2026-09-29 - City Council
Summary
- Captions: the video's official captions begin at the call to order, about seven minutes in. They do not describe most agenda items, so this summary covers only what was said aloud.
- Opening: the council approved the September 22 minutes and the commendatory resolutions by voice, then took the agenda in three blocks: items 1-30 with public hearings, 31-50 with hearings already held, and 51-70 without. Items 6, 19 and 22 were continued to November 19, item 16 to November, item 23 to November 18 and item 29 to October 18. Tim McOsker moved approval of item 30, a PCN application; Ysabel Jurado moved to receive and file item 14; Imelda Padilla moved to note and file item 12; Heather Hutt moved to adopt item 50 and send it forthwith; Nithya Raman asked to receive and file item 28 because its lien had been paid; liens were also confirmed or filed on items 2 and 13.
- Public comment: speakers in the chamber and by phone addressed items and general topics. Themes included a call for a state of emergency on traffic violence after a teenager was killed by a driver in Council District 8, thanks to Marqueece Harris-Dawson for meeting the family, criticism of spending on a jazz festival and a heritage month celebration (items 53 and 54, $25,000 each, per a caller), questions about how reward offers (item 55) are taxed, opposition to the privatization of an animal shelter, objections to street vacations, and a city employee's complaint that a fraud and abuse report from February had gone unanswered. Callers' claims are theirs and were not verified.
- Consent blocks: items 31-33 and 35-50 passed 11-0 (the later vote was 12-0 with a member added); items 1-5, 8-10, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24-27, 51-58, 62, 65, 66 and 68-70 passed 13-0, and the motions to receive and file items 7, 11-14 and 28 passed 13-0.
- Fire Station 88 Site Ownership: item 59, called special by Raman, funds the environmental review and due diligence for the city to take ownership of the land under Fire Station 88 in the San Fernando Valley, now leased from the Army Corps of Engineers. She said it also preserves an easement along the north bank of the Los Angeles River for a bike and pedestrian bridge over the 405. Passed 13-0.
- Item 30 and item 34: the PCN application passed 13-0, and item 34 passed 13-0 as amended.
- Substitute motions: item 60 (McOsker and Hutt) and item 61 (Soto-Martinez and Jurado, on emergency financial assistance) were each substituted and then adopted 13-0.
- State legislation resolutions: Eunisses Hernandez presented item 63, supporting a state bill that would bar public contracts and tax benefits for private immigration prison operators and create a fund for legal defense; it passed 13-0. Traci Park presented items 64 and 67, supporting Senate Bill 1093 on mobile home park recovery after disasters and a bill on insurance non-renewal notices (with Katy Yaroslavsky), citing the Palisades Bowl; both passed 13-0.
- Close: remaining motions were posted and referred, item 32 went forthwith at Park's request, and the meeting adjourned after a member's remembrance.
Sources
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Transcript
These are the official captions; names and numbers may still be misheard.
Transcript
07:04OkayCouncil President: OKAY,
07:05GOOD MORNING U EVERYONE.
07:08WELCOME TO THE YOUR MEETING OF
07:11YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL.
07:15TODAY IS SEPTEMBER, 29, 2026.
07:17WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC
07:20COMMENT IN TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
07:22AND IN CHAMBERS.
07:27TAKE ROLL PLEASE.
07:27>> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,
07:28HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT,
07:28JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN,
07:29PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN,
07:30RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,
07:30YAROSLAVSKY.
07:3111 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR.
07:31PRESIDENT.
07:31>> Council President: FIRST
07:33ORDER OF BUSINESS.
07:34>> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES
07:35OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2026.
07:37>> Council President: OKAY,
07:39COUNCILMEMBER JURADO MOVES,
07:40COUNCILMEMBER LEE SECONDS.
07:41NEXT.
07:42>> Clerk: COMMEND TORE
07:44RERESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL.
07:45>> Council President:
07:46COUNCILMEMBER PARK MOVES,
07:47COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ
07:48SECONDS, NEXT.
07:49>> Clerk: TODAY IS TUESDAY AND
07:51TIME FOR THE FLAG SALUTE.
07:54>> Council President: IF
07:56EVERYONE CAN STAND FOR THE
07:58PLAGUE SALUTE.
07:59MR. PRICE, CAN YOU LEAD US.
08:01>> C. Price: PLACE YOUR HAND
08:03OVER YOUR HEART.
08:03I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TOLL FLAG
08:05OF THE U.STAITSZ OF AMERICA AND
08:06TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
08:08STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD
08:10INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
08:11JUSTICE FOR ALL.
08:12>> Council President: OKAY,
08:13LET'S RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA.
08:15>> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR.
08:16PRESIDENT.
08:18ITEMS 1 THROUGH 30 ARE ITEMS
08:21FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
08:2331 THROUGH 50 ARE ITEMS FOR
08:25WHICH PUBLIC HAVE BEEN HELD.
08:2651 THROUGH 69 ARE ITEMS FOR
08:28WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT
08:29BEEN HELD.
08:31ITEM 70 ON SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
08:34IS AN ITEM FOR WHICH PUBLIC
08:36HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD.
08:38>> Council President: WITHOUT
08:39OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE
08:40BEFORE US.
08:41DO MEMBERS HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY
08:43WOULD LIKE TO CALL SPECIAL.
08:45STARTING TO MY LEFT.
08:46>> T. McOsker: FOR ITEM 30 I
08:49MOVE TO APPROVE THE PCN
08:52APPLICATION AND ITEM 60 I WOULD
08:53LIKE TO CALL THAT SPECIAL FOR A
08:55SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
08:56THE MOTION HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED.
08:57>> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND FOR
08:59ITEM 30.
08:59>> Council President: I'LL
09:00SECOND.
09:01>> T. McOsker: THANK YOU.
09:02>> Council President: OKAY.
09:05COUNCILMEMBER JURADO?
09:06>> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
09:07I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE AND
09:10FILE ITEM 14.
09:10>> Council President: ITEM 14.
09:12>> Y. Jurado: YES.
09:13>> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO
09:14THAT MOTION?
09:15>> Council President: SECOND,
09:16ANYONE?
09:17OKAY.
09:22THAT'S RECEIVED AND FILED,
09:24COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.
09:25>> H. Hutt: WOULD I LIKE TO
09:26MOVE THAT WE ADOPT ITEM 50 AND
09:31SEND IT FORTHWITH.
09:32>> Council President: MOVE
09:33APPROVAL.
09:34>> Clerk: THANK YOU.
09:35>> Council President: OKAY, AND
09:38WHAT'S, MR. HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ.
09:41SORRY S HERNANDEZ, I DIDN'T SEE
09:42YOU.
09:42>> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I
09:44WOULD LIKE TO CALL 63 SPECIAL
09:46FOR COMMENTS.
09:47>> Council President: 63
09:49SPECIAL.
09:49COUNCILMEMBER LEE.
09:50>> J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR.
09:51PRESIDENT.
09:51I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 2
09:54SPECIAL TO ACCEPT AND CONFIRM
09:57THE LIEN, A MOTION TO CONFIRM
09:59AND ACCEPT THAT LIEN.
09:59>> Council President: OKAY.
10:01WITHOUT OBJECTION.
10:14>> Council President: OKAY, 61.
10:16COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN.
10:17>> N. Raman: I WOULD LIKE TO
10:20CALL 28 SPECIAL TO RECEIVE AND
10:22FILE AS THE LIEN HAS BEEN PAID.
10:25AND 59 SPECIAL FOR BRIEF
10:27COMMENTS.
10:27>> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND FOR
10:2828?
10:34>> Council President: I'LL
10:35SECOND.
10:36OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
10:37>> T. Park: 64 AND 67 FOR
10:41COMMENTS.
10:42>> Council President: 64 AND 67
10:44FOR COMMENTS.
10:48>> Council President: OKAY, AND
10:50ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER
10:52NAZARIAN, I ASK THAT WE RECEIVE
10:54AND FILE FOR NUMBER 8 AND 11.
11:00CAN I GET A SECOND AND 34 I
11:03WOULD LIKE TO CALL THAT SPECIAL
11:04FOR AN AMENDMENT WHICH IS BEING
11:06PREPARED AND CIRCULATED
11:07SHORTLY, THAT WOULD BE 34.
11:09OKAY.
11:17>> Council President: THANK
11:18YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
11:18I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 13
11:22THAT YOU RECEIVE AND FILE IN AS
11:24MUCH AS THE LIEN HAS BEEN PAID.
11:26>> Council President: OKAY, 13.
11:27>> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND FOR
11:29THAT MOTION.
11:30>> Council President: MS.
11:34HERNANDEZ SECONDS.
11:35OKAY, ANYONE ELSE?
11:36WHAT IS BEFORE US.
11:38>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL ARE
11:39ITEMS 31 THROUGH 33, AND 35
11:44THROUGH 50.
11:51>> Council President: OKAY,
11:54WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ARE
11:55BEFORE US.
11:57ANY MEMBER WISH TO SPEAK TO
12:01YELLOW LIGHTSING?
12:03SEEING NONE, OPEN THE ROLL,
12:04CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES.
12:07>> Clerk: 11 AYES.
12:08>> Council President: ALL
12:08RIGHT, THOSE MEASURES ARE
12:10APPROVED.
12:10WHAT'S NEXT.
12:10>> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT,
12:12CONFIRMING ITEM 50 WAS
12:14REQUESTED TO GO FORTHWITH.
12:16>> Council President: YES,
12:17WITHOUT OBJECTION.
12:18>> Clerk: THANK YOU MR.
12:19PRESIDENT, AND FOR ITEM, THIS
12:21ITEM WILL BE HELD OVER TO
12:26TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6th UNLESS
12:28RECONSIDERED WITH 12 MEMBERS
12:29PRESENT.
12:30>> Council President: OKAY.
12:31>> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW
12:32MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:33>> Council President: OKAY,
12:35WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:46MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU READ OUT
12:50THE ITEMS.
12:55>> Clerk: 8331820 AND USE
13:02MEETING ID 1659176148 THEN
13:03PRESS POUND, PRESS POUND AGAIN
13:06WHEN PROMPTED FOR PARTICIPATE
13:07ID.
13:08ONCE COUNCIL ENTERS PORTION OF
13:10THE MEETING.
13:11WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK,
13:13AN AUTOMATED PROMPT WILL ASK TO
13:14YOU UNMUTE.
13:16LET ME REPEAT, CALL TOLL FREE,
13:21833-1820 AND USE MEETING ID
13:23NUMBER AND PRESS POUND, PRESS
13:25POUND AGAIN WHEN PROMPTED FOR
13:27PARTICIPATE ID.
13:28ONCE COUNCIL ENTERS THE PUBLIC
13:29COMMENT OF THE MEETING, PRESS
13:32STAR 9 TO REQUEST TO SPEAK.
13:33WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK,
13:36AN AUTOMATED PROMPT WILL ASK
13:37YOU TO UNMUTE.
13:38>> Council President: THANK
13:39YOU, MR. CLERK.
13:40MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU
13:42PLEASE EXPLAIN THE RULES TO
13:44THOSE CALLING IN TO SPEAK AND
13:45MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER.
13:46>> City Attorney: YES, MR.
13:47PRESIDENT.
13:48TO THOSE PROVIDING PUBLIC
13:50COMMENT, PLEASE LISTEN
13:51CAREFULLY AS THERE ARE A NUMBER
13:52OF NEW INSTRUCTIONS.
13:54TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC
13:55COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO
13:57SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF
13:58THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE
13:59TO SPEAK TO.
14:00YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM
14:01UP TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR
14:04ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
14:06WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA
14:07ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC.
14:09OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS
14:11MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN.
14:11IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF
14:14WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE
14:16ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF
14:17WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL
14:18PRESIDENT.
14:19AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET
14:21IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON
14:22TOPIC.
14:23IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY
14:25OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE
14:27REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND
14:28WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
14:29SPEAKER.
14:30THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC
14:31COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS
14:331 THROUGH 30, AND ITEMS 51
14:36THROUGH 70.
14:37SO AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR
14:38PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA,
14:40ARE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 30, AND
14:43ITEMS 51 THROUGH 70.
14:45MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO
14:47SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR
14:49GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
14:50DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,
14:51MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK
14:52TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING
14:54ELSE WITHIN THE CITY
14:56JURISDICTION, WE WILL TELL YOU
14:57WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
14:58I HAVE A FEW MORE
15:00ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF I CAN HAVE
15:01PLEASE HAVE THE INTERPRETERS
15:03MAKE THIS ONE ALLOWED TO THE
15:04ROOM.
15:05IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH
15:07LANGUAGE INTERPRETER OR ANOTHER
15:09FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER,
15:10PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY
15:12FEW SENTENCES SO THE
15:13INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET.
15:14>> Interpreter: [SPEAKING
15:15SPANISH]
15:26>> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY,
15:27WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE
15:30INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET
15:30THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS
15:32EVERYONE ELSE.
15:32THANK YOU.
15:33>> Interpreter: [SPEAKING
15:34SPANISH]
15:41>> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY
15:43IF AOUFP MADE AN ACCOMMODATION
15:45REQUEST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE
15:47PURSUANT WITH THE ADA OR IF
15:50WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SO, IN
15:51ORDER TO USE THE WIRELESS
15:54MICROPHONE, ONCE YOU HEAR THE
15:57NAME CALLED ALLOWED, PLEASE
15:58PROCEED TO THE CENTER AISLE NOT
15:59THE PODIUM AND RAISE YOUR HANDS
16:03SO THE SERGEANTS KNOW THAT YOU
16:04WOULD LIKE TO USE THE WIRELESS
16:06MICROPHONE.
16:07FINALLY IN ORDER TO RUN AN
16:10EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE
16:11WILL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT
16:13UNTIL YOUR NAME IS CALLED
16:16ALLOWED BEFORE LINING UP TO
16:17SPEAK.
16:19ADDITIONALLY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON
16:20TO VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I
16:22WILL HAVE SEPARATE INSTRUCTIONS
16:23AT THAT TIME FOR ALL CALL-IN
16:30PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
16:31AND WITH THAT WE'LL CALL NAMES.
16:32>> Clerk: IS THERES BEEN A
16:35REQUEST TO CONTINUE 6, 19 AND
16:3722 TO NOVEMBER 19, 2026.
16:40>> Council President: GREAT
16:42WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS
16:43ARE CONTINUED.
16:44JAOT THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
16:54>> Clerk: AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO
16:58RECONSIDER ITEM 1
16:59>> Council President: THERE IS
17:0112 MEMBERS PRESENT, LET'S OPEN
17:03THE ROLE FOR RECONSIDERATION.
17:04OKAY.
17:06CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE.
17:08>> Clerk: 12 AYES.
17:09>> Council President: OKAY,
17:11THAT ITEM IS NOW BEFORE US.
17:13SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE,
17:15WISHING TO SPEAK TO THAT, LET'S
17:17OPEN THE ROLL.
17:23CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE.
17:27>> Council President: OKAY,
17:29THAT IS CLOSED IN.
17:31>> City Attorney: IN LIGHT OF
17:33THE ITEMS THAT WERE CONTINUED.
17:37LET ME REPEAT THE OPEN ITEMS.
17:406, 19 AND 22 WERE CONTINUED
17:43WHICH MEANS THEY'RE NO LONGER
17:45OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
17:46SO THE NEW LIST OPEN FOR PUBLIC
17:48COMMENT IS 1 THROUGH 5, 7
17:51THROUGH 18, 20 THROUGH 21, 23
17:54THROUGH 30, AND 51 THROUGH 70.
17:57AND NOW WE CAN BEGIN CALLING
17:58NAMES.
17:58THANK YOU.
17:59>> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN PUBLIC
18:01COMMENT BY CALLING THE
18:02FOLLOWING NAMES TO PLEASE LINE
18:03UP.
18:06MICHELLE HOPE WALKER, DR.
18:08GABLE, GOAD', CITY ATTORNEY,
18:10JOHNNY HAIL, AND HARRIETTE
18:12ELLIOT.
18:29>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING
18:30WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
18:32>> Speaker: YES, MICHELLE HOPE
18:36WALKER, FOUNDER OF RACISM
18:38AGAINST BLACK WOMEN.
18:39FIRST I WANT TO START OFF BY
18:43SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TO MAYOR
18:45BASS, WHICH IS OCTOBER 3th I'M
18:47HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
18:48AND I HOPE SHE WINS THIS
18:51ELECTION.
18:53AS A BLACK WOMEN AND CIVIL
18:56RIGHTS LEADER, I WANT TO MAKE
18:58SURE THAT RACISM STAYS OUT OF
19:00THIS ELECTION, I'VE BEEN
19:01HEARING SOME OF THE
19:02CONVERSATION SXZ BLACK WOMEN
19:04GET BLAMED FOR JUST ABOUT
19:06ANYTHING, I'VE SEEN MANY MAYORS
19:09COME THROUGH BUT I HAVE NOT
19:12SEEN A MAYOR GET BLAMED FOR
19:15THINGS THAT ARE NOT CITY
19:16RELATED.
19:19KEEPING RACISM OUT OF WOMEN,
19:21AGAINST KAREN BASS BECAUSE SHE
19:23IS A BLACK WOMEN.
19:25AND PLEASE EVERYBODY VOTE.
19:26THERE IS NO WINNER YET, THAT'S
19:29ALSO A TACTIC, CLAIMING A
19:30WINNER BEFORE THE ELECTION,
19:33AGAIN, STOP RACISM BEFORE THE
19:34ELECTION.
19:34THANK YOU.
19:34>> City Attorney: THANK YOU.
19:36NEXT SPEAKER.
19:46>> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC
19:47COMMENT.
19:47>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
19:48MINUTE,
19:48>> Speaker: WE WANT TO OFFER
19:50OUR GRATITUDE TO COUNCIL PRLT
19:52AND THE STAFF TO ADDRESS
19:55CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS OF HIGH
19:57PARK AFTER A DRIVER KILLED A
19:59BOY WHILE HE WAS WALKING WITH
20:04HIS MOTHER AND SISTER.
20:06DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY
20:09ON TRAFFIC VIOLENCE.
20:10AND WE HOPE TO SEE BUREAUCRATIC
20:14REFORM TO BE BUILT EFFICIENTLY
20:17AND EFFECTIVELY.
20:21ALTHOUGH WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL
20:22AND I TRULY MEAN THAT, WE'LL
20:25CONTINUE PAINTING CROSSWALKS
20:27THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES
20:28INCLUDING THIS WEEKEND WITH THE
20:30SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY UNTIL WE A
20:32RECEIVE THESE GOALS.
20:32WE WANT TO RESTORE OUR FAITH
20:35AND THIS CITY'S ABILITY TO
20:37BUILD GREAT WORKS AND PROTECT
20:38THESE PEOPLE.
20:39AND WE HOPE TO WORK WITH THIS
20:42GOVERNMENT TO ACHIEVE THOSE
20:43GOALS.
20:43THANK YOU.
20:44>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,
20:45NEXT SPEAKER.
20:57GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE
20:58MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE
21:00FOR GENERAL.
21:00>> Speaker: THANK YOU, MR. CITY
21:03ATTORNEY.
21:04LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER 60.
21:07ITEM NUMBER 60, IS PROSTATE
21:12CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
21:14I HAVE BEEN ALWAYS STRONG
21:17ADVOCATE FOR OUR PRO STATE
21:22AWARENESS IS BECAUSE OUR
21:25COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BLOOMING
21:27DINGO DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HIS
21:29PROSTATE CANCER.
21:34OUR LAPD OFFICER DUARTE WAS
21:37STRUGGLING WITH HIS PROSTATE
21:40CANCER BUT BECAUSE HE GOT THE
21:42BEST MEDICAL CARE, WHICH IS
21:43CALLED THE DANA CARE, WHERE
21:45SERGEANT DUARTE WITH HIS
21:4724-INCH WAS ABLE TO DEFEAT THE
21:50PROSTATE CANCER AND RIGHT NOW
21:5224 SERGEANT IS UNDER DANA CARE
21:55HAS THE MOST HEALTHIEST
21:56PROSTATE EVER IN THE WHOLE LAPD.
21:59THAT SHOWS HOW VALUABLE OF DANA
22:03CARE MEANS TO CITY OF LOS
22:04ANGELES.
22:04NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
22:08NUMBER 62.
22:10ITEM NUMBER 62 IS ABOUT A
22:14HOUSING FOR TRANSITIONAL AGE
22:18YOUTH.
22:18MR. CITY ATTORNEY, YOU DON'T
22:20KNOW ME, BUT ACTUALLY YOU
22:22ALREADY KNOW ME.
22:22I WAS A TRANSGENDER, CURRENTLY
22:26ACTUALLY, I WENT TO THROUGH THE
22:28TRANSITIONAL PROCESS WHEN I WAS
22:30A TEENAGER BACK IN 1776.
22:34SO WHEN I WAS LIVING IN THE
22:38COUNCILMEMBER UNISSES HERNANDEZ
22:40DISTRICT WHEN I WAS LIVING ON
22:41THE STREET OF THE BLOOM DINGO'S
22:46OFFICE, I WAS CONSTANTLY ASKING
22:49TORT COUNCILMEMBER HOUSING IS
22:51THERE A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
22:53FOR TRANSITIONAL TEENAGERS AND
22:54BOTH OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS
22:56DENIED ME.
22:56THEY TOLD ME THAT TRANSGENDER
22:59TEENAGER NEVER CARE.
23:00I DISAGREE WITH THEM, BECAUSE
23:02EVERY SINGLE TRANSGENDER WILL
23:05ALWAYS HAVE A RIGHT TO USE THE
23:07FEMALE BATHROOM.
23:08NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
23:10NUMBER 68.
23:12ITEM NUMBER 68 IS ABOUT
23:16REVITALIZATION OF THE DOWN FOUN
23:17NEIGHBORHOOD.
23:18SO ME, WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY, I'M
23:21STILL CURRENTLY DATING WITH
23:23GODDESS DANA, SO WHEN WE GO TO
23:25DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES STARBUCKS,
23:27GUESS WHAT?
23:28CLOSED.
23:29WHEN WE GO TO DOWNTOWN TARGET,
23:32GUESS WHAT?
23:33CLOSED.
23:34WHEN WE GO TO DOWNTOWN L.A.
23:39WHATEVER CONDOM SHOP, GUESS
23:41WHAT?
23:41CLOSED.
23:43THE DOWNTOWN IS SO BAD THAT WE
23:46AND GODDESS DANA WE CANNOT HAVE
23:56DISTRICT.
23:58AND ALL COUNCIL PRESIDENT
24:01BLOOMDINGO NEVER CARE ABOUT THE
24:02RIGHT TO HAVE SEX IN PUBLIC.
24:04NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
24:07NUMBER 52.
24:09ITEM NUMBER 52 IS ABOUT
24:13PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL PROJECT.
24:15MANY TIMES THAT I LIKE TO DRIVE
24:18GODDESS DANA AND WE ARE YOU
24:20KNOW, DRIVING AROUND THE CITY,
24:22HOWEVER, IN NUMEROUS TIMES,
24:24THAT THERE IS NO TUNNEL.
24:26WE CANNOT GET THROUGH.
24:28OUR NUMEROUS TIMES THOSE TUNNEL
24:30WITHOUT ANY STREET LIGHTING
24:32WHERE PEOPLE JUST RUN OVER EACH
24:33OTHER LIKE THE PROFESSIONAL
24:36FIGUEROA GANG BANGERS AND THEN
24:37MANY TIMES IN THE TUNNEL, THERE
24:42IS NO 24-INCH SERGEANT PATROL.
24:45SO WITHOUT 24-INCH SERGEANT
24:49PATROL, THEY BECAME THE HIGH
24:51SPEED SPOT FOR GANG BANGOR
24:54ACTIVITIES THAT ATTRACT
24:56INTERNATIONAL GANG BANGERS TO
24:57GANG BANGING INSIDE OF THE LOS
24:58ANGELES TUNNEL.
25:02I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
25:04TUNNELS ARE BUILT CORRECTLY.
25:06>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,
25:07NEXT SPEAKER.
25:08>> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
25:09SPEAKER, I WILL CALL THE
25:11FOLLOWING NAMES TO PLEASE LINE
25:13UP.
25:16JOVA SALAZAR, OJ, JEFFERY B,
25:23OSAMA G, GODDESS DANA, YOU
25:24LIGHT UP MY LIFELIKE NOBODY
25:26ELSE.
25:28AND JOSEPH F.
25:29>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M
25:30SPEAKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
25:31>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
25:32HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD.
25:34>> Speaker: I'M OLIVIA, I AM
25:36SHE, I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE
25:38THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT
25:39ARE OCCURRING IN MY LIFE THAT I
25:41HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IN THE POLICE
25:46COMMISSION MEETINGS.
25:47I HAD A SON, AND HIS NAME IS
25:51OVARN AND WHEN I GOT PREGNANT I
25:54WAS IN A DIFFERMENT PROGRAM
25:56THROUGH THE STATE OF
25:57CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
26:00THAT HAD ME IN A PROGRAM CALLED
26:02VICTORY STARTS NOW.
26:03AND THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM
26:04STARTED.
26:06A CASE MANAGER NAMED CRYSTA, IN
26:08FRONT OF MARIA C, WHICH IS A
26:11SUPREME COURT JUDGE OF
26:12CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES COUNTY,
26:15TO NOT TELL THE JUDGE I WAS
26:18PREGNANT WHILE IN THE COURTROOM
26:19IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE AT THE
26:22DISTANCE OF ME AND THIGH HERE,
26:26SHE TOLD ME TO NOT TELL THE
26:29JUDGE I WAS PREGNANT.
26:30THAT WAS THE FIRST.
26:32SINCE THEN, MY SON WAS WITHHELD
26:36AND KIDNAPPED BY THE PATERNAL
26:38FAMILY.
26:39THEY WENT WITH ME TO GET DNA
26:43TEST THEY DECIDED NOT TO GET
26:44THE DNA AND WHILE I WAS HOLDING
26:47HIM THEY DID AN DNA ON HIM
26:52WITHOUT ME TELLING ME.
26:56TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 29th, MY
26:59PARENTAL RIGHTS ARE SET FOR
27:00TERMINATION.
27:01CAREGIVER.
27:02>> City Attorney: SPEAKER, OUR
27:05KNOW OUR TIMER IS NOT RUNNING.
27:08YOUR ONE-MINUTE HAS EXPIRED.
27:09WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
27:11SPEAKER.
27:15NEXT SPEAKER?
27:20>> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT.
27:22I'M CITY EMPLOYEE AND MY
27:25EMPLOYEE NUMBER, THERE IS A
27:27REAL BIG ISSUE IN THE CITY
27:29SINCE 2017 MAYBE SINCE 2015.
27:33IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I FIRST
27:35REPORTED THIS ISSUE.
27:36I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN
27:39GETTING A MEETING WITH MRS.
27:41BASS OR MR. MEJIA.
27:42I'VE BEEN IN THE COUNCIL PUBLIC
27:53COMMENT APPROXIMATELY 8-26-26.
27:54I EMAILED MR. MEJIA INCLUDING
27:57MRS. RAMAN ON SEPTEMBER 24th,
28:002026 AND I FOLLOWED UP WITH
28:05MRS. RAMAN'S OFFICE BY PHONE.
28:06AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT MRS.
28:11RAMAN RECEIVED MY MAIL.
28:13I ALSO FILED A FRAUD ABUSE
28:19CLAIM IN FEBRUARY 2026 AND
28:21AMAZING ENOUGH, NOBODY HAS
28:22CONTACTED ME.
28:23I THINK THIS IS A REAL ISSUE OF
28:27EXTREME IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY.
28:35THANK YOU, SPEAKER YOUR TIME
28:37HAS EXPIRED.
28:38>> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
28:39SPEAKER, I WILL CALL THE
28:41FOLLOWING NAMES TO LINE UP.
28:44PATANUKA PATEL.
28:44>> City Attorney: AND AS WE'RE
28:47WAITING FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER.
28:48IF WE RUN OUT OF TIME OR YOU
28:51RUN OUT TIME AND YOUR NAME IS
28:52NOT CALLED, YOU CAN ALWAYS
28:55PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WRITTEN
29:00COMMENT AT LACOUNCILCOMMENT.COM.
29:01YOU CAN FIND THE URL AT THE TOP
29:04OF THE AGENDA AND IT SHOULD BE
29:06THE FIRST THING THAT POPS UP ON
29:08YOUR SEARCH.
29:10GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU
29:11LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
29:12>> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT.
29:13>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE
29:15MINUTE.
29:16GO AHEAD.
29:17>> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
29:28>> Interpreter: YES, I HAVE
29:30FIVE PAGES, 15 COPIES FOR EACH
29:32OF YOU CAN I GET ONE OF THE
29:35GUARDS TO SUBMIT THESE.
29:37>> Speaker: 15 FOR EVERYBODY.
29:42[SPEAKING SPANISH]
29:44>> Interpreter: WRITTEN BY JOHN
29:47FLEMING.
29:48>> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
29:51>> Interpreter: IT'S ABOUT
29:53SATELLITES.
29:53>> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
30:00>> Interpreter: AND READING AND
30:02MIND READING OF THE GRAPHS.
30:04>> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
30:13>> Interpreter: MIND READING IS
30:15SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MODERN,
30:17LASER.
30:19>> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
30:27>> Interpreter: RENE PITMAN
30:29ALSO SPEAKS ABOUT THIS MAN.
30:31IT'S WORTH READING.
30:32THANK YOU.
30:33>> Speaker: GRACIAS.
30:33>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,
30:35NEXT SPEAKER?
30:47>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
30:48WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?
30:50>> Speaker: ONE.
30:51>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
30:52WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
30:55>> Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT,
30:56PLEASE.
30:56>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE
31:00MINUTE, GO AHEAD.
31:02>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN
31:03LANGUAGE]
31:15>> Interpreter: I WILL TALK
31:16ABOUT MEDICINE AND LAW.
31:20>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN
31:23LANGUAGE]
31:29>> Interpreter: WE'RE
31:30SURROUNDED BY DOCTORS AND SOME
31:34DOCTORS SAY OUR COUNTRY IS SICK
31:36AND TO FIX IT, WE NEED A SMALL
31:38SURGERY.
31:41>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN
31:43LANGUAGE]
31:47>> Interpreter: THE DOCTORS SAY
31:49PLEASE SIGN THIS PAPER, AND THE
31:54STATE SAYS THAT SOME LITTLE
31:56SURGERY IS NEEDED.
32:00>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN
32:01LANGUAGE]
32:07>> Interpreter: THE BEST DOCTOR
32:09IS ONE THAT CAN PREVENT ANY
32:11SURGERY AT ALL.
32:12>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN
32:14LANGUAGE]
32:15>> Interpreter: I'M HERE TO
32:17REMIND US ALL ABOUT UNITING.
32:22>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN
32:24LANGUAGE]
32:24>> Interpreter: AND THE HEART
32:26OF OUR UNITY IS BALANCE,
32:29INBALANCE.
32:34>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN
32:35LANGUAGE]
32:36>> Interpreter: OUR DUTY IS TO
32:38SUPPORT THIS BALANCE.
32:40OUR DUTY TO SUPPORT GAMASTASES.
32:47>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN
32:49LANGUAGE]
32:50>> Interpreter: CURRENT LAWS
32:51ARE ALWAYS UNIVERSAL.
32:53>> Speaker: GRACIAS.
32:55>> Interpreter: THANK YOU.
32:57>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,
32:58BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
33:00SPEAKER.
33:01IF I CAN ASK THE INTERPRET TORE
33:03LET THE SPEAKER KNOW, FYI AND
33:07THIS GOES FOR EVERYONE IN THE
33:09ROOM, YOU NEED TO CONNECT IT
33:12WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER
33:13JURISDICTION.
33:14WE ARE TRYING TO LISTEN AND
33:15MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONNECTED
33:17BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
33:19CONNECTED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER
33:22JURISDICTION OF THE CITY.
33:23THANK YOU.
33:24GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU
33:25LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
33:25>> Speaker: WOULD I LIKE TO
33:27SPEAK TO TRAFFIC SAFETY WITHIN
33:28MY COMMUNITY.
33:29>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE
33:31MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
33:31COMMENT.
33:31>> Speaker: MY NAME IS JEROME
33:35ALEXANDER, I LIVE ON CORNER OF
33:36609ING AND 10th AVENUE WHERE
33:3916-YEAR-OLD HERMAN WAS HILD.
33:41KILLED.
33:44I WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK ON
33:46BEHALF OF THE FAMILY BECAUSE
33:49THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN FRONT
33:51OF MY HOME.
33:52I WANT TO THANK OUR
33:55COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE
33:56HARRIS-DAWSON FOR SHOWING UP IN
33:57THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING
33:59THEMSELVES AVAILABLE.
33:59BUT ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS
34:01THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO THE
34:02TABLE TODAY IS THAT WE WANT TO
34:07STOP, WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO GET
34:10KILLED FOR THIS THINGS TO
34:11HAPPEN.
34:13MY HUSBAND WAS HIT RIGHT THERE
34:15AND MOST OF THEM TURNED OUT TO
34:18BE FATAL.
34:19SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED RIGHT
34:20NOW COULD HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE
34:2416-YEAR-OLD HERMAN WAS KILLED.
34:27ALSO THE SERVICE THAT'S THE
34:30FAMILY WAS RECEIVING WAS
34:31TROUBLING BUT I WANT TO THANK
34:34MARQUEECE AND HIS--.
34:36>> Interpreter: THANK YOU, NEXT
34:37SPEAKER.
34:41>> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALL
34:43NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR
34:45IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.
34:47>> City Attorney: OKAY, I WILL
34:49GO AHEAD AND READ INSTRUCTIONS
34:51FOR OUR VIRTUAL CALLERS.
34:52BEFORE I DO SO, I'M GOING TO
34:54LOOK TO THE CLA, ARE WE ALL
34:57GOOD ON AMENDMENTS UPLOADED?
34:59THANK YOU.
35:00AND WITH THAT, I WILL READ THE
35:02INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR VIRTUAL
35:04PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
35:05PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RAISE
35:07YOUR HAND UNTIL I'M FINISHED
35:09EXPLAINING THED PROCEDURE.
35:12AFTER I'M DONE EXPLAINING THE
35:14PROCEDURE, I'LL ASK STAFF TO
35:17RAISE HAND FUNCTION.
35:19AFTER WHICH, CALLERS CAN PRESS
35:20STAR 9 TO REQUEST TO SPEAK.
35:22AFTER PRESSING STAR 9, AN
35:25AUTOMATED MESSAGE WILL STATE
35:25THAT YOUR HAND HAS BEEN RAISED.
35:29CALLERS WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO
35:32SPEAK, AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE
35:34WILL PROMPT YOU TO UNMUTE
35:35YOURSELF.
35:35IF YOU DON'T DO SO, COUNCIL
35:38STAFF MR. PROMPT ONCE MORE.
35:40AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO
35:42UNMUTE YOURSELF OR
35:44UNFORTUNATELY YOU WILL FORFEIT
35:46YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL
35:47MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
35:50FINALLY, BECAUSE OF THE TIME
35:51DELAY BETWEEN THE BROADCAST,
35:54TWO THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, BEFORE
35:57WAITING YOUR TURN TO SPEAK,
36:00KEEP AN EAR ON THE PHONE.
36:01SECOND IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO
36:04THIS MEETING ON THIS DEVICE,
36:07PLEASE TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON
36:09THE OTHER DEVICE.
36:11BETWEEN THE TIME DELAY AND
36:12FEEDBACK, IT WILL CAUSE A GREAT
36:14DEAL OF CONFUSION IF YOU
36:15CONTINUE TO LISTEN ON THE OTHER
36:19DEVICES.
36:20AS A REMINDER THE ITEMS OPEN
36:22FOR 1 THROUGH 5, 7 THROUGH 18,
36:2620 AND 21, 23 THROUGH 30 AND 51
36:29THROUGH 70.
36:30SO AGAIN THE ITEMS THAT ARE
36:31OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
36:33AGENDA TODAY ARE ITEMS 1
36:35THROUGH 5, 7 THROUGH 18, 20 AND
36:3921, 23 THROUGH 30 AND 51
36:42THROUGH 70.
36:43ONCE YOU PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE.
36:45PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH OF THE
36:47ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
36:48TO AND ALSO IF YOU CAN PLEASE
36:50LET US KNOW IF YOU TRANSITION
36:52TO A NEW ITEM, WE WILL GREATLY
36:54APPRECIATE IT.
36:55AND WITH THAT, I'LL PLEASE ASK
36:57STAFF TO ENABLE THE RAISE HAND
36:59FUNCTION.
36:59>> Council President: AND
37:00BEFORE WE GO TO CALLS, I WOULD
37:02LIKE TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER
37:04PRICE.
37:04>> C. Price: WOULD I LIKE TO
37:07CONTINUE ITEM 29 TO OCTOBER
37:1018th, 2026.
37:11>> Council President: WITHOUT
37:12OBJECTION.
37:13ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER
37:14PADILLA, I SEE YOUR NAME ON THE
37:16QUEUE BUT I THINK THAT'S OLD.
37:17>> I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE
37:20LIKE ITEM 12 NOTE AND FILED.
37:22>> Council President: NOTE AND
37:23FILED.
37:23>> I. Padilla: NOTE AND FILED,
37:25PLEASE.
37:25>> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND.
37:27>> Council President: SECONDED
37:28BY COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY.
37:30>> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU,
37:32COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CAN WE
37:34CONTINUE ITEM 23 TO NOVEMBER
37:3618th PLEASE.
37:36>> Council President: ALL
37:37RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION.
37:40ALL RIGHT.
37:41WE CAN NOW GO TO PHONE CALLS.
37:48>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER, 3,
37:50PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, STATE
37:51YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU
37:52WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON.
37:54>> Speaker: YEAH, DANIEL GUS
37:58DOT SUB STACK.COM AND ALL ITEMS
38:01AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
38:01>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
38:02YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE
38:03ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR
38:05GENERAL.
38:06PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS.
38:07GO AHEAD.
38:08>> Speaker: GREAT.
38:10ITEM 53, OH BOY, A JAZZ
38:15FESTIVAL, IS THIS THE SAME JAZZ
38:17FESTIVAL WHERE YOUR OWN
38:21COUNCILMEMBER LUDLOW AND HERB
38:24WESSON'S SON WAS INVOLVED WITH
38:26RECENTLY AND CANCELED AT THE
38:27LAST MOMENT?
38:29OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT JAZZ
38:31FESTIVAL?
38:33ANYTHING THAT HAS CURREN
38:34PRICE'S NAME ON IT IS CERTAIN
38:37TO BE TRUST WORTHY, BY THE WAY,
38:39MR. PRICE, YOU HAD A DEAD BABY
38:42FOUND IN A DUMPSTER IN THE
38:44DISTRICT, MAYBE YOU CAN FOCUS
38:46ON THAT INSTEAD OF ANOTHER JAZZ
38:49FESTIVAL.
38:5055.
38:51YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GETTING
38:55RESULTS ON THESE REWARDS
38:57BECAUSE YOU'RE FAILING TO TELL
38:58THE PUBLIC THAT THESE REWARDS
39:00ARE TAXABLE INCOME.
39:01MAYBE YOU SHOULD INCREASE THE
39:05REWARD OR, ADDRESS THE ISSUE
39:07THAT PEOPLE WILL BE PAYING
39:10TAXES ON THEM, LIKE ITEM NUMBER
39:1155 AND BY THE WAY.
39:14THE REWARDS ARE ALMOST NEVER
39:16WORKING BECAUSE SOME OF THESE
39:17REWARDS GO ON FOR YEARS AND
39:19YEARS AND YEAR.
39:20SO IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT THE
39:23SNITCHES GET STITCHES AND
39:24PEOPLE HAVE TO STICK THEIR NECK
39:26OUT.
39:27BUT IF A 50,000 REWARD TO SOLVE
39:31A MURDER, IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE
39:32THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET.
39:34OH LET'S SEE, ITEM NUMBER 61.
39:39WOW, FUNDING EMERGENCY
39:40FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
39:42CAN YOU PLEASE DEFINE WHAT YOU
39:44MEAN BY EMERGENCY?
39:45BECAUSE IN THE CITY OF LOS
39:49ANGELES, SOME THINGS THAT ARE
39:51EMERGENCIES REALLY AREN'T AND
39:52SOME THINGS THAT ARE, SHOULDN'T
39:54BE.
39:55AND WHAT THE HELL IS RELIANT
39:58CARD?
40:00WHO IS GETTING SPECIAL DIS
40:04PENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 21.
40:08AND FOR 22 FOR PEOPLE
40:10EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, I'M
40:12EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS EVERY
40:13TIME I WALK OUTSIDE AND SEE
40:16NEEDLES AND PISS ON THE
40:17SIDEWALK.
40:18WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
40:21EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
40:22DO YOU MEAN PEOPLE WHO ARE
40:23HOMELESS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE
40:26SUBJECTED TO HAVING HOMELESS
40:29PEOPLE AROUND.
40:29MAYBE THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE
40:31IN THE LOS ANGELES AND COUNTY
40:33AND STATE BECAUSE YOU USE THESE
40:37VAGUE BULLSHIT TERMS, ANYBODY
40:38WHO STEPS OUT IS EXPERIENCING
40:40HOMELESSNESS.
40:41ITEM 68 THAT'S A FUNNY ONE.
40:45THE PORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP, YOU
40:47DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN
40:49THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHAT DO YOU
40:49KNOW?
40:50WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
40:53ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
40:54YOU GUYS, I KNOW HARRIS-DAWSON
40:58GETS SENSITIVE PEOPLE POINT OUT
41:02HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE IN
41:03ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
41:04YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE THAT'S
41:06WHY BUSINESS RIGHT SIDE CLOSING.
41:08YEAH, OKAY.
41:10SO MR. GROAT, YOU AND IS ARE
41:11GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE CHAT
41:12RIGHT NOW.
41:14YOU HAVE BEEN PICKING ON POINT
41:17DISCRIMINATION FOR ME,
41:19SPINDLER, HERMAN, AND A BUNCH
41:22OF THE REST OF US, CANNEDIDO,
41:25WHEN TALK ABOUT THE BULL SITED
41:26THAT WE HAVE TO STAY ON TOPIC.
41:30I'M GOING TO HAVE TO THINK
41:32ABOUT THIS, MR. GROAT,
41:37EVERYBODY LOVES THREE-MUCH
41:40SHRIMP, BUT HE MENTIONED
41:43BLOOMDINGO, LIKE 30 TIMES, I
41:48LOVE 3-INCH SHRIMP BUT IF YOU
41:50CAN'T DEFINE FOR ME WHAT
41:54BLUEMAN DINGO IS, I'M GOING TO
41:57KEEP TRACK OF THINGS THAT YOU
41:59SAY ISN'T ON THE RECORD AND I'M
42:00GOING TO SUBPOENA YOU FOR
42:03DEFAMATION OF WHAT THE FUCK IS
42:07BLUEMAN DINGO IS.
42:10STOP DISCRIMINATION OR YOU'RE
42:11GOING TO GET THE CITY SUED.
42:14YOU BETTER START TREATING US
42:17EQUALLY.
42:18>> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE
42:20IS BEEN A REQUEST TO CONTINUE
42:2316 TO NOVEMBER, 2026.
42:26>> Council President: WITHOUT
42:27OBJECTION.
42:27THAT WILL BE THE ORDER.
42:29>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING.
42:30>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
42:31WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
42:33>> Speaker: YES, SIR, 55, 62
42:35AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
42:36>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
42:37HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS
42:38AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL.
42:40PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS.
42:41GO AHEAD.
42:42>> Speaker: YES.
42:45FIRST FOR 62, MR. GUS, YOU'RE
42:48WRONG SIR.
42:50I'VE NEVER CRITICIZED MR. PRICE.
42:52HE'S A GOOD MAN, WHEN CONVICTED
42:55I MIGHT SAY SOMETHING, BUT
42:56RIGHT NOW, HE'S BEEN A VERY
42:57GOOD MAN.
42:59SO PLEASE DON'T SPEAK FOR ME.
43:02ITEM 62 IS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS
43:04AND WE ARE ALL BASICALLY, AT
43:07ANY TIME FACE IT.
43:08BUT WHAT REALLY BOTHERS ME IS I
43:13HAVE TO GO BACK TO LAST
43:15TUESDAY, WHEN I HEAR A WOMAN SO
43:19TALENTED, MRS. RODRIGUEZ, TRIES
43:21TO BLAME MRS. RAMAN FOR ALL THE
43:23PROBLEM WE SEE HAVE WITH THE
43:25HOMELESSNESS.
43:26RATHER THAN DOING THAT, MRS.
43:28RODRIGUEZ, WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO
43:31LEAD US INTO THE FUTURE.
43:33YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MRS. RAMAN'S
43:38FAILURES ARE YOUR FAILURES,
43:40IT'S THE FULL COUNCIL WHO HAS
43:41FAILED.
43:43SO PLEASE LEAD US, DO THE RIGHT
43:46THING AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD
43:50AND LET'S NOT TRY TO BLAME
43:55OTHERS JUST SO WE CAN GET A JOB
43:57WITH THE OTHER CANDIDATE.
43:5955, REWARDS.
44:00IT'S INTERESTING, I WONDER IF
44:03THEY APPLY TO PEOPLE WHO KILL
44:05PEOPLE IN CARS.
44:06ARE THEY APPLICABLE?
44:10THEY SHOULD BE.
44:11THE YOUNG PERSON THAT WAS
44:13KILLED IN MR. DAWSON'S AREA,
44:16YEAH, HE SHOWED UP AND STAFF
44:17SHOWED UP, BUT THEY HAD
44:20REQUESTED THAT MONTHS EARLIER,
44:22AND THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
44:23EARLIER.
44:24THEY ASKED FOR SIGNS AND
44:26IMPROVEMENTS BUT THERE WERE NO
44:27IMPROVEMENTS.
44:29AND YET SOMEONE DIED.
44:30AND TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
44:31FIGHTING AND ASKING FOR A STATE
44:35OF EMERGENCY, PLEASE, KEEP
44:36SHOWING UP BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL
44:38WILL NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL YOU
44:40RUN THEM OVER.
44:41IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, SIR?
44:44>> City Attorney: YOU CAN MOVE
44:45TO GENERAL, IF YOU'D LIKE.
44:48>> Speaker: THANK YOU, SIR.
44:49THANK YOU.
44:49>> City Attorney: HAVING
44:51DIFFICULTY WITH OUR TIMER BUT
44:53I'M TIMING YOU ON OUR PHONE.
44:55YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC
44:56COMMENT.
44:56>> Speaker: THANK YOU.
44:57I WANT TO THANK MR. LIONEL
45:03MARES, BECAUSE HE'S A PERSON
45:04THAT SHOWS UP AND RESPECTFUL,
45:08HE IS RESPECTFUL TO EVERYONE IN
45:09THE COUNCIL.
45:11THEY CALL ME, PANDERER, THEY
45:12CAN CALL ME WHATEVER THEY WANT.
45:14ALL I WANT IS GOOD GOVERNANCE,
45:18AND BEING POLITE, THAT'S FINE.
45:19I'M NOT GOING TO USE DIRTY
45:22WORDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT
45:23I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR.
45:25LIONEL.
45:26AND FOR THAT CITY WORKER THAT
45:28CAME BEFORE YOU, IN 2005, WE
45:31HAD 12 EXPOSED DWP AND WE ENDED
45:35UP SAVING MILLIONS FOR THE
45:36RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT CITY.
45:38BUT DON'T IGNORE HER.
45:41SOMEBODY PLEASE PAY ATTENTION.
45:42AND MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WHY
45:44DON'T YOU ASK HER TO GO TO THIS
45:46SIDE AND POSSIBLY SPEAK TO
45:50SOMEONE?
45:51I WOULD HOPE YOU DO THAT IN THE
45:52FUTURE WHEN THERE IS A XWLAINT
45:53LIKE THAT IN THE CITY, THERE IS
45:57USUALLY SOMETHING GOING ON.
45:58FIRE WITH SMOKE, BUT AGAIN.
46:00>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,
46:00YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.
46:04NEXT CALLER.
46:06>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST
46:09FOUR DIGITS, 6281, PLEASE
46:13UNMUTE YOURSELF, STATE YOUR
46:13NAME AND THE ITEMS WOULD YOU
46:15LIKE TO SPEAK ON?
46:17>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I
46:18WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO GENERAL
46:19PUBLIC COMMENT.
46:19>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE
46:21MINUTE.
46:22GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
46:23>> Speaker: AM I ON THE PHONE
46:25OR SOMEBODY ELSE IS ON THE
46:26PHONE TOO.
46:27THAT'S JUST TWO.
46:27>> City Attorney: SO THE ONLY
46:30PERSON--HOLD ON, WE'LL RESTART
46:31THE TIME.
46:32THE ONLY PERSON WHO SHOULD BE
46:33SPEAKING AT THIS TIME IS THE
46:34CALLER WITH THE LAST FOUR
46:37DIGITS 6281.
46:38>>
46:40>> Speaker: OKAY, THAT'S ME.
46:41AM I ON THE PHONE NOW.
46:43OKAY, GREAT.
46:45GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
46:48I'M DARE WRAP, I LIVE IN CD2
46:50AND WOULD I LIKE TO DISCUSS,
46:55THE COUNCIL ALLOWING ANIMAL
46:56SERVICE S, WASTING TIME TO
47:03DISCUSS PRIVATIZEDING ONE OF
47:04THE SHELTERS OR POSSIBLY TWO.
47:06THIS WAS DISCUSSED BACK IN 20
47:09AND 2021 WITH COMMISSIONER LEE,
47:11COUNCILMEMBER LEE WHO FOUGHT TO
47:17KEEP WEST FOLLIE OPEN, IT'S A
47:20SHELTER FOR OUR NO-IN TAKE TO
47:22THAT SHELTER.
47:24PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT
47:27TAKE IN TAKES.
47:28THE WHOLE SHELTER WILL BE
47:29CLOSED, THERE WILL BE MORE
47:31ANIMALS ON THE STREET.
47:32THIS IS OUR TAX DOLLARS KEEPING
47:34OUR SHELTERS OPEN.
47:35AND ME AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE
47:38DEMANDING THAT YOU QUIT THIS
47:39WASTE OF TIME BECAUSE THERE IS
47:41MORE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT SINCE
47:43NOBODY FROM THE ANIMAL SERVICES
47:45EVER DISCUSSES ABOUT THAT.
47:46THANK YOU.
47:47>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,
47:49NEXT CALLER?
47:59>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER 1,
48:01PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, STATE
48:02YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU
48:04WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON.
48:07>> City Attorney: CALLER
48:09PRIVATE ONE, THIS IS YOUR LAST
48:10OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
48:12PLEASE PRESS STAR-6 TO UNMUTE.
48:13>> Speaker: YES, MY NAME IS
48:15JASON I'M A SMOKING SCAN VIEWER.
48:17>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
48:18HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE
48:19ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL.
48:23PLEASE IDENTIFY THE ITEM YOU
48:25ARE SPEAKING TO OR I'M GOING TO
48:26MOVE TO YOU GENERAL, AND YOU
48:28STILL HAVE TO SPEAK ON TOPIC.
48:30>> Speaker: I'M GOING TO TALK
48:35ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND--A
48:35LITTLE BIT.
48:39[INDISCERNIBLE] WE HAVE A LOT
48:41OF HOMELESS WALKING IN THE
48:44STREETS, LIKE DOWN IN FIGUEROA
48:46THEY'RE LOITERING, I'M TRYING
48:49TO--AND FIGUEROA AND WE'VE GOT
48:52SOME HOMELESS GUYS TRYING TO
48:55CHEERING ME ON, LIKE IT'S A
48:58SPORTING EVENT, I'M JUST TRYING
49:00TO GET MY 5 DOLLARS WORTH.
49:03ALL OF THESE HOMELESS MAKE IT
49:05DIFFICULT TO GO AND ENJOY
49:08YOURSELF AT FIGUEROA, WE GOT
49:09THE CHICKS DOING THEIR LITTLE
49:11THING BUT HOMELESS PEOPLE
49:13HANGING OUT THERE, I CANNOT
49:16HARD WHEN I'M AROUND ANOTHER
49:17MAN.
49:17>> City Attorney: NOW WE'RE ON
49:21ANOTHER TOPIC.
49:22AND YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME.
49:25SO PLEASE SWITCH TO ANOTHER
49:27ITEM OR I'M GOING TO MOVE TO
49:28YOU GENERAL.
49:31>> Speaker: YES, I'M GOING TO
49:34TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE--PETS.
49:39[INDISCERNIBLE] >> City
49:39Attorney: I'M SORRY I CANNOT
49:40UNDERSTAND.
49:41WHICH ITEM?
49:42>> Speaker: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
49:48THE--[INDISCERNIBLE]
49:50THEY WERE LOSING PETS TO THEM
49:54LEAVING THEM OUTSIDE.
49:54>> City Attorney: I NEED TO YOU
49:56IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OR I'M
49:57GOING TO MOVE YOU TO GENERAL.
49:59>> Speaker: I DON'T HAVE A
50:00NUMBER.
50:00>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE
50:01MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
50:02COMMENT.
50:04>> Speaker: THANK YOU, THERE
50:06PUMPKIN HEAD.
50:11ANYWAY, SHOUT
50:12OUT--[INDISCERNIBLE]
50:13ANYWAY, TALKING ABOUT LAST WEEK
50:16TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DOGS
50:17AND CATS WHERE WE'RE GETTING,
50:19GETTING THE MESS OUTSIDE.
50:23AND A LOT OF ANIMALS.
50:28[INDISCERNIBLE]
50:30AND THEY SAID THAT YOU WERE
50:31PART OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE
50:34APPARENTLY, YOU CANNOT GET MORE
50:36PUPPIES AND I WAS TRYING TO
50:38UNDERSTAND WHAT HE MEANT.
50:39I'M PRETTY SURE, IT'S PRETTY
50:41MUCH EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THERE.
50:43SO I'M WONDERING HOW IS THEIR
50:47PUPPY FOR PEOPLE TO RUN AROUND
50:50AND EAT.
50:53[INDISCERNIBLE] THERE SHOULD BE
50:55SOME LAW AGAINST EATING PUPPIES
50:57AND CATS.
51:01[INDISCERNIBLE] AND YOU KNOW,
51:06[INDISCERNIBLE] >> City
51:07Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS
51:08EXPIRED.
51:09NEXT CALLER.
51:19>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST
51:23FOUR DIGITS 7533, PLEASE STATE
51:24YOUR NAME, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND
51:26THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
51:28SPEAK ON.
51:29>> Speaker: MY NAME IS AUDIT
51:32L.A., I LOVE SMOKING SCAN.
51:33I WANT TO START WITH VACATION.
51:36TELL ME WHEN IT'S TIME FOR
51:37PUBLIC COMMENT.
51:38TELL ME WHEN IT'S PUBLIC
51:39COMMENT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T AND
51:40I DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
51:42OKAY.
51:42I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STREET
51:45VACATIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
51:47I'M GOING TO SAY CATEGORICALLY
51:51KNOW, AND I KNOW SMOKING SCAN
51:57UNDERSTANDS WHY I'M SAYING NO.
51:59YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN THEM
52:00THE NAME OR THE PREMISE OR ANY
52:03EVENT BECAUSE OF THE ABUSE BUZZ
52:04OF ALL OF THIS.
52:11I DON'T LIKE THE FACTS THAT YOU
52:12WANT TO GIVE AWAY ANY PART OF
52:15ANY PUBLIC STREET BECAUSE IF
52:17THINGS GO WRONG, YOU DON'T DO
52:19ANYTHING TO RECTIFY IT.
52:23ALTHOUGH RENAME IT SOMEBODY
52:24CAME WITH ALLEGATIONS AND YOU
52:26GOT RID OF HIS NAME.
52:29>> City Attorney: SO YOU'RE
52:30WELCOME TO SPEAK TO THE STREET
52:33VACATION ITEMS BUT YOU NEED TO
52:36STICK TO THAT OR GO TO ANOTHER
52:38ITEM.
52:39>> Speaker: OKAY, I'LL GO
52:40TOWARDS THE, TELL ME WHEN IT'S
52:42MY PUBLIC COMMENT THOUGH.
52:43>> City Attorney: UNDERSTOOD.
52:44>> Speaker: OKAY.
52:56THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT, UNTIL
52:59YOU DO THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT
53:01I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR HOW
53:03MANY YEARS?
53:04OVER TWO YEARS NOW.
53:10AND FOR YOU TO DEAL WITH THE
53:14NUISANCE, ON RON L HUBBARD, YOU
53:17HAVE THE COMMUNITY, YOU'VE HAD
53:19VICTIMS, OF SCIENTOLOGY WHO
53:20HAVE COME FORWARD.
53:30>> City Attorney: SPEAKER, YOU
53:31NEED TO STAY ON TOPIC.
53:34THERE ARE NUISANCE, OTHERWISE
53:35I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU
53:37GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
53:41>> Speaker: OKAY, LET'S TALK
53:43ABOUT THE JAZZ FESTIVAL.
53:46IT'S FUNNY DANIEL GUS ASKED THE
53:48SAME QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK.
53:50IS IT TT SAME JAZZ FESTIVAL?
53:52THERE IS A LOT OF SHADY STUFF
53:54GOING ON.
53:55AND IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS, IS
53:57THERE A BEEF THERE BETWEEN THE
54:00GREAT PANDERER AND DANIEL GUS.
54:01THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING
54:03INTERESTING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
54:11AND I CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
54:13AT THIS POINT.
54:13>> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE.
54:14>> Speaker: I WANT TO KNOW IF
54:16YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND, AFTER
54:18EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN
54:20BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION,
54:21WITH ALL THE LAWSUIT WITH THE
54:23VICTIMS OF SCIENTOLOGY THAT YOU
54:24HAVE THE A DOSITY TO CONTINUE
54:29TO ALLOW SCIENTOLOGY TO DONATE
54:31THEIR ROOM AS YOU'RE PREPARING
54:34FOR THE HOLIDAY PARADE.
54:47NITHYA RAMAN, WHY AREN'T YOU
54:48SPEAKING UP?
54:52OFFICER SERVICE SOUTH SIDE,
54:54THAT SCIENTOLOGY, THEY'RE THE
54:56BIGGEST DONORS OF THE PARADE.
54:57WHY?
54:58WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HUMAN
55:01TRAFFICKING.
55:04AND SPECIAL ABUSE AND ALL KINDS
55:05OF ABUSE FROM CHILDREN, ADULTS,
55:08SENIORS, EVERYTHING, WHY ARE
55:09YOU IN PARTNERSHIP?
55:11PULL OUT OF THAT DEALS!
55:16FIND ANOTHER ROOM.
55:17STOP IT, I DON'T GET IT.
55:25DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
55:25>> City Attorney: CALLER YOUR
55:27TIME IS EXPIRED.
55:28>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST
55:31FOUR DIGITS, 9125, PLEASE
55:33UNMUTE YOURSELF, STATE YOUR
55:34NAME AND THE ITEMS WOULD YOU
55:35LIKE TO SPEAK ON.
55:41>> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO
55:43SPEAK ON 53, 54 AND GENERAL
55:45PUBLIC COMMENT.
55:46>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
55:47HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE
55:48ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR
55:50GENERAL.
55:50PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS.
55:51GO AHEAD.
55:52>> Speaker: THANK YOU.
55:54HI, COUNCILMEMBERS.
55:55IN RESPONSE TO ITEM NUMBER 53
55:58AND 54, THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE
56:01OF WHAT A WASTEFUL SPENDING IS.
56:04ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT, THE
56:06CITY HAS A BUDGET DEFICIT OF
56:08CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS.
56:14SO SI JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT
56:16THE FACT THAT 25,000 ALLOCATED
56:20FOR A JAZZ FESTIVAL, 25,000 FOR
56:24HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION.
56:27YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE REALLY
56:29WANT?
56:30PEOPLE WANT THE ROADS FIXED,
56:33THEIR STREETLIGHTS FIXED
56:34BECAUSE THERE IS COMMUNITIES
56:35THAT HAVE STREETLIGHT THAT'S
56:37ARE NOT WORKING BECAUSE THINGS
56:38THEY'RE STEALING THE COPPER OUT
56:39OF THEM.
56:45AND EVERY DOLLAR ADS UP.
56:46AND THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT
56:48YOU'RE NOT DOING IS SETTING A
56:49GOAL.
56:50THE GOAL SHOULD BE REDUCE THE
56:53BUDGET DEFICIT.
56:54THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS!
57:00I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO GENERAL
57:02PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT.
57:02>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
57:03MINUTE.
57:03>> Speaker: THANK YOU,
57:08COUNSELOR JURADO, I JUST WANT
57:10TO LET YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS
57:14INCREASE IN CONVERTER THEFTS IN
57:15YOUR DISTRICT.
57:16WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?
57:19WHAT THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS IS
57:21FLOCK CAMERAS AND THIS WILL
57:23HELP LEAD TO THE CAPTURE OF
57:27THESE CADILLAC CONVERTER
57:27THIEVES.
57:28I ALSO NOTICE THAT THEY'RE
57:31LIFTING THE LIFT GAIFTS THESE
57:33TRUCKS PARKED ON THE STREETS.
57:34I WANT SOMETHING TO BE DONE
57:35ABOUT THAT.
57:36THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING A LOT
57:38IN YOUR DISTRICT IN EAGLE ROCK.
57:41THIS CITY DESERVES BETTER.
57:42AND WE NEED TO DO MORE TO STOP
57:45THE HIGH AMOUNT OF THEFT THAT
57:47HAS BEEN GOING ON.
57:48WE'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT THERE
57:49IS BEEN A LOT OF COPPER THEFT
57:52IN YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL.
58:00AND THAT'S WHY THE COMMUNITIES
58:02ARE LEFT IN THE DARK.
58:03IT'S CONTINUE SAFE FOR PEOPLE
58:04TO WALK IN THE STREETS
58:06ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S DARK.
58:07THERE IS NO WORKING LIGHTS IN
58:09THE STREET.
58:15>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST
58:18FOUR DIGITS 1519, PLEASE UNMUTE
58:20YOURSELF AND THE ITEMS WOULD
58:21YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON.
58:29>> Speaker: YES, MY NAME IS
58:31JASON, I'M A SMOKING SCAN
58:32VIEWER.
58:32SORRY.
58:33>> City Attorney: PLEASE HANG
58:35UP ON THIS CALLER.
58:36>> Council President: HAS OUR
58:38LAST CALLER FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
58:40I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO
58:42CAME TO JOIN US AND THOSE WHO
58:43REACHED US BY TELEPHONE.
58:44MR. CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT.
58:46>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL ARE
58:47ITEMS 1 THROUGH 5, 8 THROUGH
58:5110, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24
58:58THROUGH 27, 51, THROUGH 58, 62,
59:0165, 66, AND 68 THROUGH 70.
59:04>> Council President: ALL RIGHT.
59:06LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE
59:08ITEMS.
59:09CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
59:11VOTE.
59:12>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
59:24>> Clerk: AND BEFORE COUNCIL
59:26ARE MOTIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE
59:29ITEMS 7, 11 THROUGH 14 AND 28.
59:31>> Council President: ALL
59:32RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL,
59:33CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
59:34VOTE.
59:36>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
59:37>> Council President: ALL RIGHT.
59:38WHAT'S NEXT?
59:40>> Clerk: ITEM 59 CALLED
59:41SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN
59:42FOR COMMENTS.
59:43>> Council President:
59:44COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN?
59:44>> N. Raman: GREAT, THANK YOU
59:46SO MUCH.
59:48COLLEAGUES, FIRE STATION 88 HAS
59:51PROTECTED THE SAN FERNANDO
59:53VALLEY SINCE 1975, IT'S THE
59:56VALUE BUREAU HEAD QUART IRZ
59:57HOME TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
59:59SWIFT WATER AND RESCUE AND FIRE
1:00:02FIGHTER TRAINING FACILITY AND
1:00:03ACORNER STONE FOR COUNCIL
1:00:06DISTRICT 4 AND THE REGION.
1:00:08IN DECADES, THE CITY HAS LEASED
1:00:10THE LAST THAT IT SITS ON FROM
1:00:13THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND
1:00:15TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THEY
1:00:16DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NO
1:00:17LONGER FOR THE FLOODED CONTROL
1:00:22COMMISSION THIS CITY.
1:00:24TODAY IS'S MOTION BEFORE YOU
1:00:26FUNDS THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
1:00:28AND DUE DILIGENCE NEEDED TO
1:00:30FINISH THAT JOB.
1:00:31CITY OWNERSHIP, SECURES THIS
1:00:33STATION'S FUTURE, IT GIVES LAFD
1:00:35THE FLEXIBLE TO PLAN FOR LONG
1:00:37TERM NEEDS ON THIS SITE AND
1:00:39ALSO PRESERVING AN EASEMENT
1:00:40ALONG THE NORTH BANK OF THE
1:00:42L.A. RIVER SO WE CAN KEEP THE
1:00:45ROAD OPEN FOR BIKE AND
1:00:48PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER THE 405,
1:00:51I'M WANT TO THANK THE ARMY
1:00:52CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FIRE
1:00:55DEPARTMENT, GSD AND THE CAO FOR
1:00:57THEIR PARTNERSHIP TO GET THIS
1:00:59OVER THE FINISH LINE AND I URGE
1:01:03AN AYE VOTE TODAY.
1:01:04THANK YOU.
1:01:05>> Council President: ALL
1:01:06RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON
1:01:08THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL,
1:01:09TABULATE THE VOTE.
1:01:11>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
1:01:12>> Council President: ALL
1:01:13RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
1:01:14>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS
1:01:16ITEM 30 AND IF THERE IS NO
1:01:19OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE
1:01:21ON ITEM 30, McOSKER LEE TO
1:01:24APPROVE THE PCN.
1:01:25>> Council President: LET'S
1:01:26OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
1:01:29TABULATE THE VOTE.
1:01:30>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
1:01:30>> Council President: WHAT'S
1:01:31NEXT?
1:01:32>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL ITEM
1:01:3534, THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
1:01:37COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON THIS ITEM
1:01:38AS AMENDED.
1:01:39>> Council President: LET'S
1:01:39OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
1:01:42TABULATE THE VOTE.
1:01:43>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
1:01:44>> Council President: ALL
1:01:45RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
1:01:47>> Clerk: ITEM 60, WHICH IS
1:01:50SUBSTITUTE MOTION McOSKER HUTT,
1:01:51THE FIRST VOTE WOULD BE WHETHER
1:01:53TO SUBSTITUTE.
1:01:54>> Council President: ALL
1:01:55RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON
1:01:58SUBSTITUTION, CLOSE THE ROLL,
1:01:59TABULATE THE VOTE.
1:02:00>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
1:02:01>> Council President: ALL
1:02:02RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON
1:02:04SUBSTITUTED ITEM, CLOSE THE
1:02:05ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.
1:02:07>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
1:02:08>> Council President: ALL
1:02:09RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
1:02:10>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS
1:02:13ITEM 61 SUBSTITUTE MOTION
1:02:15SOTO-MARTINEZ JURADO AND THE
1:02:16FIRST VOTE WOULD BE WHETHER TO
1:02:18SUBSTITUTE.
1:02:18>> Council President: ALL
1:02:19RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON
1:02:22SUBSTITUTION, CLOSE THE ROLL,
1:02:23TABULATE THE VOTE.
1:02:24>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
1:02:25>> Council President: ALL
1:02:26RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON
1:02:27SUBSTITUTED ITEM, CLOSE THE
1:02:29ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.
1:02:30>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
1:02:30>> Council President: ALL
1:02:32RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT.
1:02:33>> Clerk: ITEM 63 CALLED
1:02:35SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER
1:02:36HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS.
1:02:36>> Council President:
1:02:37COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.
1:02:38>> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU,
1:02:39COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
1:02:40TODAY I'M ASKING FOR YOUR
1:02:41SUPPORT ON A RESOLUTION THAT I
1:02:44INTRODUCED ASSEMBLY BILL.
1:02:47NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR FAMILY
1:02:48SEPARATION ACT.
1:02:49HERE WE PUT OUR VALUES INTO
1:02:52PRACTICE FROM OUR ORDINANCE TO
1:02:54INVESTING A MILLION DOLLARS IN
1:02:57REPRESENT L.A.
1:02:58BUT THOSE EFFORTS ARE
1:02:59UNDERMINED WHETHER THE STATE
1:03:02GIVES TAGS CREDIT AND LOANS AND
1:03:04LOANS TO COMPANY'S THAT PROFIT.
1:03:07PRIVATE PRISON COMPANIES REPORT
1:03:09A 13 PERCENT PROFIT INCREASE
1:03:11REACHING TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN
1:03:122025 WHILE PAYING ALMOST
1:03:14NOTHING IN STATE TAXES.
1:03:19THE COMMODE FICKATION IS
1:03:20SICKENING.
1:03:22MEANWHILE ICE RAIDS HARM STREET
1:03:28VENDORS AND SEPARATE FAMILIES.
1:03:31ASSEMBLY BILL HELPS US CLOSE
1:03:33THESE LOOPHOLES AND
1:03:34DISQUALIFIED IMMIGRATION AND
1:03:35CONTRACTORS AND BUSINESSES THAT
1:03:36INVEST IN MANAGE OR OPERATE
1:03:39PRIVATE IMMIGRATION PRISONS,
1:03:42ALSO COLLECTS TAX REVENUE TO
1:03:43CREATE THE DUE PROCESS FOR ALL
1:03:45FUND WHICH WILL HELP PAY FOR
1:03:47LEGAL DEFENSE AND SUPPORT FOR
1:03:52FAMILY STATE WIDE.
1:03:54ALEX LEE FOR LEADING THIS BILL.
1:03:56MY COUNCILMEMBER COLLEAGUE,
1:03:58JURADO FOR SECONDING THIS
1:03:58MOTION.
1:03:59BY VOTING YES, TODAY, THE CITY
1:04:01OF L.A. CAN JOIN OTHERS ACROSS
1:04:03THE STATE IN URGING GOVERN
1:04:06NEWSOM TO SIGN THIS BILL.
1:04:08SO COLLEAGUES, I URGE AN
1:04:10AYE-VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION.%
1:04:11>> Council President: THANK
1:04:12YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.
1:04:15OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
1:04:18TABULATE THE VOTE.
1:04:21>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
1:04:22>> Council President:
1:04:24COUNCILMEMBER PARK?
1:04:24>> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL
1:04:26PRESIDENT.
1:04:26AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE I CAN DO
1:04:3064 AND 67 TOGETHER, YEAH?
1:04:32OKAY.
1:04:32GREAT.
1:04:33THANK YOU.
1:04:35COLLEAGUES, I AM ASKING FOR
1:04:38YOUR YES VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION
1:04:41SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 1093 BY
1:04:44SENATOR BEN ALAN WHICH IS A
1:04:46MUCH NEEDED EFFORT TO PROTECT
1:04:48MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES AFTER A
1:04:50DISASTER.
1:04:52SINCE THE PALISADES FIRE, I'VE
1:04:54LEARNED MORE ABOUT MOBILE HOME
1:04:56PARKS THAT I KNEW THERE WAS
1:04:58EVEN TO KNOW.
1:04:59IN THE PALISADES WE HAD ABOUT
1:05:02500 MOBILE HOMES ALL OF WHICH
1:05:03WERE SUBJECT TO THE RSO, AND
1:05:06YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE HOMES FOR
1:05:08A LOT OF OUR ARTIST AND
1:05:11TEACHERS AND SENIORS AND A LOT
1:05:14OF FAMILIES JUST STARTING OUT.
1:05:16OF COURSE THOSE WERE ALL
1:05:18DESTROYED IN THE FIRE.
1:05:21THOSE VICTIMS FACE AN
1:05:24INCREASING BLEED UNPREDICTABLE
1:05:26FUTURE AND DESPERATION.
1:05:30THEY ONLY COVER THE VALUE OF
1:05:32THE STRUCTURE LOST BUT NOT THE
1:05:33VALUE OF THE LEASEHOLD.
1:05:35THAT ALONE, IS A SKA STIS TROF
1:05:41I CAN LOSS AND A BARRIER TO
1:05:42RECOVER.
1:05:43PARK OWNERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
1:05:46COMMUNICATE THEIR PLANS, NOT
1:05:47EVEN WHEN OR WHETHER THEY PLAN
1:05:50TO REBUILD AND THE PALISADES
1:05:52BOWL IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF
1:05:55WHY THIS LEGISLATION IS
1:05:56NECESSARY.
1:05:57THE OWNERS REFUSE TO
1:05:58COMMUNICATE AND LET THE
1:06:00RESIDENTS COME BACK AND REFUSE
1:06:02TO CLEAR THE TOXIC DEBRIS UNTIL
1:06:07WE DECLARED IT A PUBLIC
1:06:09NUISANCE.
1:06:09AND IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH,
1:06:12THEY OFFERED IT FOR SALE AS A
1:06:15BLANK SLATE FOR REDEVELOPMENT
1:06:17FOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND
1:06:19THE ULTRA WEALTHY.
1:06:21TURNING TRAGEDY INTO PROFIT IN
1:06:23THE BACKS OF HUNDREDS OF
1:06:27FAMILIES IS DISGUSTING REALLY
1:06:29AND USING A DISASTER AS A
1:06:32SHORTCUT TO ERASE AN AFFORDABLE
1:06:35COMMUNITY IS EVEN WORSE.
1:06:36THIS LEGISLATION FIX THAT'S, BY
1:06:39REQUIRING THE COMMUNICATION AND
1:06:41A A VIABLE PLAN TO ASSESS
1:06:44REBUILDING THE PARK FOR
1:06:45SERVICES.
1:06:47I THANK SENATOR ALAN AND
1:06:48CAUTION YOU FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE.
1:06:52ON ITEM 67 ANOTHER CRITICAL
1:06:55PEACE ON LEGISLATION RELATED TO
1:06:57THE GROWING INSURANCE CRISIS,
1:06:59HERE IN CALIFORNIA WITH
1:07:01EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND IN THE
1:07:03PALISADES BUT I KNOW MANY OF
1:07:05YOU ARE SEEING IT UNFOLD IN
1:07:07YOUR OWN DISTRICTS.
1:07:10INSURANCE NON RENEWABLE,
1:07:11NOTICES THAT DON'T PROVIDE
1:07:15ADEQUATE EXPLANATIONS THAT HAVE
1:07:16PHOTOS AND INACCURATE
1:07:18INFORMATION AND WORSE NO
1:07:19OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PROPERTY OR
1:07:21HOMEOWNERS TO RESPOND.
1:07:22SADLY, IT IS TOO LATE FOR MANY
1:07:24IN THE PALISADES WHO WERE
1:07:26DROPPED BEFORE THE FIRE, MANY
1:07:29WITHOUT ADVANCING NOTICE OR AN
1:07:31OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT
1:07:32CONDITIONS.
1:07:33BUT WHAT DID ALL OF THAT LEAD
1:07:34TO?
1:07:35FOLKS WHO WERE UNDER OR
1:07:38UNINSURED AND PUT ON THE
1:07:40CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN WITHOUT
1:07:43ADEQUATE COVERAGE AND NOW WE
1:07:44HAVE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO
1:07:45CANNOT AFFORD TO REBUILD AND
1:07:47COME HOME.
1:07:48THIS WILL NOT FIX THE CRISIS
1:07:50OVERNIGHT.
1:07:51BUT IT WILL PROVIDE PROPERTY
1:07:54AND HOMEOWNERS WITH AN
1:07:54OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE
1:07:56TRANSPARENCY AND THE DUE
1:07:58PROCESS THEY DESERVE.
1:07:59THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
1:08:02YAROSLAVSKY FOR HER PARTNERSHIP
1:08:03ON THIS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR
1:08:06HER ADVOCACY AND AGAIN TO
1:08:08SENATOR ALAN.
1:08:09>> Council President: THANK
1:08:10YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
1:08:10LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE
1:08:12ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.
1:08:14>> Clerk: 13 AYES.
1:08:15>> Council President: ALL
1:08:16RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
1:08:17>> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED
1:08:19FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL.
1:08:20>> Council President: THESE
1:08:21ITEMS ARE POSTED AND REFERRED.
1:08:23>> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR.
1:08:24>> Council President: ALL RIGHT
1:08:26ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS.
1:08:28COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
1:08:28>> T. Park: CAN WE DO 32
1:08:32FORTHWITH.
1:08:33>> Council President: ANY
1:08:34OTHERS MEMBERS?
1:08:34ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'LL
1:08:36ASK FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS?
1:08:38SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, I'LL
1:08:39ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER TO
1:08:44RISE WITH REVERENCE FOR
1:08:52ADJOURNING MOTIONS.
1:08:53LOOKING TO MY LEFT.
1:08:54TO MY RIGHT?
1:08:56SEEING NO ADJOURNING MOTIONS,
1:08:58WE'RE ADJOURNED.
1:09:00SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA.
1:09:01>> I. Padilla: I BELIEVE WE
1:09:02HAVE A SLIDE
1:09:22MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL A FEW
1:09:25WEEKS I LEFT TO MEXICO FOR
1:09:28BEREAVEMENT.
1:09:30AND TODAY I RISE IN THE MEMORY
1:09:33OF MY MOTHER'S BROTHER, MY
1:09:37UNCLE JOSE LOUIS IN ATINGUILLO
1:09:42JALISCO.
1:09:44HE IS SURVIVED BY WIZ WIFE AND
1:09:47MY ELDEST NIECE HIS
1:09:49GRANDDAUGHTER FELICIA RAMOS AND
1:09:52HE IS LEFT, LEFT US TWO THREE
1:09:57GRANDCHILDREN WITH COUNTING
1:10:00FELICIA OZZY AND ABBY AND ONLY
1:10:03UNCLE WITH GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
1:10:05AID AN AND ETHAN.
1:10:07HE WAS THE FOURTH BORN OF 11
1:10:10CHILDREN BUT BY POPULAR DEMAND,
1:10:12AND THROUGH EVERYONE IN THE
1:10:14FAMILY, WE KNOW THAT WE REFER
1:10:16HIM AS THE PATRIARCH AND THE
1:10:20FAVORITE UNCLE.
1:10:22HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS HOBBIES, A
1:10:28FASTER OF RECYCLING, LOVED
1:10:30HOSTING BBQs AND ANYTHING
1:10:31RELATE TODAY FOOD AND
1:10:33GATHERINGS AND FAMOUSLY KNOWN
1:10:34FOR HIS DISTRIBUTION OF NOPALES.
1:10:39HE WAS A GREAT DANCER, HE WAS
1:10:42ALWAYS THE ONE WHETHER IT WAS
1:10:44HOSTED BY HIM OR ANYBODY ELSE,
1:10:46HE WAS VERY LIKELY TO GET THE
1:10:49PARTY STARTED.
1:10:50THE DANCE PARTY STARTED.
1:10:53HE WAS KNOWN FOR KELG STORIES,
1:10:56MAKING YOU LOVE, HE WAS KNOWN
1:10:58FOR BEING THE ONE THAT GAVE YOU
1:11:00YOUR EPIC NICK NAMES.
1:11:03AND IF IT WAS WITHIN HIS WEEK,
1:11:06HE WAS GOING TO HELP.
1:11:08HE WAS ABOUT HELPING EVERYBODY.
1:11:11HE WAS THE MAIN HOST, HE MADE
1:11:15SURE THAT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE
1:11:16ANYTHING TO DO DURING THE
1:11:19HOLIDAYS, YOU WERE INVITED WHEN
1:11:20IT WAS CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS,
1:11:23ANY THREE-DAY WEEK WE
1:11:24KNOWEDSINGER, A MOTHER'S DAY OR
1:11:26FATHER'S DAY IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE
1:11:28PLANS BUT WANTED FAMILY, GU TO
1:11:30HIM.
1:11:31FOR OVER 30 YEARS, HE WORKED AT
1:11:35CATALINA YACHTS BUILDING BOATS.
1:11:37HE LOVED HIS JOB.
1:11:38LIVING IN THE VALLEY BUT
1:11:39DRIVING OUT TO THE BEACH.
1:11:43HE USED TO JOKE ABOUT RUNNING
1:11:48THE PLACE BECAUSE BASICALLY HE
1:11:50STARTED THERE WHEN HE WAS A
1:11:52TEENAGER.
1:11:54HE WILL BE REMINDED BY HIS
1:11:59NICKNAME, CACAGUATE, THE PEANUT.
1:12:04WE'LL MISS OUR AT TIO LOUIS,
1:12:11AS WE CALLED HIM EL TIO PELON,
1:12:18THE BALD ONE.
1:12:21NOT EVERY FAMILY IS PERFECT,
1:12:24OUR FAMILY IS ONE THAT FACED
1:12:28MIGRATION CULTURE SHOCK, SO
1:12:30MUCH MORE ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR
1:12:32GRANDPARENTS CAME AND BROUGHT
1:12:34THE FIRST EIGHT KIDS TO SUN
1:12:36VALLEY.
1:12:37AND WHEN DIVORCE STRUCK MY
1:12:41GRANDPARENTS, IT WAS UP TO THE
1:12:47BIGGEST SIBLINGS TO KEEP US
1:12:48TOGETHER.
1:12:49SO IN ADDITION TO THE JOKES AND
1:12:51HIS FAVORITE JOKE, BUT VERY
1:12:54MUCH A TRUTHISM, HE CLAIMED HE
1:12:56WAS THE MOST HANDSOME UNCLE,
1:13:00AND HE WAS.
1:13:00HE WAS.
1:13:03BUT WHAT HE REALLY ENJOYED WHEN
1:13:06EVERYBODY REMIND APPROXIMATED
1:13:07BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH CARINO, HE
1:13:11SHOWED US GROWING UP, HE WAS
1:13:13DEFINITELY THE FAVORITE.
1:13:14SO TODAY AS WE MOURN HIM AND WE
1:13:17GET READY FOR THE END MUCH
1:13:21NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, TO PLACE
1:13:22HIM IN THE ALTORS OF THE DEAD,
1:13:24I WANT MY UNCLE TO KNOW THAT WE
1:13:27DEFINITELY LOVED HIM, AND WE
1:13:30THANK HIM FOR ALWAYS BRINGING
1:13:31US TOGETHER.
1:13:32I'M SO HAPPY HE'S NOW UP IN
1:13:35HEAVEN CHILLING WITH MY FATHER
1:13:36AS HE USED TO SAY WAS HIS
1:13:39FAVORITE BROTHER-IN-LAW OF THE
1:13:40ONES THAT HE HAD.
1:13:43AND I'M VERY VERY SURE THAT
1:13:46THEY ARE REHASHING THEIR OLD
1:13:50INSIDE JOKES ABOUT BEING BALD.
1:13:53THAT'S THE EPITOME OF THEIR
1:13:56RELATIONSHIP AND I'M SURE
1:13:58THEY'RE MAKING UP NEW ONES AS
1:14:00LIFE AS ANGELS.
1:14:01I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM AND
1:14:02I WANT TO THANK HIM HE DOES NOT
1:14:06KNOW THIS BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU
1:14:08FIRST GO TO MEXICO AND YOU'RE
1:14:09GOING THROUGH AN IDENTITY
1:14:12CRISIS, I APPRECIATE WHEN WE
1:14:14WERE IN MEXICO, HE MADE US LOVE
1:14:16IT BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS THE
1:14:18ONE MA THA* MADE SURE HE PAID
1:14:19FOR THE BANDS, PAID FOR THE
1:14:21FOOD AND MADE SURE HE DID FUN
1:14:24THINGS FOR THE KIDS LIKEN
1:14:26JOYING THE FIREWORK CASTLES
1:14:29THAT BROUGHT LAUGHTER AND
1:14:30SOCIAL CHAOS AT THE PLAZA.
1:14:32SO IN SUMMARY FOLKS, I HOPE YOU
1:14:34SEE, THAT I LOST A FAMILY
1:14:36MEMBER WHO TAUGHT US NOT, HE
1:14:39TAUGHT ME NOT TO TAKE LIFE TOO
1:14:42SERIOUS WHEN THE TOUGH GETS
1:14:43ROUGH BECAUSE AS LONG AS WE
1:14:45HAVE EACH OTHER, WE WILL GET
1:14:47BY, WE WILL GET THROUGH AND
1:14:48THERE WILL BE AN EXCUSE TO
1:14:50LAUGH TOGETHER AND POKE FUN AT
1:14:52EACH OTHER AND SHOW OUR LOVE
1:14:55DESPITE THE ROUGHNESS OR HOW
1:14:58HARD LIFE CAN GET.
1:14:59NOW AT THIS TIO IT'S OFFICIAL,
1:15:07YOU'RE THE MOST GUAPO AND MAS
1:15:15FAVORITO.
1:15:18[SPEAKING SPANIS
1:16:18H]
1:16:18[SPEAKING SPANIS
1:16:41H]
1:16:41REST IN PEACE, TIO.
1:16:43THANK YOU.
1:16:43>> Council President: THANK YOU
1:16:45SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA.
1:16:46WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.