEMBER, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR THE INSIDE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS REFUSED TO APPROVE THE REPORT. THIS FUNDING DELAYS OUR PROGRAMS ARE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF THIS CONTINUES WE'LL BE FORCE THROUGH OUR FULL PANTRY. I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE ATA REPORT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WORK TO SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 37, 45 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO WE VOTED FOR 37. YOU CAN SPEAK ON ITEM 45 AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK FOR 37 AND ANYTHING ELSE IN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: OKAY. >> City Attorney: OKAY, START WITH ITEM 45, PLEASE. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M IVANA, AND I'M DISCUSSING ITEM 45 AND GIVING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE CODIFIED RIGHT TO COUNSEL. I'M A RENTER AND LIVE IN CD8. I'M IN SUPPORTED AS ORDINANCE AS DRAFTED AND RIGHT TO COUNCIL IN OTHER AREAS HAVE PROVEN TO SAVE MONEY AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH ITEM 37. >> City Attorney: WE'LL RESET A CLACK FOR A MINUTE. >> Speaker: AS A RESIDENT OF L.A. I'M HERE TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE REALLOCATION OF 1.5 MILLION IN THE STEP FUNDS. DOT IS REQUESTING TO REINVEST FOR AN EV CAR SHARE PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS, 18 AND OAR A PROGRAM SERVING RESIDENT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL SERVE SOUTH L.A. RESIDENTS OR REPLACE THE--THIS SHIFT WOULD COMPLETELY ELIMINATE CLEAN MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR LOW INCOME ADULTS BY LEADING THE INTENT OF STEP GRANTS. SIMULTANEOUSLY, L.A. DOT IS OVERSEEING THE DISMANTLING OF STATIONS WITHOUT A PLAN FOR PRESERVATION. THESE STATIONS ARE IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. INCLUDING SIGN SHINE A TOWN, KOREA TOWN. >> City Attorney: SORRY, WE'VE LUNN OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: 45 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M WILL I NA SULLIVAN I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON 45 IN SUPPORT. I'M A ORGANIZER IN SAGE AND EVERY DAY I MEET LAWYERS THAT ARE DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR AN LAWYER. WHEN THEY COME TO ME WITH THEIR EVICTION CASE IT FEELS GOOD. THERE IS HELP I WILL SIGN YOU UP FOR A LAWYER. HOWEVER WHEN TENANTS COME TO BE PAN ISSUED WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET THROWN OUT OF YOURSELF. THE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR TENANTS TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES IF THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT RENTERS HAVE LAWYERS TO REPRESENT THEM. OTHER THING LIKE EDUCATION ARE HELPFUL BUT ULTIMATELY THEY'RE NOT ENOUGH. LEGAL REPRESENTATION IS IMPERATIVE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT TENANTS AND ALLOW THEM TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND ULTIMATELY SAVE THE CITY MONEY. THIS IS A HISTORIC AND DEEPLY IMPACTFUL CHANGE, SO PLEASE VOTE YES. AND TO CONTINUE WITH MY AGAIN JOB. SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE JAEPD, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO YOU 7 DATE THE FORMULA THAT THIS IS TO REDUCE EVICTIONS AND HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: HI GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 37 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, 37 WAS VOTED ON BUT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT DURING GENERAL. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M CAYA LEADER FROM HUMAN JUSTICE, I'M HERE TO ASK TO YOU VOTE NO ON 37, LAPD WANTS TO REAUTO RATE IN SOUTH WHICH DOES NOT GUARANTEE SERVICE IN THE AREA. THIS VIOLATES THE ORIGINAL PROMISE MADE TO SOUTH L.A. RESIDENTS UNDER THE STEP GRANTS. SECONDARILY THEY'RE ALLOWING 40EV STATIONS TO BE DIS MANNEDLEED WITHOUT A PLAN OR SOMEBODY. THEY HAVE TO HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO JUSTIFY THE CHANGES. BUT CART CONFIRMED THAT L.A. DOT PROPOSED THE CHANGE AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS WERE SIMPLY NOTIFIED, WITHOUT CREATING. ASK THAT YOU REJECT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 37. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF 45, TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. THERE ARE A I LOT OF TENANTS THAT CANNOT BE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING. I VOTE YES IN SUPPORT OF 45. THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: YES, I WANT TO DO AGAIN PUBLIC COMMENT ON 37 AND ITEM NUMBER >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A THREE MINUTES. >> Speaker: I'M KAREN AND I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FOR THE ORGANIZATION SAGE. AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 45, I CITY TENANTS EVERY DAY SPECIFICALLY ON THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WHICH IS KNOWNS THE AND WE GET TO SEE MANY MANY TENANTS COMING IN REQUESTING FOR OUR LEGAL ADVISE AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GRANT THAT SUPPORT. THE TENANTS WHO I'M REFERRING TO ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS SENIORS THAT LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION. MANY OF THESE CASES CAN EASILY BE RESOLVED PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING ON THE STREETS. IF YOU SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL ON ITEM 45, YOU WILL BE SAVING MANY LIVES, PREVENTING FURTHER HOMELESSNESS AND MAKING SURE THAT FAMILIES STAY IN SAFE HOMES. SO VOTE YES ON ITEM 45. NOW GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 37 IF YOU VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM AND ALSO TABLE SO THERE IS FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER. >> Speaker: YES GOOD MORNING. I'M ANABELA AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 15. >> City Attorney: SO 38 WE VOTE ON. LET'S START WITH A MINUTE OF 45. >> Speaker: YES, 47 OR 37? >> City Attorney: I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT 37. >> Speaker: I THINK--3-7. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR ITEM 45 FOLLOWED BY A MINUTE FOR ITEM 37. >> Speaker: YEAH THE 37, IF PEOPLE ALREADY ADVOCATE FOR THAT MONEY. >> City Attorney: START WITH 45. >> Speaker: OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WAS MY QUESTION. NUMBER 45, WE ARE LIVING IN DIFFICULT TIMES IN LOS ANGELES IN COUNTY GENERAL. RENTS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE TO AFFORD. PEOPLE ARE BEING EVICTED, PLEASE VOTE YES BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LEGAL PROCEDURES AND THEY REALLINESSED UP. IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE PEOPLE BEING EVICTED BECAUSE THE IGNORANCE WE HAVE AND NOT HE EVERYBODY HAS THE FORTUNATE TO COME FROM--FORTUNE TO COME FROM AN EDUCATED HOME. SO THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO VOTE. SO PLEASE VOTE YES THOSE THAT HAVE EMPATHY FOR US IN THE COMMUNITY. WE TRY TO SIT YOU OVER THERE, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE. I'M GOING TO DO ANOTHER ONE. IS NOT RIGHT THAT YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE THE PEOPLE FOUGHT FOR IT. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. I SUPPORT WHAT THE YOU WANT TO USE THEIR MONEY. IT'S OUR MONEY. EVERYBODY'S MONEY. IF THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR A SPECIFIC FUND, HONOR THE PEOPLE'S WISHES, PLEASE. NOW GENERAL COMMENT I'M REALLY UPSET THAT I'M FOLLOWING JUDGE CARTER IN COURT THAT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS MISUSING THE HOMELESS MONEY. IT'S A REAL ISSUE, IT'S REALLY DRAMATIC. IT BREAKS EVERYBODY'S HEART, IF YOU'RE NOT A POLITICIAN I SEE THAT IS THE PEOPLE THAT DO GOVERNMENT THE CITY, BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE A LITTLE PUPPET AND WHATEVER THE CITY DOES, THAT'S YOU GO ALONG BECAUSE IT'S YOUR CONVENIENCE. IT'S NOT FAIR. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. SORRY, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. HAD HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 37, IT'S SAD THAT THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE NOT HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. THE MAJORITY OF LANDLORDS IN L.A. HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF UNLAWFUL DETAINER. MANY LANDLORDS AND FOR FAR TOO LONG THE SYSTEM INCLUDING CITY OFFICIALS, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE COURTS AND ON HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN. DISPLACING TENS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT MORE, RENTERS. LANDLORDS RESORT TO THIS TACTIC OF FILING UNLAWFUL DETAINER TO HIGH UP RENTS TO STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS OR AB JUX OF SERVICES AND OTHER REASONS. L.A. COUNTY FINALLY STOOD UP TO THIS LANDLORD TO ABUSE WITH RENTERS. MANY WITH KIDS, BY PASSING A RIGHT TO COUNSEL ORDINANCE. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THEY STAND UP FOR THEIR CON CONSTITUENTS. RENTERS ARE VITAL AND MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION AND WORKFORCE. THEY'RE VITAL TOO KEEPING L.A. FUNCTIONAL. THE EVICTION PROCESS IS HEALTHY PROCESS. FINDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION IS HIGHLY POSSIBLE AND WITH ALL THE COURT APPEARANCES MAKES IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. AS A RESULT OVER 90 PERCENT OF RENTERS EITHER GIVE UP OR LOSE UD, FROM EXPERIENCE FACING A UD EVICTION BECOMES A FULL-TIME JOB AND EXTREMELY TAXING BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. I EVEN KNOW CASES WHERE RENTERS HAVE GOTTEN REALLY SICK AND DIED WHICH IS RESULT OF THIS ABUSE OF SYSTEM. THEY ARE FRIVOLOUS WITH NO MERIT. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE, YOU NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AS THE COUNTY DID. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS SORRY. YOUR TIME EXPIRED. HI WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: MUY BUENOS DIAS. >> Council President: THE PERSON SCREAMING IN THE BACK, THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING, IF YOU YELL OUT, YOU'LL BE REMOVED AND I'M REFERRING TO THE WOMEN IN THE BLUE SHIRT AND MASK WHO WAS YELLING, MAKE THAT CLEAR. GO AHEAD. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS WENDY LOPEZ AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT POINT 45 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] I AM A RENTER HAD LIVING IN CD10 AND I SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE TRYING TO PROVIDE LEGAL COUNCIL AND I SUPPORT IT AS IT IS WRITTEN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I'M A RENTER AND FOR MANY MONTHS I WAS HARASSED BY THE LANDLORD OF THE HOUSE WHERE I AM LIVING. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND FINAL LEET COMPLAINT WAS FILED IN THE COURT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AFTER MANY LONG MONTHS OF SUFFERING THAT, MY SON WAS IN HOSPITAL ACCORDING TO THE 5150. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE TO RAISE MY VOICE SO NOBODY HAS TO LIFT WAY I LIVE. THE COMMUNITY PREPARED ME TO DEFEND MY CASE IN COURT AND IT WAS, A CASE THAT WAS IN COURT UNJUST. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING HARASSED AND DISPLACES BY ABUSIVE LANDLORDS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MANY TIMES THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT'S WHY WE NEED COUNCIL TO REPRESENT THE FAMILY THAT MANY TIMES CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES IN COURT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL RAMAN, WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES. >> City Attorney: GRACIAS. >> Clerk: I WILL CALL MORE NAMES, SON HANDER SON, VICTORIA, WILLBA VASQUEZ, WENDY LOPEZ, ADAM FLORES. >> City Attorney: HELLO. WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: ITEM 45 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I AM A RENTER FROM CD9 AND I'M A MEMBER OF ACE AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND I SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS WRITTEN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH BRNS >> Translator: THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL HAS PROVEN TO BE IN OTHER CITY SOMETHING THAT SAVES MONEY TO THE CITY AND ALLOWS THE PEOPLE, THE FAMILIES TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND OF COURSE IT ALSO PREVENTS EVICTIONS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR HER SUPPORT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY CASE IN COURT WAS VERY STRESSFUL BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A COUNCIL IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION BUT THANKS TO THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, I GOT A COUNSEL I'M A LOW INCOME PERSON AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE. TO HAVE A COUNSEL WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SO I SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 45. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE SUFFER A LOST MISTREATMENTS BY THE LANDLORD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE COUNCIL. PLEASE SUPPORT NUMBER 45. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 45 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HELLO I'M FROM HOUSING IS I HUMAN RIGHT, SPEAKING FOR 45 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. TENANT RIGHTS ARE MEANINGFUL ONLY IF RENTERS HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNCIL TO DEFEND THEM, IF THEY'RE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHT THEY'RE INCAPABLE OF EXERCISING THOSE RIGHTS IF THEY KNLT AFFORD CITY ATTORNEY. WE'RE ASKING THE LEGAL RIGHT OF COUNCIL IN THE INTEREST OF ACCESSIBILITY AND FAIRNESS. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD MORNING, I'M VIR MA VASQUEZ AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON ITEM 45. >> City Attorney: GO AHEAD. >> Translator: I'M A MEMBER OF ACE, I'M A TENANT, >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I HAVE BEEN HARASSED BY THE LANDLORD, I HAVE SUFFERED EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY FOR HARASSMENT AND ABUSE. AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FWG THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. IT'S INHUMAN TO TREAT OTHERS LIKE THAT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TODAY TO CLOSE THAT GAP OF INJUSTICE. FOR ALL TENANTS AND I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT TO COUNCIL. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE URGE YOU TO VOTE YES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD ASK YOU FOR APPROVAL TO PASS THE ORDINANCE AND IT HAS BEEN DRAFTED WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS. >> Speaker: MUCHAS GRACIAS. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK FOR HAVING DRAFTED THIS ORDINANCE THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO TENANTS. >> City Attorney: GRACIAS. HELLO? >> Speaker: GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS SIES BARRIOS, I WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 37 WHICH APPARENTLY HAS BEEN VOTED ON, I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOST RESIDENTS THAT DROVE FROM SOUTH L.A. I'M GOING TO MAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON 45 BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: WOULD YOU MIND START WITHING ITEM 45, PLEASE. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS SIRIS BARRIOS I'M IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 45 WE'RE A NONPROFIT. WE ASSISTED ABOUT 1,000 RESIDENTS WITH THEIR E WRAP PROCESS. THEY WERE BEING HARASSED BY THE LANDLORDS. WHERE THEY FWOT THE SUPPORT NECESSARY OR TO SOME LEGAL ORGANIZATION WHERE THEY GOT THE LEGAL SUPPORT NECESSARY TO HAVE THE RIGHTS PROTECTED AS TENANTS AND TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN PLACE. ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 45 WITH EVERYBODY HERE THAT IS JUST COMMON SENSE. VOTE YES ON 45. >> City Attorney: OKAY, GENERAL THEN? PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M VERY UPSET, I DON'T SEE COUNCILMEMBER FROM DISTRICT , AND I CAN'T REALLY SEE FROM FAR SO I DON'T CECE THE SENIOR ADVISOR AND ALSO COUNCIL ONE AND 13. BUT MANY OF US WERE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BLUE PROGRAM AND THIS FUNDING BEING REMOVED FROM SOUTH LOS ANGELES, IT WAS A CLEAN MOBILITY INVESTMENT THAT WAS GOING TO BRING 60 STATION TO SEE SOUTH LOS ANGELES INCLUDING DISTRICT 15, 8 AND 9 AND NOW YOU VOTED WITHOUT WITHOUT THE PUBLIC. WE'RE HERE WEIGHTING OUR NOW YOU HAVE ALLOCATED TO THE VEHICLES, WHICH WE RESPECT OUR ELDERS BOW THIS WAS TO CREATE ADOPTION OF--AND YOU ALL VOTED DIFFERENTLY ON THAT. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. THANKS SPEAKER, SORRY YOUR NAME IS EXPIRED. >> Clerk: I WILL CALL MORE NAMES. GEORGINA, CON CHA, JOE VAN HOUSTON. KATHY RAMIREZ, KRISTIN, LAURA, TOMMY PIKES. >> City Attorney: OKAY, HI SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? SDWRIE, HELLO I'M HERE TO PROVIDE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: HI I'M KATHY RAMIREZ AND I'M HERE TO PROVIDE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AS A MEMBER OF THE STEPS STIRRING COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTH COMMUNITY RESIDING IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 8. WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO SHARE WITH US ON THE VOTING PROCESS HOW THE DECISION WAS MADE FOR AGENDA ITEM 37 PRIOR TO MANY INPUT. MANY ADVOCATE SUCH AS TRUST SOUTH L.A. CAME HERE TO DEMAND TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M JESSE HAWKINS AND I WORK AT LAX FOR SIX YEARS AND ALTHOUGH THREE MONTHS AGO, YOU VOTED TO RAISE THE WAGES OF THE AND THIS POLICY IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING IS CONSTANTLY RISING AND MY WAGES HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP. SUCH AS THE RENT, THERE IS NO CAP THEY CAN GO FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT FULL PRICES. I GO TO THE STORE, WEEKLY AND I TURN AROUND AND CIRCLES. I FIND THE PRICES, EITHER TRIPLE AND I ONLY. I USED TO SPEND 65 DOLLARS NOW I FIND MYSELF SPENDING $125 AND WALKING OUT WITH JUST ONLY TWO BAGS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU, SPEAKER. HELLO WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Translator: GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS INES SILVA AND I NEED A TRANSLATOR. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WORKED AT LAX FOR TEN YEARS AND ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO MY HUSBAND LOST HIS MEDICAL INSURANCE. HE'S DIABETIC. AND I AM HERE BECAUSE I NEED TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. SO THAT WE WORKING PEOPLE CAN HAVE GOOD PAYING JOBS AND MEDICAL INSURANCE. WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO CHOOSE TO PAY THE RENT OR TO BUY MEDICATION OR TO BUY FOOD, THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PLEASE SUPPORT WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HELLO. >> Speaker: HELLO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: >> Translator: PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY NAME IS JASMINE I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT THE AIRPORT FOR 15 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: AND I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO PASS THE RAISE FOR WORKERS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WHAT THEY'RE PAYING US RIGHT NOW IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME OR MY FAMILY. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MY HUSBAND IS DIABETIC, WE NEED A BETTER MEDICAL PLAN. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE NEED A PLAN AND NO COPAYMENTS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART I ASK YOU TO PASS THIS LAW. WE CAN NO LONGER LIVE IN L.A. I'M ON THE VIRJ OF LOSING MY HOME. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: PLEASE HELP US PROTECT TENANTS AND WORKERS THANK YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: EVERYTHING IS VERY EXPENSIVE, THE FOOD, THE RENT, PLEASE VOTE YES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THANK YOU AND I'M COUNTING ON YOUR SUPPORT. >> City Attorney: GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: IT'S IMPORTANT TO MONITORIZE THE MOTION NOW. BEFORE THIS, WE WERE ONE MISSED CHECK AWAY FROM RENT, ONE EMERGENCY AWAY FROM CRISIS, THE LIVING WAGE IS STILL FACING DELAYS. THIS COUNCIL, PLEASE PROOF TO US, THAT YOU'RE WITH WORKERS AND WORKING FAMILIES. THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE AND GET THIS ORDINANCE DONE. WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO MAKE THE CITY LIVABLE AND THIS COUNCIL RESPONSIVE TO WORKERS AND NOT CORPORATIONS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS DIEGO. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT LAX FOR 33 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO PASS THE ORDINANCE THE LIVING WAGES ORDINANCE, EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE WE CAN NO LONGER PAY FOR ANYTHING, SUCH AS GAS, RENT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE A DAUGHTER, SHE IS ILL SHE IS IN GUATEMALA AND MY WAGES DO NOT ALLOW ME TO PAY FOR HER MEDICATION FOR HER DOCTOR. SO I AM HERE TO PLEASE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AND THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND TIME. >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP A FEW MORE NAMES, ARMANDO, BARBARA SHULTZ, CAESAR GUERA. >> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. >> Translator: GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS LAURA ESQUIVEL. I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT LAX FOR 23 YEARS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE WORKERS. TOGETHER WE MADE HISTORY. BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. I URGE YOU TO PASS THE LIVING WAGES ORDINANCE TODAY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THAT IS THE WAGES THE WORKERS EARN--THAT WORK IN THE OLYMPICS. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: THE ECONOMY NEEDS TO GROW AND YOU NEED WORKERS TO DO THAT. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WERT ECONOMY OF THIS CITY. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE LIVING WAGES. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: MOST LAX WORKERS ARE TENANTS AND WE NEED TO HAVE A HEALTHY HOME. >> Translator: SO I URGE YOU. >> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Translator: TO GO PUT THIS ORDINANCE TODAY WE NEED IT. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: GRACIAS. >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? >> Speaker: MY NAME IS BRIDGET I'M SPEAKING ON 45. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: NOW HOUSING I'VE BEEN ON THE HOUSED ON LAMP SPECIAL PROGRAM MENTAL AND FOR THE LAST YEAR, MY MANAGER HAS LIED ON ME ABOUT NOT PAYING MY RENT AND I HAVE BUT ANYWAY, THEY TAKE SECTION 8 MONEY AND DENY THE MONEY THEIR MONEY. WHY IS IT STILL MANAGEMENT WHEN THEY LIE TO GET THE TENANTS. WHO PROTECTS THEM ONCE THEY GET HOUSED? WHAT AGENCY, I KNOW PEOPLE'S CONCERNS HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING FROM ME. MY ADVOCATE FROM SECTION 8. THEY JUST TELL YOU TO MOVE. FOLKS CANNOT AFFORD NO ATTORNEY. THAT'S A LIE TOO, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSEYOU DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA OF A WORD BEING SET >> City Attorney: HEY, SPEAKER WHICH ITEM OR ITEMS DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL JUST GIVE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SURE YOU HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK IMELDA PADILLA FOR COMING TO LAX AND SEEING THE DAY OF AN AIRPORT WORKER, IT'S VERY HONORING AS AIRPORT WORKERS TO SEE CITY COUNCIL TO COME OUT AND SEE WHAT WE DO. YOU SHOULD COME OUT ON A DAY OF WORKER. I'M A SECURITY MONITORING AGENTS AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF LOCAL WWW AND WE AND WE REPRESENT 5,000 WORKERS. WHAT ISN'T CERTAIN IS THAT WORKERS WHO MAKE WORKERS FUNCTION, NEED A RAISE AND ANY RAISE GOES INTO ECONOMY. WE SPEND IT ON NECESSITY. ECONOMIC STUDY CAME OUT THAT MS. TRACI PARK ASKED FOR AND RAISING THE WAGE WOULD BENEFIT THE WHOLE ECONOMY TOO. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PASS THIS, THIS MONTH, SO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR ENTIRE CITY CAN START TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF OUR ECONOMY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 45. I'M BARBARA SHULTZ THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WITH LEGAL FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES AND STAY HOUSED L.A. TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS AGO, COUNCILMEMBERS RAMAN, BLUMENFIELD, HERNANDEZ, HUTT AND YAROSLAVSKY BROUGHT A MOTION FOR A RIGHT TO COUNSEL ORDINANCE AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT IT IS TIME, IT IS TIME TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE TODAY AND YOU DON'T NEED ANYMORE AMENDMENTS TO THIS ORDINANCE, IT'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH. WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS SOME CONCERN OVER THE REMEDY SECTION, IT NEEDS TO BE WITH THE FINE TERMS SO IT SHOULD SAY TENANTS UNDER 80 PERCENT AMI, BECAUSE IT'S FOR TENANTS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF L.A. WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: HELLO SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 45 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M NICHOLAS I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH BABSETIC LEGAL SERVICES I'M HERE GIVING LEGAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON LEGAL COUNSEL. I SPENT YEARS ON DEPARTMENTS TENANTS STRONGLY SUPPORTS CODIFYING THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL AND PASSING THE ORDINANCE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER AMENDMENTS. IN MY TIME WORK WITHING TENANTS I SAW THE MASSIVE DIFFERENCE THAT WORKING WITH AN ATTORNEY WITH MAKE. TODAY, MAJORITY OF TENANTS FIGHTING FOR THEIR HOUSING DOES NOT. ALL TOO OFTEN WHAT DID HE SIDES THEIR CASE INSTEAD OF THE FACTS AND THE LAW. EVICTIONS ARE FAST PACES AND INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC SITUATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ONE BRIEF EXAMPLE. A FEW YEARS AGO, I REPRESENTATIVE A TENANT IN DEFENDING AN ILLEGAL EVICTION, LESS THAN SIX MONTHS LATER, HER LANDLORD TRIED TO EVICT HER AND THIS TIME THE LANDLORD WAS ABLE TO FILE BECAUSE SHE DID NOT GET A PAPER IN TIME SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET A LAWYER IN TIME. SHE DID CONTACT HER OFFICE AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORKING THE SITUATION OUT BUT MANY TENANTS DO NOT GET THAT CHANCE. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KEEPING HER HOME AND HOMELESSNESS. PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND REDUCE EVICTIONS, THAT'S WHY I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND URGE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE YES WITHOUT ANY FURTHER AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL CALL MORE TIMES. LUCIA MANDI. >> City Attorney: HI, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 45 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: INNER LAW CENTER SUPPORTS THE CODIFIED, IN CITY AFTER CITY WHO HAVE ADOPTED, IT HAS BEEN REDUCING NUMBER OF EVICTIONS AND TODAY HOPEFULLY THEY JOIN THE BENEFITS. FOR YEARS I WORKED AT A ATTORNEY. BEFORE MY CLIENT'S CASES WERE CALLED I WOULD SIT IN THE OTHER ATTORNEYS IN THE WELL OF COURTROOM AND WATCH EACH CLIENT GO BFT EVICTION MATTER. PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY PACE THE LANDLORD ALONE. THEY WERE OFTEN CONFUSES ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE CASE AND THE RULES OF THE COURT. AFTER A QUICK HEARING, THEY'RE QUICKLY SHUFFLED OFF THE COURT AND OFFERING FAVOR THE LANDLORD AND MERE DAYS BEFORE THEY'RE FORCED ON THE STREETS. HOWEVER WHEN THE CLIENT DID HAVE AN ATTORNEY, THEY HAD SOMEBODY WHO LISTENED AND ADVOCATE AND SHARE THEIR STORY WITH THE COURT. THEY OFTEN WON THEIR CASES OUT RIGHT ENSURING THAT THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR HOME. LET ME BE CLEAR IT MAKES A LIGHT AND DAY IN DIFFERENCE, THEY'RE VERY I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NIGHT AND DAY. I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: WE WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT STATE WIDE TENANT PROTECTIONS OR THE RIGHT TO PAY. WHICH WOULD ENSURE TENANTS WHO ARE PAY THEIR RENT AFTER THEIR THREE-DAY EXPIRES ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO, ENSURING THAT THEY AVOID EVICTIONS WHILE MAKING THE LANDLORD HOME. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: MR. GREENSPAN, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL YELLOW LIGHTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: PLEASE, GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: FIRST OF ALL, HO, HO, HO, MERRY CHRISTMAS. TT A SPENDING DAY TODAY. WHAT ARE WE SPENDING ON? SKATING FACILITY, HEY, LAST TIME I HEARD WE WERE A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE RED? WHERE DO WE HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND WHEN WE'RE A BILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT? I REALIZE THE PUBLIC SYSTEM CANNOT TEACH A RITHMETIC. AND THE PROOF WAS IN THE PUDDING. THE PENSION FUND CONTRIBUTION HOW CAN WE SPEND MONEY ON HOMELESSNESS ON ANYTHING, POLICE FIRE, WHATEVER, I HATE TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS WITH ALL OF THESE EXPENDITURES. MAYBE WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE OLD PASSION WAY OF PAPER PAYCHECKS. BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH THE PAPER IT'S PRINTED ON. ALL YOUR CHECKS ARE GOING TO BE WORTHLESS. AND BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE PAID SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT HOUSING 4,000 A YEAR PER PERSON. JUST OFF CAMPUS AT UCLA THEY'RE RENTING OUT ROOMS, PRIVATE ROOM IS 1500 A MONTH. SO JUST TO LET YOU NOI HOW MUCH OVER SPENDING YOU GUYS ARE DOING, I'M COMPARING UCLA FA TERNITY. SOMEBODY'S GAOT SOME VERY STICKY HANDS, THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT IT. VERY STICKY HANDS. AT LEAST THE GREENDAY, THAT DOES NOT COST TEN CENTS, LET THEM PAY THE 50,000, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT ANYWAY. NOW PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE COMING ACROSS JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH NEXT MONTH. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S GOT A CERTAIN MEANING TO ME AND ONE OF THE THINGS ARMANDO SAID, SEND THE ISRAEL BACK TO ISRAEL, AND I SAY, GIVE THEM THE LUNCH, FROM THAT DOCTRINE OF GOING TO HELL FOR FOR EATING MEAT. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO APPEASE A FALSE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE AND WAY BEFORE JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH, BECAUSE NOBODY WILL I APPEASE TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S DOCTRINE, NOW THEY GIVE CLAM KHAUDER. KEEP IT OUT OF OUR JEWISH DELIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THIS YEAR I'M NOT GOING TO FLORIDA. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU MR. GREENSPAN AND THE NEXT SPEAKER? >> Clerk: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MORE NAMES, MANNY MORALES, MARINA DIAS. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SPEAKER WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ITEM 45. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I'M LAW CENTER REPRESENTING OUR TENANTS WITHOUT LAWYERS I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM 45 TO ESTABLISH A RIGHT TO COUNSEL. THIS IS A REALLY ESSENTIAL MEASURE TO ALLOW FOLKS IN TH*R HOMES AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT THIS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> City Attorney: HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEM DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> Speaker: MY CASE NUMBER IS 24STUD93. I'M BEING EVICTED BY LIVING BY AN ILLEGAL ADU ON DECEMBER 23, 2023. THERE IS SMOKE SCREEN AND MIRROR. THE OWNER SAYS I'M AN BLACK ANGRY WOMEN, SHE DOES THAT SO SHE COVERS THAT SHE OWES TAXES. DITTO DITTO TO ALL THE COMMENTS. I SHOWED UP IN COURT WITH ALL THE CIVIL CODES AND ALL THE ORDINANCE AND VIDEO PICTURES AND THE JUDGE SAID, THIS IS MY COURT, I MAKE THE LAWS, OVERSEES. OOH THAT WAS ONE MINUTE. >> City Attorney: YEAH. THANKS. SORRY. TIME IS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. HI SPEAKER, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: HELLO, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 45. >> City Attorney: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: I WORK AT SAGE AND WE FIGHT FOR TENANT RIGHTS. EVERY DAY, I SEE THE FEAR AND CONFUSION WHEN THEY RECEIVE AN EVICTION NOTICE. MOST OF THEM DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND MANY HAVE NEVER STEPPED IN A COURTROOM BEFORE AND ALMOST NONE OF THEM CAN AFFORD AN ATTORNEY. MEANWHILE LANDLORDS MANY OF THEM OWN MULTIPLE PROPERTIES WHO KNOW HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM AGAINST VULNERABLE TENANTS. THE RESULTS ARE FAMILIES ARE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. THE INJUSTICE IS STAGGERING, WHEN TENANTS HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION, BUT HERE IN L.A., OVER 90 PERCENT OF TENANTS DON'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL, WE WANT TO PASS IT AS IT IS. TENANTS NEED THIS NOW. AT THE, THIS IS JUST ABOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION IT'S ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED, PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS AND KEEPING HOMES. >> City Attorney: WE'VE EXHAUSTED PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: OKAY. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEMS 6 AND 12 TO FRIDAY MAY 2, 2025 AND ITEM 22 TO TUESDAY MAY 6th, 2025. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW WHERE ITEM NUMBER 56 CLOSE SESSION. >> I. Padilla: I WANTED TO CONTINUE ITEM 6 FOR A MONTH. >> Clerk: YES. AND THAT WOULD BE FRIDAY MAY 2, 2025. >> I. Padilla: THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> Clerk: AND TO REITERATE THE CONTINUES, REQUESTS TO CONTINUE 6 AND 12 TO FRIDAY MAY 2, 2025. AND ITEM 2, EXCUSE ME MAY 6. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I ALSO ASK THAT WE CONTINUE ITEM 5 UNTIL MAY 6 AT DVS'S REQUEST. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. >> >> N. Raman: CAN I ASK TO CONTINUE 46, TO NEXT TUESDAY. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT WOULD BE APRIL 8, 2025. THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER CLOSE SESSION ITEM. >> Council President: AND THAT IS CALLED SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS. >> Clerk: YES FOR QUESTIONS. >> Council President: SO LET'S TAKE UP ITEM 56. OH IT'S CLOSED SESSION? SHOULD WE COME BACK TO THAT? LET'S GO THROUGH OTHER ITEMS BEFORE WE GO TO CLOSED SESSION THEN. WHAT ELSE IS IN OPEN SESSION THAT WE CAN ADDRESS? >> Clerk: IN OPEN SESSION, THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ITEMS 25, 29 THROUGH 41 AND 44, 46 THROUGH 48 AND ALL REITERATE. 25, 39 THROUGH 41, 44, 46, 47 AND 48. >> Council President: OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. YES, MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: I CALLED NUMBER 45 SPECIAL. >> Council President: 45 IS CALLED SPECIAL FOR QUESTIONS, LET'S NOT TAKE THAT ONE. JUST THE OTHER ONES YOU ADDRESSED. >> Clerk: AND I'LL REITERATE THAT AGAIN. AND THOSE WOULD BE THE COUNCIL IS VOTING ON 25, 39 THROUGH 41, 44, 46 THROUGH 48. >> Council President: OKAY. AND YOU DID NOT SAY 43? OKAY. >> Clerk: SIR, ITEM 46 IS CONTINUED. SO 25, 39, 40, 41, 44, 47 AND 48. >> Council President: OKAY, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. COLLEAGUES DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO THESE ITEMS? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEMS 1, 7 THROUGH 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 AND 21, 23 AND 24 TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY AND TO CONFIRM ITEMS 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, AND 24. AND TO RECEIVE AND FILE, ITEMS 14, 17, AND 20 IN AS MUCH AS THE LIENS HAVE BEEN MADE. PAID. >> Council President: OKAY, ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS, SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT IS NEXT BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEMS 2, 3 AND 4 CALLED SPECIAL FOR COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WHERE MOTION 2 A AND 3 A HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED AND POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: OKAY. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO THESE ITEMS? SEEING NO MEMBER ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: AND SIR IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE MOTION, IS THERE A FIRST AND A SECOND FOR THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMEND ASING --RECOMMENDATIONS OF BUILDING AND SAFETY. >> Council President: SO MOVED? >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND? >> Council President: THE BUILDING AND SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WERE JUST VOTING ON. MS. RODRIGUEZ SECONDS. OKAY. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW WHERE NUMBER 42 AS AMENDED BY YAROSLAVSKY BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: OKAY, ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEM 43 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: I CALLED 43 AND 49, UNLESS OTHER MEMBERS WANTED TO HAVE THOSE SEPARATE, THAT'S FINE. OKAY, WE'LL TAKE THE TWO TOGETHER. I GUESS I'LL GUESS US STARTED. I WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION RELATED TO THE A LLIENT SETTLEMENT. MANY PENDING ISSUES. MANY HAVE BEEN MOVING INTO INTERIM SITES AND BUILD THE ROAD MAP AGREEMENT. BUT WHAT IS MISSION THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT THE BEDS. CURRENTLY THE COUNTY WITH THE ALLIANCE IS ONLY COMMITTED TO PAYING FOR 3100 INTERIM BEDS. MANY OF US SUBMITTED PROPOSALS BUT WE CANNOT MOVE THAT FORWARD BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINITY. AND SOME MAY NOT MOVE FORWARD IF THEY DON'T MEET THE JUNE 207, DEADLINE BUT WE CAN MEET THE DEADLINE IF WE PUSH FOR SOLUTIONS THAT MAY NOT JUST BE INDIVIDUAL MOTEL ROOMS. THIS MAY NOT BE PRETTY BUT THERE ARE LOW COST OPTIONS, COST AFFECTIVE OPTIONS AND COUNCILMEMBERS WILL NEED TO BE VOCAL ABOUT WHAT MORE WE CAN BUILD TO GIVE IN OUR FISCAL RESTRAINTS THIS. WAS ONE PART OF THE ALLIANCE M.O. U AND IT TOOK A VERY LONG TIME. IT'S GREAT TO SEE GREATER COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY, WE DO NEED TO SEE REIMBURSEMENT FASTER. AND YONGE WITH THIS I WANTED TO BRING TO OUR A TENG, THAT IT'S ALL HANDS-ON DECK AND WE NEED TO ACT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE ALLIANCE OBLIGATIONS, THAT'S WHY I CALLED THOSE SPECIALS BUT WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. MS. RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MR. BLUMENFIELD. I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE CAO. >> Council President: OKAY, IF WE CAN HAVE THE CAO COME TO THE TABLE. >> Speaker: MEGHAN FROM THE OFFICE OF CAO. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, MEGHAN. SO YOU KNOW, THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD ABOUT TEEING US UP ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION. THERE IS A LOST MOVING PARTS. THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MULTI DISCIPLINARY TEAMS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY HAS PROPOSED IN RESPONSE THAT THEY WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, CORRECT? SO THAT WE COULD OPERATE. OR BASICALLY LEVERAGE THESE RESOURCES. MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT IT IS PROPOSED THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE OUR INTERMEDIATEARY. WE KNOW THAT LAHSA HAS A REPEATED HISTORY OF FAILING TO EFFECTIVELY PROVIDE US THE DATA THAT WE'RE SEEKING IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE ENGROSSED IN AND SO HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU, ESSENTIALLY WITH THAT INTERMEDIATEAIRY HOW DO YOU PROPOSE BEING THE STRUCTURE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM US SO WE CAN IN TURN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THESE ARE COUNTY FUNDED TEAMS THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO BE OUT THERE, GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT EVERY ONE DEPLOYING, ALL OF THESE OUT REACH TEAMS, EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY? HOW DO WE, HOW DO YOU PROPOSE, IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION FOR EACH OF OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICES GIVEN THAT YOU GOT ALL OF THESE COMPETING OUT REACH FEMALES WHETHER IT'S CIRCLE OR WHATEVER INDEPENDENT CONTRACT THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY A DISCRETIONARY FUND TO ALL THE LITANY OF PROCESS. HOW DO YOU PROPOSE THIS IS GOING TO WORK? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SO UNDER THIS PROPOSED STRUCTURE, THE OUT REACH FOR THOSE 34 COUNTY FOUNDED OPERATING EXCLUSIVELY IN THE CITY WOULD BE CORD --COORDINATED ON A WEEKLY BASE. SO COUNCIL OFFICES WILL BE ABLE TO TO PROVIDE A LIST OF PRIORITY LOCATIONS TO THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR, USING A 15-TAB CALENDAR AND THEY WILL PRIORITIZE THE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES WHICH ADMINISTERS THE CONTRACTS WEEKLY. ALSO ON A WEEKLY BASE, THE COUNTY DHS WILL INFORM THE CITY REGARDING WHICH OF THE PRIOR LOCATIONS WERE VISITED BY THE MDTs AND WILL ADDRESS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NDT DEPLOYMENT. SO THE STRUCTURE RECOMMENDS UP TO WEEKLY MEETINGS BETWEEN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SATISFY, THE R O.C.s AND THS AND THE PROVIDER SUPERVISOR FOR THE FIRST WEEKS OF IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE CADENCE TO BE REVISITED AFTER. USING DATA ON DASH BOARDS WHICH COULD BE FILTERED TO SHOW THE ACTIVITIES. AND IN THE COORDINATION, MEETINGS, COUNTY DHS WILL REVIEW THIS DATA WITH COUNCIL OFFICES TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNTY DHS WOULD ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THE TEAMS THAT THEY ADMINISTER ARE ENTERING THE NECESSARY DATA IN HIS SO IT'S DISPLAYED ON THE OUT REACH DASH BOARDS. >> M. Rodriguez: SO WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SMFT INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED IN THESE BEDS AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, ARE YOU GOING TO BE TRACKING? ARE THEY GOING TO ESSENTIALLY KIND OF JUMP THE QUEUE IN TERMS OF GETTING ACCESS TO THOSE DMA BEDS THAT THE COUNTY COMMITTED? DO WE KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING TO WORK? >> THAT IS NOT CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF THIS STRUCTURE? >> M. Rodriguez: SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOLD DMH ACCOUNTABLE? WERE THEY COMMITTED TO 3000? >> YES. >> M. Rodriguez: 3000 BEDS FOR SUBSTANCE AND MENTAL HEALTH, THEY HAVE NOT TOLD US WHERE THIGHS BEDS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC'S PURPOSES, THE COUNTY HAS NEVER TOLD US WHERE THEY EXIST AND ACCESS THEM. HOWEVER THEY'RE GOING TO USE THEIR MDT TEAMS WHICH INCLUDE SOMEBODY FROM DMS AND MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE PLACEMENT HOW DO WE ACTUALLY TAP AND ACCESS THOSE MENTAL HEALTH BEDS? HAS THAT BEEN ESTABLISHED AS OF YET? >> SO AS PART OF THE STRUCTURE, BECAUSE OUR COUNTY DHS WILL BE IN THOSE MEETING. WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. SO THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WE CAN COULD BE STUSED IN THOSE MEETINGS IN TERMS OF PLACEMENTS AND ACCESS TO BEDS. >> M. Rodriguez: OKAY. BECAUSE THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO STILL INTEGRATE WITH LAHSA, WHICH HAS AS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK THROUGH IN ITEM 38 WITH THE A, HE A ACCOUNT WE CONSTANTLY FUND LAHSA TO GET NO DATA FROM THEM IN A TIMELY FASHION, MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE YOU GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ENSURE, YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE, 'CAUSE YOU WERE GOING O USE MEMS, AND I DON'T TRUST IT BECAUSE LAHSA HAS FRANKLY FAILED TO IN GENDER TRUST REPEATEDLY. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A BACK UP OF HOW YOU MAINTAIN TRACKING THIS DATA BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE LAHSA IS NOTHING BUT A BLACK HOLE THAT IS REALLY GOOD AT CASHING OUR CHECKS. HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT, DO YOU HAVE A BACK UP PLAN IS MY QUESTION. IN TERMS OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO TRACK THE PLACEMENTS, BECAUSE FRANKLY LAHSA SUCKS AT IT. >> SO THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY IS THEY'LL ENSURE THAT THE OUT REACH TEAMS WILL BE ENTERING NECESSARY INFORMATION INTO HEIM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE RAISED WITH THEM AS PART OF THE COORDINATION. IT IS CON TEMPLATED WITH THIS STRUCTURE, THAT REPORTING WOULD BE THROUGH, WOULD BE ABLE TO BE VIEWED THROUGH THESE OUT REACH DASHBOARD. HOWEVER THE OR BE ABLE TO RAISE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THEM. AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT COUNCIL OFFICES WANT TO SEE BUT THEY ARE NOT SEEING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THOSE MEETINGS. >> WELL I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HOW WE'RE GOING TO. OF BOTH YOU'RE PRIORITY AND WE SHOULD ESTABLISH SOME KIND OF STANDARDIZATION FOR TRACKING WHERE OUR PRIORITIES WHAT THE OUTCOMES WERE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ITEM 38 WITH ALL THE LITANY OF BLANKS WHERE THERE IS SUPPOSE TO BE DATA, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ACTUALLY GETTING THE DATA AND VERIFYING THAT THE WORK IS GETTING DONE AND WHILE WE HAVE THIS COMMITMENT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THE COUNTY'S FEET TO THE FIRE ON HAD AS WELL. BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS NOT TO TRUST LAHSA TO TRACK IT BUT WE HAVE TO INDEPENDENTLY TRACK IT TO WHETHER IT'S HOVER AND 210 FREEWAY. IF HA ENCAMPMENT WAS RESOLVED WHERE DID THOSE INDIVIDUALS, NO DIFFERENT INSTRUCTION FROM WHAT WE GAVE FOR INSIDE SAFE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO DO THE APPROPRIATE ACCESS. S I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THAT IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR OWN WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE ASSOCIATED WITH PACK, WHERE THEY WERE DISPATCHED AND THE AS A RESULTS OF THAT IN REALTIME. THERE IS BEEN FAR TOO MANY EXAMPLES OF MILLIONS BEING SQUAUNDERED AND ALL OF THESE FALSE PROMISES TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP ALL OF THESE ADDITIONAL OUT REACH EFFORTS WITHOUT SHOWING THE RESULTS. AND SO FOR THAT, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE CAO'S OFFICE TO START FIGURING OUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I KNOW IN TANDEM, WE HAVE TO CENTRALIZE THIS WORK AND I KNOW THE CAO KIND OF DEFAULT HAS BECOME THE HOMELESSNESS CZAR TO HELP TRACK IT. BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU HAVE TO START, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME METHOD OF TRACKING WHAT THEY'RE WORK IS BECAUSE AT THIS TIME, LAHSA IS NOT GOING TO TELL US AND WE CANNOT JUST BLINDLY TRUST ANYBODY ANYBODY WE'RE GOING TO BE HELD IN THE BACK. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK? >> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS MATH. ON PAGE 5, OF THE REPORT IT SAID EACH EMT IS REQUIRED TO ENGAGE WITH TWO MINIMUM PER WEEK. SO TWO PER WEEK, I THOUGHT THEY HAD 40-HOUR WORKWEEK. WHAT ARE THEY DOING THE REST TIME? >> AGAINSTINGER MEGHAN WITH THE CAO'S OFFICE, SO THE TWO PER WEEK IS AT MINIMUM. SO WHEN COUNCIL DISTRICT PROVIDE THEIR LIST OF PRIORITY LOCATIONS, THEY'LL PROVIDE AS MANY PRIORITY LOCATIONS AS THEY WOULD LIKE, SO AS THOSE TIME FOR THE MTEs, IT'S EXPECTED THAT THEY WOULD VITA ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS, AS TIME ALLOW. SO SO A MTs ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW-UP WITH PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELENESS AS PRIOR LOCATION AS NEEDED. THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE OUT REACH IS, IS VERY INVOLVED. SO THE IDEA WITH THE MINIMUM OF TWO PER WEEK ARE THOUGHTS THE FLOOR AND THEN DEPENDING ON EACH OF THE PRIORITY LOCATIONS, MDTs WOULD VITA ADDITIONAL PRIORITY LOCATIONS. BUT IT IS EXPECTED THAT M T.D.s SPEND ABOUT 5 PERCENT OF THEIR 4046 HOUR WORKWEEK IN THE FIELD AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE FOLLOW AND TRANSPORTING PARTICIPANTS TO APPOINTMENTS, SO DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT REQUIRED BY EACH LOCATION THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL PRIORITY LOCATIONS. >> T. Park: SO SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SETTING THE BARLOW WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO WORK 75 PERCENT TIME IN THE FIELD. THE PURPOSE IS TO CONNECTIONS TO HOUSING, ASSISTACE AND OBTAINING NEEDED DOCUMENT, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH ASSESSMENT, ET CETERA. IS THAT IT? IS THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GO OUT AND DELIVER THOSE SERVICES TO PEOPLE ON THE STREETS? IS THERE POINT TO GET THE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND INTO APPROPRIATE CARE BASE SETTINGS. SO THEY PROVIDE SERVICE AND DISCOVERED BUT ALSO FOCUS ON CONNECTING XWIENTS AND ALSO TO OTHER COUNTY SERVICES AND OTHER COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES. >> T. Park: WAS WE'RE ALREADY DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS, WE ALREADY HAVE OUT REACH INCLUDING COUNTY TEAMS THAT WE WORK WITH THAT ARE ALREADY DOING ALL THF AND FRANKLY GETTING NOWHERE. IS THERE A METRIC OR SOMETHING THAT IS BEING BAKED IN HERE TO EVALUATE, THE SUCCESS OF THIS SET BASED ON PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY NEED PEOPLE. AND CARE FACILITIES WITH THE REHAB THAT WE NEED. ARE WE MEASURING THAT OR ARE WE GOING OUT AND TALKING AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES TO LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE. THAT SEEMS TO BE ALL WE'VE DONE SO FAR. >> SO THE METRICS THAT WILL BE TRACKED WILL BE ON THE. SO THAT WILL BE UPDATED WEEKLY AND COUNTY DHS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO TALK THROUGH THOSE METRICS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO THE HOPE IS, THAT YOU KNOW, BY HAVING THIS COORDINATION, PROVIDING THOSE PRIORITY LOCATIONS AND HAVING COUNTY DHS PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS, THAT COUNCIL DISTRICTS WILL GET THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY NEED ON THAT OUTCOME OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS. >> T. Park: OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHERE ARE THESE TEAMS NOW? >> SO I BELIEVE IT'S ATTACHMENT 2 IN THE REPORT THAT SHOWS THE ALLOCATIONS OF THE TEAMS PER COUNCIL DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE SERVICE PROVIDER. >> T. Park: ARE THEY UP AND FUNCTIONING, WORKING RIGHT NOW? >> THEY ARE, YES. >> T. Park: I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ME MINE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF THEM. OH GOOD, IT'S NOT JUST ME. THIS CART IS BFT HORSE ALREADY, HOW DO WE FIND THEM AND GET AHOLD OF THEM AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THEIR DOING? >> OUR REGIONAL TEAM WILL BE REACHING OUT TO EACH OFFICE TO START THESE WEEKLY COORDINATION MEETINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS AND THE MEETINGS WILL BE ON GOING BEFORE THE FIRST SIX WEEKS THAT WILL BE DETERMINED WHAT THE CADENCE IS GOING FORWARD. SO THIS OUT REACH STRUCTURE WILL PUT ALL OF THAT INTO PLACE SO THAT COUNCIL DISTRICTS CAN START PROVIDING THIS PRIORITY LOCATIONS TO THE MDTs SO AND GETTING FEEDBACK ON THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS. >> T. Park: OKAY, THANKS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: PASS. >> Council President: OKAY, ANY OTHER SPEAKER ON THE QUEUE ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE WILL OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE RECORD, THOSE WILL BE ITEMS 43 AND 49. >> Council President: OKAY, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY ASK THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER 45 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE FOR QUESTIONS AND POSSIBLE AMENDMENT. >> Council President: OKAY, MR. LEE. >> J. Lee: SORRY. ITEM NUMBER 45, THERE IS--. THIS SECTION 166.04 UNDER REMEDIES ON THIS ITEM, I'M INTRODUCING WHAT I HOPE WILL BE ACCEPTED AS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO REMOVE SOME OF THE AMBIGUITY IN FRONT OF THE WORD TENANT JUST TO ADD THE WORD ELIGIBLE IN BOTH TENANT IN BOTH OF THOSE. >> Council President: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN THIS IS YOURS, TAKEN THIS FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? >> N. Raman: YES, WE CAN ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> Council President: MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: I GET IT T MR. LEE, ARE YOU--GOOD. OKAY. >> Council President: SO YOU WANT TO ADD THAT FORMALLY. >> H. Soto-Martinez: YES, PLEASE. >> Council President: SO WTHOUT OBJECTION, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT INCLUDES MR. LEE AND MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. SO, ELIGIBLE TENANT AS DEFINED BY 80 PERCENT AMI, CORRECT? OR BELOW, 80 PERCENT OR BELOW. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: JUST WANTED TO STAND UP AND SAY, IF THERE IS NO OTHER AMENDMENT, I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE PARTNERS ON THIS ORIGINAL MOTION COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD YOU WERE A BIG PART OF IT. ACTUALLY PAUL KORETZ BEGAN THIS PROCESS MANY YEARS WHEN HE BEGAN TO TALK RIGHT TO COUNSEL, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM KICK START THISING PROCESS AND TO THANK EVERY ONE ELSE WHO WAS ON THIS MOTION WITH ME AND BRINGING IT TO FULL COUNCIL AND I HOPE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON ESTABLISHING A VERY IMPORTANT SERVICE HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. >> Council President: THANK YOU. OKAY. MS. RAMAN. XRA*M I WANT-- >> N. Raman: I ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU'RE STILL HERE. THIS STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH THE COALITION, BUT IT ANOTHER COMMUNITY EFFORT THAT BROUGHT US TO THIS MOMENT WHICH WAS THE PASSAGE OF ULA, WHICH IS FUNDING, WE PASSED THE MOTIONS, WE PUT THE ORDINANCE BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU ALL. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, FOR THE RECORD, THE MEATER BEFORE COUNCIL IS ITEM NUMBER 45 WHICH MOTION LEE SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT IS BEFORE US, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, AND TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER ITEMS 54 AND 56 WHICH WERE HELD ON THE DESK AND THE SETTLEMENT FOR THE CASE OF 54 THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND ONE MILLION, 1 19, 887 PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST AND FOR THE ITEM 56 MARK VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES EXPEND UP TO 13,700,000 IN SETTLEMENT. THERE IS NO LONGER A REQUEST TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, SIR. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, WE HEARD THESE TWO SESSIONS IN BNF ON MARCH 15th AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> Council President: OKAY, HAVING HEARD FROM THE BFI OPEN THE ROLL, AND CLOTHES ROLL. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW CONSIDER AMENDING 38C, AND 38D AND AMENDING MOTION 38D, BLUMENFIELD RAMAN. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT WE'VE GOT THIS ITEM BEFORE US WITH SEVERAL AMENDING MOTIONS, I THINK WE'RE UP TO E OR F. LET'S BEGIN WITH THE CHAIR WOMAN OF THE COMMITTEE JUST TO WALK US INTO THIS DISCUSSION. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE NEW TO THE HAE PROCESS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH MAKING PAYMENTS FROM FOR RELATED TO THE INSIDE SAFE PROGRAM. WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. I THINK THIS ENSURES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PAY OUR PROVIDERS MILLIONS FOR SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO TUESDAY BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT THIS COUNCIL IS REALLY ABLE TO ENSURE THAT AS WE MOVE INTO A TIGHT FISCAL YEAR AND AS WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN FOR HAVING THE MOST NUMBER OF BEDS POSSIBLE AS WE'RE RESPONDING TO THE ISSUES BROUGHT UP BY THE ALLIANCE SETTLEMENT, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION AND, OPERATIONAL THOUGHTFULNESS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY THAT MEET THE GOALS OF THAT SETTLEMENT AND THAT BRING AS MANY PEOPLE INDOORS AS POSSIBLE. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THE COMMITTEE WHO EN GAINLD, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO AND BLUMENFIELD AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNCIL WHO SAT IN THIS COMMITTEE FOR A LONG TIME AND LOOKED AT THE PROCESS AS WE MOVED FORWARD. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD. >> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE LEASING THE 46 MILLION, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ONE CITY PROGRAM. AND FIRST AND FOR MOST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE NOT CARRYING ANY DEBT SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT THEY ARE OWED GETS OUT THE DOOR. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SURE THAT SERVICE WRITERS ARE DOCUMENTING THEIR SERVICES A RENDERING IN A WAY THAT IS PRODUCING RESULTS. THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED ALL THE AMENDMENTS TODAY THAT WE'RE WERE INTRODUCED FOR MORE DETAILS AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT IT'S ALSO WHY WITH COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN WE INTRODUCED TO HOLD QUARTER THREE ADVANCES, NOT THE MONEY THAT IS OWED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS GREATER INVOLVEMENT OVER THE LIMITED FUND DOLLARS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE FOCUSED ON THROUGH PUT AND CITY CERTIFIES SERVICES. THEY MAY MOVE TO ANOTHER INTERIM SITE IN THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE TO CONTINUE FUNDING MOTELS WITH BOOKING AGREEMENT. THE FIX CAUSE FOR HEA23 IS THE 12 MILLION FOR QUARTER TWO AND THREE. THE PART THAT WE'RE HOLDING BRIEFLY IS THE Q3 ADVANCE IN LAHSA ADMIN TO ENSURE THAT WE SEE THE INVOICES SO WE CAN VERIFY THE SERVICES AND GREATER COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT OVER THE BUDGET. AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A TRANSITION PLAN NOT ONLY FOR THE BEDS BUT FOR THE PEOPLE. WE NEED A PLAN THAT LOOKS AT THE NUMBER OF OPTIONS, A TIME LINE A MORE DETAILED BUDGET AND A SUSTAINABLE PLAN THAT ADDRESSED THE HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY AND OUR FISCAL CRISIS. THE CURRENT CITY, THE CITY CURRENTLY FACES FUNDING GAPS FOR EXISTING BEDS, A GAP WE'LL NEED TO FILL EVEN AFTER WE USE UP OUR HALF DOLLARS AND SOME PROJECTS ARE HALTED UNTIL MORE FUND ISING IDENTIFIED. WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE FUNDING WILL COME FROM AND PART OF THE SOLUTION IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ONE HOMELESS PLAN. AND WHILE WE DO THIS, WE'RE NOTE AND FIEG THE BUDGET REPORT BUT CLUTING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CAO TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE REPORT BACK. THAT'S WHY THAT INVOLVES. AND I URGE AN AYE VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU MR. BLUMENFIELD. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. MR. BLUMENFIELD, MS. RAMAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENT THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING AND MR. BLUMENFIELD, THANK YOU FOR SECONDING MY AMENDMENT. MY FRUSTRATION ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS OPERATED IS OBVIOUSLY NO SECRET. THE FACT THAT WE ARE ACCEPTING AFTER THE BUDGET COMMITTEE GAVE A VERY CLEAR INSTRUCTION ABOUT THE DATA THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE PROVIDED TO THIS COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO THE INSIDE SAFE OPERATIONS AND THAT THESE REPORTS STILL HAVE A LITANY, GOING BACK FOR OVER A YEAR OF BLANK SPACES. WITH PENDING INFORMATION, ONLY UNDER SCORES THE FAILURE FOR LAHSA TO GIVE US REALTIME DATA, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND GIVEN THIS FISCAL CRISIS, BY THE WAY, HAPPY NATIONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH, OKAY. WE ARE IN A FISCAL CRISIS. AND YET, WE HAVE NOT CUT OFF THE SPICKET FOR FUND THATING CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND PUT A GUN TO OUR HEAD SAYING, WELL IF WE DON'T PAY THE ROOM ALL OF THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ALL OF THESE ROOMS ARE GOING TO GO UNDER. THAT WAS NOT THE WAY THIS WAS INTENDED. AND THE FACT THAT THESE REPORTS CONTINUE TO COME BACK, WITH BLANKS, WHERE INFORMATION IS SUPPOSE TO BE PROVIDED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, THAT ARE BEING HOUSED. LIKE WE'RE ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS. MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ AMENDMENT IS NO DIFFERENT FROM OTHER THE AMENDMENTS, REPEATEDLY, THEY'RE JUST NOT GETTING ANSWERED. HOW OFTEN ARE YOU GOING TO ACCEPT THEM BLOWING YOU OFF AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. HOW MANY MORE AUDITS DO YOU NEED? HOW MANY MORE EXAMPLES DO YOU NEED THAT NOT ONLY IS THIS COST PROHIBIT, 351 DAYS TODAY THE MAYOR IN THE STATE OF CITY ADDRESS SAID THAT INSIDE SAFE NEEDED TO BE RECALIBRATED AND YET, NOT A SINGLE THING HAS CHANGED. THE MAPS THEMSELVES SHOW YOU THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN EQUITABLE CONTRIBUTION ACROSS THIS CITY. WE SEE THE EXIT RATES, THAT GIVE US ALL OF THE RED FLAGS ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE. WE SEE THE FACT THAT THIS IS GOING TO OBLIGATE US FOR FUTURE OBLIGATIONS OF MORE THAN 61 MILLION DOLLARS. IT NEEDS TO STOP. SOY APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT FOR WHICH YOU INTRODUCED AMENDMENT 38E, I APPRECIATE THAT. FOR ME THAT IS A MARKED NOTE OF PROGRESS FROM WHERE WE HAVE BEEN. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S STILL FOR ME, A YEAR LATE. THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE BEEN IN HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING COMMITTEE AND THERE IS NO INFORMATION. EVERY ONE IS I'LL GET BACK TO YOU, IT'S VERBAL REPORTS, THEY DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS THIS COUNCIL THE EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE IDEA OF WHAT IT COSTS INSIDE SAFE TO HOUSE INDIVIDUALS, IS EX ORB NANT AND OFFENSIVE TO ANGELINOS THAT SURVIVE ON FAR LESS. WE TOENT HAVE THE MONEY TO CONTINUE TO ENABLE THIS. AND RIGHT NOW AS THE COUNTY IS CONTEMPLATING ABOUT CONVERSATION ABOUT PULLING THEIR MONEY OUT OF LAHSA. A YEAR AGO, I INTRODUCED A MOTION, AND I'M WAYING --WAITING FOR REPORT TO COME BACK HOW CAN WE CENTRALIZE. WE CAN NO LOANINGER HAVE THIS MULTIPLE SILO ENVIRONMENT THAT IS COSTING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THAT WE FUND LAHSA THAT TELL US, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. THAT WE GIVE TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH INSIDE SAFE TO SAY WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. ONLY TO JUST FORCE THIS COUNCIL'S CONTINUE TO FUND THIS FAILURE. SO, I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS AND THE SPIRIT WITH WHICH WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD. I RECOGNIZE WHERE THE VOTES ARE, I WILL JUST CONTINUE TO VOTE AGAINST IT, BECAUSE IT'S AN INSULT TO THE INTELLIGENCE OF TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE DEMANDED FWRAITER ACCOUNTABILITY. WE'VE HAD MUTT TIBL AUDITS, PUBLICLY DISCLOSED, SAYING HOW AGRECIOUS THIS EXPENDITURE HAVING. IT'S ALL THE SAME SERVICE PROVIDERS. JUST AS I LOOKED AT THE LAST ITEM, THE LAST ITEM, IT'S ALL THE SAME PEOPLE. JUST GETTING DIFFERENT FROM A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY AND NOTHING IS CHANGING. THIS COUNCIL HAS TO CHANGE COURSE NOW AND WE HAVE TO FORCE CHANGE IN THAT CONVERSATION. SO, I KNOW, WHERE I STAND, I'VE BEEN IN THE SAME POSITION ADVOCATING FOR THIS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. I'M A NO-VOTE ON CONTINUING TO FUND THIS EFFORT BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN ZERO RECAL BRACING AND THE MAYOR SAID 351 DAYS AGO THAT IT NEEDED TO CHANGE. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE CHANGE. WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO FUND IT. I URGE YOUR NO-VOTE. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER LEE? >> J. Lee: THANK YOU, WOULD IT BE TO ASK THE CAO A QUESTION? MATT, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONSUMPTION ON EXACTLY, WHAT WE'RE APPROVING FUNDING FOR IN THIS HEA, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE US SOME CLARITY WHAT ARE WE ABOUT TO APPROVE THESE FUNDS FOR? >> SO WE'LL BE APPROVING FUNDING FOR QUARTERS ONE AND QUARTERS TWO OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. AND THEN IN THE REPORT, IT'S, CALLED AN ADVANCE FOR QUARTER THREE, THE QUARTER THAT JUST ENDED. BUT AT THIS POINT, IT REALLY ISN'T AN ADVANCE BECAUSE, WHERE THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED IN JANUARY AND IT'S NOW, APRIL, THE QUARTER 3 IS COMPLETE AND THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. SO THE QUESTION AROUND WHETHER WE HOLD BACK THE MONEY FOR QUARTER 3 IS NOT A REQUEST ABOUT HOLDING BACK IN ADVANCE, IT'S WHETHER WE'RE HOLDING BACK PAYMENT FOR WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR QUARTER 3. >> J. Lee: SO SERVICES WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO APPROVE ARE FOR SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN BEEN PROVIDED THAT WE ENTERED INTO AN OBLIGATION TOWARDS? >> THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE C A O REPORT RECOMMENDS FUNDING QUARTER 1, QUARTER 2 AND QUARTER 3, FOR WORK THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. SORRY, I APOLOGIZE, NOT QUARTER 2. THANK YOU. >> KENDRA LEA WITH THE CAO'S OFFICE. THE 27 MILLION IN RECOMMENDATION 1-C, REPRESENTING FUNDING FOR THE REMAINING ESTIMATED COST FOR QUARTER 1 IN THE AMENDMENT OF 10 MILLION DOLLARS. IN ADDITION TO THE QUARTER THREE ADVANCE OF 14 MILLION DOLLARS. IN ADDITION TO THE ADMIN ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TWO COSTS. FOR THE TOTAL AND THE REPORT OF 27. MILLION DOLLARS. --27.7. >> J. Lee: SO COLLEAGUES, I SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ HOW THE CITY HAS BEEN SPENDING MONEY ON THESE SERVICES FPT BUT WHAIBL WE HAVE BEFORE US IS THE OBLIGATIONS SERVICES THAT WE ALREADY AGREED TO PAY AND THAT'S WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US. NOTHING FOR FUTURE, I KNOW IT SAYS FUTURE BUT THIS IS, TO FUND FOR THE SERVICES ALREADY RENDERED. >> AT THIS POINT, CORRECT. >> J. Lee: THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER LEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY I WANT TODAY GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT ALSO. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT WE ALL COMPLAIN ABOUT IN THE CITY IS THAT WE DON'T PAY OUR VENDORS FAST ENOUGH. SO I'M NOT IN A POSITION NOT GIVING MONEY FOR SERVICES THAT ALREADY A SO I'LL BE A NO ON E. BUT I AGREE WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. I GET THAT THERE IS A LOT OF FRUSTRATION,s IT IS A FRUSTRATING ISSUE, HOMELESSNESS IS A COMPLICATED THAT INVOLVES A LOST DYNAMIC, I DON'T HAVE TO FWET INTO IT BUT IT INCLUDES OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND EVERYBODY IS DEAL WITH IT DIFFERENTLY. THE REASON WE'RE FUNDING THIS IS DESPITE OF IT. IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT IS WORKING RIGHT NOW FOR MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS. I TALKED TO MY HOMELESSNESS TEAM EVERY WEEK, EVERY TWO WEEKS, WE'RE LOOKING AT NUMBERS, AND I HEAR SOME CHUCKLES FROM MY COLLEAGUES SO I ASK THAT WE BE RESPECTFUL. EVER SINCE WE TOOK OFFICE, I HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT ENCAMPMENT, WE KNOW THAT NUMBER, THAT'S THE WORK MY TEAM HAS DONE. WE'VE DONE MANY INSIDE SAFES WITH A 99 PERCENT ACCEPTANCE RATE AND THAT'S THE WORK THAT I STAND BYE-BYE MY TEAM. I HAVE PUT THE RESOURCES OF MY TEAM TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND I CAN LOOK AT THE DATA, IF YOU WANT IT I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU. AND THE REASON I SUPPORT IT, IS BECAUSE IT'S WORKING. AND ONE THING THAT I RAN ON AS A COUNCILMEMBER, IS THAT I WOULD NOT LIE TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WAS NEEDED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I THINK OFTEN TIMES, WE THINK THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET SUCCESS BY FUNDING RATES AT 80 DOLLARS PER NIGHT, WE'RE KIDDING OURSELVES, WE'RE KIDDING OURSELVES, THE ISSUE IS SO MUCH BIGGER. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE PUT PER BED, ARE WE TO GO MENTAL HEALTH AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS. SO I DON'T, I AM NOT AT THE POINT THAT I'M SO FRUSTRATED THAT I'M A NO-VOTE ON THE ONE PROGRAM. WES, WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER. BUT LET'S NOT THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATH WATER IN THIS MOMENT. WHEN WE'RE FEELING FRUSTRATION, LET'S WORK THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE THE CHALLENGE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS 15 PERSPECTIVES HERE, AND WITH 15 DIFFERENT COUNCILMEMBERS. BUT SOMEBODY WHO HAS REALLY DUG IN WITH THIS ISSUE, I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT AGAIN. I REPEAT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORKING IN THE CITY OF L.A. AND IF IT'S NOT WORK, I'M HAPPY TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT MY TEAM HAS DONE ESPECIALLY WITH THIS PROGRAM. I HOPE FOLKS CAN VOTE YES ON THIS ITEM. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER LEE ALREADY THE ASKED THE QUESTION, I WAS GOING TO SAY, MR. CAO, HAVE WE ALREADY EXPENDED THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY? >> THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE CAO REPORT. I'M MAKE AGO THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CAO REPORT AND THE AMENDMENT. SO DEPENDING ON THE COUNCIL'S ACTION ON THE AMENDMENT BUT YES, THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. THE QUESTION IS, WHETHER THAT WORK FOR QUARTER 3 IS FUNDED TODAY OR WHETHER IT IS NOT FUNDED TODAY. >> A. Nazarian: OKAY, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MAKING CHANGING, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE NEW QUARTER WITH THE BUDGET. BUT NOT PAYING SERVICE PROVIDERS OR THOSE THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYED OR FWOT INTO AN AGREEMENT W I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE THREE MONTHS. DURING AN ECONOMIC ALREADY A CALAMITY THAT WE'RE FACING TO NOW RENEGE ON OUR COMMITMENTS, I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I'M REALLY CONFUSED. BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT 30-80 HOLDS BACK ADVANCES FOR Q3 NOT PAY FOR SERVICES. I'M HEARING ONE THING FROM A COLLEAGUE AND A DIFFERENT THING FROM YOU. AND WE KEEP ASKING THE SAME QUESTION A MILLION DIFFERENT WAYS. >> SO ALLOW ME, SO THE SO IT IS AN ADVANCE BECAUSE THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED IN JANUARY. SO IT WAS AN ADVANCE FOR QUARTER 3. QUARTER 3 BEGAN IN JANUARY. IT IS NOW APRIL, ALTHOUGH IT IS CALLED AN ADVANCE, IT IS NO LONGER AN ADVANCE, IT IS IT WOULD BE PAYMENT TO LAHSA FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR WORK DONE IN QUARTER THREE. SO IT'S JUST THE TIMELINE ISSUE, IT'S CORRECT, IT IS CORRECT. IT IS HOLDING BACK WHAT IS AN ADVANCE BUT THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION MADE IN JANUARY. IT'S NOW APRIL, SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. QUARTER THREE IS DONE. THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. >> K. Yaroslavsky: AND WE'VE BEEN BILLED FOR IT? >> WE HAVE NOT BEEN BILLED FOR IT. WE HAVE NOT BEEN BILLED. >> N. Raman: SO FOR QUAERT THREE WE HAVE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM LAHSA WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ASKING THE FUNDING, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE ACTUAL EXPENSES FOR QUARTER 3. THEY HAVE STATED PREVIOUSLY THAT THEY WOULD BILL FOR THE QUARTER WITHIN 60 DAYS. FOR QUAERT --QUARTER 3, THE INVICE WAS RECEIVED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. SO IT'S FURTHER ALONG BUT WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED THE QUARTER 2, THESE ARE SUBMITTED TO LAHT FOR REVIEW OF THE ACTUAL COST AND THEN COMMITTED FOR FINAL'S. SO WE WOULDN'T RECEIVE THE ACTUAL QUARTER THREE BILLING UNTIL MAYBE 60 DAYS WHICH IS AT THE END OF MAY. >> K. Yaroslavsky: DOES THAT PROVIDE ENOUGH TIME? GIVING INFORMATION? I THINK WE JUST WANT INFORMATION THAT HELPS US MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS GIVEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DOLLARS RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST, THAT'S A STATEMENT, I GUESS. LOOK, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. >> I. Padilla: NEVER MIND. AGAIN, I THINK I'M PRETTY SENTIMENTS TO I I YAROSLAVSKY. WE NEED AN ANSWER TO THAT TO REALLY HELP US ON THAT VOTE. IN MY DISTRICT, INSIDE SAFE HAS WORKED, SOME OUT TEACH TEAMS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. AND THOSE WHO ARE BETTER, ARE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OUR FUNDING AND THEY HAVE RECENTLY BECOME MORE EMPOWERED TO START QUESTIONING THE COUNTY FOR THEIR PIECE OF THE PIE IN ORDER TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. BUT THEN THERE IS JUST THIS WEEKEND, ANOTHER ONE OF MY SERVICE PROVIDERS, WHO IS IN MY OPINION SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST BEEN USED TO HE LEKTD JUST RUBBER STAMPING THE MONEY POURING OUT BUT NEVER WANTS TO WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL OFFICE METHOD OF ACCOUNTABLE OR WE ASK THEM TO COME IN ON A BIMONTHLY HAS THE AUDACITY TO COME TO MY CLEAN UP I GUILT TRIPPED THEM ABOUT CLEANING. THEY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, THAT THEY COULD HAVE ASKED US AN EMAIL. I BRING THIS UP SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIVERSITY OF HOW PEOPLE ARE ACTING ABOUT IT. THIS IS ATTACHED TO A TIME LINE, CAN YOU GIVE US BETTER ANSWERS THAN 60 DAYS OR THIS REPORT IN 60 DAYS SO WE CANNOT HOLD SOME FUND BACK BEFORE WE'RE READY TO GIVE IT OUT? >> THE ANSWER TO THAT, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THIS AND MORE AS THIS COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING THE 25-26 BUDGET WITHIN THAT TIME. >> I. Padilla: OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. JUST TO CUT THROUGH THE CHASE, I'LL BE SUPPORTING 38E. I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S TOUGH THAT WE'RE FWG TO APPROVE AND APPROPRIATE NEARLY NEARLY 30 MILLION DOLLARS OF 26 HA COULD BE BUILT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M FRUSTRATED, THE BUILT, IS IT NOT BUILT? THE ADVANCES, I GET WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR SERVICES BUT WHAT IS A LOT MORE FRUSTRATING IS THE INFORMATION OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN. AND IN OUR HOMES, WE KNOW, LIKE I JUST DID A BUNCH OF PLUMBING WORK IN MY HOUSE AND THEY CUT A BIG OL' HOLE IN MY WALLS AND THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE IT AND THEN THEY CALLED AND SAID, YOU OWE US X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND CONNIE AND I SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY YOU ANYTHING UNTIL YOU FINISH THE JOB. FILL THE WHOLE IN THE LAUNDRY, I REALIZE THAT IT'S EASIER TO RESOLVE A HOLE IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM THAN HOMELESSNESS BUT IF WE SPEND A COUPLE OF INTENSIVE MONTHS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND WE GET SHINED ON AND THEN WE GET THE BILLS WHICH CALLS ITSELF AN ADVANCE. AND LET'S BE REAL SIMPLE, THERE IS NO WAY TO TAKE POLITICS. WE'RE GETTING BLOWN OFF THE HOUSE IN THE BUILDING. IF WE ASK FOR A SET OF INFORMATION, WE SHOULD GET THE INFORMATION. WE ARE SPENDING THE PEOPLE'S MONEY AND IT'S HARD THAT SOMEBODY HAS TO WAIT FOR MONEY THAT THEY'RE OWED BUT WE'VE FWOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PLAN GOING FAR. WE CANNOT SPEND $300 BUCKS FOR A BED THAT NO ONE IS BILING LYING WE NEED TO RETAIN SOME LEVEL OF BEING THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY. AND ON THIS ISSUE, WE HAVE NOT EXERCISED THAT. WE JUST NEED TO BRING IT BACK. SO I'M GOING TO BE YES ON 38E AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. McOSKER, BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTION THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL GAVE, WHEN APPROVING INSIDE SAFE, FOR THIS YEAR, WAS PRECISELY TO GET THAT INFORMATION THAT WE WOULDN'T BE OBLIGATED AND HAVE ALL OF THESE BILLS PAID OUT THAT OUR HAND IS FORCED. BUT AGAIN, THE CART IS BEFORE THE HORSE AGAIN. BASICALLY, EVERYBODY WENT BACK INTO JUST STATUS DWO. --QUO. SPENDING THE MONEY AND FORCING THE COUNCIL'S HAND TO PAY THE BILLS WITHOUT ANY REPORTS BACK THAT ARE BLOWING THIS COUNCIL OFF WITH A BUNCH OF PEND ING, ALL THE DATA THAT THEY PROMISED THIS THIS COUNCIL SAID WE WANT TO SEE BEFORE WE GIVE YOU ANOTHER PENNY TO SPEND. AND THEN WHAT HAS BEEN ENABLED NOW, SINCE JULY 1, IS JUST ALLING THE SPENDING. AND NONE OF THE DATA, SO WEAVED INTRODUCED ALL OF THESE STUMENTS TO TRY TO RECAPTURE THAT AND I GET IT, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN THE BENEFICIARY OF MA --MONOPOLIZING, I GET T.BUT THE REALITY S THIS IS A CITY WIDE PROBLEM AND ALL OF THESE TAXPAYERS THAT WE ALL REPRESENT COLLECTIVELY, DON'T WANT TO SEE GOOD MONEY SPENT AFTER BAD. AND WE KNOW THAT THE COST OF INSIDE SAFE OPERATIONS ARE UPWARD, JUST FOR THE ROOMS THAT WE CANNOT GET CONFIRMATION OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE OCCUPIED OR NOT. OR FOR WHAT LENGTH OF TIME. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT, THIS IS A PROBLEM AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS BEEN ZERO RECAL BRACING, THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SAID IN THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, WE WANT THIS DATA BEFORE YOU GO OUT AND SPEND ANY MONEY BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN. AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND MS. RAMAN AND MR. BLUMENFIELD HAS ENGAGED IN TO TRY TO PUSH BACK. BUT THEY CONTINUE TOTEM US TO POUND SAND, BY FORCE THISING COUNCIL'S HAND TO JUST PAY THE BILLS AGAIN. WITHOUT ANY CHANGES RECAL BRACINGS TO HOW THE WORK IS GETTING DONE. SO, I FULLY EXPECT WHEN YOU PAY THESE BILLS, THE 60 DAYS WILL COME AND GO AND EVERYBODY IS EXPECTED TO JUST PAY THE BILLS FOR THE NEXT QUARTER. BECAUSE NOTHING IN THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WILL HAVE CHANGED BY THEN. SO THEN YOU'LL ALL COME BACK AND THEN SAY, YOU'LL WASH YOUR HAND, OH DAM, I WISH THEY WOULD CHANGE THIS. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! WE ARE IN A FISCAL CRISIS THAT NO LONGER AFFORD EVERY ONE TO BURY THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND. WE HAVE TO CENTRALIZE AND DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY HERE. HOW MANY MORE AUDITS DO WE NEED? SO, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT IT'S COME A LONG WAY, BUT WE ARE NOT FAR ENOUGH AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO FUND THE FAILURE PARTICULARLY OF MANY OF THE SAME SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT CONTINUE TO GET CONTRACTS THROUGH EVERY OTHER WHICH WAY, THESE ARE THE SAME SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE JUST GOING TO GET FUNDED THROUGH MEASURE A IN A DIFFERENT FORM, TT IS SOME OF THE SAME GAME. SO AGAIN, IT'S WITH GREAT HOPE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES THAT COME IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS, I WILL NOT HOLD MY BREATH. BUT WE CAN, IF EVERY ONE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO LIE TO THEMSELVES FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENTCY ENABLE THE SPENDING, WE'RE GETTING ZERO DATA AND RESULTS IN RETURN. TO ME, I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE TAXPAYER THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH THIS. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: JUST TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE I NUMBER OF KLAOE,Z THIS IS MILD AMENDMENT, THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT GOING TO PROVENT ANY SERVICE PROVIDER FOR DOLLAR FOR SERVICES THEY'VE ALREADY DONE. AS YOU STATED AT THE TABLE, WE'RE NOT GETTING RECEIPTS FOR QUAERT 3 UNTIL SOON, WE'RE STARTING TO GET RECEIPTS AND YOU GUYS ARE STILL PAYING QUARTER 1 AND 2, SO WE HAVE AT LEAST 60 DAYS BEFORE YOU EVEN DREAM OF THESE PAYING THESE BILLS. SO LET'S BE CLEAR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS NOT GOING TO HURT ANY SERVICE PROVIDERS BECAUSE, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T DO T THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET PAID UNTIL, AT LEAST 60 DAYS, THEY WERE JUST STARTING NOW TO PAY QUARTER ONE. THAT'S THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS. I WANT US TO BE CLEAR FPT WE WANT OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BE PAID AND INSIDE SAFE TO BE AFFECTIVE. THIS IS NOT AN INDICTMENT ON INSIDE SAFE, THIS IS MERELY TRYING TO GET THE PLAN AND TO GET THE DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR MANY MANY TIMES. SO WITH THAT, I ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? >> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DID JUST WANT TO SAY IF WE'RE VOTING ON AMENDMENT 38E, WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A FRIEND HEE AMENDMENT D, PROVIDE A TIME LINE AND METRICS THAT WILL BE REPORTED TO MONITOR PROGRESS OF DEMOBILIZATION ENSURING THAT PARTICIPANTS ARE MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND NOT BACK TO THE STREETS AND CLARIFYING WHERE INSIDE SAFE FUTURE INSIDE SAFE OPERATIONS WILL BE UTILIZING ROOMS AS PART OF THIS. SO THAT'S JUST. >> B. Blumenfield: I'LL TAKE THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> N. Raman: THANK YOU. AND I'VE LISTENED TO THIS CONVERSATION, I'VE WORKED VERY VERY HARD TO ENSURE THAT PROVIDERS ARE GETTING PAID IN A TIMELY FASHION, A LOT HAS BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES WORK WITHING LHD AND C A O TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SPEEDING UP PAYMENTS AND TO MAKE PROVIDERS WHOLE, I'VE ARGUED INCREASE TO PROVIDERS BECAUSE I VALUE THE WORK THEY DO AND I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH AND TRUST IN OUR HOMELESS PARTNERS. BECAUSE I SEE THEIR WORK IN THE STREETS IN MY DISTRICT AND I SEE THEIR WORK IN THE METRICS THAT WE'RE REVIEWING AS PART OF OUR COMMITTEE. AND AND I RECOGNIZE, THAT WE MUST PAY THEM IN A TIMELY FASHION ABSOLUTELY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN A HUGE ADMIRER IN GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS INTO SAFETY. FROM THE DAY ONE, I ADMIRED THE FOCUS THAT INSIDE SAFE HAS ON THAT, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT FRANKLY THE HOPELESS SERVICE SYSTEM FOR TOO LONG LAPPED. THE HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM HERE IN LOS ANGELES LET PEOPLE STAY ON THE STREETS. AND INSIDE SAFE HAD A CITY WIDE WAY CHANGED THAT APPROACH AND I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THAT AND I REMAIN COMMITTED TO THAT BEING A CENTRAL PART OF THE WAY IN WHICH WE DO OUR WORK. THIS AMENDMENT, WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH PAYMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO PROVIDERS AT ALL. IF YOU NOTICE, YOU'LL NOTICE WE'RE PAYING BILLS FOR QUARTER ONE AND TWO, WHICH WE GOT WELL AFTER THOSE QUARTERS ENDED. AND FOR QUARTER THREE, WE'LL DOT SAME THING, THAT'S HOW THESE PAYMENTS WILL WORK. IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE'LL FOLLOW. I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING ADVANCES. BUT THIS WILL NOT PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO PROVIDERS AND I WILL NEVER SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT DID THAT. WHAT I DO THINK IS IMPORTANT THOUGH, AS WE'RE FACING A FISCAL CRISIS, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT A FUTURE TO ARGUE OVER EVERY DOLLAR AND WHERE IT GOES IN THE CITY. I REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO CHAIR LOOK ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE THAT I CAN HAVE AS MANY BEDS PRESERVED AND FULFILLED THE TERMS OF THE AILMENT POSSIBLE AND I NEED TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME AND YOU NEED TO HAVE IT FRONT OF YOU AS WELL. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IN THIS AMENDMENT. IT IS NOT REALLY DESIGNED TO BE A CONFLICT OR IN CONFLICT WITH ANY OF THE WORK THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS RIGHTLY TAKEN. IT'S NOT DESIGNED TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE WORK, IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE US BETTER AT DOING THE WORK THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF TO YOU VOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER PARK. >> T. Park: THANK YOU. MATT, CAN YOU JUST TELL ME, QUARTER 1 INCLUDES WHAT MONTH? >> QUARTER 1 IS JULY THROUGH OCTOBER. >> T. Park: SO WE HAVE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED? >> EXCUSE ME? >> T. Park: QUARTER 1 IS JULY TO OCTOBER LAST YEAR, THAT WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND WE HAVE AN INVOICE. >> SO IT'S JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. >> T. Park: ALL RIGHT, JULY TO SEPTEMBER AND QUARTER 2 IS OCTOBER TO? >> THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER, OKAY. >> T. Park: AND SO QUARTER 3 IS JANUARY TO THE END OF MARCH? >> YES. >> T. Park: SO ALL THF IS FOR WORK ALREADY PERFORMED? ALREADY PROVIDED AS A YESTERDAY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST TAI OF MARCH RIGHT? >> YES. >> T. Park: OKAY, I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MEMBERS I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS WELL. LOOK, I I AM SET ON THE HOUSING AND HOMELENESS COMMITTEE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, MAYBE IN EXCESS OF A YEAR AND HEARD ALL THE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHAT REPORTS WE NEED WHERE TRANSPARENCY DATA WE NEED. AND I WOULD SAY BOTH THINGS ARE TRUE. IT IS TRUE THAT WE DID NOT ALWAYS GET THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED FOR, BUT IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT WE KEPT MOVING THE BALL. SO EVERY OTHER MONTH WE WOULD ASK FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THERE IS A LOT TO GO AROUND IN THAT. THE THE MONEY DOES NOT GET SPENT WITHOUT OUR VOTE. SO WHATEVER WE NEED WE NEED TO GET THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM. BUT I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT NOTHING IN 38E HOLDS UP MONEY FOR WORK THAT ALREADY DONE. >> SO WE PROVIDED ADVANCES. I'M GOING TO BAUNG FOR ONE SECOND. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE HEARING IN COMMITTEE AND THIS BODY ON HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT PROVIDERS ARE PAID IN A TIMELY MANNER. ONE WAY THAT WE DO THAT, IS THAT WE PROVIDED ADVANCES TO LAHSA WHICH PAYS THE PROVIDER, THEY HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH THE PROVIDERS AND THEN WE'RE BILLED AND WE RECONCILE ON THE FACTUALS AFTER THE FACT. THE DOLLARS IN THIS REPORT, COVER WORK THAT AS OF TODAY WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE. MR. BLUMENFIELD IS CORRECT, WE HAVE NOT BEEN BILLED FOR QUARTER THREE WE WILL AT SOME POINT GET BILLED FOR QUARTER THREE AND WE WILL THEN RECONCILE AND PROVIDE THE ACTUALS. BUT WHAT WE TO IS PROVIDE AN ADVANCE SO THAT LAHSA ALREADY HAS THE MONEY AND CAN DISBURSE IT TO THE SERVICE PROVIDERS ONCE THE WORK IS DONE. THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND FOLKS, ARE WAITING, OUR WAITING FOR PAYMENT. SO, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT, NO QUESTION ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY UNDER THE BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS, THE ADOPTED BUDGET SO WITHHOLD THE PAYMENT IN THIS MANNER. WILL WE GET BILLED FOR ACTUALS TOMORROW? NO, WE WILL NOT. IT WILL STILL BE SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE WE GET BILLED FOR THE ACTUALS. BUT IT AS RELATES TO HOW WE MANAGE THE MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT PROVIDERS ARE PAID IN A TIMELY MANNER, WE DO THAT THROUGH ADVANCES. SO THIS REPORT IN JANUARY RECOMMENDED IN ADVANCE FOR WORK ANTICIPATED TO BE DONE IN QUARTER 3. QUARTER 3 IS NOW DONE, THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE. SORRY I HAVE A LONG ANSWER TO YOUR QUE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO THIS REPORT HAS ALL BEEN DONE. >> Council President: OKAY, LET ME ASK THE SAME QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY. BASED ON WHAT IS BEFORE US, LET'S ASSUME COUNCIL ADOPTS WHAT IS BEFORE US. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE A LIKELIHOOD THAT A BILLING FROM AN ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO SHOW UP TO LAHSA AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE TODAY? >> HIGHLY LIKELY. >> >> Council President: HIGHLY LIKELY. >> YES. >> Council President: BASED ON WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE ADVANCES. SO BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS DONE IN ARREARS, THE WORK IS DONE, THE WORK IS COMPLETED, THE WORK IS BILLED TO LAHSA, LAHSA THEN SEND A BILL TO LA HD, THE WHOLE PROCESS, THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE MULTIPLE WEEK EARLIER. SO JUST TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND RECONCILIATION THAT TAKES TIME. TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICE PROVIDERS CAN GET PAID IN A RELATIVELY TIMELY MANNER. >> Council President: AND LET ME STOP YOU, BECAUSE THIS TERM ADVANCE IS PART OF THE REASON THAT I'M CONFUSED. WHEN YOU SAY, ADVANCES, YOU MEAN A MONTH OF WORK IS GOING HAS BEEN DONE NA ANTICIPATION THAT THE BILL IS GOING TO WORK, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT'S NOW APRIL AND WE SEND YOU MONEY FOR JUNE AND JULY. N.PROVIDE AN ADVANCE IN WHAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SPENT. SO THE REQUESTS PROVIDED THE MONEY THAT WE EXPECTED WOULD BE EXTENDED IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH. >> Council President: SO WHEN WE SAY WE'RE HOEDING THE ADVANCE, WE'RE HOLDING MONEY FOR WORK THAT IS ALREADY DONE? >> YES. >> Council President: OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US. >> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, SEPARATE VOTES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR EACH AMENDING MOTION STARTING WITH AMENDING MOTION 38E AND ACCEPTED AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND A FINAL VOTE TO ADOPT THE ITEM AS AMENDED. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL,. >> Clerk: AND THIS IS FOR AMENDING 38E, BLUMENFIELD, RAMAN. >> GOT IT. OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT. >> Clerk: AMENDING MOTION RODRIGUEZ BLUMENFIELD. >> Council President: DIDN'T WE JUST 38E. >> WE DID AMENDING MOTION 38E. THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 38D. >> Council President: D AS IN DANCING? >> Clerk: D AS IN DAVID. >> Council President: OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: AYES. --14 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON AMENDING MOTION 38C. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, ON AMENDMENT C AS IN CAT. CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 14 AYES. >> Clerk: AND FOR THE FINAL VOTE, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 38 AS AMENDED BY 38E AS IN ERIC, 38D AS IN DAVID, 38C AS A IN CAT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THERE IS NO B AND A? >> Clerk: THAT WOULD BE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA ITSELF, SIR. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE VOTE TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13IZES. --13 AYES. 1 NO. >> Council President: NEXT. >> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED AND SEVERAL. >> Council President: ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> K. Yaroslavsky: PLEASE MOVE 43 FORTHWITH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER. >> T. McOsker: VERY QUICKLY. FOLLOW-UP ON THIS BODY WITH THE CHANGE OF SAILING FROM LONG BEACH TO SAN PEDRO BECAUSE MOMENTS LATER, A PRESS RELEASE WENT OUT WITH NO ACKNOWLEDGE OFMENT OF OUR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. AND A MOTION WENT OUT AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY AND JURADO, FOR SECONDING IT. IF NOT, WHAT IS THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION OF LANGUAGE SHALL NOT BE UNREASON A BLUE HELD WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ON, I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE HEADS OF THIS SILENT AND ARROGANT 28. WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR RESOLVING THE DISPUTES. WE'RE ASKING FOR ALL OF THIS TO COME BACK WITHIN 7 DAYS. WE NEED TO FORCE THE FORCE THE QUESTION OR WE'LL BE IGNORED. WE NOT TO BE IGNORED. THIS IS THE ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE NEED TO FIND OUT ABOUT L.A. 28 WHETHER THEY'RE TREATING US AS A PARTNER OR BLOWING US OFF? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? ALL RIGHT, I ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS. ALL RIGHT, ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY LEFT? ADJOURNING MOTIONS TO MY RIGHT? SEEING NONE, THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.