2026-10-07 - City Council

00:00a red flag day? Are we going to

00:01be having a high heat advisory?

00:03Is it going to be raining? All

00:04these things are going to affect

00:05your ability to be able to stay

00:08safe and have a good time while

00:09you're hiking on the trails?

00:14It's my passion. I love being

00:16outdoors. I love the fresh air.

00:19I love the nature. I love

00:22breaking a sweat and getting the

00:24exercise, getting away from the

00:27city and kind of in a quiet

00:28place. I feel more centered.

00:30It's a stress release just gives

00:33you that space for yourself and

00:36for your brain to have a rest

00:37from all the things that are

00:39going on in the world and to

00:41just look up and see, you know,

00:42the trees and the view

01:08.

01:08And.

01:23Tucked away in a quaint park

01:26between the 101 and Universal

01:28Studios Hollywood is Campo de

01:28Cahuenga, a place that holds an

01:31important historical moment in

01:33California's history. On January

01:3413th, 1847, General Andrés Pico,

01:37commanding Californio forces

01:38from Mexico and Lieutenant

01:41Colonel John C Frémont,

01:42representing the American army,

01:44signed the Treaty of Cahuenga,

01:45also known as the Articles of

01:47Capitulation of Cahuenga, which

01:49ended the organized fighting in

01:51California during the

01:52Mexican-American War. In Los

01:54Angeles, there's always

01:55something new and exciting to

01:57discover. Rich in history worth

01:59exploring whether you are just

02:00visiting or arriving from across

02:02the globe. Welcome to LA

02:30.

02:30The word Adobe comes to English

02:32through Spanish, reflecting

02:33building traditionshat have

02:35been used around the world for

02:36thousands of years. Where I'm

02:38standing is a recreation of the

02:39original Adobe at Campo de

02:41Cahuenga. The original Adobe

02:43structure was demolished around

02:451900, and its current structure

02:46came to life in 1950. A

02:50potpourri of culture and history

02:51is worth celebrating, and no one

02:53does this like El Grito,

02:54honoring the history and

02:56diversity of Los Angeles Latino

02:57communities and bringing

02:59Angelenos together at the heart

03:01of Los Angeles City Hall. Viva

03:05Mexico. Mexico Tonight we're

03:17celebrating a special tradition.

03:18El grito de Dolores. It's the

03:21fiestas Patrias celebrating

03:22Mexican independence. This

03:25tradition has been going on for

03:27decades, and I find that it

03:29comes at an especially critical

03:31time when our community has been

03:34so under assault. The meaning

03:37for me, El grito, it means like,

03:39you know, when we started our

03:41independence, you know, and this

03:43is it, this is hey, that's it.

03:51It is a way of celebrating

03:53Mexican independence Day. But in

03:55a way where we recognize, we

03:58emphasize that we are a

04:01neighbor. We are a community of

04:04Mexican Americans. Everyone is

04:05invited to our party. What? It's

04:08about the history. And again,

04:10being a woman in a family of men

04:14, it's showing us to be strong

04:15and stand up for what we believe

04:19to that we are a city that has a

04:21majority Latino population. The

04:24largest concentration of

04:26Mexicans outside of Mexico City.

04:27The true meaning of El Grito. It

04:29was how ordinary people came

04:31together to fight for their

04:32independence and one I think

04:35it's very important to just keep

04:36the roots and keep the culture

04:37alive. It's very important to

04:38just know and be proud of who we

04:41are as Latinos as our parents

04:43who made such sacrifices to be

04:44in this country, who work their

04:46butts off to be here and to let

04:49people know in higher power that

04:51we are not leaving anytime soon,

04:52and that we were here first. We

04:54have been here and we are going

04:55nowhere. Make some noise. If you

04:57are planning to go anywhere.

05:03It's going to be the Mexico Mira

05:09, Mexico. Viva, Viva Mexico!

05:12Viva.

05:27God bless you and. Viva Mexico.

05:36Go to Los Angeles! Qué viva

05:39Mexico. Look in. The Japanese

05:48American National Museum has

05:49been an institution here in

05:51Little Tokyo for a long time.

05:52And so we always seek to partner

05:54with other organizations around

05:55the neighborhood. In this case,

05:56being able to host our Natsu

05:58Matsuri festival, which we hold

05:59each summer here at the Budokan,

06:01is an exciting opportunity for

06:03us to bring both audiences

06:03together and to invite the

06:05community to participate in some

06:06of the programs that Janome has

06:07brought here, as well as

06:09collaborating with the Budokan

06:10to share this space here in

06:11little Tokyo. It's an annual

06:16festival and we are here to

06:17celebrate the summer and Nisei

06:19Week as a part of our activities

06:21that are happening throughout

06:22little Tokyo. Most of our

06:24audience, you know, isn't

06:25Japanese, American for these

06:26kinds of festivals. So it's a

06:27really new opportunity to learn

06:29about a new culture, a new

06:30tradition. So yeah, that's why

06:31we just want to have people to

06:33come in and celebrate with us.

06:36We're hosting a variety of

06:37activities today, from Obon,

06:39dancing to our Janome volunteer

06:42Band, a program that I work in,

06:44particularly the Democracy

06:46Center specializes in programing

06:47that engages audiences of all

06:49ages and civic dialog. Arts and

06:52culture, and the ways those two

06:54fields interact with one

06:55another. We particularly want to

06:56engage younger audiences and

06:58being more civically involved

06:59because it's so crucial that

07:01young people are involved in the

07:03infrastructure and the building

07:04of their future. So we're closed

07:07for renovation right now, but we

07:09are still actively doing

07:11programing, and even when we

07:13were open, this was really a

07:15good opportunity for us to get a

07:15lot of people in the door,

07:16especially new audiences, young

07:18families, new generations in the

07:20door to learn about Janam, learn

07:21about Japanese, American history

07:23and culture. Japanese American

07:24history is very extensive and

07:27Janam is the largest collection

07:28of material objects of the

07:30Japanese American story and

07:31history. And so for us, it's

07:33really a great opportunity. Just

07:34like with Natsu Matsuri to

07:35connect with multiple

07:36generations of families to come

07:38that are not only Japanese

07:39American, but of many other

07:41cultures to be a part of this

07:42festival together. In 1997,

07:48during the construction of the

07:49Metro B-Line subway, the

07:51foundation of the original Adobe

07:53was unearthed beneath Lankershim

07:55Boulevard. To ensure its legacy,

07:57a recreation of the foundation

07:59is available for viewing. While

08:01the footprint under the street

08:02and sidewalk is marked by

08:04decorative pavement. In South

08:06Los Angeles, another historic

08:08landmark is being preserved that

08:09celebrates arts and culture. The

08:12city of Los Angeles has

08:13completed a major investment in

08:15Leimert Park's historic vision

08:17Theater, transforming the venue

08:19into a vibrant gathering place

08:20for the entire community. The

08:27city has made an investment

08:28right here in Leimert Park for

08:30the Vision Theater. We're so

08:32excited about what this means in

08:34South Los Angeles, what it means

08:36to artists, what it means to

08:38community. And we can't wait for

08:43the doors to be open to see our

08:48first program. The community is

08:52at the heart of what the

08:53Department of Cultural Affairs

08:54does. We know that Leimert Park

08:56is a space where artists thrive

08:59, where we have visual and

09:01performing artists. The theater

09:02is here to help lift up our

09:04artists and our partners here in

09:05Leimert Park, and help carry

09:06forward the Leimert Park legacy

09:08of what this is going to be.

09:12It's a great thing to see this,

09:15this theater open and it's like

09:17a jewel. This is like a jewel of

09:19this community, and it's so

09:21promising. All the attention

09:22given by the city of Los Angeles

09:24to this neighborhood. The first

09:27thing I noticed was the sound

09:31impeccable. The acoustics. I'm a

09:33musician. I'm an actor, a

09:35singer, all of that other stuff,

09:36you know, I'm a performer. And

09:38the acoustics was what got me. I

09:41sing ho ho ho, so I want to be

09:44on stage. Like I say, it's a

09:52jewel. It's really from this

09:54community. And it celebrates

09:55this community. And it's a place

09:57where people can gather until

10:00such time as we have opened this

10:01beautiful, grand vision theater

10:04, we've had to find ourselves

10:05going out of our community in

10:06order to enjoy the arts, music,

10:09dance and now we can stay home.

10:13I think every detail was

10:15intentional and I'm excited for

10:17the world to see it.

10:34We're here today in the lovely

10:36Winnetka area, here in the West

10:37San Fernando Valley on 818.

10:39We're here at Cupid's Hot Dogs,

10:40hosting their love letter to the

10:42Valley event. So we've been here

10:51for 80 years. My grandparents

10:53started Cupid, so we're third

10:54generation owners. And yeah,

10:56we've just been a part of the

10:57Valley for generations now, and

11:00it's really been our mission to

11:01kind of keep our store the same.

11:03We haven't changed a lot. We got

11:05bands playing here, we've got

11:06vendors and all kinds of fun

11:09things going on. Tell me when

11:13everybody's no. Really, our

11:22motivation behind a love letter

11:23to the Valley was a way for us

11:27to bring community together to

11:29show love to one another. We

11:31brought a variety of

11:32organizations, nonprofits, pop

11:35up vendors and musicians to all

11:37come together in this family

11:39friendly event. So that we could

11:41not only show love to one

11:43another, but feel that love from

11:47one another. I think it's just

11:50good to get in, you know, IRL,

11:52as the kids say, get back into

11:53real life and let's see what's

11:54going on. You know, in the

11:56community, in person than

11:56whatever's going on online. You

11:58know, there could be a little

11:59misconstrued sometimes on there.

12:01So let's get back out and do

12:03some fun stuff in public. You

12:05know, events like this is what I

12:08love about this job. Councilman

12:09Bob Blumenfield loves to keep

12:11our local mom and pop style

12:13businesses as healthy and

12:14thriving as he can. And so

12:16through our support and our

12:17fellow government offices,

12:19making sure that these legacy

12:20businesses stay afloat is super

12:22important.

12:38This is one of the last events

12:39that we have for the summer,

12:40culminating a great summer. We

12:42had pool parties all over the

12:45city. We had a great attendance

12:49. People from all over the city

12:50came out to enjoy our pool

12:52parties. The summer was really

12:55successful for Vienna, so we had

12:56a lot of programs, a lot of

12:58teams, for example, like water

12:59polo, artistic swimming, swim

13:01team, junior lifeguards, also

13:02kids learn how to swim. Going

13:05from, you know, our tiny tots

13:05and preschool all the way up to

13:07even like level four and just

13:09being in the water during

13:09summertime because we know it's

13:10super hot outside. My kids use

13:14this club for two years. We love

13:17it. I'm really appreciate for

13:19L.A. city. You know, it's a good

13:20facility for the kids. When I

13:26found out, it's like a free pool

13:29party, I got so excited and I

13:30told my kids it's actually like

13:32our first time here in Van Nuys

13:35. You know, the pool is big, and

13:37it's really a nice pool. I love

13:40it. This pool party is amazing.

13:44And bringing all the community

13:45together. The kids are enjoying

13:47it. We've been coming to this

13:49park for many years. My son is

13:51in a swimming team and a water

13:53polo team in this park every

13:55single day. The council office

14:00is also here and they're going

14:01to have a few different games

14:02for the kids. Being a lifeguard

14:08, I really find a lot of joy and

14:10fulfillment in teaching kids how

14:11to swim. You know, being more

14:13confident in the water, just

14:14learning that it's not something

14:15to be scared of or fearful of

14:16when you think of the water, you

14:18should be thinking of having a

14:19good time. You know, having fun

14:25. Obviously, swimming is a life

14:26skill that everybody should

14:27know, and we have a great

14:29program here at Brown and all

14:31over the city where we teach

14:32kids and adults how to swim.

14:37Here at Vienna. So we are a year

14:39round pool. So we offer lessons

14:41as well as team sports

14:43throughout the whole year. So

14:44not just the summertime. So

14:45currently after the Labor Day

14:47pool party, we will kick off our

14:49off season. And so essentially

14:50what that means is we do offer

14:52our lessons and teams during the

14:53fall and winter months. You know

14:55, stop on by, see what we have

14:56going on. From its early

15:03beginnings, when the Adobe was a

15:05ranch house to a stagecoach mail

15:06service, to a Union troop

15:09campsite during the Civil War,

15:10and today, Los Angeles

15:12Historical Monument number 29,

15:13Campo de Cahuenga will always

15:15hold importance to the people

15:16and history it represents in

15:19Venice Beach. Another important

15:20landmark is being preserved

15:22after fears it would go away,

15:23the Venice Beach skate park is

15:25back. The restored park was

15:28designed with input from skaters

15:29and an emphasis on being a place

15:31to bring people together.

15:32Councilwoman Tracy Park was at

15:34the ribbon cutting ceremony with

15:35the Venice Beach community to

15:37celebrate the return of the

15:38skate park. So I'm so excited

15:45about it. Like it's amazing. It

15:47was obviously done by skaters.

15:49It's so smooth, especially the

15:50ground, and the vibe is so nice

15:53. We are out here at Venice

15:55Beach where we just cut the

15:57ribbon on our restoration of the

16:01historic OG Little Skate park

16:04right here, and we have worked

16:07with the community to restore

16:08some of these historic elements.

16:10When they took out the last one,

16:11a lot of us local skaters were

16:14really sad because we didn't

16:14know that they were going to

16:15build it soon, and we honestly

16:18thought they were just going to

16:19take it away. So like, we were

16:21kind of heartbroken. So just to

16:21see like all the effort and work

16:23they put into it and to make it

16:25so nice, it's like we really

16:26feel like Venice is back. I

16:27think it's sick. It's a sick,

16:31sick setup. Should have had this

16:33like 20 years ago. It's amazing.

16:35And I'm so grateful. Hallelujah

16:37Thank you God. Thank you

16:38everybody that made this happen.

16:40You know what I'm saying? I'm

16:42grateful. I think for the

16:45community, it's a great place.

16:46Venice already is a skate Mecca.

16:48I feel like people come from all

16:49over the world to skate here.

16:50Now. The community is going to

16:52be able to come here and learn.

16:55Hopefully we'll start doing some

16:56skate classes with the

16:56recreation center. So offering

16:58some more programs for everybody

17:00locally and around the world.

17:01And this is of course adjacent

17:04to one of the most iconic skate

17:07parks in the entire world. We

17:09are also going to be bringing

17:12back the legendary historic

17:14Venice pit. It brings unity. It

17:24brings family. There are people

17:26from all over Los Angeles and

17:29beyond out here in Venice today

17:38. Dude, right now the city is

17:40doing such a good job. Venice

17:41and Santa Monica has been coming

17:43to life with all the events

17:45there's been so much happiness,

17:46even with FIFA just happening

17:49too. It's been like maybe like

17:51seven years since I've seen

17:53Venice this bright and happy. I

17:57think there's going to be more

17:58people because I'm going to

17:58start skating more, because this

18:00setup is way doper. I'm about

18:01the street spots. It's got the

18:03new street benches and stuff. So

18:05I'm stoked. Maybe doing some

18:08intro to skating, getting some

18:09of our local legends. Venice

18:11Beach is full of legends who are

18:13OG skateboarders that grew up

18:15here, that learned to skate

18:16here. So hopefully they'll come

18:17back and they'll want to do some

18:19some good for the community and

18:19give back to the kids. We are

18:21super excited with LA 28 and the

18:23Olympics on the horizon as we're

18:26getting our footprint here in

18:29Venice ready for the world to

18:31arrive. We're not done yet, but

18:32we're going to be camera ready

18:34by 2028. Come by Venice Beach,

18:36bring your skateboard and learn

18:38to skate out here. This is a

18:39blessing for everybody that

18:41skates out here. This is dope.

18:53We are happy today to be here to

18:56reopen the lovely Wilshire

18:58Branch Library. They have done a

19:00lot of work on making their

19:02spaces to be more sensory

19:04friendly and welcoming and

19:06inclusive for young Angelenos.

19:08So we're very excited to be here

19:10. We are the biggest fans of

19:12this library, this library is

19:14one of the most special places

19:15in Los Angeles to make this

19:18space accessible for everyone.

19:19Nicole is always putting on fun

19:21events, sensory spaces for kids

19:23and teens means dampening the

19:25sound, lowering the lights,

19:27making the lights softer so to

19:30speak, which we did with some

19:32different cellophane and making

19:34more accessible seating,

19:36basically making it more of an

19:37inclusive space. We actually

19:39have a sensory forecast that

19:42allows patrons to anticipate

19:45when there will be sensory

19:47friendly hours in the library,

19:48which are Mondays, Wednesdays,

19:51Fridays, Saturdays for the first

19:52two hours of service, and for

19:54the patrons that have lower

19:56light needs. We have lights that

19:57they can actually check out at

19:59the library. It's been amazing

20:01being here and as you can see,

20:02there's just so much going on

20:05around and we've always been

20:07welcomed to be here. And I think

20:08that if there's anybody in the

20:10community who's looking for a

20:11space to do that, to be able to

20:13come and be themselves, and this

20:15is a great place to be. My

20:16favorite activity that we do

20:18here is probably like Legos,

20:21because you can like, go here on

20:24like a Lego day and you can make

20:25anything you want. This is our

20:28eighth location to undergo these

20:29changes to make this space more

20:31sensory friendly and inclusive

20:32for children and teens. Over 40

20:35of our locations now have

20:36sensory kits, so even if they

20:38don't have the complete space,

20:39they do have tools available to

20:41help make the library more

20:42accessible. LA will host the

20:48largest event this nation has

20:50ever hosted, and the question

20:52that determines whether it works

20:53is not just about the readiness

20:55of the particular venues. It's

20:56not just about the athletes

20:58themselves. It's about whether

21:00people can get to and around Los

21:01Angeles safely, affordably and

21:05in a way that makes them feel

21:07good about their experience here

21:09in Los Angeles. So I hosted a

21:11panel discussion here today with

21:12some of the agencies that are

21:13going to be responsible for

21:14mobility around the upcoming

21:17Olympic and Paralympic Games.

21:21Whether you plan to go to the

21:23games or not, you're going to be

21:24impacted by an increase in

21:26traffic and an increase in

21:27visitors. Really, LA metro is

21:32the largest agency that's

21:33coordinating these efforts.

21:39During the summer's World Cup,

21:41Los Angeles showed the world

21:42what we can accomplish. More

21:44than 212,000 rides were taken on

21:47Metro's enhanced bus service on

21:48one match day alone. Ridership

21:50on the line increased by 41, and

21:53on the C line by 23. Well, we

21:57wanted to talk about what went

21:58right during the World Cup so

22:00that we could build on that

22:01experience to make sure that the

22:03games that are coming in 2008

22:05are as seamless as possible, and

22:07that we can have mobility for

22:08the tens of thousands of

22:10visitors who are coming to Los

22:11Angeles without negatively

22:12impacting the residents of Los

22:15Angeles. We also want to make

22:22this so good for transit riders

22:23that we improve their experience

22:26going into the future, long

22:27after the games are gone.

22:29There's a lot of things that we

22:30need to fix about our transit

22:31system for transit riders that

22:33this gives us a really good push

22:34to get done quickly. We enjoy

22:40the fact that we're going to

22:42have the Olympics here in L.A,

22:45but included in that we will be

22:48looking out for the residents to

22:49make sure they're not

22:51disadvantaged and that something

22:52will be left in these

22:54communities for them. And we're

22:57also hoping that more people

22:59give transit a try. We want to

23:02give people an affordable, safe

23:04, convenient way to get around

23:05our city. We're hoping that

23:07these games give us an

23:08opportunity to do that. Campo de

23:18Cahuenga hosts an annual

23:20reenactment of the Treaty

23:21signing. While the treaty ended

23:23conflict in California, the

23:25Mexican-American War did not

23:26formally end until the Treaty of

23:28Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on

23:29February second, 1848. When we

23:33document the truth of our past,

23:34it allows us to preserve the

23:36history of communities and

23:37recover from difficult times

23:39with intention and recognition.

23:41September is national

23:43Preparedness Month in LA and the

23:44City of Los Angeles emergency

23:46Management Department is

23:47reminding Angelenos to be

23:50prepared. That means having

23:51emergency kits, updating out of

23:53area contacts, making a plan,

23:54and knowing where to find

23:56resources in an emergency.

24:06September is national

24:07preparedness Month. It's an

24:09opportunity to gather your

24:11family and friends and think

24:12about if you're prepared for

24:15disasters here in Los Angeles,

24:16we know that we are prone to a

24:18variety of different types of

24:19things. It could be earthquakes.

24:21It could be severe weather. A

24:22lot of rain, high temperatures,

24:26you name it. So we have to be

24:28ready and we have to be

24:30prepared. So during the month of

24:30September, we encourage all

24:33Angelenos, residents, businesses

24:35to take a look at their

24:37emergency plans to know their

24:38hazards and then to practice

24:40their plan, to look at their

24:42emergency kits, to make sure all

24:44the items that might be needed

24:46during times of disaster are in

24:48place. Los Angeles being so

24:51huge, certainly responders can't

24:53get to everybody. So oftentimes

24:54we rely on our neighbors. While

24:57there is some disasters that we

24:59can plan for, such as El Nino,

25:02we need to know how to be ready

25:05for anything that could happen

25:06at a moment's notice. September

25:11is Nacional del preparation. Qué

25:13es dedicado a crear conciencia

25:15publica sobre la importancia del

25:17prepararse para desastres

25:18naturales y también esos

25:19provocado por ser humano. Lo

25:21importante es reemplazar empezar

25:23a hablar sobre todos pueden

25:24hacer en caso de una emergencia

25:26y sepan. Qué no tienen tener

25:29miedo porque ya estan mas

25:30preparados. Ready l'orgue.

25:36That's ready. La .org. And this

25:39website you will see a variety

25:40of resources to be ready for any

25:43disaster. And there are studies

25:52that show that 1 in 3 students

25:53in LAUSD need glasses. The idea

25:56of kids going to school and not

25:58being able to see and perform

25:59well in school, to me, is just

26:01heartbreaking. Today, Powersite

26:06Foundation teamed up with

26:07Ketchum Health University with

26:09Monica Rodriguez and Reno 92.3.

26:10We came out here at Pacoima to

26:12give free eye exams and free

26:14glasses. We're hosting our first

26:15ever vision clinic. We're

26:17partnering with Power of Sight

26:19to bring 150 glasses eye exams

26:20to the community. People are

26:22getting ready to go back to

26:23school, kids going back to

26:24school, and we think it's so

26:26important that they have the

26:27proper vision and tools that

26:30they need in order to do well in

26:31school. Adults, as well. We

26:33brought not only the glasses,

26:34but giveaways like backpacks.

26:36We're giving food out to the

26:37community. As we see, the need

26:41is there. We've had a line since

26:436 a.m. this is a service that a

26:45lot of people from the community

26:46desperately need. Eyeglasses are

26:48not super affordable. Sometimes

26:49we know insurance is high,

26:51eyeglasses are expensive, and

26:53the opportunity to do that for

26:55free in the community is

26:57something that we're happy to be

26:58involved with on a frequent

26:59basis. We got here at 7:00, but

27:01people were lining up before we

27:02got here two hours before we got

27:04here, like at 5 a.m, so the need

27:06here is great. What's unique

27:08about our organization? Not only

27:10do they do the eye exams, they

27:12choose their frames. And we're

27:13making them today on the spot.

27:14So everyone was walking away

27:15with their glasses today.

27:18There's been many times a lot of

27:20our participants, this is their

27:22first exam ever. Sometimes

27:22they're in their mid 30s 40s and

27:2450s. We want to make sure that

27:27the resources that sometimes our

27:29constituents need to go out to

27:30the city to receive, that we

27:31bring them to them. Right. We

27:33don't want to create an obstacle

27:34or a hurdle that they have to go

27:36to. That's our commitment to the

27:38city. If anybody is interested

27:40or bringing us to their

27:41community anywhere in L.A.

27:42County, reach out to us. You can

27:44visit our website at

27:46powersite.org. We'll be happy to

27:47come out to your community.

27:55Campo de Cahuenga is one of

27:56hundreds of places in Los

27:58Angeles that tells the

27:59incredible history of a city

28:00filled with dreamers, game

28:02changers, pioneers, and really

28:04good skaters. Thank you for

28:06joining us and experiencing Los

28:08Angeles. Watch these stories and

28:09more anytime at LA City Govtv

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28:15We will see you next time

29:13.

29:13Planning for emergencies is

29:15smart, but does the family

29:16emergency plan include pets

30:11?

30:11I'm Eileen King from the art

30:13department, Los Angeles Public

30:15Library, Central library. I want

30:18to share a little bit about Ruth

30:20Thomas Saunders today. She was

30:23an artist designer, typographer

30:26, printer and an avid bookplate

30:29collector. In this small book

30:33that she published at her own

30:35studio, there were 110 copies

30:39printed. And we have number

30:41three in our collection here at

30:43Los Angeles Public Library. It

30:47is a collection of her own

30:49bookplates that she designed for

30:51other people living in the Los

30:53Angeles area. She studied first

30:57in Paris with Fernand Leger in

30:59the 1920s, and then returned to

31:03Claremont, California to open

31:04her print shop in addition to

31:06book arts. Saunders designed

31:09bookplates for artists and

31:10musicians and libraries in the

31:11Los Angeles area. She was vice

31:15president of the bookplate

31:17Association International, and

31:18she also published a book of

31:21bookplates from 14 countries

31:23around the world. Saunders

31:26criteria for bookplates was

31:28quite simple. She wanted a clear

31:31presentation of the name,

31:32integrated with the design, so

31:35that the typography and the

31:37image were worthy of placement

31:39in a book. In the art department

31:42, with its collection of about

31:45300,000 books on graphic and

31:46performing arts, as well as

31:48recreation, a study of

31:50bookplates, especially those

31:54that are online in the Tessa,

31:55are platform for digital

31:57collections, can serve as a

32:00starting point for an adventure

32:01into the world of prints and

32:04printmaking. You may even

32:06discover an original bookplate

32:08created by a local artist. In

32:11our relief printmaking class.

32:14The design integrates the Los

32:15Angeles Public Library's own

32:18bookplate with additional images

32:21that reflect the book worthy of

32:22the plate. Thank you

42:40.

42:41For

42:41Your

46:25President: ALL

46:26RIGHT, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME

46:27TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULE

46:28MEETLE OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY

46:30COUNCIL.

46:31WOULDED IS WEDNESDAY, THE 7th

46:33DAY OF OCTOBER, THE YEAR 2026.

46:35PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BING TAKEN

46:37IN-PERSON AS WELL AS

46:38TELEPHONICALLY.

46:40MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN THE

46:42PROCEEDINGS BY CALLING THE ROLL.

46:43>> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,

46:44HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT,

46:44JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN,

46:45PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN,

46:47RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,

46:48YAROSLAVSKY.

46:5010 MEMBERS PRESENT AND A QUORUM

46:51MR. PRESIDENT.

46:52>> Council President: ALL

46:53RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.

46:54>> Clerk: A PRAOL AL --APPROVAL

47:00OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 6, 2026.

47:02>> Council President: WHAT'S

47:03NEXT.

47:04>> Clerk: XHEPD COMMENDATORY

47:11FOR LOSINGS FOR APPROVAL.

47:12>> Council President: NEXT.

47:15>> Clerk: PLEASE NOTE THE

47:16PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT

47:18FOR NUMBER 17 HAS BEEN

47:19CIRCULATE ASKED POST TODAY

47:23COUNCIL FILE 26-1377.

47:24FOR NUMBER 18 THE RULES

47:28COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED.

47:30ITEM NUMBER 23 IS A ITEM

47:33SCHEDULED FOR CLOSED SESSION.

47:35TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR

47:37CONSIDERATION.

47:37>> Council President: ALL

47:39RIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE

47:40ITEMS ARE NOW BEFORE US.

47:43ARE SPECIALS, MEMBERS?

47:45I'LL START ON COUNCILMEMBER

47:47PARK'S SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE.

47:49ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO SPECIALS.

47:52OH COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

47:56>> M. Rodriguez: ITEM 22 FOR

47:59COMMENTS.

48:01>> Council President: ITEM 2-2.

48:09>> T. McOsker: I WILL LIKE TO

48:12CALL NUMBER 6 FOR AN AMENDMENT.

48:14>> Council President: ON NUMBER

48:156.

48:16>> T. McOsker: YES.

48:17>> Council President: I GOT IT.

48:19ANY ON THIS SIDE?

48:22COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.

48:22>>

48:23>> E. Hernandez: I WOULD LIKE

48:25TO CALL 2-0 FOR COMMENTS.

48:26>> Council President: 2-0, ALL

48:28RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS,

48:29MEMBERS?

48:29ALL RIGHT.

48:30ALL RIGHT MADAM CLERK, WHAT

48:32ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES

48:33AT THIS TIME.

48:33>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL ARE

48:35ITEMS 1 THROUGH 5.

48:36>> Council President: ALL

48:37RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON

48:38THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL,

48:40TABULATE THE VOTE.

48:41>> Clerk: 10 AYES.

48:42>> Council President: WHAT'S

48:42NEXT?

48:43>> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW

48:44MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

48:46>> Council President: ALL

48:47RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, MR. CITY

48:49ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE US

48:51FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

48:51>> Clerk: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

48:53WISH TO GO OFFER PUBLIC

48:55COMMENT, SHOULD CALL, AND USE

48:57MEET ING ID NUMBER 1659176148

49:01AND THEN PRESS POUND, PRESS

49:03POUND AGAIN WHEN PROMPTED FOR

49:05PARTICIPATE ID.

49:06ONCE COUNCIL ENTERS THE PUBLIC

49:08COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING

49:09PRESS STAR 9 TO REQUEST TO

49:10SPEAK.

49:12WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK A

49:15PROMPT WILL ASK TO YOU UNMUTE.

49:16LET ME REPEAT.

49:36THANK YOU.

49:38>> City Attorney: TO MEMBERS OF

49:40THE PUBLIC WISHING TO PROVIDE

49:42PUBLIC COMMENT AT TODAY'S

49:43MEETING.

49:44WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW

49:48INSTRUCTIONS IN WITH SB707.

49:50I WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

49:55BEFORE WE MOVE TO VIRTUAL

49:57PUBLIC COMMENT.

49:57WHEN PROVIDE BE PUBLIC COMMENT,

50:00PLEASE STATE WHICH OF THE

50:01AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO

50:02SPEAK TO.

50:03YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER UP

50:05TO THREE MINUTES TOTAL.

50:07WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA

50:09ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC.

50:11OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS

50:14MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN.

50:14IF TUR NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE

50:17CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON

50:19TOPIC, YOU'LL GET A BRIEF

50:20WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL

50:21PRESIDENT.

50:22AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET

50:25IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON

50:26TOPIC.

50:27IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL

50:30FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR

50:31SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE

50:32ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

50:34ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

50:36ARE 6 THROUGH 23.

50:37AGAIN THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC

50:39COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE 6

50:41THROUGH 23.

50:41MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO

50:44SPEAK TO UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR

50:45GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

50:47DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,

50:48MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK

50:49TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING

50:51ELSE IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION.

50:52WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME

50:56IS SUPE.

50:57IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS

50:59MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE

51:00ROOM.

51:00IF YOU REQUIRE A FOREIGN

51:03LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, MAKE SURE

51:04TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES

51:08WHILE THE INTERPRETER ARE

51:09INTERPRETING.

51:10>> Interpreter: [SPEAKING

51:11SPANISH]

51:14>> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY,

51:16WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE

51:17THE INTERPRET RESIDENTER

51:18INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET

51:20THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS

51:21EVERYONE ELSE.

51:22>> Interpreter: [SPEAKING

51:23SPANISH]

51:28GRACIAS.

51:28>> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY

51:31IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION

51:33REQUEST PURSUANT TO THE ADA IN

51:35ORDER TO MAKE USE OF WIRELESS

51:38MICROPHONE FOR YOUR PUBLIC

51:39COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO

51:40SPEAK, PLEASE PROCEED TOLL

51:42CENTER AISLE, NOT THE PODIUM

51:43AND RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE

51:46SARMGT KNOW TO PROVIDE YOU WITH

51:49THAT WIRELESS MICROPHONE.

51:50FINALLY IN ORDER TO HELP US

51:54ACCOMMODATE AN EFFICIENT

51:55COMMENT PERIOD, WE WILL ASK YOU

51:57THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU

51:59HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED ALOUD

52:02BEFORE LINING UP IN ANY ORDER

52:05TO LINE UP TO SPEAK.

52:05THANK YOU.

52:06>> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN PUBLIC

52:09COMMENT BY CALLING THE NAMES,

52:15PENCIL CHAVEZ, SHARON, FELICIA

52:19BERKELEY AND KIM GOTTE B WALKER.

52:37>> City Attorney: OKAY, IT

52:39LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN

52:40WITH MR. HERMAN.

52:42MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE THREE

52:44MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE

52:46FOR GENERAL, PLEASE BEGIN WITH

52:47THE ITEMS.

52:48>> Speaker: BUENOS DIAS PINCHE

52:54PAOUT OS OF LOS ANGELES.

52:55>> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING,

52:57YOU FUCKEN IDIOTS OF LOS

52:58ANGELES.

52:59>> Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]

53:05>> Interpreter: SO FOR EXAMPLE,

53:06YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ISSUE WITH

53:08SECURITY FOR EXAMPLE NUMBER 6

53:09IS AN EXAMPLE.

53:12>> Speaker: THE PHYSICAL IMPACT

53:16FUCKEN STATEMENT FOR NON

53:17SUBMITTED BY THE FUCKEN CITY

53:19ATTORNEY, FOR THE RECORD, AND

53:21I'LL PUT IT ON RECORD, CASE

53:27NUMBER 226, CV11599, FILED

53:32YESTERDAY 10-6-2026.

53:32THANK YOU.

53:34>> City Attorney: SORRY, WHICH

53:35ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING TO?

53:37>> Speaker: I'M ON NUMBER 6,

53:41MOTHER FUCKER, PLEASE DON'T

53:43INTERRUPT ME.

53:44I JUST STATED MY CASE WITH

53:47NUMBER 6, DON'T FUCK WITH ME,

53:48ALL RIGHT, IT'S TOO EARLY FOR

53:50THIS SHIT.

53:51SEE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

53:53PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS BEEN MY

53:54CONCERN.

53:56YOU CAN FILM ME, DON'T BE

53:57AFRAID.

53:58>> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN,

53:59YOU KNOW THE RULES I'VE

54:02EXPLAINED IT TO YOU MORE THAN

54:03ANYONE ELSE, ADDRESS THIS BODY,

54:05NOT THE AUDIENCE.

54:06>> Speaker: I'M NOT JASON, SO

54:08TREAT ME WITH RESPECT.

54:09>> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR

54:11LAST WARNING, STAY ON TOPIC,

54:14ADDRESS THIS BODY, OR I'LL MOVE

54:16YOU TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

54:18>> Speaker: I'LL WAIT FOR MY

54:21NEXT MINUTE.

54:23>> City Attorney: SO IF YOU

54:24DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY,

54:25WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE

54:27NEXT SPEAKER.

54:28>> Speaker: I GET THREE MINUTES.

54:29>> City Attorney: THEN PROVIDE

54:31YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

54:32>> Speaker: I GET TWO MINUTES

54:36LEFT, RELAX.

54:37>> City Attorney: AT THIS

54:38POINT, YOUR SILENCE IS

54:40REPETITIVE, SO CONTINUE OR MOVE

54:42ON.

54:44>> Speaker: SO LADIES AND

54:45GENTLEMEN, THE TAX EQUITY

54:51REPORT TARIFFS, IS THIS, I

54:54SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP TARIFF'S

54:56BUT NOT LOS ANGELES.

54:57WE ARE THE WORSE CORRUPTED,

55:00CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION OF

55:01AMERICA AND WE LOOK LIKE A

55:04BUNCH OF SHIT HOLE DUMB FUCK

55:09FACE-LOOKING ASSHOLES.

55:10AND THIS REPORT WAS STUDIED AND

55:11HELD ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2026, YOU

55:15FUCKEN PUMPKIN HEAD, YOU SEE

55:17IT, THAT'S ITEM 16.

55:19NOW I'M GOING TO MY NEXT ONE.

55:2420, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

55:25WITH SMOKING SCAN COMMITTEE

55:27REPORTS.

55:29FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF

55:32FUCKEN STONE PRODUCTS, NOT

55:35ROLLING STONES, BUT THAT OF

55:37SMOKING SCAN.

55:39TO INCLUDE THE CITY'S 26-27

55:43SMOKING SCAN STATE LEGISLATIVE

55:46FUCKEN SMOKING SCAN SUPPORT FOR

55:48THE CALIFORNIA FUCKEN

55:50OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND FUCKEN

55:52HEALTH STANDARDS THAT I BELIEVE

56:02JAVIER BA CERA IS FUCKEN

56:04STUPID ITEM.

56:05THEN I GO TO CLOSED SESSION, F

56:09M.O. FOR THE RECORD, MY M.O. U

56:14IS THIS, 40 USC 43 POLITELY,

56:18FUCK YOU AND YOUR CV REPORT ON

56:20THIS CASE.

56:22I DEMAND IMMEDIATE, IMMEDIATE

56:24ATTENTION TO RECUSE YOURSELF,

56:27YOU STUPID FUCK ATTORNEY, NOW

56:29INTO MY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

56:30>> City Attorney: ONE MINUTE.

56:32>> Speaker: AS I SAID,

56:36LIMPBIZKIT IN THE HOUSE, WE'RE

56:38HERE TO GET A BUDGET ON YOU

56:41LIMPBIZKIT, I'M CALLING IT OUT

56:42FOR YOU BRO AND SMOKING SCAN

56:44AND CALLING YOU OUT ON TO ALL

56:46OF YOU TO LISTEN TO SUB STACK

56:50DANIEL GUS.COM >> City

56:54Attorney: YOU NEED TO CONNECT

56:56IT TO CITY'S JURISDICTION.

56:58>> Speaker: DO I SUFFER FROM

57:00DEMENTIA OR MENTAL HEALTH OR AM

57:01I.

57:02>> Council President: YOU HAVE

57:03TO GET ON TOPIC, YOUR MENTAL

57:06HEALTH IS IS NOT THE TOPIC THIS

57:07MORNING.

57:07>> Speaker: WE PAY FOR MENTAL

57:09HEALTH AS A CITY TO INCORPORATE

57:11EVERYONE YOU RACIST SAM BO

57:17STUPID CUNT.

57:17THAT'S RIGHT.

57:19SAY IT, JASON.

57:20UH-HUH.

57:21>> Council President: MR. CITY

57:23ATTORNEY, HE VIOLATED COUNCIL

57:24RULE, IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR HIM

57:26TO BE DISMISSED.

57:27>> City Attorney: IF THE CHAIR,

57:30THE PRESIDENT CAN WARN HIM.

57:32>> Council President: THE CHAIR

57:33IS SISHING SUCH A WARNING.

57:35>> Speaker: LADIES AND

57:36GENTLEMEN, OF LOS ANGELES, I AM.

57:38>> City Attorney: MR. HERMAN,

57:41YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

57:42NEXT SPEAKER.

57:55GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU

57:56LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

57:57>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CASE

58:02NUMBER 26-1033.

58:03>> City Attorney: I DON'T KNOW

58:04WHICH ITEM.

58:05WE'LL START WITH ONE MINUTE FOR

58:07GENERAL.

58:08>> Speaker: STANLEY HILLS

58:09PROJECT.

58:10>> City Attorney: OKAY.

58:11ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL.

58:13>> Speaker: OKAY.

58:14GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS,

58:15MY NAME IS RUSE I'M

58:19REPRESENTING APPELLANT, THE

58:20APPLICANT STANLEY HILLS PROJECT.

58:23I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO DENY

58:25THE APPEAL AND REJECT THE

58:29PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

58:32WE OBSERVE THE OBJECTION AND

58:34ALL JURISDICTION ARGUMENT.

58:36THIS DOES NOT WAIVE ANY OF THEM.

58:40THE 75-DAY PERIOD EXPIRED ON

58:42SEPTEMBER 14 WITHOUT A CONSENT

58:44TO AN EXTENSION AND THIS BODY

58:46DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO

58:48VOTE ON IT, IT'S DEEMED DENIED

58:50BY OPERATION OF LAW.

58:53SINCE THEN, L.A. FIRE

58:55DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED THE

58:56PLAN, AND THERE IS NO

58:58JURISDICTION OVER THIS BODY TO

59:01VOTE ON THIS PLAN.

59:02THANK YOU SO MUCH.

59:05>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

59:06NEXT SPEAKER.

59:07>> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT

59:09SPEAKER I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A

59:10FEW MORE NAMES, ANGEL ARSNEGA,

59:14GABRIEL O, SCOTT, ALBERT LINO,

59:1924-INCH, DOCTOR JEFFERSON AND

59:21GOAT'.

59:21>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

59:22WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

59:24>> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO

59:26SPEAK TO PROCLAMATION FOR

59:29HOUSING INSTABILITY AS A

59:32REPRODUCTIVE ISSUE.

59:32>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

59:33HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL

59:34PUBLIC COMMENT.

59:35GO AHEAD.

59:35>> Speaker: THANK YOU, GOOD

59:37AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS FELICIA

59:40BERKELEY, FIRST AND FOR MOST, I

59:42AM A MOTHER.

59:42I AM ALSO A FELLOW OF THE DHS

59:47MARIA SOLIS POLICY INSTITUTE

59:50AND A MEMBER OF THE LOS ANGELES

59:51MOTHER BOARD.

59:56AS A MOTHER, I KNOW THAT

59:58BRINGING YOUR CHILD TO THIS

1:00:00WORLD IS NOT JUST THE

1:00:01BEGINNING, WE ALSO NEED THE

1:00:03ABILITY TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN,

1:00:06SOMEWHERE THEY CAN FEEL SAFE

1:00:08ROOTED AND SECURE.

1:00:09THAT IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY TO

1:00:13SAY THAT HOUSING IS A

1:00:18REPRODUCTIVE ISSUE.

1:00:19IT'S NOT WHETHER WE HAVE ISSUE,

1:00:22IT'S ALSO ABOUT WHETHER WE HAVE

1:00:25THE RESOURCES AND CONDITIONS TO

1:00:27RAISE OUR CHILDREN IN SAFE AND

1:00:29SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNITIES.

1:00:30WHERE MOTHERS ARE FACE ING

1:00:37EVICTION OR BEING PRICED OUT OF

1:00:39THE COMMUNITIES.

1:00:39>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:00:41SPEAK CER, YOUR --SPEAKER, YOUR

1:00:44TIME IS EXPIRED.

1:00:45NEXT SPEAKER.

1:00:52GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU

1:00:53LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:00:54>> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 6,

1:00:58NITRO OXIDE.

1:00:59>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A

1:01:00MINUTE.

1:01:01>> Speaker: I'M ALBERT MELENA

1:01:03I'M WITH THE SAN FERNANDO

1:01:04PARTNERSHIP.

1:01:05I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE

1:01:10NITRO OXIDE AS MANY OF US

1:01:13SEEING THE DISCARDED TANKS

1:01:14WE'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT OUR

1:01:15COMMUNITIES.

1:01:17AND THOSE TANKS ARE NOT LITTER,

1:01:20THEY'RE A WARNING SIGN OF HOW

1:01:22AVAILABLE THIS PRODUCT IS.

1:01:23WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THESE

1:01:26PRODUCTS OF CERTAIN NYE TROUS

1:01:32WHY PRODUCED AT SMOKE SHOPS.

1:01:34AND 73 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOLS

1:01:37ARE WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF A

1:01:39SMOKE SHOP.

1:01:40SO THIS IS LITERAL' A PUBLIC

1:01:43HEALTH SXISH IT'S CRUCIAL THAT

1:01:44WE PASS THIS MOTION AND GET RID

1:01:49OF THESE NITROUS OXIDE, WE'RE

1:01:53ALREADY SEEING INCREASES

1:01:55INCIDENTS ALONG WITH TRAFFIC

1:01:58ACCIDENTS RELATED TO NITROUS

1:02:04OXIDE, WE'RE HERE TO URGE A

1:02:05VOTE.

1:02:06THANK YOU.

1:02:06>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:02:07NEXT SPEAKER.

1:02:11GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU

1:02:12LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:02:13>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM

1:02:15NUMBER 6.

1:02:15>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

1:02:17HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD.

1:02:18>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING,

1:02:21DISTINGUISHED COUNCILMEMBERS,

1:02:22I'M BRAD AND I'M WITH THE SAN

1:02:24FERNANDO PARTNERSHIP, I'M

1:02:27COLOCATED AT CHARTER HIGH

1:02:27SCHOOL.

1:02:28I WORK WITH STUD TENTS ON A

1:02:30DAILY BASIS AND I UNDERSTAND

1:02:31WHAT THEY'RE SEEING BECAUSE

1:02:32THEY'RE LETTING ME KNOW.

1:02:34BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT

1:02:35THAT THEY SPEAK BECAUSE MY

1:02:37VOICE AS AN ADULT IS NOT AS

1:02:39IMPORTANT TO ME AS IT IS THAT

1:02:41THE CHILDREN SPEAK BECAUSE

1:02:42THEY'RE REPRESENTING WHAT

1:02:43THEY'RE SEEING.

1:02:44SO I'M GOING TO TAKE MY PUBLIC

1:02:45COMMENT AND I'M GOING TO LET

1:02:48THESE KIDS GET TO SPEAKING.

1:02:49THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:02:57>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:02:58WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:03:01>> Speaker: UNDER ITEM NUMBER 6

1:03:03AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:03:03>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

1:03:04HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH.

1:03:05PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM GO

1:03:06AHEAD.

1:03:07>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING,

1:03:09HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS.

1:03:09MY NAME IS ANGEL AND I'M A

1:03:13SENIOR AT BERK CORONA CHARTER

1:03:15HIGH SCHOOL.

1:03:16AS A SENIOR, I'M THINKING ABOUT

1:03:19MY GRADUATION, MY FUTURE AND

1:03:20THE EXAMPLE THAT I'M SETTING

1:03:22FOR MY LITTLE BROTHER.

1:03:23I WANT HIM TO HAVE THE

1:03:25OPPORTUNITIES AND GROW UP IN A

1:03:27COMMUNITY THAT LOOKS OUT FOR

1:03:27HIM.

1:03:30AT SCHOOL WE'RE TAUGHT TO MAKE

1:03:33HEALTHY CHOICES AND TO THINK

1:03:35ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR

1:03:36DECISIONS.

1:03:37BUT OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL WE'RE

1:03:43SEEING NITROUS OXIDE BEING SOLD

1:03:45IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

1:03:46WHEN SOMEBODY IS VISIBLE AND

1:03:47EASY TO FIND IT CAN SEEM LIKE

1:03:50NO BIG DEAL AND THAT IS

1:03:52FRUSTRATING, BECAUSE THE

1:03:52MESSAGE WE HEAR IN CLASS SHOULD

1:03:55MATCH WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR

1:03:56NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:03:57I KNOW WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR

1:03:58OUR CHOICES BUT THE ADULTS AND

1:04:00THE BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY

1:04:03HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL.

1:04:05PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ITEM, I'M

1:04:08SPEAKING OUT FOR MYSELF,

1:04:10CLASSMATES AND YOUNGER STUDENTS

1:04:12INCLUDING MY TEN-YEAR-OLD

1:04:16LITTLE BROTHER, ARIEL, WHO WILL

1:04:18GROW UP HERE LONG AFTER WE'VE

1:04:21GRADUATED.

1:04:21THANK YOU.

1:04:22[APPLAUSE]

1:04:24.

1:04:25>> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAK

1:04:26CER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW

1:04:28MORE NAMES, DANA YOU LIGHT UP

1:04:30MY NAME LIKE NOBODY ELSE, NINA,

1:04:33MEGHAN ORTIZ, JAMIE HALL,

1:04:36SANDRA, SIN FOR DANE AT THAT

1:04:38AND LOUIS FUENTES.

1:04:39>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:04:40WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:04:42>> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC

1:04:43COMMENT AND ITEM NUMBER 6.

1:04:44>> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE

1:04:45A MINUTE FOR EACH, PLEASE BEGIN

1:04:46WITH THE ITEM.

1:04:47>> Speaker: MY NAME IS GABRIEL

1:04:48AND I'M ALSO A STUDENT AT BERK

1:04:51ON CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

1:04:52WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY

1:04:54NEIGHBORHOOD I THINK ABOUT THE

1:04:55PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, MY FAMILY

1:04:57AND THE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE AT

1:04:58MY HIGH SCHOOL AFTER I GRADUATE.

1:05:03WHAT HAPPENED IN MY COMMUNITIES

1:05:05MATTER TO ME.

1:05:12NITROUS, SEEING SOMETHING SO

1:05:13OFTEN CAN MAKE SOMEBODY FORGET

1:05:15THAT MISUSE CAN CAUSE HARM.

1:05:17BEING YOUNG DOES NOT MEAN WE

1:05:19DON'T NOTICE WHAT IS HAPPENING

1:05:20TO US.

1:05:22HOW BUSINESSES PRESENT PRODUCTS

1:05:23AND HOW CLOSE THEY ARE IN

1:05:24SCHOOLS.

1:05:25OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS NEED TO

1:05:27GROW UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD TO

1:05:29SUPPORT THEIR HEALTH AND FUTURE.

1:05:30THAT MEANS PAYING ATTENTION TO

1:05:32WHAT THEY'RE EXPOSED TO AND

1:05:34TEACHING THEM TO MAKE GOOD

1:05:36DECISIONS.

1:05:37THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BUILD

1:05:40A GOOD COMMUNITY FOR THE

1:05:41STUDENTS COMING AFTER US.

1:05:42THANK YOU.

1:05:42[APPLAUSE]

1:05:48>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:05:49YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE

1:05:51ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL, GO

1:05:53AHEAD.

1:05:53>> Speaker: THANK YOU, COUNCIL

1:05:56PRESIDENT, JASON, ITEM NUMBER 6.

1:05:58CITY ATTORNEY, THAT YOU KNOW MY

1:06:01POSITION, SINCE I WAS A KID,

1:06:04GODDESS DANA TOLD ME, DO NOT

1:06:07ALLOW ANY TOBACCO ITEMS, DO NOT

1:06:11ALLOW ANY CANNABIS ITEMS GET

1:06:12INTO YOUR BODY.

1:06:14SO MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I AM

1:06:16AGAINST ANYTHING, EVERYTHING

1:06:18THAT RELATED TO ALCOHOL,

1:06:22TOBACCO, CANNABIS, ANYTHING

1:06:25BECAUSE GODDESS DANA TAUGHT US

1:06:26THAT ALL OF THOSE ITEMS THAT

1:06:28SHOULD NOT BE INTO YOUR BODY,

1:06:31HOWEVER, GODDESS DANA ALSO

1:06:33TAUGHT US THAT BECAUSE THE LOS

1:06:36ANGELES IS THE WORLD CENTER OF

1:06:38CANNABIS USER, BECAUSE UNDER

1:06:40THE CITY ATTORNEY'S LEADERSHIP

1:06:41THAT THEY ARE THOUSANDS OF

1:06:43THOUSANDS MORE DRUG ADDICTS IN

1:06:46THE CITY, THEREFORE I'M GOING

1:06:47TO SUPPORT THE CITY ATTORNEY

1:06:49YOUR POSITION TO CREATE MORE

1:06:52CANNABIS ADDICTS IN THE CITY.

1:06:53>> City Attorney: PLEASE MOVE

1:06:54ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

1:06:55>> Speaker: LET'S MOVE ON TO

1:06:57ITEM NUMBER 9.

1:06:58ITEM NUMBER 9 IS ABOUT ILLEGAL

1:07:01STREET RACING AND HOW YOU DEAL

1:07:04WITH THIS ISSUE.

1:07:05A WEEK AGO, I ADVOCATED THAT 20

1:07:09YEARS AGO WITH SERGEANT DUARTE

1:07:14WAS DOING THE STREET RACING

1:07:15PATROL IN DOWNTOWN STATION,

1:07:17THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A

1:07:19STREET RACING.

1:07:20BUT HOWEVER, WHEN THE LAPD

1:07:24LEADERSHIP TRANSFERRED SERGEANT

1:07:25DUARTE INSIDE OF THE CITY HALL,

1:07:27THAT'S THE REASON YOU SEE

1:07:31HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RACING

1:07:34START TO PREVAIL.

1:07:35HOWEVER, YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW

1:07:37THE SOLUTION THAT YOU GUYS WERE

1:07:39ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE THE

1:07:42STREET RACING PROBLEM WITH THE

1:07:44SERGEANT DUARTE, AFTER SABRA

1:07:46AND A%BACKER OFFICER GRACIANO

1:07:49BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU PUT THEM

1:07:51INSIDE, YOU DESERVE THE STREET

1:07:54RACING ISSUE CITYWIDE.

1:07:55>> City Attorney: MOVE ON TO

1:07:55THE NEXT ITEM.

1:07:57>> Speaker: NOW LET'S MOVE ON

1:07:58TO ITEM NUMBER 10, THE

1:08:00DANGEROUS DRONE, MR. CITY

1:08:02ATTORNEY, LAST NIGHT, ME AND

1:08:05DANA WAS HAVING IN THE INTIMATE

1:08:07MOMENT IN THE BEDROOM, SEVERAL

1:08:09DRONES FLY INSIDE OF OUR

1:08:11BEDROOM TRYING TO CAPTURE OUR

1:08:14INTIMATE MOMENT.

1:08:15MR. CITY ATTORNEY, THIS KIND OF

1:08:17DRONE ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE

1:08:20PROHIBITED CITYWIDE.

1:08:21NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 22,

1:08:23CITY ATTORNEY.

1:08:25ITEM 22 DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE

1:08:27EXPERIENCING THE MENTAL HEALTH

1:08:29WITH SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH

1:08:30ILLNESS AND THEN PROVIDING A

1:08:32FREE HOUSING FOR THEM, MR. CITY

1:08:35ATTORNEY, THAT I CAME HERE

1:08:40SPEAKING IN FRONT OF YOU, I

1:08:42TOLD YOU MANY TIMES THAT I'M

1:08:44EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,

1:08:47MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS, BUT

1:08:49NOBODY EVER GIVE ME FREE HOUSE

1:08:50HADING.

1:08:51NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO GENERAL

1:08:52PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:08:57MR. CITY ATTORNEY, YESTERDAY

1:09:00YOU CUT ME BECAUSE I SPOKE

1:09:02ABOUT INHUMANE CONDITION ABOUT

1:09:05THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN L.A., AND

1:09:07INHUMANE SHELTER IN L.A., AND

1:09:13THE ININSANE CONTINUE ABOUT THE

1:09:15ANIMAL SHELTER IN L.A. BUT YOU

1:09:16SAID THAT WAS NOT UNDER THE

1:09:18JURISDICTION OF THE CITY.

1:09:19BUT AGAIN, AS A CERTIFIED DOGMA

1:09:23MA P DOG MOM, AND THEN ME AND

1:09:25DANA, WE LOVE DOG, WE LOVE CAT,

1:09:28WE LOVE HORSE, WE LOVE ALL SORT

1:09:30OF ANIMALS.

1:09:32BUT IT IS BREAK MY HEART TO SEE

1:09:34THAT ALL OF THOSE DOGS ARE NOT

1:09:39ACCESS TO TRANSGENDER CARE.

1:09:40ALL OF THOSE HORSES ARE NOT

1:09:43GIVEN ACCESS TO TRANSGENDER

1:09:45ANIMAL BATHROOM.

1:09:46SO EVEN ME INSIDE OF CITY HALL,

1:09:48THE LAPD IS NOT ALLOWING ME TO

1:09:51USE THE FEMALE BATHROOM EVEN

1:09:54I'M A CERTIFIED FEMALE

1:09:55TRANSGENDER.

1:09:57AGAIN I WILL CONTINUE TO

1:09:58ADVOCATE FOR DOG WITH GODDESS

1:10:00DANA.

1:10:00>> City Attorney: AND TO THE

1:10:02PREVIOUS SPEAKER, AS WE TOLD

1:10:05YOU AT THE MIC IF ARE EVER IN

1:10:09NEED OF SERVICES, PLEASE LET

1:10:11SOMEBODY KNOW AND CONTACT THEM.

1:10:13WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE

1:10:14NEXT SPEAKER.

1:10:20GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU

1:10:21LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:10:22>> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 6, >>

1:10:26City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN

1:10:27WITH THE ITEM.

1:10:27YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH.

1:10:30>> Speaker: I'M ALSO A STUDENT

1:10:32FOR SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MY NAME

1:10:35IS LOUIS FUENTES, AS I'M

1:10:36GETTING CLOSER TO GRADUATION

1:10:38I'M BEING ASKED TO TAKE MORE

1:10:39RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY FUTURE.

1:10:41I UNDERSTAND THE CHOICES I MAKE

1:10:43CAN AFFECT WHERE I GO NEXT.

1:10:45BUT I ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW THE

1:10:47COMMUNITY AROUND US IS

1:10:48INFLUENCED.

1:10:49AND HOW IT INFLUENCES OUR

1:10:51DECISIONS.

1:10:52AT SCHOOL, WE LEARN ABOUT THE

1:10:54RISKS OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE.

1:10:57THEN OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE OF

1:10:59SCHOOL, WE SEE THAT THE

1:11:05PRODUCTS LIKE NITROUS OXIDE ARE

1:11:06VISIBLE AND EASY TO FIND.

1:11:08WE'RE TOLD TO RECOGNIZE THE

1:11:09DANGER AND THEN THE

1:11:10AVAILABILITY OF IT IS JUST OUT

1:11:12THERE.

1:11:13I WANT WHAT WE LEARN IN SCHOOL

1:11:15TO BE BACKED UP BY THE ACTIONS

1:11:17IN OUR COMMUNITY.

1:11:21EDUCATION GIVES US INFORMATION,

1:11:24RECEIVING ACCESS, PUTS THAT

1:11:26INTO PRACTICE.

1:11:27WE NEED BOTH.

1:11:28PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ITEM.

1:11:29>> City Attorney: GENERAL.

1:11:31>> Speaker: IT WOULD SHOW STUD

1:11:32TENTS LIKE ME THAT PROTECTING

1:11:37YOUNG PEOPLE IS A

1:11:38RESPONSIBILITY.

1:11:39YOU'RE THE ONES THAT WE GO TO.

1:11:41WE NEED TO SHOW THAT OUR VOICES

1:11:43HAVE A PLACE IN DECISION AND IT

1:11:47AFFECTS OUR LIVES.

1:11:47THANK YOU.

1:11:52[APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney:

1:11:52THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

1:11:58GOOD MORNING.

1:11:59>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M

1:12:00GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER

1:12:0220 AND ALSO GENERAL PUBLIC

1:12:03COMMENT.

1:12:03>> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE

1:12:04A MINUTE FOR EACH.

1:12:05PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM.

1:12:06>> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:12:09I'M MEGHAN ORTIZ THE DIRECT OR

1:12:15OF INSTITUTE, WORKING WITH

1:12:17LABORERS AND ACROSS LOS ANGELES

1:12:18AND BEYOND.

1:12:20I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF

1:12:23MOTION NUMBER 20 WHICH SUPPORTS

1:12:24THE EFFORTS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW

1:12:26IN SACRAMENTO TO MAN ARTIFICIAL

1:12:30STONE CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE

1:12:34PERCENT OF SILICA.

1:12:35I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK

1:12:38COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA AND

1:12:40COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD FOR

1:12:42THEIR YEARS LONG WORK ON THIS

1:12:43ISSUE.

1:12:44ESPECIALLY KNOWING IF THE

1:12:45IMPACT OF THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE

1:12:50AND THIS INDUSTRY OF THEIR

1:13:01CONSTITUENTIN THE VALLEY.

1:13:04WE HAVE THIS DISEASE SO PEOPLE

1:13:07CAN HAVE NICE COUNTER TOPS.

1:13:09I KNOW ONE MORE MINUTE.

1:13:10>> City Attorney: GENERAL.

1:13:11>> Speaker: GENERAL, THANK YOU.

1:13:12WE KNOW THERE IS NO CURE FOR

1:13:14THIS DISEASE AND THE MEDIAN AGE

1:13:16OF THOSE IMPACTED BUSINESS THE

1:13:18DISEASE IS 46 YEARS OLD.

1:13:19SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

1:13:2346-YEAR-OLD MALE, LATINO

1:13:24IMMIGRANTS WHO INSTEAD OF

1:13:25HELPING TAKE CARE OF THEIR

1:13:29CHILDREN, ARE TETHERED TO

1:13:33OXYGEN TANKS FOR THE REST OF

1:13:34THEIR LIFE AND HAVE A DEATH

1:13:36SENTENCE.

1:13:37THERE IS NO CURE TO THIS

1:13:41DISEASE, DON'T LET INDUSTRY LIE

1:13:43TO YOU.

1:13:45THAT'S WHY AUSTRALIA HAD A BAN

1:13:48ON THE PRODUCT.

1:13:51IKEA DID AN VOLUNTARY TEE

1:13:53INTERNATIONAL, LOS ANGELES AND

1:13:54THE REST OF CALIFORNIA CAN ALSO

1:13:56DO THIS BAN, INDUSTRY WILL NOT

1:13:58DIE.

1:14:00AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR

1:14:02MIGRANT WORKERS WON'T DIE.

1:14:04THANK YOU, PLEASE SUPPORT

1:14:05MEASURE NUMBER 20.

1:14:06THANK YOU.

1:14:06[APPLAUSE]

1:14:16>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:14:17WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:14:19>> Speaker: JUST GENERAL.

1:14:22>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A

1:14:22MINUTE.

1:14:23>> Speaker: TODAY IS THURSDAY

1:14:26AND TODAY AND WE'RE PROTENDING

1:14:36IT'S WEDNESDAY.

1:14:36I WAS BORN HERE IN L.A. 39

1:14:38YEARS AGO, I WAS USED AT A

1:14:44COLLATERAL, AS A FATHER WHO HAD

1:14:48RAPED UNDERAGE GIRL.

1:14:50AND BOAT FINLAND AND UNITED

1:14:52STATES THIS CITY AND EVEN CALL

1:14:55ARTS.

1:14:57RAMAN, I BELIEVE YOUR HUSBAND

1:14:59IS WORKING IN THE MOVIE

1:15:01INDUSTRY AND YOU'RE THE

1:15:05COUNCILWOMAN OF 4 THANK YOU FOR

1:15:07SLANDERING AND LYING THAT YOU

1:15:09NEVER SPOKE TO YOU.

1:15:12RAMAN IS AWARE ABOUT MY LIFE I

1:15:15NEVER READ OR WROTE IT T I DIED

1:15:17FROM HIV AND I CAN GUARANTEE

1:15:19THE ENDING WILL BE VERY

1:15:22DIFFERENT, YOUR CHILDREN'S

1:15:23CHILDREN WILL--.

1:15:24>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:15:25NEXT SPEAKER.

1:15:32>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, JAMIE

1:15:33HALL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:15:34>> City Attorney: OKAY, GOOD

1:15:35MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO

1:15:36AHEAD.

1:15:37>> Speaker: I'M HERE ON BEHALF

1:15:41OF STANLEY HILL DRIVE, YOU

1:15:42VOTED ON THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER

1:15:443 WAS APPROVED ON THE CONSENT

1:15:45CALENDAR.

1:15:46I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO

1:15:48MUCH S THE COUNCIL IS MAKE ING

1:15:50THE RIGHT CHOICE DECIDING THAT

1:15:52THE TIME TO ANALYZE THE PROJECT

1:15:55FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS IN A VERY

1:15:58HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE

1:16:00IS WHEN IT'S BEING REVIEWED BY

1:16:02THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING.

1:16:04YOU MADE THE RIGHT CHOOSE,

1:16:06WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT,

1:16:07AND THE OTHER THING IS THE

1:16:10APPLICANT SAID HE GOT THE

1:16:14APPROVAL FROM LAFD.

1:16:17AND THE STATEMENT FIRE SAFE

1:16:19REGULATIONS HAVE REQUIREMENT

1:16:20THAT GO BEYOND AND BEYOND THAT.

1:16:25I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT

1:16:27THERE IS MOMENTUM TO GET THE

1:16:28CITY TO COMPLY WITH THESE

1:16:30REGULATIONS AND I'M SO PLEASED

1:16:31WITH THAT T AFTER WHAT HAPPENED

1:16:33LAST YEAR, THERE IS NO EXCUSE.

1:16:35WE HAVE TO ANALYZE PROJECTS FOR

1:16:37SAFETY.

1:16:37THANK YOU.

1:16:38[APPLAUSE]

1:16:39.

1:16:39>> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT

1:16:40SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A

1:16:42FEW MORE NAMES, JOHNNY HAIL,

1:16:46GODDESS DANA, CAN YOU PLEASE

1:16:48LOVE ME.

1:16:48I WANT TO BE A DOG FOR DANA,

1:16:52BLOW, E, WE LOVE YOU U.S.S. KIM

1:16:54WALKER.

1:16:55>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:16:57WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:16:58>> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 6 AND

1:17:00GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:17:01>> City Attorney: PERFECT, YOU

1:17:02HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH.

1:17:03PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM.

1:17:04>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING,

1:17:06HONORABLE AND DISTINGUISHED

1:17:08COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M AIDEN AND

1:17:10I'M A STUDENT.

1:17:12TO ME PROTECTION MEANS REDUCING

1:17:13ACCESS.

1:17:15MY CLASSMATES ARE AND I ARE

1:17:17GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT

1:17:19CHAPTER OF LIFES WE'RE GETTING

1:17:20READY FOR COLLEGE AND JOBS.

1:17:22I DON'T WANT SUBSTANCE MISUSE

1:17:24TO GET IN THE WAY OF THOSE

1:17:26PLANS.

1:17:27LEARNING ABOUT THE MISUSE OF

1:17:32NITROUS OXIDE IS MAKING ME

1:17:33THINK ABOUT HOW EASILY IT IS TO

1:17:35FIND.

1:17:37WE SHOULD ASK WHY IF THESE

1:17:39PRODUCTS ARE SO HARMFUL, WHY IS

1:17:41IT SO EASY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO

1:17:43ACCESS.

1:17:44NOT TOO LONG AGO I FOUND A

1:17:50NYETROUS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF MY

1:17:52SISTER'S SCHOOL.

1:17:53GOING BACK TO MY STATEMENT,

1:17:55LEARNING ABOUT THE RISK OF

1:17:59NITROUS HAS MADE ME THINK ABOUT

1:18:01HOW EASY IT IS TO FIND THESE

1:18:02PRODUCTS.

1:18:03WE'RE HERE TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES

1:18:04ALL THE TIME AND I AGREE WITH

1:18:05THAT.

1:18:06>> City Attorney: GENERAL.

1:18:07>> Speaker: I ALSO THINK THAT

1:18:09WE SHOULD ASK WHY THESE

1:18:11PRODUCTS ARE SO HARMFUL AND WHY

1:18:12IT'S SO EASY TO ACCESS.

1:18:15EDUCATION MATTERS, AND WHAT

1:18:16HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL,

1:18:18HAPPENS TOO.

1:18:19WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO

1:18:21SUPPORT THESE DECISIONS THAT

1:18:23WE'RE BEING ENCOURAGED TO MAKE.

1:18:24THAT'S I DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS

1:18:27ITEM, REDUCING ACCESS IS ONE

1:18:29WAY HOW YOU CAN PUT THE LESSONS

1:18:31THAT WE LEARN OF PREVENTION

1:18:33INTO ACTION.

1:18:34PLEASE SUPPORT IT AND HELP THE

1:18:35FUTURES OF MY CLASSMATES AND I

1:18:37ARE WORK WITHING TOWARDS.

1:18:37THANK YOU.

1:18:38[APPLAUSE]

1:18:40>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:18:41NEXT SPEAKER.

1:18:46>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING.

1:18:47>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:18:48>> Speaker: COMMENT ON GENERAL.

1:18:49>> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE

1:18:51ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD.

1:18:52>> Speaker: THANK YOU, GOOD

1:18:54MORNING, I'M SITS SHAH CHAVEZ

1:18:56I'M A VICTIM SURVIVOR WORKING

1:19:01AT THE INTERSECTION OF

1:19:03HOMELESSNESS AND VICTIMIZATION.

1:19:04TODAY I'M ALSO HERE AS A FELLOW

1:19:07FOR THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION WITH

1:19:10MY TEAM FOCUSING ON HOUSING

1:19:12SECURITY.

1:19:13I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER

1:19:15JURADO FOR HELPING US INTRODUCE

1:19:17THIS MOTION.

1:19:20SEPTEMBER 10th IS KNOWN AS

1:19:23HOMELESS DAY, RECOGNIZES THAT

1:19:25THIS DATE UP LISTS THE WORK

1:19:28FROM DIFFERENT INTERSECTING

1:19:29SECTORS.

1:19:30EXPERIENCES OF VIOLENCE WITH

1:19:32LIMIT A PERSON'S ABILITY TO

1:19:35MAKE VOLUNTARY DECISIONS.

1:19:37TUZ.

1:19:39[APPLAUSE]

1:19:39>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:19:41NEXT SPEAKER.

1:19:52GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU

1:19:53LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:19:54>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY

1:19:55NAME IS TIFFANY MALONE AND I

1:19:57WANT TO GIVE GENERAL COMMENT.

1:19:58>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A

1:20:00MINUTE, GO AHEAD.

1:20:00>> Speaker: I'M ALSO A FELLOW

1:20:03WITH THE SOLIS POLICY INSTITUTE

1:20:05OF HOUSING, SECURITY.

1:20:06I'M ALSO A COLEAD WITH A POLICY

1:20:08AND ADVOCACY GROUP WITH L.A.

1:20:12COUNTY MOTHER BOARD, I'M A

1:20:14DOULA, AND A COMMUNITY HEALTH

1:20:16WORKER AND A MOTHER.

1:20:18I'M HERE TO URGE TO YOU ADOPT

1:20:20THE RESOLUTION, RECOGNIZING

1:20:22OCTOBER 10th AS HOUSING JUSTICE

1:20:25AND A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUE.

1:20:29I ADVOCATE ALONGSIDE BLACK

1:20:31MOTHERS AND BIRTHING PEOPLE TO

1:20:33BRING OUR LIVED EXPERIENCE

1:20:34IMPACTING OUR FAMILIES.

1:20:35WE KNOW THAT HEALTHY

1:20:37PREGNANCIES REQUIRE MORE THAN

1:20:39JUST HEALTHCARE.

1:20:40THEY REQUIRE SAFE AND STABLE

1:20:41HOUSING.

1:20:43HOUSING JUSTICE IS REPRODUCTIVE

1:20:45JUSTICE.

1:20:47HOUSING IS MATERNAL HEALTH,

1:20:49HOUSING IS INFANT HEALTH.

1:20:51HOUSING IS FAMILY HEALTH.

1:20:53THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS

1:20:54HERNANDEZ AND JURADO FOR

1:20:56INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION AND

1:20:58RECOGNIZING HEALTHIER FAMILIES

1:20:59REQUIRE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY

1:21:01CAN FAITHFULLY LIVE AND DIE.

1:21:02THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:21:03>> City Attorney: THANK YOU.

1:21:04NEXT SPEAKER.

1:21:09>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING.

1:21:10>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:21:13>> Speaker: HONORABLE

1:21:16COUNCILMEMBERS I'M CAROLINA I'M

1:21:17HERE TO SPEAK GENERAL COMMENT

1:21:19FOR ITEM NUMBER 3.

1:21:19>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

1:21:21HAVE A MINUTE.

1:21:22>> Speaker: THANK YOU.

1:21:23I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY

1:21:26GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU FOR

1:21:28APPROVING THE PLUM

1:21:29RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE

1:21:33APPENDING APPEAL TO THIS ITEM

1:21:34AND SPECIAL ATTENTION TO

1:21:35COUNCILMEMBERS RAMAN AND THE

1:21:37PLUM COMMITTEE FORESEEING

1:21:40THROUGH THE SUBERFUGE OF THE

1:21:45APPLICANT THINKING HE COULD RUN

1:21:46AROUND AND GET SOME RUBBER

1:21:49STAMPS AND SAY THEY APPROVED

1:21:51THE PROJECT WHICH WAS NOT TRUE

1:21:53SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU

1:21:55HAVE APPROVED IT TODAY.

1:21:57AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE

1:21:58REST OF MY MINUTE TO THE PEOPLE

1:22:00WHO DID PASS AND ALL OF THE

1:22:02RESENT DISASTERS WE'VE HAD IN

1:22:05THE FIRES AND GIVE THEM A

1:22:07MOMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO

1:22:09DEDICATE THE REST OF MY MINUTE

1:22:10TO THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A

1:22:11VOICE TODAY.

1:22:22>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:22:23NEXT SPEAKER.

1:22:34>> Speaker: THIS IS ON ITEM

1:22:35NUMBER 3.

1:22:36>> City Attorney: OKAY, GOOD

1:22:37MORNING, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE

1:22:38FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD.

1:22:39>> Speaker: THANK YOU.

1:22:40I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE

1:22:42FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR

1:22:46PROTECTING OUR FRAGILE FRAGILE

1:22:49CANYON NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE

1:22:50STREETS ARE TOO NARROW FOR FIRE

1:22:53ENGINES TO GET IN AND FOR

1:22:54PEOPLE TO EVACUATE AND TO HAVE

1:22:58A FULL FIRE DEPARTMENT

1:23:01EVALUATION THAT UNKRUPP LUCE

1:23:03DEVELOPERS REQUEST TRYING TO

1:23:04BUILD IN AREAS WHERE IT

1:23:08ENDANGERS THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE

1:23:09LIVING IN THE CANYONS AND I

1:23:11JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ON

1:23:12BEHALF OF THE VULNERABLE

1:23:14RESIDENT RIGHT SIDE OF LAUREL

1:23:16CANYON, YOU MAY HAVE SAVED 1500

1:23:19LIVES TODAY BY MAKING SURE THAT

1:23:20THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MUST WEIGH

1:23:22IN ON ANY OF THESE VARIANCES.

1:23:25SO GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND THANK

1:23:26YOU.

1:23:27[APPLAUSE]

1:23:30.

1:23:30>> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT

1:23:32SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A

1:23:33FEW MORE NAMES, CHRISTINA

1:23:37BROWN, MAYRA, HAPPY ENDING,

1:23:42RANDY DODGE, GUADALUPE CRUZ AND

1:23:43BLOW MAN.

1:23:43>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:23:44WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO

1:23:47>> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC

1:23:47COMMENT.

1:23:47>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A

1:23:48MINUTE.

1:23:49GO AHEAD.

1:23:50>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, FIRST

1:23:51I WANT TO SAYS COUNCILMEMBER

1:23:53HARRIS-DAWSON THANK YOU FOR

1:23:55PLEDGING 16K FOR ON 60, THAT'S

1:23:58TOOK REAL EFFORT, THE RESIDENTS

1:24:00APPRECIATE IT AS WELL.

1:24:01YEAH.

1:24:02BUT WHAT NOW?

1:24:03DO WE GO FOR ANOTHER CHILD'S

1:24:05DEATH BEFORE WE INSTALL ANOTHER

1:24:08STRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN

1:24:10TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT?

1:24:12YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID

1:24:14COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT TOOK

1:24:15REAL WORK AND I APPRECIATE IT

1:24:17BUT WE DON'T PUT THAT FOR

1:24:20CROSSWALKS ON 60th STREET,

1:24:21WE'RE PROTESTING FOR THIS

1:24:23GOVERNMENT TO RECOMMIT TO

1:24:24VISION ZERO AND TAKE EFFORTS TO

1:24:28LEGITIMIZE VOLUNTEER

1:24:29ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MY OWN IF

1:24:30THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BUILD

1:24:34THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF,

1:24:34INCLUDING SOMEWHERE IN LOS

1:24:36ANGELES THIS WEEKEND, AND I

1:24:38MIGHT GET ARRESTED AND YOU ALL

1:24:40MAY BE LEFT WITH EGG ON YOUR

1:24:42FACE IF THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE

1:24:43YOU WOULD HAVE PREVENTED IT.

1:24:46I'M URGING TO CALL ON MAYOR

1:24:47BASS TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER

1:24:49AND BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE BY THE

1:24:51PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE,

1:24:52THANK YOU.

1:24:53[APPLAUSE]

1:25:04>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:25:05WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:25:06>> Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO

1:25:08SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER *6 ON

1:25:09GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:25:09>> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE

1:25:11A MINUTE FOR EACH.

1:25:12PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM.

1:25:13GO AHEAD.

1:25:14>> Speaker: MY NAME IS SANTIAGO

1:25:16CRUZ AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING

1:25:17THE CITY OF PACOIMA.

1:25:19WHEN I PICTURED MYSELF AT

1:25:21GRADUATION, I PICTURED MY

1:25:24CLASSMATE BESIDES ME, I WANT

1:25:24ALL OF US TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO

1:25:27TAKE NEXT STEP TO SEE WHAT WE

1:25:29HAVE BECOME.

1:25:29THAT'S WHY THIS MATTERS TO ME.

1:25:31WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE

1:25:33REPEATEDLY EXPOSE TODAY

1:25:33PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE MISUSED,

1:25:36IT BECOMES A COMMUNITY

1:25:38PREVENTION ISSUE.

1:25:39WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE

1:25:41BEING HARMED BY NYE TREWS

1:25:46OXIDE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

1:25:47SOMEBODY'S CHILD SOMEBODY WHO

1:25:49HAS A FULL FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM.

1:25:52WE'RE TAUGHT TO TAKE

1:25:54RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR CHOICES

1:25:55AND WE SHOULD, BUT WE STILL

1:25:57HAVE PEOPLE AROUND US, OUR

1:25:58CITY, AND OUR LEADERS.

1:26:03WHEN PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE

1:26:05MISUSED ARE EASY TO FIND IN OUR

1:26:08NEIGHBORS, A CLASSROOM LESSON

1:26:09CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.

1:26:11REDUCING ACCESS IS A

1:26:13RESPONSIBILITY WE ALL NEED TO

1:26:14SHARE AS A COMMUNITY.

1:26:15TODAY, MY CLASSMATES ARE AND I

1:26:17ARE DOING A PART BY SPEAK ISING

1:26:19UP AND ASKING YOU TO DO YOURS

1:26:21BY SUPPORTING OUR ITEM.

1:26:24A YEAR FROM NOW, YOUNGER

1:26:26STUDENTS MAY NEVER KNOW OUR

1:26:27NAMES OR THAT WE CAME HERE

1:26:29TODAY BUT I KNOW THEY'RE

1:26:31GROWING UP SAFER BECAUSE WE DID

1:26:33AND BECAUSE YOU LISTENED.

1:26:34THANK YOU.

1:26:35[APPLAUSE]

1:26:43>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:26:44WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:26:47>> Speaker: ITEM 6 AND GENERAL

1:26:48PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:26:48>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A

1:26:49MINUTE FOR EACH GO AHEAD.

1:26:50>> Speaker: I'M MAYRA RODRIGUEZ

1:26:52AND I'M A THANK YOUED ENTER THE

1:26:54BRENT CORONA HIGH SCHOOL, LET'S

1:26:56BE HONEST, YOU HEARD IT MANY

1:26:58TIMES, I CAN STAND HERE AND

1:26:59TELL YOU HOW IT AFFECTS YOUR

1:27:01BRAIN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT

1:27:03DISCONNECTS PEOPLE FROM

1:27:04REALITY, HOW ABOUT ME TELLING

1:27:05YOU THAT IT CREATES A UNSAFE

1:27:08SITUATION IN MOST PUBLIC PLACES.

1:27:10I COULD, HOWEVER, WHAT I WOULD

1:27:12LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IS TAKE A

1:27:14MOMENT TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT US,

1:27:16THIS IMPACTS EVERYONE NOT JUST

1:27:18SINGLE PERSON AND WHAT I'M

1:27:21TALKING ABOUT IS NITROUS OXIDE,

1:27:25I WANT TO GROW UP IN A

1:27:27COMMUNITY NA IS DRUG FREE WHERE

1:27:29WE FEEL SAFE WALKING AROUND

1:27:31WHERE THIS IS NOT ACCEPT AS A

1:27:32PART OF EVERY DAY LIFE, WE

1:27:34SHOULD IS NOT HAVE TO GROW UP

1:27:35AROUND THIS.

1:27:36THANK YOU FOR YOUR

1:27:37CONSIDERATION.

1:27:37[APPLAUSE]

1:27:39.

1:27:39>> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT

1:27:41SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A

1:27:42FEW MORE NAMES, SANDY,

1:27:46TRANSGENDER QUEEN, JAMIE, JASON

1:27:48N SMOKE, RANDY DODGE SANDY PAT

1:27:53INTEND ANT AND THE DARK KNIGHT.

1:27:55>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING

1:27:56WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO

1:27:57>> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 6 AND

1:27:59GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:28:00>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A

1:28:01MINUTE FOR EACH.

1:28:02>> Speaker: I'M A GUADALUPE AND

1:28:04I'M A SENIOR AT HIGH SCHOOL AND

1:28:09THE OLDEST OF TWO SISTERS.

1:28:11I CAN GO ABOUT HOW THESE

1:28:15CANISTERS AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY

1:28:16AND OUR SCHOOL BUT I'M HERE TO

1:28:20STATE WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT.

1:28:22I'M HERE FOR MY SISTER, NO

1:28:25OLDER THAN TEN ARE EXPOSED TO

1:28:28THESE ITEMS, HOW SHOULD I FEEL

1:28:29THAT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE

1:28:31WALKING THEM TO SCHOOL WHEN IN

1:28:33THE SAME PATH I SEE SCAN STERS

1:28:36JUST A FEW STEPS FROM THE HOUSE

1:28:39ALL WAY TO MY SCHOOL.

1:28:44IF NITROUS IS HARMFUL TO THOSE

1:28:46WHO USE IT WHY IS IT STILL SO

1:28:49WIDELY AVAILABLE.

1:28:50THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE BAND

1:28:54OF THE RECREATIONAL USE, WE ASK

1:28:55THAT YOU DO THE SAME HERE.

1:28:57OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE OUR

1:28:58STUDENTS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY

1:29:00TO PROTECT THEM FOR THE GOOD OF

1:29:02OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STUDENTS.

1:29:05MY SISTERS, AS WELL.

1:29:06WE IMPLORE YOU TO LIMIT ACCESS

1:29:12AND--I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN

1:29:16ONE MORE THING, THAT THESE

1:29:18PEOPLE DEPEND ON YOU, THIS

1:29:20ENTIRE COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON YOU.

1:29:22THIS NEW GENERATION THAT IS

1:29:23COMING IN AND TAKING MY SPOT

1:29:25DEPENDS ON YOU TOO.

1:29:27THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

1:29:28SORRY.

1:29:28[APPLAUSE]

1:29:35>> City Attorney: THANK YOU

1:29:36SPEAKER WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO

1:29:37SPEAK TO.

1:29:39>> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT

1:29:40?AOUF A MINUTE.

1:29:41>> Speaker: HI, YESTERDAY I WAS

1:29:42HERE HOW THE BLACK BURNS FROM

1:29:47AWS BOUGHT A GOLF COURSE, TODAY

1:29:49I'M TALKING ABOUT ARKEELIA

1:29:52FAMILY OFETH ENS SERVICES HAS

1:29:54DUMPED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

1:29:57GROUND UP CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS

1:29:58WHICH THEY MIX WITH ORGANICS

1:30:01AND THEN, COVER PROPERTIES

1:30:04TOTALLY ILLEGALLY, NO PERM

1:30:06PITS, THEY ARE GUY BEGAN TICK

1:30:09SITES, HOW THEY USE IS BY

1:30:11BUYING THE LARGEST HOME IN

1:30:15PASADENA, 3 2000 SQUARE FEET,

1:30:18GALLERY, JAPANESE VILLAS THIS

1:30:20IS WHILE BURNING DOWN HOUSES OF

1:30:24MY NEIGHBORS HAVE HAPPENING

1:30:27FROM SELF COMBUSTING MULCH AND

1:30:30TRASH.

1:30:30THIS IS WHO YOU GUYS ARE GOING

1:30:32TO SIGN UP FOR ANOTHER COUPLE

1:30:35OF ROUNDS OF FRANCHISE

1:30:36AGREEMENTS?

1:30:37I MEAN, HOW YOU GUYS DON'T

1:30:40UNDERSTAND THAT IS CITY IS

1:30:42TOTALLY.

1:30:42>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:30:43NEXT SPEAKER.

1:30:45>> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT

1:30:47SPEAKER ONE MORE NAME, WHATSU

1:30:52GOAT PUPPET.

1:30:52>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:30:53WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO

1:30:55>> Speaker: I'M HERE TO SPEAK

1:30:56ON ITEM 6 AND GENERAL PUBLIC

1:30:57COMMENT.

1:30:57>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A

1:30:58MINUTE FOR EACH, PLEASE BEGIN

1:30:59WITH THE ITEM.

1:31:01>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY

1:31:02NAME IS A DIAN.

1:31:13THESE ARE SMFT THINGS THAT BE

1:31:16FOUND, WITHIN ALY-MILE RADIUS,

1:31:17WE FOUND AT LEAST 14 TANKS.

1:31:23RIGHT KNEW NITROUS OXIDE IS

1:31:27BEING EASY TO USE.

1:31:30THE NORMALIZATION OF THESE

1:31:34TANKS IS ABSURD MIDST MY AGE

1:31:37CITY FRUITY FLAVORS.

1:31:39ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL, I SEE

1:31:42TANKS, WRAPPERS, LABELS MY

1:31:4413-YEAR-OLD BROTHER SEES THESE

1:31:46TANKS.

1:31:46I DON'T WANT HIM TO GROW UP IN

1:31:48A COMMUNITY WHERE SOMETHING SO

1:31:49NORMAL TO YOUR HEALTH IS

1:31:51NORMALIZED.

1:31:52WE CANNOT SAY PREVENTION

1:31:55MATTERS WHILE EASILY AVAILABLE,

1:31:57THAT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO

1:31:59STUDENTS LIKE ME.

1:32:00THIS IS NOT HAPPENING SOMEWHERE

1:32:01ELSE.

1:32:01THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR

1:32:03COMMUNITY, IN OUR OWN BACK YARD.

1:32:04IT'S NOT A HEALTH ISSUE, IT'S A

1:32:06SAFETY ISSUE.

1:32:07SUPPORT THIS POLICY AND PROTECT

1:32:09STUDENTS LIKE ME BEFORE

1:32:11CONSEQUENCES GET WORSE.

1:32:11THANK YOU.

1:32:15[APPLAUSE]

1:32:23>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:32:24WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:32:26>> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT ON

1:32:27ITEM 3.

1:32:28>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'VE

1:32:30GOT ONE MINUTE.

1:32:31GO AHEAD.

1:32:31>> Speaker: THIS IS A STATEMENT

1:32:32I'M READING FROM JEFF WALKER.

1:32:37SEVERAL WEEKS A HOUSE FIRE

1:32:39CAUSED BY A GAS PROVIDED A

1:32:44PREVIEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

1:32:45DURING A MAJOR DISASTER.

1:32:47ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

1:32:49PREVENTED THE FIRE FROM SPREAD

1:32:51ISING, THEY BLOCKED STANLEY

1:32:52HILLS FOR HOURS.

1:32:55TRAPPED 1500 RESIDENTS LIVING

1:32:56ON STANLEY HILLS DRIVE IN THE

1:33:00CONNECTING ROADS LEAVING

1:33:01WALKING AS THE ONLY WAY OUT.

1:33:02AS A LONG TIME RESIDENT WHO'S

1:33:05FAMILY HAS LIVED ON STANLEY

1:33:11HILLS DRIVE, WE SUPPORT THE

1:33:14COMMITTEE'S VOTE TO REQUIRE

1:33:16COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS TO

1:33:18ENSURE SAUL SAFETY LAWS ARE

1:33:20STRICTLY FOLLOWED, NO VARIANCES

1:33:21SHOULD BE GRANTED WHEN THE

1:33:23LIVES OF 1500 FAMILIES ARE AT

1:33:24STAKE.

1:33:25THANK YOU AGAIN.

1:33:26[APPLAUSE]

1:33:39>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:33:40WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:33:42>> Speaker: I'D LIKE TO SPEAK

1:33:43TO THE ISSUE ON STANLEY HILLS

1:33:46DRIVE AND I BROUGHT THESE

1:33:46PHOTOS FOR YOU.

1:33:47>> City Attorney: OKAY, SO

1:33:48YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO

1:33:50PROVIDE THE PHOTOS TO LAPD, THE

1:33:52SERGEANTS SO THEY CAN CIRCULATE

1:33:54THEM.

1:33:55I ASSUME THEY'RE FOR US TO KEEP.

1:33:56AS FAR AS THE STANLEY HILLS THE

1:33:59PUBLIC COMMENT WAS SATISFIED AT

1:34:00COMMITTEE SO IT'S NOT OPEN FOR

1:34:02PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU CAN

1:34:03SPEAK TO IT DURING GENERAL LIKE

1:34:04EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN DOING.

1:34:06SO SUFFICIENT A MINUTE FOR ITEM.

1:34:08GO AHEAD.

1:34:08>> Speaker: THANK YOU SO MUCH,

1:34:10I WANT TO THANK ALL THE

1:34:15COUNCILMEMBERS ESPECIALLY

1:34:16NITHYA WHO HELD UP OUR APPEALS.

1:34:18WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR ON THIS

1:34:23FOR YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

1:34:24ON THE PHOTO THAT I PHOTO

1:34:27COPIED WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THERE

1:34:28IS A FIRE ON STANLEY HILLS.

1:34:31THERE IS NO WAY OUT, THE OM WAY

1:34:33OUT IS BY WALKING.

1:34:34I ALSO WANT TO THANK HER WHOLE

1:34:37STAFF THAT HELPED US SO MUCH.

1:34:42JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT.

1:34:44THEY WORKED REALLY HARD FOR US.

1:34:50BY DOING THIS YOU'RE SAVING

1:34:54THREE OAK GROWTH TREES THAT

1:34:56WERE RAISED.

1:34:56I WAS RAISED THERE BESINGER I

1:34:57WAS BORN ON THIS STREET, SO I'M

1:35:00VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT AND I

1:35:03JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU.

1:35:04THANK YOU.

1:35:05[APPLAUSE]

1:35:12>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:35:13WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:35:15>> Speaker: ONE MINUTE PLEASE.

1:35:16>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

1:35:18HAVE A MINUTE GO AHEAD.

1:35:19>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, LOS

1:35:21ANGELES.

1:35:32[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1:35:37>> Interpreter: SUSPENSE HER

1:35:39FREE TIME ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

1:35:42ARFA.

1:35:46>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:35:48LANGUAGE]

1:35:49>> Interpreter: YOUR FINGERS

1:35:52DICTATE THE VICIOUS, DICTATE

1:35:54THE OPPORTUNITIES.

1:35:56>> Speaker: [SPEAKING IN

1:35:58FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1:36:05>> Interpreter: FINIDA IS IS

1:36:09THE ONLY OPENLY LESBIAN.

1:36:13>> Speaker: [SPEAKING IN

1:36:14FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1:36:15>> Interpreter: WHO IS FATE TO

1:36:17DO HER JOB WITH CLOSED EYES.

1:36:20>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:36:24LANGUAGE] GRACIAS.

1:36:34>> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALL

1:36:35NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR

1:36:37IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:36:38>> Council President: ALL

1:36:41RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO PHONES AND

1:36:42WE'LL BE ON PHONES UNTIL 25

1:36:45PAST THE HOUR.

1:36:46>> City Attorney: MEMBERS OF

1:36:47THE PUBLIC I WILL NOW READ IN

1:36:49INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC

1:36:50COMMENT.

1:36:51PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RAISE

1:36:54YOUR HAND UNTIL I HAVE FINISHED

1:36:58EXPLAINING THE PROCEDURE.

1:37:00AFTER I'VE READ THE PROCEDURE,

1:37:02I WILL INSTRUCT THE STAFF.

1:37:04YOU CAN PRESS STAR 9 TO SPEAK.

1:37:06AFTER YOU PRESS 9 TO REQUEST TO

1:37:08SPEAK, YOU SHOULD HEAR AN

1:37:12AUTOMATED MESSAGE STATING THAT

1:37:13IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.

1:37:15IF YOU DO NOT DO SO, COUNCIL

1:37:18STAFF WILL PROMPT ONCE MORE.

1:37:20AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO

1:37:22IMMEDIATELY UNMUTE YOURSELF OR

1:37:23UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WILL FORFEIT

1:37:24YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE'LL

1:37:26MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

1:37:31ADDITIONALLY BETWEEN THE TIME

1:37:33DELAY, TWO THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.

1:37:36FIRST WHILE WAITING FOR YOUR

1:37:38TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE KEEP AN

1:37:40EAR TO THE PHONE SO YOU KNOW

1:37:42IT'S YOUR TURN TO UNMUTE.

1:37:44SECOND IF YOU'RE LISTENING ON

1:37:46THIS MEETING ON ANOTHER DEVICE,

1:37:48PLEASE TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON

1:37:51THAT DEVICE WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN

1:37:53TO SPEAK.

1:37:54BETWEEN FEEDBACK IT WILL CAUSE

1:37:56A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION IF

1:37:58YOU CONTINUE TO LISTEN ON OTHER

1:38:00DEVICES.

1:38:02AS A REMINDER, THE ITEMS OPEN

1:38:05FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 6

1:38:06THROUGH 23.

1:38:08ONCE AGAIN, THE ITEMS OPEN FOR

1:38:11PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 6 THROUGH 23.

1:38:12I WILL NOW ASK STAFF TO ENABLE

1:38:15THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AND WE

1:38:17CAN BEGIN CALLING NAMES.

1:38:17THANK YOU.

1:38:19>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER PLEASE

1:38:22UNMUTE YOURSELF, STATE YOUR

1:38:23NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU WOULD

1:38:24LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

1:38:25>> Speaker: HI, DANIEL GUS,

1:38:30REMOTE CALL IN HAS TO BE EQUAL

1:38:32TO IN-PERSON CALLING.

1:38:33>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE

1:38:33THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND

1:38:35ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL.

1:38:36PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS.

1:38:37GO AHEAD.

1:38:39>> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND

1:38:41GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, NUMBER

1:38:466, NITROUS IS DANGEROUS IF YOU

1:38:50TAKE IT, YOU MAY ACT LIKE A

1:38:53COUNCILMEMBER.

1:38:55HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS

1:38:57SINCE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY

1:39:00CANNABIS STORES ARE IN THE CITY.

1:39:02WHAT A SURPRISE YOU PUT THE

1:39:03CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

1:39:06OPIUM AT L.A. CITY HALL, YOU

1:39:07WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE FAT AND

1:39:10UNHEALTHY WITH THE CULTURE,

1:39:13NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS STUFF.

1:39:14WHY DON'T YOU SELL OFF THE

1:39:16THOUSANDS OF PROPERTIES YOU

1:39:17HAVE TO FUND THIS TYPE OF

1:39:19THING, YOU WON'T AND AGAIN YOU

1:39:21HAVE TO HAVE EQUAL AMOUNT OF

1:39:24PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY AS FOR

1:39:29IN-PERSON SB707 VIOLATION.

1:39:30ITEM 13.

1:39:31DID YOU SEE McOSKER AND

1:39:34HARRIS-DAWSON, THEY MUST HAVE

1:39:35CALLED EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY

1:39:38WOO HAVE COORDINATED THEIR

1:39:40CLOTHES, SAME SHIRT AND

1:39:42JACKETS, YOU'RE BRINGING THIS

1:39:43TUP AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE

1:39:46NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SYSTEM,

1:39:48THIS BUREAU SYSTEM IS JUST

1:39:49ANOTHER WAY TO GET OUT OF YOUR

1:39:51DAM FAILURES AND CORRUPTION AND

1:39:54DISTRACTING POINTLESS IDEA LIKE

1:39:56THIS THAT DOES NOT HELP US.

1:39:57THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, THE ONLY

1:40:00WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS IS WHEN

1:40:03YOU START ELECTING BETTER

1:40:04PEOPLE WHICH NONE OF THESE

1:40:07COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE HAD LET

1:40:08ALONE MASTERED.

1:40:1318, THE SUPERVISORS ARE

1:40:16OFFERING TEN GRAND TO SOLVE IS

1:40:17THE MURDER OF I'M GOING TO

1:40:19GUESS A BLACK MAN, YOU NEED TO

1:40:21REMIND PEOPLE THAT THESE

1:40:23REWARDS ARE TAXABLE.

1:40:25LOOK AT THAT, TEN GRAND FOR A

1:40:28GUY NAMED DEREK WASHINGTON,

1:40:30WINK WINK, GUESS HOW THAT IS

1:40:31GOING TO WIND UP?

1:40:3622, MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, YOU

1:40:38SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING

1:40:41A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS FOR YOUR

1:40:45PURCHASE COUNCIL DEPARTMENT IT

1:40:46WOULD BE COSTLY WHEN YOU TELL

1:40:48PEOPLE AND YOU MAKE A MEDICAL

1:40:51DIAGNOSIS ABOUT THEM HAVING

1:40:53MENTAL ILLNESS, BE CAREFUL,

1:40:55THAT IS DEFAMATORY IF YOU'RE

1:40:57NOT A DOCTOR.

1:40:58I DON'T KNOW DP 3-INCH IS

1:41:01MENTALLY ILL AND I DON'T THINK

1:41:03HERMAN IS EITHER, BUT THEY'RE

1:41:07EXPOSING CORRUPTION AND SHOUT

1:41:08OUT TO EVERYBODY OVER AT

1:41:11SMOKING SCAN, DANE A AUDIT IN

1:41:14L.A., ET CETERA.

1:41:16THESE GUYS NEVER SOLVE PROBLEMS

1:41:19YET A DEAL TO DEAL WITH MENTAL

1:41:22ILLNESS THEY NEVER SOLVE

1:41:24PROBLEMS, THEY KEEP PROBLEMS

1:41:27UNSOLVED IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY

1:41:29PEOPLE VOTING FOR THEM.

1:41:31AGAIN, THEY NEVER SOLVE

1:41:33PROBLEMS, THEY SPEND MONEY TO

1:41:34JUSTIFY SPENDING MORE AND

1:41:36STAYING IN OFFICE.

1:41:37SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN

1:41:42DANIEL GUS.

1:41:42>> City Attorney: GENERAL

1:41:43PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:41:44>> Speaker: 23, I'M TALKING

1:41:46ABOUT 23.

1:41:47>> City Attorney: SO HOLD ON

1:41:49YOUR TIME IS PAUSED.

1:41:51YOU HAVE ALREADY USED YOUR

1:41:52THREE MINUTES ON THE ITEMS

1:41:55THAT'S WHY I SAID GENERAL

1:41:56PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:41:57YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE OTHER

1:41:58ITEMS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

1:42:01WITH THAT, WE'LL CONTINUE THE

1:42:02TIMER.

1:42:02>> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, GREAT,

1:42:05DANIEL GUS, TALKING ABOUT THE

1:42:07SUBJECT ON SMOKING SCAN, WELL

1:42:09YOU KNOW WHAT, STACY CIGAR

1:42:13BOWLINGER, BLESS HER HEART

1:42:15FORMERLY FILED HER LAWSUIT FOR

1:42:17FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION AND

1:42:17YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BEATING

1:42:20OVER IT WHEN YOU WILL LOSE AND

1:42:24COST MILLIONS DOLLARS MORE JUST

1:42:26LIKE CITY COUNCIL HAS COST US

1:42:28MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEFORE.

1:42:30AND GUESS WHAT, I SMOKE WITH

1:42:32STACY'S ATTORNEYS AND I OFFERED

1:42:33TO BE A COOPERATING WITNESS IN

1:42:35THE CASE.

1:42:39HARRIS-DAWSON CELEBRATED THE

1:42:40SAME WORDS AFTER THEY WERE

1:42:41PERFORMED IN THE HALFTIME SHOW

1:42:45THE "N" WORD AND PUT IT ON HIS

1:42:48PUBLIC TWITTER ACCOUNT.

1:42:51AND DANA, AND DINGO GRA SI A

1:42:56NO, LONG LIVED THE FIRST

1:42:58AMENDMENT, SMOKING SCAN AUDIT

1:43:00IN L.A. AND POLICE L.A. AND

1:43:02CATCH ME ON KABC TOMORROW

1:43:05AGAINST THE GOP OF LOS ANGELES.

1:43:07>> City Attorney: CALLER YOUR

1:43:08TIME IS SECTION PIEEDER.

1:43:10>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER,

1:43:11PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND

1:43:12STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS

1:43:13YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

1:43:15>> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC

1:43:16COMMENT, PLEASE.

1:43:17>> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE

1:43:18A MINUTE PLEASE.

1:43:19>> Speaker: YES, DURING COUNCIL

1:43:21MEETING YESTERDAY, A

1:43:22COUNCILMEMBERS WAS KIND ENOUGH

1:43:23TO SHARE THAT THE WORK GETS

1:43:25DONE IN COMMITTEE.

1:43:27YES, THEY STATED THE WORK GETS

1:43:29DONE IN COMMITTEE.

1:43:31WHEN IS HEARD I WAS VERY

1:43:34DISAPPOINTED THAT IT ONLY

1:43:37VALIDATES THAT ALL OF YOU ARE

1:43:38COMPLICITY IN DENYING YOUR

1:43:41CONSTITUENTS AT CITY HALL.

1:43:42I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT THAT, SO

1:43:45I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL

1:43:49CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS

1:43:51PUBLISHED FOR NEXT WEEK TO

1:43:53INCLUDE A REINSTATED CALL-IN

1:43:55PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:43:55THANK YOU.

1:43:57>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:43:59NEXT CALLER.

1:44:00>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

1:44:02FOUR DIDGE IT'S, 1881, PLEASE

1:44:05UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR

1:44:06NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU WOULD

1:44:07LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

1:44:08>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING.

1:44:09>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:44:10WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:44:12>> Speaker: YES, SIR, GOOD

1:44:14MORNING, MR. GROAT.

1:44:16ITEM 6, 18, 22, AND PUBLIC

1:44:19COMMENT.

1:44:19>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

1:44:20HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE

1:44:21ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR

1:44:22GENERAL.

1:44:23PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS.

1:44:24GO AHEAD.

1:44:24>> Speaker: THANK YOU.

1:44:26FORGIVE ME IF I GO IN AND OUT

1:44:28OF THE ISSUES.

1:44:30ITEM 6, I WANT TO THANK THOSE

1:44:32STUDENTS, I HOPE THEY'RE STILL

1:44:33THERE.

1:44:34THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, AND

1:44:37DON'T GIVE UP YOUR FIGHT!

1:44:40YES, THERE IS A PROBLEM OUT

1:44:41THERE ON THE STREETS BUT THE

1:44:43BIGGER PROBLEM IS IN THIS

1:44:46COUNCIL BECAUSE OVER AND OVER

1:44:48AGAIN, THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT

1:44:49THIS ISSUE.

1:44:51HOW MANY OF THOSE DISPENSERS

1:44:53ARE LEGAL AND HOW MANY ARE

1:44:54ILLEGAL?

1:44:55IS THERE ANY POLICING OVER

1:44:57THESE ISSUES?

1:44:59NO, NO.

1:45:00YOU KNOW WHAT, IF WE WERE TO DO

1:45:02A BETTER JOB ON LICENSING AND

1:45:05MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE

1:45:08LEGITIMATE BUSINESS IN THE CITY

1:45:10AND IF YOU ARE, THAT WE WATCH

1:45:11OUT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT

1:45:13SELLING THESE ILLEGAL THINGS.

1:45:15BUT AGAIN, TO THOSE STUDENTS,

1:45:18BRAVO, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING

1:45:19YOU IN THE FUTURE.

1:45:20AND I WANT YOU TO THINK INTO

1:45:22THE FUTURE FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS

1:45:24AND JUST IMAGINE OUR STREETS

1:45:27EVEN WORSE WITH HOMELESS AND

1:45:30MENTALLY ILL BECAUSE OF WHAT

1:45:33THIS COUNCIL IS LACKING TO DO

1:45:34AT THIS TIME.

1:45:36MAY I MOVE TO 18, SIR.

1:45:37>> City Attorney: YES, GO AHEAD.

1:45:40>> Speaker: THANK YOU.

1:45:41YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SHOOT

1:45:43THIS ONE STRAIGHT.

1:45:44I AM SO SICK, I BELIEVE THIS IS

1:45:48ABOUT A REWARD FOR A CRIME.

1:45:50I'M SO SICK OF HEARING THE

1:45:56DANIEL DOT-DOT GUS, ALL HE IS

1:45:58IS ABOUT THE VICTIMS.

1:46:00HOW ABOUT THE FAMILIES THAT

1:46:01HAVE SUFFERED BECAUSE OF THIS

1:46:03AND YET ALL YOU DO IS TALK

1:46:07ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING IT SUE

1:46:09THE CITY.

1:46:10WHEN YOU SUE THE CITY, YOU SUE

1:46:12ME, YOU SUE ALL OF US THE

1:46:13RESIDENTS IN THE GREAT CITY.

1:46:17WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS CITY

1:46:19A BETTER PLACE.

1:46:21IT'S JUST AMAZING, THAT HERMAN

1:46:23SAYS THAT THE CITY IS CORRUPT,

1:46:25YES IT IS, IT IS.

1:46:27BUT WHEN YOU HONOR A MAN LIKE

1:46:31MR. TRUMP, WHO'S THIS FILTHY

1:46:33AND DIRTY AS ANYBODY WE'VE EVER

1:46:36HAD, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG

1:46:37WITH THAT.

1:46:39I'LL GO TO 22.

1:46:40>> City Attorney: YES, GO AHEAD.

1:46:42>> Speaker: YES, QUICKLY, I

1:46:44WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY EVEN

1:46:46MYSELF WHO HAVE DEALT WITH

1:46:49MENTAL ILLNESS WHO GET UP EVERY

1:46:51DAY, THEY GO TO WORK THEY TAKE

1:46:53CARE OF THEIR KIDS, THEY TAKE

1:46:55CARE OF THEIR PARENTS, THEY

1:46:56FUNCTION AND THEY GO OUT THERE

1:46:58AND THEY PRODUCE FOR THEIR

1:47:00FAMILIES AND FOR THEMSELVES AND

1:47:02FOR THEIR CITY AND COUNTRY.

1:47:03BUT THEN YOU HAVE THESE KNUCKLE

1:47:06HEADS THAT COME IN WITH THEIR

1:47:09HANDOUT, ASKING FOR THIS AND

1:47:11THAT AND I'VE GOT THIS AND THAT

1:47:12PROBLEM.

1:47:13WHEN I ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE

1:47:14OUT THERE WITH MENTAL PROBLEMS,

1:47:17PLEASE GET HELP BECAUSE THERE

1:47:18IS HELP AVAILABLE AND THEY WILL

1:47:20HELP.

1:47:20AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE

1:47:23ABOUT. PRICE IS RIGHT THAT I

1:47:26RECENTLY STARTED-->> City

1:47:27Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC

1:47:28COMMENT.

1:47:29>> Speaker: QUICKLY, I THINK I

1:47:31HEARD SOMETHING YESTERDAY, MR.

1:47:33McOSKER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

1:47:34LIKE ME OR NOT, BUT I HAVE COME

1:47:37TO RESPECT YOU AND I'M HOPING I

1:47:39HEARD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RUN

1:47:42FOR SUPERVISOR, WHICH MEANS

1:47:45MRS. HAHN I WORKED ON HER

1:47:47CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS AND FOR

1:47:50SUPERVISOR, IT'S SAD TO SEE HER

1:47:52LEAVE BUT YOU'RE THE BEST

1:47:54CHOICE FOR THAT POSITION.

1:47:56YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS

1:47:58COUNCIL.

1:47:59IT'S TIME FOR TO YOU MOVE ON,

1:48:01GREATER THINGS, AND I JUST HOPE.

1:48:04I WISH MRS. RODRIGUEZ WOULD

1:48:06HAVE LISTENED RATHER THAN

1:48:08SUPPORTING TALKING ABOUT HER

1:48:10ACHIEVEMENT AND WHAT SHE COULD

1:48:13HAVE DONE MORE FOR THIS CITY.

1:48:16THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I

1:48:17APPRECIATE IT.

1:48:17>> City Attorney: NEXT CALLER.

1:48:19>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER PLEASE

1:48:21UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR

1:48:23NAME AND STATE THE ITEMS YOU

1:48:24WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

1:48:27>> Speaker: YES, MY NAME IS

1:48:28JASON I'M A SMOKE ISING SCAN

1:48:30VIEWER.

1:48:30>> City Attorney: YOU KNOW THE

1:48:32RULES, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES

1:48:33FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR

1:48:34PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:48:35>> Speaker: THANK YOU, PUMPKIN

1:48:38HEAD, I WANT IT START ON NUMBER

1:48:446, THE NITROUS, IT'S HAPPIER

1:48:47AIR, WHO DOESN'T LIKE AIR

1:48:49AND/OR GET HAPPY.

1:48:52I THINK, WE SHOULD GET THE

1:48:54PRICE DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE

1:48:56DOWN IN FIGUEROA, THEY ARE

1:49:00CHARGING FOR A 8 BUCKS FOR A

1:49:03LITTLE PUFF OF NITROUS AND

1:49:07GETTING A LITTLE HAPPY THERE

1:49:08AND IN THE PRIVATE PART THERE.

1:49:12SO YEAH, NOW, MAKE THE LIFE

1:49:14REAL HAPPY THERE.

1:49:17AND MAKE IT HAPPY, THE KIDS ARE

1:49:20OKAY WITH THAT.

1:49:22HE'S PRETTY HAPPY.

1:49:23HE DRINKS WATER BECAUSE HE'S IN

1:49:25THE WATER DOWN THERE BUT YEAH.

1:49:28IT'S A GOOD THING.

1:49:29DEFINITELY A GOOD THING THERE.

1:49:34YOU KNOW.

1:49:35>> Council President: YOU'VE

1:49:39EXHAUSTED YOUR MONEY MINUTE.

1:49:40>> City Attorney: PLEASE MOVE

1:49:44ON TO ITEM.

1:49:45YOU HAVE ANOTHER DEVICE ON,

1:49:47PLEASE TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON

1:49:48THAT DEVICE AS WELL.

1:49:50GO AHEAD.

1:49:52>> Speaker: ON THE STREET, WE

1:49:54SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE STREET

1:49:56RACING, THEY BE SIPPING UP AND

1:49:57DOWN ON FIGUEROA AND I'M TRYING

1:50:00GET A GROOVE ON WITH A CHICK,

1:50:03AND ALMOST RAN ME AND HER OVER

1:50:06THERE.

1:50:07SO SOMETHING ABOUT STREET

1:50:09RACING THERE.

1:50:11AND I CAN'T TALK I CAN'T

1:50:16SQUEEZE IFIVE TO SEE THE STREET

1:50:19RACES, AND THEN THEY LEAVE A

1:50:21LOT OF TRASH ON THE SIDE OF THE

1:50:23ROAD WHICH IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE

1:50:27OLD EMPTY McDONALD'S BAG AND

1:50:32IT'S NOT SEXY THERE.

1:50:34SO IF WE CAN GET THE STREET

1:50:38GRAFFITI, AND WHATEVER IT IS,

1:50:40SOMEBODY POSING THERE, IF WE

1:50:41CAN GET SOME OF THAT WOULD BE

1:50:43COOL.

1:50:43>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU'VE

1:50:45EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE FOR THAT

1:50:47ITEM, PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER

1:50:49ITEM.

1:50:50>> City Attorney: YOU STILL

1:50:52HAVE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE

1:50:53OTHER TWICE THAT YOU'RE

1:50:54LISTENING TO.

1:50:55THIS IS THE LAST TIME I ASK,

1:50:59PLEASE TURN IT DOWN OR I'LL

1:51:01MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CALLER.

1:51:04>> Speaker: NOTED, I'M GOING TO

1:51:06DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

1:51:07ANYWAY, WITH THE DRONE, IF WE

1:51:10LEAVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE

1:51:14PEEPING TOM WITH, WE HAVE

1:51:15PROBLEMS WITH IT, AND LIKE I

1:51:18SAID, UNLESS WE WANT TO START A

1:51:21URL DOWN IN FIGUEROA, WE

1:51:24SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE

1:51:24DRONES.

1:51:25I DON'T WANT TO SEE, SORT OF

1:51:32HUB AND WHERE THEY'RE STUCK IN

1:51:34THE ALLEY.

1:51:35>> City Attorney: PUBLIC

1:51:36COMMENT.

1:51:38>> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, DURING

1:51:41PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO TALK

1:51:43ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

1:51:45ANIMAL SHELTER.

1:51:46I JUST WANT TO SAY, HEY,

1:51:49THREE-INCH SHRINK, THE ATTORNEY

1:51:50IS NOT GOING TO REALLY BE VERY,

1:51:53HE'S NOT GOING TO BE OPEN TO

1:52:01THIS--[INDISCERNIBLE] PUPPIES

1:52:02THAN COYOTES.

1:52:04SO A GUY LIKE THAT IS NOT GOING

1:52:06TO HAVE ANYTHING TO HELP YOU

1:52:09WITH WITH ANIMALS AND STUFF.

1:52:10HE WANTS TO TALK TO ANYBODY

1:52:13DOES NOT ENGAGE IN THAT KIND OF

1:52:15STUFF.

1:52:18YOU USED TO COME THROUGH WITH

1:52:20THE WARDS.

1:52:24ANYWAY, PUMPKIN HEAD,

1:52:28THE--[INDISCERNIBLE] YOU GOT TO

1:52:29WORRY ABOUT THIS GUY HERE.

1:52:31HE'S RIGHT FOR NO REASONS.

1:52:33JUST SIT ISING UP THERE BEING

1:52:36BLACK LIKE A LITTLE PEANUT HEAD.

1:52:39AND YOU KNOW, ALSO THAT

1:52:42CANNEDIDO.

1:52:42>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOUR

1:52:43TIME IS SECTION PIEEDER.

1:52:45NEXT CALLER.

1:52:47>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

1:52:50FOUR DIGITS, 7533, PLEASE

1:52:52UNMUTE INJURE SELF AND STATE

1:52:54THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO

1:52:55SPEAK TO.

1:52:56>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, MY

1:52:57NAME IS AUDIT L.A., I WOULD

1:52:59LIKE TO SHOUT OUT AUDIT L.A.

1:53:02>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE

1:53:03THREE MINUTES AND ONE FOR

1:53:04GENERAL.

1:53:06GO AHEAD, PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE

1:53:06ITEMS.

1:53:07>> Speaker: OKAY, I'M GOING TO

1:53:09START WITH THE DRONES, OKAY.

1:53:13YOU KNOW, SCIENTOLOGY HAS A

1:53:15DRONE OF WHAT APPEARS, NOT EVEN

1:53:20PROTESTING, THERE WAS A DROME

1:53:23OVER YOU.

1:53:24THAT'S ALLOWED, THEY HAD TO

1:53:26FILE IT TO WHEN I LEFT AND

1:53:28LEAVING, TO GO TO A STORE

1:53:30FOLLOWING ME.

1:53:31OKAY, SO YOU GUYS ALLOW THE

1:53:33ABSOLUTE ABUSE OF SCIENTOLOGY

1:53:37WITH THEIR EXCESSIVE CAMERAS

1:53:39INCLUDING SWAT CAMERAS,

1:53:40INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, LICENSE

1:53:44READERS, AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY.

1:53:46THEY ARE THE BIGGEST PROPERTY

1:53:48OWNERS AND YOU ALLOW THIS AND

1:53:50THAT IS INCLUDING DRONES.

1:53:54TIME AFTER TIME, I'M TELLING

1:53:55IT'S AN ISSUE AND YOU DO

1:53:57NOTHING ABOUT IT.

1:53:58AND I KNOW SMOKING SCAN HEARD

1:54:01US TALKING ABOUT IT AND THEY,

1:54:03IPG THEY'RE SICK OF IT T I

1:54:04THINK SMOKING SCAN IS SICK OF

1:54:07ME HAVING TO COME HERE OVER AND

1:54:08OVER.

1:54:09>> City Attorney: YOU'VE

1:54:11EXHAUSTED A MINUTE ON THAT ITEM.

1:54:13PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ITEM.

1:54:17>> Speaker: THE OTHER ITEM IS

1:54:23NITROUS, WHY IS IT UP AGAIN,

1:54:25DID YOU NOT FIX IT WHEN IT

1:54:27FIRST CAME UP.

1:54:28I'M PROUD OF THESE KIDS I'M

1:54:31LIKE, I HOPE THEY JOIN THE

1:54:34LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS.

1:54:36I HOPE THEY GO TO C TAP

1:54:39MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY

1:54:41INTELLIGENCE.

1:54:42AND THEY'RE NOT BEGGING FOR

1:54:45HANDOUT, THEY'RE BEGGING FOR

1:54:46CHANGE NOT FOR HANDOUTS.

1:54:48OKAY.

1:54:49AND IS HOPE THAT YOU KNOW,

1:54:53WIRING UP AND I'M NOT TRYING TO

1:54:55GO AGAINST, YOU KNOW, ANYONE

1:54:59ELSE'S OPINION, THIS, YOU KNOW,

1:55:02I JUST THINK IF IT'S NICE, I

1:55:05WOULD GO TO VENICE THAT'S WHERE

1:55:10YOU GET THAT STUFF.

1:55:11THEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, I

1:55:13DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT.

1:55:18BECAUSE HE IS REALLY

1:55:21INTELLIGENT AND GIVES US

1:55:22INFORMATION.

1:55:23LIKE YESTERDAY, WE HEARD FROM

1:55:26DANIEL GUS THAT MR. McOSKER IS

1:55:27GOING TO BE LEAVING.

1:55:28>> City Attorney: SO GIVEN YOU

1:55:30EXTRA TIME.

1:55:31I NEED TO YOU CONNECT THIS TO

1:55:32ONE OF THE ITEMS OTHERWISE I'M

1:55:35GOING TO MOVE YOU TO PUBLIC

1:55:37COMMENT.

1:55:37>> Speaker: WHAT IS THE BUREAU

1:55:39THING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

1:55:40I GOT A LITTLE OFF TRACK, I

1:55:43BELIEVE IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT

1:55:45THEY SAY, YOU WILL NOT GIVE

1:55:46THEM CREDIT FOR THE STUFF THAT

1:55:49YOU DO LIKE.

1:55:50BUT IT'S ABOUT, I AGREE WITH

1:55:52DANIEL GUS, SMOKING SCAN DOES

1:55:53TOO.

1:55:54WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL

1:55:56SYSTEM.

1:55:56YOU GUYS ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO

1:55:58UNDERMINE IT AT EVERY CHANCE

1:55:59YOU GET.

1:56:00WHY?

1:56:03MR. McOSKER, I WISH YOU WELL,

1:56:05IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO.

1:56:07>> City Attorney: GENERAL

1:56:08PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:56:10>> Speaker: YOU'VE GOT TO SPOT.

1:56:12IS IT PUBLIC COMMENT TIME?

1:56:13HELLO?

1:56:15>> City Attorney: GENERAL.

1:56:17>> Speaker: HELLO.

1:56:18YE, OKAY.

1:56:19I'M HERE ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY, YOU

1:56:21GUYS ARE GOING TO ALLOW

1:56:24SCIENTOLOGY A CULT, YOU KNOW TO

1:56:26PROVIDE THE GREEN ROOM FOR THE

1:56:28HOLIDAY PARADE.

1:56:29I HOPE YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T

1:56:31WANT TO SAY WHILE THE MAYOR OF

1:56:35L.A., RAMAN, AND YOU'RE NOT

1:56:36ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.

1:56:38YOU HAVE PEOPLE TELLING YOU

1:56:39ABOUT THIS HUMAN TRAFFICKING

1:56:42ORGANIZATION, OKAY, SMOKING

1:56:43SCAN, THEY GET IT, THEY'RE, YOU

1:56:45GUYS DON'T GET IT.

1:56:47WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO

1:56:50WAKE YOU UP.

1:56:52I'M GOING TO BE SO DISGUSTED

1:56:54THAT YOU'RE USING THEIR GREEN

1:56:55ROOM.

1:56:57USE SOMEBODY ELSE, FIND ANOTHER

1:56:58SOLUTION.

1:57:00IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS,

1:57:04IT'S AN INSULT TO EVERYONE IF

1:57:06THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO RECRUIT.

1:57:09WE DONT WANT PEDOPHILES

1:57:11PROTECTED.

1:57:12THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.

1:57:14>> City Attorney: CALLER YOUR

1:57:15TIME IS EXPIRED.

1:57:17>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

1:57:19FOUR DIGITS, 3784, PLEASE

1:57:21UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR

1:57:22NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU WOULD

1:57:23LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

1:57:24>> Speaker: ALL ITEMS AND

1:57:26GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:57:26>> City Attorney: OKAY, GOOD

1:57:28MORNING, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES

1:57:29FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE

1:57:30FOR GENERAL.

1:57:30PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS, GO

1:57:32AHEAD.

1:57:33>> Speaker: ITEM 6, RELATES TO

1:57:38THE SALE OF NITROUS BANNING IT

1:57:43SO YOU CAN CONTINUE THE WAR ON

1:57:44DRUGS.

1:57:45IS THIS GOING TO GO LEAD TO

1:57:48CRIMINALIZATION OR PEOPLE

1:57:49GETTING ARRESTED FOR HAVING

1:57:54NITROUS BECAUSE THAT IS GOING

1:57:55TO MAKE IT EVEN WORSE, BECAUSE

1:57:56YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE

1:57:59GETTING CRIMINALIZED FOR DRUGS

1:57:59AGAIN.

1:58:00SO WE SHOULD, I THOUGHT WE WERE

1:58:02MOVING PAST THAT.

1:58:04SO WE'LL NOW, WHAT IS THAT WHAT

1:58:07ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.

1:58:08YOU GOT MORE GRANTS FOR THE

1:58:11LAPD, ITEM 7, OR WHATEVER,

1:58:13SEEMS TO BE HERE.

1:58:16GIVING MORE MONEY TO THE LAPD,

1:58:19THEY ARE WITH SIX BILLION

1:58:20DOLLARS AND BEING SO VIOLENT

1:58:23HERE.

1:58:26BEING VIOLENT PEOPLE PEOPLE

1:58:27HAVE CALLED TO DEFUND LAPD AND

1:58:30INVEST THAT MONEY IN THINGS

1:58:32THAT KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.

1:58:34INSTEAD YOU'RE GIVING THEM MORE

1:58:36GRANTS, MORE MONEY, WHEN YOU

1:58:39ALREADY HAVE 3.6 BILLION

1:58:40DOLLARS EVERY YEAR JUST IN THE

1:58:41BUDGET ALONE.

1:58:42SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

1:58:44IT'S GOT A LITTLE, CONTRACT FOR

1:58:53McOSKER FOR CORRUPTION INVOLVED

1:58:54WITH THAT.

1:58:56WE HAVE WE'RE REWARD MONEY FOR

1:59:00SNITCHES ON ITEM 18.

1:59:07WE HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER THING

1:59:10HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

1:59:11OKAY.

1:59:12WE HAVE 21 WHICH IS MORE MONEY

1:59:18FOR SUPPORTING MONEY FOR FIRES.

1:59:20MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE

1:59:22FIRE FASTER IF TRACI PARK HAD

1:59:26THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL TRUMP

1:59:30TO STOP PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES.

1:59:33INSTEAD SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

1:59:34TO DO THAT, BUT USED HER ONE

1:59:36OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT

1:59:41TO SAVE TRUMP AND PROBABLY

1:59:45POSTED THAT ON ASSOCIATE MEDIA,

1:59:47EVEN THOUGH TRUMP HAS REFUSED

1:59:50TO DELIVER FIRE RELIEF AID TO

1:59:52HER CONSTITUENTS.

1:59:53SO WE HAVE ITEM 22, NO ON

1:59:57FORCED MENTAL HEALTHCARE FOR

1:59:59PEOPLE WHO DON'T NEED IT THINGS

2:00:01LIKE THAT.

2:00:02A LOT OF POTENTIAL ISSUES TAKEN

2:00:04UP IN THERE.

2:00:06WE HAVE 23, ALL OF THIS, LEGAL

2:00:10FIGHTING OVER 63 DOLLARS, 63

2:00:13DOLLARS WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO

2:00:14WHAT?

2:00:16YOU KNOW, HAVE A MASSIVE, THE

2:00:19TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

2:00:21GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

2:00:22>> City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE

2:00:23ONE MINUTE.

2:00:24>> Speaker: SO AGAIN, SO WE NOW

2:00:30HAVE TWO MORNINGS THIS WEEK

2:00:31WHERE IT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT

2:00:34ICE HAS BEEN HANGING OUT THE

2:00:37LAPD METRO DETENTION CENTER.

2:00:39SEEMINGLY KNOWING WHEN PEOPLE

2:00:40ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED FROM

2:00:42THE JAIL, THE LAPD JAIL AND

2:00:45THEY IMMEDIATELY MOVE IN AND

2:00:47KIDNAP THEM.

2:00:49HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT?

2:00:52I'M CURIOUS, SUPPOSEDLY, LAPD

2:00:55DOES NOT SHARE DATA WITH ICE,

2:00:58HOW DID THEY DO TO BE OUTSIDE

2:01:01THEIR KIDNAPPING PEOPLE?

2:01:02IS IT BECAUSE LAPD IS SHARING

2:01:05DATA WITH ICE?

2:01:07AND SHARING INFORMATION?

2:01:10BECAUSE, AS McDONALD LYING?

2:01:13FIRE JIM McDONALD HE'S

2:01:17ASSISTING ICE, FUCK LAPD, FUCK

2:01:19ICE AND STOP GIVING PEOPLE

2:01:21HEADACHES WITH WEIRD MOVING

2:01:23BACKGROUND EVERY DAY ON THE

2:01:24LIVE STREAM.

2:01:28IT'S REALLY OBNOXIOUS, I THINK

2:01:29IT'S UP THERE RIGHT NOW

2:01:30PROBABLY.

2:01:31IT'S ZOOMING AROUND.

2:01:32>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

2:01:33YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

2:01:35>> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT WE

2:01:37HAVE TAKEN THE ALLOT THED TIME

2:01:38FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

2:01:39>> Council President: ALL

2:01:40RIGHT, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY

2:01:41WHO CALLED IN AND EVERYBODY WHO

2:01:42CAME IN-PERSON.

2:01:43MADAM CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE US

2:01:45AT THIS TIME.

2:01:45>> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE

2:01:47ON 7 THROUGH 19 AND 21.

2:01:49>> Council President: ALL

2:01:50RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON

2:01:51THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL,

2:01:53TABULATE THE VOTE.

2:01:54>> Clerk: 14 AYES.

2:01:54>> Council President: ALL

2:01:56RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?

2:01:56>> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE

2:01:58ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6 CALLED

2:02:00SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER

2:02:04McOSKER FOR PADILLA MOTION 6-A

2:02:09PADILLA McOSKER.

2:02:10>> I. Padilla: I DON'T NEED TO

2:02:13READ THE MOTION.

2:02:14>> Council President: NO.

2:02:14>> I. Padilla: I RISE TO

2:02:17PROHIBIT TOBACCO AND CANNABIS

2:02:25BUSINESSES FROM SELLING

2:02:28NITROUS, FOR MANY YEARS, I

2:02:30WORKED WITH PARTNERS AND CITY

2:02:35ATTORNEY AND STUDENTS.

2:02:37WE'VE SEEN SUPPORT FROM THE

2:02:38COMMUNITIES AND OTHER CITIES

2:02:39AND COUNTIES JOIN AND EVEN GONE

2:02:41TO THE STATE LEVEL.

2:02:42OUR FIGHT AGAINST THE

2:02:47RECREATIONAL SALE SF NITROUS

2:02:53OFTEN CALLED NOUS, CONVENIENT

2:02:57STORES FROM SELLING NITROUS

2:03:06OXIDE, REALLY NO OTHER USE FOR

2:03:08THA. THESE LAWS ALSO GIVE

2:03:10CITIES AND COUNTIES CLEAR

2:03:11AUTHORITY TO ADOPT STRONGER

2:03:14LOCAL RESTRICTIONS, FOR US IT

2:03:17MEANS FOR STOOLS TO STRENGTHEN

2:03:19THE PROTECTION THAT WE'VE BEEN

2:03:20WORKING TOWARDS HERE IN LOS

2:03:21ANGELES.

2:03:22SO LET'S PUT THESE NEW TOOLS TO

2:03:24WORK AND PROTECT OUR YOUTH OR

2:03:28RECENTLY AS I'VE SEEN IN SOCIAL

2:03:31MEDIA FROM HARMFUL AFFECTS OF

2:03:33NOUS.

2:03:34THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IS THE

2:03:37ATTORNEY OFFICE TO COVER ALL

2:03:39RETAILERS SELLING OR

2:03:43DISTRIBUTING NITROUS WITHOUT

2:03:44USE.

2:03:46USING THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY

2:03:50SB758 SO I WANT TO THANK

2:03:51EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL THAT'S

2:03:53BEEN HELPFUL TO MOVE THIS

2:03:55FORWARD.

2:03:57MY OVERLAPPING CENTER, SENATOR

2:04:01MENJOVAR FOR HELPING US GET

2:04:04THESE TOOLS STRENGTHENED SO NOW

2:04:05IT'S TIME TO GET THEM TO WORK.

2:04:06THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION FOR

2:04:09THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO

2:04:10PLEASE MOVE THIS FORWARD AND

2:04:12CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP AND

2:04:13GET THIS THROUGH THE FINISH

2:04:15LINE AND SUPPORT THIS THROUGH

2:04:17THE TOBACCO ENFORCEMENT.

2:04:19TO THE SMOKE SHOPS ADVERTISING

2:04:21AND SELLING NOUS, THIS IS A DAY

2:04:24WHERE WE'RE ASKING YOU TO STOP.

2:04:26REMOVE THE PRODUCTS FROM THE

2:04:27SHELVES WE'RE TAKING ACTION TO

2:04:29PROTECT OUR YOUTH AND BUSINESS

2:04:31THAT'S VIOLATE THE LAW AND

2:04:33YOU'LL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

2:04:35THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MANY

2:04:36OF US.

2:04:37AND YOU KNOW IN MY DISTRICT,

2:04:38YOU KNOW I GO INTO THESE THINGS

2:04:40TO CHECK.

2:04:42SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO WORK.

2:04:44TO THE PARENTS, IT WILL TAKE

2:04:46YOU WILL OF US TO KEEP THESE

2:04:48THINGS ACCOUNTABLE.

2:04:49YOU ARE THE EYES AND EARS IN

2:04:51OUR COMMUNITIES.

2:04:51SO IF YOU SEE THE TANK ON THE

2:04:54SHELVES OF ANY SMOKE SHOP OR

2:04:56ANY RETAILER WE DO ASK THAT YOU

2:04:58REPORT TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

2:05:02THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN REPORT AND

2:05:04HELP PROTECT OUR YOUTH, AND

2:05:07ADULTS WHO PROBABLY DON'T KNOW

2:05:08BETTER.

2:05:10COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR

2:05:11SUPPORT ON THIS AMENDMENT AND

2:05:12THE ORDINANCE BEFORE US.

2:05:13THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:05:15>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:05:18SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN.

2:05:19COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER.

2:05:20>> T. McOsker: I JUST WANT TO

2:05:22STAND BRIEFLY COUNCILMEMBER

2:05:23PADILLA TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

2:05:25LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

2:05:27IT'S GREAT WORK, REALLY REALLY

2:05:29APPRECIATE YOU CARRYING THE

2:05:31BALL WITH THIS I SUSPECT WILL

2:05:32BE A FINISH LINE.

2:05:34THIS BENEFITS EVERYONE OF OUR

2:05:36COMMUNITIES.

2:05:37AND TO THE STUDENT ADVOCATES

2:05:39TODAY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

2:05:41THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

2:05:43YOU SMOKE ON BEHALF OF ALL THE

2:05:46YOUTH ACROSS OUR CITIES.

2:05:48AND THANK YOU AND I TOO URGE AN

2:05:50AYE-VOTE.

2:05:51>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:05:51SO MUCH AND I WANT TO THANK

2:05:54COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA,

2:05:55COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER, ALL THE

2:05:56STUDENTS WHO CAME SAN FERNANDO,

2:05:59VALLEY PARTNERSHIP, I REMEMBER

2:06:00FROM BACK IN THE DAY.

2:06:02YOU KNOW, IT'S, THIS IS A

2:06:05TRIUMPH DAY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE

2:06:06THIS WILL PASS BECAUSE OF THE

2:06:08LEADERSHIP OF YOUR COUNCIL

2:06:09WOMEN.

2:06:09BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY, IT'S A

2:06:12SHAME THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

2:06:14THAT CHILDREN HAVE TO COME TO

2:06:15THE GOVERNMENT AND SAY KEEP

2:06:18POISON AWAY FROM MY SCHOOL THAT

2:06:20SOME ADULTS ARE SOMEWHERE

2:06:22MAKING MONEY OFF.

2:06:23THE FACT THAT WE ALLOW THAT AND

2:06:25WE LET IT GET TO THE POINT

2:06:27WHERE STUDENTS HAVE TO DO THAT

2:06:28IS A REAL INDICTMENT OF OUR

2:06:31SOCIETY AND ALSO OUR ECONOMIC

2:06:33SYSTEM WHICH THERE IS A LOT OF

2:06:35TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

2:06:36THESE DAYS.

2:06:38BUT I JUST, FOR THE STUDENTS

2:06:40THAT ARE HERE, REMEMBER YOU CAN

2:06:42CREATE A WORLD WHERE THE NEXT

2:06:44GENERATION OF STUDENTS WON'T

2:06:45HAVE TO SHOW UP TO ASK FOR

2:06:48POISON TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM IN

2:06:51AND WITHIN THEIR SCHOOLS,

2:06:53THAT'S WITHIN OUR REACH.

2:06:54THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND

2:06:54THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO

2:06:56ON BEHALF OF ALL OF YOUR

2:06:58STUDENTS AND FAMILIES MEMBERS.

2:07:00--FAMILY MEMBERS.

2:07:01SO WITH THAT, OPEN THE ROLL,

2:07:03CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE

2:07:04VOTE.

2:07:05>> Clerk: 14 AYES.

2:07:06[APPLAUSE]

2:07:09>> Council President: ALL

2:07:10RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS

2:07:11NEXT.

2:07:11>> Clerk: THANK YOU AND TO

2:07:13CONFIRM FOR ITEM 6 THE

2:07:15ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED AND

2:07:16AMENDED FOR ADDITIONAL

2:07:17ORDINANCE.

2:07:18NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 20 CALLED

2:07:20SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER

2:07:22HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS.

2:07:23>> Council President:

2:07:24COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.

2:07:24>> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU,

2:07:25COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2:07:26COLLEAGUES WE SHOULD BE

2:07:30OUTRAGED THAT LATINO WORKERS

2:07:31ARE SUFFOCATING AND DYING JUST

2:07:33TO CUT COUNTER STONE COUNTER

2:07:35STOPS.

2:07:37IN CALIFORNIA 98 PERCENT OF

2:07:42LATINO DYING AND BEING

2:07:43DOCTOREDING FROM AN INCURABLE

2:07:45LUNG DISEASE.

2:07:47L.A. COUNTY IS AT THE CENTER,

2:07:50WHERE FATHERS ARE PAYING FOR

2:07:52THEIR HOME RENOVATION WITH

2:07:54THEIR LAST BREATH.

2:07:56IT COUNTS FOR COUNTER TOP

2:07:59SILCOSIS CASIS INCLUDING

2:08:0127-YEAR-OLD PACOIMA LEOBARDO

2:08:05WHO SUFFERED A COLLAPSED LUNG

2:08:09AND RUSHED HOME FROM PLAYING

2:08:11WITH HIS KIDS WHEN HIS OXYGEN

2:08:13TANK RUNS OUT.

2:08:16CASES KEEP CLIMBING, CAL-OSHA

2:08:21SILCA HAS ALREADY ISSUED MORE

2:08:23THAN 900 CITATIONS.

2:08:34DEMONSTRATING THAT WORKPLACE

2:08:36SAFETY RULES ALONE CANNOT MAKE

2:08:39AN INHERENTLY DEADLY PRODUCT

2:08:40SAFE.

2:08:41THIS RESOLUTION PUTS THE CITY

2:08:42OF L.A. ON RECORD SUPPORTING

2:08:44THE BAN ON HIGH SILCA

2:08:47ARTIFICIAL STONE.

2:08:49WORKPLACE CONTROLS LIKE SB20

2:08:52PROVIDES PROTECTIONS BUT OUT

2:08:57RIGHT PROHIBITION CAN THE ONLY

2:08:59WAY TO SAFE LIVES.

2:09:01L.A. MUST ADD ITS VOICE INTO

2:09:03THE PROCESS NOW.

2:09:04I WANT TO THANK EDEBSCA,

2:09:10INSTITUTIONO OF SUR CALIFORNIA.

2:09:12COUNCILMEMBERS BOB BLUMENFIELD

2:09:18MONICA RODRIGUEZ AND HEATHER

2:09:19HUTT AS WELL AS--LEAD THISING

2:09:23WORK THROUGHOUT THE OFFICE SXZ

2:09:24VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIS

2:09:25LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

2:09:27COLLEAGUES, I URGE YOU TO VOTE

2:09:29YES ON ITEM 20 AND STAND

2:09:32ALONGSIDE TO MAKE SURE NO WORK

2:09:33IN OUR CITY AND COUNTY FACES A

2:09:36DEATH SENTENCE JUST FOR DOING

2:09:37THEIR JOB.

2:09:37THANK YOU.

2:09:38>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:09:40SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER

2:09:41HERNANDEZ OPEN THE ROLL CLOSE

2:09:42THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.

2:09:43>> Clerk: 14 AYES.

2:09:46>> Council President: ALL

2:09:46RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT.

2:09:47>> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 22 CALLED

2:09:49SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER

2:09:50RODRIGUEZ FOR COMMENTS.

2:09:51>> Council President:

2:09:52COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

2:09:52>> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU,

2:09:53COLLEAGUES.

2:09:54AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD

2:09:56IN REACHING OUR BENCH MARKS IN

2:09:58FULFILLING THE OBLIGATIONS OF

2:10:02THE ALLIANCE AGREEMENT, I

2:10:04WANTED TO REITERATE THE

2:10:05IMPORTANCE OF THIS BODY COMING

2:10:08TOGETHER AND HOLDING L.A.

2:10:09COUNTY AVAILABLE.

2:10:10AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT THE

2:10:12COUNTY HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO

2:10:13WORK WITHIN OUR CITY FUNDED

2:10:16SITES AND IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS

2:10:17THAT NEED HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE

2:10:20AND CORRECT THEM TO THE

2:10:21APPROPRIATE CARE AND BEDS, AND

2:10:22THIS IS APPLICABLE TO THE

2:10:24COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL

2:10:26HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH DURING

2:10:29WHAT THEY'RE FUNDED TO DO.

2:10:30IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WE

2:10:32DON'T HAVE IS THE DEPARTMENT OF

2:10:34PUBLIC HEALTH, WE DON'T HAVE A

2:10:36DEPARTMENT OF HAENT AL HEALTH,

2:10:38IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE COUNTY

2:10:41PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND IN

2:10:42FACT IT WAS A RESULT THAT JUDGE

2:10:45CARTER ASSISTED US IN HELPING

2:10:48TO SECURE 3000 BEDS THAT THE

2:10:49COUNTY IS SUPPOSE TO MAKE

2:10:51AVAILABLE TO ENSURING THAT

2:10:54INDIVIDUALS, REQUIRING HIGHER

2:10:55LEVELS OF CARE, WOULD BE SERVED

2:10:57BY THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF

2:11:00MENTAL HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

2:11:02AND SADLY, WE HAVE NOT SEEN

2:11:04THAT MATERIAL WISE.

2:11:05TAXPAYERS CONTINUE TO BE

2:11:07BURDENED BY PAYING THEIR TAXES

2:11:09TO BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY

2:11:11ONLY FOR THE CITY TO BE LEFT

2:11:13WITHOUT GETTING THE SERVICES

2:11:16THAT THESE FOLKS DESERVE.

2:11:18I HAVE SENT A LETTER TO THE

2:11:20COURT, WHICH HAS BEEN POSTED

2:11:21FOR THE PUBLIC TO READ,

2:11:23REQUESTING THAT JUDGE CARTER

2:11:25ASSIST US IN HOLDING THE COUNTY

2:11:27ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY CAN

2:11:29PROVIDE WHICH IS CARE FOR THE

2:11:30HIGH ACCUITY AND SEVERELY

2:11:34MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS

2:11:35EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

2:11:37I CALL ON ALL OF US TO CONTINUE

2:11:41TO DEMAND FOR FROM COUNTY AND

2:11:44MAKE SURE COUNTY ABIDES BY THE

2:11:45AGREEMENT OF THE L.A. ALLIANCE

2:11:48SETTLEMENT AND REQUIRING THE

2:11:49COUNTY TO ASSIST THOSE

2:11:50INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE MENTAL

2:11:53ILLNESS THAT THEY TRANSITION

2:11:54FROM OUR INTERIM AND PHS A

2:11:59SITES TO GET THE SERVICES THAT

2:12:01THEY ARE REQUIRED AND THAT THE

2:12:04COUNTY IS FUNDED TO PROVIDE.

2:12:05WE CANNOT DUPLICATE BECAUSE OF

2:12:09THE COUNTY'S FAILURE TO PERFORM

2:12:11WEBSINGER MUST HOLD THEM

2:12:13ACCOUNTABLE AND FOR THAT I ASK

2:12:14FOR YOUR AYE VOTE TODAY.

2:12:15>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:12:17SO MUCH OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE

2:12:19THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.

2:12:20>> Clerk: 14 AYES.

2:12:21>> Council President: ALL

2:12:23RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?

2:12:24>> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL

2:12:25LIKE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION

2:12:27FOR ITEM NUMBER 23.

2:12:28>> Council President: YES,

2:12:29SERGEANT IF YOU CAN HELP US

2:12:31PREPARE THE ROOM FOR CLOSED

2:12:32SESSION.

2:12:34THIS CONVERSATION IS LIMITED

2:12:39AND PRESENCE IN THIS ROOM IS

2:12:41COUNCILMEMBERS AND APPROPRIATE

2:12:43STAFF AND CLA, CAO, MAYOR'S

2:12:46OFFICE AND CONTROLLERS.

2:13:03[COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE CLOSED

2:13:07SESSION]

2:14:19The foundation of the original

2:14:21Adobe was unearthed beneath

2:14:22Lankershim Boulevard to ensure

2:14:24its legacy, a recreation of the

2:14:26foundation is available for

2:14:28viewing, while the footprint

2:14:30under the street and sidewalk is

2:14:31marked by decorative pavement.

2:14:33In South Los Angeles, another

2:14:35historic landmark is being

2:14:37preserved that celebrates arts

2:14:38and culture. The city of Los

2:14:40Angeles has completed a major

2:14:42investment in Leimert Parks

2:14:44historic vision Theater,

2:14:45transforming the venue into a

2:14:47vibrant gathering place for the

2:14:48entire community. The city has

2:14:55made an investment right here in

2:14:56Leimert Park for the vision

2:14:58Theater. We're so excited about

2:15:00what this means in South Los

2:15:03Angeles, what it means to

2:15:04artists, what it means to

2:15:05community. And we can't wait for

2:15:11the doors to be open to see our

2:15:16first program. In the community

2:15:20is at the heart of what the

2:15:21Department of Cultural Affairs

2:15:22does. We know that Leimert Park

2:15:24is a space where artists thrive

2:15:27, where we have visual and

2:15:29performing artists, the theater

2:15:30is here to help lift up our

2:15:32artists and our partners here in

2:15:33Leimert Park, and help carry

2:15:34forward the Leimert Park legacy

2:15:36of what this is going to be.

2:15:42It's a great thing to see this

2:15:43this theater open, and it's like

2:15:46a jewel. This is like a jewel of

2:15:47this community, and it's so

2:15:49promising. All the attention

2:15:50given by the city of Los Angeles

2:15:52to this neighborhood. The first

2:15:55thing I noticed was the sound

2:15:59impeccable. The acoustics. I'm a

2:16:01musician. I'm an actor, a

2:16:03singer, all of that other stuff.

2:16:04You know, I'm a performer. And

2:16:07the acoustics was what got me. I

2:16:08sing ho ho ho. So I want to be

2:16:12on stage. Like I say, it's a

2:16:20jewel. It's really from this

2:16:22community. And it celebrates

2:16:23this community. And it's a place

2:16:24where people can gather until

2:16:26such time as we have opened this

2:16:29beautiful, grand vision theater,

2:16:31we've had to find ourselves

2:16:32going out of our community in

2:16:34order to enjoy the arts, music,

2:16:37dance and now we can stay home.

2:16:40I think every detail was

2:16:43intentional and I'm excited for

2:16:45the world to see it.

2:17:02We're here today in the lovely

2:17:05Winnetka area, here in the West

2:17:07San Fernando Valley on 818.

2:17:07We're here at Cupid's Hot Dogs,

2:17:09hosting their love letters to

2:17:10the Valley event. So we've been

2:17:18here for 80 years. My

2:17:20grandparents started Cupid, so

2:17:22we're third generation owners.

2:17:24And yeah, we've just been a part

2:17:25of the Valley for generations

2:17:27now. And it's really been our

2:17:29mission to kind of keep our

2:17:30store the same. We haven't

2:17:31changed a lot. We've got bands

2:17:34playing here, we've got vendors

2:17:35and all kinds of fun things

2:17:36going on. Tell me when everybody

2:17:41knows. That you really are.

2:17:50Motivation behind a love letter

2:17:52to the Valley was a way for us

2:17:54to bring community together, to

2:17:56show love to one another. We

2:17:59brought a variety of

2:18:00organizations, nonprofits, pop

2:18:03up vendors, and musicians to all

2:18:05come together in this family

2:18:06friendly event so that we could

2:18:09not only show love to one

2:18:11another, but feel that love from

2:18:14one another. I think it's just

2:18:17good to get in, you know, IRL,

2:18:20as the kids say, get back into

2:18:21real life and let's see what's

2:18:23going on. You know, in the

2:18:24community, in person, than

2:18:25whatever is going on online. You

2:18:26know, there could be a little

2:18:28misconstrued sometimes on there.

2:18:30So let's get back out and do

2:18:30some fun stuff in public. You

2:18:32know, events like this is what I

2:18:36love about this job. Councilman

2:18:37Bob Blumenfield loves to keep

2:18:39our local mom and pop style

2:18:40businesses as healthy and

2:18:43thriving as he can. And so

2:18:44through our support and our

2:18:46fellow government offices,

2:18:46making sure that these legacy

2:18:48businesses stay afloat is super

2:18:50important. To

2:19:05This is one of the last events

2:19:07that we have for the summer,

2:19:09culminating a great summer. We

2:19:10had pool parties all over the

2:19:13city. We had a great attendance.

2:19:16People from all over the city

2:19:18came out to enjoy our pool

2:19:19parties. The summer was really

2:19:23successful for Vienna, so we had

2:19:24a lot of programs, a lot of

2:19:26teams, for example, like water

2:19:28polo, artistic swimming, swim

2:19:29team, junior lifeguards. Also,

2:19:30kids learn how to swim. Going

2:19:32from, you know, our tiny tots

2:19:33and preschool all the way up to

2:19:35even like level four and just

2:19:36being in the water during

2:19:38summertime because, you know,

2:19:39it's super hot outside. My kids

2:19:41use this club for two years. We

2:19:45love it. I'm really appreciate

2:19:46for L.A. city. You know, it's a

2:19:49good facility for the kids. What

2:19:54I found out, it's like a free

2:19:55pool party. I got so excited and

2:19:57I told my kids it's actually,

2:20:00like our first time here in Van

2:20:03Nuys. You know, the pool is big

2:20:04and it's really a nice pool. I

2:20:07love it. This pool party is

2:20:11amazing. And bringing all

2:20:13community together. The kids are

2:20:15enjoying it. We've been coming

2:20:16to this park for many years. My

2:20:18son is in a swimming team and a

2:20:21water polo team in this park.

2:20:23Every single day. The council

2:20:27office is also here and they're

2:20:29going to have a few different

2:20:30games for the kids. Being a

2:20:35lifeguard, I really find a lot

2:20:37of joy and fulfillment in

2:20:38teaching kids how to swim. You

2:20:40know, being more confident in

2:20:41the water just learning that

2:20:42it's not something to be scared

2:20:45of or fearful of when you think

2:20:46of the water, you should be

2:20:47thinking of having a good time.

2:20:49You know, having fun. Obviously,

2:20:52swimming is a life skill that

2:20:55everybody should know, and we

2:20:56have a great program here and

2:20:57all over the city where we teach

2:21:00kids and adults how to swim.

2:21:05Here at Vienna. So we are a year

2:21:07round pool, so we offer lessons

2:21:08as well as team sports

2:21:11throughout the whole year. So

2:21:12not just the summertime. So

2:21:14currently after the Labor Day

2:21:15pool party, we will kick off our

2:21:16off season. And so essentially

2:21:18what that means is we do offer

2:21:19our lessons and teams during the

2:21:21fall and winter months. You

2:21:22know, stop on by, see what we

2:21:24have going on. From its early

2:21:31beginnings, when the Adobe was a

2:21:32ranch house to a stagecoach mail

2:21:35service, to a union troop

2:21:36campsite during the Civil War,

2:21:38and today, Los Angeles

2:21:39Historical Monument number 29,

2:21:41Campo de Cahuenga will always

2:21:42hold importance to the people

2:21:44and history it represents in

2:21:47Venice Beach. Another important

2:21:48landmark is being preserved

2:21:50after fears it would go away,

2:21:51the Venice Beach skate park is

2:21:53back. The restored park was

2:21:55designed with input from skaters

2:21:56and an emphasis on being a place

2:21:59to bring people together.

2:22:00Councilwoman Tracy Park was at

2:22:02the ribbon cutting ceremony with

2:22:02the Venice Beach community to

2:22:04celebrate the return of the

2:22:05skate park. So I'm so excited

2:22:14about it. Like it's amazing. It

2:22:15was obviously done by skaters.

2:22:17It's so smooth, especially the

2:22:18ground, and the vibe is so nice

2:22:21. We are out here at Venice

2:22:23Beach where we just cut the

2:22:25ribbon on our restoration of the

2:22:29historic OG little skate park

2:22:31right here, and we have worked

2:22:34with the community to restore

2:22:36some of these historic elements

2:22:38. When they took out the last

2:22:40one, a lot of us local skaters

2:22:41were really sad because we

2:22:43didn't know that they were going

2:22:44to build it soon, and we

2:22:46honestly thought they were just

2:22:46going to take it away. So like,

2:22:48we were kind of heartbroken. So

2:22:50just to see like all the effort

2:22:52and work they put into it and to

2:22:53make it so nice, it's like we

2:22:55really feel like Venice is back.

2:22:57I think it's sick. It's a sick,

2:22:58sick setup. Should have had this

2:23:00like 20 years ago. It's amazing.

2:23:03And I'm so grateful. Hallelujah.

2:23:04Thank you God. Thank you

2:23:07everybody that made this happen.

2:23:08You know what I'm saying? I'm

2:23:10grateful. I think for the

2:23:13community, it's a great place.

2:23:14Venice already is a skate Mecca.

2:23:15I feel like people come from all

2:23:17over the world to skate here.

2:23:20Now. The community is going to

2:23:20be able to come here and learn.

2:23:23Hopefully we'll start doing some

2:23:24skate classes with the

2:23:25recreation center. So offering

2:23:26some more programs for everybody

2:23:27locally and around the world.

2:23:29And this is of course adjacent

2:23:32to one of the most iconic skate

2:23:35parks in the entire world. We

2:23:37are also going to be bringing

2:23:40back the legendary historic

2:23:42Venice Pit. It brings unity. It

2:23:52brings family. There are people

2:23:54from all over Los Angeles and

2:23:57beyond out here in Venice today

2:24:05. Dude, right now the city is

2:24:08doing such a good job. Venice

2:24:09and Santa Monica has been coming

2:24:11to life with all the events.

2:24:13There's been so much happiness,

2:24:14even with FIFA just happening

2:24:17too. It's been like maybe like

2:24:19seven years since I've seen

2:24:21Venice this bright and happy. I

2:24:24think there's going to be more

2:24:25people because I'm going to

2:24:27start skating more, because this

2:24:29setup is way doper. I'm about

2:24:29the street spots. It's got the

2:24:32new street benches and stuff. So

2:24:34I'm stoked. Maybe doing some

2:24:35intro to skating, getting some

2:24:37of our local legends, Venice

2:24:39Beach is full of legends who are

2:24:41OG skateboarders that grew up

2:24:43here. That learned to skate

2:24:43here. So hopefully they'll come

2:24:45back and they'll want to do some

2:24:46some good for the community and

2:24:48give back to the kids. We are

2:24:50super excited with LA 28 and the

2:24:52Olympics on the horizon as we're

2:24:53getting our footprint here in

2:24:56Venice ready for the world to

2:24:59arrive. We're not done yet, but

2:25:00we're going to be camera ready

2:25:02by 2028. Come by Venice Beach,

2:25:04bring your skateboard and learn

2:25:05to skate out here. This is a

2:25:07blessing for everybody that

2:25:08skates out here. This is dope.

2:25:21We are happy today to be here to

2:25:24reopen the lovely Wilshire

2:25:25Branch Library. They have done a

2:25:28lot of work on making their

2:25:30spaces to be more sensory

2:25:32friendly and welcoming and

2:25:34inclusive for young Angelenos.

2:25:35So we're very excited to be here

2:25:38. We are the biggest fans of

2:25:39this library. This library is

2:25:41one of the most special places

2:25:43in Los Angeles to make the space

2:25:46accessible for everyone. Nicole

2:25:48is always putting on fun events,

2:25:49sensory spaces for kids and

2:25:51teens means dampening the sound,

2:25:53lowering the lights, making the

2:25:56lights softer. So to speak,

2:25:58which we did with some different

2:26:00cellophane and making more

2:26:02accessible seating, basically

2:26:03making it more of an inclusive

2:26:05space. We actually have a

2:26:08sensory forecast that allows

2:26:11patrons to anticipate when there

2:26:13will be sensory friendly hours

2:26:15in the library, which are

2:26:17Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays,

2:26:19Saturdays for the first two

2:26:21hours of service and for the

2:26:23patrons that have lower light

2:26:23needs. We have lights that they

2:26:26can actually check out at the

2:26:26library. It's been amazing being

2:26:29here and as you can see, there's

2:26:31just so much going on around and

2:26:33we've always been welcomed to be

2:26:35here. And I think that if

2:26:37there's anybody in the community

2:26:39who's looking for a space to do

2:26:40that, to be able to come and be

2:26:42themselves and this is a great

2:26:44place to be. My favorite

2:26:45activity that we do here is

2:26:46probably like Legos, because you

2:26:48can like, go here on like a Lego

2:26:52day and you can make anything

2:26:54you want. This is our eighth

2:26:56location to undergo these

2:26:57changes to make the space more

2:26:59sensory friendly and inclusive

2:27:00for children and teens. Over 40

2:27:02of our locations now have

2:27:04sensory kits, so even if they

2:27:05don't have the complete space,

2:27:08they do have tools available to

2:27:10help make the library more

2:27:11accessible. LA will host the

2:27:16largest event this nation has

2:27:18ever hosted, and the question

2:27:20that determines whether it works

2:27:21is not just about the readiness

2:27:23of the particular venues. It's

2:27:25not just about the athletes

2:27:26themselves. It's about whether

2:27:27people can get to and around Los

2:27:29Angeles safely, affordably and

2:27:33in a way that makes them feel

2:27:35good about their experience here

2:27:37in Los Angeles. So I hosted a

2:27:39panel discussion here today with

2:27:40some of the agencies that are

2:27:42going to be responsible for

2:27:43mobility around the upcoming

2:27:45Olympic and Paralympic Games.

2:27:48Whether you plan to go to the

2:27:51games or not, you're going to be

2:27:53impacted by an increase in

2:27:54traffic and an increase in

2:27:55visitors. Really? La metro is

2:28:00the largest agency that's

2:28:01coordinating these efforts.

2:28:07During the summer's World Cup,

2:28:08Los Angeles showed the world

2:28:10what we can accomplish. More

2:28:12than 212,000 rides were taken on

2:28:14Metro's enhanced bus service on

2:28:16one match day alone. Ridership

2:28:18on the line increased by 41, and

2:28:21on the C line by 23. Well, we

2:28:25wanted to talk about what went

2:28:26right during the World Cup so

2:28:28that we could build on that

2:28:29experience to make sure that the

2:28:31games that are coming in 2008

2:28:33are as seamless as possible, and

2:28:35that we can have mobility for

2:28:36the tens of thousands of

2:28:37visitors who are coming to Los

2:28:39Angeles without negatively

2:28:40impacting the residents of Los

2:28:42Angeles. We also want to make

2:28:50this so good for transit

2:29:47.

2:29:47Check out these things to do in

2:29:50LA. All ages are welcome to

2:29:52attend the Festa Italiana

2:29:54Heritage Street Festival in San

2:29:56Pedro's Little Italy. Enjoy live

2:29:58music, food vendors, children's

2:30:00games, activities and more. The

2:30:03fun starts Saturday, October

2:30:0510th at 11 a.m. and goes until

2:30:0810 p.m. Learn more at lilleorg.

2:30:11Come out on Sunday, October 11th

2:30:14for Feria de Los Molas, the

2:30:16largest Mexican mole festival in

2:30:17the US. Dozens of mole varieties

2:30:19from Puebla and Oaxaca, plus

2:30:22live music and a marketplace.

2:30:23The Mole Flavor Feast starts at

2:30:2610 a.m. and keeps rocking until

2:30:286 p.m. at Gloria molina Grand

2:30:30Park in downtown. Find more at

2:30:33Feria de Los moles. Com get

2:30:36ready to walk, jog, bike, skate

2:30:38and roll at ciclavia. Heart of

2:30:41LA. Six and a half miles of car

2:30:43free streets linking Echo Park

2:30:45downtown Chinatown, Little Tokyo

2:30:48, the Arts District and Boyle

2:30:49Heights. Free water restrooms,

2:30:52pedicabs and basic bike repair

2:30:53at the hubs along the route.

2:30:55Ciclavia is on Sunday, October

2:30:5811th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. all

2:31:01ages and abilities welcome. Find

2:31:03more at ciclavia dot org. Join

2:31:04the Los Angeles Public Library

2:31:07and the Thomas Mann House, Los

2:31:08Angeles for a public screening

2:31:10of the award winning documentary

2:31:11film The Librarians. Screening

2:31:13of the film, followed by an

2:31:15in-depth discussion featuring

2:31:16Kim Snyder, Oscar nominated and

2:31:18Peabody Award winning filmmaker

2:31:19and director of The Librarians.

2:31:22Join the conversation Sunday,

2:31:23October 11th. From. 1:30 p.m. to

2:31:274:30 p.m. at Central Library.

2:31:29Seating is on a first come,

2:31:30first serve basis. Get more info

2:31:33at lapl.org. Slash events. And

2:31:35that's your weekend lineup

2:31:37across LA

2:38:03.

2:38:03The Science Center provides an

2:38:05opportunity for children and

2:38:07visitors of all ages to

2:38:08participate in science, and not

2:38:10just read about it. So this is

2:38:12where you can do science. This

2:38:14is where you can do engineering

2:38:15. This is where you can explore

2:38:17phenomena. My name is Gretchen

2:38:20Bozzella. I'm the deputy

2:38:21director here at the California

2:38:22Science Center. And I'm so

2:38:23excited to invite you down to

2:38:26the science center. We have so

2:38:29many different zones where

2:38:30visitors can experience

2:38:31different environments,

2:38:33different ecosystems, and they

2:38:34can learn how those ecosystems

2:38:36are interconnected. We have

2:38:38desert zone. We have the polar

2:38:40zone, we have the kelp zone, we

2:38:42have the intertidal zone. We

2:38:44have 188,000 gallon saltwater

2:38:45tank where we have fish and kelp

2:38:48forests. Just as it is off the

2:38:51coast of California. Here And so

2:38:52it allows visitors to have that

2:38:55perspective of being in the

2:38:55water, with the fish being in

2:38:56the water with the kelp. In

2:38:58addition, they can go up to the

2:39:00top of the tank. They can look

2:39:01down from the top of the tank

2:39:04and see what it's like from that

2:39:05perspective. And finally, they

2:39:06can also go to a touch tank

2:39:08where they can actually get up

2:39:09close and personal with some of

2:39:11these animals and be able to

2:39:13touch and learn more about them.

2:39:14So we hope that visitors take

2:39:16away the interconnectedness of

2:39:16all ecosystems and how changing

2:39:19one part of an ecosystem can

2:39:21affect another part of an

2:39:22ecosystem. We also hope that

2:39:24they take away the beauty and

2:39:25the inspiration behind these

2:39:27ecosystems. What it's like to

2:39:28experience them, what it's like

2:39:31to visit them, and what it's

2:39:31like to want to protect them and

2:39:33want to learn more about them. A

2:39:41lot of people think of mummies

2:39:42primarily as Egyptian, but this

2:39:45is mummies of the world in

2:39:48mummies of the world, we have on

2:39:49display intentionally mummified

2:39:52and naturally mummified animals

2:39:55and people from South America,

2:39:57from Europe, and from ancient

2:40:00Egypt, including we have a

2:40:02selection of mummies that have

2:40:04never before been seen in Los

2:40:06Angeles. And we have CT scans of

2:40:08the full body mummies that let

2:40:11you look beneath the surface.

2:40:16Mummies of the world is being

2:40:17shown in a science center, not

2:40:19in a cultural history center. So

2:40:21we tend to look at this through

2:40:23the lens of science and through

2:40:24the lens of science. We're able

2:40:27to study more about the history

2:40:29of human health. We're able to

2:40:32study the process of

2:40:33mummification and learn that

2:40:36mummification preserves

2:40:38biological and cultural evidence

2:40:39that let us know much more about

2:40:43our human history.

2:40:53So we balance fun and learning

2:40:54by using hands on, inquiry based

2:40:56science. So that is really the

2:40:58inspiration behind the whole

2:40:59science center. And here at the

2:41:01game on exhibit, our visitors

2:41:03are actually able to participate

2:41:05in sports and experience the

2:41:08sport. So the visitors are

2:41:09encouraged to play, to kick, to

2:41:12throw, to bat. And this is

2:41:13really an opportunity to not

2:41:15just be reading about science or

2:41:17reading about physics, but to be

2:41:19doing science and doing physics

2:41:21. So we'll be here through the

2:41:242028 Olympics and Paralympics.

2:41:25So I think it's an incredible

2:41:27opportunity as we prepare for

2:41:28the Olympics to visit Los

2:41:29Angeles for children and

2:41:31visitors of all ages, to come

2:41:32down and get an experience of

2:41:34the science behind sport. So the

2:41:36general admission to the science

2:41:38center is always free. So we're

2:41:39very proud of that. And we

2:41:42invite all of our Angelenos and

2:41:42all of our visitors across

2:41:44California and the US to come

2:41:46down, not just to game on, but

2:41:48to the science center. We have

2:41:48hands on exhibits throughout

2:41:50where you can participate in

2:41:51your own learning, have active

2:41:53investigations, opportunities to

2:41:55see live animals, opportunities

2:41:57to see space. And I just would

2:41:59encourage all Angelenos to come

2:42:00down and check us out and spend

2:42:03some time here

2:42:21.

2:42:21Every day, over 100 Americans

2:42:23die from second hand smoke. And

2:42:31secondhand smoke in children can

2:42:32cause asthma. Ear infections,

2:42:37and increased risk of sudden

2:42:38infant death syndrome. Go to

2:42:42smoke free homes LA .com. Learn

2:42:44how you can protect your home

2:42:47from secondhand smoke.

2:43:32There is a big network of

2:43:34communications that most of us

2:43:35don't realize. We usually ignore

2:43:37a radio tower. Radio towers

2:43:43provide radio communications. If

2:43:44you've ever seen a police

2:43:45officer or firefighter, they're

2:43:47carrying a radio on their body

2:43:49and they have radios in their

2:43:50vehicles. The radio

2:43:51communications is how police and

2:43:53fire do their job. 0584 we have

2:44:0033 different radio sites with 31

2:44:01radio towers, and these are

2:44:03critical 911 dispatch utilizes

2:44:06radio communications to ensure

2:44:08that vehicles, officers,

2:44:10firefighters and other agencies

2:44:12can all interact with each other

2:44:14during an emergency. The

2:44:17pressure is really high. Always

2:44:2024 over seven. The radio that

2:44:22they use is their lifeline. It's

2:44:23a matter of life and death. So

2:44:26it's very critical that we

2:44:28maintain it and it's working all

2:44:30the time. All right. Good

2:44:38morning. Morning, morning

2:44:40morning. All right. So today

2:44:41we're going to go ahead and

2:44:43change the bulbs at the top of

2:44:44the beacon. That will fall to

2:44:54Mike and Roberto while we're

2:44:56going up. We're also going to be

2:44:59hiding some cables that might

2:44:59need weatherproofing. So if you

2:45:01look at these bulbs, they're

2:45:03special type of bulbs because

2:45:05they're a little extra large.

2:45:20One of the things I'm most proud

2:45:21of, we have not had an incident

2:45:22since I've been here. Um

2:45:24everybody goes home at night.

2:45:26Communications keep working, and

2:45:27goals are met. So right here,

2:45:30it's okay because it's a ladder

2:45:31. With the ladder, you have your

2:45:33safety guide wire. This piece

2:45:35attaches to that. So you're safe

2:45:37going straight up the ladder.

2:45:39Once you get to the very top

2:45:41where we're going to be, it's a

2:45:43monopole. So after you get off

2:45:44the ladder, you won't be able to

2:45:46use this. No more. So you're

2:45:48going to be using a positioning

2:45:50lanyard. Let's go. Safety will

2:45:52be the primary thing on my mind

2:45:55. One foot in front of the

2:45:56other. One hand in front of the

2:45:58other, ensuring that I make it

2:45:59home safe.

2:46:16I would say 4 to 6 hours. If

2:46:19it's just a bulb that needs to

2:46:20be replaced, this one probably

2:46:21takes a little longer just

2:46:22because it's the biggest tower

2:46:24that we have here at the city.

2:46:26Oh, it's bad. The connector.

2:46:29Yeah Hey, Stevo. Yeah. Go ahead.

2:46:33That connector on the other,

2:46:36it's completely exposed. What

2:46:40Weatherproofing first. Yeah.

2:46:43Weatherproofing first. We are

2:46:46weatherproofing some of these

2:46:47antennas over here. Okay so what

2:46:50causes the equipment on the

2:46:51towers to malfunction? Can be

2:46:53weather moisture. High winds.

2:46:55Simply the age of the antennas

2:46:58or the connectors. So the

2:47:00ongoing maintenance of radio

2:47:02towers, it is an ongoing job.

2:47:05That's good. Yeah.

2:47:18Last stop will be the beacon

2:47:20bulbs up at the very top. They

2:47:26are crucial flybys from LAPD.

2:47:29Need to know that there's a

2:47:31tower right underneath them.

2:47:42Awesome views. It's a view that

2:47:44only tower climbers would see.

2:47:49Mount Lee's pretty awesome,

2:47:51right? Because it's kind of like

2:47:53dead center for the city

2:47:54communications and operations.

2:47:55Every city entity comes through

2:47:57Mount Lead. Did you know what

2:48:00the frequency. I mean, it's an

2:48:01off frequency standby engine 48

2:48:03for Metro. The 2012 Olympic team

2:48:08for what reason? Uh, let's

2:48:09coordinate our efforts. Go from

2:48:1216. All resources, hold the

2:48:14channel frequencies clear. What

2:48:17we do is important. It keeps

2:48:18fire and PD moving all the time

2:48:25. All right, that's it. This

2:48:29location is one of a kind. What

2:48:30else can we say? It's iconic

2:48:32because you got the Hollywood

2:48:34sign down below. You see it in

2:48:36movies all the time. They span

2:48:37out and you see the tower, and

2:48:39you know, people never really

2:48:40question what goes on on that

2:48:42tower. The suspect is in

2:48:43custody. All right. Roger that.

2:48:45Great job guys

2:50:07.

2:50:07If you live or visiting Southern

2:50:10California, this is probably one

2:50:13of the best places you could

2:50:14choose because it's accessible.

2:50:15If you do run into any kind of

2:50:18trouble, there's going to be

2:50:20people around. If you're new to

2:50:21hiking, it's a very safe place

2:50:24to start. I would say if you

2:50:26want to choose Griffith Park,

2:50:28the reason you would do it is

2:50:29because you're getting history.

2:50:31You can see the Hollywood sign,

2:50:32you can see the Griffith Park

2:50:34Observatory, and if it's a clear

2:50:36day, you can see downtown LA

2:50:38Century City out to the ocean.

2:50:40At times they've even got down

2:50:43below. There's a cave that they

2:50:45filmed, the Batman car and you

2:50:48know, when it drove out for the

2:50:49Batman movie. So you can just if

2:50:51you want something short, you

2:50:52can park there and just walk up

2:50:55and be like, hey, this is where

2:50:56a movie was made. So super fun.

2:51:02One of the basic do's is you

2:51:03definitely want to stay on

2:51:05trail. These trails are

2:51:06maintained so there's a less

2:51:07likelihood of you getting hurt

2:51:09on the trails as opposed to off

2:51:11the trail. So you can see the

2:51:13path right here. There's a

2:51:15signposted caution rattlesnakes

2:51:15and the little no footpath sign.

2:51:16This is actually an animal path.

2:51:18So the animals form this path

2:51:20and over time people start

2:51:22walking over to that those

2:51:22paths. We do not maintain them.

2:51:24They're very uneven. And you're

2:51:26also stepping into basically the

2:51:28homes of the animal wildlife in

2:51:29here. So we're trying to keep

2:51:31people on the trails and off of

2:51:34the animal paths, because you're

2:51:35starting to basically invade the

2:51:36animals territory. Disturbing

2:51:36their their homes. And there's a

2:51:38higher likelihood of you getting

2:51:40lost or getting injured off the

2:51:41designated trails. You do

2:51:46sometimes see a snake, and I'm

2:51:48never afraid of them. They're

2:51:50always at the side of the road.

2:51:51They don't like me. They hear me

2:51:54stomping along so they just head

2:51:56off into the bushes. If you

2:52:00encounter wildlife in the park,

2:52:02you have to be mindful that

2:52:04you're in their home. This is

2:52:05their habitat. We're the ones

2:52:06that are visiting. So if you see

2:52:08any wildlife, just let them be.

2:52:10Let them do their thing. Bring

2:52:12your dogs. Just make sure that

2:52:14they're on leash. The last thing

2:52:15we want for them to do is to see

2:52:18a squirrel running across, or a

2:52:19coyote and try to chase after

2:52:20them, and then they're lost. And

2:52:22also be mindful of the weather

2:52:23conditions. If it's really hot

2:52:24and you're going to take them

2:52:26hiking on a trail, the floor is

2:52:29a lot hotter on the trails than

2:52:29it is on grass or anything else,

2:52:32and so there is the possibility

2:52:33that you're going to end up

2:52:34burning your poor animals paws.

2:52:35Then they overheat. Get

2:52:36dehydrated. So just be mindful

2:52:38of the weather conditions and

2:52:39just make sure that your animals

2:52:40are hydrated and they're on the

2:52:43leash. Because the weather is so

2:52:50beautiful in Los Angeles and we

2:52:51have people hitting these

2:52:52trails, seven days a week,

2:52:55oftentimes even off into the

2:52:56evenings, it keeps your lAFD

2:52:58pretty busy, but you can rest

2:53:00assured that the Los Angeles

2:53:01City Fire Department is very

2:53:02well prepared and ready to

2:53:04assist anybody that may become

2:53:05sick or injured on one of these

2:53:09trails. Anywhere from airborne

2:53:09assets like our helicopter

2:53:11rescue teams to ground assets

2:53:12like brush patrols, fire engines

2:53:15and firefighters. So typically

2:53:17what we'll do is we'll have

2:53:18firefighters come on foot and

2:53:20they'll coordinate rescues with

2:53:21helicopters to assist in

2:53:22rescuing anybody that may be

2:53:24hurt or injured or sick on that

2:53:27trail. So if you find yourself

2:53:32having a little bit of

2:53:35difficulty in the middle of the

2:53:35hike and you know it's going to

2:53:37complicate your ability to get

2:53:38off of that trail and make it

2:53:40back to your vehicle safely,

2:53:41there's an acronym that's called

2:53:42Stop Right. You want to stay

2:53:44put. You don't want to think,

2:53:45you want to observe, and you

2:53:47want to plan. So stay put. Don't

2:53:51move. Because when you move, it

2:53:52makes it difficult for rescuers

2:53:53to be able to access where

2:53:55you're at. You want to think

2:53:56about where you're at and how to

2:53:59articulate that information.

2:54:00Observe your area before it

2:54:02starts to get dark on you. So if

2:54:03you have any landmarks, you can

2:54:05communicate that to potential

2:54:06rescuers and then start coming

2:54:07up with a plan, right? If you

2:54:09need to maybe come up a cliff or

2:54:12you need to assist yourself in

2:54:13helping get rescued, come up

2:54:14with the plan. So that's an

2:54:15acronym. We like people to try

2:54:17and memorize. If they find

2:54:18themselves in a precarious

2:54:19situation. You want to make sure

2:54:24if you're going to be hiking in

2:54:26peak season, like in the spring

2:54:27or summertime, consider hiking

2:54:29in the morning when the weather

2:54:30is a lot cooler or in the

2:54:31afternoons when it's not as

2:54:33warm. If you're going to be

2:54:35hiking in the fall or winter, be

2:54:36assured that it's not going to

2:54:37be raining on you at some point.

2:54:39When you're on that trail,

2:54:40because that brings a whole

2:54:42other element to your ability to

2:54:43get on and off that trail, such

2:54:45as water, rock and debris flows,

2:54:47making the trails a lot

2:54:48slipperier sometimes being

2:54:49washed out. So those are some

2:54:50things to consider depending on

2:54:52the climate and the weather

2:54:54you're going to be experiencing

2:54:58. I would look at my weather app

2:54:59anytime you're going to hike to

2:55:01make sure I know if it's going

2:55:03to rain or if it's going to be

2:55:05super hot. That impacts when I

2:55:06go and what I bring with me

2:55:08wearing a hat is really

2:55:09important. The shield from the

2:55:10sun and the sunscreen. Doing a

2:55:19little bit of research what the

2:55:21weather is going to be doing

2:55:23that day. Are we going to be in

2:55:25a red flag day? Are we going to

2:55:27be having a high heat advisory?

2:55:28Is it going to be raining? All

2:55:30these things are going to affect

2:55:31your ability to be able to stay

2:55:34safe and have a good time while

2:55:36you're hiking on the trails?

2:55:37It's my passion. I love being

2:55:40outdoors. I love the fresh air.

2:55:42I love the nature. I love

2:55:45breaking a sweat and getting the

2:55:47exercise, getting away from the

2:55:51city and kind of in a quiet

2:55:52place. I feel more centered.

2:55:53It's a stress release just gives

2:55:57you that space for yourself and

2:55:59for your brain to have a rest

2:56:01from all the things that are

2:56:02going on in the world, and to

2:56:05just look up and see, you know,

2:56:06the trees and the view

2:56:44.

2:56:44And.

2:56:59The. While snakes are part of

2:57:08the natural landscape of Los

2:57:10Angeles, and when activity

2:57:12levels increase, then the chance

2:57:14of human and animal interaction

2:57:16increases as well. So

2:57:18rattlesnakes can be encountered

2:57:19pretty much anywhere throughout

2:57:20the greater Los Angeles area.

2:57:22Rattlesnakes tend to be less

2:57:24active in the fall, and winter,

2:57:26and more active in the spring

2:57:29and summer. But the thing to

2:57:30remember is that rattlesnakes

2:57:32are always around in Southern

2:57:32California. Well, I think the

2:57:35most popular location for

2:57:35rattlesnakes in LA is right here

2:57:38at the LA zoo. We have a really

2:57:39diverse rattlesnake collection

2:57:40on display, but if we're talking

2:57:42about how commonly rattlesnakes

2:57:44are encountered, the thing is,

2:57:45with rattlesnakes, they are shy

2:57:48, secretive creatures with

2:57:49simple needs. If they have food

2:57:51, water, and shelter, they can

2:57:52make just about any place home.

2:57:54Snakes are going to go wherever

2:57:56they find food. One of the best

2:57:58ways you can avoid having snakes

2:57:59come onto your property or into

2:58:02your home, is to ensure that if

2:58:02you have any garbage or refuse,

2:58:05you put it in the appropriate

2:58:05cans. Because if there's garbage

2:58:07outside of the cans or outside

2:58:08of your home, those are going to

2:58:11attract rodents and naturally,

2:58:11rodents are going to attract

2:58:12snakes in addition to that, you

2:58:15can ensure that you don't have

2:58:15any openings or closings at your

2:58:17foundation or in your attic

2:58:19spacing, making sure you can

2:58:21clear those up. Make sure you

2:58:22patch them up. Snakes can fit

2:58:25into holes the size of a quarter

2:58:25, so you know, rattlesnakes are

2:58:27known for their rattle at the

2:58:30end of their tail, right? The

2:58:31sound that they make. But we

2:58:33can't rely on the sound of a

2:58:34rattle to alert you of its

2:58:36presence. Rattlesnakes don't

2:58:37always rattle, you know. If they

2:58:39think they haven't been spotted,

2:58:41they'll often stay quiet. If you

2:58:42see a rattlesnake while you're

2:58:44hiking, walking your dog, or

2:58:46playing in your backyard, or if

2:58:47you hear a rattlesnake, what you

2:58:49want to do is you want to freeze

2:58:52right on your tracks and make

2:58:52sure that you can identify where

2:58:54that snake is at or where that

2:58:55rattle is coming from. Once

2:58:57you've identified where that

2:58:58snake is at, you want to back

2:58:59away slowly to avoid getting

2:59:01bitten. It's important to

2:59:02understand that snakes are only

2:59:04going to strike when they feel

2:59:05threatened, and typically

2:59:06they're going to want to get

2:59:07away from you just as much as

2:59:08you want to get away from them.

2:59:10They can strike anywhere from

2:59:12one and a half to two thirds of

2:59:13their body length. So

2:59:15effectively, if you have a three

2:59:16foot snake, they can strike it

2:59:17one and a half to two feet of

2:59:19their length with children, you

2:59:22want to make sure that you keep

2:59:23them at least at arm's length

2:59:24distance from you, ensuring that

2:59:25you're able to grab them and

2:59:27pull them to safety. When it

2:59:28comes to pets, specifically

2:59:29dogs, while you're hiking on

2:59:31trails, it's important to keep

2:59:32them on a very short leash.

2:59:33Oftentimes, Angelinos like to

2:59:34use the retractable leashes and

2:59:36those leashes give the dogsIN C]

3:00:49On that effective limb. What you

3:00:50want to do is you want to get

3:00:52the person to try and calm down,

3:00:54try and relax, to keep their

3:00:55heart rate down because that's

3:00:56going to effectively keep the

3:00:58venom from not spreading as

3:00:59fast. We never treat any strike

3:01:01as a drive bite. We always treat

3:01:02it as an actual bite, and we

3:01:05call 911 immediately because

3:01:06that's the best thing you could

3:01:07possibly do to allow your Los

3:01:09Angeles City firefighters and

3:01:10paramedics to arrive on scene,

3:01:12treat that patient and get them

3:01:13to the hospital to get them to

3:01:15definitive care.

3:01:25Vegetation management here in

3:01:26the Sepulveda Basin has been

3:01:28ongoing. What we've been doing

3:01:29is looking at areas that might

3:01:32have a higher impact of fire

3:01:34spread during high wind events,

3:01:36any areas that might be

3:01:38connected to brush fire danger

3:01:40and we're taking a look at that.

3:01:43And managing the fuel by using

3:01:45our crews, our heavy equipment

3:01:47and goats. Fire grazers. We're a

3:01:54company that mow the lawns of

3:01:58several places, all throughout

3:02:00the Los Angeles area, and we use

3:02:03goats. We clear fire, hazardous

3:02:07vegetation. Once they're out

3:02:10here, we've got three guard dogs

3:02:11in there. Now Okay, cool. We're

3:02:13going to protect them. And take

3:02:14care of them. There That's how

3:02:16it worked. When I first became a

3:02:18council member and I noticed and

3:02:20caught that every year I had to

3:02:21use some of my discretionary

3:02:23funds to clear the brush here to

3:02:24avoid the fires. I was hoping

3:02:26that we were going to be able to

3:02:28get some goats here and here. We

3:02:30are. And look how beautiful they

3:02:31look, how happy they look. Oh,

3:02:33thank you. Everyone is super

3:02:37excited to finally see our city

3:02:39thinking outside the box for

3:02:41something that we know works.

3:02:48They are definitely helping

3:02:49supplement our work. They're

3:02:51consuming the fuel and what it's

3:02:52going to do is it's going to

3:02:54limit the large fire breakout in

3:02:56the summertime by limiting the

3:02:57fuel. Now it's going to help us

3:03:00later. Can I give it a kiss?

3:03:06Yeah Me too. Me. Too What these

3:03:13guys are going to do is they're

3:03:16going to devour all the weeds in

3:03:19the area that will turn into

3:03:20flashy fuels later in the

3:03:22season, after they dry out. It's

3:03:24not an invasive procedure. You

3:03:28don't have tractors driving

3:03:29around and we're just very, very

3:03:32, very excited that we're able

3:03:35to support this project. I'm

3:03:39looking to get the goats into my

3:03:40district. We have some hillsides

3:03:43that are tough to clear for

3:03:45humans, but for goats, they'll

3:03:46be a breeze. The goats, their

3:03:47pay is. Let's open up

3:04:36.

3:04:36The city attorney. Um, madam

3:04:40clerk, please call the roll

3:04:41Blumenfield harris-dawson

3:04:42harris-dawson Hernandez. Lee

3:04:44mcoskeruncil President: MADAM

3:04:49CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

3:04:51>> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,

3:04:52HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT,

3:04:52JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN,

3:04:53PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN,

3:04:53RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,

3:04:54YAROSLAVSKY

3:04:54>> Council President: MR. CITY

3:04:55ATTORNEY.

3:04:55>> City Attorney: THERE IS

3:04:56NOTHING TO ANNOUNCE NR CLOSED

3:04:56SESSION.

3:04:57>> Council President: ALL

3:04:57RIGHT, MA DM CLERK WHAT IS

3:04:58BEFORE US.

3:05:00JAOT COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR

3:05:02POSTED AND REFERRAL.

3:05:03>> Council President:

3:05:05ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS?

3:05:06ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO

3:05:08ANNOUNCEMENT I'LL ASK EVERYBODY

3:05:09IN THE CHAMBER TO RISE FOR

3:05:11ADJOURNING MOTIONS.

3:05:15I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT.

3:05:19AND TO MY LEFT?

3:05:22ALL RIGHT.

3:05:26MEMBERS, I ASKED TOLL THAT WE

3:05:28ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF ONE

3:05:32MR. LAWRENCE TANTER.

3:05:34HE'S THE ONE TIME ANNOUNCER FOR

3:05:36THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS, IF YOU

3:05:40HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH A LAKER

3:05:44GAME OR GO BE IN-PERSON, HIS

3:05:47WOULD BE THE ONLY VOICE WHEN

3:05:50YOU'RE INSIDE THE STADIUM AND

3:05:55SINCE 1982, HE'S BEEN AT COURT

3:05:58SIDE ANNOUNCING, THE START OF

3:06:00THE GAME, THE TIMEOUTS, THE,

3:06:05THE APPEARANCE OF THE LAKER

3:06:08GIRLS AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS.

3:06:10HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY THROUGH

3:06:13VERY VERY TOUGH TIMES.

3:06:14HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON YOU

3:06:15HEARD IN THE STADIUM AFTER

3:06:20MAGIC JOHNSON ANNOUNCED THAT HE

3:06:21HAD HIV

3:06:22HE WAS THE PERSON THAT CALLED

3:06:27THE GAME OR ANNOUNCED THE

3:06:29PLAYERS AFTER THE THE DEATH OF

3:06:32KOBE BRYANT.

3:06:34KOBE BRYANT, HE'S ALSO A DJ IN

3:06:38K JAZZ AND OTHER RADIO STATIONS.

3:06:41BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN MR. TANTER

3:06:43BUT HIS VOICE HAS BEEN IN MY

3:06:46EAR ALL OF MY LIFE.

3:06:47AND HE IS JUST A REMINDER OF SO

3:06:50MANY ANGELINOS WHO SHOW UP

3:06:53EVERY DAY, DO THEIR JOB, MAKE

3:06:55THINGS BETTER FOR ALL OF US AND

3:06:57WE DON'T EVER NECESSARILY KNOW

3:06:59THEIR NAME, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT

3:07:01THEY LOOK LIKE WE WOULD NOT

3:07:03KNOW THEM IF THEY PASSED OR GOT

3:07:06IN THE METRO BUS WITH US.

3:07:10BUT THEY MIKE LIFE BETTER FOR

3:07:12US.

3:07:13WITH THAT, I ASK THAT M TH*

3:07:16COUNCIL ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY

3:07:17OF MR. LAKER HIMSELF, LAWRENCE

3:07:21TANTER.

3:07:21MR. BLUMENFIELD.

3:07:22>> B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU,

3:07:24COLLEAGUES IT'S BEEN EXACTLY

3:07:26THREE YEARS SINCE THE WORLD WAS

3:07:29SHOCKED FROM THE OCTOBER 7,

3:07:32TERROR ATTACK IN ISRAEL.

3:07:35MANY BRUTE ALD BY HAMAS.

3:07:38FAMILIES WERE FOREVER CHANGED,

3:07:41DINING CHAIRS REMAIN EMPTY,

3:07:42CHILDREN LONG FOR A PARENT THAT

3:07:45THEY NEVER AGAIN SEE IN THIS

3:07:47LIFETIME.

3:07:48JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON A

3:07:52PER-CAPITA BASIS, THE NUMBER OF

3:07:54PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED FROM

3:08:00THAT TERROR ATTACK IS TEN TIMES

3:08:03KILLED FROM 9-1-1.

3:08:05AS NEWS BROKE OUT ON FRIDAY

3:08:07EVENING, THREE YEARS AGO,

3:08:09ANGELINOS WITH MANY DEEP TIES

3:08:11WATCHED AS VIDEOS SPREAD LIKE

3:08:14WILDFIRE ACROSS THE INTERNET,

3:08:17VIDEOS OF RAPE, BEHEADINGS, WE

3:08:22ARE NOT MEANT TO SEE THESE

3:08:26IMAGES, JEWS, MUSLIM, ISRAELI,

3:08:30CITIZENS OF 79 COUNTRIES WERE

3:08:35VICTIMS.

3:08:38TERROR DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE.

3:08:40I WELCOMED FAMILY MEMBERS TO

3:08:42CITY HALL SOON AFTER THE

3:08:44ATTACKS TO BRING ATTENTION TO

3:08:45THEIR PLIGHT, PAIN WAS

3:08:50UNIMAGINABLE AND MANY CONTINUE

3:08:52TO GRIEF AND WILL BE FOREVER

3:08:54CHANGED.

3:08:58HAMAS RELL ISSUED ON IN THE

3:08:59PAIN THAT THEY INFLICT.

3:09:01DO DID NOT LET THEM WIN.

3:09:02SO MANY OF THOSE THAT WERE

3:09:05MURDERED WERE PEACE MAKERS, SO

3:09:09MANY WERE ATTENDING, LITERALLY

3:09:12ATTENDING A PEACE CONFERENCE.

3:09:14LET US RECOMMIT OURSELVES

3:09:16AGAINST HATE ACROSS THE WORLD

3:09:18AND IN OUR CITY.

3:09:20LET US NOT KNOW THOSE KILLED BY

3:09:23CONTINUE TO GO FIGHT FOR PEACE,

3:09:24LOVING OUR NEIGHBORS AND NEVER

3:09:27LETTING THEIR MEMORIES BE

3:09:28FORGOTTEN.

3:09:29CITY HALL WILL BE LIT IN BLUE

3:09:32AND WHITE AS A REMINDER THAT WE

3:09:35MOURN WITH OUR ISRAELI BROTHERS

3:09:37AND SISTERS IN THEIR GRIEF AND

3:09:39PAIN.

3:09:40MAZE THEY REST IN PEACE.

3:09:42>> Council President: THANK YOU

3:09:43SO MUCH MR. BLUMENFIELD.

3:09:45AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

3:11:12We're here today in the lovely

3:11:15Winnetka area here in the West

3:11:16San Fernando Valley on 818.

3:11:17We're here at Cupid's Hot Dogs,

3:11:19hosting their love letter to the

3:11:20Valley event. So we've been here

3:11:30for 80 years. My grandparents

3:11:31started Cupid, so we're third

3:11:33generation owners. And yeah,

3:11:34we've just been a part of the

3:11:37Valley for generations now. And

3:11:38it's really been our mission to

3:11:39kind of keep our store the same.

3:11:41We haven't changed a lot. We got

3:11:43bands playing here. We've got

3:11:45vendors and all kinds of fun

3:11:46things going on. Tell me when

3:11:51everybody's name. Really our

3:12:00motivation behind a love letter

3:12:02to the Valley was a way for us

3:12:04to bring community together, to

3:12:07show love to one another. We

3:12:09brought a variety of

3:12:10organizations, nonprofits, pop

3:12:13up vendors, and musicians to all

3:12:15come together in this family

3:12:17friendly event so that we could

3:12:19not only show love to one

3:12:21another, but feel that love from

3:12:25one another. I think it's just

3:12:28good to get in, you know, IRL,

3:12:29as the kids say, get back into

3:12:31real life and let's see what's

3:12:33going on. You know, in the

3:12:34community, in person than

3:12:35whatever's going on online. You

3:12:37know, there could be a little

3:12:39misconstrued sometimes on there.

3:12:40So let's get back out and do

3:12:41some fun stuff in public. You

3:12:42know, events like this is what I

3:12:46love about this job. Councilman

3:12:47Bob Bloomfield loves to keep our

3:12:49local mom and pop style

3:12:51businesses as healthy and

3:12:53thriving as he can. And so,

3:12:55through our support and our

3:12:56fellow government offices,

3:12:58making sure that these legacy

3:12:58businesses stay afloat is super

3:13:00important. To

3:13:16This is one of the last events

3:13:18that we have for the summer,

3:13:19culminating a great summer. We

3:13:21had pool parties all over the

3:13:23city. We had a great attendance.

3:13:27People from all over the city

3:13:28came out to enjoy our pool

3:13:29parties. The summer was really

3:13:33successful for Vienna, so we had

3:13:35a lot of programs, a lot of

3:13:37teams, for example, like water

3:13:38polo, artistic swimming, swim

3:13:39team, junior lifeguards. Also,

3:13:41kids learn how to swim. Going

3:13:42from, you know, our tiny tots

3:13:44and preschool all the way up to

3:13:46even like level four and just

3:13:47being in the water during

3:13:48summertime because we know it's

3:13:50super hot outside. My kids use

3:13:53this club for two years. We love

3:13:55it. I'm really appreciate for

3:13:57L.A. city. You know, it's a good

3:13:59facility for the kids. What I

3:14:04found out is like the free pool

3:14:06party. I got so excited and I

3:14:08told my kids, it's actually like

3:14:11our first time here in Van Nuys

3:14:13. You know, the pool is big and

3:14:16it's really a nice pool. I love

3:14:18it. This pool party is amazing.

3:14:22And bringing all community

3:14:24together. The kids are enjoying

3:14:25it. We've been coming to this

3:14:28park for many years. My son is

3:14:29in a swimming team and a water

3:14:32polo team in this park. Every

3:14:33single day. The council office

3:14:38is also here and they're going

3:14:40to have a few different games

3:14:41for the kids. Being a lifeguard,

3:14:46I really find a lot of joy and

3:14:48fulfillment in teaching kids how

3:14:50to swim. You know, being more

3:14:51confident in the water just

3:14:52learning that it's not something

3:14:54to be scared of or fearful of

3:14:55when you think of the water, you

3:14:57should be thinking of having a

3:14:59good time. You know, having fun

3:15:03. Obviously, swimming is a life

3:15:04skill that everybody should

3:15:06know, and we have a great

3:15:07program here at Van Nuys and all

3:15:09over the city where we teach

3:15:11kids and adults how to swim.

3:15:15Here at Vienna. So we are a year

3:15:18round pool, so we offer lessons

3:15:18as well as team sports

3:15:21throughout the whole year. So

3:15:22not just the summertime. So

3:15:24currently after the Labor Day

3:15:25pool party, we will kick off our

3:15:27off season. And so essentially

3:15:28what that means is we do offer

3:15:30our lessons and teams during the

3:15:31fall and winter months. You

3:15:33know, stop on by, see what we

3:15:34have going on. From its early

3:15:41beginnings, when the Adobe was a

3:15:43ranch house to a stagecoach mail

3:15:45service, to a union troop

3:15:47campsite during the Civil War,

3:15:48and today, Los Angeles

3:15:49Histor